a Fe ys t mask F ; : | = " =m = ; } | | | ; i 7 - ~ . - — \ i aM 4 iN vil tdy SS ———— * t 4 SS eee ae R eTURN Woe an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 1 April 1919; for, E the. “Bririse Museum ae Trust Funps) for the Year ‘ending the 3Ist day of March 1919 ; and™ Rerorn of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum and the Brrtis# Museum (Natura Histor) | in each Year from: 1913 to 1918, both Years inclusive ; together with a STATEMENT of the Progress made in the ARRANGEMENT and DeEscRIPTION of the ( JonLECTIONS, ‘and an ACCOUNT of Onssors added to : pe the Year 1918.” MF: BHT ERE ES : F oar 1 4 ' Aa Lia ee te 5 "9° SPANLEY BALDWIN, ‘a Ole Herbert t Fisher.) Ordered by ‘The House of Commons, to be Printed, ise 28 June i919. Fan We Poa ‘ ee LONDON: =: PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. “To be purchased through any y Bookseller or direct Ty from 2 HM. STATIONERY OF FICE at the following addresses: {TAL HOUSE, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C.2, and 28, ABINGDON STREET, LONDON, S$ W.1; L-Sr. ANDREW as! CRESCENT, CARDIFF ; ele Sehine STREET, MANCHESTER : 93, FORTH STREET, EDINBURGH ; or from E. PONSONBY, LTD., 1lb, GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN. 3 - Price 2d. 2 CONTENTS. BRITISH MUSEUM. 3 ae Page a. 33 ACCOUNTS (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS, 1913-1919): = @ BRIDGEWATER Me mine RT me pe 2 ye cd FARNBOROUGH oo Ba eR ete mee ee aS eee j WPENS or es Ae Oks a ee Gites a a BIRCH = 2 uh 3 : 2 = = 2s 4 CHARLES Drury EDWARD FoRTNUM - - - - - ~ - 5 ‘CARCHEMISH EXCAVATIONS - - - - - - - - - 5 EH. L. FLORENCE - : Unease ar ore ts = 2 = s : 6 J. A. ROEBLING : = = = = = = 2 s a 6 ae NUMBERS OF PERSONS ADMITTED: = 3 BRITISH MUSEUM - = = = 2 = 2 3 7 BRITISH MUSEUM (NaTURAL History) - - - - - =<: 10 a 1 ‘ HOURS OF ADMISSION: = BRITISH MUSEUM - - : - - - - aie" - 9 BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HIstory) = pat - - ~ vee. IT - GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROGRESS : THE WAR—PROTECTIVE MEASURES - - - - - ay Seay ee SPACE LENT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS - - - - - - -- 12 TEMPORARY BESTSEr TON - - - - - - - - -- 13 VISITORS - - - = : a = = is SP BEADING ROOM AND NEWSPAPER RooM. - - - - - - 13 PRINCIPAL ACQUISITIONS cts - = ie a - - - =) 14 . 44 es BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY.) ‘s : 8 - GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROGRESS: Page VISITORS - - - = = = 2 a Z = a = sede 3 ’ OFFICIAL GUIDE - - - - - = - - —= | = Os 2 SWINEY LECTURES - - - - - - : : = = Sete SPECIAL EXHIBITS - - - - = - = : ~ veer ae 1S THE WAR AND THE MUSEUM - : - : : = : : eS INVESTIGATIONS - = - - = : E : Z ets BEQUESTS AND GIFTS - - - - - - 2 - Z BN PURCHASES. (=o) /=n08~ = - - - ‘ = = 96 PUBLICATIONS - - - - - - - : s 2 21 Bad ~ * TaoTein [ary a , ania: iY seiriagest ; sa sasuterty xe rape Ea Kinser Tee roam wera acRnees4 "Wo 44 ‘AB eS 3 a ts 4 a copete. il Peete m ree we gales oF See ele do es Is TPL x WARE ne wearlie , : iE ES “g est eee ; ana om see, Fe 2 canes > ‘ i- - a) “aos _ | - m i , én 4 nie (i e= is, ? ~ a m ; : if i} ACCOUNTS,\ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3 : : D ; a ' L—AN ACCOUNT of the Recriprs and EXPENDITURE of the | BRIDGEWATER FUND, from the Ist April 1918 to the 31st March 1919. ; Pa STOCK, t ie “CASH. 24% Consols. f b x ; Fe ee £. ee a: { To BALANCES on the Ist April 1918 Wienten ieee eo 13,659 3 2 : — DIvipEeNDs received on 13,6597. 3s. 2d. Stock - in 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed ; “s by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz. : : lie On the 5th April 1918 a Be Oi To s ; an me Ginduly 1918- -- 85 7 4 > | a : “- 5th October 1918 - 85. -% -4 i oe. ; » Sth January 1919 - So Te . 2 s S ae . eo ae A Be —Rent oF A REAL Estate, Whitchurch, : ¥ i ; 3 - _ bequeathed by the Earl of senpiccubetaas (less 1 ik charges) - - oe pa by ae ; : |. £.68616 9 13,659 3 2 , OT Sees ce a STOCK, f i 2 ied CASH. 23% Consols. i ee oa : I Ft | ay ae £ s. a ae - By One Year’s SALARY of the Egerton Librarian - 175 - - t bd _ — AMOUNT’ expended in purchase of Manuscripts - 395 2 —- a Be _ — BALANCES ON THE 31st Marco 1919, 4 Fi bs carried to Account for 1919-1920 - - =) LG eS 13,659 a 2 i fa 2 : (By ¢ £.686 16 9 13,659 3 2 ip 7 SRLS os Nee if a & IL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerprs and Expenpiture of the iB q FARNBOROUGH FUND, from the {st April 1918 to the 31st March 1919. iF S.. STOCK, ae a he Sap a CASH. — 24% Consols. 4 e 4 \ : ate 4 = aa | oa Se? £. 8. a. b — To BALANCES on the Ist April i918 - - TLI6” 9 "2,879 10 -7 4 eo a received on 2,879/. 10s. 7d. Stock in ' : eel : a 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by i oa, Lord Farnborough, 7 viz. : 4 eer ts On the 5th April 1918 £TI7 19 11 ; = ee ath duly 1918. = 69: 17-19 II ; : a --,,. ° 5th October 1918. - iy ss ag Ua ; : -- 5th January, 1919 - ean wed f iy _ ——— 7119 8 ; ; See. £143 16" 6 2,879 10 7 = : : : STOCK, ‘ > - = es ak CASH. 24% Consols. Et - S. 8. & a sabe 5 By AMOUNT expended in purchase of Manuscripts - NEES Sie _ — BALANCES ON THE 3IST MarcH 1919, = he * - earried to Account for 1919-1920 - - - 19 5 98 2,879 10 7 x £.143 16 5 2,879 10 7 4 . * 3 S SS —_—————— Se 7 | - a chy oe ane a utize aati ud aa eaies 3. ae ae ORSON Rad ee wp ieee ; fe Oy rs Rear hs te e¥9 2980 watt ST oe ee my ; : iow 4 . > aye e { Ps, | Sree du) os oe} Oem “4 — © e at - ue ’ & ai cre & ed a “ 3 C. be a hues ) i ae eee — — te | z . ; '- “i So savy eer S Dee apeoll oft | O22! dow i ale pay 07-20 ! fimga te! onli ean «Ge sete f rh Bp a # - = a reas £8) ee bo a : wb sete kT 20! ‘yh Retteped - ‘ £228. wl el ot ; et hee ee ee te Se ee a q : : ; E 4 ACCOUNTS, .ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. IIIL—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and EXPENDITURE of the SWINEY -FUND, from the Ist April 1918 to the 31st March 1919. STOCK, . CASH. 24% Consols. i £. $.