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  PKOCEEDINGS 
  OE 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  The 
  cost 
  of 
  Books, 
  Periodicals, 
  and 
  Maps 
  purchased 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  1888 
  was 
  £68 
  9s. 
  4d., 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  Binding 
  .£79 
  15s. 
  Id., 
  

   making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  £148 
  4s. 
  lid. 
  

  

  Museum. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  the 
  following 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  

   the 
  Society's 
  Museum 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  A 
  considerable 
  series 
  of 
  rock-specimens 
  from 
  Porto 
  Bico 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Amadeo 
  ; 
  

  

  2. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Rubies 
  in 
  their 
  matrix, 
  collected 
  in 
  Burmah 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  Barrington 
  Brown, 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  H.M. 
  Secretary 
  of 
  State 
  

   for 
  India 
  ; 
  

  

  3. 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  Auriferous 
  rock-specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Transvaal, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  "Woodhouse, 
  P.G.S. 
  ; 
  and 
  

  

  4. 
  Two 
  slides 
  of 
  Badiolaria 
  from 
  the 
  London 
  Clay 
  of 
  Sheppey, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Shrubsole, 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  a 
  statement 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  Report 
  of 
  

   the 
  Committee, 
  the 
  cleaning 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  was 
  

   commenced 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  days 
  began 
  to 
  increase 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  

   continued 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  March, 
  April, 
  and 
  May. 
  The 
  whole 
  

   of 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  Cabinets 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  and 
  Workroom 
  were 
  

   thoroughly 
  cleaned, 
  the 
  drawers 
  containing 
  the 
  British 
  Collection 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  paper 
  covers 
  carefully 
  fitted 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  ac- 
  

   cumulation 
  of 
  dust, 
  and 
  there 
  being 
  an 
  unemployed 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  

   sum 
  of 
  Thirty 
  Pounds 
  placed 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Committee, 
  this 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  fitting 
  with 
  glass 
  covers 
  a 
  certain 
  

   number 
  of 
  the 
  drawers 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  Foreign 
  Collections 
  are 
  deposited*. 
  The 
  Committee 
  propose 
  to 
  

   procure 
  additional 
  glass 
  covers 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  until 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   the 
  drawers 
  in 
  the 
  Lower 
  Museum 
  are 
  so 
  protected. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  Expenditure 
  in 
  connexion 
  with 
  the 
  cleaning 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  was 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Labour 
  £20 
  14 
  6 
  

  

  Paper, 
  &c 
  2 
  4 
  1 
  

  

  Glass 
  6 
  6 
  8 
  

  

  Sundry 
  expenses 
  8 
  1 
  

  

  £29 
  13 
  4 
  

   Leaving 
  a 
  balance 
  of 
  6s. 
  8d 
  

  

  