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Table Cases Nos. 23 and 24 contain Stone Axe-heads, and 

 Stone Mills used by the Aborigines. A window at top of stairs 

 is decorated with Aboriginal Fishing and Fighting Spears. 



Table Case No. 35 contains Implements used by the natives of 

 the Darling Hiver Districts in the manufacture of weapons, &c. 



In the same case are two remarkable Wax Figures made 

 by the Aboriginals of North Australia. 



In wall Case No. 10 on ground floor are exhibited some 

 Aboriginal and other " Mummies," viz. : — Head of a Mummy 

 Child from Quito, Peru. Ancient Egyptian Cat. Body of Man 

 from Sassafras, N.S.W. Woman and Child from Cairns, Queens- 

 land. Dried Body of a Child, 6 years old, from Goldie River, 

 New Guinea. 



THE NEW ZEALAND Ethnological Specimens are in table 

 Cases Nos. 26 to 29. 



In Case No. 26 there are casts of Flax Beaters and Fern 

 Beaters, an oval-shaped carved Baton, a four-sided carved Baton, 

 a flat Baton, a curved and carved Meri, a large Meri, Net Sinkers 

 and Adzes. 



In Cases Nos. 27 to 29 are ancient Maori Axes and Adzes, 

 Greenstone Axes and Meris, Mens' Needles and Eardrops of 

 jade or greenstone, Tikis, Meri made from the jawbone of the 

 sperm whale. 



MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION— For comparison ^^ith 

 the Australian, New Zealand and Island specimens the following 

 from other countries are exhibited in Table Cases. 



From Peru, Yucutan, Mexico and California a number of 

 Implements and Utensils are exhibited in Case No. 36. 



From India and Siam there are Palm Leaf Letters, Malay 

 Sandals, &c., in Case No. 35. 



From Egypt there are Mummy Cloths, Gold Earrings, Bronze 

 Ornaments, &c., in Case No. 35. 



