50 MUSEUMS. 
baskets for holding fruits and nuts; cigarette case of buri palm 
leaf; rattan and nito basket; rattan and nito basket for clothes; 
bamboo and rattan basket for fish; fish traps; bamboo and other 
hats; drinking cups of cocoanut shell; spoons of cocoanut shell ; 
shuttles ; red and white cotton on pieces of cane; reed for a weaving 
machine. 
(d) AcQUISITIONS. 
(1.) GENERAL. 
Presented : 
Carved oak brackets and photograph of the same zm sztw, taken 
from a house in Poplar, said to have been occupied by Sir Walter 
Raleigh; Mr. Thomas Cope. 
Purchased : 
Fac-similes of Ancient Irish objects, as follows:—Shrine of 
St. Patrick’s Bell; Tara Brooch; Shrine of St. Molaise; The Ardagh 
Brooch. 
Glass medallion of David Dale, 1791, and glass medallion of 
James Anderson, Physician-General, Madras, 1799, both modelled 
by Tassie. 
(2) Loca AREA CoLLEcTION. 
Presented : 
Walking stick, presented to the late City Organist, W. T. Best, 
on the occasion of his visit to Sydney, in 1890, to open the Great 
Town Hall Organ—the top is made of one of the draw-stops of the 
instrument; fragments of glass, from Combermere Abbey; 
Lieut.-Col. John Pilkington. 
Prints from copper-plates:—‘‘ A View of the Custom House, 
taken from Trafford’s Weint ;” “The North front of the Poor 
House ;” and “‘ The North front of the Sailors’ Hospital ;”’ drawn by 
P. P. Burdett, 1770, and engraved by E. Hooker; lithographic 
prints of “ Views of Old Liverpool from Ancient drawings;’ Mr. 
Thomas Cope. 
Two watches in silver cases; J. Elliott, Esq., J.P. 
