164 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Departmental Library. 



To the Departmental Library have been added continua- 

 tions of 29 periodicals (in 399 parts), 102 volumes of separate 

 works, 105 pamphlets and parts or works, 2 maps, and 

 20 mining reports ; of these, 9 periodicals (in 122 parts), 

 11 volumes of separate works, G8 pamphlets, and all the 

 mining reports were acquired by presentation or transfer. 

 All of them, including 699 plates, have been registered and 

 stamped. 



Students. 



The number of visits recorded as made to the Department 

 for the purposes of consultation or study is 867. 



The Gallery being no longer reserved on particular days 

 of the week for use by students, and study-series having 

 been so arranged as to be directly accessible to the public, 

 and so labelled as to render reference to the staff for informa- 

 tion thereon almost completely unnecessary, it has become 

 difficult to distinguish, for statistical purposes, "Students" 

 of minerals from ordinary " Visitors," and stress cannot 

 longer be laid on the distinction. 



Exchanges. 



Exchanges of specimens have been made with Dr. A. 

 Brezina, of Vienna ; Dr. L. H. Borgstrom, of Helsingf ors ; 

 Mr. A. 0. Watkins, of Perth, Western Australia ; and 

 Mr. G. T. Holloway, of London. 



Accessions. 



920 specimens have been acquired, namely : — 



438 minerals, 475 rocks, and 7 meteorites. All of them 

 have been registered, numbered, and incorporated with the 

 Collection. 



The more important of them are as follows : — 



Minerals. 

 By Presentation : - 



A collection of Japanese minerals, including scorodite, 

 fine crystals of axinite, topaz, hedenbergite, and danburite : 

 by Prof. T. Wada. 



Faceted alexandrite, sphene, garnets, opals, and other 

 gem-stones : by E. Hopkins, Esq. 



A glass model of the la.rge " Cullinan" diamond : by the 

 Premier (Transvaal) Diamond Mining Co. 



Tantalite crystals from Western Australia : by W. M. 

 Foote, Esq. 



Cassiterite, amblygonite, and pyrophyllite, from Caceres, 

 Spain : by G. P. Ashmore, Esq. 



