248 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



of North Queensland, as used by the Blacks, has lately appeared 

 from the pen of Dr. Roth,^^ the species having chiefly been named 

 for him here by Mr. Charles Hedley. 



Four excellent "Nardoo" stones were contributed by Mr. J. S. 

 Jackson, from Flood's Creek, seventy miles from Broken Hill, 

 and another by Inspector W. Webster, of the Lands Department. 



The Directors of the Pacific Islands Company, of Sydney, were 

 good enough to donate a number of most acceptable Ethnological 

 articles, procured for them by Messrs. F. Danvers Power and 

 A. E. Stephen, from Ocean and Pleasant Islands. With these 

 was a large lagoon fishing-net, contributed by Mr. A. Ellis, of 

 Ocean Island ; and a very handsome dancing petticoat, or kilt, 

 from Niutao, Ellice Group, was presented by Mr. J. G. Whibley. 



Two curious Gold Prospecting-dishes from Soepajang, Sumatra, 

 were presented by Mr. E. V. Bensusan ; a series of specimens 

 illustrating the manufacture of the shell money known in New 

 Ireland as kokonori, was presented by Mrs. E. E. Kolbe, of Ralum, 

 New Britain ; another very interesting corselet, from the Gilbert 

 Group, was given by Mr. A. E. Finckh; and an additional 

 ancestral drum, from Mallicollo, by the Rev. J. Paton. 



Three hundred and forty-six specimens were presented; eight 

 were obtained in exchange; and three hundred and twenty-nine 

 by purchase. 



Historical. 



(The Curator; Mr. W. W. Thorpe, Mechanical Assistant). 



The Museum is indebted to the State Premier (Hon. J. See, m.l.a.) 

 for a valuable present, consisting of a finely-carved black-wood 

 cheval-glass, two large silk umbrellas, and a standard, "loot" 

 obtained in Pekin, and brought on their return by the N. S. Wales 

 Naval Contingent. 



From Major-General Pretyman, Bloomfontein, we received eight 

 Boer rifles, used in the present South African campaign, including 

 Martini -Henry, Westley- Richards, Westley- Richards Sporting, 

 D.B. Sporting, and a Mauser rifle. 



By donation twenty-seven specimens were acquired during the 

 past year. 



Numismatics (Coins, Tokens, Medals). 



(The Curator; Mr. W. W. Thorpe, Mechanical Assistant). 



The general collection of coins and foreign tokens had, up to 

 the commencement of last year, never been examined in anything 

 approaching a critical manner. A commencement was made in 



16 Eoth — Food: Its Search, Capture, and Preparation. — N. Queensland 

 Ethnol. Bull, No. 3 (Queensland Pari. Papers, C.A. 81, 1901). 



