MUSEUMS. 



Botanical Department. 



The acquisitions in this department are as follows: — 

 Thirty-one squared samples of Australian Woods, ex Museum of 



Economic Forestry, Department of Forestry, Sydney (E. 20. 1. 1902. 



1-31) ; presented by the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Xew South Wales. 



About seventy specimens of dried Plants, representing about forty 

 species, from Bermuda (E. 17. 2. 1902. 1-44) ; collected by Mr. H. B. 

 Small, and presented by Mr. Eobert Powell. 



About five hundred and thirty specimens of Plants, representing 

 about one hundred and ninety species (E. •'!. 5. 1902, 1-15 : 9. 5. 1902. 

 1-10 ; 27. 5. 1902. 1-18 ; 5. 6. 1902. 1-29 ; 14. 0. 1902. 1-1T : 19. 0. 

 1902. 1-13; 25. 0. 1902. 1.24: 10. 7. 1902. 1-17: 21. 8. 1902, 1-17: 

 11. 9. 1902. 1-17 ; 17. 9. 1902. 1-13 ; 25. 9. 1902. 1-22) ; collected for 

 the Local Herbarium by the Assistant in the Lord Derby Museum. 



A piece of Lace Bark from the West Indies (E. 12. 5. 1902. 1) ; 

 presented by Mr. Robert Powell. 



An abnormal flower of a Fuchsia (E. 21. 8. 1902. 18) ; grown and 

 presented by Mr. T. N. Latham. 



The Herbarium of the late Robert Brown, Botanical Referee, 

 Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club, containing British — with a large 

 proportion Local— and American plants, and consisting of about two 

 thousand specimens, representing about twelve hundred species 

 (E. 1. 9. 1902.) ; purchased. 



Two fruits of the Orange, from Sierra Leone, Africa (E. 29. 9. 

 1902. 1): presented by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, s.s. 

 " Niger." 



MlXERALOGICAL AM) CtEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.. 



The following are the acquisitions in this Department: — - 

 Specimens of various Surface Deposits from Ireland, chiefly from 

 Dog's Bay, Gralway, along with a photograph of the Bay and Diato- 

 niaceous Deposit from Scotland (F. 20. 1. 1902. 1-11) ; presented by 

 Mr. R. Welch. 



