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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 16 June 1857 ;—for,

AN ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Expenpitvre of the Britis Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March 1857 ; of the EstimaTEp
Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1858;
of the Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the Number of
Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1851 to 1856,
both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the Progress made in
the ArRANGEMENT of the CoLtections, and an Account of Opsrcts added

to them, in the Year 1856.”

I.—GENERAI ACCOUNT of Rucriets and Exrrnpiture for the Financial Year ended
31 March 1857.

Il.—ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
Uf—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1858, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1857.
VII.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisa Musrum in

each Year froni 1851 to 1856, both Years inclusive.

VIII.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIoNs, and an
Account of Oxpsects added to them, in the Year 1856.

(Lord John Russell.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
17 June 1857.

105—Sess, 2.

2 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

— = Serene acer = ————— SS =

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerer and Expenvirure of the Garnet of Par.ramenrt for the Balanes and Expenses
and for publishing Cunrrrorm Inscriptions, in the Financial Year

To BaLance ON THE Ist APRIL 1856, Viz.:

2 Gh = s. d.

On Account of the Vote for the Establishment - - : Sr los Grou
| er tet th gam les US

_ Amount GRANTED FOR THE YEaR 1856/7, per Appropriation Act 19 & 20 Vict. |
c. 105, viz:—

For the Establishment - 2 . : = = . - | 58,450 -— —-

Retired Allowances - - 5 = = - 7 - = 1,550 - —
60,000 —- —

- Sums Recetven under the following Heads in aid of the Grant for the
Establishment, viz. :

Dividends on Stock, 30,000/., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - goo - —-

Proceeds of the Sale of the Synopsis - > - = = z 161 8 10

Ditto other Museum Publications - - - . as a 93114 2

Ditto Casts of Marbles, &c. - - - - = = 2 275. br
1,568 8 5
Amounr Grantep for the purchase of M. Barbetti’s Sarpinran ANTIQUITIES - ~ 5 = 1,000 - -
A ~ > Mr. Roach Smith’s Lonpon Antiquitizs - - - 2,000 - -
2 4 > Mr. Maskell’s Ivory Carvines - - - - - 2,444 — —

- Publication of Cunzirorm Inscriptions, under the superintendence
of Sir Henry Rawlinson, x.c.. - - - - - - 1,500 - —-

£. 83,688 13 11

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenpiture in the above Account.

a Sebel? se, yes
Officers of the Ordinary Establishment - - ~ - = - 5,935 1 9
Officers of the Banksian Collection - - - - - - 575 - -
Assistants - - - - - - - - - - - 9,050 7 6
1. SALARIES - - - { Transcribers - - = 4 = - = - - - 1,069 9 9
Attendants and Servants = - - - - = - - 8,424 6 7
Attendance on Stoves and Labourers - - - - - - Vo
Retired Allowances - - - ~ = - - - - 1,550 -— —
. 28,398 6 7
Rates and Taxes - - - - Ss s = 3 a = 3862 16 4
Repairs, Fittings, &c. - - - a = = : = = 113 2 11
‘ Coals, Coke, and Fagots - = = 3 = - = 5 1,144 19
ew OSs Wer Monel Cee. 4 LAR meee 232 14 7
Stationery - - as = = 34 - a a = = 398 -
Incidents - - - S iS - = = my A 5 554 16
2,806 9 4
Printed Books - = = S = = S = < = 2,665 7 11
Manuscripts 5 - ~ = s 5 = = 3 - 2,741 9
Books for Department of MSS. - o - - - < - 50 19 6
Minerals and Fossils - 5 = = S = = 5 5 Bae) 7 os
Books for the Department of Minerals - - - - = = 4119 9
Zoological Specimens - - + = = - ey = - 1,508 4 6
2 Pia vanua Kah CauiarrioNe Books for the Department of Zoology - - 4 a 2 4 ey Lt
Botanical Specimens - = 2 5 s S =) % es 7919 4
Books for the Department of Botany - % we w E 5 50 - 8
Coins and Antiquities - - = - = 5 * a = 8,469 2 4
Books for the Department of Antiquities - - - - - - 110 8 6
Prints and Drawings - 4 : = 4 ~~ 2 s x 1,185 16 6
Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - = = = 24 5 3
Freight and Carriage - Ss « % = a Bs a > 1,911 19 Ll
14,784 2 —

Carriedforward - - - &. 45,938 17 11

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

of the BRITISH MUSEUM, for the Purchase of Sarpin1an and Lonpon Antiquities, of Ivory Carvines,
ended on the 31st March 1857. i

EXPENDITURE. GRANTS.
By Exrenpirvre under the following Heads, &c. : es wena rae £. iia
1. SALARIEs - - - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 28,398 6 7 28,825 —-— -
2. House Exprnsgs - - - - - ditto - - - -| 2806 9 4 2,650 -— =
3. Puncuaszs and ACQUISITIONS - - ditto - - - =H) 84k 13,510 - =
4. Booxsrnpine, Cazinets, &c. - - ditto - - - Slee iyo Kay al TRANS = =
5. Printine Catatocues, making Casts, &c. ditto - - - - 2,248 7 @Q 2,600 — -
6. MisceLLaNEous - - - - - ditto - - - - LASS 300 - =
60,909 1 10 61,300 - —
By Expenoitune for M. Barbetti’s Sarpinran ANTIQUITIES - - - - UC) ee Nea
“ Mr. Roach Smith’s Lonpon Anriquitirs - - -| 2,000 - -
y Mr. Maskell’s Ivory Carvines = - - - - -| 2,444 - —
66,353 1 10
By Expenopitvre for publishing Cunzirorm Inscriptions = - - = - 600 2 —~
66,953 3.10
By Batance on THE 3lst Marcu 1857, carried to Account for 1857-8 = - “Hi, IG;78or 10) I
£.| 83,688 13 11
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Explanatory STtatTeMeENT of the ExrrNnpiTURE in the above Account—continued.

Brought forward - - - 45,938 17 11

ERS) a GI
Bookbinding for Printed Books - - - - - - - 7,835 14 7
a Manuscripts - - - - - - - 1,018 19 2
BS Prints and Drawings - - - © - - 159 9 1
“ Secretary’s and other Departments - - - - 218 11 -
4, Booxsinpine, Casinets, &c. - Preparing, &c. Natural History - - - - - - - 1,055 10 9
Cabinets. for Botany - - - - - - ee e 8812 -
Cabinets for Coins - - - . = = - a - 6119 —-
Repairing and fixing Antiquities - - - - - - - 1,413 11 9
Expenses of Photographic Room - - - “es - - - 7218 9
12,573 16 1
Synopsis - - - - - - - - - - “ 147 19 2
Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - = = = = 5819 —
Catalogues of Zoology - — - - - - - - - - 470 14 8
5: Painting Cararocuzs, Preparing Catalogues of Fishes and Insects = - - - - 645 7 7
Maxine Casts, &e. - A soa
Catalogues of and Drawings from Antiquities = - - - - TON a 6
Tickets, Regulations, &c. = - - - - - - - 90 11 6
Moulds and Casts from Marbles - = - - - - - 643 13 9 |
Ti Mae 2,248 7 2
6. Miscentanrous - - - Law Expenses, Fees, &c. - - - - - - - « - - - 5 Vi ce MS
Purcuass of the SarpINIAN ANTIQUITIES - - - - - - - - - - > a = = © 1,000 - —-
- Lonpon ANTIQUITIES - - - - - - - - - - - cs c = 7 & 2,000 -— —-
oo Ivory Carvines - - - - - = - - = - = = -) a = - s 2,444 -— —
* Printine, &c. the Cunzirorm InscriPrions = - = - Piacoa a . = = - =. its - 609 2 -
Toran ExpeNnDITURE IN THE YEAR 1856/7 - = - £. | 66,953 3 10
* See note at the bottom of page 21. . eo. seh

105—Sess, 2. A2

4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret anp Expenpirure of the BRIDGEWATER

STOCK,
CASE: 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£25 18s cs | See
To Batance on the 1st April 1856 - - - - - - - - -| 336 4 8 12,992 15 7
— Divivenps received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
On the 9th July 1856 - £.194 17 10
rs 9th January 1857 - 194 17 10
‘ 389 15 8
— One Year’s Rent or a Rea Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, f
received 10th May 1856 - - - - - - - 33 15 1
£. 759 15 5 12,992 15 7

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IIL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrpr ann Expernpirure of the FARNBOROUGH

STOCK,
CASH. | 3 p’Cent. Consols.
, Be. (Son ne £. Sak
To Barance en the Ist April 1856 - - - - - - - - -| 373 12 2 2,872 6 10

-— Divivenns received on 2,872. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,

bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz.,
On the 9th July 1856 2) £548" 1099
Pe 5 8th January 1857 - AS al 19
——_—_—_——. 86 3 6
|

3h 459 15 8 2,872 6 10

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrret anp Expenpiture of the SWINEY

STOCK,
ar 3 p’Cent. Consols.
[ee ae oe oS Gh
To Bavance on the,Ist April1856- - - - © ogee 2 | Jee eee 5,019 2
— Divivenns received on 5,019/7. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.
On the 9th July 1856 E76 6598
” » * sth January 1857 - 75 5 8
—_—_—— 15011 4 —
£.| 30215 4 5,019 2 9
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V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exprnpirurs of the BIRCH

——EE

STOCK, :
kar? 3 p’Cent. Consols.
. : Ea Bh Gh foe rte gee
To Divivewns received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be- |- - - 563 15 7
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.
On the Sth July 1856 a 6m? ih 9)
i rs 8th January 1857 - 717 19
San 15 15 6
£s 15 15 6 563 15 7

British Museum,
10 June 1857.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, between the Ist April 1856 and the 31st March 1857.

Gnees STOCK,
: 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
f £7 )s9r'ds £ Se da
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1857 - - - - -| 233 10 -—| 12,992 15 7
— Payments for Binpinc MANuscrIPTS, Viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1857 - - - 38 1276
— Payment of Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - = _ Sule Ougr =n
| 472 2 6
— BAaLance ON THE 31sT Marcu 1857, carried to Account for 1857/8 - -| 287 12 11
Ss 759 15 5 12,992 15 7

———eSesSee..__._._S————————SSSk

FUND, between the 1st April 1856 and the 31st March 1857.

STOCK,
as 3 p’Cent. Consols.
a Say de fe Sad,
By Payments for the Purchase of ManuscriPTs, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1857 - - - - | - > 2,872 6 10
_ By Bavance on THE 31st Marcu 1857, carried to Account for 1857/8 - -| 45915 8
£ 459 15 8 2,872 6 10
FUND, between the Ist April 1856 and the 31st March 1857.
STOCK,
aa 3 p’Cent. Consols.
. ‘ : Le Sh ds Ep, Sa a
By Satary paid to Dr. Grant for Lectures on Geology, in the financial year
ended 31st March 1857 . - - - - - - - = || HO oc = 5,019 2 9
— Payments for Postaces, on account of Swiney Lecturer, in the financial
year ended 31st March 1857 - = : ~a - - = a
- Payments for ApvEeRTIsING and Printing in the same period - <a 3 19 10
144 7 5
— Bavance on THE 3lst Marcu 1857, carried to Account for 1857/8 - -| 158 7 11
£.| g02 15 4 5,019 2 9
FUND, between the 1st April 1856 and the 31st March 1857.
STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Sele Sans
By Lecacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz. the Head Officer of the Department of
Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and Natural History - - - 363 15 7
Ber, 15 15 6 563 15 7

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

ESTABLISHMENT.
1857-8.

VI.—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satarrzs and Expensgs of the Britis u Museum,
for the YEAR ending on the 31st day of March 1858.

£. 66,400.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satarzes and Expenses of the Britisu Musevm, for the
Year ending on the 31st day of March 1858, under the following Heads ;

I, SaLarizs :

. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment

. Officers for the Banksian Collections

3. Assistants - - -

. Transcribers - -
. Attendants and Servants

- Police - - -

Attendance on Stoves -

. Retired Allowances -

Il. Hovusz Expenses:

. Rates and Taxes - -

. Coals, Coke and Fagots
. Candles, Oil and Gas -
. Stationery - - -

. Incidents - - -

III. Purcwases anp
. Printed Books - =

. Manuscripts - -

. Books for Department of MSS.

. Minerals’ - - -

. Fossils - - =

-

. Persons paid daily or weekly

Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c.

ACQUISITIONS :

. Books for Department of Minerals

. Zoological Specimens -

- Books for Department of Zoology

. Botanical Specimens -

. Books for Department of Botany

. Coins and Antiquities -

. Books for Department of Antiquities -

. Prints and Drawings -

Freight and Carriage -

Carried forward

Required for the Year
1857-8.

Granted for the Year
1856-7.

Ee ee Ss: ud.

7,300 —- —
675 - -

33,205 - -

3960.

28,825 — —

2,650 - =

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.

Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1857-8. 1856-7.

Lux 8.0. a fun Sid eo hh Gh
Brought forward - - - | - - - | 54,655 -— —- 44,985 -— —-
IV. Booxsinpine, Casinets, &c.:
1. Bookbinding :
For Printed Books - - - - - = {5,000 -- -
pe emancripty | “=m =} Naive | SES | SORRe =
» Prints and Drawings - - - - il a
», Secretary’s and other Departments - 2} 10D ae =
2. Preparing, &c. Natural History - - - - | 1,10050 =» —
3. Cabinets for Botany - - - - - - a
4. Cabinets for Coins - - ret ge - git | LODGE —
5. Repairing and fixing Antiquities- - - -/|2,000 - -
6. Expenses of Photographic Room - . sf} tall 100086 =n —
eA 13,415 - -
V. Priytine Cataroauss, &c. :
1. Guide and Synopsis: - - - = - -| 500 - -
2. Catalogues of MSS. - - - = 4 See LS
3. Catalogues of Zoology =F mm B00) me
4. Preparing Catalogues of Fishes and Insects - -| 500 -— —
5. Catalogues of and Drawings from Antiquities -| 100 - — 500 - -
6. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - -| 100 - - HOUR eS ee
7. Moulds and Casts from Marbles, &c. - e -| 800 - - YS) es
i Seat. ——| 2,600 - -
VI. Miscettanzovs :
Law Expenses - - - - - - -|. : = XIN epee y < ano. 2
Deduct,—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz.: GiesGek he 61,300 — =
Dividends on £.30,000 Reduced Three per Cent.
Annuities - - - - : = =" 99gtten. oon = —
Museum Publications oie + ax -| 385 = - [300% — —
Casts fromsMarblesy=)) Vegi oluihens = | aap. = poe ee a
1,855' - - bailed IOO * — Fr
TF ——
Ner Amount of Estimate - - - £,| 66,400 — — | 60,000 - =
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105—Ness. 2. AA

8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, KC. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmirrep to Visit the Bririse Muszum.

Persons admitted to view the Generat Coxvecrions in each Year, from 1851 to 1856,
both Years inclusive.

1851, 1852. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856,
N° N° N° N° N° N°

JANUARY - -— - 94,054 | 19,141 36,205 28,489 16,690 19,980
Frpruary — nleik= 65,657 | 21,782 33,518 31,299 11,132 23,567
March - (9%) - 63,852 | 32,295 74,093 36,201 15,656 41,460
Aram. “tyes | f- 96,247 | 46,878 52,687 59,189 54,161 23,998
May - t= | =| peeves i” 44555 67,602 31,638 33,142 47,446
JUNE = =| -| 385,550) 52,898 53,544 81,558 36,251 34,007
Jory, - §= |} =| 344,356 Ih 86,960 56,479 45,710 34,708 36,529
Avevst - - -| 580,709 | 45,872 58,5738 36,419 38,227 29,941
SepremBER - -| 523,614 | 40,542 43,265 27,749 23,920 26,184
Ocroprr - - -| 239,901 | 36,953 45,814 18,879 21,766 24,799
NoveMBER I eb 20,201 | 40,285 39,207 18,084 17,009 14,129
DecEMBER | 39,911 | 90,309 | 105,126 44,047 31,427 39,674
2,527,216 | 507,973 | 661,113 | 459,262 | 334,089 | 361,714

Numeser of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, about
1,950 in 18103 4,300 in 1815; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825; 31,200 in 1830; 63,466 in 1825 ;
67,542 in 1840; 69,303 in 1841; 71,706 in 1842; 70,931 in 1843; 67,511 in 1844; 64,427 in
1845; 66,784 in 18463 67,525 in 1847; 65,867 in 18483; 70,371 in 13849; 78,533 in 1850;
78,211 in 1851; 72,226 in 18523 67,794 in 1853; 56,132 in 1854; 53,567 in 1855; and 53,422
in 1856.

Number of Visits made by Artists and Srupents to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of
Study, about 4,938 in 1831; 6,081 in 1855; 6,854 in 1840; 5,655 in 1841; 5,627 in 1842;
4,907 in 18433 5,436 in 1844; 4,256 in 1845; 4,124 in 1846; 3,508 in 1847; 3694 in 1848;
6,804 in 1849; 6,611 in 1850; 6,086 in 1851; 6,983 in 1852; 6,518 in 1853; 3,652 in 1854;
3,594 in 1855; and 2,918 in 1856.

Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832 ; 1,065 in 1835; 6,717 in 1840;
7,744 in 18413; 8,781 in 1842; 8,162 in 18485; 8,998 in 1844; 5,904 in 1845; 4,390 in 1846;
4,572 in 1847; 5,813 in 1848; 5,970 in 18493; 3,745 in 1850; 3,867 in 18513; 3,702 in 1852;
3,928 in 1853; 3,401 in 1854; 2,868 1n 1855; and 3,096 in 1 356.

Number of visits made to the Coin and Medal Room, 1,310 in 1854; 1,446 in 1855, and 2,299 in
1856.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Britis Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
between the hours of Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January
and February ; from Ten tiil Five during the Months of September, October, March and
April; and from Ten till Six from the 7th of May to the 1st of September. The Public
will be also admitted to the British Museum on the Saturdays in the Months of May,
June and July, of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Five.

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms
every day, except on the Holidays as specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months
of November, December, January and February; from Nine till Five in the Months of
September October, March and April; and from Nine till Six in the Months of May,
June, July, and August.

Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture from Nine o'clock to the hour of
closing, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and
the 1st to the 7th of September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christ-
mas-day, and also on any Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority.

British Museum, } A. Panizzi,
10 June 1857. Principal Librarian.

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the Catatocurine and ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLECTION
and Account of OsszcTs ADDED, in the Year ending 25th December 1856.

DEPARTMENT oF PRINTED Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on the shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been affixed to each volume, title, and entry in the Catalogue, The total number of these
items amounts to 72,532.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) Mew General Catalogue-——The number of titles written for
this Catalogue amounts to 35,714. The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this
Catalogue is 99,078 :—182,170 have been laid down in one copy of this Catalogue, and
$5,014 in a second.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue.—1. The number of titles written for this Catalogue amounts
to 27,885, besides 706 Chinese ; in all, 28,591. ¢

2. The number of titles transcribed fourfold for the Supplementary Catalogue is 25,913;
besides 651 index slips. The number of title slips inserted is 22,933; viz., 22,782 in
three copies of the Supplementary Catalogue, and 151 index slips in four copies of
indexes to various long headimgs. ‘This insertion has rendered it necessary, in order to
preserve the alphabetical order of the names and headings, to take up and re-insert 32,060
titles in each of the three copies of the Supplementary Catalogue. All the indexes to the
long headings in the Catalogue have been kept up.

3. The number of entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the periodical publications is
418.

(c.) Maps.—The new titles and cross-references for maps amount to 7,288. The

. number of title-slips imserted in each of two copies of the Map Catalogue is 4,201.

This insertion has rendered it necessary (for the purpose of maintaining the strict alpha-

betical arrangement) to take up and re-insert in each of the two copies 3,144 title-slips, and
to add to each copy 22 leaves. ;

(d.) Music.—The titles and cross-references written for this collection are 5,344.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes bound is 24,262 in 18,998, including 3,901
Pamphlets. ‘The number of volumes repaired is 18,641, 313 Maps have been mounted.

IV. Reading Room Service.—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Rooms is 110,873; to those of the Royal Library, 8,869 ;
to those of the Grenville Library, 1,018; to the Closets in which books are kept from day to
day for the use of the Readers, 79,598; making a total of 200,358, or 684 per diem.
Adding the number of volumes returned to the shelves of the Reading Rooms, about
144,000, the whole amounts to 344,358, or 1,175 per diem.

2. The number of Readers has been 53,209; on an average, 181 per diem, the Reading
Rooms having been kept open 293 days; each Reader has therefore consulted, on an
average, 63 volumes per diem.

V. Additions —1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 160 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Act) amounts to 10,434 (including Music, Maps,
and Newspapers), of which 753 were presented, 4,010 purchased, and 5,831 acquired by
copyright.

2. The number of parts of volumes, comprising 200 received under the International
Copyright Act, is 27,516 (including Maps and Music), of which 737 were presented,
8,180 purchased, and 18,599 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers
acquired is 732. Of these, 489 (viz., 218 published in London, and 271 in the country)
have been received from the Inland Revenue Office in England, 123 from the branch of
that office in Ireland, and 119 from the branch of that office in Scotland. In addition to
these, 567 numbers of London and Colonial Newspapers have been purchased. The Irish
Newspapers have been bound. The English, Scotch, and Colonial Newspapers are not yet
bound. ;

3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans amount to 171, in 279 sheets; the Atlases to 11 com-
plete and 25 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 88 were
presented, 6 purchased, and 77 acquired by copyright. The Atlases and parts of Atlases
were obtained under the Copyright Act.

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4, The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 264
received under the International Copyright Act) is 2,347, of which 108 were purchased, and
2,239 acquired by Copyright. 1,668 parts and numbers of works in progress (including
152 received under the International Copyright Act) have been acquired by copyright.

5. The total number of articles received is 42,639 (of which 626 were received under the
International Copyright Act. Of these 11,839 (comprising 382 received under the Inter-
national Copyright Act) are complete works. Of the complete works, 1901 were presented,

2,005 purchased, and 7,933 were acquired under the Copyright Acts.
6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is

162,940. ;
J. Winter Jones.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. The sheets of the Catalogue of Additions for 1847, from D D. to H H. inclusive, have
been printed off, and a large portion of the same, in continuation, revised for press. The
Catalogue for 1852, and a part of that for 1853, have been prepared in copy.

2. The Egerton Manuscripts, from No. 1,623 to No. 1,662 inclusive, acquired in 1854-5,
have been described in detail.

3. The Catalogue of Maps and Topographical Drawings has been corrected throughout,
and many additional titles written for its completion.

4. A photographic fac-simile has been made of the Epistles of Clement of Rome, from
the unique copy preserved in the Codex Alexandrinus, and is ready for publication.

5. The brief Catalogue or Register of the Additional Manuscripts placed in the Reading
Room, has been continued from July 1855 to September 1856 inclusive, No. 20,636 to
No. 21,576.

6. Seventy-seven volumes in Arabic have been described in detail, with Indexes of titles
and names, for the Supplement to the General Catalogue of that class, and the portions
already printed partly revised.

7. The Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in German and English, has been completed in
the former language, and far advanced in the second.

8. The general classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the
present time.

9. Tables of Contents and Indexes have been made to the Harleian Manuscripts, 374,
376, 3,777 to 3,785, 6,987, 6,988, 7,014, 7,015, 7,016, 7,502 and 7,523; and the Indexes to
MSS., Cott. Julius C.V., and Harl. 7,008, transcribed fair into the volumes.

10. The Index to the Additional Manuscripts has been continued from the end of 1852 to
the end of 1855.

11. The Register of Donations to the Department has been completed from the year 1837
up to the present time.

12. The Additional Manuscripts (including the acquisitions to December 1856) have
been arranged, numbered, prepared for the binder, and registered, from No. 21,210 to No.
21,619, inclusive; and bound, repaired, lettered and stamped (with few exceptions) from
No. 20,165 to No. 20,240 (Lowe Papers), No. 20,280 to No. 20,340 (Gualterio Papers),
and No. 21,140 to No. 21,560; stamped also from No. 21,028 to No. 24,139, inclusive,

13. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from. No. 10,117
to No. 12,627 inclusive; registered from No. 9,060 to No. 9,200; and stamped from No.
9,463 to 11,157.

J 14. A descriptive Catalogue of the Bulle and Seals has been made, from No. xxxviii. 1
o 199,

Se The Egerton Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, prepared for the binder
and registered, from No. 1,664 to No. 1,695; bound or lettered, from No. 1,499 to No.1,646,
and from No. 1,656 to No. 1,686; and stamped, from No. 1,423 to No. 1,686.

16. Fourteen hundred and eighty-six of the Additional Manuscripts, and three of the
Egerton, have been folio’d.

17. Stamps have been placed upon every tract, letter, or separate document, in 2 volumes
of the Cottonian Collection, 5 Harleian, 16 Old Royal, 1 Lansdowne, 1 Arundel, 9 King’s,
193 Egerton, and 793 of the Additional Manuscripts, with 168 Books of Reference. The
Charters and Rolls stamped are i,956 Harleian, and 1,665 Additional. The total number
of stamps affixed amounts to 41,804.

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18. The whole of the remaining loose vellum leaves and fragments of the Cottonian
Collection (injured in the fire of 1731), have been flattened and inlaid, including portions
of the volumes marked-Otho A. XVIIL, B. VI., XI., C. IL, XT., XIV., and D. XI., Vitellius
D. XVIII, and Rot. Cott. XVI. 51. Four Old Royal Manuscripts (damaged in the same
fire) have aiso been flattened and inlaid. wie

19. The contents of the Cottonian Manuscripts, Otho C. XI. and D.I., Sloane, 1,968,
Harleian, 6,943, 7,523 to 7,526, 7,544, and Additional 16,539, have been collated and
re-arranged for the binder.

20. Thirty-four Cottonian, 4 Sloane, 67 Harleian, 48 Old Royal, 1 Arundel, 95
Egerton, and 758 Additional Manuscripts (including 90 Syriac), together with 120 Books of
Reference, have been bound, repaired or lettered. Twenty-two boxes of Maps have also been
re-lettered and repaired. Upwards of 2,100 volumes of various collections have been press-
marked, or have had the press-marks altered; and 9,086 labels of shelf numbers have been
affixed to the Sloane, Egerton, and Additional Manuscripts.

21. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and marked, from

No. 9,562, to No. 11,312 inclusive; as also 1,712 of the Harleian Charters; and new
boxes have been made for them. Seventy-one injured Harleian Seals have been repaired.

22. New Shelf Lists have been made to the Oriental Gallery and Sloane Collection, and
above 7,000 entries made in the Hand and Shelf Lists of the Collections, including the
select Charters and Seals. The whole of the various collections have been once dusted,
and portions of them twice and three times.

23. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the last twelvemonth are as
follows :—

To the General Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 421

Original Charters and Rolls = - - - 2,644

Bulle and Seals - - - - - - - 199
To the Egerton Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 32

Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be mentioned :—

A fine copy of the Samaritan Pentateuch, on vellum; written in the year of the
Ishmaelites, 845 = A. D. 1441.

A copy, nearly contemporary with the Author, of the “ Gesta Philippi, Regis Franciz,”
[A. D. 1080-1220], written in Latin verse by Gulielmus Brito; on vellum.

A volume containing the rare Provengal ‘legendary History of the “ Gestes de Charle-
magne a Carcassone,” otherwise entitled Philomena ; on vellum, of the 14th century.

A fine copy of the Treatise of Henricus de Bractone, Chief Justice temp. Henry IIL,
“ De Juribus et Consuetudinibus Angliz ;” written for Walter de Monytone, Abbot of Glas-
tonbury, circa 1250 ; on vellum.

An original Charter of William the Conqueror to the Church of St. Mary at Coventry,
confirming the grant of Earl Leofric, with the seal in fine preservation.

Original Instrument of Ratification by Henry IV. of the Articles agreed on in a Treaty
of Commerce concluded with the Duke of Burgundy, dated 2d June 1411; with the Great
Seal appended, in an unusually fine state.

A large collection of Documents (about 1,670 in number) relating to Normandy, when in
the occupation of the English, from the year 1355 to the middle of the 15th century.

Many original Charters, with Seals, relating to France, England, and Spain, of the 12th,
13th, and 14th centuries ; as also a collection of Papal Bulls and Briefs, from the time of
Alexander IV. to Gregory XVI.

A series of Papal Bulle from the 7th to the 19th century, and of the Doges of Venice,
from 1367 to 1789; also many Bulle of Princes, Ecclesiastics, and Municipalities of
France, from the 12th to the 15th century:

A considerable number of original Charters, Court Rolls, Deeds, and Papers, relating
to lands in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset; presented by Sir Walter
Calverley Trevelyan, Bart.

A collection, in 92 volumes, of Indexes to various classes of Documents preserved in the
Public Record Offices and private Collections, formed in part by the late John Caley,
keeper of the Augmentation Office, and since augmented by Mr. Charles Devon. :

Two large volumes of coloured Drawings of Monuments, copies of Epitaphs, &c., in the
County of Shropshire, executed by the Rev. Edward Williams, in 1792-1803; from Lord
Berwick’s Library.

A collection of highly-finished Miniatures and illuminated Borders, cut out of Missals
executed for Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavicini, 1489-1507, and for the Popes Leo X:,
Clement VII., Pius IV., and Gregory XIII. Many of these are the work of Apollonio
de’ Bonfratelli, miniaturist to Pius I1V.; and the whole are mentioned by Dr. Waagen in
terms of admiration. From the Collections of W. Y. Ottley and Samuel Rogers.

The original act of dotation or dowry bestowed by Ludovico Maria Sforza Visconti
(Il Moro) Duke of Milan, on his wife Beatrice d’Este, 28 January 1494; written on a sheet
of vellum, and signed by the donor. The upper margin is richly illuminated, with the

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portraits of Ludovico and Beatrice introduced, the execution of which has been ascribed to
Girolamo, a celebrated miniature painter of Milan.

The original Account Books of Henry VII. and Henry VIII, from 1509 to 1518; kept
by John Heron, Treasurer of the Chamber, and signed thronghout by these Sovereigns.

Two volumes of Original Letters and Papers on the Public Events and Ecclesiastical
Affairs of England and the Low Countries; addressed to Robert Beale (Envoy in the
Netherlands, and Clerk of the Privy Council), Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Earl of
Leicester, from 1569 to 1593. ‘ Lat :

Six volumes of the Original Correspondence of the Maréchal de Brézé with Cardinal
Richelieu, Bouthillier, de Charnacé, de Chavigny, de Noyer, and others, from 1627 to 1649.

The Original Correspondence of Captain Adam Baynes, m.p. for Leeds, extending from
1641 to 1666, and forming, when bound, eleven volumes folio. Presented by the Rev.
Adam Baynes. ‘ ; , :

Archbishop Fénélon’s Autograph Notes for his Defence against Bossuet, Bishop of
Meaux, written on the margins of a printed copy of the latter’s “ Relation sur le Quietisme,”
8vo., 1698.

A volume cf Original Letters of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, and Charles Duke
of Shrewsbury and his wife, addressed to the Viscountess Longueville, between 1703 and
17138.

A very large and valuable collection of Autograph Letters and Papers, selected from the
_sales of the late Francis Moore, Henry Belward Ray, and Richard Capel Lambe. The
Royal Letters embrace specimens of the Sovereign families of England and Scotland,
France, Naples, and Sicily, the House of Medici, the Popes, German States, Spain and
Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Russia, from the 15th century to the
present time. Also an extensive series of Autographs of the Statesmen, Eminent Persons,
Scholars, and Artists of the same countries. Among the latter, as of great rarity, may be
noticed the names of Hollar, Flecknoe, Sterne, Hogarth, Pierre Corneille, Nic. Poussin,
Le Brun, Boileau, Racine, Poggio, Politian, Tasso, Vida, Lud. Carraccio, Guercino,
is Veronese, Magliabecchi, Rembrandt, Rubens, Melanchthon, Peter Martyr, Bucer,

eza, &c.

24. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Rooms, during
the past year, amounts to 20,780, and to Artists and others, in the rooms of the Department,
to 5,539, exclusive of the volumes examined by numerous parties of visitors (3,249 persons).

Frederic Madden.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES.
I.— Arrangement.

Public Galleries.—A farther portion of the large Sculptures in the Egyptian Gallery
has been fixed on polished granite pedestals, and explanatory titles have been painted on
these, and on other pedestals of Sculptures.

The Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Sepulchral Monuments have been collected in one of
the rooms of the Basement ; a Columbarium has been there fitted up for the reception of the
Roman Cinerary Urns ; and considerable progress has been made in the arrangement of the
entire collection, on a system intended to illustrate the different modes of Sepulture.

The Bronzes and Ivories from Nimrad have been transferred to new table cases in the
Assyrian Gallery.

Two cargoes of Assyrian Antiquities, the first brought by the Christiana Carmel, the
second by the Manuel, the result of excavations carried on by Mr. Rassam, Mr. Loftus, and
Mr. Taylor, under the directions of Lieut.-Colonel Sir H. C. Rawlinson, k.c.B., have been
received and unpacked, and the Sculptures arranged partly in one of the rooms of the Base-
ment, and partly in a small room adjoining the Nimrfd Side Gallery, for temporary exhi-
bition during the erection of the new apartment ordered for their reception.

The large Sculptures from the Pediments of the Parthenon have been transferred to the
New Greek Room, and some progress has been made in the re-arrangement of the other
Athenian Monuments in this and the Elgin Room. ‘

A collection of Greck Sepulchral Stele, obtained from the Russian Museum of Kertch,
and presented by the War Department, has been arranged in the Sepulchral Basement

oom,

The Anglo-Roman Sculptures and Mosaics have been re-arranged in the Roman Gallery,
which has been ornamentally painted.

The collection of miscellaneous Greek Antiquities, excavated by Mr. Newton at Calymnos
and in its neighbourhood, has been temporarily arranged for exhibition, till more permanent
provision can be made for its accommodation.

The Temple collection, of which some particulars are given under the head of Acquisitions,
has been packed and removed from Naples to the Museum, and is provisionally arranged
for exhibition in the second Egyptian Room.

Amongst the smaller Antiquities, the following arrangements have been completed :—
(a) In the Egyptian collection :—

102 tablets have been catalogued.
205 objects have been mounted.

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46 tablets have been framed and glazed.

5 papyri have been unrolled.

11 pieces of papyri have been cleaned and mounted.
16 papyri have been framed and glazed.

237 labels have been printed.

700 labels have been painted by the writer.

(6) In the other collections :—

57 Assyrian objects have been mounted.

272 Assyrian bronze objects have been re-mounted.
124 British objects have been mounted.

36 Vases, chiefly Greek, have been repaired.

Medal Room.—Dutring the past year the arrangement of the Greek series of Coins
has been improved, particularly in the case of the Coins of the Nomes of Egypt.
The arrangement of the Roman Gold Coins has been also improved, and the Copper
coinage of the Roman families is in process of re-arrangement in accordance with the latest
discoveries. The arrangement of the Oriental Coins has been rendered more perfect, and
some portions of the series have been classed afresh. It has been thus necessary to write
many new cards for the interior of the cabinets, and labels for the exterior.

The unascertained Coins comprised in the collection have been carefully studied, and the
proper attributions of several of them determined.

In addition to the examination of the various Coins and Medals offered for purchase, a
large collection, recently discovered, of Roman Third Brass Coins has been carefully exa-
mined, and all the specimens needed for the Museum selected.

IT.—Acquisitions.

General Antiquities.—The following may be specified as the most important :—

A very valuable collection of Italo~Greek and Roman Antiquities, chiefly from Magna
Grecia, bequeathed by the late Hon. Sir William Temple, H. M. Minister at the Court of
Naples. This collection consists of—

218 Painted Fictile Vases.

376 Unpainted ditto and Terracottas.
428 objects in Bronze.

34 objects in Iron and Lead.

173 objects in Glass and Vitreous Paste.
64 Ornaments in Gold and Silver.

12 Gold Coins.

41 Carvings in Amber.

24 Carvings in Ivory and Bone.

60 Engraved Gems and Scarabzi.

15 Fragments of Roman Fresco Painting.
17 Roman Mosaics.

109 Busts, Sepulchral Urns, and minor Sculptures in Marble and Alabaster.

Of these, the most interesting portions are the Painted Vases, the Bronzes, and the Speci-
‘mens of Greek and Roman Glass.

In the First Class may be particularised a magnificent Krater, with a Painting of the
Death of Hippolytus; a very fine aud rare globular Vase, with an Ornamental Cover and
lofty Pedestal; a Lekythus, representing the Judgment of Paris ; and two large and richly
decorated Pater with twisted Handles, all of the fabric of Ruvo, in Apulia; several small
but beautiful Vases, from Nola, in Campania, of the best period of Greek Art ; a Lekythus,
from Locri Epi-zepbyrii, with an Amazonomachia, delineated in outline on a white

_ground ; a tall Vase from the ancient Gnatia, of unusual form and very florid ornamentation ;
and a remarkably fine Rhylon, in the form of a Mule’s Head, of Nolan manufacture.

Of the Terracottas the most valuable are a very large Arater, with Figures of Horses
projecting from the sides; a Vase, with Bas-reliefs, covered with a blue vitreous Sree
several Rhytons terminating in the Heads of Animals; and three late, but curious, Poly-
chrome Vases, decorated with Human Heads in relief, from Canosa, in Apulia.

Among the Bronzes may be mentioned a small but very beautiful Bust of a youthful
Faun; some very fine Specimens of Greek Armour from Ruvo, comprehending a Breast
and Back Plate, a Waistband, some very curiously ornamented Greaves, and several
Helmets, one engraved with the name of DVasimus, the son of Pyrrhus ; a Horse’s muzzle
and bit complete ; and a Spur, with a rowel.and buckle, apparently older than any previously
_known, also from Ruvo. ‘To these may be added a very beautiful Bronze*Statue of the
youthful Bacchus, deposited in the Museum by Sir W. Temple during his lifetime.

The Glass Collection includes a beautiful violet-coloured Vase, with Handles attached by
white Masks, from the site of the ancieut Atella; some unusually fine Specimens of Greek
‘Polychrome Vases and Bowls; and five very rare Figures of Birds, from Pozzuoli.

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Among the Gold Omaments is a small Etruscan Necklace, from Corneto, the ancient
Tarquinii; and among the Silver, a Patera, with embossed Figures, and a Jug, with elegant
Handle and appliqué decorations. yay i}

The Lead includes a thin Plate, found at Cumez, with a Greek Inscription, containing a
singular imprecation on a woman named Valeria Codratilla. ' Andi

The Mosaics comprise some very ornamental Specimens, particularly one in eight com-
partments, representing Fish, and two Figure-subjects, with Groups engaged in sacrificial
rites.

Among the Sculptures the finest are a beautiful Female Bust, with colour on the hair;
a Bust of Jupiter in Giallo antico; a Fragment of a fine Bas-relief representing Satyrs ;
and several Cinerary Urns, among which is a very beautiful specimen in Oriental Alabaster,
with a Handle decorated with a Medusa’s Head.

In addition to the Temple Collection, the following miscellaneous acquisitions may be
specified :

I. Egyptian.—A wooden Sepulchral Figure bearing the name of Sethos I., presented by
Walters F. Pratt, Esq.

An Historical Papyrus of the 3d year of Rameses the Great, presented by Mrs. de Burgh.

Two Historical Papyri of Rameses III., and a Magical Papyrus.

A Greco-Egyptian Portrait of a Female from a Mummy-case.

II. Assyrian.—The principal objects obtamed through Sir H. Rawlinson, in the manner
referred to in a preceding page, are:—Two Statues of the God Nebo, inscribed with the
name of Semiramis, as Queen of Nineveh, and of Pul, her husband.

A Portrait in Bas-relief, of Tiglath-Pileser IT.

A Bas-relief representing the Father of the Biblical Pul, on one side of an inscribed Stele.

Twenty-two Slabs of Hunting Scenes, from the Palace of Ashur-bani-pal III.

Three elegantly sculptured Pavement Slabs, from Koyunjik. .

Three Slabs, containing architectural representations, also from Koyunjik, and about
twenty-four other Slabs, containing, for the most part, War Scenes; the majority excavated
by Mr. Hormuzd Rassam.

Fifty-two cases of Sculptures, the greater part from the most recent Palace at Koyunjik,
excavated by W. K. Loftus, Esq., and containmg—

Twelve Slabs, on which are representations of the return of the King from the lion-hunt.

Twenty-three other Slabs, or portions of Slabs, with Hunting Scenes, engraved with
peculiar beauty and in remarkable preservation, in which the King Ashur-bani-pal III.
appears slaying Lions, hunting wild Asses, sacrificing dead Lions before an Altar, &c. &c.

The Inscription of Sennacherib, in eight pieces, recording the War of that King with
Hezekiah, King of Judah, which has been cut from the Great Bulls at the entrance of
Sennacherib’s Palace at Koyunjik.

A large collection of Inscribed Tablets, fragments of Ivory, Iron Work, Spears, Axes,
&c., from the north-west and central Palaces at Nimrtd; excavated by W. K. Loftus, Esq.

A collection of objects from Muqueher, in Southern Babylomia (the “ Ur of the Chal-
dees”), consisting of Bronze and Leaden Vessels, Tablets, Chains of Iron, &c., together
with Stone and Clay Instruments from Abu-Shahrein, in the same neighbourhood ; exca-
vated by J. E. Taylor, Esq., H. M. Vice-Consul, Bussorah.

Twelve Cases, the results of the researches undertaken by W. K. Loftus, Esq., for the
Assyrian Excavation Society, and containing a large and curious collection of Copper Instru-
ments (probably the remains of an Assyrian Forge) from Tel Sifr; unbaked and inscribed
‘Tablets of very early date from the same place: inscribed Tablets from Warka, bearing
the names of Seleucus and Antiochus, in Cuneiform writing ; together with some curiously.
painted Cones from the same place ; presented by the Assyrian Excavation Society.

A small conical Clay Cylinder, contaiing notices of the works of Nebuchadnezzar ; pre-
sented by the Duke of Somerset.

Several fragments of Cylinders and Inscribed Bricks from the New Palace at Koyunjik,
Sinkara, the Birs-i-Nimrad, and Zurghal; procured through the exertions of Sir H.C,
Rawlinson, kK. c. B.

A collection of engraved Cylinders, Gems, and Seals, consisting of twenty-seven
Cylinders, and many Seals in Agate, Comelian, Lapis Lazuli, &c.; purchased of
T. K. Lynch, Esq.

A collection of ten Cylinders and Seals in Agate, Cornelian, and Lapis Lazuli; pur-
chased of W. 8. W. Vaux, Esq.

Ill. Greek.—A collection of Antiquities from Dardanus, Ophrynium, Novum Ilium, and
the Cemetery of Troy; excavated by J. Brunton, Esq., of Her Majesty’s Civil Hospital,
Renkioi; presented by the Right Honourable Lord Panmure.

Marble Head of an heroic personage, probably of a son of Niobe; from the collection of
the late S. Rogers, Esq.

Two very fine Vases, found at Athens; from the collection of the late S. Rogers, Esq.

A collection of Painted Vases, Terracottas, and other objects, comprising a Panathenaic
Vase, bearing the name of Niccerates, Archon of Athens in the year of the Battle of Issus,
B, C. 333, together with a Sepulchral Stele; from excavations at Tolemata, Tukera, and
Ben-Ghazi (in the ancient Cyrenaica), conducted by F. H. S. Werry, Esq., Her Majesty’s
Vice-Consul of Ben-Ghazi.

A large

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A large painted Vase, from Altamura, and a smaller Vase, bearing the name of the
painter, Epictetos, and the potter, Pistoxenos; purchased at Naples, at the time of the
removal of the Temple Collection.

A valuable collection of Antiquities, consisting of Gold Ornaments, Gems, Pottery, Glass
Vessels, and other objects, the contents of thirty-three graves. The objects seem, for the
most part, to be contemporary with the Second Punic War. From excavations at Tharros,
in Sardinia, conducted by Cavaliere Cara of Cagliari.

A collection of Antiquities, discovercd on the site of the Temple of Apollo, at Calymnos,
and ina neighbouring cemetery, by Charles T. Newton, Esq., H. M. Vice-Consul at Mytilene;
presented by the Right Hon. Lord Stratford de Redclitte.

A collection of Marbles, chiefly mscribed, and of Vases and Terracottas, procured by
C. T. Newton, Esq., H. M. Vice-Consul, Mytilene.

A collection of objects in Terracotta, together with fragments of Vases, and Glass ; pro-
cured from excavations in the English Camp at Sebastopol; presented by Col. Munro, H. M.
39th Regiment.

IV. Etruscan.—A very fine Gold Necklace and Ring, found at Vulci, and published in
the Monumenti dell’ Instituto Archeologico. 1854.

A bronze Mirror, with an Etruscan inscription, published in the Annali dell’ Instituto
di Corrispondenza, 1851; purchased at Naples.

V. Roman.—A Silver Cup, ornamented with Storks and Aquatic Birds ; published in the
Monumenti dell’ Instituto Archeologico. 1854.

A Mosaic, representing a Lion bound by Cupids, of very minute work and good execution,
from the neighbourhood of Naples; purchased at the time of removing the Temple
collection.

A collection of Gems, mounted as Rings, twenty-nine in number ; and chiefly represent-
ing early Christian symbols and subjects.

A collection of Glass Vessels procured from the Museumat Kertch ; presented by Captain
Loring, r.n., H. M. S. Furious.

A collection of Glass Vessels, also from Kertch; presented by Captain Giffard, r.N.,
H. M. 8. Leopard.

Two Sepulchral Bas-reliefs, with Figures on them, from Kertch; presented by C. A.
Courtney, R.N.

A collection of miscellaneous sculptures, consisting of Sixteen Tablets, chiefly sepulchral ;
four Fragments of Statues, one Corinthian Capital, and twenty-two Miscellaneous Bas-
reliefs ; removed from Kertch by Dr. Macpherson and Captain Westmacott, and presented
by the Right Hon. Lord Panmure.

A collection of Antiquities, excavated at Kertch; and consisting of several very fine Glass
Vases, Bronze and Terracotta Vessels, Lamps, and Fragments of Ivory, together with some
fibule, probably of Varangian work; presented by Dr. Macpherson, Inspector-General of
Hospitals.

VI. British Collection.—A collection of Urns and Stone Implements, found in a Kist-vaen,
in Jersey.

Two Urns and other objects, found in Aberdeenshire ; presented by C. E. Dalrymple, Esq.

An extensive collection of Antiquities, formed by Charles Roach Smith, Esq., and chiefly
discovered in London. It comprises remains of the British, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval
inhabitants of that city, and has been described. in a catalogue published by Mr. Smith,
before the collection was acquired by the Museum.

A Pig of Lead, bearing the name of Vespasian, found at Hint’s Common, Staffordshire.

A Bas-relief, representing the Dez Matres, found at Lincoln, and presented by
Moore, Esq.

A Sepulchral Inscription found at Irchester, Northamptonshire, and presented by William
Allen, Esq.

An Ancient [rish Bronze Instrument, probably a Steel-yard.

An Irish Enamelled Brooch.

A portion of an Embroidered Horse-Trapping, with the Arms of William de Fortibus, Earl
of Albemarle, who died a.p. 1240. Published in the Vetusta Monumenta.

Three Seals for the Liberation of Wool, of the time of Edward I1I., two of them for
Caermarthen, and one for Lincoln; presented by Mrs. Piggott.

Seal of the Sub-Dean of Chichester ; presented by the Rev. T. Mozley.

Bronze Weight, with the arms of England and Cornwall, found at Greenwich; presented
by G. Corner, Esq.

A very fine English Watch, of about a.p. 1600; presented by Felix Slade, Esq.

The Signet Ring of Mary Queen of Scots.

VII. Medieval.—A collection of Ivory Carvings formed by Mr. Maskell, and consisting
of about 170 specimens. It cumprises many pieces of the greatest rarity and merit.

Three [vory Carvings; presented by Felix Slade, Esq.

A Cross, ornamented with Enamel, of the 12th century.

A Stamp for making the leaden Bulle of Pope Paul II.

Forty-eight matrices of Seals.

VILL. Ethnographical.—A collection of Mexican Antiquities ; presented by Lady Webster.

Two Bas-reliefs found near Peshawar, in the Upper Panjab; presented by Captain Bowden.

Two Heads in Terracotta from the Panjab; presented by Lady Rivett Carnac.

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Filteen Musical Instruments from China ; presented by his Excellency Sir John Bowring.
A collection of Spear Heads from Nipal; presented by Dr. Murray.

B. Coins and Medals.—Vhe following table shows the number, and classification, of the:
acquisitions under this head :—

Gold. Silver. Copper.
Greek - - - - - - 10 - - 87 - - 138
Roman - - - - - - 129 - = 13° 72) gay
Byzantine - - - - - 38 - - qo atypia 19
Oriental - - - - - 24 - - 4g S' =) Syg9

Medizval and)
Modern

220 480 930 = 1,630

To these must be added five Cufic Glass Coins. Of these, 652 remain unregistered.
Mr. Roach Smith’s Collection of London Antiquities comprises a large number of Roman
Coins, which, with the exception of two included in the above enumeration, it is proposed .
to place with the Antiquities, either as duplicates of examples in the Medal Room, or as too
ill preserved for the Numismatic series.

The Sardinian Collection formed by Signor Cara likewise contains a considerable
number of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Coins, which will be treated in the same manner
as those just mentioned, for the same reasons.

These two collections are therefore excluded from the enumeration given above.

The acquisitions of the past year, though less numerous than in some former years, com=
prise an unusual number of examples of the highest importance.

In the Greek series the following Coins may be specified :—A Pentadrachm, or, possibly,
Medallion, of Hieronymus, King of Syracuse, of extreme rarity; a Didrachm of Lete im
Macedonia, presenting a new variety of type; three fine Tetradrachms of the Kings of
Bithynia ; a Hemidrachm of Pixodarus, King of Caria, of a new type; a fine Cistophorus
of Laodicea in Phrygia; a Tetradrachm of Antiochus the Great, King of Syria, struck in
Bactriana ; three Tetradrachms of Euthydemus, one of Antimachus, and one of Demetrius,
severally, Kings of Bactriana: the last of these is believed to be unique. The series of
Greek Coins struck under Roman government has been enriched by the purchase of 66
Copper Coins of Alexandria in Egypt, in the finest preservation, including an unpublished
one of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, one of Julia Paula, Annia Faustina, Julia Mesa
and Tranquillina respectively, and two of Gordianus I., Africanus.

The most important addition to the Roman series has been made in the purchase of 116
Aurei taken froma larger number found in the Regency of Tunis. All these, excepting one,
which was selected on account of its rarity as a “restored coin,” are in the highest
possible condition. Among them may be specified, on account of their rarity, ten Aurei of*
Commodus, and five of Crispina; and, for their great beauty, many of those of Antoninus
Pius, and of the two Faustinas. Among the Roman Gold Coins acquired may be also par-
ticularised an Aureus of Tetricus and his son, believed to be unique, and another of Maxi-
miauus I., struck at London. The most important additions to the Copper series are an
unique third brass coin of Carausius, with a full-faced portrait; and 77 specimens of Coins
of the same class, struck during the reign of Constantine the Great, and his immediate:
successors, the result of the examination of a hoard lately found in Sussex.

The most valuable addition to the Oriental series is an ancient Persian Silver Coin of an.
extremely rare type, nearly resembling two already in the Collection which were procured
from Mr. Rich. The Parthian series has also been improved ; while to the Modern Oriental
class considerable additions have been made, especially to the cabinets of Ommiade,.
Georgian, Persian, Tunisian, and Cufic glass money.

The additions to the Medieval and Modern part of the Collection comprise many impor-
tant coins. The series of Ostrogoths in Italy, Visigoths in Spain, and Vandals of Carthage,
have been improved. To the Spanish Coins have been added four in Gold, two of Henry ILI.
of Castile, and two of John Il. of Arragon ; and to the Belgian, several coins of the Bishops
of Liege, from the tenth to the thirteenth century. The Swiss Collection has been greatly»
improved, especially by the gilt, by F. de Salis, Esq., of a large Gold Coin of Ulrich von
Federspiel, Bishop of Coire (1692-1728), a Gold Testoon of the Canton Lucerne, and a Silver
Coin of Gubert de Salis, all rare, and the second extremely so. A Denier and Obole of
Bishop Conrad of Geneva (1038), of the greatest rarity, have been acquired by purchase.
In the Italian series may be specified a rare Coin of Como; and additions of importance:
to the Coins of Naples and Sicily, to the Papal money, particularly a Silver Coin of Cle-
ment VII. by Benvenuto Cellini, to the money of Savoy, and to that of Venice. In the
German series, the Coins of the Dukes of Bohemia, of the City and Archiepiscopate of
es aoe of the Archiepiscopate of Treves, and of the Teutonic Order, have received valuable.
additions.

The English Collection has been enriched by the acquisition of Mr. Roach Smith’s series
of London Tokens.

*,.* The number of visitors to the Medal Room from Christmas 1855 to Christmas 1856
has been 2,299, showing an increase of 853 on the number of the preceding year.

Edward Hawkins.

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Natura History DEPARTMENTS.

All the collections of Natural History are in a good state of preservation.

To the extent to which present space admits the several Classes are arranged as wholes ;
so as to enable the student and observant visitor to appreciate the extent of the Class, and
to trace the kind and order of the variations which have been superinduced upon its
common or fundamental characters.

The Class of Birds, the Collection of Shells, the Insects, the Reptiles, both recent and
fossil, the Fishes, both recent and fossil, and the Minerals, are thus allocated, not only
according to Orders, Families, and Genera, but with a view to impart instruction as to the
extent, the range of variety, and the progression of affinities of the subordinate groups of
those Classes respectively.

With regard to the other Classes subdivided according to the separate apartments allotted
to them, a natural division of the Class is appropriated as far as possible to each.

The instruction of Visitors has been duly regarded in the position and arrangement of the
Specimens, and by attaching, in conspicuous positions, plain definitions of the natural
groups of each Class, and of the several Species and Varieties exemplified.

The annual ratio of the additions to the several departments of the Natural History is an
increasing one. 33,769 specimens have been added to the Zoological Series, and 6,700
specimens to the collections of Geology and Mineralogy, in the course of the year 1856.
The details of these additions are given in the Annual Reports of the Keepers of those
departments.

cAmongst the additions to the Class Mammalia the recently discovered species of Bornean
Orang-utan (Pithecus Morio), which differs in the more open facial angle, and some other
characters, from the previously known species (Pithecus Satyrus), is one of peculiar interest
to both the Naturalist and Ethnologist. The small South American quadruped called
Chlamyphorus truncatus, figured in Dr. Buckland’s “ Bridgewater Treatise, as exemplifying
some of the peculiarities of the Megatherium is a rare and valuable acquisition. The bird
from the middle island of New Zealand, called Motornis Mantelli, first indicated by fossil
remains found associated with those of the great Dinornis, is now exemplified, in the Gallery
of Ornithology, by the well preserved specimen of the only example of the living bird
captured in that island, the skin of which has been sent to England. The entire skeleton
of the Dinornis Elephantopus—the last discovered and rarest species of the Moas, or great
wingless birds, of New Zealand, now exhibited in the Gallery of Fossils, well exemplifies
the general characters of these apparently extinct birds, and the singularly massive propor-
tions of the present unique example of the genus.

Richard Owen,

Superintendent of the Departments of Natural History.

ZooutogicaAL DEPARTMENT.

The Collections of Vertebrated Animals and Shells which are exhibited in the Rooms
4 a the Public have been cleaned and re-arranged according to modern improvements
in Zoology.

The very extensive Collection of Skeletons of Vertebrated Animals and the Specimens
of the Vertebrated, Molluscous, Annulose and Radiated Animals in spirits, have been also
cleaned, re-arranged, and re-labelled, where the labels had been destroyed by dust or damp.
_ The Stuffed Skins in store have been examined and verified.

The General Collection of Insects and Crustacea have had large accessions of Specimens
made to them, which have been arranged in their appropriate systematic places, and several
parts of these Collections have been entirely re-arranged and described.

The whole of these Collections are arranged in a more strictly systematic manner, and
more uniformly named, in accordance with the modern state of science, than any of the
Public Collections in Europe, as is universally allowed by all the foreign naturalists who
come to visit them.

During the year 1856 there have been added to the several parts of the Zoological
Collection 33,769 specimens of the different classes of animals, viz.:

Vertebrated Animals - - - - - - = ) 2,785
Mollusca and Radiata - - - - - - 14,542
Annulose Animals - ~ - - - - - 16,492

ToraL - - - - 383,769

Of these, a very considerable proportion of the specimens are types of the species described
in various scientific works and periodicals, independently of a very large number of speci-
mens that have been described during this year in the publications of the Museum itself, and
which are thus rendered of typical importance.

These 33,769 specimens, which have been acquired during the year, have been all regularly
marked and described in the Manuscript Register of Accessions, with an account from whom,
whence, and how they were derived, which adds greatly to their value, and they have

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all been arranged in their systematic places in the General Collection, and properly
labelled.
The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1856 :—
1. List of Birds— Part 4, Columbe, by G. R. Gray, F.L-s., F.z.S.
2. Catalogue of Testudinata, with figures of all the new species, by J. E. Gray, pu.p.,
RGR Sey VPLS kewCe
3. Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish, by Dr. Kaup. I
4, Catalogue of Coleoptera—Part 8, Longicornia, by A. White.
5. Catalogue of Cassidide, by Prof. Boheman, of Stockholm, _ ;
6. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects—Part 4, Sphegide, Larride, and Crabronide,
by F. Smith, m.k£.s. Lined
7-10. Catalogue of Lepidopterous Insects—Parts 7, 8, Sphingide, and Parts 9, 10,
Noctuide, by F. Walker, F.u.s.
11. List of Papilionide—Part 1, 2d edition, by G. R. Gray, F.1.s.
12. Catalogue of Myriapoda—Part 1, 2d edition, by G. Newport, F.R.S., F.L.S.
13. List of British Curculionidae, by John Walton, F.L.s.
14. Catalogue of British Ichneumonide, by T. Desvignes, M.£.s.
15. List of British Lepidoptera, by J. F. Stephens, F.u.s.; 2d edition, by H. Stainton,
M.E.S.
The followmg Catalogues, as well as the succeeding parts of those already commenced,
are in preparation, and will appear as soon as they can be issued :—
1. Catalogue of Non-Parasitic Worms of the British Islands, by the late Dr. George
Johnston, of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
2. A Guide to the Collection of Mollusca, by Dr. J. E. Gray.
3. A Catalogue of the Apodal Fish, by Dr. Kaup.
4, A Catalogue of the Orthopterous Insects, with figures of all the new species, by
J.O. Westwood, F.L,S., V.P.E.S.
In addition to the several thousand Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, Crustacea, and
ether smaller animals that are prepared in the Museum, there have been set up and re-set
by the animal preserver—

Mammalia - - - - - - - 29
Birds - - - - - - - - - 166
Reptiles - - - - - - - - - 7
Fish - - - - - - - - - 43
Skeletons and Skulls - ~ - - - - 87
Insects - - - - - - - - - 3,560

In addition to the Collections which have been purchased, on account of their being the
types described, the specimens added have been selected from large collections from
different countries which have been offered for sale, as those which were most required to
complete the series, best leading to illustrate the scientific arrangement, and as most useful
in showing the habits and economic uses of the animals.

The following additions may be specially noticed :

A Male and Female of the Pithecus Morio, or smaller Ourang, from Borneo, witha
perfect Skeleton of the Female, and a Collection of Birds and Reptiles from that island,
collected by Mr. Wallace.

A Skeleton of Chlamyphorus truncatus, from Sir Woodbine Parish.

The Female Notornis Mantellit and Nestor notabilis, from New Zealand, being the types
from which the species were described.

A Specimen of Oreophasis Derbianus.

Mr. Yarrell’s Collection of British Fish, the Windpipes and other Specimens, described in
Mr. Yarrell’s various Papers in the Philosophical, Linnean and other Transactions.

New Species of Tortoises and a Collection of Insects formed in Australia, by Mr. Samuel
Stutchbury.

Collection of Mammalia and Reptiles from India, presented by Professor Oldham.

Bats and Reptiles from Siam, and Insects from Hong Kong, presented by Jolin
Bowring, Esq.

A large Collection of Mollusca and their Shells from the Mediterranean, collected by
Professor Costa and Mr. J. G. Jeffreys.

ga\ large Collection of Mammalia, Reptiles, Fish, Crustacea, Shells and Corals from the
Fiji Islands and the New Hebrides, collected. during the voyage of H.M.S. Herald. Pre-
sented by the Lords of the Admiralty and Mr. John Macgillivray; many being types of
new species.

A large Collection of Shells, Corals, Corallines and Sponges from New Zealand ;
presented by Dr. Andrew Sinclair.

Collections of Insects from Moreton Bay, presented by J. Gibbons, Esq.; from Borneo,
by Mr. Wallace; from Assyria and Persia, collected and presented by W. Kenneth
Loftus, Esq.; from Natal, collected by Messrs. Plant and Gueinzius; from Ega on the
Amazon, collected by Mr. Bates; from Mexico, collected by Mr. Sallé.

he type Specimens of British Diptera, described by the donor in the third part of the
Insecta Britannica, and a series of Minute Diptera, described by M. Winnertz; presented by
F, Walker, Esq.

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A Collection of the smaller European Coleoptera, named by Dr. Maerkel.

The types of European Curculionidae, named by Schcenherr and Germar, and some type
Specimens of Apions and other Curculionide ; presented by John Walton, Esq.

A series of the Parasites of Bats, described and presented by Dr. Kolenati.

John Edward Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY.

During the past year the number of specimens added to this Department is about 6,700.
Of remains of Vertebrate Animals, the above-mentioned number includes upwards of 3,000
specimens, made up in great part of a very extensive collection of Fossil Bones of various
species of Birds and other Animals from New Zealand, collected with great care by Mr.
Commissioner Mantell. These Specimens have all been catalogued, and will therefore now be
displayed (so far as the crowded state of the Gallery will permit) with as little delay as
possible. One of the most remarkable objects in the Collection is the gigantic Bird
named Dinornis elephantopus, by Professor Owen, a specimen of which has been mounted
and is exhibited in the Sixth Room.

The acquisitions of Fossil Shells and other Invertebrate Animals amount to about 3,500
specimens. Of these a considerable portion has been catalogued, together with a still
larger number of specimens previously procured, the total number of specimens labelled
and entered being akout 5,000. These catalogued specimens have been carefully examined,
mounted on tablets, and arranged in the cases. They consist of newer Pliocene Shells from
Britain, Sweden, and Sicily ; newer Tertiary Shells, &c. of Porto Santo and the Cana-
ries; Eocene Tertiary Shells ; Cretaceous, Oolitic, Triassic, and Paleozoic Fossil Shells
and Corals; and about 40 species of Fossil Crustaceans, and 70 species of Echinoder-
mata.

The Mineral Collection has been increased by 200 specimens, consisting partly of new
species, but chiefly of very choice and fine examples, and new varieties of species already
possessed, all of which have been catalogued and arranged. Among the purchased speci-
mens may be more particularly noticed some fine examples of a new variety of Wavellite,
specimens of Dichroite, Chiastolite, Allanite, and Molybdates of Lead, with various other
Lead Ores from North America; an interesting example of Laminated Native Silver from
Mexico ; Chrysocolla and other Minerals (chiefly volcanic) from Lipari and Rocca-Monfina ;
a large specimen of Rose-coloured Caicareous Spar, from the Cobalt Mines of Riegelsdorf,
Hesen ; a very large Rock-Crystal, enclosing doubly terminated Crystals of the same sub-
stance, and containing, moreover, Water and detached Crystals of Pyrites, said to be from
Madagascar; and a large and finely crystallized specimen of Stilbite, from Australia.
Among the donations to this branch of the Collection, the following may be particularized :
A portion of a mass of Meteoric Iron, from Madoc, Upper Canada, presented by Sir
William E. Logan, F.R. s., &c. ; a fine specimen of Pectolite, from Landellsfoot, Ayrshire,
presented by Dr. Heddle ; specimens of Sulphate of Lead and Carbonate of Lime, from
Sardinia, presented by M. Barbetti; anda series of Minerals, from the Antimony Mines
of Hiera, Mytilene, presented by Charles'l. Newton, Esq., Her Majesty’s Vice-Consul,M ytilene.
The chief additions by donation to the Collection of Fossils are, a Skull of the Musk Ox,
from the “ Drift,” at Maidenhead, Berkshire, presented by John Lubbock, Esq. ; a small
series of remains of a Fossil Elephant from Asia Minor, presented by J. M. Geils, Esq. ;
150 specimens of newer Tertiary Fossils from Porto-Santo, presented by Sir Charles
Lyell, Fr. R.s., &c.; a series of Graptolites, from Scotland, presented by Professor Harkness;
specimens of Entomostraca, by T. R. Jones, Esq., and Foraminifera, by W. K. Parker, Esq.;
a series of London Clay Fossils, by J. Slade, Esq. ; 50 Silurian Fossils, by H. Sharpe, Esq. ;
and about 100 Tertiary Fossils, from Jamaica, by the Honourable Edward Chitty.

George Robert Waterhouse.

BoranicaAL DEPARTMENT. a

The Keeper has re-arranged (in the order of the recently-published volume of De Can-
dolle’s Prodromus) the families of Polygonee, Myristicee, and Proteacee. He has examined
and arranged the various Collections purchased at the sale of the Herbaria of the Horticul-
tural Society. He has made a selection from an extensive Collection of Vegetable Struc-
tures offered by the Honourable East India Company. He has added to the General
Herbarium the late Mr. George Don’s Collections from Tropical Western Africa, together
with a continuation of Mr. Thwaites’ Plants of Ceylon, and» Mr. Spruce’s Collections in
Northern Brazil; and numerous Specimens from the Voyage of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Herald ;”
and from Mr. Loftus’s Collections in Assyria; and he has also inspected and rendered more
easily accessible the geographically arranged Collections in the large outer room. He has
got ready the rooms intended for exhibition, and named and prepared specimens to be
placed in them.

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Since the Keeper’s last Annual Report, he has received as presents, or by purchase,—

2 specimens of Codium Bursa, Agardh, collected off Brighton, and presented by
H. Catt, Esq. :

125 Pianies of Mosses of Portugal, collected by Mr. Welwitsch.

166 Plants of Spain, collected by M. Rossmassler.

363 species of Plants of Sicily, collected by M. Huet du Pavillon.

487 species of Plants of the East, collected by M. Balansa.

245 species of Plants of Assyria, collected by W. K. Loftus, Esq.
510 species of Plants of the East Indies, from the Collection of the Horticulturat?

Society.
1,079 species 0

Horticultural Society. ‘
460 species of Plants of the various South Sea Islands, collected during the voyage of

Her Majesty’s Ship “Herald,” presented by Sir John Liddeli, c.z., Director-general of
the Medical Department of the Navy. te

257 species of Plants of the same voyage, received from the Museum of the Royal Naval
Hospital at Haslar, by direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

180 species of Plants of New Holland, ditto, ditto.

852 species of Plants of Western Australia, collected by Alexander Collie, Esq., Surgeon,

R.N., ditto, ditto. ons
229 species of Plants from the Pyrenean Mountains, in the neighbourhood of Port

Phillip, collected and presented by Duncan Cooper, Esq.

80 species of Alge of Tasmania, collected by the Rev. John Fereday and Mr. George
Propsting, forming part of Nos. 427, 428, of the Tasmanian Contributions to the Universal
Exhibition of Industry at Paris, in 1855, and presented through F. A. Ducroz, Esq..,
Tasmanian Commissioner to the Exhibition.

30 species of Ferns of New Zealand, from the Haslar Museum, as above.

56 species of Ferns of New Caledonia and Singapore.

320 species of Plants of the Sandwich Islands, collected by Mr. MacRae, from the Col-
lection of the Horticultural Society.

395 species of Plants of Tunis, collected by M. Kralik.

144 species of Plants of Tripoli and Central Africa, collected and presented by Dr.
Edward Vogel. :

701 species of Plants of Western Tropical Africa, collected by Mr. George Don, from
the collection of the Horticultural Society.

234 species of Planis of Algoa Bay and the Cape of Good Hope, collected by Mr.
Forbes, from the collection of the Horticultural Society.

85 species of Plants of Madagascar, collected by Mr, Forbes, from the collection of the
Horticultural Society.

72 species of Plants of Spitzbergen and Arctic America, from the Haslar Museum.

1,919 species of Plants of North America, collected chiefly by Sir John Richardson, o.s.,
from the Haslar Museum.

1,460 species of Plants of North Western America and California, collected by Mr. David
Douglas, from the collection cf the Ho:ticultural Society.

155 species of Plants of the North West Coast of America, from the Haslar Museum.

182 species of Ferns of Venezuela, collected by Dr. Fendler.

256 species of Plants of Northern Brazil, collected by Mr. Spruce.

40 species of Plants of the Straits of Magellan, from the Haslar Museum.

Various specimens of vegetable productions from New Holland, the Islands of the South
Pacific and the West Coast of Africa, from the Haslar Museum.

51 species of British Woods.

8 sections of Trunks of Woody.Climbers from South Brazil.

A Cone of Araucaria Cookii, R. Br., from the Isle of Pines.

f Plants of Ceylon, collected by Mr. MacRae, from the Collection of the

Robert Brown.

DEPARTMENT oF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The Drawings by the old Masters framed and exhibited during 1855, and a portion of
1856, have been replaced by a fresh selection.

The Collection of Engravings by Marc’ Antonio is in the course of re-arrangement ; about
one-third has been carefully mounted in such a manner as will secure the surface from the
chance of future injury from friction.

The Works of John Matham have been arranged in four volumes.

_ The Etchings of Adrian Ostade have been re-arranged, which step became necessary
m snare of the valuable accessions made within a short period of many of the rarer
states.

The Etchings of Carl Russ and Martin 8. Schmidt have been arranged in a volume.

Eighty-five of the choicer Drawings have been remownted in such a manner as to secure
the surface from injury by friction.

Seven thcusand two hundred and thirty-five articles have been entered im the register of
purchases and presentations ; each article has had the register mark stamped on it.

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Fourteen Drawings by the old Masters have been photographed by Mr. Fenton.
Seventeen hundred and twenty Photographs taken from Drawings by the old Masters
have had the Museum stamp impressed on them prior to being issued for sale.

The most important additions to the Department have been—

Italian School.—A large and fine illumination of the fourteenth century,of Christ and his
Disciples.

Drawings by Pesellino, Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Bartolommeo, Parmigianino, Salviati,
Tintoretto, G. Vasari, Sansovino, Francesco Vanni, Guido Reni, Albano, and others. Also
the original Drawings made by Gozzini for the “Monumenti Sepolcrali della Toscana.”

Engravings. An undescribed Print by Baldini. The Virgin and Child in the first state,
and Hercules and the Hydra, by Andrea Mantegna. St. John the Baptist, and the right
hand portion of the composition representing a Battle, on which is inscribed “ Mocetus,
1496,” (the left hand portion, having on it the Christian name “ Hieronimus,” is in the
Imperial Collection in Vienna, and is described by Bartsch,) by Girolamo Mocetto,
Formerly in Mr. Wilson’s Collection. Specimens by Niccletto di Modena, J. A. de
Brescia, Buonincontro da Reggio, Mare’ Antonio, The Master of the Die, Nic. Beatrici,
Eneas Vico, The Ghisi’s Reverdinus, &c.

German -School.—Several curious undescribed Woodcuts of the early portion of the
fifteenth century. An undescribed Print of the Nativity, by the Master of 1466. Speci-
mens of the works of Bocholt, Schongauer, Israel von Mecken, M. Zagel, Burgmair, Lucas
Cranach, Schaufelein, Springinklee, Lautensack, Hirschvogel, Josse Amman, &c. Etchings
by Bartsch, Brand, Rechberger, Rehberg, Reinhold, and Vittinghoff.

Most valuable additions have been made to the Collection of Hollar’s works.

Duich and Flemish Schools—Drawings by Lucas van Leyden, Roland Savery, Persellis,
A. Van Dyck, Waterloo, Jac. Bray, Eeckhout, Slingelandt, Le Ducq, W. Schellincks,
Hulswit, and Troost.

Etchings by Rembrandt, Van Vliet, A. Van Dyck, MHonthorst, Fruytiers, De Wael,
Tempesta, &c. Engravings by H. Goltzius, Saenredam, J. Matham, J. Muller, Suyderhoef,
C. Visscher, Paul Pontius, J. Thomas, and Claessens,

French School,—Drawings by Du Moustier, Lancret, and Boucher. Etchings by Claude,
S. Bourdon, Caylus, Verdier, Boissieu, and Blery. Engravings by Woeiriot, Boissarot,
Fournier Jacquart, Rabel, Berwic, Desnoyers, Masquellier, and others.

English School.—Drawings by Ozias Humphrey, Wheatley, Blake, Rowlandson, Edridge,
Wilkie, Stothard, Constable, and Callcott. Etchings by D. Allen, Edwards, Paul Sandby,
Ibbotson, Fuseli, Howitt, Callcott, Creswick, Cope, George Cruickshank, Horseley, Red-
grave, Frederick Taylor, and Thomas Webster. Engravings, fine proofs, by Raimbach,
Allen, Bacon, Doo, Finden, Greatbach, Miller, J. Pye, Charles Rolls, Stocks, Wallis, and
Willmore.

Interesting additions have been made to the series of English Portraits, and to the
Satirical Prints connected with the history of the country.

A fine Collection of Engravers’ Proofs of Woodcuts, by the late Samuel Williams, 273 in
number ; presented by the Sons of the artist.

W. HZ. Carpenter.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions was commenced
under Sir Henry Rawlinson’s superintendence in July 1856; the result up to 10 June 1857 has been
as follows :—

Six Inscriptions forming 29 sheets, and 2,073 lines completed, and 500 copies struck off.

Nine Inscriptions forming 18 sheets, and 1,345 lines in a forward state of progress. It is
hoped that 50 sheets will be completed by the'end of July 1857, when they will be bound
up in a volume, and published. ’

British Museum, A, Panizzi,
10 June 1857. Principal Librarian.

105—Sess. 2.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and ExpenDiTURE
of the Britis Museum, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1857; of the EsrimaTsp
Cuarces and Exprnszs for the Year ending
31st March 1858, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement.

(Lord John Russell.)

Dee
———————_———

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
17 June 1857.

————————_________ ns

105—sess. 2.
Under 3 oz.

BRITISH MUSEUM. YW

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 20 April 1858 ;—/for,

AN ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Exrennitune of the British Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1858; of the EstrmaTED
Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1859;
of the Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the Number of
Persons admitted to visit the Musrum in each Year from 1852 te 1857,
both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the Progress made in

the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLtectTions, and an Account of Oxssects added

to them, in the Year 1857.”

I.—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Ruceitprs and Expenniture for the Financial Year ended
31 March 1858.

IIl._—ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
If.—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY EUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1859, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1858.
VIL—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britiss Musrum in

each Year from 1852 to 1857, both Years inclusive.

VIIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CotLEcTiIons, and an
Account of Oxsjercts added to them, in the Year 1857.

(Lord John Russell.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
21 April 1858.

219.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

to

a ae = ——————

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret and Exrenvirure of the Grants of Partiament for the Salaries and

ended on the
To Batance on THE Ist APRIL 1857, Viz.: as Nee * uA
On Account of the Vote for the Establishment - s ie - | geese 129 1
Ditto - - ditto - - Cuneiform Inscriptions = - - - 899 18 -

— Amount GRANTED FoR THE YEaR 1857/8, per Appropriation Acts 20 Vict.
c. 20, & 20-& 21 Vict. c. 69, v1z:—
For the Establishment - - - < E. A i = @m8SOi Lo
Retired Allowances - - - = & = , 2 ef 1,550

{
\

66,400 — -—

—~ Sums Recztved under the following Heads in aid of the Grant for the
Establishment, viz. :

Dividends on Stock, 30,0001., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - CT ==
Proceeds of the Sale of the Synopsis - é - = = = 162 4 —-
Ditto other Museum Publications - = a = S 3 274 12 7
Ditto Casts of Marbles, &c. - - - - = = a 19 16 1

iueammemmcn er SS

Amount Grantep for publication of Cunzrrorm Inscriptions, under the superintendence
of Sir Henry Rawlinson, x.c.z. - - 2 “ dy

15005) —

£.| 85,992 2 9

——_-_$<FeeeoeloeooOOOOO VT —<—ea———es_s_ SS

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Exrznpiruke in the above Account.

£ s. a. Een 5 d.
Officers of the Ordinary Establishment - - - - = = 7.006 = ——
Officers of the Banksian Collection - - - - - - Bo = =
Assistants - - - - - - = 7 ra ? = 9,593 17 3
Transcribers - - - - - - - - - = 1,517 18 8
1. SALARIES - = - - | Attendants and Servants - co = 5 = = Fa = 9,112 12 8
Police - - - - - - - = = = = 7388 2 6
Persons paid daily or weekly - - 2 2 = = Z 1,576 15 5
Attendance on Stoves ee - - - - = = Ue = he 7
Retired Allowances = - - - - co e = = 1,550 - -
32,441 16 L
Rates and Taxes - - - - = = = te 3 346 19 10
Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. - - - - = = OTT? 1
Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - - - - = - -{ 1,023 15 =
2. House Exrenses > = \a@andles, Oi) and Gis Light. (oe. = ee 230 11 7
Stationery - - - - = - = = - S = 642 13 5
Incidents - - = - - = = - = = > 67919 9 3,031 16 8
Printed Books - = - = - - ~ - - - 6,845 14 7
fanuscripts - - - - - - - = = = 2,481 6 —
Books for Department of MSS. - - - = = - = 2415 6
Minerals - - = - = - = - = = = 500 2 6
Fossils = - - “ - - - - - = - - 691 15 -
Books for the Department of Geology - - - = - = 39 14 9
Zoological Specimens - = a - - - - - 1,623 16 8
3. Poncuaszs anpAcauisrtions ( Books for the Department of Zoology = - - - - = ey 2 il
Botanical Specimens - - - - - - eo - 6 3 4
Books for the Department of Botany - - - - - = 5113 2
Coins and Antiquities - - - - - - - - = 2,975 4 —
Books for the Department of Antiquities - : > = = = 61 9 -
Prints and Drawings - - - - - - - - = 1,200 - 4
Books for the Department of Prints and Engravings - - - 1118 6
Freight and Uarriage - - - - - - - - - 297 13 7
16,919 9 —

Carriedforward - - - &. 52,393 1 9

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 3
Expenses of the BRITISH MUSEUM, and for publishing Cunzirorm Inscriprions, in the Financial Year
31st March 1858.
| |
| EXPENDITURE. | GRANTS,
By Expenpiture under the following Heads, &e. : LO Biss bivtyineele | £. te.
1. SALARIES - - - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 32,441 16 1 | $8,205 = —-
, |
2, House Expenses - - - - - ditto - - - -| 3,081 16 S| °3,250 -— -
3. Purcuasss and AcqQvuisiTIONS - ditto - - - 5 SE ln | 18,200) = =
4. Booxsinpine, Casinets, &e. - - ditto - = - - | 11,860 10 4 | (OPCs (0)
5. Printine Catarocuss, making Casts, &c. ditto - - - - 2,919 11 5 2,650 — -
6. MiscELLANEOUS - - - - - ditto - - - - 9318 3 | 2008 ==
| 67907 1 9} 67,755 - =

By Expenoniture for publishing Cunerrorm Inscriptions

By Batance on THE 318T Marcn 1858, carried to Account for
- - £.

Establishment, 1858/9 - ~— - = os

Ditto - ditto - Cunermrorm Inscriptions -

16,325

1,894

= 505 16

H

ExpLanarory STATEMENT of the ExPENDITURE in the above Account—continued.

| »

Bookbinding for Printed Books
Manuscripts

ef Prints and Drawings - -
oc Secretary’s and other Departments
4. Booxsixpine, Casinets, &c. - | Preparing, &c. Natural History = - - -

Cabinets for Botany -
Cabinets for Coins -

Guide and Synopsis -

Catalogues of Manuscripts

Catalogues of Zoology -

5. Printins Cararosves, &. - Preparing Catalogues of Fishes and Insects

Catalogues of and Drawings from Antiquities

Tickets, Regulations, &c.

Repairing and fixing Antiquities - -
~ Expenses of Photographic Room - -

Moulds and Casts from Marbles, &ce. =

6. Miscrttanzous - - - Law Expenses, Fees, &c.

Prinrine, &c. the Cunzirorm Inscrirrions - -

210.

Torat Exrenpiture in tae Year 1857/8 - = = £,

A2

Brought forward - -
ee

ine 7,037 19
ere 829 9

‘
'
-—
bo
[or]
co |

are 38 1
of? 57 16
wee i 2,199 18
ae 513 11

278 18
48 14
488 18
590 2

—_ eo

neers.

52,393 1

11,860 10

67,772 17

2,919 LL

d.

9

4

co

4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.
IL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp ExpenpiTuRE of the BRIDGEWATER
STOCK,
ieee 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£8 ss hide Ci aie eels
To Batance on the Ist April 1857 - - - = = = = = =|; 287 12 a1 12,992 15 7
— Drvivenns received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
On the 8th July 1857 - £.194 17 10
~ 3 14th January 1858 - 194 17 10
; 389 15 8
~ One Year’s Rent or a Rzat Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
received 30th May 1857 - = = - - - - 34 15 10
£712 4° 5 12,992 15 7

IIL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrpr ann Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

—E

Wo Bavivcr onthe 1st April Ws67-c ste ar hee Sos SS Ge

— Divivenps received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d, Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz.,

On the 8th July 1857 = ek O'S

14th January 1858 - 43 1 9

39 ”

CASH.

Eicney Ba

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrerpt anp ExprenpitrureE of the SWINEY

To Batance on the Ist April1857 - - = - os SW toc Sp rot

— Divivenns received on 5,019/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.

On the 8th July 1857 - £.75 5 8)

” » 14th January 1858 - 75 5 8
£.

STOCK,

a a 3 p’Cent. Consols.

£. 68. d. Lame oii

158 7 11 5,019 2 9
150 11 4 —

308 19 3 5,019 2 9

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczipt and Expenpiture of the BIRCH

To Batance on the Ist April 1857 - - - - - - - < bs
To Divipsnnds received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.
On the 8th July 1857. - £.8 4

as ix} 14th January 1858 - 8 4

a

British |
17 April 1858, |

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

£.
563 1

s.
5

d.

7

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the 1st April 1857 and the 31st March 1858.

——

‘he STOCK,
pu 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
5 fern eee Sen So Oe
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1858 - - - - S| BT (aie
— Payments for Binpinc Manuscrirets, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1858 - = a = x Sale. 9
~ Payment of Sarary to the Egerton Librarian - - - - -| 210 - =
482 16 9
— BALANCE ON THE 31st MARcH 1858, carried to Account for 1858/9 - =|) 220" 7-28") 195092 15, 7
£. 712 4 6 12,992 15 7

ce

FUND, between the 1st April 1857 and the 31st March 1858.

aus STOCK,
es 3 p’Cent. Consols,
Son ss a fe Se) ad,
By Bavance on THE 31st Marcu 1858, carried to Account for 1858/9 - -| 54519 2 2,872 6 10
E: 545 19 2 2,872 6 10
FUND, between the Ist April 1857 and the 31st March 1858.
nae STOCK,
; 3 p’Cent. Consols.
j ' : 4 : : Ly Sins Sonn Sint
By Sarary paid to Dr. Grant for Lectures on Geology, in the financial year
ended 31st March 1858 - - - - - - - - o| en Ss =
— Payments for Postaczs, on account of Swiney Lecturer, in the financial
year ended 31st March 1858 : - : le Mil oh Liha - - - 4 6
140 4 6
— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1858, carried to Account for 1858/9 - -/ 16814 9 5,019 2 9
£.| 30819 3/ 5,019 2 9
FUND, between the Ist April 1857 and the 31st March 1858.
STOCK,
CASH 3 p’Cent. Consols.
bs ' Eos Sins Cle Lam Sin ae
By Lzeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz. the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - 16»: Saw?
By Batance on Tue 31st Marcu 1858, carried to Account for 1858/9 - -}- = -|< “668) 15'°7
s.| IG 8 '2 | 663 15 7

A. Panizzi,
Principal Librarian.

219. A 3

6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

ESTABLISHMENT.
1858-9.

VI—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defiay the Saranres and Exrensss of the Brinisu Museum,
for the Year ending on the 31st day of March 1859.

Le 92a

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satartes and Expenses of the Britisn Museum, for the
Year ending on the 31st day of March 1859, under the following Heads ;

Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1858-9. 1857=8,
I. Savarizs: £ sd} £ s. d. Se 2 es 2 ali aaa |
1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment - = || f5f00) a 7,300 — —

1
'
'
Or
bl)
On
J
|
or
QQ
or

2. Officers of the Banksian Collection

3. Assistants - - - - - - - - {10,500 — — ' 10,000) =) =
4. Transcribers - - - - - - - |2,000 — — 1,500 — -
5. Attendants and Servants - - - - - {10,300 —- — 9,000 — —
6. Police - - - - - - - -| 800 - — 680. — ~-
7. Persons paid daily or weekly - - = 2) Se eee 1,600 — —
8. Attendance on Stoves - - - - - - |}1,000 - — 15000 = =
9. Retired Allowances’ - - - - = - 11,550 -— — 13550); = te
=| “36,025 9 | -—_| Sota 4
II. Housr Expenses:
1. Rates and Taxes - - - - - - = ogre h a0 EL FY
2. Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. - - Se ust) cee TSOpe eS es
3. Coals, Coke and Fagots = - - - - - {1,300 -— — 1,300 -— —
4. Candles, Oi! and Gas - = = & = in) = = ne
5. Stationery - - = = z = E ale ony On sie ed
6. Incidents - - - - - - - -| 600 - — 600 - —
Sak Sea ee B00) = = fee 3,250 -— —
III. Purcuases ann Acquisitions :
1. Printed Books - - - - - - = |10,000 — — 7,000 —- —
2. Manuscripts - 2 = Z 3 iS a ee 2500 — =
3. Books for the Department of Manuscripts - - a = A Aemehl Iee
4. Minerals’ - - - - = = 4 ele a steele
5. Fossils - - - - - - - -| 800 -— — 700 -— —
6. Books for the Departments of Minerals and
HG IST EAC ee Pee Pe OIE Lae -} “pe lil 40 — -
7. Zoological Specimens - = 2 E a - |as00 = - Lene 2 .<
8. Books for the Department of Zoology - - - 9 - - oe ei
9. Botanical Specimens - ~ = = a 2 Wns aes mee =
10. Books for the Department of Botany - - : = ae ee aon
11. Coins and Antiquities - - s < a -|3,000 - -—| 3,000. — =
12. Books for the Department of Antiquities - e A Vk“ sot eS
13. Prints and Drawings - = a 2: - - 12.0005 <, = a
14. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings Tae £
15. Freight and Carriage - ; ae . -ilawoo: ee ¥
= ——| 18,200 — —

Carried forward - - - . 3

- ee ee a wisest et ces

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7/

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.

Required for the Year Granted for the Year
185 8-9. 1857-8.
Lon gerd: for de ee) See en Say
Brought forward - ---|- = -| 61,525 - -|- - -| 54,655 - -
{V¥. Booxsinprine, Caninets, &c.:
1, Bookbinding :
For Printed Books - - - - - - [9,500 .—" — 5,000 -— —
anuseripts, PR) Te EOL |] ogg =) — ie a
» Prints and Drawings - - - - Sal OMe 100 - —
», Principal Librarian’s and other Departments | 100 - - TOO cs
2. Preparing, &c. Natural History - - - -/1,100 — - 4,100 - — vee
mueaticintar botany - )- = =) LPL ee | LORS wa
4, Cabinets for Coins - - - - - = Te tae, t= LOD =
5. Repairing and fixing Antiquities - = - - 13,500 - - 2,000 - =
6. Expenses of Photographic Room- - - -{- . ~- eee y=
15,450 - — ——| 10,250 - -
V. Printine Cataoguss, &e.:
1. Guide and Synopsis - = - - - - -| 800 - - 500 - —
2. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - . Sil! 1/5 Openers $50 Maes
3. Catalogues of Zoology - - - - - ik 500 - —
4. Preparing Catalogues of Fishes and Insects - } sip Med ‘p 500 - —
5. Catalogues of and Drawings from Antiquities -| 500 -— - 100 = -
6. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - -| 150 - - 100 - -
7. Moulds and Casts from Marbles, &c. - - -| 800 -— -— 800 - —-
2,480 in— ——| 2650 - -
VI. Misce,sanzous :
Law Expenses - - - CA i Pay a 2 = AON: em c= - = S0GRS Ge
Deduct,—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz. : 80,575 - - ey78e 2
Dividends on £.30,000 Reduced Three per Cent.
Annuities - - - - - - -| 900 - - 900 - -
Museum Publications - - - - -| 850 - = Sane .—
Casts from Marbles - a ot Se ee 50. = = 100 - -
— Da ection 1,855 — -
Ner Amount of Esrmmate - - - £,| 79,275 - — 66,400 — —
|
—$$_ _—__. en

219. A4

8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIL—RETURN of the Numper of Persons Apuivrep to Visit the British Moszvum.

Persons admitted to view the Generat Coxrecrions in each Year, from 1852 to 1857,
both Years inclusive.

8.5, 2. .Sisiks 1854. 1855. 1856, WeSi5) Ze
{
N° N° N° N° N° N°

JANUARY - - - 19,141 36,205 28,489 16,690 19,980 17,632
FEBRUARY - - 21,782 33,518 31,299 11,132 23,567 16,368
Marcu - - - 32,295 74,093 36,201 15,656 41,460 18,009
APRIL - - - 46,878 52,687 59,189 54,161 23,998 45,060
May - - - 44,555 67,602 31,638 33,142 47,446 177,355
JUNE - - - 52,398 53,544 81,558 36,251 34,007 93,148
JuLy - - - | 36,965 56,479 45,710 34,708 86,529 65,866
AvuGcusT - - - 45,872 53,573 36,419 88,227 29,941 48,474
SEPTEMBER - -| 40,542 43,265 27,749 93,920 26,184 32,181 .
OcrosER - - - 36,953 45,814 18,879 21,766 24,799 27,653
NovEeMBER - -| 40,285 | 39,207 18,084 17,009 14,129 20,872
DecremMBER - - 90,309 | 105,126 44,047 31,427 39,674 | 58,416

ee

|

507,973 | 661,113 | 459,262 | 334,089 —- | 621,034

The Readers are not included in the above statement.
a a A SS NS

Nomser of Visits to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, 72,226 in
1852; 67,794 in 1853; 56,132 in 18543 53,567 in 1855; 53,422 in 1856. From January to
April 1857 inclusive, the number of visits of Readers was 19,242. The new Reading Room was
opened for Readers on the 18th May, and from that date to the end of the year the number of
visits of Readers was 75,128. Total, 94,370 in 1857.

Number of Visits by Arrisrs and Srupxnts to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of
Study, 6,983 in 1852; 6,518 in 1853; 3,652 in 1854; 3,594 in 1855; 2,918 in 1856; and
2,613 in 1857.

Number of Visits to the Print Room, 8,702 in 1852; 3,928 in 1853; 8,401 in 1854; 2,868 in
1855 ; 3,096 in 1856; and 3,315 in 1887.

Number of visits to the Coin and Medal Room, 1,310 in 1854; 1,446 in 1855; 2,299 in 1856;
and 2,316 in 1857. .

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Bririsa Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
between the hours of Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January
and February ; from Ten tiil Five during the Months of September, October, March and
April; and from Ten till Six from the 7th of May to the 1st of September. The Public
will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, and July of the
present year, between the hours of Twelve and Five.

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms
every day, except on the Holidays specified below, from Nine till Four ia the Months
of November, December, January and February; from Nine till Five in the Months of
September, October, March and April; and from Nine till Six in the Months of May,
June, July and August.

Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture from Nine o’clock to the hour of
closing, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of J anuary, the Ist to the 7th of May, and
the 1st to the 7th of September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christ-
mas-day, and also on any Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority.

British Museum, ) . A, Panizzi,
17 April 1858. { Principal Librarian.

io)

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII.— PROGRESS made in the Catatocuine and ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLECTIONS
and Account of OpsEcTs ADDED, in the Year 1857.

DEPARTMENT OF PrintTED Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on the shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each volume; also, on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The Library of Reference, removed from the old to the new
Reading ltoom, has been re-marked, as have also the titles and entries of these books in the
Catalogue. Press-marks have also been added to letters A to K, of an extra copy of the
King’s Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 129,994.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue-—The number of titles written for
this Catalogue amounts to 35,285. The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this
Catalogue is 45,277, including 4,486 index slips; 79,624 titles have been laid down in
one copy of this Catalogue, and 153,711 in a second. Indexes have been prepared to the
long headings, and two copies laid down, each comprising 4,486 slips. The amalgamation
of the Catalogues, as far as the letter F inclusive, has been completed, and two copies

bound, each in 516 volumes. One of these copies has been placed in the Reading Room.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue.—1. The number of titles written for this Catalogue amcunts
to 29,567, besides 421 Chinese ; in all, 29,988,

2. The number of titles transcribed fourfold for the Supplementary Catalogue is 26,418 ;
besides 221 index slips. The number of title slips inserted into each of three copies is
14,474; besides 695 index slips. This insertion has rendered it necessary, in order to
preserve the alphabetical order of the names and headings, to take up and re-insert 26,878
slips. each of the three copies, All the indexes to the long headings in the Catalogue
have been kept up.

3. The number of headings made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
is 389,

(c.) Carbonic Hand Catalogue.—108,400 slips of the fourth copy of the transcript have
been mounted on cartridge paper for this Catalogue,

(d.) Maps.—The new titles and cross-references for maps amount to 5,236. The
number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 14,898,

(e.) Music Cataloqgue.—The titles and cross-references written for this collection amount
to 2,521. The number of titles transcribed fourfold to 8,367.

I1J.—The number of volumes bound is 17,401 in 14,409, including 1,761 Pamphlets.
The number of volumes repaired is 11,320. 293 Maps and Charts have been mounted.

IV. Reading Room Service—1. On the 30th of April last the two Rooms at the east
end of the north wing of the Library were closed to the Readers, and ceased to be used as
Reading Rooms. The new Reading Room was opened to the Readers on the 18th of the
following month. The Library of Reference, placed in the Reading Room for the use of the
Readers, has been re-arranged, a great number of Treatises and other Works for study, as
well as reference, have been added to it, and the whole enlarged, to the extent of about one-
fourth. In order that a correct idea may be conveyed of the increased accommodation
afforded by the erection of the present Reading Room, the returns relating to this branch
of the service will be divided into two parts; one embracing the period from January 1 to
April 30, and the other that commenciog at May 18 and ending with the 31st December,
During the former period the number of books returned to the shelves of the General
Library from the Reading Room was 42,416; to those of the Royal Library, 3,168; to
those of the Grenville Library, 472; to the Closets in which books are kept from day to
day for the use of the Readers, 32,214; making a total of 78,270, or 823 per diem,
Adding the number of volumes returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about
45,000, the whole amounts to 123,270, or 1,297 per diem. From the 18th of May to the
31st of December, the number of books returned to the shelves of the General Library
from the Keading Room was 98,262; to those of the Royal Library, 6,508; to those of the
Grenville Library, 684; to the Closets in which Books are kept from day to day for the use
of the Readers, 65,395; making a total of 170,849, or 908 per diem. Adding the number of
volumes returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 281,000, the whole amounts to
451,849, or 2,403 per diem,

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2. The number of Readers, up to the 30th of April, was 19,130; on an average 201 per
diem, the Reading Room having been kept open during that period 95 days; each Reader,
therefore, had consulted, on an average, nearly 63 volumes per diem. From the 18th of May
to the 31st of December the number of Readers has been 74,833, on an average 398 per diem ;
the Reading Room having been kept open 188 days during this period. Each Reader has
consulted, oa an average, since the new Reading Room has been opened, 6 volumes per diem.

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 170 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Act) amounts to 20,244 (including Music, Maps,
and Newspapers), of which 730 were presented, 13,507 purchased, and 6,007 acquired by
copyright.

2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 143 received under the International
Copyright Act) is 24,705 (includmg Maps and Music), of which 466 were presented,
5,573 purchased, and 18,666 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers
acquired is 812. Of these, 569 (viz., 240 published in London, and 329 in the country)
have been received from the Inland Revenue Office in England, 123 from the branch of
that office in Ireland, and 119 from the branch of that office in Scotland. 120 numbers
of Colonial and other Newspapers have also heen presented.

3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans (including one acquired under the International Copy-
right Act) amount to 336 in 1,995 sheets; the Atlases to 13 complete and 18 parts of
Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 148 were presented, 15 pur-
chased, and 178 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases two were purchased, and 11
Atlases and 18 parts of Atlases were obtained by copyright.

4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 278
received under the International Copyright Act) is 2,861, of which 40 were purchased, and
2,821 acquired by cepyright. 997 parts and numbers of works in progress (including
113 received uuder the International Copyright Act) have been acquired by copyright.

5. The total number of articles received is 75,067, of which 586 were received under the
International Copyright Act. Of these, 45,346 (comprising 377 received under the Inter-
national Copyright Act) are complete works. Of the complete works, 592 were presented,
36,009 purchased, and 8,745 were acquired under the Copyright Act.

6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is
186,054.

VI. A selection has been made of specimens of early typography, of fine and rare books,
of illuminated and illustrated works, literary curiosities, and fine bindings, and these objects
are displayed in the Grenville Room and King’s Library, in fourteen table cases, accom-
panied by descriptions of each article.

J. Winter Jones.

DeparRTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. The sheets of the Catalogue of Additions for 1847, from I I to X X inclusive, have
been printed off; the Catalogue for the year 1848 partly revised, and the copy for 1852,
1853, and 1844, considerably forwarded.

2. The Egerton Manuscripts, from No. 1,663 to No. 1,682 inclusive, acquired in 1855
and 1856, have been described in detail.

3. The brief Catalogue or Register of the Additional Manuscripts placed in the Reading
Room, has been continued from October 1856 to August 1857 inclusive, No. 21,577 to
No, 22,100; with the exception of Nos. 21,631—21,895 (Haldimand Papers, not yet bound).

4. A selection of Autographs, Manuscripts, and Charters has been made for exhibition
to the Public; descriptions written of them, and labels attached.

5. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No. 2,987 to No. 3,807,
inclusive. The descriptive titles have also been revised, and copied fair into the General
Catalogue of Charters, from No. 1,531 to No. 3,230.

6. Ten volumes in Arabic have been described in detail, for the Supplement to the General
Printed Catalogue of that class, and the descriptions of 115 others revised and enlarged ;
the printed text has also been corrected from p.60 to p.180. One hundred and fifteen
Oriental Manuscripts, in various languages, have been more briefly described for the
Catalogues of Additions, 1848-1853.

7. Nine volumes in Syriac, and portions of two others, have been described for the
General Catalogue of this class, and letterings written for 127 other volumes.

8. The General Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts to the end of 1853 has been com-
pleted in English and German.

9. The general classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the
present time.

10. Indexes have been made to the Additional Manuscripts, 20,081—-2, 20,692; and the
Index Slips revised of Harleian, 6,989-7,003. An Index to the Catalogue of Additions for
1846 has also been completed. .

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11. The Register of Donations to the Department has been kept up to the end of 1857.

12. Transcripts of the Index to the Additional and Egerton Manuscripts from 1846 to
1855, inclusive; of the Catalogue of the Campbell Charters, with Index; of the Catalogue
of Manuscript Music (to which many additions have been made), with Index; and of the
Catalogue of detached Seals, have been made for the use of the Reading Room.

13. The arrangement and scheduling of the Haldimand Papers have been completed ;
and these papers are now in course of preparation for the binder. The arrangement and
scheduling of the Strafford Papers are in progress.

14. The Additional Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, and registered, from
No. 21,620 to No. 22,100, inclusive; and bound, repaired, lettered and stamped (with
few exceptions) from No. 20,341 to No. 20,385 (Gualterio Papers), and from No. 21,561
to No. 21,630; and from No. 21,896 to No. 22,100, inclusive.

15. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from
No. 12,628 to No. 13,906, inclusive; registered from No. 9,201 to No. 9,283; and titles
prepared for regisiration from No. 9,284 to No, 9,355.

16. The Egerton Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, and registered, from
No. 1,696 to No. 1,703; and bound, lettered, and stamped from No. 1,687 to No. 1,703,
inclusive.

17. Seven hundred and six of the Additional Manuscripts, 288 of the Sloane, and 19
of the Egerton Collection, have been folio’d.

18. Stamps have been placed upon every tract, letter, or separate document, in 2 volumes
of the Cottonian Collection, 70 Sloane, 16 Harleian, 10 Old Royal, 23 Egerton, and 673
of the Additional Manuscripts, with 98 Books of Reference. The Charters and Rolls
stamped are, 1129 Harleian, and 1162 Additional, with 10 detached Seals. The total
number of stamps affixed amounts to 45,598.

19. The contents of the Cottonian Manuscript Galba, A, XV. (recovered from the
fragments damaged in the fire of 1731), have been collected and bound.

20. Nine Cottonian, 51 Sloane, 33 Harleian, 14 Old Royal, 1 Lansdowne, 1 King’s, 23
Egerton, and 399 Additional Manuscripts (including 160 Syriac), together with 180 Books of
Reference, have been bound, repaired or lettered ; and sixteen Papyri have been unrolled and
laid down. ‘Thirty-nine boxes of Maps have also been re-lettered and repaired. Upwards of
760 volumes have been press-marked, or had the press-marks altered; and 12,222 labels of
shelf numbers affixed to the Lansdowne, Old Royal, Harleian, and Additional Manuscripts.

21. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and marked, from
No. 11,313 to No, 12,627, mclusive; as also 776 Harleian Charters, from 80 B 11, to
83 G 20; and boxes made for them. Five hundred and seventy trays have been made for
Seals, and 25 injured Seals repaired.

22. The whole of the various collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the
Shelf and Hand Lists, and new Lists made and copied fair. The Collections have been
twice dusted during the twelvemonth.

23. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :—

To the General Collection—

Manuscripts (including the Strafford Papers) —- - 607

Original Charters and Rolls — - - - - - 599

Seals - - - - - - - ~ - 4]
To the Egerton Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - - ~ - 56

Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be mentioned :—

Fragments of a Greek Papyrus, containing a considerable portion of the lost Funeral
Oration of Hyperides, delivered at Athens after the battle of Lamia, B.c. 323. A tracing
of this for publication by the Rev. Churchill Babington, m.a., has been allowed by the
Trustees.

Fifteen Coptic Papyri, and three leather Rolls, written in the Sahidic dialect, and
relating to the Coptic Monastery of St. Phebamun, on Mount Djema, near Hermonthis, of
much philological value; possibly of the ninth century.

The Greek MS. of the Hsopean Fables of Babrius, on vellum, of the 11th century,
from which M. Boissonade’s edition was published in 1844. Also a modern transcript of
another MS. of Babrius, containing 95 Fables, most of which are stated to be inedited.

A copy of the Latin Gospels, on vellum, of the 10th century, in metallic binding,
ornamented with crystals.

A volume containing the first eight books of Virgil’s Mneid, with Scholia, of the 10th
century, on vellum.

The Latin Psalter of John de Grandisone, Bishop of Exeter from 1327 to 1369; executed
in England, with many Miniatures, on vellum. -

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The Latin Pontifical of John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln from 1520 to 1547, on vellum,

A valuable copy of Gower’s “Confessio Amantis,” on vellum, written in 1422, but
unfortunately imperfect. '

A vellum Roll of the “Galliasses” of Henry the Eighth’s Navy, in 1546, with coloured
drawings ; formerly belonging to the Old Royal Library at St. James's.

A large folio volume, containing Specimens of Persian Calligraphy, with numerous Minia-
tures by Hindu Artists, in a very finished style of art, surrounded by borders representing
hunting scenes, printed from biocks, in gold of different colours, executed chiefly in the
17th century ; from the library of Warren Hastings. _

A copy of the Gospels in Armenian, written in uncial letters, of the 11th or 12th century,

The Register books of Official Correspondence and expenses of the Cavaliero Jacopo
Giraldi, Ambassador from the Duke of Tuscany to England, from 1700 to 1713, with other
papers relating to his mission; in eight volumes folio.

The Official and Private Correspondence and Papers of Thomas Wentworth, third Baron
Raby, aiterwards Earl of Strafford, from about 1701 to 1736, with other papers of later
date ; computed to form, when bound, 55 volumes folio.

The Official and Private Correspondence and Papers of the Bentinck Family, settled at
Varel, in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburgh, but more especially of William Count Bentinck
(son of the first Duke of Portland), Dutch Ambassador at Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, and
confidential adviser of William IV. Prince of Orange. These papers extend from 1681
to 1774, and, when bound, will form nearly 50 volumes folio.

The Official Correspondence and Papers of General Sir F. Haldimand, when Governor
of Canada, from 1778 to 1784, with other Letters and Papers of earlier date; including,
also, the Correspondence of Colonel Henry Bouquet, commanding forces in Carolina, from
1757 to 1764; forming together 265 volumes, chiefly in folio,

Official copies of the Correspondence of Sir Thomas Monro, Bart., when Governor of
Madras, from 1820 to 1827; in 10 volumes folio.

Many Autographs of rarity and interest, including those of Luigi Pulci, Gonsalyo de
Cordova, Paolo Veronese, Honore d’Urfe, Lodovico Carracei, Voltaire, Racine, Henry III.
of France, George I., George II., and many more.

Great Seals of many of the Sovereigns of England, among which are those of William I.,
Henry I., Stephen, Richard I., and Henry I1[.; presented by the Marquis of Westminster.

Original Silver Stamp, used for the signature of George IV. in 1830; presented by the
Lord President of the Council.

Remarkably fine proof Impressions of the obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Her
Majesty Queen Victoria; presented by the Lord Chancellor.

24, The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Room, during
the past year, amounts to 26,046, and to Artists and others, in the rooms of the Department,
to 1,846, exclusive of the volumes examined by parties of visitors on private days (3,095
persons).

Frederic Madden.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES,
I.—Arrangement.

Public Galleries.— Polished granite pedestals have been supplied for the remainder of the
large detached Sculptures in the Egyptian Gallery, and Derbyshire-marble pedestals for a
considerable part of the Greco-Roman and Roman Statues and Busts.

The moulds of the Sculptures have been removed from the basement, formerly used for
the manufacture of casts, to the workshop of the new Formatore.

The Antiquities from Carthage, of which some account is given under the head of
Acquisitions, have been provisionally arranged in a basement room, till an apartment can be
_ provided for their exhibition.

The collection from Halicarnassus, also described under the head of Acquisitions, has been
unpacked, and distributed in such parts of the building as could be temporarily provided
for its reception. The large Sculptures have been placed in a temporary Gallery, under the
Colonnade of the South Front of the Museum, in which place the various fragments are
being re-joined and arranged ; and the minor Sculptures and fragments, with the Mosaics,
have been deposited, partly in some rooms of the basement, under the Northern portion of
the Library, and partly in a room heretofore occupied by the Formatore.

The Assyrian Bas-reliefs, excavated by Messrs. Rassam and Loftus, under the superintend-
ence of Sir H. C. Rawlinson, k.c.s., at Nimrfid and Koyunjik, have been, in great part,
repaired and fitted for fixing in the room now being constructed.

The collection of Antiquities bequeathed by the Honourable Sir William Temple, Her
Majesty’s Minister at Naples, has been fully arranged for exhibition in the second
Egyptian Room.

The Historical Egyptian Papyrus, purchased from Dr. Abbott, has been copied in fac-
simile for publication.

‘The Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection has been continued, and three volumes, con-
taining each 200 slips, have been completed and bound.

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300 Egyptian objects have been fixed to tablets; 125 papyri mounted, and 24 framed
and glazed.

Mahogany stands have been made for a large number of Greek and Roman Terracotta
Figures, glass vessels, and other objects.

3,014 labels have been painted, to be placed with, or attached to objects in the general
collections.

Medal Room.—Numerous minor improvements have been made in the Greek Autonomous
and Roman collections of Coins. In the Oriental collection, the coins of the Turkish Empire,
of the Moghul Dynasty in Persia, of the Khans of Kapchak, and, especially, of Armenia
and Georgia, have been thoroughly re-arranged, and placed in new cabinets, while the coins
of the Ortokite and Atabek Dynasties have been carefully revised.

In the arrangement of the Medizval and Modern Coins, considerable improvements have
been made, especially in the Swiss, German, Imperial and Italian series.

Tn the English portion, the London Tokens of the seventeenth century have been
separated from the others, and re-arranged in a more scientific order.

IT.— Acquisitions.

(1.) General Antiquities—Two Collections, the result of excavations undertaken under
the directions of Her Majesty’s Government, must be separately noticed.

{a.) The Collection, which reached England in July 1857, conveyed in Her Majesty’s
ship ‘‘ Gorgon,” and which had been excavated at Budrum (the ancient Halicarnassus),
under the personal superintendence of C. T. Newton, Esq, Her Britannic Majesty’s Vice-
Consul at Mytilene. The most important portion of this Coilection consists of Architectural
and Sculptural remains of the Mausoleum, or sepulchral monument, erected by Artemisia,
Queen of Caria, to her deceased husband, Mausolus, about s.c. 350, This monument, of
which the site was first positively identified by the excavations of Mr. Newton, was esteemed
by the ancients one of the seven wonders of the world, and is recorded to have been em-
bellished by the sculptural skill of Scopas, Timotheus, Bryaxis, Leochares, and Pythis.

The remains of the Mausoleum brought by the “ Gorgon,” consist of :—

Five marble fragments, forming, when united, the principal portion of a colossal Horse,
supposed to have belonged to the Quadriga, sculptured by Pythis, on the summit of the
pyramid surmounting the building. On the Head of the Horse remain, though somewhat
mutilated, the bronze head-stall and bridle, which are believed to be the first examples
discovered in modern times of a method of decoration habitually employed by the
ancients.

The Body of a Horse, rearing, and ridden by a figure in Asiatic costume, of which the
upper part is lost.

A Colossal Male Statue, draped and erect, discovered in numerous fragments, which,
having been now rejoined, present, with the exception of the arms, a nearly complete figure.
The head exhibits a portrait conjectured with some probability to be that of Mau-
solus.

A Colossal Female Figure, also draped and erect, without the head, hands, and left foot,
but otherwise in fair preservation, though, like the preceding, discovered in fragments.

A Colossal Female Torso, draped and seated, much mutilated both in the extremities and
surface.

A Standing Lion, of which the legs only are wanting, in fine preservation, and exhibiting
the remains of paint inside the mouth.

Portions of at least seven other similar Lions, more or less mutilated, the fore-parts of
some of them having been in the middle ages removed and built into the walls of the castle

-at Budrum, from which they have now been obtained by the permission of the Porte.

Four Slabs, and several fragments of Slabs, from a frieze of the building, representing
in high relief an Amazonomachia, They form part of the same series as the slabs removed
in 1846 from the walls of the castle, and presented by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe
to the British Museum ; they are, however, generally, in better preservation than those
slabs.

A Colossal Female Head clothed in a Coif, and fragments of another similar head.

A Male Head, well preserved, but on a smaller scale than the others.

The whole of these Sculptures are executed in a style inferior only to that of Phidias, and
form the most valuable representation yet discovered of the Greek School of the fourth
century B.C.

The architectural remains of the Mausoleum which accompanied the Sculptures include
part of an Architrave, a Capital, Base, and part of the Shaft of a Column, all of the Ionic
order, and on a large scale.

Together with these is an extensive Collection of Marble fragments, architectural and
sculptural, evidently from the same great monument, but of which the connecting links are
still undiscovered.

Among other Antiquities excavated by Mr. Newton at Budrum, but of which the precise
locality has not yet been ascertained, are, a draped Female Statue in rapid motion, of small
size, and much mutilated; a Marble Pedestal in the form of a columnar capital, which
has been apparently used as the mouth of a well; 12 Bronze fragments, chiefly fittings. for
architecture and sculpture; a Collection of Mosaic Pavements from a Roman villa of the
time of Septimius Severus, some of which, though coarsely executed and much broken, are

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interesting as bearing Greek inscriptions worked into their fabric; upwards of 200 small
Terracotta Figures of various subjects, and 66 Handles of Diote, with names stamped on the
clay, 2 Earthen drain-pipes, and 78 small fragments of Mural Decorative Painting, exhibiting
architectural patterns. :

(b.) The Collection of Antiquities excavated on the site of ancient Carthage by the
Rev. Nathan Davis, which arrived in England in July 1857. _ :

This Collection consists chiefly of some fine remains of Mosaic work, of which the principal
portions originally formed part of the pavement of a large apartment in a Roman edifice,
representing in compartments, radiating frown a centre, a series of female figures, apparently
allegorical, and nearly of the size of life, the remainder of the pavement being decorated
with mythological heads, plants, and foliage. The style of this Mosaic appears to belong to
the first or second century of the Christian era; its execution, though not very minute, Is
spirited and appropriate, and its preservation, notwithstanding the difficulties and risks of
removal, is remarkably good. : ; ; ‘

Some fragments of other Mosaic pavements, with geometrical decorations of fair merit
and condition, though inferior to the preceding. :

An impertect Mosaic of the time of the Lower Empire, representing, apparently, a
Christian subject, and remarkable for contaming a long, though mutilated, inscription in
Latin, which is very rarely to be found in Mosaic work.

Together with the preceding are some Sculptures procured by Mr. Davis in the
neighbourhood of his excavations, consisting of two Marble Statues of heroic size,
which have lost their heads, but apparently represent a Roman Emperor and Empress of about
the third century after Christ ; a Collection of about 80 sepulchral Stele, on many of which
are inscriptions in the Phoeuician and Numidian characters; and about 30 other fragments
of architecture and sculpture of less importance. ‘The two Statues and many of the
Inscriptions were originally excavated for Sir Thomas Reade, late H. B. M. Consul at
Tunis, by M, Honegger.

The following miscellaneous antiquities deserve notice :

I. Egyptian. —A red Granite Lion from Benha el-Asal, near the ancient Athribis, presented
by the Hon. C. A. Murray, Her Majesty’s Minister at Teheran.

Several important acquisitions procured at the sale of the Anastasi Collection, comprising
various Tablets with the names of Kings of the Twelfth and other early Dynasties, which
serve to fix tne chronological sequence of some of these Sovereigns ; a Tablet, with the
name of an unknown King Ameni; a granite Tablet of the reign of Amenophis III.; a
Gold Hawk, inlaid with coloured stones; a Contract, in the Demotic character, dated in
the reign of Darius; a bilingual Ritual on Papyrus in the Greek and Demotic characters ;
a Chessman, with the name of Pharaoh Necho; a Statue of an officer of the reign of
Thothmes ill. and other objects.

An historical Papyrus of the Twentieth Dynasty, giving the names of kings of the
Eleventh and other early Dynasties, purchased of Dr. Abbott.

A Papyrus of the Nineteenth Dynasty, apparently a Romance, purchased of Madame
Dorbiney.

A Coptic inscription, presented by C. Innes Pococke, Esq.

Forty-seven pieces of Pottery, inscribed with Demotic and Greek characters, presented
by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson.

II. Greek.—A small but beautiful Terracotta Head, excavated by Colonel Munro within
the English Camp at Sebastopol, presented by Her Majesty.

A small seated marble figure of Cybele, and a Greek inscription, both found in the plain
of Troy, bequeathed by the late Philip Barker Webb, Esq.

An early Greek Cylix, bearing the name of its maker, Glaucythis, and of the youth,
Hippocritus. Several Terracotta Vases, and other antiquities, obtained at the sale of M.
Barbetti’s Sardinian Collection.

III. Roman.—A Greco-Roman Statue, of Archaic style, representing a young man, pur-
chased from R. Westmacott, Esq.

Four fresco paintings from Pompeii, formerly in the Hon. Sir William Temple’s Col-
lection at Naples, presented by His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies.

The Vizor of a Gladiator’s Helmet, in bronze.

A marble Sepulchral Urn, inscribed to L. Rvrrvs A@Ricoxa, presented by Mr. Chapman.

One-half of an Ivory Diptych, known as the Gherardesca Diptych. !t represents, in
bas relief, the apotheosis of a personage, conjectured to be M. Aurelius Romulus, who died
while Consul, .p. 309, during the reign of his father, Maxentius, and received divine honours.

IV. British Collection.—A Stone Celt, with its original wooden handle, found in the
Solway Moss ; presented by Sir George M usgrave, Bart.

A very fine Bronze Shield, elaborately embossed, and ornamented with enamels, probably
Jate Celtic; found in the Thames.

Thirteen Trish Gold Ornaments, found at Newmarket, Co. Clare.

A Twisted Gold Armlet, found in Scotland.

Various antiquities, principally Roman and Romano-British, excavated at Dowker bottom
cave, near Arncliffe, Yorkshire ; presented by Henry Farrer, Esq.

One leaf of a Tabula honeste missionis, granted by the Emperor Hadrian to veterans of
various detachments stationed in Britain under Platorius Nepos. It was found at Stan-
nington, Yorkshire, and has been presented by Thomas Yonge, Esq.

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Three Silver Roman Rings found at Amesbury; presented by Sir Edmund Antrobus
Bart.

A Saxon Sword, inlaid with gold and silver, and inscribed on one side with a Runic
Alphabet, and the name of its owner, Beognoth ; together with several Celtic and Saxon
weapons, all found in the ‘Thames.

Four Silver Seals—viz., the Quarter Seal of George III.; the Great Seal of Scotland of
George IV., and the seals of the King’s Bench and Exchequer of William IV.; presented
by the Lord President of the Council.

V. Medieval.—A Marble Statuette of the fifteenth century; presented by Mr. Henry
Boone.

Two Specimens of Italian Majolica.

Seven Asirolabes, and dials of various kinds.

Three Matrices of Seals.

VI. Oriental and Ethnographical.—A Collection of Carvings in Ivory, ancient Chess-
men, Stone Altars, ‘Terracotta Vessels, and other objects, found on the site of the City of
Brahminabad, in Sind, which is supposed to have been destroyed before the eleventh
century, A.D. ; excavated and presented by A. F. Bellasis, Esq.

Several Sikh weapons ; presented by G. A. Money, Esq.

Some Terracotta Figures and Vases found in Mexico; presented by W. Stevenson, Esq.,
Her Majesty’s Superintendent in British Honduras.

A Collection of Objects from the Fiji Islands ; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Coins and Medals.—The following table shows the number and classification of the
_ acquisitions under this head :—

Gold. Silver. Copper.
Greek - - - - - - 38 - - 172 - - 16
Roman - - - - - = iW) RM lad rigs 65
Byzantine - - _ = = att 8 We 21
Oriental - - - - = S08 -) o eg Oy 67
Medieval and}
ete Cea k anaes 485 68

72 740 237 = 1,049

The following are the principal acquisitions :—

In the Greek series the most important Coins are a Tetradrachm of Syracuse; a Di-
drachm of Pheneus, in Arcadia; two Tetradrachms of Nicomedes IJI., King of Bithynia ;
and a ‘Tetradrachm of Barce. A large number of Tetradrachms of Alexander the ne
and of Athens, as well as several Didrachms of Corinth, have also been added to the
Collection.

The Roman series has been enriched by the purchase of a Silver Medallion of Max-
imin, and of Brass Medallions of Elagabalus, Severus Alexander, Valerian with Gallienus,
Gallienus with Salonina, and Jovian. Many second Brass Coins from the time of Augustus
to that of Severus Alexander, of the finest workmanship, and in the highest preservation,
have likewise been obtained; some of these present Portraits, of which there were,
previously, no good examples in the Collection.

The Byzantine series has been improved by the acquisition of several Coins with Byzan-
tine types struck by the Cities of Syria, immediately after the Arab conquest.

To the Oriental series the most valuable addition has been that of a collection of
Bactrian and other Indian Coins, purchased of Major Cunningham, H. E.I.C. E. Among
these the chief rarities are specimens of the Money of Euthydemus, Dicmedes, Zoilus, and
Strato. Many curious Indo-Sassanian Coins are also included in this Collection. From
Sir W. Lloyd’s sale, several excellent specimens, chiefly of the more recent Indian Money,
have been procured. Among other Coins of much interest are, Proofs of Siamese Coins,
presented by the Earl of Clarendon, x.c.; a Gold Coin of Harar, in East Africa; a
series of Chinese Coins from Foo-chow-foo in Fuli-keen, and two Dollars struck at Shanghae,
all of the reign of the present Emperor Heen-fung; presented by D. B. Robertson, Esq.,
Her Majesty’s Consul, Shanghae.

In the Modern series the additions have been of great interest.

In the English Collection, a unique St. Peter Halfpenny, and a Gold Florin of
Edward I[}., are worthy of especial mention; and in the Continental Mediaeval, an
extensive collection of Imperial Money. In the iatter, the following pieces may be par-
ticularised :—Nine Cvins of Charlemagne; Denicrs of Louis I., Lothaire, Louis II., and
Charles I]. struck at Rome; a unique Denier of Louis IIL. struck at Turbach ;
Deniers of Charles III. (Cologne), Deniers of Arnulf (Mentz and Rome), a Denier of
Berengarius J.,as Emperor (Pavia), and of Otho I.(Rome); aSoldo d’oro of Conrad III., and
Henry struck in Syria; an extremely rare Coin of Frederic I. (Crema); rare Deniers
struck in Bavaria, and Bracteates; fine and rare Coins of Otho IV. (Lucca), of Frederic II.,
and a Grosso of Henry VII. (Como), and the fine Double Dollar of Maximilian I[.,
dated 1509, believed to have been designed by Albert Durer. By these additions, the
Imperial series has been very greatly improved. The Collection has also been enriched by
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a Civic Gold Coin of Cologne, a very rare Double Dollar of the same city, as well as
rare Coins of its early Archbishops; by Gold Coins of Denmark, and a Testoon of the
Pope Leo X.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room has been 2,316.

Edward Hawhins.

DepartTMENTs or Narurau History.

Zoology.—Class Mammalia.—The specimens of this Class consist chiefly of dried and
stuffed, or unstuffed skins; afew small examples are preserved in spirits. To this Class also
belongs an extensive collection of Horns, Antlers, and Osteological specimens. All these
specimens are in a good state of preservation, or in a condition, so far as their scientific
utility is concerned, not inferior to that in which they were originally received at the
Museum.

The stuffed specimens, the Horns and Antlers, and a select few of the Osteological
specimens, are displayed in such a state of systematic arrangement as the present space
will permit. ‘The unstuffed skins and the main bulk of the Osteology are accessible only
to special visitors and students, being preserved in the basement rooms allotted to them.

In the exhibited series, the Order Quadrumana (Apes, Monkeys, Lemurs), is well
illustrated, with the exception of the aberrant family including the slow Lemurs of
Africa and Madagascar and the Aye-Aye (Cheiromys) of the latter place. The highest
family of the Order is richly exemplified. The small species of Orang-utan (Pithecus
Merio), fiom Borneo, may now be compared by means of stuffed skins of the adult Male
and Female with the previously known larger species (Pithecus Wurmbii), distinguished
among other characters by its cheek-callosities. The parallel genus of African Anthropoid
Apes is not yet exemplified by skins of both the large and small species; but of the
former, called by the natives of Gaboon “ Wegeena”’ ( Troglodytes Gorilla), the Museum
has obtained by purchase during the past year the Skeleton of an Adult Male, and the
Skull of an Adult Female, showing the sexual distinction in the teeth: both are from the
Gaboon district of the West Coast of Tropical Africa.

In these important acquisitions the anatomist may remark the modifications of the skeleton,
indicative of a power of progression in the semi-erect position, and certain resemblances
to peculiarities in the human skeleton which have not been observed in any other ape than
the Gorilla. Skins of the adult and young of the smaller species of Chimpanzee ( Troglodytes
niger) complete the structive series of those Quadrumana, which make the nearest approach
to mankind in physical structure.

The number of stuffed skins of the Order Carnivora now displayed, affords the naturalist
means of studying the entire range of external modifications in that order. In some
instances specimens of the young and adult of the same species illustrate the varieties of
marking dependent upon age. ‘The necessities of space involve a too great crowding of the
specimens, and restrict the power of showing some species of the larger Carnivora, e. g., the
Grisly and some other kinds of Bear. ‘The Seals, also, are necessarily dispersed, and some
are fixed above the reach of examination and comparison, wherever wall-space can be had
for them in the Mammalian Saloons. The true Ounce (Felis Uncia) of Buffon, and the
recently acquired specimen of the Panther of the Ancients, deserve notice in this Order.

In reference to the condition of the Mammalian Series for instruction, the specimens of
the Order Marsupiaiia deserve mention, for the completeness with which they illustrate
that Order. Species of the rarest genera,e.g. Zarsipes, Myrmecobius, and Choeropus, ave
here exhibited. The small size of the majority of the species, and the colonial :elations of
England with the Australian continent, to which most of the Marsupial genera are peculiar,
are the circumstances which have influenced the perfection of this part of the exhibited
Mammalian Collection. The diminutive size of most of the Insectivora and Rodentia has,
in like manner, permitted the display of almost a complete series of the genera of both
orders in the cabinets allotted to them. The same remark applies to the Cheiroptera, or
Bat Order, almost all the generic modifications of which may now be studied in the cases
at the entry of the Mammalian Saloon.

Although the series of the Ruminantia is extensive, and has been enriched with some rare
species, the possessions of the Museum in this Order cannot be taken advantage of for
instruction by systematic arrangement; and the few stuffed specimens of the larger species
of these and other hoofed animals are still regulated in their position by the exigencies
sof space.

For the same reason the exhibited specimens of the Order Bruta (Edentatu, Cuvier)
continue to be associated with those of different Orders of Ungulata, in the wall-cabinets of
the Soutiern Zoological Gallery.

The Order Cetacea, being that which needs most place for its display, can he but scantily
exeniplified in the present Zoological Galleries. The specimens, wherever disposed, both
skins and skeletons, are in a good state of preservation.

Class Aves.—The Class of Birds is represented by Stuffed Specimens, Preserved Skins,

‘Skeletons, Skulls, Eggs, and Nests.
The Stuffed Specimens, a few of the Skeletons, and of the Eggs and the Nests, are
‘displayed in the Zoological Galleries, but the latter, at present, apart from the Birds
themselves.

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themselves. The remaining Specimens are preserved in boxes or cases in the basement
story.

All the Specimens are in a good state of preservation.

The arranged series of the Stuffed Birds in the Ornithological Gallery presents con-
ditions of instructiveness superior to that of the Mammalian Series, in the ratio of the space.
allotted to them.

Of the Order Raptores, all the families and most of the genera are represented by
characteristic and well-prepared Specimens. The aim of exhibiting the changes of plumage,
and the varieties due to locality and other causes, has been partially carried out. The
instructive results of such series are shown in the Cinereous Sea Eagle (Haliaetos albicilla),
in the Tawny Eagle (Aquila nevioides), and in the crested Indian Eagle (Spizaetus cirratus),
in which latter bird three nominal species, founded on solitary specimens, are shown by
the present series to merge into one another, without definite lines of demarcation. In the.
important problem of the nature of species, as at present defined in Zoological Catalogues,
the value of such series can scarcely be overrated. In no class of animals is space for
display of varieties a more essential condition of the philosophic progress of Zoology than in
the Class of Birds. The series of Stuffed Specimens of the nocturnal Raptores has now
reached that extent which compels an overcrowded arrangement in the space to which
they are at present necessarily restricted. A skeleton of a type specimen of one of each
of the wider divisions of the Raptorial order is exhibited therewith, but there is no space
for a corresponding series of nests.

In the portion of the Ornithological Gallery allotted to the Insessorial Order, about
one half of the specimens of that extensive and diversified group now in the Museum can
be exhibited. The beautiful Family of Kingfishers (Alcedonide) is well shown. Much is,
still needed for a truly natural and authentic display of the rare and singular Birds of
Paradise. A selection from the rarest and most remarkable species of Hornbill ( Buceros),
now in the Museum, has been made for exhibition. The Toucans form a rich and
instructive series, including the type specimens described and figured in Gould’s classicaf
mouograph on that Family.

In the Family of Curassows and Guans the true definition of species particularly requires
illustrative series of varieties. At present the species can be represented by only one or two.
specimens, and the limits of space have compelled an encroachment of the Cracide upon:
the compartment appropriated to the conterminous Phasianide.

No European Collection affords so complete an illustration of the Struthious Order of
Birds as the British Museum. All the known Genera and Species, with the varieties of the
immature and adult plumage, and the eggs, of most, may now be studied in the compartment
allotted to this restricted Group of short-winged Terrestrial Birds. The skeleton of an
Ostrich has been added ; it exemplifies the modification of the breast-bone and scapular
arch, associated with the abrogation of the power of flight.

In the order of web-footed birds (JVatatores) as in that of the Raplores, space has been,
assigned to a few exemplifications of the instructive varieties of plumage to which one and
the same species of bird may be subject: e.g., in the variegated Goose of New Zealand
(Casarca variegata), and in the Ruddy Goose of Greece and Asia (Casarca rutila). The
singular plumage of the young bird is exhibited in several species of the present order.

In the separate collection of British Birds in the third compartment of the Northern
Zoological Gallery, the varieties of plumage, the newly excluded young, the eggs and the
nests, are exhibited to the extent to which the space allotted to that series permits.

In the accession of specimens of the class Aves—received from the North Australian expe-
dition, the very rare Malurus coronatus and Psephotus chrysopterygius are worthy of note ;
the latter species is one of the most beautiful of the Parrot tribe, and had, heretofore, been
only doubtfully known through a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, made during “ Flinders’ ””
voyage to Australia.

Class Reptilia.—A large proportion of this class is preserved in spirits, and the specimens.
are arranged in the basement vaults assigned to the Osteology and wet-preparations. The
small proportion of the specimens which are dried and stutted are arranged and displayed
in the first and second compartments of the. Northern Zoological Gallery. Both these
classes of specimens, together with the Osteological Specimens of Reptilia, are in a good.
state of preservation.

In regard to the condition of the collection of Reptilia for public instruction, the present:
exhibition-space allows only the dried specimens to be systematically displayed. The orders.
of the class are thus illustrated; and, in the Chelonia, Crocodilia, and Batrachia, most of.
the subordinate groups are represented. Several of the singularly modified skeletons of the
class are also here exhibited. The eggs of certain Crocodiles and Turtles are shown with
the specimens. Among the rarer specimens of Sauria may be noticed the alleged poisonous
Lizards of Mexico (Heloderma horridum), and the large Lace-Lizard of Australia (Hydro-
saurus giganteus). ‘The collection has been recently enriched with a fine specimen of the
Lepidosiren annectens, from the river Gambia, which forms so remarkable a link between.
the classes of Reptilia and Pisces.

Class Pisces.—The Fishes, like the Reptiles, consist of skins stuffed, or dried flat; of
specimens in spirits, and of Osteological specimens. All these classes of specimens are in a
good state of preservation, and the prepared skins are well adapted for the study and com-
parison of all the specific characters, save those derived from colour, which are very evanes-
cent in the present class.

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The dried specimens of Fishes are arranged in and above the wall-cabinets of the fourth
and fifth divisions of the Northern Zoological Gallery, and occupy all tie space that can
be there allotted to them. They illustrate the orders and families of the class, and such a
proportion of the genera as the limits of space will allow, ‘The Cartilagmous Fishes oceupy
the smaller room. A skeleton of the large Arapaima (Sudis) gigas exemplifies that complex
part in an osseous fish.

Mollusca and Radiata.—These invertebrate animals are chiefly represented by their shells,
and other calcareous parts; a certain proportion is preserved in spirit; a few of the Mol-
lusca are represented by coloured wax models of the entire animal. All these specimens are
in a good state of preservation. .

The systematic series of the shells of the Mollusca, with the subsidiary series, illustrative
of their economic uses, and the effects of disease and injury, has received during the past
year such improvement as the allotted space would admit, by the addition of species, and by
the substitution of better for inferior shells. The additions to the general collection of
Mollusca, a portion of which is preserved in drawers, have been numerous and important
during the past year, as is specified in the Report of the Keeper of Zoology.

Insecta.—Owing to the action of light upon the colour of Insects, such a portion of
the coliection only is exposed to view as serves to exemplily the orders and chiet families of
the class.

The specimens selected for this purpose are changed from time to time, and the present
series displayed well exhibits, for the most part, the characteristic colours of the insect.

The very large proportion of the class preserved in drawers is in an excellent state of pre-
servation; but additional space now begins to be much needed for a more convenient loca-
tion of the drawers, in order to afford the desired facility to the Entomological visitor, with
due safety to the specimens.

Amongst the numerous additions during the past year to the Collection of Insects very
many would be deemed by the Entomologist worthy of special note; but I limit myself to
the mention of the Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsituns), notable for the deadly effects of its
puncture on horses and cattle, so as to forma barrier to the traveller’s progress, according to
the accounts given by Dr. Livingstone and other travellers in South Africa. The insects of
Madeira, collected in that island by Dr. Wollaston, and now acquired by the Museum,
illustrate that part of its Fauna almost as completely as the Fauna of England is illustrated
by the Collection of British Insects.

Geology and Mineralogy.—The condition of the Collection in these Departments, in
respect to their state of preservation, leaves nothing to be desired.

Amongst the numerous additions to the series of Fossil Remains during the past year,
those of the extinct Mammalia, from Australia, merit, as they have received in the Report of
the Keeper of Geology, especial notice. The Kangaroo, the Wombat, and the carnivorous
Dasyure, have been represented in a period (apparently post-pliocene) preceding the pre-
sent epoch, by much larger species than now exist; and these extinct species co-existed
with still more gigantic forms of Marsupialia, the generic as well as the specific types
of which have perished. The Museum collection illustrative of this old Mammalian Fauna
of Australia, is at present unique in Europe. ;

The series of Fossil Reptiles has received a few vertebra, demonstrating the former
existence of a land lizard, equalling the largest crocodile in size, also from the post-pliocene
deposits in Australia.

The Reptilian Fossils from the Neocomian beds of Kursk, Russia, presented by Coloael
Kiprianoff, exemplify the geographical range of extinct species, peculiar to a limited
formation.

Amongst the specimens added by purchase to the Fossil Reptilian Series, the skull of the
Placodus, heretofore regarded as a fish, but shown by the characters of such newly acquired
specimen to belong to the higher class of cold-blooded animals, from the Triassic beds of
Germany, merits a special notice.

The most important and instructive, as well as extensive collection added to the Geological
Department in the present year, is that which was purchased from M. Tesson, of Caen in
Normandy. In the Report from the Keeper of Geology reference is made to some of the
Fossils of the Vertebrate classes, Amongst the invertebrata, the series of Ammonites, chiefly
from Normandy, has been examined in detail, and compared with those, from other localities,
previously in the Museum. The number of duplicates is extremely small, and these have
served to supersede previously exhibited inferior specimens by superior and more instructive
ones.

The Normandy collection of Ammonites includes the type-specimens described by the late
Professor d’Orbigny and by other French writers, and its value is enhanced by the
careful records of the precise subdivisions of the secondary strata, from which the various
specimens have been obtained. In regard to most of the species there is a series of
examples illustrative of those changes of form and ornamentation which take place in the
~ course of growth, and which now serve to demonstrate that many previously defined and
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supposed distinct species do but exemplify different phases of age of one and the same
species. The Tesson series of Ammonites further illustrates the degree and kind of variation
to which a well-defined species has been liable, irrespective of age, and especially those
differences which appear to relate to sex. Many of these Ammonites exhibit the perfect
form of the aperture of the shell at various stages of growth, and the permanent indications
left by these periodical mouths on the whorls of the shell.

The remainder of the Tesson Collection is similarly rich and instructive, especially in the
Univalves, Brachiopoda, and Echinida.

In regard to the Mineralogy, the brief period dering which it has been under the special
charge of the lately appointed Keeper, Professor Maskelyne, has been marked by labours
which have added to the scientific value of the Collection.

The total number of specimens added to the Natural History Departments during the
past year is 58,027, the requisite details of which are given in the Annual Reports of the
respective Keepers.

Richard Owen,
Superintendent of the Natural History Departments.

DEPARTMENT oF ZooLocy.

The Collections of Vertebrated Animals, and of the hard parts of Invertebrated Animals,
which are exhibited in the Rooms open to the Public have been cleaned, and many parts
of them re-arranged, to admit the recent accessions, and to keep up with the modern
improvements in Zoology.

The very extensive Collection of Skins in store, of Skeletons, and of Specimens of Verte-
brated, Molluscous, Annulose and Radiated Animals in spirits, which are kept in the rooms
in the basement, closed from public view for want of room, have been cleaned, verified, and
many of them re-arranged, while the labels, which have been destroyed by dust and damp,
have been repiaced.

The General Collections of Insects and Crustacea, which are also kept in a special room,
have had large accessions made to them, which have been arranged in their appropriate
systematic places, and several parts of this Collection, as the Nocturnal Lepidoptera, the
Aculeate Hymenoptera, and several families of Coleoptera, &c. have been entirely re-arranged
and described.

During the year 1857 there have been added to the several parts of the Zoological
Collection 48,044 specimens of different classes of animals, viz.:

Vertebrata - - - - - - - - 1,874
Mollusca and Radiata - = - = - - 23,465
Annulosa - - - - - - - - - 22,705

ToraL - - - - 48,044

Of these, a considerable portion of the specimens are types of the species described
in various scientific works and periodicals, independently of a very Jarge number of speci-
mens which been described during the year in the publications of the Museum itself, and
which are thus rendered of typical importance.

These 48,044 specimens, which have been acquired during the year, have been all regularly
marked and described in the Manuscript Registers of Accessions, with an account from whom,
whence, and how they were derived, which adds greatly to their value, and they have
been all arranged in their systematic places in the Exhibited or Store Collections, and
properly labelled.

The following Catalogues have been published during the year :—

1. Catalogue of Apodal Fish, by Dr. Kaup.

2. Guide to the Collections of Mollusca, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.s., v.p.z.8., F.L.8., &e-

3,4. Catalogue of Lepidopterous Insects (Noctuide), by F. Walker, F.1-s.

5. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects—Part 5, by F. Smith, v.P.x.s.

6. Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects of Madeira, by T. V. Wollaston, v.P.2.s.,
F.L.S.

7. Catalogue of Mazatlan Mollusca, by P. P. Carpenter.

8. Catalogue of Auriculide and Truncatellide, and Proserpinide, by Dr. Pfeiffer.

The following Catalogues, as well as the succeeding parts of those already commenced,
are in preparation :—
1. Catalogue of Colubride.
2. Catalogue of Pleuronectide, Gadide, &c., by Dr. Kaup.
3. Catalogue of Psittacide, by G. R. Gray, F. 1.5.
4. Catalogue of Formicide, by F. Smith, v.P.5.s.

In addition to the very numerous specimens of Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, Crus-
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tacea, and other smaller animals that are prepared in the Museum, the following have been
set up or re-set by the preserver of animals—

Mammalia - - - = r L x Us 82
Birds = - - - - - - - = 269
Reptiles - - - - - SAE e 6
Fish - - - - - - - - = 76
Skeletons and Skulls- - = - Rg UN Re ag

In addition to the Collections which have been purchased, on account of their being the
types described, or as illustrating the zoology of particular regions, the specimens added
have been selected from large collections from different countries which have been offered
for sale, as those which were most required to complete the series, best leading to illustrate
the scientific classification, and most useful in showing the habits and economic uses of
the animals.

The following additions deserve to be specially noticed :

The Skeleton of an adult Troglodytes Gorilla.

A Specimen of the Panther of the Ancients.

A perfect Specimen of Oreophasis Derbianus.

Numerous Specimens of Birds from Lombok, Macassar, Mexico, and various parts of
‘South America.

A very large Collection of Mollusca from Mazatlan, presented by P. P. Carpenter and
Herbert Thomas, Esqs.

A very large Collection of the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica, collected by Mr. Chitty.

A Collection of Birds, Insects, and Shells, formed during Mr. Gregory’s Expedition in
Northern Australia, presented by T. R. Elsey, Esq., Surgeon to the Expedition.

Large Collections of Insects from Moreton Bay, Ega, and other places on the Amazon,
Borneo, Celebes, South Africa, and Madeira.

A large Collection of European Coleoptera and Orthoptera.

A large Collection of Type Specimens of Coccinellidz.

A Collection of Rhynchota, and other Orders of Insect, from the Province of Rio, made
-and presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark.

John Edward Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The number of specimens added to the Geological Collection amounts to 9,880 ; of these
°850 are examples of different parts of the Skeletons of Animals of the Vertebrate Classes.
The most important are—

1. A series of 474 specimens, partly remains of extinct Quadrupeds from the Tertiary
Strata of France; but chiefly consisting of remains of Fishes and Reptiles from the
‘Oolitic formations of the neighbourhood of Caen, in Normandy, collected by M. Tesson.
Among these latter are many specimens remarkable for their beautiful state of preservation,

and on this account of great interest to the Paleontologist. They are all exhibited in the
‘Geological Gallery. ;

2. About 200 specimens of remains of Quadrupeds from the post-pliocene beds of Aus-
tralia. These belonged to two Collections obtained at different times, and constitute (with
one or two trifling exceptions) the whole of the Mammalian remains from that quarter of
‘the globe, hitherto obtained by the Museum. One of the Collections consists entirely of
remains of Animals of small bulk, and very closely allied to the species still living in the
country; the other is composed chiefly of parts of Skeletons of Animals of gigantic size,
and which have received the generic name of Diprotodon from Professor Owen. The
largest of these great (vegetable feeding) Quadrupeds exceeded the Rhinoceros in size, and
presents some very remarkable modifications of structure, although it still adheres, in its
most essential characters, to the Marsupial type, and, in fact, belongs to the great order of
“ Pouched Quadrupeds,” which is so characteristic of the Australian Continent at the pre-
sent time, These Fossils from Australia having been more or less fractured in their long
voyage, are now undergving repair, and will be exhibited with as little delay as possible.

Beek ay acquisitions of Fossils belonging to the Invertebrate Classes (9,030 in number)
consist—

1. Of a Collection of 758 specimens of Silurian Fossils from Bohemia, and forming the

third part of the great Collection received from M. Barrande, so well known for bis admirable
works on the Fossils of Bohemia.

2, Of a Collection of 217 specimens of Belgian Tertiary Shells, from M. Binckhorst.
3. Ofa series of 258 Fossils from Dudley.

4, Of the “ Tesson Collection ;” this contains 6,414 specimens, chiefly from the Oolitic
formations of Normandy; part of them have already been noticcd, being referable to the
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Vertebrate classes. The Shells, Echinodermata, Corals, &c., like the Reptilian remains,
are in an unusually fine state of preservation.

5. Of 800 specimens, selected for the most part from smail Collections offered by the
various dealers ; and,

6. Of specimens which have been presented, and which next come under notice.

The principal objects obtained by donation are—

1. Some remains of a Rhinoceros, Hyzna, &c., from a bone cave near Wells ; presented
by the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

2, A Skull of an Irish Elk, exhibiting some abnormal conditions in the growth of the
Antlers ; presented by the Earl of Enniskillen.

3. A small series of Mammalian remains from Scinde; presenied by Lieutenant-Colonel
Sykes.

4. Some Mammalian remains from the silt removed in excavating the Jarrow Docks, in the
bottom of which, are the remains of a forest, now submerged 12 feet below low-water mark ;
presented by Messrs. Harrison and Hodgson, engineers to the Jarrow Docks, Tyne,
Northumberland.

5. A series of remains of Cetacea and Fishes ; and 57 Tertiary Shells from Lisbon; pre-
sented by J.S. Valentine, Esq.

6. About 1,000 specimens, selected from Mr. Pratt’s Collection; presented by S. P.
Pratt, Esq.

7. A Collection of Tertiary Shelis from India; presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes.

8. Aseries of Tertiary Shells from Madeira; presented by Sir Charles Lyell, and by
James Yate Johnson, Esq.

9. A series of Coal Plants from Chamouni; presented by Alfred Wills, Esq.

The specimens belonging to the Vertebrate Classes, procured during the year, have all
been catalogued ; and, of the Invertebrate Classes, about 3,000 specimens have undergone
.examination, have been entered in the Catalogue, and arranged in the cases exposed to the

public.
George Robert Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OP MINERALOGY.

During the past year, the additions to the collection have not been extensive, though of
«a good and valuable character.

Cornwall is again producing fine specimens of the mineral Bournonite, and these are
worthily represented among the additions of the past year; and among the latest
acquisitions is a very fine specimen of Argentite, or Silver Glance, recently raised in the
neighbourhood of Freiberg. W. Bollaert, Esq., has presented specimens of minerals
from Peru, and the collection is indebted to Thomas Watson, Esq., for illustrations of the
mineral products of Namaqualand, South Africa. A mineral, at present under examination
by analysis, and presenting the characters of Gay Lussite, has been found in the excavation
of the Jarrow Docks, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Specimens of it have been presented by Professor
Owen, by the resident engineer, T, Hodgson, Esq., and by Dr. Charlton, of Newcastle.

The collection is also indebted tu the Government of Victoria for specimens of the gold

deposits of that colony.

Nevil Story Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF Borany.

The Keeper has examined and arranged the various collections purchased during the year ;
‘he has added to the General Herbarium the remainder of Mr. George Don’s collections
from Tropical Western Africa, together with a continuation of Mr. Thwaites’s plants of
Ceylon, and of Mr. Spruce’s collections in Northern Brazil, specimens from Western Africa
collected by Dr. Daniell, and Dr. Harvey’s extensive collections of Sea-Weeds from
‘Australia, the Friendly Islands, and Ceylon; he has also been engaged in getting ready
the rooms intended for the exhibition, and in naming and preparing specimens to be placed
in them.

Since his last Annual Report, he has received by purchase,—
325 species of Plants of Calabria, Sicily, &c., collected by M. Huet du Pavillon.
-144 species of Plants of Asia Minor, collected by M. Balansa.
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504 species of Plants of Asia Minor, collected by M. Kotschy.

334 species of Plants of Ceylon, collected by Mr. Thwaites.

93 species of Alge of Ceylon, collected by Dr. Harvey.

52 species of Plants of China, collected by Mr. Fortune.

337 species of Plants of Java, collected by M. Zollinger.

60 species of Ferns of Borneo, collected by Mr. Wallace.

119 species of Alge of the Friendly Islands, collected by Dr. W. H. Harvey.

567 species of Alg@ of Australia, collected by Dr. Harvey.

48 species of Plants of Australia, collected by Mr. Stutchbury.

12 species of Alge of Port Natal, collected by Mr. Plant.

470 species of Plants of Mexico, collected by M. Botteri.

298 species of Fungi of Mexico, collected by M. Salle.

126 species of Plants of Chagres, collected by Dr. Fendler.

795 species of Plants of Quito, collected by Mr. Jameson.

216 species of Plants of Chili, collected by M. Ph. Germain.

20 sections of Woods of Madeira, collected by Mr. Mason.

3 trunks of Dracena Draco, collected in Madeira by Mr. Mason.

Specimens of Wellingtonia gigantea and other coniferous trees, together with a plank of
the Wood and a segment of the Bark of Wellingtonia, collected in California by Mr. Bridges.

A cone of Pinus Coulteri, from California. __

Two cones of Abies Kaempferi, collected in China by Mr. Fortune.

A stem of the Rice-Paper Plant, from Formosa, from Mr. Fortune.

Robert Brown.

DerartTMENT oF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The re-arrangement of the collection of the works of Mare Antonio has been proceeded
with; 122 having been mounted in the course of the year, and in such a manner as to
secure the surface against future injury from friction.

The works of Saenredam have been arranged in two volumes, and the references to
Bartsch attached to each print.

The works of Bega and Dusart have been re-arranged in two volumes, and the references
to Bartsch attached to each print. :

The works of Weirotter, of which the Museum possesses a remarkably fine set, are in the
course of arrangement.

The works of Wilkie have been re-arranged.

Catalogues have been compiled of the works of J. Matham and J. Saenredam, in which
such engravings by these masters as are in the British Museum Collection, and not mentioned
by Barisch, are fully described. —

A considerable portion of the acquisitions made during the year have been inserted in
their places in the collection.

One handred and five of the choicer Drawings have been remounted, and in sucha
manner as to secure the surface against injury by friction. '

Twelve of the choicer Drawings by the old Masters, and the carving by Albert Durer
representing the naming of St. John the Baptist, have been photographed by Mr. Fenton.

Thirteen hundred of the photographs taken trom Drawings by the old Masters have had
the Museum mark affixed, prior to their being issued for sale. )

Four thousand one hundred and seven articles have been entered in the register of
purchases and presentations ; to each of which the register mark has been attached.

The following acquisitions have been made during the year :—
Italian School :—

Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Timoteo della Vite, Andrea del Sarto, Giulio Campi,
Raffaellino da Reggio, Francesco Mola, Lorenzo Pasinelli, Solimena, Marco Ricci, Canaletto,.
Guardi.

Engravings. Two impressions from Nielli. Early Florentine ornaments. Specimens by
the Master of 1515, Nicoletto da Modena, D. Campagnola, Giacomo Francia (“The Infant
Christ lying asleep upon the Cross,” described by Mr. Oitley at page 774 of his “ Inquiry
into the History ot Engraving”), Marc’ Antonio (particularly a splendid proof of the portrait
of Pietro Aretino, engraved from the picture of Titian), Agostino Veneziano, The Ghisi’s,

Cavaglio, Reverdinus, Agostino Carracci, Garavaglia and Toschi.

