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‘ bf Pere ee \Ghicken Creek, near 40-Mile (1908), bequeathed 
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Mammoth-tusk (portion of) | Pee Colson. 
Killdeer Plover, Alberni, B.C. Presented by Deputy Game Warden Carter. 
Accessions, 1913. (Omrrrep From 1913 Report.) 
Aug. 29. Kelp, with parasitic growth. Presented by W. H. Ellis, Victoria. 
Sept. 15. Musk-rat. Kermode and Anderson, Atlin, B.C. 
1? 226: " (Albino). Presented by W. Vanvolkenberg, Atlin, B.C. 
Oct. — 1 Sockeye Salmon 
» — 2 Banded Sailor Fish 7 Z ie Sed : 
i |= ‘Diseased growth on salnidn -Presented by M. McTavish, Rivers Inlet, B.C. 
» — 1 Blennie | 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Report or C. F. Newcomse, M.D., ror 1914. 
Vicroria, B.C., December 31st, 1914. 
F. Kermode, Esq., 
Director, Provincial Museum, Victoria. 
Sir,—Owing to various causes the strictest economy has been exercised in curtailing the 
expenditure of the appropriation voted for the year 1914 for the purchase of anthropological 
specimens for the Provincial Museum. 
Therefore only one field expedition was made, from May 14th to May 28th. This was to 
the Kwakiutl region near Alert Bay, Fort Rupert, and Blunden Harbour. It was successful 
in acquiring a series of ceremonial objects relating to the important cannibal winter dance of 
these people, and in filling up some of the blanks in the series illustrating their every-day life. 
A few specimens have been acquired by correspondence, and some have been presented 
by various donors whose names will be found in the appended list of accessions for the current 
year. 
‘ Acknowledgment should also be made of the attempt of the Women’s Canadian Club of 
Victoria to purchase and present to the Museum a totem-pole from Rivers Inlet. After 
agreeing to sell this pole at a certain price the native owner changed his mind, and the 
negotiation came to an end through no fault of the would-be donors or of the gentleman who 
acted as their agent. The totem-pole referred to would have been a valuable addition to the 
Museum, as Rivers Inlet is not represented in our collection. From other Kwakiutl villages, 
however, we have no less than eight of these poles; so that, as a whole, this tribe has had 
justice done to it. 
An annotated list of specimens collected during the year 1914 is appended hereto. 
I have, etc., 
C. F. Newcomse, M.D. 
