140 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Canon Norman supplied the Museum with a good series 

 of Corals collected in British seas ; a selection of which is 

 now exhibited. A very fine example of a Gorgonella from 

 Zanzibar was presented by Mr. J. T. Last ; this will be 

 mounted for exhibition. 



Tunicata, Hydrozoa, Polyzoa, Porifera, Protozoa. 

 Among the acquisitions worthy of mention are : — 



Nine bottles containing named samples of Plankton 

 Radiolaria, and eighteen bottles containing pelagic Tunicata, 

 including the various stages in the life-history of Doliolum, all 

 from the Faroe Channel. The specimens were collected by 

 Dr. G. H. Fowler, while on board H.M.S. '' Research." 



Fifty-one specimens of Polyzoa, eleven MS. boxes full of 

 original drawings and notes on the H3'^drozoa and Polyzoa 

 of the Busk Collection, and sets of Plates of Polyzoa from 

 rare and valuable publications, e.g., Savigny's " Description 

 de I'Egypte," constituting the final instalment of the Busk 

 Collection; presented by the Misses Busk. 



A collection of nineteen specimens of Hydrozoa from 

 the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, including several 

 co-types, described by Edward T, Browne ; collected and 

 presented by J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq. 



VI. — Visitors and Students. 



The total number of visits paid during the year to the 

 three Sections of the Department by Students and other 

 persons requiring assistance or information amounted to 

 11,811, as compared with : — 



11,824 in the year 1904. 



10,633 



1902. 



12,813 



1901. 



11,923 



1900. 



10,728 



1899. 



10,830 



1898. 



9,708 



1897. 



7,995 



1896. 



8,189 



1895. 





E. Ray Lankester, 





Director and Acting Keeper 





of Zoology. 



