lxxiv HISTORY OP THE COLLECTION. 



Keene Collection. A small collection of fossil plants from New 

 South Wales, formed by W. Keene, 1 and described by him in 

 memoirs published in 1862 and 1864, was presented by the Bath 

 Literary and Scientific Society in 1905. 



A piece of fossil wood obtained by the first Livingstone 

 Expedition was presented by Sir J. Kirk in 1884. 



Other specimens have been presented by the following donors : — 



From India: By C. W. Wilmot, Esq., 1883. 



From New South Wales : By Capt. Sir E. Home in 1853, 1859, 

 and 1860; by W. L. R. Gipps, Esq., 1875; by Sir C. Purdon 

 Clarke, 1889; by W. H. Shrubsole, Esq., 1892; by H. F. Collins, 

 Esq., 1903. 



From Queensland: By R. L. Jack, Esq., 1879. 



From Tasmania: By G. Sweet, Esq., 1900. 



From Cape Colony: By Professor T. R. Jones, 1884; by D. D. 

 Eraser, Esq., 1893; Sutherland Collection, 2 transferred from the 

 Museum of Practical Geoloyy, 1880. 



From Natal: By the Rev. G. Smith, 1876; by the Natal 

 Government, 1897. 



From Brazil: By J. Mawson, Esq., 1894. 



1 Keene (62), (64). 2 Sutherland (55). 