’

German School.— Fine specimens of Engravings by the Master of 1466, F. Stoss,
Martin Schongauer, B. Schoen, A. Durer, Jacob Walch (known as the Master of the
Caduceus), Pilgrimstadt, Dirk van Staren, Urse Graf, Altdorfer, Hans Sebald Beham, Bink,
Holbein, Hollar, Dietricy, Wagner, &c.; curious Woodcuts of the fifteenth century.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :-—

Drawings by P. Coeck, A. van Vianen, Esias Vandevelde, A. van Dyck, Molenaer, Peter
Moninck, G. Neyts, Bernard Graat, Lambertz.
' Engravings

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 23

Engravings by Lucas van Leyden (a proof of the Venus and Cupid before the monogram
and date of 1528, Bartsch, vol. vii, p. 412, No. 138). Fine proofs by A. Wierx (particu-
larly the portrait of Sir Thomas More), H. Goltzius, T. Matham, Saenredam, Muller, C.
Visscher, W. Vaillant, Suyderhoef, a rare proof by A. Blooteling of the equestrian portrait
of Peter Schout, described by Wilson at page 150 of his “ Catalogue Raisonné of the Select
Collection of Engravings of an Amateur;” also, a collection of Book Titles designed by
Rubens, Diepenbeck, and others.

French School.—Drawings by Watteau, also 63 original designs in red chalk by
Bouchardon, of the Cries of Paris, which were etched by the Count de Caylus.
Prints and Etchings by Callot, Desnoyer, Blery, &c.

English School.—An interesting Illumination of the 12th century, containing 24 subjects
from the Life of Christ.

Drawings by F. Place, (pupil of Hollar), D. Loggan, M. Laroon. The original designs
by Sir James Thornhill for the paintings in the dome of St. Paul’s, Hayman, W. Pars,
M. A. Rooker, W. Hamilton, r.a., W. Alexander, Loutherbourg, (the original studies from
nature of the vessels introduced in his picture of Lord Howe’s Victory), Harlowe, W. M. Craig,
Coney, Bonington, D. Wilkie, W. Geikie, Ker Porter, L. Clennel, and R. Cooke.

Prinis.—An English Indulgence printed from a wood block, having on it a representation
of the “ Ecce Homo” of the early portion of the 15th century. Early and curious states
of the works of Hogarth, Woollett, M‘Ardell, Bartolozzi, Bromley, Raimbach, J. Pye,
J. H. Robinson, Doo, Engelhart, Linnel, Lupton. Etchings by Gravelot, Loutherbourge,
Bunbury, lbbetson, Crome, A. Cooper, A. Geddes, D. Roberts, G. Cruickshank, &c.

Considerable additions have been made to the Collection of British Portraits.

W. H. Carpenter.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Assyria and
Babylonia has been continued during the past year; the result up to the 12th February 1858 is
reported to be as follows:

Seven Inscriptions, forming 12 sheets, and 818 lines, completed, and 500 copies struck off.
Four Inscriptions, forming 9 sheets, and 918 lines, completed and ready for printing, and
Six Inscriptions, forming 15 pages, in a forward state of progress,

British Museum, A. Panizzi,
17 April 1858, Principal Librarian.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incowr and Expenpitur4E
of the British Museum, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1858; of the Estimarep
Cuarces and Expenszs for the Year ending
31st March 1859, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement.

(Lord John Russell.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,

21 April 1858.

we

210.
Under 4 oz:

BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
/ dated g June 1859 ;—/or,

AN ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Exrenpiture of the Brrtish Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March 1859; of the EstrmaTED
Cuarees and Expenses for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1860;
of the Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the Number of
Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1858 to 1858,
both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the Proeress made in
the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLectTions, and an Account of Oxsxcts added

to them, in the Year 1858.”

- I—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Rectiers and Exrenpirure or the Financial Year ended
31 March 1859.

Il.—ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
lf— ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the'same Period.

VI._ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1860, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1859.
VII._RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to, visit the Britisa Musrum in

each Year from 1853 to 1858, both Years inclusive.

VIIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRaNGEMENT of the CoLLucTions, and an
Account of Oxsects added to them, in the Year 1858.

(Lord John Russell. )

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
17 June 1859.

36—Sess. 2.

2 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exrenpiture of the Grants of Paruiament for the Salaries and
| ended on the

To BaLance ON THE Ist APRIL 1858, Viz.:

On Account of the Vote for the Establishment - - =" » | 16 325e3. ;

Ditto - - ditto - - Cuneiform Inscriptions - = - ICL BD =
: 1Sgige 5

— Amount GRANTED FoR THE YzEAR 1858/9, per Appropriation Act, 21 & 22
Vict., c. 107, viz:—

For the Establishment - - - - - - - 4 yom
Retired Allowances - = = = « E = Z 5 Liev, le
Ep ne a

— Sums Recetvep under the following Heads in aid of the Grant for the
Establishment, viz. :

Dividends on Stock, 30,0001., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - S00 Le
Proceeds of the Sale of the Synopsis - - - = s S joy 6
Ditto other Museum Publications - - - e = 2 219 15 6

1,247 18 6 -

£. 98,741 18 6

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenprtune in the above Account.

iB weenie: G:
Officers of the Ordinary Establishment - - - - a = "690" = =
Officers of the Banksian Collection - - - - - - 393-14 =
Assistants - - - - - - = = > Zs = ~9,949 1 5
Transcribers - - - - - co = e = a 1,983 18 9
1. SALARIES - - - - \ Attendants and Servants - - = - - - 2 = 10,138 13 2
Police - - = = = = = = = a 695 9 6
Persons paid daily or weekly - - = = ms = = Vis? wow)
Attendance on Stoves iS - - = = 2 = 866 6 7
Retired Allowances - - - - = = = = = 1,550 - — :
35,004 11 2
Rates and Taxes - - - = = = = = = = 868 1 4
Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. - - = - = = eile oat) vil
. Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - - 3 = . = 2 864 2 -
2. House Exrunsrs 5) wi\aCandles! (Oil jand'Gas Licht jae ene nrg 331 12 2
Stationery - = - - + = = = . = 716 18 2
Incidents - - = - - : > © S = = 695 7 8
8,253 2 5
Printed Books - - - - - - aap te - a 10,020 7 10 F
Manuscripts - - - - - - = = = a 1,320 6 10
Books for Department of MSS. - - - = = = = 25: 15) 6
Minerals - . - - - - - : - = = 518 19 6
Fossils = - - = = = & 2 = = rs a OD H F
Books for the Department of Geology - - - = - = 40 - -
Zoological Specimens - - - - - = - = - 1,495 15 3
3, PuncHasEs ANDAcauisiTions( Books for the Department of Zoology = < - - = - |) Sl 9° 4
Botanical Specimens - - - - - = - - = 14917 8
Books for the Department of Botany = - - - - - Salih 45 8 -
Coins and Antiquities - - - - - - - = = 2,792 17 6
Books for the Department of Antiquities - - = = = = 51 9
. Prints and Drawings - - - - - - - - = 1,999 19 11
Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - - - - 919 -
Freight and Carriage - - - - - - - - - 536 Sa .—

19,830 2 3
Carriedforward - - - £, 58,087 15 10 ~

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

3

ee OOOleleVa_aBVGVGVNeN60NRe6g3—6—06—weorrrrrrqwqwrwrw—— oOo ——eeeoooow

Expenses of the BRITISH MUSEUM, and for publishing Cunzirorm Inscriptions, in the Financial Year

31st March 1859.

EXPENDITURE. GRANTS.
y 4
By Expenpiture under the following Heads, &c. : pp ‘beviiah igi sd.
1. SaLaRres - - - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 35,004 11 2 36,025 -— -
2. Hovsr Expenses- - - - - ditto+- - : Hao. Lun b 3,850 -— -
3. Purcuasss and Acquisitions - - ditto - - - - | 19,880 2 8 21,650 -— —
| 4, Booxsinprne, Caninets, Ke. =). = ditto. =.= Worl ng) Swe 16-1 15,450 — -
5. Printine Caratocues, making Casts, &c. ditto - ~ - - 1,717 16 8 8,400 -— -
6. MiscELLANEOUS - - - - - ditto - = - - 81 4 10 200 - =
73,003 13 3 80,575 - —
By Expewnpitvre for publishing Cunzrrorm Inscriptions’ - - - - 496 15 4 se
£./ 73,500 8 7
By Batance on THe 31st Marcu 1859, carried to Account for
Establishment, 1859/60 - - -— - - = - £,23,844 8 3
Ditto .- ditto - Cunerrrorm Inscriptions - - 1,397 6 8
: 25,241 9 11
wal) 99,740 18.6
Expianatory StatTeMent of the ExrenpiturRE in the above Account—continued. £. ss d.
Brought forward - - - 58,087 15 10
Boy OA et
Bookbinding for Printed Books - - - ss - - 8,181 5 5
5 Manuscripts - = : = = 5 = 742 11 1
6c Prints and Drawings - - = = - = 148 4 2
Seeretary’s and oth oe ee 6014 1
4, Booxsinvine, Caszinets, &c. - eee
Preparing, &c. Natural History - - = = = a : 1,201 14 5
Cabinets for Coins - - - = =a rs - a = 43 9 6
Repairing and fixing Antiquities - - - - - e C 1,686 8 3
Expenses of Photographic Room - - - - = = = 1,052.59 =
13,116 15 11
Guide and Synopsis .- - af! Phe - - = = ce 848 16 2
Catalogues of Zoology- —- - - - - - - c 1,066 9 8
5. Printine Catarocves, &c. - Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities - - - = BT, &. 6
Tickets, Regulations, ke. = - - - - - e < 99 10 11
Moulds and Casts from Marbles, &e. = - - - = = 11513 5
1,717 16 8
6. MisceELLanrous - - - Law Expenses, &c. - - - - - - - - - - ~ 2 - 81 410
73,003 13 3
Printine, &c. the Cunzirorm Inscriprions - - - - - - - - - - - - - 496 15 4
Toran Expenpiture iN THE YEAR 1858/9 = = = £.| 73,500 8 7

A2

. 36—Sess. 2.

4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

IL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrpt anp Exrenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

\ STOCK,
PACES 3 p’Cent. Consols.
es) Ss. £.. s. a.
To Bazance on the Ist April 1858 - —- = ee ee oe - = = eg 87 a8 12,992 15 7
— Drivipenps received on 19,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
On the 8th July 1858 - £.194 17 10
os 5 8th January 1859 - 194 17 10
389 15 8
— One Year’s Rent or a Reat Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
received 31st May 1858 <n = - - - - 48 38 4
£. 662 6 8 12,992 15 7

IlI.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recript ann Expernpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

STOCK,
para: 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
é £. s. d. ET Me. te
To Bavancy on the 1st April4858- | -,;2— 4 = = es 905 =. =a ee ap oe 2,872 6 10
— Divipenps received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz.,
On the 8th July 1858 = Sas. 8238
5 ss Sth January 1859 - 43 1 9
————_— 86 3 5
£. 6382 2 7 2,872 6 10

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrret anp Expenpirure of the SWINEY

STOCK,

x is ae 3 p’Cent. Consols.

eb pies Uae £. e a.

To Batance on the Ist April 1858 - - - - - - - - -| 168 14 9 3,019 5229
— Diviveyps received on 5,019/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-

queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.
On the 8th July 1858 - £.75 5 9
” » 8th January 1859 - Hi, 3 :
——____ | 15011 5 —
£, | 819 We 2 5,019 2 9

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczret and Exprnpiture of the BIRCH

STOCK,
ee 3 p’Cent. Consols.
: Bigs hy ah C+ US:
To Baxance on the 1st April 1858 - - - - - - - - -|- - - 563 15 7
~ Drviveyns received on 5681. 15s. 7d. Stock in 8 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museun, viz.
On the 8th July 1858 - £8 9
9 Op 8th January 1859 - 8 9
ae 1618 2

——__—_—_

£. 16 18 2 563 15 7

A SS SS SSS,
RS SESE ES AS

British Museum,
16 June 1859.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the 1st April 1858 and the 31st March 1859.

——____

ae STOCK,
Bt 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
eewstee Saale Lie) Sau ds
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents of the Reax Esrarz, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1859 ——- - - - =| gd
— Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1859 - - - - -| 24416 =
— Payments for Brnpinc MANuSCRIPTS, Viz.:
In the financial year ended 31st March 1859 ety - - cz 28 16 5
— Payment of One Yean’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - on || ui) SS
|
| 48415 9
— BALANCE ON THE 31st Marcu 1859, carried to Account for 1859/60 - 177 1Or Wt 12,992 15 7
£.| 662 6 8 12,992 15 7

FUND, between the 1st April 1858 and the 31st March 1859.

STOCK,
Vie 3 p’Cent. Consols.
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscrirrs, viz. : £. os d. £0 sd.
In the financial year ended 31st March 1859 - = = = 3 -| 48015 —-
— Balance on THE 31st Marcu 1859, carried to Account for 1859/60 - lee COE Ze 7 2,872 6 10
aS 6382) 2) 7) os 79 Gn 10
FUND), between the Ist April 1858 and the 31st March 1859.
STOCK,
oe 3 p’Cent. Consols.
| By s Jat dae ? : : £. s. d. Some Se
¥ Satary paid to Dr. Melville for Lectures on Geology, in the financial
year ended 31st March 1859 - - - - - - - i ee a
— Bavance on THE 3lst Marcu 1859, carried to Account for 1859/60 - = lf 75 6.2 5,019 2 9
£./ 319 6 2 5,019 2 9

FUND, between the 1st April 1858 and the 31st March 1859.

ee eee eee

STOCK,
a 3 p’Cent. Consols.
: fae 3 LIL Ss ds Lan silat
By Legacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz. the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - 16, 18.2
By Barance on THE 31st Manrcn 1859, carried to Account for 1859/60 - -\| - S - 563 15 7
ha L6P18 2 5663 15 7

SN

A, Panizzi,
Principal Librarian.

36—Sess. 2. A3

1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment

2
3
4
5
6

or

[on

2

3

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

ESTABLISHMENT.
1859-60.

VI—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satartes and Expensss of the British Museum,
for the YEAR ending on the 31st day of March 1860.

£.77,425.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satarres and Expenses of the Bririsu Museum, for the

Year ending on the 31st day of March 186Q, under the following Heads ;

I. Savarizs:

(Keeper of the Botanical Department) -

. Assistants - - = z =
- Transcribers - = 5 =
. Attendants and Servants - -
- Police = 2 = 2 3
. Persons paid daily or weekly -
Attendance on Stoves - - -

. Retired Allowances’ - = s

II. House Exprnsss:
. Rates and Taxes - - s %
. Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c.
. Coals, Coke and Fagots = - -
. Candles, Oil and Gas - - -
. Stationery - ys “ =

. Incidents - - - = &

III. Purcuaszs anv Acquisitions:

. Printed Books - . 5 s

. Manuscripts = = = 33

- Books for the Department of Manuscripts

4. Minerals - : z . fe

5. Books for the Department of Minerals

6. Fossils = = 2 Gs =

7. Books for the Department of Geology

8

9. Books for the Department of Zoology

- Zoological Specimens - - -

10. Botanical Specimens - = lh ae

11. Books for the Department of Botany

.

12. Coins and Antiquities - - =

13. Books for the Department of Antiquities

14. Prints and Drawings - 3 es

15. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings

16. Freight and Carriage - E A

Carried forward

Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1859-60. 1858-9.

37,500 - — |———_| 36,025 - -

|

|

TS)

or
|
|

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, Kc. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.

Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1859-60. 1858-9.
8. Si. Sear Sts os See on. 8b Oe
Brought forward - - - | - - - | 68,075 - -|]|- - -| 61,525 - -
IV. Booxsrn 1a, Caninets, &c. :
1. Bookbinding: Printed Books - as - 17,500 - = G50).
2. ‘ Manuscripts - - = -|1,000 -— - 1,000 -— -
a s Prints and Drawings - - - 100 - - 150) =) =
4. a5 Principal Librarian’s and other
Departments - - = =a LOO} er — 100 - =
5. Preparing, &c. Zoology - = - - 24s =a 7005. —
6. rf Geology - - - > iP 7200 - «=
Hic 5 Mineralogy - - - - | OM Om ee . ? ¥ ue ap ae
8. 5 Botany - - - Soya 5 OVE ane
9. Cabinets for Coins - - - - - alee tOOr tas & ieoe ats
10. Repairing and fixing Antiquities - - - - (2,200 - ~ =500 ==
11. Expenses of Photography - - - - ale Oar tau ie
? 12,950 - ~ |__| 15,450 - -
V. Printine Catatoauss, &c. :
1. Guide-books and Synopsis - = - e aol sOQHta = dd” "=
2. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - -| 100 - - 150 -— -
3. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology -|1,000 - - 1.00040 =
4, Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities -| 200 - —- SY ae
5. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - = é
6. Moulds and Casts from Marbles, &e. - - -
VI. MisceLianzovs:
Law Expenses, &c. —- = - = o .,
Deduct,—Credits in aid of the’ Estimate, viz. :
Dividends on £. 30,000 Reduced Three per Cent.
Annuities - . - = : s 3 3
Museum Publications - - - = =
Casts from Marbles - - - . 4 :

36—Sess. 2. . A4

) ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIL—RETURN of the Numper of Persons Apmitrep to Visit the Barrisa Museum.

Persons admitted to view the Generat Coxtecrions in each Year, from 1853 to 1858,
both Years inclusive.

1853. 1854. 1855. 1856, LSbid. 1858.
N° N° ‘Ne N° N° N°

JANUARY - - =| 386,205 28,489 16,690 19,980 17,632 24,246
FEBRUARY = ‘*- | 83,518 31,299 11,132 23,567 16,368 28,470
Mance -<- “esi Fy) 745,098 36,201 15,656 41,460 18,009 33,312
Apri = - | © 52,687 59,189 54,161 23,998 45,060 64,363
May = er -ieaie Or,602 31,638 33,142 47,446 | 177,355 58,043
JUNE ~ - - 53,544 81,558 36,251 34,007 93,148 87,554
JULY = a) SJ 556,479 45,710 34,708 36,529 65,866 42,357
Aveust - - -| 53,573 36,419 38,227 29,941 48,474 46,548
SEPTEMBER - -| 43,265 27,749 23,920 26,184 32,181 31,762
Ocroper - - -| 45,814 18,879 21,766 24,799 27,653 37,072
NoveMBER - =| 89,207 18,084 17,009 14,129 20,872 22,953
DecEemBer - =| 105,126 44,047 31,427 39,674 58,416 92,885

661,113 | 459,262 | 834,089 | 361,714 | 621,034 | 519,565

The Readers are not included in the above statement.
ETE ae

Noumeser of Visits to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, 67,794 in 1853 ;
56,132 in 18543 53,567 in 1855; 53,422 in 1856. From January to April 1857 inclusive, the
number of visits of Readers was 19,242. The new Reading Room was opened for Readers on
the 18th May, and from that date to the end of the year the number of visits of Readers was
75,128. Total, 94,370 in 1857; 122,103 in 1858.

Number of Visits by Artists and Struprnts to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of
Study, 6,518 in 1853; 3,652 in 1854; 3,594 in 1855; 2,918 in 1856; 2,613 in 1857; and
2,522 in 1858.

Number of Visits to the Print Room, 3,928 in 1853; 3,401 in 1854; 2,868 in 1855; 3,096 in
1856 ; 3,315 in 1857 ; and 3,499 in 1858.

Number of visits to the Coin and Medal Room, 1,310 in 1854; 1,446 in 1855; 2,299 in 1856;
2,316 in 1857; and 2,002 in 1858.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Britiss Musrum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
between the hours of Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January
and February; from Ten till Five during the Months of September, October, March and
April; and from Ten till Six from the 7th of May to the 1st of September. The Public
will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, July and August
of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six.

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms
every day, except on the Holidays specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months
of November, December, January and February; from Nine till Five in the Months of
September, October, March and April; and from Nine till Six in the Months of May,
June, July and August.

Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture from Nine o’clock to the hour of
closing, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of J anuary, the Ist to the 7th of May, and
the 1st to the 7th of September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christ-
mas-day, and also on any Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority.

British Museum, } . A, Panizzi,
16 June 1859. f Principal Librarian.

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the CaTratocurne and ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLECTIONS
and Account of the OpsecTs ADDED, in the Year 1858.

DEPARTMENT OF PrintEeD Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on the shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each volume; also, on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The marking of an extra copy of the King’s Catalogue (viz. from
letters L to Z, inclusive) has been completed. The total number of these press-marks
amounts to 142,231.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue—The number of titles and cross-
references written for this Catalogue amounts to 35,605. The number of titles tran-
scribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 9,827 and also 297 index slips; 17,243 title slips
and 358 index slips have been incorporated into each of two copies of this Catalogue.
This insertion has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement
of the titles, to take up and re-insert, in each of two copies, 14,704 title slips, and 97 index
slips, and to add to each copy 819 new leaves. The amalgamation of letter G, of the
Catalogues (with the exception of the heading “ Great Britain”) has been completed, and
two copies, each in 74 volumes, bound. One of these copies has been placed in the Reading
Room.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue.—1. The number of titles and cross-references written for
this Catalogue is 24,925, besides 1,462 for the Hebrew Catalogue, and 282 for the Chinese
Catalogue ; in all, 26,669.

2. The number of titles transcribed fourfold for the Supplementary Catalogue is 32,017 ;
besides 8,270 index slips. In consequence of the crowded state of the Supplementary
Catalogue the title slips have been taken up, re-arranged, and re-laid down, with the addi-
tion of 19,335 new titles. The numbers so laid down are, in each of two copies, 187,318,
and in a third copy 192,061, altogether 566,697. 8,256 index slips have been laid down in
each of three copies, and 176 in each of two copies have been removed and re-inserted in
order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement. The Supplementary Catalogue has been
re-bound in 413 volumes.

3. The number of entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications is
206.

(c.) Carbonic Hand Catalogue.—48,044 title slips have been mounted on cartridge paper
for this Catalogue, and incorporated with the general series.

(d.) Maps.—The new titles and cross-references written for maps amount to 3,266.
The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 3,239. Indexes have been
made to 34 volumes of maps and charts, comprising 3,500 entries.

(e.) Music Cataloque.—The new titles and cross references written for this catalogue
amount to 4,220. The number of titles incorporated into each of three copies of this
Catalogue is 8,536. This incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the
alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in each copy 17,597 title slips, and to
add to each copy 1,179 new leaves.

III.—The number of volumes bound is 15,295 in 13,971, including 2,547 Pamphlets.
The number of volumes repaired is 1,333. 882 Maps and Charts have been mounted, and
197 Admiralty Charts inserted in volumes.

IV. Reading Room Service—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room is 177,590; to those of the Royal Library,
12,428; to those of the Grenville Library, 687; and to the Closets in which books are kept
from day today for the use of the Readers, 122,192. Adding the number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 564,000, the whole amounts to
876,897, or 3,044 per diem. The number for the year 1857 was 575,119, or 2,032 per
diem.

2. The number of Readers has been 122,103; on an average 424 per diem, the Reading

Room having been kept open 288 days; each Reader has consulted, on an average, seven
volumes per diem. In 1857 the number of Readers was 93,963, or 332 per diem.

36—Sess. 2. B V.—Additions.

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V. Additions —1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 200 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Treaty) amounts to 32,152 (including Music, Maps,
and Newspapers) of which 1,339 were presented, 24,968 purchased, and 5,845 acquired by
copyright.

2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 53 received under the International Copy-
right Treaty) is 23,995 (including Maps and Music), of which 1,293 were presented, 6,583
purchased, and 16,119 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers acquired
is 938. Of these, 640 (viz., 219 published in London, and 421 in the country) have been
received from the Inland Revenue Office in England, 128 from the branch of that office
in Ireland, and 133 from the branch of the same office in Scotland. 5 numbers of 3 Colonial
papers have heen presented, and 3 English, 14 Irish, 2 Colonial, 17 American, and 249
miscellaneous numbers of 42 Irish Papers have been purchased.

8. The Maps, Charts, and Plans (including 1 acquired under the International Copy-
right Treaty) amount to 505 in 3,218 sheets; the Atlases to 34 complete and 12 parts of
Atlases in the course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 101 were presented, 40 pur-
chased, and 364 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases 3 were purchased, and 31 and

12 parts of Atlases acquired by copyright.

4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 183
received under the International Copyright Treaty) is 3,928, of which 146 were purchased,
three presented, and 3,779 acquired by copyright. 962 parts and numbers of works in
progress (including 48 received uuder the International Copyright Treaty) have been acquired
by copyright.

5. The total number of articles received (including Broadsides, Playbills, and other mis-
cellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 101,705, of which 413 were received under the
International Copyright Treaty. Of the articles received, 35,064 (comprising 320 received
under the International Copyright Treaty) are complete works. Of the complete works,
23,846 were purchased, 1,705 presented, and 9,513 acquired by copyright.

6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is
244,464.

VI. A Guide to the Books exhibited in the Grenville and King’s Libraries has been pre-
pared and printed, and a list of the books forming the library of reference in the Reading
Room has also been prepared, and a considerable poruon of it printed. A Hand
Catalogue has also been prepared for the same library of reference, by which the books on
the shelves are examined every morning, and the unauthorised removal of any volume im-

mediately detected.
J. Winter Jones.

Department oF Manuscripts.

1. An additional portion of the Catalogue of Additions for 1848, has been revised, and
the copy for the years 1853 and 1854 further advanced, including the Additional Manuscripts,
Nos. 19,400-19,402 (Collection of Autograpks of the late Dawson Turner), and from
No. 19,650 to No. 19,990 inclusive. The Egerton Manuscripts Nos. 1,683-1,685 have also
been described.

2. The Guide to the Autographs, Manuseripts, Charters and Seals, exhibited to the
Public in the Department, has been completed, and sent to press.

3. The brief Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts, placed in the Reading Room, has
been continued from September 1857 to June 1858 inclusive, No. 22,101 to No. 22,472;
and a portion of the Bouquet and Haldimand Papers (acquired in 1857) entered, from No.
21,631 to No. 21,754. :

4, The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No. 3,308 to No. 3,510
inclusive, and the Egerton Charters from No. 103 to No. 112.

5. The Sheets of the Supplement to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts have been
printed off, from 4 X to 5 K inclusive, and 122 volumes described, or the descriptions
revised, for this Supplement. The printed text of the Catalogue has also been corrected,
from p. 181 to p. 257. Thirty-five Oriental Manuscripts in various languages have been
described more briefly for the Catalogue of Additions, 1858. '

6. Four volumes in Syriac have been described for the Catalogue of this class, and the
leaves of 43 others arranged for the binder.

7. The general classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the
present time.

8. Tables of Contents and Indexes have been made to the Harleian Manuscripts, 4,933-
4,936 and 7,344-7,351, and Additional 19,682 ; and the Indexes to Har. 374, 376, 3,777
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to 3,784, and Additional 19,682 copied fair into the respective volumes. The Indexes to
the Autograph Letters in the Harleian Collection, as far as made, have been alphabetically
arranged, with cross references.

9. The Register of Donations to the Department has been kept up to the end of 1858.

10 Transcripts of the Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts, with an Index, and of the Catalogue
of Casts of Seals presented by the late Mr. J. Doubleday, have been made for the use of
the Reading Room.

11. The arrangement of the Gualterio and Haldimand Papers for the binder has been
continued, and the Johnson and Strafford Papers, and Bentinck Papers, have been similarly
prepared.

12. The Additional Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, and registered, from
No. 22,101 to No. 22,641, (including the additions to the end of 1858); and bound, repaired,
lettered and stamped, from No. 20,386 to No. 20,402 (Gualterio Papers), No. 21,631 to
No. 21,754 (Bouquet and Haldimand Papers), and from No. 22,101 to No. 22,190, and
No. 22,268 to No. 22,438, inclusive.

13. Tle Egerton Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, registered, bound,
lettered, and stamped from No. 1,704 to No. 1,788.

14. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from
No. 13,907 to No. 13,983 mclusive ; and registered from No. 9,284 to No. 10,119.

15. The whole of the detached Seals have been arranged, with numbers and labels, and
a Hand List made of them. A separate Hand List has been made of the select Seals,
which have also been arranged and labelled. '

16. Six hundred and eighty of the Additional Manuscripts, 376 of the Sloane, and 18
of the Egerton Collection, have been folio’d. Three hundred and eighty-eight Sloane
Manuscripts have been collated, and upwards of 1,600 entries made in the Hand and Shelf
Lists of various Collections.

17. Stamps have been placed upon every tract, letter, or separate document, in 16 volumes
of the Sloane Collection, one Cottonian, one Old Royal, 32 Egerton, and 1,569 of the
Additional Manuscripts, with 52 Books of Reference. The Charters and Rolls stamped
are, 1,052 Additional, and 28 Egerton. The total number of stamps affixed amounts to
47,600.

18. The Egerton and Hargrave Collections of Manuscripts have been moved and re-
arranged, and the greater portion of the former Collection has had press marks and shelf
numbers affixed.

19. Fifteen Cottonian, 1 Sloane, 18 Harleian, 6 Old Royal, 1 Lansdowne, 42 Egerton,
and 444 Additional Manuscripts, together with 90 Books of Reference, have been bound,
repaired or lettered; sixteen Papyri have been glazed, and five of the number framed.
Upwards of 1,300 volumes have been press-marked, or had the press-marks altered; and
13,454 labels of shelf numbers affixed to the Cottonian, Old Royal, Harleian, Burney,
Arundel, Egerton, and Additional Manuscripts, and to the Printed Books of Reference in
the Department.

20. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and marked, from
No. 12,628 to No. 13,542 inclusive; and boxes made for them. One hundred and forty
trays have been made for Seals, and 21 injured Seals repaired.

21. The whole of the collections of Charters and Rolls have been verified by the
Inventories. The Collections of Manuscripts have been twice dusted during the twelve-
month.

22. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :—

To the General Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 3874

Original Charters and Rolls —- ; - = ~ 72
To the Egerton Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 32

Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be mentioned :—

A fine copy on vellum of the Samaritan Pentateuch, written in the year of the [shmaelites,
766=A.D. 1364.

if A splendid copy of the Coran, in seven volumes folio, written throughout in large gold
characters, with illuminated ornaments, and executed (probably in Egypt or Syria) for the
Amir Rukn-al-Din, Steward of the Royal Household, a.a. 704-5—=a.p. 1304-5.

A volume containing the Capitularia of Charlemagne and Louis le Débonnaire, compiled
in the year 827 by Ansegise, Abbot of Fontanelle; written on vellum in the tenth century,
It formerly belonged to the monastery of Vierzon, Dept. du Cher.

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12 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

The Welch Laws of Hywel Dda, on vellum, of the beginning of the 15th century. This
volume formed part of the Collection of Welch MSS. presented by the Cymmrodorion
Society in 1844, but was then missing, and has only recently been restored. a

A very large volume, written on vellum towards the close of the 14th century, containing
a mass of old English poetry and prose, chiefly of a religious character. It is remarkable
as being nearly a duplicate of, and written by the same hand as, the celebrated Vernon
manuscript, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

The Original Obituary and Martyrology of the monastery of Syon, near Isleworth ; com-
menced in the early part of the 15th century and continued down to the year 1640; on
vellum.

Select lives from Plutarch, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruno Aretino, written on
the finest vellum, and ornamented with miniatures of fine Italian art, of the middle of the
15th century.

The original Document, in German, of the appointment of a municipal council in Cologne,
with the regulations established for the government of the town, dated 4th September 1396,
and ratified by the seals of the town and of the 22 guilds belonging to it; presented by
Octavius Morgan, Esq., M. P.

Roll on vellum of the Procession to Parliament (3 Hen. VIII., 1512) of the King and
Spiritual and Temporal Peers, with full length coloured figures and arms.

The secret Autograph Correspondence of King Charles I. with Henry Firebrace, page of
his chamber, when in confinement at Carisbrook Castle, in 1648.

The Official Correspondence of John Lord Carteret, when Ambassador in Sweden, and as
Secretary of State, from 1719 to 1745, in 34 volumes, folio; presented by the Rev. Lord
John Thynne, b. p., Canon of Westminster.

The Original Correspondence of Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, from 1712 to
1767; presented by the executors of the late Right Hon. John Wilson Croker.

A volume containing the original subscription lists to Hogarth’s Prints of “The Elec-
tion” and “ Sigismunda,” 1754-1764, with autograph remarks by the artist.

The original Mortgage Deed of a dwelling-house in Blackfriars, dated 11th March 1612
(1613), and signed by William Shakspere.

A Collection of Autograph Letters and Poems of Robert Burns. These poems are the
originals of the songs published in “ Johnson’s Scots’ Musical Museum,” in 1787-1794;
bequeathed by the late Archibald Hastie, Esq., M. P.

A large Collection of impressions from Coftin-plates of the nobility and gentry, from
1727 to 1831; arranged by the late Sir George Nayler, Garter King-at-Arms, in 14
volumes, folio.

23. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Room, amounts
to 23,090, and to Artists and others, in the rooms of the Department, to 3,696.

Frederic Madden.

DePaRTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES.
I.—Arrangement.

Pupuic GaLierins.—The new Room on the Basement Floor, designed for the
Assyrian Sculptures, is nearly completed.

The form of the Second Greco-Roman Saloon has been slightly altered, for the better
exhibition of the Townley Venus.

The Second Egyptian Room, and the First Vase Room have been ornamentally painted.

The greater part of the Greek and Greco-Roman Marbles have been cleaned under the
direction of Mr. Westmacott.

A further portion of the Roman and Greco-Roman Sculptures has been placed on
pedestals of Derbyshire marble.

The Architectural and Sculptural Marbles, discovered by Mr. Newton at Halicarnassus
in 1856-7, have been, as far as possible, repaired by the identification and re-adjustment of
numerous detached fragments which accompanied them. The Sculptures procured in 1846
by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe from the same place, have been transferred to the temporary
gallery under the front Colonnade, and arranged in one series with the Collection sent
home by Mr. Newton.

Most of the bas-reliefs, procured from Koyunjik under the direction of Sir H. C.
Rawlinson, K.c.B., have been repaired and fixed on slates, and some of them transferred
to the new Room on the Basement Floor, where they are now in course of arrangement.

The most important objects in the Bronze Room have been experimentally arranged in
two central cases, pending the construction of proper cases for their exhibition,

Photographs have been taken of many of the Greco-Roman and Roman Sculptures by
Mr. Fenton, and copies are sold at the Museum.

A new and cheaper Guide to the Collections of Antiquities has been drawn up and
passed through the press.

236 Egyptian Antiquities, consisting principally of Tablets and stone objects in the
Galleries, have been described and catalogued.

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Fac-similes of two Egyptian Papyri have been prepared in coloured lithographs, com-
prising 19 plates, which are now nearly ready for publication.

288 Egyptian objects have been mounted.
35 Tablets and Altars have been framed and glazed.
98 Egyptian Antiquities have been mounted on stone pedestals.
10 Framed Papyri have been examined and cleaned.

2,891 labels have been attached to objects in the General Collection.

Mepat Room.—tThe Catalogue of Greek Coins has been commenced with the series of
Italy, and the Coins of the provinces of Etruria, Umbria, Picenum, Latium, Samnium,
the Frentani, and part of Campania, have been described on 228 slips.

The detailed arrangement of the Roman large Brass Coins has been completed; the
Second Brass Coins have been arranged in the same manner, and a similar arrangement
of the Class of Denarii has been commenced.

In the Oriental series, 2,321 unplaced Coins have been decyphered and arranged, and
many improveinents effected in the order of every part of the Collection.

In the Medieval and Modern series, the labelling of the Cabinets has been continued
and permanent descriptive cards have been substituted for temporary ones; the Collection
oi Counters has been arranged, and a Catalogue has been made of the London Tokens of
the 17th Century.

[1.— Acquisitions.

(1.) GeneraL Antiquities. I. Egyptian.—A small Collection of Antiquities presented
by Miss Warne, comprising, among other objects of interest, an Alabaster Vase inscribed
with the name of Seneferu, a monarch of an early Dynasty.

A Sepulchral Tablet for Naia, a scribe of about the period of the 20th Dynasty; pre-
sented by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart.

Ten Sepulchral Tablets of the period of the 19th and 20th Dynasties; the most re-
markable is one for an Atthiopian prince, Untahar ; two others are for officials in the Palace
of Rameses II., at Thebes.

II. Assyrian.—Seventeen Assyrian and Babylonian Cylinders, purchased from Dr
Hyslop, of Baghdad, some of them in excellent preservation, and exhibiting new modifica-
tions of types previously known. On one of these is a curious representation of a winged
griffin, analogous to that upon the coins of Chios.

Seven Gems, also purchased from Dr. Hyslop, four of which bear Sassanian in-
scriptions.

III. Greek.—A Painted Vase, representing, apparently, a scenic subject; presented by
Captain Fellows. Three Jarge and rare Terracotta Vases, believed to have been found at
Cales in Campania: the body of each vase is in the form of a female head, and above it are
attached various ornaments in high relief, with remains of polychrome decoration. A marble
votive Tablet, dedicated to Jupiter by Agathangelos of Abilene, in the Decapolis, for the
safe return of the Emperor Hadrian; dated in the 455th year of the era of the Seleucide,
A.D. 133. It is especially valuable as containing, in addition to the Greek inscription, two
lines written in the Palmyrene character.—From the collection of Lord Bessborough.

IV. Phenician——Four Sepulchral Tablets bearing Punic inscriptions, brought from the
neighbourhood of Carthage, by the late Sir Thomas Reade; presented by Sir Thomas
Phillipps, Bart.

V. Roman.—Sixteen Vases of Latian ware from Alba Longa; presented by Joseph
Beldam, Esq.

The marble Cover of a Sarcophagus, on which is the statue of a lady, life-size, reclining
on a couch, and holding on her lap a bust, probably that of her husband. A Tablet, pos-
sibly part of a sepulchral monument, in which are sunk two deep recesses, enclosing the
busts of L. Antistius Sarculo, Magister of the College of the Salii, and of his wife Antistia.
These two marbles formed part of Lord Bessborough’s collection at Roehampton.

A Bronze statuette of Harpocrates, of good style and execution.

A Gold Armlet found in a tomb at Kertch.

A highly interesting specimen of Roman Cameo glass manufacture, being the upper
portion of a vase discovered at Pompeii in 1831, similar in fabric and style to the
Portland Vase. It is decorated with foliage, fruit, and birds, in white bas-relief upon a
blue ground. The lowest portion, and several intervening fragments, of this vase, have for
some years been in the British Museum, and the remainder is aow in the Museo Borbonico
at Naples. The part now acquired was bequeathed, with the three Terracotta Vases already
described, by the late Miss Auldjo.

VI. British Collection.—A perfect stone Quern found near Iwerne Courtenay, Dorset,
and presented by the Rev. Frederick Bliss.

Portions of an Urn found near Kingston-on-Hill, Surrey, presented by H.R.H. the
Duke of Cambridge.

Two Bronze Swords, and other objects of the same metal, found in Aberdeenshire; pre-
sented by the Earl of Aberdeen, x.e.

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A Bronze Sword ; portions of two elaborately-ornamented Shields (from the Thames); a
set of Silver Saxon Pins, found in the River Witham, wear Lincoln ; and a fine 14th Cen-
tury Sword, from the same locality; all presented by the Archeological Institute of Great
Britain and Ireland.

An ornamented Bronze Scabbard, and an Iron Dagger ina brouze sheath; both found
in the Thames.

A small Collection of Roman Antiquities, found at Kirkby Thore, Westmoreland ; pre-
sented by Sir George Musgrave, Bart.

Fragment of a Roman Mosaic Pavement, with blue glass tessere, found in rebuilding a
house in Fenchurch-street; presented by the Executors of the late Henry Barber, Esq. ~~

A Roman Leaden Coffin, found in making the new Docks at Shadwell; presented by the
Directors of the London Dock Company.

A Saxon Brooch; presented by J. Y. Akerman, Esq., F.s.a.

Twenty-five Matrices of English Seals, comprismg the Seal of Richard Clitherowe, Admiral
of the Westin 1405 and 1406; the Seal of Windsor Castie; and 14 Silver official Seals of
their Majesties King George Lil., George IV., and Wilham IV.; presented by the Lord
President of the Council.

A Quadrant, bearing the name of Edward VI., for whom it was most probably made.

A Serpentine Bowi, mounted in silver, being the Punch Bowl of the Poet Burns; b-
queathed by the late Archibald Hastie, Esq., m.p.

VII. Medieval.—A large and fine Triptych of the 14th Century, containing numerous
groups, carved in ivory. The doors are painted externally with figures of Saints of the
saine date as the rest of the Triptych.

An Ivory Statuette, representing St. Margaret.

Two very rare Enamels of the ‘i'welfth Century, executed in copper by the cloisonné

rocess.
A Limoges Enamel of the Penicaud school, bearing the mark of an enameller, hitherto
unknown.

Seventeen foreign Matrices of Seals.

VILL. Ethnographical.—A fine Collection of Peruvian Antiquities, collected in various
parts of that country, by Mr. Farris. Among these are numerous painted Vases, a Silver
Belt, and other ornaments of an Inca, and numerous Implements of Copper.

A small Series of Objects from Morocco ; presented by Cyril Graham, Esq.

Besides the above, forty-eight Cases, containing Sculptures from Halicarnassus, and sixty-
three Cases, containing Miscellaneous Greek Sculptures from Cnidus, Branchide, &c., have
been lately received from C. T. Newton, Esq., Her Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Mytilene, being
the results of his recent researches in the East; as well as fifty-one Cases, containing Anti-
quities from Carthage and Utica, the result of the: xcavations of the Rev. N. Davis.

These Cases, which were brought to England in Her Majesty’s ship “ Supply,” have been
placed temporarily under the front Colonnade, and in two rooms in the basement, but have

at present been only partially unpacked,

(2.) Corns anp Mupats.—The following table shows the number and classification of the
acquisitions under this head :— s

Gold. Silver. Copper.
Greeks Sn, sae GES 6 ait 7d eGeeied 4-88
Roman - - - - - = 7 eae iy ae Oe oy
Oriental - - - - - Speers 99 - - 22%
Mediaeval and}
Matin a a a Pees ae Mame ge Si

138 215 927 = 1,280

The following are the most important :—

To the Greek Series many rare and beautiful Coins have been added. OF these, the
most remarkable are Silver Coins of Polemo, with Tryphena, his Queen; Rhescuporis V.
and Rhescuporis VI., Sovereigns of the Bosphorus; a Silver Coin of Timotheus and Diony-
sius, Tyrants of Heraclea in Bithynia; an archaic Didrachm of Ephesus; a Copper Coin of
Nicias, Tyrant of Cos; a very fine Tetradrachm of Rhodes; an unique Copper Coin of
Deiotarus, King of Galatia; an extremely rare Coin of ‘‘ Feggsere,” in Lycia; an equally
rare Silver Coin of Mallus, in Cilicia; a Gold Coin (stater) of Antiochus Lil., and a Tetra-
drachm of Tryphon, King of Syria, both of the highest rarity; an unique Tetradrachm of
the Town of Marathus in Syria; a Hemidrachm of the same place; and an Octodrachm,
in gold, of Arsinoe, Queen of Ptolemy Philopator, of the highest rarity and beauty.
Several gaps in the Class of Regal Coins have been filled up by these acquisitions. The
additions to the Seleucidan and Lycian Coins, especially in the case of the latter by the
purchase of Sir Charles Fellows’ Collection, have been particularly numerous and im-
portant. The Greek Imperial Class has also been augmented by the acquisition of several
interesting Coins.

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To the Oriental Series the most valuable additious have been, in the Phoenician Class, a
Tetradrachm’of Azbaal, King of Gebal or Byblus; in the Sub-Parthian, a Tetradrachm of
Kamnaskires and his Queen Anzaze, anda Drachm of the same, both of great rarity and
beauty. In the Bacirian, two Tetradrachms of Euthydemus I., and one of Heliocles. Many
beautiful Coins of the Mohammadan Princes of India have also been acquired.

The additions to the Medieval and Modern Series comprise a large number of Gold
Coins of the highest importance. The following must be particularised:—A Ten Ducat
Piece of Berne; a Fifty Sequin Piece of Luigi Mocenigo Il., Doge of Venice, and a
Twenty-five Sequin Piece of Paolo Reniero; a Carlino d’oro of Charles II. of Anjou, King
of Naples ; and a large Series of Gold Coins of Hungary, in the finest preservation, and of
great rarity.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room has been 2,002.

The eleventh volume of the “ Deseription of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum ”

will shortly be sent to press.
Edward Hawkins.

DerarRTMENTs oF Narurat History.

The Superintendent having in former Annual Reports adverted to the circumstances, still
operating, and not under the control of the Keepers, which prevent the due development,
display, and instructive application of the Collections of Natural History, the present Report
will be limited to its prescribed subject—the condition of those Collections.

During the past year the state of preservation and general good condition of the specimens
of Zoology have been fully maintained.

In the class Mammalia, 45 specimens have been mounted and added to the arranged series
in the Gallery. These include a specimen—the first which has reached England from
Africa—of a nearly full grown male Gorilla (Troglodytes ‘sorilla), which, added to the
skeleton of the same species acquired in 1857, satisfactorily illustrates the Zoological
characters of this last-discovered and most remarkable of the group of Anthropoid Apes.
The additions to the series of Stuffed specimens also includes an immature example of the
rare Two-horned Rhinoceros of Sumatra (RA. Sumatranus, Cuv.) |t exhibits the same
character which Bishop Heber has noted in the young of the Indian Elephant, viz. a
covering of hair, which is more or less lost in the mature animal. ‘This transitory character
in a living species of Rhinoceros is the more interesting since the discovery, in the frozen soil
of Siberia, of the carcase of the great extinct Two-horned Rhinoceros (RA. tichorrhinus) of
Northern Asia, which shows that the hairy covering was retained throughout life in that species.

To the order Cheiroptera a new form of Pteropine Bat (Protopteryx, Gray) has been
added, from the Fiji Islands, which shows transitional characters, as in the femoral mem-
brane and tail, connecting the frugivorous with the insectivorous divisions of the order.

In the Gallery of Birds, some of the recent additions, by their rarity, beauty, and artistic
setting up, have attracted much attention. Most remarkable for its size and peculiar form
of head is the specimen of the Abyssinian Boat-billed Crane (Baleniceps Rex.) ; it is, how-
ever, immature, and illustrations of the full-size and sexual plumage of this species are still
desiderata. 147 specimens of Birds have been mounted and incorporated with the arranged
series in the Gallery.

The Classes of Repiiles and Fishes have received rare and mteresting accessions. Some,
from the Andes of Ecuador, have afforded the character of a new genus of Lizard (Lepo-
rinus); other specimens have exemplified a new genus of Serpent (Conopsis) ; and some
new Ophidian species, e.g. Rhabdosoma elaps, Cyclophis major, Dromicus rufidorsatus.
A new genus of Batrachian (Pelodryas), peculiar to New Holland, with some new species,
e.g. Rana occipitalis, Bufo tuberosus, Hyla lichenosa, are also among the additions. In the
Class of Fishes, the added specimens have included two new species—( Arges brachycephalus),
from the Andes of Ecuador, belonging to the family Stluride, and Leporinus Miilleri,
beionging to the family Salmonide. 20 specimens of Reptiles and 80 specimens of Fishes
have been added to the mounted series displayed in the Museum. The total number of
additions to the Vertebrated Animals during 1858 has been 6,180. The majority of these
Specimens are preserved with the unstuffed skins, or in spirit, in the Basement Apaitments,
where they are accessible, for study and comparison, to the naturalist, the requisite informa-
tion, as to the derivation and locality of the specimens, being given in the register of such
acquisitions.

The Osteological collection has been increased by a numerous series of skulls of the
various tribes of the Human race inhabiting Nepaul, an accession much valued by Ethno-

_logists, the donation by the late resident, Bryan H. Hodgson, Esq. Amongsi the skeletons
obtained by purchase, that of the African Elephant supplies a desideratum long felt in
relation tocomparisons of Mastodontal and Hlephaitine fossils. 177 skeletons and skulls of
Vertebrated Animals have been added to the series exhibited in the Galleries of the Museum.

The additions to the Molluscous and Radiated classes amonnt to 7,812 m number. ‘The
Voluta Mamilla in the former series shows the large embryo-shell, which gives the charac-
teristic form to the summit of the spire of the rare adult shell. Amongst the newly acquired
Radiata, the specimen of large, still existing, Pentacrine (Pentacrinus caput medus@) is of

eculiar interest in relation to the extensive family of pedunculate Echinoderms which
fa become extinct. Very few examples of the species, now living in West Indian
Seas, have reached Europe since the period of its first description by Guettard and Ellis in
1761.

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Among the additions to the Collection of Insects, those from the cabinet of Kuby,
and the Madeira Insects collected by T. V. Wollaston, Esq., possess peculiar interest.
The total number of additions to the Annulose series (Insects, Crustacea, Vermes), is
28,699.

All the specimens in the Department of Geology are in good condition; many have been
improved by the skilful removal of matrix from the organic fossil; the majority are
displayed and well arranged for study. The characteristic fossils of the Cretaceous and
Tertiary formations of Switzerland and contiguous part of Germany, obtained by the
purchase of the celebrated Collection of Dr. Briickmaun, constitute an important and very
instructive accession to the Paleontological Series during the past year. The cast, pre-
sented by the Trustees of the Museum of Natural History at Sydney, of the skull of the
large extinct Marsupial animal, the original of which has been recently transmitted from
Darling Downs to Sydney, New South Wales, has materially added to the illustration of
the genus Wototherium, previously represented by a fossil specimen of the lower jaw and
teeth, in the British Museum.

The unique specimen of the skull of the large Pterodactyle, from the Lias of Lyme Regis,
the species of which was originally indicated by the specimens of limb-bones previously in
the Museum, shows a peculiarity of dentition characteristic of a distinct genus ( Dimor-
phodon) in the extinct order of flying reptiles. The additional illustration of the dentition
of the Dinotherium, is a specimen of much physiological as well as paleontological interest.
The Fossil skull of the Chelone gigas from the Eocene clay of Sheppey, has confirmed the
indication of that huge kind of extinct Turtle, first yielded by a fragment of a bone of the
fin (figured in Tab. xxix., fig. 5, “ Monogr. of Fossil Reptilia of the London Clay,” 4to.,
1850). Of the additions, by purchase and donation, to the Geological Department, 3,300
pete been added in the past year to the series arranged and displayed in the public
rallery.

ane cece of Mineralogy has been maintained in its usual good state of preservation, and
has received many improvements in the arrangement and display of the specimens. It has
been enriched by the addition of 700 specimens, of which the rarest and most interesting
are specified in the Report of the Keeper of that Department.

The total number of additions to the Natural History Departments during the year
1858, is 47,891.

Richard Owen,
Superintendent of the Natural History Departments.

DEPARTMENT oF ZooLocy.

The Collection of preserved skins of Vertebrated Animals, and of the bard parts. of
Invertebrated Animals, which are exhibited in the Rooms open to the Public, have been
cleaned. Many families, and orders, of these have been re-arranged, to admit of the
insertion of recent accessions in their proper places, and to keep the Collections up to the
modern improvements in Zoology.

The very extensive Collections of Skins of Mammalia, Birds, Fish, and Reptiles, which are
kept unstuffed for more easy examination and study by the professional zoologist, together
with the very extensive Collection of Skeletons, and the Collections of Specimens of Verte-
brated, Molluscous, Annulose, and Radiated Animals, preserved in spirits, and contained
in more than 30,000 bottles, kept in rooms in the basement, and which are only available
to the more scientific student, have been cleaned, verified, and many of them re-arranged.

The General Collections of Insects and Crustacea, which are also kept in a private room,
accessible to students and the more advanced entomologist, have had very large accessions
made to them, which are being arranged in their appropriate places in systematic order.
Several parts of these Collections, which had become over-crowded by repeated additions,
have been arranged to make them conformable to the works recently published, and others
have been entirely re-arranged. :

The system of having two Collections, one entirely open to the public, and the other at
all times accessible without interruption, and in the best state of preservation, for the use of
the scientific student, has been followed in the Museum for years with the best elect, and
offers, as far as the present space and locality will allow, all the facilities proposed to be
adopted in the Memorial of a small number of zoologists and botanists, presented to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1858, without shutting up from view any part which is
interesting to the public.

Several cases containing remarkable Birds, exhibited as examples of the best style of
animal-preserving, have been added to the Collection.

During the year 1858 there have been added to the several parts of the Zoological
Collections 42,691 specimens of different classes of animals, viz.:

Vertebrata - - - - - - - - 6,180
Mollusca and Radiata - = = = = - 7,212
Annulosa - - - - - - - - - 28,699

Toran - - - - 42,691

A considerable portion of these specimens are the types of the species described in
various scientific works and periodicals. A very large number of specimens in the Museum
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have likewise been described during the year by the officers of the department, in the
Catalogues published by the Museum, and by them and other zoologists in other works ;
and the specimens so described are rendered of typical importance.

The 42,691 specimens added to the Collection, have been each regularly marked and
described in the Manuscript Registers of Accessions, with an account whence and how they
were derived. This adds greatly to their value. They have been all arranged in their
systematic places in the rooms exhibited to the public, or set aside for special study, and
all properly labelled so as to give their special history.

The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1858 :~-
1. List of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.s., anb
G. R. Gray, F.L.s.
2. Catalogue of Snakes—Part 2, and Supplement, containing the Additicaal Specimens
received since the 7ublication of Part 1, by Dr. Albert Giiuther.
3. Catalogue of Tail-less Batrachians, by Dr. Albert Gunther.
4-7. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera—Parts 12, 13, 14, and 15, by Francis
Walker, F.L.s.
8. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects—Part 6, Formicide, by Frederick Smith, v.P.
Ent, Soc.
9. Catalogue of Neuropterous Insects (Termitide), by Dr. Hagen.
10. Catalogue of Homopterous Insects, by Francis Walker, F.L.s.
11, Catalogue of Hispide, by J. S. Baly, M.z.s.

The following Catalogues, as well as the succeeding parts of those already printed are
in preparation :—

Catalogue of Percoid Fish.
Catalogue of British Ants, &c.
Catalogue of Pleuronectide, &c.
Catalogue of Psittacide, &c.
List of Olivide, Pholadide, &c.

The paper labels, formerly used for the specimens preserved in spirits, being liable to
become obliterated by the damp and dust of the rooms in which they are arranged, a new
system of labelling with paint has been adopted, and upwards of 500 bottles have been
already so labelled.

The cabinets in the Insect Room have been re-arraneed, and the contents of each cabinet
marked in large letters on the outside, to facilitate the labours of those who come to consult
the cabinets, and to name their specimens.

The painting the labels on the stands of the recently received Birds, Mammalia, Fish, &c.
has been regularly proceeded with, as fast as the painter could execute it.

In addition to the very numerous specimens of Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, Crus-
tacea, and other smalier animals prepared in the Museum, there have been set up and re-set
by the animal preservers—

Mammalia, mounted - - - - - - - 45
Birds *s - ~ - - - - - 147
Reptiles F - - =. #5 - - - 20
Fish - - - - - - - 30
Skeletons and Skulls prepared - - - - - 177
Insects, re-set - - - - - - - - 5,342

In addition to the Collections which have been purchased, because they were the types
described, or as illustrating the zoology of particular regions, the specimens added have
been selected from large collections from different countries which have been offered for
sale, as those most required to complete the series, and tending to illustrate the scientific
Do and as most useful in showing the habits and economic uses of the
animals.

A number of well-instructed Collectors, including Mr. Bate, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Fraser,
and Mr. Foxcroft, having been to different countries for the express purpose of collecting
zoological subjects, gave the Museum the advantage of making the first selections from
their collections, and have thus enabled the Museum, during the last and some previous
years, to make most important accessions to the Collections.

The following additions may be specially mentioned :
Collections of Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Shells, Crustacea, and Insects, collected
by F. M. Rayner, Esq., Surgeon, rR. N., during the Voyage of H.M.S. “Herald” in the
Fiji Group and other Islands of the Pacific ; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.
Collection of Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, and their Skeletons, and a large Series of
Human Skulls from Nepal ; presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq.
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A large Series of Skulls, Horns, &c., from the Collection of the Zoological Society.
Skeleton of an adult African Elephant from the Cape of Good Hope.
A nearly adult Specimen of a male Gorilla from the Gaboon, presenting for the first time
the true outward appearance of this species.
The Two-horned Rhinoceros from Bi ene: obtained from the Leyden Museum.
A Specimen of the Baleniceps Rex. from Abyssinia. ‘
Collections of Birds, Insects, &c., from the Aroo Islands, New Guinea, and from Celebes,
formed by Mr. Wallace.
Large Collection of Fish from Amboyna, Sumatra, &c., collected and named by
Dr. Blecker.
A Collection of Batrachians in spirits ; presented by Sir Andrew Smith, m.p.
Reptiles from Port Natal; presented by the Rev. H. Calloway.
Reptiles from North America ; presented by the Hon. Odo Russell.
British Nudibranchiate Molusca, collected, described, and figured by Mr. Alder.
A fine and perfect Specimen of the Encrinite from the West Indies, preserved in spirits.
Fine Specimens of Voluta Mamilla from Tasmania.
Specimens of Dipsas plicata, or Chinese Pearl Oyster, from Japan.
Specimens of Chrysodomus and Buccinum from Siberia.
Specimens of Etheria, from Senaar.
‘A Large Collection of Achatinelle from the Sandwich Islands.
Insects of Australia, collected and presented by Robert Bakewell, Esq.
Insects of Sierra Leone, collected by Mr. Foxcroft.

Collections of Annulose Animals, chiefly Insects, from the Amazon (formed by Mr. Bate),
from Port Natal, Australia, Oajaca, in Mexico, and Cuenca, in Peru.

Collections of Madeira Insects (exclusive of Coleoptera, previously acquired), formed by
T. V. Wollaston, Esq. ?

European Insects, named by Herr Ruthe.

Insects of the Kirbyan Collection, bought at the sale of the Entomological Society.

Insects of Madagascar, collected by the late Madame Ida Pfeiffer.

John Eduard Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

During the past year, the most important acquisition made by the Geological Department
consists of a very extensive Collection of Fossils, chiefly from Germany and Switzerland.
This Collection has so recently arrived that a very exact account of its contents cannot yet
be furnished ; it consists of more than 4,000 Specimens; and comprises series from various
formations and localities, of which the following are the most important :

From the Green-sand of Essen; from the Eocene of Kressenberg in Bavaria, and the
Swiss Alps.

From the Pliocene and Miocene formations of Wurtemburg, Baden, Mayence, &c.

From the Molasse of St. Galle, in Switzerland.

From the Cretaceous formations of the Sentis Alps, in Appenzell.

From Oeningen, a very extensive Collection of Plants, Insects, &c.

Considerable additions to the Collections have also been made from the Lithographic
Limestone of Solenhofen, and the Devonian of the Eifel.

Other Collections have been received from the Continent, but they are of limited extent,
though some of them possess much scientific interest; especially a series of Mammalian
remains from different parts of France, which includes the following species :

Dinotherium ; represented by a lower jaw, showing, in part, the teeth of the young and
adult animal combined ; and other remains of the same animal.

The Tapirotherium, and two kinds of Rhinoceros, hitherto wanting to the Museum
Collection, are also represented by characteristic bones; and of the Anchitherium and
Dicroceras, additional portions of the Skulls and Skeletons form part of the series.

A considerable series of Echinide has also been received from France.

From the English Geological Formations, the Gallery has been enriched by many speci-
mens of Fossils, of which the most important are as follows : -

Many detached portions of the Skeletons of different species of Ichthyosaurus and Plesio-
saurus, together with some nearly perfect Skeletons, from the Lias of Whitby and Lyme
Regis ; and, from the same localities, some Fisk remains, in very fine state of preservation,
have been obtained.

A fine Skull of the Lias Crocodile, the Teleosaurus, has been procured from Whitby.

Many Iguanodon remains from the Isle of Wight.

From the London Clay of Sheppey, among other less striking Specimens, has been received
the Skull of an enormous Turtle, by far the largest hitherto found.

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An extensive Collection of Mammalian remains, including the jaws, detached teeth, and
bones of different parts of the Skeleton of a very large species of Elephant. These Speci-
mens were collected on the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts by the Rev. J. Layton; many of
them having been obtained by dredging.

Of the Invertebrate Classes, the British portion of the Collection has received about 200
Specimens from the Middle Eocene of Stubbington, Hants, and many smaller Collections
from different localities.

The above Collections have been obtained by purchase.

The principal objects obtamed by donation are:

Cast of the Skull of Diprotodon Australis; of Skull and lower jaw of Nototherium
Mitchelli; and of upper jaw of Nototherium inerme; presented by the Trustees of the
Museum of Natural History, of Sydney.

A series of remains of small Mammalia and Reptiles from Sansan; presented by
M. Lartet.

Some Fossils of the Northern Drift, of Aberdeenshire; presented by Thomas F, Jamieson,
Esq.

Crag Shells, from Suffolk; presented by Searles Wood, Esq.

Tertiary Shells, from Australia; presented by James 8. Wilson, Esq.

Tertiary Shells, from Egypt; presented by Miss E. Warne.

The Cretaceous Fossils have been augmented by donations from Professor Bayle ;
N. T. Wetherell, Esq.; Albert Hambrough, Esq.; H.S. Day, Esq.; Alex. Mc Kenzie, Esq. ;
and W. Cunnington, Esq.

The donors of Specimens belonging to the Oolitic and Lias formations are:
J. Leckenby, Esq.; James Harrison, Esq.; J. W- Butler, Esq. ; Joshua Brown, Esq. ; and
F. Bravender, Esq.

Of Paleozoic Fossils, donations have been received from W. Lockhart, Esq.; George
Robbins, Esq.; Dr. Kutourga ; and John O. Middleton, Esq.

About 3,300 Specimens, having been ‘submitted to examination, have been catalogued
and incorporated in the general Collection exhibited to the public; some portions of this
Collection have been partially re-arranged, such as the Ruminantia, and Pachydermata
amongst the Quadruped remains, and some have been wholly re-arranged, such as the
Edentate Quadrupeds and the Collection of Cirripedes, which latter order has been classed
and named in accordance with Mr. Darwin’s Monograph upon that group of Articulate
Animals. The Fossil Plants were arranged many Years since, but in such a manner
that additional species could not conveniently be incorporated with them; the Collection,
however, having been augmented by a very large number of additional Specimens, it was
found necessary to re-arrange the whole; this work is in part accomplished, the Conifere,
Cycadee, and Lycopodiacee being completed, not only as to their arrangement, but the
Specimens have been carefully examined and named. The arrangement of the Fossil Ferns
is in progress.

George Robert Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The Collection of Minerals is in a good state of preservation, and, considering the great
number of years that most of the specimens have been exhibited to the public, the clean
condition of the major part of them proves the excellent construction of the table cases. In
the work done on the Mineral Collection, since the appointment of the present Keeper, the
ultimate re-arrangement of the whole in a uniform and scientific order of classification has
been held in view.

But, for such an arrangement to be complete, the Collection will need the addition of a
considerable number of Minerals, either inadequately represented now or not represented
at all.

Throughout the greater part of the series exhibited in the table cases, labels have been
affixed to the specimens, stating their localities, wherever these could be assigned with
authenticity ; and this important work is still in progress. .A commencement has also been
made in the grouping of the Minerals, with a view to their final classification: several of
those so dealt with have been freshly mounted, and, where necessary, cleaned.

But the exact and definitive arrangement of a large number of Minerals will be impracti-
eable until the means are furnished to the Department for examining the Minerals by
those chemical, crystallographic and optical methods which, in the present advanced state
of mineralogy, are indispensable for their exact discrimination. Until there is a proper
room for chemical, as well as one for crystallographic and optical, researches, the arrange-
ment of the Minerals can only be provisional, t

The specimens scattered without definite order through a great number of drawers have
been for the most part collected into groups and arranged separately; and several fine
Minerals from among them have been placed in the table cases.

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The additions made during the year have been of a valuable character; but opportu-
nities rarely occur of procuring the really fine Minerals of the class in which the Museum is
most deficient, those, namely, that have been raised during the last 15 or 20 years.

Such an opportunity of placing the national collection again on the proper footing is to
be looked for in the purchase of the greater part of some good collection formed during that
period, rather than in the purchase of such minerals out of the annual grant: for this grant
ought to be mainly expended in keeping the Collection on a level with the progress of
Mineral science.

The most important additions during the year, have been the followmg :—

The unique mass of Crystalline Gold raised at the McIvor diggings, in the Australian
colony of Victoria, on May Ist 1853. Its weight is 230z. 9dwts. ; it consists of an aggre-
gate of large crystals of the metal in great purity. Its history is authenticated by its
having been found at a time when the Governor of the colony, C. J. Latrobe, Esq. (from
whom it was obtained for the Museum), was accidentally on the spot.

Specimens of Gold from Mantchuria, brought thence by Admiral Sir James Stirling ;
presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

A Model has been secured of the mass of Gold raised at the Kingower diggings, near
Melbourne, in Australia, and which weighed 1,743 ounces.

Some remarkable specimens of Chilian Silver Ores. Conspicuous amongst them is an
orange-coloured Crystallized Mineral consisting of, probably, nearly pure Iodide of Silver
on the same stone with ordinary Jodite, but crystallized in tesseral forms. It is probably
unique. Another of these ores is a specimen of (probably, but needing further investi-
gation) Bromo-iodide of Silver, from the province of Atacama.

Two new additions have been made to the Meteorites; one being a specimen of the
Zacatecas Iron recently examined and described by Hugo Miller, Esq. ; the other, a small
fragment of the stone that fell in the hamlet Des Tourhards, Commune des Ormes, in
Department of l’Yonne, in France, on ist October 1857.

Enargite in fine crystals, from San Francisco de Morococha.

Stephanite, very fine, from the Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg.

Bournonites from Herodsfoot Mine, Cornwall.

Native Silver from Lake Superior.

Finely Crystalized Antimon-silver from Andreasberg. ‘

Oxide of Copper in very large cubes, encrusted with Malachite, from Australia; and
also in small cubes, from the Cobra Mines, Cuba.

Greenockite ; six small specimens.

Crystallized Realgar from Hungary.

Vanadates. of Lead from Wanlockhead ; and a fine suite of Phosphates of Lead from -

Roughton Gill, Cumberland.

Linarites from the latter iocality.

Childrenite from the Devon and Cornwall United Mines.

Kakoxene from Bohemia.

Fluor spars from Cornwall.

Schiefer spar with a remarkable base of ribboned Agate or Hornstone, from Wheal
Friendship, Devon.

A group of Spmels in vast crystals, from Munroe, United States.

Some small party-coloured Sapphires and a crystal of pale transparent Ruby.

Six coloured, and other crystals of Diamond.

Two very fine specimens of Siberian Phenakite.

A large Rubellite from Siberia, finely terminated, and, among smaller crystals, one
terminated at both ends.

A small transparent specimen of Andalusite, and two transparent specimens of Alexandrite.

From the American locality, Bergen Hill, fine Datholites and Apophyllites with Stilbite
and Mesotype, and,

Chrysotile from Montville, New Jersey, United States.

Several of the fine Minerals above named have been procured from Mr. Wright, of Great
Russell-street.

A very fine series of Minerals of the Zeolite Class have been added to the collection ;
among these are three, perhaps unrivalled specimens, viz.,—Apophyllite, with Preunnerite
Faroe; Heulandite, Bern Fiord, Iceland ; and Harmotome from Stroutian.

Besides these, the Museum is indebted to P. Dudgeon, Esq., of Cargen, Dumfries, N.B.,
for a large number of Zeolitic Minerals, chiefly from Faroe.

2 . considerable number of Pseudomorphous Minerals has also been added to the
ollection.

Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT oF BoTany.

The several Collections received during the year have been examined and partially
arranged ; a continuation of Mr. Thwaites’ Ceylon collection, and of Mr. Spruce’s collec-
tions from Northern Brazil, together with a portion of Mr. Brown's New Holland
collection, have been added to the General Herbarium. A selection of an extensive series

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of Plants has been made from Dr. Horsfield’s Javanese Herbarium, and compared with
another set of the same Plants named by Professor Miquel, author of the “ Flora van
Nederlandsch Indie;” the families of Thymelee, Eleagnee, and Santalacee, in the
General Herbarium, have been re-arranged ; the preparation and naming of Specimens for
exhibition has been proceeded with, and the principal of the two rooms intended for that
purpose was opened to the public on the 29th of November.

_ ‘the following is an enumeration of the principal additions made to the Collections,
ViZ.3—

600 species of Plants of Bremar, collected by Mr. Croall.

635 species of Plants of Corsica, collected by M. Soleirol.

535 species of Plants of Algeria, &c,, collected by M. Balansa.

400 species of Plants of Madeira, ‘collected by Mr. N. H. Mason.

170 species of Plants of Asia Minor, collected by M. Balansa.

590 species of Plants of India, collected by Dr. T. Thomson.

152 species of Plants of Ceylon, collected by Mr. Thwaites.

964 species of Plants of Java, forming part of the Herbarium of Dr. Horsfield, presented
by the Court of Directors of the Honourable East India Company.

260 species of Plants of Java, collected by M. Zollinger.

625 species of Plants of New Holland and New Zealand, from the collections of Dr.
Leichardt and Mr. Lynd.

18 species of Mosses, &c., from Port Phillip, collected and presented by Robert
Bakewell, Esq.

600 species of Plants of New Zealand, collected by Dr. Sinclair.

222 species of Plants (chiefly Ferns) from New Caledonia, the Hebrides, &e.

1,000 species of Plants of Ohio, collected by Mr. Joseph Clarke.

275 species of Plants of New Orleans, collected by M. Sallé.

285 species of Plants of California, collected by Mr. Bridges.

60 species of Alge from Jamaica, collected by Mr. Chitty.

584 species of Plants of Mexico, collected by M. Sallé.

184 species of Plants of Panama and North-Western America, collected by Dr. Seemann.

168 species of Plants of Quito, collected by Professor Jameson.

484 species of Plants of Chili, collected by M. Phil. Germain.

498 species of Plants of Northern Brazil, collected by Mr. Spruce.

166 species of Ferns from Tarapoto, collected by Mr. Spruce,

174 sections of Woods of Ceylon, collected by Mr. Wright.

9 species or varieties of Lichens employed in the manufacture of Orchill and Cudbear,
presented by Messrs. Wood and Bedford, of the Airdale Chemical Works, Leeds.

A collection of Fruits and Seeds of Peru, formed by Mr. Farris. 3

Specimens of the “ Labarrie,” or Snake-nut of British Guiana, presented by Captain
J. H. Archer, Royal Canadian Rifles.

Specimens of Cones and Wood of Banksia, found deep in the gold drift in the colony of
Victoria, by Mr. Redaway. These cones were declared by the late Mr. Robert Brown to
be undistinguishable from existing forms of Banksia.

John J. Bennett.

DEPARTMENT oF PRINTS AND DRaAwinNGs.

The re-arrangement of the works of Marc Antonio has been completed; 183 having been
mounted in the course of the year, and in such a manner as to secure the surface from
injury by friction. The Collection occupies nine Solander cases.

The arrangement of the works of Weirotter, of which the Museum possesses a fine
collection, has been completed in three volumes.

The Engravings from the works of William Collins, rR. a., have been arranged in a volume.

The Etchings of Parmigianino, of F, P., and: of Meldolla, and the finer set of the works
of Hogarth, are in the course of re-arrangement.

One handred and three of the choicer Drawings have been carefully re-mounted, and
in such a manner as to secure the surface from injury by friction.

A large portion of the acquisitions made in the course of the year has been inserted
in the collections.

Twelve Drawings by the old Masters; two Engravings by Mare’ Antonio ; and an Etching
by Rembrandt, have been photographed by Mr. Fenton.

Fifteen hundred and thirty-nine copies of Mr. Fenton’s photographs have had the Museum
mark stamped on them, prior to being issued for sale.

Three thousand five hundred and fifty-three articles have been entered in the register of
purchases and presentations ; to each of which the register mark has been attached.

Some of the choicer Drawings and of the more curious Engravings have been framed, and
are exhibited on screens, placed in the centre of the King’s Library; together with specimens
by the Italian workers in Niello, in the form of silver plates; casts in Sulphur; and im-
pressions printed on paper; as well as impressions from early Italian and German wood-
blocks, printed in chiaroscuro.

36—Sess. 2. c3 The

22 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The following-are some of the most important acquisitions made during the year :—
Italian School :—

Drawings by Andrea Mantegna, Andrea Verrocchio, Cesare da Sesto, Raffaello Sanzio,
Perino del Vago, Primaticcio, Francesco Parmigianino, Schidone, Ludovico Carracci,
Simone Cantarini; an interesting series of early Drawings, by Canaletto, of views in Rome,
and its neighbourhood ; a Sketch-book of Paolo Pannini, filled with studies of figures.

Engravings. An impression from a Niello of the Virgin and Child (described by Duchesne,
No. 38); Andrea Mantegna, I. B., with a bird; Niccoletto da Modena, G. A. da Brescia;
Mare’ Antonio (fine proof of the Murder of the Innocents, and of Mars and Venus) ; Marco
da Ravenna; Agostino Veneziano, Pomadello, Caraglio, Reverdinus, and Martin Rota.

Etchings by Parmigianino, Meldolia, and Schiavone.

German School :—

Engravings.—Five by the Master of 1466, Martin Schongauer, Israel von Meckenen ;
some extremely rare specimens by Masters using monograms (described in volumes VI.
and X. of the Peintre Graveur of Bartsch), Ludwig Krug, Dirk van Staren, H. 8. Beham,
George Pencz, Altdorfer, Aldegrever, Bink, and Lautensack.

Important additions have been made to the Collection of Hollar’s works.

Wood Cuts.—A proof set of the small alphabet of the Dance of Death, designed by Hans
Holbein, with the imprint of Hans Lutzelberger, Albert Durer, Hans Burgmair, Hans
Springinklee, Urse Graff, Antony of Worms, &c.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :-—

Drawings by C. van der Broeck, Terburg, the original drawing by Diepenbeck, of
the Newcastle family, engraved by Clouet; a collection of Pen Sketches from antique gems
and busts, by Rubens.

Engravings by Jan Wierx, Jan Miiller, W. Delff, Pontius, Vorsterman, Cornelius Galle,
and P. de Jode; an interesting collection of engraved Titles to folio books, printed in
Flanders towards the middle of the 17th century, from the designs of Rubens, Quellinus
Diepenbeck, many of them proofs ; some extremely rare states of etchings by Ostade.

French School .-—

Engravings by Duvet, C. de Leu, Callot, Bosse, Edelinck, and a collection of the engrav-
ings of Gregory Huret.

Spanish School —
A fine Drawing by Murillo. Etchings by Goya. Prints from the pictures of Arias Fer-
nandez, Alonso Cano, Carducci, Castello, Eugenio Caxes, Coello, Juan de Juanes, Leonardo,

Murillo, Navaretto (or el Mudo), Juan de Pantoja, Juan de Pareja, Blas del Prado, F.
Ribalta, Alonso Tovar, Velasquez, Villavicencio, and Madrazo.

English School :—
Drauings by Barlow, Tresham, B. West, Uwins, and Gibson.

Engravings.—Several rare and first states of the works of Hogarth (particularly one, of
which only two impressions were printed, of “ Enthusiasm delineated,” on which the title
and references are written by the artist); fine proofs by Woollett,C. Warren, Raimbach,
Engleheart, Golding, Anker Smith, C. Armstrong, J. Scott, Mitan, W. Finden, Charles Heath,
Neagle, Parker, and J. H. Robinson.

Etchings by Sir James Thornhill, Fuller, Gravelot, Runciman, Smith of Chichester,
D. Allan, Worlidge, Bretherton, Marlow, Patch, Loutherbourg, Crome, Vincent, Geddes,
Geikie, Wilkie, H. W. Williams, and Buss; an extensive collection by amateurs.

Some valuable Portraits have been added to the English series.

William Hookham Carpenter.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Assyria has been
coe eae during the past year; the result, up to the 10th March 1859, is reported to be as
ollows :

Seventeen sheets, consisting of various Inscriptions from bricks, black stones, and detached
Inscriptions, completed, and 500 copies struck off.

Eight sheets, consisting of copies of Inscriptions on Cylinders, &c., &c., completed and ready
for printing.

Eight sheets in a forward state of progress.

British Museum, A. Panizzi;
16 June 1859. Principal Librarian.

RR SSS

i

en yr.
peers ee

Ben

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exprnpirure
of the Britiss Musxvm, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1859; of the Estimarep
Cuarces and Exprnses for the Year ending
3lst March 1860, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement.

(Lord John Russell.)

Ordered, by The louse of Commons, to be Printed,

17 June 1859.

36—Sess. 2.
Under 4 oz.

BRITISH MUSEUM. ‘

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 14 May 1860;—/for,

AN ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Expenprtune of the Britisn Muszum
for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March 1860; of the Estrmatep
Crarces and Exrensts for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1861;
of the Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the Number of
Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1854 to 1859,
both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the Progress made in
the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLections, and an Account of Oxsects added

to them, in the Year 1859.”

I.—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Income and Exrenpirure for the Financial Year ended
31 March 1860.

II.— ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
Il.—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
¥Y.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FOUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1861, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1860.
VIL.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisa Museum in

each Year from 1854 to 1859, both Years inclusive.

VIIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIONs, and an
AccountT of Ogpsects added to them, in the Year 1859.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
16 May 1860.

Be ts

2 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &cC. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exrenpiture of the

To Batance ON THE Ist APRIL 1859, Viz.:

On Account ofthe Vote for the Establishment - - - -

Ditto - - ditto - - Cuneiform Inscriptions - — - -

— Amount GRANTED FoR THE YEAR 1859/60, per ope baation sare 22 Vices |
c. 28, and 22 & 23 Vict., c, 55 - - a =}

— Sums Received under the following Heads in aid of the Grant for the |
Establishment, viz. |

Dividends on eu 30,0001., 3 per ae Reduced Annuities -
Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - - - = = a4

Ditto other Museum Publications = = = = = e

— Unexpended Advancerepaid = -- - - = = 7 = =5R Us

— Amount Recetvep from the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings,
being the Balance unexpended of Parliamentary Grants for British

Museum (Buildings) - - i - - - = s

38, S. ods
23,844 3 83
1,397 6 8
900 -—- —-
903 12 1k
263 12 10
oon

25,241 9 11

7425) =
1,867 5 9

i a
5785 11 3

109,839 6 11

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expznpirvre in the above Account.

Officers of the Ordinary Establishment - - = 5 2

Assistants - - - - - = - - « =
Transcribers - - - = : - a = =
Attendants and Servants - - - = is 4 =
1. SALARIES - - - = ;
Police - - - - - - - . = =
Persons paid daily or weekly - - - - - =
Attendance on Stoves - - - - - = -
Retired Allowances = - - = = = a 5
Rates and Taxes - - - - = - = = =
Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. = - - = =
Coals, Coke, and Fagots 2 = = = - = s
2. Housz ExrEnses EB ~'\ Candles, Oil, and Gas - - = 3 6 = =
Stationery - - = = bs 2 = a a =
Incidents - - - = - - ~ 5 = 5
Printed Books - = = - = e ~ eS iS
Manuscripts - - - - - - - s <
Books for Department of MSS. - - - - - «
Minerals - - - - = = = o is
Books for Department of Minerals - - - - - ©
Fossils = - = = = = - = = é
Books for the Department of Geology - - = - =
3. PurcHasEs AND AcauisiTions ( De ee a i ‘ WES
2 \ Books for the Department of Zoology - - - = =
Botanical Specimens - - - = = 3 Z A
| Books for the Department of Botany - - = = cS
Coins and Antiquities - - - - - a = 2
Books for the Department of Antiquities - - - et ae
Prints and Drawings - = - = - = = =
L Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - - -
Freight and Carriage - - - - = = 5 =
SrectaL PurcHase - - - Coins at Lord Northwick’s Sale - - - = a “es

Pee Ep
8,040 —-
10,513 17
2,228
10,661 3
690 19
1,973 7
874 9
aby —

878 2
341 7
874 7
356 3
673 13
682 16

22,813 13
949 7

Carried forward - - -

1

£.

36,532 5 8

3,306 ll 4

23,763 - i

63,601 16 8 ¥

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

BRITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1860.

EXPENDITURE. GRANTS.
By Exrenovitvre under the following Heads, &c.: ES Fe) £. ed
1. SALARIES - ~ - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 36,532 5 3 37,500 — -
2. House Expenses - - me ae = GtOr ms - -| 3,806 11 4 S62 0bieand
38. Purcuasss and Acquisitions - - ditto - - - -| 28,763 -— 1 21,955 - —
4. Booxpinpine, Canrnets, &c. - - ditto - - - | 11,580 12 — 12,950 = —
5. Printine Cararoauss, kc. - = = Obi - - - 2,776 16 8 255 Oe
6. MiscELLANEOUS = - - - - ditto - + - - 192 19 2 200 - =
7eilees 4 1 | 928,670 =) v—
By Expenpiture for publishing Cunrirorm Inscriptions - - - QZQQ VQ a

By Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1860, carried to Acconnt for
Establishment, 1860/61 - - - - - = = £.80,289 16 2

Ditto - ditto - Cunerirorm Inscriprrons - - 1,104 7 8
31,394 3 10

£. | 109,839 6 11

Exrranatory Statement of the Exrenpirurx in the above Account—continued. cores
Brought forward - - = 63,601 16 8
£55 Oy dh
Bookbinding: Printed Books - - - - - - - 7,479 4 6
” Tener - - - - - - - > 1,005 17 10
ip Prints and Drawings - - - . - - 99 19 3
of Principal Librarian’s and other Departments - - 131 3 8
Preparing, &c.: Zoology - - skye - - - 704 110
4, Booxsinpinc, Cazinets, &c. = Be Geology - - ca me y s " 2 167 19 2
5 Mineralogy - - - - = - - - - 103 13 -
5 Botany = - - = = = 3 = : 7 5
Cabinets for Coins - - - - - - - . 5 48 6 6
Repairing and fixing Antiquities - - - - - 2 = 1,125 9 2
| Expenses of Photography - - - = - - = + 707 13 (3
11,580 12 ~
Guide-books and Synopsis - at ote - - - - ” 373 6 5
4 Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - = B= - 199 5 6
one Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology - - - - 1,196 13 1
: Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities - - - - 331 9 3
Tickets, Regulations, &c. = - - - - - - - 103 17 2
Moulds and Casts from Marbles, &e. = - - - = = td aut as7e 16s
6. Miscrttangous - - - Law Expenses, &c. - - - - - - athe cid - - = fe E | 192 19 2
73,152 4 1
Prixtine, &c. the Cunzirorm Inscriptions - - - - <i) an < = cf Sie He tal K | 292 19 —
Torat ExrenpiTuRE IN THE YEAR 1859/60 = - - £. 78,445 3 I

0.24. A2

4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH 3 USEUM.

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp ExpENDITURE of the BRIDGEWATER

|
a STOCK,
se an 3 p’Cent. Consols. |
Copre eet: Ls aa:
To Baxance on the 1st April 1859 - - - - - - - - a ie | Oe 12,992 15 7
—~ Divivenps received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, |
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
On the 8th July 1859 - £.194 17 10
5 7 8th Jannary 1860 - 194 17 10 | |
; 389 15 8 |
~ Ons Year’s Rent or a Rest Esrare, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, | |
received 29th April 1859 - - - - - - - Sle eam
Ls 603 18 — 12,992 15 7

Lee an

Ill.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recript ann Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

E STOCK,
arg | 3 p’Cent. Consols.
F £. s. d. iCyhta a, Volt
To Barayce on the Ist April 1859 - - = = = z = zs = meaor Ties) 2,872 6 10
— Divivenps received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, |
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz., |
On the 8th July 1859 - «£.43 1 9 | |
:, Ee 8th January 1860 - 43 1 8 | |
86 38 5
el) eer = | 2,872 6 10

pe SS LT

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp Exprnpiture of the SWINEY

H STOCK,

ee 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Z5 th GE £. 5. d.

To Barance on the Ist April 1859 - — = Se Fee nie - ail ie rh ac 5,019 2 9
— Divivenps received on 5,019/7. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-

queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz. }
On the 8th July 1859 -ifiRs 5 8 |
” Pr 8th January 1860 - 75 5 9 |
Staal 150 11 5 —_—

"Hees | 325 17 7 o,0 19m eee

|

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczuipr and Exprnpiture of the BIRCH

48 STOCK,
as 3 p’Cent. Consols.
‘ } LI Gh a) Sond
To Batance on the Ist April 1859 - - - - - - - - -|- - - es 13 7
— Divinsyps received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.
On the 8th July 1859 meen Oe val
f op) 8th January 1860 - Saw y
ea 16 18 2
pie 1618 2 563.15 7
ae SS SE, ST SI EN ES ET ES SL TT

British Museum,
15 May 1860.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

iy

FUND, between the 1st April 1859 and the 31st March 1860.

a

ae STOCK,
| See 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
ee = tae: SS (re
By Paymenr for the Collection of the Rents of the Rear Estate, viz. :
Jn the financial year ended 31st March 1860 - - - - - V3 74
— Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1860 - - - - = |) 226) 2h =
— Payments for Binpinc Manuscripts, viz.:
In the financial year ended 31st March 1860 - - - - - 218 9
— Payment of One Year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - a 2akDe
E 439 19 1
— Batance ON THE 31st MARcH 1860, carried to Account for 1860/61 -| 163 18 11 12,992 15 7
£./ 603 18 — 12,992 15 7
FUND, between the Ist April 1859 and the 31st March 1860.
STOCK,
CASH.

3 p’Cent. Consols,

By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz.: £. sd £8 a
In the financial year ended 31st March 1860 - - - - - - 134 13
’
— Bavance on THE 31st Marcu 1860, carried to Account for 1860/61 - -| 152 17 6 2,872 610
Sa oan = 2,872 6 10

FUND, between the 1st April 1859 and the 31st March 1860.

ee STOCK,
: 8 p’Cent. Consols.
By § d Dr. Melvjll F . Set MSell Le ee Saya
¥ Sarary paid to Dr. Melville for Lectures on Geology, in the financial
year ended 81st March 1860 - - - - - - - -| 144 -— -
: 1

— Batance on tue 3lst Maxrcu 1860, carried to Account for 1860/61 - -|- 181 17 7 5,019 2 9

£. | 895 17 7 5,019 2 9

FUND, between the 1st April 1859 and the 31st March 1860.

ee a er ee

“ae STOCK,
. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
F ise Beri Ss Gk BSc eho wh
By Lxcacy paid to the three Under Librarians’ of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz. the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - 1618 2
_ By Baxance on THE 31st Marcu 1860, carried to Account for 1860/61 - = : = 563 15 7
ea 1618 2 | 663 15 7

A, Panizzi,
Principal Librarian.
0.24. A3

6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

ESTIMATE, 1860-61.

VI.—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satarres and Expenses of the Bririsn Muszum,
including also the Amount required for Buiipines, Furniture, Firrines, &c., (heretofore forming a
distinct item in the Civil Service Estimates, Class IV., as British Museum Buildings), for the Yzar
ending on the 31st day of March 1861.

£. 100,850.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the SanarrEs and Expenses of the British Museum, including
also the Amount required for Burtpr1nes, Furniture, Firtines, &c., for the Year ending on the 31st day of

March 1861, under the following Heads:

Required for the Year , Granted for the Year
1860-61. : 1859-60.
IT. Savarrzs: £. 8s. aes Se ae £.° 5. ES ee es., e
1. Officers of the Ordinary, Bei bichmeut -| =| S020 Rie 8,050 -— —
2. Assistants - - = = =| Ly a0 Oh aa RO,S00 (ti
3. Transcribers - a= vs - = | 22600 ie ee 2,300 - —-
4. Attendants and Servants* - - - =; | 1200 aoe 11,200 - -
5. Police - - - = = Ces) aitias BOO eS
6. Persons paid dale or weekly | ih Seg min Sa fod ioe a
7. Attendance on Stoves - - - - = 900 - - 900 i
g. Retired Allowances - - -— - ee fe 15050 0 to
39,084 —- —- 37,500 - =
II. Hovsse Expensss:
Weak etestamd OT aie usenet mie ooo ae 870 — —
2. Household Implements Se oe odd ees 400 - -
3. Coals, Coke and Fagots = oe : = 3 ae = = O00), ws =
4, Candles, Oil and Gas - - - - - NRCS ein a
5. Stationery - - - - - - - - eats 800) = =
6. Incidents - - - - - - - - aa HOD
Bos) a 3,620 — =
III. Purcuases anp ACQuisITIONS :
1. Printed Books - - = = - - - |10,000 - —- _ {10,000 -— —
2. Manuscripts - = - - = = =n 2, 600k 2,500 - —
3. Books for the Denn of Manusexige: ont aie SOM Bie 50) SS
4, Minerals” - = = = . s00 - - 800 - -
5. Books for the Department - Minerals - BO 20)
6. Fossils - = = 5 s00 —- - R00) =)
7. Books for the Depa of Geology - - - 20 = - 20 - -
8. Zoological Specimens - - - = =) SOON 1,500 - —
9. Books for the Department of Zoology - - - DOr 25 - -
10. Botanical Specimens - - - = 1S Os 150 - -
11. Books for the Department os Botany - - - 5 ag a : 25 - -
12. Coins and Antiquities - - - mig 000I =) 4 — 3,000 - -
13. Books for the Department of Antiquities mse oni al acd 2 me
14. Prints and Drawings - - - a Ni 9 ana 2,000 = -
15. Books for the Department of Priwts anid Drawings eas Ths te
16. Freight and Carriage - - - - - =| SO ae 1,000 -— —
—| 91,532 — —|——————| 21,955 - —-
Sprcra, Purcwasss:
17. Coins at Lord Northwick’s Sale - - - = 950 — — —
18.- Ryder Collection of MSS. - - ° - -, 800 - - —
19. Greg Collection of Minerals ait) ) ue - | 2,000 - —- —_—
iS Ee 5 eke | ee
Carried forward - - + - £,| - - - | 67,716 - -j]- - - | 68,075 -— —

* Provision has been made in this Vote for a Clerk of the Works, who will for the future be engaged and remunerated by the Trustees at a salary of
1207. per annum, with apartments, &c. in the Museum. The duties of this office lave been hitherto performed by a person attache d to the establishment
of the Office of Works, with a salary of 1507., and an allowance for house rent, &e. of 547. 12s. per annum, provided for in the Civil Service Estimates,
Class If., in addition to which the Trustees paid him an annual gratuity of 317. 10s.

+ 2707. of this amount are for the wages of four Day Watchmen, formerly included in the Grant for British Museum (Buildings), Civil Service
Estimates, Class LY.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7
: Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.
Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1860-61. 1859-60.
Zn Ss | Oh ria oat Sah Oe Mss eras ria cs ee ian the
Brought forward - - - | - = - | 67,716 -— -]|- - - | 63,075 -— -
IV. Booxsrnpine, Casinets, Kc. :
1. Bookbinding: Printed Books - °*- - - |7,500 - —- 7,500 — =
2. > Manuscripts - - - -| 900 = — 1,000 — —-
3. “ Prints and Drawings - - =)| 10008=.+= 100 - —-
4, 5 Principal Librarian’s and other
Departments - - - - i00 - - 10Q = 9S
5. Preparing, &c. Zoology = - - - -| 700 - — 700 — -
6. - Geology - - - - =| 200 .- = 200 - —
7. - Mineralogy - - - - - DO a 200 - -
Se Botany - - - - - 20 - - 50 - -
9. Cabinets for Coins - : = - = B BO ea 100s. =
10. Repairing Antiquities - - - - - {1,500 - ,- 2,200 - —
11. Expenses of Photography - = - - = 1000s—.9e— g00) = =
eee | | 1,220.0— y= 12,950 - =
V. Printine Catatocugs, &e. :
1. Guide-books and Synopsis - - <i anove2 ti soo is
2. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - =i 100 mecians TO. fee
3. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology soa iE mane 1000, ae
4, Catalogues of, and Drawings fre pat, ores Sli Caer SY) es) es
5. Tickets, Regulations, &e = - - a ag eo he 150 Meh
6. Moulds and Casts from Marbles, Ke. - - a 1) eee Boo) See
3,080 - = 2,450 - —
VI. Buirpines, Furniture, Firrines, &c.
(Heretofore forming a distinct item in the
Civil Service Estimates, Class IV.):
1. General Repairs and, Maintenance of Museum ‘al :
Peildines,&e.% 9 - = =e jjl0,181 — »- ep hne h—
(General Repairs and Maintenance 1859~ 20}
included last year in Civil Service Estimates, >} __ ze 2 SRA aio
Class I., and so in foregoing years) - + 2f 4
New Buildings -— - iE Milas i sist Vig -|- - = 1,440 -— -
2. Fittings and Furniture :
for Department of Se 0 rye POrO2 E, er pie 7,012 10 -
3. of . Manuscripts - = (WD wi ose 362 10 —
4, fe 7 Mineralogy and Geology Salat on eee Ny 1 tee.
5. ” » Zoology = - Fea a B18 =; —
6. » 9 Pateaiyea 5) ECR BAH) Mag!) PY iar =, =
71g - ¥ Antiquities - = - 19,592 — — sige * yd
8. a = Prints and Drawings -j|] 166 - — 958 10 —
99 _
——| 19,984 - -— |——-————} 2% 270 10
VII. Miscectaneous:
Law Expenses, &c. - - - - - -|. i 4 5 (ie aires | i ? f 200) ==
Deduct,—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz. : 102,150 - — 02,247 10 -
Dividends on £. 30,000 oie Three per Cent. |
Annuities - - - - =i SO oO0 =
Museum Publications - - - - -| 400 — - 850 -— -
— 1,300 — -—|—-————| 1,950 - -
Net Amount of EstimaveE - - -~ £. 100,850 - — £. {100,997 10 —

* This amount includes two special items:—one of 2,465. for extension of the
additional boilers in the North and West wings ; ; and another of 2,6007. for ma

Library. Also 1,3007. for ordinary repairs and maintenance,
Class I., as pheya above.

king good to walls,

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present system of warming to the East wing, and the provision of two

pavements, &e., in the quadrangle around the new
which expenditure has been hitherto included in the Estimates for Public Buildings, &c.

) ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIL—RETURN of the Numer of Persons Apmirrsp to Visit the Brrrisu Museum.

Persons admitted to view the Generat Correcrions in cach Year, from 1854 to 1859,
both Years inclusive.

eer ees. ese. 1857. | 1858.) menu
| Hotes ——
N° Ne Ne N° N° Ne

JANUARY - - - 28,489 16,690 19,980 17,632 24,246 35,638
TEBRUARY - - 31,299 11,132 23,567 16,368 28,470 28,261
Marcu - - = 36,201 15,656 41,460 18,009 33,312 82,881
APRIL - - = 59,189 54,161 23,998 45,060 64,363 70,462
May - = 3 31,638 33,142 47,446 177,355 58,043 29,071
JUNE - = = 81,558 36,251 34,007 93,148 37,554 63,485
JULY - - - 45,710 34,708 86,529 65,866 42,357 41,861
AvGuST - - - 36,419 38,227 29,941 48,474 46,548 50,310
SEPTEMBER - - 27,749 23,920 26,184 32,181 31,762 31,118
OcroBER - - - 18,879 21,766 24,799 27,653 37,072 38,582
NoveMBeER - - 18,084 17,009 14,129 20,872 22,953 | 27,092
DeEcEMBER - ~ 44,047 31,427 89,674 58,416 92,885 69,184

459,262 | 334,089 | 361,714 | 621,034 519,565 | 517,895

The Readers are not included in the ahove statement.
NN, , ————————————————eeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeeeeEeEeEeEeeeEeEeeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeGQquQquq735_a>_

Nomser of Visits to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, 56,152 in 18545
53,567 in 1855; 53,422 in 1856. From January to April 1857 inclusive, the number of visits
of Readers was 19,242. The new Reading Room was opened for Readers on the 18th May,
and from that date to the end of the year the number of visits of Readers was 75,128.
Total, 94,370 in 1857; 122,103 in 1858; and 122,424 in 1859.

Number of Visits by Axtists and Sruprnrs to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of
Study, 3,652 in 1854; 3,594 in 1855; 2;918 in 1856; 2,613 in 1857; 2,522 in 1858; and
2,364 in 1859.

Number of Visits to the Print Room, 3,401 in 1854; 2,868 in 1855; 3,096 in 1856; 3,315 in
1857 ; 3,499 in 1858; and 3,013 in 1859.

Number of visits to the Coin and Medal Room, 1,310 in 1854; 1,446 in 1855; 2,299 in 1856;
2,316 in 1857; 2,002 in 1858; and 2,204 in 1859.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Brittsa Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
between the hours of Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January
and February; from Ten tiil Five during the Months of September, October, March and
April; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 3lst of August. The Public

. will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, July and August
of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six.

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room,
under certain regulations, every day, except on the Holidays specified below, from Nine
till Four in the Months of November, December, January and February; from Nine
till Five in the Months of September, October, March and April; and from Nine till
Six in the Months of May, June, July and August.

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture from
Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and
the 1st to the 7th of September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christ-
mas-day, and also on any Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority.

British Museum, ] ‘ A, Panizzi,

15 May 1860. f Principal Librarian.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

VIIIL.—PROGRESS made in the CaTanocuinc and ARRANGEMENT, and Account of
OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1859.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on the shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each volume; also, on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 125,617.
Obliterated press-marks have been renewed on the backs of 140,446 volumes.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue—The number of titles and cross-
references written for this Catalogue amounts to 28,826. The number of titles tran-
scribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 855, and of imdex slips, 212; 5,879 title slips
and 50 index slips have been incorporated into each of two copies, and 13,405 title slips
and 89 index slips into each of three copies of this Catalogue. A third copy, comprising
330,609 title slips and 4,413 index slips of this Catalogue has been laid down and bound in
572 volumes. This insertion has rendered it necessary,in order to maintain the alphabetical
arrangement of the titles, to take up and re-insert in the three copies 51,474 title slips, and
to add to the three copies 1,569 new leaves.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue-—The number of titles and cross-references written for
this Catalogue is 32,752, besides 490 for the Hebrew Catalogue, and 243 for the Chinese
Catalogue ; in all, 33,485. The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue
is 27,727, besides 315 index slips ; 21,929 title slips, and 257 index slips have been incorpo-
rated into each of three copies of this Catalogue. In order to maintain the alphabetical
arrangement during this incorporation, 11,098 title slips and 96 index slips have been
removed and re-inserted in each copy of this Catalogue. 328 new leaves have been added
to each copy.

The number of entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications is
238.

(c.) Carbonie Hand Catalogue.—41,000 title slips have been mounted on cartridge paper
for this Catalogue; 419,758 title slips, so mounted, have been arranged, and 25,590 incor-
porated into the series.

(d.) Maps.—1. The new titles and cross-references written for maps amount to 4,688.
The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 3,730. 24,163 title slips of
one copy have been relaid in consequence of the crowded state of the entries in the volumes ;
and a third copy, comprising 50,558 title slips, has also been laid down.

2. The collection of maps has been removed to the south-east angle of the new building,
thoroughly arranged, and a Hand Catalogue made. E

(e.) Music Cataloque.—The new titles and cross references written for this Catalogue
amount to 4,917.

11J.—The number of volumes bound is 12,139 in 10,072, including 1,373 Pamphlets.
The number of volumes repaired is 2,523. 221 Maps have been mounted.

IV. Reading Room Service.—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room is 192,505; to those of the Royal Library,
11,468 ; to those of the Grenville Library, 680; and to the Closets in which books are kept
from day today for the use of the Readers, 149,605. Adding the number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 673,000, the whole amounts to
aol or 3,506 per diem. The number for the year 1858 was 876,897, or 3,044 per

lem.

2. The number of Readers has been 122,424; on an average 416 per diem, the Reading

Room having been kept open 293 days; each Reader has consulted, on an average, upwards
of eight volumes per diem.

V. Additions.—1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 273 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Treaties) amounts to 29,167 (including Music,

Maps, and Newspapers) of which 1,715 were presented, 21,291 purchased, and 6161
acquired by copyright.

2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 32 received under the International Copy-
right Treaties) is 31,235 (including Maps and Music), of which 956 were presented, 13,769
purchased, and 16,510 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers acquired

0.24. B is

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

is 896. Of these, 584 (viz., 178 published in London, and 406 in the country) have been
received from the Inland Revenue Office in England, 113 from the branch of that office
in Ireland, and 125 from the branch of the same office in Scotland. 34 have been presented,
and 40 purchased.

3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans (including 2 acquired under the International Copy-
right Treaties) amount to 1,720 in 7,319 sheets; the Atlases to 92 complete and 9 parts of
Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 99 were presented, 1,306 pur-
chased, and 315 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases 74 were purchased, and 18 com-
plete Atlases, and 9 parts of Atlases, were acquired by copyright.

4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 278
received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 5,332, of which 1,688 were purchased,
two presented, and 3,642 acquired by copyright. 727 parts and numbers of works in
progress (including 25 received under the International Copyright Treaties) have been acquired
by copyright.

5. The total number of articles received (including Broadsides, Playbills, and other mis-
cellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 228,438, of which 690 were received under the
International Copyright Treaty. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides, Play-
bills, Photographs, &c., and comprising 456 received under the International Copyright
Treaties) 33,559 are complete works. Of the complete works, 22,481 were purchased,
1,360 presented, and 9,718 acquired by copyright.

6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is
269,937.

VI. The list of the books forming the library of reference in the Reading Room has been
completed and printed, and two copies, mounted on larger paper, with the press-marks added,
have been bound to correspond with the other Catalogues, and placed in the Reading Room
for the use of the Readers.

J. Winter Jones.

DeparRTMENT OF Manuscripts.

1. The Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts has been continued for the years 1854 and
1855, including descriptions of the Nos. 19,991 to 20,074, 20,107 to 20,240 (Lowe Papers),
20,693 to 20,920, and also 22,732 to 22,750 acquired in 1859.

2. The brief Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts, placed in the Reading Room, has
been continued from July 1858 to July 1859 (Nos. 22,473-23,067).

3. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No. 3,511 to No. 4,123,
and the slips revised and entered in the General Catalogue, from No, 3,231 to No. 3,763.

4. The Sheets of the Supplement to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts have been
printed off, from 5 L to 6 O inclusive, and 111 volumes described, or the descriptions
revised for the same. Thirty Arabic and Persian Manuscripts have been described more
briefly for the Catalogue of Additions, 1859.

5. The leaves of 64 Syriac Manuscripts have been arranged for the binder, and many
leaves restored to their places in other volumes.

6. Indexes or Tables of Contents have been made to the Additional Manuscripts,
20,190-20,192,23,120-23,125; as also to the Catalogue of Wolley Charters, and the List
of Casts from Seals.

7. The Register of Donations to the Department has been kept up to the end of 1859.

8. Transcripts of Vol. 1 of the General Catalogue of Additional Charters and Rolls,
(Nos. 1-1730) with an Index, and of the Catalogue of Wolley Charters, with an Index, also
of the Index to Doubleday’s Casts of Seals, have been made for the use of the Reading
Room.

9. The arrangement of the Gualterio and Haldimand Papers for the binder has been
completed, and an additional portion of the Bentinck Papers (acquired in 1858) has been
examined and incorporated in the volumes previously arranged, forming the Egerton
Manuscripts, 1704-1756.

10. The Additional Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, and registered, from
No. 22,642 to No. 23,211 (including the additions to the end of 1859); and bound, repaired,
lettered and stamped, from No. 20,403 to No. 20,425 (Gualterio Papers), No. 22,191 to
No. 22,267 (Strafford Papers), and No. 22,641 to No. 23,112.

11. Many important State Papers (recovered from the remains left after the fire of 1731)
have been added to the followmg volumes of the Cottonian Collection: Caligula D.L,
D.VIN., D.VIU, DIX, EIV., E.V.; Galba B.ILI., B.IV., B.XXL; Otho E.VIIL;
Vitellius

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11

Vitellius B.IV., B.V., B.VI., and D.II., amounting together to 297 leaves restored to their
places. Other volumes re-arranged are, Sloane 3,371, Harleian, 2073, and Birch 4264-4266.

12. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from
No. 13,984 to No. 15,202 (including the Norfolk Collection recently acquired); and slips
prepared for registration, from No. 10,120 to No. 10,366. They have also been separately
marked with the date of acquisition, from No. 9,463 to No. 14,508.

13. Seven hundred and ten of the Additional Manuscripts, 251 of the Sloane, and 41
of the Lansdowne Collections, have been folio’d, and 267 Sloane collated.

14. New Hand Lists have been made to the Sloane, Lansdowne, Arundel, Burney, Har-
grave, and Additional Manuscripts, and new Drawer Lists of the Old Royal, Cottonian,
Sloane, and Harleian Rolls and Charters. The Registers of stamping, issue of Manuscripts,
Binding, and others, have been kept up, and press-marks entered of 485 Additional and
82 Egerton volumes. Stamps have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document
in 90 volumes of the Sloane collection, 15 Cottonian, 3 Old Royal, 9 Harleian, 1 Lansdowne,
5 Egerton, and 1,195 Additional Manuscripts, with 92 Books of Reference. The Charters
and Rolls stamped are, 13 Cottonian, 253 of Various Collections, 2,463 Harleian, and 1,163
Additional. The total number of stamps affixed amounts to 43,398.

15. The collection of Wellesley Papers has been removed, and new press-marks affixed.

16. Twenty-seven Cottonian, 56 Harleian, 51 Old Royal, 2 Lansdowne, 1 Hargrave,
2 Egerton and 835 Additional Manuscripts, together with 139 Books of Reference, have been
bound, repaired, or lettered. Upwards of 1,770 volumes have been press-marked, or had
the press-marks altered, and 3,009 labels of shelf numbers have been affixed.

17. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and marked, from
No. 1 to No. 2,970, and from No. 13,543 to No. 15,012 inclusive, and boxes made for them,
as also 2,419 Harleian Charters, from 83 G. 21 to 112. I. 62 (completing the Collection),
and 666 of Various Collections, from XVI. 1 to XXX. 41. Sixteen injured Seals have also
been repaired. The Original Municipal Act of Cologne, 1396, presented by Octavius
Morgan, Esq., M.P., has been framed for exhibition, and photographic copies made of it.

18, The Collections of Pipe Rolls and Church Briefs have been verified by the Inven-
tories. The whole of the Collections have been dusted twice, and some portions thrice during
the twelvemonth. i

19. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :—

To the General Collection—

Manuscripts - mi) | ann Re - - - - 570

Original Charters and Rolls = - - - ~ - 1,224

Original Seals and Impressions - - = - - 8
To the Egerton Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 32

The acquisitions during the past year have been important and extensive. Among those
_more worthy of notice may be specified—

A copy on vellum, in three large volumes, of the “ Antiquitates Judaice” and “ De Bellis
Judzorum” of Josephus, in Latin; written at Alcobaga, in Portugal, in the 12th century.

A fine copy, on vellum, of William of Malmesbury’s work “ De Gestis regum Anglie,”
of the 12th century.

An Original Charter of Baldwin II., Emperor of Romania (Constantinople), confirming
lands to St. Bavon at Ghent, in 1269, and sealed with his very rare golden Bulla.

The Original Book of Investiture of Orciano and Revignana, granted by Guidobaldo IL.,
Duke of Urbino, to Count Pietro Bonarelli, in 1559-1568; beautifully written on vellum
and illuminated, in the original richly-ornamented binding.

A large folio volume, containing Religious Legends, in Chinese, written on silk, and illus-
trated with miniatures. It is a magnificent specimen of Oriental calligraphy.

Eighteen Greek Manuscripts, on vellum, including a very fine copy of the Homilies of
Gregory of Nazianzum, of the 10th century ; the Acts and Epistles, with the Commentary
of Gicumenius, of the 11th century (from the Library of Pope Pius VI.); five copies of the
Gospels, and four Lectionaries, of the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries.

A valuable volume, containing the Latin Chronicle and Cartulary of Glastonbury Abbey,
to the year 1307, written on vellum not long after that date.

“La Pelerinaige de la Vie Humaine,” by Guillaume de Guilleville (the supposed source
of Bunyan’s “ Pilgrim’s Progress’’); written on vellum, with miniatures of fine art.

A copy, on paper, of Dante’s “ Divina Comedia,” of the 14th century, from the Antaldi
Library ; valuable on account of the correctness of its text.

“The Dictes and Sayinges of the Philosophers,” translated out of French by Ear! Rivers ;
a copy on vellum, probably made from Caxion’s edition of 1477.. Presented by Sir Walter
Calverley Trevelyan, Bart.

0.24. B2 A small

12 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

A small volume of Hore, written and illuminated in Italy, about A.D. 1500; in the
original binding of silver plates, engraved and enamelled in colours.

The Original Drafts and Official Copies of the Journals and Letters of Francis von
Aerssen, Heer von Sommelsd¥ck, during his Embassies in England, in 1621, 1625, 1639-40,
and in France in 1625-6, in 9 volumes folio.

The Original Diplomatic Correspondence of Sir George Downing, when Minister to the
States General, from 1644 to 1682, including Letters of Richard Cromwell, Andrew Marvell,
John Thurloe, Frederick III. of Denmark, &c.

A portion of the Correspondence of Francesco Terriesi, Florentine Minister in London,
from December 1675 to August 1683 ; recently transcribed for the Trustees from the Archives
at Florence, in 12 volumes folio.

A selection of Original Letters and State Papers relating to Scotland, between 1538 and
1600; also three volumes of Grders in Council concerning Scottish Affairs, from 1626 to
1640.

Twenty-seven volumes of Original Letters and Papers, forming the chief portion of the
Correspondence of John, Duke of Lauderdale, when Secretary of State and High Commis-
sioner in Scotland, between 1660 and 1682; including Autograph Letters of the chief
Nobility and Gentry of Scotland of that period.

The Manuscript Collecticns and Note-Books of George Vertue, relative to the Fine Arts
in England, between 1721 and 1754, in 30 volumes,

Nearly 150 Autograph Letters of Michael Angelo Buonarroti, addressed to his father,
brother, and nephew; a considerable number of Autograph Memoranda by the same, be-
twen 1508 and 1563, and an interesting Letter addressed by him to Luigi del Riccio. Also
Autograph Letters to Michael Angelo from Sebastiano del Piombo, Benvenuto Cellini,
Vittoria Colonna, and Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara ; with four Letters from Galileo to the
younger Michael Angelo.

The Album of Joh. Dibbezius, containing the Autograph Inscriptions of the Divines at
the Synod of Dordt, in 1619; and the Album of Philip de Glarges, in which is the very rare
Autograph of Dr. William Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood. Alsoa
large mass of Original Correspondence of eminent literary and scientific persons and others
(acquired at the sale of Mr. Dawson Turner’s library), including, among English writers, Sir
Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, Sir S. D’Ewes, Professor S. Ockley, Rev. John Colebatch, p. p.,
Rev. John Covell, p.p., Rev. Samuel Ciarke, p. p., Rev. Jer. Milles, p.p., Dr. Cavallo,
Dr. Gower, Right Hon. H. Flood, George Chalmers, T. J. Matthias, William Cobbett,
and others; and, among foreigners, Brunaeci, Cancellieri, Cesarotti, Durazzo, Gouan,
Grotius, Lubbert, Manni, Scaliger, Tiraboschi, Vossius, and many more,

A considerable number of Autograph Letters of distinguished persons, among whom
may be named Sayonarola, Lorenzo de’ Medici, Philip I1., Charles 1]., William IIL,
Christina of Sweden, Antonio of Portugal, Anne of Austria, Leopold I., Ferdinand |. of
Tuscany, Henri de Nassau, Princess Charlotte, Count Mansfeld, Murat, Blucher, Bossuet,
Fleury, Rousseau, Voltaire, Franklin, and others.

A remarkable Letter, entirely in the handwriting of the Emperor Napoleon, to his brother
Joseph, dated Cairo, 25 July 1798; and a valuable volume of Official Letters, written by
Baron Fain (Napoleon’s Secretary), and signed by the Emperor, relating to the Affairs of
italy and the projected invasion of England, between September 1804 and September
1805.

A large folio volume, containing the Original Despatches communicating the principal
Victories obtained by the British Navy over the Fleets of France and her Allies, in the
course of the Revolutionary War, 1794-1806. Collected by command of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, 1821; illustrated with portraits, and sumptuously bound in
blue velvet, with silver gilt bands, clasps and ornaments. Presented by the Lords Commis-"
sioners of the Admiralty.

The extensive Collections for the illustration of the County of Norfolk, made by the late
Dawson Turner, Esq., between 1815 and 1857, comprising a large paper copy of Blomefield,
11 volumes, 4to., illustrated, and 39 volumes of original Drawings and Engravings. To
these are added a Collection of about 500 Original Charters and Documents relating to the
same county, from the 18th to the 18th century.

20. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Room during the
past year amounts to 21,895, and to Artists and others in the rooms of the Department to

2,280, exclusive of the volumes shown to visitors on private days.
Frederic Madden.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement.

Pusric Ga.iterims.—The new room for Assyrian sculpture on the Basement-Floor
has been completed, and the collection of Bas-reliefs from the palaces of Sennacherib and
Sardanapalus III., excavated at Koyunjik by Mr. Rassam and the late Mr. Loftus, under
the superintendence of Sir H. C. Rawlinson, x.c.B., has been arranged in an order a

; ponding

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13

ponding as far as possible with the original position of the several slabs, and illustrating
the subjects represented in the sculptures. Explanatory titles are being inscribed, and as
soon as the stone fixings and other fittings are cleaned and finished, the room will be
ready for public exhibition.

In the passage adjoining the Assyrian Basement-Room some bas-reliefs of the time of
Tiglath Pileser II., removed by Mr. Rassam from the ruins of the south-west Palace at
Nimroud, have been put together and fixed,

On the west side of the Sepulchral Basement-Room the Etruscan sarcophagi and
cinerary urns have been in great part arranged in recesses fitted up in a manner illustrative
of the construction and decoration of the tombs from which these monuments were taken ;
and recesses have been prepared for the arrangement of the Roman sepulchral antiquities
on the east side of the same room.

The temporary glass shed under the colonnade to the west of the principal entrance,
which was extended at the beginning of the last winter to the south-west angle of the west
wing, has received the supplemental collection from the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus,
excavated by Mr. Newton in 1857-8. ;

On the east side of the principal entrance, in a shed extending to the south-west angle of
the east wing, have been provisionally arranged the various monuments discovered or pur-
chased by Mr. Newton at Branchide, Cnidus, and other iocalities.

The Punic inscriptions, and Roman mosaic pavements, excavated by the Rev. N. Davis,
on the sites of ancient Carthage and Utica, have been removed from the small room in
which they were at first received, and which has been now transferred to the use of the
Formatore, and have been temporarily arranged in the Western Basement-Room, previously
occupied by the sculptures lately removed to the new Assyrian Room.

The remainder of the broken bas-reliefs from Koyunjik, several fractured Assyrian
inscriptions, and a few of the mosaics from Carthage, have been repaired and backed with
slates.

The remaining sculptures in the Greek and Roman collections have been cleaned under
Mr. Westmacott’s direction.

The Second Vase Room and the Bronze Room have been ornamentally painted.

A considerable part of the collection of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman terracottas has
been re-arranged in the Second Vase Room, the large bas-reliefs fitted up as panels in a
quasi-mural framework, and the principal small figures and minor fragments mounted on
mahogany stands, and inscribed with explanatory titles.

The specimens of Roman fresco-painting have been arranged beside the terracotta bas-
reliefs, aud in a similar manner. -

Seventy Pheenician inscriptions, procured by the Rev. Nathan Davis from Carthage, have
been printed from lithographic stones by Mr, Netherclift.

The preparation of the Eleventh volume of the Museum Marbles has been continued, and
about half of the text has been printed.

The fac-similes of the Avbott and D’Orbiney Papyri have been completed, and the text
to accompany them is being printed.

Fifty-seven Egyptian Antiquities have been described and catalogued.

183 Egyptian objects have been mounted; 58 larger Egyptian Antiquities have been
fixed on stone or alabaster pedestals, and 16 Egyptian Tablets have been framed and

lazed.
Two Egyptian Papyri have been examined and cleaned.

1773 miscellaneous antiquities have been registered, and 6896 descriptive titles and
numbers have been affixed to objects in the general collections,

Mepau Room.—7997 Coins have been registered.

495 slips of the Catalogue of Greek Coins have been written.

The Roman Silver Coins have been more perfectly arranged, and descriptive cards for
the same from Faustina Junior to Quietus, have been prepared.

The Roman Gold Coins have been arranged, and descriptive cards written for them from
J. Cesar to Severus Alexander.

{1.— Acquisitions.

(A.) GenerAL Antiquities.—In the last report the arrival, at the close of the year 1858,
of 111 cases of sculpture from Mr. Newton’s excavations at Halicarnassus, Branchide, and
Cnidus was mentioned, together with that of 51 cases from the excavations of the
Rev. N. Davis at Carthage and Utica.

These antiquities, being the result of excavations carried on at the expense of Her
Majesty’s Government, must be specially noticed. They are as follows :—

I. The collections received in 1858 from C. T. Newton, Esq., at that time British Vice-
Consul at Mytilene, and now Her Majesty’s Consul at Rome, were stated in the last
Annual Report to be only in part unpacked. Since that period some important addi-
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uarter; and the two acquisitions, being now united, may be treated as forming one series

full description of the whole having been given by Mr. Newton himself in papers

ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, it is only necessary in this place to
mention briefly the contents of the collection, in their several classes :

1. A further series of architectural and sculptural remains from the Mausoleum at
Halicarnassus, of which the most important are several marble steps with peculiar con-
trivances for jointing and for excluding the rain from the joints. These steps are believed
by Mr. Newton to have formed part of the pyramid which, according to Pliny, surmounted
the whole edifice. About 160 ashlar marble blocks, believed to have belonged to the
Peribolus of the Mausoleum; the capital of one of the angle-columns of the building; a
stone in the form of a voussoir of an arch, with remains of a Greek inscription; and the
nave and other fragments of a wheel of the quadriga from the apex of the pyramid.

2. Monuments from Branchide, near Miletus—The chief of these are 10 statues from
the Sacred Way leading to the Temple of Apollo. They all represent figures about the
size of life, seated on thrones, and are executed in a formal archaic style, probably not later
than the first half of the sixth century, B.c.; on one is inscribed the name of Chares,
Ruler of Teichiossa. From the same place are a recumbent Lion, of very rude archaic
workmanship, but bearing a highly curious boustrophedon inscription, recording the names
of the persons who dedicated this figure to Apollo ; a recumbent Sphinx, equally rude; and
an inscribed pedestal, recording in boustrophedon characters the dedication of a monument
now lost, but executed by an artist named Terpsicles.

3. Monuments from Cnidus.—The principal is a colossal statue of a recumbent Lion,
originally placed on the top of a Greek vaulted sepulchre, in a conspicuous position on a
promontory. It exceeds in dimensions any similar figure hitherto brought to this country.
Its style indicates a good period of art, and its surface is in good preservation.

From the spot described by Mr. Newton as the “‘ Temenos of Demeter and Persephone”
at Cnidus, is a small collection of sculptures, votive offerings, and inscriptions ; among which
are two statues of the size of life, supposed to represent those divinities; that of Demeter
having a plinth inscribed with the name of the giver, Nicoleia; and that of Persephone
being remarkable for the beauty and high preservation of the head.

4. Miscellaneous antiquities from other neighbouring localities, including a large female
statue from Clazomene with an inscribed pedestal, purchased at Smyrna; a fine bronze
ornament of a vase, with two figures in relief, from the island of Telos ; and a considerable
collection of Greek inscriptions from various places.

II. The antiquities forwarded by the Rev. Nathan Davis are the results of excavations
made under that gentleman’s direction at Carthage and Utica.

Among the antiquities from Carthage should be specially mentioned 36 tablets with
Pheenician inscriptions, found near the foot of the hill of St. Louis; a grey marble statue
representing a draped female ; and several architectural fragments, The larger part, how-
ever, of these antiquities consist of portions of mosaic pavements, all of the period of the
Roman Empire. These may be described as follows :—

Four portions of pavements with geometrical designs, discovered at the same spot as those
received in 1857. :

A series of pavements obtained on the site of a Roman house; coarse in execution, but
exhibiting ornamental designs of various patterns. Among them may be noticed the subject
of deer drinking at a fountain.

Portions of a pavement discovered on the site of a Roman building close to the beach at
the northern end of the peninsula on whichCarthage was built. The designs are remarkably
elegant, and novel in character. One of the compartments represents Tritons and Sea-
Nymphs; another, female heads surrounded by patterns formed of vine leaves. In the
composition of parts of this pavement glass tessere have been employed.

Portions of a pavement discovered in a building on the hill of Qamart, where was for-
merly the ancient Necropolis. It represents fountains in the shape of vases, birds and
other ornaments, partly executed in glass tessere. Beside the fountains occurs the in-
scription, FONTES.

The mosaics received from Utica are finer in execution, and more curious in subject,
than those just mentioned from Carthage. Among them may be specified a semi-circular
compartment, apparently representing an inundation. On the water are men in boats,
surrounding with a net various wild animals which have been overtaken by the waters. On
another panel is a fishing scene, in which the fishes are formed of glass tessere. On a
third panel are peacocks and other birds. The remaining pavements exhibit well-executed
geometrical patterns. The excavations at Utica have likewise produced several siele
bearing late Pheenician inscriptions.

Among the other acquisitions of Antiquities the following are the most important :—

I. Egyptian.—Twenty-six Scarabei and other small objects, including signets with
the name of Thothmes ITI., Sethos I., and Apries, kings of Egypt, and a stibium case
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in porcelain, bearing the names of Amenoph III. and Queen Taia, all from the Hertz
Collection.

EL Assyrian.—A terracotta barrel-shaped Cylinder, inscribed with cuneiform characters,
and containing a portion of the annals of Sargon.

A collection of very early Bricks, stamped with the names of the oldest Babylonian Kings,
procured by J. E. Taylor, Esq., British Vice-Consul at Basrah, from the ruins of Mugeyer
and Abu Shahrein, in Southern Babylonia.

Ill. Greek.—A bronze Cista of very fine work, on which are engraved in outline scenes
from the funeral games celebrated by Achilles over the tomb of Patroclus. This object,
formerly in the Révil Collection, has been published by Raoul Rochette.

A painted Vase, of fine style, representing Aurora in her chariot; another with Victory
flying ; and two large Vases in terracotta, with ornaments and figures in relief; from the
Hertz Collection.

A collection of painted Vases, Bronzes, Gold Ornaments, &c., 198 in number, bequeathed
by the late Miss Auldjo, in addition to the four objects described in the report of last year.

A small terracotta Vase, inscribed HMIKOTYAION, apparently an ancient measure of
liquids, found at Corfu.

IV. Etruscan.—A large bronze Mirror with Etruscan inscriptions, published in Gerhard
Mirroirs Etrusques, plate lvi., fig. 1.

V. Roman.—A silver Situla, ornamented with figures of the Seasons in low relief. It
was found at Tourdan, near Vienne, in France.

A very fine, though small, bronze bust, probably the weight of a steel-yard, representing
the Emperor Claudius. Several other bronzes, glass vases, ivory-carvings and tesserae,
antique pastes and gems, from the Hertz Collection.

A bronze Goose of the size of life, probably part of a fountain, and said to have been
found in the Hippodrome at Constantinople.

Four specimens of Roman glass, with designs in gold, representing Christian subjects,
and probably found in the Catacombs at Rome ; presented by J. C. Robinson, Esq.

VI. British Collection.—Three early British Urns, found near Swansea, and presented
by J. T. D. Llewellyn, Esq. A bronze Dagger found at Homington, near Salisbury ;
presented by Viscount Folkestone.

A collection of Iron Swords and Daggers, in bronze sheaths, of a late Celtic period, from
the Thames.

Various Antiquities discovered in a “Picts House” in Orkney; presented by James
Farrer, Esq.

A Headstone with Saxon Runes, found at Hartlepool; presented by the Rev. D. H.
Haigh.

A Saxon Cross of gold, set with garnets, and enclosing an aureus of Heraclius, found at
Lakenheath, in Suffolk. Silver ornaments, found at Goldsborough, in Yorkshire, with Cufic
and Saxon coins.

VII. Medieval—A bronze Crozier of Irish work, elaborately omamented, and which,
from an inscription upon it, may have belonged to Mael Finnen, first Archbishop of Leinster,
who died in A. D. 1108.

An enamelled Casket of Limoges work, of the 12th century, representing various scenes
of Romance.

A gold Brooch of the 13th century, found at Kimbolton, and presented by the Duke of
Manchester.

A gold Cross of the 12th century, found in Ireland.

A Chess-piece of the 13th century, carved m walrus tusk; presented by Henry
Cole, Esq., c. B.

A Draughtsman of the 12th century, representing St. David consecrating a church.

Two Models by Michael Angelo, one of them in terracotta, the other in wax, being
studies for the figures in San Lorenzo, Florence. A model by John of Bologna in terracotta,
being the head and torso of the Hercules in the group of the Centaur.

VIII. Ethnographical.—_Two Chinese Tablets, from the Gold and Silver Island on the
Yangtsze-Keang. Presented by J. D. Chaldecote, Esq., executor to the late Dr. W. Har-
land. Small collections of Antiquities from Central America and Peru; presented by Don
José Davila Condemarin, James Sequier, and Sefior R. de Silva Ferro.

A carved Burmese Pedestal, presented by Captain C. R. Young.

_An extensive collection of Antiquities from Java and Sumatra, originally made by
Sir Stamford Raffles, and presented by the executor of the late Lady Raffles,

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(B.) Corns AND Mepats.—The following table shows the number and classification of

the acquisitions under this head :—
a ST

Gold. Silver. Copper. ToTAL.

Greek - - - - 7 130 235 372
Roman ees ee te 255 960 1,595 2,810
Oriental - - = - 67 126 184 377
Meee endl els 228) ul aT6 2,120 4,288 6,524

ToTAL - - - 445 3,356 6,302 10,083

The Collection has been greatly enriched during the last year by donations and purchases.
The first portion of a large and valuable collection of Coins, presented by Mr, J. F. W. de
Salis has been received: it consists of 3,434 pieces in gold, silver, billon, and copper, all
of which exhibit types or varieties not previously in the National Collection.

The Roman Series consists of silver coins, chiefly Denarii, from the earliest coinage of
silver, about the year B.c. 269, down to Aurelian, A.D. 270, and of Coins of all metals and
sizes, from Aurelian to the end of the Western Empire under Romulus Augustus in a. D. 476.
The following Coins will be incorporated in the National Collection :— ,

Consular Period - - 4 Gold, 249 Silver, 5 Copper = 258

Augustus to Valerian - - Tit (Ok SGNeRE, BS cosh Usenet

Valerian to Aurelian - - 5 ,, 241 Silver and Copper = 246

Aurelian to Romulus Augustus 234 ,, 98 Silver, 1,524 Copper = 1,856
Total - - 2,734

The Swiss Series consists of 700 coins, of which 3 are gold, 289 silver, and 408 billon
and copper.

The Roman Series is chiefly remarkable for the high state of preservation of most of the
specimens. Among a great number of Coins of the highest rarity and historical interest we
may notice the following :—

Marcus Junius Brutus, Rev. EID. MAR., with a cap of liberty and two daggers, one of
the very few specimens held to be undoubted, and in the highest preservation ; Clodius Macer,
Propretor of Africa under Nero, silver, the finest known, and of great rarity ; Titus, struck
at Iphesus, in gold, probably unique; Uranius Antoninus, who rebelled in Syria under
Severus Alexander, gold, and unique; Marinus Pacatianus, proclaimed Emperor in Pan-
nonia under Philip, two Types in silver, in the highest preservation; Marcus lotapianus,
rebel Emperor in Syria under Philip, silver, and of extreme rarity; five specimens of
Postumus, coupled with the head of Hercules, four silver, one copper, all extremely rare ;
Marius, usurper in Gaul under Gallienus, gold, very fine, and of the greatest rarity ; Magnia
Urbica, wife of Carius, gold, and very fine; Carinus, with, on the reverse, the head of
Magnia Urbica, copper, of extreme rarity ; Diocletian, coupled with the head of Jupiter,
unique and fine; Maximian the Elder, struck in London by Carausius, gold, and very fine;
(only two specimens of this Coin are known); Fausta, silver, of extreme rarity, and well
preserved ; Helena, gold, very rare, and well preserved ; Vetranio, proclaimed emperor in
Illyria after the death of Constans I., in gold and silver; Jovinus, struck at Lyons and at ,
Treves, gold, extremely rare, and both very fine (the Museum possesses the Coin of the same
Emperor struck at Arles); four gold Solidi of Alia Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius II., all
fine and rare; Constantius III., brother of Honorius, gold, and extremely rare; /Blia
Zenonis, wife of Basiliscus, gold, very fine, and of the greatest rarity; Zeno and his adopted
son, Leo, in gold, and extremely rare ; Odoacer, copper, and very rare.

The Collection of English Medals, formed by Mr. Edward Hawkins, Keeper of the
Department of Antiquities, British Museum, has been acquired by purchase. This complete
and valuable series comprehends 54 gold, 1,491 silver, 3,224 copper, bronze, and lead
ee in all 4,769 pieces. It is of the utmost interest for the illustration of English

nistory.

The Greek Series has been augmented by the purchase of many important Coins, chiefly
at the sale of the late Lord Northwick’s collection. ‘The following are the most remarkable
acquisitions from the latter source:—A Didrachm of Delphi, of great rarity; an early
Didrachm of Thebes, very rare; an early Didrachm of Elis, extremely rare; a T'etradrachm
of Cleopatra, Queen of Syria, in perfect condition, and probably unique; a Drachm of |
Tigranes, King of Syria, connecting by its legends the Seleucidan and Arsacidan Classes ; a
Stater of Cyzicus in Electrum, of very fine workmanship ; a Silver Coin of a Pheenician
king under the Persian dominion, extremely rare; and a large number of Greek Imperial
Coins of cities or emperors, previously not represented in the Collection. fi

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The following Coins, procured from Professor Verkovich of Belgrade, also demand a
special notice :—A very archaic Dodecadrachm of Macedon or Thrace, of extreme rarity ;
a Tetradrachm of Philip V. of Macedon, with his portrait, very rare; a Didrachm of
Seuthes I., King of Thrace, unique ; a small Coin of Olynthus in Macedon, very rare.

The Oriental Series has been enriched by the purchase from Sir H. C. Rawlinson, K.c.B.,
Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Persia, of a collection of Gold Coins of
Seist4n, entirely new to the Museum cabinets, and of historical importance. Some Silver
Coins of the Samanian Dynasty of Persia, found intermixed with Saxon Coins at Golds-
borough, in Yorkshire, have been purchased of the Hon. and Rev. E. Lascelles, and may
be mentioned as of interest for the illustration of the commercial relations of this country
with the East under the Saxon kings.

Samuel Birch.

DEPARTMENTS OF Naturat History.

In the Department of Zoology, the specimens arranged and exhibited in the public galle-
ries, as well as those kept unstuffed and dried in drawers and presses, and those preserved
in spirits in rooms in the basement, are in a good state of preservation.

Their state of arrangement and registration, in regard to nomenclature, aud geographical
and other relations, is such as to render both the exhibited and unexhibited specimens avail-
able for scientific reference, comparison, and study. These conditions have attracted much
use by working Naturalists during the past year. ,

Some important improvements have been effected in the systematic arrangement of certain
groups of animals, especially of the Insect class, consequent upon special study, and pub-
lished descriptions of specimens in officia] catalogues and private works or memoirs.

The collection of Osteological specimens, now in the Basement story, is in a state of pre-
servation.

In the Geological Department the fossil specimens of Plants, aud of the several classes of
Animals, are in a good state of preservation. Many fossils of the Mammalian and Reptilian
classes have had their condition, in respect of instructive display of characters, improved
since their reception in the Museum by the careful removal of matrix, by the re-adjustment
of dislocated parts, and by the restoration of the lost cementing or consolidating animal
principles. Thus, some unusual examples of fossil ivory, forming almost perfect tusks of
great size and peculiar curvature, of the rarer variety or species of extinct British elephant
(Euelephas antiquus, Fr.), are now displayed in their entire extent, and with every appear-
ance of durability.

Corresponding labour and skill have been applied, where needed, in the improvement as
well as conservation of the fossil shells, crustacea, echinoderms, and corals.

Improved arrangements have been carried out during the past year in the series of Mam-
malian Fossils from the Eocene and Miocene strata; in the Cephalopodous class of
Mollusca, and in the series of Fossil Plants; which latter series, in the proportion arranged
and displayed, has been much enriched by the acquisitions from the GZningen keds, from the
Briickmann Collection.

The Collection of Minerals is in a good state of preservation, and in an improved state of
arrangement. The additions during the past year have much improved the Collection in
its scientific applications. ;

Amongst the additions to the Zoological Department, the Aye-aye (Chiromys Madagasca-
riensis, Cuy-) deserves a special notice. For this specimen the Museum is indebted to the
zealous efforts of the Hon. Dr. Sandwith, Colonial Secretary at the Mauritius, who obtained
the animal alive from Madagascar, to which island the Chiromys is peculiar; and, on its
death, took all the requisite pains for its perfect preservation, in which state it reached the
Museum. It is the first specimen received in England, and the second well preserved
one which has been transmitted to Europe ; all previous descriptions and figures of the species
having been derived from the skin of the Chiromys brought from Madagascar in the last
century, by Sonnini, to the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. The peculiar dentition of this arboreal
Lemur enables it to gnaw through hard wood down to the boring caterpillars on which it
subsists ; its fore-paw is singularly modified to extract the caterpillar from its so exposed
burrow ; the organ of hearing is large, and the sense acute, to enable the Aye-aye to detect
the hidden operations of the grub in the tree which it inhabits.

Dr. Livingstone, F.R.s., lias transmitted from a district north of the Zambesi a series of
jaws of the African Elephant, yielding valuable information on the changes of dentition
and the characters of the successive grinding teeth in that species. Mr. Snares has pre-
sented a tusk ofan elephant from Mozambique, showing the very rare spiral variety of
curvature.

In the case specially devoted to the Nestorine Parrots, the Westor productus, from Philip
Island, merits attention as being a species which has recently become extinct. In the course
of time this specimen will possess an interest and value akin to that of the Dodo in the
Ashmolean Museum, prior to the destruction of that unique specimen.

The large short-winged Coot (otornis Mantelli), from the Middle Island of New ae s

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also now exhibited in the Gallery of Birds, is a species which, if not now extinct, will soon
become so in the limited and colonized tract to which it is restricted.

In the Geological Department the Collection of Fossils, transmitted in 1859 from South
Africa by His Excellency Governor Sir George Grey, K.c.z., has brought to light a new
sub-generic form (Ptychognathus) of those singular extinct Reptiles which possessed no
other teeth than two long and sharp tusks, descending from the upper jaw, as in the Walrus ;
also two new genera of Crocodilian Reptiles, Galesaurus and Cynochampsa, with canine and
incisor teeth like those of carnivorous Mammals.

In the instructive series of specimens selected from collections made at Cambridge from
the upper Green-sand formations habitually worked, near that town, for phosphatic nodules,
the parts of the largest known flying reptile (Pterodactylus Sedgwickii), and of the large
Chimeroid fishes, are specially worthy of note.

The illustrations of the Geology of the North of England, and especially of Yorkshire,
have received important and instructive accessions in the 2,600 specimens selected from
the well-known collection of Mr. Bean of Scarborough.

Although conditions of space, detailed in previous Reports, have led to the utmost reserve
in regard to additions, through offers of sale and gift, the increasing field of discovery and
zeal of collectors have rendered it a matter of duty to add in the past year to the Zoological
Departinent, 33,307 specimens; to the Geological Department, 3,550 specimens; and to.
the Mineralogical Department, 3,186 specimens. A few of the most remarkable of these
additions have seemed worthy of special notice ; their general nature, and the sources whence
they have been derived, are given in the following Reports of the respective Keepers.

Richard Owen,
Superintendent of the Natural History Departments.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The part of the Collection which is exhibited in the public rooms to afford the general
visitor a popular view of the Animal Kingdom, has been carefully cleaned, examined, and
greatly extended.

Some separate cases of remarkable Birds have been placed in the Bird Gallery: as,
several species of Paradise Birds from Aru and New Guinea; a series of Nestorine Parrots
from New Zealand and Phillips’ Island, and also of the Notornis Mantelli, of New Zealand,
which are becoming, or have become extinct.

The large Collection of Skins of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Fish, which are kept
unstuffed in drawers and presses for more easy examination and comparison by the pro-
fessional zoologist and scientific student, together with the very extensive Collection of
Skeletons of Vertebrated Animals, and the Collection of Invertebrated Molluscous, Annulose,
and Radiated Animals, preserved in spirits, contained in many thousand bottles, which
are kept in rooms in the basement, and are available for the use of the scientific students,
have been cleaned, verified, and many of them re-arranged. This has been more par-
ticularly the case with the Animals in spirits, which it was necessary to move out of their
cases and re-arrange, in order to place new bottoms to the cases, the old ones having been
attacked with dry-rot.

The Insects and Crustacea of the General Collection, preserved in cabinets in a separate
room in the basement, under the Print-room, accessible to students and more advanced entomo-
logists, have received very large accessions. These additional specimens have been arranged
in their appropriate places in the general system, and those parts of the Collection which
had become over-crowded, or on which some new work or catalogue has been published,
have been entirely re-arranged, as, for example, the Collection of European and the Col-
lection of British Coleoptera, the Collection of Orthoptera, and of the [chneumonide and
Tenthredinide.,

During the, year 1859 there have been added to the several parts of the Zoological
Collection 33,307 specimens of animals, viz.: .

Vertebrated Animals - - - - - - - 2,914
Molluscous and Radiated Animals - - - - 5,282
Annulose Animals - - - - - - - 25,111

ToraL §- - - - 88,307

A considerable portion of these specimens are the types of species described in various
scientific works and periodicals, independently of the very large number of specimens’
which have been described during the year by the officers of the establishment, in the
Catalogues published by the Trustees, and in various transactions and periodicals of
scientific societies, which render the specimens, so described, of typical importance.
The 33,307 specimens added to the Collection, have been each regularly marked and
described in the Manuscript Register of Accessions, with an account from whence and how
they were derived, ‘which adds very greatly to their value, as giving the history of each’
specimen ; and they have all been either systematically arranged in their places in the’
rooms exhibited to the public, or have been set aside as special objects of study.
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The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1859 :—

List of Birds (Psittacide), by G. R. Gray, F.L.s., &e.

Catalogue of Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific Ocean, by G. R. Gray, F.u.s., Ke.

Catalogue of Acanthopterygian Fishes, Vol. I., by Dr. A. Giinther.

Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects, Part. I. (Phasmide), 4to., plates, by J. O. West-
wood, F-L.s.

Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera, Formicide, and Vespide, by
F. Smith, v.p.£.s.

Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera, Parts XVI., XVII., XVIIi., XIX., by
F. Walker, F.1.s.

Catalogue of Dorylide and Thynnide, by F. Smith, v.p..s.

Catalogue of Diatomacex, by Dr. W. Smith.

The following Catalogues are in progress :—

Catalogue of Acanthopterygian Fishes, Vol. II.
Catalogue of Hispide, Part. IT.

Catalogue of Haltide.

Catalogue of Amphipodous Crustacea.

List of Olivide and Pholadide.

Catalogue of Geometride.

List of Ichneumonide and Tenthredinide.
Catalogue of the Osteological Collection.

The paper labels, formerly used for the specimens preserved in spirits, being liable to
become obliterated by damp and dust, a new system of labelling with oil paint has been
adopted, and upwards of 1,000 bottles have been so labelled during the year.

The painting of the labels on the stands of Mammals and other animals exhibited in the
public rooms has been uninterruptedly proceeded with; more than 49,600 letters have
been written during the past year.

In addition to the very numerous specimens of Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, Crus-
tacea, and other smaller animals, which have been prepared in the Museum, the following
number have been set up or re-set by the animal preservers during the year :—

Vertebrated Animals, stuffed - - - - - 99
Skeletons and Skulls, prepared and mounted - - 189
Vertebrated Animals, mounted - - - - - 564
Reptiles, Fishes, &c., placed in bottles - - - 1,102
Insects, re-set - - - - - - - - 5,945

In addition to the Specimens which have been purchased, because they were the types
described, or on account of their illustrating the zoology of particular regions, many other
specimens have been added from large collections which have been offered for sale in different
parts of Europe. They have been selected, firstly, as being those which were most required
to complete the series, and as tending to illustrate the scientific classification, and, secondly,
as being the most useful for showing the habits and economy of the animals. A great
number of well-instructed English Collectors, including Mr. Bates, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Frazer,
Mr. Foxcroft, and several foreigners, who have travelled in different countries for the express
purpose of collecting zoological subjects, have given the Museum the advantage of the first
selection from their collections. These opportunities have enabled the Keeper, during the
last and some previous years, to make most important accessions to the Collections; and
have thus given the Museum all the advantages, without any of the drawbacks, incident to
the employment of special collectors.

The following additions may be particularly mentioned :

A Collection of Birds, Fish, Reptiles, and Insects, from Vancouver’s Island, &c., collected
and presented by Dr. Lyall, r.N., of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Plumper.”

Specimen of Alligator Mississipiensis, from the Argentine Republic; presented by
W. D. Christie, Esq., Her Majesty’s Plenipotentiary in the Argentine Republic.

A Specimen of the Skeleton of the Dugong from Moreton Bay, Australia; presented by
J. Harris, Esq.

A Series of Fish, from Trinidad ; presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq.

A Collection of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles, from St. Cruz; formed and presented by
Alfred Newton, Esq.

A Collection of Fish from Madeira ; formed and presented by the Rev. R. 'T. Lowe.

A Series of Mammals and Reptiles from California; presented by J. H. Gurney, Esq., M.P.

A small Collection of Mammals and Skulls of Birds from South Africa; collected and
presented by Captain J. H. Speke.

A Series of Mammals and Fish from Australia; presented by Dr. G. Bennett.

A Series of Teeth of Loxvodontia Africana, and a Specimen of Aspidoclemys Livingstonii,
from the interior of Africa; collected and presented by Dr. Livingstone.

A Series of Specimens of Psittacide from the Massena Collection.

A Collection of Birds from New Guinea; formed by Mr. Wallace.

A Collection of Birds from New Caledonia; formed by Mr. Macgillivray:

A Collection of German Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, and also of Spanish Coleoptera;
formed by Messrs. Ruthe and Staudinger.

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A Collection of Insects from Victoria; presented by Robert Bakewell, Esq.

A Collection of Insects of Amboina, New Guinea, and other Eastern Islands; formed by
Mr. Wallace.

A Selection of Insects from the Vigorsian Collection, including all the type species therein
described by various authors ; presented by the Zoological Society.

A Series of rare British Curculionide ; presented by John Walton, Esq.

A Series of Lepidopterous Insects from Knysna, South Africa ; formed and presented by
Roland Trimen, Esq.

A Series of Coleopterous Insects of Ceylon, the types described by Mr. Walker and
Mr. Pascoe; presented by Dr. Templeton.

An extensive Collection of Shells and Radiated Animals from the South Seas; formed
during the voyage of Her Majesty’s Ships “ Herald” and “ Rattlesnake ;” presented by the
Museum of Economic Geology.

A Series of Cameos, Brooches, Buttons, Bracelets, &c., manufactured from Shells.

The spiral Tusk of an African Elephant; presented by Mr. John Soares, Mozambique.

John Edw. Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The additions made to the Geological Collection during the past year have been very
considerable, and consist principally of Specimens selected from various Collections offered
to the Museum: they are either new to the Geological Gallery, or exhibit interesting
varieties of species already possessed, but imperfectly represented. The most important
of the additions is the acquisition of about 2,600 specimens from the Collection of William
Bean, Esq., of Scarborough; the series selected consisting chiefly of Yorkshire Fossils,
Viz. :-—

From the Bridlington Crag Formation

200 Specimens.

From other Tertiaries - - - - - - 100 ai
From the Chalk Formation - - - - - 1386 fs
From Speetuen Clay - - = - ~ - 243 4s
From Oolites, and Lias - - - - - 1,450 a
From older rocks - - - - - - 480 :;

The Collection includes a very fine series of Oolitic Plants from the shales of Gristhorpe
and Haiburn, near Scarborough, amounting to 124 Specimens, some of which are the
original Specimens described and figured by M. Adolph Brongniart, and Messrs. Lindley
and Hutton, Professor Phillips and Mr. Bunbury. The Fossil Sponges from the Chalk of
Flamborough, the Corals and Shells from Malton, and the Ammonites from the Lias,
Kelloway Rock, and Speeton Clay, include many of the finest Specimens hitherto dis-
covered, Mr. Bean having devoted about 40 years to the formation of the very extensive
Collection from which the selection has been made.

Among other acquisitions procured by purchase, the following may be noticed :—

28 Specimens from the London Clay of Sheppy.

105 Specimens from the Chalk and Gault formations of Dover and Folkstone.

20 Crinoids from the Dudley Limestone, including Specimens of the remarkable genus.
Pseudocrinus, not hitherto represented in the Gallery.

13 Crinoids from the Carboniferous Limestone.

29 Crustacea and Radiata from the Upper Silurian Rocks of Ludlow, including some of
the Specimens figured and described in the “ Decades of the Geological Survey.”

23 Upper Silurian Fossils from Kendal. A small Collection of Devonian and other
Fossils from Germany.

200 Fossils from the Carboniferous Formations of Derbyshire and Yorkshire.

83 Greensand Fossils from Cambridge.

50 Fossils from the Chalk and Greensand of Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

135 Fossils from New South Wales, being the Collection made by Count Strzelecki,
and figured and described in his work on that country.

The Geological Collection has likewise been enriched by numerous donations ; among
others may be noticed :—

60 Fossils from the Greensand of France, presented by Thomas Davidson, Esq., F.R.s.
Some Corals from the Carboniferous Limestone of Russia, presented by Mrs. Cattley.

: Fish and Batrachian remains from the Brown Coal of Bonn, presented by W. J. Nevill,
sq.

Five Encrinites from Richmond, Yorkshire, presented by Edward Wood, Esq.

vad series of remains of Stagonolepis from the Trias of Elgin, presented by Dr. James
aylor.
The frontal bones with the cores of the horns attached, and various other parts of the

Skeleton of the great Fossil Ox (Bos primigenius), presented by J. Wickham Flower, Esq.

A series

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 21

A series of Skulls of a small extinct Ox (Bos longifrons), found in the Bogs of Ireland,
presented by Dr. Wylde, M.R.1. A.

Remains of Rhinoceros tichorhinus, and a species of Bos, from the neighbourhood of
Plumstead, in Kent; presented by Master Henry Edgell, through the Rev. E. Wyatt
Edgell.

A series of about 80 Specimens of remains of Saurian Reptiles, from the Lias of Lyme
Regis; the Kimmeridge Clay of Shotover, &e.; presented by the Earl of Enniskillen.

A series of about 50 Specimens of Fossil Fishes from Canton Glaris, Switzerland ; pre-
sented by Miss Elizabeth Warne.

Eleven Fossil Fishes, belonging to the genera Cheiracanthus and Diplopterus, from the
Old Red Sandstone at Tynet Burn, near Gordon Castle; presented by the Duke of
Richmond,

Various Fossils have also been presented by C. Hickman, Esq.; J.C. Somerville, Esq. ;
Mrs. William Brodie; Henry Cattermoul, Esq.; J. Richmond, Esq.; C. B. Rose, Esq. ;
W. H. Allen, Esq.; K. Maitland, Esq,; and John Leckenby, Esq.

Dr. Alexander Petzholdt has presented 15 examples of Calamites from the Coal formation
near Dresden, to illustrate his Monograph on that Genus.

To Sir George Grey, K.c.B,, the Department is indebted for some extremely interesting
Reptilian Remains from South Africa.

The work of the Department has consisted partly in the examination, naming, and other-
wise preparing for exhibition, the objects above enumerated ; in entering them in a Cata-
logue, and arranging a great portion of them in the cases exhibited to the Public ; partly
in the examination and arrangement of objects acquired in former years; and partly in
attending to those Visitors who frequent the Museum with the view of studying the objects
in the department in detail, and who generally are engaged in the publication of works upon
the science which the Collection illustrates.

Of Fossils belonging to the Vertebrate series of Animals, about 500 have been entered,
and for the most part exhibited. ‘The Mammalian remains of the Eocene and Miocene periods
have been arranged, and other divisions have been partly re-arranged in order to incorporate
additional Specimens.

Of the Fossil remains of the Invertebrate Classes, about 300 Specimens of the Articulata,
700 of the Mollusca, and 300 of the Radiata, have been examined, entered, and, for the
most part, exhibited.

Of Fossil Plants, about 700 Specimens have been catalogued. The re-arrangement of
the collection has been completed, so far as the extent of the cases would permit. In some
of the orders nearly all the Specimens are exhibited to the Public ; in others, a selection
has been made from the geueral Collection and exhibited.

Geo, R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY,

The Mineral Collection is in excellent preservation, and, though in a transition state
as regards its classification and descriptive labelling, the specimens can for the most part be
well seen.

The past year has witnessed considerable progress both in the acquisition of the specimens
and in the arrangement preparatory to the classification of the whole series.

The labellmg the Minerals with their localities has now been completed throughout,
wherever any authentic evidence of locality could be found.

The careful examination of individual specimens, and their preliminary arrangement, have
also been carried forward. But satisfactory progress in the critical examination and scien-
tific verification of a large number of specimens is impossible in the absence of any means
of prosecuting chemical analysis, even though so simple as that involved in the use of the
Blow-pipe. The delay in providing a small Laboratory for this important object is unfor-
tunately linked with that involved in the large question of the ultimate destination of the
Natural History series in the Museum.

