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rearrangement of old specimens, which has involved the withdrawal of a great quantity of material from storage, [[strikethrough]] a considerable [[/strikethrough]] new accessions have been cared for. Among the more important of these may be mentioned my own collection from Japan, which has been temporarily installed in the cases [[strikethrough]] forming [[/strikethrough]] along the west wall of the north hall.

The record of accessions during the year has been quite small, doubtless owing to the long absence of the curator. A box from Kew gardens contined a valuable collection of fibres foods, drugs and other articles, [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Valuable contributions or