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lian Tertiary Mollusca have been mounted, named, and 

 arranged in Wall -case 2 ; a few have been placed in drawers 

 beneath the Table-cases. 



The mounting, naming, and arranging of the " Robert Bell 

 Collection " of English Crag Gasteropoda is now completed ; 

 printed labels have been prepared and are attached to each 

 tablet. The Collection occupies the west side of upright glazed 

 case No. 103a in the centre of Gallery 8. 



The Lamellibranchs of the same collection are now being 

 sorted and named, and will be proceeded with in a similar 

 mannei'. 



The " Slatter Collection" of British Jurassic Mollusca has 

 been registered and incorporated in its proper order. 



A small collection of Gault fossils from Okeford Fitzpaine 

 has been mounted and arranged temporarily in a small 

 Table-case in centre of Gallery 8. 



Bishop Mitchinson's collection of Pleistocene shells from 

 Barbados has been registered and incorporated ; also a 

 small collection of Tertiary shells from Galveston, Texas, 

 U.S. 



A collection of Spanish Tertiary shells obtained by Prof. 

 Vilanovas has also been registered and incorporated. 



Some Inferior Oolite Mollusca obtained from Mr. H. Monk, 

 Yeovil, Somerset, have been registered. 



Gasteropoda and Lamellibranchiata registered, 4,412. 



Brachiopoda (Galleries 8 and 11), — Only a few additions 

 have been made to the exhibited series of Foreign Brachio- 

 poda in Wall-case 10-11. 



A large series of British and Foreign Brachiopoda from the 

 "John Edward Lee Collection" has been cleaned, arranged, 

 and labelled ; numerous other collections have also been 

 registered and put in order. 



The " Davidson Collection " is still in course of arrange- 

 ment ; and a slip catalogue of the types and figured specimens 

 is being prepared as the work advances. 



Number of Brachiopoda registered, 3,385. 



Bryozoa (Gallery 8). — A large amount of fresh material 

 in illustration of this group has been added to the collection, 

 especially to that of the Cretaceous Bryozoa. 



The sorting, cleaning, and examining of specimens under 

 the microscope has occupied much time and careful study. 

 Numerous microscopic slides have been prepared and mounted, 

 and careful drawings have been executed and placed on 

 exhibition beside each species in the Table-case. 



Most of the mounted slides of Bryozoa have been sorted 

 and arranged in slide-boxes, and the larger specimens 

 arranged in drawers in glass-topped boxes under the Table- 

 pases. 



Number of specimens registered during the year, 4,193, 



