Jan., 191 7. Annual Report of the Director. 93 



LOCALITY Added to Total 



Herbanum in 



Asia: in 1916 Herbarium 



Asia Minor 45 104 



China: 



Altai Mountains 291 291 



Mongolia 4 6 



Simgaria 45 45 



India 24 1,062 



Japan i 297 



Persia 28 44 



Philippine Islands 895 8,912 



Siberia 5 468 



Syria 280 362 



Australia (general) 181 2,234 



New South Wales 12 258 



Queensland 4 25 



South Australia 2 2 



Tasmania i 307 



Victoria 4 430 



West Australia 17 142 



Oceanic a: 



Marquesas Islands: 



Muka Hiva 4 4 



Sandwich Islands (general) 5 489 



Oahu 2 495 



Horticultural 65 2,736 



Illustrations mounted as Herbarium sheets 109 2,032 



In the Department of Geology a considerable ntmiber of valuable 

 accessions were received from exhibitors at the Panama-Pacific Inter- 

 national Exposition. The commissions or firms presenting important 

 material were the Gas Light and Coke Company, London, England, 

 Australian Commission, Bolivian Commission, New Zealand Com- 

 mission, Chinese Commission, and Greek Commission. The Gas Light 

 and Coke Company, London, England, presented 223 specimens illus- 

 trating the by-products of gas manufacture and a mahogany floor case 

 for its exhibition. The series is very complete and well prepared,^ 

 showing the various products obtained from the distilation of coal. 

 The specimens include coal, coke, pitch, large masses of crystals of 

 prussiate of potash, various dyes, various hydro-carbons, such as 

 benzol, toluol and varieties of creosote, various forms of naphthaline, 

 pyridine, anthracene, alizarin, ammoniacal liquids, sulphates, nitrates,, 

 muriates, carbonates, and other compoimds of ammonia, sulphur, cop- 

 peras, sodium and potassitmi cyanides, various blue coloring matters, 

 other coloring matters, cyanogen, fluorescin, and various other products. 

 The whole forms a very nearly complete series illustrating products 



