58 MUSEUMS. 
B._MAYER MUSEUM. 
(a) GENERAL. 
As in previous years, the Melanian Department continues to 
receive numerous acquisitions from West and South-West Africa, 
through the kind offices of Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer (Elder, 
Dempster & Co., Ltd.). 
(b) Loans anp Deposits. 
The facsimiles of a group of Ancient Irish Antiquities, lent by 
Messrs. Johnson & Sons, Dublin, still remain on exhibition. 
The Collection of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain, lent by Mr. 
John Mellor, Junr., still remains on exhibition. 
A small collection of fragments of Pottery, illustrating Glazes, 
etc., lent. by Prof. P. E. Newberry, continues on loan. 
The small collection of Chinese Porcelain, received through 
Mr. Gordon Saies, remains on deposit. 
A Stone Celt found between Roby and Huyton in 1911 was 
deposited for a brief period by Mr. C. S. Bryce. 
A Collection of Cretan Antiquities has been deposited by 
Prof. R. C. Bosanquet. 
A Group of Casts of Hittite Antiquities has been deposited by 
Prof. J. Garstang. 
(c) ExcHanGEs. 
Garters, worn by men and women on the last day of mourning, 
and Necklet from the Andaman Islands; received from the Halifax 
Museum in exchange for duplicate Peruvian objects. (22.4.01, 
14, 140 & 167.) 
Stone Implements from the laterite beds, Madras, India; 
Knackstone from the River Ken, Banda, India; and Flint Saw and 
Arrowheads from the Fayoum, Egypt; received in exchange from 
the St. Helens Museum for duplicate bird skins. (B.15.10.07, 
14.4.05, 22.7.02, 30.9.11.) 
