tJ6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



YII, — Visitors and Students. 



The number of visits from persons who have specially consulted portions of the col- 

 lection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 8,372, as compared with — 



8,313 in the year - - - 1885 



6,818 „ - _ . 1884 



5,229 „ - - - 1883 



9,628 „ - - . 1882 



7,407 „ ... 1881 



4,260 „ - _ - 1880 



4,003 „ . - - 1879 



3,064 „ - . . 1878 



3,671 „ - - . 1877 



Alhert Giinlher. 



Department of Geology. 



I. — Arrangement. 



A. — Vertebkata. 



Fossil Mammalia, — During the past year all the cases of Perissodactyle and Artiodac- 

 tyle Ungulates have been re-arranged subsequent to their having been catalogued by 

 Mr. Lydekker. 



A selected series of Cave Mammalia from Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves, North 

 Wales, have been mounted on tablets, labelled, and arranged in Pier-case No. 2. 



The cases of teeth of Maslodon, and Dinotherium have also been arranged and labelled 

 subsequent to cataloguing. 



Fossil Reptilia. — Ihe whole of the Table-cases in this Gallery and the Wall-cases at 

 the east end and along the north side, have been entirely re-arranged, the specimens 

 mounted on stands or tablets, according to their size and requirements, and carefully 

 labelled. In the Table-cases the Dinosauria, Anomodontia, Rhynchocephalia, Ichthyo- 

 pterygia, Siiropterygia have all been tableted, labelled, and arranged. 



In the Wall-cases the Ptcrosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosanrin, and Anomodontia (occupying 

 seven wall-cases) have all been carefully developed, mounted on stands, or in frames, 

 and arranged for exhibition. 



Fossil Fishes. — The whole of the Teleostean fishes which occupy the Table-cases along 

 the east side of this Gallery have been carefully mounted on tablets, named, labelled, and 

 arranged for exhibition. 



Incorporation of recent Acquisitions. — In all the Galleries, the more important recent 

 acquisitions have been incorporated in the Table and Wall-cases, and the less important 

 objects placed in their proper order in the Drawers provided for the reserve or study- 

 specimens under each Table -case. 



In addition to the newly-acquired specimens, which have been registered almost as soon 

 as they have been purchased or presented, a large number of old specimens, whose 

 history was obscure or had been lost, have been carefully re-examined and in many 

 instances traced out and identified by reference to their Bibliography and to the 

 Archives in the Department. These have been in each case both labelled and 

 registered afresh so as to insure their future recognition. 



All Mantell's Wealden Reptilia have been very carefully compared with his original 

 Memoirs, and those which had been figured and described have been labelled accordingly. 



Ichnology — Fossil Footprints. — A large series of slabs of fossil tracks, principally from 

 the Trias of N. America and England, have been mounted and arranged in the Wall- 

 cases on the East side of Gallery No. 11. A Catalogue of these has also been prepared, 

 but is not yet printed. 



Invertebrata. 



Cephalopoda. — The task of permanently tableting, mounting, labelling, and arranging 

 the objects in this Gallery was only commenced in April last, but already considerable 

 progress has been made. Of the Dibranchiate Cephalopods of the families Teuihidas and 

 Sepiada, 268 specimens have been mounted, named, and arranged in the Table and Wall- 

 cases, and of the Belemnitidoi 893 specimens have been similarly prepared for exhibition, 

 whilst 32 drawers of study-specimens have been named and arranged beneath the Table- 

 cases. 



Gasteropoda 



