The Minister of Public Works, Wellington. —Copy of Mr W. N. Blair's work on the building materials of Otago. N. Sakata, Executive Commissioner of Japan, Sydney Exhibition.—Specimens illus trating the paper manufactory in Japan. Mr W. H. Brown.—One specimen of fish (Baja nasuta), found on the beach near Amberley. The Executors of the late Dr. L. Powell, M.D., F.L.S.—Collection of spiders and marine invertebrates iv spirits of wine. Mr William Peter "smith, Addington.— Pair of old English plated buckles from Horn merely, six miles from Worcester. Mr James Howell, Waikari.—Petrified moa bone.
Mr Arthur D. Dobson, F.G.S.—Collection of fossils from the Curiosity shop, Bakaia.
Christchurch Acclimatisation Society. — One specimen of Procellaria capensis, Cape pigeon. Mr G. Gray, Christchurch.—One specimen of Latrodectus Nov. Zeal.; Katipo spider, N.Z.
The Philosophical Institute of Canter bury, Christchurch.—Collection of Japanese bronzes, china, and faience bonght for tbat Institution at the Sydney Exhibition by Pro feasor yon Haast.
Engraving by Mr F. Muller, " Tho Madonna di San Sisto " of Baphael.
Mr A. Beischek—Species of Helix Busbii and eggs in spirits of wine; collection of land and fresh water shells, collected north of Auckland.
Mr 0. Hepburn Bobson, Moeraki—Three specimens of Arachnoides placenta; one specimen of Stigmatophora longirostris ; two specimens of Halodroma urinatrix; two specimens of Prior Turtur ; one specimen of Puffinui gavius.
Mr W. J. Wheeler, Jackson's Bay—Speci men of bitumen found floating in the sea in Preservation Inlet.
Mr F. H. Meinertzhagen, Waimarama, Hawke's Bay—Bemains from old kitchen middens; collection of land and fresh water shells.
Mr F. G. Engst, Chatham Islands—Collec tion of Chatham Island plants.
Messrs Ingram and White, Oxford. —Speci- men of chalk found near Oxford.
