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or £66 Is. 5d. more than the sum set apart for these purposes in 

 the Estimates. 1 Your Committee feel assured, however, that the 

 Fellows will not grudge any Expenditure that appears necessary 

 for the maintenance and improvement of the Library. 



Museum. 



Two microscope-sections of altered siliceous sinter from Builth 

 (Brecknockshire) were presented by Mr. Frank Rutley ; samples of 

 volcanic ash collected in Barbados on May 7th-8th were presented 

 by Dr. D. Morris, C.M.G. ; and samples of volcanic ash collected 

 at St. Pierre (Martinique) on May 11th by Mr. Arthur D. Whatman, 

 were presented by his father, Mr. George D. Whatman. 



For the purpose of study and comparison the Collections were 

 examined on 22 different occasions during the year, the contents of 

 about 160 drawers being thus examined. 



The newly published Museum Catalogue and the Library Card- 

 Catalogue in progress are referred to more fully in the Council's 

 Annual Beport. 



The appended Lists contain the Names of Government Depart- 

 ments, Public Bodies, Societies, Editors, and Personal Donors, from 

 whom Donations to the Library have been received during the year 

 under review : — 



I. Government Departments and other Public Bodies. 



American Museum of Natural History. New York. 



Argentine Government. 



Athens. — Observatoire National d'Athenes. 



Australian Museum. Sydney (N.S.W.). 



Austria. — Kaiserlich-konigliche Geologische Reichsanstalt. Vienna. 



. Kaiserlich-konigliches Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum. Vienna. 



Bavaria. — Konigliches Bayerisches Oberbergamt. Munich. 



Belgium. — Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres & des Beaux-Arts de 



Belgique. Brussels. 



. Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle. Brussels. 



Berlin. — Konigliche Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 

 Birmingham, University of. 



Bohemia. — Royal Museum of Natural History. Prague. 

 British Columbia. — Department of Mines, Victoria (B.C.). 



. Bureau of Provincial Information, Victoria (B.C.). 



British Guiana. — Department of Mines. Georgetown. 



British South Africa Company. London. 



Buenos Aires. — Museo Nacional. 



California University. Berkeley (Cal.). 



Cambridge (Mass.). — Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 



Canada. — Geological & Natural History Survey. Ottawa. 



Cape Colony. — Department of Agriculture. Geological Commission. Cape 



Town. 

 Chicago. — ' Field ' Columbian Museum. 

 Christiania, University of. 

 Denmark. — Commission for Ledelsen af de Geologiske og Geographiske Under- 



sogelser i Gronland. Copenhagen. 



1 About £43 0s. Qd. was paid early in 1902, in respect of binding work 

 completed in 1901. 



