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Curator of this department, to present the Society with sonle 
valuable additions during the ensuing year. 
Some additions have likewise been made to the Annulosa, by the 
presentation of several rare Foreign Insects, by the Rev. Francis 
Orpen Morris, and to the British Coleoptera, by the Rev. Wm. 
tiincks. The Collection of Foreign Insects has been entirely re¬ 
arranged, and named, as far as the Books to which the Curator has 
had access, have enabled him ; and the Collections generallv are in a 
good state of preservation. 
But that w'hich specially claims the notice of the Society, is the 
donation of a valuable Collection of British Crustacea, from S. 
Hailstone, Esq. This Collection was formed by his son, the late 
Samuel Flailstone, Jun., Esq., and, at the particular request of the 
donor, is to be preserved as a distinct Cabinet, under the denomi¬ 
nation of the “Hailstone Collection,” as a just tribute the memory 
of the Collector. To the Collection of Mollusca and Zoophyta, 
several donations have also been received. 
In the Botanical department, the diligent Curator of British 
Botany has been engaged in completing the arrangement of the 
British Herbarium. This is in a good state of preservation, and he 
confidently hopes to be enabled during the present year, to render 
this portion of the Museum available to the instruction of those who 
are practical admirers of our indigenous Flora. 
In speaking of this department, your Council are painfully re¬ 
minded that, within the last few’ weeks, the Botanists of this country 
have lost from amongst their number one of the most indefatigable 
and distinguished private Naturalists of the last half century;—the 
friend of the late Sir James Edward Smith and of Professor Hooker, 
and one of the founders of the Society’s Botanical Collection. The 
large and valuable Herbarium, containing many Specimens from the 
Authors of the English and British Floras, is a sufficient monument 
to the merits, as a naturalist, of the late Rev. James Dalton, of 
Croft : and the Council have the pleasure of stating, that through 
the liberality of his son, J. Dalton, Esq., the Collection of Lichens of 
his late lamented Father, is now presented to the Society’s Museum. 
The Society has iikewfise to regret the loss of W. Middleton, Esq., 
one of the earliest contributors to the Botanical Collection. 
The additions to the Antiquarian Collections have consistc 
