Sites No W728) son siting tein § % Binders (Gps efeottseovrte). BRITISH MUSEUM. RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 28 February 1906 ;—-/or, COPY “of Account of the INCOME and EXPENDITURE of the British Musrum (SpeciaAL Trust Funps) for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1906; and, RETURN of the Number of PERSONS admitted to visit the MusEum and the British Musrtum (NATURAL History) in each Year from 1900 to 1905, both Years inclusive ; together with a STATEMENT of the PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and an ACCOUNT of OBJECTS added to them in the Year 1905.” ‘Treasury Chambers, )} 24 April 1906. REGINALD McKENNA. (Mr. Rothschild.) Ordered, by The House of Commons, to he Printed, 24 April 1S06. BON DON : PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODH, PRINTERS TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from WYMAN anp SONS, Lrp., Ferrer Lanr, E.C.; or OLIVER anp BOYD, EpINBuRGH ; or E. PONSONBY, 116, Grarron STREET, DUBLIN. 124. eh ee oe) AA \ ae 7 ae o! rary ai). = CON TEN TS. Page I—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGHEWATER FUND, for the Year ended 31st March 1906 - - - - . - - - - - 4 IL—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same periol = - - - - - - - = i0< - - 4 IIL-—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the saine period - 6 IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same periol - SE V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BEQUEST OF THE LATE MR, VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN for the same period - - sae hae ia VI.—ACCOUNT OF THE BEQUEST OF THE LATE MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM for the same pericd - - 8 VIL—RETURN of the Number of PERSONS admitted to visit the BRITISH MUSEUM and the BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL History) in each Year from 1900 to 1905, both Years inclusive - = : = - = - : - - - 19 VIII.—STATEMENT of GENERAL PROGRESS at the MUSEUM (Blooms- bury) = = = = = - = = - - - 16 IX—STATEMENT of PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and ACCOUNT of OBJECTS 20. added to them, in the Year 1905 (Bloomsbury) - - : X.—Ditto - - = ditto - - - (Natural History) . = « 103 focz + ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. a RS, 'T--AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrprs and ExpeNDITURE of the STOCK, Be 23 °/, Consols. = ISS nits ig 16h ia To BALANCES on the Ist April 1905 - - - 2a 2 a 13,150 13 10 — DIVIDENDS received on 13,1507. 13s. 10d. Stock in 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridge- water, V1zZ.; On the 5th April 1905 £.82 3 10 99 5th July 1905 - 82 310 99 5th October 1905 - 82 3 10 5th January 1906 - 82 3 10 as) Ut — Rent or A RAL ESTATE, bequeathed by the Farl ot Bridgewater (less charges of collection, repairs, kc.) - - = = 28 6 - g.| 634 13 5 13,150 13 10 IT.—AN ACCOUNT of the REcErIptTs and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK, CASH. 24°], Consols. Be sede Be > 8: ads To BALANCES on the Ist April 1905 - = XE ts) Ye 2879) NOG = PDIVIDONDS received on 9.8792. 10s. 7d. Stock in 2% per Cent. Consols, be- qveathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. : Qn the 5th April 1905 ea geto) eb] “ 5th July 1805 ol US That 3 5th October 1205 + 17 19 11 b, 5th January 1906 - 17 19 11 Se es | 7A 8 Ep || oan 8) 2,879 10 7 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ») BRIDGEWATER FUND, from the Ist April 1905 to the 31st March 15C6. By One Year’s SALARY of the Egerton Librarian - - AMOUNT expended on purchase of Manuscr’pts - BALANCES ON THE 31ST MARCH 1906, carried to Account for 1906-1907 L owe 437 14 11 634 33 5 STOCK, 23 °/, Consols. Se es od 13,150 13 1C 13,150 13 10 FARNBOROUGH FUND, from the 1st April 1905 to the 31st March 1906. carried to Account for 1906=1907 By BALANCES ON THE 38l1stT MARCH 1906, | STOCK, CASH. 24°/, Consols. Linoge ae £. 8, d. 333 9 3 2.509 kd 7 335 2 9)53 |) 2,879.10 7 6 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. EE III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK, ike 23 °/, Consols. Ce Ree iE £ sessmeds To BALANCES on the Ist April 1905 = - =e Meg Sae kde ait 5,683 1 6 “_ DIVIDENDS received on 5,683/. 1s. 6d. Stock in 23 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, Viz.: Onthe 5th April1905 -£.35 10 4 45 5th July 1905 = gobo l Olga: “ a 5th October 1905 - 38510 4 f 5th January 1906 - 3510 4 —| 142 1 4 B. }a'95 Wa 1) 5,683 1° 6 IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the ReEcrIPts and EXPENDITURE of STOCK CASH. 24°/, Consols. | £. 58. d. Ba. Obed To BALANCE ot the Ist April1905 - -~— - — 565 3 9 | — DIVIDENDS received on 565/. 3s. 9d. Stock in 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, viz. : On the 5th April 1905 - 753 10.8 » Bt JuleaI905 = - Seago. 8 a 5th October 1905 - 3 1078 5 5th January 1906 - SLOSS ; —! 14 2 8 £ 14 2 8 565 3 8 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. é SWINEY FUND, from the 1st April 1905 to the 31st March 1906. | Stock. Dea 23°/, Consols. a Sa ie So See le | BY Amount paid to Dr, J. S. Flett, for Lectures on Geology in 1905 - = - = =| T4402 = = | — Advertisements—Vacancy in Swiney Lecture- ship - e - . - - 5 8 10 - BALANCES ON THE 3lsT MARcH 1906, carried to Account for 1906-1907 - = 50-6 1 DOSan 1 6 £.\ 195 14 11 55683 1 6 J the BIRCH FUND, from the 1st April 1905 to the 31st March 1906. | STOCK, | ga 24°/, Consois. ie a ek ead ‘Sq =O. Me By LEGACY paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Keepers of the Departments of Printed Books, Manu- | scripts and Natural History Pee ie IO 8 - BALANCE ON THE 31ST MARCH 1906, | | carried to Account for 1906-1907 - : = bho 3 9 ‘ | £ 14 2 8 565 3 9 8 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and ExpENDITURE of the bequest and Extension of the Library and Reading-room of the British LocAL LOANS CASH. STOCK. To AMOUNT of Local Loans Stock on Ist April 1905 - - - - — 50,107 19 4 ~ DIVIDENDS received during the year - 11,520 5 —- - Amount of Local Loans Stock purchased with the Dividends - - - — Lb2e law VI—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerprs and EXPENDITURE of the bequest Ist April 1905 to METROPOLITAN Cas 33°, STOCK. To AMOUNT of Metre politan 33 per cent. Stock on Ist April 1905 - - - - — 7,070 6 3 — DIVIDENDS received during the year - -| 25010 6 - AMOUNT of Metropolitan 3} per cent. Stock purchased with the Dividends - = - - _ 237 9 aa £.| 25010 6] 7307 15 6 S ACCOUNTS, ETC: OF THE BRITISH AtUSEUM. of the late MR. VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN (for the Improvement Museum) from the Ist April 1905 to the 31st March 1906. LocaAL LOANS = STOCK. Looks Sia Ue, 7 By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 1,524/. 7s. Td. Lcecal Loans Stock, Com- mission, &c. - : = 11,520 5 — - BALANCE OF STOCK ON THE 31ST MARCH 1906 carried to account for 1906-1907 - - —~ 51,632 6 11 £:| 1,020 5 & | 51,632 Gx1I of the late MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM from the the 51st March 1906. METROPOLITAN CASH. | 31 9) Sock. ee e.g Be Ss meh By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 2571. 9x. 3d. Metropolitan 34 per cent. Stock, Commission, &c. - - - 250 10 - BALANCE OF STOCK ON THE 31ST MARCH 1906 carried to account for 1906-1907 - - = 7,307 15 6 £.| 25010 6| 7,307 15 6 SS eR a a RS E. Maunde Thompson, Director and Principal Librarian. 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U, September 2 = - - - eaters y;. October - - - - = = las e November and December - - 4, also, on Monpbays and SaTuRDAYS only, from the beginning of May to the middle of July, to 8 p.m., and from the middle of July to the end of August, to 7 p.m. On SUNDAYS, in January ~- - - - ar) ~ ° B bo co same) He We) B February - - - - vs: 2 MRO Hig March - - = = . 92 so ee OUR Sa April -i ra ” g » 2 » 6 9 May to August - . - gieceKs0e 2 FT ze September - - - AN 2 Pha ke October - - - - wad pall xf November and December - 2 4 Persons are admitted to study in these Departments every weekday from 10 till 4 o’clock. British Museum (Natural History), ) 2. Ray Lankester, 24 February 1906. J Director. 16 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. VILI.—GreneRAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM, BLOOMSBURY. A serious fall in the number of visits to the Museum during the year 1905 has to be recorded. in recent years the numbers have been steadily increasing, and in 1904 they reached the large total of 954,441. There has now been a reaction, with a loss of upwards of 140,000 ; the number for the year being 813,659. It is impossible: to account for such fluctuations ; but it is to be observed that the reduction took place in the latter half of the year and on weekdays, the attendance on Sundays being larger than that in 1904. The number of visits of students to the Reading Room has also diminished slightly, the number for 1905 being 214,940, as against 226,323 in 1904; a daily average of 711. The average numbers of persons in the room, counted at the later hours of the afternoon, were :— 352 | 256 72 | Oat | | | Apo | 5 Pam. |° (6 Bear Vesna | | | | | | l | The number of visits of students to particular Depart- ments in 1905 was 57,557, as against 58,109 in 1904; a reduction of 552, due chiefly to the smaller number of visits to the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities. The excavations which have been in progress since 1903 on the site of ancient Nineveh were brought to a close in February 1905. The mound of Kouyunjik has now been fully explored, testing trenches having been cut in all directions in order to be sure that no remains have been overlooked. The principal recent discovery is the site of the Temple of Nabu, the War God. The ruins were cleared, but the building had been so utterly destroyed and burnt, presumably by the Elamites at the capture of the city, that it was not possible even to make a complete plan of it. The library of tablets, which it probably contained, must have been entirely destroyed. So thorough, indeed, was the destruction of the city by the conquerors, to judge from the condition of the remains, that the preservation of the collec- tion of tablets now in the Museum, and forming only a part of the great library of Sennacherib and Ashur-bani-pal, must be attributed to some accidental falling in of débris, which thus covered them and saved them from the enemy. The excavations on the site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus were brought to a close on the 17th of June. The result of the two seasons’ excavations is as follows: —The remains of four temples superimposed one on another have been examined. Taking these temples in order, from the latest to the earliest. they are: 1. The temple of the middle of the 4th century B.c., which was the main object of Mr. J. T. Wood’s exploration. Mr. Wood removed almost every relic of it, and his work proves to have been very thorough. The remains which he discovered are those now in the British Museum. 2. The temple built in the middle of GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. 17 the 6th century B.c., usually associated with the name of Croesus, was the original object of the recent exploration. This temple was only touched by Wood. The whole area of the surviving platform has now been cleared, and, from the numerous fragments recovered, an architectural restoration of all except the architraves will be possible. 3. The third temple, the existence of which has been hitherto unsuspected, was very little below the level of the one above and was of smaller area. Only small traces of it remain, and its period of existence was probably short. 4. Of the lowest and earliest temple, the structure of what may have been the naos or statue-base alone remains. The lowest blocks of this structure are laid on the virgin sand. It was here that numerous objects of gold, ivory, &c. were found. From the style of these objects it is inferred that the period of this earliest temple was probably not earlier than the 7th century B.c. The work was much impeded by abnor- mally heavy rains. The repository built at Hendon for the storage ofsnews- papers and other printed matter having been completely fitted with book-presses, the collections of English provincial newspapers and of Scottish and Irish newspapers, consisting of 48,000 volumes, have been removed thither. By special arrangement, the papers are made available to Readers on notice being given. The Exhibition Gallery of the Prints and Drawings and the Glass and Ceramic Gallery and English Ceramic Ante- Room have been re-painted. The planing and polishing of the wooden flooring of the Upper Floor of the Museum has been further extended to various rooms; the floor of the Ethnographical Gallery alone remaining to be dealt with. An improvement has been effected in the service of the Reading Room by widening the gangway used for the delivery of books from the Library. An exhibition of Mezzotint Portraits, selected chiefly from the collection bequeathed to the Trustees by the late Lord Cheylesmore, has been arranged in the Department of Prints and Drawings. In the King’s Library a temporary exhibition, illustrating the history of the British Navy and commemorating the Nelson Centenary, is displayed, consisting of manuscripts, autographs, books, prints, and medals selected from the collections. Among the more important additions to the several Departments the following may be specially noticed :— The Department of Printed Books has acquired a series of rare English and Scottish books printed before the year 1640. Among other rare books, the most notable is a copy of the second edition of the Latin-German Dictionary known as the “‘ Vocabularius ex quo,” printed at Eltville near Mainz, in 1469, with type which owed its origin to the famous printer Gutenberg. 124. B 18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The Department of Manuscripts has received, by bequest from the late Mr. Charles Alban Buckler, a valuable series of architectural drawings of English Cathedrals and other buildings; and, by gift from Major-General H. P. Babbage, correspondence and papers of Charles Babbage, F.R.s., the mathematician. Among the principal purchases are several collections of historical and diplomatic papers of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. The Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manu- scripts has secured several rare Arabic MSS. of the 12th, 15th, and 14th centuries. The Department of Prints and Drawings has benefited by many donations of drawings of the Old Masters and engravings, presented by Mr. Max Rosenheim, Mr. H. J. Pfungst, Mr. E. E. Leggat, and others. The most conspicuous addition to the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities is the sculptured wall from the chapel of the pyramid, in the island of Meroé, of a Queen Candace of the Ist or 2nd century, presented by the Government of the Stidan. Among the purchases are a series of rare Egyptian scarabs, dating from about 3500 to 650 B.c. ; a collection of upwards of six hundred Babylonian inseribed tablets of about 2400 B.c.; anda valuable series of Babylonian cylinder seals. By gift from the Marquess of Sligo, the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities has received the greater part of the two flanking columns of the doorway of the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenz. These have been supplemented by casts of other fragments, presented chiefly by the Greek Govern- ment ; and a restoration of the structure has been built up in the room of Archaic Greek sculpture. Among the varied acquisitions of the Department of British and Medizval Antiquities and Ethnography the most notable are: a collection of jewellery and other objects from Anglo-Saxon graves in Kent, presented through the National Art Collections Fund; a series of Merovingian remains from Herpes, near Angouléme; Tibetan collections from Lhasa and other places in Tibet (pp. 85, 86); and an important ethnographical series from Sarawak in Borneo. To the Department of Coins and Medals have been added an interesting series of rare Greek Coins of Olbia and Tyra in Sarmatia; a series of rare English and other historical medals of the 17th and 18th centuries; and three pattern crown-pieces of Cromwell and Charles II., in perfect condi- tion, bequeathed by the late Mr. C. E. G. Mackerell. In this year also the Government of India presented to the Trustees a very important series of Tibetan manuscripts, books, and objects of antiquity and curiosity, chosen from the collections formed during the recent expedition to Lhasa. Owing to delay connected with identification, the several objects were not incorporated at once among the Museum collections. A description of the series is therefore postponed until the Return for 1906. GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. 19 Gifts of Museum publications, including reproductions of prints and drawings by Old Masters and sets of electrotypes of British Historical Medals, have been made to Free Libraries, Local Museums, and Art Schools throughout the United Kingdom, and to institutions in various Colonies. The following are the publications issued by the Depart- ments at Bloomsbury during the year :— Supplement to the General Catalogue of the Library, quarto, 4 parts, viz.: “V—Uzul”; “ Whitechapel—Wzl” ; “ X—Zyromski”; and ‘‘ Newspapers.”’ Catalogue of Accessions to the Library, quarto, 26 parts. Catalogue of Music Accessions. Part XIV. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c., in the British Museum, Part XXI., 50 photo-lithographic plates 1905. Foolscap, boards, 7s. 6d. The Treasure of the Oxus, with other objects from Ancient Persia and India. (Franks Bequest.) By O. M. Dalton. With 29 plates, map and 81 illustrations. 1905. Quarto, cloth, 21s. ; half-vellum, 25s. Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan MSS. in the British Museum. By G. Margoliouth. Part II., with 10 plates. 1905. Quarto, 31. 15s. Catalogue of the Coptic MSS. in the British Museum. By W. E. Crum. With 15 plates. 1905. Quarto, 41. 10s. Catalogue of Japanese Printed Books and MSS. in the British Museum, acquired during the years 1899-1903. By Sir Robert K. Douglas. 1905. Quarto, 10s. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland. Parts III. and IV. Plates XXI.—XXX. and XXXI.-XL. 1905. Folio, 6s. each part. Catalogue of the Collection of English Porcelain in the British Museum. By R. L. Hobson. With 39 plates and 104 illustrations. 1905. Quarto, 21s. Reproductions of Prints. New Series. Part XIV. (Specimens of line-engraving by English Masters of the eighteenth century.) 11 plates. 1905. 21. A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury). Sixth edition, revised. With plans. 1905. Octavo, 2d. A Guide to the Antiquities of the Early Iron Age in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities. With 7 plates and 147 illustrations. 1905. Octavo, 1s. A Guide to an Exhibition of Mezzotint Engravings, chiefly from the Cheylesmore Collection. 1905. Octavo, 3d. A Guide to the Naval Exhibition—Nelson Centenary. With 8 plates. 1905. Octavo, 6d. British Museum, | E. Mawnde Thompson, 31 March, 1906. f Director and Principal Librarian, 124. r 20 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. IX.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTIONS, AND ACCOUNT OF OBJECTS ADDED TO THEM in the Year 1905 (Bloomsbury). DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. I. Arrangement.—The works added to the collection during the past year have, as far as possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifica- tion adopted in the Museum. . The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have been marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each volume. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 78,589; in addition to which 41,476 press-marks have been altered in consequence of changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library; 39,794 labels have been affixed to books and volumes of newspapers, and 109,893 obliterated labels have been renewed. The process of attaching third-marks to the books in the New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery to readers, has been continued; 15,657 books have been thus marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- tions, amounting to 91,471, have been carried out in the General and Hand Catalogues; and 1,199 index-slips have been written for London Newspapers. The work of collecting together and re-arranging the Incunabula in glazed cases has been completed. Future acquisitions will be arranged on the same system. The number of stamps impressed upon the articles received has been 405,154. 2,819 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in the course of the year. II. Catalogues. — (a) Catalogwing.—49,851 titles have been written (the term “title” applying equally to a main- title and _to a cross-reference). Of these, 35,576 were written for the General Catalogue, 2,684 for the Map Catalogue, and 11,591 for the Music Catalogue. (b) Printing.—-34,693 titles and 988 index-slips for the General Catalogue, and 4,802 for the Map Catalogue have been prepared for printing during the year; 34,992 titles and 990 index-slips for the General Cataiogue, 7,825 titles for a Catalogue of British Newspapers, 8,489 titles for a Cutalogue of the “Thomason Tracts,” and 15,245 titles for the Music Catalogue have been printed. DEPARTMEN'’ OF PRINTED BOOKS. 91 The printing of the Supplement to the General Catalogue has been completed. This Suppiement contains the titles of all such books as were added to the Library during the years 1882-1899, but were not incorporated in the Catalogue during the process of printing. Three printed parts, containing the headings under W, Pt. 2, X, Y, and Z, have been delivered by the printer in the course of the year. (c) Incorporation. — General Catalogue. — 35,148 title- slips and 986 index-slips have been incorporated into each of the three copies of this Catalogue. This incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain as far as possible the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert 44,653 ee i in each copy and to add to each copy 1,039 new eaves. The system of fortnightly incorporation of accessions to the Library has been carried out with perfect regularity during the past year. Hand Catalogues.—The number of new entries made in the Hand Catalogue of “ Academies” was 393; in that of “Periodical Publications,” 528; in that of “Maps and Charts,” 626; in that of Music, 884; and in that of London Newspapers, 1,199. (d) Map Catalogue.—2,684 titles have been written for the Map Catalogue, and 171 title-slips have been incorporated into the Reading Room copy. This incorporation has rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 3,404 title-slips in the same copy and to add 170 new leaves. (e) Music Catalogue.—11,591 titles have been written for the Music Catalogue, and 15,239 title-slips have been incorpo- rated into each of the two copies of it. This incorporation has rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 28,577 title- slips in each copy and to add to each copy 502 new leaves. (f) Shelf Catalogue——For this Catalogue, in which the title-slips, mounted on cards, are arranged in order of press- marks, about 34,000 have been so mounted and about 126,300 have been incorporated in their proper order. (9) Catalogues of Books of Reference in the Reading Room. —The additions and alterations in each of the four inter- leaved copies of the Catalogue of Books of Reference in the Reading Room, which are requisite in order to record the changes in this collection by the addition of new works and the substitution of new for earlier editions, have been made : the number of such additions amounts to 200. Two copies of the two volumes of this Catalogue have been laid down on 420 new leaves and bound in four new volumes, the necessary manuscript alterations in the Catalogue (about 5,000) having previously been made. @ 2 22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Additions have also been made to the collection of books in the Galleries of the Reading Room by the incorporation of new works of interest and importance, and by the substitution of new for earlier editions. The number of such additions amounts to 86. Ill. Binding.—The number of volumes and sets of pamphlets sent to be bound in the course of the year was 11,715, including 4,216 volumes of newspapers. In conse- quence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of volumes returned was 9,631; in addition to which 29 volumes have been repaired in the binders’ shops. Besides this, the following binding work has been done in the Library itself:—6,871 volumes have been repaired ; 155 broadsides, &c., have been inserted in guard-books, and 4,448 volumes of reports, parts of periodicals, &c., have been bound in a light style of binding. The following maps, charts, &c., have also been bound or mounted during the year :—59 atlases and 40 volumes of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey have been bound; 107 maps have been mounted on linen, and 18 on cards; and one portfolio, 6 cases and 79 boxes have been made to contain maps. 29,787 numbers of Colonial Newspapers have been folded into 521 parcels, and 516 such parcels have been tied up and labelled preparatory to being bound. 35 volumes of the Blue Copy of the General Catalogue, 2 volumes of the Red Copy and 11 of the Green Copy have been broken up and rebound in 90 new volumes, Also, 309 columns and 1,708 titles have been re-laid in each of the three interleaved copies of the General Catalogue: a process rendered necessary by the accumulation of titles under certain headings. Four copies of the Newspaper Catalogue, containing 538 cojumns, have been laid down and bound in 6 volumes each ; while one copy has been interleaved with cartridge paper and bound in 11 volumes for the Hendon Repository. IV. Reading Room Service.—The number of volumes replaced in the General Library after use in the Reading Room was 872,274; in the King’s Library, 25,387; in the Grenville Library, 1,627; in the Map Room, 5,685; in the presses in which books are kept from day to day for the use of readers, 694,197; and in the Oriental Department, 393; making a total amount of 1,599,562 volumes supplied to readers during the year, exclusive of those to which the readers have personal access on the sheives of the Reading Room. The number of readers during the year was 214,940, giving an average of over 711 daily, the room having been open on 302 days; with an average of over seven volumes daily for each reader. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. - 23 Newspaper Room.—The number of readers during the year has been 21,857, giving a daily average of over 72, the room having been open on 302 days. The number of volumes replaced after use was 59,851, giving a daily average of 19S and of over two volumes to each reader, not reckoning volumes, chiefly Parliamentary Papers, taken from the shelves of the Newspaper Room by the readers themselves. Map Room.—286 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of special geographical research. Photography.—There have been 337 applications for leave to photograph from books in the Library ; 734 volumes have been thus used, three negatives per volume being the average number of negatives made; and 872 hours have been spent by members of the staff in attendance on photographers. V. Accessions.—(a) 31,752 volumes and pamphlets (includ- ing 129 atlases, &c., and 1,939 books of music) have been added to the Library in the course of the year. Of these, 5,949 were presented ; 16,329 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act; 485 by Colonial Copyright; 684 by International Exchange ; and 8,305 by purchase. (b) 64,069 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications and of works in progress) have also been added to the Library. Of these, 2,258 were presented, 39,653 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 1,045 by Colonial Copyright ; 265 by International Exchange ; and 20,848 by purchase. (c) 1,275 maps in 8,508 sheets have been added to the collection in the course of the year. Of these, 450 maps in 1,328 sheets were presented ; 641 maps in 6,594 sheets were received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 86 maps in 88 sheets, by Colonial Copyright ; and 98 maps in 498 sheets were acquired by purchase. (d) 8,222 Musical Publications have been added to the collection. Of these, 7,305 were received under the provisions of the Copyright Act; 580 by Colonial Copyright; and 337 acquired by purchase. (e) The number of newspapers published in the United Kingdcem, received under the provisions of the Copy- right Act during the year, has been 3,331, comprising 228,638 single numbers. 1,199 of these newspapers were published in London and its suburbs; 1,602 in other parts of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands; 293 in Scotland ; and 237 in Ireland. 255 sets, containing 35,525 numbers of colonial and foreign newspapers, have been presented ; and 84 sets, containing 12 volumes and 15,263 numbers of current colonial and foreign newspapers, have been purchased. (f) 3,265 articles not included in the foregoing paragraphs have been received in the Department. These consist cf Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items. 24 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The total number of articles enumerated above, as having been received in the: Department during the past year, exclusive of newspapers, is 109,283. Acquisitions of Special Interest.—Ninety English and Scotch books printed before the year 1640, and forty-two foreign Incunabula, have been acquired during the year 1905. Among the English books the most interesting are :— Basille, Theodore, %.e., Thomas Becon: ‘‘A Christmas Banket garnished with many pleasant and dainty dishes. By Theodore Basille.” Printed by John Mayler for John Gough, London, 1542. ‘“The Order of the Greate Turckes Court.” R. Grafton, London, 1542. This book is mentioned by Dibdin, but no other copy has been discovered. “ An Almanacke and Pronostication of Jaspar Laet, anno 1546.” Printed by John Herford, 1545. Hitherto unknown. Taken from a binding. | Bale, John, Bishop of Ossory: “The seconde parte of the Image of both Churches.” Printed in 1549 or 1550. No copy of the first part of this book is recorded. The present is the only copy of the second part known. “ Disputatio inter clericum et militem super potestate Prelatis Ecclesiae atque Principibus terrarum commissa.” Thomas Berthelet, London, about 1550. ; Virgilius: ‘Opera.’ HH. Bynneman, London, 1570. Believed to be the first edition of Virgil’s works printed in England. Vegetius, Flavius: “The foure Bookes of Martiall Policye.” Thomas Marshe, London, 1572. With several woodcuts. Yates, James: “The Castle of Courtesie” and ‘“ The Hould of Humilitie.” Two books printed by John Wolfe, London, 1582. Valdes, Francisco de: “A Dialogue of the Office of a Sergeant Major.” J. Wolfe, London, 1590. Sidney, Sir Philip: “The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia. The Second Edition.” W.. Ponsonbie, London, 1593. The first edition, printed in 1590, and the third in 1598, are already in the Library. For this second edition the emble- matical title-page used in later editions and in other books was designed. “Regimen Sanitatis Salerni. The Schoole of Salerne.” Benj. Alsop, London, 1617. This appears to be the only printed English translation of the Regimen of the School of Salerno. . “The Laws or Standing Orders of the East India Com- pany, 1621.” The earliest edition of the Regulations of the Kast India Company at present in the Library was published in 1700 or 1701. | “ Keclesiae Gemitus sub Anabaptistica Tyrannide.” Printed in 1649 and bearing the imprint “ Aire Martyrii Caroli anno primo.” “DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 25 “Prayers of Intercession for their Use who mourn in secret for the publique Calamities of this Nation.” Printed in 1659, containing Prayers for Charles II. and Queen Henrietta Maria and an “ Anniversary Prayer” for. the 30th January. A considerable number of books printed in Scotland or bearing upon Scotch history have been added to the Library during the year. Among these the following are of special interest :—- “Elegie nuptiale presentée a Princesse Magdaleine le lendemain de ses nopces avec le Roy d’Escoce.” Printed in 1536. Madeleine, eldest daughter of Francis I. of France, married James V. of Scotland on the Ist January 1537, and died shortly after landing in Scotland, in July of the same year. 7 Knox, John: ‘Epistle unto the inhabitants of Newcastle and Barwicke.” Geneva, 1559. Barnestaple, O.: L’histoire et vie de Marie Stuart. Com- posée en Latin et faicte francoise.” Paris, 1589. « Actes of Parliament past seen the Coronation of the King, 1567-1592 in furtherance of the progress of the true Religion.” R. Waldegrave, Edinburgh, 1593. Two editions of the “Book of Cominon Order of the Church of Scotland,” the first printed by Richard Schilders, Middelburg, 1594, the second by Andrew Hart, Edinburgh, 1611. | ‘Articles concerning the Authoritie of Justices within the Kingdome of Scotland.” Edinburgh, 1612. “A Forme of Prayer” (Set forth to be used on the 5th August asa Thanksgiving for the escape of James VI. from the Gowrie Conspiracy in the year 1600). B. Norton and J. Bill, London, 1618. “ Protestation, of the General Assemblie and of the Subscribers of the Covenant lately renewed in the High Kirk and Mercate Cross of Glasgow, November, 1638.” George Anderson, Glasgow, 1638. The first book known to have been printed at Glasgow. The printer, George Anderson, before this date had a press in Edinburgh. “Poems.” J. Ballantyne, Edinburgh, 1803. In this volume appeared anonymously the first issue of Thomas Campbell’s ‘“‘ Lochiel” and ‘“‘ Hohenlinden,” _ . The following are the most interesting among the Incunabula and other foreign books acquired during the year :— A copy of the second edition of the Latin-German Dictionary commonly known as the “ Vocabularius ex quo.” Printed by Nicolaus Bechtermiinze at Hltville near Mainz, 1469. This book is specially interesting on account of its connection with Johann Gutenberg, who after his severance 26 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. from Johann Fust is believed to have cut for himself a small type, with which he printed in 1460 an edition of the “ Catholicon,” of Balbus Januensis. Shortly after printing this book, Gutenberg sold bis press and types; the type which he used in printing the “ Catholicon ” passing into the hands of Heinrich Bechtermiinze, who set up a press at Eltville in 1467. Here. he printed two books “De Articulis Fidei” of Thomas Aquinas and the ‘“ Vocabularius ex quo.” In the course of printing the latter Heinrich died, and the work was completed by his brother Nicolaus Bechtermunze, who eighteen months later produced a second edition, still using Gutenberg’s types. The work now acquired is a copy of this second edition. Aeneas Sylvius (Pope Pius II,): “De Duobus Amantibus.” Printed by Adam Rot at Rome, about 1472. Schick, M.: A Treatise on medicated waters, perfumes, &e. Printed by Johann Bimler at Augsburg, 1477. Quintus Curtius: ‘‘ Historia Alexandri Magni.” Printed by Pedro Posa at Barcelona, 1481. The first production of this printer at Barcelona. Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni: “ Apologia.” Printed by E. Silber at Rome, 1487. ‘“‘Sermones Thesauri novi de Sanctis.” Printed by Martin Flach, at Cologne, 1488. Matthaeus Bendinellus: “Tractatus de balneis lucen- sibus.” Printed by Sigismund Rodt at Pescia, 1489. A press hitherto unrepresented in the Library. An Itinerary from Paris to Rome. Printed at Paris, about 1490. One of a set of three Itineraries, of which two are already in the Library. Niger, Franciscus: “ Ars Epistolandi.” Printed by Pedro Posa at Barcelona, 14:94. Bradwardine, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury: “ Arithmetica.” Printed by Gui Marchand at Paris, 1495. Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, the Younger : “Liber de veris calamitatum causis nostrorum temporum.” Printed by Joannes Mazochius at Mirandola, 1519. The first book printed at Mirandola. Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego: ‘“Tragedia lamada la Madre Claudina.” Printed at Toledo, 1548. The only known copy of this edition. Roederer, P. L.: ‘“ uvres du Comte P. L. Roederer, publiées par son fils le baron A. M. Roederer,” 8 vols. Paris, 1854, A small number of copies of this book were privately issued. The value of the work consists in the notes taken by Count Roederer of words uttered in con- versation and on public occasions by Napoleon I., during the Consulate and Empire. These notes, which are of great interest and importance, are to be found only in Vol. ITI. of the book. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS, — 27 A few books in bindings of special interest and value have been added to the Library during the year. Among these are :— “The Works of King Charles the Martyr,’ London, 1652. Ina finely tooled contemporary English binding. «The Art of Tonnage and Poundage,” London, 1702. With the Arms of Queen - Anne on the binding. No example of a binding bearing the Arms of Queen Anne has hitherto been in the British Museum. The acquisition of this book completes the collection of English Royal Armorial bindings from Henry VIII. to the present time. Donations.—Among the many Donations with which the Library has been enriched during the year 1905 are the following :— Rossetti, Gabriele: “Il Mistero dell’ Amor platonico del medio evo,” 5 vol. London, 1840. A presentation copy to the Right Hon. John Hookham Frere, containing many MS. notes by him. Presented by Paget Toynbee, Ksq. . “ Wintertage auf Ithaka,” by H.I.and R.H. the Archduke Ludwig Salvator, Prague, 1904. Presented by the Archduke. “Zante,” by H.I. and R.H. the Archduke Ludwig Salvator, Prague, 1904. Presented by the Archduke. “ Le Galerie de Tableaux de Monsieur Rodolphe Kann a Paris.” Paris, 1905. Presented by Monsieur Rodolphe Kann. “Une Croisiére au Spitzbere. Yacht Maroussia,” 1904. Presented by H.R.H. the Duke d@ Orléans. “Chantilly. Le Cabinet des Livres,’ Paris, 1905, and “Le Triomphe et les Gestes de Monseigneur Anne de Mont- morency. Poéme de Jean de Luxembourg.” Paris, 1904, Presented by Monsieur Léopold Delisle. “Armorial des Princes du Sang royal de Hainaut et de Brabant.” Paris, 1905. . Presented by Prince Kdouard de Block. “ Lavori in ferro battuto di pubblici e privati Edifici in Vicenza, 1905.” Presented by the Municipality of Vicenza. “Richard Wagner. Engraved throughout by Mr. Allan Wyon for the Honourable ire Rarel. on specially manu- factured paper, with watermark facsimile of Richard Wagner’s autograph signature.” One hundred copies only printed. Presented by Mrs. J. Henniker-Heaton. A collection of Newspapers published in the British Colonies during the year 1904, in continuation of the series previously presented. Presented by the Royal Colonial Institute. 28 ACCOUNTS, ETC.;,O0F. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. .. Maps.—The most lmapartant additions to the collection of Maps have been :— Three Maps by G. Meare poe by Benjamin Wright. The first, of the Pacific, dated 1600, showing the recent discoveries of Sir Francis Drake ; the second of California and Mexico, 1616; the third of Canada, about the same date. “Atlas Terrestris. A collection of choice Mapps of all the world, by John Seller,” about 1680. A large plan of London by John Rocque, 1746, in four parts, the whole measuring 12 ft, 8 in. by 6 ft. 8 in. Sixteen of the “ Maps of the Counties of England by C. and H. Greenwood,” scale 1 in. to the mile. These “complete ‘the Museum set of these Maps, which were published between 1815 and 1830. Music.—The most interesting additions to the collections of Music have been :— Monte, Filippo di: “Secondo Libro di Madrigali spirituali a sei Voci.” Venice, 1589. Dering, Richard, Organist to Queen Henrietta Maria: * Cantiones Sacrae quinque Vocum.” Antwerp, 1634. Abell, John: “A Choice Collection of Italian Ayres.” London, 1703. Richardson, William: “Lessons for the Harpsichord.” London, 1708. Meyerbeer, Giacomo: A copy of the full seore of «TL Africaine,”’ 1865. G. K. Fortescue. DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 29 DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS. 1. Catalogue of Additions.—All the MSS. acquired in 1905, viz., Additional 37022-37232, and Egerton 2853-2861, have been described and indexed. The descriptions have also been revised. The descriptions of Charters and Seals for the Sexennial Catalogue have been completed and indexed. 2. Catalogue of Papyrv.—The preparation of descriptions, transcripts, annotations, &c., has been continued for Vol. IiI., the printing of which has advanced to sheet K. 3. Catalogue of the Royal MSS.—One hundred and thirty- six MSS. in the Royal collection have been described for the new Catalogue in progress. 4. Catalogue of Music.—Sheets 2D-2H (end of text) of Vol. I. (Sacred Vocal Music) have been printed off, and the volume has been indexed. Index I. (Initial Words and Titles) has been printed, and the slips of Index II. (Names and Subjects) have gone to press. Sheets B-X of Vol. II. (Secular Vocal Music) have been printed off. 5. Catalogue of Romances.—Progress has been made in the preparation of Vol. III. 6. Catalogue of Charters.—The descriptions of Additional Charters 29526-30000, 34313-36000, 40961-45797, and Egerton Charters 586-621, acquired in 1887-1900, have been revised, and the Charters have been indexed. Additional Charters 47708-47733 (acquired in 1903), and 53116-53120 (acquired in 1904), have been described and indexed. The revision of the Index-slips of Religious Houses and other Corporate Bodies of all the old Collections of Charters and of the later acquisitions down to 1881 inclusive has been completed. The slips of topographical entries from Additional and Egerton Charters acquired in 1882-1900 have been partially revised for incorporation with the above, to form Vol. II. of the General Index of Charters. Letter A is ready for press. 7. Class Catalogue of MSS.—The printed descriptions of MSS. acquired in 1904 have been incorporated. 8. Binding—Two hundred and seventy-four Additional MSS. newly acquired and one hundred and eighteen MSS, of the old Collections have been bound or repaired. Hight hundred and eleven Additional Charters and Rolls have been repaired. Forty-one Books of Reference and Catalogues have been bound or repaired. Twenty-six Papyri have been bound and glazed. 30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9. Verification.—The entire collection of MSS. has been verified by comparison with the Shelf-Lists. 10. Haxhibitions.—A special exhibition of MSS. illustrating the history of the British Navy has been arranged in con- nection with the Nelson Centenary, and a Guide to it has been printed. The General Collection of MSS. exhibited to the public has been re-arranged, and the new Guide is being prepared. + 1l. Stamping, folioing, and placing.—Four hundred and fifty-four Additional MSS., six hundred and ninety-four Charters and Rolls, and one hundred and forty-four Books of Reference have been stamped, with a total of 20785 impressions. One hundred and seventy-nine MSS. have been folio’d, with a total of 39934 folios. Index-slips to the number of 25050 have also been folio’d. One hundred and sixty-nine MSS. have been placed, press- marked, and entered in the Hand- and Shelf-Lists; and two hundred and ninety-eight Charters and Rolls have been placed and entered in the Inventory. Numbers have been written on one thousand eight hundred and fourteen Charters and Rolls. Two hundred and eight Seals and Casts have been pro- vided with boxes, placed and entered in the Inventory. 12. Books of Reference.—One hundred and eighty-four volumes and parts have been received, catalogued and placed. 13. Consultation of MSS.—The number of MSS. consulted in the Students’ Room attached to the Department was 31103, and of those delivered in the Reading Room 408. The number of Charters, Rolls and Seals consulted was 3582. The number of Students working in the Department was 10623. Magna Charta was exhibited to 6958 visitors. 14, MSS. photographed.—¥ive hundred and fifty MSS. (including Charters and Seals) were allowed to be photo- graphed, with a total of 1527 photographs taken. Approxi- mately 358 hours were spent by members of the staff in attendance on photographers. 15. Acquisitions.—The number of Manuscripts and Docu- ments, Wc., acquired during the year has been :— General Collection of MSS. - - - — 211 Egerton MSS. - - - - - - 9 Charters and Rolls - = - - - - 200 Detached Seals and Casts —- - a Tie ZS ogR DEPARTMENT OF MSS, on The most important public sales of MSS. during the year were mainly confined to autograph letters and historical documents, including the correspondence of Robert Long, Secretary of State to Charles II. during his exile, the Cork and Orrery collection, the Fox-Bunbury collection relating to the Napoleonic Wars, and the Holding collection of Nelson letters, &c. The several purchases made on these occasions are noted below. Among other MSS. of special interest purchased privately was the original proclamation, signed by the Lords Justices of England, offering 30,000/. for the person of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Ist August, 1745. By bequest of Charles Alban Buckler, Esq., who died 14th June, 1905, at the age of eighty, the Department acquired a valuable series of eighty-eight highly finished water-colour views of English Cathedrals, Churches, Castles and other architectural subjects, by his grandfather John Buckler, his father John Chessell Buckler, and himself. They supplement the very large collection of architectural drawings by the same three talented artists which were purchased from him in 1898- 1900. The bequest also included twenty-four volumes of genealogical and heraldic collections. The only other bequest received within the year was from John A. C. Vincent, Eisq. It consists of extensive genealogical and antiquarian collections made by him at the Public Record Office and elsewhere, and is now arranged in thirty-three volumes. The most important donations were three volumes of transcripts from the Portuguese archives made for the purpose of the arbitration with Brazil as to the boundaries of British Guiana, presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; twenty-four volumes of correspondence and papers of Charles Babbage, F.R.S., the eminent mathematician and inventor of calculating machines, presented by his son, Major-Gen. H. P. Babbage; and the MS. collections and corre- spondence of Charles Godfrey Leland relating to the Romany language and people, presented by his niece Mrs. Joseph Pennell. The last donation also included a number of printed books ; the MSS. by the condition of gift are reserved from public use for 25 years. Among other additions, by purchase, donation, or bequest, are the following :— Bible, of the Latin vulgate version, with a peculiar order of books; late 13th cent. “The Desert of Religion,” and numerous other poems and prose pieces, in northern English, with roughly drawn illustrations ; 15th cent. Latin Grammar, with Latin-English vocabularies, a hymn- book, &c., apparently the property of a boy at the grammar- school of St. Anthony, Threadneedle Street, London; 15th cent. 32 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Treatises on physiognomy and on poisons, in Latin, by Petrus de Abano, of Padua; written in Italy, 15th cent. Presented by Francis W. Dymond, Esq. Treatise, in Italian, on Italian and Spanish currency and the means to restore that of Naples, by Thomas Oliver ; 1508. Five general Portolani, 1473-1623, and two detached maps of the coasts of Europe, 1520 and 1570; executed in Italy by Grazioso Benincasa, Georgio Sideri, Vesconte de Maiollo, Diego Homem, and others. “The Booke of the sea carte, called the Rutter,” &c.: sailing directions between the British Islands and the Con- tinent from Ushant to the Elbe, with other nautical matter and four coloured maps; late 16th cent. Chronicle of Scotland to 1385, in Latin, by John Fordun ; 15th cent. Apparently the archetype of the MS. used by Skene as the basis of the printed text. Register, in Latin, of proceedings at Rome in the suit of Henry VIII. for divorce from Catherine of Aragon, 1529-1533.. A transcript from the original in the papal archives, 1778. Register of certificates in causes before the Star-Chamber ; 1593-1595. Documents connected with projects for the marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales, with the Infanta of Spain, and subsequently with Henrietta Maria of France ; 1602-1625. Official correspondence and papers of Robert Long as Secretary of State to Charles IT., chiefly letters of Residents and other royalist agents abroad; 1649-1654. Included isan account of the sale of the jewels of Charles at Amsterdam, 23 August, 1650. Correspondence of Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, President of Munster, chiefly with the Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieu- tenant of Ireland; 1660-1674. Three volumes. Correspondence and papers of George Stepney, Envoy to Berlin in 1698 and tc Vienna in 1702-1704; 1677-1707. Two volumes. Correspondence of Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery, Envoy in Flanders, chiefly relating to the Treaty of Utrecht and including letters of Lord Bolingbroke, Secretary of State ; 1711-1714. Roll of accompt of T. Spence, paymaster of the Royal Bounty to widows of military officers ; 1738-1735. Presented by Charles Dalton, Esq. Letters of W. Pitt, Earl of Chatham, on the character of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, the battle of Zorndorff, &c., and of H. Fox, Lord Holland (5), and W. Windham (2); 1755- by gil Letter-book of Henry Shirley, Chargé d’ Affaires at Moscow and St. Petersburg ; 1767-1768. DEPARTMENT OF MSS. » 33 _ Correspondence and papers of John Stuart, 1st Marquis of Bute, during his embassies at Turin, 1779-1782, and at Madrid, 1795-1796. Six volumes. Correspondence of Sir William Hamilton, Envoy to Naples, chiefly with Lord Grenville, Secretary of State ; 1798-1800. Papers concerning the French occupation of Malta and the battle of the Nile, 1798; with three letters of Lord Nelson, 1798-1805, and a letter to him from General Dumouriez after the battle of Copenhagen, 1801. Letters of Admirals Lord Nelson, Sir. W. Sidney Smith, Sir R. Bickerton, and Sir R. Calder ; 1800-1813. Letters to General H. E. Fox from his brother C. J. Fox (on the state of Ireland), Gen. Hutchinson, Lord Holland (on the death of C. J. Fox), and Lord Collingwood; 1802-1807. Correspondence of Gen. H. E. Fox, as Commander-in-Chief of the English forces in Sicily and Ambassador to the Court at Palermo, with other papers relating to military affairs in the Mediterranean ; 1805-1814. Correspondence of Col. H. E. Bunbury, as Under Secretary of State for War, relating to the campaigns in Germany, France and Belgium, the restoration of the Bourbons, the return of Napoleon from Elba, &c.; 1813-1816. Two volumes. Letters on the death of W. Huskisson, M.P., from a railway accident, chiefly addressed to his widow; 1830-1831. Presented by Col. J. H. Rivett-Carnac, C1. Journal-letters of Capt. A. Conolly and Col. C. Stoddart during their imprisonment at Bokhara, 2nd Jan.—22nd May, 1842 ; with letters of the same and of Dr. Joseph Wolff, 1834-1846. Letters of Sir R. Peel on the repeal of the Corn-laws, 1846 ; and of R. Cobden on the limits to the offensive power of Russia, 1849, “The Fall of Angels,” a contemporary copy, with varia- tions, of Dryden’s play, “The State of Innocence,” 1674; and “Try before you Trust,’ an anonymous comedy, late 17th cent. Autograph minor poems, &c., of William Cowper; 1770- 1798. “When the Lamp is shattered,” autograph stanzas by P. B. Shelley. : : | “The Story of Rimini” and other autograph poems by J. H.: Leigh Hunt; with letters to him from Thomas Moore, 1811--1814. 34 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. “The North and the South,’ the last poem of E. B. Browning, 1861, in the hand of Robert Browning, her husband. “ Svinedrengen,” or “The Swineherd,” an autograph fairy tale by Hans Andersen. Miniature of the landing of Hernando Cortés in Mexico in 1519; painted on vellum by a nearly contemporary Spanish artist, and apparently cut out of a MS. Notes on painting, by Sir Joshua Reynolds ; an autograph draft, apparently for a lecture. if Correspondence of the family of Cotman and of other artists of the Norwich school; 1817-1864. Five volumes. Minute-book of the “ Artists’ Conversazione” at Norwich ; 1829-1839. Letters of Bernard Barton, the Quaker, relating to pictures by J. Crome, J. S. Cotman, and others; 1843-1847. Autobiography of John Wood (1801-1870), artist, illus- trated with numerous sketches, copies of his pictures, Kc. Nine volumes. Presented by Thomas Gray, Esq. Correspondence and papers of the family of Herbert of Cherbury, including twenty-two poems of Edward, Ist Lord Herbert, corrected by himself; 1630-1735. Correspondence of the Rev. Philip Morant, chiefly on subjects connected with his History of Hssex; 1728-1770. Seven volumes. Letter of Edmund Burke to Sir C. Bunbury, on George Crabbe the poet and on the character of C. J. Fox; 1781. Letter of Sir William Jones, the Orientalist, on Halhed’s Gentoo Laws, the future of the United States, &c. ; 1788. Letters to J. F. Newton from George Canning (3), William Godwin, Harriet Shelley, and T. Jefferson Hogg ; 1788-1838, Letters of Isaac D’Israeli, Benjamin Disraeli (2), and Count D’Orsay ; 1795-1839. Presented by Walter S. Sichel, Esq. Letters and papers relating to Mungo Park’s last expedi- tion to explore the Niger, including a letter from him to Sir Joseph Banks, dated Sansanding, 16th Nov. 1805, three days before he disappeared ; 1804-1811. Two letters of 8. T. Coleridge on the evidence for the truth of Christianity ; 1816. Letters (24) of Thomas De Quincey to the proprietors of the London Magazine; 1821-1824. Letter of Sir Walter Scott to John Cundall, on the game of golf and the origin of its name ; 1824, DEPARTMENT OF MSS, 3D Letter of B. Disraeli to his sister, on his speech on Chartism and on the reception of Count Alarcos; 1839. Letter of Charles Dickens, criticising and declining a story ; 1870. Topographical and antiquarian collections of Sir Henry Ellis, K.H. ; 1796-1860. Eight volumes. Presented by Henry J. Ellis, Esq. Heraldic collections, with classified indices to grants of arms, by Joseph Foster; late 19th. cent. Four volumes. Church notes, monumental inscriptions, &c., in England and Wales by the Rev. Walter D. Sweeting; circ. 1870- 1900. Chartulary, in Latin, of Snelleshall Priory, in Whaddon, co. Bucks ; 13th. cent. Charters (272) relatingto Snelleshall Priory, the manors of Whaddon and Winslow, &c., co. Bucks ; 13th-18th centt. With court-books of Whaddon manor, &c., 1684-1713. Draft answer by Ralph and Laurence Holynshed to a bill of complaint by Sir John Savage for a trespass near Maccles- field, co. Chester; circ. 1485-1490. Presented by Robert Steele, Hsq. Subsidy-roll for Hinkford Hundred, co. Essex, signed by the commissioners ; 1664. Two rentals of Rainham, co, Kent; 14th cent. and 1486. Five quires of a Chartulary, in Latin, of Pipewell Abbey, co. Northampton (the bulk cof the MS. being already in the Museum); 18th cent. Presented by the Society of Antiquaries. Transcripts cf parish-registers at Ipswich, co. Suffolk, 1539-1812, by the Rev. Edward Cookson. Eight volumes. Presented by the Rev. E. Cookson. Charters (19) relating to Easebourne Priory, &c., co. Sussex ; 1361-1456. Presented by F. Quekett Zouch, Esq, History of Protestantism in Dieppe, 1557-1685, by Guillaume and Jean Daval,in French; with an account by Jean Périgal of the dragonnades in Nov. 1685 and his im- prisonment and sufferings until he was set on shore, with his parents and others, at Dover, 28th April, 1688. Copy by Jacques Périgal, 1723. Letters testimonial of John Zapolya, King of Hungary, ‘with signature and seal; 1559. Presented by Louis Clarke Esq. ; Diary by the Rev. John Moore, Chaplain at Cawnpore, during the Indian Mutiny, Oct. 1857-April, 1858 ; with plans and painted views, on calico, of Cawnpore, Lucknow, Delhi &e. 7 124, 0 36 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. _ Index of testators whose wills are preserved in Barbados ; 1776-1800. Autograph account of British Guiana, by William Hilhouse, Quartermaster General of Indians; circ. 1830= 1835. Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Vocal and instrumental compositions, in score, by the Rev. R. Creyghton, D.D.; 1727. “Recueil de Vaudevilles,”’ &¢., in score ; 1728. Included in a bequest of printed books by H. S. Ashbee, Esq. Music in “The Tempest,’ Gc, by H. Purcell, with compositions by Tallis, Blow, Pelham Humfrey, and others ; 18th cent. “Come let us agree,’ treble part, by H. Purcell; 18th cent. Presented by W. Barclay Squire, Esq. Peal-book of the London Society of bell-ringers known as. the “Junior Cumberland Youths”; 1784-1824. Presented by the Society of Cumberland Youths. Autograph MS. of Robert Schumann’s Sonata in F. minor (op. 14); 1836. ‘“ Love’s Triumph,” autograph opera by W. Vincent Wallace, in full score; 1862. Autograph drafts of compositions, vocal and instrumental, by John Liptrot Hatton; 1869-1870. George F. Warner. o DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 37 DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—The numbers of the sheets of the various Oriental Catalogues sent to press in 1905 are:—Coptic MSS., 171 sheets; Gujarati Accessions, 13 sheets; Hebrew MSS., 14 sheets; Sanskrit Accessions, 17 sheets ; Sindhi MSS., 3 sheets. The numbers of the Titles written for the Catalogues are :—Amharic,3; Arabic, 866 ; Armenian, 141; Assamese, 15 ; Baluchi, 5 ; Bengali, 219; Bugis, 2; Burmese, 58; Canarese, 19; Chinese, 265; Coptic, 5; Ethiopic, 23; Georgian, 21 ; Gujarati, 104; Hebrew, 183; Hindi, 276; Hindustani, 367 ; Japanese, 234; Javanese, 26; Kashmiri, 2; Kurdish 7; Kurku, 1; Kurukh, 2; Korean, 95; Malay, 41; Malayalam, 180; Maltese, 5; Mandaitic,7; Marathi, 134; Oriya, 24; Panjabi, 70; Persian, 968; Pushtu, 13; Sanskrit, 648; Santali, 3; Sindhi, 57; Syriac, 22; Tamil, 319; Telugu, 361 ; Turki, 4; Turkish, 184; Zend, 19. Sixty-seven Hebrew MSS., 1 Hindustani MS., and 1 Persian MS. have been fully catalogued. Short descriptions of 59 MSS. acquired have been entered in the Descriptive List, the Register, and the Classed Inventory. Thirteen Printed Books (ff. 2,496) and 60 MSS. (ff. 9,88) have been folio’d. Binding.—The numbers of Printed Books and MSS. sent to the Binders are:—Arabie Books, 46; Chinese Books, 67; Hebrew Books, 31; Sanskrit Books, 212; MSS., 130; Pamphlets, 51. Students.—The number of Students working in the Students’ Room attached to the Department during the year is 3,552. The number of Oriental Printed Books consulted in the Department is 6,330, and of those used in the Reading Room 407. The number of Oriental MSS. consulted in the Students’ Room is 7,414. Photography.—Thirty-one applications have been made to photograph from hooks and MSS., and 87 negatives have been taken, Additions.—The number of works added to the Depart- ment during the year is 1,481, of which 1,379 are Printed Books and 102 are MSS. Of the Printed Books, 241 were bought ; 873 were received under the India Copyright Act; 93 were received under the Colonial Copyright Act ; and 172 were presented. D 2 *# 38 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The MSS. are :— Arabic = - - - ~ - Arabic and Persian - = 2 2 bo bd C0 OOF Or wore = Sf HH e oO Arabic and Spanish - - - - Bengali - - - - ae ete Chinese - = 2 = 2 3 Chinese and Tibetan - - = Hebrew - = 2 “ fe i Hindustani - = a a e Japanese - - e = Z = Pali - = = 4 . zs a Pali and Siamese - = 3 a Pali and Sinhalese - = = e Persian - = = ss 23 * Sanskrit - 2 = 2 . Sanskrit and Sinhalese - - = bo a Sinhalese - = . E es % Sunda = ~ iz p z & Syriac - - - i 2 2 Tamil = 2 = Bs 2 és Tibetan ~ s Z = 2 if Turkish - = a S = cs _— r=) (JU) oo m— bb & The most important acquisitions are :— Arabic MSS.—1. The Arabic version of three of the works of Galen, namely (a) Kitab al-buhran, ‘“ De Crisibus,” (b) Kitab aiyam al-buhran, “De Diebus Decretoribus,” and (c) Kitab fi asnaf al-hummayat, “ De Differentiis Febrium.” A.H. 580 (A.D. 1184). 8°. None of these treatises has hitherto been known to exist in Arabic. 2. Nazm al-tafsir, the Mu‘allakah poem of Imruw’ al-Kais, accompanied by a commentary by Abu Usamah Junadah b. Muhammad al-Azdi al-Harawi (died a.H. 399). XIIth cent. 4°, No other copy of this commentary is known to exist. 3. Al-Jami‘ al-kabir, a treatise on Hanafi law, by Muham- mad b. al-Hasan al-Shaibani (died 4.8. 132). Vol. 1. a.H. 601 (A.D. 1204) 4°. Part of a rare work; two detached volumes only are recorded, at Cairo and at Constantinople. 4, Al-Zij al-mu‘tabir al-Sanjari, astronomical tables by Abu Mansur ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini, including also tables of conjunctions and eclipses, of dynasties, of latitudes and DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOQKS AND MSS. 39 longitudes, for co-ordination of different eras, for determining feasts and fasts, &c., with explanatory chapters. Composed about A.H. 532 for Sultan Sanjar b. Malikshah (died A.H. 552). A.H. 620 (A.D. 1223). 4°. The only other MS. at present known is the author’s autograph in the Vatican. 5. Sharh al-isharat, a commentary by Fakhr al-Din al- Razi (died A.H. 606) upon the Kitab al-isharat wa’l-tanbihat, a systematic treatise on speculative philosophy by Ibn Sina. A.H. 634 (A.D. 1236). 4°. 6. Kitab ghana wa-mana, a manual of medicine by Abu Mansur al-Hasan b. Nuh al-Kumri (flourished about a.H. 350, A.D. 961). A.H. 678 (A.D. 1279); written by a Persian scribe in the island of Uwal, near Bahrain. 8°. 7. Itab al-kuttab, biographical notices of state secretaries, by Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah al-Kuda‘, called Ibn al-‘Abbar (died a.H. 658). XIII-XIVth cent. 12°. 8. Majma‘ al-bahrain, a treatise on Hanafi law by Ahmad b. ‘Ali ibn al-Sa‘ati (died a.H. 696), with a commentary by the author. Vol.2. XIIIJ-XIVth cent. 4°. 9. Al-Mukhtar min madih al-mukhtar, a collection of poems in praise of Muhammad by Yahya b. Yusuf al-Sarsari (died A.H. 656). XIII-XIVth cent. 4°. 10. An anonymous commentary upon al-Hawi fi al-fatawi, a treatise on law by Najm al-Din al-Kazwini (died A.H. 665). Vol. 2-4. a.H, 745-749 (a.D. 1345-1349). 4°, 11. Mughni al-labib, a treatise on Arabic syntax by ‘Abd Allah ibn Yusuf ibn Hisham (died a.H. 761). A.H. 760 (A.D. 1359). Transcribed in Damascus, and collated with a MS. copied from and collated with the author’s original. 4°. 12. Al-Muhakamat ‘ala Sharh al-isharat, glosses and criticisms by Kutb al-Din al-Razi (died a.u. 766) upon the two commentaries on Ibn Sina’s Kitab al-isharat, viz., those of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi and Nasir al-Din al-Tiis!. a.H. 761 (A.D. 1360). 4°. 13. Al-Jami‘ li-ahkam al-kur’an, an extensive commentary on the Koran, by Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Kurtubi (died A.H. 671). Vol. 13 (Surah xxxvii. 147-xlvi. 33). a.H. 762 (A.D. 1360). 4°. 14. Sharh al-Sunnah, an extensive collection of Traditions, by al-Husain b. Mas‘td al-Farra al-Baghawi (died a.H. 516). Vol. 6. XIVth cent. 4°. No copy of this volume has hitherto been recorded as extant. 15. Al-Ta’rikh al-salihi, a compendium of Moslem history, by Muhammad b. Salim ibn Wasil al-Hamawi (died a.H. 697). Vol. 1, from the Creation to the death of Hasan, a.H, 41. XIVth cent. 8° 40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 16. Al-Wafi bi’l-wafayat, a biographical dictionary by Salah al-Din al-Safadi (died aH. 764); a detached volume, containing part of the lives of persons named Muhammad. XIVth cent. 4°. 17. Risalat fi ‘ilm al-firagah, a treatise on the art of physiognomy, by Muhammad ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashki (died A.H. 727). XVth cent. (lacunae supplied XVIIIth cent.) 8°. The only other MS. recorded is in the Khedivial Library in Cairo. 18. A Muhammadan prayer-book, partly in Arabic, partly in “ Aljamia,” ¢.e., Spanish in the Arabic character. XVIIth cent. 12°. 19. Al-Fathiyah fi ‘ilm al-musiki, a treatise on music, by Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Hamid al-Ladiki, composed under Sultan Bayazid ii. (A.H. 886-918, a.D. 1481-1512). a.m. 1161 (A.D. 1748). 8°. Chinese and Tibetan MS.—1. A volume of mystic dia- grams and symbols of the Northern Buddhist School, painted in colours. XVIIIth or XIXth cent. Fol. Hebrew MSS.—1. Sefer Ha-zikkak, an Index Expurga- torius of Hebrew books compiled by the censor Domenico Trosolomitano in 1596, and later enlarged. XVIIthcent. 8°. 2. A Hebrew translation of the Koran, from the Latin or from the Italian version, printed at Venice in 1547. XVIth or XVIIthcent. 4°. Hindustani MSS.—1. Three poems, in the Dakhani dialect, on the praises and miracles of Muhammad, viz., (a) Rahat i jan, by Tufail Mustafa, dated a.H. 1278,(A.D. 1861), (b) Man darpan, dated a.H. 1274, and (c) Man jivan, by Rauzi, dated a.H. 1274. &°. Apparently unknown. 2. Char gulshan, a versified recension, in the Dakhani dialect, by Mir Sharshar, of the “Tales of the Four Dervishes.” Composed A.D. 1772 for Muhammad Najib al- Din Khan Ijaz, grandson of Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, the last ruling Nawab of Arcot. A.H. 1252 (a.p. 1837). ‘8° Apparently unknown. Pali MSS.—1. Ekakkhara-kosa, a vocabulary of mono- syliabic Pali words, by Saddhammakitti, Palm-leaf, in Burmese script. XVIIIth or XIXth cent. 2. Panchika-pradipa, a commentary by Rahula (X Vth cent.) upon Moggallana’s Pali grammar. Palm-leaf, in Sinhalese script. A fine MS., not much later than the composition of this important work. 3. Kanda-kumira-ashtaka, a series of Pali verses on the legend and cult of the god Skanda, with Sinhalese trans- lation, written in the centre of a square formed of 9 palm- leaves, the rest of the space being filled with pictures illustrative of the legends in the poem, and with ornamental designs, skilfully cut with the stylus, and coloured. XKVIIIth cent. DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 41 Persian MSS.—1. Hallaj-namah, a mystical poem by Farid al-Din ‘Attar (died A.H. 627) upon the absorption of the soul in the divine essence. A.H. 861 (A.D. 1457). 8°. 2. Zikr al-sair, a history of Benares from the rise of Raia Mansaram td the accession of Raja Mahipat Narayan, _ A.D. 1737-1781, by Ghulam Husain Khan b. Himmat Khan. XVIIIth cent. 8°. 3. Zubdat al-kawaif, a history of the Nawabs of Oude to A.H. 1287, A.D. 1870, by Jaigopal, called Sakib. a.p. 1870; autograph. 8°. 4, Halat i jang i Malakah wa-Sithanah, a metrical account of an insurrection in the districts of Malakah and Sithanah in the North-West Provinces after the Great Mutiny. XVIIth cent. 8°. 5. Divan, or poetical works of Mir Kamar al-Din Minnat (died a.H. 1208, a.D. 1794). Containing 12 miniatures, in- cluding portraits of Muhammad, the Nawab Asaf al-Daulah of Oude, Warren Hastings, Richard Johnson, the Nawab Nizam ‘Ali Khan of the Dekkhan, &c. XVIIIth cent. 8°. 6. Khutbahs and correspondence of the Wahhabi religious leader Saiyid Ahmad of Bareli. XIXthcent. 4°. 7. Makhzan i Ahmadi, a religious treatise by Saiyid Ahmad of Bareli. XIXth cent. 8°. Syriac MSS.—1. A volume containing (a) prognostics for the year, based on the appearance of the moon, &c., (b) Pessé da-Shelihé, a work on divination from lots. A.D. 1814. Wag 2. Magic prayers, with illustrations. A.D. 1818. 12°. Tibetan MSS.—1. Prajna-paramita-sanchaya-gatha, reli- gious-philosophic verses of the Northern Buddhist school, forming part of the Kanjur or scriptural Canon of Tibet. XVIIIth cent. (?). Obl. 4°. 2. Thar-pa chhen-poi phyogs-su rgyas-pa ’gyod-tshangs- kyis sdig sbyangs-te sangs-rgyas-su grub-par rnam-par bkod-pa mdo,a sutra of the Kanjur. With 6 miniatures. Obl. Fol. 3. A commentary on the krit-chapter of the Katantra, a standard Sanskrit grammar. Obl. Fol. Turkish MSS.— 1. Annals of the Turkish Empire, A.H. 1000-1070, by Na‘ima Efendi (died a.w. 1128). XVIIIth cent. 4°. 2. Annals of the Ottoman Empire, A.H. 1182-1188, by Anvari Efendi (died a.H. 1209), a.H. 1214 (A.D. 1800). 4°. 42 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3. Fath-namah, a narrative of the siege and capture of the fortress of Szigeth by Sultan Sulaiman, by ‘Ali Mustafa b. Ahmad (died a.H. 1008). A.H. 1018 (A.D. 1609). 8°. 4. (a) Ottoman official correspondence with the Safavi Shahs of Persia (XVIth-X VIIth centuries) ; (b) Vaka’i’i Bech, a detailed diary of the siege of Vienna by. the Turks under Sultan Muhammad IV. in a.p. 1683, probably part of the contemporary chronicle of Nishanji ‘Abdi Pasha. XVIIIth cele. 9S 5. Bahr al-ma‘arif, lives of Turkish poets, by Latifi (died A.H. 990), composed a.H. 953. A.H. 964 (A.D. 1557). 8°. Robert K. Douglas. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. AS DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. l.—Arrangement and Cataloguing. The exhibition of drawings in the public gallery has been withdrawn and replaced by an historical series of choice mezzotints, chiefly from the Cheylesmore collection. 22. Three fibule ; one Hungarian (7) of about 200 A.D., the others Gaulish of the first century A.D. 23. Two weights of Olbia on the Black Sea, inscribed OABIO OABIO and OEYKAE. Mavrogordato Collection. OYZKAE ANAPO IV.—Engraved Gems. 1. Sard intaglio with fine design of a nude statue of Apollo, who stands on a pedestal with a lyre in his left hand and a plectrum in his right. 2. Banded sard scaraboid, with intaglio design: a woman dressed in a long tunic, holding flowers. 3. Plasma scaraboid, with intaglio design: head of a bearded man in a Phrygian cap. The engraving was not finished. 4, Four hematite gems of the Mycenzan period. From a tomb at Sphiktia near Mycene. 5. Plasma scaraboid, with intaglio design: Omphale with lion’s skin and club of Herakles. 6. Glass scaraboid of pale green coiour with intaglio design: Asiatic Artemis with a lion on either side. 7. Lentoid carnelian, with intaglio design: bull licking his hind foot. 8. Carnelian scaraboid, with design in relief of a crouching lion. The form of this gem is rare. 9. Rock crystal scaraboid, with intaglio design of a standing wild goat. 10. Carnelian in modern gold setting, with intaglio design : Odysseus, bound to the mast of his ship, passing the Sirens, who are on a cliff above him. 11. Sard intaglio, set in a modern gold ring, with design: head of young Dionysos within a wreath. V.— Marble, &c. 1. Head of a youth from an anthropoid sarcophagus. From Alexandria. Capel Cure Collection. 2. Head of a youth in high relief; from a sepulchral monument. Fine Attic work of the 4th century B.c. GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. ve: 3. Fragment of a stele with a design of three sepulchral vases, supported by acanthus plants and _ lion-gryphons rampant. This scheme of decoration is not known on any other work of theclass. 4th century B.c. 4. Relief representing a warrior in helmet and cuirass, leaning on his spear, round which coils a snake; in front is a pilaster, crowned by a vase. The design was probably com- pleted by a woman facing the warrior. See Catalogue of Sculpture I., No. 750. 2nd century B.c. From Rhodes. 5. A series of small figures of cats, some in limestone, some in marble. 6. A limestone base, which once supported a figure of a cat; it is inscribed TAAATEIA: OEYAOTOY, “ Galateia, BOYBAZTI daughter of Theudotos, to Bubastis.” 5,6 are said to have been found at Bubastis, in Egypt. They date from the 2nd-1st century B.c. 7. Plaster cast of a fragment from the capital of one of the Mycene columns (see below). VI.—Terra-cotta. 1. Head of a goddess, wearing high headdress, diadem, and necklaces. 4th century B.c. From Locris. 2, Statuette of a seated woman, nursing a child on her left arm. Inscribed at the back AEONTEWC, Acovréwe. From Boeotia (?). 3. Statuette of Aphrodite, standing and wringing her hair with both hands. There are traces of colour on her drapery. ‘From Thebes. 4, Statuette of a woman, draped in tunic and mantle. From Tanagra. 5. Whorl, inscribed EYXAPH2, Evyxapne. VII.— Pottery. 1. White lekythos of large size, with painted design: a stele, on either side of which a youth and a maiden bring offerings. On the steps a youth is seated. 2. Plate, decorated with a circular border, painted pink, white, and black; within the border a woman moves to the right, holding two wreaths. Her hair and wreaths are painted yellow. The design is much injured. Boeotian fabric. 3. Four plain vases of ordinary Mycenzan ware. From Sphiktia, near Mycene. 4. Askos, in the form of a lobster’s claw with red-figured design of a fox devouring a cock and a dog running. See Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1904, p. 117, No. 68, pL XCVII. 72 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5. Fragment of a white lekythos with design of a nurse holding a child before a seated woman, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1904, p. 106, No. 36, pl. XCIV. 6. Fragment of a white lekythos with design of head and shoulders of a bearded man. Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1904, p. 106, No. 37, pl. XCIV. 5, 6 are fine examples of the delicate drawing of the best Attic lekythoi. 7. Lekythos, with pyxis-shaped body, decorated with a design in black figures, representing a sacrifice to Athena. 8, Lekythos, with red-figured design of Demeter stand- ing before the winged car of Triptolemos. Inscribed AHMHTHP, Anyirnp, and AIOTIMOZ KAAOZX, Acdrimoc kaddéc, 2 name not previously known in this connection. 9. Two-handled bowl, decorated with two friezes of animals in black on a red ground. 10. Bowl and jar with lid; the first decorated within and without with girls holding flowers, sphinxes, &e., painted in red and black on a light ground; the second decorated with a frieze of sphinxes, rosettes, and lotos-flowers, painted in the same manner. Greco-Phcenician ware. From Achna in Cyprus. 11. Wine-jug (ovnochoe) of great size with geometric and figured designs in friezes. Among the motives are browsing horses, link pattern, zigzags, vertical lines, &c. °“ Proto- Attic” ware of the 7th century B.c. From Athens. ~ 12. White lekythos, with design of a stele ; on one side of it is a girl carrying a basket, on which is a hare; on the other a youth stands with one foot on a step of the stele, resting his head on his right hand. From Eretria. 13. Lekythos, with design of a woman seated in a chair and weaving with a small hand-loom, which rests on her knee; by her side is a wool-basket. Painted in white and red pigment on a black glaze. 14. White lekythos, with design of a stele, on one side of which is a youth, seated, wearing short tunic and high laced boots, while on the other a woman in a long black tunic makes an offering. The colours are well preserved. 15. Fragment of a cup, decorated with a design of Herakles striking with his club, painted in black on a white ground. The fragment belongs to a cup from Naucratis in the Museum (See Catalogue of Vases, III., D 1), and was obtained from the Antiquarium at Munich in exchange for pottery from Enkomi in Cyprus. ? 16. A series of vases, most of early fabrics, which were formerly in the Morel Collection (See British Museum Return, 1902, p. 75 £., and 1905, p. 68) and have now been transferred by the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities to this Department, GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 73 VIII.—Ivories. 1. Plaque, with a design in low relief of a lion devouring an ibex. ) 2. Plaque, made up of two fragments, with a design in low relief. On the upper part is a bearded Seilenos, reclining and drinking out of a horn. On the lower part is a crouching lion; on his back are the ends of two flutes and in front a long tail, perhaps of a Seilenos. These two plaques are rare examples of the Ionian art of ivory-carving at the beginning of the 5th century B.c. Similar plaques are in the Louvre and at Florence. 3. Three ornaments carved in the form of boys, shown in various attitudes. By Donation. I. Three fragments of columns in green limestone, deco- rated with zigzag bands and spirals. These fragments form the greater part of the two columns, which stood on either side of the entrance to the ‘Treasury of Atreus” at Mycene. Presented by the Most Hon. the Marquess of Sligo. II. Three plaster casts of fragments of a column and of the capitals of the two Mycenzan columns. Presented by the Greek Government, through M. Cavvadias, Ephor-General of Antiquities. III. Plaster cast of a fragment of one of the capitals of the Mycenzan columns. Presented by the Karlsruhe Musewm. IV. A series of archaic terra-cotta statuettes, excavated in 1894 at Kamelarga in Cyprus. See Journal of Hellenic Studies, XVII., pp. 164 £. | Presented by J. L. Myvres, Esq. V. A series. .of objects found in the rubbish mounds at Behnesa (Oxyrhyncus), with papyri of the Ist to the 5th centuries A.D. Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. VI. Gold finger-ring; within the hollow bezel a gold plate has been inserted, bearing a design in relief representing the temple of Aphrodite at Paphos. Formerly in the Tyszkiewicz Collection ; See Sale Catalogue, 1898, No. 195. Presented by a Friend of the Musewm. VII. Bronze boat-shaped fibula, decorated with incised chevrons and concentric circles. From Orvieto. Presented by Mrs, W. Kemp- Welch, 74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. VIII. Bronze razor (?) with handle ending in a swan’s head and blade engraved with fish and palmettes. From Carthage. Presented by Miss Mabel Moore. IX. Two bronze handles of wine-jugs, one in the form of an ape, the other of a panther. Alexandrian art. Presented by Henry Wallis, Esq. X. Bronze horse-muzzle. Presented by C. H. Read, Esq. XI. A series of terra-cotta statuettes. Acquired at Locri. Presented by Lady Ottoline Morrell, and the Hon. Hilda Douglas-Pennant. XII.—1. Fragment of black glazed fluted ware, decorated with a figure of Eros leaning against a column. From Palermo. 2. Stone fragment of the rim of a large jar (pithos) with design of a stag hunt in relief. From Girgenti. 3. Steatite lenticular gem with engraved design of a gazelle struck in the neck by a spear. From Knossos, Crete. Presented by Mrs. Eustace Smith. XIII. Terra-cotta disc, with a hole on the under side. Found on a primitive site at Gournia, Crete. Presented by Miss Harriet Boyd. © XIV.-—-1. Two plaster jar sealings, one inscribed... ~ EDEI CILI OCTAVIANIH, the other VIVAS. 2. Limestone stamp, inscribed aon ZedebKov. 3. Terra-cotta lamp, decorated with three grotesque masks. On the base is inscribed KA. Presented by M. Georges Manolakos. XV. Two fragments of Greco-Roman pottery, one decorated with a design of Pan dancing, the other with a design of two gladiators. From Knidos. Presented by F. W. Hasluck, Esq. XVI.—1. Silver half-ring with intaglio design of a Victory. A gold pin has been driven into the ring in antiquity. 2. Three bronze half-rings with intaglio designs: (a) a boy’s head rising out of a conch shell; (b) a crane; (c) a water-bird (?). Presented by M. Jean Gabrilakis. MUS GREEK AND. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. . _ 75 XVII. Two pairs of silver earrings and four silver rings. From Thebes. ate $A, Presented by M. J. Kondylis. XVIII. Plaster cast of a steatite vase, decorated with a design in relief which represents a procession, perhaps of harvesters. The original was excavated at Haghia Triada in Crete, and is of .pre-Mycenzan date; see Monument Anticht, XIII, pp. 77 £., pls. I-III. Presented by Cecil Smith, Esq. XIX. Plaster cast of a head from the East Frieze of the Parthenon. See Michaelis, Der Parthenon, pl. 14, no. 57. Presented by the Royal Museum at Berlin. XX. Plaster cast of an inscription in Greek, forbidding Gentiles to go within the inner court of the Temple at Jerusalem. See Acts of the Apostles, c. 21, v. 28. The original is in the Imperial Museum at Constantinople. Presented by the Rev. W. Bramley-Moore. XXI. Lead weight; on the upper side is-the figure of a winged Victory, with a star and a wheel in the field. Weight, 20 grammes. ~ Presented by B. V. Head, Esq. Cecil Smith. 76 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY. I.—Arrangement. Prehistoric Section.—A new table-case has been supplied to contain the model of Arbor Low, and various additions made to the Stone Age Gallery. Late-Keltic and Gaulish Sections—The remaining wall- cases containing the British Antiquities have been re-painted and a type-series from the Glastonbury marsh-village exhibited in a table-case. Further progress has been made with the labelling and arrangement of the Morel Collection, and a Merovingian series from the Charente exhibited in the same table-case as the corresponding series from the Morel Collection. Frames with an electrotype series of ancient British coins and map of distribution, as well as a map of ancient Gaul have been added. Romano-British Section.—The collection of brooches has been roughly classified, and those of Late-Keltic types exhibited apart, to illustrate their development. A slip- catalogue of the ornamented pottery has been commenced. Medieval Room.—A frame containing specimens of leather-work has been affixed to the wall, and a shelf re-fitted for the exhibition of eriamelled heraldic pendants. The collections of pilgrims’ signs, chamberlains’ keys, watches, pendants, armour, leather, spoons, with some enamels, and ivories, have been permanently labelled. Several sections have been re-arranged, and a selection of pilgrims’ signs exhibited. Glass and Ceramic Room.—The permanent labelling of the English pottery and porcelain has been completed in accordance with the Catalogues; and the casts from moulds found at Lowestoft exhibited with Lowestoft ware in a new standard case in the ante-room. Asiatic Saloon.—The porcelain in the three large standard cases has been cleaned and repaired. Gallery of Religions.—The floors have been polished throughout and the table-cases shifted for the purpose. Two table-cases have been filled with Buddhist specimens from Siam, Burma, and India; Buddhist stone-carvings re-arranged in Cases 44, 45; and Cases 46-55, as well as part of Table-case C, filled with two collections from Tibet. Wall-cases 59-76 have been repainted, and standard cases A and B re-fitted for Buddhist relics, which have been permanently labelled. BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES, eh Ethnographical Gallery.—In the Asiatic section a collection from Tibet has been placed in Case 161 and labelled,while the Andaman and Nicobar Collections have been re-arranged and labelled. In the Oceanic section another series of feather cloaks from the collection of the Prince and Princess of Wales has been exhibited ; the New Zealand table-cases re-arranged, and the Tikis exhibited in a frame on the central screen. In the African section, the Masai section has been re-arranged, and a collection from the Upper Nile exhibited in Case 102. The contents of a Ju-ju house from 8S. Nigeria and fetishes from South-West French Congo have been placed. in Standard-case Q. The collections from the Gold and Slave Coasts in Cases 63-66 have been re-arranged, and a.seties of masks exhibited and labelled. In the American section, Cases 87-89 have been re-arranged, and collections added with labels. American Room.—The remaining five wall-cases have been re-fitted and the room completed with genera] labels. The cases have been numbered, and stone carvings from Central America placed above the wali-cases. Gold Ornament Room.—The Oxus Treasure has been re-arranged and labelled in accordance with the published Catalogue. The South American series has been re-arranged, and permanent labels provided for the cameos. The re- mounting and labelling of the finger-rings has been begun. Registration.—The registration of current acquisitions has been continued, and 3,136 objects have been added, while 165 ethnographical specimens have been drawn and described. Catalogues.—The Catalogues of the Oxus Treasure and of English porcelain were both published in March, and the Guide to Antiquities of the Early Iron Age in October. Progress has been made with the Guide to the Ethnographical collections. Additions have been made to the slip-catalogue of medi- eval pilgrims’ signs, and a slip catalogue of the Ivory and Maiolica collections begun. A number of Ceramic and Prehistoric pamphlets have been arranged for binding. Photographs to the number of 69 have been taken in the Department for purposes of illustration and reference ; 577 type-written labels cut and bordered; 59 mounting-boards papered, and 999 specimens mounted. Specimens from Torres Straits, Samoa, and New Zealand, as well as Japanese armour and North American Indian dresses, have been cleaned. Two table-cases have been lined, and a slope velveted. Forty impressions of wood-blocks have been taken, 12 wooden stands stained and varnished, and 162 blocks for finger-rings covered with velvet. 78 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Registration numbers have been painted on 4,417 speci- mens, and 1,778 permanent labels written. Wooden labels, plinths, and pedestals to the number of 1,564 have been prepared. An Ogham stone has been repaired and mounted, and an Indian sculpture mounted : several pieces of Central American sculpture and two figures in the Colonnade have been washed. Ninety-seven packing-cases of specimens collected on the Cooke-Daniells expedition to New Guinea have been dealt with, and 17 cases of specimens despatched to various museums. One thousand nine hundred and five students and visitors have been received in the Department ; and two parties from the John Lyon School at Harrow conducted through the Prehistoric section by a member of the Staff. II.— Acquisitions. (1.) Prehistoric and Early British Antiquities :— A porphyry palzolithic implement and two of flint from Hertingfordbury, Herts; several paleolithic flints from Knowle Farm Quarry, Savernake Forest, and some of exceptionally small size from the same site and from Welwyn, Herts; found and given by Rev. H. G. O. Kendall. Ochreous flint of ‘“eolithic” form and smalJl dimensions from the North Downs, near Ightham; and part of an implement from the paleolithic area north of Ash Church, near Wrotham, Kent; given by B. Harrison, Esq. A large flint pounder from the Thames at Hammersmith ; a polished flint celt found near Mitcham, Surrey; flint arrow-heads and flakes from Northdale, near Bridlington, E.R. Yorks; and a barbed arrow-head from Blackaton Farm, Bodmin Moors ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., r.s.a. Part of a broad flat knife of flint dredged from the Thames at Cookham, Berks; given by R. E. Goolden, Esq., F.S.A. A pierced stone axe-hammer of exceptional workmanship, dredged from the millstream at Cookham, Berks, 1896; given by Stephen Darby, Esq. Pottery vase with a band of bosses, perhaps of neolithic date ; found in the Thames. A model of Stonehenge, Wilts. A bronze halbert-blade and dagger with rivets found at Wrexham, Denbigh, 1838, the former illustrated in Archwo- logical Journal, XI. 414; a similar halbert-blade of the Bronze Age from Maryport, Cumberland, with three rivets in position. . BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES. 79 A socketed spear-head of bronze dredged from the Thames at Cookham Dean, Berks; given by R. E. Goolden, Esq., F.S.A. An ornamented bronze bowl and an embossed fragment of bronze, both of the Late-Keltic period, and found in London (Mayhew Collection); also an embossed bronze mount of Early British work, from Tooley Street, City of London. Four Late-Keltic cinerary urns, one of pedestal type, from Rochester, Kent ; given through the National Art Collections Fund. Bronze fastener and harp-shaped brooch found at Lincoln, and an iron socketed spear-head from the River Lea; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. A type-series from the British marsh-village at Glaston- bury, Somerset, including pottery, loom-weight, and weaving- combs; given by the Glastonbury Antiquarian Society. A Late-Keltic sword-sheath with engraved scroll-work, two discs with enamel studs attached by rivets, and a pair of stout bronze rivets, found together in 1861 at Buckthorpe, near Stamford Bridge, E.R. Yorks; given by Right Hon. the Viscount Halifax. An iron sword of La Téne type with part of another and a fragment of the bronze scabbard, found during excavations for Lockwood Reservoir, Walthamstow, Essex ; given by Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt., M.P. A typical series of flint implements from Belgium illus- trating the transition from eolithic to palzolithic forms in that area; from the Spiennes pits (Trouille valley) and the alluvium of the Haine valley ; given by Dr. A. Rutot. An extensive series of eolithic and paleolithic flints from the neighbourhood of Thebes, Upper Egypt; collected and given by Dr. G. Schweinfurth. Twenty flint implements from the heights above Thebes and Ermant, Upper Egypt; given by Montagu Porch, Esq. Two hammer-stones found during excavations at Knossos, Crete, and probably from the neolithic stratum; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. A flake of purple flint found with fossil ox-bones in the gravels of Narbada River, Central Provinces of India; given by Edward Bidwell, Esq. A series of small flint and quartzite implements from the coast of Victoria, near Melbourne ; given by Frederick Chapman, Esq., A.L.S. A. number of flint knives and implements from ancient mine heaps at Wady Maghara, and small knives and borers from an ash-bed at Wady Ahmar, Peninsula of Sinai; given by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 80 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. _ A stone of oval form tapering to the top where it has a transverse groove; obtained in Smyrna, and given by H. Swainson-Cowper, Esq., F.S.A. Bronze knife with pierced handle, belonging tu the late Bronze Age of Denmark; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. Two bronze statuettes and a series to show the manu- facture of ring-brooches found at Despeiia Perros, Sierra Morena, Spain; given by Horace Sandars, Esq., F.S.A. (2.) Romano-British :— Enamelled bronze brooch, found at Warwick ; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. Three bronze brooches of different types found at Lincoln ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.. Handle of a bronze spoon, found at Lakenheath Warren, Suffolk; given by G. F. Lawrence, Esq. An urn of grey ware, dredged from the Thames at Cook- ham, Berks; given by R. E. Goolden, Esq., F.s.A. (3.) Anglo-Saxon and Foreign Teutonic :— An important series of jewellery, glass and bronze, includ- ing a massive gold ring of Roman work, from graves of the Anglo-Saxon period at Milton and elsewhere in Kent, from the Humphrey Wood Collection ; given through the National Art Collections Fund. Terminal of a penannular brooch, set with garnets in gold cell-work, from the Willett Collection; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. A massive gold finger-ring, set with a sard intaglio, found at Faversham, Kent. A gold ring of plaited strands, dating from the Viking period and found in a stone coffin, St. Aldate’s, Oxford. Ornamented bronze square-headed brooch,found in Staple- ford Park, Saxby, Leics.; given by Miss M. B. Dockray. Bronze buckle, with gilt plate deeply incised with animal design of the 6th century, from Icklingham, Suffolk. - Bronze brooch of penannular type, but with the flattened terminals joined, from the Londesborough Collection. A large and important series of jewelled ornaments, beads, toilet articles, weapons and other ironwork, bronze vessels, glass and pottery of the Merovingian period, from the exten- sive cemetery at Herpes, near Angouléme, Dépt. Charente, described by M. Philippe Delmain and others in Bulletin iet Mémoires de la Societé Archéologique et Historique de la Charente, 6th series, vol. 1 (1890-1), with album of plates. - BRITISH AND MEDI/VAL ANTIQUITIES. 81 A selection from antiquities discovered by M. Terechin in the Efaefsk grave-mound, near Krasnoslobedsk, Government of Pensa, Russia, comprising tresses of hair bound with bark and bronze rings, bronze brooches, braceiets, fasteners and iron knives: an account is given in the Hull Musewm Quarterly Record, No. 4, March 1903. (4.) Medieval and Later :— (a.) British.—An inscribed silver brooch of the 14th cen- tury, from Clare, Suffolk, and a silver badge, with Our Lady of Loretto ; bequeathed by J. G. Waller, Esq., F.S.A. An alabaster carving, representing the Resurrection, in exceptional preservation, with gilt and coloured ground: English work, about 1500. Leaden badge with pearled edges, Gothic tracery and a crown, from Coventry ; given by Miss Dockray. Four mortuary crosses of lead, found with many others in graves on the site of Christ’s Hospital, City of London. An unusually fine and elaborate ring-dial and perpetual calendar of gilt brass, made in 1575 by Humfrey Cole; given by C. J. Wertheimer, Esq. : Iron and copper bell, found in the Thames under Putney Railway Bridge. Bronze armorial pendant, found at Cliffe, Rochester: two monumental brasses, (i) a shield of arms impaled, from Newark, and (ii) a palimpsest fragment from Lincoln; and a silver-gilt watch made by Wm. Camden, of London (1708-35) ; all given by ©. H. Read, Esq., F.8.A. Gold watch with Roman and Arabic numerals, made by Daniel Quare, of London; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S8.A., through the National Art Collections Fund. Enamelled gold watch and fob-chain, made by Richard Clarke and Son, London; given by Frederick Tessier, Esq. Copper medallion with Greek characters and magic symbols ; given by Dr. Tien. A “terret” for guiding the reins over the horse’s back, found at Great Missenden, Bucks ; given H. H. Rogers, Esq. A massive iron bridle bit with gilt rosettes, 16th century. Pair of iron spurs with rowels, 17th century. Enamelled portrait of King William III., probably by Craft; and a topaz intaglio of King George II., the back facetted ; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., #.S.A. Sacramental flagon of pewter, from Seaford Church, Sussex, dated 1642, and a tipstaff and bronze toilet article, from Lincoln ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.a. Gold serjeant’s ring, with the hall-mark of 1828. 82 ACCOUNTS, E'TC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. (b.) Foreign.—-Bronze matrix of the seal of Jacobus d’Ygnano, Doctor of Laws: Italian work ; given through the National Art Collections Fund. Reproduction of a seal-matrix of the monastery of Maienfeld, Grisons, Switzerland, 13th century ; given by Sir John Evans, K.c.B. Double bronze mould for statuette of the Virgin and Child, Flemish, 16th century; and a leaden plaquette representing Music, by Peter Flotner: German, 16th century; given by Max Rosenheim, Ksq., F.S.A. Cuir-bouilli cylindrical case, with whorls and floral scrolls, in which the church plate was kept at Whelnetham Parva, ‘Suftolk : 16th century. | Ivory medallion, probably by Cavalier, of the Electress Palatine, Wilhelmine Ernestine (m. Charles, 1671 ; d. 1706). Eight wooden draughtsmen, stamped with busts and scenes: German, 17th century ; given by G. H. Lockner, Esq. (5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections :— (a.) Orvental Wares.—Plate of Turkish faience, 16th century ; given by H. J. Pfungst, Esq., F.s.A., through the National Art Collections Fund. Two Damascus tiles with blue decoration, 16th century ; and part of a pottery tile from the Temple of Heaven at Pekin; given by Sidney Vacher, Esq. Five glazed bowls of the 15th century, found at Rakka, near Aleppo. Persian vase with turquoise glaze and black design, 14th century, from Bokhara; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.s.a. Five Japanese bowls made in Kiyoto, Choshu and Itizen ; given by S. Stern, Esq. Beaker of celadon ware, probably of the early Ming period ; given by A. J. Sandars, Esq. Porcelain cup with Chinese representation of the Cruci- fixion; given by L. A. Lawrence, Esq. Chinese vase with flambé glaze, in ormolu mount; be- queathed by L. Van Oven, Esq. Porcelain female figure, holding a child on left arm: Chinese, 18th century ; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq,, F.s.a. Several pieces of Chinese porcelain and glazed pottery ‘from Lhasa and monasteries in Tibet. (b.) Continental.—Maiolica albarello with quartered shield of arms in colours: Italian, 15th century ; and another with decoration in blue and lustre, of the 16th century, Maiolica statuette of exceptional size, representing St. Roch, perhaps Gubbio ware, and a jug of unusual form, both of the 16th century ; given by C. Fairfax Murray, Esq. BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES. 83 A set of nine pottery tiles with tin-glaze and design in green, from Brioude, Haute Loire. Tile of red ware with remains of green enamel, 16th cen- tury, of French make, but found near Hurstpierpoint, Sussex ; given by A. E. Griffith, Esq. A series of Spanish wall-tiles, with heraldic and floral designs of the 16th century, mostly from Valencia; given by Senor Don G. J. de Osma. _ Dresden figures of Hebe and Ganymede; bequeathed by L. Van Oven, Esq. A French tile of the 16th century, from Tuxford, Notts., and another, perhaps of Flemish maiolica, from Watton Abbey E.R. Yorks; both given by Thos. Boynton, Esq., F.s.A. (c.) English.—Pottery jug of the Norman period, with traces of dark green glaze, found in Wood Street, London, 1878 ; given by Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.c.M.G. Small glazed pot found full of plaster in the wall of Steeple-Gidding Church, Hunts.; given by Rev. H. J. Molyneux. Four fragments of glazed ware, with green and yellow glaze, from Bristol; given by Spencer G. Perceval, Esq. Glazed pottery fragments and kiln-rests from the church- yard, Eynsford, Kent; given by E. D. Till, Esq. Wall-tile of Liverpool delft, and three other tiles, one from the River Hull; given by Thos. Boynton, Esq., F.s.a. Liverpool wall-tile, printed in blue; given by B. Dansie, Esq. ._ Two mugs of Bristol porcelain, made for exhibition at the House of Commons in 1775; porcelain jug of Plymouth or Bristol ware, dated 1770; coffee-cup of Bristol ware, dated 1774; and a Chelsea cream-jug of goat-and- bee pattern, dated 1745; all given by Charles Borradaile, Esq. Chelsea vase with painted butterflies and flowers, and gilt mount, from the Huth Collection. Three Chelsea and two Derby figures, also two of Derby- Chelsea ware; bequeathed by L. Van Oven, Esq. Porcelain bowl with creamy glaze decorated in sepia, and marked Lane End, July 1787; given by F. Bennett Goldney, Ksq., F.S.A., through the National Art Collections Fund, Marbled tea-pot, with gilt edging, marked Wedgwood and Bentley, and made at Etruria about 1770; given by C. B. Farmer, Esq. Cream-ware teapot, with Masonic arms and emblems, printed at Liverpool about 1770. Figure of a stag, with brown glaze, and Leeds ware mug with marbled glaze; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. 124, G 84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Tin-glazed pot found with other specimens near Vauxhall Bridge, London, late 18th century ; given G. F. Lawrence, Esq. (d.) Glass.—Bowl with decoration in narrow bands, and a cup with coloured enamels, both of the Grzeco-Roman period. Stibium-phial of graceful form, of the Roman period, from Jaffa; given by Mrs. C. M. Reid. An important series of Roman and Merovingian specimens | from the cemetery at Herpes, Dépt. Charente. Amber-coloured bottle with applied decoration, and four- sided bottle on legs, both found at Tel Manes, near Aleppo. Fragmentary glass beads ploughed up at Minster, Thanet ; given by C. H. Read, Hsq., F.s.A. Cup with conical purple bowl and winged stem, from the Adrian-Hope collection ; given by Murray Marks, Esq. A pair of vases with floral design in colours, of Bristol ware, from the Edkins Collection; given by Charles Borra- daile, Esq. (6.) Collection illustrating various Religions :— (a.) Christianity. —Pottery flask of the 6th century, with figure of St. Menas and inscription in Greek; given by M. Georges Manolakos. Pebble incised with Cross and Syriac characters, used as tombstone of a Nestorian Christian, and found near Issik-Kul Lake, Russian Turkestan ; given by Jord Osborne Beauclerk. (b.) Buddhism.—Cast of a soapstone tope, with inscription in Kharosthi characters, found in 1898 at Piprahwa, Basti district, United Provs. of India; given by the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Ancient Buddhist figures in bronze and inscribed plinth, from Bezwada, described in Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, 1895, p. 617; given by the Secretary of State for India in Council. Part of stamped brick, with 13 seated figures in relief and inscription below, found at Kyaukku cave temple, Pagan, Burma; given by Robert Sewell, Esq. Eleven clay-sealings, stamped with deities and inscribed with invocations and the confession of faith, from Gya, Ladak district, Kashmir; given by Mrs. Milne. Brass standing figure with silver canopy, and seated figure of crystal from Ceylon; from the Nevill Collection. Wooden screen with inscriptions in Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian and Manchu, recording the dedication of a figure from Lhasa in the Great Lama temple at Pekin. BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES, 85 A number of brass, copper, wood and stone figures of deities, many containing manuscripts and charms, temple- vessels, pictures, furniture and book-covers, idol ornaments and charms, from Lhasa and monasteries in Tibet ; collected by Col. H. A. Iggulden during the expedition in 1904. Nine temple-pictures with representations of various deities in colours, from Tibet; given by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., and Charles Davis, Esq. A series of clay images and dagobas, used as votive offerings, and obtained by the donor from caves at Taklakot, Western Tibet ; given by Deputy-Commissioner C. A. Sherring. Brass candlesticks, bells and other temple-furniture from Corea (Emberley Collection). (c.) Brahminism.—Brass statuettes of divinities from India (William Simpson Collection). Two stone carvings, one decorated in black and gold, from Java. Three pebbles, with fossil marks, called Saligrama, all symbolizing Vishnu, from Vizagapatam; given by R. W. Davis, Esq., I.C.s. (7.) Oriental and Ethnographical :— Asia.— An interesting series of weapons and utensils from the Jarawa of the South Andaman, collected during two reconnaissances in January and February 1902 (sce Official Papers, extracts from the Reports and Diaries of Messrs. P. Vaux, C. G. Rogers, and M. Bonig, January-February 1902) given by Sir R. C. Temple, Bart., ¢.1.£. An interesting collection of utensils from the Malays of Perak, given by the Director of the Ethnological Museum, Perak. A bronze plate engraved with an inscription in Pali; given by Edward Bidwell, Esq. Glass bangles, obtained near Naini Tal, India; given by the Rev. F. Campbell. A pottery model of a lamp placed on graves, from Kohat near Peshawar, India, and an oil-flask from Meshed, Persia ; given by Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.c.M.a. A stone carving in high relief, one of a series of portraits of Sindas of Jelbarga, from Arasibidi, Bijapur, Bombay ; given by J. F. Fleet, Esq., 0.1.5. A copper vase, brass cymbals, a wicker shield, a woven hanging, and paper charms, collected during the expedition to Tibet in 1904, and given by Percival Landon, Esq. Impressions on paper of copper land-grants ; India; given by the Secretary of State for India in Council. G 2 86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. An important series of hats and dresses, ceremonial and Otherwise, together with personal ornaments and badges of rank, from Lhasa, Tibet ; collected by Capt. W. F. O’Connor during the expedition in 1904. A suit of old scale-armour taken at Phari Jong, showing affinities with the scale-armour of Siberia and Japan, and a series of rice-bowls and ornaments of Chinese porcelain from Lhasa, Tibet; collected by Col. H. A. Iggulden during the expedition in 1904. An important collection of weapons, ceremonial and otherwise, carved and inlaid knives, utensils, and personal ornaments, from Ceylon. Collected by the late Hugh Nevill, Esq. An important series of tin ingots in the shape of animals, believed to have been used formerly as currency in the Malay States, and mentioned by travellers; now obsolete. A gilt collar of Chinese workmanship, inlaid with stones and enamel, and engraved with an inscription in Langtsha script. A series of objects illustrating the ethnography of Corea, including temple furniture, and ancient bronze bowls from tombs of the Kuru dynasty at Taiku, Corea. The bezels of three bronze finger-rings, engraved, one with the figure of a woman and an inscription in Kharohsti, the second with the Nandi pada and an inscription in Kharosthi, and the third with the device of a man strangling two snakes. An ethnographical series from Perak, including weights and measures, pottery, industrial appliances, and weapons. A trumpet of brass and copper taken from a Lama at Gyantse Jong, July 1904. A chalcedony seal of ancient Indian work, with two figures in intaglio, and a human face in relief on the back. A bronze candlestick, with engraved ornament, of the 14th cent., from Bokhara. Africa.—A collection of great interest representing the contents of a Juju-house in a mangrove-belt near Allabia in the Andoni Country, Southern Nigeria, which was destroyed by the Government in consequence of human sacrifices which had taken place there. Among the objects are a large ivory horn ornamented with four human skulis, a stool ornamented with goat-skulls, ceremonial swords and spears, and figures of cast bronze, showing considerable skill in workmanship, together with a large series of manillas of various sizes, some particularly large and ornamental ; given by the Government of Southern Nigeria. BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES. 87 An extensive and important series of steatite carvings in human and animal form, together with iron weapons and ornaments, and a large number of pottery fragments, collected by Mr. D. Randall-Maclver and Mr. F. H. Andrews on the site of the ruins at Umtali, Rhodesia ; given by the Rhodes Trustees. A series of ethnographical objects from hitherto unexplored country in the neighbourhood of Lake Chad, and from Liberia and Bornu ; given by P. E. Talbot, Esq. A pottery bowl from Socotra; given by Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G. An ostrich-feather head-dress from East Africa; given by the Hon. W. Rothschild, M.pP. Four silver brooches and three cloths woven in colours, from the Kabyles of Algeria; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. A girdle made of long strips of monkey-skin, from the neighbourhood of Nairobi, East Africa Protectorate ; given by Sir J. W. Wolfe-Barry, K.c.B. A carved wooden knobkerry and pipe, from East Africa ; given by Sir J. W. Wolfe-Barry, K.c.B., and Lieut. R. P. Lewis. An interesting collection of fetish figures from West Africa. A statuette, drinking-horn, and two bells in bronze, and a carved ivory tusk from Benin. A series of interesting ceremonial masks and other objects from Southern Nigeria. | A collection of personal ornaments, fetishes, and weapons, from the South-West French Congo. A carved stool and a fetish bowl for offerings, in wood, and two perforated stones, from the Baluba of the Congo Free State. A woman’s brass neck-ring weighing 25? lbs., taken from the neck of a chief’s wife on the Upper Lulanga River, Congo Free State. A series of so-called ‘“ gold-weights,” in brass, from Ashanti. A carved wooden scoop from Angola, a ceremonial sword from the Gold Coast, a ceremonial dress and cap from the Masai, and a paddle. Oceania.—A series of weapons and textiles from the New Hebrides ; given by the Rev. W. H. Edgell. A stone flake, said to be used in initiation rites, and a glass spear head, from Esperance, Western Australia; given by W. A. Harrison, Esq., Resident Magistrate and Local Protector of Aborigines. A feather head-dress from Cape York, Queensland, Australia; given by D. C. Lee, Esq. 88 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. An extensive series of fragments of remarkable pottery, with three finely engraved shells, and fragments of stone clubs and adze-blades, excavated at Collingwood Bay, British New Guinea; given by C. A. W. Monckton, Esq., Resident Magistrate. A singularly fine specimen of a Maori torino, or flute, and a carved feather-box, from New Zealand; a large bowl, a stool, and a tapa-beater, from Tahiti; and a plaited sinnet cord from the Eastern Pacific. These specimens are un- doubtedly of considerable age, and exhibit unusual perfection of workmanship. A remarkable staff with five knobs, four carved to repre- sent a pair of conventional human figures back to back, that in the centre two such pairs feet to feet. Between the knobs the staff is bound ornamentally with sinnet braid. The specimen is of great interest ; the workmanship proves it to date back to the days of the early voyagers, and it was probably one of the local idols; with it, a peculiar short, axe- shaped club, engraved with two conventionalized human figures carved on the butt; probably from Rarotonga. A series of carved boards, unusually rough stone clubs, and coco-nut spoons, and a pottery vase, from Port Romilly, New Guinea. America.—An extensive and valuable collection of per- sonal ornaments for use at dances and on other occasions, together with musical instruments, ceremonial objects, utensils, and weapons, from the Uitoto Indians of the Upper Amazon; collected and given by M. E. Robuchon. An interesting series of weapons and personal ornaments from the highlands of British Guiana; collected and given by Dr. Carl Bovallius. Vases and bowls of painted pottery from British Guiana, and a pottery owl from the Ojibway Indians of North America ; given by Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.c.M.G. A series of stone celts from the Rio Tibagy, Brazil ; given by A. C. Gale, Esq. Two house-posts with totemic carvings, from British Columbia. A whale’s-bone mallet from the North-West Coast. A implement used by the Eskimo in preparing gut. III.—CuHRISTY COLLECTION. During the year 56 slips have been prepared for the Registration Catalogue, with sketches of the objects, and 226 objects have been registered. The Christy Trustees have BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES. 89 acquired by donation and purchase the following objects, which they have transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :— lL—Prehistoric Antiquities of Hurope, Asia, and Africa :— Donations.—Two implements of sandstone and ironstone from Hardwick Hall, Derby, and portion of a paleolith from Canterbury ; given by F. J. Bennett, Esq. A chert arrow-head from Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxon ; given by the Earl of Ducie, P.c., F.R.S. A series of paleoliths from the plateau of the Western Thebaid, Egypt, together with a number of similar types from Suffolk ; given by H. R. H. Hall, Esq. A dressed granite block, part of a wooden post, and a spherical hammer-stone from the Regina Ruins, South-Hast Africa; given by Franklin White, Esq. Il.—L£thnography of Asia :— Donations.—A series of men’s ornaments from Borneo ; given by Godfrey Hewett, Esq. A collection of weapons and ornaments from the Andaman Islands; given by Mrs. Horsford. Native cooking-pots, baskets, and other objects of ethnographical interest from Sarawak, Borneo; given by Dr. Charles Hose, A handsome specimen of the stringed instrument known as Vina, from Southern India; given by Lady Huggins. A tinder-clock from Canton, models of Chinese coffins in wood and ivory, and a series of Japanese noshi, or symbolical presents ; given by C. Lund, Esq. A bamboo pipe, and an implement for watering sago, from the country behind Collingwood Bay, British New Guinea ; given by the Rev. W. R. Maunsey. A nose-flute from the Loi aborigines of Hainan, China; given by E. T. C. Werner, Esq. A series of weapons, ornaments, musical instruments and other objects illustrative of the ethnography of Borneo and the Philippine Islands, collected by the donor’s late son; given by J. Whitehead, Esq. Purchase.—An extensive and highly important collection of ethnographical objects from Sarawak, Borneo, formed by Dr. C. Hose, Resident. It embraces objects connected with the worship and daily life of the various tribes, a remarkable series of carved and painted house-boards, a comprehensive collection of native-woven cloths, and specimens of the various types of currency. 90 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. III.—Lthnography of Africa :— Donations.—Two pairs of stirrups, Hausa and Beri-beri, from Northern Nigeria; given by Dr. Coker Adams. Five old beads, including one with chevron pattern, from Mendiland, West Africa; given by A. W. Boddy, Esq. A Zulu covering from South Africa; given by G. F. Eastwood, Esq. A large buffalo-hide shield from the Nilotice Ja-Luo, on the north shore of Victoria Nyanza, Uganda Protectorate; given by C. W. Hobley, Esq. A large and important series of weapons and utensils from the Bertat of the Upper Nile, collected by the late Major Guy de H. Smith, of the Egyptian Army; given by Captain E. de H. Smith. An interesting helmet of felted human hair and brass plates worn by the Latuka, and five magic stones used by a rain-maker of the Bari people; Lake Rudolf and Upper Nile; given by F. Spire, Esq. An ivory horn from the Upper Congo; given by E. T. C. Werner, Esq. A collection of pipes, spoons, snuff-boxes, and bead-work, from South Africa ; given by J. Whitehead, Esq. IV.—L£thnography of Oceania and Australia :— Donations..—An interesting collection of weapons and utensils from the native tribes on the Victoria, FitzMaurice, and Goyder Rivers, North Australia; collected and given by Captain J. Bradshaw. A cast of a flint implement from Tasmania in the Taunton Museum ; given by H. St. George Gray, Esq. A necklace of dentaliwm shells, from Roebuck Bay, North- West Australia; given by Mrs. Tabor. Shell adze-blades from Ontong Java, fish-snare from Ysabel, bead-belt from Shortland, and other objects from Marovo and New Georgia, Solomon Islands; given by C. M. Woodford, Esq. A native luom from Sikaiana ; given by Mrs. Woodford. V.— Antiquities and Ethnography of America :— Donations.—A pottery vase ornamented with designs in red and black, from the Moqui of Arizona; given by W. Crewdson, Esq. An interesting series of bronze figures and pins from ancient graves at Cuzco, Peru; given by W. Bruce Douglas, Esq. BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES. 91 A stone cooking-vessei and lamp, and part of another cooking vessel of remarkable size, from Labrador; given by Dr. W. T. Grenfell. Two stone implements from the United States of America ; given by H. R. H. Hall, Esq. . A valuable series of published works relating to the excavation of mounds in Florida and Georgia, U.S.A.; given by the author, Clarence B. Moore, Esq. An ancient pottery stamp from the Rio del Oro, Guerrero, Mexico; given by F. J. M. E. Patmore, Esq. A fine leather apron and head-dress from the Jivaro Indians of the Upper Amazon; given by F. W. Rudler, Esq., 1.8.0. A feather head-dress from Guiana; given by G. H. Slade, Esq. A bark receptacle containing charred human bones, found with other skeletons, most of which had been cremated, on the bank of the Fraser River, at Quesnelle; given by J. Turner-Turner, Esq. Charles H. Read. 92 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. L.—Eahibitions. A series of Medals illustrating the history of the British Navy has been arranged, with labels, in two cases, as part of the Nelson Centenary Exhibition in the King’s Library, and described in the official Guide to the Exhibition. The work of cleaning the Medals exhibited in the corridor adjoining the Medal Room has been begun, and over 400 medals of the British, Italian, and German series have been carefully treated. , IJ.—Registration and Arrangement. 1. Greek Serves :-— 442 coins, recently acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 36 coins, hitherto regarded as a have been identified and incorporated. 3 tetradrachms, hitherto given to Cyrene, have been transferred to Scione in Chalcidice. 86 electrum coins, discovered in the course of the British Museum excavations at Ephesus, and submitted to the Keeper of Coins, have been minutely examined, weighed and described. Several collections offered for purchase or donation have been examined, and, where desirable, selections have been made. Among these were numerous lots of miscellaneous Greek coins; a large series of rubbings of coins chiefly of Thrace and Moesia; a series of Corcyra; 3 selections of coins of Greece and Asia Minor; 2 series of coins of Phoenicia; and a dealer’s stock of coins of Kings of Macedon from Philip II. to Perseus. The series of electrotypes and casts of coins not in the Museum has been expanded by the insertion of two cabinets, and a large series of electrotypes of coins in other collections and a collection of casts illustrating the Hunter Collection at Glasgow have been incorporated. The work of writing tickets giving references to the published catalogues has proceeded; 885 have been written for Lydia and 50 for Parthia, and placed beneath the coins to which they refer. The indexes of Types in the Catalogues of the Greco- Scythic Kings and of Parthia have been cut up and incor- porated in the combined index of Types of Greek Coins. Additions have been made to the Manuscript Bibliography of Greek Numismatics. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 93 A hand-list of monograms and single letters, occurring as sole or chief types on Greek coins, has been drawn up with a view to facilitate identification. 2. Roman and Byzantine Series :— 479 coins recently acquired have been registered, and 537 incorporated. A small find of bronze coins of the fourth century after Christ from Farnborough has been examined. Selections of coins desirable for the Museum have been made from a series of Roman Republican coins and a series of Byzantine coins offered by dealers. The coins of Nerva have been examined, and the un- published varieties noted for a foreign scholar. A collection of sulphur casts of coins not in the Museum has been arranged for reference in a separate cabinet. 3. British and Colonial Series :— 126 coins, medals, and tokens recently acquired have been registered and 176 incorporated. A Treasure Trove from Kensington has been examined. The Medals of Schools and Societies have been arranged with fresh heading cards and labels in 4 new cabinet. 4, Medieval and Modern Series :— 125 coins and medals recently acquired have been regis- tered and incorporated. The series of Poland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden have been transferred to new eabinets, and the coins of these countries from the Freudenthal Collection incorporated with them. 151 coins of the Grand Masters of Malta, 104 coins of Siberia, 1,577 coins of the Italian States, and 127 of the Portuguese Colonies have also been transferred from the Freudenthal to the General Collection. The whole of the Italian series has been expanded and re-arranged with fresh labels and heading cards in 13 cabinets, An index of the various States, giving references to the cabinets has been drawn up to facilitate the consultation of the collection. The coins of the Emperors of Trebizond have been removed to a more suitable cabinet. A small selection of French and Spanish coins has been made from the Kensington Treasure Trove. A list of Visigothic coins has been examined, and a selection made of specimens required for the Museum. 94 ACCOUNTS, ETU., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The Italian medals of the sixteenth century have been transferred to new cabinets with fresh heading-cards and labels. Several rectifications have been made in the course of this transference. The medals of Italian States later than 1600 have been removed from the King’s Cabinet and arranged with heading-cards and labels in a new cabinet. 5. Oriental Series :— 432 coins recently acquired have been registered and incorporated. 29 lead coins of the period of the Andhras, belonging to some dynasty as yet unidentified, have been for the first time deciphered and arranged under the names of two kings. Numerous collections have been examined, and where desirable selections for the Museum have been made. Among these collections were :—Several parcels of Oriental coins forwarded by the Superintendent of the Imperial Gazetteer of Baluchistan and the Hon. Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; a large collection of coins of the Mongols of Persia and other Mohammedan dynasties of Persia and Transoxiana (over 160 selected) ; a collection of ancient coins of S. India (96 lead and copper Andhra coins selected) ; a small collection of Parthian and Sassanian coins formed in Persia. A number of rare gold coins of the Gupta series, belonging to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, have been examined, and casts and descriptions made. IlI.—Catalogues. 1. CATALOGUES OF GREEK COINS. Coins of Phrygia, by B. V. Head. The MS. of the text of this volume has been completed and passed for press, amounting to 429 pages, and Plates I—XLII. have been photographed. Coins of Phenicia, by G. F. Hill. The coins of Aradus have been weighed, described, and classified in chronological order, and the portion of the historical and numismatic Introduction relating to this city has been written. 2. CATALOGUES OF ROMAN COINS. Roman Republican Coins, by H. A. Grueber. Signatures B-X (= 160 pages) have been passed for press, and Plates I.-XXXV-. have been photographed. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 95 Coins of the Byzantine Empire, by W. Wroth. The coins of Constans II. and of his successors to Nicephorus II., Phocas, inclusive (641-969 a.D.), have been classified, weighed and described, the total number of specimens at present catalogued for this work being 3,053. 3. CATALOGUES OF BRITISH COINS AND MEDALS. Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland, by H. A. Grueber. A second issue of this work has been published. Medallic Itlustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, by H. A. Grueber. (Atlas of plates.) Parts III. and IV. comprising Plates XXI.—XL. have been printed and published. 4. CATALOGUES OF ORIENTAL COINS, Indian Coins.—Andhras and Western Kshatrupas, by H. J. Rapson. Signatures B-D (= 24 pages) have been passed for press, and Sig. EK (= 8 pages) for revise. IV.—Acquisitions. The total number of coins and medals added to the Department during the year 1905 was 1,488, of which 129 are of gold, 659 of silver, 502 of bronze, and 198 of other metals. The following table shows the numbers of the new acqui- sitions classified according to the several series to which they belong :— Other Class. Gold. | Silver. | Bronze. | Metals, | Total. &e. Greek - = - - 3 146 290 — 439 Roman - - < . - : 53 4 51 == 108 British and Colonial = = 8 79 24 14 125 Medizeval and Modern - - - 4 50 23 79 156 Oriental - - - - 61 380 114 105 660 Total - 129 | 659 | 502 198 1,488 Of the above, 507 have been presented, viz., 42 of gold, 148 of silver, 229 of bronze, and 88 of other metals. These donations are due to the generosity of the following benefactors, &e. :— The Corporation of the City of London; the Trustees of the Hunterian Coin Catalogue Fund, University of Glasgow ; the Belgian Minister of the Interior; the Darbar of the Dewas State, Uentral India; the Egypt Exploration Fund ; the Government of Assam; the Bombay Branch of the Royai 96 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Asiatic Society ; the Asiatic Society of Bengal ; the Govern- ment of Bengal ; the Government of the Panjab ; the Govern- ment of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ; the Madras Museum; the Siamese Government; the Pan-American Medizeval Congress (Chile); the National Library of Rio de Janeiro; the Royal Geographical Society; the Phené Spiers Testimonial Fund; W. C. F. Anderson, Esq.; Col. J. Biddulph ; the Honourable R. N. Bland, Resident Councillor, Malacca; Miss Bode; W. C. Boyd, Esq.; Alexander Caldwell, Esq.; Col. Sir Neville Chamberlain, k.c.B.; C. Delaval Cobham, Esq.; G. T. Cooke, Esq.; Evelyn Grant Duff, Esq. ; Sir John Evans, K.c.B., F.R.S.; Prof. Percy Gardner, Litt.D. ; Commendatore Francesco Gnecchi; W. A. Graham, Esq. ; iH. &.’ Grueber,; Esg., ¥.s.a.;' FAS Harrison, Bsqes ae iy Hasluck, Esq.; Sir H. H. Howorth, K.¢.1.£., F.R.S.; Capt. J. de M. Hutchinson, R.N.; G. Macdonald, Esq., tu.p.; C. EH. G. Mackerell, Esq. (Bequest) ; E. W. G. Masterman, Esq.; L. D. Montague, Esq.; H. Allan Morgan, Esq.; H. W. Norris, Esq. ; Rev. C. 8. Painter; M. E. Pariset; Capt. D. G. Peart; Herr Bernhard Perrot ; J. H. Pinches, Esq.; G. M. H. Playfair, Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Foochow ; Prof. Harvey Porter ; C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A.; Mrs. C. M. Reid; Major M. B. Roberts; Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.s.A.; T. J. Salwey, Esq., J.P.; Horace Sandars, Esq., F.s.4.; E. J. Seltman, Esq.; Capt. Eric H. Sharman; Col. C. G. Shepherd; Cecil Smith, Esq., LL.D.; Samuel Smith, Esq. ; Messrs. Spink and Son ; Rev. L. Harding Squire; C. Thomas-Stanford, Esq., F.s.A.; Rev. Dr. Anton Tien ; Alan J. B. Wace, Esq.; Percy H. Webb, Esq.; Sir Hermann Weber, M.D. REMARKABLE COINS AND MEDALS. 1. Greek Serves :—- Among the 439 Greek coins added to the National Collection during the year 1905, the following are the most important :— (a.) Hurope :— Italy.—A silver coin of the city of Croton (wt. 18 grs.). Obv. Tripod: rev. Thunderbolt between star and eagle on column. A large bronze coin of Capua. QObv. Head of Zeus; rev. Eagle on thunderbolt. Sicitly.—Three coins of Agrigentum, including an archaic didrachm, with the shell of the crab on the reverse treated so as to suggest a grotesque face (cf. Imhoof-Blumer, “ Choia,” Pl. viii., 263), also a rare didrachm of the same city of the period of finest art. A very rare bronze litra, struck probably at Herbessus about the time of Timoleon’s League (345 B.c.). Obv. Head of Sikelia ; rev. Fore-part of a human-headed bull. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 97 A very fine obol of Naxos. Obv. Head of Dionysos; rev. Bunch of grapes and vine-leaves. A rare archaic obol of Syracuse with a bearded head on the obverse. Mesia Inferror.—A silver coin of the town of Callatia. Obv. Head of Artemis; rev. A mounted archer. This coin is of an earlier date than any coins of Callatia hitherto published. Four silver drachms of the city of Istruws on the Euxine Sea, near the mouths of the Danube. These coins belong to the later half of the 5th or to the earlier half of the 4th cent. B.C. Their types, heads, upwards and downwards, of a divinity, resembling the head of Helios on Rhodian coins, have been hitherto explained as those of the Dioscuri. Dr. Head is, however, inclined to think that they are simply symbolical of the rising and the setting sun. Sarmatia.—An interesting collection of coins of the Greek cities Olbia and Tyra in Sarmatia (S. Russia), comprising, with other rarities, an unique silver coin of Olbia. This collection also contains at least 8 specimens of the large bronze pieces of Olbia, remarkable as being the only Greek coins which were, not struck, but cast in moulds, like the Roman Aes grave. The most remarkable of these cast coins is one in the shape of a dolphin, nearly 4 inches in length. Tauric Chersonesos.-—A bronze coin of Cercine, a city of which the Museum had previously no coins. Four silver coins of Panticapewm and two rare bronze ‘coins probably of the same town, the obverse types of which are respectively a Satrap’s head and the satrapal leather helmet. Thrace.—Four silver diobols of the city of Apollonia on the Euxine, struck in the 4th century B.c. Obv. Head of Apollo, facing; rev. Anchor and cray-fish with abbreviated magistrates’ names. A silver stater of the Aiginetic standard of the city of Abdera, dating from about 400 B.c. Obv. A rearing gryphon of remarkably fine style; rev. [AI]JONYZAZ, the name of the eponymous magistrate : type, Head of bearded Dionysos _ crowned with ivy. This device was evidently chosen by the chief magistrate with especial reference to his personal name. A bronze coin of considerable rarity of Sadales, King of a part of Thrace in the Ist century B.C A bronze “ medallion ” of Elagabalus, struck at Philippo- polis on the occasion of a festival called KENAPEICEIA TTYOIA. The reverse shows a view in perspective of an octastyle temple. 98 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A bronze coin of Hadrianopolis of the time of Gordian III., on the rev. of which is a veiled woman conducted by two men; at their feet are three small reclining figures, two of whom hold torches (a bridal scene ?). Macedon.—An archaic tetrobol of Mende with an ass on the obverse, above which is an eye, the distinguishing emblem of the neighbouring city of Scione. An unpublished hemidrachm of Scione, having on the obv. a head of Apollo (?), and on the rev. a helmet. A tetradrachm of Alexander the Great with a syrinx as an adjunct symbol on the reverse. A rare bronze coin of Philip V. [220-179 B.c.]. -Obv. Bust of the River-god, Strymon, facing; rev. Artemis standing. A very rare tetradrachm bearing the names of the Roman governors [L. Julius] Cae[sar] Pr[aetor] and his Quaestor, Aesillas, B.c. 93-92. Peonia.—A bronze coin differing from others previously known in the form of the ethnic MAONQN instead of NAIONQN. Thessaly.—A remarkable bronze coin of the time of Nero having on the obverse a bust of Peace and the inser. EIPHNH ZEBAZTH OEZZAAQN and on the reverse a personification of Thessaly (?) holding a horse by the bridle. Crete.-—A tetradrachm of Gortyna of great historical interest and rarity. It was struck after the conquest of Crete by the Roman Proconsul, Q. Cecilius Metellus B.c. 67- 66. On the obverse is the head of Roma wearing a winged helmet adorned on the side with an elephant’s head, the family emblem of the Cecilii Metelli. On the reverse is the cultus-statue of Artemis Ephesia. The reason for the choice of this goddess for the type of a tetradrachm struck in Crete is quite unexplained (see Zeit. f. Num. x., 119). (b.) Asia :— Asiatic Bosporus.—A rare silver coin of Phanagoria. Pontus and Bosporus.—A very rare tetradrachm of Mith- radates the Great bearing the date 209 of the Pontic era (= 89-88 B.c.). Mysia.—A small electrum coin struck at Cyzicus (4; stater) with a kneeling figure holding a tunny on the O verse. A large ‘‘medallion” of Miletopolis. Rev. the Emperor Gordian III. on horseback spearing a lion. Lycia.—Fifteen ancient silver coins, mostly rare or un- known varieties. Among them are the following :—An archaic stater, obv. Sphinx, rev. Crab holding a cray-fish in its claws; a tetrobol, obv. Boar, rev. Head of a bearded DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 99 warrior ; a diobol, obv. Winged figure, rev. Gryphon; also several specimens with names in Lycian characters of various native dynasts. Syria-—A tetradrachm, probably unique, of Antiochus I. or Il. of Syria, having on the obv. a fine portrait of Antiochus I., and on the rev. the tigure of a bearded Herakles, seated on a rock covered with the lion-skin. This is the prototype of the device which was afterwards adupted on the coins of King Euthydemus of Bactria. The mint-mark on this important coin is a one-handled vase, the symbol of the city of Cyme in Aeolis, a distinct proof that the coin, whether issued by Antiochus I. or II. (a doubtful point), was struck at Cyme, and consequently that that city was then subject to the King of Syria. Phenicia.—A silver octadrachm of Sidon (5th century B.C.), an unpublished variety. Obv. War galley; rev. King in chariot, and date in Phoenician characters. A didrachm of Tyre. Obv. Melkarth riding on a Hippo- camp over the sea ; rev. Owl with flail. Date 279 B.c. Judewa.—A specimen of the rare shekel of Simon Bar- cochba, leader of the second revolt of the Jews (1383-135 A.D.). Obv. Temple of Jerusalem represented as a portico with four columns; above it is a star, the symbol of Barcochba (Son of the Star) ; rev. Ethrog and Lulab. Persia.—A silver siglos countermarked on one side with a triskelis, and on the other side with a crux ansata. (c.) Egypt :— Egypt.—A bronze coin of Naucratis of great rarity, from the same dies as the specimen first published by Dr. Head (Num. Chron., 1886, pl. I., 9), and attributed by him to the time of Ptolemy I., during the interval between the death of Alexander (3238 B.c.), andthe date of Ptolemy’s assumption of the title of king (305 B.c.). Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 2. Roman and Byzantine Series :— Nine sestertii of the Emperors Claudius I., Hadrian, M. Aurelius, &c. Presented by Percy Webb, Esq. A dupondius of Antoninus Pius and a bronze coin of Maximinus Daza. Presented by W. C. Boyd, Esq. A bronze medallion of Maximianus Herculius and an un- published bronze medallion of Marcus Aurelius, struck in commemoration of the conquest of Armenia (A.D. 162-165). A Romano-Gallic solidus of Valentinian III., found at Sittingbourne in Kent. 124, H 100 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. In the Byzantine series, 35 scarce and well-preserved gold solidi have been acquired, as well as the following coins :-— : A rare bronze coin of Phocas and Leontia. Presented by Alan J. B. Wace, Esq. A unique solidus of Philippicus (a.D. 711-712), struck at Rome. Two rare solidi of Anastasius II) (a.p. 713-715), struck by this usurper during his brief reign. A solidus of great rarity of Alexander (son of Basil I.) whose sole reign (A.D. 912-913) lasted only one year. On the obverse he is shown under the protection of a saint, apparently St. Alexander. 