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The collections incorporated embrace those of Dr. C. 

 Callaway, Mr. S. J. Hawkins, Mr. John Gray of Hagley, 

 Mr. H. Monk, Sir J. Prestwich, M. Michalet and others. The 

 number registered (exclusive of the Davidson Collection) 

 amounts to 2,376 specimens. These have been labelled and 

 arranged. 



The Davidson Collection of Brachiopoda is approaching 

 towards completion, 2,153 specimens have been registered 

 during the past year, and a slip catalogue has been prepared 

 ready for the printer. 



Total Brachiopoda registered in the year, 4,531. 



Bryozoa (Gallery No. 8). — The Foreign Jurassic Bryozoa 

 have been named and arranged in Wall-case No. 12a. 



A series of British Cretaceous Bryozoa has been arranged 

 in Table-case 86a. 



The whole collection of Cretaceous Bryozoa, both British 

 and Foreign, has undergone re-arrangement, and a Catalogue 

 of this section is now in preparation. 



During the year 1,188 Bryozoa have been registered, and 

 38 specimens, to illustrate the eases, have been drawn under 

 the microscope. 



Insecta and Crustacea (Gallery No. 8). — The chief specimens 

 added to these classes include some Permo-Carboniferous 

 species obtained from Professor Kusta of Prague, some 

 Trilobites from the Devonian of Barnstaple and North Devon, 

 and some Cretaceous Decapoda from the Lebanon. 



Specimens registered, 132. 



Annelida registered, 70. 



E chinodermata. — The foreign Palaeozoic Ophiuroidea, and 

 Devonian Stelleroidea, have been mounted and arranged on 

 the east side of upright glazed case 103a, in the centre of the 

 Gallery. 



Echinoids and Asteroids registered, 856 specimens. 



Crinoidea. — A few specimens have been re-mounted and 

 re-labelled as the result of fresh investigations arising out of 

 the examination of additional specimens sent to the Museum 

 for examination. Casts of several interesting specimens lent 

 for comparison have been kept for reference. 



Number of Crinoidea registered, 274. 



Cystidea. — A large amount of work has been done on the 

 Cystids in connection with the Worthen collection and 

 various specimens submitted for examination from abroad. 



Number of specimens registered, 12. 



Blastoidea. — The purchase of the Worthen Collection of 

 American Echinodermata has largely increased the number 

 of these rare fossils in the Museum. Many of these specimens 



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