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The following gifts have been made to the 
Museum : — 
Three Pilgrim Badges ... Mr. S. Day. 
Puff Adder and Whip Snake 
from Pietermaritzburg, Natal Dr. W. H. Hatfield. 
Collection of Fossils ... ... Mr. G. Brown. 
Chinese Mandarin’s Summer 
and Winter Hat ... ... Anonymous.. 
Pair of Petrels... ... ... Mr. H. R. Rabbetts. 
Old English Safe Locks ... Mr. J. Acutt. 
Natural History Specimens ... Mr. J. H. Hubbard. 
Mr. Horniman has greatly enriched the various 
•Collections during the past year, notably by acquiring 
Sir Somers Vine’s Ethnographical Collection, includ- 
ing the splendid Indian Carved Wooden Archway 
from Jeypore, which occupied six men seven years in 
its construction. A few of the principal acquisitions 
may be here mentioned, viz. : — 
Japanese Bronze Temple Bell and wood stand for 
same. The bell was taken from a Buddhist Temple ; 
it is beautifully ornamented ; between the four strike- 
spots are circular panels with conventional butterflies, 
above are four oblong panels wito raised balls, around 
the upper and lower part is a scroll of floral design, 
above the strike-spot and between the panels are 
Japanese characters (a legend) in relief, the loop- 
handle is composed of two dragons’ heads. The 
height of the bell is one foot nine inches, the circum- 
ference at the base three feet nine and three-quarter 
inches. 
A very handsome Japanese Cloisonne Enamel 
Vase, five feet high and seven feet six inches in cir- 
