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the collection made by the late Professor J. F. Blake of about 

 7,000 invertebrate fossils from India, Russia, and Britain ; a 

 collection of 14,000 brachiopoda and 950 mollusca from the 

 trias of Bosnia ; and the first half of the important collection 

 of British sea-weeds made by the late Mr. E. A. L. Batters. 



Exchanges and Gifts of Duplicates. 



Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made with 

 various institutions and individuals. 



The following have been added to the list of institu- 

 tions to receive grants of duplicate specimens of natural 

 history, viz. : — 



The London School of Tropical Medicine ; the Northern 

 Polytechnic Institute, London, N. ; Croydon Borough Museum, 

 South Norwood ; Mansfield Museum ; Inverness Museum ; 

 and Dundonald Road School, Wimbledon. 



The duplicate specimens of mammals and birds in the 

 collection obtained by the Discovery Antarctic Expedition 

 have been distributed among the following institutions : — 



Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh ; National Museum, 

 Dublin ; Cambridge University Museum ; National Museum, 

 Melbourne ; South African Museum, Gape Town ; Liverpool 

 Museums ; American Museum of Natural History, New York ; 

 Thames Nautical Training College, H.M.S. "Worcester"; 

 Oxford University Museum ; Christchurch Museum, New 

 Zealand. 



From the other duplicate specimens in store selections 

 have been presented as follows : — 



Of zoological specimens — to the Evening Education Com- 

 mittee of the Garden City, Letchworth ; Bristol Museum ; 

 Guy's Hospital Medical School ; the Royal Scottish Museum, 

 Edinburgh : Oxford University ; St. Andrews University ; 

 Plymouth Museum ; the Natal Government Museum, Pieter- 

 maritzburg : the South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye ; 

 the National Museum, Dublin ; the Hancock Museum, New 

 castle-upon-Tyne ; Mr. C. J. W'ith; Professor G. Ulmer ; 

 Major H. Mann, for a small local museum at Milton Damerel, 

 N. Devon ; Dr. F. Spaeth ; Dr. W. van der Weele ; Professor 

 J. B. Smith ; Mr. A. Grouvelle ; Mr. J. G. de Man ; Mr. Budde- 

 Lund ; Mr. R. Shelf ord ; Mr. P. Lesne ; Mr. Martin Jacoby ; 

 Mr. S. Schenkling ; and Mr. R. Gordon-Smith. 



Of fossils and casts of fossils— to University College, 

 London; Professor C. Deperet ; Mr. J. A. Stigand ; Dr. Otto 

 Reis : and Professor F. Beyschlag. 



Of minerals — to Professor J. Joly, of Dublin University; 

 and Dr. F. Zambonini, of Naples University. 



Of plants — to the Surveyors' Institution, Westminster. 



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