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A new Guide to the collection, with an introduction to the study of minerals, has been 

 prepared and puhlislied. 



The preparation of a duplicate of the general register has been begun, and two volumes 

 have been copied. 



The number of visits recorded as made to the department for the purpose of consulta- 

 tion or study is 651. 



Ari-angement. 



The inti-oductory series of specimens in the first window-case has been provided with 

 printed labels, copies of which have been presented to various institutions. 



The labels of the pseud;)raorphous minerals, 880 in number, have also been printed. 



The meteorites have been extended so as to occupy the four central cases of the 

 Pavilion. The hydrocarbon group of minerals has been re-arranged, and now occupies 

 two table-cases at the end of the gallery. The worked articles have been condensed into 

 a single case, and in the case set free a series to illusti-ate the forms of native silica has 

 been arranged by Professor Ruskin. 



The specimens illustrating the rocks of various countries have been systematically 

 arranged in drawers according to iheir localities, and are now ready for further examina- 

 tion. 



Depaii mental Library. 



To the Departmental Libi'ary have been added 159 separate works (in 305 volumes) 

 and 30 pamphlets, in addition to the current periodicals. 



470 volumes with 2,247 plates, exclusive of pamphlets, have been stamped. 

 The (vhole of the Library is catalogued alphabetically, and press-marked. 



Duplicates. 



5,821 duplicate mineral specimens, all labe!led,have been distributed among the 

 following 16 institutions: — - 



Mason Science College, JJirmingham. 



Science and Art Museum, Dublin. 



Londoa University. 



University College, London. 



Royal Agricuitur.'d College, Cirencester. 



Queen's Park Art Museum, Manchester. 



Belfast Museum. 



Univei-sity College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. 



Natural History Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 



Durham College of Science, Newcastle-upcn-Tyne. 



Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow. 



The Peases' Institutes, Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. 



Somei-setshire Archajological and Natural History Society, Taunton. 



Carlisle Museum. 



Dundee Museum. 



York Museum. 



Acquisitions. 



623 specimens, namely, 535 simple minerals, 85 rocks, and 3 meteorites, have been 

 acquired during the j-ear 1884. These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and 

 placed in the collection. Th^: more important of them are named below. 



Minerals. 

 liy Presentation : — 



Native Copper in crystals of an unusually sharp definition; from the Lake Superior 

 mining region : by Edgar P. Rathbone, Esq. 



Specimens of Native Gold permeating Galena ; from the Gwynfynydd Mine, Merion- 

 ethshire : by T. A. Read win, Esq. 



Native Gold; Zomelahucan Mine, Vera Cruz, Mexico : by E. C. Quinby, Esq. 



Specimens of Native Gold, Native Tellurium, Petzite, Tellurpyrites and Sylvanite, 

 from Boulder Co.; Calaverite from the American Mine, Sunshine: Sylvanite, jyiagnolia 

 distrirt : Quartz with the form of Orthoclase, Golconda Mine, Summitville, Rio Grande 

 Co., all in Colorado, U.S.A. ; and Turquoise, from the Glorietla Mountain, West Mexico : 

 by Professor Gregory Board of Denver, Colorado. 



Auriferous sands, from the River Tikoe, Sumatra : by H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



Native Silver with Blende, Silver Islet Mine, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior : by 

 Lieut. Col. VV. A. Rosa, r.a. 



A hollow crystal of diamond, from South Africa : Wollastonite, Berggieshiibei, 

 Saxony : and numerous specimens of Agate and other forms of Silica : by Professor 

 John Ruskin, 3I.A., &c. &c. 



0.73. K Diamond- 