The additions made to the collection during the year 1859 have been of a valuable
character. Numerically they are very large, from the circumstance that out of 3,186 speci-
mens no less than 2,615 consist of small, loose crystals, illustrative of Mineral crystallography,
which add a new feature to the department, and will impart a more scientific character to
the collections in it. With this latter view several additions have also been made to the
drawers containing the Pseudomorpbous Minerals. Among the acquisitions of interest by
which the department has been enriched are the following :—

Orthite, with Malacone and Polycrase, from Hitteroe; a very fine crystal (probably
unique). Presented by R. P. Greg, Esq.
_ Cerusite, an old and well-known specimen of great beauty, covered with tabular crystals,
from the Logylas mine, Cardiganshire. Presented by J. Taylor, Esq., F.R.S.
A large mass of Pyromorphite from Wheal Alfred, Cornwall. Presented by the same
gentleman.
Cornwall continues to produce Bournonites of unrivalled beauty; and Mr. Talling, of
0.24. D2 Lostwithiel,

22 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Lostwithiel, from whom the Museum has for many years purchased the finest Cornish
specimens, has supplied it during the past year with brilliant and large crystallised Bour-
noniies, with which no specimens in any other Collection can vie.

Fahlerz, gilded by a richly-coloured superficial coating of Copper Pyrites, has also come
in crystals from the same mineral dealer, together with several other Cornish specimens,
among which may be mentioned—

Several modified crystals (old specimens) of Fluor.
Detached crystals of Childrenite and some specimens of Francolite, from Cornwall.

Wagnerites and Lazulites, obtained through W. G. Lettsom, Esq., to whose zeal also
the Museum is indebted for several fine and rare minera's Such are—

A very fine crystal of Emerald from Saltzburg.
Red Corundum, from Canton Tessin.
Xenotime, in excellent crystals.

Johannite.

Orangite and Thorite.

Ehbliie.

Tyrolite.

Pajsbergite.

Clausthalite.

Rose Fluor, from Canton Uni.

Besides these may be enumerated —

Realgar, finely crystallised.

Hauerite.

A very fine specimen of Polybasite from Freiberg, and one of Akanthite with massive
Argentite, which latter is pseudomorphous, after filiform native silver from the same
locality.

Wohlerite.

A fine terminated crystal of Beryl from Siberia.

Childrenite from Wheal Crebor.

Mr. Wright has furnished the Museum with some remarkably fine Fiuors from Cum-
berland, and with several other good minerals, including Chromo-Phosphate of Lead,
Cumberland.

A large specimen of the Zacatjcas meteoric Iron recently investigated by Hugo Miller, Esq.

A fine specimen of Cronstedtite from Cornwall, and a specimen containing crystals of
Chromite from the United States.

The Crystallographic Collection is in process of arrangement, and, when a great number
of detached crystals scattered through the large series in the table cases are added to it,
it will be a most valuable addition to the interest of the department.

Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BorTany.

In the year ending 31st December 1859, the various collections and specimens received
during the year have been examined and partially arranged. The Collections of British
Plants formed by the late Mr. James Sowerby, Mr. Edward Forster, and Mrs. Robinson
have been incorporated into a single series, and placed in a state adapted for consultation
by students; a further selection has been made from Dr. Horsfield’s Javanese Herbarium ;
a further portion of the collections formed by Mr. Thwaites in Ceylon, and by Mr. Spruce
in Northern Brazil and Eastern Peru, together with the collections made by Dr. Edward
Vogel in the interior of Northern Africa, have been arranged and laid into the General
Herbarium; and the families of Homaline, Flacourtiane, Droseracee, Thymelee, Elegnee,
Santalacee, Artocarpee, Ulmacee, and Aroidee, together with a portion of the Ferns, have
been re-arranged in conformity with modern revisions of those families.

The following is an enumeration of the principal additions made to the Department
by purchase or donation, viz.—

The Original Drawings (upwards of 2,500 in number), executed by the late Mr. James
Sowerby for the werk entitled “ English Botany,” together with the corresponding
Herbarium of British Plants.

94 species of Lichens and Mosses, chiefly from Aberdeenshire, presented by Charles
Horne, Esq., Beng. C. 8.

40 species of Lichens, forming the 1st fasc:culus of ‘ Lichenes Hibernici Exsiccati,” by
Mr. Isaac Carroll.

68 species of Plants of Mogador, collected and presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, m.a.
m 3,851 species of Plants of India, presented by J. D. Hooker, Esq., M.p., and T. Thomson,

sq., M.D.

16 species of Lichens from the Himalaya, collected and presented by Charles Horne, Esq.,
Beng. C. 8.

396 species

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 23

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396 species of Plants of New Holland.

74 species of Plants of New Caledonia, collected by Mr. M‘Gillivray.

382 species of Plants of New Zealand, collected by Mr. Strange.

87 species of Ferns of New Zealand, together with large specimens of the fronds of
several of the species, collected and presented by T. S. Ralph, Esq.

363 species of Plants of Tarapota, collected by Mr. Spruce,

A fine specimen of the Rosa de Madera, or Wooden Rose of Guatemala, presented by

John Parkinson, Esq.
A fine Cone of Araucaria Bidwillii, from Moreton Bay, and a specimen of Satinwood

from Australia, presented by George Bennett, Esq. |
Various Fruits and Seeds from India, presented by John Shortt, Esq., M.p., Her

Majesty’s Indian Army. arts ait
ohn J. bennett.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The re-arrangement of the works of Hogarth has been completed in five volumes.

ue foreign Portraits and Titles to Books engraved by Faithorne, have been arranged in a
volume.

The Illustrations to various works, and the miscellaneous Engravings by the same Artist,
are in course of arrangement.

The references to both Bartsch and Ottley have been attached to each of the Engravings
of Marcantonio, of whose works a new Catalogue has been drawn up, agreeable to the
arrangement followed by Ottley.

Catalogues have been drawn up of the Etchings of Parmigianino, F. P., and Mel-
dolla.

A Guide to the Drawings and Prints exhibited in the King’s Library has been prepared
and printed. A new and extended Synopsis of the contents of the Print Room is in
progress.

One hundred and fifty of the choicer Drawings have been remounted in such a manner as
to secure the surface from injury by friction.

Eight of the choicer Drawings have been photographed by Mr. Fenton.

Ten thousand and fifty-seven articles have been entered in the register of purchases and
presentations, to each of which the register mark has been attached.

‘Five thousand three hundred and twenty-three slips have been written for a new Cata-
logue of the Prints in the Collection.

The following are some of the most important acquisitions made during the year :—

Italian School :-—

Drawings.—Some very interesting Sketches by Michelangelo Buonarroti, on a few of
which are autograph memoranda by the artist, Leonardo da Vinci, Giulio Romano, Perino |
del Vaga, Jacobo Robusti, Carlo Dolce, Guercino ; a volume of coloured Drawings from
the Frescoes of Guido Reni in the Pope’s chapel at Monte Cavallo; also, a volume of
Caricatures, sketched by the Cavaliere Ghezzi in pen and ink, consisting of whole-length
figures, and heads of individuals, whose names are attached by the artist himself.

A sulphur impression, from a Pax by Maso Finiguerra, of the Virgin and Child
enthroned, surrounded by Angels and Saints. It is not known whether the silver niello
plate exists, but an impression from it, printed on paper, is in the collection of the Archduke
Albert at Vienna, which will be found described by Duchesne in his “ Essai sur les Nielles,”
page 151, No. 53. This sulphur, though injured, retains much of its original beauty.

Engravings.—Specimens by Mocetto, Zoan Andrea, Giovanni Antonio da Brescia,
Marcantonio Raimondi, Agostino Veneziano, the Master of the Die, Aineas Vico, Rever-
dinus. Fine proofs of the more modern engravers, Caronni, Jesi Guadagnini, Zuliani, and
a collection of the works of Garavaglia, most of which are proofs,

Etchings by Parmigianino, Meldolla, and Zompini,

A few fine specimens of Chiaroscuri and of Woodcuts.

Facsimiles of the finer Drawings in the Bibliothéque Impériale at Paris, and also of those

inthe Wicar Collection at Lille.
ga from the Drawings in the public Collections of Florence, Venice, and
ienna.

German School :—
Engravings by Israel von Mecken, Francis von Bockolt, H. Burgkmair, The Master
using the monogram S, Hollar ; and of the more recent engravers, J. G. Muller, H. Gutten-
berg, M.G, Eichler, Felsing, Hoffman, and Steinla.
0.24. D 3 Danish

24 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Danish School :—
A collection of Etchings by painters of the present century.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—
Drawings by Rembrandt, Metzu, van Diest, V. Klotts, Waterloo, Rademaker, Rubens,
Snyders, and Breughel.
Etchings by A. Ostade, Van Goyen, Claessens, Honthorst, Cornelius Schut, and Fle-

melle.
Engravings by H. Goltzius, some remarkably fine specimens by A. and J. Wierx, J. Viss-

cher, Suyderhoef, Bloeteling, Claessens, and Vinkeles.

French School :-—

Drawings.—An interesting collection of Crayon Portraits by Francis Clouet and Daniel
Du Monstier, of eminent characters in the courts of Henry ITI. and of Louis XIII. and XIV.;
specimens by Watteau, Lancret, Boucher, Chatelain, Le Prince, and Wicar.

Etchings by Dom. Barriére, Boisseux, Le Prince, Duplessi, Bertaux, and Blery.

Engravings by J. C. Le Blond, Bervic, Tardieu, Laurent, Lignon, Godefroy, Massard,
Ardouin, Daudet, and Richomme.

English School :—

Two most interesting Note-books, used by Sir Joshua Reynolds during his sojourn in
Italy, filled with Sketches and comments on the principal pictures seen by him in the course
of his journey.

Drawings by Fr. Barlow, M. Rysbrack, Francis Hayman (the original designs for “ Don
Quixote”), Wilson, Mortimer, Worlidge, F. Swaine, M. A. Rooker, Loutherbourg, Alex-
ander, Dayes, Hearn, Edridge, Payne, Burney, Cotman, Stothard, Bonington, Wilkie,
Varley, Mackenzie, Uwins, Havell, F. C. Lewis, and C. R. Leslie.

Etchings by R. Gaywood, F. Place, J. English, R. Streater, Worlidge, Paul Sandby,
Barry, Blake, Edwards, Wilkie, an important collection of the works of Cotman, and also
of George Cruikshank.

Engravings by Heath, Scott, and Raimbach, and a collection of proofs of the Illustrations
to the Atlas Pocket Book, engraved from the designs of Stothard.

The following important bequest has been made to the Department of Prints and Draw-
ings by the late Ellis Elhs, Esq. of Bath :—

Les Lettres de Madaine de Sévigné, illustrated by 9,316 Portraits, Views, Fac-similes,
&e. The work is in 38 4to. volumes, and half-bound in morocco.

12 fine Drawings by Thomas Hearne, have been presented by John Henderson, Esq.,

Montague-place, Russell-square.
W. H. Carpenter.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Assyria, has
been continued during the past year. The result, up to the 16th March 1860, is reported
to be as follows :—

Four sheets of Vocabularies, or Syllabaries, have been prepared from the several frag-
ments in the Museum, and the three large Inscriptions at Bavian have been collated.
These are all copied on stone, and are ready for final revision previous to their being printed.

The Annals of Sennacherib have been copied on stone.

The Cylinder of Ashur-bani-pal, including many detached fragments, has been copied.

A reduced fac-simile of the great Inscription of Behistun is in progress.

British Museum, A, Panizzi,
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BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incomz and ExprnprturE
of the Britisn Museum, for the Financial Year
ended 81st March 1860; of the EstrmatTep
Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending
31st March 1861, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
16 May 1860.

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Under 4. 02.

BRITISH MUSEUM. \g,

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 2 May 1861 ;—for,

AN ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Expennpiturr of the Brrrisp Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March 1861; of the EstrmaTEp
Cuarces and Expensss for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1862;
of the Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the Number of
Persons admitted to visit the Muszum in each Year from 1855 to 1860,
both Years inclusive ; together with a Starrment of the Procress made in
the ARRANGEMENT of the CoxttectTions, and an Account of Ospsects added

to them, in the Year 1860.”

I.—_GENERAL ACCOUNT of Income and Exrenpirure for the Financial Year ended
31 March 1861. {

Il.—ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
If.— ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Pericd.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED, EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1862, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1861.
VII.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britiss Museum in

each Year from 1855 to 1860, both Years inclusive.

VIIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLtLEcTIONS, and an
Account of OpsrcTs added to them, in the Year 1860.

(Mr. Waipole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
6 May 1861.

2 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exprenpiture of the

sf So £. Boies
To BaLance ON ‘THE Ist APRIL 1860, viz. :
On Account of the Votes for the Establishment, Buildings, &c.,
including the Balance transferred to the Trustees from the Com-
missioners of Works and Public Buildings - - - -| 30,289 16 2
On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions - - - 1,104 7 8
= 31,394 3 10
— Amount GRANTED FoR THE YEAR 1860/1, per Appropriation Act, 23 & 24 |
Vict.c. 131 © s = = = = ¥ - 3 = FD = = S 100,250 -— —
—~ Sums Recetvep under thé following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary |
Grant for the Establishment, viz. : |
Dividends on Stock, 30,000/., 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 260
Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - ~ - : = = 193) 5 6 |
1
Ditto other Museum Publications - - - - - - 277 8 ©

1,360 14 2

—Amounr Recrivep of the Parliamentary Grant for the purchase of a
portion of the Lawrence Drawings at the Woodburn Sale- - -| - - - 2,273 10 6

er

HE

— Amount Recetvev from the Sale of Miscellaneous Building Stores = - -| - . 11710 1

"1

.£. | 185,995 18 7

i ein a a ET eS ERS

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the ExprenpirureE in the above Account.

=e .- 29; - a eee’
Officers of the Ordinary Establishment - - - - - 8,152 15 6
Assistants - - - - - - 2 = = = Ss 10,999 5 8
Transcribers - - - - - = - = = = 2,553 10 7
Attendants and Servants - - - - - - = = 11,452 14 3
1. SALARIES - - See uPalicem ii i Chee eS. tan oe . - - 697 10 —
Persons paid daily or weekly - - = - = = = 2,189 2 11
Attendance on Stoves - - = > - = = = 806 9 8
Retired Allowances = - - - - - - - - 78s} 16) =
38,585 3 7
Rates and Taxes - - - = - - - - = ss 408 811
Household Implements - - - - = = = = 109 14 10
: , _/ Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - - 2 - > 3 = 828 19 29
2. House Exrrnsxs Candles, Oil, and Gas = Bey = ccnp = ae ee 387 8 9
Stationery - = = = = = Zz oi = Z ze 628 13 4
Incidents - - = - - 6 = = = = = 560 18 2
2,924 3 2
Printed Books - - - - - - = - = = 10,000 14 3
Manuscripts - - = - - - - - - = 2,599 16 6
Books for Department of MSS. - - - = = - = 30 9 6
Minerals - ” = - - - - - - - - 799 12 3
Books for Department of Minerals - - - - - - Lp oil r/
Fossils : = 3 = = = - - - ~ - 799 1 6
Books for the Department of Geology - - - = - - 20 5 4
3. PurcHasEs anpAcaursitions( Zoological Specimens - 5 z 5 ~ as: ns . 1,499 14 6
Books for the Department of Zoology - = - = = - i).
Botanical Specimens - - - - - - - - - 96 9 8
Books for the Department of Botany - - - - - - 2415 3
Coins and Antiquities - - - - - - - - - 2,994 6 3
Books for the Department of Antiquities - - - = - - 39) 78 16
Prints and Drawings - = - - - - - - - 1,999 19 8
Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - - - - 1116 —-
Freight and Carriage - - = = = - - - - 368 4 1]
Sue ae —- 21,347 5 10
der Collection of Manuscripts - - - - - - bs re oe
Sruciay Porcnasre - ¥ * ce Collection of Minerals : - - - - - - a ohoee ee
2,800 -
~ Carried forward -~ - . &, 65,656 12 7

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRIT{SH MUSEUM. 3

BRITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1861.

| EXPENDITURE. GRANTS.

By ExpenpitureE under the following Heads, viz. cee ‘Saas (O ed:
1. SaLarteEs - - - as per Pe pidatns Statement below* -| 38,585 3 7 SOON4: at =
2. Housr Expenses - - = - - ditto - ~ - = DOL By 33508 ae
8. Purcuases and AcquisiTIONS ‘- - ditto - - = = || Bibs) Wl 21,682 — =
SprciaL Purcases - - - - ditto - - = = 2,800 — — 89750) e-1 =
4, BooxsinpinG, Casinets, ke. - - ditto - - - - | 10,803 4 10 11,220) « -
5. Printine Catatocuss, Ke. - - - ditto - - - - 2,110 19 7 8,080 -— —
6. Buitpines, Furnirurz, Firrines, &e., including Architect’s
Commission - = - - - - - - - - - | 18,808 1 7 19,984 — —
7. MiscEtnangous - = - ="ditte =" = ye ge 33 9 6 BBO»... ne
92,412 8 1 102,150 - —
Expenpiture for publishing Cunrrrorm Inscriptions - - - os Ee Sgr
PCD icks |
'— Ditto, for Drawings at the Woodburn Sale of the Lawrence Collection -| 2,273 10 6

\— Ditto, for various Works executed prior to 31 March 1860, including the
' Architect’s Commission thereon, towards which the Commissioners of

Works and Public Buildings contributed the sum of 5,785/. 11s. 3d., 7,676 3 5
being the balance unexpended of Grants for British Museum (Buildings), |
and which receipt was shown in the Account rendered to Parliament for |
1859/60 - - - - - - - - - - a - |
By Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1861, carried to Account for 1861/2, viz. : |
Specially applicable to Establishment - £.28,126 12 7
, Ditto - ditto - to Buildings, &c. - 4,402 16 4 |
; : ’ 2,029) OF Le
Ditto - ditto - for Publication of the Cunzirorm In- |
SCRIPTIONS : - - - - - - - 740 6 8 |
: 33,269 15 7 |
135,995 18 7 |
H Exertanatory SraremMent of the Exrenpiturz in the above Account—continued. £ =
«a de
; Brought forward - - = 65,656 12 7
poo sssnGe
Bookbinding : Printed Books - = - - - - - 7,500 15 —-
» Manuscripts - “0 - - - - - 900 - 6
3 Prints and Drawings - - - - 99 19 9
Principal Librarian’s and other Tirentacuée - - 97 - 6
3 Preparing, &c.: Zoology = = - - ° - - - - 707 10 8
4, Booxsinpine, Casrnets, &c. = ‘ Gauge 4 is jf : ‘ E ‘ 1764 1
op Mineralogy - - - - - - - - 79 12-66
cH Botany - - - - - - - - 562 5 -
* Cabinets for Coins - - “ = ~ E = ~ = 98 16
Repairing Antiquities - = - 2 - - - ° - 1,091 1 10
10,803 4 10
Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - - - - - 16OR i 7
Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - 22 a
5 _/ Preparing and Printing Catalogues o Talore - = - - 998 3 7
ee ee aoc tes, Ke, Catalogues of, and Drawings from, meeaitiss - - - - 241 Se
Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - - - = 175.— —
Moulds and Casts from Marbles, (Ses - - - - - - 491 13 10
sept | 2,110 19 7
General Repairs, and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &c. = - 5,430 5 2
. Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - So - 3,100 5 11
Ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts - 5 sos =
6. Buripines, Furniture, Fit- Ditto - - ditto - - Mineralogy and Geology - 964 19 —-
tinGs, &c., including Archi- Ditto - - ditto - - Zoology = - - - 590 9 3
tect’s Commission - - Ditto - - ditto - - Betany - - - - 116 16 6
Ditto - - ditto - - Antiquities - - - 2,572 18 10
Ditto - - ditto - - Prints and Drawings - - 170 110
Architect’s Commission = - = > - . - - 658 5 —
13,808 1 7
7. MiscELLANEOUS - - - Law Expenses, &c. - - - - - - - : - - - - - 33 9 6
92,412 8 1
Prinrine, &c. the Cunztrorm INscrirTions - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - 364 1 —

£.| 92,776 9 1

220. A2

4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

IL—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anv Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

~ < e Se ee = =: ==

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

To Bauance on the Ist April 1860 - - - - - - - = - | 163 18

— Drvinenns received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Badeewsien

On the 9th July 1860 = - ~ £.194 17 10

~ on 15th January 1861 - 194 17 10

~- Ons Year’s Rent or a Rea Estate, ues Get by a3 Earl of Bridgewater,
received 11th May 1860 -~—- = = : .

III1.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt ann ExpenpitureE of the FARNBOROUGH

|
: STOCK,
eae | B p’Cent. Consols.
- Sia d. | ££. s. d.
To Batance onthe Ist April1860- - - - = = pe ste ee er me 2,872 6 10
= Divipenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz., .
On the 9th July 1860 - «~<£.48 1 9 |
is a 15th January 1861 - 43.1, Ba]
—————;_ 86 3 3)
!

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp ExpenpitureE of the SWINEY

ee

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

e.| 289 -11! 9,872 6 10
,

£. aed:
To Baxance on the Ist April 1860 - — - - - - - : | 5,019 2 9
— Divipenps received on 5,019/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 8 per cent. Consols, be- |
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.,
On the 9th July 1860 - - - - |
— Amount invested in 3 per cent. Consols, as per contra - - - - - 2 100 - - |
~ Divivenps received on the enlarged sum of 5,1197. 2s. 9d. stock in 3 per
cent. Consols, on 15th January 1861 - - - - =
Dy 5,119 2 9
ee re le a ee — .
V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exrenpirune of the BIRCH

|

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

See ch. wh £0 kd:

To Baxance on the 1st April 1860 - - - - - - - -|- - - 663 15 7
— Divivenps received on 5681. 15s. 7d. Stock in 8 per cent. Consol be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.,
On the 9th July 1860 = ee) Dla
Bt 3 15th January 1861 - 8 9
= 196 18 2

British Museum, |
3 May 1861.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the 1st April 1860 and the 31st March 1861.

STOCK,
| Bs 3 p’ Cent. Censols.
le i —_— ~prosee
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents, for Fines due on the Copyhold hil fee ged! 25, Siete
portion, and for other expenses connected with the Reat Estates, viz. : |
In the financial year ended 31st March 1861 - = = = = DE Ti RB
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, Viz. : |
In the financial year ended 31st March 1861 - - - = SHioos, aos 2
— Payments for Brnpinc MaNuscrirts, viz. : |
In the financial year ended 31st March 1861_—- - - = = @3 12 =
= Payment of Onr Yxar’s Sarary to the Egerton Librarian - - oll) Qa) v=
B29) Geb
_ = Batance on TuE 31st Marcu 1861, carried to Account for 1861/2 Seine dk ihc 12,992 15 7

12,992 15 7

| FUND, between the 1st April 1860 and the 31st March 1861.

s2ss5--- : os —— =

aes STOCK,
| ee 3 p’Cent. Consola,
| By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz.: £. 8. d. £8
Tn the financial year ended 31st March 1861 - - - - - -| 216 17. -
— BALANcE on THE 31st Marcu 1861, carried to Account for 1861/2 - = 99 3 11 2,872 6 10
Ge 239 -— 11 2,872 6 10

SS

|
!
)
| FUND, between the Ist April 1860 and the 31st March 1861.

STOCK
CASH, 7
3 p’Cent. Consols.
a ees SEAR
. . . |
By Satary paid to Dr. Melville for Lectures on Geology, in the financial | £. s. d. Ege G
Meememuemolee March 660) Ws te oe) se | tae
— Amount expended in the purchase of 1004. additional Stock in the 3 per |
cent. Consols = - - . - - - - - - - 030 2anG
|
| - Batance on tue 31st Marcu 1861, carried to Account for 1861/2 - - 96 16 6 6,119 2 9
£ 333 19 — 5,119 2 9

| FUND, between the 1st April 1860 and the 31st March 1861.

at, x STOCK,
; 3 p’Cent. Consols.

: wis ye £. Sei 8.1 de
| By Lxaacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz. the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - 16 18
) By Baxance on Tux 31st Marcu 1861, carried to Account for 1861/2 - pth 3 663 16 7
ie 16 18 563 15 7

A. Panizzi,
Principal Librarian.
220. | es

6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

ESTIMATE, 1861-62.

VI—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Sataries and Exrenszs of the Britisa Museu
including also the Amount required for Burnpines, FURNITURE, Firrines, &c., for the YEAR ending on

the 31st day of March 1862.

£. 100,414.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Savariss and Expenses of the British Museum, including
also the Amount required for Buripines, Furnirure, Firtines, &c., for the Year ending on the 31st day of
March 1862, under the following Heads : :

Required for the Year Granted for the Year

I. SaLARIEs:

1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment : ERI Fa. oe ee
Number | Required ‘ah
Voted |, for SS CaS eae G £ £.

1860-1. | 1861-2. :
1 1 Principal Librarian - - - 5
Ditto - - as Secretary - - = lt
1 1 Superintendent of Natural History - a
4 5 | Keepers of Departments, at 6001. - ai
3 4 6 4 at 5001. - a
1 1 > at 3507. - a}
4 3 | Assistant Keepers of Departments, ae
at 450 0. > - - = >
1 1 | Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant
Secretary - > - = =
15 16 | - - Torat.
Cr.
By amount contributed from Bridge-
‘water Fund towards the Salary of
the Assistant Keeper of the Manu-
scripts, he acting as-Egerton Libra-
rian - - - - -
8,940 —- 8,050 —
2. Assistants:
Number | Required
Voted for _—
1860-1. 1861-2.
. 15 | First-class Assistants, Upper Section,
34 at 320/., rising 20 /. annually to 400/.
20 | Ditto, Lower Section, at 2101. rising
15/, annually to 3107. - - =]
19 17 | Second-class Assistants, at 1501.,
rising 107. annually to 2001. -
1 1 | Revising Accountant - Bee lis
1 1 | Clerk at Stationers’ Hall (gratuity) -
1 1 | Superintendent of Fire Engines -
py = ——__—_| 12,580 11,500 —
56 56 |- - Toran.
2a 0 OS
3. Transcribers:
aE Se Lee ee eg Se
Number | Required
Voied | for pe sie a
1860-1.|1861-2.
24 24 Transcribers, at 90 1., rising 107. an-
nually to150l - - = = 2.817 2.600 —
9 ee ?
Carried forward - - - 24,3387 — 22,150 —

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

J. Sanaries— continued.

. Attendants and Servants:

Sum required ‘to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum—continued.

Brought forward

Number Required
Voted for
1860-1. | 1861-2.

51. annually to 120 7.
41. annually to 1001.

3 /. annually to 80 1.

1 4 1 | Clerk of the Works -
iy 1 | Messenger - -
1 | 1 | Assistant Messenger

1 1 | Fireman - -

123 128 | er =. Loman

5. Police - ‘yee = 2 3 2 a

6. Persons paid daily or weekly
7. Attendance on Stoves’ - = _ 2
8. Retired Allowances = 2s =

II. Hovsr Expenses:
1. Rates and Taxes - - = = =
2. Household Implements - = é =
3. Coals, Coke, Fagots and Patent Fuel -
4, Candles, Oiland Gas_ - = : 3
5. Stationery - = = 2 = =

. Incidents’ - = 2 & e es

III. Purcuases anp Acquisirions :
1. Printed Books’ - = = = 2

. Manuscripts - - : : a B
3. Books for the Department of Manuscripts
4, Minerals - - = = 3 =
6. Fossils - = = 2 = z 3
8. Zoological Specimens - - = -
0. Botanical Specimens’ - = = -
2. Coins and Antiquities - - - =

4, Printsand Drawings - - - -

6. Freight and Carriage - - - ans

220,

38 42 | First Class Attendants, 1001, oe

38 40 | Second Class Attendants, 80 /., momae

48 ‘42 | Third Class Attendants, 601., Boe

| Saturday Evening Witendanee and
| other contingent expenses - -

5. Books and Binding for the Department of Minerals -

7. Books and Binding for the Department of Geology -

9. Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology -

1. Books and Binding for the Department of Botany - -

3. Books and Binding for the Department of Antiquities -

5. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - -

Carried forward -

A4

7
= 30
Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1861-62. 1860-61.
£. ie ie eo GR
= = «= |24,337 22,150 -
£.
4,869
3,648
2,908
120
120
100
80
86
Saar) ES 11,500 —
= = 700 700 —-
- =| 2,800 2,270 —
= ae 725 900 —
- - | 2,285 1,564 —
42,278 a eo 0oL —
2 = 44.0 400 -
= = 100 200) =
- . 950 $00 =
4 & 370 350 -
= = 700 800 —
2 4 700 800 —
3,260 8,350 «
- - | 10,000 10,000 —- |
= - | 2,600 2,600 — |
= & 50 30 -
= = 800 800 —-
= = 30 20 =
< 6 800 800 —-
=r 30 20 -
= = 1,500 1,500 —
aS 30 ag ti
- = 150 150 =
= - 30 25 —-
- =| 8,000 3,000 -
E = 60 560 -
- -| 2,000 2,000 —
- - 12 12 -
a ie 300 500 — |
21,492. | 21,5382 —
See oe ies 66,930 -]| - - 68,966 —

$ ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &¢. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum—continued.

_——___ ae i* i

Brought forward - -

SrrectaL PurcuasEs:

Goins at Lord Northwick’s Sale = -
Ryder Collection of MSS. - -

Greg Collection of Minerals =

17. Taylor Collection of Oriental MSS. (balance) - =

LV. Booxsinpine, Caninets, &c.:

1. Bookbinding: Printed Books -
2. 5 Manuscripts - -
3. Bs Prints and Drawings
be Principal Librarian’s
4, Preparing, &c. Zoology - -

5. of Geology - -
6. 5 Mineralogy - -
a Botany - ~- -

s. Cabinets, &c. for Coins - a =
9. Repairing and arranging Antiquities

Expenses of Photography = - 5
V. Priyzine Cararoeues, &e. :

1. Guide-books and Synopsis - -
2, Catalogues of Manuscripts - -

3. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology - -

and other Departments -

4. Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Anuquities —- - -

5. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - -
6. Moulds and Casts from Marbles, &.c

VI. Buitpines, Furniruns, Frrrines, &c.,

Including Architects’ Commission.

1. General Repairs and Maintenance of

Museum Buildings, &c. *

2. Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books =

3. 19 ” 2?
4. by) ” 99
3. 2 99 >”
6. 2 ” ”
Di ” 3) 9)
5. oy) ”) 2?

WII. Miscatiannous :

Law Expenses, &c. - = 2

Manuscripts - -
Mineralogy and Geology
Zoology - - -
Botany - - -
Antiquities = - -
Prints and Drawings

Deduct,—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz.:
Dividends on £.20,000 Reduced Three per Cent, Annuities -

Museum Publications - © 2

* This item includes £. 4,300 for extending the improved system of warming to the West and North Wings; £.1,000 for
painting the iron, wood, and other external portions of the buildings ; and £.1,500 for ordinary repairs and maintenance.

~ = 3 = Se

Net Amount of Estimate

Required for the Year

Granted for the Year

1861-62. 1860-61.
Eons. 35 Ss Lo Sy ee
: : 66,930 -]| - - 62,966
2 - 950 =
- - 800 =
- - 2,000 -
meen mets Ls eee
7,500 — 7,300) =
pls@HO. p= 900 —
250 - 1000
2 " 100 —
700 = 700 —
200 - 200 -
120° = 20
200 20 -
100. = 30
1,500 — 1,500 —
: J 100 —
eS eS aeeoe | 11,2290
400 — 400 —
{OD = 100; eH
1,000 | 1,000 —
700 = U1 BO ce
150 150,
210 - 300 =
=) |) 2,580 = =| 3.080
10,025 — 10,181 —
4,174 = 6,031 —
7 = 190 —
9,257 — 420 —
Gel = 854 —-
242 — 120 —
1,899 —- 2,522 —
75. = 166 -
—| 19,684 — Lia Seles’
: : 150 -| - - raori
101,714" = 102,150 — BP
900 — 900 —
400 — 400 —
— 1,300 — —| 1,300 - |.
-~ - - £.| 100,414 - £. | 100,850 —_

ESE _ ERNIE SC SSE SESE

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9
VIIL—RETURN of the Numserr of Persons Apmittep to Visit the Bartisa Museum.
Persons admitted to view the Generat Coxtxecrions in each Year, from 1855 to 1860, both Years inclusive.
:
1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. 1860.
N° N° N° N° Ne N°
January ae me eH CaGOD 19,980 17,632 24,246 35,638 30,018
FEBRUARY - - - - - - 11,132 23,567 16,368 - 28,470 28,261 29,995
Marco - - - = - - - 15,656 41,460 18,009 33,312 32,881 33,995
eee Pe SN Les 2 hey aig 23,998 45,060 64,363 70,462 65,982
BUM mee nw el | a a 47,446 | 177,355 58,043 29,071 57,854
ee i mw ate OGRE 34,007 93,148 37,554 63,435 50,218
JULY - - - - - - - 34,708 386,529 65,866 42,357 41,861 50,955
AuvaustT - - = - - - - 38,227 29,941 48,474 46,548 50,310 51,626
SEpremMBER - - - - - - 23,920 26,184 32,181 31,762 31,118 33,846
OcroBER c - - - - - 21,766 24,799 27,653 37,072 38,582 46,635
NovemBer = - - - - - 17,009 14,129 20,872 22,953 27,092 29,506
Pee se WO eres oo PL gy 407 39,674 58,416 92,885 69,184 56,809
Total Number of Persons admitted aT Ta) 7 aaa a
to view the General Collections >| 334,089 361,714 621,034 519,565 517,895 536,989
(exclusive of Readers) - =i
Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose of 5 2 A 2
| Study ete cect + i a = 53,567 53,422 94,370 122,103 122,424 127,763
;
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the os ag) z.
ang. - -- 3,594 2,918 2,613 9,522 2,364 2,710
| Tothe PrintRoom- - - - - 2,868 3,096 3,315 3,499 3,013 3,197
To the Coin and Medal Room - - - 1,446 2,299 2,316 2,002 2,204 2,065
Me lla Al fetid Wee pee [ho cot ee:
Toran - - -| 395,564 | 428,449 | 723,648 | 649,601 | 647,900 672,674

ne

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Bririsa Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March and April; and from Ten till Six from the sth of May to the 31st
of August. The Public will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, July and August
of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six.

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the Holidays specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November,
December, January and February; from Nine till Five in the Months of September, October, March and
April; and from Nine till Six in the Months of May, June, J uly and August.

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture from Nine o’clock to the
hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of J anuary, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or
Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority.

British Museum, |

A, Panizzi,
3 May 1861. f

Principal Librarian.

220. B

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the CatTanocuinc and ARRANGEMENT, and Account of
OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1860.

DEPARTMENT OF PrinTED Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on the shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been marked on the inside, and affixed to the back of each volume; also, on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 178,989.
Obliterated press-marks have been renewed on 30,235 volumes.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue—The number of titles and cross-
references written for this Catalogue amounts to 26,315. The number of titles tran-
scribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 2,598, and of index slips 205; 21,649 title slips
and 205 index slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue.
This incorporation has rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 24,920 title slips, and
to add to each copy 1,056 new leaves.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue-—The number of titles and cross-references written for
this Catalogue is 46,108, besides 70 for the Hebrew Catalogue ; in all, 46,178. The number
of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 37,932, besides 649 index slips; 15,077
title slips, and 649 index slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this
Catalogue. In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 11,668 title slips have been
removed and re-inserted in each copy, and 376 leaves added to each copy.

The number of new entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
1s 350.

(c.) Carbonic Hand Catalogue.—30,315 title slips of the fourth transcript have been
mounted on cartridge paper for this Catalogue; 68,640 title slips, so mounted, have been
arranged, and 100,759 incorporated into the general series.

(d.) Maps.—The new titles and cross-references written for maps amount to 4,252.
The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 1,870. The number of titles
incorporated into each of two copies of this Catalogue is 6,040. This incorporation has ren-
dered it necessary to remove and re-insert in each of these two copies 1,832 title slips, and
to add to each copy 771 leaves. The relaying of the title slips in this Catalogue has been
completed during this year ; 42,646 title slips have been relaid in one copy, 15,262 in a
second copy, and 69,806 in a third copy.

(e.) Music Catalogue—The new titles and cross references written for this Catalogue
amount to 177; 13,038 titles have been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. The
crowded state of the title slips in this Catalogue has rendered it necessary to relay them ;
23,247 title slips have been so relaid in each of two copies of this Catalogue.

(f.) List of the Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—368 titles have been written
for the interleaved copy of this list, in order to record the changes made in the books of
reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions.

IlI.—The number of volumes bound is 14,338 in 11,726, including 2,203 Pamphlets.
The number of volumes repaired is 1,005. 481 Maps have been mounted, and 171 re-
paired.

IV. Reading Room Service—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room is 213,832; to those of the Royal Library,
11,608 ; to those of the Grenville Library, 904; and to the Closets in which books are kept
from day today for the use of the Readers, 166,227. Adding the number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 766,000, the whole amounts to
Laaiev or 3,967 per diem. The number for the year 1859 was 1,027,258, or 3,506 per

iem.

2. The number of Readers has been 127,763 ; on an average 437 per diem, the Reading
Room having been kept open 292 days; each Reader has consulted, on an average, nine
volumes per diem.

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 216 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Treaties) amounts to 30,949 (including Music,
Maps, and Newspapers), of which 1,403 were presented, 23,086 purchased, and 6,460
acquired by copyright.

2. The

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11

2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 50 received under the International Copy-
right Treaties) is 33,225 (including Maps and Music), of which 680 were presented, 17,125
purchased, and 15,370 acquired by copyright. ‘The total number of Newspapers acquired
is 867. Of these, 596 (viz., 187 published in London, and 409 in the country) have been
received from the Inland Revenue Office in England, 121 from the branch of that ottice
in Ireland, and 118 from the branch of the same office in Scotland. 16 have been presented,
and 16 purchased.

3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans (including 2 acquired under the International Copy-
right Treaties) amount to 690 in 2,452 sheets; the Atlases to 20 complete, and 8 parts of
Atlases in course of publication. Ofthe Maps and Charts, 36 were presented, 351 pur-
chased, and 303 (including 2 acquired under the International Copyright Treaties) acquired
by copyright. Of the Atlases 5 were purchased, and 15 complete and 8 parts of Atlases,
acquired by copyright.

4, The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including. 151
received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 3,408, of which 65 were purchased,
two presented, and 3,341 acquired by copyright. 395 parts and numbers of works in
progress have been acquired by copyright, and also 154 works, not included among the
pieces of music, of which 15 were presented, and 139 purchased.

5. The total number of articles received (including Broadsides, Ballads, and other mis-
cellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 78,071, of which 419 were received under the
International Copyright Treaties. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides, Bal-
lads, Photographs, &e., and comprising 297 received under the International Copyright
Treaties) 29,760 are complete works. Of the complete works, 19,495 were purchased,
910 presented, and 9,355 acquired by copyright.

6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps so impressed is
338,206. It having been found that several plates belonging to books placed in the Reading
Room had been torn out or mutilated, every plate in these books has been stamped.
These stamps amount to 37,455. The total number of stamps impressed is 375,661.

J. Winter Jones.

Department OF Manuscripts,

1. The Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts has been continued for the year 1855,
including descriptions of the Nos. 20,921 to 20,952, 21,030 to 21,190. Descriptions have
also been made of above 130 volumes, wanted to complete the years 1849-1854. Nine
Old Royal Manuscripts (Appendix) have likewise been catalogued.

2. The Egerton Manuscripts have been described in detail from No. 1,686 to No. 1,788 ;
and, in a briefer form, Nos. 1687-1695, for the Catalogue of Additions.

3. The Additions and Corrections to the Catalogue of Maps and Topography have been
completed and placed ia the-hands of the printer. :

4.. The Catalogue of the Sloane Manuscripts (prepared previously in copy) has been
corrected in many places, and bound up for reterence, from No. 1,100 to 4,100 inclusive.

5. The entries in the brief Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts placed in the Reading
Room, have been continued from No. 21,755 to No. 21,895 (Haldimand Papers), and from
No: 23,068 to No, 23,238, up to April 1360.

6. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No, 4,124 to No. 4,540;
and the slips revised and entered in the General Catalogue, from No. 3,764 to No. 4,340.
An Index is in progress to Vol. I. of this Catalogue,

7. The Sheets of the Supplement to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts have been
printed off, from 6 P to 6 U, completing it ; and 69 volumes have been described for the
Appendix. Indexes of Authors and Titles have also been prepared. Thirteen Persian and
two Turkish Manuscripts have been described for the Catalogues of those classes; and 84
various Oriental, more briefly, for the Catalogue of Additions.

8. The leaves of 33 Syriac Manuscripts have been arranged for the binder, and leayeS
restored to their places in 65 other volumes.

9. The General Classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the
end of the year.

10. Indexes have been made to the Additional MSS. 22,882, 23,123, 23,1387; and the
Indexes to MSS. Harl. 3,785, 4,933 to 4,936, 6,986 and 6,991, transcribed fair into the
respective volumes.

11. The Register of Donations to the Department has been kept up to the end of 1860.

i2. A Transcript of Vol. II. of the General Catalogue of Additional Charters and Rolls
(Nos. 1731-4340), has been made for the use of the Reading Room ; and a Transcript of
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the Catalogue of Harleian Rolls and Charters is in progress. A Transcript also of the List
of Greek Manuscripts in the various Collections has been placed in the Reading Room.

13. The arrangement of the Bentinck Papers has been completed, as also of the corre-
spondence of Michael Angelo, the Lauderdale Papers, the Conway Papers, and the Tyrawly
and Rainsford Papers. The leaves of the Cottonian MS. Vitellius F. IX., have been
collated and re-arranged.

14. The Additional Manuscripts have been numbered and registered from No. 23,212
to No. 24,026 (including the additions to the end of 1860); and bound, repaired, lettered
and stamped, from No. 20,426 to No. 20,508 (Gualterio Papers), No. 21,755 to No. 21,895
(Haldimand Papers), No. 23,113 to No. 23,129 (Lauderdale Papers), and from No. 23,148
to No. 23,206.

15. The Egerton. Manuscripts have been numbered and registered from No. 1,789 to
No. 1,899; and bound, repaired, lettered, and stamped, from No. 1,647 to No. 1,655,
No. 1,704 to No. 1,718 (Bentinck Papers), and No. 1,818 to No. 1,893.

16. The Additicnal Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from No. 15,203
to No. 15,297, and registered from No. 10,120 to No. 10,592, and from No. 12,923
to No. 13,028. They have also been separately marked with the date of acquisition, from
No.1 to No. 1,246, and from No, 8,330 to No. 9,462, thus completing the series up to
the end of 1859.

17. Five hundred and fifty-six of the Additional Manuscripts, 324 of the Sloane, 142
of the Lansdowne, and 20 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio’d, and 199 Sloane
collated.

18. The whole of the Hand Lists, Inventories, and Registers have been kept up. Stamps
have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document in 27 volumes of the Sloane
collection, 11 Cottonian, 8 Old Royal, 27 Harleian, 59 Egerton, and 801 Additional Manu-
scripts, with 88 Books of Reference. The Charters stamped are, 696 Additional, and
11 Harleian Rolls. The total number of stamps affixed amounts to 70,338.

19. Thirty-five Cottonian, 29 Sloane, 68 Harleian, 58 Old Royal, 15 Lansdowne, 114
Egerton, and 505 Additional Manuscripts, have been bound, repaired, or lettered; 484
volumes have also been press-marked.

20. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and marked with
numbers frow No. 2,971 to No. 7,0i1, and from No. 15,013 to Ne. 15,242 inclusive, and
boxes made for them. From No, 7,012 to No. 15,012, the boxes have been renewed or
re-lettered, where required. Eleven Harleian Rolls have been repaired.

21. The whole of the Collections (estimated at 46,590 volumes, exclusive of the Charters.
and Rolls) have been twice dusted.

22. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :—

To the General Collection—

Manuscripts - a hos - - - - - 815

Original Charters and Rolls - - - - - 90

Original Seals and Impressions- - -~ - 20 9
To the Egerton Collection—

Manuscripts - = - - = = 2 = SD

Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be specified—

The valuable Collection of Oriental Manuscripts formed by the late Colonel Taylor, when
Consul at Bagdad, consisting of 353 volumes in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Sabian, and
very important on account of the large proportion of historical works it contains.

An interesting volume containing drawn illustrations of the Book of Genesis, on vellum,
partly accompanied by an Anglo-Norman text, executed about the year 1310.

A remarkable volume of the Offices in usum Fratrum Ordinis Predicatorum, beautifully
written on veitum, in France, about a.p. 1300.

A Treatise in Latin on the forms of proceedings of the [nquisition at Toulouse, drawn up
Dye Inquisitor General, Bernard Guido, at the commencement of the 14th century; on
vellum.

Two original Cartularies of the Abbey Des Prés at Douai, on vellum, of the 13th and 14th
centuries.

The first part of the Roman de Tristan, and the Roman de Meliadus, on vellum, both of
the 14th century.

A volume intitled “Insularam Mundi Chorographia,” containing 131 coloured maps,
executed in the 15th century.

The Old Testament, in German, with miniatures, written at Ratisbon in 1465, on vellum,
in two large volumes.

Two volumes, in which are entered the Proceedings of the Parliament held at Paris in
1515, 1516; on vellum.

An original Charter of Gerard, Bishop of Cambrai, dated a,p. 1090, with a fine specimen
of his seal en placard.

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The Autograph Manuscript of Tasso’s Tragedy of Torismondo, with numerous corrections
by the author.

The Diplomatic Correspondence and Papers of Sir Thomas Robinson (afterwards created
Baron Grantham) when Ambassador at Vienna, from 1730 to 1749 ; partly originals and
partly copies ; in 95 volumes folio. Presented by the Countess Cowper.

The original Correspondence between Queen’ Elizabeth and James VI. of Scotland, in
1582-1596, including no less than 32 letters wholly in the Queen’s handwriting.

Another portion, in 10 volumes, of the Original Correspondence and Papers of John,
Duke of Lauderdale, between 1660 and 1683, relating to Scottish affairs; including a
volume of Letters from James, Duke of York, 1673-1680,

A volume of original Letters of the Medici family, from 1483 to 1791; another of Letters
of Cardinals to Pére Nattali, 1673-1713; and a third, containing the Letters of Voltaire
relating to the Calas family, 1762-1765.

A considerable number of Autograph Letiers of distinguished persons, among whom may
be named Sebastiano del Piombo, Rembrandt, Nicolas Poussin, Ludovico Caracci, Erasmus,
Grotius, Queen Elizabeth, Charles I., Philip II., William LIT., Louis [X., Francis IL,
Louis XI1II., Marie Leczinska, Mazarin, Pere Joseph de Tremblay, Pére Suffren, Pope
Pius VII., Rousseau, Madame de Genlis, and many others.

21. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Room during the
past year amounts to 25,110, and to Artists and others in the rooms of the Department to
3,898, exclusive of the volumes shown to Visitors on private days.

Frederic Madden.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES,
I.—Arrangement.

Pusiic GauuLerins.—The stone fixings and other fittings of the series of sculptures
procured by Sir H. C. Rawlinson, K.c.B., from the palaces of Sennacherib and Sar-
danapalus I1I., on the site of Nineveh, have been completed, the subjects of the Bas-reliefs
explained by descriptive titles, and the room in which they are arranged thrown open to the
public, under the name of the Assyrian Basement Reom.

In the passage adjoining that room some pavement slabs, excavated by A. H. Layard,
Esq., M.P., in the ruins of the north-west palace at Nimroud, and covered with cuneiform
inscriptions, have been mounted on slate, and arranged for exhibition.

A considerable portion of the series of slabs procured by Mr. Layard in the remains of
the palace of Sennacherib, and bearing inscriptions which commemorate the invasion of
Judza by that monarch in the time of Hezekiah, has been repaired, cleaned, and mounted
on slate.

In the small Assyrian Side Room wall cases have been fixed, for the display of a few
inscribed bricks and other small antiquities from Assyria and Babylonia.

Several of the mosaic pavements excavated by the Rev. N. Davis, on the sites of ancient
Carthage and Utica, have been repaired and mounted on slate, and their surfaces
cleaned.

Adjoining the Carthaginian Basement Room, where these mosaics are exhibited, the
interesting collection of sepulchral stele, with late Punic inscriptions, obtained by Mr. Davis
in the neighbourhood of Tunis, has been temporarily arranged in a passage, in the absence
of any more favourable space for its exhibition.

The arrangement of the Etruscan Sarcophagi, and cinerary urns on the west side of the
Sepulchral Basement Room, and the fixing of the fac-similes of the wall paintings from
the tombs in which those monuments were discovered, have been completed.

On the east side of the same room, the Collection of Roman Sarcophagi and other
sepulchral monuments have been arranged; and one recess in the room has been fitted up
as a Columbarium, in the walls of which have been placed cinerary urns, to illustrate the
ancient Roman method of sepulture.

The supplemental Collection of Antiquities recently received from the Rev. N. Davis, and
described under the head of Acquisitions, has been temporarily deposited in a room of the
Western Basement.

A portion of the Basement, under the North Library, has been appropriated as a work-
shop for the repair and mounting of mosaics and sculptures, and another portion has
been fitted up as a store room for the preservation of the type-casts, and moulds of coins
and seals, and as a workshop for the manufacture of casts from the moulds, and the
repairing and mounting of small antiquities.

The Store-casts from the Museum sculptures have been numbered and arranged, by the
Formatore in the Basement under the Greek Rooms so as to facilitate reference from the
originals.

The Lycian and Roman marbles have been cleaned under the direction of Mr.
Westmacott. ’

The British and Medieval Room has been ornamentally painted.

Eighty Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

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228 Egyptian objects have been mounted ; 53 larger Egyptian Antiquities have been
placed on stone pedestals.

Two long Egyptian Papyri have been unrolled; one Papyrus has been cleaned, and
another, being mscribed on both sides, has been placed between glass.

Two Bas-reliels from Java have been mounted on stone plinths.

Forty-one objects have been repaired.

Sixty-nine pieces of Ivory from Nineveh have been mounted.

282 Gems have been mounted.

150 Bronze matrices of Seals have been mounted with their impressions, and arranged for
exhibition,

1,639 Type-casts of ancient Seals have been mounted.

1,362 descriptive titles and numbers have been affixed to objects in the Collection.

Progress has been made in the registration of genera] Antiquities.

Seventy one new students have been admitted to draw in the Galleries.

Mepat Room.—955 Coins have been registered.

1007 slips of the Catalogue of Greek Coins have been written.

The arrangement of the Greek series has been improved, and duplicates separated, but
not removed from the cabinets.

The Roman Gold Coins have been systematically arranged, and their weights specified on
the cards beneath them, from Augustus to Aimilianus (B.c. 27—a. D. 254), in completion of
the temporary arrangement made in the year 1859.

The Catalogue of Roman Gold Coins has been continued, the whole number catalogued
being 966, from Augustus to Maximianus Hercules.

The remaining portion of Mr. Hawkins’ Medals (1,017 in number) has been registered.

The various Collections of English Medals, including that purchased from Mr.
Hawkins, have been incorporated; the duplicates removed, and all the Medals, down
to the reign of George III. inclusive, arranged in strict chronological order, forming a series
of 3,796.

2,268 Mediaeval and Modern Coins have been incorporated ; and the arrangement of this
portion of the Collection has been greatly improved.

{1.—Acquisitions.

(A.) GeneRAL AnTIQUITIES.—Two Collections of Antiquities received during the past
year deserve special notice:

1. A further Collection of Antiquities, excavated by the Rev. Nathan Davis, at the
expense of Her Majesty’s Government, on the site of Ancient Carthage. This Collection
comprises the following objects :—

Eighteen Votive Stele, of the Punic period, fifteen of which have on them Pheenician
inscriptions, similar to those previously received.

A portion of a Phcenician inscription in 11 lines, similar in import to the famous
Marseilles inscription, and containing regulations relating to offerings and payments to
priests. :

Eight Stele of Romano-Punic style, with rude figures and ornaments.

Ten Roman tablets of white marble, with inscriptions, chiefly Christian.

Portions of several mosaic pavements; among them three panels of good style and
execution, containing representations of Marine Divinities and Harpies; seven other
panels are from a quadrangular Pavement, representing Hunting Scenes, in which three
mounted Huntsmen are pursuing gazelles, boars, stags and other animals, one of which is
caught with a lasso. ‘This Mosaic is interesting from its late date, being evidently
subsequent to the time of Constantine, and probably not anterior to the fifth century.

2. A Collection of objects obtained from excavations, recently made by MM, Salzmann

and Biliotti, on the site of the cemetery of the ancient town of Camirus, in Rhodes, under .

a firman obtained by Her Majesty’s Government, which excavations have resulted in the
discovery of some remarkable remains of the Archaic Greek period. The Collection has
been selected from two consignments from this source, and contains many objects of Archzo-
logical interest. They consist chiefly of gold ornaments, painted vases, vessels of glass
and porcelain, bronzes, and terracottas, remarkable for their preservation and their
Archaic character. Among the vases may be specially noticed a pinaz, or plate, on which
is represented the combat of Hector and Menelaus over the body of Euphorbus. The names

of the combatants are inscribed over them in very ancient characters. Several of the vases _
are peculiar in style and fabric, and are, therefore, probably the produce of a local manu-_

factory in ancient times.
Among the other acquisitions of Antiquities the following are the most important :—

I. Egyptian.—A Papyrus in the Hieratic character, containing an inventory of the

furniture and dresses belonging to a temple.

Portion of a Sepulchral Tablet, with the name of a Queen Meri-sekar, hitherto unknown ;
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A Circular Ornament, in black marble, with a figure of Harpocrates in bas-relief.

II. Assyrian.

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II. Assyrian.—A small quadrangular block of black marble, at one end of which are
sculptured figures in bas-relief; the remainder of the block is covered with inscriptions in
the cuneiform character, containing a portion of the annals of Sargon, King of Assyria.
This valuable object was obtained in the East, many years ago, by Sir Henry C. Rawlinson,
K. Cc. B., and was presented to the Museum by the late Earl of Aberdeen, x. c.

Ill. Pheenician.—An Onyx Scarabeus, with an inscription in Phenician characters ;
brought from Egypt, and presented by Joseph Beldam, Esq.

1V. Greek.—A bronze Helmet of the Corinthian form, elegantly ornamented ; presented
by the Baron d’Everton, Her Majesty’s Resident at Santa Maura, through D, E, Colnaghi,
Esq., British Vice Consul at Missolonghi.

A painted Vase of the best period, in the form of an Astragalus. On it is represented a
subject possibly from the story of Pentheus and the Bacchantes. This Vase, which was
found in Aigina, is engraved in Stackelberg’s “ Die Graber der Hellenen.” Taf. xxiii.
Presented by the late Earl of Aberdeen, k. ec.

A bronze Tablet, found at Corfu, recording the conferring of the rights of proxenia on
Pausanias, the son of Attalus, of Ambracia.

An inscribed Sepulchral Tablet, of late date, found in the Savoy; probably part of the
Collection of Marbles formed by the Earl of Arundel.

V. Roman.—The front of a Sarcophagus, in white marble, on which are represented, in
bas-relief, Apollo, Minerva, and the Muses; from the Collection of the Earl of Bess-
borough.

A fine specimen of Mosaic Glass, representing a tragic mask.

Fragments of Moulds, for making the fine Roman red ware, known as Samian ; obtained
on the site of the potters kilns in Auvergne; presented by Professor Mathieu and M. Com-
pagnon, of Clermont-Ferrand.

Some silver Ornaments of the Lower Empire, obtained in various parts of Hungary.

VI. British—An ornamental bronze Celt, found at Lakenheath, in Suffolk; presented
by W. F. Newton, Esq.

A mass of molten bronze Spear heads, found in the Thames; presented by H.W. Dia-
mond, Esq., M.D.

An Irish gold Ornament (ring money), peculiarly striated.

A remarkable iron Dagger of the Romano-British period, with a handle and sheath
of bronze, found in the Thames at Cookham, Berks.

A very fine Saxon Brooch, inlaid with garnets, a Necklace composed of beads and
— al aa gold coins, and a bronze Bowl; all found ina grave at Sarre, in the Isle of

anet.

VII. Medieval.—A Quadrant, with the date a.n. 1399, and the badge of Richard II.,
King of England.

Six matrices of Seals.

A bronze Box of Oriental workmanship, inlaid with siiver.

VIII. Ethnographical_—A Bas-relief, with numerous figures, and an inscription in the
ancient Sanscrit employed by the Sah Kings of Saurashtran, and of the date about the
6th or 7th century of our era.

A Chinese Idol representing a Goddess, with eight arms of gilt wood; presented by the
Rev. H. Huleatt.

Two Axes of the Gaveoe Indians, Brazils, and a lip ornament of the Caraja Tribe;
presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham.

(B.) Coins anp Mrpats.—The following table shows the number and classification of
the acquisitions under this head :—

Gold. Silver. Copper.

Greek - = = - 57 147

Rowiatina wipe Aye yo = 38 147

Oriental - = = = 313 288

Medizval and)

Modern “4 (5 7 ae af?
ToTaL - - - 561 122

In the Greek series the most remarkable acquisitions have been, a Tetradrachm of Abdera
believed to be unique, and three rare coins of Lycia. ,

In the Roman series, a rare Aureus of Trajan, from the Northwick Collection; a
unique Medallion of Hadrian, in brass; a rare Sestertius of Antoninus Pius, and a very fine
one of Faustina the elder.

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In the Byzantine series, several copper coins of great rarity have been acquired.

In the Oriental series a valuable addition has been made to the Museum Cabinet, b
the purchase of a selection from the very large Collection of Major Hay, late H.E.1.C.S. :
among these the following specimens are deserving of especial notice :—

A fine Tetradrachm of Diodotus I., King of Bactriana, which is extremely rare; a
Tetradrachm of Euthydemus, King of Bactriana ; an almost unique copper coin of Nicias,
two copper coins of Zoilus; an almost unique copper coin of Hippostratus; two <quare
copper coins of Mauas; a long and remarkable series of the coins of Azes ; 15 gold coin
of Kanerkes; 12 gold coins cf Indo-Scythic princes; a remarkable series, about 50 in
number, of silver coins, struck in Khawarezin, by the descendants of Timiér tbe Tatar ; 20
coins of Mahmud of Ghazna and of his descendants; and some finely preserved gold and
silver coins of the Moghul rulers of Hindustan.

Samuel Birch.

Departments oF Natrurau History.

Zoo.ocy.—The proportion of the stuffed specimens of the class Mammalia, exhibited in
the glazed cases of the Southern Zoological Gallery and Mammalian Saloon, is in good con-
dition. The stuffed specimens, which from their bulk, or from want of space in the cases,
stand on the floor, have suffered in a certain degree from exposure to the corrosive smoke-
dust of the metropolis, the effects of which cannot be wholly prevented.

The proportion of the Collection of Mammalia consisting of skins preserved in boxes, the
Osteological specimens, including the horns and antlers, and the specimens kept in spirit,
are all ina good state of preservation. The unstuffed, Osteological and bottled specimens
are unexhibited and restricted in use, as at present located, to scientific investigation and
comparison ; but it is with difficulty that the special visitor for such purposes can now avail
himself of these materials, owing to their crowded accumulation in the Basement-Rooms in
which they are stored.

The exhibited Collection of Birds is in a good state of preservation, is convenientl
arranged for public inspection, and is usefully and instructively named and labelled. The
interest manifested by visitors, and the satisfaction generally expressed in regard to this
gallery, indicate the amount of public instruction and gratification which would result from
a corresponding serial arrangement and exposition of the other classes of the animal
kingdom.

The stuffed and exhibited selections from the classes of Reptilia and Fishes, are in a very
good state of preservation; they suffer less from the requisite processes of cleaning than
the clasxes covered by hair, fur, or feathers,

Of these cold-blooded Vertebrates the proportion preserved in spirits is much greater than
in Mammals and Birds, and, consequently, through the present allotment of space, the
majority of the singular specific forms of Reptiles and Fishes are excluded from public,
view. Upwards of 2,000 specimens in spirits of these classes have been added in the past
year to the previously crowded shelves of the basement store-rooms, where access to any -
individual specimen is a matter of some difficulty, if not hazard. Of the above additions,
1,456 have accrued from the donation of the Secretary of State for India in Council.
The interest and novelty of the specimens have constrained their acceptance, and the
same reason has led to the acquisition of many additions from other sources.

Amongst them deserve to be specified two specimens of that singular snake, the Herpeton
tentaculatum, known tor a century past only by a single discolouied examp/e in the Paris
Museum ; those now in the stores of the British Museum were acquired from Siam, and
have served to enrich Zoology with a complete knowledge of the species, through the descrip-
tions and figures by Dr. Gunther. ,

The followmg may be also specified, namely, the burrowing Snake from South Africa,
Uriechis microlepidotus ; anew genus of tree-snake, Herpeloreas ; a new genus, Barycephalus,
of Saurian, {rom an altitude in the Himalayas of 15,000 feet above the level of the sea ;
also two new species of freshwater Tortoise, the Eimys Livingstonii, dedicated to its dis-
coverer in Africa,and the Emys Siamensis. Among the additions to the class of Fishes has
been acquired a new genus, LHypsiptera, of the Scomberoid family ; with several new species,
including one, Centrolophus Britannicus, belonging to this country.

The specimens of the Molluscous classes showing the entire animal, preserved in spirits,
and stored in the basement room, are in good condition. The entire class of Tunicata is so
preserved ; also the families or genera devoid of, or with rudimental, shells, in the other
Molluscous classes. A small proportion of such “ naked” Mollusca, and the soft parts ofa
few of the testaceous kinds, are represented by coloured wax models in the exhibited series
of shells arranged in the Bird Gallery.

The whole of the exhibited collection is in an excellent state of preservation. The system
or scale on which the genera, species, and local varieties of shells are exhibited, with their
names and localities, gives to the ordinary visitor a power of comparing his own specimens,
and, in most instances, of determining them, without the necessity of special application to
the keeper or assistant in the department. The extent to which students and others avail
themselves of this facility of comparison, and the value attached to it, show that the above

principle and scale of exhibition of specimens are proper to be adopted in a National
Museum for public use.

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The proportion of the Crustacea, Arachnida, and Insecta, which is exhibited, and the
much larger proportion which is stored in the basement rooms, are in a good state of pre-
servation and arrangement.

The loss of colour by long exposure in the exhibited specimens, easily met in most in-
stances by periodical replacements, is a contingency greatly overbalanced in favour of the
public by the facility of comparison afforded te the diffident student, and by the pleasure
and instruction imparted by easily seen and well-arranged series to the majority of visitors.

In most classes of Animals a proportion of the species, and in a few classes the whole,
require to be preserved in spirits. Of the latter, the Annelides and Entozoa are examples ;
and these classes co sequently remain at present unexhibited. The specimens are in good
condition, aad ready for systematic display wheuever the requisite space may be acquired :
in the number and variety of the species they are now calculated to convey a satistactory
and instructive idea of their respective classes. A catalogue of the Entozoa was printed by
order of the Trustees in 1853.

Of the class Polyzou, the majority of the specimens described in the printed Catalogue
of 1852, together with the subsequent numerous additions, are preserved in spirits, and
stored ; all these are in good condition for future display and public use. The hard parts
of certain of the species of this class, resembling Corals, are exhibited. The transitional cha-
racter of the Polyzoa between Mollusca and Radiata makes the class one of peculiar interest.

Of the true radiated animals, the Shells of the Echinoderms (Urchins and Starfishes), and
the Corals, with other calcareous parts of the Zoophytes, are exhibited as far as the extent
of space for that purpose admits.

The specimens of Radiata having the soft or animal part, the order Holuthuriade, and
the class Acalepha, are preserved in spirits and stored. The enure collection of Radiata is
in a good state of preservation.

The number of additions to the Zoological Department during the past year is 25,222.

Grotocy.—The specimens of Geology and Paleontology are in a goud state of preserva-
tion. A larger proportion of this Department is exhibited than of Zoology. The exhibited
specimens are systematically arranged and labelled. With regard to certain groups of
Fossils, the same plan and scale of arrangement are adopted as in the classes of Birds and
Shells in the Zoological Department, and with the same advantage and satisfaction to the
public. But this application of the Geological Collection is at present restricted to the
Brachiopoda of the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations, to the Echinoids of the class
Echinodermata, and to the Ammonites and some cognate families of chambered Shells,
save where the specimens are too large for the cabinets. Of other groups of Invertebrate
Fossils, selections have been made according to the extent of exhibition space at command.
The specimens of Fossil Fishes, most of those of the class Reptilia, and a large proportion
of the Mammalian Fossils, are exhibited in systematic arrangement. But these classes are
but partially illustrated, in proportion to the known extinct forms, by the specimens already
acquired.

The arranged series of Crinoidea, the larger examples of the Fossil Cephalopoda, and
some other specimens, are stored in the Cabinets of the Gallery temporarily fitted up for
the offices of the Keeper of Mineralogy and the Assistants in the Department of Geology.
The Crinoids are now concealed by the Cabinets of the Allan-Greg Collection of Minerais,
for the temporary location of which no other space is available in the Department, and only
special visitors have access to the proportion of the Geological Collection available for
examination, and preserved in this gallery of temporary offices. Numerous instructive
Fossils continue to be stored, for want of exhibition space, in drawers and boxes.

The additions made to the Department of Geology during the past year, including the
“ Sowerby Collection,” of Fossil Conchology, and the selections from the “ John Brown”
Museum, amount to upwards of 10,000 specimens, and there is no prospect of a decreasing
ratio of increment in future years. The Collection, which includes the original specimens
first described and figured in James Sowerby’s “ Mineral Conchology of Great Britain,”
bears to that important branch of Paleontology the same relation which the Cuvierian
Collection of Mammalian Fossils in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, holds with reference to
that higher grade of life, and to the principles of the reconstruction of extinct species. Both
are classical series of specimens of enduring aud fundamental importance to the progress
of Gevlogical Science.

Mineratocy.—The extensive and of late rapidly augmented series of Mineral specimens
are in a good condition: a very large proportion is displayed, but extensive modifications
and improvements in their systematic arrangement are in progress. The chief aim ia a
public Museum, viz., to show the best representatives of the species and chief varieties it
may possess, has always governed the exhibition and disposition of the specimens in this
beautiful class of natura! objects.

Those which are preserved in drawers are so stored, save in the case of unequivocal and
inferior duplicates, only until the requisite exhibition space may be acquired.

The additions made to the series of Mineralogy, during the past year, are upwards of
10,000 in number, of which 9,000 were acquired by a single purchase, viz., that of the highly
reputed “ Allan-Greg ” Cullecticn. Perhaps the most interesting of the additions to the
Mineralogy, from other sources, are the Meteorites presented by Her Majesty’s Secretary of
State for India in Council. Of these, a mass weighing 25 lbs. is one of the very few
collected examples of mineral bodies from extra-tellurial space which have been seen to fall.

The occurrence took place in the year 1815, about 80 miles from Ludhiana, in the East

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Indies. With the exception of the point of the smaller end which is broken off, the whole
surface of this Meteorite is coated with crust; the effect, and indication of the nature, of the
forces to which it had been subject in its passage to the earth. Another of these valuable
donations is a portion of a Meteorite known as the “ Shalka sky-stone,” of which another
portion was sent to Vienna for analysis by the Mineralogists of that capital.

The total number of additions made to the Departments of Zoology, Geology and
Mineralogy, during the past year, is above 45,250. Some of the more remarkable among
them are specified in this Report, or in the following Reports of the Keepers of the respec-
tive Departments.

The grounds on which have been based the several recommendations of the Superin-
tendent and Keepers, to acquire these additions, either by purchase or by donation, and
which have received the sanction of the Trustees, will be, in all probability, equally urgent
and influential in regard to future opportunities of acquisition.

Present knowledge of the manifold works of nature, and present opportunities of acquiring
the rarer examples thereof, do nut support the expectation that the need of increased space
for their public exhibition will become less in a few years; the vast proportion of the
unknown to be known in nature, and the diversity and extent of the unexplored parts of the
world, rather impress the belief that future additions will accrue to the Natural History
Departments in an equal or increasing ratio for some years to come.

Richard Owen,
Superintendent of the Natural History Departments.

ZooLocicaAL DEPARTMENT.

The Collections of the preserved Skins of Vertebrated Animals, and of the hard external
Skeletons and Shells of Invertebrated Animals, exhibited in the public rooms, have been
cleaned, and many orders and families have been re-arranged, to insert the specimens recently
received, and to keep the exhibited part of the Collection on a level with the recent discoveries
in Zooloyical science.

The Collection of Skins of Mammalia, Birds, Fish, and Reptiles, which are kept un-
stuffed for study, as they are in this state more useful for scientific examination and com-
parison by the zoologist; and the very extensive Collection of Skeletons of the Vertebrated
Animals ; and the collection of Specimens of Molluscous, Annulose, and Radiated Animals,
preserved in spirits, in many thousand bottles, kept in rooms in the basement, and which
are, like the Collection of Skins, available for the use of the scientific students, have all been
cleaned, verified, and re-arranged, and have had their labels restored.

The general Collections of Annulose Animals, which are kept in cabinets in the Entomo-
logical room, under the Print room, and are accessible to the Students and more advanced
Entomologists, have had very extensive additions made to them, which have been arranged
in their proper places in the several parts of the Collection. Many portions, oa which British
and other Kuropean Entomologists have published works, have been re-arranged to make
the Collection conformable to the present state and progress of the science, while other
portions have been arranged in new cabinets, to remedy the crowded state of the drawers,
caused by the recent additions.

During the year ending 1860, 25,222 specimens of different classes of Animals have been
added to the several parts of the Zoological Collection; namely :—

Veriebrated Animals - - - - - - - 56,654
Molluscous and Radiated Animals - - = Jy GEO
Annulose Animals — - - - - - - - 15,317

TorTaL - - - = 95,999

A considerable portion of these specimens consist of the types of species described in various
scientific works and periodicals, not including the very large number ot specimens which
have been described during the year, by the officers of the establishment, in the Catalogues
published by the Trustees, and in various fransactions and Periodicals of Scientific Societies.
‘The specimens, so described, are thus rendered of typical importance.

The 25,222 specimens added to the Collection, have been each regularly marked and
described in the Manuscript Registers of Accessions, with an account of the locality from
whence they were derived, and of the manner in which they were acquired, which adds
greatly to their value, as giving the history of each. They have all been arranged in their
systematic places either in the Collections open to the public, or in those portions of the
general collection which are set apart for specific study, and all have been properly labelled
so as to give their special history.

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The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1860 :—

Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific Ocean, by
G. R. Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.8.

2. Catalogue of Acanthopterygian Fishes, Vol. 2, by Dr. Gunther.

3. Catalogue of Halticide, Part [., by the Rev. Hamlet Clark, F.1.s.

Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera ; parts 20, 21; by Francis Walker, Esq.

. List of the British Diatomacea, by Dr. W. Smith.

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The labels on the stands of the Birds and other Animals recently added to the Collections,
have been proceeded with, as fast as the painter could execute them. More than 53,000
letters have been painted during the past year.

In addition to the very numerous specimens of Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, Crus-
tacea, and other smaller animals, that are prepared in the Museum, there have been set up
or re-set by the animal preserver :—

Mammalia, stuffed - - - 64 - skeletons © - - - 34
——— - - -— - skulls - - - 15
Birds” - fs ~ - - 17 - skeletons - - - 33
Reptiles - 5 - - - 4 - 5 - - - 8
Fish eae - - - 15 ~ Be - - - 50

and 455 Animals have been mounted on stands.

Besides the Collections which have been purchased, because they were described types of
species detailed in works or papers, or because they illustrated the zoology of particular
regions, specimens have been selected from large collections offered for sale, from different
countries, as those which were most required to complete the series, and as tending to
illustrate the scientific classification, or as most useful in showing the habits and economical
uses of the animals; or, again, as being subjects most interesting to the scientific student,
from their tending to settle certain questions on the origin of species which are agitating
the scientific mind at the present time.

The following additions may be specially mentioned :—

The Skeleton of an adult female Whale and also part of the Skeleton of a young female
of the same kind (Hyperoodon rostratum) from Sandwich.

The typical specimens of Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, and Insects, from India,
and of Insects from Java, described by Raffles, Horsfield, Sykes, Macleay, MacClelland,
Cantor, and others; presented by the Secretary of State for India in Council.

Birds from Natal, Timor, and Ceram.

Birds trom Tette, collected by Dr. Livingstone.

A large Collection of Mammalia, Birds, Fish, Insects, Crustacea, and Shells, from
Vancouver’s Island and British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lord, Assistant Naturalist to
Her Majesty’s Boundary Commission on the North-west coast of America; sent by Colonel
Hawkins to the Foreign Office, and presented by the Right Honourable Lord John Russell.

Birds and Reptiles from Guatemala ; presented by O. Salvin, Esq.

A Collection of Mammalia, Birds, and Insects, from Timor, Ceram, Ternate, Celebes,
and Batchian ; collected by Mr. Wallace.

Reptiles and Insects from Cambogia ; collected by Mr. Mouhot.

Fishes and Insects from New Hebrides; collected by Mr. Macgillivray.

A Collection of Fishes from Lisbon, Madeira, and Lanzarote; presented by the
Rev. R. T. Lowe.

Fishes and Reptiles, Insects, and Echinide, from Tasmania; presented by Dr. Milligan.

A Collection of Staphylinide, from Ceylon; named by Dr. Kraatz.

Insects from North India; presented by Captain Strachey.

Insects from Angola ; presented by J. Monteiro, Esq.

Insects from Lake N‘Gami ; collected by Mr. Andersen.

Insects from New Zealand; collected by Mr. Oxley.

Insects from South Africa; collected and presented by R. Trimen, Esq.

A Nest of Myrapetra scutellaris, from South America; presented by Robert Little-

john, Esq.

A large Collection of Shells, obtained during the voyage of Her Majesty’s Steam Ships
“ Herald” and “ Rattlesnake ;” sent from the Museum of Practical Geology.
Alarge Collection of Tracts and Papers on Zoological subjects has been presented to the
departmental library by Dr. Gray, F.R.s.
John Edward Gray,

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DEPARTMENT oF GEOLOGY. ,

The additions to the Geological Department during the past year consist of two extensive
Collections, and many smaller series of Specimens, of which the principal objects are hereafter
noticed.

The most important of the acquisitions is the Sowerby Collection, which is estimated
to contain about 5,000 specimens. Its chief value arises from its comprising the greater
portion of the objects figured and described in the well-known standard work of the Messrs,
J. and J. De C. Sowerby, “ The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain,” a work, the pub-
lication of which occupied its authors upwards of thirty years, and which contains figures
and descriptions of about 1,100 species of Fossil Shells from the various British Geological
Formations. That the actual type specimens of this work may, for the future, be readily
consulted at all times, through their being deposited in the National Collection, is a fact of
the highest importance to the Palzontologist.

The second of the two great Collections above referred to, is that of the late Mr. John
Brown of Stanway. It is estimated to contain about 8,000 Specimens. This Collection
was bequeathed to Professor Owen, who immediately transferred it to the Museum, with
the view that a selection might be made of all such objects as were found to be
desiderata to the Geological Department. The selection is not yet completed, but the
National Collection has already been enriched by a large number of very interesting objects
through this valuable donation.

Next in importance among the additions made during the past year, is the extensive
series of Mammalian and Reptilian remains, from various parts of India (but chiefly from
the Sewalik Hills), presented by Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India in Council. The
Collection in the British Museum already included a large portion of the remarkable Fossil
remains figured in the beautiful work published by Dr. Falconer and Colonel] Sir Proby T.
Cautley, «.c.B. (the Fauna aniiqua Sivalensis), yet some very important and striking Speci-
mens were wanting, or represented by casts only, in the National Collection, and through
this donation the greater part of these desiderata has been supplied.

It is desirable to mention here that one of the species of Fossil Elephants (the Elephas
namadicus) discovered in the same locality, and which is represented by a Skull of ver
remarkable configuration, was still wanting to the Museum, but has been recently obtained
by purchase from the United Service Museum.

Among the remaining acquisitions, the following may be noticed :—

Upwards of 100 Specimens of Pterodactyle and other Saurian remains, chiefly from the
Stonesfield Oolite, presented by the Eari of Enniskillen. An extensive series of Reptilian
remains, including Pteredactyle bones, also from the Stonesfield Oolite, presented by Sir
Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., m.p.

By these joint donations, and through purchases of Specimens from other iocalities, and
different Geological formations, the remarkable group of Flying Reptiles, associated under
the name Pterodactylus, is now well represented for the first time in the Geological
Gallery.

A Collection of Indian Fossils, formed by Captain Vicary, presented by Sir Roderick
Impey Murchison, G.C. St. $., to whom the department is also indebted for the donation
of a series of Plants from the Permian formation of Russia, and for remains of a species
of Paleotherium from Montmartre.

Casts of three lee bones of Dinornis giganteus, var. maximus, Owen, together with a
femur and metatarsal bone, from the middle island, New Zealand, presented by the Rev.
Dr. Lillie. These remains indicate the largest sized bird hitherto discovered ; the three leg
bones, the casts of which are alluded to, measure in length (taken tegether) 5 feet 4 inches ;
and the other thigh bone and metatarsal, indicate an individual of the same species, of still
larger size ; the bones of the leg, taken together, must have measured more than six feet.

A portion of a skull of a large and very remarkable extinct carnivorous quadruped
(Thylacoleo carnifex, Owen), trom the lacustrine deposits, about 80 miles south-west of
Melbourne, Australia; presented by William Adeney, Esq. ;

A series of Hippopotamus Remains, from a bone cave in Palermo; presented by Octavian
Blewitt, Esq.

A small collection of Mammalian and Reptilian Remains, from a bone cave in the
Mauritius ; presented by Dr. Ayres.

The donations of Fossils belonging to the invertebrate classes, are very numerous. The
more inportant are :—
A collection of 54 specimens of Gault Fossils from Vancouver's Island ; presented by the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
One hundred and fourteen Shells from the Miocene formation of South America; pre-
sented by W. G. Lettsom, Esq.
4 eae of Fossil Shells from the raised beach of Teneriffe; presented by Sir Charles
yell.
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The following gentlemen have likewise been the donors of objects of considerable
interest :—R.T. Tomes, Esq.; E. Gibson, Esq.; Martin Simpson, Esq.; 8. V.Ward, Esq. ;
Dr. Geinitz; W. Carruthers, Esq.; C. B. Rose, Esq.; Dr. Hooker; J. Mushen, Esq. ; the
Bishop of Prague; M. Scheri; and Dr. Oppel.

Beyond the general collection first alluded to in this Report, the purchases during the
past year have consisted entirely of selections made from various larger and smaller collec-
tions. The following are most worthy of note :—

Fifteen specimens of Fossil Fishes from the cretaceous formation of Westphalia; a
series of Fossil Fishes from the Devonian of Tynet Burn, Orkney, Scats Craig, and Ludlow;
fifteen specimens of the same class, from the Freshwater Limestone near Ulm, Wurtem-
berg; a fine series of Ceratodus Teeth from Aust Cliff; and 21 Fossil Fishes from the
Carboniferous Limestone of Bristol.

The chief additions to the Fossils of the invertebrate classes, procured by purchase
are :—

From the Crag Formations of England - - - - 130 Specimens.
5 London Clay - - - - - - 418 2
4: Chalk - - - - - - - 59 i
i Upper Greensand - - - - - 47 >
ss Gault - - - - - - - 45 is
s Oolite - - - - - - - 180 5
” Lias = = a = = y a 15 29

Specimens illustrative of the Paleontology of all the older rocks have likewise been
procured, as well as a considerable series of Fossil Plants, especially from the coal and
Devonian formations.

Numerous Fossils from foreign countries have been added; the most important is a series
of 250 species of Shells, Corals, &c., from the Upper Chalk of Lemberg.

A large number of the specimens contained in the various collections above enumerated
have undergone examination, ‘The specimens have been accurately determined, caialogued,
and incorporated in the general coilection exhibited in the Gallery ; and a very large series
of specimens of small size and obscure species (the determination of which would require
much time and minute comparison) having come to hand, the work of the department has
been, not only to select the objects from the various collections offered, but to sort the
specimens acquired, into species, mount them on tablets, attach a number to each, and enter
them in the Catalogue under more or less special titles. The number of specimens entered
during the year is,—

Of Vertebrata - - = - = = = - 1,522 Specimens.
» Cephalopoda and Univalve and Bivalve Shells - - 918 as
», Radiata - - = - - = = - 306 is
», Annelida - - = = = = cS - 102 a
5, Crustacea - - - = = = - - 208 5
>, Insects - - - = - = = = - 106 A
» Plants - - - - - - - - - 896 2
Total - - - 4,058

The incorporation of newly-acquired Specimens into the general Collection has necessi-
tated the entire re-arrangement of certaim divisions of the Collection: thus, the two wall-
cases in Room IV. of the Gallery have been re-arranged with a large accession of
specimens not hitherto exhibited; one of these is devoted to the remains of the various
species of Stays, and the other to those of the Ox tribe.

The general Collection of Crustaceans has been under arrangement, and is in a forward
state, but as there is not space for the whole of this group inthe part of the Gallery to
which the public is admitted, a case of selected Specimens only has been exhibited. The
following objects have also been arranged, and displayed in the public room, during the
year :—

A table-case of Insect remains.

Ditto of Crocodilian remains.

Ditto containing a selected series of Reptilian remains, chiefly to show the various
modifications in the dentition of these animals.

Ditto of Rodent Quadrupeds.

Ditto of small Carnivora.

Ditto of Bird remains; chiefly from the Miocene formation of Central France.

The arrangement of the Fossil Plants has been completed.
Geo, R. Waterhouse.

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The past year has been one of considerable progress in the department of Mineralogy.

The now splendid and in some respects unrivalled Collection of Minerals has been enriched
by additions of great importance, conspicuous among which is the Collection of Mr. Greg.
The re-arrangement of the whole exhibited Collection has been actively proceeded with.
This re-arrangement, however, is a work of great magnitude, involving, in fact, a recasting
of the entire Collection, For, the important additions of the last few years, including
those of 1860, have necessitated a redistribution of the space occupied by the several
divisions of the series, and have at the same time rendered it advisable to withdraw from
the cases into reserve drawers many specimens, whose places could be filled with others of
higher interest to the mineralogist, and of greater attractiveness for the general public.

With this redistribution of the space has been associated the arrangement of the
Collection, in conformity with a classification founded on the chemical and crystallo-
graphical characteristics of Minerals, as elaborated in the work of Dr. Gustav Rose, of

Berlin.

Arrangements for a complete and conspicuous method of generic labelling throughout
the Collection are in progress, and will be introduced pari passu with the advance of the
re-arrangement in its several divisions.

The additions made to the Collection during the past year, without reference to the
purchase from Mr. Greg, amount to 988 entries in the catalogue, representing considerably
above 1,000 specimens, and among these, the following may be specified as a few of the
most important :-—

Three Meteorites, presented by the Secretary of State for India in Council; one a mass
of stone, 25 Ibs. weight, from Durala, Ludhiana, seen to fall on the 18th of February 1815.

A portion of the Shalka Meteorite.
And a mass, of which the locality of the fall is at present uncertain.

A valuable series of ‘Tuscan Minerals, presented by the Cavaliere Sloane, of Florence,
including fine masses of Copper Ore from that gentleman’s mines ; among these are some
interesting Minerals of the zeolitic class, peculiar to that district, such as Sloanite, Picra-
nalcime, and Caporcianite; also specimens of Savite and Lardarellite, &c.

A splendid series of Apophyllite, Stilbite, Heulandite, and other zeolites in crystals, and
in grouped masses of these, on a colossal scale, from the railway cuttings and tunnels in
the course of construction through the Ghauts near Bombay; collected and presented by
James Berkeley, Esq., Chief Engineer on the Great Indian Peninsular Railway.

A polished slab of finely tinted Labradorite; presented by P. Dudgeon, Esq.
Among the more valuable acquisitions by purchase, may be instanced,—

A very fine crystal of Emerald, Siberia.

A beautiful group of Rubellites from Elba.

Russian Phenakite.

aischynite, doubly terminated.

Eukolite (Brevig).

Cronstedtite Przibram.

A large specimen of Nacrite.

Specimens of Chlorastrolite.

A mass, probably unique, of fine blue Kyanite, in crystals of great perfection.
Prehnite, from Tyrol.

Very finely crystallised Chabasite, from Kilmalcolm.

Cobalt manganise spar.

Carbonate of Silver (2), (Black Forest).

Calcite, a mass of “ doubly refracting Spar,” exhibiting an internal conchoidal fracture ;
Iceland.
», Also splendidly grouped Crystals, partly in large twins, partly in slender acutely
terminated prisms; Cornwall.
», And also a Crystal of large dimensions ; Derbyshire.

Lazulites, a series of deep blue Crystals, from Saltzburg, obtained by exchange from
Mr. Mayerhotern, of that district.
re Also a very fine series of the Crystals from the Georgian locality, United
States; purchased of Professor Shepard.
Johannite, in fine little crystals.
Akanthite, from Freiburg.
Hauerite, a fine specimen with hemhiedral modifications.
Bishmuthite, Cornwall.
Stephanite, Freiburg.
Pyrrhotine, in large and resplendent. Crystals, Brazil.
Chloride of Silver, Cornwall, crystallised.
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Fluors of great beauty, Cumberland.

Ruti'es of great size and most remarkable crystalline forms, from Georgia; purchased of
Professor Shepard.

Brucite in very perfect Crystals (Lancaster Co.).

Native Silver and Copper in crystalline dendritic and other forms, Lake Superior.

Native Antimony and Arsenic from Borneo. These are associated with Antimonite and
with Pseudomorphous oxide (after the form of the latter), and also with remarkable
erystals of Valentinite (?).

Of Meteorites, one from Aussen, Haute Garonne, has been procured, new to the Collec-
tion, and seven other new falls from America have been obtained by purchase from
Professor Shepard.

But the most valuable addition which the Mineral Department has received for a very
lone time has been effected during the past year in the large Collection, to which allusion
has already been made in this Report. This well-known Collection was formerly made at
great expense by Mr. Allan, of Edinburgh. It was subsequently purchased by
R. T. Greg, Esq., of Norclifie Hall, near Manchester, and has since been added to largely,
and with great discrimination, by his son, R. P. Greg, Esq.

The Collection numbers above 9,000 specimens. It is very rich in British minerals, and
in this respect alone forms an important acquisition to the National Collection. But it has
also more than justified the grounds on which it was purchased, by the many specimens
which its drawers have contributed to fill up deficiencies that previously existed in the
Museum. Thus, while several mineral species were represented in the Allan-Greg Collec-
tion by series of specimens that might vie for perfection with those in any Collection in
the world, it was especially rich in the variety of the localities which it represented, as
well as in the still more important point of diversity of species. Already, into only 18 table
cases, which have been under arrangement since the incorporation of this Collection with
that of the Museum, has been commenced, and into five others in which the arrangement
is still incomplete, no less than 1,130 specimens have been introduced from the drawers of
Mr. Greg’s Collection, among which 31 new species, represented by 55 specimens, are
found that were previously unrepresented in the Museum. Moreover, many old and fine
specimens, the localities of which have not been placed on record in the Catalogues of the
Museum, are matched by small specimens in the Allan-Greg Collection, from which they
are enabled to borrow, in some cases with certainty, and in others with great probability,
the requisite evidence of the country, and often of the precise locality of their origin. In
the very interesting appanage to the Mineral Collection formed by the group of Meteorites,
the Museum is largely indebted to this new acquisition. The several falls of Meteorites of
which specimens existed in the Museum in January 1860, numbered 78, namely, 36
Meteorites possessing the character of stones, and 42, consisting of (Nickeliferous) iron,
more or less free from stony admixture. The Meteorites, new to the Museum, of which
specimens exist in the Ailan-Greg Collection, amount to no less than 31 in number. It
may be further remarked on this subject, that the acquisitions of the past year, including
these 3] new Meteorites, together with the valuable donation from Her Majesty’s Secretary
of State for India m Council, and the other eight Meteorites, to which allusion has been
made, raise the total number of distinct Meteoric falls from space, represented by specimens
in the National Collection, from the 78 in January 1860 to 122 in January 1861. The
finest Meteoric Collection in the world, that of Vienna, consisted in 1859 of 139 different
Meteorites.

As regards the general state of the Collection, its condition is thoroughly good.

Nevil Story Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT or Borany.

The various collections and specimens received during the past year have been examined
and partially arranged. A large portion of Dr. Horsfield’s great Javanese Herbarium, a
considerable part of the Herbarium of the late Professor Nuttall, a collection of plants made
in Mogador by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, a continuation of Mr. Thwaites’s Ceylon Collection,
and also of Mr. Spruce’s Brazilian Plants, together with several minor Collections, have been
named, arranged, and laid into the General Herbarium; and the whole of the Herbarium
and Exhibition cases have been examined and re-camphored.

The original drawings made by Mr. James Sowerby for “English Botany,” have also
been carefully compared with the published work, and put into complete order, and many of
the volumes of the Sloanean Herbarium, which have special reference to British Plants,
have been thoroughly examined and rendered more easy of consultation; in the per-
formance of which operations much valuable assistance has been afforded by the
Rev. W. W. Newbold.

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The following are the principal additions made to the Department, by purchase or
donation :~-

100 Species of British Lichens, formmg the first century of Mr. Salway’s “ Lichenes
Exsiccati.”
50 species of European Rubi, forming the first fasciculus of Wirten’s “ Rubi Rhenani.”
166 species of Plants of Ceylon, in continuation, collected by Mr. Thwaites.
40 species of Fungi, &c., collected in Siam, by M. Mouhot.
365 species of Plants of King George’s Sound, collected by Mr. Mossman.
129 species of Cryptogamous Plants, collected in the New Hebrides, by Mr. McGillivray.
182 species of Plants of New Zealand.
300 species of Northern Brazil, &c., collected by Mr. Spruce.
93 specimens of Plants collected by Mr. Fraser at Guayaquil.
796 specimens of Plants collected by Mr. Fraser in the Republic of Ecuador.
About 5,750 species of Plants, chiefly of North America, forming the Herbarium of the
late Professor Nuttall.
406 species of Plants, gathered in the State of Kentucky by Dr. Short, and presented by
Sir John Richardson, M.D., c.B.
A series of Woods from China, collected by Mr. Fortune.
14 species of Fruits, collected in Northern Brazil, and presented by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith.
Numerous seed-vessels from Madagascar and the New Hebrides.
A collection of Models of 64 species of edible and poisonous Fungi, made by Dr. Biichner,
of Hildburghausen.
John J. Bennett.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

THE arrangement of the Illustrations to Books, and the Miscellaneous Engravings by
Faithorne has been completed, and they have been inserted in a volume which forms the
sixth and last of that Artist’s works.

The Etchings of Parmigianino, F. P. and Andrea Meldolla have been arranged in two
volumes.

The series of Woodcuts from the designs of Albert Durer, representing incidents in the
life of the Emperor Maximilian, having the Latin inscriptions of Benedict Chelidonius, have
been arranged and mounted in a volume.

The whole of the Collection of fine modern Italian, French, and German Engravings,
executed in the course of the present century, have been arranged in eight large folio
volumes, in each of which is placed a manuscript catalogue of the contents.

Eleven hundred Engravings from the masters of the Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch,
and French schools have been arranged under their several schools prior to being mounted
and bound in volumes.

All the Engravings from designs by English artists from A. (Absalom) to P. (Powell)
have been brought together for the purpose of being arranged in volumes.

Three thousand five hundred and ninety-one articles have been entered in the Register of
purchases and presentations; each of them has been stamped with the register mark, which
has also been affixed to 2,877 various prints and newspaper cuttings, which form illustra~
tions to the volumes in which they are inserted.

The following are some of the more important acquisitions made in the course of the year :—

Italian School:

Drawings.—The Collection of Italian Drawings has been greatly enriched by the purchase
at the Woodburn Sale of many fine specimens formerly in the Lawrence Collection, by
Simone Memmi, Giotto, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Silvestro degli Angeli, Masaccio, Mina da
Fiesole, Squarcione, Mantegna, Donatello, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Luca Signorelli, Pin-
turicchio, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sebastiano del Piombo, Raphael Sanzio, Fra Bar-
tolommeo, Andrea del Sarto, Giulio Clovio, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo da Credi, Correggio,
Giorgione, Benvenuto Cellini, &c. &c.

Engravings by Baldini, Mocetto, Robetta, Benedetto Montagna, Giovanni Antonio da
Brescia, Giovanni Battista del Porto, Bramante, Giulio Campagnola, Marcantonio, Marco
da Ravenna, Aineas Vico, &e. &e.

An extensive and fine Collection of Chiaroscuri and early woodcuts by Ugo da Carpi,
Andreani, Antonio da Trento, Vicentino, D. Campagnola, &c.

Photographs from Drawings in the Florentine Museum, and from the pictures of Pietro
Perugino.

German School :—
Drawings by Israel von Meckenen, Hans Baldung Grun, Holbein, and Kneller.

| Engravings and Etchings by Urse Graf, Hans Baldung Grun, Burgmair, Hollar, Aubrey,

Wille, Mignon, Mengs. A very large and rare woodcut by Jacob Walch, known as the

master of the Caduceus, a contemporary of Albert Durer, being a bird’s-eye view of Venice

and its canals, executed in 1500. : ee
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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 25

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—

Drawings by Lucas van Leyden, Rembrandt, Livens, Zeeman, Swanevelt, De Grave,
Van Stry, Schotel, Memling, Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Honthorst, Peter de Vos, and
Schellinks.

Etchings and Engravings by Wierx, Saenredam, Bolswert, Rembrandt, P. Nolpe, and
P. de Frey.

French School :-—

Drawings by Granthomme, Courtois, Flamen, Blanchard, Rigaud, Watteau, Greuze, and
H. Robert.

Etchings and Engravings by Callot, C. Mellan, Stella, Rousseau, Massé, Pesne,
M. A. Corneille, J. B. Corneille, Le Prince, Denon, and Lefevre.

Spanish School :—
Etchings and Engravings by Coello, Goya (Las Meninos), &e.

English School :—

Drawings by Hogarth, W. Hoare, West (Sketch for the Battle of La Hogue), Rigaud,
J. Jackson, Flaxman, Wilkie, Leslie, and Buckler.

Engravings by Hogarth (proof of his own Portrait with the Dog; Evening from the
four times of the day before the introduction of the girl; Ticket for Spiller’s benefit, proof
and print), Strange, Woollett, &c.; also an extensive collection from the paintings of the
masters of the last and present centuries.

Etchings by George and Jobn Smith, Paul Sandby, Wheatly, Rowlandson, Howitt,
W. H. Pyne, Hakewill, Cruikshank, Herbert, Creswick, Horsley, Redgrave, Townsend,
J. Bell, and T. Landseer.

Many portraits have been added to the English series, several of them being private
plates. ,

W. H, Carpenter.

Note.—The first volume of the “Selection from the Historical Inscriptions of Chaldza,
Assyria, and Babylonia,” is ready for publication.

The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Insctiptions has been continued
during the past year. The result, up to the 18th March 1861, is reported to be-as
follows :—

Four sheets of Syllabaries have been printed.

Two sheets of the Cyprus Stone, two double sheets of the Behistun Inscription, two
sheets of the Annals of Sennacherib, from the Koyunjik Bulls, one sheet of the Bavian
Inscription, and twenty-six sheets of miscellaneous tablets, have been copied on stone,
and are ready for final revisicn, previous to their being printed.

Thirty sheets of miscellaneous tablets have been copied and traced.

British yee A. Panizzi,
3 May 1861. Principal Librarian.

220.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incous and ExpenpitvrE
of the Britis Museum, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1861; of the Estimarep
Cuarcrs and Expensss for the Year ending
31st March 1862, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
6 May 1861.

220.
Under 4 02.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 29 April 1862 ;—/for,

AN ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Exrernpitvure of the Britis Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March 1862; of the EstimaTED
Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1863;
of the Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the Number of
Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1856 to 1861,
both Years inclusive ; together with a StatEmENT of the Progress made in
the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLectTions, and an Account of OpseEcts added
to them, in the Year 1861.”

I.—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Income and Exrennirure for the Financial Year ended
3i March 1862. :

Il.—ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
IfL—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1863, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1862.
VII—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisn Musrum in

each Year from 1856 to 1861, both Years inclusive. ~

VIIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CotLEcTIoNs, and an
Account of Oxssects added to them, in the Year 1861.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
1 May 1862.

200.

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISIL MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expenpirure of the

To BaLanceE ON THE lst APRIL 1861, viz.:

£. Soi
On Account ofthe Votes for the Establishment - 28,126 12 7

Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - - 4,402 16 4

eS

32,529 8 11

On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions - = = 740 6 8
— Amount GRANTED FOR THE YEAR 1861/2, per Appropriation Act, 24 & 25
Vict. c. 103 - - - - - - - - - -| - 2 5
- Sums Recetvep under the following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary
Grant for the Establishment, viz.:
Dividends on Stock, 30,000/., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - O00 a
Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - - - - = - rer ‘1a 2s
Ditto other Museum Publications *- - - - - - 257 Sho
£.

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenpiturxe in the above Account.

Saou sacs

Officers of the Ordinary Establishment - - - - - - 8,940 — —

Assistants - - - - - - - ~ - - 12,246 313 -

Transcribers - - - - - - - - - - 2472 18 8

Attendants and Servants - - - - - - - - 11,898 18 2

Te SALARTES ) 0-0 77-99 527 "ih bic eee nS eet em - 693 6 6
Persons paid daily or weekly . - ~ - - - - - 2,231 1°12

Attendance on Stoves - - - - - - 713i) Was

Retired Allowances = = - - - - - 2,248 6 2

Rates and Taxes - - - - - - - - - - 443 9 8

Household Implements - - - - - - - - 141 1 8

Coals, Coke, Fagots, and Patent Fuel - - - - - - OG) ot. =

2. House ExPenses : ~\ Candles, Oil, ane Gas - - - - - - - - 394 2 3
Stationery - = - - = = a = 2 = = 660) sev

Incidents - - = - = = - - = = 57415 8

Printed Books - - - - - - - - = 10,007 9 5

Manuscripts - - - - - = 2,791 15 7

Books for Depavcniere ae MSS. - - - 2 = : : 50 - 6

Minerals - - - - = = 799 11 —

Books and Binding for Department of Wiinerala - - - - 30 18 3

Fossils - - - - - = 799 10 4

Books and eatige for the Department of Geology - = - - 29 19 10

Zoological Specimens - - = = = > 1,502 16 4

Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology - - - - 29 16 6

N Botanical Specimens - - - = 125 - 4

So EUR Cae NDC atrernon Books and Binding for the Depar tnient of” Botany - - - = 29 18 6

Coins and Medals - - £.1,641 2 4
i Oriental, British, and |
Coins and Antiquities, viz., Medieval Antiquities 441 13 6 2,868 9 4
Greek and Roman Anti- {
quities - - - 785 13 6

Books and Binding for the Departments of no = - - 58 1 6

Prints and Drawings - - = - - - - 1,999 5 8

Books for the Department of Prints and Drowee - - - - 122 - -

Freight and Carriage - - - - - - - > = 360 1 —

SrrciaL PurcHase - - - Taylor Collection of Oriental Manuscripts’ (balance of purchase-money)- | - . =
Carried forward - - - £,

ae ods

33,269 15 7

100,414 - —

1,308 17 7

134,992 138 2

41,818 17 7

3,174 16 11

21,494 9 ]
1,000 - —-

67,488 3 7

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &¢C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

BRITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1862.

EXPENDITURE. GRANTS.
By ee under the following Heads, viz. : Ebiny AS-tu {er £. iS. as
. SALARIES - - - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 41,818 17 7 42,278 -— —
a Hous Expenses - - - - - ditto - ~ = F 3,174 16 11 3,260 -— -
3. Purcnases and Acquisitions - - ditto - - = = | 21,494 oi] 21,3892 - —
Special Purcuase - - - - ditto - - - : 1,000 — - 1,000 - -
4, BooxsinpinG, Casinets, &c. - - ditto = = = = | LOL986) 1272 11,890 -— —
5. Printing Cararocues, kc. - - BeCmON i) © - : 2,486 5 3 2,560 — —
6. Buitpines, Furniture, Firtines, &e., including Architect’s
Commission - - - - - - = - = - 13,583 6 4 19,684 = no
7. MiscELLaNEOUS - - - - - ditto - - - - One US OT
94586 12 18) | on714e 9 —
— Expenpitvre for publishing Cunrirorm Inscriptions = - - Reereneet 400--10.--—
£.| 94,986 2 8
— Ditto, for Works executed prior to 31 March 1860, including the Architect’s
Commission thereon’ - - - - - - - - - Pe) 8
— Ditto, to make good certain claims wilt were outstanding in connexion
with the Excavations at Budrum, Cnidus, &e. - - Suge -| + 30916 1
— Ditto, on the Excavations in the Cyrenaica under Lieutenants Smith, r.£.,
and Porcher, r.N., and removal of the Antiquities to the Museum - - | + 1,823 14 8
By Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1862, carried to Account for 1862/3, viz. :
Specially applicable to Establishment - £. 27,579 13 1
Ditto - ditto - to Buildings, &c. - LOS5 01) oro)
= 88,080 15 10
Ditto - ditto - for Publication of the Cunzirorm In-
SCRIPTIONS - - - - - = - : 839 16 8
— 38,420 12 6
£. | 134,992 18 2
Explanatory STATEMENT of the ExrenpiTuRE in the above Account—continued. £ aa
Brought forward - - - 67,488 3 7
B55 | Gach
Bookbinding: Printed Books - - - - - - = 7,479 18 1
on . Manuscripts - - - - - = = 3 999 19 7
Prints and Drawings - - - = ci = 241 3 6
Prepariig, &c.: Zoology = = - - - - - - x 690 7 7
4, Booxsinpine, Casinets, &c. - cr, Geology - - - - - > = Weve ye
a Mineralogy - - - - - - - - 150) 72 =
ee aT ee Cee Behe 18 10 11
Cabi nets, &e., for Coins - - - - > o rm : 100 16 10
Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - - 1,067 13 8
— 10,936 12 2
Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - - S ed re 152 710
Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - - 77 14 8
5. Printine Cararocvues, &e. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zalory - - = = 996.57. —
Catalogues of, and Drawings from, eeprom - - - - 809 16 4
Tickets, Regulations, &e. - - - - - - = (es eee
Moulds and Casts from Marbles, Be. - - - - - - | 23416 5
a3 2,486 5 3
General Repairs, and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &c. - -, 7,718 4 7
Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - - - | 2,774 13 4
Ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts - - | 180 16 5
6. Bortpines, Fuaniture, Frr- Ditto - - ditto - - Mineralogy and Gecligy - | 384 310
TINGS, &e., including rele Ditto - - ditto - = Zoology - - - - | 431 —- 3
tect’s Commission Ditto - - ditto - - Botany - - - - | 89 8 11
Ditto - - ditto - - Antiquities - - - | 1,160 6 9
Ditto - - ditto - - Prints and Drawings - - | 187 5 10
Architect’s Commission - - ai at ne - - - - | 657 6 5
Si Hehe 6" 4
7. MisckLtanzrous - - - Law Expenses, &e = a - = = a = a - E bs x 3 Sf Siva
94,535 12 8
Priytine, &c. the Cunzrrorm Inscriptions - - - - S - « - - - - - - - 400 10 —-
£.| 94,936 2 8

I
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t Provision has been made for this expenditure in the Museum Estimates for 1862/3. (See page 8 of this Paper.)
} The Building Accounts for Christmas quarter, 1861, and Lady-day quarter, 1862, have to be paid from this balance. ”

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4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Expennpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

STOCK
CASH. y '
3 p’Cent. Consols.|
BSW ygiltle £. s d.@
To Batance on the Ist April 1861 - — - | Ae hae ee - = - 64 8 2 12,992 15 7 i
— Divivenps received on 19,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
On the 9th July 1861 - £.194 17 10
8th January 1862 - 194 17 10
: 389 15 8 |
- One Yzar’s Rent or a Reat Esrare, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, |
received 4th May 1861 -~ - - - =! bagi Wis 39 - 11 ;
£./ 493 4 9 12,992 15 7
III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recriert ann Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH
STOCK,
ena 3 p’Cent. Consols.
; Bia So 4 as Cakes. ae
To Batayce cn the Ist aspen 1861 - - - - - - - - - 2 311 2,872 6 10
- Divipenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz.,
On the 9th July 1861 - £.43 1 9
8th January 1862 - 43 1 8
——_ —— 86 3 5
ee 108 7 4 2,872 6 10

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Exprnpiture of the SWINEY

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
LE cee
To BALAnceion the 1s? April 1861 - === | -_ 5,119 2 9
- Divipenps received on 5,119/7. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.,
On the 9th July 1861 - £.76 15 8
8th January 1862 - 7615 9
——_—— 153 11 5
£.) 250 7 11 BLL. 2. 9

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrpr and Exrrenpitvure of the BIRCH

ie STOCK,
arn 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£.. sed, £.) yee
To Batance on the Ist April 1861 - - - - = - - = 563 15 7
— Diviprwps received on 5631. 15s, 7d. Sank © in 3 per cent. Cancel, pee
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museun, viz.,
On the 9th July 1861 - £.8 9
8th January 1862 - S09
a 1618 2
5 1618 2 563 15 7

British Museum, 4
30 April 1862.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, between the Ist April 1861 and the 31st March 1862. .

ra STOCK,
ao 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents, and for other expenses connected £. 8 d Le; tengo as
with the Reat Estate, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1862 - - - - = 714 2
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1862 - - - = Sill 21 OO c= tem
— Payments for Binpinc MANUSCRIPTS, V1Z-:
In the financial year ended 31st March 1862 - - - - - 30 19 11
— Payment of One YeEanr’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - ie Oe ae
iat 307 14 Y
— BALANCE ON THE 3IsT Marcu 1862, carried to Account for 1862/8 -| 185 10 8 | 12,992 15 7
eq | wee) 2h 12,992 15 7
a
FUND, between the 1st April 1861 and the 31st March 1862.
eee STOCK,
ie 3 p’Cent. Consols.
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz.: £. sd £ os d
In the financial year ended 31st March 1862 - - - - - - Gey 1 =
— BaLanvz on THE 31st Marcu 1862, carried to Account for 1862/3 - - 4412 4 25872 6 10
£.| 108 7 4 2,872 6 10
FUND, between the Ist April 1861 and the 31st March 1862.
STOCK
CASH. y
3 p’Cent. Consols.
By Satary paid to Dr. Melville for Lectures on Geology, in the financial £. 8. d £. s d.
year ended 31st March 1862 - - - - - - = -| 144 -— -
— Amount expended in advertising the election, in May next, of a Swiney
Lecturer - - - - - - - - = Se js los. =
— BAtance on THE 31st Marcu 1862, carried to Account for 1862/3 - - 95 19 11 5,119 2 9
£.} 250 7 11 5,119 2 9
LT.
FUND, between the 1st April 1861 and the 31st March 1862.
i
ie STOCK,
: 3 p'Cent. Consols.
: dm as Log eset 'd. Batty es ds
By Lezeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - 1618 2
By Barance on THE 31st Marcu 1862, carried to Account for 1862/3 - a Fs j 563 15 7
£ UGS RS 563 15 7
A, Panizzi,

200, A3

Principal Librarian.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

ESTIMATE, 1862-63.

VL—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Sauarres and Expenses of the Britisn Muszum,
including also the Amount required for Burnpines, Furnirure, Firtines, &c., for the Year ending on

the 31st day of March 1863.

£.99,012.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Saranres and Expenses of the Bririse Museum, including
also the Amount required for Burtpines, Furniture, Firtines, &c., for the Year ending on the 31st day of

March 1863, under the following Heads:

I. Sauariges:

1. Officers :
Number | Required
Voted for —_——
1861-2. | 1862-3.
aii £.
1 1 | Principal Librarian- - - — - 800
Ditto - - as Secretary - : 400
1 1 | Superintendent of Natural History - 800
5 5 | Keepers of Departments, at 6001, - | 8,000
4 4 a +: at 5001. - | 2,000
1 1 i * at 3501. - 350
3 3 | Assistant Keepers of Departments, ;
at 4501. - s. 8 set pe mal aa o0
1 1 | Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant
Searetary (s,m = = = 450
16 Ver ie LOTALs 9,150
Cr.
By amount contributed from Bridge-
| water Fund towards the Salary of
| |. the Assistant Keeper of the Manu-
| scripts, he acting as Egerton Libra-
|; Yian - = - z a 2 210
2. Assistants:
Number | Required
Voted for [eee
1861-2 |1862-3.
15 15 | First-class Assistants, Upper Section, £.
at 3201., rising 207. annually to 4001. | 5,079
20 20 | Ditto, Lower Section, at 2101. rising
15/, annually to 3102, - - El 62
7 19 | Second-class Assistants, at 1501,
rising 102. annually to 2002. - | 3,376
1 1 | Revising Accountant - - = 100
1 1 Clerk at Stationers’ Hall (gratuity) - 21
1 1 | Superintendent of Fire Engines - 50
soe! -
55 57 | - - Toran.

3. Transcribers:

oe

Number
Voted

Required

for

1861-2.)1862-3.

24

24

_

Transcribers, at 90 1., rising 10J. an-
nually to 1507, - : : s

Carried forward - - -

a i

ae

Required for the Year

Granted for the Year

1861-62.

1862-63.
ass cea 3 £
8,940 — 8,940
13,788 — 12,580
3,025 — 2,817
25,753 -|- - - |24,837

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

s
Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.
Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1862-63. 1861-62.
See) Se Gens £. 5S comme Ss
Brought forward - - -| 25,753 - | - - - 124,337 - —
J. Sararres—continued.
. Attendants and Servants:
Number | Required
Voted for
1861-2. | 1862-3.
42 44 | First Class Attendants, 100/., ee £.
5l, annually to 1202 - - 5,136
40 44 | Second Class Attendants, 80 /., mele
41, annually to 1007, - - 4,039
42 45 | Third Class Attendants, 60/., rising
3/. annually to 801. - ~ - | 3,093
a 1 | Clerk of the Works - - - - 120
1 1 | Messenger - - - - - 120
1 1 | Assistant Messenger - - - 100
1 1 | Fireman - - - - 100
| Saturday Evening Ghendance and
other contingent expenses - = 75
= ‘s eet ears 11,931... -
128 137. - - - Torat.
- Police - AO SB See ete. ae tied é : 700 - a6 2
5. Persons paid daily or weekly - - - - - - = =| 2,260 - 2,300 —-
. Attendance on Stoves - - - = = = Wee | Be 800 — 725 =
3. Retired Allowances - - = ~ = = & E s 2,125 — 2 0]
44,421 - ——| 42,278 —
II. House Expenses:
. Rates and Taxes - - = < 3 Z a 2 S = A4LOY = ee
. Household Implements - - - - - - - - - 100 - 100
B. Coals, Coke, and Fagots Sere “ee ake! Wiss, hae ayo ee 950 — asom|
ft. Candles, Oiland Gas - - - - - - = - = 370 - 370 -
5. Stationery - - = = = é ye Oi = i x 650.5 700 =
. Incidents - - = = : = = a “ 2 E 650 = 700 —
3,160 — — 3,260 —
III. Purcuases anv Acquisitions :
. Printed Books’ - = = 2 = = = S 2 - | 10,000 - 10,000 -
2. Manuscripts - - = = & ~ = - 3,000 — 2,600 —
3. Books for the Department of Manuscript aad Se rey lode 50 = 50 =
|. Minerals” - - - - 1,000 - 800 -
Books and Binding for the Department of Minerals, ane 30 - 30 -
be Fossils - - - 800 - 800 -
- Books and adios for the Department a Geology - - - 30 - 30 -
. Zoological Specimens - a) Se, = | 1 6000— 1,500 —
. Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology - - 30 - 30 -
’. Botanical Specimens - ta aes os 100 - 150 -
L Books and Binding for the Mepanaiend aa Beiany - - - - 30 - 30 -
. Oriental, British, and Medieval Antiquities - - - - - 1,000 — }}
i Greek and Roman oo ~ el 000 = 1S 3,000 —
4, Coins and Medals - - - - 1,500 — i
5. Books and Binding for the Departments = Antiquities - EU. 60 - 60 -
§. Prints and Drawings - - - - - 2,000 — 2,000 —
7. Books for the Department of Prints and Sayan - - - 15 - 12 -
8. Freightand Carriage - - = = - = - - 300 - 300 -
99,445.—- |-—__——~| 21,392 .-
Carried forward - - - £,| = - 70,026 -]| - - 66,930 —

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Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum—continued.
Required for the Year Granted for the Year
186 2-6 3. 1861-62.
oem iSs ess fe Ss ie
Brought forward - - -| - - 70,026 =}. = - 66,930
SrecraL PurcHasEs AND ACQUISITIONS :—
19. Meteorites - - - - = = 2 £ S = = LOO
20. Excavations at Budrum, Cnidus, &c. - - - - - - 3ll -
21. Ditto in the Cyrenaica, under Lieutenants Smith, r.z., and Porcher, R.N.,
and removal of the Antiquities to the Museum - - - - | 1,500 —-
Taylor Collection of Oriental MSS. - - ~ - -| - - k - 1,000
[V. Booxsinpine, Preparine, Ke.: ae aaa a
1. Bookbinding: Printed Books - - - - - - - | 7,000 —- 7,500 =
2, x Manuscripts - - - - - - - - | 1,100 —- 1,000 -
3. + Prints and Drawings - -— = . ae he 200 - 250 ~
4. Preparing, &c. Zoology Set erg er 3 ca! Be - - 700 = 700 —
Be + Geology - - - - - - - - 200 = 290 -
6. Mineralogy - - - - - - - - 150 — 120 —
His - Botany - - - - - - - - - “ple i 50° 2
Cabinets, &c. for Coins - - - - - - - - | ies = 106 =
8. Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - “|, 1,000. = 1,500 -
V. Printine Catatocues, Ke. : 105390 ——| 11,390
1. Guide-books and Synopsis - - - a - 350 - 400 —-
2. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 100 - 100 —
3. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology re = .- | L006) = 1,000 —
4, Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities - - - - 200 — 700 —
5. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - - - - - 150 - 150 -
6. Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - - - - ie =
7. Ditto from Coins - - - - - - = eS u 2 ae \ 210 -
VI. Buitpines, Furniture, Fittines, &c., ‘acu id - oF; pie
Including Architects’ Commission.
1, General Repairs and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &c.* - =" 8.170 1 10,025 -
2. Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - -| 4,376 - ye ee
3. a 5 55 Manuscripts - - - 203 — O71 -
4. as ® AA Mineralogy and Geology - 310 — 2,957 —
Dip ge ”» » Zoclogy =" 2, eet” G6 r= 74
6. ” ” ” Botany - - - - 165. = 042 —
Ts * oH a Antiquities - - =| pore wes
8. ” ” - Coins and Medals_ - - 670 — \ 1,03 ae
9. » ” = Prints and Drawings “ ao) 5
VII. Miscetraneous : si er eae an ME Tl):
1, Law Expenses, &c. - - - = = = = a a FQ) ce - = 150
2. Expenses for extra Facilities to the Public to see the Reading Room
and Library in the Summer of 1862 - - - - = - | 1,200 -
— 1,250 —-
Deduct,—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz. :
Dividends on £.30,000 Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities - - 900 ge eT 900 —| 191,714
Museum Publications - ss Z Re a é: a
Appropriation from Funds in the hands of the Trustees BY Mie ee) 0 te
1,300
Ner Amount of Estimate - 100,414

* This item includes 2,184 J. fur completing the i ; 7 : : F
and maintenance. 4 pieling the improved system of warming the Museum, and 1,500 J. for ordinary repairs

\

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

VIL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons ApmitTep to Visit the Britisp Museum.

Persons admitted to view the Genzrat Coxrecrions in each Year, from 1856 to 1861, both Years inclusive.

———$—$————— ees

1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861.
N? N° WN? N° N° N°

JANUARY = - - - - - | » 19,980 17,632 24,246 35,638 30,018 28,667
FEesruary - - - - - - 23,567 16,368 28,470 28,261 29,995 32,183
Marcu - < 5 ean - - 41,460 18,009 33,312 32,881 33,995 33,378
Arrm - s 5 = = = = 23,998 45,060 64,363 70,462 65,982 83,436
May ls = E S - - - 47,446 177,355 58,043 29,071 57,354 69,993
June - 3 = = = = - 84,007 |, 98,148 87,554 63,435 50,218 46,068
i rh omy Fenn aiuih day; 802929 65,866 42,357 41,861 50,955 69,361
AveusT - - - - - - - 29,941 48,474 46,548 50,310 51,626 68,205
SEPTEMBER - - - - - - 26,184 32,181 31,762 31,118 33,846 41,671
OcrosER Set Se ee mee ag dO 27,653 37,072 38,582 46,635 49,578
Novemser- - - - - - - 14,129 20,872 22,953 27,092 29,596 39,351
DsceEMBER. - - - =. = 1) = [pp 89,674 58,416 92,885 69,184 56,809 79,995

to view the General Collections

Total Number of Persons admitted
861,714 621,034 519,565 517,895 536,939 641,886
(exclusive of Readers) 2 solace
Number of Visits—

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of

Study er Research - - - 63,422 94,370 | 122,108 | 122,424 | 127,763 | 130,410
ten eae of Si ae — te ae 2,918 2,613 2,522 2,364 2,710 2,030
Tothe Print Room - - - - - 3,096 3,315 3,499 3,013 3,197 3,109

o the Coin and Medal Room - -~— - 2,299 2,316 2,002 2,204 2,065 1,817

?
Toran - - -| 423,449 | 723,648 | 649,691 | 647,900 | 672,674 | 779,252

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of March, April, September, and October.

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the Holidays specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November,
December, January and February ; from Nine till Five during the remaining months of the present year.

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture.

The Museum closes from the Ist to the 7th of January, the 28th April to 3d May of this year, and the Ist to
the 7th of September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any Special
Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority.

Special Regulations for the Months of May, June, July, and August of the present Year.

1. The Museum will be closed on Monday, the 28th of April, and re-opened on the following Monday, the 5th of May.

2. From the 5th of May to the 30th of August inclusive, the Reading Room will be kept open for readers, as usual,
daily, Sundays only excepted, but not later than five o’clock.

3. The Museum Collections, including those parts of the Library of Printed Books and Manuscripts, to which visitors
are now admitted on public days, will be kept qpen daily, Thursdays and Sundays excepted, from ten o’clock in the

‘morning till eight in the evening, during the months of May, June, July, and to the 16th of August, inclusive, but till

half-past seven only for the remainder of that month.

4. During the same months and days the Reading Room and a small portion of the Libraries annexed to it, as well
as the whole of the North Library, with the exception of its western extremity, will be open for the admission of the
public generally, only from five o’clock to eight, or half-past seven, as before mentioned ; and from nine to five o’clock
none but readers, for the purpose of study, will be admitted to the Reading Room, or to any of the Libraries, except
such of the rooms as are usually accessible to visitors throughout the year on public days.

5. After five o’clock the Reading Room and the Libraries generally are not to be used for the purposes of study.

6. Thursdays will be reserved for cleaning the several departments, and no visitors, excepting readers, will be
admitted into the Museum on that day.

British Museum, 1 A, Panizzi,
24 March 1862. f{ Principal Librarian.

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10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH, MUSEUM.

VIIIL.—PROGRESS made in the Caranocuinc and ARRANGEMENT, and Account of
OBJECTs ADDED, in the Year 1861.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on tlie shelves of the »
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been marked on the inside, and affixed to the back of each volume; also, on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 139,164.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue—The number of titles and cross-
references written for this Catalogue amounts to 24,701. The number of titles tran-
scribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 3,941, and of index slips 390; 26,693 title slips
and 372 index slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue.
This incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrange-
ment, to remove and re-insert 31,043 title slips, and to add to each copy 1,028 new leaves.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue-—The number of titles and cross-references written for
this Catalogue is 47,846, besides 645 for the Hebrew Catalogue ; in all, 48,491. The number
of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 51,886, besides 883 index slips ; 39,724
title slips, and 858 index slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this
Catalogue. In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 24,092 title slips have been
removed and re-inserted in each copy, and 1,484 leaves added to each copy. The number
of new entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications is 491.

(c.) Maps.—The new titles and cross-references written for maps amount to 5,267.
The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 5,913. ‘The number of titles
incorporated into each of two copies of this Catalogue is 100.

(d.) Music Cataloque.—The new titles and cross-references written for this Catalogue
amount to 545; 274 titles have been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. It bemg
necessary, owing to the crowded state of the entries, to relay the titles, 28,780 title slips,
including 7,034 new titles, have been laid down in one copy ; 50,010, including 14,742 new
titles, in a second copy, and 26,743, including 8,140, in a third copy: 10,512 title slips,
including 3,145 new titles, have been laid down in each of three copies of the Catalogue of
the Authors of Words set to music.

(e.) Carbonic Hand Catalogue.—64,798 title slips of the fourth transcript of the General
Catalogue have been mounted on cartridge paper, and arranged according to the press-
marks, and 48,335 title slips so mounted, have been incorporated into the geieral series :
62,540 title slips of the fourth transcript of the Music Catalogue have been mounted and
arranged in a similar manner,

(f.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations
and additions made in the interleaved copy of this list, and also in the hand hist of the
books of reference, in order to record the changes made in the books of reference by the
addition of new works, and the exchange of old for ney editions, amounts to 401 in each,

II1I.—The number of volumes bound is 14,836 in 12,610, including 2,222 Pamphlets.
The number of volumes repaired is 1,279: 683 Maps have been mounted, and 142
lettered.

IV. Reading Room Service.—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room is 229,514; to those of the Royal Library,
10,850 ; to those of the Grenville Library, 921; and to the closets in which books are kept
from day today for the use of the Readers, 193,921. Adding the number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 834,000, the whole amounts: to:
qe 208, or 4,376 per diem. The number for the year 1860 was 2,158,571, or 3,967 per

jem.

2. the number of Readers has been 130,410 ; on an average 450 per diem, the Reading
Room having been kept open 290 days; each Reader has consulted, on an average, 92
volumes per diem.

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 309 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Treaties) amounts to 35,579 (including Music,
Maps, and Newspapers), of which 710 were presented, 28,719 purchased, and 6,150

acquired by copyright.
2. The

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-2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 228 received under the International Copy-
right Treaties) is 32,655 (including Maps and Music), of which 892 were presented, 15,508
purchased, and 16,255 acquired by copyright. ‘The total number of Newspapers acquired
Is 1,116, besides single numbers of 1,040 American Newspapers. Of these, 707, (viz., 198
published in London, and 509 in the country) have been received from the Inland Revenue
Office in England, 118 from the branch of that office in Ireland, and 131 from the branch
of the same office in Scotland. Six have been presented and 154, and 1,035 of the single
numbers, have been purchased.

_ 8. The Maps, Charts, and Plans (includmg 1 map in 4 sheets acquired under the Inter-
national Copyright Treaties) amount to 699 in 2,919 sheets; the Atlases to 34 complete,
and 8 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 20 were
presented, 365 purchased, and 314 (including 1 acquired under the International Copyright
Treaties) acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases 19 were purchased, and 15 complete, and
8 parts of Atlases, acquired by copyright.

4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 271
received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 3,926, of which 40 were purchased,
20 presented, and 3,866 acquired by copyright: 582 parts and numbers of works in
progress have been acquired by copyright, and also 268 works, not included among the
pieces of music, of which 87 were purchased, and 181 acquired under the Copyright Act.

5. The total number of articles received (including Broadsides, Playbills, Caricatures,
with Engravings, Drawings, Letters, &c., added to Illustrated Works, and other mis-
cellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 89,325, of which 813 were received under the
International Copyright Treaties. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides, Cari-
catures, &c., and comprising 477 received under the International Copyright Treaties)
34,589 are complete works. Of the complete works, 23,097 were purchased, 1,663 pre-
sented, and 9,829 acquired by copyright.

' 6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps so impressed is
308,806. .
a J. Winter Jones.

DepParRTMENT OF Manuscripts.

1. The sheets Y Y — 3 D of the Catalogue of Additions for 1847 have been printed off,
and complete it, with the exception of the Index.

2. Tie third volume of the Catalogue of Maps and Topography has been finished at the
press, with Additions and Corrections to the two preceding volumes.

3. The Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts for the years 1855 and 1856 has been con-
tinued from No. 20,953 to No. 20,985, and from Ne. 21,191 to No. 21,271. Descriptions
have also been written of Nos. 20,241-20,686 (Gualterio Papers, acquired in 1854), and of
130 other volumes, wanted to complete the years 1849-1851.

4. Many corrections have been made in the Manuscript Catalogue of the Sloane Collec-
tion, and two copies of the printed Catalogue have been laid down in numerical order to
facilitate reference.

5. The entries in the Hand Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts placed in the
Reading Room, have been continued from No. 23,239 to No. 24,097, up to the end of
March 1861.

6. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No, 4,541 to No. 4,875,
and the slips revised and entered in the General Catalogue, from No. 4,341 to No. 4,658.
The Indexes to Vol. II. of this Catalogue have been completed, and transcribed fair into
the Department and Reading Room copies.

7. One hundred and eighty Arabic and 52 Persian Manuscripts have been described for
the General Catalogues of those classes ; all of which, together with 124 others, have been
described in a briefer form, for the Catalogues of Additions, 1856-1860.

8. The Syriac Manuscripts have been collated anew from No. 12,133 to No. 12,162, as
also 29 others in connexion with them; 25 have likewise been briefly described for the
Catalogue of Additions.

9. The General Classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the
end of the year.

10. The General Index to the Additional Manuscripts, from 1857 to 1860, both inclu-
sive, is nearly completed, and large additions have been made to the Index, from 1847 to
1856, by the insertion of references to above 80 volumes of miscellaneous Autograph Letters.
Indexes have also been made to MSS. Harl. 4,712, 4713, and to Egerton, 913, 914;
and the Indexes to MSS. Harl. 6987-6990, 6992-7002, transcribed fair into the respective
volumes.

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32 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

11. The Register of Donations to the Department has been kept up to the end of 1861.

12. An enlarged and corrected Transcript of the Catalogue of Harleiaa Rolls and Charters
is in progress.

13. The arrangement of the Robinson, Grantham and Warren Hastings Papers has been
completed, as also of a Collection of Letters and Papers relating to France and Italy. The
contents of MSS. Sloane, 2970-2980. Cott. Tib. a. v1., Harl. 6,563, 6,718, 7,502, and Add.
5,015,* 19,400, have been re-arranged.

14. The Additional Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered and registered from No.
24,027 to No. 24,333 (including the additions to the end of 1861); and bound, repaired,
lettered and stamped, from No. 20,509 to No. 20,633 (Gualterio Papers), No. 23,130 to
No. 23,142 (Lauderdale and Buonarrotti Papers), No. 23,207 to No. 23,340, No. 23,607 to
No. 23,779, and from No. 23,879 to No. 24,022.

15. The Egerton Manuscripts have been numbered and registered from No. 1,900 to
No. 1,928; and bound, lettered, and stamped, from No. 1,719 to No. 1,731 (Bentinck
Papers).

16. The Additienal Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from No. 15,298
to No. 15,584, and registered from No. 4,579 to No. 4,800, No. 13,029 to No. 13,417,
and No. 13,766 to No.13,986. The detached Seals have been numbered from xxx1Ix. 58
to XXXIX. 83.

17. Five hundred and forty-cight of the Additional Manuscripts, 325 of the Sloane, 247
of the Lansdowne, and 30 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio’d, and 181 Sloane
collated.

18. Stamps have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document in 42 volumes
of the Sloane Collection, 3 Cottonian, 10 Old Royal, 9 Harleian, 56 Lgerton, and 677
Additional Manuscripts ; also on 298 Additional Charters, and 112 Books of Reference.
The total number of stamps affixed amounts to 57,503.

19. An Inventory of the Select Charters, and Hand-Lists of the Charters and Rolls to
the year 1860, and of the Detached Seals have been made; the shelf-marks entered tv Add.
Ch. 10,515-15,507, and press-marks entered of 33 Sloane, 209 Egerton, and 508 Additional
Manuscripts.

20. Two Cottonian, 131 Sloane, 50 Harleian, 8 Old Royal, 2 Lansdowne, 3 Hargrave,
25 Egerton, and 663 Additional Manuscripts, with 122 Books of Reference, have been
bound, repaired, or lettered : 88 Autograph Letters have been framed, and 36 glazed cases
made to protect manuscripts exhibited to the public, from dust. ‘Three Papyri have also
been mounted under glass, and boxes made for five others.

21. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been repaired, and marked with numbers,
from No. 15,248 to No. 15,507 inclusive, and boxes made for them. Seventy-five Pipe
Rolls have been cleaned and repaired, and 18 injured Seals repaired.

22, The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :—

To the General Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - = 2 - 307

Original Charters - - - - - a

Original Seals - oe PHM SG SiN) | wh Dien 2 oka res =) iG
To the Egerton Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - = = aD

Original Charters - - - 2 = = cD is

Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be specified—

A volume containing the Poem of Aurelius Prudentius, “ De pugni Vitiorum et
Virtutum,” written in England at the beginning of the 11th century, with illustrations in
outline, drawn by an Anglo-Saxon artist ; also the Poems of Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans
(ob. 1134), of the 12th century, on vellum. From the library of Archbishop Tenison.

A very early copy of the Carmina of Venantius Fortunatus, on vellum, probably of the
9th century. From the Tenison library.

A fine copy, on vellum, of the English translation of Higden’s Polychronicon, made by
John ‘Trevisa in 1387. This volume is of peculiar interest, having been written for Richard
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, son-in-law of Thomas Lord Berkeley, for whom the trans-
lation was undertaken. From the Tenison library.

The “ Historia Anglorum,” in ten books, of Henry of Huntingdon, with a continuation
to the year 1203, on vellum, of the 14th century. From the Savile Collection.

A valuable copy of the “ Taxatio Ecclesiastica Anglie,” of Pope Nicholas IV. circa
A.D. 1291, with a subsequent taxation for the See of York, in the reign of Edward II.; on
vellum, 14th century. From the Savile Collection.

A Register of the Documents issued from the Privy Seal Office, from the reign of
. Richard

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13

Richard 11. to that of Henry V. inclusive, written on vellum by Thomas Hocclyf, the
Poet (pupil of Chaucer), who was a clerk in that office. From the Savile Collection.

A volume, on vellum, containing a “ Chronicon Angliz”’ from a.p. 1317 to A.D. 1389,
and an inedited Chronicle of the Bishops of Durham, from a.p. 1214 to a.p. 1381; of the
14th century. From the Savile Collection.

Some vellum fragments of the History of Orosius, of the 7th century, written in uncial
letters.

A very valuable copy of the Latin Vulgate Bible, of the 10th century, on vellum, but
evidently transcribed from a manuscript of much earlier date.

The Latin Chronicle of Sigebert of Gemblours (dioc. Liege) to A.p. 1109, and continuea
to A.D. 1131; acopy on vellum, of the 12th century, and of the highest authority im regard
to the text. “

A volume of Collections relating to the See of Exeter, particularly the Acts of the Synod
held there in A.p. 1287; on vellum and paper, of the 14th and 15th centuries. Presented
by Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Bart.

An interesting volume containing a series of Drawings on vellum in grisuille, illus-
trative of the travels of Sir John Maundeville; probably executed in Germany about the
year 1430. (See Waagen’s “ Art and Artists in England,” vol. ii. p. 178.)

A small but beautiful volume, in which are the illuminated Calendar and Miniatures
belonging to a Book of Hours, executed in the highest style of Flemish art, in the early
part of the 16th century ; on vellum.

An extensive collection of original Charters relating to various English Counties of the
13th, 14th, and 15th centuries ; obtained at the sale of a portion of the Surrenden library.

An original Charter of Godebald, Bishop of Utrecht, dat. a.p. 4122, and another of
Nicholas, Bishop of Cambrai, a.p. 1138, with Seals; original Charters of Louis VII. and
Philip 1V. of France to Canterbury, a.p. 1180 and 1285, with fine Seals; an original
Charter of Earl David of Scotland (ob. a.p. 1219), and another of Hugh Lacy, Earl of
Lincoln, A.D. 1292, with fine Seals, the latter presented by Maurice P. Moore, esq.; the
original Foundation Charter of the College of St. Mary Ottery, at Exeter, in 1337, with
four Seals in remarkable preservation, and two Historical Documents in the handwriting of
William of Wickham, when secretary to Philippa Queen of Edward III.,in 1365 and 1367.

A Map of the World (measuring 7 ft. 3in. by 4 ft. 63 in.), drawn on vellum for Henry II.
of France, by Pierre Desceliers of Arques in Provence, in the year 1550; important as a
monument of geographical discovery.

A small quarto volume containing the Poems of James the First, corrected by himself,
and given to Prince Charles, who has added two others, a list of contents, and headings
throughout.

The copy of Hobbes’s “ Leviathan,” written on vellum in 1651, and corrected by the
author, intended to be presented to King Charles the Second.

A large collection of Original Letters and Papers, relating chiefly to the civil and literary
history of France and Italy, irom the 14th to the 18th century; including numerous
Autographs of Royal and Noble Houses, and personages of literary eminence.

‘An additional portion of the State Correspondence 1645-1660, transcribed from the
Archives at the Hague, and also of the Correspondence of Francesco Terriesi, 1684-1687,
transcribed from the Archives at Florence.

The Original Official Correspondence of Thomas, second Lord Grantham, when Ambas-
a at Madrid, from 1771 to 1779, in 23 volumes folio. Presented by the Countess

owper.

nieve a hundred and twenty Original Letters and Poems of William Cowper, from
1770 to 1793, among which are the autograph copies of “Johnny Gilpin,” “ Alexander
Selkirk,” “Loss of the Royal George,” and other popular pieces.

A nearly complete set of the Minutes of the Trial of Warren Hastings, with abstracts
of the Evidence, Indexes, &c. in about 60 volumes folio.

The rough autograph draft of a portion of the 25th (and concluding) chapter of the late
Lord Macaulay’s History of England. Presented by Lady Trevelyan.

Three Rolls on Papyrus, in the Sahidic dialect of the Coptic language ; probably of the
9th century. Presented by G. C. Rankin, and C. W. Goodwin, esqrs.

Frederic Madden.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL, BritisH, AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES, AND
ErHnoGrapnHy.

].— Arrangement.

Pusuic GALLERInS.—Great progress has been made in the chronological arrangement
of the Sepulchral tablets and smaller Egyptian monuments in the Galleries, and the cases
in the second Egyptian Room have been re-arranged, to incorporate acquisitions, or improve
the general classification.

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14 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, XC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

. A selection of Assyrian and Babylonian bricks has been disposed for public exhibition in
the room adjoining the Assyrian Basement Room.

. The Assyrian engraved Cylinders and some other Oriental gems, have been arranged
and exhibited in one of the cases of the Koyunjik Gallery.

The smaller Assyrian objects, formerly exhibited in the second Egyptian Room, have
been removed to the table cases of the Assyrian Galleries, and to the wall-cases of the side
room adjoining the Nimroud Gallery, where they are in process of arrangement.

‘ The Pheenician Inscriptions procured by the Rev. N. Davis from Carthage, and some
other Oriental inscriptions and remains, have been provisionally arranged for public exhibi-
tion in the room adjoining the Assyrian Basement Room.

‘A selection has been made from recent acquisitions of Peruvian Antiquities, and the
whole arranged in one of thé central cases of the Ethnographical Room.

188 Egyptian objects have been described and catalogued.

.108 Egyptian oljecis have been mounted.

32 Larger Egyptian Antiquities have been mounted on stone pedestals, 11 Egyptian
objects have been repaired, and 11 Egyptian tablets framed and glazed.

197 Assyrian objecis have been mounted.

102 Engraved stones have beeu mounted.

1,662 Terracotta Assyrian tablets and fragments have been cleaned.

75 Inscribed Caithaginian tablets have been framed for public exhibition.

77 British Antiquities have been mounted.

«686 Descriptive labels have been attached to objects m the Collections.

3,424 Registration numbers have been aflixed to objects.

623 Books, Prints, and Drawings, belonging to the department, have been stamped.

2,139 Type impressions of Great Seals of France, and other French Seals have been
made.

2,658 Miscellaneous objects from the general arrears of the old Department of Antiqui-
ties, have been revistered by this Department.

Ail the acquisitions of the year 1861, 572 in number, have been registered, and as far as
possible incorporated.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions of the Department are 572 in number, and may be classed as follows :—

Eeyrprian.—A Collecticn of Antiquities, Maps, and Plans, illustrating the excavations
made at various points of the valley of the Nile, to determine the chronological epochs and
comparative antiquity of the River deposits. These excavations were made by Hekekyan
Bey, at the expense of the late Pacha of Egypt, and at the suggestion of Leonard Horner,
Esq., F.R.S., in whose memoirs in the Philosophical. Transactions for 1855 and 1858 they
are fully described. Presented by Leonard Horner, Esq.

A sandstone Tablet of the reign of Osortesen III. of the 12th dynasty, ordering certain
repairs at Elephantina; and four Sepulchral Tablets, one of which is for Merimes, Prince _
of Athiopia, in the reign of Amenophis III.

A small sepulchral obelisk for a military officer.

Four inscribed Scarabei, one of them bearing the prenomen of Ai, a monarch of the
13th dynasty.

Five Egyptian Papyri, viz.:—

1. Fragments of a ritual of the 18th dynasty.

2. Ritual for a deceased named Hanta, daughter of Ankhemmut, with curious
vignettes illustrating the Cosmogony of the Egyptians.

3. Ritual of the 19th dynasty for Kharui-Arusai, with fine coloured vignettes.

4, Ritual of the 21st dynasty for Muthetp, priestess of Amenra; it is of unusual cha-
racter, and has very fine coloured vignettes.

5. A letter in the Demotic character.

Three documents of the Ptolemaic period on linen. ;

Portions of a remarkable wooden Shrine, and a wooden model of a Cabin, both found at
Thebes.

Antiquities of various periods, excavated by Major C. K. Macdonald, at the Wady Feiran
and the Wady Magarah, in the peninsula of Sinai.

An Arragonite Vase of large size, from the catacombs of Alexandria.

Persian —-Fifteen fragments of Sculpture, from Persepolis, collected by the late Earl of
Aberdeen, K.T., and presented by the present Earl of Aberdeen.

Thirty-three Oriental Gems, one of which is of remarkable character, being a calcedony
Medallion, from a set of Roman military trappings, on the back of which has been engraved
the head of a Persian monarch, and various cther devices.

Phenician.—Sepulchral stele of white marble, found at Athens, and inscribed with a
bilingual inscription (Phoenician and Greek) for a Sidonian named Abdtanith (Artemi-
dorus), son of Abshemesh (Heliodorus), presented by the Council of the United Service
Institution. © 9S,

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~ Seal of calcedony, with four lines of Pheenician, being the signet. of a person named
Abdalla, said to have been found at Dundrum in Ireland.

British and Medieval.—A swmall collection of stone and bronze Weapons found in the
Thames, presented by John Frost, Esq.

An Urn, and three bone Implements, found near Cawdor Castle, N.B., and an enamelled
Roman fibula found in Wales, presented by the Earl Cawdor.

Pair of massive bronze Armlets, found at Liss, in Hampshire.

- A bronze Celt from Brittany, presented by the Rev. E. L. Barnwell.
_A small collection of stone and bronze Impiements {rom Westphalia and the Kingdom
of Hanover, illustrative of the early British periods, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An ancient British Urn, found on Kingston Hill, Surrey, presented by H.R.H. the Duke
of Cambridge. .

A large and remarkable bronze Caldron, found in the Thames.

An iron Weapon of the late Celtic period, found at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucester-
shire, presented by F. J. Wood, Esq. r

Pair of bronze Horse-bits, and other Ornaments of the late Celtic period, found on
Hagbourn-hill, Berkshire, presented by Thomas Evans, Esq., m.p. ; ; é

Roman pig of Lead, with the stamp of the Emperor Nero, found at Stockbridge, Hamp-
shire.

Roman Water-pipes, found near Chichester, presented by H. W. Freeland, Esq., m.p.

A Lunate Ornament, formed of boar’s tusks, and a glass Funnel, found in excavating a
Roman villa at North Wraxhall, Wiltshire, presented by G. Poulett Scrope, Esq., M.P.

A large granite Slab, with two sets of inscriptions, apparently to the same purport, one
in Roman letters, the other in the Ogham character, found at Fardell, Devonshire, and pre-
sented by Captain Pode.

Stone Slab, on which is engraved the figure of a bull, found at Burgh Head, in Scotland
(Archeologia xvi., pl. 1xxj.), presented by James de Carle Sowerby, Esq., F.L.s.

Brass Seal of the official of the Archdeaconry of Lincoln, and coral Seal of the 14th
century, both presented by Edmund Waterton, Esq., F.s.a.; also a brass Seal of the
official of the Dean of the Arches, presented by G. G. Francis, Esq., F.s.a.

Snuff-box, with the arms of Sir Francis Drake, presented by Dr. Bigsby.

Carved ivory Triptych of English workmanship, and of the fourteenth century, bearing
the arms of John Grandison, Bishop of Exeter, 1327-1369, from the Soltikoff Collection ;
also a leaf of a Diptych of similar workmanship, and which has had on it the same arms,
from the Fould Collection.

Ethnography.—A collection of objects from Vancouver’s Island and British Columbia,
transmitted to the Foreign Office by Colonel Hawkins, and presented by the Right Hon. the
Earl Russell.

Twenty-three terracotta Heads excavated in Peshawur, remarkable specimens of early
Indian art.

Four ancient statues of Hindhu Divinities from Java, two of them presented by Colonel
H. J. Daniell, and the others by Charles Millett, Esq.

Ancient stone seat from Mount Hoja, Ecuador, presented by G. C. Bruce, Esq.

Chinese bronze Vase, of the period of Seuentih, a.p. 1424-34, and two bionze Door-
plates, brought from the Yuen-Ming-Yuen Palace, Pekin; presented by Dr. Daniel.

Samuel Bireh.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

T.—-Arrangement.

The sculptures and architectural marbles from the Mausoleum have been provisionally
arranged; the whole of the fragments have been carefully re-examined with a view to their
identification, and upwards of 30 fragments have been rejoined.

Five Torsos, five Busts, and five architectural Marbles in this Collection have been
mounted on plintlis. ’

The glass shed under the cclonnade, east of the principal entrance, has been extended
from the south-west angle to the end of the colonnade, and the collection of Sculptures
recently received from Cyrene has been provisionally arranged there. ;

Thirty-one statues, three busts, and one relief from this Collection have been repaired ;
eleven statues have been mounted on plinths.

The sarcophagi from Crete, and the marbles presented by the Earl of Aberdeen have
been temporarily placed in the Sepulchral Basement Room.

A portion of the*Basement under the North Library has been fitted for the provisional
reception of the entire collection of Greek Inscriptions. ‘To this room have been removed
the Inscriptions from Calymnos, Cnidus, Budrum, and other places, recently placed in the
shed to the east of the principal entrance, and also the Inscriptions from the Phigaleian
Room. .

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Eight of these Inscriptions haye been mounted on plinths, and the whole are now in
course of arrangement.

. Five Roman tessellated pavements from Carthage have been repaired and mounted on
slate and their surfaces cleaned, and two others are in course of completion.

The sculptures from the Mausoleum and from Cnidus, and most of those from Branchide,
have been cleaned under the direction of Mr. Westmacott.

A portion of the Basement under the North Library, adjacent to the Store Room for
Gasts, has been fitted up as a workshop for the Formatore.

A number of shelves has been fitted in the second Vase Room for the reception of the
Greek Terracottas, and a considerable part of this collection has been re-arranged. The glass,
ivories, and many of the miscellaneous Antiquities in the table cases of the same room have
been re-arranged, and descriptive titles have been affixed to many of these objects.

Considerable progress has been made in the arrangement of the later Black ware and
later Vases from the Basilicata in the same room.

Progress has been made in the preparation of the Index and Glossary of the second
volume of the Catalogue of Greek Vases, and in the drawing of the shapes of vases, and
a large portion of the text of this Catalogue has been revised for press.

243 vases have been catalogued.

337 miscellaneous Antiquities have been registered, and 382 descriptive titles and num-
bers have been attached to objects in the general collections. Fourteen Vases, Terracottas,
and other objects have been repaircd.

II.— Acquisitions.
The following Antiquities acquired during the past year deserve special notice :—

1. A Collection of Marbles, consisting of Statues, Busts, and Inscriptions discovered at
Cyrene by Lieutenant R. M. Smith, R.£., and Lieutenant Porcher, R.N., in the course of
excavations carried on under a firman obtained by Her Majesty’s Government, and with
funds supplied by. the Trustees of the British Museum.

This Collection, the whole of which has been discovered and brought to England in the
course of the past year, consists of sixty-eight statues and torsos (of which eight are above
life size), eight busts, forty-eight heads, two reliefs, and eight insciiptions.

The most remarkable of these objects are the following :—

1. A colossal statue of Apollo Citharceus playing on the lyre, very similar to one in the
Museo Capitolino, at Rome, which is engraved in Clarac, Musée de Sculpture, Pl. 490,
No. 954, This statue, which is remarkable for beauty of design and skilful modelling, was
found in a Temple of Apollo at Cyrene.

2. A colossal bust of Antoninus Pius, in the finest condition and admirably sculptured.

3. A bronze head, life size, found under the pavement of the Temple of Apollo, in the
finest condition, and interesting as an example of miuute and elaborate finish. The head
represents a portrait, and is probably of the Macedonian period.

4. A statue of the youthful Bacchus, found ina Temple dedicated to that Deity. This
statue, which is probably of the Roman period, is in very fine preservation.

5. A colossal female figure wearing a diadem and veil; this may perhaps represent one
of the Queens of the Egyptian dynasty of the Ptolemies.

6. A statue of a Roman Empress, probably of the period of Domitian.

7, 8. Two female busts, with singular conical head-dresses, evidently portraits, and pro-
bably of the time of Domitian.

9. A statuette representing Venus tying her sandal.

10. A group representing the nymph Cyrene, strangling a lion.

11. A relief representing the same subject, with the addition of a figure of Libya crown-
ing Cyrene, and a curious metrical inscription.

12. A draped statuette of Venus, the head of exquisite beauty.

18, 14. Two other small torsos, one of Venus. These three last objects were found in a
large temple, of the Doric order, and are of the finest period of Greek Art. As they
appear to be sculptured in Pentelic Marble, it is probable that they were brought to
‘Cyrene from Greece.

15. A male head, life size, evidently a portrait. The eyes, which are made of vitreous
pastes, still remain in the marble sockets.

Among the Inscriptions is a dedication by the people of Cyrene to Cneus Cornelius
Lentulus Marcellinus, who is styled Propreetor and Patron of Cvrene.

2. Antiquities from Camirus, in the Island of Rhodes.—These antiquities are the result
of excavations carried on in the Cemetery of Camirus by M. Auguste Salzmann, and Mr.
A. Biliotti, British Vice Consul at Rhodes, under a firman obtained by Her Majesty’s
Government

Through a series of discoveries on this site, since the year 1859, the Museum has been
enriched by a most remarkable collection of gold ornaments, vases, terracottas, glass, and
porcelain, executed at a very early period of Greek art. Some of these objects so closely
resemble the art of Egypt and of Phcenicia that they must have been either imported from
those countries, or executed by native artists working under Pheenician or Egyptian
influence.

The most remarkable objects received from Messrs. Salzmann & Biliotti during the

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past year, are a set of gold ornaments found together in a tomb. These consist of two
necklaces, a pair of earrings, a ring, inscribed with symbols imitated from Egyptian Hiero-
glyphics, and a scarabzeus inscribed with the cartouche either of Psammetichus I. or Apries.
These ornaments are in the finest condition, and exquisitely wrought in filagree. Among
the terracottas is an archaic figure, probably representing Aphrodite, remarkabie for the
freshness of the colours with which it is painted.

3. Two Sarcophagi of White Marble, obtained through Captain T. Sprati, r.Nn., from
Hierapyina in the Island of Crete——On one of these, four subjects from the myth of
Achilles are sculptured in relief. This sarcophagus, though not in the best condition; is
remarkable for its size and the fine character of the design.

4, A small Collection of Marbles, acquired by the late Earl of Aberdeen in the year 1803,
and presented by the present Earl of Aberdeen, of which the most interesting are two tablets,
each inscribed with a dedication by a priestess, round which are sculptured in relief the
objects dedicated, consisting cf various articles of the toilet.

These two curious marbles were discovered by the late Earl of Aberdeen, at Amyclz in
Laconia, and have been published by him in Walpole’s Travels in Turkey, J. page 452.
They appear to be of a late Roman period.

5. Two small sarcophagi, in white marble, very elegantly ornamented, found in a tomb
near Benghazi, the ancient Euesperide, in Africa ; several fine terracotta figures and lamps,
and fragments of a statuette in gypsum, painted so as to represent the natural colour of the
hair and eyes. ;

These interesting sepulchral remains were obtained for the Museum, by the late F. H.
Crowe, Esq., Her Majesty’s Consul at Cairo.

C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF Coins AND MeEpALs.
During the past year the following work has been done in the department :— .

I.— Arrangement.

953 slips of the Catalogue of Greek Coins have been written.

413 Roman coins have been catalogued, so as to complete the Catalogue, previously com-
menced, of the Roman Gold Coins,

3,129 coins have been registered.

1,035 coins have been prepared for registration.

1,816 coins have been incorporated.

5,383 coins, being the entire Saxon collection, have been re-arranged in five new cabinets,
and fresh cards written wherever necessary.

1,397 Venetian coins have been selected from a large collection; many cards have,been
written, and the permanent arrangement of these coins has been commenced.

