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fine proof of J. G. Müller's "Portrait of Anton Graff", after Graff, engraved on copper.

The specimens received during the year have mostly been placed on exhibition, to accomplish [[strikethough]] which [[/strikethrough]] ^[[this]] part of the division of photo-mechanical process work had to be re-arranged, and a number of table-cases had to be placed in the alcoves. These cases interfere somewhat with the looks of and with the freedom of movement in the alcoves, but they are excellently well adapted for the display of technical specimens, and it is to be hoped, therefore, that more of them will be provided as the collections grow and are re-arranged. Considerable progress has been made in the labelling, by the substitution of written for printed labels. It has been possible in this way to label nearly all the specimens on the eastern, and a considerable number of those on the western side of the Hall of