3. British and Colonial Series :— The pattern Crown of Cromwell, by Thomas Simon. The pattern “ Reddite ” Crown of Charles II., by Thomas Simon. The pattern Crown, 1662, of Charles II., by Jan Roettier. These three rare pieces, which are in the finest state of preservation, were bequeathed by the late C. EL. G. Mackerell, Esq. A Spanish Dollar of Ferdinand VII., countermarked for English currency. Presented by W. A. Graham, Esq. A seventeenth-century token of Lambeth. Presented by T. J. Salwey, Esq., J.P. A seventeenth-century token of Wellington in Oxford- shire. Presented by Miss Bode. Two bronze Tokens of 1838, found in Ireland. Presented by Col. Sir Neville Chamberlain, K.c.B. Medals.—Attack on the Isle of Rhé, 1688 (cp. Medallic Illustrations, I., p. 248). The snail pierced by an arrow refers to the tardy movements of the English troops on the oceasion. Coronation of James II. and Mary. Reverse, the Sun in splendour. An unpublished silver medal by G. Bower. Landing of William Prince of Orange at Torbay in 1688. Reverse, inscription in Dutch referring to the raising of the Prince’s Standard at Exeter. An unpublished silver medal. National Association for King William, formed in 1696. In pewter. Bombardment of Tonningen and Copenhagen by the English, Dutch and Swedish Fleets in 1700. Extremely rare. Foundation of the Ouzel Galley Society by Dublin merchants in 1700, to determine commercial disputes by arbitration. A gold medal, unique in this metal. Defeat of the French and Spanish Fleets in Vigo Bay in 1703. Heverse, Neptune and Queen Anne. An unpublished silver medal, of Dutch workmanship. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 101 Negotiations for Peace, 1707. Reverse, two hands joined. No specimen of this silver medal was known to the editors of the “ Medallic Illustrations.” Capture of Bethun, St. Vincent and Aire, 1710. Not published in the “ Medallic Illustrations.” Ten Dutch satirical medals relating to John Law the Financier, 1720. The badge of the True Patriotic Society in silver. Ex- tremely rare. , | Marriage of Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse, and Mary, daughter of George II., 1740. Coronation visit of Their Majesties King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra to the City of London, 25th Oct. 1902. Presented by the Corporation cf the City of London. A portrait-medal of John Pinches, the engraver. Presented by John H. Pinches, Esq. Bronze medal of the Berks Education Committee. Presented by Prof. W. C. F. Anderson. A bronze replica of the gold medal awarded to Capt. R. Falcon Scott, of the Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904, Presented by the Council of the Royal Geographical Socvety. _ Portrait-medal of Mr. R. Phené Spiers, by E. Lantéri, 1905. Presented by the Committee of the Phené Sprers Testimonial. 4. Medieval and Modern Series :— Bulgarian and Hungarian silver coins of 'the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Presented by Horace Sandars, Esq., F.S.A. Nineteen Spanish silver coins of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. A double Louis d’Or of Louis XVI. and two others of Charles III. of Spain, selected from the Kensington Treasure Trove, 1905. Six copper and sixty-eight tin coins, chiefly Portuguese, Dutch, and Colonial of Malacca. Presented by the Hon. R. N. Bland, Resident, Malacca. Twenty-one bronze coins of four Princes of Kilwa, German Kast Africa. Presented by Herr Bernhard Perrot. Two lead coins from Lamu, East Africa. Presented by Capt. J. de M. Hutchinson, B.N. A Russian platinum coin of 1834. - Presented by Max Rosenhevm, Esq., F.8.A. ); Bae 102 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A bronze medal with the bust of Pope Nicholas V., and reverse, View of Rome. Presented by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. Five bronze medals of Apostles, Italian work, circ. A.D. 1530. . Presented by Max Rosenheim, Esq., ¥.S.A. A bronze Papal medal with a bust of Christ on the obverse, 1625. Presented by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. A German lead medal, sixteenth century, of Hans Han, « Formenschnider.” Presented by Sir John Evans, K.C.B., F.R.S. Five silver, two pewter and one bronze-gilt medals bearing the head of Christ ; German work of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Two specimens (silver and bronze) of the medal struck in 1905 in commemuration of the Belgian Independence. Presented by the Belgian Minister of the Interior. 5. Oriental Series :— Hindu.—One bronze and ninety-five lead coins of the Andhra Dynasty of Southern India, from the collection of R. Sewell, Esq., I.c.s. (retired). Twenty-five bronze coins of various Rajput Dynasties. Presented by Major M. B. Roberts. Mohammadan.—Five gold, 157 silver, and four bronze coins of various Mohammadan Dynasties, including the Shaybanids, the Chagatai Mongols and the Timurids, from the collection of the late E. E. Oliver, Esq., M.R.A.s. A dirhem of the Caliph Sulaiman, struck at Maisan, A.D. 96. Presented by Prof. Harvey Porter. Siamese.—Ten gold, twenty-four silver, seven bronze and four nickel coins of Siam of the five sovereigns of the reigning dynasty from 1782 to the present time. Presented by His Majesty the King of Siam. V.—Students and Visitors. The number of visits made to the Department of coins and medals by students and others during the year 1905, was 4,411. Barclay V. Head. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 103 X.—BritisH Museum (NaTurRAL History). STATEMENT of PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and AccouNnT of OBJECTS added to them, in the Year 1905. GENERAL PROGRESS. Visitors. In 1905, for the first time since the opening of the Natural History Museum, the number of visits paid to the galleries by the public in any one year exceeded half a million, the total number recorded being 566,313, an increase of 95,756 over the total in 1904, and of nearly 80,000 over that of any previous year. The number of visits recorded as having been made on Sunday afternoons was 70,084, as against 60,909 in 1904. The average daily attendance for all open days during the year was 1,560°09; for week-days only, 1,600°73, and for Sunday afternoons, 1322 ° 34. Swiney Lectures. Dr. J. S. Flett delivered a course of Swiney Lectures on Geology in the autumn, commencing on Monday, 6th Novem- ber, and finishing on Friday, 1st December, the subject being “The Geological History of Great Britain.” The lectures, 12 in number, were given in the theatre of the Victoria and Albert Museum, by permission of the Board of Education, and were attended by an average of 328 persons per lecture, as compared with 248 in 1904. The Trustees have appointed Dr. R. F. Scharff, Keeper of the Natural History Collections of the Dublin Museum, to the Swiney Lectureship for the two years 1906-7. Reproduction of Diplodocus. The reproduction of the skeleton of the remarkable extinct reptile, Diplodocus carnegii, presented by Mr. Andrew Carnegie to King Edward VII., and transferred by His Majesty to the British Museum, has been placed in the Reptile Gallery, the mounting of the specimen having been carried out under the superintendence of Dr. W. J. Holland, Director of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. The ceremony of presentation took place on the 12th May, when Mr. Carnegie was present, and Lord Avebury, on behalf of the Trustees, received the specimen in the presence of a representative gathering of about 300 persons. Mr. Carnegie defrayed the entire cost of mounting and of the handsome mahogany base on which the specimen rests. 104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The “ Discovery” Antarctic Expedition Report. Early in the year a circular was issued showing that the work had been divided into 50 subjects, which have been distributed among 43 specialists. Dr. Wilson and Mr. Ferrar, two of the members of, the scientific staff of the Expedition, have nearly completed their reports, and the manuscripts will shortly be sent to the printers. Mr. Hodgson, also of the scientific staff, has been largely occupied in separating out the contents of the collections of Animal Plankton; this work was completed early in 1906 ; and the specimens will now be distributed among various specialists. New System of Drainage. Provision has been made in Class I. of the Estimates for a new drainage system for the entire building, and the work is being carried out under the supervision of the Office of Works. Purchases. Among the more important acquisitions made by purchase during the year, special mention may be made of the following :—-Selections from the late Mr. R. F. Tomes’s collections of natural history, including 8,853 English fossils and about 800 specimens of mammals (80 being types); the first portion of Dr. D. Sharp’s extensive collection of coleop- terous insects, this instalment, consisting of about 22,000 specimens of Dytiscide, or water-beetles, about 500 being types; a series of about 5,000 specimens of Coleoptera of the family Cassidide, selected from the collection of the late Dr. Baly, and including 192 types; an extensive collection of birds, eggs, and insects obtained by Mr. W. Foster in the interior of Paraguay; three skeletons of natives of the Andaman Islands; 2,615 Jurassic fossils selected from the collection of the late Mr. E. Witchell, including type and figured specimens, and many rare species; a selected series of vertebrate fossil remains from the Oxford Clay of Peter- borough ; three meteoric stones from Warbreccan, Central Queensland, the only known representatives of the fall; and a selected series of fossils from the carboniferous limestone of Belgium, comprising 400 forms, of which 300 are new to the Museum. Bequests. The late Mr. Alexander Fry, of Norwood, bequeathed to the Museum his magnificent collection of coleopterous insects, the catalogue thereof, and his entomological library. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 105 By this munificent bequest the national collection of Coleop- tera has been enriched by nearly 200,000 specimens, including numerous types and rarities new to the Museum. Another bequest made last year to the Museum was that of the late Mr. Edward Cavendish Taylor, comprising a collection of 1,279 birds, 868 eggs, and.33 mammals, together with the cabinets containing the specimens. Presents. The total number of presents recorded as having been received during the year by the several Departments of the Museum was 2,092, as against 1,933 in 1904. Many of these comprised large numbers of individual specimens. The details of all the more important of them will be found in the reports of the Keepers of the several Departments, but the following are mentioned here also as being of special interest or importance :-— From His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.—A bronze statuette, modelled by Captain Adrian Jones, of ‘‘ Persimmon,” the thoroughbred stallion belonging to His Majesty the King. From His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G.-—A series of mammals and birds from Japan, being a first instalment of a collection which is being formed in Hast Asia by Mr. M. P. Anderson, who has been sent out by the Duke to make a systematic zoological exploration of that part of the world. From Mr. Andrew Carnegie.—A plaster cast of the skeleton of the remarkable extinct reptile Diplodocus, together with the handsome mounting of the specimen. (See ante, p. 103.) From Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace.—An interesting series of pencil drawings of fishes of the Rio Negro, made by Dr. Wallace during his travels in South America about fifty years ago. From W. O. B. Macdonough, Esq.—The skull and limb- bones of the celebrated thoroughbred stallion “Ormonde,” formerly owned by the Duke of Westminster. From Captain H. J. Walton, I.M.S.—A collection of birds made by him during the recent British expedition to Tibet. From F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., LL.D,, F.R.S.—Further consignments of Central American insects, consisting of 8,618 Coleoptera, 4,727 Lepidoptera, 885 Homoptera, and 196 Ephemeride ; also a valuable series of about 5,000 specimens of Spiders from Central America. From Colonel G. Rippon.—A collection of birds obtained by him while exploring little known parts of Burma and Western China, consisting of 335 specimens from the Kauri-Kachin district, and 1,260 from Mt. Victoria in the Chin Hills. 106 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. From E. G. B. Meade Waldo, Esq.—A collection of birds chiefly from the Canary Islands and Morocco. From Mrs. Stoddart.—278 folios of water-colour drawings of Japanese fishes, prepared by Japanese artists for the late Mr. J. Meldrum Stoddart during his residence in Nagasaki. From C. D. Rudd, Esq.—Further large collections of zoological specimens from 8. Africa. Exchanges and Gifts of Duplicate Specimens. Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made with several institutions and individuals. The following have been placed on the list of institutions to receive grants of duplicate specimens of Natural History, namely :—The Surveyors’ Institution ; the Froebel Institute, West Kensington; Alleyn’s School, Dulwich; Huddersfield Museum; Moyses Hall Museum, Bury St. Edmunds; and Rochdale Museum. Selections of duplicate specimens have been presented as follows :— Of zoological specimens—to Liverpool University; La Plata Museum; the museum of St. Paul’s School Field Club ; the Sir John Cass Technical Institute; Wimbledon Technical Institute ; the Technical Education Board of the London County Council; the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh ; Eton College Museum; Campden School of Arts and Crafts, Chipping Campden; Mr. R Pungeler; Dr. W. Barnes; Mr. H. dOrbigny ; Prof. Y. Sjostedt, of Stockholm Museum ; Mr. M. A. Régimbart ; Prof. C. Aurivillius ; Mr. J. H. Fleming, of Toronto; and Mr. W. Cross, of Colorado. Of fossils and casts of fossils—to University College, Aberystwyth; St. Paul’s School Museum; the American Museum of Natural oe New York; the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.; the Surveyors’ Institution ; the Roval Albert Memorial Miayseuu, Exeter ; Worcester Museum ; Mr. Frank Springer; and Prof, E. Koken. Of minerals—to the Ward Schools, Aldersgate Street, E.C. ; the Sir John Cass Technical Institute ; and “Dr. hadies Eines of Sarawak. Publications. The under-mentioned works on Natural History have been published during the year :— Catalogue of the collection of Birds’ Eggs in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. Carinatz (Passeri- formes continued). By E. W. Oates and Captain Savile G. Reid. Pp. xviil, 352: 14 coloured plates. 8vo. 30s. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 107 Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalenz (Moths) in the British Museum. Vol. V. Noctuids (Hadenine). By Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart. Pp. xvi, 634: 172 woodcuts. 8vo. 15s. Atlas of 18 coloured plates. 8vo. 15s. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. V. The Family Poritide. II.—The Genus Porites. Part I.—Porites of the Indo-Pacific Region. By H. M. Bernard. Pp. vi, 303: 35 plates. 4to. 358. Illustrations of Australian Plants collected in 1770 during Captain Cook’s voyage round the World in H.MS. ‘Kndeavour.” Being a series of lithographic reproductions of copper-plates engraved for Sir Joseph Banks and Dy. Solander. With determinations by James Britten. Part III. 77 Plates, with 26 pages of descriptive text (pp. 77-102) and 3maps. Fol. 25s. Catalogue of the Fossil Plants of the Glossopteris Flora in the Department of Geology. Being a Monograph of the Permo-carboniferous Flora of India and the Southern Hemi- sphere. By E. A. Newell Arber. Pp. Ixxiv, 255: 51 figures and 8 plates. 8vo. 12s. 6d. Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology. (By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.) Pp. iv, 228: 24 plates and 7 figures. Roy. 8vo. 2s. Gd. Part I. General Series. Pp. 149. Roy. Svo. 6d. —— Part II. Guide to the Nesting Series of British Birds. Pp. 62: 4 plates. Roy. 8vo. 4d. Guide to an Exhibition of Old Natural History Books, illustrating the . . . study of Natural History to the time of Linneus. (By B. B. Woodward.) Pp. 27. 8vo. 3d. Copies of these works have been sent to many Free Libraries and other institutions in Great Britain and Ireland, to Colonial, Indian, and Foreign Museums, Libraries, and Scientific Societies, and to various individuals who have either assisted in the preparation of the volumes or otherwise benefited the Museum. Selections of the Natural History publications of the Museum have been presented to several institutions and individuals. Arrangements have been made with several additional institutions for an exchange of publications. New editions have been issued of the Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries price 6d. ; Guide to the Fossil Reptiles Amphibians, and Fishes, price 6d.; Guide to the British Mycetozoa, price 3d.; the Students’ Index to the Collection of Minerals, price 2d.; Directions for Collecting Mammals and Blood-sucking Flies, price 3d. each. 108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The following works are in preparation :— History of the Collections, Vol. I]., Zoology. Catalogue of the Library, Vol. III. Hand-list of Birds, Vol. V., by R. B. Sharpe. Catalogue of Birds’ Eggs, Vol. V., by E. W. Oates, revised and completed by W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Report on the Natural History Collections of the “ Dis- covery” Antarctic Expedition. Catalogue of Moths, Vol. VI., by Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart. Catalogue of Cicadide, by W. L. Distant. Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies. First Series. Catalogue of Corals, Vol. VI., by H. M. Bernard. Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of the Payee by ©. W. Andrews. Catalogue of Fossil Rodentia, by C. I. Forsyth-Major. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes, Vol. V., by A. Smith Woodward. GENERAL LIBRARY. The additions to the General Library during the past year have been :— By purchase - - - 346 volumes. By donation — - - - 516 volumes, 8 maps, and 52 photographs. ToTaL - - 883 volumes, 8 maps, and 52 photographs. All the volumes and maps have been catalogued, press- marked, and put in their places, while 111 volumes have been bound in 91. The extent of the collection on the 31st December was 34,807 volumes, 5, 607 maps, and 315 photographs (not includ- ing those in the Owen Collection of Drawings, &c.). “The accessions to the Departmental Libraries have also been catalogued as they came in, and duplicate transcripts of the titles have been returned with the books. | Altogether 2,325 title-slips have been written, 78 re- written, and 2,644 revised. There are now, on a rough estimate, 81,813 volumes (exclusive of continuations and minor separata) and 5,870 maps in the whole building. The printing of the Catalogue has been continued, and the work at the end of the year stood as follows :— No. of sheets passed for press (A—Lind) - 140 No. of title-slips set up in type (A—Linn) - 32,841 BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 109 The increase in routine work has, however, seriously delayed this undertaking. An exhibition of old Natural History Books, illustrating the origin and progress of the study of Natural History up to the time of Linnzus has been temporarily placed on show in the Central Hall, and a guide thereto has been prepared and put on sale. The compilation of a list of Books, &c., published by, or relating to the Natural History Departments of the British Museum, has been begun. Seven sets of sheets 131-136 of the Catalogue have been stamped with index-letters showing in which Department the various works are to be found, and copies have been supplied to each Department. _ The permanent card-catalogue has been mounted as far as the end of sheet 140, and the work of transferring to it the press-marks and other memoranda from the old temporary slips has been carried on as far as the end of sheet 118. The number of visits paid to the Library during the year by students and others (irrespective of the staff and persons to whom the use of a key is granted) was 1,157. InDEX MusEUM AND MoRPHOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. Of the additions made during the past year to the exhibits in the Central Hall, the most noteworthy is a series of hybrid Maize cobs grown in Ceylon by Mr. R. H. Lock for the purpose of verifying Mendel’s theory of heredity, and presented by him to the Museum. In the ‘‘ Malaria Case” the various parts of the head, legs and wings of the enlarged models of Culex, Anopheles and Chironomus have been labelled, and the series has been augmented by the addition of a model of the piercing apparatus of Culex, drawings of the head of Chironomus, male and female, and drawings of the piercing organs of Culex and Anopheles. : Hight specimens have been added to the osteological series in the wall-cases of the first recess on the west side of the Hall; a map showing the distribution of the known species of Glossina in Africa has been mounted; and the case containing the specimens illustrating the anatomy of the Lancelet has been removed from its position upon the ill-lit end wall of the fifth recess on the west side to a prominent position at the entrance to the recess. A considerable amount of work has also been done in the way of remounting and respiriting such of the anatomical preparations in the Hall as were in need of attention. 110 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The case illustrative of Ankylostomiasis or Miner’s Disease, which was set out in 1903, continues to attract con- siderable attention. A label giving an account of the recent discoveries of Prof. Looss has been added during the last year. A case containing eggs of parasitic and non-parasitic Cuckoos, &c., has been placed in the Hall. Seventy-six specimens of fishes have been restored and coloured according to published coloured figures and descrip- tions, in continuation of the work begun in 1904. The wall- cases of the south haif of the Fish Gallery have been re- painted, and the specimens replaced, with the exception of the Pleuronectids, the series of which is not yet complete. The Sword-fish case also has been repainted, and the specimens coloured and re-arranged. Large coloured drawings have been added of Regalecus, Trachypterus, Cladoselache and Xenacanthus, and models of Clamatius and Pterichthys. The head and pelvic fins of the specimen of the Basking shark, caught off Shanklin, have been set up, with three fossil clasper-spines, for comparison with those of the recent shark ; and progress has been made with the restoring and mounting of the large sharks hanging from the roof and side rails. A card catalogue of the 350 specimens selected for exhibition in the south half of the gallery has been drawn up, giving the register number and history of each specimen and the figures and descriptions from which it was coloured. ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY. The work in connection with this section has been very similar to that of the previous year. The numerous questions submitted had reference chiefly to insects: many of them from medical men who are investigating the spread of diseases through the instrumentality of insects, others from various persons who ask advice respecting some pest, or for the name of some injurious insect. A considerable number of additions have been made to the series of exhibits in the,North Hall. Among them the following may be specially mentioned :— Examples of spruce fir showing the injury caused by Pine Weevils (Hylobius abietis). Cotton plants showing the injuries caused by various insects, specimens of which are exhibited, including the “ Koyptian cotton boll worm” (Harias wmsulana), and the « Koyptian cotton worm ” (Prodenia littoralis). The Malay Sugar-cane borer (Phragmatecia), with examples of the moth and damaged cane. ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY. 111 Durra leaves damaged by the Durra Aphis (Aphis sorghi, Theob.), with specimens of the insect, and also its Lady-bird enemies, Chilomenes vicina and Coccinella 11-punctata. Specimens illustrating the life-history of the Willow Aphis (Lachnus viminalis), with examples of the leaves and wood injured by them. Examples of the Cabbage Aphis (Aphis brassicw), which has recently been causing much damage in Essex and Kent. Specimens showing the injury caused to rose bushes by scale insects, or the “Scurvy Bark Louse” (Diaspis rose) ; also examples of various moths, the caterpillars of which feed on roses. Peas attacked by the larve of a small fly, or “ Pea Midge” (Diplosis pist). Wine corks bored by caterpillars of Oinophila v-flava ; and of the Fig Moth (£phestia ficella). Hide damaged by Ox Warble. The following are some of the subjects of inquiry :—- (1.) Specimens of Indian House-fly (Musca determinata) and other flies sent for determination as possibly conveying disease from filth trenches. (2.) A biting fly, Stomoays calcitrans, sent from India for determination as not improbably conveying disease. (3.) A small fly, Simulium damnosum, sent for deter- mination from Uganda. Its bite causes great irritation and produces large swellings and sores. (4.) Pangonia zonata and other Horse-flies (Tabanide}, believed to disseminate a fatal disease among horses in Somaliland. (5.) Two kinds of gnat (Theobaldia annulata and Anopheles maculipennis) sent for determination. These were so troublesome in Somersetshire as to make the use of mosquito curtains necessary. (6.) Midges (Chironomus riparius) causing great annoy- ance at Wandsworth. Sent for determination, and with inquiry as to their origin, from the Medical Officer of Health. (7.) Household mites (Glyciphagus domesticus), infesting furniture, sent for advice. (8.) Larvee of a moth, “ Bag-worms ” (Psychide) sent for determination from British Central Africa. Sup- posed by the natives to be poisonous to cattle. (9.) Growing coffee-berries injured by weevils (Scolytida) in Angola. (10.) Fruit-flies (Ceratitis capitata) in South Africa and West Australia, 112 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. (11.) Fish-insects (Lepisma) from various places, injuring photograph, altar cloth, on picture, and on palliasses. (12.) Underground lead-covered electric cable injured, apparently by White-ants (Termites) in Hong Kong. A somewhat similar question was submitted re- specting overhead telegraph cables. In this case the injury seemed to be due to lightning. (13.) Cocoa-nut trees greatly damaged by beetles (Calan- dra stigmaticollis and Melittomma insulare) in the Seychelles. (14.) Wooden bread platters pierced by small beetles (Lyctus canaliculatus). (15.) Caterpillars of a butterfly (Rhopalocampsa juno), very injurious to cocoa-nut palms. Sent for deter- mination from Aburi, Gold Coast. (16.) Specimens of a Long-horned Locust (Phaneroptera 4-punctata) in a vinery near Chester; imported. (17.) Larvee of a Longicorn Beetle (Macrotoma natala), damaging hardwood timber used in a temporary railway bridge in British Central Africa. (18.) Live Cockroaches imported from West Indies in bananas, NVyctebara tenebrosa, and Periplaneta americana from Scarborough. (19.) Hothouse grapes injured by a fly (Drosophila | melanogaster) near Huddersfield. (20.) Cigarettes badly injured by a small beetle (Lasio- derma tectacea) ; sent by a London firm. EL. Ray Lankester, British Museum (Natural History), Director. 2 February 1906. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 113 DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. I.—Arrangement and Conservation. Mammalia.—In the exhibition series the gradual elimina- tion of old and faded specimens and their replacement by new ones, mounted according to modern methods, has been con- tinued so far as opportunity and financial considerations have permitted. The case for Langur and Guereza Monkeys in the Upper Mammalian Gallery, alluded to in last year’s report, has been completed, with great advantage to the general appearance of the Gallery and the display of the specimens. The re-arrangement and repainting (green) of the cases con- taining the smaller Carnivora in the Lower Mammalian Gallery has been completed; and two of the Rodent cases have been similarly treated. A new case for Hares and Rabbits has been installed in one of the bays rendered vacant by the removal of the Elephants, thereby relieving the con- gestion in the other Rodent cases. An unsatisfactory portion of the Lower Mammal Gallery was the last bay on the north side, partly owing to over- crowding and partly to the want of light in that particular bay. An improvement has been effected by devoting the darkest case entirely to skeletons, and by painting the floor of the adjacent central case light green instead of brown. As regards the overcrowded condition of the other cases, this has been remedied by the removal of the Bush-bucks to the West Corridor, where they have been temporarily disposed among the existing cases, pending the installation of a new one, which is already in order. The repainting and re-arrangement of the other cases at the north- west end of the Lower Mammal Gallery is still in progress. The Antelope case in the West Corridor facing the staircase leading to the Upper Mammal Gallery has been painted green, with great advantage to the display of the specimens. Attention may also be directed to the mounting of the almost unique male and female skulls of the Great Assam Buffalo (Bos bubalis macroceros) in a conspicuous position at the West end of the Lower Mammal Gallery. In the British Saloon much preliminary work has been accomplished in regard to the preparation of a series of groups of Mammals; of these a group of Otters has already been installed, and one of Water-Rats will shortly be ready for exhibition. The large Mammal case has been painted green. General conservation, rewriting and printing of labels, when required owing to the progress of Zoology, have been carried on as usual, Among the additions, noticed below, special attention may be directed to the following, viz., a statuette, modelled by 114 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Captain Adrian Jones, of H.M. the King’s Racehorse ‘‘ Per- simmon,” presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales; a statuette, also modelled by Capt. A. Jones, of the Racehorse “ Zinfandel,” presented by Lord Howard de Walden, the owner ; the skull of “Ormonde”; a Hippopotamus, presented by Rowland Ward, Esq.; and mounted specimens of the Tibetan Takin (Budorcas taxicolor tubetanus) and the White- maned Serow Antelope (Wemorhedus argyrochetes). The more notable additions to the exhibited series include the following :— PRIMATES: — Andamanese skeletons; photographs of Pigmies ; photograph of Simia satyrus ; Cercocebus collaris, C. albigena. CARNIVORA:—Cyon deccanensis, Canis pam- basileuws, presented by F. C. Selous, Esq.; Lutra vulgaris - (group); Halicherus gryphus, presented by J. G. Millais, Esq. UnouLata :—Budorcas taxicolor tubetanus, Nemor- hadus argyrochetes, Ovis fannini, presented by Prince Collcredo Mansfeld ; Ovis stoner, presented by D. T. Hanbury, Esq. ; Raphicerus sharpei ; Cervus duvauceli ; Hippopotamus amphibius. Roprntia :-—Pentalagus fur- nessi, presented by the Duke of Bedford, K.G. DOMESTICATED ANIMALS:—Fox Terrier “Donna For- tuna”; Japanese Spaniel; Blenheim Spaniel pup; King Charles Spaniel; Collie Dog, “ Roy”; Pointer; skeleton of the Shire Stallion, “ Blaisdon Conqueror,’ presented by the owner, the late P. Stubbs, Esq.; skeleton of the Shire Stallion “Prince William,” presented by the owner, Lady Wantage; skull and limb-bones of the Thoroughbred Stallion ‘‘ Ormonde,” presented by W. O. B. Macdonough, Ksq., the owner; statuette of H.M. the King’s Thoroughbred Stallion “ Persimmon”; statuette of Lord Howard de Wal- den’s Thoroughbred Stallion ‘“ Zinfandel” ; Hunia Fighting Ram; Cameroon Maned Sheep. The series of skulls of dogs has been arranged in a new case; and the case to illustrate the origin of the horse and the ancestry of its breeds has been installed In the study series the work of registering, labelling, and incorporating specimens has been continued. Three store cabinets have been added for the reception of skins of Mammals of about the size of a fox. Many of the skins acquired in earlier times have been re-made, where possible, thus rendering them fit for comparison with modern material. The Department is again indebted for much valuable assistance in dealing with its acquisitions to voluntary helpers, of whom should be specially mentioned Dr. Forsyth- Major, Mr. J. L. Bonhote, Mr. Harold Schwann, and Capt. G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton. By the assistance of a private donor the services of Dr. Knud Andersen have been continued in working out and re-labelling the collection of Chiroptera, 1 = DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 115 Aves.—Considerable progress has been made with the re- mounting of the British Birds for the pier-cases in the Pavilion, and among the series in the General Gallery progress has also been made. Descriptive printed labels have been placed in all the cases containing the nesting series of British Birds, and framed tablets showing the classification adopted, have been placed at intervals in the Gallery. Progress has been made with the Osteological Collection, and a iarge number of eggs of species included in Volume V. have been incorporated. The arrangement and cataloguing of the skeletons of the Tracheophone Passeres, Pteroptochide, Conopophagide Formicarvde, and Dendrocolaptide have been proceeded with. The collection of birds in spirits has also been overhauled, but cannot be properly arranged until better accommodation has been provided. A case illustrative of the parasitic habit in birds has been installed in the North Hall, near by the one containing eggs of the Common Cuckoo. In the same neighbourhood have been placed photographs illustrating the manner in which young Cuckoos eject the rightful occupants of the nest they usurp; and also a label describing the nesting habits of Cuckoos. Reptilia and Batrachia.—The Exhibition Cases in the Reptile Gallery are all now provisionally arranged, but much remains to be done in the matter of filling up gaps. The most important work that has been done during the year is the painting of the mounted specimens of Monitor and other Jizards and Snakes to imitate, so far as possible, their colouring during life. This work, which is far from being complete, has been done entirely by a member of the staff of the Museum. The work of renewing the spirit in the bottles has been continued. The incorporation of accessions has been pro- ceeded with as far as possible. The removal of the Bactrachians to the new cases provided has been commenced. The numerous additions to the Collection have been named and incorporated as soon as received. Pisces.—Much progress has been made in the Southern half of the Fish Gallery, and it is now re-opened to the public. The preparation of the specimens and their re- arrangement in the cases are nearly completed, and temporary labels have been introduced into six of the ten wall cases. The Northern half of the Gallery has been partitioned off, since this part will not be ready for the admission of the public for some time longer. Mollusca.—The interesting collection of Mollusca obtained by the “ Discovery” in the Antaretic Region has been worked 124. I 116 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. out and reported upon, and the specimens collected by the same expedition at the Auckland Islands have been named. A collection made in Tierra del Fuego by Captain Richard Crawshay has also been worked out and a report published. The Mollusca obtained by Mr. W. A. Cunnington in the great lakes of Central Africa have been determined and described, and a report has been prepared, bringing up to date the catalogue of the South African fauna. The working out of an important series of deep-sea forms obtained by H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer “ Investigator” has been commenced. Part of the collection of Rissoudew has been mounted in glass-topped boxes, and the whole of the exhibited series of Chitonide has been remounted on new tablets, provided with printed labels, and arranged in accordance with Prof. Pilsbry’s Monograph. The numerous accessions have been mounted and incorporated, a suitable selection being placed on exhibition in the table-cases. Arachnida and Myriopoda.—Among the accessions dealt with during the year was the major portion of the Godman Collection of Spiders from Central America, numbering nearly four thousand specimens. The bottling, labelling and regis- tering of this large collection occupied some considerable time. As it has not been found possible to incorporate it in the general collection, it has been temporarily arranged in a cupboard in the Spirit building. The spirit collections of Scorpions, Pedipalpi, Solifugee and Mygalomorphous Spiders have been completely re-arranged, and a manuscript index to the genera has been prepared. The collection of lxodide consisting mainly of unidentified material, was sent to Prof. Neumann, of Toulouse, for study, and has been returned by him after determining the species. The collection of Pseudo- scorpions is in the hands of Mr.C. J. With, of Copenhagen, for study. Insecta,—Series of specimens and drawings of moths, gnats and midges have been in course of preparation for exhibition in the Insect Gallery. With a view of showing extremely small objects, a specially constructed microscope has been placed in the Insect Gallery, exhibiting some minute Hymenoptera, which are parasites on the eggs of other insects. Specimens are placed in the microscope, and enlarged drawings with an explanatory label are placed above it. It has been appreciated by numerous visitors and has so far been fairly used. A considerable number of Coleoptera of the family Nitidulide, which were sent to M. Grouvelle to be named, have been returned and re-incorporated. The collection of Corylophide formed by the late Rev. A. Matthews, recently acquired, has been incorporated. A fresh arrangement of DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 117 the Passalide has been completed. The arrangement of the Elateride has been completed to the end of the Monocre- pidvine. The Hucnemide have been extended to enable accessions to be incorporated. Some progress has been made in the incorporation of the Kerremans’ Collection of Buprestide. The collection of Cassididw formed by the late J. S. Baly, acquired in the early part of the year, has been incorporated. The bequest of the large collection of Coleoptera, formed by the late Mr. A. Fry, has necessitated considerable exten- sion of some parts of the collection. The Cetoniide have been completely re-arranged, advantage being taken to in- corporate at the same time accessions from other sources. A very large numter of Longicornia have also been incorporated, as well as specimens belonging to other families. As the cabinets have, in accordance with the bequest, to be emptied within twelve months after the receipt of the collection, and as it will be impossible to incorporate all the specimens within this period, the contents of some of the drawers are being transferred as they stand to Museum cabinets. To the end of December 1905, 27,500 specimens had been labelled, and either incorporated or transferred. ~- The preparation of the Catalogue of Orthoptera has been proceeded with. The manuscript containing the Gryllida has been completed and sent to press, and the Phasgonuridw will soon be finished. The arrangement of the Homoptera of the family Cicadidw has been completed, and the Fulgoridw have been begun. The Lepidoptera of the family Danainw have now been completely transferred and re-arranged in the new cabinets, and the Jthomiane in part similarly treated. Several large Nymphaline genera, such as Charazes and Doleschalia, have been re-arranged in the new cabinets, and a portion of the Hewitson Pierine incorporated with the general collection. The Nymphaline genera, Rathinda and Neptis, have been arranged by Colonel Bingham; and the Preride, of the genus Colvas, the holarctic Pieridae and the genus Parnassius, by Mr. H. J. Elwes. The fifth volume of the “Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalene” has been published, and the manuscript of the sixth volume, containing the Cucullianw nearly completed. The Noctwide of the sub-families Huteliane, Stictopterine, Sarrothriphine and Acontiane have been arranged, and Catocaline nearly completed. New species in these families 1 2 118 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. have been described. Part of the Geometride of the sub- family Boarmiane has been arranged, and the Godman and Salvin Collection and other accessions incorporated. The arrangement of the collection of British Lepidoptera has been continued and will shortly be completed. Some progress has been made in the re-arrangement of the Diptera of the family Muscidew. Numerous accessions from various sources have been incorporated, including a considerable number of Mosquitoes (Culicidw) and a series of types of species from New Zealand described by Captain Hutton. A large number of type specimens of Tachinine, Dexine, and Sarcophagine, described by F.Walker, have been examined with a view to ascertain to what modern genera the species should be referred, and they have been labelled and transferred to their proper places in the collection. The Walkerian types of Hvaza, Salduba, Trichocheta and allied genera (Stratiomyidw) have been studied, and assigned to their proper systematic positions. The determination and re-arrangement of the Tabanide have been continued by Miss Ricardo. The British Diptera of the genera Siemuliawm and Varicheta (Hrigone) have been determined, labelled, and arranged. Considerable time has been occupied in attending to correspondence respecting Blood-sucking Fles, and in deter- mining specimens sent for that purpose, chiefly by medical men from various parts of the world, including India, Indo- China, Egypt, Sudan, British Central Africa, and other localities. Crustacea.—The arrangement of the cases of Crustacea in the Insect Gallery has been continued. A considerable num- ber of additional specimens have been prepared and coloured, completing the systematic series of the Brachyura, and descriptive labels have been prepared. The whole of the dry collection, with the exception of the Cirripedia, has now been arranged in the new cabinets in the Crustacea Room, and manuscript indices to the spirit and dry collections have been prepared. Work on the Cumacea has been continued, and reports on collections from Ireland and from the Dutch Kast Indies have been published. Reports have been pre- pared and are now in the press on the collection obtained by the ‘“ Discovery ” Expedition, and on that of the “ Puritan” Expedition near Naples. The Decapoda of the “ Discovery ” have been studied, and assistance has been given to Mr. A. O. Walker in working out the Amphipoda of the same collection. Mr. Stanley W. Kemp has revised the deep-sea prawns of the genus Acanthephyra in the Museum Collection. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 119 Prototracheata*.—The few specimens received during the year were submitted to Prof. Bouvier, of whose long promised Monograph the first part has been published.+ — Echinoderma*.—Very interesting specimens of Too- pneustes variegatus, showing the products of the gonads emerging from their orifices, have been mounted in spirit; a fine example of Strongylocentrotus franciscanus has been mounted ina special case. The new species cf Asteroidea described since 1893, and the specimens of the class which have been added to the collection during the last ten years, have been entered in the MSS. Catalogue of that group. Vermes*.—The unnamed specimens in the Beddard Col- lection (reported last year) were returned to Mr. Beddard, who has determined them; on their return they were re-spirited, bottled and registered; his collection of 1,200 slides, which were not in very good order when received late last year, has been cleaned, re-arranged, and a type-written list of the genera, with their register numbers, has been placed in each slide box. The whole Beddard Collection has been entered in an interleaved copy of Dr. Michaelson’s “ Oligocheta,” which will be of great assistance to students. Anthozoa*.—A case containing an introductory series of Corals and an exhibition of the species found in the British Seas has been partly set out; the recent discovery of several forms new to our seas necessitates waiting for examples of these to complete the series. Volume V. of the Catalogue of Corals, containing an account of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Pordtes, has been published ; the account of the Atlantic species is still in MSS., but a large number of the illustrations have been printed. The re-velveting of the exhibition cases has been completed, and the specimens re-arranged ; a fine example of Venus’ Fan (Pterogorgia fla- bellum) has been mounted, as well as some very interesting examples of Zurbinaria, which show the mortal influence of deposits of mud on calyciform corals. A fine photograph of living Dead Men’s Fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) has been prepared from a photo lent by the Horniman Museum. All the label names of the exhibited sea-anemones are now protected from dirt by glass covers. Two large cases for exhibiting Gorgonellids are being made. * The time of the Assistant in charge of these groups has been largely devoted to the ‘‘ Discovery” Collection. + The opinion of a fellow-worker from the Jardin des Plai.tes may be worth transcribing, M. Bouvier says :—- ‘“‘ Les coliections du Musée britannique, plus riches que toutes autres en individus et en espéces, et ot se trouvent réuvis des matériaux singuli¢rement prévieux, depuis l’exemplaire de Sloane (le premier connu du groupe) jusqu’& ceux examinés ou apportés récemment par MM. Sedgwick, Pocock, Willey, Dendy et Evans.” 120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The cupboards mentioned in last year’s report have been stocked with all the specimens that have as yet been calalogued ; and they can now be consulted or examined without any loss of time to the student. Polyzoa, Porifera, Protozoa.—The working out of the large collection of Sponges brought home by the “ Discovery ” from the Antarctic has been commenced. The Report on the Hexactinellida (with 7 quarto plates) has been completed, and that on the Tetractinellida (with 4 quarto plates) is now nearly ready ; also numerous preparations of the Monaxonida have been made. The spirit collection of Sponges has been removed from the high cupboards in which.it was stored, and arranged in low cupboards in the Spirit building, the position of the genera on the shelves being indicated on label cards. The large collection of material, including MS. notes and drawings, constituting a finalinstalment of the Busk Collection, has been arranged so as to be available for reference, and has been found of much use by students working at the collection of Polyzoa. The micro-slide preparations of Protozoa (mostly Fora- minifera), Sponges, and Hydrozoa, contained in 216 boxes, and numbering over 11,000, have been put in order. A collection, comprising 15 specimens of Freshwater- Sponges from Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Nyassa, collected by Mr. Cunnington, has been worked out, and is in course of being reported upon. | At the request of the India Office, a short report has been drawn up on the Persian Gulf as a possible area for successful Sponge Fisheries. The exhibit in the case containing a series of specimens and diagrams, illustrative of the structure of Sponges, was damaged by rain coming in through the roof. Considerable time was involved in repairing the damage done to these exhibits. {1.—Duplicates and Eachanges. Duplicates have been presented to the Technical Educa- tion Board of the London Ccunty Council; St. Paul’s School Field Club Museum, Hammersmith ; the Wimbledon Technical Institute ; the Sir John Cass Technical Institute ; Kton College; the Campden School of Arts and Crafts, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire; M. H. d’Orbigny ; Herr R, Piingeler; Dr. William Barnes; Prof. Y. Sjostedt ; and M. A. Régimbart. Exchanges have been effected with Mr. J. H. Fleming, Dr. Moreno, Mr. William Cross, and the Bromley Natural History Society ; Prof. Joseph Gillett, Mr. I. T. Kaye, Mr. F. N. Nunenmacher, Prof. Y. Sjostedt, M. Réné Oberthiir, Com- mander J. J. Walker, R.N., Prof. Hauser, Dr. A. H. Heath, Dr. M. Cameron, Dr. M. A. Régimbart, Mr. Malcolm Burr. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 121 A Polar Bear has been sent, through Mr. W. Foster, to the Agricultural College of Asuncion, Paraguay, in exchange for a number of small mammals. IlI.—Departmental Library. One hundred and eighty-seven separate works in 362 volumes, new to the Library, and 1945 parts of periodicals and works in progress have been acquired during the year by purchase, presentation, and exchange. Some of these formed part of the Library of the late Alexander Fry, and were received from his executors, together with his collection of Insects. Altogether, 154 works, represented by 611 volumes, and 686 parts and extracts, were comprised in the Fry bequest. Three hundred and eight books have been bound. The Library now contains 10,910 separate works in 17,062 volumes. A collection of 278 folios of water-colour drawings of Japanese Fishes has been presented by Mrs. Stoddart, and four volumes of pencil drawings of Fishes of the Rio Negro have been presented by Dr. Alfred Russel Waliace. They were made by him during his travels in South America about 50 years ago. The former collection was made by Mr. Stoddart during his residence in Nagasaki. The drawings were prepared by Japanese artists, and are of interest as representing the fish-fauna of that part of Japan, and being coloured from living or freshly caught specimens, they will prove a valuable aid to ichthyologists who may engage in the study of the Japanese fish-fauna. Some of Dr. Wallace’s drawings represent species as yet undescribed, and serve to show the incompleteness of our knowledge of the fishes of the Amazon and its tributaries. This interesting series has .been named, as far as possible, by Mr. C. T. Regan. 1V.—Publications. In addition to the Catalogues and other works published by the Trustees, already mentioned, the following reports or descriptive papers, based on specimens in the Collection, have been prepared and published in scientific journals :— Mammalia.—‘ On Mammals and Birds from Japan ” ; “On a new Golden Mole from Cape Colony” ; “A new Cricetulus from Mongolia”; “The Nomenclature of the Cranial Measurements’; “On Mammals from the Island of Fernando Po”; ‘On a New Bush—Buck from British East Africa” ; “On some Australasian Mammals”; “ A new Genus and two new Species of Bats”; “Ona new Gazelle from Palestine”; “On Hylochwrus, the Forest Pig ct Central Africa”; “On some new Japanese Mammals ” ;“‘ On new Neo- tropical Molossus, Conepatus, &c.” ; “On a remarkable new Squirrel from Burma”; “ New Ground-Squirrels of the Xerus erythropus Group”; “ New African Mammals of the Genera 122 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Glauconycteris, Lutra, Funisciurus, Arvicanthis, &e.; by Oldfield Thomas; “ List of the Mammals obtained in Zululand during the Rudd Exploration of South Africa” ; “ List of the Mammals obtained from the Wakkerstroom District, South- Eastern Transvaal, during the Rudd Exploration of South Africa,” by Oldfield Thomas and Harold Schwann; “On a Second collection of Mammals obtained by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola,” by Oldfield Thomas and R. C. Wroughton. “Notes on the various Forms of Arvicanthis pumilio ” ; ««7The’ Common Striped Palm-Squirrel,” by R. C. Wroughton. “On anew Vole from Kashmir”; ‘On the Mouse-Hares of the Genus Ochotona,” by J. Lewis Bonhote. ‘ On the Bats of the Rhinolophus arcuatus Group, with Descriptions of Five New Forms”; “On some Bats of the Genus Rhino- lophus, and Descriptions of twenty-six New Forms”; “On Hipposiderus diadema and its closest Allies”; “A List of the Species and Sub-species of the Genus Rhinolophus, with some Notes on their Geographical Distribution,’ by Knud Anderson. “The Bonin Island Sambar”; “On Dolphins from Travancore ”; “On the Nigerian and Kilimanjaro Giraffes” ; “The Gorals of India and Burma”; “An _ undescribed Guereza”’; “ Local Variation in the Giraffe,” by R. Lydekker. “‘ Notes on the Mammals of Southern Cameroons and the Benito,” by George L. Bates. Aves,—“ On further collections of Birds from the Efuien District of Cameroons, West Africa (Part III.); “ Notes on Mr. Robin Kemp’s paper on the “ Birds of the South-Hastern part of the Protectorate of Sierra Leone,” by R. Bowdler Sharpe. ; “On the Birds collected by the late W. G. Doggett on the Anglo-German frontier of Uganda”; “On the display of the Lesser Bird-of-Paradise” ; ‘On the Birds procured by the Karl of Ranfurley in New Zealand and the adjacent Islands” ; ‘‘ On the Birds of the Azores; “ Fasciculi Malayensis; Report on the Birds”; “On a new species of Tree-Partridge from the Mountains of the Malay Peninsula”; “On anew sub-species of Scimitar-Babbler”; “On a new species of Whistling- Thrush”; “On two Fly-catchers of the genus Psewdo- gerygone”; “On the species of the genus Acanthidositta” ; “On a new Shrike from 8. Arabia”; “On a new species of Weka Rail.” “On five new species of birds, procured by Mr. Walter Goodfellow in South-East Mindanao,” by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. “On the systematic position of Zeledonia coronata” ; “On the Pterylography and Dermal Myology of the Lesser Bird-of-Paradise” ; “Some points in the Anatomy of Acanthi- dositta chloris”; “Contribution to the Osteology of Birds (Part VII.), Hurylemide,” by .W. P. Pycraft. Reptilia and Batrachia.—< A contribution to our know- ledge of the varieties of the Wall-Lizard (Lacerta muralis) in Western Europe and North Africa”; “Ona new variety of DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 123 theWall-Lizard” ; “An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. F. G. Riggenbach in the Atlas of Morocco”, “On the Lacerta depressa of Camerano”; ‘“ Description of a new Newt from Yunnan”; “Descriptions of new Reptiles discovered in Mexico by Dr. H. Gadow”’; ‘“‘ On a Collection of Batrachians and Reptiles made in South Africa by Mr. C. H. B. Grant, and presented to the British Museum by Mr. C. D. Rudd”; “On some Batrachians and Reptiles from Tibet” ; “ Description of a new Snake from Venezuela” ; ‘“ Description of anew Batrachian of the genus Bombinator from Yunnan ” ; “Descriptions of new West African Frogs of the genera Petropedetes and Bulua”; ‘“ Description of anew Snake of the genus Atractaspis from Mount Kenya” ; “ Descriptions of new Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum”; ‘‘ Descrip- tions of three new Snakes discovered in South Arabia by Mr. G.W. Bury”; “ 214,370 Other sources - . 22,479 4,192 1,273 / | Crustacea - - - - 1,270 108 _— | 1,378 Prototracheata’ - - - —_— 10 — | 10 Echinoderma - - : - - 265 15 5 285 Vermes - - - : 39 406 2 447 Brachipoda - Pa> - - 1l 2 — 13 Anthozoa - - - - 28 65 a 93 Tunicata - - - - 19 — _— 19 Polyzoa - - . - 53 — — | 53 Hydrozoa - - - - 26 — —_ 26 Porifera - - - - 70 ) — 78 Protozoa - - - - §) _— — 9 Totals - - | 207,054 36,453 | 2,581 | 246,088 126 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mammalia.—The accessions number two thousand and twenty-nine. Those most worthy of note are the following :— Hight hundred small mammals, mostly bats, from the collection of the late Mr. R. F. Tomes, and including about 40 types of species described by himself and other naturalists ; purchased. Four Mammals from the Orkney Islands, two seals from the Shetlands, and the type of Mus rattus ater, a London specimen ; presented by J. G. Millais, Esq. Sixteen Mammals from Haute-Savoie; presented by M. A. Robert. Forty-three Mammals from Haute-Savoie; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. One hundred and forty Mammals from Japan, including the type of Petaurista leucogenys nikkonis; presented by R. Gordon Smith, Esq. Thirteen Mammals from Kashmir, including the type of Microtus imitator ; presented by Col. A. E. Ward. Ten Mammals from N.E. Mongolia, including the type of Cricetulus campbelli; presented by C. W. Campbeil, Esq., C.M.G. Twenty-four Mammals from Sarawak; presented by H. C. Robinson, Esq. Thirty-three Mammals from Japan, the Philippines and Loo Choo Islands, including the type of Mustela melampus bedford, being the first results of the important exploration of Eastern Asia now being conducted by Mr. M. P. Anderson ; presented by the Duke of Bedford, k.c. Three Mammals from Tibet: presented by Lieut.-Col. L. A. Waddell. Eleven Mammals from Tibet, including the types of Cricetulus lama and Microtus waltoni, collected by Capt. H. J. Walton, 1.M.s.; presented by the Tibet Frontier Commission. | Fifty-eight Mammals from Thian Shan; presented by A. B. Bayley Worthington, Esq. Thirteen Mammals from Fokien, China; presented by J. de La Touche, Esq. Sixty-eight Mammals from Persia, including the types of Calomyscus bailwardi, Piprstrellus aladdin and Lllobius woosnami, collected by R. B. Woosnam, Esq.; presented by Col. A. C. Bailward. Eighty-three Mammals from the Malay Peninsula, in- cluding the type of Mus klossi; presented by C. Boden Kloss, Esq. Four Mammals from Angola and two from the Gaboon and Cameroons; presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild, m.p. Twenty-one Mammals from N. Nyasa Land; presented by Sir Alfred Sharpe. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 127 Three skeletons of natives of the Andaman islands; purchased. Thirty-two Mammals from Berbera, Somaliland; presented by R. E. Drake-Brockman, Esq. Two hundred and sixty Mammals from N.E. Transvaal, Zululand and Natal, including the types of Amblysomus corriew, Miniopterus fraterculus, Georychus talpoides and Raphicerus sharper colonicus, collected by Mr. C. H. B. Grant; presented by C. D. Rudd, Esq. Forty Mammals from Uganda, collected during the delimitation of the Anglo-German Boundary ; presented by Col. C. Delmé Radcliffe. Four skulls from Liberia; presented by Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.B. Fourteen Mammals from Natal; presented by C. W. Turner, Esq. Highty-three Mammals from Angola, collected by Dr. Ansorge, including the types of Herpestes gracilis bocaget and Georychus ansorget ; purchased. Sixteen Mammals from N. Nigeria; presented by Dr. H. K. D. Kumm. Twenty-seven Mammals from the Cameroons ; purchased. A fine mounted Hippopotamus from the Zambesi; pre- sented by Rowland Ward, Esq. Seventeen Mammals from British East Africa; presented by Mrs. S. L. Hinde. Six Mammals from the Bahr-el-Ghazal; presented by Major H. Bray, R.A.M.c. The head of an African Elephant; presented by H.S. H. Cavendish, Esq. Two Mammals from N.E. Rhodesia, both types (Georychus mellandi and Heliophobius robustus); presented by F. H. Meliand, Esq. | Four Mammals from N. Australia and eight from S.E. Australia, including the type of Petrogale hacketti; presented by the Perth Museum, through Dr, B. H. Woodward. Seven Mammals from 8. Australia, including the type of Phascogale hilliert ; presented by H. J. Hillier, Esq. A mounted seal from California ; presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild, M.P. Hight Mammals from Para, including the type of Pro- echimys goeldit, and two other typical specimens ; presented by Dr. Goeldi. Five Mammals from Tierra del Fuego; presented by Capt. R. Crawshay. Thirteen Mammals from Cayenne, including the type of Molossus barnesi, presented by W. Barnes, Esq. Eight Mammals from Paraguay ; received in exchange. 128 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Five Mammals from Santiago; presented by J. A. Wolff- sohn, Esq. Six Mammals from Venezeula, collected by Sr. 8. Briceno, and seven from Chiriqui, collected by Mr. H. J. Watson; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. Aves.—The accessions totalled thirteen thousand eight hundred and thirty four, of which the following deserve special notice :— One hundred and nine Birds from the West Indies ; pre- sented by D. A. Bannerman, Esq. One hundred and sixty-two Birds from British Central Africa ; presented by Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.c.B. | Fifty-two Birds from South-West Australia, includiug five species new to the collection; presented by Dr. Bernard Woodward. Forty Birds from the Azores; presented by the Ponta Delgada Museum. Seven hundred and forty-five Birds from Dr. Sclater’s Collection ; purchased. Forty-five Birds from the Belgian Congo; presented by Colonel J. J. Harrison. Ninety-eight eggs from Australia ; presented A. J. North, Esq. Sixty-four Birds from Wales and Ireland; presented by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. One thousand, two hundred and seventy-nine Birds and eight hundred and sixty-eight eggs, from Egypt, Q&c.; bequeathed by the late Mr. Edward Cavendish Taylor. Three hundred and twenty-two Birds from Japan ; pre- sented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.a. Three hundred and thirty-five Birds from the Kauri Kachin district, and one thousand two hundred and sixty Birds from Mount Victoria, Chin Hills; presented by Lieut.- Colonel Rippon. Seventy-two Birds from Tian Shan Mountains ; presented by A. B, Bayley Worthington, Esq. Four hundred and seventeen eggs from British East Africa and Uganda; purchased. Two hundred and eight Birds from the Chindwin Hills; presented by Capt. A. Mears. Kighty-eight Birds from the Syrian Desert, collected by Mr. D. Carruthers; purchased. Nine hundred and six Birds and seven hundred and forty- five eggs from Paraguay, collected by W. Foster ; purchased. Nine hundred and fifty-four mounted Birds from various localities; presented by Lord Tweedmouth. Four hundred and sixteen Birds from 8. Tibet ; presented by Capt. H. J. Walton, IMLS. | DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 129 Two hundred and thirty-two Birds from Benguela, collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge ; purchased. Two hundred and thirty-six Birds from Apo Volcano, Mindanao, Philippines, including the types of seven new species and nineteen species new to the collection, collected by Mr. W. Goodfellow ; purchased. Four hundred and fifty Birds from the Wagga Moun- tains, Somali Land, collected by Mr. G. W. Bury; purchased. Four hundred and fifty Birds, mostly from the Canary Islands ; presented by E. G. B. Meade Waldo. Three hundred and seventy-four Birds from S.W. Australia, collected by T. Shortridge ; presented by W. E. Balston, Esq. Three hundred and ninety-six Birds from Persia, collected by R. B. Woosnam ; presented by Col. Bailward. Three hundred and twenty-six Birds from Cameroons, West Africa, collected by Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. Highteen Silver Pheasants from Upper Burma; received in exchange from the Bombay Natural History Society. Reptilia.—The accessions number one thousand two hundred and ten, five hundred and eighty-nine by presenta- tion, five hundred and seven by purchase, and one hundred and fourteen received in exchange. The most important are :— Thirty-three examples of the Wall-Lizard (Lacerta muralis) representing several varieties from Spain ; received from the Madrid Museum. One of the types of Lacerta muralis, var. breviceps, from Italy ; presented by Prof. Monticelli. A melanistic variety of the Wall-Lizard (Lacerta muralis) from near Florence; presented by Dr. A. Banchi. Twenty specimens from Styria; received from Herr G. Marktanner-Turneretscher. Thirty-tive specimens from Roumania; purchased. Forty-five specimens from Morocco, including examples of a Lizard new to the collection (Gymnodactylus trachy- blepharus), collected by Herr F, W. Riggenbach ; purchased. Forty-one specimens from Angola, including the type of a new Snake (Psammophis ansorgit), and specimens of two Snakes new to the collection (Aparallactus bocagi1), collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge; purchased. A rare Lizard (Rhoptropus afer) from Angola; presented by R. J. Cuninghame, Esq. A rare Lizard (Psilodactylus caudicinectus) from Nigeria ; presented by A. L. de M. Mynn, Esq. 130 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One -hundred specimens from 8. Africa, collected by C. Grant; presented by C. D. Rudd, Esq. Two hundred and one specimens from Somaliland, collected by G. W. Bury, Esq.; purchased. Forty-nine specimens from Persia, collected by R. B. Woosnam, Esq.; presented by Col. Bailward. Twelve Lizards of the genus Phrynocephalus from Central Asia, including type specimens of three species new to the collection (P. alpherakit, zalenskw and acutirostris ) ; received from the St. Petersburg Museum. Eleven specimens from Tibet, including the types of a new Lizard (Alsophylaa tibetanus) ; presented by Lieut.-Col. L. A. Waddal, c.B. Forty-four specimens from Yunnan, including examples of a new Snake and a new Tortoise, coilected by Mr. J. Graham ; purchased. Four specimens from the Himalayas, including the type of a new Snake (Lycodon mackinnoni); presented by Captain F. Wall. One hundred and seven specimens from Ceylon ; presented by E. E. Green, Esq. Thirteen specimens from the Malay Peninsula, including the types of a new Snake (Calamaria gimletti), collected by Dr. J. D. Gimlette ; presented by the Imperial Institute. Twenty-nine specimens from Japan, collected by Mr. M. P. Anderson ; presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford. Twenty-three specimens from Dutch New Guinea, collected by A. E. Pratt, Esq. ; purchased. Forty-five specimens from near Lake Eyre, South Australia, including examples of two new species; presented by H. J. Hillier, Esq. A Caiman, one of the types of Caiman sclerops var. chiapasius, from Tetuantepec, received in exchange from the Paris Museum. Ten specimens from Costa Rica, including the type of a new Snake (Phrydops melas), collected by Mr. C. H. Lankester ; purchased. Thirteen specimens from Panama; presented by H. Roberts, Esq. Fifteen specimens, including examples of a species new to the collection (Leposoma scincoides) from British Guiana; presented by Dr. C. Bovallius, Forty-seven specimens from the Andes of Venezuela, including the types of two new Snakes (Atractws ventri- maculatus and Leptognathus latifrontalis), collected by Sr. Briceno; purchased. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 181 Eleven specimens from Peru; presented by M. Eugéne Robuchon. Sixteen specimens from Peru, collected by Mr. Ockenden ; purchased. Batrachia.—The accessions number four hundred and six, two hundred and fifty-six by presentation, one hundred and forty-one by purchase, and nine received in exchange. The most important are :— Nine specimens from Sierra Leone, including the types of a new Frog (Petropedetes natator); presented by Major F. Smith, B.A.M.C. Fifteen specimens from Angola, including the type of a new Frog (Rana ansorgit), collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge ; purchased. Sixty-four specimens from South Africa, collected by C. Grant; presented by C. D. Rudd, Esq. Thirty-two specimens from Yunnan, including the types of a new Toad (Bombinator maximus) and a new Newt (Molge wolterstor ff), collected by Mr. J. Graham; purchased. Thirty-one specimens from Ceylon; presented by E. E. Green, Esq. . Seven specimens from Selangor, including the types of a new Frog (laalus castanomerus) ; received in exchange from the Selangor Museum. Nineteen specimens from Japan, collegted by Mr. M. P. Anderson; presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford. The type of a new Tree-Frog (Hyla graminea) from British New Guinea; purchased. Twenty-seven specimens from British Guiana; presented by Dr. C. Bovallius. _ Thirty-five specimens from the Andes of Venezeula, collected by Sr. Briceiio ; purchased. Pisces.— The accessions number three thousand one hundred and eighty-two, seven hundred and forty-nine by presentation, one thousand three hundred and sixty-six by purchase, and one thousand and sixty-seven received in exchange. The most important are :— Highteen prepared skulls of Malacopterygian Fishes ; presented by Dr. W. G. Ridewood. A large Sea-Perch (Lpinephelus cernioides) from Corn- wall, new to the collection and to the British Fauna; presented by Harrod’s Stores, Ltd. . A Vendace from Derwentwater, the type of a new British species (Coregonus gracilior), received in exchange from the Keswick Museum. A large Schelly (Coregonus clupeoides) from Haweswater ; presented by the Earl of Lonsdale. A very large Gwyniad (Coregonus clupeoides) from Bala Lake; presented by W. Owen, Esq. Two Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) from Loch Lomond; presented by W. L. Calderwood, Esq. 124, K 132 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Four Charr (Salmo willughbiz) from Crummock Water ; presented by W. H. Marshall, Esq. Three Burbot (Lota vulgaris) from Norfolk; presented by W. E. Sowels, Esq. Fifty-three specimens from deep water off the Irish Coast ; presented by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. Six Salmon, Trout and Charr from Ireland; presented by W. McOran Campbell, Esq. Twenty Cyprinid Fishes from Morocco, including the types of a new species (Barbus ksibv), collected by Herr Riggenbach ; purchased. Twenty-nine specimens from Lake Chad; presented by Captain Gosling. Type specimens of Paratilapia prognatha and Neobola argentea, from Kavirondo Bay; received from the Paris Museum. Seventeen specimens from the Coast of Angola, including the types of a new species (Dentex cuninghamit), and examples of two species new to the collection (Dentex moroc- canus and Diagramma mediterranewm); presented by R. J. Cunninghame, Esq. Ten specimens from Angola, including the types of four new species (Mastacembelus ansorgvi, Marcusenius ansorgit, Gnathonemus angolensis and Alestes humilis), collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge; purchased. Twenty-one specimens from the West Coast of Africa ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.p. Fifty-two specimens from South Africa, including Cat- Fish (Clarias theodore), new to the collection, collected by C, Grant ; presented by C. D. Rudd, Esq. Nine specimens from South Africa, type of new species described by the donor; presented by Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist. Fifty-one specimens from the Coast of Natal, including the types of five new species (Pliotrema warreni, Raia ocellifera, R. rhizacanthus, Scorpena natalensis, and Clupea durbanensis); presented by Dr. E. Warren. Twenty-eight specimens from Lake Bangwelu, including the types of several new species ; collected by F. H. Melland, Esq., and the Rev. Father Foulon; presented by F. H. Melland, Esc. Ninety-five specimens from the Kilimandjaro District, including types of several new species, collected by Herr Oscar Neumann ; purchased. Fifty-five specimens from the Nile; presented by Captain S. S. Flower. Seventy-six specimens from the Baro River, collected by Mr, Zaphiro ; presented by W. N. McMillan, Esq. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 133 Six specimens of the genera Cottws and Cottocomephorus from Lake Baikal, including examples of two species new to the collection (Cottus herzensteini and C. godlewskit) ; received in exchange from the St. Petersburg Museum. Hight specimens from Seistan, including the types of two new Cyprinids (Scaphiodon macmahoni and Nemachilus rhadineus); collected by Colonel Sir Henry McMahon; presented by the Indian Museum, Calcutta. The types of a new Cyprinid Fish (Gymnocypris waddellit) from Tibet; presented by Lieut.-Col. L. A. Waddell, C.B. Twenty-five specimens from Yunnan, including the types of two new Cyprinids (Wemachilus grahani and Cyprinus micristius), collected by Mr. J. Graham ; purchased. Twenty specimens, co-types of species described by Dr. Duncker, from the Malay Peninsula; presented by the Selangor State Museum. Thirteen specimens from Borneo; presented by the Curator of the Sarawak Museum. Six hundred and four specimens from the Inland Sea of Japan, including the types of several new species, collected by R. Gordon-Smith, Esq.; purchased. Twenty-three specimens from Japan, including several rare Selachians ; purchased. Five hundred and forty-nine specimens from Japan, including examples of several species new to the collection ; purchased of Dr. D. 8. Jordan. Highteen specimens from New Guinea; presented by Major W. C. Daniels. The types of two new Fishes from New Guinea (Neosilurus bartonit and Rhombatractus melanotenia); presented by His Excellency Governor F. R. Barton. Six specimens, including the type of a new species (Lleotiis moncktonz) from New Guinea; presented by C. A. W. Monckton, Esq. Forty-four specimens of the genus Galawias from Aus- tralia, including the types of G. longi and G. occidentalis and of two new species (G. waitia and G. dissimilis), received in exchange from the Australian Museum. Fifty-two specimens from New Zealand, including the types of a new species (Galaxias huttoni); presented by the late Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.s. Twenty-seven specimens from Tahiti; presented by C. L. Wragge, Esq. Highty-one specimens from the United States; received from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Thirty-one Pesciform Fishes from North America; received in exchange from Prof. C. H. Higenmann. i 2 134 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Four American Salmon and Trout (Salmo ouananiche, S. gairdnert and 8. wrideus), bred in Wales ; presented by the Rt. Hon. Lord Denbigh. Hight hundred and seventy-two specimens from Mexico, collected and described by Dr. S. E. Meek, including examples of several species new to the collection ; received in exchange from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Type specimens of four Cichlid Fishes (Cichlosoma rostratum, C. centrarchus, C. balteatum and C. basilare), described by Dr. Gill, from Lake Nicaragua; received in exchange from the Smithsonian Institution. Thirty-one specimens from Jamaica, collected by C. A. Wray, Esq. Types of Percichthys altispinis, from Buenos Ayres, and Scicena bedstr from Cuba; received in exchange from the Geneva Museum. Twenty-six specimens from british Guiana, including the types of a new Loricariid (Ancistrus bovallii); presented by Dr. C. Bovallius. Thirteen specimens from Brazil, including the types of four new species of Plecostomus described by Mr. R. von Ihering ; received in exchange from the San Paulo Museum. One of the type specimens of Galaxias alpinus Jenyns, from Tierra del Feugo; received from the Zoological Museum of Cambridge University. Mollusca.—Two thousand six hundred and twenty-eight specimens were acquired during the year. The following are the most important series :— Altogether one hundred and thirty-two types of species from various localities were obtained by purchase, and fifty-four by presentation. Kighty land, fresh-water and marine shells from South Africa, &c., including the types of twenty-seven species ; presented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. Seventeen specimens of Indian Mollusca, including the types of fourteen species; presented by the late Dr. W. T. Blanford, C.1.E. Seventy-four land shells belonging to recently described species from Japan; purchased. One hundred and eighty-six marine Mollusca from antarctic localities and three hundred and fifty-one from the Auckland Islands, obtained by the ‘“ Discovery ” Expe- dition. Several new and interesting forms were included in these collections. One hundred and forty-six marine shells from Cape Verd Island, including several new species and others new to the collection; purchased. Fifty-six specimens, mostly marine, from Tierra del Fuego, including six new species ; collected and presented by Capt. Richard Crawshay. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 135 Ninety-four marine shells from Montebello Islands, N.W. Australia ; presented by T. H. Haynes, Esq. Seventy-seven marine shells from Ceylon, including the types of forty-seven new species described by H. B. Preston ; purchased. Fifty specimens of Olivide, including several interesting varieties ; presented by F. G. Bridgman, Esq. One hundred and four marine shells from the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, including the types of forty-six species described by J. C. Melvill ; purchased. Thirty-four land slugs, named by W. E. Collinge, and including the types of seven species from various localities ; purchased. Forty-four land shells from South Africa, including several interesting species of Achatina ; presented by J. F, Quekett, Esq. Crustacea.—The additions number one thousand three hundred and seventy-eight, of which the following are the most important :— Two male specimens of the Giant Japanese Crab (Macro- cheira kaempferi) ; presented by R. Gordon-Smith, Esq. Five terrestrial Isopoda from Crete; presented by Miss D. M. A. Bate. Five Crabs from Sierra Leone; presented by Major F. Smith, D.s.0., R.A.M.C. . Four hundred and thirty-one Amphipoda from Ceylon, including the types of thirty-seven new species ; presented by Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S. One hundred and seventy-eight Cladocera, Amphipoda, and Schizopoda ; collected by the “ Research” Expedition, and including the types of four new species; presented by Dr. G. H. Fowler, F.R.s. Twenty Decapoda and Cirripedia from Cape Colony ; purchased. Eleven Crayfish from Central and Eastern Europe; purchased. Twenty-seven Crayfish from Italy; presented by the Turin Museum. Nine Crustacea from South Africa, being co-types of recently described species; presented by Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, F.R.S. | Two hundred and eighty-eight Cumacea, Schizopoda, and Decapoda, from the West of Ireland, including types of seventeen new or recently described species ; presented by the Department of Agriculture for Ireland. One hundred and nine Ostracoda, Amphipoda, and Schizo- poda from the “ Oceana” Expedition, including the types of two new species ; presented by George Murray, Esq., F.R.S. i i Crayfish from Denmark ; presented by Mr. C. J, ith. 1386 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Twenty-six marine Decapoda and Amphipoda from Jamaica ; collected by Mr. C. A. Wray for the Museum. Two specimens of a new species of River-Crab (Paratel- phusa spinescens) from Yunnan; purchased. HKighteen Phyllopoda and two Decapoda from South Australia ; presented by H. J. Hillier, Esq. Nine Crayfish from Ireland ; presented by HE. W. L. Holt, Esq. Highty Decapoda from Singapore and Malacca ; presented by W. F. Lanchester, Hsq., B.A. Ten Decapoda from Great Natuna; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P. Nineteen Fresh-water Decapoda from British Guiana ; presented by Dr. C. Bovallius. Six Decapoda from the Blue Niie, including one species new to the collection; presented by Capt. Stanley Flower. Thirty-nine Cumacea from the “Siboga” Expedition, including co-types of five new species; presented by Prof. Max Weber. Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The accessions numbered five thousand two hundred and eighteen, of which the most important were :— Three thousand eight hundred and eleven Spiders and Harvest-Spiders from Central America, including types of all the species described in the “ Biologia Centrali-Americana” ; presented by F. D. Godman, Esq. Highteen Arachnida and Myriopoda from the Upper Amazons; presented by M. Eugéne Robuchon. Nine Hundred Arachnida and Myriopoda, chiefly from South America; purchased. Ninety-five Arachnida and Myriopoda from Cape Colony ; purchased. Fifteen Pseudoscorpions from Scotland; presented by Robert Godfrey, Esq. Highteen Scorpions, Spiders and Centipedes from West Australia; presented by Dr. W. H. Ince. Forty-two Arachnida and Myriopoda from Cocos Keeling Island ; presented by F. Wood-Jones, Esq. Insecta.—The accessions for the year amounted to two hundred and fourteen thousand three hundred and seventy, distributed in the following manner :— Coleoptera - - - - - - - 186,038 Lepidoptera - - - - - ~ - 20,099 Rhynchota - - - - - - - 1,626 Diptera sista bedtsbesh=+0 as aat to! wow eee Hymenoptera - - - - - = Shade Orthoptera - ~ - - - - - 788 Neuroptera - = 2 - - 499 Thysanura and Collemmple - - - - 74 Nests, &, - - - " = E: 27 DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 137 The most important of these are the following :— (From various Localities. ) The magnificent collection of Coleoptera, formed by the late Mr. Alexander Fry, consisting of between 150,000 and 200,000 specimens, including numerous types and a large number of rarities new to the Museum. The specimens are mostly named, and are labelled with their localities. The collection contains a large number of novelties collected by the late Mr. Doherty in the Malay Archipelago, also a fine series of the species collected by the late Mr. Whitehead at Kinabalu, and described by H. W. Bates. It is particularly rich in Rhynchophora and Longicornia ; bequeathed. A first portion of Dr. D. Sharp’s extensive collection of Coleoptera, consisting of 22,000 water-beetles, Dytiocide, including 500 type specimens ; purchased. Five thousand specimens of Coleoptera, being a selection from the collection of Cassidide formed by the late Dr. J. 5S. Baly, including 192 type specimens ; purchased. One thousand five hundred and sixty-six Coleoptera; purchased. One hundred and twenty-seven Coleoptera; obtained by exchange. One hundred and fourteen Hymenoptera, chiefly types; purchased. Three hundred and fifty-two Moths, thirteen Butterflies, and four other Insects, from Jamaica ; fifty-two Moths from Argentina ; and ninety-five Lepidoptera, twelve Coleoptera, five Hymenoptera, from various localities; presented by the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham. (From Europe.) One hundred and ten Diptera from Crete; presented by Miss D. M. A. Bate. ) i One hundred Chrysidide, named by M. Du Buysson; purchased. One hundred and eighteen British Lepidoptera ; presented by G. T. Porritt, Esq. (From Africa.) Five hundred and eighteen Diptera, sixty-one Lepidoptera, eight Hymenoptera, and one Cicada, from North-Kastern Rhodesia ; presented by R. Codrington, Esq. Five hundred and fifty-two Moths from Coomassie; presented by Prof. C. Stewart. 138 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Two hundred and sixty-four Lepidoptera, fifty-one Cole- optera, twenty Neuroptera, fifteen Orthoptera, and two Rhynchota, from Mashonaland and South Africa, including numerous types and co-types; presented by G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. (From Asia.) Fifty Butterflies from the Nicobar Islands; presented by G. Rogers, Esq. One hundred Butterflies ; presented by Colonel C. T. Bingham. Six Butterflies and two hundred and ninety-five Moths, from Hawaii; presented by the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and British Association for investigation of the Fauna of the Sandwich Islands. One thousand eight hundred and eighty Mosquitoes from India; presented by Major J. R. Adie, I.M.s. Three hundred and ninety-two Coleoptera, two hundred and thirty-one Hemiptera, eighty-eight Orthoptera, seventy- nine Hymenoptera, fifty-four Neuroptera, one hundred and fifty Lepidoptera, and thirteen Diptera, from India; presented by Dr. A. Jayakar. One hundred and sixty-two Butterflies from Japan; presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.s. Three hundred and fifty-six Butterflies from British New Guinea; presented by G. Kenrick, Esq. Three hundred and seventy-eight Butterflies from Sikkim and Bhutan; presented by G. C. Dudgeon, Esq. Highty-five Butterflies, and ninety Moths, from Taurus Mountains ; purchased. One hundred and fifty Butterflies, and one hundred and seventy Moths, from Assam; presented by E. C. Ward, Esq. Six hundred and fifty Lepidoptera, forty-eight Hymen- optera, forty-two Coleoptera, eighteen Orthoptera, nine Neuroptera, four Diptera, and two Rhynchota, from the Malay Peninsula; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq. (From Australasia.) Five hundred and sixty Coleoptera ; obtained by exchange. Ninety-two Rhynchota, and six hundred and sixty-eight Hymenoptera, from Queensland ; presented by Dr. A. J. Turner. One hundred and thirty-eight Coleoptera, one hundred and fifty-five Hymenoptera, ninety-eight Orthoptera, forty- four Neuroptera, fifty-two Khynchota, and four Diptera, from South Australia; presented by H. J. Hillier, Esq. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, 139 (From America.) A further consignment of Central American Coleoptera, consisting of 8,618 specimens of Hydradophaga, Hydrophilide, Brachelytra and Clavicornia. Also 4,727 Lepidoptera: (Satyrinz), 885 Homoptera (Membracide), and 196 Ephe- meride ; presented by I’. D. Godman, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S. Seven hundred and twenty-seven Moths, one hundred and seventy-four Orthoptera, and fourteen Neuroptera, from Paraguay ; presented by W. Foster, Esq. Four hundred and sixty-five Butterflies, one hundred and fourteen Hymenoptera, ninety Coleoptera, thirty-three Rhyn- chota, and sixty-five Diptera, from Paraguay ; purchased. Two hundred and fifteen Moths, from Alberta; presented by F. H. Wolley Dod, Esy. One hundred and two Coleoptera, from the Argentine Republic; presented by A. F. Bayne, Esq. Two thousand four hundred and ninety-six Moths, and six hundred and thirty-nine Butterflies, from North and South America; presented by W. Schaus, Esq. Prototracheata.—The ten accessions were obtained by purchase, and proved to be Pervpatus corradi from Ecuador ; they were determined by Prof. Bouvier. Vermes.—The four hundred and forty-seven accessions includes four Oligocheta from Christmas Island, collected and presented by Dr. Hanitsch, and determined by Prof. Rosa ; the greater number are from the Beddard Collection. Four from the Antarctic were determined by Dr. Linstow. Echinoderma.—The accessions totalled two hundred and eighty-five, including two hundred and twenty specimens from the Antarctic region collected by the “ Discovery” ; only the specimens that have as yet been named have been registered. Six deep-sea Holothurians, presented by the trustees of the Indian Museum, and determined by Prof. Koehler. Seven interesting specimens, including the new Echinus tenuispinis, from the Irish Board of Agriculture. Several specimens of TYoxopneustes variegatus from Kingston Harbour, collected by Mr. C. A. Wray, remarkable for the fixation of the generative products at the sites of the genital orifices. Anthozoa.—The twenty-one specimens of Porites from various localities in the Pacific Ocean, which had been studied during the preparation of Vol. V. of the Catalogue of Corals, were presented, partly by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner and partly by the University Museum of Zoology at Cambridge. 140 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Canon Norman supplied the Museum with a good series of Corals collected in British seas; a selection of which is now exhibited. A very fine example of a Gorgonella from Zanzibar was presented by Mr. J. T. Last; this will be mounted for exhibition. Tunicata, Hydrozoa, Polyzoa, Porifera, Protozoa. Among the acquisitions worthy of mention are :— Nine bottles containing named samples of Plankton Radiolaria, and eighteen bottles containing pelagic Tunicata, including the various stages in the life-history of Doliolwm, all from the Faroe Channel. The specimens were collected by Dr. G. H. Fowler, while on board H.M.S. “ Research.” Fifty-one specimens of Polyzoa, eleven MS. boxes full of original drawings and notes on the Hydrozoa and Polyzoa of the Busk Collection, and sets of Plates of Polyzoa from rare and valuable publications, e.g., Savigny’s “ Description de l’Egypte,” constituting the final instalment of the Busk Collection ; presented by the Misses Busk. A collection of nineteen specimens of Hydrozoa from the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, including several co-types, described by Edward T. Browne; collected and presented by J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq. Vi.— Visitors and Students. The total number of visits paid during the year to the three Sections of the Department by Students and other persons requiring assistance or information amounted to 11,811, as compared with : — 11,824 in the year 1904. 11,627 5s 1903. 10,633 # 1902. 12,813 ys 1901. 11,923 f 1900. 10,728 is 1899. 10,830 r 1898. 9,708 is 1897. 7,995 x 1896. 8,189 ms 1895. E. Ray Lankester, Director and Acting Keeper of Zoology. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 141 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. IL—Arrangement and Conservation. Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2).—The Eoliths exhibited in table-case 1 have been re-arranged and re-tableted. Pier-case 3, containing Primates and Carnivora, has been cleaned and re-painted. The skulls of Lemuroids from Mada- gascar, and some of the larger skulls of Carnivora have been newly mounted on stands, with printed labels; and the smaller remains of Hycna have been re-tableted, in revised order, with printed labels. The unexhibited remains of Felidae and Hyenide in drawers have been re-arranged and completely labelled. The smaller specimens of Canis in table-case 2 have been re-tableted, with printed labels. A skull of Ovibos moschatus from the Severn valley has been mounted and placed in pier-case 16. A plaster cast of a fore limb of Arsinoitherium zitteli has been mounted on a pedestal adjoining pier-case 22. Some Sirenian remains from the Kocene of Egypt have been mounted and added to pier-case 30. The catalogued Lagomorphous Rodentia have been arranged in drawers and re-labelled in accordance with the forthcoming catalogue. A selection of jaws and teeth of the pigmy elephant, Elephas cypriotes, from the caverns of Cyprus, has been tableted, with printed labels, in table-case 174. Pier-case 38, containing the remains of the Pleistocene ~ North American Mastodon, has been re-arranged, re-fitted, and painted. Pier-case 39 (40) has also been re-arranged, refitted, and painted. It contains the Pleistocene South American Mastodon, with the skull and mandible of the contemporaneous North American Mastodon for comparison. Restored models of the skull and mandible of Palao- mastodon and Merithertwm have been mounted and placed for comparison with the actual fossils, which are being re-arranged to include recent acquisitions, in wall-case 43. Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 262. Aves (Gallery 2).—A plaster cast of a hind limb of Aipyornis titan has been mounted on a pedestal near wall- case 25. Number of specimens of Aves registered, 17. Reptilia and Amphibia (Galleries 3, 4, 5)—The cases have been re-numbered in accordance with the new edition of the Guide Book recently published. 142 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. New general descriptive labels have been prepared and printed for the Ornithosauria and Ichthyosauria. New cabinets with more commodious drawers have been fixed beneath the table-cases 5 to 23, and the unexhibited remains of Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, and Ichthyosauria, be- sides a few Dinosauria and Rhynchocephalia, have been transferred to them. There has also been some re-arrange- ment of the Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and Ichthyosauria in the table-cases. The smaller remains of Rhynchosauria have been tableted, with printed labels, in table-case 14. The plaster cast of the large skeleton of Diplodocus carnegit, from the Jurassic of Wyoming, U.S.A., has been mounted on a special pedestal in the Gallery of Reptiles, Department of Zoology. The hind limbs of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis and Bronto- saurus excelsus have been re-mounted on a new pedestal near the specimen of Cetiosaurus leedst. The plaster cast of the femur of Atlantosaurus immanis has been similarly re-mounted on an adjacent new pedestal. Some small remains of Cetiosaurus leedsi, with American bones of Diplodocus and Brontosaurus, have been mounted, labelled, and arranged on the floor of case L, A diagram-restoration of the skeleton of Polacanthus foxi has been prepared, framed, and labelled, and placed with the actual] remains of the skeleton in wall-case 4. The lower portion of wall-case 15 has been entirely re- arranged and re-fitted to accommodate various recently- acquired Ichthyosauria, including the new specimen which displays contained embryos. Two specimens, showing gizzard-stones in a fossilised Plesiosaurian stomach, have been added to table-case 29. The remarkable skulls and jaws of Theriodonts from the Karoo Formation of South Africa, presented by Alfred Brown, Esq., have been tableted and provided with printed labels in table-case 31. A new specimen of Testudo ammon, from the Eocene of Egypt, has been mounted in wall-case 19, and a plaster cast of another example of this tortoise has been placed on the top of the same case. The Labyrinthodonts exhibited in table-case V have been arranged and re-tableted with printed labels. Various recent acquisitions and an explanatory label have been added. Number of specimens of Reptilia and Amphibia registered, 255. Pisces (Gallery 6).—The table-cases have been re-num- bered in accordance with the new edition cof the Guide Book recently published. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 143 The naming of the Anaspida, Heterostraci, and Osteostraci has been revised; and the specimens have been re-arranged in accordance with the forthcoming Supplementary Catalogue. The unexhibited specimens of Asterolepis in drawers have been re-arranged and labelled while incorporating recent acquisitions. A new specimen of Trygon, from the Eocene of Monte Bolea, has been mounted in a glazed frame on the wall ‘ between wall-cases 3 and 4. A new cabinet, to contain the large unexhibited bones of Leedsia problematica, has been placed beneath the tail of this gigantic fish between wall-cases 15 and 14. The series of Ctenothrisside from the English Chalk, exhibited in table-case 26, has been revised, and all the specimens have been re-tableted, with printed labels. Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 184. Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8).—A plaster cast of the largest known Ammonite (Pachydiscus seppenradensis), 6 ft. 8 in. in diameter, from the Upper Cretaceous of Westphalia, has been mounted on the wall at the North end of Gallery 7. Various recently acquired Triassic and Jurassic Nautili and Ammonites have been mounted, labelled, and added to the cases in Gallery 7. The unexhibited collection of Ammonites from the White Jura of Germany has been revised, re-arranged, and re-labelled. _ The table-cases of British Jurassic and Cretaceous Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda, in Gallery 8, have been partially re-arranged while revising the Guide Book. Series of newly described Eocene Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from Nigeria and Somaliland have been mounted and labelled for exhibition in wall-case 3, Gallery 8. Number of specimens of Mollusca registered : Cephalopoda, 933 ; Gastropoda, 4,174; Lamellibranchia, 4,247. Arthropoda (Gallery 8).—The registration, labelling, and arrangement of the unexhibited Phyllocarida, Ostracoda, and Cirripedia in drawers are now nearly completed; and some progress has been made with the unexhibited Malacos- traca. ; A slab of Upper Cambrian limestone from North China, with numerous trilobites, has been framed, labelled, and placed in wall-case 14. Number of specimens of Arthropoda registered, 3,206. Vermes (Gallery 8).—A fine group of Serpula advena, from the Upper Old Red Sandstone of Caldy Island, has been tableted and provided with a printed label in table-case 79. Number of specimens of Vermes registered, 151. 144 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Polyzoa (Gallery 8).—The small cabinets of drawers, removed from the Gallery of Fossil Reptiles, have been placed in new frames round the walls of the work-room behind the Departmental Library. They are now occupied by the unexhibited collection of Polyzoa, which has been transferred from the drawers in Gallery 8. The arrangement and labelling of the unexhibited Jurassic Polyzoa, including recent acquisitions, have been completed. Number of specimens of Polyzoa registered, 539. Brachiopoda (Gallery 8).—The arrangement and labelling of Brachiopoda in drawers have been continued, those from the Arctic Regions and from European Jurassic Formations having been completed. A series of Devonian Brachiopoda from the Hindu Khoosh has been placed on exhibition in wall-case 11, and examples of several rare genera have been added to the systematic series of foreign Brachiopoda. Number of specimens of Brachiopoda registered, 2,833. Echinoderma (Gallery 8)—The Irregular Echinoidea from the English Chalk, exhibited in table-case 78, have been revised, re-tableted with printed labels, and re-arranged to illustrate their zonai distribution. The British Cretaceous Asteroidea have been revised and partly re-registered, while those described or referred to in the Paleeontographical Society’s Monograph of British Cretaceous Echinoderma have been marked, A few Miocene Echinoids from Holstein have been tableted, with printed explanatory labels, in wall-case 18. A series of rocks, largely composed of Echinoderm remains from the passage beds between the Cretaceous and Tertiary systems of Denmark, has been provided with explanatory labels and placed in wall-case 15. Various figured specimens of British Echinoidea, Aster- oidea, and Ophiuroidea have been re-mounted and furnished with printed labels in table cases 75-77. Number of specimens of Echinoderma registered, 1,129. New cabinets of drawers have been placed beneath some of the central cases in Gallery 8, to afford needed accommo- dation for the unexhibited collection. Anthozoa (Gallery 10).—The collection of Cretaceous Corals has been arranged, labelled, and completely registered while incorporating recent acquisitions from the Tomes Collection and from Northern Spain. A typical collection of British Cretaceous Corals has been arranged, tableted, and labelled, with explanatory diagrams, in tah!e-cases 1 and 2. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 145 The Portlandian Corals have been similarly arranged, and a selection has been tableted and labelled in table-case 2. The re-arrangement of the unexhibited collection of Corallian Corals has been begun. Number of specimens of Anthozoa registered, 2,628. Hydrozoa, Porifera, and Protozoa (Gallery 10).—A specimen of the problematical Lodanella, from the Lower Devonian of Cornwall, has been mounted, with an explanatory diagram and printed label, in table-case 15. Number of specimens registered, 416. Plante (Gallery 10).—-A typical collection of leaves from the Lower Eocene Clays of Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, has been arranged, tableted, and labelled in table-case 18. The unexhibited collection of Rhetic and Triassic plants has been arranged and labelled in drawers. An exhibition of Triassic plant-remains in wall-case 14 has been planned, and the fittings have been prepared. The arrangement, mounting, and labelling of the Carboni- ferous plants in wall-case 17 have been completed. The base of a stem of Sigillaria, from the Coal Measures of Northumberland, has been mounted on a pedestal near the entrance to Gallery 10._ New labels have been prepared for the Lower Carboni- ferous Coniferous tree exhibited in the grounds of the Museum. Number of specimens of Plante registered, 497. Dynamical Collection and Tracks, &c. (Gallery 11).— ~ Some blocks of Magnesian Limestone from Durham, ex- hibiting remarkable concretionary structures, have been mounted on a pedestal at the North end of Gallery 11. An additional Geological Section drawn by William Smith has been framed and exhibited with those already on the wall of Gallery 11. Number of specimens registered, 6. Il.—-Work of Mason, Assistant Mason, and Workshop Attendant. A large number of Tertiary mammalian remains from Egypt, Greece (Pikermi), Crete, Spain (Concud), and Pata- gonia (Santa Cruz) have been extricated from the matrix, hardened, and prepared for study or exhibition. A skeleton of the pigmy hippopotamus (Hippopotamus minutus), from the caverns of Crete, has been reconstructed from isolated bones and mounted for exhibition ; the missing parts being restored in plaster and wood. A plaster cast of the skeleton of Hippidiwm from the Argentine Pampa has been mounted for exhibition; the few missing parts having been modelled in plaster. 146 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A series of limb-bones of Diprotodon, from South Aus- tralia, has been prepared and hardened for mounting. The large specimen of [chthyosaurus platyodon, from the Lower Lias of Stockton, has been repaired, and decaying pyrites has been removed from the rock. Plesiosaurian remains and two Crocodilian skulls, from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough have been prepared for exhibition. A skeleton of Pteranodon, from the Chalk of Kansas, has been prepared and hardened. Numerous repairs were done to the various parts of the plaster cast of Diplodocus carnegit. A large specimen of the branchial arches of Leedsia pro- blematica, from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough, has been prepared for study and exhibition. Fishes from the Chalk of Kansas have been prepared and fixed in frames. A few fishes from the English Chalk have also been prepared. The plaster cast of the gigantic Ammonite (Pachydiscus) has been fixed to the end wall of Gallery 7. Numerous specimens have been reduced and prepared before incorporation in the collection, notably Fishes, Crustacea, and Cephalopoda. Some large specimens of Carboniferous Plants, including the stem of Sigillaria, have been prepared for exhibition. Six blocks of Magnesian Limestone have been trimmed and prepared for exhibition. Numerous moulds and plaster casts of fossils have been made, including a series of coloured casts for presentation to the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg. The Mason has also made a few plaster casts of fishes and Amphibians for the Department of Zoology. TI1.— Printing of Labels. The Museum Printer continues to devote one day each week to the preparation of labels for the Department of Geology ; but a Boy Attendant in the Department composes and prints most of the labels, and has this year prepared upwards of 727 (and 9,286 prints of these). 1V.—Euachanges and Duplicates. Exchanges of plaster casts and duplicate fossils have been made with the following institutions:—Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; Geological Museum, University of Leyden; and the American Museum of Natural History, New York. An exchange of Jurassic Gastropoda was also made with Mr. L. Richardson. . DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 147 Small plaster casts have also been supplied for pur- poses of research to Prof. E. Koken and Mr. F. Springer. Duplicate fossils have been presented to the Surveyors’ Institution; St. Paul’s School; University College, Aber- ystwyth ; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter; and the Hastings Institute, Worcester. V.—Deparimental Library. The additions to the Library, which have been registered, stamped, catalogued, and press-marked, comprise 191 new works and pamphlets, of which 92 were purchased and 99 presented ; 501 parts of serials in progress, of which 291 were purchased, and 210 presented ; and 78 maps, of which 30 sheets were purchased and 48 sheets presented. 129 volumes have been bound. VI.—-Publications. The Catalogue of the Glossopteris Flora has been pub- lished. The MS. of the Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Fayum is nearly completed, and about half the volume is in type. The MSS. of the Catalogues-of Fossil Rodentia and Fossil Fishes (Supplement) are also in progress, and two sheets of the former Catalogue are in type. The Guide Book to Fossil Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes has been re-written by the Keeper, and this new edition has been published. The preparation of a new Guide Book to the Fossil Invertebrata has been begun. A new List of Casts and Moulds of Fossils in the Depart- ment of Geology has also been prepared, and will shortly be published. ~The following descriptive papers dealing with various parts of the collection, chiefly recent acquisitions, have been published in scientific journals during 1905 :— By A. 8. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S. 1. On Parts of the Skeleton of Cetiosaurus leedsi, a Sauropodous Dinosaur from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. Proce Zool. Soc., 1905, vol. i., pp. 232-243, text-figs. 39-49. 2. On some Abdominal Ribs of Hyperodapedon, from the Keuper Sandstone of Hollington. Trans. N. Staffs. Field lub, vol. xxxix., pp. 115-117, pl. iii. 3. Permo-Carboniferous Fishes and Labyrinthodonts from Kashmir. Palzeont. Indica, n.s., vol. ii., mem. no. 2. 4. Note on some portions of Mosasaurian Jaws obtained by Mr. G. E. Dibley from the Middle Chalk of Cuxton, Kent. Proc. Geol. Assoe., vol. xix., pp. 185-187, text-figs. 1, 2. 124, ji L 148 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. By F. A. Bather, M.A., D.Sc. 1. The Echinoid Name Discoidea subucula. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xv., pp. 145-148. 2. Sympterura minvert, n.g. et sp.: a Devonian Ophiurid from Cornwall. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. i. pp. 161-169, pl. vi. 3. A Wind-worn Pebble in Boulder Clay.° Ibid., pp. 358, 359. 4, The Mount Torlesse Annelid. Ibid., pp. 532-541, text- figs. 1-7. (Note in Abstr. Proc. Geol. Soc., 1905-06, p. 15.) By R. B. Newton, F.G.s. 1. Eocene Shells from Nigeria. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xv., pp. 83-91, pl. v. 2. The Tertiary Fossils of Somaliland, as represented in the British Museum (Natural History). Quart. Journ. Geol. Soe., vol. 1xi., pp. 155-180, pls. xvii—xxi. 3. Note on the Age and Locality of the Hstheriella Shales from the Malay Peninsula. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. i1, p- 49. 4. An Account of some Marine Fossils contained in Lime- stone Nodules found on the Mekran Beach, off the Omara Headland, Baluchistan. Ibid., pp. 293-303, pls. xvi., xvii. 5. Note on some Post-Tertiary Mollusca from Ceylon. Proc. Malac. Soe., vol. vi., pp. 509, 510. 6. On Two Miocene Gastropods from Roumania. Ibid., pp. 340--345, with 3 text-figs. By C. W. Andrews, D.SC., F.G.S. 1. Note on some recently discovered remains of the Musk- Ox (Ovibos moschatus, Zimmermann sp.) from the Pleistocene Beds of Southern England. Proc. Zool. Soe., 1905, vol. i., pp. 50-53, text-figs. 13, 14. 2. Notes on some New Crocodilia from the Eocene of Egypt. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 481-484. 3. Note on the Species of Palwomastodon. Ibid., pp. 562, 563. By G. C. Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S. 1. On a Dibranchiate Cephalopod, Styracoteuthis orrentalis, n. gen. and n. sp., from the Eocene of Arabia. Proc. Malac. Soe., vol. vi., pp. 274-278. 2. On a specimen of Cyrtoceras (Meloceras) apicale from the Carboniferous Limestone, Kniveton, Derbyshire. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 62-65. 3. On some Fossil Cephalopoda from North Cornwall, collected by Mr. Howard Fox, r.a.s. Ibid., pp. 154-160. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 149 By W. D. Lang, B.A., F.G.S. 1. On Stomatopora antiqua, Haime, and its related Liassic Forms. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 258-268, pl. xiv. By Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major, F.L.s. 1. Rodents from the Pleistocene of the Western Mediter- ranean Region. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 462-467, 501-506. By Miss D. M. A. Bate. 1. Four and a half Months in Crete in search of Pleisto- cene Mammalian Remains. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 193- 202, pls. ix., x. By Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.R.s. 1. On the Primitive Reptile Procolophon. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1905, vol.1., pp. 218-230, text-figs. 30-38. By Baron Franz Nopesa, Junr. 1. Notes on British Dinosaurs. Part I. Hypsilophodon. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 203-208, text-figs. 1-4. 2. Notes on British Dinosaurs. Part II. Polacanthus. Ibid., pp. 241-250, pl. xil., text-figs. 1-8. 3. Kerunia, aSymbiosis of a Hydractinian with a Cepha- lopod. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xvi., pp. 95-102, pl. ii., text-figs. 1, 2. By G. J. Hinde, PH.D., F.R.S. L. Note on Fragments of Chert from North China. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. i1., p. 255. By H. Woodward, LL.D., F R.S. 1. Note on a series of Trilobites obtained by Mr. Howard Fox, F.G.s., from the Devonian of Cant Hill, St. Minver, Cornwall. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 151-154, pl. v., figs. 1-5. 2. On a Collection of Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian of Shantung, North China. Ibid., pp. 211-255, pl. xiil., text- figs. 1—2. 3. Note ona Fossil Crab anda Group of Balani discovered in Coneretions on the Beach at Ormara Headland, Mekran Coast. Ibid., pp. 305-310, text-figs. 1, 2. By Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S. 1. Note on a Triassic Hstheriella from the Malay Peninsula. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 50-52, pl. ii. ly 2 150 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. By H. W. Burrows, F.G.s. 1. Note on a Bryozoan attached to Neptunea found in one of the Mekran Nodules. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 303- 305, text-fig. 1. By O. Rosenheim, PH.D. 1. Chitin in the Carapace of Pterygotus osiliensis from the Silurian Rocks of Oesel. Proc. Roy. Soe., vol. 76B., pp. 398— 4.00. By E. A. Newell Arber, M.A., F.LS. 1. On the Sporangium-like Organs of (Glossopteris Browniana. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxi., pp. 324-338, US eRNOK.) KOCK, 2. On some New Species of Lagenostoma, a type of Pteridospermous Seed from the Coal Measures. Proce. Roy. Soc., vol. 76B., pp. 245-259, pls i, i1. By B. Smith, B.a. 1. On a Lepidodendroid Stem from the Coal Measures. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii., pp. 208-211, text-fig. 1. By A. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S. 1. Permo-Carboniferous-Plants from Kashmir. Palzont, Indica, n.s., vol. ii., mem. No. 2. Various fossils in the Department of Geology have also been described and figured by Mr. Henry Woods, Mr. W. K. Spencer, and Prof. J. F. Blake, in the Monographs of the Paleontographical Society, vol. lix., for 1905. Specimens have been lent for original research to Mr. Frank Springer (New Mexico), Mr. Henry Woods (Cambridge), Dr. N. Sokolov (St. Petersburg), Mr. W. K. Spencer (Cam- bridge), Mr. R, I. Pocock (Zoological Gardens), Mr. E. A. Newell Arber (Cambridge), Dr. Wheelton Hind (Stoke-on- Trent), Mr. L. Richardson (Cheltenham), and Mr. R. Kidston (Stirling). VIIl.— Acquisitions. A.—By Donation. Mammalia.—Plaster casts of the skull and other asso- ciated bones of Wynyardia bassiana, from the Lower Tertiary of Table Cape, Tasmania, the originals being the tvpe specimen described by Prof. Baldwin Spencer in Proe. Zool. Soc., 1900, pp. 776-795, pls. xlix., 1. Presented by the Director, National Museum, Melbourne. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 151 Mammalian remains from the Eocene of the Fayum, Egypt, including a skull of Meritheriwm. Presented by Baron Franz Nopesa, juny. Four Mammalian teeth from the Miocene beds of Tekfui Dagh, Sea of Marmora. Presented by A. Frank Dabell, Esq., M.I.M.E. A tooth of Castor. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Thomas English, F.G.S. A Cetacean tooth from the Tertiary near Coquimbo, Chili. Presented by Lieut. Boger, R.N. Three remains of Edentata from the Pampa of Argentina. Presented by Malcolm Graham, Esq. A portion of mandible of Stegodon, with third lower molar, from Pliocene of Talagang, Jhelum, Punjab. Presented by Captain E. T. F. Birrell, R.A.M.c. A metacarpus of Bison priscus and skull of Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus) from the river-gravel near Frampton-on- Severn, Gloucestershire. Presented by W. T. Rennie, Esq. Frontlet and antlers of Roe-buck (Capreolus caprea) from a deposit of silt, about 12 ft. below the surface near the Triangular Lodge, Rushden, near Kettering. Presented by James W. Butler, Esq. Five Mammalian bones from the Pleistocene Gravel, Barnwell, Cambridge, including distal end of femur of Lion and part of humerus of Bear. Presented by Thomas Jesson, Kisq., F.G.8. A mandibular ramus of Sus scrofa from the peat, near Newbury. Presented by the Bath Literary and Scientific Institution. Reptilia.—Thirteen plaster-casts of footprints from the Lower Keuper Sandstone of Cheshire, described in the Rep. Brit. Assoc., Committee on the Flora and Fauna of the Trias, Pts. J. and II. Presented by Joseph Lomas, Esq.. F.G.s. Abdominal ribs of Hyperodapedon from the Keuper Sandstone, Hollington, N. Staffs. Presented by John R. B. Masefield, Esq. Cervical vertebra of Tamboeria maraisi, Seeley, from the Lower Karoo Formation, Tamboer Fontein, Cape Colony, being the type specimen, described by the donor in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xiv. (1904) pp. 336-341, figs. 1, 2. Also an imperfect dorsal vertebra from the same locality, noticed ibid, p. 340. Presented by Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.R.s. A collection of Reptilian Remains from the Karoo Formation of Cape Colony, discovered by the donor chiefly in the neighbourhood of Aliwal North, and including the M2 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. following specimens :—15 remains of Huskelesaurus browns, described by Prof. Seeley in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. [6] vol. Xiv. (1894), pp. 319-332, figs. 1, 3,5 ; four remains of Masso- spondylus (?) browni, Seeley, loc. cit., vol. xv. (1894), pp. 119-124, figs. 13, 14; one portion of skull of Diademodon browni, Seeley, Phil. Trans., 1894 B, p. 1037, pl. 89, figs. 13, 14; one portion of skull of Diademodon mastacus, Seeley, loc. cit., 1894 B, p. 1035, pl. 89, figs. 11, 12; one skull of Microgomphodon oligocynus, Seeley, loc. cit., 1895 B, p. 31, pl. 1., figs. 1-4; two skulls of Trirachodon kannemeyert, Seeley, loc. cit., p. 49, pl. 2., figs. 5-8. Presented by Alfred Brown, Esq. Fifty-five Reptilian remains from the Permian of Texas. Presented by Dr. E. C. Case. Eight fragments of Ichthyosauwrus from the Lias of Weston and Ilminster. Presented by the Bath Literary and Scientific Institution. Two portions of Plesiosaurus and one portion of Ichthyo- saurus from the Lias of Weston. Presented by the Rev. H. H. Winwood, M.A., F.G.S. Remains of a Plesiosaurian with quartzose pebbles among the ribs, from the Upper Greensand near the EH. end of Canal Tunnel, Savernake, Wilts: discovered and noticed by the donor, Wilts Archeol. and N.H. Mag., vol. ix. (1865), p. 170. Presented by Thomas Codrington, Hsq., M.1.C.E., F.G.S. Reproduction in plaster of the restored skeleton of Diplodocus carnegii, from the Jurassic of Wyoming, U.S.A., mainly based on the original specimens in the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, U.S.A. Presented by Andrew Carnegie, Esq., LL.D. A small restored model of Diplodocus carnegri, made by the donor. Presented by W. J. Holland, Esq., LL.D. A Chelonian limh-bone and vertebra, and a mandible of Crocodilus niloticus and other Crocodilian hone-fragments from a marsh at Ause Royale, Mahi Island, Seychelles. Presented by Monsieur L. Tonnet. Two portions of premaxille and two of maxille of Croco- dilus niloticus from a marsh at Anse Royale, Mahi Island, Seychelles. Presented by H. P. Thomasset, Esq. Pisces.—Five fossil fishes from the Upper Silurian of Lanarkshire (Thelodus scoticus, Lanarkia spinosa, Birkenia elegans). Presented by James Young, Hsq. One Pteraspis crouchi from the Lower Old Red Sand- stone Ferryside, Carmarthenshire. Presented by Ernest Dixon, Hsq., F.G.S. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 153 Twenty-nine Devonian fish-fragments from Devonshire, collected by R. H. Valpy, Esq., F.a.s., illustrating his “Geology of Ilfracombe.” Presented by the Trustees of the late R. H. Valpy, Esq. Two specimens of A mblypterus from the Permo-Carboni- ferous of Khunmu, Vihi Valley, Kashmir. (See Seward and Woodward, Paleont. Indiea., n.s. vol. ii., no. 2, 1905.) Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India. One tooth of Diplodus and two portions of Plewra- canthus from the Permian of Texas. Presented by Dr. E. C. Case. A piece of the Rhetic bone-bed, Lilliput, Yate. Presented by W. H. Wickes, Esq., F.G.S. Two fragments of Pachycornvus from the Lias of Weston and Ilminster. Presented by the Bath Literary and Scientific Institution. Three fish-teeth from the Lower Cretaceous of France. Presented by J. A. Burford, Esq. One piece of jaw of Pachyrhizodus froin the Chalk of Betchworth, Surrey. Presented by H. Eliot Walton, Esq. A fossil fish, probably Syllemus, obtained by Mr. A. Cotton from a Cretaceous formation in Ekoi Creek, Calabar River, Southern Nigeria. Presented by the Director of the Imperial Institute. Remains of Siluroids from the Eocene of the Fayum, Egypt. Presented by Baron Franz Nopesa, junr. One otolith and a Selachian tooth from the Headon Beds ‘of Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight, collected by the donor to illustrate his paper in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxiv. (1868), p. 519. Presented by Thomas Codrington, Esq., M.I1.C.E., F.G.S. One vertebra and fourteen teeth of sharks (Lamnide) from the Middle Miocene, Asphalte Mines, Ragusa, Sicily. Presented by Ambroise Paré Brown, Esq. One tooth of Carcharodon from a late Tertiary Limestone near Pamekasan, Madura Island, Java. Presented by Ivan A. Stigand, Esq. One Teleostean fish from the Miocene of Tekfui Dagh ; three Teleostean fishes from the Oligocene and Miocene of Roumania. Presented by A. Frank Dabell, Esq., M.I.M.E. Two teeth of Carcharodon rondeleti from Tertiary beds near Coquimbo, Chili. Presented by Lieut. Boger, R.N. Mollusca.—An Orthoceras from the Silurian, Nare Cove, Porthalla, Cornwall. Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq., F.G.S. 154 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One Agoniatites sp. from the Devonian, Rope Hawn, near St. Austell, Cornwall, and one Orthoceras with striated septa from the Taunusian, Polyne Quarry, W. of Looe, Cornwall. Presented by Upfield Green, Esq., F.G.S. A specimen of Cophinoceras sp. from the Devonian of St. Minver, Cornwall, described and figd. by G. C. Crick, Geol. Mag., March 1905. Presented by Howard Fox, Esq., F.G.S. A hundred Mollusca collected by the late R. H. Valpy, Esq., F.G.S., illustrating his “Geology of Ilfracombe” and also a paper by R. Etheridge in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1867. Presented by the trustees of the late R. H. Valpy, Esq. Five Goniatites from the Upper Devonian, Hérault, France ; one Ammonite from the Callovian, Foum Islamen, Constantine ; twenty-three Cephalopods from the Jurassic of France and Switzerland ; and fifty-seven Molluscs from the Lower Cretaceous of France. Presented by J. A. Burford, Esq. Four Lamellibranchs from the Coal Measures, 90 yards below Gay’s Vein, Ashton Vale Colliery, Bristol ; one Lamelli- branch from the Lower Coal Measures, South [Liberty Pit, Bristol; one Cephalopod from the Lower Coal Measures, Shorneford, near Bacup, Lancs. Presented by Herbert Bolton, Tisq., F.R.S.E. Twelve Molluses from the Permo-Carboniferous and other formations of New South Wales, made by Mr. William Keene and noticed by him in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. x x1. (1865), p- 138, also enumerated in the “Catalogue of Natural and Industrial Products of New South Wales” (International Exhibition, 1862), p. 58. Presented by the Bath Literary and Scientific Institution. An Ammonite (Liparoceras cheltense) from the Middle Lias in a railway cutting near Winchcombe. Presented by Rev. R. Noble Jackson, M.A. An Ammonite with aptychus and two Teuthids from the Upper Lias of Ilminster, formerly in the collection of the late Charles Moore. Presented by Rev. H. H. Winwood, M.A., F.G.S. Five Lamellibranchs from the Gault (zone of Hoplites interruptus) and four Gastropods from the Lias (zone of Ammonites capricornus) from Black Ven, Charmouth. Presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.G.s. One Pholadomya bucardiwm from the Cornbrash, E. of Corscombe Church, Dorset. Also Arcophagia cf. radiata from the Cenomanian, Charmouth, Dorset. Presented by W. D. Lang, Esq., B.A., F.G.S. Thirty-nine Mollusca from the Upper Cretaceous of Sierra de Montsech, Lérida, Spain, and sixty-one Mollusca from the Jurassic of Lérida and Teruel, Spain. Presented by Dr. A. 8S. Woodward, F.R.S. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 155 Twelve fragments of Ammonites (Perisphinctes) from the Upper Jurassic of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Presented by Henry F. Collins, Esq., F.a.s. Two specimens of Unio aff. valdensis, Mantell, from the Wealden Formation at Manning’s Heath, three miles S. of Horsham, Sussex. Presented by Augustus Blakiston, Esq. One Macroscaphites gigas from the Lower Greensand, Nutfield, Surrey. Presented by the East Surrey Water Company. One Nautilus radiatus and two Pleurotomaria gigantea from the Lower Greensand, Kent. Presented by Jeffrey Whitehead, Esq. One Plewrotomaria from the Cenomanian of Newington, near Folkestone. Presented by Edwin Hambrook, Esq. One Actinocamax quadratus from the Chalk near Winchester. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.G.S. , One Actinocamax granulatus from the Marsupites-zone of the Upper Chalk near Flamborough, Yorkshire. Presented by Arthur Burnet, Esq. An upper mandible of Nautilus from the Upper Chalk, Birchington, Kent. Presented by Robert B. Solomon, Esq. A specimen of Cardiwm spheroideuwm from the Ceno- manian (zone of Pecten asper), Stert, near Devizes ; recorded by the donor in his list of fossils, Wilts. Archeol. Mag., vol. 1x. (1865), p. 176. Also a hundred and thirty Molluscs from the Headon Beds of the Isle of Wight, collected by the donor toillustrate his paper in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol, xxiv., (1868), p. 519. Presented by Thomas Codrington, Hsq. M.I.C.E., F.G.S. Twenty Upper Cretaceous Molluscs and twenty rock specimens containing shells from Northern Nigeria, collected by Mr. Falconer. Presented by the Director of the Imperial Institute. Seven Lamellibranchs collected by the donors from the Upper Chalk of Surrey. Presented by Messrs. T. H. Withers and ©, P. Chatwin. Forty-two marine Cretaceous shells collected by Mr. James Crawford from the Trigonia-beds of Sunday River, S. Africa. Also a hundred and fifty-six fluvio-lacustrine shells collected ky Captain Caziot from the Oligocene and Cretaceous deposits of the South of France. Presented by E. R. Sykes, Esq., B.a. One Ostrea from the Tertiary beds near Coquimbo, Chili, and one Jurassic Ammonite from Chili. Presented by Lieut. Boger, R.N. 156 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Highty-five Molluscs from the Cretaceous of France; two from the Cretaceous of Italy ; two from the Cretaceous of Algeria; fifteen from the Tertiary and Post-Tertiary of Antigua and Barbadoes. Presented by A. J. Jukes-Browne, Esq., B.A., F.G.S. Two specimens of Cyrena borneensis from the Eocene of Eastern Borneo. 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RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 25 February 1907 ;—for, COPY “of Account of the INcoME and EXPENDITURE of the British Musrtum (SprectaL Trust Funps) for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1907; and, RETURN of the Number of PERSONS admitted to visit the MusEum and the British Museum (NATURAL History) in each Year from 1901 to 1906, both Years inclusive ; together with a STATEMENT of the PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and an ACCOUNT of OBJECTS added to them in the Year 1906.” Treasury Chambers, 11 April 1907. i WALTER RUNCIMAN. (Mr. Rothschild.) Ordered, by The House of Commons, éo he Printed, 11 April 1907. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from WYMAN anv SONS, Lrp., Ferrer Lann, E.C.; or OLIVER anp BOYD, EDINBURGH ; or E. PONSONBY, 116, Grarron STREET, DUBLIN. 105. P ae ics ae } \ F Fag re: talabaedes ; : i 3 j + qaail res 280 ty pos ph eyes Tadt- fo ¥ é 7 e' 7 yp : *e hy 4 Bee s Both gg es SS = Ee 2 pea y ‘ : i q* ‘ ‘ ‘ ; ‘s : \ “ eee x dy 3 4 : 4 Ts es ~@ EOL wi KI / ‘ ) BA Ci « a . J ° es * a B% £en _ ¥ em Yo) fa sb , tae et ; -" — 5 ie act § ‘ oe wat } A as ’ ' « '§ a ia — = a ‘aa ic y =. ae it : a aut LY ‘ ‘ aay . i pes ing , , in oe . ; - - 14 2 8 - BALANCE ON THE 31ST MARCH 1907, carried to Account for 1907-1908 - : _ 565 3 9 Oo ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and ExPENDITURE of the bequest and Extension of the Library and Reading-room of the British LocAL LOANS STOCK. pe ef To AMOUNT of Local Loans Stock on Ist April 1906 - : - : 51,632 6 11 - DIVIDENDS received during the year - - | 1,566 12 11 - AmouNT of Local Loans Stock purchased with the Dividends - - - - 1,588 18 10 £. 11,566 12 11 | 53,221 5 9 _VI.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerrts and EXPENDITURE of the bequest 1st April 1906 to METROPOLITAN CASH. 3} °/, STOCK. To AMOUNT of Metropolitan 34 per cent. Stock on Ist April 1906 - - - - — 7,307 15 6 — DIVIDENDS received during the year - =| 200 =) @ - AMOUNT of Metropolitan 3} per cent. Stock . purchased with the Dividends - - - ~~ 250 16 1 259 -— 3] 7.558 ia en ie) ACCOUNTS, ETC.,. OF THE. BRITISH, MUSEUM. of the late MR. VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN (for the Improvement Museum) from the 1st April 1906 to the 31st March 1907. LocaL LOANS CASH. STOCK. fe ga. Epi! RL i By AMOUNT. expended in the purchase of 1,5887. 18s. 10d. Local Loans ee, Com- mission, &c. - - - |1,566 12 11 - BALANCE OF STOCK ON THE 31ST MARCH 1907 carried to account for 1907-1908 = - —_ 53,221 5. Y £.| 1,566 12 11 | 53,221 5 9 of the late MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM from the the 51st March 1907. METROPOLITAN Cae 34 °/, STOCK. £ de 3 8 d * | By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 2507. 16s, 1d. Metropolitan 34 per cent. Stock, Commission, &c. - - - =i 2D9. = 3 - BALANCE OF STOCK ON THE 31ST MARCH 1907 carried to account for 1907-1908 - > — {ane} WC “eh Be 209 = #3 eT bos Tle 7 FE. 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Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Printed Books, Prints and Drawings, Porcelain, Par ees Glass & Majolica; Prehistoric, British, a Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Ethnogra- FRIDAYS ( phical Collections. Galleries (exclusive of the Vase Rooms On pee Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek and Roman and Bronze Room); Gold Ornament THURSDAYS, and Room, American Collections, and the SATURDAYS | Waddesdon Room. On SuNDAY AFTERNOONS :— From 2 to4 p.m. in January, February, November, December. ae es » 9» October. » 2 eed 2, ao» EMareh, September. i a: » » April, May, June, July, August: Persons applying for the purposes of research and 1eference are admitted tc the Reading Room under certain regulations every weekday, except the days specified below, from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, from 10 a.m. until 4, 5, or 6 p.m., according to the season of the year. ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13 The Reading Room, Newspaper Room, and Students’ Rooms in the Library and Department of Manuscripts are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and the first four weekdays in March and September. Other Students’ Rooms are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, and Christmas Day, and occasionally for cleaning. Students are admitted generally to the several Departments, on weekdays, from 10 till 4 or 5 o’clock ; and to the Sculpture Galleries from 9 o’clock till the hour of closing, British Museum, | E. Maunde Thompson, 30 March 1907. J Director and Principal Librarian. ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 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The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the Departments of Zoology, Geology and Paleontology, Mine- talogy, and Botany, are open to the public, free, daily, except Good Friday and Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving. The hours of Admission are as under :— On WEEKDAYS, throughout the year from 10 a.m., in January - - - February ~ - March - - - April to August - September - - October - - - November and December - to H OL OLS OU & 3 3 3) p-m. oo i=) also, on Mondays and SATURDAYS only, from the begin- ning of May to the middle of July, to 8 p.m., and from the middle of July to the end of August, to 7 p.m. On SUNDAYS, in January - - - February - - - March - 7 - April - - - May to August - - September - - October - - - November and December from 2 2 2 2» 2 2 2 2 4 4. De e 6 7 5. 5 4 3 3 3 p- m, 0 »”» 0 >) Quig Persons are admitted to study in these Dener it every weekday from 10 till 4 o’clock. British Museum (Natural History), | E, Ray Lankester, 23 February 1907. i cctor 16 ACCOUNTS, ETC.; OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. VIIT.—GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM, BLOOMSBURY. It is a matter for regret that a further decline in the number of visits to the Museum has to be recorded for the year 1906. The total number was 691,950, a falling off of nearly 122,000 from the number in 1905. Nor has the decline been confined to weekday visits, as it was in the previous year. The 57,738 visits on Sundays were less by 4,369 than those in 1905. We must go back to the year 1900 with its 689,249 visits before finding a total! to compare with that of the year 1906. At the same time, it is an indication of a steady growth of intelligent interest in the collections that, while the numbers of visits decrease, the sale of Guide-books generally tends to increase. The number of visits of students to the Reading Room has also been reduced by 2,000, the total for the year being 212,997, as against 214,940 in 1905. The daily average was 702. The average numbers of persons in the room, counted at the later hours of the afternoon, were :— | 4 P.M. 5PM. | 6PM. | 6.30 P.M. | 349 256 | 172 | i | The number of visits of students to particular Depart- ments in 1906 was 55,513, as against 57,557 in 1905. The number of visits to the Newspaper Room decreased by 2,000 ; while, as regards other fluctuations, there were 1,200 fewer visits in the Sculpture Galleries, but 800 more in the Depart- ment of Manuscripts, and nearly 1,100 more in the Department of British and Medizval Antiquities. During the year effect has been given to the scheme of the British Museum Extension which is projected to occupy in the future the site of the lines of houses on the north, east and west sides of the Museum, which were purchased in 1895. Prayer-book of the’ German rite. Vellum, XIII- XIVth cent. 12°. 5. Services for the New Year’ and Day’ of Atonement, ~characterised by features of the rare old French ritual. ‘Written in Corfu in the XVITIth cent, 8°. vi. Hebrew Printed. Books.—1.. The. first. edition. of David Kimhi’s Hebrew Dictionary. Printed before 1480, probably at Rome. ~.«2. Sefer. Habakbuk,.a parody on the. feast.;of Purim, _written..in imitation, of the. prophetical style of the Old Testament. Printed at Pesaro, 4.D. 1513. 40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3. Massekheth Purim, a parody on the feast of Purim, written in imitation of the Talmudic style. Printed at Pesaro near the beginning of the XVIth cent. 4, L’Ornement Hébraique, par D. Gunzburg et V. Stassoff. 1905. A large portfclio containing coloured reproductions of Hebrew manuscript illuminations. Mandaitic MSS.—1. A manuscript containing part of the Kolasta, comprising the Book of Souls, and hymns. XIXth cent. Palt MS.—1. The Upari-pannasa, the third section in the Majjhima-nikaya of the Sutta-pitaka. Written in the old Burmese square character, on palm-leaves. Early XIXth cent. Persian MSS.—1. A divan of poems (ghazals) by Zaki Hamadani (died a.H. 1030). AH. 1086 (A.D. 1621). 8°. The Divan of a very little known author, no copy of which is at present recorded to exist in Europe. 2. Saliitar, a treatise on farriery, being the Persian trans- lation of the Sanskrit Salihotra, made by order of ‘Abd Allah Khan Firtiz-jang about a.H. 1037. With 17 miniatures. A.D, LS5l, 4c. Sanskrit and Tibetan MS.—\. Abhidhana-muktamala, in Tibetan mNgon brjod mu tig phreng ba, a vocabulary of Sanskrit synonyms, with Tibetan interpretation. XVII- X VITIth cent. Syriac MSS.—1. A volume containing (1) the Book of Gifts, by Mar Shubhha le-Maran: (2) a homily on the solitary life, addressed to monks and others by Abraham of Nephtar: (3) an account of persecutions of Christian Fathers, by Bar-Hadbeshabba: (4) a homily of Theodore [of Mopsuestia] against the followers of Macedonius, &c. Vellum, IX-Xth cent. 8°. 2. Minor Offices of the Nestorian Church. A. Gr. 1909 (ixeD: 1508). S-. Tibetan MSS.—1. The Kanjur (bKa-’gyur), the first or scriptural section of the Buddhist Canon of Tibet, in 106 large folio volumes, finely written and illuminated. 2. Three copies of the Paitcha-vimsati-sahasrika-Prajiia- paramita, one of the great philosophical works of the Buddhist scriptural canon, in large folio volumes, finely written in gilt letters. 