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Rear-Admiral) Davis during the punitive expedition of 1891, 

 when the villages were destroyed by H.M.S. Royalist ; given 

 by Admiral Lord Charles Scott, 



A feather cloak from Hawaii, a breast-plate of cachalot 

 ivory and pearl shell, and a carved board for printing patterns 

 on bark-cloth, Fiji ; and a carved wooden figure from the 

 gable of a Maori house, New Zealand. 



America. — A large and interesting series of ornaments, 

 weapons, and utensils, from the Indians of the Ampiyacu, 

 Napo, and Ucayale Rivers, Upper Amazon ; given by Charles 

 Booth, Esq. 



A remarkably large and finely-made pottery vase, deco- 

 rated with rectilinear patterns in red, from the Upper 

 Amazon ; given by George Lomas, Esq. 



An important collection of copper knives and implements, 

 bows and arrows, and stone utensils from the Eskimo of the 

 Arctic Coast of America between Ogden Bay and Coppermine 

 River ; collected and given by David Hanbury, Esq. 



Implements of stone and shell from the West Indies, 

 Central America, and Tierra del Fuego, and carvings in morse 

 ivory from the North West Coast ; bequeathed by Francis 

 Brent, Esq., f.s.a. 



A large totem-pole, carved from a cedar trunk 39 feet 

 high, from the village of Kayang, near Masset, Queen Char- 

 lotte Island, together with legend obtained from the native 

 chief Weah of Masset ; collected by C. J. Newcombe, Esq. 



A series of stone pendants, including one of unusually 

 fine workmanship, in the shape of a bird's head, from a mound 

 near Killarney, Orange Co., Florida ; and a wooden club from 

 British Guiana. 



In addition to the above His Majesty the King has been 

 graciously pleased to deposit on loan a remarkable series 

 of feather tippets and cloaks from the Hawaiian Islands. 

 One of these was originally sent to the Prince Regent by 

 King Tamehameha I. in 1810, others were brought over 

 to England by King Tamehameha II. (Liho-liho) and his wife 

 Kamamalu in the year 1824, both of whom died in London 

 during their visit. Also a wooden box containing native 

 costumes given to her late Majesty Queen Victoria by H. M. 

 King Somdetch Phra Paramendr Maha Mongkut of Siam. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



During the year 507 slips have been prepared for the 

 Registration Catalogue, with sketches of the objects, and 

 209 objects have been registered. The Christy Trustees have 

 acquired by donation and purchase the following objects, 

 which they have transferred to the Trustees of the British 

 Museum. 



