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Madagascar. Swords and knives from the Congo. A brass 

 anklet from tlie Niger-Benin district. A collection from 

 Benin city, including several bronze plaques, a stone axe- 

 head, examples of pottery, bow and arrows and a sword. 

 Brass fetish rods, carved wooden door-posts, mask and 

 bronze armlet from the interior to the north of Lagos. The 

 regalia of Prempeh, formerly King of Ashanti, and a repre- 

 sentative selection of the gold jewellery paid by the Ashanti 

 Government as part of the war indemnity ; a large series of 

 brass weights for weighing gold, all from Ashanti. The 

 paraphernalia of a Fetish Priest from the Cameroon, obtained 

 by exchange with the Royal Museum fiir Volkerkunde,, 

 Berlin. 



Oceania. — A remarkable adze with double shell blades 

 from Ambrjan, New Hebrides, given by Captain Leah, 

 R.N. Native money, stone armlet and other objects from 

 the Solomon Islands ; given by C. M. Woodford, Esq.;, 

 H.B.M. Commissioner. A small ethnographical series from 

 Queensland. A carved canoe-prow ; and an exceptionally 

 fine adze with jade blade and carved handle from New 

 Zealand. 



A'nierica. — A number of specimens of ancient Peruvian 

 pottery, and a knitted mask from Bolivia ; bequeathed 

 by H. S. Ashbee, Esq., F.s.A. A small gold figure re- 

 sembling a locust from a tomb in Colombia; given by 

 Don Guillermo K. Calderon, Consul-General of Colombia. 

 A feather head-dress from Guiana ; given by Charles 

 Dawson, Esq., F.s.A. An important series, comprising skin 

 dresses and canoes, from the Eskimo W. of Hudson's 

 Bay ; given by David Hanbury, Esq. An ancient pottery 

 figure from Arica, Peru ; given by Paul Langer, Esq. 

 Facsimile of an ancient Mexican MS. known as the Codex 

 Rios ; given by the Due de Loubat. A tripod stone vase 

 from the Mosquito Coast, brought to England more than a 

 century ago ; given by the Society of Antiquaries of London. 

 A gold breast ornament of unusual size from a tomb in 

 Colombia. A small series of Mexican antiquities, including 

 polished stone axes of exceptional finish. Antiquities from 

 British Honduras, chiefly consisting of pottery objects. A 

 copper shield with painted totemic designs, from Alaska. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



Seven hundred and fifty-three slips have been prepared 

 for the Registration Catalogue, with sketches of the objects, 

 and 1,059 objects have been registered. The Christy Trustees 

 have acquired, by donation or purchase, the following 

 objects, which they have transferred to the Trustees of 

 the British Museum. 



