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lenite, Osterby, Sweden; elpidite, Narsarsuk, (Ti-eeiiland: los.senite, 

 Lauriiim, Gi-eece; .splialerite with ({uartz, Cumberland, Knolaiid; 

 meliphanite, Lan^esund, Norway; hydroceru.ssite on native lead, 

 Lanol)an. Sweden; epididymite, Narsarsuk, Greenland; caryinite, 

 Lani>])an, Sweden; eerussite, Sardinia; gibb.site, Dundas, Tasmania; 

 cyanotricliite on stibnite, Felsol)an3'a, Hungary; cordylite, Nar.sarsuk, 

 Greenland; octabedrite, Dauphiny, France; galenobisnuitite, Falun, 

 Sweden; amethy.st, Silver Star, Madison County, Montana; niccolite, 

 Tasmania; chalcantbite. Grandola, Portugal. 



13. Gems as follows: Cbrysoprase, Tulan^ County, California (;5 cut 

 and 2 iintinisbed stones), gift of M. Braverman; three tourmalines, 

 Mesa Grande. California, weights ofV, 3}|, and 1().^| carats, the gift 

 of L. T. Chamberlain, and four amethysts, from Amity Hill, North 

 Carolina, weight -iSf carats; Upper Providence, Pennsylvania, weight 

 5(>i carats; Nelson County, Virginia, weight 18i carats, and Frank- 

 lin, North Carolina, weight 20y carats, the gift of Ij. T. Chamberlain. 



14. Meteorites as follows: Shalka, Bengal, India, weight 53 grams; 

 Cereseto, Piedmont, Italy, <».-) grams; Limerick. Ireland, 24 grams; 

 Misshof. Courland, Kussia, 109 grams; Admire, Kansas, lJ:,(i()5 

 grams; Ness County, Kansas, 1,678 grams; Pafriiti, Switzerland, 23 

 grams; Tombigbee, Alabama, 2,443 grams; Tonganoxie, Kansas, IDf) 

 grams: Ballinoo, Australia, 1.226 grams; Kendall County, Texas, 767 

 grams; San Angelo, Texas, 607 grams: Iredell, Texas, 98 grams; St. 

 Mesmin. France, 69 grams; Salles, France, 41 grams; Putnam. 

 Georgia, 2,455 grams; Limipkin, Georgia, 32 grams; Kiowa County. 

 Kansas, 5,271 grams; Rhine Villa, South Australia, lis grams; 

 Algoma, Wisconsin, 16 grams; Eagle Station, Kentucky, isi) grams; 

 Bath, South Dakota, 6s7 grauis; Nanjemoy, Maryland, 13 grams; 

 Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, 13 grams; Enunitsburg, Maryland, 7 

 grams; Sao Juliao de Moreii-a, Portugal. 164 grams; Monroe, Ca))ar- 

 rus County, Noith (.'arolina, 49 grams; Lancon, France, 72 grams; 

 Weston, Connecticut, 10 grams; in all, representing 29 distinct falls, 

 the most important being the Admire stony iron. Th(\se bririg the 

 number of distinct falls represented in the collection up to 356. 



15. The E. O. Ulrich collection of invertebrate fossils (in part), 

 comprising some 10,000 specimens, representing not less than 1,250 

 species, of which some 180 are types. 



16. Three thousand seven hundred and tifty-ti\e specimens of Cam- 

 brian Brachiopods, representing Dr. C. D. Walcott's Cand)iian studies, 

 and by him transferred to the Museum. 



17. One thousand three hundred specimens of Silurian and Devonian 

 fossils from Cumberland. ^Maryland, the gift of Prof. George M. 

 Perdew. 



18. Some 15,000 invertel)rate fossils, including lO.OOO Brachiopods, 

 4,2<)() Bryozoa, several hundred ('retaceous fossils from New ^Jersey, 



