400 Minerals. 



1892. 



Total acquisitions 526, including : 



A collection of about 70 specimens of the cossyrite- and 

 anorthoclase-bearing lavas of Pantelleria : purchased. [Some of 

 these specimens were described by Mr. G. T. Prior in Minera- 

 logical Magazine, 1903, vol. xiii, p. 254.] 



A collection of about 100 specimens of basaltic and phonolitic 

 lavas from Gran Canaria : purchased. [Some of these specimens 

 were described by Mr. G. T. Prior in Mineralogical Magazine, 

 1903, vol. xiii, p. 255.] 



A large series (about 200 specimens) of granites, gneisses, 

 schists, limestones, &c., from the Island of Corsica ; collected by 

 Prof. C. de Stefani, of Florence : purchased. 



A series of polished slabs of modern Continental marbles 

 from France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Numidia : purchased. 



1893. 



Total acquisitions 700, including : 



A series of 369 specimens of British rocks (chiefly volcanic) 

 collected by Mr. S. Allport, together with the microscopic 

 sections prepared by him : purchased. 



A large series of granites, schists, variolitic diabases, quartz- 

 felsites, &c., from the Island of Elba : purchased. 



1894. 



Total acquisitions 1030, including: 



About 100 specimens of sandstones, limestones, shales, &c., 

 from Matto Grosso, Brazil : collected and presented by Dr. J. W. 

 Evans. [Described by him in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1894, 

 vol. 1, p. 85.] 



About 100 specimens of gneisses, schists, dolerites, &c., from 

 Bechuanaland : collected and presented by Mr. F. E. Harman. 



A series of basalts, granites, limestones, &c., from Torres 

 Straits : collected and presented by Prof. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S 

 [Described in Trans. Boy. Irish Acad., 1894, vol. xxx, p. 419.] 



A series of crystalline limestones and granulites from Ceylon : 

 collected and presented by Lord Colin Campbell. 



A large series of leucitic lavas and tuffs from the neighbour- 

 hood of Rome, collected by Dr. J. S. Rodriguez : purchased. 

 [Described by him in Note mile rocce vulcaniche e pnncipalmente 

 su itufi dintorni immediati di Eoma, Rome, 1893.] 



