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objects were (.lisplaji'd in them, also the collection oi' objects tVoiii New 

 (Ininea, collected Ity Mr. AV. B. Livesey while on a -s isit to New 

 (Tin'nea. 



After a ])eriod of ten years, the Ethnographical Collection is 

 to be placed on exhibition in rooms specially prepared for its 

 reception. During the time it has been stowed away, numerous 

 interesting groups of objects have been added by donation and purchase, 

 and the Collection, when set out. will, it is believed, rank next in 

 importance to that of the National Collection. 



Donations. 



Match, and an Oil Nut, from New Zealand ; presented by Mr. J. D. 

 Cogan. 



Two Arrows, from Tierra-del-Fuego ; ])resented by the Kev. T. AV'. 

 Huthwaite. 



Tracing of the Record of the Franklin Expedition, found in a cairn on 

 Point Victory ; Prayer Book, found in the Franklin boat on the shore 

 of King William's Island ; Piece of Lint and an English Farthing of 

 1839, from the medicine chest discovered at Point Victory ; Seaweed, 

 collected by Captain Crozier ; Thong from an officer's boot, and a 

 fragment of Sulphur, from a seaman's ])Ocket ; Knife, nu;de up by the 

 Es(|uimaux from a cutlass blade belonging to the Franklin Expedition ; 

 Model of an Esquimaux in his Kayak, made by the Greenland 

 Es(p]imaux ; Bow and two Arrows, with iron heads, made from the 

 wood of the Franklin ship ; Esquimaux Comb ; Stone Box, containing 

 brown sugar deposited by Sir Edward Parry at Fury Beach in 1824, 

 and used by the McClintock Expedition in 1859 ; presented by Dr. 

 David Walker, Naturalist on the s.s. Fox. 



Japanese Burial Gai'ments ; presented by Miss E. Y. Dawbarn. 



Shell Arndet, from Loyalty Island ; presented by Mr. G. H. Kennedy, 



Axe, Tooth-brush, Hairpin, AVhip, (Jomb, and Dagger, from West 

 ifrica ; presented by Mr. Thomas L. Miller. 



Purchases. 

 Wedgwood-AVare Plate. 



Oval Enamel, with portrait of Queen Elizabeth ; 18th Century work. 

 Knife, with carved handle and skin case ; 18tli Centurv work. 



