THE MUSEUM
TO THE EDITOR
SIR,—I am desired by the Museum committee to request you to kindly
acknowledge in the WEST AUSTRALIAN the following donations received during
the past week :— Miss Grace Allum, a white opossum from the Arthur ; Mr.
M. Kelly, indigenous seeds ; Mr. Y. Y. Downes, two snakes from the North-
West ; Prof. William Nicholas, Coolgardie, rock specimens from Bayley’s
West Extended mine ; Mrs. Reynolds, Lockville, six snakes ; Mr. Jas. Lamb,
a Java sparrow ; Mr. H. P. Woodward, 16 specimens of tin stone from
Greenbushes, four specimens of tourmaline, one piece of scheelite, three
specimens of lode tin from Mt. Wells, Northern Territory, S. A.; stream
tin from McKinley Range, Northern Territory, S.A.; and one specimen of
heavy spar from Cranbrooke, G.S.R. Dr. Tratman has kindly lent a native
grinding stone and pestle (for pulverising roots for food) from the
Murchison district. During the past four open days there have been 357
visitors to the Museum.
Yours, etc.,
BERNARD H. WOODWARD.
Perth, August 17.
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