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A choice Collection of Objects made in the Friendly^ 

 and Fiji Islands, by the late Kevd. Robert Young, I 

 formerly of Truro. From the Friendly Islands — I 

 Native cloth, fans, basket and lamp. From the Fiji I 

 Islands — Four war-clubs (various forms), war-horn, ' 



hatchet, adze, model of canoe, paddle, cocoa- ^ ^i^s Young, Truro, 

 nut rope, pillow, two spears, necklace, men's 

 back-comb, fly-switch, palm leaf (used as a port- i 

 manteau), large shells (Cassis, &c.), and money. j 



A collection of about 200 specimens of Minerals from -^ 



various parts of the world. The following are new | 



to the Institute's collection- -Tharandite,Polybasite, ( 



Emerald, Tincal, Valentinite, Nickel, Tile ore, | 



Amalgam, Fireblende, Comptonite, Boracite, Iron- ! '^^^^^ Parkyu,F.G.S., 



manganese-lithia Tourmaline, Berthierite, Mala- r Truro, 



cone, Pegmatolite, Mellite, Lazulith, Alumocalcite, 

 Zinnwaldite 



Case of Blowpipe Minerals and Salts, in tubes j 



Specimens of Minerals, &c.,from Tasmania : -Auriferous -^ 

 Quai-tz, "Lefroy"; Cassiterite, Mount Bischoff ; i 

 Crystals of Cassiterite, Marie Louise Mine, Mount | 

 Cameron ; Galena ; Felspar with Galena, nr. | General Letroy, 



Mount Bischoff ; Tasmanite ; Fossiliferous Lime- )» Lewarne, 



stone and Fossiliferous Shale, Quatrobe nr, Liskeard. 



Auriferous Quartz, Beconsfield, Australia ; Copper-ore, | 

 West Australia. J 