° du bas a. To BALANCES on the Ist April 1918 - - - Ly Re ee 5,744 — 8 — DIVIDENDS received on 5.7441. - 8d. Stock in 24 per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by 2 Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz. : On the 5th April 1918 u=+: 8.35 18 °— » 5th July 1918 - - 35 18 —- ». dth October 1918 -- 3518 — Pee » 5th January 1919 - 35 18 - ~ > ————— 143 12 - £.160: 19-1 5,744 - 8 STOCK, Casa. 24% Consols. : Ee fe a: ese EGC By AMOUNT paid to Dr. T. J. Jehu, for Lectures on Geology in 1918 - - - - - 155 - - — BALANCES ON THE 31st Marcu 1919, carried to Account for 1919-1920 - - - Bal Sage les 5,744 - 8 “£.160 19 I 5,744 - 8 IVAN ACCOUNT of the Recerers and Exrenvitvre of the BIRCH FUND from the Ist April 1918 to the 31st March 1919. ae Foe _ . . §TocK, - ; =. OasH. 24% Consols. epee Oe Se ed: To BALANCE on the Ist April 1918 - - - - — 565 3 9 — DIVIDENDS received on 565/. 3s. 9d. Stock in - 2} per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, viz. : red On the 5th April1918 - -£.3 10 8 - es Tas » oth July 1918 - =993° 20°78 » oth October 1918 - =. 310-8 » . Sth January 1919 - ~ 3 10-8 ; ‘ = .——— 14 2 8 £.14_2 8 565 3 9 STocK, CASH. 24% Consols. Hae, IU Ee Spa By LrGacy 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 Marcu 1919, carried to Account for 1919-1920 - - - - _— bObees1) 9 ; ng aftrxoss eft t0 TK POA Wash - $2 . : ol : 1G} eon lf pe ot B1OT Fag A tet adi met? 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CHARLES DRURY EDWARD FORTNUM from the 1st April 1918 to the 31st March 1919. / Stock, CasH. 5Y War Loan. ; Bis. aoe Bn ged. : To Batanoxs on the Ist April ee - - =: 112.19 :7 1,900°-- - * - eet on mn War Loan - ; - - - 937 = = STOCK, Casi. 5% War Loan. £. $. d. £. 3. d. Ne . St Sg =a £.207 19 7 1,900 - - : rs 3 - BALANCES ON THE 31st Marcu 1919, carried VIL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recsrrts and EXPENDITURE of the : ; CARCHEMISH EXCAVATIONS FUND from the | 1st April 1918 to the 31st March 1919. CasH. £._ 8. d- ne Casi. (ie = . £. 8. d. _ By BALANCE on the 31st March 1919, carried to Account for 1919-1920 68 14 1 ’ £.68 14 1 a e ee 1519-1990 - ~- | = 207 19 T1900 — -~ are ae £.207 19 7 1.900 25 a : oy me: 68 14 1. be | ae ee 8.68 16 T: arots NO ee eee i eee se at ae ee ee ok fe eT wae SP Be RET EP 22 OE ES Se iF ies uh ii ac chris ee oe ee ee ee tres: ; ” OTS “> Pckes LFS é ° £0 vies TESA ip wen es SBE! Le to, SE PEE MORT TENE ras nb ast og e ° > ‘a ~ or ~ . . aj) ; wae) ee ee ee ee aS oo Y y # fa # , rT ru ra SNE A ERRSANIIS vata Oy ida cA ke b 7 | ad > 7 es 4+ & i <-> segig + & -_—- sa a. Mais Riad es ne ue —aratiie ede }i fy WAT PERE Bey to ooe is comiped off Yo sarrinedys find erereoalllede ee a oo MUTA UGA WOR Yat 790 Ags >. Prey dowBk gus8 od ou aie Hog tt! a 77S Gitni Ww oer eA mos = an ° A) gi .- z . ae - . “y ' 0) tea SS eet ” aaa awa iim 20H EL fing s a yA a cara C8C! giana Tee ae | , @7 NE ~ - ; / - ef | ei ict _* ae RN ; v P 4 oa do ASITIGeseess bee erusoz8 odd ee ot ont OVC SHOP s tanre AICE yal doth add oF 810E ar had rr ‘ eal es Te + See tye oe eat ee a ee eee ee —_— " oo —— ~ ; 7 a -— la a “0 ’ a. ea 7 ¢ , — ie i +a ; : ie oe ; _* ml, m4, , se.” ie A a i & : iar t _ ," a f “ tpt a * ; eS) z 4 Bee aN : 7, ere th : ice 4 ‘N ah,’ ‘a = od a . 4 te ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. = bys Sy ncidtiaasc igh aid for) VII.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipts and EXPENDITURE of the bequest of the late MR. HENRY LOUIS FLORENCE from the 1st April 1918 to the 31st March 1919. : She 5 Raa Shae easy al § STOCK. > oi CASH. 5% War Loan. - if oS nd bo esd F Pee To BALANCES on the Ist April 1918 - - - 60>. (3456 1,052 12 6. = — INTEREST on 5% War Loan, 1929-47 - - 52-12.>6 : f £.112 16 0 1,052 12 6 STOCK. z ; i pe hes CASH. 5% War-Loan. 3 ae . pee Sem 5. ee a. - Sa _ BY BALANCES ON THE 31ST Marc 1919, carried = Ss to Account for 1919-1920 - - - - W216 0 1,052 12 6 cK? eg : £.112 16 0 1,052 12 6 Viti. 2AN ACCOUNT of the JOHN A. ROEBLING FUND from the , - 3rd February 1919 to the 31st March 1919. STOCK. : 5% War Loan. 4 £.. 8. da. - To Stock purchased with “proceeds of sale of nee Bonds presented by Mr. John A. Roebling - - - - 1,049 8 10 Ist April 1919. , 3 Frederic G. Kenyon, es = Director and seis; Librarian. CEIied Say t= OTe STAIN: x “ ' Siiwied odé to 32 Prexntkt ine ereresad oft jn TRUOOSA MA—IV “ c SOA BVO! Yast AW wisd adi ‘0PG? deuelt mls acd ai BILLS sgh def ey > Lith 2 “eat 7 p= F » JB b © <) em '.& @ 'i jingh col odd oo Ghotaose o af BS Rit Fe eeed 2 peek sal dak oo seuaeredl, ~ ~ oh io = 7 _ —— — be \ » th ban: Of ti E : se RR ee f | t = Ws ront= ’ fre, § -idi 248 ‘ns 2 \ 1 8 a = ' 2 > ea “7 . 7 ’ . teins CGi BOagl Jalé sxe Ba usoeeioad 7% 5 . ; 2 “e] fac: et Si HCCt-Li¢T +o! tacoma’ od SS Re wr, 7 | sti «z . : ~ ee Sc ale Mt CAST SHLNEAGH A KHOU od: Yo TKHOIIA WaT TES Sonik fe i- Sa od 268i puncte rm - oe : ; tian? who t id stu fe atteoen Aliw ‘tule 2578 ul ee = Féee,! : ; pikiosit _), whol, 2k “3 yeleserts *s ; ae ee : E an Sere ene ae AN em ManmGis lagiscttes Loe cotsaul Foe ee a ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. oo uv cre 8: B” ~ Wieqeosll | j-— — vom} 4 a 1 v be _ “t — ' a eo rs | dee 7 ee | . 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Mr Bi, ' Ae, EE gah hoo weit it 1 a Migs é a i < —_ oF . ole — ¥ * vw) “Mize, * 7 ake y - * aad : bay - f a? 4 .