4 Libraries. 



and applied), and a few on Palaeobotany, besides a large number 

 of valuable MSS., mostly from the Banksian Library. 



An extensive general collection of original drawings and of 

 engravings of specimens of Plants arranged in separate series, 

 supplementing the Herbarium ; while there are besides many 

 distinct collections of valuable drawings. 



A good collection of autographs of Naturalists, principally 

 Botanists, has also been brought together for the purpose of 

 identifying handwritings. 



3. GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT LIBRARY (G.)'*: Embracing 

 those serial publications and separate works that have to do with 

 Geology and Palaeontology. 



There is a small collection of MSS. and of prints and drawings 

 of specimens of Fossils, the latter not yet catalogued. 



An extensive series of the geological maps and sections of all 

 countries is also included in this library. 



4. MlNERALOGICAL DEPARTMENT LIBRARY (M.)* : In addi- 

 tion to serial publications and separate works more immediately 

 connected with Mineralogy, Crystallography, and Petrology, 

 there is a small collection of mineralogical (with a few geological) 

 maps. 



5. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT LIBRARY (Z.)* : Comprising 

 serial publications and separate works on Zoology, with a few on 

 Palseozoology. 



Some of these are kept in the rooms of the various 

 Assistants. 



Attached to this library is the Tweeddale Library of Ornitho- 

 logical works, which is located in the Bird Room, and there 

 is also a collection of works on Economic Zoology. 



There are some valuable MSS. and a large series of drawings 

 of zoological specimens, but there is no systematic collection of 

 them as in the Botanical Department. A collection of photo- 

 graphs of specimens of animals is, however, in course of 

 formation. 



This distribution has not in all cases been strictly adhered to, 

 and some works of a general character are to be found in each of 



* For explanation of these letters, see p. 1, ante. 



