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LIST OF BENEFACTORS. 
1846. The Eight Honourable Thomas Grenville. 
The Library, comprising 20,240 volumes, formed by him 
at a cost of upwards of £54,000. 
1846-54. Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart., R.N. 
Botanical collections from Australia, New Zealand, and 
the Pacific Islands ; and Ethnographical specimens. 
1846- 73. The Reverend Richard Thomas Lowe. 
A complete collection of the Fishes and Shells of Madeira 
and the neighbouring seas. 
1875. The same. (By bequest.) 
His general collection of Shells, and a moiety of his 
Herbarium of Madeiran plants. 
1847- 79. George French Angas, Esq. 
Frequent donations of the Shells described by him. 
1847. Charles Frazer, Esq., Bengal C,S. 
Nerbudda Valley Fossils. 
1847. Mrs. Rudge. 
The Herbarium of Edward Rudge, including the plants 
of M. Martin, collected in French Guiana. 
1847. The Sons of the late Major William Yule, 
H.E.I.C.S. 
Persian, Arabic, and Hindustani Manuscripts. 
1848- 61. Sir John Bowring. 
His very large collection of Indian and Chinese Coleop- 
tera ; and many other smaller donations. 
1848. Richard Gofe, Esq. 
Basalt votive Basin ; Sepulchral Vases ; Tablets ; and a 
Bronze Statue. 
1848-73. Robert Mac Andrew, Esq. 
Frequent and valuable donations of Mollusca. 
1849. Vincent Novello, Esq. 
Manuscript Music by various English Composers. 
