Minerals. 395 



1875-76 : presented by the Lords Commissioners of the 

 Admiralty. 



Specimens of volcanic ash, etc., from the vicinity of Keswick, 

 Cumberland : collected and presented by the Rev. J. Clifton 

 Ward. 



A series of about thirty specimens of basaltic rocks from 

 the neighbourhood of Edinburgh : presented by Mr. J. H. 

 Sanderson. 



A large collection (over 2000 specimens) mainly of British 

 igneous rocks, formed by Mr. Samuel Allport, of Birmingham, 

 together with the microscopic sections prepared by him for his 

 petrological researches on British Carboniferous dolerites, etc. : 

 purchased. 



A large series of Italian minerals and rocks, including 

 marbles from the various quarries in the vicinity of Carrara ; 

 collected by Cavaliere G. P. Jervis : purchased. 



1878. 



Total acquisitions 136, including: 



A collection of thirty-six specimens of the pitchstones and 

 quartz-felsites of the Island of Arran : presented by Prof. T. G. 

 Bonney, F.R.S. 



Rock-specimens from St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, illustrating 

 papers on the Pre-Cambrian rocks of Wales in the Quart. 

 Journ. Geol. Soc. : collected and presented by Dr. Henry 

 Hicks, F.R.S. 



1879. 



Total acquisitions 5302, including : 



A large collection (about 600 specimens) of volcanic rocks 

 from various European localities (Auvergne, Vosges, etc.) : 

 presented by Mr. H. Ludlam. 



In this year, owing to new arrangements adopted in regard 

 to the India Museum, London, various rock-collections (about 

 4500 specimens), chiefly from India, were transferred to the 

 British Museum. The more important are as follows : 



A large series (about 500 specimens) of gneisses, schists, 

 limestones, sandstones, basalts, etc., from Gay a, Bhagalpur, 

 Shahabad and Goruckpur : collected by Dr. F. Buchanan 

 (afterwards Hamilton), in 1810-14. 



A large series (about 300 specimens) of andesitic and 



