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gical Museum during the year, and considerable 

 progress has been made in labelling and arranging 

 the collection. In the early part of the year Mr. 

 Gould devoted much time to this work, and also 

 presented a large number of valuable specimens 

 procured by him during the Geological Survey 

 of the Colony. 



The collection of Shells has been enriched by 

 the addition of a large number of named speci- 

 mens from France, presented through Mr. Justin 

 Browne, by M. G. Couraud, of Cognac, of which 

 about 50 varieties were new to the Museum. Mr. 

 G. Masters, of Sydney Museum, has also been a 

 liberal contributor in this branch of Natural His- 

 tory. The thanks of the Society are again due 

 to Mr. Legrand for the trouble he has taken in 

 labelling and arranging the specimens added to 

 this section of the Museum. 



Among the donations to the Museum worthy of 

 special notice may be mentioned three sets of 

 photographic portraits of the only surviving Abori- 

 gines of Tasmania, handsomely framed in Colonial 

 woods, and j^resented by the Royal Intercolonial 

 Exhibition Commissioners, from whom also we 

 have received a fine collection of models, in wax, 

 of Tasmanian Apples and Pears, beautifully 

 executed by Mrs. Jhonson, and some fine speci- 

 mens of Colonial woods, &c., retm-ned from the 

 Melbourne Exhibition. 



J. Boyd, Esq., of Port Arthur, has presented a 

 collection of handsome specimens of veneers of 

 Tasmanian woods, comprising twenty-eight varie- 

 ties, mounted and polished. These were originally 

 intended for the Paris Exhibition. 



In the general Museum much has been done in 

 the way of labelling and re-arranging the various 

 specimens. The skeletons of several animals have 



