ACCOUNTS, (kc, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Hiibnerite, Mammoth district, Nevada; Amblygonite and Cookeite, Mt. Mica, Paris, 

 Maine. 



Datholite, Owen's Valley, Ingo Co., California. 



Roepperite, Sterling Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey ; Sussexite, Sussex Co., New Jersey. 



Schorlomite, Hotsprings Co,, Arkansas. Cerussite, Przibram, Bohemia. 



Tetrahedrite, Horhausen, Dietz, Nassau ; Blende, Horhausen, Nassau. 



Glauberite, Westeregeln, near Egeln, Magdeburg, Prussia. 



Varieties of Cassiterite from various localities in Australia. 



Stibnite, Whroo ; Aragonite, Richmond, Australia. 



Specimens of crystallised Corundum, Garnet, Zircon ; Tourmaline and Chrysoprase, 

 Victoria, Australia. 



100 specimens of Rocks from Namaqua land and Bushman land. 



Among the Minerals acquired by purchase, the following are the more important: — 



Native Gold, in very large crj'stals, from Victoria. 



Mass of filamentary Native Silver, with Argentite (9lbs. lOoz.), Chanarcillo, Copiapo, 

 Chili. 



Diamond crystals, detached and in the gangue, with series of Minerals found accom- 

 panying them. Diamond Fields, South Africa. 



Blende in dolomite, near Imfeld, Biunenthal, Switzerland. 



P5'rrhotite with chalybite and mesitite ; Minas Gei'aes, Brazil. 



Enargite, Defiance lode, Willis Gulch, Colorado. 



Bournonite, Horhausen, Dietz, Nassau. 



Remarkable specimens of Jordanite and Dufrenoysite, Binnenthal, Switzerland. 



Sal Ammoniac in distinct crystals; and Cotunnite, from the eruption of Vesuvius in 1872. 



Chlorocalcite and Erythrosiderite, from the eruption of 1872. 



Fluor spar, from various localities in Devonshire, Durham, and Derbyshire. 



Cuprites, from near Liskeard, Cornwall. 



Chalcotrichite, Fowey Consols mine, Cornwall. 



Periclasite, Monte Somma. 



Tenorite, eruption of Vesuvius, 1872. 



Nadorite, in unaltered crystals, Djebel Nador, Algeria. 



Atacamite, in large fine crystals. Chili, and Burra Burra mine. South Australia. 



A large rhombic dodecahedron of Magnetite, Traversella, Piedmont. 



A series of Corundums with Clinochlore, and other associated minerals, from Macon 

 Co., and Clay Co., N. Carolina. 



Iron-Glance, Maderanerthal, Switzerland. 



Molybdic Ochre, in acicular crystals, Chili. 



A large specimen of Alstonite, Cumberland. 



Willemite, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey. 



Chrysocolla, partly replacing cuprite, Liskeard, Cornwall. 



Emerald with grey calcite, Santa Fe de Bogota. 



Castorite, Elba ; Euclase, Minas Geraes, Brazil, 



A unique specimen of Pyrosmalite, Nordmark mines, Wermland, Sweden. 



Rubellites, Elba ; Dewalquite, Salm Chateau, Belgium, 



Crocoisite, Congonhas de Campo, Brazil. 



Selenite, Bex, Switzerland ; Copiapite, Coquimbite, Roemerite, and Fibroferrite, 

 Copiapo, Chili. 



Vivianites, Devonshire ; Andrewsltes, Liskeard, Cornwall. 



Zeunerites, Walpurgite, Uranotile, Troegerite, and Uranospinite, Weisser Hirsch 

 mine, near Schneeberg, Saxony. 



Vanadinite, Kappei, Carinthia. 



Bombiccite, Val d'Arno, Tuscany. 



The Collection of Meteorites has been increased by the following specimens : — 



Specimens of the Stannern and Chateau Renard falls, with the Bright Collection, from 

 B. Bright, Esq. ; of the meteoric stones of Ibbenbiihren, Westphalia ; New Concord, 

 U. S. A. (40| lbs.) ; Danville, U. S. A. ; Frankfort, U. S. A, ; Stewart County, U. S. A., 

 and of the Siderites of Indiana, U. S. A. ; South Mountain, S. Ca., U. S. A., and 

 Wisconsin, by exchange of duplicate specimens ; and specimens of the Siderite from the 

 Cordilleras of the Andes (6 lbs. 1 oz.), from Tolucca, Mexico ; and of the stone of the 

 Girgenti fall, Italy, obtained by purchase. 



The number of visitors to the Department of Mineralogy on matters connected with 

 it during the year 1873 was 705. 



Nevil Story-Maskelyne. 



Department of Botany. 



The serious interruption to the important work of incorporating plants in the General 

 Herbarium, caused by the croAvded state of the Cabinets recoi'ded in the report of last 

 year, has been overcome by the very large addition to the Herbarium during the past 

 year of eighty-five large, and forty-three smaller cabinets. This important addition has 

 been fully taken advantage of; a large portion of the Herbarium has been further re-dis- 

 tributed, and room has been secured for the incorporation of numerous collections. This 



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