Minerals. 403 



the Andes (Aconcagua, Tupungato, etc.) : collected and presented 

 by Mr. E. A. FitzGerald and Mr. S. Vines. [Described by Prof. 

 T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., in Fitzgerald's Highest Andes, appendix A, 

 London, 1899.J 



Rock-specimens from the Davos district (described Quart. 

 Journ. Geol. Soc., 1899, vol. Iv, p. 381) and from the Manod and 

 Moelwyns, Wales (described in Quart. Journ. Geol Soc., 1891, 

 vol. xlvii, p. 368) : collected and presented by Mr. A. Vaughan 

 Jennings. 



1900. 



Total acquisitions 1058, including: 



A large polished slab of orbicular granite from Kortfors, 

 Orebro, Sweden : presented by Dr. H. M. Backstrom. 



A series of about 150 specimens of schists, sandstones, phono- 

 litic rocks, etc., from Lake Tanganyika, Ruwenzori and Uganda : 

 collected and presented by Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot. [Described 

 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1895, vol. li, pp. 677-679.] 



A series of 50 specimens of schists, felsites, phonolites, etc., 

 from Tropical East Africa, collected by Mr. M. Fergusson: 

 presented by the Lake Tanganyika Expedition Committee. 

 [Described by Mr. M. Fergusson and Mr. G. T. Prior in Geological 

 Magazine, 1901, p. 362.] 



A series of kenytes, basalts and phonolites from Mount 

 Kenya : collected and presented by Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S. 

 [Described by him in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. } 1900, vol. Ixvi, 

 p. 205 : see also G. T. Prior, Mineralogical Magazine, 1903, 

 vol. xiii, pp. 228-263.] 



A collection of 58 typical rock-specimens from Japan : presented 

 by Dr. T. Kochibe, Director of the Geological Survey of Japan. 



A collection of rock-specimens from the Christiania district, 

 illustrating descriptions by Prof. W. C. Brogger (Eruptivgesteine 

 ties Kristianiagebietes, I, 1894; II, 1895; III, 1898): purchased. 



1901. 



Total acquisitions 405, including : 



A large collection of typical rock-specimens from India, which 

 formed part of the India Exhibit at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 ; 

 presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India. 



A series of about 200 specimens of granites, schists, felsites, 

 andesites, &c., from the north-east coast of Siberia : collected 

 and presented by Mr. W. H. Shockley. 



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