230 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Rocks (31, with 20 thin-sections) from between Machakos and 

 Lake Magadi, British East Africa. (Collected and described by 

 J. Parkinson, Esq.): hy the Magadi Soda Co. Ltd. (through 

 John Parkinson, Esq.). 



Country rock from the Hampden Cloncurry copper mine, 

 N. W. Queensland : hy G. Maitland, Esq. 



A series of 332 specimens collected by the donor, mainly 

 from mines in Southern Rhodesia, but including a few from 

 North-Western Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Transvaal, and Natal : 

 hy John L. Pojpham, Esq. 



Gravels and sands from gem-washings on the Jiblong River, 

 Liberia, West Africa : hy Henry Reeve, Esq. 



Serpentine breccia, etc., from Gwinnings mine, Mullion, 

 Cornwall : hy J. B. Rule, Esq. 



Hornfels with garnet from Walkhampton, Devonshire : 

 hy Arthur Russell, Esq. 



Tourmaline-corundum rocks from Kinta, Federated Malay 

 States : hy J. B. Scrivenor Esq. 



Five rocks from the Concordia silver-lead mines, Cerro 

 Bayo, Argentine, collected by the donor : hy Ralston C. 

 Sharp, Esq. 



Boulder of Shap granite from Withernsea, Yorkshire : hy 

 0. Sheppard, Esq. 



A large basalt stalactite from the Vidgeymir cave near 

 Gilsbakki, and 15 other rock specimens collected by the donor 

 in Iceland : hy F. H. Sikes, Esq, 



A series of rocks collected by the donor near Okehampton, 

 Devon : hy W. Camphell Smith, Esq. 



A collection of 22 specimens, each polished on one surface, 

 illustrating the different varieties of serpentine from the Lizard, 

 Cornwall : hy F. W. Timmis, Esq. 



By Purchase : 



A series of 110 specimens collected by the late Edward 

 Whymper during his travels in 1879-80 in the Andes of 

 Ecuador. 



A series of 13 typical specimens (with corresponding thin- 

 sections) of the platinum-bearing rocks of the Urals. 



Meteorites. 

 By Exchange : 



Lonaconing, Maryland, U.S.A., an etched slice weighing 

 74 grams of the iron found in 1888. 



By Purchase : 



Chinautla, Guatemala, Central America, an etched slice 

 weighing 189 grams of the iron found in 1902. 



