m 



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have been carefully investigated atid a number df them have 

 been re-mounted. 



Specimens registered, 53. 



Total Echinodermata registered, 1,195. 



Actinozoa (Gallery No. 10.) — Further work has been done 

 on the Jurassic Corals. 



Number of specimens registered, 1,164. 



Porifera-Spongida (Gallery No. 10.) — During the past 

 year 130 sponges, etc., have been registered and arranged in 

 the exhibition cases devoted to this group of organisms. 



Protozoa-Foraminifera (Gallery No. 10.) — Some examples 

 of Fusulina limestone, from the Permian of Austria, and from 

 the Carboniferous of Russia, have also been added to the 

 exhibited series. 



Protozoa registered, 130. 



C— PLANTiE. 



The principal plant-remains added to the collection during 

 the past year have been : A series of Oligocene Plants (leaves 

 and fruits) from the Siebengebirge district of the Rhine. 



A series of Devonian plants {Lycopodiaceoi) from Devon- 

 shire, and an interesting collection of plants (Ferns, 

 Lycopodiacege, etc.) from the Permo-Carboniferous formation 

 of South Africa (described and figured in Quart. Journ. Geol. 

 Soc, 1897, Vol. 53, pp. 310-338, pi. 21-24). 



Two hundred and seventy-five Plant-remains from the 

 Nagpur district of Central India, referred to by Sir Chas. 

 Bunbury (see Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xvii. 18G1, pp. 325- 

 346, pis. 8-12). 



Plant remains registered, 158. 



II. — Department Geological Library (Gallery No. 9). 



During the past year the accessions to the Library, and to 

 the collection of British and Foreign Geological Maps, have 

 been stamped, and catalogue-slips prepared. 



Accessions to the Library. 



Presented. 



By Piir- 



ciiase. 



Total. 



New Books and Pamphlets - 

 Continuations _ _ - . 

 Maps 



69 



154 



14 



248 



213 



91 



317 

 367 

 105 



Total - - - 



237 



552 789 



