REPORT. 
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The Mineralogical donations have been less numerous 
than in the preceding year ; but among them are some 
specimens of uncommon excellence and value. In • this 
department, some new analytical notices have been com¬ 
municated to the Society ; among the most interesting of 
which, are the discovery 1 of the oxide of chrome in the 
orange-coloured phosphate of lead, and the analysis 2 of a 
mineral water which occurs in this county, containing a large 
proportion of carbonate of soda. All the minerals in the 
collection have been accurately examined and classed by the 
Curators, assisted by the Keeper of the Museum; and a 
catalogue, in which they are described, and their crystalline 
characters marked, has been completed, with a care and 
industry, for which the Society has reason to be grateful. 
It gives the Council pleasure to remark, that more attention 
has been shown to some of the other branches of Natural 
History, than they formerly obtained. Several objects of 
interest in Zoology and Comparative Anatomy have been 
contributed, illustrating the external characters, and structure 
of the skeleton, in some remarkable species of quadrupeds, 
reptiles, and fishes. Thirty-eight specimens have been added 
to the collection of birds. And though, in the entomological 
department, but few donations have, of late, been received, 
the Curator reports, that those which are already in the 
Museum have been the means of drawing the attention of 
many persons to the subject, who have begun to collect 
1 By the President. 
2 By Mr. E. S. George, F.L.S. 
