200 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A collection of 61 rock-specimens from the various diamond 

 mines at Kimberley and from that of Jagersfontein, South 

 Africa : hy the Directors, De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. 



Volcanic dust which fell on the deck of H.M.S. " Irresistible," 

 in the Bay of Naples during the eruption of Vesuvius, April 

 1906 : hy Geo. Gadson, Esq. 



A collection of 106 rock-specimens, with thin sections, from 

 the island of Vanua Levu, Fiji Islands : hy Dr. H. B. Guppy. 



Four rock-specimens from Antigua, West Indies : by R. J. 

 Lechmere Guppy, Esq. 



A set of 12 rock-specimens collected on a journey between 

 Lake Chad and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan : by Dr. H. Karl 

 W. Kuinm. 



Porphyry and slate from Bitter Creek, Stewart, British 

 Columbia : by C. Maitland, Esq. 



A set of 12 rock-specimens to illustrate the occurrence of 

 petroleum at Franzhoek, near Ficksburg, Orange River Colony : 



by Dr. Julius Noth. 



A set of specimens of the rocks associated with tin ores in 

 Bolivia : by William R. Rumhold, Esq. 



Crystalline limestone and gneiss from Jagdalak, Afghan- 

 istan : hy Dr. Walter Saise. 



A set of 89 specimens collected in the Antarctic during 

 Sir Ernest Shackleton's Expedition on the " Nimrod," 1907-9 : 



hy Sir Ernest Shackleton, C.V.O. 



Two rock-specimens showing peculiar structures from Corn- 

 wall ; hy G. Davies Sherhorn, Esq. 



Trachytic rock from Ayrshire : hy John Smith, Esq. 



A small lot of specimens collected near Angora, Asia Minor : 

 by R. Campbell Thompson, Esq. 



Dolerite from bore-hole near De Villiers Kop, Orange River 

 Colony : by M. T. Wigham, Esq. 



Deposits from bed of Lake Ngami, Bechuanaland, South 

 Africa : by R. B. W oosna^iii, Esq. 



By Purchase : 



A large polished slab of granite penetrated by a faulted 

 dyke of basalt from St. Cloud, Minnesota. 



Nepheline-syenite with corundum, anorthosite, amphibolite, 

 and various other rocks, from Ontario. 



Fifteen miscellaneous rocks from various localities in Pem- 

 brokeshire, Cumberland, and Westmorland. 



Sixteen rock-specimens from various localities in North 

 Wales. 



