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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



feet, from deep water off the Canaries ; presented by H. 

 Benest, Esq. 



Twenty-nine specimens and fragments of Hydroidea, in- 

 cluding several deep-sea types, described by Prof . Nutting; 

 received in exchange. 



Thirty-two Hydrozoa from Naples ; purchased. 



VI. — Visitors and Students. 



The number of visits paid to the various parts of the 

 Department by Students and others requiring information 

 and assistance, amounted to 10,633, as compared with : — 



12,813 in the year 1901. 



11,923 „ 1900. 



10,728 



1899. 



10,8.30 



1898. 



9,708 



1897. 



7,995 



1896. 



8,189 



1895. 



10,730 



1894. 



10,872 



1893. 



10,932 



1892. 



E. Ray Lankester, 

 Director and Acting Keeper 

 of Zoology. 

 British Museum (Natural History), 

 28 February 1903. 



