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Sheppey, Avere purchased from Mr. W. H. Shrubsole. A plaster 

 cast of the type-specimen of ArcJiseopteryx siemensi, in the Berlin 

 Museum, was purchased from Dr. F. Krantz. Bones of birds 

 from the Chatham Islands were purchased through Mr. J. D. 

 Enys. 



A fine skeleton of Ichthyosaurus platyodon, from the Lower 

 Lias of Stockton, Warwickshire, was presented by Mr. Michael 

 Lakin. Wealden Dinosaurian bones from Sussex were purchased 

 through Mr. Charles Dawson. A Reptilian egg from the Oxford 

 Clay, Peterborough, was presented by Mr. Alfred N. Leeds. 



A large specimen of Squatina alifera and other fish-remains 

 from the Lithographic Stone of Nusplingen, Wiirtemberg, were 

 purchased from Mr. B. Stiirtz. Three Characinoid fishes from a 

 Tertiary Lignite at Taubate, San Paulo, Brazil, were obtained 

 by exchange with the San Paulo Museum. Valuable Cephal- 

 aspidians were contained in the Piper Collection. 



Palaeozoic Invertebrata from Tasmania were presented by 

 Mr. T. Stephens; from Russia by Dr. F. A. Bather. A few 

 Upper Carboniferous Invertebrata from Shansi, China, were 

 presented by Mr. W. H. Shockley. Remarkable preparations of 

 Eurypterus from the Upper Silurian, Island of Oesel, were 

 purchased from Dr. G. Holm. Mollusca from the Carboniferous 

 Limestone of Yorkshire were presented by Rev. Addison 

 Crofton. American Palaeozoic Polyzoa were purchased from 

 Mr. E. O. Ulrich ; English Cretaceous Polyzoa from Mr. W. 

 Gamble ; and French Cretaceous Polyzoa from Mr. F. H. Butler. 

 Specimens of Radiolarian Chert from Japan were presented by 

 Dr. T. Kochibe. 



Another instalment of the Rufford Collection of Wealden 

 plants was purchased. Remains of the Glossopteris flora from 

 the Transvaal were presented by Dr. F. H. Hatch ; from 

 Tasmania by Mr. T. Stephens. 



Total number of acquisitions, 13,012. 



1899. 



A large collection of fossils, including Mammalia, obtained 

 by Mr. Jex from Patagonia, was purchased from Mr. R. F. Damon. 

 An extensive series of Tertiary fossils from Anguilla, Dominica, 

 Antigua, and Barbuda, in the West Indies, was collected and 

 presented by Dr. J. W. Gregory. The latter included remains 

 of the Rodent Amblyrhiza in cave-breccia from Anguilla. 



