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The Beddard Collection o£ Oligochaeta has been respirited and 

 the exhibited collection o£ worms has been rearranged. 



POLYZOA. 



Important acquisitions have been registered and incorporated. 



Anthozoa. 



The chief work with this portion o£ the collection has been the 

 cleaning o£ part o£ the study collection. 



Hydrozoa. 



Mr. Totton, Assistant, to whom the Military Cross has been 

 awarded, is still absent owing to the war ; and hardly any work has 

 therefore been done in this part o£ the collection. 



PoRiFERA (Sponges;. 



The working out o£ the " Terra Nova " collection has been 

 continued. 



The conservation o£ the spirit collection, which was completely 

 respirited in 1915 and partly sealed with a preparation o£ beeswax and 

 vaseline, has received further attention. 



Protozoa. 



The acquisitions of the year have been registered and incorporated. 

 The most important addition is the collection of Foraminifera, 

 presented by H. Sidebottom, Esq., and noticed on p. 71. 



II. — Duplicates and Exchanges. 



(a) Duplicates. 



Duplicates have been distributed among museums, scientific insti- 

 tutions, &c., as follows : — 



Mammalia. — Mr. A. J. Rudd. 



Aves. — Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh ; Surg. E. L. 

 Atkinson, R.N. ; Lt.-Com. A. Cherry-Garrard, R.N. ; Mr. C. S. 

 Wright. 



Reptilia.—Fvoi. E. Fawcett. 



il/o//M5ca. — Major E. E. Austen. 



Araclinida.—Vvoi. G. H. F. Nuttall, F.R.S. 



(b) Exchanges. 



Exchanges have been made with the following institutions and 

 individuals : — 



Mammalia. — University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge ; Museo 

 Civico, Genoa ; Prof. W. Leche. 



