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On March 19th, to the " Geologists' Association," Professor 

 Blake, President; forty- five members were present. 



On May 4th, to the " Maria Grey Local Research Society ;" 

 twenty-one members were present. 



On June 11th, to the South Place Natural History Society; 

 twenty-three members were present. 



On November 19th, to the Twickenham Literary and 

 Scientific Society ; forty-five members were present. 



Mr. A. Smith Woodward gave demonstrations : — 



On April 2nd, to students from Morley College, Royal Vic- 

 toria Hall ; thirty members were present. 



On October 26th, to the Haslemere Scientific Society ; forty 

 members were present. 



Mr. J. W. Gregory gave a lecture to St. Thomas's Square 

 Literary Society ; twenty members were present. 



XL — Students. 



The number of visits from students and persons who have 

 consulted the collection and the Library for the purpose of 

 scientific work during the past year, and who have received 

 assistance from members of the staff" of the Department, was 

 4,107. 



Henry Woodward. 

 Department of Geology, 

 20 January 1893. 



Department of Mineralogy. 



The Staff and its Duties. 



The staff of the Mineral Department consists of the Keeper^ 

 three Assistants, three Attendants, and two Boy-attendants. 

 The duties are distributed as follows : — 



Three Assistants. — To one is assigned most of the scientific 

 and executive work relating to the collection of mineral 

 species, including the preliminary examination of specimens 

 submitted for purchase or exchange, the registration and 

 incorporation of the recently-acquired specimens, the prepara- 

 tion of species-, variety-, and locality-labels, the determination 

 of the physical and geometrical characters of specimens, and 

 the preparation of a descriptive catalogue of the collection. 



To a second is assigned similar work relative to the speci- 

 mens of rocks. 



To the third is assigned the chemical analysis of both 

 minerals and rocks. 



Though a mineralogist can no longer satisfactorily attempt 

 to keep abreast of scientific knowledge and undertake scien- 



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