142 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



6. Exchange with the Oxford Museum of a duplicate speci- 

 men of Eucalyj)tocri'nus, and plaster casts of two other 

 species of Crinoids ; for an interesting specimen oi Marsupites 

 from the Chalk of Blanford, desired for the Geological Col- 

 lection. 



7- Twenty-two casts of fossils requested by Robert F. 

 Damon, Weymouth, who sends in exchange 60 selected 

 American fossils of equal value for the Museum. 



IX. — Lectures and Dernonstrations in 1896. 



On April 18th, Dr. Woodward gave a Demonstration to 30 

 Members of the South-place Ethical Society, Finsbury ; also 

 on October .31st, to the Members of the Tunbridge Wells 

 Natural History and Philosophical Society, conducted by the 

 Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, f.r.s. 



On January 11th, Mr, Arthur Smith Woodward gave a De- 

 monstration to 12 Members of the Bow-road Polytechnic. 



On March 14th, to 50 Members of the Geologists' Associa- 

 tion. 



On April 25th, to 10 Members of the Morley Memorial 

 College. 



On June 27th, to 18 Members of the London Society for the 

 Extension of University Teaching, Upper Holloway. 



On November 29th ' Sunday), to 15 Members of the Borough 

 Polytechnic Society. 



On April 18th, Dr. Gregory gave a Demonstration to a 

 Class of seven ladies and gentlemen. 



On May 9th, Mr. C. W. Andrews gave a Demonstration to 

 24 Members of the Upper Holloway Centre for the Extension 

 of University Teaching, Highgate Hill. 



; ; On October 24th, Mr. F. A. Bather gave a Demonstration to 

 45 Members of the Sutherland College, Battersea. 



On October 19th and October 24th, Dr. R. H. Traquair 

 gave Demonstrations in the Fish and Reptile Galleries to 117 

 persons who had attended the Swiney Lectures. 



X. — Students. 



The number of visits from Students and Readers who 

 have consulted the collections and the Geological Library 

 for the purposes of carrying on scientific work during the 

 past year, and who have received assistance from members of 

 the staff, was 5,923. 



Henry Woodward. 

 Department of Geology, 

 20 February 1897. 