The Consular Copper Series has been temporarily arranged.

The duplicates have been taken out of the whole of the large and second brass Roman
coins, and also from the Greek Imperial coins struck at Alexandria and Antioch; and the
permanent arrangement of these series commenced.

330 new and permanent cards have been written for the Modern Collection.

250 new labels have been written for the outsides of the Medieval and Oriental
Cabinets. ;

1,117 English medals, from the accession of George III. to the present time, comprising
the remainder of the collection purchased of Edward Hawkins, Esq., have been arranged
in a strictly chronological order.

II.— Acquisitions.

The following table shows the number and classification of the coins and medals pro-
cured during the year 1861 :—

Gold. Silver. Copper. Torat.

Greek - "
Roman - me

‘Oriental - és:

Medieval and)
Modern aif

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Of these Acquisitions, the following have been received as presents :—

A medal of Buenos Ayres, from the Right Hon. the Earl Russell.

A medal of Sir John Kendall, from Miss Agnes Smith.

Nineteen Swiss coins, from the Right Hon. the Ear! of Entaskillen.

A medal commemorating the publication of Denon’s work on Egypt, from Edward
Hawkins, Esq.

Twenty-seven Oriental coins from the south of India, from W. Ogilvy, Esq.

Forty-seven Chinese coins, from A. Wylie, Esq.

A London token, from the Rev. C. Weatherley.

A counter bearing the inscription “ Ave Domina Anglorum,” from Lee Mayhew, Esq.

A medal of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, from Miss Georgina Smith.

A very rare coin of Coenwulf, King of Mercia, from Sir J. Clarke Jervoise, Bart., mM. p.

A very rare silver coin of Cyrene, from the late F. H. Crowe, Esq., H.M. Consul,
Cairo. .

Ten medallets of the Duchess of Devonshire, from M. Hahn.

A penny of Henry VIII., from J. Evans, Esq.

Five coins of the present King of Sweden, from M. Horst.

Seven German coins, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Eight gold coins of Lombard and Merovingian kings, five gold Byzantine coins, and one
silver, and eleven gold coins of the Dukes of Benevento, from J. F. W. de Salis, Esq.

In the Greek Series, the most remarkable coin acquired is that of Cyrene, from the late
F. H. Crowe, Esq.

In the Roman Series, the most remarkable coins are, a gold quinarius of Gallienus; an
aureus of Carinus; a silver medallion of Honorius; a unique copper coin of Uranius
Antoninus, struck at Antioch; a quimarius of Sept. Severus; a very rare aureus of
Licinius I., with bust full faced; a tremissis of Glycerius; and a solidus of Constantine
the Great, of great rarity.

In the Lombard Series, and that of the Dukes of Benevento, those presented by Mr.
de Salis are of the greatest interest and rarity.

In the Modern Series, the most important are a ten ducat piece of Wallenstein, Duke of
Friedland ; a ten ducat piece of Charles, Bishop of Olmutz, 1674; an eight ducat piece of
Maximilian Gandolph, Archbishop of Saltzburg, 1668 ; and a double dollar of Zara, 1813.

10,159 moulds of Greek coins have been cleaned and labelled.

1,817 persons have visited the Medal Room.

W.S. W. Vaux.

DeparRTMENTs oF Naturat History.

Tae stuffed specimens and skins of the class Mammalia have suffered no appreciable
deterioration since the last Annual Report. The usual precautions and care have main-
tained their state of preservation. In regard to the instructive condition of this class of
animals, the restrictions of space still operate in limiting the proportion of the exhibited,
and systematically arranged, specimens, especially in the orders Cetacea, Proboscidia, and
Pachydermata, which are remarkable for the bulk of the species.

The collection of the osteology of the Mammalia, in the basement vaults is in a good
state of preservation.

The specimens of the class of Birds, both mounted and preserved as skins, are in good
condition ; and the space allotted to the class, allows an instructive exhibition of the speci-
mers, both as to number of species and systematic arrangement.

The osteological specimens of Aves, in part exhibited with the stuffed skins, in part
preserved in store, together with the collections of nests and eggs, are in a good state of
preservation.

The specimens of the cold-blooded Vertebrata are well preserved ; representative species
of the principal groups of Reptiles and Fishes are exhibited and systematically arranged in

the Galleries, each of 70 feet in length by 22 feet, respectively allotted to them. The.

majority of both classes continues to be preserved in store, and in good state for exhibition,
when the requisite space is acquired.

The specimens of the Molluscous Classes of Animals, either preserved in spirits, or
represented by the shell, are in good condition; and the Conchological Department is
very instructive by the large proportion systematically displayed in the space allotted to its
cabinets in the Bird Gallery.

Selections from the classes Insecta, Arachnida, Crustacea, Myriapoda, Echinodermata, and
Zoophyta are displayed ; and all the numerous examples of the Invertebrate Animals are in
a good state of preservation, the majority being stored in drawers.

The Zoology of the British Islands is illustrated by specimens, capable of being preserved
in a dried state, in a gallery 84 feet long by 243 wide, and the condition and arrange-
ment o! these specimens are good.

The Fossils in the Department of Geology, preserved in a gallery of Mineralogy 390 feet
in length, have assigned to them the cabinets along the walls, and a small proportion of the
floor. By the acquisition of the “Sowerby” Collection of Fossil Shells, and the more

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recent addition of the “ Gray ” Collection of Dudley Limestone Fossils, and by the transfer
of the “ Gilbertson” Collection of Mountain Limestone Fossils from the Department of
Zoology to that of Geology, with accessions of minor amount, the number of Fossil speci-
mens is now 153,412. ‘They are all in excellent preservation, the majority being stored
in drawers, either beneath the cabinets, or in the basement vaults.

The chief part of the Gallery of Mineralogy is occu ied by the floor-cabinets or table-cases,
appropriated to that class of natural objects, in which 20,827 specimens are now exhibited
to the public visitor: the total number of mineral specimens being upwards of 50,000.
These are preserved in drawers. All the specimens are in a good state of preservation, and
improvements have been effected in the exposition and arrangement of the exhib:ted speci-
mens.

The additions to the Natural History Collections in the year 1861 amount to 25,070
specimens, the particulars of which are given in the Reports of the Keepers of the séveral
Departments.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT oF ZooLoey.

During the year 1861, 16,121 specimens of different classes of animals have been added
to the several parts of the Zoological Collection ; namely—

Vertebrated Animals - - - - - - 2,306
Molluscous and Radiated Animals - - - - 2,876
Annulose Animals - . - - - - - 10,939

LOTAL = yaa 16,1 21

Many of these specimens have been selected as the most interesting for the Museum,
from the Collections offered by various donors.

The specimens purchased from collections offered for sale, have been selected as being the
originals of published descriptions, or illustrations of the zoology of a particular region, or as
tending to settle moot points of classification, or wider questions—such as the origin of
species—at present under discussion, or exciting attention.

A considerable number of these specimens consists of types of species described in various
scientific works and periodicals.

The following additions may be specially mentioned :—

A series of skins of the African Anthropoid Apes and their skeletons, and of several
other Mammalia and birds from the collection of M. Belloni Du Chaillu.
A specimen of a young Gorilla and its Skeleton, presented by Dr. P. L. Sclater.
A specimen of Rhinoceros Sondaicus from the Leyden Museum.
A series of Mammalia and Birds collected by Captain Harris, in Abyssinia, and presented
by the Secretary of State for India.
A series of Mammalia, Birds, and Insects from Waigiou, Mysol, and other neighbouring
Islands, collected by Mr. Wallace. |
et of Mammalia, Reptiles, Fish, and Insects, from Cambogia, collected by M.
ouhot.
_ A series of Skeletons of Mammalia and Birds, chiefly obtained from the Zoological Society,
A series of Birds and Insects, collected in Guatemala, and presented by Osbert
Salvin, Esq.
A series of Mammalia and Birds, collected at Port Simpson, by B. R. Ross, Esq., and
presented by Andrew Murray, Esq.
A series of ‘Indian Bats and Birds, presented by J. C. Jerdon, Esq.
A series of Birds and Fish from New Hebrides.
A series of Fish from Madeira, presented by Yate Johnson, Esq.
d # series of Fish from Panama, collected by Captain Dow, and presented by Dr. P. L.
clater.
A collection of Fish from the Nile and Mediterranean, collected by Consul Petherick.
A series of Fish and Reptiles, presented by the Medical Officers of the Chatham Museum,
A senes of Snakes from South America, presented by G. Lenox-Conyngham, Esq.
A series of Fish from Gibraltar, presented by Dr. P. L. Sclater.
A series of Fish from the Berlin Museum. ;
A series of Snakes and Lizards from the Himalayah Mountains, collected by Captain
H. H. Beddome.
A large collection of European Staphylinide, formed by Dr. Kraatz.
A large collection of South Indian Insects, presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq., Madras
Civil Service. i adaiein iin
A series of Insects from Ceylon, presented by G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq.
A large collection of Crustacea, Fish, and Reptiles of America, presented by the Smith-
sonian Institution.

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A series of Insects, collected at Pulo Penang, Hong Kong, &c., and presented by J. C.
Bowring, Esq.

A series of British Insects, presented by P. Piffard, Esq.

A series of Shells and Insects, collected at Natal, and presented by John Sanderson, Esq.

A series of Neuropterous Insects from Ceylon and America; named, and presented by
Dr. Hagen.

A large series of Shells and Insects from India and Jamaica, presented by Major
General Sir John Hearsey.

A large series of British Coleopterous ‘Insects, collected by Mr. J. A. Brewer.

A series of South African Insects, collected by Mr. Trimmer.

A series of South Australian Insects, collected by F. Waterhouse, Esq.

A fine Nest of-a Wasp, Myraptera Scutellaris, from Rio de la Plata; presented by
William Garrow Lettsom, Esq., H. B. M. Minister and Consul General at Monte Video.

A series of Insects, collected in Japan by R. Fortune, Esq.

A series of Coleopterous Insects, from the Philippine Islands.

A series of Star-fish and Sea Eggs, from the Red Sea, collected by Dr. Peters.

A series of Shells from the Mauritius, presented by Lieutenant W. Chamberlain, 24th
Regiment.

A series of Shells from Nova Scotia, presented by J. R. Willis, Esq.

A series of American Shells, presented by the Executors of the late Dr. Nuttall.

A collection of American Shells from the collection of Mr. P. P. Carpenter.

A series of Shells from Vancouver’s Island, presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

A series of Shells from Salt Lake, Utah, presented by R. F. Burton, Esq.

The 16,121 specimens added to the Collection have been regularly marked and described
in detail in the Manuscript Registers of Accessions, with an account of the localities from
whence they were derived, and of the manner in which they were acquired, which adds greatly
to their value, as giving particulars of the history of each for future use.

A number of the more interesting specimens of these additions, and also a large number
of those that have been in the Collections for years, have been described by various scientific
Zoologists, and by the Officers of the Establishment, in the transactions of the Scientific
Societies, and in other petiodicals, and especially in the Catalogues published by the
Trustees.

The specimens so described are thus rendered of typical importance.

The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1861 :—
1. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera ; parts 22, 23, by Francis Walker, Esq.
2. Catalogue of Acanthopterygian Fishes, Vol. 3, by Dr. Giinther.

The Collections of Specimens exhibited in the public rooms, and those kept unstuffed for
study, have been cleaned, and many orders and families of the different animals have been
re-arranged, to insert the specimens recently received, and to keep tne Collections on a level
with recent discoveries in Zoological science, and thus afford the public, and students in
particular, the means of studying the science more effectively

The labels of the specimens which have been destroyed by exposure or by the dust have
been restored and verified.

Many portions of the Entomological Collection, both European and exotic, have been re-
arranged, to render it conformable to the present state of the science, while other parts have
been arranged in new cabinets to remedy the crowded state of the drawers, caused by the
continued additions of new specimens.

The labels on the stands of the Animals recently added to the Collection have been pro-
ceeded with as fast as the painter could execute them. More than 60,000 letters have
been painted during the past year.

In addition to the very numerous specimens of Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, Crus-
tacea, and other smalier animals, that are prepared in the Museum, there have been set up
or re-set by the taxidermist :— :

Mammalia, stuffed - - - 45 - skeletons - - ~~ 33

- - - -_ — - skulls - - = 1
Birds - 3 - - - 14 - skeletons - - - 21
Reptiles - J - ee eR Ree - nA - - - 4
Fish Mr a he ee 55 ee rae a een fe

and 384 Animals have been mounted on stands. The bones of 18 skeletons have been
marked, and upwards of 1,270 Reptiles and Fishes, &¢. have been placed in bottles and
labelled. 5,000 bottles have been re-labelled.

John Edward Gray,

DEPARTMENT

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

During the past year, upwards of 5,000 Specimens of Fossils have been registered,
namely :—

Plants - - - - - = = = = = 255
Crinoids, Echinoderms, &c. - - - - - - 357
Insects, &c. - - - - - - = = a is 486
Trilobites - - - - - =) es s - - 1,533
Other Crustaceans - - = = = a a = 348
Cephalopoda - - - - = - . z = 111
Other Mollusca - - - = 2 = - = e 342
Vertebrata, about - - 4 s . 5 - 2,000

Total - - - 5,482

Of the above Specimens a considerable portion has been examined and arranged partly in
drawers, where they are readily available for students, and partly in the glazed cases of the
public rooms. A large number of the Specimens obtained in former years has likewise
been under examination, and has been incorporated in the general Collection. Thus, the
whole of the Fossil Vegetable remains (not exhibited in the glazed cases) have been
arranged in Botanical order, so far as they can be determined, and the remainder have
been grouped together according to the Geological formations from whence they were
derived.

The Barrande Collection of Trilobites has been arranged in the cabinets and wall-
cases of the New Room with the exception of a certain number of specimens, which,
together with other Crustaceans, have been selected to form a series illustrative of the
leading families and genera of the group to which they belong, and are exhibited to the
public in Room VI. of the Gallery. The Crinoids have been partly arranged (chiefly in the
New Room), and a selected series is exhibited to the public. It is in the two groups above
alluded to (the Crustacea and Crinoidea), that the most important additions have been
made during the year, and by a slight alteration of the disposition of the cases in Room VI.,
space has been found for two new cases in which the most interesting species have been
exhibited. Space has also been gained for an additional case for the better exhibiticn of
the Tertiary Shells, and for a case of Mountain Limestone Fossils, selected from the
Gilbertson Collection, which has recently been transferred from the Zoological to the
Geological Department.

With regard to the Mollusca generally, a large number of species have been incorporated
in the exhibited portion of the Collection, but with the exception of those contained in the’
two new table cases alluded to, these for the most part could only be added by the removal
of other specimens which were thought to be less generally interesting.

A considerable portion of the Collection, for want of space, is necessarily arranged in the
drawers under the tables.

In the Fossils belonging to Vertebrate Animals, it has been found necessary, owing to
the numerous recent acquisitions of Fishes, to make an alteration in the shelves of the
wall-cases of Room II., by which additional space has been procured for their incorporation
in the series; and this part of the Collection nas been entirely re-arranged.

An extra table-case has been added to Room IV. for the display of a very interesting
Collection of remains of the Flying Lizards (Pterodactylus), of which the greater portion of
the Specimens has been recently obtained. Three very large and striking specimens of the
Old Marine Saurians have been mounted in frames, and exhibited in the Gallery; they con-
sist of one Ichthyosaurus (J. longirostris), and two Plesiosauri (P. dolichodeirus, and
P. homolospondylus. )

An enormous Land Lizard allied to the Iguanodon, having been recently discovered in
the lias of Charmouth, by Mr. James Harrison; the specimen has been purchased for the
Museum, and is now exhibited in Room III., where, from its perfect condition, and the
peculiarities of structure which it presents, it forms one of the most interesting and instruc-
tive objects in the Collection; it furnishes the subject of a special Memoir by Professor
Owen, who distinguishes it by the name of Scelidosaurus Harrisoni.

The most important acquisition during the year, is the Collection of Mr. John Gray, of
Hagley, the formation of which occupied its Jate owner many years. It has long been
known, not only as one of the most extensive series of Dudley Limestone Fossils, but likewise
as being composed of the chvicest and most perfect specimens.

It consists of - - - - - 103 specimens of Trilobites.
" - 241 3 Crinoids.
9 a 199 be Corals.
» ” 1,823 ” Mollusca.
Total - - - - 2,366 specimens.

A collection of Trilobites from the Lower Silurian rocks of Portmadoc, and a consider-
200. C3 able

22 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMA'ES, &c. oF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

able number of Crustacean remains, from the Gault and Greensand, may be noticed as
among the more important additions to the Fossil Invertebrate classes.

The total number added to this series during the year is as follows :—

Fossils from the Lower Silurian rocks = - - - - - 83
Upper ditto - - - - - - - = - - 2,431
Devonian - - - - - “ - - - - 60
Coal Measures . = = = - - - = - 122
Oolitic and Liassic formations ~ - - - - - - 50
Cretaceous ditto - - - - - ~ - - - 206
Tertiary - - - - = = = = - - 5

Total oe - 4 =k) Eee, eae

To the Vertebrate series have been added about 80 species, illustrated by about 300
specimens; of these, the most striking objects are as follows :—

An almost perfect skeleton of the Svelidosaurus Harrisoni, already alluded to; two small
and very perfect specimens of Ichthyosaurus, from the lias of Lyme Regis; a fine specimen —
of Ichthyosaurus longirostris, from the Lias of Barrow-on-Soar; some fine teeth, with por-
tions of the jaw bones of Polyptychodon, from the Chalk, near Rochester.

The Collection of Fossil Fishes has been augmented by species from various formations,
among which may be specified Vomer (ongispinus, Dules medius, Holocentrum pygmaum,
and others from the Eocene Formation of Monte Bolea; Solea antiqua, and several species
of Clupea, from the Miocene of Kirchberg, near Ulm; and a remarkably fine palatal tooth
of Acrodus ramosus, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Oreton, Salop.

To the Collection of Fossil Plants has been added, by purchase, a series of upwards of
80 specimens of Coa! Plants from Zwickau ; some rare and curious nut-like fruits, from the
Chaik of Rochester; and a large and beautifully preserved Cycadean Cone, from the Infe-
rior Oolite of Somersetshire.

Among the donations may be particularised some remains of a new species of Plesio-
saurus (P. Australis, Owen), from the Middle Island, New Zealand, piesented by J. H.
Hood, Esq,; various portions of the Skeleton of Diprotodon, Nototherium, and other Mar-
supial quadrupeds ; and a vertebra of Megalania prisca, trom Gourie, Queensland, pre-
sented by Sir Daniel Cooper. Portions of the incisor teeth, a cast of a portion of a lower
jaw, and casts of teeth, and other parts of Diprotodon Australis, and likewise casts of
some parts of the skeleton of a gigantic Kangaroo, together with 18 Fossil Shells from
South Australia, presented by the Governors of the South Ausiralian Museum. Six
specimens of Archegosaurus Dechenti, from the Carboniferous Formation of Lebach, near
Saarbriick, Rhenish Prussia, presented by Professor Owen. Two specimens of Ciimatius
Scutiger, and a specimen of Acanthodes Mitchelli, from the Old Red Sandstone, Farnell,
presented by James Powrie, Esq. A very interesting Collection of Plant remains, con-
sisting of a series of leaves from a Tertiary Deposit on the banks of the Mackenzie River,
10 miles above the Great Bear Lake, 65° N. lat., presented by Sir John Richardson.
Among these specimens, Professor Heer, of Zurich, has identified six genera of Exogenous
Trees, and several apparently new species.

Geo, R. Waterhouse.

DrrPartMENT oF MINERALOGY.

The additions to the Mineral Collection during the past year have been of a valuable
character. They amount to 1,525 specimens, and among these the minerals alluded to in
the following report are of special interest.

The fine series of minerals, chiefly of the Zeolite class, that was presented in 1860 by.
James Berkley, Esq., Chief Engineer of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, has been
largely added to during the year 1861 by the liberality and discrimination of that gentleman.
Mr. Berkley studied this class of minerals with the view of sending to the Museum the
finest he could procure, and the opportunities he has had in the enormous engineering
works on the inclines that surmount the Ghauts of the Bombay Presidency have been
turned by him to the best account. The Crystals of Apophyllite which he has presented
to the Museum are on a scale never before seen, and the minerals are grouped in masses as.
large as they are varied and beautiful. They are being arranged for exhibition in glazed
fronts under the table cases.

Dr. Milligan, ¥.¢.s., Secretary of the Royal Society of Tasmania, has presented
to the Collection several specimens of the very limpid Topaz of Flinders Island.
Some of these are rich in crystalline forms, and the series exhibits a very complete assort-
ment as regards form and colour, and contains also cut specimens of perfect lustre. Among
other minerals, Dr. Milligan has likewise presented several crystals of gold, and specimens
of that metal in other native forms, and in association with the Tinstone of the Oven’s
Diggings.

Three

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 23

Three remarkable specimens have been presented to the Museum by Mrs. Campbell of
Cheltenham, from the choice collection of the late James R. Campbell, Esq. They are:

A most perfectly crystallized and unique group of Erythrine (the Arseniate of Cobalt)
from Schneeberg, Saxony.

Perofskite from Achmatowsk, Urals, Siberia, in large cubes, the angles carrying the
planes of the octohedron; the edges of the cubes are of the dimensions of ? inch.

A specimen of Chrichtonite from Oisans, Dauphiné, rich in fine little lustrous crystals of
that rare form of Titanic iron.

Other presents to the Collection have been, Struvite, in large and remarkable crystals,
from a new locality, the Falkland Islands; presented by W. Garrow Lettsom, Esq., Her
Majesty’s Minister and Consul General in the Republic of Uruguay. Rutile, in quartz,
very fine, from J. Ruskin, Esq.; anda large cube of Galena, from the Laxey mines, pre-
sented by the Hon. J. K. Howard.

Specimens of Garnet, Axinite, and other minerals, from near Oakhampton and Haytor,
Devon, have also been presented by Waring Ormerod, Esq., of Chagford, Exeter.

The Collection has also been enriched by the following among other purchases :—

Native copper, in large crystals, from Lake Superior.

Gold, a very large somewhat waterworn crystal, from Australia.

Silver, in dendritic crystals, from Potosi, Peru.

Argentite, from Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Saxony.

Fahlerz, from near Liskeard, Cornwall.

Bournonites of unrivalled beauty, from near Liskeard, Cornwall.

Frieslebenite, very finely crystallized, from Huendelencina, Spain.

Chalcotrichite, from the Phcenix Mines, near Liskeard, Cornwall.

Realgar, in fine crystals, fron. Kapnick and. Felsobanya, in Hungary, and a mass from
China.

Fluors from Kottleberode, Hartz, and Weirdale, Cumberland.

Washingtonite, an enormous crystal, from Washington, Connecticut.

Rutiles, one a perfect crystal, weighing 6 lbs. 33 0z., from Lincoln County, Georgia.

Arkansite, from Magnet Cove, Hot-springs County, Arkansas.

Amethyst, from Zillerthal, Tyrol.

Quartz, a large sphere of perfect limpidity, wrought in Japan; from Japan.

Sapphires, presenting dichroism, from Siam.

Calcites, two magnificent masses, covered with splendid crystals; the one in trans-
parent prisms, and in remarkable opaque twinned crystals, from Wheal Wrey, Cornwall ;
the other with lustrous crystals of Schiefer Spar, from Devonshire.

Chalybite, a very large crystal, from Dauphiné.

Chessylite, from Chessy, Department du Rhéne, France.

Spodumene, a splendid group of erystals, believed to be the finest group known; from
Norwich, Massachusetts.

Hypersthene, from Labrador.

Topaz, a fine crystal, from Siberia.

Phenakite, from Siberia.

Rubellites, beautiful crystals from Mursinsk, Siberia, and a very fine group of pale, rose-
coloured crystals from Elba.

Aduijaria. A very large twinned crystal, passing into the partially decomposed variety
called Moonstone.

Dioptase, large transparent crystals.

Dianite, the variety of Tantalite, asserted by Von Kobell to contain a new element ;
from Tammela, Finland.

Endyalite and ‘l'antalite, both finely crystallized, brought from Greenland by J. Tayler, Esq.

Celestine, at unique crystallized specimen from the neighbourhood of Bristol, and a
Sicilian specimen, in unusually fine crystals.

Lazulite, from Graves Mount, Lincoln County, Georgia.

Datholites, from Bergen Hill, and from Toggiano, Modena.

Amber, a large mass weighing 2 lbs. 9 oz.

The Collection of Meteorites has occupied much of the attention of the Department
during the past year, and partly by valuable donations, partly by exchange, has been
greatly improved as well in respect to the number of new fails that it represents, as in
the size and character of the specimens that illustrate those falls which it contained
before.

The Governor General of India has presented a fine mass of the meteorite that fell, at
Dhurmsala in the Punjaub, on July 14, 1860.

Another portion of the same meteoric stone, well exhibiting the crust on its surface,
has been presented by G. Lenox-Conyngham, Esq., of the Foreign Office.

The Asiatic Society of Calcutta has presented the following duplicates from the fine
series of Indian Meteorites possessed by that Society :—

Moradabad - - - - - - = - 1808
Manegaon - - - - ~ ~ - July 26 1843
Shalka - - - - - - - Nov. 30 1850
Allahabad - - - - - - - Nov.138 1822
‘Assam - - - - - = x s - 1846

200. C4 The

24 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The Geological Survey of India, through its director, T. Oldham, Esq., forwarded in
exchange for some of the duplicate minerals in the Museum, a fine piece of the Pegu
Meteorite of December 27, 1857. Three specimens, representing the falls of

Trezzano - - - - - - - Nov.12 1856
Ceresito - - - - - - - July 17 1840
and Alessandria - - - - - - Feb. 2 1860,

have been obtained by exchange, the first from Pavia, the two last from Turin.

The number of distinct meteoric falls now represented in the Collection of the British
Museum amounts to 142.

Great progress has been made during the past year in the arrangement of the Collection,
Nearly every mineral species is now in the case which it will have to occupy when the new
classification shall be complete. The work remaining to be done consists for the most
part in the construction of a complete and detailed catalogue, founded on a minute and
careful investigation of the crystallographic and chemical features of individual specimens.

Nevil Story Maskelyne,

Botanical DEPARTMENT.

The business done in the department during the year ending 31st December 1861, has
chiefly consisted—

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of the extensive col-
lections of Peruvian Plants, forming part of the Herbarium of Ruiz and Pavoni of various
collections from New Zealand, the Antarctic and Magellanic Regions; of a portion of
Dr. Berthold Seemann’s collection from the Feejee Archipelago ; of a further portion of the
extensive collection of North American Plants, formed by the late Professor Nuttall; of
Funck’s and Spruce’s Cryptogamic Plants; of Drummond’s American Mosses ; and of
several smaller collections of Mosses and Hepatice ;

In the re-arrangement of the Families of Piperacee and Xanthorylee, and of the
Ferns belonging to the Linnean genus Asplenium ;

In the examination of the late Mr. Gardner’s very extensive collection of Brazilian Plants,
with a view to its incorporation in the General Herbarium ; and of several collections re-
cently received from the Himalayan Mountains, from Guatemala, and from various other
localities ;

In the re-arrangement of a part of the Herbarium Cases, and in fitting the whole of them
with velvet edging to exclude the dust ;

In the re-arrangement of a portion of the General Collection of Fruits and Seeds;

In the further arrangement of the British Collection; in the corporation with it of
numerous additional specimens, especially of Cryptogamic Plants, and in the arrangement
of Sowerby’s Drawings, illustrating them ;

And lastly, in the further examination of the volumes of the Sloanean Herbarium,
especially with reference to the British Plants contained in them.

In all that relates to the British and Sloanean Collections, it is again Mr. Bennett’s
pleasing duty warmly to acknowledge the valuable assistance which he has derived from the
voluntary labours of the Rev. W. W. Newbould, whose knowledge and devotion to the sub-
ject can hardly be surpassed.

The following are the principal additions made to the Department during the same period,
by purchase or donation :-—

26 species and varieties of Rubi, forming a set of Leighton’s “ Shropshire Rubi.”
51 species and varieties of British Rubi, collected by the Rev. A. Bloxam.
360 species of British Mosses, collected by Dr. Sadler.
601 species and varieties of British Lichens, collected by Mr. W. Mudd.
149 species of British Sea-weeds, mostly in numerous specimens, forming a valuable col-
lection, made at; Swanage, and presented by Mrs. Gray.
337 species of British Sea-weeds, forming a very fine and valuable collection, presented
by Miss Cutler.
58 species of British Fungi, collected by Gérard.
258 species of British Fungi, collected by the Rev. A. Bloxam.
100 species, forming two fasciculi, of Ayres’s “ British Fungi.”
50 species of European Rubi, Wirtgen’s “‘ Herbarium.”
; 300 species of Italian Plants, forming fascic. 7-12 of the “ Erbario Crittogamico
‘taliano.”
757 species of Plants, especially Russian, from Prescot’s Herbarium.
2,395 species of East Indian Plants, in continuation, presented by J. D. Hooker, Esq.,
m.p., and W. Thomson, Esq., m.p.
134 species of Plants, collected in the Western Himalaya by Captain Patrick Gerard, and
presented by Mrs. Godfrey.
105 species of Plants of Ceylon, in continuation, collected by Mr, Thwaites.
35 species

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 25

35 species of Plants of China, collected and presented by Dr. W. F. Daniell.
64 species of Plants of Hong Kong, presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq.
594 species of Plants of the Feejee Islands, collected by Dr. Berthold Seemann.
300 Plants of South Wesiern Australia, collected by Mr. Maxwell.
19 species of Mosses of New Zealand, collected by Dr. Stephenson.
77 species of Plants of Madagascar, collected by M. Boivin.
99 species of Plants of the Island of Mohely, collected by M. Boivin.
159 species of Plants of Senegal, collected by Adanson, Le Prieur and Perrottet.
254 species of Plants of Senegal, collected by Perrottet (with numerous pencil drawings
by the collector).
117 species of Plants of Senegal, collected by Heudelot.
55 species of Plants of St. Vincent, collected by Caley.
201 species of Plants of North America, collected by Messrs. Carey and Watson.
100 species of Plants from Davis’s Straits, collected by Mr, J. Taylor.
375 species of Plants of Alabama, collected by Buckley.
208 species of Mexican Plants, collected by Jurgensen.
136 species of Plants of Mexico and Peru, from Pavon.
74 species of Plants of Martinique, collected by Perrottet, Bélanger and Garnier.
156 species of Plants of Guatemala, collected by Mr. Fraser.
910 species of Plants from the Andes of Ecuador, in continuation, collected by Mr.
Spruce.
4 16 specimens, chiefly of vegetable products, subjected to the action of intense heat in
the great fire in Tooley-street (June 1861).
The base of the stem of a species of Xanthorrhaa, 10 specimens of Proteaceous Fruits,
and several other Vegetable productions of Tasmania, presented by Joseph Milligan, Esq.
An old Herbarium, with dates of 1634-6, formed by an unknown collector.

John J. Bennett.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAwINGs.

Tue Engravings from designs by the masters of the English school from R. (Rankin) to
Z. (Zoffany) have been brought together for the purpose of being arranged in volumes.

The extensive collection of the works of Callot, recently purchased at tie Scarisbrick
sale, has been arranged, agreeable to the plan laid down in Meaume’s Catalogue of the
artist’s works, preparatory to its being inserted in volumes.

The fine and unique Collection of Etchings by Robert Hills, formed by the artist himself,
which had suffered much from being mounted on tinted paper, has been carefully cleaned,
and is now ready for insertion in volumes.

Two thousand nine hundred and seventy-one Engravings have been arranged in schools,
800 of which, from designs by masters of the Dutch School, have been mounted pre-
paratory to their being bound in volumes.

All the extra-sized early wood-cuts, which had suffered considerably from having been
badly pasted down, have been carefully remounted and repaired.

Eight thousand and eighty-three articles have been entered in the Register of purchases
and presentations; each of them has been stamped with the register mark, which has also
been affixed to 3,000 various prints, forming illustrations to books.

Four thousand and sixty-four slips have been written, and 2,945 have been revised for a
new general catalogue of the Prints in the Collection.

The following are some of the more important acquisitions made during the year :—

Italian School :—

Drawings.—By Andrea Mantegna, Lionardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Raphael
Sanzio, Francesco Mazzuoli, Andrea Meldolla, Domenico Campagnola, Paolo Caliari,
G. F. Barbieri (a coloured specimen), Andrea Sacchi, Domenichino Zampieri, Carlo
Maratti, Zuccarelli, and Guardi.

Engravings.—An impression on paper from an early Niello, representing Galatea (not
known to Duchesne).

Specimens by Giulio Campagnola, Nicoletta da Modena, and Marcantonio Raimondi.

Etchings.—By Marieschi, Bellotto, and Pinelli.

German School :—
Drawings.—By Martin Schongauer, Hans Burgmair, Lucas Cranach, Aldegrever, Rotten-
hammer, Weirotter, J. G. Wille, and Keisermann.

Engravings. Some interesting specimens of the 15th century, by engravers whose names
are not known; by Martin Schongauer, the Master of the Anchor, the Master of the Crab,
rare and fine Portraits.of the English series by Hollar, and others by Falck, Mandel, Forster
and Steinla.

Photographs from drawings by Holbein, in the Collections at Copenhagen and Basle.

200. D ; Dutch

26 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—

Drawings.—By Jan Swart, C. Vanden Broeck, M. Hemskerk, H. Goltzius. J. Breughel,
Rembrandt, Livens, Eckhout, Maas, C. Bega, Swanevelt, Adrian Vanden Velde (coloured),
De Hensch, A. Vanden Neer, M. Hondekoeter (coloured), Begyn, Vander Ulft, Vanden
Hoeck, Bischop, Troost (coloured), Van Stry (2 in colours), and Troostwyck.—Michel
Cocxie ; a series of drawings by this artist, carefully executed with the pen (some of them
bearing his monogram), which, from their elegance of design, tend to strengthen the
assertion made by Vasari, in his life of Marcantonio Raimondi, that the series of 32
designs, illustrating the fable of Cupid and Psyche, generally attributed to Raphael
Sanzio, are by this artist. Specimens by J. Griemar, H. van Cleef, Rubens, and J. F. yan
Bloemen.

Engravings.—By E. Sadeler, Suyderhoef, Bary and Claessens.
Etchings.—By Rembrandt, P. Bout, and Deyster.

French School :—
Engravings.—By Poilly, Richomme, Desnoyers, Le Fevre, Vallot and Caron.

Eitchings.—A fine and extensive Collection of the Works of Callot, formerly in the
Collections of Mr. T. Wilson and of the Baron Verstolk.

English School :—

Drawings.—By Thornhill, J. Richardson, Vertue, T. ffoster, Worlidge, David Allan,
Sherwin, Dayes, Arthur Devis, Shelley, Alexander, Stothard, Smirke, Ozias Humphrey,
Cosway, Wilkie, P. Nasmyth, and Turner.

Engravings—Proofs by Strange, (with some of his working drawings), by Hogarth,
Woollett, Burnet, Stewart, Duncan, C. Lewis, and some interesting engraver’s proofs,
touched on by Turner, with MS. instructions attached.

Etchings.—By Patch, Wilkie, Cruikshank, Burnet, J.C. Lewis, and Colman.

Many rare portraits, and broadsides with engravings relating to English History.

W. H. Carpenter.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Assyria
Hp een continued during the past year. The result reported up to the 20th March 1862 is
as follows :

Twenty-four sheets of the miscellaneous tablets reported last year as having been copied
and traced, have been copied on stone, of which seven are printed, and nine corrected and
ready for printing.

Twenty more sheets of miscellaneous tablets have been copied and traced.

A, Panizzi,
British Museum, Principal Librarian.
30 April 1862.

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AN ACCOUNT of the Incomz and Expenpiturr
of the Britisy Musevm, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1862; of the Estimatep
Cuarczs and Expenses for the Year ending
31st March 1868, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement; &c,

(Mr. Walpole.)

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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
1 May 1862.
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LIBRARY

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 26 March 1863 ;—for,

AN ACCOUNT “ of the Income.and Exrennpirure of the Brrriso Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1863; of the EstrmaTeD
Cuarces and Expensss for the Year ending the 3lst day of March 1864;
of the Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the Number of
Persons admitted to visit the Musrum in each Year from 1857 to 1862,
both Years inclusive ; together with a Strarement of the Progress made in
the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLecTions, and an Account of Opsects added
to them, in the Year 1862.”

I.—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Income and Exrrnpirure for the Financial Year ended
31 March 1863.

IIl.— ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
If._—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1864, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1863.
VIL.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britiss Museum in

each Year from 1857 to 1862, both Years inclusive.
VIILL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIoNS, and an
Account of Oxjercts added to them, in the Year 1862.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
14 April 1863.

155-

2, ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF TILE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exprnpirure of the

To BaLanceE ON THE Ist APRIL 1862, Viz. :

sR a Bee
On Account of the Votes for the Establishment - 27,579 13 1
Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - - 10,501 2 9
—| 38,080 15 10
On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions - - - 339 16 8

38,420 12 6

- AmMount GRANTED FOR THE YEAR 1862/3, per peproymancn ms 25 & 26
Vict.c. 71 = - - - = Sie - = 99,012 — —

= Ditto - for completing the Publication of the Cuneiform
Inscriptions - - - - - : - 3 aes = " 500

- Sums Received under the following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary
Grant for the Establishment, viz. :

Dividends on Stock, 30,000/., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities = 900 wae
Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - - - = = = 355 10 7
Ditto other Museum Publications - - - - - - XU REe ton tit

1,462 15 6

£. | 139,395 8 —

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenpirurxe in the above Account.

eb. 18s nar, as Ss) G
Officers - - - - - = - - - - 8,940 - —
Assistants - - - - - - - - - - 13,205 12 5
Transcribers - - - - - - - - - - 2,813 15 6
Attendants and Servants - - - - - -. - - 12,496 6 2
1. SALARIES - - - = \Wipolice A A = & ps 4 - af 704 11 10
Persons paid daily or weekly - - - - - - - 2,376 11 6
Attendance on Stoves - - - - - - 703 16 7
Retired Allowances = = - - - - - - 2,246 14 1
Rates and Taxes - - - o - - - - - S 4299 2 4 ban eis
Household Implements - - - - - - - - 134 6 2
Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - - - - - - - 713 10 4
2. Housr Expenses 3 3 Candles, Oil, and Gas - - - - - - - = 865 10 3
Stationery - = - - - = - - : - 648 2 7
Incidents - - Ss - - = - - - = 614 11 11
Printed Books - - - - - - . - - - 10,008 7 1 a
Manuscripts - - - - - - - = 2,807 19 5
Books for Department Be MSs. - = - - 49 16 7
Minerals (including 151 J. 10s. for Meteorites, and 30 1.8s.6d. =
for Casts of Fossils given in exchange for Meteorites) - - - 987 6 9
Books and Binding for Deparment of Minerals - - - - 29 13 2
Fossils = wh Ms - - 803, 1 8
Books and Binding for the Department of Geology - . - - 2919 8
Zoological Specimens - - - - - 1,498 15 7
3. PurcHASES ANDAcauisitTions( Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology - - - - 2917 8
Botanical Specimens - - - - - 104 6 -
Books and Binding for the Tecate a Bata - - - 2919 —
Oriental, British, and Medieval Antiquities - - - ar 403 2 6
Greek and Rowan Antiquities - - - - - - - 907 19 4
Coins and Medals = - - - - - 1,500 2 1
Books and Binding for the Departments of ee - - - 6119 8
‘Prints and Drawings - - - - c 1,999 19 4
Books for the Department of Prints and uae - - - - 1416 8
Freight and Carriage - - = - - - - - - 260 6 9
21,527 8 6
SrrciaL PurcHasgs aND Acqui- ere ae a Bee cape Tee be so ae aah re oe 411 11 — j
Simona Fa XCavations in the Cyrenaica - = - - 5 = 222 6 9
Specimen of Nephrite, or mass of Green J ade, con Russiat = « - sie oS i
& 1,008 17 9

ee

Carried forward - - - £, 68,928 17 11

T Provision has been made for this expenditure in the Estimates for 1863/4. (See page 8 of this paper.)

(oe eal

}

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

BRITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1863.

| ,
EXPENDITURE. | ESTIMATE, 1862/3.
By Expenprrure under the following Heads, viz. : See Sat 1 I $s id.
1. SaLariEs - - - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 43,487 8 1 44,491 -— —
2. House Expenses - - - - - ditto - ~ = ‘ 2906. 3.7 2 160n—
3. Purcuasss and AcqQuisiITIONS - - ditto - = = eae oleoo 7 18) 6 292,445 — —
SprcraL Purcnasts AND ACQuISITIONS- ditto - - - - 1,008 17 9 2,211 - =
4. Booxprinpine, Caxninets, &c. - - ditto - = = = || Og Boe alata 10,390 -—- —
5. Privtine Catatocuss, &e. - - - ditto - - - - 1,912 14 8 2,000 -— —
6. Buirpines, Furniturt, Firrineas, &e. 2 nae ‘ : .| 12,945.17 7 thass® 2.
including Architect’s Commission
Dicom 6= - dilte = -) S.: a) 91,7622 7 1,250 - —-
95,978 14 3 103,312 — —
Expennitvre for publishing Cunrrrorm Inscriptions - - alta Hee" 9 ~
£.| 96,155 3 3
By Bazance on rue 31st Marcu 1863, carried to Account for 1863/4, viz. :
Specially applicable to Establishment - £.27,586 11 11
Ditto - ditto - to Buildings,&e. - 14,9909 5 2f
= 42,576 17 1
Ditto - ditto - for Publication of the Cunzirorm In-
SCRIPTIONS - ‘= - - - = - - 663 7 8
————— 43,240 4 9
£. | 189,895 8 —
Expianatory Statement of the ExPenpiTuRe in the above Account—continued. £. 5s d.
Brought forward - - - 68,928 17 11
oun Sam
( Bookbinding: Printed Books - - - - = 6,999 18 4
os Manuscripts - = - - = = oS * 1,099 15 9
Prints and Drawings - - = = = = 199 19 3
Preparing, &e.: Zoology = - = - = = = = 702 4 2
rp Geology - - - - = 2 3 95 19 4
Se OREnNBANG; PREranine, . 93 Mineralogy Gasiudive 231. 9s. 6d. for Moulds and 119 12 10
Casts of Meteorites, and for cutting and polishing
specimens).
Botany - - - - = = = é 33 2 7
_ Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - = < 1,188 9 8
— 10,439 1 11
Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - - - - 452 17 5
Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - - L U2
‘ Preparing and Printing Catalocues ar Waaloey - - - - 992 12 —
5. Printine Caratocves, &. - Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities - - - - 115 17 -
Tickets, Regulations, &e. - - - - - - - - 136 18 6
Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - - - - 169 10 2
Ditto - - ditto Coins - - - - - - - 43 8 -
a 1,912 14 8
General Repairs, and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &c. - - 5,185 13 6
Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - - - 3,134 18 2
Ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts - - 187 2 5
6. Burtprnes, Furniture, Fit- epi e~ = ditto) = | =» Mineralogy and Geology a 1204 BUG
TINGS, &e., including Archi- es et a rp ae eay oe : cae
tect’s Commission - : Ditto - 5 ey dlti@han= 3 Baye Gay Cee ee a
Ditto - - ditto - - Antiquities - - - 1,555 13 10
Ditto - - ditto - - Coins and Medals - - 48 3 6
Ditto - - ditto - - Prints and Drawings - - 837 15 5
Architect’s Commission - - 2in5 ia WS - it i's - 597 1 5
12,945 17 7
7. MiscELLANEOUS - - - Law Expenses, &c. = - : s = = at ise ia 22139 4
Extra Expenses during International Exhibition - - - - 1,530 3 8
SS 1,752 2 7
95,978 14 3
Printing, &c. the Cunzirorm INscriprions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 176 9 -

£.| 96,155 3 3

SS

+ The Building Accounts for Christmas quarter, 1862, and Lady-day quarter, 1863, have to be paid from this balance.

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4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH liUSEUM.

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrpt anp Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

STOCK
CASH ,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

To Batance on the Ist April 1862 - - - - - - - - -| 185 10 8 12,992 15

— Divivenns received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,

On the 9th July 1862 - £.194 17 10
8th January 1863 - 194 17 10
: 389 15 8
- One Yezar’s Rent or a Reat Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
received 26 April 1862 - - - - - - - - 12° 972
£. 537 15 6 12,992 15 7

III—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt ann Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

ies STOCK,
: 3 p’Cent. Consols.
To B he 1st April 1862 dbl a ee
o Batance cnt ya prul 1862 - - = = = = - - 44 M19 2,872 6 10
- Divivenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 8 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz.,
On the 9th July 1862 =" £243 TES
8th January 18638 - 43 178
_—_—_—_————— 86 3 5
£,| 13015 9 2,872 6 10

a

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczret anp Exprnpiture of the SWINEY

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

ams: ve. be s. de
To Baxance on the Ist April 1862 - = - - - - = | ae - - 95 19 11 5,119 2 9

- Divivenns received on 5,119/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 8 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.,

On the 9th July 1862 - £.76 15 8
8th January 18638 - 7615 9

153 11 5

£.) 249 11 4 5,119 2 9

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt and Exrenpirurs of the BIRCH

STOCK,
eae 3 p’Cent. Consols.
: EAMG. nt,
[lo BaLaNncx on the, Ist April te62 Sweet Ors eT tay me ME el ei, en oe Bs :
— Divipewps received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 8 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.,
On the 9th July 1862 Oy sats) 1)
8th January 1868 - 8 9
— 1618 2
ea 1618 2 563 15 7

British a enor or
14 April 1863.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. i

|
FUND, between the Ist April 1862 and the 31st March 1863.

STOCK,
Coen: 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
y Payment for the Collection of the Rents, and for other expenses connected Lao Saye Lip lStucGs
with the Reat Esrare, viz. :
Jn the financial year ended 31st March 1863 - - = = x ao
Payment for the Purchase of Manuscripts, Viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1863 - - - - - UO) mye
— Payments for Brnpinc MANUSCRIPTS, ViZ-:
In the financial year ended 31st March 1863 - - - = s 62 4 3
— Payment of One Year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - Zle, 20 = =
233 17 7
o 253 17 Il 12,992 15 7

BALANCE ON THE 31st Marcu 1863, carried to Account for 1863/4

| £O) 637 Io 6 | 12,992715 7

|
PPUND, between the 1st April 1862 and the 31st March 1868.
Pe eee ee

ee STOCK,

: 3 p’Cent. Consols,

}

| £50 es | Se Se

By Baance on THE 31st Marcu 1863, carried to Account for 1863/4 - =H Pt Onloun DisiD (6) ie

J

£.| 18015 9 2,872 6 10

: ST
FUND, between the Ist April 1862 and the 31st March 1863.

| STOCK

CASH. ’

3 p’Cent. Consols.
¥ fy) Ss Fale Fo, Ga, Oe
‘By Amount expended in printing circulars as to the election in May 1862,

of a Swiney Lecturer 7 = = = ‘ = = = i TG
— Batance on tHE 3lst Marcu 1863, carried to Account for 1863/4 - - | 248 16 10 STio 2g
‘ 2
£.| 249 11 4 5,119 2 9

FUND, between the 1st April 1862 and the 31st March 1863.

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

By Lzcacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose esas
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - -
By Bazance on THE 31st Marcu 1868, carried to Account for 1863/4 - - 563 15 7
£. 563 15 7

J. Winter Jones,
Deputy Principal Librarian.

155+ A3

l@))

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. |
i
J

ESTIMATE, 1863-64.

VI.—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Sauarres and Expenses of the Brivisu Mvszp|
including also the Amount required for Burupines, Furyirure, Firrines, &e., for the Year ending 4
the 31st day of March 1864.

£.90,541.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satarres and Expenses of the Brimisy Museum, includj
also the Amount required for Burtoines, Furniture, Firrines, &e., for the Year ending on the 81st da
March 1864, under the following Heads :

a
I. Savarizs: Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1. Officers: 1863-64. 1862-63.

Number | Required
Voted for _— 2 SEC 5 ee. aS.
1862-3. | 1863-4. aan iS £3

oe
i 1 | Principal Librarian- - - — - 800
Ditto - - as Secretary - - = 400
1 1 | Superintendent of Natural History - 800
5 5 Keepers of Departments, at 6001. - | 3,000
4 4 a at 5007. - | 2,000
1 1 3 . at 3501. - 350
3 3 | Assistant Keepers of Departments,
gt A500, a=) <2. | = yy eee
1 1 | Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant
Secretary - - - - = 450
16 16 | - - Torat. 9,150
Cr.
By amount contributed from Bridge-
water Fund towards the Salary of
the Assistant Keeper of the Manu-
scripts, he acting as Egerton Libra-
rian 2- - = - - - 210 .
——————— os0400— 8,940 —
2. Assistants:
Re eee
Number | Required
Voted for ——_
1862-3. |1863-4. :
15 14 | First-class Assistants, Upper Section, é.
at 3201., rising 20 /. annually to 4001, | 4,994
20 22 | Ditto, Lower Section, at 2101, rising
15/, annually to 3107. - - - | 5,861
19 21 Second-class Assistants, at 1501,
rising 107. annually to 2007. - | 3,729
1 1 | Revising Accountant - - - 100
1 1 | Clerk at Stationers’ Hall (gratuity) - 21
1 1 | Superintendent of Fire Engines - 50
as = || SY =
< a | meee Sth 13,788
ee ee ee ae
3. Transcribers: :
Number | Required y
Voted for
1862-3.|1863-4.
ee ee et ea We i oe Se —
24 26 | Transcribers, at 90 1., rising 102. an- 3
ik 3 ais ame mmc rays ¥
= = 3,285 — 3,025 -

Carried forward - - -| -

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

;

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.

; ———
p

, Brought forward - - -

J. SALARIES — continued.

|. Attendants and Servants:

. Number | Required
Voted for
|: 1862-8. | 1863-4.
—
{
i 44 44 | First Class Attendants, 1001., ae
5l, annually to1202. - -
44 44 | Second Class Attendants, 80/., rising
41. annually to 1002. - - -
45 45 | Third Class Attendants, 60/., rising
3/. annually to 801 - - -
1 1 | Clerk of the Works - - - -
1 1 Messenger ~ - = - e
1 1 | Assistant Messenges - = =
1 1 Fireman - -
| Saturday Evening ttendanes and
| other contingent expenses’ - =
1ay_| 137 |- - Torat.
5. Police - . - - = = a 3 fas
. Persons paid daily or weekly - - - - = =
7. Attendance on Stoves’ - - - : “ Es .
b, Retired Allowances - - - = + = =
ni II. House Exrensss:
tesand Taxes - - - = E . 3 2
2. Household Implements - - - = 4 z S
Doals, Coke, and Fagots - - = = = =
Meeendies, OilandGas - - - - * = -
‘5. Stationery - - - - ~ : | 2 3
Incidents - - - - = - 4 . :

III. Pourcuases anp Acquisitions:

1. Printed Books - - - - - - =

2 Manuscripts - - ene

8. Books for the epakiacnd of Manuscripts - -
M inerals and Meteorites

» Books and eying for the Department of Minerals

B. Fossils - —-

Books and Bide for the Department of Geology.

Zoological Specimens -

ooks and Binding for the Department a Zoology

0. Botanical Specimens - -
1. Books and Binding for the Department af Botany -
2. Oriental, British, and Medieval oo Tees - -
3. Greek and Roman oo - - re

4, Coins and Medals - =

6. Prints and Drawings -
7. Books for the Department of Pinks and Drawings -
SeM@eeichtand Carriage -" "= = - - =

Carried forward -

A4

§. Books and Binding for the Departments ‘ot Coins and Antiquities

a £e

Required for the Year Granted for the Year

1863-64. 1862-63.
£.. 8s £ s Ses £ s
26,980 — 25,753 — _

12,783 -
800 —- 700 —
2,250 — 2,260 —
675 —- 800 —
2,260 — 2,125 —

45,842 — 44,421 —
440 —- 440 —-
150 - 100 -
585 ~ 950 =
370 =| 370 -
650 — 650 -
650 — 650 —

—|. 2,845 —f == 3,160 —
10,000 — 10,000 —
2,000 —- 3,000 -
50 - 50 =<
800 - 1,000 -
30 30 —
ro 100 800 =
30) 4— 30)
1,000 —- 1,500 -
Bi) sy) &
150 —- 100 —
BLU = 50°
500 —- 1,000 -
500 - 1,000 -
1,500 1,500 —
100 —- 60 -
1,500 —- 2,000 —
fo) S— 15 -
300 —- 300 -

———| 19,335 - }-— 22,445 —

68,022 -| - - 70,026 —

8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum—continued.

enn — TTS OO mma |

Brought forward - - -

SpEciAL PurcHasEs AND ACQUISITIONS :—
19. Meteorite from Melbourne - - - - - - = -
20. Large Specimen of Green Jade from Russia - - - - -
Meteorites - - - - = - = a s 2 a
Excavations at Budrum, Cnidus, &c. - - - - - -
Ditto in the Oyrenaica, under Lieutenants Smith, r.z., and Porcher,
R N., and removal of the Antiquities to the Museum - - -

LV. Booxsinpine, Preparine, &e.:

1. Bookbinding: Printed Books - - - - - z “
2. a Manuscripts - - - = 2 = a =
3. oS Prints and Drawings - - : - = =
4, Preparing, &c. Zoology - - - eariten 2 2 :
5. - Geology - - = nas = = = c
6 on Mineralogy - - - = - - = hs
7 9 Botany - - - - < - - c :
8. Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - = =

V. Prriytine Cataroaues, &c.:

1. Guide-books and Synopsis - - - + = -— = a
2. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - — = 2) ee eS eee ee
3. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology = = - E
4, Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities - - - -
5. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - - - : :
6. Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - - - :
7. Ditto from Coins - - - - - - - = = a

VI. Bouitpines, Furniture, Firrines, &c.,
% Including Architect’s Commission.

1. General Repairs and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &e. - —-

2. Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - -

3. ” 55 = Manuscripts = S 5
4. » BS 5s Mineralogy and Geology -
5. ” ” ” Zoology =" =~ 3 = ~
6. ” ” ” Botany - ~ = e

. ” ” ” - Antiquities - = Bs
8. + 5 35 Coins and Medals - -
9. ” ” 9 Prints and Drawings -

VII. Miscerianeovus:
1. Law Expenses S ie ce ble sea | Te é, Bo ame S

Expenses for extra Facilities to the Public to see the Reading Room
and Inbrary in the Summer of 1862 - - - - - -

Deduct,—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz. :
Dividends on £.30,000 Reduced Three per Cent, Annuities - = -
Museum Publications: - - - - - 4 s

Appropriation from Funds in the hands of the Trustees -

Net Amount of Estimate
|

Required for the Year
1863-64.

Granted for the Year
1862-63. 9

a5.
70,0

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

VIL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmirrep to Visit the Britis Museum.

Persons admitted to view the Generat Coxtecrions in each Year, from 1857 to 1862, both Years inclusive.

aS OW 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862,
N° IN? Ne Ne Ne N°

ANUARY Be ty as. =) ok ee team 24,246 35,638 30,018 28,667 43,070
wppuARY - = = - -o* =|) 16,868 28,470 28,261 29,995 32,183 36,445
Me = ee, | Sey T8000 33,312 32,881 33,995 33,378 38,499
ee a (ts 64,363 70,462 65,982 83,436 59,204
iy Ce ae a lI Be 58,048 29,071 57,354 69,993 48,021
JUNE - ~- - - - - -| 98,148 37,554 63,435 50,218 46,068 103,274
[eter 8S) Sh cS) oa. sip 65,866 42,357 41,861 50,955 69,361 | 143,258

ees b= ab ecole |) 485474 46,548 50,310 51,626 68,205 | 165,017
MeEEEHOUE Sb © iy we oo elf) 82,081 31,762 31,118 33,846 41,671 87,008
October eee Seed =r alms ile tate he t275058 37,072 38,582 46,635 49,578 81,530
eee | eS sh 20,872 22,953 27,092 29,506 39,351 35,802
0 a ei LT 92,885 69,184 56,809 79,995 53,949

i | ee

to’ view the General Collections

Total Number of Persons admitted
621,034 | 519,565 | 517,895 | 536,939 | 641,886 | 895,077
(exclusive of Readers) - .

Number of Visits—

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of
Study or Research -

A} 2 q 94,370 122,103 122,424 127,763 130,410 122,497
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the ae

2,52 2 2,7 2
poseof Study - - - aps 3022 364 9710 2,030 1,647
TeamebrintRoom- - - - - 3,315 3,499 3,013 3,197 3,109 3,265
To the Coin and Medal Room - -~— - 2,316 2,002 2,204 2,065 1,817 1,544
Tora - - -| 723,648 | 649,691 647,900 | 672,674 | 779,252 | 1,024,030

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Bririsa Mustum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January and February; from Ten tiil Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st of
August. The Public will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, July and August
of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six. >

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November,
December, January and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March and
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July and August.

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, from Nine o’clock to the
hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or
Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority.

British Museum, i J. Winter Jones,
14 April 1863. { Deputy Principal Librarian.

0.3. : B

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII.— PROGRESS made in the Catratocuinc and ARRANGEMENT, and Account of
OBJECTs ADDED, in the Year 1862.

DEPARTMENT OF PrinTteED Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on tlie shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been marked on the inside, and affixed to the back of each volume; also, on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 120,129.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue—The number of titles and cross-
references written for this Catalogue amounts to 16,966. The number of titles tran-
scribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 3,736, and of index slips 131; 26,751 title slips
and 125 index slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue.
This incorporation has rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 37,013 title slips, and
to add to each copy 809 new leaves.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue—The number of titles and cross-references written for
this Catalogue is 52,340, besides 127 for the Hebrew Catalogue ; in all, 52,467. The number
of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 40,365, besides 1,045 index slips; 29,806
title slips, and 796 imdex slips have been incorporated into three copies of this Catalogue.
In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 30,324 title slips have been removed
and re-inserted in each copy, and 1,055 leaves added to each copy.

The number of new entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
is 78.

(c.) Carbonic Hand Catalogues. —47,035 title slips of the fourth transeript have been
mounted on cartridge paper for the Carbcnic Hand Catalogue of the printed books, and
119,525 title slips so mounted, have been arranged and incorporated into the general
series: 76,446 title slips of the fourth copy have been mounted on cartridge paper, and
arranged as a carbonic hand catal: gue of the collection of maps.

(d.) Maps.—The new titles and cross-references written for maps amount to 4,697.
The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 6,764. ‘lhe number of titles °
incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue is 10,626. ‘This incorporation has
rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert in each of these three copies 5,807 title slips,
and to add to each copy 201 leaves,

(e.) Music Cataloque.—The new titles and cross-references written for this Catalogue
amount to 6,263; 3,873 titles have been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(f.) List of the Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—324 titles have been written
for this list and inserted in each of three interleaved copies of the same catalogue, in order
to record the changes made in the books of reference by the addition of new works, and
the exchange of old for new editions.

I1J.—The number of volumes bound is 14,749 in 12,688, including 2,679 pamphlets.
The number of volumes repaired is 1,393: 761 Maps have been mounted.

IV. Reading Room Service—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room is 229,139; to those of the Royal Library,
10,069; to those of the Grenville Library, 940; and to the closets in which books are kept
from day to day for the use of the Readers, 173,183. Adding the number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Readnmg Room, about 912,000, the whole amounts to
ae or 4,539 per diem. The number for the year 1861 was 1,269,206, or 4,376 per

lem.

2. the number of Readers has been 122,497; on an average 419 per diem, the Reading
Room having been kept open 292 days; each Reader has consulted, on an average, 10
volumes per diem.

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library (including 339 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Treaties) amounts to 30,362 (including Music,
Maps, and Newspapers), of which 1,520 were presented, 22,830 purchased, and 6,012
acquired by copyright.

2. The number of parts of volumes (including 492 received under the International Copy-
right Treaties) is 32,020 (including Maps and Music), of which 591 were presented, 14,347
purchased, and 17,082 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers acquired
is 1,027. Of these, 788 (viz., 211 published in London, and 527 in the country) have been
received from the Inland Revenue Office in England, 140 from the branch of that office in
Ireland, and 130 from the branch of the same office in Scotland. One has been presented,
and 18 purchased.

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3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans amount to 1,229 in 3,990 sheets; the Atlases to 36
complete, and 6 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts,
57 were presented, 923 purchased, and 249 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases, 1 was
presented, 14 purchased, and 21 complete (including 2 received under the International
Copyright Treaties), and 6 parts of Atlases were acquired by copyright.

4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 326
received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 2,901, of which 101 were purchased,
and 2,474 acquired by copyright: 437 parts and numbers of works in progress have
been acquired by copyright, and also 1,084 works, not included among the pieces of
music, of which 944 were purchased, and 140 acquired by copyright.

5. The total number of articles received (including Broadsides, Ballads, and other mis-
cellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 73,929, of which 1,191 were received under the
International Copyright Treaties. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides, Ballads,
Photographs, &e., and comprising 603 received under the International Copyright Treaties)
29,175 are complete works. Of the complete works, 19,451 were purchased, 708 pre-
sented, and 9,016 acquired by copyright.

6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps so impressed is,
by the hand stamp, 349,055, and by Sloper’s puncturing stamp, used for newspapers and
playbills, 150,955 altogether 500,010 stamps.

J. Winter Jones.

DepARTMENT OF Manuscripts.

1. The Index to the Catalogue of Additions for the years 1846 and 1847, has been com-
pleted and sent to press.

2. The Catalogues of Additional Manuscripts for 1855 and 1856 have been continued to
No. 21,407, and the former !s nearly completed.

3. The Egerton Manuscripts have been deseriled in detail, from No. 1,789 to No. 1,850.

4. The entries in the Hand Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts placed in the
Reading Room, have been continued from No. 24,098 to No, 24,435, up to the end of
April 1862.

5. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No, 4,876 to No. 8,401,
and from No. 9,463 to No. 9,622, and the slips revised and entered in the General Cata-
logue (both in the Department and Reading Room copies), froin No. 4,659 to No. 5,444.
The Egerton Charters have been described from No. 113 to No. 127.

6. The sheets from 6 K to 7 I of the Appendix to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts
have been revised for press. Fifty-one Arabic, 118 Persian, and 20 Turkish Manuscripts,
have been described in detail for the General Catalogues of those classes, and, in a briefer
form, for the Catalogues of Additions, 1860-1862.

7. Three hundred and forty-seven Syriac Manuscripts have been re-collated andepartly
re-iwranged, and copious notes taken of their contents. Six Sabian Manuscripts have been

deseribed.

8. The General Classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the
end of the year.

9. The General Index to the Additional and Egerton Manuscripts, from 1847 to 1860
inclusive, has been enlarged and completed, and a fair transcript is now in progress for the
use of the Reading Room. The Indexes to the Harleian MSS. 4,712, 4,713, 7,003-7,006,
7,012, 7,013, 7,502, and 7,344-7,351, have been transcribed in!o the respective volumes.

10. The Register of Donations to the Department has been kept up to the end of 1862.

11. Transcripts have been made, for the use of the Reading Room, of the Catalogue of
Chinese Manuscripts, of the Appendix to the old Royal Collection of MSS. (wiih an Index
added), and of the Catalogue of Egerton Charters (with an Index added). The transcripts
of the Catalogues of Cottonian and Harleian Charters are still in progress.

12. The arrangement of the Papers of the late Rev. Joseph Hunter has been completed,
as also of a large portion of the Vopographical and other papers of Caley and Devon, all
recently acquired. The contents of MSS. Cott. Galba a. xx, Otho c. xiv. and p. xu,
Add. 24,631 and Eg. 1803-1805, have been re-arranged.

13. The Additional Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered and registered, from No.
24,334 to No. 24,999 (including the additions to the end of 1862); and bound, repaired,
lettered and stamped, from No. 20,634 to No. 20,686 (end of the Gualterio Papers), No.
23,341 to No. 23,606 (end of Taylor Collection), No. 23,780 to No. 23,878 (the Robinson
Papers), and from No. 24,023 to No. 24,479.

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14. The Egerton Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered and registered, from No.
1,929 to No. 1,942; and bound, lettered, and stamped, from No. 1,732 to No. 1,757
(Bentinck Papers), and No. 1,894 to 1,909.

15. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from No. 15,585
to No. 16,157, and registered from No. 1,585 to No, 2,170, and from No. 4,801 to No.
5,349. They have also been separately marked with the date of acquisition, from No.
14,509 to No. 15,207.

16. Five hundred and sixty-three of the Additional Manuscripts, 254 of the Sloane, 234
of the Lansdowne, and 43 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio’d.

17. Stamps have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document in 29 volumes
of the Cottonian Collection, 1 Old Royal, 13 Harleian, 15 Hargrave, 39 Egerton, and
1,149 Additional Manuscripts ; also on 538 Additional and 15 Egerton Charters, and 133
Books of Reference. The total number of stamps affixed amounts to 49,023.

18. New Hand-Lists have been made of the Harleian Collection and the Select Manu-
scripts; and a brief list of Cetached Seals, from 1853 to 1861. Of the Add. MSS. 352
have been permanently and 318 temporarily press-marked, and entered in the inventories.

19. Thirty-nine Cottonian, 80 Sloane, 45 Harleian, 5 Lansdowne, 17 Hargrave, 16
Egerton, and 881 Additional Manuscripts, with 151 Books of Reference, have been
bound, repaired, or lettered. The remains of the Cottonian Manuscript Otho x. xiv.
(injured in the fire of 1731), have been inlaid, with nine other volumes not numbered.

20. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, marked with
numbers, ana stamped, from No. 15,508 to No. 16,157, and the numbers entered in the
Shelf-Lists. Eleven Pipe-Rolls have been repaired (the whole of this Collection, called
the Chancellor’s Rolls, is now re-transferred, by order of the Trustees, to the custody of
the Master of the Rolls), and the Harleian Roll, Y 6. Eighty-seven injured Seals haye
been repaired.

21. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :—

To the General Collection—

Manuscripts = - - - - - - - - 695
Original Charters and Roll - - - - - 583
Original Seals and Bulle - - - - - = 93

To the Egerton Collection—
Manuscript - - - - = = ba B tdeveg

Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be mentioned—

A fine copy, on vellum, of the Historia Ecclesiastica of Bede, of the 12th century.
From the library of the late Sir F. Palgrave, K.n.

A copy of the Chronicle of William of Newburgh to the year 1197, on vellum, of the
15th century.

A volume containing the Psalter, Canticles, &c., written on vellum, and partially illu-
minated in the best style of English art; executed probably for Alphonsus, second son
of Edward I. on the occasion of his contemplated marriage with the daughter of the
Count of Holiand, in 1284. From the Tenison Library.

A valuable collection of 203 Original Charters, from the reign of Henry II. to Charles II.
relating to various English counties. Presented by the family of the late Sir F. Palgrave.

A fine copy of the works of Apuleius, on vellum, of the 14th century. From the
library of the Rey. J. Mitford.

“La Spera,” of Gregorio Dati, on vellum, with miniatures and coloured maps, 15th century.

The curious work of Rob. Valturio of Rimini, “de Re Militari,” addressed to Sigismondo
Pandolpho Malatesta, written on vellum, 15th century, and illustrated with drawings of
warlike machines. From M. Libri’s collection.

Eleven Ethiopic manuscripts on vellum, among which is an abridgment of the History
of Josephus, and the service-book of the Jews resident in Abyssinia.

The original book of expenses of Marguerite de Valois, first wife of Henry IV. of
France, from 1612 to 1614.

The entire works of the poet Saadi in Persian, a splendid volume, with numerous
miniatures and illuminated borders, written a.H. 976 = A.D. 1568. From M. Libri’s
collection.

The Original Correspondence of Thomas Lord Dacre, of Gillesland, Warden of the
Marches against Scotland, from June 1523 to August 1524. From the library of Miss
Richardson Currer.

A volume of Original Letters of Philip IV. of Spain to the Padre Quiroga, from 1629
to 1646, and another volume of Consultas, with annotations in the handwriting of Philip,
1643-1648.

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Sixty Autograph Letters of Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, to Madame D’Albert, 1690--
1698, and nine of William IIIf. to Lord Godolphin, 1691-1693.

A notarial document relating to the heirs of Frangoise Rousseau, signed by J. B. P.
Moliére, and dated 25 January 1664.

Another portion of the correspondence of Francesco Terriesi, 1687-1689, transcribed
from the archives at Florence.

The history of the Priory of Bermondsey and of the mansion of Sir Thomas Pope there,
by J. C. Buckler, Esq., illustrated by a large collection of drawings and sketches, in
three volumes folio. Presented by the author, who is also the artist.

22. The number of deliveries of manuscripts to readers in the Reading-room during the
past year amounts to 22,970, and to artists and others in the rooms of the Department, to
4,340, exclusive of the volumes shown to visitors on private days.

Frederic Madden.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL, BritisH, AnD Mepi®vat ANTIQUITIES, AND
ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.— Arrangement.

Progress has been made in the chronological arrangement of the Sepulchral tablets and
smaller objects in the Egyptian Galleries ; and the larger acquisitions have been mounted
and placed in their proper positions,

The arrangements in the second Egyptian room have been continued, and some of the
objects cf the first room have been transferred thereto for the sake of obtaining more space,
and an improved display of these antiquities.

Three new cases have been placed in the Galleries.

The wall cases in the Assyrian ante-room have been refitted and re-arranged for the
better exhibition of Assyrian and Babylonian inscribed terra-cotta cylinders and other
objects.

A series of bricks, bearing the names of Assyrian, Chaldean and Babylonian kings,
has been arranged in chronological order in the same room.

A broken obelisk of Sardanapalus 1. has been repaired, and is now exhibited in the
Nimroud Gallery.

Two table cases in the Assyrian basement room have been filled with various smaller
objects for public exhibition.

A re-airangement of the Assyrian collection of ivories has been made, and a catalogue of
Assyrian and Babylonian cylinders in hard stone has been commenced.

The inscribed tragments of Assyrian tablets which filled the wall cases in the gallery
of the Ornament Room have been carefully examined, and many removed for the inspection
of Sir H. Rawlinson with a view to publication.

The Foreign Collection of Stone Implements, cluding the large accessions o this
year, have been arranged in a parallel series to the British Collection, with the requisite
fittings and labels.

184 Egyptian Antiquities have been catalogued.

108 small Egyptian objects have been mounted, and 6 repaired.

49 large Egyptian objects have been mounted on plinths in the Galleries.

3 smaller Egyptian statues have been placed under glass shades.

8 Egyptian inscriptions in stone have been framed, and 5 Egyptian tablets have been
framed and glazed.

2 Papyri have been framed and glazed, and 31 fragments bound in the form of books
and mounted, and 1 papyrus in a frame repaired.

19 pieces of papyri have been stamped.

7 Egyptian drawings have been mounted.

19 Books and 15 Maps belonging to the Department have been stamped.

121 pieces of Assyrian Ivories have been mounted.

98 Assyrian Ivories have been rejoined.

174 Assyrian objects have been mounted.

74 Assyrian objects have been repaired; 4 Assyrian tablets and 15 Assyrian bricks
have been mounted.

17 Punic Inscriptions on Stone have been placed in boxes for preservation and
exhibition.

116 British, Saxon, and Medizval objects have been repaired and mounted.

68 Type impressions of Seals have been made.

_ 5,370 Objects, comprising arrears previous to the separation of the Departments of
Antiquities, have been registered.
194 printed numbers have been affixed to various antiquities.
329 descriptive labels haye been attached to objects exhibited in the public Galleries.
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5,853 registration numbers have been placed on objects.

All the acquisitions of the year 1862, amounting to 881 in number, have been regis-
tered, and, as far as possible, incorporated.

Fac similes of the Himyaritic inscriptions have been commenced ; they are to be pub-
lished in a series of lithographic plates.

Il.— Acquisitions.
Tbe acquisitions of the Department are 881 in number, and may be classed as follows:—

Egyptian.—Fragment from the side of the throne of a statue in arragonite, with the
name of an heretical monarch of the 18th dynasty; from Tel-el-Amarna. Presented by
the Rev. 'T. R. Maynard.

Leg from a colossal statue of a king or deity in red granite.

Bronze Boat-head, ornamented with the head of the God Horus.

A Net, found in a tomb at Thebes.

An ancient Painter’s Brush, found in a tomb at Thebes, and presented by H. Hopley
White, Esq.

Six pieces of Fine Linen from the wrappings of a mummy, inscribed with various chapters
of the ritual and vignettes. .

Figure of a Hawk from Edfoo, presented by J. Manship Norman, Esq.

Four gnostic Amulets; one of them is of remarkable character, having figures of a triad
of divinities, Bait, Athor, and Akori, and being inscribed with a elegiac distich in their
honour.

Babylonian and Persian.—-Terra-cotta Cylinder, with an inscription containing the name

of Nebuchadnezzar.
A Persian sem of fine work, representing a king on horseback hunting a wild boar.

Phanician and Early Oriental.—A Pheenician Searabeus from Gaza, resembling in
workmanship those found in Sardinia.

A block of {larble from an arch at Tripoli, inscribed with a bilingual inscription, Latin
and late Phoenician; it has been described by Gesenius, Scriplure lingueque Phenicie
monumenta, No. LXIV. Presented by Her Majesty the Queen.

Twenty-eight bronze Plates, with Himyaritic inscriptions, from Sanaain Arabia; one
of them presented by Captain R, L. Playfair, and the rest by Colonel Coghlan, Political
Resident and Commandant at Aden.

Metal Bowl, covered inside and out with inscriptions in three different characters, appa-
rently of a talismanic nature; presented by Colonel Coghlan.

British and Medieval.—Two flint Implements from the drift at Herne Bay, presented by
A. Wiley, Esq.

A. collection of flint Implements, partly from the drift beds in the neighbourhood of
Abbeville, partly from later formations in the seme neighbourhood ; presented by M. Boucher
de Perthes of Abbeville.

Stone Hammer found near Balmerino, Co. Fife; presented by W. D. Ramsay, Esq.

Au extensive collection of stone Implements found in Denmark, and some specimens
from Portugal, all illustrating the earlier periods of British Antiquities.

Bronze Spear-head and Dagger-blade from the Thames at Thames Ditton, presented by
the Earl of Lovelace; a bronze Spear-head, from Headford, Co. Galway, presented by
R. Stewart, Esq.; a fine circular bronze Shield, two bronze Swords, and other Weapons
found in the Thames.

A collection of Urns, stone Implements, and other Antiquities, excavated by the late
T. Martin Atkins, Esq., principally near the White Horse Hull, Berks; presented by
Mrs. Martin Atkins.

Three British Urns, found at Standlake, Oxon, presented by the Rev. Dr. Wilson, Presi-
dent of ‘Trinity College, Oxford; a British Urn, found in a barrow at Bradley, Cu. Derby,
presented by C. Sprengel Greaves, Esq., @.c.; and three Urns from barrows in the New
Forest, excavated and presented by J. R. Wise, Esq.

A stone mould for casting bronze Spear-heads, found at Lough Gur, Co. Limerick ; pre-
sented by A. H. Monteomery, Esq.

A massive gold Armlet, found near Hull, and two Irish gold ornaments.

Weapons and other remains of a Romano-British character discovered at Spetisbury,
near Blandford, Dorset, presented by J. Y. Akerman, Esq.

Sepulchral tablet for Volusia Faustina and Claudia Catiola, with their portraits; the
inscription gives the Roman name for Lincoln, in which city the tablet was discovered in
1859.

Roman leaden Coffin, found in the parish of Bethnal Green, not far from the line of the
Roman road to Stratford.

Lump of lead found in the Thames, stamped with the Christian monogram and the name
of Syagrius, probably Afranius Syagrius, Secretary to the Emperor Valentinian I., and
Consul, a. p. 882; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Specimens of pottery found on the site of Roman kilns in the New Forest, Hampshire,
excavated and presented by J. R. Wise, Esq. .

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A collection of Antiquities excavated by J. Y. Akerman, Esq., in an Anglo-Saxon
cemetery at Long Wittenham, Berkshire.

Some fine specimens of Anglo-Saxon jewellery found at Ash, in Kent.

An Anelo-Saxon bucket found at Farforth, near Louth, Co. Lincoln ; presented by
Samuel Welfitt, Esq.

Saxon weapons found in the Thames at Cookham ; presented by Captain Oakes.

A silver sword pommel of the Danish type, found in the Scine, at Paris.

Weight, with the arms of Edward I., found at Croyland Abbey; presented by Beriah
Botfield, Tisq., M.P. t

Seal of the Guardians of the bridge at Rochester, and seal of an Abbot of Strata Florida,
in Cardiganshire, both of the fifteenth century.

Ancient earthenware cistern, found in Moorgate Street, presented by Messrs. Knowles
and Foster. :

Two engraved ivory plates with mythological figures of the 16th century, found in the
mansion of Sir Thomas Pope, at Bermondsey ; presented by J. C. Buckler, Esq.

A cylinder of bamboo, very minutely engraved, and dated 16 2.

An enamelled plate froma reliquary, being a very early specimen of German encrusted
enamel, 12th century, found in the district of Liineburg, Hanover. piss

Two iion keys found in the ruins of the Castle of Durnstein, in which Richard
Cceu:-de-Lion was confined ; presented by Herr Heninger,

A watch inscribed with the name of John Milton, and the date 1631, and presumed to
have belonged to the poet; presented by Charles Frank Fellows, Esq., according to the
desire of his father, the late Sir Charles Fellows. a

An Oriental quadrant dated 1334, and three other instruments of a similar nature.

Ethnographical. — Five stone celts from Goruckpoor, India; presented by W. s.
Blandford, Esq. «-Reidilaal

A collection of ancient vases and stone implements from Chiriqui and Peru.

Fragments of pottery and stone implements found at Norwichville, Canada West ;
presented by A. P. Miller, Esq. ‘

Stone impiemenis from British Columbia; presented by Mrs, John Miles.

Ancient bronzes, specimens of metel-work, ivory carvings, &c., from the Japanese
Collection, exhibited at the International Exhibition of 1862.

A marble figure of Buddha.

Samuel Birch.

DsPpARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

T.—-Arrangement.

Two hundred and sixty-seven statues, busts, reliefs, and fragments of sculpture, chiefly
from the Mausoleum, from Cnidus, and from Cyrene, have been mounted on plinths.

The whole of the sculptures in the Eastern glass shed, lave been classed according to
the respective countries from which they were brought.

One hundred and one inscriptions have been mounted on plinths.

The sculptures in the Roman Gallery, Greco-Ruman Rooms, Lycian and First Elgin
Rooms, and those from Cnidus under the glass shed, have been cleaned, under the direction
of Mr. Westmacott.

The arrangement of the Vases, Greek and Roman Terracottas, and Roman glass in the
side cases of the first and second Vase rooms, has been completed.

Progress has been made in the description of the Second Vase room for an improved
edition of the Synopsis.

Three hundred and twenty-five descriptive titles have been affixed to cbjects in the
collections. Fifty-eight objects have been registered, and sixty-three vases have been
catalogued.

The bronzes in the side cases of the Bronze Room have been cleaned.

Eight Vases and Eleven Miscellaneous Antiquities have been repaired; Ninety-two
Terracottas, and Vases of Glass or Fictile Ware, have been mounted on plinths.

Il.— Acquisitions.

1. Antiquities from Camirus in the Island of Rhodes.—During the past year the excava-
.tions on this interesting site have led to the discovery of a tomb containing the following
objects, all of which have been purchased for the National Collection.

(.) An Amphora, with figures painted in red and opaque white on a black ground.

This Vase is a most valuable acquisition, not oniy on account of the beauty of the com-
position and masterly drawing, but also from the fact that its principal subject, the surprise
of Thetis by Peleus, may be at once recognised as the same scene which is represented on
one side of the Portland Vase. The received explanation of that celebrated composition,
first proposed by the late Mr. Millingen, is thus strikingly confirmed.

The style of the Camirus Vase is that introduced about the time of Alexander the Great,
when opaque colours and gilding were employed in combination with the earlier monochrome
figures.

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Examples of this class of fictile art are occasionally to be met with, but none, it is
thought, exhibiting such free and masterly drawing as the Camirus Vase.

This Vase is further interesting from the fact that up to the time of its discovery no
specimen of fictile art had been obtained from the Greek Archipelago at all comparable to
the finest specimens from Vulci or Southern Italy.

It is probable that the Camirus Vase is of Rhodian fabric, and that it was executed
about the time of Protogenes.

The marked excellence in the drawing aud composition may, therefore, reflect the
nfluence of that renowned artist.

In the same tomb with this Vase was found a gold pyzis, about one inch in diameter,
ornamented on each side with a figure exquisitely embossed and chased.

On one side is represented Eros or Cupid feeling the point of his arrow, on the other
Thetis on a Dolphin bringing to Achilles the Armour made for him by Vulcan. Both
these figures probably have reference to the principal subject of the Vase.

This and another gold pyaxis precisely similar were found enclosed within a small
alabaster pyzis.

Several interesting specimens of early Greek Vases, Terracottas, and Glass from Camirus
have been added to the Collection acquired since 1859.

2. A Gold Fibula, from Care (Cervetri), formerly in the collection of Mr. T. Blayds.

This Fibula, which is rather more than eight inches long, 1s remarkable for its unusual
size and for beauty of workmanship.

It is ornamented on the front with a double row of lions ; the head is decorated with
sphinxes, the whole embossed and corded with filagree. Jt is engraved in the Monumenti
Inediti of Micali, Tav. xxi. figg. 6, 7.

3. A Terracotta Lamp in the form of a galley, made of coarse red clay, and about two
feet one inch long.

It was found at Pozzuoli, and was formerly in the Durand Collection, where it is described
(No. 1777.)

It is remarkable for its size, form, and the singular figures with which it is ornamented.

On the upper part or deck of the valley are represented in relief a group of Serapis and
Isis, below which is one of the Dioscuri, standing on a base inscribed with the word
EYIIAOIA in uncial characters. Below this again js a grotesque figure, supposed to be
the potter Demiurgos modelling a vase. On the bottom of the lamp is writien in uncial
characters AABE ME TON HAIOCEPAIIIN. From the evidence of the two inscriptions,
it is probable that this lamp was a votive offering, dedicated in a temple of Serapis at
Pozzuoli, after a successful voyage.

4. A group in white marble, representing Europa crossing the Sea on the Bull, found at
Gortyna in Crete, obtained for the British Museum through Mr. Consul Guarracino, and
brought to England in Her Majesty’s ship “ Scourge.”

This group, which is about life-size, is probably the work of some inferior Cretan artist :
the lower part of the figure of Europa appears to be a later restoration.

Notwithstanding the inferior character of the sculpture, this group is an interesting
acquisition from having been found at Gortyna, the scene of the fabled landiag of Europa,
on the coins of which place the group occurs very similarly composed.

5. Leaden Tablets from Cnidus.—During the course of the excavations at Cnidus, 14
fragments of leaden tablets were found rolled up and broken near the bases of statues in
the Temenos of Demeter.

These fragments have recently been unrolled, and found to be covered with inscriptions
which have been deciphered and engraved in facsimile. ;

The subjects of all of them are Dire, or dedications to the infernal deities of certain
offending persons, on whose heads punishment is invoked.

These inscriptions are of much interest not only as early specimens of Paleography, but
also from the light they throw on some of the superstitions of the ancient world. Such
tablets are of extreme rarity.

6. Casts from the Colossal Marble Lion of Cheronea.—This lion was placed by the
Thebans on the battle field of Charonea, in memory of those of their countrymen who
fell in that contest, which took place B.c. 338.

In the 2d Century of the Christian Aira, the lion was seen in situ by Pausanias, and is
described in his work on Greece. [1x. 40. § 5.]

In the year 1818 the fragments of this noble work were accidentally discovered by a
party of English travellers, who removed the soil under which they were nearly buried. [See
the “ Literary Gazette ” for 1824, p. 265. |

Since this discovery the remains have lain on the spot where they were excavated, un-
protected from weather. In the course of last year an opportunity having occurred of
sending a formatore from Athens to Cheronea, casts of the head and hind legs have been
made, and are now in the British Museum.

This lion was in a seated posture; its scale must have been double that of the Cnidus Lion.
The style of the sculpture is exceedingly fine, and the interest of these fragments is
enhanced by the fact that the Cheronea monument was erected but a few years subse-
queitly to the Mausoleum, and that this lion and the colossal horse from the pyramid are,
probably, both works of the later Athenian school.

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The following presents have been received during the year :—

(1.) A female head in relief, in Pentelic marble; presented by Dr. Lee, of Hartwell.

This head, which is evidently broken off from some large relief, has been thought to
belong to a standing female figure in the eastern frieze of the Parthenon. There does not,
however, appear to be sufficient evidence to hear out this conjecture.

(2.) Part of a large tile inscribed AAYIEIQN, and found on the site of the ancient
Alyzia, in Acarnania.

(3.) A small votive pig in terracotta; found on the south coast of Aitolia, and probably

taken from a Greek tomb.
Both these objects were presented by Dominic Ellis Colnaghi, Esq., Her Majesty’s

Consul at Bastia.

(4.) A bronze locust found at Lardos, near Lindus, Rhodes, and

(5.) A bronze lion from Theologo, Rhodes; presented by General Haug.

(6.) A small portion of tessellated pavement from Carthage; presented by William
‘Leigh, Esq.

(7.) Aesmall ram’s head, and two acorns in embossed silver; presented by Henry
Christy, Esq.
- (8.) Two rubbings from Greek inscriptions, one taken at Kustinji, the other at Salonica,
‘from an inscription published by Bockh, Corpus Inscript. No. 1267; presented by the
‘Rev. Charles Curtis.

C. T. Newton.

DeparTMENT oF Corns AND MEDALS.

I.— Arrangement.

587 slips for the Catalogue of Greek Coins have been written, comprising those of th
‘towns of Metapontum, Posidonia, Pestum, Pyxus, Sybaris, Thurium, and Velia.

600 Greek coins, being those of Hispania, have been re-arranged, with new and appro-
priate descriptive cards.

131 Greek coins, being those of Elis, have been re-arranged, with new and appropriate
descriptive cards.

M. Huber’s collection of Greek coins has been minutely examined, and 395 specimens
were secured at his sale for the Museum Cabinets.

324 Roman Imperial Gold Coins have been re-arranged, with fresh cards.

4,476 Roman Imperial Copper Coins have been re-arranged in seven cabinets, and the
first, second, and third brass have been incorporated together.

289 Modern and Medieval Gold Coins, being those of Sweden, Denmark, Spain,
‘Portugal, Bavaria, and Brandenburg, have been re-arranged, with new and appropriate
cards.

377 Venetian coins, being the first portion of the large collection purchased from
M. De Kin in 1861, have been registered and incorporated in the General Collection.

2,289 English silver coins, being the pennies, halfpennies, and farthings of William the
Conqueror, William II., Henry I., Stephen, Henry II., Richard I., John, Henry IIL,
Edward I., and Edward II., have been re-arranged in three new cabinets, with new
descriptive cards.

333 Oriental coins, being chiefly those struck by the English for India, have been re-
arranged.

817 Oriental coins, being those of the Afghan rulers of Dehli, have been catalogued,

145 Oriental coins, being those of the kings of Janpur, have been catalogued.

1,060 Oriental coins, being those of the Sassanian dynasty, have been re-arranged in two
new cabinets.

1,575 coins have been registered.

869 coins have been prepared for registration.

1,716 coins have been incorporated.

2,233 permanent descriptive cards have been written for different parts of the Collection.

10,982 moulds of Greek and Roman coins have been cleaned and arranged.

5,101 new type impressions have been cast.

5,624 type impressions have been identified with the moulds and arranged.

During the year, several Collections have heen brought to the Museum, and the coins
required have been selected and purchased. Of these the most remarkable has been that
_of General Haug, which was made during a long residence in Greece.

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If.—Acquisilions.

The following table shows the number and classification of the coins and medals pro-.
cured during the year 1862 :—

| Gold. Silver. Copper. ToTat,

Greek - - - - 4 114 696 814

Roman - = - - 29 45 26 100

Medieval and Modern - 70 268 215 553

Oriental - - - - 18 334 39 391
Bovratssie bazeof! col 2d 761 976 1,838

Of these Acquisitions, the following have been received as presents :—

A coin of Wratislaw, King of Bohemia, a D., 1086-91, from the Rev. A. H. Wratislaw.

A collection of eleven Swiss coins and of 57 English tokens, from the Earl of Enniskillen..

Six English tokens and two French coins, from the Rev. Temple Frere.

A token of Benjamin Nightingale, Esq., from Mrs. Nightingale.

Five Oriental silver coins, from M. Frederic Soret.

A coin of Paderborn and of Pope Pius IX., from Mr. Eastwood.

A very rare Byzantine coin of Michael Ducas and Maria, from Madame Trenefidi.

A groat of Henry IV., V., or VI., found at Bermondsey, from J. C. Buckler, esq.

Two medals of the International Exhibition, from Thomas Watts, esq.

Eight Irish tokens, from A. W. Franks, esq.

Two Dano-Irish pennies, from R. Penrose, esq.

An Impetial Greek coin of Vespasian, struck at Cyprus, from E. H. Bunbury, esq.

Two florin piece, and a three and a half gulden piece, from the Bavarian Government.

A sceatta, from Dr. Dalton.

Six modern Dutch East India coins, from Professor Millies, of Leyden.

A medal of the Russian engraver, M. Outken, from John Pye, Esq.

Five Saxon coins, from the Lord Digby.

Six modern Indian coins, procured at Lucknow, from P. H. Crank, Esq.

A bronze medal of M. Frederic Soret, and a token of M. A. Durand, from M. A..
Durand.

A groat of Henry IV., V. or VI., struck at Calais, from Thomas Lynch, Esq.

Five gold, 24 silver, and eight copper coins, from the Brazilian Government.

The following coins may be mentioned as remarkable additions to the Cabinets of the
Museum :—

In the Greek Series: a Syracusan medallion; a silver coin of Cyprus; a very small
silver coin of Athens; an unique and very early silver coin of Eretria; an unique stater of
Bithynia ; a copper coin of Niniva Claudiopolis; a silver coin of Alexander A‘gus, struck
in Egypt, and of extreme rarity; several important coins of the Ptolemies; and a large
number of fine specimens of the Alexandrian coinage under the Romans.

In the Roman Series: a very rare solidus of Constantine the Great; a silver coin of
Pompey, restored by Trajan; a silver coin of Carausius, in fine preservation; a rare copper
coin of the same ruler; and an aureus of Flavius Severus.

In the Byzantine Series: a very rare gold coin of Heraclius and his eldest son.

m In the Medizval and Modern Series: 13 coins of the rare class of Visigothic Kings of
pain.

A coin of Henry Duke of Swabia, struck at Zurich, and a pattern for a five franc piece of
Alexander Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel.

_ Four gold pieces, intended as patterns for the coinage of Melbourne in Australia; struck.
in 1853.
1,544 persons have visited the collections in the Medal Room during the past year.

W.S. W. Vaux.

Departments or Naturat History.

_ At the period when the Natural History had assigned to it its share of exhibition space
in the present building, a certain proportion of the specimens of each department had to be

preserved in store,
The proportion of these specimens was greatest in the Department of Zoology ; and the
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accumulation of unexhibited or store-specimens in the localities assigned for their reception
had become so great, and the condition of those localities was such, as to_call for a Report
and representation as to the unsafe state of the specimens from the Keeper of the Zoology,
dated 16th January 1854. Additional space, if not for exhibition, yet suitable by dryness
and ventilation for the better preservation of the store-speciinens, was asked for.

From that date to the present, circumstances have prevented the acquisition of the
required additional space; nevertheless there has been an annual, and, in most: years,
augmenting addition of choice rarities to the vaults and recesses assigned for storage.

The arrangements made, after the Report of 1854, for heating and ventilation, have, in a
ereat degree, prevented the effects of damp; but the degree of heat for this purpose in-
juriously affecis the specimens preserved in spirits of wine, by accelerating its decomposition
and evaporation.

Each successive year of such storage increases the difficulty of keeping the specimens in
a good state, and concentrates the time and labour of the staff on works of preservation,
to the arrest of those of progress and improvement. The tickets, also, of the specimens
rapidly perish or become effaced in the atmosphere of the vaulis; they are as often
renewed ; but during the past year painted labels have been progressively substituted for
the written records attached to the store specimens.

By these labours, uninierruptedly attended to, the stored and unexhibited specimens,
many thousands in number, may be reported in the followmg condition :—

The unstuffed specimens of Mammalia are in astate fit for the purposes of scientific
examination and comparison, and most of them in a state fit for future preparation and
exhibition.

The Bird Skins in boxes are ina good condition. Some of those kept in cupboards in
the vaults begin to show the effects of damp ; but not, as yet, to the detriment of their
utility for purposes of comparison: they are not easily accessible for study.

he very large proportion of the class Insecta, preserved in drawers, and the dried speci-
mens of Arachnida and Crustacea, similarly stored, are in a good state of preservation, and
are more easily accessible for study or reference.

The collection of Osteology is ina state of preservation, but the conditions of its present
‘storage in the basement vaults detract greatly fiom its scientific use, through difficulty of

access to the specimens and to the light requisite ‘or examining them.

The specimens of the class Mammalia, Reptilia, and Pisces, preserved in spirits, and the
specimens of invertebrate animals similarly preserved, have been kept by great expenditure
of the antiseptic fluid in their present state of preservation.

The classes of TYunicata, Acalephe, Annelida, and Entozoa; the orders Nudibranchiata,
Inferobranchiata; the families Limacide, Oncidiade, and Firolide, and most of the class
Cephalopoda, are preserved in spirits, and stored in the vaults, where they crowd so closely
the space allotted to them, that access to the specimens not in the front row is difficult and
hazardous, and the utility of this part of the zoology is greatly abridged. These specimens
of invertebrate classes and subordinate groups are ina state of preservation suitable for
exhibition when the galleries may be acquired. .

In the public galleries the proportion of the stuffed mammalia standing on the floor and
attached to the wall shows only the degree of detriment which is inevitable from exposure
with the utmost amount of care. The specimens of this class in the glazed wall cabinets
are in a state of preservation ; but being divided amongst different rooms and compartments, °
the purpose of serial exhibition of the class cannot be fulfilled, and they are so crowded as
to cause inconvenience and loss of time to the conservator, as well as the scientific examiner
-of particular specimens.

_ The exhibited series of Birds is in a good state of preservation, and is arranged so as
to give a serial illustration of the modifications of the class, and to afford facility of exami-
nation of individual specimens.

The exhibited series of Reptiles, Fishes, Invertebrate Animals, Nests and nidamental
‘structures, Horns, Antlers, and the British Natural History are severally in a good state
-of preservation.

The space respectively allotted to each class of the Zoology is now so filled as to lead
to the necessity, often referred to in the reports from that department, of removing and
rearranging a proportion of the exhibited series, in order to make room for some additional
specimen, the rarity or other quality of which may enforce its claim to public exhibition.

The specimens of Fossil Remains exhibited and in store are in a good state of preservation.
The exhibited specimens are instructively arranged, and, in most instances, of easy access
for scientific examination and comparison. Those which are stored in drawers, or in parts
of the Museum not accessible to the public, are well arranged for study by scientific
visitors.

The series of the Mineralogy is in a good state of preservation, and in an improved
state of arrangement, display, and classification.

The additions in the year 1862 to the Department of Zoology are 13,129 in number,
and some of the more interesting specimens are noticed in the report from that depariment.
The Troglodytes vellerosus, Gray, discovered by Captain Burton in the Cameroon Moun-
tains of W. Tropical Africa, is a specimen of the adult male, and forms an instructive
addition to the present rich series of the Anthropoid apes.

Amongst the additions to the class Reptilia is a new tortoise, Cyclemys Mouhotii,
-discovered by M. Mouhot in the Lao Mountains of Cochin China.

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The Crocodilus Siamensis, known to, and specified by Cuvier, from a skull in the Paris.
Museum, is now represented in the. British Museum by a perfect example, as are also the
new species, Crocodilus pondicerianus, Jacare longiscutata, and J. ocellata. A represen-
tative of a new genus (CAloroscartes) of lizard has been obtained from the Feejee Islands.
Two remarkable forms of innocuous snakes, Cercocalamus and Brachyurophis, have been
obtained from Central America; and from Africa a genus of viper (Poecilostolus), living.
on trees, which was discovered by Captain Burton in the Cameroon district. In the
order Batrachia the Museum has acquired from Australia representatives of the genera
Platyplectrum and Cryptotis, and several new species of Limnodynastes.

Of the additions to the class of Fishes, 1,911 in number, during the past year, a few only
are dried skins; the rest being entire animals, preserved in spirits. Dr. Giinther has
determined and described more than 150 new species ; 128 examples of fishes have been
added to the British Collection, a part of which were new to it, whilst the other species,
now well exemplified, had been insufficiently represented by dried skins or deteriorated
specimens.

Other valuable collections have been received from Lapland and Sweden, through a
collector, Mr. Wheelwright; those specimens illustrate the differences between allied species
occurring on the Continent as well as on the British Islands.

G. Y. Johnson, Esq., has continued to collect in the seas of Madeira; his collections
are distinguished not only by the, beautiful state of preservation of the specimens, but also
by the discovery of several entirely new and highly interesting forms (Setarcies,,
Nesiarchus, &c.).

From the Mediterranean several collections have been received through Dr. Gulia of
Malta, and Dr. Th. Giinther, besides some smaller additions.

Asia.—The fresh water fishes of the Holy Land are still desiderata in the National:
Collection.

An important collection of Tropical Asiatic fishes has been obtained from Dr. P. van
Bleeker, containing typical specimens of the new species of Pharyngognathes and Anacan-
thines described by that ichthyologist in his forthcoming work on the ichthyology of the
East Indian Archipelago.

A second collection, made by one of the members of the Prussian expedition to Siam
and Japan, and acquired by the Museum, is not inferior to the former; almost all the
rare forms described in the “ Fauna Japonica,” such as Histiopterus, Velifer, Monocentris,
&c., and especially all the Chondropterygian fishes, are represented in it.

The last collection made by the lamented M. Mouhot in the interior of Siam contained
several new forms, e.g., Catopra, &c.

Her Majesty’s Consul at Formosa, R. Swinhoe, Esq., has commenced to coilect and to
send to the Museum the fishes of that island.

Africa.—The assistance of John Petherick, Esq., Her Majesty’s Consul at Khartoum,.
has been secured for procuring a complete series of the Fishes of the Nile, important not
only for the naturalist, but also for the archeologist. The last collection sent by that
gentleman to this country has been carefully examined, and every serviceable specimen was
procured at a moderate price, so that the British Museum now possesses the finest collec-
_ tion of the fishes of that river.

The Clarotes, hitherto known from a single deformed example in the possession of
Professor Hyrtl, of Vienna, is represented by specimens of all ages.

Several small collections of fresh water fishes have been received from the western coasts ;
nearly all the species contained in them are either entirely new, or but little known; some
of the new species are extremely interesting, for instance, Mormyrus Petersii, with the lower
lip produced into a long cone.

Australia—Mr. G. Krefft, acting curator of the South Australian Museum at Sydney,
has adopted the plan of having his specimeus named in accordance with those preserved in
European collections. For that purpose he transmits his duplicates at regular intervals to~
the British Museum, and, all the specimens being numbered, he receives the names in
return ; those specimens are of special particular value, inasmuch as the locality of each
specimen has been noted. Rare species, as, e.g., Atypichthys, Parma, Labrichthys, have-
been received through this source.

America.—The fishes which have been received from the North American continent during
the last year have come from the west coast.

A series of the viviparous fishes Ditrematide or Holconoti, in the most perfect state of.
preservation, has been obtained by the naturalist accompanying the British North American
Boundary Commission ; several undescribed species of Salmonide from the rivers from the
western slope of the rocky mountains are in the same collection.

Dr. Ayres, of San Francisco, has. commenced to send typical specimens of the species
described by him ; among them is a new form, Parophrys Ayresii.

A splendid collection of the freshwater fishes of Guatemala and Vera Paz has been sent
by Messrs. Godman and Salvin ; 16 new species of Chromides have been already described,
including representatives of two new genera, Theraps and Petenia.

In the foregoing observations on the additions of 1862 to the class of Fishes, it will be
seen in how many parts of the world there are intelligent collectors, with a desire to-
co-operate with the Museum authorities in advancing Ichthyology. These remarks are also

designed.

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designed to indicate the extent of space which will be needed for the ulterior exhibition of
the illustrations of the important and valuable class of fishes.

One of the most remarkable of fossil specimens recently discovered, Archeopterya
macrurus, Owen, has been secured, together with numerous other rare and unusually perfect
fossils for the Department of Geology. These specimens are from the quarries of litho-
graphic limestone at Solenhofen and Pappenheim, Bavaria. The Arch@opteryz, besides
the principal bones of the limbs and of part of the vertebral column, and furculum, exhibits
impressions of feathers, including “ primaries” and “ under-coverts” of both wings, and
the “rectrices * and quill-feathers of the tail, By the latter, the fossil bird chiefly differs
from living birds ; its tail, consisting of 20 vertebr, is longer than the trunk, and a pair of
feathers diverge from each of the vertebre. The matrix of the Archeopteryx belongs to the
upper Oolitic period, and is the most ancient in which fossil remains of a bird have, hitherto,
been discovered. The class, however, is indicated by foot-prints in older secondary
formations.

Rare and acceptable additions have accrued to all the Departments of Natural History
through the International Exhibition of 1862.

The Geological and Mineralogical Departments have been enriched by a highly instructive
and valuable collection of specimens, plans and maps, graciously presented by Her Majesty,
at whose disposal they had been placed by the Imperial Austrian Government. They
formed part of the series in the Austrian Department of the International Exhibition.

Amongst these specimens may be particularised an extensive series of characteristic
examples of coal, lignite, and allied forms of petrified and carbonised vegetable matters
from the several carboniferous strata in the Austrian dominions. Such a series will form an
important element in a Geological Department, properly so called, should such department
be hereafter associated with the collections of Fossil Remains (Paleontology) in the Natural
History Departments of the British Museum.

The space which these specimens of the coal of a single continental country occupied
in the Austrian Department of the International Exhibition—specimens illustrative of a
Geological subject replete with interest in its economical relations to a manufacturing and
commercial country—exemplifies the data and considerations on which exhibition space was
estimated in the Superintendent’s Report of 16th March 1859, for the combined Geological
and Paleontological Departments of the National Museum of Natural History. The instruc-
tive series of Crystals accompanying the above donation of Geological specimens, is noticed
in the Report from the Department of Mineralogy.

From the Spanish Department of the International Exhibition have been received, by
donation from the Commissioners, specimens ot marbles from Cordova, of Anglesite from
Toledo, and of Meerschaum from Vallicas.

From the Canadian Department the Mineralogy has received, by donation from Pro-
fessor Sierry Hunt, a series of characteristic specimens from that province.

From the Australian Department the Zoology has received a series of dried and stuffed
Fishes, mostly of large size, including the Hisuopterus, with sume rare sharks.

The number of additional specimens to the Natural History, during the year 1862,
is 28,273, of which 13,129 are registered in the depariment of Zoology, 3,144 in the depart-
ment of Geology, and 1,200 in the department of Mineralogy.

: Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT oF ZooLoey.

During the year 1862, 13,129 specimens of Animals of the several classes have been
added to the different parts of the Zoological Collection; namely—

Vertebrated Animals - - - - - - 3,342
Molluscous and Radiated Animals - - - = 26127
Annulose Animals - ~ - - - - - 7,660

ToTaL - - = 13,129

Many of these have been presented ; having been selected as the specimens most desirable
for the Museum from collections offered as donations by various persons.

A large number of the specimens purchased, have been selected from the collections
offered for sale, because they were such as had been described in published works or papers,
and were therefore the authentic examples or types on which the determination of the
species or observations thereon have been founded. Others have been purchased because
they illustrate the Zoology of some particular region of the earth’s surface, or tend to eluci-
date the scientific classification ; or again, because they are most interesting to the scientific
student, as tending to afford information on certain questious as to the origin of species, or
the gradual development of organised beings, which are agitating the minds of scientific
men, or engaging the attention of general visitors at the present time.

A consideiable portion of the specimens consists of the types or individual specimens
which have been described in various scientific works and periodicals, and students in after

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times will thus be enabled to study with certainty the actual specimens on which the
different. authors established their species, or founded their observations and comparisons,
These will afford the only certain means of identifying the species; as the progress of
science is always sure to render the descriptions of animals, however carefully written,
insufficient in many details for the requirements of succeeding naturalists, wien other and
closely allied species or varieties are discovered.

The following additions may be specially mentioned :—

A Chimpanzee, that appears to be new (‘'roglodytes vellerosus), from the Camercon
Mountains, obtained, with oiher Mammalia, from Captain Burton, Her Majesty’s Consul at
Fernando Po.

A collection of skins of Mammalia, and a small collection of Skulls; collected and
presented by J. K. Lord, Esq., of the North American Boundary Commission.

A collection of skins of Mammalia from India; presented by E. Blyth, Esq., principally
types of species described by him.

A collection of Mammalia from the Lao Mountains, many of them new species, collected
by the late M. Mouhot.

A series of Birds from New Caledonia, embracing several types of new species.

A series of new species of Birds collected in Upper Burmah, and presented by F. C.
Jerdon, Esq., Surgeon Major in the Madras Army.

A specimen of Agelastes meleagris from Elmina, West Africa.

A collection of Birds, obtained at East Timor by Mr. Wallace.

Fine specimens of Epimachus albus from New Guinea.

A collection of Birds from Morty Island, Gilolo, New Guinea and Salwatti, brought by
Mr. Wallace.

A series of Birds from Sumatra.

A small series of Birds, mostly new species, from the Cameroon Mountains, presented
by Mrs. Isabel Burton.

A specimen of Nasiterna pygmea, from New Guinea, obtained by Mr. Wallace.

A large series of Birds from British Columbia and the West side of the Rocky Moun-
tains, collected and presented by J. K. Lord, Esq.

A series of British Fish, chiefly S:lmonide and Anacanthini.

A collection of fresh water Fish from Lapland and Sweden.

_. A collection of marine Fish from Madeira, embracing the types of new species; collected
and presented by J. Y. Johnson, Esq.

A new Viperine form, Pecilostolus Burteni, discovered by Captain Burton, Her Majesty’s
Consul at Fernando Po. -

A collection of Reptiles from Port Natal, formed by Mr. T. Ayres.

A collection of Snakes from Siam and China, formed by one of the members of the
Prussian expedition to Japan and Siam.

A collection of Reptiles from Siam, formed by the late M. Mouhot.

A collection of Reptiles, containing several new species, from Australia, collected by
J. Krefft, Esq.

A collection of Snakes from New Granada.

A collection of Snakes from Bahia, formed by O. Wucherer, Esq., M. D.

A large collection of Fish of the Nile obtained by J. Petherick, Esq., Her Majesty’s
Consul at Khartoum.

A collection of Fish from Old Calabar, presented by A. Murray, Esq.

A series of Fish from the Gambia.

A collection of marine and fresh water Fish from Port Natal, formed by Mr. T. Ayres.

A very large collection of Fish, chiefly from Japan, formed by a member of the Prussian
expedition to Siam and Japan.

A collection of the Pharyngognaths and Anacanthines from the Indian Archipelago,
formed by Dr. P. van Bleeker, containing the types of descriptions of his forthcoming works
on the fish of those seas. ‘i

A collection of Fish of the Isiand of Formosa, obtained by Robert Swinhoe, Esq., Her
Majesty’s Consul at Formosa. ;

A collection of Fish, formed by J. Krefft, Esq.

A collection of Fish from different parts of the Pacific, obtained by Mr. Rayner of Her
Majesty’s Ship “ Herald.”

A collection of marine Fish from the Sandwich Islands.

A series of Tish from the coast of California, presented by W. O. Ayres, Esq., M.D.

A collection of fresh water and marine Fish from Vancouver’s Island, collected and pre-
sented by J. K. Lord, Esq.

A series of freshwater and marine Fish from Bahia, formed by O. Wucherer, Esq., M.D.

A large collection of Insects of various orders, collected by Mr. Wallace in islands of the
Indian Archipelago. ‘

A collection of Formicide, named by Dr. Mayr.

A large collection of European Coleoptera, named by Dr. Kraatz.

A very large collection of European Lepidoptera, named by Dr. Herrich Scheffer.

A large collection of British Coleoptera.

A collection of Nitidulide from the Amazon, collected by Mr. Bates.

A specimen of Voluta deliciosa and of Voluta Roissiniana.

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A new species of Achatina from the Cameroons Mountains.

A collection of Shells fiom India, North America, and Africa.

A large collection of Shells from Sweden.

A series of Shells from the Amur and Caspian.

A large collection of Shells (many of them new), from Vanconver’s Island and British
Columbia, presented by J. K. Lord, Esq.

A large collection of corals from Japan.

An extensive collection of Zoophytes and Echinoderms from Australia, the Fiji
Islands, &c,.

A large collection of Annelides from Cornwall.

A collection of Zoophytes, &c., from Sweden.

Each of the 13,129 specimens added to the Collection has been regularly marked with
its date and number, and described in the Manuscript “ Register of Accessions,” with the
notice of the locality from whence it was derived, and the manner in which it was acquired.
These particulars add greatly to the value of the specimens, as they give a history of each
for future use.

A number of the more interesting specimens of these additions, and a large number of
those which have been in the Collection for years, have been described by various scientific
Zoologists, and by the Officers of the Establishment, in transactions of Scientific Societies,
or in other periodicals, and especially in the Catalogues issued by the Trustees of the
British Museum.

The specimens so described are rendered more important, as they become the authorities
to which future Naturalists must refer to test the authenticity of the descriptions of the
species.

The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1862 :—

List of Osteological specimens, Mammalia.

Catalogue of Fishes, Vol. 4, by Dr. Gunther, F.z.s.

Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera, Parts 24 and 25, by Francis Walker,
Esq., F.u.s., &c.

The Collections in the public rooms, and those kept unstuffed for study, have been.
cleaned, aud many families and larger groups of different animals have been re-arranged, to
insert the specimens recently received, to replace those which have become deterio-
rated by exposure, and to keep the Collection on a level with the progress in Zoological
classification, and thus afford the public, and the students, the means of studying the
science in the most efficient manner,

Numerous labels that had becomie antiquated, or had been destroyed by exposure, have
have been veritied and restored.

In the Entomological Collection, which is very much studied, many portions have been
revised and re-arranged, so as to keep it on a par with the different works published on the
various families, and also to remedy the crowded state of the drawers, arising from the
continual addition of new specimens.

Many new labels have been added on the stands of the Animals exhibited, more than
61,000 letters having been painted during the last year.

In addition to the large number of specimens of Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, Crus-
tacea, and other smalier animals, that are prepared in the Museum, there have been set up
by the taxidermist :—

Mammalia, stuffed - - - anf i ae i "i : oe
Birds - > - - - 62 - skeletons - - - 387
Rep iles aie sd Wn -uli28) bic Pt Ete abate: gel
Fishes - e - - - §8 - 3s - - - 49

211 Animals have been mounted on stands; 521 have been remounted. 141 skulls have
been fixed on tablets. 1,500 kinds of Reptiles, Fishes, and Mollusca have been placed in
bottles, registered, and labelled. The individual bones of 12 skeletons have been numbered.
2,200 bottles have been re-labelled.

John Edw. Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The chief works executed during the past year are as follows :—~

In Room I. numerous recently acquired additions to the Collection of Fossil plants have:
been incorporated in the series exhibited in the table and wall-cases, and considerable pro-
gress has been made in the arrangement of the unexhibited Collection; these plants having
been grouped in geological order, in the drawers under the table-cases. :

In Room II. very extensive additions have been made to the Collection of Fossil Fishes,
especially from the great Solenhofen Collection, hereafter to be alluded to. All the larger
specimens have been mounted in frames, and otherwise prepared previous to their being

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24 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

placed in the cases. Considerable alterations have necessarily been made in the disposition
of the objects previously exhibited.

In Room III. the Batrachian, Chelonian and Lacertian Reptiles have been cleaned, and,
for the most part, re-arranged; and the Reptilian remains, from the Solenhofen Collection,
have been displayed. To this room, likewise, has been added a fine specimen of Plesiv-
saurus dolichodeirus, and various parts of a large specimen of Po/yptychodon, from the chalk
near Bromley, in Kent. cil

In Room IV. 10 Specimens or parts of Ichthyosauri have been exhibited for the first
time, as well as the Fossil Bird from Solenhofen. f

In Room V. the remains of the Hippopotamus and those of the Carnivora and Cetacea,
have been entirely re-arranged, and many specimens, not hitherto exhibited, have been
incorporated in the general Collection. re th ‘

The Specimens acquired during the year have been under examination with the view of
determining the species previous to their entry in the inventory, and the following have
been registered :-—

Plants - - - - - - - = = = 557
Radiata - - - - - - - = = ry 345
Articulata - - - = = = - = 2 < 575
Mollusca - - - = : = -s 2 = = 65
Vertebrata - - - . ss = = a ay a 902

3,144

The most important acquisition during the year is the Collection of Solenhofen Fossils
purchased of Dr, Haberlein, of Pappenheim. ‘These consist entirely of Vertebrate Animals,
and include the remarkable Fossil Bird brought recently under the notice of the Royal
Society in a Memoir communicated by Professor Owen, in which the specimen is described
under the name Archaeopteryx macrurus. Three specimens of Flying Lizards (Pterodac-
tylus), two being of large size (the largest occupying a slab of the lithographic limestone of
4 feet in length, and 16 inches in width); a remarkable Lacertian reptile described by
Von Meyer under the name Pleurosaurus Goldfussi; the head of a large reptile, apparently
the Geosaurus Semmeringit of Cuvier, and some smaller specimens of Reptilian remains of
considerable interest. The Fishes of this Collection are, for the most part, beautifully
preserved in flat slabs of the lithographic stone (160 in number), and include some of the
most striking of the specimens exhibited in the cases devoted to the Fish remains.

The additions to the Vertebrate series from various quarters are 334 in number, of which
the following are the most important :—

Mammalia.—A fine tusk of Hippopotamus major, teeth of Rhinoceros and other Mam-
malian remains, from the Pleistocene Marl, Peckham. A cranium of a young Elephas
primigenius, with the milk molars in situ, fiom Ilford.

Reptilia.—A series of teeth of Pliosaurus teretidens, Owen, from the Coralline Oolite of
Malton, Yorkshire. Upper and lower jaws of Ichthyosaurus longirostris, Lias, Lyme
Regis. A fine collection of remains of Capitosaurus nasutus and Trematosaurus Brauni,
from the new red sandstone of Bernberg ; Coluber atavus, v. Meyer, the specimen figured
and described in the “ Paleontogyaphica,” from the brown coal of Rott, near Bonn.

Fishes.—The original specimen of Pterichthys macrocephalus, described and fizured by
Sir Philip Egerton in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, from the Devonian
formation, Farlow, Salop. A fine palatal tooth of Ctenodus cristatus from the Coal
Measures, Dalkeith; upper and lower jaws, with teeth, of a small species of Aybodus
from the Lower Chalk of Dover.

OF the additions to the Invertebrate Classes, the following are the most worthy of
notice :—

Many beautiful examples of Cyphosoma and other Echinoderms (some imbedded in
flint); and likewise several Crustacea, Star-fishes, Corals, and Shells, from the Chalk
formation of Norfolk, Kent, and Sussex. Two Collections of Inferior Oolite and Lias
Shells from the neighbourhvod of Cheltenham. Series of Trilohites from Pen-y-Llan, near
Cardiff; from Malvern and Dudley, and from Bohemia and North America. Entire
specimens of Pterygotus bilobus, and parts of P. acuminatus, from the Upper Silurian of
Lanarkshire; a large collection of Coal Plants from Airdrie and Burdie House ; a series of
Silurian Fossils from Ohio and Indiana; a suite of Shells and Corals illustrative of certain
Tertiary formations in the Isle of Wight ; a new Lias crustacean from Lyme, and numerous
crustacean remains from the Green sand of Cambridge and the Gauit of Folkestone. Fifty
magnified models (by Professor Reuss) of new species of Foraminifera from the Tertiary
and Cretaceous formations; several weil preserved specimens of Hoploparia from the Green
sand of Lyme Regis; a collection of Star-fishes (chiefly new species) from the Lower
Ludlow of Herefordshire; and many examples of the Cephalopoda and other Mollusca,
from the Gault of Folkestone.

The

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The total number of additions, by purchase, is as follows :—
Vertebrata. Invertebrata.

Tertiary - = - - - - TEs - 164
Cretaceous - - - - - - 103 = 511
Wealden and Oolitic - - = - 186 = 347
Triassic - - - - - - 40 - ae
Carboniferous - - - - - 53 - 54
Devonian - - - - - - 4 = aaa
Silurian “ - - - - - — - 305

TOTAL - - 7 461 1,381

Among the donations may be particularised, a vertebra and some parts of a large
Reptile (Megalania prisca), and some bones of Mammalia, from Melbourne, presented by
F. M. Rayner, Esq., m. x. c.s. A collection of Oolitic fossils from Lebanon, presented by
Captain Mansell, r. Nn.

A new Hippurite (Barrettia monilifera), and some newer Pliocene Terebratule, pre-
sented by Lucas Barrett, Esq., (since deceased), late Director of the Geological Survey of
the West Indies. A new genus of Echinoderms from the Chalk of Kent, presented by
Rev. N, Glass. A collection of Tertiary fossils from Malta, presented by A. E. Tolle-
mache, Esq. Two Bird tracks from Connecticut, United States, presented by Professor
Hitchcock. The figured type of Terebratula Bentleyi from the Ceornbrash, presented by
the Rev. A. W. Griesbacl: (since deceased). Some Fish remains, from the Island of Gozo,
presented by Dr. A. Leith Adams, 2d battalion 22d regiment, Malta. Cast cf Vertebra of
Eosaurus Acadianus, from Nova Scotia, presented by O. C. Marsh, Esq., Yale College,
United States. An immense Saurian tooth from the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorsetshire,
presented by J. C. Manseli, Esq., r.c.s. A collection of Italian Cretaceous fossils from
Brianza, presented by Messrs. Villa Brothers, of Milan. A series of specimens of Coal
from Austria, presented by Her Majesty. A suite of Carboniferous Limestone fossils,
presented by John Rofe, Esq., ¥. G.s., collected in Lancashire; and another series from
the same formation, presented by James Thomson, Esq., from Ayrshire.

Geo, R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The collection of Minerals has been much improved during the past year, as well by im-
portant additions that have been made to it, as by the general appearance of completeness
which a more finished classification and arrangement impart to it,

This general arrangement is now in all essential particulars completed; and the work of
the department has been for some time devoted to the detailed study of particular minerals
and to the crystallography of the collection. A popular guide was issued early in the
year, affording a sketch of the arrangement adopted in the distribution of the different
species throughout the collection. The symbols of the crystalline planes have been in-
scribed on prominent specimens in many of the more important mineral species, and on
others possessing special interest ; a work which is still in progress.

The additions which have been made are of a valuable character, and amount to 1,200
mineral specimens. Of these, several have been acquired in consequence of opportunities
arising out of the International Exhibition.

The collection of artificial erystals, which excited universal admiration in the Austrian
Court of the Exhibition, prepared by M. Carl von Hauer, of Vienna, was presented to Her
Majesty, with the rest of the very interesting objects sent to the Exhibition by the
Director of the Imperial and Royal Geological Survey at Vienna. Her Majesty has
placed the collection in the British Museum, and the Mineral Department has thus become
eo with a beautiful series of crystallographic illustrations of the most valuable

ind.

Among the other specimens presented to the collection have been Pyrrhotine in fine
crystals, from Cav. Francfort, of Pallanza; Chromite from Orsova, and Rock Salt from
Marmoros, from Professor Szabo. .

A beautiful crystal of Rock Salt from Wieliczka, from the Chevalier Schwartz, Austrian
Commissioner to the International Exhibition.

Meerschaum from Cabafias; Anglesite; and Marbles from Cordova, from the Commis-
sioners for Spain to the International Exhibition.

A series of specimens from the Canadian Court of the International Exhibition, from
Professor Sterry Hunt.

The Collection of Aerolites has been increased by specimens representing four falls new
to the Collection, presented by the Asiatic Society of Caleutta, and by one of two small
fragments of a stone that fell at the North Inch of Perth on 17 May 1830; presented by
W. Nevill, Esq. The only record of this fall is in the handwriting of Dr. Thomson, of

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26 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Glasgow, to whom these specimens belonged. But one of the most important additions
that the Aerolitic Collections has received for many years consists in two large stones sent
from Madras by the liberality of Sir William Denison, Governor of that Presidency, who
bas forwarded to the Museum the great stone which fell at Parnallee on 28 February 1857,
weighing 130 l|bs., and that which fell at Yatoor, Nellore, on 23 January 1852, both of
which were previously preserved in the Museum at Madras.

The other acquisitions made for the Collection include Phosgenite in fine crystals, from
a new locality in the Island of Sardinia, a discovery of Signor Sella’s, resulting from a
visit to the British Museum.

Anglesite, from Monte Poni.

Senarmontite, from Algeria.

Chloride of silver, from Cornwall.

Fahiore, Bismuth glance and Barytes, from Cornwall.

A green Turquoise, of large dimensions, weighing 4lbs. 3 oz., taken from the Summer
Palace, Pekin, and probably from a locality in Tartary.

A Ruby Spinel, acquired also from the Summer Palace.

Yttrotantalites and Gadolinites, from Sweden.

Antimonite, in splendid crystals, from Hungary.

Wagnerite, very fine, from Werfen; and a most valuable and choice series of gold
specimens, representing the most important localities in the British Colonies, and chiefly
obtained in the Exhibition.

Besides the Aerolites already described as presented to the Museum, the Collection has
also been considerably increased by purchase.

Among the more important additions to it may be mentioned a fine specimen of the
new Concord Stone, weighing 171lbs. An entire little stone of the Sienna Fall, specimens
of those of Garz and Liponas, and fine masses of the stones of Mezo-Madaras and Bremer-
vorde and of the Irons of Arva, Schwetz, Lake Leesgen, and Tolucca.

Nevil Story Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT of Botany.

The principal business of the department in the year 1862 has consisted—

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of the remainder of
Dr. Seemann’s Collections made in the Islands,of the Fiji Archipelago, as well as of those
previously made by him in the other islands of the Pacific Ocean; of Collections made in
various Pacific islands by Captain Cook, Sir Everard Home, Mr. M‘Gillivray and others ;
of Mr. Gardner’s extensive Collection of Brazilian Plants; of the large collection of French
and German Plants distributed by M. Billot; of a further portion of Dr. Horsfield’s
Javanese Herbarium, and of Mr, Thwaites’ Collections in Ceylon ; and of a considerable num-
ber of specimens from the extensive Collections of Cryptogamic Plants, recently purchased.

In the re-arrangement of the families of Guttifere, Connaraceea, Ochnacee, Simarubee,
and Mimosee ; of the genus Euphorbia; and of the Ferns belonging to the Swartzian
genus Aspidium.

In the re-distribution of the General Herbarium in the cases, so as to afford space for
new accessions, ;

In the examination of the various Collections recently acquired, and especially of the
very extensive collection presented by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries.

In the arrangement in the Exhibition cases of one of the public rooms of a part of the
collection of Fossil Woods bequeathed by Mr. Robert Brown.

In the further arrangement of the British Herbarium, the addition to it of numerous
specimens, and the examination and cataloguing of the collection of British Diatomacee.

And in the continued examination of the volumes of the Sloanean Herbarium,
especially with reference to British Plants.

_Mr. Bennett’s warm acknowledgments are again due to the Rev. W. W. Newbould for
his continued valuable assistance in relation especially to the British and Sloanean Herbaria.

The following are the principal additions made to the Department during the same period,
by purchase or donation :—

_ A-valuable series of Plants, collected during the 17th & 18th centuries, including the
important Herbaria of Ray, Dale, Rand, and Nicholls, presented by the Worshipful Com-
pany of Apothecaties.
¢ pa species of Cryptogamous Plants, forming the Herbarium of the late George Jasper
yon, Esq.
3,300 species of European Plants, forming fasc. 1-383 of M. Billot’s Flora Gallie et
Germaniz Exsiccata.”
624 species of European Lichens, forming fase. 1-22 of Rabenhorst’s “ Lichenes.”
180 species of Hepatice, forming dec. 1-18 of Rabenhorst’s “ Hepatice.”
800 species of Fungi, forming cent. 1-8 of Rabeuhorst’s “ Fungi.”
50 species, forming fasc. 18 & 19, and completing the set of Dickson’s “ British Plants.”
100 sheets of British Plants, from the Herbarium of the Botanical Society of London.
14 sheets of British specimens of the genus Oenanthe. “pe
46 species

ACCOUNTS. ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ah

46 species of the genus Salix, forming Leefe’s “ Salictum Britannicum.”

100 species of Cryptogamous Plants, forming Baxter’s “ Stirpes Cryptogame Oxo-
nienses. ”

115 species and 16 plates of Bohler’s “ Lichenes Britannici.”

200 species of Lichens, forming fasc. 3, 4 of Salwey’s “ British Lichens.”

58 species of Marine Alge, from Jersey, collected by Miss Poore.

580 species of Plants of Cilicia and Kurdistan, collected by M. Kotschy.

305 species of Plants of Penang and Singapore, collected by Mr. Walker.

100 species of Plants of China and Japan, collected by Mr. Fortune.

91 species of Plants of the New Hebrides, collected by Mr. M’Gillivray.

2,000 species of Plants, forming the type collection of the ‘ Botany of the Voyage of
Her Majesty’s Ship ‘ Herald,’ collected by Dr. Seemann.

50 species of Plants from the Islands of the Fiji Archipelago, collected by Mr. Stork.

168 species of Mosses of New Zealand, collected by Mr. John Oldham.

52 species of Plants of Guadaloupe, collected by M. Pervottet.

465 species of Plants of New Granada, collected by M. Schlimm.

60 species of Lichens, from the Straits of Magellan.

An extensive collection of Lichens, from various quarters.
183 species of the genus Chara, from various localities.
44 species of Ceramium.

120 species of Desmidiez.

The original drawings of the fuur volumes of the “Supplement to English Botany,”
together with the specimens from which many of them were made.

A large portfolio, issued by the Director of the Imperial Paper Mill at Schogelmiihle,
entitled “The Maize Plant, in its secondary products, 1862,” and containing specimens of
Maize fibre, and of Papers and other fabrics manufactured from it, presented by Count
Apponyi, Austrian Ambassador in London.

A series of products of the Cocoa-nut Palm, and of articles manufactured from it,
presented by the Commissioners for Ceylon at the International Exhibition.

Fine specimens of the Bark of the Cork-tree (Quercus Suber, L.) from the mountains
of Valencia in Spain, presented by the Commissioners for Spain.

A remarkably fine longitudinal section of the trunk of a Tree-fern (Dicksonia Antarctica,
Labill.), together with specimens of 20 different kinds of Tasmanian woods, presented by
the Commissioners for Tasmania.

A very fine transverse section of the trunk of the White Oak of Canada (Quercus alba, L.),
together with specimens of 91 other Canadian woods, presented by the Commissioners for

Canada,
32 Microscopic slides, containing specimens of British Diatomacee, presented by

F. C. S$. Roper, Esq.
John J. Bennett.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAwINGsS.

Tue following has been the progress in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the
year 1862.

A fresh selection of Drawings and Prints intended to show the progress made in
England in the arts of Design and of Engraving, from the reign of Henry VIII. to the
middle of the 18th century, has been arranged for public exhibition on the screens in the
King’s Library. A catalogue of them has been drawn up and printed.

The Drawings and Engravings which formed the prior exhibition have been remounted
and reinserted in their places in the Collections.

A collection of Engravings from the principal works of the Dutch painters, has been
arranged and bound in 11 folio volumes, 1,360 of which were mounted in the course of the
year.

Four volumes of the works of Callot have been arranged, the reference to Meaume’s
recently printed catalogue of the artist’s works being attached to each print.

Five volumes of the Etchings of Robert Hills have been arranged.

Three hundred and fifty-three Drawings have been mounted, 48 of the more delicate in a
manner to secure them from injury by friction.

Four thousand six hundred and eighty-three articles have been entered in the register of
purchases and presentations, 4,183 of which have had the register mark affixed to them,
which has also been affixed to 867 Prints, &c., forming illustrations to books,

Four thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven slips have been written for the new general
Catalogue of Prints in the Collection.

The following are some of the more important acquisitions made during the year :—

Ltalian School :—
Drawings.—By Donatello, Giorgione, Lionardo da Vinci, Correggio, Sogliano, Beccafumi,

Perino del Vaga, G. P. Bellori, Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Canaletio, and Zuccherelli.
155. E Engravings.—

28 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Engravings.— By Baldini, Mocetto, Marcantonio Raimondi, Marco da Ravenna, Agostino
Veneziano, Aineas Vico, J. Frey, Anderloni, Fontana, Longhi, and Toschi.

Etchings—By Battista Franco, Torbido del Moro, Andrea Meldolla, Agosti d
Annibale Caracci, B. Pocetti, F. Brizzio, Guido Reni, Palma, and Ribera. a ee

German School :—

Drawings.—By Hollar, Lely, Weirotter, B. Lens, and a very interesting collection of
sketches, by the late Mr. George Scharf, of various portions of London, many of the
buildings in which have since been destroyed.

Engravings.—By the Master of 1464, dit aux Banderoles, Franz von Bocholt, M.
Schongauer, B. and H. S. Beham, G. Pencz, Aldegrever, Brosamer, and Jobst Amman.

Etchings.—By Hollar, Schmidt, Ridinger, and Achenbach.

Some curious early wood-cuts.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—
Drawings.—By F. Floris, Livens, F. Mieris, J. Wyck, V. Klotz, Overlaet, Torenburg
Waldrop, Vorsterman, and Gerbier.

Engravings—By A. Claas, J. Muller, J. Gheyn, T. Matham, Munickhuysen, C. Passe,
Bary, Delft, Suyderhoef, Van Schuppen, H. Danckert, Wierx, Galle, Collaert, Swanenburg,
Paul Pontius, Van Dalen, and De Jode.

Etchings.—By H. Swanevelt, fine proofs, C. Schut, and Romeyn de Hooghe.

Spanish School :—
Drawings.—By Murillo and Goya.

Etchings.—By Goya.

French School :-—
Drawings.—By Janet, Cheron, and Le Prince.

Engravings.—By Duvet, P. Woieriot, Gaultier, De Leu, A. Bosse, Cochin, St. Aubin,
Daullé, Richomme, Blanchard and Joubert.

Etchings——By Claude Gelée, Cheron, Brebiette, Loutherbourg, Blery, E. De la Croix,
Meissonier, Braquemond, Charles Meryon, and Hector Allemand.

English School :—

Drawings.—A series of illustrative Designs to Don Quixote, by Vanderbanc, Drawings
by Swain and Rowlandson, and a collection of very choice designs by Flaxman.

Engravings.—By Faithormne, White, Faber, Vertue, Strange, Woollett, Sherwin, Heath,
Bromley, Golding, Doo, Burnet, and Lupton.

Etchings.—By Bell, Creswick, Cope, Fearnley, Herbert, Horseley, Knight, Redgrave,
Severn, Stone, F. Taylor, J. M. W. Turner, and Webster.

Very considerable additions have been made to the collections of British and Foreign
Portraits.

W. Hookham Carpenter.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Assyria
has been continued during the past year. The result up to the 20th March 1863 is
reported to be as follows :-—

Forty-nine of the miscellaneous tablets have been copied on stone; of these eleven
are printed, and six corrected ready for printing.

Thirty-five additional sheets have been copied and traced, of which six are historical.

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AN ACCOUNT of the Incoms and ExrenpituxrE
of the Britisn Museum, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1863; of the EstimaTep
Cuarcrs and Expenses for the Year ending
3lst March 1864, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement; &c,

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,

14 April 1863.

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BRITISH MUSEU M. |

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 11 April 1864 ;—fir,

ACCOUNTS “ of the Income and Expenpirure of the British Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1864 :”

“ Of the Estrmarep Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 31st day
of March 1865:”

“Of the Sum necessary to discharge the same :”

‘© And, of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year
from 1858 to 1863, both Years inclusive ; together with a StatEmEnT of the
Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLiecTions; and an Account
of OxsseEcts added to them in the Year 1863.”

I.—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Income and Expennirure for the Financial Year ended
81 March 1864.

Il.—_ ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
IfL—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
TV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1865, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1864.

VII.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisu Museum in
exch Year from 1858 to 1868, both Years inclusive.

VOUiL.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CotLEcTIONS, and an
Account of Oxssects added to them, in the Year 1863.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
28 April 1864.

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF TUE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exrenpiture of the

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To Batance on THE Ist APRIL 1868, Viz.:
£. Suural
On Account ofthe Votes for the Establishment - 27,586 11 11 |
Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - - 14,990 5 2
—————| 42,576 17 1
On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions - - - 663 7 8
~ AMounT GRANTED FOR THE YEAR 1863/4, per Appropriation Act, 26 & 27
Vict.c. 99 - - - - - - - - - - i aes ss s
- Sums Recstvep under the following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary
Grant for the Establishment, viz. :
Dividends on Stock, 30,000/., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities = O00 ae
Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - - - - - S DLO U3) 37
Ditto other Museum Publications - - - - - - 183 13 1
£.

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* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Exrenpirune in the above Account.

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Officers - - - Fo a bs = - - - = - 8,940 - —

Assistants - - - - - - - - - - - 14,062 16 5

Transcribers - - - - - - - - - - 3,118 16 5

Attendants and Servants - - - - - = - = 12,603 18 8

Te SALARIES co, ) Te S07.) EN ap altre me age = Cte is aie eet ee 611 12 10

Persons paid daily or weekly - - - - - - - 2,253 - 2

Attendance on Stoves - - - - - - = - 725 14 6

Retired Allowances - = = - - - - - - 2,189 11) %>

Rates and Taxes - =) PS = - - - - - = 436 4 11

Household Implements - - - - - - - = 107 17 9

‘ Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - - - - - - - 591 9 6

2. Housm Exrensus ~~ \ Candles, Oil, and Gas ge es SR ms <2 ie Ea ta ae 423.19 —

Stationery - - - - = - = - - - - 610) 2532

Incidents - - > - - > - - - - - 640 7 9

Printed Books - - - - - - . - - - 10,002 13 4

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - - = 1,572 9 7

Books for Department of MSS. - - - = a - - 49 3 -

Minerals and Meteorites ~ - - - - - - - 199 A826

Books and Binding for Department of Minerals - - - - 2917 DT

Fossils - - - - - - - -. Oe - - 780 18 11

Books and Binding for the Department of Geology - > “ - 29 15 1

Zoological Specimens - - - - - - - - - 1,009 11 1

Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology - - - - 2417 -

3. PUrcHASES ANDACQUISITIONS) Botanical Specimens - 2 . - - - - - = 14414 §

Books and Binding for the Department of Botany - - - > 36 5 -

Oriental, British, and Medieval Antiquities - - - - = 504 11 4

Greek and Roman Antiquities - - - = - - - 500 -— —

Coins and Medals - - - - - - - - - 1,449 9 i]

Books and Binding for the Departments of Coins and Antiquities - 18.8) =

Prints and Drawings - = = = - 4 < 2 - PO 7 =

Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - - - - 12 18 6

Freight and Carriage - - - - - - - - - AlN 63

Meteorite from Melbourne - - = - - = - = BOOM ee

Excavations in the Cyrenaica - - - a = = = 97 AD ia

Sreciat Purcuasss anp Acqui- Antique Bronze Lamp, found in Parisf - - . - = - 700 - —
SITIONS = = = x ~ ) Large and important collection of Human and Animal remains, Weapons,
and Implements in Bone and Flint, from a cavern at Bruniqual, south

of Francef - - - = = = - - = = 1,000. = =

Carried forward - - - £,

T Provision has been made for this expenditure in the Estimates for 1864/5. (See page 8 of this paper. )

xB. Seeds
43,240 4 9
90,541 -—- —
1
7
1,194 6 & :

134,975 il 5

44,505 10 5

2,810 1 1
t
]

18,476 4 8

2,097 19 7

67,889 15 9

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

BRITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1864.

EXPENDITURE. | ESTIMATE, 1863/4.

By Expenpiture under the following Heads, viz. : oe Mee TC es aa.
1. SaLaRiEs - - - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 44,505 10 5 45,842 - —-
2, Hovusr ExpPEnsEs - - - - - ditto - < = pa 2310, 1° "1 2845 OS
3. Purcuasses and AcQuIsITIONS - - ditto - - = - | 18,476 4 8 19,3385 - —

Spreciat Purcuases AND AcquisiTions- ditto - - - - 2,097 19 7 675 - -

4. Booxsinpine, Preparine, &c.° - - ditto - - - mile O!2o5) 5am 6 10,220 -— —-

5. Printing Caratocuss, ke. - - - ditto - - - = 1,496 6 5 1,690 — —-

6. Buitpines, Furniture, Firtines, ke. » Lae fi i _| 15,581 7 10 iactoe¢Q =
including Architect’s Commission

7. MiscELLANEOUS - - - - - ditto - - - - 6115 8 50 = -

95,284 10 9 94,841 - —

216 4 =

— Expenpitvre for publishing Cunrtrorm Inscriptions
£. | 95,500 14 9

By Bauance on THE 31st Marcu 1864, carried to Account for 1864/5, viz. :

Specially applicable to Establishment - £.28,434 15 8
Ditto - ditto - to Buildings, &c. - 10,592 17 4+

= 39,027 13 —
Ditto - ditto - for Publication of the Cunetrorm In-
SCRIPTIONS - - - - - = - - 447 3 8
——- 89,474 16 8
£.)134,975 11 5
ExrLanatory Statement of the Exrenpirure in the above Account—confinued. ESS. tp Hh
Brought forward = - - 67,889 15 9
Le. Sade
Bookbinding: Printed Books - = = - - - = 7,001 12 10
» Manuscripts - - = = = = = - 800 —- 11
Prints and Drawings - - = - - - aoe 4 a
or -Z & = es = = = = 04
4, Booxsinpinc, Preparine, &e. Preparing, &e.: Zoolo BY 972 6 6
; 3 Geology = - = 3 = 3S -s is
; i Mineralosyae: SO ae) ha =ty Roy, 6 =.) S 2038 9 7
“3 Botany = - = = = 5 P = wa - -
Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - - 1,155 9 -
— 10,255 5 6
- Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - - - - 91 - 10
Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - - 140 16. 8
Preparing and Printing Catalogues af Zotlony - - - - 588 10 1
5 Printing Catatocves, &e. - Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities - - - + 351 1 6
Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - - - - - 110 13 9
Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - - - - 200 15 =
Ditto - - ditto Coins - - - - - - - 13) Or vd
—— 1496 6 5
General Repairs, and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &c. - - 5,791 18° 8
Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - - = 5,691 3 4
Ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts - - 14013 4
6. Burtpines, Furniture, Fir- Deto = aU 3 Seay ue Geology * SD)
TINGs, &c., including Archi- Ditto Z =) ditto: = 5 Zoology <= F is 523 17 5
tect’s Commission - - Ditto - yO eREEOY Re 3 Botany - > m 7 116 5 3
Ditto. - = ditto) = - Antiquities - - - 1,788 16 11
Ditto - - ditto - - Coins and Medals - - SO. de 13
Ditto - - ditto - - Prints and Drawings - - 048) 6 =
Architect’s Commission - - - = nw - - - - 730 16 8
——__.___ 15,581 7 10
7. MiscenLanzous - . - Law Expenses - - - ° - - - - - -| - = - 6115 3
95,284 10 9
Printing, &c. the Cunzirorm Inscriprions - - - - - - t = : . s S é- a 216 4 —

Se

£. 95,500 14 9

te ee

+ The Building Accounts for Christmas quarter, 1863, and Lady-day quarter, 1864, have to be paid from this balance.

246. A 2

4. ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Il.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret anp ExrenpiturE of the BRIDGEWATER

CASH. STOCK, |

£5: eg £., So ae i}
To Batance on the Ist April 1868 - - - - - - - - - | 2538 17 11 12,992 15 7
— Drvipenns received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, i]
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
On the 8th July 1863 - £.194 17 10
sth Jannary 1864 - 194 17 10
389 15 8 |
- Onz Yzar’s Renv or a Reat Esrate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater .
received 25 April 1863 - - - - - - - 37 8 8
£.| 681 1 10 12,992 15 7 .

III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recriet ann Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

a STOCK, i
ta 3 p’Cent. Consols.
é N |
Ee) i ale £ 321 2/
To Batance cn the Ist April 1863 - - = = = = = = =| 3015 99 2.872 610 :

= Divipenns received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 38 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz.,

On the sth July 1863 - £438 a0 '
8th January 1864 - 43 1 8

|
216 19-2 | 2,872 6 10

Se ee See

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpr anp Expenpiture of the SWINEY |

STOCK,

|

eS 3 p’Cent. Consols. |

d £. s. d. £.- 8. ithe |

To Bavance on the Ist April 1863 - - - - - > 5 : = | 248 16 10 5,119 2 9 }
- Divimenps received on 5,119/7. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be- j
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.,

On the 8th July 1863 - St i a 7615 8 |

— Amount invested in 8 per cent. Consols, as per contra - fe mijibes te - 150 - =

- Drvipenps received on the enlarged sum of 5,269 1. 2s. 9 d. stock in8 per cent.
Consols, on 8 January 1864 - - - - - - - - - 79 - 9 ;
£. 404 13 3 5,269 2 9 |

A SS!

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recziet and Exprenpiture of the BIRCH 7

— So eee
‘

vie STOCK,
; 3 p’Cent. Consols.

4
Tio BaaNce on the Ist: April 1668 = bya seh oe ie Se ere i.
seater 568 15 7 4

— DivipENDs received on 568/. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be- ;
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.,

On the sth July 1863 - £.8
8th January 1864 - 8 9
—— 14618 2 |
a8, 1618 2 663 15 7

a

British Museum, |
18 April 1864. !

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

bat

——————————————————

: FIND, between the 1st April 1863 and the 31st March 1864.

~

STOCK,
Noy ean 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
B. Payuenr for the Collection of the Rents, and for other expenses connected easy a: Bee PO TAB
_ with the Rear Estate, Viz. :
/ In the financial year ended 31st March 1864 - - - a vs Tae a!
~ Payment for the Purchase of Manuscripts, Viz. :
| In the financial year ended 31st March 1864 - - = « Zul) Kogappeen 22
- Payments for Binpinc MaNnuscriPts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1864 - — - - = 3 98 12 9
| Paystent of One Yuar’s Saxary to the Egerton Librarian - = - Soci s ae
524 16 1
| BALANCE ON THE 31st Marcu 1864, carried to Account for 1864/5 -| 156 5 9| 12,992 15 7
ey fe
| £e| 68i 2110 12,992 15 7

| UND, between the ist April 1863 and the 31st March 1864.

|
STOCK,
Ecsta 3 p’Cent. Consols.
/ EY NEY ca Sa
|
1
| ly BaLance on THE 31sT Marcu 1864, carried to Account for 1864/5 - Sh Nis, aie 2,872 6 10
£. 216 19 2 2,872 6 10

| =
JUND, between the Ist April 1863 and the 31st March 1864.

ee
|
|

STOCK
CASH. 2
= 3 p’Cent. Consols.
|
/ Sa Ss | di: en Sade
By Sarany paid to Dr. Melville for Lectures on Geology in 1862- - -| 144 - -
~ Amount expended in the purchase of 1501. additional Stock in the Three
per Cent. Consols - - - - - - - - - -| 189 18 9
— BAatance on THE 3lst Marcu 1864, carried to Account for 1864/5 - -| 120 19 6 5,269 2 9
| £ 404 138 3 5,269 2 9
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FUND, between the 1st April 1863 and the 31st March 1864.
; STOCK,
ao 3 p’Cent. Consols.
| Pe Bee. Spade 280 | SEN GE
By Lezcacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - ~ 1618 2
By Barancr on THE 31st Marcu 1864, carried to Account for 1864/5 - mete “ a 563 15 7
BP AG LSien2 463 15 7

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4. Panizzi,
Principal Librarian.

2406. A3

(op)

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATSS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
——— = ——S

ESTIMATE, 1864-65.

VI.—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satarres and Exrensss of the Brivisa Museum,
including also the Amount required for Buinpines, Furniture, Firtines, &c., for the Year ending on.
the 31st day of March 1865. q

£, 92,127.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satartzs and Expenses of the Brrrisy Museum, including
also the Amount required for Buitpines, Furnrrure, Firtines, &c., for the Year ending on the 31st day of
March 1865, under the following Heads :

a ne SM III ev ee Ne LL era Sh ee te IRR AS NN
Granted fer the Year

I, Sanarizs: Required for the Year
1. Officers : 1864-65. 1863-64.
Number | Required |
Voted for —_ oma Se ££. 2 5. £.
1863-4. | 1864-5.
a) £.
1 1 | Principal Librarian - - a 800
Ditto -- as Secretary - - = 400
1 1 | Superintendent of Natural History - 800
5 5 | Keepers of Departments, at 6007. - | 3,000
4 4 = * at 5002. -| 2,000
1 1 i iy at 3507. - 350
8 3 | Assistant Keepers of Departments, )
hee at AS00. es ¥ eee ieee gl laaOr! f
1 Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant
Secretary pve =f ype fe 8 450
16 Lind ecie nna OTAL. 9,150 ;
Gr.
By amount contributed from Bridge-
water Fund towards the Salary of
the Assistant Keeper of the Manu-
| scripts, he acting as Egerton Libra-
rian - - = S : ~ 210
8,940 — 8,940 —
2. Assistants:
Number | Required
Voted for eo
1863-4. |1864-5.
14 14 | First-class Assistants, Upper Section, -
at 3201., rising 207. annually to 400], | 5,284
22 22 | Ditto, Lower Section, at 2101., rising
15/. annually to 3107, - - - | 6,187
Q1 93 Second-class Assistants, at 150 i;
rising 107. annually to 200 d. - |) 4,118
1 1 | Revising Accountant - = > 100
1 ] Clerk at Stationers’ Hall (gratuity) - 21
1 1 | Superintendent of Fire Engines - 50
cy = ~| 15,725 - 14,755 -
60 62. - - Toran
EE NET STA BIER RT ER
8. Transcribers:
i
' Number | Required
Voted tor
1863-+./1864-5.
26 27 | Transcribers, at 90 1., rising 10/7. an- a
nuall BO fe = 3 s
y to 1507 M a 3,500 — a
Carried forward - - -~| - - | 28,165 - | - = 26,980 — a

| ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

| Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.

=
| Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1864-665. 1863-6 4.
i $ LS s Sai Ss
| Brought forward - - -] 28,165 - - =—
J. SaLaries—continued.
= and Servants:
ee
Number | Required
Voted for
1868-4. | 1864-5.
if -_ Denne eee Ee
44 44 | First Class Attendants, 1001., ome £.
; 5/. annually to1202 - - 5,173
44 44 | Second Class Attendants, 80 J., rising
41. annually to 1002, - — - 4,207
45 46 | Third Class Attendants, 601., ame
: 3/. annually to 807. - - | 3,288
1 1 | Clerk of the Works, 1302., rising 5 :
annually to 1601. - - 130
1 1 | Messenger - - - - - 120
1 1 | Assistant aha - - - 100
1 Li Fireman - - 100
Saturday Evening eeidance aa
" other contingent expenses - - 75
a rae — 13,193 - 12,877
SE ee 138 - Torat.
. Police - “ii al = = = : ae 4 2 4 390 — 800
). Persons paid daily or weekly - - - = = - - - 2,320 — 2,250
. Attendance on Stoves’ - = & = z s 3 ms i 850 — 675
. Retired Allowances - - = - - - : = = 2,018 — 60
| —! 47,436 45,842 -
II. Hovsze Expenses:
. Rates and Taxes - - = = - a = = 2 2 440 = 440
. Household Implements - - - - - = - = : 150 - 150
3. Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - = = ~ 2 a . FAG es 585
. Candles, Oil, Gas, &c. - - - - - - - af Bi a 370 - 370
>. Stationery - - - - - - - = = = 3 G50 2 650
. Incidents - - - H : _ F : r 4 6507 pals
3,010 2,845 -
III. Purcuases anp Acquisitions :
. Printed Books - - - - = = = : z je 10,000 - 10,000
. Manuscripts --——- - - at eee 2,000 — ,000
. Books for the ecatantens of Manuseripts - - - - 100 = 50
. Minerals and Meteorites - - 800 - 800
5. Books and Eaaging for the Department 38 Minerals - - 30 - 30
- Fossils - - = - 800 - 800
. Books and Finding for ie Department a Geology - 2 - 30 - 30
. Zoological Specimens = = 5 1,000 - 1,000
. Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology - - 30 - 30
. Botanical Specimens - = = 150 — 150
. Books and Binding for the Teartetent of Botan - - = S0= ;
y 30
. Oriental, British, and Medizval Antiquities - - - = - 750 — 500
. Greek and Roman 5 Sanh - = - - = - 750 - 500
. Coins and Medals - - 1,500 — 1,500 §
. Books and Binding for the Departments, ‘of Canis and Antiquities 100 - 100
. Prints and Drawings - - 5 1,500 — 1,500
. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawines - - - lo 15
. Freight and Carriage - - - - - - - = 300 - 300
— 19,885 — 19,335 =
Carried forward - - = £.] - < 70,331 68,022 ~

246. A4

8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

eee SS a ee aaj eee ae aa Ea ems eS
Required for the Year Granted for the Yau 4

1864-65. 1868-64, jj

Brought forward - - -

SreciaL Purcnases anp ACQUISITIONS :—
19. Excavations in Babylonia, under the superintendence of Colonel
Kemball, cz. - - - - - - - - - -
20. Antique Bronze Lamp, found in Paris - - - - - -

21. Large and important Collection of Human and Animal Remains,
Weapons and Implements in Bone and Flint, from a Cavern at
Bruniquel, South of France - - - . + - >

Meteorite from Melbourne - - - - = 3 eS -
Large Specimen of Green Jade from Russia By PSS

TV. Booxsinpine, Preparine, &c.:

1. Bookbinding: Printed Books SRS = gee? El Ee ‘i
2, $ Manuscripts - - - = S = 5 = =
3. ” Prints and Drawings - - 2 - = S m
4, Preparing, &c. Zoology . hel a= a _ ik »
5. 5) Geology - - - - = ~ = < i
6. A Mineralogy - - - = c 2 “i S .
7 » Botany - - = a J s = Z . <
8. Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - - ee

V. Priytine Caratoauss, &e. :

1. Guide-books and Synopsis - - - = = - = = .
9. ‘Catalooneset Manuscripts: = | §f=5 = a ER ST poe by
3. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology - - - . =
4. Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins - -

Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities

5. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - =
G6. Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - = = = < B,
7. Ditto from Coins - = < os < 2 E

Including Architect’s Commission.

