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them. Drawers of foreign Palaeozoic Bracliiopocla have also 

 been arranged and labelled. 



Number of specimens of Brachiopoda registered,. 2,568. 



Echinoderma (Gallery 8). — A specimen of an Echinoid, 

 obtained by Dr. Corney from the Soap-stone of Fiji, has 

 been studied to prepare explanatory plaster casts of the 

 same for exhibition. 



The Fiji Echinoid, several Cystidea, and various Triassic 

 Echinoderma have been examined preparatory to description 

 or cataloguing. 



Recent acquisitions have been labelled and incorporated 

 in the drawers. 



Number of specimens of Echinoderma registered, 1,164. 



Anthozoa (Gallery 10). — The newly-catalogued fossil 

 examples of Goniopora have been arranged and labelled, 

 the best specimens being mounted and exhibited with ex- 

 planatory labels in table-case 1. 



A collection of Indian Jurassic Corals has been arranged 

 and labelled in drawers. 



The cores from borings in the coral-atoll of Funafuti, 

 described in a Report to the Royal Society, have been 

 received from the Royal Society and arranged in a cabinet 

 in one of the Basement Rooms. 



Number of specimens of Anthozoa registered, 1,605. 



Hydrozoa, Porifera, and Protozoa (Gallery 10). — Recent 

 acquisitions have been labelled and incorporated in the 

 drawers. 



The drawings and photographs prepared by the late 

 Dr. W. B. Carpenter to illustrate his researches on Eozoon, 

 liave been arranged and bound in three volumes. 



Number of specimens registered, 407. 



Plantce (Gallery 10). — The exhibited collection of Wealden 

 and Jurassic Plants in table-cases 20-2o has been re-arranged 

 in accordance with the published Catalogue. 



The exhibition of the Glossopteris Flora in wall-case 14a 

 has been completed. 



Wall-case IG has been re-fitted to contain the larger 

 specimens of plants from the British Coal-Measures, which 

 have been re-arranged, mounted, and labelled. The non- 

 exhibited specimens are arranged and labelled in cupboards 

 at the bottom of the case. 



The drawers of Carboniferous Plants in table-cases 26-31 

 have been re-arranged and labelled, while recent acquisitions 

 have been incorporated. 



Number of specimens of Plantse registered, 1,460. 



