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BOTANY. 



1888. 



Dec. Ivory Nut. Mr. Thos. Thompson, Winlaton. 



1889. 



Mar. Fruit of a species of Gum Tree, Eucalyptus. 



Mr. Wm. Henderson, Moor View. 



,, Fir Cones, from Hexham. Master Chas. Faraday Spence. 



FOSSILS AND MINERALS. 



1888. 



Aug. Volcanic Stones and Mud, thrown up during the eruption of Tara- 



wera, from Wairo, New Zealand. 

 Incrustations from the Hot Springs at Waka-rewa-rewa, Ohine- 

 muta, New Zealand. Miss Chaytor, Marshlands, New Zealand. 

 ,, Large Bone (of Ox), dug out of surface covering clay at Marsden. 



Mr. John Daglish. 

 ,, Sixteen Carboniferous (Scar-Limestone) Corals, from Quarry to 

 south of Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale. Mr. Wm. Dinning. 



Sept. Slabs of Stone containing fossils, Rhynchonella pleurodon, and worm- 

 track like fossil, from North Tyne. John Coppin, Esq., Bingjield. 

 Oct. Specimens of Calc-Spar and two specimens of Axinus dubius, Schl., 

 from Farthingslake Quarry, Marsden. Mr. John Daglish. 



,, Two specimens of Sulphate of Strontia, from the neighbourhood of 

 Yate, Mangotsfield. (The bed or lumps are found resting on 

 Millstone Grit, and perhaps on New Red Sandstone also.) 



Mr. G. C. Greemvell, Duffield, Derby. 

 Nov. Specimen of Salt (Stalagmite), from Boldon Colliery. 



Mr. Thos. Routledge. 

 1889. 



Jan. Specimen of Calc-Spar, finely crystallized, from Dentdale, York- 

 shire. Per Mr. Aid. T. P. Barkas, F. G.S. 

 Feb. Small box of Garnets, from Almeria, Spain. Mr. M. J. Pelegrin. 

 ,, Specimens of Yttrotitanite, from Arendahl, Norway. 



Mr. John Pattinson. 

 ,, Specimen of Heavy Spar, from the Busty Seam, Pelton Colliery. 



Mr. John James, Pelton Fell. 

 ,, Calamites and other Fossils, from the Maudlin Seam, Silksworth 

 Colliery. Mr. Surtees Hutchinson. 



Mar. A large slab of Itacolumite, from India. 



Mr. Edwd. Bidioell, Twickenham. 

 „ Small slab of Silver Lead (110 ounces to the ton). 



Specimens of Nickel Ochre, Arseniate of Nickel, Asbestos, and 



Actinolite, from Almeria, Spain. Mr. M. J. Pelegrin. 



April. A collection Fossils, from the Cambrian and Silurian Strata of 



North Wales and Cumberland; Lower Greensand, Atherfield, Isle 



