134 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Of the above, 130 volumes were acquired by presentation or 

 transfer; all of them, including 705 plates, have been registered 

 and stamped. The titles and cross-references relating to 355 

 volumes, 732 memoirs and pamphlets, and five maps, have been 

 prepared for the Museum Library Catalogue. 



Visitors. 



The number of visits recorded as made to the Department 

 for purposes of consultation or study is 946. As the Gallery 

 is now open daily to the general public, and the Mineral Col- 

 lections are so exhibited and described that reference to the 

 officers of the Department on the part of students is generally 

 unnecessary, it is difficult to estimate the number of visits 

 made to the Department for the purpose of study alone, and 

 the above number is thus only approximative in character. 



Acquisitions. 



One thousand two hundred and five specimens have been 

 acquired during the year 1891, namely, 458 minerals, 719 

 rocks, and 28 meteorites. 



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

 porated with the collection. The more important of them are 

 named below : — 



Minerals. 



By Presentation : 



Auriferous Quartz (12 specimens); South Africa; by Clayton 

 Bennett, Esq. 



Auriferous Quartz ; Wales ; by Professor Boyd-Dawkins, 



F.R.S. 



Bo wenite (two specimens) ; Afghanistan; by Major-General 

 C. A. M'Mahon, F.G.S. 



Fibrolite ; Alhama de Granada, Spain ; by Rev. Canon 

 Greenwell. 



Iron Pyrites ; Folkestone ; by H. P. Hopwood, Esq. 



Stibnite and Antimony (four specimens) ; Minas do Corgo, 

 Portugal ; by the Lixa Mining Company. 



Various minerals (32 specimens) ; Switzerland ; by Mrs. 

 Leifchild. 



Francolite ; Marazion, Cornwall ; by H. A. Miers, Esq. 



Elaterite ; Adelaide, South Australia ; by C. D. E. Fortnum, 

 Esq., D.C.L. 



Argentiferous Blende ; Bohmer Mine, Cauca, Colombia ; by 

 H. S. Bohmer, Esq. 



Sphene, in very large crystals ; Risor, Norway ; by A. L. 

 Collins, Esq. 



Pyrolusite ; South Portugal ; by B. B. Woodward, Esq., f.g.s. 



Yttrotantalite and Sapphire ; Ceylon; by J. Baddeley, Esq. 



Auriferous 



