250 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



In this section sixty-six specimens were presented; sixteen 

 acquired by exchange ; and fifty-seven by purchase. 



Mineralogy. 



(Mr. T. CooKSEY, Ph.D., B.sc, Consulthig Mineralogist ; 



Mr. C. Anderson, m.a., b.sc, Assistant-in-Charge). 



As Dr. Cooksey, in his temporary capacity, attended merely to 

 the determination of acquisitions, principally the previously pur- 

 chased Porter Collection, the general conduct of the Mineral 

 Section fell on myself until the arrival of Mr. Anderson, i.e., from 

 January to July. During that period my Assistant, Mr. W. W. 

 Thorpe, registered no less than 10,143 specimens, and helped me 

 to incorporate them in the collection. In the fore part of the 

 year, with the assistance of Mr. B. Lucas, the steady replacement 

 of old MS. labels by printed ones progressed, and a numl)er of 

 additional specimens was placed in the cases. 



On Mr. Anderson's arrival, his attention was given to the re- 

 arrangement of the case containing specimens illustrating the 

 occurrence of gold, and cut and rough gem-stones. These were all 

 remounted, augmented, and supplied with printed labels. 



An addition to our collection was made by Mr. Herbert Basedow, 

 by the presentation of Stibio-tantalite, from Greenbushes, W.A. 

 Mr. S. L. Bensusan presented Stannite from Boro Creek, and 

 Mr. D. A. Porter the same mineral from Howell. Messrs. F. 

 Danvers Power and A. E. Stephen collected samples of the phos- 

 phatic deposits at Ocean and Pleasant Islands, and added typical 

 examples to our series. A small general collection of Australasian 

 minerals was presented by Mr. R. J. Etheridge. 



By exchange, a copy of the Boogaldie Meteorite was obtained 

 from the Technological Mu.seum, Sydney; and one of the Rhine 

 Valley Meteorite from the School of Mines and Industries of South 

 Australia, Adelaide. 



Two hundred and nineteen specimens were acquired by donation; 

 four by exchange; and ninety-eight by purchase. 



PALiEONTOLOGY. 



(The Curator; Mr. W. W. Thorpe, Mechanical Assistant). 



The principal professional work performed by myself, was the 

 determination in the early part of the year of {a) the collection of 

 Queensland Cretaceous fossils, forwarded by Mr. W. H. Blom- 

 field;'^ (6) a series of Platyschisnise for the Tasmanian Museum; 

 (c) Cambrian Trilobites for the Government Geologist of South 

 Australia; {d) Cretaceous fossils from South Australian locali- 



18 Etheridge— Report for the Year 1900.— flee. Aust. Mus., iv., 4, 1901, 

 p 17?. 



