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  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  G. 
  Hanks 
  presented 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  borax 
  from 
  the 
  crude 
  to 
  the 
  finished 
  product. 
  There 
  

   were 
  nine 
  different 
  samples 
  in 
  this 
  donation, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Bi-borate 
  

   of 
  soda, 
  crude, 
  from 
  Nevada 
  ; 
  bi-borate 
  of 
  soda, 
  refined 
  by 
  Pacific 
  

   Chemical 
  Co.; 
  bi-borate 
  of 
  soda, 
  native, 
  from 
  Borax 
  Lake 
  ; 
  tincal, 
  

   or 
  crude 
  borax, 
  from 
  Slate 
  Range, 
  Cal. 
  ; 
  tincal 
  from 
  Thibet 
  Lakes 
  ; 
  

   crypto-morphite 
  (borate 
  of 
  lime) 
  from 
  Oregon 
  ; 
  ulexite 
  (borate 
  of 
  

   lime) 
  from 
  Nevada 
  ; 
  individual 
  borax 
  crystals, 
  from 
  Pacific 
  Chemi- 
  

   cal 
  Co. 
  ; 
  residual 
  crystals 
  from 
  vats. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  I. 
  C. 
  Woods 
  presented 
  specimens 
  of 
  Limnoria, 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  

   wood-eating 
  crustacean, 
  from 
  piles 
  in 
  the 
  wharves 
  of 
  the 
  bay. 
  

   They 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  near 
  high 
  water-mark 
  when 
  the 
  tide 
  was 
  out, 
  

   and 
  lived 
  twenty-four 
  hours 
  in 
  the 
  wood 
  after 
  being 
  removed 
  from 
  

   the 
  piles. 
  A 
  sample 
  of 
  wood 
  accompanied 
  them 
  to 
  show 
  how 
  they 
  

   penetrated 
  it. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  P. 
  S. 
  Shoaff 
  presented 
  ten 
  samples 
  of 
  ores 
  from 
  mines 
  in 
  

   Humboldt 
  County, 
  Nevada. 
  

  

  