VI. Buitoines, Furniture, Frrtives, &c.,
1. General Repairs and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &e. - — - 4,853 — 3,478 —
2. Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - yl eee = 5,930 —-
3. ay 5 . Manuscripts - - - 146 - 226 -
4. os a 7 Mineralogy and Geology - 1,024 - 910 —-
5. ”? ” ” Zoology - - - - 360 —- 595 ee
6. ” ” ” Botany - = a = 126 - 130 —
7. » ” 5 Anuquities: |= eon e | eee 2,628 =
8. ” ” * Coins and Medals - = 2 ee
9. » ” 3 Prints and Drawings” - a6 = 294 —
—| 10,9465 - ae
VII. MiscEetcaneous :
1. Law Expenses - - - - = = - = - = 100 - 50)
aoe 100 — j——
Deduct,—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz. :
Dividends on £.30,000 Reduced Three per Cent, Annuities - - 9000 = Soe Laer sy 900 —
Museum Publications - - = = - = e 2 S 300 - vit Ms
Appropriation from Funds in the hands of the Trustees -- =» =f} 8,000, — 3,000 —
| 4,200 —- —
Ner Amount of Estimate - - - £. 92,127 -
SE

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ie)

VIL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmitrep to Visit the Britisuo Museum.

Persons admitted to view the GenERAL CoLvections in each Year, from 1858 to 1863, both Years inclusive.

1859 1860. 1861. 1862, 1863.
N° N° N° N° N°? WN?
GARY ber Piped’) Sat), ilk Poe oFG 35,638 30,018 28,667 43,070 32,453
ER UARY Aor el Mins apanetiatin aoe a0 28,261 29,995 32,183 36,445 30,042
Marcy - - - - - 33,312 32,881 33,995 33,378 38,499 34,774
ae Re vy Gt. sae 70,462 65,982 83,436 59,204 49,498
May ‘ - - - 58,048 29,071 57,354 69,993 £8,021 42,453
JUNE a - - - - 37,554 63,435 50,218 46,068 108,274 32,751
JuLY = - - - - 42,557 41,861 50,955 69,361 143,258 42,618
raver - pg Ed OO cht tna geaig 50,310 51,626 68,205 | 165,017 39,836
Se ceMnER eR eeu S160 31,118 33,846 41,671 87,008 33,028
- ees ee Pea. buculaaueOre 38,582 46,635 49,578 81,530 32,215
= Lita mb ult at RRS} 27,092 29,506 39,351 35,802 23,507
| December Sete owe Tat 9.885 69,184 56,809 79,995 58,949 47,631
Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections >| 519,565 517,895 586,939 641,886 895,077 440,801
(exclusive of Readers) - -|
Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose of|| |,, pune ,, :
Study (ape Rcarch iy ys _ ‘s 122,103 122,424 127,763 130,410 122,497 107,821
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- Bes ake és
ie, ses cat ba ue 2,522 2,364 2,710 2,030 1,647 2,042
[eeeeerrint\Room- - -. - - 3,499 3,013 3,197 3,109 3,265 2,827
To the Coin and Medal Room - - - 2,002 2,204 2,065 1,817 1,544 1,204
ToTaL -- - - 649,691 647,900 672,674 779,252 1,024,030 554,695
Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Bririsa Muszum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April; and-from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st of
August. The Public will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, J uly and August
of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six.

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November,
December, January and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March and
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July and August,

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, from Nine o’clock to the
hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of January, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or
Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority.

British Museum, 1

A, Panizzi,
18 April 1864. f

Principal Librarian,

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII. PROGRESS made in the Caranocuinc and ARRANGEMENT, and Account of
OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1863.

DEPARTMENT OF PriINTED Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on the shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been marked on the inside, and affixed to the back of each volume; also, on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 138,501.

IT. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue-——The number of titles and cross-
references written for this Catalogue amounts to 16,552. The number of titles tran-
scribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 21,004, and of index slips 1,489; 17,047 title slips
and 1,482 index slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue,
from letter A to G, inclusive. This incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order to
maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in each copy 26,261 title
slips, and 393 index slips, and to add to each copy 1,738 new leaves: 39,905 title slips
of letter H (including 15,394 new titles), have been laid down in one copy of this Cata-
logue, 18,602 title slips in a second copy, and 14,691 in a third copy; of each of the
last two sets, 13,973 were new titles.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue.—The number of titles and cross-references written for
this Catalogue is 51,847, besides 303 for the Hebrew Catalogue ; in all, 52,150. The number
of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 45,841, besides 422 index slips; 24,175
title slips, and 625 index slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this
Catalogue. In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 33,585 title slips have been
removed and re-inserted in each copy ; 1,696 leaves have been added to each copy.

The number of new entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
is 248.

(c.) Maps.—The new titles and cross-references written for Maps amount to 6,063.
The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 3,973. The number of titles
incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue is 6,057. In order to maintain
the alphabetical arrangement, 4,167 title slips have been removed and re-inserted ; 199 new
leaves have been added to each copy.

(d.) Music Cataloque.—The new titles and cross-references written for this Catalogue
amount to 6,315; 4,260 titles have been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(e.) Carbonic Hand Catalogue. — 37,937 title slips of the fourth transcript of the
General Catalogue have been mounted on cartridge paper, and arranged according to the
press-marks, and 36,370 title slips so mounted, have been incorporated into the general
series: 6,057 title slips of the fourth copy of the Map Catalogue have been mounted and

arranged in like manner,

(f.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions made in the interleaved copy of this list, and also in the hand list of the books of
reference, in order to record the changes made in the books of reference by the addition of
new works, aud the exchange of old for new editions, amounts to 282 in each.

III.—The number of volumes bound is 16,314 in 14,080, including 3,160 pamphlets.
The number of volumes repaired is 1,793: 1,316 Maps have been mounted.

IV. Reading Room Service—1. The number of books returned to. the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room is 215,487; to those of the Royal Library,
9,675 ; to those of the Grenville Library, 985; and to the closets in which books-are kept
from day to day for the use of the Readers, 160,337. Adding the number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 836,000, the whole amounts to
1,222,484, or 4,215 per diem.

2. The number of Readers has been 107,821 ; on an average 372 per diem, the Reading
Room having been kept open 290 days; each Reader has consulted, on an average, 11
volumes per diem.

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 268 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Treaties)amounts. to. 36,262. (including Music,
Atlases, and Newspapers), of which 1,501 were presented, 28,220 purchased, and 6,541
acquired by copyright.

2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 652 received under the International
Copyright Treaties) is 39,733 (including Atlases and Music), of which 565 were presented,

24,413 purchased, and 14,755 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers
acquired

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acquired is 1,064, besides single numbers of 31 American newspapers. % Of these, 770
(viz., 215 published in London, and 555 in the country) have been received from the Inland
Revenue Office in England, 145 from the branch of that office in Ireland, and 135 from the
branch of the same office in Scotland, and 14 and the single numbers have been purchased.

3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans (including 2 maps in 14 sheets, acquired under the
International Copyright Treaties, amount to 1,640 in 5,100 sheets, the Atlases to 12
complete, and 8 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts,
336 were presented, 815 purchased, and 489 (including 2 received under the International
Copyright Treaties) acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases, 2 were purchased, and 10
complete, and 8 parts of Atlases, acquired by copyright.

4. The sumber of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 497
received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 3,577, of which 517 were purchased,
259 presenied, and 2,801 acquired by cepyright: 653 parts and numbers of works in
progress (including 111 received under the International Copyright Treaties), have been
acquired by copyright, and also 975 works, not included among the pieces of music, of
which 883 were purchased, and 92 (including 16 received under the International Copyright
Treaties) acquired under the Copyright Act.

5. The total number of articles received (including Broadsides, Engravings, and other
miscellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 107,784, of which 1,457 were received under
the international Copyright Treaties. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides,
Engravings, &c., and comprising 821 received under the International Copyright Treaties)
56,221 are complete works. Of the complete works, 45,020 were purchased, 1,129 pre-
sented, and 10,072 acquired by copyright.

6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps so impressed is
323,760. bs
J. Winter Jones.

DEPARTMENT OF MANvuscRIPTs. a

1. The Index to the Catalogues of Additions for the years 1846 and 1847, has been
printed off, and the volume will shortly be ready for publication.

2. The Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts for 1855 has been completed, and the Cata-
Jogues for 1848, 1849, 1850, and part of that for 1851, have been revised in an abridged form.

3. The Egerton Manuscripts have been descrilved in detail, from No. 1,851 to No. 1,899;
also Nos. 1,692, 1,793-4.

4. A Catalogue of the Birch Manuscripts in detail has been commenced, and Nos. 4,101-
4,125, 4,200-4,253, have been described.

5. The Icelandic Manuscripts have been described in detail, Add. 4,857-4,889.

6. The entries in the Hand Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts, which is placed
in the Reading Room, have been continued from No. 24,436 to No. 24,734, and from
No. 24,843 to No. 25,174, up to June 1863.

7. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No, 8,402 to No. 9,462,
from No. 9,623 to No. 11,928, from No. 12,631 to No. 12,728, and from No. 12,923 to
No. 13,369. The slips have been revised from No. 5,445 to No. 6,292, and transcribed
into the General Catalogue from No. 5,445 to No. 5,909.

8. The sheets of the Appendix to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts, from 7 K to 8 I
have been printed off, and completed. Indexes of titles and authors, and corrections and
additions to the Catalogue have been made. Twenty-three volumes in Arabic, Persian, and
Turkish have been described in detail, and also for the Catalogues of Additions, 1862-3.

9. One hundred and forty-seven volumes in Syriac have been collated, the contents
noted, and, in many instances, re-arranged. ‘The entire collection of the Nitrian Manu-
scripts has now been examined and bound, and a detailed classified catalogue of them com-
menced,.

10. The General Classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the
end of the year. :

11. A transcript of the enlarged General Index to the Registers of tne Additional and
Egerton Manuscripts, from 1847 to 1860, has been completed for the use of the Reading
Room. A transcript is also in progress of the Catalogue of the Davy Collection of Suffolk
Portiaits and Engravings for the use of the Department of Prints. Indexes to the Birch
MSS. 4,221-4224, 4,226, Add. 5,015*, and Egerton 1,913, 1,914, have been made and
copied fair into the respective volumes.

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12. The Register of Donations to the Department has been kept up to the end of 1863.

13. The arrangement of the Caley and Devon Topographical Papers has been completed,
as also of the Legal and other Manuscripts of the St. John Collection; of the Rippon
Correspondence, the Grant Letters, and the additional Hunter Papers. The Birch MSS.
4,221-4,227, and Add. 25,102, 25,131, have been re-arranged.

14. Portions of the Cottonian Manuscripts, Otho A. uL.., A. VII, A. X., B. IIl., B. X.,
B. XI., C. 11., Vitellius A. 111.,\A. v., A. VII., D. X1., E. VII., E. VIII., E. X1i. (injured in the
fire of 1731) have been identified and arranged, and additional leaves recovered and inserted
in Tiberius A. 1x., A. Xv., B.Ix., Galba a. 1, a. vil., Otho A. vI., B. V., B. x1ir., Vitellius
As VAI. ¢C-XEV, oD» CV Ity nh T.,.and 5X0.

15. The Additional Manuscripts have been numbered and registered, from No. 25,000 to
No. 25,490 (up to the end of 1863), and they have been bound, repaired, lettered and
stamped, from No. 24,480 to No. 24,742, and trom No. 24,843 to No. 25,174.

16. The Egerton Manuscripts have been numbered and registered, from No. 1,943 to
No. 1,945 ; and they have been bound, lettered, and stamped, from No. 1,910 to No. 1,943.

17. The Additicnal Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from No. 16,158
to No. 16,280, and registered from No.1 to No. 1,262, No. 2,171 to No. 4,578, No.
5,350 to No. 6,333, and No. 10,593 to No. 11,800. The entire collection has now been
registered up to the last-mentioned number. The Charters have also been separately
marked with the date of acquisition, from No. 15,208 to No. 16,280.

18. Six hundred and thirty-nine of the Additional Manuscripts, 333 of the Sloane, 18
of the Cottonian, 155 of the Lansdowne, and 26 of the Egerton Collection, have been
folio’d.

19. Stamps have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document in 29 volumes
of the Cottonian Collection, 3 Sloane, 31 Old Royal, 14 Harleian, 47 Egerton, and 1,496
Additional Manuscripts ; also on 41 Additional Charters, and 144 Books of Reference.
Extra stamps have also been placed on 62 volumes of various collections. The total number
of stamps affixed amounts to 52,309.

20. Press marks have been permanently affixed to 1,325 Additional Manuscripts, and
temporarily to 1,131. Fresh labels have been supplied to the whole of the objects exhibited
in the show-cases.

21. Fifty-three Cottonian, 81 Sloane, 45 Old Royal, 48 Harleian, 14 Lansdowne,
3 Arundel, 44 Egerton, and 817 Additional Manuscripts, with 148 Books of Reference,
have been bound, repaired, or lettered.

22. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and stamped,
from No. 16,158 to No. 16,280: 353 injured seals have been repaired, and new boxes
made for them, where required.

28. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :—
To the General Collection—

Manuscripts - - - ~ - - - - 461

Original Charters and Rolls —- - - - - 114
To the Egerton Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 3

Amongst the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be specified —

A Cartulary on vellum of the Abbey of Peterborough, during the time of Abbats William
Gynge and John de Depynge, 1396-1438.

The Bundbuch, or Acts of the Swabian League, from 1480 to 1495, on vellum. A
fine copy of the Chronicon Ottonis, Episcopi Frisingensis, with a continuation to A.D. 1274,
on vellum.

A volume of original State Papers, of much historical value, extending from about 1527
to the end of the reign of Henry VIII. Many of these papers are from the King and
Cromwell to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, when ambassador in France, from
1532 to 1538.

An autograph Letter of Ludovico Ariosto, addressed to Nicolao Zardino, relative to ‘the
desire of the Duke of Ferrara to make terms with Florence and Lucca; dated 16 October
1522.

The official copy of the Process of Canonization of Carolo Borromeo, Archbishop of
Milan, in 1605-6, signed by the prelates and notaries present ; with many original Papers
added: from the Archinto Library.

A large collection of Legal and other Manuscripts belonging formerly to Oliver St. John,
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Among them is a copy of his speech in defence of
Hampden, on the question of ship-money, in 1637, with his autograph additions.

The concluding portion of the Correspondence of Francesco Terriesi, Florentine Minister
at London, 1689--1691 ; transcribed {rom the Archives at Florence.

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Three Coptic Papyri, in the Sahidic dialect, relating to the Monastery of St. Phe-
bammon, at Hermonthis.

24. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to readers in the Reading-room during the
past year amounts to 22,060, and to artists and others in the rooms of the Department to
3,042, exclusive of the volumes shown to visitors on private days.

Frederic Madden.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL, BritisH, AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES, AND
EtHNnoGRAPHY.

I,— Arrangement.

Two new cases for the exhibition of wooden coffins have been placed in the second
Egyptian room, and several of the wall-cases in the Egyptian rooms have been re-arranged
and refitted for a better display of their contents.

A railing has been placed round the sarcophagus of Nekhtherhebi, King of Egypt, to
protect it from injury.

162 Egyptian antiquities have been catalogued, 192 have been mounted, including 80 of
a large size, and 5 large tablets have been framed and glazed.

Of the Egyptian Papyri, 6 have been unrolled and arranged for mounting, 3 have been
framed and glazed, and 47 fragments arranged and bound; a reference-list of part of the
Collection has been made.

The Nimrad and Kouyunjik Galleries have been painted in a more decorative manner

than before, and the floors rubbed down and cleaned.

Part of the sculptures in the Assyrian Basement Room have been glazed, with a view to
their better preservation.

Two monoliths from Kurkh and two conical stones from Babylon, all recently received,
have been mounted on pedestals and placed in the public galleries.

An additional table-case has been placed in the Assyrian Basement Room for the display
of a series of early iron weapons and implements, and two presses have been fitted up to
contain the bricks with the names of Seanacherib and Nebuchadnezzar.

Some of the cases in the Assyrian Ante-room have been refitted and re-arranged.

1,762 Assyrian terra-cotta tablets, with inscriptions, have been temporarily classed and
-arranged in the presses above the Ornament Room, and 303 have been placed in separate
card boxes, for their better preservation.

The gold ornaments from Mesopotamia and Lower Babylonia have been temporarily
arranged in one of the cases of the Ornament Room.

The Assyrian carvings in ivory have been carefully examined, and the various fragments
compared and fitted together. They prove in many cases to be portions of large panels,
with figures and designs in several different styles of art. In this operation many hundred
fragments have been cleaned and joined, preparatory to mounting.

Among the minor Assyrian antiquities, 218 objects in iron, 38 seals, and 28 miscellaneous
objects have been mounted, and, where necessary, cleaned and repaired.

309 Assyrian and Oriental gems have been mounted and exhibited.

Careful copies have been made of the cuneiform inscriptions on 21 dated tablets of terra

cotta and 1 of bronze, as well as of the inscriptions on the two monoiiths from Kurkh,

acquired during the year.

Type impressions of 300 Assyrian and Babylonian gems have been made.

The Himyaritic inscriptions acquired in 1862 and in the past year have been exhibited,
as well as the limited space would allow, in the Basement and in the Second Egyptian
Room. Lithographic fac-similes of the whole Collection, 42 in number, have been pub-
lished, with introductory remarks.

A volume, containing lithographic fac-similes of 90 Phoenician inscriptions from Carthage,
in the Department, which had been commenced previously to the separation of the Depart-
ments of Antiquities, has been edited by Mr. Vaux, with explanatory letter-press, and
published.

The scattered remains of Early Christian antiquity have been brought together, and dis-
played in a table-case in the British and Medieval Room, together with the acquisitions
of the same nature made during the year.

An extensive collection of antiquities from the Lakes of Switzerland, obtained chiefly by
the assistance of the Hen. Admiral Harris, H. M. Minister at Berne, has been placed ina
tuble-case in the British Room, together with other remains of the kind.

45 Medieval matrices of seals have been mounted, with wax impressions at their sides,
and exhibited with the rest of the Collection.

In the Collections generally, 2,118 objects have been registered, comprising the acqui-
sitions of the year and the arrears previous to the separation of the Departments of
Antiquities. 631 descriptive labels, 183 printed numbers, and 3,265 registratiun numbers
have been attached to various objects.

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The Sloane Catalogues of “ Antiquities’ ana “ Miscellanies” have been transcribed,
comprising 3,276 entries.

Hand Catalogues have been made of the books of reference in the Studies of the
Department.

I].—Acquisitions.
The acquisitions of the Department are 875 in number, and may be classed as follows:—

Egyptian.—A funereal ritual on papyrus, in the Hieratic character.

A bronze figure of Isis winged.

A cast of the upper part of the statue of a functionary, with the name of Psammetichus I.,
inscribed over a royal name anciently erased ; presented by John Lee, Esq., uL.p.

Babylonian and Assyrian.—Two sculptured stones from Babylon, similar to the well-
known “ Caillou Michaud” at Paris. On one of them is the figure of an early Babylonian
king in low relief, and an inscription relating to the purchase of a field; the other contains
a similar inscription, and the name of the king Merodach-adan-vkhi. On the conical top of
each stone are various symbols of divinities. Probable date, the 12th century before Christ.

Two monolithic monuments brought from Kurkh, near the source of the Tigris; they have
on them basreliefs of monarchs, and long inscriptions on every side. One commemorates
Asshur-izir-pal, who reigned B.c. 880; the other, his son Shalmaneser.

Sixteen enzraved cylinders of hard stone, chietly of Chaldean workmanship, and four
gems.

Phenician and Early Oriental.—Four gems, with Pheenician inscriptions.

An Intaglio of large size, representing a monarch in a Parthian head-dress, and a Pehlevi
inscription in honour of Balak-pati, “ Lord of Spoilers,” a name not to be found in the
dynastic lists of the period. Also, six other gems with Pehlevi inscriptions, and three
Gnostic gems.

Six Himyaritic inscriptions on stone obtained at Marib, in Southern Arabia, by Mikal
Joseph; purchased from the British and Foreign Bible Society. Two inscriptions of the
same kind, one from Taizz in Yemen, the other from Abyan, near Aden, both presented by
Colonel Playfair.

An altar dedicated to Athor &c., with a Himyaritic inscription, found at Abyan near
Aden, and a slab with a Hebrew inscription from Aden, both presented by Colonel Coghlan.

Early Christian.—The important coilection of Christian Glass from the Catacombs at
Rome, belonging formerly to the Count Matarozzi of Urbania, and engraved in Garrucci,
Vetri ornati di figure in oro. It consists of 17 specimens, remarkable for their sub-
jects, as well as their completeness and preservation. Among the subjects may be men-
tioned, Moses striking the Rock, Daniel and the Dragon, the seven-branched Candlestick,
busts of Christ, figures of St. Peter and St, Paul, and other early Saints, portraits of
various persons with their names inscribed, of which the most remarkable is dedicated to
the Acherontine Hercules. This addition to the series of similar objects already in the
Museum renders the National Collection second only to that of the Vatican in early
Christian glass.

A leaden seal from the Catacombs of Syracuse, presented by George Dennis, Esq., H. M.
Vice-Consul at Benghazi.

British and Medieval.—the Foreign illustrations of this section have been increased by
the three following important additions :—

(1.) A slab of stalagmite, in which are imbedded worked flints associated with Reindeer
bones, worked and unworked, and other traces of contemporary human presence; excavated
in a cave at Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France, and proving the existence of man in that district
in a state of great barbarism, while herds of Reindeer must have been common. Presented
by Henry Christy, Esq., and M. Edouard Lartet, of Paris.

(2.) A typical collection of Antiquities of the Stone Period, found in the Lakes of Swit-
zerland, on the sites of dwellings built on piles; obtained by the Hon. Admiral Harris,
H. M. Minister at Berne, and derived principally from the collections of MM. Lohle, Messi-
kommer, and Uhlman. Also,a small series of Antiquities of the Bronze Period, from other
lake dwellings in Switzerland; presented by Colonel Schwab, of Bienne, and by J. H. M.
Weitbrecht, Esq.

(3.) Three iron celts and fragments of bronze ornaments and pottery, from the remarkable
Celtic Cemetery at Hallstatt, in the Salzkammergut of Austria; presented by Bergmeister
Ramsauer, of Hallstatt.

The British series has received the following additions:—Fragments of British pottery,
found in a cave near Bury Head, Devon; presented by Farnham Maxwell Lyte, Esq.

A British urn, found near Abingdon; presented by W. H. Davies, Esq.

Two flint knives, found near Eyeworth Wood, Hants. ; presented by Henry Drayson, Esq.

A series of bronze weapons, implements, and ornaments, 148 in number, partly found in
the Thames, partly in Ireland; transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology.

Three bronze celts, presented by John Henderson, Esq.; and four bronze celts and a
bronze knife of rare form, presented by Henry Christy, Esq.

Two fragments of gold from the treasure trove at Mountfield, near Lewes; presented by
the Lords of the Treasury.

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A remarkable bronze implement of late British work, found in the Thames.

A pair of stone querns, found on the Cheviot Hills; presented by Ralph Carr, Esq.

Two Roman altars found in pulling down the church at Bisley, Gloucestershire.

A marble head, apparently the portrait of a Roman imperial personage, found in London;
presented by William Tite, Esq., M.p.

A small Samian Vase, found at Gloucester.

Roman sfyli of iron with ornaments in other metals, bone pins, and fragments of Samian
ware, found on the site of the old Steel Yard, London.

Two Roman fibule, and a box of weights, from Yeovil, Somersetshire; presented by J.
R. Wise, Esq.

A small collection of Antiquities, discovered in an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Long Witten
ham, Berks, on a spot presumed to be the Wigbaldinctune of a charter of Alfred ; presented
by J. Y. Akerman, Esq.

A large iron bell of early type, found on the site of Offa’s Palace, at Marden, in Here-
fordshire.

A bas-relief, in bronze, representing a bird seizing a fish, probably Anglo-Saxon, and found
in the ‘Thames.

Two urns and some iron implements, found in a Merovingian Cemetery, at Waban, near
Montreuil, France; presented by John Evans, Esq.

A very remarkable Byzantine weight of bronze for one pound, with figures and letters
inlaid in copper and silver; presented by J. F. W. de Salis, Esq.

A Jeathern sheath of the 14th century, perhaps for a jester’s sword, found on the site of
the old Steel Yard.

A Flemish tilting-shield of the 15th century, gilt and painted with figures; presented by
the Rev. John Wilson, p.p., President of Trinity College, Oxon.

An enamelled badge with the Royal arms of England, and five other badges.

Twenty-six matrices of seals, of which the most important are those of the Penitenc’ary
of the Knights Hospitalers, and that of a Welshman, Jorweth, son of Madoc ap Emilur.

An enamelled glass vase of French work, on which is represented the blowing of glass.

Two Flemish bricks of the 16th century, with subjects in relief; presented by John
Evans, Esq.

A ring dial, presented by W. S. Cocking, Esq.; and two portable dials, presented by A.
W. Franks, Esq.

A large cameo ou shell of the 16th century, representing Hercules.

A silver badge, formerly worn by the Bargeman of the Admiralty Barge ; presented by
the Lords of the Admiralty.

A block from the tree known as “ Herne’s Oak,” which formerly stood in the Home
Park, Windsor; presented by Her Majesty the Queen.

Ethnographical.—Stone celt from Paramaribo, Surinam; presented by Duncan C. Munro,
Esq., H. M. Consul at Surinam.

A flint dagger-blade of large size, obtained from a chief of the Spokan Jndians,
British Columbia; presented by the North-Western Boundary Commissioners, through
J. K. Lord, Esq.

A collection of terra cotta figures from the coast of Ecuador; collected by William
Boilaert, Esq.

A human head, shrunk artificially, being the head of some great chief slain in war, and
thus preserved to be worn as a trophy. This object, which is of great rarity, is from Ecuador.
Presented by George Fagan, Esq., H. M. Chargé d’Affaires and Consul General, Ecuador.

Two obsidian knives and an alabaster amulet, from the valley of Mexico; presented by
Don Lino Ramirez.

Brass standard of the King of Oude, in the form of a hand, with numerous figures and
inscriptions.

A glass bottle, on the inside of which is written, by some peculiar process, an ode of
Hafiz; done at Mughir, in Mesopotamia, by a native, and presented by J. Christian, Esq.,
of Mughir.

Samuel Birch.

DEPARTMENT oF GREEK AND RomMAn ANTIQUITIES.

I,— Arrangement.

One hundred and seventy-five statues, busts, reliefs, and fragments of sculpture from the
Mausoleum, Cnidus, Cyrene, Carthage, and from the earlier collections, have been mounted
on plinths.

A tessellated pavement from Carthage has been repaired. The sculptures in the
Second Elgin, Phigalian and Greco-Roman Basement Rooms, have been cleaned, under
the superintendence of Mr. Westmacott.

The wall cases in the first Vase Room and in the Bronze Room have been re-painted,

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and the doors re-lined with velvet, for the better exclusion of dust; the objects con-
tained in those cases have been cleaned.

The two sheds in which are at present deposited the remains of the Mausoleum and the
sculptures from Cnidus, Branchide, Cyrene, and Carthage, have been lined with paper, and
coloured inside.

Progress has been made in the arrangement of the bronzes, gold ornaments, and ivories.

Three hundred and twenty objects have been catalogued, and five hundred and forty-nine
have been registered.

Descriptive titles have been affixed to five hundred and eighteen objects, and two-
hundred and twenty-five titles have been numbered.

Progress has been made in the printing of the second volume of the Vase Catalogue.

One hundred and eighteen vases, terra-cottas, and other objects, have been repaired.

II.— Acquisitions.

Antiquities from Camirus, in the Island of Rhodes.—During the past year a most
interesting terra-cotta coffin has been obtained from the excavations carned on at Camirus
by Messrs. Biliotti and Salzmann. This coffin is 6 feet 4 inches long and 2 feet 1 inch
wide. Round the mouth, human heads, animals, and floral ornaments are painted in
brown and crimson, on a pale ground. hese omaments are similar to.those which occur
on the archaic vases from Camirus, and are probably derived from Pheenician sources. Ft
is believed that this curious specimen of fictile art is unique.

A Panathenaic Amphora, and a number of other interesting vases, have been obtained
from the same site, together with some curious bronze amulets, and a few terra-cotta
figures.

A colossal marble torso, discovered at Elaa, the Port of Pergamus, by Captain T. Spratt,
R.N. This torso has formed part of a naked male figure, of which only the trunk, and part
of the right upper arm, have been preserved. The original figure was probably about 12
feet high. From the action of the right arm, which is slightly advanced, it seems probable
that a spear was held in the right hand. The torso is modelled in a bold effective styie,
and is an interesting specimen of colossal statuary. It is not unlikely that it was executed
during the Macedonian period, by some sculptor of the school of Pergamus.

A hydria and a number of terra-coita figures from the Cyrenaica, obtained from Mr. Chaffers.
On the Hydria is a group uf Europa and the bull, painted in red and white, on a black
ground. Some of the terra-cotta figures represent Muses, and are finely composed.

A bronze balance weight, with a graduated scale, and an inscription stippled in late Greek
characters.—This weight and scale are adjusted in the same manner as in a modern steelyard.
Obtained through the Baron Texier from the Valley of the Meander, in Asia Minor.

The following presents have been received during tie year :—

A collection of Greek Vases, Terra-cottas, and other Antiquities discovered in tombs in Sicily,
and presented to the British Museum by Earl Russell, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.

This most interesting collection is the fruit of excavations made by Mr. George Dennis,
in Sicily, in 1862-3, at the expense of Her Majesty’s Government. Most of the objects
obtained by him were discovered in Greek tombs at Centuripe, Terra Nuova (the ancient
Gela), and Agrigentum (now Girgenti). ‘The vases are chiefly lekythi, with subjects painted
in red on a black ground, or in black on a red ground. Some few have polychrome figures
on a white ground.

The following are the most remarkable of these vases :—

A lekythos, 1 foot 6 inches in height, on which a group of two femaies is painted in several
colours on a white ground. One of these figures stands in front of an Ionic column, holding
in her right hand an oinochoe and in her left a phiale, which she offers to a seated female
figure. This composition is remarkable for the severe simplicity of the drawing and
colouring, and for the force and distinctness of the outlines. his dekythos is an unusually
fine specinien of a very rare class of vases.

A lekythos, 1 foot 2.2, inches high, on which a seated female figure is painted in several
colours on a white ground. This figure holds up a chaplet or fillet with both hands.
Behind her is a calathus or basket for wool, above which hangs an alabastron; her
chiton is painted a reddish brown colour, over which a black peplos is thrown. In
the drawing of this figure the same pure and severe style may be recognized as in the
figures on the lekythos already described. In the head dress, type of features, and general |
ae: of drawing, these figures resemble the heads on the earlier silver tetradrachms of

yracuse.

A lehythos 1 foot 33 inches high, with red figures on a black ground. The subject is a
warrior receiving a libation from a female figure, probably on his departure for battle. The
device on his shield is a Satyr dancing, and from it hangs a Jaisezon or fringe, on which an
eye is painted.

A hkrater,

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A krater, 1 foot 74 inches high, painted with red figures on a black ground. On the
obverse is a group of four figures, probably representing the return of a v-ctorious warrior.
On the reverse is a group of youthful Athletes. The drawing of this vase is somewhat
late and careless. There are, besides, twenty /ekythi, with red figures on a black ground.
In all these we see the same simple and severe style of drawing as in the vases with
polychrome figures on a white ground, which are probably of the same epoch. The
subjects are generally single figures or groups of two. Demeter and Triptolemos, Apollo
and Artemis, Victory, Eros, aud Satyrs, are among the subjects represented,

The collection also contains a small, but instructive series of the earlier vases, with black
figures on a red or ona white ground. There are also a few specimens of the Archaic
period ; in these, animals and flowers are painted in brown and crimson on a cream-coloured
ground.

Terra-cottas.—A small collection of Archaic figures found in tombs at Gela,

Of these, the most remarkable are, a figare of Hermes Kriophoros, 7} inches high, pro-
bably copied from the archaic ~tatue by Calamis, which is represented ona bronze coin of
Tanagra, and of which a repetition in marble is to be found in the Gallery at Wilton House.

The head and bust from a figure of a seated Goddess of archaic type. She is crowned
with a modius; on her bosom are three rows of pendent ornaments. A kind of epaulette
or a large clasp is attached to the front of each shoulder. This figure probably represents a
Pheenician type, and resembles some of the smal! figures found at Dali (Idalium), in Cyprus.

A collection of terra-cotta figures from Centuripe. These consist of a number of figures,
groups, and heads, very spirited in design, but carelessly modelled, and evidently executed
in the decline of Greek art. Aphrodite, Eros, and Victory, are among the types which
most frequently recur in these terra-cottas. In some of them the nude portion of the figure
is covered with a vitreous glaze, the remainder being unglazed.,

Such an application of vitreous glaze in Greek terra-cotta figures is most rare, and was
probably first introduced in a very late period of Greek art.

A cinerary urn of pale unglazed ware, and with a conical cover, surmounted by a pome-
granate. ‘The body is encircled with bands of mouldings in relief. This urn measures
2 feet 13 inches in height. It is remarkable for its form. From Girgenti.

Three small marble figures bequeathed to the British Museum by the late Percy Clinton,
Viscount Strangford. These figures were brought from Greece by Viscoant Strangford, and are
probably of the earliest period of Greek sculpture. They appear to be rude imitations of
Egyptian statues. Two of them represent a naked female figure, probably that of Aphrodite.
Similar figures have been found in several of the islands of the Archipelago, (See Ross,
Archavlogische Aufsatze I., p. 52, who thinks that such sigillaria may be the work of
Carians, or some other pre-Hellenic race). Those presented by Lord Strangford range
from 9 inches to 1 foot 7% inches in height. i

A small fragment of an Athenian inscription, presented to the British Museum by Cavalier
Fiorelli, Director of the excavations at Pompeu.

Two fragments of ancient mural paintings, presented by Sir Mathew White Ridley, m.p.

Two Roman terra-cotta cones found near Geneva. Presented by J. H. M. Weitbrecht,
Esq.

C. T. Newton.

DeparTMENT oF Coins AND MEDALS.

I.— Arrangement.

323 slips have been written for the Catalogue of Greck Coins, from Velia in Lucania
to Locri Epizephyrii in Bruttii.

320 Greek coins have been registered, 234 incorporated, and 470, chiefly of the Dynasty
of the Ptolemies in Egypt, have been re-arranged , with new and appropriate cards. _

A very fine collection of Greek Coins, made by M. Ivanofj; late Russian Consul at Smyrna
has been carefully examined; and 44 very valuable specimens were purchased at his
sale, for the National Collection.

1,168 Roman coins have been registered, 150 incorporated, and 456 re-arranced.

1,130 Medieval and Modern coins have been registered, 1,391 incorporated and 229
re-arranged. : i

772 Venetian coins, being a continuation of the large collection purchased in 1861
from M. De Rin, have been registered and incorporated in the General Collection.

237 English coins have been catalogued, 271 incorporated, and 1,982 Enelish coins, of
Edward III., Richard I]., Henry IV., V., aud VL, Richard III., and Henry VIL. have
been re-arranged, with new and appropriate cards, in two new cabinets.

300 Oriental coins, being those of petty princes in the south of India, have been care-
fully examined; and 197 specimens have been purchased for the National Collection, and
prepared for registration.

246. C 443 Oriental

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443 Oriental coins of the Moghul Emperors of India, 340 of the Ommiade Dynasty, and
557 of the Abbasside Dynasty have been re-arranged, with new descriptive cards.

2,692 coins have been prepared for registration, 3,390 registered, 2,542 catalogued, 2,818
incorporated, and 7,027 type impressions of coins have been cleaned and mounted.

During the year several Collections of much interest have been brought to the Museum,
and the comms required have been selected and purchased. Of these, the most important
have been one of Greek coins, coliected by Mr. Borrell, and another of Russian coins
collected by Mr. Eastwood,

I].— Acquisitions.

The following table shows the number and classification of the coms and medals pro-
cured during the year 1863 :—

Gold. Silver. Copper. ToTAL.

Greek - = - - 9 106 80 195
Roman - = - - 85 9 17 111
Medieval and Modern - 70 254 189 5138
Oriental - - = - 1 2 4 mi
PeTAL eh 2 165 371 290 826

Of these acquisitions, the following have been received as presents :—

A token of Melbourne, Australia, from Charles Forlonge, Esq.

Two medals of the International Exhibition of 1862, from the Commissioners of the
Exhibition.

A rare token struck at Bedford in 1659, from James Wyatt, Esq.

Three gold coins of Claudius and Nero; and one Venetian sequin, part of a hoard
discovered in India, from Mrs. Majoribanks.

Two copper coins, struck in India by Mr. Bushby, as Lieutenant Governor of the North-
West Provinces, from the Rev. Assheton Pownall.

i A medal given by the Pope to General Lamoriciére’s brigade, from Algernon Lempriére,
US 5 \

A medal of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Gray, from Dr. J. E. Gray.

A dollar current in the island of Formosa, from R.Swinhoe, Esq., Her Majesty’s Consul,
Formosa.

Seven modern coins, from the Earl of Enniskillen.

Eight modern coins, from Miss Bennett.

37 gold. 76 silver, and three copper coins, collected in different parts of South America,
from the Hon. Robert Marsham.

28 silver, and 28 copper medals of various distinguished foreigners, from J. F. de Salis,
Esq.

i medal of Henry Vallam, Esq., from Sir John Boileau, Bart., on the part of the Committee
of the Hallam Testimonial Fund.

Two medals commemorating the thousandth year of the existence of the Russian
Empire, from J. Deacon, Esq.

A very rare and curious silver coin of the Emperor Frederick IL, a.p., 1152-1190,
struck in imitation of the pennies of Henry II. of England, from Lieutenant Colonel
Caldwell.

A guiden of Deventer, a.p., 1698, from R. Nunns, Esq.
ae following coins may be specified as remarkable additions to the Cabinets of the

useum :—

In the Greek series: a rare didrachm of Thebes in Beeotia; a very rare tetradrachm of
Messene ; a fine tetradrachm of Chios; and very rare tetradrachms of Ialysus and Lindus,
in Rhodes: all from the Ivanoff collection. Another very rare tetradrachm of Ialysus ;
and two copper coins of Tiryns, a place hitherto unrepresented in the Museum Cabinets;
a fine didrachm of Ptolemy V., and a large number of coins of the Ptolemaic series, most
of them in excellent preservation,

In the Roman Series: a rare aureus of Eugenius; a rare solidus of Libius Severus;
a fine solidus of Constantine I.; and several tremisses of the time of Justinian I.

In the Medieval and Modern Series: a rare sequin of Hugo Lubens de Verdalle, Grand
Master of Malta, a.p., 1582-95. A large gold coin of Sigismund IILI., King of ey

rare

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Arare silver rouble of the Emperor of Russia, Peter Il. A very rare silver rouble of the
Emperor Peter III. Three large gold coins of the Empress Elizabeth. A 10-rouble piece
in platina of the Emperor Nicholas; and 12 of the largest gold coins of different inde-
pendent States of South America. Bees

1,204 persons have visited the collections in the Medal Room during the past year.

W.S. W. Vauz.

DepartMENTs oF Natura History.

Specimens added to the Natural History Departments during the year have been labelled
or numbered, and entered into the registers, with note of the date and source of reception,
locality, or stratum. The total number of these entries amounts to 102,474; that of the
tallying numbers or labels is the same. But the number of specimens received exceeds the
above, by reason of two or more of the same species and of similar character being regis-
tered and marked by a common number, and grouped on the same tray, in some instances,
especially of the invertebrate Fossils, in the Department of Geology.

Of the 102,474 registered specimens of Natural History added in the year, space has been
found, or made by re-adjustment and exclusion for storage of less rare or interesting
examples, so as to allow of the exhibition of 5,368 specimens.

The number of specific names and references to synonyms, written for the Registers and
Catalogues, amounts to 34,768.

The number of specimens described, with synonyms, and references to a greater or less
number of characteristics or peculiarities, and printed in the Catalogues published during
the year, amounts to 12,784.

Progress has been made in the following manual and skilled labour of the Departments,
viz. cleaning the stuffed specimens ; preparing with antiseptics, and stuffing skins ; examining,
airing, and drying prepared skins ; cleaning and bleaching bones and antlers; articulating
skeletons; unstiffening, developing, readjusting, and displaying parts of Insects and Crus-
laceans ; suspending in bottles and displaying characteristic parts of specimens preserved
in spirits; changing alcohol and adding aleohol to specimens in spirits; changing, restoring,
and verifying labels; removing matrix from Fossils, and developing or exposing con-

cealed parts of Fossils ; moulding and casting Fossils ; mounting Fossils on tablets; cutting
and polishing Minerals, and slicing them for the’ microscope; adjusting them on stands
or supports, to facilitate the study of Crystalline characters.

The stuffed and exhibited series of Mammalia are mostly in a state of preservation ; some
have suffered from the effects of over-crowding. The want of space precludes intsructive
arrangement of the class Mammalia. Those which stand on the floor, or are attached to
the wall, show the detriment which is mevitable from such exposure. The unstuffed skins
of the Mammalia are in a state fit for scientific examination and comparison, and many of
them in a state fit for future preparation for exhibition.

The stuffed and exhibited series of Birds are in a state of preservation, and of instructive
arrangement, but now are so crowded in some cases as to take from the facility of examining
individual specimens.

The stored Bird-skins in boxes are in a good condition, but many of those kept in cup-
boards in the vaults show the deteriorating effects of the atmosphere of that locality.

The great bulk of the class Insecta is preserved in drawers, in a good state of preserva-
tion, and arrangement, affording facility of access for reference and comparison.

The same may be said of the dried Crustacea and Arachnida,

The collection of Osteology is in a state of preservation, but its availability for scientific
use is extremely limited, through the conditions and locality of its present storage in the
basement vaults.

The specimens of the classes Mammalia, Reptilia, and Pisces, preserved in spirits, have
required a great expenditure of alcohol to maintain them in their present state of preserva-
tion, owing to the contiguity of the store vaults to the heating apparatus of the general
Museum.

The classes and minor groups of the Invertebrate animals which require to be preserved
in spirits are also stored in the basement vaults, and are so crowded on the shelves that
access to specimens nof on the front row is difficult, and attended with risk to the bottles
and specimens.

The exhibited series of Reptiles, Fishes, Invertebrate Animals, Nests, and Nidamental
structures, Horns, Antlers, and the British Natural History, are severally in a good state of
preservation,

The specimens of Fossil remains, both exhibited and in store, are in a good state of
preservation.

The exhibited specimens now begin to be in so crowded a'state of arrangement as to affect
in some cases the facility of access for scientific examination and comparison.

The specimens which are stored in drawers and in cases, in parts of the Museum not
accessible to the public, admit, for the most part, of being well arranged for the purposes of
scientific study.

The Collections of Mineralogy are in a good state of preservation. Many crystalline

2406. c2 specimens

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specimens now impart additional scientific information by the inscription of the cerystallo-
graphic indices on the planes. The collection of Meteorites, both iron and stony, has
received valuable increase ; its instructive relations have been augmented by polished sections
of many Aerolites, and by the extended exhibition of the series svstematically arranged in
additional cases. This section of the series of Mineralogy can now be studied with the aid of
the Catalogue printed last year, and forms an important element i advancing a know-
ledge of the nature aud source of these inysterious bodies.
The whoie of the Mineralogy shows improvement in arrangement and display.

The additions in the year acquired by the Department of Zoology amount to not fewer
than 98,754 specimens. A great proporuon of these are donations, including the Collections
made in the African expeditions of Speke and Grant to the Nile sources, and of the Living-
stones and Dr. Kirk in the Zambesi district. Also in the North American Boundary Expe-
dition, by Mr. J. K. Lord, and in expeditions in the Mackenzie River District, by Mr.
B. R. Ross.

The Museums now established in the chief cities of the Dependencies and Colonies of
Great Britain become sources of numerous useful acquisitions, by the duplicates of specimens
transmitted by their curators for determination at the British Museum. Hence, notwith-
standing that specimens selecied for purchase are of high value, inasmuch as the extent of
previous acquisitions leads to ever-increasing reticence and care in selection, and to a limita-
tion of recommendation of purchase to indubitable rarities, the progress of the additions to
the Natural History is such as fully to verify the outlook on which the requirements
of space have been estimated; as is exemplified in the sum total of additions above
recorded, in a single department, during the past year.

On the return of Dr. Kirk and Mr. H. Livingstone to England, in October 18638, from
the Zambesi Expedition, in which they served as Naturalists, they brought with them part
of their collections. Earl Russell was pleased to direct that such of their specimens as
might be deemed desirable should be placed at the disposal of the Trustees of the Museum,
and the selections which have been made include both rare and nondescript species. Among
the former may be noted the proboscidian Insectivore, with a dentition like that of a
ruminant, called Rhynchocyon Gini The species of this and of some allied genera, as
Petrodromus, have been called from the singular prolongation of the snout “ Elephant mice.”

The deer forest of Alnwick still retams an ancient light-coloured breed of Stags (Cervus
Elaphus), the paler of which are noticed in Medieval romance and poetry as the “ White
Hart.” His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, x.c., directed the best stag of the breed
to be shot, and prepared, and most liberally presented the mounted specimen to the
British Museum, where this variety had previously been a desideratum.

Several rare Mammals and Birds, from other sources, are specially noted in the Report
from the Department of Zoology. Of the 3,978 additions belonging to the Vertebrate
sub-class, 1,827 specimens are of the Hematocrya, or cold-blooded division.

The collections which Captains Speke and Grant were enabled to transmit from East
Central Africa to the British Museum include a new Tortoise (Kynixis Spekei) and a non-
descript ophidian (Causus rostratus, Gnth.) The vepresentatives of two new genera of
Ophidians, Bothropthhalmus and Xenurophis, Gntb., have been procured from West Africa.

Dr. Krefft has transmitted from Australia two new genera of venomous serpents,
Tropidechis carinata and Cacophis Krefftii.

In the collection of Reptiles and Fishes from the Pellew Islands, presented by
G. L. King, Esq., R.'N., is a new species of Botde (Enygrus superciliosus, Guth.) A collec-
tion of Reptiles from North Ceram contains a new genus of Snakes (Liedaphis) and a new
species of Cyclodus. besides several very scarce forms, showimg a connexion of the Indian
and Australian Faunas in that island.

The number of additions to the class of Fishes, in the year, amounts to 1,156.

Jhe series of British Selmonide has received valuable accessions from His Grace the
Duke of Northumberland, x.c., Lord Powerscourt, the Rev. Augustus Morgan, and
T. C. Eyton, Esq.

The collection of fresi-water Fishes of Hungary, made by an experienced Ichthyologist,
M. Teitteles, includes a fine example of the Russian Pike-perch (Lucioperca volgensis), a
fish heretofore only found in Russia, and a desideratum in the collection of the British
Museum.

J. Y. Johnson, Esq., continuing his researches on the Natural History of Madeira, has
discovered additional new forms of deep sea fishes; e. g. Halosaurus, Diretimus, the types
of which are new in the British Museum.

Asia.—A small collection of fishes from the Lake of Galilee, the only one hitherto
received from the Holy Land, has been presented by the late H. W. Beddome, Esq., m.a.
This desideratum was noticed in the Annual Report for 1862.

The second portion of the important collection of Dr. P. van Bleeker has been obtained ;
it contains the typical specimens of the Siluroids and of the Reptiles described by him, a
great number of them being unique specimens.

Captain Mitchell, Conservator of the Government Central Museum of Madras, has sent
a large collection of the fishes of that Presidency, chiefly Siluroids and Cyprinoids. These
specimens being duplicates in the Madras Museum, and numbered, he receives the names
inreturn. Several beautiful specimens of Ophiocephalus, nearly three feet long, are in this

collection,

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collection, which is the more valuable as the fish Fauna of the Indian empire is still but
scantily represented in the national collection.

The typical specimens of the Sumatran fishes described by Mungo Park have been dis-
covered at a public sale, and were bought by the Trustees. Likewise the typical specimens
of Bennett’s ‘‘ Fishes of Ceylon.”

Africa.—A second collection of beautifully-preserved examples of fish from the Whit®
Nile has been received from Mr. Consul Petherick. It is distinguished by a number of
undescribed genera and species, especially of the Siluroid family, descriptions of which will
be found in the forthcoming fifth volume of the “ Catalogue of Fishes.”

Amongst the rarer fishes of West Africa may be noticed several new species of Mor-
myrus and Synodontis ; a gigantic species of Gymnarchus, identical with, or very closely
allied to, its congener, from the Upper Nile.

‘Mr. G. Krefft has transmitted from Australia representative specimens of the Siluroids,
discovered by Sir Thomas Mitchell in his exploration of the interior of Australia.

America.—A very complete selection of the fishes of the West Indian Island of St. Croix
has been obtained through a resident collector.

Dr. W. O. Ayres, of San Francisco, has presented a second collection of Marine fishes,
illustrating the descriptions of the numerous species discovered by him.

The majority of the additions to the class of fishes are entire animals preserved in
spirits, and are stored in the basement vaults, pending the acquisition of an Ichthyological

gallery.

The specimens in a Museum of Natural History, which have been the subjects described
by the masters of the science in its various departments, give great help to the working
‘Naturalist. For, precise and instructive as a descviption may have been at the time when
its subject was new, later acquisitions and advanced knowledge give significance to cha-
racters, the value of which could not be appreciated at the time of the original examination.
Those who are occupied in the progress of Natural History are accordingly impelled to
obtain access to the very specimens described, defined and named, by Linneus, Cuvier,
and their successors, for the purpose of testing the characters selected for the diagnosis, and
of searching for features omitted in the first account of ithe specimen, and calculated to
throw new light on its natural affinities.

The Depaitment of Zoology has been peculiarly enriched with additions of this scientific
value during the past year. The council of the Linnean Society of London, and the council
of the Entomological Society of London, sensible of the importance to the progress of
Zoology of the location of classical collections in the National Museum, where easy access
is provided for all students with peculiar facilities of observation and comparison, decided
to transfer to the British Museum portions of their respective collections of the character
above defined.

1. From the Linnean Society have been received,—The collections of Shells and In-
sects made by Sir Joseph Banks, F.R.s. The Insects iiclude the specimens defined and
named by Fabricius, in the Banksian Museum, and are the types of the species which he
added to the lists ot Linneus.

2. The series of Mammalia and Birds of Australia, including the exemplars of the species
described by Temminck, Vigors and Horsfield, in the “ Transactions of the Linnean
Society.”

3. The series of Insects, including the exemplars of the species described by W. S. Mac-
leay and Curtis in the same “ Transactions.”

4, From the “ Entomological Society of London” have been received the specimens of
Coleoptera and of Hymenoptera from the collection of the Rev. William Kirby. The former
order includes the exemplars of his descripticns and definition (MSS.) of the Staphilinide :
the specimens of the latter order are still more valuable as containing the oriyinals of the
descriptions and specific determinations published in Kirby’s classical work “ Monographia
Apum Anglie ” (8° 1802).

In the noble donation by John Bowring, Esq., the Trustees have received the largest and
most ie accession to the Entomological Department ever presented by one
individual.

The nature of this and of other noteworthy additions to the Invertebrate Zoology will be
given in the report from that department.

The portion last purchased of the Haberlein collection of Fossils from the Lithographic
Quarries of Pappenheim and Solenhofen, includes some of the rarest and most interesting
evidences of the extinct animals which have been acquired in 1863: more especially in
regard to the delicate class of Insects. By this purchase the whole of that famous collection
is now incorporated in the Department of Geology. Other noteworthy accessions to the
Geology and Mineralogy will be specified in the reports from those departments.

The total number of additional specimens to the Natural History, during the year
1863, is 102,474, of which 98,754 are registered in the depariment of Zoology, 3,053 in the
department of Geology, and 667 in the department of Mineralogy.

Richard Owen.

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DEPARTMENT OF ZooLocy.

The various collections which are exhibited to the public, and those animals which are
kept unstuffed for study, have been cleaned, and many families and large groups of animals
have been re-arranged, to insert the specimens recently acquired, to replace those which
have become deteriorated by exposure, and to keep the collection on a level with the progress
of Zoological classification, and thus afford to students the means of studying the science
in the most efficient manner. The labels that had become antiquated or destroyed by
exposure have been restored or verified.

In the Entomological Collection, which is very much studied, many portions have been
revised and re-arranged, to make it conformable with various works that have been written
on the different families, and to remedy the crowded state of the drawers, arising from the
addition of new specimens.

During the year 1863, 98,754 specimens of animals of different classes have been added
to the several parts of the Zoological cellection; namely,—

Vertebrate Animals - - - - - - 3,973
Molluscous and Radiated Animals - - 2 = a Oty
Annulose Animals - - = - - - - 93,524

ToTaL - - = 98,754

A large proportion of these specimens has been presented; others have been selected from
collections which have been offered, as those most interesting and desirable for the Museum,
as illustrating the Zoology of a particular region of the earth’s surface lately explored,
or as tending to illustrate some improved scientific classification that had been lately
published, or as interesting in some other scientific or economic relation, and many have
been chosen because they are the identical types of specimens described by some zoologist
of reputation.

Each of these 98,754 specimens added to the collection has been regularly marked
with the date and number, and described in the manuscript Register of Accessions, with a
notice of the locality where it was collected, and the manner in which it was acquired.
These particulars give the history of each of the specimens for future use, and add greatly
to their value.

A number of the specimens lately acquired, and a large portion of those that have been
in the Museum for years, have been described by various zoologists and by the officers of
the Museum, which renders them of more importance, as they become the typical specimens
which future naturalists must consult when they want to see the authentic specimen from
which the species has been described.

The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1863 :—

1. Catalogue of Mr. Hodgson’s Collection. Second edition.
2. Catalogue of British Birds. By G. R. Gray, F.L.s.
3. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. Parts 26,27, 28. By Francis Walker, F.1,s

Several most important additions have been made to the collection.

Among the Mammalia may be specially mentioned the skin of the rare Monk, or Pied
Seal, from the shores of the Mediterranean (Monachus albiventer). 'This animal was
exhibited in London as the “ Talking Fish.” The examination of the specimen has proved
that the Seal from Madeira, which was described as Heliophoca Atlantica, is only a young
specimen of the Monk Seal, which is also found on the coast of Algiers.

The Right Hon. the Ear! Russell presented collections to the Museum, including, amongst
other interesting additions, the rare genera Petrodomus and Rhynchocyon, which were col-
lected by Dr. Livingstone in Zambesi. ‘hese animals and the Seal are specially interesting,
as supplying three out of only six or seven genera of Mammalia, hitherto wanting to the
Museum Collection.

The Museum has also received—

A collection of Mammalia from Fort Halket; presented by Bernard R. Ross, Esq.

The Ribs of Rhytina borealis, from Behring’s Straits, obtamed from the Academy of
Sciences at St. Petersbure.

Seven stuffed Llamas from Australia, that were exhibited at the Exhibition of 1862;
presented by Edward Hamilton, Esq.

A collection of Mammalia from Formosa; collected by R. Swinhoe, Esq., H. M. Consul
at Formosa.

A collection of Animals, containing several new species; collected by J. K. Lord, Esgq.,
and presented by the North American Boundary Commission.

A series of Skins and Heads of larger Mammalia from Central Africa; collected by
Capt. Speke.

Amongst the Birds may be mentioned— .

A series of Birds and Eggs collected during the explorations of the Mackenzie River
District ; presented by Bernard R. Ross, Esq.
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A series of Birds collected in Peru and Ava; presented by W. J. Blandford, Esq.

A large collection of Birds, forming the types of the papers published in the Linnean
Society’s Transactions ; presented by the Council of the Linnzan Society.

An interesting series of Birds, collected during the Zambesi expedition by Dr. Kirk ;
presented by the Right Hon. the Earl Russell.

Series of Birds collected in South Africa; presented by Sir A. Smith.

Series of Birds collected in China and the Island of Formosa, by Mr. Swinhoe, con-
taining fine specimens of the new species— Euplocomus Swinhoei, Spizaéos semitorquis, &c.

A series of Birds collected in Mexico by M. Sallé.

A series of Birds collected in South America and Africa.

A series of Birds collected in Western Africa, by M. Du Chaiilu.

A series of Birds collected in the Island of Flores, containing the typical specimens of
the new species described by Mr. Wallace.

A fine specimen of the Baleniceps rex, obtained on the White Nile, by Mr. Consul
Petherick.

The following additions to the Reptiles are worthy to be recorded :—

Several collections of West African Reptiles, obtained by Mr. Dalton.

A large collection of skeletons, presented by Sir A. Smith.

A very complete collection of the Reptiles of North Ceram.

A small collection of typical specimens of species, described and presented by Professor
Peters.

A small collection of Reptiles from the Feejee Islands, collected by Dr. Seemann,

A smail collection of Saurians from Madagascar, collected by E. Newton, Esq.

A large collection of Australian Reptiles, formed by G. Krefft, Esq.

A small collection of West Indian Reptiles, presented by C. Taylor, Esq.

A very large specimen of Testudo pardalis ; presented by Dunsterville, Esq.

The collection of Central African Reptiles, presented by Captain Speke.

The second part of the collection of Reptiles from British Columbia, presented by J. K.
Lord, Esq.

A flicain of Ophidians from the Pelew Islands, presented by G. L. King, Esgq., R. N.

A collection af Ophidians from different localities, presented by the Royal College of
Surgeons.

The typical specimens of the species of Reptiles, described by Dr. P. von Bleeker.

A collection of East African Reptiles, presented by the Rev. Charies Livingstone.

A collection of East African Reptiles, presented by Dr. Kirk. ,

Very large additions have been made to the collection of Fishes; the following are the more
important :—

A small collection of Canadian Salmonide, presented by B. R. Ross, Esq.

Several collections of West African fresh-water Fishes, presented by M. Dalton.

The second part of the Fishes of the Upper Nile, obtained by Mr. Consul Petherick.

A complete series of the Saémo Feroz, presented by the Rev. Chancellor Augustus Morgan,
of Macken.

A collection of Brazilian fresh-water Fishes, by Dr. O. Wucherer.

A collection of Fishes from Ceram.

A collection of Fishes from New Zealand, presented by G. Krefft, Esq.

A small collection of Prussian fresh-water Fishes, presented by Professor Peters.

A collection of Swedish Coregoni, by A. Lloyd, Esq.

A small collection of Fishes trom the Feejee Islands.

A small collection of West Indian Fishes, presented by C. Taylor, Esq.

A small collection of Portuguese fresh-water Fishes, presented by M. B. de Bocage,
Director of the Lisbon Museum.

A collection of Australian fresh-water Fishes, presented by G. Krefft, Esq.

A collection of Hungarian Fishes, by M. Teitteles.

An almost complete collection of the Fishes of St. Croix, West Indies.
= ie typical specimens of the species of Fishes discovered by 1. Y. Johnson, Esq., in

adeira.

A collection of Madeiran Fishes, presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe.

A large collection of Californian Fishes, illustrating the species discovered and described
by Dr. W. O. Ayres, of San Francisco. ;

A collection of East African fresh-water Fishes, presented by the Rev. Charles Livingstone.

A collection of Australian Fishes, purchased of Mr. Dalton.

A small collection from the Lake of Galilee, presented by R. B. Beddome, Esq.

The typical specimens of the Sumatran species discovered by Mungo Park; and the
typical specimens of Mr. Bennett’s “ Fishes of Ceylon,” from the collection of the Linnean
Society.

A complete series of the typical specimens of Indian Silurvids, described by Dr. P. von
Bleeker.

A large collection of Fishes from the Madras Presidency, presented by Captain Mitchell
Conservator of the Government Central Museum, Madras.

A second collection of the Fishes of Port Natal, by Mr. F. H. Ayres.

A collection of the Fishes of the Lago Maggiore, presented by T. C. Eyton, Esq.

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The collection of East African Fishes, presented by Dr. Kirk.

The Entomological Collection, which is the one most used by the students, has been very
extensively enlarged.

Mr. John Bowring has presented his very extensive collection of Coleopterous Insects,
containing upwards of 81,500 specimens, consisting not only of those which he has collected
himself in China, Java, and India, but of those which he has purchased from Messrs.
Wallace, Bates, and other English and continental collectors, to which have been added
the collection of Geodephaga of Mr. Tatum; the collection of Rhynchophora or Curculionide,
formed by M. Jeckel; and the collection of Cerambites or Longicorn Beetles, formed by
M. Chevrolat.

The Linnean Society has presented to the Museum the Banksian Collection of Insects,
containing the type specimens described by Fabricius; and other typical collections of
species described by Kirby, Curtis, and others, in the Transactions of that Society.

In the same manner the Entomological Society of London has presented the type speci-
mens of the Bees, Apions, and other Insects, which have been described by Mr. Kirby;
and a series of the msects described by other authors, and sent to that Society as the
types from which the species were described.

A series of Insects from Ceylon, presented by F. Green, Esq.

A series of Coleoptera from North America, presented by W. F. Kirby, Esq.

A collection of Coleopterous and Hymenopterous Insects, presented by A. A. Haliday,
Esq. :

A series of specimens of British Coleoptera, presented by the Rev. W. Tylden.

Some Crustacea from Hastings, presented by Dr. Bowerbank.

A collection of Crustacea from North Lea, presented by Professor Malun.

A series of Crustacea from China, presented by R. M‘Lachlan, Esq.

A large series of Mollusca and Radiata from Vancouver’s Island and British Columbia,
presented by J. K. Lord, Esq.

A series of British Annelides, collected at Polperro by Mr. Laughrin.

A series of British Annelides, presented by Mr. David Robertson.

Two fine specimens of Voluta papillosa, from Australia.

A series of Annelides from Corunna and Gibraltar Bay, collected by R. M‘Andrew, Esq.,
B.R.S.

A series of Mollusca and Radiata from Australia, collected by Mr, Clifton.

Several Mollusca in spirits from Formosa, collected by Mr. Swinhoe.

Some Mollusca and Radiata from North China in spirits, received from Mr. Jamrack.

Some fresh-water Sponges from India, presented by H. Carter, Esq.

A series of Shells from Sweden, presented by Dr. Thudee.

John Edw. Gray,

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The chief acquisitions of Fossils belonging to the Vertebrate classes are as follows :—

A series of 87 specimens of Mammalian remains from the Pleistocene formation near
Erith.

A small series of Reptilian Remains, from the collection of Professor Bell, including the
typical specimens of Chelydra Murchisoni, trom the fresh-water limestone of Ciningen, and
the Emys laevis, and EEmys Comptoni, from Sheppy.

Ten Fossil Fishes, from the Eocene of Monte Bolea.

Various Fish and Reptilian Remains (including a new species of Labyrinthodon), from
the coal measures of Airdrie.

Casts of various Mammalian Remains, consisting of the Elephas meridionalis, Mastodon
arvernensis, Rhinoceros etruscus, and other species, found in the Val d’Arno, and sent to the
International Exhibition of 1863 by the Museum of Geology of Pisa.

Twenty Plaster Casts of specimens of Mammalian and Reptilian Remains existing in
Continental Museums, the originals of which are figured and described in various works
of Paleontology; including casts of several of the most celebrated specimens of
Pterodactyles.

A series of Fish Remains, from the lower lias of Lyme Regis, the Devonian of Tynet
Burn, and the coal measures of Burdie House.

Forty-four specimens, chiefly portions of the skeleton of a large species of Pterodactylus,
from the Greensand of Cambridge.

An extensive series of Mammalian, Reptilian, and Fish Remains, fiom the collection of
the late Mr. Saull, including the Sacrum of the Jguanodon, and some other specimen figured
and described in Owen’s British Fossil Reptiles.

One hundred and forty-one specimens of Fossil Fishes, and a specimen of a large Ptero-
dactyle (Rhamphorhynchus), from the lithographic stone of Solenhofen.

A nearly perfect cranium of Meéetopias diagnosticus, from the Keuper Sandstone of
Bavaria.

A fine specimen of Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris, and the anterior portion of the trunk of a
very young Ichthyosaurus communis, from the lias of Lyme Regis.

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The above were acquired by purchase. The Vertebrate series has likewise been
augmented by many donations, of which the following may be particularized :—

Remains of Hyopotamus, and other mammalia, from the eocene formation of the Isle of
Wicht, presented by F. E, Edwards, Esq., F. 6. s.

Some remains of Dinornis, together with vertebrae of Plestosaurus Australis, Owen ;
from the Middle Island, New Zealand; presented by T. H. Hood, Esq.

A very fine specimen of Aspidorhynchus ornatissimus, from the lithographic stone of
Solenhofen; presented by W. G. Neville, Esq., Fr. as.

Teeth of a small species of Hippopotamus, and of a new form of Seal ( Phoca rugosidens,
Owen), together with some other mammalian remains, from the Miocene of Malta, and the
Island of Gozo; presented by A. Leith Adams, m. p.

Two groups of Fossil Eygs of a Reptile, from the great oolite, near Cirencester; pre-
sented by Joshua Brown, Esq.

Remains referred to four species of terrestrial Reptiles of the coal period, from Nova
Scotia ; presented by Dr. J. W. Dawson, F. G.s., of Montreal.

A very important addition to the Fossil remains appertaining to the Invertebrate classes,
consists of the following specimens, from the lithographic limestone of Solenhofen :—

335 specimens of Cephalopoda.
427 Fossil Insects.
357 Crustacea.

These were procured by purchase from Dr. Haberlein, and form the remaining part of his
extensive collection of Solenhofen Fossils, a portion of which was obtained last year.

The total number of specimens contained in this division of his collection is 1,528. This
number, includes the Solenhofen Fish and Reptile remains already referred to in the
former part of this report, and a series of Fossil Plants hereafter noticed.

Among other additions to the Invertebrata, the tollowing are the most important :—

A series of Brachivpoda, and other Testacea, from the lower silurian of Meifod, Wales,
and a selection of rare carboniferous shells, from Settle, in Yorkshire.

A collection of Coials, Ammonites, and Echinoderms from the gault and green-sand of
Warminster. A large specimen of Mautilus imperialis, from the London-clay, and of
Cerithium giganteum, trom the Middle Eocene.

A large number of specimens (once forming a part of the ‘“ Sowerby Collection”), from
the late Mr. Saull’s Museum; of interest, as being a part of the types of ‘“Sowerby’s
Mineral Conchology.”

A series of Shells from the Tertiary of Antwerp.

Several Echinoderms and Mollusca, from the chalk of Kent. A selection of Fossils from
the Museum of Prof. John Morris, r.G.s. (purchased through Dr. Krantz) has added a
series of Tertiary Shells from Uddevalla, in Sweden, and a large collection of Oolitic Fossils,
many of which are figured specimens, together with some rare Eocene Tertiary Crustacea, &c.

A series of Silurian and Carboniferous Sheils from Tasmania; presented by Dr. Joseph
Milligan, F.R.s. ;

Additional specimens of Crinoids, from Dudley, and of Apzocrinites, from Bradford, have
been obtained, and 89 species of American Crinoids from the United States. The latter
are figured and described in “ Hall’s Paizontology of Iowa.”

Two remarkable Trilobites, from Bohemia, Bronteus rhinoceros and Acidaspis monstrosa.

Specimens of a Macronrous Crustacean ( Palaocarabus) from the coal measures of Scot-
land; and of a new British Trilobite (Paradowxides Davidii, Salter) from Wales, Specimens
of a species of Ca/ianassa also new to Great Britain, from Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight, and
Colin Glen, Belfast.

An entire example ef Eurypterus lanceolatus, Salter (the first ever found), and of Slimonia
(plerygotus) acuminata, Salter, from the Upper Ludlow Rock of Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire,
have also been obtained.

The principal additions to the Fossil Invertebrata by donations are,—

A cast of Illaenus Barriensiz, the “ great Barr Trilobite,” presented by Miss Jukes.

A new species of Ceratiocaris from the Devonian of Budley, Salterton, presented by
R. H. Valpy, Esq., F.G.s.

Casts of 28 rare and figured Trilobites and Arachnida, together with casts of Sphenosaurus
and Halec Sternbergii, presented by Dr. Anton Fritsch, of the Prague Museum.

The collection of fossil plants has been augmented by the following :—

A collection of new and beautiful Coal Plants, from Tasmania, presented by Dr. Joseph
Milligan, r.R,s., Tasmania.

Several specimens of recently described Ferns, from the Oolite Shale of Scarborough ;
presented by J. Leckenby, Esq., F.a.s.

A series of examples of Solenites Murrayana, presented by Dr. P. Murray.

Specimens of Dicotyledonous leaves from the Miocene Tertiary of Discoe, North Green-

land, presented by J. W. Tayler, Esq., F.G.s.

Among the specimens obtained by purchase, the following are most worthy of note :—

Two hundred and sixty-seven Fossil Plants from the lithographic stone of Solenhofen,
from the Haberlein collection.

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A coilection of Tertiary Plant remains, from the pipe-clay and fresh-water marls of Alum
Bay and Hempstead, in the Isle of Wight.

Several choice coal plants from Dalkeith.

A large slab covered with the branching fronds of Alethopteris lonchitidis, from Newcastle,
and a fine example of Pecopteris Pluckenetii, from Staffordshire.

During the past year three thousand and fifty-three specimens have been submitted to
examination, labelled, and entered in the Inventory, viz. :—

Plants - - - - - - = 4 cs 4 183
Foraminifera - - - - - 2 - o bs 50
Radiata - - - - - - - 2 Ps “ 315
Testacea = - - - - - - = re = 4 840
Crustacea - - = - Se da ingt OF he 660
Insects - - - = - - = M t5 S 15
Vertebrata - - 2 - - - - S -f 990

3,053

Many of tte larger specimens have been mounted in frames, and those that have required
it have been im the hands of the mason to be developed by the chisel, so as to display parts
previously hidden in the stony matrix. The smaller objects have been mounted on tablets.

Of the fossil plants above enumerated, nearly the whole have been exhibited in the Cases
of Room I., in addition to which many plants of large size have been added to the series
exhibited on the tops of the cases in the same room, the whole of which series has been
cleaned and re-arranged.

The Foramini‘era obtained during the year, together with others previously in the Museum,
have been collected together, and displayed in a table case in Room V.

Nearly the whole of the Radiata are arranged in the New Room.

The insects lave been incorporated in the general collection in Room V.

Of the very extensive additions made to the Crustaceans, about two-thirds of the
specimens have been arranged in the cases; but of these a small portion only are exhibited,
the remainder being placed in the cases of the New Room, which is not yet open to the
public, though accessible to the student.

Through want of space, it has been impossible to incorporate more than half the recently
acquired species of Testacea in the general collection, and this has only been accomplished,
in many instances, by the removal of less interesting specimens.

The whole of the additions to the Vertebrate series obtained during the year, have been
numbered and catalogued, together with nearly 400 specimens previously acquired. Some

of the more sitrking specimens have, by a partial re-arrangement of the collection, found
places in the gallery, but the greater portion is necessarily arranged in drawers.

Geo, R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The Mineral Department has received valuable additions during the year 1863. They
amount in number to 667 specimens. From the absence of the means of performing
chemical analysis, the employment of scientific method in the description and arrangement
of the Collection is still confined to the use of the goniometer and the polarising microscope.
This crystallographic study of the Collection has made valuable progress, and a large
number of specimens belonging to the more important species have now had the crystal-
lographic indices inscribed upon their planes, or otherwise visibly indicated.

A ew vertical case has been given to the Aerolites (or Stony Meteorites). A great
number of these bodies have been cut and polished, to exhibit their structure, and are now
arranged in the new case. A similar case will contain the iron Meteorites. Two half-
table cases, in Room I1., have been filled with a very illustrative series of pseudo-morphous
Minerals, that has been for some time in the course of formation.

Some slight changes have been introduced in the arrangement, in accordance with the
progress of science, while the incorporation of new acquisitions and the shifting and more
fully labellmg of old ones, have been regularly performed. A new Catalogue of the
Aerolite Collection has been published, and an alphabetical list of all the Mineral
species, with their synonyms, and the names of their varieties, with references to the cases
that contain them, has been printed. Among the important additions to the Collection
have been the following :—

Prescntations.—A very interesting Siderolite (or iron Meteorite, containing stony matter)
has been presented by Taylour Thompson, Esq., Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires and
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Consul General to the Republic of Chil. It was found in the Sierra de Chaco, and given
to Mr. Thompson by Professor Ign. Domeyko, of Chili. Another portion of the same
Meteorite has been described by Professor Gustav Rose, of Berlin. A small piece of
Meteoric Lion, found on tie Desert of Atacama, and quite distinct from the previously
known Siderolites from that district, has been sent to the Museum by Lewis Joel, Esq.,
Her Majesty’s Vice Consul at Cobija. A specimen of another Iron Meteorite has been
contributed to the National Collection by the instrumentality of W. C. Booker, Esq., Her
Majesty’s Consul at San Francisco, California. It was presented, through that gentleman,
by the Board of Supervisors of the city of Francisco, at the instance of Professor Whitney,
State assayer. The mass from which it was separated was one of several that are known to
exist in the neighbourhood of Tuczon, in the territory of Arizona.

Dr. Oldham, Director of the Geological Survey of India, has presented a small fragment,
unique, as being the only specimen that -has been preserved, of an Aerolite which fell at
Kusiali, in Kumaon, India, on the 16th of June 1860. Another Aerolite, also unique, has
been added to the Collection by Thomas Maclear, Esq., Astronomer Royal at the Cape of
Good Hope, to whom the Museum has been before indebted for specimens of the Bokke-
veldt Aerolite. ‘The stone recently presented by Mr. Maclear fell at Kaee, in Oude, on the
29th January 1838.

The following Minerals have also been presented :—Fine Crystals of Pyrrhotine, from
the Val d’Ossola, by E. Francfoit, Esq.

Galena and Marcasite, in singular forms, from Mineral Point, Winconsin, by E. H.
Beecher, Esq. Specimens of Chalcedonic Minerals from Uruguay, by W. G. Lettsom, Esq.,
Her Majesty’s Minister and Consul General to the Republic of Uruguay.

Copper Ores, by L. Joel, Esq., Her Majesty’s Vice Consul, Cobija; and some Cornish
Minerals, including good specimens of Wolframine, and a massive and highly phospho-
rescent variety of Fluor, by John Garby, Esq., of Redruth.

Among the more important acquisitions by purchase may be recorded—

An enormous block of fine translucent green Jade, from Irkutsk, Siberia, purchased of
M. Alibert, to whom the Museum is indebted for specimens of native Gold, Beryl, Graphite,
and other Siberian Minerals presented by him.

Native Copper in fine Crystals, Cornwall.

Crystals of native gold from Victoria and from Transylvania.

Porpezite, from Brazil.

Tellurium, from Hungary.

Fahlore, from Kaprick.

Zinkenite, from Wolfberg.

Fluor Spar in magnificent crystals, finely modified on the angles from Menheniot mine,
Cornwall ; and also in large and fine crystals from Durham.

Braunite and Romeine in very fine little crystais, from Piedmont.

Apophyllite, fiom Faroe Isiands.

Specimens of Matlockite and of Phosgenite, Derbyshire.

Of the rare variety of Petalite, termed Castor, two specimens have been acquired, one-
being a very good crystal, almost unique.

Tschewkinite, from the Ural (a portion of the original specimen).

Bleinierite, Nertschinsk (ditto, ditto, analysed by Hermann).

Caledonite, from Leadhills.

Liroconite and Copper Mica, from Cornwall.

Rhodicite on Rubellite, from Siberia.

Autunnite, from France.

Much scientific speculation has recently been devoted to the subject of Meteorites, and’
it has for some years past been deemed desirable to devote considerable efforts to the
collection of as complete a series of these singular extra-mundane bodies as possible.

Towards this end Her Majesty’s Secretaries of State for Foreign and for Colonial Affairs,.
as well as for India, have been pleased to afford assistance, and the results that have
already accrued from the co-operation of intelligent Englishmen in all parts of the world,
thus secured, have been very vaiuable.

By presentations to the Trustees, by exchanges for duplicate specimens obtained in the
cutting and polishing those before m the collection, and by direct purchase, the collection
of Meteorites now in the British Museum is by far the most perfect in the number of
localities, and the most valuable, from the size and weight of its specimens, that exists in
the world. The catalogue published on August 1, contained 216 distinct Meteorites, of
which 139 were seen to fail; and the numbers have since increased to 220.

Of the Aerolites (stony Meteorites) a large proportion has been examined, in section, by
the Microscope, and they are now being grouped in accordance with the results that this
means of investigating their structure has afforded.

Nevil Story Maskelyne.

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BoranicaL DEPARTMENT.

The principal business of the department during the year 1863 has consisted—

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of various coliections
of Plants from the Sandwich Islands and from the Islands of the South Pacific; of Pavon’s
Collections of Mexican and Spanish Plants; of Professor Pallas’s Herbarium of European
and Siberian Plants; of the Collection of Nepaul Plants of Dr. Hamilton Buchanan ; of
a further portion of Mr. Thwaites’s Plants of Ceylon; of Mr. Forbes’s Plants of Mada-
gascar and Mozambigue; of Martin’s and Schomburgk’s Guiana Plants; of Dr. Ghilies’s
Collection of Chilian Composite ; of an extensive Colleciion of Plants of Southern Africa
from various collectors; and of numerous specimens of Hepatice from the Cape of Good
Hope, and from other quarters.

In the re-arrangement of various families of Plants, including Conifere, the genus Quercus,
Characee, and portions of the General Cryptogamic Collection, as well as of several por-
tions of the collection of Fruits and Seeds, especially those of the tamily of Palms.

In the examination of the various collections recently received, and their partial arrange-
ment, with a view to their incorporation in the Herbarium.

In the arrangement of larze specimens of Australian woods, and of some of the larger
and more remarkable fruits, in the Exhibition cases of the public rooms.

In the re-arrangement of various portions of the British Herbarium, especially the Mosses,
Hepatice, Algze, and Fung!, with the addition of numerous specimens trom the Herbarium
of Mr. Lyle, and from other collections.

And in the continued examination of the Slonean Herbarium, especially in reference to
British Plants.

Mr. Bennett has to acknowledge the great kindness of Mrs. Gray, in undertaking and
completing the re-arrangement, with large additions, of the British Collection of Alge ; and
the unremitting attention bestowed by the Rev. W. W. Newbould, on the British collection
generally, and on the British Plants of the Sloanean Herbarium in particular.

The following are the principal additions which have been made to the department
during the samé period, by purchase or donation :—

500 species of British Plants from various collectors.

126 species of rare or critical British Plants, presented by A. G. More, Esq.

67 species of British Alge, including two fine specimens of Codium Bursa, L., col-
lected by Miss Poore and Miss Scott.
32 species and varieties of the genus Mentha; from the Herbarium of Dr. Wirtgen.

108 species of Cichoraceee, prepared by Dr. Schultz, of Deuxponts.

2,300 species of German Plants, forming part of the “ Flora Germania Exsiccata” of
Professor Reichenbach.
1580 species of Plants of the Tyrol, from the Ferdinandeum at Innsbruck.

387 species of Mepatice and Mosses, collected in and near the Pass of the Simplon,
presented by Professor Gagliardi.

105 species of Hepatice and Lichens, forming part of Rabenhorst’s, ‘‘ Hepatice,” and
“ Lichenes Europei.”

129 species of Plants of Ceylon, collected by Mr. Thwaites.

690 species of Plants of Southern and Tropical Australia, collected by Dr. Ferd. Miller.

89 species of Plants of Lizard Island, collected by Mr. M‘Gillivray.

457 species of Plants of Tasmania, collected and presented by Dr. Milligan.

128 species of Aloz of Tasmania, from the Rev. P. Parry Foge.

190 spieces of Plants of Sierra Leone, from various collectors.

162 species of Plants from the River Zambesi, collected by the Rev. J. Stewart.

1,365 species of Plants of the Cape of Good Hope, fiom various collectors.
27 species of Alew, collected at Algoa Bay.
87 species of Plants of Madagascar, collected by M. Helsinberg.

340 species of Cryptogamous Plants of South Carolina, collected by Mr. Ravenal.

218 species of plants of Panama, collected by Mr. Sutton Hayes.

80 species of plants of Jamaica, presented by the representatives of Henry Osborne, Esq.
18 species of Plants of Peru, from the mountains of the province of Iquiqué, collected
by Mr. Bollaert.

250 species of Composite from Chih, collected by Dr. Gillies.

100 Microscopic Slides of species of Diatomace, prepared by Mr. Baker.

The British Herbarium of Dr. Pulteney.

The Herbarium of Plants of South Carolina, formed by Mr. Walter, author of the “ Flora
of South Carolina.”

450 species of fruits and seeds from Panama, collected by Mr. Sutton Hayes.

Fine transverse sections of the trunks of the White Oak (Quercus alba, L.) and of the
Biack Walnut (/uglans nigra, L.), presented by the Commissioners for Canada to the
Inte: national Exhibition.

Numerous Palm-seeds and fruits, collected in Camboja, Ceylon, Labuan, and Mauritius.

John J. Bennett.

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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DrawinGs.

The following has been the progress in the department in the year 1863.

The engravings of Agostino Veneziano and of Marco da Ravenna have been arranged
in three volumes, and the references to the “Peintre Graveur,” of Bartsch, attached to each.
Catalogues have also been compiled, and fair copies made.

Five volumes of the etchings of Thomas Hills have been arranged.

Thirteen hundred and seventy-three engravings from the designs and pictures of the
Flemish painters have been arranged preparatory to their being mounted and bound in
volumes.

One thousand and twenty-one portraits of the English series have been placed in periods
and classes, and the whole of them marked off in the catalogues of Granger and
Bromley.

Upwards of one thousand portraits of the English series of persons living during the
present century have been placed alphabetically, prior to being arranged in classes.

Three hundred and sixty-eight drawings have been mounted; 242 of which are placed
on sunk mounts in order to secure the surface from injury.

Five thousand six hundred and ninety-seven articles have been entered in the register of
purchases and presentations. Six thousand one hundred and ninety-seven articles have
had the register stamp affixed to them, which number includes 500 of those registered, but
not stamped, in 1862. Two thousand five hundred and thirty-eight engravings, inserted as
illustrations in books, have also had the register stamp affixed to them.

A new and much enlarged alphabetical Index has been compiled, containing the names
of all the artists by or after whom there are specimens in the several collections.

Two thousand three hundred and ninety-two slips have been written for the new general
catalogue of prints in the collection.

The following are some of the more important acquisitions made during the past year :—

Italian School :—

Drawings.—Specimens by Parmigianino, Rosso, and Zuccherelli.

Engravings.—A most interesting undescribed portrait of Lodovico Gonzaga, Marquis of
Mantua, and of his wife Barbara, daughter of John Elector of Brandenburg. The style of
execution approximates very closely to that of Andrea Montegna, and may possibly be by
him, the Marquis having been his patron.

Specimens by Benedetta Montagna, Giovanni da Brescia, Marcantonio, Agostino
Veneziano, Caraglio, the Ghisis, Martin Rota, and Nelli.

Fine proofs of the modern engravers, Gandolfi, Anderloni, Longhi, Perfetti, Fiorini, and

Bisi.
German School :—
Drawings.—By Holbein, G, Pencz, and Hollar.

Engravings.—By Altdorfer, Aldegrever, Binck, Lautensach, M. Lorch, Boxbingen
and Zunt.

Etchings.—By Holler, Ridinger, Dietrich, J. H. Ramberg, G. Bodmer, L. E. Grimm,
C. F. Heinzemann, Meyerheim, Wegener, and Valerio. A fine and nearly complete set of
works of Daniel Chodowiecki, in various states, many of them proofs, amounting in number
to 2,473.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—

Drawings. —A Portrait of Prince Rupert, life size, in black chalk, by Wallerent
Vaillant, to whom the Prince made known the art of engraving in mezzotint. Also,
specimens by Peter Coeck, Francis Floris, H. Goltzius., Vander Meulen, W. Vande Velde,
jun., and L. Overbeck.

Etchings.—By F. Hogenberg, Waterloo, Stoop, and P. Nolpé.
Engravings.—By A. and J. Wierx, C. Passe, R. Sadler, C. Collaert, J. Matham,
C. Visscher, Suyderhoeft, Blooteling, and Van Dalen.
French School :.—

Engravings.—By Duvet, Woeiriot, E. de Laulne, Edelinck, Drevet, Chereau, Mandel,
and Forster.

Etchings.—By Paul Huet, L. Marvy, and Calame.
Lithographs.—By H. Vernet, Bellangé,j Roqueplan, Gericault, Roffet, and De la Croix.
246. D3 English

30 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

English School :—

Drawings.—A_ characteristic Portrait of William Woollett, drawn by himself in red
chalk at the age of 22. Other specimens by Alexander, Blake, L. Cradock, Edridge,
Francia, Fuseli, Gillray, Girtin, Hearne, Hilton, Hoppner, Kent, Laporte, Mortimer, and
Rowlandson.

Etchings.—By Alexander, J. A. Atkinson, Barrett, Barry, Cosway, Fuseli, Gilpin,
Gillray, Ibbetson, J. T. Smith, Brandard, C. Coleman, G. Cruikshank, Gale, Girling,
Millais, Oakes, D. Roberts, Whistler, &c.

Engravings—Fine proofs after Turner and Wilkie.
Very extensive additions have been made to the series of English Portraits.

W. Hookham Carpenter.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Assyria has
been continued during the past year. The result up to the 20th March i864 is reported to
be as follows :—

Twenty-five sheets of the miscellaneous tablets have been copied on stone, in addition to
the forty-nine mentioned in last year’s report. Thirty-three sheets have been corrected and

rinted.
Re Fourteen additional sheets have been copied.

British Museum, he 9 Bapbactigy ss ney tenn
18 April 1864. Principal Librarian.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incomz and ExpenpiturE
of the Bririse Museum, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1864; of the Esrmmatep
Cuarcrs and Exprnszs for the Year ending
31st March 1865, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement; &c,

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
26 April 1864.

246.
Onder 8 oz.

Phere PS ee i OSE Oe i

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 3 May 1865 ;—/for,

ACCOUNTS “ of the Income and Expenpiture of the British Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1865 :”

“ Of the Estrmatep Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 31st day
of March 1866 :”

“ Of the Sum necessary to discharge the same :”

«* And, of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year
from 1859 to 1864, both Years inclusive ; together with a StarEMENT of the
Proeress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLtecTions; and an Account
of Ossects added to them in the Year 1864.”

I.—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Income and Exrennitrure for the Financial Year ended
31 March 1865.

Il.—ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
if—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
T¥Y.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1866, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1865.

VII.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britiss Musrum in
each Year from 1859 to 1864, both Years inclusive.

VIIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIons, and an
AccounT of OxjectTs added to them, in the Year 1864.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
10 May 1865.

277- A

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES,

&c. OF TIE BRITISIT MUSEUM.

F Lay asad z. s. d.
To BaLanceE ON THE Ist APRIL 1864, viz.:
¢ £. & Gh
On Account of the Votes for the Establishment - 28,434 15 8 |
S 5 oapsio |
Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - - 10,592 17 4
Se ORO Nl Si
On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions - - - 447 3 8
39,474 16 8
~ AMount GRANTED FOR THE YEaR 1864/5, per Appropriation Act 27 & 28 |
Vict. cap. 73 - - - - SO ie: : 2 = . 2h ae = 99179.
- Sums Received under the following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary
Grant for the Establishment, viz.:
Dividends on Stock, 30,0001, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - g00 -— —
Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - - - = 2 3 tig aS
Ditto other Museum Publications - - - - - - 154 1 2
1,173 6 4
£.| 182,775 3 -
* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Exrenpirune in the above Account.
Gas. Ge ease. Ge
Ghicaty ! Suelo? betes “rorsall io soe mle) Tale trqdao
| Assistants - - - - - - - - - - = 15,089 7 7
Transcribers - - - - - - - - - - 3,352 17 7
Ls Attendants and Servants - - - - - = - - 12,749 18 6
- SALARIES) - Police x = = : = = = = - 1,149 15 3
Persons paid daily or day - - - - - - - 2,311 14 8
| Attendance on Stoves - - - - - - - - 736 — 9
Retired Allowances = Ss = - - - - - - 2,032 12 10 .
| 46,399 17 2
Rates and Taxes - - - - - - - - - - 472 7 11
Household Implements - - - - - - - - TIONS) e220
: _/ Coals, Coke, and Fagots = = - - - - - - - 806 19 6
Zoe QEGENSSSPENSES Candles, Oil, Gas, &e. Re ase iy tigate 353 8 8 |
Stationery - - - - - - - = 2 - - 598 5 - |
(Sineidents it sie ities le) yt) = ee ne Be 585 14 10 |
¥ i) BGG7e89) 1
Printed Books - - - = < 3 ~ = = - 10,002 11 2
Manuscripts - c = = - - - - 1,736 15 4
Books for Department of MSs. - = - - - - - 100 8 7
Minerals and Meteorites . - - - - - - 799 17 6
Books and Bang for Department a Minerals - oe - - Oh =
Fossils = = - = = 809 17 11
Books and Binding for the Department ef Geology - - - - 31 3 2
Zoological Specimens - - - - - - 999 3) 12
} Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology - - - - 2715 3
8. PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS) Botanical Specimens - . ps J é 147 12-—
Books and Binding for the Tecarinens 8 Botany - - - - 30 13
Oriental, British, and Medieval Antiquities - - - - - 544 5 —
| Greek and Roman ences) - - - S - - - 1,396 — 8
| Coins and Medals = - - - 1,502 17 5
Books and Binding for the Deparimenta a Coins and Antiquivies - 83 14 7
| Prints and Drawings - a = - = - - 1,499 14 - |
Books for the Department of Prints and ies - - - - 142 - |
\ Freight and Carriage - = = 5 ra > = = - 336 12 -
20,093 3 6
Excavations in Babylonia, under the superintendence of Colonel
“Specias, Purcuases AN» Acqui- Kemball, c. 8. = = - = > = = = = 30 17 11
SINIONS = e a = Statues ee the Farnese Palace at Rome - - - - - 3,983 17 9
Conveyance from Paris of a portion of the Antiqnities purchased at
the Pourtalés sale, &e. - - cry tS - - - - 39 15 8
——— | 4,054 11 4
Carried forward - - - £, esos, ah il

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH

MUSEUM. . 3
BRITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1865.
EXPENDITURE. | ESTIMATE, 1864/5.
By Expenpirvure under the following Heads, viz. : Lidovs ad. £s sf d.
1. SaLaRtes - = - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 46,399 17 2 47,486 -— -
2. House ExpEnsEs - - - - - ditto - = z S 2,967 9 1 3,010 — —
3. Purcuases and Acquisirions - - ditto - - . - | 20,098 3 6 19,885 - —
SpecraL Purcuasts AND ACQUISITIONS- ditto - - - - 4,054 11 4 2,200 - -
4. Booxprnpine, Preparine, kc. - = "ditto "= - : =u) TO451 5 38 10,560 - —-
5. Printing Catatocuess, ke. - - - ditto - - = = 1,282 18 6 2,199 — —
6. Buitpines, Furniture, Fittines, &ce.,) 3. : y 19:048..3. 8 -fotpyS. wakes
including Architect’s Commission —- { este gi. :
7. MiscELLANEOUS - - - - - ditto - - - - 3210 2 100 - =
97,279 18 8 96,3297- = ~
Expenniture for publishing Cunerrorm Inscriptions -~— - aie 2538 <2 —
RS, OPA LSE) pease mrmeeree rem
£. | 97,5388 - 8

By Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1865, carried to Account for 1865/6, viz. :

Specially applicable to Establishment - £.26,557 7 -

Ditto - ditto - to Buildings, kc. - 8,490 14 1+
Peg iy 5 35,048 1 1

Ditto - ditto - for Publication of the Cunzirorm In-
SCRIPTIONS = - - - - 2 2 = 194 1 8
cee

Explanatory STATEMENT of the ExPzNDITURE in the above Avcount—continued.

Brought forward - -

Bookbinding: Printed Books - =

” Manuscripts - - - - c .

Prints and Drawings - - oS = =

Bao <P abe Preparing, &c.: Zoology = = - = = - 3
. BookBiINDING, PREPARING, ke. Ma Geclnen c F f i i g
aa Mineralogy - - = = = = ai

cy Botany - - - = aa 4 z

\ Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - -

5. Printine CataLoscues, &e. -
Tickets, Regulations, kc. - - - = - - =

Moulds and Casts from Marbles - = - - - &

Ditto - ditto from Coins - - - 7 x =

General Repairs, and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &e. -

Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - -
Ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts = -
Ditto - - ditto

- Mineralogy and Geology
Ditto - - ditto -

Zoology -

Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - = S s

Catalogues of Manuscripts - - = = 2

Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Tialoey - - =
6. Buiipincs, Furniture, Fir-

TINGS, &e., including Archi- Di : 7

nae tto = - ditto - - Botan = = S

tect’s Commission - - : 3 Bae sts
Ditto - - ditto - - Antiquities - -
Ditto = =a ditto = - Coins and Medals -
Ditto - - ditto - Prints and Drawings -
Architect’s Commission - - - - - = = =
7. MisceLi.aNzous = - - Law Expenses - 2 = . - = - . =

Printinc, &c. the Cunzirorm Inscriprions - - = = = = 3 « 2g

Loo 77a0) at

Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins and Antiquities

coe Suan
7,001 6 4
998 2 6

197 U2 5

749 6 7
139 13 7
| 109 lo 9
50 16 il

1,204 10 2
109 14 5

I 60) 2 —
lie Aaa

86 9 6

135 16 —

125 10 —-

BL AOA Tone

4,090 5 38
3,882 9 1
165) 52

946 8 -

412 14 -

Wt 3 =
1,815 138 7

69 4 -

-13 8

5b4 7 11
a5;

ue stands

Tayolo 1 1

10,451 5 3

1,232 18 6

12,048 3 3
3210 2

97,279 18 3

253 2 -

——E

97,533 - 3

<=) A

+ The Building Accounts for Christmas quarter, 1864, and Lady-day quarter, 1865, have to be paid from this balance.

277. A2

4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

s. X Ss ees : — — - —— = _g

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrerpr ann Exrenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER fl

ae —

CASH. ae
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Ea. aGy) Co £.. Ss. a
To Batance on the 1st April 1seaa - - - - = oo 196 195 9 12,992 15 7 @
— Drvivewns received on 12 2,992 L. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
On the 8th July 1864 - £.194 17 10
8th Jannary 1865 - 194 17 10 |
389 15 8
- One Year’s Rent or « Rear Estate, petnearee by the Ear! of Bridgewater, i
received 17 May 1864 - - Bash ana tnt a heey RIP. |
£. | 580 16°72 12,992 15 7

II].—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt ann Expenpirure of the FARNBOROUGH

sate | STOCK,

eS | 3 p’Cent. Consols.
|

. SS coe s. d.

To Bauance on the 1st April 1864 - - - - - - - - - | 916 19 | 2,872 6 10

- Divipenns received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, |

bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz.,
On the 8th July 1864 SEP LS RE

9
8th January 1865 - 43 1 8
—__— 86 3 5

£, | 308° 2 7 2,872 6 10

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret anp Expenpiture of the SWINEY

|
| STOCK,
| caer 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Gam Sh ds & $A

To Batance on the Ist April 1864 - - - - - - - : - | 1290°19 “6 5,269 2°9

- Divivenps received on 5,269/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be- |
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.,

On the 8th July 1864 - £2479 — 18
8th January 1865 - Dy wes pele

5,269 2

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exprnpiture of the BIRCH

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

CASH.
To Bara he 1 i wee! aie a Bin Se as Me
ALANCE on the Ist April 1864 m4) '< Z d 563 15

- Divipenps received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.,

On the 8th July 1864 - £8 9
8th January 1865 - 8 9

——

se mnt Taal a

£. 16518 2 663 15 7

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8 May 1865. |

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

i a

' JJIND, between the Ist April 1864 and the 31st March 1865.

7 |
| - STOCK,
A es 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
ba pea
y E Payment for the Collection of the Rents, and for other expenses connected | £. s. d. Licorice wae
/ | with the Rea Estat, Viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1865 - - - = =. 13 4
Payment for the Purchase of Manuscripts, Viz. = |
In the financial year ended 31st March 1865 - - - = =|) (OR) 2
| Payments for Binpinc MANUSCRIPTS, VIZ. : :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1865 - —_- - - = 1G) ae
Payuent of One Year’s Sarary to the Egerton Librarian - - | BI@ = =
:
255 9 4
BaLance ON THE 31st Marcu 1865, carried to Account for 1865/6 - | 325 6 10) 12,992 15 7
£.| 58016 2 12,992 15 7

Le

es STOCK,
, coe 3 p’Cent. Consols.
pen 8: +, Se Se
y BALANCE on THE 31sT Marcn 1865, carried to Account for 1865/6 - =a) SOS. 26/7 2,872 6 10

2,872 6 10

UND, between the Ist April 1864 and the 31st March 1865.

| STOCK
CASH. d
| 3 p’Cent. Consols.
[ieee a aye ee
| eb etSs Oe 2 es
||| By Sarary paid to Dr. Percy for Lectures on Geology in 1863 = - - Aye
|- BALAnce on THE 3lst Marcu 1865, carried to Account for 1865/6 - Palsy esa 5,269 2 9
£4 he 2ain —1 UE 5,269 2 9
FUND, between the 1st April 1864 and the 31st March 1865.
e STOCK,
bie dad 3 p’Cent. Consols.
" : ree: ae , Le" 52d. So Sd tae
; By Lzcacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed. in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - 16 18 2
t By Bazance on THE 31st Marcu 1865, carried to Account for 1865/6 - Clie sd S, 563 15.7
{
£ TOSS 2 563 15 7

A, Panizzi,
Principal Librarian.

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

ESTIMATE,

VI.—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Sanaries and Expenses of the Brittsn Musgy
including also the Amount required for Burtpines, Furnirure, Firrines, &e., for the Yrar ending —

the 31st day of March 1866.

1865-66.

£. 100,164.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satartes and Expenses of the Britise Mosrvum, includ
also the Amount required for Burtpines, Furniture, Firrines, &c., for the Year ending on the 31st day

March 1866, under the following Heads :

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I. Sanaries: Required for the Year
1. Officers: 1865-66.
Number | Required
Voted for ——= Soones oes
1864-5. | 1865-6.
ae tks. sa Sea ae a ee
1 1 | Principal Librarian - 2 - > 800
Ditto - - as Secretary -_ - > 400
1 1 | Superintendent of Natural History - 800
5 5 Keepers of Departments, at 6001. - | 3,000
4 5 . - at 5002. -| 2,500
1 = 5 + at 8350 2 ~ =
3 3 | Assistant Keepers of Departments, ;
afasol, 9 - | - = =. =| 1,850
1 1 | Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant
Secretary - - - - = 450
16 16 - - Torat. 9,200
Cr.
By amount contributed from Bridge-
water Fund towards the Salary of
the Assistant Keeper of the Manu-
scripts, he acting as Egerton Libra-
rian - - - - - = 210
9,090 —
2. Assistants :
Number | Required
Voted for a
1864-5. |1865-6.
14 | 15 | First-class Assistants, Upper Section, z.
' at 3201, rising 20 1. annually to 4001, | 5,852
22 22 Ditto, Lower Section, at 210/., rising
_, 151 annually to 3107. - - - | 6,395
23 23 Second-class Assistants, at 1501,
| _ rising 107. annually to 200 /. = |~4,172
1 1 Revising Accountant - - - 100
1 1 | Clerk at Stationers’ Hall (gratuity) - 21
1 1 | Superintendent of Fire Engines - 50
= - =~ 916,590 =
62 63 aes Toran.
8. Transcribers:
Number | Required
Voted tor pean
1864-5. 1865-6.
~ 2 pate ae
27 27 Transcribers, at 90 L., rising 102. an-
nually to 1501. - - = -|- - | 3,600 -

Carried forward - - -

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

|
|
|
,
|
=< = —

— $< =

:
Brought forward - -
q

T. Sararres—continued.

4 \ttendants and Servants:
Wii 2 ae 4
;

Number | Required

Voted for
1864-5. | 1865-6.
44 45 | First Class Attendants, 1001., os £.
5l, annually to 1202. - - 5,282
44 48 | Second Class Attendants, 801., ae
4l. annually to 1002, - = 4,067
46 46 | Third Class Attendants, 601., mine
3/7. annually to 807. - 3,306
i! 1 | Clerk of the Works, 130/., reine 51.
annually to 160 J. - - 136
1 1 Messenger - - - - : 120
ul 1 | Assistant Messenger - - - 100
i 1 Fireman - - - 100
| Saturday Evening “Attendance and
other contingent expenses - - 70
* st Ss
138 Hs bi = = - WVorari
EE
Police - - - - - = a s = 3 3 «
Perzons paid daily or weekly - - a a E = 3 S
Attendance on Stoves” - - < = - = = = 2
Retired Allowances - - = = = = a z a
II. Housr Expenses:
Rates and Taxes - - - - 4 = 3 : u z
Household Implements - - - - - - - = 3
Coals, Coke, and Fagots oe CMe! = a Ce See
Candles, Oil, Gas, &e. - - - - - > = c Es
en en ee
Incidents’ - - - - - - = = < & é
IIL. Purcuases anp ACQUISITIONS :
Printed Books” - - - - = . = ae u
Manuscripts - = = = = ¥ &
. Books for the Dadinent of Manuseripts - = - 4 i
. Minerals and Meteorites = “ i

- Books and ood for the Department of Minerals - -
- Fossils - - = cs
- Books and Binding for the Department be Geology - -
. Zoological Specimens ~ - -
. Books and Binding for the Department a Zoology - -
. Botanical Specimens - - = =
. Books and Binding for the Degen af Botany
. Oriental, British, and Medizval Antiquities -

. Greek and Roman Antiquities Corer © - Sh NS:

. Coins and Medals - - - - - - - - -

. Books and Binding for the Departments of Coins and Antiquities
. Prints and Drawings - - - - - - - -

. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - - -

. Freight and Carriage - - - - - - - -

Carried forward - - -

77. A4

Required for the Year i
1865-66

13,181

915
2,365
850
2,065

10,000
2,000
50
400
30
3800
30
1,000
30
150
30
500
250
1,000
100
1,200
15

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum — continued.

—

Granted for the Year
1864-65.

13,193 -

i
2 2,320

10,000
2,000
100
$00
30
800
30
1,000
30
150
30
73a0
750
1,500
100
1,500
15

300 -

17,885

"69,551 —

440
150
750
370
650
650 —

47,436

8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum—continued.

Required for the Year Granted for then ,
1865-66. 1864-66,
bi WEES aS, Ses
Brought forward - - -! - = 69,551 -] - -
Sprecra, Purcuases anp Acquisitions :—
19. Further Excavations at Budrum, under the superintendence of Mr.
Vice-Consul Biliotti. - - - - - z = - = 2,000) — "a
20. Purchase of the Kokscharow Collection of Minerals - - =.| 1,600. =
21. Purchases at the Sales of the Pourtalés and St. Angelo Collections - | 4,000 —
Excavations in Babylonia, under the superintendence of Colonel Kemball, c.z. — pa a
Antique Bronze Lamp, found in Paris - - - - - - — 7005 =
Large and important Collection of Human and Animal Remains,
Weapons and Implements in, Bone and Flint, from a Cavern at
Bruniquel, South of France’ - - - 2 = sie = Do pee Vaal
——_—_|__. 7,600, — =
[V. Booxsinpine, Preparine, &c.:
1. Bookbinding: Printed Books - - - - - - - | 7,000 — 7,000 ~ |
2a eh Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 800 - 1,000 -|
3. . Prints and Drawings - - - - - - 200 - 200 -
4, Preparing, &c. Zoology - - - - - - - - 700 —'| 800 —
5. A, Geology - - - - - - - - ood 200 -
6. » - Mineralogy - - - - ~ = = z 150 - 110 -
the By Botany - - - - - - - - . 50) = | 50)
8. Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - = - -}| 1,200 - 1,200 —-
[ae ls 2S 00)
V. Printine Cataocuss, &c.:
1. Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - - - - - 350 - 350 -
2. Catalogue of Hebrew books - - - - - - - - 400 - | —
3. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 200 - | 150 —-
4. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology - = : = |ea5000) =| 1,000 —-
5. Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins and Medals 800 - 300 —
6. Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities - - - - 300 - —
7. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - - - S - ZOD 200 -
8. Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - - - - Wald = 150 -
9. Ditto from Coins - - - - - Bi eA i - - - a = | 40 —-

VI. Buitoines, Furniture, Firrines, &c.,
Including Architect’s Commission.

1, General Repairs and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &e. - -| 3,309 —- 4,853 —
2. Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - alt Crise 2,292 —
3. 9 ” ” Manuscripts - - - 153 - 14G5.—
4. es “5 Mineralogy and Geology - 985 - 1,024 -
5. ” ” ” Zoology - - - - 583 — S601
6 ” ” ” Botany - - - - 218 —- 19¢ .—
7. ” ” ” Antiquities = - < - | 2,410. = 2,059 —
8. ” ” a Coins and Medals - = 50 — Ey
9 » ” 5 Prints and Drawings 2 1) Ss Bit)
| 9003 76-e— —-
VII. Miscrertaneous :
1. Law Expenses - : = = = A 4 - = x NOW) = 00
ee OO — aes
Deduct.—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz. : is
101,364 —

Dividends on £.30,000 Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities

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Museum Publications - - - - - - - - - 300 - 800 -
Appropriation from Funds in the hands of the Trustees - - - - = 83,000 —
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a 1,200 —- —_—
Net Amount of Estimate - - - &, 100,164 —

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| VIL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmittep to Visit the Britis Museum.

Persons admitted to view the Generat Coxvecrions in each Year, from 1859 to 1864, both Years inclusive,

1859. 1860. Ins 6p1. 1862, 1863. 1864.

N° N° N° Ne N° N°
ANUARY Beer Aa? F921) a |S SG68S 30,018 28,667 43,070 32,458 18,884
EBRUARY - - - Soi fail _-\\ v28;26m 29,995 32,183 36,445 30,042 23,315
ARCH - = = - - - - 32,881 33,995 33,378 38,499 34,774 45,267
PRIL - eS e as - = - 70,462 65,982 83,436 59,204 49,493 30,471
AY :, = = = - - - 29,071 07,354 69,993 £8,021 42,4538 33,493
- = a = A & ui = = 63,435 50,218 46,068 108,274 32,751 30,098
—— «(C- . . gl See -| 41,861 50,955 69,361 143,258 42,618 40,832
AuGusT - = 5 - - - - 50,310 51,626 68,205 165,017 39,836 45,662
eNBER - : es . = - 31,118 33,846 41,671 87,008 33,028 28,196
eTOBER eee eee se | | 88.582 46,635 49,578 81,530 32,215 34,478
OVEMBER- - - - - - | 27,092 29,506 39,351 35,802 23,507 26,748
SCEMBER- “ . - : - | 69,184 56,809 79,995 53,949 47,631 74,895

oe

Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections >| 517,895 536,939 641,886 895,077 440,801 432,339
(exclusive of Readers) - of

—— ep

Number of Visits—

y ine Room, for the purpose of nf
ee Reearch ete en 122,424 | 127,768 | 180,410 | 122,497 | 107,821 | 105,899

ies of Sculpture, for th P=
es on Beene? aire a 2,364 2,710 2,630 1,647 2,042 1,140
To the Print Room - - - - - 3,013 3,197 3,109 3,265 2,827 2,361
To the Coin and Medal Room - = = 2,204 2,065 1,817 1,544 1,204 1,822
Totar - - --| 647,900 672,674 779,252 |1,024,030 | 554,695 543,561

Mem—The Public are admitted to the Bririsn Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between the hours of

Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st ae
August. The Public will be also admitted on Saturdays from the 8th of May to the 31st of Aucust of the
present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six. 5

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain reou-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November
December, January, and February ; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March anal
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August, ‘

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, from Nine o’clock to the
hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or
Thanksgiving Day, ordered by Authority.

British Museum, | A, Panizzi,

8 May 1865. J Principal Librarian.

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the Caranoeuinc and ARRANGEMENT, and Account of
OBJECTs ADDED, in the Year 1864.

DEPARTMENT OF Printep Books.

I. Werks added to the Collection during the year have been placed on tle shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective !ocalities, have
been marked on the inside, and affixed to the back of each volume; also on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 151,759.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catulogue—The number of titles and cross-
references written for this Catalogue amounts to 13,029. The number of titles tran-
scribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 40,070, and of mdex slips prepared and transcribed,
729; 19,305 title slips and 666 index slips have been incorporated into each of three
copies of this Catalogue, from ietter A to H, inclusive. This incorporation has rendered
it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in
each copy 18,820 title slips and 45 index slips, and to add to each copy 541 new leaves:
61,355 title slips of letters 1 and K (including 22,951 new titles), have been laid down in
one copy of this Catalogue, and 66,138 titie slips in a second and third copy; of eaci of
the last two sets, 22,252 were new utles.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue——The number of titles and cross-references written for
this Catalogue is 50,844, besides 212 for the Hebrew Catalogue ; in all, 51,056. The number
of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 24,213, besides 605 index slips pre-
pared and transcribed ; 23,050 title slips, and 598 index slips have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this Catalogue. In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement,
27,741 title slips have been removed and re-inserted in each copy ; 957 leaves have been
added to each copy.

The number of new entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
is 99, and in that of the Academies, 421.

(c.) Maps.—The new titles and cross-references written for Maps amount to 6,599.
The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 5,563. The number of title
slips incorporated mto each of three copies of this Catalogue is 5,930. In order to maintain
the alphabetical arrangement, 3,940 title slips have been removed and re-inserted ; 134 new
leaves have been added to each copy.

(d.) Music Cataloque.—The new titles and cross-references written for this Catalogue
amount to 4,070; 4,415 titles have been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. ‘The
number of title slips incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue is 6,746. In
order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 2,379 title slips have been removed and
re-entered ; 139 new leaves have bcen added to each copy.

(e.) Carbonic Hand Catalogue. — 64,467 title slips of the fourth transcript of the
General Catalogue have been mounted on cartridge paper, 75,099 have been arranged
according to the press-marks, and 74,959 have been incorporated into the geweral
series: 5,800 title slips of the fourth copy of the Map Catalogue have been mounted,
and 2,500 arranged in like manner, and 6,704 title slips of the fourth copy of the Music
Catalogue have been mounted on cartridge paper.

(f.) List of Books of Reference in the: Reading Room.— The number of alterations and
additions made in the interleaved copy of this list, and also in the hand list of the books of
reference, in order to record the changes made in the books of reference by the addition of
new works, aud the exchange of old for new editions, amounts to 339 in each.

(g.) Hebrew Catalogue.—The titles of this Catalogue, about 15,000 in number, are now
prepared for printing. The Catalogue is in the press, and is printed as far as the com-
mencement of letier C.

I1I.—The number of volumes bound is 13,816 in 11,655, including 2,210 pamphlets.
The number of volumes repaired is 667: 644 Maps have been mounted.

IV. Reading Room Service—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room is 211,239; to those of the Royal Library,
9,354; to those of the Grenville Library, 993; and to the closets in which books are kept
from day to day for the use of the Readers, 151,177. Adding the number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 847,524, the whole amounts to
1,220,287, or 4,150 per diem.

2. The number of Readers has been 105,899 ; on an average 360 per diem, the Reading
Room having been kept open 294 days; each Reader has consulted, on an average, 11
volumes per diem.

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 221 re-
ceived

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ceived under the International Copyright Treaties) amounts to 38,842 (including Music,
Atlases, and Newspapers), of which 2,730 were presented, 28,426 purchased, and 7,686
acquired by copyright.

2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 627 received under the International
Copyright Treaties) is 21,459 (including Atlases and M usic), of which 622 were presented,
5,986 purchased, and 14,224 acquired by copyright. ¥ The total number of Newspapers
acquired is 1,154, besides 135 single numbers of English, Chinese, Russian, Greek,
Danish avd American »ewspapers. Of these, 804 (viz., 206 published in London, and 598
in the country) have been received from the Inland Kevenue Office in England, 145 from
the branch of that oltice in Ireland, and 143 from the branch of the same office in Scotland ;
31 newspapers and 93 single numbers have been presented, and 31 newspapers and 42
single numbers have been purchased.

8. The Maps, Charts, and Plans amount to 819, in 3,326 sheets, the Atlases to 44
complete, and 59 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts,
37 were presented, 480 purchased, and 302 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases, 7
were purchased, and 37 compiete, and 59 parts of Atlases, acquired by copyright.

4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 415
received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 2,378, of which 5 were purchased,
1 presenied, and 1,957 acquired by cepyright: 1,035 parts and numbers of works in
progress (including 54 received under the International Copyright Treaties) have been
acquired by copyright, and also 390 works, not included among the pieces of music, of
which 234 were purchased, and 156 (including 28 received under the International Copyiight
Treaties) acquired under the Copyright Act.

5. The total number of articles received (including Broadsides, Engravinys, and other
miscellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 72,214, of which 1,283 were received under
the International Copyright Treaties. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides,
Engravings, &c., and comprising 653 received under the International Copyright Treaties),
36,799 are complete works. Of the complete works, 25,121 were purchased, 793 pre-
sented, and 10,885 acquired by copyright.

6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps so impressed is

300,276. :
J. Winter Jones.

DeparTMenT OF Manuscripts.

1. The Catalogue of Additions for the years 1846 and 1847 has been published, and
a revised abridgment of the Catalogues for the years 1848-1853 prepared for the press.

2. The Catalogue in detail of the Birch Manuscripts has been continued from No. 4,126
to No. 4,200, from No. 4,254 to No. 4,261, and from No. 4,300 to No, 4,306.

3. The Catalogue of Icelandic Manuscripts has been revised and continued, from No.
4,857 to No. 4,896, and from No. 5,174 to No. 5,181.

4. The entries in the Hand Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts, placed in the
Reading Room, have been continued from No. 24,735 to No, 24,842 (Devon Papers), and
from No. 25,175 to No. 25,611.

5. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No, 11,929 to No. 12,630,
from No. 12,729 to No. 12,922, from No. 13,370 to No. 15,644, and from No. 15,903 to
No. 16,157. The slips have been revised from No. 6,293 to No. 8,339, and transcribed
into the General Catalogue (two copies) from No. 5,910 to No. 7,182. A brief descriptive
List has also been made of the Charters acquired in 1848-1853, including Nos. 6,339-8,515.

6. The Original Seals, Impressions and Bulle, obtained in 1848-1853, have been
described.

7. The Indexes of titles and authors to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts have been
completed for press. Eighty-six volumes in Arabic and Persian have been described in
detail, and 218 in various Oriental languages for the Catalogues of Additions.

8. The Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts has been continued, and Nos. 12,140-12,181,
14,425-14,566, and 17,102—17,125, described in detail.

9. The General Classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the
end of the year.

10. Transcripts of the Catalogues of the Davy Collection of Suffolk Portraits and Views
have been made for the use of the Department of Prints.

11. Indexes have been made to the Harleian MSS. 7,523-7,526, Birch 4,300-4,306,
and Additional 4,245, 6,261-2, 23,119-23,125, 23,134, and 23,138, and partly copied fair
into the respective volumes. ;

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12. The Register of Donations to the Department has been kept up to the end of 1864.

13. The “James Burton” Papers, the Correspondence of Pope and Warburton, and a
large Collection of Plays, have been arranged and prepared for the binder. The Birch
MSS. Nos. 4,300-4,306, Additional Nos. 25,437, 25,598-9, Cottonian Faustina p.v.,
and Harleian 6,589, have been re-arranged.

14. The whole of the remaining fragments ou vellum and paper of the Cottonian and Old
Royal Collections (injured in the fire of 1731), have been, as far as possible, identified,
arranged, and partially bound. Portions of the following Manuscripts have been recovered:
Tiberius A. x11., E. x1.; Caligula D. 111.; Galba A. 1., 11., 111., viI., xtv., xvu.; Otho A. y.,
VIN, 1X.) 1-5 XU.) UML, XIV, XVIUI., DB, 110. TV5- Dk, KUL Ov... VAC, viene eae
D. tx., Bexiv.; Vitellus A: vi., vir., C. v., D. 1, v., vill, Xi, Xi, KTLE. Sve, yea
E. 1., 11., Iv., vil, 1x.; Old Royal 9 A. iil.; and leaves have been restored to twenty-five
other volumes of the Cottonian and seven of the Old Royal Collections.

15. The Additional Manuscripts have been numbered and registered, from No. 25,491 to
No. 25,905; and bound, repaired, lettered and stamped, from No, 24,743 to No. 24,842, and
from No. 25,175 to No. 25,611.

16. The Egerton Manuscripts have been numbered and registered, from No. 1,946 to
No. 1,962; and bound and stamped, from No. 1,952 to No. 1,960.

17. The Additicnal Charters and Rolls have been arranged, numbered, and marked with
the date of acquisition, from No. 16,281 to No. 16,331; and registered from No. 11,801 to

No. 12,397.

18. Six hundred and fifty-five of the Additional Manuscripts, 259 Sloane, 123 Lansdowne,
15 Cottonian, 2 Old Royal, and 11 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio’d.

19. Stamps have been placed on every tract, letter or separate document, in 6 volumes
of the Cottonian Collection, 2 Old Royal, 4 Harleian, 1 Lansdowne, 22 Egerton, and 1,169
Additional Manuscripts ; also on 132 Additional and 3 Egerton Charters, and 416 Books
of Reference. Extra stamps have also been placed on 59 volumes of various collections.
The total number of stamps affixed amounts to 38,472.

20. Forty-eight Cottonian, 13 Old Royal, 49 Harleian, 8 Lansdowne, 5 Arundel, 12
Egerton, and 566 Additional Manuscripts, with 416 Books of Reference, have been bound,
repaired, or lettered. Two hundred and twenty-five Arundel Manuscripts have been armed,
and 163 Additional Manuscripts permanently press-marked.

21. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired and stamped,
from No, 16,281 to No. 16,316.

22. The whole of the various Collections (with the exception of the Charters and Rolls)
have been verified with the shelf-lists.

23. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :—
To the General Collection—

Manuscripts = - - - = = E 2 - 609

Original Charters —- - - = = = A Siar

Bulle and Seals - ~ - - ' i ut gl
To the Egerton Collection— ©

Manuscripts = - - - e = = = sy ay

Original Charters — - - - = = es a“ dds

Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be specified —

A folio volume on vellum, containing a Martyrology of the Spanish Church, written at
the Monastery of Cardeiia, diocese of Burgos, in the year 919.

A very fine copy on vellum, of the 14th century, of the ‘“ Catholicon” of Johannes de
Janua, large folio.

“L’Histoire Ancienne, depuis la Création jusqu’a Titus,” with miniatures, 14th century,
vellum.

The “ Liber de Vita Christi,” of Ludolph of Saxony, finely written and illuminated on
vellum at the close of the 15th century, 3 volumes folio, It belonged afterwards to
Cardinal George d’Amboise, whose arms appear in it. _

Several illuminated Hore, one of which appears to have belonged to Mary Stuart, when
wife of the Danphin, afterwards Francis II.

A beautiful little volume written on vellum, with numerous miniatures, containing “ Le
Chapellet de Jhesus et de la Vierge,” apparently executed for the Emperor Charles V.
or his brother Ferdinand, and, trom the binding, believed to have belonged afterwards to
Margaret Tudor, wile of James IV. of Scotland. Presented by the Right Honourable the
Earl of Home.

The Poems of the Persian Poet Nizami, written and illuminated in exquisite style, and
dated 4. H. 840=A. D, 1441.

A considerable Collection of Arabie, Persian aud Syriac MSS., which belonged to the
late Rev. William Cureton, p.p., Canon of Westminster, and among which is the Biogra-
phical work of Ibn Khallikan, written a.u. 6554. p. 1257, in the Author’s Autograph.

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The Original Correspondence of Pope with Dr. Warburton, Ralph Allen, and Hugh
Bethel, and the Correspondence of Warburton with Dr. Hurd, the Honourable Charles
Yorke, Dr. Middleton, and others.

The Minute Books of the Court of Directors and other proceedings of the South Sea
Company, from 1711 to 1756, with their Charter of Incorporation and other documents.
Presented by the Trustees of the late South Sea Company. 1a

A large Collection of Notes and Drawings of Egyptian Antiquities, Manners and
Customs, Geology, Natural History, &c., made by the late James Burton, Esq. during a
long residence in the country. Presented by his brother, Decimus Burton, isq.

A Collection of about 150 Plays, written for representation at Drury Lane Theatre, at the
close of the last and commencement of the present century, among which are Pieces by
R. B. Sheridan, Charles Lamb, &c. Presented by Coventry Patmore, Esq.

A series of about sixty original leaden Bulle of Official Personages in Sicily, assigned to
the period between the 6th and 9th centuries.

24, The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Room during the
past year amounts to 24,435, and to Artists and others in the rooms of the Department, to
4,212, exclusive of the volumes shown to Visitors on private days.

Frederic Madden.

DeparrMeENtT oF OrtentTAL, BritisH, anD Mepr&vat ANTIQUITIES, AND
ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.— Arrangement.

A statue in the vorthern vestibule of the Egyptian Galleries has had a glass case placed
over it for its better protection.

187 objects belonging to the Egyptian Collections have been catalogued ; a case-book of
Papyri has been completed; progress has been made in the description of the Egyptian
Collections for the Synopsis ; and 121 Egyptian objects ave been mounted, including some
-of large dimensions; 18 objects have been framed and glazed, and one tablet repaired.

Of the Papyri, 5 more or less complete and several smaller fragments and pieces have
been unrolled ; 42 pieces have been cleaned and mounted ; 32 pieces have been joined ; and
-29 pieces have been glazed; 2 large Papyri have been framed, glazed, and fixed to the
Southern Wall of the North-West Staircase, for public exhibition.

In the Assyrian basement, the adjoining room, in which Pheenician and other Oriental
remains are deposited, has been whitewashed ; and some of the objects, temporarily removed
during the process, have been replaced.

Two sockets of basalt fur gates, found at Mugheir, and inscribed with the names of the
Monarch Urukh and of one of the Abed-Tsin Dynasty, have been mounted on pedestals
and placed in the Assyrian Ante-room.

An additional table-case tor the display of objects hitherto not exhibited, and for the
reception of inscribed terra-cotta tablets, has been placed in the Kouyunjik Gallery.

‘The examination of the Assyrian ivory carvings has been continued with a view to re-
joming and repairing the different fragments, and 172 pieces have been cleaned, joined,
and mounted.

64 engraved Assyrian stones and cylinders, and 46 clay seals have been mounted ;
74 moulds have been made of Assyrian cylinders in hard stone, and 54 type-impressions taken.

The engraved cylinders and gems have been chronologically arranged in a table-case in
the Kouyunjik Gailery.

22 Assyrian objects in bronze, including a shield, have been cleaned and mounted, and
26 objects of the same material repaired.

The whole of the Assyrian sculptures in stone have been identified, and the registration
marks renewed ; 5 of the larger Assyrian inscribed cylinders of terra-cotta, and several frag-
ments of the same have been repaired and rejoiucd, the numerous fragments of which they
are composed having been identified.

Two inscribed cuneiform stone tablets, giving an account of the execution of the Susian
chiefs, have been fixed in the Kouyunjik Gallery near the bas-reliefs to which they belong,
and some additional portions have been joined to the bas-reliefs themselves.

583 fragments of bilingual and grammatical Assyrian terra-cotta inscriptions have been
temporarily arranged for publication and other purposes.

112 small pieces of Assyrian terra-cotta tablets with inscriptions have been cleaned and
repaired, and 256 card-boxes made for holding similar tablets.

32 Assyrian inscribed bricks have been arranged in their places in the Assyrian basement
room.

A Hebrew tablet from Aden has been mounted on a stone plinth.

Three Roman leaden coffins and other antiquities, presented by the Metropolitan Board
of Works, have been exhibited in the British Room.

A block of conglomerate, from the floor of a cave at Les Eyzies, Dordogne, containing

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14a ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &¢c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

flint weapons, and the bones of reindeer and other animals, has been placed in a case for
exhibition in the British Room.

A large collection of bone implements and other objects, from the caves at Bruniquel,
comprising more than 1,300 objects, have been cleaned, washed in gelatine, and, where
necessary, rejoined, and a considerable selection of the same exhibited in tie British Room.

128 moulds of impressions of Great Seals of England, and 2,767 moulds and type im-
pressions of seals of England and Wales have been counted and arranged. ;

14,248 impressions and moulds of medieval seals have been coumed, 24 medieval seals
have been copied, and 82 additional type impressions of seals of Worcestershire made.

189 entries of seals in the Sloane catalogue have been transcribed.

The walls and ceiling of the Ethnographical Room have been thoroughiy scoured and
cleaned, the objects above the cases taken down, dusted, and partially re-arranged ; the
lower part of one of the table-cases has been enclosed, the upper part repainted, and rods,
for suspending Ethnographical objects, have been fixed along the sides of the room.

The contents of 12 cases on the south side of the Ethnographical Room have been
remove! for the purpose of repainting, and the contents of 12 cases on the north side
replaced and arranged in a more systematic manner. The collection of Peruvian vases has
been re-arranged.

Two Chinese tablets have been exhibited in the Ethnographical Room ; two Indian seulp-
tures, and five terra-cotia seals with inscriptions in the Pali character, repaired.

In the department gencrally 2,886 objects have been registered, comprising most of the
acquisitions of this and arrears of previous years; 794 descriptive labels, 43 printed and
about 3,200 registration numbers, have been added to various objects; six books have
been catalogued, and nine stamped.

Assistance has been rendered towards the preparstion of a catalogue of English
medals intended for publication, and also towards forwarding the publication of Assyrian
inscriptions.

I].— Acquisitions.

The most important acquisition of the year is an extensive collection of the remains of
human industry of a very early period, discovered by the Vicomte de Lastic in a cave on
the banks of the Aveyron, near Bruniquel (Tarn et Garonne.) These remains were found
with the bones of men and of various animals, of which some are now extinet in Fiance,
while others are considered to be entirely extinct. They consist of flmt implements of
various kinds, evidently made on the spot by the inhabitants of the cave; heads of fishing
spears, Javelins, and arrows, elaborately worked and with numerous barbs; chisels, needles,
and vari us othe implements, made out of the horns of the reindeer, or the bones of the
horse and ox. ‘There are likewise a number of specimens with engraved designs, of which
the most remarkable are two engravings in outline, one of them the head of a remdeer,
slightly, but arti-tically, scratched on a bird’s bose; the other, the heads of a reinveer and
a horse, more deeply cut «na flat boue impiement.

The other acquisitions of the year are 812 in number, and inay be classed as follows :—

Egyptian.—A small collection of antiquities, including an hicroglyphical papyrus of the
class called “ Solar Litanies,” or the passage of the sun through the hours of the night,
formerly belonging to Viscount Strangford.

Portions of Rituals and other documents on papyrus from the Sams Collection.

»Hancle of a terra-cetta vase, with the name of an heretical king of the 18th Dynasty
(a disk-worshipper), found among the ruins of a house at Tel-el-Amarna, and presented
by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson.

A small collection of antiquities presented by Henry Christy, Esq., F.s.a.

A bronze sphinx, an object of rarity, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A head of a priest in basalt, of the Romano-Egyptian period.

Fifty Egyptian antiquities, comprising several smaller objects of interest, such as an
inscribed sandel, a fragment of an alabaster vase, with the royal name of Aahmes I.,.
and an inscribed saucer, collected in Egypt by the Rev. Greville Chester.

Five Christian lamps from Nubia presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

Babylonian and Assyriax —Two bricks from Nimroud, with ornaments in vitreous
colours, and a portion of the “Standard Inscription” of Assbur-izir-pal, with important
variants, presented by A. H. Layard, Esq., M.P.

A weight of onyx in the form of a duck, with an Assyrian character on the side ; three
Babylonian cylinders of stone and one of silver (the only one in the Museum of that mate-
rial), two other engraved seals, and seven Sassanian gems.

An ornament in the form of a Chimeera’s head, finely carved in ivory, of Assyrian or early
Persian work, presented by William Burges, Esq.

Phenician and Early Oriental— A Pheenician sarcophagus in whiie marble, the cover
of which terminates with a representation of the head of the deceased, carved in the
Egyptian stvle; it was excavated on the site of the Necropolis of Sidon, by Niven Moore,
Esq., laie Her Majesty’s Consul at Beyrout.

A stone door, sculptured in imitation of bronze, from the Hauran ; a colossal bust in high
relief, representing a man, or deity, holding a co:nucopia, from a temple erected in honour of

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Herod Agrippa, at Siah, near Kunawat, in the Hauran; three other sculptures from the
same district, and two circular covers of marble with Byzantine inscriptions from Palmyra,
all procured by E. T. Rogers, Esq., Her Majesty’s Consul at Damascus.

A collection of 80 Gnostic and Basilidian gems from the Praun Collection, mostly en-
graved and described in a recent work by the Kev. C. W. King ou Gnostic Gems.

British and Medieval.—The Foreign iliustrations of this section have been increased by
the following additions :—

1. A series of flint implements from the Drift at St. Acheul, near Amiens, presented by
Henry Christy, Esq. F,s.a.

2. A series of flint implements and bones found in a cave at Les Eyzies, Dordogne, with a
slab of breccia presented in 1863; also a similar series, together with casts of remarkable
carved bones, found under a rock at La Madeleine on the Vesere; all presented by Henry
Christy, Esq. and M. Edouard Lartet, of Paris.

3. A section from a Danish Kitchen-midden, or refuse heap, exhibiting shells, bones,
and flint implements, presented by Henry Christy, Esq.

4. Two flint implements from the Campagna, near Rome, presente by Edmund Waterton,

Esq. ; and a celt of peculiar and rare form, from Carnac, in Britany, presented by the
Rev. E. L. Barnwell.

The British Series has received the following additions :—

A flint implement of the Drift type, from Herne Bay, presented by George J.
Strong, Esq.

A series of flint implements found on the shore of Lough Neagh, Ireland, presented by
John Evans, Esq., F.R.s.; and a similar series from North Devon, presented by Townshend
M. Hall, Esq.

Part of a large flint celt found on Leith Hill, Surrey, presented by J. Wedgwood, Esq. ;
a flint celt found im the operations for the Main Drainage of London, presented by the
Metropolitan Board of Works.

Portion of a British urn and bone implement found in St. Twynell’s parish, Pembroke-
shire, presented by the Earl Cawder; and fraguients of a British arn found near Victoria
Park, pre-ented by R. L. Roumieu, Esq.

A very remarkable hammer-head of horn-blende, a stone celt, and an iron sword, found
in lowering the waters of Lough Gur, near Grange, county Limerick, on the estate of the
donor, J. F. W. de Salis, Esq. P

A series of Irish stone amulets of an uncertain date, presented by Henry
Christy, Esq. r.s.a.

A bronze javelin-head from Fenton, Yorkshire, presented by the Rev. Edward
Houchen; a very fine bronze sword, and three other implements of the same metal,
from the Thames, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and two bronze weapons from
Treland.

A number of bronze implements of various kinds, and several Celtic figures of boars
found in different parts of a field at Hounslow. The latier are of a very remarkable
character.

Three Roman leaden coffins fuund at East Ham, Essex, and a number of miscellaneous
remains discovered in the works of the Main Drainage of London ; presented by the Metro-
politan Board of Works.

Part of a Roman Mosaic pavement, with floral designs, Roman pottery and other
antiquities, found on the site of the old East India House, Leadenhall Street ; presented
by William Tite, Esq., m.p.

A leaden cist containing human bones and two denarii of Vespasian, found in Endell
Street, near the British Museum.

Various Roman remains found during recent works in Lothbury.

A bronze ornament for a chariot, with a bust of Minerva in relief, found at High
Wycombe, Bucks; anda cake of pewter stamped with the Christian monogram and the
name Syagrius, found in the ‘hames ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A stamp for marking the collyrium of the Roman oculist Marcus Juventius Tutianus,
found at Golden bridge, county Tipperary, Ireland.

A fine Roman glass vase containing burnt bones, fcund at Barnwell, near Cambridee.

Two Roman vessels of clay found at Clearmont, near Weymouth, presented by John
Fowler, Esq.

A quadrangular leaden cist with the inscription cyNoOBARRVS FECIT vivas, found at
Caistor, Lincolnshire, presented by the Rev. H. Maclean.

A gold Anglo-Saxon ornament, with chains and pin, found near Evesham.

A drinking glass from Whitehall, in the stem of which is enclosed a coin of Charles IL.,
presented by G. P. Scott, Esq., .A.

A casket very elegantly carved out of the wood of Shakespeare’s Mulberry tree, en-
closing the freedom of the town of Stratford-on-Avon, conferred on David Garrick,
3rd May 1769; a ticket of admission to Garrick’s house at Hampton, with his por-
trait; two medals and a miniature of Shakespeare. All bequeathed by the late George
Daniel, Esq. :

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Medieval.—-Forty-two matrices of seals, among which may be noticed those of the
Emperor Sigismund, as King of Hungary, the city of Basle, Conrad, Bishop of Hildesheim,
the Scotch monastery at Ratisbon, the Friars-preachers of Scotland, and the Deanery of
Blackburn.

A waxen tablet inscribed on both sides with accounts of various kinds, from a church in.
Switzerland.

A thurible or censer of bronze from Denmark, of the 13th century, presented by Henry
Christy, Esq., F.s.a.

An Astrolabe with Arabic inscriptions recording it to have been made in 1485, by Auhad
Ben Mohammad al-Auhadi for 'Tajuddin Jan Ali.

A Norwegian silver belt with ornaments of a peculiar character.

Ethnographical.—Kight Budhist sculptures from the Salpoore Hills, presented by
L. Ashburner, Esq., Magistrate of Kandesh, Bombay.

Four Chinese bronze vases, end a pair of Japanese slippers, presented by Captain
Beauvais.

Eight clay seals with inscriptions in the Pali character, fouud in Penang, presented by
Mr. W. E. Jevons.

A small collection of figures and musical instruments from Siam.

Arms and implements from the Zambesi district, in Africa, presented by Henry
Waghorn, Iisq., M.R.C.S.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

I.—-Arrangement.

One hundred and thirty-six statues, busts, reliefs, and fragments of sculpture from the
Mausoleum, Carthage, and the earlier collections, have been mounted on plinths. hirty-
one Greek inscriptions have been mounted on pliaths. Two pieces of a Mosaic pavement
from Halicarnassus have been repaired and mounted on slate; 410 gold ornaments and
other objects have been catalogued ; 158 objects have been registered; descriptive titles
have been attached to 331 objects; 128 vases and 14 terra-cottas have been repaired. The
first part of a new Guide to the Department is in the press.

I.— Acquisitions.

(1.) Statues from the Farnese Palace, Rome.— During the past year an important addition.
to the Sculpture Galleries of the Museum has been made by the purchase of the following
statues from the Farnese Palace at Rome:

1. A Mercury holding a caduceus, identical in attitude and style with the statue of the
same yod in the Belvedere of the Vatican, and with one in the Lansdowne Collection.
Several other repetitious of this figure are extant, and it is probable that they are all taken
from some famous original. This statue is finely composed, and the head is remarkable for
beauty of expression and good preservation.

2. A small figure representing an Athlete binding a diadem round his head, and hence
generally considered to be an unique copy of the celebrated Diadumenos of Polykleitos.
This statue is admirably modelled, and is evidently the work of a Greek chisel; the mate-
rial is Pentelic marble. The style corresponds with all that we know of the chavacteristics
of the school of Polykleitos.

3. An Equestrian statue restored as Caligula, but probably of a later period; of special
interest as one of the very few equestrian figures which have been preserved from antiquity.
It has undergone some restorations, but is on the whole in excellent condition.

4. An heroic figure well modelled and of a good period, the subject unknown.

5. A. Faun playing with the infant Bacchus; interesting in the treatment of the subject,.
but of late and inferior sculpture.

6. An Apollo of heroic size, much restored.

7. A group of Mercury and Herse, the upper part of both figures restored.
8. The torso of a male figure, well modelled.

9. The head of a Roman Emperor, probabiy Commodus.

(2.) A Collection of Antiquities from Camirus, ia the Island of Rhodes.—During the winter:

and spring of 1863-4, extensive excavations were carried on at Camirus by Mr. Vice-.
Consul Biliotti and Mr. Salzmann, under the direction of the Trustees of the British
Museum..

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Museum. In the course of these operations, more than 275 tombs were opened, and the
Acropolis of Camirus was also explored.

On excavating on this latter site, various foundations of walls were laid bare, and under
these foundations a curious system of galleries, witb shafts at intervals, apparently to hold
water, has been traced out. A variety of early antiquities in porcelain, bronze, ivory, gold,
pottery, and various minerals, have been found in these shafts and galleries. The fruits of
these excavations constitute some of the most important accessions which have been made
for many years to the Department.

The Antiquities found consist of the following classes :—

Painted Fictile Vases from the earliest to the latest period of Greek Ceramography, and
comprising a number of interesting and valuable specimens of tne best style. Among these
yases may be especially noted the following :—

1. A drinking cup, on the inside of which is a figure of Aphrodite borne through the
air on a swan. Her name is inscribed above her. This design is drawn in brown, ona white
ground. ‘The drapery of Aphrodite is coloured red. The group is exquisitely composed
and drawn with a mastery which shows that the vase belongs to the finest period of Greek
Art; it is probably of the period of Phidias. Whether this cup be of Rhodian fabric or
imported, it will challenge comparison with the finest examples of Ceramography from
Vulci, Nola, or Athens. Height, 4 inches by 93 inches in diameter.

Among the vases with red figures on a black ground are the following :—

2. A cup of the kind called Kantharos, representing on the obverse a combat between
Theseus and Andromache, on the reverse a similar combat between Paris and Phorbas, all
these names being inscribed. This cup is remarkable for the beauty of the drawing and for
its form, which is of rare occurrence. Height, 10% inches.

3. A drinking cup on the inside of which is represented the Rape of Thetis by Peleus,
with the names of Thetis and her companions inscribed above them; on the outside are the
combats of Aineas and Diomed, and of Herakles, Cyenus, and Ares,

4, An Amphora on which is represented Phineus and the sons of Boreas.

Small bottles and jugs of variegated glass calied amphorishi and e@nochoew. ‘The series of
these from Camirus is most remarkable for variety of colour and perfection of condition.

Terra-cottas.—Of these the most worthy of note are—A jar four feet high, with two
handles, the shoulder and handles covered with figures and ornaments in relief of a very
arehaic character. Fragments of such jars are sometimes found in tombs in the Greek
islands, but this specimen is believed to be the only jar of so large a size which has been
discovered entire.

A terra-cotta coffin 63 feet long.

Two small archaic groups in relief, one representing the Rape of Thetis by Peleus, the
other Aurora carrying off Kephalus, both coloured.

A female figure, broken at the knees ; its original height must have been nearly two feet.
It is ornamented with earrings and two necklaces resembling those of the small statuettes
which are found at Dali, in Cyprus, and which are, therefore, probably of Phcenician
origin. ‘his figure is painted in black and red, and is a most curious specimen of archaic
art.

A number of small draped female figures (probably representing the Aphrodite
Persephone), grotesque male fivures, pigs and other animals, masks, and neurospasta or
jointed dolls.

Porcelain.—A most interesting collection of objects in this material was found in the
shafts and galleries on the Acropolis, at Camirus. These objects comprise statuettes of
Egyptian divinities; vases in the shape of lions, sphinxes and other animals; other vases
with friezes im very low relief, and scarabei, one of which is inscribed with the name of the
Egyptian king, Thothmes II[., a proof of the very high antiquity of some of these remains.

Ivories.—In the same shafts and galleries were found numbers of amulets and other
small objects carved in ivory, among which are archaic masks formed of segments of ivory
beautifully jointed and united by a pin running obliquely through them.

Statuettes in Calcareous Stone.—A number of these, very rudely sculptured, were found
in shafts and galleries in the Acropolis. They probably belong to the Phcenician period.

Gold Ornaments.—A few embossed plates from a necklace of the archaic period, similar
to those obtained from Camirus in previous years, were found in tombs.

Alabaster jars (Alabasta). Of these there is a fine series.

Inscriptions.—A decree of the people of Camirus inscribed on a marble stedé. This appears
to relate to the division of landed property, and is a very curious specimen of early
Doric. Its discovery on the Acropolis of Camirus fixes the geographical position of that
city. Altogether the collection presents a rich store of materials for the history of Greek

277+ C Art,

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Art, and especially during that early period when it was first developed under the influence
of Egyptian and Assyrian Art.

(3.) A bronze lamp with two spouts, found at Paris in an excavation in the ancient Roman
Therme, of which the site is partially occupied by the Hotel Cluny. The form of this lamp
is similar to that of a smaller lamp found at Pompeii and engraved “ Mus. Borbon. XI.
Tav. 13.” Two dolphins united at the tails ornament the upper part of the lamp; at each
side projects a half lion, and under each spout is a satyric head in relief. The whole com-
position is conceived in a bold and original style. The details are elaborately wrought ; the
eyes are inlaid in silver. This lamp is also remarkable for its great size, measuring
1 feet 14 inches in length, and having been originally of the same height and breadth. It
has been suspended by a chain attached to the dolphins’ tails.

(4.) A bronze female figure found in a railway excavation near Naples. This figure, which is
two feet high, is a most interesting specimen of early Greeco-Italian or Etruscan Art. It is
draped to the feet. On the breast is engraved a floral pattern, and on the upper arm the
fastenings of the sleeves are rendered by the same process. The figure probably represents
Aphrodite. This bronze is specially interesting as a very early and fine example of ancient
casting. ‘The forearms, which are advanced in front of the body, have been separately cast,
and then soldered on.

(5.) A small collection of Sculptures and inscriptions acquired in the Levant by the late
Percy Clinton, Viscount Strangford. Among these may be mentioned—

1. A small figure of Apollo, broken off at the knees ; its height has probably been about
four feet. This figure is an interesting specimen of archaic art, and probably belongs to
the same transition period as the Aiginetan marbles.

2. Part of a circular shield on which is sculptured in relief a battle of Greeks and
Amazons. This fragment has a special interest, because the subject of the relief formed the
ornament of the shield of the celebrated chryselephantine statue of Athene by Phidias.
A smill marble figure of this goddess, found at Athens some years ago, is believed to be a
representation of the statue of Phidias, and has a buckler ornamented with a similar
composition of Amazons.

(6.) A plaster cast from a fragment of the frieze of the Mausoleum preserved in the Museum
within the Seraglio at Constantinople, where it was seen by Mr. Newton in 1852. This
fragment, representing an Amazon rushing forward with uplifted battle-axe, belongs to the
frieze of the order, and is sculptured with the same mastery as the rest. It is not known
how it came into the Museum of the Seraglio.

(7.) A female head and part of an inscription discovered by Mr. Wood in excavations in
the Odeum at Ephesus. The inscription is a letter from the Emperor Antoninus Pius, appa-
rently, to the people of Ephesus. On the same site Mr. Wood has found fragments of two
other Imperial letters, both addressed by Trajan to the people of Ephesus ; also a dedication
to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The female head is of the Roman period and coarsely
sculptured.

‘The following presents have been received :—

A marble base with a Greek inscription in honour of Aurelius Priscus Isidorus and his
wife, Ulpia Matrona, by the people of Tomi.

A dedication in Greek to the Empress Julia Mammea.

A Greek sepulchral s¢elé in memory of one Teimokrates, on which is a relief representing
the funeral feast.

A marble base with a Greek inscription in honour of Aurelius Priscius Annianus.

A sepulchral ste/é in memory of one Chrestos.

A sepulchral ste/é with a relief representing the funeral feast.

A Latin inscription in memory of Vibia Aurelia Valeria.

All these inscriptions were found in making a railway at Kustenji, the ancient Tomi. Pre-
sented by Wm. P. Price, Esq.

Casts from two of the seats recently discovered in the theatre of Dionysos at Athens.
The inscription on one of these seats shows that it was assigned to the priest of Dionysos,
the other was that of one of the ten Strategi. Presented by Miss Winifrede Wyse.

The torso ofa male figure in bronze, and a terra-cotta slg bullet from Carthage. Pre-
sented by H. Christy, Esq.

A lamp and an amphora, both of unvarnished terra-cotta, and an iron key found with the
bronze lamp described above. Presented by G. Witt, Esq.

Fragment of a terra-cotta lamp, ornamented with a female bust in relief, from Rome.
Antifixal terra-cotta ornament found in the rubbish heap at Pompeii. Presented by the Rev.
Greville J. Chester.

Facsimile of an inscription in Archaic Greek characters, from the tomb of Menekrates in
Corfu. Presented by the Rev. Isaac Lowndes.

A collection of views in water colour, taken at Cyrene, by Captain Porcher, R.n. Pre-
sented by Captain Porcher, R.N.

C. T. Newton.

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DerarTMENT oF Corns AND MEDALS.
I.—Arrangement.

149 slips of the Catalogue of Greek Coins have been written, from Locri Epizephyrii to:
Terina, the last town in Italy.

631 Greek coins of Alexandria have been re-arranged, with new and appropriate cards.

1,275 Greek coins of Alexandria, formiug the collection of the Rev. Mr. Reichardt,
have been minutely examined, and those set aside which were required for the Museum
Collection.

1,590 Miscellaneous Greek coins, from various Collections, have been carefully
examined.

351 Greek coins, being those chiefly of the Collection of M, Salinas, have been minutely
examined, and those required for the Museum have been set aside.

400 Greek coins of the Ptolemies have been examined, and those required for the Museum
have been set aside.

A large number of curious leaden impressions from Greek dies, collected by M. Salinas,
has been carefully examined, and the greater portion set aside, as required for the
Museum.

2,241 Greek coins, being those chiefly of Alexandria and of the Seleucide, have been
prepared for registration.

157 Greek coins have been registered, 151 catalogued, and 323 incorporated.

222 Roman gold coins have been prepared for registration.

253 Roman Imperial and Byzantine coins have been registered.

154 Roman Imperial coins have been incorporated.

177 Roman Imperial gold coins have been re-arranged, with fresh descriptive cards.

263 Roman Imperial large brass coins have been placed in a new cabinet, with appro-
priate descriptive cards.

205 Roman Imperial second brass coins have been placed in a new cabinet, with appro-
priate descriptive cards.

2,900 red cards have been inserted in various cabinets of the Roman series.

6,596 descriptive cards have been written for and placed under the medals in the Royal
and general collections.

1,464 Papal medals have been arranged in chronological order, with appropriate descrip-
tive cards.

148 Russian medals have been deciphered.

820 Modern coins, being chiefly those of the Venetian series, purchased of M. de Rin,
have been prepared for registration. ;

972 modern and medieval coins have been registered, and 1,534 have been incorporated.

813 English coins of Henry VII., Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and of Philip and
Mary, have been re-arranged, with new cards, in fresh cabinets.

329 pennies of Henry II. have been catalogued.

3,614 coins, being a portion of the great find at Eccles, near Manchester, have been
minutely examined.

197 Oriental coins of the South of India have been prepared for registration.

678 miscellaneous Oriental coins have been catalogued.

550 Oriental coins of Ortokite and Atébeg Princes have been minutely examined.

240 descriptive cards have been written for the Ottoman series of coins.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The following table shows the number and classification of the coins and medals pro-
eured during the year 1864 :—

Copper.}; Lead. | Glass.

Greek - - -
Roman - -
Medieval and Modern
English - -

Oriental - =

TOTAL = -

277.

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Of these acquisitions, the following have been presented to the Trustees :—

A Greek coin of Ptolemy I. From his Grace the late Duke of Northumberland, k.«.

30 Australian tokens, two forcign medals of George V., of Hanover, and Wilhelm of
Brunswick and Luneburg, an English medal of the Infant Orphan Asylum at Wanstead,
and five French medals of Louis Philippe and Napoleon III. respectively. From the Right
Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen.

295 Imperial Roman gold coins, of which 94 are unique or unpublished, and which are
valued at not less than 3,200/. From Edward Wigan, Esq.
ah medal of Mrs. Hay.. From the Rev. Dr. Wellesley, Principal of New Inn Hall,

xford.

Five very rare coins of the tenth century, found in the Canton Grisons. From J. F. W.
De Salis, Esq.

A two cents piece for 1864. From the Mint of the United States.

22 copper tokens of Canada, Nova Scotia, &c. From the Hon. W. H. Pope, of Prince
Edward’s Island.

An English medal vf Queen Anne. From Professor Van der Chijs, of Leyden.

