148 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



DepartTTiental Library. 



To the Departmental Library have been added 231 separate 

 works (in 159 volumes), 123 memoirs and pamphlets, and 19 

 parts of works not yet completed. 



Of the above, 45 volumes and 122 memoirs and pamphlets 

 were acquired by presentation or transfer ; all of them, 

 including 880 plates, have been registered and stamped. 



Visitors. 



The number of visits recorded as made to the Department, 

 for purposes of consultation or study, is 2,073 ; of these, 1,284 

 were more especially for purposes of study. 



Exchange. 



An exchange has been arranged with Dr. Axel Hamberg, of 

 Stockholm. 



Duplicates. 



Eight hundred and fifty duplicate specimens, namely, 200 

 specimens of minerals and 650 of rocks, have been given to 

 the Wheelwright Grammar School, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, and 

 350 mineral specimens to the Eui'opa Garrison Schools, Gib- 

 raltar. 



Acquisitions. 



One thousand three hundred and twenty-five specimens 

 have been acquired during the year 1895, namely : — COG 

 minerals, 708 rocks, and 11 meteorites. These have been 

 registered, numbered, labelled and incorporated with the 

 collection. The more important of them are as follows : — 



Minerals. 

 By Presentation : 



Corundum from Felsite, near South Brent, Dartmoor : by 

 Dr. K. Busz. 



Pickeringite ; Newtyle Hill, Perthshire : by J. B. Corr, 

 Esq. 



Mackintoshite and Ruby, from North Carolina : by W. E. 

 Hidden, Esq. 



Idocrase ; Piz Longhin : by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 



F.K.S. 



Caswellite ; Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, U.S.A. : by 

 Professor A. H. Chester. 



Cassiterite, a large crystal ; Selangore, Straits Settlements : 

 by H. Harris, Esq. 



:i|Broggerite ; Raade, Moss, Norway : by Professor W. C. 

 Brbgger. 



Zoiaite; 



