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Protozoa (Gallery 10). — Many samples of rock in the collec- 

 tion of the late J. F. Blake have been washed and the contained 

 fossils extracted, mounted, registered, and labelled. These 

 include specimens from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of Galicia, 

 Cretaceous and Jurassic of various localities in Russia, the 

 phosphatic Chalk of Berkshire, the Margate Chalk, the Corallian 

 of Weymouth, and the Middle and Upper Lias of North- 

 amptonshire. 



The specimens registered, labelled, and incorporated include: 

 the Lowe collection from the Tertiary of Swan Island, off 

 Honduras ; and the Mockler collection from the Crag, the 

 London Clay, Tertiary Beds of the Philippines, the Chalk of 

 Hanover, the Lower Chalk of Wiltshire, the Chalk Marl, Gault, 

 Kimmeridge Clay and Oxford Clay of various English localities. 



Number of specimens of Protozoa registered, 3,582. 



PlantcE (Gallery 10). — Progress has been made with the 

 identification, labelling, and arrangement of the Cretaceous 

 plant-remains. Numerous sections of fossil wood have been 

 prepared in connection with this work. 



The exhibited specimens of Packytheca have been tableted 

 and labelled in table-case 32. 



Number of specimens of Plantse registered, 481. 



Tracks and Rock Specimens (Gallery 11). — A few small 

 additions have been made to the exhibited collection. 



Number of specimens registered, 1. 



II. — Duplicates and Exchanges. 



Duplicate fossils have been presented to Oxford University 

 Museum ; St. Andrews University Museum ; University College, 

 London ; Bristol Museum ; and RadclifFe Museum. 



Exchanges of duplicate fossils have been made with the 

 Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge ; Imperial College of Science, 

 London ; University College, London ; Geological Museum, 

 University of Lemberg; and the Senckenberg Museum; 

 Frankfurt. 



III. — Departmental Library. 



The additions to the Library, which have been registered, 

 stamped, catalogued, and press-marked, comprise 301 new 

 works and pamphlets, of which 73 were purchased and 

 228 presented ; 703 parts of serials in progress, of which 354 

 were purchased and 349 presented ; 231 sheets of maps, of which 

 69 were purchased and 162 presented. 30 photographs and 26 

 original drawings were presented. 219 volumes were bound 

 during the year. 1,840 visits were paid to the Library. 



