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selected for the Museum by Professor E. Perceval Wright 

 and Miss E. S. Barton. 



From Dr. Helge Backstrom, of Stockholm University. — A 

 large polished slab of orbicular Granite taken from the only 

 known large boulder of the rock at Kortfors, Karlskoga, 

 Sweden. 



Exchanges and Gifts of Duplicates. 



Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made with the 

 following institutions and individuals : — 



Of Zoological Specimens. — With the Museum d'Histoire. 

 Naturelle, Paris ; the Zoological Museum of the University 

 of Gottingen ; the Zoological Museum, Christiania ; the 

 Hope Museum, Oxford ; the South African Museum, Cape 

 Town ; Owen's School Museum, Islington ; Berlin Museum ; 

 Princeton University, N.J., U.S.A. ; Dr. Packard, of Brown 

 University, R.I., U.S. A, ; Mr. A. L. Butler, of Selangor 

 Museum ; the University of Utrecht ; Mr. E. Saunders ; 

 Captain C. Kerremans ; Mons. A. Fauvel ; Mons. Rene 

 Oberthlir; Mr. F. W. Frohawk ; Mr. Heatley Noble; the 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild; Dr. W. Horn; and Dr. Sushkin, 

 of Moscow. 



Of Fossils. — With the Benedictine Abbey of Maredsons, 

 Belgium ; and Mr. P. Petitclerc. 



Of Minerals and Meteorites. — With the Speyer Museum ; 

 Mr. W. F. Ferrier ; and Mr. W. M. Foote. 



Of Botanical Specimens. — With the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Berlin ; the Imperial Botanic Museum, St. Petersburg ; the 

 Cosson Herbarium, Paris ; the Botanic Garden and Museum, 

 Zurich ; the Imperial Museum, Vienna ; Warrington Museum ; 

 and Dr. Briquet, of the Delessert Herbarium, Geneva. 



Selections from the " Challenger " duplicates have been 

 granted to the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University ; 

 the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons ; 

 the Durham College of Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Uni- 

 versity College, Liverpool ; and the Warrington Museum. 



A duplicate Axis Deer was lent to the Ceylon Government, 

 to form part of a trophy in the Ceylon Court of the Paris 

 Exhibition. 



Grants of duplicate zoological specimens have been made 

 to the Gordon Boys' Home, Woking ; University College, 

 Gower Street ; University College, Liverpool ; and the Uni- 

 versity of Toronto ; — of duplicate fossils, to the Durham 

 College of Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the University 

 of Toronto ; — of duplicate minerals, to the Geological Survey 

 of India, Calcutta ; — and of duplicate botanical specimens, to 

 the Birkbeck Institution, 



