56 MUSEUMS. 
Purchased : 
Black Mangabey, Pig-tailed Monkey, and a Grison (Galictis 
vittatus)., / = 
Botany. 
Presented : 
Three Vegetable Sponges, and six small Bottle Gourds, from 
Lagos, by Mr. J. C. Henderson, per Mr. A. Ridyard. 
Pieces of Fungus from decayed wood blocks by the Technical 
School, by Mr. J. Phillipson, Engineer, Technical School. 
Paleontology. 
Presented : 
Piece of Caradoc Sandstone showing Beyrichia complicata, from 
near Little Stretton, Salop, by Mr. H. C. Beasley. 
Fossil Fruits in Carbonaceous Shale, from the Moss Colliertes, 
Lower Ince, by Mr. G. A. Haworth, Ince Hall Collieries, Wigan. 
Exchanged : 
Plaster Casts of Footprints of 7hinopus antiquus, from the Upper 
Devonian of Western Pennsylvania, received from Prof. Richard 
S. Lull, Curator, Geological Department, Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, Yale University. 
Cast of Pteraspis rostratus, received from Dr. Bashford Dean, 
American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A. 
Fossil Shells from Dudley, received from the St. Helens Museum. 
Geology. 
Presented : 
Six small pieces of Rock, ‘‘from the Lower Silurian” (7), 
Bettws-Gwerfil-Goch, near Corwen, North Wales, by Mr. T. 
Oakes Hirst, Chapelstead, Gateacre. 
Two small masses of Crystals from a manganese mine 16 miles 
from Pwllheli, by Mr. G. A. Haworth, Ince Hall Collieries, Wigan. 
Nineteen various Boulders, from the Boulder Clay at Rice Lane 
Recreation Ground, Walton. Collected officially. 