¥ % ; . . . nes “Yt ree; a hy ie Occ eel fen fold buy erie | 4 z e { ih! “a, / j Sa b . + ’ ctpeaeadd Latwld ¢ ee Aes = ca iy) wel cet ves oo hPL +) “068 ue: stan 805 ba) bei | h 4 . : : meer \ ae Ne: a = - ) . ee. a ee ee we 4% IOs cond : CM) ayet! geet rece @F-O0 agatedll eae Vo (anal wi) cares eu * vgs roe op Oh 4 te te sarin? wy oer help fae aby - ~ ‘pet Maoh pein 101 aber gia t tt ale Oi ar v4 3 ACCOUNTS ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9 The British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and Maps, Manuscripts, Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British and Medizeval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) is normally open to the public free daily (except on Good Friday and Christmas _ Day and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving). At present, however, the Print Department and the galleries of. the Egyptian and Assyrian Department on the upper floor, being still in the occupation of the Registry of Friendly Societies, to which they were lent during:the war, are closed to the public. _ The remainder of the Museum, excepting King Edward VII.’s Galleries, is open to the public daily on week-days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., from April to August inclusive. After 4 p.m. in _ January, February, November, and December, and after 5 p.m. in March, September, and October, only certain of the galleries. remain open. Sunday opening of = Exhibition Galicia. has not yet beer resumed. The Reading Room is open to Students from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.,. the Newspaper Room and Manuscript Students’ Room from 10 a.m. to.5 p.m., on every weekday except Good Friday, Christmas Day, and the first four weekdays in March and September. Frederic G. Kenyon, Director and Principal Librarian. British Museum, } 10th June 1919. 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Ay ie The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural . aS History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, including the a: Departments of Zoology, Entomology, Geology and Palson- EF ology, Mineralogy,.and Botany, are open to the public, free | a. ily, except Good Friday and Christmas BNE and days ue E peplic Fast or Thanksgiving. f : ; The iiacs of Admission are as under :— : ie On Weex-Days, throughout the year from 10 a.m., in iscnary and ia ie Sake eee Bae a 3 SS ‘p.m. a tcc RN ee ht cane RS SF Bence ofa: © March _... we ial ti PC SEA _ April to August... ae - ae oe a See ce _ September ... : ee ins Mckee ON “a . depen November ond Eeomber BE a iy fe _ er in January ... Ree ee: Erore a 2.7) to 40° p.m. iE _ February Ist ‘to Lath Pkg if ogy, OY a en aOR. 1 ee oo ,. . 15th to end ip ee yaa tai fe a ; March od ne ee Siaeet rere mT ON os I April ae A SR ay 2S Sek Ls G ‘. ; May to August aN Ste ee Ree het - 3 _ September ... Bee me af Res he a cn m October ... Sy ee ee: EN a 2 ” 4 ” i. “November and December . me . § a "Persons are eae to study in these Departments every week- t . from 10 till 4 o’clock. ~ i 5 er eo... (Natural ey Liat oe 1919. Director of the Natural §. F. Harmer, History Departments. ia ea ie If wow Uexice ght wus bevete ty om: wag taint “3. Jo eure ide +} ? H , . va | see \ ot pitwin .otiguieneS diet babel P-tin { b, a YR aes * % f. wojod | 72 ,bthd. sty wt osge ger vnc >I » q, - a) F | é or ee ee ae “ « Faia de > 3 = ; * as $ Bey \ 7 . . Se tbee te os sobtniorh A Gis : : ‘ y i= ¢ . o, = > 5 7 A : -® & eee et = r ie 4 yi tthe OL coed cotep oul ‘vadgoods a = ea ‘ . = bo i = o «i } res ‘ai F ; ne £. ‘ : 1 os o ; ‘ ic es . iow bs = \€ Di Sg ete ORs Flake oh ae! 6 oei4b a x 4 i¥ re ah 4 ~ ‘ va fod . La MK ee 2 7 : s . + - e ; ad aad ’“ a & R e §&. Me - ve ¢ e- 7 ‘ ian ie . ef Va .% a sh pes e 7 = “<—* Ts » © + - , a ced e* ee , a ee eda etnd qed Sead! ni vi 1d Kadi oe. | : J is’ 3 ere an | iy ‘ sre A 3 ; | pee i t8- aud to swogs | } Aywieii T That eanirigatcentt qoiel Br e 12 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. X. GeNERAL Progress at THE Museum, Bioomssoury. During the early part of the year the whole.work of the Museum was conditioned by the warning, received towards the close of 1917, that air-raids in greater force, and utilising much heavier bombs, might be expected in the spring. Since the Museum offered a large.and conspicuous area for attack, and no building could be | considered proof against a direct hit by a heavy bomb, it was 4} resolved to remove (so far as might be practicable) the most | valuable objects in the collections to positions of greater safety. Accordingly the most important among the portable objects in the Departments of Antiquities (including the Frieze of the Parthenon, the best of the Greek vases and bronzes, the chief Assyrian bas-reliefs, the Rosetta Stone, and the finest objects of medizval art), together with practically the whole collection of | Coins and Medals, were transferred to a station on’ the newly ff completed Postal Tube Railway, some fifty feet below the surface vat of Holborn. Special provision for their accommodation and for their protection against damp was made by His Majesty’s Office of Works ; and the station was continuously warded by members | of the Museum staff. 3 For the printed books, manuscripts, and prints and drawings, accommodation was offered by the Governors of the National Library of Wales in their new buildings at Aberystwyth, and some fifteen van-loads of the most precious literary and artistic treasures of the Museum were transferred thither, together with a portion of the staff. A small selection of exceptionally valuable printed books was housed by Mr. C. W. Dyson Perrins in the strong room of his house near Malvern. EF A further selection of objects, ranking next in importance to oe ee those removed, was placed in the strong rooms in the basement of the Museum, where they were believed to be safe against anything except a direct hit from a bomb of the heaviest type. In the basement also were placed, under coverings of sandbags, the sculptures which were too heavy for removal to the Tube, including the figures from the Pediment of the Parthenon, and the collection of mummies. The Assyrian bulls, the larger Egyptian sculptures, and the metopes of the Parthenon, which could not be removed from their positions ‘n the galleries, were protected in situ by sandbags. Much of the glass and china, which could not be | removed, was protected against the risk of concussion by being | stored in packing cases. | In view of this partial clearance of the galleries (which, however, was very far indeed from emptying the Museum), it was suggested that the vacant space might be utilised for the accommodation of Government Departments, thereby relieving . ey 796 Wim beleyhto (eR fet a t oo eae ~~. a men Ge iO atte an Ss ; vos, oy 3 or) ae t~ Seem ard do Paver ality adi uz ot i Seng eo anid ger pe C aaere aaty ati WRas: yeOET Custer, Bit i one jeri 2897 eile a pi ; oh eee al re t ip bree ae (teres Ie » absbemeia Pens Seite” frees oct on Disre Samiee of bn: ' iW cols, siforrecon’ Pak a an Fees ' : PAGES |B) DRE? sen59 heaps hades J a = t : ¢° um eds (sileoroyic WW 5 Bex sp ad ig) Seereey eee é « ® . \ : * @. o>. < dal alta ee Yesesy + esaiiery Ge TSCUOBLGe, Hal i oe ND SC Ree : , = % A: ‘ 14 ote! 