152 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BEITISH 'MUSEUM. 



Meteorites. 

 By Presentation : 



Bori, Central Provinces, India ; fell 9th May 1894 ; weight 

 1,270 grams : by the Director of the Geological Survey of 

 India. 



Bishunpur, weight 359*9 grams, and Parjahatpur, weight 

 33'6 grams, North West Provinces, India ; fell 26th April 

 1895 : also by the Director of the Geological Survey of 

 India. 



Concepcion, Mexico ; weight 47*3 grams : by W Taylor. 

 Esq. 



By Purchase : 



Nebraska; a slice weighing 1,882 grams. 



Canon Diablo, Arizona ; a slice weighing 13,630 grams. 



Zabrodje, Russia ; fell 22nd September 1893 ; weight, 

 3*0 grams. 



Vavilovka, Russia ; fell 19th June 1876 ; weight 8-5 grams. 



Launton, Oxon. ; fell loth February 1830 ; weight 1,022 

 grams. 



Yenshigahara, Kagoshima, Japan ; fell 26th October 1886 ; 

 weight 28,123 grams. 



Of the above meteorites, those of which the names are 

 italicised were new to the Collection. 



12th February, 1896. L. Fletcher. 



Department of Botany. 



During the past year 17,720 specimens have been named, 

 mounted, and incorporated into the general Herbarium. These 

 have been derived from many sources, and have proved to be 

 additions to all parts of the Herbarium. 



In the progress of the work the officers of the Department 

 have been occupied as follows : — 



Mr. E. G. Baker has principally been engaged in incorpo- 

 rating with the general Herbarium the Polypetalse collected 

 on Mount Kilimanjaro by Dr. Volkens ; in Bulgaria by Blockj ; 

 at the Cape by Schlechter ; in Costa Rica by Polakowsky ; in 

 Armenia by P. Sintenis ; and in laying in portions of the 

 Herbaria of Welwitsch, Beddome, Miers and Shuttleworth. 

 The incorporation of Lcgurtiinosce, made in various parts of 

 Europe and West Asia, by various collectors, mentioned in 

 last year's Report, has also been continued. 



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