3. A copy of the same work remarkable for its extremely archaic spelling. Fol. 4. Ashta-sahasrika-Prajna-paramita, one of the chief philosophical works of the Buddhist scriptural canon, finely written in gilt letters, and enclosed in beautifully carved wooden boards. Large fol. DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BCOKS AND MSS. 41 5. The Bhadra-kalpika-sitra, one of the chief sacred texts of Northern Buddhism. Fol. 6. Nineteen miscellaneous manuscripts treating of the ritual and religious doctrine of various Tibetan sects. 7. A record of the foundation of the monastery of Urgyan gling. 8. rGyal rabs, a standard history of the kings of Tibet. 9. The Kalapa-vyakarana, 2.¢., the Ka-tantra, a _ well- known series of aphorisms on Sanskrit grammar, with a commentary, in Tibetan. 10 pts. Fol. 10. Three sets of musical scores for ritual chanting. Tibetan Printed Books.—1. The Tanjur (bsTan-gyur), the second great section of the Tibetan Canon, in 214 volumes. Fol. 2. About 200 miscellaneous volumes and tracts, chiefly treating of the religious doctrine and practice of the various sects of Tibet, and especially of the dGe-lugs-pa school. The above Tibetan collections were presented by the Government of India in 1905. Turkish MSS.—1. Ottoman Annals. a.H. 1203-1206 (A.D. 1788-1792). . Japanese, perhaps .Kameyama ware; given by J. Edge-Partington, Esq. _» Chinese. porcelain cup and)saucer with shield of arms and motto, Persevere; given by A. A. de Pass, Esq. (b.) Continental.—Maiolica albarello with male head in oval panel from the Carmichael Collection, and a pair of two-handled vases with coat-of-arms ; all with decoration of Spanish type. Italian, 15th century. Maiolica bow] of .unusual size with wreaths of foliage and fruit; Faenza ware, about 1530. ‘Maiolica plaque of Urbino ware, representing Sinon before Priam, painted by Fra Xanto, about 1540; an oval plaque of La Belle Jardiniére in Savona faience, signed by Agostino Ratti, 18th century ; and a stove-tile with figure of St. Luke, German, 17th century; all given by Sir Henry H. Howorth, K.C.1.E, -Flat dish with deer and floral design in colours ; Spanish, 16th century. Tin-glazed Toby jug found in Madrid ; given by Senor Don G. J. de Osma. - (¢.) English.—Large pottery jug, with brown glaze, found at Coventry, 14th century ; given by H. H. Mulliner, Esq. Large series of glazed pavement tiles, 14th—-16th century ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.A. .» Pieces of pottery with applied decoration from ‘the site of Christ’s Hospital, Newgate. Street, City of London, 16th century; given by C. R. Baker King, Esq. Two Devonshire pavement tiles, one dated 1700; given by T. Charbonnier;. Esq. Cup and saucer of ‘Worcester porcelain with the Firsten- berg mark ; given by A. Hurst, Esq. | Basalt-ware teapot, with cupids and festoons, stamped Neale’ & Co. ;-given by C. R. Jennings, Esq. Delft plate with landscape in purple, stated to have been made by Chamberlayne, Great Killiane, co..Wexford ; given by Max Rosenheim, Hsq., F.S.A. (d.) Glass.—Glass jug and amphora with applied festoons in colours, from Ampurias, Gerona, N.E- Spain. White vase with two rows of: applied claws; and olive- green moulded cup with Greek inscription : ET@PAINOYT EQWTTAPE;. both: from: the neighbourhood of Olbia, S. Russia. 105. F 82 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A remarkable series of beads, several with masks, of the Greek period, from the neighbourhood of Olbia, S. Russia. Two beads with masks from Saft el Sei Goshen, dating from the XXIII. dynasty, about 800 B.c.; given by the British School of Archeology in Egypt. Marbles and painted fragments of the Roman period from Oxyrhynchus; given by the Egypt Exploration Fund. Portion of bottle of rare quality with gilt decoration, human figures and foliage, made for the Sultan of Egypt, 1342-45 ; from Asia Minor, 14th century. Stamp from wine bottle with EM and three tuns, and eight wine bottles of the 18th century; given by C. R. Jennings, Esq. (6.) Collection illustrating various Religions :— (a.) Buddhism.—An important series of temple-pictures and ceremonial objects collected during the Tibet expedition ; given by the Government of India. Series of temple-pictures from Tibet; given by Lt.-Col. Waddell, c.B. Silk temple-picture, ceremonial vestments of bone worn by dancers, wooden horn, stool of Shigatse work, saddle- mounts, Buddhist figure, and mould for clay figures, collected by Capt. O’Connor in Tibet. Seven silk temple-pictures from Tibet. A pair of gilt wooden statuettes from Japan ; given by J. Edge-Partington, Esq. Brass dorjé or sacred thunderbolt from Japan; given by Mrs. Edge-Partington. (b.) Brahminism.—Y oni symbol supported by a tortoise ; given by Robert Day, Esq., F.s.A. (7.) Oriental and Ethnographical :— Asia.—An extensive and valuable series of weapons, ornaments, and musical instruments from the Semang and Sakai of the Malay Peninsula ; collected and given by Signor B. Cerruti. A series of models of reptiles made at Bangkok, Siam ; given by W. H. Graham, Esq. A series of swords from the Philippines and Celebes ; given by Sir Victor Horsley, F.R.s. A steel mirror in brass mount from Travancore ; given by Percival Landon, Esq. Two folding candlesticks and a netsuké strike-a-light from Japan; given by Charles Iund, Esq. A series of watercolour drawings of pottery figures from Japanese burial-mounds ; given by Neil Gordon Monro, Esq. BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES. 83 A carved wooden ceremonial figure from Borneo; given by Dr. C. G. Seligmann. Gold filigree necklace and earrings, from Rangoon, Burma; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. A jade seal from the temple of the god of war, Pekin ; given by Clarke Thornhill, Esq. A malachite bead used as an amulet, from Madras ; given by Mrs. Edward Thurlow. A Dyak medicine-man’s basket, containing charms. A Sassanian silver bowl with medallions in low relief. Africa.—An important series of weapons and utensils from the pastoral and agricultural tribes on the Anglo- German boundary and from Kavirondo, Uganda Protectorate ; collected and given by Capt. T. T. Behrens. A collection of Masai and Ja-Luo spears and shields ; collected by the late C. M. Cowper-Coles, Esq., and given by S. H. Cowper-Coles, Esq. An interesting series of weapons and utensils from Barotse-land, including baskets of unusual perfection of workmanship ; collected and given by W. Eatherley, Esq. A collection of weapons, utensils, and musical instruments from Liberia ; given by Sir Harry H. Johnston, G.c.M.G., K.C.B. An interesting series of weapons and ceremonial objects from the Pagan tribes of the province of Bauchi, Northern Nigeria; collected and given by C. N. Temple, Esq. A quiver from the Ituri Forest, Congo Free State ; given by the Hon. W. Rothschild, M.P. An“ Arab” woman’s head ornament, and seven ‘‘ Turkish ”’ jam-spoons, from Algeria; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. A large and important series of steatite carvings from -Mendi-land. These carvings are found buried in the earth, and their origin is unknown to the natives, who regard them with especial veneration as agricultural charms; collected by Lieut. A. W. Boddy. A series of pottery vessels, including the chief types in common use at Mombasa ; collected by A. C. Hollis, Esq. Two ancient glass beads from Accra, Gold Coast—one of spindle-whorl shape and of very remarkable size and type. A series of stone celts from the Gold Coast—one 2 ft. 4 in. long. . A series of gold-weights and figures of cast brass from the Gold Coast. Two carved wooden cups from the Kasai district of the Congo Free State. Oceania.—A valuable and extensive series of ceremonial objects and utensils, many of a type hitherto unknown, F 2 84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. from British New Guinea; collected by the Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition, and given by Major W. Cooke- Daniels. Specimens of clothing and utensils from Australia and British New Guinea; given by Dr. C. G. Seligmann. A fringed skirt of woven flax of very unusual type, from New Zealand ;: given by John Bush, Esq. A native canoe from the Wimmera River, N.W. Victoria ; given by Professor,Gregory. ~ A tiki neck-ornament.in jade; of extremely unusual type, being carved on both sides, from New Zealand (described in Man; 1906, 53). A series of ornaments and utensils from the Solomon Islands, including an interesting. stone bowl from New Georgia; collected by C. M. Woodford, Esq. A collection of ornaments and utensils from the Caroline Islands ; collected by Mr. C. H Kent. A series of turtle-shell spoons and bowls, from Pelew Islands. A. series of. wooden ceremonial figures from German New Guinea. A: head-rest of unusual type from Tonga. A elub of unusual size from the New Hebrides. America.—The mummy of a baby from Peru; given by Belville Stanier, Esq. A wooden club ornamented with unusally fine carving ; from British Guiana. Three bands of old shell. wampum, probably of Eastern Algonquian manufacture (described Journ. Anthr. Inst., Vol. XXXVI; p. 176). A large spoon made from the horn of the mountain sheep, and a model shield in copper, used as currency, from the North-west Coast. CHRISTY COLLECTION. During the year 796 objects have been entered in the Registration Catalogue. The Christy Trustees have acquired by donation the following objects, which they have trans- ferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :— I—Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and Africa :— Donations.—A stone celt from the Malay Peninsula ; given by Leopold Cazalas, Esq. Two stone implements of paleeolithic type from Vrede-en- Lust Farm, Simondium, near Paarl; Cape Town; given by Charles Elliott, Esq. BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES. 85 Five stone arrowheads from El Wad, Algerian Sahara ; given by Melville W. Hilton-Simpson, Esq. A series of stone implements of paleolithic type from Vrede-en-Lust Farm, Simondium, near Paarl, Cape Town ; en by C. H. Read, Esq. Casts of two iron implements and a spear- nee found at Ridne! Selangor, and of an implement found in a mine at Bengkong, Batang Padang, Perak, Federated Malay States ; given by L. Wray, Esq. Il.—L£thnography of Asia :— Donations.—A working model of a loom from Patani, Lower Siamese States ; given by Henry Balfour, Esq. Pottery pipes from Nyoung- “wé, S. Shan States; given by Lennox Bartlett, Esq. A series of ten carved ivory spheres, one within a other, from China; given by Charles Lund, Esq. ». A- carved powder-flask from the Battaks of Sumatra ; given by C. H. Read, Esq. A Chinese lacquered pillow of the 17th century ; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S,A. »\ A bow and quiver, with arrows’ from Pageh; given by Edwin T. Sachs, Esq. I.—L£thnography of Africa:— Donations.—An “ Agegri” bead, from the Putu country, Liberia ; given by I. F. Braham, Esq. Two pottery drums from Morocco and one from Egypt ; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. _. Five copper coins from El Wad, Algerian Sahara, and a rat-trap used by the Mekhadma tribe, near Wargla, French Sahara; given by Melville W. Hilton- Simpson, Esq. A pottery pipe, Ba-Toka; given by E. Primmer, Esq. A silver ear-ornament from Nubia; given by C. H. Read, Esq. A N’Konde shield from 8.E. Africa; given by Dr. F. V. Stoehr. IV.—Lthnography of Oceania and Australia :— Donations.—A stone axe found at a soakage, 60 miles E. of Mannum, S. Australia; given by G. Brunskill, Esq. Two leaf baskets from the Solomon Islands and three from New Guinea; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. A series of ornaments and a coral throwing-club, from the New Hebrides; given by Dr. Messer. 86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A number of ear-ornaments from the Banks Islands, and an emu-feather girdle from an early native settlement on the site of the present city of Melbourne; given by Bishop Montgomery. A. club from the Marquesas, a spear from Fiji, a fragment of jade, showing the method employed by the Maori for cutting, from New Zealand, and a series of stone implements from Rushworth, Victoria, Australia; given by C. H. Read, Esq. A ceremonial torch from Torres Island ; given by Rev. L. P. Robins. A number of small cubical stones from the N.E. border of S. Australia, called by the natives “devil’s dice”; given by Ross Smith, Esq. Four carved ceremonial boards from British New Guinea ; given by Dr. W. M. Strong. V.—Antiquities and Ethnography of America :— Donations.--A bamboo case containing Urali poison, from Peru; given by Mrs. Edward E. Benest. A pottery vase from Homolobi, near Winslow, Arizona ; given by W. Crewdson, Esq. A series of stone implements and fragments of painted pottery, from Taltal, Atacama, Chile; given by Oswaid H. Evans, Esq (described in Man, 1907, 41). Four flint arrow-heads from Las Vegas, New Mexico; given by C. B. Hodgson, Esq. An unusually fine specimen of carved wooden club armed with a large stone celt, from British Guiana; given by C. H. Read, Esq. Charles H. Read. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 87 DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. I.— Eahibitions. The naval medals shown in the King’s Library in connection with the Nelson Centenary Exhibition have been replaced in the cabinets in the Medal Room, I].—Registration and Arrangement. -1. Greek Series :— 321 coins, recently acquired, and 12 coins from the Parkes Weber collection have been registered and incor- porated ; 1,245 tickets giving references to the Catalogue Parthia have been written and placed beneath the coins. Three series of Phoenician coins have been examined, and selections have been made for the Museum. The MS. catalogue of a large collection of Phoenician coins, formed at Beyrout, has been examined. Additions have been made to the MS. bibliography of Greek numismatics. Rectifications and re-arrangements, in accordance with recent literature, have been made in the following series :— Terina; Characene; Persis; Elymais (Susiana); coins of Athenian and Macedonian types of Indian provenance. The Phoenician series in the Berlin Museum and other collections have been examined and noted in preparation for the Catalogue Phoenicia. 2. Roman and Byzantine Series :— 137 Roman and Byzantine coins recently acquired have been registered and incorporated. 58 Byzantine coins from the Parkes Weber collection have been registered and incorporated. A hoard of Roman silver coins of the 4th century 4.D., discovered at Grovely Wood, Wilton, Salisbury, has been examined and a selection from it made. A small hoard of early Roman Imperial denarii found near Scott Lane, Sheffield, has been examined and reported on to H.M. Treasury. A collection of Byzantine coins sent from Germany has been examined, and a selection has been made. 3. British and Colonial Series :— 248 coins and medals have been registered and incorporated. The Anglo-Gallic series has been partially re-arranged. The English medals struck betwee 1831-1837 have been re-arranged and placed in new cabinets, and the medals of Societies have been transferred to a separate cabinet. 4, Medieval and Modern Series :— 470 coins and medals recently acquired have been regis- tered and incorporated. 99 coins from the Parkes Weber collection have been registered and 82 incorporated. 88 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 237 Portuguese coins from the Freudenthal collection have been incorporated. ; The Renaissance portrait-medals of French, Flemish, and Dutch origin have been separated from the general series of ‘Personal medals and arranged in a new cabinet. The French medals have been arranged in order of artists’ names, and progress has been made with the hand-list of medals of the 16th and 17th centuries. A collection of the coins of the Princes of Achaia has been examined and a selection made. The collection of Dr. F. Parkes Weber (see infra under Dany Acquisitions’ *) has been examined, and 5,551 pieces selected from it as desirable for the Museum have bem presented by Dr. Weber. A MS.. index has been begun of the principal coin- inscriptions recorded in the Traité de Numismatique of Engel and Serrure. 5. Orvental Series :— 302 coins recently acquired have been registered and incorporated. 1,122 coins from the Cunningham collection and 299 from the Bank of England Collection have been registered and incorporated. Three series of coins from Persia have been oa and selections made. ~The series of the Moghul Emperors of Delhi has’ been expanded. New descriptive labels. and heading-cards have been written for a portion of the Oriental collection, and an index to.the 64 cabinets containing the collection (exclusive of the Far East series) has been prepared. III.— Catalogues. 1. CATALOGUES OF GREEK COINS. Coins of Phrygia, by Barclay V. Head. « This volume has’ been completed and published. Coins of Phoenicia, by G. F. Hill. The -coins’ of Berytus, Carne, and Marathus have been ‘weighed, arranged, and described, and portions of. the Introduction have been written. 2. CATALOGUES OF ROMAN COINS. Roman Republican Coins, by H. A. Grueber. Signatures: Z—30 have been passed for press, and Plates XXXVI.-LIV. have been photographed. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS, 89 Imperial Byzantine Coinage, by Warwick Wroth. The coins of Basil II. (a.D. 976) and his successors to A.D. 1453 have been classified, weighed, and described. The MS. has beén ‘revised with the coins from Anastasius I. to Heraclius. Plaster-casts for Plates I—XL. have been prepared and mounted, and Plates I._XI. have been sent to press. 3. CATALOGUES OF BRITISH COINS AND MEDALS. -) Medallic Illustrations of ‘the History of Great Britain and Ireland, by Hawkins, Franks, and Grueber. (Atlas of plates with letterpress. ) Part V. comprising Plates XLI—L. has been prepared and published. Progress has been made with the preparation of Part VI. 4. CATALOGUES OF ORIENTAL COINS. Indian Coins.—Andhras and Western Kshatrapas, by E. J. Rapson. ' Signatures E, F, G have been passed for final press, and 23 blocks reproducing coin legends have been prepared. IV.— Acquisitions. o-'Ehe total number of coins and medals added to the Department during the year 1906 was 7,074, of which 211 are of gold, 2,115 of silver, 3,552 of bronze, and 1,196 of other metals. ~The following table shows the numbers of the new acqui- sitions classified according to the several series to which they belong :— Other ~ Class. “Gold. | Silver. | Bronze. | Metals,| Total. &e. _ Greek - - - Ba ee Wee: 241 368 15 642 ~ Roman - - - - ‘. =| 25 29 168 81 303 British and Colonial ~ - 2 199 769 265 1,235 Mediaeval and Modern - - | 42 961 2,054 770 3,827 Oriental - - - - 124 685 193 65 1,067 Total - - | PS 2S 3,552 1,196 7,074 Of the above, 5,953 have, been presented, viz., 108 of gold, 1,450 of silver, 8,203 of bronze, and 1,192 of other metals. This very large number of presentations is due mainly to the munificent gift of Frederick Parkes Weber, Esq., M.D. (See below, page 96.) 90 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The following is a list of the benefactors to the Depart- ment of Coins during the past year :— H.R.H. The Prince of Wales; the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society; the Government of Bengal, India; the Government of Bombay; the Government of the Central Provinces, India; the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ; the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam ; the Government of the Panjab; the Council of the Linnean Society ; the Montreal Numismatic Society; the New York Jewish Anniversary Celebration Committee ; the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ; the Director of Customs, Shanghai; the Trustees of the Wallace Collection; J. S. Agnew, Esq.; Rupert C. Alabaster, Esq.; H. F. Amedroz, Esq.; Dr. W. C. R. Barnes; Prof. Julius Beltowski; William Bird, Esq.; the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom; Lady Bolton; the late W. C. Boyd, Esq.; C. S. Browne, Esq.; Sig. A. Canta- cuzino; William Carruthers, Esq., F.R.s.; J. 8. Cotton, Esq. ; W. B. Denny, Esq.; the Rev. Arthur Dixon; Mrs. H. M. Eliott; R. W. Ellis, Esq.; Sir John Evans, K.c.B., F.R.S. ; L. Forrer, Esq.; Evelyn Grant Duff, Esq.; Major Stuart H. Godfrey ; Od6n Gohl, Esq.; Lord Grantley, F.s.a. ; Henry Grogan, Esq.; F. W. Hasluck, Esq.; Miss Alice Head; the Rev. A.C. Headlam, p.D.; -G. KF. Hill, Esq.; :Singiiemay: H. Howorth, K.c.1£., F.R.S.; R. A. Inglis, Esq.; Mrs. Jeffcock ; H. Neville 8. Langton, Esq.; A. J. Lawson, Esq. ; J. Bruce Leask, Esq.; Miss H. L. Lorimer; Angus MacIntyre, Esq. ; M. Pierre Mavrogordato; J. R. McClean, Esq.; M. Julius Meili; Prof. C. Oman; A. H. Parker, Esq.; Sir Augustus Prevost, Bart.; H. L. Rabino, Esq.; H. A. Ramsden, Esq. ; C. T. Reed, Esq.; J. T. T. Reed, Esq.; Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A.; H. Sandars, Esq., F.s.A.; Lieut.-Col. J. G. Sandeman, M.v.o.; W. W. Simpson, Esq.; Messrs. Spink and Son; Beville Stanier, Esq.; Alan J. B. Wace, Esq.; H. B. Walters, Esq. ; R. E. Way, Esq.; Frederick Parkes Weber, Esq., M.D., F.s.A.; W. H. Whittingham, Esq.; J. W. Willis-Bund, Esq., F.S.A.; W. Wroth, Esq. ; Col. the Hon. C. E. Yate. REMARKABLE COINS AND MEDALS. Among the coins and medals which have been added to the National Collection during the year 1906, the following are the more important :— 1. Greek Series :—- (a.) Europe :— Sicily.—A silver coin (wt. 18 grains) of the 5th cent. B.c. with the obverse type, astragalus and legend KA and with the reverse type, dolphin and legend FIM. This extremely rare coin is attributed by Garrucci (Monn. Ital. Ant., p. 154) to a joint-issue between the cities of Casarium in Bruttium and Himera in Sicily. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 91 A drachm of Messana, core. B.c. 480, of the usual type : obv. Charioteer and biga of mules; rev. Running hare, MEZZ ENION; but without the usual figure of Nike on the obverse. Thrace.—A silver stater of Maroneia, circ. B.c. 400, of the Persic standard: obv. Prancing horse; rev. Vine-branch with grapes. Under the horse is an adjunct symbol, a small dog of the breed commonly known as “‘ Pomeranian” : magistrate’s name, €TTI KAAAIKPATEOX. Thracian Chersonese.—Two bronze coins of Gallienus struck at Coela with types of reverse, the wolf and twins, and Aeneas with Anchises and Ascanius and the legend AEL. MVNICIP. COEL. (Aelium Municipium Coela). Thessaly.—An archaic half-drachm of the Perrhaebi of the 5th cent. B.c.: obv. A Thessalian horseman with a stele beneath his horse; rev. Thetis seated holding a crested helmet; legend ME PA (retrograde). Insulae Thessaliae.—An ancient plated tetradrachm of Peparethus of the early 5th cent. B.c. of the Kuboic stan- dard: obv. Large bunch of grapes with the letters TTE (Peparethus); rev. Bearded Dionysos enthroned, holding kantharos and thyrsos, within an incuse square ; another, not plated, with types ; obv. Large bunch of grapes surrounded by four dolphins swimming; rev. Youth riding on a dolphin, within an incuse square; and a bronze coin with types; obv. Head of bearded Dionysos crowned with ivy ; rev. Kanth- aros with sprays of ivy and vine around it; legend TIE (Peparethus). The silver coins are unique and unpublished. These three interesting coins were recently discovered at Volo, the ancient Demetrias, on the mainland of Thessaly, and at Skopelos, the ancient Peparethus, an island off the coast of Thessaly to the north of Euboea. The silver pieces ~ are of the highest importance for determining the locality of a considerable series of coins of similar types and fabric, which had been conjecturally attributed to Cyrene and to other localities. The types relate to the cult of Dionysos in the island of Peparethus, very famous for its vines in ancient and modern times. It has been suggested that the bunch of grapes may also be regarded as a “ canting device,” containing an allusion to the name of the traditional colonist and founder “ Staphylos.” Epirus.—Two silver drachms of Lpirus, circ. B.c. 250. Presented by Sir Henry H. Howorth, K.C.1.£., F.R.S. Acarnania.—A didrachm of Leucas of the 2nd cent. BC.: obv. Statue of Aphrodite Aivaac; rev. Prow of racing galley, inscribed on the side with its name. At Leucas as well as at Corcyra it appears to have been the custom to inscribe their names on the racing beats (see Hist. Num. p. 277). 92 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Euboea.—Two rare staters of eceimetie weight dating from about the end of the 5th. cent. B.c.: obv. A recumbent ox; rev. The head of the nymph, Euboea. Attica.—Two tetradrachms of Athens of the 5th cent. B.c., with head of Athene and owl; found at Naukratis in Egypt. _ Presented biyoH Neville S. Langton, Esq. Corinth. —Three silver Corinthian colonial coins, and five silver coins of Dyrrhachium. Presented by Sir Henry H. Howorth, K.C.1.£., F.R.S. A bronze coin of Septimius Severus, circ. A.D. 200, with the type of reverse, the hero Lycurgus attacking a dragon, which devours his son Opheltes—a type probably copied from a mural painting or relief. Achaiva.—A bronze coin of Septimius Severus struck at Bura with the type of reverse, a half-nude figure of Aphro- dite seated on a throne and holding a sceptre terminating in a golden apple. This is probably a copy of the statue by Eukleides mentioned by Pausanias (vii., 25, 5), Argos.—A bronze coin of M. Aurelius with the type of reverse, the hero Lycurgus attacking a serpent erect on the body of the dead Opheltes; near which stands his nurse, Hypsipyle (Pausanias, ii., 15, 2). Scyros (?).—A copper coin with obv. Youthful male head ; rvev. Crayfish: symbol], buccinuin shell. This coin belongs apparently to an unidentified mint: possibly Scyros, a town in the island of that name in the Aegean Sea, and one of the Northern Sporades, so called from its ruggedness. (b.) Asia :— Mysia. — Three copper coins of Attaea, Cyzicus, and Parvum. Presented by F. W. Hasluck, Esq. A medallion in bronze of Caracalla struck at Cyzicus with the reverse type, the Emperor standing before Sarapis, who is seated. Carva.—An unpublished didrachm of Cnidus, circ. B.C. 400-390 ;. obv. Head of Aphrodite; rev. Lion’s head in an incuse square. Lydia.—.A bronze coin of Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabalus, struck at Philadelphia with the type of reverse, the statue of the Praxitelean Hermes of Olympia. This type occurs on coins of Caracalla, but hitherto was unknown on those of Julia Maesa. A. unique and very remarkable half-stater, probably Lydian, dating from the 7th cent. B.c.: obv. Bearded head or bust of a divinity apparently winged; rev. Three incuse sinkings (oblong between two squares). The style and fabric of this coin resemble very closely some of those recently DEPARTMENT. OF COINS AND MEDALS. 93 discovered during the excavations at Ephesus, which were carried out by the order ot the Trustees of the British Museum. Cyprus.— A tetrobol of Salamis of King Nikodamos, ewre. B.C. 460-450: obv. Recumbent ram.: rev. The Ankh ; and the name of the king and of the city in Cypriote characters. Phoenicia and Palestine-—A: series of fifty-eight silver and eighty-nine bronze coins comprising :—Aradus, two early staters, circ. B.C. 400-350, with head of Melkarth and galley ; also a series of drachms of the 2nd.cent. B.c. with Ephesian types, proving the existence of a monetary alliance between that city and Ephesus: Sidon. A double :stater of Straton II., B.c. 346-332, with Artaxerxes III. (Ochus) in a chariot ; and another with the name of the Satrap Mazaios: Tyre. A stater, circ. B.c. 450-332, with Melkarth, seated on a sea-horse and owl with crook and flail; also a-series.of tetradrachms with head of Herakles and an eagle on prow, with various dates from B.c. 124-12; and Jerusalem, drachms of the Second Revolt, a.p. 132-135, bearing the name of Simon Bareochab, &c. _Persia.—A counter-marked siglos of the Achaemenid dynasty. Presented by W. W. Simpson, Esq. 2. Roman and Byzantine Series :— An unpublished copper denarius of Carausius: obv. Bust of Emperor, radiate; rev. Seated: figure of Roma ; legend, ROMAC (sic) AVG. Presented by the late W. C. Boyd, Esq. An unpublished solidus with the heads of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, a.D. 641; probably struck in Italy. A very rare solidus of Leo VI., A.D. 886-917 : obv. Bearded bust of the Emperor; rev. Bust facing of the Virgin Mary. | A solidus of the Byzantine Emperors, Nicephorus II. and Basil II., a.p. 963, with their busts on the obverse and Christ holding the book of the gospels on the reverse. A very rare coin. _ A solidus of Theodora, sister of Zoe, wife of the Byzantine Emperor, Constantine IX., A.D. 1055-1056. A rare coin, and interesting for the details of ber rich costume. 3. British and Colonial Series :— A penny of Henry I. struck at Romney in Kent, having on the obverse the bust of the king holding a sceptre and on the reverse the moneyer’s name and that of the mint, PVEFRED ON‘RVME, arranged in two concentric circles with a cross pattée in the centre. This coin, besides being of the rarest type of Henry I.,-establishes the fact that the mint of Romney was in operation during his reign. A penny of Henry I. struck at Gloucester and having for the reverse type five annulets arranged in the form of a cross and the moneyer’s name “ Godwi.” 94 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A naval reward medal in silver of Elizabeth commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and having on the reverse a representation of the ark on waves. This medal is of the 18th cent. and is a copy by the engraver Stuart from original medals. Itis described in the Medallic Illustrations, Vol. L., p. 149, no. 121. The “ Descente en Angleterre” medal in lead ordered by Napoleon I. to be executed when he was making preparations for an invasion of England in 1804. On the obverse is the head of Napoleoh; and on the reverse Hercules over- throwing a marine giant with the legend DESCENTE EN ANGLETERRE—FRAPPEE ALONDRES EN 1804. This medal was struck from unfinished dies made by Jeuffroy and Denon, and is probably unique. It formerly belonged to Dr. Burney, by whom it was sold in 1846 to Mr. Charles Stokes, whose collection was recently dispersed. The existence of this medal was known to the Museum, but it had been lost sight of since the middle of the last century. A proof in bronze of the Lloyd’s medal for “ Saving Life at Sea,” 1839. Presented by Miss Alice Head. A prize medal in bronze of the Moffat Academy Club, 1860; and another in pewter of Peter Johnstone of Harthope, 1865. Presented by William Carruthers, Esq., F.R.S. The Worcestershire County Council Medal for “ Unbroken School Attendance” in bronze. Presented by J. W. Willis-Bund, Esq., F.S.A. The prize medal in silver of the Linnean Society. Presented by the Council of the Linnean Society. 4, Mediaeval and Modern Series :— A bronze medal of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, A.D. 1450-1466, by Ambrogio Foppa, called “ I] Caradosso.” On the obverse is the bust of the Duke, and on the reverse the Duke receiving prisoners with the legend CLEMENTIA ET ARMIS PARTA. Presented by Max Rosenheim, E'sq., F.8.A. Six silver and four base metal deniers of Arezzo, Bologna, Genoa, Naples, Perugia, and Ravenna. Presented by Lady Bolton. A series of medizeval and modern Spanish coins, com- prising 209 specimens in silver and 184 in copper. Besides many coins of the 17th and 18th centuries, this selection included a large number of deniers and gros of Castille and Leon — Alphonso VI., a.D. 1072-1100; . Ferdinand ILL.. A.D. 1230-1252; of Castille alone—Sancho II., a.p. 1284— 1295; Peter I. (El Cruel), a.p. 1350-1368 ; Henry IIL, A.D. 18390-1406; and of Ferdinand and Isabella, a.p. 1504- Loic: DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. . 95 Ten silver, four copper, and eleven pewter coins of Goa and the Portuguese colonies. Presented by Henry Grogan, Esq. Three silver and one copper medal of the Paris Exhibition of 1900; one silver and one copper medal of the Mint at Paris, 1900; and a silver medal with heads of St. Peter and St. Paul by the German medallist Bastian Hille, a.p. 1666- 1726. Presented by J. R. McClean, Esq. A specimen in silver of the medal presented in 1841 by the President of the United States, John Tyler, to the American Indian Chiefs, having on the obverse the head of the President, and on the reverse two hands clasped ; above, a pipe and a tomahawk crossed. 5. Oriental Series :— The “ Prince of Wales Medal” for the decoration of deserving native officials during the recent visit to India of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Bronze. Presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. A series of 96 gold and 331 silver coins of various Arab dynasties. This selection, which formed a portion of the collection of the late Mr. J. M. C. Johnston, extends over a wide range of Arab numismatics and includes many rare coins of the Benee Abbad and the Benee Hood of Seville and Saragossa; the Benee Idrees and Aghlabids of Africa; the Benee Tooloon of Egypt; the El Murabiteen of Tunis; the Sheybanee of Transoxiana and the Khans of Khokand. The larger dynasties, such as those of the Abbasee Khaleefehs, the Fatimee Khaleefehs, and the Mongols of Persia are represented by numerous specimens. A series of forty-five silver and three nickel coins of the Amawee and Abbasee dynasties, of the Mongols of Persia and of the later rulers, and of Delhi; also a copper Sassanian coin and four Parthian drachms of Mithradates III. Presented by Evelyn Grant Duff, Esq. Three rupees of the Moghul Emperors of Delhi, Aurangzib "Alamgir, Shah-’Alam Bahadur, and Farrukh-Siyar, found in the Larkhana district, Sind. Presented by the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Two mohurs of the Moghul Emperors of Delhi, Alamgir IT. and Shah-’Alam II., found in the Poona district. Presented by the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Four silver coins of the Moghul Emperors of Delhi, Shah-Jahan, Aurangzib "Alamgir, Farrukh-Siyar, and Mu- hammad Shah. Presented by the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 96 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Seven rupees of the Moghul Emperors of Delhi, Ahmad Shah and ’Alamgir II., struck at. Jahangirnagar, Murshi- dabad, &e. Presented by the Bengal Asiatic Society. Thirty-two rupees of the Moghul Emperors of Delhi, Akbar, Shah-Jahén, Aurangzib “Alamgir, Bahadur Shah, Mu- hammad, Shah ’Alam, and Muhammad II. ;'and thirteen copper coins of Akbar, Shéh "Alam II., Akbar II., &c. Also two Indo-Seythic tetradrachms of the “ Great King.” Presented by R. W. Ellis, Esq. A Parthian drachm and twenty-two silver and two copper Persian coins, mostly of the Kajar dynasty. Presented by H. L. Rabino, Esq. Four silver coins, drachms, of Sinatruces of Parthia (B.c. 77-70) and three silver modern Persian coins. Presented by Evelyn Grant Duff, Easy. Three silver coins of Malwa found in the Hoshangabad district and two others of the Moghul Emperors, Ahmad Shah, found in the Chindwara district. Pr esented by the Government of the Central Provinces, India. A gold pagoda of Bijapur struck before the Muhammadan rule. Presented by the Government of Bombay and Assam. Four silver coms of Kabul (Samanta Deva) and two others also of Kabul (Spalapati Deva). Presented by the Government of the Panjab, India. Two silver Ahom coins of Siva Simha, a.D. 1714-1744. Presented by the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam. Eight silver coins of :Assam of Pramatta Simha Gauri- Natha, and Laksmi-Simha. Presented by the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam. Twenty-four ‘silver and plated Chinese provincial and other coins. Presented by Dr. W. C. R. Barnes. THE PARKES. WEBER COLLECTION. Dr. Frederick Parkes Weber, who had formed an extensive collection of coins and medals, generously placed it at the disposal of the Trustees with a view to selecting such specimens as. might be required for the British Museum. The collection consisted of Ancient Greek and Roman coins, and of Medieval and Modern, British and Colonial. and Oriental coins and medals. Amongst the Greek coins selected are several British and Gaulish gold staters and half-staters, DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. SF and other staters of Philip II. of Macedon and Alexander the Great, together with some rare silver coins of Metapontum, Croton, Paeonia, Macedonia, Crete, &c.; and in the Roman series some early interesting bronze pieces of the Republic, silver and bronze coins of the Empire, and Byzantine solidi and siliquae, &c. As the collection was very strong in the Mediaeval and Modern series the selection from these portions was very large, numbering 4,520 specimens. Amongst the mediaeval medals are two fine leaden proofs by Pisanello of Piero Candido Decembrio (A.D. 1399-1477), President of the Republic of Milan, and of Vittorino da Feltre (A.D. 1379-1447), distinguished orator, philosopher, and mathematician. There is also a unique lead medal, probably by a German engraver, of Theophrastus Paracelsus (A.D. 1493-1541), the eminent Swiss physician, who in the course of his journeys appears to have visited France, Spain, England, and other European countries. The modern medals are represented by the works of David D’ Angers (of which hitherto the British Museum had possessed none), of Roty and Scharff among others. The selection of British and Colonial coins and medals is of great value, filling many gaps in the Colonial series and adding very largely to that of the modern personal and historical medals. In illus- | tration of primitive forms of currency the donation includes a number of specimens of bar and ring-money, such as the silver bars used in mediaeval Russia and bronze rings from Africa; of the curiously-shaped coins from various countries of the East, such as the hat pieces of Pahang, the boat-money and tikals of Siam, and the fish-hooks of the Persian Gulf. Dr. Parkes Weber made a speciality of collecting tokens and other curious pieces, badges, tickets, counters, &c., bearing indirectly on the study of numismatics, and also of pieces showing the technique and materials of coinage and medallic work such as dies, wax-models, trial-pieces, patterns, and specimens submitted in public competitions for the designs of coins. From these a large selection was made, and also of specimens representing the methods of forgery and adulteration. The following table gives a view of the number of coins and medals selected for the Museum :— Bronze Tend Class, Gold. | Silver. and ; Total. Brass. — Greek - - - - - 17 122 206 14 359 Roman - - - - 21 26 147 81 275 Mediaeval and Modern : - 42 714 1,845 756 3,357 British and Colonial - - - — 168 740 255 1,163 Oriental - - - - - 25 175 145 52 397 Metals. 01 4.4 -| 105 | 1,205 | 2,083 : 1,158 | 5,551 Grand Total, 5,551 preces. 105, G 98 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. This donation of coins and medals is one of the most important received in the Department of Coins and Medals, and will go far to render more complete many series, especially that of the modern medals. V.—Students and Visitors. The number of visits made to the Department of Coins and Medals by students and others during the year 1906 was 4,365. H. A. Grueber, BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 99 X.—BritTish MusEuM (NATURAL HIsToRyY). STATEMENT of PRoGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the CoLLECTIONS, and Account of OBJECTS added to them, in the Year 1906. GENERAL PROGRESS. Visitors. The total number of visits recorded as having been made to the Museum by the public during the year 1906 was 472,557, as compared with 566,313 in 1905. This number included 61,151 visitors on Sunday afternoons, as against 70,084 in the previous year. The average daily attendance for all open days was 1,801°8; for week-days only, 1,322°8, and for Sunday afternoons, 1,176. Swiney Lectures. The subject of Dr. R .F. Scharff’s first course of lectures on the Swiney foundation was “The Geological History of the European Fauna.” The lectures, 12 in number, were again given in the theatre at the Victoria and Albert ’ Museum (by permission of the Board of Education) in the month of November, the hour for commencement being experimentally altered from 5 to 6 p.m. The average attendance for the course was 160, as compared with 328 in 1905. New Drainage System. The drainage of the Museum by an improved system has been completed, the work having been carried out by His Majesty’s Office of Works, Se. Electric Lighting. The electric light having been installed in the studies throughout the building, the First Commissioner of His Majesty’s Works, S&c., has been asked to submit a plan for lighting the galleries for the consideration of the Trustees. Heating Apparatus. The heating apparatus, which has been in use since 1880, having become very defective, the Trustees have been in communication with the First Commissioner of His Majesty’s Works, &c., with reference to a new installation of pipes, &c. for warming the building. A scheme prepared by the Chief Engineer of the Board of Works for the better heating and ventilating of the Museum is under consideration. G 2 100 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Telephones and Fire-Alarms. Telephone fire-alarms have been provided, communicating from ten stations in various parts of the building direct with the firemen’s room; also an internal telephone system, by means of which the several] departments of the Museum are placed in communication. Geological Exploration in Egypt. Dr. C. W. Andrews, Assistant in the Geological Depart- ment, resumed in the spring of the year geological exca- _ vations in the Fayim, Egypt—the expenses of this mission being defrayed out of the funds generously placed at the disposal of the Trustees by Mr. W. EK. de Winton. Dr. Andrews brought back numerous valuable additions to the collections of vertebrates already obtained from that locality. The most important specimens are:—(1) An associated skull and mandible of Palwomastodon wintoni, with the dentition, including the tusks, in perfect preservation. With these were also found several limb-bones belonging to the same animal. The occurrence of associated groups of bones in these beds is quite exceptional. (2) A beautifully preserved mandible of a young Palwomastodon with the milk teeth a situ, and beneath them the germs of the replacing premolars. The incisors are serrated at the edge as in the animal] described as Phiomia, which, therefore, is probably the young of a small Palwomuastodon. Other specimens were jaws of the Hyracoid Sagathervum and of the eculiar ungulate Geniohyus. Numerous remains of Arsinoitherium, including the greater part of a skull, were also collected. Dr. Andrews was again indebted to Captain H. G. Lyons, F.R.S., for much help in preparing for his expedition and in facilitating transport. Expedition to Gunong Tahan, Federated Malay States. An interesting collection of zoological and _ botanical specimens has been obtained for the Museum by Mr. H. C. Robinson, Curator of the Selangor State Museum, as the . result of an expedition made by him to Gunong Tahan, Federated Malay States, with the aid of a grant from the provision for purchases. Purchases. Among the more important purchases made during the year, special mention may be made of the following :—- A mounted specimen of the African elephant, with pair of tusks and skull; a second instalment of Dr. D. Sharp's collection of coleopterous insects, consisting of about 50,000 specimens representing. ten families, and including about 1 000 types; a collection of 4,000 birds from Eastern North BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), 101 America, the Bahama Islands, and Mexico, including many types; a well-preserved skeleton of ichthycsaurus from the lower lias of Somersetshire, showing contained embryo—the only example containing an embryo hitherto «iscovered in England ; a collection of reptilian remains from the upper eretaceous of Transylvania, all new to the Museum, and including the most important series of bones of the latest Dinosauria hitherto discovered in Europe; and_ the collection of fungi made by. the late Mr. W. Phillips, comprising about 10,000 specimens, 3,200 drawings, and 36 manuscript note-books. Bequest, A valuable collection of Indian shells has been bequeathed to the Museum by the late Dr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S. The bequest comprises all Dr. Blanford’s type-specimens and such other portions of his own collection as were desired for the Museum, and also the whole of the collection left to him by his brother, Mr. H. F. Blanford. The extent of the selection retained for the Museum is estimated. at. about 2,000 specimens. Presents. The total number of presents recorded as having been received during the year by the several Departments of the Museum was 2,057, as compared with 2,092 in 1905. Many of these comprised large numbers of individua] specimens. The details of all the more important of them will be found in the reports cf the Keepers of the Departments, but the following are mentioned here also as being of special interest or importance :— From His Grace the Duke of Bedford. —A second collection of zoological specimens from Japan and Korea, consisting of over 500 mammals (12 being new species) and 256 birds, obtained by Mr. M. P. Anderson, as a further result of the zoological exploration of Eastern Asia which the Duke is carrying out; all the specimens so collected being presented by him to the Trustees. From C. D. Rudd, Esq.— A further series of specimens collected by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa, consisting of 235 mammals, 231 birds, and 60 reptiles and _ fishes, in continuation of the systematic survey of the fauna of South Africa which is being made with funds provided by Mr. Rudd, the specimens so obtained being presented by him to the Museum. From W. E. Balston, Esq.—An important collection of natural history specimens obtained by Mr. G. C. Shortridge in Western Australia, comprising 416 mammals, 693 birds, 96 reptiles, &c., and including many new species. From the Government of India.—Large collections of Insects from Tibet, collected by Captain H. J. Walton, I.M.S., and the Officers of the Tibet Frontier Commission. 102 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. From H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S.—A further portion of his collection of butterflies, consisting of 3,936 specimens of Lycenida, 592 Pyralide, de. From F. D. Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S.—Further con- signments of Central American insects, consisting of 941 specimens of wood-boring Coleoptera of the family Scolytide, and 214 specimens of three families of Clavicornia. From Mrs. Crombie.—The lichen-herbarium of her husband, the late Rev. J. M. Crombie, author of Part I. of the ‘Monograph of Lichens found in Britain,” published by the Trustees. Much of Mr. Combie’s herbarium was acquired for the Museum during his life-time ; the material presented by his widow consists of about 5,000 specimens, his licheno- logical manuscripts and correspondence, and 30 bound volumes of pamphlets. From Mons. H. Fayol.—A series of fossil insects and fossil fishes from the coal measures of Commentry, Allier, France, the carboniferous insects in the collection being very rare. From the Peabody Museum of Yale University, U.S.A.— A life-size model of a skeleton of the gigantic toothless flying reptile Pteranodon longiceps from the chalk of Kansas. From Mr. F. Justen.—A copy of the facsimile issue of the “ Codex Anicie Juliane” of Dioscorides, from the original in the Imperial Library at Vienna. EHachanges and Gifts of Duplicates. Exchanges of duplicate specimens and casts have been made with several institutions and individuals. Certain duplicate zoological specimens have been lent to the International Exhibition at Marseilles, section of Oceanography, and safely returned to the Museum. The following have been added to the list of institutions to receive grants of duplicate specimens of Natural History, viz.:—the Geological Department of the University of Glasgow ; Salisbury, South Wilts, and Blackmore Museums, Salisbury; and the Evening Education Committee of the Garden City, Letchworth, Herts. Selections of duplicate specimens have been presented, as follows :— Of zoological specimens—to the La Plata Museum ; Chad- wick Museum, Bolton; the Technical Education Board of the London County Council; the Infants’ School, Sandy, Beas. ; Deiby Public Library and Museum; the Municipal Art Classes of Leominster and Ludlow; the Natural tistory Museum, Basle; the Royal College of Surgeons; the Government Medical School Museum, Cairo; the Rev. Canon Horsley; Dr. Gunther Enderlein; Captain H. H. Harington ; Dr. R. Gestro, of Genoa Museum; Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell ; Mr. P. Lesne, of Paris Museum; Mr. E. Meyrick ; Mr. A. Grouvelle; Mr. S. Schenkling; and Prof. HE. L. Bouvier. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 108 Of fossils and casts of fossils—to Liverpool University ; the Geological Department of Glasgow University; the University of Aberdeen; Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S.; Mr. R. Etheridge; Mr. C. 8. Tomes, F.R.S.; Mr. Carlo Jooss, of Stuttgart ; Mr. E. S. Goodrich, F.R.S.; and Prof. J. Welsch. Of minerals—to the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. Of plants—to the Royal College of Science. Publications. The under-mentioned works on Natural History have been published during the year :— History of the collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. Vol. II. Department of Zoology. Pp. 782. 8vo. 30s. Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Faytm, Egypt. Based on the collection of the Egyptian Government in the Geological Museum, Cairo, and on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History). By C. W. Andrews, D.Sc., F.R.S. Pp. xxxvii, 324: 98 text- figures and 26 plates. 4to. 35s. Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies, with notes by K. E. Austen. Pp. 74: 34 coloured plates. Roy. 8vo. 25s. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phaleenz (Moths) in the British Museum. Vol. VI. Noctuidee (Cuculliane). By Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart. Pp. xiv, 532: 172 woodcuts. 8vo. 15s. Atlas of 12 coloured plates. 8vo. 10s. Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. II. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Pt. I. Achetide et Phasgonuride. By W. F. Kirby. Pp. viii, 562. 8vo. 15s. Synonymic Catalogue of Homoptera. Fart I. Cicadide. By W. L. Distant. Pp. 207. 8vo. 5s. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. VI. The Family Poritide. II.—The Genus Porites. Part II.—Porites of the Atlantic and West Indies, with the European Fossil Forms. The Genus Goniopora, a supplement to Vol. IV. By H. M. Bernard. Pp. vi, 173: 17 plates. 4to. 20s. Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia and Amphibia in the Department of Zoology. (By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.) Pp. iv, 75: 76 text and other figures. 8vo. 6d. Books and Portraits illustrating the History of Plant Classification exhibited in the Department of Botany. (By A. B. Rendle, D.Sc.) Pp. 19: 4 piates. 8vo. 4d. New editions have been issued of the General Guide (11th edition), price 3d.; Guide to the Mammals (other than Ungulates), price 6d. ; Handbook of Instructions for Collectors (38rd edition), price 1s. 6d.; Instructions for Collecting 104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mammals (8rd edition), Blood-sucking Flies: (2nd edition), Spiders, Myriopods, &c. (2nd edition), and. Fossils and Minerals (3rd edition), price 3d. each; and, for gratuitous distribution, of the list of Casts of Fossils reproduced from. specimens in the Department ot Geology. The natural history publications of the Museum have been sent to many Free Libraries and other institutions in Great Britain and Ireland, to Colonial, Indian, and Foreign Museums, Libraries, and Scientific Societies, and to various individuals who have either assisted in the preparation of the voiumes or otherwise benefited the Museum; and several additions have been made to the publications exchange list. Having regard to the importance of a study of blood- sucking flies in connection with the dissemination of diseases due to micro-organisms, especially in tropical countries; the Trustees propose to continue the series of publications on these insects, a commencement of which was made by the issue of the Monographs of Mosquitoes and Tsetse Flies. The material available being insufficient for this purpose, the assistance of the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and India Office has been obtained in the distribution of copies of a circular letter and pamphlet on the subject to the officials of those departments serving abroad, with a view to the forma- tion of a collection of specimens to serve as the basis of the proposed monographs. Considerable collections of flies, &c. have already been received from all parts of the world, and are being worked out. In the meantime the Trustees. have published the volume of Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies noticed above (p. 103). The following works are also in preparation :— Catalogue of the Library, Vol. III. Report on the Naturah History Collections ‘of the “ Dis- covery” Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4. Catalogue of Bats, by Dr. Knud Andersen. Hand-list of Birds, Vol. V., by Dr. R. B. Sharpe. Catalogue of Birds’ Eggs, Vol. V., by W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Monograph of Mosquitoes, Vol. IV., by F. V. Theobald. Monograph of British Lichens, Vol. II., by Miss A. Lorrain Smith. Monograph of Mycetozoa, Second Edition, by A. Lister, oS: Catalogue of Fossil Rodentia, by C. I. Forsyth-Major. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes, Vol. V., by Dr. A. Smith | Woodward, F.R.S. Catalogue of Cretaceous Bryozoa, Vol. II., by Dr. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S. Catalogue of Trilobites, by Philip Lake. Siti BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 105 A Guide to Great Game Animals. A Guide to the Insect Gallery. A Guide to British Seed-Plants and Ferns, by Dr. A. B. Rendle. GENERAL LIBRARY. The additions to the General Libr ary during the past year have been :— By purchase - - - 458 volumes. By donation - - - 532 volumes, 8 maps, and 19 photographs. By transfer from other Departments. - - 45 volumes. ToTaAL - - 1,035 volumes, 8 maps, and 19 photographs. All the volumes and maps have been catalogued, press- marked, and put in their places, while 1,019 volumes have been bound in 493, 121 have been repaired, and 4 maps have been mounted. The extent of the collection on the 3lst December was 35,842 volumes, 5,615 maps, and 334 photographs (not includ- ing those in the Owen Collection of Drawings, &c.). The accessions to the Departmental Libraries have also been catalogued as they came in, and duplicate transcripts of the titles have been returned with the books. Altogether 1,937 title-slips have been written, 82 re- written, and 2,370 revised. There are now, on a rough estimate, 82,930 volumes (exclusive of continuations and minor separata) and 5,900 maps in the whole building. The printing of the Catalogue remained in abeyance during the year, but preparations for its resumption are being made. The works of travel and other. non-serial publications were re-arranged and re-press-marked on the elastic system, in the course of which the press-marks were altered in more than 4,000 volumes and on nearly 6,000. title-slips. Seven sets of sheets 137 to 140 of the Catalogue have been stamped with index-letters showing ‘in which. Department the various works are to be found,.and copies have been distributed to each department. - The compilation of a List of Books, &c., published by or relating to the Natural History Departments of the British Museum, has been completed. The following papers dealing with Works in the Museum have been published in various journals during 1906 :— “On the Dates of Publication of the Natural History portions of the ‘Encyclopédie Méthodique.’” By C. Davies Sherborn and B. B. Woodward... (Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. VII., Vol.-vii., pp. 577-82.) 106 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The botanical part, with an additiona] note by Mr. Woodward, was reprinted as-— “The dates of Publication of Lamarck’s ‘ Encyclopédie Méthodique’ (Botany).” (Journ. Bot., 1906, pp. 318-20.) [Dates of Publication of the] “ Atlas der Diatomaceen- Kunde. Herausgegeben von A. Schmidt.” (Journ. Bot., 1906, pp. 384-86.) The number of visits paid to the Library during the year by students and others (irrespective of the Staff) was 1,357. InDEX MUSEUM AND MORPHOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. During the past year a series of Crabs has been put on exhibition in the Entrance Hall, showing the extent to which the external appearance, particularly that of the secondary sexual organs, may become altered in consequence of the Crab being attacked by the parasite Sacculina. The series of specimens illustrating the general characters of Birds’ Eggs, the range in shape, colour, texture, and thickness of shell, and number in the clutch, has been removed from the wall-case in Bay 3 of the Hall to a more prominent and better lit position on the sides of the arch of Bay 5. The wall-case from which the series was removed has been fitted with a new back, obliquely placed so as to receive as much light as possible from the skylight of the Hall. Jn this case is now displayed the specimens of Birds’ wings and tails which are too large to exhibit in the table-case. The series of Peas illustrating the Mendelian hypothesis of heredity has been placed in one of the new obliquely set cases in Bay 8, where it is brought more to the notice of the public and is better lit than in the table-case of Bay 6, where it was previously exhibited. During the summer, shortly after the eruption of Vesuvius, there was placed temporarily inthe Entrance Hall a series of specimens of lava and scorie thrown up by Vesuvius during the last and during the previous eruption, and also photo- sraphs and charts showing the change in the form of the voleano brought about by the eruption. Two models have been added to the Malaria Case in the Hall—one of the proboscis of the Mosquito before piercing the skin, and another of the proboscis in the act of piercing. Occupying a central position in the Hall—a position previously taken by the Tsetse Case, which has now been put in Bay 6—is a table-case in which are shown three series of Plaice illustrating the different sizes attained by the fish in different parts of the North Sea and English Channel in the same periods of time, the ages of the fish being determined by the number of rings on the otoliths, a series of which is also exhibited. Also a series of Pollack showing the rate of BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 107 growth, the age of the fish being determined by the number of rings on the scales, a series of which is exhibited to illus- trate the method. Also a series of the young of the Kel, and a map to show the position of the breeding ground in the Atlantic Ocean, and the points reached by the eastwardly- migrating Elvers in different months of the year. Much work has been done in the way of re-mounting and re-spiriting such of the anatomical preparations in the Entrance Hall as were in need of attention. The models and casts of the Deep Sea Fishes temporarily exhibited in the Entrance Hall are now displayed in a horizontal table-case in the Fish Gallery, with an introduc- tory label explaining the genera] characters in which deep sea fishes differ from other fishes. ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY. The work in connection with this section has had reference chiefly to insects. The questions submitted have mostly been from medical men abroad who are investigating the spread of disease by the agency of insects, and also from persons who ask for the names of pests, or for advice as to the best method of destroying them. The following are some of the subjects of inquiry :— (1.) “The Nimetta or Nemetti Fly” of Dongola, sent from Khartoum for identification, with the note that ‘“ Besides biting, the flies are an intolerable “ nuisance through getting into the nose and “eyes, causing all work to be suspended.” The species proved to be Simulium griseicollis. (2.) Inquiry whether Glossina palpalis, one of the Tsetse Flies, occurs in §S. Africa, and whether any other species of Glossina has been shown to carry Trypanosoma gambiense. And from another correspondent, whether Glossina pal- palis is limited by altitude and always lives in close proximity to large rivers and lakes. G. palpalis does not occur in S. Africa, and even G. morsitans is not found south of St. Lucia Lake. At time of writing no species of Glossina other than G. palpalis had yet been proved to carry Trypanosoma gambiense, but since there is reason to believe that several species of Glossina besides morsitans can carry Trypano- soma brucet, it is quite possible that G. palpalis is not the only species capable of conveying T. gambiense. All available evidence goes to show that Glossina palpalis is only found in close proximity to water (which may, however, 108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. be quite a small stream), and it is unlikely that it is an exception to the rule that Tsetse Flies are not met with at altitudes above 3,000 or 4,000 feet. (3.) Fly sent from Mauritius as being found to contain Trypanosomes. Species proved to be Stomoays Nigra. (4.) Questions as to swarms of common House Fly and where they come from. They normally breed in horse dung. (5.) Inquiry from Egypt as to the name of ‘small moth destructive to cotton bolls. Proved to be an undescribed species, since named Stagmatophora. gossypiella by Lord Walsingham. (6.) Inquiry from the Seychelles for name of a beetle injuring cocoa-nut palms. Melittomma insularis. . (7.) Inquiry for name of beetle injuring palm trees in Uganda. Rhynchophorus phenicis. (8.) Inquiry for name of caterpillars eating Lily of the Valley. One of the Ghost moths, Hepialus. (So) Inquiry for naine of small beetle injuring oranges. in New Zealand. Cylas turcipennis. (10.) Inquiry from Merioneth respecting grubs very injurious to pasture. Phyllopertha horticola. (11.) Inquiry from Ceylon as to. beetle injurious to Para rubber plants. Xylopertha nicobarica. The following are some of the additions made to the series exhibited in the North Hall :— (1.) Egyptian Cotton Worm. Prodenia littoralis. (2.) Small Cotton Worm. Caradrina exigua. (3.) Egyptian Cotton Stainer. Oxycarenus hyalini- pennis. (4.) Lac insects and their products. (5.) White wax insects. (6.) Ash saplings injured by rabbits. (7.) Human thread worms. ° » (8.) Caterpillars of Buff-tip moth. (9.) Scotch fir damaged by. Tortria. (10.) Currant-root louse. Schizoneura fodiens. : E, Ray Lankester, British Museum (Natural SLOT? Director. 23 February 1907. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 109 DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. l.—Arrangement and Conservation. Mammalia.—A heavy piece of work during the year has been the numbering of the exhibited specimens—a task “which is still uncompleted, so far as the skulls and horns in the lower gallery and corridors are concerned. In the upper gallery no ncticeable change or alteration has been made, work having been in the main confined to the ordinary measures of conservation, labelling, &c. Two of the wall-cases, namely, those on each side of the entrance, have, however, been painted green. As regards the lower gallery and corridor, it was found during the summer to be unsafe to continue to exhibit heads of Deer in the east corridor unprotected by glass, owing to the injuries resulting from moth. It was accordingly arranged to alter two of the Deer cases on the north side of the lower gallery in such a manner that accommodation could be found for the specimens in the corridor. This was accomplished by removing the partitions to the height of the main door, and shifting the position of the partitions above that level. The cases were then painted green (in place of white). A similar treatment has been accorded to one of the adjacent Antelope cases, with the result that not only has the general appearance of the cases and their contained specimens been greatly improved, but a considerable amount of valuable space has been gained for exhibition purposes. Artificial ground work has been added to two deer-cases and one of the Gazelle-cases, with highly satisfactory results. A large number of the labels in the lower gallery and corridors have been re-printed or re-written, in order either to bring them up to the present level of zoology or to render them more easily legible. Among the presentations included in the exhibition series, the following may be specially mentioned :—A Lion, a Chita, a black-backed Jackal, an Oribi Antelope, and a Livingstone’s Antelope, presented by Allan Cameron, Esq.; a Spanish Lynx, presented by B. F. Buck, Esq. ; the type specimen of the Ituri Black Honey-Badger or Ratel, presented by Major P. H. G. Powell Cotton ; an Alaskan Elk, presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild; Head of an American Elk, pre- sented by Frank Hutt, Esq.; Head of a Cassiar Caribou, presented by G. M. Norrie, Es}. ; a Cassiar and a Newfound- land Caribou, presented by F. C. Selous, Esq. ; a Black-tailed Deer, presented by W. R. Thompson, Esq. ; a Liu Kiu Sika - Deer, presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G.; Head of a South American Marsh-deer, presented by A. F. Vans Agnew, Esq.; a Situtunga Antelope, presented by Capt. J. Harington; the type head of Vaughan’s Kob 110 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Antelope and a head of the Reed-buck, presented by Capt. P. E. Vaughan ; the type head of Patterson’s Eland, pre- sented by Lt.-Col. J. H. Patterson ; a Chamois, presented by St. George Littledale, Esq.; Skull and cast of horn of African Black Rhinoceros (abnormal), presented by Frank Baden Powell, Esq. The purchased specimens added to the series during the year are not numerous. Foremost is the male African Elephant, from South Nyasaland, placed in the Entrance Hall. In the anthropological series reference may be made to a plaster cast of the bust of a Pigmy from the Ituri Forest, modelled by W. Goscombe John, Esq. The purchases also include an Indian wild Boar and a West African River-Hog. No re-arrangements or additions of specimens have been made in the Whale Room during the year. In the British Saloon the mounting of special groups of British Mammals has been largely advanced during the year, and is now approaching completion. Several new cases have been provided. The groups newly mounted include the Bats, which have been placed on and around a hollow tree-stem, the Rats and Mice (among which special attention may be directed to the Harvest-mice and Shrew- mice), and the Marten-cats. The donations include a Fair Isle long-tailed Field-mouse, presented by N. B. Kinnear, Esq.; a Harvest-mouse, pre- sented by the Hon. Charles N. Rothschild ; and a Natterer’s Bat, presented by Heatley Noble, Esq. A Marten-cat was purchased. DOMESTICATED ANIMALS:—Beyond referring to the normal duties of curatorship, and the addition of new descriptive labels, &c., there is nothing demanding special notice in regard to the technique of this section. The presentations to this series include the following :— Skull and Limb-bones of the Thoroughbred Stallion “ Royal Hampton,” presented by Mrs. Ballard; Head and Skull of Shire Mare “ Starlight,” presented by Mrs. Crisp; a Banting Ox from Bali, presented by C. B. Kloss, Esq.; Heads of the Short-horn Bulls “Tregunter” and “ Knight of the Shire,” presented by the Shorthorn Society; a Merino and a Fat- tailed Sheep, presented by the Director of Agriculture, Cape Colony ; two Skulls of the Corsican Sheep (?), presented by Dr. C. J. Forsyth-Major; Horns of Azores Goats, presented by Major Chaver; Head of Chartley Cow, presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G.; skeleton of a Tibet Dog, presented by the Zoological Society ; a Harrier, presented by J. S. Gibbons, Esq.; a Borzoi, presented by G. Pauling, Esq. ; a Black-and-tan King Charles Spaniel, “ Bend-Or,” presented by Mrs. J. Reed; Ruby King Charles Spaniel, presented by Mrs. Kate Stephens; a Pekinese Dog, “ Ah Cam,” presented by T Douglas Murray, Esq.; a Blenheim Spaniel, presented by Mr. E. Longtone; the Head of a Bull-Terrier, presented by DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 111 Rowland Ward, Esy.; the celebrated Chinchilla Persian Cat, “ The Silver Lambkin,” presented vy Mrs. L. B. Balding ; sketch of the Head of a Unicorn Tibetan Sheep, by Miss Nellie Hadden ; three hybrid Pheasants, presented respectively by the Hon. Florence Amherst, A. E. Scott, Esq., and Rowland Ward, Esq. ; two Penguin Ducks from Java, presented by Dr. M.'Treub. Albinos and semi-albinos include a Dormouse, presented by H. J. Bailey, Esq.; a Marten and a Swallow, the gift of W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. ; a Wood-Pigeon, presented by Sir Arthur Clay ; and a Blackbird, given by W. Reid, Esq. In the study series the work of labelling, registering, and incorporating the additions has been proceeded with. Many old skins have been re-made by the taxidermist in accordance with modern methods, and over three thousand skulls have been cleaned by the articulator, labelled and put away. Three new deal store cabinets have been added with drawers deep enough to receive animals the size of a fox. Much valuable assistance has been given in the depart- | ment by voluntary helpers who have described new forms as they have been acquired, and have assisted in labelling and incorporating the new arrivals. The following gentlemen should be specially mentioned :—Dr. Forsyth-Major, Mr. R. C. Wroughton, Mr. J. L. Bonhote, Mr. Harold Schwann, and Major G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton. By the assistance of a private donor the services of Dr. Knud Andersen have been continued in working out and re-labelling the collection of Chiroptera in preparation for his forthcoming work on the new edition of the Catalogue. Aves.—In the Bird Gallery continued progress has been made in the substitution of well-mounted specimens in place of old ones which had become bleached and discoloured. During the past year a number of skeletons and birds in spirit have been added to the collection. A considerable number of specimens belonging to the old series have been examined and carefully determined, and the skeletons of the following families have been re-arranged and catalogued :— Pittide, Tyrannide, Hirundinide, Muscicapide, Laniide, Prionopide, Malaconotide, Gymnorhinide, Artamide. Reptilia and Batrachia.—False backs have been put in the wall-cases in the Reptile Gallery, containing the Ichthyo- saurs and Plesiosaurs, thereby enabling the specimens to be browght nearer to the front, so that they may be seen to greater advantage. The most striking addition to the gallery is the model of the Iguanodon skeleton, removed from the Geological Department ; for this a new stand was prepared. Various details and improvements in the arrangement and description of the specimens have been carried out. Among 112 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. these, reference may be made to the display of a series of skuils of Crocodilians to illustrate the passage from the long and slender type characteristic of the Gharial to the short and broad form distinctive of Alligators. The process of weeding out undesirable specimens has been still further carried out, and progress has also been made in the matter of painting specimens. A number of coloured illustrations of reptiles (chiefly the gift of Mrs. John Anderson) have been placed either in the cases or in separate frames. The more important specimens presented for exhibition purposes during the year are the following, viz.:—A green Turtle, presented by T. K. Bellis, Esq.; a South African Tortoise (Testudo tentoria), to illustrate a new method of mounting, presented by Dr. J. E. Duerden; a Southern Anaconda, presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild ; a young Gaboon Puff-Adder and a skull of an adult of the same species, presented by Rowland Ward, Esq. The new cases in the spirit building have been completed and the Batrachian collection has been arranged in them. Pisces.—During the year 63 specimens of fishes have been restored and coloured according to published coloured figures and descriptions, in continuation of the work referred to in the last annual report. A series of 16 British salmonoid fishes has been placed on exhibition in a special table-case. Based upon the detailed descriptions and drawings published by paleontologists and upon actual fossils in the Geological Department of the Museum, restored models have been constructed of the following extinct fishes—Coccosteus, Holoptychius, Eusthenopteron, Megalichthys (head only), Osteolepis, Undina, Cheirodus, Chondrosteus, Hypsocormus, Eugnathus, and Leptolepis. The south half of the Fish Gallery has been re-opened to the public, and the north half, where re-arrangement is still in progress, has been partitioned off. Of notable additions to the Gallery may be mentioned a large Raia marginata, a large Electric. Ray, and a large Angler-fish. The card-catalogue of specimens selected for exhibition— each card giving the British Museum register number, locality, and history of the specimen, and the references to the figures and descriptions from which it was coloured — has been increased by 226 entries. The determination and arrangement of the collection of Fishes from the Nile has been completed. The American Fishes of the family Cichlide have been re-arranged in accordance with a recent revision. The new cases in the spirit building have now been completed, and the Batrachian col- lection has been removed to them ; this has made possible the expansion and re-arrangement of part of the Fish collection, with which considerable progress has been made. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 113 Mollusca.—The working out of theimportant collection of deep-sea Mollusca, obtained by H.M. Indian Survey Steamer “Investigator,” commenced during the year 1905, has been completed, and the report published. A manuscript list of the species of Polyplacophora has also been prepared. A large collection of shells made by the late Colonel Surgeon Archer at Singapore and other localities has been examined, and a selection made from it. The important collection of Indian land and fresh-water shells, bequeathed by the late Di. W. T. Blanford, has been unpacked and partly examined. Numerous species of land shells forming part of the exhibited series have been remounted on fresh tabiets and furnished with printed labels. The collection contained in spirit has been attended to, and fresh spirit supplied where necessary. Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The spirit collection of Arachnomorphe and of Myriopoda has undergone re- arrangement, and part of the unnamed material has been sorted into families. The Scorpions and Pedipalpi have been worked out. Many Ticks received were sent before registra- tion to Professor Neumann for determination, and a report, ‘based on these examinations, will appear shortly. Herr With has continued his work on the Chelonethi belonging to the Museum, and an additional report dealing with the South American forms is now in course of publication. Insecta,—The task of transferring the portion of the Fry Collection of Coleoptera contained in cabinets was finished in the spring, and the cabinets returned to the executors. The greater part of the specimens so transferred, including the whole of the Lamellicornia and Longicornia, is now incor- porated in the General Collection. A second portion of the Sharp Collection of Coleoptera has been acquired, comprising the Geodephaga, Clavicornia, Palpicornia, Heteromera, &c., about 50,000 specimens in all. The Central American specimens of water-beetles and certain -Clavicorn families, including a large number of types, have been labelled and incorporated in the Central American Collection. Some further progress has been made with the incor- ‘poration of the Janson Collection of Hlateride. The un- determined American Clerrde have been worked out by Herr Schenkling, of the German Entomological National Museum, and the Oriental specimens of the'family have been sent to him for the same purpose. All the Museum repre- sentatives of the genera Jchthyurus and Sciobius have been determined or described by Dr. R. Gestro and Mr. Guy Marshall, respectively, and have since been completely re-arranged. __ In connection with the preparation of the Second Volume of the Catalogue of Orthoptera the later groups of Phasgo- nuride have been re-arranged or revised in accordance with it. 105. H 114 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH- MUSEUM. That volume, containing the families Achetidw and Phasgo-- nuride, has teen published and the manuscript of the Third Volume, dealing with the Locustide, is in course of revision. A synonymic catalogue of the Homopterous family Cica- dide has been published, and the revision and re-arrangement: of the collection of Fulgoride have been continued. A large number of additions to the collection of British Diptera, presented by Lieut.-Col. Yerbury, have been deter- mined and incorporated, and the blood-sucking species of the genus Ceratopogon in the collection have been worked out. The order of the families in the General Colleetion of Diptera has, so far as possible, been brought up to date. The family Semulide has been worked out, and the new species in the collection have been described, by Mons. E. Roubaud, of Paris. The family Alyphide has been revised and arranged, and the species belonging to the genus Stomowys (family Muscidae) have been provisionally determined. A considerable number of small collections of blood- sucking Diptera from various parts of the world have been provisionally determined, reported upon, and incorporated. Miss G. Ricardo has continued her determination of. the Tabanide. The work of re-setting and re-constituting the collection of British Lepidoptera has been completed. . The collection of Jthomiane and Heliconine, with the exception of the Hewitson specimens, have been transferred and partially re-arranged in the new cabinets, and the greater part of the Nymphaline genera of the Cethosia, Apatura, Euthalia, and Siderone groups have also been transferred and ‘re-arranged. The specimens belonging to the Anwa croup were determined by Mr. H: Druce. The remainder of the Hewitson Piervne have been incorporated with the General Collection. Mr. H. J. Elwes has concluded the arrangement of the Palearctic Lycenide and commenced that of the Hes- pervide. ~The volume of the Catalogue of Moths containing the Noctuid sub-family Cuculliane has been finished and re- vised for press, and considerable progress has been made with that containing the Acronyctine. The Necual sub-families Catocaline, Momine, and Plusiane and part of Noctwine have been re-arranged, as well as parts of the sub-families Boarmiane and Prjraustine, and the Tineid genus /mma. The Moths collemred by Mr. Meade-Waldo during Lord Crawiford’s voyage, the collection made by the Ruwenzori “Expedition and various smaller collections have been worked “out, and ‘nearly all -accessions Lae Lye incorporated with the General Collection’ DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 11S In the Hymenoptera the family Mutillide has been expanded and completely re-arranged. Crustacea.—Progress has been made in arranging and labelling the exhibited series of Crustacea, and a large number of additional specimens have been prepared and tinted in natural colours. The systematic series of Anomura and Macrura are on the point of completion. The entire spirit collection has been overhauled, the bottles retilled where necessary, and generic labels placed on the shelves to facilitate reference. A special collection presented by Mr. Geoffrey Smith, illustrating the changes produced in certain Crabs by the presence of parasites, has been mounted and arranged as a temporary exhibit in one of the bays of the central hall. Important exchanges have been carried out during the year with the Museums of Calcutta, Paris, Washington, and Pittsburgh. The undetermined material of terrestrial Isopoda has been sent for study to Herr G. Budde-Lund of Uopen- hagen, and a number of African Phyllopoda have been sent for the same purpose to Dr. E. Wolf, of Frankfurt a/M. The Macrurous Crustacea of the Third Tanganyika Expedition have been studied’ and reported on, and the first part of a report on Cumacea received from the Copenhagen Museum has been prepared for publication. Echinoderma.*—A fine example of Centrostephanus rodgerst has been addded to the exhibited series. The MSS. Catalogue of the Crinoidea has been brought up to date. All the Echinoderma obtained during the year have been identified and incorporated. Vermes.*—Dr. Ashworth has made a preliminary exami- nation of the Polycheta before commencing a catalogue. Dr. Fowler has determined various Chetognaths; Dr. Meixner some Planarians; Dr. Linstow the Nematodes sub- mitted to him ; and Mr. F. F. Laidlaw some Turbellarians. ‘Thanks to the assistance of these specialists, all the Worms obtained during the year have been determined. Anthozoa.*—The sixth volume of the Catalogue of Corals has been published, this completes the description of the forms belonging to the suborder Entocnemaria. A fine specimen of Gorgonella verriculata has been mounted for exhibition in the Coral Gallery. The specimens ‘of Porites are now arranged in the cupboards of the Coral- room in the order of the published Catalogue. _ Advantage was taken of the visit of Mr. Simpson to re-spirit many of the specimens of Aleyonaria which he caine to study. Atsi 96 Tunicata, Brachiopoda, Polyzoa, Hydrozoa, Porifera, and Protozoa.—Most of the time that could be spared by the assistant in charge of these groupsfrom the usual official routine * The time of the assistant in charge of these groups has been largely devoted to the “ Discovery” collections. ey. H 2 116 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. work of attending to visitors, correspondence, conservation and arrangement of specimens has been devoted to the working out and description of the Hadromerine and Halichondrine Sponges collected by the ‘ Discovery” in the Antarctic ; the report upon the Hadremerina being illustrated by five quarto plates, and the Halichondrina by ten quarto lates. s The Sponges collected by the Third Tanganyika Expedition have been described and figured. A second edition of the Guide to the Coral Gallery has been prepared, giving a more full account of the Sporozoa (including the blood parasites of Malaria and Sleeping Sickness). In the course of working out the “ Discovery ” Sponges, a large number of preparations of other Sponges have been — made ; these will form part of a general collection of prepa- tations of the whole collection of Sponges, which will be of creat use to students of this group. II.— Duplicates and Exuchanges. Duplicates have been presented to the Infants’ School, Sandy, Bedfordshire; the Municipal Art Classes of Leo- minster, Ludlow, and Letchworth ; the Chadwick Museum, Bolton; Rev. Canon Horsley ; the Technical Education Board of the London County Council; the Royal College of Surgeons ; the Derby and Edinburgh Museums. Exchanges have been effected with the Museums of Paris, Berlin, Dresden, Basle, Genoa, Singapore ; the Indian Museum, Calcutta; the Selangor State Museum; the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; the Hungarian National Museum; and with M. Antoine Grouvelle, Dr. Norman Joy, Dr. M. Cameron, Messrs. Philip de la Garde, A. J. Chitty, H. K. Donisthorpe, H. Munt, H. B. Preston, O. E. Janson, Major R. Sparrow, Prof. F. Guitel, Dr. W. Wolterstorff, Prot. Bouvier, Dr. A. E. Ortman, and Prof. Joubin. III.— Departmental Library. One hundred and eleven separate works in 163 volumes, new to the Library, and 1,187 parts of periodicals and works in progress have been acquired during the year by purchase, presentation, and exchange. Two hundred and ninety-three books have been bound. The Library now contains 11,021 separate works in 17,433 volumes. The work of collating, press-marking, and entering in the Catalogue of all acquisitions has been performed as usual. LV.—Pubdlications. In addition to the Catalogues already referred to, published by the Trustees, the following reports and descriptive papers have been prepared in connection with various parts of the ree * DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 117 colleciion, especially recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific journals :— Mammalia.—‘“On the Generic Arrangement of the Austra'ian Rats hitherto referred to Conilurus, with Remarks on the Structure and Evolution of their Molar Cusps”; “A new Aquatic Genus of Muridez discovered by Consul L. Soderstrom in Ecuador”; ‘‘ New Asiatic Mammals of the Genera Kerivoula, Eliomys, and Lepus”; “A new Genus of Free-tail Bat from N.E. Africa”; “A Third Genus of the Ichthyuomys Group”; “New African Mammals of the Genera Cercopithecus, Scotophilus, Miniopterus, Crocidura, Georychus, and Heliophobius”; ‘Three new Palearctic Mammals”; “ New Mammals from the Australian Region” ; “Descriptions of new Mammals from Ruwenzori”; ‘‘ Two new Genera of small Mammals discovered by Mrs. Holms- Tarn in British East Africa”; ‘Notes on South-American Rodents”; ‘On a new Pigmy Autelope obtained by Col. J.J. Harrison in the Semliki Forest”; “New Insectivores and Voles collected by Mr. A. Robert near Trebizond” ; ‘On ‘some African Bats and Rodents”; “New Mammals collected in North-east Africa by Mr. Zaphiro, and presented to the British Museum by W. N. McMillan, Esq.” ; “On a Second Species of Lenothrix from the Liu Kiu Islands”; “A new Vole from Spain”; “ On a new Forest-Pig from the Ja River, Cameroons”; “A new Species of Duiker from Nyasaland ” ; “On Mammals from Northern Australia, presented to the National Museum by Sir Wm. Ingram, Bart., and the Hon. John Forrest”; “On a new Form of Bear from the Shan States”; “On Mammals collected in South-west Australia for Mr. W. E. Balston” ; “On a Collection of Mammals from Persia and Armenia, presented to the British Museum by Col. A. C. Bailward”; “The Duke of Bedford’s Zoological Exploration in Eastern Asia.—I. List of Mammals obtained by Mr. M. P. Anderson in Japan” ; by O. Thomas. “The Rudd Exploration of South Africa.—IV. List of Mammals obtained by Mr. Grant at Knysna”; “The Rudd Exploration of South Africa.— V. List of Mammals obtained by Mr. Grant in N.E. Transvaal”; by Oldfield Thomas and Harold Schwann. “A List of the Mammals obtained by Messrs. R. B. Woosnam and R. E. Dent in Bechuanaland,” by Harold Schwann. “Qn the Mammals of Crete,” by Dorothea M. A. Bate. “On the Mouse-Hares of the genus Ochotona,” “On a new Race of Sciurus lokrioides from Burma”; “On a Collection of Mammals brought home by the Tibet Frontier Commission”: “The Mammalian Fauna of China.—Part I. Murinze”; “On Mammals from South Johore and Singapore, collected by Mr. C. B. Kloss”; by J. Lewis Bonhote. “On some Mammals collected by Mr. Robin Kemp in 8. Nigeria”; “Notes on the genus Tatera, with descriptions of new species”; by R. C. Wroughton. 118 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Aves.— History of the Collections inthe British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Aves,” by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. 79-515. Owing to the time occupied in the preparation of the above volume, the pubiication of the 5th volume of the “ Handlist of Birds” and the 5th volume of the ‘“ Catalogue of Eggs” has had to be postponed till the present year (1907). “On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. Geoffrey Archer during a Journey to the Ruwenzori Range”; by F. J. Jackson, with notes by R. Bowdler Sharpe. ‘On the Birds collected by Mr. Walter Goodfellow on the Volcano of Apo and in its vicinity, in South-east Mindanao, Philippine Islands”; “On a new Tree-Partridge from the Chin Hills”; ‘On the Eclipse Plumage of Ducks”; “Ona new species of Nut-hatch from Corea”; ‘On two new species from South-east Mindanao”; ‘On new species from Ruwerzori”; “On new species from Central Formosa”; “ On a new species of the genus Proparus from the Manipur Hills”; by W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Rentiles and Batrachians.—< Report on the Batrachians collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa”; ‘Report on the Reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa” ; “Additions to the Herpetology of British East Africa” ; “ Descriptions of new Batrachians from South Cameroon”; “Descriptions of two new lizards from New Zealand” ; “ Descriptions of new Reptiles from Yunnan”; “ Description of a new Tree Viper from Mount Ruwenzori” ; ‘“ Description of a new Chameleon of the genus Rhampholeon from Mashona- land”; “Description of a new Lizard and a new Snake from Australia” ; “ Description of a new Snake of the genus Glanconia from Somaliland”; “On a new Chameleon from Mount Ruwenzori”; “Descriptions of two new Indian Frogs,” by G. A. Boulenger. ; Fishes.—“ Fourth Contribution to the Ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika”; “On some Fishes from the Kwango River”; “ Descriptions of new Fishes discovered by Mr. Degen in Lake Victoria” ; “Ona Collection of Fishes from Galla- land”; ‘Description of a new Clarias from Uganda” ; “ Description of anew Mormyrid Fish from South Caineroon” ; “On some West African Species of Barbus”; “ Description of a new Barbus from Uganda”; “On a second species of Mochocus”’; “ Description of a new Silurid Fish of the genus Doumea from Angola”; “On the presence of two species of Anabas inthe White Nile”; by G. A. Boulenger. ‘Biologia Centrali-Americana, Pisces (part)”; “A Classi- fication of the Selachian Fishes”; ‘On the Fresh-water Fishes of the Island of Trinidad”; “A Revision of the Fishes of the family Galaxiide”; “Descriptions of new or lttle known Fishes from the Coast of Natal”; “Two new Cyprinoid Fishes from the Helmund Basin”; “The Vendaces of Loch- maben and of Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lakes, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 119 Coregonus vandesrus and Coregonus gracilior” ; “ Descrip- tions of two new Cyprinid Fishes from Yunnan Fu, collected by Mr. John Graham”; “A Revision of the South- American Cichlid Genera Retr oculus, Geophagus, Hetero- gramma, and Biotoecus” ; “ Description of anew Cyprinodont Fish of the genus Senynsia from Argentina”; “A Revision of the South-American Cichlid Genera Cichla, Chetobranchus, and Chetobranchopsis, with notes on the Genera of American Cichlid”; ‘ Descriptions of five new Fishes from Sarawak, collected by Direc: Hose? 3c Notes on some Loricariid Fishes, with descriptions of two new species” ; “A Collection of Fishes from the King River, Western Australia” ; “Descriptions of some new Sharks in the British Museum Collection,” by €. Tate Regan. | Mollusca.—‘On South African Marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species” ; ‘‘ Natural History notes from R.1.M.S. ‘ Investigator,’ Series 1II., No. 10. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea”; “Zoological results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted Hy Dr. W. A. Cunnington, 1904-5. Report on the Mollusca”; ‘Note on the sub-genus Mallwvium, Melvill” ; “Notes on some species of Mitride, with the description of M. brettinghami, n. sp., by E. A. Smith. ~ Insectu.— - - - - - 1,664 Hymenoptera = - - - - - - 3,972 Orthoptera - ~ - - - - - 997 Neuroptera - - - - - - - 384 Anoplura and Mallophaga - - - - 256 Total - - - 87,807 The most important of these are the following :— (From various Localities. ) The second portion of Dr. D. Sharp’s collection of Coleoptera, amounting to about 50,000 specimens, and in- cluding the Clavicornia, Palpicornia, Geodephaga, Lamelli- cornia, Longicornia, Heteromera, Phytophaga, &c.; purchased. Three thousand nine hundred and thirty-six Palearctic Lycenide, five hundred and ninety-two Palearctic Pyralide, and twenty-nine Indian and Palearctic Noctuide and Zyge- nide, chiefly types; presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.8. One thousand one hundred and seventy-three Lepidoptera, sixty-one Orthoptera, one hundred and two Diptera, thirty- one Hymenoptera, one hundred and ten Rhynchota, and twenty-five Coleoptera; presentedby Philip de la Garde, Esq. One hundred and three Hymenoptera, chiefly types; purchased. } Three hundred and sixty-two Moths, collected by Mr. -E. G. B. Meade-Waldo on the cruise of the S.Y. “ Valhalla”; presented by the Earl of Crawford, k.c. Two hundred and three Coleoptera, chiefly co-types ; received by exchange from the Genoa Civic Museum. Six Asprdiotus aurantii from Egypt, and forty-two Coccide from Kew Gardens ; presented by R. Newstead, Esq. (From Great Britain and the Palearctic Region.) _ One Lestes viridis, a rare British Neuropteron ; presented by E. R. Speyer, Esq. _ One hundred and three specimens of Acalla cristina, Aincluding twenty varieties; presented by J. A. Clark, Esq. Fifty Diptera, fifty Aphaniptera, thirty specimens of Cimex lectularius, and one hundred Mallophaga from Macin, near Braila, Roumania; presented by Dr. Ernest Belzoni, H.B.M. Vice-Consul. 134 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ‘Twenty-four Hymenoptera, bred from pup taken at Bagshot Sands; presented by R. A. Bullen, Esq. Three thousand two hundred and ninety-six Lepidoptera, ‘one thousand five hundred and fifty-two Hymenoptera, seven hundred and eighty-two Coleoptera, two hundred and fifty- three Diptera, eighty-one Orthoptera, forty-six Rhynchota, thirty-seven Neuroptera, and twenty Trichoptera from Tibet; collected by Captain Herbert J. Walton, 1.m-s., and the officers of the “Tibet Frontier Commission ” ; presented by the Government of India. One hundred and sixty Butterflies and twenty-four Moths from the Tyrol; presented by Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart. Twenty-six cards of cases of British Coleophoride ; presented by H. J. Turner, Esq. (From Africa.) Five hundred Butterflies and three hundred and seven — Moths from Uganda; presented by Prof. B. A. Minchin. One hundred and seven Moths, three..pupe: and fourteen larvee, eighty-nine. Neuroptera, five Diptera, twenty-two Hymenoptera, twenty-three Orthoptera, two. hundred and “seventy-one. Coleoptera,and. seventeen Rhynchota, from Mashonaland ; presented by G. A. K. Marshall, Esq, Two nueitved and fifty-four Lepidoptera, one hundred, and fifty. Coleoptera, one hundred and ninety-six Hymenoptera, five Neuroptera, fifty-three Rhynchota, sixty-five Diptera, and fourteen Orthoptera, from Hast Africa and Transvaal 5 5 presented by A. J. Cholmley, Esq. One, hundred and eighty-six Butterflies, from Southern Nigeria; presented by Wm. Shield, Esq. Seven hundred and eighty-one Lepidoptera, forty- fats Hymenoptera, eighteen Rhynchota, sixty-one Diptera, four- teen Coleoptera, three Orthoptera, and two Neuroptera, from Sierra Leone, Gambia, Gold Coast, Ashanti, and Nigeria; presented by G. C. Dudgeon, Esq. Six Butterflies, three hundred and eighteen Moths, ten pupe, three Diptera, and three Rhynchota, from Lagos ; presented by G. ‘'L. Boag, Esq. One thousand two ries. and sixty Butterflies, three hundred and eighty-seven Moths, one hundred and sixteen Orthoptera, eleven Hymenoptera, seven Neuroptera, sixty- five Rhynchota, one hundred and twenty-four Coleoptera, ‘and one Dipteron from British East Africa, collected on the Lake’ Rudolf elds abe presented by Sir John Harrington. ne hundred and thirty Butterflies and ten Moths from Fernando Po; presented by the Duke of- Bedford, the Hon. W. Rothschild, and Mrs. Percy Sladen: DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 135 Two hundred Diptera, three Aphaniptera, and a series of Pediculi, from Seychelles Islands; presented by P. R. Dupont, Esq. One hundred and eighteen Diptera, twenty-five Aphanip- tera, twenty Hymenoptera, two RKhynchota, two Coleoptera, one Macroglossa trochiliordes, one caterpillar, one Mantis, and four Neuroptera, from Angola; presented by Dr. F. C. Wellman. _. Two thousand one hundred and forty-seven Coleoptera, eight Orthoptera, two Hymenoptera, eleven Rhyncheta, and one Dipteron, from Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope ; presented by W. Bevins, Esq. (From, the Oriental Region.) Sixty-six Coleoptera, eleven Rhynchota, eleven Orthop- tera, twenty-four Lepidoptera, eight Diptera, and three Hymenoptera, from Cocos Keeling Islands; presented by F. Wood-Jones, Esq. Five Butterflies and two hundred and fifty-six Moths from Bombay ; presented by Dr. Jayakar. One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six Moths from New Guinea ; presented by G. H. Kenrick, Esq. _ Two hundred and twenty Butterflies, one hundred and thirty-eight Moths, sixteen Rhynchota, seventeen Diptera, twenty-six Hymenoptera, and three Coleoptera, from the Philippine Islands ; presented by R. C. Macgregor, Esq. One hundred and eighty-five Coleoptera, twenty-eight _Rhynchota, and two Orthoptera from Sanga Sanga, Kast _ Borneo; presented by H. D. Jensen, Ksq. Twenty-six Coleoptera, twelve Hymenoptera, one Dipteron, eighteen Orthoptera, two Neuroptera, thirteen Rhynchota, “and one hundred and twenty-seven Lepidoptera, from Singapore ; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq. Forty-three Orthoptera, two hundred and ninety-nine - Rhynchota, two hundred and forty-nine Hymenoptera, seven Neuroptera, three hundred and seventy-five Butterflies, nine hundred and ninety-two moths, six hundred and sixty-seven Coleoptera, twenty Jiptera, and a collection of notes and drawings from Assam, chiefly Khasia Hills; presented by ‘Col. W. F. Badgley. Two hundred and ten Orthoptera from Ceylon, including _ nearly all the species known to occur there; presented by Dr. A. Willey and E. E. Green, Esq. One hundred and ninety-six Coleoptera, twenty-two Rhynchota, forty-four Hymenoptera, and two Orthoptera, from Darjeeling and Dehra Dun; one hundred and twelve Coleoptera, nineteen Rhynchota, one hundred and seventy- five Hymenoptera, and seventeen Orthoptera from Nicobar 136 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Islands; and twenty-three Orthoptera, twenty-five Rhyn- chota, six hundred and fitty Hymenoptera, and one hundred and fifty-two Coleoptera, from Andaman Islands and Nar- ~ condam Island; presented by Gilbert Rogers, Esq. (From America.) - Nine hundred and forty-one Central American Scolytide, worked out and described by Mr. W. F. Blandford; and two hundred and fourteen Clavicorn Coleoptera, worked out and described by Dr. D. Sharp; presented by F. D. ‘ Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. Twenty Butterflies, three hundred and fifty-three Moths from Trinidad; and three Butterflies, two hundred and two Moths from Venezuela; presented by W. T. Kaye, Esq. ‘'wo hundred and twenty-two Moths, and two Pupe from California ; presented by W. D’Urban, Esq. Kighty Butterflies, one hundred and forty-two Coleoptera, ten Hymenoptera, and three Rhynchota from Tierra del Fuego; presented by Capt. R. Crawshay. Echinoderma.—The accessions were remarkably scanty— being only eighteen ; and none were of special interest. Vermes.—Here again the accessions were only seventy- five, but the majority are of great interest, being the ' Chetognaths of the Siboga and Challenger Voyages, which have been determined by Dr. G. Herbert Fowler. Anthozoa.—The accessions were five hundred and thirty- four, and consisted mainly of microscopic preparations made by Dr. Fowler in the course of his well-known investigations into the morphology of Corals, and are obviously of great value. Porifera.—Of the three hundred and fifty-three acqui- sitions the most interesting are :— A collection of fourteen specimens of fresh-water Sponges from the Victoria Nyanza and Lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa, collected by Dr. W. A. Cunnington in the course of the Third Tanganyika Expedition; presented by the Tanganyika Exploration Committee. A very valuable set of collections of Calcareous Sponges from various localities, comprising numerous specimens described and figured by KE. A. Minchin; also spicule- drawings of the above specimens and micro-preparations. The total number of specimens and preparations is one hundred and forty-eight ; presented by Prof. E. A. Minchin. An example of the gigantic “pfahl-nadel” or pile needle * of Monorhaphis chuni, Schulze, an Hexactinellid Sponge. The needle is 41 inches in length, being the longest known. It was obtained from 160 fathoms from the channel “between Dar-es-salam and Zanzibar, and came up entangled DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. iB ¥, in an Alcyonarian coral growing on a cable. The spicule is exhibited in the Hexactinellid Sponge-case in the Coral Gallery ; presented by J. T. Last, Esq. A collection of pieces of sponges cut from type specimens in the Berlin Museum, and sent to the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) in exchange for pieces of type specimens in the British Museum Collection ; one hundred and eighty- ~ three species are represented in all, and constitute a valuable index of several collections recently described by German naturalists. Two immense Horny Sponges, the largest specimens known. One (Hippospongia equina) is 3 feet in diameter, and in the form of a cart-wheel rim; the other (Euspongia officinalis, var. lamella, or the Elephant’s Kar Sponge) is in the form of a flattened circular slightly concave disk supported on a short central stalk on the under partare 5 purchased. VI.— Visitors and Students. The total number of visits paid to the three sections of the Department during the year by Students and other persons requiring assistance or information Se Ue to 10,813, as compared with : — 11,811 in the year 1905. 1 aa4e 2 | 1904. BL .627 Brey 1903. UOREII Le 1902. fete 1901. 11,923 4 \01y, 1900. BO. 728 eld. 1899. Tice ae 1898. 9,708 i 1897. 7,995 iy 1896. E. Ray Lankester, Director and Acting Keeper of Zoology. ‘138 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. L—Arrangement and Conservation. Mammalia (Galleries.l and.2).—The drawers of miscel- laneous remains from caverns have been carefully examined, and all the more important specimens have been labelled, removed, and placed in their systematic position in the cabinets. ' A selected series of bones of Mammalia from the exca- . vations in the Roman .town of Silchester, near Reading, has been arranged in a cabinet in the basement store-room. The unexhibited remains of human skeletons hawe been arranged and labelled in the drawers of table-case 1. The unexhibited remains of Canide have been arranged and labelled in the drawers of table-case 2. The remains of. Felide exhibited in pier-case 3 have been re- -tableted and labelled with printed labels. _A plaster cast, of, a complete skeleton of. Machwrodus neogw@us, from the Pampa Formation. of .Buenos Aires (original in the National Museum, Buenos Aires), has been mounted on a pedestal in front of Stand A. The lower part of pier-case 6 has been re-arranged to admit a new skull of Rhinoceros antiquitatis from the river gravel near Petervorough. A plaster cast of a complete skeleton of Hippidium neogeum, from the Pampa Formation of Buenos Aires (original in the National Museum, Buenos Aires), was mounted for some time on a special pedestal near table-case 5, and has since been’ removed to the Gallery of Domestic Animals for comparison with the skeletons of existing horses. Pier-case 11, containing the remains of Hippopotamide, has been re-arranged, re-fitted, and painted, to admit a newly mounted skeleton of Hippopotamus minutus from a cavern in Cyprus. A newly discovered skull of Arsinoitherium zitteli, from the Upper Eocene of the Fayum, has been placed in wall- case 22, which has been re-arranged and labelled. The pelvis of- the modelled skeleton of Halitherium schinzi in Case V has been re-fixed in a new position now believed to be correct. A plaster cast of the skull and mandible of Hothervwm has been mounted in pier-case 29. Wall-case 27, containing the remains of gigantic extinct Marsupialia from Australia, has been re-arranged, re-fitted. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 139 and painted, to admit the newly mounted fore and hind limbs of Diprotodon australis. Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 728. Aves (Gallery 2).—A few bones of birds from caverns have been labelled and placed in drawers with the Pleistocene remains. No new specimens registered. Reptilia and Amphibia (Galleries 3, 4, 5).—New cabinets -with more commodious drawers have been fixed beneath the table-cases 24 to 29, and the unexhibited catalogued remains of Sauropterygia have been transferred to them. The unexhibited catalogued small remains of Dinosauria have been transferred to “the drawers of the new cabinets beneath table-cases 15 to 19. The plaster cast of the skeleton of Iguanodon mantelli, from the Wealden of, Bernissart, Belgium, has been removed and re-mounted in the Gallery of Reptiles, Department. of Zoology, for more satisfactory comparison with Diplodocus. A skeleton of Pteranodon from the Chalk of Kansas, with the bones separately labelled, has been placed in table-case 4. ; The lower portion of wall-case 17 has been entirely re-arranged and_re-fitted to accommodate a specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis from the Lower Lias of Somerset- shire, showing a contained embryo, Wall-case 19 has been partially re-arranged .to, admit a new specimen of Pleur ostermnn from, the Purbeck, Beds, Swanage. -- The “Microsaurian Labyrinthodonts exhibited in table- case U' have been arranged and re-tableted with. printed Jabels. Number of specimens of Reptilia. and Amphibia regis- tered, 121. Pisces (Gallery 6).—The exhibited Cephalaspidze in table- case B, and some newly acquired specimens of Asterolepis in table-case E, have been tableted and provided with printed labels. A new specimen of the pectoral fins of Protosphyrena, from the Chalk of Kansas, has been mounted in a glazed frame on the wail between wall-cases 12 and 13. Table-case 26, containing Clupeoid fishes, has been re-arranged to accommodate recent acquisitions, and printed labels have been prepared. _y> New. printed labels have been prepared for Lepidotus i in -wall-case 9, for numerous Cretaceous and Tertiary fishes, and for miscellaneous recent acquisitions, Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 277. 140 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8).—The table-cases in Gallery 8 have been re-numbered on the same plan as those in the corresponding galleries. Additions have been made to the exhibited series of _British marine Post-Pliocene Mollusca, which is now as nearly as possible complete. Some newly discovered Jurassic Mollusca from Singapore have been mounted and labelled for exhibition. The labelling of the Cornbrash Ammonites has been revised, and additions have been made to the exhibited Paleozoic Pteropoda. Post-Pliocene Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from Barbadoes, South Africa, Southern France, and Armenia ; ~Miocene Mollusea from Hungary; Cretaceous Mollusea from . France, Syria, and Armenia; Jurassic Lameilibranchia from France ; Carboniferous Mollusca from Belgium; and various other recent acquisitions have been registered, labelled, and ‘incorporated in the unexhibited collection. The unexhibited Wealden Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda, and collections from the Italian Pliocene and the West Indian Tertiaries, have been partly re-arranged to save space. - Number of specimens of Mollusca registered : Cephalopoda, 363 ; Gastropoda, 1,405 ; Lamellibranchia, 2,218. Arthropoda (Gallery 8).—The registration, labelling, and arrangement of the unexhibited Phyllocarida, Ostracoda, Lirripedia, Phyllopoda, and Amphipoda have been completed, and progress has been made with the unexhibited Decapoda. The Cirripedia have been transferred to the drawers of a new cabinet, leaving additional space for the other groups. Some of the trilobites have been provisionally sorted into genera, in preparation for cataloguing. A second slab of Upper Cambrian limestone from North China, with numerous trilobites, has been mounted in a glazed frame on the wall between wall-cases 14 and 15. Number of specimens of Arthropoda registered, 184. Vermes (Gallery 8).—All the unexhibited specimens have ‘been transferred to a new cabinet, thus leaving additional space for the Echinoderma. A few selected specimens have been mounted for exhibition with printed labels. Number of specimens of Vermes registered, 243. ' Polyzoa (Gallery 8 and Workroom).—A gallery has been fitted round the workroom behind the Departmental Library, to accommodate the cabinets of unexhibited Polyzoa, of which the arrangement was begun last year. Number of specimens of Polyzoa registered, 92. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 141 Brachiopoda (Gallery 8).—The arrangement, registration, and labelling of the unexhibited Brachiopoda have been con- tinued. Progress has chiefly been made with the Devonian, Carboniferous, and Triassic specimens, and special attention has been paid to those from Australia and to the Klipstein Collection from the Alpine Trias. Several exhibited specimens from the British Carboni- ferous have been re-labelled, and some additions have been made to the series, especially among Strophomenide. Number of specimens of Brachiopoda registered, 2,547. Echinoderma (Gallery 8)—AI] the unexhibited Cystidea and Blastoidea have been transferred to new cabinets. It has thus been possible to re-arrange the unexhibited British Crinoidea and to incorporate many recent accessions. Various genera of Echinoidea, mostly Mesozoic, have been revised, and the exhibited specimens re-mounted with printed labels, e.g., Hemipedina, Diademopsis, Orthopsis, and — EHodiadema. A selection of Lower Devonian Ophiuroids from Bunden- bach has been mounted in centre-case A 3, with explanatory diagrams and labels. A few other additions have been made © to the exhibited series of Echinoderma. Number of specimens of Echinoderma registered, 4,251. Anthozoa (Gallery 10).—The collection of Jurassic Corals, from the Corallian, Great Oolite and Inferior Oolite forma- tions, has been arranged, labelled, und completely registered while incorporating recent acquisitions from the Tomes Collection. A typical collection of British Jurassic Corals has been : arranged, tableted, and labelled, with explanatory diagrams, in table-cases 2 and 3. Number of specimens of Anthozoa registered, 2,795. Hydrozoa, Porifera, and Protozoa (Gallery 10).—The exhibited series of fossil Protozoa in table-cases 15 and 16 has been extended, revised, and partly re-labelled, with explanatory diagrams. Number of specimens registered, 203. Plante (Gallery 10).—-The arrangement and labelling of the Lower Eocene plants in table-case 18 have been com- pleted. A portion of fossil tree, obtained by the Jackson-Harms- worth Expedition in Franz Josef Land, has been mounted for exhibition in wall-case 10. The arrangement, mounting, and labelling of the Rhetic and Triassic plant-remains in wall-case 14 have been completed. 142° ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The slides in the Williamson. Cabinet of Carboniferous plants have been cleaned and re-arranged in a manner more” convenient for ready referénce. | Number of specimens of Plante registered, 65. Il.—-Work of Mason, Assistant Mason, and- Workshop Attendant. Numerous Mammalian remains from the Eocene of the Fayum, Egypt, including a skull and mandible of Palwo- mastodon, have been extricated from the matrix, hardened, and prepared for study or exhibition. Plaster casts of many Eocene Mammalian remains from Egypt have also been made. A. plaster. cast of the skeleton of Macherodus from the Argentine Pampa has been mounted on ironwork for exhibition. The fore and hind limbs of Diprotodon, from the Pleis- tocene of Australia, have been mounted on ironwork for exhibition, the scapule and pelvis being supplied by plaster’ casts. The original skull of Diprotodon has been prepared for more satisfactory mounting. The plaster cast of the skeleton of Iguanodon has been taken down, cleaned, and re-mounted. _ The plaster cast of the hind lmb of Allosaurus tas also been repaired and re-mounted. : A plaster model of the skeleton of Triceratops, from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming, has been mounted on ironwork. Various skeletons of Ichthyosauwrus in slabs of Lias have ' been prepared for framing. A skull of Pteranodon, from the Chalk of Kansas, has been prepared for framing. Numerous Dinosaurian remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Transylvania, and various reptilian bones from the Trias and Cretaceous of Brazil, have also been prepared for study — or exhibition. A reptilian skeleton from the Karoo Formation of South Africa has been extricated from hard matrix. Fishes from the Chalk of Kansas, including the pectoral — fins of Protosphyrena, have been prepared: for framing. A few fishes from the English Chalk have also been pr epared. Many sections of Jurassic Corals have been made and polished. Various recently acquired fossils have been trimmed, and numerous plaster casts of fossils have been made for exchange. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 143 . WIL—Printing of Labels. The Museum Printer continues to devote one day each. week to the preparation of labels for the Department of Geology ; but a Boy Attendant in the Department composes and prints most of the labels; and has this year prepared upwards of 774 (and 3,188 prints of these). IV.—Lachanges and Duplicates. Exchanges of plaster casts and duplicate fossils have been made with the following institutions :—Surveyors’ Institu- tion, London; Australian Museum, Sydney; National Museum of Natural History, Paris; University of Poitiers ; University of Vienna; Hochschule, Leoben; Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt; United States National Museum, Washington; and American Museum of Natural History, New. York. Small exchanges have also been made with Messrs. R. Kidston, A. Piret, and E. Mascke. Duplicate fossils have been presented to the Universities of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Liverpool. Small duplicates for purposes of research have also been supplied to Mr. E. S. Goodrich, Mr. C. Jooss, Dr. H. C. Sorby, and Mr. C. S. Tomes. V.—Departmental Library. The additions to the Library, which have been registered, stamped, catalogued, and press-marked, comprise 286 new works and pamphlets, of which 164 were purchased and 122 presented ; 220 volumes and 313 parts of serials in pro- gress, of which 55 volumes and 176 parts. were purchased and 165 volumes and 137 parts were presented ; 81 maps, of which 4 sheets were purchased and 77 sheets presented ; and 20 photographs and 6 sheets of diagrams, which were purchased. 135 volumes have been bound. Progress has been made in preparing a shelf-index of the separate works. A new map-case, to which the British Geological Survey maps have been transferred, has been provided to replace one of the library tables. ViI.—Publications. The Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Fayum has been published. The MSS. of the Catalogues of Fossil Rodentia, Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay, and Fossil Fishes (Supplement) have made progress. The MS. of a new Guide Book to the Fossil Invertebrate Animals is also in progress. A new List of Casts and Moulds of Fossils in the Departmént of Geology has been printed and issued. 144 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The following descriptive papers dealing with various parts of the collection, chiefly recent acquisitions,zhave been published in scientific journals during 1906 :— By A. 8S. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S. ‘1. The Study. of Fossil Fishes, “Proe: “Geol” Assocs vol. xix., pp. 266-282, text-figs. 1-15. 2. Report on Visit to Gallery of Fossil Reptiles. Ibid., pp. 307-309. 3. On a Carboniferous Fish-Fauna from the Mansfield District, Victoria. Mem. National Mus., Melbourne, No. 1, with 11 plates. 4. On a New Specimen of the Chimeroid Fish, Myriacanthus paradoxus, from the Lower Lias near Lyme Regis (Dorset). Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxii, pp. 1-4 pl. i. 5. On Rhynchosaurus articeps, Owen. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1906, pp. 293-299, pl. ii. ; 3 6. On a Tooth of Ceratodus and'a Dinosaurian Claw from the Lower Jurassic of Victoria, Australia. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xviii., pp. 1-8, pl. i. 7. On Myriolepis hibernica, a Paleoniscid Fish from the Irish Coal Measures. Ibid., pp. 416-419, pl. x. 8. On two Specimens of [chthyosaurus showing contained Embryos. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. ii1., pp, 443, 444, pl. xxiv. 9. The Relations of Paleontology to other Branches of Science. Rep. Congress Arts & Sci., St. Louis, 1904, vol. iv.,’ pp. 551-565 (partly reprinted in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xviii., pp. 312-318). By F. A. Bather, M.A., D.sc. 1. The Species of Botryocrinus. Ottawa Naturalist, vol. xx., pp. 93-104. 2. The Echinoderm Name Calveria hystrix. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xvii., pp. 249-252. By R. B. Newton, F.a.s. 1. Note on Swainson’s Genus Volutilithes. Proc. Malae. Soe., vol. vii., pp. 100-104, pl. xii. 2. Notes on some Fossils from Singapore discovered by John B. Scrivenor, F.G.s., Geologist to the Federated Malay States. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iii., pp. 487-496, pl. xxv. By G. C. Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.8. 1. Note on a Rare Form of Actinocamaa (A. grossowvrer) from the Chalk of Yorkshire. The Naturalist, 1906, pp. 155-158, pl. xvi. : DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 145 By W. D. Lang, M.A., F.G.S. 1. The Reptant Hleid Polyzoa. Geol. Mag. [4], vol. iii., pp. 60-69, text-figs. 1-12. 2. A Key to the Published Figures of the Cretaceous a. of the Polyzoan genus Entalophora. Ibid., pp. 462— 46 3. Notes on the Geology of Lyme Regis and Charmouth. Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xix., pp. 323, 324, 328, 329. 4. Cretaceous Polyzoa from Pondoland. Ann. S. African Mus., vol. iv., pp. 282-286, pl. xxxiii., figs. 10-12. By Miss D. M. A. Bate. 1. The Pigmy Hippopotamus of Cyprus. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iil., pp. 241-245, pl. xv. By R. F. Scharff, pa.p. 1. On the Former Occurrence of the African Wild Cat (Felis ocreata, Gmel.) in Ireland. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., vol. xxvi., sect. B., pp. 1-12, pl. i. By Charles 8. Tomes, M.A., F.R.S. 1. On the Minute Structure of the Teeth of Creodonts, with especial reference to their suggested resemblance to Marsupials. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1906, vol. 1., pp. 45-58, text- ‘figs. By Baron Franz Nopesa, Jun. 1. Remarks on the supposed Clavicle of the Sauropodous Dinosaur, Diplodocus. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1905, vol. it, pp. 289-294, text-figs. By W. J. Holland, LL.D. 1. The Osteology of Diplodocus, Marsh. Mem. Carnegie Museum, vol. ii., no. 6. By Baron F. von Huene. 1. Ueber die Dinosaurier der Aussereuropaeischen Trias. Geol. and Paleont. Abhandl, u.s., vol. viii. (1906), pt. 2. By C. Davies Sherborn, F.G.S. 1. Remarks on the Irregular Echinoids of the White Chalk of England, as exhibited in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iii., pp. 31-33. 105. K 146 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. By Upfield Green, F.G.s., and C. Davies Sherborn, F.G.s. 1. Lists of Wenlockian Fossils from Porthalla; and Taunusian Fossils from Polyne Quarry, near Looe, Cornwall. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. i1., pp. 33-35. By S. 8. Buckman, F.G.s. 1. Brachiopod.. Homceomorphy: Pygope, Antinomia, Pygites. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxi., pp. 433-455. pl. xii, By Miss Ethel M. R. Wood, D.sc. 1. On Graptolites from Bolivia, collected by Dr. J. W. Evans in 1901-2. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxi., pp. 431, 432. By Philip Lake, M.a., F.G.s. 1. Trilobites from Bolivia, coliected by Dr. J. W. Evans in 1901-1902. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soe., vol. lxil., pp. 425- 430, pl. xl. By K. A. Grénwall, PH.D. 1. On the Occurrence of the Genus Dimyodon, Mun.- Chalm., in the Mesozoie Rocks of Great Britain. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iii., pp. 202-205. By Miss Jane Donald (Mrs. G. B. Longstaff). 1. Notes on the Genera Omospira, Lophospira, and Turritoma ; with Deseriptions of New Proterozoic Species. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,. vol. lxii., pp. 552-572, pls. xliii., xliv. By R. Ashington Bullen, B.A., F.G.s. 1. Notes on some Microzoa and Mollusca from East Crete. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iii, pp. 354-358, pls. xviil., xix. By D. H. Scott, F.R.s., and A. J. Maslen, F.L.s. 1. Note on the Structure of Trigonocarpon oliveforme. Ann. Botany, vol. xx., pp. 109-112. Assistance. has been given by Messrs. R. B. Newton and G. C. Crick to Dr. Felix Oswald in the preparation of the paleontological part of his “Treatise on the Geology of Armenia ” (1906). Various fossils in the Department..of Geology have also been described and figured by Prof..S8. H. Reynolds, Dr. R. H. Traquair, Mr. Henry Woods, Mr. Philip Lake, Miss Elles, DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 147 and Miss Wood (Mrs. Shakespear), in the Monographs of the Paleontographical Society, vol. 1x., for 1906. Specimens have been lent for original research to Mr. Henry Woods (Cambridge), Dr. Wheelton : Hind: (Stoke- on-Trent), Mr. L. Richardson (Cheltenham), Mr. R. Kidston (Stirling), Prof. F. W. Oliver (London), Miss EK. M. R. Wood (Birmingham), Dr. Otto Reis (Munich), Mr.’ Philip Lake (Cambridge), Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell (Colorado), Prof. A. ©. Seward (Cambridge), Mr. E. A. Newell Arber (Cambridge), Prof. J. W. Gregory (Glasgow), Prof. L. Joubin (Paris), Dr. R. H. Traquair (Edinburgh), and Prof. F. E. Weiss (Manchester). VII.— Acquisitions. A.—By Donation. Manmalia.—About 200 Mammalian remains collected by Dr. OC. W. Andrews, F.R.S., from the Eocene of Fayum, Egypt, including a skull and mandible of Palwomastodon, an immature mandible of Palwomastodon, a skull and other remains of Arsinoitherium, and. a mandibular ramus. of Saghathervum. Presented by W. E. de Winton, Esq. Portions of the skull of Prozeuglodon atrox, from the Eocene of Fayum, Egypt, Presented by the Egyptian Government. One skull, one axis, two imperfect cervicals, and eight dorsals of Moeritherium, and a portion of mandible of Arsinoitheriwm, from the Eocene of Fayum. Presented by Baron Franz Nopesa, jun. Portion of a molar tooth of Hlephas africanus from the _ face of a coral cliff on the W. side of the island of Zanzibar. Presented by Sir John Kirk, G.C.M.G., F.R.S. A plaster cast of an abnormal tusk of Indian elephant, the original being in the Paris Museum. Presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, m.p., Trustee of the British Museum. Bovine tibia from: a submerged forest at Leasowe, Cheshire. Presented by J. H. Milton, Esq. A hundred and eighty bones of Hquus, Bos, Cervus, Capreolus, Ovis, and Canis, from excavations on the site of the Roman town of Silchester, Hants. Presented by His Grace the Duke of Wellington, k.«. Forty portions of the skull and skeleton of voles (Microtus gregalis and M. ratticeps) from a cavern at Clevedon, Somerset. Presented by Herbert C. Male, Esq., M.D. Portion of a-skull of Felis pardus from peat, prokably of Ireland. Presented: by M, P. Price, Esq. K 2 148 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Portions of a skull of Sarcophilus laniarius from a river deposit, King’s Creek, Pilton, Queensland. Presented by George F. Bennett, Esq. Vertebra and distal end of ulna of Diprotodon from South Australia. Presented by H. J. Hillier, Esq. Aves.—Five plaster casts of brains of Archeopteryx and birds, described by the donor in Nat. Hist. Review, 1865, new series, vol. 5, p. 415.° Presented by Sir John Evans, K.C.B., F.R.S., Trustee of the British Museum. Bones of birds from excavations on the site of the Roman town of Silchester, Hants. Presented by His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G. Reptilia.—Thirteen plaster casts and seven gutta-percha impressions of specimens of Procolophon from Fernrocks, ‘Cape Colony, illustrating the donor’s paper in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, vol. 1, pp. 218-230, text-figs. 30-38; also a frag- anent of Procolophon, and a gutta-percha impression of part of skull of Petrophryne from the same locality. Presented by Professor H. G. Seeley, F.R.8. Two specimens of Ichthyosauwrus and one specimen of Plesiosaurus from the Lower Lias, Ime Regis, Dorset. Presented by the Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, F.G.s. Portion of a Chelonian skull and two Chelonian vertebre from the Kimmeridge Clay. Presented by G. E. Dibley, Esq., F.G.S. Portion of the skull of Goniopholis crassidens from the “Wadhurst Clay, Brede Quarry, near Rye, Sussex. Presented by F. Ross Thomson, Esq,, F.G.S. An Ichthyosaurian tooth from the Neocomian of Ampthill, Beds. Presented by G. C. Crick, Esq., F.G.s. A plaster model of the skeleton of Pteranodon longiceps from the Cretaceous of Kansas, prepared under the direction of Dr. George F. Eaton. Presented by the Peabody Museum of Yale University, U.S.A. Eight reptilian remains (including the mandibular symphysis of “ Crocodilus” harttc) from the Cretaceous of Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq., F.G.S. Twenty reptilian bones from Eocene of Fayum, Egypt. Presented by W. E. de Winton, Esq. Fourteen vertebre of Pterosphenus schweinfurthi from the Middle Eocene of Fayum, Egypt. Presented by Baron Franz Nopesa, jun. Twenty bones of Didosaurus mauritianus, from Mauri- tius. Presented by C. Forster Cooper, Esq. Pisces.—Sixteen fishes from the Coal Measures of Com- mentry, France. Presented by Monsieur Fayol. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 149 Six plaster casts of the jaws of Mylostoma beecheri from the Upper Devonian, Portage Group, of Mount Morris, New York ; the original specimens in the Yale University Museum being the type described and figured by Dr. Eastman. Presented by Prof. Charles Schuchert. A fish tooth (Deltodus ?) from the Archeocidaris bed, Lower Carboniferous, top of Shap Abbey cliff, Shap. Pre- sented by Prof. E. J. Garwood, F.G.s. Thirty-five remains of Carboniferous fishes from Mans- field, Victoria, Australia. Presented by the Director, National Museum, Melbourne. Four teeth of Lepidotus from the Neocomian, Ampthill, Beds. Presented by G. C. Crick, Esq., F.G.s. Thirty three fish remains, including the types of Diplo- mystus longicostatus, Chiromystus mawsoni, and Mawsonia gigas, from the Cretaceous of Bahia, Braz Presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq., F.G.S. Three portions of the rostrum of Pristis and twenty remains of Fayumia, from the Middle Kocene of Fayum, Egypt. Presented by Baron Franz Nopesa, jun. A fish tooth (Hemipristis serra) from the Middle Miocene, Asphalt Quarries, Ragusa, Sicily. Presented by Ambroise Paré Brown, Esq. Mollusca.—Twelve Mollusca from the Lower Paleozoic rocks of Ontario, Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Forty-nine Mollusca from the Silurian of Shropshire. Presented by Col. J. A. Anstice, C.B. One Orthoceratite from the Lower Ludlow, Builth. Presented by Dr. A. S. Woodward, F.R.S. An Orthoceras from the Lower Devonian (Taunusian), - Fowey Harbour, Cornwall. Presented by W. D. Lang, Esq., F.G.S. A supposed Orthoceratite from the Lower Devonian, Crealsa Quarry, Zealla, Cornwall. Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq., F.G.s. Eight Gastropods and seven Lamellibranchs from the Lower Devonian of Mayenne. Presented by F. A. Bather, Ksq., D.Sc. One Lamellibranch from the Carboniferous Limestone, Uphill, near Weston-super-Mare. Presented by Laurence Riley, Esq. Four Lamellibranchs and one Cephalopod from the Muschelkalk, Vittel (Vosges), France. Presented by B. B. Woodward, Esq., F.L.S. One Gastropod (Hucyclus) from the Middle Lias, Upper Shuckburgh, Warwickshire. Presented by Miss Caroline Shuckburgh. 150 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Five Belemnites and twenty Lamellibranchs, from the Oxford Clay near Chippenham. Presented by Sir John T. Goldney. Six natural casts of the Gastropod Plewrotomaria, from the Portlandian beds of Swindon. Presented by A: D. Passmore, Esq. Two Ammonites, two Gastropods, and five pepe from the Portland beds of Swindon. Presented KO Chas. H Gore, Esq, One Ammonite from the Jurassic, Mombasa, EK. Africa. Presented by J. T. Last, Esq. Five Lamellibranchs, described and figured by R. B. Newton, Geol. Mag., 1906, p. 487, pl. xxv., from the Jurassic of Singapore. Presented ‘by Dr. R. Hanitsch. One Gastropod and seventeen Lamellibranchs, descuted and figured by R. B.-Newton, Geol. Mag., 1906, p. 487, pl. xxv., from the Jurassic. of Singapore. Presented by John B. Scrivenor, Esq., F.G.s. Two rock-specimens containing shells described as Denta- lium huttoni, by F..A. Bather, Geol. Mag., 1905, p. 537, probably of Lower Jurassic age, from New Zealand. Pre- sented by H.M.S. “ Discovery. - A portion of Nautilus (probably V. un Rr alarae) from the Lower Greensand, Bargate Stone Quarry, Hascombe, near Godalming. Presented by Joseph Godman, Esq. A portion of Ammonite (Hoplites interruptus) from the Albian, Black Ven, Charmouth, Dorset. Presented by Miss Crosfield. One Actinocamax from the Marsupites-zone, Surrey. Presented by Messrs. T. H. Withers and C. P. Chatwin. Five Gastropods and two Cephalopods from the Upper Chalk, Norwich, from the Bayfield Collection ; one Gastropod and one Ammonite from the Lower Chalk, Southeram, near Lewes. Presented by B. B. Woodward, Esq., F,L.S. Two limestone casts of Lamellibranchs from the Creta- ceous rocks of Lebanon. Presented by Miss E. H. Trower. A fragmentary Septifer of (?) Cretaceous age from Abu Rahal, E. of Edfu on the. Nile, Egypt. Presented by the Geological Survey of Egypt. One Cephalopod, fifty-five Gastropods, and twelve Lamellibranchs from the Upper Cretaceous, Heivetian, Tortonian, and Sarmatian formations of ‘Hunyad County, Hungary. Presented by Baron Franz Nopesa, jun. . One Ammonite, two Gastropods, and seven Lamellibranchs from the Upper Cretaceous of Kerak, Moab. Presented by Dr. F. Johnson. a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 151 Two Lamellibranchs (Cyrena borneensis) from the Eocene (coal beds) of Borneo. Presented by I. A. Stigand, Esq. A specimen of Oligocene Limnea-limestone of Beauce, showing concretionary structure, from St. Martin’s Hill, Ktampes. Presented by Monsieur Georges Courty. One. Lameliibranch (Acesta miocenica) from the Middle Miocene Asphalt Quarries, Ragusa, Sicily. Presented by Ambroise Paré Brown, Esq. Thirty marine Gastropoda, and three marine Lamelli- branchia from the Upper Pliocene, Kai Twi, North Island, New Zealand. Presented by 8. 8. Stedman, Esq. - Six Lamellibranchs from the Tertiary of Formosa. Pre- sented by J. D. La Touche, Esq. Two masses of agglutinated shells (chiefly a small species of Cardium), probably of Post-Pliocene age, from Shark’s Bay, W. Australia. Presented by W. E. Balston, Esq., F.a.s. Ninety-five Gastropods and thirty-two Lamellibranchs from marine Post-Pliocene deposits, Port Elizabeth, 8. Africa. Presented by Major A. J. Peile. | Five Gastropeds and eleven Lamellibranchs from marine Post-Pliocene bed of Ceylon. Presented by A. K. Coomara- swamy, Esq., D.Sc. Three Gastropods and seven Lamellibranchs from an Upper Tertiary formation at Koetei, Hastern Borneo. Pre- sented by I. A. Stigand, Esq. Three Tertiary Gastropoda and one Lamellibranch from the Tochi River district, N. India. Presented by Captain EK. L. Perry. \»Fourteen Helix nemoralis from the Holocene, Dag’s Bay, Co. Galway. Presented by A. S. Kennard, Esq., F.G.s. One Vallonia pulchella from the Holocene deposits of Walton Heath, Surrey. Presented by R. H. Chandler, Esq. Arthropoda.—A large slab containing numerous remains of Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian, Shantung, N. China. Presented by the Rev. Samuel Couling. One Trilobite from the Llandeilo Flags, Llandrindod Wells. Presented by Dr. A. S. Woodward, F.R.S. Fifteen Trilobites of Cambrian, Ordovician, and Devonian ages from the Province of Caupolican, Bolivia, collected by the donor. JDescribed (and nine specimens figured) by P. Lake, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1906, pp. 425-430, pl]. xl. Presented by Dr. J. W. Evans, F.G.S. Seven Trilobites from the Paleozoic rocks of Ontario, Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Fourteen Cirripedia from the Silurian of Shropshire. Presented by Col. J. A. Anstice, C.B. 152 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One Trilobite from Thorald, Ontario, Canada. Presented by Samuel Henry Tickell, Esq. Portion of the cephalon of a Trilobite, Cybele ella, from the Black River Limestone, Petite Chaudiére, Mechaniesville, Ottawa. Presented by J. E. Narraway, Esq. Six Trilobites from the Lower Devonian of Mayenne. Presented by F. A. Bather, Esq., D.sc. Twenty-one Insects from the Coal Measures of Commentry. Presented by Monsieur Fayol. The type-specimen of Griffithides barkei, from the Culm Measures, Bishopston, Glamorganshire ; described and figured by Dr. H. Woodward, Geol. Mag., 1902, pp. 484-487, pl. xx., figs. 14 and 15. Presented by F. Barke, Esq., F.G.s. One Crustacean from the Upper Cretaceous of Kerak, Moab. Presented by Dr. F. Johnson. Four Crustacea from the Post-Pliocene of Ceylon. Pre- sented by A. K. Coomaraswamy, Esq., D.Sc. Echinoderma.