330 ANNUAL MEETING. 



The minerals collected by Major Parkyn, F.Gr.S., one of the 

 Hon. Sees., during his three years' residence at the school of 

 mines at Freiberg, in Saxony, and kindly presented by him to 

 this society last year, have been laid out in the geological room 

 preparatory to being added to the general collection. 



It has been thought that it would add greatly to the interest 

 of the collections if a few sets of minerals, illustrative of the 

 districts from which they are derived, were displayed. Mr. 

 James Osborne, F.Gr.S., one of the new members and a generous 

 donor, has sent for this purpose a beautiful set of minerals from 

 mines in Spain and Portugal. There are in addition to these 

 some sent by Mr. Richard Pearce, F.Gr.S., from Utah, and others 

 by Mr. T. Oates, from Chile ; they will be grouped in illustration 

 of their respective localities. 



The Rev. W. Hamilton, who is a specialist on Indian 

 butterflies, has been kind enough to name about 140 species of 

 those which were presented by the late General Jenkins, one of 

 the original benefactors of the museum, more than 40 years ago. 

 The Curator is now busily engaged in classifying and arranging 

 them, with a view of publishing a small guide to their habits 

 and distribution. A very valuable purchase has also been 

 made in this department, which will greatly strengthen the 

 collection. 



When the notice concerning the picture of Anthony Payne, 

 presented by Mr. Robert Harvey last year, appeared in the 

 papers, many enquiries were made for particulars of the life of 

 the Cornish giant. In consequence, a brief biography was 

 written by Mr. Crowther, and sold in the museum at a small 

 cost, with such success as will warrant the issue from time to 

 time of small guides to the various collections in the museum. 



The gifts to the museum have been very numerous. Mr. 

 Richard Pearce, of Denver, Colorado, has, at a cost of ten guineas, 

 presented us with the case for holding the Cornish minerals. 

 Mr. Walter H. Harris has presented sets of models of historic 

 diamonds, precious stones, and of mineral crystals to the museum. 

 Mr. Robert Harvey, an engraving, in handsome frame, of Henry 

 Rogers, the Pewterer of Helston, who defended property which 

 he had seized, by killing five persons in the village of Skewis, 

 in 1734-5. The Rev. R. F. Frazer-Frizell has given several 



