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VI.— ARRANGEMENT OF THE MINERAL GALLERY. 

 Of the four wall cases, those facing the entrance are devoted 

 to rocks ; the two right and left of the door to plumbago, iron 

 ores, mica, kaolin, &c. ( )f the seven table cases, the five window cases 

 contain the systematic collection of Ceylon minerals, beginning 

 with the elements in the first case on the left-hand, and ending with 

 zircons, &c., in the fifth case on the right. The two central cases 

 contain the recent fossils, and collections of a general character 

 illustrating the geology and mineralogy of Ceylon. Some large and 

 interesting specimens are also accommodated on the floor. Geo- 

 logical photographs and others illustrating the processes of 

 gemming and iron smelting are hung upon the walls. The collec- 

 tion has been arranged and largely added to l3y the stafiE of the 

 Mineralogical Survey in 1903 and 1904. 



GIANT TOliTOlSE OF ALDABKA. 

 (^See page 43.") 