— Thirty fragments of Blastoidocrinus carchariedens from the Chazy Limestone, Valcour Island, Lake Champlain. Presented by Prof. G. H. Hudson. Thirty-two Cystidea (Hocystis, Trochocystis, &c.) from Upper Acadian of Coulouma, Herault. Presented by Monsieur Jean Miquel. Twenty-three Crinoids from ‘the Niagara Group of Decatur Co., Tennessee, namely, two CVoccocrinus bacca and twenty- one Talarocrinus. Presented by the Hon. Frank Springer. Forty-six Crinoidea from the Silurian of Shropshire. Presented by Col. J. A. Anstice, C.B. A plaster cast of the type-specimen of the Blastoid Pentremites maccallier. Presented by the Director, U.S. National Museum, Washington. A Orinoid, Thylacocrinus, from the Lower Devonian of Mayenne, and eight Crinoid remains from the Carboniferous Limestone, Coniston Cold, Skipton. Presented by F. A. Bather, Esq., D.Sc. Nine Crinoid columnals (Hntrochus wnsignis) from the Trias, near Kotel, Bulgaria. Presented by Dr. P. Bakalow. Seventy stem-fragments of Isocrinus jurensis, and one rock with the remains of Jsocrinus sp. from the Middle Lias, Shuckburgh, Warwickshire. Presented by Miss Caroline Shuckburgh. One Echinoid, /nfulaster excentricus, from the Chalk of Holaster planus zone at Great Limber, Lincolnshire, noticed by the donor in Geol. Mag., April 1904, p. 175. Presented by Arthur Burnet, Esq. Thirteen irregular Echinoids from various zones of the English Chalk. Presented by A. W. Rowe, Esq , M.B. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 1538 Eleven Echinoderms from the Upper Chalk (zone of B. mucronata) and sixty miscellaneous Chalk Echinoderms from Riigen. Presented by Frau Agnes Laur. Four plaster casts of Cretaceous Echinoids described by Desor (two Echinoconus abbreviatus, one Galerites conica, and one Galerites globulus). Presented by the Director, Museum of Natural History, Geneva. | Two Upper Cretaceous Echinoids from Kerak, Moab. Presented by Dr. F. Johnson. One Kchinoid, Cidaris cretosa, from the Upper Chalk (zone of Micraster coranguinuin), St. Margaret’s Bay, near Dover. Presented by Dr. Felix Oswald. Two Spatangoid Echinoids, from the Middle Eocene, Quasr-el-Sagha, Fayum, Egypt. Presented by Baron Franz Nopesa, junr. One Echinoid from an Upper Tertiary formation at K oeti, Eastern Borneo. Presented by I. A. Stigand, Esq. Brachiopoda.—One Brachiopod from the Skiddaw Slates, near Keswick. Presented by Miss Esther Christopherson. _ Twenty-two Brachiopoda from the Paleozie rocks of Ontario, Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Three hundred and seventy Brachiopoda from the Silurian of Shropshire. Presented by Col. J. A. Anstice, c.B. Forty-two Brachiopods from the Lower Devonian of Mayenne ; twenty Brachiopods from the Devonian of Ferques, Boulonnais ; ten Brachiopods from the Carboniferous Lime- stone of Skipton; and six Brachiopods from the Jurassic of Calvados. Presented by F. A. Bather, Esq., D.sc. Two Brachiopods from the Muschelkalk of Vittel (Vosges), France. Presented by B. B. Woodward, Kgq., F.L.S. Two Brachiopods from the Upper Chalk (zone of B. mucronata) of Rigen. Presented by Frau Agnes Laur. Nine Brachiopods from the Chalk of Surrey, namely, six Terebratula, one Terebratulina, and two Rhynchonella ; six Brachiopods from the Upper Chalk (zone of M. cor- testudinarvum) near Whyteleafe, Surrey. Presented by Messrs. T. H. Withers and C. P. Chatwin. One Brachiopod, Magas pumilus, from the Upper Chalk (zone of M. cor-anguinum), Selsdon Road Station, Croydon. Presented by Laurence Riley, Esq. Three Brachiopods (internal casts of J'erebratula) from Lower Drift (probably derived from the zone of Micvaster cor-anguinum) near Gillingham. Presented by W. Gamble, Esq. | . Pieces of shale containing Lingule, probably of Cretaceous age, from Abu Rahal, E. of Edfu on the Nile, Egypt. Pre- sented by the Geological Survey of Egypt. 154 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One Brachiopod in a limestone from the Tochi River district, North India. Presented by Captain EH. L. Perry. Vermes.—I wo worms from the Paleozoic rocks of Ontario, -Canada.. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Two specimens of supposed -Annelid tracks (Nevcites) from the grit beds below the Millstone Grit, Wick-in-Abson, Gloucestershire. Presented by W. H. Wicks, Esq. Five rock specimens containing Annelid-tubes, described as Torlessia mackayt by Dr. F. A. Bather, Geol. Mag. 1905, p-.537, probably of Lower Jurassic age ; from various localities in New Zealand. — Presented by H.M.S. “ Discovery.” Two specimens of S2rpula turbinella from the Upper Chalk, Newburn, near Calbourne, Isle of Wight. Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq., F.G.s. Numerous Annelida from the Chalk of Rugen. Presented by Frau Agnes Laur. One recent Annelid from Ceylon. Presented by A. K. Coomaraswamy, Hsq., D.SC. Polyzoa.—Hleven Polyzoa from the Paleozoic tocks of Ontario, Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. One Polyzoan from the Silurian of Shropshire. Presented by Col. J. A. Anstice, C.B. A slab with the Polyzoan Rhabdomeson, from the Cayton Gill beds (Middle Millstone Grits of Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire). Presented by E. Hawkesworth, Esq. A piece of Polyzoan bed, Lower Carboniferous, Failand, near Bristol. Presented by W. H. Wicks, Esq. Three Polyzoa from the Lower Greensand (Perna bed), Sandown, Isle of Wight. Presented by Col. L. Worthington Wilmer. Portions of a Polyzoan, Hntalophora ramosissima, from the Upper Greensand, Haddon Hill, Charmouth, Dorset. Presented by J. J. Lister, lsq., F.R.S. Polyzoa from the Upper Chalk of Rigen. Presented by Frau Agnes Laur. One Reptoceritites rowei from the Upper Chalk (zone of M. cor-testudinarium). Middle Assendon, near Henley-on- Thames. Presented by Osborne White, Esq., F.G.s. Three Membranipora from the Chalk (zone of H. planus), Borstal Manor, Kent. Presented by W. Gamble, Esq. Three microscope slides ‘of Polyzoa from the Chalk (zone of M. cor-anguinum), Loudwater, Bucks. Presented by Ll. Treacher, Esq., F.G.S. Coelentera.— Thirteen Graptolites (including two figured specimens) from the Skiddaw Slates, near Keswick. Pre- sented by Miss Esther Christopherson. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 155 Twelve Graptolites of Arenig age from Rio Coranhuata and ‘Rio de Amantala, Bolivia, collected by the donor. Described by Miss E. M. R. Wood, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1906, pp. 431, 432. Presented by Dr. J. W. Evans, F.G.S. Three Corals from the Paleozoic rocks of Ontario, Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Three Corals from the Silurian of. Shropshire. Presented by Col. J. Anstice, 0.8. Seven Corals (Favosites,' Chaetetes) from’ the Lower Devonian of Mayenne. Presented by F. A. Bather, Esq. D.sc. Three Corals (Cystiphyllum) from the Middle Devonian, Couvinian, of Land’s End Quarry, 8S. of Torquay, 8. Devon. Presented by A. J. Jukes-Browne, Hsq., F.G.S. Seven pieces of Lithostrotion from the Carboniferous Limestone of Ingleton, Yorkshire. Presented by F. A. Bather, D.sc. Nine Corals (Coelosmilia) from the Upper Chalk of Riigen: Presented by Frau Agnes Laur. Two Actinozoa from Hunyad County, Hungary. Pre- sented by Baron Franz Nopcsa, junr, _'. Thirteen specimens of the Hydrozoan, Kerwnia cornuta, from.the Upper Eocene, Fayum, Egypt. Presented by Dr. C. W. Andrews, F.8.S. .> Twelve Actinozoa from. a fossiliferous: limestone from the. Tochi River district, N. India. Presented by Captain HE. L. Perry. Six Corals from an Upper Tertiary formation of Koetei, Eastern Borneo. , Presented by I. A. Stigand, Esq. Porifera.— One sponge from the Paleozoic rocks of Ontario, Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. One 'Siphonia from the Cowstone beds, Upper Greensand, Charmouth, Dorset... Presented by Dr. G. Schulze. ad; Five Porosphera from the Upper Chalk (zone of Mar- supites), Surrey. Presented by Messrs. T.:H. Withers and C. P. Chatwin. « Sponges from the. Upper Chalk of Riigen. Presented by Frau Agnes Laur. | One sponge (Clione cretacea) boring Inoceramus from the Upper Chalk, zone of M. cor-anguinum, near Gillingham, Kent. Presented by W.. Gamble, Esq. ,. A sponge in limestone from .the Tochi River district, N..India. _ Presented by Captain E. L. Perry. Protozoa.—A. piece of Radiolarian Chert from Mullion Island, Cornwall. Presented by Howard Fox, Esq., F.G.s, -- One Cretaceous Foraminifer, from. Hunyad. County, Hungary. Presented. by Baron Franz Nopesa, jun. 156 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Four Foraminifera (Vummulites, &c.) from a limestone from the Tochi River district, N. India. Presented by Captain E. L. Perry. A piece of Tertiary Orbitoidal limestone from Balek Papan, Eastern Borneo. Presented by I. A. Stigand, Esq. Plante.—One plant from the Silurian of Ontario, Canada. Presented by Colonel C. C. Grant. Two fossils, probably plant-remains, associated with the Glossopteris flora in a sandstone about three miles from Johannesburg, 8. Africa. Presented by George H. Preston, Esq. Three plants of Jurassic age from Singapore, described by R. B. Newton, Geol. Mag., 1906, p. 487, pl. xxv. Presented by John B. Scrivenor, Ksq., F.G.S. Two plants of Jurassic age from Singapore, described by R. B. Newton, Geol. Mag., 1906, p. 487, pl. xxv. Presented by Dr. R. Hanitsch. A coal-ironstone nodule containing dicotyledonous leaves, from the Eocene coal-beds of Koetei, Borneo. Presented by I. A. Stigand, Esq. Two pieces of travertine containing leaves (Ficus sp.) from a Pleistocene formation, two miles from Sheikh, Golio Mts., Somaliland. Presented by Lieut. Frederick Reginald Burnside. Problematical Fossils.—A piece of chalk-flint containing a problematical fossil. Presented by the Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, F.G.s. Rock Specimens.—A piece of contorted schist from the Hardanger Fjord, Norway. Presented by Walter Child, Esq., A.R.S.M. Fragment of a facetted and striated boulder of quartzite, collected by Dr. H. Warth in the Carboniferous boulder-bed of the Punjab Salt Range. Presented by Mrs. Blanford. Two pieces of fossiliferous limestone from Kerak, Moab. Presented by Dr. F. Johnson. A collection of fossiliferous nodules of Tertiary age from the Mekran coast, N.W. India. Presented by F. W. Town- send, Esq. B.—By Purchase. Mammalia.—Forty remains of a pigmy elephant, and of Elephas meridionalis from the caverns of Crete, collected by Miss D. M. A. Bate. The astrayalus of a ground sth from Argentina. The skull and mandible of Sus and other Mammalian remains en the Lower Pliocene, Coneud, Spain. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 157 Thirty bones of Lynw from Cales Dale Cavern, Derby- shire, described by W. Storrs Fox, Proc. Zool. Soe., 1906, vol. i, p. 65, text-tig. 26. Reptilia.—Two slabs of footprints from the Keuper, Storeton, Cheshire. A skeleton of Jchthyosauwrus from the Lower Lias, Somersetshire, containing embryo, described by Dr. Chaning Pearce in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. xvii. (1846), pp. 44-46. A skull of Ichthyosauwrus from the Lower Lias, Char- mouth, Dorset, showing the remains of skin. A portion of skull of Petrosuchus levidens, a shell of Pleurosternum, a slab of scutes of Goniopholis, and one Chelonian costal bone, from the Purbeck beds, Swanage. A collection of reptilian remains, chiefly Dinosaurian, from the Upper Cretaceous, Transylvania, including the type-skull of Limnosaurus transylvanicus and remains of Mochlodon, described by Baron Nopesa in Denkschr. AKad. Wiss. Wien, 1900-02-04. A mandible of Coniasaurus crassidens from the English Chalk. A skull of Pteranodon from the Chalk of Kansas, dis- covered by C. H. Sternberg. A Pterodacty] bone from the Gault of Folkestone. Pisces.—A specimen of Wardichthys cyclosoma from the Lower Carboniferous of N. Berwick. Fifteen vertebrate remains from the Coal Measures, Northumberland, some described by T. P. Barkas, “Coal Measure Paleontology.” One Pholidophorus from the Lower Lias, Charmouth, Dorset. Seven Ganoid fishes from the Jurassic, 8. Maria de Meya, Lerida, Spain. Two fish-teeth from the Lower Cretaceous, Potton, Bedfordshire. A portion of a fish-skull, from the Gault, Folkestone. Fins of Protosphyrena, two skulls of Protosphyrena, one Chimaeroid fin-spine, two groups of teeth of Ptychodus, two remains of Coraw, and one Lamna from the Chalk of Kansas, collected by C. H. Sternberg. A jaw of Ptychodus decurrens, two groups of teeth of Ptychodus, and five other fish-remains from the English Chalk. Mollusca.—Two Cephalopoda from the Ordovician of Bohemia. Sixty-seven Cephalopoda from the Trias of Sicily. 158 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Seven hundred invertebrate fossils, chiefly Cephalopoda from the Middle Trias of Bosnia (Hawelka collection). One Nautilus intermedius, one polished section of Nautilus striatus, and one bedy of a Belemnite, from the Lower Lias of Charmouth, Dorset. Six Cephalopoda from the Jurassic of Hast Africa. One Nautilus farringdonénsis from: the Lower’ Cre- taceous of Potton, Bedfordshire. Two Cephalopoda from the Cretaceous of Bohemia. One Crioceras spinosissimum from the Uitenhage series, S. Africa. Five Ammonites from the English Chalk. Lower Cretaceous Cephalopoda and Lamellibranchs from Germany. | Eleven Cephalopoda, seventy Gastropoda, and forty-six Lamellibranchia (Cretaceous, five Jurassic Cephalopoda, and four Paizeozoic Cephalopoda). Mollusea from the Chalk of Rugen. The J. D. Sainter Collection of Pleistocene Marine Shells from the Glacial Drift of Macclesfield, described by R. D. Darbishire in Mem. Lit. and Phil. Soc. Manch. [3], vol. iii (1865), pp. 56-66. Arthropoda.—Hight Anthrapalemon etheridgei from the Lower Carboniferous of N. Berwick. Echinoderma.—One Botryocrinus pinnulatus, from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, described by F. A. Bather, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., March, 1892, p. 192. One Cystid and one Cretaceous. Echinoid. Two slabs of Pentacrinus leuthardtv, and one Ophiomusium. ferrugineum from the. Bathonian near Liestal, Switzerland. Micraster cor-bovis from the zone of Holaster planus, Borstal Manor, Kent. Crinoids from the Chalk of Rugen. A hundred invertebrate fossils, chiefly Echinoids, from the Thomas Wright Collection. Brachiopoda.—A_ specimen of Acanthothyris spinosa, from the Jurassic of France. © Brachiopoda from the Chalk of Riigen. Vermes.—Worms from the Chalk of Riigen. Polyzoa.—Polyzoa from the Chalk of Rugen. One hundred and thirty-four micro-organisms, chiefly Polyzoa, from the English Chalk. Coelentera.—One Buthograptus lacus from the Upper Llandeilo, Hartfell Spa. Two Corals from the Corallian of Ringstead, Weymouth. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 15S Porifera.—Iwo Cretaceous Sponges from Farringdon and from Haldon Hill. Various »Invertebrata.—A- hundred and seventy-five Invertebrata from the Post-Pliocene, Pliocene, Cretaceous, and Jurassic rocks of the Alpes Maritimes. Five problematical fossils from the Kimmeridge Clay, Weymouth. Seventy-three Invertebrata, chiefly from the London Clay. Plante.—Fifty-two microscope slides of Carboniferous Plants, prepared by J. Lomax. C.---By Hachange. Mammalia.—Plaster cast of skeleton of Macherodus neogeus from Pampa Formation, Buenos Aires. From National Museum, Buenos Aires. Ten pilaster casts of feet of ancestral horses. From American Museum of Natural History, New York. Three polished sections of Cetacean teeth and one section of rib from Red Crag. From the Surveyors’ Institution, Reptilia.—Plaster model of the skeleton of Triceratops, from Upper Cretaceous, Wyoming. From U.S. National Museum, Washington, Pisces.—Plaster casts of Ichthyodectes marathonensis from Lower Cretaceous, Central Queensland, and Ganorhyn- chus sussmilchi from Devonian, New South Wales. From Australian Museum, Sydney. Forty-six teeth and spines of Elasmobranch fishes’ from Carboniferous Limestone, Tournai, Belgium. From Monsieur A. Piret. - Ten ganoid fishes (Colobodus, Dapedius, Svaniolepis, Heterolepidotus, and. Ophiopsis) from..the Upper Trias of Hallein, Austria. From K. K. montanistische Hochschule, Leoben. Mollusca.— Ordovician and Triassic Cephalopoda from Germany. From Mr. E. Mascke. Seventeen plaster casts of Ammonites from the Spiti Shales, Himalaya. From University of Vienna. A Carboniferous Coelonautilus ; a Kimmeridgian Ostrea ; three Ammonites and a Belemnite from Jurassic, Himalaya. From the Surveyors’ Institution. Echinoderma. — Crinoid columnals from Jurassic, Himalaya. From the Surveyors’ Institution. - Plaster casts of type specimens of Plagiopygus daradensis and Galerites abbreviata. From National Museum ‘of Natural History, Paris. 160 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Brachiopoda. — Highteen Devonian Brachiopoda from Germany. From Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt. Three Jurassic Brachiopoda from the Himalaya. From the Surveyors’ Institution. Plante.—-A transverse section of stem of Lepidodendron macconochier. From Mr. R. Kidston, F.R.S. The total acquisitions are as follows :— A.— VERTEBRATA: By Donation - - - - - 7610 » Purchase - - - : = 1274 » Exchange - - - - - 74 —-— 958 B.—INVERTEBRATA: By Donation - - - - - 1,639 » Purchase - = - - - 3,016 » Exchange - - . - = «160 —— 4,815 O.—PLANTE: By Donation - - - - - Lt «’ Purehase: *= - - - 52 , Exchange - - - 1 a 64 D. —RockK SPECIMENS : By Donation - ~ - - - 2 —_— 2 ToTAL Acquisitions for 1906 = 5,839 VIII.— Visitors and Students. The number of visits paid to the Department by students and other persons for the purpose of consultation or study during 1906 was 4,171. IX.— Lectures and Demonstrations. Nine parties were received in the Galleries of the Department of Geology, and demonstrations were given as follows :— January 27.—The Regent Street Polytechnic Natural History Society (30 members) ; by Dr. Andrews. February 17.—The Battersea Field Club (10 members) ; by Dr. Bather. March 10.—The Geologists’ Association (51 members) ; by Dr. Woodward. March 24 —The West Kent Natural History, Microscopical, and Photographic Society (23 members); by Dr. Woodward. April 21.—The Ealing Scientific and Microscopical Society (20 members); by Dr. Woodward. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 161 April 28.—The Hertfordshire Natural History Society (12 members); by Dr. Woodward. July 25.—The Iron and Steel Institute (20 members); by Dr. Woodward. November 10.—The Selborne Society (19 members) ; by Dr. Woodward. December 15.—The Regent Street Polytechnic Natural History Society (26 members); by Dr. Andrews. Arthur Smith Woodward. 105. i 162 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. Research. In the course of the systematic crystallographic and chemical investigation of the Mineral Collection during the past year, the morphological and optical examination of the new red silver minerals from the Binnenthal has been con- tinued, crystals of zirkelite and baddeleyite from Ceylon and of ilmenite from Brazil have been measured and described, and a new mineral from Italy containing tantalum, niobium, and titanium has been analysed. Collections of minerals from German East Africa, Bolivia, and Spain have also been examined and described. Crystallographic measurements have been incidentally made on various other species, including apatite, atacamite, calamine, caracolite, chrysoberyl, corundum, dyscrasite, hausmannite, marrite, mispickel, phosgenite, prehnite, quartz, vivianite, and zircon. The whole of the collection of faceted gem-stones has been reviewed, and the refractivity, double refraction, pleochroism, and dispersion of many of them have been studied. A diagram has been drawn in order to facilitate the determination of refractive indices by the method of minimum deviation. The petrographical and chemical investigation of the rock-specimens collected by the ‘“ Discovery ” Antarctic Ex- pedition has been completed, in which connexion seven quantitative chemical analyses of rocks have been made, the series of over 300 thin slices has been re-examined, and a detailed report has been prepared. The manuscript of Mr. H. T. Ferrar’s report on the Field-geology has also been revised. The work of preparing for the printer these two reports, which are illustrated by 72 text figures and 10 plates, has been completed. In the chemical laboratory complete quantitative analyses have been made of seven rock-specimens from Antarctic regions, anew mineral containing rare earths from Italy, a specimen of binnite from the Binnenthal containing a large percentage of zinc, and a specimen of semseyite from Bolivia. Further many doubtful minerals have been qualitatively analysed. Publications. New editions of the “Jntroduction to the Study of Minerals” and of the “ Guide to the Mineral Gallery” have been completed and passed through the press. - DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY, 163 The following papers, relative to. specimens in the collec- tion, or to mineralogical theory and method, have been published in the “ Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society” or the “ Philosophical Magazine,” by members of the staff of the Department. Dundasite from. North Wales: by G. T. Prior, M.a., D.sc., F.GS. | : Phenacite and other minerals from German East Africa: by L. J. Spencer, M.A., F.G.S. Paratacamite, a new oxychloride of copper: by G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., F.G.S., with a chemical analysis by G. T. Prior, M.A., D.SC., F.G.S. . On the method of minimum deviation for the determina- tion of refractive indices, with a diagram: by G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., F.G.S. ~The general determination of ‘the optical constants of a crystal by means of refraction ‘through a prism: by G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., F.G.S. Miscellaneous. The preparation of. slip-catalogues of species, the re- labelling of the specimens, and the entry in the General Register of old specimens hitherto bearing numbers referring only to special catalogues have been continued. For the native elements contained in cases 1 and 2 this work has now been completed, and the exhibited specimens have been entirely re-arranged in the case-tops on re-polished trays. In this connexion the specimens of native iron from Greenland - have been weighed, identified, and labelled. A slip index of donations ‘acquired previous to 1837 (when the. General Register was commenced) has also been prepared. The reserve collections of pyrites, marcasite, molybdenite, stibnite, copper-pyrites, fluor, albite, petalite, anglesite, gypsum, and barytes have been extended and re-arranged in seventeen cubes of new drawers, and in the old drawers thus set free other species have been expanded. Several sets of shelves in the chemical laboratory have been converted: into cupboards with glazed doors, and the large bookcase in the balance-room has been similarly protected. Numerous specimens sent for identification or brought to the Museum by visitors have been examined and named. Highty-six boxes or parcels of mineral specimens have been received, unpacked, and examined ; fifty-eight boxes or parcels have been packed and despatched. Two hundred and twenty-one thin slices of rocks and seven of meteorites have been prepared. eZ 164 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Departmental Library. To the Departmental Library have been added continua- tions of 29 periodicals (in 399 parts), 102 volumes of separate works, 105 pamphlets and parts of works, 2 maps, and 20 mining reports; of these, 9 periodicals (in 122 parts), 11 volumes of separate works, 68 pamphlets, and all the mining reports were acquired by presentation or transfer. All of them, including 699 plates, have been registered and stamped. Students. The number of visits recorded as made to the Department for the purposes of consultation or study is 867. The Gallery being no longer reserved on particular days of the week for use by students, and study-series having been so arranged as to be directly accessible to the public, and so labelled as to render reference to the staff for informa- tion thereon almost completely unnecessary, it has become difficult to distinguish, for statistical] purposes, “ Students ” of minerals from ordinary ‘ Visitors,” and stress cannot longer be laid on the distinction. Exchanges. Exchanges of specimens have been made with Dr. A. Brezina, of Vienna; Dr. L. H. Borgstrém, of Helsingfors ; Mr. A. O. Watkins, of Perth, Western Australia; and Mr. G. T. Holloway, of London. . - A ccessions. 920 specimens have been acquired, namely :— 438 minerals, 475 rocks, and 7 meteorites. All of them have been registered, numbered, and incorporated with the Collection. The more important of them are as follows :— Minerals. By Presentation: + A collection of Japanese minerals, including scorodite, fine crystals of axinite, topaz, hedenbergite, and danburite : by Prof. T. Wada. Faceted alexandrite, sphene, garnets, opals, and other gem-stones: by E. Hopkins, Esq. A glass model of the large ‘‘ Cullinan” diamond: by the Premier (Transvaal) Diamond Mining Co. Tantalite crystals from Western Australia: by W. M. Foote, Esq. Cassiterite, amblygonite, and pyrophyllite, from Caceres, Spain: by G. P. Ashmore, Esq. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. 165 Twinned crystais of cinnabar from China: by R. L. Pocock, Esq. Covellite in fluor, from Cornwall: by H. Bauerman, Esq. A group of quartz-crystals enclosing tufts of gothite, from Priddy, Mendip Hills: by Spencer G. Perceval, Esq. Monazite-sand, cassiterite, and crystals of thorianite from Ceylon: by Dr. A. K. Coomaraswamy. Artificial crystals of gold, and specimens of axinite from Cornwall: by Dr. R. Pearce. Monazite from La Grave, Oisans, France: by F. N. A. Fleischmann, Esq. Specimens of sodalite from Dungannon, Canada: by A. Lee, Esq. Specimens of nickel and cobalt’ ores from Nipissing District, Canada; by the Canadian Government through R. L. Broadbent, Esq. By Exchange : Wolfram and stibiotantalite from Australia. By Purchase: A series of rare minerals from the Binnenthal, including baumhauerite, bowmanite, lengenbachite, seligmannite, and trechmannite. An exceptionally large, clear green crystal of euclase, a large quartz crystal enclosing needles of rutile, twinned crystals of rutile, and fibrous baddeleyite, from Brazil. A peculiar fibrous variety of astrophyllite with fine crystals of catapleiite, from Greenland. Magnificent crystals of rubellite, and clear, colourless, doubly terminated crystals of beryl, from California. An extremely large crystal of monazite, from Tvedestrand, Norway. A large mass of pitchblende, from Joachimsthal, Bohemia. A series of specimens from the collection of the late Prof. A. A. Damour: including romeite from Piedmont, hureaulite from Hte. Vienne, crystals of chrysoberyl from Brazil, and plumbogummite from Huelgoat, Brittany. Fine specimens of mercury minerals from Texas, including montroydite, kleinite, calomel, and eglestonite. Extremely large crystals of phosgenite, from Sardinia. Unusually fine twinned crystals of cinnabar, {10m China. Fine groups of crystals of cabrerite, from Laurium, Greece. A large crystal of tantalite, from Western Australia. A fine crystal of dyscrasite, from Andreasberg, Harz. 166 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The following names added to the Museum List. were previously not represented by specimens in the Collection :— Kallilite, kleinite, kornelite, naegite. Rocks. By Presentation: , A small collection of Le Te -specimens from East Adbrite (Kilimandjaro, &c.) . by Prof. A. Lacroix. Pebbles’ of quartz-porphyry from St. Florent, Corsica ; by Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major. Specimens of volcanic dust and lava from the eruption of Vesuvius in April 1906: by Prof. W. J. Lewis and by H. Boulton, Hsq., M.v.o. ! Specimens of blue ground from Kimberley: by J. EL Gardiner, Esq. Perlitic obsidian from the island of Melos; by H. D. Acland, Esq. ) Spherulitic obsidian from Tesco, Hungary: by W. H. Shrubsole, Esq. Specimens from Tierra del F uego: by meet R..C CSSA By Purchase: AY collection of 385 specimens of rocks from the Simplon Tunnel. A large polished slab of orbicular gabbro from California. Specimens of lava and volcanic ash from. the eruption of Vesuvius in April 1906. A collection of rock-specimens from Cornwall and Devon. Meteorites. By Presentation: Caperr, Patagonia; a slice weighing 256 grams: by the Director of the La Plata Museum, Brazil. . Dokachi, India; pieces weighing 593} grams and 283 grams respectively : by. the Director of the Geological Survey of India. Albuquerque (probably Glorieta Mountain), New Mexico ; a piece gene 1 000 grams: by Dr. R. Pearce. ‘By Aaa ee entries Mern, Denmark; fell August 29, 1878; a Be weighing 39 grams. Thin slices of Hvittis, Bjurbole, and. Shelburne. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY, 167 By Purchase: : Oficina Angelos, Chili; a piece weighing 1,480 grams. Ilimaes, Desert of Atacama ; a slice weighing 2664 grams (perhaps identical with that of Imilac). Estacado, Texas; found in 1902: a slice weighing 17,103 grams, | Those Meteorites of which the names are italicized belong to falls hitherto unrepresented in the Museum Collection. L. Fletcher. 168 AUCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. I.—Arrangement and Conservation. During the past year 23,525 specimens, consisting of 17,475 Flowering Plants, 1,880 Vascular Cryptogams, 128 Mosses, 36 Hepatics, 2,464 Lichens, 370 Alge, and 1,172 Fungi, have been mounted ‘and incorporated with the Herbarium. Flowering Pilunts.—Collections have been mounted and incorporated as follows :—Dr. Hassler’s collection from Para- guay (in part), Rev. Urban Faurie’s collection from Japan, Korea, and Formosa, (in part), Mr. Forbes’s collection, mainly from China, collections from West Australia by Drummond, from Tasmania by Gunn and Milligan, and from South Africa by Dr. Schlechter and Dr. Penther. Collections from Rhodesia by Mr. Eyles, Mr. Swynnerton, and Miss Gibbs, from Uganda by Dr. Bagshawe, from Somaliland by Mr. Bury, and from the African Lakes by Dr. W. C. Cunnington have been wholly or in part named, mounted, and incorporated. Dr. Patrick Russell’s Aleppo plants and the collections made by Banks and Solander in Polynesia and New Zealand have been in part identified and collated with recent literature. In the division Polypetale the South African collections of Zeyher have been incorporated, and additions have also been made by incorporation especially in the orders Caryo- phyllaceze (South African specimens), Meliacez, Burseracee, Guttiferse (specimens from Herb. Miers), and Cactacez. The genera Mesembryanthemum, Drosera, Hirea, and Mas- cagnia have been re-arranged, and the North American Saxi- fragaceze have been revised by recent monographs. Work of revision has also been done on the orders Haloragee, Sarraceniacee, and the Indian species of Nymphea; and the genus Bersama has been monographed. In the division Gamopetale the order Primulacez has been re-arranged according to recent monographs, and work of identification and revision has been done on Compositze and Acanthacez from Madagascar. Collections made in Uganda by Dr. Bag- shawe and in Rhodesia by Mr. Eyles have been worked out and the novelties described and published. In the division Apetale work of incorporation has been done in the orders EKuphorbiacez and Urticacee, and work of revision and arrangement on the Urticacez of tropical Africa and on the orders Podostemacez and Nepenthacee. In the Monocotyledons work of incorporation has been done chiefly in the orders Orchidaceze, Cyperaceze, and Graminee. Work of revision has been done on the Rhode- sian Liliaceze, and work of revision and re-arrangement in DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 169 several genéra of Orchids, and the section Pothoidez of the order Aracee. In the Gymnosperms various collections have been incor- porated, and work of revision has been done on the genera Widdringtonia, Callitris, and others. Some time has been devoted to sorting and selecting, preparatory to incorporation, an accumulation of collections, chiefly Australian; and to the arrangement of Chinese and South African duplicates for purposes of exchange. Ferns.—The plants of several collections have been laid out and incorporated in the general series, including collec- tions from West China ( Wilson), Paraguay (Hassler), Central America and West Indies (various), and Wirtgen’s critically named forms of Equisetaceze. Outstanding material of various genera of the Gleicheniacee, Cyathez, Dicksoniee, Hymenophyllez, and of Pteris and Selaginella has been incorporated. The genera Anemia and Asplenium (in part) have been revised and re-arranged. Bryophyta.—In the Mosses the genus Ptychomitrium and some of the genera of Hookeriee, Entodontez, and Bryer have been partly revised. In the Hepatics most of the British genera have been revised and the collections of Davies and Pearson arranged according to Pearson’s Monograph. Algw.—The Codiaceze and the genera Gelidium, Ptero- cladia, and Chondrus have been revised and re-arranged, as have also in part the genera Dictyota, Padina, Laminaria, Macrocystis, Sarcophycus, and others. The Chlorophycee of Ferguson’s Ceylon Algz have been revised and re-arranged. The original drawings and plates of Sowerby’s English Botany have been re-arranged. The prepared. diatomaceous deposits of the Comber collection have been put in order and ‘the MSS. arranged and collated with the microscopic slides. The general series of microscopic slides has been examined and repaired where necessary. Collections from New South Wales and from the Indian Ocean have been determined, and several collections of British seaweeds have been named. The outstanding material of the Characee has been in part determined. Fungi.—tThe large collection of the late William Phillips has been purchased, and all the British specimens belonging to the Basidiomycetes, Uredinee, Pyrenomycetes, Spheerop- side, Hyphomycetes, and Phycomycetes have been separated and incorporated in the British series. The North American Uredinez of the published sets of Ellis and Everhart, Arthur and Holway, Cummings, Williams and Seymour, Griffiths, Kellerman and Swingle, Seymour and Earle, have been incor- porated in the general series. The British Uredinezx have heen further revised, re-arranged, and supplemented. 170 ACCOUNTS, ETC.,:OF THE BRITISH: MUSEUM. _ Inchens.—Large collections of. these plants, acquired from Crombie and Phillips, have undergone a preliminary sorting and labelling and, together with the herbaria of Davies, Piggot, and others, aré ’ gradually being examined and incor- porated in the British series. Special attention has been given to the revision and re-arrangement of the large genus Lecidea. The pamphlets and MSS. received with the Crombie collection have been put in order. The original drawings and plates of Sowerby’s English Botany have been re-arranged. The extra-British lichens of the Phillips collection have been put in order preparatory to incorporation. Exhibition Series.—Representations of the Schizomycetes and Characez have been added to the general systematic series, the Cyeads and Bennettiteze have been in part re-arranged, and various specimens have been added in different groups, including a fine series of fruits of Lodoicea sechellarum (Double Coco-nut), stems of a Tree-fern illustrating structure, and a fine specimen of a new species of Alge, Lessonia grandt- folia, from the coast of Victoria-land in the Antarctic circle. A series of British Characeze has been added to the exhibi- tion of British plants, and progress has been made with the exhibition of a series of British Lichens, and in the selection of material for an exhibition of British Hepatics; specimens with drawings of a British hybrid Ophiys have been exhibited. A guide to the case. illustrating the History of Classification has been prepared and printed, and a Catalogue of the British Seed-plants has been prepared. Considerable progress has been made in the exhibition illustrating British trees in the Central Hall; and some time has been devoted to the com- pletion of the case illustrating the flower in the group Dicotyledons. A series of historical events with dates has been painted on the large section of the “ Big Tree” (Sequoia ULI Sa Il.— Publications. The following publications relating to the collections and work of the Department have appeared :— Guide to Books and Portraits illustrating the History of Plant Classification exhibited in the Deparlanient of Bolany: By Dr. Rendle. Official publication. New Monocotyledons from China and . Tibet. BY Dr. Rendle, (Journal of Botany.) . Widdringtonia in South Tropical Africa. By Dr. Rendle. (Journal of Botany.) A new Celtis: from Tropical Africa. By Dr. Rendle . (Journal of Botany:) | . y ies DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. I7a International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Botanical Congress at Vienna, 1905. English edition by Dr. Rendle. Note on Farsetia stylosa. By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) - Hardwicke’s Botanical Drawings. By Mr. Britten. _ (Journal of Botany.) Silene bella BE. D. Clarke. By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) “Botany in England.” By Mr. Britten. (Journal. of Botany.) British Forms of Helosciadum nodiflorwm Koch. By Mr. Baker (with Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell). (Journal of Botany.) : African Indigoferas’s By Mr. Baker. (Journal of Botany.) New Rubiacee from British East Ree Ii By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Botany.) New or rare Gamopetale from Tropical Africa. By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Botany.) Uganda Gamopetalz from Dr. Bagshawe.. By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Botany.) . Sertulum Mascarense. By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Botany ). | PE etic e Second Contribution to the Flora of Africa. Rubiacee and Composite IJ. By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal..of Linnean Society.) | The Dates of Hooker’s “British Jungermannie” and * Musci Exotici.” By Mr. Gepp. (Journal of Botany.) Some Marine Alge from New South Wales. By Mr. and Mrs. Gepp. (Journal of Botany.) t A new species of Lessonia. By Mr. and Mrs. Gepp. (Journal of Botany.) Muscinee and Alge in Mr. H. N.. Ridley’s “An Expedi- tion to Christmas Island.” By Mr.and Mrs. Gepp. (Journal Straits Branch Royal Asiatic Society.) British Ccenogoniacee. By Miss A. Lorrain Smith. 6 ournal of Botany.) | | A Contribution to the Botany of Southern Rhodesia. By Miss L. 8. Gibbs (including determinations and descrip- tions by Dr. Rendle, Mr. E, G. Baker, and Mr. mela Moore). (Journal of Linnean Society.) We ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Il].—Euachanges of Duplicates. Exchanges have been effected with the Royal Botanic Museum, Berlin; the Hofmuseum, Vienna; the Botanic Museum, Zurich; the Botanic Gardens, Sydney; the Botanic Gardens, Singapore; the Bureau of Agriculture, Manila; the Oakes Ames Botanical Laboratory, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ; and Dr. Harry Bolus of Cape Town. IV.—Loan of Specimens. Specimens, mainly undetermined, have been lent as follows :—130 specimens of Characez to Henry Groves, Esq. ; 14 specimens of Potamogeton, chiefly Japanese, to Arthur Bennett, Esq.; one specimen of Triuridaceze to W. Botting Hemsley, Esq., of the Royal Gardens, Kew; one specimen of Osmundites from New Zealand to R. Kidston, Esq.: and a drawing of Gossypium to Sir George Watt. The specimens have been duly returned in good condition, accompanied by determinations and valuable notes. V.—Departmental Library. The additions during the past year have been, by donation, 72 volumes, 339 pamphlets; by purchase, 120 volumes, 2 pamphlets—in all 192 volumes, 341 pamphlets. These include 18 periodicals, in 150 parts, presented, and 73 periodicals, in 629 parts, purchased—in all 91 periodicals in 779 parts. 137 volumes have been bound, and 8 volumes of plates illustrating Cook’s first voyage have been re-arranged and re-bound. The classification and arrangement for binding of the large collection of notes and drawings by R. A. Salisbury has been nearly completed, and original drawings of several collections have been written up. A collection of MSS. by Robert Brown and other botanists and collectors of the early nineteenth century has been sorted and arranged. VI—Acquisitions. The following additions have been made to the collections by presentation :—100 Phanerogams from the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sibpur, Calcutta; fruits of Lodoicea sechellarum, from J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq.; 468 Phane- rogams from Uganda, from Dr. A. G. Bagshawe ; specimens illustrating the life-history of Crocus for the Public Gallery and a species of Statice from EH. A. Bowles, Esq. ; 20 specimens of Polygala amarella, illustrating variation, from J. Cryer, Esq.; 3 Phanerogams from India, from Dr. T. Cooke; 3 specimens of cultivated plants and 3 enlarged photographs, from Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P.; 126 Phanerogams and 7 Cryptogams from Jamaica, from Dr. N. L. Britton ; 109 Phanerogams and 1 Cryptogam from South DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 173 Rhodesia, from Miss L. Gibbs; 22 Phanerogams from South Africa and Rhodesia, from H. T. Crosfield, Esq. ; 208 Phanero- gams from South Rhodesia, from Fred. Eyles, Esq.; 3 culti- vated plants from Walter Ledger, Esq.; 6 photographs of fossil fruits of Najas and Zannichellia, from Clement Reid, Esq.; 7 Phanerogams from Tropical Africa, from Dr. Engler ; 16 photographs of Rubber Forests on Amazon, from H. E. Weaver, Esq., M.I.C.E.; 272 Phanerogams, 15 Cryptogams, and 28 Fruits from South Rhodesia, from C. F. M. Swynner- ton, Hsq.; 261 Phanerogams and 7 Cryptogams from Mt. Ruwenzori, collected ky Dr. Wollaston, from the subscribers to the Ruwenzori Expedition ; 9 Phanerogams from South Europe, from H. Stuart Thompson, Esq.; 3 Phanerogams and 7 Cryptogams from British East Africa, from A. Cholmley, Ksq.; 4 specimens of cultivated plants, from T. O’Brien, Esq.; 66 Phanerogams and 4 Cryptogams from Shan States, from S. A. Durie, Esq. ; 2 reproduced copies of Roslin’s portrait of Linneeus, from W. Carruthers, Esq. ; 50 European Lichens, from the Council of the Linnean Society; 47 Japanese Mycetozoa, from K. Minakata; an apochromatic microscope-objective, from Lady Sendall; a large specimen of Laminaria from the Eastern Telegraph Company’s cable near Gibraltar, from V. K. Cornish, Esq.; 24 Marine Algz from Sydney, N.S2W .,..fron:A, i. Lucas, Esq. ; portraits of Elias Fries and J. G. Agardh, from G. Murray, Esq.; Marine Algze and Mosses from the National Antarctic Expedition; 54 Phanerogams and 9 Cryptogams collected in the Great African Lakes by Dr. W. C. Cunnington, from the Tanganyika Committee through Professor Ray Lankester; and single specimens from Prof. J. B. Farmer, Franklin White, Esq., and Herr Per Dusén. The additions to the British Herbarium by presentation have been :—7 specimens of Fumaria from H. W. Pugsley, Esq. ; 220 specimens from Rev. E. S. Marshall; 72 specimens from Rev. H. J. Riddlesdell; 15 specimens from C. E. Salmon, 'Esq.; 49 specimens from G. C. Druce, Esq.; 18 specimens from A. Bennett, Esq.; 5 specimens from H. Stuart Thompson, Esq. ; 29 specimens from Prof. D. Oliver; 80 specimens from Rev. E. F. Linton; 60 species of Marine Algze from near Dover, from Miss G. E. M. Mitchell; 21 Hepatice from Westmoreland, from W. H. Pearson, Esq.; 2 Mosses and a Hepatic from W. R. Sherrin, Esq.; and one or two specimens from W. R. Jeffrey, Esq.. W. H. Hammond, Esq., J. W. White, Esq., E. M. Holmes, Esq., A. B. Jackson, Esq., 8. S. Buckman, Esq., H. R. Yates, Esq., Arthur Lister, Esq., Miss A. Lorrain Smith, C. P. Hurst, Esq., and Dr. W. H. Lang. _ Among the acquisitions by presentation special reference may be made to the Lichen-Herbarium of the late Rev. J, M. Crombie, presented by his widow, and containing about 5,000 British and foreign Lichens, his MSS. and corre- ‘spondence, and about 30 bound volumes of lichenological pamphlets by Nylander, J. Miiller, and other authors. 174 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The following additions have been made by exchange of duplicates :—136 specimens from South Africa from the Botanic Museum, Zurich, through Prof. Hans Schinz; 6 speci- mens of Allophyllus from Tropical Africa, through Dr. Engler; 3 Violas from Texas and Mexico from the National Museum, Washington, through R. Rathbone, Esq.; 33 Orchids and 97 Cryptogams from the Oakes Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Eastern, Mass.,U.S.A.; 384 specimens from California from the University of Pennsylvania, through Prof. John Macfarlane; .240 specimens of Australian plants from J. H. Maiden, Esq.;: 96 specimens from North America from the Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass., through Dr. B. L. Robinson; 142 Phanerogams and 4 Cryptogams from South Africa collected by Penther and Krook, also 10 plates by Ferdinand Bauer, and Kryptogame exsiccatz, Cent. xii, xiil, from the Vienna Hofmuseum, through Dr. A. Zahlbruckner ; 249 Phanerogams and 30 Cryptogams from Botanic Gardens, Singapore, through H, N. Ridley, Esq.; 150 Ferns collected in the Philippine Islands by E. P. Copeland, from the Bureau of Agriculture, Manila, through Prof. Elmer D. Merrill. The principal purchases during the year were :—233 Phanerogams from Gunong Tahan, Pahang, from H. C. Robinson ; 200 specimens Flora Stiriaca Exsiccata, fase. 3-6, from Hayek ; 233 specimens from West Indies, series IIL., 1904-5, from A. H. Curtiss; 96 specimens from Somaliland, from G. W. Bury ; 828 specimens from South Africa, Plante Schlechteriane, from Dr. Loesener; 33 specimens from California, from A. A. Heller; 465 Phanerogams and 70 Cryptogams from Selkirk, from Chas. Shaw; 165 Phanero- gams and 39 Cryptogams from Bolivia, collected by Fiebrig, from Dr. R. Pilger ; 215 specimens, including 10 Cryptogams, from Siam, collected by Dr. Hosseus, from Dr. Wilms; -1,000 specimens, including 119 Cryptogams, from Yunnan, from Dr. Henry ; 763 specimens from Japan, from Rev. U. Faurie; 239 Microphotographs of wood structure, from Williams, Weale; & Co.;.200 specimens Fl. Carniolica, Cent. 7 and 8, collected by Paulin; Gramineze Exsiccate (Fasc. xix, xx), from Kneucker; 50 specimens (Salicetum Exsiceatum, Fasc. i.) collected by Toepffer, from Dulau & Co.; 200 specimens (Batotheca Europea, Fasc. i—iv.) from H. Sudre; ‘‘ Wooden Rose” from Guatemala, from Rosenberg; 100 Fungi Im- perfecti, from Kabat and Bubak; 50 North American Alge, from Collins, Holden, and Setchell; 150 Micro-Fungi, from Vestergren; 50 Ascomycetous Fungi, from Rehm; 50 Fungi Selecti, from Jaap; 100 Cryptogams of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, from Migula ; 100 North American Fungi, from Bartholomew ; 50 Mosses of the Malay Archi- pelago, from Fleischer; 100 Brazilian Fungi, from Ule; 100° Uredinee, from Sydow; 170 Cryptogams of N.W. India, from Gollan; 100 Saxon Fungi, from Krieger; 12 pre- pared British Fungi, from Hartley-Smith; 15 Water-colour Drawings of British Lichens for exhibition, from Highley. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 175 Among the acquisitions by purchase special mention should be made of the Cryptogamic Herbarium of the late William Phillips, containing about 10,000 British and exotic Fungi, 800 Lichens, 53 Algz, and 3,200 Drawings of Fungi. Vil.—Demonstrations. Demonstrations on the collections have been given by Dr. Rendle to 27 members of the International Hybridisation Conference, August 3rd, and to 11 members of the Ealing Science Society, November 3rd. Vill.—Students and Visitors. The number of visits to the Department for consultation and research during the year was 2,065, Numerous specimens and small collections have been named by the staff for visitors and correspondents. A. B. Rendle. 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BOUT rei : “OOF ait adit mc: AeIOMAON CiION TENTS I—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the Year ended 31st March 1908 - - - - - = - = e es IL-—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period - - - - - - = - aii yt - IIL-—-ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period - IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period - - V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BEQUEST OF THE LATE MR, VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN for the same period - - Sana : VL—ACCOUNT OF THE BEQUEST OF THE LATE MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM for-the same period - - VIIL—RETURN of the Number of PERSONS admitted to visit the BRITISH MusEUM and the BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL History) in each Year from 1902 to 1907, both Years inclusive - - : = = - - : - oe a VIIL—STATEMENT of GENERAL PROGRESS at the MusEUM (Blooms- bury) - = - - - - - ~ : = A IX.—-STATEMENT of PRoGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and ACCOUNT of OBJECTS added to them, in the Year 1907 (Bloomsbury) = : - E X.—Ditto - - + ditto - - - (Natural History) Pie eee A 2 Page 1C 16 A ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I—AN ACCOUNT of the Rrceirrs and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK, CASH. 21°], Consols, £. 5. a. Bey usd: To BALANCES on the Ist April 1907 - - : 5051S. = | 13 sted 20 — DIVIDENDS received on 13,1507. 13s. 10d. Stock in 23 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridge- water, Viz. ; On the 5th April 1907 £.82 3 10 5th July 1907 =1 82.3 10 5th October 1907 - 82 3 10 5th January 1908 - 82 3 10 sre pe tok dish) eet — Rent or A REAL Estate, Whitchurch, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater (less charges of collection, repairs, &c.) - 17 24°83 ~ Net PROCEEDS OF SALE of land and cottages, part of Whitchurch Estate (Bridgewater Bequest) - - : 310 i — STOCK purchased as per contra - 7 — 447 10 1 £.,| 767, 2.3 | As a0Gmes 11 Ii.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerrrs and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK CasH. 24°F, Consols. ial 1S re eSer als To BALANCES on the Ist April 1907 - - -j| 305 811 2,879 10°. 7 ~ DIVIDENDS received on 2,879/. 10s. 7d. Stock in 23 per Cent. Consols, be- queathed by Lord Farnborough, V1Z. 2 On the 5th April 1907 LSS io 8 5th July 1907 = We ig) 1a ” a 5th October 1907 - 17 19 11 5th January 1908 - 17 19 11 -———--———| 7119 8 +) £. Si) 0 Pests) I ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5 BRIDGEWATER FUND, from the 1st April 1907 to the 31st March 1908. | STOCK, CASH. 23 °/, Consols, Fic seel ds &. 8 d. By One Year’s SALARY of the Egerton Librarian- | 175 - - - AMOUNT expended on Fencing, &c., for Whit- church Property - - - - 50 12 5 — PURCHASE of 4477. 10s. 1d. Stock Consols = BY (0) A - BALANCES ON THE 31st MarcH 1908, | - carried to Account for 1908-1909 - Saale As 76 || IB Rates (Gia £.| 767.2 3] 13,598 3 11 FARNBOROUGH FUND), from the 1st April 1907 to the 31st March 1908. STOCK ca 24 U5 Consols. Sad £. 8s, d By AMOUNT expended on purchase of Manuscript- | 251 2 - - BALANCES ON THE 31st MARCH 1908, carried to Account for 1908-1909 = = |) P20, G 7 Wy 2,879 10° 7 S| este 8 2 | 2879 10 7 Rs sere esas nearer TE SoS 6 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. IIY.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrrts and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK CAEE. rE aad Pe Consols. £. 8, d. f. Wg. Nd, To BALANCES on the Ist April 1907 - - - bie 5,683 1 6 - DIVIDENDS received on 5,683/. 1s. 6d. Stock in 23 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.: On the 5th April1907 -£.3510 4 7" 5th July 1907 - 3510 4 “3 5th October 1907 - 35 10 ms 5th January 1908 - 35 10 142) ded, £.{ 194 8 9 5,683 1 6 TV.—AN ACCOUNT of the REecrIPTs and EXPENDITURE of | STocK, cae oc Consols. e a To BALANCE on the lst April 1907 _—- - - 565 3 9 - DIVIDENDS received on 565i. 3s. 9d. Stock in 2% per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, viz. : On the 5th April 1907 “eee 10 1S 53 5th July 1907 - 310 8 95 5th October 1907 - 310 8 ct dta January 1908 - 310 8 — 14 2.8 £ 14 2 8 Nay 9a) ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7 TES AT ST ST EES I IE BE BL EE LE TT ERASE SD ESTE I I SY SWINEY FUND, from the 1st April 1907 to the 31st March 1908. Casu. STOCK, 23 °/, Consols. SS Ge Ex $3, a By Amount paid to Prof, J. Cossar Ewart, for Lectures on Geology in 1907 > - -| 140 - = - BALANCES ON THE 31sT MarcH 1908, carried to Account for 1908-1909 - <= 54 8 9 5,683 1 6 Fee ce: aes 5,683 1 6 the BIRCH FUND, from the 1st April 1907 to the 31st March 1908. STOCK, CASH: 24°/, Consuls. ; 2 p & s. ad £. s+ d By LeGacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Keepers of the Departments of Printed Books, Manu- scripts and Natural History - - - lh D8 - BALANCE ON THE 31ST MARCH 1908, carried to Account for 1908-1909 - : == 565 3 9 £. 14 2 8 565 3 9 re a 8 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and EXPENDITURE of the bequest and Extension of the Library and Reading-room of the British LocAaL LOANS CASH. STOCK. To AmounT of Local Loans Stock on Ist April 1907 - : : : i 53,221 5 9 - DIVIDENDS received during the year - - {1,615 6 9 - AmMoonT of Local Loans Stock purchased with the Dividends - - - - — 1,682 13 8 £11,615 6 9] 54,903 19 5 VI.—AN ACCOUNT of the R=ecerpts and EXPENDITURE of the bequest 1st April 1907 to METROPOLITAN CASH. 33 °/, STOCK. To AMOUNT of } Mctrepchitan 34 per cent. Stock on ist April 1907 = = 7,558 11 7 - DIVIDENDS received during the year - -| 268 - 1 - AMOUNT of Metropolitan 33 per cent. Stock purchased with the Dividends - - - _ 265 17 - £.+ 268 --1] 7,994 8°7 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. i) of the late MR. VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN (for the Improvement Museum) from the 1st April 1907 to the 31st March 1908. LocaAL LOANS CASH. STOCK. ie Say de 18, od. By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 1,6827. 13s. 8d. Local Loans Stock, Com- mission, &c. - - - -/1,615 6 9 - BALANCE OF STOCK ON THE 31ST MARCH 1908 carried to account for 1908-1909 = - _ 54,903 19 5 £.|1,615 6 9| 54,903 19 5 of the late MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM from the the 31st March 1908. METROPOLITAN CASH. 33 °/, STOCK. By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 2651. 17s. -d. Metropolitan 33 per cent. 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The British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Depart- ments of Printed Books and Maps, Manuscripts, Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethno- graphy, and Coins and Medals), is open to the public free daily (except on Good Friday and Christmas Day and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving), as follows :— On WEEKDAYS from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. After 4 p.m. in January, February, November, Decem- ber, and after 5 p.m. in March, September, October, only certain of the galleries remain open, viz. :— On Monpays, Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Printed Sin ee Books, Prints and Drawings, Porcelain, aad ¢ eee & Majolica; Prehistoric, British, nglo-Saxon, Medieval and LEthno- FRIDAYS graphical Collections. alleries (exclusive of the Vase Rooms On TUESDAYS, [ Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek and Roman | and Bronze’ Room); Gold Ornament THURSDAYS, and Room, American Collections, and the SATURDAYS Waddesdon Room. On SuNDAY AFTERNOONS :— From 2 to4 p.m. in January, February, November, December. Te » » October. » 2 » 5.30. ,, ,, March, September. vo i eee » » April, May, June, July, August. Persons applying for the purposes of research and reference are admitted tc the Reading Room under certain regulations every weekday, except the days specified below, from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, from 10 a.m. until 4, 5, or 6 p.m., according to the season of the year. ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13 The Reading Room, Newspaper Room, and Students’ Rooms in the Library and Department of Manuscripts are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and the first four weekdays in March and September. Other Students’ Rooms are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, and Christmas Day, and occasionally for cleaning. Students are admitted generally to the several Departments, on weekdays, from 10 till 4 or 5 o’clock ; and to the Sculpture Galleries from 9 o’clock till the hour of closing, British Museum, | E. Maunde Thompson, 31 March 1908, f Director and Principal Librarian. 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The hours of Admission are as under :— On WEEKDAYS, throughout the year from 10 a.m., in January - - - - to February lst i 14th - = - February 15th toend~ - - - March - - - - - April to August - . = x September - - - - - October - - - - - November and December - - ee B HAO OC OT OT (SCS) SSS also, on MonDAYS and SATURDAYS only, from the begin- ning of May to the middle of July, toS p.m., and from the middle of July to the end of August, to 7 p.m. On SUNDAYS, in January ~- - from 2 February Ist to ‘14th: - 2 February 15th to end a, bay March - - - - 2 April - - - - 2 2 2 2 2 or =) o Ses) (ey) So May to August - - - September - - ~ October - - - - November and December - BoE ooe pS ie) So Persons are admitted to study in these Departments every weekday from 10 till 4 o’clock. British Museum (Natural History), ) Z. Maunde Thompson, 22 February 1908. } Director and Principal Librarian. 16 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. VIII.— GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MuSEUM, BLOOMSBURY. The number of visitors to the Museum during the year 1907 was largely affected by the closing of the Reading Room for renovation. The total number of visits amounted to 646,300, as against 691,950 in 1906; the number of visits on week-days being 582,779, a falling off as compared with 634,212 in 1906, but, on the other hand, the Sunday visits rising to 63,521, as against 57,738 in the previous vear. The Reading Room was closed for repair and renovation from the 15th April to the 31st October. It was therefore accessible to readers for only 189 days in the year. While the room was closed, temporary accommodation was provided in the North Library for about 150 readers daily, on 172 days. The total number of visits by readers in the year was 137,682, being a daily average of 442, as against a total of 212,997, with a daily average of 702, in 1906. The number of visits of Students to particular Depart- ments (other than the Reading Room) in 1907 was 55,738, as against 55,513 in 1906. The variations of the numbers in the several Departments were not very great; rising in some degree in the Newspaper Room and in the Departments of Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, and British and Medizval Antiquities ; and falling in the Departments of Egyptian and Assyrian, and of Greek and Roman, Antiquities, and of Coins and Medals, as well as in the Galleries of Sculpture. The first contract for the erection of the British Museum Extension building in Montague Place, on the north side of the Museum, which was entered into in 1906 for the construction of the basement and sub-ground floor, was practically completed at midsummer. On the 27th June, His Majesty the King, accompanied by Her Majesty the Queen, laid the Foundation Stone of the new building, which, with the King’s assent, will be named “ King Edward the Seventh’s Galleries.” Provision having been made by the First Commissioner of His Majesty’s Works for the renovation of the Reading Room, which had not been repainted or redecorated since it was first opened in 1857, the room was closed and placed in the hands of the contractors on the 15th April. It was re-opened to readers on the Ist November. The entire fabric was carefully examined and tested, and, where necessary, repaired. The iron-work, of which the room is largely con- structed, was found to have suffered no deterioration in the lapse of time, and scarcely a rivet had failed. The system of ventilation was thoroughly cleansed and improved in details. New electric wiring was installed. The backs of the book- cases round the room were closed in with sheet-iron ; a slight material, merely to exclude draughts, having originally been employed. The wood-work of the fixed desks and the furniture of the room generally were made good and re- polished, The floor was re-laid with cork-carpeting. The GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. 1% original scheme of decoration was not followed, the colours which were at first applied to details of the great dome not being repeated, but white paint and gold alone being em- ployed. The result has been a very great improvement of the light in the room. The arduous work of removing the books of reference from the Reading Room previous to the renovation, of revising the collection, of weeding out obsolete books and of replacing them by recent works and additions, and of re- filling the shelves after the renovation was completed, was punctually and successfully accomplished by the staff of the Library. The stone-work of the steps of the North-West Staircase, which had become seriously worn, has been renewed. The rooms of the Department of Coins and Medals, the students’ room of the Department of Prints and Drawings, the First and Third Egyptian rooms, and the American room have been repainted. The installation of electric fans, to improve the ventilation of the public galleries, has been extended. Karly in the year excavations were carried out by Mr. D. G. Hogarth, for the Trustees, on a site at Asyut in Upper Egypt, granted forthe purpose by the Egyptian Govern- ment. The result has been the acquisition of a large collection of miscellaneous antiquities, including a fair proportion of early examples. They are described below (pp. 51-53). Among the more important additions to the several Departments the following may be specially noticed :— The Department of Printed Books has added upwards of seventy works to its series of English books printed before 1640; and has augmented the great collection of Incunabula, or books printed before the year 1501, by forty-five additional examples. Among the English books is an Indulgence of Pope Sixtus IV. printed by William Caxton in 1481. A — collection of broadsides and pamphlets relating to the history of Scotland between the years 1644 and 1700 has also been acquired. The Department of Manuscripts has made the important purchase of a Latin Psalter, partially glossed in Anglo-Saxon, which was written in the South of England, perhaps at Canterbury, in the latter part of the 10th century ; together with a Lexicon Tironianum, containing the collection of Latin shorthand symbols the invention of which is attributed to M. Tullius Tiro, freedman of Cicero, also of the 10th - century. To Mr. C. Fairfax Murray the Department is indebted for the gift of autographs of portions of two of William Morris’s poems, ‘Sigurd the Volsung” and ‘The | Harthly Paradise”; and to the Rev. Charles Hargrove for the gift of the original correspondence of the poet Shelley with Elizabeth Hitchener in 1811-12. 0.109. B 18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manu- scripts has purchased an important series of Coptic MSS. and a very rare Nubian MS., of Biblical and hagiological interest, of the 10th and 11th centuries ; and, among Arabic MSS., one of great rarity and age, written in A.D. 1039. In the Department of Prints and Drawings an acquisition of great interest is a collection of first sketches and studies by Tintoretto, the greater number painted in tempera and oil on paper. The series of Japanese woodcuts has also been augmented by a selection of upwards of three hundred examples acquired by purchase, and by an equal number the gift of Sir Hickman Bacon, and by others presented by Sir Ernest Satow and Mr. W. C Alexander. The Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities has acquired, in addition to the objects from Asyut referred to above, a collection of Egyptian antiquities, many being of the early periods, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund; and two good collections of Egyptian scarabs. To the Assyrian section have been added the bronze figure of, an Elamite king, inscribed, of the period 2,000 B.c.; and an inscribed boundary stone of about 1,100 B.c. To the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities have been added a beautiful statue of a woman standing in an attitude of mourning, executed by a Greek sculptor late in the 4th century B.c., and two handsome Roman marble lavers, from the Duke of Sutherland’s collections at Trentham Hall. A miniature bust, worked in plasma, of Agrippina the Elder is the gift of an anonymous donor. The Department of British and Medizeval Antiquities has acquired a remarkable gold hoard, consisting of a number of bracelets of the Bronze Age, used as currency, which was discovered at Bexley in Kent; and a fine specimen of Carlovingian carving in whale’s bone, originally the cover of a casket. Among the gifts to the Department are: a cordoned bronze bucket, made in North Italy about the 7th century B.C., recently found at Weybridge and presented by Mr. William Dale ; a series of silver personal ornaments and ingots, from Kieff in Russia, the gift of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan; and an ancient Mexican obsidian mask and mirror and a jadeite dagger presented by the Misses Thornton. Among the Greek coins acquired by the Department of Coins and Medals will be noticed several of great rarity ; and some interesting specimens have been added to the Anglo-Saxon and early English collection. A very important series of foreign “sterlings,” imitations of the English silver penny, was bequeathed by Mr. Samuel Smith; and some valuable foreign medals were given by Mr. Alfred de Pass and by Mr. Max Rosenheim. Gifts of Museum publications, including reproductions of prints and drawings by Old Masters, and sets of electrotypes of British Historical Medals, have been made to Free GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. 19 Libraries, Local Museums, and Art Schools throughout the United Kingdom, and to institutions in various Colonies. The following are the publications issued by the Depart- ments at Bloomsbury during the year :— The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behisttin in Persia. 1907. 8vo., 11. Catalogue of Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the British Museum. By F. H. Marshall, mM.a. 1907. 4to., 23s. Catalogue of Greek Papyri in the British Museum ; with Texts. Vol. III. 1907. Ato., 22 10s. Autotype Facsimiles of Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Vol. III. 1907. Fol., Portfolio, 3. 3s. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1900-1905. 1907. 8vo., 12. 10s. Reproductions from Illuminated Manuscripts. Series I. 50 collotype plates. 1907. 4to., 5s. Series Il. 50 collotype plates. 1907. 4to., 5s. Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers, and Manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661. 2vols. 1908. 8vo., 12. 10s. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland. Part VI. Plates LI~LX. Part VII. Plates LXI.-LXX. 1907. Folio, 6s. each part. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain. Vol. IV., S-Z. By L. Binyon. 1907. 8vo., 14s. Reproductions of Prints. Third Series. Part I. (Speci- mens of PS by German Masters, 1475-1575). 25 plates. Oy. 2c. A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury). Seventh edition, revised. With plans. 1907. 8vo., 2d. A Guide to the Medizval Room and to the Specimens of Medieval and Later Times in the Gold Ornament Room. With 14 plates and 194 illustrations. 1907. 8vo., ls. 6d. British Museum, EL. Maunde Thompson, 31 March, 1908. Director and Principal Librarian. 20 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. IX.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTIONS, AND ACCOUNT OF OBJECTS ADDED TO THEM in the Year 1907 (Bloomsbury). DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. I. Arrangement.—The works added to the collection during the past year have, as far as possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifica- tion adopted in the Museum. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have been marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each volume. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 63,952; in addition to which 109,054 press-marks have been altered in consequence of changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library; 25,419 labels have been affixed to books and volumes of newspapers, and 130,965 obliterated labels have been renewed. The process of attaching third-marks to the books in the New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery to readers, has been continued, and is now completed ; 45,747 books have been thus marked during the year, and alterations to correspond, amounting to 192,188, have been carried out in the General and Hand Catalogues ; 3,047 index- slips have been written for London Newspapers. The number of stamps impressed upon the articles received has been 420,123. 3,710 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in the course of the year. II. Catalogues.—Cataloguing.—46,311 titles have been written (the term “title” applying equally to a main-title and to a cross-reference) for the General Catalogue and for the Catalogues of Maps and Music. Printing.— 30,883 titles and 512 index-slips for the General Catalogue, 2,145 for the Map Catalogue, and 15,507 for the Music Catalogue have been prepared for printing during the year; and 31,198 titles and 885 index-slips for the General Catalogue, and 2,145 for the Map Catalogue have been printed. Incorporation.—General Catalogue.—s30,698 title-slips and 870 index-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue. This incorporation has rendered DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 21 it necessary, in order to maintain as far as possible the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert 37,979 title-slips and 399 index-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 812 new leaves. The system of fortnightly incorporation of accessions to the Library has been carried out with perfect regularity during the past year. Hand Catalogues——The number of new entries made in the Hand Catalogue of ‘“ Academies” was 283; in that of “Periodical Publications,” 355; in that of Maps and Charts, 415; in that of Music, 1,994; in that of London Newspapers, 3,047 ; and in that of Directories, 692. Map Catalogue.—3,123 titles have been written for the Map Catalogue, and 2,914 title-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of it. This incorporation has rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 5,916 title-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 283 new leaves. Music Catalogue.—12,221 titles have been written for the Music Catalogue, and 3,754 title-slips have been incorpo- rated into each of the two copies of it. This incorporation has rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 7,320 title- slips in each copy of it and to add to each copy 111 new leaves. Shelf Catalogue.—For this Catalogue, in which the title- slips, mounted on cards, are arranged in order of press- marks, 38,400 have been so mounted and 101,000 have been incorporated in their proper order. Catalogues of Books of Reference vn the Reading Room. —During the year the Books in the Reference Library have been rearranged, and many alterations and additions have been made in the collection. A Catalogue of the books on the ground-floor and in the two gaileries of the Reading Room is now in preparation. ; III. Binding.—The number of volumes and sets of pamphlets sent to be bound in the course of the year was 13,635, including 4,399 volumes of newspapers. In conse- quence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of volumes returned was 10,820; in addition to which 122 volumes have been repaired in the binders’ shops. Besides this, the following binding work has been done in the Library itself:—7,663 volumes have been repaired, 343 broadsides, &c., have been inserted in guard-books, and 4,136 volumes of reports, parts of periodicals, &c., have been bound in a light style of binding. The following maps, charts, &c., have also been bound or mounted during the year :—77 atlases and 52 volumes of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey have been bound; 214 sheets of the l-inch Ordnance Survey have been mounted on linen, and 299 Ordnance Survey Indexes on cards; in addition, 22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 299 maps have been mounted on linen, and 135 on cards, and 2 portfolios, 2 cases, and 34 boxes have been made to contain maps. 33,807 numbers of Colonial Newspapers have been folded into 661 parcels, and 647 such parcels have been tied up and labelled preparatory to being bound. Two volumes of the Blue Copy of the General Catalogue, and 12 volumes of the Red Copy have been broken up and rebound in 26 new volumes. Also, 137 columns have been re-laid in each of the three interleaved copies of the General Catalogue—a process rendered necessary by the accumulation of titles under certain headings. IV. Reading Room Service-—The Reading Room was closed from the 15th April to the 31st October for renovation. During this period a room in the North Library was fitted up and used as a temporary Reading Room. The number of volumes replaced in the General Library after use in the Reading Room was 497,880; in the King’s Library, 17,844; in the Grenville Library, 1,611; in the Map Room, 2,359; in the presses in which books are kept from day to day for the use of readers, 413,399; and in the Oriental Department, 405; making a total amount of 934,998 volumes supplied to readers during the year, exclusive of those to which the readers: have personal access on the shelves of the Reading Room. During the year the Reading Room was open for 139 days, and the temporary Reading Room, which contained accom- modation for about 150 persons, for 172 days. The total number of readers during the year was 137,682, giving an average of over 442 daily; the average number of volumes supplied to each reader amounts to seven. Newspaper Room.—The number of readers during the year has been 20,098, giving a daily average of over 65, the room having been open on 305 days. The number of volumes replaced after use was 52,960, giving a daily average of 173 and of over two volumes to each reader, not reckoning volumes, chiefly Parliamentary Papers, taken from the shelves of the Newspaper Room by the readers themselves. In addition to the above, 1,300 newspapers have been brought to the Library from the Newspaper Repository at Hendon for the use of readers. Map Room.—281 visitors have made use of the Map Room for the purpose of special geographical research. Photography.—There have been 343 applications for leave to photograph from books in the Library, and 742 volumes have been supplied to the applicants for this purpose. V. Accessions.—(a) 30,499 Volumes and Pamphlets (in- cluding 277 atlases, &c., and 2,640 books of music) have been added to the Library in the course of the year. Of these, 7,535 were presented ; 16,176 received under the provisions DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 23 of the Copyright Act; 458 by Colonial Copyright; 675 by International Exchange ; and 5,655 acquired by purchase. (b) 69,425 Parts of Volumes (or separate numbers of magazines and other serial publications and of works in progress) have also been added to the Library. Of these, 2,446 were presented ; 44,695 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 547 by Colonial Copyright ; 658 by International Exchange; and 21,079 acquired by purchase. (c) 1,944 Maps in 8,402 sheets have been added to the collection in the course of the year. Of these, 702 maps in 1,133 sheets were presented ; 841 maps in 6,459 sheets were received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 199 maps in 200 sheets, by Colonial Copyright ; and 202 maps in 610 sheets were acquired by purchase. (d) 10,111 Musical Publications have been added to the collection. Of these, 9,617 were received under the provisions of the Copyright Act; 341 by Colonial Copyright; and 153 were acquired by purchase. (e) The number of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- right Act during the year, has been 3,442, comprising 233,377 single numbers. 1,208 of these newspapers were published in London and its suburbs; 1,711 in other parts of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands; 277 in Scotland ; and 246 in Ireland. 14 sets, containing 4,414 numbers, were received by Colonial Copyright ; 273 sets, containing 38,703 numbers of Colonial and foreign newspapers, have been presented ; and 74 sets, containing 12 volumes and 12,744 numbers of current colonial and foreign newspapers, have been purchased. (f) 4,136 articles not included in the foregoing paragraphs have been received in the Department. These consist of _ Single Sheets, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items. The total number of articles enumerated above, as having been received in the Department during the present year, exclusive of newspapers, is 116,115. Acquisitions of Special Interest.—Seventy-one English books printed before the year 1640, and forty-five Incunabula, one of which is from the press of William Caxton at West- minster, have been added to the Library during the year 1907, Among the English books, the most interesting are :— An Indulgence granted on the authority of Pope Sixtus IV. by Johannes de Gigliis in order to obtain money for the defence of Rhodes. Printed by Wiliam Caxton at West- minster in 1481. One of the two copies known to exist of the “singular” issue of this Indulgence, 7.¢., that drawn up for the use of one contributor only, 24 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Statutes of the twenty-second year of King Henry VIII. Thomas Powell, London, 1531. Erasmus: ‘‘Paraphrase upon ye Epistle of S. Paule unto Titus.” John Byddell, London, about 1535. ‘The Decree for Tythes to be payed in London.” Thomas Berthelet, London, 1546. Bush, Paul, First Bishop of Bristol: “A brefe Exhortation set fourthe to one Margarete Burges wyfe to Jhon Burges, clotheare of Kyngeswode, in the Countie of Wilshere.” John Cawood, London, 1556. Wermueller, Otto: “ A Spirituall Pearle. Translated into English by Miles Coverdale.” W. Leake, London, 1560. Bale, John: “A new Comedy or Enterlude concernyng the lawes of Nature, Moises and Christe.” Thomas Colwell, London, 1562. Mascall, Leonard: “The first booke of Cattell.” John Wolfe, London, 1587. Sidney, Sir Philip: “The Defence of Poesie.” Printed for William Ponsonby, London, 1595. Two editions of this work were printed in the year 1597. One, already in the British Museum, under the title of “ An Apologie for Poetrie,” printed without authority by Henry Olney ; and the present authorized edition published by William Ponsonby, of which only one other copy is known. ‘“‘A moste pythie Epistle to anymate all trew Christians. Translated out off ffrench by Robert Pownall.” Geneva, 1596. “A verie iperfect Discourse and Order how to know the age of a Horse. By L.W.C.” Thomas Pavier, London, 1601. The only known copy. “Christes Bloodie Sweat. By J. F.,” 1616. Attributed to Joseph Fletcher, Rector of Wilby, Suffolk. A collection of broadsides, single-sheets, and folio pamphlets, consisting of proclamations, legal documents, trials and political tracts relating to the history of Scotland between the years 1644 and 1700. | The Italian original and a French translation of a book by the Abbé Prime, writing under the assumed name of “Tl Conte San Maiolo,” entitled ‘‘ Historia della Guerra d’Olanda.” Paris, 1682. This book, which contains an account of the secret articles of the Treaty of Dover, May, 1670, was suppressed at the instance of Viscount Preston, the English Ambassador to France. Incunabula.—Two interesting Incunabula which have been presented to the Library are described below among the DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 25 Donations. Of those purchased during the course of the year, the following deserve special mention :— Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence: “Summa Confes- sionum.” Printed by Antonius Zarotus at Milan, 1472. “Leben der Heiligen.” Printed by Gunther Zainer at Augsburg, 1472. With numerous woodcuts. Rufus, Sextus: “De rebus gestis Populi Romani” and “De aedificatione Venetiarum” Printed by Florenz of Strassburg at Venice, about 1472. Thomas Aquinas: ‘“ De Corpore Christi.” Printed by the anonymous printer known as the printer of “ Augustinus de Fide,” at Cologne, i473. Thomas Aquinas: “ Quaestiones de Malo.” Printed by Arnold ter Hoernen, the second printer at Cologne, about 1473. Eusebius Pamphili: “De evangelica praeparatione.” Printed by Ulrich Zell at Cologne, about 1474. Bernard, Saint: “De Consideratione.” Printed by Nicolas Ketelaer and Gerhard Leempt at Utrecht, about 1474. Bernard, Saint: “Speculum de honestate vitae.” Printed by Martin Flach at Basel, about 1475. Barbatia, Andreas: ‘“ Repetitio solemnis rubricae de fide instrumentorum.” Printed by Martin Huss, Toulouse, 20 June, 1476. Toulouse was the third city in France into which printing was introduced. The first books printed at Paris and at Lyons are already in the Library. The present is the first book printed at Toulouse. _ Gratianus: ‘‘ Concordantiae Canonum.” Printed by Ulrich Han at Rome, 1478. | A Psalter, printed by Aloisius Siliprandus at Venice, 1478. Two books only printed by Siliprandus have been hitherto known, one of which was printed at Venice in 1477, the other at Mantua in 1480. “Pharetra, auctoritates et dicta doctorum et poetarum continens.” Printed by Conrad Winters at Cologne, about 1480. Strabo: “Geographia.” Printed by Joannes Rubeus at Treviso, 1480. Nicolaus de Auximo: “Supplementum.” Printed by Jacobinus Suigus at Vercelli, 27 October, 1485. There are already in the Library two works of this travelling printer, one produced at San Germano in 1485, the other at Chivasso in 1486. Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni: ‘“ Apologia.” Printed by Matthias Morauus at Naples, 1487. | 26 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. “Summa Rudium.” Printed by Johann Otmar at Reut- lingen, 1487. A theological and liturgical encylopzdia for unlettered priests. Lull, Raymond: “Janua Artis.” Printed by Pedro Posa at Barcelona, 1488. Molitor, Ulrich: ‘De lamiis et phitonicis Mulieribus Tractatus.” Printed by Johann Priiss at Strassburg, 1489. With seven interesting woodcuts. Petrarch: “ Opera Latina.’ Printed by Simon Beuilaqua at Venice, 1493. Guido, de Monte Rocherii: “Manipulus Curatorum.” Printed by Jacques Le Forestier at Rouen, 1497. In a fine contemporary binding. “Livre d’heures a l’usage d’Arras.” Printed by Philippe Pigouchet at Paris, 1499. ‘The only known copy. Bindings.—Several books in sumptuous or interesting bindings have been added to the Library during the year. Among these are :— Cudworth, Ralph: “The True Intellectual System of the Universe,” London, 1648. Bound by Samuel Mearne in red morocco with gold tooling. Three books bound in black morocco with blind tooling ; a description of binding used in England during the later years of the seventeenth and early years of the eighteenth centuries. All three are fine specimens of this curious form of binding. Fortescue, Sir John: “ Difference between an absolute and limited Monarchy.” London, 1724. In a fine contem- porary English binding in black morocco with gold tooling. “ Book of Common Prayer,” Dublin, 1750, folio. A fine specimen of Irish bookbinding of the eighteenth century. Donations.—Among the many valuable donations which have enriched the Library during the year 1907 are the following :— Le Grand, Jacques: “Sophologium.” Printed at Strass- burg about 1477, by the anonymous printer (probably Adolf Rusch) known as the “ R printer” from his use of a peculiar form of the letter R. Presented by George Dunn, Esq. The last ten leaves of the ‘‘ Historia Baetica” of Carolus Verardus. Printed by Eucharius Silber at Rome, 1498, completing the copy of the work in the Library. The last leaf consists of the music of a four-part song printed from blocks, probably the earliest example of mensurable music printed at Rome. Presented by A. H. Littleton, Esq. The original copper-plate of the form of Commission issued to the Customs Officers in Boston, Massachusetts, in or about the year 1773, together with three impressions of the plate. Presented by H.M. Board of Customs. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 27 Twenty-eight editions of separate works by Lord Tennyson, including a copy of “ The Falcon ” printed for the author, 1879; eleven editions of ‘“‘In Memoriam” published between the years 1855 and 1867; seven editions of “The Princess” published between 1854 and 1867; and eight editions of “Maud” published between 1861 and 1874. Presented by T. J. Wise, Esq. * Catalogue of the Rodolphe Kann Collection.” 4 vols. Paris, 1907. Presented by Messrs. Duveen Brothers. A collection of Newspapers published in the British Colonies during the year 1906, in continuation of the series previously presented. Presented by the Royal Colonial Institute. Files of the “Gloucester Journal,’ between the years 1777 and 1826. Presented by the Committee of the Gloucester Public Inbrary. A collection of 1,377 pieces of sheet music, chiefly of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Presented by the Royal College of Musie. Maps.—The following are among the most important additions to the collection of Maps during the year 1907 :— Ortelius, Abraham: ‘“ Additamentum Theatri Orbis Terrarum.” Antwerp, 1579. The first issue of the second supplement, together with the supplements published at Antwerp in the years 1580, 1584, and 1590. Ortelius, Abraham : “ L’Epitome du Theatre de ? Univers.” Antwerp, 1602. Ortelius, Abraham: “ Theatro del Mondo.” Venice, 1697. A Facsimile in 19 sheets of a map of the World by Jodocus Hondius, originally published in Amsterdam 1611. Edited by E. L. Stevenson and J. Fischer. New York, 1907. Mercator, Gerardus: An Atlas containing 179 maps engraved by Jodocus MHondius and Petrus Kaerius. Amsterdam, 1632. Senex, John: “The English Atlas, consisting of thirty- one maps.” London, 1714. Music.—In addition to the music presented during the year and described above under Donations, the following interesting accessions have been acquired for the Musical Library. ‘“‘Certaine notes set forth in foure, and three parts to be song at the Morning Communion, and Evening Praier.” (Two parts, Medius and Bassus.) John Day, London, 1560. “ Mornying and Evenyng Prayer and Communion.” (Two parts, Contra-Tenor and Tenor.) John Day, London, 1565. 28 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. These four parts form a complete copy of this work, which was designed to supply polyphonic settings of the Book of Common Prayer, with a few anthems. The composers were Thomas Tallis, Thomas Causton and several others. Only two other copies of either edition are known, one at West- minster Abbey, the other in the Bodleian Library. Zange, Nicolas: “ Kurtzweilige Newe Teutsche Lieder.” 4 Pts. Cologne, 1603. Wanting the title-page and pages 1-4 of the first part. Only one perfect copy of this book, which contains a musical setting of the street cries of Cologne, is known to exist. Bach, Johann Sebastian: “Sechs Chorale fiir Orgel,” published between the years 1747 and 1749. Only three other copies of this work are known. G. K. Fortescue. DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 29 DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS. 1. Catalogue of Additions.—The printed Catalogue of the MSS. acquired in 1900-1905 has been published. The descriptions of MSS. acquired in 1906 have been printed, and have been incorporated in the Class Catalogue kept in the Students’ Room. All the MSS. acquired in 1907, viz. Additional 37426- 37628 and Egerton 2866-2873, have been described and indexed, with the exception of the Romilly Allen archeological collections, the arrangement of which is not yet complete. The descriptions have been revised and are ready for press. 2. Catalogue of Papyri.—vol. III., with an atlas of 100 plates, has been published. Vol. IV., which will contain Greek papyri of the eighth century, isin an advanced state of preparation. Several papyri have also been transcribed for Vol. V. 3. Catalogue of the Royal MSS.—One hundred and forty- eight MSS. in the Royal collection have been described for the new detailed Catalogue. 4. Catalogue of Music.—Vol. II. (Secular Vocal Music) has been printed off, and is ready for issue. 5. Catalogue of Romances.—Progress has been made in the preparation of Vol. III., descriptions of thirty-two MSS. having been finally revised for press. 6. Catalogue of Charters.—Additional Charters 46918- 47379, 48171-49841, 52392-53091 (acquired in 1903), 53195- 53708 (acquired in 1904), and 53709-53827 (acquired in 1905) have been described and indexed. The revision of the index-slips of topographical entries from Charters acquired in 1882-1900 for Vol. II. of the General Index of Charters has been continued, letters A—-M being now ready for press. 7. Binding.—One hundred and seventy Additional MSS. and six Egerton MSS. newly acquired, and seventy-six MSS. of the old collections, have been bound or repaired, together with 150 Books of Reference and Catalogues. One hundred and forty-seven Papyri have been bound and glazed. 8. Verification.—The entire collection of MSS. has been verified by comparison with the Shelf-Lists, and a large portion of the Additional Charters has also been verified. 30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9. Reproductions.—Series I. and II. of Reproductions from Illuminated MSS. have been prepared and issued. 10. Stamping, folioing, and placing.—One hundred and ninety-eight Additional MSS., six Egerton MSS., six hundred and seventy Charters and Rolls, and two hundred and thirty- two Books of Reference have been stamped, with a total of 24521 impressions ; 1450 numbers have also been impressed upon rubbings. One hundred and nineteen MSS. have been folio’d, with a total of 30323 folios. 31469 Index-slips, etc., have also been numbered. One hundred and ninety-nine Additional MSS. have been placed, press-marked, and entered in the Hand- and Shelf- Lists. One hundred and eighteen Charters and Rolls and thirty-four Seals and Casts of Seals have been placed, and entered in the Inventories. Numbers have been written on 1409 Charters. A new second volume of the Hand-lList of Additional MSS., a new Hand-List to the Cotton Charters, and a new Shelf-List of Exhibited MSS., have been completed. Others are in progress. : 11. Books of Reference.—Two hundred and _ thirty-one volumes and parts have been received, catalogued, and placed. Progress has been made with the preparation of a new catalogue. 12. Consultation of MSS.—33647 MSS. and 6131 Charters and Seals have been consulted in the Students’ Room, and ninety MSS. in the large Reading Room. The number of Students has been 11854. Magna Charta was exhibited to 9409 visitors. 13. MSS. photographed.—Eight hundred and fifty MSS. (including Charters and Seals) were allowed to be photo- graphed, with a total of 6863 photographs taken. 14. Acquisitions.—The number of Manuscripts and Docu- ments, etc., acquired during the year has been :— Additional MSS. - - - = 4 2 “1208 Egerton MSS. - - - ~ > - 8 Charters and Rolls - = = = - - 144 Detached Seals and Casts - = - - 33 Papyticorea bra .botaibee ebeen ERM noboad ebr The most important of the acquisitions by gift during the year are of literary interest. A volume of correspondence of Shelley with Miss Elizabeth Hitchener, June, 1811—June, 1812, including 44 letters of the poet, five of which contain verses, was presented by the Rey. Charles Hargrove, of Leeds. It was bequeathed to him by Mrs. Charlotte M. Slack, with the request that it should ultimately pass to the British Museum on his death. DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 31 Another valuable Shelley autograph, his poem ‘To Jane —The Recollection,” dated 2 February, 1822, was presented by Lieut.-Colonel C. F. Call and Mrs. Call. The latter inherited it from her father E. J. Trelawny, to whom it was given by “ Jane” (Mrs. Williams). Mr. C. Fairfax Murray presented the autograph first draft -of a considerable part of “Sigurd the Volsung,” by William Morris, with the laudable intention that it might be preserved with the autograph fair copy, which was acquired by purchase earlier in the year; and to this he added the autograph of the dedication, prologue, and other portions of “The Earthly Paradise.” Morris is therefore now represented in the Museum by MSS. of his two finest poems. An interesting letter of Keats to B. W. Haydon, referring to “Endymion” and “ Hyperion,” was also received from the same generous donor, to accompany the autograph of “ Hyperion,” purchased in 1904. The acquisitions by purchase include a long Greek papyrus roll from Antinodpolis, containing the record of a disputed inheritance dated in A.D. 612, with a marriage contract on the back relating to the same place. An interesting group of over thirty Greek papyri, for the most part in exceptionally good condition, has also been acquired from Syene (Assouan). They include contracts and legal documents of various kinds between A.D. 549 and 613, most of the parties concerned being soldiers of corps stationed at or near Syene. Another purchase of exceptional interest is a large Latin Psalter, Hymnary, etc., with a partial Anglo-Saxon gloss, written in the South of England (possibly at Canterbury) in the latter part of the 10th century, and decorated with fine ornamental initials. It belonged successively to Archbishop Cranmer, Henry FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and John, Lord Lumley, and was perhaps at one time in the Royal Library, in which Lord Lumley’s collection was absorbed after his death in 1609. Among other acquisitions, by purchase, donation, or be- quest are the following :— Wooden book, composed of eight tablets fastened together by silk cords ; with writing in Greek of a grammatical character, of the 3rd cent., on seven of the pages. Found in Egypt, and no doubt intended for school use. Wooden tablet, whitened and ruled with lines, inscribed with Greek grammatical exercises for school use in Egypt; 3rd cent. Life and miracles of St. Cosmas and Damian, in Greek ; 10th—llth cent. A hitherto unknown recension. The Four Gospels, in Greek, written by the _ scribe Xenophon ; early 13th cent. Two volumes. Lexicon Tironianum: a collection of the Latin shorthand symbols originally invented by M. Tullius Tiro, freedman of 32 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. * Cicero; 10th cent. With two flyleaves in uncial characters of the 8th cent. containing fragments of a Sacramentary and of the Gospels of SS. Mark, Luke and John. Bible, in Latin, with illuminated initials, from St. Martin’s Priory, Dover ; 13th cent. Bible, in Latin, written in Italy in a minute hand, with beautifully executed coloured initials ; 13th cent. Missal, in Latin, of Sarum use, with small miniature initials; 14th cent. Breviary, in Latin, of York or some allied use; late 14th cent. The Poetria Novella of Geoffrey de Vinsauf, a copy written in Italy, with Italian glosses, in 1382. Romances and religious poems in English, including «King Charles,” “Otinel,” “The Hermit and Outlaw,” “ The Fendys Parlement,” etc. ; 15th cent. Travels of Sir John Mandeville, in the vulgate Latin version ; followed by a narrative of the visit of an Hungarian noble to St. Patrick’s Purgatory in Ireland in 13538, ete. Written by Johann Swanfelder, a Carmelite, in 1457. Illuminated miniatures, mostly within initials, cut from manuscripts, comprising twelve of scenes from the Life of Christ on a single leaf from an English MS., 12th cent., four from Italian MSS., 15th cent., and seven from French MSS.., late 15th cent. / Two small miniatures from an Italian MS. of Gratian’s Decretum; 14th cent. ; Book of emblems or drawings illustrative of proverbs, etc., accompanied by verses in French ; early 16th cent. Book of accompts of W. de Ayremyn, comptroller, of the expenses of the war with France, 1 Dec. 1372-31 Jan. 1374, especially in connection with the abortive expedition of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Treatise on heraldry, by J. de Vado Aureo, al. Bado Aureo, in Latin; 15th cent. With the Order of proceeding to Parliament, 12 Jan. 1563, etc., in the hand of R. Glover, Somerset Herald. Year-book of law-cases, 10-21 Edw. IV. [1470-1482], in Law-French ; written by Robert Chaloner, early 16th cent. Presented by Evan Hare, Ksq. Precedents of counts and pleadings, chiefly tempp. Hen. Vi-Hen. VII., in Latin, arranged under heads; originally written about 1493, but continued in various hands to 1520. Reyister of instructions, letters, etc., of the Government of Ireland; 1582-1608. DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 3 Minute-book of the Parliamentary Committee for Essex, chiefly relating to sequestrations and assessments ; 1643-1654. Summary of the London weekly Bills of Mortality during the Great Plague, 25 Apr.-12 Dec. 1665, drawn up at the time by Col. Jeremy Baynes. Letter-book of Sir W. Dutton Colt, Envoy to Hanover and Zell; Jan., 1691-May, 1692. Register of letters from the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Earl of Rochester, Lord Lieutenant, when he was in England; Apr.—Aug., 1702. Letter-books of Richard Hill, Envoy to Turin; 1703-1706. Two volumes. Letter of Lord Ellenborough, Lord Chief Justice, to the Home Secretary, on the conviction of Col. Despard and his fellow-conspirators ; 1803. Letter of William Pitt, without address, explaining his political views and asking for support to defeat Addington’s ministry ; 11 Apr. 1804. Letter of the Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor, on the debate in the House of Lords on Roman Catholic disabilities ; 1821. Autograph draft of the speech of B. Disraeli in the House of Commons, 15 Nov. 1852, on the death of the Duke of Wellington ; with letters from the same to his sister and others, 1828-1852. Elegy on Sir Edward Coke, with an introductory ode to his daughter Mrs. Anne Sadleir and an acrostic epitaph, in the autograph of Robert Codrington, M.A.; 1634. In the original binding, with emblematic tooling. Two letters from John Dryden to Jacob Tonson, the bookseller, 1684, 1697; and a letter from Alexander Pope to the same, 1781. Autograph “Journal” of Edward Gibbon, the historian, begun 24 Aug. 1761, and containing particulars of events in his life from his birth, 8 May 17387, to 4 Aug. 1761. Part I. of a series, four of which, ending in Dec. 1764, were acquired in 1895. Autograph poem, “ Summer Morning,” by John Clare, the “Peasant Poet,” printed in 1821. Presented by Mr. Charles Dack. . Four letters from Lord Byron to KH. D. Clarke, the traveller, on “ Childe Harold,” “The Bride of Abydos,” ete. ; 1812, 1813. Autograph MSS. of Tennyson’s ‘Experiments in Quantity,” printed in Hnoch Arden, etc.; 1864, 0.109, ¢ 34 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Letter of Edward Fitzgerald, the poet, to Capt. “ Posh” (Joseph Fletcher); 1869. Twenty-one letters of Voltaire to Pastor Allamand, of Bex and Corsier, Switzerland, with drafts of letters of Allamand ; 1755-1772. Correspondence of John Alexander, Bishop of Dunkeld, on the state of the Scottish church, etc. ; 1727-1771. With a statement by W. Clift as to the destruction by Sir E. Home of John Hunter’s MSS. in 1823, etc. Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. Letter-book of Samuel Bentham, the naval architect, and Jeremy Bentham, the philosopher, his brother; 1784-1789. Presented by Sir J. D. Hooker, O.M., K.C.S.I. Genealogical collections for the family of Emerson, by Dr. Peter H. Emerson. Presented by Dr. P. H. Emerson. Letters (2) of John Flaxman to W. Hayley, with reference to sculptures which he had in hand ; 1802, 1803. Letters of Richard Garneit, late Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, to his brother J. W. Garnett, on literary and other subjects ; 1851-1864. Descent of F. Gawdy and Lettice Knollys his wife, with coloured shields of arms; 1611. Pedigrees of Hardwicke of Southfield Grange, co. York, to 1906, by Herbert Junius Hardwicke, M.D. Presented by the compiler. abi : “Time-Book ” of Charles Turner, A.R.A., the engraver, with notes of his works, accounts, etc.; 1798-1804. Journals, correspondence and papers of Joseph Hékékyan Bey, an Armenian in the Egyptian service, 1829-1874, and engaged in archeological excavations, etc. Twenty-four volumes. Presented by Tito Hékékyan Pasha. Ecclesiological collections of J. T. Micklethwaite (d. 1906), architect to Westminster Abbey, ete. Six volumes. Pre- sented by Somers Clarke, Esq., F.S.A. Archeological collections of the late J. Romilly Allen, chiefly relating to ancient sculptured monuments and Celtic ornamentation. Ninety volumes and boxes. Pipe-roll discharge to R. Duke, Sheriff of Devon; 1679. Vellum roll. Rubbings of church-bell inscriptions in Dorsetshire : 135 rolls. Presented by H. B. Walters, EHsq. Plans of lands of Sir J. Bateman in Aymestrey, co. Hereford, 1708; and of R. Chaplin in Livers Ocle, co. Hereford, 1705. With coloured shields of arms. Vellum rolls, DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 35 Rubbings of church-bel]l inscriptions in Huntingdonshire, by the Rev. T. M. N. Owen: 68 rolls. Court-book of the Manor of Keadby, in Althorpe, co, Lincoln ; 1684-1723. Valuation of East Bedfont, co. Middlesex, by T. Denton, with lists of land-owners and tenants, 1815. Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. Collections on the language of Northumbria, by Canon James Raine; circ. 1855-1895. Terrier of estates of Sir W. Jerningham, Bart., in Shrop- shire and Staffordshire, with finely executed plans and sketches, by J. Sherriff; 1788. A large folio volume, on vellum. Collections relating to church-bells, chiefly in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, by J. J. Raven, D.D., vicar of Fressing- field. Twelve vols. and 148 rubbings. Papers relating to manors and lands in Warwickshire, Middlesex, and elsewhere, chiefly belonging to the family of Newdigate ; 16th-19th cents. Nine volumes. Presented by the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom. Rubbings of church-bell inscriptions in Warwickshire and Worcestershire: 20 rolls. Presented by the same. Chartulary of the priory of Maiden Bradley, co. Wilts, chiefly relating to lands in Kidderminster ; 14th cent., with additions to 1492. Register of the Quakers in Scarborough, Whitby and Stainton Dale, co. York; 1661-1825. A transcript by Bernard P. Scattergood, of Leeds, 1903. Presented by B. P. Scatter- good, E'sq. Original plans by Robert Mylne, Royal Master-Mason in Scotland, for the rebuilding of Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, in 1671. Two volumes. Journal of Captain Cook’s third and iast Voyage to the South Seas, kept by Thomas Edgar, master of the “ Dis- covery”; 1 Aug., 1776-6 June, 1778. Collection of songs, etc., by Arne, Boyce, Handel, Pepusch, H. Carey and others, chiefly written for Marylebone, Ranelagh and Vauxhall Gardens; 18th cent. Scenes from operas by J. B. Lully, A. Campra, and other composers; care. 1719. “ Observations on Chanting, explanatory of anew system,” in the autograph of Robert Lucas Pearsall; 1851. George F. Warner. 36 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—The number of the sheets of the various Oriental Catalogues sent to press in 1907 are :—Arabic Books, 2 sheets; Hebrew MSS., 9 sheets; Hindustani Accessions, 18 sheets; Marathi Accessions, 4 sheets; Sanskrit Accessions, 134 sheets. The numbers of Titles written for the various Cata- logues are:—Annamite, 2; Arabic, 38; Assamese, 26; Assyrian, 1; Baluchi, 2; Bengali, 124; Burmese, 302; Canarese, 38; Chinese, 579; Coptic, 15 ; Ethiopic,9 ; Garo, 2; Gujarati, 121; Hebrew, 52; Hindi, 289; Hindustani, 538 ; Japanese, 75; Kachari, 6: Kashmiri, 6; Kol, 6; Kurukh, 1; Lushai, 15; Malayalam, 16; Mandaitic, 4; Marathi, 177; Mikir, 12; Mundari, 12; Naga, 36; Oraon, 6; Oriya, 23; Pali, 76; Panjabi, 100; Pahlavi, 1; Persian, 1,321; Prakrit, 3; Pushtu, 37; Sanskrit, 434; Santali,6; Sindhi, 39; Syriac, 26 ; Tamil, 664; Tamil in Arabic character, 5; Telugu, 175; Turkish, 57; Zend, 19. Thirty-nine Arabic MSS. and 55 Hebrew MSS. have been fully catalogued, and shorter descriptions have been prepared of 20 Chinese MSS. Short descriptions of seventy MSS. acquired have been entered in the Descriptive List, the Register, and the Classed Inventory. Twenty-nine MSS. (ff. 2,572) have been folio’d. _ Binding.—The numbers of Printed Books and MSS. sent to the Binders are:—Arabic, Syriac, and Armenian Books, 128; Chinese and Japanese Books, 70; Hebrew Books, 65; Persian and Turkish Books, 109; Sanskrit and other Indian Books, 226; MSS., 113; Pamphlets, 58. Students.—The number of Students working in the Students’ Room attached to the Department during the year is 3,286. The number of Oriental Printed Books consulted in the Department is 7,206, and of those used in the Reading Room 405. The number of Oriental MSS. consulted in the Students’ Room is 4,360. Photography.—EHighty-nine applications have been made to photograph from Books and MSS. Additions.—The number of works added to the Depart- ment during the year is 1,678, of which 1,608 are Printed Books and 70 are MSS. Of the Printed Books, 84 were bought ; 1,349 were received under the India Copyright Act ; 54 were received under the Colonial Copyright Act ; and 121 were presented, DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 37 The MSS. are :— Arabic - - - - ~ ~ 6 Armenian - - - - - i! Burmese - - - : - 2 Chinese - - - - - ~ 3 Coptic - - - - a - ais) Hebrew - - - - - - Z Korean - - ~ - - - 1 (in 112 parts). Laos” - - - - - - 1 Manchu - - - ~ - 3 Nubian - - - - - - 1 Persian - - - - - - 1 Pushtu - - - - 1 Sanskrit - - ~ - - 24 Prakrit-Sanskrit - - - = 1 Shan - ~ - - 1 70 The most important acquisitions are :— Arabic MSS.—1. The Diwans of four ancient Arabic poets, namely :—Tufail ibn ‘Auf, ‘Amir ibn al-Tufail, ‘Abid ibn al-‘Abras, and al-Tirimmah ibn Hakim, each Diwan being accompanied by explanatory scholia. Dated a.H. 430 (A.D. 1039); written in Moorish character. The Diwans of these four poets have not hitherto been known to exist, although scattered poems from each of them had been found. 4°. 2. Tafsir al-Masa’il wa’l-Ajwibah, a collection of theolo- gical responsa, by Abu Sa‘id ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Muhammad al-Naisaburi al-Wa‘iz. Dated A.H.719 (A.D. 1319). No other copy of this work has so far been made known. 12°. Burmese MS.—An Album of panoramic pictures of scenes at the court of the Burmese Kings, XIXth century. Fol. Chinese MSS.—1. Personal Records of the Emperor Tai Tsung Wén, founder of the present Manchu-Tartar dynasty. Vols. 1 and 2 (out of 4), covering the period between 1592 and 1636. In yellow silk case. Fol. 2. Edicts of the Emperor Yung Chéng (1723-1735), arranged according to subjects. Vols. 31-33; in red silk case. Fol. 3. Official biographies of eminent public servants of the present dynasty. Vol. 25 (written after 1864). Fol. 38 ACCOUNTS, Eii'C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 4, A Korean Encyclopedia written in Chinese. The present copy is a later and much enlarged manuscript edition of the work which was originally printed under royal instructions in 1770. 112 vols. 4°. Coptic MSS.—1. A volume containing (1) the latter part of an encomium on the miracles of the Archangel Gabriel ; (2) the encomium of Theophilus of Alexandria on the Virgin Mary. A.D. 979. Vellum. 4°. 2. An encomium on St. Michael by Theodosius of Alexandria, with the lessons for his festival. A.D. 983. Vellum. 4°. 3. A volume containing (1) the Death of John the Evan- gelist ; (2) title-page of Gregory Nazianzenus’ replies to Epiphanius of Ararat; (3) Cyril of Alexandria on the Virgin Mary. A.D. 990. Vellum. 4° 4. A volume containing (1) the Acts of St. Eustathius Placidus ; (2) the life of St. Cyrus the anchorite, by Pambo of Scete; (3) the encomium of Flavius of Ephesus upon Demetrius of Alexandria, etc. ; (4) the Asceticon of Ephraim Syrus; (5) an Epistle of Ephraim Syrus; (6) the Life of John Calybites. a.D. 1003. Vellum. 4°. 5. A collection of seven Coptic MSS. in the Sahidic dialect, including a copy of the Apocalypse (the only known complete Sahidic MS. of any Book of the New Testament), apocryphal narratives of Christ and the Apostles, and Lives of Saints and Homilies. Late 10th and early 11th centuries. 6. Three papyri of magical incantations, probably belonging to the 6th century. Hebrew MSS.—Two vellum rolls, one containing the Haftaroth, or prophetic lections, for the services of Sabbaths and Festivals, the other containing the portions of the Pentateuch for Sabbath afternoon and week-day services. XVIth century. The contents of both are very rarely found in scroll form. Japanese Printed Book.—Sei koku hokkei kwojé sha shin cho, containing photographs of Palace Buildings in the Forbidden City at Peking. Collotyped from the negatives taken by K. Ogawa. With notes in Japanese, Chinese, and English. 2 vols. Tokyo, 1906. Obl. Fol. Manchu MSS.—1. Reports from Chinese Provincial Governors. Vols. 69-72 (containing nine reports belonging to A.D. 1833 down to 1863). In yellow silk case. Fol. 2. Narrative of the chastisement and pacification of the tribes on the North-Western frontier of China. Vols. 1-3 (containing Emperor’s preface, redactor’s report, and sum- mary). A.D. 1708. In yellow silk case. Fol. 3. Official history of the present Manchu-Tartar dynasty, intended to be published only after the dynasty shall have ceased to rule. Vol. 41 (for the year 1852). Fol. > DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 39 Nubian MS.—Highteen vellum leaves, apparently relating to the miracles of St. Menas. Probably 10th century. Only two other Nubian MSS. are known. Persian MS.—Kanarang-namah, an historical poem on the wars of Fath ‘Ali Shah of Persia (reigned a.H. 1211- 1250), by Muhammad Husain Khan Malik al-Shu‘ara. Dated A.H. 1243 (A.D. 1827). 8°. A contemporary account of the events narrated. Pushtu MS.—The Diwan, or collected poems, of Mukhlis. XVIIIth century. 8°. Otherwise unknown. Sanskrit Printed Book.—A Vedic Concordance, being an ‘alphabetic index to every line of every stanza of thepublished Vedic literature and the liturgical formule thereof. By Maurice Bloomfield. 1907. Harvard Oriental Series, Vol. 10. Sanskrit MSS.—A. number of MSS. written in S/arada character, on birch-bark (probably XVIth century for the most part), of which the following are the most important :— . 1. A commentary by Narahari on S’riharsha’s classical poem Naishadhiya, with text of the peom. Very rare. 4°. 2. A commentary by Bhaskara Misra on books 7-8 of Mammata’s Kavya-prakasa, a famous manual on the art of poetry. 8°. Exceedingly rare. 3. A collection (now bound up in 12 volumes) of religious works, including Vedic lectionaries, rituals, hymns, etc. 8°. 4. Nyaya-sara-pada-pancika, a treatise on logic, by Vasudeva; of considerable antiquity and great rarity. 8°. 5. Brahma-gupta’s Khanda-khadya, a ‘treatise on astronomy. 8°. 6. Abhinava-gupta’s Isvara-pratyabhijna-vivriti-vimarsini, a commentary on Utpala’s Pratyabhijiia-stitra. 8°. 7. The Carayaniya (Kathaka) Grihya-bhashya, a commen- tary on a work treating on the rules of domestic ritual. Very rare and important for the study of the Kathaka recension of the Veda. LI. D. Barnett. 40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing, ete. All the Japanese woodcuts from the Franks, Hart, Morrison, Satow, Bacon, and Tuke collections severally have been brought together and arranged in a single series, which awaits mounting. The collection of the works of Stefano Della Bella has been re-arranged in five volumes in accordance with De Vesme’s recently published catalogue. The collection of the works of Francisco Goya has been re-arranged in accordance with Hofmann’s catalogue. The woodcuts by Wolfgang Traut have been brought together and arranged in three portfolios. The woodcuts by Peter Flotner have been brought together and arranged in a portfolio. The collection of India proofs of woodcuts by the brothers Dalziel from designs by Sir J. Gilbert, G. J. Pinwell, J. Tenniel and J. D. Watson illustrating Goldsmith’s Works, “ Pilgrim’s Progress,” ‘‘ Robinson Crusoe,” Moore’s “ Lallah Rookh,” and Longfellow’s Poems have been mounted in five albums. Forty-nine India proofs of woodcuts by J. Gilks from designs by J. Leech, illustrating the “ Comic Latin Grammar,” have been mounted in a volume. New wrappers have been provided for the English historical prints and the works of Bartolozzi, Cipriani, and A. Kauffman. One hundred and fifty-four drawings and 1,846 prints recently acquired have been incorporated with the collections to which they severally belong. All books of prints and books of reference recently acquired have been catalogued, labelled, and placed. A collection of duplicate engravings, in 233 frames, has been lent to the Wolverhampton Municipal Art Gallery and Museum and returned in good order. The MS. of vol. 1. of the catalogue of engraved British Portraits has been completed, and nearly the whole of the volume printed. The preparation of vol. ii. of the catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts has been continued, the division dealing with the school of Augsburg has been printed, and that dealing with the schools of Ratisbon, Bavaria, and Austria completed in MS. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. Ad Vol. IV. (S—-Z) of the catalogue of English Drawings has been completed and published and the preparation of a supplementary volume commenced. The preparation of a full critical and descriptive catalogue of the collection of Japanese Woodcuts has been commenced. The preparation of a catalogue of the collection of Early Italian Engravings has been continued and nearly completed in MS. The etchings by C. Meryon, J. F. Millet and Jongkind, and the lithographs by J. Dupré and H. Daumier have been marked off in the new catalogues by Loys Delteil. Titles have been written for articles in the ‘‘ Gazette des Beaux Arts,” “ Zeitschrift fiir Bildende Kunst,” and other foreign periodicals for the catalogue of books of reference. An index has been drawn up of names of artists repre- sented in the collection of prints of ornament. Slips have been written for indexes to prints in the illus- trated copies of Byron’s “ English Bards,” etc., and Edwards’s ‘“‘ Anecdotes,” and for the collection of photographs presented by the National Photographic Record. The preparation of slips for an index to the Banks col- lection of shopbills, etc. has been continued. Registration.—5874 items have been entered in the Register of Acquisitions. Stamping and Mounting.—5630 duplicates removed from the Franks collection of foreign bookplates have been stamped as such, and will in due course be returned to the executor. 6903 prints, drawings, etc., recently acquired, have been _ impressed with the departmental stamp and references to the Register. The work of preparing, specially repairing and mounting a selection from the Cheylesmore collection of mezzotint portraits has been continued. 1260 “ordinary” mezzotints belonging to the same collection have been fixed in wrappers for their better preservation. Seventeen drawings by Tintoretto have been repaired and mounted on sunk mounts with special borders. One hundred and fifty miscellaneous drawings have been prepared and mounted on sunk mounts, and one hundred and seventy-seven German woodcuts have been mounted in the ordinary manner. Students.—The total number of visitors admitted to the Print Room during the year ending 31 December 1907 was 8590, showing an increase on those for 1906 notwithstanding 42 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. the fact that the students’ room was closed for four weeks for cleaning and painting. Photographing.—Three hundred and forty-nine appli- cations were made for leave to photograph objects in the collection, and 2284 photographs were taken. Il.—Additions. The total number of prints, drawings, etc. acquired during the year was 4386, of which the following are the most important :— ITALIAN SCHOOL. Drawings. Robusti, Jacopo (Tintoretto). A collection of ninety sheets of drawings, acquired and bound in an album about 1680 by Don Gaspar d’Haro e Guzman, Spanish ambassador at Rome and afterwards Viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples. This collection, hitherto unknown to students. is of the highest value and importance, and throws a quite new light on the methods and powers of this great Venetian master. It consists of eighty fine original compositions rapidly drawn, or more strictly painted, on paper, in tempera touched in the high lights with oil, together with four or five copies by pupils or imitators, and ten drawings in the artist’s more generally known manner (black chalk or brush outlines) ; of these last five are on the backs of sheets having painted compositions on their fronts. The compositions are in some cases projects and first ideas for well-known existing pictures by the master (e.g. the Miracle of the Slave liberated by St. Mark, in the Venice Academy ; the Miracle of the Saracen rescued by St. Mark from shipwreck, in the Royal Library at Venice; the St. Sebastian in the Scuola di San Rocco); in many other cases they are for pictures which either were never carried out or have perished. The same subject is often repeated with experimental modifications many times over. For the subject of St. Anthony tempted by demons in the form of women there are twenty-two different designs ; for his persecution by beasts and hobgoblins, twelve ; for the Miracle of St. Mark and the Slave, five: for St. Mark en- throned writing his gospel, three; for Christ’s Charge to Peter, nine; for an unexplained myth or allegory of a woman seated on her child’s cradle and receiving the homage of attendant figures, six ; for another, possibly the descent of Hercules or Theseus to the underworld, five ; for an allegory of War, three; for a reclining Venus, four. Subjects treated only once or twice each are the Baptism of Christ; Christ raising the widow’s son; Christ healing in the synagogue on the Sabbath day; the Conversion of St. Paul; St. Mary DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 43 Magdalene in penitence; St. Sebastian ; a pope bestowing a vestment upon a kneeling man; Diana and Calisto; Diana and Actzon; Arts and Arms paying homage to Bacchus ; Neptune and the Tritons offering the spoils of the sea to Venice. In colour these compositions vary from monochrome to a full scale; in composition all show a high degree of energy, felicity, and resource, and, in handling, an extra- ordinary vigour and certainty of brush. Htchings. Zanetti, Antonio Maria. Twelve plates of peasants, etc. ; after G. B. Castiglione. GERMAN SCHOOL. Drawings. Dillis, George. Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford; watercolours. Engravings. Flindt, Paul (of Nuremberg). Woman carrying a dishof fruit ; design for a drinking cup; signed P. V. N. Master of 1551 (M. Zundt?). Twenty-one plates of ornamental cups, ewers, candlesticks, etc., with the title “Insigne ac plane novum opus Cratero graphicum,” etce., Nuremberg, 1551. Zan, Bernhard. An ornamental ewer; signed B. Z. 1584. ScHOOL OF THE NETHERLANDS. Drawings. Gallait, Louis. Twelve studies and sketches of figures and compositions for his pictures; pencil, chalks and water- colours. Presented by William Strutt, esq. Engravings. Blooteling, Abraham. Portrait of the wife of Jan Mieris; after Mieris ; mezzotint. FRENCH SCHOOL. Drawings. Fragonard, Jean-Honoré. Subject from “ Don Quixote” ; one of a set of nineteen formerly in the Denon collection ; pencil and bistre. Presented by J. C. Joyce, esq. Gillot, Claude. A fury presiding over groups of gamblers ; red chalk. A group of girls surrounding a term of Cupid; red chalk. 4A ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Etchings. Bléry, Eugene. Seventeen plates of landscape; in different states. Presented by Messrs. P. and D. Colnaght & Co. Fragonard, Jean Honoré. “ L’Armoire.” (Béraldi 2.) Paris, Joseph Francois. Donkey, goat and hens. Pre- sented by Messrs. P. and D. Colnaghi & Co. Pissarro, Camille. Ten views of Rouen, published 1907. Presented by Madame Pissarro and M. Lucien Pissarro. Inthographs. Daumier, Honoré. Twenty-four humorous designs, “Croquis d’Expression,” ‘ Caricaturana,” “La Journée du Célibataire,” etc. Presented by Campbell Dodgson, esq. Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Masters. Olivie, D. ‘ Premiére Vue de ]’Isle Barbe au milieu du Sadne au dessus de Lyon”; by Martini and J. P. Le Bas. Presented by Colonel Tudway. FOREIGN ARTISTS WORKING IN ENGLAND. Drawings. Fuseli, Henry, R.A. Medea killing the dragon of the Golden Fleece; oils on paper. A sibyl; pencil. A Maniac in the Hospital of 8. Spirito at Rome; pen, bistre and Indian ink. Presented by J. C. Joyce, esq. Lundgren, Egron Sellif. An acolyte; watercolours. Etchings. Legros, Alphonse. Eighty early plates, in various states. Presented by the National Art Collections Fund. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Drawings. Bone, Muirhead. The Egyptian Saloon, British Museum, during repairs; pencil. Scaffolding on the staircase of the British Museum; gold point. Presented by a group of subscribers through the National Art Collections Fund. Brabazon, Hercules B. Algiers ; watercolours, View near Bristol; watercolours. Sunset, Madrid; pastels. Burgess, William (of Dover). The Old Post, Salisbury ; watercolours. Charles, James. Ten studies of landscape and figures ; watercolours and pencil. Presented by Mrs. Charles. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 45 Clausen, George, A.R.A. Study for the picture “ Going to Work”; black chalk. Study of head of the painter’s daughter; black chalk, pencil and wash. Study for the picture ‘“ Building a Rick”; watercolours. Presented by the Artist. Constable, John, R.A. Four studies of moorhens and a mouse; watercolours on brown paper. Dance, George, R.A. Design for the mural tablet to the memory of Jeremiah Meyer the miniature painter in Kew church; Indian ink wash. Evans, Samuel Thomas (of Eton). Floods at Windsor, 1866; watercolours. Evans, William (of Eton). View on the Yorkshire coast ; watercolours. Furse, Charles Wellington, A.R.A. Thirty-four sketches and studies, including scenes in and near Johannesburg during the raid of 1896, sketches for spandrils in the Liver- pool Town Hall, academical figures, etc.; chalks and pencil. Also a book containing sketches done at sea and in South Africa, and studies of huntsmen and hounds. Gainsborough, Thomas, R.A. Portrait sketch of a lady seated in an armchair, holding a fan; black and coloured chalks. . Green, William. Ten views of scenery in the Lake district ; pencil. Hearne, Thomas. Holyrood Palace; Indian ink wash. Hobday, William Armfield. Portrait of George Morland while in the rules of the King’s Bench prison in 1800; pen and ink and watercolours. Humphry, Ozias, R.A. Portrait of Mrs. Anne Pitt, sister of the Karl of Chatham; done at Rome 1777; pencil. Presented by E. E. Leggatt, esq. Hunt, William. An old man wearing an apron, seated; watercolours. , Jackson, Samuel Phillips. A girl seated, holding a pitcher ; pencil. Landseer, Sir Edwin, R.A. A tiger; chalk and water- colour. Leslie, Charles Robert, R.A. Twenty sketches and studies of figures, trees, interiors, etc.; watercolours, pencil and pen and ink. Presented by G. D. Leslie, esq., R.A. Maclise, Daniel, R.A. Portrait of a lady, 1825; pencil. Portrait of Sir Walter Scott ; drawn from life at Mr. Bolster’s, Cork, 9 August 1825; pencil. A brigand firing at a caval- eade; a group of figures; two pencil sketches: Presented by John Elliot, esq, 46 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. New, Edmund Hort. Corfe Castle from the south; pen and ink. Cesar’s Tower, Warwick Castle; pen and ink, Lichfield Cathedral; pen and ink. Portrait of Rev. David Davis; pen and ink. Presented by the Artist. Owen, Samuel. Marine subject, 1805; watercolours. Reynolds, Sir Joshua, P.R.A. Original sketch for the figure of Comedy in “Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy ” ; black and white chalk. Ross, Sir William, R.A. ‘“*The Union—Thistle, Rose, Shamrock” ; watercolours. Shepherd, George. Exeter Change, Strand; water- colours. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Smithfield; water- colours. Stevens, Alfred. Three sheets of studies for his picture of ‘ Parmegiano at the sack of Rome”; red chalk and pencil. Five copies of figures by Della Robbia and another old master; pencil. Presented by W. Bagshawe, esq., through the National Art Collections Fund. Strutt, Joseph. Portrait of himself; pencil. Portrait of Miss Anne Blower, afterwards Mrs. Strutt; pencil. Presented by W. Strutt, esq. Strutt, William Thomas. Two portrait miniatures of himself; watercolours, one on ivory, the other on paper. Presented by W. Strutt, esq. Tomson, Arthur. Four studies of cats; coloured chalks. Presented by Mrs. Tomson. Wilkie, David, R.A. Nine sketches and studies for his pictures. Presented by John Elliot, esq. Etchings. Bone, Muirhead. The Great Gantry, Charing Cross Station, 1906; trial proof. Presented by the Artist. Clausen, George, A.R.A. Twenty plates of portraits, rustic figures and groups, etc. Presented by the Artist. Green, William. Seventeen views of scenery in the Lake district. Merritt, Anna Lea. Thirteen plates ; portraits and other subjects. Presented by the Artist. Robinson, Sir John Charles. Cintra, Portugal—the Granite Country. Presented by the Artist. Engravings. Anonymous, 17th century. A group of the Protestant Reformers; ‘sould by Thomas Jenner at the Exchange.” Edwards, S. Arlent. The Duchess of Devonshire; after Reynolds; mezzotint. The Fortune Teller; after Reynolds ; DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 47 mezzotint. The Fortune Teller; after W. Peters; mezzotint. Visit to the Boarding School; after G. Morland; mezzotint. All printed in colours. Presented by the Engraver. + Finnie, John, R.E. Eleven original plates of landscape ; mezzotint. Lucas, David. Thirteen small plates of American scenery, proofs before letters ; mezzotint. Strutt, Joseph. Portrait of Emily Anne Strutt; published with the title “The Blue Sash”; after J. Russell ; ; stipple. Presented by W. Strutt, esq. Woodcuts. Dalziel Brothers. “The Parables of Our Lord”; after J. E. Millais ; twenty proofs on India paper. Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Masters. Guthrie, James. Thirty-one reproductions of original drawings ; fancy subjects, designs for bookplates, ete. Pre- sented by the Artist. Stothard, Thomas, R.A. Twenty plates of biblical, historical and fancy subjects; engraved by Finden, J. Parker, J. Rogers, ete. Presented by Mrs. Sydney Morse. JAPANESE SCHOOL. Hight early woodcuts printed in colours, by the following artists :—Kiyomitsu, 2; Kiyohiro, 3; O. Masanobu, 1; Toyonobu, 2. Presented by Sir Hrnest Satow, G.C.M.G. Three hundred and twenty-four woodcuts printed in colours, including examples by the following artists :— Kiyomasu, 2; Kiyomitsu, 3; Kiyohiro, 1; Kiyotsuné, 2; O. Masanobu, 2; Toyonobu, 3; Toyomasa, 4; Harunobu, 8; Shigemasa, 4 ; Wiese Meee ant 8; Shunsho, 9 ; Shunyei, 3; Shunzan, 8; Shunsen, 3; Kiyonaga, 22 ; Shuncho, ee Shunman, 4: Shiko, 4; Banki, ig Yeishi, 6; Yeisui, 1; Yeiri, 1; Yeizan, 2; Utamaro I., 12; Utotidrd iy ie 1; Hidemaro, 1; Hisanobu, 2; Sekijo, 1; Toyokuni, 6; Toyohiro, 18; Kunihiro, 1; Hokusai, 55; Riuunsai, 1; Matora, 1; Hokkei, 3; Gakutei, 3; Hokujiu, i; Shunko, 1 Hiroshige, 28; Kunimaru, 1; Kunisada, 20; Yeisen, 2; -Kuniyoshi, 7; Kunisada, II., 5; school of Toyokuni, 4; Yoshikadzu, 1; Shunnen, 1; Moronobu, 5; Morikuni, 9; Sukenobu, 7; Shunboku, 4; Ippitsusai Buncho, 1; Itcho, 2; Bunyo, 1; and Buichi, 1. Presented by Sir Hickman Bacon, bart. Three hundred and ten woodcuts printed in colours, from the collection of Mr. S. Tuke, including examples by the fol- lowing artists :—-Kiyomitsu, 3; Kiyohiro, 1; O. Masanobu, 2 48 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Shunsui, 1; Toyonobu, 1; Toyomasa, 1; Harunobu, 13; Koriusai, 19; Shigemasa, 2; K. Masanobu, 2; Toyoharu, 1; Bokuriu, 2; Shunko, 7; Buncho, 1; Shunyei, 1 ; Shuntei, 8 ; Shunzan, 1; Shunsen, 8; Shunko II., 1; Kiyonaga, 13; Kiyomine, 3; Shuncho, 4; Shunman, 7 : Shiko, 1 ; Yeishosai, 1 ; Yeishi, 6; Yeisho, 3; Yeizan, 5; Yeisen, 4; Yenshi, 3; Utamaro, 21; Kikumaro, 5; Bunro, 1; Shucho, 1 ; Toyokuni, 27; Toyohiro, 3; Toyokuni II., 5; Kunitora, 4; Kuniyasu, 3; Kuninaga, 1; Kunitsuna, 1; Riusai, 14; Masadzumi, 2 ; Hokusai, 37 ; Hokuitsu, 1; Hokuba, 2; Shinsai, 3 ; Gakutei, 1; Hiroshige, 19; Kunisada, 5 ; Sadahide, 3 ; Kuniyoshi, 26; Hoshiu, 1; Hirokage, ] ; and Chikamaro, 1. Fourteen woodcuts by Hokusai, printed in colours, belonging to the series ‘“ Thirty-six views of Fuji.” Presented by W. C. Alexander, esq. Nine modern woodcuts illustrating the Russo-Japanese war printed in colours, including six by Kokyo and three by Gessan. Presented by Dr. Ken Hoshino. HISTORY. Triumphal Entry into Parma of the papal legate before the marriage of Elizabeth Farnese to Philip V. of Spain, December 1714; engraved by T. Vercruysse, from a drawing by Ilario Spolverini in the British Museum. The choir of Parma Cathedral on the occasion of the above marriage ; engraved by F. M. Francia of Bologna. BooKPLATES. A collection of five hundred and ninety-one plates, chiefly French and German. Presented by Max Rosenheim, esq., FSA. Plate of the George W. Mears, M.D., Memorial Medical Library, Philadelphia; engraved by J. H. Fincken. Pre- sented by Dr. J. Hwing Mears. The rare plate of the Croxteth Library, of which there is a copy in the Franks collection. Presented by Sir Thornley Stoker. COLLECTIONS. Ninety-five plates of incidents in the life of Louis XIV. ; after Anton Frans van der Meulen, engraved by J. V. -Huchtenburg, A. F. Bauduins, R. Bonnart, N. Cochin, C. Simonneau, F. Ertinger, and R. de Hooghe; together with thirty-one etchings by A. Genoels and six by A. F. Bauduins ; bound in three vols. Presented by Hon. Walter Rothschild, A volume of etchings by Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Domenico, and Lorenzo Tiepolo ; issued after the death of . the elder Tiepolo in 1778. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 49 Two hundred and two platinotype photographs of ancient or interesting buildings and monuments in various parts of the United Kingdom ; in continuation of the National Survey and Record. Presented by the Secretary on behalf of the contributors to the Survey and Record. Books oF PRINTS AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE. Bénédite, Léonce. “ Fantin-Latour ; catalogue de loeuvre lithographique du Maitre,” 1906. Bénédite, Léonce. “ Drawings by J. F. Millet, with fifty facsimile reproductions,” &c., 1906. Bode, Wilhelm. ‘The complete Works of Rembrandt” ; part 8. Crawhall, Joseph. “ Reynarde the Foxe ”; ten drawings reproduced by S. Hurd. Presented by W. B. Paterson, esq. Dickes, William Frederick. ‘The Norwich School of Painting,” 1905. Foster, J. J. “French Art from Watteau to Prud’hon” ; vols. 2 and 3, 1907. Gebhart, Emile. ‘Sandro Botticelli et son Epoque,” 1907. Hofstede de Groot, C. “Original Drawings by Rembrandt,” part I1., Nos. 51-100. Lemonnier, C. “ Alfred Stevens et son Oeuvre”; 1906. Meyer, J. and W. Bode. ‘Die Gemalde-Galerie zu Berlin” ; Lief. xxX11- XXIII. Michel, André. “Francois Boucher”; 1907. Nolhac, Pierre de. “J. H. Fragonard, 1732-1806” ; 1906. Veth, J. “Josef Israels und sein Kunst” ; 1906. Ward, T. Humphrey and W. Roberts. “Catalogue of Pictures in the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan at Prince’s Gate and Dover House” ; privately printed 1907; three vols. Presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, esq. Williamson, G. C., Litt. D. “Catalogue of the collec- tion of Miniatures the property of J. Pierpont Morgan”; privately printed, 1906; three vols. Presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, esq. bP) “Les Cuivres Originaux de Rembrandt; réimpressions des planches originales” ; 1906, Sidney Colvin. 0,109. D 50 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. I.—Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES :— The general re-arrangement of the Egyptian Collections has been continued and the greater number of the important objects acquired during the year have been incorporated and exhibited. In the re-arrangement of the Egyptian Galleries the tables for offerings, or altars, which were dispersed throughout the Galleries, have been brought together in chronological order in two bays in the Central Saloon. Several covers of sarcophagi have been repaired. New stone shelves have been built into eight bays. The labelling of the exhibits has been continued. A considerable number of the larger objects in the Galleries have been carefully cleansed. Ninety-three granite plinths have been placed in position and “fixed” ; fifty-one Caen stone plinths have been worked and placed in position ; thirty-six white alabaster plinths have been worked and polished, and figures of gods and sacred animals mounted on them; and other figures and objects have been mounted on smaller pedestals. Three funerary boats have been cleaned and repaired, and figures of their crews placed in position; four inscribed coffins of the XIIth dynasty have been repaired, and thirteen altars, twelve stele, and.one hundred and _ forty-two miscelianeous objects have been cleaned, and several of them repaired. 755 scarabs, small figures of gods, etc., have been mounted. One papyrus and seventeen fragments have been cleaned and mounted, 1,690 ostraka have been “ boxed,” 1,960 scarabs have been cleaned, and 134 painted plaster fragments have been rejoined. 362 labels have been written and painted, and attached to the objects; and 5,528 numbers have been painted on antiquities, ete. 4,518 objects have been registered. 890 descriptive slips for the new Guide to the Egyptian Galleries have been written. 