MUSEUMS. 47 
A Collection of about 60 specimens of Native Nitrate of Soda, 
from Atacama and Tarapaca, South America, by Mr. C. A. 
Watters, Highfield, Woolton Road, Wavertree, Liverpool. 
Piece of Fine-grained Sandstone with crystals of Calcite, &c., 
from the roof of the Wigan 4 ft. Mine; presented by Mr. Arthur 
Rushton, per Mr. G. A. Haworth, Ince Hall Collieries, near 
Wigan. 
Mass of slaggy material from the roof of a burnt coal mine, after 
the explosion at the Maypole Colliery; presented by Mr. Arthur 
Rushton, per Mr. G. A. Haworth, Ince Hall Collieries, near 
Wigan. 
Palzontological. 
Presented : 
A Collection of upwards of 400 Fossils, from the Crag, and a few 
Jurassic Fossils collected by the late Mr. T. Mellard Reade, pre- 
sented by his Executors. 
Piece of Silicified Wood, from the Permian of Annesley, near 
Coventry, by Mr. Edward P. Thompson, Paulsmoss, Whitchurch, 
Salop. 
THe AQUARIUM. 
The Aquarium continues, as heretofore, to be one of the chief 
attractions of the Museums. The various tanks have been kept 
well stocked with examples of both marine and fresh-water life, 
and the Seal continues in good health and to be of great interest 
_ to visitors. 
