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Chinese porcelain dish, with the arms of Bailey impaling Wilkinson, presented by 

 F. A. Crisp, Esq. Cup and saucer with the arms of Stuart, presented by W. Johnston 

 Stuart, Esq. Plate with the arms of Perceval, presented by Charles Spencer Perceval, 

 Esq., Treas. s.a. 



Bowl of Chinese porcelain of the Ming period, with red glaze, from the private col- 

 lection of a Chinese merchant, presented by George U. Davies, Esq. 



_ Two specimens of Japanese porcelain, a box and a plate, presented by Michael Tom- 

 kinson, Esq. Vase of Soma ware from a Shinto temple in Sanuki, Japan, presented by 

 Masayuki Kataoka, Esq. 



Bronze bell from the Amidaji Temple, Sumiyoshi, province of Settau, Japan, presented 

 by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Globular stone vase, with inscriptions from the Koran, found in the graveyard in 

 Jeddah, Arabia, presented by A, B. Wylde, Esq. 



An extensive series of weapons, utensils, &c., from the Sakais and Semangs of 

 the Malay Peninsula, presented by the Government of Perak, through Sir Hugh Low, 

 K.C.M.G. 



A finger ring, a symbolical message, a water vessel of pottery, and a piece of native 

 cloth, from the Battas of Sumatra, and an Arab strike-a-light, presented by Allan T. 

 Peachey, Esq. 



A series of casts from ancient Egyptian monuments, made as ethnological illustrations 

 of the various races known in ancient Egypt. The moulds were made by Mr. Flinders 

 Petrie, and the casts have been presented by a Committee of the British Association. 



An ivory armlet from Assouan, two vases of pottery from Elephantine, and four 

 specimens of modern bead work from Upper Egypt, presented by Walter Myers, Esq. 



A number of spears and other specimens from Central Africa, including a colossal iron 

 spearhead used as currency, presented by Sir John Kirk, G.c.si.G. 



One half of a Guanche quern of tufa, from Tenerife, Canaries, presented by George 

 Graham Toler, Esq. 



A stone axe found between Toowoomba and Warwick, Queensland, presented by 

 J. B. Stanley, Esq. A number of native objects from Australia, presented by Miss 

 Wheeler. 



A basket and shell necklaces from Samoa and the Solomon Group, presented by G. F. 

 Sherwood, Esq. A cannibal fork from Fiji, presented by F. C. Shaw, Esq. 



A reduced cast in jilaster of the monolithic gateway at Tiahuanuco, Bolivia, made by 

 the donor, Dr. Alphonse Stiibel. Statf with carved head, of algaroba wood, found in a 

 huaca at Tulape, Truxillo Valley, Peru, presented by R. Angus Clay, Esq. 



Gold mask, with moveable nose ornament, found at Pereira, near Cartago, district of 

 Cauca, Republic of Colombia, From the collection of Seiior Eduardo Vasquez. 



Five specimens of ancient painted and moulded ware found by the donor in ancient 

 Pueblos in New Mexico, presented by Arthur S. Burr, Esq. 



Specimens of ancient pottery, implements of bone and stone, &c., from burial mounds 

 at Madisouville, Ohio ; and sixteen specimens of Zufii and other pottery, presented by 

 John I. Covington, Esq., of New York. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



Three hundred and eighty-eight additional slips have been prepared for the Regis- 

 tration Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects. 



The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them 

 transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum : — 



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



A number of implements from the Drift in various parts of England, and otiiers of a 

 similar type from Madras, presented by Worthington G. Smith, Esq. 



'J'hree implements from the Drift in the Valley of the Axe, and one found in Pulteney- 

 street, London, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A number of neolithic celts, knives, &c., chiefly of Yorkshire types, from the Londes- 

 borough Collection, and a horn hammer, from Bethnal Green, presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



A stone axe from Antioch, and a slate knife from Gebelain, Egypt, presented by the 

 Rev. Greville J. Chester. A knife and a celt found with a mummy at Kourneh, Thebes, 

 and a flint saw from Thebes, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A number of flint implements from Helwan, Egypt, presented by T. W. U. Robin- 

 son, Esq., F.s.A. 



2. Ethnography of Africa : — 



A Bushman quiver and a number of brass weights from Ashanti, presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



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