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which had to be sorted and were mostly examined by 1870-1874. 

 the staff : the Rev. A . E. Eaton presented a collection of 

 Crustaceans, Annelids, Echinoderms, Tunicates, Coelenterates, 

 and Sponges, which he made during a visit to Spitsbergen ; a 

 similar collection made on a dredging excursion of the yacht 

 Norna to the coast of Portugal was purchased ; Mr. F. D. 

 Godman, who had explored the Azores, sent as a fh'st instalment 

 a collection of some 1500 insects, chiefly Lepidoptera and 

 Coleoptera ; the late Mr. Julius L. Brenchley presented a liberal 

 selection from the collection* which he made during the cruise 

 of H.M.S. Curaqoa among the South Sea Islands, and which 

 comprised animals of all classes ; the more interesting part of this 

 collection was described by members of the staff of the Depart- 

 ment in Mr. Brenchley's book, " The Cruise of H.M.S. CWafoa," 

 1873 ; selections of animals belonging to all classes were acquired 

 from the collections made by Dr. A. B. Meyer in Celebes and the 

 Philippines ; a large collection of marine animals dredged by 

 Captain H. C. St. John on the coasts of Japan was transferred 

 by Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys to the Museum, where the Mollusca, 

 640 in number, were examined and reported upon by Mr. E. A. 

 Smith ; finally, a set of 31 species of Mammals, 319 specimens of 

 Birds, and 148 Reptiles, illustrating the Persian Fauna as 

 described by Mr. W. T. Blanford, was obtained from him by 

 exchange. 



GRANTS FOR ANNUAL EXPENDITURE. 

 (1870-74.) 



Tn these five years the grants for the various services remained 

 stationary ; they were 1000 for purchases; 700 for preparing; 

 500 for cataloguing ; and 30 for the Departmental Library. 



THE NEW MUSEUM. 

 (1870-74.) 



In 1871 plans for the new Museum were submitted to 

 Dr. Gray for examination and suggestions as far as the Zoological 

 Department was concerned. He generally approved of them, 

 but expressed it as his opinion that if only one-half of the build- 

 ing were allotted to Zoology he would have no more room for the 

 display and storage of the collections than at Bloomsbury. He 

 enclosed a letter from Dr. Giinther, who pointed out that no 



* The remainder of his collection went to the museum of his native 

 town, Maidstone. 



