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A specimen of Fibrous Rock Salt from Winsford ; presented by Mr. 

 George Walker. 



Specimens of Alligator Teeth and Eggs, Tusks of Florida Hogs and 

 four Sea Beans ; presented by Mr. H. K. Walton. 



A Collection of Marine Specimens, &c., collected on a voyage between 

 Liverpool, Rio Janeiro, and Rangoon; presented by Captain W. H. 

 Cawne Warren, Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society, 

 Liverpool. 



Two Ravens, two White Hares, &c., from Scotland ; presented by Mr. 

 T West. 



A Bottle of Reptiles, &c., in spirit, from Axim and the neighbouring 

 Coast of West Africa ; presented by Mr. R. B, N. Walker, Correspond- 

 ing Member of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool. 



Exchange with Kew. 



A sheet of Tappa Cloth from the Sandwich Islands ; specimens of 

 Gums and Resins; Nuts, Pods, Seeds, and Grain; Myrobalans and 

 Wood; Dried Leaves, Flowers, Pith, Bark, and Fibres; chiefly from 

 India ; and the Edible Nest of a Swallow ; being the portion consigned 

 to the Free Public Museum of a series of specimens contributed from 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, per the Rev. H. H. Higgins, in 

 exchange for the Forster Herbarium hitherto kept in the Library of 

 the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



Purchases. 



The purchases during the year have been as follows : — 



A Disarticulated Human Skull showing development of the teeth ; 

 a small pair of Deer Horns from Para ; a white variety of the Hedge- 

 hog, found at Oswestry ; a Brush-tailed Porcupine ; a Yellow-footed 

 Rock Kangaroo; a Tasmanian Wallaby Kangaroo (Hcdmaturus 

 Billardieri) ; a Wombat; a dried Skeleton of the Tasmanian Wolf 

 iThylacinus) ; three Skulls of Dugongs — male, female, and young ; 

 Skull of the Giant Salamander from Japan; and a Japanese Goat 

 Antelope, with Skull and Skeleton. 