A medal of Galileo. From the Prefect of Pisa.

A medal of the Tercentenary of Shakspeare. lrom Messrs. Hunt and Roskell.

A 20 kopek piece of the Empress Catherine IT. of Russia. From G. Eastwood, Esq.

A medal of Queen Anne, four English tokens of the 17th Century, and a counter of Sir
John Fortescue. From A. W. Franks, Esq.

An uncertain Greek coin, probably struck in Judea, and bearing the name of Salvidienus.
From John Evans, Esq.

217 coins, chiefly of the South American Republics, of which 65 are gold, and many
very rare. From the Hon. Robert Marsham.

Three medals, in bronze, of the Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, Canada, of the Hartley
Colliery Explosion, and Caswasjee Byranjee. From Joseph Wyon, Esq.

Two medals, one in bronze and the other in white metal, of the British Museum Volunteer
Corps. From Mr, Taylor.

The following coins may be specified as remarkable additions to the Cabinets in the
Museum :—

In the Greek series: several rare coins of the Ptolemies, and many very rare coins of the -
Roman Emperors, struck at Alexandria, some of which are of the highest interest, particu-
larly those of Pertinax, Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caraca!la, Geta, Diadumenianus,
and of the three wives of Elagabalus. Owing to these additions, the Egyptian series of
the British Museum is now the most complete that has ever been formed.

Tn the Roman series: among purchases may Le mentioned a very fine gold coin of Probus ;
two interesting specimens of the Severus family, one with the heads of Dumna, Severus, and
Caracalla, the other with those of Geta, Severus, and Caracalla; several lesionary coins of
Severus, which are extremely rare; a small brass coin of Victorinus of the Consecration
type; and a very rare coin of Domitianus, called commonly Alexander Domitianus, struck
at Alexandria.

Among the donations, the following may be noticed as part of the magnificent gift of
Edward Wigan, Esq.: unique coins of the Antestia family, of Domitianus Ahenobarbus, of
the Rustia family, and of Brutus ; an extremely rare coin of Agrippa and Augustus; a mag-
nificent coin of Augustus, with the head crowned with olive; a Caius Cesar and an Albinus
of the highest rarity ; the finest known specimen of Barbia Orbiana; a most remarkable
Postumus full-faced ; a Carausius, two of Allectus, and a quinarius of Galerius Maximinus ;
all of extreme rarity. In this noble gift, there were no less than 223 gold coins, hitherto
unrepresented in the Museum Cabinets.

In the Medieval and Modern Series may be mentioned some valuable presents from the
Honourable Robert Marsham: an octagonal gold piece of fifty dollars, struck at San
Francisco in California in 1852; a large round gold coin of fifty dollars, struck at San
Francisco in 1855; three gold coins of twenty dollars, and two of five dollars, struck by
the Mormons at Salt Lake ; three onzas de oro, struck for Mexico; sixteen pesos de oro,
struck for Guatemala, and four onzas de oro, struck for Bolivia.

W.S. W. Vauz.

DEPARTMENTS oF Naturau History.

The additions to the Departments of Natura] History, 12,973 in number, have been
received in the year 1864 under the same conditions of restricted space as have been stated
in “ Annual Reports” from the year 1857 to 1864, inclusive, and have consequeptly com-
pelled the application of the time and work of the staff in a proportionate degree to the
labours of safe stowage and conservation of the specimens, with the view to their fitness for
exhibition and scientific applications when the required space may be obtained.

The stuffed specimens of the class Mammalia have been kept in a state of preservation,

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without, for the most part, other deterioration than is inevitable in regard to the proportion
of the exhibited specimens for which there is not accommodation in the glazed cabinets.

Specimens in which such deterioration has reached a certain degree have been removed,
and replaced by new or better examples of the same species.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia im store are in such state of preservation as to
subserve the purposes of scientific examination and comparison, and most of them are ina
state fit for future preparation and exhibition.

The proportion of the collection of Bird skins and skeictons mounted and exhibited in
systematic order is ina good state of preservation. Some of the cabinets are now more
crowded than is consistent with the desirable facility of comparison and study, or with
easy access to the specimens.

The remainder of the collection of bird skins, unmounted, in storage, preserved in boxes
and cupboards in the basement vaults, are in a state of preservation, available for the pur-
poses of study of characters and of comparison, but, in a certain proportion, not easily

-accessible for such uses.

The proportion of the collection of Reptiles and Fishes preserved and displayed is in a
good state of preservation and of instructive arrangement. The greater proportion of this
Collection, including the bulk of the specimens of Fishes, is stored in the basement, in a
space now so crowded as to oppose great obstruction to their scientific study and com-
parison. Such stored.specimens are preserved in alcohol, and their locality occasions rapid
evaporation and deterioration of the preserving liquor. The preservation of the specimens
under these circumstances is cestly.

The arranged and exhibited series of the Shells of the Molluscous animals is in a good
state of preservation, well placed, displayed and labelled for instruction and reference.
This series includes a large proportion of the Conchology. The classes, orders, and families
of Shell-less Mollusca are preserved in spirits and stored in the basement vaults, on shelves,
now so crowded that access to any, not in the front row, is difficult or hazardous, and the
scientific utility of this part of the collection continues to be gravely restricted.

The small proportion of the class Insecta publicly displayed is in a good state of preser-
vation, and instructively arranged and labelled. The very large proportion of the class in
the Basement Entomological Store Room is in a good state of preservation, and so arranged

‘in drawers, as to he accessible for study and comparison.

A large proportion of the class Echinodermata is now exhibited and systematically
arranged. All the specimens of this class are in a state of preservation.

The corals and other Radiata, in the public Gallery, occupy small detached glazed cases
in such spaces as can, with least incouvenience, be taken from the gangways of the
Mammalian Saloon. The instructiveness of this part of the Zoological Collection is
affected by the want of an appropriate gallery, such as that which allows of the arrangement
of the Molluscous Shells in the order of their progressive affinities.

The collection of the Osteological specimeus, human and comparative, is in a state of
preservation. The additions to this series have been unavoidably numerous, and, in the
restricted space which can be afforded to the Collection in the basement, render more
difficult the access to the specimens ; the present conditiens of their stowage cause great
obstacles to application in the comparison of fossil and recent bones. All the specimens
are preserved in a state fit for future articulation and arrangement, when a Gallery for their
exhibition way be provided.

The exhibited series of Nests and Nidamental structures, and of the British Natural
History, are severally in a good state of preservation. Present conditions of space necessitate
the display of the extensive series of horns and antlers apart from the stuffed specimens
and skeletons of the species to which they belong or are allied.

The spaces respectively allotted to such proportions of each class of the Zoology as can be
shown to the public, are now so filled, or crowded, that the addition thereto of a specimen,
the rarity or other quality of which may enforce its claim to exhibition, involves the removal
of another specimen, and usually of more or less re-arrangement of the exhibited series.

The proportion of the series of the fossil remains which is exhibited is instructively
arranged, and labelled, and in most instances of easy access for scientific examination and
comparison. The proportion of the fossil series kept in store is partly arranged in glazed
cabinets in a recess to which the public have not access, partly in drawers; but for the
most part easily available to the student and scientific visitor. All the fossil specimens,
exhibited and in store, are in a good state of preservation.

A large proportion of the series of Mineralogy is exhibited under conditions of arrange-
ment, with illustrative modeis and indices, and with generic and specific labelling, greatly
facilitating its instructive study and scientific applications. For full fruition and completely
carrying out of the latter there are only wanting the Mineralogist’s Laboratory and Gonio-
metrical Room. All the specimens of Minerals displayed and in store, are in a perfect
state of preservation.

A geographical group of animals—those of the Holy Land, most interesting to a large
class of public visitors as weil as Biblical students, and the absence of any specimens of
which had been much felt—began to be supplied by the Collection of Fishes from the Lake
or Sea of Galilee, presented by Mr. Beddome, and noticed in the Annual Report for 1863.
In the past year Scriptural Zoology has been further exemplified by animals of other
classes, collected in Syria and Judza, and presented by the Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.a.

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The “ arneveth which cheweth the cud, and divideth not the hoof,” rendered “ hare ” in
our version of Deuteronomy xiv. 7, and Leviticus xi. 6, is represented in this collection
by the Lepus Syriacus. The ‘“ shaphdn which make their houses in the rocks,” rendered
“coney”’ in Proverbs xxx. 26, Psalm civ. 18, and elsewhere, is exemplified by the
Hyrax Syriacus. Tie “ Achbar,” rendered “ mouse” in Leviticus xi. 29, may refer to
the species of Arvicola, or Gerbillus, or Acomys, as well as Mus, in Mr. Tristram’s Collec-
tion. The specimens of Jbex and Gazella are probably the species alluded to under the
names “ ¢zaphir,” Daniel viii. 21; ‘‘ Yehel,”’ Job xxxix. 1, and “ ez,” Genesis xv. 9, and ren-
dered “ chamois” in Deuteronomy xiv. 5, and elsewhere. Of the “ hdtalleph,” rendered
“bats” in Deuteronomy xiv. 18, and Isaiah ii. 20, the collection includes species of
Rhinopoma, Rhinolophus, Noctulinia, V espertilio, and Plecotus. 1 contains also a specimen
of Syrian badger, although it is doubi/ul whether the ‘‘ tachash”’ is rightly so rendered in
Exodus and Numbers. The “dugong” (Halichore Hemprichii, of the Red Sea), which
more probably supplied the covering of the Tabernacle, is still a desideratum. The species
of Genetta, Herpestes, and other small Carnivores brought from Palestine by Mr. Tristram,
are indicated by the term ‘‘ Hholed” or “ Chéled” in the Hebrew Scriptures, usually rendered
“‘weasel” in the authorised version, Leviticus xi. 29. The “tanshemeth” or ‘‘ moie”’
may have referred to the species of Spalax in the present Collection, in which there is no
true Talpa. The specimens of 7estudo Greca, and of Emys Caspica, which Mr. Tristram
has shown to range to the Holy Land, exemplify the forms to which reference is made by
the Hebrew “ tzav,” or “ tsab,” rendered ‘tortoise after his kind,” in Leviticus xi. 29.
The brief notices of the serpents in the Old Testament preclude a determination of their
species; but the .number of these, including three or more poisonous kinds, collected in
Palestine by Mr. Tristram, accords with the references to such by diverse names, as e. g.,
“nahash,” and “ shephiphon,” respectively rendered “serpent” and “ adder,” in Genesis
xlix. 17; the poison of the “ nachdsh” and “ pethen,” rendered “ serpent’ and “ adder” in
Psalm lviii. 4; the species ‘which stingeth like an adder,” “epheh” and ‘‘ tzepha,”
Proverbs xxiii. 32; the serpent whose bite inflames, “ saraph,” rendered “ fiery serpent ”
in Numbers xxi. 8.

In acknowledging the valuable materials above briefly exemplified, which Mr. Tristram
has contributed to the Museum, in behalf of the students of Biblical Zoology, it is to be
remarked that much remains to be done, by collections in Syria and Palestine of animals of
different classes, in order to supply the deficiency in the Zoological Depaitment to which
the attention of travellers was requested in the Annual Report of 1862.

Other noteworthy additions to the Zoological series are specified in the report from that
department.

Amongst the additions to the Department of Geology the most interesting in relation to
questions as to the antiquity of man, and the cranial and dental characters of primitive
races, are the partly petrified remains of the men who inhabited the Limestone Caverns of
the South of France at the period when chamois, bouquetin, wild horse, reindeer, the great
extinct ox, &c., existed, and especially the reindeer, abouaded, in that part of Europe; and at
a period when the use of metals being unknown, the primitive implements were chipped flints,
by means of which diverse weapons and instruments, including needles, were manufactured
from the bones and antlers of the beasts captured and killed for food. On some of those bone
instruments the reindeer and horse had been delineated in outline, with much truth and
spirit, and these are probably among the earliest examples of the graphic art. The value
of this series of human remains, discovered at Bruniquel by the Vicomte de Lastic in 1863,
depends upon the care and accuracy with which every material fact as to ‘ matrx,”
“position,” “ chemical condition,” &c., of the crania was ascertained, on which a conclusion
as to their contemporaneity with the remains of the extinct animals could be satisfactorily
arrived at. ‘Tothis end the cavern was visited by the reporter in January aud February 1864 ;
the human remains were inspected, and others were then exposed zz sti%, and one almost
entire cranium was removed and transferred to the British Museum, with the large mass of
breccia, detached at a depth of four feet from the stalagmitic floor of tiie cavern, and
exhibiting, with other human remains and numerous implements, conditions of imbedding
identical with those of the bones and teeth of the Cervus tarandus and Bos primigenius.

Whilst these evidences expand our knowledge of the relations of the human species with
quadrupeds locally or absolutely extinct, others have been received indicative of the con-
tinuance of species now extinct to a more recent period than we had previously evidence
of. Among such specimens are the valuable donations by the Hon. William Owen Stanley,
noticed in the Report from the Geological Department. The jaws and teeth of the Northern
Elephant (Elephas primigenius) were discovered, with remains of red deer, stumps of large
trees, hazel-nuts and alder-berries, in a bed of compact peat, about three feet thick, covered by
a deposit of blue clay of varying thickness, overlaid by a sandy deposit with shells of existing
and neighbouring marine species, all cut through in excavating the harbour at Holyhead.

But, amongst the evidences of past animal existence, perhaps the oldest, geologically,
are of highest interest. The Museum has been enriched by donation from the Directors of
the Geological Survey of Canada, with fossils of crustaceous and testaceous rank from the
Cambrian or Lower Silurian shales ; and. more especially with a beautifully etched section
of the still Lower Laurentian Marble, exhibiting evidences of the protozoal foraminiferous
organism called Lozoun Canadense, which, at the present phase of Geological science, is the
most ancient, fossil organism known.

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The unique and beautiful specimen of Solaster Moretonis, presented by the Earl Ducie,
F.R.s., being the type of the species described by Professor Edward Forbes, is one of that
class of donations meriting special acknowledgment.

Of the total number of additions, 12,973, to the Departments of Natural History, 7,688
are registered in the Department of Zoology, 4,651 in the Department of Geology, and 634
in the Department of Mineralogy.

In conclusion, it has to be remarked that the present space allotted to the Natural
History collections restricts the labours of the staff, in regard to a large proportion of the
specimens, to the business of conservation: whereas the purpose of the collections 1s to be
instructively exhibited, or arranged under conditions of light and access facilitating scientific
scrutiny and comparison. , sf:

Not only the Birds, the Shells, and the Minerals should be shown in serial sequence, but.
every other class of Natural History: nor ought the buik of the specimens, io certain of
these, to be a bar to such display; for it is only in a National or British Museum in
which adequate space for such means of advancing Natural Science can be afforded or

d.
expecte Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT oF ZOOLOGY.

Durineé the past year, 7,688 specimens of animals of different classes have been added
to the several parts of the Zoological Collection ; namely,—

Vertebrate Animals - - - - - - ‘8,462
Molluscous and Radiated Animals - - - - 1,350
Annulose Animals - ~ - - - - - 2,876

TOTAL - - - 17,688

Each of these additions to the collection has been regularly marked with the date and
number, and has been described in the manuscript register of Accessions, with a notice
of the locality where it was found, and the manner in which it was acquired. These
particulars give the history of each specimen for future use, and add greatly to its value.

The more important specimens which have been received during the year have been
inserted in their proper systematic places in the collections which are exhibited to the
public; the specimens in these collections which have become deteriorated by exposure
and dust have been removed and replaced, and the specimens exhivited have in many
cases been re-arranged, to keep the collection on a level with the progress of the science of
Zoology, and thus afford the means of studying it in the most efficient manner.

The labels that had become antiquated, or injured by exposure, have been verified or
restored.

Several animals, or groups of animals, that are especially interesting to the public on
account of peculiarities in their structure or their habits, have been placed in isolated cases
upon the glass cases in the public rooms, so that they may be better exhibited.

Various parts of the Entomological Collection, and of the collection of objects which are
kept unstuffed for moie easv study, have been re-arranged, as the additions that have been
made to them have rendered such a proceeding necessary or desirable. —

The scientific students and artists who make use of the collection, and especially those
who come to prepare and illustrate works, have been attended to and assisted.

A large proportion of the specimens that have been in the Museum for vears, and some of
those acquired during the past year, have been described by various zooioxists of this country
‘and abroad, and by the officers of the Museum, which renders them of more importance,
as they become the typical specimens which future naturalists must consult when they
desire to see the authentic specimen from which the species has been di scribed.

The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1864 :—

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries, by T. V. Wollastcn, F.t.s.
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera, Parts 29 and 30, by Francis Walker, F.1.s.
Catalogue of Fishes, Vol. V., by Dr. Gunther.

The illustrations for several scientific and popular works have been made from the speci-
mens in the Museum. ;

Mammalia :—307 Mammalia have been added to the collection; the following may be
especially mentioned.
Perhaps the most important accession in a physiological point of view is the receipt of

a male, a female with rudimentary pouch, and a very young porcupine ant-eater (Echidna)
4n spirits ; presented by Dr. Miller of Melbourne, Australia.

A collection of the Mammalia of the Holy Land, collected by the Rev. Mr. Tristram,
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and specially interesting as showing the animals mentioned in Scripture, and as adding to.
our knowledge of the geographical distribution of many species not before known.

A large series of skulls of the different races of Negroes that are brought. to the coast
near the mouth of the Gaboon, and skins and skeletons of the Gorilla, Chimpanzee, and
the African Sea Cow, or Manatee, have been received from M. Du Chaillu.

The nest of the nest-building Chimpanzee, and remains of other Mammalia, transmitted.
from the Gaboon by M. Du Chaillu, have been presented by John Murray, Esq.

Dr. Kirk has presented a series of Mammalia from the Zambesi River, including a
Galago, and some Bats and an Antelope, that are new to science and to the collection,

The Rev. O. P. Cambridge, of Blandford, has presented some species of Bats.

Birds :—520 specimens of Birds have been added to the collection.

The most remarkable and interesting (on account of the belief that the bird has
lately become extinct) is a mummy specimen of the Great Auk (Alca impennis), which
was found pressed flat with the flesh converted into adipocire, on an island to the north--
ward of Newloundland, several feet below the surface, in a deposit of ‘ frozen guano,”
With the exception of the extremities of the toes, this example is perfect in every respect,
even to the pen-feathers on the wing; the beak is as perfect as the day the bird died. It
was sent to Mr. Matthew Jones, and presented to the Musenm by the Bishop of New-
foundland, who also procured the specimen that was previously sent to Mr. Alfred Newton,
the skeleton of which has been described by Professor Owen in the Transactions of the
Zoological Socicty.

A specimen of the rare genus of Pigeons named Didunculus, which is supposed to be the
nearest ally to the Dodo, from the Navigator’s Islands, sent to the Zoological Society by
Dr. George Bennett, r.u.s. This bird is apparently becoming extinct.

Some specimens of birds from Eastern Africa, including two new species described by
Dr. Sclater, presented by J. Dickenson, Esq.

A specimen of Porzana, from Newport, presented by the Rev. A. Morgan.

Reptiles :—The additions to the class of Reptiles are 847 in number; all the specimens:
are preserved in spirits. The following collections may be specially noticed.

A large collection from Bandjermassing (Borneo), presented by L. L. Dillwyn, Esq.,
M.P., containing many species which were formerly desiderata.

Three collections from Angola, made and presented by Dr. F. Welwitsch, J. J. Monteiro,
Esq., and M. Barboza de Bocage, containing several forms of Ophidians and Batrachians,
new to science. These collections, although small, were the more valuable as that province
of Western Africa is herpetologically almost unknown.

A very fine collection of the Reptiles of Palestine, formed by the Rev. H. B. Tristram,
contained such an unexpected variety of forms (one of which proved to be a new genus of
snakes) that the British Museum now possesses the most complete materials for the study
of this part of the Fauna of the Holy Land.

The typical specimens of the species of burrowing Snakes, described by Captain Bed--
dome, from Ootacamund, Madras Presidency.

Several collections of most valuable specimens of rare Australian Reptiles, presented by
Gerard Krefft, Esq., Curator of the Australian Museum at Sydney.

A collection of Reptiles and Fish from Egypt, presented by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge.

Fishes :—The additions to the class of Fishes are 1,706 in number; most of the specimens
are preserved jn spirits, only a small proportion being dried skins; they have been received
from sources so numerous that only the most important can be mentioned here.

A very extensive collection formed by a collector on the Essequibo River, whence since
the time of Schomburgk’s travels (whose Zoological collections were for the greater part
lost) no specimen had been received. Many of the species were desiderata in the National
Collection, and others were quite new.

A collection of the Fishes of the Bosphorus, made by Dr. Millingen of Constantinople..
No specimens from that sea were previously in the British Museum.

A complete set of the Fishes of the Holy Land, formed by the Rev. H. B. Tristram, has
been secured. Several of the species are new to science, whilst others assist in the deter--
mination of forms described during, and not se-discovered since, the Linnean period.

Very valuable additions to the collection of British Fishes have been made by presents
from his Grace the Duke of Roxburgh, the Ear] of Enniskiilen, Sir Philip de Malpas Grey
Egerton, Bart, m. p., the Rev. Chancellor Augustus Morgan, William Peel, Esq., and others.

It has been found necessary to complete the collection of British Salmonoids by series of
examples, preserved in. spirits, from various localities, as skins alone are perfectly
inadequate to furnish characters for an original description, or to assist in the study of this
important group of fishes, the knowledge of which is at present very imperfect.

A Male Salmon from the Tay, 46 lbs. weight, one of the finest specimens ever brought to
the London market.

_ Two collections of Bavarian Fishes, formed by Dr. Gemminger and Dr. von Siebold, illus--
trative of the species described by the latter gentleman.
_A collection of Fishes from Lapland, formed by Mr. Wheelwright.

A second collection of typical specimens of the Pharyngognathous species described by
Dr. P. Bleeker. This collection renders our series of that. part of the class of fish the
most complete of all intne Natural History Museums.

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A collection of Fishes from Zanzibar, partly dried, partly in spirits, presented by Lieut.-
Colonel Playfair, H. M. Consul at Zanzibar.

A collection of Fishes from the Cape de Verde Islands, presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe,
contained several new species.

The typical specimens of some new genera of deep sea Fishes from Madeira, discovered
and presented by J. Y. Johnson, Esq. :

Several collections of Fishes from Central America, made and presented by Captain
Dow, c.M.zZ.s.

Several smaller collections of Australian Fishes were presented by G. Krefft, Esq., as
illustrative of the species described by him.

Large specimens of a Salmonoid from Dalmatia, presented by G. Lenox Conyngham, Esq.

After the very large addition made to the collection of Insects last year, including, as it
did, the munificent donation of Mr. John Bowring, the addition of only 2,800 and odd
specimens may appear to be a great falling off; but such acquisitions are not to be expected
yearly, or even more than once in a lifetime. Amongst the above specimens, however,
are included many very interesting additions to the collection, especially a series of large
Beetles from Central Africa.

During the past year the Insects belonging to the families Cetontade, Buprestide, and the
straight-horned Curculionide have been re-arranged, incorporating with the collection pre-
viously in the Museum those portions of the Bowring Collection which were particularly
rich in these families, not only on acvount of the number of species, but because a large
proportion of them were type specimens from which many species had been described and
figured. ‘

“ce families of Diurnal Lepidoptera have also been re-arranged, to insert in their
proper places the additions made since the last arrangement, and to revive the nomenclature.

Eleven hundred and six specimens of Mollusca and Radiata have been added to the collec-
tion durivg the past year. Among them may be specially mentioned—

A very interesting small collection of Shells made by Dr. Kirk during the Zambesi Expe-
dition, from Eastern Africa, Lake Nyopa, &c., containing several new and rare species from
countries seldom visited by Europeans.

Several rare and valuable Shells have been purchased at different times, as specimens of
the rare genus Mulleria from Bogota, the Oleacina priamus, a rare Iusus (F. nobilis), &c.

Collections of Pteropods and Pelagic Shells have been presented by Captain Baxter of
the ship “ Blenheim,” and Captain Jones ; several of them rare and good additions to our
collection.

A collection of British Shells, the produce, in part, of Mr. J. G. Jeffrey’s dredging off the
Shetland Islands, consisting of several fine specimens, and some new additions to the species
in our collection. A

A small collection of Shells from Trinidad, the type specimens of a series described by
Mr. Guppy of that island, and presented by him.

Several smaller collections of Shells have been received; such as a collection made by the
late Captain Speke in East Africa, Lake Victoria, Nyanza, illustrative of his journey to discover
the source of the Nile; part of a collection of Shells to be presented by the Smithsonian
Institution; a collection of Shells from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, &c.

A fine specimen illustrative of a new genus of Echinoderms has been presented by the
Trustees of the Free Museum, Liverpool.

Several additions have been made to our collection of Annelides, amongst them several
specimens of the new Chetopterus from the Menai Straits, and several undescribed species
from the Frith of Clyde and from the Shetland Islands.

John Edward Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Of the additions to this department the following are the most important :—

Vertebrate Classes.—A very extensive Collection of Mammalian Remains, accompanied
by skulls and other parts of the skeletons of human beings, togetlter with flint and bone
implements, from the Cavern of Bruniquel, in the South of France; procured by purchase
from the Vicomte de Lastic. Among the Mammalian Remains are characteristic parts of the
Red Deer, Reindeer, Ox, a species of Chamois, a species of Ibex, the Horse, Wolf, Fox, and
Hare. The collection also contains some Bird Remains.

A nearly perfect skull, with the tusks (of about nine feet in length), of the Mammoth
oe primigenius) ; from the brick-clay of Ilford, inEssex. Presented by William Hill,

s

Teeth and parts of the skeleton of Hippopotamus major, and Bos primigenius, from the
Tagen pa deposits at Moulsham, near Chelmsford, Essex. Presented by William

oper, Esq.

Remains of Sus scrofa, from Lough Gur, Limerick. Presented by W. F. De Salis,
Esq., F.G.S.

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Lower jaw of Elephas primigentus, with remains of Bos longifrons, Bos primigenius,
Horse, Reindeer, and lower jaw of the Bottle-nose Whale (Hyperoddon); all found in the
neighbourhood of London. Presented by the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Board
of Works.

A fine lower jaw, with four molars in sité, of Elephas primigenius, and antlers of Cervus
Elaphus, from the excavations in Holyhead Harbour. Presented by the Hon. William
Owen Stanley, M.P., F.G.S.

_ A lower jaw of the Red Deer, from 40 feet beneath the surface of a shoal off Nettlestone
Point, Isle of Wight. Presented by Thomas Harris, Esq., Engineer.

A fine series of remains of Marsupial Animals, including a portion of the upper jaw, an
entire pelvis, tibia, and other bones of Diprotodon Australis, and portions of the skeleton
of Macropus and Phascolomys, from fluviatile deposits, Darling Downs, Queensland, Aus-
tralia; together with remains of Dinornis, from New Zealand. Presented by Sir Daniel
Cooper, Bart.

Skull and lower jaw of Canis speleus, from Bernberg.

Antilope brevicornis, from Pikermi, near Athens.

Palatal portion of the upper jaw, with two molar teeth in sité, of Elephas antiquus, from
the Pleistocene clay at Peckham, and an ulna and radius and other bones of Elephas primi-
genius, from Ilford.

A skull of the rare species of extinct Ox (Bos frontosus), from the gravel-bed at Vaux-
hall; a portion of a skull of Bos primigenius, and various parts of the skeleton of the same
species, from Ilford.

A nearly perfect skeleton,*of about 12 feet in length, of a new species of Plesiosaurus,
from the Lower Lias of Charmouth, This very interesting addition to the Reptilian Class
has received the name Plesiosaurus rostratus from Professor Owen.

A series of Reptilian Remains from the Coal Measures near Airdrie.

An entire lower jaw of Belodon Kapffi, with many detached bones of the skeleton of the
same species ; also a right ramus ofthe lower jaw of Belodon Plieningeri ; a probably unique
specimen of Teratosaurus suevicus, described and figured by H. von Meyer in the
Palzontographica; and remains ofa rare Chelonian reptile ( Chelytherium obscurum, v. M.),
from the Upper Keuper sandstone of Stuttgardt. These were purchased of Dr. Kapiti,
together with a fine series of bones of Nothosaurus and Simosaurus from the Trias (Let-
tenkohle) deposits of Hoheneck, Wurtemberg.

A slab containing impressions of Batrachoides nidificans, from the New Red Sandstone of
Massachusetts.

A specimen of Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris, with portions of the dermal covering attached,
from the Lias at Barrow-on-Soar.

Specimens of Pleuratanthus, Paleoniscus, and Acanthodes, from the Coal Measures of
Germany. Presented by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, k.c. B.

Some new genera and species of Fossil Fishes, including Parerus incurvus, Euthacanthus
McNicoli, Ischnacanthus gracilis, and others, from the Old Red Sandstone of Forfarshire.
Presented by James Powrie, Esq., F.c.s.

Remains of Cephalaspis and Pteraspis, from the Old Red Sandstone, Heightinton,
Salop.

Several slabs, containing teeth, cephalic and dorsal spines, and showing the shagreen
structure of the skin, of several species of Hybodus; fine examples of Eugnathus, Pholido-
phorus, Lepidotus fimbriatus, Conodus Chirotes, Chondrosteus, Dapedius, and Aichmodus, from
the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis and Charmouth.

A nearly entire specimen of a new genus of Fishes, allied to Dercetis (Plinthophorus
robustus, Giinther), from the Lower Chalk, Dover.

Various Fish Remains from the Trias of Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Fine specimens of Celacanthus Hassie, Strophodus arcuatus, Dictea striata, Acrolepis,
and Pygopterus, from the copper slates of Richelsdorf.

A fine series of the palatal teeth of Ceratodus, from the Trias of Hoheneck, and of
Semionotus Kapffi, and 8. Bergeri, from the Upper Keuper Sandstone of Stuttgardt.

Invertebrate Classes.—Seven casts of remains of new species of gigantic Crustaceans,
from the Old Red Sandstone of Forfarshire. Presented by James Powrie, Esq., F.e.s.
(Described by Mr. Henry Woodward at the meeting of the British Association, Bath,
1864.)

Cast of a new and remarkable Cystidean (Comarocystites punctatus), from the Lower
Silurian, Canada. Presented by Dr. J. A. Grant, Ottawa City.

Five Fossil Plants from the Coal Measures of Germany. Presented by Sir Roderick
Impey Murchison, x. c,B.

A slab from the Carboniferous Limestone of Dunbar, covered with Spirifers, and plates and
spines of a Cidaris. Presented by David Robertson, Esq.

Shells from the basement bed of the London Clay, Bickley, Kent. Presented by
C. J. A. Meyer, Esq.

Slab from the Mountain Limestone, containing a section of a very large and perfect
specimen of Actinoceras, from the Newbery marble quarries, The Peak, Derbyshire.
Presented by Francis Wright, Esq.

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Two very perfect examples of Lobocarcinus Paulino-Wurtembergensis, from the Nummu-
litic Limestone near Cairo. Presented by Mrs. Bowie.

Land and Fresh-water Shells, from Kuardo, Kashmir, Presented by R. Godwin-Austen,
Esq., F.G.S.

‘Nautilus zic-zac, from the Miocene of Malta, and Skulls from Nubia. Presented by Dr.
A. Leith Adams, r.a.s., 22d Regiment.

A very fine slab of Lower Silurian Shale, from Lake Huron, covered with Trilobites, also
a section of Lower Laurentian Rock, exhibiting the remains of Eozodn Canadense, the
oldest organism known. Presented by Sir W. E. Logan, F.r.s., ¢.c.s., Director of the
Canadian Survey.

The type specimen of Actinocrinus brevicalix, from the Mountain Limestone, Clitheroe.
Presented by Jobn Rofe, Esq., F.G.s.

The type specimen of Solaster Moretonis, from the Great Oolite, Windrush Quarry.
Presented by the Earl of Ducie, F.R.s., F.G.S.

A series of specimens of Middle Lias Corals, from Cherrington, Warwickshire. Presented
by the Rev. P. B. Brodie, F.a.s.

Turrilites tuberculatus, Nautilus Saxbyi, and a fine series of other Testacea, from the
Hard Chalk of Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

Two series of Cephalopoda, from the Lias of Lyme Regis, including Belemnites with
cone, ink-bag, and hooks, associated together ; specimens of the new genus of Fossil Cuttle-
fishes, Xiphoteuthis Bechei; examples of Ammoniies stellaris, A. fimbriatus, A. margaritatus,
and 11 other species.

A small series of Shells from Piedmont, and 11 species from the Mivcene of Bordeaux.

Uncites gryphus, from the Upper Devonian of Ebelsdorf, and three species of Pentumerus,
from the Upper Silurian of Gotland.

Specimens of Ammonites sublaevis, A. Goweri, A. Koenigi, from the Keiloway Rock,
Wiltshire.

30 Shells from the London Clay of Dulwich.

A large Hamite, and a series of other Gault Fossils, from Folkestone.

The type specimen of Lingula squamiformis, figured by Davidson, from the Carboni-
ferous Strata of Ireland.

Ammonites Layeri, A. Simony?, and A. Haidingeri, from the Trias of Styria.

22 Shells from the Upper Greensand, Warminster.

Specimens of Goniatites Listeri, Anthracosia robusta, Lingula, and Bellerophon, from the
Coal Measures, Burnley, Lancashire.

A colleetion of Thanet Sand Shells, Herne Bay.

A series of Cretaceous Shells, from Algoa Bay, South Africa.

40 Cretaceous Shells, from Teruel, Spain.

A fine example of Hoploparia Sarbyi, from Ventnor, Isle of Wight; and of Necrocarcinus
Woodwardi, from the Grey Chalk of the same locality.

An entire specimen of Homalonotus delphino cephulus, from the Wenlock Limestone,
Dudley.

Beinaine of Paradoxides Davidis, and other Trilobites, from the lowest Silurian Rocks of
St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire.

A large Asaphus, from the Slate Quarries, Angers.

Specimens of Spherexochus, and Phacops, from the Wenlock Shale, Dudley.

: Several well-preserved examples of Hoploparia longimana, trom the Gieensand of Lyme
egis.

Specimens of Scapheus ancylochelis, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Two Crustacea from the Coai of Airdrie.

Slab with Asaphus Canadensis, Collingwood, Canada West.

A series of Lingula-fleg, Trilobites, from Wales.

Calymene Blumenbachit, from Gotland.

Enoploclytia Sussexiensis, from the Chalk of Burham.

Five Gault Crustacea, from Folkestone.

Ziglina, Phacops and Dindymene, from the Skiddaw Slates, and Coniston Limestone.

A series of remains of Pterygotus Anglicus, from the Oid Red Sandstone, Forfarshire
and supposed eggs of Crustacea ( Parka decipiens) from the same locality.

Exryon antiquus, and new species of Glyph@a and Atger, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Specimens of Echino-encrinus armatus, Periechocrinus moniliformis, and Cyathocrinus
arthrilicus, from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley.

A specimen of the rare Oreaster bulbifrons, also of Goniodiscus Iunteri and six other Star-
fishes, and of Diadema, Goniaster, a Bourgetocrinus and other Radiata, from the Upper
Chalk, Bromley, Kent.

A series of Devonian Starfishes, and Crinoids, from Birkenfeld.

A slab of lias with Pentacrini.

Two series of Fossil Corals and Sponges from the Upper Greensand of Warminster.

Corals from the Oolite, Wenlock Limestone, and Devonian formations.

Base and portion of the stem of a very beautiful Calamite from the Coal Measures,
Lancashire.

A collection of upwards of 50 Plants, from the Inferior Oolite, and Lias of Bayreuth, and
the Devonian, of Silesia.

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Four Fossil Plants, from the Coal Measures of Airdrie.
Section of Palm-wood, Seeds of Plants, &c., from Brook, Isle of Wight.

During the past year four thousand six hundred and fifty-one specimens have been
submitted to examination, labelled, and entered in the Inventory, viz. :—

Plants - - - - - eee = Zs = 204
Radiata - - - - - - - = 4 = 408
Testacea ss - - - - - < = = “ - 2652
Articulata - - - - See Ss Ls
Vertebrata - - - : - - - hea = 979

4,651

By an alteration in the disposition of the Table-cases in Room V. space has been acquired
for an extra Table, much wauted to display some recent additions to the Cephalopodous
Mollusca; and with this additional space, the whole of the exhibited Ammonites and
allied genera have been re-arranged, and now occupy seven ‘fable-cases in the Room
mentioned.

The series of seven Half-Table Cases on the North side of the Room devoted to small
Mammalian remains, Crinoids, Foraminifera, &c., have in part been re-aranged. The Corals
have been removed from Room VI., and re-arranged in Room V.,, and space has thus been
gained for the exhibition of a more extensive series of British Eocene Shells, a large number
of which have been mounted on tablets and displayed. In the same Room (VI.) an extra
Table of Foreign Tertiary Shells has been exhibited. The whole of the Foreign Miocene
Shells not exhibited to the public have been collected together, and arranged in 64 drawers
in this Room; and the greater portion of them has been named and registered. A series
of slabs containing Fossil Plants from Solenhofen has been exhibited for the first time in
Room I. A Jarge number of Crustacea and Radiata have also been arranged and
exhibited.

The fine new Plesiosaurus rostratus, already mentioned, has been mounted in a frame,
and exhibited on the North side of Room ITI.

Numerous additions have been made to the exhibited collection of Vertebrate Animal
remains, especially from the Solenhofen Collection, obtained from Dr. Haberlein, many of
the specimens of which have been developed by the mason, and mounted in frames.

The incorporation of these additional specimens has necessitated the partial re-arrange-
ment of the Cases. The Wall-cases in Room III., containing the Ruminant remains from

the Sewalik Hills, have been entirely re-arranged.

The specimens from the Cavern of Bruniquel have been arranged in the Wall-cases at
the West end of Room VI.

Geo, R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

In the Mineral Department the following work has been done during the past year.

The Crystallogiaphy of the collection has made progress, and the inscription of the
symbols on the crystalline planes of important species has been carried forward.

The numerous, and generally speaking very inferior Mineral specimens contained in
drawers in the basement have been carefully examined : the best have been selected, cleaned,
and, where they were not merely duplicates, have been arranged in their places in the
reserve drawers.

A new Wall-case has been placed in Room I., to correspond with that in which the
Aérolites (stony Meteorites) were arranged last year. In it the iron Meteorites have been
arranged. Several of these have been polished and etched to exhibit the crystalline
structure which constitutes one of their most important peculiarities.

The ends of two more Table-cases have been fitted with glazed compartments for the
exhibition of unusually large and otherwise remarkable specimens.

New Species-labels have been placed with the Minerals in the first 15 cases, and
labels inscribed with the localities have been affixed to the specimens in 66 of the drawers
containing reserve and duplicate minerals.

The arrangement of the two cases containing the pseudomorphs, begun last year, has also
been completed.

The Mineral Collection has received additions during the past year, amounting to 634 in
number, some of which are of a very choice character. These have been registered,
labelled, and incorporated in the collection.

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Among the more important of these acquisitions are the following :—

Presentations.—A fine mass of Graphite, Battugol, Irkutzk, Siberia, by M. Alibert.

Two specimens of Cinnabar, Arizona; by Major A. de Vecchi.

A hollow Enbydros of Calcedony, remarkable for its size, and for being almost entirely
filled bya fluid. It represents an amyxdaloidal cavity, from near Salto, Uruguay; by W. G.
Lettsom, Esq., H.M. Chargé d’Affaires at Monte Video,

A fragment of a new Aerolite from Chili, 1 oz. 406 grs., by M. Lutschauine.

Analcime on Clay Ironstone, Duingen, near Gottingen, presented by Professor
K. von Seebach.

Purchases.—Among the acquisitions by purchase the following may be especially
recorded :—

A fine mass of Meteoric lron, discovered at Obernkirchen, in Oldenburgh, weighing
120 lbs., described by Professor Woller, of Gottingen, through whose assistance it was
obtained for the Museum.

Excellent specimens of the very remarkable black carbonaceous Aerolite which fell near
Montauban, in Fiance, on May 14, 1864.

The total additions of new Meteorites to the now unique collection of these bodies in the
Museum has amounted during the last year to 13 falls, not before represented in the Col-
lection.

A crystal, by far the largest and most remarkable known, of Iceland Spar (Caicite),
twinned, and carrying a new plane, has been acquired by the department. Its weight is
about 3 cwt. Its erystallograply has been illustrated by the inscription of the symbols on
its planes, and it is now exhibited in the glazed front of Case 30.

A dish of green quartzose Avanturine from India,

From Cornwall several remaikable Minerals have been procured, through Mr. Talling,
of Losiwithiel. Among them are extremely beautiful specimens of Chalcotrichite and a
fine Chalybite; also, for Cornwall, very fine specimens of Argentite and native Silver.
Very large crystals of Fluor, with their angles modified, from the Menheniot Mines, and
three new minerals, forming a new group with Brochantite, have this year been also found
in Cornwall, viz., Langite, Waringtonite, and Devillite. The finest specimens yet raised
of these are in the Collection. Atacamite also occurs with them.

Among other purchases nay be mentioned :—

Native Gold, from Leadhills.

Native Gold in Galena, {rom Beresowsk.

Native Gold in quartz, from Break o’Day Gully, Bendigo Creek, Victoria.
Native Platinum, from Nijni-Tagilsk.

Native Sulphur, from near Senigaglia, Rome.

Crystal of Diamond, frem The Ovens Gold Field, Victoria.
Steinmannite, from Neudorf.

Argentite, in large cubes, from Himmelsfahrt Mine, near Freiberg.
Enargite, from Parad, Hungary.

A series of Silver Ores, from Chili.

Crystals, probably unique of a Bromo-iodide of Silver, from Copiapo.
Kenngoitite, from Felsobanya.

Proustite, from Charnarcillo.

Iodide of Lead, from Atacama.

Troostiie, a large Crystal, fron: New Jersey.

Phenakite, from Siberia.

Gadolinites, from Ytterby.

Crystals of light brown Tourmaline, from Carinthia.

Rubellite, from Mursinsk.

Lapis Lazuli, crystallised, from Lake Baikal.

Uwarowite, from Bissersk, Perm.

Alexandrite, from near Ekaterinburg.

Brochantite, from Nijni-Tagilsk.

Zircon, (Hyacinth).

Yellow Tourmaline, from Amity, New York.

Reddish brown Tourmaline, from Rossie, New York.

Edingtonite, from Kilpatrick, and specimens of Lanarkite, Leadhillite, and Matlockite.

Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

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DEPARTMENT OF Borany.

The principal business of the department during the year 1864 has consisted—

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of a large Collection
of Plants of New Holland, formed by Dr. Ferdinand Miller; of a Collection of Plants of
New Caledonia, formed by Mr. M‘Gillivray ; of extensive Collections of West African
Plants, formed by Perrottet, Le Prieur, Heudelot, and others; of Plants of Madagascar,
collected bv Forbes, Hiisenberg, and Boivin; of further portions of the American Her-
barium of the late Professor Nuttall, and of the Philippine Collection of Mr. Cuming; of
numerous specimens of Leguminose and Piperacee, from various quarters ; of Ceylon Ferns,
from Mr. Thwaites, Bornean Ferns, from Mr. Waliace, and Cuban Ferns, from Mr.
Charles Wright; of a continuation of M. Billot’s ‘ Flora Gallize et Germanie exsiccata ;”
of M. Rossmassler’s Collection of Spanish Plants; of the Oaks of M. Kotschy’s Eastern Col-
lection; of Anderson’s Scandinavian Willows, Schultz’s Hieracia and Wirtgen’s Menthe:

In the re-arrangement of the Families of Palme, Balanophoree, Menispermee, Aralia-
cea, Laurinee, Begoniacee, Aristolochiee, and of the Ferns with naked sori, with numerous
additions to each, and also of a portion of the Collections in the large outer room :

In the examination and partial arrangement of the extensive Collections of European
Plants lately received from Messrs. Bourgeau, Reichenbach, and Rabenhorst, of
M. Forcade’s Plants of the Pyrenees, of Zollinger’s Plants of Java, and of Ralph’s Plants
of New Zealand :

In the selection of an extensive set of Plants of Panama from the Collections of Mr.
Sutton Hayes, and of Californian Plants from the Herbarium of Mr. Gruber:

In the re-arrangement of the British Fungi, with large additions, and in adding to the
British Herbarium Mr. Woods’s Collection of Roses, an extensive series of Hieracia, and
numerous other critical plants from various localities, a large number of Cryptogamous
Plants {rom the Collections of Forster, Borrer, and Carrington, and of Phenogamous
Plants, presented by the Rev. W. W. Newbould:

And in the continued examination of the volumes of the Sloanean Herbarium.

The principal additions which have been made to the department during the same period
consist of —

Upwards of 2,000 specimens of Mosses, from various localities, chiefly British, forming
the Herbarium of Mr. A. O. Black.
450 species of British Fungi, from the Collection of Mr. Cooke.
270 species of Cryptogamous Plants, chiefly Irish, from the Collection of Mr. Carrington.
216 species of British and Foreign Fungi, presented by C. E. Broome, Esq.
17 species of Plants from Jersey, presented by W. Griffiths, Esq.
3,000 species, forming 64 livraisons of Desmaziére’s “ Plantes Cryptogames de France.”
100 species from thie French Maritime Alps, collected by M. E. Bourgeau.
672 species of Plants of the Pyrenees, collected by M. Forcade.
308 species of Plants of Spain, collected by M. E. Bourgeau.
79 species of Plants of Spain and Algeria, collected by M. E. Bourgeau.
665 specimens of Lichens, collected in the neighbourhood of Duomo d’Ossola, presented
by Professor Gagliardi.
500 species of Plants, forming livraisons 12-22 of the ‘“ Erbario Crittogamico Italiano.”
100 species of Plants, forming two fasciculi of Van Heurck’s Plants of Belgium.
500 species of Plants, forming five centuries of Reichenbach’s “ Flora Germania
Exsiccata.”
200 species of Plants of the Tyrol.
178 species of Plants of various parts of Europe, collected by M. E. Bourgeau.
20 species of Hepatice, forming parts 29, 30 of Rabenhorst’s ‘* Hepaticee Europee.”
50 species of Charace@, forming parts 1, 2 of Rabenhorst’s “ Characee Europe.”
70 species of Alg@, forming parts 159-165 of Rabenhorst’s “ Algee Europez.”
75 species of Lichens, forming parts 24-26 of Rabenhorst’s “ Lichenes Europei.”
550 species of Plants of Palestine, collected by Mr. Lowne.
129 species of Plants of Syria and Armenia, from M. E. Bourgeau.
232 species of Plants of Syria and Cyprus, collected by M. Kotschy.
700 species of Plants of the Rocky Mountains of North America, collected by Messrs. Hall,
Harbour, and Parry.
A set of the Mosses of Columbia, collected by Mr. D. Douglas.
81 species of Plants of California, collected by Mr. Gruber.
1,102 species of Plants of Panama, collected by Mr. Sutton Hayes.
330 species of Ferns and Mosses of Cuba, collected by Mr. Charles Wright.
209 species of Lichens from Cuba, collected by Mr. Charles Wright.
40 species of Australian Alge.
34 Microscopic Slides of Diatomacee, eight of which were presented by J. Staunton, Esq.
87 sets of Palm Fruits and Seeds, from various quarters.
A copy of Griffith’s Palms of British India, presented by C. W. Downing, Esq.

John J. Bennett.

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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRaAwinGs.

The following progress has been made in the Department during the year 1864 :—

An additional volume of the woodcuts of Albert Durer has been arranged, and the

references to Bartsch and Heller attached to each.
Twenty woodcuts by Lucas Cranach, and thirty-six by Hans Burgmair, have been
inserted in the volumes containing the works of those Masters, and the references to

Bartsch attached to each. "
The works of the Masters using the monograms et and CG have been arranged.

Volumes V. and VI. of the works of Callot have been arranged, and the reference to

Meaum’s Catalogue attached to each print.

The Collection of the works of D. Chodowiecki has been arranged in six volumes, and
the reference to Engelmann’s Catalogue attached to each print.

The etchings of Carl Vittinghoff have been arranged in two volumes.

The whole of the works of Cornelius Visscher have been entirely re-arranged in six
volumes, agreeable to the order followed in Smith’s recently printed catalogue of the
artist’s works, and the reference to that work has been attached to each print.

One hundred and twenty-eight drawings have been mounted in a manner to secure the
surface from injury by friction.

Four thousand one hundred and forty-four articles have been inserted in the register of
purchases and presentations, to the whole of which the register mark has been affixed,
which has also been placed on three thousand three hundred and ninety-one, forming illus-

trations to books, &e.
Three thousand seven hundred and four slips have been written for the general catalogue

of prints in the Collection.
The following are some of the more important acquisitions made during the past year :—

Italian School :—

Drawings.—By Andrea del Sarto, P. C. Landriani, G. D. Campiglia, and Donato
Creti.

Engravings.—An impression on paper of the fine Niello by Peregrini da Cesena, of “ The
Resurrection of the Saviour.” Specimens by Mocetto, Benedetto Montagna, Marco da
Ravenna, Battista Franco, the Master of the Die, Caraglio, J. B. Ghisi, Reverdinus,
Martin Rota, Beatrici, Alberti, Passarotti, Imperiali, Porporati, Longhi, &c.

Eichings.—By Parmigianino, Agostino Caracci, and Biscaino,

German School :—

Drawings.—An interesting sketch made by the younger Merian, when in England, from
the design by Hans Holbein, of “ The Triumph of Poverty,” painted on the wall of the
Aall of the Easterlings. Signed and dated London, 1640.

Engravings.—Specimens by the Master of 1466, M. Schoén, H.S. Beham, Aldegrever,
Bink, T. Stimmer, H.L., Hirschvogel, Ladenspelder, P. A. Kilian, Schmutzer, &c.
Woodcuts.—By Albert Durer, Lucas Cranach, and Holbein,

Etchings.—By Hollar, J. H. Roos, and Nereuther.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—
Drawings.—By F. Floris, De Gheyne, A. Bloemart, N. Vander Horst, and A. Cuyp.
Etchings.—By Van Uden, Subleyras, Swanevelt, Waterloo, and Blecker.

Engravings—By the Master of The Crab, Dirk- van Staren, the Master using the
monogram §., A. Claas, A. and J. Wierx, P. Galle, H. Goltzius, Saenredam, J. Matham,
P. Pontius, Bolswert, P. de Jode, Van Dalen, Blooteling, Van Scuppen, Gunst, &c.

French School :—

Etchings.—By Claude Geleé, Flamen, Pater, and the works published by the Soviété des
Aqua-Fortistes.

Engravings.—Fine specimens by §. de Laulne, T. de Leu, L. Gaultier, C. Mellan,
Morin, Edelinck, Nanteiul, Masson, Drevet, Poilly, Pitau, Balechou, Desnoyers, and
Richomme.

English School :—
Drawings.—By Marlow, Copley, Coney, Westall, W. Hunt, Behnes, and Mulready.
Etchings.—By Bernard Lens, the Smiths of Chichester, Rowlandson, Howitt, J. A.

Atkinson, G, Cruikshank, and Coleman.
Par de i E 3 Engravings.—

32 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Engravings.—By Hogarth (a proof before all letters of “ The March to Finchley”). Fine
and interesting proofs and etchings by Strange, Woollett, Raimbach, and J. H. Robinson.

Upwards of one thousand portraits have been added to the English series; also some
curious broadsides. Many of them rare, particularly a finely engraved small whole length
of Mary Queen of Scots, apparently the work of Crispin Passe, not hitherto known, and
the engraving, by R. Elstracke, of Prince Frederick Count Palatine and the Princess
Elizabeth, which sold in Sir Mark Sykes’s sale for 61 guineas.

W. Hookham Carpenter.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Assyria has

been continued during the past year. The result up to the 23d January i865 is reported
to be as follows :—

Three additional sheets of the miscellaneous tablets have been cvpied on stone, and 37
sheets have been corrected and printed since last year’s report, completing the second
volume.

This volume is now being indexed preparatory to being bound and issued.

Various additional inscriptions have been copied.

British Museum, A, Panizzi,
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BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incowr and Expenpiture
of the Bririsn Museum, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1865; of the Estrmarsp
Cuarces and Expenszs for the Year ending
3ist March 1866, and Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement; &c,

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BRITISH MUSEU.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons
dated 13 April 1866 ;—for,

ACCOUNTS “ of the Income and Exrenpiture of the British Museum
for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March 1866 :”

“Of the Estrmarep Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 31st day
of March 1867 :”

“ Of the Sum necessary to discharge the same :”

** And, of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Muszum in each Year
from 1860 to 1865, both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the
Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLueEcTions; and an Account
of Ossects added to them in the Year 1865.”

I.—GENERAIL ACCOUNT of Income and Exrenpirure for the Financial Year ended
81 March 1866.

Il.—ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
Iil—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
TV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

VIL—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1867, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1866.
VII.— RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisns Muszum in
each Year from 1860 to 1865, both Years inclusive.
VIILL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIons, and an
Accounr of Oxssects added to them, in the Year 1865.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed
17 April 1866.

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I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exrenpiture of the

To BaLanceE ON THE Ist APRIL 1865, Viz.: oe
£. ceeee
On Account of the Votes for the Establishment - 26,557 7 —-

Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - - 8,490 14 1

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On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions - - - ioe 1 a
35,242 2 4
~- AMount GRANTED FOR THE YEAR 1865/6, pes plete Act 28 & 29 ‘
Vict. cap. 123 Bis eine - - ee A = = 98,164 -— —
- Sums Recetvep under the following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary
Grant for the Establishment, viz.:
Dividends on Stock, 30,000/., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 900 -— —
Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - - Syaheeen - - 115 13 10
Ditto other Museum Publications - - - - - = 126 19 6
1,142 13 4
’ £. | 184,548 16 1

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the ExrenpirureE in the above Account, if
ad.

2 see Aric 285
‘Officers - - - - - - - = - - “ 9,090 - -
Assistants - - - . - - - - - e 15,799 2 5
: Transcribers - - - - - - - = - 8,058 3 10
. Attendants and Servants - - - - - - - 12,502 8 Il
Ae OATARIES SMa cy oe i gaa eater as a RE eee Pre Ep e2 eseee. 688 8 6
Persons paid dale or weekly - - - - - - - 2,533 18 11
Attendance on Stoves - - - - - 5 = = 622) Fou
Retired Allowances = = Sin AS RO SS oe Sea aim 2,164 2 10 |
46,658 138 4 |}
Rates and Taxes - - - - - = = : = - 466) (3) a | i
Household Implements © - - - - SS = - - 139: 19)."7 } |
a . / Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - - ~ - - - - 931 17 6
2. Housr ExpEnsEs Comnlemoile ere) age 3 © 2 3 = a = 396 16 4
Stationery - - - = - = - = = - = 589 17 11 |
Incidents - = - = - = = = = = 836 2 — |
ee 3,360 16 5 |
Printed Books - 5 EB = = = . = = = 10,241 16 — | 4,
Manuscripts - = - - - - - - D24AGis ine: }
Books for the Denartwent of Mss. - - - - - - 4313 3 |
Minerals and Meteorites - - - - - - = 402 15 6 va
Books and piadye for the Department of Minerals - - - = Dy = = pt
Fossils = = - - = 799 7 i
Books and Biice for i Departinent ae) Geology - = - - 2612 5 :
Zoological Specimens - - - - - 999 2 2 i}
Books and Binding for the Department = Zoology - - - - 34 10 11
3. PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS) Botanical Specimens - é zi 3 Z 152 2 6G
Books and Binding for the Depeche of Boy - - - - 30 = -
Oriental, British, and Medieval Antiquities - - - - - 235 17 -
Gheok andi Reman enti aes = = - - - - - 1,383 2 —
Coins and Medals = - - - 999 - 3
Books and Binding for the Departments of Coins and Antiquities - 61 3 8
Prints and Drawings - - - = - 1205 10 1
Books for the Department a Eaaee and Dranicgs - - - - 1OSo = §
Freight and Carriage - - = = = - - - - 308 19 —- |
bara nea 19,210 16 1
Further Excavations at Budrum under the superintendence of Mr. i
SpeciaL Purcuases AND Acqut- Vice-Consu] Biliotti - = = - = >: zs oe 1,374 8 7 f
SITIONS © e a S . ¢ Kokscharow Collection of Minerals - - - - - - 1,600 — — ii.
Purchases at the Sale of the Pourtalés Collection of Antiquities - - 5,865 6 1
Ditto from the Castellani Collection of Antiquities - - - 5,000 — — a
13,889 14 8 |
Carried forward - - - £, 83,070 = 6

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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BRITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1866.

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| , | EXPENDITURE. | ESTIMATE, 1865/6.
‘By Expenpiture under the following Heads, viz.: \sat Ging sh Stet a Le Sieg,
1, Sauantes - - = as mee Explanatory Statement below* - | 46,658 13 4 48,656 - —
2. Housr Expenses ~- - - - ditto - - - - | 3,860 16 5 3,010 -— —
3. Purcuases and Meares. - - ditto - Sth us - | 19,210 16 1 17,885 - —
SprcraL Purcuases AND AcquisiTIons~ ditto - - - - | 18,8389 14 8 5,600 - =
{ 4, Booxsinpine, Preparine, kc. - - ditto - - - -| 7,780 18° 5 10,300 -— —
5. Printine Catarocuss, Ke. - - - ditto - - - >| 1393. 8 9 3,440 — —
6. Buitpines, Porniture, Firttnes, &c., | tion © u “ 9,429 17 7 10,873 - =
including Architect’s Commission at
7. MisceLtangous = - - . - ditto - - - < ono wel 100 - =
101,699 3 4 99,864 - =
— Expenpitvre for publishing Cunerrorm Inscriptions - — - “ee 109 11 =
£. | 101,808 14 4
— Bawance on tHE 31st Marcu 1866, carried to Account for 1866/7, viz. :

Specially applicable to Establishment - £.28,221 14 7

Ditto - ditto - to Buildings, &e. - 9,483 16 6+
— 82,655 11 1

Ditto - ditto - for Publication of the Cunzirorm In-

SCRIPTIONS - = = = - = - - 84 10 8
32,740) 1° 9

£. (184,548 16 1

ExpLaNatory STATEMENT of the ExreNnpITURE in the above Account—continued. PS tf
Brought forward - - - 83,070 - 6
Ee Ey Ch
Bookbinding: Printed Books - - - > - - -— 4,980 10 —-
a Manuscripts - - - - - - = || 355 18 6&
Prints and Drawings - - - = = = | 182 2 7
Preparing, &e.: Zoology = - - ° = = a =) 585 19 9
4, BooksinpING, PREPARING, &c. e: Graces = z 3 S z c z Sit allio
= Mineralogy - - - - - - - - 96 12 3
na) Botany - - - - - - - - 7 ES
Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - 1,332) 1 95
<a 7,780 13 5
Guide-books and Synopsis - oes - - - - - 105 7 4
Catalogue of Hebrew Books - - - - - - - 243 12 —-
Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zneloe - - - - 461 8 5
5. Printine Caratocers, &e. - ( Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins and Medals - 196 18 —
Catalogues of, and Drawings from Antiquities - - - - - 109 18 —
Tickets, Regulations, Xe. - - - - - - - - 147 15 -
Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - . - - - - 128 10 -
T ; a 1,393 8 9
General Repairs, and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &c. = - - 3,023 12 11
Fittings and Furniture for the Department of Printed Books - 2 2,258 18
Ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts - - 124 12 —
6. Burrpines, Furniture, Frt- Ditto = - ditto = - Mineralogy and Gevlogy - 835 11 6
tinGs, &e., including Archi- Ditto - ay) pacity: = 5 Zoology: = = : 394 19 LO
feees Commission ¥ c Ditto - - ditto - - Botany se - - = 98 14 10
Ditto - - ditto - - Antiquities - - - 2,165 19 9
Ditto - - ditto - - Coins and Medals - - ROS AG
Ditto - - ditto = - Prints and Drawings - - 92.9152
Architect’s Commission = - - a - - = = 434 18 10
7. Miscetaanzous = - - Law Expenses = - - - C bs 5 = oF = = es rs :
101,699 S&S 4
Printine, &c. the Cunrirorm Inscrirrions - - - = = - = - = = - - = = i09 11 -
. £. | 101,808 14 4

+ The Building Accounts for Christmas quarter, 1865, and Lady-day quarter, 1866, have to be paid from this balance.

187. A2

4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IlL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrer anp Exprnpirure of the BRIDGEWATER

CASH. a eae

3 p’Cent. Consol. | |

Po ces are Senne £.° Soa }

To Baxance on the Ist April 1865 - - - - = = = : - | 325 6 10 12,992 15 7 |}

~— Drvivenns received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.,

On the 8th July 1865 = ey 94 710) |
9th January 1866 - 194 17 10
389 15 8
- One Year’s Rent or « Rear Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
received 27 April 1865 - - : a - - - = 36 18 6

£.| 75116 -—| 12,992 15 am

- 1
IlL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recriepr any Expenpirure of the FARNBOROUGH |
. STOCK, 1

CASH. 8 p’Cent. Consol,

ef eS aan as Ae Si a. |

To Barance en the Ist April 1865 - - - - - - - - -| 303 2 7 2,872 6 10 |
> Divivenns received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, i
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz., |
On the 8th July 1865 =" 9E 5:48 ool O89

8

8th January 1866 - 43 1
———-— 86 3 5

oe

ian co 4
£.) 389 6 = 2,872 6 10 ||

iV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerer anp Expenvirure of the swine

| {
STOCK, |
eae 3 p’Cent. Consols, |
| |
£. s: a. £. s. damn
To Barance on the Ist April i865 - - - - = = 8 «= bas = 11 5,269 2 9
~ Divivenns received on 5,269/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be- |

queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.,

On the 8th July 1865 = RECO Le Sil
9th January 1866 - 79) -9

£.' 298 2 4 5,269 2 9 |

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrrr and Exprnpirure of the BIRCH
7

| STOCK,

eae | 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£6. a.
To Batance on the 1st April 1865 - - - - - = - - = dls : i ae rs “

- Diyipends received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-

queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of

the British Museum, viz.,

On the 8th July 1865 - <£,8
9th January 1866 - 8 9
— 1618 2

British Museum, |
16 April 1866. [

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &cC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the Ist April 1865 and the 31st March 1866.

| miners STOCK,
| | 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
3 Payment for the Collection of the Rents, and for other expenses connected | £- 5s. d. £. s. de
with the Rea Esrare, viz. :
Tn the financial year ended 3lst March 1866 - = = 2 =| Aeolley
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. : |
| In the financial year ended 31st March 1866 - ¢ = > = \eolvio. 6 |
'- Payments for Binpinc Manuscriprs, viz. |
In the financial year ended 31st March 1866 - - - - =| J11 12 =
— Payment of One Year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - = Sulerontaiuress =
) B78) Be Ge.
— Batance on tTiz 3ist Marcu 1866, carried to Account for 1866/7 -| 178 12 6.| 19,992 15 7
£./ 75116 —| 12,992 15 7
FUND, between the Ist April 1865 and the 31st March 1866.
—— ae
| CASH STOCK
| : 3 p’Cent. Consols,
ue Symik fem Sa ide
By Payments for the purchase of Manuscripts, Autographs, &c., viz.:—
In the financial year ended 31st March 1866 - - - - HOG Ri GuLG

- BALANcE on THE 31st Marcu 1866, carried to Account for 1866/7

_ FUND, between the ist April 1865 and the 31st March 1866.

evan | STOCK,
Be ene 3 p’Cent. Consol.
}
ae5e GH | 2 Gk
By Satary paid to Dr. Percy for Lectures on Geology in 1865 = - -{ 144 - -
— BALance ON THE 3lst Marcu 1866, carried to Account for 1866/7 - -| 149-2 4 5,269 2 9
£ 293 2 4 5,269 2 9
FUND, between the 1st April 1865 and the 31st March 1866.
|
STOCK,
CASH=" " |8p'Cent. Conaols.
zal
£. lg hd. een sts
| By Lxeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department
of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - Les) 2
— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1866, carried to Account for 1866/7. - os = = 568 15 7
£. 1618 2 563 15 7

A. Panizzi,
Principal Librarian.

187. A3

6 ACCOUNTS. ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSHUM.

Sees seee eee ee

ESTIMATE, 1866- 67.

Vi.—AN ESTIMATE of the Som required to defray the Satarres and Expenszs of the British Muszoum, |
including also the Amount required for Burupines, Furniture, Firrines, &c., for the YEAR ending on
the 31st day of March 1867.

£. 102,744.

‘

4
AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satartes and Expenses of the Bririsa Museum, includin
also the Amount required for Burtpines, Furniture, Firrines, &c., for the Year ending on the 31st day of

March 1867, under the following Heads: a

I. Sanarigs: Required for the Year Granted for the Year *
1. Officers: 1866-67. 1865-66.

Number | Required
Voted for — Dn in Be £. s. ECs aes: £.

1865-6. | 1866-7.

£.
1 1 | Principal Librarian - - - - 800
Ditto - - as Secretary - - - 400
1 1 | Superintendent of Natural History - 800
5 5 | Keepers of Departments, at 6001. - | 38,000
5 5 ‘ M at 5007. -| 2,500

3 3 | Assistant Keepers of Departments,
at 45000 «St a Sef 10,850

I 1 | Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant
=| Secretary - - - - - 450

16 Git, = dl OMA
9,300
Cr.

By amount contributed from Bridge-
water Fund towards the Salary of
the Assistant Keeper of the Manu-

scripts, he acting as Egerton Libra-
} Sriany = - - - - - 210
9,090 - 9,090 -
2. Assistants:
Number | Required
Voted for —
1865-6. |1866-7.
ool _— <n
15 16 | First-class Assistants, Upper Section, £.
at 3201., rising 207. annually to 400. | 6,144
22 22 | Ditto, Lower Section, at 210/., rising
15/. annually to 3101. - - - | 6,303
23 22 Second-class Assistants, at 1501,
rising 107. annually to 200. - | 4,027
1 1 | Revising Accountant - - = 100
1 1 | Clerk at Stationers’ Hall (gratuity) - 21
1 1 | Superintendent of Fire Engines : 50
ne 4 16,645. = 16,590 —
63 63 | - - Torat.
SD a a i a a i
8. Transcribers or Junior Assistants :
pA ee EE eee lve
Number | Required
Voted for toma Od f
1865-6.|1866-7,.
| ine & |
27 27 | Transcribers, at 907., rising 101. an-
nually to 1501, = = = we] = otS,575 = : 3,600 =
Carried forward - = ~ £.| - - |29,310 —-|- -.« -{|29,280 —

Ch?

be

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSKUM. Fj
!

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.

pa ——_-
i Required for the Ygar Granted for the Year
1866-67. 1865-66.
| | f
fey US £. os aq 8 £ Ss
Brought forward - - -|29,310 - 29,280 —
| J. Sararres—continued.
Attendants and Servants:
Number | Required
Voted for eee 8
1865-6. | 1866-7. :
46 45 | First Class Attendants, 1001., rising £.
51. annually to 1207. - - 5,267
-— 43 43 -| Second Class Attendants, 80/., rising .
4l.annually to 1002, -~ - - | 4,028
46 45 | Third Class Attendants, 607., ae
3/. annually to sol, - - | 3,165
1 1 Clerk of the Works, 1301., niSiDS or
annually to 1601. - - 141
1 1 | Messenger - - - - - 120
1 1 Assistant Messenger - - - 100
1 3 Firemen (two from London Fire
Brigade) - - 366
Saturday Evening bierdance. - 60
3 4 a ————| 13,247 - 13,181 -
138 1389 | - - - Torat.
. Police - - - - - - - - - - - - | 1,150 —- 915 =
. Persons paid daily or weekly - - - - - Ee ee - | 2,610 —- 2,365 —
. Attendance on Stoves’ - - - - - - - - - 750 — IBRD) boex
. Retired Allowances - - - - - - - - - | 3,575 - 2,065 —
—| 50,642 —| 48,656 =
II. House Expensss:
. Rates and Taxes - - - - - - - - - - 440 — any te
. Household Implements - - - - - - - - - 150 - 150 =
. Coals, Coke, and Fagots - = = < = «s “ “| 1000. = 750 ~
Seeeatos, Ke. - =e Oe a 370 - Hey ts
. Stationery - - - - - - « < » - - 650 - 650 -
. Incidents - a Sg - - - * ; = - - 650 - 650 -
i — | 8,260 4 —| . 3,010 -
a III. Purcuases ann Acquisitions: ‘
Beeescoks ee 10,000 = 10,000 ~ |
- Manuscripts - - - - - - - | 2,000 —- 2,000 -—
- Books for the Depar antent of Manuscripts - - ae - 50 - FORO
. Minerals and Meteorites - - “ - 700 = 400 =
- Books and encing for the Department Fi Minerals - = - 30 - 50
6B. Fossils - = és x wh hgO00/, hs 800 -=
- Books and Binding for the Department 0 Geology 3} edauuoee 20 = 30 =
- Zoological Specimens - 2 é -| 1,000 - 1,000 +
. Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology - - -] 30 - ere
. Botanical Specimens - - ~ - 150 - 150) =
- Books and Binding for the Depaneratt of Botany - - - - 30 - ae
+ Oriental, British, and Medieval Antiquities - - - - - 500 - 500. —-
. Greek and Roman ep ase - - = - = = = 500s 250. ~
Coins and Medals - - - - | 1,500. — 10D. c=
. Books and Binding for the Depaxtments of Coins antl Antig tities ° 100 - 100 —
. Prints and Drawings - - - - = - - | 1,200 - 1,200 =
» Books for the Department of ioe and testes - - - = a pas ce
» Freight and Carriage - - - - - = - - - 300 - 300 -
, a 19,132 SS | 17.885 —
Carried forward =<» ~« £,{ « z 73,034 re 2 69,551 —

187. A4

8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum—continued.
SS ______ En EE aL

© Required for the Year
18 66-67.
Se Ss £.
Brought forward - - -} = - 73,034

Srecrat Purcuases AND ACQUISITIONS :—
19. Purchases from the Castellani Collection of Antiquities - - - | 2,000 -
20. The Collection of Shells formed by the late Mr. Hugh Cuming - | 6,000 =

Further Excavations at Budrum, under the superintendence of Mr.
Vice-Consul Biliotti - - - - - : 2 z =

Purchase of the Kokscharow Collection of Minerals - - - aa
Purchases at the Sales of the Pourtalés and St. Angelo Collections - =

[V. Booxsinpine, Preparine, &e.:

1. Bookbinding: Printed Books - - 2 = = s =-| 7,000 o& f
2 os Manuscripts - - - - = = - - 800 — j
Be op Prints and Drawings = = Z - s z 120 — i
4. Preparing, &ec. Zoology - - = ~ 2 es = 700 = i
5. 3 Geology - - - = Z = = z 200 -

6. sp Mineralogy - - - - = = = S 120 =
Ae 9 Botany - - - - = = - < = 50 -
8. Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - - | 1,200 - \

V. Printing Catatoauess, &e.:

1. Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - - - - - 350 =
2. Catalogue of Hebrew bool:s - - - - - 2 s 400 -—
3. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - - - = 200 —
4, Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology - - - -| 1,000 -
5. Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins and Medals 500 -— |
6. Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities - - - ~ 250 =
7. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - - oe pee - 200 -
8. Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - = - = = z iA)
9. Ditto from Coins - - - - - - - - - = Ane = |
— 3,090
|
VI. Burores, Furniture, Firrines, &c.,
Including Architect’s Commission.
1. General Repairs and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &e. - -| 2,067 —-
2. Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books = -| 2,829 -
3. x 35 . Manuscripts - - = 168° =
4. An 5 a5 Mineralogy and Geology - 949 -
5. ” ” ” Zoology - F = = 828 —
6. 5 es 3 Botany - - = = 138 —
ae me is > Antiquities - - Steen
8 i a 3 Coins and Medals - - OS. =
9. 5 58 or Prints and Drawings - 50), =
—— es 9,280
VII. Misce,.aneous : |
1. Law Expenses - - - - = = - 2 3 = ia =
2. Rent, Rates, and other Charges incidental to the Premises,
No. 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the temporary
continuance there of a Collection of Antiquities and Ethno-
raphical Objects presented to the British Museum by the
rustees under the will of the late Mr. Henry Christy - £,300
Less,—-Amount to be contributed by the Trustees under Mr. |
Christy’s will a in te ne Se a 50 |
} 950 =
350
Deduct,—Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz.:
103,944

Dividends on £.30,000 Reduced Three per Cent, Annuities = - 000:
Museum Publications - - - - - - - - 300. =

Net Amount of Estimate - - - £. | 102,744

(| SEES OS See

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 0]

oo = —— = == ———

VIL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons ApmitTED to Visit the Britisir Musreum.

| Persons admitted to view the Generat Coxecrtions in each Year, from 1860 to 1865, both Years inclusive.

i
1860. 1861. 186 2, 1863. 1864, 1865.
N° N° N° N° N°’ ING
Sour - - o - - = 30,018 28,667 43,070 32,453 18,884 24,443
jBRUARY = = = = - = 29,995 32,183 36,445 30,042 23,315 21,564
Sl - CC | 88,995 33,378 38,499 34,774 45,267 28,163
ee - = ll | (65,088 83,436 59,204 49,493 30,471 39,045
AY = = = = = = = 57,354 69,9938 48,021 42,453 33,493 23,755
JNE ~ ~ = = = = = 50,218 46,068 105,274 32,751 30,098 42,840
Bue a | 850,955 69,361 | 143,258 42,618 40,832 36,868
GUST - = = c = = = 51,626 68,205 165,017 39,836 45,662 39.979
tes e= ee = | 88,846 41,671 87,008 33,028 28,196 21,544
TOBER = iano = | A668 49,578 81,530 32,215 34,478 27,792
_ IDVEMBER - = = = - = 29,506 39,351 39,802 23,507 26,748 21,458
WkeempeR -. - - - - -| 56,809 79,995 53,949 47,631 74,895 42,516
Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections >| 536,939 641,886 895,077 440,801 432,339 869,967
(exclusive of Readers) - -
| Number of Visits— |
ing Room, for the purpose of aye
Bie cettccarch ge mnstne Purp. ¢|. 127,768 | 130,410 | 122,497 | 107,821 | 105,899 | 100,271
the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- | nae 2 ae

pose of Study 2 R - - i 2,710 2,030 1,647 2,042 1,140 2,356
the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - | - - - = = - = : s 2 635
') the Print Room - - - - - 3,197 3,109 3,265 2,827 2,361 2,565.
the Coin and Medal Room - -~ = 2,065 1,817 1,544 1,204 1,822 1,856
Tora - - -| 672,674 | 779,252 | 1,024,030 | 554,695 | 548,561 | 477,650

a

em.—The Public are admitted to the Britisa Musrum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, , ae
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, eee fe oo nee | till a pat
the Months of September, October, March, and April; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st of
August. The Public will be also admitted on Saturdays from the sth of May to the 81st of August of the
present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six.

Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November
7 December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March and
F April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August. ‘ ‘

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, from Nine o’clock to the
hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday.

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or
Thanksgiving Day, ordered by Authority.

British Museum, | A. Panizzi,

16 April 1866. f Principal Librarian.

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the Catatocurnc and ARRANGEMENT, and Account of
OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1865.

DEPARTMENT OF PrintED Books.

I. Works added to the Collection during the year have been placed on tlie shelves of the
Library as soon as catalogued. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have
been marked on the inside, and affixed to the back of each volume; also on the title and
entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 163,897.

IT. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue—The number of titles and cross-
references written for this Catalogue amounts to 12,839. The number of titles tran-
scribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 30,486, and of index slips prepared and transcribed,
506; 34,635 title slips, and 498 index slips have been incorporated into each of the three
copies of this Catalogue, from letter A to K, inclusive. This incorporation has rendered
it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in
each copy 41,848 title slips and 686 index slips, and to add to each copy 1,269 new leaves ;
22,668 title slips of letter L (including 12,204 new titles) have been laid down in one
copy of this Catalogue, and 23,124 title slips in a second and thiid copy; of each of the
last two sets, 12,304 were new titles.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue-—The number of titles and cross-references written for
this Catalogue is 47,143. The number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is
12,922, besides 552 index slips prepared and transcribed ; 17,402 title slips, and 541 index
slips have been incorporated into each of the three copies of this Catalogue. In order to
maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 24,648 title slips, and 515 index slips, have been
removed and re-inserted in each copy ; 895 leaves have been added to each copy.

The number of new entries made in the Hand Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
is 738.

(c.) Maps.—The titles and cross-references written for Maps amount to 6,209. The
number of titles transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue is 6,603. ‘he number of titles
incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue is 6,735. In order to maintain the
alphabetical arrangement, 6,247 title slips have been removed and re-inserted; 320 new
leaves have been added to each copy.

(d.) Music Cataloque-—The titles and cross-references written for this Catalogue
amount to 4,608; -501 titles have been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. ‘The
number of titles incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue is 3,202. In order
to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 2,350 title slips have been removed and re-
inserted ; 126 new leaves have been added to each copy.

(e.) Chinese Catalogue-—The titles and cross-references written for this Catalogue
amount to 1,071.

(f.) Hebrew Catalogue.—The titles and cross-references written for this Catalogue
amount to 905. The printing of the Catalogue has proceeded as far as signature 3 L.

(g.) Carbonic Hand Catalogue.— 53,546 title slips of the fourth transcript of the
General Catalogue have been mounted on cartridge paper, 64,800 have been arranged
according to the press-marks, and 66,420 have been incorporated into the general
series: 6,750 title slips of the fourth copy of the Map Catalogue have been mounted
on cartridge paper. Of the Music Catalogue 5,894 title slips of the fourth copy have been
mounted on cartridge paper, 22,998 have been arranged for incorporation, and 21,350 have
been incorporated into the general series.

(h.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions made in the interleaved copy of this list, and also in the hand list of the books of
reference, in order to record the changes made in the books of reference by the addition of
new works, and the exchange of old for new editions, amounts to 192 in each.

111.—The number of volumes bound is about 12,200 in 10,900, including about 3,300 pam-
phlets. The number of volumes repaired is about 740. About 620 Maps have been mounted.
The nambers in this part of the return are given approximatively, the late binder, who was
dismissed in the course of the year 1865, having refused to afford any information upon the
papier and it being therefore impossible to control them by his books, as has been hitherto
done,

IV. Reading Room Service—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room is 201,117; to those of the Royal Library,
8,376 ; to those of the Grenville Library, 988; and to the closets in which books are kept
from day to day for the use of the Readers, 142,766. Adding the number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 840,057, the whole amounts to
1,193,304, or 4,158 per diem.

2. The

ot ae t=

BRR eae acti perennial hI es oom a:

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11

2. The number of Readers has been 100,271 ; on an average 849 per diem, the Reading
Room having been kept open 287 days: each Reader has consulted, on an average, 12
volumes per diem.

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 213 re-
ceived under the International Copyright Treaties) amounts to 29,686 (including Music,
Atlases, and Newspapers), of which 1,897 were presented, 22,030 purchased, and_ 5,759
acquired by copyright.

2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 485 received under the International
Copyright Treaties) is 34,358 (including Atlases and Music), of which 417 were presented,
15,503 purchased, and 18,438 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers
acquired is 1,103. Of these, 740 (viz., 221 published in London, and 519 in the country)
have been received from the Inland Revenue Office in England, 170 from the branch of
that office in Ireland, and 131 from the branch of the same office in Scotland; 44 news-
papers have been presented, and 18 have been purchased. ;

3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans amount to 1,587, in 5,621 sheets, the Atlases to 23
complete, and 17 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts,
5 were presented, 1,249 purchased, and 333 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases, 19
were purchased, and 4 complete Atlases (of which 1 was acquired under the International
Copyright Treaties), and 17 parts of Atlases, were acquired by copyright.

_4, The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 405
received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 2,877, of which 722 were purchased,
and 2,155 acquired by copyright: 804 parts and numbers of works in progress (includ-
ing 111 received under the International Copyright Treaties) have been acquired by copy-
right, and also 967 works, not included among the pieces of music, of which 878 were
purchased, 1 presenied, and 88 (including 20 received under the International Copyright
Treaties) acquired under the Copyright Act.

5. The total number of articles’ received (including Broadsides, Engravines and other
miscellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 75,565, of which 1,121 were received under
the International Copyright Treaties. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides,
Engravings, &c., and comprising 699 received under the International Copyright Treaties),
28,644 are complete works. Of the complete works, 19,335 were purchased, 915 pre-
sented, and 8,394 acquired by copyright.

6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps so impressed is
312,755.
J. Winter Jones.

DeparRTMENT OF MANusSORIPTS.

1. The copy of the Catalogue of Additions for the years 1848-1851 has been sent to
press, and the sheets of 1848-1850 revised. The Index to this Catalogue is in progress.

2. A revised abridgement of the Catalogue of Additions for 1854 has been partly pre-
pared (Nos, 19,720-20,188), and descriptions written of the Additional Manuscripts from
No. 21,408 to No. 21,506, and from No. 21,550 to No. 21,731, for the years 1856, 1857.

8. The Catalogue in detail of the Birch Manuscripts has been continued from No. 4,262
to No. 4,274, and from No. 4,324 to No, 4,394.

4. The Everton Manuscripts, 1,900-1,944 (acquired in 1861-1863), have been described
in detail.

5. The Catalogue of Icelandic Manuscripts has been continued, from No. 5,311 to No.
5,318, Nos. 6,121, 10,361, 10,375 B, and from No. 11,061 to No. 11,156.

6. A brief description of the Cottonian Manuscripts, injured in the fire at Ashburnham
House in 1731, has been drawn up, and partly transcribed ito an interleaved copy of the
printed “ Report of the Committee appointed to view the Library,” 1732.

7 A detailed description has been made (with an Index) of the Correspondence of Pope,
contained in Additional MSS. 4,867-4,809.

8. The entries in the Hand Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts, placed in the
Reading Room, have been continued from No. 25,612 to No. 25,727, from No. 25,769 to
No. 25,788, and from No. 25,906 to No. 26,039.

9. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No. 15,645 to No. 15,902,
and from No. 16,158 to No, 16,508, acquired in 1863-1865. The slips have been revised
from No. 8,340 to No. 9,948, and transcribed into the General Catalogue, from No. 7,183
to No. 9,942, Department copy, and from No. 7,183 to No. 7,318, Reading Room copy.
A pa descriptive List has also been made of the Charters acquired in 1854 (Nos, 8516 -
9202).

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10. A descriptive Catalogue is in progress of the Seals attached to the Original Charters
in the various Collections, and 7,214 Seals, attached to Add. Ch. 1-16,508, and Campbell
Ch. 1—xxxv1. 25, have been entered on slips. A Schedule has also been made of a series
of casts of Imperial Seals, and registered from xuI. 1, to XLI. 231.

11. Twenty-six volumes in Arabic, 109 in Persian, and four in Turkish, have been de-

scribed in detail, and 167 in various Oriental languages more briefly for the Catalogues of
Additions,

12. The Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts has been continued, and the Nos. 14,567-
14,665, 14,671-14,735, and 17,126-17,172, described in detail.

13. Indexes have been made to the Additional MSS. 4,965, 4,968-4970, 21,417-21,426,
21,240-21,248, and 23,505; also to the Topham and Lansdowne Collections of Charters.
An Index has likewise been made and transcribed into the third volume of the General
Catalogue of Charters (two copies).

14, Many corrections have been made in the printed Catalogues of the Coitonian and
Sloane Manuscripts placed in the Reading Room.

15. The Register of Donations has been kept up to the end of 1865.

16. The Letters and Papers in Add. MSS. 21,417-21,427, 26,076-26,079, 26,092-
26,099, and Egerton MSS. 1,964-1,971, have been arranged, or re-arranged, as also the Cot-
nian MSS. Tib. A. v1u1., B. x1.; Otho A. 1v.,C.1v., D. 11., D. v.; and Vitell. D. 1v., D. xvi.

17. The Additional Manuscripts have been numbered and registered, from No. 25,906 to
No. 26,721, from No. 26,622 to No. 26,891, and from No. 27,215 to No. 27,285; and
bound, repaired, lettered, and stamped, from No. 25,612 to No. 25,727, and from No. 25,769
to No. 26,039.

18. The Egerton Manuscripts have been numbered and registered, from No. 1,963 to
No. 2,002.

19. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered, from No.
16,3382 to No. 16,511.

20. Six hundred and forty-six of the Additional Manuscripts, 111 Sloane, 57 Cottonian,
97 Lansdowne, and 27 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio’d.

21. Stamps have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document, in 16 volumes
of the Cottonian Collection, 2 Old Royal, 3 Harleian, 1 Arundel, and 2,510 Additional
Manuscripts ; also on 99 Additional Charters, and 81 Books of Reference. Extra stamps
have also been placed on 76 Additional and 16 Egerton volumes. The total number of
stamps affixed amounts to 60,421.

22. Ninety-three Cottonian, 5 Sloane, 9 Old Royal, 82 Harleian, 4 Arundel, and 397
Additional Manuscripts, with 84 Books of Reference, have been bound, repaired, or lettered.
Eighteen Arundel Manuscripts have been armed, and 398 Additional permanently press-
marked and entered in the Inventories.

23. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and stamped with
numbers, from No. 16,317 to No. 16,415, and 302 boxes made for Bulle and Casts.

24. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows :— |

To the General Collection—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 1,177

Original Charters ee = = 2 - - 180

Casts of Seals - = = - - - - = Day
To the Egerton Collection—

Manuscripts = - = - - - - - - 40

Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be specified—

A fine copy of Gower’s “ Confessio Amantis,” written on vellum in the 14th century.

Metrical Lives of the Saints, in English, of the beginning of the 14th century, on vellum.

A copy of the French Chronicle of Jean Juvenal des Ursins, of the 16th century, being
the one used by Denis Godefroy for the edition of 1614. :

The English version of Sir John Maundevile’s Travels, on vellum, 14th century, which
appears to have been obtained by Caxton, the printer, from the abbey of St. Alban in
1490.

The Sonetti and Canzoni of Boiardo, written on vellum in the year 1474.

Eighty-seven volumes on vellum and paper (somewhat damaged by fire), presented by
John Payne, Esq. Among them is the Archinto Codex of Dante, on vellum, 14th
century, and the Gospels in Slavonic, written in 1822 on vellum; also a large series of
Correspondence of Papal Nuncios; Diaria; Bulls; &c., during the 16th, 17th, and 18th
centuries,

About twenty volumes of Extracts from Public Records and other Collectanea relating
to the county of York.

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Many volumes on the subject of Heraldry and Genealogy, English and Foreign, acquired
at the Wellesley and Willement sales.

A number of original Charters (many with Seals) relating to Kent, from the Dering
Collection.

The greater part of the Book of Job, in Arabic, written on vellum at the beginning of
the 9ih century, of much paleographical value.

A Collection of about 430 volumes in Persian, Arabic, Sanscrit, and other languages,
formerly belonging to William Erskine (translator of the Emperor Baber’s Memoirs), illus-
trative of Oriental History, and especially the Mohammedan dynasties of India.

Another Collection of Persian Manuscripts, which belonged to the late Sir John Malcolm,
Ambassador in Persia, many of which are very remarkable as specimens of Eastern art in
the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.

The Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts, in 308 volumes, formed by the late Giuseppe
Almanzi, of Padua. Fifty-two of these are on vellum, and the dates extend from the 13th
to the 16th centuries. Every branch of Hebrew literature is represented in them ; but one
volume, written on vellum at the beginning of the 14th century, with many miniatures, is
of peculiar value as illustrative of art.

A copy, on vellum, of the Hebrew Lexicon of Menachem ben Saruk, dated a.p. 10915
probably the oldest copy existing.

TheePapers of the well-known Oriental scholars, Dr. John Leyden and William Erskine,
in 67 volumes. Presented by C. J. Erskine, Esq.

Many Autograph Letters and Signatures of distinguished personages, among which are
those of the Doges Marino Faliero and Francesco Foscari, the poet Boiardo, René d’Anjou,
the historian Philippe de Comynes, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, Andrea Doria, Car-
dinal Pole, Vasari, Cosmo di Medici, Carlo Borromeo, Pope Pius VII., and others.

25. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Room during the
past year amounts to 21,311, and to Artists and others in the rooms of the Department, to
4,199, exclusive of the volumes shown to Visitors on private days.

Frederic Madden.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL, BritisH, AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES, AND
ETHNOGRAPHY.

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I.—Arrangement.

A new table-case has been placed in tie Kouyunjik Gallery, and Assyrian Antiquities
are displayed therein. An additional table-case has been placed in the British and Medieval
Room.

In the Egyptian series 215 objects have been examined and catalogued, including 48
Papyri, an inscribed leathern roll, and 39 Gnostic Amulets.

117 Egyptian objects have been mounted, among which are twelve tablets or sculptures
of a large size, which have been fixed on stone plinths; a glass case has been placed over
an Egyptian statue; and the arrangements of the first Egyptian Room have been modified,
so as to admit of the incorporation of recent acquisitions.

Among the Egyptian Papyri 27 pieces have been cleaned, 55 have been covered with
glass and bound, and 2 large pieces have been framed, glazed, and attached to the walls of
the North West Staircase.

The table-cases of the Kouyunjik Gallery have been re-arranged, and a larger number of
objeets laid out for exhibition in the Assyrian Basement.

2290 inscribed Assyrian tablets, have been arranged in the table-cases of the Kouyunjik
Gallery, and 560 select specimens placed in boxes ; 85 broken tablets have been repaired.

Four Assyrian sculptures have been mounted on stone bases and exhibited, 96 minor
Assyrian Antiquities have been mounted, including 36 Assyrian cylinders and gems, and
34 fragments of ivory carvings.

The sculptures and casts of sculptures from Persepolis and Hadji Abad, have been
arranged and fixed on the north and west walls of the Assyrian Transept, completing the
arrangement of that part of the collection.

Four late Punic Stele have been mounted on stone plinths.

105 objects in the British Collection have been mounted on tablets ; 257 medizval seals
and signet rings have been mounted and exhibited, together with impressions at their sides.

In the Ethnographical Room, twelve cases on the south side have been repainted, in a
portion of which the collection of Mexican antiquities has been re-arranged, duplicates and
specimens of doubtful antiquity having been previously removed ; 26 Mexican vases have
been repaired.

Nine Hindoo sculptures have been mounted on stone bases.

In the collection of moulds from seals, type impressions from the great seals of the
United Kingdom have been made, as well as from the great seals of France; 139 moulds
of German seals and 11 of Wiltshire seals have been added.

In the collections generally, 3,089 objects have been registered, including the whole of
the acquisitions of the year 1865. These additions have been, as far as possible, incorpo-

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rated with the various collections to which they belong. 591 descriptive labels have been
added, and 224 printed numbers attached to the objects, besides the usual registration
numbers.

The preparation for press of the catalogue of English medals, has been chiefly carried on
with the assistance of this department, and much assistance has been also rendered to the
publication of Assyrian inscriptions.

I].— Acquisitions.

Among the acquisitions of this department, the most important are two collections of
ecnsiderable extent and interest.

I. The valuable collection of Antiquities and Ethnological remains, formed by the late
Henry Christy, Esq., F.s.4., ¥.G.S. That gentleman bequeathed his extensive collections,
together with a sum of money to trustees, by whom the bulk of the collection has been
offered on certain conditions to the British Museum, and accepted. The collection is
peculiarly rich in early remains from the Drift, antiquities discovered in the caves of the
south of Fiance, stone implements and weapons from all parts of the world, Mexican
antiquities, and other remains of an ethnological character. It has not yet been removed

from the house in Victoria Street, formerly occupied by Mr. Christy. =

Ii. A collection of antiquities illustrating what the donor has termed “ Primitive
Worship,” in various parts of the world, and connected with the fascinus, the evil eye, and
Nature worship. This collection has been formed and presented by George Witt, Esq., F.R.s.

Neither of these collections has as yet been received by the officers of the Museum, and,
therefore, any more detailed account of them will be reserved for a future year.

The other acquisitions of the department are 1,035 in number, and may be classed as
{cllows :—

1. Egyptian.—A leather inscribed roll; a papyrus containing a mathematical treatise
composed by a scribe named Aahmes in the 33d year of a monarch whose period is not
known, and seven other papyri.

A sepulchral tablet of a functionary, dated in the reign of Thothmes IV.

A small collection of Egyptian antiquities of various kinds, comprising a number of
sepulchral figures, a bronze vase of rare form, a ring bearing the name of Rameses II., and
other objects of interest, presented by the Trustees of the Christy Collections.

‘Ihree bronze buckets with figures in relief, a bronze head-dress inlaid with gold, and a
portion of a figure of the goddess Thoueris carved out of smoky quartz™

A sandstone tablet, with an inscription in the AZthiopic character, from Maharakah in
Nubia, and fragments of pottery from Elephantine, presented by the Rev. Greville J.
Chester.

Monun ental inscription in Coptic for John, a deacon of the city of Kés, from Antinoe,
presented by J. Manship Norman, Esq.

Two gnostic gems.

2. Phenician—A shell of Tridacna elongata, probably from the Red Sea, elaborately
carved with ornaments and figures, aud similar in style to specimens of the same kind found
in Assyria, the Greck Islands, and Etruria; it was found in a tomb near the so-called
“Tomb of Rachel,” near Bethlehem. Also a collection of pottery from the same tomb,
presented by the Rev. Joseph Barclay, u.p.

Casts from two Hebrew inscriptions, presented by M. de Sauley.

3. British and Medieval.—TVhe Foreign illustrations of this section have been increased
by the following acquisitions :—

Twelve Implements of worked reindcer-horn, from a rock-shelter at La Madelaine,
(Doidogne,) and a series of flint implements of a Drift type from the cave of Moustier,
(Dordogne,) presented by Henry Christy, Esq., and M. Edouard Lartet.

Implements of flint and bone from the cave at Aurignac, (Haute Garonne,) excavated and
presented by M. Edouard Lartet. i

A series of long cores and flakes from Pressigny-le-Grand, (Indre-et-Loire,) collected and
prescnted by Henry Christy, Esq., and John Evans, Esq., F.R.s.

A collection of cores and flakes of jasper, quartz, and various siliceous stones, found at
Jubbulpore, Bengal Presidency, presented by Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., on behaif of the late
Lieutenant Swiney.

Specimens of flakes or arrow-heads of stone found near Grahamstown, South Africa, pre-
sented by Sir Charles Lyell, Bart.,; and a similar collection from the neighbourhood of Cape
Town, presented by Edgar L. Layard, Esq.

The British series has received the following additions :—

A collection of flint implements found in Yorkshire, presented by the Rev. W. Greenwell.

A series of flint flakes from Lough Neagh, Co. Antrim, and four scrapers of flint from
Icklingham, Suffolk, presented by John Evans, Esq., F.R.S. ;

A flint scraper found at Leeds Castle, Kent, presented by C. Wykeham Martin, Esq.,
M.P., V.P.S-A.

A stone celt found in Co. Antrim, presented by Dr. Nathaniel Hunter. A flint celt pom
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the Seine at Paris, and two flint implements from the ‘‘hames, presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

A well formed arrow-head of flint found at Hoxne, Suffolk, presented by the Rev. Edwin
Sidney.

A terra-cotta ring or pierced disk found near Macclesfield, presented by J. D. Sainter, Esq.

Seven bronze celts found in England, presented by Henry Christy, Esq. A bronze spear-
head of rare form found at Plaistow, in Essex, two bronze celts found near London, and
ten specimens from France, presented by A. W. Franks, Usq.

Two bronze armlets, and a disk of the same metal found in the cave of Heathery Burn,
near Stanhope, Co. Durham.

A number of Objects found near Heneglwys, in Anglesea, and resembling in their forms
Irish remains; they consist of rings, studs, an armilla, and a bifid razor or arrow-head, all
of bronze, and beads of amber and stone; presented by the Ven. John Wynne Jones,
Archdeacon of Bangor.

A terra-cotta object of unknown use found in Lough Gur, Co. Limerick, and presented
by J. F. W. de Salis, Esq.

Two penannular rings found in Ireland, one of gold with transverse bands of a baser
metal, the other of copper with a thick covering of gold. .

Seven vessels of chlorite-schist found in a kistvaen in the Isle of Unst, Shetland.

A number of Roman antiquities recently discovered in London, and principally presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two Samiau Cups found in London, presented by the Trustees of the Christy Collections.

Five Roman terra-cotta vases found in various parts of England, presented by the Rev.
Greville J. Chester; and one similar vessel found in Southwark, presented by Barnett
Myers, Esq.

Bronze head of Bacchus found at Thaxted, in Essex, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.,
and a bronze head of Diana, forming a steelyard weight, found at Chesterford in the same
county.

— spear-head, and a bronze armilia and fibula, found in the river Churn, near
Cricklade, Wilts, presented by the Earl of St. Germans.

A gold Roman iing set with a paste, found near Odiham, Hants.

Two balls of lead with cubes of iron within them, and two leaden rings, perhaps Roman,
found near Norham Castle, Co. Durham, presented by T. Y. Greet, Esq.

Two Anglo-Saxon glass vessels, found in an interment at Combe, near Sandwich,
Kent, presented by W. H. Spiller, Esq.

Two Anglo-Saxon brooches of bronze, presented by the Rev. Dr. Wellesley, Principal of
New Inn Hall, Oxford.

Fragments of an ingot of gold found near Wimbourne, Dorsetshire, purchased under the
new regulations as to Treasure Trove.

Two iron rings and a hand-like object of the same metal, found at Haverford West, Co.
Pembroke, presented by the Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

Two specimens of early glazed pottery found at Lincoln, presented by Mr. Allwcod.

The seal ofa chantry founded by Thomas de Brembre in Wimbourne Minster; a fine seal
formed of a Roman intaglio in a setting of the 14th century; a seal of Wingham, in Kent;
and one of the Peculiar of Bridgeno:th, Salop.

A pair of English “ Wedding Knives” with enamelled handles and embroidered sheath,
and a terra-cotta vase, both from the old house at Serivelsby, in Lincolnshire, and pre-
sented by the Hon. Lady Dymoke.

A bas-relief in stone from the Old Palace at Theobalds, a sepulchral memorial of the
14th century; and two ornamental bricks from an old house in Surrey; presented by
J. G. Nichols, Esq., F.s. A.

A wooden batlet formerly used in Warwickshire, and illustrating an obscure
Shakspere, “As You Like It,” Act 2, Scene 4; presented by J. R. Wise, Esq.

An English dial of complex construction, made by Walter Hayes; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

passage in

The early Christian and early Byzantine series- has received the followmg important
additions :—

Seven Christian gems, two with the subject of the Good Shepherd.

A lamp in the form of a peacock, from the Earl Cadogan’s Collection; and a lantp in the
form of a duck, presented by Johu Henderson, Esq. :

The contents of two tombs discovered at Hippo, in North Africa's: in one of them were
two circular brooches set with pastes on gold foil, and a buckle with a punctured subject; in
the other were two circular brooches of silver set with garnets, gold ear-rings, and a number
eee objects. ‘These ornaments were obtained in the country by the Rev. Greville J.

ester,

A buckle set with gold and garnets, and a ring of similar workmanship, both from tombs
of the Merovingian period, but of which the exact locality is not known.

A circular brooch of gold, in the centre of which is set a cloisunné enamel representing a
royal bust; around it are borders of pearls and gold mouldings. This jewel was found at
Canosa in South Italy, and purchased from Signor Castellani. Its w orkmanship resembles
the famous Alfred jewel at Oxford, and belongs to a rare class of art.
rings of various kinds also purchased from Signor Castellani.

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The Medizval Collections, of a miscellaneous character, have been increased as
follows :—

One hundred and one matrices of seals, of which 43, chiefly found in the Seine at Paris,
have been presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Eighty-five finger-rings of various kinds, including 44 presented by the Trustees of the
Christy Collections. ]

Two brass buckets of Venetian workmanship, elaborately decorated with Oriental patterns;
one of them is inlaid with silver.

4, Ethnographical.—A Chinese sword of bronze, with an inscription on the blade in the
ancient seal character. This weapon, which may be older than the Christian cra, has a jade
handle of a more recent date, and has probably come from the Chinese Imperial Collection.

A series of gold penannular rings from the province of Cauca, New Granada.

A small collection of terra-cotta figures from Ecuador.

A Mexican head carved in a very rare green mineral ; an alabaster vase, and several other
antiquities from Mexico,

A collection of objects from New Guinea and the adjacent islands, presented by C. J.
Jessop, Esq.

An enamelled silver necklace worn by the Kabyle tribes of Algeria, presented by the
Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A leather case containing an amulet or charm, probably from the upper part of the Nile,
presented by Richard Greene, Esq.

An adze of black stone from Burmah, presented by Captain A. G. Duff.

A Chinese model of a pagoda in steatite, presented by Herbert Lane, Esq.

A model of a Labrador sledge, presented by Samuel Prior, Esq.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND RoMAN ANTIQUITIES.

T.—-Arrangement.

Twelve hundred and ninety-nine objects, chiefly antiquities from Camirus, have been
registered ; descriptive titles have been attached to 213 statues and other objects; 58 sculp-
tures, and 47 inscriptions and sepulchral tablets, have been mounted on plinths or repaired ;
797 vases, terra-cottas, ivories, and other objects, chiefly from Camirus, have been repaired
or cleaned; one Mosaic pavement from Halicarnassus, and portions of three others, have
been mounted and repaired.

The wall-cases in the Second Vase Room have been relined and made dust-proof,
and their contents re-arranged. Sheets A to H of the second volume of the Vase Catalogue
have been printed. Part I. of a new synopsis of the Department of Greek and Roman
Antiquities, containing the description of the First Vase Room, is now ready for issue.

Il.— Acquisitions.

At the sale of the celebrated collection of the late Count Pourtalés a number of
antiquities were purchased, of which the following are the most remarkable :—

Sculptures. (1.) A head of Apollo in white marble, formerly in the Giustiniani Collec-
tion at Rome. This head is remarkable for the intense pathos in the expression, and for
the bold and elaborate execution, From certain peculiarities in the treatment, it is possible
that it may be an ancient copy of a work in bronze.

(2.) A youthful male head from the frieze of the Parthenon, formerly in the possession of
Mr. Fauvel of Athens. Since the purchase of this head, it has been identified as belonging
to one of the mounted figures in the group engraved, Museum Marbles, Pt. VIII., Pl. 19.

(3.) A sepulchral sfé/é on which are represenied in relief a physician rubbing with some
unguent the body of a naked youth who stands before him. At the side is the Kribanos
or Klibanos, used in the ancient bath for regulating the temperature ; below are inscribed
the names of a physician and his family.

(4.) Two male figures attacking a bull with spears; found in the Island of Naxos, and
formerly in the Choiseul-Gouffier Collection. This group is probably part of a frieze in
high relief.

(5.) Fragment from a chariot group in relief, of which only the anterior halves of four
horses harnessed abreast have been preserved.

(6.) The front of a sarcophagus of the Roman period, representing several groups of
boys playing at games. Though the sculpture is of a late period, the several groups are
remarkable for simplicity and beauty of composition.

(7.) Sarcophagus, on which is represented, in relief, the story of Phedra and Hippolytus

(8.) A female head, probably, of a marine deity.
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(9.) A head to which the name of the Empress Domitia has been attributed.

(10.) A head of the Emperor Lucius Verus, when young.

(11.) A bust of Crispina, wife of the Emperor Commodus, in fine condition: a good
specimen of the art of the period to which it belongs.

(12.) A bust of the Empress Julia Mammea.

Bronzes.—(1.) A vase 1 foot 113 inches high, with handles terminating in swans’ heads,
in very fine condition, and remarkable for size and beauty of form. Found at Jocri, in
Southern Italy.

(2.) A vase 1 foot 9} inches high, the handles formed by two naked figares tending back
and resting on sphinxes. This vase has been gilt; the figures are finely modelled and skil-
fully adapted to their place in the composition. Found ina tomb at Vulci.

(3.) A seated figure of Jupiter, formerly in the collection of Baron Denon, and said to
have been found in Hungary. A fine work of the Roman period.

(4.) An Etruscan mirror, on which is engraved a group representing the toilet of Helen
in the presence of Aphrodite. The names of all the figures are inscribed near them. For-
merly m the Durand Collection.

Greek Fictile Vuses—(1.) A fine Krater, with figures painted in red and white on a black
ground. On the obverse is represented the initiation of Herakles and of the Dioskuri, in the
lesser Mysteries at Agra. On the reverse, Dionysos, Plutos, and other figures. This vase
is remarkable for the interest of the subject, the richness and variety of the composition,
and the excellence of its condition. It was found at Sant’Agata di Goti, in Southern

Italy.

(2.) A large Krater, with figures in red and white on a black ground. On the obverse is
the sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis, Behind the figure of Iphigenia is the doe substituted by
Artemis. The subject represented on this vase is one of rare occurrence in ancient att.

(3.) A Kantharos, with red figures on a black ground. On the obverse, Orestes slaying
Neoptolemos at the altar at Delphi. On the reverse, a scene supposed to represent the trial
of Orestes before the Areopagus.

(4.) A Krater, with red figures on a black ground. ‘Two comic actors, one of whom
ascends a ladder to a window where a lady’s head appears. ‘The other waits on him, holding
a torch. This scene is a burlesque representation of the visit of Jupiter to Alemena; it
occurs on a nearly similar vase in the Vatican.

(5.) Krater, with red figures on a black ground. Hermes holding the infant Dionysos,
who extends his arms towards a Menad, his future nurse. Above these figures their names
are inscribed. ;

§ (6.) Krater, with polychrome figures on a black ground. The hunt of the Calydonian
oar.

(7.) Krater, with red figures. Theseus sacrificing the bull of Marathon.

(8.) Krater, with red figures. Cassandra and Polyxena taking refuge at the feet of the
statue of Pallas Athene on the night of the taking of Troy.

(9.) Vase, with four handles; red figures.on a black ground. On the obverse, Acton
devoured by his hounds.

(10.) Vase, in the form of a duck, for holding unguents; on each wing of the duck, a
reclining figure, modelled in relief, in very fine condition, and richly ornamented.

Lerra-cottas—(1.) Model of a rustic waggon, with solid wheels ; probably a child’s toy.
It is painted with ornaments of an archaic character. Found at Nola.

(2.) Grotesque figure seated on an Amphora.

Gold Ornaments.—(1.) A circular plate, in embossed work, representing two youths, and
a female figure seated round a large vase.

(2.) Two oblong plates, on each of which is embossed a reclining satyr.

Miscellaneous.—(1.) An archaic carving in amber, representing a female figure carried off
by a male figure. In fine condition, and remarkable for the size of the piece of amber.

(2, 3.) Two small squares of inlaid glass, in each of which is a tragic mask in various
colours. Such vitreous inlays are of great rarity.

(4.) A mosaic of the Roman period, representing a landscape.

COR eine representing an Amazon reclining by her horse; which lies on a low truck

A Collection of Antiquities purchased from Signor A, Castellani, of Naples.—-This collec-
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tion comprises a number of fine bronzes, a chuice series of engraved stones (intaglios and
cameos), the greater part of which were purchased by Signor Castellani from the celebrated
Museum of the Marchese St. Angelo; a small collection of choice, ancient, and medizeval
rings ; several interesting archaic terra-cottas, three Fictile vases, four Etruscan sarcophagi;
and ten small figures in lead.

The following objects deserve special notice : —

Bronzes.—(1.) A seated figure, probably, of a philosopher, recently found in dredging
the harbour at Brindisi, the ancient Brundusium. This bronze is remarkable for the broad
and effective treatment of the subject; the drapery is skilfully composed, the conception of
the figure easy and natural.

(2.) A group of Herakles overcoming the horses cf Diomedes, which has formed the
epithema, or ornament at the top ofa cista, of which only fragments remain. This group is
an interesting specimen of Etruscan art; the horses are carefully modelled, but in a style
which retains traces of archaic stiffness ; found at Palestrina (Preneste). y

(3.) Demeter seated in a rustic car ; a most curious specimen of early Etruscan art, in the
finest condition; found at Amelia in Etruria.
(4.) A lamp in the form of the head of a greyhound holding in his mouth the head of a

hare. This is beautifully modelled, and belongs to the fiuest period of Greek art; found
at Novera (Nuceria Alfaterna).

(5.) A youthful male figure, with an Etruscan inscription on the. base. .
(6.) A figure of Sylvanus in very fine condition; found at Nocera (Nuceria Alfaterna).
(7.) A smal! group representing Helle on a ram ; found at Chiusi.

(8.) The infant Bacchus holding up a bunch of grapes.

(9.) Autumn represented as a winged boy with a basket of fruit.

(10.) An oblong mirror set in an ornamented frame, round which are flowers and Cupids;
below is a group representing a male and female figure. This mirror is remarkable for size
and richness of decoration ; found at Locri, in Southern Italy,

11.) A mirror, on which is represented Helen at the taking of Troy, seeking refuge from
the pursuit of Menelaus at the Altar of Athene ; the composition includes Aphrodite and
several other figures whose Etruscan names are inscribed over them. The subject is here
treated in an unusual manner, and this mirror is further remaikable for the masterly drawing
of the figures; it may be considered the finest specimen of this class of objects in the
British Museum.

(12.) A mirror, on which are represented Menelaus, Ulysses, Clytemnestra, and Pala-
medes, with their names inscribed in Etruscan characters.

(13.) A mirror, on which are represented Minerva, Herakles, Aphrodite, and Apollo in
front of an Ionic temple, with their names inscribed in Etruscan characters.

(14.) A mirror, on which are represented a male figure in a Phrygian cap playing on the
lyre, inscribed “Thalna,” in front of whom stands a veiled female figure; behind her.is a
seated female figure holding a vase on her lap.

(15.) A mirror, on which is represented the head of the youthful Herakles.

(16.) The cover of a mirror, on which is represented, in embossed work, the meeting ‘of
Ulyss<-s and Penelope.

(17.) The cover of a mirror, on which is represented, in en:bossed work, a group of Venus
and Anchises.

Nos. 11 to 17 were found at Cere (Cervetri).

(18.) A suit of Greek armour.

Vases.—(1.) An archaic hydria representing a battle scene, with the names of the com-
batants inscribed over them; found at Capua Vetere.

2.) A cup, on the inside of which a shoemaker making a shoe is painted in red on a
black ground. Very curious for the subject ; found at Chiusi.

(3.) A cup, with red figures on a black ground, representing Bacchus with attendant
satyrs. ;
This design is remarkable for the elaborate finish of the drawing; found at Capua Vetere.

Terra-cottas found at Locri.—These consist of eight fragments from thin slabs, on which
archaic groups are represented in low relief; among the subjects are Hermes Kriophoros,
and two female figures stooping over an altar, in front of which is a cock standing on a
candelabrum ; two other female figures are represented each holding a cock in her right hand,

Four Sarcophagi found at Chiusi.—These are small square Cists cut in freestone. Re
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them are sculptured, in very low relief, banquets, hunting scenes, and dancers, forming a
frieze round cach Cist; these reliefs are well preserved, and are interesting specimens of
Etruscan art.

Sculptures from the Mausoleum.—In the course of the year Mr. Biliotti, British Vice-
Consul at Rhodes, and M. Salzmann, have been employed by the Trustees to resume the
excavations on the site of the Mausoleum, the complete exploration of which bad been
previously impossible, on account of the refusal of the owners of some of the site to part with
their houses.

The whole of the Peribolus has now been cleared and carefully dug over, and the ground
lying below the Peribolus on the East and South has also been explored.

dn the course of these excavations a number of fragments of the sculptures of the Mauso-
leum have been discovered. .

The most remarkable of these fragments are :—

(1.) The body of a Greek warrior which has been fitted to its place on the slab of
frieze, discovered by Mr. Newton in situ, in 1857, and engraved in his History of Discoveries
at Halicarnassus, Pl. ix., upper view.

(2.) The lower part of a right leg, which has been fitted to a seated eclossal figure pre-
viously discovered.

(3.) A horse’s foot attached to a base, and seven other fragments from one or more ot
the colossal horses from the chariot group which crowned the apex of the pyramid.

(4.) Part of the body of a female charioteer from the chariot frieze, which has been ‘fitted
on to a fragment previously discovered.

(5.) Part of a helmet belonging to a head from the frieze of the Mausoleum, which had
been previously discovered.

(6.) Twenty-four fragments from the head and forepart of a colossal lion, of which the
hinder half had been previously discovered.

(7.) A colossal female head much defaced.
(8.) The upper part of the figure of a Greek warrior from the frieze of the Order.

(9.) The body ofa dyimg Amazon from the same frieze. These two last fragments are of
great beauty.

In the southern part of the Peribolus were found the following Greek inscriptions :— ~

(1.) A base of blue marble on which are six lines in elegiac metre, apparently relating to
the worship of Bacchus.

(2.) A dedication to Aphrodite by the Agoranomi or magistrates-of the Agora; this in-
scription was found on ground immediately overlooking the site assigned to the Agora by
‘Vitruvius.

(3.) A decree of the Augusfan age, in which mention is made of the Consul M. Plautius
Sylvanus, who held office, B.c. 2.

(4.) A dedication to Arsinve, probably, the Queen of Ptolemy Philadelphus.

A slab from the frieze of the Mausoleum, purchased at Genoa from the Marchese Serra.

This slab represents a battle beiween Greeks and Amazons, and is from the frieze of the
Order; it isin better condition than any of the slabs brought from Budrum, and was
probably taken to Genoa by one of the Knights ef St. John, who served in the Castle at
Budrum, inthe 15th century. It was formerly in the Villa di Negri, at Genoa, andis known
to have been in the possession of the Bajano family -there rather more than a century ago.
Its history cannot be traced further back than about the year 1750.

Sculptures from Bargylia, in Caria.

In the course of his stay at Budrum, Mr, Biliotti discovered on a promontory, near the
ancient Bargylia, the remains of a Doric tomb, similar in character to the Lion tomb near
Cnidus. In these rains were found fragments of a colossal group in white marble,in which
Scylla isvepresented, under her usual type, as a female figure, terminating below the waist
in marine monsters; representations of Scylla are very rare in ancient sculpture.

A small Greek vase, of the kind called Aryballos, found near Corinth ; purchased of Mr.
Merlin, British Vice-Consul at Athens.

This vase has a number of names inscribed on it in archaic characters, and is one of the
earliest known specimens on which Greek writing cccurs. Engraved in the Annali of the
Roman Institute di Corrispondenza Archeologica, xxxiv. Tav. d’agg. a.

A bronze figure, 1 foot 93 inches high, representing Venus stooping as if to adjust her
sandal, The subject is one of which several copies in bronze and marble are extant. They
are all probably taken from some celebrated original. This bronze is said to have been dis-

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covered near Patras. It is of unusual size, and in very fine condition. The countenance
has great beauty, and in the whole motion of the figure there is a grace and charm which
show that it belongs to the best period of Greek art. -

Sculpture from Ephesus. In the course of the present year Mr. Wood has completed
the excavation of the Odeum at Ephesus on account of the Trustees, and has discovered the
lower half of a statue of the Emperor Commodus, in white marble, and a fair specimen of
Roman sculpture. From the inscription on the base of this figure, it must have been dedi-
cated in the lifetime of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, and probably before B.c. 175, when
Commodus was associated with his father as emperor.

The following presents have been received :—

(I.) An ancient mural painting, representing the upper part of the figure of a youth play-
ing on the double fhute, life size. This is now cut off at the chest, but has probably been a
full length figure. Though a good deal retouched, this head is a very interesting specimen
of mural painting. The style is broad and effective, and the colourmg harmonious. This

painting is said to have been found in an excavation near Rome; presented by Sir Matthew
White Ridley, Bart., m.p.

(II.) The following objects have been presented by the Trustees under the will of the
late Henry Christy, Esq. :—

A painted vase, of the kind called Kernos, from the Island of Milo (Melos). Thirty-two
painted Fictile vases and two terra-cotta figures, from Camirus. Four Greek painted
vases. ‘l'wo terra-cotta vases. ‘Two terra-cotta figures. A terra-cotta relief, representing
the head of Medusa. Three terra-cotta lamps. A terra-cotta pyxis. Two objects in
bronze. An antique plaster cast of a face. A string of amber beads, and some carvings in
the same material. A number of fragments of inlaid glass. Seven objects in bone or
ivory. Eight antique rings. Seven engraved stones.

(III.) An early Athenian vase ; presented by Viscountess Strangford.
(IV.) A casket of ivory and bone ; presented by the late Mrs. C. 'T. Newton.
(V.) Three vases from Corinth; presented by Commander Balfour, r.N.

(VI.) A small group, from Asia Minor, sculptured in white marble, representing Jupiter
holding an axe, between a male and female figure; presented by T. F. Hughes, Esq.,
Oriental Secretary at H. M. Embassy, Constantinople.

(VII.) The half of a boar, an archaic carving in amber; presented by Augustus W.
Franks, Esq.
C. T. Newton.

DeparTMENT oF Coins AND MEDALS.
_ L.—Arrangement.

1,016 Greek Autonomous and Imperial coins have been registered, and 548 incor-
porated.

520 Greek coins, including some of the Seleucid, have been re-arranged, and new and
descriptive cards have been written for them.

1779 Greek Imperial coins, being those of Roman Emperors ruling over Alexandria,
have been placed in three new cabinets.

335 Greek coins, being a collection of coins of the Ptolemies, have been carefully
examined.

1,500 miscellaneous Greek coins, collected by Mr. Pullan in the East, and 137 offered
at various times for sale, have been carefully examined.

864 miscellaneous Roman coins, chiefly Imperial, have been registered.

610 miscellaneous Roman coins have been incorporated.

423 cards, with appropriate dates, have been written for Roman gold coins.

450 new labels have been written for the Roman Consular series.

500 Roman coins, being a miscellaneous collection of Third Brass, have been
examined.

391 Roman coins, of the Second and Third Brass series, being treasure trove from
Falmouth, have been carefully examined. :

75 Roman coins, being First and Second Brass coins, belonging to the Earl of St. Germans,
have been carefully examined, and a portion selected for the National Collection.

The study and new chronological arrangement of the Consular series, has been
continued.

The study of the more ancient Copper Roman coins has been commenced.

The sale Catalogue of the celebrated Collection of M. Dupré has been minutely
examined.

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1,146 miscellaneous Medieval and Modern coius have been registered, 543 incorporated,
479 prepared for registiation, and 730 newly arranged.

4,993, being several large collections of Medizval and Modern coins offered for sale, have
been carefully examined with a view to the selection of such specimens as might be
required for the National Collecticn.

10 cabinets of German coins have been partially re-arranged, to make room for the
incorporations.

4 cabinets of German coins have been examined, and new cards, with chronological re-
ferences, inserted where requisite.

3,503 new cards have been written for miscellaneous Medieval and Modern coins.

637 miscellaneous English coins have been catalogued, 105 registered, and 126 incor-
porated.

2,603 English coins, being the remainder of the great Eccles find, of the coins of
Henry 11.; and 3,225 English coins, being a portion of the Bank of England Collection,
together with those of other collections offered for sale, have been examined with a view to
selection.

290 English coins have been newly arranged, and 72 have been prepared for registration

2,868 new cards have been written for various English coins,

105 miscellaneous Oriental coins have been registered, 126 incorporated, and 290 newly
arranged.

2,100 Oriental coins, collected by Capt. Stuobs, r. H. A., in the East, have been carefully
examined, and 96 selected.

1,500 Oriental coins, being miscellaneous coins offered for sale, have been carefnlly
examined.

I].— Acquisitions.

The following table shows the number and classification of the coins and medals
added during the year 1865 :—

Gold. | Silver. | Copper. EEL ToTAL.

Lead.
Greek - - - - - 164 1,030 1,181 | - - | 2,375
OED, = en 355 7 445 | - - 807
Medieval and Modern - - 281 1,454 410 44 2,189
Miehish! Sb. OC Qok0nd yeOdi bysdioe prpe |oirQB8 85 s | 1,221
|
Oriental - - - - - 119, |) «177 348 | - - 644
Haggard and Cuff Medals - - 37 789 901 308 2,035
Torau - - -] 1,181 4,410 3,370 360 9,271

Of the acquisitions, the great collection formerly in the Bank of England, and numbering,
with the medals collected by Messrs. Haggard and Cuff, about 7,700 specimens, have been
deposited in the British Museum by the authorities of the Bank of England.

The following have been presented to the Trustees :—

A very fine archaic tetradrachm of Cos. From Commander C. J. Balfour, rn.

A rare gold coin of Constantine I. From J. F. W. De Salis, Esq.

Two third brass coins of Nero. From George Sim, Esq.

Seven copper coins of Claudius. From the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans.

Two Bracteates of Magdeburg and Bamberg, and an iron medal struck at Bauman’s
Hohle (a2 mine in Brunswick). From the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen.

Two copper boundary tokens. From his Grace the late Duke of Northumberland, x.e.

A German satirical medal in bronze. From Sir Woodbine Parish.

Two medals in billon, of the Féte Historique of St. Omer; one medal of the Féte
Communale of Douai, and a copper counter. From M. Preux, Avocat-Général.

A gold medal of Sir William Browne, given to the late Dr. Lettsom on his gaining the
Browne prize at Cambridge, a.p. 1816. From Thomas Hunt, Esq.

Six copper Swedish coins. From Professor Tornberg.

A bronze medal of the Fair at Chicago. From Mr. Wilson.

A silver medal of the Jesuit’s College at Rome. From Signor Paggi.

A bronze medal, in commemoration of the entrance of the Princess Alexandra into
London. From the Corporation of the City of London.

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A leaden medal of Queen Anne. From Edward Hawkins, Esq.

Two denicrs of the Abbey of St. Martial, at Limoges.; and a bracteate of Zurich. From
R. T. Brassey, Esq.

A copper token of Charles Miller, who gained the gold sculpture medal of the French
Academy, for his group called “ The Minstrel Curse.” From James Falconer, Esq.

Tio scaree coins in billon, of the: Canton Vallais, struck in 1628. Fron M. Blanchet, of
Lausanne.

A copper medal of the Battleof Navarino; of Francis II. of Franee; of M. Bouvet, a
French engraver ; a satirieal medal in lead of William ILI, of England; a silver medal of
Williim of Nassau, a.p. 1734; two white metal casts, one of a medal of the taking of
Namur and Brussels, the other of the taking of Huy; a farthing of Edward I1I., and of
Edward VI.; a 25 zlot piece of Alexander 1. as King of Poland, 1818; and seven English
copper tokens. From A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bronze medal of Jo. Bapt. Vico. From C. T. Newton, Esq.

A-cop,er Australian'token. From’ W.H. Coxe, Esq.

The foilowing specimens may be noticed as among the more valuable additions to the
Cabinets of ihe Briush Museum, during the year 1865 :—

An unique silver coin of Populonia in Etruria.

An arehaic tetradrachm of the Island of Cos.

An unique tetradrachm of Philistis, Queen of Syracuse.

A very rare coin of Simon Nasi II., Prince of Israel.

A coin of Childebert, struck at Marseilles.

Several very fine and rare medallions of Commodus, Lucilla, Sept. Severus, Gordianus
Pius, Trebonianus Gallus, and Probus.

A rare coin of Magnus Maximus, with the letters AVGOB (Augusta 72), struck at
London.

A gold coin of Gallienus.

A rare sterling of Otho 1V., Emperor of Germany, a.p. 1208-12.

Two rare sterlings of the Emperor Frederic II. (a.p. 1212-50).

A Jeton of Sir Robert Pye.

A very fine colleetion of Italian and German Cinque-cento medals.

A remarkable Saxon silver coin of Beorthric.

1856 persons have visited. the Medal Room daring the past year.

W.S. W. Vauzx.

DepaRTMENTS oF NaturAuL History

The principal business of the departments has been the re-arrangement of exhibited
specimens for incorporation of additional ones selected from those, 30,402 in ‘number,
acquired during the year 1865.

The substitution of better preserved, or more instructive specimens, selected ‘from those
previously in store, for inferior exemplifications of species in the public galleries.

The transfer of specimens from those in store, in the basement, for arrangement in
drawers beneath the table-cases.

Verifying, correcting, or improving the nomenclature ani synonyms of the species.
Labelling the specimens accordingly, and arranging them in the reserve drawers.

Locating or storing the bulk of the additions under available conditions best calculated to
ensure their preservation in a state of fitness for exhibition and scientific applications when
the required space may be obtained.

Of the class Mammalia the stuffed specimens have been kept in a state of preserva-
tion, without other deterioration than is inevitable in regard to the proportion of the
exhibited specimens for which tiere is not accommodation in the glazed cases,

The unstuffed skins in store are in a good state of preservation, subserving the purposes
of scientific examination and comparison; and all such as are suitable for selection for
future exhibition are in a state fit for being prepared and mounted accordingly.

The proportion of the collection of the skins and skeletons of the class of Birds, mounted
and systematically arranged, isin a good state of preservation; most of the cabinets inthe
public gallery are now filled to the utmost:of their exhibition space.

The collection of Bird skins, unmounted, stored in boxes and cupboards in the basement
vaults, are in a state of preservation, available for the purposes of study and comparison of
characters.

The proportion of the collection of Reptiles and Fishes preserved and displayed in the
public galleries is in a good state of preservation and arrangement. The greater proportion
of the specimens of both these classes is stored in the basement, in a space so crowded as to
Le obstructive to their-scientific study and comparison. Such stored specimens are pre-
served in alcohol, which experience shows to be the best medium; and they are in a good
state of preservation.

In the Invertebrate classes, the specimens of molluscous animals in the shell, and those
of the shell-less orders and families, arepreserved in spirits, and, for the most part, stored in
the basement vaults, on shelves, now so crowded that access to any not in the first row is

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difficult, and the scientific utility of this part of the collection is proportionably restricted.
The arranged and exhibited series of shells of the Mollusca is ina good state of preserva-
tion and instructively displayed, but many of the specimens are of inferior quality.

The small proportion of the class Insecta, publicly displayed, is in a good state of pre-
servation, and is instructively arranged and labelled. ‘The very large proportion of the class
in the Basement Entomological Store-room is in a good state of preservation, and so
arranged in drawers as to be conveniently accessible for study and comparison.

The large proportion of the Echinodermata now exhibited and systematically arranged in
the public galleries, together with the stored specimens of the class, is in a state of pre-
servation.

The specimens of the classes Annelides and Entozoa are in a good state of preservation;
they are stored, in bottles of spirits, for the most part in the basement.

The specimens of the class Crustacea are in a good state of preservation; a proportion of
this class is exhibited and systematically arranged.

The Corals and other Radiata, in the public gallery, occupy detached glazed cases in such
spaces as can, with least inconvenience, be taken from the gangways and recesses of the
Mammalian Saloon. Both the exhibited and stored specimens are in a good state of
preservation,

The collection of the Osteological specimeus is in a state of preservation; the conditions
of the stowage of these specimens in the basement. vaults alloted to them oppose difficulties
to their application in the comparison of recent and fossil bones.

The exhibited series of Nests and Nidamental structures are in a good state of preservation.

The series of horns and antlers are exhibited ; but for the most part, through present con-
ditions of space, apart from the stuffed specimens of the species to which they belong or
nay be allied.

The collection of British Natural History is in.a good state of preservation, and is well
arranged and displayed, affording the requisite facilities for study and comparison of speci-
mens.

The proportion of the series of the fossil remains which can be exhibited is instructively
arranged and labelled, and in most instances favourably, for examination and comparison.

The proportion of the fossil series kept in store is partly arranged in glized cabinets in
studies and woikrooms to which the public have not access, partly in drawers beneath the
table-cases in the public gallery, partly in the basement vaults ; but for the most part easily
available to the student ana scientific visitor.

All the fossil specimens, exhibited and in store, are in a good state of preservation.

A large proportion of the series of Mineralogy is exhibited under couditions of arrange-
ment, with instructive models and indices, and with generic and specific labelling, highly
favourable to the study and scientific application of this department of the Natural History.
All the-specimens of Minerals displayed and in store are in a perfect state of preservation,

In the department of Zoology there have been acquired the parts which best exemplify
the specific characters and affinities of the Cetacea, viz., the skeleton of two of the larger
kinds of Whale; one of the Whalebone family (PAysalus latirostris), and one of the
“Sperm Whale’ (Catodon macrocephalus).

In the additions to the class Keptilia may be noted many typical specimens described
the donor, Sir A. Smith, in his “ Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.” Some
remarkable forms of soft Turtle (Zrionychide@) have been received from West Africa.

The materials for determining the specific characters of British Salmonoid fishes have
been, through the hberality of donors, numerous and important, with well-defined localities,
in England, Scotland, lreland, and Wales. For comparison with these, specimens. of
Salmonoids have been obtained from Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, and
Iceland.

Two exam} 1:s of the poisonous fish (Thalassophryne) are contained in the collection from
Central America, presented by Captain Dow.

The skull, upwards of five feet in length, of the most gigantic of the extinct Plesiosauroid
Reptiles (Plesiosaurus grandis), forms a striking addition to that series of Fossils; it was
obtained by the liberal donor, J. C. Mansell, Esq., from the Kimmeridge Clay, of Kim-
meridce, Dorsetshire.

Of the total number of additions to the Natural History, 16,700 are registered in the
department of Zoology, 10,079 in the department of Geology, and: 3,623 in the department
of Mineralogy.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZooLoey.

Tue different classes of Zoology have beem increased durmg the year 1865 to the extent
of 16,700 specimens, which are thus divided :—

Vertebrate Animals - - - - - 2,753
Molluscous and Radiated Animals - - - - 5,106
Annulose Animals - - - - - - 8,841

TOTAL - - 16,700

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All these examples have been regularly marked with their date, and number, and recorded
in the manuscript Register of Accessions, with a notice of the locality from which they
were collected, and of the manner in which they were acquired, showing how many of the
specimens were presented, and how many were obtained by purchase. By whichever means
obtained, they have been selected from various collections as the most useful specimens
for completing the series already in the Museum, or as illustrating the Zoology of
particular divisions of the earth’s surface; this is especially the case with those that have
been procured by recent collectors. Many of them are the identical specimens from which
the descriptions of the new species were taken, and are highly interesting on that account, as
exhibiting the types of the animals described by Zoologists, and as serving to exemplify
their position in the scientific classification. Other specimens serve to show the changes
that take place in the gradual development of the growth of the species, while some
illustrate the slight differences which exist between allied species that belong to closely
connected localities, thus exhibiting to the students the variations that occur under these
circumstances, which is a question of much interest, and one which is much discussed at the
present period.

Many of the newly acquired specimens have been prepared and placed. in the public
galleries, with those previously exhibited, to afford the student the means of studying the
science in the most efficient manner.

Various portions of the Zoological Collection have received a large share of attention
during the past year, with a view to the specimens being named in conformity with the recent
advances in the knowledge of species; thus, several families of the Mammalian Collection
have been revised, as Simiade, Lemuride, Urside, Viverridz, and Mustelide, and at the same
time, the recently received specimens have been incorporated into the Catalogue. Some por-
tion of the Ormithological Collection, especially the families of Muscicapide, Fringillide,
Ampelidz, and others, have been examined, named, and catalogued. The specimens of Fishes,
composing the families of Salmonidez, Mormyride, Esocide, and Scombresocidz, have been
determined, named, and catalogued. The Conchological Collection has been increased by
the addition of a large series of the typical specimens of shells from Madeira, and also of a
very large collection of shells from Panama and the West Coast of America. These have
been placed with the general collection, having their names and localities severally marked
on the tablets of each species. Of the Entomological Collection, which receives a very large
share of the attention of Students, portions have been revised and re-arranged, especially
the extensive Coleopterous family of Curculionide ; and great progress has been made
in the arrangement of the specimens of Exotic Lepidopterous Insects, viz., in the families of
Vanesside, Nymphalide, and others, with the view of bringing these portions into conformity
with what has been written thereon of late, and with the object of remedying the crowded
state of the drawers, occasioned by the insertion of recently acquired specimens, and at the
same time of assisting the students in obtaining correct information regarding them. The
specimens, composing the general collection of Annelides, have been verified, catalogued, and
re-arranged.

The following Catalogues have been published during the past year :—
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera, Parts 31, 32, 33,34, by Francis Walker, Esq., F.1.s.
Catalogue of British Non-parasitical Worms, by Dr. George Johnston.

The Collection has received the following most important additions :—

The skin and skeleton of the Elephas Sumatranus, from Padang, Sumatra.

A small collection of Mammalian Skins, from West Africa; presented by Captain
Burton.

A collection of Mammalian Skins, from the interior of Africa ; collected by Dr. Baikie,
and presented by Earl Russell.

A series of Horns of the Cervus Schomburghii, Panolia Eldii, &c."; collected by the late
Sir R. Schomburgk.

The skin cf Tragelaphus Spekeii, from West Africa; presented by M. Du Chaillu.

Two pairs of the rare horns of Budorcas taxicolor. :

A small collection of Mammalia, from India; presented by the Hon; J. Dormer.

The skeleton of the Rhinoceros Sumatranus, from Sumatra.

The skeleton of a large Whale, Physalus latirostris, from the Coast of Holland.

A fine skeleton of the Sperm Whale, Catodon macrocephalus, taken near Thurso, Caith-
ness-shire, and presented by Captain Macdonald, r.z. ’

A large collection of Birds, from Malacca ; presented by W. Harvey, Esq.

A large collection of Birds, formed in Central America, and presented by Osbert
Salvin, Esq.

A specimen of an Eagle, Heteropus Malayanus, from India; presented by H.S. H.
Prince Frederic of Schleswig-Holstein.

A collection of Birds from the Molucca, Aru, and Bouru Islands, many of them types
of new species.

A series of Birds from Japan and Asia Minor.

The typical specimens of Sazicola spectabilis ; presented by Dr. P. L. Sclater.

A specimen of the Black Swan, Cygnus atratus, shot on the 22d November 1864 at
Lough Beg, near Ringashiddy, Co. Cork; presented by R. H. B. Campbell, Esq.

A large series of Fishes, from Zanzibar; presented by Lieutenant-Colonel R. Lyon
Playfair.

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A large collection of Mammalia and of Fishes, collected in Central America by O. Salvin,
Esq., and F, Godman, Esq.

A collection of Fishes, from the Chinese Sea; collected by Mr. Consul Swinhoe.

A series of Fishes from India, presented by F. Day, Esq.

A series of Fishes from the West Coast of America, presented by Captain J. M. Dow.
Various specimens of Salmonide recently obtained from different rivers, for the purpose
of comparing them while fresh with the specimens in the Museum; presented by the Duke
of Argyll, the Duke of Roxburgh, Earl Cowper, Earl of Enniskillen, Viscount Powerscowt,
J. Lloyd, Esq., 8. P. Ellis, Esq., Captain J. B. Dunbar, W. Peel, Esq., J. H. Guiney, Esq.,
S. Chamberlain, Esq., F. Godman, Esq,, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Major Scott, Godefroy Lunce,
Esq., Professor Maskelyne, J. Gould, K'sq., and Professor Steenstrup.

The skin of a Crocodile from the River Nile, presented by G. Lennox Conyngham, Esq.

A specimen of Rhizomys, and a series of Reptiles and of Fishes fiom Siam, presented by
the late Sir R. Schomburgk.

A large serics of Reptiles from South Africa, presented by Sir A. Smith.

A series of Reptiles, and one of Fishes, presented by Dr. Peters.

Two large Crocodiles from India, presented by Geveral P. R. Thompson.

A series of Reptiles fiom the West Indies, presented by the Zoological Museum of the
University of Copenhagen.

A small series of land and fresh-water Shells from Victoria, Nyanza, and Urganama, col-
lected by the late Captain Speke.

A series of Shells from the West Indies, presented by Dr. P. P. Carpenter.

A small series of Shells from the Island of Trinidad, presented by Dr. Guppy.

A very complete coltection of Shells of the Madeira Islands, presented by Baron Capello
de Pavia.

A very extensive collection of Shells from Panama, West Coast of America, &c., presented
by the Smithsonian Institution.

A large colJection of fossil remains of Crustacea and Zoophytes, from the Suffolk Crag.

A series of Shells, presented by the Trustees of the Christy Collections.

A series of Annelides from the North Sea, presented by the Museum of Stockholm.

A series of Annelides from the seas off the Shetland Islands, presented by J. Gwyn
Jeffereys, Esq.

A series of Insects of all orders from the shores of the Amazon; a large series of Chilian
Coleopterous Insects; a series of rare Coleopterous Insects from Russia and Siberia; a
fine specimen of Goliathus giganteus ; a large series of European Lepidopterous Iusects ; a
large collection of Hymenopterous Insects, collected by Mr. Wallace; presented by W.
Wilson Saunders, Esq.

A series of Honey Bees of Brazil, presented by John Miers, Esq.

A series of South African Hymenopterous Insects, presented by Dr. Kannemayer,

A new species of Goliathus, presented by H, Norton, Esq.

John Edward Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The chief additions to this department during the past year are as follows :—

A selected series of specimens from the collection of Dr. Bowerbank. This is a most
important acquisition, not only from the very numerous Fossil Remains which were found in
the collection to he desiderata to the Museum, but from there being among them a large
number of specimens which have been described and figured in various geological works.
The number of specimens selected is:—Mammalian Remains, 53; Birds, 5; Reptilians,
167; and Fishes, 361. Total, 586 remains of Vertebrate animals. To the Invertebrate
series has been added, 143 Cephalopoda ; 776 tablets of Mollusca; 147 of Echinodermata;
93 Crustacea; 47 Cirripedia; 21 Vermes; and 263 Bryozoa and Corals. Total number of
Invertebrata, 1,490. Of Fossil Plants there are 320 specimens, besides 264 bottles con-
taining Fossii Fruits from the London clay of Sheppey.

A selection of some very choice specimens from the collection of the late Mr. Harrison
of Charmouth, containing figured and described specimens of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus,
Scelidosaurus Harrisoni, and very fine examples of Fishes, from the Lower Lias of Char-
mouth and Lyme Regis; the type specimen of Scapheus ancylochelis, « fine example vf
fecPlaparia longimana, and a selected series of Ammonites and Belemuites from the same
ocality.

From the Lias of Lyme Regis have been also obtained several species of fishes of the
genera Oxygnathus and Pholidophorus, together with a very perfect specimen of a small
Ichihyosaurus, showing the skin, and in the hinder parts, exhibiting the outline of the
fleshy portions of the body.

A selection of 18 specimens, from an extensive collection of Fossil Fishes from the
Cretaceous deposits of Mount Lebanon, formed by the Rev. H. B. Tristram.

A cast of an extinct gigantic Armadillo (Glyptodon reticulatus), having been procured by
exchange, has been set up in Room VI. The original was found in the Estuary deposit
at Buenos Ayres, South America.

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A cast of the skull and lower jaw of Rhinoceros leptorhinus fiom Mford, taken by the
permission of the owner of the originals (Antonio Brady, Esq., r.@.8., of Stratford), is
exhibited in Room Y.

A series of Sponges from the Chalk and Green Sand, 50 models of Foraminifera,
designed by Wenzel Fric.

A collection of Fossil Shells, from the Crag of Bridlington. Cyprea Coombii, and other
shells from the Middle Eocene, Bracklesham.

Fifteen specimens of Plewrotomarie, from the Lias Marlstone, and numerous other
Mollusca, from the Gault of Charmouth and Folkestone.

Nine Fossil! Shells, from the Miocene of Sout Australia. Twenty-five shells from the
glacial drift of the Clyde Valley.

Examples of Apicerinites Parkinsoni, Pentacrinus briareus, Woodocrinus monodactylus,
Cidaris Waltoni, Ophioderma, Acrosolenia, Actinocrinus, and other genera and species of
Echinode: mata.

Trilobites from Gothland and America. Remains of Eurypterus from North America, of
Pierygotus and Stylonurus, from Lanarkshire and Forlarshire, and of Ceratiocaris from Lanark.

Ammonites and other shells, from the Oxford Clay and Kelloway Rock of Wiltshire.
Ammonites and Belemnites from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis.

The Saxby Collection, including the type of Hoplcparia Saxbyi, Nautilus Saxbyi, and
about 150 Fossil shells, principally from the Cretaceous rocks of the Isle of Wight.

The skull of Bos longifrons (male), and of another species of Bos from rear Lough-Gur,
Limerick, presented by J. F. W. De Salis, Esq, M.a., F.@.s., &e,

Portion of pelvis of Megatherium, yart of carapace of Glyptodon, and head of femur of
Mastodon, {rom Uruguay, South America, presented by Captain John Parish, r.n.

Fine tusk ofa Fossil Elephant, dredged up between Happisburgh ani Yarmouth, on the
coast of Norfolk, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Upper and lower jaw of Plesiosaurus grandis, trom the Kimmeridge clay, Kimmeridge,
presented by J. C. Mansel, Esq., F.c.s.

Skull of Mastodon, 4 molar teeth of Mastodon; remains of Megatherium, Glyptodon,
Toxcdon, Mylodon, Scelidotherium, Cervus, &c., from post-tertiary Shinglebank, in the Rio
Negro, Uruguay, South America, presented by David A. Stoddart, Esq.

Occipital portion of the skull, with the cervical vertebre of a cetacean (Phocena
crassidens’, from the Thames Valley, near Barking, Essex, presented by C. P. Lane, Esq.

Ostrea pulchra, Sby., from the Weolwich Beds (Lower Eocene), presented by J.
Weld, Esq.

An almost entire boty of Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz, from the Old Red Sandstone of
Forfarshire, presented by James Powrie, Esq., F.G.s.

A series of banded and spongeous flints from Finchley, presented by N. T. Wetherell,
Esq., F.G.8. é

Remains of Asaphus tyrannus, from Llandeilo, Presented by Frederick Layard, Esq.

Bellerophon tangentialis, a large specimen of Flustra, and 50 examples of Echinodermata,
from the mountain Limestone, Clitheroe, etc. Presented by John Rofe, Esq., F.G-s.

Twenty-five species of Devonian Plants from North America. Presented by Dr. J. W.
Dawson, F,R.s., F.G.8., &e.

Works of the Department.

The Wall-cases in Room III., containing the remains of the extinct New Zealand Birds,
and those containing tiie Chelonian Reptiles, have been cleaned and re-arranged.

In Room IV., the Wall-cases containing the Ruminant remains, and in Room V. the
Cases containing the Rhinoceros remains, have also been cleaned and :e-arranged, and
numerous additional specimens have been incorporated.

The Table-cases on the North side of Room IV. have been entirely re-arranged, and con-
densed, to obtain space for the exhibition of a series of remains of Marsupial Mammalia
from Austialia, and for a series of Reptilian remains from the New Red Sandstone of
Stuttgart, as well as for the exhibition of the fine Pterodactyle remains from Dr. Bower-
bank’s Collection.

The head, with tusks, of a Mammoth, found at [ford in Essex, has been restored (with
much labour and difficulty) and prepared for exhibition.

The stores in the vaults have been under examination, and many of the specimens,
formerly in boxes, are now arranged in drawers, some are incorporated in the general
exhibited collection.

The entire Sowerby Collection has been entered in the Register, and 700 of the Cephale-
poda and Brachiopoda, have been critically examined, identified, and labelled. The iarger
Ammonites which could not be accommodated in drawers, have been incorporated with the
general collection of Cephalopoda in the Wall-case series of the New Room.

The Haberlein Collection of Insects from the Lithographic stone of Solenhofen has been
registered; the species capable cf identification have been named, and a selection is exe
hibited in the Table-case for Fossil Insects in Room V.

The Fossil Fruits from the London Clay of Sheppey, forming part of the Bowerbank
Collection, have all been cleaned, transferred to proper bottles, and registered. The series
now occupies 239 glass stoppered bottles, and comprises more than 6,000 specimens.

The Fossil Plants and Crustacea from the same collection have also been labelled and
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One hundred and nine species of Echinoderms, chiefly from the Oolitic and Cretaceous
formations of France, have been mounted upon tablets, named and registered.

A series to illustrate the structure of the Crinoidea, chiefly from the Carboniferous lime-
stone of Clitheroe, has been mounted upon tablets, named and registered.

Upwards of 1,400 Mollusca have been identified and registered, and a considerable portion
of them are mounted upon tablets for exhibition.

Of the Invertebrata exhibited during the past year may be noticed :

A series of Middle Eocene Mollusca, from Bracklesham and Herne Bay; Room VI.,
Table-case 8. Some new Crustacea from the Lias of Lyme Regis, and the Solenhofen
limestone; Room VI., Table-case 7. A fine example of Pterygotus anglicus, almost entire,
exhibited in the Window-recess, Room VI. A slab of Bituminous shale filled with Trilo-
bites, &c., from Lake Huron; top of Wall-case 4, Room VI. \

A series of Libellule from Solenhofen; Room V., Table-case 18. A new series of
Models of Foraminifera, by Wenzel Fric of Prague; Room V., Half Table-case 15.
Mass of Nummulina levigata, from the Middle Eccene, Bracklesham. Room V., Cyca-
dites Saxbyana, Brown, and C. megalophylla, Buckl., and other large plant-remains, on
the tops of the Wall-cases, Room I.

Owing to the limited space for the exhibition of objects in the Table-cases, the majority of
the recent acquisitions are placed in drawers, and it is proposed, when sufficient drawers are
procured, to arrange the extra collections, not exhibited to the public, in Cabinets beneath
the Table-case containing the rest of the series. This arrangement has been effected with
the Tertiary shells, and the Radiata, and will in time be cariied out in each series.

Specimens Registered during 1865:

Of the Vertebrate Classes - - - = - tS = 730
Fossil Fruits from Sheppey, upwards of - - - - - 6,300
Other Plant-remains = _- - - - - 3 z i 276
Foraminifera - SiR pte = = = = = hs = 50
Echinodermata ~ - - = = 4 ~ cf 658
Mollusca - - - = = = 2 = 2 - 1,456
Crustacea - - - - = = ~ = = a 182
Insecta - - - - - - = 4 % ss 427

Total - - - 10,079

200 Slips of a Catalogue of Fossil Crus¢acea (now in preparation) have been written out.

Geo, R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The acquisitions in the Mineral Department, during the past year, have been highly
valuable.

They include the Collection of Colonel de Kokscharow, purchased by a special grant, as
well as some remarkable minerals bought with the ordinary grant, and valuable presents.

The total number of entries made in the Catalogue, during the year, amounts to 3,628.
Of these 3,250 belong to the Kokscharow Collection.

The work of the department has been directed to labelling and putting in order the
minerals in 100 of the reserve drawers, in the re-distribution of the space in several of the
table cases, with a view to the incorporation of fresh acquisitions; in the crystallographic
study of a considerable number of specimens, including definite crystals, now for the first
time found, of Melaconite (cupric oxide), from Cornwall; and, since the arrival of the
Kokscharow Collection, in the cataloguing, grouping, and study of that Collection—

The following speciinens have been received as presents:—

From N. C. Selwyn, Esq., Colonial Geologist, Victoria—Herschelite, crystallised ; Native

. gold in slate ; Antimonite with gold, Mac Ivor; Chloride of Silver, Basalt, Gypps land ;
Quartz crystals, in an Elvan; all from Victoria.

From Mr. Edward Fieldmg—A crystal of Staurolite, its axis penetrated by one of
Kyanite, from St. Gothard, and Iron pyrites crystals from coal.

From J. W. Lukis, Esq., Natrolite, Prehnite, and Dolomite, from Guernsey.

From Professor Tennant—Native arborescent copper, Co. Waterford. Stream tin from
the Ovens district.

From Dr. Chaplin—Native sulpbur, from near Gaza.

From J. Ruskin, Esq., of Denmark Hill— Several of the larger specimens, from a collec
tion of minerals recently purchased by him from Mr. J. Tennant, of the Strand; they con-
sist of a fine polished mass of Iceland spar; Harmotome, from Strontian ; Chessylite, from

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Chessy; Celestine, from Sicily ; Crocoisite, from Beresowsk ; Vanadinite, from Wanlock
Head; Apatite, from Rossie, New York; Stalactitic Wavellite, trom Chester Cy. Pa;
Apophyllite, from the Faroe Isles, and from the trap of Bombay; Laminar Salt, from
Cheshire, and from Hall, Tyrol; Fluor, a polished slab, from Derbyshire; Galena, pseudo-
morphous, after Pyromorphite, from Cornwall; Native sulphur, from Girgenti; Native
copper, from Lake Superior; a large crystal of Mica, from New York; a large slab of
Mica; Fluor, coated by quartz, Weardale.

From Edmund Christy, Esq.—The fellowing specimens have been received in presenta-
tion, being from the collection of the late Henry Christy, Esq. .—

A fine mass of reddish brown crystals of Calcite, from Mexico; lavas and sulphur, from
Popocatepetl; agate pebbles and Egyptian Syenite ; Cryolite, from Greenland ; Cinnabar;
and Hyalite, from Montezuma’s bath.

The collection of Meteorites has been enriched by the presentation, on the part of the
Secretary of State for India, of specimens of the stones that fell at and near Sidoura, near
Kytal, in the district ef Goruckpur, on January 19, 1865.

But the most remarkable addition that has ever been made to the Collection of Meteorites
has accrued to it, during the past year, by the arrival, from Melbourne, Australia, of the
great mass of Meteoric Iron found at Cranbourne, near that city, and known in the colony as
the “ Bruce Meteorite.” It was purchased by Mr. Bruce, now of Inverquhomery, with a view
to his presenting it to the British Museum. The Museum at Melbourne having, however,
obtained, through a misunderstanding, a promise of the half of it, the Trustees of the British
Museum acquired and sent to the Melbourne Museum the mass of meteoric iron, weighing
3,000 lbs., that was sent to the Exhibition of 1862, and which had been found close to the
great Meteorite. The latter was then forwarded entire to London. Its weight is rather
more than 33 tons. It is, consequently, by far the sargest meteoric mass in any collection
in the world.

