CANTERBURY MUSEUM.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 277, 1 May 1875, Page 3

CANTERBURY MUSEUM.

The following contributions were received by the Canterbury Museum during the quarter ending March 31st, 1875 : Mr P. Wakefield, F.L.S., Sumner—Specimen of Clover invested by Dodder (Cuscuta sp.) Mr William Booth, Bingsland Large dragon fly Carovei). Mr J. B. Thorneycroft, ol Glasgow—Specimen of silver ore from Penguin silver mine, and of magnetic iron ore and brown and red hematite from Ilfracombe mine, Tasmania. Mr M. Roscruge, Halswell—Two young harriers (Circus assimilis) from the nest. Dr Mclntyre, Timaru—Specimen of Lepidotus caudatus (frost fish), young ; in spirits of wine. Mr R. Riches, Timaru—Collection of ferns, from Coromandel, North Island,

Mr E. P. Sealy, Tiraaru—Four silver coins. Mr J. B. Stansell—Specimens of half stuff and papier mache, made from the refuse of flax mills. Iron sund ore from Taylor's Mistake, Bank's Peninsula In o ot, smelted from the same. Mr 0. 0. 0. Duncan, Merivale —Specimens of woodstone and fossil shell, two bones of whale, specimen of rose-breasted cockatoo (Cacatua roseicapilla). Mr Thos. Waters, Glenmark—Specimen of Podicens rufipectus (little grebe). Mr W. P. Phillips, Ashburton—Specimen I of Eudynamis taitiensis (long-tailed cuckoo). Mr H. Bell Johnstone. Fendaltown road — Specimen of bull trout (Eleotris). Mr Husband, Papanui road—Specimen of globefish (Tetrodon Richei). Mr Edw. Strange—Specimen of almond tumbler pigeon. Master John Graham, Lyttelton—Specimen of green lizard (Naultimus elegans). Mr J. O'Brien—Specimen of dolerite, five wood excrescences of the blue gum. Mr Charles Lezard—Fossil shell from the Waiho Mr H. W. Campbell—Collection of specimens of silex, from the hot springs, in the North Island; five vegetable caterpillars (Sphseria Robertsii). Rev R. S. Jackson—Polished stone implements, Melanesian Islands. Mr E. S. Willcox, Registrar Supreme Court —Specimen of antimony, Manuka mine, and of the sea horse (Hippocampus minor). Mr Robert Hermitage, Governor's Bay— Specimen of Phaama Hookeri (Mantis). Mr Barker, New Brighton—Specimen of Ardea alba (white crane). Mr D. O'Brien, Lyttelton—Large moth, caught in Lyttelton, native of Western Australia. Acclimatisation Society, Cbristchurch— Specimen of English tench (Tinea vulgaris). Mr Raine, Christchurch Specimen of Hinulia Grayi (lizard). Mr M. Johnson—Pearl, found in New Zealand oyster. Mr Ford—Sixteen copper coins. Mr W. Rodda—Five specimens of ores and minerals, from Cornwall. Mr Robt. Atkinson, Rangiora—Specimens of Phasma Hookeri (mantis). Mr F. Fulton, Dunedin—Egg of Diomedea exulans (wandering albatross), Campbell Island Rev G. Brown, Auckland, through Mr N. C. Oliver—One basket, one fishing line and hook, two fans, one tapa cloth, and collection of marine shells, from the Samoa Islands. Mr W. H. Barnard, Registrar Schools of Mines, Ballarat —Collection of gold crystals. Mr Ed. Dobson, C.E., Engineer, Victorian Water Supply, Melbourne—96 specimens of rocks and minerals, from the waterworks tunnels below the Stony Creek water reservoir. Captain Clogstoun, Mount Four-peak Station—Large Collection of ethnological objects from the Tonga and Fiji Islands, collected by the late Mr Sherbrook Walker, consisting of 108 specimens. Mr Hugh Legrange, Amuri Bluff—Greenstone chisel, found at Amuri Blnff. Mr A. R. Creyke—7sbronze coins, Carthagenian, Roman, and Mediaeval, collected by him at Constantine and Carthage, North Africa. Rev J. J. Bleasrlale, D. D., MelbourneSpecimens of Australian topaz.