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A collection of Cretan Antiquities has been deposited and is in 
course of arrangement by Professor Bosanquet, and a collection of 
casts of Hittite monuments in the Berlin Museum has been received 
on loan from the Liverpool School of Archeology, and will be 
shortly mounted and placed on exhibition. 
The remarkable bronze head, now believed to be of Augustus, 
found by Professor Garstang from excavations at Meroé in the 
Egyptian Sudan, was on exhibition for a time in the Main Hall. 
It is now deposited in the British Museum, but we hope to acquire 
a facsimile of the original. 
The British and European Ceramics have been housed in new 
cases specially built for them, and these important collections can 
now be inspected to much greater advantage than formerly. A very 
instructive introductory case has been arranged in which is 
displayed many of the processes in the production of pottery. 
The West African Section continues to be augmented by 
donations from Mr. Ridyard. The total number of Mr. Ridyard’s 
gifts to the Museum is now not far short of 5,000. 
So as to afford opportunities for the inspection éf recent 
acquisitions, a special case has been placed in the Main Hall, in 
which the acquisitions made both by donation and purchase are 
displayed from month to month. 
I have much pleasure in acknowledging the conscientious work 
and generous co-operation of all members of the Staff. 
On October 18th a Conference of the members of the Museums 
Association, and others interested in the work of museums, was held 
in the Museums, on the invitation of the Libraries, Museums and 
Arts Committee. About 60 persons were present, including the 
Curators, and in some cases the Chairman or other representative 
of the Committee, of the public museums of Manchester, Sheffield, 
Hull, Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent, Bolton, Warrington, and other 
towns in Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire. The visitors were 
received and welcomed by the Chairman, Mr. F. J. Leslie, 
