the Indian Remora; one large and three small saws 

 of the Saw Fish, and the Tooth of a Sperm Whale. 



Mr. Lars Kiersta has presented fifty-one 

 Silver Coins, ancient and modern, and one Gold 

 Coin ; also, thirty- two specimens of Minerals from 

 Sweden and Norway. 



Capt. Robert Potter has also again remem- 

 bered the institution, and presented a specimen of 

 Chinese Literature, in three vols., and some 

 Pebbles from Van Diemen's Land. 



The finances of the Society not allowing the 

 Council to make purchases, has put to the test the 

 reliance which may be placed upon the principle 

 of gratuitous contribution. The list of Donations 

 will therefore particularize nearly all the additions 

 made to the Museum during the past year. One 

 important exception requires to be noticed. The 

 Society has just received from Professor Esmark, 

 of Christiania in Norway, through the hands of our 

 friend Mr. Lars Kiersta, a valuable collection of 

 Norwegian Fossils and Minerals, amounting to 

 thirty-eight specimens ; for which a collection of 

 the Fossils of this district is to be forwarded in 

 return. This kind of barter cannot fail to be 

 mutually advantageous. 



It appears by the Treasurer's ^.ccounts, that, 

 after paying the Rent and incidental expenses of 

 of the institution, there remains in his hands the 

 sum of £36 6s, 6d,, including a Donation of 



