140 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Reptilian remains from the Karoo Formation of South 

 Africa have been extracted from the hard matrix. 



Dinosaurian bones from the Greensand and Weal den of 

 England, and from the Cretaceous of North America, have been 

 prepared for study and exhibition. 



A model of the fore limb of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis has been 

 mounted on ironwork for exhibition. 



Fishes from the Chalk of Kansas and fish-remains from the 

 English Chalk have been prepared for study and exhibition. 



Microscope-sections of Jurassic corals have been prepared. 



All recent acquisitions, so far as possible, have been trimmed 

 and reduced to a convenient size before incorporation. 



Numerous plaster casts have been made both for the Museum 

 and for exchange ; and various specimens have been repaired 

 for the Department of Zoology. 



ITI. — Printing of Labels. 



The Museum Printer continues to devote one day each 

 week to the preparation of labels for the Department of 

 Geology ; but an Attendant in the Department composes and 

 prints most of the labels, and has this year prepared upwards 

 of 1,222 (and 9,174 prints of these). 



IV. — Exchanges and Duplicates. 



Exchanges of plaster casts and duplicate fossils have been 

 made with the following institutions : — Royal Scottish Museum, 

 Edinburgh ; University Museum, Oxford ; National Museum 

 of Natural History, Paris ; University Geological Museum, 

 Lund ; American Museum of Natural History, New York ; and 

 National Museum, Buenos Aires. Small exchanges have also 

 been made with Monsieur A. de Grossouvre, Prof. Jules Welsch, 

 Dr. H. P. Blackmore, Dr. A. W. Rowe, Miss Evelyn Irby, and 

 Miss C. H. Mona Briggs, 



Duplicate fossils have been presented to University College, 

 London, the Royal Institution of Cornwall, and the Museums 

 of Manchester and Leicester. 



Small duplicates and plaster casts for purposes of research 

 have been supplied to Mrs. Shakespear, Prof. J. Joly, Prof. 

 R. J. Strutt, Mr. James Lomax, Dr. H. F. Standing, Mr. G. 

 Vincent, Mr. A. Toucas, Hon. C. D. Walcott, and Dr. W. 

 Petrascheck. 



V. — Departmental Library. 



The additions to the Library, which have been registered, 

 stamped, catalogued, and press-marked, comprise 241 new 

 works and pamphlets, of which 110 were purchased and 

 131 presented; 557 parts of serials in progress, of which 236 

 parts were purchased and 321 presented; 169 maps, of which 