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Mpletvoniee to act: ind thee sj iw aie «oi t5 Stale PUT lie i) Letbiaq oe wate ah: i WaerasesE att ‘Marve so 3. heabint «7 pa J en¥. rid) beeitin. oa By sony same ap {athe dicey goin eres: eto madame Cent ve) lo aaa “ z - vr) - y x oo ree ‘i sy in eye nite hi iF aes = * GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. 13- the ‘pressure upon hotels and other buildings in London; and, in particular, a most unfortunate proposal was made to place the * Air Board there. Fortunately both for the Air Board and the Museum the approval originally given to the scheme by the Government was rescinded, in view “of (1) the proved unsuitability of the accommodation for the purposes of the Board, (2) the length of time that would be required to remove the contents of the Museum with due regard to their safety, (3) the reluctance of the public to see the Museum endangered by placing a large _.combatant Department in it, thereby making it a very legitimate as well as conspicuous mark for air attack. “After the rejection of this proposal it was, however, agreed to provide accommodation, in two ranges of almost unoccupied galleries, for the Registry of Friendly Societies. The accommodation was very inconvenient for _ the purposes of the Registry, and since the armistice the presence of this alien Department has greatly retarded the restoration of the Museum as a whole; so that this experiment on a comparatively small scale has confirmed the wisdom of the rejection of the earlier and more far reaching proposal. The occupation of a portion of the Sub-Ground Floor of the new wing by the Statistics Branch of the Medical Research . Committee, and of a portion of the. Basement by the effects of _ German prisoners under the charge of the Prisoners cf War Bureau, has continued throughout the year. ~The work of all this removal of collections by a much depleted staff necessitated the postponement of the scheme for re-opening portions of the Museum to the public ; but as soon as the removal __ was completed the scheme was taken up again. The originals in - the galleries of Greek and Roman sculpture, including the Elgin ~ Room, were replaced by casts; electrotypes of coins and a selection of Greek vases were added ; an exhibition of manuscripts and printed books was arranged in the Grenville Room; and thus a small exhibition, reaching from the Grenville Room through the Entrance Hall and Graeco-Roman galleries to the Elgin ‘Room, was prepared and opened to the public in August. The “exhibition proved attractive and enabled many of the, overseas troops to see something at least of the British Museum. As soon as the armistice was signed, the restoration of the Museum was at once taken in hand. The removal of sandbags. _ began immediately, and before the end of the year the Assyrian Transept, containing the great bulls and lions from Nineveh, had _ been restored to view. Tie return of collections from Abery rstwyth, _ Malvern, and the Tube station began in December. But the main _ work of bringing back the collections from their places of safety, | and of restoring them to their positions, fell into the ensuing year. ® ‘Visitors a the Reading Room during the year amounted to- 114,543, as compared with 121,538 in 1917, giving a daily average of 378. The visitors to the Newspaper Room were 10, 890, as against 9,108, and to the Manuscript Room 4,621, as _ against 5 483. Much use was made of the resources of the Library i siaisebeinaia emt Ae OT ET Pe Ne re EY TY ER ROE BE KE er PEs RITA ee ee se ee Sana “porceamennene at oe fale | 3 me ne ‘ bei, ein, Sse _ - > An ¥ Tha re he %, co ad A i oe ale eS eS x ee eel > —_ 4 yy : r Tw o ‘os i ae a a . q oe ae ie Pa ; , pd ew 3 Tee *, 7 $ a ‘ @ » . S ° i ¥ i ba ‘ea aS \ > ‘ J ad $path ede DRA Ls LepnAres s) . i ‘ rn e& vee Aso seta Saki rb ae | Garett 22. any bon ll Satie : « py dete = r eG “s es he See atte ; ge ees 7 -gadin. feet Mi aan Aegon Mw © ti { se Lo ETE se >a oO a; 3 Tatas wo ‘ paper: a” tt) Sts A ae MS) lnvnage. 8 ? . pie. Tyey ad ? i i. oh vlvaltoan “ F ee . 7] a2% a tapi ads Va cae aay rds 1) gna eit -3 mito ens aes of teste p= ie hinow 4 rn ait h). Milter wea” & — mil a ykinatg. es inate gabe vonsctangs IF =r. > oe y Q ade , tO Teratrae ie seh. Bi at's i“ F ; ®t ’ é neupet. alt ST: eee ee rears aD a ra kite Hh) + ‘sbi fi 1G Po bd owas rt Satta ID Citas ud Tl iim: Herbasonae ieveerlin | Tyan? 2 ‘ teat Poa ant Seka el goiteitive: aM! enike Fes ial Saas ati Yom DO Seep kees art. irre tla. Bc oreate 9 bet cr dutiw silt 3 WOLIA AT: 3 3083 Ah; era we WIS est a7 im ro°> gs ; TRUE t4 hao dts wil bi ere sh ince LasihaBt oft to. dod samkmeitedt mrs xa) de ate pad yl das Seal a ie TIO’ ) wit meng Wt 1 wera? ea7 De ep unl 8 mebatt hd wear aah Pk eo 5 el an pptowp haar F 20" els i) als Shas: ramon att. Ie Trespass ganog — | aaa on tod polled etlee am oe "FS iy) gst avin! sae ponsdos oR euler? Le mie 4 leva? all ag ow Svipien oft Wel tlt epibva fed et urghuse eguier ‘Bas AssxO 4 ve teas" han = 2 ao ayes } a2heroaprcau. to eorgyie sicals ; tea. vd boosiget@ ~~ ithlides ot ; bebhe emw ge put 7000 otiva mi a) bopmeree eewy ood? tren olliiepwd> ed? mow gotta val als 08 re Hehling dd oer et oe Jak ~ atl. dexgud gi otided adt ob Leusge f gustIND ota Ww vans Kaldaee bay ‘fot eke ocld So tay tn herve. dame ent a a = dive eiieharis odd 2a ‘eonovan 3280, been mi mile aoe ie | nasty ed te die ot croted baw he trea bia" Metals 1 ee ‘saat anotl Bars atid jnotg. od 3 goin honey wi? aitoatin Fo erusiey war wake « dina old Ane RL es at Saye! nate adoT tb tiv hor Sy deadly dant ile si deahin wild Poi + Tenn edt obs) led ewertlene aikelt ot spelt o a; SOAS. TERY oqdi Rearend tts | guteell’ oft of i Romwm isi at BORIS (786k gimol qr , oo +Y " } — P - . w 7w a\ ii F f "e7ES Mae mill Jo ove ideas Gulf ie ohinta BW one . tal. -eF0"7 oa PE itn ie + 24" ror ee 2 ay alee LB be agent 1 Ds PRN eet pa ee: t i ‘ pice Oh Ne tt a | be ‘| Pee 5 , ° ; Pare PLO LO athe t brig She ilyp =< aan ig Se a RE le A a 14 ACOOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. by the Intelligence Departments of the Admiralty and War Office. The visitors to the temporary exhibition between August and Deceinber amounted to 150,442. The number, of separate objects incorporated in the several Departments during 1918 is as follows :— Printed Books : ; eA Books and Pamphlets 2 ee Meera meer - 18,612 Serials and Parts of Volumes - = - ~? 