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generally. He was for many years a member of tlie institution, 

 and was always ready to do whatever lie could to further its 

 interests. 



A large number of valuable gifts has been made to the 

 museum during the past year. The following should be 

 specially mentioned : 



Lady Durning-Lawrence has presented a beautiful series of 

 polished agates, precious opals, and other beautiful minerals, and 

 a choice collection of recent shells and echini, which include 

 many of the rarer species. Selected specimens have been placed 

 temporarily in one of the cases in the museum, and it is hoped 

 that it will shortly be possible to work them into the general 

 collection. 



In the early part of the year two cinerary urns were dis- 

 covered in the county, one at Treworrick Farm, St. Ewe, the 

 property of the earl of Mount Edgeumbe, and the other at 

 Tresawsen Farm, Merther, the property of Gen. the right hon. 

 Viscount Falmouth. It affords us very great pleasure to be able 

 to state that both the earl of Mount Edgeumbe and Lord 

 Falmouth have been pleased to allow the respective urns to be 

 deposited in the museum. 



Mrs. Chamberlin, who has on several occasions presented 

 valuable objects, has again shown her interest in the museum by 

 sending a beautiful carved marble panel taken from an Italian 

 church representing the archangel Michael weighing the souls of 

 the saints ; also an Arab chief's embroidered cloak. 



The Committee and Patrons of the Beni-Hasan Excavations 

 have presented a series of 32 examples of Egyptian pottery, 

 typical work of the xi-xii dynasties (date about 2,300 B.C.), 

 from the excavations at Beni-Hasan directed by Mr. John 

 Garstang, B. Litt, Eeader of Egyptian Archa3ology, University 

 of Liverpool. 



Another collection of pottery (Egyptian and Roman), 

 including vases, lamps, terra cotta tigiires, together with other 

 antiquities, has been presented by the President and Committee 

 of the Egyptian Exploration Fund. Thanks are due to 

 Professor Flinders Petrie for laying our application before the 

 committee, and materially assisting to get these interesting 

 objects for the museum. 



