192 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



V. — Donations of Duplicates. 



Duplicate specimens of minerals have been given to the 

 Museum of the Geological Survey of India. 



VI. — Departmental Library. 



Arrangement. — Letters relating to the business of the 

 Department have been arranged in order. 



Cataloguing and Press-tnarking. — 1,364 volumes and 354 

 title-slips have been press-marked. All the accessions, includ- 

 ing 778 plates, have been catalogued and stamped. 



Proofs of the Library Catalogue have been read and checked 

 against the slip-catalogue in the Department. 



Accessions. — 59 volumes of separate works, 31 periodicals 

 (in 389 volumes and parts), 40 pamphlets, 19 parts of works, 

 13 mining reports, and 23 sheets of maps have been added to 

 the Library. These were acquired as follows : — 



By presentation. — 11 volumes of separate works, 10 

 periodicals (in 120 volumes and parts), 33 pamphlets, 

 2 parts of works, 13 mining reports and 6 sheets of maps. 

 By p>ur chase. — 44 volumes of separate works, 19 

 periodicals (in 265 volumes and parts), 2 pamphlets 

 and 7 parts of works. 

 By transfer. — 4 volumes of separate works, 2 periodicals 

 (in 4 volumes and parts), 5 pamphlets, 10 parts of works 

 and 17 sheets of maps. 



Binding. — 82 volumes have been bound. 



VII. — Publications. 



New editions of the Student's Index to the Collection of 

 Minerals (24th Edition) and A Guide to the Mineral Gallery 

 (11th Edition) have been issued. 



The following papers, relating to specimens in the collection, 

 have been published in the " Mineralogical Magazine and 

 Journal of the Mineralogical Society," 1911, vol. 16 : — 



" On Schwartzembergite " : by G. F. H. Smith and G. T. 

 Prior (p. 77). 



" On Fermorite, a new arsenate and phosphate of lime and 

 strontia, and Tilasite, from the Manganese-ore deposits of 

 India " : by G. F. H. Smith and G. T. Prior (p. 84). 



" The larger Diamonds of South Africa " : by L. J. Spencer 

 (p. 140). 



VIII. Acquisitions. 

 18,274 specimens have been acquired, namely :— 

 316 minerals, 17,952 rocks, and 6 meteorites. 

 Exchanges of specimens have been made with the University 

 Museum, Oxford (through Professor H. L. Bowman) ; the 



