ACCOUNTS, &C., uF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Fossils, from the Kimberley District of Western Australia, collected bv the late E. T. 

 Hardman, Esq., f.g.s. 



Four duplicate Leg Bones of Dinornis have been exchanged with Mr. E. Giles Loder, 

 for a conjoined Scapula and Coracoid, a Sesamoid Bone and some Feathers of Dinornis. 



Duplicates. 



A series of 842 Duplicate Fossils have been transmitted to the Durham College of 

 Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



One hundred and twenty-three Duplicate Arctic Miocene Plants, and 26 Post-Pliocene 

 Shells, from Greenland, have been given to the Free Public Museum, Liverpool. 



One thousand and seven Duplicate Fossils have been transmitted to the Cheltenham 

 College for Ladies. 



Nine hundred and thirty-one Duplicate Fossils were selected by the Curator of the 

 Hawick Museum, Roxburghshire, and have been sent to that institution. 



A duplicate specimen of i'm?/<7o^Ms Z-zVo^-Ms, from Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, has been 

 transmitted to University College, London, for the Museum of that College. 



Three hundred and twenty Duplicate Vertebrate, and 1,106 Invertebrate Fossils, have 

 been given to the Haberdashers' Company's Schools at Hoxton and Ilatcham. 



Leclures, Demonstrations, and Visits of Classes and Students. 

 Siuiney Lectures on Geology .' — 



Twelve lectures were delivered by Dr. E. H. Traquair, f.r.s., on " Paifeontology 

 and the Doctrine of Descent," and extending from 7th November to 2nd December 1887; 

 they were attended by 1,609 pergous, or an average attendance of 134 for each Lecture. 



On 12th March, Dr. H. Woodward addressed the Geologists' Association, in Gallery 

 No. 11, on the William Smith Collection and the Series of Type-Collections exhibited in 

 the Table-cases. The President, F. W. Rudler, Esq., and 120 members were present. 



On 2nd April, Professor G. S. Boulger, f.l.s., gave a demonstration to a class of 15 

 students in the Galleries. 



On 25th April, Professor P. M. Duncan, F.R.S , gave a demonstration to a class of 10 

 students fiom King's College, and again, on May 3rd, to a similar number. 



On _l4th May, Dr. H. Woodward gave an Address to members of the Cround-end 

 Scientific Society ; 35 members present. 



On 28th May, Dr. Woodward addressed the members of the Wesley Scientific Society, 

 Dr. E. C. Bousfield, President. 30 members were present. 



On 7th June, Professor Duncan gave a demonstration to a class of 10 students from 

 King's College. 



On loth October, Dr. H. Woodward received and gave an Address to 25 members of 

 the Toynbee Hall Natural History Society. 



The number of visits from students and others who have consulted the Collection for 

 scientific objects during the past year, and who have received special assistance from the 

 staff of the DejDartment, was 3,290. 



Henry Woodward. 



Department of Mineralogy. 



During the year 1887, more than 2,000 spjecimens belonging to the Crystal Collection, 

 and 117 doubtful specimens, which had been examined in the Laboratory, have been 

 incorporated with the general Collection. 696 drawers have been supjilied with clean trays 

 for the reserve collection of minerals, and the contents of the drawers of most of the 

 window-cases have been re-arranged. 



A new edition of the " Student's Index to the Collection " has been issued. 



The manuscript of 3,249 locality-labels required for the table-cases has been prepared; 

 of these, i,576 have been revised and corrected, and the same number of labels has been 

 printed and delivered. The preparation of a copy of the Allan-Greg Catalogue has 

 been commenced ; all references to the meteorites in the General Catalogue have been 

 copied into a separate register. 



The collection of diamond models has been transferred to the Pavilion. 



604 rock sections have been microscopically examined and determined, and, together 

 with the specimens to which they belong, have been labelled and catalogued ; the collec- 

 tion of rocks from Western Australia (138 in number), presented by E. T. Hardman, 

 Esq., F.C.S., has been examined, labelled, and incorporated. 



The entire set of rock-sections belonging to the Department has been re-arranged in a 

 new cabinet, and the preparation of a list of the localities of the rock specimens has been 

 continued. 



The Crystallographic Catalogue of the specimens of Polybasite has been completed, 



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