14 stone stele have been copied and catalogued, and 31 wooden stele have been catalogued. 2,746 slips for a catalogue of scarabs have been written, and 3,049 have been revised for press. EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 51 ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES :— The general re-arrangement of the unexhibited section of the Babylonian and Assyrian Collections has been continued. The Kuyunjik collection has been verified with the registers. 133 tablets have been cleaned and repaired ; a number of case tablets have been opened, and the fragments of the cases rejoined; casts of nineteen cylinder seals have been made and mounted with the seals on blocks. 1,374 tablets have been registered, various texts have been collected, copied, collated, and arranged for publica- tion in fifty plates. Eighteen boundary stones have been catalogued, and the texts arranged to form a series of one hundred and eight plates. 1,164 slips from a Catalogue of cylindér-seals have been written and revised for press; and an Introduction and a list of proper names have been written for the edition of the Behistun texts. A slip-list of registration numbers, and a list of the tablets bearing seal impressions have been made. “The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behistin in Persia. A new collation of the Persian, Susian, and Babylonian Texts, with English trans- lation,” has been completed and issued. Students.—2,550 visits have been made to the Depart- ment by students and others; and 6,100 objects have been issued for their use. Personally conducted Partrves. — Forty-seven parties have been personally conducted through the Department by members of the staff, the number of persons being one thousand and forty-two, including many pupil teachers and scholars from the London County Council Schools. The parties came from educational and social clubs, schools, etc., at Bow, Battersea, Barnsbury, Edmonton, Greenwich, Holloway, Hornsey, Islington, Kilburn, Leytonstone, Paddington, ete. IIl.— Acquisitions. EGYPTIAN :— i, A large and miscellaneous collection of Egyptian antiquities, consisting of about one thousand objects, belonging chiefly to the VIth and XIth dynasties, from the excavations carried out by the |Trustees in D2 52 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. the neighbourhood of Asyut in Upper Egypt. Among these may be mentioned :— 1, A fine blue paste cylinder seal inscribed with the names and titles of Pepi I. VIth dynasty, B.c. 3300. 2. Light blue faience spiral bugle bead. VIth dynasty. 3. Two button seals. VIth dynasty. 4. Large rectangular wooden coffin of Neb-hetep, an official of the temple of Pepi I. VIth dynasty. 5-8. A group of four rectangular wooden coffins of Neferu-aker, Senkeku, the sculptor, and Hunnu and Khuat, private persons. All these are painted in white, or light yellow, and bear hieroglyphic inscriptions painted in green or blue. VIth dynasty. About B.c. 3300. | 9,10. Two coffins, of unusual dimensions, which were made for the Princess Atchni, and Kareru the sculptor. The occupants of these coffins appear to have been buried in what is commonly called the “pre-natal position.” VIth dynasty. About B.C. 3300. . 11-18. A group of well-carved, and _ well-proportioned wooden figures, of various sizes, representing the servants, male and female, of the occupants of the tombs. VIth dynasty. About B.c. 3300. 19. A group of limbs of wooden figures of men and women, at the joints of which are incised figures of protecting gods. Chiefly of the VIth dynasty. About B.c. 3300. — 20,21. Two complete wooden models of bakeries, with figures kneading dough and tending the furnaces, VIth dynasty, B.c. 3300. 22,23. Two turtle shells. From a tomb of the VIth dynasty. These appear to be the oldest known turtle shells of the Dynastic Period, and it is probable that they were buried in the tomb in connection with the belief referred to in the Book of the Dead (Chap. CLXI.) where it is said, “ Ra liveth, the turtle dieth.”’ 24-31. Hight models of alabaster vases. VIth dynasty, B.C. 3300. 32. A collection of twenty-six wooden head-rests, or “pillows.” ViIth-XIth dynasties, B.c. 33800- 2600. 33. A large collection of earthenware vases, pots, saucers, jars, etc, of coarse make and various colours. VI-XIth dynasties, B.c. 3800-2600, 34. 30. 56, 37. 38-42. 43. 44, 45. 46. 47, 48. EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 53 A series of limestone tables for offerings, or altars, some of which are inscribed. VI-—XIth dynasties, B.C. 8300—2600. A collection of terra-cotta dishes filled with models of joints of meat, bread-cakes, and vases of wine, beer, unguents, etc. VI--XIth dynasties, B.C. 3300-2600. Two acacia wood bows, with bundles of flint-tipped reed. or bamboo, arrows, and an archer’s wrist guard, and gut for stringing the bows. VI-XIth dynasty, B.c. 3300-2600. Models of wooden boats, with crews. XIth dynasty, B.C. 2600. A painted stone stele of Uapai, an official, XIth dynasty, 3.c. 2600. Rectangular wooden coffin of Ankhf-aker, painted in blue and yellow. XIth dynasty, B.c. 2600. Painted wooden box for holding a set of “ Canopic”’ jars; fine example. XIth dynasty, B.c. 2600. A wooden grating for placing under the mummy in a coffin. A very rare he XIth dynasty. B.C. 2600. A miscellaneous collection of objects, scarabs, porcelain and glass beads, amulets, figures of gods, ete. XIth and following dynasties. A large painted terra-cotta vase decorated in blue with figures of hawks, etc. XIXth dynasty, B.C. 1300. | . A group of mummied Apis calves, birds, snake, ete. XVIIIth to XXVIth dynasty. . Twenty-six fragments of papyri inscribed in the hieratic character. XIX—XXth dynasty. . A basket-work sieve, and a miscellaneous group of sandals, ropes, baskets, etc., of various periods. . Two rudely painted coffins, daubed with mud, late Greeco-Roman Period. . About 50 fragments of ae inscribed in Greek and Coptic. . Four fragments of limestone reliefs painted with portrait heads. From Déral-Bahari. XIth dynasty. . A group of fragments of reliefs, with specimens of fine work. From Dér al-Bahari. XIth dynasty. . Lower portion of a seated granite figure of a scribe. XVIIIth dynasty. BY! ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A. 2l. 22. iu1.—l. A group of 12 terra-cotta tables of offerings, with models of offerings upon them. Archaic Period. B.C. 3800. . A pair of wooden paddles from the funeral barge of Amen-hetep II, B.c. 1500. The blades are in the form of hands, and the ends terminate in hawk’s heads. XVIIIth dynasty. . Four painted wooden boxes for ushabtiu figures ; one is inscribed in Demotic, and another has a figure of a jackal upon it. B.c. 500-300. . A group of terra-cotta models for making jewellery, pendants, figures, ete. . Three hard stone vases. Archaic Period. B.C. 3800. . Five fragments of vases inscribed with the names of Thothmes I., King of Egypt. About B.c. 1600. . A large bronze figure of Isis suckling Horus. From Bubastis. XXVIth dynasty, B.c. 600. . Bronze vase, with a hinged cover. Late Period. . Bronze statue of an official holding a figure of Osiris. Late Period. . Bronze ring, with scarab. XXVIth dynasty. . Portion of a slab from a building inscribed with the name of Ankh-nes-nefer-ab-Ra, daughter of Psammetichus I]. and Taphauath. XXVIth dynasty. B.c. 600. . Inscribed angle post from the sarcophagus of Ptahmes. Ptolemaic Period. Bronze figure of Eros, wearing the Crowns of the South and the North. Graeco-Roman Period. A collection of 1600 ostraka, inscribed in Greek, Demotic, and Coptic. The Greek ostraka contain chiefly receipts for taxes, and the Coptic extracts from the Scriptures, letters, etc. . Four Coptic stele, on one of which are sculp- tured the figures of two saints. IXth or Xth century A.D. A small stone figure of Amenartas, the daughter -of Kashta, the grandson of Piankhi, the Sudani King of Egypt, and high priestess of Amen-Ra at Thebes. She appears with the attributes of Isis and Hathor. Fine work. XXVIth dynasty. B.C, 600. . Portions of the bronze framework of a door of the temple of Amen-Ra at Thebes. B.C. 1200. . A wooden footstool, the place for the feet being made of twisted palm fibre plaited. A rare object. X1Ith dynasty. From Kurna. iv.—l. 4, 5. EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 55 Ivory plaque inscribed with the prenomen of Amen- em-hat. From Kurna. XIIth dynasty. . Half of a large granite bowl which was made for the official Tehuti-mes, who flourished under King Amen-hetep II. and Thothmes IV. B.c. 1500. . Limestone stele sculptured with the figure of the deceased kneeling before a jackal standard. Below are cut figures of 54 jackals, arranged in 9 lines, which take the place of the usual hieroglyphic inscription. Period uncertain. . A bronze bolt, terminating in the head of a lion. Late Period. . A collection of 1,181 scarabs, made of steatite, with white, drab, or yellow glaze, on which are cut hunting scenes, figures of animals, devices, monograms, designs, etc., which are peculiar to scarabs found in the Delta or Lower Egypt. The scarabs in this collection belong to all periods, but among them is an important group which was made between the XIIth and XVIIIth dynasties, and illustrates the method of scarab decoration under the Hyksos, or Shepherd Kings. . A large seated granite figure of a King of Egypt, whose prenomen reads Ra-uatch-sekhem-taui, who reigned probably about B.c, 2000. It belongs to the period of the XIIIth or XIVth dynasty, and monuments of this King’s reign are very rare. A collection of 113 white and grey glazed steatite scarabs, amulets, plaques, etc., many of which are inscribed with royal names. VIth to XXVIth dynasties. . A gilded, inlaid bronze beard, from a mummy or mummy-case. XIXth dynasty. . An amethyst ape, which formed the pendant of a necklace. XIIth dynasty. . Four linen balls covered with papyrus and painted in imitation of the fruit of a tree. XVIIIth dynasty. . Limestone stele on which are cut figures of 21 ibises ; it appears to have been set up in memory of a number of sacred ibises which belonged to a temple. Late Period. Limestone stelz sculptured with figures of deceased persons kneeling in adoration before jackal gods on standards; examples of this class of antiquity are uncommon. . Stele sculptured with a scene representing Amasis Il. presenting an estate to Ra and Isis, and dated in the first year of his reign. XXVIth dynasty. 56 vi.—l. ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. . Stele of Peta-Nefer-hetep. Ptolemaic Period. . A collection of 655 scarabs, amulets, plaques, etc., of all kinds. VIth to XX VIth dynasties. . Painted wooden ushabtiu box of Sheps-mes-en- khensu, a priestess. XXVIth dynasty. . A large leaden cross, set up to commemorate the monks Macarius, Severus, Thote, Shenuti, and others in the year 650 of the Era of the Martyrs, 1.€., A.D. 9384. The letters, figures, etc., are in relief. A rare object. A large, massive “false door” from the mastaba tomb of Asa-ankh, a high official who held the rank of Smer-uat and Utcheb, or chief high-priest of Horus, under King Tet-ka-Ra, who reigned about B.c. 3330. This very important object is probably the finest example of its class in Europe. It is covered with texts which record the titles and offices of the deceased, and is of value for purposes of grammar and philology. Vth dynasty. . The base and capital of a granite column which was one of the four that supported the roof of the portico in front of the Pyramid of King Unas. About B.c. 3000. . A massive grey granite sarcophagus of the ‘“ anthro- poid” class, of Uah-ab-Ra, a controller of the revenue of the district of Memphis, and scribe of the taxes. The inscriptions are archaic in character, and many of the words are spelt as in the texts written under the Vth dynasty. The deceased pro- bably flourished in the reign of Psammetichus I., about B.c. 640. XXVIth dynasty. . Hard stone statue of Uah-en-Menthu, holding a tablet inscribed with a hymn to the Sun-god. The deceased was high-priest of Menthu, and presided over the administration of the temples at Thebes during the reign of Hatshepset, about B.c. 1600. From Thebes. XVIIIth dynasty. . A gilded coffin of Hent-Mehit, a lady of high rank, and priestess of Amen-Ra, the great god of Thebes, and gilded mummy covering, with figures of the gods cut in hollow-work, and backed with a layer of the purple linen of Egypt. From Thebes. XXIInd dynasty. About B.c. 1040. ASSYRIAN :— il. Bronze figures of the Elamite King, Kudur-Mabug, who reigned over Elam about B.c. 2,000, carrying on his head a vessel filled, probably, with offerings, and performing a ceremony which seems to have been similar to that performed by the canephoros HGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 57 among the Greeks and Egyptians. On the body of the figure is cut, in two columns, a text which states that Kudur-Mabug, the Governor of Western Elam, and his son, Rim-Sin, King of Larsa, in Southern Babylonia, built a great temple, which was “like a mountain,” in honour of the god Ninni, to ensure the preservation of their lives. The inscription ends with a prayer to Ninni to grant long life to the father and the son, and established rule, and the wielding of royal power for ever. 2. A “Kudurru,” or Boundary Stone, inscribed with a text recording a grant of certain cultivated land, situated in Southern Babylonia, to Gula-eresh, by Eanna-shum-iddina, Governor of the Persian Gulf, the son of Daiam-Bel. This land was situated on the bank of the Edina Canal, near the town of Edina, in the province of the Sea-Land. On one side of it was the property of the tribe of Iddiatu, and on the other the land of Amél-Marduk. The estate of Gula-eresh was carefully measured by the governor of the city of Edina and others, and duly registered; Gula-eresh had this stone cut and inscribed, and the great gods set it upasa witness. On the upper portion of the stone are cut. the emblems of the great gods, and on the reverse are adjurations to various officials and others who are called upon to respect the claim of Gula-eresh, and to do no injury to the stone, his title-deed. These are followed by a series of curses upon anyone who should harm or conceal the stone, the gods Anu, Enlil, Ea, Nin-makh, Sin, Nabfé, Gula, and Ninib being invoked. About B.c. 1100. ii. A collection of small stamps and seals from Asia Minor :— 1. Flat, circular seal inscribed with “ Hittite” characters. In the centre, on both the obverse and reverse, are four large characters which probably give the name of the owner of the seal. Round these, on each side, is an inscription in smaller characters. 9. Bronze seal, inscribed with “ Hittite ” characters within a line border; it is provided with a ring for suspension. 3. Steatite scaraboid, on which is cut the figure of an ibex leaping. 4. Cylinder seal, with three divisions, in each of which is cut a seated human figure, with both hands raised in adoration, libation vase, etc. 58 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5. Steatite semi-circular seal, on which are cut figures of serpents, line patterns, and bosses arranged symmetrically. 6. Haematite seal, on which is cut a figure seated by a table of offerings; near it are divine emblems. 7. Steatite stamp on which are cut heads of bulls and ibexes arranged symmetrically. HIMYARITIC :— 1. Portions of an inscription recording the dedication of a building to a god. B.c. 700. 2. Bronze lamp, with a curved handle in the form of an oryx, or gazelle. Late Period (Roman ?). 3. Bronze censer, on stand, with eover. Roman Period. 4. Bronze handle of a large vessel for holding water. About A.D. 250. 5. Bronze handle of a vessel, ornamented with flutings and raised rings ; it terminates in the head of a ram with horns curving downwards by the sides of the face. 6. Bronze figure of a camel. 7. Portions of a face from a statue. Late Period. This group of Himyaritic objects came from ancient sites in the Hadhramaut, in Yaman, Arabia. 8. Lower portion of a limestone figure of aman. Period unknown. Il] .—Presents. iil. Six large, and 200 small fragments of the walls and pilasters of the shrine of Kemsit, a priestess of Hathor, sculptured with scenes representing King Menthu-hetep II. and his Queen Aashait making offerings to the gods, and Kemsit receiving offer- ings, etc. XIth dynasty, B.c. 2500. . Four fragments of lily pillars and one capital from the shrine of Kemsit. XIth dynasty, B.c. 2500. 3. Slab sculptured in relief with the winged disk and uraeil, and the head of King Menthu-hetep, probably from the shrine of Queen Aashait. XIth dynasty, B.c. 2500. . A group of specimens of hieroglyphics sculptured in shrines at Dér al-Bahari in high relief. XIth dynasty, B.c. 2500. | 5. A series of slabs with reliefs illustrating the cam- paign of Menthu-hetep II. against the rebels of the Aamu. XIth dynasty, B.c. 2500. Ke) i TY". 25. 26. EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 59 . Slab with relief representing a Libyan prisoner. . Slab with relief representing the presentation by the King of a collar of honour to the chancellor Henket. . Fragments of slabs on which are cut the names of Henket and Kheti, chancellors of Menthu-hetep II. . Fragments of sandstone reliefs from the western hall of the temple of Menthu-hetep II. . Two pieces of octagonal columns, on which. are cut ‘the cartouches of Menthu-hetep II. . Limestone relief, representing the King being embraced by the god Ra. From the cella of the Temple of Menthu-hetep ITI. . Slab with relief representing a boat on the Nile. . Historical inscription ef Menthu-hetep IT. . Pavement slab from the temple of Menthu-hetep IT., on which are cut in outline a pilgrim’s foot and the name Hui. . Three wooden figures of servants, a model of a cow- hide shield, a group of models of vases; a boat, model of an ox bound for sacrifice, broken bows, with wood arrow-tips, and a boomerang. From the tomb sanctuary of Menthu-hetep JT. Cover and fragments of a “‘ Canopic” jar of Menthu- hetep II., and a piece of his coffin. Nos. 1-17 are of the XIth dynasty, B.c. 2500, and are from Dér al-Bahari. . Models of vases, specimen of sent wood, model bolt, and model sekhem. XIth dynasty. . A group of miscellaneous fragments of reliefs. XIth- XVIIIth dynasties. . Clay impression of a seal. XIIth dynasty. . Sandstone fragment with the name of Heru-meri- taui. XIIIth dynasty, B.c. 2100. . Fragment of an inscription mentioning Sebek-em- saf, a King of the XI1Ith dynasty. . Portion of a stele with he figure of Queen Aahmes- ‘Nefert-ari. . Portion of a granite plinth with the name of Thothmes I. in an unusual form. Stone fragment with the name of Khebt-neferu, a princess. Fragment of a relief with figures of soldiers marching and carrying branches. From the temple of Hatshepset. 60 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. . Granite figure of the priest Tchaui, with a relief showing the sacred cow of Hathor. . Slices of limestone, on which are drawings of a dog and a girl. . Votive cloth, painted with a scene representing the worship of Hathor. . Bones of a sacred cow of Hathor. . Large ear amulet in red pottery. . Pottery figures of a man and an ape. . Large shell and pieces of card, and model of a flower. . Specimens of blue glazed porcelain bowls, etc. . Specimens of painted red ware vases. Nos. 23-35 are of the XVIIIth dynasty. . Four jar-sealings. XVIIIth and XI1Xth dynasties. Two funerary cones. XVIIIth and X1Xth dynasties. . Three ushabtiw figures. XVIIIth to XXVIth dynasty. . Three vases. XVIIIth to XXVIth dynasties. . Specimens of hieratic grafitv. XIXth dynasty. . Amat. XIXth dynasty. . Embalmer’s bag of natron. XIXth dynasty. . Triple brush and mallet. XIXth dynasty. . Stone trough. XIXth dynasty. . Torso of a figure of Osiris wrapped in a fringed mantle. Later Period. . One hundred and twenty-six Hieratic, Demotic, and Coptic ostraka. All the above are from Dér al-Bahari. . Small glass human head. . Green glass bottle. . Wooden figure of a soldier. . Six Greek ostraka. IInd to VIth cent. A.D. . Reed cross. Coptic Period. Nos. 47-51 are from Behnesa (Oxyrrhynchus). Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. Bronze figure of the Bull Mer-ur, or Mnevis. XXIInd dynasty. . Bronze figure of Ptah, on the pedestal of Maat. XXIInd dynasty. . Bronze figure of Bast, holding an aegis. XXIInd dynasty. Or 1 13. EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 61 . Bronze figure of Thoth, ibis-headed. XXIInd dynasty. . Bronze figure of the goddess Neheb-kau. XXIInd dynasty. . . Bronze figure of Harpokrates, with the attributes of Amen. XXIInd dynasty. . Bronze figure of a seated cat. XXIInd dynasty. Presented by the daughters of the late Samuel Sharpe, Egyptologist. . An alabaster slab sculptured in relief with a figure of an eagle-headed god standing by a sacred tree, and inscribed with a historical text of Ashur- natsir-pal, king of Assyria, B.c. 885-860. From the palace of Ashur-natsir-pal at Nimrud (Calah). Presented by W. Howard, esq.. . Wooden figure. 10. Wooden head-rest, or pillow. XIIth dynasty. Presented by J. H. Skilbeck, esq. Limestone heed from a statue at Palmyra. Presented by G. P. Devey, esq., H.B.M.’s Consul at Damascus. . Porcelain figures of Bes and Nefer-Atmu. XXVIth dynasty (Nos. 43,058, 43,378). Steatite figures of Bes and Nefer-Atmu. XXVIth dynasty (Nos. 43,379, 43,397). Presented anonymously. EH. A. Wallis Budge. 62 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. Il—Arrangement, Cataloguing, &e. In the Terracotta Room the new wall cases on the north side have been finished, and two pedestal cases fitted ; the col- lection of terracottas has been re-arranged and in great part remounted. The arrangement of the Room of Greek and Roman Life has been completed. AI] the cases in the Bronze Room have been refitted, and the bronzes re-arranged, and the mounting of many of the larger pieces has been altered. Wall-cases in the Fourth Vase Room have been fitted for the exhibition of Roman pottery, and the Roman lamps have been moved from the Terracotta Room to a table-case in this room. The Greek statue from Trentham has been set up in the Phigaleian Room. In the Elgin Room many plaster) casts of fragments of the sculptures of the Parthenon which are in Athens have been fitted in their places ; the glass covering the Parthenon frieze has been removed and refixed; and a table-case has been altered for the exhibition of sculptural fragments. Two restored capitals and a column-base from the Temple of Artemis have been moved from the Archaic Room to the Ephesus Room and plaster columns have been built up beneath the capitals. The new wall-cases in the Greek Ante-Room have been completed, and the collection of smaller sculptures in stone and marble arranged in them. The restored columns from the doorway of the “Treasury of Atreus” at Mycenae have been fixed in position in the wall of the Archaic Room. The collection of casts of Greek and Roman sculpture has been transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum at South Kensington to the British Museum, and is now stored in the Mausoleum Room and the basements pending the construction of a special gallery for its proper exhibition. The antiquities from the excavations at Ephesus, which were temporarily deposited in the British Museum, have been returned to the Imperial Ottoman Museum at Con- stantinople, excepting some duplicates and pieces of minor importance which were allotted to the Museum by the Turkish Government. Sixteen new moulds have been made from the sculptures. Sixteen marble vases, a marble head, 39 statuettes, a relief, 2 terracotta slabs, and many architectural sculptures have been mounted on pedestals of stone or marble ; 281 terra- cottas, 13 bronzes, and many miscellaneous objects have been mounted on wooden blocks. Six alabaster figures, 37 bronzes, 18 ivories, 186 leaden seals, 129 terracottas, 66 vases, and various other antiquities GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 63 have been cleaned or repaired. Thirty-five imperfect bronzes have been completed by the restoration of the missing parts. One thousand six hundred and nineteen objects have been registered, 1,647 numbered ; 680 labels have been written, and 356 labels printed in the Department. The Catalogue of Finger Rings has been published, and a new edition of the Guide to the Department has been issued, The publication of the British Museum Excavations at Ephesus has been prepared for press, Progress has been made with the Catalogues of the First Vase Room, the Roman Pottery, and the Gold Ornaments, with the Guide to the Room of Greek and Roman Life, and with a new edition of the Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon. Students.—The number of visits to the Students’ Room for purposes of research has been 428; 1,565 other visits to the Staff for purposes of inquiry, and 1,206 attendances of students in the Sculpture Galleries have been entered. II.— Acquisitions. By Purchase. T.— Objects in Gold. 1. Hight stamped plaques pierced for attachment, one of them ornamented also with filigree work. These resemble the primitive treasure found in the recent Museum excavations at Ephesus, and are probably from that site. 2. Pair of earrings in the shape of clubs terminating in lions’ masks, to which are attached pendent amphorae made of black and white glass and gold. The clubs are prolonged at each end by twisted wire, forming a loop to fit over the ears. 3. Sixteen stamped bracteate plaques, of which fourteen are copied from coin-types; they include pieces of Olbia, Naxos, Magna Graecia, and Rome. 4. Fifteen amulets or pendants, one set with a plasma gem, another with a sard, and another with a sardonyx cameo representing Eros leaning on a column. 5. Necklace of 106 gold and 52 glass beads, strung in such a way as to suggest a bead-and-reel pattern. 2-5 from Olbia. 7. Ring, set with a golden sard intaglio: a youthful head of Hermes with caduceus. Roman, Ist century B.c. Found in a tomb in the island of Lipari. (Journ. Hell. Stud., VII., p- 51; Brit, Mus, Catalogue of Finger Rings, p. xiii., No. 1655.) 64 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. II.—Silver. 1. Ring, with intaglio design carved in the bezel: a girl dancing, carrying an amphora on her shoulder. A specimen of modern imitation of the antique. 2. Spoon, the handle turned in plain mouldings. From Egypt. 3. Bezel of a ring, carved with an intaglio of Eros riding onadolphin. It has been set with two gold studs, of which one only remains. Greek, 4th century B.c. From Rhodes. Ill.— Bronze. 1. Bell of unusually large size, with an iron clapper. It was probably a cattle-bell. Said to have been found at Pompeii. 2. Statuette of an Augur, robed perhaps in the trabea and holding a latwus in his right hand; the left has held something which is now missing, perhaps an ancile. (Com- pare Virgil, Aeneid, VII., 187.) The figure is cast solid, and seems to be Etruscan work of the early part of the 5th century B.c. Formerly in the Forman Collection. (Forman Sale Catalogue, June 1899, No. 55, pl. I1.). 3. Statuette of Aphrodite, nude, holding up in her right hand a wreath or cestus, and wearing a crown of flowers. The figure is of unusually large size for a bronze of this motive, and stands on an antique pedestal. From Jerusalem. 4, A snake, crawling ; probably a votive offering. 5. A buckle and a clasp, the latter in the form of a crouching animal. Part of the leathern belt is still attached to the clasp. From Olbia. 6. A kantharos, of the best Greek period ; similar to those found at Galaxidi. From Anactorion. 7. A bistoury of rare form, with a slotted shaft. 8. Statuette of Aphrodite holding a wreath, and wearing a headdress in the shape of a dove. 9. A circular brooch-plate with sunk patterns in red, white, and blue enamel: daisies and geometrical designs. 10. Spoon with handle terminating in the form of a stag’s antlers. 8-10 from Egypt. 11. Statuette of an athlete scraping himself with a strigil. Greek work, of about 500 B.c.; an interesting early example of the type afterwards made famous in the Apoxyomenos of Lysippos. 12. Bust of a human figure wearing a headdress composed of five vertical reeds and a ball, and a twisted necklace. with pendant ; the hair is braided, and in the hands are a GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. | 65 cone and a cornucopia. The work is barbaric. From Syria, Formerly in the Gilbert Collection. (Vente Serrwre, 24, 1, 1903, pl. I. Reinach, Rép. de la Stat., III., p. 267, No. 9, where it is described as a “ Syrian Priest.”) 13. A vase, engraved with patterns which snow survivals of Greek decorative motives. From Kaalal Shergat. IV.—Iron. 1. Knife with bone handle, on which are carved reliefs of a dog chasing a stag and a man hunting a lion. 2. Knife with wooden handle, on the end of which is carved a human head. The blade was protected by a sewn leather sheath, which is entirely preserved. 1-2 from Egypt. V.—Lead. 1, A series of stamped and pierced reliefs, representing boucrania, figures of Heracles, Victory, Se. 2. Hand-mirror, of which the reflector is a convex glass disc ; in miniature size, probably a model or a child’s toy. 1-2 from Olbia. 3. The lid of a vase, ornamented with two wolves’ heads on opposite sides. From Egypt. VI-— Gems. 1. Carnelian intaglio: a girl carrying amphora and dish, approaching a statue of Eros on a column. From the ruins of a Roman building near Mabeul, Tunisia. 2. Smoky quartz intaglio: Eros kneeling on a rock and shooting with bow and arrows, Aphrodite standing behind him. From Halos in Thessaly. 3. Amethyst intaglio of large size and convex shape: a portrait of the Emperor Constantius II. The stone is in remarkably good condition, being only slightly chipped at the edge. It is an admirable example of the best gem- engraving of the late period, of which very few specimens have survived. 4. Agate scaraboid intaglio: a centaur carrying off a nymph. Greek, 5th century B.c.; a fine gem of the best period. 5. Red jasper intaglio: a shepherd with a goat at a tree, in which is a bird’s nest. 6. Four roughly worked carnelian gems; one is engraved with a satyr holding a bow, and another with two goats at a tree, in the style of the archaic “island” gems; the others have no design. From OUlbia. 7. Amethyst intaglio: the signs of the Zodiac and heads representing the Days of the week, arranged round a head of Helios. 0.109, E 66 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 8. Sardonyx intaglio: Heracles running, with sword and spear. 7—8 from Egypt. 9. Sard intaglio: a rabbit within the hoop of a finger- ring, a bust, two Cupids, two cranes, and an inscription— FELIC | Felic(is) 7]. 10. Carnelian scarab intaglio: a soldier on horseback, accompanied by a large war-dog; beneath, a lion’s mask. Probably Ionic work, of the 6th century B.c. From Samos. (There isa gem of similar design, but inferior execution, in the Hermitage Museum at St. Petersburg: Furtwingler, Antike Gemmen, pl. VIIL., 63.) VII.— Jet. 1. Three carved pendants, with loops of bronze wire for suspension. They are respectively in the form of an altar, a pigeon, and a rhinoceros embracing an elephant. From Olbia. VITI.— Bone and Ivory. 1. Statuette of a draped woman, of minute size; the hands held stiffly by the sides. This statuette resembles the primitive ivory figures found in the recent Museum excavations at Ephesus, and is prohably from that site. (B.M. Haucavations at Ephesus, pl. XXIV., fig. 5.) 2. Handle of cylindrical shape, carved in relief with figures of a Jion and a deer, both galloping. Ionic Greek, 5th century B.c. 3, A series of carvings, including a pointed oval plaque with a relief representing a Dionysiac ceremony, a grotesque head, a pin surmounted by a woman’s head in a turreted crown, and other pins. IX .—WMarble and Stone. 1. A group of Heracles and the Hydra, representing a rare version of the myth. The Hydra is shown as a serpent, coiled round the left leg of Heracles, but terminating above in the bust of a woman, from whose head smaller snakes issue. This type does not appear in art until] the Roman period ; it is found in reliefs decorating sarcophagi, but only two other instances are known of groups in the round, while this example is the clearest at present known. (For the treatment of the subject, see Urlichs in Gérlitz Verhand- lungen, 1890, p. 312.) 2, Laver consisting of a bowl, decorated inside with a Gorgon’s head and outside with signs of the zodiac, and supported by four legs, each of which bears a sculptured panel in the neo-attic style ; the whole stands in a floriated basin which rests on lions’ heads. Roman, Ist century B.c. (Trentham Sale Cat., 17 July 1907, No. 855.) GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 67 3. Rectangular altar, the sides decorated with floral festoons which are suspended from rams’ heads on the angles. At one end a bowl, at the other a jug. Roman, early Imperial. (Trentham Sale Cat., No. 857.) 4. Statue of a woman, life-size, closely wrapped in drapery and standing in a mourning attitude. On the plinth a late Roman inscription, P- MAXIMINA-: SEXTILI - CLEM- ENTIS. Greek, 4th century B.c. (Burlington Magazine, 1908, p. 331; Trentham Sale Cat., No. 858 ) 5. Laver consisting of a fluted basin, resting on two lions’ legs, which terminate above in wings, and lions’ heads, and on a central column which is sculptured as a palm-trunk ; these stand on an oval platform, which is separated from a richly carved plinth by six blocks in the shape of human heads. Roman, Ist century B.c. (Lrentham Sale Cat., No. 856.) 2—5 from the Duke of Sutherland’s collection at Trentham Hall. 6. Stele with relief of a youth holding a bird. Inscribed ZTPATIOZ“£. 7. Stele, upper part, with relief of the head of a woman within a shrine. Inscribed IEPOKAEIA NAYZINIKOY EK KEPAMEQN. 8. Stele, fragment, with relief of the upper part of a bearded man. 9. Mould in black stone for casting a graduated series of four weights, numbered successively A, B, 4, H 10. Fragment of painted and carved stone architrave. From Tel-el-Yehudiyeh. It forms part of a series of tri- glyphs and metopes; in the latter is sculptured an Atef crown in relief. X.—Terracotta. . Statuette of a goddess of archaistic style. . Statuette of woman with fan. . Girl seated. 1-3 are specimens of modern imitation of the antique. . Nereid riding on a sea-horse with the helmet of Achilles in her hands. Painted in bright colours. Attic work, 4th century B.c. 5. Group of two gladiators fighting. 6. Boy draped in a long robe covered with raised dots, which is probably meant to represent a skin. 7. Group of a woman seated and a boy reclining on a couch at a banquet. Fine modelling on a minute scale. 8. Comic actor draped as a woman, a fruit in his left hand his face covered with his right. CUE ff He E 2 68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9. Comic male figure, nude, holding up a purse in his left hand and gesticulating. 10. Two grotesque figures of hunchbacks, one holding a dagger, and the other a lamp. 11. A youth holding a hare in his arm; of large size, vividly painted. 12. Persephone wearing a high stephane and holding a chain, of fabric similar to the preceding figure. 13. Group of an old schoolmaster teaching a boy to read from a scroll. (Lecuyer collection, No. 81.) 14, Comic actor wearing a long fringed cloak. 15. Victorious athlete holding a branch of palm; he leans against a terminal figure, at the foot of which is a vase. 16. Aphrodite draped and holding an apple in her right hand. 17. A series of 43 heads which have been broken from statuettes. These are all of fine style and are the work probably of a school which flourished at Smyrna or one of the neighbouring cities in the 4th century B.c. They include types of the styles of Polycleitos, Praxiteles, and Lysippos ; a head of Ares may perhaps go back to the lost work of Scopas, and an archaistic bust of Hermes recalls that of Aleamenes. Bowyer Sale (Christie’s, Feb. 16, 1906), No. 214. 18. Model of a circular building, perhaps an oven, with a figure of an actor standing in a niche in front. 19. Eagle with wreath in beak, standing on a bouwcranion ; the whole on a column. 20. Aphrodite with Eros on her shoulders, on a base with relief of Erotes mixing wine. 21. Two grotesque phallic figures in short skirts. 22. Four tragic masks‘and two palmettes in white plaster, painted ; these have perhaps formed part of the decoration of a sarcophagus. 18-22 from Olbia. 23. Eros flying, posed so as to indicate an upward motion. 24. Eros, with golden wings and pink drapery, flying. 5. Youth holding a whelp in his arms; a wolf standing at nis feet; he wears an elaborate head dress. 26. Boy wearing Phrygian cap and playing pan-pipes: From Amphipolis. 27. Goddess of archaic style, holding a ring or wreath ; painted black and red. At the back is a panel. which is pierced for suspension. Terracottas of this style have been found in Cyprus. From Asia Minor. 28. Seated girl holding a bird, which nestles at her neck, and a bunch of grapes. From Trebizond. 29. Seal-impression: the statue of a divinity with two winged figures hovering at its head; below, a ladder and an e a) bh GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 69 amphora. The design may be connected with the statue of Jupiter at Heliopolis, as represented in the coin-types of that place. From Rhodes. 30. Comic actor in a white hooded tunic and yellow trousers. 31. Old man seated, draped. Fine and minute work. 32. Woman seated, holding an infant. 33. Woman standing. 34, Horse laden with faggots and ridden by a boy. 32-34 are figures of primitive style, from Boeotia. XI.— Pottery. 1. Three Roman lamps: a sea-scene with harbour ; a bull struggling with three men ; a Satyr’s mask. 2. Vase in shape of two Cupids wrestling. A specimen of modern imitation of the antique. 3. Kylix of Mycenaean style ; design of two goats springing up at a tree. 4. Amphora of unusual form, with geometric decoration. From Boeotia. 5. Kantharos of Boeotian style: grotesque designs of a head of Athena, cock and hens, in white on black. 6. Pyxis, red-figure ware; women at play ; one of them is juggling with five balls, and another has a curious frame which is perhaps for weaving or needlework. On the ground is a bird in a cage. 7. Vase in shape of Eros riding on a panther. 8. Vase in shape of a winged figure with a tambourine, dancing. 9. A series of vases of Pontic style,in the shapes of erotesque male heads, Seilenos on a wine-skin, a crouching male figure, a horse’s head, a lion, and a dog. 10. Amphora, late imitation of black-figure ware : a combat of two men, and a footrace. 11. Two amphorae, black ware, with twisted handles and plastic ornaments. 12. Bowl with patterns in relief outside: vines, goats, birds ; and in the centre the head of a goddess in a turreted crown, inscribed TOIAOC (?). 13. Cylindrical receptacle with rings hung underneath, on a stand supported by lion’s feet. 9-13 from Olbia. 14. Krater, red-figure ware; Dionysos, Persephone, and their attendants. The subjects are perhaps connected with the celebration of the Mysteries. 70 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 15. Kylix, red-figure ware, signed by the artist Pamphaios: on the exterior, footraces of armed men, and in the interior, an armed runner. 16. Vase in the shape of Hros standing among flowers. 17. Vase in the shape of a Maenad’s head, hooded in a panther skin. Black ware. From Rhodes. 18. Cup, Etruscan bucchero nero, with a frieze representing worshippers bringing offerings to seated figures. By Donation. I.-1. Marble statuette of a boy holding a rabbit. Head and right arm wanting. Graeco-Roman. 2. Marble capital of a Corinthian pilaster, enriched with a group of Leda and the swan. Late Roman. Acquired in Greece by the late Admiral Spratt ; and presented by Colonel W. Spratt-Bowring, B.E. IJ.--A series of antiquities from various sites in Crete, found in excavations conducted chiefly by the British School at Athens. 1. A large number of vases, lamps, and pottery fragments with miscellaneous objects of the Neolithic Age, bone implements and stone vessels, from Palaikastro. 2. Painted pottery, a lamp and statuette of a bull, from the Dictaean cave. 3. Primitive pottery and stone objects, from Knossos, 4, Very primitive votive offerings in terracotta, from the sanctuary site of Petsofa. Presented by the Committee of the British School at Athens. I1I.—Plasma portrait bust of Agrippina the Elder in the style of the early Empire. (Le Musée, 1905, p. 192, fig. 6; Burlington Magazine, 1907, p. 99.) Presented by an anonymous donor. IV.—1. Terracotta statuette of a boy seated on a rock, with a dog which leaps up at his side. 2. Fragment of gold band, stamped with a maeander pattern. 3. Fragment of ivory carved with a lotus pattern. 2-3 from a tomb at Corinth. 4, Fictile vase surmounted by a woman’s head. 5. Terracotta head of a girl wearing a coif. 4-5 are specimens of modern imitation of the antique. Presented by M. Costis Lembessis. V. Fragment of Arretine ware, with rivet showing an ancient method of repairing; the rivet is in the form of double dovetail. Presented by G. A. Simmons, E'sq. GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. Zi VI. Fragment of Attic red-figure ware, showing a woman holding her dress in her teeth while she fastens her girdle. From Naucratis. Presented by D. G. Hogarth, Esq. VII. A series of 85 casts of fragments of the Pediments and Metopes of the Parthenon, taken from originals at Athens. Presented by the Greek Government, through M. P. Kavvadias, Ephor-General of Antiquities at Athens. VIII. A series of objects from excavations at Behnega. 1. Blade bone of an ox, with accounts written in ink in Greek. 2. Part of an ivory panel with the figure of a woman incised and coloured. 3. Part of a bone cylinder with Europa riding on the bull, incised and coloured red. 4. Bone bodkin. . Bone head of youth, from a knife handle. . Bronze netting needle and tweezers. . Dog in blue and green faience, and three pieces of variegated glass for inlaying. &. Cross of twisted grass, paint-brush of reed and wool, and a brush made of bristles. 9. Base of a pottery bowl, with design of a parrot in bright colours. I epy Cu Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund. IX. A series of antiquities forming part of those found in the excavations conducted by the British Museum on the site of the Artemision at Ephesus, in 1904-5. 1. Gold and EHlectruwm.—A female statuette, and 5 hawks; 2 hawk-brooches and others; 10 pins and many pinheads, beads and pendants; 25 earrings, and a large number of appliqué ornaments. 2. Silver.—A male statuette, and 2 hawks; bracelets and rings, pins, pinheads, beads, and pendants ; 22 earrings. 3. Bronze.—Female statuette, a hawk, a duck, and a dolphin; bracelets and rings, fibulae, earrings, pins, and a vase. 4. Lead and Iron.—-A bracelet and other pieces. 5. Marble.—A lamp, and many sculptured and archi- tectural fragments of the Temples. 6. Terracotta.—Some statuettes and fragments, loom- weights, and spindle-whorls. ~I ko ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7. Glass and Faitence— A hawk and a hawk’s head, fragments of a bowl, beads, and spindle-whorls. 8. Amber and Precious Stones.—Beads, pendants, seal- stones and fragments, mostly of crystal. 9. Natural Bones and Shells——-Various specimens. 10. Jvory.—Fragmentary statuettes of birds, a flute, many pins, astragali, and plaques. 11. Pottery.—A large series of fragments of early Greek wares. Presented by the Imperial Ottoman Government. X. A stone pestle, found at Aquileia. Presented by Sir John Evans, K.c.B. XI. Seven drawings of Athens made by H.R. Ricardo between November 1845 and February 1847. Presented by Halsey Ricardo, Esq. Cecil Smith. BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES. 73 DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIH@VAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY. l.— Arrangement, Cataloguing, ete. Prehistoric Section.—Permanent labels have been pro- vided for British, French, and German neolithic flints. A new table-case has been placed in position near the model of Stonehenge, containing a similar mode] of the stone-circle known as Arbor Low, Derbyshire, excavated for the British Association in 1901-2; and the worked flints found during the excavation are exhibited in the lower part of Table- case G, adjoining. A classification of the different phases of the Neolithic period has been added to the Stone Age gallery, and bronze vessels believed to be water-clocks of the Early Iron Age grouped together in Wall-case 14. Late-Keltic and Gaulish Sections.—The lower portions of Table-cases O and P have been refitted and utilised for the exhibition of the Roman and other glass in the Morel collection, acquired in 1901. Romano-British Section.—Progress has been made with the catalogue of Roman pottery found in Britain, which is to be published with that in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities; and a second diagram of Gallo-Roman red-ware affixed to the screen. The collection of red-ware fragments has been arranged in drawers with labels. In the Roman gallery on the ground floor several inscribed stones found in Britain have been permanently labelled. Anglo-Saxon Room.—The remaining table-cases have been furnished with sets of drawers, and the stored portion of the collection re-arranged. New labels have been provided for the series of weapons in table-case G. Medieval Room. — The permanent labelling of the plaquette collection has been continued, and the series of chess- men, draughtsmen, etc., similarly treated. Various alterations have been made in the fittings of the wall-cases and frames of ornamental leather-work and needlework affixed to the wall. Glass and Ceramic Room.—tThe eollection of Persian pottery has been re-arranged and labelled. Asiatic Saloon.—The Chinese porcelain with armorial and European subjects has been re-arranged, as well as the whole series of Japanese pottery and porcelain. The Stein collection from Chinese Turkestan, formerly exhibited on loan in Wall-cases 92-100, has been checked, distributed, and in part packed and despatched to India; and progress 74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. has been made with the mounting of the portion of the collection presented to the Trustees, and with the Hoernle collection from the same region. Gallery of Religions.—Two large Hindu carvings and one Javanese sculpture have been mounted on plinths and placed in position. Ethnographical Gallery.—The Australian series has been labelled and re-arranged in six wall-cases and two table- cases. New Zealand feather cloaks have been examined and repacked. Micronesian ornaments have been exhibited in three frames and a table-case. The collection from the aborigines of the Malay States has been partly re-arranged and re-labelled ; and the North-west Coast pipes and ornaments mounted and exhibited in drawers accessible to the public. American Room.—The West Indian collection has been checked and re-arranged, and the series of Mexican mosaics re-arranged in a new standard case. The Bolivar and Manson collections of Peruvian antiquities have been exhibited, the textiles being mounted in frames and placed in an upright case. Registration, etc.—The registration of current acquisitions has been continued, and 2,661 objects have been added, including ethnographical specimens. Photographs to the number of 186 have been taken in the Department for purposes of illustration and reference, and 36 extra prints prepared. Typewritten labels to the number of 1,008 have been cut and bordered; 87 mounting boards papered, and 815 objects mounted. There have been pre- pared 619 blocks, labels, frames, plinths, and miscellaneous fittings, and labels have been printed in the Department. Registration numbers have been painted on 2,033 specimens and 891 permanent labels written. Catalogues.—The Guide to the Medizval Room has been passed through the press and was published in March. A catalogue of ivory carvings has been begun and photographic plates prepared for the same. The slip-catalogue of Chinese porcelain has been completed; also a similar catalogue of Japanese pottery and porcelain. Progress has been made with the Guide to the Ethnographical Gallery, and the catalogue of Roman pottery has been revised in proof. Students.—Three thousand two hundred and fifty-four students and visitors have been received in the Department. The Battersea Field Club, Selborne Society, Ealing Micro- scopical Society, Barnsbury Park School, and Rev. J. Evans’ party have been conducted through various sections of the Department by members of the staff. BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES. 75 IT.— Acquisitions. (1.) Prehistoric and Early British Antiquities :— (a.) Stone Age.—A flint of eolithic type from Hatfield, Herts, and a glossy flint borer from Knowle Farm Quarry, Savernake, Wilts; given by Rev. H. G. O. Kendall. Wedge-like flint implement found 25-30 ft. deep in gravel above the London clay at Eccleston Street East, Pimlico, with the split bone of a bison (?):; given by T. W. Moss, Esq. Three teeth of a shark (Carcharodon Rondeleti) with the basal portion pierced by a boring molluse in a manner suggesting human work, from the Norwich crag (Backhouse collection) ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.a. A remarkable polished celt of jade-like stone, of a type rarely found in Britain, from the Thames at Vauxhall Bridge ; and an unpolished implement from the Thames at Hammersmith. Polished flint celt from Takeley, Dunmow, Essex ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.A. A series of small worked flints found by the donor in the St. Clether district, Cornwall; given by Henry Dewey, Esq. The flint knives, arrow-heads, and worked flints found during excavations by Mr. St. George Gray on behalf of a committee of the British Association, at the stone-circle of Arbor Low, Derbyshire, described and illustrated in Archeologia, LVIII. 461; given by the British Association. A series of small flint instruments and arrowheads found with pottery fragments in sand-hills near Stranraer, Wigtownshire; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.A. (b.) Bronze Age.—Bronze ceit of early type with herring- bone markings on both faces, found at Copthorn (Shropshire ?) Bronze palstave without loop, found on the east side of the Minories, London, 18 ft. deep; given by C. H. Read, Eisq., F.S.A. A gold hoard of 10 oz. Troy, dating from the late Bronze Age and comprising 9 bracelets of various forms and weights, the latter being in the proportion of 8, 4, 2, 1, and indicating their use as currency; found near the heard reported last year, ina gravel pit at Bexley, Kent, and, like that hoard, purchased from H.M. Treasury as Treasure Trove. Implements of stone and flint, worked bones, pottery and bronze brooches of the second century, A.v., found during excavations in Ravencliffe Cave, Bakewell, Derbyshire, 1906, and given by the Exploration Committee through W. Storrs Fox, Esq. ; (c.) Early Iron Age.—A cordoned bronze bucket of unusual interest, with a pair of arched movable handles 76 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM and in perfect condition, found during excavations for the Brooklands motor-track, Weybridge, Surrey, and given by William Dale, Esq., F.s.A. This specimen is the first found in Britain, and dates from the Hallstatt period (earliest Iron Age of the Continent), being made for export in North Italy about the seventh century, B.c. It is figured and described in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, vol. xxi., p. 464. Pottery and wood fragments dredged from the Thames at London. | (d.) Foreign. — A series of flints from upper miocene beds in the Cantal (Puy Courny and Puy de Boudieu), and typical specimens from Belgium illustrating the Mesvin, strépy, Flénu, Campigny, and Robenhausen periods of the Stone Age, as classified by the donor, Dr. Alfred Rutot. Three chert paleolithic implements found near Cara- manico, province of Chieti, Italy ; given by D. I. Bushnell, Esq., Junior. Flint core, disc, and flakes from Dépt. Vienne, and two implements from Montiers, Dépt. Somme ; given by Dr. Paul Raymond. A series of neolithic flint hammerstone and pot-boilers from northern France, collected and given by M. A. Durdan. Stone maul or pick of the 12th dynasty, offering-tray of pottery (10th dynasty ?), and reed baskets (15th-18th dynasty), from Rifeh, Egypt ; given by the British School of Archzeology in Egypt, through Prof. Flinders Petrie. A stone celt of wedge pattern and another with oval section and chisel edge from Mergui district, Lower Burma ; given by Maung Maung and R. Grant Brown, Ksq., I.c.s. Terra-cotta ring-stand for pottery urns, of the Early Iron Age, found with others near Linares, prov. of Jaen, Spain, and described in Revue Archéologique, 1906, pt. ii.; given by Horace Sandars, Esq., F.S.A. (2.) Romano-British :— Cinerary urn and bowl of black ware found during excavations for the Birkbeck Bank, High Holborn, about 1897; given by C. F. Ravenscroft, Esq. Circular mount for furniture, with bust in relief, dug up near Redland, Bristol; and an enamelled hinged brooch of bronze, from Castle Hill, Huddersfield; given oy C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. Copper cake with defaced Roman stamps, found near Capel Curig, Carnedd Llewelyn, Snowdon, and two fragments of rough copper from the Thames. ~I “I BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES. (3.) Anglo-Saxon and Foreign Teutonic :— Bronze trefoil-headed brooch from Naseby Field, Northants: an enamelled escutcheon from a hanging bow! ; a Frankish inlaid brooch of wheel-pattern, and girdle-plate inlaid with silver; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.a. A remarkable series of silver personal ornaments and ingots, including a massive engraved bracelet, another of tore pattern, finger-rings, and ear-rings of various patterns, found together with gold objects and enamelled medallions at Kieff, S. Russia, 1906, in a casket 7-8 ft. below the surface ; the hoard is shown by the presence of coins of Vladimir [. (988-1015) to belong to the 11th century ; given by J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq. (4.) Medieval and Later :— (a.) British.—Portion of a monumental brass with bare feet of standing figure, about 1500; and on reverse inscrip- tion about 1520, from the Plowright collection; given by Mill Stephenson, Esq., F.8.A. A hoard of seven silver spoons, some bearing dates from 1586-1632, found together at Netherhampton, Wilts; pur- chased from H.M. Treasury as Treasure Trove. Iron key with drop wards found on the site of Newgate prison ; given by Siegfried Bendit, lisq. Winchester quart and half-pint measures from Barford Stodden and Willey Hundreds, Beds, 1822; and another bearing the arms of Westminster and date 1763; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. Brass tobacco-box with view of Rotterdam, engraved in front “ James Wood, 1759”; given by C. R. Jennings, Esq. Nine glass cameo portraits by Tassie, including one of the Earl of Rochford, 1774; and a wax portrait of Rev. Robert Hall, of Leicester, by T. R. Poole, 1815; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A., through the National Art Collections Fund. Pillow and stand for lace-making from Bucks, an obsolete implement for thatching, and a hand-plough; given by J. Edge-Partington, Esq. (b.) Forergn.—-A remarkable specimen of Carlovingian carving, consisting of a panel of whale-bone 114 in. long, representing David dictating the Psalms, the king enthroned between soldiers on the right, and on the left four scribes writing with a coffer between them. It has been subsequently used as a cover of a casket, the edges being pierced for hinges and lock; and was found about 1845 in Thos. Crum- well’s house at Hoxton, London. It dates from the 9th century, and is on a larger scale than the panel with similar 78 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. subject at the Louvre. Given by the National Art Collec- tions Fund, and illustrated in the Reliquary and Illustrated Archeologist, vol. xi. (1905), frontispiece. Jasper equal-armed cross with gold medallions on either side at the centre, with cloisonne enamels of Our Lord and St. George, and a similar medallion of St. Gregory in crescent gold mount, found at Stamboul: Byzantine, 11th century. Bone panel carved in Byzantine style, with a vine-scroll enclosing baskets and grapes, given with other objects from Oxyrrhynchus by the Egypt Exploration Fund. Piece of silk brocade, Saracenic, about 1200; bronze 2 oz. weights of Beziers (Hérault), and of Nismes (Gard), and 4 oz. weight of Beziers, 13th century, and bronze mount of a martingale (?) once enamelled; given by C. H. Read, Esq., P.S.A. Copper-gilt veliquary with openwork faces, birds in medallions, and numerous glass settings, of the 12th century ; Limoges enamelled bookcover with Our Lord and the Evangelistic symbols, and panel from a reliquary representing the martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury, carly 13th century ; a square panel enamelled with the figure of a saint on blue ground ; a brass Icon with Russian enamel, silver-gilt badge once set with stones, and agate pommel of a sword, Italian, 14th century; all from the collection of the late Albert Way, F.S.A. Wooden bust of a young lady, Italian, 16th century; given by Alfred A. de Pass, Esq. Bronze pommel of a dagger, enamelled on both sides with coats of arms, (1) a lion rampant, (2) a fesse between bezants, azure, 15th century ; obtained in Palestine and given by Henry Wallis, Esq. Tortoise-shell medallion pressed with intaglio of Louis XVI.; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. (5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections :— (a.) Orvental Wares.—Long-necked bottle enamelled in blue and lustred, of the 13th century, found near Aleppo, Syria. Bowl with creamy glaze and marbling in colours, found imbedded in a wall at Jerusalem; and modern copy of a Turkish faience dish; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.A. Three unusually fine glazed bowls and a jug with black and coloured designs, said to be from excavations at Sulta- nabad, Irak, Persia, and dating from the 12th or 13th century. Four star-shaped tiles with floral designs, and one square blue tile with Arabic characters in relief: Persian, of the 13th and 14th centuries ; obtained at Teheran, and given by BRITISH AND MEDIHVAL ANTIQUITIES. 19 Sir Thos. D. Gibson Carmichael, Bt., through the National Art Collections Fund. A number of glazed bowls, fragments, and wasters of Persian ware, said to have been found in excavations at Rakka, Aleppo. Series of glazed tiles made up like mosaic, of various colours, from the Musalla at Herat, a place of prayer pulled down by order of the Amir in 1885; given by Hon. Col. C. E. Wate, C.S.1., c.M.G. Bowl of Persian narghili with turquoise glaze and open- work metal covering ; given by Sydney Vacher, Esq. Celadon ware bowls, vases, and figures of animals, collected by Mr. Graham on the site of the old kilns at Sawankalok, central Siam. Part of a large Burmese glazed tile, with horse-headed human figure in relief, probably 15th century; given by A. A. de Pass, Esq. Ridge-tiles and antefixes with blue and yellow glazes, from a temple in Pekin and the great Lama temple, Huang Ssii; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.A. Glazed cylindrical vase in the form of an open book, with landscape scene and inscription, Japanese ; given by Sir H. H. Howorth, K.C.I.E. (b.) Continental.—Five reproductions of glazed medieval dishes in Italy, one with a fish being at 8S. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna; and the rest built into a campanile wall in Italy ; given by Henry Wallis, Esq. (c.) Hnglish.—Tall jug of brown ware found in London ; given by H. Curwen, Esq. Glazed jug with incised chevrons and inscription, “ Mary Tucker, London, 1629.” Cider-mug of buff ware with brown markings, of the 17th century, said to have been found in Bishopsgate; given by Robert Steele, Esq. Tankard with brown glaze and inscription “ Hark, hark, Woodman,” and date 1854, made at Howcans, near Halifax ; given by H. Ling Roth, Esq. Delft mug, pots, and fragments with cockspur, found in Tooley Street, Southwark, 17th century; given by G. F. Lawrence, Esq. Fragments and wasters found on the site of potteries at Crich, Derbyshire ; given by M. Salt, Esq. Jasper-ware vase-label with blue dotted border, inscribed “By J. Wedgwood, F.R.S.,” and used in his showroom ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. Jasper-ware figure of Hebe, marked “ Wedgwood ”; given by G. H. Vyze, Esq. 80 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Three pottery stamps with letters, and a crucible stamped “ Battersea Works”; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. Porcelain plate in blue, red, and gold, marked “ Spode” ; given by St. George Littledale, Esq. Vase with lustre decoration in imitation of a Persian model, made by Pilkingtons, 1907; given by William Burton, Esq. Two terra-cotta water-bottles made by Crossley of Com- mondale; given by Arthur Hurst, Esq. Seven small plain pavement-tiles with brown glaze, from a late 14th century chapel, St, Augustine’s, Canterbury ; given by W. H. St. John Hope, Esq. Tile with fleur-de-lys design, dated about 1700, found on the site of an old pottery at Muddlebridge, Fremington, near Barnstaple, Devon; given by R. Manderson, Esq. (d.) Glass.—Two phials and fragments of twisted bracelets from Oxyrrhynchus; given by the Egypt Exploration Fund. Jug blown in a mould, with vandyke patterns, found at Nippur, Babylonia. Two vases of Bristol ware, with slight vertical ribs, late 18th century; given by T. Charbonnier, Esq. Standing cup of deep blue colour, with cover and cypher of Sophia Charlotte, Queen of Prussia (1668-1705). (6.) Collection illustrateng various Religions :— (a.) Buddhism.—Seven brass Chinese Lamaistic figures from Pekin. Japanese Buddhist figure in gilt wood, with elaborate pedestal, from Japan. | Head of stone figure of Buddha fasting of the Greco- Bactrian period ; given by Col. F. G. Mainwaring. (7.) Oriental and Ethnographical :— Asia.—Part of the valuable series of antiquities discovered by Dr. M. A. Stein in Chinese Turkestan during 1900-1, the remainder being assigned to the Calcutta and Lahore museums. It comprises 250 objects of terra-cotta, stone, bronze, wood, glass, and textile, mostly illustrated in Ancient Khotan, by M. A. Stein, and the principal sites represented are Yangi-Arik, Togujai, Y6tkan, Dandan-Uiliq, Niya, Endere, and Rawak-Vihara. The series dates from about the 3rd to 8th century of our era, and includes statuettes, panel and fresco paintings, furniture, seals, and Buddhist stucco reliefs ; given by the Secretary of State for India in Council. Iron spearhead, with socket inlaid with silver, probably from Hither Asia, but obtained in Somerset ; given by Wallis Cash, Esq. BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES. 81 A quiver and arrows from the North West Provinces of India; given by Lady Gatacre. A bronze weight in the form of a duck, from Burma ; given by J. L. Holmes, Esq. Apparatus for applying lac to the teeth, folding candle- sticks, a saké-heater, and three weapons from Japan, and three silver amulet cases from Ceylon ; given by C. Lund, Esq. Copper-gilt pilaf dish, Turkish, 17th century; given by H. W. Murray, Esq. Two bronze armlets of a type represented in the Treasure of the Oxus, and probably from that district; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. A set of cubical boxes fitting into one another and engraved as seals, Chinese ; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. A silk scarf and two sarong with unusually elaborate dyed ornament from Sumatra, and a silver filigree pipe inscribed “The work of Muhammad Mukin Sahib (7), Aslami Nu’mangirt of Siripul”; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. Four Assamese spears ; given by Mrs. Stillwell. A loom from the island of Sermatta. Africa.—A large and very important series of ornaments, weapons, utensils, musical instruments, etc., from the little- known tribes of the Kwilu watershed, Congo Free State; collected by Emil Torday, Esq. (See “Journal of the Anthropological Institute,” Vol. XX XV. 398, XXXVI., 39 and 272, and XXXVII., 133). A large collection of ornaments, weapons, etc., chiefly from the Nandi of the East Africa Protectorate; collected and given by A. C. Hollis, Esq., Secretary to the Protectorate. - A series of objects from the tribes of the province of Bauchi, Southern Nigeria; given by Sir H. H. Howorth, OLE. A series of paper squeezes of Bushman rock carvings; given by Rev. G. C. Robinson. Pottery and jewellery from the Kabyles of Algeria; objects from the Tuareg; textiles and a copper dish from Algeria, the latter inscribed “The owner is the Haju Ahmad Budurbah ; year 1124” (a.D. 1712) ; give by Mrs. Hustace Smith. Five steatite figures from Sierra Leone. An axe from S.E. Africa, three wooden combs from Kwango, and two shields from the Semliki Valley. Oceania.—A jade club (meré) of unusual perfection of workmanship. This specimen is distinguished by the fact that the handle is carved to represent a bird’s head, a 0.109. F 82 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. peculiarity not hitherto observed in clubs of this material. Given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.A. A series of six so-called “‘Gravestones”’ from New South Wales, Australia. Given by Graham Officer, Esq. A model canoe from Niué (Savage Island). America.—An obsidian mask and mirror, and a jadeite dagger. All] three objects are of unusually fine work, and are of great interest and value in the Collection; they were collected by the late Right Hon. Sir E. Thornton, G.Cc.B., while serving as an attaché in Mexico; given by the Misses Thornton. A large and very important collection of Peruvian antiquities, including gold and silver vessels and ornaments, feather- and mosaic-work, copper utensils and ornaments, implements and materials used in the manufacture of textile fabrics, and a large series of textiles and pottery vases ; collected in the provinces of Pacasmayo, La Libertad, and Ancachs, by Dr. de Bolivar. An interesting series of ancient Peruvian textiles; given by Sir Patrick Manson, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. A collection of shell implements and pendants from the “Ten Thousand Islands” off the coast of Florida; collected and given by Clarence B. Moore, Esq. Five stone arrowheads from Ontario; given by Arthur Reynolds, Esq. Four ancient Peruvian vases ; given by J. J. Stevenson, Esq. An interesting gold ornament from Colombia, representing eight men playing various musical instruments. A shale bowl and a wooden comb inlaid with haliotis shell, both unusually fine specimens, from Queen Charlotte Island. A doll and a pair of sandals from an ancient grave in Peru. CHRISTY COLLECTION. During the year 78 objects have been entered in the Registration Catalogue. The Christy Trustees have acquired by donation and exchange the following objects, which they have transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :— I.—Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and Africa :— Eachange.—Three paleoliths from the Kempston beds, Bedford. BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES. 83 IIl.—£thnography of Asva :— Donations.—A “sacred” kris from Java; given by D. Croll, Esq. Three clay tablets with Buddhist formule from a cave near Mat Harn in the Province of Trang, Siamese Malay States; given by W. A. Graham, Esq. Two wooden buckets from Siam; given by T. A. Joyce, Esq. Prepared skull from the collection of a Dyak head-hunter, Borneo ; given by M. Little, Esq. Beaten knife and sheath; given by B. D. regret eet Chinese glaive, taken at the battle of Pekin; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. Pair of spectacles formerly worn by the Abbot of N’Gantse monastery, Tibet; given by Max Rosenheim, Ksq., F.S.A. A shield and a tobacco-pipe from Sarawak ; given by R. H. Shelford, Esq. A model canoe from Ceylon; given by N.W. Thomas, Esq. IIJ.—Lthnography of Africa:— Donations.—Specimens of Ajawa, carving from British Central Africa; given by R. H. B. Blair, Esq. A steatite carving from Mendiland, Sierra Leone ; given by A. W. Boddy, Esq. A marimba and.a number of fetish objects from the Gold Coast; given by Miss Hart Davis. Musical .instruments, ete., from the Western Sudan, a loom and a pottery vase from Nigeria; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. An earthenware vessel from K’pando, Togoland; given by HK, T. Gikunoo, Esq. A gourd pipe, a horn, and a belt from Uganda; given by G. C. Ishmael, Esq. The outfit of a Munyoro wizard, from Uganda; given by G. P..V: Jervoise, Esq. The bed of a Nigerian chief; given by J. C. Sciortino, Esq. A basket from East Africa; given by R. Phené Spiers, Ksq., F.R.1.B.A. An ethnographical series from the Benué River, Nigeria ; given by D. W. Webster, Esq. IV.—Lthnography of Oceania and Australia : Donations.—A shell adze from Bellona, Solomon Islands : given by the Rey. Dr. R. H. Codrington. | F 2 84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Six javelins from the Alligator River, Australia ; given by Norman H. Hardy, Esq. Tridacna-shell slab, with openwork carving, from the Solomon Islands; given by W. H. Hazelton, Esq. Three glass spearheads from Broome, Western Australia ; given by F. G. Montague Pewell, Esq. A series of stone implements from Victoria, Australia ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.a. A fragment of prehistoric pottery from British New Guinea; given by Dr. C. G. Seligmann. A prepared skull from the New Hebrides; given by Dr. F. C. Shrubsall. A series cf objects from British New Guinea; given by Dr. W. M. Strong. A fire-stick from the D’Entrecasteaux group; given by A. A. Wickham, Esq. V.— Antiquities and Ethnography of America :— Donations.—Pottery vases from Teotihuacan, Mexico ; given by W. A. Caldecott, Esq. Two photographs of ancient ruins at Xochicalco; given by J. Cooper Clark, Esq. Specimens of modern Mexican pottery; given by C. E. Cooper, Esq. Glass-headed arrow from Tierra del Fuego; given by Captain Crawshay. Throwing-club from the Hopi of Arizona; given by W. Crewdson, Esq., F.8.A. Pottery vase and sheil figurines from Darien; given by W. Farquhar, Esq. Two obsidian spearheads from Honduras; given by Dr. T. Gann. Two pottery figures from La Tolita, Ecuador; given by J. N. Hendry, Esq. A string-net dress from the Chaco, Paraguay; given by Sir H. H. Howorth, «.c.1.5, A series of weapons from the Cachibo Indians of Peru ; given by N. Iconicoff, Esq. Fur head-dress believed to have belonged to the Indian Chief “Sitting Bull”; given by J. T. Woolrych-Perowne, Hsq. Neck ornament of jaguar-claws, Bororo Indians, South America; given by Paul Radin, Esq. Charles H. Read. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 85 DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. l.— Eahibitions. The medals exhibited in the corridor have been carefully cleaned. IJ.—Registration and Arrangement. 1. Greek Series :— 288 coins from the Parkes Weber collection and 381 recently acquired have been registered and incorporated. 3,256 tickets giving references to the published Catalogues Parthia, Phrygia, and Cyprus have been written and placed in the trays beneath the coins. 12 “ Uneertain ” coins have been identified. Rectifications have been made in the Sicilian series, and the series of Etruria and Olbia have been re-arranged and expanded. The Leopold Hamburger collection of Phcenician and Palestinian coins (about 2,700 specimens) has been examined in detail. A series of Lycian coins, another of Seleucid coins, and five collections chiefly of Palestinian coins have been examined, and selections have been made where desirable. 2. Roman and Byzantine Series :— 204 coins from the Parkes Weber collection and 179 recently acquired have been registered and incorporated. The whole series of Roman medallions has been weighed and the weight noted on a ticket beneath each specimen. The collection of Becker’s forgeries and other spurious -Roman coins, including the Italian imitations of the sixteenth century, has been entirely re-arranged in two cabinets, with eards and labels. A hoard of Roman silver coins found at icklingham in Suffolk has been examined and a selection made for the Museum. The Weybridge hoard of bronze coins (Diocletian, etc.) has also been examined. Numerous coins from the recent excavations at Corbridge have been examined and identified. 3. British and Colonial Series :— 436 coins and medals from the Parkes Weber collection, and 63 from recent acquisitions have been registered and incorporated. 258 eighteenth-century tokens of Scotland from the Freudenthal collection have been incorporated, and the general collection of Scottish tokens has been re-arranged. 86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Corrections have been made in the series of the coins of William I. and II., and the Anglo-Gallic coinage of Edward ITI. The series of casts and electrotypes and the collection of modern forgeries have been expanded. New heading-cards have been inserted where necessary in the Anglo-Saxon series (cabinets 1 and 2). A small hoard of silver coins (Treasure Trove) of Edward VI.-Charles I. found at Cwmnant Tredsdridge, Pendoylan, Wales, has been examined. 4, Medicwval and Modern Series :— 3,705 coins, medals, and tickets from the Parkes Weber collection have been registered and incorporated. 376 coins and medals from recent acquisitions have also been registered and incorporated. 386 miscellaneous coins, medals, and tokens from the Freudenthal collection have been incorporated, and 977 Spanish coins, being recent acquisitions or specimens from the Parkes Weber and Freudenthal collections, have been incorporated. 1,422 coins, medals, and jetons of Belgium and Holland from the Freudenthal collection have been incorporated in the general collection, which has been expanded and re-arranged with fresh heading-cards. The whole series of French coins has been re-arranged and re-labelled, and 736 specimens incorporated from the Freudenthal collection, necessitating the expansion of the series from three to five cabinets. A series of coins of Saxony and Bavaria offered for presentation has been examined, and a selection made. Progress has been made with the MS. Index to the Traité de Numismatique of Engel and Serrure. Rectifications have been made in the series of Dutch and {talian medals of the Renaissance, and the re-arrangement of the Dutch artistic medals (under Artists’ names) has been completed. The cleaning of the general collection of Italian medals has been begun. The series of medals, of various countries, too large to be inserted in the ordinary cabinets, has been arranged with new labels in the lower part of the King’s Cabinet, which has been fitted for the purpose. 5. Oriental Series :— 363 coins from the Parkes Weber collection, and 919 coins recently acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 1,388 coins of China and Japan acquired in past years have been registered. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 87 The Persian series has been expanded, and 557 tickets referring to the Catalogue Persia have been written and inserted in the trays. A series of Oriental coins offered for presentation by Mr. Evelyn Grant Duff has been examined, and a selection made. 807 coins of Annam and the coins of Siam and Cambodia have been arranged. 2,216 coins of Korea, from the Tamba, Morse, and other collections, have been classified according to mints and issues, and fresh heading-cards have been written where necessary. 197 ingots, bars, &c. of Siam, Burma, and the Shan States, acquired in past years, have been classified and incorporated. 32 coins of Tibet have been identified and classified. About 4,600 coins of the Chinese Empire from the Gardner, Morse, Freudenthal, and other collections have been amal- gamated with the general collection and arranged, with heading-cards, under Emperors, mints, and denominations. A separate series has been formed of the Chinese medals and amulets known as “ Temple Money.” III.—Catalogues. 1. CATALOGUES OF GREEK COINS. Coins of Phoenicia, by G. F. Hill. The coins of Byblus, Czesarea ad Libanum, Dora, Orthosia, and Sidon have been weighed, arranged, and described. Progress has been made with the historical introduction. 2. CATALOGUES OF ROMAN COINS. Roman Republican Corns, by H. A. Grueber. The printing of the text of volume I. (594 pages) has been completed, and the text of volume II. has proceeded as far as sig. R, sent to press, and sig. DD, sent for revise. The preparation of the plaster-casts for the illustrations has been continued, and plates have been photographed and sent to press up to Pl. 86. Imperial Byzantine Coins, by Warwick Wroth. During the course of the year the whole of the text of the two volumes of the work (643 pages in all) has been set up in type. Volume I. (text) has been worked off, and volume II. (text) as far as page 5386. The preparation of casts for the illustrations has been continued, and 66 plates have been photographed and passed for final press. The historical Introduction has been written and vlaced in the printer’s hands, and the Index has been begun. 88 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3. CATALOGUES OF BritisH Coins AND MEDALS. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, by Hawkins, Franks, and Grueber. (Atlas of plates, with letterpress). ‘ The plates and letterpress of Part VI. have been completed, and the Part has been published. Part VII. has also been prepared and published. The selection of the medals for Part VIII. has been begun. 4. CATALOGUES OF ORIENTAL COINS. Indian Coins.—Andhras and Western Kshatrapas, by E. J. Rapson. Signatures H to EE have been sent to press. 18 Plates have been mounted and photographed. IV.— Acquisitions. The total number of coins and medals added to the Department during the year 1907 was 1,122, of which 39 are of gold, 597 of silver, 454 of bronze, and 32 of other metals. The following table shows the numbers of the new acqui- sitions classified according to the several series to which they belong :— Other Class. Gold. | Silver. | Bronze. | Metals,| Total. SC. Greek - - - - 5 178 265 — | 448 Roman - - = - - - 11 65 101 Na bi British and Colonial < - | 2 25 14 4 45 Medizval and Modern ~ - 2 239 26 28 295 Oriental - - - 19 90 48 — 157 Total = 39 | 597 | 454 32 122 Of the above, 491 have been presented, viz., 15 of gold, 298 of silver, 149 of bronze, and 29 of other metals. The following is a list of benefactors to the Department of Coins during the past year :— The Government of Bombay; the Government of the Central Provinces, India; the Government Museum, Madras ; the British School of Archeology in Egypt; the Comité Exécutif de |’ Exposition de Liege, 1905 ; the Excavation Com- mittee of the Institute of Archzology, University of Liver- pool; Howard Payson Arnold, Esq.; the Right Hon. Viscount Barrington; J. G. Burlison, Esq.; E. Butcher, Esq.; E. G. Coutts, Esq.; A. W. Dauglish, Esq.; Evelyn Grant Duff, Esq.; Sir John Evans, k.c.B.; A. Felsenthal, Esq.; H. A. Grueber, Esq., F.s.A.; F. W. Hasluck, Esq. ; C. W. Harrison, Esq.; G. F. Hill, Esq.; Sir Henry H. Howorth, K.c.L.e. ; DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 89 William J. Hughan, Esq.; Framji Jamasji Thanawala, Esq. ; R. A. Inglis, Esq.; Lewis L. Kropf, Esq.; H. F. Locke- King, Esq.; Warren Lugden, Esq.; J. R. McClean, Esq.; J. S. McLennan, Esq. ; Miss Constance F. M. Massé; the Deputy Master of the Mint; E. W. Newton, Esq.; Alfred de Pass, Ksq.; R. T. Pritchett, Esq. (bequest) ; H. L. Rabino, Esq. ; Augustus Ready, Esq.; J. T. T. Reed, Esq.; Max Rosenheim, lisq., F.S.A.; Samuel Smith, Esq. (bequest); Messrs. Spink and Son; the Rev. L. Harding Squire; H. W. Thomson, Esq. ; S. Tulloch, Esq.; A. J. B. Wace, Esq.; Sir Hermann Weber, M.D.; Captain C. P. Wilson; A. M. Woodward, Esq. ; Edward Wooler, Esq.; Arthur 8. Yeames, Esq. REMARKABLE COINS AND MEDALS. 1. Greek Serves :—- Among the 448 Greek coins added to the National Col- lection during the year 1907, the following are the most important :— (a) Europe :— Italy—KEtruria. Numerous specimens of the aes grave attributed to Clusium, Volsinii, and various other mints, including the series with obv. Krater, rev. Wheel ; obv. Foot- less amphora, rev. Wheel; obv. Head of double-axe, rev. Wheel (with small denominations struck); obv. Wheel, rev. Wheel, countermarked with ivy-leaf, etc. Silver coins of various mints, including four with obv. Gorgoneion, rev. Star and crescent (Populonia); one with obv. Sepia, rev. Plain (Populonia) ; and one with obv. Male head and mark of value X, rev. Plain (63°6 grains, mint uncertain). Also a large series of struck bronze of Populonia and Vetulonia. All the above Etruscan coins were acquired at the sale of the Strozzi collection. . A rare archaic didrachm of Cumae: obv. Head of nymph; rev. Mussel-shell, with crest of helmet as symbol. From the Strozzi sale. Two rare Apulian bronze coins, of Teate (obv. Head of Apollo, rev. Man-headed bull) and Venusia (nummus with obv. Head of Maenad, rev. Maenad seated). From the Strozzi sale. A silver didrachm of Thuriuwm in Lucania, of the usual types, with Skylla on Athena’s helmet; symbol, ivy-leaf. From the Strozzi sale. Important specimens of the coinage of Cawlonia (early incuse stater), Croton (a rare archaic didrachm, obv. Eagle flying, rev. Tripod) and Terina (stater with the mark NM on both sides). From the Strozzi sale. Sicily.—A very rare, if not unique, gold coin of Agrigen- tum: obv. Crab; below, dolphin; rev. Eagle on snake. A variety of the coin issued towards the end of the 5th century 90 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. with the name of Silanos. Wt. 20°5 gers. From the Strozzi sale. Sarmatia.—A specimen of the exceedingly rare gold half-drachm of Olbia: obv. Head of Demeter; rev. OA Dolphin, Wt. 32°5 ers., ep. Pick, Ant. Minzen Nordgriechen- lands I., Pl. ix. 18. Also eight dolphin-shaped coins of the same mint, and a large number of varieties of the bronze coinage, autonomous and imperial, of Olbia, Chersonesus, Panticapaewm, Tyra, and Cercine. Thrace.—16 tetradrachms and 1 drachm of King Lysima- chus. A very fine tetradrachm of Aenuws, of severe style, of the end of the Sth century: obv. Head of Hermes ; inscribed on his petasos, AINI; rev. ANTIAAAZ Goat, and horned and goat-footed satyr as symbol. Weight 256°3 grs. - 313 Collembola - - - - - - - 853 Anatomica] slides, nests, eggs, &c. = - 695 Total - - - 37,600 The following are some of the most important of these accessions :— (From various Localities. ) Nine hundred and eighty-seven Holartic and Oriental Lycenide, one hundred and fifty-five Neotropical Vympha- lide, two hundred and forty-four Lepidoptera from the Congo, eight hundred and eighty-eight Central American Anthribide, two thousand one hundred and fifty-five North and Central American Coleoptera, and one hundred and seventy North American Chrysidide ; presented by F. D. Godman, Hsa., D.C.L., F.R.S. Six handnal and sixty-four Lycenide, and one thousand four hundred and thirteen Hesperide from the Holartic and Oriental Regions ; presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S. One thousand eight hundred and ninety-three Hymenop- tera, and seventy-five Coleoptera, chiefly from Australia, and including a very large number of types; presented by R. E. Turner, Esq. Six hundred and seventy-five Mosquitoes, five hundred and twelve Microscopical preparations of wings, ete., and one hundred and fifty-six photographic negatives of wings, ete., the material on which Mr. F. V. Theobald wrote the 4th volume of the “ Monograph of Culicide.” One hundred and ten Lepidoptera, chiefly types of Moths ; purchased. Hight hundred and fifty-three named Collembola; pur- chased. Sixteen Butterflies, two hundred and seventy-nine Moths, four larve and four pupe, eight Coleoptera, twenty-five Hymenoptera, five Neuroptera, and sixty Diptera, from Jamaica, Canary Islands, and Algeria, and twelv prepared larve of British Lepidoptera ; presented by the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 133 _ (From Europe.) Seven hundred parasitic Hymenoptera from the British Isles, chiefly Flexiliventres ; presented by G. C. Bignell, Esq. One thousand and seventy-four Diptera from Great Britain ; presented by Lt.-Col. Yerbury. One hundred and eight Diptera from Bulgaria; presented by Sir G. W. Buchanan, K.C.V.0., ©.B. Two hundred larvee of European Coleoptera from Germany, etc. ; presented by Dr. K. Jordan. (From Africa.) Ninety Hymenoptera, eight Neuroptera, one hundred and thirty Rhynchota, six hundred and thirty-nine Coleoptera, eighty Moths and three larve, one cocoon of Heliocopris, fifteen Diptera, and one hundred and ninety-three Orthoptera from Mashonaland and Gazaland; presented by G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. Two hundred and six Moths from the Transvaal; pre- sented by A. J. T. James, Esq. Two hundred and seventy-eight Coleoptera, fifty-two Hemiptera, two Hymenoptera, and one Orthopteron from Beira, Portuguese East Africa; presented by C. D. Rudd, Ksq. Fifty-nine Coleoptera, sixty-six Orthoptera, forty-eight Hymenoptera, thirty Neuroptera, and one hundred and forty-five Moths from Boksburg, Transvaal; presented by C. H. Pead, Esq. (From the Oriental Region.) One hundred and six Coleoptera, chiefly types, two Formicide, and one Hemipteron from India; presented by H. E. Andrewes, Esq. Three hundred and seventy-nine Coleoptera, twenty-two Hymenoptera, five Orthoptera, and twenty-four Rhynchota from the Malay Peninsula; presented by H. C. Robinson, Esq. Twelve Butterflies, one hundred and eighty-four Moths, fifty-six Coleoptera, eleven Hymenoptera, four Diptera, seventeen Rhynchota, four Orthoptera, and four Neuroptera, from Singapore, Johore, etc. ; presented by H.N. Ridley, Esq. One thousand seven hundred and seven Preride from India and the Malay States, part of the collection of the late Dr. F. Moore; purchased. Sixty-eight Coleoptera, one hundred and fifty-eight Hymenoptera, one hundred and eight Butterflies, fifty-six Moths, twenty Neuroptera, twenty-four Rhynchota, fifty- eight Orthoptera, and one hundred and thirty-six Diptera 134 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. from Seychelles Islands, Aldabra I., ete.; presented by P. R. Dupont, Esq. Two thousand one hundred and three Coleoptera, three hundred and eighty-seven Rhynchota, two hundred and ninety-one Diptera, five hundred and ten Hymenoptera, eighty-three Neuroptera, thirty-one Orthoptera, and nineteen Moths from Tientsin and Shan-Hai-Kwan, N. China; pre- sented by F. M. Thomson, Esq. One hundred and_ forty-five Coleoptera, thirty-nine Hemiptera, four Hymenoptera, and three Orthoptera from Sanga-Sanga, E. Borneo; presented by Harold D. Jensen, Esq. (From Australia, New Zealand, etc.) One thousand and any Rhynchota from Queensland ; purchased. Forty-five Butterflies, ninety-three Moths, nine hundred and fifty Coleoptera, one hundred and ninety Rhynchota, one hundred and thirty-six Hymenoptera, one hundred Diptera, two hundred and five Orthoptera, and thirty-three Neuroptera from North Australia; and two hundred and thirty-six Coleoptera and three hundred and thirty-eight Butterflies from the Aru Islands; presented by Sir W. Ingram, Bt. One Butterfly, eighty-five Moths, twenty-six Neuroptera, fifteen Orthoptera, thirty-four Hymenoptera, twenty-five Diptera, and thirty-three Rhynchota from Queensland ; purchased. Five hundred and one 7ineide from Australia and New Zealand ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, m.P. (From America.) Thirty-two Lepidoptera, sixty-five Orthoptera, fifty-five Neuroptera, fifty-four Hymenoptera, ninety-four Rhynchota, and twenty-five Diptera from Parana, Brazil ; presented by E. Dunkinfield Jones, Esq. One hundred and twenty-eight Moths and forty Butter- flies from Canada ; presented by Dr. J. Fletcher. Two hundred and thirty-one Homoptera from St. Vincent ; presented by the West Indian Exploration Committee. Seventy Moths from Peru, etc.; presented by Mons. P. Dognin. Three hundred and twenty Moths from Canada ; presented by F. H. Wolley Dod, Esq. Prototracheata.—The additions number twenty-six, a com- paratively large number for this small group; five of these were obtained by exchange with the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes ; all the specimens have had the aa of being determined by Prof. Bouvier. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 135 Among the specimens received, attention may be called to the rare Peripatus thollow, biollegi, and corradui, described by Prof. Bouvier. The additions to this small but very interesting group keep the collection well in advance of that of any other Museum. Echinoderma.—The additions include the last batch of the “ Discovery ” specimens, of which altogether nearly two hundred specimens have been acquired. The great interest of the Antarctic Echinoderma lies in the valuable evidence they afford as to the extreme variability of this group ; good series of Cycethra verrucosa, of Ophio- steira antarctica, and others have been obtained. ~ Of the Echinoderma obtained by exchange from the Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., mention should be made of Aporocidaris milleri, Synapta vivipara from Jamaica, Rosaster alexandri, and Ophiostigma isacanthum. Echinodiscus auritus from Lhanban, E. Africa, was presented by Mr. W. T. Sneyd. Among the species selected from the Stanley Gardiner collection mention may be made of the rare Brisingaster robillardi, Echinolampas oviformis, the little known Ophioteresis elegans, and the rare Neoplax ophiodes ; there is also an interesting example of an immature Gorgono- cephalus verrucosus, and a good supply of the early stages of several Ophiuroids. Vermes.—The most important is the collection made by Prof. Benham, F.R.s., in New Zealand, and determined by Prof. Ehlers, of Gottingen, who has published a full report on it. Mention may also be made of a rare round worm ~(Strongylus ostertagi) from a collection presented by Mr. Godman, F.R.S., and of nine earthworms collected at a height of from 6,000 to 9,000 feet on the slopes of Ruwenzori. Anthozoa.—With the exception of the fourteen specimens collected by the “ Discovery,” there was no special object of interest in the small addition made to the collection of these animals. Polyzoa, Hydrozoa, Porifera.—A collection of Indian fresh-water Sponges, Hydrozoa, and Polyzoa (including co-types), received in exchange, per Dr. N. Annandale, from the Indian Museum, Calcutta. A set of fragments removed from the type specimens of Hexactinellida from the Indian Ocean, described by Prof. F. E. Schulze. 136 AUCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A collection of twenty-three specimens of fresh-water Sponges and Polyzoa collected by R. Kirkpatrick 1 in Bombay, Agra, Calcutta, and Sikhim. _. The Sponges collected by the “Discovery” (National Antarctic Expedition), comprising two hundred and fifty bottles of specimens, from which 1,539 preparations were made, and belonging to the following groups :— Bottles of Specimens. Preparations. Calearea E ae oy : - 99 Hexactinellida - = fy es - - 210 Tetractinellida - ee ne -! 2 eA") “Monaxonellida - ea alas - - 910 250 1,539 - The Hydroida, comprising forty-seven specimens, obtained by the “Discovery,” and described by Prof. S. J. pe F.R.S., and F. H. Gravely. A magnificent series of forty-two specimens of Cephalo- discus, and including types of three new species, partly collected off §. Africa by Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist, and partly obtained by the ‘“ Discovery ” from the Antarctic, was added to the collection. The 8. African species (C. gilchristt) was described by Dr. W. G. Ridewood; one of the Antarctic species (C. nagrescens) by Prof. Sir E- Ray Lankester, and the other (C. hodgsont) by Dr. Ridewood. '-. The type specimens, forty-two in number, of the new species of Tunicata obtained from the region of the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries; described and presented by Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S. ‘A collection of thirty-eight bottles of specimens of Tunicata from Japan and the Kurile Islands ; purchased. VL.—Economic Zoology. H ~ The work in connection with this Section has had reference chiefly to insects, as in former years. The interest taken in the spread of disease by insect agency remains, and numerous biting flies have been sent for, determination and advice. Many insects injurious in other ways have also been sent to be named. The following are some of the subjects of inquiry :— (1) Larvee of flies working under the skin of human beings i in the Transvaal and causing sores. The specimens sent were Cordylobia anthropophaga. @) Inquiry respecting the life-history of Warble Flies, which the sender believed to have at least two broods in the year. _ DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 187 (3) Inquiry as to the identity of certain flies from septic tank and manure at Meerut, which might possibly disseminate enteric fever. (4) Inquiry as to the life-history of the common House-fly, a possible disease-carrier, and asking advice as to what steps should be taken to diminish their number. (5) A similar inquiry from another part of England. (6) Inquiry as to gnats (Theobaldia annulata) very troublesome at St. Albans. _ (7) Names asked for two beetles (Alaus speciosus and Niphon sp.) which injure rubber plants (Hever) vs in Ceylon. ; (8) Caterpillar of a moth eating the roots of Lily of the | Valley. (Hepialus.) . (9) Name wanted for a weevil injurious to oranges in New Zealand. (Cylas turcipennis. ) (10) Dipterous larve in human alimentary canal, Hamp- ~ shire. These were found to be Lristalis tenax. (11) Insects injuring cotton in Mosambique. These were Diparopsis castanea, Ephestia sp., Chlorida obsoleta, Cosmophila erosa. (12) Four inquiries respecting House Mites. (13) Bees disfiguring lawn—Andrena fulva. (14) Small beetles in Indian corn from Accra. Arwocerus coffe. (15) Small beetles destroying furniture. Anobiwm domesticum. | (16) Small beetles destroying chair. Lyctus canalicu- latus. (17) Two inquiries respecting minute wingless insects in houses in the City and at Clapham. Psocide (Paste Mites). - (18) Small beetles gnawing away the metal edges in | organ pipes. Niptus hololeucus. z VII.— Visitors and Students. The number of visits paid to the three sections of the Department by Students and other persons requiring assistance or information amounted to 11,043. In the 10 previous years the numbers were :— 10,813 in the year 1906. 11,811 i 1905. 11,824 °°, 1904. BEOQT. 94; 40 911908) 10,633... ,, 1902. 12,813, =, 1901. £1,928: p43} 1900. LOT 28), sds 1899, 10,830. ,, 1898. 9,708 Gens 1897. E. A. Smith. 138 ACCOUNTS, ETC:, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. I.—Arrangement and Conservation. Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2)—The drawers of un- exhibited Paleolithic implements in table-case 1 have been rearranged for more convenient reference. The unexhibited remains of Ursidz have been arranged and labelled in the drawers of table-case 3. The Creodonta, exhibited in table-case 34, have been rearranged to admit important recent acquisitions, which have been tableted and provided with printed labels. Plaster casts of skulls of Okapia johnstoni have been mounted and placed in pier-case 14, for eo with the skull of Samotheriwm. The top of a skull of Arsinoitherium zitteli, from the Upper Eocene of the Fayum, has been mounted on the wall adjoining wall-case 22. Case V., containing the Sirenia, has been repainted and rearranged for the addition of a new skeleton of Halitherium schinzi, which has been mounted on ironwork. New labels have been prepared and printed both for this case and for the smaller remains of Sirenia rearranged in pier-case 29. The fore and hind limbs of Diprotodon australis have been incorporated in a complete restoration of the skeleton of this extinct Marsupial, which has been mounted and exhibited on a temporary stand in the Great Hall, before being placed in wall-case 27. The earliest known drawing of a skeleton of Megatherium, by a Spanish artist, has been framed and pe on the wall near Case Z. Remains of a new pigmy elephant (Hlephas creticus) discovered by Miss D. M. A. Bate in the caverns of Crete, have been tableted, labelled, and exhibited in table-case 174. A large mandible of Tetrabelodon from the Loup Fork Formation of Kansas, U.S.A., has been mounted and exhibited in pier-case 42. Wall-case 43 has been completely rearranged and re- painted, to incorporate recent acquisitions of primitive Proboscidea. The naming of the remains of Dinotheriwm has been revised, and new printed labels have been prepared. A new descriptive label has been placed on the adjoining wall. Teeth and jaws of Moeritherium and Palwomastodon have been mounted and labelled, and added to the exhibition of Proboseidean molars in table-case 24. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 139 An old lithograph of the skeleton of the American Mastodon, as originally mounted by Albert Koch, has been framed and placed on the, wall near Stand B. Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 601. Reptilia and Amphibia (Galleries 3, 4, 5, 11).—New cabinets with more commodious drawers have been fixed beneath the table-cases 30 to 35, and the unexhibited remains of Anomodont Reptiles and Labyrinthodontia have been transferred to them. The smaller remains of Pteranodon have been rearranged and labelled in table-case D, to admit a new skull and mandible from the Chalk of Kansas, U.S.A. A plaster model of the skeleton of Triceratops, from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming, U.S.A., has been mounted on a stand in the Gallery of Reptiles, Department of Zoology. Two large slabs of footprints from the Keuper Sandstone of Storeton, Cheshire, have been framed and mounted in wall-case 11, Gallery 11. New Labyrinthodont remains, including a mandible of Labyrinthodon leptognathus from the Keuper of Leamington, have been tableted and labelled and added to table-case V. Two new pier-cases have been erected for the unexhibited remains of Ophthalmosaurus from the Oxford Clay (Leeds Collection) in the S.E. Basement Corridor. Number of specimens of Reptilia and Amphibia regis- tered, 153. Pisces (Gallery 6).—The collection of Macropoma in wall-case 7 has been re-arranged, with new fittings, to accommodate the skull of Mawsonia gigas, which has been framed and labelled. The Cretaceous Dercetidze in table-case 27 and the English Chalk Fishes in table-cases 25, 26, have been retableted with printed labels. The naming of the speci- mens of Chirocentride, Plethodontide, and Elopide has been revised. Some fragile specimens of Hoplopteryx lewesiensis from the English Chalk, in wall-case 16, have been fixed in mahogany frames. The recent acquisitions from the Caroline Birley Bequest have been labelled and incorporated. Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 389. Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8).—During the preparation of the Guide Book, a large part of the exhibited collections of Cephalopoda in Gallery 7 has been rearranged, the changes having affected wall-cases 1, 7, 8, and 14, and nearly all the table-cases. The main result is that, apart from the general introductory series in table-case 1, the exhibited collection is 140 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. now arranged in zoological sequence under the three orders: Nautiloidea (table-cases 2 and 3, wall-cases 1 and 2 on the west side, and 13 and 14 facing them, on the east), Ammonoidea (table-cases 4-15, wall-cases 3-6 on the west, 9-12 on the east), Belemnoidea (table-case 16, wall-cases 7 and 8). Within each order the specimens are now grouped under the chief geological periods in ascending sequence. In the course of the work many minor improvements of labelling and changes in the exhibited specimens have also been introduced. The Conularida, or so-called Pteropods of Paleozoic age, have been removed from table-case 16, Gallery 7, and re- arranged in table-case A7 at the north end of Gallery 8. A series of fossil shells showing colour-markings, has been tableted and labelled for exhibition in wall-case 3, Gallery 8. | A piece of fossil wood from the London Clay, bored by Teredo antenaute, has been mounted in a special case in the middle of Gallery 8. Post-Pliocene Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the Thames Valley, and Pliocene Mollusca from St. Erth, Cornwall (Warburton Collection) ; various Tertiary Mollusca from Turkey; Cretaceous Mollusca from Brazil (Mawson Collection) and Austria; Jurassic Mollusca from England and France (Blake Collection), and various other recent acquisitions have been registered, labelled, and incorporated in the unexhibited collection. Number of specimens of Mollusca registered : Cephalopoda, 362; Gastropoda, 3,066; Lamellibranchia, 1,706, Arthropoda (Gallery 8 and Workroom).—The registration, labelling, and arrangement of the unexhibited Crustacea Decapoda has been completed, and all the incorporated Arthropoda are now in order for scientific study. The transference of the contents of the drawers is, however, still in progress ; all the British Trilobites and the Cambrian and Ordovician species among foreign Trilobites have been removed to 129 drawers of the new cabinets in the Workroom, to which the whole Arthropod collection will ultimately be transferred. The following are the chief collections registered and incorporated during the year :—A Laur, Senonian cirripedes from Rigen; R. 8. Bassler, Paleozoic Ostracoda from N. America: W. Madeley, various Carboniferous species from the ironstone of Staffordshire ; T. Warburton, Decapoda from the Pliocene of St. Erth; R. Hudson, various trilobites ; and especially the Caroline Birley Collection, containing arthropods from various British and foreign localities. Specimens have also been added from the collections of Col. C. C. Grant (Canadian trilobites), Dr. L. Szajnocha (Silurian of Podolia and Galicia), J. Mawson (Brazil), the late Prof, J. F. Blake, and H. Keeping (Shineton trilobites). DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 141 The collection of exhibited Arthropoda has been entirely rearranged, the British specimens in table-cases 20-26, the foreign specimens in wall-cases 12-14, with the result that the arrangement now follows the modern classification of the Phylum, as adopted in the new Guide Book. Jn connection with this work many specimens have been rejected and more appropriate examples substituted, and among those now placed on exhibition are a series of Tropidocaris described by C. E. Beecher, the oldest known Prosopon, well-preserved insects from the Coal-measures of Commentry, the rare Iithomantis, and Julwus. A wax model of the Silurian Lurypterus fischeri, twice natural size, has been made after the specimens in the Department and the descriptions of Prof. G. E. Holm, and is placed on exhibition. - Number of specimens of Arthropoda registered, 1,397. Annelida (Gallery 8).—Numerous specimens from the following collections have been registered, labelled, and incorporated during the year:—J. F. Blake and Caroline Birley Collections from various localities and horizons ; Col. Grant Collection from the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of Ontario; S. 8S. Buckman Collection from British Jurassic rocks ; Collections of W. Gamble, A. W. Rowe, and T. H. Withers from the Upper Cretaceous of Britain, and of A. Laur from that of Rugen. In the exhibited series some corrections have been made, and labels printed for the problematical British fossils assigned to Neredtes and Nereitopsis. Number of specimens of Annelida registered, 1,852. Polyzoa (Gallery 8 and Workroom).—Progress has been made in the fitting of the cabinets of unexhibited Polyzoa in the workroom, and their arrangement has been continued. Numerous recent acquisitions of Cretaceous Polyzoa have been sorted and mounted on wooden slips preparatory to study and cataloguing. _A number of specimens, formerly registered as Corals, have been removed from that group in Gallery 10, and placed with the Polyzoa, in both the exhibited and unexhibited series. Number of specimens of Polyzoa registered, 2,237. Brachiopoda (Gallery 8)—The arrangement, registration, and labelling of the unexhibited collection already in the drawers has been completed, and to it there have been added specimens from the J. E. Lee general collection, and the L. Szajnocha collection from the Silurian of Galicia as well as the following more recent accessions: A. 8. Piret Collection from the Carboniferous of Tournai; Addison Crofton Collec- tion from the Carboniferous of Yorkshire and the Jurassic 142 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. of the South of England; R. H. Valpy Collection from the Budleigh Salterton beds; J. F. Blake Collection from the Jurassic of France, Russia, and India; A. Laur Collection from the Senonian of Rugen ; Anstice, Butler, Hudson, Meade, and Mockler Collections mainly from British rocks. The old labels have been revised, particularly in the case of the British Carboniferous, Jurassic, and Cretaceous specimens. . The old exhibited series of British Jurassic. Brachiopods has been removed, and is being replaced by 4 new selected series in table-case 17, with names and horizons carefully determined. Many corrections have also been made in the exhibited series of British Cretaceous and Carboniferous Brachiopods, and some new labels have been printed. In connection. with the new Guide Book the whole British exhibited series has been rearranged. Number of specimens of Brachiopoda registered, 5,637. Echinoderma (Gallery 8).—Several specimens, especially the British Cretaceous Asteroidea, have been re-registered with separate numbers, while their naming has been revised. The following are the chief recent accessions that have been registered, labelled, and incorporated :—Caroline Birley Collection of Echinoids, Asteroids, and Crinoids, from the Danian of Faxe, the Miocene of Malta, and a number of British localities and horizons; J. F. Blake Collection of Echinoids, Asteroids, and Crinoids from Britain, many European countries, and India, chiefly Jurassic; Addison Crofton Collection of Echinoids and Crinoids from the Jurassic of the S. of England and the Carboniferous of Yorkshire ; A. Laur Collection of Echinoids from the Chalk of Riigen ; J. Miguel Collection of Cambrian Cystids; A. S. Piret Collection of Tournaisian Echinoids, Crinoids, and Blastoids; A. W. Rowe Collection of Cenomanian Echinoids from Devonshire; T. Stock Collection of Carboniferous Crinoids from Alveston. The unexhibited collection of British fossi! Echinoderma has been rearranged in a larger number of drawers (186 in all) so as to admit of the above and future incorporations. To bring the exhibited series into a more logical arrange- ment, the British Collection of Ophiuroids, Asteroids, and Palaeozoic Echinoids has been entirely rearranged in table- eases 29 and 30. Various Echinoids, both British and foreign, have been labelled and mounted for exhibition. The porcelain tablets on table-cases A7, and 17-32, con- taining the Conularida, Brachiopoda, Arthropoda, Annelida, and Echinoderma, have been provided with new labels, in accordance with the new arrangements. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 143 Number of specimens of Echinoderma registered: Echi- noidea, 786; Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea, 123; Crinoidea, 874; Cystidea, 4; Blastoidea, 24; Total, 1,811. Anthozoa (Gallery 10).—The Jurassic Corals from the Inferior Oolite and Lias formations have been arranged and labelled, while registering and incorporating recent acquisitions. The typical collection of British Jurassic Corals exhibited in table-cases 15 and 16 has been completed. Number of specimens of Anthozoa registered, 2,567. Hydvrozoa, Porifera, and Protozoa (Gallery 10).—Various specimens of fossil jelly-fishes, hitherto scattered, have been placed together on exhibition in wall-case 6c. The Receptaculitide have been separated from the Porifera and exhibited together in table-case 15. A large collection of Foraminifera, chiefly from the Chalk of Riigen, has been sorted and mounted on wooden slips preparatory to study. The exhibited Radiolaria in table-case 15 have been re- arranged, and a set of models illustrating the structure of the various orders has been modified in shape and colour ; all these have been provided with explanatory labels. A model of a nummulite has had the various parts labelled, and is exhibited in table-case 16. Beside it has been placed a set of nummulites, with enlarged drawings and explanatory labels, to illustrate dimorphism in the Foraminifera. Number of specimens registered, 1,205. Plante (Gallery 10).—Recent acquisitions have been labelled and incorporated in the collection. A large block of petrified plant-remains from the Coal- measures of Lancashire, has been mounted for exhibition on a separate stand. Number of specimens of Plante registered, 242. Tracks, &c., and Stratigraphical Collection (Gallery 11). —Part of wall-case 8 has been rearranged to accommodate some recently acquired specimens from the Wealden of Sussex. A specimen of “wash-out” from the Shop pit, Ravens- worth Colliery, co. Durham, has been placed on exhibition with an explanatory diagram and label in wall-case 1. II.—- Mounting, ete. The restored skeleton of Diprotodon, from the Pleistocene of Australia, has been mounted on ironwork. A skeleton of Halitheriwm has been prepared and mounted on ironwork. 144 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A reproduction in plaster of the vertebral column of Arsinoithervum has been made, for incorporation. in a complete model of the skeleton of this Egyptian Eocene mammal. A mandible of Tetrabelodon, from the Loup Fork Forma- tion of Kansas, has been prepared and mounted for exhibition. Reptilian remains from the Karoo F ormation of South Africa have been extracted from hard matrix. Skeletons of Peloneustes, Pliosawrus, and other reptiles, from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough, have been prepared for study and exhibition. Fishes from the Chalk of Kansas, and fish-remains from the English Chalk have been prepared for study and exhibition. A piece of fossil wood from the London Clay, bored by Teredo, has been hardened, prepared, and mounted. Plaster casts of skulls of Okapi, and numerous plaster casts for exchange, have been made. Various recently acquired fossils have been trimmed preparatory to incorporation in the collection. TIL.—Printing of Labels. The Museum Printer continues to devote one day each week to the preparation of labels for the Department of Geology ; but a Boy Attendant in the Department composes and prints most. of the labels, and has this year prepared upwards of 966 (and 6,530 prints of these). IV.—Eachanges and Duplicates. Exchanges of plaster casts and duplicate fossils neve been made with the following institutions :—Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt ; Paleontological Museum, Munich; Yale Univer- sity Museum ; and Amherst College, U.S.A. Small exchanges have also been made with Messrs. F. H. Butler, W. Storrs Fox, A. Escuti Orrego, and William Taylor. - Duplicate fossils have been presented to University College, London. Small duplicates and plaster casts for purposes of research have been supplied to Dr. F. Beyschlag, Prof. C. Depéret, Dr. Otto Reis, and Mr. I. A. Stigand. . V.—Departmental Library. The additions to the Library, which have been registered, stamped, catalogued, and press-marked, comprise 177 new works and pamphlets, of which 48 were purchased and 129 presented ; 575 parts of serials in progress, of which 224 parts were purchased and 351 presented ; 291 maps, of which DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 145 14 sheets were purchased and 277 presented; 9 photographs presented ; and | diagram purchased. 205 volumes have been bound. Most of the maps published by the European Geological Surveys have been transferred to a new map-case, which has been provided this year. VI.—Publications. The Guide Book to the Fossil Invertebrate Animals has been re-written and published. The MSS. of the Catalogues of Marine Reptiles of the . Oxford Clay, Fossil Fishes (Supplement), and Cretaceous Bryozoa, have made progress. Apart from the official publications issued by the Trustees, various descriptive papers dealing with different parts of the collection, chiefly recent acquisitions, have been contributed to scientific journals during 1907 :— By A. S. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S. 1. Notes on some Upper Cretaceous Fish-remains from the Provinces of Sergipe and Pernambuco, Brazil. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iv., pp. 193-197, pl. vii. 2. On a Reconstructed Skeleton of Diprotodon in the British Museum (Natual History). Ibid., pp. 337-339, pl. xv. 3. On a new Leptolepid Fish from the Weald Clay of _Southwater, Sussex. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xx., pp. 93-95, pl. i. 4. On the Cretaceous Formation of Bahia (Brazil) and on Vertebrate Fossils collected therein. Quart. Journ. Geol. ‘Soe., vol. lxiii., pp. 128-139, pls. vi—viii. 5. On a new Dinosaurian Reptile (Scleromochlus taylorz) from the Trias of Lossiemouth, Elgin. Ibid., pp. 140-144, pl. ix. 6. On a new Chimeroid Fin-spine from the Portland Stone. Proc. Dorset N.H. Field Club, vol. xxvii., pp. 181, 182, pl. a. 7. On a Pycnodont Fish of the Genus Mesodon from the Portland Stone. Ibid., pp. 183-187, pl. B. 8. Notes on Cretaceous Fish-Teeth from the Mouth of the Umpenyati River, Natal. Third Report, Geol. Surv. Natal, pp- 99-101, pl. x. 9. Coal-measure Fish-Scales. Ibid., p. 101. 10. Fossil Fish from the Chalk of North Lincolnshire. The Naturalist, 1907, p. 306. 0.109. fe 146 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11. On a Mandible of Labyrinthodon leptognathus, Owen. Rep. Brit. Assoc., Leicester. 12. The Fossil Fishes of the English Chalk, Part III. Mon. Paleont. Soe. By F. A. Bather, M.A., D.sc. 1. Ordovician Cystidea from Burma (in F. R. C. Reed, The Lower Paleozoic Fossils of the Northern Shan States, Burma). Paleont. Indica, N.S., vol. i, No. 3, pp. 6-40, Ig, 1,57 11 : 2. The Discovery in West Cornwall of a Silurian Crinoid characteristic of Bohemia. Trans. Roy. Geol. Soc. Cornwall, vol. xiii., pp. 191-197. 3. Australian Paleontologists on Silurian Ophiurids. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iv., pp. 313, 314. 4. Nathorst’s use of Collodion imprints in the Study of Fossil Plants. Ibid., pp. 437-440. 5. Echinocrinus versus Archeocidaris. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xx., pp. 452-456. By R. B. Newton, F.G.s. 1. Relies of Coloration in Fossil Shells. Proc. Malac. Soc., vol. vii., pp. 280-292, pl. xxiv. By C. W. Andrews, D.SC., F.R.S. 1. Note on some Vertebrate Remains collected in the Fayum, Egypt, in 1906. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iv., pp. 97-100. 2. Notes on the Osteology of Ophthalmosaurus icenicus, Seeley, an Ichthyosaurian Reptile from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. Ibid., pp. 202-8. : 3. Note on the Cervical Vertebra of a Zewglodon from the Barton Clay of Barton Cliff (Hampshire). Quart. Journ. Geol. Soce., vol. lxiii., pp. 124-127. By G. C. Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S. 1. Cretaceous fossils of Natal. Third Rep. Geol. Surv. Natal, pp. 163-250, pls. x.-xv. 2. The Cretaceous Rocks of Natal and Zululand and their Cephalopod Fauna. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iv., pp. 339-347. 3. Note on two Rare Forms of Actinocamaxz from the English Upper Chalk. Ibid., pp. 389-395. 4. On the Arms of the Belemnite. Proc. Maiac. Soc., vol. Vil., pp. 269-279, pl., xxiii. By W. D. Lang, M.A., F.G.S. 1. The Evolution of Stomatopora dichotomoides (d’Or- bigny). Geol. Mag. [5]. vol. iv., pp. 20-24. 2. A Tabular View of the Cretaceous Polyzoa of the Family Idmoniide. Ibid., pp. 122-182. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 147 3. The Selbornian of Stonebarrow Cliff, Charmouth. Ibid., pp. 150-156. By Miss D. M. A. Bate. 1. On Elephant Remains from Crete, with Description of Klephas creticus,sp.n. Proc. Zool. Soe., 1907, pp. 288-250, pls. Sai... xiit. By Baron Franz Nopesa, Junr. 1. Ideas on the Origin of Flight. Proc. Zool. Soce., 1907, pp. 223-236, text-figs. 74-82. By Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.B.8. 1. Evidences of a Mandible of anew Labyrinthodont from the Upper Karroo Beds of Cape Colony (Ptychosphenodon brownr). Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iv., pp. 432-436, pl. xix. By R. W. Hooley, F.G.s. 1. On the Skull and greater Portion of the Skeleton of Goniopholis crassidens from the Wealden Shales of Ather- field (Isle of Wight). Quart. Journ. Geol. Soce., vol. lxiii., pp: 50-62., pls. ii—iv. By H. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S. 1. On the genus Pygocephalus (Huxley), a primitive Schizopod Crustacean, from the Coal Measures. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. iv., pp., 400-407, pl. xviii. 2. Further Notes on the Arthropoda of the British Coal measures. Ibid., pp. 539-549, text-figs. 1-5. By A. S. Kennard, F.c.s., and B. B. Woodward, F.G.s. 1. Notes on Post-Pliocene Mollusca of the Mylne Collection. Proc. Malac. Soc., vol. vil., pp. 261-263. By A. Vaughan, D.SC., F.G.S. 1. Seminula. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xix., pp. 194-198. By 8. 8. Buckman, F.G.s. 1. Brachiopod Morphology. Cincta, Eudesia, and the Development of Ribs. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. Ixiii., pp. 338-343, pl. xxiv. KZ 148 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 2. Brachiopod Nomenclature: the Genotype of Tere- bratula. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xix., pp. 525-531, pl. xii. 3. Brachiopod Nomenclature: Seminula, etc. Loc. cit., vol. xx., pp. 223-226. By Prof. J. W. Gregory, D.SC., F.R.S. 1. The Rotiform Bryozoa of the Isle of Wight. Geol. Mag. [7], vol. iv., pp. 442, 443. By D. H. Scott, F.z.s., and A. J. Maslen, F.L.s. 1. The Structure of the Paleozoic Seeds, Trigonocarpus parkinsont, Brongniart, and Trigonocarpus oliveri, sp. nov. Part I. Ann. Botany, vol. xxi., pp. 89-134, pls. xi-xiv. By G. Hickling, B.sc. 1. The Anatomy of Palewostachya vera. Ann. Botany, vol. xxi., pp. 369-386, pls. xxxil., xxxlll. By F. E. Weiss, D.Sc., F.L.S. 1. The Parichnos in the Lepidodendracee. Mem. Man- chester Lit. and Phil. Soc., vol. li., no. 8. By D. M. S. Watson. 1. On Lepidodendron harcourtir, Witham, and L.hickii, sp. nov. Mem. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., vol. li., no. 13. Various fossils in the Department of Geology have also been described and figured by Dr. R. H. Traquair, Mr. H. Woods, Mr. W. K. Spencer, Miss I. L. Slater, Mr. P. Lake, Miss Elles, and Miss Wood (Mrs. Shakespear), in the Monographs of the Palzeontographical Society, vol. 1xi., for 1907. Specimens have been lent for original research to Mrs. Longstaff (Putney), Miss Elles (Cambridge), Mr. H. Woods (Cambridge), Mr. P. Lake (Cambridge), Mr. E. A. N. Arber (Cambridge), Mr. S. S. Buckman (Thame), Dr. W. Hind (Stoke-on-Trent), Prof. F: E. Weiss (Manchester), Mrs. Shakespear (Birmingham), Dr. R. H. Traquair (Edin- burgh), Mr. R. G. Carruthers (Edinburgh), Mr. R. Kidston (Stirling), and Prof. R, T. Jackson (Harvard University, U.S3.), DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 149 VII.— Acquisitions. A.—By Bequest. A selected series of about 4,200 fossils collected by the late Miss Caroline Birley, including the following important specimens :— Post-Tertiary marine Mollusca from Ireland. Tertiary Mollusca, Echinoids, and other fossils from Malta, the Canary Islands, and the Mekran coast of Baluchistan. Some of the Mekran specimens are described and figured in Geol. Mag., 1905, pp. 293-310, pls. xvi., xvil. A collection of Crustacea, Mollusca, Polyzoa, and Corals from the Cretaceous of Faxe, Denmark. The Crustacea are described and figured in Geol. Mag., 1901, pp. 486-502, pl. xii. Small remains of Fishes and Reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous of Colorado, U.S.A. Fossils from the Carboniferous Limestone of the Isle of Man and Northumberland, including Cephalopoda described and figured in the Catal. Foss. Cephalopoda B.M., part iii. B.—By Donation. Mammalia.—aA restored skeleton of Diprotodon australis from the Pleistocene, Lake Callabonna, S. Australia, com- prising the following parts :—2 humeri, 2 ulnae, 2 radii, 1 left manus, 2 femora, 2 tibiae, 2 fibulae, 1 left pes, 4 segments of sternum, 2 series of caudal vertebrae, 1 first rib, 1 clavicle, and 1 marsupial bone; plaster casts of skull and mandible, presacral vertebrae, with ribs, left metacarpal V., right manus, right pes, fabella, and right os trigonum, and a marsupial bone. Presented by the Governors of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of S. Australia, Adelaide. Two portions of mandible of Diprotodon australis from Pleistocene river deposits, Queensland. One portion of mandibular ramus of Diprotodon and one portion of maxilla of Nototheriuwm from the Pleistocene of King’s Creek, Queens- land. Presented by G. F. Bennett, Esq. A fragment of jaw of Squalodon from the Asphalt Mines, Middle Miocene, Ragusa, Sicily. Presented by Cavalier Ambroise Paré Brown. An upper milk-molar and portion of tusk of Mastodon, and upper molar of a Ruminant, from the Red Crag. Presented by Major Moore. An upper molar of Mammoth from Gravel Pit at Manuden, Stanstead, Essex. Presented by A. Burls, Esq. A tusk and portion of molar of Hlephas, from Kempton Park pumping station. Presented by Joseph Francis, Esq., M.Inst.C.E. 150 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A selected series of vertebrate remains from the Hoe Grange Cavern, near Brassington, Derbyshire, including Hyena crocuta, Ursus horribilis, Rhinoceros leptorhinus, Cervus dama, ete.; also plaster casts of lower milk-teeth of Felis leo and portion of milk-molar of Hlephas antiquus from the same deposit, figured by Bemrose and Newton in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soe., ‘vol. lxi:. (1905), pl. vil, figs. 1, 5; 5a. Presented by E. T. Newton, Esq., F.R.S. Anterior dorsal vertebra of Bos primigenius from Pleistocene Gravel, Lower Mitcham, Surrey. Presented by R. Garraway Rice, Esq., F.S.A. A frontlet with horn-cores of Bison. priscus from the Lolham Gravel Pits (G.N. Ry.), Bainton, Northamptonshire. Presented by Lord Kesteven. Twenty-five remains of Bos, Ovrs, Sus, and Equus, from the site of the Roman Castle, Pevensey, Sussex. Presented by William Page, Esq., F.s.A. A hundred and seventy Mammalian remains (Homo, Ursus, Canis, Rhinoceros, Equus, etc.) from the Ravencliffe Cave, Derbyshire. Presented by W. Storrs Fox, Esq., M.A. Human skeleton, incomplete, of late Neolithic or very early Bronze Age, from the Portland Rock Quarry, Olcus, Swindon. Presented by A. D. Passmore, Esq. Reptilia and Amphibia.—Three specimens of Mesosaurus from the Permo-Carboniferous of Iraty, Parané; three specimens of Stereosternum tumidum from the Permo- Carboniferous of the State of San Paulo, Brazil; twenty specimens of Stereosternum from the Permo-Carboniferous of the Rio Claro, San Paulo. Presented by Dr. Orville A. Derby. Supposed track of tail of Cheirotherrwm from the Keuper Sandstone, Storeton; from the G. H. Morton Coll. Presented by Miss Morton. Mandible of a Labyrinthodont from the Keuper Sand- stone, Cubbington Heath Quarry, Leamington. Presented by 8. S. Stanley, Esq., F.G.s. Megalosaurian tibia from the Lower Lias of Wilmcote, near Stratford-on-Avon. Presented by Miss Evelyn Irby. Six fragmentary reptilian bones from the Middle Purbeck, Durleston Bay. Presented by Miss Laura Jarvis, Chelonian costal plate from the Purbeck Beds, Swanage. Presented by A. Burls, Esq. Plaster-cast of brain-cavity of Triceratops. Presented by the Director, U.S. Nat. Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Pisces.—One tooth of Psephodus magnus from the Carboniferous Limestone of Armagh. Presented by Thomas Warburton, Esq. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 151 Six Carboniferous fish-teeth, from the collection of the late Rev. Addison Crofton. Presented by Miss Crofton. Twelve supposed Ccelacanth fish-scales, from the Coal- fields of Zululand and Natal ; twenty-five fish-teeth from the Cretaceous of Zululand and Natal. Described in the “Third and Final Report of the Geological Survey of Natal and Zululand,” 1907, pp. 99-101, pl. x. Presented by William Anderson, Hsq., F.G.s. Twenty specimens of Ganoid fish-scales from the Permo- Carboniferous of the State of San Paulo, Brazil. Presented by Dr. Orville A. Derby. A new Leptolepid fish (Leptolepis valdensis, A. S. Wood- ward, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [7], vol. xx., p. 98, pl. i.) from the Wealden of Southwater, Sussex. Presented by the Directors of the Southwater Brick and Tile Co., Ltd. A tooth of Ptychodus from the Cenomanian of Beer, S. Devon. Presented by Dr. A. W. Rowe, F.G.s. Two specimens of Aulolepis typus from the English Chalk, and a Percoid from the Upper Eocene of Monte Bolea, Italy. Presented by the Rev. Robert Hudson, M.a. Four fossil fishes from the Cretaceous of Mt. Lebanon. Presented by Rev. Samuel Schor. Six fossil fishes (Lepidotus, Mawsonia, and a Clupeoid species) from the Cretaceous of Ilheos, State of Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Prof. Dr. Ennes de Souza. Teleostean fish and a tooth of MNotidanus from the Asphalt Mines, Middle Miocene, Ragusa, Sicily. Presented by Cavalier Ambroise Paré Brown. _ Thirteen fish-remains from the Tertiary lacustrine deposits (Pontian) of the Island of Tcheleken, on the Asiatic side of the Caspian Sea. Presented by A. Adiassewich, Esq., F.R.G.S. Ten fish-teeth from the Tertiary of Chili. Presented by Senor Anjel Estevan Guerra. Thirty-one microscope-slides of fossil -fish-remains. Presented by E. S. Goodrich, Esq., F.R.S. Mollusca.—Fifty-one Mollusca from the Eocene, Cre- taceous, Jurassic, and Palaeozoic rocks of British and Foreign localities, being part of the collection of the late Robert Hudson, F.R.s. A Hippurite in the collection was described as Conia by R. Hudson, Mag. Nat. Hist., 1836, vol. ix., p- 104, fig. 19. Presented by Rev. Robert Hudson, M.a. One hundred and twenty Mollusca from the Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of Oeland, Baltic Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.a.s. Four Mollusca from the Wenlock of Hamilton, Ontario. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. 152 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Sixteen Carboniferous Mollusca from the neighbourhood of Settle, and 92 English Mesozoic Mollusca, from the collection of the late Rev. Addison Crofton. Presented by Miss Crofton. Thirty-eight young Ammonites from the Upper Lias, Alderton Hill, Gloucestershire. Presented by S.S. Buckman, Ksq., F.G.S. One Ctenostreon showing spines, from the Inferior Oolite, West Bay, Bridport, Dorset. Presented by Miss Eva Prior. Four Ammonites from the Callovian, South Cave, York-: shire. Presented by H. C. Drake, Esq. One Belemnites oweni, var. puzosianus from the Oxford Clay of Wootton Pillinge, Bedfordshire. Presented by Alfred Vinter, Esq. One Aspidoceras from the Middle Oolite, Brora, Suther- land. Presented by Master Rupert Gunnis. A deformed Jurassic Belemnite, from the Mead Collection. Presented by Spencer G. Perceval, Esq. Seven Mollusca from the Jurassic, Copiapo, Chili, and one Tertiary Ostrea from Chili. Presented by Senor Anjel Estevan Guerra. Rock with Posidonomya, Ostrea, etc., from the Jurassic of Morro de Arica, Chili. Presented by Prof. A. E. Orrego. Hight Mollusca from the Cretaceous and Jurassic rocks of Melargue, Argentine Republic. Presented by Hugh Pearson, Esq. Cast of body-chamber of Macroscaphites gigas, Lower Greensand, from a well through Kentish Rag on Crockham Hill, W. of Sevenoaks. Presented by P. G. Mackinnon, Esq. Twenty-four Mollusca from the Lower Greensand of Sandown. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Worthington Wilmer. An EHxogyra sinuata from the Lower Cretaceous in a deep boring near Oxted, Surrey. Presented by C. Day, Esq. Highty-eight Mollusca from the Cenomanian of Beer, S. Devon. Presented by Dr. A. W. Rowe, F.G.s. Three hundred and fourteen Mollusca from the Cretaceous of Zululand and Natal. The Cephalopods are described in the «Third and Final Report of the Geological Survey of Natal and Zululand,” 1907, pp. 161-250, pls. x-xv. Presented by William Anderson, Hsq., F.G.S. A block of wood bored by Teredo, from the London Clay at the reservoir, N. of Gravel Pit Wood, Fortis Green, London, N. Presented by Joseph Francis, Esq., M.Inst. C.E., through George Potter, Esq., F.R.M.S. Two specimens of Cardita planicosta of Lutetian age, found in the harbour of Bruges; probably ballast eee from Bracklesham Bay, Sussex. Presented by Col. C. Shepherd. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 153 Three specimens of Lucina from the Kocene of Toranka, E. of Sokoto, N. Nigeria. Presented by the Director of the Imperial Institute. A specimen of Aturia from the Miocene, Vizzini, Sicily. Presented by Cavalier Ambroise Paré Brown. Highteen Mollusca from the marine Sarmatian deposits of Poland. Presented by R. Lydekker, Esq., F.R.s. Thirty-eight Mollusca from the Tertiary lacustrine deposits (Pontian) of the I. of Tcheleken, on the Asiatic side of the Caspian Sea. Five Ostreiform shells from the Fergana Tertiary Beds (Lutetian) of Turkestan. Two natural limestone casts of a Lamellibranch and a Gastropod from the Eocene (?) W. of Fergana. One natural cast in asphaltic material of Haogyra flabellata, from the Cenomanian of N. Syria. Presented by A. Adiassewich, Ksq., F.R.G.S. Two specimens of Heliz from a modern deposit, Bermuda. Presented by John Ponsonby, Esq. A piece of marl with Pteropoda obtained by M. Nicolls (Director of Public Works, Nicosia) from a boring near Nicosia, Cyprus, 520 feet below the surface. Presented by A. J. Jukes-Browne, Esq., F.G.s. Clay with dwarf shells of Mytilus edulis from a Post- glacial deposit at Upsala, Sweden. Presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.G.s. Arthropoda.—Two specimens of Ptychoparia kingi from the Cambrian of Nevada, U.S.A. Presented by A. G. Churchwood, Esq. Twenty-eight plaster casts of Dr. G. F. Matthew’s type- specimens of Canadian Cambrian Ostracoda. Presented by Dr. R. S. Bassler. _ Two hundred and twenty-nine Arthropoda from the Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of Oeland, Baltic Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.a.s. Seven Trilobites from the Wenlock rocks of Hamilton, Ontario. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Six Carboniferous Arthropods from the neighbourhood of Settle, and a Tertiary Crab from China; part of the collection of the late Rev. Addison Crofton. Presented by Miss Crofton. Six specimens of Griffithides barket, including one described and figured by H. Woodward, Proc. Yorks. Geol. Soc., vol. xvi., (1906), p. 84; from base of Lower Culm, Angram, Nidderdale, Yorkshire. Presented by E. Hawkes- worth, Esq. : One Tetracarcinus subquadratus from the Cretaceous (Woodbury Clay), Lorillard, New Jersey. Presented by Dr. Stuart Weller. 154 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One Crustacean from the Cretaceous rocks of Zululand. Presented by William Anderson, Esq., F.G.S. Thalassina in a nodule from Port Darwin. Presented by Dr. F. W. Wood Jones. Five fossil Crustacea from the collection of the late Robert Hudson, F.R.s. Presented by Rev. Robert Hudson, M.a. Echinoderma.— Eight column-fragments of “ Pentacrinus” priscus from the Ordovician, Spitham, Esthonia. Presented by Baron Dr. F. von Huene. Six hundred specimens of Echinoderma from the Cambrian and Ordovician of Oeland, Baltic Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.G.s. Thirty remains of Crinoidea from the Ordovician, Hudson River Group of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Presented by Thomas W. Reader, Esq. Hight Blastoids and eight cups of Dicyclie Crinoids from the Lower Carboniferous Hurlet Series of Invertiel, Fife. Presented by James Wright, Esq., Jr. One Echinocrinus and fifty Crinoid remains from the Carboniferous Limestone of Castleton and Hassop, Derby- shire. Presented by Miss C. E. Shuckburgh. Fragments of Carboniferous Echinoderms from the neighbourhood of Settle, and four hundred and fifty-two Kchinoderms from the English Mesozoic rocks; part of the collection of the late Rev. Addison Crofton. Presented by Miss Crofton. One Mesodiadema from the Lower Lias, Canard’s Grave, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Presented by 8. 8. Buckman, Ksq., F.G.S. One Pentacrinus dichotomus from the Upper Lias of Kettering. Presented by A. K. Coomaraswamy, Esq., D.Sc. Six Ophiurids from the Caleareous Grit near Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire. Presented by Daniel Arkell, Esq. Rock with remains of Jurassic Echinoids from Morro di Arica, Chili. Presented by Prof. A. E. Orrego. Forty Echinoderma from the Cenomanian of Beer, S. Devon ; three radioles of an echinoid, Cidaris sorigneti, from the Turonian, zone of Rhynchonella cuviert, Branscombe, S. Devon. Presented by Dr. A. W. Rowe, F.G.s. Three internal casts in flint of Hcehinocorys, of Senonian age, found in drift on the Island of Sylt, Denmark. Presented by Rev. C. J. Klesel. One Pentagonaster brownt; plaster cast of ty pe-specimen from Upper Cretaceous (Fox Hills Sandstone) near Lander, Wyoming. Presented by Dr. Stuart Weller. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 155 Two Echinoids (Plesiolampas and Hemiaster) from the Eocene of Toranka, 5 miles east of Sokoto, Northern Nigeria, Presented by the Director of the Imperial Institute. Twenty Echinoderms from the collection of the late Robert Hudson, F.R.s. Presented by Rev. Robert Hudson, M.A. Brachiopoda.—Ten Brachiopods from the Wenlock of Hamilton, Ontario. