ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. I7 



Australia; a group of Crystals of the Murio-carbonate of Lead, from Cumberland ; several 

 beautiful Crystals of Corundum and Spinel, from Ceylon ; a fine Crystal of Triplite, from 

 Massachusetts ; the recently discovered Chromo-molybdite of Lead ; a group of large 

 Crystals of Carbonate of Barytes, from Hecham; and an interesting series of Rock Crystals 

 from Mr, Sowerby's private collection. 



All the Minerals procured during the past year, as well as the whole of the Remains of 

 Fossil Vertebrate Animals, have been entered in the Register : of the Invertebrate Classes 

 above 5,000 specimens have been labelled and entered. 



Botanical Branch. 



The Keeper has re-arranged the Families of Rubiacese and Myrtaceae, with additions 

 from various Collections ; he has examined Collections made by Messrs. Rae and Hardisty 

 in Northern America; by Mr. Loftus, on the boundary of Turkey and Persia; and an 

 extensive series of Specimens collected by Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart., e. n., in 

 New Holland, New Zealand, &c ; he has also been engaged in adding to the General 

 Herbarium the Collection of Plants made by Mr. Geyer, in Missouri and Oregon ; part of the 

 Collection made by Mr. Wright, in New Mexico; the continuation of Mr. Spruce's Plants 

 of Northern Brazil; and specimens of the Family of Epacrideae, from various Collections; 

 and in preparing and arranging Specimens lor the Botanical Exhibition. 



Since the Keeper's last Annual Report, he has received as presents, or by purchase, — 



501 species of Portuguese Plants, collected by Dr. Welwitsch. 



107 species of Plants, together with various Seeds and Gums collected in the mountains 

 between Turkey and Persia, by W. K. Loftus, Esq., Naturalist to the Commission for 

 laying down the boundary line, and presented by Her Majesty's Secretary of State for 

 Foreign Affairs. 



2.30 species of Plants of Ceylon, collected by G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. 



1-50 species of Plants of the Cape of Good Hope, collected by Mr. Bowker. 



56 species of Plants of Port Natal, collected by Mr. Plant. 



400 species of Phsenogamous Plants ; numerous Fungi, Algae, &c., from New Zealand, 

 New Holland, and the Islands of the South Pacific. An extensive series of specimens and 

 a fine section of the trunk of Araucaria Cookii R.B., from the Isle of Pines ; two sections of 

 the Dammara macrophylla, Lindl., from the Feejee Islands, together with a specimen of 

 its wood ; and the Fruit of a remarkable species of Pandanus; all collected and presented by 

 Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart., R. N. 



100 species of Plants from Moreton Bay, collected by Mr. Strange. 



78 species of Plants from Swan River, with Cones of several Banksise, and Seeds of 

 Zamia Preissii. 



50 species of Plants from the River Youcan, in the Hudson's Bay Company's territories, 

 collected by Mr. Hardisty, and presented by Mr. Rae. 



850 species of Plants, collected by Mr. Wright, in New Mexico. 



151 species of Plants of St. Domingo, collected by Sir R. H. Schomburgk, and presented 

 by Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 



422 species of Plants of Northern Brazil, collected by Mr. Spruce. 



9 specimens of Fossil Plants, viz., 7 of Voltzia, and 2 of Caulerpites, presented by Sir 

 Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The Collection of Silver Nielli, the impressions in sulphur, and some kw choice specimens 

 printed on paper, have been ari'anged in glass cabinets. 



The old Collection of the works of Hollar, amounting to nearly 1,200, have been carefully 

 taken from the volumes, cleaned, and, where necessary, repaired. Extensive additions 

 having been made to it within the last few years, the whole is now in the course of re-ar- 

 rangement, four volumes being completed. The works of John Muller have been arranged 

 in two volumes, and the reference to the Peintre Graveur of Bartsch attached to each 

 print. This collection, which is nearly completed, has been formed within the last two 

 years, and is a remarkably fine one; most of the impressions having been formerly in the 

 Collections of the Count de Fries and the Baron Verstolk. 



The Etchings of Sebastian Bourdon, E. le Sueur, and C. le Brun have been arranged in 

 a volume, and the reference to the Peintre Graveur Fran^ais of Dumesnil has been 

 attached to each print. 



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