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Vertebrate classes. The Shells, Echinodermata, Corals, Sec, like the Reptilian remains, 

 are in an unusually fine state of preservation. 



5. Of 800 specimens, selected for the most part from small Collections offered by the 

 various dealers ; and, 



6. Of specimens which have been presented, and which next come under notice. 

 The principal objects obtained by donation are — 



1. Some remains of a Rhinoceros, Hyaena, &c., from a bone cave near Wells ; presented 

 by the Bishop of Bath and Wells. 



2. A Skull of an Irish Elk, exhibiting some abnormal conditions in the growth of the 

 Antlers ; presented by the Earl of Enniskillen. 



3. A small series of Mammalian remains from Scinde ; presented by Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Sykes. 



4. Some Mammalian remains from the silt removed in excavating the Jarrow Docks, in the 

 bottom of which, are the remains of a forest, now submerged 12 feet below low-water mark; 

 presented by Messrs. Harrison and Hodgson, engineers to the Jarrow Docks, Tyne, 

 Northumberland. 



5. A series of remains of Cetacea and Fishes ; and 57 Tertiary Shells from Lisbon; pre- 

 sented by J. S. Valentine, Esq. 



6. About 1,000 specimens, selected from Mr. Pratt's Collection; presented by S. P. 

 Pratt, Esq. 



7. A Collection of Tertiary Shells from India; presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes. 



8. A series of Tertiary Shells from Madeira ; presented by Sir Charles Lyell, and by 

 James Yate Johnson, Esq. 



9. A series of Coal Plants from Chamouni ; presented by Alfred Wills, Esq. 



The specimens belonging to the Vertebrate Classes, procured during the year, have all 

 "been catalogued ; and, of the Invertebrate Classes, about 3,000 specimens have undergone 

 • examination, have been entered in the Catalogue, and arranged in the cases exposed to the 

 public. 



George Robert Waterhouse. 



Department op Mineralogy. 



During the past year, the additions to the collection have not been extensive, though of 

 a good and valuable character. 



Cornwall is again producing fine specimens of the mineral Bournonite, and these are 

 worthily represented among the additions of the past year; and among the latest 

 acquisitions is a very fine specimen of Argentite, or Silver Glance, recently raised in the 

 neighbourhood of Freiberg. W. BoUaert, Esq., has presented specimens of minerals 

 from Peru, and the collection is indebted to Thomas Watson, Esq., for illustrations of the 

 mineral products of Namaqualand, South Africa. A mineral, at present under examination 

 ^by analysis, and presenting the characters of Gay Lussite, has been found in the excavation 

 of the Jarrow Docks, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Specimens of it have been presented by Professor 

 Owen, by the resident engineer, T. Hodgson, Esq., and by Dr. Charlton, of Newcastle. 



The collection is also indebted to the Government of Victoria for specimens of the gold 

 deposits of that colony. 



Nevil Story Maskelyne. 



Department of Botany. 



The Keeper has examined and arranged the various collections purchased during the year; 

 he has added to the General Herbarium the remainder of Mr. George Don's collections 

 from Tropical Western Africa, together with a continuation of Mr. Thwaites's plants of 

 Ceylon, and of Mr. Spruce's collections in Northern Brazil, specimens from Western Africa 

 collected by Dr. Daniell, and Dr. Harvey's extensive collections of Sea- Weeds from 

 Australia, the Friendly Islands, and Ceylon ; he has also been engaged in getting r^ady 

 the rooms intended for the exhibition, and in naming and preparing specimens to be pUced 

 in them. 



Since his last Annual Report, he has received by purchase, — 



325 species of Plants of Calabria, Sicily, &c., collected by M. Huet du Pavilion. 

 144 species of Plants of Asia Minor, collected by M. Balansa. 



21Q. C 3 504 species 



