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Donations. The fossil tree presented by Mr. Ritson was 

 certainly the most notable donation of the year, but a number 

 of others were of importance. Among them were a selection 

 of shells, fossils, etc., from the late Mr. J. D. Robinson's 

 collections, presented by his niece, Mrs. Heppell ; a fine 

 wapiti head from Mrs. Norman Cookson ; birds given for the 

 aviary by Lady Noble, Mr. T. Bentham, Mr. H. P. Angus, 

 and Mr. Geo. Weddell ; and a copy of Haeckel's celebrated 

 work, " Art Forms in Nature," from Mr. P. Walther. Valuable 

 sets of insects have also figured conspicuously in the year's 

 acquisitions ; the Microlepidoptera from Mr. Alex. Rosie have 

 been mentioned, and Mr. Walsh has given us a number of 

 rare British beetles, Mr. John Gardner the remainder of his 

 noted collection of beetles for incorporation in our reference 

 collection, Mr. Bagnall a series of local Psyllids (froghoppers, 

 etc.) collected by himself, and Dr. Geo. S. Brady his collection 

 of British wingless insects (Collembola and Thysanura). 



Before concluding my report I should like to point out that 

 I have abstained from trying to assign credit for different 

 portions of the work to the various members of the staff. It 

 is therefore a duty, as well as a pleasure, to state that their 

 work has been admirable both in spirit and in result. 



E. Leonard Gill. 



MUSEUM STAFF 



Curator E. Leonard Gill, M.Sc. 



Assistant Herbert Fletcher. 



Lady Assistant and Secretary ...Miss Gladys M. Scott. 



Attendant William Voutt. 



Gardener Albert Spencer. 



HONORARY CURATORS 



Col. C. H. E. Adamson, CLE. 

 R. S. Bagnall, F.E.S., F.L.S. 

 Rev. W. McLean Brown. 

 Harry Eltringham, M.A., F.Z.S, 

 Samuel Graham. 



Prof. G. A. Lebour, M.A., D.Sc. 



Prof. Alex. Meek, M.Sc. 



Prof. M. C. Potter, M.A., Sc.D. 



Geo. B. Walsh, B.Sc. 



P. Walther. 



