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West and West Central districts, many being of special interest. 
The Mayer Museum is again indebted to Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief 
Engineer, in the service of Elder, Dempster & Co., who has been 
most assiduous in collecting and presenting, or inducing others to 
collect and present, specimens during a period of over ten years. 
Through the generosity of Mr. J. M. Freemantle, this department 
has been further enriched by a splendid series of native costumes, 
saddle and saddle-cloths, from the Upper Niger, which now form a 
most attractive exhibit. 
With the acquisition of several old Ashanti brass boxes and 
weights, added to the large number already in possession of the 
Museum, it will be possible to prepare a most interesting exhibit of 
__ the art metal-work of the Ashanti natives. 
: 
+3 A series of twelve life-sized busts of natives of the United States 
and the Philippine Islands has been received from Dr. H. C. 
Bumpus, Director of the American Museum, New York, in exchange 
for duplicate Ethnographical objects delivered last year. 
* From time to time throughout the year numerous exhibits have 
4 been mounted and placed in the Caucasian and Melanian depart- 
ments. The large stone Sarcophagus of a chanter in the Temple of 
_ Amon, from Esna, received in a fragmentary condition, has been 
___ repaired and placed on exhibition, and two new cases of Nigerian 
Pottery. 
By the judicious purchase of a rare Hawaiian Feather Tippet, the 
- Museum becomes possessed of a most interesting object reminiscent 
_ of Captain Cook’s famous voyages, and an object w Boe has been a 
great desideratum. 
The Napoleon Miniatures, and those of the xviith-xviiith centuries, 
a have been re-arranged, mounted, and placed on exhibition in a case 
specially constructed for them. 
