THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION 177 



CURATOR'S REPORT. 



Read at the Annual Meeting, May 7th, 1896, 

 BY ALEX. CAVILLER. 



Two Zulu Assagai from the battlefield at Ibeka, during the 

 Gaika Gallaka war in South Africa of 1877-8-9, Donor, Mr. Geo. 

 W. Richardson. 



A number of curiosities, donated by Mrs. S. J. Myles, sent by 

 her from California at two different times. A number of shells, 

 corals, dried ferns, beans, a small Japan tea service, one spoon par- 

 ticularly finely made from two shells, fourteen large Sea Gull eggs, a 

 very perfect specimen of Tarantula spider and Mason spider nest, a 

 Ceylon fan, and other small articles. 



A number of animal bones and pieces of timber dug out of the 

 tunnel cutting constructed along Hunter street in this city for the T. 

 H and B. railroad, during December last. Some of these remains 

 were found at a depth of thirty feet, some at forty feet, below the 

 surface, in the conglomerate section. A very interesting eight feet 

 long colored draft, shewing the different strata of this deep cutting, 

 has been made by Mr. A. E. Walker, of this city, and presented by 

 him to the Museum. 



A very large cup sponge, and some smaller specimens, donated 

 by Mr. A. Rutherford. 



A specimen of branch coral. Donor, Mr. D. G. Leester. 



A number of shells ; one particularly, a fine "Echinus." Mrs. 

 Beasley, Hamilton. 



A ninety year old Flax Hackle, belonged to the grandmother of 

 the donor, Mr. J. Terryberry. 



A brass Icon (dated 1567) of the Greek Church, in good pre- 

 servation, and doubtless held in great veneration by the original 

 owner. 



