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In the Caucasian section many of the larger Greek, Etruscan and 
_ Roman specimens have been mounted and displayed. 
During the year photographs have been taken of several exhibits 
for the purpose of study or for illustration in publications. 
(6) Loans anv Deposits. 
Fac-similes of a group of Ancient Irish Antiquities, by Messrs. 
Joseph Johnson & Sons, Dublin. 
(c) ExcHANGEs. 
The following Duplicate Egyptian Pottery was exchanged with 
the Museo Municipal, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, per S. Dr. Feodomira 
_Rabayna y Marrera, Director, for a selection of 36 Dutch Tiles 
taken off the cupola of the Franciscan Monastery in Tenerife (see 
- Minute of February 14th, 1908) :— 
Earthenware vases and bowls and alabaster vase, from Konr-el- 
Ahmar, Esna, &c. 
_ Kthnographical Objects from the Philippine Islands, received 
fi om the American Museum of Natural History, New York, per 
Dr. H. ©. Bumpus, in exchange for duplicate African and other 
I hnography, as per Minute of May 10th, 1907 :— 
_ Model apparatus used to extract hemp fibre from the stalk: 
models of a plough; deep-water fishing net; native cooking pot; 
dels of a loom, fish corral and bamboo harrow; rattan basket; 
iver and arrows; blanket; rain coat; cocoanut shell vessel, 
nking cup, &c.; cloth girdle dress; rattan baskets; bamboo 
hunting spear made by Moros; bronze gongs; brass tray; 
on; woman’s cotton skirt; man’s cotton trousers; cocoanut 
spoon; cocoanut shell strainer; rice huller; basket; models of 
sledge ; sugar-cane mill; earthenware water-bottle; earthenware 
ing pot; cocoanut shell ladle and spoon; pegged frame, used 
winding thread; apparatus, used for stretching and cleaning 
hread; Bejuco basket; bronze gong; bamboo and rattan basket ; 
