136 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The collection of Porosphcera from the English Chalk has 

 been revised and re-labelled in accordance with the researches 

 of Dr. G. J. Hinde, and the principal specimens have been 

 mounted for exhibition in table-case 12. 



The Schrammen Collection of Cretaceous sponges from 

 Hanover has been registered, arranged, and labelled, and 

 some of the principal specimens have been mounted for 

 exhibition in wall-case 7. 



Number of specimens registered, 558. 



PlantcB (Gallery 10). — The sorting and arrangement of the 

 Tertiary plants in drawers have been begun. 



The English Triassic, Rhsetic, and Lower Jurassic plants 

 have been tableted, labelled, and arranged for exhibition in 

 table-case 22, in accordance with the recently published 

 Catalogue. 



A few Wealden plant-remains from South Africa have 

 been tableted, labelled, and exhibited in wall-case 12. 



A special case of large specimens of plants from the 

 Coal-Measures has been arra^nged in the middle of the 

 gallery. 



Wall-case 17 has been re-fitted to accommodate a con- 

 tinuation of the exhibition of large Carboniferous plant- 

 remains begun last year in wall-case 10. 



Cover-glasses have been fixed upon 1,360 slides of 

 Carboniferous plant- sections, which appeared to need this 

 additional protection. 



Some obscure vegetable-remains collected by the British 

 Antarctic Expedition in the Antarctic Regions have been 

 received and examined, and a microscope-section of the best 

 specimen has been made. 



A temporary exhibition to illustrate recent discoveries 

 of Carboniferous seed-bearing plants was arranged in the 

 Central Hall of the Museum. 



Number of specimens of Plant^e registered, 1,493. 



Tracks and Dynamical "Collection (Gallery 11^. — So far 

 as originally planned, the labelling and arrangement of this 

 collection have now been completed. 



A series of models illustrating an experiment in mountain 

 building, devised and described by the Right Hon. Lord 

 Avebury, has been mounted with an explanatory label in a 

 special case betAveen wall-cases 6, 7. 



Number of specimens registered, itGQ. 



Students' Collection of Fossils. — The whole of this 

 collection has been carefully examined, and some portions 

 have been revised and brought up to date. A detailed list 

 of the revised collection has also been prepared. 



