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MUSEUMS. 



Lai-e Sio-illarioid Trunk, 2ft. Tin. in diameter at the base, with Stigmarian 

 rootsattached, altogether standing 5ft. 6k, high, from Inee Hall Collier.es, 

 near Wigan, (26. 4. 97. 1) j presented by Mr. J. Harmood Banner. 



Six pieces of Rock with impressions of Leaves, from Moco, Cameroons, West 

 Africa (20. 8. 97. 9) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. 



Stigmaria (Stigmaria sp.) and two Calamites (Catamites spp.) from the roof 

 of theWioan 6ft.Mine (27. 11.97. 1-3) ; a slab of Shale containing a large Fern 

 (Alethopteris lonchitica, Schloth.) and a Lepidodendroid (Lepidodendron 

 selaginoides, L. and H.) from the roof of the Pemberton 5ft. Mine 

 (27. 11. 97- 4) ; all from the Ince Hall Collieries, near Wigan ; presented by 

 Mr. G. A. Haworth. 



Parts of Leaf Bed in Clay Pit, above the Clay, from Stanley, 

 Liverpool (12. 5. 97. 1). 



MlNERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



The following are the acquisitions in this Department :— 

 A Collection of Geological Specimens, made in the Penrith district by 

 Mr Wm. S. Laverock :-Massive Rhyolitic Ash, containing fragments 

 apparently of hardened Skiddaw slate, probably of Borrowdale age ; 

 Shale of Arenig age with plant remains, probably rhizoids of Algae 

 (Fucusi)' Rhyolitic Ash, reddened; Dun Limestone (argillaceous); 

 « Cone-in-cone" in Arenig Shale; Oolitic Limestone (grains some- 

 times spheroidal and sometimes oval) ; compact arenaceous modification 

 of same; Limestone with irregular bands of Chert; Producta 

 gigantea with Corals and Polyzoa ; Producta gigantea ; Syringopora 

 'reticulata, showing sections in different directions and the weathered 

 surface ; Piece of Scar Limestone, showing how the fossils weather 

 out ..-Syringopora reticulata, &c, &c. ; Crinoidal Limestone of 

 Yoredale Series ; Purple and Red Micaceous Sandstone of Yoredale 

 Series: Massive Breccia ; Dark-grey Shale, containing Trilobites, 

 Orthis sp., and Leptcena sericea ; Specimens of Barytes ; Granite: 

 Skiddaw Slate ; Skiddaw Slate, altered by contact metamorphism : 

 Chiastolite Slate; Spotted Schist; Spotted Schist, showing early 

 stages of weathering ; Spotted Schist, weathered ; Mica Schist ; 

 Skiddaw Slate, at junction with Quartz Felsite ; Quartz Felsite, 

 with inclusions of Skiddaw Slate; Slate (Skiddaw), showing rhomboidal 

 jointincv; Gabbro, showing three different textures of the same 



