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It will be noted that the atteudauce of Europeans and Eurasians, 

 taken together, is practically a constant proportion while that of 

 Malays is diminishing; the variation, however, is probably due to 

 changes in the constitution of the population of the town and not to 

 any other cause. 



LIBRARY. 

 No im}»ortant additions were made to the library during the current 

 vear. Contributions were received from the Tiustees of the British 

 Museum, the Smithsonian Institution and the Philippine Museum, as 

 well as several small pamphlets and annual reports from other 

 sources. A duplicate set of " Stray Feathers," a journal of Indian 

 ornithology, which contains much matter dealing with the Malay 

 Peninsula, was pmx-hased from the Singapore Museum and a few 

 other books were ordered through the Crown Agents. 



APPARATUS. 

 A Zeiss microscope and a dissecting microscope were purchased 

 from the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, Limited. 



EXCH.\isGES. 



During the present period of transition it has not been feasible 

 to arrange any very important exchanges, but a small collection of 

 reptiles, desiderata of the Museum, was received from the British 

 Museum as well as a few tubes of named termites. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



Two numbers of the " Journal of the Federated Malay States 

 Museums " were issued during the year, consisting of about 70 pages 

 of letterpress illustrated by two plates and a plan. Material for two 

 other numbers is under preparation. 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY. 



A few insect pests were submitted and identified during the year 

 including the larva of a small beetle of the family Boisirichidac, which 

 was causing much damage to seriali furniture manufactiu'ed by the 

 Public Works Department Factoxy. 



ADDITIONS. 



I. — ZCOLOGICAL. 



In January and February two brief expeditions were undertaken 

 to the high mountains in the neighbourhood of Gunong Batang Kali 

 and small collections were obtained from a height of over 5,000 feet. 

 Amongst other specimens, new to the Museum, may be mentioned, 

 Cryptolopha trivirgota, a small green warbler ; Cyanops ramsayi, a 

 brilliantly plumaged barbet ; Cholcarus Inrqjiuatus, a fine peacock 

 pheasant only known fi-<.m two ^peohneiiH obtained by the Hon. Walter 