251835 Maps and Atlases - - - 2 - - 2,344 Music - - - - = . 5. ns = Yr. td — : - leaped sorrel. aie _ - ee : i ipod ape : — - Msie esieed: hate fare) oe - - e413 noite xe wibesl St: oven Sit. - - . : sino Mt Bing eta a RTA Tés » * = gx ‘ nae ne — in 4 ni dower) iz ak” Bath "24 Rises "Y Ati eee we ty teil big? «iT “ peoestitnge) afl canuities tite eoboty let saqay ol emepee . mosiattivag aygiat tof berries asthe s7a- a 20. Aiiitieiipse vcs osdtiagh fite, siind inet UENCE oft : 03 bastilress Things: Tepe Vtew emis | ION fair “al Bere os : ; see ee Sets of T 3 ctraenh ott Yo shoo’ sptriseepe to wip he . ; bipwb ro) brevles fe nO) tw ayeiy sty Oot yas 8, oper S 44 saat poi xis 2 ao oti JH ve chee) Tae py _ ratios Hort a‘ setenged 7 Site Bh met ath, ve batnente aque tore! ae 2 wef aa a6 yis Dre jyedniy.7 view: vite cet, -, aciwelk 3 of jel ati Hy: we eeaiserte0 | 15 eeteill 35 nHitpalered Swalondl Laohapeceti! igitheumteny Wi ors. od? bro 5 beinwasg ‘rag box boeniogag aineg staat Ataeb deotid acti 8h1 Lc sie ee i Aap Speers ar an moeeM adi cain ol feo adel if bow aw q bed ued tee tebe weap aie eteatln jam saginas hie amnion. havi °° Far ff to otte -o()) sv Take! xfi an ape nod? Ge wish) a it ye ie ated od weron inaiet faong@oil aM oO itt: jo ai doe a seo: Ww if Faas TA: to an 3é “eee OF dh ‘Stim env fiaB- = st * 4 | Cab ceitipicn Ye. gosln tony ag) kn wake ie a abl) re ‘are ietienst 1 dc tin. th bathe ie aay Si ME AE eet wilted eo o> Himrdepanll wl Soyer arte.. 7 af , 47t! Pethada wigbel y in hy - “4 ; om AOL FEL eo F SY GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. 15 Palmerin da Oliva, printed at Seville, 1525. Twelve service-books, 1499-1590. Bequeathed by the Rev. __ Fi. §. Dewick. ; Cavendish, Book of Madrigals, 1598. Ptolemy, Geographia, 1513, Speed’s> Theatrum Magne Britannic, 1616, and 13 maritime atlases and pilot books, 1794-1810. The Glen Collection of Scottish Music, containing over 500 volumes. Deposited by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise. a “Manuscripts. Four liturgical MSS., including a Hereford Missal, ‘14th century, and a York Diurnal, 15th century. Bequeathed by the Rev. E. S, Dewick. ~ Pontifical of Treves, 1456-1503. Presented by the Rev. E. C. Pr aaa nae oe “ SF iy bd oe Dewick. Missal of the Cistercian Abbey of Morimondo, 1302, and two other MSS., purchased from the Dewick Library. Dante, Divina Commedia, early 14th century, from the Vernon Library. 3 Peterborough chartulary, 14th century. ~ Hogarth’s Analysis of Beauty, autograph. Several autographs from the Morrison collection. 4 Vala, by William Blake,, autograph, with drawings. : Presented anonymously. : _ Hight letters of Charlotte Bronté to G. H. Lewes. Presented by Mrs. C. Lewes. : Oriental. A Persian MS. of the 14th century and a fine Turki and Persian MS., about 1500. Presented by R. S. Greenshields, Esq. Presented by Otto Beit, Esq. Several chiaroscuro woodcuts from the collection of the Rev. J. Franck Bright. Partly. presented by Lord Glenconner., US oa | Heseltine, Esq., and other donors. ‘ ___A-Diirer, Death and the Soldier, the rare first edition. Presented by the Diirer Society. Sakari A large collection of lithographs by Daumier, Gavarni, etc. Presented by C. L. Rutherston, Esq. a } a esented by the National Oi nes: ordh eek naeriow mol jer e gribiloa aeinoice 7 4 sien VA owd WetiekotS = -.20709 Laraaidld hao debeell oreboms — edt % foorg inh aiden as aqgedieq comivege en ter Ay 7 badtieany S ollonsalS we seevialnlf ovissmpoll ~ ; . : reat. agttieg 04 ip anile WT “trndorell % Ishem Hawg rt Pr pa ‘sttasAstae eit ys hevigetiegee anpact Secs + ‘Aoie base dave? cone) -labenp ter lmgted WEED teodc + aio reey Sti y purty 2 beagesi noiseptitheg v bene ait” “ay ; anid tee ns sda ot - wie A c % LST mena) igqvenin ifn aneit . t BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). ata XI. British Museum (Natura History). SUMMARY of GeneraL Progress made at the Natural History Museum in the year 1918. . : In view of the continued shortage of paper, only a summary of ' the departmental reports of progress- and acquisitions has been _ printed, as in the preceding year. ; q The total number of visits made by the public to the Natural _ History Museum during 1918 was 422,805, as compared with 423,128 in 1917. The attendance on Sunday afternoons was 46,109, as against 46,468 in the preceding year. The average daily attendance for all open days was 1,165; for week-days, 1,211; and for Sunday afternoons, 887. With the exception of the northern Geological Galleries all the Exhibition Galleries of the Natural History Museum were open to the public either on alternate days or daily, including Sundays, during the war. The daily opening of all the exhibition galleries has been resumed, and steps have been taken with a view to the release from military service of all members of the staff, so as to enable them to take up their duties at the Museum as soon as possible. _. It has been decided to keep the Museum, open to the public till 5 p.m. on weekdays during the winter months (November- _ February). throughout the same period, and have been much in request by parties of soldiers, many of them wounded, and others. The . principles of colour-protection have been demonstrated by him to _ officers and men of the Camouflage School on many occasions, and _ in these demonstrations the following exhibits have been of special — service :—In the Central