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Two hundred and eighty Brachiopods from the Cambrian and Ordovician of Oeland, Baltic Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.G.s. One Productus from the Carboniferous Limestone, Park Hill, on R. Dove, Derbyshire. Presented by Miss C. E. Shuckburgh. Three hundred and eighty-two Brachiopods from the Carboniferous near Settle, and four hundred and fifty-two from the Mesozoic rocks of England; part of the collection of the late Rev. Addison Crofton. Presented by Miss Crofton. Thirteen specimens of Rhynchonella from the Lower Lias between Lyme and Charmouth, Dorset. Presented by W. D. Lang, Esq. Fourteen Brachiopods from the Cornbrash, E. of Cors- combe Church, N.E. of Beaminster, Dorset. Presented by Mrs. J. L. Templer. Jurassic rock from Morro di Arica, Chili, containing Rhynchonella. Presented by Prof. A. E. Orrego. Hight Brachiopods from the Jurassic, Copiapo, Chili. Presented by Senior Angel Estevan Guerra. Twenty-seven Brachiopods from the Cenomanian of Beer, S. Devon. Presented by Dr. A. W. Rowe, F.a.s. _ Fifty-seven Brachiopods from the collection of the late Robert Hudson, F.R.s. Presented by Rey. Robert Hudson, M.a. Annelida.—Two Annelids from the Wenlock of Hamilton, Ontario. Presented by Col. ©. C. Grant. One Annelid track from the Carboniferous of Settle, from the collection of the late Rev. Addison Crofton. Presented by Miss Crofton. Two Annelida from the Cenomanian of Beer, 8. Devon. Presented by Dr. A. W. Rowe, F.G.S. One Annelid from the Cretaceous of Zululand. Presented by William Anderson, Esq., F.G.s. Polyzoa.—Sixteen Polyzoa from the Wenlock of Hamilton, Ontario. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Numerous Polyzoa from the Cambrian and Ordovician of Oeland, Baltic Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.G.S. 156 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Fifteen Polyzoa from the Carboniferous near Settle, and three Polyzoa from the Mesozoic rocks of England; part of the collection of the late Rev. Addison Crofton. Presented by Miss Crofton. A hundred and thirty-four specimens, illustrating fifty species, of Palaeozoic Polyzoa, chiefly from North America. Presented by Dr. R. S. Bassler. Seven Polyzoa from the Lower Greensand, Farringdon. Presented by Ll. Treacher, Ksq., F.a.s. Two Polyzoa from the Lower Greensand of Sandown. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Worthington Wilmer. Four Polyzoa from the Cenomanian of Beer, S. Devon. Presented by Dr. A. W. Rowe, F.G.s. Polyzoa from the English Chalk, named by the donor in accordance with his paper on the Fauna of the Trimingham Chalk, Geol. Mag., 1906, p. 289. Presented by R. M. Brydone, Ksq., F.G.S. | A specimen of Echinocorys scutatus, covered with Polyzoa of the genera Proboscina, Berenicea, Idmonea, Mem- branipora, and Onychocella from the Chalk, zone of M. coranguinum, Melville Avenue, Croydon. Presented by F. Gossling, Esq. Two Polyzoa from the collection of the late Robert Hudson, F.x.s. Presented by Rev. Robert Hudson, M.A. Coelentera.—Two pieces of shale containing Diplograptus cf. truncatus, Lapworth, one figured in Geol. Mag., 1901, p. 195, from Ordovician rocks, probably of Bala age, River Macho, Carabaya, Peru. Presented by H. J. Jessop, Esq. A specially fine specimen of Tetragraptus quadri- brachiatus from the Skiddaw Slates, Hodgson’s How, near Keswick. Presented by John Postlethwaite, Esq., F.a.s. Numerous Coelentera.from the Cambrian and Ordovician of Oeland, Baltic Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.G.S. Three Hydrozoa from the Wenlock Beds of Hamilton, Ontario. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. One Coral (Cladochonus bacillarius) from the Upper Carboniferous Limestone, Wetton Hill, N. Staffordshire. Presented by Dr. A. S. Woodward, F.R.S. Seven Carboniferous Corals from the neighbourhood of Settle, and two Corals from the Mesozoic rocks of England ; part of the collection of the late Rev. Addison Crofton. Presented by Miss Crofton. Five specimens of a Coral (Cyathophora) from the Aalenian of Huddiknoll, Gloucestershire. Presented by Miss H. Mary Hutton. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 157 One Coral from the Cenomanian of Beer, S. Devon. Presented by Dr. A. W. Rowe, F.a.s. Hight Cretaceous Corals from Zululand and Natal. Presented by William Anderson, Esq., F.G.s. One Coral from the coilection of the late Robert Hudson, F.R.S. Presented by Rev. Robert Hudson, m.a. Porifera.—One Sponge from the Wenlock of Hamilton, Ontario. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. One specimen of Astylospongia roemeri. Presented by Thomas Warburton, Esq. One Serpula with boring Sponge (Talpina) and two other Sponges from the Cenomanian of, Beer, S. Devon. Presented by Dr. A. W. Rowe, F.a.s. One Sponge from the Cretaceous of Zululand. Presented by William Anderson, EHsq., F.G.s. Protozow.—A piece of Fusulina-limestone of Lower Car- boniferous age, from Nino, Japan. Presented by Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, F.R.S. , A collection of Radiolaria, mounted on slides, from the Upper Chalk of Coulsdon, Surrey, described and figured by the donor in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1900, pp. 694-704, pls. xxxvil., xxxvill. Presented by W. Murton Holmes, Esq. Seventy-seven Foraminifera from the lowest Chalk of Corscombe, N.E. of Beaminster, Dorset. Presented by W. D. Lang, Esq. Two pieces of Nummulitic Limestone from the Buzi River district of Gazaland, Portuguese Africa. Presented by C. F. M. Swynnerton, Esq. Plante.—Kighteen plant remains (Glossopteris and Phyllotheca) from the Coalfields of Zululand and Natal. Presented by William Anderson, Esq., F.G.s. Three specimens of Glossopteris from N.W. Rhodesia, lat. 16° 28' 42". Presented by A. J. C. Molyneux, Esq., F.a.s. Two pieces of fossil wood and one piece of Lycopodionsis derbyi from the Permo-Carboniferous of San Paulo, Brazil. Presented by Dr. Orville A. Derby. Fossil wood in flint, from Valley Gravel, Hogdon Bottom, Banstead, Surrey. Presented by T. E. Ware, Esq. Section of fossil tree from Viziwa, left affluent of N. Loangwa river, N.E. Rhodesia ; collected by Sir Alfred Sharpe. Presented by Charles B. C. Storey, Esq., F.a.s. Rock Specimens.—Four tracks and markings from the Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of Oeceland, Baltic Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather, F.«.s. 158 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Four slabs of problematical markings from the Wadhurst Clay, Hollington and Crowhurst, near St. Leonards. Pre- sented by F. Ross Thomson, Esq., F.G.s. Rocks with markings supposed to be of organic origin, from the top of the Portland Beds, Brill, Bucks. Presented by Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.R-s. Specimen of Conglomerate known as “ wash,” filling the ancient valley of the R. Team, Ravensworth Colliery, Durham. Presented by William Avery, Esq. Ironstone concretion found in Gravel Pits, Aylesford, Kent. Presented by George Abbott, Esq., M.R.C.S. Specimen of sea-bottom 4°5 miles N.E. of Bull Rock Lighthouse, San Antonio, Cape Verde Islands, depth 900 fathoms. Presented by Vernon K. Cornish, Esq. Four deep-sea soundings from W. New Zealand and N.W. of West Australia. Presented by Dr. F. Wood Jones. C.—By Purchase. Mammalia.—Two hundred and forty Mammalian remains from the Oligocene Phosphorites of France. Mammalian remains collected by Don Francisco Clua from the Oligocene of Tarrega, Lérida, Spain, including Brachyodus cluar. Skeleton of Halithertwm from Oligocene Marine Clay, Budenheim, Germany. A mandible of Tetrabelodon from the Loup Fork Forma- tion, Kansas, U.S.A. A Ziphioid rostrum from the Red Crag. Two milk-molars of Elephas; one tooth of LHlephas meridionalis ; and palate of Hlephas meridionalis from the Forest Bed, Happisburgh. Remains of Spermophilus and Felis leo from the Pleis- tocene of the Thames Valley. Remains of Arctomys from the Pleistocene of Bohemia. One hundred and fifty remains of extinct Lemurs from a swamp, Ampasambazimba, district of Miarinarioo, Madagascar. Reptilia and Amphibia.—Labyrinthodont jaw in Coal shale, Northumberland. Seven fossil reptiles from the Triassic Sandstone of Elgin, including Ornithosuchus and the type specimen of Sclero- mochlus taylors. Seutes of Goniopholis from the Purbeck of Swanage. Chelonian bone from the Chalk. Reptilian remains from the Oligocene of Tarrega, Lérida, Spain. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 159 Pisces.—Fish-remains from the Culm Measures of North and West Devon. A Leptolepid fish from the Lithographic Stone. Vomer of Pycnodus pagoda, Blake: the type specimen ; from Portland Stone, Upwey, Weymouth. A hundred and eighty teeth and scales of fishes, chiefly from the Lower Greensand of Godalming. One group of the teeth of Ptychodus, six Teleostean fishes and fish-fragments from the English Chalk (Dibley Collection). Also remains of Belonostomus and Hnchelurus from the English Chalk. Three portions of the skeleton of Gillicus and one of Ichthyodectes from the Chalk of Kansas. Three fossil tishes (Diodon, Naseus, Homyrus) from the Eocene of Monte Bolea, and one jaw of Gyrodus wmbilicus, one tooth of Sargodon tomicus, and two of Gymnodus diodon. Head of a Teleostean fish from the London Clay. Mollusca.—Twenty-five Mollusca from the Carboniferous Limestone of Tournai (Piret Collection). Shells from the Culm Measures of North and East Devon (Rogers Collection). Nine hundred and fifty Mollusca from the Trias of Bosnia (Hawelka Collection). Three hundred English Jurassic Mollusca, chiefly Am- monites and Nautili (S. 8S. Buckman Collection). Six Ammonites, one Baculite, one Nautilus, and a large Gastropod, from the English Chalk (Dibley Collection). Two hundred and twenty-four species and varieties of terrestial, freshwater, and brackish water Gastropods and Lamellibranchs from the Oligocene of the Mayence Basin. Mollusca from the Oligocene of Tarrega, Lérida, Spain. Belemnitella mucronata from the Red Crag. Five hundred and twenty-four boxes of Mollusca from the Pliocene of St. Erth, Cornwall, including specimens described and figured by Alfred Bell, Trans. Roy. Geol. Soc., Cornwall. Sixty boxes of Pleistocene non-marine Mollusca from the Thames Valley. Fossil Pecten from the Tertiary of Gippsland, Victoria. Arthropoda.—A model of Hurypterus, made by Mrs. KE. D. Blackman. A thousand specimens of Palzozoic Ostracoda, chiefly North American (Bassler Collection). An electrotype reproduction of Prosopon. 160 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Fifty-four fossil Arthropods in ironstone nodules from the Coal Measures, Coseley, near Dudley. Three specimens of Loricula sp. nov., fixed to an Ammonite from the Chalk of Kent (Dibley Collection). Echinoderma.—Thirty-five Echinoderma from the Car- boniferous Limestone of Tournai (Piret Collection). Four Echinoderma from the Jurassic rocks of the West of England. One Pseudodiadema malbosi, with radioles, from the Lower Greensand of Atherfield. One Micraster cor-bovis, one large Holaster placenta, and two other Echinoderma from the English Chalk. Six microscope-sections of Cretaceous Asteroidea. An Kchinoid from the Tertiary of Gippsland, Victoria. Five electrotypes of type-specimens of fossil Echinoderms. Brachiopoda.—Four Brachiopods from the Carboniferous Limestone of Tournai (Piret Collection). Fourteen thousand Brachiopods from the Trias of Bosnia (Hawelka Collection.) Fourteen hundred Brachiopods from the Great Oolite of Dundry. Hight hundred and sixty-nine Brachiopods from the Great Oolite of Hampton Down, Bath. Two Brachiopoda from the English Chalk. Annelida.—An undetermined species from the English Chalk. Polyzoa.—A hundred and seventy-four microscope-slides of Polyzoa from the Palzeozoic of North America (Bassler Collection). One Polyzoon from the Carboniferous Limestone of Tournai. Two hundred Polyzoa from the Great Oolite of Dundry. Three hundred and seventy-two Polyzoa from the Great Oolite of Hampton Down, Bath. Polyzoa from Bradford Clay and Fuller’s Earth. Eight Polyzoa from the English Chalk. Polyzoa from the Pliocene of St. Erth, Cornwall. Coelentera.—A hundred Ordovician Graptolites from New Zealand. A hundred Corals from the Carboniferous of the West of England. Nine Hydrozoa from the Great Oolite of Dundry. Electrotype of the type-specimen of Heterastraa rhetica, Tomes, from the English Rheetic. Four corals from the English Chalk. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 161 Porifera.—Twenty-two Sponges from the Carboniferous Limestone of Tournai (Piret Collection). One sponge from the Great Oolite of Dundry. Two sponges from the English Chalk. Protozoa.—Three hundred and sixteen slides of Fora- minifera from the Lias and Fuller’s Earth of Somerset. Forty-five slides of Foraminifera from the Pliocene of St. Erth, Cornwall. Various Invertebrata.—About seven hundred fossil Invertebrata from India, Russia, and Britain, collected by the late Prof. J. F. Blake. Invertebrata chiefly from the Mesozoic rocks of S.W. England, selected from the Thomas Mead Collection. Two hundred Invertebrata from the Cretaceous of Lebanon. Plantce.—Carboniferous plants from S.W. England, from the Thomas Mead Collection. A polished block of Carboniferous petrified plant-remains from Littleborough, Lancashire. Fossil plants from the Culm of North and West Devon (Rogers Collection ). Oligocene plants from Tarrega, Lérida, Spain, collected by Don Francisco Clua. The total acquisitions are as follows :— A.-— VERTEBRATA : By Bequest - - - - - 180 ,» Donation - = ~ = - 434 ,» Purchase - - - : - 495 , Exchange - - . - - 240 —— 1,349 B.—INVERTEBRATA : By Bequest - - - - - 3,984 ,» Donation - : = = = 4075 , Purchase - = = = - 27,120 , Exchange - - - - - 445 —-— 35,724 C.=PLANTA : By Bequest - - ~ - - 69 ,» Donation - - - = Ee 30 ». Purchase - - - Seti G a 225 D.—Rock SPECIMENS: By Donation - =e = - - 16 a 16 ToraL Acquisitions for 1907 = 37,314 0.109. L 162 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. VIUI.— Visitors and Students. The number of visits paid to the Department by students and other persons for the purpose of consultation or study during 1907 was 5,544. IX.—Lectures and Demonstrations. Five parties were received in the Galleries of the Department of Geology, and demonstrations were given as follows :— February 20.—The Surveyors’ Institute (20 members) ; Dr. Woodward. March 2.—The Geologists’ -Association and the Battersea Field Club (89 members) ; Dr. Woodward. March 9.—The Students’ Association for North London (25 members); Dr. Woodward. June 15—North London Church Union and Natural History Society (14 members); Dr. Andrews. September 27.—Geological Society of London, Centenary Celebration (39 members); Dr. Woodward and Staff. Arthur Smith Woodward. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY: 163 DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. Research. During the past year the morphological and optical investigation of the new red silver minerals from the Binnenthal, Switzerland, has been completed, and a full des- cription of the physical and chemical] characters of these species has been prepared and published. A large series of mineral-specimens from the new lead and zinc mines at Broken Hill in North-Western Rhodesia has been examined. Sixteen species of minerals have been deter- mined, and a detailed physical and chemical investigation has been made of various phosphates of zinc, including hopeite and two new species which have been established, viz., parahopeite and tarbuttite. The chemical examination of the new mineral struverite has been continued, and its relation to ilmenorutile has been the subject of investigation. _Various minerals formed during the eruption of Vesuvius in April 1906 have been examined. In this connection the crystallographic and optical constants of the new mineral chlormanganokalite have been determined, and chlornatro- kalite has been proved to be a mixture of sylvite and halite. The crystallographic examination of minerals from Bolivia has been continued, and descriptions of many species have been prepared for publication. » Various minerals from Cornwall, including phenakite, anglesite, caledonite, heulandite and fahlerz, have been examined and determined. Crystallographic measurements have been incidentally made on various other species, including idocrase, kunzite, monazite, schwartzembergite, sylvanite, seligmannite, ten- nantite, thorite, topaz, whewellite and zircon. In the course of a critical examination of the faceted stones in the Collection, the refractivity has been determined - of specimens of sapphire, ruby, emerald, aquamarine, phena- kite, beryllonite, hiddenite, kunzite, chrysoberyl, olivine, quartz, axinite, andalusite, epidote, euclase, diopside, idocrase, opal, hessonite, pyrope, cordierite, enstatite, tourmaline and benitoite. Specimens of “ re-constructed”’ ruby and spinel have been optically and chemically examined. .A microscopic examination has been made of a collection of. 280 rock-specimens from South Africa. 0.109. M 164 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. In the chemical laboratory two quantitative analyses have been made of striiverite, four of ilmenorutile, one of tennantite, three of hopeite, two of tarbuttite, and one of parahopeite, while determinations of titanic acid have been made for a specimen of ilmenorutile from Evje, Norway, and for four specimens of ferriferous rutile. Experiments have also been made on the separation and determination of niobium, tantalum, zirconium and titanium. Further, many doubtful minerals have been qualitatively analysed. Museum Publication. Report on the Rock-specimens collected during the “Discovery ” Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4: by G. T. Prior, M.A., D.SC., F.G.S. Independent Publications. Apart from the official publications issued by the trustees, the following papers, ete., relative to specimens in the col- lection, or to mineralogical] theory and method, have been published during the year by members of the staff of the Department. Note on ‘“Feather-ore” : identity of ‘ Domingite” (= Warrenite”) with Jamesonite: by L. J. Spencer, M.A., F.G.S. Notes on some Bolivian Minerals (Jamesonite, Andorite, Cassiterite, Tourmaline, etc.): by L.J. Spencer, M.A., F.G.S. A (fourth) list of new mineral names: by L. J. Spencer, M.A., F.G.S. Ilmenite from Jacupiranga, Brazil: by G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., D.S¢.; F.G.S. Red Silver minerals from the Binnenthal, Switzerland : by G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., D.se., F.G.S., with analyses by G. T. Prior, M.A., D.Se., F.G.S. A new model of Refractometer: by G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., D.SC., F.G.S. Baddeleyite from Ceylon: by G.S. Blake, A.B.S.M., B.Sce., F.c.s., and G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. Miscellaneous. During the vear the large collection of minerals, com- prising about 3,000 specimens, collected by the late Miss Caroline Birley, was removed to the Museum and examined. According to the terms of the bequest of Miss Birley, the Museum was allowed a first selection from this fine collection, and 439 specimens were chosen for the General Collection, and 460 specimens for the formation of a series that should be available for students. The preparation of slip-catalogues of species has been continued. This work has been completed for the arsenides and sulphides (including the large series of blende, galena, DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. 165 copper glance, and cinnabar) as far as nagyagite, and for the haloid division from sylvite to iodyrite inclusive, while many of the specimens exhibited in the case-tops have been rearranged on trays that have been repolished and lined with fresh wool. At the same time, old specimens hitherto bearing numbers referring only to special catalogues have been entered in the General Register, and permanent labels giving all available information have been written for each specimen. Further, a slip-list has been prepared of all the specimens in the crystal-collection. The reserve collections of galena, sartorite, jamesonite, miargyrite, calaverite, tetrahedrite, salt, ete., have been extended into drawers previously occupied by specimens of British rocks which have now been transferred to cases in the Pavilion. An exhibit of models of the “ Cullinan ” and other famous diamonds has been placed in the Central Hall. The work of fitting the doors of the cases in the Gallery with link-plates has been finished. Seventy-eight boxes of mineral-specimens have been received, unpacked and examined ; seventy-nine boxes have been packed and despatched. One hundred and sixty-two thin slices of rocks have been prepared. Departmental Library. To the Departmental Library have been added continua- tions of 30 periodicals (in 403 parts), 48 volumes of separate works, 88 pamphlets, 21 parts of works, 6 maps, 30 plates of photographs, and 51 mining and survey reports; of these, 9 periodicals (in 130 parts), 23 volumes of separate works, 84 pamphlets, and all the mining and survey reports were acquired by presentation or transfer. All of them, including 919 plates, have been registered and stamped. Three new book-cases with 327 feet of shelf-space have been fitted up in the §.E. Basement corridor, and 841 volumes have been removed to the shelves. Students. The number of visits recorded as made to the Department for the purposes of consultation or study is 855. The Gallery being no longer reserved on particular days of the week for use by students, and study-series having been so arranged as to be directly accessible to the public, and so labelled as to render reference to the staff for informa- tion thereon almost completely unnecessary, it has become difficult to distinguish, for statistical purposes, “Students” of minerals from ordinary “ Visitors,” and stress can no longer be laid on the distinction. M 2 166 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Exchanges. An exchange of specimens has been made with the Calne Secondary School, Wilts, through Mr. C. Williams. Accessions. 1,420 specimens have been acquired, namely :— 1,014 minerals, 399 rocks, and 7 meteorites. All of them have been registered, numbered, and incorporated with the Collection. The more important of them are as follows :— Minerals. By Presentation : Minerals from the new lead and zine mines of Broken Hill, North-Western Rhodesia, including fine crystallised specimens of hopeite and of the new minerals parahopeite and tarbuttite, with descloizite, cerussite and pyromorphite : by P. C. Tarbutt, Esq. Faceted and uncut specimens of “reconstructed” ruby and spinel: by E. Hopkins, Esq. Diamond, sapphire, topaz, garnet and chrysoberyl; from Rhodesia: by G. FitzGibbon, Esq. A collection of Chilian minerals: by Senor A. E. Guerra. Hamlinite, gorceixite and harttite; from Brazil: by Dr. E. Hussak. Celestite and aragonite from Girgenti, Sicily: by F. N. A. Fleischmann, Esq. Sapphires from Montana: by The New Mine Sapphire Syndicate through G. A. Wells, Esq. Clinoclasite, tyrolite, pharmacosiderite, and conichalcite from Utah, pitchblende from Colorado, and cassiterite from Bolivia: by Dr. R. Pearce. Cinnabar, large twinned crystals: by H. A. Cousins, Esq. Harmotome from co. Wicklow, linarite from Cornwall, and other examples of British minerals: by Arthur Russell, Esq. Hausmannite, blende, chalybite, fluor, &c., from the North of England: by L. J. Spencer, Esq. Witherite with barytes, from the North of England: by C. Pugh, Esq., and Siddell Watson, Esq. Fine twinned crystals of fluor from Weardale, Durham: by J. Thompson, Esq. and T. Maddison, Esq. . Scorodite from Carrock Fell, Cumberland: by W. Hemingway, Ksq. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. 167 By Bequest : A selection of 439 specimens of various minerals from the large collection formed by the late Miss Caroline Birley. These include an extremely fine series of zeolites from the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and co. Antrim ; fine crystals of fluor and witherite from the North of England; large, clear erystals of rhodochrosite from Colorado; a large crystal of emerald in the matrix from Russia; and a fine star ruby, mounted in a ring. By Purchase: A group of exceptionally large crystals of ilmenite from Norway. Palladic gold, beryl, tourmaline cat’s-eye, taceted aqua- marine, and a large botryoidal mass of fibrous baddeleyite, from Brazil. Polybasite from Mexico. Pale-blue crystals of apatite from Switzerland. Of fine specimens of American minerals may be men- tioned: doubly-terminated crystals of tourmaline, benitoite, pink beryl enclosing rubellite, corroded beryl, cinnabar, large crystals of stibiotantalite, beautiful violet crystals of kunzite, and crystals of topaz from California; twinned crystals of herderite from Maine; lustrous red crystals of realgar from Utah; well-developed crystals of calomel from Texas ; thodochrosite, wolfram, columbite, and brilliant crystals of iron pyrites, from Colorado. A peculiar crystal of boracite, composed of two inter- penetrating parts, from Hanover. Tennantite, containing zinc, from the Binnentha], Switzer- land. Large crystals of cerussite of peculiar habit, in galena, and a specimen of sammetblende, from Bohemia. Fine crystals of lorandite from Macedonia. A large silver nugget, weighing 622 grams. A group of colourless, tabular crystals of apatite from Spain. Native copper and embolite, from Broken Hill, New South Wales. A large mass of tantalite with stibiotantalite from Western Australia. A group of large crystals of andorite from Bolivia. An interpenetrating twinned crystal of diamond, and an octahedron of diamond on boart. A polished slab of smaragdite from Burma. 168 ACCOUNTS, ETC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A series of minerals formed during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in April 1906; including specimens of chlorman- ganokalite and chlornatrokalite. A large series of exceptionally fine crystals of calcite, barytes, fluor, etc., from the North of England. A series of well crystallised specimens of cerussite, hemi- morphite, tarbuttite, hopeite, etc., from Broken Hill, North- Western Rhodesia. A further series of specimens from the collection of the late Professor A. A. Damour ; including crystals of anatase and twinned crystals of rutile from Brazil, and large twinned crystals of cassiterite from Morbihan, France. The following mineral names added to the Museum List were previously not represented by specimens in the Collection :— Aerugite, arsenbleinierite, benitoite, blomstrandine, bros- tenite, cathkinite, chlormanganokalite, chlornatrokalite, davidite, gorceixite, harttite, hollandite, kallilite, michaelite, moravite, moronite, parahopeite, paravivianite, patronite, priorite, purpurite, quiroguite, sefstromite, tarbuttite, van- thoftite. | Rocks. By Presentation : A collection of rock-specimens from the cataracts of the Rivers Madeira, Beni and Mamoré, 8S. America: by Dr. J. W. Evans. A small collection of rock-specimens from near Kengtung, China: by G. A. Durie, Esq. A collection of rock-specimens from South Cornwall: by DriGan, Prior, Pink dolomitic marble from Oronsay Island, Argyleshire : by Captain D. McNeill. Andesites from Chili: by Professor H. E. Orrego. Garnet-rocks from Orange River Colony: by E. H. V. Melvill, Esq. A small collection of rock- “specimens from the Lipari Islands: by W. Child, Esq. Picrite from Devonshire: by J. Chudleigh, Esq. A small collection of rock-specimens from Central Africa : by C. Storey, Esq. Peridotite from Island of Harris: by Rt. Hon. Viscount Fincastle. Rock-specimens from Mt. Demavend, N. Persia: by Colonel A. C. Bailward. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. 169 Globigerina Limestone from Cyprus: by A. J. Jukes Browne, Esq. Schistose Serpentine from the Cottian Alps: by Rev. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S. By Purchase: Specimens of trachytic rocks from Haddington. A polished slab of graphic granite from Madagascar. A small collection of rock-specimens from Cornwall. A collection of lavas, bombs, voleanic dust, ete., from Vesuvius (chiefly from the eruption of April 1906). A collection illustrating various mineral-enclosures in basalt, chiefly from the Finkenberg, Rhenish Prussia. Specimens of banded sandstone from Montana. Meteorites. By Presentation: Kangra Valley, Punjab, India; a stone weighing 395 grams: by Professor W. N. Hartley, F.R.s. Cold Bokkeveld, South Africa; fragments weighing 56 grams: by Professor M. H. N. Story-Maskelyne, F.R.s. By Exchange: Adare, Limerick ; a fragment weighing 47 grams. By Purchase: Santa Rosa, Colombia; a slice weighing 996 grams. Cobija, Desert of Atacama; a slice weighing 252 grams. Elm Creek, Kansas ; a piece weighing 912 grams. El Incamass, Chili; a slice weighing 6,235 grams. Those Meteorities of which the names are italicized belong to falls hitherto unrepresented in the Museum Collection. L, Fletcher. 170 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. I.—Arrangement and Conservation. During the past year 49,500 specimens have been incorporated with the Herbarium. This number includes 21,100 Flowering Plants, 2,406 Vascular Cryptogams, 216 Mosses, 53 Hepatics, 2,139 Lichens, 58 Algae, and 1,528 Fungi, in all 27,500 specimens, which have been mounted and incorporated ; together with 13,000 specimens of Alge in the Batters Collection which were already well mounted on sheets similar to those in use in the Herbarium, 3,000 mounted microscopic slides of Algze (Batters Collection), and 6,000 mounted microscopic slides of Diatoms (Rylands Collection). . Flowering Plants.—Collections have been mounted and incorporated as follows:—From Japan, Corea, and Formosa by Faurie (in part), from Central China by Wilson, from Thibet by Younghusband, from the Cameroons by Zenker, | from Angola by Gossweiler (in part), from South Africa by Schlechter, from Mexico by Purpus. Collections from the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and Borneo hy Ridley, from ™ Gunong Tahan by Robinson, from Uganda by Bagshawe, from Mt. Ruwenzori by Wollaston, from Rhodesia by Eyles and Swynnerton, and from Chili by Middleton, Scott Elliot and Philippi, have been wholly or in part named, mounted, and incorporated. The revision of the plants collected by Banks and Solander in New Zealand has been completed. In the division Polypetale additions have been made by incorporation, especially in the orders Menispermacee, Tiliaceze, and Meliaceze (specimens from Herb. Miers) ; Cap- paridacee, Polygalaceze, and Simarubacez (chiefly speci- mens from Herb. Hance); Caryophyllaceze (Indian and American) ; Ranunculacezs, Zygophyllacee, and Guttiferze (Indian); Crassulacez, Anacardiacee, and Cucurbitacez (African) ; and Leguminose (various collections). Work of revision and rearrangement has been done in the orders Anonacee, Sterculiacee, and Leguminose (African), Gera- niaceee (North American), Sapindaceze (Malayan), Saxifra- gacez and Rosacee, and in the genera Modecca, Rhyncosia (South African), Viola (European), Combretum (African), Acridocarpus and LElewocarpus (Malayan), Lepidium, Oxalis, and Begonia. In the division Gamopetalez additions have been made by incorporation, especially in the orders Rubiacez, Oleacee, Campanulacez, Apocynacez, Bignoniaceze and Serophu- lariaceze, and work of revision and rearrangement has been done in the orders Composite (especially North American DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 171 genera) Styracez, Sapotacez, Cyrtandracee, and Convolvu- laceze, and in the genus Calceolaria. In the division Apetale work of incorporation has been done especially in the orders Chenopodiacez, Euphorbiacee, and Podostemacez (Indian). In the Monocotyledons work of incorporation has been done chiefly in the orders Graminee, Aroidez, Liliacez, Amaryllidacez, and Iridaceze, and work of revision in the Palmaceze and Orchidacez. Work of incorporation and revision has been done in the British Herbarium. A large accumulation of North and South American duplicates has been sorted and arranged, for purposes of exchange. Ferns.—Additions have been made by incorporation in the following orders and genera, Cyatheacez, Schizzacee, Ophioglossaceze, Lycopodiacee, Selaginellacee, Gleichenia, Davalha, Hymenophyllum, Trichomanes, Aspleniwm, Aspidium, Nephrodium, Nephrolepis, and Equisetum, and in the ‘Hydropteridee ; work of rearrangement has been done in the genera Nephrodium and Platycerium; the specimens collected by Cuming in the Philippines have been revised, and the specimens collected by Robinson in Gunong Tahan have been determined. Bryophyta.—Work of incorporation has been done in several genera of Mosses, and work of revision on the Mosses of New Zealand and Japan, and on the British specimens of several genera of Hepatice. Alge.—The Batters herbarium and_ collection of microscopic slides, and the Rylands collection of diatoms have been incorporated ; and work of determination and revision has been done in several genera of siphonaceous Alge, on Algze from the Indian Ocean and the Danish West ‘Indies, and in the Characee. Fungi.—Work of incorporation has been done chiefly in the Hyphomycetes and Discomycetes, and in the genus Puccimia ; the British Fungi have been rearranged according to recent monographs, and the sorting of specimens and drawings in the Phillips collection has been continued, and the drawings of Discomycetes and Uredineze have been mounted and incorporated. Lichens.—Progress has been made with the revision of the British Lichens, and the extra-European Lichens in Crombie’s collection have been sorted and labelled. Exhibition Series.—Progress has been made with the representation of the orders of Dicotyledons in the large wall-cases in the public gallery, with the exhibition of a series of British Lichens, and with the selection and preparation of specimens and drawings for an exhibition of 172 ACCOUNTS, ETG., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. British Hepatics. An exhibition illustrating variation at different altitudes in Polygala Amarella—a British plant with a very restricted distribution, and an exhibition of Lichens from Southern Chili, have been prepared and placed in the public gallery; and specimens, with drawings, of a British hybrid Orchid, and aspecimen of the Australian Blackboy (Xanthorrhea arborea) have been added. Progress has been made with the exhibition illustrating British-grown Trees in the Central Hall, and some time has been devoted to the completion of the exhibition illustrating the flower, fruit, and seed of the Dicotyledons. An exhibition of Memorials of Linnzus has been arranged in honour of the bicentenary of the birth of the great Swedish Naturalist, and a guide to it has been prepared. Catalogues.—Progress has been made with the preparation of the second edition of Mr. Arthur Lister’s Monograph of the Mycetozoa ; with the second volume, by Miss A. Lorrain Smith, of Crombie’s Catalogue of Britush Lichens ; and with a Synopsis of British Basidiomycetes, based on the MSS. and drawings of Mr. Worthington G. Smith. All three volumes are going through the press. IL—Publications. Guide to the books, specimens, and portraits exhibited in the Central Hall to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of Linneus (Memorials of Linneus) by Dr. Rendle. List of British Seed-plants and Ferns. By Dr. Rendle and Mr. Britten. Apart from the official publications issued by the Trustees, the following relating to the collections have appeared :— General report upon the Botanical Results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W. A. Cunnington, 1904 and 1905. By Dr. Rendle. (Journal of © Linnean Society.) Notes on the “ List of British Seed-Plants,” I.andII. By Dr. Rendle and Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) Note on Thrincia nudicaulis. By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) The “ Illustrations of Australian Plants ” ( Bibliographical Note). By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) Notes on Halorrhagacee. By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) Note on Cephalanthera longifolia Fritsch. By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) Notes from the National Herbarium, I. By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany. ) DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. TS Overlooked plants described by Schreber. By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany. ) Revision of the Genus Bersama. By Mr. Baker. (Journal of Botany.) A new Iimonia from Uganda. By Mr. Baker. (Journal of Botany. ) New species of Malvacee. By Mr. Baker. (Bulletin of the New York Botanic Garden, Vol. iv.) Alabastra Diversa, pt. xiv. By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Botany.) Notes on some Tropica] African Rubiacee. By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Botany.) Marine Algez. (Phzophycee and Floridee.) By Mr. and Mrs. Gepp. (National Antarctic Expedition, Vol. iii.) Fungi new to Britain. By Miss A. Lorrain Smith (with Mr. Carleton Rea). (Trans. Brit. Mycolog. Soc.) Notes on British Rubi. By Dr. E. Gilbert. (Journal of Botany.) British Roses of the mollis-tomentosa Group. By Rev. Augustin Ley. (Journal of Botany.) Observations on Sarracenia. By Dr. J. M. Macfarlane, Professor of Botany, University of Philadelphia, U.S.A. (Journal of Botany.) * Oxalis corniculata and its Allies. By Dr. B. L. Robinson, Curator of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, U.S.A. (Journal of Botany.) Donax and Schumannianthus. By Mr. R. A. Rolfe, Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. (Journal of Botany.) IlI.—Hachanges of Duplicates. Exchanges have been effected with the Royal Gardens, Kew; the Botanic Gardens, Sydney; the Botanic Gardens, Singapore ; the Royal Botanic Gardens, St. Petersburg; the Hofmuseum, Vienna; the Botanic Museum, Zurich; the New York Botanic Garden; the Missouri Botanic Garden; the Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg, Java; J. F. Cheeseman, Esq., the Auckland Museum, New Zealand; and Oswald Sargent, Esq., York, West Australia. IV.—-Loan of Specimens. - Fifty-seven unnamed specimens of Characeze have been lent for determination to Henry Groves, Esq. V.—Departmental Library. The additions during the past year have been, by dona- tion, 35 volumes, 103 pamphlets; by purchase, 135 volumes, 174 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5 pamphlets—in all 170 volumes, 108 pamphlets. These include 17 periodicals, in 132 parts, presented, and 74 periodicals, in 648 parts, purchased—in all 91 periodicals in 780 parts. 153 volumes have been bound. The correspondence relating to the Rylands collection of Diatoms and including the Walker Arnott correspondence has been arranged and placed in the Library ; and the pamphlets and MSS. contained in the Crombie Lichen-collection have been catalogued and indexed. The collection of tracts has been arranged on shelves. Work of incorporation and revision has been done in the general collection of drawings of specimens, especially in the incorporation of the large collection of original water- colour drawings of Indian plants, made by Dr. Fleming. The classification and arrangement for binding of the large collection of notes and drawings by R. A. Salisbury has been completed. Indexes have been prepared of various books and collections. New book-shelves have been added in the Cryptogamic herbarium. Duplicate books and pamphlets have been distributed to the Royal Gardens, Kew, the Linnean Society, and the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. VI.— Acquisitions. The following additions have been made to the collections by presentation:—396 Phanerogams from Uganda, from Dr. A. G. Bagshawe ; 245 Phanerogams and 30 Cryptogams from Rhodesia, from F. Eyles, Esq. ; 126 specimens from Uganda, from Mrs. Sybil M. Tufnell ; 38 specimens from the Soudan, from the Director of Woods and Forests, Kartoum ; 200 specimens from Gazaland, from C. F. M. Swynnerton, Esq.; 50 specimens of Umbellifere and Composite, and 43 Monocotyledons from Algeria, from M. A. Joly Elbahy ; 48 specimens from South Africa, from Rev. F. A. Rogers (in return for naming); 23 specimens from Lake Kivu, Central Africa, from Dr. Wollaston; 10 specimens from Uganda, from E. Brown, Esq. ; 10 specimens from Fayoum, from Dr. W. A. Cunnington; 5 specimens from South Africa, from Dr. H. Bolus ; 14 specimens of Podostemacez from India, from J. C. Willis, Esq. ; 4 specimens from Garhwal, from Dr. T. G. Long- staff ; 2 specimens of Wissadula from Brazil, from R, Fries ; 50 specimens of plants from W. Australia, collected by W. V. Fitzgerald, from F. 8S. Brockman, Esq.; 4 specimens of Eremophila, etc., from Australia, from Prof. A. J. Ewart ; 390 specimens from Chili, Brazil, and the Falkland Islands, from R. Morton Middleton, Esq.; 2 specimens of orchids from Jamaica, from the Hon. W. Fawcett; 3 specimens of Ophrys, from Hyéres, from H. 8. Thompson, Esq. ; 2 specimens of flowering plants from Rev. W. Moyle Rogers ; 64 specimens of garden plants for exhibition from the Royal Gardens, Kew ; 3 specimens of cultivated plants from Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P. ; specimens of fossil seeds of Najas marina DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 175 and V. minor from Clement Reid, Esq. ; 2 fruits of Martynia from A. E. Stearns, Esq. ; 3 specimens of cultivated orchids from Sir Trevor Lawrence ; 4 specimens of cultivated orchids from J. O’Brien, Esq.; 2 specimens of Silene; from W. B. Paulson, Esq. ; specimens of Alsophila from Fiji, from Miss M. Benson ; specimens of a tropical moss, Calymweres, recently discovered in Europe, near the fumaroles of Pantellaria, from Dr. Emilio Levier; 2 species of Halimeda and 3 specimens of Avrainvillea from the Paumotu Archipelago, from M. P. Hariot; some large specimens of Laminariaceze from the Eastern Telegraph Company’s cable near Gibraltar, from V. K. Cornish, Esq.; a Japanese species of HNcklonia, from Prof. F. O. Bower; 11 species representing 4 genera of Lithothamnia from the Indian Ocean, collected during the “ Sea-lark ” Expedition, from J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq. ; specimens of Cladocephalus, a new genus of Algz from the West Indies, from Mr. Marshall A. Howe; 161 Characez from the herbarium of T. F. Allen, from the New York Botanical Garden; and single specimens from Sir W. Strick- land, Dr. Grunman, F. Moore, Esq., Christopher J. Alexander, Esq., Mrs. P. Hoare, E.. M. Holmes, Esq., Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mrs. Paris, Messrs. R. T. Turnbuil, Prof. R. J. Harvey Gibson, and T. D. A. Cockerell, Esq. The additions to the British Herbarium by presentation have been :—3 specimens from Dr. C. Vigors ; 229 specimens from Rev. E. S. Marshall; 72 specimens from Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell; 2 specimens from John D. Young, Esq. ; 4 specimens from A. B. Jackson, Esq. ; 3 specimens of intro- duced plants from W. B. Allen, Esq.; 7 specimens from Clement Reid, Esq. ; 2 specimens from W. Whitehead, Esq. ; 10 specimens of Rubi, &c., from Prof. D. Oliver; 4 specimens from James Groves, Esq.; 10 rare British Hepatice from Symers M. Macvicar, Esq.; and single specimens from Henry Peirson, Esq., H. A. Britten, Esq., C. H. Spencer Percival, -Esq., H. Beeby, Esq., W. R. Sherrin, Esq., V. K. Cornish, Esq., and J. Saunders, Esq. Among the acquisitions by presentation special reference may be made to the collection of Diatoms formed by the late Thomas Glazebrook Rylands, of Warrington, and presented by his daughter, Miss Martha G. Rylands. It consists of about 6,000 microscope-slides in cabinets, and includes the collection of the late Dr. Christopher Johnson, of Lancaster, bequeathed to Mr. Rylands. It was formed more than 40 years ago, when great activity was manifested in the study of Diatomaces ; and the two most active students of the group, Prof. G. Walker Arnott and Prof. R. K. Greville, and their more important correspondents are represented by numerous letters included in the collection. The following additions have been made by exchange of duplicates: — 1,100 specimens from Brazil, Central Asia, Russia, etc., from the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, 176 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. St. Petersburg; 494 Phanerogams and 12 Cryptogams from Singapore, Siam, etc., from the Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore; 37 specimens of Coprosma from New Zealand, from J. F. Cheeseman, Esq. ; 308 specimens from South Africa, collected by R. Schlechter, from the Director of the Botanic Museum, Zurich ; 395 specimens from Tibet and 94 specimens from tropical Africa, from the Director, Royal Gardens, Kew ; 56 specimens from Jamaica, from the Director of the New York Botanic Garden; 138 specimens from Australia, from the Director of the Botanic Garden, Sydney ; 626 specimens from Texas, collected by Lindheimer, from the Director of the Missouri Botanic Garden; 56 specimens from Java, from the Director of the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden; 100 Kryptogame [Exsiccate, from the Hofmuseum, Vienna; 13 specimens of West Australian Orchids, from Oswald Sargent, Esq., York, West Australia. The principal purchases during the year were :—200 specimens “Flora Stiriaca Exsiccata,’ fase. 7-10, from Hayek; 273 specimens “ Plante Paraguarienses,” from Dr. Hassler; 227 specimens from South Bolivia, collected by Fiebrig, from Dr. R. Pilger ; 200 specimens of Dorfler’s Herb. Normale, Cent. 47 & 48, from Dulau & Co. ; 370 Phanerogams and 82 Cryptogams from New Caledonia, collected by R. Schlechter, from Dr. Loesener; 109 Phanerogams and 6 Cryptogams from Tucuman, Argentina, collected by Dr. L. Dinelli, from W. F. H. Rosenberg; 980 Phanerogams and 107 Cryptogams from Japan, from Rev. U. Faurie; 299 Phanero- gams and 10 Cryptogams from Mexico, from C. G. Pringle ; 62 specimens ‘“‘ Graminee Exsiccate ” (Fasc. xxi.. xxii.), and 40 specimens Cyperacee (Fasc. vi.), from Kneucker; 179 speci- mens from Cameroons, collected by Zenker, from Dr. E. Gilg ; 440 specimens, including 31 Vascular Cryptogams from Mexico collected by Dr. Purpus, from Dr. T. 8. Brandegee ; 50 specimens “ Salicetum Exsiccatum ” (Fase. vil.), collected by Toepffer, from Dulau & Co.; 20 Phanerogams and 20 Cryptogams from West Indies, from W. E. Broadway ; 50 specimens “ Batotheca Europea” (Fase. v.), from H. Sudre ; 176 Phanerogams and 23 Cryptogams from Lydia and Caria, and 40 Phanerogams and 50 Cryptograms from North Persia, and 52 specimens from West Persia, collected by Dr. Strauss, from J. Bornmiiller ; 59 Phanerogams and 1 Cryptogam from Transkei, 8. Africa, from Miss A. Pegler ; 200 North American Fungi, from Bartholomew ; 200 German Fungi, from Sydow ; 100 Uredinez and 25 Ustilaginez, from Sydow; 100 Fungi Imperfecti, from Kabat and Bubak; 75 Ascomycetous Fungi, from Rehm; 150 Westphalian Fungi, from Brinkmann; 50 Fungi Selecti, from Jaap; 100 Micro-Fungi, from Vestergren ; 53 British Micro-Fungi, and 36 microscope-preparations, from Miss A. L. Smith; 40 Lichens of North England, from Rev. W. Johnson; 813 Bavarian Lichens, from Britzel- mayr; 20 rare European Lichens, from Zahlbruckner ; 1,214 coloured drawings of Lichens, prepared by the late Dr. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. Lie R. Deakin and illustrating his Lichen-herbarium, which was presented to the Department in 1889, from Hutchin- son; 76 Marine Alge of South Australia, from Mrs. Harold; 100 North American Alge from Collins, Holden, and Setchell; 40 microscope-preparations of Diatoms and 105 of Fresh-water Algz and Peridiniee from material collected by Dr. W. A. Cunnington in the East African Lakes, from West; 1,007 microscope-preparations of British Mosses, from Sherrin; 50 Mosses of Malay Archipelago, from Fleischer ; 20 North American Hepatice, from Haynes: 424 Mosses and Hepatics of India, 74 of Japanese Islands, 143 of British New Guinea, 50 of Tasmania, 132 of Guatemala, from Levier ; 59 Mosses of France, from Husnot; 100 Mosses of South Europe, from Fleischer and Warnstorf; 125 Cryptogams of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from Migula ; 116 coloured drawings of Scottish Cryptogams by Greville, from Parritt. Among the acquisitions by purchase special mention should be made of the collection of Marine Algz made by the late E. A. L. Batters, consisting of more than 10,000 British and 3,000 foreign specimens, and more than 3,000 microscope- preparations. The slides add much to the facilities for studying the Algz; and the whole collection affords a good representation of the work done in recent years towards ascertaining the distribution of the species around the coasts of the British Islands. VII.—Demonstrations. Demonstrations on the collections have been given by Mr. Britten to 27 meinbers of the Geologists’ Association on March 16th, and to 9 members of the Battersea Field Club on November 9th; and on the exhibition of Memorials of Linneus by Dr. Rendle to members of the Selborne Society, and of the Ealing Science and Microscopical Society, on November 23rd. VIill.—Students and Visitors. The number of visits to the Department for consultation and research during the year was 2,245. Numerous specimens and small collections have been named by the staff for visitors and correspondents. A. B. Rendle. sy | CHRD 10) PARMIAADIG ¢ ss Nee {order jfuesin: uf oth vse’ akc yoidetanili : haar becte dps ix FF ator “ARI Ae tron tone adit shal iido0H4 “fy sis byrnelos, opm . iva rays: c=. Ma ice bane [ping sq ais adaiue ie “pavidiel OH “ofd aim hy add vd, ohetd. ay ol A arti le. Fa ft vigdgollon ethi io abd stg . : j tani teh) OG 6,04. rasa ow Aer is ton Bibath go: yerabiatl iT ag Be ACT Ist (00.5 apd asonr, bit eh Pa t ah Fok, Horst add od loses Ly ape: Rig » Omer s aba gts aordaalion taluclvy, 5 RED Rigay dagooty if sto, a, MARADD, oily, hittiore, paioni a ale Le dy Pretg 4 te By ae a oly Vagit nee f? re : 4 art wre 7 aay : 3 rt nari nade or deta +. 4 Sie ister st A” ‘"eiaagolasthe dh} PO PIO” DiS iE * pabiad ened “ahd? Se: o> ae Yo! afidhio aM te “ahisididt “iia cusstage anirod ae gitt— Toy sien eg Sines : hetasapsiol tt sh ote Rt frou Nema Lud AS rs; ag Tes ¥ syivéias Thal: aa ie wtviit ie JgS 7H Phseonnaitng SOE a oo if saacene Se ag sina us if a m5) These ele f Biers EAU SEU M, RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 25 February 1909 ;—/or, COPY “of Account of the INcomE and EXPENDITURE of the British Museum (Spectan Trust Funps) for the Year ending the 31st day of March 1909; and, RETURN of the Number of PERSONS admitted to visit the Musrum and the British Musrum (NATURAL HIsToRy) in each Year from 1903 to 1908, both Years inclusive ; together with a STATEMENT of the PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and an Account of OBJECTS added to them in the Year 1908.” Treasury Chambers, } 20 April 1909. f C. HOBHOUSE. (Mr. Butcher.) Ordered, by The House of Commons, to he Printed, 20 April 1909. EON. 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MOVE eer. } jaa cone sar pbita ae x “‘é aot : ‘ — ; 4 ae beh ep so sh eet LI EREESE CM ay “ta! ‘ oe ot be Hf Nigel a aa (32) CONTE NS I—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the Year ended 3lst March 1909 - - - - - - - = ° ° {I1--ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period - - - - = = z S = a 3 ILL-—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period : 1V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period - - V.—ACCOUNT OF THH BEQUEST OF THE LATE MR. VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN for the same period . = - = ‘ VIL—ACCOUNT OF THE BEQUEST OF THE LATE MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM for the same period - - VIIL—RETURN of the Number of PERSONS admitted to visit the BRITISH MUsEUM and the BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL History) in each Year from 1903 to 1908, both Years inclusive - = : = = = = : = : - VIIL—STATEMENT of GENERAL PROGRESS at the MusEUM (Blooms- bury) - - - - - - = - - - - 1X.—-STATEMENT of PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and ACCOUNT of OBJECTS added to them, in the Year 1908 (Bloomsbury) = : - > X.—Ditto - - - ditto - - - (Natural History) - “ 4 e- (1)102. 700. 6/09. A 2 Page 10 16 4 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I—AN ACCOUNT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the ee STOCK CASH. 2 °/, Consols, ope he £. &. d. To BALANCES on the Ist April 1908 = = = A 2 ata oo Seow - DIVIDENDS ‘received on 13,5981, 3s. 11d. Stock in 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz. ; On the 6th April1908 - £.8419 9 » he Gti Tuly A908 4) gor B4IOL 8 bee op 5th October 1908 - 8419 9 Ente? 5th January 1909 - 8419 9 ——enooo dono - RENT OF A REAL Estate, Whitchurch, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater (less charges of collection, repairs, &c.) - - 5010) 10 &.| 550 1 71 13,598 3 11. IT.—AN ACCOUNT of the REcrrprs and EXPENDITURE of the STOOK, 24°), Consols. & Ce To BALANCES on the Ist April 1908 - SN ae 2,879 10 7 - DIVIDENDS received on 2,8797. 10s. 7d. Stock in 23 per Cent. Consols, be- queathed by Lord Farnborough, VIZ. : On the 6th April 1908 - £.17 19 11 7 6th July 1908 - = 17,19 13 - 5th October 1908 = Wy 19 41 ks 5th January 1909 ai A 9 AD £. 2,879 10 7 cr ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF ;THE BRITISH MUSEUM,, BRIDGEWATER FUND, from the 1st April 1908 to the 31st March 1909. STOCK, Sa 24 °/, Consols, By One Year’s SALARY of the EgertonLibrarian -| 175 - - — AMOUNT expended on purchase of Manuscripts - 58 18 0 - BALANCES ON THE 31ST MARCH 1909, carried to Account for 1909-1910 . = | olO. Sah} La598 <3 Th ee 550) fF 19,596 3 11 FARNBOROUGH FUND, from the 1st April 1908 to the 31st March 1909 STOCK CA 23°, Consols. a gl Be. 8) a | By AMOUNT expended on purchase of Manuscript - 64 ll 3 - BALANCES ON THE 31sT . MarcH 1909, carried to Account for 1909-1910 ae ai toe to © 2,879 10 7 coe 29S 6 3 2,879 10 7 ee hl a a 6 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK a 7d Consols. ee Sade ep meh To BALANCES on the Ist April 1908 - : - ba BL 5,683 1 6 - DIVIDENDS received on 5,683/. 1s. 6d. Stock in 24 p2r Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.: On the 6th April 1908 -~£.35 10 4 a 6th July 1908 - 8510 4 F 5th October 1908 - 8510 4 of 5th January 1909 = 3d 104 ————| 142 1 4 £. | 296.10 91 5,683 1 6 IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and EXPENDITURE of STOCK easx. 24 Consols. £.8. d. Soe oeme: To BALANCE ox the Ist April 1908 - : - — 565 3 9 ~ DIVIDENDS received on 565/. 3s. 9d. Stock in 23 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, viz. : On the 6th April 1908 - - £Z.3 10 8 * 6th July 1908 - : 310 8 . 5th October 1908 - 310 8 i dth January 1909 - 310 8 ——~| 14 298 od ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. SWINEY FUND, from the 1st April 1908 to the 31st March 1909. 1 H STOCK. CASH. 24 °/, Consois. £8. a, Lapse de By Amount paid to Dr, Rk Suhart, fcr Lectures on Geology in 1908 - - afte 140 - - - BALANCES ON THE 31sT Marcu 1909, carried to Account for 1909-1910 - - 6610 1 5,683 1 6 £: |, 196 101 6,683 1 6 the BIRCH FUND, from the Ist April 1908 to the 31st March 1909. Stock ee 23°), Consvis £.= 8. a: Sees at By LEGAcy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Keepers of the Departments of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Natural History - - - 5 = - = 14 2 8 - BALANCE ON THE 31sT MARCH 1909, carried to Account for 1909-1910. . . _ 665 3 9 8 AGCOUNTS, ETG., OF THE “BRITISH MUSEUM.. V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerprs and EXPENDITURE of the bequest and Extension of ‘the ‘Library and Reading Room of the Escumngal LOCAL LoaNs eee STOCK. To AMOUNT of Local Leans Stock on ‘1st April 1908 - - - - - — 54,903 19 5 ~ DIVIDENDS received during the year - - | 1,665 17 2 - AmooNT of Local Loans Stock purchased with the Dividends « - - - _ 1681) LOR £. 11,665 17 2| 56,585 10 0 VI.—AN ACCOUNT of the RucEIPTs and EXPENDITURE of the bequest 1st April 1908 to METROPOLITAN! CASH. | 339) SrocK. To AMOUNT of Metropolitan 3 per cent. Stock on Ist en 1908 - - - - — 7,824 8 7 ~ DIVIDENDS received during the year - =| ore 6: 1h - AMOUNT of Metropolitan 35 per, cent. Stock purchased with the Dividends - - - —_—. 268 10 8 = Va hme ie | 8,092 19 3 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH’ MUSEUM. g: of the late MR. VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN (for the Improvement Museum) from the 1st April 1908 to the 31st March 1909. LocaL LOANS CASH. STOCK. . Se tas) de Lose ode By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 1,6817.. 10s.. 7d. Local. Loans Stock, Com- mission, &c. = : 5 = eG oa0 li, 22 Ls BALANCE OF Stock ON THE 318T Marcu 1909 carried to account for 1909-1910 - - — 56,585 10 0 “"£. |1,665 17 2] 56,585 10 0 of the late MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM from tke the 31st March 1909. METROPOLITAN CASH. . 34 °/, Stock. : vane sel Sas Sa 80. a; By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 2687. 10s. 8d. Metropolitan 34 per cent. Stock, Commission, &c. - - - Ath MS Wot S ‘- BALANCE OF STOCK ON THE 31ST MARCH 1909 ; carried to account for 1909-1910 - - — 8,092 19 3 | g.| 277, 6 11+ 8,092 19 3, E. Maunde Thompson, Director and Principa! Librarian. 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The British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Depart- ments of Printed Books and Maps, Manuscripts, Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethno- graphy, and Coins and Medals), is open to the public free daily (except on Good Friday and Christmas Day and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving), as follows :— On WEEKDAYS from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. After 4 p.m. in January, February, November, Decem- ber, and after 5 p.m. in March, September, October, only certain of the galleries remain open, viz. :— Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Printed On Mondays : : : ‘ Books, Prints and Drawings, Porcelain, beg ss Glass and Majolica; Prehistoric, British, po Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Ethno- FRIDAYS. graphical Collections. | Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek and Roman Ch tae Galleries (exclusive of the Vase Rooms ; ? and Bronze Room); the Gold Ornament and Room, the American Room, and the SATURDAYS. Waddesdon Room. | On SunDAY AFTERNOONS :— From 2 to4 p.m.in January, February, November, December. ” 2 ” 5 » ” October. ve 2 § 2.30% .4. >,. Match, September: er eg a6, ». » April, May, June, July, August. Persons applying for the purposes-of research and reference are admitted to the Reading. Room under certain regulations every weekday, except the days specified below, from 9 a.m, until 7 p.m. The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, from 10 a.m, until 5 p.m. The Reading Room, Newspaper Room, and Students’ Rooms in the Library and. Department of Manuscripts are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and-the first four weekdays in March and September. __ ACCOUNTS, BETC., ‘OF THE ‘BRITISH. MUSEUM: 13 Other Students’ Rooke are closed on a Sundays; Good F riday, and Christmas Day, and oceasionally for cleaning. Students are admitted generally to the severa! Departments on weekdays, from 10 till 4 or 5 o’clock ; and to the Sculpture Galleries from 9 o’clock till the hour of closing. British Museum, . E. Mawnde Thompson, 31 March, 1909. Director and Principal Librarian ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 14 EFO'LTS ae te ees a 986°C9 LG0'1SF 18'S FOF‘ 9G LOLF IF L‘43 GEa'g FOL ZE $619 668'SF LL3‘6 €09‘T9 88L‘g 1&SZF 1t6‘F 6S1'9F CST'9 998‘¢¢ LST'L 066'T9 066'9 198'6z LIT's &9S'FS 62h‘ 929'SS ot6'61 sce's 606 ¥98'F FEST _—_ LL8‘6I 80l'z 1G‘ 109‘ L39'IT - Auvyog - Asoyer1sUlyT - AS80004 - £38o0]007, | “LO6T ‘9061 “GO6T “POGT “€06T ‘AGOLG Jo osodind oy} s0J SINAWLUVdAG UVIMOILUVG 04 SLISIA JO AdaWwonN inna ee ek enh Le eS ee ee ee eee LEV‘ L6F LSG‘ZLE E1E°99¢ 198°99 | OLO‘IS# | IST‘T9 90F'TIF | F80'OL 623'96F C6‘ FEL‘SS F6LE LLO'FE Score SoL‘Es 9EL‘S FIL‘GS 9L2'E 66L'8Z 60L'E LLY CE BELG 819'¢gE #og‘¢ GELLE €62'9 $92'eE 99T'9 PLOTS $899 O18'6Z 01g'9 916'CE F96°¢ Sol ‘6F I18‘¢ 6L66F 9029 ZIS‘LG IPL‘G G60'SE | G6Lz'9 696'ZE 8t6'9 $99'9¢ FFT'L | SOT‘2E 08st OF8'St Corl FZ1‘99 LEL'9 C60°LF ZtGS 0Z0'SS 062'8 GETet F6E'L 0Z2'8¢ 626'9 SIG‘ FF 1L0°L SIF‘09 68o'2 cg9s‘ee FoF'e Z89'LZB 90F'C 9cT'E¢ OSS 'F 9F8'9Z LUG F 096‘'GZ CHT FT FI9'ES 6163 8690 ZE9'S EIT'cg €&6'S G¢9'6E Log‘OLF Cn en eee 606‘09 S¥9‘60F 99'S 00s'e¢ £02‘E 1F6'FS 6326'S 689'&S 96L'¢ 6690S SLI'G F9C'SF 66F'F OFG'8Z L88'F CEO'S 99F'9 6S69¢ SIt'9 129°9¢ Ssl'9 061'8Z I8F‘¢ 006'9% 8oL‘F F66'SF a EE EEE EEE eee (syuepnys surpnjour) €EL'98F SUOTOOTION A10987)7 / . 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Sore 699'F 660'%S | - : ALENIge J L19'S 06) TZ mele of eae Arenue ‘sfepung| ‘sfepyoo 4 |‘shepung ‘shepyoo M | ‘sfepung | ‘s{epyoo M| ‘Sfepung [skepyoo,, |'sXepung |‘sfepyoo 4 |'sepung ‘skepyoo M yore ul ‘AvOYy TIGAMWOAD ‘(AXOLSIF] TVENLVN) “8061 “LOGI ‘9061 “SO6I “F06E ‘OATSNOUT ‘ZOGT OF EOGT Woz avoX WOUSD PL HSILIYG AAL NI SNOILLOGTTION AHL MAIA OL GaALLINGV SNOSUGG—"Y ne “S06T a ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 15 The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, including the Departments of Zoology, Geology and Paleontology, Miner- alogy, and Botany, are open to the public, free, daily, except Good Friday and Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving. The hours of daeien are as under :— On WEEKDAYS, paEORBnot the year from 10 a.m., in January - - - = yo LO: eA ve) pam. February Ist to 14th - - - i FSO; February 15th to end Sie PO yee » March = = = = = - ” 5.30 ” April to August Se eR bo ne ite fe asian 0 »3 September - - - - EEE Oe yy October - - - - - 2 10 youd 9 November and December ~ - Sh, Se 4 » also, on Monpays and SaTuRDAYS only, from the begin- ning of May to the middle of July, to 8 p.m., and from the middle of July to the end of August, to 7 p.m. On SUNDAYS, in January - - 6 4.e ..Gnkh, a high official of Memphis, On it is cut a 56. 10. it. 12, ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. representation of the deceased seated at a table of offerings. From Sakkarah. IVth dynasty, B.C. 3700. . Part of a glazed steatite cylinder-seal inscribed with the name and titles of King Sahura. About B.C. 3500. . Large, shallow, grey granite bowl, uninscribed. From Sakkarah. Vth dynasty. . Grey granite kneeling figure of a priest, wearing the long robe and deep wig which characterize the statues of the early Middle Empire. From Karnak. XIth or XIIth dynasty, B.c. 2500. . White limestone kneeling figure of a priest, holding upon his knees a tablet of unusual shape inscribed with a version of a Hymn to Ra which was current under the XVIIIth dynasty. Fine work. From Karnak. About B.c. 1550. : . Brown sandstone seated figure of a scribe, holding an unrolled papyrus on his knees. From Karnak. XVITIth dynasty. . Grey granite kneeling figure of a priest, or high official, holding a seated figure of Osiris, who is represented in mummied form, and wearing the Atef crown. From Karnak. New Empire. . Small seated grey granite statue of a priest named Uah-ab-Ra, who held several important offices under the kings of the XX VIthdynasty. The text states that he lived ‘ninety-nine years in health, without suffering.” From Karnak. B.c. 550. . Grey granite seated figure of a priest and scribe, with his hands crossed over his knees. From Karnak. B.c. 550. Black granite seated figure of Peta-Amen-neb-nest- taui, a “‘ divine father,” and “ scribe of the House of Wonders ” of the gods of the double-city at Thebes. On the granite is cut the text of an address to the fellow priest of the deceased. From Karnak. B.C. 550. Grey granite standing figure of Pekhru (?), a high priest, who held numerous offices in connection with the temples of all the great gods of Thebes. He holds before him a figure of Osiris wearing the White Crown. The plinth and pedestal are in- scribed with a list of the offices of the deceased. From Karnak. Ptolemaic Period. Painted limestone stele with a representation of the god ‘Ptah of the Beautiful Face,” seated within a shrine, with a table of offerings before him. Beside the shrine are sculptured seven human ears. Below is a figure of Penbui, the official 13 14. 15. 16. If. 18. 19: 20. 22. EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. ST who dedicated the stele to the god. The text contains praises of Ptah. XVIIIth or XIXth dynasty. A large handsome bas-relief, elaborately carved, partly in high, and partly in sunk relief, with a representation of the priest Mes seated, receiving gifts and offerings from his wife Baket-ankh. The work is fine and delicate, and the monument is a good typical example of the best tomb-reliefs of the XIXth dynasty. From Sakkarah. Grey granite rectangular base of a statue of the god Bes, inscribed with a series of magical prayers against reptiles of every kind, similar to those found on the Metternich Stele. From Akhmim. XXVIth dynasty. A finely painted coffin of Nes-Khensu-pa-khart, with full-length figures of Isis, Nephthys, and Harma- chis. It dates from the transition period between the XXIInd and XXVIIIth dynasties. From Thebes. About B.c. 600. Bronze figure of a man bearing on his head a round tray covered with bread cakes. From Abydos. XXVIth dynasty. Bronze bottle, the body of which is in the form of a dog-headed ape, eating a fruit. XXIInd dynasty. Stele of Khensu, dedicated to the Ichneumon-god by nimself, his wife, and son. Qn it are sculptured figures of ten ichneumons, arranged in five pairs, with a vase of offerings for each. XXIInd- XXVIth dynasty. Stele recording the dedication of a building to the goddess Neith, Horus of Resenet, and Horus of Mehenet by Amasis II., king of Egypt, about B.C. 570, in the eighth year of his reign. From Sais. XXVIth dynasty. Stele recording the presentation of offerings to the gods Menu, Horus,ete., by Ptolemy IV. Philo- pator I., King of Egypt. B.c. 222-205. Below the sculptures is an illegible Demotic inscription. From Thebes. . Stele of Kerasher Nefer-hetep, sculptured with a scene representing the deceased adoring the gods, and inscribed with prayers to Ra. Ptolemaic Period. : Stele dedicated to Thoth by an unknown person. On it is sculptured a figure of the dog-headed ape, sacred to the gods, bringing back the Eye of Horus, or the Sun. Ptolemaic Period. 58 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 23. Stele dedicated to Thoth by an unknown person. On it is sculptured in relief a figure of the ibis, sacred to the god. Ptolemaic Period. 24, Stele of an Utcheb priest on which are sculptured figures of the winged disk (the summer sun), the two boats of the Sun-god, the deceased adoring the gods Menu, Isis, Nephthys, etc. Below these is a prayer. Ptolemaic Period. 25. Stele recording the presentation of certain gifts by the Emperor Tiberius to the gods Amen, Mut, Khensu and Khensu-pa-khart, of Thebes. From Thebes. Roman Period. 26. Finely painted limestone stele of Pu-Anpu (?),a priest of Horus, sculptured in sunk relief with a scene representing the deceased adoring Osiris, Horus and Isis. From Akhmim. Ptolemaic Period. 27. Large diorite libation vessel, with square ears. XIXth-XXIInd dynasty. 28. Small, fine white alabaster axe, which was worn as an amulet. Uncertain period. From Thebes. 29. Hematite Gnostic amulet, in an iron setting, on which are cut figures of Serapis, Harpokrates, and the Khnubis-serpent. Roman Period. 30. Wooden box inlaid with ebony and bone, with a handle carved in the form of a hare. Roman Period. . 31-54. Four wooden spoons used in Coptic religious services. Christian Period. ii ASSYRIAN :— iil. Portion of an Assyrian bas-relief sculptured with a scene representing a ship putting out to sea, probably the Persian Gulf. On the shore are a castle and a tree. Period doubtful. [No. 102,981. ] 2-5. Four bronze fishes, apparently native offerings to © Ka, god of the deep; with bronze pegs for attach- ment to pedestals. [ Nos. 102,985-8. ] 6. A necklace of glazed porcelain beads in the form of pomegranates. [No. 102,989.] 7-9. Three terra-cotta bowls for magical ceremonies, or for administering medicinal potions. Inscribed on the insides in Mandaitic. 2nd or 5rd century, A.D. [| Nos. 102,982-4.] iii—l. Bronze of an early Babylonian god, wearing a head- dress decorated with four pairs of horns, and holding a cone whereon is cut the name of Gudea, Viceroy of Lagash. About B.c. 500. [No. 102,613.] 2. Lapis-lazuli man-headed bull, couchant, inscribed on the left side with its- owner’s name, “ Api- EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 59 ushakal(?), the servant of Martu and Ninshu- anna.” The head appears to have been recut in recent times. [No. 102,608. ] 3. Amethyst cylinder on which is cut the figure of a man standing in adoration before the emblem of the storm-god. The inscription reads: ‘‘ Adad, the son of Anu, the Great Bull of Heaven and Earth.” [No. 102,607.] 4. Chalcedony seal on which is cut a figure of a king, or high official, seated at a table and drinking from a bowl. Persian Period. : [No. 102,610.] 5. Chalcedony scaraboid engraved with a figure of a winged uraeus above a row of small uraei. [No. 102,609. ] iii A fine collection of ninety-seven cylinder-seals, seals, scaraboids, ete., in lapis-lazuli, agate, carnelian, mother-of-emerald, sardonyx, chalcedony, jasper, hematite, shell, etc., dating from the early Baby- lonian to the Persian Period. The following are of special interest :— 1. Cylinder-seal of Akham-arshi, the scribe, the son of Babati, inscribed with an address to Ibi-Sin, king of Ur, about B.c. 2400. Ibi-Sin is called “ god of his land,” and as the determinative for deity is placed before his name, and as the king was living when this seal was cut, it seems certain that divine honours were ascribed to him during his lifetime. [No. 102,510.] 2. Limestone cylinder-seal carved in relief with a scene representing two mythological beings with the horns and tails of bulls in conflict with a lion and a bull. Seals of this class are very rare. [No. 102,504. ] 3. Black marble seal of Beli-ipalzam, son of Ibni-Ninib, “servant of the god Ninib and of Sumu-la-ilu.” ~Sumu-la-ilu was the second king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, about B.c. 2100. [No. 102,506. ] 4, Variegated marble cylinder-seal on which are cut a figure of the owner and an address to the goddess Bau, who is entreated to utter his name in order that his prosperity may be ensured, and to be favourable tc his descendants. Kassite Period. [No. 102,505.] 5. Green jasper cylinder seal engraved with a scene representing the Sun-god in heaven, with flames rising from his shoulders. One hand rests on the Mountain of Sunrise, and the other on the Mountain of Sunset, and two attendant deities shut and open the Eastern and Western Gates of heaven. [ No.” 102,500. ] 60 10. 1s 12, 13. 14, 15. 16. 17. lie} 2. 20. ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Lapis-lazuli cylinder-seal engraved with seated figures and with figures of ibexes and lions in conflict. [No. 102,509.] Jasper cylinder-seal engraved with a scene repre- senting a priest ministering at an altar before a Serpent-deity. [No. 102,511.] . Haematite cylinder-seal engraved with figures of the Sun-god and his wife Aa, and various divine emblems. [No. 102,515. ] . Chalcedony cylinder-seal engraved with a scene representing a priest, as king, accompanied by an attendant, ministering at an altar, before a deity, behind whom are the figure of a Fish-god and divine emblems. Neo-Babylonian or Persian Period. [No. 102,495.] Brown stone cylinder-seal engraved with figures of a priest and a winged mythological being adoring the Sacred Tree and the Winged Disk. [No. 102,494. ] Cylinder-seal engraved with a scene representing a god in conflict with two winged beings. Persian Period. Very fine work. [ No. 102,532. | Large cylinder-seal engraved with rude figures of heroes in conflict with animals. Early Babylonian . Period. [ No. 102,503. ] Cylinder-seal of ‘‘ Shumum-libshi, the son of Adaiti, the servant of the god Adad.” —[ No. 102,497.] Cylinder-seal engraved with figures of the god Nergal and an attendant deity, and the inscription “ Sin- rimeni, the son of Mannum-belum-ili, the servant of Nergal.” [ No. 102,498. | Shell cylinder-seal engraved with rows of birds and fishes, in three registers. [ No. 102,502. ] Green stone cylinder-seal engraved with figures of ibexes arranged in three rows. __[No. 102,506. | Shell cylinder-seal engraved with a scene represent- ing a suppliant being led into the presence of a deity of vegetation. On the left is a figure bearing a kid as an offering. [No. 102,501.] Limestone cylinder-seal, engraved with scenes repre- senting a shepherd leading a flock of goats out of a pen, and a potter making a water-pot, and with various divine emblems. [ No. 102,508. | Chalcedony cylinder-seal engraved with a figure of a hero in conflict with a bull and a large bird. Persian Period. [No. 102,514. ] Haematite cylinder-seal of ‘ Nergal-iddina, the son of Ili-turam, the servant of Shid-lamtaea,” EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 61 engraved with a scene representing a goddess in an attitude of adoration before a god. [No. 102,563.] ° 21. Haematite cylinder-seal engraved with figures of the West Semitic god Martu, and an attendant goddess. [ No. 102,496. ] 22. Mother-of-emerald cylinder-seal engraved with a scene representing the worship of the god Ninib, and the inscription, ‘‘ Ninib, the mighty hero, the son of the god Enlil.” [No. 105,555. | 23. Haematite cylinder-seal of Sin-imguranni, engraved with a scene representing the worship of a god; the inscription has been defaced intentionally. [No. 102,554.] 24. Haematite cylinder-seal engraved with figures of Adad, the Storm-god, and his wife the goddess Shala. [No. 102,551. | 25. Haematite cylinder-seal engraved with figures of Hittite deities and divine emblems. [ No. 102,580. ] 26. Chalcedony cylinder-seal engraved with figures of the Sacred Tree, the Winged Disk and mytho- logical beings. [No. 102,572. ] 27. Jasper scarab engraved with a scene representing a priest, or worshipper, standing in the presence of a seated god; above is a crescent. [No. 102,570. | 28. Agate scaraboid engraved with the figure of a Persian sphinx and divine emblems. [No. 102,569. } 29. Haematite Gnostic amulet, in its original bronze setting, inscribed with sacred symbols and magical formulae. [No. 48,024. ] iv.—A collection of nine cylinder-seals, among which may be noted : 1. Chaleedony cylinder-seal of the lady ‘“ Rikhadi [tum], the daughter of Sin-gamil, the handmaid of Pa-bilsag.” [No. 102,595. | 2. Haematite cylinder-seal engraved with a scene repre- senting a goddess leading the owner into the presence of the god Ninshakh. [No. 102,598.] 3. Haematite cylinder-seal, engraved with a scene con- nected with the worship of Shamash, the Sun-god, and his wife Aa. [No. 102,590. | v.—Three cylinder-seals : 1. Serpentine cylinder-seal engraved with a scene repre- senting a deity leading a worshipper, who is followed by an attendant, into the presence of the Corn-god. The god is seated on a heap of grain, and holds three ears of corn in his hand; from behind sprout ears of corn. [ No. 102,990. ] 2, 3. Two shell cylinder-seals, [Nos. 102,991-2.] 62 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. liii—HITTITE, ETC. :— A miscellaneous collection of 101 objects from Tell- Bashar, Tell-Khalid, Tell-Ahmar, Manbig, Tell- Ghranim, Jerabis, and Aleppo. On many of the seals simple figures are cut, and most of them are pierced and were probably worn on acord. Among the objects are three native terra-cotta figures, three scarabs (about B.c. 1250-1050, and 850-659), and a cylinder-seal on which are cut figures of deities. [ Nos. 102,615-102,715. |] iv.—HIMYARITIC, PALMYRENE, ETC. :— 1. Four-sided sepulchral monument inscribed with a portion of an inscription recording the dedication of gifts to the god Al-Mokah by a number of men belonging to the tribe of the deceased. About B.C. 900. 2, 3. Portions of inscriptions recording the dedication of certain lands and goods to Al-Mokah by the tribes Beni Abneth and Amram. About B.c. 700. . Portion of a forged inscription. ou Hard grey stone bust of an official, who holds in his hands an orb inscribed in Himyaritic with the name Sagam ; on the right shoulder are four short lines of Greek, which appear to contain a transcript of the deceased’s name. IInd or JIIrd century 4.D. 6. Hard grey stone seated figure of Dimitrios Sotir (sic), an official, holding a sceptre in his right hand. IInd or IIIrd century A.D. 7. Hard grey stone figure of a bearded man with a serpent twisted round his shoulders and body; on the serpent are traces of a Palmyrene inscription. Iind or IIIrd century a.D. Ill.—RP resents. 1. Massive limestone door jamb inscribed with the names and titles of Mer-en-Ptah, king of Egypt, about B.c. 1250. From the temple of Mer-en-Ptah at Memphis. 2, Limestone cornice slab inscribed with the names and tithes of Sa-Amen, king of Egypt, about B.c. 1000, placed between two kneeling figuresin relief. XXIst dynasty (from Tanis). From the temple of Sa-Amen at Memphis. 3. Limestone sepulchral tablet on which are sculptured the figure of a man and two human ears. 4, Similar tablet sculptured with a figure of a man worshipping Ptah ; behind the god is a human eav. 5. Sepulchral tablet of Mahu sculptured with rows of human ears. Nos. 3-5 probably belong to the XXth dynasty. KL, 12. 13. 14. 15. EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 63 . Light blue glazed model of a table of offerings. Ptolemaic Period. . Twelve rough earthenware conical supports for a table of offerings. Late period. Presented by the Egyptian Research Account. . Hand of a mummy of the period of the New Empire. Presented by W. H. Dennett, Esq. Green jasper seal on which are cut a male head and a Pehlevi inscription. Presented by Lady Maunsell. . Greystone lion’s head from a frieze in the palace of Tiridates, king of Armenia, A.D. 100-800. Bequeathed by Captain J. Buchan Telfer, R.N., FSA. Two Babylonian haematite cylinder-seals engraved with scenes representing their owners being led into the presence of their patron deities. One is inscribed with the owner’s name—Ilushu-bani. Presented by Mrs. Daubeny. Portion of a copper knife found by W. K. Loftus at Tell-Sifr in Southern Babylonia, in December 1859. Presented by Captain J. Spiller, F.GS. A Kedmicuon of thirty-four objects chiefly from Bét Jibrin, near Hebron, consisting of :— Three long, two-handled glass jars, with fluted sides ; five glass vessels, or jugs; two cups; two bottles ; a lamp ; a faience vase ; a glass scarab ; a haematite scarab; six stamped glass weights, and twelve stamped terra-cotta plaques. Presented. by Mrs. H. H. Way. Cast of a seated figure of an Assyrian king, and cast of two Hittite Inscriptions. From Kara Dagh in Asia Minor. Presented by Miss Gertrude Lowthian Bell. i. A. Wallis Budge. 64 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. I.—Arrangement, Cataloguing, &c. A gallery has been built for the temporary accommodation _ of the casts of antique sculpture recently transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the cleaning and mounting of the casts is in progress. In the Archaic Room the sculptures from Branchidae have been moved and remounted; they now stand in two rows flanking the central gangway, in a manner suggestive of their original position. The friezes from Xanthos have also been moved and remounted together on the South wall, and many of the slabs have been cleaned and repaired. The arrangement of other sculptures in the room has been improved. The Roman altar and the two lavers from the collection of the Duke of Sutherland at Trentham Hall, have been repaired and set up in the Hall of Inscriptions. Statues in the Graeco- Roman Annexe have been re-arranged. Wall-cases in the First Vase Room have been fitted for the exhibition of objects in Porcelain. The collections of carved Ambers and Ivories have been re-arranged in a table-case in the Terracotta Room Annexe, and another table-case in the . same room has been fitted for the reception of miscellaneous antiquities. A case in the Gold Ornament Room has been refitted. Eighteen new moulds have been made from the sculptures. Two marble heads and four inscribed or sculptured slabs have been mounted on stone pedestals; 36 ambers, 10 ivories, 81 terracottas, and 84 bronzes, gems and gold ornaments have been mounted on wooden blocks. The collection of mosaic pavements, a marble crater, 2 heads, an inscribed block, a sculptured slab, a candelabrum, 90 fictile vases, 100 terracottas, 36 bronzes, 16 gold or silver ornaments, 85 ivories, and 23 ambers have been cleaned or repaired. 627 objects have been registered, 2,569 numbered ; 259 labels have been written ; 180 labels have been printed, and 23 framed in the Department. The Account of the British Museum Excavations at Ephesus (1904-5) has been published, and a 4th edition of the Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon has been issued. A Guide to the Exhibition of Greek and Roman Life, and a Catalogue of the Roman Pottery have also been published. Progress has been made with the preparation of reproductions of the Sculptures of the Parthenon in folio, the Catalogue of GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 65 Gold Ornaments, the Catalogue of Lamps, and the Catalogue of Vases, vol. I. Students. — The number of visits to the Departmental Library for purposes of research has been 457; there have been 1,465 other visits to the Staff for purposes of enquiry ; and 1,614 attendances of students in the Sculpture Galleries have been entered. II.— Acquisitions. By Purchase. 1.— Bronze. 1. The arm of a couch decoratively treated. On the upper end is a bust of Athena, or Roma; on the lower end a bust of a woman veiled, perhaps Hera, and between them is a figure of Dionysos, reclining and holding a wine cup. Graeco-Roman work. 2. Statuette of Apollo of archaic Greek style, wearing a ¢chlamys across his shoulders and holding in his right hand the horns of a goat. The feet are broken away. On the left leg is an inscription : Tavvapidac r.7dXove. 3. Finger-ring, engraved on the bezel with an intaglio design of Victory holding a vase. Itis studded with a gold and a silver nail. 4. Vase of spherical shape with a wide-spreading mouth. Probably a cupping vessel. 5. Horse’s bit, with sharp discs and spiked cylinder on the bar, after the pattern described by Xenophon de Re Kq., X. 6. From Achaia. (British Musewm Guide to Exhibition of Greek and Roman Life, p. 203, Fig. 211.) 6. Two handles, each consisting of a ring hinged to a circular plate on which is embossed a lion’s head. II.—Gems. 1. Grey agate lenticular intaglio of ‘‘ Minoan” style: a stag attacked by a bird and dog. 2. Carnelian scarab intaglio of Etruscan style: a figure of Athena armed with helmet, spear and shield. IlI.— Gold. _ 1. Band ornamented with embossed stars, and fitted at each end with silver clasp. From Cameiros. 2. Pair of earrings in the shape of dolphins; in the mouth of each is a bead, the bodies are of agate and the tails of twisted wire. 3. Large wreath of oak leaves and acorns, with two cicadas and a bee attached to twigs, and the clasp in the shape of a bee. 4. Long plain band, pierced at intervals along the edge. (3 and 4 were found together in a tomb at the Dardanelles). 102. E 66, ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5. Pair of small reels; ornamented on one side with a rosette surrounded by concentric circles, and on the other with a head of Helios, facing, in relief, as on the Rhodian coins. From Rhodes. | Ty eae 1. Head of a youth of supposed Polycleitan style, of the type of the “ Westmacott athlete ” (Greek, 5th century B.C.). 2. Disc, inseribed spirally—Iva0wvoc 768 cia, Oéro SC avrov adeAg? HALov voceAcicaca. Probably the cover- of a sepulchral urn. (Of. Jahrbuch d.k. deutsch. arch. Inst., 1897, pl. 1.) V.—Pottery. Cantharos, black ware, circled by a vine-wreath in white. and gold, raised. Above the wreath is an inscription, Avovicov- VI.—Silver. 1. Wreath of oak leaves and acorns, delicately modelled ; the cups of the acorns are of gold. 2. Part of a necklace; a plaited band ornamented with flowers, from each of which hangs a twig of two oak-leaves: and an acorn. The centres of the flowers and. the acorns are of terracotta. At the end of the band is a clasp ornamented in. filigree. (1 and 2, from the province of Valencia in Spain.) Vil.—Stweco. A series of fragments of wall-plaster, with various. decorative designs painted in colours. From Rome. VIII.—Terracotta. 1. Statuette of Aphrodite, nude, pdtenncini herself with her left arm while she ties the sandal on her left foot. Found near’ Palermo. 2. Aphrodite seated on a swan and holding Eros on her right knee. 3. Eros asleep on a dolphin, the waves indicated bole By Donation. I. Ivory instrument, consisting of two crossing limbs hinged together ; apparently a folding balance for testing coins. It is decorated with small incised circles. Found near Ephesus ; and presented by D. G. Hogarth, Esq. II. Greek inscription, engraved on a marble slab ; a dedica- tion of some .object to Apollo and “the Italic Gods” by a number of named persons, on the occasion of their enrolment as members of certain religious associations. Dated in the. Consulship of L. Licinius Lucullus and M. Aurelius Cotta. (74 B.C.) Presented by A. R. Hardie, Esq. GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. -° * Oy Aa ITIL. Bronze statuette of a negro boy inounted on ahigh ‘base. The figure, which is infibulated, is of a-strong: thin-Hmbed type; he is nude and stands with his left foot advanced, right hand on hip, and left hand raised above the head. On the palm of the hand are marks of an attachment, as if it had supported some heavy object, such as a lamp, and the eyes are directed towards the hand. The base is unusually large, . circular in shape, and supported on three lion’s feet. Both statuette and base have an uncommonly fine smooth grey patina. A bronze knotted club, which was found with the statuette, but does not belong to it, was presented at the same bine: : Graeco-Roman work of the best period. Presented by W. C. Alexander, Esq., through the National Art Collections Fund, IV.—1. Terracotta statuette of a woman, heavily draped i in chiton and himation, holding a fan in her left hand. Greek © work. 2. Terracotta statuette of a woman wearing chiton and himation, the latter only below the waist, and Be sai a long ~ alabastron in her right hand. Greek work. 3, Terracotta vase in the shape of a seated youth wearing a radiate crown. Greek work. 4. Fictile lamp of flat Roman type, decorated with a relief representing Aphrodite standing between two altars; on one altar stands a group of the’ three Graces, on the other a branch and a bow]. On the bottom is the potter’s stamp, "Edmidnpdpov. 5. Fictile jug, of Corinthian fabric; black, with white and purple bands. Presented by 8S. Mavrojuni, E'sz. -V.—1. Greek inscription, engraved on the edge of a marble slab. It records the dedication of a statue or group of which the slab was apparently the base. The text is, NiAw yovmwwraty ’AXzEavdpog pitwp. 2. Greek inscription on a limestone slab: NMAXIATHZ r2IAIZTON. ; 3. Bronze lamp and holder, bronze star, and two strainers. 4, Small alabaster human figure of the type which is found among early remains in the Cyclades. 5. Calcite, steatite and other beads and fragments, some of which are unfinished scarabs. 6. A series of rough painted terracotta statuettes, including parts of three human figures, a female head, a head of a cat and other animals, and a fragment of a mould of a Gorgoneion. 7. A quantity of small vases and fragments of pottery of late date, painted in bright colours with birds and various patterns. E 2 68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 8. A mass of dishes in blue faience, fused together in baking, and two fragments of the same material. Excavated by Professor Flinders Petrie on the Temple sites of Athrabis and Memphis, and presented by the Egyptian Research Account. VI. A series of pottery fragments of the prehistoric period from various Greek and Cretan sites. Presented by H. R. Hall, Esq. VII. A series of pottery fragments of neolithic date from recent excavations at Dimini, Drachmani, and Chaironeia. Presented by J. P. Droop, Esq., and A. J. B. Wace, Esq. VIII. Fictile pyxis of early Attic fabric ; cream-coloured, with figures in black. The subject seems to be a Dionysiac scene, and the figures include armed horsemen, a Satyr, a mule, and dancing women. From Boeotia. Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq. IX. A series of electrotype reproductions of gold and silver work of the Mycenaean age, including inlaid daggers, rings and repoussé plaques from the shaft-graves at Mycenae, and the two gold cups from Vaphio. Presented by Miss C. A. Hutton. X. Plaster cast taken from a copy of the Elche head. Presented by H. Sandars, Esq., F.S.A. XI. Plaster cast of a sphinx in black steatite, of the “ Minoan” period, which was found by the Italian excavators at Hagia Triada, Presented by C. H. Smith, Esq. Arthur H. Smith. BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES. 69 DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY. I.—Arrangement, Cataloguing, ete. Prehistoric Section.—A temporary exhibition of casts of neolithic slate amulets of axe-head form has been arranged in table-case K in view of a recent article on the evolution of iconic forms; and diagrammatic labels added to wall-cases 108 and 113. Permanent labels have been provided for the German and Danish pottery in wall-cases 31-36; and type series of neolithic implements exhibited in wall-case 137. Late-Keltic and Gaulish Sections.—Wall-cases 75, 76 have been cleaned, repainted and refitted, and the Edelmann antiquities of Bronze and Early Iron (Hallstatt) periods arranged and labelled, a number of large painted platters being protected by glass-topped boxes. Bronze Age specimens in the Morel collection have been transferred to wall-cases 63, 64. Romano-British Section.—The labelling of red and other wares has been continued in accordance with the published catalogue, and the series of lamps in table-case F re-labelled. Anglo-Saxon Room.—New labels have been provided for the Irish series of bronzes; and a series of fictile ivories stored in drawers. Eight wall-cases have been repainted. Medieval Room.—This room has been re-decorated, and wall-cases 1-3, 50-2 repainted. Examples of chain-armour have been exhibited in a frame; and the permanent labelling of sections continued. Glass and Ceramic Room.—The collection of Dutch and German glass has been re-arranged in a standard case, and the Turkish and Damascus pottery exhibited with permanent labels -inanother. The Persian ware in wall-cases 30-33 and table- case A has been re-arranged. Asiatic Saloon.—The oriental bronzes, pottery from Siam and Borneo as well as sections of Chinese porcelain, have been re-arranged and jabelled ; and an inventory made of the contents of the drawers. Part of the Stein collection from Chinese Turkestan has been exhibited in wall-cases 92-7 and table case H, and the remainder is now in the Museums of Calcutta and Lahore. Gallery of Religions.—The gallery has been re-decorated, and the wall-cases cleaned throughout. Ethnographical Gallery.Ornaments from Hawaii and tke Marquesas Islands have been exhibited in three frame-cases, and the upper wall-cases in two sections cleaned. Part of the London Missionary Society’s collection from the Pacific has 70 ACCOUNTS, .ETC., OF THE, BRITISH MUSEUM. been arranged in a frame-case and labelled; and the large Solomon Island case cleaned and re-arranged. The Easter Island collection has been arranged and labelled; and canoes from Australia and Samoa-and a large steering oar from Fiji exhibited above the wall-cases. Collections from the South Congo Free State and from S.E. Africa have been entirely re-arranged, and a larger number of recent acquisitions exhibited. Four large photographs have been framed and exhibited in the African section, and a large friction-drum from the East Africa Protectorate placed above the wall-cases. American Room.—Objects from ancient Peruvian graves have been exhibited in two table-cases and five . drawers accessible to the public; the Peruvian pottery has been permanently labelled. The West Indian series has been re-arranged and labelled in part. Registration, etc.—The registration of current acquisitions ‘has been continued, and 4,839 objects have been added, including ethnographical specimens. Photographs to the number of 76 have been taken in the Department for purposes of illustration and reference, and 71 extra prints prepared. Typewritten labels to the number of 675 have been cut and bordered, and 24 printed on the hand- press ; 63 mounting boards papered, and 546 objects mounted. There have been prepared 711 blocks, labels, frames, plinths, and miscellaneous fittings. The plinths of sculptures on the north-east landing have been cleaned, and Roman pavements at Hemsworth, Wilts, raised and transferred to the museum. Registration numbers have been painted on 2,475 specimens, and 698 permanent labels written. Catalogues.—The catalogue of Ivory ete ae been prepared for the press, and further progress made with the guide to the Ethnographical Gallery. A slip catalogue of the Siamese and Corean pottery has been made, completing the oriental ceramic section; and the Chinese bronzes have been similarly catalogued. Students.—Three thousand two hundred and sixty-seven students and visitors have been received in the Department. The Battersea Field Club and the Selborne Society have been conducted through the Ethnographical Gallery by a member of the Staff. I].— Acquisitions. (1.) Prehistoric and Early British Antiquities :— (a.) Stone Age.—Four palwolithic implements found by the donor in a gravel-pit at Kennet, near Newmarket; given by C. R. Jennings, Esq. BRITISH AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 71 Stone celt from a holy well, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, and perforated axe-hammer found under a doorstone at Messingham, Lines. ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., LL.D. - Aseries of diminutive flint implements and worked flakes found by the donor between Blenheim and Ditchley, Oxon ; given by the Viscount Dillon, F.s.A. ; Sandstone mattock (?), perhaps of more recent date, found near Llandulas, Denbighshire; given by A. B. Elliott, Esq., F.R.C.S, (b.) Bronze Age.—Ornamented bronze celt with flanges, found in the Thames, near Medmenham Abbey, Bucks, 1908; given by C. H. Read, Esq., LL.D. Bronze dagger-blade with three stout rivets, found at Sproughton, near Ipswich : figured and described in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, vol. xxii., p. 87. Small bronze dagger-blade found 4 ft. deep at Firle, Sussex, 1906; given by J. G. H. Stephenson, Esq. (c.) Early Iron Age.—Ornamented bronze brooch of ha Téne I. type, from the Thames at Brentford Ferry, 1908 ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., LL.D. (d.) Foreign.—An important series. of flint and stone imple- ments, and implements, ornaments and pottery of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages, chiefly from Hohenzollern and the Swiss Lakes, and partly published in Prahistorische Blatter, 1892- 1901; collected by H. Edelmann, of Sigmaringen, and given by the Rt. Hon. Sir John Brunner, M.P., and Sir Henry Howorth, K.C.1.E. Four pottery vessels of the late Bronze or Hallstatt period, found by the donor in graves at Karnsdorf, near Luckau, Lower Lausitz, 1896 ; given by Dr. P. O'Connell Finigan. Chert arrow-head with tang found on Mechiskan River, south of James Bay, Canada; given by W. H. Brown, Esq. Two stone daggers with perforated tangs from China. (2.) Romano-British :— A tessellated pavement with Venus rising from the sea and dolphins in the border, another from a passage and squares of tile and Kimmeridge shale used as flooring, from a Roman villa discovered in 1908 at Hemsworth, near Wimborne, Dorset ; given by the Lord Alington, ¢.v.o. i Portion of tile, stamped HON AVG ANDRIA found during excavations at Pevensey Castle, Sussex, 1902, and figured in Proc. Soc. Ant., xxi. 411; given by Chas. Dawson, Esq., F.S.A. Tent-peg of oak and leather disc for securing the dress, from the Roman camp at Newstead, near Melrose, Roxburgh- shire; given by Jas. Curle, Esq., F.S.A. Ten specimens of Gaulish redware dredged from the Pudding Pan Rock, Herne Bay, Kent, described in Proc. Soc. AE, KX, 268. 72 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Pottery bowl of black ware with burnished lattice pattern, found in Old Broad Street, City of London; given by the late F. G. Hilton Price, Esq., D1R.s.A. Black pottery fragment of urn, with grotesque mask in relief, found in Tokenhouse Yard, City of London, 1865; given by F. W. Rudler, Esq., 1.8.0. (3.) Anglo-Saxon and Foreign Teutonic :— A remarkable bronze bowl of early British character, with two of three escutcheons for attaching chains for suspension, the bronze and iron mounts of a wooden bucket, an iron spear- head and other objects found at Ewelme, Oxon, on the site of a cemetery; given by T. H. Powell, Esq. The bowl is figured and described in Proc. Soc. Ant., xxii. 72. Bronze bowl with one of the enamelled bird-shaped escutcheons, spear-heads and knife, and seven bone draughts- men, found together at West Ham, near Basingstoke, Hants., and described with illustrations in Proc. Soc. Ant., xxii., 81-3 ; given by Dr. 8. Andrews. Plaster-cast of the runes on a broken and buried piece of one of the upright stones of the Brodgar circle, Stenness, Orkney, discovered in- 1907; given by the Council of the Viking Club, through Albany F. Major, Esq. Circular brooch of pewter, probably of the 10th century,, found near the Priory Gate, Castle Acre, Norfolk, and figured in Proc. Soc. Ant., xxii. 56; given by E. M. Beloe, Esq., F.s.a. Openwork pommel of pewter found in London; given by the late F. G. Hilton Price, Esq., DIR.S.A. A series of Alemannic antiquities, comprising weapons and ornaments from grave-rows in Hohenzollern and neighbourhood,. collected by H. Edelmann, of Sigmaringen, and given by the Rt. Hon. Sir John Brunner, M.P., and Sir Henry Howorth,. K.C.1.E. Bronze openwork disc, gilt and inlaid with garnets, probably from north-west Europe and of the 7th century. Openwork buckle-plate of bronze from a Merovingian cemetery at Cunfin, Dépt. Aube, and a bronze equal-armed. brooch, both of the 7th century; given by Jas. Curle, Esq., V.s.A. (4.) Medieval and Later :— (a.) British—Morse ivory draughtsman carved in relief with an angel raising the pall from a bier and two weeping figures, with traces of colouring, 12th century ; given by the National Art Collections Fund. Silver ring-brooch with filagree scrolls, found at Maldon, Essex, late 13th century ; given by E. Timperley, Esq. Bronze matrix of seal of William de la Pole, Marquis of Suffolk, 1445-50, with the arms of Dreux and canton of Brittany. BRITISH AND MEDIAZAVAL ANTIQUITIES. 73 Silver matrix of seal, with the arms of Somer, co. Salop, 17th century. Leaden matrix of seal ADE DE BRVNO, and bronze buckle-plate embossed with a wyvern, both 13th century, from Dunwich; given by P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton, Esq., F.s.a. Three gold seals, with the arms of Temple (Viscount Palmerston), and Wellesley (Duke of Wellington), and the crest of Cracherode; given by H. J. Ellis, Esq. Gold pendant-reliquary, engraved with the Good Shepherd and St. Catherine, 15th century, found on the beach near the ruins of Reculver Church, Herne Bay, Kent, and figured in Proc. Soc. Ant., vi..510. Alabaster panel carved in relief with the Betrayal, with traces of colouring on the background, early 15th century. Set of guinea-scales and weights in a box, and folding guinea-balance; also a pewter badge. representing a figure with child on back and a basket or net, found at Deptford Creek, 1907 ; given by the late F. G. Hilton Price, Esq., DIR.S. A. Oval silver watch, of the 17th century, engraved Thos. Nickson fecit. Wooden standing-cup with cover, engraved with coats of arms and texts from Scripture, and birds, animals, and flowers on the foot, described in Proc. Soc. Ant., vil. 77. Bronze cooking-pot with arched handle, octagonal body and two spouts, probably of L5th century. Oval bronze dagger-pommel, with shield of arms and supporters, found at Broyles, Chichester; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. Horn snuff-box inscribed ORATORIO OF JUDITH, and brass snuff-box with bust of Shakespeare and inscription relating to the Commemoration, 23 April, 1816; given by John Jennings, Esq. Copper stamp in intaglio for moulding applied ornament on pottery, 18th century. (b.) Forvergn.—-Pair of bronze negro-busts with traces of gilding, Italian, late 16th century ; given by J. Brighouse, Esq. Brass tobacco-box with various coats of arms and double masks on a floral ground, Dutch, 17th century; given by A. A. de Pass, Esq. (5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections :— (a.) Oriental Wares.—Green-glazed Chinese bow] with floral designs in relief and yellow-glazed kylin, both attributed to the Han dynasty (206 B.c.—220 a.D.), alsoa Chinese seated figure of biscuit ware; given by J. Eumorfopoulos, Esq. Octagonal Chinese porcelain plate, with arms of Carmichael (Suffolk) and motto TOUJOURS PREST, 18th century: given by Henry Hudson, Esq. 74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Earthenware dish with prunus sprays in colour, probably of Banko ware, and porcelain bowl of Nabeshima ware, Japanese, 19th century; given by R. Phené Spiers, Esq., F.s.a. Japanese porcelain wine-pot inscribed and dated (1850); given by R. L. Hobson, Esq. Series of coloured mosaic tiles from the mosque Bibi Khany, at Samarcand, built by Timur in 1399 in honour of his favourite wife Mikhrban; given by W. Stern, Esq. Twelve pottery tiles of various forms, glazed and coloured, Persian, 15th century. - Faience bowl with incised design and coloured glazes from Fustat, and a number of glazed pottery fragments with coats of arms and other designs from Cairo, all 14th century; given by M. M. Stora. (b.) He aay eee bowl with yellow glaze and guilloche pattern in white, manganese and turquoise blue, and similarly glazed jug with man-faced bird in manganese and ‘turquoise blue, both Italian, 15th century. Two pottery ewers with blue and green glazes and escutcheons at base of spout, one incised with a coat of arms; two glazed jugs, dish, and centre of another with head in medallion, from Faenza and Florence, early 16th century. Octagonal cup and saucer of Dutch ware, probably made by de Calve, about 1700; given by Lt.-Col. G. B. Croft Lyons, F.S.A. Two Bottger 1 ware teapots, made at Meissen, early 18th century. (c.) English.—Two stoneware figures, of a seated boy and gil, probably by Dwight of Fulham, and stoneware bottle of Fulham ware about 1700; given by Dr. Horace Jeaffreson. Whieldon ware ornament in the form of a cornucopia with goat and kid; given by A. A. de Pass, Esq., sate the National Art @alleeons Fund. Two figures of a boy symbolizing Autumn, Plymouth por- celain; given by T. Charbonnier, Esq. Two pottery plates with green diaper ground and Chinese subjects in colours, stamped ‘‘ Wedgwood”; given by J.S. T. Audley, Esq. Black-glazed milk-jug of Jackfield ware, 18th century, with details in gold; given by A. A. de Pass, Esq. Plate of Bristol delft, white ground with wreath, enclosing legend, “ Rolle for Ever”; given by Rennie Manderson, Esq. Porcelain bird-call in the form of an owl, white with blue markings ; given by E. Neil Baynes, Hsq., F.s.a. Series of medieval pottery tiles with floral and animal designs, from Reading Abbey; given by Dr. J. B. Hurry. _ BRITISH. AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES. “75 .. (d.).Glass:-—A Roman jug, three cups, and several unguent- bottles, also a bluish-green alabastron with elem band, all from Smyrna ; ; given by Mrs. C. van Lennep. Blue bow] of the Greek period with blue and white cable band. and border, found in Spain. (6.) Collection illustr ating var ious Religions : — (a.) Christianity.—Dedication stone with inscription in Greetz “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost 2 obtained at Memphis, Egypt, and given by the Eeyptian Research Account. _(b.) Buddhism.—Outfit of a Buddhist priest, belonging to ‘the late Mr. C. J. W. Pfoundes, consisting of garments, medals and symbolic staff; given by Henry Bonar, Esq., H.B.M. Consul-Gencral at Kobe, Japan. Brass seated figure on lotus throne with pierced screen at back, Chinese, early 15th century; and another of wood, con- taining cash and a charm. (c.) Lamaism.—Wooden and stone figures, mostly seated on lotus thrones, and two papier-maché figures, one seated on a lion, both coloured. (d.) Taoism.—Bronze-gilt figure of Hsi Wang-Mu, Queen of Heaven, on wooden base imitating rockwork. (7.) Oriental and Ethnographical :— _Asia.—Two Chinese bronze figures of heroic personages, one of colossal size seated on a throne, both of fine workman- ship, ornamented with paint and lacquer. Also a Japanese model ship on a processional car, used in religious festivals ; given by Messrs. Yamanaka. A fine Sassanian silver dish with gilt details, with a relief representing a Sassanian king (Sapor II., 310-381 a.p.) killing ‘a buck; from Teheran. An alms-howl made of Seychelles nut carved and fitted with chains for suspension, Fersian given by C. Delaval Cobham, Ksq., C.M.G. A painted Chinese drum; given by J. Edge- (awn ety Ksq. A pipe and a silk robe sacred to the household god of a family of the Mikir tribe; Khasi Hills, Assam; given, by the Rev. R. Jones. _. A Chinese cabinet of gambling appliances ; given by Mrs. M. Langenbach. Four pieces of decorated pottery of archaic type, from Baluchistan ; given by J. H. Marshall, Esq., Director- General of Archeology i in India. A Chinese steelyard in wooden case ; given e Julius Spier, Esq. A bronze food-bowl in three sections, one gilt, with i incised Arabic characters. 76 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Two brass Lamaistic figures, and an iron helmet; from Lhasa. An ethnographical series from Sarawak, Borneo; collected by Dr. Charles Hose. A series of model fishtraps made by a native of the Malay Peninsula (Malay). A model of a native tomb from Sarawak, Borneo. Africa.—A. large and very important series illustrative of the ethnography of the BaTetela and BaSonge tribes in the Congo Free State; being part of the material collected by the ethnographical expedition under the leadership of E. Torday, Esq. An extensive ethnographical collection made chiefly among the Nandi tribe of the East Africa Protectorate, including a WaPokomo friction drum of unusual size; collected and given by A. C. Hollis, Esq., secretary to the Protectorate. A series of charins and medicines as used by fetish men, from the Sherbro district, Sierra Leone; given by the Sierra Leone Government. Two bark hats from the Guari tribe, 8S. Nigeria; given by Major N. Burrows. An ethnographical series from the AKikuyu of the East Africa Protectorate ; collected by Mrs. Hinde. The outfit of an AKikuyu fetish-man; East Africa Pro- tectorate; given by Dr. J. W. W. Crawford. A native drum from Hast Africa and two clubs from the Negroes of the Upper Nile; given by Miss EK. Henriques. A brick from Gamburu and other remains, Northern Nigeria ; given by Major C. B. Simonds. Native “medicine” from Sierra Leone; given by G. B. Haddon Smith, Esq. Four bronze plaques with figures in relief and one fragment ; from Benin city ; given by H. N. Thompson, Esq. An old BaSuto war-axe with rhinoceros-horn handle carved with figures of giraffes, South Africa. A large bow and powder-horn from the ANgoni of British Central Africa. Oceania.—A large steering-oar from Fiji formerly belonging to an historical war-canoe named Silatolu, capable of carrying 300 men; given by J. M. Borron, Esq. An ethnographical series chiefly from the Hervey Islands ; given by E. Gruning, Esq. An outrigger canoe from Samoa; given by the Rev. J. W. Sibree. A flax bag ornamented with Kiwi feathers, from New Zealand ; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES. Ch A very remarkable stone pestle with handle carved to resemble a bird, found ten feet below the surface of the ground in British New Guinea (see Man, 1908-1). A very important series chiefly from the Dieri tribe, Australia. A valuable collection of ethnographical objects from Rennell Island and the neighbouring islands ; collected by C. M. Wood- ford, Esq. America.—A large and important collection of ancient pottery figures from Mexico; given by A. P. Maudslay, Esq., F.S.A. Two painted paddles and a woven bark hat, given by the natives to Dr. Hills, British Columbia; given by Miss H M. Arden. A clay seal from a native grave on the eastern slope of the Andes ; given by Captain Stanley Musgrave. A wooden pipe from the North West Coast, found in Hawaii; given by Herbert Purvis, Esq. CHRISTY COLLECTION. During the year, 856 objects have been entered in the Registration Catalogue. The Christy Trustees have acquired by donation, exchange and purchase the following objects, which they have transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :— I—Prehistoric Antiquities of Hurope, Asia, and Africa :— Donations.—A series of obsidian flakes from the neighbour- hoods of Kisumu and Naivasha, and two chalcedony flakes from the Tana River, East Africa Protectorate ; given by C. W. Hobley, Esq., c.M.a. A portion of a stone digging-stick weight from Voi, East Africa Protectorate ; given by A. C. Hollis, Esq., Secretary to the Protectorate. Exachange.—A series of paleoliths from Biddenham. IIl.—Lthnography of Asia :— Donations.—A model in marble of a Chinese tomb ; given by Mrs. E. Arrowsmith. A glass bead dug up at Bau, Sarawak, Borneo ; given by E. Vernon Collins, Esq. Two mats made by weavers of the Kinnara caste, Ceylon ; given by A. K. Coomaraswamy, Esq. A pen-case from Japan and a sword from Assam ; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. Five idols and a bark girdle from Moerateweh, Dutch Borneo ; given by the Rev. A Rose Innes, 78 ACCOUNTS, ETC:, OF THE BRITISH: MUSEUM. . A -sword-purse with coins, an iron war-fan and a wooden priest’s sceptre, from Japan ; given by C. Lund, Esq. A basket from the Igorote of Bontoe, Pik ppue Islands ; given by J. A. T. Mackenzie, Esq. _ A lacquer cap from Japan; given by C. H. Read, Esq, P.s.A. An ethnographical series from the Vedda of Ceylon; given by Dr. C. G. Seligmann. . Il],—LHthnography of Africa:-— Donations.—Two wooden figures from the Saldinwa of © Madagascar; given by Colonel J. Barlow. _A series of weapons and other objects fron the Ibo and neighbouring pagan tribes of Southern Nigeria; given by N. C. Duncan, Esq. A collection of musical instruments and other objects from the Mohammedan and Pagan tribes of Northern Nigeria ; given by M. J. Fremantle, Esq. A charm and asnuffbox from Banat Africa, and a water- bottle from West Africa; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Ksq. A large series of weapons and ornaments chiefly from the AKikuyu and AKamba of the East Africa Protectorate ; given by Dr. W. J. Hoyten. A hide and bead dress taken from Sekukuni’s kraal, South Africa, by. the late Alan. H. Ede, .Esq.; given by Mrs. Kingsford. | A string of very large glass beads from the north end of Lake Nyasa; given by Norman H. Leys, Esq. A Munshi dagger and two Hausa bracelets, Northern Nigeria; given by Montague P. Porch, Esq. A doll and-an ivory bracelet from Omdurman, an arm-knife from the Sudan, and a modern ivory from Benin; given by C. H. Read, Esq., P.S.A. Two necklaces from South Africa; given by Mrs. C. H. Read. A flint and steel from the Gola tribe, Liberia; given by H. Reynolds, Esq. A series illustrative mainly of the musical and magical practices of various tribes of British Central Africa ; given by Dr. H. 8S. Stannus. Purchase.—A large and exceedingly Mea collection illustrating the ethnography of the BaNgongo and BaNgendi tribes of the BaKuba people in the Congo Free State. This collection consists of a selection from the extensive material obtained by the ethnographical expedition under the leader- ship of Mr. E. Torday, now in the Congo Free State, and affords an unusually complete illustration of the culture and art of a definite local group. Each specimen is accompanied by full information concerning its nature and use, information BRITISH AND MEDIAVAL ANTIQUITIES... 79 which is all the more valuable since very little is known of these tribes, and they are as yet practically uninfluenced by contact with Europeans. In particular that section of the collection illustrating the carving of wood and the manufacture of textile fabrics is practically exhaustive, and will prove of exceptional value to students of primitive art. IV.—Ethnography of Oceania and Australia :— Donations.—A loom from Santa Cruz-Island; given by the Rev. R. H. Codrington, D.D. - A’ wooden bowl from the Admiralty. Tslands ; given. by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. A so-called “gravestone,” from. the aeleoudeant of Wilcania, New South Wales; given by W. A. Lang, Esq. ‘Six corroboree-sticks and a series of stone flakes from the Eivoy desert, Northern soy hae gee given Laps Ws. Stalker, -Hsqu os. . - V.—Antiquities and Ethnography of America Donations. —A pottery bowl with painted design from the Hopi of Arizona’; given by W. Crewdson, Esq., F.S.A. A large series of stone and bone implements and ious? fragments, from Taltal, Chile; given by O. H. Evans, Esq. A potterv head from Honduras, and an ornamented gourd’ from British Guiana; given by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. _ A series of stone celts from Grenada, and pottery fragments from Carriacou Island ; given by W- Gillespie, Esq. A series of stone arrowheads from Patagonia; given by D. Harford, Esq. A series of stone arrowheads from the ee of the “Five Nations,” and two stone pendants from Ohio, U.S: AL; given by R. L. Merrick, Kisq. A copy of the donor’s work “ Certain Mounds in eee” given by Clarence B. Moore, Esq. A bowstring from British Guiana ; given ie ee F Esq:, F.S.A. A jadeiie bead from Mitla, Mexico; given by C. H. Read, lisq:, PS. A. A copper celt, a stone celt, and a pottery whistle from Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico; given by E. E. Stevens, Esq. ~ Charles H. Read. 80 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. I1.— Registration and Arrangement. 1. Greek Series :— 2,616 coins from the Hamburger collection, and 233 recently acquired from various sources have been registered and incorporated. Four “ Uncertain” coins have been identified. The series of Spanish coins has been rearranged, and expanded to two cabinets. The Jewish series (regal and non-regal), and the series of Decapolis, Galilaea, Samaria, Nabathaea and Arabia have been rearranged and expanded, with the addition of new heading- cards where necessary. New outside labels have been placed ¢ on most of the cabinets containing Greek coins. 119 Greek coins and 86 forgeries, hitherto kept in the King’s cabinet, have been incorporated with the general collection. The MS. bibliography of numismatics has been continued and brought up to date. Impressions of numerous coins of Athens, the Tauric Chersonese, Pontus, and Bosporus have been prepared and sent to the editors of the Berlin Corpus of Greek Coins. 11 series of miscellaneous Greek coins, and a large collection of Spanish coins, have been examined, and selections from them have been made for the Museum. 2. Roman and Byzantine Series :— 189 coins recently acquired have been registered and incorporated. 129 coins transferred from the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities have been incorporated. Numerous Roman coins, and forgeries of Roman coins, hitherto kept apart in the King’s cabinet, have been incorporated with the general collection. The series of Roman bronze coins has been expanded from 8 to 10 cabinets. The impressions in white metal (108 in number) from the dies made by Cavino of Padua have been arranged and placed at the end of the series of Roman forgeries. 2,399 tickets referring to the Catalogue of Imperial Byzantine Coins have been written and placed beneath the specimens. _ DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 81 The coins of the “Empires” of Trebizond, Nicaea, and Thessalonica have been removed from the series of the Latin Kast, and placed in a separate cabinet. Two series of Roman and Byzantine coins and two series of Ostrogothic coins have been examined, and selections from them have been made. The coins found at Silchester during the excavations in 1907 have been examined and classified. 3. British and Colonial Series :— 274 coins, medals, and tokens, recently acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 30 English medalets from the Bank of England collection have been registered and incorporated. The series of early British uninscribed coins has been arranged with fresh heading-cards. A portion of the coinage of Henry VIII. has been re-arranged. Various British, Irish, and Colonial coins, hitherto kept apart in the King’s cabinet, have been incorporated with the series to which they belong. The miscellaneous and political tokens of the 18th century (English and Irish) have been expanded and supplied with additional heading-cards. The general series of English medals from 1642 to 1830 has been re-arranged and expanded. The cabinets have been repaired, and fresh labels affixed to them. The series of large English medals and the medals of schools, societies, and clubs have also been re-arranged and expanded. A selection of medals was made for the British Museum exhibition relating to the Earl of Chatham. The series of the British Dependencies in the Further East has been expanded, and supplied with additional heading-cards. An official list of coins struck at the Bombay mint since 1830 for use in India and the Eastern Colonies has been examined, and specimens not at present cxisting in the British: Museum have been noted. A series of gold and silver coins of the Brigantes has been examined, and a selection made. A hoard (Treasure Trove) of 167 English silver coins of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., found near Monk’s Bridge, Lindrick Common, Yorkshire, has been examined and classified, and 56 pieces selected for the Museum, A small hoard (Treasure Trove) of English guineas (James II.—George II.), and Portuguese gold coins, unearthed at the Stag Inn, All Saints’ Street, Hastings, has been examined and reported upon, 102, F 8&2 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 4, Mediaeval and Modern Series :— 840 coins, medals and jetons, recently acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 71 coins from the Freudenthal collection have been incorporated. The Danish medals and various other European medals and coins hitherto kept apart in the King’s cabinet have been incorporated with the genera! collection and new heading-cards have been supplied. This cabinet has now been completely cleared, and its upper portion has been refitted so as to accommodate 12 cabinets from the general collection. The whole of the Swiss series and the Townshend collection have been transferred to this position. The German bracteates have been expanded and arranged, and the series of the coins of Belgium has been expanded from | two to three cabinets. The Dutch and Flemish jetons have been re-arranged and expanded to three cabinets, and the re-arrangement of the French jetons has been begun. The series of Nuremberg counters has been expanded, and, as far as possible, classified under types and engravers’ names. Corrections have been made in the series of Italian medals, - and the plaster-casts of medals not represented in the Museum have been arranged and labelled. The Russian medals have been re-arranged in three cabinets, and 329 specimens have been supplied with explanatory tickets. The compilation of the manuscript indexes to Engel and Serrure’s Traité de Numismatique du Moyen Age has been continued, and the geographical index has been completed. The index of inscriptions has reached the end of the letter K. A series of the coins of Cyprus and Malta, a large series of European coins and another of Dutch, Flemish, and French jetons, have been examined, and selections from them have been made. 5. Oriental Series : — 250 coins recently acquired, 41 from the Hamburger col- lection and 61 from the Cunningham collection, have been registered and incorporated. 241 coins of China and 286 of the Far East, acquired in past years, have been registered and incorporated. The Sassanian series has been expanded and supplied with new heading-cards. The series of the coins of the Amawi and Abbasid Khalifs has been expanded and heading-cards have been inserted giving dates in the Christian as well as in the Mohammadan Era. 431 coins of the Gupta dynasty have been weighed. -- DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 83 297 tickets referring to the Catalogue of the coins of the - Moghul emperors of Delhi and 412 referring to the Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Vol. X., have been written and placed beneath the coins. The series of the coins of Mysore has been expanded, arranged under deriominations and mints and supplied with _ heading-cards. Identifications and rectifications have been made in the series of Huns and Fanams (South Indian); also in the Local Indian series. The specimens described in the Museum Catalogue of Chinese Coins, Vol. I, have been expanded and supplied with heading-cards. 3,654 coins of Japan from the Gardner, Morse, Tamba, and other collections have been amalgamated with the general collection, which has been divided into three classes, Govern- ment Issues, Provincial Issues, and Counters. Many new heading cards have been written. Four collections of miscellaneous Oriental coins and a collection of coins of Annam and Siam have been examined and selections made from them. II.— Catalogues. 1. CATALOGUES OF GREEK COINS. Coins of Phoenicia, by G. F. Hill. The coins of Aradus, Berytus, Botrys, Carne, Tripolis and Tyre have been weighed, arranged and described. Portions of the Introduction have been written, and descriptions prepared . of the coins in the Hamburger collection. 2. CATALOGUES OF ROMAN AND BYZANTINE COINS. Roman Republican Coins, by H. A. Grueber. The printing of- Volume II. has been proceeded with, and the portion from sig. S to sig. 3 B has been sent to press. Plates 88 to 112 have been prepared. The revision of the manuscript relating to the provincial issues in the East has been continued and completed. . - Imperial Byzantine Corns (2 vols.), by Warwick Wroth. The Indexes have been compiled, the printing of Volume II. completed, and the whole work has been published. Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths, and Lombards, and of the Empires of Trebizond, Nicaea, &e., by Warwick Wroth. This volume will be mainly supplemental to the Catalogue of Imperial Byzantine coins. In preparation for the work, a numismatic and general bibliography has been compiled, and 1.289 coins have been weighed. All the coins inscribed with | 2 84: ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. the names of Vandal kings have been arranged and described, | as well as numerous anonymous coins of bronze which appear to be of Vandalic origin. A preliminary arrangement has been ~ made of the coins ‘bearing the names of the Kings of the Ostrogoths. 3. CATALOGUES OF BRITISH COINS AND MEDALS. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, by Hawkins, Franks, and Grueber. The preparation of Part VIII. has been continued and the Part has been published. The text and plates for Part IX. have been prepared and this Part has also been published. The preparation of Part X. has been begun. 4. CATALOGUES OF ORIENTAL COINS. Coins of the Andhras and Western Kshatrupas, by EH. J. Rapson. The Introduction has been written, the indexes compel’ and a map prepared, and the volume has been completed and issued. IlI.— Acquisitions. The total number of coins and medals. added. to the Department during the year 1908 was 5,543, of which 105 are of. gold, 1,662 of silver, 3,681 of bronze, and 95 of other metals. The following table shows the numbers of the new acqui- sitions classified according to the several series to which they belong :- — Other Class. Gold. | Silver. | Bronze. | Metals,| Total. &c. ae Greek - - : - 27 324° | 2,713 — 3,064 Roman - - - : 15 52 86 — 153 British and Ghlenal’ - ee 6 144 72 IES 235 Mediaeval and saa ie - - 37 957 269 12 1,275. Oriental - - - 20 185 541 70 816 Total 105 1,662 3,681 95 5,543 Of the above, 1,084 have been presented, viz., 15 of gold, 179 of silver, 805 of bronze, and 85 of other metals. The following is a list of benefactors to the Department of Coins during the past year':— The Committee of the Burlington Fine Arts Club; the Council of the British Olympic Association; the British Orni- thologists’ Union; the Linnean Society ; the London School DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 85 of Economics and Political Science; the National Art Collec:-: tions Fund; the Liverpool Foundation Committee; the British Commission for the Milan International Exhibition, 1906; Académie des Inscriptions, Paris; the Asiatic Society of Bengal; the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ; the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam; the Govern- ment of the United Provinces, India; the Government Museum, Madras; the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta; the Deputy Master of the Mint; the Director of Agriculture, Central Provinces, India; Edward D. Adams, Esq.; M. Otto Aleenius; M. E. Babelon; Prof. F. Pierrepont Barnard, F.S.A. ; Colonel J. Biddulph; Captain J. R. Broun; R. Burn, Esq. ; P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton, Esq., F.s.A.; O. Codrington, Esq., _M.D.; J. G. Covernton, Esq. ; Stanley Day, Esq. ; James Dodds, Ksq.; Dr. H. J. de Dompierre de Chaufepié; M. Longworth Dames, Esq.; P. H. Emerson, Esq.; R. Epstein, Esq.; A. J. Evans, Esq., F.R.S.; the late Sir John Evans, k.c.B.; Evelyn Grant Duff, Esq.; H. A. Grueber, Esq., F.s.a.; F. W. Hasluck, Esq.; Rev. A. C. Headlam, p.p.; G. F. Hill, Esq. ; pape Hill Misa: sy Sir, Henry, EH: Howorth, «K.¢.L2... 2.8.8. 5 W. J. Hughan, Esq.; Miss Hughes; Dr. F. Imbhoof-Blumer ; Signor Stefano Johnson; A. J. Kahraman Khan; Walter E. Ledger, Esq.; Messrs. Lincoln and Son; the Executors of the late Lady Lingen; Major E. H. Mackenzie Elliot; J. H. Marshall, Esq. ; H. Nelson Wright, Esq.; Miss Newton ; Senor Don G. J. de Osma; C. R. Peers, Esq., F.S.A.; Professor G. G. Ramsay; M. O. Retowski; A. P. Ready, Esq. ; Max Rosenheim, Hsq., F.S.A.; Bernard Roth, Esq., F.s.4.; Lady St. John ; Horace Sandars, Esq., F.s.A.; C. D. Sherborn, Esq.; Vincent A. Smith, Ksq.; Rev. L. Harding Squire; M. Tony Szirmai; Edgar _ Thurston, Esq.; W. H. Valentine, Esq.; H. Van den Bergh, . Ksq.; F. K. Viccajee, Esq.,; F.c.s.; Colonel Ernest Villiers ; Surgeon-Major W. Vost; A. J. B. Wace, Esq.; Rev. H. K. Warrand ; P. H. Webb, Esq.; Sir Herman Weber, m.v.; Dr. E. Willett; Colonel L. Worthington Wilmer; Captain C. P. - Wilson ; Leonard Wray, Ksq., 1.8.0. IV.—Remarkable Coins and Medals. 1. Greek Series :—- HAMBURGER COLLECTION. _ _The most important acquisition made during the year, and indeed for many years past, is that of the Leopold Hamburger Collection of Greek Coins of Phoenicia, Palestine, and neigh- bouring countries, including a certain number of Roman coins relating to Judaea. The collection comprises 17 gold, 166 silver, and 2546 bronze coins, Among the more important pieces and series, the following may be mentioned :— A series of silver shekels and half-shekels of the first four years of the Revolt under Simon Maccabeus, and a silver quarter-shekel of the fourth year (unpublished). . 86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A remarkable series (about 60 from a hoard including many well preserved varieties) of the rare coins of Antigonus. (40-37 B.C.). Five aurei of Vespasian and Titus commemorating the subjection of Judaea. A very large series of the extremely rare tetradrachms and of the drachms of the Second Revolt under Barecochba; viz., 1 tetradrachm of the rare first year, 9 of the second, and 10 undated; and 76 drachms, struck over Roman denarii. Of the Cities of Phoenicia and Palestine, the following are the rarer mints represented in the collection: Abila (3 speci- mens), Pella (2), Anthedon (3), Antipatris (1), Esbus (5), Botrys (2), Diospolis Lydda (6), Eleutheropolis (10), Joppa (4), Charach-moba (3), Medaba (3), Nysa-Seythopolis (12), Rabbath- moba (3). The commoner series, both among the regal coinage of Judaea, and among the city-coinages, are represented in great numbers. Among the other coins of the Greek series acquired, the following are the most important :— (a) Kurope:— Italy.—Lucania.—A rare bronze coin of the Lucani. Presented by Percy H. Webb, Esq- Panormus in Sicily. A silver piece of one-sixteenth ryo struck in Japan between 1829 and 1837. Presented by Major HE. H. McKenzie Elliot. An interesting series of forty-eight silver medals and amulets struck by the Kings of Annam and presented as rewards for services to the state. Three specimens of the lead ‘“‘ Hat-money ” of Pahang. Presented by Leonard Wray, Esq., 1.8.0. V.—Casts, de. One hundred and five plaster casts of German medals and plaquettes. Presented by the Committee of the Burlington Fine Arts Club. A series of 109 impressions in lead of imitations of Roman Medallions, and large brass coins, of Greek coins, and of Italian medals, struck from dies executed by Giovanni Cavino 94, ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. of Padua (A.D. 1499-1570). The dies are preserved in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, and the impressions are of service in distinguishing such imitations from original antique pieces. Presented by the Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliotheque Nationale, through the Conservateur, M. Ernest Babelon. VI.—Students and Visitors. The number of visits made to the Department of Coins and Medals by students and others during the year 1908 was 4,293. H. A. Grueber. mA ry . BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 95 X.—BritisH Museum (NATURAL History). STATEMENT of PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and ACCOUNT of OBJECTS added to them, in the Year 1908. GENERAL PROGRESS. Visitors. The total number of visits made by the public to the Natural _ History Museum during the year 1908 was 517,043, as compared with 497,437 in 1907—an increase of 19,606. The attendance on Sunday afternoons showed a slight falling off, the figures being 65,986, as against 66,367 in the previous | year. The average daily attendance for all open days was 1,420°4; for week days only, 1,445°7; and for Sunday afternoons, 1,268 °9. Electric Lighting. An electric lighting cable has been laid from the Imperial Institute to connect with the main in the Natural History Museum, in order that the current for lighting the Museum. may be supplied from the Government generating station at the Imperial Institute, instead of from a private Company as heretofore. The work has been carried out by His Majesty’s Office of Works. __ The permanent installation of the electric light in the Bird Gallery has been completed, inverted arc lamps of a pattern approved by the Trustees having been adopted. Heating and Ventilation. The new heating and ventilating apparatus, as planned by the Chief Engineer of the Office of Works, has been introduced in the west (Zoological) wing of the Museum; and provision has been made in the Museum estimates for 1909-10 for an installation on similar lines on the eastern side. Fire Telephone, _ Telephonic connection has been made by the General Post’ Office between the Natural History Museum and the Fire Station in Trafalgar Square, Chelsea—instead of the station in East Street, Manchester Square, as formerly. 96 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Extension of the Botanical Department. In order to obtain more accommodation for the Botanical Department, the Trustees have applied for provision in Class I. of the Estimates for the construction of a room on the east side of the second floor, similar to that erected on the west side for the study collection of Mammals. Swiney Lectures. Dr. R. F. Scharff delivered in November his second course of lectures on the Swiney foundation, the subject being “The Geological History of the American Fauna.” The lectures, twelve in number, were given in the theatre of the Victoria and Albert Museum (by permission of the Board of Education), and the total attendance was 1,186 persons, or an average of 99 persons per lecture, as compared with 100 for the course of 1907. Dr. T. J. Jehu has been appointed to succeed Dr. Scharff as Swiney Lecturer for a term of two years (1909, 1910). The subject of his first course will be “The History of the European Area during late Tertiary and Pleistocene Times.” EL«pedition to Christmas Island. Ten years having elapsed since Dr. C. W Andrews, Assistant in the Geological Department, visited Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) at the instance of Sir John Murray, K.c.B., that gentle- man suggested to the Trustees that it might be productive of interesting discoveries if Dr. Andrews revisited the island to investigate the extent and nature of the changes that must have taken place in consequence of the introduction of a considerable population and the now frequent visits of ships. Special leave was accordingly granted to Dr. Andrews, and he was able to spend nearly three months on the island, the expenses of the expedition being defrayed, as on the former occasion, by Sir J. Murray. Considerable collections were made, particular atten- tion being paid, on this occasion, to the marine animals. The collections have not yet been fully worked out, but a number of new species in several groups have already been noted. Of the changes that have taken place in the isJand the most interesting is the apparently complete extinction of the two species of native rats (Mus maclearv and M. nativitatis). This appears to have been brought about by the introduction by rats from the ships of some epidemic disease to which the native forms could offer no resistance. One of the results of their disappearance is that in many’ of the more open. parts of the forest great numbers of seedlings of Inocarpus edulis are growing up. Formerly the fruit of this tree was eaten in great quantities by the rats. Some of the many plants introduced for food are spreading widely along the roads, and the secondary growth in the clearings in the neighbourhood of the settlement consists almost entirely of a probably introduced tree, Melia azederach. