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Three cores from the Dover Boring for Coal have been 

 placed on a permanent pedestal between Wall-cases 3 and 4. 

 Presented by Francis Brady, Esq., Memb. Inst. c.e. and f.g.s. 

 Also a core of new Red Sandstone from the Newent boring 

 for water for the supply of the City of Gloucester. Presented 

 by R. Reade, Esq., c.e. 



Deep-sea Dej^osits. In a Table case, near the centre of 

 Gallery 10, has been temporarily placed a large series of 

 deep-sea deposits obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. 

 " Challenger," which have been examined and described by 

 Dr. John Murray, F.R.S., and the Rev. A. F. Renard. They 

 consist of nodules of manganese associated with bones and 

 teeth of fishes and Cetacea ; also a large series of Foraminif era 

 obtained when dredging in the abysses of the Atlantic and 

 Pacific Oceans. 



II. — Deijartment GeologicoX Library {Gallery 9). 



During the year 1896 the accessions to the Library, and 

 the collection of British and Foreign Geological Maps, ha 

 been stamped, and catalogue-slips written. 



to 



Accessions to the Library and 

 Map Collection. 



By Dona- 

 tion. 



By Pur- 

 chase. 



Total. 



New Books ----- 

 Continuations - - _ . 

 Maps ------ 



Ill 



207 

 31 



132 

 351 

 216 



243 



5.58 

 247 



Total - - - 



349 



699 



1,048 



The number of New Slips written was 3,019 

 Volumes bound ,, 69 



The new press-marking of the Serials has been completed. 

 All the separate works in the Library have been examined, 

 re-arranged, and re-press-marked. 



III. — Preparation of Catalogues. 



" A Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa " (Part I), •' The 

 Jurassic Bryozoa," by J. W. Gregory, d.sc, f.g.s., etc., 

 commenced in 1895, was issued in May, 1896, pp. 270, with 

 11 plates, and 22 illustrations in the text. 



0.125. The 



