MUSEUMS. 57 
Paleontology. 
Presented : 
A small collection of Fossils from the Oolite, Minchinhampton 
Common, by Mr. H. C. Beasley, Prince Alfred Road, Wavertree, 
Liverpool. 
Fossil Shell in Matrix, by Mr. Samuel Perrow, Rose Hotel, 
Binns Road, Old Swan, Liverpool. 
Small collection of Carboniferous Fossils, including Shells and 
Plants, from Wigan, by Mr. G. A. Haworth, The Wigan Coal and 
Iron Co., Wigan. 
Geology. 
Presented : 
Small collection of Minerals, consisting of specimens of 
Chalcedonic Geode, Radiating Quartz, Chalcedonic Agate, Onyx 
Agate, Red-banded Agate, and piece of Silicified Material, from 
Salto, Uruguay, South America, by Mr. W. B. Dickinson, 
42, Village Road, Oxton. 
Seven Minerals and piece of Glass, by Mr. Frederick Collings, 
5, Rydal Street, Everton. 
Thirty-one specimens of Rocks from Lund and district, Skane, 
South Sweden, by Dr. T. O. Hirst, Chapelstead, Gateacre. 
Thirty Mineralogical specimens, consisting of Kauri Gum in 
Tanpiri Coal, Lava of several kinds, Sulphur, Quartz, Quartzite, 
Stalactites, and a sample of ‘‘ Péle’s Hair,’ from the Sandwich 
Islands and New Zealand. Portion of a miscellaneous collection 
bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New 
Zealand. 
Economics. 
Presented : 
Two pieces of Tree Fern Stem turned vase-shape, and six 
“Curios”? made from various woods, with a Trader’s List of the 
Woods, from New Zealand. Portion of a miscellaneous collection 
bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New 
Zealand. 
