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No. 10.— •• Um-al-Miizliab." by Syed Abdullah, Chief Kathi, 

 published at Kuala Kaugsar l\v the Translator. As this 

 book deals exclusively with the Muhainiuadan religion, a 

 special exemption from Section 3 (ii) was granted, and 

 the name and address of the Printer and Publisher was 

 omitted from the work. 



"The Perak Pioneer" (No. 1) was issued as a daily from the 

 1st March, and " The Times of Malaya," daily edition (No. 7), was 

 enlarged to eight pages. 



In January copies of all the Perak publications issued during 1904 

 were packed and sent to the British Museum, an<l henceforth they 

 were forwarded quartei'h-. 



2. Under the "Inventions Okder in Council, 1896." 

 Five petitions for grants of exclusive privileges were registered 

 during the year : 



No. 23. — Mr. Fred. Arthur Turner, for "Improvements in. <>.i 

 connected with, Vapour Generating Lam])s for Hydrocar- 

 bon Oil or Si)irit " (Amended) ; 



No. 24. -Mr. A. Grant Mackie, for a "New Form of Puddler 

 Harrow ; " 



No. 25. — Messrs. David Christie and Lai Tet Loke, for " Im- 

 provements in Puddling Machinery ; " 



No. 26. — Mr. Charles Ernest Cnmming, for " Improvements 

 in Puddling Machinery (Centrifugal Puddler) ; " 



No. 27. — Mr. Charles Ernest Gumming, for " Improvements 

 in Puddling Machinery (Percussive Puddler).". 



Thtj inventi(jns register was Ijrought up to date. All past specifi- 

 cations, nut previously registered, were procured from tlie Secretariat, 

 copied, and the copies tiled. 



.VCOtlSSlOXS. 



There was a considerate increase in the number of donors and 

 donations during 19U5, as a comparison of the list given below with 

 that of 1904 will show. Througl) the courtesy of the Editor of " The 

 Perak Pioneer," all donations have been publicly acknowledged 

 monthly in the columns of the local newspai)er; and this has, per- 

 haps, been largely instrumental in recruiting fresh donors. There 

 is still lacking, however, the co-operation on the part of otficials 

 in other Government Departments. 



Many valuable accessions have been made by purchase and collec- 

 tion. The small stajft' of Malay collectors at Bukit Gantaug in parti- 

 cular have been untiring in their efforts to increase the Museum 

 collections. Attention has, however, already been drawn to the more 

 important accessions of the year, so there is no need \'><v further 

 comment. 



