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This Department has been enriched also by the acquisition of two 



life-sized casts of natives of South Africa, modelled from life by the 

 late Dr. Emil 1 1 (dub, a view of which is given on Plate IV. 



The Local History and Archcpologieal Department has been 



enriched by the donation of an old oak canopy, lintel of a fireplace, 

 mouldings, and quatrefoils, from a Fifteenth century house known 

 as Boulton's- at West Derby, Liverpool, together with photographs 

 and plan to illustrate the same, by Mr. It. D. Badcliffe, m.a., f.S.a. 



The Bennett collection of grain-stones has been arranged on a 

 special stand in the same section. 



The contents of the American lioom (the old Ethnographical 

 Gallery), removed to allow the Aquarium to be extended, have been 

 transferred to the Mongolian Gallery in the upper floor of the Mayer 

 Museum. 



A Collection of Eolithic and Palseolithic flint implements was 

 received from Mrs. Stopes, in exchange for duplicate Egyptian 

 Flints previously sent to the late Mr. Henry Stopes. 



As in previous years manuscripts have been lent to Mr. J. 

 Sampson, Librarian to the University, for Pala?ographical study. 

 It is to be hoped that his special knowledge may be secured to make 

 a descriptive catalogue of the old books and MSS. in the Mayer 

 Museum. 



Many photographs of Ethnographical objects and of Pottery have 

 been taken and sent out during the year, to illustrate various publi- 

 cations in England and abroad. Numerous enlargements of race 

 types have been prepared for exchange with the British and other 

 Museums. 



A selected group of Antiquities and other objects from the 

 Museums were exhibited, by special permission of the Committee, at 

 the Town Hall from the 27th to the 29th of May. 



(/>) Loans and Deposits. 

 Two manuscripts (1) S. Thomas Aquinas', Summa Theologica, 

 German hand, loth century (~), and (2) M. Eutropii Claini 

 Historici De Geslis Eoinanorum, libri xvii., Italian, a.o. 1528 (JL.\ 



' 13 'MP/ ) 



lent for the use of paheographical students, to University College, 



