MUSEUMS. 59 



The painting and decorating of the walls and the laying of the 

 basement with wood blocks in place of tiles, undertaken during the 

 year, aecessitated the closing to the public of the Mayer Museum for 

 scveial weeks. The exchange of wood blocks for tiles has most 

 'beneficially reduced the noise from footsteps. 



In accordance with the scheme of re-arrangement, all objects illus- 

 trating Local History and Archaeology have been arranged in the first 

 two rooms of the lower gallery of the Lord Derby Museum, and to it 

 has been added the extensive collection of Grain Stones formed by 

 the late Mr. Richard Bennett, and generously presented by his widow. 



The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire has. by a vote 

 of its Council, placed on permanent loan its collection of Antiquities, 

 many of which are of great local interest. These are also exhibited 

 in the Liverpool Room of the Local Area Collection. 



The extensive series of objects illustrative of the Art work of 

 the Maoris of Xew Zealand, which had been deposited on exhibition 

 for some time through the kindness of Major-General H. G. Robley, 

 has now been returned to him. 



Sir Richard Temple presented through the British Museum to 

 the Mayer Museum a selection of objects from the Nioobar Islands, 

 the ethnography of which was not previously represented in the 

 collection. 



Photographs and enlargements for the Ethnological collection still 

 continues to be taken in the Department. Among others, photo- 

 graphs of Thakur Bhowani Singh, of Karanli, Rajputana, were taken 

 from life. A set has, as usual, been sent to the British Museum. 

 Photographs of ethnographical objects and natural history subjects 

 have been sent to the undermentioned investigators to assist in their 

 shidies, or to illustrate works on which thev mav be engrasred : — 



Gloves aud shoes of Eing Henry Vlth, to Mr. W. B. Redfern, for 

 his work on " Historic Gloves and Ancient Shoes" ; to Dr. Meyer 

 (Dresden), and Professor Lorenz (Vienna). 



Besides these a large number of lantern slides, to illustrate the 

 Monday evening lectures by the Staff, has also been prepared in the 

 Department. 



