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additions since I last referred to it, more especially with 

 respect to the invertebrate groups of the general collections 

 of recent zoology, and to all classes illustrative of the zoology 

 of New Guinea and other islands of the Western Pacific. 

 Of the latter a very valuable series has been contributed by 

 the proprietors of the Argus newspaper, obtained by their 

 New Guinea exploring expedition. There have also been 

 important additions to the Borneo collection, presented by 

 the Australian Borneo Company. The collection of old red 

 sandstone fossils has been made more perfect by the 

 acquisition of many of the %. A±c? of that era. The growth of 

 these collections brings nearer every year the time when 

 more room will be required in our Natural History Museum. 



TECHNOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM. 



The Industrial Museum and School of Technology, under 

 the direction of Mr. J. Cosmo Newbery, continues to im- 

 prove and widen its utilitarian functions each year. The 

 additions to the collections of the Museum, procured both 

 by donation and purchase, have been fully up to the aver- 

 age of previous years. Special endeavours have been made 

 to illustrate, as fully as possible, by specimens all matters of 

 public interest, and some of these collections will be shown 

 in the hall to-night, and will include the modes of occur- 

 rence of gold, the occurrence of silver in Australia, Aus- 

 tralian diamonds, with other ornamental stones, clays, and 

 other materials used in the manufacture of the finer 

 varieties of earthenware and porcelain, including a number 

 of specimens of ware made in the Museum laboratories. 

 The classes have been well attended, and it is pleasing to 

 note that young men joining the laboratories find that with 

 the knowledge gained in this institution, they can not only 

 enter manufactories where technical skill is required, but 

 that they can also obtain important public positions. A 

 former pupil assistant now holds a high Government post in 

 an adjoining colony, and his successor, Mr. Frederic Dunn, 



