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REPORT OF THE 
Mineralogy. —The following donations have been received 
during the pa.st year :—Specimen of Fluor presented by Mrs. 
Radcliffe ; a small collection of Minerals presented by Miss 
Watkins; a collection of Yesuvian Minerals presented by 
Major Williams Hepworth ; a small collection of New Zealand 
Minerals presented by Dr. Naylor; specimens of Barytes 
presented by Mr. J. Backhouse. 
It is intended ultimately to replace written labels by printed 
ones, but in certain specimens the original written label will 
also be retained. This applies^not only to the collection of 
Minerals but to the other collections also. 
CoMPAKAiTVK x\natomy. — The Honorary Curator of this 
Department repoits that several additions have been made 
during the past year. Skeletons of the Bed Kangaroo 
(Macrojym rufiis), Antelope, and Giazelle have been prepared 
from carcases kindly presented by Mr. C. J. Leyland and are 
now incorporated in the collection. Not the least important 
addition is the skeleton of the domestic Cat, an addition which 
fills up a gap in our collection. 
Mr. Leyland has also kindly presented to the Society a 
specimen of the Wapiti (Cervus Canadensis) the skeleton of 
which is at present in course of preparation. 
Photographic Section. —The number of active workers in 
this Section is fully maintained 
Meetings have been held monthly during the year with the 
exception of June, July, August, and September, and at these 
meetings the record of attendance exhibits an increase on that 
of last year, a fact indicating an increasing vitality in the 
Section. 
Negatives, prints, and lantern slides produced by the members 
were exhibited at most of the meetings, and the discussions on 
the various technical processes thus illustrated were productive 
of much special information. At several of the meetings 
technical papers were read and demonstrations given of the 
necessary manipulations 
The annual meeting and opening of the winter sessions was 
well attended, a special feature being the exhibition of hand 