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), 97 Sir John Murray has presented the first selection of all the collections to the British Museum. Dr. Andrews was greatly © indebted for assistance in many ways to Mr. J. D. Murray, the Manager of the Christmas Island Phosphate Company, and to various members of his staff. Presents. _ The total number of gifts received during the year by the several departments was 2,259, as compared with 2,105 in 1907. Many of these comprised large numbers of individua] specimens. The details of all the more important of them will be found in the reports of the Keepers of the Departments, but the following may be mentioned here as of special interest :— From Mr. F. D. Godman.—-Additional valuable collections of insects from Central America and other localities, and a series of water colour drawings of butterflies of the family Hesperide, after originals by Plotz. . _ From the Hon. Walter Rothschild.—Mounted specimens of a male and female Californian Sea-Hiephant, from the island of Guadalupe (off the west coast of Lower California), and of a male Sea-Lion from California. From the Trustees of the Percy Sladen Fund.—A large collection of reptiles, batrachians, and fishes, from the Seychelles, Chagos Islands, and the Indian Ocean, made by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.s., leader of an expedition sent to the Indian Ocean in 1905. From Mr. G. M. Norrie.—A fine mounted head of an African Elephant of the Uganda race. From Mr. C. D. Sherborn.—A very valuable collection of specimens of the handwritings of naturalists, consisting of some 8,000 letters and other documents on Natural History subjects, many relating to objects in the Natural History Museum; and a copy of the important work “ Bibliographie de la France, 1811-50.” From the Hungarian Minister of Agriculture.—25 models, by Mr. Vastagh, of various animals, from the recent Hungarian Exhibition in London. .. From Mrs. R. P. Murray.—The extensive herbarium made by her husband, the late Rev. R. P. Murray, comprising about 15,000 sheets, and of special value on account of the large collection of Canary Island plants, on which Mr. Murray was a recognized authority. From Miss E. N. Gwatkin.—A collection of 270 coloured drawings of British plants, executed by herself. ) Purchases. - Among the more important purchases made during the year, special mention may be made of the following :—- ’ A series of 500 small mammals from Spain and the Riviera, collected .by Mr. Gerrit, Miller; the third and fourth portions 102. Ghee 98 ACCOUNTS, -ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. of the collection of coleopterous insects made by Dr. D. Sharp, consisting of about 30,000.specimens of Brachelytra (2,000 being types), and about 20,000 specimens of various families chiefly from New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands (400 being types); a series of fossil marine reptiles from the Oxford clay of Peterborough, specially selected to supplement the collection already in the Museum; remains of fossil lemurs from a swamp of pleistocene age in Madagascar; the second half of the important collection of sea-weeds made by the late Mr. E. A. L. Batters; and the meteoric stones which fell at Modoc (Kansas) and Eli Elwah, New South Wales. Exchanges and Gifts of Duplicates. Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made with various institutions and individuals. , The following have been added to the list of institutions to receive grants of duplicate specimens of natural history, ~viz.:—Storey Institute, Lancaster; Radcliffe Museum, and “City Museum, Londonderry. Selections of duplicate specimens have been presented as follows :— Of zoological specimens—to Sheffield Museum; the London School of Tropical Medicine; the Hancock Museum, New- castle-upon-Tyne ; the Rhodesian Museum, Bulawayo; Aber- deen University ; the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh ; the ‘Sleeping Sickness Bureau, Royal Society; Mr. A. O. Walker; Dr. F. Werner; Mr. H. Wagner; Mr. S. Schenkling; and Mr. P. Boileau. Of fossils and casts of fossils—to University College, London; Leicester Public Museum ; Manchester Museum; the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro; Mr. G. Vincent, of Brussels Museum; Mr. James Lomax; Professor Jules Welsch, of the University of Poitiers; Dr. W. Petrascheck, Geological Survey of Austria; the Hon. C. D. Walcott, Smithsonian Institution; Miss Evelyn Irby; Miss C. H. Mona Briggs; Mrs. Shakespear, D.Sc., of Birmingham University; Dr. H. F. Standing; Dr. H. P. Blackmore; Dr. A. W. Rowe; Dr. A. de Grossouvre; Professor J. Joly, F.R.s,, of Trinity College, Dublin; Hon, R. J. Strutt, Imperial College of Science. Of mineral specimens—to Dr. P. Marshall, of Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand. Of botanical specimens—to Professor Chodat, of Geneva University. Publications. The following works on Natural History have been pub- lished during the year :— National Antarctic (Discovery) Expedition, 1901-4. Natural History. Vol. IV. Zoology (Invertebrata), Hleven BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 99: memoirs by various authors. Pp. iv., 281, 65 plates, and 1 text-figure. 4to. £1 15s. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalenz (Moths) in the British Museum. Vol. VII. Noctuids (Acronyctine). By Sir George E. SEEDED, Bart. Ppaxy., 709, 184 woodcuts. 8vo. 17s. 8vo. 13s. _ Synopsis of the British Trae a descriptive Catalogue of the Drawings and Specimens in the Department of Botany. By Worthington G. Smith, F.L.s. Pp. 531, 5 plates, and 145 text-figures. 8vo. 10s. - Guide to the specimens illustrating the Races of Mankind (Anthropology) exhibited in the Department of Zoology. By R. Lydekker, r.z.s. Pp. 31,16 figures. 8vo. 4d. Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) exhibited in the Department of Geology and Paleontology. By Dr. C. W. Andrews, F.R.S. Pp. 46, 31 figures in text. 8vo, 6d. Guide to the Domesticated Animals (other than Horses) exhibited in the Central and North Halls. By R. Lydekker, F.R:S. Pp. 55, 24 figures. 8vo. 6d. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology. By Dr. W. G. Ridewood. Pp. v., 209, 96 figures. 8vo. ls, Guide to the exhibited series of Insects, Zoological Depart- ment. By C. O. Waterhouse. Pp. 57, 62 text and full-page illustrations. 8vo. Ils. New editions have been issued of the following :— Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries in the Department of Zoology. Fifth edition. Pp. iv., 133, 125 woodcuts and plan. 8vo. 6d. Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi in the Depart- ment of Botany. Second edition, revised. By W. G. Smith, F.L.S. Pp. 85, 91 woodeuts. 8vo. 4d. Instructions for Collectors :—No. 5. Diptera (Two-winged Flies). Third edition, Pp. 16, text illustrated. 8vo. 3d. Selections of the natural] history publications of the Museum have been sent to Free Libraries and other institutions in Great Britain and Ireland, to Colonial, Indian, and foreign Museums, Libraries, and Scientific Societies, and to various persons who have benefited the Museum by helping in the preparation of the volumes, or otherwise; and additions have been made to the publications-exchange list. The under-mentioned works are in preparation :— Catalogue of the Library, Vol. ITI. National Antarctic (Discovery) Expedition, 1901-4. Natural History, Vol. V Catalogue of Bats, by Dr. Knud Andersen. G2 100 ACCOUNTS, ETO., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Monograph of the.Okapi, by Sir E. Ray Lankester, K.c.B. F.R.S. 3 Hand-list of Birds, Vol. V., by Dr. R. B. Sharpe. Catalogue of Birds’ Eggs, Vol. V., by W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa, by G. A Boulenger, F.R.8. — i Illustrations of African Blood-sucking Flies, with text by E. E. Austen. Monograph of Mosquitoes, Vol. V., by Professor F. V. Theobald. Catalogue of Moths, Vol. VIII, and IX., by Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart. Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, Vol. IEH., by W. F. Kirby. | - Catalogue of Polychete Worms, by Dr. J. H. Ashworth. Catalogue of Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay, by Dr..C. W. Andrews, F.R.S. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes, Vol. V., by Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S. Catalogue of Cretaceous Bryozoa, Vol. II., by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.SC., F.R.S. ' Monograph of British Lichens, Vol. II., by Miss A. L. Smith. Monograph of Mycetozoa, by A. Lister, F.R.s. New edition revised and enlarged. Catalogue of the Sloane Herbarium, by J. Britten. Monograph of Orchids of Jamaica, by W. Fawcett and Dr. A. B. Rendle. Guide to the Cetaceans, by R. Lydekker, ¥.R.s. GENERAL LIBRARY. The additions to the General Library during the past year have been :— By purchase —_- - - 425 volumes. By donation - - - 733 volumes, 5 maps, and 76 photographs, ToTaAL - - 1,158 volumes, 5 maps, and 76 photographs. A very valuable collection of specimens of the handwritings of Naturalists, consisting of some 8,000 letters and other docu- ments, largely referring to specimens in the collections in the Museum, has been presented expressly to the General Library by Mr. C. Davies Sherborn, with a set of the “ Bibliographe de la France” from 1811 to 1850. . . ~ _ BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY)... 101 All the volumes and maps have been catalogued, press- marked, and put in their places, while 1,124 volumes have been bound in 493, and 6 have been repair ed. The extent of the collection on the 31st of December was 38,059 volumes, 5,671 maps, and 459 photographs (not including those in the Owen Collection of Drawings, &c.). The accessions to the Departmental Libraries have also been catalogued as they came in, and duplicate transcripts of the titles have been returned with the books. Altogether 1,989 title-slips have been written, 147 re- written, and 2,789 revised. There are now, on a rough estimate, 85,076 volumes (ex- clusive of continuations and minor separata) and 5,972 maps in the whole building. The printing of the Catalogue was proceeded with and the work at the end of the year stood as follows :— No. of sheets passed for press (A—Meyn) - 163 No. of title slips set up in type (A—Mez) - 37,616 The identification of the Drawings in the Owen Collection has been proceeded with by Mr. Harold Wilson. The number of visits paid to the Library during the year by students and others (irrespective of the staff and persons to whom the use of a key is granted) was 2,108, el INDEX MUSEUM AND MORPHOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. All the dissections exhibited in the Entrance Hall have been examined during the course of the year; 119 glass vessels have been refilled with alcohol, 31 have been resealed, and 17 dissections have been remounted. The specimens of Insectivora and Chiroptera in the South wall-case of Bay II. have been rearranged, and the twelve preparations in Bay III. illustrating the structure of the foot in Birds have been remounted. In Bay VI. the series of Peas illustrating Mendel’s hypothesis of inheritance have been relabelled. Of additions to the Heredity series the following are the most notable :—Fifteen skins illustrating the view of Mr. R. I. Pocock that Domestic Cats are descended from two en species of Wild Cat; a series of twenty-one Mice, bred by Mr. A. D. Darbishire "to illustrate Mendelian segregation ; and ten Guinea- -pigs bred by Mr. C. J. Davies for the same purpose. In the “Fisheries Investigations” table-case two additions have been made to the series of specimens showing the rate of growth of the Eel; three preparations have been added showing the more rapid growth of Plaice on the Dogger Bank than on the coast; and two preparations illustrating the food of the Herring have been introduced into the fish-food series. 102 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A series of specimens illustrating the adaptation of animals for movement through the air is in active preparation, and will include scudding and parachuting animals as well as those possessed of the power of true flight. . E, Maunde Thompson, Director and Principal Librarian. British Museum (Natural History), 27 February, 1909. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY: 103 DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. I.—Arrangement and Conservation. Mammalia.—During the year a large number of new specimens have been added to the exhibition series by presen- tation, purchase, or exchange. The more important of the presented specimens are noted below. By rearrangement of the fittings and by the addition when necessary of ground-work illustrating natural surroundings, improvements have been effected in the cases - respectively containing Monkeys, Giraffes, small Carnivora, and Wild Horses and Asses. A map of the world, illustrating the views of Messrs. Lydekker and Max Weber with regard to the Geographical Distribution of Animals, has been exhibited with the map explaining the Regions adopted by Messrs. Sclater and Wallace. Many new descriptive labels have been written and printed, for the two Mammal Galleries and for the Central Hall. Two new illustrated guide-books, one relating to Domesticated Animals other than Horses, and the other to the Anthropological series, have been written by Mr. Lydekker and published during the year. The additions by presentation to the exhibition series during the year include the following specimens :—A male and a female Californian Sea-Elephant from Guadalupe Island, together with photographs of a group of these animals in life, presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild. A Sea-Lion from California, also presented by Mr. Rothschild. The head of an African Elephant, presented by G. M. Norrie, Esq. A Sze-chuen Takin, a young Pigmy Hippopotamus, and a Nyasa Duikerbok, presented by Rowland Ward, Esq. An Edmi Gazelle and the head of a female of the same, from Algeria, the gift of EK. Richardson- Cox, Esq. The head of a White-eared Kob, from the Bahr-el- Ghazal, presented by Norman Smith, Esq. A White-cheeked Gibbon, two Macaque Monkeys, and a Hose’s Langur Monkey, from Borneo, presented by the British North Borneo Company, A Bushbuck and three smaller African Antelopes, the gift of F. R Roberts, Esq. A young Walrus, presented by the Council of the Zoological Society. A Sze-chuen Serow, an Ashy Goral, the skull of a Chinese Takin, and a female Orange Snub-nosed Monkey, all from Sze-chuen, presented by the late J. W. Brooke, Esq. The skull of a Patagonian, presented by H. 8. Felton, Esq. 104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE ‘BRITISH MUSEUM. An important addition, acquired by exchange, is an im- mature female of the Nigerian Giraffe, which has been placed in the Giraffe-case. Among the additions by purchase have been a Giant Otter from Guiana, and a Bay Cat from the Malay Peninsula. A number of old specimens have been remounted, in many cases with the aid of photographs of living animals; among these being the Red Wolf of South America and several Gibbon Apes from the Malay Countries. Domesticated Animals :—The additions to this series during the year have not been numerous. The gifts include’ a Nigerian Sheep and a Unicorn Nepalese Ram, presented by the Zoological Society; a hybrid Ibex-Goat and a hybrid Wolf-Dingo, presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild; a Pekinese Spaniel, “ Palace-Yo-Tel,” presented by Mrs. Vallance : : a Samoyede Dog, the gift of Lady Sitwell; a Papuan native Dog, presented by Sir Wiliam Ingram, Bart. ; and a number of statuettes of Domesticated Animals, modelled by G. Vastagh of Budapest, and presented by the Minister of Agriculture for Hungary. The publication of a guide-book to this series has already been mentioned. Alterations have been made in the arrangement of the specimens in some of the cases, whereby a considerable gain in space has resulted. The two heads of Spanish Oxen presented a few years ago by H.M. the King have been remounted. A new case for Dogs has been added to this portion of the Museum. Whale Room.—The whole of the exhibited series of skeletons of Whales and Porpoises have been carefully cleaned, with a marked improvement to their appearance. The specimens added to this portion of the Museum during the year comprise miniature models of the North Atlantic Right Whale and the Hump-backed Whale, presented by the American Museum of Natural History, and still smaller models of the Pacific Grey Whale and the Hump-backed Whale, acquired by purchase. In the StuDY SERIES the usual work of labelling, register- ing, and incorporating the mammals added to the collection has been continued. A block of three deal cabinets intended for the new mammal gallery has been provided for the storage of specimens of the size of a hare or small fox. Two cabinets for the keeping of small mammal skins (rats, mice, squirrels, &c.) and one cabinet for the skulls of small mammals have been added. Work has been somewhat interrupted by the introduction of a new system of warming the Museum. > DEPARTMENT ‘OF: ZOOLOGY.» yy 105 The department is again much indebted to volunteer helpers for valuable assistance. in working out new forms of mammals, The following gentlemen should be specially mentioned in this connection :—Mr. R, C. Wroughton, Dr. Forsyth-Major, Mr. R. J. Cuninghame, and Major G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton. The services of Dr. Knud Andersen have been continued for the preparation of the new Catalogue of Chiroptera. Aves.—The Birds in the British Saloon have been re- arranged and the old and faded specimens have been almost entirely replaced by new examples. One hundred and fifty- nine of these have been beautifully mounted, and generously presented, by Mr. Rowland Ward. Cases containing the Coal Tit, and Buffon’s Skua have been added. Some valuable additions have been made to the collections of skeletons and of birds in spirit : and, of these, special mention may be made of the gifts of Birds of Paradise from Sir William Ingram, Bart.; and of nestling Pelicans from Captain Stanley Flower, Director of the Zoological Gardens, Cairo. The arrangement of the Passerine skeletons is now com- pleted. Much curatorial work has been necessary to keep these collections in order, but the specimens in spirit are almost inaccessible, owing to the want of suitable storage ; while in regard to the skeleton-collection a very large number of old skeletons need to be replaced by new and properly prepared specimens. A series of preparations illustrating the Classification of Birds has been commenced for exhibition in the public galleries. Reptilia and Batrachia.—Lack of new material has rendered it impossible to make any important additions to the Reptile Exhibition Gallery. Models of a male and female Toad, made by the donor, have, however, been presented: by Mr. K. J. A. Turner; while a bronze model of a larger Toad has likewise been added to the series. The case containing the Australian Frilled Lizard has been sanded, and the specimens rearranged. In the spirit building the provision of the new cases has permitted the expansion of the Batrachian collection, while the Reptile collection still remains very crowded. Pisces.—The arrangement of the specimens of fishes in Wall-eases 6-15 in the North half of the Gallery has been completed during the past year. 472 labels to replace the manuscript labels pinned against the fishes in this half of the Gallery have been printed, and will be put up shortly, and 106 labels for the orders, sub-orders and families of the same fishes are in the press. Against each of the 960 specimens now exhibited has been placed a numeral, and these numerals are quoted in the Guide- book to the Gallery published in April 1908. -Against 94 of 106 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. the specimens have also been placed tickets bearing the letters BF F to signify that the fishes in question are British Food Fishes. All the wall-cases, floor-cases, table-cases and cabinet- cases have been numbered, and the numbers are quoted in the Guide-book. Fifty-one specimens of fishes have been restored and coloured according to published coloured figures and descrip- tions, in continuation of the work begun in 1904, and eight new stuffed specimens have been introduced into the series in the wall-cases. Eleven morphological preparations have been added to illustrate some of the anatomical features that are utilised in the classification of fishes. The card-catalogue of the specimens on exhibition has been enlarged by the addition of 130 entries, and a special list of the osteological and odontological preparations has been drawn up. The doorway at the North end of the Gallery has been boarded up, and coloured uniformly with the backgrounds of the wall-cases, for the display of three large Rays and of the Tarpon presented by Mr. A. L. Allen. The rough backgrounds of the Mackerel, Shark, and Great Blue Shark have been smoothed and distempered. . The floor-case of the Sail-fishes, and the floor-case containing the Angler, Tarpon and Opah, have been rearranged and the specimens relabelled ; and alterations have been made in the table-case of the Cyclostomi. All the large fishes not in glass cases, those hanging from the side rails and those supported on the floor, have been provided with printed labels protected under glass. In the spirit building the new cases have permitted the expansion of rather more than half of the Fish collection, the remainder of which is in a condition approaching chaos. A number of large collections of Fishes still remain packed in tanks and large bottles, and it has not been found possible to incorporate them during the year. The collection of Fish skeletons has been arranged and labelled, and a manuscript catalogue prepared of them. Progress has been made with a citalogue of the freshwater Fishes of Africa, the first volume of which is in the press. Mollusca.—The principal work done in connection with the collection of Mollusca has been the registration, mounting, and incorporation of the numerous acquisitions. The species of the family Vanikoridw have been worked out and monographed ; the collection presented by the subscribers to the Ruwenzori expedition has been reported upon, and a series of specimens from the same region, received from Major P. H. G. Powell- Cotton, has also been named; some South African marine shells have been described, and the re-mounting and re-labelling of the exhibited land shells has been continued. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 107 Insecta.—The arrangement of the collections has been con- siderably hindered by the disturbance necessitated by the introduction of new heating and ventilation systems, during which the rooms were closed for several months. In the Coleoptera the Parnide and Heteroceride have been re-arranged and all accessions, including the Sharp, Fry and Godman-Salvin collections, all containing numerous types, incorporated. The Trogositidw, and a great part of the Nitidulide contained in the Sharp and Fry collections, have also been added. The classification of the Hybosoride and related Lamellicorn families has been revised, the collection entirely re-arranged and many new species described. The Coleoptera collected by the Hon. G. Legge and Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston during the Ruwenzori Expedition have been worked out, and papers dealing with them prepared for publication, and in the course of this work a very large number of African Coleoptera have been determined, incorporated, and arranged. _ The undetermined specimens of various groups of Coleop- tera have been brought together and sent to specialists abroad to be named, and several such collections returned to the Museum have been labelled and incorporated. A number of types of Longicornia described in ‘The Fauna of British India,” and presented by Mr. H. E. Andrewes, and a series of co-types of new Sumatran species presented by Dr. Gestro, of the Genoa Museum, have also been labelled and incorporated. The arrangement of the EHlaterrdw has been carried only slightly further than at the end of 1907, but a considerable amount of fresh material from the Fry and Sharp collections has been added to the arranged part of the family. The MS. of the third and last volume of the Catalogue of Orthoptera has been completed and the collection revised in accordance with it. _ The Homopterous family Cercopide and the sub-family Tettigonielline of the Jasside have been re-arranged, the Godman-Salvin, Fry, and other additions incorporated and the new species described. The Rhynchota collected during the Ruwenzori Expedition have been worked out and the new species described, and a considerable number of Indian species of different families of Homoptera have been described in “ The -Fauna of British India.” In the Diptera, the African Tabanide have been arranged and all new species described, and the Pantophthalmide have been worked out and re-arranged, new species belonging to that family and the Mydaide@ having been described. The Diptera of the Ruwenzori Expedition have been worked out and described, and a selection has been made from a large series of Diptera recently collected in Ashanti by Dr. W. M. Graham. The undetermined Blood-sucking Muscide from the Ethiopian and Oriental Regions have been worked out and described. A number of small collections of Blood-sucking flies from various 108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. parts of the British Empire have been determined and incor- porated ; and information has been supplied to the senders and other enquirers. The preparation of drawings for ‘‘ Illus- trations of African Blood-sucking Flies” has been advanced. The collection of Chrysidide, or Cuckoo-wasps, was arranged and extended by Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham, of whose services the Museum has unhappily been ‘since deprived by death. Mr, Rowland KE. Turner has continued to devote his time to the service of the Museum, and during the past year has completed his re-arrangement of the Scoliidw and commenced that of the Sphegidw. The transfer of the Butterflies to the cabinets of the new pattern has been continued, and the-re-arrangement of the Nymphaline has been completed, the Hewitson Collection and all other accessions except the Godman-Salvin Collection being included. The Hrycinide and the Liptenine group of Lycenidee have been similarly treated, and of the latter all available accessions incorporated. The Thaidine and part of the genus Papilio have been arranged by Mr. H. J. Elwes in the new cabinets. The MS. dealing with the family Noctuide, sub-family Acronyctine, which is the subject of Vols. VII., VIII. and IX. of the Catalogue of Moths, has been completed. Vol. VII. has been published, and part of Vol]. VIII. is in type. About two- thirds of the sub-family Hrastriane, which will form Vol. X. of the Catalogue, have also been worked out and the descriptions written, and the Museum Collection has been arranged as far as the Catalogue is in print. In the other groups of Moths, the Hon. L. Walter Roth- schild has continued his re-arrangement of the collection of Sphingide, and Mr. L. B. Prout has completed his identifica- tion of unnamed Neotropical Geometride in the Museum by comparison with the types in the Tring Museum. Myriopoda and Arachnida.—A large number of the centipedes of the family Scolopendridw have been determined. The greater part of the unnamed material of Arachnida has been arranged in geographical order ; much of the African material has been sorted into families and genera, and is now being worked out. -Many of the “ Harvest-men” in the col- lection have also been named. The dry collections of Scorpions, Solifugae and Pedipalpi have been re-arranged and re-labelled and their nomenglaiayy has been brought up to date. Progress has been made with the compilation of a guide to the exhibited series of Myriopoda and Arachnida. . Crustacea.—Considerable additions have been made to the exhibited series, and a set of preparations, illustrating the structure of the lobster, as an introduction to the study of DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, 109 Crustacea, have been placed in one of the wall-cases. In the Crustacea room the necessary. re-spiriting and-supervision of the collection has been carried on as usual, and, in particular, the “Challenger” collection of Amphipoda, hitherto crowded together in a few large jars, has been extended into about 150 bottles. re-labelled, and made availabie for study.. As no space is available for its incorporation, this collection is temporarily stored in two book-cases. A card-index to the genera of Crustacea in the collection (some 1,500 in number) _has. been prepared. The work of re-pinning, for greater safety, the specimens in the dry collection, and of replacing the supply of naphthaline in the drawers, has been begun, and about one-third of the collection has been done. A large number of accessions have been determined, and, where necessary, descriptions of the new species have been published. Work on the Cumacea has been continued. Prototracheata, Echinoderma, Vermes and Anthozoa.* — The MS. Catalogue to the spirit collection has been indexed, and is therefore generally available, but it will rapidly cease to be of use unless increased space is soon found for the collection of Invertebrates in spirit. Most of the specimens obtained during the year have been determined. Dr. Ashworth is continuing his catalogue of the Arenicolide. The new edition of the Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries has been published. . The study collection of dried Corals has been transferred from the western tower to the basement, where, by a great improvement in the method of arrangement, the specimens are much more easily accessible to the student. The dried collection of Irregular Echinoids is being arranged ina method by which it will oceupy much less space than heretofore. The MS. Catalogues of Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea have been posted upfor the last ten years ; the new species described in these years, and the accessions to the collection have all been duly entered ; these MS. Catalogues are of great service to students. In the Starfish Gallery painted pictures of the Common Sea-Urchin and of Sabellaria spinulosa, as they occur in life, have been placed on the walls; two specimens of the common Sea-mouse, prepared from living specimens, and of Gordius aquaticus have been mounted, and instantaneous photographs of the latter have been taken and mounted. A. few additions have been made to the explanatory labels in the Starfish Gallery. - : * The Assistant in charge of these groups has been recently occupied by the editing of the “ Discovery” Report. x 110 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. —Tunicata, Polyzoa, Hydrozoa, Porifera.—The work done during the year has been that of bottling, labelling, registering, and incorporating additions. The whole of the spirit collections of Tunicata, Polyzoa, Hydrozoa, and Sponges have been re-spirited; in the course of this work on the Sponges, many labels were re-written or additions made. | Over one thousand micro-slide preparations of Sponges have been labelled, registered, and incorporated in the large’ slide cabinet. ‘The Calcarea and the Hexactinellida have been re-arranged and classified up to date, considerable alterations having been required in the arranging and labelling of the Hexactinellida. 1I.—Duplicates and Exchanges. (a) Duplicates. Duplicates have been distributed amongst museums scientific institutions, &e., as follows :— Mammalia.—80 Mammals from China and Japan, to the Royal Scottish Museum, 57 Mammals from South Africa, to the South African Museum. 300 Mammals from Southern Europe, to the United States National Museum. Reptilia.—Duplicates have been presented to the Royal Scottish Museum and to the University of Aberdeen. Mollusca and Crustacea.—Duplicates have been presented to the Sheffield Museum and to Mr. A. O. Walker. Insecta.—Duplicate specimens have been presented to the London School of Tropical Medicine; the Sleeping Sickness Bureau, Burlington House; and the Hancock Museum, New- castle-upon-Tyne. . (b) Exchanges. Reptilia.—Exchanges have been effected with the Museums of Paris, Berlin, and Lisbon, the Indian Museum and the University of Utrecht. Mollusca.--An exchange has been effected with the Man- chester Museum. Insecta.—-Exchanges have been made with the Genoa Museum; the Hope Department, Oxford University Museum ; the Welsh Museum, Cardiff; and the following gentlemen :— the Hon. Walter Rothschild, Capt. Moser, Prof. J. Gillet, Dr. Ohaus and Messrs. R. C. L. Perkins, H. Maxwell-Lefroy, Ant. Grouvelle, H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, H. E. Andrewes, and Grd. Pool: DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. lil III.— Departmental Library. Ninety-seven separate works in 112 volumes, new to the Library, and 1,453 parts of periodicals and works in progress have been acquired during the year, by purchase, presentation, and exchange. Two hundred and seventy-two books have been bound. The Library now contains 11,239 separate works in 13,171 volumes. At a meeting held on November 28, 1908, the Trustees decided that the Library is to be moved from the South-West Basement Corridor to the Fish Reserve Gallery on the ground floor. This alteration, when earried out, will afford some additional accommodation for the study collection of Insects, and will add greatly to the convenience of the arrangements in the Insect Section. IV.—Independent Publications. In addition to the official Catalogues and other volumes published by the Trustees, already mentioned, various reports and descriptive papers have been prepared in connection with the different branches of the collection, and have been published in scientific journals. For convenience of reference the following list is appended :— Mammalia.—“*The Nomenclature of certain Lorises”’ ; “A new Deer of the Brocket Group of Venezuela”; ‘The Genera and Subgenera of the Sciwropterus Group”; “Four new Amazonian Monkeys”; “The Nomenclature of the Flying Lemurs”; “On certain African and South American Otters ” *The missing Premolar of the Chiroptera”; “New Asiatic Apodemus, Evotomys, and Lepus”; “The Psammomys of the Alluvial Soil of the Nile Delta”; “Three new African Species of Mus”; “The Species of the Genus Dactylopsila” ; “ Note on the Squirrel-Genus Zetis” ; ““On Mammals from the Malay Peninsula and Islands”; “A new Jerboa from China”; “A new Akodon from Tierra del Fuego”; ‘The Squirrels described as Sciurus steerii from Balabae and Palawan”; “A new Tree- Kangaroo from British New Guinea”; *‘ New Bats and Rodents in the British Museum Collection”; “A new Fruit-Bat from Sierra Leone”; “ A new Pogonomys presented to the British Museum by Sir William Ingram”; “A new Species of the Mascarene Genus Hliwrus”; “On the large Flying-Squirrels referred to Petawrista nitida, Desm.” ; ‘The Duke of Bedford’s Zoological Exploration in Kastern Asia,—X. List of Mammals from the Provinces of Chih-li and Shan-si, North China” ; “The Duke of Bedford’s Zoological Exploration in Eastern Asia. — VI. List of Mammals from the Shantung Peninsula, North China”; “The Duke of Bedford’s Zoological Exploration in Eastern Asia.—VII. List of Mammals from the Tsu-shima Islands”; The Duke of Bedford’s Zoological Exploration in 112 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Eastern Asia.—IX. List of Mammals from the Mongolian Plateau”; by Oldfield Thomas. “The Rudd Exploration of South Africa—VIII. List of Mammals obtained by Mr. Grant at Beira’’; ‘The Rudd Ex- ploration of ‘South Africa.—IX. List of Mammals obtained by Mr. Grant on the Gorongoza Mountains, Portuguese S.E. Africa” ; “The Rudd Exploration of South Africa.—X. List of Mammals collected by Mr. Grant near Tette, Zambesia”’; “ On a new Oribi obtained by Major Powell-Cotton in British East Africa” ; by Oldfield Thomas and R. C. Wroughton. “On a collection of Bats — Yola, Northern Nigeria, collected by Mr. G. W. Webster”; by Guy Dollman. “On the Forms of Squirrel hitherto classed under Se. Eedayeoty, Horsf,” ; “A List of Mammals collected by Mr: C. FoN. Swynnerton in Northern Gazaland (Portuguese East Africa) and the Melsetter District of Rhodesia” ; er R. C. Wroughton. “Ona Collection of Mammals from the Batu Islands, west of Sumatra”; by Marcus W. Lyon, Jun., United States National Museum. , £2 Aves.—< Additional Notes.on the Birds of Formosa”; ‘On two supposed Hybrids between the Red Grouse and Ptarmi- gan”; “Ona collection of Birds made by Mr. Douglas Carruthers during his Journey from Uganda tothe mouth of the Congo’ ‘“ Remarks on some of the Birds recently described as new by Prof. Neumann”; “On two new -species of Grass-Warbler (Cisticola bella aiid C. woosnami) from S. E. Ruwenzori”; “On a new species of Rail (Saurothrura buryt) from Somaliland” ; “On a new species of Chat (Saaicola hawkeri) from the Soudan”; “On two new species of Sun-bird (Cinnyris Sete mundt) from Fernando Po and (C. batesi) from S. Cameroon” “On a new species of Pucras Pheasant (Pucrasia styant) ok Ichang, Central China” ; ‘“ Report on the Immigrations of our Summer Residents in the Spring of 1907”; by W. R. Ogilvie- Grant. ‘‘ Nestling Birds and some of the Problems they present” ; “Note on Late Nesting of the Bearded Tit”; ‘‘The Powder- down of the Heron”; “Note on the Chiff-Chaff in London”; “The nest of the Ringed Plover and the Bearing thereof on the Evolution of Birds’ ‘Nests in General”; “ Onthe Food of the Black-headed Gull”; ‘On the Position of the Ear in the Woodcock”; by W. P. Pycraft. Reptilia and Batrachva :—“ A Revision of the Oriental Pelobatid Batrachians” ; ‘‘ Description of a new Elapine Snake from Australia”; “ Descriptions of new South American Reptiles”; “ Description of a new Newt”; “ A new Genus of Snakes from Brazil”; “ Descriptions of Three new Snakes from Africa’? 1p.% Descriptions of a new Frog and a new Snake from Formosa”; ‘ Description of a new Snake from Yunnan”; «A Collection of Freshwater Fishes, Batrachians and Reptiles DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 113 from Natal and Zululand”; “ Fishes, Batrachians and Reptiles from Pahang”; “Diagnoses of new Reptiles and Batrachians discovered by Mr. Palmer in South-western Colombia”; by G. A. Boulenger. Pisces.—‘ A Revision of the African Silurid Fishes of the Sub-family Clariinae”: ‘On a Malformed Plaice”; “ Descrip- tion of a new Silurid Fish of the Genus Synodontis from South Cameroon”; ‘ Descriptions of Two New Cyprinodontid Fishes from West Africa”; “ Diagnoses of new Fishes dis- covered by Captain E. L. Rhoades in Lake Nyasa”; “ Note on Clarias capensis” ; “ Diagnosis of new Fishes from the Upper Zambesi” ; by G. A. Boulenger. * Biologia Centrali-Americana, Pisces”; ‘‘The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean: Report on the Marine Fishes”; “ The Duke of Bedford’s Zoological Exploration in Eastern Asia.—VITII. A Collection of Freshwater Fishes from Corea”; “ Descriptions of New Loricariid Fishes from South America”; “On an Australian Catfish, Cnidoglanis mega- stoma” ; ‘A Revision of the Sharks of the Family Orectolobidae”; “A Synopsis of the Sharks of the Family Cestraciontidae ” ; “A Synopsis of the Sharks of the Family Scyliorhinidae”; “ A Synopsis of the Sharks of the Family Squalidae”; “A new Generic Name for an Orectolobid Shark”; “A Collection of Fishes from the Coasts of Natal, Zululand, and Cape Colony”; “ A Revision of the British and Irish Fishes of the genus Coregonus”; ‘A Preliminary Revision of the Irish Char” ; ‘“‘ The Hybrid between the Bream and the Rudd”; “The Systematic Position of Stylophorus caudatus”; “ A Synopsis of the Salanginae”; “A Collection of Freshwater Fishes made by Mr. C. F. Underwood in Costa. Rica”; “ Description of a new Loricariid Fish of the Genus Plecostomus from Argentina”; “Descriptions of new Fishes from Lake Candidius, Formosa, collected by Dr. Moltrecht” ; “Descriptions of New Freshwater Fishes from China and: Japan”; “ Descriptions of Three New Cyprinoid Fishes from Yunnan, collected by Mr. John Graham”; “ Description of a new Fish of the Genus Crchlosoma from Tampico”; “ Descrip- tions of new Freshwater Fishes from British New Guinea” ; “Description of a new Fish of the Genus Galaxias from Chile”; “Description of a new Fish of the Genus Hetero- gramma from Demerara” ; “ Descriptions of three new Fresh- water Fishes from China”; by C. Tate Regan. Mollusca.—*On Pyrula bengalina of Grateloup ”; “ On the Mollusca of Birket el Qurun, Egypt”; “ Descriptions of new Species of Freshwater Shells from Central Africa”; “On the known recent Species of the Genus Vanikoro, Quoy and Gaimard”; “Note on Lanistes magnus, Furtado”; by E. A. Smith. Insecta.—“ Notes on North American Longicornia with Descriptions of some new Species”; ‘“ Description of a new Genus and Species of Cleride ” ; “ Notes on the Coleopterous 102. H 114 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Genera Horia and Cissites and a list of the described Species ” “On the Larve of Trictenotoma childreni, Melitomma insulare and Dascillus cervinus” ; by Charles J. Gahan. “ A Contribution to the Classification of the Coleopterous Family Dynastide” ; “ On some new Species of the Coleopterous Genus Mimela”; “ Notes on the Coleopterous Genus Oniticellus and Descriptions of some new Species trom India” ; ‘“‘On two new Parasitic Coleoptera (family Staphylinide) from South America”; by Gilbert J. Arrow. ‘Description of a new Cavernicolous Phasgonurid from Lower Siam”; by W. F. Kirby. “On some Australian Homoptera” ; “ Descriptions of some Rhynchota from Ruwenzori”’; ‘ Rhynchotal Notes: XLIV. (Tettigonielline) and XLV. (Ethiopian Cercopide)”; by W. L. Distant. “ New African Phlebotomic Diptera in the British Museum (Natural History), Parts I1-V.”; “On the Synonymy . and Systematic Position of some Species of Tabanide described by Thunberg and Lichtenstein”; “The Tumbu-Fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)”; by H. E. Austen. “A Revision of the Thynnide of Australia, Part II.”: “Notes on the Thynnide, with Remarks on some aberrant Genera of the Scoliide” ; “ Additions to the Hymenopterous Genera Myzine and Plesia” ; “ Remarks on the Hymenopterous Genus oe ”; “Notes on the Australian Fossorial Wasps of the family Sphegide, with Descriptions of new Species”; by Rowland E. Turner. “ Supplementary Papers on the Moths of India: Series III., parts 10 and 11”; “Notes on Noctwide collected by Mrs. Nicholl in British Columbia”; ‘Moths collected during the Cruise of the Valhalla” ; by Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart. Arachnida.—“ Onsome Oriental Solifuge with descriptions of new forms”; “On a new Type of Stridulating-organ in Mygalomorph Spiders, with the description of a new genus and species belonging to the sub-order”; by A. S. Hirst. The following papers are chiefly based on British Museum material :— “An account of the South American Cheliferinw in the collections of the British and Copenhagen Museums” ; by C. J. With. “Some Australian Spiders” ; by H. R. Hogg. “On some new and obscure Species of the Genus Haema- physalis of the Ixodide ”; by C. Warburton. Crustacea.—* Notes on a small collection of Plankton from New Zealand”; “On a _ parasitic Copepod from Cephalo- discus”; “ An early figure of the King-Crab” ; “On a Stridu- lating Organ in certain African River-Crabs”; by W. T. Calman. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 115 Vermes.—The following are based on material in the collection :— “Descrizione d’una nuova Pheretima del Giappone” ; “Contributo alla conoscenza della drilofauna papuasica”; by L. Coqnetti de Martiis. Porifera.— Descriptions of two new recent genera of Pharetronid Sponges” ; “‘ Notes on two species of African Fresh- water Sponges”; “ Preliminary Report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition”; by R. Kirkpatrick. V.—Acquisitions. —_—— Donations. | Purchases.|Exchanges.| Total. ; (Wild - - - 3,339 941 18 4,298 Mammalia Domesticated - - 10 1 — 11 Human crania - - 3 — — 3 Risen { Various sourges, skins - aks 1,056 _ l 2,771 ) Eggs, nests, and skeletons” - 150 — — j 150 Reptilia - - - : - 464 262 10 736 Batrachia - - - - S37 224 8 369 ‘Pisces’ - - ne - - 1,239 330 9 1,578 -Tunicata - - - - - 2 —_— — 2 Mollusca - - - - - 1,429 1,414 3 2,846 Sharp Collection - - ss 50,000 ~— | ai Ensecta: Gite eouteas RHA I goto et Mare Ro Welee| (9 eo Myriopoda~ - - - - - 60 35 — 95 Prototracheata - - - : 1 1 — 2 Arachnida - -- - - 951 269 — 1,220 Pycnogonida - - - - 56 — — $756 ‘Crustacea - - - - 1,235 592 —_— | 1,827 Kchinoderma - - - - 33 — — 33 Vermes.- . - - - - - 98 7 2 107 _Brachiopoda - - - - _ — a _ Polyzoa - - - « - Bl — — 31 Anthozoa_ - - - - . 84 — — 84 Hydrozoa - - - - 34 — — 34 Porifera -. - - - - 369 292 224 885 Protozoa - - - 6 — —_ 6 Totals - - 34,167 68,513 1,035 103,715 Mammalia.—The additions to this class during the past year number four thousand three hundred and twelve, of which the following are most worthy of note :— EUROPE. Twenty-nine mammals from Stockholm; presented by Lord Lilford. Forty-two mammals from South Norway ; presented by AR. J. Cuninghame, Esq. One hundred and forty-five from France, collected by M. C. Mottaz; seventy-five from the South of France, twenty-nine from the Channel Islands; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. __ Two Genets from Biarritz; presented by the Zoological Society. | H 2 116 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Two hundred and fourteen mammals from Spain, collected by Norberto Gonzalez. Five from Caterille, Hite. Garonne, collected by A. Robert. Twenty-two mammals from Southern Spain; presented = Ahel Chapman, Esq. Fifty-one mammals from Greece, collected by M. C. Mottaz; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., D.sc. Fifty-six mammals from Cephalonia; presented by J. 1. 8. Whitaker, Esq. ASIA. Three hundred and ninety-one mammals from China and Japan, collected by Mr. M. P. Anderson; presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.«a. Five mammals from Seistan; presented by Major R. E. Kennion. One hundred and thirty-one mammals from Kashmir ; presented by Colonel A. E. Ward. Seventy-three mammals from Thian Shan; purchased. Forty-three mammals from N.W. Fokien, China; presented by J. de la Touche, Esq. One hundred and seventeen mammals from China, collected by the donor; presented by F. W. Styan, Esq. Sixty-nine mammals from Hondo, Japan; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., D.Sc. Twenty-four mammals from Japan, collected by Kiyoshi Kanai; presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.a. Thirteen Indian mammals; presented by the Bombay Natural History Society. The skeleton of an Indian elephant; presented by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, K.G. Twenty-four mammals from Sikhim, Simla, and other Indian localities; presented by the executors of the late Dr. W. T. Blanford, C.1.E. Thirteen mammals from Bhamo ; presented by Major H. H. Harrington. One hundred and five mammals, chiefly from the Malay Archipelago ; presented by the Kuala Lumpur Museum, Forty-two mammals from Sarawak ; presented by Dr. Charles Hose. Twenty-five mammals from North Borneo; presented by the British North Borneo Company. Seventy-five mammals from Selangor, including four typical specimens; presented by the Selangor Museum. AFRICA. Forty mammals from Algeria; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., D.Sc. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 117 Twenty-nine mammals from Egypt; presented by the Egyptian Government Zoological Gardens. Sixteen mammals from Somaliland; presented by R. E. Drake-Brockman, Esq. Three mammals from British East Africa; presented by Captain the Hon. Henry C. Guest. Two hundred and thirty-five mammals from Portuguese -East Africa, collected by Mr. C. H. B. Grant; presented by C. D. Rudd, Esq. p Kighteen mammals, chiefly from Angoniland; presented by C. B. Storey, Esq. Seven mammals from Lake Naivasha, B.E.A., and four skins of Gnus from the Nyero River; presented by R. J. Cuninghame, Esq. Five skins of Gnus; presented by the Master of Belhaven. Eleven mammals from Rhodesia; presented by the Bulawayo Museum. Eleven Bats from Basutoland ; presented by L. Wroughton, Esq. Four Monkeys from Mombasa, Mozambique, West Africa and Congoland, types of Cercopithecus stairsi beanus, C. stairs: mossambicus, C. nigrigenis, and C. Vhoesti; presented by the Council of the Zoological Society of London. AMERICA, NORTH. The skin and skeleton of the Newfoundland Reindeer (Rangifer terre-nove); presented by St. George Littledale, Esq. Four mammals from Guadalupe Id., W. of Lower California ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., D.sc. AMERICA, SOUTH. Fifty-eight mammals from the Coast Region, Demerara; presented by F. V. McConnell, Esq. Sixteen mammals from S. Chili; purchased. Forty mammals from near Santiago, Chili; presented by J. A. Wolfisohn, Esq. AUSTRALASIA. Sixty-three mammals from British New Guinea; presented by Sir William Ingram, Bart. ‘ Sixteen mammals from New Guinea; presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild, M.P., D.sc. 118: ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One hundred and sixty-one mammals from Inkerman, Queensland, collected by Mr. W. Stalker; presented by Sir William Ingram and the Hon. John Forrest. Sixty-four skins, skeletons, and skulls of seals, collected during the Voyage of the “Discovery,” by Dr. E. Wilson ; presented by the Antarctic Expedition Committee of the Royal Geographical and Royal Societies. Aves.— The accessions number two thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. Of these the most noteworthy are as. follows :— EUROPE. Six specimens of Parus dressert and P. borealis from Gloucestershire ; presented by G. H. Paddock, Esq. Six examples of Charadrius morinellus, and two specimens of Pelecanus onocrotalus ; presented by the Hon. N. C. Rothschild. One hundred and fifty-nine mounted birds for aly British Collection; presented by Rowland Ward, Esq. ASIA. Kighty-two birds from Borneo; presented by the British North Borneo Company. Twenty-eight birds from Shan-Si; presented by Dr. E. H. Edwards. One hundred and thirty-three birds from Upper Burma ; purchased of Messrs. Gerrard and Sons. Fifty-seven birds and eggs from Burma; presented by Major H. H. Harington. Two specimens of Microperdix inglisi—types of the species; presented by Charles M. Inglis, Esq. Two hundred and eighty-eight birds. from Tian Shan ; purchased of Mr. Kutzenko. Sixty-six birds, chiefly from Bannu, N.W. India (including the type of Molpastes magrath) ; presented by Major H. A. F. Magrath. Two females of Calophasis burmanicus from the Ruby Mines, and one Vlangile glaucion ; presented by E. W. Oates, Ksq. Nests with eggs of Geocichla varia and G. sibirica from Japan; presented by Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. Three hundred and nine birds from Kohat, N.W. Provinces, India ; presented by Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead. AFRICA. Two seundeed and forty-one birds. from Cameroon—in- cluding the types of six new species—collected by G. L. Bates, Esq. ; purchased. DEPARTMEN® OF ZOOLOGY. 119 Twenty-five egos from Bitye, River Ja, Cameroon; presented by G. L. Bates, Esq. _ Aspecimen of Pitta reichenowi from Jinja, 15 sili W. of Ripon Falls, Uganda; presented by Dr. Cuthbert Christy. One hundred and twenty-five birds collected by Captain Hamerton in Somaliland ; purchased. | Two exampies of Scotocerca inquieta—types of the species ; presented by M. J. Nicoll, Esq. Thirty-two birds from Liberia; presented by J. M. Pye- Smith, Esq. Type specimens of Poliospiza mennellt and Pinarornis rhodesiw ; presented by the Trustees of the Rhodesian Museum. An example of Colius kirbyi, from Lydenburg, E. Transvaal—type of the species ; purchased. AMERICA, SOUTH. Two hundred and forty-three birds from Paraguay ; pre- sented by the Hon. Wyndham Knatchbull-Hugessen. AUSTRALASTA, Examples of Paradisea minor, Ciconnurus regvus, and Diphyllodes hunsteini from 8.E, New Guinea; presented by Sir William Ingram, Bart. Ninety-four birds from New Guinea, collected by Mr. Walter Goodfellow ; purchased. NEw ZEALAND. Fourteen birds from New Zealand, including the type of Pseudogerygone macleani; presented by J. C. McLean, Esq. _Reptilia—The accessions number seven hundred and thirty-six, four hundred and sixty-four presented, two hundred and sixty-two purchased, and ten received in exchange. The following deserve special mention :— EUROPE. A red variety of the Viper (Vipera berus) from Hampshire ; presented by B. Piffard, Esq. Thirty-nine Reptiles from Sicily ; collection of Professor O. Neumann ; purchased. ASIA,. Pwenty eight Reptiles from Persia, iain the types of a new hizard (Lacerta chlorogaster) ; collected “e BR. B: Woosnam, Ksq. ; presented by Colonel Bailward. A stuffed Crocodile (Crocodilus porosus) from India ;! Prcented by Ratan Tata, Esq. 120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. _ Thirty-one Reptiles from India, from the collection of the late Dr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.s.; presented by Mrs. Blanford. A Lizard (Lygosoma halianum) new to the collection, from Ceylon; presented by Professor J. Graham Kerr, F.R.8. One hundred and one Snakes from India, Assam, and Burma, including a specimen of Ablades stoliczkae, new tuo the collection ; presented by Major F. Wall, I.Ms. A Snake (Coluber moellendor fir), new to the collection, from Indo-China ; presented by Monsieur A. Krempf. AFRICA. Fourteen Reptiles from Egypt and the Sudan; presented by Captain S. 8. Flower. Forty Reptiles from Uganda, including the type of a new Snake (Aparallactus christy) ; presented by Dr. C. Christy. Twenty-seven Reptiles from Gaboon, including examples of a Skink (Mabuia raddonit), new to the collection ; collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge ; purchased. Forty-one Reptiles from Cameroon, including the type of a new Snake (Thrasons batesit); collected by Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. Four Reptiles from the Kassai, Congo, including the type of a new Snake (Hypotophis wilsont) ; presented by H. Wilson, Esq. Nineteen Reptiles from Angola, including examples of a Lizard (Hemidactylus benguelensis), new to the collection ; presented by Dr. Creighton Wellmann. Ten Reptiles from the Transvaal; presented by F. W Armstrong, Esq. Kighty Reptiles, including the type of a South African Lizard (Zonurus capensis), from the collection of the Army Medical College. AMERICA, CENTRAL AND SOUTH. Twenty-five Reptiles from Nicaragua, including specimens of Anolis concolor and A. bransfordi, Lizards new to the collection, collected by Mr. G. Palmer; purchased. Nine Reptiles from Colombia, including the types of two new Lizards (Lepidoblepharis peraccae and Anolis palmer?) and of a new Snake (Atractus melas), collected by Mr. G. Palmer ; purchased. Fifteen Reptiles frem Venezuela, including the types of a new Snake (Liophis opisthotaenia), collected by Senor Bricetio ; purchased. 7 Seventeen Reptiles from Brazil, including the type of a new Snake (Rhachiddus brazili); presented by Dr. Vital, Brazil. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 121 Seventeen Reptiles from Eastern Peru, including the types of a new Snake (Leptognathus schunkir), and of a new Lizard (Polychrus liogaster), collected by Mr. C. Schunke ; purchased. AUSTRALASIA. Twelve Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea, including the types of a new Snake (Apistocalamus loennbergii), collected by Mr. A. E. Pratt; purchased. Forty-two Reptiles from New Guinea and Northern Australia, including the type of a new Snake (Demenia angramt), collected by Mr. W. Stalker; presented by Sir William Ingram, Bart., and the Hon. John Forrest. Forty Reptiles from Central Australia; purchased. Two specimens of Anolis townsendi, a Lizard new to the collection, from Cocos Island; presented by Dr. J. C. Thompson. Batrachia.—The accessions total three hundred and sixty- nine, one hundred and thirty-seven presented, two hundred and twenty-four purchased, and eight received in exchange ; the following are the most important :— EUROPE. Eight Batrachians from Sicily ; purchased of Professor O. Neumann. ASIA. Twenty-two Batrachians from Ceylon ; presented by E. E. Green, Esq. The type of a new Frog (Megalophrys robusta) from Assam ; received from the Indian Museum. AFRICA. The type of a new Newt (Molge macrosoma) from Egypt ; presented by Captain 8S. 8. Flower. Seventy-seven specimens from Cameroon, collected by Mr. G. L. Bates; purchased. Fifty-nine specimens from Gaboon, baleased) by Dr. W. J. Ansorge ; purchased. The type of a new Frog (Hylambates greshofi) from Stanley Pool; received from the University of Utrecht. Sixteen Batrachians from Rhodesia, collected by Mr. E. C. Chubb ; presented by the Rhodesia Museum. AMERICA, CENTRAL AND SOUTH. - Twelve Batrachians from eae collected by Mr. G. Palmer ; purchased. 122 ACCOUNTS, ETC.,' OF’ THE- BRITISH MUSEUM. Fifteen Batrachians from Colombia, including the types of a new Tree-frog ea palmeri), collected by Mr. G. Palmer: purchased, AUSTRALASIA. Twenty Batrachians from new Guinea and Australia, collected by Mr. W. Stalker ; presented by Sir William Ingram, Bart., and the Hon. John Forrest. Pisces.—The accessions number one thousand five hundred and seventy-eight ; one thousand two hundred and thirty-nine by presentation, three hundred and thirty by purchase, and nine received in exchange; the following deserve special mention :— MISCELLANEOUS. Twenty-seven Fishes from various localities, including examples of several species new to the collection; presented by Dr. W. Wolterstorff. Five Fishes from various localities ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., D.sc. EUROPE. The types of a new Char (Salvelinus maxillaris) from Ben Hope, Sutherlandshire; presented by Dr. F. Penrose and Mr. John Murray. A series of Char (Salvelinus willughbiz) from Loch Loyal, Sutherlandshire ; presented by Mr. J. McKay. Two Char (Salvelinus coliv) from Lough Mask; presented by Alick Duncan, Esq. A golden variety of the Brook Trout (Salmo fario) pasctl the Wye; presented by R. B. Marston, Esq. The types of a new Pollan (Coregonus altior) from Lough Erne; presented by Major H. Trevelyan. rr Pollan (Coregonus elegans) from the Shannon; pre- sented by Harrod’s Stores, Ltd. An ambicolorate Flounder (Pleuronectes flesus) ; presented by E. Newton, Esq. Ambicolorate and reversed specimens of the Flounder (Pleuronectes flesus) from Dalbeattie; purchased. A large Bass (Morone labraz) from -off the Bell Rock ; presented by Professor D’Arcy W. Thompson, c.B. A very large Gurnard (Trigla hirundo) from the Isle et Man ; presented by W. Adams, Esq,, J.P. iN Salmon (Salmo. salar) fom the Dogger Eank, and a large Electric Ray (Torpedo hebetans), an abnormal Plaice (Plewro- mectes platessa), and two malformed Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) from the London Market; presented by J. Wrench Towse, Esq. A deep-sea Fish (Ademacanteiue giardt) from the Atlantic : : presented by Professor W. N. Parker. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 123 A rare Fish (Ceratias cowesit) from the Bay of Biscay ; presented by Mr. Stammwitz. Seventy fresh-water Fishes from Spain, including examples of Chondrostoma miegii and C. polylepis, species new to thie collection ; purchased. ASIA. Twenty-four Fishes from Singapore and Sumatra, including the types of several new species; presented by W. Morton, Esq. Three hundred and eighteen Fishes from the Indian Ocean, including the types of a large number of new species and examples of several other species new to the collection ; pre- sented by J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., and the Percy Sladen Trust.* Twenty-four Fishes from Yunnan, including the types of three new species (Acanthorhodeus elongatus, Barilius gra- hami, and Nemachilus oxygnathus), collected by Mr. J. Graham ; purchased. One of the types of a remarkable Loach (Crossostoma davidi) from China; received from the Paris Museum. Thirty-three freshwater Fishes from Formosa, including the types of five new species (Jshikavia macrolepis, Gymnostomus formosanus, Clarias sauteri, Pseudobagrus brevianalis, and Gobius candidianus), collected by Herr Sauter; purchased. AFRICA. Thirteen Fishes from the Fayum; presented by Dr. Cun- nington and C. L. Boulenger, Esq. Two hundred and eighteen Fishes from Galla-land, including examples of several new species, collected by P. Zaphiro ; pre- sented by W. N. McMillan, Esq. The types of Hemitilapia bayoni from Lake Victoria and Barbus antinori from Tunis; presented by the Museo Civico, Genova. One hundred and seven Fishes from Lake Nyasa, in- cluding the types of several new species ; presented by Captain HK. L. Rhoades. Forty-eight specimens from the Zambesi, including the types of six new species (Barbus victoriae, ’B. fairbarrnv, B. codringtonii, B. chilotes, B. altidorsalis, Paratilapia cod- ringtonit, and P. tafuensis); presented by T. Codrington, Esq. Twelve Fishes from Nigeria ; presented by A. E. Kitson, Esq. Sixty-five fishes from Lagos ; presented by Major G. E. Bruce. Seventy-one specimens’ from Cameroon, including the types of four new species (Barbus aspilus, B. callipterus, Nannocharaxz ocellicauda, and Mastacembelus longicauda), ‘collected by Mr. G. L. Bates; purchased. _* The Reptiles and Batrachians st to this collection were acknowledged in the Report for 1907, 124 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The types of Barbus salessvi and Barilius steindachneri from French Guinea; received from the Paris Museum. Sixteen Fishes frien Liberia and Ascension, including examples of a Blenny (Salarias textilis), new to the collection ; presented by Dr. A. McCloy. Sixty-five Fishes from Gaboon, including specimens of Mastacembelus niger, new to the collection; collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge; purchased. One of the types of Distichodus petersii from the Kingani River; received from the Berlin Museum. Twenty-two Fishes from the Transvaal; presented by Lieutenant 8. Pershouse. Thirty-three Fishes, including the types of a new species (Barbus lobochilus) from Natal; from the collection of the Army Medical College. Sixteen Fishes from South Africa; presented by Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist. Thirteen Fishes from the Cape of Good Hope; purchased. Thirty fresh-water Fishes from Africa, including the types of three new species (Hleotiis plewrops, Fundulus arnoldi, and Haplochilus lberiensis); presented by Herr J. Paul Arnold. AMERICA. A stuffed Tarpon (Megalops thrissoides) from Tampico ; presented by A. L. Allen, Esq. Thirty-two Fishes from Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, including the types of a new species (Cichlosoma laurae) and examples of three others (Lnneanectes carminalis, Clinus bimaculatus, and Eleotris abacurus) new to the collection ; collected by Dr. P. R. Lowe; presented by Laura, Countess of Wilton. Hight Fishes from the West Indies, including specimens of two Sting-Rays (J'rygon centrurus and T. hastatus) new to the collection ; purchased. A Blenny (Tripterygium kalisherae), new to the collection, from the Tortugas islands ; presented by Dr. J. C. Thompson. Twenty Fishes from Sonth America, including the types of three new species (Poecilia heteristia, Otocinelus arnoldt, and Cichlosoma biocellatum); presented by Herr J. Paul Arnold. Sixteen Fishes from Colombia, including the types of two new species (Arges heterodon and A. retropinna), collected by Mr. G. Palmer; purchased. One of the types of Tetragonopterus longipinnis from Dutch Guiana; received from the Leyden Museum. : Examples of Pseudochalceus perstrvatus, new to the col- lection, from Brazil; purchased. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 125 Twenty-eight Fishes from the La Plata, including the type of a new Loricariid (Plecostomus taeniatus); received from the Berlin Museum. Examples of Myxus curvidens, new to the collection, from Argentina ; purchased. The types of a new Fish (Galaxias bullocki) from Chile, collected by Mr. D. S. Bullock ; purchased. Mollusca..—Two thousand eight hundred and forty-six specimens were added to the collection, the most important of which are the following :— MISCELLANEOUS. Thirty-three specimens of Olivide from various localities ; presented by F. G. Bridgman, Esq. Thirty-five freshwater shells figured in Hanley’s “ Photo- graphic Conchology”; presented by H. Harvey, Esq. Three hundred and seventy-one shells from many localities, representing species mostly new to the collection ; purchased. Seventy-four shells, mostly terrestrial, including the types of three new species; purchased. Seventy-two shells from various localities, including the types of eight new species ; purchased. EUROPE. Fifty specimens of Pteropoda from the West of Ireland ; presented by E. W. L. Holt, Esq. ASIA. One hundred and twenty-six land and freshwater shells, including many from Lake Baikal and other localities, new to the collection ; purchased. One hundred and sixty-nine land and freshwater shells, mostly from Tonkin, representing many species new to the collection ; purchased. Fifty-one land shells from Japan, including seventeen species recently described ; purchased. One hundred and nineteen specimens from Formosa, Lifu, etc., nearly all species new to the Museum ; purchased. One hundred slides of radule, jaws, genitalia, etc., of Indian and other Mollusca; purchased. AFRICA. One hundred and five land shells from South Africa, including the types of twenty-four new species; presented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. 126 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. AMERICA. Twenty baroques or hinge pearls from North American Unionide ; presented by E. Hopkins, Esq. Four hundred and thirty land, freshwater and marine shells from the Bahama Islands ; presented by CU. W. Branch, Esq. AUSTRALASIA. One hundred and twenty-four marine shells from Masthead Islands, Queensland ; presented by C. Hedley, Esq. Forty-two land shells from Bougainville Island, Solomon group; purchased. Fifty-eight marine shells from New Zealand, including twenty-two species new to the collection; presented by H. Suter, Esq. Insecta.—Highty-six thousand five hundred and _ seventy- one specimens have been added to this part of the collection during the year, composed as follows :— Coleoptera = - - - - - - - 65,344 Lepidoptera - - - - - - - 9,145 Hymenoptera - - - - - - - 4,315 Diptera - - - - 2 - - - 4,318 Rhynchota — - - - eed be - - 2,041 Orthoptera = - ~ ~ - - - - 1,094 Neuroptera’ - . - ~ - - 279 Nests, eggs, &e. - = = = = = 35 Total =. ..-)* -. Sosa The following are some of the most important of these accessions :— FROM VARIOUS LOCALITIES. The 3rd and 4th instalments of the David Sharp Collection of Coleoptera, containing about 30,000 Staphylinide, including about 2,000 types; and about 20,000 Coleoptera from New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands, about 400 of which are types. Two hundred and seventy-three Papilionide from the Holarctic Region ; presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S. One hundred and six Coleoptera, chiefly types of Herr H. Wagener; six thousand six hundred Coleoptera, five hundred and forty-five Lepidoptera, five hundred Rhynchota, four hundred Hymenoptera, and one hundred Diptera from Southern Africa ; twenty-one Coleoptera from India, including many types ; and three hundred and fifty-seven Coleoptera from N. America; presented by Guy A. K. Marshall, Esq. Ninety-three Microlepidoptera ; one hundred and fifty-nine Diptera and six IZymenoptera from the South of France; and sixty-three Diptera from Algeria; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P. : DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 127 Two hundred and eighty-four Moths and ten pupe, forty- six Diptera, eighty Rhynchota, seventy Coleoptera and two hundred and seventy-three Hymenoptera; presented by G. Meade-Waldo, Esq. Sixty-three Hymenoptera, type specimens described by Dr. Schulz; purchased. , Two hundred and ninety-nine Butterflies from Africa, and the Holarctic Region, and one hundred and sixty-two Bruchide from Mexico and Costa Rica; presented by F. Ducane Godman, Esq.;, D.C.L., F.B.S. ASIA. Two hundred and twenty-nine Coleoptera, sixty-one Hemiptera, one hundred and sixty-two Hymenoptera, thirty- three Orthoptera, sixty-two Diptera, ninety Lepidoptera, and sixteen Neuroptera from N. China, Corea, Japan and Quelpart Island ; presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.a. One thousand two hundred and eighty Formicide from India; presented by R. C. Wronghton, Esq. Seventy-five Coleoptera, fifteen Rhynchota, two Orthoptera, two Diptera, two Neuroptera, one hundred and forty-four Moths and eleven Hymenoptera from Singapore and Johore ; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq. Two thousand and thirty-eight Butterflies, part of the Frederic Moore Collection ; purchased. Two hundred and _ seventy-five Rhynchota, sixty-four Orthoptera, seventy-six Culicide and thirty-two Moths from the Philippine Islands ; presented by C. S. Banks, Esq. AFRICA. Two hundred and fifty-one Butterflies, two hundred and thirty-two Moths, thirty-eight Coleoptera, seventeen Rhyn- chota, four Orthoptera and one Neuropteron from the White Nile; presented by W. E. Reymes-Cole, Esq. — Ninety Hymenoptera, eleven Neuroptera, twenty-one Rhynchota, eight Orthoptera, seven Moths, one thousand one hundred and sixty Diptera.and ninety-six Coleoptera from Ashanti and the Gold Coast; collected by Dr. W. M. Graham, W.A.M.S. | One thousand six hundred and fifty Butterflies, five hundred and thirty-two Moths, five thousand two hundred and forty- four Coleoptera, one thousand one hundred Hymenoptera, three hundred and thirty Rhynchota, five hundred and ten Orthoptera, one hundred and sixty-five Neuroptera and two hundred and eighty Diptera, collected by Mr. Sheftield A. Neave in Northern Rhodesia and 8.E. Congo State; purchased. AMERICA. _ Two hundred and ninety-four Moths and two Buedtilies from South America; presented by E. Dukinfield Jones, Esq. | 128 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Two hundred and ninety-five Moths and two hundred and ninety Hymenoptera from British Guiana; presented by J. Rodway, Esq. Twenty-three Moths from Canada; presented by Dr. James Fletcher. Four hundred and fifty Diptera and three Hymenoptera from British Guiana; presented by Dr. K. 8S. Wise. AUSTRALASIA. Twenty-eight Hymenoptera; presented by R. E. Turner, Esq. Three hundred and eighty Diptera and ten Ephemeride from S. Queensland ; presented by Dr. T. L. Bancroft. Myriopoda.—Ninety-five specimens were received during the course of the year. Arachnida.—The accessions number one thousand two hundred and twenty. The more important are :— MISCELLANEOUS. Twelve Ticks from various localities, including co-types of six new species ; presented by Prof. Nuttall and C. Warburton, Esa. . ASIA. One hundred and six Ticks from Transcaucasia, including the co-types of anew species (Hemaphysalis crassa) ; presented by Dr. Dschunkovsky. Eleven Arachnida from India and Burma, including co-ty pes of a new species; presented by the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Eleven specimens, including the type of a new species of Tick (Hemaphysalis japonica), from Japan; presented by the Duke of Bedford, K.a. AFRICA. Forty Ticks from Morocco; presented by A. M. Madden, Ksq. Fifty-three Arachnida from Cameroon, including the type of a new species of spider (Huphrictus sprnosus) ; purchased. Thirty-two Ticks from W. Africa; presented by G. Ganders, Esq. One hundred and twenty-four Ticks from Nyasaland, including the types of Rhipicephalus falcatus; presented by Dr. J. E. 8. Old. Nineteen Arachnida from Rhodesia; presented by J- ffolliott Darling, Esq. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 129 Twenty-four Scorpions from the Transvaal ; purchased. One hundred and twenty-two Ticks taken from various animals in Mauritius ; presented by Monsieur D’Emmerez de Charmoy. AMERICA. Fifty Arachnida from Venezuela; purchased. Thirty Arachnida from Trinidad ; presented by P. Carmody, Esq. AUSTRALASIA. Thirteen Arachnida from Central Australia; presented by H. J. Hillier, Esq. Pycnogonida.—-Fifty-six Pycnogons have been acquired, the more important being as follows :— EUROPE. Twenty specimens from the Faroe Channel; presented by Dr. R. N. Wolfenden. ASIA. Twenty-two specimens from the Indian Ocean, including types of four new species; presented by J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq., F.R.S. Crustacea.—The additions number one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven; of this number one hundred and sixty are from the “ Discovery ” collections, including the types of nine new species; of the remaining additions the following are the most important :— MISCELLANEOUS. Thirty-two specimens of Crustacea selected from the Army Medical College Collection. Ten specimens of Crustacea, including types of a new species of Crab from a deep-sea Telegraph cable; presented by Dr. ©: G: F. Luhn. Hight specimens of Crustacea from the Atlantic; presented by the Earl of Crawford, K.T., F.R.S. Seven specimens (co-types) of a new parasitic Copepod ; presented by Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist. Three specimens of Parasitic Copepoda; presented by Prof. W. C. McIntosh, F.R.s. Two specimens of a Cirripede (Tubicinella trachealis) ; presented by Dr. W. G. Ridewood. Nineteen specimens of Isopoda and Amphipoda, mostly types of species described by the donor; presented by A. O. Walker, Esq. Ten specimens of Conilera cylindracea; presented hy Dr. W. G. Ridewood. 102. : if 130 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One hanined specimens of Mysidacea, including co-types of two new species; presented by W. M. Tattersall, Esq. A series of cast shells of a prawn (Leander fabric), and two specimens of a subterranean Amphipod; presented by H. J. Waddington, Esq. A specimen of a parti-coloured Lobster; presented by J. Wrench Towse, Esq. Thirty-eight specimens of River-Crabs, from various localities; purchased. EUROPE. Three hundred and eighty-five specimens from Plymouth ; purchased. Twenty-two specimens of Crustacea from Norway; presented by Herr Alf Wollebaek. Sixty-three specimens of Crustacea from ia collected and presented by Dr. W. T. Calman. One hundred and five specimens of Canepa (including types of eighteen new species) and four hundred and three specimens of Caridea (including type of one new species); presented by the Department of Agriculture (Fisheries Branch) Dublin. Four specimens of British terrestrial Isopoda, new to the collection ; presented by R. 8. Bagnall, Esq. Forty-six specimens of terrestrial Isopoda from Southern Europe; purchased. ASIA. Ten specimens (co-types) of a new Mysid, and one specimen of a crab; presented by the Trustees of the Indian Museum. Twenty-two specimens of Crustacea from Cocos Keeling Island; presented by Dr. F. Wood-Jones. Fifty-nine specimens of fresh-water Crustacea from Central _ Formosa ; purchased. Fifty-two specimens of Marine Crustacea from Formosa ; purchased, AFRICA. Four Crustacea from Angola; presented by Dr. Creighton Wellman. Seven specimens of a Cirripede from South Africa; presented by H. B. Preston, Esq. A co-type of anew species of Isopod from Algiers ; presented by R. Gurney, Esq. Ten terrestrial Isopoda from Egypt; presented by Capt. . S. Flower. A Spiny Lobster (Jasus lalandit) from the Cape; pre- sented by J. Roberts, Esq. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 131 Three Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus regius) from the West African Coast; presented by Dr. J. Cleasby Taylor. Six specimens of River-Prawns from Egypt; presented by Capt. S. S. Flower. A River-Crab and a River-Prawn from Nigeria; presented by A. E. Kitson, Esq. Four specimens of a River-Crab from Victoria Falls; pre- sented by T. Codrington, Esq. Twenty-seven specimens of Brachyura from Tanganyika, including types of two new species; presented by the Tanganyika Exploration Committee. A Crab from West Africa; presented by Herr J. Paul Arnold. AMERICA. Twenty-two specimens of Crustacea from the West Indies ; presented by Dr. P. R. Lowe. Two specimens of a River-Prawn from Trinidad; presented by L. Guppy, Jun., Esq. Seven specimens of a parasitic Crab from Chile; presented by Rev. Dr. A. N. Malan. AUSTRALASIA. Seventeen specimens of Crustacea from New Zealand ; pre- sented by the Christchurch Museum, New Zealand. Thirteen specimens of freshwater Crustacea from New Zealand ; presented by Prof. Chilton. Four specimens (co-types) of a remarkable new form of Crustacea, Paranaspides lacustris, from the Great Lake of Tasmania; presented by Geoffrey Smith, Esq. Five specimens, co-types of a recently described Crustacean (Koonunga cursor) of exceptional interest, presented by O. A. Sayce, Esq. Three Crayfish from Central Australia; presented by H. J. Hillier, Esq. Five specimens of a new River-Crab and one River-Prawn, from New Guinea; presented by Sir William Ingram, Bart. Echinoderma.— Some very beautiful specimens of the common Echinus esculentus were prepared and presented by Mr. EK. T. Browne, m.a.; the rare and interesting Neoplax ophiodes was found in Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner’s collection from the Indian Ocean, which contained also a new species. Vermes.—The “ Discovery” collection of Antarctic Sipun- culoids has been incorporated; three species of Pheretima and a Dichogaster have been determined by Dr. Cognetti di Martiis ; Phreatothria (Trichodrilus) cantabrigiensis, from a well near Cambridge, has been presented by Mr. Wyatt. I 2 132 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Polyzoa.—The more noteworthy additions are— Six beautifully preserved specimens of fresh water Polyzoa, with tentacles expanded ; presented by C. F. Rousselet, Esq. Fourteen types and co-types of Fresh-water Polyzoa from Lake Tanganyika, collected by Dr. W. A. Cunnington ; presented by the Tanganyika Exploration Committee. Anthozoa.—Attention should be called to the collection of thirty-eight specimens made and presented by Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., in Ceylon and described by Prof. J. A. Thomson and Dr. Henderson; and to sixteen specimens of Goniopora described in vol. iv. of the catalogue of Corals and presented by the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Hydrozoa.—A set of five bottles of Hydrozoa from Birkel el Qurun, described by C. L. Boulenger ; presented by the Egyptian Survey Department. This little collection includes the recently described Fresh-water Medusa Moerisia lyonsi, C. L. Boulenger, and its Hydroid phase. Porifera.—Among the interesting and important additions during the year may be mentioned the following :— A collection comprising two hundred and twenty-four pieces of specimens (mostly types) received in exchange from the Berlin Museum, and including ‘“ Valdivia” Hexactinellida, described by Prof. F. E. Schulze, Sponges from the Red Sea, described by Keller, and Sponges from the Pacific and from the southern end of S. America and from Chile, deseribed by Dr. J. Thiele. : A set of two hundred and thirty-one preparations of Tetraxonid Sponges of the deep sea German Expeditions. “Valdivia” and “ Gazelle” ; purchased. A set of sixty-one preparations, mostly from type specimens, _ of Pacific Geodidae; purchased. A valuable set of twenty-four preparations of species and varieties of American Spongillidae; presented by Dr. Edward Potts. VI.—Lconomic Zoology. As in former years, the work done in connection with this section has had reference to Insects. The question of the spread of disease by insect agency has brought to the Museum numerous collections of biting insects from various parts of the world. The specimens sent have been named for the donors as far as was practicable, and the various questions asked respecting them have been replied to. Besides these, numerous other insects which were injurious or which caused annoyance have been sent to be named and for advice as to preventive measures. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 133 The following are some of the subjects of inquiry :— (1) Small beetles infesting flour (.Ptenus and Palorus). (2) Moths injuring mealies (Laphygma exempta). (3) Weevils injuring Cyclamen (Otvorrhynchus). (4) House-mites in furniture, and in rush-bottom chairs. (5) Paste mites, Psocide, swarming in a house ; in books; in straw wrappers to mineral water bottles. (6) Cork oak injured by larve of a beetle (Corwebus bifascratus). (7) Longicorn beetles (Oreodera and Fudesmus) cutting off branches from Cacoa and Coffee trees in Trinidad. (8) Melons injured by weevils (Baridius). (9) Wine corks injured by insects. (10) Basket injured by small beetles (Lyctws). (11) Small beetles boring into Cocoa trees in Colombia (Scolytide). (12) Weevils damaging Cocoa trees in Uganda (hyn- chophorus). (13) Scale insects on Cocoanut palm in Nigeria (Aspidiotus hedere). (14) Large scale insects on M’sasa, Orange and other trees in Rhodesia (Walkneria). (15) Caterpillars of a moth defoliating Shorea in India (Ingura subapicalis), (16) Homopterous insect injuring Sugarcane in Trinidad (Tomaspis rubra). (17) Fly bred from boil on man’s leg in W. Africa (Cordy- lobia anthropephaga). (18) As to whether Forest Flies, Hippobosca, convey | disease among horses. (19) Numerous questions respecting Tsetse flies and their distribution. (20) Flies injuring Carnations (Hylemyia nigrescens). (21) Flies the larve of which were supposed to be sub- cutaneous parasites (Cordylobia anthropophaga and Bengalia depressa). (22) Fly injuring Seakale (Phorbia). (23) Ceara scrap rubber after being washed with boiling water and hung up to dry, afterwards found to be infested with maggots (Musca domestica). (24) Large numbers of larve in lawn (Bibio). VII.— Visitors and Students. The number of visits paid to the three sections of the Department by Students and other persons requiring assistance 134 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. or information amounted to 10,220. In the ten previous years the numbers were :— 11,043 in the year 1907. 10,813 35 1906. 11,811 ¥ 1905. 11,824 su 1904. 11,627 a 1903. 10,633 5 1902. 12,813 e 1901. 11,923 bs 1900. 10,728 3 1399: 10,830 i 1898. Sidney F. Harmer. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 135 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. L—Arrangement and Conservation. Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2).—The Standing Collection of fossil lemurs from a marsh in Madagascar has been registered and incorporated. The unexhibited remains of Rhinoceros from Pleistocene deposits have been arranged and labelled in the drawers of table-case 4. The remains of early Tertiary Perissodactyla and Hipparion, exhibited in table-case 5, have been re-tableted with new printed labels, and re-arranged to admit important recent acquisitions. Case U, containing the Dinocerata, has been repainted and provided with new printed labels. Pier-cases 20 and 21 have been re-arranged and re-fitted for the exhibition of recent acquisitions of plaster casts of Litopterna (especially Macrauchenia) and Toxodontia, from the National Museum, Buenos Aires. The exhibited remains of Edentata in table-case 14 B have been cleaned, re-labelled, and partly re-arranged. Four photographs and some fragmentary remains of a mammoth and rhinoceros found preserved by petroleum in an ozokerite mine in Galicia, Austria, have been framed and exhibited on the wall near pier-case 32. ’ Pier-cases 36, 37, have been completely re-fitted and re-painted for the exhibition of Stegodon and Mastodon from Asia and Europe; the specimens have been mounted and provided with new printed labels. _ Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 469. Reptilia and Amphibia (Galleries 3, 4, 5, 11).—A plaster cast of the fore limb of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis, from the Stonesfield Slate near Oxford, has been mounted and exhibited on Stand K. Limb-bones of Dinodocus mackesoni from the Upper Greensand of Hythe, Kent, have been mounted and added to the collection of Sauropodous Dinosaurian bones in wall-case 4. An important series of specimens of Stereosternum from the Permo-Carboniferous of Brazil has been incorporated, some being exhibited in table-case 24 and in a frame on the adjacent wall. The large plaster cast of Plesiosaurus cramptoni in wall- case 13 has been renovated and re-painted. Number of specimens of Reptilia and Amphibia registered, 695. 136 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Pisces (Gallery 6).—The naming of the Devonian Acan- thodians in table-case 1 has been revised, and new printed labels have been prepared. Table-case D has been cleaned and painted, and the exhibited collection of Pterichthys has been provided with new printed labels. The specimens of Cephalaspis in table-case C, and of Dipterus in table-case 10, have been re-tableted with new printed labels. The collection of Protosphyrena in the drawers of table- case 21 has been revised and arranged. Wall-cases 15, 16 have been cleaned and re-fitted to accom- modate large teleostean fishes from the Chalk of Kansas. Several specimens have been framed, and the whole collection has been provided with new printed labels. Slabs of Cretaceous limestone from Mount Lebanon, showing shoals of small fishes, have been mounted in a glazed frame on the wall between wall-cases 15, 16. Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 207. Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8).—The Conularida in table-case 16, Gallery 7, have been revised, and re-tableted with new printed labels. The Cephalopoda registered, labelled, and incorporated during the year include :—An extensive series from the Jurassic rocks of Dorset; specimens from the Cretaceous of Devon; a series of figured examples from the Lower Albian of Hanover ; the Caroline Birley bequest of miscellaneous specimens; numerous British species from the Rey. J. F. Blake’s collection ; and various other recent acquisitions. Five specimens have been mounted on blocks and added to the wall-cases in Gallery 7, viz. 2 Palzozoic Nautiloids, 1 Inferior Oolite Ammonite, 1 Upper Lias Ammonite, and 1 Jurassic Nautilus to wall-cases 1, 10, 11, and 13, respectively. The “List of types, figured and historical specimens of Fossil Cephalopoda,” has been brought up to date. The Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the English White Chalk in table-case 6 have been re-arranged, re-tableted, and re-labelled, with the incorporation of numerous new specimens. The exhibited collections of Hippurites and of British and foreign Cretaceous Ammonites have also been revised. Opalised shells from the Upper Cretaceous of New South -Wales have been mounted and labelled for exhibition in wall- case 6, Gallery 8. Some Russian Sarmatian Mollusca, and a small collection of fossil shells exhibiting pearls, have been mounted and labelled for exhibition in wall-case 3, Gallery 8. . DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 137 A small collection to illustrate the supposed evolution of species of Viviparus (Paludina) in the Pliocene of Austria, has been mounted in a glazed frame on the wall between wall- cases 2, 3, Gallery 8. The unexhibited collections of French Tertiary Lamelli- branchia and Gastropoda have been removed from the drawers in Gallery 8 to a new cabinet in the Workroom, in which they have been re-arranged and labelled. The unexhibited collection of foreign Paleozoic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia has been removed from the drawers beneath table-cases 15 and 16, Gallery 8, and arranged in the drawers beneath the upright cases A 5 and A 6 in the centre of the same gallery. A slip-catalogue of the types, figured and historical specimens of Palzozoic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia is in progress. The Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda registered, labelled, and incorporated during the year include:—Ordovician and Devonian specimens from the Valpy and Vicary collections; a Jurassic series from the J. F. Blake collection, and some Jurassic specimens from Arabia; English, French, and Indian Eocene collections; Oligocene specimens from Germany (K. Fischer collection); and Post-Pliocene specimens from India (presented by Col. Leigh). Number of specimens of Moilusca registered: Cephalopoda, 804; Gastropoda, 1,325; Lamellibranchia, 1,517. Arthropoda (Gallery 8 and Workroom).—The foreign Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous Trilobites have been removed to new cabinets in the Workroom, where the whole of the study series of Trilobites is now placed, occupying 178 drawers. The Cirripedia have also been removed from the drawers in the Gallery to those in the Workroom, and the Insecta have been transferred to the drawers of a new upright ease in the Gallery. The cubes thus set free have been allotted to the growing collection of Brachiopoda. ~The collections registered and incorporated during the year include an additional series of insects in amber, transferred from the Zoological Department ; 229 Cambrian and Ordovician Trilobites from Oeland (Bather collection) ; and Miocene Insects from Florissant (Cockenell collection). Progress has also been made in registering the Brodie Collection of Fossil Insects. Among the more interesting additions to the exhibited series are the type-specimen of Ranina granulosa, and the unique Iithomantis carbonarius. A remarkable series of insects from Florissant, including many types and figured specimens, has been placed in a special case near the entrance to the Gallery, to form part of a special temporary exhibit, illustrating the Fauna and Flora of this Miocene lake- basin. Number of specimens of Arthropoda registered, 1,836. Annelida (Gallery 8).—The large number of specimens sorted, labelled, registered, and incorporated, includes series 138 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. from the Upper Cretaceous of Norfolk (Brydone collection), Kent, Oxfordshire, Rigen (Laur collection), Russia and Lebanon (Gollmer collection) ; the Bathonian of Gloucestershire (Slatter collection); the Lias of New Zealand; the Carboniferous of Dumfries (McPherson collection); the Silurian of Shropshire and Herefordshire (Piper collection); and the Ordovician and Cambrian of Oeland. Number of specimens of Annelida registered, 3,101. Polyzoa (Gallery 8 and Workroom).—Progress has been made in the arrangement of the drawers of unexhibited Polyzoa in the cabinets which have now been fixed in the Workroom. Number of specimens of Polyzoa registered, 1,874. Brachiopoda (Gallery 8).—The unexhibited general collec- tion of Brachiopoda in drawers has been re-arranged on the same plan as the unexhibited collection of Mollusca, and a list of the contents of the cabinets has been prepared. A slip catalogue of the type and figured specimens is in progtess. Among the collections registered, labe:led, and incorporated during the year are the following :—Recent species from R. F. Damon ; the Caroline Birley bequest of miscellaneous speci- mens; the Vicary bequest of Brachiopods from Budleigh Salterton (Ordovician), and from the Devonian and Cretaceous formations ; British and Foreign Paleozoic Brachiopods from the G. H. Morton collection ; Devonian Brachiopods from North Devon, from the R. H. Valpy collection; Lower Palzozoic Brachiopods from Sweden, collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather; a large series from the Trias of Bosnia, collected by V. Hawelka; and numerous Jurassic species from the J. F. Blake collection. Number of specimens of Brachiopoda registered, 11,633. Echinoderma (Gallery 8).—The following are the chief recent accessions that have been registered, labelled, and incorporated: — Eocene Astercidea from Hampstead Well (Wetherell collection) ; Cretaceous Echinoidea, Asteroidea, and Crinoidea from Norfolk (Brydone collection), Oxfordshire (Chatwin and Withers collection), Vendéme (Filliozat collec- tion), and Syria (Gollmer collection) ; Carboniferous Crinoidea from Clare (Douglas collection), and Yorkshire (Wilmore collection) ; Cystidea and Crinoidea from the Ordovician and Cambrian of Oeland (Bather collection). Various specimens from the Klipstein, Lee, Prestwich, and Slatter collections have also been studied and registered when necessary. The exhibited. series of British Cretaceous Ophiuroidea has been entirely re-arranged and re-labelled in accordance with recent work. A similar re-arrangement of the Cretaceous Asteroidea is in progress. Number of specimens of Echinoderma registered: Echi- noidea, 280; Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea, 252; Crinoidea, 361; Cystidea, 575. Total, 1,468. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 139 Anthozoa (Gallery 10).—Progress has been made with the labelling and arrangement of the exhibited collection of Jurassic corals. A large block of Lithostrotion has been mounted and exhibited on a separate stand between wall-cases 3, 4. Number of specimens of Anthozoa registered, 408. Hydrozoa, Porifera, and Protozoa (Gallery 10).—The unexhibited collection of Foraminifera has been revised, labelled, and conveniently arranged in the drawers of table- case 16. A collection of Graptolites from New Zealand has been registered, labelled, and incorporated. Number of specimens registered, 6,027. Plante (Gallery 10).—-Recent acquisitions have been labelled and incorporated in the collection. An alphabetical reference list of the named genera and species in the unexhibited collection in drawers has been made. A temporary exhibition of Miocene plants and insects from Florissant, Colorado, has been arranged and labelled in a small table-case. The Arctic Tertiary plants from Greenland, described by O. Heer, have been arranged and labelled in drawers, and a small selection has been mounted for exhibition in wall-case 10. Number of specimens of Plantz registered, 251. Tracks, and Rock-Specimens (Gallery 11).—Several small additions have been made to the exhibited collection illustrating Dynamical Geology,_and a piece of faulted-slate has been mounted on the wall between wall-cases 5, 6. Number of specimens registered, 32. Miscellaneous.—The large collections of fossil remains of Vertebrata in the inner basement store-rooms have been cleaned, examined, indexed and more conveniently arranged for reference. Numerous bulky specimens and large masses of fossiliferous rock that had accumulated in the store-rowms have been sorted, labelled, and either incorporated or placed with the duplicates available for exchange and donation. The moulds of fossils have been cleaned and removed to a large new store-room, where they are now well arranged and readily accessible. IIl.—-Mounting, ete. Reproductions in plaster of the skull and mandible, pelvis, and some limb-bones of Arsinoitheriwm have been made for incorporation in a complete model of the skeleton of this Egyptian Eocene Mammal. 140 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Reptilian remains from the Karoo Formation of South Africa have been extracted from the hard matrix. Dinosaurian bones from the Greensand and Wealden of England, and from the Cretaceous of North America, have been prepared for study and exhibition. A model of the fore limb of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis has been mounted on ironwork for exhibition. Fishes from the Chalk of Kansas and fish-remains from the English Chalk have been prepared for study and exhibition. Microscope-sections of Jurassic corals have been prepared. All recent acquisitions, so far as possible, have been trimmed and reduced to a convenient size before incorporation. Numerous plaster casts have been made both for the Museum and for exchange; and various specimens have been repaired for the Department of Zoology. Wi—Printing of Labels. The Museum Printer continues to devote one day each week to the preparation of labels for the Department of Geology ; but an Attendant in the Department composes and prints most of the labels, and has this year prepared upwards of 1,222 (and 9,174 prints of these). 1V.—Exchanges and Duplicates. Exchanges of plaster casts and duplicate fossils have been made with the following institutions :—Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; University Museum, Oxford; National Museum of Natural History, Paris; University Geological Museum, Lund; American Museum of Natural History, New York; and National Museum, Buenos Aires. Small exchanges have also been made with Monsieur A. de Grossouvre, Prof. Jules Welsch, Dr. H. P. Blackmore, Dr. A. W. Rowe, Miss Evelyn Irby, and Miss C. H. Mona Briggs. Duplicate fossils have been presented to University College, London, the Royal Institution of Cornwall, and the Museums of Manchester and Leicester. Small duplicates and plaster casts for purposes of research have been supplied to Mrs. Shakespear, Prof. J. Joly, Prof. R. J. Strutt, Mr. James Lomax, Dr. H. F. Standing, Mr. G. Vincent, Mr. A. Toucas, Hon. C. D. Waleott, and Dr. W. Petrascheck. V.—Departmental Library. The additions to the Library, which have been registered, stamped, catalogued, and. press-marked, comprise 241 new works and pamphlets, of which 110 were purchased and 131 presented ; 557 parts of serials in progress, of which 236 parts were purchased and 321 presented; 169 maps, of which DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 141 22 were purchased and 147 presented. 9 volumes and 1 map were obtained by transfer from other Departments. 176 volumes were bound. 2,003 visitors used the Library. VI.—-Publications. A Guide Book to Elephants, Recent and Fossil, has been written and published. The MSS. of the Catalogues of Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay, Fossil Fishes (Supplement), and Cretaceous Bryozoa, have made progress. The printing of the Catalogues of Marine Reptiles and Cretaceous Bryozoa has been begun. Apart from the official publications issued by the Trustees, various descriptive papers dealing with different parts of the collection, chiefly recent acquisitions, have been contributed to scientific journals :— By Dr. Woodward. 1. Note on Dinodocus mackesoni, a Cetiosaurian from thé Lower Greensand of Kent. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. v., pp. 204-206. 2. On some Fossil Reptilian Bones from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paulista, vol. vii., pp. 46-57, and Geol. Mag. [5], vol. v., pp. 251-255. 3. Note on a Megalosaurian Tibia from the Lower Lias of Wilmcote, Warwickshire. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. i, pp. 257-259. : 4. On some Fossil Fishes discovered by Prof. Ennes de Souza in the Cretaceous Formation at Ilhéos (State of Bahia), Brazil. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxiv., pp. 358-362, pisoxhi., xii. 5. The Fossil Fishes of the English Chalk, Part iv. Mon. Pal. Soe. 6. The Fossil Fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at St. Peter’s. Mem. Geol. Surv., N. S. Wales, no. 10. 7. On some Fish-remains from the Pamee Beds at Dongargaon, Central Provinces. Paleont. Indica, n.s., vol. iii, Mem. no. 3. By Dr. Bather. 1. Ptilocrinus antarcticus, n. sp., a Crinoid dredged by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition. Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg., 1908, pp. 296-299. 2. Schizoblastus. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Beil.-bd. xxv , pp. 303-319, pl. x. 3. The Echinoid name Cidaris and its modern application. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. 1, pp. 284-288. 4, The Genotype of Cidaris. Op. cit., vol. ii., pp. 184-136. _ 5. Studies in Edrioasteroidea, iii. Lebetodiscus, n. g., for Agelacrinites dicksoni, Billings. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. v., pp. 543-550, pl. xxv. 142 . ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 6. The Preparation and Preservation of Fossils. Museums Journal, vol. viii., pp. 76-90. 7. Nathorst’s methods of studying cutinised portions of Fossil Plants. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. v., pp. 454-459. By kh. B. Newton. 1. Fossil Pearl-growths. Proc. Malac. Soc. vol. viii., pp. 128-139, pls. iv., v. By R. B. Newton and G. C. Crick. 1. On some Jurassic Mollusca from Arabia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. i1., pp. 1-29, pls. i.-iii. By C. W. Andrews. 1. Note on a Model of the Skull and Mandible of Prozeug- lodon atrox. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. v., pp. 209-212, pl. ix. By W. D. Lang. 1. Polyzoa and Anthozoa from the Upper Cretaceous Lime- stone of Need’s Camp, Buffalo River. Ann. S. African Mus., vol. vii., pp. 1-11, pl. 1. By C. I. Forsyth Major. 1. A Giant Sub-Fossil Rat from Madagascar, Myoryctes rvapeto. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. v., pp. 97, 98. By H. G. Seeley. 1. On the Extremity of the Tail in Ichthyosaurus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. i., pp. 436-441. : By Baron F. von Huene. 1. On Phytosaurian Remains from the Magnesian Con- glomerate of Bristol. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. i., pp. 228- 230, pl. vi. By E. Thurlow Leeds. 1. On Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (Deslong.), from the Oxford Clay near Peterborough. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. lxiv., pp. 345-356, pls. xl., xh. By Henry Woodward. 1. Some Coal-Measure Crustaceans with modern represen- tatives. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. v., pp. 385-396. 2. On a large Cirripede belonging to the genus Loricula, from the Middle Chalk (Turonian), Cuxton, near Rochester, Kent. Loc. cit. pp. 491-499. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 143 By E. 8. Goodrich. 1. On the Scales of Fish, Living and Extinct, and their importance in Classification. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907 (1908), pp. 751-774, pls. xliii.—xlvi. By Mrs. E. M. Shakespear. 1. On some New Zealand Graptolites. Geol. Mag. [5], voi. v., pp. 145-148. By 8. 8. Buckman. 1. Brachiopod Nomenclature. The Terebratulz of the Crag. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. i., pp. 444-447. By R. G. Carruthers. 1. A Revision of some Carboniferous Corals. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. v., pp. 20-31, 63-74, 158-171, pls. iv., v., vi. By L. V. Dalton. 1. Notes on the Geology of Burma. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xiv., pp. 604-643, pls. liv.—lvii. Various fossils in the Department of Geology have also been described and figured by Mr. H. Woods, Mr. P. Lake, Mrs. Shakespear and Miss Elles, in the Monographs of the Palzontographical Society, vol. lxii. for 1908. VII.— Acquisitions. A.—By Donation. Mammalia.—EHight portions of jaws and teeth of Mar- supials (Macropus, Nototherium, Diprotodon, Phascolonus) from the Pleistocene river-deposits of Darling Downs, Queens- land. Presented by George F. Bennett, Hsq. Four photographs, taken by Mrs. E. M. von Kaufmann, of portions of carcases of a Mammoth and a Rhinoceros found preserved in a Pleistocene deposit, saturated with petroleum, at Starunia, Galicia, 1907. Also a portion of the skin and a rib-fragment of the Mammoth and a portion of the horn of the Rhinoceros photographed. Presented by Dr. George von Kaufmann. A milk-molar of a Mammoth, a portion of mandibular ramus of young Cave-hyzena, and two hammer-stones, from Creswell Caves. Presented by Rev. J. Magens Mello, M.A., F.G.s. Twelve plaster casts of Proboscidean molars from the Pithecanthropus-beds of Trinil, Java. Presented by the Geological Institute of the University of Berlin. Reptilia and Amphibia.—A portion of skeleton of Lyso- rophus, from the Permian of Texas. Presented by Prof. 8S. W. Williston, uD. 144 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A rib of Nothosaurus from the Muschelkalk of Jena. - Presented by Prof. Dr. G. Linck. A portion of a Reptilian bone (showing Zinc Blende), apparently Rhaetic, found in a railway cutting near Henbury, Bristol. Presented by Spencer G. Perceval, Esq. Six portions of Labyrinthodont jaws, collected by the donor from the Rhaetic Bone-bed, Aust Cliff, near Bristol. Presented by Montagu Browne, Esq. Portions of jaws of Ichthyosaurus from the Cretaceous, near Hughenden, Queensland. Presented by George F. Bennett, Esq. Pisces.—Ten Fish-remains from the Carboniferous Lime- stone of Kelhead, Dumfriesshire. Presented by William McPherson, Esq. Two teeth of Psammodus rugosus, and three of Psephodus magnus, from the Upper Carboniferous Limestone of Sparrow- pit, Castleton, Derbyshire. Presented by J. Wilfrid Jackson, Ksq., and R. Cairns, Esq. One skull of Saurichthys from the Muschelkalk. Presented by Prof. Dr. G. Linck. Three specimens of Semionotus capensis from the Storm- berg Beds, Orange River Colony. Presented by W. Sneyd, Esq. Two specimens of Mesodon sp. from the Purbeck Beds of Swanage. Presented by F. Hovenden, Esq. A Pyenodont tooth from the Jurassic of Ankilahila, N.W. Madagascar. Presented by H. T. Burls, Esq Twenty-three species of Otoliths of fishes from the Miocene of Austria-Hungary. Presented by Col. C. KE. Shepherd. Mollusca.—Two Cephalopods, six Gastropods, and nine Lamellibranchs from the Lower Paleozoic rocks of Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Thirteen Cephalopoda, ten Gastropoda and six Lamelli- branchs from the Carboniferous Limestone of Kelhead, Dum-- friesshire. Presented by William McPherson, Esq. | Four Gastropods and three Lamellibranchs from the Car- boniferous Limestone of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorkshire. Presented by Albert Wilmore, Esq. One Glyphioceras spirale from the Culm of Waddon Barton, near Chudleigh, Devon. Obtained and presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. An Ammonite and a Belemnite from the Lower Tarn Thal, Tyrol, collected by the donor and noticed in his paper in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1908. Presented by A. P. Young, Esq., PH.D. Two specimens of a Cephalopod, Belemnites palliatus, from the Lower Pliensbachian, south side of Robin Hood Bay, Yorkshire. Presented by W. Murton Holmes, Esq. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 145 Two Ammonites from the Cornbrash of Rushden, one being the type specimen of Macrocephalites hudlestoni, J. F. Blake, Mon. Fauna of the Cornbrash, Pal. Soc., 1904, p. 47, pl. iv., fig. 3. Presented by W. H. Hudleston, Esq., F.R.s. Hight Cephalopoda, seven Gastropoda, and fifteen Lamelli- branchia from the Jurassic rocks of Arabia, collected by the donor and described by Messrs. Newton and Crick, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July 1908. Presented by Major H. 8. Hazelgrove. One Gastropod and two Lamellibranchs from the Jurassic of Ankilahila, N.W. Madagascar. Presented by H. T. Burls, Esq. Hight Gastropods and three Lamellibranchs from the Sequanian of Cordebugle, Calvados, France. Collected and presented by Dr. F. A. Bather. Hight Trigonia and one Cerithiwm from the Portland Oolite of Towersey, Thame, Oxon. Presented by Mr. T. H. Withers. Six Lamellibranchs from the Lower Cretaceous of Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Worthington Wilmer. Two Cephalopods (Heteroceras and Pachydiscus) trom the Chalk of England. Presented by Messrs. C. P. Chatwin and T. H. Withers. Fragment of shale containing the supposed beak of a Cephalopod from the “Black Band” in the Actinocamaz plenus zone in the Chalk of South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire. Presented by Thomas Sheppard, Esq. A specimen of Actinocamazx verus, obtained by the donor from the Uintacrinus-Chalk of Dover. Presented by the late General C. F. Cockburn. A specimen of Heteroceras from Holaster planus zone of the Chalk of North Ormsby, Lincolnshire. Presented by Rev. C. R. Bower. One Belemnitella from the Chalk of Glenariff, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Presented by James Francis, Esq. An Ammonite and a Nautilus from the upper part of the Middle Chalk in Weekes and Trechmann’s Pit, Halling, Kent. Also the impression of a large Inoceramus in flint from the Drift at Halling. Presented by J. G. Wilson, Esq. A specimen of Inoceramus digitatus from the Micraster coranguinum zone of the Chalk of Snowdown Colliery, Nonington, Dover, from 40 ft. below the surface. Presented by Malcolm Burr, Esq. Microscope-section of pearl-structure from an Inoceramus from the Upper Chalk, Northfleet, Kent; descr. and figd. by R. B. Newton, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vol. viii (1908), p. 136, pl. v, figs. 4, 5. Presented by B. B. Woodward, Esq. Two Ostrea from the Upper Cretaceous of Batra, Algeria. Presented by Dr. P. L, Sclater, F.R.s. 102. K 146 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Three Lamellibranchs from the Chalk of Trimingham, Norfolk. Presented by R. M. Brydone; Esq. A natural cast of Naticina from the Chalk Rock, Cuck- hamsley, Berks. Obtained and presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. A specimen of Hipponyx blackmoret from the Chalk (Holaster planus zone) of Boswell, near Louth. Presented by J. R. Farmery, Esq. One Cephalopod, twenty-four Gastropods, and thirteen Lamellibranchs from the Upper Cretaceous and Eocene from between the Punjab and British Baluchistan. Presented by Lieut.-Col. H. P. P. Leigh. Thirteen Tertiary shells from Japan. Presented by B. B. Woodward, Esq. Sarmatian (Miocene) Limestone from Korecz, Volhynia, containing marine shells (Mactra podolica, Tapes gregaria, Trochus podolicus, ete.). Presented by Count J. Potocki. Six Gastropods and seven Lamellibranchs from Mio-Pliocene deposits, Peninsula of Araya, Venezuela. Presented by Hugo Pam, Esq. Forty-five freshwater Gastropoda and Lamellibranchs from the Post-Pliocene of N.W. India, 50 miles W. of Rawal Pindi. Presented by C. H. J. Whitehead, Esq. Seven Terrestrial Gastropods (Heliz and Pomatias) from Post-Pliocene deposits, Las Palmas, Canaries. Presented by H. D. Acland, Esq. Land-shells found with Mammoth remains, in the Pleis- tocene at Starunia, Galicia. Presented by Dr. George von Kaufmann. A collection of lacustrine Gastropod shells from Gross- wardein, Hungary, arranged to illustrate their development and evolution; apparently referred to by the late Prof. Brusina, “Kine subtropische Oasis in Ungarn,” Mitth. naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark, 1902 (1903), pp. 101-121. Presented by Mrs. N. Charles Rothschild. A mass of stalagmitic earth from Admiral’s Cave, Bermuda, containing shells of the Gastropod Poecilozonites nelsoni. Presented by G. A. Outerbridge, Esq., per Major A. J. Peile, R.a. Arthropoda.—A_ plaster cast of a trilobite, Strenuella strenua, from the Lower Cambrian slates of Mill Cove, North Weymouth, Mass. The original in the Museum of the Boston Soe. Nat. Hist. (No. 12978), described by the donor in the Amer. Journ. Sci. [4] vol. xxiii. (1907), pp. 199-201. Presented by Dr. H. W. Shimer. A pleuron of a Trilobite (Olenellus) from the Lower Cam- brian, N.N.E. of Skiag Brigg, Loch Assynt, N.B. Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. . —— — ————— ST CUCU Uh”... r—C~TC—™C i . DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 147 Two specimens of Pterygotus anglicus on a slab in counter- part, from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of Carmyllie Quarries, Forfarshire. Presented by Archibald W. R. Don, Esq. A specimen in counterpart of Praeanaspides precursor, a Crustacean, in a Coal-measure nodule, Shipley Hall Estate, near Ilkeston, Yorkshire, described and figured by H. Wood- ward, Geol. Mag., Sept. 1908, p. 386, fig. 3. Presented by the Rev. C. Hinscliff. The type-specimen of Lithomantis carbonarius, a Neurop- terous Insect in a Coal-measure nodule found by the donor on the coast near Ayr. Described and figured by H. Woodward, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxxii., 1876, p. 60, pl. ix. Presented by Miss C. H. Mona Briggs. Beetles found with Mammoth-remains, from the Pleistocene of Starunia, Galicia. Presented by Dr. George von Kaufmann. Echinoderma. — Echinospherites from the Ordovician, Craig-y-Glyn, 3 m. E. of Llanrhaidr. Presented by Upfield Green, Esq. A Crinoid from the Devonian of Santa Lucia, Léon, Spain. Presented by Dr. A. 8S. Woodward. Five Crinoid stems from the Carboniferous Limestone of Kelhead, Dumfriesshire. Presented by William McPherson, Esq. Forty-five Crinoid and ten Echinoid remains from the Carboniferous Limestone of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorkshire. Presented by Albert Wilmore, Esq. Eleven remains of Crinoids from the Carboniferous Lime- stone of County Clare, Ireland. Presented by J. A. Douglas, Esq. Specimen of Millericrinus pratt. from Miserden, Glou- cestershire, figured by P. H. Carpenter, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxxvili. (1882), p. 1, fig. 9. Presented by Mrs. J. F. Walker. One Encrinus carnalli from the Muschelkalk. Presented by Prof. Dr. G. Linck. One hundred and fifteen remains of Jsocrinus from the Lias of Winchcombe Tunnel, Cheltenham. Presented by Miss Caroline Shuckburgh. : Three Echinoderms (Holaster, Micraster, and Isocrinus) from the English Chalk. Presented by Messrs. C. F. Chatwin and T. H. Withers. Highteen ossicles of Asteroidea (Pycinaster, Metopaster) and a hundred and five ossicles of Crinoidea (Marsupites, Isocrinus, and Bourgeticrinus), collected by the donor in the Marswpites-zone in the Chalk near Vendéme. Presented by Monsieur Marius Filliozat. One LHchinocorys and one Offaster from the Chalk of Glenariff, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Presented by James Francis, K 2 148 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Kight Echinoderms (Conulus and Isocrinus) from the Chalk of Trimingham, Norfolk. Presented by R. M. Brydone, Esq. Three Hemiaster from the Upper Cretaceous of Batna, Algeria. Presented by Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.s. An Echinoid from Cretaceo-Eocene beds between the Punjab and British Baluchistan. Presented by Lieut.-Col. H. P, P- Leigh. Brachiopoda.—Two Brachiopods from the Lower Paleozoic rocks of Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Brachiopods from the Llandovery Formation, Tortworth, Gloucestershire. Presented by Prof. 8. H. Reynolds. Two Brachiopods from the Llandeilo Flags, Llandrindod. Also fourteen Brachiopods from the Devonian of Santa Lucia, Léon, Spain. Presented by Dr. A. S. Woodward. Three Brachiopods from the Carboniferous Limestone of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorkshire. Presented by Albert Wilmore, Esq. Three specimens of Productus from the Carboniferous Limestone of Holy Island, Northumberland. Presented by Mrs. Vignoles Fisher. Seven Brachiopoda from the Carboniferous Limestone of Kelhead, Dumfriesshire. Presented by William McPherson, Esq. Six Brachiopoda from the Chalk of Trimingham, Norfolk. Presented by R. M. Brydone, Esq. Annelida.—Thirteen Annelida from the Carboniferous Limestone of Kelhead, Dumfriesshire. Presented by William McPherson, Esq. Five specimens of Torlessia mackayt from the Liassic (?) rocks of Ashley Gorge, N. Zealand. Presented by A. Hamilton, Esq. A Serpula from the Coral Rag, Headington, Oxfordshire. Presented by W. P. Pycraft, Esq. A Serpula fluctuata from the Upper Chalk, Oxfordshire ; noticed in Mem. Geol. Surv., Expl. Sheet 254 (1908). Presented by Messrs. C. P. Chatwin and T. H. Withers. Three specimens of casts of worm-tubes known as “ Worms of Job,” probably Cretaceous, from the Moslem pilgrim road, EK. Moab. Presented by Dr. F. Johnson. Hight Serpule from the Chalk of Trimingham, Norfolk. Presented by R. M. Brydone, Esq. Polyzoa.—Seven Polyzoa from the Lower Paleozoic rocks of Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Two Polyzoa from the Devonian of Santa Lucia, Léon, Spain. Presented by Dr. A. S. Woodward. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 149 A specimen of Stenopora columnaris from the Zechstein. Presented by Prof. Dr. G. Linck. Two Polyzoa from the Chalk and Lower Greensand of Surrey. Presented by H. D. Schloss, Esq. Two Polyzoa, Reptoceritites rowei, from the English Chalk. Presented by Messrs. C. P. Chatwin and T. H. Withers. Four Polyzoa from the Upper Chalk of Oxfordshire ; noticed in Mem. Geol. Surv., Expl. Sheet 254 (1908). Presented by Messrs. C. P. Chatwin and T. H. Withers. Polyzoa from the Middle Eocene, Grignon, Paris Basin. Presented by Miss M. 8. Johnston. Coelentera.—Four corals from the Lower Paleozoic rocks of Canada. Presented by Col. C. C. Grant. Corals from the Llandovery of Tortworth, Gloucestershire. Presented by Prof. 8. H. Reynolds. Petraia from the Llandovery, Damerg Bridge, near Tort- worth. Presented by Upfield Green, Esq. A. polished section of Halysites from the Wenlock of Malvern. Presented by Miss Shuckburgh. Graptolites from Cisnera, Léon, Spain. Also five Corals from the Devonian of Santa Lucia, Léon, Spain. Presented by Dr. A. S. Woodward., . Eighteen corals from the Carboniferous Limestone of Kelhead, Dumfriesshire. Presented by William McPherson, Esq. Five corals from the Carboniferous Limestone of Thornton- in-Craven, Yorkshire. Presented by Albert Wilmore, Esq. One Cyathophyllia oolitica from the Aalenian of Hudding- knoll, Painswick, Gloucestershire. Presented by Miss H. Mary Hutton. One Thamnastraea from the Great Oolite, near Bicester. Presented by Ll. Treacher, Esq. Two Montlivaltia from the Chilian Andes. Presented by Miss Copland. A coral, probably Jurassic, from the Drift, near Rugby. Presented by H. D. Schloss, Esq. A coral from the Lower Greensand of Sandown Bay, I. of Wight. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Worthington Wilmer. ' Two Parasmilia from the Chalk Rock, Marlow. Presented by Messrs. C. P. Chatwin and IT’. H. Withers. A hundred and thirty-five corals, &c. from the Cretacco- Eocene between the Punjab and British Baluchistan. Presented by Lieut.-Col. H. P. P. Leigh. Five fossil corals from Pleistocene masses embedded in sand about half a mile inland, North West Cape, West Australia. Presented by Captain J. W. Combe, R.N. 150 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Porifera.—Sponge spicules from flint-meal from the Micraster coranguinum zone of the Chalk of Path Hill, E. of Whitchurch, Oxfordshire. Presented by Messrs. C. P. Chatwin and 'T. H. Withers. A large branched specimen of Doryderma roemeri from the Chalk of Widnall Wood, Little Hampden, Bucks. Presented by R. W. Pocock, Esq. Protozoa.—One piece of Radiolarian Chert, found by the donor in the Culm of Christow Down, Teign Valley, Devon. Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. A piece of Radiolarian Chert from the Culm Measures, Woodah Quarry, near Exeter. Presented by Upfield Green,,. Kisq. Two hundred and sixty-six microzoa, chiefly Foraminifera, from the Middle Lias of Radstock ; seventy from the Upper Lias ‘of Ilminster ; a hundred and sixty-seven from the Fuller's Karth of Midford; three hundred Foraminifera from the Gault of Dunton Green, Kent. Presented by F. Mockler, Esq. Foraminifera from flint meal from the Micraster coran- guinum zone of the Chalk of Path Hill, E. of Whitchurch, Oxfordshire. Presented by Messrs. C. P. Chatwin and T. H. Withers. A piece of Nummulitic Limestone from Teke, 2 m. 8. of Kesban, Turkey. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Thomas English. Sixty-eight slides of Foraminifera and Polyzoa, from the Middle Eocene of Grignon, Paris. Presented by Miss M. 8. Johnston. | Various Invertebrata.—About three hundred fossils from the London Clay of Hampstead, collected by the late Mr. N. T. Wetherell, and partly used in his paper in Trans. Geol. Soc., ser. 2, vol. v., pp. 151-136. Presented by George Potter, Esq. Plante.—A plaster cast of the fruit of Goniolina yeome- trica, from passage beds from Oxfordian to Corallian, near Poitiers, France. Original figd. by Saporta, Paléont. Franc., Jurassique, Vegétaux, vol. iv., p. 219, pl. 256, now in Museum of Poitiers University. Presented by Prof. Jules. Welsch. Six specimens of Spirangium (Palewoxyris) from the Wealden (Upper Tunbridge Wells Sand) near Crabtree Village, Sussex. Presented by Dr. F. Du Cane Godman, F.R.S. Fossil wood found on a heap of flints at Hackpen Hill, N. Wilts. Presented by the Rev. wseecs O. Kendall. Four fossil jeaves from the Mio-Pliocene deposits, Peninsula of Araya, Venezuela. Presented by Hugo Pam, Esq. A piece of oak, found with Pleistocene Mammoth remains at Starunia, Galicia. Presented by Dr. George von Kaufman. A bottle of Diatomaceous earth from the Clairments, Jamaica. Presented by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 151 A piece of fossil wood from the Paramai Mine, Thames goldfield, New Zealand. Presented by F. Louis Armitage, Esq. Rock Specimens.—A wind-worn pebble from the Torridon Sandstone of Canisp, Sutherland; also a piece of Olenellus bed resting on Fucoid-bed from the Lower Cambrian, Loch Assynt, Sutherland. Collected and presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. | A slab of faulted slate from the Borrowdale series, Coniston. Presented by Harry Muller, Esq. A piece of track (Crossopodia embletonia, G. Tate) from the Coal Measures, Polbree Burn, Kirkconnel. Presented by J. Smith, Esq. Spongia paradoxica from the Red Chalk, Hunstanton ; disintegrated flint pebble from Stanstead, Kent; striated iron- stone from Boulder Clay. Presented. by L. Hemington Pegler, Esq., M.D. A geode of Jasper Agate, weathered by. soil action, from near Kingsweston House, 8.W. Gloucestershire. Presented by Spencer George Perceval, Esq. B.—By Purchase. Mammalia.—A plaster cast of a fossil human skull from Gibraltar, the original in the Royal College of Surgeons. Ninety-three skul]s and limb-bones of extinct Lemurs from a swamp, Ampasambazimba, Madagascar; and thirteen plaster casts of the type specimens of extinct Lemurs from the same swamp. Standing Collection. Two mandibles of Lophiotheriwm cervulum, four jaws of Plagiolophus annectens and one mandible of Adapis, from the Eocene of Euzet, Gard, France. A Sirenian tooth from the Pliocene of Cotentin, France. A model of the skull and mandible of Prozeuglodon atroa, from the Eocene of the Fayum, Egypt. . Eight mammalian limb-bones from the. Phosphorites, France. » Aves.—Portion of metatarsus of a bird. from the London. Clay, Sheppey. » Reptilia.—Three plaster casts of Aristodesmus ruetimeyert from the Bunter Sandstone, near Basle, Switzerland. -. One hundred and. seventy-five. Plesiosaur bones; the pectoral girdle of Cryptoclidus ; fifty-five vertebrae and bones of head of Ophthalmosaurus, two skulls .of Metriorhynchus ; head, vertebrae, pelvic bones, &ec., of Pliosaurus ferow ; and bones of a very young Pliosaurus ; all from the Oxford Clay. Leeds Collection. A erocodilian skull and two other reptilian fossils from the Purbeck Beds, Swanage. i 152 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One Trionyx italicus, from the Oligocene near Viale, N. Italy. Three pelvic bones of tortoises from a swamp, Ampasam bazimba, Madagascar. Pisces.—Tail of Dipterus from the Old Red Sandstone, Caithness. One Drepanaspis gemuendenensis and two fish-plates from the Upper Devonian, Gemuenden, Germany. Specimens of Astraspis, Hriptychius, and Macropetalichthys from the Corniferous Limestone of New York, U.S.A. Megalichthys from the Coal Measures, Airdrie. Tooth of Ceratodus and two other teeth from the Rhaetic, Aust, Bristol. Head of Hypsocormus tenurrostris, from the Oxford Clay, Whittlesea. One fossil fish from the Portland Stone, near Weymouth. One Microdon bernardi from the Lithographic Stone of Cirin, Ain, France. Two Clupea and one Thrissopterus from the Neocomian, Comen, Istria. Skeleton of Anogmius and skull of Portheus from the Chalk, Kansas. Sternberg Collection. Nine fish-remains from the Chalk of Kent. Dibley Collection. Three slabs of marl covered with skeletons of a Cyprinoid fish, from the Lower Pliocene of Teruel, Spain. Fourteen sharks’ teeth from the Pliocene of Cotentin, France. Mollusca.—Two Cephalopods from the Carboniferous Lime- stone of Ireland. Nine Mollusca from the Culm of Moravia and Upper Silesia. Two hundred Mollusca, chiefly Cephalopoda, from the Trias, Bosnia. Hawelka Collection. Mollusca from the Corallian of Valpin, Jura, and Corde- bugle. Eighteen Mollusca from the Portland Stone, near Wey- smouth. Eleven Ammonites from the Albian of Hanover, described by Collet. Mem. Soc. Phys. and Nat. Hist., Geneva, vol. xxxv. fase. 3 (1907), pp. 519-529, pl. viii. ‘Two Ammonites from the Chalk of Kent. Seven Ammonites from the Cretaceous, France. Ten opalised shells from the Cretaceous of White Cliffs, New South Wales. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 153 Inoceramus koeneni, I. cunerformis, and other species of Inoceramus from the Cretaceous of Europe; and thirteen specimens of Inoceramus from the Cretaceous of N. America. Two hundred and ten species of Mollusca from the Lower Kocene (Thanetian) of France, collected and named by Monsieur L. Staadt. Ostrea longirostris from the Miocene, Bordeaux. Cancellaria scabra from the Pliocene of Piedmont. Eleven land and fresh-water shells from the Lower Pliocene of Teruel, Spain. Twenty-five Mollusca from the English Pliocene Crag. Twenty-one Molluscs from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado. Arthropoda.—A specimen of Xylobius from the English Coal Measures. A specimen of Arthropleura (?) from the Coal Measures, Horbury, Yorkshire. Ranina granulosa from the Miocene of Bordeaux, and a crab from the Tertiary of the Paris Basin. Twenty-four Insects and one Arachnid, including type and figured specimens, from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado. Fossil Insects from the Tertiary, Shiobara, Japan. Echinoderma. — Stromatocystis pentangularis from the Cambrian of Ginetz, Bohemia. Cupressocrinus from the Devonian, Hifel. Five Crinoids from the Lower Carboniferous of Bundorran, Donegal. Electrotypes of Hocidaris and Pygurus. One Echinoid from the Cretaceous of France, and Huspa- tangus from the Miocene, Bordeaux. Brachiopoda.—Nine Brachiopods from the Lower Carboni- ferous of Bundorran, Donegal. Brachiopods from the Corallian of Valpin, Jura. Polyzoa.—Two Polyzoa from the Lower Carboniferous of Bundorran, Donegal. Coelentera.—Monograptus sedgwicki and other graptolites, from the Moffat district. Two Silurian Corals of the Belcher Collection from Arctic America. Three Corals from the Lower Carboniferous of Bundorran, Donegal. Corals from the Corallian, Valpin, Jura. One Parasmilia from the English Chalk. 154 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Porifera.—aA large slab of Hydnoceras bathense, containing many individuals, from the American Ordovician. The type specimen of Verrucocoelia twherosa, from the Chalk of the Thames Valley, near Goring. Plantae-—A fossil plant from the Old Red Sandstone, Caithness. Telangium affine from the Lower Carboniferous, Burdie- house. Twenty micro-preparations and specimens from the Coal Measures of Lancashire. : Kighteen specimens of plants from the Culm of Moravia and Upper Silesia. One Megaphyton from the Coal Measures, Derbyshire. One Stigmaria from the Béddaw Coal Pit, Beddaw, Caerphilly. Five pieces of opalised wood from the Upper Cretaceous of White Cliffs, New South Wales. Plants from the Tertiary, Shiobara, Japan. Sixty-four Plants (including type specimens) from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado. Rock Specimens.—A piece of phosphorite from Southern France. C.—-By Exchange. A plaster cast of the skull and mandible of Tetrabelodon angustidens, from the Miocene of Sansan, France; original in the National Museum, Paris. A series of plaster casts of Mammalian remains from the Tertiary and Pleistocene deposits of the Argentine Republic, of the genera Diadiaphorus, Proterothervawm, Tetramesorhinus, Onohippidvum, Macrauchenia, Pararctothervum, Peltephilus, Trigodon, Ancylocoelus, Nesodon, Palewohoplophorus, Mega- thericulus, Colpodon, Pseudocoelosoma, Typothervum, Thomaso- hualeya, Megamys, Smilodon, Noaditherium and Adino- therium ; originals in the National Museum, Buenos Aires. Plaster casts of Dinosaurian bones from the Stonesfield Slate ; originals in the Oxford Museum. A plaster model of Palewospondylus gunna, from the Old Red Sandstone of Caithness, and models of parts of a Silurian Ophiuroid(Lapworthura miltonr)and Graptoiite(Monograptus), made under the direction of Prof. W. J. Sollas, F.R.S. A collection of fossil Invertebrata from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern Sweden ; from the University of Lund. Ammonites, Brachiopods, &c., from the Gault and Jurassic formations of France; from Monsieur A. de Grossouvre. _ DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 155 The total acquisitions are as follows :-. A.— VERTEBRATA : By Donation - - - . 8] » Purchase - - - 410 » Exchange - - - - 43 ———— 534 B.—INVERTEBRATA ! ) By Donation - - ~ - - 2,039 .,, Purchase - - ~ - 2,861 , Exchange - - - - - . 282 —-— 5,182 C.—PLANTE: By Donation - - 14 » Purchase - - - 113 —-— E24 D.—Rock SPECIMENS: By Donation - - - - 7 », Purchase - - - ~ - if | ——. 8 TorTaL Acquisitions for 1908 = 5,851 VIII.— Visitors and Students. The number of visits paid to the Department. by students and other persons for the purpose of consultation or study during 1908 was 5,803. IX.—Lectures and Demonstrations. Ten parties were received in the Galleries of the Department of Geology, and demonstrations were given as follows :— February 8th.—The Home Counties Archeological Society (23 members). Dr. Woodward. March 21st.—The National Home Reading Union Cire!e of Kingston (10 members). Dr. Woodward. March 28th.—The South London Entomological and Natural History Society (14 members). Dr. Woodward. April 11th.—The Barnet Natural History Society and Field Club (80 members). Dr. Woodward. May 27th.—The Vesey Club (22 members). Dr. Woodward. June 16th.—Mrs. Morris K. Jessop and party. Dr. Wood- ward. June 19th.—Haileybury School (16 members). Dr. Wood ward. August 31st.—Mr. Henry Blackman and 20 quarrymen from Battle, Sussex. Dr. Bather. November 7th.—The Battersea Field Club (20 members). Dr. Woodward. November 28th.—The Geologists’ Association (23 mem bers). Dr. Woodward. | Arthur Smith Woodward. February Ist, 1909. 156 ACCOUNTS, ETC.,.OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. Research. During the past year the morphological, optical, and chemical investigation of specimens belonging to various species has been continued. In the Sulphide Division, a chemical examination has been made of seligmannite, a rare mineral from the Binnenthal, and its chemical composition has been for the first time determined. In the Haloid Division, a crystallographic, optical, and chemical examination has been made of schwariz- embergite. The “light-figures” displayed by the crystals of this mineral were so complex that for their reproduction a new form of camera lucida had to be designed. In the Silicate Division, chemical investigations have been made of fuchsite from the Binnenthal, and of the extremely rare mineral guarinite, the result of the latter being to establish its specific identity with hiortdahlite. The investigations of the new phosphates of zine and other minerals from the Broken Hill mines of Rhedesia, and of the minerals striiverite and ilmenorutile, which were in progress last year, have been completed. Crystallographic measurements have been incidentally made on various other species, including anglesite, barytes, beryl, carminite, chalybite, cotunnite, olivine, paralaurionite, pvro- morphite, and zircon. _ Microscopic examinations have been made of collections of rocks from Natal and Zululand, Persia, Sweden, and South America. In the chemical laboratory, two quantitative analyses have been made of schwartzembergite, two of seligmannite, one of fuchsite, and three of rocks from Zululand, and many doubtful minerals have been qualitatively analysed. Publications. New editions of the Introduction to the Study of Minerals, the Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, the Student’s Index, and the Guide to the Mineral Gallery, have been pre- pared and published ; the preparation of a new edition of the Introduction to the Study of Rocks has been in hand. Independent Publications. Apart from the official publications issued by the trustees the following papers, relative to specimens in the collection, have been published during the year by members ofthe staff of the Department:— On the possible existence of a nickel-iron constituent (Fe;Ni;) in both the meteoric iron of Youndegin and the meteoric stone of Zomba: by L. Fletcher, M.A., F.RB.S. DEPARTMENT OF’ MINERALOGY. 