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Erratic boulders, including- 2 rhomb-porphyries and 3 fossili- 

 ferous limestones, collected by the donor from the foot of the 

 cliffs between Cromer and Overstrand, Norfolk : by Mrs. G. T. 

 Prior. 



A series of 260 specimens from southern Abyssinia and Soma- 

 liland, collected by Dr. R. Koettlitz and Lord Lovat in 1898, and 

 described by the donor in 1903 : hy Dr. Catherine A. Raisin^. 



9 roclv specimens from the nickel-ore deposits at Talnotry, 

 Kirkcudbrightshire, and three other miscellaneous Scottish rocks, 

 collected by the donor: hy W. Camphell Smith, Esq., M.C. 



Sandstone and limestone from the Combe Martin mines. North 

 Devon : hv Franklin, White, Esq. 



A small set of specimens collected by the donor on his journev 

 through Chitral, western Himalavas : by Lt.-Col. Sir Francid 

 Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. 



By Purchase : — 



Minverites, granites, spilite, etc., from Cornwall; foramini- 

 feral limestone from Yorkshire. 



Two polished specimens of devitrified rhyolite showing very 

 large spherulites. 



A set of 134 micro-sections of rocks from Abyssinia and 

 Somaliland. 



43 miscellaneous micro-sections of rocks. 



Meteorites . 

 By Presentation : — 



Mount Ayliff, Griqualand East, South Africa, a fragment 

 weighing 189 grams from the mass of iron known in 1907 ; also 

 a coloured plaster cast of the whole mass : 



Simondium. Paarl, Cape Colon v. fragments weighing together 

 204' grams of the stone found in 190T : 



A fragment of metallic iron (pseudo-meteorite) from Elands- 

 berg, South Africa: 



By the Public Museum of King William's Town, South Africa 

 (through the Director F. A. 0. Pym, Esq.) 



Karee Klvff, Hnfmever, Cape Province, South Africa, a 

 pie<c^ weighing 38-6 grams and 7*2 grams of filings of 'this 

 meteoric iron : by the Trustees of the Port Elizaheth Museum, 

 South Africa (through the Director, F. W. FitzSimons, Esq.). 



By Exchange: — 



Cumberlaiid Falls, Whitley Co., Kentucky, two crusted frag- 

 ments, weighing respectively 379 and 261 grams, of this brec- 

 ciated stone which fell on April 9th, 1919. 



By Purchase : — 

 Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancavshire, the main mass, consisting 

 of two pieces, fitting together and weighing respectively 10,900 

 and 1,900 grams (total 28 lb. ^ oz.), of the stone which fell 

 on October 13th, 1914. Coloured plaster casts have been made in 

 the Department. 



