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know that it exist in a country where cotton is a regular crop ; 



and almost at our doors ! 



The additions to the Museum during the present month have 



been as follows : 



Concholosii . — A shell called by the Chi--}~ .. ^ , . 

 sy J /Captain Rankin, 



nese bhew-cha from Cnu- >- -, xr , 



V ijeng. Vols, 

 san, * « . • • J 



(Pollicesses cornucopia,) . „ 

 Osteology.-2 Samurs, > ? mchased . 



I Neelgnye, . . 3 



Miscellaneous. — 2 Neptune's Cups, 1 



1 Coil Assam Rope, J ™' ^ 



A set of the coloured Li-" 



quids obtained by the am- 



moniacal test from 18 



\> Curator, 

 specimens of Himalaya 



Lichens in the Society's 



collection, J 



Museum of Economic Geology. — Soils ^ 



and minerals from Che- > From Goverment 



dooba, J 



Fire-brick from Futtyghur,. Dr. Hunter. 

 Ore, flux, slag and manufac- -\ 



tured iron ; from the Burd- vW. Prinsep, Esq. 



wan Iron-mines, j 



Lead ores, from the Grossic } 



mine, United States, \ V " Tre S ear > Es * 



Copper and other ores and) Captain Thoresby, 



specimens from Ajmere, . . i O. R. Ao-ent. 

 Iron ores and other speci-x 



mens from Hunumkoondah > " ' s ^" 



in the Nizam's territory,.. ) ' * 



Museum, 1st June, 1841. 



Note.— I insert this report in this No. with reference to a further notice on Che- 

 dooba soils which will appear in No. 114, and to which the above remarks are inductive 



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