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be seen that many valuable and interesting speci- 

 mens have been added to the collection durino: the 

 year. The chief among these is the very fine 

 skeleton of the ^' Moa " fDinornis giganteus) of 

 New Zealand, presented by Dr. Haast, the Director 

 of the Musemn at Christchurch. This has been 

 articulated and mounted, with his usual skill and 

 ability, by the curator, Mr. Roblin, and forms a 

 very striking addition to the Museum. Besides 

 presenting the large skeleton, Dr. Haast has very 

 kindly been at the trouble of preparing and naming 

 a large collection of Moa bones, tlie projDcrty ot 

 the Society, forwarded to him at his request for 

 identification of species. These have all been re- 

 turned, properly named, and are found to com- 

 prise no less than nine species (of the Genera 

 Dinornis and Palaptergx) of these gigantic birds. 



It is almost unnecessary to add that the special 

 thanks of the Society have been forwarded to Dr. 

 Haast for his noble gift, and that he has been made 

 a corresponding member. 



We are also greatly indebted to Mr. C. Gould for 

 valuable contributions of mineralogical specimens 

 from this and the neighbouring colonies, and also 

 charts of geological surveys in New South Wales 

 and Queensland. 



Other contributors to whom we are much in- 

 debted are mentioned in the list of donations. 



The large Tasmanian room has been cleared of 

 all the unclassified material. Six additional cases 

 have been erected and are already almost filled 

 with specimens. Additional table cases are much 

 wanted for the exhibition of our conchological 

 collection. 



The number of visitors to the Museum was 

 16,U7, being an excess of 1,191 over that of 1872. 



