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meteoric iron), corundum, garnet, gypsum (showing a new type 

 of twinning and new forms), hornblende, livingstonite, nephe- 

 lite, sartorite, schwartzembergite, and zircon. Specimens of 

 laurionite, paralanrionite, and other lead minerals from Laurion 

 nave been examined and their optical characters have been 

 determined. 



The investigation of the metamorphic rocks collected by 

 the Scott Antarctic Expedition has been in progress. 



Collections of rocks from Vesuvius, Rhodesia, Tunis, and 

 Persia, and a series of specimens collected by the late Sir John 

 Richardson on Sir John Franklin's second Arctic Expedition 

 have been examined. Stone implements from Wiltshire have 

 been investigated. 



Investigations have been made of the meteoric irons of 

 Uwet and Angela, and the meteoric stones of Crumlin and 

 Kota Kota. 



In the chemical laboratory, quantitative analyses have been 

 made of specimens of phacolite and gmelinite from Co. Antrim, 

 and the meteorites of Crumlin, Uwet, and Angela ; re-determina- 

 tions of iron and nickel have been made in the Baroti and Witte- 

 krantz meteoric stones ; and many doubtful minerals have been 

 qualitatively analysed. 



V. — De2)artmentcd Library. 



Arrangement. — Letters of the years 1800 to 1913 inclusive 

 have been arranged in order and inserted in guard-books of 28 

 volumes. 



Cataloguing and Press-marking. — 606 volumes and 566 

 title-slips have been press-marked or re-press-marked. All the 

 accessions, including 1,602 plates, have been catalogued and 

 stamped. 



Proofs of the Library Catalogue have been read and checked 

 against the slip-catalogue in the Department. 



Accessions. — 52 volumes of separate works, 34 periodicals 

 (in 329 volumes and parts), 25 pamphlets, 17 parts of works, 

 45 mining and survey reports, and S sheets of maps have been 

 added to the Library. These were acquired as follows : -- 



By presentation. — 7 volumes of separate works, 9 

 periodicals (in 103 volumes and parts), 15 pamphlets. 

 3 parts of works, 2 sheets of maps, and 40 mining and 

 survey reports. 

 By purchase. — 45 volumes of separate works, 25 

 periodicals (in 226 volumes and parts), 5 pamphlets, 

 and 9 parts of works. 



By transfer. — pamphlets, 5 parts of works, 6 sheets of 

 maps, and 5 mining and survey reports. 

 Binding. — 85 volumes have been bound. 



