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Asia 



Philippines 

 Siberia . 



Africa 



Madagascar 

 Natal . . 



Australia 



Total 



University Museum Total 

 of Addition to now in 



Chicago Loan. Herbarium. Herb'm. 



2,228 



468 



3.833 

 9 



764 

 1 ,190 



60 



7 



105 

 206 



13.607 



14,819 



Total increase of the organized herbarium during the year, 

 28,426 specimens. 



In Geology the gift of the Tonopah meteorite, weighing nearly 

 two tons, is a notable accession. This was presented through the 

 generosity of Messrs. Stanley Field, R. T. Crane, Jr., Cyrus H. Mc- 

 Cormick, and George F. Porter, of the Board of Trustees. The mass 

 was obtained entire and is the largest meteorite specimen in the 

 Museum collection as well as one of the largest known. The meteorite 

 exhibits atmospheric shaping and pitting in a remarkable degree. 

 A very interesting specimen of copper boulder weighing 22 pounds 

 found near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and a specimen of asbestos from 

 Canada, were presented by Mr. Edward E. Ayer of the Board of Trus- 

 tees. Mr. William J. Chalmers of the Board of Trustees kindly added 

 to the Chalmers crystal collection a superb crystal of golden beryl 

 showing negative crystals. From Thomas S. Chalmers were received 

 three specimens of gold ore from Cripple Creek, Colorado, showing 

 some of the richest ore found in the early days of the Independence 

 Mine. A large collection, comprising over 300 specimens, of native 

 copper, silver, calcite, hematite, datolite, and other minerals and 

 fossils, chiefly from the Lake Superior region, was received from Mrs. 

 Joseph Austrian of Chicago. The collection was made by her hus- 

 band, the late Mr. Austrian, during the early days of copper mining 

 in the Lake Superior region and hence contains many specimens 

 no longer procurable. From F. Pereira Gamba were received 11 

 specimens of gold ores and associated rocks of Colombia ; from Nippon 

 Toki Gomei Kwaisha 12 specimens of clays and other minerals used 

 in the manufacture of Japanese porcelains; from L. V. Kenkel a 

 large photograph, 5 feet in length, of the Miles glacier, and other 

 photographs of Alaska; from President John Goff 45 specimens of 

 fossil echinoids from Mississippi; and from W. W. Newberry 24 

 specimens oolite and fossils from Oklahoma. By exchange, speci- 

 mens of the Dokachi and Futtehpur meteorites were obtained from 



