106 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Exchanges and Gifts of Duplicates. 



Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made with 

 various institutions and individuals. 



The following additions have been made to the list of 

 institutions to i-eceive grants of duplicate specimens, 

 namely : — University of Edinburgh ; Towneley Hall Museum, 

 Burnley ; Lancing College ; Kilmarnock Museum ; Barry Public 

 Museum ; the Parkes Museum of the Roj^al Sanitary Institute ; 

 Dundee Public Museum ; Poole Public Museum : Friends' 

 Foreign Mission Association (China Committee) ; Ross-on-Wye 

 Secondary School ; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. 



Selections of duplicate specimens have been presented as 

 follows : — 



Of zoological specimens — to Warrington Museum ; Man- 

 chester Museum ; L.C.C. Secondary Schools at Clapham and 

 Eltham ; Haslemere Educational Museum ; Royal Scottish 

 Museum, Edinburgh ; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter ; 

 the Parkes Museum of the Royal Sanitary Institute ; Bristol 

 Museum and Art Gallery ; Royal Normal College for the Blind ; 

 Salford Museum ; Birkbeck College ; St. Andrews University 

 Museum; Friends' Foreign Mission Association (China Com- 

 mittee) ; Prof. C. Chilton (New Zealand) ; Vicomte R. du 

 Buysson (Paris) ; Senor R. P. Longinos Navas, S.J. (Saragossa) ; 

 Dr. R. Gestro (Genoa) ; Mr. H. d'Orbigny (Paris) ; Dr. F. Ohaus 

 (Berlin); Mr. Heinrich Prell (Marburg); Dr. F. Netolitzky 

 (Czernowitz) ; Dr. Kraepelin (Hamburg); Prof. J. J. Gillet 

 (Nivelles) : Mr. A. Grouvelle (Paris) ; Surgeon-Major A. Sicard ; 

 Mr. F. Hendel (Vienna) ; Mr. Hans von Krekich-Strassoldo 

 (Vienna). 



Of fossils and casts of fossils — to Goldsmiths' College ; 

 Manchester Museum ; Bethlem Royal Hospital ; Norwich Castle 

 Museum; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Peterborough 

 Museum ; Barry Public Museum ; Mr. E. B. Lotherington. 



Of mineral specimens — to the Bombay Natural History 

 Society (cast of meteorite). 



Of botanical specimens — to Mr. W. P. Hiern, F.R.S. 



(N.B. — All the individuals named have presented specimens 

 or otherwise benefited the Museum.) 



Loan of Duplicate Specimens. —Five duplicate stuffed 

 animals were lent to the Whitechapel Art Gallery for a Sports 

 and Pastimes Exhibition that took place during November 

 and December ; and four of these specimens were passed on to 

 the Salvation Army for an exhibition at the Army's Trade 

 Headquarters. 



Publications. 



The following works on Natural History have been published 

 during the year : — 



History of the Collections, Vol. II. — Appendix. General 

 History of the Department of Zoology from 1856 to 1895. 



