DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. 151 



A slip-catalogue of the rock-sections, arranged according to 

 species, has been commenced. 



Ninety-one sections of rocks and minerals, and eight of 

 meteorites have been prepared ; three meteorites have been 

 cut for exchange ; five mineral slices have been prepared, and 

 32 specimens have been cut for exhibition with the Orna- 

 mental Stones. 



Arrangement. 



In the Mineral Gallery the following changes of arrange- 

 ment have been made : — 



The wall-cases occupying one side of the Pavilion have been 

 re-fitted with shelves and distempered for the exhibition of 

 large specimens, of which 130 have been transferred to 

 them from the lower parts of the cases in the Gallery ; and 

 the work of mounting each s.pecimen upon a separate polished 

 wooden stand with an ornamental label has been begun. 



The worked articles have been removed from a table-case in 

 the Pavilion and incorporated with the collection of species ; 

 the series of mounted crystals (natival and artificial) has been 

 transferred from the window-cases in the Gallery to the wall- 

 cases in the Pavilion. 



The specimens presented in 1893 by J. C. Williams, Esq., m.p., 

 have been incorporated with the general collection. 



The wall-case containing polished specimens of Ornamental 

 Stones has been ncM^ly fitted, and the specimens have been 

 specially mounted and labelled. 



The specimens of Quartz, Haematite, Parisite, Cromfordite, 

 Witherite, and Strontianite exhibited in the cases have been 

 re-arranged, and, where necessary, re-mounted and re-labelled ; 

 the topograpbical arrangement of the mineral specimens 

 preserved in the drawers has been continued, that of the 

 phosphates, arsenates, sulphates, borosilicates, and zeolites, 

 being completed. 



The reserve crystals of diamond have been mounted and 

 exhibited in the table-case. 



A series of specimens illustrating the enclosure of one 

 mineral in another, a series of minerals which have originated 

 artificially, and some examples of slickensides, have been 

 arranged in two window-cases. 



A series of specimens selected as examples of volcanic 

 products has been arranged in a wall-case of the Gallery. 



The collection of pseudomorphs has been removed from 

 the seven window-cases on the south side of the Gallery, and 

 a selected series of them has been arranged in three table- 

 cases in the Pavilion. 



The series of typical rocks has been transferred to the 

 window-cases thus set free, and has been greatly extended ; 

 for the remaining window-cases on that side of the Gallery 



0,97.^ K 4 specimens 



