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interest; as in previous years, the Mayer Museum is indebted to Mr. 

 A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer in the service of Elder, Dempster and 

 Co., who has been most assiduous in collecting. Through the kind 

 offices of Mr. A. A. Whitehouse, Eastern Divisional Commissioner, 

 S. Nigeria, the collection has been enriched by the addition of a 

 large group of Fetish figures and carved wood head-ornaments worn 

 in the dance, obtained during punitive expeditions in the Ijoh 

 country, S. Nigeria. The majority of the specimens in this depart- 

 ment have now been supplied with printed labels. 



On two occasions, by permission of the Committee, exhibits of 

 Napoleonic miniatures, medals, &c, ivories, Saxon antiquities, &c, 

 have been lent to the Lord Mayor to display at his " at homes," and 

 on the occasion of the King's visit to lay the foundation stone of the 

 Cathedral, for the inspection of Her Majesty the Queen. 



Many photographs have been taken of Ethnographical objects, 

 pottery, and ivories, &c, to illustrate various publications and for 

 study and comparison, as follows : — 



Tahitian objects, for a forthcoming publication by Mr. H. Ling 

 Roth. 



Ancient Egyptian Sepulchral Stela? and Hieratic Papyrus, to Mr. 

 Alan H. Gardner. 



Staffordshire Tyg, dated 1612 ; Slip-ware Bowl ; Liverpool Delft- 

 ware Bowls and Tiles; Turner ware Stone Jug, Sauce-boat, and 

 Bulb-pot; Leeds ware perforated Basket; and a figure of " Jupiter " 

 by Dwight, illustrated in W. Burton's " English Earthenware and 

 Stoneware." 



A selection of Gothic Ivories were photographed by Mr. Raymond 

 Koechlin, Secretary of the Societie des Amis du Louvre, Paris, for 

 study. 





