20 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEU 



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Since the Keeper's last Annual Report, he has received as presents, or by purchase,— 

 2 specimens of Codium Bursa, Agardh, collected off Brighton, and presented by 



H. Catt, Esq. , , __. ^,^ , . , 



125 species of Mosses of Portugal, collected by Mr. Welwitsch. 

 166 Plants of Spain, collected by M. Rossmassler. 

 363 species of Plants of Sicily, collected by M. Huet du Pavilion. 

 487 species of Plants of the East, collected by M. Balansa. 

 245 species of Plants of Assyria, collected by W. K, Loftus, Esq. 

 510 species of Plants of the East Indies, from the Collection of the Horticulturai 



Society. 



1,079 species of Plants of Ceylon, collected by Mr. MacRae, from the Collection of the 



Horticultural Society. 



460 species of Phmts of the various South Sea Islands, collected during the voyage of 

 Her Majesty's Ship "Herald," presented by Sir John Liddell, c. b., Director-general of 

 the Medical Department of the Navy. 



257 species of Plants of the same voyage, received frotn the Museum of the Royal Naval 

 Hospital at Haslar, by direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 

 ]80 species of Plarits of New Holland, ditto, ditto. 



852 species of Plants of Western Australia, collected by Alexander Coliie, Esq., Surgeon, 

 R. N., ditto, ditto. 



222 species of Plants from the Pyrenean Mountains, in the neighbourhood of Port 

 Phillip, collected and presented by Duncan Cooper, Esq. 



80 species of Algae of Tasmania, collected by the Rev, John Fereday and Mr. George 

 Propstmg, forming part of Nos. -127, 428, of the Tasmanian Contributions to the Universal 

 Exhibition of Industry at Paris, in 1855, and presented through F. A. Ducroz, Esq., 

 Tasmanian Commissioner to the Exhibition. 



30 species of Ferns of New Zealand, from the Haslar Museum, as above. 



66 species of Ferns oi' New Caledonia and Singapore. 



320 species of Plants of the Sandwich Islands, collected by Mr. MacRae, from the Col- 

 lection of the Horticultural Society. 



395 species of Plants of Tunis, collected by M. Kralik. 



144 species of Plants of Tripoli and Central Africa, collected and presented by Dr. 

 Edward Vogel. 



701 species of Plants of Western Tropical Africa, collected by Mr. George Don, from 

 the collection of the Horticultural Society. 



234 species of Plants of Algoa Bay and the Cape of Good Hope, collected by Mr. 

 Forbes, from the collection of the Horticultural Society. 



85 species of Plants of Madagascar, collected by Mr. Forbes, from the collection of the 

 Horticultural Society. 



72 species of Plants of Spitzbergen and Arctic America, from the Haslar Museum. 



1,919 species of Plants of North America, collected chiefly by Sir John Richardson, c.b., 

 from the Haslar Museum. 



1,460 species of Plants of North Western America and California, collected by Mr. David 

 Douglas, from the collection of the Hoiticukural Society. 



155 species of Plants of the North West Coast of America, from the Haslar Museum. 



182 species of Ferns of Venezuela, collected by Dr. Fendler. 



250 species of Plants of Northern Brazil, collected by Mr. Spruce. 



40 species of Plants of the Straits of Magellan, from the Haslar Museum. 



Various specimens of vegetable pioductions from New Holland, the Islands of the South 

 Pacific and the West Coast of Africa, from the Haslar Museum. 



51 species of British Woods. 



8 sections of Trunks of V\^oody Climbers from South Brazil. 



A Cone of Araucaiia Cookii, K. Br., from the Isle of Pines. 



Robert Broun. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The Drawings by the old Masters framed and exhibited during 1855, and a portion of 

 1856, have been replaced by a fresh selection. 



The Collection of Engravings by Marc' Antonio is in the course of re-arrangement ; about 

 one-third has been carefully mounted in such a manner as will secure the surface from the 

 chance of future injury from friction. 



The Works of John Matham have been arranged in four volumes. 



The Etchings of Adrian Oslade have been re-arranged, which step became necessary 

 in consequence of the valuable accessions made within a short period of many of the rarer 

 states. 



The Etchings of Carl Russ and Martin S. Schmidt have been arranged in a volume. 



Eighty-five of the choicer Drawings have been remounted in such a rnanner as to secure 

 the surface (rom injury by friction. 



Seven thousand two hundred and thirty-five articles have been entered in the register of 

 purchases and presentations ; each article has had the register mark stamped on it. 



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