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The MiNERALOGicAL donations have been less numerous 

 than in the preceding year ; but among them are some 

 specimens of uncommon excellence and value. In • this 

 department, some new analytical notices have been cora- 

 municatcd to the Society ; among the most interesting of 

 which, are the discovery * of the oxide of chrome in the 

 orange-coloured phosphate of lead, and the analysis ^ of a 

 mineral water which occurs in this county, containing a large 

 proportion of carbonate of soda. All the minerals in the 

 collection have been accurately examined and classed by the 

 Curators, assisted by the Keeper of the Museum ; and a 

 catalogue, in which they are described, and their crystalline 

 characters marked, has been completed, with a care and 

 industry, for which the Society has reason to be grateful. 



It gives the Council pleasure to remark, that more attention 

 has been shown to some of the other branches of Natural 

 History, than they formerly obtained. Several objects of 

 interest in Zoology and Comparative Anatomy have been 

 contributed, illustrating the external characters, and structure 

 of the skeleton, in some remarkable species of quadrupeds, 

 reptiles, and fishes. Thirty-eight specimens have been added 

 to the collection of birds. And though, in the entomological 

 department, but few donations have, of late, been received, 

 the Curator reports, that those which are already in the 

 Museum have been the means of drawing the attention of 

 many persons to the subject, who have begun to collect 



By the President. • By Mr. E. S. George, F.L.S. 



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