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Specimen of the Bear- berry, Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, gathered near Acton 

 Moor. Jiev. y. C. Dicnn, Blanchland. 



Specimen of Gourd ? from Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Henry Bertram, ly, Clayton Park Square. 



FOSSILS AND MINERALS. 



Specimens of Iron Ore from Oxelosund, Sweden. 



Captain Gilbert Howse, 

 Specimens of Anthracosia and a Aenropteris gigantea. 



Mr. Thomas Dixon, Shiremoor. 

 A large Collection of Devonian Fishes, Marl-slate Fishes, and other Fossils, 

 collected by the late Joseph Watson, jun., of Gateshead. 



Presented by Mrs. L. Watson, Gateshead. 

 Specimens of Gold-bearing Quartz from the Champion Reefs, Mysore, 

 India, and other Minerals from Sidapur Coorg, India. 



Henry Abbs, Esq. 



Several fine specimens of a large Oyster, Exogyra simiata, from the Upper 



Greensand, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. y. S. Forster, Esq. 



ETHNOLOGY. 



A Collection of Ancient Glass Vessels and Ancient Lamps, and other 

 examples of Pottery, with a few Brass Castings from the rock-hewn 

 tombs on the mountain side at Beit Jebrin (supposed to be the ancient 

 Libnah), not far north of Gaza, South Palestine. 



Rev. Robert Stirling, Gosforth Grove. 



An Indian Water-bottle dug out of an Indian grave, Brazil, South 

 America. Mrs. F, T. Ware, Corbridge-on-Tpne. 



