68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Eight stone implements from Asia Minor ; presented by the 

 Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Five stone implements from Central Java ; presented by 

 R. Kirkpatrick, Esq. 



A limestone macehead from Kahun, Egypt ; presented by 

 W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq. Three slate knives from Egypt ; 

 presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. A fine flint knife 

 from Medinet el Faynm, and four others of flint and three of 

 slate ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



2. Ethnography of Africa : — 



Two head-dresses, one of silver, obtained in Algeria by the 

 donor, Alexander Christy, Esq. 



A series of specimens from the Kilima Njaro district, and 

 others from the Nyassa district ; presented by A. W. Franks.. 

 Esq. 



An interesting series of musical instruments from the River 

 Niger ; collected and presented by Major Claude MacDonald. 



A Zulu marriage head-ring and an ivory amulet ; presented 

 by James Edge Partington, Esq., f.r.g.s. 



3. Ethnography of Asia : — 



A Tatar jointed bow and arrows from China, and an Indian 

 armlet ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A spear, bow, and other objects from the Kei Islands ; pre- 

 sented by Cuthbert E. Peek, Esq. ; and a series of objects from 

 the same islands, obtained by exchange with the Zoological 

 Society of Amsterdam. 



4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia : — 



Head-dresses brought from the Marquesas Islands by Ad- 

 miral Du Petit Thouars ; an adze from Tahiti, a Tongan bowl, 

 and a Fiji spear ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Specimens from the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Santa 

 Cruz Islands, Dutch and English New Guinea, and Australia ; 

 presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A collection from North Australia, Solomon Islands, and 

 New Hebrides ; presented by G. Holsworth, Esq. 



Series of objects from Queensland ; obtained by exchange 

 with the Museum of Owen's College. 



A number of choice specimens from Melanesia ; presented by 

 the Rev. R. B. Comins. 



5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



Twenty-one ancient stone implements and eleven pottery 

 vases from Peru ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



An axeblade of jadeite and an arrowpoint of chalcedony 

 from Puebla ; presented by F. Ducane Godman, Esq., f.r.s. 



Specimens from the Indians of the North West Coast ; pre- 

 sented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A stone-headed mace from the Sioux Indians ; presented by 

 James Elliot, Esq. 



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