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of the Journal, of the Eoyal Colonial Institute. As usual he has 

 kept our set of the Reports of the British Association complete 

 by sending the current number. 



Mr. W. Hosting, of Namaqualand, has sent a number of 

 very fine specimens of copper ores (chiefly Erubescite and Copper 

 Pyrites) fi'om the Cape Copper Mines, at Ookiep, Namaqualand. 



Mrs. Ford, of Pencarrow, has sent (through Sir George 

 Smith) a very valuable and interesting Talc figure from New 

 Zealand. Talc figures of this kind are worn by the Maori 

 Natives, as symbolic portraits of their ancestors. This is not 

 only one of the finest of its kind, but is one of the first sent to 

 this country, having been sent home in 1841. It is in a perfect 

 state of preservation. 



Mrs. Jago has enriched the Library by the valuable gift of 

 46 volumes of the Proceedings of the Poyal Society, from the 

 library of the late Dr. Jago, F.P S., who was a great supporter 

 of this Institution and President in 1874-5. 



The effort to complete the sets of volumes of Transactions 

 of the Societies with which we are in exchange frequently meets 

 with success. Our thanks are due to Canon Moor who has again 

 presented several parts of the Journal of the Eoyal Geographical 

 Society, and to the Eev. Sir Yyell Yyvyan, Bart, for several of 

 the back numbers of the Journal of the Poyal Cornwall 

 Geological Society. 



The contents of Chemical Laboratory having been removed 

 to the Central Technical Schools, the room is now available for 

 other purposes and it is proposed that it shall contain certain 

 sections of the Museum. 



A scheme which is being prepared by the Curator, for the 

 re-arrangement of the exhibits, will shortly be submitted to the 

 Council for consideration, and it is hoped that during the coming 

 year the work will be taken in hand. This will give many of 

 the objects more advantageous display, which some of them 

 badly require in order that their beauty and other points of 

 interest may be fully appreciated. 



Several of the Mammals and Birds are in a bad state, some 

 of them having been in the Museum for a period of over 60 

 years. The Council would gladly welcome fresh specimens. 



