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same time formed a manuscript list of all the specimens then in 

 the Museum. The principal accession of the year appears to 

 have been the Cobbe collection from India. 



1838. 



Registered accessions, 201. 



The most important events were the commencement of contri- 

 butions from Mr. Ronald Gunn from Tasmania, the receipt of the 

 first South African collections from Dr. Andrew Smith, of the 

 North American specimens of Dr. Bachman, and of the Chinese 

 series of Mr. J. R. Reeves. 



1839. 



Accessions, 144. 



1840. 



Accessions, 83. 



The Krauss Mammals from Natal were received in this year, 

 and the first contributions from John Gould, who played so 

 important a part in the zoological exploration of Australia. 



1841. 



Accessions, 401. 



A large consignment of the Gould collection formed the chief 

 feature of the year. 



About this period the Mammalian collections appear to have 

 been shifted from old Montague House to the new British 

 Museum, built on the same site. The new building was com- 

 menced in 1823 and its eastern wing completed in 1828, though 

 the last portions of Montague House did not disappear till 1845. 

 When Mr. E. Gerrard joined the staff in 1841 the Mammals 

 were still in a part of the older edifice. 



1842. 



Accessions, 562. 



Mammals collected in South Africa by Mr. Burke, and pre- 

 sented by Lord Derby, and others obtained during the Voyage of 

 the Sulphur, and presented by Sir E. Belcher, formed the chief 

 accessions of interest. 



1843. 



Accessions, 769. 



This year saw the arrival of the first and most important part 

 of the great Hodgson collection, the importance of which is 



