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and stored products by mites, and occurrences of parasitic worms in 

 man and domestic and other animals. In the Entomological Depart- 

 ment work was done in relation to insects causing or transmitting 

 disease, pests of stored -products, wood-boring insects, and farm and 

 garden pests. 



Acquisitions. 



The number of acquisitions in the several Departments during the 

 3^ear, apart from specimens received too late for incorporation and from 

 books, was as follows : — 



Department. 



Purchases. 



Donations, 



Exchanges, 



etc. 



Total. 



Zoology 



Entomology 



Geology 



Mineralogy 



Botany 



993 

 4.310 



25.870 

 1,488 

 9,222 



29,116 



90,599 



7,670 



2,957 

 11,709 



30,109 

 94,909 

 33,540 

 4,445 

 20,931 





41,883 



142,051 



183,934 



The number of separate presents received during the year was 

 2,838, among the more interesting of them being : — 



From Mr. G. M. Mathews : his " The Birds of Australia," comprising 

 14 volumes and including 600 coloured plates. 



From Mr. J. Spedan Lewis : 59 mammals from Dutch New Guinea. 



From Sir John Mullens : the skin and skull of an Egyptian jackal. 



From Mrs. C. M. L. Holmes : the skull of a fine African buffalo. 



From the proprietors of The Times : eleven enlargements of photo- 

 graphs of East African big game. 



From Dr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. : a collection of 1,306 specimens 

 of European reptiles and batrachians, and about 160 books and 

 pamphlets formerly the propert}^ of Dr. J. de Bedriaga. 



From the Governor of Uganda and Capt. C. R. S. Pitman : five skins 

 and skulls and two skeletons of the Nkosi Situtunga, a rare marsh 

 antelope from the islands of Lake Victoria. 



From W. C. D. Soar : 576 microscopical preparations of British 

 water-mites. 



From the officers of the Royal Artillery, Port Louis, Mauritius : 

 the stuffed type specimen of Testudo sumeirei (Marion's Tortoise), 

 a specimen of great historical interest. 



From Mrs. A. E. Wileman : her late husband's valuable collection of 

 Lepidoptera, including 756 types. 



From Mr. J. J. Joicey : a collection of between 5,000 and 6,000 

 butterflies from South and Central America. 



From Mrs. M. E. Eaton : her late husband's collection of over 

 1,800 moth-flies and about 200 microscope slides. 



From Prof. A. C. Seward, F.R.S. : a valuable collection of galls and 

 gall-makers from various localities in Great Britain. 



