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A list of published papers relating to specimens in the 

 Collection has been compiled. 



Numerous specimens sent, or brought by visitors, to the 

 Museum have been examined and named. 



Assistance has been given in the revision of the proofs 

 of the Catalogue of the Museum Library. 



The preparation of a copy of the Register of the specimens 

 in the collection has been in progress. 



The doors and locks of the cases throughout the Gallery 

 have been eased. 



One hundred and twenty-nine boxes of mineral-specimens 

 have been received, unpacked, and examined ; 87 boxes have 

 been packed and despatched. 



A new edition of the "Introduction to the Study of 

 Meteorites " has been in preparation. 



Departinental Library. 



To the Departmental Library have been added continua- 

 tions of 37 periodicals (in 620 parts), 50 volumes of separate 

 works, 170 pamphlets and parts of works, and 1 map ; of 

 these, 9 periodicals, 15 volumes of separate works, 138 

 pamphlets and parts of works, and 1 map were acquired by 

 presentation or transfer. 



All of them, including 771 plates, have been registered 

 and stamped. 



Students. 



The number of visits recorded as made to the Department 

 for the purposes of consultation or study is 1,366. 



The Gallery is no longer reserved on particular days 

 of the week for use by Students ; further, study-series 

 have been so arranged as to be directly accessible to the 

 public, and so labelled as to render reference to the staff for 

 information thereon almost completely unnecessary : it has 

 thus become difficult to distinguish for statistical purposes, 

 " Students" of minerals from ordinary " Visitors," and stress 

 can no longer be laid on the distinction. 



Demonstration. 



A demonstration on the Meteorites was given by the 

 Keeper to 15 members of the Selborne Society, 



Exchanges. 

 Exchanges of specimens have been made with Dr. A. 

 Brezina of Vienna ; with Colonel Washington A. Roebling of 

 Trenton, New Jersey ; with the University of Helsingfors 

 through Professor Wilhelm Ramsay ; and with the University 

 of Wisconsin through Professor W. H. Hobbs. 



