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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM, 1906-07. 



From Mrs. Battersby, Rathowen, Westmeath. 

 Three specimens of saw fly (sirex gigas). 



From Egypt Exploration Fund. 

 Head, from Deir Ei-Bahari, 1903-06, XL Dyn. 

 Figure of Patenen, from Deir El-Bahari, 1903-06, XVIII. Dyn. 

 Also eight pieces of glazed ware. 



From Mrs. Johnston, London. 

 Specimens of rocks and minerals from County Donegal. 



From Mr. John Ward, J.P., F.S.A. 

 Flint arrowheads, knives, charm flints, also steel and strike-lights, 



made in Sussex. They are exported to West Africa, where 



they are used by the natives. 

 Ushabtieh figures of XIX.-XXIII. Dyn, which were buried with 



mummies in order to work for them in the kingdom of 



Osiris. 

 Found at the Rameseum and Abydos. 



From the Colonel and Officers, West York Regiment. 

 Three large State umbrellas, taken from the Palace of King 

 Prempah of Ashanti and Coomassie, 1896. 



Fiom Mr. S. A. Stewart, A.L.S., F.B.S.E. 

 A botanical collection comprising dried specimens of nearly all 

 the flowering plants native in Great Britain and Ireland ; 

 also a large collection of local fossils, mainly Cretaceous and 

 Liassic. 



