MUSEUMS. 



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MlNKHALOGICAL ANI» GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



The acquisitions in this Department are as follows : — 

 Specimens — including Glaciated Blocks, Boulder Clay, Sand, Gravel, 

 Pebbles, Nodules of Clay, Pebbles in various stages of decomposition, 

 Vein Rock, Sandstone showing ' Slickensides,' Fault Rock, "■ Marl," 

 Clay and Sandstone— illustrating the geological features of the site of 

 the Museums Extension (F. 21. 1. 98. 1 ; 81. 1. 98. 1 ; 22. 2. 98. 1-3 ; 

 25. 2. 98. 1 ; 2. 3. 98. 1 ; 5. 3. 98. 1 : 7. 3. 98. 1 ; 14. 3. 98 1-3 : 

 16. 3. 98. 1 ; 20. 4. 98 1-3 ; 2. 5. 98. 1 ; 4. 5. 98. 1 ; 5. 5. 98. 1 : 9. 6. 98. 1 : 

 13. 7. 98. 1); collected from the excavations for the Museums Extension 

 and Technical School. 



Pieces of ' Clay ' with organic remains and several pieces of black 

 deposit, in masses and branching through the argillaceous clay 

 (F. 3. 5. 98. 1 & 2) ; collected from excavations for building purposes at 

 23, Houghton Street, Liverpool, by Mr. Wm. S. Laverock 



Collection of Egyptian Rocks, consisting of over 100 specimens, 

 made by Dr. G. Schweinfurth in 1885 : taken from the Store Room, 

 with no reference number, and now referred to Register of this year 

 (F. 24. 5. 98. 1). 



Collection of Specimens, mostly Mineralogical :— Galena. Malachite, 

 Azurite, Azurite on Silicate of Copper, Arseniate of Copper, Native 

 Copper, Native Copper in Silicate of Copper, Carbonate of Copper 

 containing native copper and red oxide of copper, Serpentine, Quartz 

 Crystals coated with Iron Pyrites upon Fluor Spar, pieces of Stalactites, 

 Agate, Chalcedory, native Silver in Calcite (\er\ rich), Gold-bearing 

 Quartz (very rich), Specular Iron (F. 28. 6. 98. 1-16) ; presented by 

 Mrs. C. D. Butt. 



Boulder — Greywacke — from a seam of coal, Ince Hall Collieries, near 

 Wigan (F. 20. 7. 98. I) ; presented by Mr. G. A. Haworth. 



Five Specimens of Stream Tin — Cassiterite — from the Klondyke 

 Gold Fields (F. 29. 12. 98. 1) ; presented by Mr. Elias Thomas. 



The Aquarium. 



The Aquarium continues to be one of the chief attractions of the 

 Museum ; special interest being taken in the Mud-fishes, the Walking 

 Fishes, the Electrical Cat-fishes and in the various species of Anthropoids, 

 which have from time to time been on exhibition. 



