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Mr. Richard Douglas of South Africa donated to the 

 museum a skull of an African Lioness, a shark's skull and a 

 specimen of the queen of the white ant of South Africa. 



During the year just closed the museum of the Academy 

 has been enriched by the acquisition of some very valuable 

 specimens from the Department of Mines and Metallurgy at 

 the World's Fair. Among the liberal donators may be 

 mentioned Mr. Whitaker, in charge of the Utah Exhibit, 

 from whom fine specimens of carnolite, cinnabar, gilsonite, 

 realgar and olivinite were obtained; Mr. Chas. N. Gould of 

 Oklahoma, who presented some beautiful specimens of pseu- 

 domorphous crystals of sandstone after aragonite, some 

 gypsum, rose quartz and calcspar; Mr. C. H. Pilcher of 

 South Dakota, who donated fine lead, tin and copper ores 

 and rose quartz; Mr. Francis B. Laney of North Carolina, 

 who gave us flexible sandstone and nickel ores from his 

 State: Mr. Harry E. Crain, who contributed hematite, mala- 

 chite, native sulphur, silicified wood, moss agate and calcosite 

 from Wyoming; Mr. Frank C. Friedman of Arizona, from 

 whom glauberite, argentite and wulfenite beside copper and 

 silver ores were procured; Mr. Ladd of Missouri, who 

 presented specimens of galena, sphalerite, dolomite and calc- 

 spar; Capt. Brown of Arkansas, whose contribution con- 

 sisted of good specimens of variscite, wavellite, smithsonite 

 and calamine from his State. From the director of the 

 New Mexico Exhibit fine silver and copper ores, and from the 

 Nevada commissioner cuperite, proustite and silver-bearing 

 lead ores from their respective States were obtained. 



To properly care for these precious minerals four cases 

 were purchased at the Fair. 



While the acquisitions of the year have been most gratify- 

 ing still we have at present only a nucleus to the museum we 

 hope to establish at the Academy. It is the intention of the 

 Board of Curators to form collections in the various branches 

 of natural science, especially as represented in our own State, 

 which shall be of benefit and interest to the public and to the 

 educational institutions of the city. One of our first attempts 



