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ment departments, the Working Men's College, the Waxworks, and 
a large number of Geelong residents, as well as work representing 
the College classes and the Museum. 
The part of especial interest to this association was the first 
floor which was under the charge of a committee of the Field 
Naturalists. The Museum rooms, besides the College collection. 
contained over five hundred loan specimens in natural history, 
ethnolgy, etc.; while of the other rooms one contained an aboriginal 
group (the figures for which were kindly lent by Mr. Kreitmayer- 
of the Waxworks) which was magnificently arranged with natural 
surroundings of gum saplings and grass trees by Mr. Shaw. This 
group, with the stream trickling down the mass of rocks towards the- 
side, to the fern covered pool below, attracted all comérs. The 
figures themselves were works of art. 
The second room contained a group of eagles, in as near an: 
approximation as possible to their native habitat, prepared by the- 
same master hand. 
The loan specimens in the Mus@dm comprised a collection of 
representations of the Hindoo gods. These being very gorgeously 
coloured and the label not being conspicuous enough were sometimes 
unfortunately mistaken for valentines. These were kindly lent by 
Mr. G. M. Hitchcock. 
There was also a fine collection of weapons from Japan and 
elsewhere—the property of Messrs G. F. Belcher, Dentry, Hammer- 
ton, and Wilson, Drs. Max Wall and Deane, and Mrs. Harding. 
A fine lot of coral was shown by Mr. Wm. Shaw, and in the 
natural history department proper was a magnificent collection of 
native birds and animals, lent by Mr. J. Hammerton. The last 
included a number of skins of American birds forming a good 
representative set. 
Among the ethnological exhibits was one which must not be 
passed over. ‘This was a case of stone weapons (axeheads, spear- 
points, ete.) from Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland, belonging to Dr. 
Deane, and which is probably not to be rivalled in the colony. 
However it would take far too long to enumerate all the loan 
exhibits, and as for the others, are they not always with us? We 
will merely add that the club fairly held its own in the competition, 
as to whose side should be best. 
Hann & Sons, PRINTERS, RYRIE ST., GHELONG. 
