144 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



PlantcB (Gallery 10). — A representative series of Tertiary and 

 Quaternary plants, including many specimens figured by Heer. 

 Ettingshausen and others, lias been arranged and exhibited, with 

 printed labels, in wall-cases 10 and 11. 



The Whymper collection of Greenland plants has been sorted, 

 labelled, re-registered where necessary, and incorporated. 



The extensive Ettingshausen collection of Tertiary plants, 

 chiefly from Austria, has been re-registered, labelled, arranged 

 and indexed, and many of the specimens reduced in size, thereby 

 saving much space. The collection includes over 100' type and 

 figured specimens which had not previously been noted. 



Eocene plants from Belgium and the Paris basin have been 

 re-examined and sorted, and a commencement has been made 

 with the arrangement of the British Tertiary plants. 



Other specimens registered, labelled and incorporated include 

 Miocene plants from Colorado (Cockerell coll.), slides of cocco- 

 spheres, etc. (G. J. Hinde coll.), and Jurassic and Tei*tiary 

 plants from Spitsbergen (Reynolds coll. and Gregory coll.). 



Additions have been made to the collection of microscope- 

 slides by the cutting of sections of fossil woods and by the pre- 

 paration of leaf cuticles. The card index of fossil plants has 

 been extended. 



Number of specimens of Plantae registered, 1,243. 



II. — Duplicates and Exchanges. 



Duplicate fossils have been exchanged with the United States 

 National Museum, Washington; Prof. 0. Jaekel, University of 

 Greifswald; and Dr. Robert Kidston, F.R.S. 



III. — Departmental Library. 



The additions to the Library which have been registered, 

 stamped, catalogued, and press-marked, comprise 178 new works 

 and pamphlets, of which 56 were purchased and 122 presented; 

 1,005 parts of serials in progress, of which 169 were purchased 

 and 836 presented. Ill sheets of maps were acquired, 14 by 

 purchase and 97 by presentation. 7 photographs were presented. 

 43 volumes and pamphlets were obtained by transfer from other 

 Departments. 



91 volumes have been bound, press-marked and returned to 

 the shelves. 829 geological maps have been mounted on linen, 

 and 220 pamphlets have been put into covers. 



1,679 visits were made to the Library by students and others 

 during the year. 



The following is a list of personal donors to the Library: — 



Andrews, Dr. C. W. Cockerell, Prof. T. D. A. 



Bather, Dr. F. A. Dall, W. H., Esq. 



Bell, A., Esq. Fischer, Dr. K. 



Bensley, Dr. Freudenberg, Dr. W. 



Blumer, Dr. E. Gonzaga de Campos, Dr. 



Broom, Dr. R. Gray, Mrs. R. 



