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1897. 



L. The increase for the year was 786 volumes and 84 maps, 

 of which 428 volumes and 83 maps were presented, and 35 

 volumes and 1 map were transferred from other departments. 



B. 74 water-colour drawings of Plants by J. Lindley, with 

 drawings by W. G. Smith and others, were purchased. 



G. 317 new works and 367 parts, with 105 maps were 

 added. 



M. 125 works in 199 volumes, 61 pamphlets, and 28 parts 

 were acquired. 



Z. 57 works in 60 volumes, and 858 parts were added. 



Three life-sized photographs of Apleryx, and the first of 

 several life-sized photographs of Testudo daudinii, were presented 

 by the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



1898. 



L. The accessions numbered 1,109 volumes and 167 maps, of 

 which 489 volumes and 165 maps were presented, and 15 volumes 

 and 1 map transferred from other departments. 



G. 299 new works, 340 parts, and 303 maps were added. 



42 water-colour sketches, by R. Inwards, of fossils collected 

 by him and given to the Museum in 1880, were presented by the 

 author. 



Autograph manuscript notes, by J. Brown, of Stanway, chiefly 

 relating to English Post-Pliocene deposits, with lists of the con- 

 tained fossils, were presented. 



M. 31 volumes, 61 pamphlets, and 35 parts were acquired. 



Z. 58 works in 80 volumes, and 906 parts were added. 



1899. 



Series of publications of great value were received from the 

 New South Wales and Queensland Governments, from the U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture, from the Royal University of Upsala, 

 and 51 books and pamphlets, dealing with Servian natural history, 

 from Prof. P. S. Pavlovic, of Belgrade. 



These were distributed among the different departments. 



L. 1142 volumes and 219 maps were added, of which 660 

 volumes and 143 maps were presented, and 98 volumes with 76 

 maps were transferred from other departments. 



G. 194 new works, 360 parts, and 482 maps were added. 



