2 AUGUST 1834, Page 17

The estimated sum required to purchase part of the collection

of fossil organic remains of Mr. T. Hawkins, to be placed in the British Museum, is 1310/..5s.

The Journal des Mines contains a notice that beds of amber have been di covered in the government of Wilms, and that large pieces of yellow amber are continually found by the peasants on the shores of the Szir- wsnka, which passes through the country.