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MSITUKS. 



During the x'emoval from the old Museum an<l the re-arrau,«;emeiit 

 of the collections in the new buildings the Museum was closed to the 

 public throughout the yeai*. 



LimJAKV. 



A considerable j)rt)portiou of the available sum of if'^.OO was 

 devoted to binding, but one or two important books were }>iu'chased, 

 including Dr. Rudolf Martin's monographic wc>rk on the Sakai and 

 Semang Tribes of the Malay Peninsula. As in previous years several 

 contributions have been received from the Trustees of the British 

 Museruu, the United States National Musemn and the Department of 

 the Interior, Philippine Islands. 



EXOBANCJES. 



A few reptiles were received from the British Museum in exchange 

 for others, and a complete set of " Novitates Zoologicse," a valuable 

 publication containing man}- important monographs, from the Hon. 

 AValter Rothschild, in return for some rare birds from the mountains 

 of Selangor. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



One number of the " Joui*nal of the Federated Malay States 

 Museums " was published during the year while another was in the 

 pi-ess. The preparation of the illustrated report on the Gunong 

 Tahau Expedition was far advanced. 



ADDITIONS. 



I.- — ZOOLOGICAL. 



As in previous years the high mountains in the vicinity of the 

 Pahang boundary were visited with very satisfactory results, several 

 extremely rare species of birds having been obtained. In June ten 

 days were spent on the island of Tioman and a large collection of small 

 mammals formed, including most of the varieties collected by the 

 American naturalist, Dr. Abbott, and several others in addition. This 

 collection, as well as other specimens from the adjacent islands of 

 Pemmangil, Aor and Tinggi, have been forwarded to the British 

 Museum and will be reported on in due course. 



The Dyak Collectors also visited Rantau Panjaug in the Selangor 

 low country jungle and Gunong Angsi in Negri Sembilan with 

 satisfactory results. 



The Curator's duties as Inspector of Fisheries enabled him to 

 visit several of the small islands in the Straits of Malacca, and several 

 interesting birds and animals were obtained on Pulau Jai'ak and the 

 Pulau Sembilan, and a large collection of over 200 skins was formed 



