The comparison of numbers shows that the twenty thousand two hundred and twenty-eight coins and medals of 1725 had grown, in 1752, to thirty-two thousand. Other antiquities had increased from eight hundred and twenty-four to two thousand six hundred and thirty-five. The minerals and fossils had increased from about three thousand to five thousand eight hundred and twenty-two specimens. The botanical collection which, in 1725, had numbered eight thousand two hundred and twenty-six specimens, together with a _Hortus Siccus_ of two hundred volumes, had become in 1752 twelve thousand five hundred specimens, with a _Hortus Siccus_ of three hundred and thirty-four volumes. The other natural history collections had increased on the average by more than one half. The details are as follows:— ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Volumes in Volumes in │ │ =1725=. =1753=. │ │ │ │ 2,686 1. MANUSCRIPTS 3,516│ │ 136 2. DRAWINGS 347│ │ 3. PRINTED BOOKS about 40,000│ │ 200 4. HORTUS SICCUS 334│ │ │ │ Specimens in Specimens in │ │ =1725=. =1753=. │ │ │ │ 20,228 5. MEDALS and COINS 32,000│ │ 302 6. ANTIQUITIES 1,125│ │ 81* 7. SEALS, &c. 268│ │ 441* 8. CAMEOS and INTAGLIOS about 700│ │ 1,394 9. PRECIOUS STONES 2,256│ │ │ │ [*See under No. 10. VESSELS OF AGATE, JASPER, &c. │ │ 8.] 542│ │ 1,025 11. CRYSTALS, SPARS, &c. 1,864│ │ 730 12. FOSSILS, &c. 1,275│ │ 1,394 13. METALS and MINERAL ORES 2,725│ │ 536 14. EARTHS, SANDS, SALTS, &c. 1,035│ │ 249 15. BITUMENS, SULPHURS, &c. 399│ │ 169 16. TALCS, MICÆ, &c. 388│ │ 3,753 17. SHELLS 5,843│ │ 804 18. CORALS, SPONGES, &c. 1,421│ │ 486 19. ECHINI, ECHINITES, &c. 659│ │ 183 20. ASTERIÆ, TROCHI, &c. 241│