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Some aclditious to the Semang and Sakai specimens were derived 

 from an expedition, made in November, to the Ulu Plus, the objective 

 of the trip being to enquire into the conditions of life, etc., amongst 

 the aboriginal tribes of the district. Besides the objects secured for 

 the Museum collections, some valuable informations and statistic 

 wore obtained concerning these people. 



Registration and cataloguing was continued at intervals throughout 

 the year in both branches of ethnology. 



THE LIBRARY. 



A large amount of time and laboiir was spent on the librai-y during 

 the latter half of the year in re-cataloguing and mmibering the books 

 throughout. For this purj^use a small oak cabinet, similar in design 

 to that used for the Museum catalogue, was procured through the 

 Crown Agents at a cost of $75.91, together with 6,000 cards and two 

 sets of guides — one alphabetical and the other uumei'ical. After 

 roughly cataloguing and numbering each volume, the finished cards 

 for the catalogue and register were carefully type-written. The 

 alphabetical catalogue contains three or four cards for each volume, 

 so that a book may be found either by referring to the author or by 

 looking up the title under its varioiis headings. ' The register, arranged 

 numerically, is formed of cards, giving the author's name for the head- 

 line, with full particulars of the book. 



An extra Clerk was sanctioned by the Grovernment to assist in 

 this work. In all 701 books were catalogued, uecessitating the typing 

 of over 4,000 cards. 



A revised set of Library Regulations was drawn out, approved 1)y 

 the Resident and duly gazetted. A copy of these, printed at the 

 Grovernment Printing Office, will be pasted in each volume. 



There were many additions made during the year, mostly by pre- 

 sentation, the smallness of the book vote prohibiting large accessions 

 being made by purchase. Amongst the latter wei-e live more volumes 

 of the Indian Fauna series — a three-volume work on " Museums : 

 their History and their Use ; " " Play and Politics : Reminiscences of 

 Malaya;" "'The Real Malay;" Maxwell's "Manual of the Malay 

 Language;" and four numbers of the "Journal of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society, Sti'aits Branch "—replacing lost volumes. 



With the free distribution of the "Journal of the Federated 

 Malay States Museums" into the various parts of the civilised world, 

 it will be noticed that the list of library donations has increased 

 and expanded. 



There were 25 Ijook loans to approved applications during the year. 



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