150 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



cleaned from the matrix, the total acquisitions during 1901 

 are as follows :— 



A. — Vertebrata : 



By Donation 99 



„ Purchase ----- 936 



„ Exchange 44 



B. — Invertebrata : 



By Donation ----- 683 



„ Purchase - - - - - 825 



„ Exchange 179 



1,079 



1,687 



C— Plants : 



By Donation ----- 55 



„ Purchase - - - - - 37 



„ Exchange — 



D. —Rock specimens : 



By Donation 37 



„ Purchase - - - - - 23 



60 



Total Acquisitions in 1901 - - 2,918 



VIII. — Vi8itoo''8 and Students. 



The number of visits paid to the Department by students 

 and other persons for the purposes of consultation or study 

 during 1901 was 4,573. 



Arthur Smith Woodward. 



