THE MUSEUM.
Al' the mooting of the Philosophical Society yesterday too following' recent addition to the museum wore reported: — From Mr Aified Herbert, fossils and shells, shell roc'-: and Z\J;iori chisel, nil frcm Pokoiiif.-ko crook, nor I.'V.'.iaevirko; mo*s encrusted with silica. From Mr J. Pre-tidge. platypus (Australia), lizard (Tasmania), snake .'-kin (black. Australia), snake skin (tiger. Australia). Air T. L. Lancaster, Raonlia (composite), North Island vr.sret.able sheep, lava from Ruapehu, the highest point of land in the North Island; piece of red scoria from the crater of Tongariro; lava from the crater of Ngaruhoo. Mr \Y. M. Harvey, four Maori chisclfl. Dr. Greig, legbone of moa dug from ISft of gravel on Paicihikura. Mr D. Sinclair, honeysuckle root from Fitzherbert East in 1390; petrified wood from Pohangina Gorge; moa. stones (or gizzard stones) from Kimbolton. Mr Ccoinbc, collection of moa bones. Miss Glendinning, four pieces of Jasper, Ayrshire, Roxburghshire ; two pieces of agate from Edinburghshire; four pieces of agate from Forfarshire; one piece of Aberdeen granite. Mr R. M. Wallis, Norwegian coin. Mr M. A. Eliott, sample of leather showing surgical operation. Mr R. N. Keeling, early additions of Illustrated London News.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9166, Issue 9165, 15 March 1910, Page 6
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192THE MUSEUM. Manawatu Standard, Volume 9166, Issue 9165, 15 March 1910, Page 6
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