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with several important diseases were dealt with in the Department. 

 One of the large stores sought advice as to effective methods of sterili- 

 zation against fungi of articles used in their hair-dressing section ; 

 and, to mention only some of the other problems dealt with, 

 investigations were made into occurrences of diseased bacon, damaged 

 chocolate, fermentation of road-tar preparation, spotting of paper, 

 damaged wall-paper, destruction of wood-pulp, corking of wine, fungi 

 on tram cables, and rotting of cloth. 



Acquisitions. 



The number of acquisitions in the several departments during the 

 year, apart from books, was as follows .• — ■ 



Department. Purchases. 



Donations, 



Exchanges, 



etc. 



Total. 



Zoology 



Entomology 



Geology 



Mineralogy 

 Botany 



2,575 



29,200 



3,694 



347 



2,956 



48,965 



150,747 



4,820 



1,155 



15,574 



51,540 

 179,947 



8,514 



1,502 



18,530 





38,772 



221,261 



260,033 



The number of separate presents received during the year was 2,665, 

 among the more interesting of which were : — 



From H.R.H. the Duke of York : The skull of a fine female 

 specimen of the Northern White Rhinoceros, the skull of a Black 

 Rhinoceros, and a specimen of a rare species of wild Pig, all shot 

 by His Royal Highness in East Africa ; also the skull of an Ankole 

 Ox, with exceptionally fine horns, given by the Chiefs and Elders 

 of Ankole to Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of 

 York on the occasion of their visit to Uganda. 



From Lieut. -Commander A. F. Cummins, R.N.R. : Two specimens 

 of a rare freshwater dolphin, Inia geoffrensis, from off Santarem, 

 River Amazon. 



From Mr. N. C. Watt (Southern Whahng and Seahng Co., Ltd., 

 Liverpool) : Seven foetuses of the Blue Whale from a single female, 

 of much interest in view of the fact that whales rarely bring forth 

 more than one at a birth. 



From the Percy Sladen Trustees : Valuable collections of 

 zoological specimens made by Mr. Herbert Stevens in Tonkin, and 

 by Capt. G. C. Shortridge in South- West Africa. 



From Capt. Angus Buchanan, M.C.: A collection of 98 mammals, 

 including the types of six new species, collected by him in the Western 

 Sahara. 



From Major C. H. B. Grant : 77 skins and skulls of large mammals 

 from Tanganyika Territory, comprising about 18 species and 

 representing many local forms new to the collection. 



From Mr. J. J. Joicey : The whole of his valuable collection of 

 about 32,000 butterflies of the family Hesperiidae. 



