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THE INDIAN MUSEUM: 1814—1914. 
Chester, and now contains 414, a considerable number of 
which have been found, or have been seen to fall, in India 
itself. 
The task of arranging and labelling the collections in the 
first instance was an arduous piece of work, in which Mr. 
Mallet, Mr. Lydekker, and Dr. Feistmantel took the largest 
share. It was carried on for many years, and it was not 
until 1883 that guides to the whole of the collections were 
completed. Since then the history of the Museum has been 
one of continued expansion In 1890, on his arrival in India, 
Sir T. H. Holland was appointed Curator, and with character¬ 
istic energy set to work to classify, arrange and re-label the 
collection of rock-specimens, at the same time selecting a 
series of minerals and models for the use of the students of 
the Presidency College, a branch of work that has grown 
steadily under his influence. He was in charge of the Museum 
for six years, and during that time he re-registered the whole 
of the rock and mineral collections, then amounting to over 
18,000 specimens, and published a new edition of the guide 
dealing with them. 
