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4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia : — 



A carved wooden tobacco pipe, from High Island; presented 

 "by Henry GrijSith, Esq., F.s.A. ; and a carved wooden box 

 from New Zealand ; presented by Mrs. C. H. Read. 



Tomb of a chief, and a number of other interesting 

 specimens from the Solomon Islands; objects from New 

 Guinea, Banks Islands, Gilbert Islands, etc. ; presented by 

 Captain Davis, R.N. 



A stone axe from Queensland ; presented by H. A. Wickham, 

 Esq. ; a number of objects from New South Wales ; presented 

 by Sir A. W. Franks ; and a stone knife set in gum from 

 North Australia; presented by Sir Joseph D. Hooker, 



K.C.S.I. 



5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



Three objects of jadeite, from Zapoteca, four ancient 

 Mexican pottery heads, two copper axes from Ecuador, and 

 a fine stone axe from Mexico ; presented by Sir A. W. 

 Franks. 



A miniature axe-blade of diorite, from Barbados; presented 

 by John Locke, Esq. 



A stone-headed club, from the Blackf eet Indians ; presented 

 by Mrs. Edmund Thompson. 



The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased 

 from funds at their disposal, an important example of the 

 ancient Mexican mosaic work in turquoise in the form of a 

 double-headed rattlesnake, to be used as a breastplate ; an 

 extensive collection of utensils, tools, etc., from the Maldive 

 Islands ; an important series from New Guinea ; some ancient 

 stone implements from the Indians of North West America ; 

 and specimens from the Eastern Archipelago. 



A. Wollaston Franks, 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Re-arrangement of Collections. 



Three mahogany cabinet stands, with shelf space for 216 

 coin cabinets., have been placed in position in the Medal 

 Room, and the cabinets containing the series of English 

 medals, Italian medals. Mediaeval and Modern coins of all 

 countries, and the coins and medals of China, Japan, and the 

 Far East, have been arranged in order upon the shelves. The 

 Freudenthal collection of mediaeval and modern copper coins, 

 not yet incorporated with the general collection, and the 

 Townshend collection of Swiss coins deposited on loan by the 

 South Kensington Museum, have also been placed in the new 

 stands. 



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