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Three Specimens of native Gold, and one of native Copper, Mentana Territory 

 U.S.A. ; by E. Wright, Esq. ■" 



Large Specimens of Gold in Quartz, and of Acerdese and Pyrolusite, from Nova 

 Scotia; by Dr. Honeyman. 



11. Additions by Purchase : — 



Large polished Crystal of Kuby Spinel ; Specimens of Bayldonite, Churchite, Uranite, 

 Bismuth, Apatite, and Fluor Spar, from various places in Cornwall. 



Native Gold with Tetradymite, California; Excellent Specimens of Barytocalcite 

 Alston. •; ' 



Large crystals of Borax, Clear Lake, California. 



Specimens of Epistilbite, Montechio Maggiore ; Dufrenoyslte, Binnenthal ; Freiesle- 

 benite, Felsobanya, and Przibram. 



Native Lead, Mexico and Sweden; Crystal^ of Parisite, New Granada; Domeykite, 

 Paracatas, ^ Mexico ; Enargite, Mexico ; Phosgenite, Gottes Segen Mine, Upper 

 Silesia; Yanadinite, Carinthia ; crystallised Nickeline, Sangerhausen ; Whitneyite, 

 Lake Superior. 



Large mass of Labradorite. 



Connellite, Wheal Unity ; Crystals of Glaucodote, Sweden ; Fireblende, Andreas- 

 berg ; Beryl, Mourne moimtains ; Gadolinite, Ytterby ; Kotschubeite, Lake Itkul, 

 Perm ; and a large Beryl facetted. 



Native Tellurium, Transylvania ; and Amblygonite, Saxony. 



Very remarkable cut specimens ^ of Phenakite, Sapphire, Alexandrite, Amethyst, 

 Emerald, Sphene, Rubellite, and Topaz, from Siberia ; acquired from the Eussian 

 section at the Paris Exhibition, in part by exchange effected with H. I. H. the Duke of 

 Leuchtenberg, and in part by purchase. 



Cut specimens of Amethyst and Citrine, Brazil. 



A series of 181 specimens of the Amygdaloids from the Melaphyres of Netzberg, near 

 Ilfeld, Hartz ; and Wendelsheim, Wurtemburg. 



Large polished specimens of the " Caucasian Onyx," and a dish of " Avanturine 

 Obsidian," purchased at the Paris Exhibition, 



Valuable specimens of Sarcolite, Davyne, Sodalite, Lanarkite in bright green crystals, 

 with Berzelianite, Eucairite and Crookesite from the Skrikerum Mine, Sweden, have also 

 been obtained by exchange. 



The Collection of Meteorites has steadily progressed in importance for many years 

 past, and at present represents the large number of 260 distinct falls. It has, in fact, for 

 some few years past been the foremost existing collection, not merely in the numbers of 

 the distinct meteorites it represents, but also in the completeness of the manner in which 

 it represents them and the magnitude of the specimens. 



By purchase, specimens of five new falls have been obtained, four of stone, and one an 

 iron meteorite, namely : — 



Dolores Hidalgo, four leagues east of Poblaclon, Mexico. 



Hacienda de Bocas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



St. Mesmin, Aube, France. 



Bubuowly Indigo Factory, Supuhee, Goruckpur. 



Mass of Iron from Atacama. 



While, by the fruitful method of exchange, the Museum has acquired no less than 

 seven new iron meteorites and five of stone. 



Furthermore, the Museum has received from the Geological Survey of India, by virtue 

 of instructions from the Secretary of State in Council, for India, as presentations, two 

 new Indian falls; those, namely, of Muddoor, 21st September 1865; and of Pokhra, 

 27th May 1866; and from the Museum of Calcutta, in exchange, two new falls 

 — those, namely, of Gopalpur, 23rd May 1865, and Shergbotty, 25th August 1865. The 

 Museum is also indebted to the Secretary of State for India, in Council, for two new 

 Meteorites (stones) that fell at Shytal, 11th August 1863, and at Jamkheir, 5th October 

 1866, respectively ; and which were sent direct to the British Museum. The total number 

 of meteorites added dui-ing tlie year has amounted to the great number of 33, Avhereof 

 23 were new to the collection, including an iron meteorite acquired from Senor Bustos, 

 in Paris, which weighs 25 lbs., is complete in form, in excellent preservation, and pre- 

 sents a very remarkable condition of surface. It was found on a plain of the Cordilleras, 

 in Atacama, and difiPers from the other meteorites that have been found in that 

 district. 



The present unrivalled state of the National Collection of these most interesting bodies 

 is very greatly due to the instructions sent out from the Secretaries of State for Foreign 

 Affairs for the Colonies, and for India ; and especially to those of the Secretary of State 

 for India in Council, and to the liberal spirit in which the Governors of Presidencies 

 have resjDonded to them. 



Nevil Story Maskelyne. 



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