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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



mation regarding it has been supplied to the Wellcome Tropical 

 Research Laboratories, Khartoum. 



A collection of Crustacea obtained by trawling off Lagos, 

 West Africa, has been determined for the company carrying 

 on the fishery, and further information has been supplied 

 concerning certain of the edible species. 



VIII. Parasitic Worms, 



Parasitic worms and other organisms affecting domestic or 

 other useful animals and birds have been determined for the 

 following : — The Sanitary Department, Accra, Gold Coast 

 Colony ; the Imperial Bureau of Entomology (in answer to 

 clients in Nyasaland and in the West Indies); "The Field" 

 and " Country Life " newspapers. 



Queries from various private individuals respecting parasitic 

 or suspected parasitic worms have also been answered, including 

 one serious case of disease in domestic poultry, which was 

 thought to be due to intestinal worms, but proved otherwise. 



VIT. — Students and Visitors. 



The number of visits paid to the Zoological Department 

 during the year 1914 by Students and other persons requiring 

 assistance or information amounted to 9,235, This number 

 includes the visits paid by Students holding tickets entitling 

 them to do special work in the Exhibition Galleries. 



In the 10 previous years the numbers were as follows. From 

 1904 to 1912 inclusive the present Department of Entomology 

 was included in the Department of Zoology : — 

 9,982 in the year 1913. 



12,564 



1912. 



12,175 



1911. 



12,443 



1910. 



11,461 



1909. 



10,220 



1908. 



11,043 



1907. 



10,813 



1906. 



11,811 



1905. 



11,824 



1904. 



Sidney F. Harmei 



