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Shan cloth from Burmah ; presented by Rodway C. Swin- 

 hoe, Esq. 



Porter's hod and other objects, from Chemulpo, Corea ; 

 presented by Dr. W. G. K. Barnes, R.N. 



Africa. — An important collection obtained by Captain 

 Hinde on the tributaries of the Congo, partly presented by 

 him and partly obtained by purchase. Various objects from 

 the Congo ; presented by Sir Joseph Fayrer. 



Knobkerries, etc., from South Africa ; presented by A. 

 Byrne, Esq. ; and Kaffir bracelets ; presented by Mrs. Lamb. 



Oceania. — A collection of objects from the Western Pacitic ; 

 a painted club and model of a canoe, from the Santa Cruz 

 group ; presented by the Rev. W. Earee. 



An idol, from the New Hebrides ; presented by Fred. 

 Skeffington, Esq. 



America. — An axe-head and two specimens of pottery, 

 from Jujuy, Argentine Republic ; presented by Joseph Addi- 

 son, Esq. Ancient incense, from British Honduras ; pre- 

 sented by Major G. C. Bayly. Wooden dish and other 

 objects, from Florida; presented by Lieut. -Col. Durnford. 



IIL — Christy Collection. 



Twelve hundred and eighty-one additional slips have been 

 prepared for the Registration Catalogue, with sketches of the 

 objects. 



The following donations have been received by the Christy 

 Trustees, and by them transferred to the Trustees of the 

 British Museum : — 



1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and 



Africa :—■ 



A drift implement from Norfolk ; two stone axes, stated 

 to have been found in the same county, but probably West 

 Indian ; and a jade axe, found near Belfast ; presented by 

 F. C. J. Spurrell, Esq. Forty-three drift implements, from 

 Kent ; pierced hammer-stone, from Bognor, Sussex ; flakes, 

 from Syria and Palestine ; a series of flakes, possibly palaeo- 

 lithic, collected by H. W. Seton-Karr, Esq., in Somaliland ; 

 presented by Sir A. Wollaston Franks. 



Stone flakes from the desert behind Negadeh ; presented 

 by Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie. 



Bronze arrowheads and rings plated with gold, from Nara, 

 Japan ; presented by T. Hayashi, Esq. 



2. Ethnography of Asia : — 



Various Tibetan dresses, etc., collected by Surgeon-major 

 L. A. Waddell, and presented by Sir A. Wollaston Franks 

 0.97. Two 



