q() ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and AJrica : — 



A series of implements, chiefly of stone and horn, from Swiss Lake dwellings, pre- 

 sented by A . W. Franks, Esq. 



Eighteen stone implements from the East, a Hint knife from Tiflis, a knife from Thebes, 

 and a" chert implement from Gizeh, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



2. Ethnography of Africa : — 



Seven spocimerws obtained by the donor on his expedition to the River Congo, pre- 

 sented by II. H. Johnston, Esq., F.R.G.S. 



A paddle from the Bight of Benin, and a staff from "West Africa, presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



3 Ethnography of Asia : — 



Ornaments of shell, etc., from the Akka tribe of Assam, i:)resented by A. "VV. Franks, 

 Esq. 



4. Ethvoqraphtj of Oceania and Australasia : — 



Three ffc iie adze blades from Earotonga, presented by the Eev. Paul W. Wyatt. 



A number of specimens from N. W. Austi-alia, including two message sticks, boomerangs,, 

 shields, elc, presented by his Excellency Sir F. Napier Broome, K.C.M.G. An Australian 

 club, presented by Charles Heape, Esq. 



A coral missile club, from the New Hebrides, presented by A. P. Goodwin, Esq. 



A niimler of specimens, including a New Zealand trumpet, a series of objects from 

 Fiji, a nuniber oi figures and paddles from Easter Island, and a very curious series of masks 

 of tortoiseshell and other objects from Torres Straits and New Guinea, presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



5. Anti(jvitics and Ethnography of America : — 



An ancient Mexican mask of diorite ; potteiy from I'eru, stone imijlements and pottery 

 from Honduras, an axe-head from the West Indies, and a chert knile from Chesapeake 

 Bay, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A drum stick of india-rubber from the Eio Uaupes, Brazil, presented by the Director 

 of theEoyal Gardens, Kew. 



A bow, tapir spear, club, paddle, and pottery vase, from the Eiver Ucayali, Peru, a 

 paddle from the Rio Negro, Brazil, and a pair of boots from the Pampas, presented by 

 W. Stevenson, Esq. 



The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal, a 

 serieo of stone implements from Sens, France. 



Augustus IJ .. Franks. 



