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Of the above, 20 volumes and 27 memoirs and pamphlets 

 were acquired by presentation or transfer ; all of them, 

 including 984 plates, have been registered and stamped. 



Visitors. 



The number of visits recorded as made to the Department, 

 for purposes of consultation or study, is 1,248 ; of these, 531 

 were more especially for purposes of study. 



Exchanges. 



Exchanges have been arranged with the Museums of 

 Aberbeen University, Calcutta, Munich, and Stockholm. 



Acquisitions. 



Two thousand one hundred and two specimens have been 

 acquired during the year 1897, namely : — 896 minerals, 1,191 

 rocks and 15 meteorites. These have been registered, 

 numbered, labelled, and incorporated w^ith the collection. 

 The more important of them are as follows :— 



Mine^'als. 

 By Presentation : 



A collection of Gold Ores from Australia: by J. C. F. 

 Johnson, Esq. 



A collection of minerals from Bolivia : by M. Koberts, Esq. 



Andorite (" Sundtite "), part of Professor Brogger's original 

 specimen ; Oruro, Bolivia : by Professor W. C. Brogger. 



Andorite (" Webnerite "), part of the late Professor 

 Stelzner's original specimen ; Itos Mine, Oruro, Bolivia : by 

 Professor A. Weisbach. 



Apatite ; Mysore, India : by L. Stromeyer, Esq. 



Carborundum crystals : by Sir John Evans, k.c.b., f.r.s. 



Carnallite crystals : by Baron A. E. Nordenskibld. 



Cinnabar with Malachite ; Cabrales, Asturias : by J. W. 

 Richmond Lee, Esq. 



Claudetite ; S. Domingo mines, Portugal : by A. G. 

 Phillips, Esq, 



Chrysotile ; Danville mine, Quebec, Canada : by R. H. 

 Jones, Esq. 



Garnet ; Ngomeni Hills, British East Africa : by J. S. 

 Hyland, Esq. 



Gold Ore ; British Columbia : by G. de Wolf, Esq. 



Gold with Native Bismuth ; Buduk, West Borneo : by 

 E. T. McCarthy, Esq. 



Graphite (columnar) ; Ottawa, Canada : by F. B. Henderson, 

 Esq. 



Kosmochlore, a new mineral, from the Toluca Meteoric 

 Iron : by Professofr H. Laspeyres. 



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