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[[Feih]] Commission. There collections have so far finished duplicates of about 150 species from [[cheheu]] England Coast, forming a duplicate Collection now available of very great bulk, numbering far above [[rishituled]], in part, [[cheprenent]] winter, in 150 sets. The only delay in making up here sets will be that resulting from the great [[amorant]] of routine wrok necessary to the proper handling, lumbering, and packing of such a vast amount of material.
One of the most important advancements made in this department [[running]] 1881, has been the proper mounting, for museum display, of nearly all the reserve specimens [[strikethrough]] of corals and sponges, now possessed by the museum This work has been performed by Mr. C. H. Hawley,

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