A good opportunity is afforded for generous gifts of 

 suitable material, which will be heartily welcomed. 



Mineralogy and Geology. 



The formation of a Palaeontological series was 

 commenced early in the year, and has been continued 

 as opportunity served. 



Collections of Foraminifera, Sponges, andGraptolites 

 have been mounted, labelled and placed in the exhibition 

 series, and work is now proceeding upon the fossil corals. 

 This collection is extremely large, numbering several 

 thousand specimens, and this fact, coupled with the 

 inherent difficulties of the group, causes the progress of 

 selection and arrangement to move slowly. The opening- 

 up of stores, to obtain the best material of any one group 

 is taken advantage of, and all specimens of any other 

 group also met with, which are suitable for use are taken 

 out, cleaned, and placed in cases ready for inclusion at 

 a later period. Upon the walls of the room have been 

 placed a few relief models in plaster designed to illustrate 

 faulting, thrust-planes, modes of denudation, and similar 

 geological features. Each model shows a vertical 

 horizontal section of a series of sedimentary rocks in 

 which faulting has occurred, or in which thrust-planes 

 have been developed, whilst upon the upper part of each 

 model, a landscape has been painted to show the 

 dependence of surface features or topography upon the 

 solid geology. The utility of these models has been 

 demonstrated, and additions will be made to the series 

 from time to time. Dr. Robert Kidston has visited the 

 Museum to study the fossil flora of the Somerset Coal- 

 measures, and several specimens have been sent to him 

 for further study. Some of these will be figured in 



