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The British Brachiopoda, occupying Table-cases Nos. 86, 87, and 88, have been named 

 in detail, and labels prepared for each species. 



Gallert C. — This Gallery has just been completely fitted with Table and Wall-cases for 

 the reception of the Fossil Corals, Hydroida, the Spongida, and the Protozoa, on the one 

 side, and the Fossil Plants on the other. 



The collections of Fossil Corals, Sponges, and Plants are now placed in this Gallery, 

 and the first-named groups are being arranged in the Table and Wall-cases. 



Gallery No. 4 has been entirely cleared, and Wall-cases, to contain a stratigraphical 

 collection, have been erected along its western side. The wall on the eastern side is to 

 be devoted to the exhibition of Reptilian remains, Ichnites, &c., to be fixed in frames upon 

 the wall and glazed. 



II. Guides and Catalogues. 



The first Edition of the small Guide to the Galleries of the Department of Geology and 

 Palaeontology having been sold out, a new and enlarged Edition, with 32 illustrations, 

 was issued to the public in October, 1882. 



The Catalogue of the Foraminifera, by Prof. T. Rupert Jones, r.R.s., was completed 

 and issued in April 1882. 



Permission having been obtained to enlarge Dr. Hinde's Catalogue of the Fossil 

 Sponges from an 8vo. form to that of a quarto size, with illustrations of the new and 

 undescribed forms, the issue of the Catalogue has been of necessity delayed, but the work 

 has continued without intermission, and the plates are also being drawn upon stone. 



III. Registration. 



Specimens registered during the past year : — 



Vertehrata : — 



Mammalia - • - - - - - - 1,765 



Aves -------- 24 



Reptilia ------- 614 



Pisces 2,843 



5,246 



Jnvertebrata : — 



MoUusca 8,866 



MoUuscoida 3,097 



Insecta, Crustacea, &c. - - , - - 393 



Annelida ------- 109 



Echinodermata - - - - - - 258 



Zoantharia - - - - - - - 679 



Spongida, &c. - 4,862 



18,264 



Fossil Plants 377 



Total number of Specimens registered - - - 23,887 



IV. Work of the Mason- Formatori, and Assistant-Mason. 



The large series of Reptilian remains in the *' Fox Collection " from the Wealden of 

 the Isle of Wight (obtained in January 1882), have all been carefully examined and 

 repaired ; some of the fossils, as, for example, the dermal shield of Polacatithus, having 

 been reconstructed from hundreds of fragments. About four months of the Masons' time 

 have been devoted to the development of these truly remarkable remains. 



The skull and tusks of the Ilford Mammoth have undergone repair, one alveolus has 

 been restored, the detached tusk has been united to the skull, and the ironwork re-arranged 

 and fitted to it. 



The large series of specimens, acquired in the Egerton Collection, and in that portion 

 of the Enniskillen Collection already purchased, have been cleaned, developed, and 

 repaired, and rendered fit for exhibition. 



The entire collection of South American Edentata, which occupies the large wall-case 

 on the north side of the pavilion, has been developed, repaired, and mounted on stands for 

 exhibition. 



The remains of Megalosaurus, from Sherborne, Dorset, have been developed, and casts 

 have been made of those portions of the specimens not presented to the Museum. 



Large numbers of Sponges, Corals, MoUusca and Echinodermata have been developed, 

 reduced, and mounted ready for exhibition in the Wall-cases of Galleries B. and C. 



Many other specimens of Corals and Sponges have been cut and polished so as to 

 exhibit their internal structure. 



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