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made dust-tight temporarily by covering them with paper flaps.  One shelf was so protected on March 13 and is found entirely free from dust after about two weeks standing.

A new form of blank for recording the data regarding specimens received by the taxidermists direct was prepared and recommended to be printed.

In consequence of the receipt of a letter from Prof. R. Collett, Christiana, proposing further exchanges of specimens of seals, the duplicate series of skins of seals and sea-lions was ex-