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Mr. Simpson with a view to future exchanges. A large amount of work on fossiliferous marl and gravel, yielding many hundred of specimens, has been accomplished by Miss. Beard and Mr. Burns during the year.

The work of answering queries on various subjects connected with mollusks and assisting students in different parts of the country to direct their studies and to identify their local faunae has always been regarded as important and was particularly referred to in the Report of the Curator for 1889-90. About seventy eight individuals were included in the list of those thus communicated with during that year, which was nearly double the number of the year preceding. During the year 1890-91 to which the present report refers, [[strikethrough]] the list appended shows [[/strikethrough]] the number of [[strikethrough]] recipients to be [[/strikethrough]] correspondents has been no less