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bullion values of silver. In one case 48 tons of a ferruginous matrix 
yielded 37,000 ounces of silver, and in another case 1300 ounces of silver 
per ton was reported. ‘The rare haloid compounds of silver have been 
found in these ores, as crystallized Cerargyrite, Embolite, lodyrite, Brom- 
yrite (?), and from the collection exhibited in New York a wonderfully 
large Iodyrite (silver iodide) was obtained. ‘The soft, waxy, greenish 
crystals are hexagonal prisms and are very large, surpassing any examples 
previously contained in the mineral collection. Crystallized brown 
Embolite (chloro-bromide of silver) implanted upon black velvety 
stalactites of Limonite was found in the series, and exquisite specimens 
have been added to our collection. 
Other additions, less notable, have been secured through the Bruce 
Fund, which still forms an invaluable means for the enrichment of the 
mineral collection. 
1a: NEES 
MUSEUM NEWS NOTES. 
T the quarterly meeting of the Board of ‘Trustees heid Monday, 
November 9, the following action was taken with regard to 
certain gifts to the collections of the Museum: 
The Hon. Mason MircuHetr, formerly Consul at Chung-king, 
China, was elected a Patron in recognition of his gift of ethnological 
material from Tibet and mammal skins from China. 
Mr. Henry Boorn of Poughkeepsie, New York, was elected a 
Patron on account of the gift of an extensive collection of material 
representing the archeology of Dutchess, Columbia, Putnam and 
Ulster Counties, New York. 
Dr. WALTER CHANNING of Brookline, Massachusetts, was elected 
a Patron on account of his gift to the Museum of a large collection 
of plaster casts from the hard palates of feeble-minded and normal 
human beings. 
Mr. T. E. Donne of Wellington, New Zealand, was made a Life 
Member in recognition of his recent important additions to previous 
gifts of Maori material. 
