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Additions to the Collections. 

 The number of acquisitions in the several departments during the 

 year, apart from specimens received too late for incorporation and from 

 iDOoks, was as follows : — 



Department. 



Purchases. 



Donations, 



Exchanges, 



etc. 



Total. 



Zoology 



Entomology 



Geology 



Mineralogy 



Botany 



5.606 



80.570 



277 



35 



7,458 



30,951 



159,402 



8,559 



1,525 



108,031 



36,557 



239,972 



8,836 



1,560 



115,489 



Totals ... 



93,946 308,468 



402,414 



The number of separate presents received during the year was 

 2,955, among the more interesting of them being :-;- 



Zoology. 



From H.H. the Maharaj Kumar of Bikaner : a tiger skin and skull 

 from the Kotah State, Rajputana. 



From His Excellency the Governor of Sierra Leone : four additional 

 skulls of a dwarf race of African elephant from the Gola forest. 



From Colonel C. W. M. Norrie : a very fine head of an African 

 elephant and a collection of ungulate heads from East Africa and 

 Alaska, shot by the late Major G. M. Norrie. 



From Major P. H. G. Powell-Cotton : 18 skins and 10 skeletons, 

 including the skin and skeleton of a Giant Eland, shot during his 

 recent tour of the Sudan. 



From Mrs. Armitslead : a large collection of mounted heads of East 

 African and Asiatic ungulates and carnivores, shot by the late Major 

 P. K. Glazebrook. 



From Lord Rothschild, F.R.S. : a cast of a very large halibut 

 weighing about 456 lb. 



From Mrs. Penrose : a collection of 2,066 birds' eggs, formed by the 

 late Dr. F. G. Penrose ; 



From the Rev. A. H. Cooke, D.D. : two collections of shells, com- 

 prising many hundreds of very valuable specimens. 



Geology. 



From Mr. S. L. Wood : a valuable collection of fossil mammals, 

 birds, and reptiles, chiefly from the Isle of Wight. 



From Lord Rothschild, F.R.S. : a very large slab, containing a 

 reconstructed group of palm leaves from the Tertiary of Italy. 



Botany. 



From Miss I. E. Wright : the British herbarium of her father, the 

 late C. A. Wright, F.L.S., containing about 6,000 items, including 

 specimens from many eminent British botanists. 



From Mrs. H. G. Sewell : the herbarium of Philip Sewell (1865-1928), 

 containing about 3,000 sheets of British plants. 



