366 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



(32) 1892. ScHTLEyBiiEG, Db. a. GrEAF V. D. — Grammatik, Vocabu- 



larium und Sprachproben der Spracbe von Hurray 



Island. Leipzig : Yerlag von "WiUielin Friedrich, 



K. E. Hofbucbhandler. 



The whole of this -work is founded upon the t-vro Miriam 

 Gospels (see Xo. 13 in Part I., p. 469). Ko reference is made to any 

 other sources of information. 



(33) 1893. Haddox, Peof. A. C. — " Tbe Secular and Ceremonial 



Dances of the Torres Straits," in Internationales 



Arcbiv fiir Ethnographic. Bd. ti. 1893, pp. 131- 



162. 



Contains, on p. 148, the "Waiitutu Kap Kudu, or couplets of 

 the saw-fish dance of Thui-sday Island, with a note on Xew Guinea 

 songs. 



(34) 1893. Eat, Sidney H. — " The Languages of British Xew 



Guinea," in Transactions of the Xinth Interna- 

 tional Congress of Orientalists, held in London in 

 1892, vol. n. pp. 754-770. 



This contains a suggested division of the dialects of British 

 New Guinea into Melanesian and Papuan, with a classification. On 

 pp. 760-762 the Miriam, Saibai, Dabu, and Kiwai pronouns are com- 

 pared with those of other dialects. An Appendix contains twenty-five 

 words and Numerals in the Torres Straits and other New Guinea 

 dialects. 



(35) 1893. Keen, De. H.— Eeview of the " Study of the Languages 



of Torres Straits. Part I." Contaiaed in Intema- 



nationales Archiv fiir Ethnographie." Bd. vi. p. 181. 



Dr. Kern points out that more stress is to be laid on the con- 

 struction than on the vocabulary, when determining the relationship to 

 other languages. "We fully appreciate this. 



(36) 1894. Eat, Sidxet H. — " The Languages of British Xew 



Guinea," Journal of Anthropological Institute, vol. 

 xxiv., pp. 15-39. 



An amplification of No. 34, antea. 



(37) 1894. QrEExsLAXD. — Annual Eeport on British New Guiaea, 



from 1st July, 1892, to 30th June, 1893 ; with Appen- 

 dices. Brisbane : By authority, Edmund Gregory, 

 Government Printer, "William- street. 1894. 



Contains : 

 Appendix I. — Eeport of the Eesident Magistrate for the Western 

 DiN-ision. 



