146 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Acquisitions. 



1,292 specimens have been acquired during the year 1898, 

 namely : — 255 minerals, 1,022 rocks, and 15 meteorites. 

 These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and incor- 

 porated with the collection. 



The more important of them are as follows : — 



Minerals. 

 By Presentation : 



Allanite and Chrysoberyl ; Madras Presidency : by T. H. 

 Holland, Esq., f.g.s. 



Altaite and Roscoelite, from Boulder County, Colorado, 

 U.S.A. : by Milton Moss, Esq. 



Apophyllite, pyramidal crystals embedded in clay ; Kop- 

 piesi'ontein, Orange Free State : by J. A. Leo Henderson, 

 Esq., Ph.D. 



Bauxite ; Straidhill, county Antrim : by R. G. Norman, 

 Esq. 



Calcite, a group of prismatic crystals of peculiar habit; 

 Dover, New Jersey, U.S.A. : by L. C. Bierwirth, Esq. 



Cassiterite and Monazite ; also a Euxenite-like mineral 

 and other niobates and titanates of the rare earths ; from 

 Swaziland : by Sydney Ryan, Esq. 



Celestite, Ilvaite, Iclocrase, Zircon, and other minerals from 

 Canada : also Monetite and Monite, from the West Indies : 

 by G. C. Hoffmann, Esq., Ph.D. 



Celestite; Gloucestershire: b}^ Sir John Evans, k.c.b,. 



F.R.S. 



Chalcedony, amygdules in basalt : by L. Cooper, Esq. 



Gold Telluride and Native Gold, from Western Australia : 

 by C. Kaufman, Esq. 



Orthoclase, a large crystal fi'om Japan : by Dr. T. 

 Kochibe. 



Quartz, a fine twinned crystal ; Kimpo-san, Japan : by 

 M. Abe, Esq. 



Quartz pseudomorphs, from New Zealand : by Profe^tsor 

 G. H. F. Ulrich, f.g.s. 



Sapphires and Spinels, from Siam : by H. Waring ton 

 Smyth, Esq., f.g.s. 



Senaite, crystals from the diamond-bearing sands of Minas 

 Geraes, Brazil : and Baddeleyite, rolled pebbles from Caldas, 

 Minas Geraes, Brazil : by Dr. E. Hussak. 



Sjlver ; Sta. Anna, Colombia : by Captain W. Haaltain 

 Milner. 



Stalactitic Aragonite and Calcite from the caves in the 

 dolomite at Sterkfontein, Transvaal : by H. P. Thomasset, 

 Esq. 



