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Arachnida. — A few duplicates have been given to Dr. P. 

 C. F. Roewer, in return for his services in naming specimens. 



(6) Exchanges. 



Exchanges have been made with the following institutions 

 and individuals : — 



Mammalia. — With the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Harvard College, Boston, Mass.; the Berlin Museum; and 

 Dr. Lyster Jameson. 



Aves. — With the Kuala Lumpur Museum, Straits Settle- 

 ments ; Mr. H. K. Coale ; Mr. G. M. Mathews ; and Lt.~Com-> 

 mander R. E. Vaughan, R.N. 



Insecta. — With the Indian Museum, Calcutta ; the Auck- 

 land Museum, New Zealand ; the College of Agriculture, 

 Tohoku Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan ; and with Dr. M. 

 Cameron, Herr C. Felsche, Professor H. Kolbe, Mr. A. M. Lea 

 (Government Entomologist, Hobart, Tasmania), and Mr. W. 

 Schaus. 



Myriopoda. — With Professor F. Silvestri. 



Crustacea. — With the Indian Museum, Calcutta ; and with 

 Professor E. Bouvier. 



Porifera. — An exchange of Antarctic specimens was made 

 with the late Professor E. van Beneden, in addition to that 

 recorded in the last Report. 



III. — Departrifiental Library. 



The additions to the Library, acquired during the year by 

 purchase, presentation, and exchange, consist of 93 separate 

 works in 110 volumes, and 1,612 parts of periodicals and works 

 in progress. 



Two hundred and twenty-six volumes have been bound, but 

 of these only 140 are now added to the total number of volumes 

 in the Library, the rest being merely bound for the first time 

 or re-bound and already included in totals of previous years. 



The work of collating, stamping, press-marking and entering 

 in the Catalogue all acquisitions has been performed as usual. 



The Attendant in the Library, with the aid and supervision 

 of an Assistant, has checked the zoological works in the proofs 

 of that portion of the General Catalogue of Books which has 

 been printed during the year. 



Among the donations two are specially worthy of mention : — 

 One hundred and forty-six folios of drawings of Chinese 

 Fishes made by native artists under the direction of John 

 Reeves, Esq., in the early part of last century. Upon these 

 drawings Dr. John Richardson founded his report on the 

 Ichthyology of the Seas of China and Japan ; presented by 

 Dr. A. Gunther, F.R.S. 



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