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IV. — Ethnogra'phy of Oceania and Australia : — 



Donations. 



Ground stone axe-head from Bougainville, Solomon Islands; 

 Norman Hardy, Esq. 



A collection of weapons from the Kimberley District, 

 Western Australia ; C. H. Ord, Esq. 



A carved ivory pendant from New Zealand ; C. H. Read, 

 Esq., F.s.A. 



A wooden bowl from the Solomon Islands ; H. Willett, 

 Esq., F.G.s. 



Purchase. 

 A collection from Micronesia and Polynesia, principally 

 from the Caroline Islands, including implements and 

 ornaments of shell, some excavated from the ruins of 

 Metalanim, Ponape. 



Exchange. 

 With W. L. Williamson, Esq. ; collection of stone imple- 

 ments from Brown's River, Tasmania. 



V. — Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



Donations. 



Mealing stone and rolling pin from Nicaragua ; Anthony 

 Belt, Esq. 



Objects from the Indians of the Gran Chaco, S. America ; 

 W. O. Campbell, Esq. 



Rubbing from a carved stone formerly at Cuzco, Peru ; 

 R. Jacques, Esq. 



Casts from two copper plates representing human figures, 

 from the provinces of Catamarca and Salta, Argentine 

 Republic ; Dr. Moreno. 



Four bronze " axe-heads " used as currency, from Oaxaca, 

 Mexico ; C. G. Rickards, Esq. 



Stone pestle and mortar from San Rafael, California ; 

 H. Warburton, Esq. 



Purchase. 



A large collection of antiquities from British Honduras, 

 including pottery, and chert implements of remarkable 

 forms. 



Exchange. 

 With the American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York ; implements and garments from the Eskimo of Smith's 

 Sound. 



Charles H. Read. 



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