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brouglit to Brisbane, AustraUa, October, 1875, by John Renton, a white man 

 eigbt years a prisoner on the Island ; presented by Capt. Wm. Strickland, Ship 

 " Ophelia," per Messrs. C. T. Bowring & Co. 



An exact Copy, made by Mr. Joseph Johnson, Goldsmith, Dublin, of the 

 Ancient Silver Chalice found at Ardagh, County Limerick, in 1868, and 

 described by the Eari of Dunraven in the Archoeologia, Vol. 24 ; also a Bronze 

 ChaKce or Cup, found with the same ; presented by Mr. Henry Yates Thompson. 



A Native Bellows, Throwing Knife, Double BeUs, Two Paddles, and Three 

 Swords, from the River Ogowe and other parts of West Africa ; presented by 

 Mr. R. B. N. Walker, F.R.G.S., Corresponding Member of the Literary and 

 Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



An Indian Vegetable Blanket, from Ecuador ; presented by Mr. W. Newall 

 Watson. 



Two Bronze Medals commemorating the French Revolution, and dated 1792 ; 

 and one commemorating the removal of Napoleon's remains from St. Helena to 

 Paris ; presented by Mr. S. A. Thompson Yates. 



PURCHASES. 

 Specimens of Antique Ivories, and two Rhodian Vessels of Glass. 

 Thirty specimens of old Venetian and German Glass. 

 A Glass Scarabseus of late Egyptian work. 



Eleven Arabic Glass Coins, and a small Assyrian Hematite Weight. 

 A small Antique Greek Seated Figure, from Athens. 

 A Chinese Cloisonne Enamelled Tray. 

 An Italian Carved Ivory Male Figure, after the Antique. 

 An English Porcelain Figure of Milton. 



ART DEPARTMENT. 

 The Exhibition of this year was fully equal in the average of pictures to the 

 previous ones, but the number of pictures sold and the amount realised was not 

 equal to the previous year. This is easily to be accounted for from the depres- 

 sion of trade. The financial results to the Institution have, however, been 

 fully equal to any which have gone before. 



The number of Pictures and other works exhibited 1,186 



Number of Pictures sold 255 



Amount realised by Sales £8,803 lOTO' 



Season tickets 1,161 =£221 1 



Amount received, exclusive of sales £1,959 10 



