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of Peruvian ores, consisting of nearly 200 ar¬ 
ticles. 
4 .—BENEFACTORS NOT TRUSTEES. 
Before we proceed to the names of private be¬ 
nefactors not Trustees, we must here gratefully 
acknowledge the liberality of several Crowned 
Heads on the Continent, and many political 
as well as literary bodies, who have, from time 
to time, been pleased to contribute to the 
increase of this Institution. As to the former, 
the Museum may boast of various benefactions, 
chiefly in books, from the Emperors Francis I. 
and II. and the Empress Maria Theresa, from 
Catherine II. Empress of Russia, from Pope Pius 
VI. and their MajestiesCharles III. Kingof Spain, 
and Frederick V. King of Denmark, Among our 
own public offices, it has repeatedly received addi¬ 
tions from the Admiralty, the War Office, the 
Board of Longitude, and theEast-IndiaCompany: 
and as to the Literary Societies which regularly send 
in their various periodical and other publications, 
we are bound to make honorable mention of the 
Royal Society,* the Society of Antiquaries, the 
Society 
* In the year 1781, this Society presented the greatest part of 
its collection of JNatural and Artificial Curiosities to the British 
Museum. 