Among the acquisitions made by purchase during the year, the following inerit mention as
more than usually remarkable :—

A large and beautiful, being perfectly transparent, group of ruby red crystals of Proustite,
or “light red silver ore,” from Chili.

A very fine nugget, formed by an aggregate of crystals of native gold, from California.

Some very sharply facetted and fine crystals of the Electrum-gold of ‘Transylvania.

A mass, weighing nearly 30 lbs., of argentiferous Antimony, from Borneo.

A crystalline piece of the rare mineral “ Pollux,” from Elba.

A crystal of Fergusonite and crystals of Euclase, including one of a fine sapphire
colour. ‘

But the collection purchased in Russia of Colonel de Kokscharow has been the most im-
portant addition that has been made to the department since the purchase of the Allan-Greg
Collection in 1860. The value of the Kokscharew Collection consists in the admirable suites
of Russian, and, in particular, of Siberian Minerals, which form the greater part of it. Such
minerals are always difficult to obtain beyond the limits ofthe Russian empire. This collec-
ticn has the further advantage that it comprises the greater part of the specimens which
have served as material for the valuable series of memoirs Colonel de Kokscharow has pub-
lished, under the title of “Contributions to the Mineralogy of Russia.”

Among the more choice series in this collection, the suite of Topazes, and more particu-
larly those from the Ourulga River, in Siberia, are exceptionally splendid. They. unite the
characters of completeness and variety in crystalline foim, transparence, colour, and extra-
ordinary size to a degree that leaves them unmatched.

The specimens of Alexandrite, Phenakite, Rubellite, and Peroftskite, pre-eminently,
though not exclusively, Russian species, the unique three crystals of Euclase (only five
Russian specimens being known), the fine beryls and emeralds from Siberia, and the series
of Ilmenite, Crocoisite, Altaite and Petzite, and of native gold and copper, may also be men-
tioned as being especially remarkable.

It is, however, the scientific character of this collection that gives it its highest value,
and for this it is indebted to the practised judgment of the eminent crystallographer who, in
forming it, had the rarest opportunities afforded him for making his selection.

Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF Borany.

The principal business of the department during the year 1865 has consisted in the
naming, arranging and laying into the general herbarium of the extensive Collections of
Plants of Cuba, formed by Mr. Charles Wright, and of Venezuela, formed by M. Moritz;
of numerous families from the great Oriental Collections of M. Aucher Eloy; of Plants
from Otaheite, the Fiji Archipelago, and other Islands of the 8. Pacific; of a continuation
of the Senegambian Collections of Perrottet, Leprieur, and Heudelot, and of Thwaites’s
Plants of Ceylon; of M. Giesecke’s Plants of Greenland; of the Cellular Cryptogamic
Plants of Mr. Cuming’s Philippine Collection; of Hepatice, Mosses, Characea and Fungi,
from various localities and collectors, and of a large number of miscellaneous additions to
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In the re-arrangement, with large additions, of the Families of Corylacee, Juglandee
Myricee, Platanacee, and Cupulifere, and of portions of the Collection of woods:

In the examination and partial arrangement of various Collections recently received ;

In the laying into the British Herbarium of Mr, Black’s and other Collections of Mosses ;
of Dr. Carrington’s Hepatice ; of numerous species from various localities and collectors,
and especially of Roses, Carices and Willows; and ofa portion of the Collection presented
by Mrs. Atkins :

And in the continued ye-arrangement of the British Fung2, with very extensive additions.

The principal additions which have been made to the department during the year 1865,
consist of—

About 1,500 species of Plants, including a valuable British Herbarium, presented by
Mrs. Atkins.

Specimens of Viola arenaria from Yorkshire, and of Trichomanes radicans from Wales,
presented by Mr. James Backhouse, jun.

269 species of Plants of the Shetland Islands, collected by Mr. Tate.

250 Pa British Fungi, from the Collection of Mr. Cooke.

5 rs Microscopic Fungi, presented by C. E. Broome, Esq.

80 - ao oe illustrating a ‘Monograph of British Cladonie,” by Mr.
udd.

- 269 5 Swedish Phenogamous Plants, collected by M. Nyman.

100 i Mosses, ditto.

200 a Plants forming cent. 34 and 35 of M., Billot’s “ Flora Gallie et Germanic

Exsiccata.”

1,000 As the Tyrol, collected by Rupert Huter.

100 4 forming fasc. 23 and 24 of the “ Erbario Crittogamico Italiano.”

400 3A the rarer Plants of Sicily, forming fase. 1-4 of Todaro’s ‘* Flora Sicula.”
76 st Roses; presented by M. A. Deséglise.

273 = European Mosses, contained in Schimper’s “ Pugillus Muscorum.”
100 55 Fungi, forming cent. 7 of Rabenhorst’s “ Fungi Europei.”
130 Alge, forming fasc. 166-178 of Rabenhorst’s “ Algee Europe.”

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30 Microscopical slides of Diatomacee.
1,078 species of South African Plants, collected by Mr. T. Cooper, and presented by W.
W. Saunders, Esq.

1,600 55 Plants from the Zulu Country, S. Africa, collected by Mr. W. S. Gerrard.

200 rs Plants of the Islands of the 8. Pacific, and especially of the Fiji Archipelago.
2,850 a Venezuela, collected by M. Moritz.
2,127 3 Phenogamous Plants of Cuba, collected by Mr. Chas. Wright.
2,000 - chiefly Garden specimens, from the collection of Mr, John Smith.

100 55 Fruits and Seeds from Mexico, collected by Mr. Farris.

An extensive and valuable series of Botanical Drawings and Manuscripts, by the late
Richard Anthony Salisbury, bound in six folio volumes; presented by Dr. Gray.

Three Memoirs on Diatomacee, together with 31 microscopic slides, illustrative of the species
and varieties described in them; presented by the author, Dr. F, W. Lewis.

A set of Memoirs descriptive of British Fungi; presented by the author, C. E. Broome,
Esq.

The “ Supplement ” to his “ Cybele Britannica;” presented by H. ©. Watson, Esq.

John J. Bennett.

DEPARTMENT oF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The progress in the arrangement, and the acquisitions made in the Department in the
course of the year 1865, are as follows :—

The wood cuts of Lucas van Leyden have been arranged in a volume, and the references
to both Bartsch and Passavant attached to each.

The works of the early engravers of the school of the Netherlands who followed Lucas
van Leyden, the Master of the Crab, Dirk von Staren, Alaart Claessens, and others using
monograms, have been inserted in volumes, and the references to Bartsch and Passavant
attached to each.

The engravings of Cesare Reverdino have been arranged in a volume, and the references
to Passavant, whose list of his works is much fuller than that of Bartsch, have been attached
to each; a catalogue of them has also been compiled, and copied out fair. _

Some progress has been made in the arrangement of the works of Giorgio, Adamo, and
Diana Ghisi.

Many important additions having been recently made to the works of Woollett, it
became necessary to enter on an entirely new arrangement of them; this has been done,
“i they are placed in seven volumes, The additions have been inserted in the manuscript

atalogue.

we didusatd three hundred and sixty-five engravings from the works of the Italian

PS7. D 3 masters

30 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

masters have been arranged in their respective schools preparatory to their being bound in
volumes.

One hundred and eighty drawings have been mounted, sixty-four of which are on sunk
mounts, in order to secure the surface from injury by friction.

Six thousand six hundred and ninety-three articles have been inserted in the register of
purchases and presentations, and the register mark bas been affixed to nine thousand two
hundred and twenty-eight, which includes the illustrations to books.

Three thousand one hundred and fcur slips have been written for the general catalogue
of prints in the Collection.

Several important acquisitions have been made during the year :—

Italian School :— q
A curious early Florentine engraving of the 15th century, representing the Deluge. Un-
described specimens by Marcelio Fogolino, Benedetto Montagna, and Marcantonio, by
Francia, Agostino Veneziano, N. Beatrici, Aineas Vico, G. Ghisi, Annibale Caracci,
Raphael Morghen, Longhi, and Toschi.
Etchings, by Parmegianino, Tiepolo, and Pinelli.

German School :—

An undescribed engraving of the Death of Absalom, by the Master of the Banderolles.
Eighty-seven of the series of wood cuts by Hans Burgmair, described by Bartsch, vol. vii.,
p. 240, No. 82, “Les Images des Saints et Saintes issus de la famille de lEmpereur
Maximilien I.” The water mark of the paper on which they are printed is similar to that
found in the earliest issue of the wood cuts of Albert Durer, viz.,a high crown surmounted
by across. The first edition of the work consists of 121 subjects, but the blocks of Saint
Wanden and St. Aldedrude having been lost, the edition printed at Vienna, in 1799, con-
tains only 119. Fortunately the impressions from the two missing blocks are in the pre-
sent copy. There is reason for believing this to be an earlier issue than either of the two
copies in the Imperial Library of Vienna. “Christ and the Apostles,” a set of 13 engravings,
by Francis Aspruck, published at Augsburg, in 1601. ‘The execution and breadth of
effect seen in them, so closely resembles that produced by Mezzotint, as to induce a belief
that these plates may have given rise to the practice of that branch of engraving, by Count
Siegen, some 40 years afterwards. They are of the greatest rarity.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—
Drawings.—By De Gheyn, Terburg, Jordeans, and Van Aken.
Engravings—By H. Goltzius, De Gheyn, Suyderhoef, John Visscher, and Van Scuppen.

Etchings.—By Bout, De Viieger, and Roddermont.

French School :—
Drawings—By Janet, Schastian Bourdon, Watteau, Fragonard, Choffard, and Du
Plessis Bertaux.

Etchings—By Flamen, De Marcenay, V. Adam, Boret, Bracquemond, Corot, Daumier,
Eug. de la Croix, Daubigny, L. Flameng, Martinet, Meryon, &c.
Engravings.—By De Leu, Edelinck, Claude Mellan Huret, Dupont, Martinet, &c.

English School :-—

Drawings.—A series of 62 drawings in water colour, by W. Alexander, of the Manners
and Customs of the Chinese. Specimens by Samuel Scott, Paul Sandby, Loutherbourg,
Rigaud, O’Neil of Bristol, Constable, Wilkie, Andrew Wilson, and F, O. Finch.

Etchings-—By Sawrey, Gilpin, Bretherton, Crome, Davey, Sherlock, H. W. Williams,
Prout, Edwin Landseer, Burnet, Whistler. Upwards of 2,000 have been added to the
works of George Cruikshank.

Engravings.—By J. Heath, Golding, Doo, and Chapman.
Considerable additions have been made to the Collection of English portraits.
W. Hookham Carpenter.

Note.—The second volume of the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia, containing 70
plates is now completed and indexed, and the copies will be distributed as soon as they are
bound.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

———

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and ExpEnpiTuRE
of the British Muszum, for the Financial Year
ended 31st March 1866; of the EsrrmaTEep
Cuarges and Expenses for the Year ending
31st March 1867, aud Sum necessary to Dis-
charge the same}; Number of Persons admitted,
and Progress of Arrangement; &e,

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
17 April 1866.

—EEee

187. s
Under 4. oz.

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BPRETISH MUSEU M.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 9 April 1867 ;—for,

ACCOUNTS “ of the Incomz and Exrenpiture of the British Muszum
for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1867 :”

“ Of the Estrmatep Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 3lst day
of March 1868 :”

“ Of the Sum necessary to discharge the same :”

“¢ And, of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Musrum in each Year
from 1861 to 1866, both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the
Proeress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIons; and an Account
of Oxssects added to them in the Year 1866.”

I.—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Income and EXPENDITURE for the Financial Year ended
31 March 1867.

IIl.— ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
Ilf.—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
TV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.
VI.—ACCOUNT OF THE CHRISTY FUND, for the same Period.

VII—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1868, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1867.

VIII.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britiss Musrum in
each Year from 1861 to 1866, both Years inclusive.

- IX.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIons, and an

AccounT of Oxsecrs added to them, in the Year 1866.

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
1 May 1867.

249. A

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF TIE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exrrenpiture of the }

.

To Batance on THE Ist APRIL 1866, viz.:

On Account of the Votes for the Establishment
Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - -

On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions

£. Ss ae
23,221 14 7
9,433 16 6

~ AMount GRANTED FOR THE Teen IAG, eh Apprapriation Act 29 and 30

Vict. cap. 91 -

- Sums Recetvep under the following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary

Grant for the Establishment, viz. :

Dividends on Stock, 30,0002., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities = -

Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - - -
Ditto other Museum Publications - - -

32,655 11 1

84 10 8

900 -
19 16 a7
141 10 11

Ss.

ee

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Exrenprrure in the above Account.

£0 ins sa.
Officers = = Se = = = ‘2 = = = 9,654 19 3
Assistants - - C = = = = + - - = 14,873 13 li
Transcribers - - - - - - - - - - eres :
Attendants and Servants - - - - - = - ,
1. SALARIES - - Police 5 2: p = . ie ; 7 ; 5 1,645 —- 11
Persons paid aay or weekly - - - - - - - 3,025 16 —
Attendance on Stoves - - - = = = a = 73217 8
Retired Allowances = = - - = = = s < 3,539 15 8
Rates and Taxes - - - - = = - - - - 473 8 1
Household Implements - - = = = = 5 = ; ae Y Z
s _ / Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - - - s = = ,0
2. House Sines Candles, Oil, Gas, &e. - - - - - = - $29 1 1
Stationery - - = SI = = - iS = = a 555 13 =
Incidents = = - = = - = =e 2 ms S 794 15 10
Printed Books - - = 2 5 eS S 5 5 = 10,000 -— —
Manuscripts co 5 Es e = = - 1,992 14 5
Books for the Deputies We MSS. -- = - - « = CUS ey
Minerals and Meteorites - = = = 699 15 4
Books and Binding for the Department of AGactls - - = - 32 - 3
Fossils = Z = E 5 990 13 4
Books and eine for the Department of Geology - - - - 30 - 4
Zoological Specimens - - - = = 1,688 7 4
; Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology = = - - 2719 8
3. PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS\ Botanical Specimens i a é ie f 180 811
Books and Binding for the Dearne of mone < = = - 3116 4
“Oriental, British, and Medieval Antiquities - - = - = 395 14 10
Greek and Roman Antiquities = = = - : - - 496 16 5
Coins and Medals - - - = = - - 1,499 2 1
Books and Binding for the Departments bf Coins and Antiquities - 159 11 -
Prints and Drawings - = a = 3 - 1,195 18 2
Books for the Department of Prints and pean - = = = TE L637
Freight and Carriage - - = = = S a x > 647 13 8
Further Excavations at Budrum under the superintendence of Mr.
Vice-Consul Biliotti = - - - - - - - 20 19 10
Purchases from the Castellani Collection of Antiquities - - - 4945 7
Specian, Purcuases ANd Acaqut- } Ditto at the Wellesley sale of Drawings - = - - 962 2 -
SETIONS + a8 = - | Purchase of the Blacas Collection ; paid to the gets for shee services
in the transaction - - - - - - - 500 - —-
Cuming Collection of Shells - - = - = = = = 6,000 - -
Collection of Early Roman Coins - - - - - - - 9750
Carried forward - - - &.

‘ Ml

Loe Ss. d. |

ey |

32,740 1 9 |
102;744 — =
1,161 7 6

136,645 9 3—

49,452 1 8

3,376 18 6

20,071 17 8

8,952 7 5

81,853 4 10 |
e

ei.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

BRITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1867.

|
{ EXPENDITURE. | ESTIMATE, 1866/7.
i ‘ a
{3y Expenpitvure under the following Heads, viz.: LEAP CSO E. se sd.
1. SaLarres - - - as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 49,452 1 38 50,642 -— —
2. Housr Expenses - - - - - ditto - - - = 3,376 18 6 8,260 -— —
| 3. Purcuasss and Acquisitions - - ditto - - - - | 20,071 17 8 19,182 — —
Sprcrat Purcuasts AND AcquisiTions- ditto - - = = 8,952 7 5 8,000 -— =
4, BooxsinpinG, Preparine, kc. - - ditto - - - - | 10,069 2 11 10,190 -— —-
5. Printing Cataroauss, ke. - - - ditto - - - - 1,255 15 9 3,090 -— —
6. Burxprves, Pornirure, Firrives, &e., | died el 4 i Bele. QoonLon Il 9,280 —- =
; including Architect’s Commission - f
) 7. MiscELLanzous - - - - - ditto - - - = 539 11 10 350 - —
110,674 15 3 103,944 - =
j . .
— Expenpirvre for publishing Cunrrrorm Inscriptions - - Serene, Saami anees
,
£.|110,756 6 3
}— Barancz on THE 31st Marcu 1867, carried to Account for 1867/8, viz. :
¥ Specially applicable to Establishment. - £.24,129 6 9
: Ditto - ditto - to Buildings, &c. - 1,756 16 7+
7! ' = 25,886 3 4
Ditto - ditto - for Publication of the Cunzirorm In-
SCRIPTIONS - = = = - = = = 219 8
i ——————_| 25,889 3 -
. £. | 186,645 9 3
ExPLANAtToryY STATEMENT of the ExrenpiTuRE in the above Account—continued. BSG) be. CE
Brought forward - - - 81,853 4 10
Denne Sean BINH
Bookbinding ; Printed Books - - - = - . = | 7,000 1 6
Rs Manuscripts = - " - - - = - | 641 15 38
Prints and Drawings = = = e > at TY SE 7s
Preparing, &e.: Zoology - - - - - = - | 700 3 -
) Booxsinpine, PrepaRine, &c. ms Gesisey ri : é i is ‘s al 198 10 11
i Mineralogy - - - - = = aS c LS
5 Botany - - - - - = = 1995) 16
Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - = =| 1,271 8 —-
| 10,069 2) 11
Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - = = ci i) 156 8 3
Catalogue of Hebrew Books - ° - - - = - a 816 17 —-
Catalogues of Manuscripts '- - - - - - | 112 11 6
Preparing and Printing Catalogues ae Zoology - - - - 275 2 6
NtING CatatocvEs, &e. - Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins and Medals - Gris '"6
Catalogues of, and Drawings from Antiquities - = - - - Lge =
L Tickets, Regulations, &e. = - - = - = e 168 17 6
Rit Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - = = - 99 - -
Ditto - = Coins - - - - - - - 719 6
Ose, 1,255 15 9
General Repairs, and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &c. = - - 7,060 5 2 i
Fittings and Furniture for the Department of Printed Books - - 3.765 ee
Ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts == - "178 19 10
Borpines, Furniture, Fir- ae = 1a Peet fant Geology -| 1,080 10 10
TINGS, &e,, including Archi- He) |e ALT a Cech) Me Fe = 1,018 13 7
! 5 oid Ditto - - ditto - - Botany - - - - 240 2 6
teet’s Commission - - : ; aires
Ditto - IGiLO! | — - Antiquities - - =| ¥ Oy74 12 9
Ditto - - ditto - - Coins and Medals - - 137 74
Ditto - - ditto - ~ Prints and Drawings - - 20 16 5
, Architect’s Commission - - - - - - - = 790 6 3
if = 16,956 19 11
Law Expenses - - - C = “ - * = _ 153 6 4
eae tod ch
Rent, Rates, and other charges incidental to the premises,
Miscrnianrous - = 3 No. 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the tempo-
rary continuance there of the Christy Collection - 436 5 6
Less Amount contributed by the Trustees under Mr,
Christy’s Will - - ms - - e Nets SS
SSS 386 5 6
——— 539 11 10
110,674 15 8
| Prinrine, &. the Cunzironm Inscriptions - - -. - = = = «= a ed eS

+ The Building Accounts for Lady-day quarter, 1867, have to be paid from this balance.
‘|249. . A 2

8l il -

——

a LOs7 Sin Gears

fj

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IL—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp Exrenpirure of the BRIDGEWATER

CASH. STOCK, \\ |
3 p’Cent. Consol
; eT ig Nee £. 's. a”
To Batance onthe Ist April1s66- - - - - - - 7 7°} 173 12 6 | 12,992 15 7 ||
iM
— Divivenns received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, il
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.,
On the 9th July 1866 = =- £.194 17 10
9th January 1867 - 194 17 10
889 15 8
- One Year's Rent or a Rea Estate, pedueaiice by ate ee of BateeNeey
received 20 April 1866 - 32 15 7

£. 596 3 9 12,992 15 7m

Bee STOCK,
2 : 3 p’Cent. Consols. |
Gol Sse £ S. de )
To Batance cn the Ist April 1866 - - - - - - - - - ¢ : —
RE 23.19 6 2,872 610 |

— Divipenps received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols,
bequeathed by ‘Lord Farnborough, viz.,

On the 9th July 1866 =i 28, Ad

9th January 1867 - 43 1 8

g.| 110 211] 92872 6 10

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp Expenpirure of the SWINEY

*
STOCK,
eee 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£: . 3. id. £ s. c-
To Ba.ance on the Ist April 1866.— )o= vp= a =e a : - 149 2 4) 5,269 2 9

— Divivenps received on 5,2691. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be- |
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

!

On the 9th July 1866 ae 19, — S|

9th January 1867 - 79 - 9

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the Ist April 1866 and the 31st March 1867.

ty STOCK,

He 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
| By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rea. Bo 8 Ok ee Soe
Estate, viz. :

In the financial year ended 31st March 1867 - = - = = 16 C3“
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1867 - - - - -| 29118 —
= Payments for Binpinc MANuscriPts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1867 - - = = u 3111 —-

= Payment of One Yzear’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - -/| 210 - -

Or

_ BALANCE ON THE 31st Marcu 1867, carried to Account for 1867/8 - 61 11 12,992 15 7

_———————

£4) 596 8 91 12.999) 1B). 7

FUND, between the 1st April 1866 and the 31st March 1867.

STOCK,
cee 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. Ss. d. ab GS Gb
By Payments for the purchase of Manuscripts, Autographs, &c., viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1867 - - - - =| 10217 6
| = BAavancez on THE 31st Marcu 1867, carried to Account for 1867/8 - - 7 5 5 2,872 6 10
£. 110 211 2,872 6 19
| AJ
. FUND, between the 1st April 1866 and the 31st March 1867.
STOCK
CASH. ?
3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. sd. £. 8s. d.
,
By Satary paid to Dr. Percy for Lectures on Geology in1866 - - -j| 144 - -

-|- Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1867, carried to Account for 1867/8 168 3 9 5,269 2 9

Le 307 3

©

5,269 2 9

249. - A 3

6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczirt and Exprnpirure of the BIRCH 1

‘ STOCK,

a 3 p’Cent. Consols,
Lei Sele £. s. doa
To Barance on the 1st April 1866 - - - - = = = = -|- - “ 563 15 7

_— Divivenps received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.—

On the 9th July 1866 SER Oa
9th January 1867 - SOT
== 1618 2 ?

£. 1618 2 563 15 7a

VI.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret aND Exprnpirure of the CHRISTY

Casu.

To Amount received from the Trustees under the Will of the late My.
Henry Christy, viz.: ”

On the 3rd September 1866 - — - Piece je i= ape ie - 60 sr
2nd February 1867. - - - - - - = = 50 ae
s
SS 100). = F—
250 100 =—- -—
British ee
30 April 1867. |

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

:

FUND, between the 1st April 1866 and the 31st March 1867.

‘By Lzcacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
ii offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department
i of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - -

i
|

-— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1867, carried to Account for 1867/8 - -

FUND, between the Ist April 1866 and the 31st March 1867.

a
P
By Amount transferred in reduction of the expenditure in Rent, Rates, and other charges inci-

dental to the premises, No. 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the temporary continuance
a3 there of the late Mr. Henry Christy’s Collection of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects

|- Payments for the purchase of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects, similar to those in the
| | Christy Collection - - a ee EG RRR gE hw Fee

|

J. Winter Jones,

249. ; . . A4

Batance on the 31st March 1867, carried to Account for 1867/8 - - - - - - |

STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

GL
663 15 7
563 15 7

49 18 6

Principal Librarian.

8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

ESTIMATE, 1867-68.

VI.—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Sanarres and Expenses of the British Mousz
including also the Amount required for BurnpiNes, Furniture, Firtines, &c., for the YEar ending
the 31st day of March 1868.

£. 99,621. 3

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Satarres and Expenses of the Britiss Museum, incl
also the Amount required for Burip1nes, Furniture, Firtines, &c., for the Year ending on the 31st de
March 1868, under the following Heads:

Bae es Ge ne ee ES eee

I. SaLARiEs: Required for the Year Granted for the Ye
1. Officers: 1867-68. 1866-67.

(QE a ee

Number | Required
Voted for === eos. £. s Les
1866-7.| 1867-8.
sa aa : ft
1 1 | Principal Librarian - - - - 800
Ditto - - as Secretary - - = 400
1 1 | Superintendent of Natural History - 800
6 | 6 | Keepers of Departments, at 6001, - | 8,000
5 | 8 Ap ¥ at 5001. - | 4,000
3 3 | Assistant Keepers of Departments,
Aan Oa ere Oot af Ion
1 1 | Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant
Secretary ye Sy oe ee 450
16 19 | - - Torat.
Cr.
By amount contributed from Bridge-
water Fund towards the Salary of
the Keeper of the Manuscripts,
he acting as Egerton Librarian = - 210
10,590 - 9,090 -
2. Assistants:
i
Number | Required
Voted for SS
1866-7, |1867-8.
16 16 | First-class Assistants, Upper Section, £.
at 8201., rising 207. annually to 400/. | 5,790
22 22 | Ditto, Lower Section, at 210/., rising
152. annually to 3101. - - - | 6,062
22 20 | Second-class Assistants, at 1501.,
' rising 101. annually to 200 /. - | 3,412
1 1’ | Revising Accountant - - = 100
1 1 | Clerk at Stationers’ Hall (gratuity) - 21
1 1 | Superintendent of Fire Engines = 50
nae = ——| 15,485 —- 16,645
63 61 |- - Toran.
3. Transcribers or Junior Assistants :
Number | Required f
Voted for ee
1866-7.|1867-8.
P ome £.
27 28 | Transcribers, at 907., rising 101. an-
nually to 1501. - - > -|- - | 3,652 — 3,575 =

ee a

Carried forward - - - -|- - 129,677 —~[= 2 +©429,310 —-

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &ce. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9
Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum— continued.
—<————————
} Required for the Year Granted for the Year
| 1867-68. 1866-67.
! £. £. fo. & oe ee
i] ' Brought forward - - - | 29,677 29,310 —
T. SaLartEs — continued.
| Attendants and Servants:
| Number | Required
Voted for
1866-7. | 1867-8.
i| 45 45 First Class Attendants, 100/., mien oe,
51, annually to120/2. - - 5,332
48 -43 | Second Class Attendants, 80 /., maine
4l. annually to 1007, - ~ - 4,105
45 46 | Third Class Attendants, 60/., pels
3/4. annually to sol. - 3,251
1 1 | Clerk of the Works, 1301., A 51.
annually to 1601. - - - 146
1 1 | Messenger, 120/., rising 5/. sanaually
ib to 150 7. - - - - - 135
1 1 | Assistant Messenger - - - 100
3 1 | Resident Fireman - - - 100
Saturday Evening Retendance - 60
S| 18,229 13,247 =
139 138 - - - Toran.
|. Police - = - es ae ee) i SI Pea) ee L 1,150 —-
. Persons paid daily or weekly - - -~ - hee er eee ll) SOGO 2,610 -
. Attendance on Stoves - - - - - - - - - 750 750 ~
. Retired Allowances - - - - - - - - -| 4,175 3,575 -
52,141 —- —| 50,642 ~
II. Hovsz Expenses:
. Rates and Taxes SS oe - - - - - - - - 440 HAG) Ge
_}. Household Implements - - - - - - - - - 150 ae
3. Coals, Coke, and Fagots - - - - = ~ : < 000 1,000 ~
SWmmendiles, Oil,Gas,&e.- - - - - = = = - 370 370 -
La a
fationery - aoe ee - = - - - - - 650 650 —
. Incidents - - - - - - - - - - 650 és0. =
; iy — 3,260 -|——+-—| 3,260 =
III. Purcuases anv Acquisitions : |
|. Printed Books and — = mame re ety id boat dha 08S. uO @00. 10,000 - z
- Manuscripts - - - - - - | 2,000 2,000 -
3. Books for the erartcient of Manuscripts - - - - - 50 BO yes
. Minerals and Meteorites - - - 700 700" =
5. Books and ae for the Department af Minerals - - e 30 s0:v=
» Fossils - - i - - 800 1,000 =
- Books and atin for the Department a Geology - - - 30 20nd
3. Zoological Specimens - - - - - | 1,000 1,000 -
. Books and Binding for the Department a Zoology oe oa 30 SO
_). Botanical Specimens - - - - 250 Wy oo
- Books and Binding for the Department o Botany - - - - 30 Sone
. Oriental Antiquities - - 250
j . British and Medieval Aenigetires aud Ethnographieal Specimens - 250 } aO0bns
|i . Greek and Roman A eek - - | 1,200 EO Te
Coins and Medals - - - -| 1,600 Lao, =
- Books and Binding for the Departments Hs Coins ad Antiquities - 100 100 -
} - Prints and Drawings - - = = - - | 1,200 1,200 -
8. Books for the Depar tment of Betis and ieee: - - = < 15 é roe
-). Freight and Carriage = - - - - - = = - - 300 300 -
- — 19,735 - Saal 19,1382 -
Carried forward - - - £,] - oe on mae

2409.

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10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH USEUM.

* This sum of 102,744 . is the grant for 1866-7, for the ordinary expenditure of the British Museum, and is exclusive of the
sum of 45,72a /, voted in the present Session (1867), on a supplementary Estimate for the purchase of the Blacas Collection, —

Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum—continued.
i ——
Required for the Year Granted for the Year
1867-68. 1866-67.
a
Sa LA : 285) oh EG’
Brought forward - - - | - 75,136 - . 73,034
Spzcra, Purcuases AND ACQUISITIONS :—
Purchases from the Castellani Collection of Antiquities - - - _— 2,000 -
The Collection of Shells formed by the late Mr. Hugh Cuming - - — 6,000 =
TV. Booxsrnpine, Preparine, &e.: ea eae
1. Bookbinding: Printed Books - - - dale oS he 000™ = 7,000 —-
2. Manuscripts - - - - - 2 . 5 500 - 800 -
3 ». Prints and Drawings - - - = 2 = 250 —- 120 -
4, Preparing, &c. Zoology - - - - - - - - 700 — 700 —
5 » Geology Pavretme te oi uae LOEB bert ke gO hae 200 -
6 .. Mineralogy (including 407. for the rent of two rooms
in Great Russell-street, for a Laboratory for the
li analysation of minerals) - - = E ‘ 160 = 120 -
} ie »” Botany - - : - - - = = - 50 50 =
| 8. Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - > oe -{ 1,800 —- 1,200 —
ll s ; ——| 10,160 | 10,190
V. Priytine Catatocuss, &e.:
fei, Guide-beoks'and Synopsis | a2§ “=! spe [=P tm jt 350 —- 350 —
fe 2. Catalogue qt Hebrewbooks =" = = ==) = = & 200 - 400) ae
|| 3. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - apo a 280 - 200 -
| 4. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology eos ae =~ | RIEROO) 1,000 -
| 5. Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins and Medals g00 —- 500 -
| 6. Catalogues of, and Deere from, Antiquities (including the Christy
i Collection of Ethnography) . - - - - - 450 - 250 -
|| 7. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - = 3 - - - - 200 - 200 -
| 8. Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - - - - 150 - 150 —
| 9. Dittofrom Coins - - - = - PRO So a ee a) = 0s
| 10, Publication of a third volume of the Cuneiform Inscriptions of
i Western Asia, under the superintendence of Major General Sir
| H. C. Rawlinson, k.c.B., M.P. - - - - - - - {| 1,500 - =
| | 4070 _____,_ 3,020
\ VI. Buitpines, Furniture, Firtines, &c.,
i Including Architect’s Commission.
| 1, General Repairs and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &ec. - -| 3,179 - 2,067 =
| 2, Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - - 742 — 2,829 —-
8. ni i, 3 Manuscripts - = = 148 = 168 -
ho 4. s a _ Mineralogy and Geology - | 1,349 - 949 -
os a ai bs Zoology - - = - 484 - pe he
6 a nS 5 Botany - ct otk 8 - 239 - 138 -
7 + rs 6 Oriental Antiquities -) 1,110 -
8 np Ps Greek and Roman An- |
tiquities - =) = ipeose ale 2,146 —
9. » »> FF British and Medizvai An- J
tiquities and Ethnography 615 -
10. = meee - Coins and Medals - - 112 - 105 =
| 11. A a 3 Prints and Drawings - 279 - 50 -
h VII. Miscetianeous : ors 10,156 ai 9,280
Peel aw Expenses, U7 <)' | =ice =) ae RO REE | eee 100 - 100 -
2. Rent, Rates, and other Charges incidental to the Premises,
No. 1038, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the temporary
continuance there of a Collection of Antiquities and Ethno-
epic Objects presented to the British Museum by the
rustees under the will of the late Mr. Henry Christy - £.350
i Less,—Amount to be contributed by the Trustees under Mr.
1 Christy’s will - - - - - - - - 50
| 300 - 250 -
400 350 =
. . . . . —<—_—_ —————"
| Dei ods in aid of the Estimate, viz. : Me 100,821 103,944 =
I Dividends on £.30,000 Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities = - 900 —- 900 -
l Museum Publications - - - - - - - - 300 - 300 — z.
mT Tait doeOn ——| 1,2000m
| |
| Ner Amount of Estimate - - - £. | 99,621 - - £. | 102,744 —
I ee eee —————— ne
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VIIL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmitrep to Visit the Bririsi Museum.

Persons admitted to view the Generat Cottections in each Year, from 1861 to 1866, both Years inclusive.

1861. 1862, 1863. 1864, 1865. 1866.
N° N° N° N° Ne ING

ere (he PRB eB7 43,070 32,458 18,884 24,443 30,096
eee ee Pink m= 3 | go Tes 36,445 30,042 23,315 21,564 21,086
- - - Ss C3 - - 33,378 38,499 34,774 45,267 28,163 22,794
- - - - = - = 83,436 59,204 49,493 380,471 39,045 46,442
- - - - ot hig = 69,993 48,021 42,453 33,493 23,755 39,178
See es = Telos) 1 roger 4 32,751 30,098 42,840 32,130
opera hs 82 oe. gg age ‘ll TTdaaloss 42,618 40,832 36,868 38,969
Poieiewee ke) SPS b + GgI905). 168,017 39,836 45,662 39.979 41,010
Re Me Ret C!s 2 es) et |) 41,671 87,008 33,028 28,196 21,544 26,765
- - = = = = 49,578 81,530 32,215 34,478 27,792 35,643
- = : - - = 39,351 35,802 23,507 26,748 21,458 26,381
Pe Ce. bn 179,995 53,949 47,631 74,895 42,516. | 47,785

Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections >| 641,886 895,077 440,801 432,339 369,967 | 408,279

(exclusive of Readers) =} Ae

Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose of] Se ne oi a | gre
| Study Bee cchrch 2 i : E: 130,410 122,497 107,821 195,899 100,271 99,857
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- 5 em x ne i

ea, - - - - 2,030 1,647 2,042 1,140 2,356 2,677
Lo the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - |. - - - - - - - - 635 491
M@eihe Print Room- -. - - - 3,109 3,265 2,827 2,361 2,565 2,968
Lo the Coin and Medal Room - - - 1,817 1,544 1,204 1,822 1,856 2,278
Toran - - - | 779,252 |1,024,030 | 554,695 | 548,561 | 477,850" | 516,550

fem.—The Public are admitted to the Brrriss Muszum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of

Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st of
August. The Public will be also admitted. on Saturdays from the sth of May to the 31st of August of the
present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six. ‘

Persons applying for the purpose of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain recu-

; lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November

_____—December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March, and:
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, from Nine o’clock to the
hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special: Fast or
Thanksgiving Day, ordered by Authority.

British Museum, | J. Winter Jones,
30 April 1867. Jf Principal Librarian.

12 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the Caranocurne and ARRANGEMENT, and Account of
OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1866.

DEPARTMENT OF Printep Books.

Tue Works added to the Collection during the year were arranged on tlie shelves
according to the system of classification adopted i in the Museum. The press-marks, indica-
ting their respective localities, were noted in the inside and on the outside of each ‘volume,
and on the main-titles and cross-references written for each work. The number of these
indications affixed with the addition of separate entries of press-marks in the catalogue
amounted to 187,166.

Il. Cataloguing : :—(a.) Mew General Catalogue—The number of titles (a term
including both main-titles and cross-references, ) ‘which were written for this Catalogue
amounted to 9,321. The number of title-slips transcribed fourfold for insertion
amounted to 43, 923. The difference in the numbers arises from the circumstance that the
title-slips for the books added during the past year were incorporated in the New General
Catalogue, whenever their headings belonged to the earlier portion of the alphabet
from A to L. The number of index-slips prepared and transcribed to facilitate consultation
of the Catalogues was 895.

28,106 title-slips, and 609 index-slips were incorporated into each of the three copies of
this Catalogue, from letter A to L, inclusive. This incorporation rendered it necessary,
in order to maintain the alphahetic: al arrangement, to remove and re-insert in each copy

33,440 titl:-slips and 225 index-slips, and to add to each copy 1,111 new leaves to receive
new entries. 29,840 title-slips of ree L (including 16,671 new titles) were laid down
IN one copy of this Ca rtalogue, 38,398 titie-slips (including 27,460 new titles) in a

second copy, and 38,825 title- Eas Gaeiidass 27,287 new titles) ina third. 265 index-
slips of the Jetter L were laid down in each set of the Catalogue.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue-—The number of titles written for this Catalogue,
extending from L to Z, was 49,925, the whole cf which, with a few casual exceptions,
belonged to the recent acquisitions of the Depariment. The number transcribed fourfold
for insertion was 20,827, and 370 index-slips were also prepared and transcribed; 17,595
title-slips and 384 index-slips were incorporated into each of the three copies of the
Catalogue. In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 27,066 title-slips, and 979
index- -slips, were removed and re-inserted in each copy ; “and 1,205 new leaves were added
to each copy to receive them,

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 153, and in that of Academies 242.

(c.) Map Catalogue—mThe titles written for the Catalooue of Maps and Charts
amounted to 5,653, those transcribed fourfold for insertion to 7,884, and those imcorporated
into each of the three copies of the Catalogue to 7,978. [a order to maintain the alpha-
betical arrangement, 6,616 title-slips were removed and re-inserted, and 325 new leaves
were added to each copy to receive them.

id.) Music Cataloqgue.—The titles written amounted to 5,005, and those transcribed
fourfold to 292.

(e.) Chinese Catalogue.—The titles written were in aumber 2,223.

(f.) Hebrew Catalogue.—The titles written were in number 105. The printing of the
Catalogue was in progress throughout the year and nearly brought to completion at its
close. It comprises more than 10,000 Hebrew works, and fills a volume of about 900
pages.

(g.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogues.—Of the fourth copy of the fourfold transcript of the
title-slips made use of to form a Hand Catalogue, 48,051 title-slips were mounted on
cartridge paper, 65,500 were arranged according to the press-marks, and 57,500 were
incorporated in the general serics: 9,003 title-slips relating to Maps and Charis were
mounted in the same way as the preceding, 23,675 were arranged, and 4,100 incorporated.
7,120 title-slips were incorporated in the Haud-Catalogue of Music.

(h.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alteiations and
additions made in the interleaved copies of this list, and in the Hand-Catalogue of the

same collection, in order to record the 1emoval and substitution of different volumes,

amounted to 220 in each case.

III.—The number of volumes sent to the binder in the twelvemonth was 16,812; and, in
consequence of the plan frequently adopted of binding several volumes in one, the number
returned was 14,772, including 3,831 pamphlets. ‘he number of volumes repaired was
412, and of maps mounted 2,788,

1V. Reading

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13

IV. Reading Room Service—1. The number of books returned to the shelves of the
General Library from the Reading Room was 210,131; to those of the Royal Library,
9,342; to those of the Grenville Library, 1,009; and to the closets in which books are kept
day by day for the use of Readers, 143,312. Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 814,191, the whole amounted to
1,177,985, or 4,034 per day, for the 292 days during which the room was open.

2. The number of Readers was 99,857, giving an average of 342 per day ; and from the
statement above, each Reader appears to have consulted nearly 12 books daily,

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library in the twelvemonth
(including books of Music, Atlases of Maps, and volumes of Newspapers) amounted to
34,160, of which 1,563 were presented, 5,786 were received in pursuance of the laws
of English Copyright, 265 were received under the International Copyright Treaties, and
26,546 were acquired by purchase.

2. The number of parts of volumes, (?7.e. separate numbers of periodical publications,
and of serial works in progress,) amounted to 31,917, of which 403 were presented,
17,525 were received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 737 were received
under the International Copyright Treaties, and 13,252 were acquired by purchase.

The number of sets of Newspapers received from the Inland Revenue Offices of
the United Kingdom was 1,111. Of these 138 were published in Scotland, 143 in Ireland,
214 in London, and 616 in the rest of England. 12 sets of Newspapers were presented,
and 22 purchased.

3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans amounted to 1,269, of which 258 were presented,
274 acquired by English Copyright, and 737 purchased. They extended to 3,391 sheets.
Of Atlases, 37 were complete, 9 of which were acquired by copyright, and 28 purchased ;
and there were 19 parts of Atlases, all acquired by copyright.

4. The number of pieces of Music, each piece complete in itself, was 2,680, of which
2,072 were received by English Copyright, 555 by International Copyright, and 53 were
purchased. Of parts and numbers of works in progress 690 were received by English
Copyright, 227 by International Copyright. 315 works of Music of greater extent than
pieces were added, of which 63 were acquired by English Copyright, 50 by International
Copyright, and 202 by purchase.

5. The number of complete works comprised in the 34,160 volumes, and 31,917 parts of
volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained, to 33,031. Of
these 896 were presented, 8,575 were acquired by English Copyright, and 768 by Inter-
national Copyright, and 22,992 by purchase.

The number of articles received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising single sheets of Maps, single
sheets of Letterpress, and other miscellaneous pieces, amounted to 9,379, the addition of
which to the sums already given produces a total of 75,456 articles received in the
department.

6, A stamp having to be impressed on every article, and more than one on several, the
number of stamps so impressed was 301,865.

Thomas Watts,

DePpaRTMENT OF MANuscriPpts.

1. The Catalogue of Additions to the General and Egerton Collections for the years
1851-1853 has been sent to press and revised. The entire Catalogue for the years 1848-
1853 is now printed off, and an Index is in preparation.

2. Reduced descriptions of Additional MSS. 20,189 to 20,240 have been prepared for a
Catalogue of Additions for the year 1854; and first descriptions drawn up of Additional
MSS. 20,186-20,188, 21,507-21,519 and 21,738-22,130, acquired in the years 1856, 1857.

3. Alphabetical Indexes of writers have been made to the original Letters in Additional
MSS. 21,508, 21,509, 21,512, 21,513, 21,514, 21,515, and 21,519.

4. The preparation of the Catalogue in detail of the Birch MSS. has been continued
from Additional MS. 4,275 to 4,278, and from 4,394 to 4,469,

5. The Catalogue of Icelandic MSS. has been continued for Additional MSS. 11,157 to
11,246, 11,250, 24,969 to 24,973, and Egerton MSS. 642, 643; and is now complete in
manuscript. .

6, The Catalogue of Arabic MSS., with Appendices, from sheet 8 K. to 8 §., has been
printed off, and an Index prepared.

~

i. The Persian MSS., Additional 25,786*, 25,787*, 25,863-25,865, 26,282-26,336,
27,241, 27,243, 27,245, 27,254-27,261, 27,263, 27,265-27,271, 27,275, 27,312-27,319;
240. C2 the

14 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

the Arabic MSS., Additional 27,272-27,274, 25,735, 25,744, 27,493-27,531; the
Sanserit MSS., Additional 26,337-26,463 ; and the Turkish MS., Additional 26,324, have
been described in detail.

8. The Pali MSS., Additional 6,779, 8,903, 11,640, 12,087, 15,240, 15,291, 17,490,
18,756, 22,841, 23,914, 27,279, 27,287, and 27,288, have been arranged and described.

9. One hundred and forty-eight Syriac MSS., viz., Additional 14,666-14,670, 14,736-
14,741 B., 15,443, 17,173-17,274, 17,922, 17,923, 17,988, 18,295, 18,296, 18,714, 18,715, »
18,716, 18,812-18,821, 21,031, 21,210, 21,211, 21,454, 21,580, 22,370, 23,596, 23,597,
25,874=25,878, and 26,552, have been described in detail.

10. Three hundred and fifty-one Hebrew MSS., viz., Additional 21,967, 22,069, 22,089—
22,096, 22,122, 22,413, 23,974, 24,896, 25,717, 25,879, 26,878-26,881, 26,892-27,214,
and 27,292-27,299, have been described for the Catalogue of Additions; and an Index
prepared for the Manuscript Catalogue of Hebrew MSS.

11. Additional Charters and Rolls 16,509 to 17,202, acquired in the years 1865, 1866,
have been described; and previous descriptions of Nos. 9,949 to 10,235, and of the Topham
Charters, Nos. 1 to 56 (the whole series), have been revised.

12. The transcription of the catalogue of the Additional Charters has been continued
for the use of the Department, from No. 9,943 to No. 10,070, and for the Reading Room
from No. 7,314 to No. 10,070; and the descriptions of the Topham Charters have been
copied for the use of the Department.

13. An Index to the fourth volume of the Catalogue of Additional Charters has been
prepared and entered in the Departmental Copy.

14, Egerton Charters 125-139, acquired in the years 1861-1866, have been described,
and entries made in the two copies of the Catalogue.

15. The Catalogue of Seals to Charters has been continued, and 7,685 Seals described,
attached to the Campbell Charters X XVII. 1—X XX. 22, to the Topham, Lansdowne,
Wolley, and Egerton Charters, and to Harleian Rolls A. 1 to DD. 5, and Harleian Char-
ters 43 A. 1 to 80 C. 52.

16. The leaves of the Cottonian MSS. Tiberius A. v1., and Otho B.11., B. 1x., and
C. x1., and letters and papers in Additional MSS. 27,282-27,286, have been arranged.

17. The Additional MSS. have been numbered and registered from No. 26,272 to
26,428, from 26,892 to 27,214, and from 27,236 to 27,394; and bound, repaired, lettered,
and stamped, from No. 25,728 to 25,768, from 26,010 to 26,118, from 26,622 to 26,835, and
from 26,876 to 26,891.

18. The Reading Room copy of the Register of Additional MSS. has been continued
from No. 25,728 to 25,768, 25,789 to 25,905, 26,040 to 26,118, and 26,622 to 26,788.

19. The Egerton MSS. have been numbered and registered, bound, lettered, and
repaired, from No. 2,003 to No. 2,018.

20. Additional Charters and Rolls, Nos. 16,512 to 17,202, have heen arranged and
numbered; and Nos. 16,416 to 16,530 have been cleaned, repaired, and stamped with
numbers.

21. Indexes to Letters in special volumes have been inserted in Harleian MSS. 7,349,
7,350, 7,526; and in Additional MSS. 4,300 to 4,306, 21,417, 21,418, 21,420, 21,422,
21,424, 21,425, 21,426, 21,505, 21,596, 21,508, 21,509, 21,512, 23,134, 23,138.

22. New Inventories have been made for the Cottonian MSS., and fer the Oriental
MSS. in the several collections.

23. The Register of Donations has been continued to the end of the year 1866.

24, A thousand and fifty-seven manuscripts have been folio’d.

25. Three thousand and seventy-three manuscripts have been stamped, the number of
stamps amounting to 51,372.

26. Seven hundred and sixteen manuscripts have been bound or repaired.
27. Three hundred and fifty-seven manuscripts have been placed and press-marked.

28. One hundred and ninety-eight Additional Charters, viz. Nos. 16,332 -16,530, have
been placed and inventoried.

29. The Additions to the Collections during the year, are as follows :—

Additional MSS. - - = = = = = DIC
Original Charters - - - - - - - 704
Casts of Seals - co = = - = = = 5

Egerton and Farnborough Collections—

Manuscripts = - - - = = = - - 24
Among

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 15

Among these, the following may be distinguished, viz.:—

Autograph Note Book of Sir Francis Bacon; containing memoranda relative to official
and private affairs, schemes of literary works, etc., from July 1608 to October 1609. From
the Tenison Library.

Five volumes of transcripts of Parliamentary Papers, from March 1643 to December
1648. Many of them unpublished.

Three volumes of copies of Despatches of Nicolo Erizzo, Venetian Ambassador to Spain
in the years 1727-1729, and to Vienna in 1735-1737.

Thirteen volumes of Papers relating to the family of Paston, of Norfolk; including all
the original Letters of the fifth volume of the series of ‘“ Paston Letters,” edited by Sir
John Fenn, with about 300 additional and unpublished Letters of the 15th century, and
about 310 of the 16th and 17th centuries, together with about fifty charters, wills, and
other documents, and papers relating to the Printed work.

Six volumes of Correspondence and Household Accounts of the families of Gawdy and
Mundeford, of Norfolk, of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Correspondence and family papers of James Gillray, the caricaturist, 1751-1830.

Autograph copies of Poems of Allan Ramsay in two volumes.

A Register uf Charters of the family of Sibthorpe; of the 14th century. Vellum.

Marini Sanudo’s Latin work on the recovery of the Holy Land, with miniatures, and
with complete series of Letters and Maps; of the 14th century. Vellum.

The “ Roman de la Rose,” with drawings in camaieu-gris ; of the 15th century. Vellum.

Legends of Saints Catharine, Cecilia, etc., in Italian, with several very fine miniatures,
by an artist of the school of Giotto; 14th century. Velium.

The Herbarium of Serapion, beautifully written and illuminated, and illustrated with
coloured drawings, for the Duke of Carrara; of the end of the 14th century. Vellum.

A fragment of an Italian Novelliero, with coloured drawings; of the end of the 14th
century. Vellum.

Ten volumes of Statutes, and other books, of the Grisons, in the Ladine dialect.

Five volumes of Papers relating to Egyptian hieroglyphical inscriptions, by Dr. Thomas
Young. Presented by Miss Chambers.

Eight Hebrew Manuscripts, from the 13th to the 16th century.

Nine Persian Manuscripts, from the 16th to the 18th century.

More than six hundred Charters, with other papers, relating to the family of Calverley,
of Yorkshire and Cheshire, dating from the 12th century. Presented by Sir Walter C.
Trevelyan, Bart.

About fifty Rolls and Charters relating to Norfolk and Suffolk, including Rentals and
Household Accounts of Dukes of Norfolk, dated from 1385 to 1423.

30. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts in the Reading Room during the year was
20,576; and of volumes used by Artists and Readers in the rooms of the Department,
1,888, in addition to those shown to visitors.

Edward A. Bond.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.
I.—Arrangement.

In the Egyptian division, additional presses have been added to the table-cases in the
second Egyptian Room, and the table portion of the same cases glazed with plate glass.

Progress has been made in the incorporation of Egyptian acquisitions.

245 Egyptian objects and 17 portions of papyri have been examined and catalogued.

Seven long pieces of Egyptian papyri and linen have been cleaned and mounted ; and
three long pieces have been framed, glazed, and placed for public exhibition on the walls of
the North West Staircase.

One large Egyptian object has been mounted on a granite, and two others on Caen stone
pedestals.

One large bronze figure of Osiris, placed under a glass case in the Egyptian Galleries,
and 102 smaller objects mounted and exhibited. é

Two volumes of the Egyptian catalogue have been rebound to incorporate additional
slips ; and the catalogue of Gnostic Gems has been bound.

The account of the Oriental Antiquities in the Guide Book, has been corrected and
enlarged for the new edition.

Progress has been made in the revision of tlie lithographic facsimiles of Egyptian
inscribed stones preparing for publication.

Additional shelves have been fitted to the wal! cases in the Assyrian side-room, and the
contents of the cases re-arranged, to admit of the incorporation of additional objects, on
account of the want of space.

Progress has been made in glazing for better preservation of the sculptures in the Assyrian
basement, and the whole of the reliefs of the eastern wall of that room are now protected
by plate glass.

Some additional portions of sculpture and inscriptions have been fixed to the eastern
wall of the Kouyunjik Gallery.

249. C3 Progress

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Progress has been made in the cleaning, reparation, and mounting of Assyrian objects ;
three larger objects have been mounted on stone pedestals, 15 smaller ones on plinths, 339
smaller on tablets, and 71 cleaned and repaired.

About 1,429 inscribed Assyrian clay tablets have been identified and arranged in card
boxes for better preservation, and 84 other objects placed in similar boxes for the same
purpose.

The Punic inscriptions from Carthage have been examined and fastened in one of the
compartinents of the Basement Room.

93 paper impressions of Egyptian and Arabic inscriptions have been stamped and placed
in the presses of the second Egyptian Room.

329 numbers have been printed and attached to objects m the collection.

366 objects have been registered, and had registration marks affixed to them.

350 descriptive labels have been prepared and attached to objects in the Collection.

I].— Acquisitions.

Amongst the acquisitions of this department, the following objects are the most
remarkable :—

A statue of breccia of fine workmanship, rather Jess than life size, bearing the name of
Shaaemuab, fourth son of Rameses II., and Governor of Memphis. Presented by Samuel
Sharpe, Esq.

The board from the foot of a mummy case, on which is painted the bull Apis galloping
to the right, from Sakkara.

Black granite torso of a figure of Harpocrates, on which are engraved figures of deities,

Four smal] terra-cotta vases found near the pyramids of Gizeh.

A bronze seated statue of the goddess Pasht.

A bronze figure of the goddess Isis, the eyes of which are inlaid with gold.

The upper part ofa figure of the god Ptah, in hard green stone, and of fine workmanship.

The upper part of a seated figure of Isis in hard stone, and of fine execution.

A large wooden head rest or pillow, called ouols, on which figures of the deities, Besa
and Thoueris, and hieroglyphs are engraved. Presented by the Trustees of the Christy
Collection. :

The bottom of a terra-cotta vase, on which is represented the combat of two gladiators,
a retiarius named Philemon, and a mirmillo called Stephanus, of the Roman period.

Portions of the linen bandages of a mummy, on which is traced in outline a monarch,
whose features resemble those of Ptolemy Physcon, standing between two crocodiles,

Bandage of linen from the outer covering of 4 mummy, on which is drawn in black ink,
the vignettes and text of some chapters of the Ritual. In the vignettes of the 1st chapter,
the mummy of the deceased is seen conducted to the tomb in a thensa or four-wheeled
car.

Head of a figure in calcareous stone, from Kadesh Naphthali. Presented by the Very
Reverend the Dean of Westminster.

Terra-cotta lamps of the Byzantine period, from Jerusalem,

A terra-cotta stamp and some steatite beads, from Samaria.

Glass beads and other objects from ‘Tyre.

In addition to the above mentioned, are the Egyptian and other antiquities of the Blacas
Collection, which will be found mentioned in the special report of that acquisition to the
Museum.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

I.—- Arrangement.

One hundred and sixty-five sculptures, inscriptions, and sepulchral tablets have been.
mounted on plinths and repaired ; two portions of tessellated pavement, from Halicarnassus,
have been repaired and mounted on slate; two large pedestals in the second Elgin Room
have been repaired.

Two thousand and fifty objects have been registered ; three hundred and twenty-seven
descriptive titles have been attached to objects.

Sheets I to R of the Catalogue of Vases have been printed.

The Guide to the First Vase Room has been issued to the public.

Three hundred and forty-two Greek fictile vases, glass vases, and other antiquities, have
been repaired, cleaned, or mounted.

Some portions of the friezes of the Ionic Monument in the Lycian Room have been
te-mounted.

II.— Acquisitions.

At the close of the year 1865, Mr. Dennis, Her Majesty’s Consul at Benghazi, made
excavations on account of the Trustees in the ancient cemeteries of Teuchira and Ptolemais,
two cities of the Cyrenaic Pentapolis.

In

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In these excavations, Mr. Dennis failed at first to find interesting antiquities, but shortly
after he had left Teuchira, a remarkable discovery was made there. Within a peribolos or
precinct, just outside the city wall, was a group of graves, in which were five very remark-
able Panathenaic amphore, all of which Mr. Dennis secured for the National Collection.

These vases may be termed pseudo-archaic in style, inasmuch as they are known to be
as late as the age of Alexander the Great, but have black figures, imitated from the old
vases, painted on them.

Such amphore ave of extreme rarity. One of those obtained by Mr. Dennis is inscribed
with the name of the Athenian archon, Polvzelos, whose date is B.c. 367; another bears the
name of the potter, Kittos.

On all these amphore the figure of Athene is painted on one side, and on the reverse are
groups representing public games. On the buckler of Athene, on one of these vases, are
two figures, in which have been recognized Harmodius and Aristogeiton, as they were
represented in a celebrated bronze group at Athens. See Friederichs uber Harmodius
und Aristogeiton in Gerhard’s Denkmaler u. Forschungen, 1859, p. 66.

Mr. Dennis also acquired for the Museum a very interesting collection of vases and
terra-cottas of the finest period of Greek art. Of these the most remarkable is a hydria,
or water pitcher, with red figures on a dark ground representing Hercules in the Garden
of the Hesperides,

This vase is remarkable for the beauty of the drawing. There are also several small
vases, with polychrome designs drawn witn great delicacy. ‘his class of vases is
particularly rare. One of the subjects represents Danae receiving the shower of gold.
Among the terra-cotta figures are several remarkable for beauty of modelling and for their
admirable condition.

Excavations at Ephesus.—In the course of the past year Mr. Wood has continued the
excavations at Ephesus on account of the Trustees. On the site of the Odeum he has
found various fragments of inscriptions on thin slabs of marble, which, on being put
together, proved to be portions of four Imperial Rescripts. Three were addressed by
the Emperor Antoninus Pius to the people of Ephesus. Two of these bear the date
A.D. 145, the other, the date a.p. 150.

The two earlier Rescripts relate to the services rendered to the city of Ephesus by Publius
Vedius Antoninus, who was the yeauparete or secretary of the city at the date of the
Rescript. In one of these documents is mention of Sulpicius Julianus, an Imperial
Procurator. The fourth Rescript discovered by Mr. Wood is addressed by the Emperor
Hadrian to the people of Ephesus.

On the site of the Great ‘theatre, Mr. Wood found the following sculptures :—

1.) A male torso under life size, probably of a Silenus; of the Roman period. At
the side of this figure is sculptured a curious vase which rests on a stand, apparently
meant to represent a tripod of metal. On the top of the vase is a phiale, in which are
a phallus and a crescent.

(2.) Part of a frieze, on which is sculptured a boy in high relief. This is also of
the Roman period.

Mr. Wood has also found in the Great Theatre the fragment of a Constitutio or law
relating to the alimony of infants, in which reference is made to a previous Cons!itutio made
by Vedius Pollio, probably, the historical personage of that name who lived in the time of
Augustus. :

He further discovered a row of tombs which mark the direction of an ancient way
leading to the city from the south-east. One of these tombs bears the name of M,
Calpurnius Rufus, Pretorial legate of Cyprus, Pontus, Bithynia, and the Province of Asia.
On another tomb is the name of M. Helvius Geminus, Imperial Propretor of Asia; on a
third, that of Metrodorus, an Ephebarch. A fourth tomb is that of a lictor of the
Proconsul, Fonteius Agrippa, and in the same row was an altar dedicated by Carinus,
Tabularius of the Province of Asia; and a sarcophayus enriched with decoratioas of a
late period.

In a building near the Odeum, Mr. Wood found 80 fragments of inscriptions, which
appear to have fallen from the walls on to the floor.

Among the objects purchased at the sale of Signor Castellani’s antiquities at Paris, the
following are the most remarkable :—

(1.) A bronze figure of Pomona, or the Autumn, holding in her lap a quantity of
fruits. This bronze, which is 12? in. in height, is in fine condition, and a gcod speci-

men of Roman art. It was found near Padua.

(2.) Silver cover of a mirror case, on which are embossed in relief Bacchus, a winged
figure, and Silenus playing on the double flute.

(3.) A smali amber box, probably part of a Roman lady’s toilet service. The outside
is richly sculptured with reliefs, representing winged genii and Bacchic emblems.
This beautiful and unique specimen of carving in amber was found at Aquileia.

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A collection of antiquities from Greece has been purchased from Mr. Vice-Consul Merlin,
among which the following may be particularly noticed :—

(1.) A small bronze figure of Eros, from Corinth.
(2.) A small bronze Siren, with eyes inlaid in silver, from Corfu.
(3.) Bronze ticket, symbolon, of an Athenian dikast or juror.

(4.) A very interesting collection of small vases of the archaic period, chiefly with
figures and ornaments painted in brown on a drab ground. Found in tombs at
Phalerum, near Athens, and at Corinth.

(5.) Group in terracotta of Leda and a swan, finely composed and modelled.
(6.) A glass bottle with beautiful iridescent colours.
(7.) Eight leaden weights of Aigina and Athens, found at Athens.

The Blacas Collection purchased at the close of the year will be described in a separate
Report.

The following presents have been received in the course of the year :—

(1.) A gold ring with an intaglio in black agate, representing a male head bound
with a diadem ; perhaps, that of Ptolemy Physkon.

(2.) An oval bronze seal, on which are inscribed the heads of the Emperor Philip,
his Empress Otacilia, and their son Philip, together with a small figure of Jupiter
Serapis, and the name of the people of Breisa; published in the Proceedings of the
Society of Antiquaries of London, 1833, ii., p. 265.—Presented by the late G. Eastwood,
Esq.

II.—Six Greek fictile vases, of which the most remarkable are an amphora with red
figures representing Theseus killing a robber, a beautiful specimen of the art of Vulci; an
amphora with black figures representing Ulvsses putting out the eye of Polyphemus; and a
cylix with red figures, represeuting a drunken revel, curiously treated.—Presented by T. S.
Smith, Esq.

IiI.—An interesting collection of small figures in stone and terracotta, together with an
archaic fictile vase and several lamps discovered in the island of Cyprus in the course of
excavations undertaken conjointly by Dominic Ellis Colnaghi, Esq., and the Vicomte de
Manicourt.

Among the terracottas are some very curious archaic figures, several of which are very
similar to certain terracottas found at Camirus, in hodes, and supposed to be of Phoenician
origin.

There are also a number of heads and figures of a later period, most of which represent
a goddess with a richly ornamented crown of an unusual type. The heads and figures,
rudely carved in stone, which form part of this collection, resemble those found at Dali in
Cyprus, of which the Museum has an interesting series. These belong, some to the
Pheenician period, others to a later period when Greek influence predominated in the art of
Cyprus.—Presented by D. E. Colnaghi, Esq., Her Majesty’s Consul at Turin.

IV.—A small bronze archaic female figure, found in the island of Cerigo (Kythera).—
Presented by Signor Roumano of Corfu. .

V.—A marble Corinthian capital, from Sinope.—Presented by F. W. Kirby, Esq.
VI.—A fragment of green glazed ware, probably of Egypto-Roman fabric.— Presented
by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

V1II.—A Roman horse shoe of a peculiar form, found at Regnac, Department of Indre et
Loire, France.—Presented by M. le Docteur Leveillé.

VIII.—Two masks and a necklace of black terracotta, said to have been found at
Chiusi..—Bequeathed by the late Robert Goff, Esq.

IX.—A dish of red Aretine ware, together with four terracotta vases.—Presented by the
Trustees of the late Henry Christy, Esq.

X.—A Roman sacrificial knife; an ivory sword-handle ; a plate of bone, upon which a
leopard and an ostrich are engraved; part of a terra cotta mould, from Sardinia; and a
porcelain vase in the form of a male head.— Presented by Augustus W. Franks, Esq.

XI.—An iron sword in a bronze scabbard, found at Mayence. The scabbard, which has
been tinned over, is richly decorated, with figures in relief. The principal subject represents
; a seated

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a seated Emperor, probably Tiberius, receiving a victorious General, probably Ger-
manicus.

On a shield placed by the side of the seated Emperor, is the inscription, FELICITAS
TIBERI; behind stands a Victory with a shield inscribed VIC AVG (Victoria Augusta).
On the lower part of the scabbard is an eagle between two standards, within a temple, and
the figure of an Amazon. This interesting specimen of Roman art is presented by Felix

Slade, Esq.

Woodhouse Bequest.—By an instrument dated 24th February 1866, the late Mr. James
Woodhouse, of Corfu, bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum his collection of
coins and other antiquities, formed during a residence of many years in the Ionian islands,
where he formerly held the office of Treasurer.

The coins thus bequeathed to the British Museum are noticed in the Report of the Keeper
of Coins and Medals, p. 27 infra.

Of the other antiquities comprised in this bequest, the following have been handed over
to the Trustees by Her Majesty’s Consul General at Corfu, who took possession of the
effects of Mr. Woodhouse immediately on his demise :-—

(a.) A marble altar, with festoons, and bulls’ heads sculptured on it in relief.

(2.) A female head sculptured in relief in white marble, which appears to be modern
work, probably of the 18th century.

(3.) A small heart sculptured in white marbie, of doubtful antiquity.
(4.) Three nodules of iron pyrites.
(5.) A modern brass seal of the island of Zante.
(6.) A fictile lamp in the form of a toad, not antique.
(7.) Fourteen Greek leaden weights.
(8.) Eight Greek pyramidal leaden weights.
(9.) Three bronze weights.
(10.) Small brass weight of Ithaca, with head of Ulysses in relief.
(11.) One modern leaden weight.
(12.) Three impressions in lead.
(13.) A large comic mask of terra-cotta.
(14.) A saucer of variegated glass.
(15.) A small glass bottle of variegated glass.
(16.) Two deep saucers of coloured glass.
(17.) An amphoriskos of blue glass.
(18.) An otnochoe of green glass.
(19.) Small bottle of yellow glass, moulded so as to imitate a date.
- (20.) Ten gold signet rings.
_ (21.) Fourteen gold rings.
(22.) Ten pairs of goid earrings.
(23.) Six gold plates, with figures in relief.
(24.) Four gold pendants, two of which are in the shape of a crescent.
(25.) One crescent-shaped pendant hanging from a chain, the whole of gold.
(26.) Gold amphoriskos, hanging from a pin.

(27.) Head of Athene in cameo, cut on a sardonyx. This head seems copied from the
same original as the celebrated Vienna intaglio in jasper, and probably represents the head
of the Chryselephantine statue of Athene by Phidias.

This cameo is a beautiful work. It is described by Vischer, in his notice of the Wood-
house Museum (Epigraphische und Archiologische Beitrige aus Griechenland, Basel,
1855, p. 2.)

(28.) Five medallions, a ring, a pair of earrings, three pendarts, and two small plates,
the whole of gold. Found in a tomb at St. Helena, in Corfu.

(29.) Silver snake.
249. D (30.) Gold

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_ (30.) Gold necklace, with three pendant cameos, said to have been found in a tomb in
Ithaca, but of doubtful authenticity.

Besides the objects named in the above list, the museum of Mr. Woodhouse contained
at the time of his decease, various other antiquities, the exact quantity and quality of which
cannot be here stated, inasmuch as Her Majesty’s Consul General, though he took possession
of the effects of Mr. Woodhouse immediately on his ciemise, deciined tu make an inventory
of his antiquities, though requested to do so at the time.

It further appears by the Consul General’s account of his proceedings in this matter, that
the objects in the foregoing list which he sent to the Museum, were selected by himself,
with the assistance of other persons, and that he handed over the remainder of the antiqui-
ties to Mr. W oodhouse’s heirs-at-law.

in default of more precise information as to the valuable collection which has been thus
dispersed, Mr. Newton begs to subjoin the following list of objects, which, from information
obtained at Corfu and elsewhere, he believes to have formed part of the Woodhouse

museuni.

_ Gold Ornaments.—(1.) Seventy-five pairs of earrings, most of which had pendants
richly wrought in filagree, so as to represent male or female figures, or animals; thirty-one

single earrings.
(2.) Upwards o! 200 rings, some with gems in intaglio.
(3.) Three wreaths, aud a quantity of leaves from wreaths.
(4.) A diadem.
(5.) A necklace.

(6.) Miscellaneous ornaments ; two boars of solid gold; a sword four inches long; a sun
of solid gold; a disk of solid gold with a radiated head, probably that of the dog-star ; two
horses of solid gold; an anchor; six scarabei; three snakes; three cups; two lamps; a thin
plate; two small figures; about fifty small pieces of bracteate gold, ornamented with wreaths
and other objects in relief.

Silver Objects.—(1.) A lamp, inscribed with an archaic Greek inscription in the Beeotian
dialect, and engraved, (Mustoxidi, Delle Cose Corciresi, p. 241).

(2.) A number of small oars found in tombs.

(3.) Several hair-pins, one foot long.

(4.) A spindle, one foot long.

(5.) A phallus, about two inches long.

(6.) An earring of solid silver.

(7.) A patera, embossed.

(s.) A pair of handles from a vase, a lancet, many spatule, rings.

Bronzes.—(1.) A tablet inscribed with a decree of Proxenia. (Engraved, Mustoxidi,
Delle Cose Corciresi, p. 188, PJ. VI., W. Vischer, Epigr. und Archaol. Beitrage, Pl. I.)

(2.) A tablet with an archaic inscription (Mustoxidi, p. 233. Vischer, PI. II. fig. 1).

(3.) A diskos, about 10 inches in diameter, on one side of which is engraved a standing
athlete, on the other, an athlete kneeling on one knee; the drawing of these figures was very
fine. (Described, Vischer, p. 2.)

(4.) Plain diskos.
(5.) A sword about a foot long.
(6.) A sword with an inscription, found in Italy.

(7.) Many spear heads ; two helmets ; a cuirass ; a knife one foot long, with an iron blade
and bronze handle ; a curved trumpet; many arrow heads ; an inscribed sling bolt.

(8.) Figure of a Greek. warrior, holdmg a spear about two feet high, from Cassope in Epirus.
(9.) Figure of a young girl.

(10.) Female figure, about 15 inches high.

(11.) Vase with two handles, omamented with figures in relief.

(12.) Twenty-four small bulls ; a horse with a silver foot ; a horse about four inches long;
a dog; some small cows.
(13.) A veiled

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(13.) A veiled male figure about six inches bigh; two male and two female Egyptian
figures; two small winged male figures; two helmeted heads about five inches high; a
mask, life size, with a wreath.

(14.) A large key, inscribed ; two steel-yards, with heads for weights; many lamps and
bottles; two keys; two weights; many strigils, and astragali ; ten rakes used for the fire ;
a number of small bronze oars; a bell ; a torc; armlets; many mirrors, mostly plain; hair-
pins about a foot long.

(15.) A small tray, ornamented with gold filagree round the edge; a cup with flowers
outside ; a cup encircled with ivy; two buckets; tire cover of a vase; a small lebes, on onc
side of which an eagle in relief; a vase, two feet high; a knocker about five inches high ;
two saucejans.

Gems in Intaglio and Cameo.—An eweraid with Herakies and a serpent; a head of
Jupiter Ammon, (engraved, Vischer, Pl. 1, see ibid. p. 2); a head of Apollo; a he-goat; a
large transparent drab coloured gem (probably a chalcedony), with an intaglio of AXgipan
playing on a syrinx, and following a nymph; a garnet, with a figure of Victory ; a garnet,
Venus sifting on the ground, on her knees two doves; asard, male winged figure; a carne-
lian, male bearded head, on the crown stood a little boy; green transparent stone, male
beardless head; onyx cameo, winged boy; intaglio, Mercury holding up the caduceus; Mercury
holding up achild; head bald, bearded; male figure, lower half draped; male figure, left
hand on a column, in right hand a branch; gryphon seated to the left, in front a star;
male figure, over his back a large bird flying; five birds and inscription; three heads;
upwards of a hundred other gems of which no description can be obtained.

Marbles.——(1.) Twenty-one sepulchral inscriptions, mostly published in the work of
Mustoxidi already referred to.

(2.) Fragment of inscription relatmg to Septimius Severus (ibid. p. 330).
(3.) Fragment of inscription from Stratia (ibid. p. 183, IV.)
(4.) Head of Septimius Severus (ibid. p. 330).
(5.) A male head, life size, in blue marble.
(6.) A male bearded head in white marble, about seven inches high.
(7.) A female head in white marble, 24 inches high.
(8.) About 15 small heads, from two to three inches long.
(9.) A number of small statuettes.
(10.) A column about one foot high, with an inscription on the side.
_ (11.) An inscribed marble, at the four corners a bird in relief.

Terra Cottas—(1.) Upwards of a hundred figures, some a foot long, and many heads.

(2.) Many lamps, some ornamented with figures in relief, some covered with blue or
other glaze.

(3.) Many bottles, cups, and saucers.
(4.) About 30 plates, with names stamped on the bottom.

(5.) Ten pieces of tile inscribed with the names of local magistrates, and published in
the works of Vischer and Mustoxidi, already eferred to.

(6.) Handle of au amphora, inscribed with the name of a magistrate (published by
Vischer, p. 6, No. 20).

(7.) An urn containing bones, with a bronze cover.
(8.) A votive foot.

Glass.—(1.) Several saucers ornamented with patterns inlaid in various colours.
(2.) Many small bottles and vases of variegated glass.

(3.) Vase in the form of a male figure.

(4.) Many saucers, basins, and bottles, of green, yellow, and red glass.

(5.) A barber’s basin with seven small bettles.

(6.) A square bottle with a figure in relief on each face.

(7.) Seventeen eggs ornamented with inlaid colours.

Fictile Vases.—(1.) A collection of archaic vases of Corinthian fabric, chiefly from the
tomb of Menekrates.

oe Vase in the form of an archaic female head, terminating in a bird’s body (Vischer,
p. 2). i
(3.) A vase from Naples, three feet high, with red and white figures on a black ground.

240. Dz (4.) Many

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(4.) Many vases with figures or flowers painted on them.

Coins: Silver and Potin.—(1.) Messene—Head of Proserpine. R. Jupiter hurling
thunderbolt.

(2.) Coresia.—Bunch of grapes. R. Quadratum incusum.

(3.) Elis.—Eagle flying, holding serpent in talons. R. Wheel in incuse triangle.
(4.) Elis—Head of Jupiter. R. Eagle’s head.

(5.) Elis. —Head of Jupiter. R. Eagle; thunderbolt ; wreath,

(6.) Attambilus II., King of Characene. Published, Lenormant, “Revue Numismatique,”
N.S. IX., pp. 191, 192.

(7.) Silver Athenian didrachm.

Objects in Lead.—Eight slingbolts, inscribed with names, and published by Vischer or
Mustoxidi in the works already referred to; weights marked with letters ; astragalz.

Miscellaneous Antiquities.—A stone, the size of a pigeon’s egg, which, when held in the
light, showed three colours, blue, green, and grey; many pearls from necklaces; a piece
of coral, pierced for suspension, having on either side a wolf’s face; an iron dagger with a
bone handle studded with silver; a sword with an iron blade, and on the handle the face
of an animal; hair-pins of bone.

‘For further and fuller information respecting the Woodhouse bequest, Mr. Newton would
beg to refer to the ‘“ Report of his Proceedings at Corfu relative to Objects missing from
the Woodhouse Collection,’ which was submitted to the Trustees on the 11th of October
last, and to the subsequent correspondence with the Foreign Office.

C. T. Newton.

With respect to the Woodhouse bequest, it is to be observed that Mr. Saunders, Her
Majesty’s Consul General at Corfu, had no authority, either under the terms of the gift, or
from the Trustees of the British Museum, to make any selection from the antiquities in
question, or any disposition thereof beyond that of forwarding them to the British Museum.
‘The circumstances connected with this bequest are at present under discussion, and form the
subject of a correspondence between the Trustees and the Foreign Office.

J. Winter Jones, Priscipal Librarian.

DEPARTMENT OF British anp Mepri®vaL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

AutHouc#H the Collections of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography were
not formed into a separate department until the 10th of March 1866, it has been thought
more convenient to treat of them in this report as though they had been separated from
the Oriental Antiquities from the commencement of the year.

I.—Arrangement,

In the British and Medieval Rcom an additional table case bas been received, and,
together with the companion case received at the close of the preceding year, has been
fitted up with desks and lined with paper.. The collection of matrices of seals has been
arranged in these cases.

The altering or the cases in the room, to exclude dust and render them more secure, has
been commenced ; one table case has been thus altered, the fittings replaced, and the
case re-papered,

A Roman tomb, presented by Her Majesty, has been placed in one corner of the room.

In the Ethnographical Room the re-arrangement of the Mexican Antiquities has been
completed, though rendered more difficult by considerable additions to the Collection.
The arrangement of the North American Collections has been commenced, preparatory to
which many of the objects in the older collections have been identified.

A table case has been removed to this room from the Department of Greek and Roman
Antiquities, and filled with some of the choicer specimens from India, China, and New
Zealand. To make room for this case a large Chinese bell has been removed to the landing
of the staircase, and a model of an Indian car has deen placed in the basement, to which
has also been removed a model representing groups of Thugs.

In the Anglo-Roman Gallery three monoliths with Ogham inscriptions have been erected
on stone pedestals, and many of the other sculptures re-arranged.

Fourteen objects have been placed on stone or wooden pedestals ; 41 matrices of seals
have been mounted with impressions at their sides; a collection of antiquities from caves in
Yorkshire has been mounted on a wooden board; and a large number of Mexican vases
have been repaired.

1,734 Antiquities have been registered, including all the acquisitions of the year, ex-
cepting those in the Christy and Blacas Collections ; and 189 labels have been added.

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SS ee ~

In the Collection of Casts from Seals the moulds of the foreign seals have been oiled,
sorted, and mounted. The type impressions of English personal seals have been arranged
and mounted, as well as those of the Scotch seals. The list of the Foreign seals has been
revised and put into alphabetical order.

The work done in connection with the Christy Collection will be noticed under that
head.

II. — Acquisitions.

The miscellaneous acquisitions of the year are 871 in number, exclusive of the Christy,
Witt, and Blacas Collections, which would increase the number to nearly 9,000 objects.
They may be noticed as follows :

I. British Antiquities.—The foreign illustrations of the earlier portions of this collection
have received the following additions :—

Part of a bone implement, on which are drawn the heads of a deer and an ibex ; found
in the cave at Bruniquel, and fitting on to a portion formerly acquired by the Museum ;
presented by the Vicomte de Lastic St. Jal, the owner of the cave.

Three flint cores, found in the bed of the Indus, near Shikapoor, Upper Scinde; pre-
sented by Major General Twemlow, R.A.

Ten bronze implements, found in the island of Thermia, the ancient Cythnus.

Among the British Antiquities properly so called may be noticed the following :—

A series of flint implements, found on the manor of Possingworth, near Waldron, Sussex ;
presented by Louis Huth, Esq.

Two British urns, and ten flint implements, found in barrows at Filingdales, county
York ; another British urn found at Lincoln ; and four others, from barrows at Broughton,
county Lincoln.

Four flint implements, from Glen Ravel, county Antrim; presented by J. R.
Robinson, Esq.

Two stone celts, a stone lamp, and other antiquities, found in Orkney, and presented by
William Watts, Esq.

A stone quern from Dunino, near St. Andrew’s, Scotland; presented by the Reverend
C. Rogers, Lu.D.

A bronze celt, found in Windsor Park, presented by Her Majesty the Queen.

One bundred and twenty-one bronze implements from various localities ; presented by the
Trustees of the Christy Collection.

A find of bronze implements from Kensington, another from High Roothing, Essex,
three other specimens from various localities, and a bronze herse’s bit with enamel deco-
ration, found at Rise near Hull; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A gold torques, found in Norfolk, and a gold ring from Devonshire.

A pig of lead with the name of the Emperor Antoninus Pius, found at Bristol, and pre-

sented by the Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, with the consent of

Arthur W. P. Bush, Esq.

A Roman tomb composed of large tiles, two urns found in it, and an elegant glass bottle
found in an adjoining tomb; all discovered at Old Windsor by the Rev. F. J. Rawlins, and
presented by Her Majesty the Queen.

An extensive collection of Roman antiquities found on the site of the ancient Colonia
of Lindum, now Lincoln, including numerous specimens of pottery of local fabric, a vase
with a dedicatory inscription to Mercury, and a number of fibulz and other personal
ornaments.

Six Roman inscriptions from Lincoln; presented by Arthur Trollope, Esq.

A bronze fibula with a horseman im relief, from Kirkby Thore, Westmoreland; presented
by the Rev. W. Greenwell.

A terra-colta bottle found in Holborn; presented by Arthur Lumley, Esq.

Six bone objects, probably used by the Romans in making pins, found in Moorfieids,
London, and presented by the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson.

A collection of hand bricks, pottery, &c., from the island of Herm; presented by John
Evans, Esq.

An altar dedicated to the Topical divinities, Vitires ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three monoliths, inscribed with Ogham characters, found in a fort at Roovesmore, near
Cork ; presented by Lieut.-Colonel A. Lane Fox.

An Anglo-Saxon urn from Sandy, Bedfordshire; presented by the Trustees of the Christy
Collection.

A Danish comb found in York; presented by N. W. J. Westlake, Esq.

A bone disk, carved in an Irish style, but found in London; presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Two Merovingian urns from Waban, near Montreuil; presented by John Evans, Esq.
Two glass vases of the same period from Germany ; presented by the late George East-
wood, Esq.; and two urns from Denmark.

‘Two panels carved in stone, froin the ruins of the Priory at Thetford ; presented by John
Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.a.

A pocket dial, made by James Kynvyn, 1593, for Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex,
favourite of Queen Elizabeth, and bearing his arms; presented by Edward Dalton,
Esq., LL.D., F.S.A-

An English watch in the form of a fritillary flower, with niello decoration, made by
Edward Bysse, in the 16th century.

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The Early Christian Collection has received the following additions :—

An ivory pyx, carved in low relief with pastoral subjects, and probably of the 7th or 8th
centuries ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A terra-cotta bottle with a figure of St. Menas ; presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

Five early Byzantine gold ornaments, found near Naples.

The Medieval Collections, of a miscellaneous character, have been increased as
follows :—

a Fragments of stucco ornaments from the Alhambra; presented by Alexander Christy,
sq.

Taniind matrices of seals, and a medallion in hone stone representing Otho Henry,
Count Palatine of the Rhine.

A very remarkable piece of mechanism in the form of a towering ship of gilt brass, with
aclock,&c. In it is represented a German Emperor with his Court, apparently Rudolph II.
The whole is covered with elaborate engraving and ornaments, and is probably tive automa-
ton galley mace for the Euperor by Hanns Schlott, of Augsburg, about 1581; presented
by Octavius Morgan, Esq., m.P.

A bronze ewer ia the form of a lion, a bronze censer irom Denmark, a state axe of a
guild of Saxon miners, and several! other objects; presented by the Trustees of the Christy
Collection.

A large number of enamelled counters, representing the Emperors of Rome and Germany,
made by Christopher Wermuth at the close of the 17th century.

Four Oriental talismanic stones, with Arabic mscriptions, and an Oriental signet ring of
silver.

A crystal cameo of large size.

(2.) Ethnography.—The additions to this collection are as follows :—

An Indo-Scythic figure, found in the Punjaub; presented by Captain A. C.
Tupper, F.s. A.

A collection of ancient pottery, stone grinding troughs, &c., from tombs in Nicaragua ;
excavated and presented by Frederick Boyle, Esq., and J. G. Jebb, Esq.

Nine ancient vessels of pottery from South America ; presented by Lord Boston.

A collection of silver ornaments brought from Abyssinia by the late Sir W. Cornwallis
Harris.

Weapons and dresses of the Bashkirs, nomadic tribes in the government of Oranienburg,
in Russia ; presented by M. Alexandre Zvenigorodsky, of St. Petersburg.

In this enumeration no account has been taken of such objects in the Blacas Collection as
may belong to this department, as that collection forms the subject of a separate report.

There are likewise two collections which were noticed in the report for the year 1865,
but in a passing manner, as they had not then been received by the officers of the Museum.
They are the Christy Collection and the Witt Collection :—

(A.)— Christy Collection.

In the annual report for 1865 it was stated that the late Henry Christy, Esq., F.s.A., F.G.S.,
had bequeathed his collections of Antiquities and Ethnography, together with a sum of
money, to trustees, by whom the bulk of the collection had been offered on certain con-
ditions to the British Museum, and accepted, but that the collection had not yet been
received.

The collections in question being very extensive, and there being no space available at
the British Museum for their display, the trustees under the will of Mr. Christy suggested
that a temporary place of deposit should be hired by the Trustees of the British Museum,
and offered to pay a portion of the rent.

In accordance with that suggestion, the Trustees of the British Museum have rented the
apartments formerly occupied by Mr. Christy, at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, in
which a portion of the collection was already arranged. The specimens belonging to the
trust were brought together from their various repositories, both in this country and abroad,
in order that a selection might be made; a long range of glass cases, stored away at the
Crystal Palace, was removed to Victoria-street, and fitted up as well as circumstances
would admit; and the selected collection arranged in them and in the cases already
there.

The new cases are handsomely made of chestnut and plate glass, and afford about 1,120
square feet of wall case for the exhibition of objects. The old cases are made of mahogany
and glass, and supply about 350 square feet of wali cases, and 80 square feet of table cases.
Two cases not required at the British Museum have been removed to Victoria-street, and
furnish 21 additional square feet.

The whole amount of space protected by glass is 1,571 square feet, exclusive of smaller
cases and frames. In these, about 7,000 objects have been displayed, but a considerable
number remain in drawers and cabinets.

In order to give a sucemet account of the coliection, it may be convenient to describe
shortly the contents of each room. The basis of the arrangement is geographical, but is
occasionally modified by the exigencies of space and convenience. The collections are
placed in four rooms, the hall and corridor.

Room I,

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Room I. Ancient Europe and part of North America.-—Stone implements from the Drift,
the most ancient remains of human industry hitherto discovered ; they include a remarkably
fine series from St, Acheul, near Amiens. Antiquities found m the Caves of Dordogne,
excavated by Mr. Christy and M. Lartet at the expense of the former. This collection
is very extensive, and includes a number of drawings on remdeer bone and horn, probably
some of the most ancient works of art that have been preserved; it would have been
still more extensive, had it not been known that Mr. Christy inteniied to present
the unique specimens to the French Museum, an intention which the Trustees under his
Will have felt bound to fulfil, Ancient stone implements found on the surface in England
and Ireland, France, Belgium, and Denmark. ‘he last of these is a remarkable collection,
and includes a good series from the Dauish Kitchenmiddens. A few specimens from Italy
are also to be found, a valuable collection from the caves at Gibraltar, and specimens
from the Swiss Lakes. For convenience a case of ancient stone implements from Asia has
been placed in this room, as well as the more modern implements, dresses, and weapons
of the Esquimaux of America and Asia, and of the maritime tribes of the North West
Coast of America. These furnish striking illustrations of the remains found in the caves of
Dordogne, and prove that while the climate was similar to that of the northern countries
in question, the inhabitants of that part of France must have resembled the Esquimaux in
their habits and implements.

Room If. Africa and Asia.—The African Collection is very extensive, and supplies a
lacuna in the collections of the British Museum, where there are few objects from this conti-
nent. The same may be said of the series from the Asiatic Islands. The collection from Asia
Proper is not very numerous ; the races now occupying that continent being generally in a
more ‘advanced state of civilisation than that which especially interested Mr. Christy.
Attention should, however, be called to two valuable relics from China; an Imperial State
Seal carved in jade, and a set of tablets of the same material, on which has been engraved
a poem by the Emperor Kien-Lung.

Room III. Melanesia and Polynesia.—Vhis room contains a valuable collection of
weapons, ornaments, and dresses, both from the islands inhabited by the black races of
the Pacific, and from those of Polynesia proper. Many of the specimens are of interest, as
belonging to a state of culture which has now completely changed, and as illustrating
manners and customs that have disappeared before the commerce and the teaching of Euro-
peans.

Hall.—Uere are placed the larger objects from the Pacific, such as spears, clubs, and
paddles. The collection of spears is very large and interesting.

Corridor. Australia and part of North America.—The Australian Collection is very
complete, and it would not be easy to replace it, inasmuch as the native races are dwindling
in most parts of that continent.

Room IV. North and South America.—Antiquities and recent implements and dresses
from the North American Indians ; ancient Carib implements ; and recent collections from
British Guiana, and other parts of South America. The most valuable part of the contents
of this room is the collection of Mexican antiquities, which is not only extensive, but
includes some specimens of great rarity. Among tlem should be especially mentioned
the following :—An axe of Avanturine jade, carved into the form of a human figure; a
remarkable knife of white chalcedony; a sacrificial collar formed of a hard green stone ;
a squatting figure, of good execution, sculptured out of a volcanic rock; and three remarkable
specimens coated with polished stones. The latter consist of a wooden mask covered with a
mosaic of blue stones, presumed to be turquoises, but more probably a rare form of amazon-
stone; a human skull made into a mask, and coated with obsidian and the blue stone men-
tioned above; and a knife with a blade of flint, and with a wooden handie, sculptured to
represent a Mexican divinity, and encrusted with obsidian, coral, malachite, and other
precious materials. There is also a small but choice collection of Peruvian pottery.

A catalogue of the collection was privately printed by Mr. Christy in 1862; but it em-
braces only a small part of the present collection. A more extended catalogue is in pre-
paration, of which 3,184 slips have been completed; some of them, however, include a
number of specimens. The cases have all been numbered, and black and gilt labels, 57 in
number, have been fixed over them, so as to indicate their contents. About 1,150 card labels
have been attached to the cbjects.

The Trustees of the British Museum entered into possession of the premises in April
1866 ; but the arrangement of the vast collection, the fitting up of the cases, and the removal
of specimens from Paris and elsewhere, prevented the collection from being opened to the
public before the 28th of December. The collection is exhibited on Fridays from 10 to
4 o'clock, and admittance is to be obtained by tickets, issued in the hall of the British
Museum, The apartments forming part of a private house, it has been necessary to make
these restrictions; and from the temporary state of the arrangements, children under 10
years of age are not admitted.

While the arrangement of the collection was in progress, every facility was given to those
who were especially studying the subjects with which it is connected, and upwards of 300
visits were paid to the collection by such persons before it was publicly opened.

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The Trustees of the Christy Collection have transferred to the Trustees of the British
Museum, as additions to the collection, the follewing presents which they had received
during the year 1866 :—

Three stone implements of a Drift type, found near Tripaty, Madras Presidency ; from
J. W. Breeks, Esq.

A black stone axe-blade from China; from William Lockhart, Esq.

A coilection of stone implements, pottery, worked bones, and remains of food, excavated
by Captain Frederick Brome in caves on Windmill Hiil, Gibraltar, with the sanction and
support of Sir William Codrington, K.c.B.; from the Right Honourable General Peel,
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for War.

A number of ancient implements from the mounds of Ohio, and two flint implements
from the Drift at Salisbury ; from William Blackmore, Esq., the founder of the Blackmore
Museum at Salisbury.

A collection of flint implements found in Yorkshire ; from the Rev. W. Greenwell.

Flint implements from Yorkshire, Suffolk, and Buckinghamshire ; as well as a fine series
from Spiennes, Mons, and other places in Belgium; from John Evans, Esq., F.R.s., F.S.A,

A stone axe-head and an arrow-head found in Nova Scotia; from Edward Hamilton,
Esq., M.D.

Three stone axes from Prince Edward’s Island, and two groups representing natives of
South Africa ; from Captain A. C. Tupper, F.s.A.

Five specimens of pottery, made in the Riff country near Tangiers ; from Captain C. W.
Tupper, late Royal Fusiliers.

An extensive collection of Ethnographical specimens from various parts of the world;
from the director of the Royal Gardens at Kew. .

Throne or seat from the palace of Kumrasi, West Africa ; from M. Doorly, Esq.

A pair of Lapland shoes, a head piece and weapons from Polynesia, and a Persian bow
and arrows; from Mrs. W. M. Christy.

A wooden carving from Melanesia; from E. A. Roy, Esq.

A bew, two arrows, and a necklace from the Andaman Isles, and an Egyptian earthen
vessel ; from Miss Newbery.

A stone implement of the Drift type,and a skull of Bos primigenius, found in the Thames,
near Millbank; also a collection of North American stone implements; from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have also made additions to the collection, by the
exchange of duplicate specimens which they retained for the purpose, and purchases have
been made from a small fund which they have placed at the disposal of the Trustees of the
British Museum. ‘lhe most remarkable of the latter is a Mexican Zodiac, made of wood,
encrusted with precious materials, and of the same age and workmanship as the three
specimens previously in the collection, and noticed above.

(B.)\— Witt Collection.

In the last report, it will be seen that a collection had been offered as a present by
George Witt, Esq., F.R.s., but had not yet been removed to the Museum. This collection,
which illustrates the superstitions connected with the evil eye and nature worship, in various
parts of the world and at various periods both ancient and modern, has now been received ;
and in conformity with the wish of the donor that it should be kept together, it has been
placed in a room prepared for it in the basement. . It includes 432 specimens, which have
been registered ; and 431 specimens of the same kind, already in the Museum Collections,
have been incorporated with them.

A small collection of books illustrating the collection has been also received from
George Witt, Esq., which will be kept with the collection as a portion of the Departmental
Library.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF Coins AND MEDALS.

1.—Arrangement.
1. Greek Series.

778 Greek Imperial coins have been catalogued.

234 Greek Autonomous coins have been registered.

1,124 Miscellaneous Greek Autonomous and Imperial coins have been incorporated.

1,056 Miscellaneous Greek Autonomous and Imperial coins have been re-arranged.

643 Greek Autonomous, of various collectious, have been examined, and those required

for the National Collection have been set aside.

102 Slips have been written for the Catalogue of Greek coins.

389 Letters and Inscriptions have been engraved for the Catalogue of Greek coins.

500 Descriptive Cards have been written for different portions of the Greek Collection.
The

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. aim

The coins of Judza, Syria, and Phenicia bave been studied and re-arranged. The coins
of the Seleucid, or Greek successors of Alexander in Syria, have been studied and

re-arranged.
xo1, Gold I { being a part of the collection bequeathed to the Nation by
coins

ee ae ! | the late Mr. Woodhouse, have been arranged and par-
ea ed, | tially catalogued.

The collection of Aus grave has been re-arranged, and 78 specimens, attributable to Latium,
have been placed at the head of the Greek series.

2. Roman Series:

The new arrangement of the Consular series has been completed.

The new arrangement of the First and Second Brass has been completed, and 1,150
pieces have been placed in new cabinets, with the requisite descriptive cards.

400 coins of the Emperor Probus have been re-arranged.

388 First, Second, and Third Brass of the collection deposited by the Bank of England
have been arranged chronolugically, with appropriate labels.

The new arrangement of the coins of the Lower Empire has been commenced.

250 miscel'aneous Roman coins have been catalogued.

160 miscellaneous Roman coins have been registered.

410 miscellaneous Roman coins have been incorporated.

1,290 descriptive cards and labels have been written for different parts of the collection.

3. Medieval and Modern:

855 miscellaneous coins have been made out for registration.

1,563 miscellaneous coins have been registered.

580 miscellaneous coins have been catalogued.

705 miscellaneous coins have been incorporated.

563 Copper tokens of the United States have been carefully examined

150 coins of Genoa and Sardinia have been newly arranged.

120 English medals have been newly arranged.

A large collection of Venetian coins has been carefully examined.

492 Copper tokens of the United Siates have been arranged for registration.

105 Australian and Tasmanian Copper tokens have been arranged for registration.

448 Flemish aud Dutch coins have been arranged in new cabinets.

632 descriptive cards have been written for different parts of the collection.

_ The registration of the Cuff and Haggard collections of medals (in all 2,615) has been

completed.

4. English Series:
1,500 medals of the Bank of England Collection have been registered.
15 miscellaneous medals have been registered and incorporated.
56 miscellaneous coins and medals have been catalogued.
72 miscellaneous coins and medals have been incorporated.
33 Long Cross pennies have been re-arranged.
264 cards (descriptive) have been written for different parts of the collection.
280 coins of Queen Elizabeth have been arranged in new cabinets.

5. Oriental Series :

120 coins of the Khans of Kapchak have been catalogued and incorporated.
24 coins of Assam have been catalogued and incorporated.

319 miscellaneous Oriental coins have been incorporated.

23 miscellaneous Oriental coins have been incorporated.

122 inscriptions on coins of the Sassanide have been deciphered.

66 coins of the Arsacide have been catalogued and incorporated.

Il.— Acquisitions.
The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the
past year (1866) :—

Gold. Silver.

=a -
Greek Sat WSR EAs 5hy 3 120 | 2,834
Roman - = - - - 526" I En9
Medieval and Modern - - 46 | 362
English - - - - = 18: 39
Onental - - E - - | 10 15
ToTAL - = - | 722 3,989

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Of these acquisitions, the following may be specified as deserving of more than ordinary
notice :—

A magnificent collection consisting principally of Roman gold coins and Ais grave, and
containing many specimens quite new to the National Collection, purchased from the
executors of the late Duc de Blacas; comprising, in number, £V. 530, AR. 910, AR. 834.
Lead 1,825; total, 4,099 pieces.

A very remarkable collection, containing 170 specimens of the rarest and most ancient
Roman money, quadrusses, asses, &c. ; purchased of M. Jules Sambon.

A small but rare collection of coins of the Seleucide ; purchased from H. White, Esq.,
Her Majesty’s Consul, Tangiers.

Two unique gold coins of Taj-ed-din Idaz; purchased from Edward Thomas, Esq.
oan unigue double sovereign of Henry VIII.; purchased from the late G. Eastwood,

sq.
A small but extremely rare collection of Roman coins; purchased from Messrs. Rollin &
Feuardent.

A very rare silver coin of Ienberht, Archbishop of Canterbury ; purchased of the Rey.
T. J. Thorpe.

The following have been presented to the Trustees :—

A very interesting collection of Greek coins, chiefly from Coreyra, the western part of
Greece, and the Greek islands, being a part of the collections bequeathed to tie Trustees
by the late James Woodhouse, Esq., of Corfu.

A gold coin of Catherine IT. of Russia, 1766; presented by the Earl Granville, x.c.

80 Australian tokens; presented by the Honourable R. Marsham.

25 Tasmanian tokens; presented by J. Macarthy Browne, Esq.

Three-pfennige piece of Camenz, in Saxony, and a silver coin of Henry III. of Germany ;
presented by R. Brassey, Esq.

A jéton de presence de la Société des Bibliophiles de France ; presented by M. Schéfer,
Prem. Secret. de l’Empereur.

A 20-dollar and a 10-dollar piece in gold, struck for British Columbia; presented by
F, Seymour, Esq., Governor of British Columbia.

A coin of the Papal States, sede vacante, 1823 ; presented by J. B. Bergne, Esq.

Five. coins, respectively, of Herod I., Alexander Janneeus, Boemund of Antioch, Amauri
of Jerusalem, and an early Mohammedan coin; presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

A quarter-cent of the East India Company for 1845 ; presented by A. B. Neill, Esq.

A second brass coin of the Emperor Claudius, found by Mrs. Milman at the Aust Passage ;
presented by the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul’s.

Three copper coins of Norway, and three copper coins of India; presented by the Earl
of Enniskillen.

One silver coin of George V. of Hanover, and a silver coin of Nicolas Frederic Peter,
Grand Duke of Oldenburg ; presented by Major General von During.

One uncertain Merovingian coin in gold, found at Pattishull; presented by Lord
Dartmouth.

A bronze prize medal of the Mofiat Academy Club; presented by David J. Burne, Esq.

An electrotype medal of the late Rev. George Townsend, pD.p.; preseuted by Miss
Greenwell.

An United States stamp token, enclosed in a case for circulation during the late war;
presented by W. Corkran, Esq.

A five-cent and a three-ceint piece of the United States of America; presented by
Gardiner Pike, Esq.

A rare coin, in electrum, of the Western Coast of Asia Minor; presented by Randall
Callander, Esq.

A bronze medal of Count Radetzky, 1849; a two-franc and a one-franc piece of the Em-
peror Napoleon IIT. ; and two double dollars of Basle and Lucerne, respectively; presented
by J. W. De Salis, Esq.

A Spanish dollar, countermarked as payable at Lanark Mills for 5s.; presented by Vere
Irving, Esq.

Ten irish copper tokens of the 18th century; presented by Andrew Young, Esq.

One Bank token for 3s., 1811; presented by Deffet Francis, Esq.

A Peruvian medal in gold; presented by Huippolito Unanne, Esq.

A badge of George I1I., a 17th century token, 1666, a medallet of the Peace of Rys-
wyck, 1697, a medallet of Wilham IIl., a badge of Edward VI., a medallion (in lead) of
Charles I, and Henrietta Maria, a medal of John Kendal, and a prize medal of the Salis-
bury Volunteer Corps; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

The following individual specimens may be mentioned as among the more valuable
additions to the cabinets of the British Museum during the year 1866 :—

From the Roman portion of the collection of the late Duc de Blacas :

In Gold.—A M. Antonius ; a Labienus (unique) ; a M. Antonius with his brother Lucius ;

a Julius Cesar, with the jetters LIT., denoting his age at the commencement of the Civil
War; a Julius Cesar with a veiled head; a Lepidus; a Cnaeus Pompeius ; a legionary
coin of M. Antonius; a M. Antonius with his son; an Augustus, struck by his moneyer,
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L. Mussidius; a Vitellius with his father; a Vespasianus, with the heads of his two sons;
two coins of Pertinax, both extremely rare; a Didius Julianus; two coins of Clodius
Albinus; an Herennius Etruscus; many rare specimens of the Gallic usurpers; a magnificent
medallion of Diocletianus, unique in size and condition; asmall medallion of Constan-
tius Chlorus; a full-faced coin of Licinius; medallions of Constantius II., Gratianus, and
Honorius 11., respectively ; and many rare specimens of the coins of the Lower Empire,
and of tle Byzantine period.

In Silver—A coliection of the rare restorations by Trajanus, together with good speci-
mens of the class of coins struck by the Italians and Samnites during the Social War,
A.U.C. 664-5.

In Bronze.—A very rare medallion of Commodus; and a considerable number of large
brass coins of the early emperors.

Of the Greek series from the collection of the Duc de Blacas, the most important are, a
rich series of the Ais grave of Upper and Central Italy, with a few pieces of the same class
from Apulia; a very fine Siculo-Punic dodecadrachm; with many valuable coins of
Neapolis, Tarentum, Heraclea, Posidonia, Terina, and Croton.

Other remarkable coins received durmg 1866 are the following :—

A denier of the Abbey of St. Martial, at Limoges.

Two scarce billon coins of the Canton Vallais, struck during the Republic of a.p. 1628.

A rare gold coin of Emanuel Pinto, Grand Master of Maita.

A medal of Henri Christophe as Emperor of Hayti.

An unique silver medal of Richard de Harington.

A very rare Indo-Scythic gold coin.

A very rare gold coin of Maximianus.

An unique silver medallion of Volusianus.

A rare gold coin of Ranuccio I., Duke of Piacenza, a.p.1593-1622.

A very remarkable goid medal of Queen Elizabeth, probably struck in commemoration
of the defeat of the Armada.

A rare gold medal of John George I., Elector of Saxony, a.p. 1611-56.

2278 persons have visited the Medal Room daring the year 1866.
W. S. W. Vaux.

Tue Buacas Museum.

This Museum, purchased at Paris in the month of November last, was principally formed
by the father of the late Duc de Blacas, who was French Ambassador at Rome and at
Naples for many years, and who was distinguished for his knowledge of ancient art, and
also for the liberal manner in which he promoted archeological studies as the President
of the Institute of Archeological Correspondence at Rome, His official position at Rome
and Naples, his ample fortune, and his high reputation as a connoisseur, gave him advan-
tages as a collector of antiquities such as few foreigners resident in Italy have possessed.

After bis death im 1839, his Museum passed into the hands of his son, the late Duc de
Blacas, a worthy successor to this noble inheritance, who possessed the same refined taste
for archzology as his father, and devoted himself especially to the study of Numismatics,
having teen engaged up to the date of his death in the translation of Mommesen’s work
on Roman coins.

He enriched his father’s collections by many valuable purchases, and, with the assistance
of his friend, the Baron de Witte, prepared the text and illustrations of a magnificent work,
in which he intended to publish all the more remarkable objects in his collections.

The Museum formed under such favourable auspices by two generations may be classi-
. fied under the following heads :— ‘i

(1.) Gems. ‘
(2.) Greek Fictile Vases.

(3.) Roman Mural Paintings.

(4.) Greek and Roman Terracottas.

(5.) Greek and Roman Glass.

(6.) Silver Toilet Service of a Roman Bride.

(7.) Gold Ornaments.

(8.) Coins. :
(9.) Bronzes,

(10.) Sculpture.
(11.) Inscriptions.

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(12.) Miscellaneous Greek and Roman Antiquities.
(18.) Egyptian Antiquities.
(14.) Oriental and Mediwval MSS. and Antiquities.

These collections may be described as follows :—

I. Gems.

The entire cabinet of gems consists of 951 cameos and intaglios, of which 748 are
ancient, and the remainder medizyval, oriental, or modern. In the ancient series are incorpo-
rated 118 vitreous pastes. The collection is arranged according to subjects: first, Deities;
then Heroic Myths; then Portraits of kings, emperors, and real personages ; and lastly,
Scenes and objects from real life, or genre. “Each gem is carefully and minutely described
in a catalogue made by the fatiier of the late Duc de Blacas, in which references are given
to works in which particular gems have been engraved.

The Blacas. Cabinet of gems has been known to connoisseurs for many years as one of
the finest private collections in Europe. It has been principally formed by the purchase of
the chief part of the Strozzi Cabinet, and of the Collections of Dr. Barth, physician to the
Emperor Joseph II., and of Baron de la Turbie. Nearly all the most valuable gems in the
Blacas Museum come from the Strozzi Cabinet, which was tormed at Rome more than a
century ago, and has enjoyed a high reputation from the time when it was first known to
connoisseurs to the present day.*

The finest gems which have passed from the Strozzi to the Blacas Cabinet have been pub-
lished in the “ Museum Florentinum” of Gori, and in the works of Stosch, Maffei, Bracci,
Winckelmann, and Millin, and more recently in the “Trésor de Numismatique et de
Glyptique.” Impressions of them are also to be found in the “ impronte Gemmarie” of

Cades, and others. From having been so frequently published, these chefs d’euvre have been ,

generally known to connoisseurs since the time when they belonged to the Strozzi family.
Several of the most celebrated are inscribed with names, and the gems so inscribed have
been in consequence specially subjected to the keen and sceptical scrutiny of recent German
archeologists. While the less critical connoisseurs of the 17th and 18th centuries assumed
that the names inscribed on gems are for the most part the actual signatures of ancient
artists, modern authorities, such as Messrs. Kohler and Stephani of St. Petersburgh, and
Dr. Heinrich Brunn, in his “Geschichte der Griechischen Kunstler,” have generally agreed,
that many of the so-called signatures of artists, which occur on ancient gems, were either
added in the last century by modern forgers to enhance their commercial value, or were
anciently engraved, but not by the hand of the author of the gem; most of these names
being probably those of the proprietors of the gem, some, possibly, names of the artists to
whom the work was attributed. In discussing the genumeness of the signatures, it is
obvious that the first point to be established is the genuineness of the gem itself so inscribed ;
and it is satisfactory to find that certain gems in the Blacas Collection, which were known
in the last century as the pride of the Strozzi Cabinet, have retained their ancient reputa-
tion; and though, in some instances, their inscriptions have been suspected or condemned,
the genuineness of the gems themselves as ancient works of art has been very generally
admitted by the most recent authorities.

Among the cameos and intagliosin the Blacas Collection, the following may be especially
noted :—

Cameos.—(1.) The bust of Augustus, with the egis on the breast. This cameo, which is of
an oval form, measures 53 inches by 33inches. ‘he inaterial is a sardonyx of three layers.
{t was formerly in the Strozzi Cabinet; and from its great size, the beauty of the work,
and the fine quality of the stone, is certainly the most important gem in the Blacas
Cabinet. How it originally came into the Strozzi Cabinet does net appear. Gori, who has
published it in his “ Museum Florentinum,” I. Pl. 18, p. 47, says that, when in the pos-
session of Monsignore Leo Strozzi, at the beginning of the 18th century, it was ornamented
with an ancient gold diadem set with gems, and that, as this was much decayed, the
owner had a new one made, in which the ancient gold setting was retained, and gems were
added. ‘This setting appears to be medieval, and the cameo may therefore, at some time in
the Middle Ages, have formed part of a reliquary. Gori, misled by the diadem, publishes this
as the portrait of Constantine Junior, an error in which some recent writers have followed him.

Though this gem is surpassed in size by some few which are extant in public museums,
itis perhaps unrivalled among large cameos for beauty of work and material.

Iv is engraved, without the ornamental diadem, in the “Tresor de Numismatique et de
Glyptique ; Iconographie des Empereurs Romains,” Paris, 1843, Pl. V., 1, where it is
erroneously stated to be in the Florence Collection.

(2.) Onyx cameo; Augustus, beautifully mounted in gold, with the Capricorn, the
sizu of the nativity of this Emperor, enamelled at the back of the setting. The mounting
appears to be of Cellini’s time, and it may therefore be presumed that this cameo was dis-

covered.
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* or notices of the Strozzi Collection, see the “ Museum Florentinum” of Gori, published in 1731, Preface,

p. 14, from which we learn that it was formed by Monsignore Leo Strozzi, at the beginning of the 18th
century ; also, H. K. E. Kohler, “Gesammelte Schriften.” ” St. Petersburgh : 1851, voli: 2

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covered as early as the 16th century. It belonged to the Strozzi Cabinet. The face
presents an admirable likeness of Augustus in advanced years.

'(3.) Onyx of three layers, representing Julia, the daughter of Augustus, crowned with
poppies; the lower half of the face broken away.

(4.) Onyx cameo, of two layers, representing either the young Germanicus, or, as some
think, Marcellus, and inscribed EMITYIX. The stone is broken off at the clin, so
that the remaining letters of the name EMITYI"X[ANOX] are wanting. This cameo
belonged to Fulvio Orsini, and was engraved by Theodore Galli as early as the year 1498.
(See Faber, “ Tilustrium Imagines,” PI. LXXXVII.)_ It has always been greatly esteemed
for the beauty of its work, and the inscription is considered by Kohler to be one of the very
few genuine examples of an artist’s signature on a gem.

(5.) Claudius Drusus; full-face cameo, on onyx, from the De la Turbie Collection ;
very finely modelled, and in admirable condition. Engraved, Visconti, “ Iconographie
Romaine,” Pl. X., XI., figs. 3, 4.

(6.) Onyx of two layers; bust of the young Tiberius, full face. This cameo is from the

Strozzi Collection, and is in a cinquecento setting. Engraved, Gori, Mus. Flor. L.,
Pie XI] ., fic. 1.

(7.) Onyx of three layers; head of Drusilla, sister of Caligula.

(8.) Fragment of a large onyx cameo, of three layers, representing a bust of the Empress
Messalina. The ground of the relief, and the lower part of the face are restored. The stone
thus repaired is of oval form, measuring 4 inches by 3} inches.

(9.) Onyx, three layers; head of Claudius.
(10.) Onyx, two layers; head of Galba. From the Barth Collection.
(11.) Onyx, three layers; bust of E]agabalus. From the Barth Collection.
(12.) Onyx, three layers; bust of Carinus.

(13.) Onyx, two layers; bust of the elder Licinius, full face, in high relief. From the
‘Barth Collection.

(14.) Onyx, two layers in a cinquecento mounting ; a male and a female bust, side by side
in profile, which have been called Ptolemy Philadelphus and Arsinoe, though there seem no
sufficient grounds to justify this attribution. As the male head wears a diadem, it is pro-
bable that the portraits of a King and Queen of the Macedonian period are here represented.
In no cameo of this Collection is the hard and ungrateful material more skilfully dealt with
than in this beautiful work. From the Strozzi Collection.

(15.) Circular onyx, composed of three layers, and nearly two inches in diameter.
Victory in a guadriga. A fine material, the colours skilfully arranged in the composition.
‘The onyx is pierced through diametrically.

(16.) Oval onyx, three layers; Pallas Athene in a biga; on her shield the Gorgon. The
colours happily counterchanged.

(17.) Oval onyx, three layers; a Satyr dancing, brandishing a thyrsus, his head thrown
‘back in orgiastic frenzy. A beautiful stone; the work finely executed. From the Strozzi
Collection. :

(18.) Head of Medusa, cut out of an amethyst; a fine stone, measuring 23 inches
by 2 inches. Fine Roman work. ‘This remarkable cameo was found about the com-
mencement of this century by a peasant in a vineyard, near the Arco della Salara, at
the foot of the Aventine Hill at Rome, whence it passed into the collection of Prince
Laurenti, from whom it was obtained by the Duc de Blacas. Engraved, “ Trésor de
Numismatique et de Glyptique, N. Gal. Myth.,” Pl. XXVIIL,, fig. 1.

(19.) Oval onyx, of five layers ; Victory driving a guadriga. Fine Roman work. From
the Barth Collection.

(20.) Onyx, two layers ; Jupiter disguised as a Satyr surprising Antiope. This cameo
was found in excavations made at Ostia by order of the Papal Government in 1804. It

once belonged to the private collection of Pope Pius VII., and has been published in the
«<Trésor de Numism. et de Glypt., N. Gal. Myth,” Pl. IX. 16.

(21.) Onyx of three layers. Dramatic rehearsal; three youths, one chanting from a
book, another playing on the double flute, the third beating time. Very curious for subject.
From the Strozzi Collection.

(22.) Onyx, broken; Centauress suckling her young. From the Strozzi Collection.
Engraved, Gori, “ Mus. Flor. I.,” Pl. XCIL., fig. 5.

(23.) Onyx, two layers; Panther seizing a horse.
(24.) Onyx, two layers; Horse.
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32 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

(25.) Onyx, three layers; fragment of a winged Pegasus ; a very beautiful stone. From
the De la Turbie Collection.

(26.) Onyx, two layers, broken; Satyr giving drink to a panther. From the Strozzi
Collection.

(27.) Onyx; Comic Mask.

(28.) Carnelian ; Head of Satyr, to the front.

Intaglios.—(1.) Head of Hercules, in blue beryl, anseribed INAIOC. This is perhaps the
most beautiful intaglio in the Blacas Collection. It was originally in the Strozzi Cabinet,
and has been often published. It is highly praised by Winckelmann, “Geschichte d. Kunst,”
vil. 1, § 41, p. 260. Visconti, in his “ Esposizione dell’ Impronte del Principe Chigi,” p. 218,
No. 210, describes it as “una delle pit sorprendenti incisioni che ci faccian fede dell’ arte
antica . . capo d’opera dell’ artefice Gneo, ¢ stato pit volte edito e serve tutta via d’un
preclaro ornamento aila Dattilioteca Strozziana.” Kobler praises the refinement and tender-
ness of the execution and the rich and varied composition of the hair, though he thinks that
the panegyric of Visconti is exaggerated, and that some of the details are a httle overwrought.
The inscription MNAIOC is considered by Dr. Brunn as genuine, though Kohler condemns
it as modern, on grounds which appear to be insufficient. This mtaglio was discovered
as early as 1506, at which date it is mentioned by Faber in his “ Iliustrium Imagines,”
p- 66, who, on account of the inscription I'NAIOC, supposed it to be the signet
ring of Pompey. It subsequently passed from the hands of Anddreini, a Florentine
collector into the Strozzi Cabinet. On the sale of this cabinet to the Duc de Blacas,
this gem disappeared, having, it is said, been stolen by the person who packed the
gems. Many years afterwards, it reappeared in the Schellersheim Collection, and was pur-
chased by Baron Roger, and, after passing through the hands of two other French collectors,
was acquired by the Duc de Blacas in 1858, and thus finally restored to the Strozzi
Collection.

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This intaglio, as Kohler justly remarks, vol. iii., p. 129, is one of the most celebrated gems
extant. Winckelmann, ‘Geschichte d. Kunst,” vol. 2, § 20, pp. 167-8, records the fact that it
was found near the Convent of S. S. Giovannie Paolo, on the Ceelian Mount, at Rome, and
that it passed into the hands of Mare Antonio Sabbatini. After having been at one time
the property of Cardinal Albani, it was ultimately acquired by the Strozzi family, of whose
cabinet it long formed one of the chief ornaments. The exact date ci its discovery is not
known, but it must have been before the year 1709, when it was published in Maffei’s
“Gemme Antiche Figurate,” iv. Pl. 28, p. 38, and the gold mounting seems at least a
century older. It is inscribed with the name Soion which, in the opinion of Dr. Brunn,
may be the name of the engraver of the gem. This intaglio is remarkable for the size and
quality of the stone, and still more for the elaborate refinement and mastery of the execution.
The style will remind the numismatist of the beautiful coms of Mithradates, to whose
period this gem may belong.

(8.) Mask of Pan, in amethyst, inscribed SKYAAZ. Of this intaglio, Kohler says, vol. iii.
p. 74, “ This mask may be considered one of the greatest masterpieces of ancient art, not.ouly
on account of the genius of the conception, but of the spirit and thoroughness of the execu-
tion.” He acknowledges the genuineness of the inscription, but thinks it denotes the owner,
not the artist. This mtaglio is particularly interesting on account of the depth of the cutting.
It was formerly in the Strozzi Collection, and has been published by Gori, Mus. Flor. 11.
Pl. ix. fig. 3, and in several other works cited by Brann, vol. i. p. 580.

(2,) A Head of Medusa, in chalcedony, nearly 1,4 inches in length by 1 inch diameter.

(4.) Head of Medusa, in carnelian. This beautiful intaglio is noted by the Duc de
Blacas in his catalogue, as one of the finest gems in his collection. It was in the Strozzi
Collection, and is published by Gori, Mus. Flor. u. Pl. c. fig. 3., Trésor de Numism. ct
de Glypt. N. Gal. Myth., Pl. xxvii. fig. 10. The high praise which Winckeimann (vii, 1,
§ 41, p. 260) bestowed on this gem is confirmed by Kobler, vol. i. p. 132.

(5.) Head of Medusa, on an amethyst; a most beautiful intaglio, representing Medusa
with the eyes closed as if in sleep. In front of the head are the remains of letters in which
some have attempted to read the name of the celebrated artist, Pyrgoteles.

(6.) Fragment of head of AXsculapius on a carnelian; in front of the head, the name
AYAOY. This gem, according to Stosch, passed in his time successively from the Buon-
compagni Cabinet to that of Prince Ludovisi, and thence into the Strozzi Collection. It
has been frequently published, and is highly praised by Milln and Visconti, the latter of
whom (Opere Varie, ed. Labus, Milan, 1829, 11. p. 177), calls it “ Frammento nobilissimo.”
The name on this gem may be that of one of its ancient possessors.

(7.) Bust of Victory on carnelian, a beautiful intaglio from the Strozzi Cabinet, published
by Gori, Mus. Flor. ii. Pl. lv. fig. 3. This is classed by Kohler, vol. iii. p. 302, among the
finest in the Strozzi Collection.

(8.) Apollo Citharcedus, his right elbow resting on a small draped female figure; deeply

cut on a beautiful jacynth. The attitude of this figure is very similar to that of the statue
c

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of Apollo from Cyrene, in the British Museum, published, Smith and Porcher, “ Dis-
coveries at Cyrene,” Pl. 62. This intaglio is much praised by Visconti in an unpub-
lished note preserved among the MS. documents relating to the Blacas Collection.

The collection of Etruscan and archase scarabei, mostly on carnelian, is exceedingly
choice. Many of these are described in the Impronte Gemmatie, published in the Bulletino
of the Roman Institute. The subjects of these scarabei mostly represent scenes and
incidents of heroic life, and especially exploits of Hercules. Among the more remarkable
subjects are—

(9.) A burnt carnelian, inscribed HEPKAE KYKNE in Etruscan characters, and re-
presenting Herakles slaying Kyknos. Published in the Bulletino of the Roman Institute,
1831, p. 106, No. 22.

(10.) Burnt onyx. Herakles approaching the warm springs of Himera, indicated by a
stream issuing from a lion’s mouth. This curious subject is represented on the silver coins
of Himera and on a Fictile Vase in the British Museum.

(11.) Onyx. Herakles seated on the funeral pile; found in the environs of Viterbo in
1838, and published in the Bulletino of the Roman Institute, 1839, Bq 102, No. 27.

(12.) Onyx, of three layers. Capaneus struck by a thunderbolt, kneeling on one knee”
on the back of the scarabzus, in low relief, a male figure, from whose left arm hangs a vase.
This figure has the features of a negro, and is, perhaps, a slave; the foreshortening of the
limbs is admirably expressed in the relief, as on the reverse of the archaic silver tetradrachm
of Naxus in Sicily. It is most rare to find figures sculptured on the backs of scarabeei.
This interesting gem was formerly in the Laurenti Collection.

(18.) Achilles mourning for the loss of Briseis; his name in Etruscan characters. This
scarab was found in a tomb at Tarquinii, and was purchased from the Prince Vidoni of
Cremona, in 1838.

(14.) Carnelian. A warrior kneeling, armed with a bow and club; a serpent approaches
to bite his foor. This figure has been called Orion, Cadmus, or Herakles Ophiuchos.
Published in the Bulletino of Roman Institute, 1834, p. 117, No. 14; see Annali of
same Society, VIi. p. 252.

(15.) Carnelian. Patroclus taking leave of Achilles on going to battle; inseribed with
the name of Patroclus in Etruscan characters; from the Laurenti Collection. Published
in the Bulletino of Roman Institute, 1839, p. 102, No. 34.

(16.) Carnelian. Herakles and Mercury; fine archaic work,

_ (17.) Banded onyx. Wounded warrior at the feet of another warrior, imploring his life.
This gem, a scarabeeus cut down, is interesting as having been the signet ring of the Em-
peror Joseph II., by whom it was given to his physician, Dr. Barth.

(48.) Green jasper. Ulysses, entering his house, is recognized by his dog. This seems
to be the gem engraved, Mullin, Gal. Mythologigue, Pl. elxvii., No. 640.

(19.) Carnelian. Apollo holding out a fawn; similar to a figure on the silver coins of
Caulonia, in Bruttium. .

(20.) Carnelian. Apollo Hyakinthios, or Taras, holding out a flower; same type as on
the silver coms of Tarentum.

(21.) Carnelian. Mercury kneeling on a tortoise, which lec is about to slay.

(22.) Carnelian. Tantalus trying to drink. From the Laurenti Collection. Denkmaler
d. alten Kunst, ii. Pl. Ixix., No. 865.

(23.) Burnt Carnelian. The Danaides carrying water-pitchers.

The Historical Portraits in intaglio form a series of scarcely less interest than those in
eameo already described. The following may be particularly mentioned :—

(1.) Lapis lazuli. Perseus, King of Macedon.

(2.) Carnelian. Head attributed to Juba I., King of Mauritania. Visconti, [cono-
graphie Grecque. Pl. 55, fig. 4.

(3.) Sard. Juba II., King of Mauritania. ;

(4.) Carnelian. Head, attributed to Jugurtha. The type seems African.

(5.) Black jasper. Head, wrongly ascribed to Rheemetalces, King of Pontus. Inscribed
AM®O. A very beautiful gem, much praised by Kohler, vol. ni. p. 91. The name is pro-
bably an abbreviation of Amphoteros, and is au anciert signature, though there is no evidence
to show that it is that of an artist. ‘This gem cane from the Riccardi Collection, and is
published by Gori, Mus. Flor. ii. pl. x. fig. 8. Inser. Etr. 1, pl. 2, fig. 4; Bracci, Memorie
degli Ant. Incis. i. pl. 17, p. 93. See Letronne in Annali dell’ Inst. Arch. xvii. p. 261.

(6.) Jacynth. Julius Cesar, full face; inscribed AIOSKOPIAOS. A most beautiful
240. E4 intaglio,

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intaglio, published in the Trésor de Numismatique et de Glyptique, Iconographie Romaine,
pl. ii. fig. 10, and described by Charles Lenormant, ibid. p. 3, as a “chet d’ceuvre de la
glyptique des anciens,” praise which is not too great for this beautiful intaglio. The genu-
ineness of the inscription, AIOXKOPIAO®, which should have been AIOSKOPIAOY, has
been suspected. This gem is from the Barth Collection.

(7.) Burnt carnelian. Livia, with the attributes of Ceres, in a car drawn by elephants.
On the car is represented a combat of gladiators.

(8.) Onyx. Portraits of Germanicus and Agrippina, held up by a Victory. Formerly
in the Albani Collection.

(9.) Carnelian. Galba.
(10.) Carnelian. Vespasian.
(11.) Carnelian. Hadrian.

(12.) Carnelian. Sabina, inscribed ANTIOXIC. Published in Bracci, Memorie d..
Ant. Incis. i. pl. 22, Lettre de R. Rochette 4 M. Schorn, p. 30.

_(18.) Carnelian. Heads of Commodus and Hercules, side by side. Commodus wears the
lion’s skin of Hercules.

_ (14.) Niccolo. Caracalla; on the reverse, Plautilla; with a curious Latin abbreviated
Inscription round each head, which Visconti and Lenormant have both essayed to read,

but neither very successfully.

(15.) Onyx, two layers, nearly 2 inches by 13 inches. Called Caracalla, but the style
of this intaglio seems later than that Emperor’s time. From the Barth Collection.

(16.) Sard. Head of Gordian. On the reverse, a sun-dial placed on a column, from
which hangs a sword ; in the field, a shield and the inscription A .FOL.

(17.) Red jasper. Heads of Carinus and Magnia Urbica facing each other. :

(18.) Red jasper. Male and female heads facing each other, between them two joined
hands grasping a poppy head and ears of corn. These have been called Silanus and
Messalina, but the character of the male head and of the head-dress of the female suggests
a later period.

Besides these Regal and Imperial portraits in intaglio, are several which may be
recognized, with more or less of certainty, as the portraits of celebrated persons. Among
them the following may be particularly noticed :

(1.) Topaz. The poet Horace. In the field a laurel branch and the initial letter H.
This portrait resembles that of the same poet on a bronze contorniate medal, aud is probably
of a much later period than the Augustan age. From the Barth collection.

(2.) Carnelian. Head, attributed to Herodes Atticus.
(3.) Carnelian. Head of Posidonius. Visconti, Iconographie Grecque, pl. 24, No. 3.

The foregoing selection from the Blacas intaglios comprises those most remarkable for
beauty of art or historical interest, and the scarabei, which are specially deserving of
notice from their high antiquity and the archaic character of their work.

Among the numerous gens not included under these heads will be found many of great
interest on account of their subjects or inscriptions, such as the foliowing :—

(1.) Carnelian set im an ancient gold ring. Mounted hunter with two hounds, one
of which is inscribed XPYCIC. This stone has been broken, but is engraved entire in
Maffei, “Gemme Figurate,” iv., pl. 71, pp. 116, 117, in whose plate AYPA, doubtless the
name of the second hound, appears on the gem. in the Onomasticon of Pollux, V. 45, Aura
is givenas the name of a hound. This intaglio once belonged to the gem engraver Sabbatini,
and afterwards passed into the Strozzi Collection. It is published in Montfaucon, An-
tiquité Expliqués, t. tii., p. ii, pl. 175, fig. 2, p. 322; in Gori, Mus. Flor. i. pl. 82, fig. 3;
and in Raspe, Catal. of ‘Tassie, No. 2,251, p. 168. See also Kohler, vol. ii. pp. 65 and
264, note 237. ;

(2.) Banded sard. Meleager aitacking the Calydonian boar in the reeds.

(3.) Triangular amulet in carnelian. On one side Eros and Anteros, on the reverse two
Sirens, one playing on the lyre, the other on the double flute. This gem, the form of
which is peculiar, was found at Athens, and is engraved, Stackelberg, Graber d. Hellenen,
pl. Ixxiv., figs. 7, 8, 9.

(4.) Black agate. Horse grazing. Below, Arabic inscription, added subsequently.
(5.) Niccolo. Lion looking to the front. A curious instance of dexterous foreshortening.

(6.) The subjects of a number of gems relate to the theatre or public games. There is
an interesting collection of comic masks, among which may be especially mentioned a mask

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of Silenus, on carnelian, full face ; in the open mouth is a head of Medusa; below a small
scenic mask.

The collection contains a few specimens of grylli, Gnostic gems, and stones with late
Greek inscriptions.

There are also a few Oriental cylinders and other stones, among which the most remark-
able are the following :~—

(1.) Chalcedony: A Parthian King on horseback, shooting a gazelle, with a bow and
arrow.

(2.) Chaleedony: Boar hunt.
(3.) Cylinder with cuneiform characters and figures.

(4.) Chalcedony : scarabzeus, with two figures in Egyptian drapery, inscribed with the
fonr Pheenician characters, LAKD.

Amone the gems of the Renaissance period the following are deserving of notice :—
t=} oO to}

(1.) Agate: on the lower part, Neptune with his trident ; above, a fisherman in a boat;
engraved, Matfei, Gemme Figurate, i1., pl. 34, and, Gori, Mus. Flor. ii, pl. 49, fig. 1.

(2.) Rock Crystal: Neptune driving four sea horses ina car. From the Strozzi Collec-
tion.

(3, 4, 5.) Three onyx cameos of the 16th century, representing the Passion, Flagellation,
and Crucifixion.

(6.) Rock crystal: Hercules suffocating Anteus. Strozzi Collection.

(7.) Rock crystal: Prometheus being devoured by a vulture; inscribed, IO. C. B., the
signature of John Castello of Bologna. From the Strozzi Collection. Published in the
Gemme Figurate of Maffei, iv., pl. 98.

(8.) Rock crystal: Sacrifice to the Goddess Salus; inscribed, VA. F., the signature of
Valerio Vicentino. From the Strozzi Collection. Engraved, Maffei, pl. xcix.

(9.) Onyx cameo: The triumph of Titus; fine work; many figures.

(10.) Onyx cameo, three layers: A ship, in which are a male and female figure, said to
be portraits of two of the Medici family ; a third figure is mounted on the rigging. This
appears to be a cameo of the 16th century.

The subjects of the 113 Pastes mostly represent deities or heroes; the following are
deserving of notice :—

(1.) Head of the philosopher Aristippos, inscribed, APISTIMIMOX; in front of his head
_anaked Venus crowning him; below, on tlis side, a head of Pallas ; behind, upper part
of figure of Dionysos drinking from a cup; below which, the head of Apollo with the lyre.
This very curious paste comes from the Schellersheim Collection,

(2.) Blue opaque circular paste, one side broken away; the original diameter was about
52 inches. Head, to the front, of Jupiter Ammon, finely modelled in relief, and of unusual
size.

(3.) Fragment of a blue transparent paste representing the heads of Tiberius and the
young Drusus in relief.

(4.) Fragment of opaque white paste medallion on which is the head of the Emperor
Otho in relief.

(5.) Fragment of glass imitating a sard, on which is an elderly male head, beardless ;
very finely modelled. This head was attributed by the Duc de Blacas to Pertinax, but is
certainly as early as the time of Augustus.

Il.—Greeh and Etruscan Fictile Vases.

The Collection of Vases contains upwards of 500 specimens, chiefly from Italy. They
may be arranged under the following classes :—

Archaic period.—A small collection of small Vases of black ware, found beneath a stratum
of peperino, at Marino, near Castel Gandolfo. These Vases, which are of very rude fabric,
are believed to be of a remote antiquity. One of them, in the form of a hut witha
door and a raised roof, is very similar to a Vase described No. 1 of the Catalogue of
Vases in the British Museum, and is believed to be a representation of the kind of hut in
which the earliest inhabitants of Latium dwelt. An interesting account of these Vases has
been published by the late Duc de Blacas in the Mémoires de la Societé Imperiale des
Antiquaires de France, vol. xxviii.

A small Collection of Vases from Nola, with designs painted in black and crimson on a
drab ground, in what may be called the Greco-Pheenician style.

Also, a few specimens of the same style, from Camirus, in Rhodes,

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A small collection of Vases, with black figures on a red ground, chiefly from Nola. Of
these, the most remarkable are the following :—

An amphora, on which are represented two pugilists figliting, inscribed with the name
of the potter, Nikosthenes.

A cyliz, on each side of which are represented a merchant vessel pursued by a war
galley. In this picture the contrast in build hetween these two kinds of vessels is very
clearly expressed.

There are also a few Vases with black figures on a whiie ground, among which may be
mentioned an oinochoe from Vulc!, representing Peleus confiding the young Achilles to the
care of the centaur Chiron.

Period of Finest Art.—This period is well represented in the Blaeas Collection, which
contains a number of fine specimens of Nolan fabric. Among them the following may be
particularly noticed :—

Nolan Amphora.—Red figures. A Victory pouring a libation on a base with three
steps, the uppermost of which is inscribed AKAMANTIZ ENIKA ®YAE: “The tribe
Akamantis conquered.” A tripod, the prize of a choregic Victory stands on the base.

This curious inscriptioa is one of the very few extant on fictile vases which refer to an
event of real lite. Published, Panofka, Musée Blacas, Pl. 1.

Kanthuros.—Red figures ; on one side is GEdipus consulting the Sphinx, on the reverse
Ulysses approaching a female figure, called by Panofka, Leukothea, but probably Nausikaa.
The name of Ulysses is inscribed over his head. Tne form of this cup is peculiar. It is closed
at the top, with the exception of a hole through which liquid may have been introduced
into the body. Published, Panofka, Musée Blacas, Pl. xu. Noda.

Hydria.—Red figures. A female figure, inscribed Peitho, standing before a winged
youth who is seated, and over whom is his name, Himeros. Peitho appears to be filling an
alabastron with some liquid perfume, perhaps for the toilet of Aphrodite. Published, Musée
Blacas, PJ. xxii B. Elite des Mon. Ceram. iv., Pl. 24 4. Wola. : :

Nolan Amphora.—Red figures; judgment of Paris. Published, Gerhard, Ant. Bildwerke,
Pl. xxxii.

Amphora.—Red figures; on one side Perseus flying, having slain Medusa, whose
decapitated body appears on the other side. Near the figure ef Perseus the name
TEPSES KAAOS. Published, Musée Blacas, Pl. xi. Nola.

Cover of a lekane.—Red figures; six Muses approaching a seated female figure. The
naines of five cf the Muses, Polymnia, Kleio, Kalliope, Thaleia, and Euterpe are inscribed
near them. ‘bis cover, found at Nola, has been discoloured by being burnt on the funeral
pie. Published, Musée Blacas, PJ. iv. Elite des Mon. Ceram. 11, Pl. 86 a.

Cylix.— Red figures ; on both sides is represented the destruction of the family of Niobe
by Apollo and Artes. ‘These deities are on opposite sides of the cup with their names °
inscribed ; each is shooting at a daughter of Niobe with a bow and arrow; in the interior
of the cup, Athene gives to Kadmos a stone, wherewith to slay the dragon at the fountain
of Dirke; between the figures, KAAM.., part of the name of Kadmos; described in
Catalogue of the Durand Collection, No. 19. Vulci.

Krater.—Red figures ; Helios rising from the ocean in a car drawn by winged horses ;
in front of him are four youthful male figures representing stars setting; then Pan on a
mountain top looking back at Aurora pursuing Kephalos ; on the extreme left, the scene is
closed by Selene riding on a horse. This beautiful avd unique composition is one of the
most interesting which have been handed down to us in Fictile art, and may have been
derived from the design of some great painter of the time of Phidias. Published, Museé
Blacas, Plates xvii. xviii.; Gerhard, Kleine Schriften, 1860; Welcker, Griechische Vasen
Gemilde, Pl. ix.; Elite des Mon. Ceram. ii, Plates 111, 112; R. Rochette, Pl. Ixxiii.
Apulia.

Cylix.—Red figures in a hard archaic style, On one side, the birth of Athene in the
presence of Ceres, Aphrodite, and other deities. On the reverse, Thetis seized by Peleus.
‘Lhis cylix exceeds in size any cup of this shape in the British Museum; it measures
1 ft. 3% of an inch in diameter. Tarquinii.

Vases of the Period of Decline.—In this third or later period, polychrome designs,
gilding, and ornaments in relief were preferred to the simple monochrome compositions of
the finest period.

The Blacas Collection is very rich in these later Vases. The following may be specially
noted :—

Amphora.—Red and white figures. Artemis slaying a stag in the presence of Zeus and
Apollo. Gerhard, Archaologische Zeitung, 1846, Pl. xlvi. S. Agata de’ Goti.

Cyliz.—- Red figures, with ornaments raised in relief, and gilt. Ou the outside of the cup,
two scenes in which Dionysos appears attended by Satyrs and Mznads; both the inside and
outside are encircled with a vine wreath, gilt. This cup is one of the finest specimens extant
of the rich and ornate style which came into fashion in tlhe later period of Ceramography. In

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the drawing, there is a tendency to effeminacy, which marks the decline of art. This cup
was found in a tomb at Nola, with several other vases, by the elder Duc de Blacas.

Hydria.— Demeter, and Kore, in a chariot drawn by two winged androgynous figures ;
above, are Ariadne, Dionysos, Himeros, Pothos, and a Seilenos ; below, Aphrodite, Eros, a
Satyr, and Menads. This Vase, of which the subject is very remarkable, was found at
Nola, with the one previously described.

Aryballos—The body ornamented with figures in relief, painted in several colours,
without glaze, but gilt. The subject represents Dionysos and Ariadne, accompanied by
two Menads. The composition of these figures is exceedingly beautiful. Vases of this
fabric with polychrome figures raised in relief are of extreme rarity. Engraved, Musée
Blacas, PI. in.

Kroter, with medallion handles.—Scene at the taking of Troy. Ajax Oileus, seizing
Cassandra, who clings for protection to the Palladium. ‘The sacred image is clasped by
another female, who looks round at another youthful warrior approaching. Perhaps this
group represents Menelaus and Helen. On the right is a priestess flying from the scene,
and the aged Anchises leading away Ascanius; above Cassandra, Athene is seated, look-
ing down unmoved at the violation of her sanctuary. The introduction of the goddess
herself im this scene in immediate juxtaposition with the idol which symbolized her pre-
sence in her sanctuary is very unusual, and seems to indicate that Athene, like the other
gods, had finally abandoned the temples of Troy. On the extreme left of the scene is an
Tonic column, which probably marks the tomb of Hektor. ‘his vase is remarkable for its
size, as well as for the excellence of the drawing. It measures 2 feet 57; inches in
height. Engraved, R. Rochette, Mon, Inedit., Pl. Ixvi. Gerhard, Archaol. Zeitung, 1848,
Pl: xv.

Aryballos.—Rvd figures, Adonis seated with Aphrodite on his knees, with Peitho and
Eros attending on them. Elite des Mon. Céram. iv., Pl. 63. Apulia.

Krater.—Red figures. A scene in the infernal regions, in which the principal figure is
Orpheus holding Cerberus; above, Aphrodite, Eros, Hermes, Pan. Gerhard, Archaol.
Zeitung., 1844, Pl. xiv. Apulia.

Amphora.—Red figures. Apollo reclinmg on a couch; in front of him three female
figures, one of whom is dancing, another kneeling at a laver, in which she washes her
hands, the third is cleaning a sandal. Engraved, Elite des Mon. Céram. ji., Pl. 49, where
this ‘subject is explained as the Lycian Apollo reposing after his journey. Basilicata.

Krater.—Yellow and white figures. The Danaides filling the pithos from their pitchers.
Musée Blacas, Pl. ix. Avella.

Hydria.—Y ellow and white figures. A female figure driving two panthers ina car. A
fine specimen of the later vase painting ; drawn with great spirit and effect, and in admirable
condition. Avella.

Oinochoe.— The goat-legzed Pan holding by the hand a female figure, perhaps Echo.
Engraved, Musée Blacas, Pl. 23.

Krater.—Red figures. An Tonic column, on which is placed a small statue of Hercules
armed with his bow and club. In front of this column an altar, which a female figure
approaches from the left, bringing fruits and cakes as offerings. On the right a bearded
Satyr is kindling the fire on the altar. Behind him a wine-skin hanging from a tree, and a
vase painted with black figures on the ground. Apulia.

Amphora.—Red and white figures; a female figure holding a hydria, sitting on a bull
with human face, which approaches a large marble laver. An androgynous winged figure is
crowning the female figure; on the left another female figure with a mirror and an
oinochoe. In the right hand upper corner a veiled female figure looking through a
window. The human-headed bull may be Dionysos Hebon, or a river god. Engraved
Musée Blacas, Pl. xxxiil. ola.

Krater.—Red figures ; Actzon defending himself against his dogs. His name is inscribed
in the barbarous form, Atainn.. On the reverse, Ajax killmg himself. His name is
inscribed in the barbarous form, Aifas. The clumsy fabric of this vase, the unskilful
drawing, and the form of the inscriptions, show that it is the product of a native Ktrusean
potter, who has been little influenced by the traditions of Greek art. Engraved, Mon.
Ined. del Inst. Arch. ii. Pl. 8. See R. Rochette, Annali del Inst. Arch. vi. p. 264. Elite des

Mon. Céram. ii. Pl. 102. Vulci.

IlI.— Roman Mural Paintings.

These are seven in number. Six of them were ‘presented by the King‘of Naples to the
elder Duc de Blacas:—

(1.) Group. of three figures. A draped female figure seated by the side of a male
figure, and playing on the lyre, and a draped female figure who looks on, leaning ona
column, This scene may represent a lesson in music.

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(2.) Ulysses passing the Sirens, who are represented as long-legged birds with human
heads. On the rocks on which they stand are strewn the skeletons of their former victims.

(3.) Daedalus flying, and Icarus falling headlong from the sky. In the foreground a
rocky shore, on which Pan is advancing with goats; in the distance a fortified city. This
subject is very curiously treated. This, and the two paintings previously described, are
from Pompeiz.

(4.) A female figure partially draped, and crowned with leaves, reclining on a base; her
right arm rests on a tambourine, in her left is a horn.

(5.) Two male draped figures, probably poets. One of them holds in the right hand a
patera, in the left a branch; his head is crowned. The other holds in the right hand a roll,
in the left a branch. This and the preceding picture are from Stabie.

(6.) Ariadne seated on the shore of Naxos; in the distance the ship of Theseus. From
Herculaneum.

(7.) A bird pecking at a fruit. This is a fragment from a picture; probably from a
Roman tomb. These paintings are mostly in excellent condition. Nos. 1 and 5 are
rematkable for free and masterly drawing, and No. 4 for harmony of colouring. Ancient
Mural Paintings in a genuine state are so rarely to be met with in the market, that these
seven specimens form an important accession to the National Collection.

IV.—Greek and Roman Terracottas.

This Collection consists chiefly of small figures, such as are found in Greek tombs of the
Basilicata.

One of them, a draped figure advancing the right foot, is remarkable for its size (measur-
ing in height 1 foot 3 inches) and excellent preservation.

The remainder of these figures, though good specimens, present nothing remarkable.

Among the miscellaneous terracottas, may be mentioned an archaic figure of Scylla in
low relief, and a two-handled vase ornamented with medallions in relief. This vase, which
is of the late Greek period, may have been the model from which a vase in silver was
executed.

V.—Greek and Roman Glass.

The small collection of glass, chiefly of the Roman period, presents nothing specially
worthy of notice.

VI.—Stlver Toilet Service of a Roman Bride.

This celebrated treasure, which consists of caskets, vases, trappings, and ornaments, all of
silver, and probably executed for the most part about the close of the Sth century a.D.,
was discovered at Rome in the year 1793, ina vaulted chamber, which, having formed part
of the substructure of a building, was afterwards buried under its ruins. An account of
this discovery is to be found in the Lettera di E. Q. Visconti, Seconda Edizione, Roma,
1827, see his Opere Varie, ed. Labus, Milan, 1827, I. p. 210, where the principal objects in
this treasure are described and engraved. It was in the possession of Baron Schellersheim
before its acquisition by the elder Duc de Blacas.

(1.) An oblong pyzis, or casket, measuring above 22 inches in length, by 17 in breadth,
and 11 inches in height, of which both the lid and body are richly ornamented with tigures
embossed and chased (Visconti, Pl. i.-vi). The body of this casket may be likened to a
truncated pyramid turned upside down, supporting on its inverted base a lower truncated
pyramid forming the lid. Both inits shape and in the compositions with which it is decorated,
this pyxis yesembles the sarcophagi executed in the period to which the treasure has
been attributed, viz., the 5th century A.p. On the front of the lid are the words, Secunde et
Projecta, vivatis in Chris[to], “ May you live in Christ, Secundus and Projecta.” On the
top of the lid within a wreath held up by two Cupids, are the portraits of the two persons
named in the inscription, and who are evidently a bride and bridegroom. The lady holds
in her left hand a roJl, which, as has been conjectured, represents the marriage contract.

Oa the sloping front of the lid immediately above the inscription, is a group of Venus
seated in a shell, which is supported on either side by a Triton, on whose back a Cupid is
standing. At either end of the lid is a Nereid riding on a similar marine monster.

On the fourth side of the lid, at the back of the casket, is a very curious representation
of a palace, crowned by several cupolas, and supported by two twisted columns in the centre
of the facade; on either side is an arcade. This palace represents the residence of the
bridegroom to which the bride is being conducted from the left, while from the right
approach three figures bringing nuptial presents. The body of the casket is ornamented
on all the four sides with figures under an arcade, represeating the bride at her toilet
surrounded by attendants, one of whom holds a mirror, another a torch, and tie rest carry
various articles which formed part of the ancient mundus muliebris.

Next in importance to this pyzis is a polygonal casket, the lid of which is suspended Eos

chain

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chain and secured by a lock and key (Visconti, PI. vii-xi.) ; inside are five silver vessels, which
no doubt served to contain precious unguents and cosmetics (Vise. pl. xi.) ; round the body
of the casket are eight niches, in each of whichis one of the Muses (/did. Pl. viii.,ix.) The
lid is shaped like a cupola; it is ornamented with four ribs embossed with birds and
arabesques. ‘The top is crowned with a relief of a seated female figure, thought to be the
muse Erato; she is engaged in plaiting a garland (zbid. Pl. x.) Caskets of this kind for
unguents were similar in form to the boxes, scrénéa, in which rolls of paper were kept ;
hence they were called by the ancients scrinia unguentorum. There can hardly be a doubt
that the serinium here described was a bridal present, for one similar in form may be seen
on the oblong casket, in the hand of an attendant who is bringing it as a present to the

bride (Visconti, Pl. vi., fig. 6).

(3.) Another object, belonging, it is to be presumed, to the same toilet service, is a long-
necked flask covered with rich arabesques, representing Cupids and various animals within
medaliions (Visconti, Pl. xy., fig. 2). Such flasks were probably used for pouring perfumed

oils, drop by drop.

(4.) The following ornaments were found in this treasure, most of which are engraved
(Visconti, Pl. xxv). A buckle; ten fibule; two hairpins ornamented with figures of Venus;
several pairs of earrings; two signet rings; a hand inscribed BYZAN.; a hand holding a
torch; a mouse; a scorpion; a frog; a leopard with a fish’s tail; all of which were pro-
bably worn as ornaments or as amule's.

The above objects all probably belonged to the bride, whose name, Secunda, appears
on the principal casket.

Whether the remainder of the treasure were nuptial gifts presented to the same lady, as
Visconti supposes, may admit of doubt. They consist of the following objects :—

(1). A large ewer, balanced so as to be easily inclined for pouring; inscribed PELE-
GRINA VTERE FELIX. (Visconti, Pl. xv. figs. 1. 2).

(2.) A large flat basin in the shape of a shell, ornamented inside with bands radiating from
a central pattern. This basin measures 22 inches in diameter.

(3.) A shallow dish, 10 in. in diameter, engraved on the inside with shells and flowers?
set in circles. (Visconti, Pl. xxi.)

(4.) Eight smaller dishes, four of which are round, the rest oblong. (Visconti, Pl. xiii
xiv.) Inthe centre of each is a monogram inlaid in gold and niello, which Visconti reads
Projecia Turci, supposing that the husband of Projecta was called Turcius Secundus.
Two personages of that name, belonging to the noble family of the Asterii, were succes-
sively Preefects of Rome a.p. 339 and 362. On one of four circular dishes is the inscrip-
tion SCVT IIIT. P. v. (Scutellee quatuor, Pondo v.), giving the united weight of four of
these dishes, Scutelle. In like manner, on the oblong casket the weight is marked.

(5.) A fluted bowl, a two-handled vase, and a plain circular dish, present nothing remark-
able. There are also eight spoons, one of which is inscribed with a dedication to Juno
Lanuvina. This inscription is of an earlier period than that on the casket.

(6.) Four small seated figures, representing cities of the Roman Empire (Visconti, Pl.
xix. xx). One of these is certainly Antioch; in the other three Visconti recognizes, with
much probability, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria. These figures are chased,
partially gilt, and in admirable preservation. At the back of each is a square socket, show-
ing that they have been attached to some object as armaments. The conjecture of Visconti,
that they ornamented the ends of the poles of a sella gestatoria, or state litter, is very
probable. Such an application of these figures would explain the use of the vine leaf sus-
pended at the foot of each, which would swing to and fro as the litter was carried.

Visconti points out that the figures of the principal cities of the Roman Empire were
used as the ornaments of the diptychs and other consular insignia during the period to
which this treasure may be referred.

(7.) Two hands grasping pomegranate fruits (Visconti, P]. xii.) The wrists are hollow
sockets, which may have been fastened on to the corner of a chair as ornaments, as
Visconti supposes.

(8.) Four chains of phalere, such as were worn as trappings by horses and mules.
(Visconti Pl. xxiv.)

These chains are composed of lions’ heads, arranged alternately with double Amazonian
shields, the whole being gilt and chased. They are wonderfully preserved.

