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Removing from old frames, reducing, mending, and re- 

 mounting 40 Liassic fishes, from the Enniskillen, Egerton, and 

 Davis Collections. 



Mounting and articulating bones of Flesiosaurus (Leeds 

 Collection). 



Making about 20 moulds of fossils and about 60 casts for 

 purposes of exhibition in Zoological Gallery, and for 

 exchanges with other museums, as Adelaide, Perth, Sydney 

 University, Yale University, New Haven, U.S., Stockholm 

 Museum, &c. 



Eeducing and mounting in frames for exhibition in 

 Gallery 11 a series of slabs of Reptilian footprints from 

 Freiberg, Saxony ; from Stourton Quarry, Cheshire ; and 

 from Connecticut Valley, U.S. 



Reducing and developing blocks of limestone containing 

 crinoids and preparing same for exhibition. 



Developing, mending, and mounting numerous Cephalo- 

 poda. 



Preparing and mounting microscopic sections of Bryozoa, 

 of Corals, and of Nummulites and other Foraminifera. 



Taking up a large and very complete skeleton of Ichthyo- 

 saurus lolatyodon, from a quarry in the Lower Lias, 

 Stockton, Warwickshire (the specimen which measures 

 nearly 20 feet in length has been presented by the pro- 

 prietor, Michael Lakin, Esq.). Bringing specimen to the 

 Museum; cleaning, hardening, developing, and mounting the 

 same, preparatory to its being exhibited (work still in 

 progress). 



The removing, for the purposes of re-arrangement, of the 

 entire series of Ichthyosauria (Wall-case No. 14, Gallery 4), 

 so as to give additional exhibition space for accessions (the 

 work is still in progress). 



VI. — Printing Labels. 



The preparation and printing of labels for the Exhibition 

 Galleries of the Museum has been continued, not only for the 

 Geological Department, but also for that of Zoology, and for 

 the cases in the Central Hall. 



For the cases in the Central Hall 151 labels have been set 

 up, and 1,224 copies have been struck off and finished. 



For the Recent Mammalian Gallery 338 labels have been 

 set up, and 2,000 copies have been struck off and finished. 



For the Bird Gallery 25 labels have been composed, and 

 1,086 copies struck off and finished. 



For the Invertebrata (Insecta, Ccelenterata, Porifera, &c.) 

 528 labels have been composed, and 5,966 copies have been 

 struck off and finished. 



Geological Galleries. 



For the Foss(il Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, and Pisces, 680 

 labels have been composed, and 10,365 struck off. 