Hall, Thayer’s bird-models illustrating _ protective coloration, the cases containing Northern Animals in _ Summer and Winter Dress and Desert Animals, and the Mimicry - ease; amongst the Mammals, the Lion, Tiger, and Leopard, the - Ruffed Lemur, Great Panda, Takin, Zebra, and Giraffe ; and in other galleries, such exhibits as the cases of Terns and Plovers _ with eggs and chicks, the Little Bittern, the Python, Coral Snake _ and Krait, the Tree Frogs, Mackerel and Tunny, and many Insects. Dr. T. J. Jehu gave, at the Royal Society of Arts, a course of twelve lectures on the Swiney foundation, his subject being “ Man and his Ancestry.” The total attendance for the course was 2,563, or on an average 214 persons per lecture. “A “Guide to Rats and Mice as Enemies of Mankind” has been prepared, giving some account of the instrumentality of these rodents in destroying crops and in spreading various serious diseases such _ as Bubonic Plague and Trichinosis. (Economic Series, No. 8.) The services of the Official Guide Lecturer have been continued — ee : ry 6 bi APT PRONE PNY BEER TD re es hat at ny LEROY ON Tah omy a eT saute user 4) atwetlt merely — Le nce aan Moloncie4 oft ae obew sraseord enivea Pe i 25°. od ee +) or Tastes 2 VIRG 194 ae | enced Loveitner — wah Be - eceein ree sali 7Af4 CA TOT ke astioqe | et a pom * Lert odie ot. ofbled ont yd alien stietr- hw dive baragekos 2B 208.882 «dw Bie! wucruet kuw \aneooretts ees ie aa sonabatette. ott y wal STH ot j Da, qi Per | aay. ai Rod, CP) Jyab-deer 10) .2al.f ww dem onge, lig tel . 13? enoonzaite yabralh a ari tin, 4afroilied: I lavigalloot) oiediios 8 Jo solig 100 “cay ripen erode letwieh od} te t shoot gerihuas i ig tliak 76 eve sicoratin BO Boy i. eed satya) Sy 0% fivide ie fie exglts of of were. 0 dtw aydet ansd gifaae OF em of Time era te Sap sien ie ke Aaa. 62 908 es we —— de win va siidug oe ot Mego ampoule good of bebdiceb"s -vdtenvet) adiucin sehice eit astrob, vrahioow Lavatigos gned avec sottttal ebiv€) ini add Yo ei jeetiyon |’ oi owen used rind fh game ee atl elto bop petevgme “mrotlt Se Daal ce ml i bat or wail orad £ . bra _nereubow ‘ene Oy kageee otal tt jn 4 Ininege 40 Sai c ‘od tididze guiwollet odd oe e% ssileveg thi elefinaysbard fievedT {all fone : ds a dentiak shang yulgkstaos HSS ads veuiall! edd baw iemink digaeG Lax anos] sax of} Urgopl. tae a45 ei? chem at begs vg deat hk oidkeT ohne 7 eovel’S hae eateT tx sete odt a2 vfididew Joos g sdane bso ,nodee th 4b. — alta mot . : jomand root bow’ yoowt ban lorvdyall | cap ty 464000 oe +h EN “sdeione 4d3 +@ Be wal ured ino idles. eid ah pe Mat «ou Gigs abt we wenete ldor ad "og wea ay eye aa ior! opel ’ harmo we onjtenneatl nS ee rife wy nee “ile te aoa is es it as oie Lapin une nt. me ets Hot ol osive -orponte | siacotall se AP cai cupipa ies Ga pe a aS a al altel ak ecient aN iD . A — mere oat arene SC TT, ada 18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A small exhibit is being prepared to illustrate the transmission of disease by rodents and other small mammals. A special exhibit of Birds Beneficial to Agriculture is also in preparation, to which a Guide-book will be issued forming a further number of the Economic Series. i A series of mounted birds, collected by Officers of the 10th Black Watch and 77th Infantry Brigade Headquarters on the Balkan front during the years 1915-18, has been lent for exhibition ‘by Major P. Stormonth-Darling. Various arrangements were made for the security of the contents of the Museum against hostile air raids, including the temporary removal of the more valuable collections to places outside London. Accommodation for the study collection of small mammals was kindly provided by the Committee of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter; the Sloane herbarium and a number of type specimens and original drawings of plants of historical value as well as a number of meteorites were, by the kindness of Lord Rothschild, housed in his Museum at Tring. Since the cessation of hostilities all the specimens removed have been safely returned without loss or mishap. The following matters connected with the war have been referred to the Natural History Museum for advice and information :— A report has been furnished to the Food (War) Committee of the Royal Society with reference to an important practical question in relation to the movements of certain fishes. Research work has been undertaken by a member of the staff (Dr. W. T. Calman) in connection with an inquiry into the corrosion -. of cement, metals, and wood in sea water, initiated by the Institution of Civil Engineers at the request of the Food (War) Committee of the Royal Society. To illustrate this work an exhibit of boring animals is in preparation. Information has been given to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries with reference to consignments of frozen fish sent over - from Canada for Army food purposes and determined as being - “ Squirrel Hake,” a species of fish very inferior to genuine Hake, under which name the fish had been released from cold storage for distribution. : The attention of the Ministry of Food and other Departments has been called to the possibility of utilizing whale flesh as a source ~ of food supply. In reply to an enquiry, information has been furnished to the Admiralty with regard to the rate of growth of certain marine invertebrates. . Correspondence has continued to take place with the Colonial Office in relation to a variety of subjects, of which the following are the most important :— ' a) The occurrence of poisonous fishes in the West Indies and Malay States. (b) The re-introduction of the Fur-Seal into South Georgia. ho = ' -. " ) Gatti i, Se t i j ’ ‘i ial a : : SBA . ~< , (isi > P| “4 4 he 7 pe a9Girsi.c 7 FY os PR eb ' 3 few tts i. det r oo Ret STROM = - < Sisto Bio direwsk. es ae “bc; etagr ty Ts ti ‘ a f f - * _— " ? Raat ths oo a ; 2icd Beigeom Te poteen fs wl /§ . oi 43 ~.5 ice : 1 ; . 