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Blossom Street, for a very complete specimen of Ichthyosaurus 
tenuirostris from the Lias of Street, Somersetshire; to the Bev. 
W. C. Hey for a series of Portlandian fossils ; to Mr. J. Brown, 
of Monkgate, for a fossil fish from the Whitby Lias; to Mr. 
Cameron, of H. M. Gleological Survey, for specimens of York¬ 
shire Ehaetic fossils; and to Mr. J. F. Walker, M.A., for various 
Brachiopoda and other fossils from the secondary formations. 
Much progress has been made in the arrangement of the 
Museum during the last twelve months. The collection of 
Yorkshire fossils, from the Chalk to the Cornhrash, inclusive, 
has been arranged in the cases ; and the remaining space 
allotted to this collection is now undergoing alterations 
preparatory to the work being resumed and completed. • 
During the last four months we have been engaged in the 
arrangement of the general collection of fossils in the galleries 
of the east room, and in this we have advanced as far as the 
Lower Oolites. The space now available in the Museum is 
insufficient for the display of much more of the collection. 
The work of arranging has, of late, been interrupted on 
account of the acquisition of the geological collection formerly 
belonging to Mr. E. Wood, of Bichmond. Much time w^as 
spent in the packing at Bichmond and the unpacking and 
storing of the specimens in our Museum. This collection will 
he incorporated with the other fossils in their proper places, 
in due course, as the arrangements proceed. 
It is again, as on a former occasion, to the bounty 
of our constant helper, Mr. William Beed, F.Gr.S., Honorary 
Cmator of Geology, that the great advance in the growth of 
our Museum during the past twelve months is due. 
Two years ago it was the pleasant duty of the Council to 
inform the members of the gift of Mr. Beed’s great collection of 
fossils—a collection of more than 100,000 specimens of the rarest 
and choicest character; and now Mr. Beed has again, at great 
expense, enriched our Museum by the purchase and presentation 
of the geological collection formed by the late Mr. Ed. Wood, 
F.G.S., of Bichmond, Yorkshire. 
This collection, consisting of above 10,000 specimens, is 
