EEPORT FOR THE YEAR 1900. 



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When at Taratia, during vacation, Mr, J. A. Thorpe was aVjle 

 to replenish our Avian and Reptilian stores to some extent. 



In March I visited that part of the South Coast lying between 

 Gerringong and the Shoalhaven River, and took the opportunity 

 of examining the historic locality of Black Head. From the Upper 

 Marine Series of our Permo-Carboniferous Formation, so highly 

 developed there, I obtained a fairly representative collection of 

 fossils. During two visits to Tamworth on official business, I 

 devoted a short time on each occasion, in company with Mr. 

 D. A. Porter, to collecting at Moore Creek and Nundle Road, 

 where the Devonian Limestones are so highly developed. On the 

 second occasion I was ably assisted by a member of the Museum 

 Staff (Mr. B. Lucas). 



The following is a statement of the specimens collected : — 



Total 



1742 



Presentations. 

 The specimens presented during 1900 were in excess of those 

 during the preceding year — 7089 as against 6058. 



The most important donations, more fully referred to in their 

 respective places, were : — 



1. Kava-root, in gift form, from Tonga — by Mr. J. (jveen. 



2. Aboriginal pigments from N.E. Australia— by Z)r. ir. E. Roth. 



3. The Clarke and Prize Medals of the Royal Society of New 



South Wales — by The Council. 



4. Co-types of his species of Pleurotomida? from Lifu — by the late 



Rev. J. Nervier. 



5. Electrotype of the Copley Medal, presented to Capt. James 



Cook, R.N., F.R.S., by the Royal Society of London — by 

 The Cotmcil. 



6. Palreo-Neolithic Implements from Denmark — by Mr. E. 



Hansen, 



Irrespective of Mr. Whitelegge's collection of Aboriginal chips. 



