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kindness of Mr. A. A. Whitehouse, Eastern Divisional Commissioner, 
S. Nigeria, the collection has been enriched by the addition of a 
number of carved wood head-ornaments worn in the dance, 
obtained during punitive expeditions in the Ikpaffia country, 
Degama River, 8. Nigeria. 
An extensive collection of brass weights and boxes from Ashanti 
has been generously presented by H.E. the Governor of the Gold 
Coast, Sir John Rodger, K.C.M.G. 
Two frames of excellent prints of S. Africans and a map of 
S. Nigeria have been placed on exhibition to better illustrate the 
objects in the Melanian section. 
In connection with the arrangement with the Liverpool Institute 
of Commercial Research in the Tropics, the extensive collection of 
Ethnographical objects obtained by Lord Mountmorres during his 
expedition into the interior of Africa has been received on 
deposit, details of which will appear in next year’s report. 
The majority of the specimens in the Melanian department have 
now been supplied with printed labels. 
A group of duplicate Ethnographical objects has been sent to the 
American Museum of Natural History, New York, per Dr. H. C. 
Bumpus, Director, for a subsequent selection of Ethnography new 
___ to the collection to be sent in exchange. 
Many photographs have been taken of Ethnographical objects, 
pottery, and ivories, &c., to illustrate various publications and for 
study and comparison, as follows : — 
Fire-dog, in brass, enamelled ; English; to Mr. Miller Christy. 
Gallipots, English and Continental, to Mr. C. H. Wylde, Victoria 
_ and Albert Museum. 
Jellah Coffee Loom, West Africa; and Thibetan bone carving, to 
_ Mr. Vallance, Edinburgh Museum. 
