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Keptilian remains from the Karoo Formation of South 

 Africa have been extracted from the hard matrix. 



The large slab of IcJdhyosaurus ^jlatyodon from the Lower 

 Ijias of Lyme Regis has been repaired. 



Pliosaurian skeletons, a skull of Ophthalmosaurus, and 

 'Other reptilian remains from the Oxford Clay, have been 

 prepared for study and exhibition. 



A skull of Triceratops and bones of Trachodon from the 

 Tuaramie Formation of Wyoming, and bones of Iguanodon from 

 tlie Wealden of Sussex, have been prepared for exhibition. 



Cretaceous fishes have been prepared for study and 

 exhibition. 



Alterations have been made in the sternum of the exhibited 

 ■'Cast of the skeleton of Megatherium. 



The skeletons of A2^tornis and Diaphorapteryx have been 

 repaired and re-mounted. 



A large slab of Muschelkalk with numerous specimens of 

 Encrinus carnalli has been prepared for exhibition. 



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

 ^nd reduced to a convenient size before incorporation. 



Numerous plaster casts have been made both for the Museum 

 a;nd for exchange ; and various specimens have been repaired 

 ior the Department of Zoology. 



III. — 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 804 (and 5,854 prints of these). 



IV. — Exchanges and Duplicates. 

 Exchanges of plaster casts and duplicate fossils have 

 been made with the following institutions : — Royal College of 

 Surgeons, London ; Manchester Museum ; National Museum, 

 Melbourne; National Museum of Natural History, Paris; 

 Palseontological Museum, Munich; Royal Museum, Stuttgart ; 

 Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort ; Carnegie Museum, Pitts- 

 burgh ; and the Geological Survey of Mexico. Small exchanges 

 have also been made with Messrs. J. R. Farmery, E. P. Field, 

 A. S. Kennard, J. Morgan, J. W. Stather, and H. M. Trower. 



Duplicate fossils have been presented to the Royal Insti- 

 tution of Cornwall, the Dominion Museum of New Zealand, 

 and Oaklands Higher Standard School, Hanwell. 



Small duplicates and plaster casts for purposes of research 

 have been supplied to Messrs. T. Sheppard, T. G. Taylor, and 

 H. Woods. 



