120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The cupboards mentioned in last year's report have been 

 stocked with all the specimens that have as yet been 

 calalogued ; and they can now be consulted or examined 

 without any loss of time to the student. 



Polyzoa, Porifera, Protozoa. — The working out of the 

 large collection of Sponges brought home by the " Discovery " 

 from the Antarctic has been commenced. The Report on the 

 Hexactinellida (with 7 quarto plates) has been completed, 

 and that on the Tetractinellida (with 4 quarto plates) is now 

 nearly ready; also numerous preparations of the Monaxonida 

 have been made. 



The spirit collection of Sponges has been removed from the 

 high cupboards in which it was stored, and arranged in low 

 cupboards in the Spirit building, the position of the genera on 

 the shelves being indicated on label cards. 



The large collection of material, including MS. notes and 

 drawings, constituting a final instalmen t of the Busk Coll ection, 

 has been arranged so as to be available for reference, and has 

 been found of much use by students working at the collection 

 of Polyzoa. 



The micro-slide preparations of Protozoa (mostly Fora- 

 minifera), Sponges, and Hydrozoa, contained in 216 boxes, 

 and numbering over 11,000, have been put in order. 



A collection, comprising 15 specimens of Freshwater- 

 Sponges from Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Nyassa, 

 collected by Mr. Cunnington, has been worked out, and is in 

 course of being reported upon. 



At the request of the India Office, a short report has been 

 drawn up on the Persian Gulf as a possible area for successful 

 Sponge Fisheries. 



The exhibit in the case containing a series of specimens 

 and diagrams, illustrative of the structure of Sponges, was 

 damaged by rain coming in through the roof. Considerable 

 time was involved in repairing the damage done to these 

 exhibits. 



II. — Du2')licates and Exchanges. 



Duplicates have been presented to the Technical Educa- 

 tion Board of the London County Council ; St. Paul's 

 School Field Club Museum, Hammersmith ; the Wimbledon 

 Technical Institute ; the Sir John Cass Technical Institute; 

 Eton College; the Campden School of Arts and Crafts, 

 Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire; M. H. d'Orbigny ; 

 Herr R. Piingeler ; Dr. William Barnes ; Prof. Y. Sjostedt ; 

 and M. A. Regimbart. 



Exchanges have been effected with Mr. J. H. Fleming, 

 Dr. Moreno, Mr. William Cross, and the Bromley Natural 

 History Society ; Prof. Joseph Gillett, Mr. I. T. Kaye, Mr. 

 F. N. Nunenmacher, Prof. Y. Sjostedt, M. Rene Oberthiir, Com- 

 mander J. J. Walker, R.N., Prof. Hauser, Dr. A. H. Heath, 

 Dr. M. Cameron, Dr. M. A. Regimbart, Mr. Malcolm Burr. 



