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Fitting and joining Mammalian and Chelonian bones from 

 Egypt. 



Making casts and models of numerous teeth of Mammals 

 for exhibition cases in Zoological Gallery (Mr. R. Lydek- 

 ker). 



Making thirty moulds and a large number of casts for use 

 in the Museum and for purposes of exchange with other 

 Museums, viz., Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paris, 

 Bremen, Prague, Utrecht, Sydney, Toronto, &c. The casts 

 made duiingthe year include two skeletons of Pariasaurus ; 

 skulls of Dinotherium, Samotherium, Phororhacos, Bicy- 

 nodon, Cynognathus, and Scelidosaurus ; Flint implements, 

 &c. 



A series of casts of typical races of natives and of skulls 

 of cave-dwellers and others for the Anthropological series in 

 the Zoological Gallery have been repaired, altered, or coloured 

 under direction of Mr. R. Lydekker. 



The large series of bones of a new Dinosaur (acquired by 

 purchase from Mr. A. N. Leeds) from the Oxford Clay of 

 Fletton, near Peterborough, was packed up, removed, and 

 unpacked and mended ready for mounting when space can be 

 provided for it in the Reptile Gallery. 



R. Hall, Assistant Mason, has modelled additional Rock- 

 work for a case of Rock-doves for the Bird Gallery. 



He has also been occupied through the whole year in 

 mounting, repairing, and refixing the large series of framed 

 specimens of Ichthyosauria upon the south wall of the 

 Reptile Gallery No. 4. 



The larger specimens of the series are now completed and 

 glazed. 



The re-arrangement and re-mounting of the Plesiosauria in 

 the same Gallery has already been commenced, and it is 

 hoped that the entire series of these Enaliosauria may be 

 completed by the end of 1900. 



VI. — Printing Labels. 



The preparation and printing of labels for the exhibition- 

 Galleries of the Museum has been continued for both the 

 Geological and Zoological Departments, and also for the 

 exhibition-cases in the Central Hall. 



For the Central Hall 53 labels have been composed and 

 540 copies struck off. 



For the Recent Mammalia (Mr, Lydekker) 299 general 

 labels and 94 long descriptive labels, 393 labels composed and 

 2,375 copies struck off. For other recent Zoological groups 

 550 labels have been composed and 5,279 copies struck off. 



Labels composed for Zoology 996, copies struck off 7,904. 



For the fossil Mammalia 822 labels have been composed 

 and 6,829 copies printed off. 



