ACCOU.XTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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Duplicates Distributed : — 



The Governors of Christ's Hospital have received a series of 217 specimens for 

 teaching purposes. ■ ljn,iiiien.s loi 



41 ^I^l^'T.' S-"^-^'"'''' ^'%''^^^'''^f^ 8J specimens of British fossils for the Museum of 

 the Church Missionary College in Madagascar. 



Lectures and Demonstrations. 

 Siviney Lectures on Geology : — • 



A course of twelve lectures on " Fossil Plants" (Ferns and Gymnosperms of the 

 Paleozoic and Mesozoic Epochs, and dawn of the Angiospermous Flora) was delivered 

 by Professor W R. McNab, m.d., f.l.s., in the Museum Lecture Room, between '>4th 

 June and 19th July 1889 ; they were attended by 609 persons, or on an avera'.e bv 

 nearly 51 persons for each lecture. ° -^ 



On 9th March, Dr. Woodward gave a demonstration in the Reptile Gallery to the 

 feociety of Amateur Geologists, of the City of London College, and to the members of 

 the ioynbee Hall Institute. Forty members were present. 



Later on he addressed the members of the Ealing Natural History Society in the 

 Mammalian Gallery. Thirty members were present, conducted by the Rev Georo-e 

 Henslow, m.a., f.g.s., President of the Society. ° 



On 21st May, Dr. Woodward conducted the Master and Wardens of the Cloth- 

 workers' Company through the Geological Galleries, and delivered a short address to 

 them ; 2.5 members accompanied Professor Wiltshire (the Master). 



On 20th July, Dr. Woodward gave a lecture in the Geological Gallery to Professor 

 Wiltshire and 18 of his former parishioners, from Bread-street Hill, City. 



On 22nd July, 50 members of the National Sunday League, conducted by the Rev. 

 Oerald Blunt, m.a., visited the Geological Department, and Dr. Woodward o-ave a 

 demonstration on the extinct Mammalia. '^ 



On 7th, 14th, and 21st May, Professor P. Martin Duncan, with a class of 12 

 students from King's College, visited the collection, and Professor Duncan gave three 

 demonstrations. 



The number of visits from students and persons who have consulted the collections 

 and the Library, for purposes of scientific research during the year, and who 

 have received special assistance from members of the staff of the Department wa-- 

 3,339. 



Henry Woodirard. 



Department of Mineralogy. 



During the year 1889 the descriptive catalogue of the specimens of Stibnite, 

 Polybasite, Bismuthite, and Stephanite has been completed ; 42 crystals have been 

 measured ; specimens belonging to 15 other species have been crystallographically or 

 optically examined. Various Meteorites which have been found in the Desert of 

 Atacama have been analysed and described. 



Three gold and electrum coins from the collection at Bloomsbury have been 

 examined and one of them has been analysed. 



Quantitative analyses have been made of specimens of Boulangerite, PolA'basite, 

 Zinc sulphide and Stephanite. 



114 specimens of doubtful minerals have been chemically determined ; 20 deter- 

 minations of specific gravity have been made. All the specimens of Calcite have 

 been rearranged, and the duplicates have been at the same time set aside. 



Those miscellaneous rock-specimens which are preserved in the drawers have been 

 labelled, and have been tojjographically arranged in their respective groups, 



136 rock sections and two meteorite sections have been made ; 22 slices of 

 meteorites have been cut ; 10 meteorites and one jade specimen liave been polished. 



A short guide to the mineral collections has been published. 



Departmental Library. 



To the Departmental Library have been added 156 .separate works (in 182 volumes) 

 and 80 memoirs, pamphlets and maps. 



All of them, including 1,437 plates, have been registered and stamped. 



The titles and cross references relating to 1,611 volumes have been pi'e]).'ired for 

 the Museum Library Catalogue. 



0.74. L 2 