157 On Striiverite and its relations to Ilmenorutile: by G. T. Prior, M.A., D.S¢c., F.G.s., and Dr. F. Zambonini. On Hopeite and other Zine phosphates and associated minerals from the Broken Hil] mines, North-Western Rhodesia: by L. J. Spencer, M.A., F.G.8. On Chlormanganokalite, a new Vesuvian mineral; with notes on some of the associated minerals: by Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis and L. J. Spencer, M.A., F.G.S. Note on synthetical corundum and spinel: by G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., D.Se., F.G.S. Demonstrations. Demonstrations on the Collections. have been given to the Polytechnic Natural History Society, the Jewellery Class of the Northampton Institute, Clerkenwell, and the Battersea Field Club. Miscellaneous. During the year the preparation of the slip-catalogues of the mineral specimens in the Collection has been continued. This work has been completed for the Arsenides and Sulphides (including the large series of iron-pyrites) as far as linnaeite, and for the whole of the Haloid Division (including the large series of fluor); a commencement has been made with the Oxide Division, and slips have been prepared for the species from cuprite to manganobrucite. The specimens of some of these species exhibited in the case-tops have been re-arranged on trays that have been re-polished and lined with fresh wool. In the course of this work a modified form of standard for the species-labels which does not interfere with the alionment of the trays was introduced; at the same time old specimens hitherto bearing numbers referring only to special catalogues have been entered in the general register, and permanent labels giving all available information have been written for each specimen. Experiments have been made with a view to the improve- ment of the exhibition of the faceted gem-stones. Those specimens of the collection of the late Miss Caroline Birley which were not required for the British Museum or the Manchester Museum have been sorted into seven lots and sent, on behalf of the Executors, to public museums in the neighbour- hood of Manchester, Miss Birley’s former home. New locality-labels, species-labels and other labels have been printed, and have been distributed in the extiibition cases, and the necessary additions have been made in the alphabetical and topographical indices of localities. In connection with this work, samples of card for the labels were critically examined. Seventy-five boxes of mineral-specimens have been received, unpacked and examined; one hundred and two boxes have been packed and despatched. One hundred and fifty thin slices of rocks have been pre- pared, and two large meteorites have been cut. 158 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE RRITISH MUSEUM. Departmental Library. To the Departmental Library have been added continua. tions of 31 periodicals (in 438 parts), 53 volumes of separate works, 43 pamphlets, 16 parts of works, 32 mining and survey reports and one map; of these, 8 periodicals (in 124 parts), 4 volumes and 6 parts of separate works, 33 pamphlets, and all the mining and survey reports, were acquired by presenta- tion or transfer. All of them, including 601 plates, have been registered and stamped. 360 volumes have been transferred to the new cases in the basement corridor, and arranged. All works of atopographical character have been placed in one main group and arranged in geographical order. Students. The number of visits recorded as made to the Department for the purposes of consultation or study is 987. The Gallery being no longer reserved on particular days of the week for use by students, and study-series having been so arranged as to be directly accessible to the public, and so labelled as to render reference to the staff for information thereon almost completely unnecessary, it has become difficult to distinguish, for statistical] purposes, “Students” of minerals from ordinary ‘ Visitors,’ and stress can no longer be laid on the distinction. Eachanges. Exchanges of specimens have been made with Dr. Victor Patzelt of Briix, Bohemia; the Mineralogical Institute of the University of Christiania, through Prof. W. C. Brégger; the Muséum d’ Histoire Naturelle of Paris, through Prof. A. Lacroix ; and with Sir William Crookes, F.R.S. A ccessions. 908 specimens have been acquired, namely :— 473 minerals, 427 rocks, and 8 meteorites. All of them have been registered, numbered, labelled, and incorporated with the Collection. The more important of them are as follows :— Minerals. By Presentation : A series of typical minerals from Portugal, including specimens of stibnite, riebeckite, galena (a group of large crystals), scorodite (violet crystals with ferberite) and stauro- lite: by Senor Antonio Maria d’Oliveira Bello. Heulandite from Meldon, Devonshire; pyromorphite from Lostwithiel, Cornwall: by Arthur Russell, Esq. Two large polished blocks of agate, from Brazil: by the Hon. L. Walter Rothschild, mp. ~ gk . j DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY, 159 Corundum pebbles and samples of tin-ore from Perak: by Loke Chow Thye, Esq. Synthetical rubies and spinels, a fine crystal of peridot from the Red Sea, and a series of faceted rubies from Siam showing range of colour: by E. Hopkins, Esq. Two large and well-formed crystals of baddeleyite from Ceylon: by the Director of the Imperial Institute. Wulfenite, a fine group of crystals, from Broken Hill, New South Wales: by C. Maitland, Esq. Iron-pyrites, a large cube weighing § kilograms (17? lb.), from British Columbia: by E. P. Gilman, Esq. Orthoclase from Campolongo, St. Gotthard; apatite and beryl from German South-West Africa: by Prof. G. Linck. Tetrahedrite from Schwaz, Tyrol: by Otto Meurer, Esq. Kyanite and tourmaline from Abbottabad, India: by R. C. Dunean, Esq. Diamond in garnet rock from Boshof, Orange River Colony : by Dr. G. S. Corstorphine. A fine suite of cinnabar specimens from China: by H. Brelich, Esq. Specimens of “ banket,” showing visible gold, from Trans- vaal: by J. L. T. Johnson, Esq. Guarinite from Vesuvius: by Dr. F. Zambonini. Specimens of banded jasper from Western Australia: by F. Fox, Esq. Gold in quartz from Val d’Aosta, Piedmont: by the Directors of the Evancon Gold Mining Co. Parahopeite from. Broken Hill, Rhodesia: by J. M. Moubray, Esq. Triplite from Singar, India: by the Director of the Geological Survey of India. Witherite, in large crystals, from Northumberland: by J. P. Walton, Esq. Beckelite, in mariupolite, from Sea of Azov: by Prof. J. Morozewicz. A fine specimen of apophyllite with thomsonite, calcite, etc., lining a cavity in basalt, from the neighbourhood of Belfast, co. Antrim: by F. N. A. Fleischmann, Esq. By Eauchange : Whewellite crystals, from Briix, Bohemia, a new locality : from Dr. Victor Patzelt. Large crystals of argyrodite from Bolivia, and specimens of ilmenorutile from Norway: from the Mineralogical Institute of - the University of Christiania, through Prof. W. C. Brogger. Specimens of wiikite containing scandium, from Impilaks, Finland: from Sir William Crookes, F.R.s. 160 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A series of minerals from Franee and French Colonies including specimens of villiaumite from Los Islands, bityite, barkevikite, grandidierite, and tourmaline from Madagascar, axinite, friedelite, and rhodochrosite from Hautes Pyrénées, humite from Arignac, valentinite and hemimorphite from Algeria, and plancheite from Freneh Congo: from the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, through Prof. A. Lacroix. By Purchase: A remarkable series of specimens from the United States including :—tourmaline and topaz in large crystals, diamond, uvarovite, gold in sharp crystals, benitoite with neptunite, from California ; wolframite, greenockite, vivianite in fine crystals, and gold on galena and blende, from Colorado; montroydite with eglestonite and terlinguaite, from Texas; ruby in lime- stone, from New Jersey: topaz with phenacite, from New Hampshire ; apatite in mauve crystals, from Maine; a large crystal of arkansite, from Arkansas ; brilliant crystals of iron- pyrites, from Utah ; a large specimen of aurichalcite, from New Mexico ; and dioptase, from Arizona. Tetrahedrite, a group of fine crystals, from Botes, Tran- sylvania. Wulfenite in large brown and orange-red crystals, stepha- nite, and apophyllite in crystals rich in faces, from Mexico. Specimens from the collection of the late-Dr. W. T. Blanford, including :—cerussite, chabazite, and natrolite from Bohemia, tourmaline from Norway, and stilbite and heulandite from the Harz. Arborescent crystals of silver coated with smaltite, from Cobalt, Ontario. Crystals of cotunnite, tenorite, and sal-ammoniac, from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius of 1906. Remarkable crystals of tourmaline, and etched crystals of aquamarine from Brazil. Star-sapphires, from Tasmania. Epidote crystal showing idiophanic brushes, from Salzburg. Fluor in pink crystals coating large crystals of smoky quartz, from Mont Blane. A twin-crystal of corundum, from Ceylon. Fine twin-crystals of whewellite, from Saxony. A remarkably large crystal of pollucite, from Elba. A polished section of a large green-and-red banded crystal of tourmaline, from Madagascar. Native iron in basalt, from Hesse. Fine specimens of ‘‘black opal” and hydrophane, from Queensland. A magnificent group of large crystals of aragonite, from Sicily. A fine, etched crystal of topaz, from Nertschinsk, Siberia. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. 161 The following mineral names added to the Museum List were previously not represented by specimens in the Collection :— Barkevikite, bityite, davidite, giorgiosite, grandidierite, lotrite, mohawk-algodonite, morinite, natrojarosite, passyite, plancheite, prismatine, quisqueite, randannite, sefstromite, striiverite, titanolivine, villiaumite, Rocks. By Presentation : Specimens of antigorite-serpentine from the Alps: by the Rev. T. G. Bonney, F.R.s. A small collection of rock-specimens from Corsica: by Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major, F.R.s. Specimens of monchiquite with large porphyritic micas, from Colonsay Island, Argylishire: by the Assistant-Director of the Geological Survey of Scotland. Rock-specimens from Karda, Sweden: by C. Maitland, Esq. is A specimen of borolanite, from Scotland: by C. D. Sherborn, sq. Voleanic bomb, from La Palma, Canary Islands: by H. D. Acland, Esq. Rock-specimens from Iceland: by Baron Maurice de Komorowicz. A specimen of phonolite, from the Cook Islands: by Prof. P, Marshall. Rock-specimens from Islands in the Caribbean Sea: by Dr. P. Lowe. Specimens of mariupolite from Sea of Azov: by Prof. J. Morozewicz. A collection of small rock-specimens (with thin slices), from Natal and Zululand: by the Director of the Natal Government Museum, Pietermaritzburg. By Purchase : A collection of rock-specimens from the Lotschberg Tunnel, Switzerland. A series of basalt-specimens showing various mineral inclusions, from Rhenish Prussia. Meteorites. By Presentation : | Uwet, Southern Nigeria; a mass weighing 7844 grams: by the Governor of Southern Nigeria, through the Director of the Imperial Institute. Huizopa, 60 miles west of Temosachic, Chihuahua, Mexico: a piece weighing 1549 grams: by R. Tower, Esq. Fraserburg, Cape Colony; fragments weighing 65 grams: by the Director of the South African Museum, Cape Town. 102. | My 162 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. By Purchase: Mount Zomba, British Central Africa; a stone weighing 297 grams. Williamstown, Kentucky ; a slice weighing 845 grams. Ainsworth, Nebraska; a slice weighing 536 grams. Modoc, Kansas ; a stone weighing 2045 grams. El Elwah, New South Wales; a stone weighing 14,650 erams. Those Meteorites of which the names are italicized belong to falls hitherto unrepresented in the Museum Collection. L, Fletcher. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 163 DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. I.—Arrangement and Conservation. During the past year 25,625 specimens have been incor- porated with the Herbarium. This number includes 21,425 Flowering Plants, 1,598 Vascular Cryptogams, 6 Mosses, 41 Hepatics, 898 Lichens, 218 Algz, and 1,439 Fungi. Flowering Plants.—Collections have been mounted and incorporated as follows:—From Hungary and Styria (Hayek), from the Balkans (Schneider), from Denmark (Rubi by Fredrichsen), from Poland (Flora Polonica), from Asia Minor and Persia (Bornmiiller), from Turkestan (Regel), from Malaya (Ridley), from China, Corea and Japan (Faurie), from German East Africa (Scheffler, Biisse), from Cameroons (Zenker), from South Africa (Schlechter), from Montana (Blankinship), from Washington (Suksdorf), from Texas ( Lindheimer ), from Jamaica (New York Botanic Garden), from Costa Rica (Tonduz), from Bolivia (Fiebrig), from Brazil (Dusén, Riedel), from Patagonia (Dusén), and from New Caledonia (Schlechter). Collections from Malaya (Ridley, Bartlett, Hose, Hewitt and others), from Uganda (Bagshawe, Brown), from Gazaland (Swynnerton), from Rhodesia (Chubb, Kassner), from Angola (Gossweiler), from Nigeria (Yates, Kitson), from Chili (Middle- ton, Philippi, Scott Elliot), and from West Australia (Sargent), have been wholly or in part named, mounted, and incor- porated. In the division Polypetale additions have been made by incorporation, especially in the orders Ranunculaceze, Caryo- phyllacee, Bruniacee, and lLeguminose. A _ considerable amount of time has been devoted to incorporating and wholly or in part identifying various African collections, especially a. large collection from Gazaland made by Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton. Work of revision and rearrangement has been done in the orders Menispermacee (in conjunction with Dr. Diels), Bixinez (the African species), and Crassulaceze (the genus Kalanchoe). Portions of the collections made by Dr. A. G. Bagshawe in Uganda have been worked out in conjunction with the collector and the results published. The undetermined specimens of Chinese Impatiens have been named and annotated by Sir Joseph Hooker, and the undetermined specimens of the genus Xanthophyllum by Dr. Chodat of Geneva. Some work of revision on the genus Grewia has been done by Mr. J. Ry Drummond and Mr. T. A. Sprague (of the Kew Herbarium). In the division Gamopetale additions have been made by incorporation, especially in the orders Rubiacez, Caprifoliaceze Composite, Polemoniacee, Apocynacex, Asclepiadacex, Con- volvulacez and Scrophulariacee, and work of revision has 102. mM 164 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. been done in the orders Rubiacez (chiefly South American species), and Convolvulacee (Tropical and South African species). In the division Apetale work of incorporation has been done in several orders, especially Chenopodiacee, Amarantacez, Polygonacee, Lauracez, Euphorbiacez and Cupuliferz. The order Monimiacez has been rearranged. In the Monocotyledons work of incorporation has been done chiefly in the orders Orchidacee, Liliacee, Juncacee, Cyperacez, and Graminez. The orders Najadacez, Pota- mogetonacee, Alismacez, Butomacee, Typhacee, Eriocaulacez, and Juncacee, have been revised and rearranged. Work of incorporation and revision has been done in the British Herbarium. Considerable progress has been made with the sorting and arrangement of duplicates for purposes of exchange. Ferns.—Additions have been made by incorporation in the following families: Schizzeaceze, Osmundacez, Polypodiacee, Hydropteridez, Lycopodiaceze ; collections from Rhodesia (Kyles), Solomon Islands (Guppy), New Granada (Kalbreyer), have been mounted and incorporated; the revision of the specimens collected by Cuming in the Philippines has been completed, and the African species of Aspleniwm and Nephro- diwm have been revised; collections made in Gazaland by Swynnerton and in British East Africa by Meinertzhagen have been determined. Bryophyta.—Specimens of Mosses collected in Fiji by Miss ‘Gibbs been been determined. Alge.—The residual material of the Batters herbarium and its collection of microscopic slides, and the Fresh-water Algz of Hassall and of Jenner, have been set in order and incor- porated ; work of rearrangement and revision has been done on several genera of Floridez and Chlorophycee ; work of revision and determination has been done on the Characez and Siphonee, and on Alge from the Indian Ocean and from Auckland Island, Campbell Island and the Snares. Fungi.—Work of incorporation has been done chiefly in the Discomycetes and Pyrenomycetes, and in the genus Puccinia; the British Fungi have been rearranged according to recent monographs, the sorting of specimens in the Phillips collection has been continued, and many drawings of Discomycetes and Hymenomycetes have been mounted and incorporated. Lichens.—Progress has been made with the incorporation and revision of the British Lichens, chiefly the Graphidez. Exhibition Serves.—The representation of the orders of Dicotyledons in the large wall-cases in the public gallery has been completed, and various specimens have been added to the DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 165 general series. Progress has been made with the exhibition of a series of British Lichens, and with the selection and prepara- _ tion of specimens and drawings for an exhibition of British Hepatics. A series of coloured drawings of British Plants by Miss E. N. Gwatkin, a series of coloured drawings of American plants by Mrs. H. B. Morse, and an exhibition of abnormalities in plants, have been placed on exhibition, The exhibition of British Trees in the Central Hall has been completed. Catalogues.—A Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes, based on the MSS. and drawings of Mr. Worthington G. Smith, has been published. Progress has been made with the preparation of a Catalogue of the Sloane Herbarium by Mr. Britten, a Monograph of the Orchids of Jamaica by Mr. Fawcett and Dr. Rendle, the second edition of Mr. Arthur Lister’s Mono- graph of the Mycetozoa, and the second volume, by Miss A. Lorrain Smith, of Crombie’s Catalogue of British Lichens. Il.—Pwublications. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes. By Worthington G. Smith. Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi. Second edition revised. Apart from the official publications issued by the Trustees, the following relating to the collections have appeared :— An account of the Plants collected on Mt. Ruwenzori by Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston. By Dr. Rendle, Mr. E.G. Baker and Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Linnean Society.) On a Collection of Plants by H. C. Robinson and L. Wray, from Gunong Tahan, Pahang. By Mr. H. N. Ridley, assisted by Dr. Rendle, Mr. E. G. Baker and Mr. A. Gepp. (Journal of Linnean Society. ) Notes on African Convolvulacez. By Dr. Rendle. (Journal of Botany.) The Sections of Geissasnis. By Mr. Baker. (Journal of Botany.) Uganda Combretacee. By Mr. Baker and Dr. A. G. Bagshawe. (Journal of Botany.) . A new Turrea from Uganda. By Mr. Baker and Dr. A. G. Bagshawe. (Journal of Botany.) Uganda Anonacee. By Mr. Baker and Dr. A. G. Bagshawe. (Journal of Botany.) Aiabastra Diversa. Parts XVI.and XVII. By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Botany.) The Erlangeas of § Bothriocline. By Mr. Spencer Moore. (Journal of Botany.) Marine Algz (Chlorophycee and Pheophycez) of the “Sealark ” Expedition, collected by Mr. Stanley Gardiner. By Mr. and Mrs. A. Gepp. (Transactions of the Linnean Society.) 166 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE- BRITISH MUSEUM. Some Works of C. F. P. von Martius. By Mr. B. B. Wood- ward. (Journal of Botany.) Some Suffrutescent Apocynacee from Angola. By Dr. Otto Stapf, Keeper of the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. (Journal of Botany.) The Subsection Eucanine of the Genus Rosa. By Major A. H. Wolley-Dod. (Journal of Botany.) The Forms of Salvia Verbenaca L. By Mr. H. W. Pugsley. (Journal of Botany.) The Morphology and Systematic Position of Scytothamnus australis. By Miss Charlotte M. Gibson. (Journal of Botany.) New and Rare British Fungi. By Miss A. Lorrain Smith (with Mr. Carleton Rea). (Transactions of the British Myco- logical Society.) Il.—Fachange of Duplicates. Exchanges have been effected with the Botanic Gardens, Singapore; the Botanic Museum, Zurich; the Hofmuseum, Vienna; the Botanic Museum, Copenhagen; the United States National Herbarium, Washington; the Museu Goeldi, Para, Brazil; Dr. H. Bolus, Cape Town; and Oswald Sargent, Esq., York, West Australia. IV.—Loan of Specimens. Specimens for determination have been lent as follows :— 34 specimens of Chinese Impatiens to Sir Joseph Hooker; 24 specimens of Xanthophyllum to Dr. Robert Chodat, of Geneva, V.—Departmental Library. The additions during the past year have been, by donation, 56 volumes, 118 pamphlets; by purchase, 162 volumes—in all 918 volumes, 118 pamphlets. These include 13 periodicals in 162 parts, presented, and 86 periodicals in 634 parts, purchased— in all 99 periodicals in 796 parts. 164 volumes have been bound. Work of incorporation and revision has been done in the general collection of drawings of specimens, and the following series of drawings have been arranged and bound: Miss Florence Woolward’s original drawings of the genus Masdevallia ; Fernando Noronha’s Java Plants; and Domingos Vandelli’s Brazilian Plants. The Salisbury drawings and MSS. have been ‘bound. The collection of Miers’ drawings and MSS. and Deschamps’ drawings have been arranged and placed in Solander cases, and a selection of Miss E. N. Gwatkin’s drawings of British Plants has been bound and placed on exhibition in the public gallery. VI.—Acquisitions. The following additions have been made to the collections by presentation -—The Herbarium of the late Rev. R. P. Murray, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 167 from Mrs. R. P. Murray ; 12 specimens of seeds from Sikkim, from Capt. Gage; 22 Phanerogams from New Guinea, from Capt. F.R. Barton; 138 Phanerogams from the Curator of the Sarawak Museum ; 54 Phanerogams from neighbourhood of Shanghai, from F. W. Styan, Esq.; 78 Phanerogams and 15 Cryptogams from Fiji, from Miss L. Gibbs; 24 Phanerogams from West Australia, from O. H. Sargent, -Esq. ; 9 specimens of Australian woods from Millar’s Karri and Jarrah Co.; 32 Phanerogams and 4 ferns from South Nigeria, from A. KE. Kitson, Esq. ; 114 Phanerogams and 1 Cryptogam from Nigeria, from C.C. Yates, Esq.; 27 Phanerogams from Uganda, from E. Brown, Esq.; 118 specimens from Rhodesia, from E.C. Chubb, Esq. ; 43 Phanerogams from Rhodesia, from Dr. R. F. Rand; 8 specimens of fruits from West Indies, from A. HE. Aspinall, Esq.; 390 specimens from Chili, from R. M. Middleton, Esq. ; 40 Phanero- gams from Patagonia, from Dr. P. Dusén; 9 specimens of cultivated plants from Walter Ledger, Esq. ; 73 Ferns of New Zealand and 100 Ferns of tropical Asia, from Llewellyn Lewis, Esq.; 7 growth-forms of Asplenium Bradleyi, from Tennessee, from R. M. Middleton, Esq.; 227 Algz of Barbados, from the executors of the late Miss Anna Vickers; 48 tubes of Plankton collected in the African Lakes, by Dr. W. A. Cunning- ton, from the Tanganyika Committee ; 33 marine Alge of the Danish West Indies, from Dr. F. Borgesen; 26 Australian Lichens, from Edwin Cheel, Esq.; 28 Mycetozoa from the Philippine Islands,from HK. D. Merrill, Esq.; and single specimens from Prof. Balfour, Sir Trevor Lawrence, J. O’Brien, Esq., Sir J. Colman, Miss Selina Harding, T. Sprague, Esq., G. L. Bates, Esq., J. Groves, Esq., Dr. C. Christy, Edward 8S. James, Esq., Rev. P. Stapleton, Lieut.-Col. Lambton, Dr. Noel Bardswell, Jas. Saunders, Esq., and W. Gamble, Esq. The additions to the British Herbarium by presentation have been :—The British Herbarium of the late John Benbow, Esq., of Uxbridge, from A. J. Benbow, Esq. ; 35 specimens from C. E. Salmon, Esq.; 17 specimens from Rev. E. F. Linton ; 205 specimens from Rev. E. 8S. Marshall; 15 specimens from W. H. Beeby, Esq.; 5 specimens from Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell ; 74 specimens of Rubi from Rev. W. Moyle Rogers ; 30 specimens of Potamogetons from A. Bennett, Esq. ; 3 specimens from W. P. Hiern, Esq.; 2 specimens of diseases of cultivated trees, by W. Gamble, Esq. ; 2 rare British Marine Alge, by A. D. Cotton, Esq.; 2 fungal diseases of insects, by E. R. Bankes, Esq. ; 2 microscope-preparations from a Scottish glacial peat deposit by H.N. Dixon, Esq., and single specimens from Rev. Augustin Ley, P. Ewing, Esq., F. N. Williams Esq., Rev. Canon Vaughan, K. J. Bellord, Esq., 8. H. Bickham, Esq., James Groves, Hsq., Miss C. E. Larter, Dr. H. T. Giissow, Worthington G. Smith, Ksq., Miss F. H. Woolward, Miss Severn, and A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. The following additions have been made by exchange of duplicates :—265 Phanerogams and 28 Ferns from Malaya, from the Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore ; 168 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 189 Phanerogams and 6 Cryptogams from South Africa, collected by R. Schlechter, from the Director of the Botanic Museum, Zurich; 78 Phanerogams from South Africa, from Dr. H. Bolus, Cape Town; 18 specimens West Australian Orchids, from Oswald Sargent, Esq., West Australia; 250 Ferns from the West Indies and Mexico, from the U.S. National Herbarium, Washington ; 74 Phanerogams chiefly from the West Indies and Venezuela, from the Director of the Botanic Museum, Copen- hagen; 341 Phanerogams and 119 Cryptogams from the Director of the Museu Goeldi, Para, Brazil; and 200 Crypto- gams from the Hofmuseum, Vienna—in all, 945 Phanerogams and 603 Cryptogams. The principal purchases during the year were: — 990 Phanerogams and 16 Cryptogams from Hungary, Bosnia, etc., from C. K. Schneider; 194 Phanerogams and 6 Vascular Crypto- gams, “Flora Stiriaca exsiccata,” fasc. 11-14, from Hayek ; 50 specimens “Salicetum exsiccatum,” fase. i1., from Toepffer ; 50 specimens “ Batotheca Europea,” fase. vi., from Sudre ; 603 Phanerogams and 102 Cryptogams from Japan and Korea, from Rev. U. Faurie; 319 Phanerogams and 117 Cryptogams from China, from Father Hugh; 50 Phanerogams and 5 Vascular Cryptogams from Java, from Buysman; 264 Phanerogams and 9 Vascular Cryptogams from N.W. Rhodesia, from Theo. Kassner; 128 specimens from German East Africa, from W. Biisse ; 84 Phanerogams from German East Africa, from Scheffler ; 362 specimens from Cameroons, from Zenker; 2,807 Phanerogams and 37 Cryptogams from Angola, from John Gossweiler; 470 Phanerogams and 6 Vascular Cryptogams from Montana, from J. W. Blankinship; 55 Phanerogams and 2 Equisetaceze from Washington, from W. N. Suksdorf; 49 Phanerogams and 75 Cryptogams from Costa Rica, from Tonduz; 159 Phanerogams and 3 Cryptogams from South Bolivia, from Fiebrig ; 284 Phanerogams and 25 Cryptogams from Brazil, from P. Dusén; 337 Phanerogams and 39 Cryptogams from New Caledonia, from R. Schlechter; 60 specimens “ Graminee,” Lief. XXIII.—XXIV., from Kneucker ; 902 microphotographs of woods illustrating minute structure, from J. A. Weale, and single specimens from C. C. Tatham and Mrs. Brittan : 218 Cryptogams of the Ionian island of Leucadia, from Mrs. Baden Powell; 90 Pteridophytes of South America, ete., from Rosenstock and Schroeder; 34 Muscinez from South Africa and Siam, from Wilms and Hosseus; 60 Musci Americe Septentrionalis, from Renauld and Cardot; 138 Canadian Mosses, from Macoun; 50 Mosses of the Indian and Polynesian Archipelago, from Fleischer ; 464 Mosses and Hepatics of Sikkim, Guatemala and Mexico, from Levier; 20 American Hepatice, from Haynes; 50 Hepatic Europaee from Schiffner; 150 North American marine Algz, from Collins, Holden and Setcheil; 50 Fungi selecti and 40 Myxomycetes, from Jaap; 50 Fungi Imperfecti, from Kabat and Bubak ; 200 Fungi Columbiani, from Bartholomew ; 50 Ascomycetes, from Rehm ; 100 Micromycetes Rariores Selecti, from Vestergren ; 50 Uredinew, 25 Ustilaginez DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 169 and 100 German Fungi, from Sydow ; 50 Westphalian Fungi, from Brinkmann; 16 prepared British Fungi, from Hartley Smith; 66 new or rare British Fungi and 46 microscope-prepara- tions, from Miss A. Lorrain Smith; 100 Russian Lichens from Elenkin. VII.—Demonstrations. Demonstrations were given on the exhibition of Memorials of Linnzus by Dr. Rendle to 25 members of the Hampstead Selborne and Archeological Society on March 28, and on the exhibition of British Trees by Mr. Baker to 12 members of the Junior Branch of the Selborne Society on December 2. VIII.—Students and Visitors. The number of visits to the Department for consultation and research during the year was 2,315, as compared with 2,245 in 1907, 2,065 in 1906 and 1,939 in 1905. Numerous specimens and small collections have been named by the Staff for visitors and correspondents. A.B. Rendle. + j woe hurhiladatea Vig farclicy wigs apart vatiia® valeered aolt ducted) bet arek feta qr ois ea SUS tee hy fOr AD at es Ws | Pree 1 3 ner fa , mera? Piha | ostarseeeed OT + Ree ninco rs ‘esi i) : iJ as ~~ 34 Haren bye oor head 4+, BEE. vb eee foi glazed ss ok hae etebars ter targa oT TO Sena ee AT iO. a ree nokta oe FAG). 8 Sika’ 1) APS Liioire OS OF Gk aM ha ore ce any oe re wed 5¥ eae Viaihad Later ae } riba ahs BYLSI) 2O VI aoe bAVTUS fr cone * : 4 ‘ é | ‘ oe “A.” ca a, a é Pag ato gigs Sf GT wae Ae {i o9014L Fa ~ & a4 vk. i - . fy i ‘ rd 4 i i t , ites Ss 4 t . P ont r a ; j F bi ear = a 7 t ; 4 i Daa, Wai : PT, mil ey 7 ’ eh S45 ~~ bt A rm vecurgn > Sere eres) Or OrN Eb Ny) irs: Page {.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the Year ended 31st March 1910 - - - - 2 a az = = “ee a €1.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period - - - - - - - - - - - 4 HIIl.-—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period amr IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period - =~ 6 V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BEQUEST OF THE LATE MR. VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN forthe same period - - - + ae 8 WI.—ACCOUNT OF THE BEQUEST OF THE LATE MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM for the same period - = 8 VII—RETURN of the Number of PERSONS admitted to visit the BRITISH MuszEUM and the BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL History) in each Year from 1904 to 1909, both Years inclusive - - : - - - - : - - = 10 VIII.—STATEMENT of GENERAL PROGRESS at the MuszumM (Blooms- bury) - = - = > : = = - - 16 IX.—-STATEMENT of PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the COLLECTIONS, and AccouUNT of OBJECTS added to them, in the Year 1909 (Bloomsbury) - : - - 20 X.—Ditto - - + ditto - - - (Natural History) - - - 101 U (1)90. 700. 6/10. A 2 4 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerrrs and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK, 23 °/, Consols, ge A hs ayMurse tds To BALANCES on the Ist April 1909 - - =| 316! 33) ial eo Do Seeoelal - DIVIDENDS received on 13,5987. 3s. 11d. Stock in 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz. : On the 5th April1909s -:«£.84 19 9 % 5th July 1909 - - 8419 9 a 5th October 1909 - 8419 9 5 5th January 1910 - 8419 9 - RENT OF A REAL ESTATE, Whitchurch, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater (less charges of collection, repairs, &c.) - - 12925) 36 Ss | 668° 8 TW) Wa 58e -3- 11 II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrirrs and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK, CASH. 24°, Consols, So 8s oer Sar To BALANCES on the Ist April 1909 - - - 133 15 - 937910 <7 — DIVIDENDS received on 2,8792. 10s. 7d. Stock in 23. per Cent. Consols be- queathed by Lord Farnborough, Viz. On the 5th April1909_ - £19 19 1 :, 5th July 1909 - 2 Oy aot * 5th October 1909 melee Sale * 5th January 1910 = TSS aah tL 1958 £.) 205 14 8 2,879 1) 7 a ES qn ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. BRIDGEWATER FUND, from the Ist April 1909 to the 3ist March 1510. Stock ae 2% °/, Consols, coun Sst Da £. 8. d By One Year’s SALARY of the Egerton Librarian -| 175 - - - AMOUNT expended on purchaseof Manuscripts -| 416 5 - - BALANCES ON THE 31st MarcH 1910, carried to Account for 1910-1911 - - iia von Vel e5O Se Sadly gen Utate) tal INR Vag By gtal FARNBOROUGH FUND, from the 1st April 1909 to the 31st March 1910. STOCK, ean 24°/, Consols. £,, S$ ds £. 8. d | By BALANCES ON THE 31st Marcy 1910, carried to Account for 1910-1911 - - -} 205 14 8 2,879 10 7 205 14 8 2,879 10 7 6 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and EXPENDITURE of the STOCK, CASH, 23 °/, Consols. } S. gal cee ees To BALANCES on the Ist April 1909 - - - 5610 1 5688 1. 6 DIVIDENDS received on 5,683/. 1s. 6d. Stock in 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.: On the 5th April 1909 -£.35 10 4 7 5th July 1909 - 3510 4 » dth October1909 - 3510 4 55 5th January 1910 - 3510 4 142 1 4 {35 || motes & 5,683 1 6 IV.—-AN ACCOUNT of the ReEcEIPTs and EXPENDITURE of STock ae! 24 °/, Consols. | &, 18.) ihe £. 3. d. | To BALANCE on the Ist April 1909 - - - — 565 3 9} - DIVIDENDS received on 565é. 3s. 9d. Stock in 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under iibrarians of the British Museum, viz. : On the 5th April 1909 - - £310 8 es 5th July 1909 - - 310 8 , 8th October1909 - 310 8 o Sth January 1910 - 310 8 —| 14 2 8 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. SWINEY FUND, from the 1st April 1909 to the 31st March 1910. STOCK, 24 °/, Consols. &. 8 ad. By AMOUNT paid to Dr. T. J. Jehu, for Lectures on Geology in 1909 - - - - - - - BALANCES ON THE 31sT MarRcH 1910, carried to Account for 1910-1911 - - 5,683 1 6 5,683 1 6 STOCK, CASE. 24°/, Consols. ; & 8s a gf. & a By LEGAcyY paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Keepers of the Departments of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Natural History - - - - - - - - 14 2 8 - BALANCE ON THE 31ST MaArcH 1910, _ 565 3 9 carried to Account for 1910-1911 - 8 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and EXPENDITURE of the bequest and Extension of the Library and Reading Room of the British LocAL LOANS ee. STOCK. Ee. Ss Be fe, ‘as To AmouNT of Local Leans Stock on Ist April 1909 - - - - - — 56,585 10 - ~ DIVIDENDS received during the year - Siete Sh. 6 - AMOUNT of Local Loans Stock purchased with the Dividends : - - - W769 17 45 oe 3 8 | 58,355 7 5 VI.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpts and EXPENDITURE of the bequest 1st April 1909 to METROPOLITAN CASH. 31°, STOCK. £ $s @ ei Se ek To AMOUNT of Metropolitan 33 per cent. Stock on Ist April 1909 - - - - — 8,092 19 3 - DIVIDENDS received during the year =f ade :286 17°10 — AMOUNT of Metropolitan 33 per cent. Stock purchased with the Dividends . - - = . 28019 9 | £.| 286 17 10 8,373 19 = ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. io of the late MR. VINCENT STUCKEY LEAN (for the Improvement Museum) from the 1st April 1909 to the 31st March 1910. LocAL LOANS CasH. STOCK. Le ge ds Cars eue (1 By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 1,7697. 17s. 5d. Local Loans Stock, Com- mission, &c. - - - =| Las Vee 8 - BALANCE OF STOCK ON THE 31st MARCH 1910 carried to account for 1910-1911 - - _ 58300 7 Feelin OheOn DOr Om eae ' of the late MR. CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM from the ’ the 3ist March 1910. { METROPOLITAN CASH. 33/°/, STOCK. Las he othe Paes ae By AMOUNT expended in the purchase of 2801. 19s. 9d. Metropolitan 34 per cent. Stock, Commission, &c. - - = - 286 17 10 -— BALANCE OF STOCK ON THE 31ST MARCH 1910 carried to account for 1910-1911 - = — 8,373 19 g.| 28617 10| 8,373 19 -— Frederic G. Kenyon, Director and Principal Librarian. 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The British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Depart- ments of Printed Books and Maps, Manuscripts, Oriental] Printed Books and Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethno- graphy, and Coins and Medals), is open to the public free daily (except on Good Friday and Christmas Day and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving), as follows :— On WEEKDAYS from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. After 4p.m. in January, February, November, Decem- ber, and after 5 p.m. in March, September, October, only certain of the galleries remain open, viz. :— Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Printed On MonDAYS : ‘ . . Books, Prints and Drawings, Porcelain, WEDNESDAYS, Glass and Majolica; Prehistoric, British, and Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Ethno- FRIDAYS. graphical Céllections. On TUESDAYS, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek and Roman THURSDAYS, Galleries; the Gold Ornament Room, the and American Room and the Waddesdon SATURDAYS. Room. On SunNDaY AFTERNOONS :— From 2 to4 p.m.in January, February, November, December. Dee el > 4,” Oebober. 2 ,, 5.30 ,, , Match, September. 28 16 » >», April, May, June, July, August. Persons applying for the purposes of research and reference are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations every weekday, except the days specified below, from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Reading Room, Newspaper Room, and Students’ Rooms in the Library and Department of Manuscripts are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and the first four weekdays in March and September. ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13 Other Students’ Rooms are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, and Christmas Day, and occasionally for cleaning. Students are admitted generally to the several Departments on weekdays, from 10 till 4 or 5 o’clock ; and to the Sculpture Galleries from 9 o’clock till the hour of closing. British Museum, Frederic G. Kenyon, 31 March, 1910.) 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The hours of Admission are as under :— On WEEKDAYS, pErougbort the year from 10 a.m., in January - - - - - to 4 p.m. February lst to 14th - - Se 8 ee February 15th to end - - - seated me March - - - - - - eas) eae April to August eae - - a7gO " September - = - - - i) LO OU wes October - - - - - - 5 November and December also, on MonDAYS and SATURDAYS only, from the beginning of May to the middle of July, to $8 p.m., and from the middle of July to the end of August, to 7 p.m. On SUNDAYS, in January - - =" -from’,2’” to’ 40° * p.m February 1st to 14th = - oo a0” 5 February 15th to end - - eee et A March - - - - pe? a TOLSU Ys April - - - - aT ey! kG : May to August - - - ee es) ae eae We . September - - - RR; iO at He October - - - - eee. PAN AI ee November and December’ - moe ae a s3 Persons are admitted to study in these Departments every weekday from 10 till 4 o’clock. British Museum (Natural ee L. Fletcher, 26 February, 1910. J Director of the Natural History Departments. 16 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. VilI.—GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM, BLOOMSBURY. » The total number of visitors to the Museum in 1909 was 708,836, as against 743,413 in 1908 (when the Franco-British Exhibition attracted an unusual number of visitors to London), and 646,300 in 1907. The total for week-days was 644,143, and for Sundays 64,693, the latter being the highest figure yet reached, with the exception of 74,324 in 1908. The number of visits by readers to the Reading Room was 217,975, a lower figure than in 1908, when it amounted to 231,544, but higher than in any other year of the present century, except 1904. The daily average was 719, as against 761 in 1908. The number of visits of Students to particular Departments (other than the Reading Room) was 58,065, as compared with 55,676 in 1908. An increase is shown in the figures for every Department, except that of Manuscripts and the Sculpture Galleries. | Work was resumed on the British Museum Extension Building early in the year, when the contract for the main building was given to Mr. W. E. Blake, of Plymouth. The con- tract date for the completion of the building is the 31st January os The work of constructing fire-resisting partitions in the roof of the Museum has been continued ; and progress has been made with the replacing of decayed stones in the outer walls of the building. The temporary iron building, erected to contain the casts of antique sculpture transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum, was completed and opened to the public on the 23rd August. By arrangement with the India Office, accommodation was provided for the collections brought by Dr. Stein from Centra] Asia, in order that Dr. Stein and his assistants might have facilities for examining and cataloguing them before they pass finally into the custody of the India Office and the British Museum. The principal additions to the collections are noticed below in the reports from the several Departments ; but a few of the more important may be specially mentioned here. In the Department of Printed Books, the policy of increasing the collection of incunabula, in view of the Catalogue of Early Printed Books now in progress, has been continued. Sixty-six books printed before 1501 have been acquired, including three from presses hitherto unrepresented in the British Museum ; and GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. 17 127 English books printed before 1640, including a set of 64 Year Books; the only known copy of “The Queenes Majesties Entertainment at Woodstock, 1585”; the only known copy ot the first edition of ‘ Greene’s oa eam a of Witte,” 1592; the only known copy of a surreptitious edition of Drayton’s “ Piers Gaveston,” 1595; and the second issue of the first edition of Milton’s “ Paradise Lost” (completing the Museum set of this edition). Several rare volumes were obtained at the sale of Lord Amherst’s library. Other interesting acquisitions include a copy of J. 8. Mill “On Liberty,” with manuscript notes by J. Ruskin, presented by E. T. Cook, Esq.; the “ Cata- logue of the Collection of Old Plate of J. Pierpont Morgan,” presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.; and the “ Catalogue of the Pictures in the Collection of the Earl of Radnor,” pre- sented by the Ear] of Radnor. The Department of Manuscripts acquired the correspondence ‘and papers of William Windham, Secretary at War 1794-1801, in 94 volumes, including letters of Burke, Pitt, Fox, Canning, and many of the French Royalists; a copy of Fitzgerald's ““Omar Khayyam,” written by William Morris and illuminated from designs by Morris and Burne-Jones (presented by Lady Burne-Jones); the autograph MSS. of several works by Oscar Wilde (presented by Robert Ross, Esq.) ; and several early English MSS. from the Amherst Library. The Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts received a collection of 325 manuscripts (259 of which are Turkish), bequeathed by the late E. J. W. Gibb, Esq. It also acquired a valuable group of 10 MSS. in the Upper Egyptian dialect of Coptic, in which complete works are very rare. The Department of Prints and Drawings profited largely by the permission recently granted to exchange duplicate prints for others of the same school. Under this permission, many valuable German prints were secured from the Lanna Collec- tion. The Department also acquired Sir E. Burne-Jones’s “ Flower Book,” containing 38 drawings of great beauty ; and a considerable number of Japanese woodcuts. The principal acquisitions of the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities were a black granite seated figure of an official of the [Vth Dynasty ; two fine statues of officials of the court of Queen Hatshepset; a seated statue of a tribal chief of about 1200 B.c., with gold mask, crown, chain, &c. (purchased with the help of a donation from Lady Wantage); and a foundation-cylinder from the palace of Sennacherib, containing the longest inscription of that king yet discovered, with much interesting historical information. The Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities received a gold necklace of the 4th century B.¢., presented by Sir a Howorth, K.C.1.E.; a head of Dionysos, of the same date ; head of the Emperor Titus ; and many minor objects. 90. B 18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The Department of British and Medieval Antiquities benefited very largely by the munificence of private donors. Besides a great number of minor objects, three large and very important collections were acquired in this way, namely, the Greenwell Collection of Bronze Age Antiquities, pre- sented by J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.; the Falcke Collection of Wedgwood ware, presented by Isaac Falcke, Esq., and Mrs. Falcke ; and a very important and well-preserved series of 250 pottery vases from ancient graves in Peru, presented by H. Van den Bergh, Esq. These will be found described in fuller detail below. The Ethnographical Section was also enriched by a large series of objects from the Kasai District in the Congo State, acquired by the expedition under the command of Mr. E. Torday, and a further portion of the same collection was presented by the Christy Trustees. The Department of Coins and Medals acquired in all 2,495 items, the most important of which are described below. Gifts of Museum publications, including reproductions of prints and drawings by Old Masters, and sets of electrotypes of British Historical Medals, have been made to Free Libraries, Local Museums, and Art Schools throughout the United Kingdom, and to institutions in various Colonies. The following are the publications issued by the Depart- ments at Bloomsbury during the year :— Texts relating to Saint Ména of Egypt and Canons of Nicaea, in a Nubian Dialect. Edited by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D. With facsimile. 1909. S8vo., 12s. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c., in the British Museum. Part XXV. 50 plates. 1909. Foolscap, 7s. 6d. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c., in the British Museum. Part XXVI. 54 plates. 1909. Foolscap, 12s. Catalogue of Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era, with examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone. By QO. M. Dalton, With 125 plates, 1909, Ato., 21. 2s. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland. Parts X.and XI. 10 plates each. 1909. Folio, 6s. each part. Catalogue of, Manuscript Music in the British Museum. By Augustus Hughes-Hughes. Vol. Til. Instrumental Music, Treatises, etc. 1909. 8vo., 11. 1s. Codex Alexandrinus, in reduced collotype facsimile: New Testament and Clementine Epistles. 1909. 4to., portfolio. 1l. 10s. GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. 19 Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum. Part III., Section I. (Kabbalah). 1909. Ato., 1. 4s. Supplementary Catalogue of Hindustani Books in the British Museum, acquired during the years 1889-1908. 1909. Ato., 20. Catalogue of the Tamil Books in the British Museum. 1909." Ato., 21. 5s. Reproductions of Prints. Third Series. Part III. (Speci- mens of Etching by French Masters, 1620-1670.) 25 plates. F909; . 21. Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury). Ninth edition. With plans. 1909. 8vo., 2d. Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum. With 53 plates and 180 illustrations. 1909. 8vo., ls. Guide to the Egyptian Galleries (Scuipture). With 39 plates and 46 illustrations. 1909. 8vo., 1s. 6d. Plan of Reading Room. New edition. 1909. 6d. Description of Reading Room. New edition. 1909. 1d. British Museum, Frederic G. Kenyon, 31 March, 1910. Director and Principal Librarian. 90- B 2 20 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. TX.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIP- TION OF THE COLLECTIONS, AND ACCOUNT OF OBJECTS ADDED TO THEM in the Year 1909 (Blooms- bury). DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. I. Arrangement.—The works added to the collection during the past year have, as far as possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classification adopted in the Museum. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have been marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each volume. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 72,766; in addition to which 119,546 press-marks have been altered, on books and in the catalogues, in consequence of changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library; 33,655 labels have been affixed to books and volumes of newspapers, and 110,910 labels have been renewed. The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is 458,506. 4,667 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in the course of the year. II. Catalogues.—Cataloguing.—47,489 titles have been written (the term “title” applying equally to a main-title and to a cross-reference) for the General Catalogue and for the Catalogues of Maps and Music. Printing.— 31,612 titles and index-slips for the General Catalogue, 5,639 titles for the Map Catalogue, and 15,434 for the Music Catalogue have been prepared for printing during the year; and 28,679 titles and index-slips for the General Cata- logue, 3,186 titles for the Map Catalogue, and 15,434 for theMusic Catalogue, have been printed. Reprinting.-—101 columns have been revised, rearranged, and reprinted during the year. Incorporation.—General Catalogue.—28,030 title-slips and index-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue. This incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain as far as possible the alphabetical arrange- ment, to remove and re-insert 36,985 title-slips and index-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 733 new leaves. The system of fortnightly incorporation of accessions to the Library has been carried out with perfect regularity during the year. DEPARTMEN'T OF PRINTED BOOKS. AL Map Catalogue.—3,001 titles have been written for the Map Catalogue, and 5,428 title-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of it. This incorporation has rendered if necessary to remove and re-insert 16,662 title slips in each copy and to add to each copy 706 new leaves. Music Catalogue.—16,420 titles have been written for the Music Catalogue, and 1,654 title-slips have been incorpo- rated into each of two copies of it. This incorporation has rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 3,016 title-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 53 new leaves. Shelf Catalogue.—For this Catalogue, in which the title- slips, mounted on cards, are arranged in order of_ press- marks, about 25,500 have been so mounted and about 37,200. have been incorporated in their proper order. Catalogue of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.— Part I. of this Catalogue, containing the alphabetical list of books entered under the authors’ names, has been returned for press. About one-half of Part II., which contains the subject- index, is in the hands of the printer, and is already in type as far as the letter F. Catalogue of Books printed during the XVth Century.— The preparation of Part II. of this Catalogue has made con- siderable progress, the titles of all books produced at Augsburg, Nuremberg, and Speier being now ready for printing. Ili. Binding.—The number of volumes and sets of pamphlets sent to be bound in the course of the year was 16,457, including 4,471 volumes of newspapers. In conse- quence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of volumes returned was 12,701. In addition to this, 159 volumes have been repaired in the binders’ shops. Besides this, the following binding work has been done in the Library itself :—3,130 volumes have been repaired; 178 broadsides, &c., have been inserted in guard-books, and 6,482 volumes of reports, parts of periodicals, &c., have been bound in a light style of ‘binding. The following maps, charts, &c., have also been bound or mounted during the year :—9 atlases and 144 volumes of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey have been bound, and 413 sheets of the 1-inch Ordnance Survey, and 6 Admiralty Charts have been mounted on linen; in addition, 206 general maps have been mounted on linen in 341 sheets, and 214 maps have been mounted on cards in 603 sheets. 25 boxes have been made to contain maps, and 6 boxes have been repaired. 34,091 numbers of Colonial Newspapers have been folded into 622 parcels, which have been tied up and labelled pre- paratory to being bound. Seventeen volumes of the Blue Copy, 19 volumes of the Red Copy, and 26 volumes of the Green Copy of the General 22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Catalogue, have been broken up and rebound in 103 new volumes. Fifty-nine columns have been relaid, owing to the accumu- lation of titles under certain headings, as well as 61 columns of reprinted headings, in each of the three interleaved copies of the General Catalogue. In addition, 8 volumes of the Blue Copy, 6 volumes of the Red Copy, and 6 volumes of the Green Copy, comprising 1,996 columns and 15,960 accession-slips, have been entirely relaid. Eleven volumes of the Music Catalogue have been broken up and rebound in 21 new volumes. IV. Reading Room Service.-—The number of volumes re- placed in the General Library after use in the Reading Room was 781,212; in the King’s Library, 27,664; in the Grenville Library, 2,360; in the Map Room, 5,590; in the presses in which books are kept from day to day for the use of readers, 675,856; and in the Oriental Department, 2,410; making a total amount of 1,495,092 volumes supplied to readers during the year, exclusive of those to which readers have personal access on the shelves of the Reading Room. The number of readers during the year was 217,975, giving an average of over 719 daily, the room having been open on 303 days; with an average of over 7 volumes daily for each reader. Newspaper Room.—The number of readers during the year was 21,122, giving a daily average of over 69, the room having been open on 303 days. The number of volumes re- placed after use was 65,279, giving a daily average of 215 and of over three volumes for each reader, not reckoning volumes, chiefly Parliamentary Papers, taken from the shelves of the Newspaper Room by the readers themselves. In addition to the above, 1,812 country newspapers were brought up to the Library from the Repository at Hendon for the use of readers. Map Room.—871 visitors were admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of special geographical research. Photography.—There were 490 applications for leave to photograph from books in the Library, and 1,250 volumes were supplied to the applicants for this purpose. V. Accessions.—General Library.—26,576 books and pam- phlets have been added to the General Library in the course of the year. Of these, 6,214 were presented ; 14,313 received by Copyright ; 292 by Colonial Copyright; 659 by Inter- national Exchange ; and 5,098 acquired by purchase. 68,975 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of maga- ‘zines and other serial publications and of works in progress) have also been added to the General Library. Of these, 2,949 were presented ; 44,091 received by Copyright ; 273 by (Gélonialit-Gopyright ; 598 by International Exchange; and 21,064 acqtiréd by purchase. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 23 Maps.—108 atlases, 96 parts of atlases, and 1,599 maps in 6,480 sheets have been added to the collection during the year. Of these, 26 atlases, 31 parts of atlases, and 497 maps were presented ; 11 atlases and 681 maps received by Copy- right; 7 atlases and 16 maps by Colonial Copyright ;. and 64 atlases, 65 parts of atlases, and 405 maps acquired by pur- chase. Music.—12,140 musical publications have been added to the collection during the year. Of these, 52 pieces were pre- sented ; 8,287 books and pieces, and 2,044 parts, received by Copyright ; 522 pieces by Colonial Copyright; and 65 books and 1,170 parts acquired by purchase. Newspapers.—The number of newspapers published in the United Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- right Act, during the year, was 3,439, comprising 234,428 single numbers. Of these newspapers, 1,213 were published in London and its suburbs; 1,669 in other parts of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands; 315 in Scotland ; and 242 in Ireland. Five sets, comprising 613 single numbers, were received by Colonial Copyright; 260 sets, comprising 37,824 single numbers of Colonial and foreign newspapers, have been presented ; and 80 sets, comprising 16 volumes and 14,045 single numbers of current Colonial and foreign newspapers, have been purchased. Miscellaneous.—4,494 articles not included in the foregoing paragraphs have been received in the Department. These consist of Parliamentary papers, single sheets, and other miscellaneous items. The total number of articles enumerated above, as having been received in the Department during the year, exclusive of newspapers, is 113,988. Acquisitions of Special Interest.—One hundred and twenty- seven English books printed before 1640, and sixty-six Incunabula (books printed before the year 1501), have been added to the Library during the year 1909. Among the most interesting of the English books are the following :— Sixty-four “ Year Books,’ contemporary law reports ex- tending from the reign of Edward I. to that of Henry VIIL., and printed by Richard Pynson, Robert Redman, William Middleton, Henry Smyth, Thomas Berthelet, and other printers of the sixteenth century. The total number of printed Year Books known to exist, including different issues and editions, is 443, and of these the British Museum now possesses 277. «Promptuarium Parvulorum,” Wynkyn de Worde, London, 1510. r Whitford, Richard, known as “the Wretch of Syon” (ie., Syon House, Isleworth): “the Pype or Tonne of the Lyfe of 24 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Perfection.” Robert Redman, London, 1532. In a contemp- orary English binding bearing the arms of Henry VIII. on the upper cover and of Catharine of Aragon on the under cover. | “ A boke newely translated out of Latyn called the folowig of Christe.” William Middleton, London, about 1540. The only copy known of the first edition of Whitford’s translation of the ‘‘ Imitatio Christi.” “The last Wil and last Confession of Martyn Luther’s. faith,” printed abroad, probably at Geneva, about 1543. A translation from the ‘ Hauptartikel” of Martin Luther. The only other known copy is in the Bodleian Library. The Book of Common Prayer. Richard Grafton, London, 1553. The only issue of the year 1553 in the British Museum. Heliodorus, Bishop of Tricca; “An Aethiopian Historie,” Englished by Thomas Underdowne. Henry Wykes, London, about 1569. The first edition. : Edwards, Richard : “The Paradyse. of daynty deuises. Deuised and written for the most part, by Mr. Edwardes; the rest by sundry learned gentlemen, both of honor and worship” (Lord Vaux, Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Jasper Heywood, and other Elizabethan poets): Henry Disle, London, 1578. The third edition. No other copy has been described. “The Queenes Majesties Entertainment at Woodstock,” Thomas Cadman, London, 1585. The “ Comedy” with which this book ends is probably the work of George Gascoigne. Imperfect at the beginning. No other copy is known, Mascall, Leonard: “First booke of Cattell.” John Wolfe. London, 1591. Greene Robert: “Greenes Groats-worth of Witte bought with a Million of Repentance.” William Wright, London, 1592. First edition of the book containing the earliest allusion to Shakespeare. No other copy is recorded. Drayton, Michael: ‘Piers Gaveston,” 1595? The first edition of this poem was published in 1594. In a preface to the second authorised edition, 1596, Drayton alludes to a surrep- titious issue recently published. The present isthe only known copy of this surreptitious edition. Daniel, Samuel: “‘The Queen’s Arcadia. A pastoral] trago- comedie presented to her Majestie and her Ladies by the Universitie of Oxford in Christs Church, in August last, 1605.” G. Eld for Simon Waterson, 1606. Butler, Charles: ‘The Feminine Wovarchis: or a Treatise concerning bees and the due ordering of them.” Joseph Barnes, Oxford, 1609. Cruso, John: ‘“ Militarie Instructions for the Cavallerie.” Cambridge, 1632. With plates. Miltcn, John: ‘‘ Paradise Lost.” London, 1667. Six issues of the first edition of “Paradise Lost,” each with slght variations, are known. The present copy is of the second of DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. ; 25 these issues, and completes the set of all known varieties of the first edition in the Libr ary. The existence of three other issues has been asserted, but cannot be verified. “List of the Officers and Men employed in the sledging parties in search of the Erebus and Terror.” Printed on linen. “ Advertisement. The Queen’s illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette. Published in Winter Quarters, Northumber- land Sound, Arctic Regions.” Two sheets, printed on board H.M.S. Assistance during the expedition under the command of Sir E. Belcher to search for Sir John Franklin. Among the foreign Incunabula and later works, the following are of special interest :— Durandus, Gulielmus: “ Rationale diuinorum officiorum.” Printed by Berthold Rodt, the first printer at Basel, about 1470. Thomas Aquinas: “De articulis fidei.”” Printed by Ulrich Zell, about 1470. Presented by George Dunn, Esq. Bracciolini, Poggio: “ Facetiz.” Printed by Andreas Gallus, Ferrara, 1471. “Ars Moriendi.” Printed by Gunther Zainer, Augsburg, about 1472. Hieronymus: “ De Viris illustribus.” Printed by Gunther Zainer, Augsburg, about 1472. This and the preceding tract, though also sold separately, were issued as part of the collection which contained the first edition of the De Imitatione Christi. Duns, Joannes, Scotus: “Super quatuor libros Senten- tiarum.” Printed by Wendelin of Speier, Venice, 1472. Presented by George Dunn, Esq. Aristotle: ‘De Anima” and ‘“‘Metaphysica.” The first two books printed by Laurentius Canovius, the second printer at Padua, in 1472 and 1473. Matheus Silvaticus: ‘ Liber cibalis et medicalis Pandec- tarum,” Naples, 1474. Printed in the type used at Naples during the year 1474 by Arnold of Brussels. Augustine, Saint : “De Contemplatione.’ Printed at Strassburg by the printer of ‘“ Henricus Ariminensis,” about 1475 ‘“‘Litaniae siue Rogationes Ambrosianae.’”’ Printed by the “ Presbiter Archangelus Ungardus,” Milan, about 1475. This press has been hitherto unrepresented in the British Museum. The only other known copy of the work is in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan. “Soliloquium Anime.” Printed by Nicolaus Ketelaer and Gerard de Leempt, Utrecht, about 1475. “Legenda Aurea.” Printed by Anton Koberger, Nurem- berg, 1482. Guillermus: “ Postilla.” Printed by the “Printer of Jordanus de Quedlinburg,” Strassburg, 1482 to 1483 ; probably the first book from this press. Presented by George Dunn, Lisq. 26 ' ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. “Seelentrost.” With woodcuts. Printed by Anton Sorg, Augsburg, 1483. Faleuccius, Nicolaus: “ Sermones medicinales.” Printed by Damianus de Confaloneris, Pavia, about 1484. Marcus Gualterius: ‘“ Prognosticon.” Printed by Andrea Portilia, Reggio d’Emilia, 1484. Reuchlin, Johann: ‘‘ Vocabularius breuiloquus.” Printed by Michael Greyff, Reutlingen, about 1485. “Stilus Curie Parliamenti.” Printed by Heinrich Mayer, Toulouse, about 1485. Boethius: “De Disciplina Scolarium.” Printed by John of Westphalia, Louvain, 1485. Presented by George Dunn, Esq. “ Herbarius,” German text with numerous woodcuts. Printed by Johann Petri, Passau, about 1488. “Vocabularius Ex quo.” Printed by Michael Greyff, Reutlingen, about 1488. Bonaventura, Saint: “ Vita Christi.” Printed by Philippe Pigouchet, Paris, about 1489. Alfonso de Palentia: ‘“ Universal Vocabulario en Latin y en Romance.” Printed by Paulus de Colonia “cum suis sociis,” Seville, 1490. Only two other copies of this book are known. Aristotle: Ethics, translated into French by Nicholas Oresme. Printed by Antoine Verard, Paris, about 1490. “La Fontaine de toutes Sciences du Philosophe Sydrach.” With woodcuts. Printed by Antoine Verard, Paris, about 1490. “Tractatus diuersorum Doctorum.” Five legal treatises edited by Ludovicus de Bologninis. Printed by Nicolaus de Benedictis and Jacobus Suigus, Turin, 1490. Odo, Bishop of Cambrai: “ Expositio Canonis Misse.” Printed by Georg Mittelhus, Paris, 1492. Breviary of the Use of Augsburg, Printed by Erhard Ratdolt, Augsburg, 1493. “ Pragmatica Sanctio.” Printed by Jean de Vingle. Lyon, 1497. Presented by George Dunn, Esq. Torre, Alfonso de la: “ El tratado llamado Vision delectable de la Philosophia.” With numerous woodcuts. Printed by Pedro Giraldi and Miguel de Planes, Valladolid, 1497. The only other known copy of this book is in the Royal Library, Madrid. The printers have not hitherto been represented in the British Museum. “ Evangelibuch.” The Epistles and Gospels in German. With numerous woodcuts and initials. Printed by Johann Schoensperger, Augsburg, 1498. Augustine, Saint: ‘‘Sermones ad Heremitas.”” Printed by Antoine Chappiel, Paris, 1500. A printer hitherto unrepre- sented in the British Museum by any fifteenth century book. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. oF “Psalmi Davidis a G. Buchanano versibus expressi, nunc primum modulis JIII., VI., VII, et VIII. vocum a J. Servino decantati,” Lyon, 1579. In a contemporary binding bearing the Royal Arms of Scotland on each cover. Jean Servin, the composer, was a musician in the service of James VI. No other copy known. Monetus, Philibertus: ‘“Schorus digestus.” Lyon, 1619. The inscription on the fly-leaf sets forth that this copy was presented as a school prize to Louis Le Grange, of the College of La Fleéche, in 1629. The book is the earliest example of a prize-book in the Library. Donations—Many valuable books have been presented to the Library during the past year. Among these are the following :— Five Incunabula, already described. Presented by George Dunn, Esq. A copy of JohnStuart Mill “ On Liberty,” 1859. With MS. notes by John Ruskin. Presented by Edward Tyas Cook, Esq. Catalogue of the Demotic Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. By F. Ll. Griffith. 3 vol. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library. By W. E. Crum. Presented by the Governors of the John Rylands Library. “Journal dune Femme de Cinquante Ans, 1778-1815. Publié par son arriére-petit-fils le Colonel Comte Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort.” Paris, 1907. No. 73 of 75 copies printed. Presented by Comte Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort. “Tllustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Old Plate of J. Pierpont Morgan. By E. Alfred Jones.” Privately printed, 1908. Presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq. “ Catalogue of the Pictures in the Collection of the Earl of Radnor. By Helen Matilda, Countess of Radnor, and W. Barclay Squire.” 2 vol. Privately printed, 1909. Presented by the Earl of Radnor. “The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters collected by T. J. Wise.” 2 vol. Privately printed, 1905-1908. Presented by T. J. Wise, Esq. Maps.—Among the more important additions to the Col- lection of Maps are :— One hundred and thirty maps from the collection of the late Lord Polwarth, dating from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Seventy-five maps engraved by Philip Lea, 1680-1690. A Map of the Battle of Waterloo, by Lieutenant Tyler. R. Ackerman, 1 August 1815. 28 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Music.—The following are among the interesting additions made to the Musical Library this year :— “‘Hymni solemniores ad Vespertinas horas canendi D. Petri Pontii Parmensis. Quattuor vocibus noviter impressis.” Venice, 1596. “ Partitura della Cetra spirituale 4 due, tre e quattro voci, di Oratio Scaletta.” Milan, 1606. A collection of nine hundred and fifty libretti of Italian, French, and English operas, performed during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. G. K. Fortescue. DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 29 DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS. 1. Catalogue of Additions.—The descriptions of MSS. acquired in 1908 have been printed and have been incorporated in the Class Catalogue kept in the Students’ Room, All the MSS. acquired in 1909, viz. Additional 37773-37951 and Egerton 2876-2884, have been described and indexed. The descriptions have mostly been revised and are ready for press. 2. Catalogue of Papyri.—The Greek portion of Vol. IV. is now in print, and the Coptic portion is passing through the press. 3. Catalogue of Royal MSS.—Two hundred and eight MSS. have been indexed. The descriptions as far as 7 D. xxvJ. have been sent to press, and sheets B-U have been printed off. 4, Catalogue of Music.—Vol. ILI. (Instrumental Music, etc.) has been printed off, bound, and issued. 5. Catalogue of Romances.—Sheets 2 B-2 R of Vol. ILI. have been printed. Nine MSS. have been described, and the descriptions of eighteen MSS. have been revised, for the same volume. 6. Catalogue of early Additional and Egerton MSS.— Egerton MSS. 18-30, 71-280 (excepting certain Irish MSS.) have been described and (excepting Egerton 213-269) indexed. Additional 4101-4200 have been described and indexed. Eger- ton MSS. 15-17 have been indexed. 7. Catalogue of Charters.—Additional Charters 50528- 51003, acquired in 1908, have been described and indexed; and 39943-39995, acquired in 1893, have been re-arranged, more fully described, and indexed. All charters are now described and indexed down to the middle of the acquisitions of 1908. The revision of the index-slips of entries relating to topo- graphy, religious houses, &c., for Vol. II. of the General Index of Charters has been completed, and slips of the 646 Stowe Charters have been written and incorporated. 8. Catalogue of Seals.—An index has been made, and the slips laid down, of detached seals exlvii. 1-cliv. 82 (acquired in 1901-1909), and an index made of seals attached to Additional Charters 46401-46854, acquired in 1902. 9. Binding.—Two hundred and eighty Additional MSS. and eleven Egerton MSS. newly acquired, and one hundred and thirty-five MSS. of the old collections, have been bound, repaired, or lettered, together with one hundred and one Books of Reference, volumes of Facsimiles, and Catalogues. 30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 10. Verification.—The entire collection of MSS. has been verified by comparison with the Shelf-Lists, together with a number of boxes of Additional Charters. 1l. Reproductions. — A reduced collotype facsimile of Vol. IV. of the 5th cent. Greek Bible known as the Codex Alexandrinus, containing the New Testament and Clementine Epistles, has been printed and published. A second edition of the three Series of Reproductions from Illuminated MSS. published in 1907-8 is in preparation. 12. Stamping, folioing, and placing.—Two hundred and seventy-six Additional MSS., six Egerton MSS., and one hun- dred and thirty-six Books of Reference have been stamped, five MSS. of the old collections have been re-stamped, and 4496 Charters and Rolls have been examined and stamped where necessary, with a total number of 17,217 impressions; 2362 numbers were also impressed upon separate papers. One hundred and ninety-seven MSS. have been folio’d, with a total of 38,775 folios. Two hundred and eighty-nine newly-acquired MSS. have been placed, press-marked, and entered in the Hand- and Shelf- Lists. Six hundred and seven Charters and Rolls have been placed, and entered in the Inventories. Numbers have been written on 1316 Charters and Rolls. The re-labelling and re- arrangement of boxes of Additional Rolls in the South Room has been completed. One hundred and seventeen Seals and Casts have been put in boxes, placed, and entered in the Inventory. A new Shelf-List of Select MSS. has been made. A new Stamping-Register of Additional Charters is in progress. A numerical list of the autographs on exhibition has been made. 13. Books of Reference.—One hundred and thirty volumes and parts have been received, catalogued, and placed. Further progress has been made with the preparation of the Catalogue. 14. Consultation of MSS.—33,637 MSS. and 2100 Charters and Seals have been consulted in the Students’ Room, and one hundred and forty MSS. in the Reading Room. The number of Students has been 11,683. Magna Charta was exhibited to 11,524 visitors. 15. MSS. photographed.—Seven hundred and thirty-seven MSS (including Papyri, Charters and’ Seals) were allowed to be photographed, with a total of 3343 photographs taken. 16. Acquisitions.—The number of Manuscripts and Docu- ments, etc., acquired during the year has been :— Additional MSS. : = 2 - = - 179 Egerton MSS. - - - - - - ~ 9 Charters and Rolls -. - ~ 2 ~ - 607 Detached Seals and Casts - - - = - 116 The most important acquisition during the year was the collection of correspondence and papers of William Windham, — DEPARTMENT OF MSS, ak Secretary at War (with a seat in the Cabinet) 1794-1801, and Secretary of State for War 1806-7 (d. 1810), now bound in ninety-four volumes. It includes highly interesting letters of Burke, Fox, Pitt, Canning, the Duke of Portland, Earl Spencer, Lord Grenville, William Cobbett and other leading politicians; an extensive correspondence (18 volumes) with French Royalists, negotiations with whom were entrusted to Windham’s management; eighteen volumes of general political and military correspondence; diaries and drafts of speeches in Parliament and elsewhere; and a large mass of public and private papers of all kinds. The collection was handed over by Windham’s executors first to George Ellis and later to Thomas Amyot with a view to a biography, but neither of them com- pleted thetask. It was catalogued and advertised for public sale in June last, but private negotiations resulted in its previous purchase for the Museum intact. The donations, in addition to those mentioned below, included a MS. copy of Edward Fitzgerald’s translation of the Rubaiydt of Omar Khayyam, beautifully written by the late William Morris in 1872, and decorated by him with finely illu- minated borders, the figures in which were partly designed by him and partly by Sir E. Burne-Jones, and were painted in by Mr. C. Fairfax Murray. This exquisite little volume was presented by Georgiana, Lady Burne-Jones. Special interest also attaches to the autographs of the late Oscar Wilde’s plays, “ Lady Windermere’s Fan,” “A Woman of no Importance,” « An Ideal Husband” and “ The Importance of being Earnest ” and of his poem “The Sphinx,” which were esses by Robert Ross, Esq. Among public sales during the year, the most important was that of the second portion of Lord Amherst’s library, which however, consisted chiefly of printed books. The MSS. pur- chased from it are noted in the list of acquisitions, other than those already noticed, which here follows :— Leaf of a large Bible in Latin of St. Jerome’s version, written in a fine uncial hand; probabiy from one of the two Bibles which Abbot Ceolfrid caused to be written at the same time as the Codex Amiatinus (circ. 700-715) and presented to his monasteries at Wearmouth and Jarrow. Presented by the Rev. W. Greenwell, D.C.L., F.R.S., of Durham. S. Isidore de Summo Bono, and Alcuin de Sapientia, with four leaves, in an Irish hand, of biblical questions and answers; 12th cent. Belonged to Haughmond Abbey, co. Salop, and recently in the Amherst collection. A collection of meditations and prayers in Latin and English, partly in verse, much of the English portion being also found in the well-known Vernon MS. at Oxford ; early 15th cent. Originally belonged to John Northwode, a monk of Bordesley Abbey. From the Amherst collection. Herbal of the Pseudo-Macer, translated into English, with an appendix and notes ; first hale of the 15th cent. From the Amherst collection. 32 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. “Poor Men’s Mirror,” by Reginald Pecock, Bishop of St. Asaph (1444) and Chichester (1450-1459), with other theological works in English, Pecock’s work being apparently the unique copy ; middle of the 15th cent. From the Amherst collection. Translations by Richard Misyn of Richard Rolle’s De Emendatione Vite and Incendium Amoris, with other theo- logical works, chiefly translations, in English, including the Vision of Juliana, a recluse of Norwich, the “ Perfeecion off the Sonnys of God, ” the “ Myrroure of symple saules,” ete. ; middle of the 15th cent. From the Burton- Constable and Amherst collections. Promptorium Parvulorum and Medulla Grammatica; Eng- lish-Latin and Latin-English Dictionaries; 15th cent. From the Heber, Phillipps and Amherst collections. New Testament in Scots, adapted by Murdoch Nisbet, circ. 1520-1526, from Purvey’s revised Wycliffite version, with additional prologues from Luther and Tyndale, ete. The unique autograph MS. From the Auchinleck and Amherst collections. Letter (signed) from Louis XI. of France, as Dauphin, to his father Charles VII., reporting a descent of the English in the Bordelays and offering his services to repel them ; Vienne, 25 Oct. [14521. Register of the Council of Wales and the Marches, cire. 1586-1634, with a few entries as late as 1644, containing copies of instructions given from time to time to the Council, their orders to the court of the Marches, appointments of Presidents and other officers, etc. Common-place book of Gilbert Frevile, of Bishop Middleham, co. Durham, containing miscellaneous contemporary historical and other matter ; 1591-1622. Letters to Lord Willoughby (a) from Sir W. Constable, on intrigues at Court, 1611; and (b) from Edw. Palavicino, with an account of the proceedings of the English fleet under Sir W. Peyton, supporting Venice in the Levant, 1618. Presented by A. B. Cawdron, Esq., of Paris. ee of letters, warrants, etc., of Edward, Lord Zouche, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, kept by his secretary Edward Nicholas, afterwards Secretary of State; 1618-1624. Register of letters, warrants, etc., of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, as Lord High Admiral, kept by his secretary E. Nicholas; 1624-1627. ‘lwo volumes. Register of letters, warrants, etc., of the same, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, kept by his secretary E. Nicholas; 1624-1627. Papers of Sir Hugh ete les Royalist Governor of Sear- borough, 1643-1645; including his autograph accounts of the battle of Marston Moor, and of the proceedings and execution DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 83 of Sir John Hotham and his son, a letter to him from Charles L., the answer of the Committee of both Kingdoms to his proposi- tions for surrender, ete. Original minutes of meetings of the Privy Council, with names of the members present, etc. Aug. 1661-Apr. 1667 ; in the hands of Sir E. Walker, Sir J. Nicholas and Sir R. Browne, Clerks to the Council. Register of petitions to the king, with terms of reference in answer, etc.; Oct. 1661-Oct. 1662. Register of royal warrants, letters, etc., to the Lord Lieu- tenant and other officials in Ireland; Oct. 1601-Oct. 1662. List of military officers in commission, 1661; with copies of commissions, Sept. 1661—-Oct. 1662. “The Law of England relating to five of the Kings seales ” : a much enlarged autograph revision by John Brydall of his Jus Sigilli, published in 1673. Additional Instructions from the Secret Committee of the Scottish Council to the Committees of Council as to the treat- ment of the Covenanters [1684]. With five signatures. Abstracts of ‘‘ public revenues, taxes and moneys borrowed,” 1697-1700 ; with an account of sums applied to the public services, 1702-1704. Establishment-lists of the Customs for England and Wales; 1762-1763. Two volumes. Holograph letters of George III. to his confidential political agent John Robinson, M.P., Secretary to the Treasury, chiefly during the administration of Lord North, with drafts or copies: of Robinson’s replies ; 1772-1784. Three volumes. With a volume of accompts, etc., relating to the king’s private financial affairs, 1751-1782. Letters of Admiral Sir W. Sidney Smith, 1795-1840, chiefly addressed to Admiral Sir R. Bickerton during the Egyptian campaign of 1801. Letter from Lord Wellington to[Col. H. M.] Gordon, with severe reflexions on the “absolute impotence ” of the Spanish leaders, etc.; Cartaxo, 5th Feb. 1811. Letters addressed to Francis Place, the radical reformer, by “men of political and literary reputation” and others, chiefly on political questions; 1813-1852. Two volumes. Supple- mentary to the large Place collections already in the Museum. Presented by Dr. H. A. Miers, Principal of London University, and his brother, F. R. Miers, Esq. “The Minutes of the Working Men’s Association,” 1836- 1839, chiefly in the hand of William Lovett, the Chartist, first secretary. Four volumes. Presented by Maurice H. Truelove, Esq. 90. c 34 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF ‘THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Relation of political events in France, etc., circ. 1585-1595, by an anonymous Italian writer. Presented by Sir E.. D. Laurence, Bart. “Adamo OCaduto”: a sacred drama in Italian, in five Acts, by Serafino della Salandra, a Franciscan, which is alleged to have influenced Milton’s “ Paradise Lost.” A transcript from a copy (supposed to be unique) of the printed edition (Cosenza, 1647) at Naples. “Tiriel,” a poem by William Blake ; autograph, with many corrections and cancelled lines, written circ. 1788-9. “Histtoria de Gill Blas de Santillana,” an anonymous Spanish translation, 18th cent. Four volumes. Presented by Francis J. Payne, Esq. Collections from records concerning the family of Bullen, by Mark Whittingham Bullen (d. 1909). Six ~volumes Presented by Mrs. M. W. Bullen. Papers relating to the history of the Emerson family supplementary to Add. MS. 37,514. Presented by P. H. Emerson, Esq. Genealogy of the family of Hardwicke, of Burcote House, -showing its descent from the Aubignys, of St. Sauveur, by Herbert J. Hardwicke, M.D.; 1909. Presented by the ‘Compiler. Genealogical collections relating to the family of Underhill made by Will. Underhill (d. 1909), of Hove, co. Sussex. Four volumes. Bequeathed by the Collector. Foreign correspondence of Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., Principal Librarian of the British Museum, chiefly on literary subjects ; 1828-1839. Presented by his grandson, H. J. Ellis, Esq. Letter from Marian Evans-Lewes (“ George Eliot”) to A. F. D’ Albert on her novel ‘ Adam Bede” and her religious beliefs, ete.; 6 Dec. 1859. Letter of John Gibson, the sculptor, to E. Rogers, banker, as to the statue of J. Huskisson, etc.; 1832. Presented by Miss L. F. M. Preston. Letters and papers relating to the Rev. R. 8. Hawker, vicar of Morwenstow, co. Cornwall, and to W. Maskell’s reviews of Gould’s published memoir of the same, including letters of Hawker himself and Card. Newman; 1855-1876. Collection of alleged autographs of Shakespeare and others forged by W. H. Ireland and presented by him as specimens of what he describes as “‘my Shaksperian fabrications” to W. Till in 1834. Presented by Margaret, Lady Tyler. Correspondence of William Maskell, vicar of St. Mary Church, near Torquay (1847-1850), chiefly on questions con- nected with the High Church movement and his secession to '- DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 35 @ the Church of Rome in 1850, and including letters of W. E. Gladstone, Bishop Phillpotts, Cardinals Newman and. Manning, Sir J. T. Coleridge, Baron Alderson, Dr. Pusey, ete.; 1846-1885. Letters of John Ruskin to T. Thornton, etc; 1882-1884. Presented-by the widow of T. Thornton, Ksq. Letters of scientific men, including Sir Joseph Banks, W. Spence, T. E. Bowdich, P. M. Roget, Sir J. E. Smith, Sir J. Herschell, J. Lindley, Sir W. Jardine, and others ; 1792-1873. Presented by Spencer G. Perceval, Esq. Letter from Jean Francois Millet, the painter, to ——— Le Marquand, with artistic criticisms and remarks on his own work; Barbizon, 14 Jan. 1874. Watercolour drawings by John Buckler, of Lacock, Malmes- bury, and Fountains Abbeys, an ancient house at South Pether- ton, co. Som., and West Firle church, co. Suss. ; 1808-1834. “Time-books,’ with rough sketches and descriptions of ‘churches and other buildings, of Thomas Rickman, architect, author of the “Styles of Architecture in England”; 1821-1837. Forty-five small volumes. With a volume of sepia drawings of churches, ete., 1802-1812. Presented by his son, T, M, Rickman, Esq. Charters (36) relating to lands in cos. Chester, Essex, | Hertford, Kent, Lincoln, ete.; 14th—-16th centt. An account of shipwrecks at or near Bude, co. Cornwall, since 1756, written by John Bray (cet. 88) in 1832 for the Rev. R. S. Hawker, with an appendix by W. Maskell brought down to 1875, Transcript of the parish-register of Garrigill, co. Cumb., 1730-1812, and of the inscriptions on the gravestones, 1692- 1905. Presented by J. W. Robinson, EKsq. Grant by W. de Arenis, Prior of St. James, Exeter, 1290; and another charter relating to Monmouth, 1380. Presented by the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. Plans of Ancient Earthworks in Dorset, surveyed and drawn to scale by Edward Andrews Downman; 1896-1908. Deeds, rentals, etc., relating to the manors of Henham and Spearing, More Hall in Harlow, Danbury, etc., co. Essex ; 14th-18th centt. Presented by J. L. Glasscock, Esq. Deeds (71) relating to lands in Essex and Middlesex; 14th- 18th centt. Presented by 8S. S. Baker, Esq. Deeds relating to Bristol, co. Glouc., Potterne, co. Wilts, etc. ; temp. Edw. I.—1481. Deeds (118) relating to lands in cos. Kent, Norfolk, Salop, Southampton, Suffolk, etc. ; 14th-16th centt. *Transcript- of the parish-register of Eynsford, co. Kent, 1538-1837. Presented by Elliott D. Till, Esq. @ 2 36 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Assessment for the repair of Godmersham church, eo. Kent ; 1618. Presented by the Rev. W. J. Couper, of Glasgow. Court-rolls (185) of the manor of Long Bennington, co. Linc., belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster ; 1399-1756. Customs of London, apparently collected temp. Edw. III. for the burgesses of King’s Lynn, co. Norfolk (who enjoyed by charter of John the same franchises as Oxford and consequently of London), and supplemented with ordinances, etc., relating to Lynn of various dates from 1340 to 1406. Belonged to: Thomas Martin of Palgrave. Deeds (24) relating to lands in London, Middlesex, and various counties, early 14th-17th centt., one with a fine seal of. arms of Sir Ralph Cromwell. Deeds (99) relating to lands in Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, etc.; 16th-17th centt. Presented by H. M. Gibbs, Esq. Deeds (6) relating to Wroxton Priory, co. Oxon., ete. ; 13th-17th centt. Presented by Mr. A. P. Ready. Depositions, etc., in a case of alleged witchcraft at Alloa, Clackmannanshire ; 1659. “ Arte de Lengua de Maynas”: a grammar and vocabulary, with the Doctrina Christiana, in the language of the Maynas Indians near Quito in Ecuador, written about 1750, apparently, for the use of the missioner Fray Eusebio Arias. Duets, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Agostino Steffani; early 18th cent. “The Lily of Killarney”: opera by Julius Benedict in full score. Transcribed by John Cornwall in 1898-1900. George F. Warner. DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 37 DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—The numbers of the sheets of the various Oriental Catalogues sent to press in 1909 are :~--Bengali Books, 16 sheets; Hindustani Books, 5 sheets ; Tamil Books, 18 sheets. The numbers of Titles written for the Catalogues are :— Arabic, 49; Assamese, 19; Avestan and Old Persian, 11; Baby- donian, 1; Bengali, 619; Burmese and cognate dialects, 113; Chinese, 721; Coptic, 5; Ethiopic, 8; Gujarati, 116; Hebrew, 225; Hindi, 130; Hindustani, 181; Javanese, 2; Kanarese, 334; Kashmiri, 5; Kui, 2; Lahoo,1; Malay, 12; Malayalam - 39; Maltese, 3; Marathi, 108; Mongol, 2; Nubian, 4; Oriya’, 30; Pali,98; Panjabi, 13; Peguan,3; Persian, 711; Prakrit, 5; Pushtu, 4; Sanskrit, 693; Santali, 2; Siamese, 4; Sindhi, 8; Sinhalese, 88; Syriac, 10; Tamil, 488; Telugu, 662; Tibetan, 7; Toda, 3; Turkish, 29. 124 Arabic MSS., 75 Armenian MSS., and 53 Hebrew MSS. have been fully catalogued. Short descriptions of 511 MSS. have been entered in the Descriptive List, the Register, and the Classed Inventory. In addition, a separate inventory of the entire Nevill collection of Sinhalese, Pali and other MSS. has been prepared, comprising some 2322 entries, with brief descriptions. 463 MSS. (ff. 59,637) have been folioed. Publications.—A Supplementary Catalogue of Hindustani Books, a Catalogue of Tamil Books, and fase. i. of vol. iii. of the Catalogue of Hebrew MSS. have been issued. Binding.—The numbers of Printed Books and MSS. sent to the binders are:—Arabic and Persian Books, 157; Chinese Books, 191; Hebrew Books, 90; Mongol Books, 32; Sanskrit and other Indian Books, 193; Tibetan Books, 72; MSS., 474, Students.—The number of visits of Students working in the Students’ Room attached to the Department during the year is 2678. The number of Oriental Printed Books consulted in the Department is 7641, and of those used in the Reading Room, 2410. The number of Oriental MSS. consulted in the Students’ Room is 5345. Photography.— Highty-one applications have been made to photograph books and MSS. Additions.—The number of volumes and pamphlets added to the Department during the year is 2599, of which 2133 are Printed Books and 412 are MSS. f 38 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Of the Printed Books, 340 were bought; 1,527 were received under the India Copyright Act; 121 were received under the Colonial Copyright Aci ; and 145 were presented. Of the MSS., 71 were bought and 341 ‘presented, The MSS. are :— Arabic = - - - ~ = - = - 33 Arabie and Persian - - - - - tae Arabic, Persian and Turkish - - - - tae Arabic and Spanish - = - - - in 3h Armenian = - = - - - - =32172 Chinese - - 3 - = = - - Sivas Chinese, Manchu, Mongol, Tibetan, and Turki aa | Chinese and Mongol - - - - - ee Coptic - - - - - - - - 12 English - - . - - - - art iE Hebrew - - - - - - - - = ie Hindi and Persian - - - - - - - 3 Karshuni - - - - 2 - - aii Mongol - - - . - - - - = Persian - - - - : - - - aay | Persian and Turkish - - - - - - Ii Turkish, «= - - - - - - - - 26% Turkish and Arabic - - - - ~ - 4} Turkish and French - - - - - ADEE Turkish and Persian . ~ - - - a Se Turkish, Persian and French - - - E “Ge |! Zend - - - - - - - : =e | 412 The most important acquisitions are :— Arabic MSS.—1. Al-Sihah fi al-lughah, the lexieon of al-Jauhari. Vol. VII. Copied a.H. 551 (A.D. 1156), and critically revised. . 2. Al-Maksad al-asna, a treatise on the names of God, by Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali (died A.H. 505). Copied A.H. 595 (A.D. 1199). 3. The Makamat, or “ Assemblies” of Hariri, a literary mis- cellany. Copied a.H. 563 (A.D. ibe A fine copy, and of exceptional age. , 4. Sharh Majisti, an abridged recension, here ascribed to Muh, b. Muh. Abu Nasr al-Farabi, of the Almagest or system of astronomy of Ptolemy. Copied a.H. 628 (4.p, 1231). An extreinely rare, if not unique, recension. DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 389 5. A handbook of police regulations, by Muh. b. Muh. b. Ahmad (Ibn al-Ikhwah). Copied a.H. 771 (a.D. 1370). No other copy appears to be known. 6. Talibat al-talabah, a dictionary of the legal terms of Hanafijurisprudence, by Najmal-Dm ‘Umar b. Muh. al-Nasafi. 14th century copy. 7. Al-Jami‘ al-wajiz fi al-fatawi, a collection of legal decisions, by Hafiz al-Din Muh. b. Muh. ‘Imad al-Din al-Kardari. Copied A.H. 880 (A.D. 1475), in a fine script. No other MS. appears to be on record. 8. Al-Dari‘ah ila makarim al-shari‘ah, a treatise on ethics by Abu al-Kasim al-Hasan b. Muh. b. al-Mufaddal al-Raghib al-Isfahani. 15th century copy. 9. Al-Mukarrar fi ma tawathar min al-kira’at al-sab‘, a rare and important work on the seven principal textual readings of the Koran, by ‘Umar b. Kasim al-Mukri’al-Nashshar. Copied A.H. 918 (4.D. 1512), in a calligraphic hand. 10. Ya‘ud al-shabab, an anthology of poems by authors of the 6th century A.H., with biographies, abridged by ‘Ali b. Muh. al-Rumi (al-Rida’1) from the Kharidat al-kasr of ‘Imad al-Din al-Isfahani. 17th or 18th century copy. No other exemplar appears to be known. Armenian MSS.—1. Canons of the Apostles, Doctors, and Councils of the Church. 2. A collection of philosophical, ethical, and religious works. Ae. 1165. 3. Histories of martyrdoms. A.E. 1260. 4. History of Jerusalem. A.E. 1293. 5. Popular poems of John of Telguran, Naghash, etc. A.E. 1035. 6. A Dictionary of classical Armenian. Chinese MSS.—1. Ching té yao, a treatise on the art of pottery. 2 pén. 2. Hui chiang t‘ung chih, a description of Muhammadan countries. 12 pén in 2 tao. 3. Fa hai kuan lan, a treatise on Buddhist doctrine. 2 pén, 4. Yii shuo, a treatise on jade. 1 pén. 18990. 5. Ch‘in ting méng ku yiian liu, an account of the origins of the Mongols. 8 pén in 1 tao. 1777. 6. Vii chih ta tsang yii chia shih sst i ching, a scripture of the Yoga sect of Buddhism. 1 pén. 7. A collection of Ili vocabularies. 4 pén in 1 tao. $. Memorials and Imperial] rescripts of the reign of Hsien Féng (1851-61), 2 pts. 40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9. Chao hsien t‘u, 26 coloured maps of districts of Korea, with names in Chinese. 10. Tung shih kang mu, a compendium of Korean history. 20 vols. Chinese Printed Books.—1. Chiang hsi t‘ung chih, a topo- graphy and history of Kiangsi. 120 vols. 1880. 2. Ch‘ien ch‘io lei shu, a general encyclopedia. 120 chuan. 1632. 3. Chin ting huang yii t‘u chih, an Imperial geography of Turkestan. 24 vols. 1762. 4. Chan ting jih hsia chiu wen k‘ao, an archeological description of Peking and its environs, by an Imperial Com- mission. 160 chuan. 1774. 5. Ch'in ting k’uo érh k‘a chi liieh, documents of State and other papers relating to the Gurkha War of 1790, issued by Imperial order. 58 chuan. 6. K‘ai féng fu chih, a gazette of the Prefecture of K‘aiféng. 10, vols. 1695. 7. Ku chin ch‘ien liieh, a treatise on coins. 18 vols. 1876. 8. Ch‘iian pu t‘ung chih, a treatise on coins, with illustra- tions. 32 vols. 1872. 9. P‘ei wén chai shu hua p‘u,a repertory of the arts of painting and writing, with biographies of famous painters and calligraphers; compiled by an Imperial Commission. 100 chuan. 1708. 10. Yu hai, an encyclopedia, compiled in the 13th century by Wang Ying-lin. 204 chuan. 11. Li shih t‘'i kang, a history of Korea. 14 vols. 12. Shih chi p‘ing lin, the “ Historical Record” of Sst-ma Chien. Korean edition. 33 vols. 1576. 13. Kuo ch‘ao pao chien, the Royal Annals of Korea. 26 vols. (82 chtian). 1848. 14. Chin chuan i kuei, an illustrated treatise on the cere- monies of the Court of Korea. 4 vols. 1829. 15. Wu ching po p‘ien, the Five Classics ; a fine folio edition, printed in large black letter. 5 vols. 16. Chiin ku luchin wén, a collection of ancient inscriptions on metal, with decipherment. 3 chuan. 1895. 17. Shih shih yiian liu, scenes from the life of Buddha, with woodcuts on every page. 1486. 18. Ch‘in ting yiian chien lei han, a general encyclopedia, compiled by an Imperial Commission. 10 vols. 1883. Coptic MSS.—A collection of Coptic MSS. in remarkably perfect preservation, comprising :— 1. The Encomium of Theodosius of Alexandria upon St. Michael. A.D. 987. DEPARTMEN OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 41 2. The Martyrdom of Victor, son of Romanus, and Pope Celestine’s Encomium on Victor. A.D. 981. Vellum. 3. Chrysostom’s Encomium on the Archangel Raphael. 4.p. S96. Vellum. 4. Chrysostom’s Discourse on John the Baptist, and Pacho- mius’s Exhortation to a brother. A.D. 986. Vellum. 5. The Discourse of Timothy of Alexandria on Abbaton, the angel of death. a.p. 982. Vellum. 6. The Mysteries of John the Baptist, and a » biography of Pesynthius of Coptos. A.D. 1006. 7. A life of the anchorite Ounophrius, and a sermon on Christmas by Demetrius of Antioch. 8. Part of a Discourse by Celestine of Rome on the Arch- angel Gabriel. A.D. 989. Vellum. 9. The history of Aaron the Monk; a Discourse on the Archangel Michael, by Timothy of Alexandria; the prayer of Athanasius at death; and the Vision of St. John. a.p. 992. 10. An Encomium by Theodore of Antioch on the martyr Theodore Anatoleus. Dated, in a reader’s note, A.D. 995. Vellum. Hebrew Printed Books.—1. The Tractate Niddah of the Babylonian Talmud. Soncino, 1489. Only 6 other copies are known to exist. Persian MSS.—1. Kisas al-anbiya, select legends from Tabari’s history. 13th or 14th century copy. 2. Zafar-namah 1 Nasiri, a poetical account of the Persian conquest of Herat in 1857, composed in 1859. No other copy appears to be recorded. 3. Divan or poems of Muhsin. Copied a.H. 1245 (A.D. 1829). No other copy appears to be recorded. Turkish MSS.—1. A collection of 259 Turkish MSS., chiefly works of poetry. These volumes form the larger part of the collection, consisting of 325 Oriental MSS., ‘which was be- queathed to the British Museum by the late Elias J. W. Gibb, Ksq. 2. Ka‘ba namah, a versified account of the legendary build- ing of the Ka‘ba at Mecca by Abraham, preceded by a metrical account of the latter’s descendants of the line of Ishmael by Ghubari. Copied a.H.-963 (A.D. 1556). No other copy appears to be on record. 3. Nasihat namah, a work on ethics by Sinan al-Din Yisuf b. Khizr (Khwajah Pasha). Copied a.H. 997 (A.D. 1588). Appa- rently no other copy is on record. L. D. Barnett. 42 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. l.—Arrangement and Cataloguing, ete. A portion of the mezzotints exhibited in the public gallery has been withdrawn, and an exhibition of drawings, engravings, and woodcuts by Albrecht Diirer has been arranged in its place. The collection of woodcuts by H. Burgkmair has been re- arranged for mounting. The collection of lithographs by C. H. Shannon oa been arranged, in catalogue order, in a portfolio. A series of drawings by Sir George Scharf has been arranged in an album. The woodeuts by T. Sturge Moore and those ne: Lucien Pissarro have been arranged in albums. | Two hundred and ninety-eight drawings and eight hundred and seventy-two prints, recently acquired, have been incorpo- rated with the collections to which they severally belong. All books of prints and books of reference recently acquired have been catalogued, labelled, and placed. The preparation of Vol. ii. of the catalogue of Engraved British Portraits has been continued, All engraved British Portraits recently acquired, belonging to classes I.-VI., have been catalogued. The preparation of a critical and descriptive catalogue of the collection of Japanese Woodcuts has been continued. The preparation of vol. il. of the catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts has been continued, and the proofs of Division C. have been corrected and returned to the printers. The revision of the proofs of the catalogue of Early Italian Engravings has been completed, and an appendix of water- marks and indexes has been prepared. The work of revising the indexes of artists, with the aid of Thieme and Becker’s new lexicon, has been continued to the end of Vol. ii. of that work. The prints by Whistler possessed by the Department have been marked off in Mansfield’s Catalogue of Whistler’s Works. Titles have been written for articles in the ‘‘ Jahrbuch der Preussischen Kunstsammlungen,” “ Zeitschrift fiir Bildende Kunst,” and other periodicals, 1907, for the catalogues of books of reference. DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 43, The work of writing slips for the titles of prints after English Masters, with a view to the preparation of a subject index to that division of the collection, has been continued. The preparation of slips for an index to the collection of photographs presented by the National Photographic Record has been continued. The work of arranging in alphabetical order the slips written for the Banks collection of trade-cards, admission tickets, ete. has been completed; and the work of examining the Franks collection of similar prints, and removing those of which there are duplicates in the Banks collection, has been begun. The preparation of a complete classified index of the works of English artists represented in the Department has been begun. An index to the artists represented in the collection of Japanese Woodcuts has been prepared. Additions and corrections to the indexes of artists, rendered necessary by recent acquisitions and re-arrangements, have been carried out. Twenty-five volumes containing book-plates, belonging to the Franks collection, have been labelled and placed. The transcription for press of the catalogues of British Portraits and Japanese Woodcuts has been continued. All the books of prints in the cases contained in the Keeper’s, Assistant-Keeper’s, and Assistants’ rooms have been compared with the Library Catalogue, and notes have been given to an Assistant in the Department of Printed Books of the books or editions which are wanting in the Library Catalogue. A collection of duplicate engravings in 81 frames, lent to the Macclesfield Art Museum, has been returned in good order. Registratvon.—One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three items have been entered in the Register of Acquisitions. Stamping and Mounting.—Three thousand nine hundred and forty-two prints, drawings, etc., recently acquired, have been impressed with the departmental stamp and references to the Register. Four thousand and forty-four ordinary mezzotints belonging to the Cheylesmore Collection have been stamped and fixed in wrappers for their better preservation. Two hundred miscellaneous drawings have been prepared and mounted on sunk mounts, and two hundred and fifty prints have been mounted either in sunk mounts or in the ordinary manner. Three hundred and thirteen Early Italian prints have been temporarily removed from their mounts and examined. for watermarks, and two hundred and sixty-eight have been re- mounted on sunk mounts. 44 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The prints in the large volume of the Burney Collection of theatrical portraits have been removed for mounting. The work of affixing permanent labels to the cases in which the Schreiber Collection of Playing Cards is preserved has been completed. Twenty-seven miscellaneous drawings, thirty-six drawings in tempera by Tintoretto, and forty-one Japanese prints, all requiring special treatment, have been repaired and mounted. Students.—The total number of visitors admitted to the Print Room during the year ending 31 December 1909 was 9,343. Photographing.— Four hundred and five applications were made for leave to photograph objects in the collection, and 2,600 photographs were taken. Il.— Additions. The total number of prints, drawings, etc., acquired during the year was three thousand three hundred and seventy. ITALIAN SCHOOL. Drawings. Anon. XIV. Century. Two haly women supporting the Virgin in their arms; silver-point on violet prepared paper. ¥rom the Cassano Serra Collection. School of Giovanni Bellini. The Dead Christ; pen and bistre. Canale, Antonio. Interior of a building; pen and bistre, with Indian ink wash. From the Cassano Serra Collection. Canta Gallina, Remigio. Two landscapes; brush-drawing in bistre, heightened with white. Guardi, Francesco. Woman with a spindle; pen and sepia. Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista. Neptune with trident; pen and bistre, with bistre wash. Viti, Timoteo (attributed to). Study of four figures, a man and three women; pen and ink. From the Antaldi Collection. Presented by W. OC. Alexander, Esq. Engravings. Montagna, Benedetto. Man seated by a palm-tree (B. 28). From the Enzenberg and Lanna Collections. Etchings. Piranesi, Laura. Veduta del Tempio di Bacco. Presented by H. R. M. Howard, Esq. | DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 45 Woodcuts. Anon. Il Duca Ottone. Undescribed. From the Lanna Collection. Florentine School. St. Antoninus confessing a young man. From a rare book, 1493. From the Holtrop Collection. Presented by Messrs. Obach und Co. Andreani, Andrea. The Triumph of Faith, after Titian ; first state, complete. ~ Boldrini, Niccolo. Child driving a calf. Impression from the outline block. Scolari, Giuseppe. Ecce Homo (Passavant VI., 229, 32.) GERMAN SCHOOL. Drawings. Anon. Imitator of Albrecht Diirer. Landscape, hills and woods ; water-colours. Altdorfer, Albrecht. St. Barbara holding a chalice; pen and ink, heightened with white, on dark brown ground. Holbein, Hans II. (after). St. Pantalus, Patron of Basle ; pen and Indian ink, with Indian ink wash. Copy, dated 1526, of the original drawing at Basle. Huber, Wolfgang. Landscape with wide water and pro- montories ; pen and ink, partly tinted in water-colours.—Sheet from a sketch-book, with studies of landscape on back and front, dated 1536 ; pen and ink. Leu, Hans II. The Virgin Mary in her girlhood weaving in the Temple and attended by angels, signed and dated 1510; pen and ink. From the Cassano Serra Collection. Schaufelein, Hans Leonhard. A Bishop presenting a book to the Pope; pen and ink. From the Scheikévitch Collection. Etchings. Nolde, Emil. Woman sewing.—Boats in a harbour.— Sailing boats.—Sailing boats becalmed.—Church above the river at Flensburg. Old Church at Soest.— Dancing Saloon. Struck, Hermann. Fifteen portraits, figure studies and landscapes. Presented by the Artist. Engravings. Aldegrever, Heinrich. The Virgin and Child (B. 53).— The Virgin and Child (B, 54).—Hannibal and Scipio (B. 71).— Hercules and the Nemean Lion (B. 97}. Ornament with two Dolphins (B. 192).—Ornament with foliage (B. 193).—Design for a sheath (B. 215), and the companion design (B. 216).-- Sheath with the Whore of Babylon (B. 226).—Upright 46 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ornament, dated 1529 (B. 233).—Ornament with two nude boys, dated 1532 (B. 239).—Ornament with foliage (B. 289). All from the Lanna Collection. Altdorfer, Albrecht. Arion and a Nereid (B. 39).—Leaf ornament (B. 65)——Cup ornament with shells (B. 81).—Man playing the bass-viol; a very rare plate. All from the Lanna Collection. Beham, Barthel. Cleopatra, second state (B. 12).—Sleeping Child and Three Skulls (B. 27).--Naked Child and _ leaf- ornament (B. 51).—Child blowing a horn (B. 52).--Coat of arms with a Cock (B. 53).—Lucretia stabbing herself (Pass. 68a).—-Ornament with a winged Monster (Pass. 17).—Ornament with a torso and two Children (Pass. 78a).—Ornament with two genii holding festoons attached to a vase. All from the Lanna Collection. Beham, Hans Sebald. SS. Andrew and Thomas (B. 39).-- Four plates from a set of the Apostles (B. 55-58).—The Rape of Helen; third state (B. 70).--Cimon and Pero; first state (B. 74).—Mutius Scaevola (B. 81).—-Triton and Nereid ; first state’ (B. 86). The Peasants behind the hedge; first state (B. 163).—The three Soldiers and dog; second state (B. 196).-— Peasants dancing ; from a set of the Months. All, except the last, from the Lanna Collection. Binck, Jakob. The Massacre of the Innocents. (B. 10).— Death and the Soldier (B, 51).—Francis I. (B. 89).--Claude of France (B. 90).--Child and Dog (Pass. 120).---Panel of ornament (Pass. 126b).--The Holy Family.—Pride (B. 54).— Soldier embracing a woman, after Baldung; first state (Pass. 116). All, except the last two, from the Lanna Collection. Brosamer, Hans. Christ in the Temple (B. 4).--The Crucifixion (B. 5).—Adam and Eve (Pass. 23).—Christ sleeping during the Storm (Pass. 24). From the Lanna Collection. Brunn, Franz. Set of Christ and the Apostles.—-Set of the Months._-The Expulsion from Paradise. From the Lanna Collection. Burgkmair, Hans I. Mercury and Venus (B.1). From the Lanna Collection. Hirschvogel, Augustin. Portrait of the artist (B. 40). Landscape with ruins (B. 70). From the Lanna Collection. Jenichen, Balthasar. A lute player. Undescribed. From the Lanna Collection. Meckenem, Israhel van. St. Roch (B. 111); first state From the Lanna Collection. Monogrammist H. L. Beheading of St. Dorothy (B. 4).— St. Peter (Pass. 15).—St. George (Pass. 17).—The Ten Thou- sand Martyrs (Pass. 21).—St. George and the Dragon ; un- described. From the Lanna Collection. Monogrammist H.M. The Courtesan (Pass. 13). From the Lanna Collection. . DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 47 ' Monogrammist H. W. (Hans von Windsheim?). Christ on the Cross, between the Virgin and St. John (Pass, 75). One of the only two impressions known. Monogrammist I. B. Oblong panel of ornament (B. 46). From the Lanna Collection. Monogrammist N.S. Woman holding a pink (P. 3). From _ the Lanna Collection. Monogrammist R. B. Cimon and Pero, after H. S. Beham OE. 15). “From the Lanna Collection. Woodcuts. Anon, 15th century. The beheading of St. John the Baptist ; coloured. From the Lanna Collection. Altdorfer, Albrecht. The beautiful Virgin of Ratisbon. Printed in colours from five blocks (B. 51). From the Coppen- rath and Lanna Collections. This is one of the rarest and most important of early German colour prints. ‘Amman, Jost. Portrait of Lonicerus. Undescribed. From the Schreiber Collection. Beham, Hans Sebald. The Patriarch Kenan and his wife and children. Brosamer, Hans. David kneeling, Undescribed. Burgkmair, Hans. The Virgin and Child (B. 7).—Twenty- one illustrations to the Apocalypse, from the German New Testament published by S. Otmar, 1523. From the Schreiber Collection.—Samson and the Lion (B. 2).—Fortitude (B. 52). —Christ on the Cross with the Virgin Mary and Moses on either side. The last three from the Lanna Collection. Cranach, Lucas I. Christ on the Cross, between the Virgin and St. John. From the Schreiber Grilccaas —St. Chri is- topher (B. 58); chiaroscuro, with the date 1506.—The Trinity. The last two from the Lanna Collection. The Entombment, from the Passion of 1509 (B. 19). Cranach, Lucas I. (Attributed to). Portrait of Frederick IiI., 1524, Cranach, Lucas I., Schoo] of. Christ blessing little Child- ren; chiaroscuro.—The Elector John Frederick. Both from the Lanna Collection. Cranach, Lucas II. Duke John William of Saxony. From the Schreiber Collection. Deckinger, Hieronymus. Woodcut issued in commemor- ation of Caspar Schwenkfeld, 1562. Diirer, School of. Christ onthe Cross. From the Schreiber Collection.—The Man of Sorrows; chiaroscuro from two blocks. From the Lanna Collection. The Virgin and Child with St. Anne ; first state. 48 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Durer, after. Samson and the Lion; the very rare con- temporary copy without the monogram. From the Lanna Collection.—The Men’s Bath; rare contemporary copy without the monogram. From Lord Tweedmouth’s Collection. Pre- sented by Junius S. Morgan, Esq. Gerung, Matthias. The Adoration of the Magi; four sheets. From the Lanna Collection. Holbein, Ambrosius, attributed to. Charles V. From the Schreiber Collection. Huber, Wolfgang. The Crucifixion. No other impression of this woodcut is known to exist. From the Schreiber Collection. Kandel, David. Portrait of Hieronymus Tragus. From the Lanna Collection. Monogrammist D. 8. The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (Pass. 1); early impression. From the Lanna Collection. Presented by Max Rosenherm, Esq. . Nuremberg School, about 1505. Twenty-two subjects from the Gospels, of which nine are from a book of 1534. From the Schreiber Collection. Schaufelein, Hans. The Virgin and Joseph (B. 11). Solis, Virgil. Portrait of the Elector Palatine Otto Hein- rich. Presented by Messrs. Obach & Co. Springinklee, Hans. The First Horoscope of Stabius; the rare original edition of 1512. With reprints (1781) of the second and third horoscopes.—SS. Bartholomew and Matthew (B. 53).—SS. Andrew and Matthias (B. 54). All from the Lanna Collection. The Patron Saints of Chur; with the kneeling bishop of Chur; frontispiece of the Chur Breviary, 1520. Weiditz, Hans. St. Catherine. Wurm, Hans. Lovers at the door of a house; printed in black on paper with a brown ground, heightened with white. The only impression known. From the Liphart and Lanna Collections. The collection of German woodcuts was also enriched by the gift of eleven early prints from the Holtrop collection, and five printers’ marks or devices; presented by Max Rosenheim, Esq. SCHOOL OF THE NETHERLANDS. Drawings. Brueghel, Pieter I. Landscape with St. Jerome; pen and ink.—Landscape with fortified town and castle on the slopes of a mountain range, dated 1553; pen and bistre. Coques, Gonzales. Family group; black chalk. . From the Hamal Collection. . i DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS, 49 Engelbrechtsen, Cornelis. Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl; pen and ink, heightened with white, on prepared ground. Gheyn, Jacob de. Landscape with mule-track leading to a fortress at the foot of a cliff, dated 1600; pen and bistre. From the Lankrink Collection. Jordaens, Jacob. A rich man giving alms toa poor family ; body-colours. Scorel, Jan van. Two landscape studies of mountainous scenery ; pen and ink; signed with monogram. Sieberechts, Jan. Study of a felled tree on a river bank. Watercolours. Teniers, David II. Monkeys dressed as artists and con- moisseurs. Pen and sepia, with sepia wash. Engravings. The Master with the Crab. Christ in the act of blessing (P. iii. 19. 40). The Master 8. Intercession for Souls in Purgatory (P. iii. 78. 261). Claes, Allart. Amnon and Tamar (B. 3). David and Bathsheba (B. 9).—Vignette with two Tritons (B. 44).—Combat of five Warriors (P. iii. 43, 117).—St. Catherine.—The Ecstacy of Mary Magdalen.—Panel of orna- ment. Woodcuts. Anon. Early XVI. century. The Trinity with SS. Crispin and Crispinian (Schr. 2441). Early impression. Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Jacob. St. James the Greater ; undescribed. — The Miracle. of Amsterdam; from Alardus Amstelredamus, Ritus edendi paschalis Agni, 1523(4), Coloured impression.-—Portrait of Alardus Amstelredamus, originally used for the same book. Swart van Groningen, Jan. The Preaching of St. John the Baptist. : FRENCH SCHOOL. Hichings. Bracquemond, Félix. Unpublished portrait of Auguste Comte, 1855. Chahine, Edgar. La Vallée fertile; and Rio Ca Foscari, Venice. Both from “ Impressions d’Italie.” | Leheutre, Gustave. La Rue des Petits-Gars, 4 Tours. Lhermitte, Léon. Un Moulin en Bretagne. Un Vieux de la Vieille. La Vendange. L’Epicerie de Village. 90. D 50 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Masters. Chery, Philippe. Andromaque.—Pylade.—Filles Israélites. Three plates engraved in aquatint by P. M. Alix and printed in colours. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Drawings. Barker, Thomas, of Bath. Twelve studies of landscape and rustic figures ; watercolour or pen and ink, with and without. bistre wash. Burne-Jones, Sir Edward. ‘The Flower Book,” containing thirty-eight drawings in watercolours heightened and enriched with gold, and four unfinished pencil outlines. The designs, composed as roundels, are symbolical or fanciful illustrations of the names of flowers. | Colebrooke, R. H. View of the city of Benares; water- colour. Plassey House in 1794; watercolour. Presented by Dr. Law Adam. | Copley, John Singleton, R.A. Sketch for equestrian portrait of Lord Heathfield. Black and white chalk on blue paper. Denning, Stephen Poyntz. Portrait of Robert Humphrey Giles, artist ; watercolour. Presented by W. Maw Egley, Esq. Devis, Anthony Thomas. Two landscapes; watercolours. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq. Dickinson, Lowes Cato. A series of twenty-four portrait. drawings in pencil. Presented by Miss Dickinson. Egley, William Maw. Portraits of William Egley, miniature painter, and of Thomas Woodward, animal painter; water- colour. Presented by W. Maw Egley, Esq. Fulleylove, John. The Portcullis in the Bloody Tower. Presented by Campbell Dodgson, Esq. Leech, John. A petition being presented to Queen Victoria ; pencil. Presented by J. Edge Partington, Esq. Murray, Elizabeth Emily. Drawing of feathers, in the form of afan; watercolours. Presented by Miss Murray. Ospovat, Henry. Study of an old Jew; charcoal.—Sketch for an illustration to Omar Khayyam ; pen and ink. —Hllus- — tration to the Forsaken Merman; pen and ink.—Illustration , to the Song of Solomon; pen and ink. Richards, John Inigo,.R.A. Six drawings of buildings and landscape ; watercolours. Ruskin, John. The Castle Rock, St. John’s Vale; pencil on grey paper, Pea a with white. Bequeathed by Miss Barton. ean DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 51 Skelton, J. A mill near Carshalton, 1757.—A sandpit near Croydon, 1756.—- Tivoli, 1758.— View down the Medway to Sheerness.—The Castle at Canterbury. All in watercolours. Stevens, Alfred. Design for decoration of the British Museum Reading Room ; pencil and watercolours. Presented by James Gamble, Esq. | Talfourd, Field. Portrait of John Gibson, the sculptor, drawn at Rome, 1859; coloured chalks. Presented by Miss Preston. Tomkins, Charles. oF Il.—Mounting, etc. ~Two large slabs of Pterygotus have been prepared for exhibition. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. | 149 Reptilian remains from the Karoo Formation of South Africa have been extracted from the hard matrix. The large slab of Ichthyosaurus platyodon from the Lower iLias of Lyme Regis has been repaired. Pliosaurian skeletons, a skull of Ophthalmosaurus, and other reptilian remains from the Oxford Clay, have been prepared for study and exhibition. A skull of Triceratops and bones of Trachodon from the ‘Laramie Formation of Wyoming, and bones of Iguanodon from the Wealden of Sussex, have been prepared for exhibition. Cretaceous fishes have been prepared for study and exhibition. | Alterations have been made in the sternum of the exhibited cast of the skeleton of Megatherium. The skeletons of Aptornis and Diaphorapteryx have been repaired and re-mounted. A large slab of Muschelkalk with numerous specimens of Encrinus carnalli has been prepared for exhibition. All recent acquisitions, so far as possible, have been trimmed and reduced to a convenient size before incorporation. Numerous plaster casts have been made both for the Museum and for exchange; and various specimens have been repaired for the Department of Zoology. III.—Printing of Labels. The Museum Printer continues to devote one day each week to the preparation of labels for the Department of Geology ; but an Attendant in the Department composes and rints most of the labels, and has this year prepared upwards of 804 (and 5,854 prints of these). 1V.—Eachanges and Duplicates. Exchanges of plaster casts and duplicate fossils have been made with the following institutions :—Royal College of Surgeons, London; Manchester Museum; National Museum, Melbourne; National Museum of Natural History, Paris; Paleontological Museum, Munich; Royal Museun, Stuttgart ; Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort; Carnegie Museum, Pitts- burgh ; and the Geological Survey of Mexico. Small exchanges have also been made with Messrs. J. R. Farmery, E. P. Field, A. S. Kennard, J. Morgan, J. W. Stather, and H. M. Trower. Duplicate fossils have been presented to the Royal Insti- tution of Cornwall, the Dominion Museum of New Zealand, and Oaklands Higher Standard School, Hanwell. Small duplicates and plaster casts for purposes of research have been supplied to Messrs. T. Sheppard, T. G. Taylor, and H.: Woods, 150 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. V.—Deparimental Library. The additions to the Library, which have been registered, stamped, catalogued, and press-marked, comprise 186 new works and pamphlets, of which 55 were purchased and 131 presented ; 637 parts of serials in progress, of which 229 were purchased and 408 presented ; 285 maps, of which 28 sheets were purchased and 257 presented ; 6 sheets of sections were presented ; 17 photographs were presented, and 3 volumes were acquired by transfer from other Departments. 171 volumes have been bound during the year. 1,596 visitors used the Library. VI.—Publications. The second part of the Catalogue of Cretaceous Bryozoa has been published. A new edition of the Guide Book to Fossil Mammals and Birds has been prepared and published. The MSS. of the Catalogues of Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay and of Fossil Fishes (Supplement), have made progress. The printing of the first of these Catalogues is also in progress. Apart from the official publications issued by the Trustees, the following descriptive papers dealing with different parts of the collection, chiefly recent acquisitions, have been contributed to scientific journals during 1909 :— By Dr. Woodward. 1. On some Remains of Pachycormus and Hypsocormus from the Jurassic of Normandy. Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie, vol. xxiil., pp. 229-34, pl. 111. 2. On Fossil Fish-remains from Snow Hill and Seymour Islands. Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Stdpolar Exped., 1901-03, vol. ii1., pt. 4, with plate. 3. The Fossil Fishes of the English Chalk, Pt. v. Mon. Palzont. Soe. 4. On a New Labyrinthodont from Oil Shale at Airly, New South Wales. Rec. Geol. Surv. N.S. Wales., vol. vii, pp. 311- 319; pl. li By Dr. Bather. 1. Eocidaris and some Species referred to it. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. iii., pp. 43-66, pl. i. 2. The type of Cidaris. Ibid., p. 88. 3. Fossil Representatives of the Lithodomous Worm Fehr dora. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 108-110. 4, A Crinoid (Tetracrinus [7] felix, n. sp.) from the Red Crag. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 205-210, pl. vii. 5. Visit to the Florissant Exhibit in the British Museum (Natural History). Proc. Geol. Assoe., vol. xxi., pp. 159-165. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 151 5. Some common Crinoid Names, and the Fixation of Nomenclature. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. iv., pp. 37-42. 7. Triassic Echinoderms of Bakony. Resultate d. wissensch. Erforsch. d. Balatonsees, vol. i., pt.i. Palaeont. Anhang. By Dr. Andrews. 1. Note on the Mandible of a New Species of Tetrabelodon from the Loup Fork Beds of Kansas. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 347-349, figs. A-C. 2. On some new Steneosaurs from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. i11., pp. 299-308, pls. ‘viil., 1x. 3. Account of Recent Visit to Christmas Island. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1909, pp. 101-103. 4. On some new Plesiosaurs from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8], vol. iv., pp. 418-429, figs. 1-7. By R. B. Newton. 1. Cretaceous Gastropoda and Pelecypoda from Zululand. Trans. Roy. Soc. 8. Africa, vol. i., pp. 1-106, pls. i.—ix. 2. On some Fossils from the Nubian Sandstone Series of Egypt. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 353-359, 388-397, pls. xix., Box. GXI. By G. C. Crick. 1. Note on the Two Cephalopods collected by Dr. A. P. Young on the Tarntaler K6pfe, in Tyrol. Geol. Mag. [5]. vol. vi., pp. 443-446, pls. xxvi. By W. D. Lang. 1. Growth-Stages in the British Species of the Coral Genus Parasmilia. Proce. Zool. Soe., pp. 285-307, text-figs. 38-46. By C. P. Chatwin and T. H. Withers. 1. Contribution to the Fauna of the Chalk Rock. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 66—68, pl. 11. 7 2. On the Chalk Section at the Waterworks Quarry, Marlow. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 123-125. By Miss D. M. A. Bate. 1. Preliminary Note on a new Artiodactyle from Majorca, Myotragus balearicus, gen. et sp. nov. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 385-388, text-figs. 1-4. | By Dr. R. Broom. 1. On the skull of Tapinocephalus. Geol. Mag. [5]. vol. vi., pp. 400-402, text-figs. 1, 2. 152 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. By Miss Mary 8. Johnston. 1. On a New Specimen of the Jurassic Ganoid Fish Pleuropholis levissima, Egerton. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 309-311, pl. xxiii. By Mrs. Jane Longstaff. 1. On the genus Lowonema Quart. Journ. Geol. Soe, vol. lxv., pp. 210-228, pls. x., xi. By C. Thompson. 1. The Ammonite called A. serpentinus. The Naturalist, 1909, pp. 214-219, pls. xili.—xv. By Prof. J. W. Gregory. 1. New Species of Cretaceous Bryozoa. Geol. Mag. [5], vol. vi., pp. 61-66. Various fossils in the Department of Geology have also been described and figured by Prof. S. H. Reynolds, Dr. R. H. Traquair, and Mr. H. Woods, in the Monographs of the Paleontographical Society, vol. lxiii. for 1909. VIT.— Acquisitions. A.—By Donation. Mammalia.—Plaster cast of the type mandible of Homo heidelbergensis from Mauer, near Heidelberg. Presented by Dr. Otto Schoetensack. Plaster casts of two molar teeth of Pithecanthropus erectus ‘from Java. Presented by W. Booth Pearsall, Esq., F.R.C.s.I. Four molar teeth and associated bones of a young Mammoth (Llephas primigenius) from the beach at the fishing village of Selsey, Sussex. Presented by Edward Heron Allen, Esq., F.L.s. The skull of a young Rhinoceros, antiquitatis, part of the mandible of the same species, mandible and maxilla of Hlephas primigenius, and fourteen other mammalian bones from the Thames alluvium, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, H.C. Pre- sented by Frank Lloyd, Esq. Portion of mandibular ramus of Rhinoceros found under a pagoda at Kani, Chindwin River, Burma. Presented by R. C. Rogers, Esq. Mandibular symphysis of Hquus from gravel, River Moren- dat, near Naivasha, British East Africa. Described by Prof. Ridgeway in Proc. Zool. Soc., 1909. Presented by A. C. Hollis, Esq. : Thirty-eight coloured casts of fossils, chiefly Pliocene Mam- malian teeth and bones, from a cavern at Dove Holes, near Buxton. Presented by the Director, Manchester Museum. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 153 A mandibular ramus of a rodent from the Oligocene of France. Presented by W. E. Balston, Esq. Plaster casts of mandible of a new species of Sthenurus from the Mammoth Cave, Margaret River, about 200 miles south of Perth, West Australia. Presented by the Hon John W. Hackett, Lu.p. Reptilia and Amphibia.—Counterpart of type specimen of a Labyrinthodout, Bothriceps major (A. S. Woodward, Ree. Geol. Surv., N.S. Wales, vol. viii, 1909, pp. 8317-319, pl. 51) from the Oil Shale at Airly, New South Wales. Presented by the Directors of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation. Cheirotherian footprint from the Lower Keuper, Storeton, Cheshire, described by the donor in Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1909. Presented by Henry C. Beasley, Esq. Seven vertebrate fossils from the Rhetic bonebed, Aust Cliff. Presented by Dr. W. Theophilus Ord. Two shells of Plewrosternum from the Purbeck Beds, Swanage. Presented by Frederick Hovenden, Esq., F.L.s. Portion of a mandibular ramus of Jguwanodon from the Wealden of Pevensey, Sussex. Presented by Rev. J. Fowler. Three footprints of Iguanodon from the Wealden of Hurtis Hill, Crowborough. Presented by Messrs. Connor Bros. Four teeth of Theriosuchus from the Wealden of Hastings. Presented by Charles Dawson, Esq.,-F.s.A. Ichthyosaurian vertebre from the Cretaceous, near Towns- ville, North Queensland. Presented by Horace M. Trower, Esq. Pisces.—Group of fish-remains from the Lower Devonian of Cornwall. Presented by Upfield Green, Esq., F.G.s. Sixty Fishes from the Old Red Sandstone and the Jurassic of Scotland, including part of the type-specimen of Gyrodus gowert. Presented by R. Marcus Gunn, Esq., M.a., M.B., F.R.C.S. _ Fourteen Platysomid and Celacanth Fishes from the Permo- Carboniferous of N.W. Madagascar. Presented by George G. Dixon, Esq. A specimen of Colobodus from the Trias of Besano, near Lake Lugano. Presented by Prof. G. de Alessandri. A specimen of Chondrosteus acipenserordes from the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire. Presented by Montagu Browne, Esq. A large specimen of Plewropholis levissima from the Litho- graphic stone, Kelheim, Bavaria. Presented by Miss M. S. Johnston. A jaw of a Pyenodont fish from the Purbeck Beds, Swanage. Presented by Frederick Hovenden, Esq., F.L.S. Two fishes from the English Chalk, bequeathed by the late General C. F. Cockburn, presented by Miss Cockburn. 154 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Two specimens of LHoserranus hislopi from the Lameta Formation, Dongargaon, Central Provinces. India. Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India. A specimen of Prolebsas gregatus from the Oligocene of France. Presented by W. E. Balston, Esq. A tooth of Carcharodon megalodon from the Miocene Phosphate Beds of Charlestown, 8.C. Presented by Miss Edith J. Cross-Buchanan. One fish-fragment from the Tertiary of Burma. Presented by W. H. Dalton, Esq., F.c.s. and L. V. Dalton, Esq., B.sc., F.G.S. Three fossil fishes from a fresh-water Tertiary formation, Province of Caylloma, Peru. Presented by Bernard Hunt, Esq. Mollusca.—Eleven Cephalopoda and thirty-seven other Mollusca from the Cambrian of the N.W. Highlands. Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of Scotland. Five Gastropods from the Cambro-Silurian of Stony Mountain, near Winnipeg, Canada. Presented by Mrs. A. 8. Woodward. One Ophidioceras simplex from the Silurian of Karlstein, Bohemia. Presented by Upfield Green, Esq., F.a.s. Nine Silurian and eighteen Devonian Mollusca from the Northern Shan States of Upper Burma. Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India. Eighty Mollusca from the Paleozoic of Cornwall and Germany. Presented by Upfield Green, Esq., F.G.s. One Cephalopod, cne Lamellibranch, and two Gadinerpda from the collection of Devonian fossils made by the late J. W. Brooke, Esq., in the provinée of Sze-chuen, China. Presented by Mrs. Brooke. Freshwater Mollusca from the Permo-Carboniferous of N.W. Madagascar. Presented by George G. Dixon, Esq. Lamellibranchia from the Magnesian Limestone, near Don- caster. Presented by H. Culpin, Esq. A specimen of Avicula contorta from the Rhetic of Devene- nach, Arran. Presented by James W. Reoch, Esq. One Gryphea incurva from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis. Presented by Rev. Henry Housman, B.D. Thirty-seven Lamellibranchs, five Gastropods, and twenty- eight Cephalopods from the Lias (capricornus zone), Napton, near Rugby. Presented by C. H. Watson, Esq. Nine Ammonites from the Lower Dogger of Csernye, Hungary. Presented by Prof. Dr. Anton Koch. Two Ammonites from the Cornbrash, Turvey, Bedfordshire. Presented by G. C. Crick, Esq. One Macrocephalites compressus, from the Cornbrash, Scarborough ; four Cephalopoda and fourteen Lamellibranchia from the Cornbrash of Yorkshire. Presented by H. C. Drake, Esq., F.G.S. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 155 One Lamellibranch (Protocardia striatula) from the Kim- meridge Clay, Hartwell, Bucks. Presented by R. W, Pocock, Esq., F.G.S. One Lima from the Cretaceous of Sandown. Presented by Lieut.-Col. L. Worthington Wilmer. One Syncyclonema orbicularis, with traces of colour- markings, from the Albian (Hoplites interruptus zone) of Stonebarrow Cliff, E. of Charmouth, Dorset. Presented by W. D. Lang, Esq. Thirty Cephalopoda, forty-four Lamellibranchia and nine Gastropoda from the English Chalk, being part of the collection made and bequeathed by the late General C, F. Cock- burn. Presented by Miss Cockburn. One Lamellibranch from the Turonian Chalk, N. of Burgh- clere, Berkshire, (recorded Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xxi., p. 175.) Presented by Mr. T. H. Withers. A fossil pearl from the Chalk (zone of Micraster coran- guinum), Fletcher’s Pit, Gravesend. Presented by G. E. Dibley, Esq.. F.G.s. A specimen of Volviceramus involutus from the Chalk of Yorkshire. Presented by E. B. Lotherington, Esq. A specimen of the upper valve of an adult example of Volviceramus involutus from the Chalk of Yorkshire. Pre- sented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. A flint cast of the smaller valve of Volviceramus involutus from a gravel pit, Dorchester. Presented by Mr. A. C. Wray. Five specimens of Inoceramus from the Chalk of Sewerby, Yorkshire. Presented by George Sheppard, Esq. One Inoceramus lamarcki from the Senonian Chalk, Chelsham, Surrey. Presented by F. Gossling, Esq. A Cephalopod from the Cretaceous of the United States. _ Presented by Lieut.-Col. L. Worthington Wilmer. Five Lamellibranchs from the Eocene (coal-ironstone) deposits of Labuan, Borneo. Presented by I. A. Stigand, Esq., F.G.S. A series of specimens and sections of Velates conoideus from the Eocene of the Paris Basin, described and figured by the donor in Proc. Zool. Soc., 1892, pp. 528-40, pls. xxxi, xxxil, Presented by B. B. Woodward, Esq., F.L.S. A Nautilus from the Eocene Limestone of Mokattam, near Cairo. Presented by H. Pearson, Esq. Lamellibranchs and Gastropods, probably of Miocene age from the Kinabatangan River district, British North Borneo. Presented by I. A. Stigand, Esq., F.G.s. Three specimens of Mytilus edulis, with minute attached pearls, from the Post-Pliccene of Uddevalla, Sweden. Presented by the Director of the Manchester Museum. 156 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Unio covered with tufaceous incrustation from below the peat, Battersea. Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. Four Gastropoda (Ashmunella and Pyramidula) from the Pleistocene of Pecos, New Mexico. Presented by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell. Forty-four Lamellibranchia and seventy-one Gastropoda, being part of a collection of ‘Tertiary fossils from Burma, described and figured by L. V. Dalton, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. 64 (1908) pp. 604-644, pls. 54-57. Presented by W. H.- Dalton, Esq., F.c.s., and L. V. Dalton, B.sc., F.G.s. Fifteen Tertiary Lameilibranchia and twenty-five Gastro- poda from the United States. Presented by Lieut.-Col. L. Worthington Wilmer. Five Tertiary Mollusca from Melbourne, Australia. Pre- sented by Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. A block of Coral-Limestone, bored by Lithodomus, from Barbados. Presented by Prof. J. B. Harrison, c.M.c. Six shells of Aetheria from a late Quaternary deposit, Rift Valley, N. of Lake Baringo, Africa. Presented by the Hon. Kenneth R. Dundas. Fossil Ostrea from the Alluvial deposit beneath the donors’ office in Calcutta. Presented by Messrs. Ogilvy, Gillanders & Co. Arthropoda.—Twenty-five Trilobites from the Cambrian of the N.W. Highlands. Presented by the Director of the Geolog- ical Survey of Scotland. A Trilobite from the Cambro-Silurian of Stony Mountain, near Winnipeg, Canada. Pressnted by Mrs. A. S. Woodward. A portion of a Trilobite and a carapace of Caryocaris from the Skiddaw Slates, Glenderamakin Force, Cumberland. Pre- sented by J. Postlethwaite, Esq., F.G.S. A Trilobite (Homalonotus) from the Ordovician rock of Llangedynn, N. Wales. Presented by H. Culpin, Esq. Three Ordovician, five Silurian and four Devonian Arthro- poda from the Northern Shan States of Upper Burma. Pre- sented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India. One Lichas from the Wenlock shale, Malvern Tunnel. Presented by Rev. Henry Housman, B.D. Three plaster casts of the type-specimen of an Isopod. Oxyuropoda ligioides from the Upper Devonian, Kiltorcan, eo. Kilkenny. Presented, by the Director of the National Museum, Dublin. _ e 4 Y ¥ eat? 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