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pared and printed by the Trustees, from which it appears that 

 the number of moulds of fossils from which casts can now be 

 supplied amounts to 462. (The list extends to 36 pages, and 

 was issued in December last.) 



Work of the Mason- For'niatore and Assistant Mason. 



During the past year two skeletons of " Moa," one of which 

 was obtained by exchange, from Sir Julius von Haast, F.E.S., 

 and the other by purchase (namely, Dinornis gravis and 

 D. didiiformis), have been restored, and entirely remounted 

 and prepared for exhibition. 



An imperfect cranium and mandible of the great sabre- 

 toothed tiger (Machoirodus neogeus, Lund) from South 

 America, has been restored and completed by the assistance 

 of other specimens from France and India, preserved in the 

 collection. This coloured cast now forms a striking and most 

 instructive object in the pier-case devoted to carnivora, to 

 which has also been added a fine skull of the African lion. 



The cranium and horn-cores of Bubalus paloiindicus, 

 which were in an unsatisfactory state, have been repaired and 

 re-united and mounted on new iron-work supports in Pier- 

 case 19, S.E. Gallery. 



A specimen of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus, obtained by 

 purchase, has had its paddles united to the trunk, and the 

 whole developed and mounted in a frame, and placed tempo- 

 rarily in Wall-case 8, Gallery No. 11. 



A carapace of Glyptodon clavipes, has been put together from 

 parts belonging to one and the same animal. It was obtained 

 by Mr. White, in the Argentine Republic, and purchased of 

 Mr. Gerrard. 



About 30 moulds and 80 casts of fossils have been made 

 during the past year. 



A large and very remarkable cranium of Dicynodon, 

 obtained by Professor Seeley, from South Africa, has been 

 most successfully worked out from the hard matrix, display- 

 ing the structure of the cranium on all sides. 



A head and vertebral column of Pariasaurus, from the 

 Dicynodont beds (Trias), Cape Colony, and also an almost 

 complete skeleton of the same genus, obtained by Professor 

 H. G. Seeley, F. r. s. (assisted by a grant from the Royal 

 Society), have been most carefully and skilfully worked out 

 from the very intractable matrix, displaying the details of 

 the anatomy in a most admirable manner. 



Numerous sections of rocks, fossil corals, and shells have been 

 prepared, mounted and polished ; also many cut and polished 

 sections of Nautili and Ammonites. 



Many fossil fish and reptilian remains have been developed 

 and mended. 



A large number of fossil corals, and plant-remains have 

 been mounted and prepared for exhibition. 



A slab of coral limestone from Gotland ; a mass of Bognor 

 0.81. I rock 