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MIBPP SIN CADE 6) Tc: A iia WIEST SF ++fan8 | lero¥ ods < r 4 = } P | mre. i aipcoatioyv ade eile 83 wotishes a -ytel ner | eA; a 74 Le d ISRATT on freed Shel Fe aT 9 Ags ons tl » } ars ReTrrT oi Naas ep) co ow cult sete, ot (ana gs & al flow aaa: vip na | outa itt ew. 'g 7; Oriay Lalas ators _oeiren ia =a meena. (an) litioh adf Y6-te nods tabs oe cany mete) Lit) Fo $0 se a: ; * : ) | ; 2 Py = * pee er RUMORS Ge Helier ©'gi stustes tt: H4 < ee | ‘ alin fotolia lll ls a era bes A EEO is. ae A natant aig ages doar: en a Vin 32% dei aes i F f . : “ip os ee. t omen Lats 4 a> they erga: cerondial’y " ee =. BPiMditeicl: bey ¢ 1 ark, jellgebeon Dm eee ee nt to ings 2 ae Zi wd es aoni-ved Geom at Bike tating it Mis ea af ie ee lee dsre Tag iga a + wt bi % : Poh: Miviry 3 ony wdt ok Con dai, slab Ba! B ! ] + " i mal ia a aa Tay) ~; Frith pull Aeocr yal gum , - mn we. es PRYOR Fe ei a 8 Gee WS dit “per! ae? ea coestity abe ing nl ae (c) The protection of animals in Tonga Island and British Honduras. _(d) Whaling statistics in Southern waters. On this subject attention has been drawn to the very significant diminution in the catch of Humpback Whales during recent years. A Committee has been formed for the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, including in its terms of reference the consideration of a scheme for an investigation into Whales and other problems in the Antarctic.. On this Committee the Natural History Museum is represented by Dr. Harmer. i . 3 (e) The possibilities of a fishing industry in South Georgia, with: _. special reference to a certain species known as Notothenia rossiv. _(f) The preservation ‘of Elephant-Seals in South Georgia. Reports have been received furnishing information as to the relative abundance of these animals during different months of the year, the general impression produced by a perusal of which is a satis- factory one, inasmuch as it appears that the effect of sealing > during recent years has not been a marked reduction of the stock of _ Elephant-Seals, the evidence indicating that they are still abundant. _ The Colonial Office has been informed that the Trustees regard with satisfaction the suggested establishment of a Seal Reserve at South Georgia. (g) Sponge culture inthe Bahamas. (h) The acclimatization of Reindeer in South Georgia. The experiment of introducing these animals has met with considerable success, inasmuch as from the 17 individuals imported seven years ago at least 62 are known to have sprung. It has been recom- "mended that fresh stock should be imported from Norway to strengthen the “breed. the life-history and mode of life of these animals. Lord Swaythling- has generously provided a sum of money _——safficient to defray the expenses of a zoological collector for one year, ' to work for the benefit of the Museum in ex-German East Africa. - _ Mrs. Anderson, widow of the late Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., formerly Director of the Indian-Museum, Calcutta, has bequeathed to the Museum the heads and horns of 10 mammals, six of the "specimens being specially mentioned in Dr. Anderson’s ‘‘ Mammals oof Eeypt” (1902). - . fhe mounted specimens received during the year from the ' Trustees of the Rowland Ward Bequest include examples of ~ Mandrill, male and female, from the Cameroons ; Grévy’s Zebra, male, from British East Africa ; Yellow Baboon, Red Howler _ Monkey, White-headed Saki Monkey, Illiger’s Marmoset, Indri, ‘Yupaia, tusks of Water Elephant, Toy Bull-terrier, 67 Birds for the Gallery, and 44 Birds for the exhibit “ Birds and Agriculture.” The total number of gifts received during the year by the several Departments was 1,280. Many of these comprised large numbers of individual specimens. Pe BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 19 In reply to an inquiry as to the possibility of exterminating Land-leeches in the Tropics, information has been furnished as to- . o awd. r _— > ‘ A a. a Se We Fe iY ope iw Ry \e " ce h va od ca ,” } ey ee i v0 " yy : 7 Ps 1 G-*> , “a. wae : , 2 7 Per eames — a - i = . a ru c fs A eA - ov # hs ey + ee | ens a ~ aay aa 5 ‘ 8 Se el ae ee Y Fig hh i n z i ir rentals, rages 4 7 = . ‘4 +d) =) eredh rent ‘ 4 i= ae ie 3 ‘ ‘7 wi esy mh Fe { lige. Phe 2 3? 4 % Sin 5 rac? 0) Og fyi PE of é cae! peeeel’ Ay sea yall + . tr pas } t a & * © 34 ae. Tar Jona 2 eles (itebeee rian ae 2592 oT. Ga , ; Prt tes | * i tad Sop sail a i nf » * tain eee salt ; : t tod weagaed viaod cast fit ht mah mda) croge bese nmae 1 4¥ ema old oe mutlan ey tress? morieh 4o_ oa vonimuniiogn 1 220 Santina ood) pelephortar gs poauet wixebiSbal Ti sci cal a, dal WEY)- 3425 a) +4 |. ARTS fv ‘val org we 4 oa ~ mie sare Poli ati: 6B ie tone areg — bared SE SCMINBIEN So “A ieaet) Ge ee ak TTT eee ao Eis 2ei4 wet $ es Peat ey ba at P< rigest my ni 2 ca = iar ts & 44 8 reo 321 iy orn hen foe «bes wiaoeinog’ dad goidtra G@: i. ale tay i, . wr ere . 8 EP Pw ol? yest 2% ul sinBetire ot gus ¥ 943 ty Sfeend efteas ih oh fl piel ade 96 wollte or) a | at, fetit Reo) ed sorbedl ant ta hm i DUR aT jo 400% Ona Sree Le Pe i 7 es baw hal aie i ee prehans ay 4 RET i iggy pro, ie yeni (ites gepile. td oe Gi 20 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The following may be mentioned as being of special interest or value, namely, from :— Mr. R. L. Scott—a mounted specimen of the Water Elephant from Lake Leopold II., Belgian Congo. Captain H. W. one skull of a lion of specially large size, and the skull and horns of a Blackfaced Highland or Seotch Mountain Sheep, male, from Loch Awe, 1887. Mr. Guy R. G@. Nevinson—the remainder of the collection of Exotic Coleoptera formed by his father, the late Mr. B. G. Nevinson, consisting of about 120,000 specimens contained in 19 cabinets and numerous boxes. The Council of the Royal Microscopical Society—about 1,000 . microscope-slides illustrating the ‘oozes’? spread over the ocean ap at great depths, forming part of the ee SE of the late _ G. C. Wallich. ie E. Heron-Allen—a supplementary set of some 212 slides of oozes from the same collection, with notebooks, maps and charts. Mrs. Hinde—the valuable collection of fossils, chiefly specimens from the Silurian and Ordovician rocks of Canada, the United