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specimens have been transferred from the Selangor State Museum. 

 Messrs. G. and C. E. Cumming gave specimens of tin ore, the former 

 from SaUxk South, Selangor, and the latter from a tin vein in granite, 

 showing polished surface of slickensides. 



ETHNOLOGY. 



Quite a large number of valuable specimens have l)een added to 

 this section, the result of some collecting trips made l>v the Director of 

 Museums in Pahang, Tringgauu, Negri Sembilan and Malacca, and 

 a visit to the Agri-Horticultural Show, Singapore. The Cin-ator, 

 Mr. F. W. Knocker, also obtained a few Sakai specimens in his trip to 

 Ney:ri Sembilan in Febiiiarv. 



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Twelve papier-mache models were made from four iron implements 

 found in Selangor and Batang Padang. One set was presented to the 

 British Museum and another to the Selangor Museum. Plaster casts 

 of eight cannon balls, found in various places, were made and 

 coloured. 



EECIISTEATIOX AND CATALOGUTNCI. 



A new eight-drawer card-cabinet was obtained, and registration 

 and cataloguing has been carried on throughout the year in all the 

 sections of the Museum. The total numl^er of thiugs registered 

 amounts to 2,700, the total number of cards written to date, exclusive 

 of guides, etc., is 13,000. The number of new accessions registered.. 

 during the year was 846. The number of cards added to the Library 

 Ca.talogue was 75, and 511 tickets were typed. 



THE LIBRARY. 



There were many additions to the Library by presentation, and the 

 additions by purchase are as follows : 



" British Malaya," by Sir Prank Swettenham ; " Museums Journal," 

 Vol. 3 of 1903-4," Vol. 4 of 1904-5; "Journal of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society, Straits Branch " ; " Philippine Journal of Science " ; " Colonial 

 Office List"; "The Straits Directory"; " Whitakers' Almanac" for 

 1906; "Who's Who" for 1906; "Who's Who in the Far East" for 

 1906; "Vocabulary of Malay Medical Terms," by Dr. P. N. G-errard; 

 " Carchester : a Tale of West and East," by a Pilgrim ; the second 

 edition of the " Living Races of Mankind," 2 Vols. ; " Journal of 

 Indian Art and Industry," Vol. X ; Bland's " Historical Tomb- 

 stones of Malacca " ; Giles' " Religions of Ancient China " ; " The 

 Life of Sir Andrew Clarke " ; " Chinese Porcelain," by W. G. GuUand ; 

 " Pottery and Porcelain Marks," by Hooper and Phillips ; " Elephant 

 and Seladang Hunting in Malaya," by T. R. Hubback ; " Heroes of 

 Exile," by Hugh Clifford. 



