MUSEUMS. 59 
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 (Klder, 
Dempster & Co., Ltd.). | 
(b) Loans anp Deposits. 
The following collections still remain on exhibition :— 
The collection of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain, lent by 
Mr. John Mellor, Junr. 
A small collection of fragments of Pottery, illustrating Glazes, 
etc., lent by Prof. P. E. Newberry. 
The small collection of Chinese Porcelain, deposited by Captain 
H. E. Laver, per Mr. Gordon Saies. 
The collection of Cretan Antiquities, deposited by Prof. R. C. 
Bosanquet. 
The Casts of Hittite Antiquities, deposited by Prof. J. Garstang. 
A further collection of Antiquities from Merée, Egyptian Sudan, 
has been deposited by Professor J. Garstang. 
Five Roman Coins (circa 300 4.p.), found June, 1898, during 
excavations for Alderman James Ruddin’s Cold Storage Depdt, 
at the corner of Hood Street and Tryon Street, Liverpool, by 
_ J. iH. Ruddin, Esq., per R. Gladstone, Junr., Esq. 
4 Collection of Book Plates, Squibs, Prints, Drawings, &c., 
_ relating to Liverpool, by Alderman A. H. Arkle. 
_ Liverpool Policeman’s Truncheon, painted with the “‘ Liver” 
Crest and G. 27, circa 1820, by Ernest H. 8S. Gladstone, Esq. 
__ Liverpool Policeman’s Truncheon, painted with the “Liver” 
Crest and C. 10, circa 1820, by A. A. Beloe, Esq., per 
_ R. Gladstone, Junr., Esq. 
