EEPORT FOE THE YEAK 1900. 



151 



7. Pala30zoic Corals — from 21ie Geological Survey of Queensland. 



8. Italian Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossils — from Mr. G. Podenzaga. 



9. Bird-skins and Fish — from the Western Australian Miiseiim, 



Perth. 

 10. Victorian Ethnological specimens — from the Warnamhool 



Museum, Victoria. 

 The following is a statement of the specimens received : — 

 Aves ... ... ... ... ... 10 



Pisces ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Mollusca ... ... ... ... ... 61 



Insecta, etc. ... ... ... ... 142 



Other Invertebrata ... ... ... 1 



Fossils 299 



Minerals ... ... ... ... ... 25 



Ethnological specimeiis ... ... ... 23 



Numismatic specimens ... ... ... 6 



Casts ... ... .. ... ... 2 



Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 9 



580 



Purchases. 



Our purchasing power was largely increased over the previous 

 year 1645, specimens having been acquired in 1900, as against 

 301 in 1899, without taking into account the large Porter Collec- 

 tion of Minerals. 



The more important purchases comprised weapons and im- 

 plements from the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Fiji, New 

 Caledonia, and various parts of North-east and Eastern Australia. 



The following is a full return: — 



4 



2 Irrespective of the Porter Collection. 



