48 - MUSEUMS. 
B.-—MAYER MUSEUM. 
(a) GENERAL. 
The Melanian Department continues as hitherto to receive 
numerous acquisitions from West and South West Africa. Mr. 
Ridyard, Chief Engineer (Elder Dempster & Co) has continued his 
donations of desirable objects to this Department. 
Two cases containing Fetishes and Masks have been added te this 
Department. 
Through the kindness of Dr. David Crombie, Malekula, New 
Hebrides, several photographs illustrating native customs have 
been prepared from his negatives for this section. 
In the Mongolian section a small though interesting collection of 
Ethnography from Sarawak has been acquired by purchase. A case 
of Peruvian objects and one of Thibetan have been arranged and 
mounted and the range of wall cases examined and made dustproof as 
far as possible. 
On March 15th, 1909, the Director received from Miss B. Freire 
Marreco, the manuscript copy of the Catalogue of the Ethnographical 
objects from the Nicobar Islands. 
In the Caucasian section cases containing Armenian copper work, 
Somali-land objects, and Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities have 
been mounted, whilst a large number of Egyptian and Greek objects 
have had pedestals prepared. 
Two cases of raw materials, photographs, &c., to illustrate the 
processes and materials used in the manufacture of Pottery and 
Porcelain have been arranged as an introduction to the Ceramic 
section. 
(6) Loans anv Deposits. 
Facsimiles of a group of Ancient Irish Antiquities by Messrs. 
Johnson & Sons, Dublin. 
