174 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Recently-acquired specimens have been registered, labelled, 

 and incorporated from the Miocene and Cenomanian of Japan 

 (Yabe Coll.), Eocene and Cretaceous of Spain (Mrs. A. S. 

 Woodward Coll,), Eocene of Austria, Senonian of Liineberg 

 (Mockler Coll.), the Kimmeridgian of Algeria (Welsch Coll.), the 

 Bathonian of Northamptonshire ( Jesson Coll.), the Upper and 

 Lower Lias of Somerset (Mockler Coll.), and the Permian of 

 Kansas. 



Number of specimens of Protozoa registered, 912. 



Plantce (Gallery 10). — The Marcus Gunn Collection of 

 Jurassic Plants from Sutherland, described and figured by Prof. 

 A. C. Seward, has been prepared, registered, and labelled. 



A large slab of Lejrldodendron lycopodioides from the Coal 

 Measures of Lancashire, has been prepared and mounted on the 

 wall between wall-cases 16, 17. The section of trunk of Pitys 

 ivithami beneath has been re-mounted. 



In connection with the Catalogue, progress has been made 

 with the revision of the Cretaceous plants. 



Number of specimens of Plantse registered, 321. 



Traclis and Rock Specionens (Gallery 11.)— The specimens 

 in wall-case 9 have been partly re-arranged and re-fitted to 

 admit a large slab of tracks from the Palaeozoic rocks of 

 the Alleghany Mts., U.S.A., from the Geological Society's 

 Museum. 



Number of specimens registered, 21. 



IL — Duplicates and Exchanges. 



Duplicate fossils have been presented to the Royal Scottish 

 Museum, Edinburgh ; Oxford University Museum ; Botanical 

 Department, University of Shefiield ; Zoological Department, 

 University of Bristol ; London Museum, Kensington Palace ; 

 London Hospital Medical College ; Bethlem Hospital, London ; 

 Natural History Museum, Luxembourg; and Dr. R. S. Bassler, 

 National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 



Exchanges of duplicate fossils have been made with the 

 Geological Survey of Prussia, the University of Gottingen, the 

 American Museum of Natural History ; Dr. Karl Fischer ; and 

 Dr. L. H. Miller. 



III. — Departmental Library. • 



The additions to the Library, which have been registered, 

 stamped, catalogued, and press-marked, comprise 223 new 

 works and pamphlets, of which 59 were purchased and 

 164 presented ; 727 parts of serials in progress, of which 329 

 were purchased and 398 presented ; 187 sheets of maps, of which 

 61 were purchased and 126 presented. 8 photographs were 

 presented. 243 volumes were bound and press-marked. 2,330 

 visits were paid to the Library. 