States, and Sweden, made by the late Dr. George J. Hinde, F.r.s., together with his unique series of microscopic ‘preparations of rocks and fossils. Mr. A. E. Kitson, Director of the Geological Survey of the Gold Coast—a large collection of fossil shells and vertebrate remains from the Ameki cuttings on the Port Harcourt Railway, Southern Nigeria. Mr. James Groves—the British and European herbarium (6, 000 specimens) formed by himself and his brother, Mr. Henry Groves. The Rev. E. F. Linton—his British and European herbarium of ~ 2,500 specimens. Mrs. Ethel B. Ede—an interesting table with a top of inlaid marbles removed, 1850-1853, from the ancient tombs beside the Appian Way. The principal Law made during the year include the eighth instalment of the Distant collection of insects, comprising 5, 000 specimens of Rhynchota and Coleoptera, and including 250 types ; the second and final instalment of the Malcolm Burr collection of Dermaptera (Harwigs), consisting of about 4,500 specimens, and including 64 types.and 406 co-types ; series of 255 and 144 microscope-slides of anatomical preparations of Land Mollusca, mounted by Lt.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.s.; and nine volumes containing some 700 original drawings of the plates in the first 18 volumes of “ Curtis’s Botanical Magazine,” for 1001., towards which sum 25/. was generously contributed by Lord Rothschild. Exchanges and gifts of. duplicate specimens have been made with various institutions and persons. yr : pyre J aE yt ria eh a ¥ - 7 ’ #9 | pis ‘ SE tak r a4 f 2 E 7 ; a ’ * 7 ri | > } 2 ae) 5 7 Free oS fon. Gat pewisin: .. ip Sitter PAC Pile Sip oot one ‘ : Bet ord, dood omadt olay qoul? codon 2 —— ’ ' e * « oof | SS oti Ke brienee otwsacioh DE Ment. ate ve = 2 c ’ Y a 4 - . t . - 5? « > > prtinar .* ] \y ia b i" 2h PET sae Cs ‘ : » * ; Fe , Rac stanede Oi iF bonieines eeceiegs OO ORL syed hao piiaeaes i+ 3 oes hen = — BOGS mwas 26> qocemcs dh aves! off 3p Teale ggony shh mem Betsy LCT bi apitueian tt: Sebel nausea “ .. wae Tren re ae Tile i iit 34 es 7 ah ios v5 (eget toile 2 ai ait. © 1 yer Be racremeigwes aenaeléA- oi Ah ail | unten oot taal > 1! 2G dpe ey. Bois aliagd je we) lian sidactav 8yo. 1s. eS _ Poster-leaflet: The Louse Danger. Price 4d. “ih Page wey a. New editions have been issued of the following Guide-books, © etc. :-— Guide to the Races of Mankind (Anthropolog ry). Third edition. \* Ze. 35: 16 illustrations. 8vo. Is. | ~— Guide to Fossil Remains of Man. Second aan. Pp. ¥i,.o2-* | 4 plates, 13 text-figures. 8vo. 6d. ~ . Guide to Domesticated Animals (other than Horses). Third _ edition. Pp. 56: 25 illustrations. 8vo. 1s. .. “Introduction to the Study of Minerals. Fifteenth edition. Pp. \ 123: 41 text-figures. 8vo. ls. 6d. : ; Introduction to the Study of Rocks. Fifth edition. Pp. 155. : 8vo. 2s. / , i - x vy a a é.bpere 4 ent tt : 2 x a tg 2s He~-T Fa arn Sy : - an (eqepree) wes heel a bind Gets 4 dyet C 2 bl )el. ch ee oe ayo ers aS ay are F Grwshitt. 5) OV ft on op volindhirel? ¢ wap 1. weal: Mile — hs s fo _ , . | 1 -isig 3. ‘ $44 7° stees) «ea i778 ff > 8 obamnae , rise cout, Babieaedhe gue Te i £ ok : a bu 8 th jgeew I : w@& _sobth® boowe 1 aa, oanddebel dein 4 ff aihggh-ivw 3). : 08h wa ot Seti 3, + * a lag a . — * peers staph’ (ae 8 hendoue wxcrbareqegiesT i E, . iva ot le oniierdede oat s Rariksy +=.) chiw~ y haa one uae: _ eet pn pileaelad Ave a 7 fey EoD om ell ee) calling ein Onyx Scelye Gol gepiidisdaly wees. od es ro iter bes Tiel yiotaealege dips aot Me } (oS aTY vd cor ST es 3D a as | one adi aaa TA CRAs A i lat tl a aes tel Di ut a lal = 7 te @ gb ihe uty wa ore by es a hy ‘HE & Rita atest A K 0 , Serta i ize . peagale r: 86 qd aig Bay as i sty, aagnatl sentod ed? 3 “a apliby pried aie vat ie base awed ovad suri + anne oN Ens trig—D oouelago aor ict. ‘call Yo ea f et a ch ere oe gent % ‘cuoit ‘i ped ‘wakie ‘deca: laiachiteaol ‘s) ave “2oothedenll} G8 ae Eiaropanya aol to sill oo Wt at —* | “the sat ment % — bead oe ee a a ee 22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Instructions for Collectors, No. 9. Soft-bodied and other Invertebrate Animals. Fourth edition. Pp. 18. 8vo. 64d. Economic Series, No. 5. The Bed- Bug: its habits and life- history, and how to deal with it. Second edition. Pp. 20: 7 text- figures. 8yo. 2d. Economic Leaflet, No. 1. The Danger of Disease from Flies = Lice. Second edition. Pp. 4. 8vo. 1d. for 3 copies, 2s. 6:2. or 100. ; Poster-leaflet : The Fly Danger. Second edition. Price 4d. _ The undermentioned works are in preparation :— Library Catalogue. Supplement, Vol. I. . “Terra Nova” Antarctic Report. Further sections. Report on Cetacea stranded during 1918. By Dr. S. F. Harmer, F.R.S. Catalogue of Moths, Sagplontent, Vol.: fh. By Sir G. slp Hampson, Bart. = Studies on Acari (Mites), No. 1. The Genus Demodex. By A. S. Hirst. Dr. A. J. Chalmers, Director of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum, has been allowed to issue Arabic transla- tions of the posters on “The Fly Danger” and “The Mosquito Danger,” for free distribution to the peoples of the Sudan. Mohamed Shafik Pasha, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Wakfs, Cairo, has been granted permission to have the first seven numbers of the Economic Series of pamphlets translated into Arabic and published at his own expense in Egypt, where he considered they would be of great interest and importance to the people. The Museum has prepared series of lantern slides to illustrate protective coloration of animals, and sets of these have, at the request of the Military Authorities, been sent to France for the British Army Schools for Scouting and Sniping, and to the Sniping School at Aldershot. | The extent of the collection of books, etc., in the Library on the 31st December, 1918, was, on a rough estimate, 103,939 volumes (exclusive of continuations and minor separata) and 6,263 maps. S. F. Harmer, Director. ~ British Museum (Natural History), 1st April, 1919.. i apes under the authority of His Majesty's pests Office, By JAS. TRUSCOTT & SON, LTD., Suffolk Lane, E.C. ood 4 ‘ ) Se normal ie 18e ath *