8 Libraries. 



Vertebrata of Nepaul, presented by their collector, B. H. Hodgson, 

 who added a further large series in 1858. 



67 original water-colour drawings of Vertebrata from King 

 George's Sound and its neighbourhood., with MS. notes by the 

 draughtsman and donor, J. Neill. 



1847. 



B. 248 original water-colour drawings of Plants of British 

 Guiana, by Sir R. H. Schomburgk, were presented in part by the 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies, and in part by Sir R. H. 

 Schomburgk himself. 



Z. Received the first annual grant for the purchase of books. 



1848. 



B. Received its first annual grant for the purchase of books. 



A collection of 30 water-colour drawings by a native artist of 

 Chinese Plants, Birds, and Fish was acquired. The 16 drawings 

 of Plants were incorporated with a similar set in the Banksian 

 Collection (MS. No. 12), and the 11 drawings of Birds and 3 of 

 Fish transferred to the Zoological Department and incorporated 

 in the Banksian MS., No. 11. 



1853. 



Z. Gronovius' MS., containing the descriptions and illustra- 

 tions of his Collection of Fish, was purchased with his collection 

 at an auction in London. It was printed and issued as a 

 Museum publication in 1854. 



1858. 



The " Mineralogical Department " was divided into the 

 "Geological" and "Mineralogical" departments, and the 

 library shared between them. 



B. A number of drawings by Ferdinand L. Bauer were 

 bequeathed by Robert Brown. 



Z. A further series of water-colour drawings by native 

 artists of the Vertebrata of Nepaul was presented by the collector, 

 B. H. Hodgson, making with those presented in 1845 a total 

 of 1,319 drawings, which have been mounted and bound in 

 8 volumes. 



