142 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Tracks and Dynamical Collection {Gallery 11). — Progress 

 has been made in the arrangement, mounting, and labelling 

 of this collection in wall-cases 6, 7. 



Number of specimens registered, 429. 



11— -Work of Mason, Assistant Mason, and Workshop 

 Attendant. 



A large number of fossil mammalian remains from Egypt 

 and Greece (Pikermi) have been extricated from the matrix, 

 hardened, and prepared for study or exhibition. 



A skull and mandible of the Miocene Mastodon (Tetrabe- 

 lodon angustidens) have been mounted for exhibition to 

 illustrate their natural relations. 



The mounting of a Dinosaur (Cetiosaurus leedsi), from 

 the Oxford Clay of Peterborough, has been completed. 



Several specimens of Triassic Reptiles from Elgin have 

 been prepared for study. 



The shell of a large tortoise from the Eocene of Egypt 

 has been prepared and mounted. 



A slab of ironstone, containing Palseoniscid Fishes from 

 Rhodesia, has been prepared for study and exhibition. 



Progress has been made in mounting a gigantic fish-tail 

 from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. 



Miscellaneous specimens have been reduced and prepared 

 before incorporation in the collection. 



The mason has made numertius moulds and casts of fossils, 

 and has also been employed by the Department of Zoology 

 in making casts of fishes. 



ITI. — Printing of Labels. 



A Printer has been appointed to work in the Museum, and 

 his services are at the disposal of the Department of Geology 

 one day each week. A Boy-Attendant of the Department 

 of Geology also devotes most of his time to printing, and he 

 has composed and printed 975 labels during the year, several 

 of them being long descriptive labels. 



IV. — Exchanges and Buiolicates. 



Exchanges of plaster casts and duplicate fossils have been 

 made with the following institutions : — Geological Museum, 

 University of Tiibingen ; Geological Museum, University of 

 Lund ; Abbey of Maredsous, Belgium. 



Duplicate fossils have been presented to the Perak Museum 

 and the Bulawayo Museum. 



Small plaster casts and duplicate fossils have also been 

 supplied for purposes of research to Messrs. 0. Abel, C. E. 