The oblong and round dishes seem the most modern objects in the treasure. The resem-
blance of the monograms on these to the letters on the coins of the Ostrogothic kings
suggests the end of the 5th or beginning of the 6th century as the probable time of deposit,
Possibly the treasure may have been hidden on the taking of Rome by Totilas, a.p. 546,
or its second capture by the same barbaric invader, A.p. 549. Jules Labarte, in his “ His-
toire des Arts Industriels au Moyen Age,” Paris, 1864, cites this treasure and a few silver
vases in the Vatican as the only extant specimens of Italian silversmiths’ art which can be
assigned to the first centuries of the middle ages. ‘lhe figures and ornaments on most of

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the objects in this treasure are generally embossed and chased, gilding being applied here
and there to enhance the effect of the salient parts, and the surface being further varied
by the occasional use of engraving or stippling. The figures are clumsy in proportions,
and coarsely executed, but the general effect is not displeasing to the eye, and the tradition
of earlier and better art may be recognised in the principal compositions. By whom
or when this treasure was placed in the vault where it was found, whether it was there
deposited by a robber, or hidden by some noble family in time of trouble, cannot now be
ascertained. Studied in connection with the consular diptychs, mosaics, and paintings of
the same period, this series of objects in silver is of peculiar mterest to the archeologist,
and especially for the illustration of architecture and costume.

VII.— Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Gold Ornaments.

This collection is exceedingly choice; the following objects may be especially noted :

(1.) A pair of earrings in the form of Victories, each holding up above her head a disk,
on which is a radiated full face in relief representing the god Helios. These figures are
beautifully modelled and in very fine condition. They were found in the island of Ithaca.

(2.) Circular fibula 14 inches in diameter; in the centre, a lion’s head within concentric
rings.
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(3.) Circular fibula 12 inches in diameter; in the centre, a female head crowned with a
wreath of leaves and set within a crown.

(4.) Fibula 26 inches long; at one end, a horse, at the other a chimera, both couch-
ing. This fine fibula is in admirable condition.

(5.) Etruscan bella 14 inches in diameter, with a loop for suspension round the neck ;
on both sides, in relief, a decapitated Medusa, out uf whose neck spring two Pegasi.

(6.) A fibula 4¢ inches long, made in two parts, each composed of four bars with re-
curved erds, ternvating in female heads. These two pieces are united by hooks and eyes,
and by pins fitting into sockets, meeting in a third or central piece, which is ornamented
with sixteen double-headed monsters with lions’ bodies arranged in four rows. This fibula
is of pale gold, or electrum, and the ornaments are rudely wrought with filagree.

(7.) A floral ornament 1# inches in diameter, composed of six leaves. In the centre an ani-
mal’s head issuing from the calyx of a flower; the six leaves around are ornamented alternately
with a human head and a small flower. There are seven smaller rosettes in the same style, and
the head of a gryphon. All these ornaments are rudely wrought in filagree, in a pale gold.
They are probably of Greco-Phenician fabric, as they resemble the ornaments found at
Camirus in Rhodes by Messrs. Salzmann and Biliotti.

(8.) A necklace of four fine chains of gold, in which are set at intervals small white glass
beads ; from the chains hang four pendants, representing the head of the Egyptian Athor,
and at either extremity of the necklace is a hawk’s head. The centre pendant has an
ur@us in a shrine above the head of Athor. These pendants are in a pale gold, wrought in
filagree, and ornamented with enamel. The work is rude and early, and may be Pheenician,
or Greeco-Pheenician. ;

(9.) Four bands of gold, each about 83 inches long, disposed diagonally, one end of each
meeting ina central knot, to which they are attached; on the bands are embossed, Cupids
playing in various attitudes, and amphore. ‘lhe central knot is richly ornamented
with filagree, and contains a flower. This singular ornament, which probably belongs to a
very late period of Greek art, may have been worn as a cross-band on the bosom or on the

head.

(10.) A pair of bracelets, formed of three twisted bands of gold partially welded together,
having flowers set in them at intervals. At one end they terminate in a lion’s head. These
bracelets are in the finest condition ; the design is very rare and beautiful,

(11.) Necklace composed of a broad fine chain, from which hang rosettes and double
leaves; at either end a lion’s head.

(12.) A pair of hollow earrings, terminating ie lions’ heads ; and thirteen single eariings,
the pendants mostly formed by small figures, or animals’ heads.

(13.) A circular stand, 2§ inches in diameter, such as was used in antiquity to hold
small bottles of variegated glass. ;

(14) An Etruscan ring, with an oblong gold chaton, on which are embossed a Hippo-
camp and gryphon; a ring, on which is a draped female figure in intaglio on the gold, in-
scribed ®IA..KA; a ring, with a Victory in intaglio, flymg and holding out before her a
wreath; above XAIPE,

(15.) Ten female masks, embossed and chased, ¢ inches long.

(16.) Four chains, three of which terminate in animals’ heads.

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(17.) A necklace of alternate glass and gold beads, terminating in goats’ heads set with
garnets.

(1s.) An ornament, probably worn on the forehead in the centre of a diadem, and com-
posed of a central loop forimed of garnets, on either side of which is an oblong enamelled
frame, with a central sinking, in which has probably been a jewel.

(19.) A pair of solid twisted bracelets, terminating in bulls’ heads,’

(20.) Four pairs of earrings, and three single earrings.

(21.) A bracelet, composed of pieces of root emerald, connected by gold chains,
(22.) Nine rings, some with intaglios.

(23.) A Celtic tore, found in France.

Silver Figures.—Figures in this metal are of great rarity. Inthe Blacas Museum are
ten, all of the Roman period.

The largest of these is 3 7 inches high, and represents a shepherd carrying a lamb in a
leathern bag at his back, and having a lJeathern milk-pail hanging from his arm. Nine
smaller figures represent Spes, Fortuna, Abundantia, and other Roman deities. All these
figures are in fine condition, and belong to a good period of Roman art.

VIII.— Greek and Roman Coins.

The Blacas Cabinet of coins has enriched the National Collection by upwards of 2,000
specimens ; of these, the Greek series is the least valuable, though it contains many pieces
of mucl: interest and value. ‘The most important of the Greek series are those of Greeco-
Italian coins of Upper and Central Italy, which have been usually classed with the 4s
grave, together with a few specimens of the same kind from Apulia. Among these Graco-
Italian cis, are three extremely rare ingots (piéces carrées). There are also, a very early
silver coin, inscribed Valentia, which has been considered by the Duc de Blacas to
be a nummus of Servius Tullius; a Siculo-Punic dodecadrachm of extreme rarity, and
very important for the study of the standard of the class to which it belongs; a number
of excellent coins from Neapolis, Tarentum, Heraclea, Posidonia, Thurium, Velia, Croton,
Locri, Terina, and Syracuse, and some good specimens of the Siculo-Punic class,

The Roman coins are a most important accession to the national collection; many of
them are unique, and in excellent preservation; they are comparable with the best specimens
extant in other museums. The following may be noticed as among the most interesting,
either on account of their rarity or their beauty. ‘i

In Gold, an Aureus of Julius Cesar, with the letters LIT. on the obverse, marking his age
(52 years) at the commencement of the civil war.

An Aureus of Julius Cesar, with a veiled head.

Aurei of Lepidus and of Cneus Pompeius.

A legionary coin of M. Antonius.

Auret of M. Antonius, and of his brother Lucius, and of M. Antonius and his son.

An Aureus of Q. Labienus, which is unique. An Augustus, struck by his moneyer,
L. Mussidivs. A Vitellius, with his father, L. Vitellius. A Vespasian, witii the heads of
his two sons. Two coins of Pertinax, both of extreme rarity. A Didius Julianus. Two
coins of Clodius Albinus, and an Herennius Etruscus. Many rare coins of the Gallic
usurpers. A gold medallion of Constantius Chlorus. A full-faced coin of Licinius I.
Gold medallions of Constantius II., Gratianus, and Honorius; and a magnificent and
unique gold medallion of Diocletian,

In Silver, there is a small collection of the very rare class known by the name of Nummi
Restituti, or restored types, struck by Trajan; a few good miscellaneous specimens of
the Consular and Imperial times.

In Bronze, may be noted an extremely rare full-faced. medallion of Commodus, and a
considerable number of the 1st and 2nd brass series of Imperial coins, chiefly of value
for the excellence of their preservation. Many of the specimens of this class are in the
very finest condition.

1X.—Bronzes. .

This collection contains a number of choice specimens of Greek, Etruscan, or Roman
fabric, among which the following may be especially noted :—

Greek and Etruscan Bronzes.—(1.) Four disks, 83 inches in diameter, which have been
the covers of cylindrical ciste. These are ornamented with animals, meanders, and other
patterns, rudely stippled within concentric circles. These patterns are very similar to those
on the archaic fictile plates from Camirus, and may be referred to the same early period.

(2.) Disk 4,% inches in diameter, on which is embossed, in relief, a figure of Mer-
cury seated under a tree and making a lyre; in front of him another lyre leaning against
a building, on which is a Sphinx. 7

cu a archaic figure of Mars, 8 inches high, probably from the top of an Etruscan
candelabrum.

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(4.) Part of a group of Hercules subduing the horses of Diomedes; 4} inches long. One
of the twe@ horses is wanting.

(5.) A Hydria, 165 inches high, and some smaller jugs, in fine condition.

(6.) Six helmets, the back plate of a cuirass finely modelled, two breast plates, a zoster
or girdle, a pair of greaves, and some spear heads, in fine condition.

Roman Bronzes.—(1.) A bust of Lucius Verus, 10 inches high; an admirable likeness
of this Emperor, in fine condition.

(2.) Poseidon Hippios, 63 inches high; in his right hand he holds a horse’s head. This
bronze is a fine specimen of Roman work, in excellent condition. The type is exceedingly
rare.

(3.) Vase in the form of a head of Antinous, 73 inches high. There are also a number of
smaller figures of the Roman period, of which the following are the most remarkable :—

A comic actor; a Victory carrying a trophy; a Cupid wearing the lion’s skin of Hercules ;
a Gaulish woman wearing a torc (found in France) ; Icarus flying. Among the miscellaneous
bronzes are a candelabrum with three branches, and a fine oinochoe with a Medusa’s head,
in relief under the handle; both these last are from Pompei?

X.— Sculpture.

A colossal head of Aisculapius, found in the island of Melos in the year 1828. In the
Annali of the Roman Institute of Archeological Correspondence for the year 1829, p. 341,
Charles Lenormant states that at the time of his visit to Melos, this head was in the pos-
session of M. Brest, the French Vice-Consul in that island, and that it had been found in
a kind of grotto, with a votive marble tablet, on which is sculptured a leg in relief, with
an inscription dedicating it as a thank-offering from Tyche to Asklepios and Hygieia.
Another marble, with a dedication to Asklepios and Hygieia by the priest Claudius Gal-
linas, and some fragments of statuettes of Hygieia and of votive tablets were found on the
same site. This head is engraved in Blouet, Expedition Scientifique de la Morée, iii. pl. 29,
also in Wieseler, Denkmiiler d. alten Kunst. i. pl. lx. 763. The votive inscriptions
already referred to are published in the Expedition Scientifique, pl. 29; and in Boeckh,
Corpus Inscript. Nos. 2428-9.

This head, which has evidently been broken off from a statue, is a very noble specimen
of Greek sculpture. The countenance is majestic, as befits a god, but with this majesty
the sculptor bas blended a human tenderness of expression which affects our sympathies
more nearly than the ordinary types of divinities in Greek art, and which seems singularly
appropriate to the conception of Ausculapius as the friend of man, whose special attribute
it was to mitigate human suffering by the exercise of the healing art. This head has
been made up of three pieces of marble, which have been fitted together by a joint concealed
by the hair and beard.

The portion which formed the back of the head is wanting. ‘The head has been encircled
by a bronze wreath, which was probably gilt, and the stumps of which still remain in the
marble. The sculpture has been painted. In the left eye traces of dark colour, marking the
iris and pupil, are still visible.

The statue from which this head was broken off was probably about nine feet high. No
trace of the body seems to have been found on the site. The two votive inscriptions
already described are certainly of the Roman period, but the head itself may be attributed
with probability to some artist of the Macedonian period, perhaps about B.c. 300.

The execution is distinguished for freedom and breadth, and belongs to a period when
the Greek sculptor had attained perfect mastery over marble, and knew how to produce
striking effects, by combining refined elaboration of the more important features with a
bold and sketchy treatment of subordinate details.

XI.—Latin, Oscan, and Greek Inscriptions.

The Latin inscriptions in the Blacas Museum, twenty-six in number, are mostly sepulchral.
Many of them were obtained from excavations made at Civita Castellana in 1822.

(1.) A fragment relating to the Emperor Trajanus Decius, published, Orell. Inscript.

Latin. Select. ed. Henzen, 1i., No. 5,538; Mommsen, in Bulletino of Roman Institute, 1865,
p- 27.

(2.) A sepulchral Relief representing two figures, a man and his wife, with their names in-
scribed, and two epigrams in elegiac verse. This monument is assigned by Mommsen to the
7th century after the foundation of Rome, and is therefore interesting as presenting certain

archaicisms of language and paleography. Published, Annali of the Roman Institute, 1865,
p- 308, and Tay. d’Aggiunta, R.

Osean Inscription.—This inscription, which was found at Pompeii in 1813, and which
formed part of the pediment over a doorway, is published by Lepsius, ‘“ Inscriptiones
Umbrice et Osce.” Lips. 1841, Pl. XX., and by Th. Mommsen, “ Oskische Studien,”
Berlin, 1845, p. 114. It is thought to record the building of some edifice.

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Oscan inscriptions are of great rarity, and this is the first which has been acquired for
the National Collection.

XII.—Miscellaneous Antiquities.

(1.) A leaden cup, 42 inches high, ornamented round the body with a frieze representing
Bacchus and Silenus, and the four Seasons, who are personified as four boys. Round the
middle of the vase is a row of circular vitreous pastes, set so as to imitate gems: on each
handle is a paste, with a Gorgon’s head in relief. ‘This vase is inscribed on one side
DOMITILLAE STATILIO CONJVGI; on the other, SALVS GEN[ERIS] HVM[ANT}.
It has been thought that the Domitilla whose name is inscribed on this cup 1s the lady who
after having cohabited with Statilius, a Roman Eques, subsequently married the Emperor
Vespasian. The coincidence of the names is certainly remarkable; at the same time there
is no positive proof of the identity of the persons to whom the cup is dedicated with the
Roman empress and her paramour. It may be remarked that the inscription, Salus
humani generis, occurs on the coins of Galba. On the bottom of the foot of this
' cup are stamped the letters F.M. AVG, marking the Fabrica, or workshop, where it was
made. It is probably an imitation of one of the gemmata pocula which Pliny describes,
which were cups of gold or silver set with precious stones. Published by Gerhard,
“ Antike Bildwerke,’” Mtinchen, 1828, Pl. LXXXVII., who supposes that this cup may
have contained the ashes of the persons whose names are inscribed on it.

(2.) A fine collection of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine weights in lead, bronze, and
stone.

(3.) A collection of impressions from seals or dies in lead, one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-five in number. Some of these are Greek, the majority Roman or Byzantine.

(4.) A beam of Italian larch, brought up frora the bottom of Lake Nemi near Albano by
a diver, and believed to be a fragment from an ancient ship. It appears, from a statement
in Leo Baptista Alberti, de Re Aidif. V. c. 12, printed in 1485, that at that date an ancient
ship, believed to be have been built by Trajan, was discovered in Lake Nemi.

In 1535, a diver went down into the lake, and explored certain remains at the bottom,
which are described by Francesco Marchi, in his “ Architettura Militare,” II. c. 82, as the
wrecks of two or more large ancient ships. Several beams and bronze bolts were then fished
up, and are now preserved in the Vatican.

The piece of timber in the Blacas Collection is thought to have formed part of the floor
of an ancient ship, which may have been about 150 feet long. It may be the same beam
which once belonged to the celebrated collection of Mr. E. Dodwell, at Rome, and which is
mentioned by Nibby, Viaggio Antiquario nei contorni di Roma, I. p. 173.

XIII.— Egyptian Antiquities.

These are rather more than 400 in number, and consist chiefly of small objects in bronze,
stone, glazed porcelain, and wood, together with some papyri.

The following are among those most worthy of mention :—
(1.) A porcelain figure of the god Pthah, under the attributes of Horus.

(2.) A bronze figure of the goddess Bast or Bubastis, the eyes of which are inlaid with
- gold.
(3.) A bronze cat, enclosing a mummied cat, sacred to Bubastis. This bronze cat is
unusually large, and in fine condition.

(4.) A bottle of blue porcelain, with ornaments in outline of a darker colour.

(5.) Several scarabei in hard stone or glazed steatite, some of which have the names of
Egyptian monarchs. Among the most remarkable of ‘these is one of red jasper, with the
name and titles of a superintendent of priests. Another of amethyst, executed in the
Ptolemaic or in the Roman period. On this scarabeus the head-dress of the goddess

Athor is engraved in intaglio.

(6.) Small figure of fine execution carved in wood, representing a female slave carrying
a vase on her head, which has served to contain some unguent or cosmetic for the toilet,
Such figures are very rare.

(7.) The band and arm of a female mummy, on one of the fingers of which is a scara-
beeus set in a gold ring.

(8.) Bronze case to contain the mummy of a snake, surmounted by a figure of the god-
dess Merisekar, who is represented as a human-headed snake wearing the pschent.

(9.) Nineteen sepulchral figures in stone, wood, porcelain, aud composition. Most’of
these are fine specimens. ’ 4

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(10.) Six painted wooden figures, representing a deceased person adoring Osiris and the
genii of the Amenti; apparently from a carved box in open work. 2

(11.) Two hieroglyphical papyri, containing portions of rituals. | -

(12.) Part of a Hieratic ritual, written on linen; from the outer bandage of a mummy.

X1LV.— Oriental and Medieval MS*. and Aniiquities.

The Blacas Collection contains several Oriental MSS., of which the most important are
two fragments of Egypto-Aramean papyri, which present almost unique specimens of the
language and form of writing used by the Jewish settlers in Egypt under the Ptolemies.
The only other fragments of the same class known in Europe are those preserved in the
Propaganda at Rome, in the Vatican, at Turin, and in the Louvre, none of which are
equal in extent and interest to the Blacas papyri. The two fragments here described were
discovered at Rome in 1825, among a number of Egyptian papyri from Sakkareh, by the well-
known Orientalist, Abbate Lanci, who presented them to the elder Duc de Blacas, then
Ambassador at the Court of Naples; and tliey have ever since engaged the attention of
Oriental paleographers. Their discoverer was also their first decipherer, and only paved
the way for Gesenius, E. F. Beer, and others. The comments of Gesenius upon them form
one of the most interesting chapters of his Seripturee Lingueeque Pheenicie Monumenta.

The contents, although too fragmentary to admit of a connected translatioa, appear to
refer to the Jewish legends regarding the Pharaohs. The language is Aramean, with an.ad-
mixture of Hebrew words or sentences, which gives them a close resemblance to the legendary
developments of biblical narratives called Midrash.

Their greatest importance, however, lies in the peculiar form of writing which they pre-
sent, and in the light they throw on one of the most curious and most perplexed questions
of Eastern paleography—the substitution of the new or square Hebrew character for that
old semi-Pheenician writing which has been preserved on the Maccabzan coins, and, in a
modified form, in Samaritan MSS. The Blacas papyri show us the steps through
which this change was brought about. Most of the letters appear in an intermediate
or transitional stage: indeed, the close approach of some of them to the square
Hebrew charicters, taken in connection with the fact that words are systematically
divided by blank spaces, and that two elongated final letters are introduced, might
at first sight induce us to give to these fragments a date posterior to the Christian era.
But, on the other hand, the shape of some characters, which are decidedly older than
the corresponding forms of Palmyrene inscriptions of the second and third centuries, and
the colour and texture of the papyrus itself, support the opinion of the paleographers
already referred to, who unanimously assign them to the age of the Ptolemies.

At al] events, they present us with as near an approach as we can hope to find to the cha-
racer of the Hebrew texts which the learned men employed on the Septuagint version had
before them, and thus acquire no unimportant bearing on biblicai criticism; for all conjec-
ture as to possible misreadings arising from the contusion of similar letters must be nuga-~
tory without the assistance of some such evidence as to the particular form of writing in
use at that time.

Oriental Bronzes.—A collection of Mahommedan bronzes, 23 in number, which have
been published by Reinaud, “ Description des Monumens Musulmans du Cabinet du Duc de
Blacas.” Paris, 1828.

Among these the most remarkable are—

(1.) An ewer made, according to its imscription, by Shodja, son of Hanfar, at Mosul in
Mesopotamia, in 629 of the Hegira, a. D. 1232, covered with very curious engravings, repre-
senting hunting or domestic scenes of the period. In the former, we see tigers, lions,
panthers, and falcons, employed to run down the prey, and they are therefore represented
with eyes baidaged till the moment for letting them loose. Ladies deeply veiled and borne
in litters appear as spectators. Other scenes represent dancing girls or fighting matches.
Interspersed with these scenes are pious or glorifying inscriptions in Arabic writing; the
whole is a curious and intricate composition.

(2.) A tray, about two feet in diameter, on which is a beautifully finished Arabic inscrip-
tion m praise of the Mameluke Sultan, Shaban, who ruled over Egypt during the single
year A. D. 1343.

(3.) A cup, formerly in the collection of M. Magnan, inscribed with Arabic and Magic
characters: The interior exhibits the Caaba and its surrounding buildings. On twelve
medallions ronnd the inner circle are engraved weapons, animals, human figures, interspersed
with texts from the Koran, supposed to be of beneficent power. The outer rim is covered
with an Arabic inscription, enumerating the various ills from which this cup will preserve
its proprietor.

(4.) A mirror, on which are two winged sphinxes, and a Cufic inscription invoking bless-
ings on the proprietor. Another mirror, with a similar inscription, bears the figures of a

lion, a hare, a dog, and a rabbit. . y | . )

(5.) Two oblong stone chests, covered with strange grotesque figures and symbols, and with
ave ad inscriptions

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inscriptions in Arabic characters. These have been thought by Joseph von Hammer to
relate to a secret Gnostic worship preserved during the Middle Ages among certain sects,
and have been published by him, “ Mémoire sur Geux Coffrets Gnostiques du Moyen Age,”
Paris, 1832. \

. Birch.
. T. Newton.
W.S. W. Vauz.
A. W. Franks.
C. Rieu.

DerPaRTMENTsS oF Natura History.

Continued hope in the ultimate acquisition of adequate space tor the Natural History
Collections has supported endeavours to secure for them every attainable specimen which
possessed the qualities whereon a recommendation to purchase could be founded.

There have been added, in the year 1866, to the Departments of Natural History,
96,751 specimens.

Of these, upwards of 14,000 have been recorded in the MS. Registers of Accessions, with
a note of the native locality of each of the species, and the circumstances under which it
has been acquired by the British Museum.

The conditions of restricted space, as stated in “ Annual Reports,” from the years 1857 to
1865 inclusive, compel the application of the time and work of the staff in a proportionate
degree to the labours of safe stowage and conservation of the specimens, witi the view to
their fitness for exhibition and scientific applications when the required space may be
obtained.

The stuffed specimens of the class Mammalia have been kept in a state of preserva-
tion without, for the most part, other deterioration than is inevitable in regard to the
portion of the exhibited specimens for which there is not accommodation in the glazed
cabinets.

Specimens in which such deterioration has reached a certain degree, have been removed,
and replaced by new or better examples of the same species.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia in store are in such a state of preservation as to
subserve the purposes of scientific examination and comparison; and imost of them are in
a state fit for future preparation and exhibition.

The portion of the collection of Bird skins and skeletons mounted and exhibited in
systematic order, is in a good state of preservation. Some of the cabinets in the public
gallery are now more crowded than is consistent with the desirable facility of comparison
and study, or with easy access to the specimens.

The remainder of the collection of Bird skins, unmounted, in storage, preserved in boxes
and cupboards in the basement vaults, is in a state of preservation, available for the pur-
poses of study of characters and of comparison, but in a certain proportion not readily
accessible for such uses.

The portion of the collection of Reptiles and Fishes preserved and displayed is in a
good state of preservation and of instructive arrangement. The greater portion of this
collection, including the bulk of the specimens of Fishes, is stored in the basement, in
a space now so crowded as to oppose some difficulties and obstruction to their scientific
study and comparison. Such stored specimens are preserved in alcohol, and their locality
occasions rapid evaporation and deterioration of the preserving liquor. The preservation
of the specimens under these circumstances is costiy.

The portion of the series of the shells of the Molluscous animals, arranged and exhibited
in the public gallery, is in a good state of preservation, well placed, displayed, and labelled,
for struction and reference.

This series includes an epitome of Conchology, and models of the molluscous animals are
subjoined to illustrate the characters of the leading families. The classes, orders, and families
of the shell-less mollusca are preserved in spirits, and stored im the basement vaults, on
shelves, now so crowded that access to any not in the first row is difficult or hazardous, and the
scientific utility of this part of the collection continues to be gravely restricted.

The small portion of the class Insecta, publicly displayed, is in a good state of pre-
Servation, and instructively arranged and labelled. ‘The very large portion of the class
in the Basement Entomological Store-room is in a good state of preservation, and sc
arranged in drawers as to be accessible for study and comparison.

The loss of time and kazard to specimens, through the necessity of displacing and
repacking those, now already crowded in such repositories, in order to find room for
additional rarities, is a subject of special notice in the “ Report from the depa:tment of
Zoology,” in which also it is remarked that the space which can be allotted to the collection
of Insects, in drawers, has become so crowded as to render it difficult for the student and
woiking entomologist to “follow the arrangement,” or study the characters on which “ the
distribution of species” is founded.

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Incorporation of new rarities in the portion of space allotted and restricted to previous
acquisitions, commonly involves, under existing circumstances, re-arrangement of the
whole of the occupants of the store-cabinets.

A large portion of the class Echinodermata is now exhibited and_ systematically
arranged. All the specimens of this class are in a state of preservation.

The Corals and ether Radiata, in the Public Gallery,occupy small detached glazed cases in
such spaces as can, with least inconvenience, be taken from the gangways of the Mammalian
Saloon. The instructiveness of this part of the Zoological series is affected by the want of
an appropriate vallery, such as that which allows of the arrangement of the Moiluscous
shells in the order of their progressive affinities.

The collection of the Osteological specimeus, human and comparative, is in a state of
preservation. The additions to this series have been unavoidebly numerous, and in the
restricted space which can be afforded to the collection in the basement, render more
difficult the access to the specimens; the present conditions of their stowage cause great
obstacles to application in the comparison of fossil and recent bones. All the specimens
are preserved in a state fit for future articulation and arrangement, when a gallery for their
exhibition may be provided.

The exhibited series of Nests and Nidamental structures, and of the British Natural
History, are severally in a good state of preservation. Present conditions of space necessitate
the display of the extensive series of horns and antlers apart from the stuffed specimens and
skeletons of the species to which they belong or are allied.

The portion of the series of the fossil remains which is exhibited is instructively
arranged and labelled, and in most instances of easy access for scientific examination and
comparison. The portion of the fossil series kept in store is partly arranged in glazed
cabinets in a recess to which the public have not access, partly in drawers; but for the
most part easily available to the student and scientific visitor. All the fossil specimens
exhibited and in store, are in a good state of preservation.

A large portion of the series of Mineralogy is exhibited under conditions of arrange-
ment, with illustrative models and indices, and with generic and specific labelling, greatly
facilitating its instructive study and scientific applications. All the Minerals displayed and
in store are in a perfect state of preservation.

Some of the additions to the department of Zoology call for special notice. .

Among the acquisitions in the class Aves, the bones of the Dodo (Didus ineptus, Linn.)
were at. the time of their reception the rarest. This bird, exterminated in the Island of
Mauritius about two centuries ago, has since been one of the “curiosities of Natural
History,” through the extreme paucity of its fragmentary remains in European Museums.

The dried foot has been a chief rarity in the department of Natural History of the
British Museum since its foundation; and has been the subject of many descriptions and
disquisitions. The life-size painting of the Bird, presented to the British Museum at its
foundation, was stated by the donor, Edwards, who obtained it from Sir Hans Sloane, to
have been “drawn in Holland from the living bird brought from St. Maurice’s Island ;”
but evidence of its authenticity and reliability has hitherto been felt to be a desideratum
by most naturalists. Every endeavour to obtain for the Museum remains of the extinct
species from the island to which it had been restricted, had failed until the acquisition here
reported on. The occasion of a visit to England by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Mauritius,
in 1863, was availed of to interest his Lordship in regard to this desideratum.

In October 1865, information was received from the Bishop, that Mr. George Clark,
master of the Government School at Mahébourg, Mauritius, had profited by diggings for
marl-manure in a bog in that vicinity to collect the bones so disinterred ; and the assiduous
researches of Mr. Clark were rewarded by the acquisition of an almost entire skeleton of the
Dodo, which was transmitted, at the Bishop’s instance, to the Museum and purchased by
the Trustees.

These remains have satisfactorily established the authenticity of the dried foot, and the
general accuracy of the nainting which represents the now extinct bird.

In the oldest notice and representation of the Dodo (Van Necq’s Voyage, in 1598, in
the view of the shore of the Island of Mauritius on which the Dodo is walking, folio 3), a
large tortoise is also figured. Bones of such tortoises, obtained from the bog, near
Mahebourg, have been presented to the Musuem by Colonel Anson.

Many specimens of the Cetacea, or Whale-tribe, have been added ‘to the Zoology, most of
them rare and some of unusual interest. Of the great whales and cachalots of commerce
(Balena, Physeter) the head is remarkable for the enormous proportions of the face and
jaws as compared with the brain-case ; one of the acquisitions of 1866 exhibits the opposite
extreme, e.g., the dwarf cachalot (Euphysetes stmus), from the Indian Ocean, in which the
proportions of cranium and face are almost those deemed characteristic of the Human
species. This specimen is part of the rich donation of Indian species of these whales by Sir
Walter Elliot, x.c.s.1., late resident at Vizagapatam, Madras. The gradations of structure
between the two extremes, above referred to, are most suggestive and of the deepest signi-
ficauce in regard to the supreme question in Natural History—the origin of species. All
these additions, of which the size permits, are stored with the rest of the Osteological
Collection in the dark vaults thereto appropriated. The skeleton of the great cachalot
(Physeter macrocephalus) obtained from the huge example stranded on the shores of
Caithness in 1864, continues safe and in good condition in the locality hired for its reception
at Camden Town,

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The Collection of Shells obtained by purchase on the moderate terms of the testamentary
disposition of Hugh Cuming, Esq., F.u.s., etc., was the principal life-work of that perse-
vering and singularly gifted collector. Mr. Cuming, after laying the foundation of his
Collections during a residence in South America, visited numerous localities in the Pacific
Ocean in a vessel freighted by him for the express purpose of obtaining objects of Natural
History, in a voyage undertaken in and continued during the years 1827, 1828, 1829, and
1830, i which he personally explored the western coast of South America, its adjacent
islands, and many of those in the South Pacific Ocean: thereby he not only enriched Zoology
by a vast number of new specimens, more especially of the Mollascous classes, but greatly
added to the value of previous collections, as well as his own, by the careful observation and
record of the locality of each shell, aud of all the main conditions of its habitat, as depth of
water, nature of bed; whether sand, ooze, rock, coral, etc., in which the animal lived. From
these data not only has the anatomical and physiological knowledge of the Molluscous animal
been obtained, but geology also has profited by inferences deducible from such observa-
tions of the living representatives of fossil shells.

Mr. Cuming returned with his vast collections to England in 1831. And, after greatly
adding to his own series by means of exchanges of his new species with the duplicate
rarities of the cabinets in Continental Museums, he determined on exploring another
hemisphere of the globe. In 1836 he proceeded to the Philippine Islands, the interior of
which was opened to him by permission of the Queen Regent of Spain, and his pursuits
were facilitated by powerful recommendations from her government.

Mr. Cuming explored the entire group of these islands, collecting more especially the land
shells of their forests and the marine shells of their coasts.

From the Philippines he proceeded to Singapore and Malacca, and returned to England
in June 1840, bringing with him a grand collection of Zoological and Botanical specimens,
including sore than 3,000 species and varieties of shells, the greater part of which appeared
“to be new to science,” to the most experienced Conchologist of that time, W. J.
Broderip, F.R s.

From the date of his return, Mr. Cuming continued to apply the duplicates of his new
species, as before, to the acquisition by exchange, of desiderata to his collection, visiting
for that purpose, not only the Museums of Europe but those of the United States of
America. He also purchased largely, no price being deemed too great for the acquisition
of a novelty which could not otherwise be obtained.

His Collection of Shells was the main object of his life; and in the state of perfection
im which he left it in 1866, it has been acquired by the British Museum.

The discoveries and labours of Mr. Hugh Cuming do honour to his country; the fruition
of them by Naturalists of all countries now depends mainly on the acquisition of the space
required for the due arrangement, exhibition, facility of access, and comparison of the
rarities which the nation has acquired. Some of the statistics of the Collection will be
found noted in the Special Report from the Department of Zoology.

Among the choice rarities of the Collection brought by Mr. Cuming from the Philippines
in 1840, was a specimen of Siliceous Sponge, described and figured in the “ Transactions,
of the Zoological Society” (vol. ILI., p. 203, pl. 13), under the name Euplectella
Aspergillum. The specimen on which this species was founded continued to be “ unique ” to
the time of Mr. Cuming’s decease. In the past year other specimens, in fine condition,
and sume exemplifying stages of growth, of this most singular and beautiful of its class,
have been transmitted from the Philippines, and have been added by purchase to the
Department of Zoology. They are exhibited with the corals in the Mammalian Saloon.

In the class Reptilia, a new genus of colubrine snake (Harpetethiops, Gunth.) dis-
tinguished by a uniform black coloration, is represented by a specimen obtained from West
Africa; whence also has been received a third species of a rare and singular poisonous
genus, Alractaspis. A beautiful example of Aspidiotes, a form of Boitde not previously
known to exist in Australia, has been transmitted from Queensland. ‘lwenty-one species,
formerly desiderata in the Collection of the group of dwarfish snakes which, from their
rudimental eyes, are called Twchlopes, have been among the accessions in 1866.

In the collection of Central American Fishes, nearly 30 species of the marine kinds have
proved to be identical on both sides of the Isthmus of Panama, yielding very significant
evidence of the existence of a former communication between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
The examples of the Solenostoma in Colonel Playfair’s collection of the Fishes of Zanzibar
are interesting as the first evidences of that genus that have been rediscovered since the
time of Pallas. The specimens prove that the female carries the impregnated ova in a
distinct exterior pouch, and not the male, as in other lophobranchiate fishes. Among the
collection of Canadian fresh-water fishes transmitted by the Curator of the Museum at
Montreal, may be noted the Percopsis, a salmonoid fish, with the physiognomy of a perch.
A pair, male and female, of one of the rarest of the Mediterranean fishes, Ausonia, was
taken for the first time in 1866 off the British coast. ‘The female has been secured for the
Museum ; the male was retained for a local collection in Cornwall.

In the Department of Geology the donation by Sir Daniel Cooper, Bart., of fossil
remains from post-tertiary deposits in Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, includes
specimens deserving special notice. Two of these have yielded additional evidence of the
character of the extinct Marsupial Tiger (Zhylacoleo carnifexr), other specimens exem-
plifying those of the great Wombat (Phascolomy magnus); of the Nototherium ; of the
gigantic Diprotodon, and other extinct pouched animals of that continent; including

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parts of the skeleion of a new genus (Palorchestes) of huge Kangaroo. These remains
were discovered in the bed of the same creek or stream, Gowrie, near Drayton, Darling
Downs, in which the cranium of Diprotodon Australis was obtained, purchased by the
Trustees in 1858.

Other notable additions are referred to in the special reports from the several depart-
ments of Natural History ; of the total number of additions in 1866, 92,818 have been to
that of Zoology, 4,061 to that of Geclogy, and 672 to that of Mineralogy.

In conclusion, it has to be remarked that the present space allotted to the Natural
History Collections operates in restricting the labours of the staff, in regard to a large
portion of the specimens, to the business of conservation; whereas the purpose of the
collections is to be instructively exhibited, or arranged under conditions of hight, access,
descriptive lists and labels, facilitating scientific scrutiny and comparison.

Not only the birds, shells, and minerals should be shown as now, in serial sequence, but
every other class of Natural History. Nor ovght the bulk of the specimens, in certain of
these, to be a bar to such display; for it is only ina National Museum tliat such means of
advancing science can be afforde:! or expected.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT oF ZooLoGy.

The collection of the difterent classes of Zoology has been increased durmg the year
1866 to the extent of 92,018 specimens, which may be divided thus :—

Vertebrated Animals - - - - - - 2,363
Annulose Animals or Insects’ - - - - - 4,679
Mollusca and Radiata - - - - - - 1,984
Mr. Cuming’s Collection of Shells - - - - 82,992

ToTaL - - - 92,018

All these examples (except Mr. Cuming’s shells, which are being registered) have been
regularly marked with their date and number, and recorded in the manuscript Register of
Accessions, with a notice of the locality from which each specimen was collected, and of
the manner in which it was acquired, also showing how many of the specimens were pre-
sented by various donors, and how many were obtained by purchase.

They have been selected from various collections as the most useful specimens for
completing the series already in the Museum, or as illustrating the distribution of the
different species of animals on the particular division of the earth’s surface.

Many of them are the identical specimens from which the new species have been described,
and are on that account, highly interesting, as exhibiting the types of the animals described
by Zoologists. Other specimens have been selected to show the changes which take place
in the development and growth of the species, or to illustrate the differences which exist
between allied species that belong to closely connected localities.

The series of prepared skins of vertebrated animals that are exhibited im the cases in the
public rooms, for the instruction aud amusement of the public, have been cleaned and
re-airanged.

The collection of skins of animals, and of entire animals preserved in spirits, the col-
lection of insects, Crustacea, Radiated animals, and of the bones of Vertebrated animals,
that are kept in cabinets and in boxes for the use of the more scientific student, have been
re-examined and cleaned; they have likewise been re-arranged, when the addition of new

: specimens into the cases rendered it necessary.

These collections are so kept that any specimen that may be required is easily
accessible.

The arrangement and nomenclature of various parts of the Zoological collection have
received a large share of attention, so as to keep the different classes of animals arranged
and named, according to the recent advances of the knowledge of the species, and the more
newly acquired specimens. are arranged in their places in the system.

The mode of writing the name on a white disc, painted on the bottles, introduced some
years ago, has been found a complete remedy for the evil that arose from the paper labels

becoming obliterated and detached, whereby the name and history of the specimen was

rendered doubtful.

The following catalogues nave been printed during the year 1866 :—

“ Catalogue of Whales and Seals,” by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.s.

“ List of Gallinaceous Birds,” by G. R. Gray, F.R.s.

“ Catalogue of Fish, vol. 6 (Salmonide),” by Dr. Giinther, F.z.s.

“ Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,’ Part 35, and “index,” by Francis Walker,
Esq., F-1.8.

The collections of Monkeys, Apes, Lemurs, Bats, and of the Edentate mammals, and the
skeletons of the Cetacea, have been carefully examined, the nomenclature revised and
re-catalogued. sag nel

The collection of Mammalia has been enriched by the addition of some most interesting
specimens. The following may be specially mentioned :

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A specimen of the very rare Arctocebus Calabariensis, from the old Calabar; presented
by Andrew “ urray, Esq.

Sundry Bats fiom West Africa; presented by Dr. Welwitch and Dr. Peters.

A collection of North American Bats, named by Mr. Allan, in his Monograph, and pre-
sented by the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, U. 8.

The colleciion of skeletons of Cetacea has been increased by the addition of the skulls of
Euphysetes, and of five species of Dolphins from India, ‘presented vy Sir Walter Elliot,
K.C.S.I. ; and by the addition of a skeleton of the Jnza, sent from the upper parts of the
Amazon, by Mr. Bartlett, jun.; and by the skull of the nearly allied genus Pontoporia,
obtained at Buenos Ayres, and presented by Professor Burmeister, Director of the Royal -
Museum at Buenos Ayres. The Indian specimens have been described by Professor Owen,
and the South American ones by Mr. W. Flower, in the “Transactions of the Zoological
Society,” 1866.

A skeleton of the Delphinus tursio, from the coast of Anglesey.

A-collection of Human Skulls of the Ino tribe of Japan; presented by Captain Vyse,
Her Majesty’s Consul, and Alfred Howard, Esq.

A series of small German Mammalia; presented by Dr. Gunther.

Some Mammalia from Ceylon; presented by Viscount Walden.

Three specimens of Platypus; « female of Echidna, presented by Sir Damiel Cooper,
Bart.

The collection of Birds has been considerably enlarged, and several families in the collec-
tion, as the Crows, Thrushes, and Woodpeckers, have been examined, and the nomenclature
revised so as to make it conformable with the more modern work.

The collection of Galline has been extended by the addition of several very rare species,
and the entire order has been revised and catalogued. The catalogue embraces 340 species,
many of which are described for the first time, and it contains the types of beautiful and
remarkable species that have been described’ within the last few years by Messrs. Swinhoe,
Elliot, Gould, and other ornithologists.

A series of the Bones of the Dodo, from Mauritius, has been added to the collection,
and they are placed with the leg and cast of the head in the public room. These bones
have been described by Professor Owen, in the “ Transactions of the Zoological Society.”

The following additions may also be recorded :

A series of birds from Ceylon; presented by Viscount Walden.

_A specimen of Black Swan, shot at Lough Beg, near Ringaskiddy, County Cork, and
presented by R. H. B. Campbell, Esq.

A series of Birds from Central America, some of which are new to science, and are of
great interest.

A large collection of Birds from Malacca; presented by William Harvey, Esq.

A specimen of the Malayan Eagle, Aguila Malayana, shot in India, and presented by
H. 8. H. Prince Frederick, of Schleswig Holstein.

A series of Birds from Gilolo, Ceram, New Guinea, &c., collected by A. Wallace, Esq. ;
many oi which have lately been described.

A specimen of the extremely rare Cabot’s Horned Pheasant (Ceriornis Caboti), from
North China.

Numerous specimens of Birds from Japan, Mexico, Damara Land, and Asia Minor, &e.

A series of Birds from Central America, presented by Osbert Salvin, Esq:

The collection of Reptiles has been enriched by the addition of various interesting
species, but especially by a series of fine specimens chiefly from the Dutch Colonies, being a
selection of all the specimens that were desirable for the Museum, from the famous collec-
tion at Utrecht, which is now being dispersed by sale.

The specimens added to the collection of Ophidians .in the course of last year, have been
named and entered into the catalogue, and the new species have been described. This
collection, containing 827 species in about 5,000 examples, is now nearly complete, so that
comparatively few of the specimens, lately offered, have been found to be desiderata.

Dr. W. Lockhart, the medical missionary at Pekin, has presented an interesting spe-
cimen of a young fresh water tortoise (Emys), with the back entirely covered with a spe-
cies of conferva, from Kia-kang, Yan-tse. This is evidently the animal so frequently
ae ned in the Japanese books, and which has been described as a tortoise covered with

air.
- oo of Reptiles, from the Cape de Verd Islands, have been presented by the Rev.
. Lowe.

A series of Reptiles collected in Formosa by H. M. Consul Swinhoe.

Large additions have been made in the collection of Fish, especially by— .

_ A series of the typical specimens of the Cyprinoid-fish, obtained and described by Dr.
Bleeker, from the Dutch East Indian Archipelago.

A large collection of Fish, collected by Colonel Playfair, at Zanzibar. These Fish have
been determined, and are about to be published in a separate work on the Fish of Zanzibar,
by Colonel Playfair and Dr. Giinther.

A large series of Fish, from Central America, collected by Messrs. D. Godwin and
O. Salvin ; they have been systematically arranged, and have been described in a memoir
to be published in “The Transactions ofthe Zoological Society.”

A large collection of Fish, from the Dutch ast Indian Colonies and Guiana, from the
‘Utrecht: Museum.

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Five specimens of Salmonide, from the Lake Constance, presented by Professor Rapp
also specimens of Salmonide and other Fish, from Ireland, presented, by the Earl of
Enniskillen, F.R.s.

A collection of Fish from Ceylon, presented by Sir J. Emerson Tennent, r.r.s., ete.

A series of Fish from the Island of Formosa, collected by H. 3. Consul Swinhoe ; also
some Fish from the Camaroons, presented by Dr. S. Alexander Smith.

The collection of all the orders of insects is arranged and named; but the additions that
have been made to the collection of late years, are so large, especially in Coleoptera and
Diurnal Lepidoptera, that the drawers have become crowded, so that it is difficult to follow
the arrangement and distinction of the species. ‘The re-arrangement of many of the orders
into fresh cabinets has been finished; and the collections of Coleoptera, Diurnal Lepid-
optera, and Hemiptera, are being re-arranged, to place them in the same state as the
others. Considerable additions have been made to the cullection of British Insec's, espe-
cially to the British Coleoptera, by obtaining as many of the new species that are being
daily added to the list as can be procured; the inducement to such additions is, that the
collection of British Insects is more consulted by students and visitors than any other in the
Zoological Department.

Many specimens of Lepidoptera, from Australia, St. Marta, the Gaboon, Japan, and
India, etc., have been added to the collection.

Also a series of specimens of Lepidoptera of India, presented by W. S. Atkinson, Esq.

A large series of Diptera, from the Amazon, collected by Mr, Bates.

A collection of Lepidoptera of Panama and Guatemala, ccllected by Mr. Salvin.

A series of Coleoptera of West Africa and Madagascar.

Many specimens of Hemiptera of Mexico, Brazil, and Burmah, presented by W. W.
Saunders, Esq., F.R.s., elc.

A series of Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, etc., from the Gabon, presented by F. Moore, Esq.

The purchase of the Cumingian ccllection of Stells has added to the Museum the most
complete series of Shells known, containing the types of the species described by Broderip,
Reeves, G. Sowerby, (father and son), Pfeiffer, and others. It consists of 82,992 specimens,
representing 29,676 species or varieties. ‘They are all im the most beautiful condition, as
Mr. Cuming was in the habit of replacing any specimen by a better and more perfect one
whenever it was to be procured. This collection enables every student to judge for himself
if the species described is a real one or only a variety ; a subject of considerable interest,
in the present state of choncological science, when every kind of shell has been said to have
on an average nine or ten different names.

The following additions may also be noticed :

A series of land Shells from the Island of Trinidad, presented by Dr. Guppy.

A series of Marine Shells dredged in Guernsey, the Channel Islands, and the Hebrides,
by J. G. Jefferys, as part of the British Association’s Fund, presented by J. G. Jefferys,
Esq. ‘
A collection of Shells from Formosa, collected by H. M. Consul Swinhoe,

A series of land Shells collected in Prince’s Island by Mr. H. Dorhn.

A series of specimens of Patella, from ihe Cape of Good Hope, presented by Lieutenant-
Colonel Aston.

A series of British Annelides, collected by Mr. Laughrin, on the coast of Cornwall.

A collection of Models in glass of upwards of 70 species of Actiniz to show the genera
in the cases opened to the public. :

A series of species of Evhinoderms, collected and named by Professor Lutkin.

Some specimens of the most beautiful of the siliceous sponges, named Venus’s flower-
basket, Euplectellu speciosa, from the Philippine Islands. This sponge is supposed by the
natives to be the nest woven by a crab for its protection. If it was so, the crab would be
the most beautiful lacemaker known.

John Edward Gray,

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The most important acquisitions to this department are as follows :—

I. By Purchase.—A collection of Mammalian remains from Buenos Ayres, including
bones.ot species of Scelidotherium and Mylodon, and a nearly entire carapace of Glyptodon
(a gigantic extinct species of Armadillo), together with characteristic portions of the skeleton
of two or more species of the same genus.

A leg-bone of the Mammoth ( Elephas primigenius), and a tusk of the same species from
Camberwell. :

A nearly entire skeleton, with skull and lower jaw of a Beaver, found, together with
remains of the Otter, Wi!d Boar, and Roebuck, in the fens of Cambridgeshire.

A lower jaw with some separate teeth, of a species of Rhinoceros, from Steinheim near
Wiirtemberg.

Some Cetacean remains from the Red Crag of Suffolk.

A large and very perfect example of a new species of Plesiosaurus (P/. laticeps, Owen)

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from the Lias of Charmouth. This specimen is now mounted in a frame, and will shortly
form one of the most striking objects in the Room devoted to the extinct Marme Reptiles.

A large specimen of Archegosaurus Dechenii, from the Coal-measures of Saarbriick, in
Rhenish Prussia.

_ Askoll of Capitosaurus, and a skull of Trematosaurus, from the Bunter Sandstone of
Bernherg, N. Germany.

_ Asmall specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis, nm very perfect condition, from the Lias of
Lyme Regis.

A series of dermal bones of Scelidosaurus, also from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Remains of Pterodactyles, from the Upper Greensand of Charmouth.

Twenty-three specimens of Fishes, from the Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire; among
them are some new and undescribed species.

Thirteen specimens of Fish-remains, from the Chalk of Kent and Sussex, comprising a
fine group of palatal teeth of Ptychodus decurrens, and a lower jaw of Pachyrhizodus basalis.

A coliection of Cretaceous Fossils, from Bogota.

A small collection of American Crinoids, from Burlington, Iowa. ®

A series of Trilobites, from the Arenig rocks, St. David’s, Pembrokeshire, including
several figured specimens.

A collection of more than 200 selected specimens of Upper Silurian Fossils, from Wisby,
Island of Gotland, Sweden, obtained from Dr. G. Lindstrom.

Protaster levisoma and 12 other Upper Silurian star-fishes, from Herefordshire.

A typical series of Tertiary shells (identified by Dr. Hornes of the Vienna Museum),
from the Tertiary Basin of Vienna. The series comprises 530 species. The collection
of Fossil Shelis has likewise been enriched by 130 specimens from the Boulder Clay of
Belfast; upwards of 50 from the Eocene of Chislehurst, Kent; 25 from the Chalk and
Greensand of Kent and Dorset; 20 rare genera of shells, &c., from the Carboniferous lime-
stone of Settle, Yorkshire, and 30 from the Wenlock shale of Dudley and Malvern.

Eight starfishes and Echinoderms, from the Chalk of Kent, &c.

Upwards of 69 Crinoids from the Wenlock shale and Conrston limestone.

Twenty Plant-remains from the Coal-measures of Dudley, Airdrie, and Arran.

Il. By Donation—Remains of Polaeanthus, from the Wealden, Isle of Wight.
Presented by Edward Backhouse, Esq.

The figured example of Limulus trilobitoides, Buckland, from the Ironstone of Coal-
brook Dale. Presented by John Anstice, Esq.

Saurian remains from the Kimmeridge Clay, Dorsetshire. Presented by J. C. Mansel,
Esq., F.GS.

ee maken remains from Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. Present:d by Sir
Daniel Cooper, Bart.

Bones of Testudo, from the Mauritius. Presented by Colonel A. E. H. Anson.

Casts of Vertebree of Palauchenia Mericana, Owen, from the Post-tertiary deposit of the
Valley of Mexicu. Presented by Don Antonio dei Castillo.

A large series of Fossils (chiefly Trilobites and Lingu/@), fiom the Arenig Beds, St.
David’s, Pembrokeshire. Presented by Henry Hicks, Esg. and J. W. Salter, Hsq., F.a.s.

Tusk of a Mammoth, from the vicinity of Spalding in Lincolnshire. Presented by
Joseph Cubitt, Esq., c.z.

Mammalian remains from the Graving Docks, Miiwail. Pre:eated by John Fowler,
Esq., resident of the Royal Institute of Civil Engineers.

Works of the Department.

The cases in Room IJ., containing the Fossil Fishes, have been cleaned and re-arranged,
and additional specimens incorporated.

The Wall-cases Nos. 1 and 2 of Room III., containing the Saurian and Batrachian
Reptiles, and the cases Nos. § and 10, containing the Dinosuuria and Crocodilia, have
been re-arranged.

In Room V., step-shelves have been placed over some of the Wall-cases, to furnish space
for a selected series of remains of Jarge Ruminant. Mammalia, chiefly from the Sewalik
Hills, and these, as well as specimens on the tops of the other cases, have been arranged
and !abelled.

Considerable additions having recently been made to the Fossii Mammalia of Australia,
the Wall-case No. 1, in Room VI., has been re-arranged with the view of incorporating
these additions. In this same Room (Ne. VI.), a new disposition cf some of the larger
objects Las been effected, whereby space has been obtained for the exhibition of the fine
and almcst unique skull of the Mammcth (2lephas primigenius)p found at Ilford in
Essex, the acquisition of which was reported on a former occasion.

All the specimens appertaiming to the Vertebrate classes, obtained during the year, have
been catalogued ; and, with the exception of a few unimportant specimens, they are all
displayed in the Gallery.

‘the work of labelling the objects exhibited, progresses with as much speed as possible.

The new acquisitions to the Fos-il Plants, Radiata and Crustacea, have been as iar as
possible determined, mounted aud arranged in the cabinets devoted to those objects.

The examination of the British Eocene Tertiary Mollusca has been pursued, many of

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them have been selected for exhibition, and are now mounted on tablets, and displayed in
the Table-cases; the remainder have been arranged in the drawers under the cases.

The Foreign Tertiary Shells have been under arrangement. ‘The fine collection of
Cephalopoda, from the Neocomian of the South of France, obtained from M. Astier, has
been named and registered. “Ihe Ammonites obtained from the collections of Dr.
Bowerbank and Mr. Saul, have been registered and incorporated in the general collection.

A large proportion of the Mollusca (chiefly Oolitic), forming part of the collection
obtained from Mr. Bean of Scarborough, has been named and arranged in the cabinets.

Specimens Registered during the year 1866:

Of the Vertebrate Classes - - - 5 - 3 a“ 661
Cephalopoda - - - - - - - = = 544

Other Mollusca - - - - - - - - - 2,312
Crustacea - . - - “ - E E x 3 272

® Radiata - - - - - - - 5 2 = 136
Fossil Plants - - - - - - = : = 138

Total - - - 4,061

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The additions made to the Mineralogical Collection in the past year (1866) amount
to 672 specimens.

The work in the Department has consisted in the incorporation of the Minerals purchased
of Colonel de Kokscharow, and in the registration and incorporation of those that have
been acquired during the past year. A change in the arrangement of the Silicates has
been carried out, and the space allotted to different species in other parts of the collection
has been redistributed. The great mass of Meteoric Iron from Melbouine has been mounted
on a revolving support, and a thin section taken from one of its extremities, in order to
exhibit the structure of the Iron on a polished surface.

The arrangement of the reserve collection in the drawers under the table cases has been
deranged by the introduction of glazed fronts to several of these cases. A large number of
Minerals, displaced from the table-cases by new and more important specimens, had also to
be arranged in the reserve drawers. An entire re-adjustment of the drawer space given to
the reserve collection has accordingly been commenced, and 70 of the drawers have
been fitted with trays, and the specimens in them labelled with their localities.

The chief acquisitions made during the year by purchase, have been as follows :—

A large mass, weighing 85 lbs. of the Meteoric Iron of Tolucca; and a small fragment
of that of Copiapo.

Some fine specimens of cut stones, much needed in the collection, viz. :—

A cut stone of Chrysobervl, of a rich primrose yellow, and of the great size of 404
carats.

A fine Peridot of nearly 40 carats; and large specimens of the dark orange and light
yellow varieties of Quartz, termed Spanish Topaz and Citrine.

Among other purchases have been the following :—

A Nugget of Native Platinum, weighing 8 ozs.

Specimens of Tetrahedrite, with an iridescent coating of copper Pyrites; Herod’s-.
foot mine, Cornwall.

Finely crystallized Argentite, Wheal Ludcott, Cornwall.

Copper Pyrites, in brilliant Crystals; Redruth.

Allophane, with pearly lustre; near Tavistock.

Woodwardite and Bayldonite ; Cornwall.

Finely crystallized Copper Glance ; Basset Mine, Redruth.

Copper Glance, in thin hexagonal plates; near St. Just.

Black Blende, in Brilliant Crystals; Alston.

Botryoidal Blende, on Fluor; Alston.

Barytocalcite, in very perfect transparent Crystals ; Alston.

A series of specimens of Emery ; Chester, Mass.

Scheelite, in very fige Crystals; Carrock Fell, Cumberland.

Zinkenite ; Wolfsberg, Hartz.

A long slab of veined Stalagmitic Marble ; California.

Danaite, extremely fine Crystals; Hakansbé, Sweden.

Uranite, in beautiful Crystals; Cornwall.

Two large specimens of Gold in Quartz; California.

Manganese Idocrase; Ala.

A large Crystal of Dichroite ; Bodenmais,

Edingtonite Crystals ; Old Kilpatrick.

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“Tile Ore” Cuprite ; Ural.
Haydenites ; Baltimore, Maryland.
Leadhillite, from Leadhills.

Among Minerals presented during the year have been specimens of Hydrated Sulphate
of Magnesium and Sodium, Hydrated Carbonate of Sodium, Capillary Blue Vitriol, and
Langite; from Cornwall, by Dr. C. Le Neve Foster.

Corundum, River Borsowska: Platinum in Conglomerate, Nijni Tagilsk: Cancrinite,
from the Ilmen Mountains: Mengite in Zircon-syenite, Ilmen Mountains ; from Professor
Eichwald.

A large block of Diallage Rock, from near Coverack, Lizard; from Mr. Murphy.

A specimen of the Meteorite that fell at Shytal, near Dacca, on the 11th August 1863 ;
from the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

DrpartMENT oF Borany.

The principal business of the Department, during the past year, has consisted in the
re-arrangement, with very large additions, of the general collection of Alge@, of the extensive
order of Euphorbiaceae, of the Lycopodiacee, Nympheacee, and of a portion of the
Composite.

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the general Herbarium of the remainder of Mr. °
Charles Wrighi’s extensive collections made in Cuba and New Mexico; of the extensive
collection formed by the late Mr. David Douglas, in North Western America and Cali-
fornia; of a large number of Ferns, collected in Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites; in Venezuela,
by M. Moritz; and in English gardens by Mr. John Smith; of Piperacee, from various
Collections; of Dr. Wallich’s Collection of Nepalese Oaks; of numerous plants from
Brazil and from the Arctic Regions ; of Palms from various regions ; of numerous European
Collections; and of several important collections of Cryptogamic Plants, including
American and other Mosses.

In the examination and arrangement of the valuable collection of specimens of Cycadee
presented by Mr. James Yates; of a large collection of Plants of the Tyrol; of the very
extensive collection of Ferns recently purchased from Mr. John Smith, of Kew: of the
Fruits of Cupulifere and Conifere, in the general fruit collection; of a portion of the
collection of recent Woods in the exhibition rooms; of the fossi! cones and woods belonging
to the carboniferous period; and of the late Dr. Greville’s very extensive and important
collection of Diatomacee.

And in the naming, arranging, and laying into the British Herbarium of numerous
specimens from various collectors; naming and re-arranging the British species of Rubus;
and examining the Lemnacee of the British collection.

The following are the principal additions made to the Botanical collections during the
past year, by purchase or donation :

A large and highly interesting collection of specimens of the order Cycadee, consisting
of sections of Stems, Fronds, male and female cones in various stages of growth, separate
parts of fructification, &c., together with numerous specimens of Woods, recent and fossil,
and other vegetable productions, presented by Mr. James Yates.

The remaining portion (upwards of 2,000 species) of Mr. John Smith’s Herbarium,
chiefly of garden Plants.

A very extensive and valuable collection of Ferns (containing upwards of 10,000
specimens), formed by Mr. John Smith, of Kew.

100 species of Composite, forming fasc. 2, suppl. of Dr. C. H. Schultz’s “ Cicoraceotheca.”

49 British species and varieties of the genus Rubus ; presented by the Rev. A. Bloxam.

370 species of Lichens, constituting Leighton’s “ Lichenes Britannici Exsiccati.”

400 ns forming Mademoiselle Liberts’ ‘‘ Plante. Cryptogamice.”

600 FA German Plants, being cent. 1-6 of Dr. F. Schultz’s “ Herbarium Normale.”

coe Plants of the Tyrol, collected by Rupert Huter.

15 4 Woods from the neighbourhood of Mentone; presented by Mr. Moggridge.

113 4 Plants of Ceylon (in continuation); collected by Mr. Thwaites.

- AT5 > Plants of the Island of Formosa; collected by the late Mr. Oldham.

112 a Plants of Old Calabar; collected by Mr. Milne.

31 - Australian Alge.

536 55 American Mosses, forming the new edition of Sullivant and Lesque-
reux’s “ Musci Americani Exsiccati.”

593 a3 South American Plants, forming part (in continuation) of Mr. Spruce’s

“ Plante Exsiccate AZquinoctiales.”
404 ys Lichens and allied tribes trom the River Amazon and the Andes of South
America, collected by Mr. Spruce.

Upwards of 5,000 microscopic slides of Diatomacee, together with the Catalogue and
notes relating to them, forming the entire Collection of the late Dr. Greville and the late
Dr. Gregory.

John J. Benneti.

249. I DEPARTMENT

54 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

DEPARTMENT oF PRINTS AND DRAwINGs.

The progress in the arrangement, and the acquisitions received in the Department during
the year 1866, are as follows :—

The arrangement of the works of Giorgio, Adamo and Diana Ghisi has been completed,
and the prints have been mounted in three volumes, after undergoing careful reparation.
The references to Bartsch have been affixed to each subject.

The collection of prints after Sir Edwin Landseer has been arranged in four volumes,
and a portfolio for the large examples, with references in the manuscript catalogue for
finding each subject. :

The Fairholt Collection of prints, etchings, and woodcuts of antiquities and costume has
been arranged in eight volumes, and made available for general reference, with the six
volumes which had already been arranged and bound before they were bequeathed to the
Trustees,

Four thousand two hundred and fifty-six articles have been entered in the register of
purchases and presentations. Ten thousand three hundred and forty-seven articles, includ-
ing illustrations to books, bave had the register stamp affixed to them.

Two thousand two hundred and twenty-four titles have been written for the general
catalogue.

The etchings by Claude Gelée have been re-arranged, mounted, and the rare states
recently acquired, incorporated ; the references to Dumesnil having been affixed to each.

The recently mounted English drawings have been incorporated in that collection, which
is now contained in 19 Solander cases instead of 12.

The engravings of the modern French masters have been arranged in five large guard-
books. ;

A curious collection of sketches by amateurs, supplied to Gillray and other satirists for
the subjects of their caricatures, has been put in order and mounted.

One hundred and fifty of the caricatures by George Cruikshank have been mounted and chro-
nologically arranged, and the whole collection has been marked off in the manuscript index.

The whole of the English portiaits which had been registered and stamped previous to
August 1866, have been placed alphabetically prior to their being arranged in classes.

The titles written for the small and original collection of prints, after painters, have
been arranged into schools and masters, ready for incorporation with the extensive
additions made since 1850.

The following are some of the more important acquisitions made during the past
year :—

By Bequest and Donation—

A series of two hundred and twenty-one unfinished proofs in various states, engraved by
Richard Golding ; bequeathed by that artist.

Proofs of a great many of the woodcuts and etchings executed by the late Frederick W.
Fairholt, Esq., for his more important works. Also a collection of prints and notes on
costume, amounting in the whole to four thousand two hundred and fifty articles; be-
queathed by William W. Fairholt, Esq.

A series of outlines from various early works of art, and thirty original designs by
George Cumberland ; presented by Miss Cumberland.

The important series of drawings made from ancient glass paintings by the late Charles
Winston, Esq., presented by Mrs. Winston, his widow.

By Purchase—
Italian School :—

Drawings.—The study or first sketch for the Garvagh Raphael, in the National
Gallery; also specimens by Ghirlandajo, Pietro Perugino, Baccio Bandinelli, Vincenzo da
Gimignani, Girolamo Genga, Camillo Pisani, and Canaletto.

,

Engravings.—Two unique prints by Sandro Botticelli; another by Jacopo Francia; and
several medallion heads of Popes by Mare Antonio; other fine specimens by Beccafumi,
Agostino Veneziano, the Ghisis, Eneas Vico, Beatrizet, Caraglio and Agostino Carracci.

Fine early undescribed woodcuts, the designs of some of them drawn on the blocks by
Titian.

German School :—

Drawings.—Some fine specimens by Sir Peter Lely.

Engravings.—A very fine block-print of St. George slaying the Dragon, unique, and of
about the date of 1450. St. Michel in full armour and St. Mark with the Lion, two rare

examples by &. &., the Master of 1466; also specimens by Franz von Bocholt, Israel vau
Meckenen, Hans Baldung Grien, Hans Brosamer, Jakob Binck, Melchior Lorch, Jost

Amman, and Wenceslaus Hollar.
Dutch and Flemish Schools :-—

Engravings.—By Alart Claessen, Suyderhoof, Jan Muller, J. de Gheyn, Antony and
Jerome Wierix, W. J. Delff, and Paul Pontius.
Eichings.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 55

Etchings.—By Van Dyck, in various states, some of them undescribed.

French School :-—

Drawings——A sketch in pen washed with bistre, the first idea for the picture in the
National Gallery of the Embarkation of St. Ursula, by Claude Gelée; others by
Gravelot, and other artists.

Etchings.—Four early and unique specimens by Claude; also, examples by Abraham
Bosse, Bracquemond, Brunet-Debaines, F. Chifflart, 5S. Le Clere Goupil, E. Jacque,
Jules Jacquemart, Lalanne, Stephanus de Laulne, P. Martial, C. Méyron, Millet, Le
Prince, Rousseau, Vernet, and Taiée.

English School :—

Drawings. — By Lodge, Place, R. White, John Greenwood, Highmore, Rowlandson,
F. Wheatley, O’ Neill, R. Cook, and F.O. Finch.

Etchings. — By D. Allan, R. Ansells, Bonnington, Josiah Boydell, C. Bretheron,
H. Cave, W. Collins, G. Cooke, Cooper, C. W. Cope, Creswick, G. Cruikshank, G. Cuitt,
G. Cumberland, Dighton, Forrester, Gainsborough, Hoppner, W. Holman Hunt, Millais,
G. Morland, Newnham, John Leech, S. Palmer, Pearson, Pyne, R. Redgrave, Rowlandson,
Spilsburv, O’Neill, Sanders, T. Stothard, F. Tayler, Wilkinson, Penny Williams, W. J.
White, and A. Wivell.

Engravings.— By J. Faber, W. Dickinson, J. Murphy, R. Earlom, W. Ward, S. W-
Reynolds, Thomas Lupton, S. Cousins, William Woollett, John Landseer, Thomas Landseer,
Dean Taylor, W. Miller, Goodall, J. W. Robinson, John Bumet, George Cooke, and
Thomas Wilmore.

Very extensive additions have been made to the series of English portraits and carica-
tures, and prints after English Masters.

George Wilkam Reid.

Note.—Copies of the second volume of the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia

have been distrbuted during the past year ; and materials have been collected, preparatory
to commencing a third volume.

British saa J. Winter Jones,
30 April 1867. Principal Librarian.

249

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expr
of the Brittse Museum, for the Finan E
ended 31st March 1867; of the Est
Cuanrczs and Exprnszs for the Year
31st March 1868, and Sum necessary 1
charge the same; Number of Persons ad
and Progress of Arrangement; &c,

(Mr. Lowe.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Pr in
1 May 1867.

[Price 7d.]

249.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 23 April 1868—/for,

ACCOUNTS “ of the Incomz and Expsrnpiture of the Brimso Muszum
for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March 1868 :”

“ Of the Estimatep Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 31st day
of March 1869 :” '

“ Of the Sum necessary to discharge the same :”

«© And, of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Muszum in each Year
from 1862 to 1867, both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the
ProGress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTiIons; and an Account
of Ozsects added to them in the Year 1867.”

I.—GENERAL ACCOUNT of Income and Exrrenpirure for the Financial Year ended
31st March 1868.

Il.— ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period.
IL—ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
_IV.—ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.
_ YVI.—ACCOUNT OF THE CHRISTY FUND, for the same Period.

‘ VIL—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31st March 1869, and of GRANT
r required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31st March 1868.

d VIIL—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisa Museum in
' each Year from 1862 to 1867, both Years inclusive.

_ TX.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLECTIoNS, and an
Account of Oxsects added to them, in the Year 1867.

a - * i ens —— , _

(Mr. Lowe)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
8 May 1868.

254. A

2 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF TUE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expenpiture of tI 7

— a EE ee Oe ee ee

To BALANCE ON THE Ist APRIL 1867, Viz.: : ; £. cy eaten Le) Sm
igeter Be

On Account of the Votes for the Establishment - 24,129 6 9
Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - - 1,756 16 7

———— || 2a Bea Bt
On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions - - 5 219 8 7
: 25,889 3
- AmMount GRANTED FoR THE YEaR 1867/8, pe Appmpyation Act, 30 and 31
Vict., cap. 120 - - - - - - Bee = 2 99,621 —
— Amount Received from the Sale of Old Metals and Soot - - - alps = = 52 Ta
- Sums Param under the following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary
Grant for the Establishment, Viz.:
Dividends on Stock, 30,0001., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 900 - -
Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books - - - - - - 126 10 11
Ditto - - ~ - other Museum Publications - - - 166 1 9
1,192 12

£. | 196,754 17

* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Exrenpirurs in the above Account,

Ee. ienithe a 8a
Officers - - - - - - - - - - = 10,950 -— -
Assistants - - - - - - - - - - - 14865 2 3
Transcribers, or Junior Assistants - - - = = = - 3,558 15 8
Attendants and Servants - - - - - - - 12,973 11 10
1. SALARIES - - - = Pree 5 a ig 2 "a Rs r 1,342 8 8
Persons paid ip or pee - - - - - - - 8,058 6 6
Attendance on Stoves - - - - - - - - 7l0 4 11
Retired Allowances = - - - - - - 5,736 1 4

51,194 11
Rates and Taxes - - - - - - - - ~ - SIZ) eee
Household Implements - - - - - - - - 135 7 =
2. House Expenses pS 4 Coals, Coke, and Fagots - = - - - - = = 1,016 7 =
Candles, Oil, Gas, &c. - - - - - - - - 821 4 4
Stationery - in we = = = - = = 2 = WoL aaa
Incidents - - - - - - - > = & = 708 11 5

3,449 13
Printed Books - ~ - - 9,500 13 6
Maps, Charts, rea aad Topographical Drawings - - - - 500 10 9
Manuscripts - Ms = = 2:029)\. 26
Books for the Department of “Mss. = - - - « - 48 19 Ll
Minerals and Meteorites ” - - - - - - = 699 16 11
Books and Binding for the Department of Minerals - - - - 2913 2
Fossils - Sets = 5 797 8 6
Books and Bicdias for the Department 2 Geology - = - - 31 11 2
Zoological Specimens - - - - - - 1,005 3 10

Book s Fy cy = 2 = = 3

3. PurcHASES AND ACQUISITIONS Sea ae mele ee rtment of Zool CH See ae Bee 2 cae ae
Books and Binding for the Department er ‘Botaoy - - - - 29° 4 8
Oriental Antiquities - - = 247 7 6
British and Medizval henauines aa Eshnogpaphiea Specimens - 248 1 =
Greek and Roman Antiquities - - - 1,199 8 10
Coins and Medals (less 633 /. received fora the sale 3 Duplicates) - 1,500) = =
Books and Binding for the Departinents of Coins and Antiquities - 103 13 9
Prints and Drawings - - - = - « = = - TO 2 ees
Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - = - - 1419 —-
Freight and Carriage - - = = a = = S - 227 18.3

19,639 14

Carried forward - - - &. 74,283 IS

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

’

| RITISH MUSEUM for the Financial Year ended on the 31st March 1868.

EXPENDITURE. ESTIMATE, 1867/8.

B TURE under the following Heads, viz.: Le Sade 1p So
a Smanres AS 5 as per Explanatory Statement below* - | 51,194 11 2 52,141 - -
2. Hovusr ExreEnses - - = - - ditto - : = é 3,449 18 10 8,260 - —
3. Purcuases and Acquisitions - - ditto - - - - | 19,689 14 6 19,7385 = —
4. Booxsinpine, Preparine, kc. - - ditto - - = - + 10249916. 36 10,160 - -
5. Printine Catatocues, &e. - = - ditto - - = = 1,850 12 11 4,970 -— -
6. Buixpines, Furniture, Firrinas, Se} dised: 1 = eM MROGT beilr2, 10,155 = —
including Architect’s Commission é
7. Miscenunanztous - - - -- ~- ditto -~ - ot I ia 400 = -
£. | 98,274 3 3 100,821 - -
Amount paid for Mr. Wood’s passage to continue Excavations at Ephesus, Re ae

and by amount of advances for the Excavations - - : :
-Exprnpitvr: for Outfit for Mr. Holmes, the Officer attached by the Trustees

1ga vp i=
{ to the Abyssinian Expedition, and amount expended by him - - - 8
+ Amovnr paid for the Woodhouse Collection of Antiquities SR eta es Cie? CaaS
|
: Batance ON THE 31st Marcu 1868, viz. :— £ & ah
| In the Bank of England - - - Colin - 25,846 10 4
| Amount in the hands of Mr. Vice-Consul Dennis for Ex-
| plorations in Asia Minor - - - a - - 214 4 4
+| Do. of Mr. Consul Rogers for Excavations in the
fas Hauran-- - - - ETT & - - 30 - 10
Do. of Cavaliere Bonaini for obtaining transcripts of
_ the Salyetti Correspondence at Florence - - ~~ - 25 11 9
26,116 7 8

£. | 126,754 17 6

ExpLanatory STareMeEnt of the ExpPeNnpitureE in the above Aecount—confinued. £. 8 da
Brought forward - - ~ 74,283 19 6
Bookbinding: Printed Books hace ena eee Pee 2 nee se
= Manuscripts - - . - - - 2 4 "196 aes
A Prints and Drawings - - - - - S 249 16 I
DING, PREPARING, &c. Preparing, &c.: peas = - = o o = be = 706 12 16
» CLCE at ae a Rai =P Salt apts otc 22918 4
i. Mineralogy - - - = = = : = 157 10 9
ah Botany Stee = = - ei 2 45 19 4
Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - - 1,363 18 3
Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - a = 5 z 225 7 aie ea
Catalogues of Manuseripts - - - - . - - - FAs) eas
Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology - - - - 424 9 6
= Catalogues of, and Drawings from Antiquities - - - - - 62 6 6
MEING CaTALOGvEs, &c. - Tickets, Regulations, &e. - - - - - - - - 9 9 6
Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - - see - 1S Be
Ditto - - Coins - - - - - - - ay
Publication of Cuneiform Inscriptions - - - - - - 778 7
G cs ; “50 —— 1,850 12 11
eneral Repairs, and Maintenance of Museum Buildings, &c. —- - 3,146 10 7
Fittings and Furniture for the Department of Printed Books - = 2.376 ey
Ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts - - - 164 12 10
Ditto - - ditte - - Mineralogy and Geolog - 1276 | 8
Ditto - - ditto - - Zoology - - = - 397 11 9
cs, Furniture, Fir- Ditto - - ditto - - Betany - - - - 948) 140d
&e., including Archi- Ditta = - ditto - c Oriental Antiquities - = 638 4 5
s Commission - - Ditto - cittoN = - Greek and Roman Antiquities 1574 3 5
ae Ditto - - ditto - British and Medieval An- "907 10 3
= tiquities and Ethnography.
es Ditto - Seen chitto) = - Coins and Medals = fa Tet, 2015
4 Ditto « - ditto - - Prints and Drawings - - 275 1 «9
Architect’s Commission - - - - - - - - 52617 5
Tayzbxpensese eee eS ee Cee ee ey es ae 11,567 7 2
AES tie
14 Rent, Rates, and other charges incidental to the premises,
SepoesNzOUs - = . No. 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the tempo-
rary continuance there of the Christy Colleztion = (297 10° =
Less Amount contributed by the Trustees under Mr.
{ Christy’s Will = - - - - - - me Eg
—_—_—— 247 10 -
a 322 7 2
£.1 98,274 3) 8
; ee
i A2

A ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IIL—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Pee of the BRIDGEWATER

CASH. i, STOCK,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. 08s 1 he 8. Ge
To. Bat anion themstmpritgieen =) Oe = = saiiiesy 9 Sees 6111 5 | 12,992 15 7
— Divivenns received on 12,9921. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the yer ep Bride yee viz., on ae vas Truly |
SG = 194 17 10
~ Amount received from the Sale of a Piece of Land for the Enlargement of the
Churchyard of Whitchurch - - - - - - =| 119 “4
— Amount invested in Consols - : - = = - > = P_iN= - 125, 1-9
— Divivenps received on 13,117. 178. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, viz.,
on the 8th January 1868 - - - - - - -{| 19615 4
- One Year's Rent or 4 Rear Estate, Bee by ee Earl of Bridgewater,
received 20th April 1867 - - - - - - 8412 -

13,117 17

III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrer anp ExpenpiTurReE of the FARNBOROUGH

STOCK,
eAeH: 3 p’Cent. Consols.
, . Lose ds Boo see
To Batance on the Ist April 1867 - - - “ > 4 : a x 7 6 2,872 6 10

- Divmenps received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Far nborough, viz.

On the 9th July 1867 - £.48 1 9

» 8th January 1868 - 43 1 9
fee Sel MSG = S16

2,872 6 10

STOCK,
— 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. Se d. ee S. d.
To Bacance on the Ist April 1867 - - - - - - - . - | 163 %3 9 5,269 2 9

- Divivenps received on 5,269/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 8 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

On the 9th July 1867. - £.79 - 8

8th January 1868 - 79 - 9

”

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, between the Ist April 1867 and the 31st March 1868.

Casu.

By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear £. Ss.
Estate, Viz. :

In the financial year ended 81st March 1868 - - - = = tes
: = Paymunrs for the Purchase of Manuscriprs, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1868 - - - - -| 213 6
~ Payments for Brypinc MANuscRIPTS, Viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1868 - - - = - | = 16
-— Payment of Onze Yrar’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - ~/ 219 —

:

j

— Amount received per contra from the Sale of Land at Whitchurch, invested
in Consols_ - - - - - - - - - - - -| 118 4

— BALANCE ON THE 31st Marcu 1868, carried to Account for 1868/9 - 62 10

£.| 606 O

CASH.

oh &

By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, AutroaRaPHS, &C., Viz. :

In the financial year ended 31st March 1868 - - - -— = 57 7

- BaLaNceE on THE 31st Marcu 1868, carried to Account for 1868/9 - - 36 1

)

_ FUND, between the 1st April 1867 and the 31st March 1868.

«}

0

543 9 10

9

7

Stock,

3 p’ Cent. Consols.

25, S. Gh
13,117 17 2
13;117 17 2

Stock, :
3 p’Cent. Consols.

a5p yer

2,872 6 10

CaAsH.

Sa ib

By Saxary paid to Dr. Percy for Lectures on Geology in 1867 - - -| 144 =

— Amount paid for Advertisements of Vacancy in Swiney Lectureship - - 11 12

— Bawance on THE 3lsr Marcu 1868, carried to Account for 1868/9 - -| 165 12

254. A 3

&

Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

S5uast ad:
5,269 2 9
5,269 2 9

6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrpr and Expsnprrure of the BIRCH _
Stock,
Cae ie p’Cent. Consols.|
2.403. de zo ie ae
To Batance on the Ist April 1867 - - - - : - - - -|- - - 563 15 7
~ Divipenps received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be- '
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz. :
On the 9th July 1867. - «£8 9 1)
» 8th January 1868 - Soe
ET 1618 2
£. LG 8) 12 663 15 7
VI.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczipr any Expenpiture of the CHRISTY
;
Casa.
£. 8. £5. a
To Barance on the Ist April 1867 - ee ee tee) ei Oe ee ae ae ig

— Amount received from the Trustees under the Will of the late Mr.
Henry Christy, viz. :

On the 25th July 1867 - = = = BO we

17th February 1868 = - - - 50 - -

”

ae 100 1 6

British Museum, |
6 May 1868. f

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. U/.

—_—_________ EEE ee

FUND, between the 1st April 1867 and the 31st March 1868.

a a te Oo. a aa

Cc Srocx,
“A ASH 3 p’Cent. Consols.
: mr.
ry
. Semen So Lo Sash
| By Lzeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
4 offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History —- - - tere: Ss
| = Batancz on THE 31st Marcu 1868, carried to Account for 1868/9 - -|- - = 563 15 7
ae 1618 2 563 15 7
FUND, between the 1st April 1867 and the 31st March 1868.
CasuH.
Fig & Cl

_ | By Amounr transferred in reduction of the expenditure in Rent, Rates, and other charges inci-
dental to the premises, No. 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the temporary continuance
there of the late Mr. Henry Christy’s Collection of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects 50 - -

- Payments for the purchase of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects, similar to those in the

Christy Collection oS ee a oe 2519 38
— Bawance on THE 31st Marcu 1868, carried to Account for 1868/9 - - - - - tea
| wich i erraes =
| £ 100 1 6

J. Winter Jones,
a Principal Librarian,

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8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
—e—wowOoSsSsSsSsSsSsSSsSSSSSSS SS ee

VII.L—ESTIMATE, 1868-69.

I, ESTIMATE of the Amount required, in the Year ending 31st March 1869, to pay the SALARIES
and Expenses of the Britiss Musxrum, including the Amount required for Bu1Lprn@s,
FurRNITURE, Fittings, &c.

Ninety-nine Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Pounds.

II. SuB-Hzaps under which this Vote will be accounted for. 7
1868-9. 1867-8. NC REASE. | DECREASE.
SE: Be £, ee
A—SALARIES AND WAGES - - - = = - 49,135 47,966 1,169 =
Be RNS Aaa nies) Ale is ions me feats 220 220 = —
C.—RATES AND TAXES” - - - = - - = 520 440 80 _
D.—FUEL AND LIGHT - : - = - = - 1,300 1,300 — =
E.—STATIONERY - - - - = = = 300 650 - -
F.—PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS = = = = 24,035 19,735 4,300
G.—BOOKBINDING, &e. - - - - - - - 10,500 10,120 380
H.—PRINTING CAPALOGUES,&c, ~ - = - -= 3,340 4,970 : «
I,—BUILDINGS, REPAIRS - - - - = ° = 3,045 3,179 366
J.—FURNITURE AND FITTINGS - = = = 2 6,365 6,976 = -
K.—INCIDENTAL EXPENSES - - - = - > 1,020 1,090 - =
100,280 96,646 6,295
Deduct Credits in aid of the Estimate, viz. :—
Dividends on 80,000 /. Reduced Three per Cent. Z
Annuities (directed by 26 Geo. 2, cap. 22, sec.
48, to be applied in aid of the Salaries and other |
Expenses of the British Museum) - - - 900 |} 900 — .
Receipts for Museum Publications - - =| o* = | 300 . =
|
£. 99,380 | * 95,446 6,295
—_—_—_—_—_—— |
NerIncrtaseE - - - £. 3,984.

* 4,175 1, has been transferred to Class VI., Vote 1.

The receipts from the sale of Museum Publications, etc., estimated at 3007. and hitherto appropriated in aid of :
the Vote, will be paid into the Exchequer.

III. DerAits of the above-
A.—SALARIES AND WAGES:
SALARY OF OFFICE. ia
1. Orricers : ; 1868-9, | 1867-8,
rio ach: eae a Mini-| Annual |Maxi-
1867-8. | 1868-9. mum. | Increase. | mum.
Sa yg £. : i £. sn
1 Principal Librarian - -{ — - - 800} - = 800 =
z= = Ditto - - as Secretary -| — ~ - 400 | - - 400 =
l 1 Superintendent of Natural
i History - - - -| - - - s00 | - - 800 =
2) 5 Keepers of Departments -| —- — {600} 3,000] - - 3,000 —
8 8 3 a = he ~ 1500|° 4,000 | - : 4,000 —
1 1 Assistant Secretary ~ -| - - - 500} - - 450 —
3 3 Assistant Keepers of De-
partments - - - — —- 1450 1,350 - - 1,350 =
3 1 Accountant - - - 1/820} 201500 445 _ a
19 20 - - - Torat a eee pe ae.) Tas 10,800 -
Cr.

By amount contributed from Bridgewater
Fund towards the Salary of the Keeper
of the Manuscripts, he acting as Egerton
Librarian - - - Sige - 210] - - 210 Va

Carried forward - - - £, | 11,085 = |. 10,590 —

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c.—continued.

1868-9. 1867-8.
LL. iS; bg Ss
Brought forward - - - 11,685 — 10,590 —
A.—SALARIES AND WAGES—continued.
2. ASSISTANTS :
1867-8. | 1868-9. Mini-| Annual | Maxi-
mum. | Increase. | mum.
ra eee San lee £.
16 16 Senior Assistants, Upper Section | 820] 20 — | 400] 5,900 - - 5,790
haar £10
- 42 Senior Assistants, Lower Section | 150 ee 310} 9,620 a =o
£.15
22 = First-class Assistants, Lower Sec- |210| 15 -- | 810} - =| - - 6,062 ~—
tion.
20 = Second-class Assistants - - |150] 10 — |200| - ela “ 8,412 —-
1 1 Revising Accountant - -| - = - 100 = - 100 -
1 1 Clerk at Stationers’ Hall(gratuity) ; — = - 21 - - 21 -
1 1 Superintendent of Fire Engines - | — _ - 50 - = 50 -
61 61 - - - Toran 15,691 —
8. TRANSCRIBERS OR JUNIOR ASSISTANTS :
|
1867-8. | 1868-9. Mini-|} Annual | Maxi-
mum. Increase. mum.
Set | ere Seale coe
28 27 Transcribers or Junior Assistants = Aie2OnlylO.-5| 120) sg 7eo = 3,652 -
4, ATTENDANTS AND SERVANTS;
1867-8, | 1868-9. Mini-} Annual | Max)-
mum. | Increase. | mum.
2 dal de SACs [es oe £.
45 60 First-class Attendants - -/100| 5 —|120| 6,902 = - 5,382 —
ee 75 Second-class Attendants - -| 60] 4-—|100] 6,024 Lat aS
43 = Second-class Attendants - - | 80 4 — {100} - - = = 4,105 -
46 = Third-class Attendants - -|60/] 8-1] 80] - il wes < 3,251 -
1 i Clerk of the Works - - -/130| 53 -|160] 181 : - 146 =
Special Allowance to present | — ~ - 10 — ie
Clerk of the Works for duties
connected with the Firemen and
Fire-engines - - = ES
1 1 Messenger - - - - {120} 5 —]150 140 = : ost
Allowance for superintending the | - - - 5 aoe ass
sale of the Guide Books to the
public - - - - -
1 1 Assistant Messenger - - -| - - - 100 - - 100 =
1 1 Resident Fireman - - -| - - = 100 - - 100 -
Saturday Evening Attendance - | - - - 55 e = 60 <
ip 2 ad | —| 13,487 -
138 139 - - - Toran eS Se es ee

Carried forward - - £,| 44,055 - | 42,906 -

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c.—continued.

1868-9. 1867-8.
£ s. £. S.
Brought forward - - - | 44,055 — | 42,906 —
A.—SALARIES AND WAGES—continued.
5. Poice:
1867-8. | 1868-9.
£.
1 1 Inspector il Employed under |
1 1 Serjeant - Commissioners of Metropolitan 1,224
10 10 Constables Police
Special Allowance to Inspector - - - 25
Provision for extra Constables in the Easter,
| Whitsun, and Christmas weeks, and for
Gratuities to Inspector, Serjeant, and Con-
stables, for Drilling with the Fire Engines 21
wile ela aa. 1,270 - 1,250 ~
12 12 - - Torau.
6. Persons Paip Dairy orn WEEKLY: |
1867-8. | 1868-9.
| fh as
1 1 Timekeeper - - - 42s. a week - 109 4
1 il Locksmith - - - 428, a 109 4
1 ih Plumber os ECC Le ah ARR 98 12
1 1 Glazier and Foreman of
Window Cleaners 21365. °° = 93 12
3 3 Assistant Firemen,each - 42s. 4 - | 827 12
24 24 Labourers and Window
Cleaners, each - - 24s. Silay ile ben le
4 4 Gatekeepers, each - - 248, pe 249 12
3 3 Front ditto, each - DY] & es 210 12
1 1 Ladies’ Attendant for Read: |
ing Room - - Us: - | 54 12
area 2 Ditto tor Public Rooms, 8 3 s. each for every
day employel - - - - - 50 -
1 1 Head Housemaid - - 25s. a week - 65 -
3 3 Assistant Housemaids, each, 21 s. = 163 16
Allowance to Labourers for Lighting and
Trimming Lamps, attendance on Sundays,
&e. - - - - - - = 35 12
Se = a 3,060 - 3,060 =
45 45 - - Toran. ds :
7. ATTENDANCE ON STOVES:
1867-8. | 1868-9.
. £.
Clerk of the Works, as Superintendent of
Warming and Ventilation - - - 50
1 1 Assistant Superintendent “ - . 120
1 1 Foreman, 26 s.a week - - - - 67
, z ie Aa: _ fiat 23s.aweek) _
7 Stokers Brom bien s if 408
ies 1 Sweep, at 25s.a week - - = 65
Extra time and attendance on Sundays
| during the Winter - - - = 39
ty) | 70 - - Toran.

ToraL or SALARIES AND WAGES — -

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Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c.— continued.

1868-9. 1 8 6 7-8.

ae Ka 8
B.—RENT : Le st
1. Rent of rooms at No, 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the
temporary continuance there of a Collection of Antiquities and
Ethnographical Objects presented to the British Museum by the
Trustees under the will of the late Mr. Henry Christy - - - 280 -
Less—Amount to be contributed by the Trustees under Mr.
Christy’s will — - - - - - - = - - 50 -
a 180 - 180 —-
2. Rent of two rooms in Great Russell-street for a Laboratory for the analysation
of Minerals - - - - - - - 4 es 2 i 5 Ae Zi) =
Toran or Rent - - - £. 220 - 220 —

C.—RATES AND TAXES:

Poor, General, Sewers, and Metropolitan ae pana Rates - - - - 300 —
House Tax on ’ official residences - - - - - - - 87 10 PG
Easter Offering to the Rector of St. George’ : Bloor - - - - = 10 10 Fe
Water for warming apparatus, cleansing, &c., and for official residences - - - NDE

TotaL or Rates anp Taxes - - - £. 520 = 440 —

D.—FUEL AND LIGHT:

1. Coals, Coke, and Faggots = - - - - = = = 3 f + 1,000 = 1,000 -
2. Candles, Oil, and Gas_ - - - - - = = 3 = Hf = 300 ~ 300 -

Torar or Fuet anp Lignt - - - £. 1,800 = 1,300

E.—STATIONERY - - - - - - - = = =

F.—PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS:
1. Printed Books = i

2. Maps, Charts, Plans, aka TapopeaBhival Drawings - = = Z 2
3. Manuscripts (General and Oriental) = z = fe s
4. Books for the Department of coe - = 4 = 3 5
5. Minerals and Meteorites - 3 2 Es s A
6. Books and Teinding for the Department af Minerals Sheng ir eed
7. Fossils - - 2, = FE Z
8. Books and Binding for the Department of Geology - - - = = “
9. Zoological Specimens - = Re eet ye ee lh
10. Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology “ < a u
11. Botanical Specimens - . = F :

12. Books and Binding for the Department Be Botany - - -
13. Oriental Antiquities -

14. British and Medieval acetates! and Ethnographical Specimens -
15. Greek and Roman pean cs, -
16. Coins and Medals - -

17. Books and Binding for the Departments ne Coins and Antiquities - -

18. Prints and Drawings - “ 2 = - 2
19. Books for the Department of Prints and Dees - - - - -
20. Freight and Carriage - - - - Spe ah Ee Fe tiga

Spreciat Purcwases anp Acquisitions:

21. For Scientific and Antiquarian Researches in connection with the Temes to

Abyssinia - - - - - - - : - - - 1,000 - _
22. For Excavations in Asia Minor under the superintendence of Mr. George enc
H. B. M.’s Vice Consul at Benghazi - - = e = 500 — ee
23. Egyptian Antiquities proposed to be purchased. From Mr, Hay =<» OHI) @ «.« 1,000 = —
Toran or Purcuasks anp Acquisitions - - = £.| 24,035 - 19,735 =

254. B 2

12

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c.—continued.

G.—

I,—BUILDINGS, REPAIRS (Including Architect’s Commission):

Ordinary Repairs and Maintenance of the Museum Buildings and
Official Residences, and keeping in order the Roads, Lawns, Paye-
ments, kc. - - - - - - - - - -

Repairs to the warming and ventilating Apparatus, and various Works
for improved Ventilation - - - - - - - -

Various alterations and repairs in the Kitchen, Larder, Refreshment
Rooms, Urinals, &c., for the better accommodation of the public —-

Repairing, cleaning, and keeping in order the Fire-engines, Mains, Cocks,
&e., providing Posts to Fire Mains, and new Fire Buckets ~~ -

Iron guard-bars and gates, and wire netting tor windows and other
external openings on ground floor, for protection against outrage -

Toray or Buitprnes, Reparrs, &e.- - - £.

1868-9. 1867-8.
fe) Ss e5 NE
BOOKBINDING, PREPARING, &c.:
1. Bookbinding, &c., Printed Books - - - - - - - 7,000 - 7,000 —
2. Mounting Maps, Charts, &c. - - - - - - - 200 — =
8. Bookbinding and repairing Manuscripts - - - - - 500 -— 500 -
4. 9 and mounting Prints and Drawings - - - s 400 — 250 —
5. Preparing, &c. Zoology OR ant a cles lie ile Sah) Bene ie 700 - 700 -
6 * Geology - - - - - - - - 200 - 200 —
ib Mineralogy - - - - - - - - 150 - 120 -
8. is Botany - - - - - - - - - 60) 50 -
9. Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - - 1,300 -— 1,300 —
Tora, or Booxpinpine, Preparina, ke.- - - £. 10,500 — 10,120 —-
————_
H.—PRINTING CATALOGUES, &c.:
1. Guide-books and Synopsis - - - - + = = = 250 — 350 -
2. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 300 - 280 -
3. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology = - spinels - 1,000 — 1,000 —-
4. Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins and
Medals’ - - - - - - - - - - - 800 - 800 —
5. Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities (including the Christy
Collection of Ethnography) - - - + - - - 600 - 450 —-
6. Tickets, Regulations, &c. - - - - - - - - 200 — 200 —-
7. Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - - - = = 150 —- 150 ~
8. Ditto from Coins - - - - - - - - - - 40 - 7
Catalogue of Hebrew Books - - - - - - - - — 200 -
Publication of a third volume of Cuneiform Inscriptions. - - — - _ 1,500 —
Toran or Printing Catatoaurs, &c.- - -£. 3,340 — 4,970 —

3,179

J.—FURNITURE AND FITTINGS (Including Architects Commission):

1, Fittings and Furniture for Department of Printed Books - — -

2. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto -" - Maps, Charts, &e. = -
3. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts = - - -
4. Ditto - = «ditio, = Me loditto .-. = Mineralogy andGeology -
5. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Zoology - - a a
6. Ditto - = dittpi ie) co ditto .-ueisBommyiee ee
7. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Oriental Antiquities - -
x. Ditto - - ditto - + ditto - - Greek and Roman Antiquities
9. Ditto -- ditto. - - ditto --- British and Medizvai Anti-

uities and Ethnogra -
10, Ditto - - ditto. - -. ditto - - Soins and Medals ‘ uty -
11. Ditto +-\ ditto - ~ ditto ---c: Prints and Drawings - -

Toray or Furniure anp Bierines=-nn ae

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Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c.—continued.

1868-9. 1867-8.

K,—INCIDENTAL EXPENSES: ~ £. Se £. Ss
Soap and other requisites for cleansing purposes - - - - - 70 - FOwi=
Brooms, Brushes, and other Household Implements - - - - BG oS Teo
Law Expenses - - - - - - - - - - - 100 — 1d °—
Washing Dusters, Towels,&c. - - - - - 2 = = 200 -

Payments to Attendants on early morning duty, watching Labourers - 150 —
Uniform Coats, &c., for Messengers, Firemen, and Front Gate Keepers A fas aa
Postage - - - - - - - - - - - - 100 —
Renewal of House Linen, Rent of Telegraph, Medical Fees, Subscrip-
tions to Hospitals, Stamps, Advertisements, beating Carpets, and
various incidental expenses - - - - - - - - 205 = ||
Torat oF IncrpEnTAL Expenses - - - &. 1,020 - 1,090 -

254. B

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Persons admitted to

VIIIL—RETURN of the Numper of Persons ApmittepD to Visit the British Museum.

1862 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867.
N° N° N° N° N° N°
JANUARY = “cb 2 |) aioqodal ousjono 32,4538 18,884 24,4438 30,096 22,136
FresruaRy = - Sok Pena eae VBGUAA 30,042 23,315 21,564 21,086 25,645
Marco - - Bee Roa 5 mena oN CY) 34,774 | . 45,267 28,168 .| 22,794 23,165
Arprm - - Se umn near SOLO: 49,493 30,471 39,045 46,442 46,886
May - - - - - - 48,021 42,453 33,493 23,755 39,178 26,466
JUNE /=sauuee BS UN te SP Ayia 32,751 | 30,098 42,840 32,130 47,024
JuLy ae URE 8 oie eb Tye 42,618 40,832 36,868 38,969 50,785
AUGUST - = - - - 165,017 39,836 45,662 39.979 41,010 52,986
SEPTEMBER - = - - = 87,008 33,028 28,196 21,544 26,765 37,131
OcroBER - = - - - 81,530 32,215 34,478 27,792 35,643 38,561
NoveMBER ~ - - - - 35,802 23,507 26,748 21,458 26,381 29,356
DECEMBER - SA eae tee + AI 58 Oa9 47,631 74,895 42,516 47,785 44,895
Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections >| 895,077 440,801 432,339 369,967 408,279 445,036
(exclusive of Readers) - |
Number of Visits—

To the Reading Room for the purpose of] Sera

Study of Biezeageh ‘ pe i z 122,497 107,821 105,899 100,271 99,857 103,469
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- #

pose of Study i 5 if iP 1,647 2,042 1,140 2,356 2,677 2,416
To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - | - - - - - - 635 491 520
To the Print) Roomyee) weezy =. = 3,265 2,827 2,361 2,565 | 2,968 2,792
To the Coin and Medal Room - = -~——- 1,544 1,204 1,822 1,856 | 2,278 2,084
Toran - - - | 1,024,030 554,695 543,561 477,650 516,550 556,317

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April ; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st of
August. The Public will be also admitted on Saturdays from the 8th of May to the 31st of August of dhe

present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six.
©

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu=
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November,
December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March, and
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, from Nine o’clock to the
hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or
Thanksgiving day, ordered by authority.

British Museum, }

J. Winter Jones,
6 May 1868. f

Principal Librarian.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

15

IX.—PROGRESS made in the CaTaLocuine and ARRANGEMENT, and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1867.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement—The books and portions of books added to the Collection, during the
year, were arranged on the shelves according to the system of classification adopted in the
Museum library. ‘The press-mark indicating the locality of each volume, was noted in
the inside and on the outside of each, and on the main titles and cross-references belong-
ing to each work. The number of indications thus affixed and of separate entries of
press-marks altered in the Catalogue amounted altogether to 139,111.

Il. Cataloguing :—(a.) New General Catalogue from A to L.—The number of title-
ships (a term including both main-titles and cross-references) which were written expressly
for this Catalogue, amounted to 6,761, and the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold
for insertion to 40,386. The latter number includes the title-slips of books of recent date
or acquisition, the headings of which fall under the earlier letters of the alphabet from
Ato L. The number of index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold, to facilitate con-
sultation of the Catalogue, was 1,030.

31,397 title-slips, and 272 index-slips were incorporated into each of the three copies of
this Catalogue. This incorporation rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alpha-
betical arrangement, to remove and reinsert in each copy, 41,116 title-slips, and 279
mdex-slips, and to add to each copy 1,290 new leaves to receive new entries. 11,214
title-slips (of which 5,264 were new) completing letter L, were laid down in one copy
of this Catalogue; 14,987 title-slips (of which 6,809 were new) in a second copy, and 8,610
title-slips (of which 6,382 were new) ina third; 776 index-slips of the letter L were
laid down in each of the three copies of the Catalogue.

(b.) Supplementary Catalogue from M to Z.—The number of title-slips written for this
Catalogue was 60,077, the whole of which, with a few casual exceptions, belonged to the
recent acquisitions of the department. The number of these slips transcribed fourfold for
insertion was 15,191 and of index-slips 360; 20,360 title-slips and 359 index-slips were
incorporated into each of the three copies of the Catalogue. In order to maintain the
alphabetical arrangement, 34,051 title-slips, and 106 index-slips were removed and re-
inserted in each copy, and 1,455 new leaves were added to each copy to receive them;
12,284 title-slips were relaid in two copies of this Catalogue, in order to divide thick
volumes and give additional space for new entries, and 11,014 index-slips were relaid in
all three copies of the Catalogue, for the same reasons.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications

was 294.

(c.) Musie Catalogue.x—The number of title-slips written was 6,145, and of those
transcribed fourfold, 8,796.

(d.) Chinese Catalogue.—The number of title-slips written was 2,460.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—The number of title-slips written was 97. In January the
printed volume of the Catalogue was issued to the public.

(f.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—Of the fourth copy of the fourfold transcript of the
title-slips made use of to form a Hand-Catalogue, 44,548 title-slips were mounted on car-
_ tridge paper, 66,080 were arranged according to the press-marks, and 60,620 were incor-
porated into the general series.

(g.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.— The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this list, and in the Hand-Catalogue of the same
collection, made to record the changes in the books of reference by the addition
of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions, amounted to 281 in each of the
interleaved copies, and 140 in the Hand-Catalogue.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to the binder, in the course of the year,
was 15,563; and in consequence of the plan frequently adopted of binding several
volumes in one, the number sent back was 13,741, including 2,354 pamphlets.

The number of volumes repaired was 310.

IV. Reading Room Service—1. The number of volumes returned to the General
Library, from use in the Reading Room, was 244,087, to the Royal Library, 10,541, to
the Grenville Library, 1,126, and to the closets, in which books are kept day by day for
the use of readers, 170,143. Adding the estimated number of volumes returned to the

254 B4 shelves

16 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &cC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

shelves of the Reading Room, about 830,970, the whole amounted to 1,256,867, or 4,304
per day for the 292 days during which the room was open.

1. The number of readers in the year was 103,469, giving an average of 354 daily ;
and from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted over 12 books per day.

V. Additions—1. The number of volumes added to the Library in the year (including
books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), amounted to 32,645, of which 2,066 were
presented, 5,609 were received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 350 were re-
ceived under the International Copyright Treaties, and 24,620 were acquired by purchase,

2. The number of parts of volumes (2. e., separate numbers of periodical publications,
and of serial works in progress), amounted to 32,044, of which 414 were presented,
15,278 were received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright ; 373 were received
under the International Copyright Treaties, and 15,979 were acquired by purchase.

The number of sets of Newspapers received from the Inland Revenue Offices of the
United Kingdom, was 1,072. Of these 137 were published in Scotland, 126 in Ireland,
202 in London, and 607 in the rest of England. Portions of three sets of Newspapers
were presented, and 174 volumes were purchased belonging to 16 different sets.

3. The number of pieces of Music acquired, each piece complete in itself, was 2,306,
of which 1,577 were received by English, and 543 by International Copyright, and 186
were purchased. Of portions of works in progress, 371 were received by English, and
207 by International Copyright. 349 works of Music of greater extent than pieces, were
acquired, comprising 41 by English and 53 by International Copyright, and 255
by purchase.

4, The number of complete works comprised in the 32,645 yolumes, and 32,044 parts of
volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained, to 27,779. Of
these 1,940 were presented, 5,290 were acquired by English, and 302 by International
Copyright, and 20,247 by purchase.

The number of articles received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising pieces of Music, single sheets
of letterpress, and other miscellaneous pieces, amounted to 4,167; the addition of which
to the numbers already given produces a total of 68,856 articles received in the department.
The formation of a separate Department of Maps and Charts since the last annual return
has, of course, diminished the aggregate of articles returned from the Department of
Printed Books.

5. The number of stamps impressed on articles received was altogether 325,064.

Among the noteworthy acquisitions of the department during the year is a collection of
nearly 200 volumes of Spanish Plays and Poetry, mostly of the 16th and 17th centuries,
presented to the Museum by Henry F. Chorley, Esq., im accordance with the will of his
brother, the late John Rutter Chorley, Esq. The value of the collection is enhanced by the
numerous bibliographical notes of its late possessor, drawn up in the Spanish language.

Thomas Watts.

DEPARTMENT OF Mars, CHARTS, PLANS AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—(a.) The number of titles (including both main
titles and cross references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts, during the
year 1867, amounts to 5,410, those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 3,234.

(d.) The number of small hand-slips written, for press marks, is 2,025.

(c.) Two hundred and fifty-one new Reference Boards have been placed in the general
series, to indicate the shelves to which the Rolls or Volumes have been removed.

(d.) Of the fourth copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips, made use of to form
a Hand-Catalogue, 14,480 have been incorporated into the general series, whilst 50,400
of the general series have been revised.

(e.) The number of Maps, Charts, and Plans bound and mounted by the binder is 480.
(f.) Six Indexes have been written for volumes of Maps, which required them.

(g.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 446 ;
the number of Maps 1,755, making a sum total of 2,201.

(h.) In addition to the items of work enumerated above, there has been a general
revision of the whole Catalogue, and 6,500 queries have been settled.

II. Additions —(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by Copyright Act
during the year is 234 (in 1,403 sheets); 18 Atlases and 18 parts of Atlases were also
received by Copyright. 31 volumes of Maps, &c., and 323 Maps (in 413 sheets) have
been obtained by purchase. One volume and seven Maps (in 82 sheets) have been

presented.
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(6) The number of stamps impressed on the articles received amounts to 2,413.

The most notable acquisitions of the year are—

A Japanese Map of Japan, made by the Japanese Government, and presented by the
Deputies of the Tycoon to N. P. Kingdon, Esq., of 14, Park Square West, by whom it
was presented to the Trustees.

By Purchase-—Maps of Yeddo, Yokohama, and of the foreign settlements at
Yokohama, and a Map of Japan.

Road Map from Peking to Kiachta, in Siberia, by the great Camel route, based on an
English Map, chiefly taken from a Russian sketch, made in 1858,

A copy of the first edition of Gerard Mercators’ Ptolemy, printed at Cologne, 1578.

A Collection of Italian Maps of the 16th century, being among the earliest Maps ever
engraved, and some of them of great importance to the History of Geography.

R. H. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1, The Index to the printed Catalogue of Additions for the years 1848-1853 has been
completed, and revised in type to the end of letter P.

2. Preparations have been made for commencing a general Catalogue of all the Collec-
tions in classes of subjects. The printed Catalogues of the Cotton, Lansdowne, Burney,
and part of that of the Harley Manuscripts, have been marked for distribution; and the
greater number of the entries in the printed Index of Additional Manuscripts acquired
in the years 1782-1835 have been sorted into classes.

3. The following Manuscripts have been described for the Catalogue of Additions :—Nos.
21,520 to 21,526, and 21,535 to 21,549, acquired in the year 1856; Nos. 22,131 to 22,203,
acquired in the year 1857; Nos. 22,268, 22,272 to 22,368, 22,394 to 22,405, 22,415 to
22,483, and 22,488 to 22,499, acquired in the year 1858; Nos. 22,642 to 22,688, 22,708
to 22,710, 22,716 to 22,793, and 22,795 to 22,840, acquired in the year 1859; Nos.
23,212 to 23,251, 23,607, 23,608, 23,615 to 23,619, and 23,622 to 23,721, acquired in the
year 1860; Nos. 24,057 to 24,079, 24,094, 24,096 to 24,153, acquired in the year 1861 ;
and Nos. 27,607 to 27,620, 27,700 to 27,729, and 27,740 to 27,772, acquired in the year
1867.

4. The Additional Manuscripts of the Birch Collection have been described in detail
from No. 4,279 to 4,293, 4,308 to 4,310, and 4,472 to 4,478.

5. Two thousand five hundred and ninety-four Harleian Charters, numbered from
52 A. 1 to 56 I. 49, and from 75 A. 1 to 75 H. 8, have been re-described.

6. Previous descriptions of the Additional Charters and Rolls, Nos. 10,236 to 14,350,
have been revised.

7. The revised descriptions of Additional Charters and Rolls, Nos. 10,071 to 11,666,
have been entered in two copies of volume V. of the Catalogue; and those of Nos.
11,667 to 13,549 have been copied for the same volume in quadruplicate.

8. The Index to the fourth volume of the Catalogue of Additional Charters and Rolls
has been entered in the Reading-room copy.

9. An Index to volume V. of the same Catalogue has been prepared in slip from No.
10,071 to 13,272.

10. The Catalogues of the Topham and Lansdowne Charters have been copied for the
use of the Reading-room; and Indexes to both Catalogues have been entered in the
double copies.

11. Five thousand seven hundred and thirty-four Seals, attached to the Harleian
Charters, 10 C. 53 to 112 T. 62, to Additional Charters 16,509 to 17,110; to Church
Briefs ; to various Charters of the Cotton and Sloane Collections ; and Detached, Nos. I. 1
to XLIII. 10, have been described for a Catalogue of Seals.

12. The leaves of the burnt Cotton MSS. Otho B. IV., Tiberius B. XI., Galba A.
XIX., Otho A. IX. XI. XII., of the Arundel MS. 152, and of Additional MS. 26,836,

have been arranged.

13. The contents of the Additional Manuscripts 27,443 to 27,446, and 27,607 to
27,620, have been arranged.

14, The Additional Manuscripts have been numbered and registered from No. 27,395
to 27,757, acquired in the year 1867 ; and bound, lettered and repaired, from No. 25,857
to 25,873, 26,119 to 26,554, 26,836 to 26,875, 26,892 to 26,922, 27,215 to 27,235, 27,276
to 27,286, 27,304 to 27,442, and 27,459 to 27,650.

254. C 15. The

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15. The Egerton Manuscripts have been numbered and registered from No. 2,019 to
2,041, the latest acquisition; and the Register has been transcribed for the use of the
Reading Room from No. 1,637 to 2,019.

16. One hundred and twenty-four volumes of the old Collections have been bound or
repaired,

17. Sixty-nine Charters and Rolls have been repaired, or their Seals mended.

18. The Reading Room copy of the Register of Additional Manuscripts has been con-
tinued from No. 26,622 to 26,788.

19. A selection of Ancient Charters, and of Illuminated Manuscripts and Autographs
acquired during the year 1866, has been made for exhibition, and descriptions of them
prepared and printed.

20. The descriptions of Manuscripts, Seals, Autographs, &c., exhibited in the Depart-
ment, have been revised and extended for the printed Guide.

21. The whole collection of Manuscripts has been verified by the Shelf Lists, and the
Shelf and Hand-Lists have been compared and corrected.

22. New Hand Lists have been made for the Additional Manuscripts and the Select
Cases.

23. Kight hundred and seventy-seven volumes of the Egerton Collection have been
press-marked.

24. The volumes placed in the First West Room have been re-arranged.

25. One thousand six hundred and one Manuscripts and Printed Books have been
stamped, the number of impressions amounting to 42,646.

26. One thousand four hundred and one Manuscripts have been folio’d.

27. Six hundred and eighty-six Additional Charters, viz., Nos. 16,531 to 17,216, have
been numbered and inventoried.

28. The additions to the General and Egerton Collections during the year have been
as follows :—

General Collection—~°

Additional MSS. - - - a ee = = = 203
Charters and Rolls - - - = S = a af 93
Detached Seals - ~ - - - - - ate;

Egerton and Farnborough Collections—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 15
Cikartersye map pon) ere mine ed eek oon 8 ag

Of the Acquisitions, the more important are as follows :—

A fragment of a Latin Treatise on The Virtues and Vices, by a naturalised citizen
of Genoa, grandson of Pellegrino Cocharelli, illustrated with miniatures of unusual
interest for truthfulness of expression, and for the subjects of history and social manners
depicted ; of the latter part of the 14th century. The frequent introduction and excellent
drawing of natural objects of all kinds, and of ships and buildings, connect these works
with the hand of the famous Genoese miniaturist of the family of Cybo, known as the
Monk of the Isles of Hyéres.

Latin Hours of the Virgin Mary, ornamented with coloured borders containing grotesque
figures, and with 35 large miniatures of the finest execution. The volume was prepared
for a lady of the family of Saluces, of Piedmont (probably Amedée, daughter of Manfroy,
Seigneur de Cardé), about a.p. 1450-60.

The Livre de Chasse of Gaston Phébus, Comte de Foix, with numerous partially tinted
drawings. At the end of the volume is the Collection of Prayers attributed to the same
author. The Livre de Chasse was composed in the year 1382, and the present copy is of
the beginning of the following century.

Correspondence of William Capel, Earl of Essex, when Resident Ambassador at Turin,
1733-1736.

Cantos J. and II. of Lord Byron’s Childe Harold, with his autograph notes and
corrections. ;

Proof sheets of Lord Byron’s British Bards and Hints from Horace, with autograp
corrections.

Autograph draft of Lord Byron’s Speech in the House of Lords, 27 February 1812.

Mrs. Inchbald’s Play, Such Things Are; autograph.

Note Book, Letters, ete., of Sir John Harington.

Autobiography and Original Papers of Carl Linnzus.

Builder’s Letter-book and Accounts relating to Westminster Bridge, 1734-1744. a)

Indexes

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Indexes to the Episcopal Registers of Winchester, by W. T. Alchin.

Autograph Musical Compositions and Collections for a Dictionary of Music, by J. W.
Callcott. In 61 volumes.

Operas and other Works, composed for the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, by Sir
Henry R. Bishop, in the vears 1809-1840: Thirty volumes,

Score of the Opera of Oberon, by C. M. von Weber, with autograph corrections.
Handel’s Messiah, with alterations by Sir G. Smart; and Anthems and other compositions,
by T. S$. Dupuis. In 17 volumes. Bequeathed by the late Sir George T. Smart.

Collections for a History of Cistercian Architecture in England, by John Chassell
Buckler, Esq. Vols. 2,3, and 7. Presented by the author.

English Translation of Domesday Book, by the late Rev. William Bawdwen. In six
volumes. Presented by his heirs.

Chronological Tables of the Spanish Dramatists and their works, by the late J. R.
Chorley, Esq. In Spanish. In three volumes. Bequeathed by the author.

29. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts in the Reading Room during the year
was 12,508, and of Manuscripts used by artists and others in the department 1,885, in
addition to those shown to visitors.

Edw. A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

Durtne the year ended 31 December 1867, the following progress has been made in
the work connected with the collection of Oriental Manuscripts :—
Arabie Catalogue.—The last portion of the Addenda et Corrigenda, viz., from p. 307 to

the end, has been revised for the press.
The Index Auctorum and Index Operum have been completed by entries referring to

“Appendix Tertia, and both have been revised for the press.

Twenty-five sheets, viz., 8 T—9 U, containing the end of Appendix Tertia, Addenda
et Corrigenda, and the two Indices, have been carried through the press.

_. Syriac Catalogue.—This Catalogue has been completed in manuscript by full descrip-
tions of the following MSS. :—Egerton, 681, 703, 704, 709; Harl., 5,512, and Sloan., 3,597.

Ji has been arranged into classes and submitted to a final revision, which has been
carried out from No. 1. to No. pccKXXVIII.

The Erskine Collection, Add. 26,119-26,554, has been labelled, bound, and partly
placed on the shelves.

Full descriptions have been written for the special Oriental Catalogues of the following
MSS. :—Add. 25,841-25,867, 26,459-26,554, 27,540-27,541; Oriental, 1-11, 14-29,
30-38.

Short descriptions and entries into the Oriental Register have been written for the
following MSS. :—Add. 26,456-26,554, 27,542, 27,554-61; Oriental, 1-70.

Acquisitions.
Tue following additions have been made to the Collection of Oriental Manuscripts :—
56 MSS. by purchase.
16 ,, by donation.

Total 72, which, with regard to languages, may be specified as follows :—

Arabic - “ be - ai i Li = ag
Hebrew - - - = = = s = 0 IR
Turkish - - 2 = a = iS = Ley
Sanscrit and Nepaulese_ - - - S 2 Wy
Persian - - = = = u 2 & £ thitg
Japanese - - = = - = zs J ity
Coptic = - = = 2 = z. = £ av tlh
Hindustani - . . Soin sbs " J ee Ly
Gey eee a eee ce ed

The acquisitions which appear to deserve a special notice are the following :—

Six volumes of “ Tarikh al Islam,” an important historical work of the 14th century ;
a contemporary transcript from the author’s autograph.

Tarikh e Baihaki; a contemporary history of Mahmood, of Ghaznee, the first Moham-
medan conqueror of India. ‘

An Arabic Papyrus, dated A. H., 133 (a.p. 750), one of the earliest monuments of
Arabic writing.

A * Machzor,” or Hebrew Service Book of the 15th century, with grotesque initials.

A Coptic Papyrus of the 8th century, relating to the consecration of a male child by
its mother to the Monastery of S. Phebamon. Presented by G. H. Vaughan, Esq.

Eleven Nepaulese MSS. from Khatmandoo, Nepaul. Presented by Dr. William

Wright.
C. Rieu.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES,

I.— Arrangement.

In the Egyptian division six compartments, in the northern Egyptian Gallery, haye
been fitted up and glazed for the reception of objects.

A large leg in granite, from the statue of an Egyptian king or deity, and two colossal
statues of Pasht, have been mounted on granite pedestals; three large objects on
pedestals of Portland stone, and two figures have been repaired.

300 smaller Egyptian antiquities have been mounted on pedestals for exhibition ;
three small figures repaired; three inscribed fragments framed, and 11 Gnostic gems
mounted,

Five pieces of papyri have been mounted, framed, and glazed.

Seven other pieces of papyri, comprising one long papyrus, have been mounted.

Eight pieces of papyri have been glazed.

An Egyptian belt, of green leather, has been glazed.

Some of the cases in the Second Egyptian Room have been provisionally re-arranged
for the display of the Egyptian objects recently acquired from the Blacas Collection.

668 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

Five papyri have been catalogued.

541 descriptive slips have been inserted in the Egyptian Catalogue.

Progress has been made in the revisions of the fac-similes of inscribed Egyptian stones
preparing for publication; and the accompanying text has been nearly completed.

In the Assyrian division progress has been made in the glazing, for better preservation,
of the sculptures in the Assyrian Basement; and the whole of the reliefs on the south
side of that room have been protected by plate glass.

Two inscribed stones, ornamented with bas-reliefs, and inscribed with inscriptions rela-
tive to the sale of fields in the reign of Merodach-adau-akhi, King of Babylon, who
probably reigned about B.c. 1120, have been placed under glass shades for better
preservation.

The cases in the Assyrian side room, containing the bronze objects there exhibited,
have been re-arranged for the incorporation of additional bronze objects there displayed.

The recesses in the Nimroud Central Saloon, behind the colossal human-headed winged
lion and bull, have been glazed above, and fitted up as presses for the reception of Assyrian
and Babylonian bricks, and other objects.

A new table case, for the reception and exhibition of Assyrian antiquities, has been
placed in the Kouyunjik Gallery ; and the drawers of some of the other table cases fitted
in an improved manner for containing objects.

Some additional fragments of reliefs have been mounted, and three marble slabs, in-
scribed with the so-called standard inscription of Asshur-izir-pal, have been mounted,
glazed, and placed above the reliefs in the Nimroud Gallery.

Progress has also been made in the cleaning, restoration, and mounting of Assyrian
objects ; three tablets glazed, four fragments of reliefs, and 47 smaller objects mounted
for exhibition.

Progress has been made in the joining of the bilingual black fragments of clay; 923
fragments of tablets have been examined and placed in the drawers of the table cases of
the Kouyunjik Gallery ; 184 fragments of historical prisms and cylinders placed there,
and 118 similar fragments cleaned and repaired.

265 drawings of Assyrian objects have been arranged in two volumes, vols. iii. and iy.
of “ Assyrian Drawings.”

Titles have been written for 454 drawings of Assyrian objects, many of which have
been verified with reliefs in the collection; indices have been made to the same, and
duplicate copies prepared.

1597 objects have been registered and had registration marks attached to them.

1164 entries of objects acquired between 1846 and 1861 have been transcribed from the
general registers into the new Assyrian registers of the Oriental Department.

588 descriptive labels have been prepared and attached to objects.

230 numbers have been printed and attached to the objects in the collections.

IL. — Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 217.
Amongst them the most remarkable are :—

Portions of two latus fishes in silver pendants of a necklace. Presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Hawk, flying with expanded wings. Presented by G. Witt, Esq.

A bronze figure of Isis, seated ; small stone fizure of a frog; portions of wooden
boxes; glass beads and bugles. Presented by the Trustees of the Christy Collection.

A pectoral plate, in blue porcelain, with figures of a king and the deities Khons, Thoth,
Pasht, Ra, Horus, and Mentu, of fine workmanship.

Small bronze shrine, with figure of Amen-Ra, seated, inscribed with the name and titles
of Shabatok, king of the 25th dynasty.

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; ‘The deity Bes, or Bessa, holding a figure of Osiris and Cynocephalus, in blue porce-
ain.

Hapi, or the bull Apis, standing on a sledge, in steatite.

Bronze doll, in shape of an undraped female, with moveable arms.

A curious leathern belt, or tunic, of green colour, ornamented with a lotus flower and
remains of a fastening.

Figure of a priest, of wood, gilded.

Bronze column with papyrus capital, on which is an Ureus, wearing the pschent.

Vase, in shape of a negro bearing a vase for the toilet, in dark steatite.

Female figure, of good workmanship, in dark wood.

Arragonite vase, in the shape of five cylinders united for holding stibium.

Gold collar-shaped ring, or pendant ; two silver-gilt rings, for holding locks of hair.

Green porcelain pectoral plate, inscribed with the name of Isidorus in Greek. and
another inscribed with a demotic inscription. f

Bronze case, for holding the mummy of a shrew mouse mygalé, surmounted by a figure
of that animal.

Bronze case for holding the mummy of a hawk, surmounted by that bird.

“eae case, for holding the mummy of a lizard, surmounted by a figure of that
reptile.

Two bronze cases for holding snakes, which are represented coiled on the top of the
same.

Bronze bust of Selene, or the Moon, draped, a crescent on the head, the emblema of some
portion of furniture.

Bronze fish.

Bronze case, surmounted by the figure of an ichneumon.
meee felspar amulet, with papyrus sceptre, inscribed with the 159th chapter of the

itual.

Two fragments of calcareous stone, inscribed with Hieratic inscriptions; one relates to
things issued for a festival, the other is an address to Amen-Ra.

Papyrus in the Hieratic character; account of disbursement and supplies for troops
received by the scribe Nebpai, dated in the 3rd year of Seti I. of the 19th dynasty.

Six small terracotta vases, found in the neighbourhood of the great Pyramid at Gizeh;
two scarabei and conical terracotta weight, obtained at Alexandria. Presented by the
Rey. Greville J. Chester.

Oval jasper set in gold, with inscription in a Pheenician character, from Trabalus Garb;
Pheenician scarabeeus, with figure of a horse in green stone; oval calcedony, engraved
with a Semitic inscription in five lines; and an oval carnelian with Hercules and the
Nemean lion; an iron oval seal, from Samaria. Presented by the Rey. Greville J.
Chester.

Amethyst scarabeus, engraved with symbol of life, and spiral ornaments, from Tyre.

Pheenician scarabeus, in green jasper, Hawk and Ureus.

Two sardonyx circular stones, with heads and Pehlevi inscriptions.

Two glass pendants, stamped, with figures of a man and lion in relief, from Jerusalem.

Several Chaldean cylinders, and other Oriental cylinders in hard stone; amongst
them,

The royal signet cylinder of Ilgi, son of Urukh, who reigned in Lower Babylonia
about B. Cc. 2050.

A cylinder of Chaldean workmanship, having the Persian name, Nandakhya, inscribed
in cuneiform over the original device at an interval of at least 1,500 years after its first
engraving.

A fine crystal cylinder of Babylonian workmanship.

Curious shell amulet, in shape of an animal, found at Babylon. Presented by M.
Charles Scheffer.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND RomAN ANTIQUITIES.

J.— Arrangement.

Two hundred and seventy-nine inscriptions and sculptures have been mounted on
plinths, and repaired; seven pieces of tessellated pavement from Halicarnassus have been
repaired and mounted on slate. ; ae :

The sculptures in the sheds, and those in the Phigalian, Lycian, Greco-Roman, and
Greco-Roman Basement Rooms, have been cleaned; the Lycian Room has been repainted.
The Blacas Collection has been provisionally arranged.

Two thousand three hundred and ninety-six objects have been registered ; one thousand
and eighty-seven descriptive titles have been attached to inscriptions and other objects.

One hundred and forty-nine fictile vases and antiquities in glass, terracotta, bronze,
and iron have been repaired, cleaned, or mounted; six hundred and ninety-nine casts and
impressions have been made from gems; two table cases in the Bronze Room have been
relined and made dust-proof, and the objects in them re-arranged. Three vases have
been placed under glass shades. A Guide to the Blacas Collection has been issued to the

public. ne
Qe. c3 II. Acquisitions.

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— a ee

Il.— Acquisitions.
The following antiquities have been purchased from Signor Castellani :—

(1.) A terracotta group representing two female figures playing at the game of
astragali, or knuckle bones. This group is of exquisite beauty; it was found in
Signor Castellani’s excavations at Cume.

(2.) Bronze mask in relief, representing the head of the sea monster, Scylla. This
is probably the finest extant example of the type of Scylla, and is in excellent condition.

(3.) Bronze relief, eight inches long, representing the Emperor Commodus on
horseback ; a spirited composition.

(4.) A Roman soldier, 43 inches high; interesting on account of the details of
the armour. This and the bronze previously described were found together at
Rome, and have been applied as ornaments.

(5.) Bronze mirror case, on which is embossed a group of a female figure, probably
Aphrodite, on whose knees Eros is climbing, and a male figure, perhaps Adonis.

Bronze relief, representing the bust of a marine deity, probably Nereus, on whose breast
are two sea monsters, their mouths interlaced. On these sea monsters are seated three
female figures, one on one side and two on the other. In the group on the left a naked
female figure is seated in the lap of a draped female figure. A similar composition is
represented in Carrey’s drawing of the western pediment of the Parthenon. This group
is probably Aphrodite seated in the lap of Thalassa. The relief is embossed in very thin
metal, and is said to have been found in Macedonia. '

Bronze female head in relief, looking to the left; on the diadem is the wave pattern;
from Greece.

Bronze Etruscan mirror, on which are engraved four female figures, each with her
name inscribed in Etruscan characters. This subject is supposed by Gerhard, Denkmiler,
Forschungen, &c., 1864, p. 301,* to represent the return of Persephone from Hades.

A female head in Pentelic marble, found on the Acropolis at Athens in 1841. This
head is exceedingly beautiful, and appears to be of the period of Phidias. It is not
improbable that it has been broken off from a metope of the Parthenon.

Twenty-two terracottas found in Greece, of which the following are the most
remarkable :—

(1.) A female figure seated in a chair, on which is a votive inscription; from Tegea,
in Arcadia.

(2.) Two figures, each representing Ganymede with a cock under his arm; from
Thespie in Beotia.

(3.) A number of curious Hieratic representations of female divinities, chiefly
from Tegea. :

A small but choice collection of fictile vases, terracottas, and other antiquities dis-
covered by Messrs. Salzmann and Biliotti at Camirus, and other places in Rhodes, among
which the following may be especially noticed :—

(1.) A terracotta mask, remarkable for its size and condition, measuring 15 inches
in height.

(2.) A lehythos, with black and crimson figures on a white ground, representing
two youthful horsemen, probably the Dioscuri; below them is a couch. It is
believed that this singular subject is unique.

(3.) Fragment of an inscription on marble, containing part of an honorary decree
by the people of Camirus; found at Salakko, in Rhodes.

(4.) Fragment of an inscription containing the name of Zeus Atabyrios; from S¢.
Stephen’s Hill, near the town of Rhodes.

A small bronze figure of Icarus; from Crete.

A small collection of stone statuettes of the Greco-Pheenician period, discovered at
Dali (Idalium) in Cyprus.

A gold plate, with a Gnostic inscription in ten lines; from Amphipolis, in Macedonia.

A collection of Greek fictile vases, terracotta figures, and glass, acquired by Mr. Consul
Dennis, by excavations or purchase, at Benghazi and Teucheira in the Cyrenaica, of
which the most remarkable is a Panathenaic Amphora, inscribed with the name of the
Athenian Archon, Euthykritos, and consequently of the date 328 B.c. Among the terra-
cottas are several draped female figures of great beauty.

In the course of the past year Mr. Wood has continued the excavations at Ephesus, on
account of the Trustees, on the sites of the Odeuim and of the Great Theatre, and along
the ancient way leading out of the city.

The following sculptures, inscriptions, and miscellaneous antiquities have been received
from Ephesus during the past year :—

Sculptures.

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Sculptures.—(1.) A female head, rather larger than life, in fair condition, and probably
of the Roman period, found in the Odewm.

(2.) A small statue of Venus in the attitude of the Venus of Medicis, but differing
from that statue and from the Venus of the Capitol in the head-dress and accessories.
_ This statuette is well preserved, but the proportions are clumsy and the execution pro-
vincial. It is not probably of an earlier period than the third century a.p. From the
Great Theatre.

(3.) Relief, representing a Triton blowing a shell.

(4.) A male torso, about life size, of a good period.

(5.) Two small torsoes, one male, the other from a draped female figure.
(6.) A colossal foot in a sandal.

(7.) A smaller foot in a sandal, of a good period.

Inseriptions.—(1,) A sepulchral inscription to the memory of M. Helvius Geminus,
Imperial Propretor of Asia, having sculptured on each side the fasces of his office.

(2.) A small sarcophagus of white marble, ornamented with bulls’ heads and festoons,
and inscribed with the name Anassa, wife or daughter of Apollonios.

(3.) Another similar sarcophagus inscribed with the names Pannychos, his wife
Pithane, and his daughter, in Greek and Latin.

(4.) An inscription, in Greek and Latin, to the memory of P. Terentius Olympus and
his family.

(5.) An inscription to the memory of Faustina, who filled the office of coopfreia of
Artemis, and to. her husband, Menander.

The above five inscriptions were found in excavations along the line of the ancient way
leading out of the city.

(6.) The pedestal of a statue erected in honour of Alius Marcianus Priscus, an
Agonothetes in the public games, probably of Ephesus. Two sides of this pedestal are
covered with an inscription, part of which appears to be a letter from a Proconsul named
Carus.

(7.) Tablet inscribed in the name of a family of gladiators, when Tiberius Julius
Rheginus filled the office of Asiarch.

(8.) Part of a decree ordered to be set up in the celebrated Temple of Diana at Ephesus.
This inscribed block, which was found built into the Proscenium of the Great Theatre,
with other similar decrees, was evidently a wall stone from the cella of the Temple of
Diana.

(9.) An inscription of an early period relating to divination by the flight of birds.
Published by Boeckh, Corpus Inscript., No. 2,953.

Miscellaneous Antiquities.—A number of lamps, vases, heads, and fragments of figures
in terracotta, ivory and bone knife-handles and pins, bronze nails, buckles, and implements,
among which the most remarkable is a bronze square, such as is used by mechanics for
marking right angles. On clearing away the ruins which encumbered the proscenium
and orchestra of the Great Theatre, Mr. Wood found part of the lowest storey of the
proscenium in position. : .

Several of the blocks of which this storey was built were covered with long and inte-
resting inscriptions, some of which had evidently been taken from the Temple of Diana,
and used as materials for building the proscenium, which is evidently of the Roman

eriod.
: Following the lines of tombs on the ancient road leading out of one of the city gates,
Mr. Wood has discovered a number of interesting sepulchral inscriptions, some of which
relate to personages who held high official posts under the Roman Empire. ‘ ;

In the angle formed by a bend in the ancient road, he has found a wall fortified with —
square towers at intervals. The part of this wall already explored forms a right angle
lying to the west of the presumed line of the walls of the city. Near it have been found
the foundations of an ancient gate leading to the way. ; ;

Mr. Wood also explored a mound in front of the Great Gymnasium, where he laid
bare part of a public building, which had been faced with fine marbles and adorned with

statuary.
The following presents have been received in the Department:— ._ |

(1.) A collection of antiquities iNustrative of the Greek and Roman bath, and
consisting of some choice strigils and bronze vessels used in the bath, together with
some glass and terracotta vases used for the same purpose, two pieces 0 tesselated
pavement, and some tiles from a hypocaust.—Presented by George Witt, Esq.

(2.) A skull sculptured in marble, rather larger than nature, found in the ruins of
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one of the palaces of Tiberius at Capri, called the Palazzo del Mare. This skull,
which appears to belong to the best period of Greek art, seems carefully modelled
from nature, certain abnormal peculiarities of the original being exactly reproduced.

The knowledge and subtlety of observation shown by the sculptor in the rendering of
these details, shows how much attention the ancient artists bestowed on structural ana-
tomy. It is not known for what purpose this skull was carved, possibly for the use of
students of anatomy.

A terracotta head of a duck, obtained at Cairo.
A terracotta head of a goat, from Rome.—Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

(3.) A statuette in white marble, representing a draped female figure in rapid
motion. An interesting specimen of Greek sculpture.—Presented by M. Lysimachus
Calocherino, British Vice Consul at Canea, and M. Minos Calocherino, Dragoman
to the same Vice Consulate.

(4.) A draped female statue, rather above life-size, of the Roman period. From
Magnesia ad Maandrum, in Asia Minor.—Presented by Hyde Clarke, Esq.

(5.) Five small terracotta heads, from Megara.— Presented by M. Frangois Le-
normant, Librarian to the French Institute.

(6.) A square socket of cedar wood, said to have been taken from the centre of a
drum of one of the columns of the Propylea at Athens. A description of one of
these wooden sockets, with an explanation of their use is given in Penrose, Athenian
Architecture, p. 22.

Two potter’s stamps from Vienne, in France. Three Roman stone pallets from
Cologne.— Presented by Augustus W. Franks, Esq.

(7.) An ancient mural painting, representing a Nymph and a Satyr.— Presented

by Wm. Sloane Stanley, Esq.
C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF Brivisu AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

1, Arrangement.

The altering of the cases in the British Room for the purpose of excluding dust has
been continued ; and the contents of the greater part of them have been in consequenc re-
moved or shifted. Three table-cases have been completed, and one hundred and ten wall-
cases, the latter having been washed and distempered. The Collections thus displaced have
been cleaned, and in a great measure re-arranged in a more systematic manner.

The Collection of Anglo-Roman pottery has been re-arranged, and numerous speci-
mens in it repaired, including most of the fine red bowls with figures in relief.

The Javanese Collection has been removed from the British Room to the Ethno-
graphical Room, where it is temporarily concealed from view.

A case has been provided for the remarkable piece of clockwork presented in 1866 by
Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P., as well as for other choice specimens of the same kind.

A mahogany base, with cupboards, has been added to a table-case in the Ethno-
graphical Room.

The Collection of Clubs from the South Seas has been sorted out and catalogued, pre-
paratory to being arranged in groups upon the walls.

Five Roman Sculptures found in England have been mounted on stone plinths ; several
ethnograpical objects have been fixed on wooden pedestals; and a number of seals and
gems haye been mounted for exhibition.

A portion of a gallery in the basement has been cleared out and appropriated to the
Indian sculptures, which were previously scattered in different parts of the building.
These sculptures have been arranged in it as far as circumstances would admit, forming a
series of forty specimens ; pedestals have been provided where required.

Two thousand and forty-one Antiquities have been registered, including all the acquisi-
tions of the year 1867, and eighty-one labels have been added.

A selection of 144 specimens was made from the British Collection to be sent to Paris
for the Universal Exhibition. These objects were mounted on desks and catalogued, and
then placed in the custody of the Department of Science and Art, to be transmitted to
Paris, where they were exhibited. They have since been safely returned to the
Museum.

The work done in connection with the Christy Collection will be noticed under that head.

II. Acquisitions.

The acquisitions of the year are 723 in number, exclusive of the Christy Collection, and
may be classed as follows :—

(1.) British Antiguities.—The foreign illustrations of the early periods of this collection
have received the following additions :—
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Seven flint implements from Denmark, including a fine spear-head of unusual length ;
also ten bronze objects from the same country.

A stone celt from India. Presented by William Theobald, Esq., Jun.

Bronze ornaments from the cemetery at Halstatt, in the Salzkammergut, Austria.
Presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.s., and John Evans, Esq., ¥.R. Ss.

Three ancient bronze implements from China.

Eleven tools or weapons of bronze, and one of iron, found in the province of Yeniseisk,
Siberia; three bronze objects and thirteen urns from Germany. All presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

A collection of early antiquities in bronze and terra cotta, from Hungary.

A fine iron sword and sheath, a remarkable spear-head, and other antiquities from the
Lake of Neuchatel; presented by Professor A. Desor. A fine spear-head of iron, and a
fibula, also from the Lake of Neuchatel; presented by Colonel Schwab; and a fragment
of Eoreny from lake-dwellings at Morges, Lake of Geneva; presented by M. Henri
Carrard.

Among the British Antiquities properly so-called, the following may be noticed :—

Two flint arrow-heads from Kincardineshire ; presented by A. Murray, Esq.

Six rude stone implements found in a tumulus in the Shetland Islands; presented by
Dr. James Hunt.

A remarkable stone with concentric circles, found near Lilburn Tower, Northum-
berland; presented by E. J. Collingwood, Esq.

Two British urns found in atumulus near Oundle, Northamptonshire; presented by
G. M. Edmonds, Esq.

Ten bronze weapons found in Lincolnshire, and several others from the Thames.

Querns of various forms and sizes, and stones used for cooking purposes, found on the
site of ancient dwellings in the Island of Holyhead, Anglesea; excavated and presented by
the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, m. P.

Part of a Late-Celtic sword in a bronze sheath, found at Bourne End, near Berkhamp-
stead, Hertfordshire ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Fragments of a Roman casket, with bronze and silver ornaments, found at Icklingham,
Suffolk; and various other Roman remains found in England; presented by John Evans,
Ksq., F.R.S.

Portions of Roman glass vessels found at, Dorchester, Oxon; presented by the Rev. W.
C. Macfarlane.

A diminutive bronze spoon found near Lancaster; presented by Albert Way, Esq.,
F.S.A.

Fragments of an earthen vase found at Geldestone, Norfolk; presented by the Rev.
Daniel Gillett.

Hone pin from Wheathill, near Castle Cary, Somerset; presented by the Rev.
F. W. Gray.

A Eee acs of personal ornaments, consisting chiefly of silver and bronze
brooches, of various forms, set with garnets; crystal balls worn as amulets, a silver spoon
set with garnets, iron weapons, bronze vases, and implements of various kinds, discovered
in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Chesell Down, Isle of Wight, and formerly in the pos-
session of Lord Londesborough. .

An urn and other remains found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Frilford, Berks;
excavated and presented by J. Y. Akerman, Esq., F.S. A. :

A glass bead, possibly of the Anglo-Saxon period, found near Midhurst, Kent; pre-
sented by W. O. Barlow, Esq. - 4

A very remarkable casket, formed out of the bone of whale, and covered with
sculptured ornament. ‘The remaining portions represent the following subjects:—
Romulus and Remus suckled by the Wolf; the Decollation of St. J ohn Baptist; the
Adoration of the Magi; the taking of Jerusalem by Titus, represented in four scenes ;
and a scene from the Legend of Aigil. These are accompanied by Anglo-Saxon inscrip-
tions in Runic character, describing the subjects, and in one instance, indicating the
material of which the casket is made as well as the place where the whale was stranded.
The inscriptions seem to be in the Northumbrian dialect, and the execution of the carvings
may be assigned to the ninth century. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bone comb-case with an inscription in Norse Runes, giving the name of the maker,
Thorfast. Another comb-case and several other antiquities of the same period, all found
at Lincoln.

Four iron weapons from Ireland, presented by John Evans, Esq., F. B.S. wedi

A gold finger-ring of the 13th century, found at Lambourn Hill, near Rochford, Essex.

Pottery of the 14th century, together with some of the moulds used in stamping the
designs ; found at Lincoln on the site of a kiln. chy

A piece of armour in chain mail, technically termed a standard. It is of the
15th century, and was found at Bardwell, Suffolk; presented by John Evans, Esq.,
F.R.S, .

A pair of medieval horses’ brays, found at West Frisby, Lincolnshire ; presented by
the Rev. E. Jervis. : : 1 . £
A jug found at Ardleigh, in Essex, in which was concealed a deed of the reign o
Henry V.; presented by K. R. H. Mackenzie, Esq,, F. S.A. a ee
A quadrangular plate of English enamel, dated 1537, with the arms of Sir Edwar
Seymour, Earl of Hertford, afterwards the Protector Somerset. pee

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A bushel measure with the badges and titles of Queen Iilizabeth.

A badge of the Baronets of Nova Scotia, and another of the Order of Falconry ; both in
gold.
= A wooden stamp, used formerly in Northumberland to ornament the Yule Dough ;
presented by W. H. Coxe, Esq.

An intaglio in paste, set as a ring, being a portrait of Lady Hamilton ; presented by Sir
William Holburne, Bart.

(2.) Byzantine and Medieval.—An engraved crystal representing the Crucifixion, and
of Carlovingian workmanship; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An early Indian vase of granite, and a crystal vase in the form of a duck, both found
near Rawal! Pindi, in the Presidency of Bengal.

A bronze weight for a steel yard, in the form of the head of the Emperor Phocas
(A.D. 602-610), found at Kayfa, in Syria; and three early Byzantine intaglios.

Two swords of the 13th century, and silver ornaments and decorations, probably por-
tions of the belts belonging to them; excavated in St. Martin’s Cave, Gibraltar, and pre-
sented by Captain Frederic Brome.

Forty-seven matrices of seals, chiefly found in the Seine. Presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.; and thirty-six other seals, mostly French and Italian, of which the most
remarkable is the silver seal of Geoftrey de Chateaubrienne.

An elaborately engraved Bronze Stamp, supposed to have been employed in making
the Papal sacramental wafers, and bearing the initials of Gregory XV. :

Two Oriental chessmen, a Byzantine book cover in iron, and various other relics, brought
from the East and presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

An enamelled gold ring of the 16th century, with cyphers; and an ivory cup of the
game period carved under Portuguese influence in Africa.

A fine clock made by Lucas Weydman of Cracow, in 1648; a levelling instrument
made by Tobias Volemer, of Brunswick, 1583; another made by Martin Gielin of
Salzburg; and a very complicated micrometer; all presented by Octavius Morgan, Esq.,
m.p. Also eight other instruments of the same description.

An enamel portrait of Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov; presented by Father
Demetrius, Treasurer of St. Jacob’s Monastery at Rostov in Russia.

(3.) Ethnography—A. large collection of stone weapons and implements, chiefly from
Massachusetts ; presented by Professor Edward Hitchcock of Amherst College.

Two stone arrow-heads from Canada West; presented by Mr. Thomas Wilford.

A singular stone axe and a kneading trough, found in Nicaragua.

A bronze Chinese mirror, presented by William Lockhart, Esq., and a Chinese statue
in stone from Pekin.

A large bronze bell, dated in the 11th year of Kanghi (a.p. 1671); presented by
J. Macandrew, Esq., on behalf of the Executors of the late Edward Perceval, Esq.

A bronze dorge, presented by Thomas A. Wise, Hsq., M.D., and a stone figure of
Buddha.

An amulet in Cornelian, engraved with Arabic inscriptions, presented by Captain
John Hamilton.

A terra-cotta brick from Ceylon, with a figure in relief; presented by George Witt,
Ksq., F.R.S.

III. Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this Collection,
which is temporarily placed in rooms at 103, Victoria Street, Westminster, and of which
a detailed account was given in the Report for the year 1866.

The arrangements of the Collection has been continued and completed, and all additions
to it incorporated in their respective sections.

The preparation of the Catalogue has been carried on, and 4,479 additional slips pre-
pared. All the Collection is now catalogued excepting a portion of the series from the
French Drift, and the Collections from the Caves of Dordogne; in both cases the
peccys require to be examined again and re-arranged before the Catalogue can be

completed. ;
Label have been attached to most of the objects in the Collection.

The following additions to the Collection have been received by the Christy Trustees,
and by them transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

A collection of flint implements found in the Drift at Thetford and Shrub Hill, in
Norfolk, excavated at the expense of the donors, J. Wickham Flower, Esq., F.G.8.,
John Evans, Esq., F.R.s., Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.B.s., and Joseph Prestwich, Esq.,
F.R.S.

A fine flint implement from the Drift at Hoxne, in Suffolk, and a stone celt from Gal-
way; from M. Shurlock, Esq.

Flint implements from the Drift in the valley of the Somme, and a series of flakes and
breccia from the Grotta di Maccagnone, in Sicily; all collected by the late Dr. Hugh
Falconer, r.R.s., and presented by Charles Falconer, Esq., F.¢.s.

Eighteen flint implements from Poitou, and specimens of the same kind from Ireland
and Denmark: and a collection of antiquities of the stone age from the Lakes of Switzer-
land; from John Evans, Esq.

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Specimens of two extinct Mosses found with reindeer remains at Schussenreid, Wurtem-
berg ; from M. Steudel.

Photographs from sculptured objects in his collection found in the Caves of Dordogne ;
from the Marquis de Vibraye.

A flint core from Scinde ; from Professor Rupert Jones, F.G.s.

Stone implements from England, Ireland, France, Denmark, Sweden, and Greenland ;
a set of casts of stone implements from Russia; a series of models of Javenese weapons
and tools; and a number of ethnographical specimens from Central Africa, Assam, and
the Pacific; from A. W. Franks, Esq., F.s.A.

A flmt implement from Cissbury, Sussex, and an iron weapon from the Neam Neain
tribe of Central Africa; from Lieut. Colonel Augustus Lane Fox, F.s.a.

A stone celt from Sussex, another from Ireland, and a fine Peruvian Vase; from
William Tite, Esq., M.P.

Four bone or horn axes found in the Thames, near Brentford; from Thomas Layton,
Esq., jun.

A flint dagger from the county of Cavan; from Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., F.s.a.

Five stone implements found in Hungary ; from Dr. Florian Romer, of Pesth.

Flint flakes from Charbonnicres, Saone et Loire, and a specimen of pottery like those
found in the Italian lakes and still made in the district of Parma; from M. Gabriel de
Mortillet, of Paris.

Four specimens of pottery still made in the Pyrenees, and very similar to vases of the
stone period in form and fabric; from M. Hdouard Lartet, of Paris.

A large collection of weapons, ornaments, and other objects, chiefly obtained from the
wild tribes of the Soudan, and forming part of the Egyptian exhibition at Paris; from
His Highness the Viceroy of Egypt.

Two shields from East Africa, one of the Dankali tribe, the other of the Somali; from
M. Charles Schefer, of Paris.

Female aprons and ornaments for the hair, from Central Africa; from George Witt,
Esq., F.R.S.

A Kafir snuff spoon and ear ornament; from Miss Colenso.

A carved wooden spoon from Cape Coast Castle; from Lieutenant B. V. Layard, 3rd
West India Regiment.

A dagger or knife, from Western Africa; from John Henderson, Esq., F.s. A.

A Malay Kris, in its sheath; from Felix Slade, Esq., F.s.a.

Obsidian lance head found near the river San Joaquim, California; from M. Charles
L. Steinhauer, keeper of the Ethnographical Museum at Copenhagen.

A stone axe from Trinidad, some fragments of pottery, and a pipe from Lake Simcoe,
Canada West; from Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart.

Pipe and bone implements from Simcoe, Canada West; from W. Boyd Dawkins, Esq.

A few additions have likewise been obtained by exchange, and some still more im-
portant acquisitions made by purchase out of the Christy Fund, among which the following
may be specified :—

A bronze disk or buckler, with a monstrous head in relief, from Ecuador.

A Turkish threshing machine set with chipped flints, and possibly explaining some
archzological phenomena. Six spears of various kinds from Arabia.

Weapons and implements of the Yakout and other Tartar races of Siberia, including
an ivory model of a village.

Stone implements and clubs from New South Wales.

All these objects were obtained at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.

The Christy Collection is only visible on Fridays, by tickets issued at the British
Museum ; but notwithstanding these restrictions there have been 708 visitors.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF CoINS AND MEDALS.

I. Arrangement.
1. Greek Series :—

1,152 coins, being those of the Woodhouse collection, 488 coins from the Blacas collec-
tion, and 173 miscellaneous Greek coins have been registered.

724 coins of the Woodhouse collection, 33 coins of the Ptolemies, and 25 misceilaneous
coins of the Blacas collection have been incorporated with the general collection.

99 Ais grave of Italy have been arranged, with appropriate descriptive cards.

592 Autonomous coins of Hispania, 133 of Gallia, 201 of Magna Grecia, and 10 of
the Achean League have been arranged, with new descriptive cards where necessary.

488 miscellaneous coins of all classes, of the Blacas collection, have been arranged,
with appropriate descriptive cards.

185 miscellaneous Greek coins have been carefully examined, and those required for
the National collection have been set aside.

101 Celtiberian titles have been written for different coins of the Hispano-Greek
series.

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2. Roman Series :—

155 gold coins and 450 Denarii of the Blacas collection have been arranged and
classified.

350 miscellaneous Blacas Roman coins have been prepared for registration.

1,100 coins (chiefly Billon) of the Emperor Probus have been arranged anew, with
new descriptive cards where requisite.

The AZs Grave of the Blacas collection, also of Rome and of the adjacent provinces
(in the general collection), has been arranged, with new descriptive cards where
requisite.

A detailed list of the whole Consular series has been commenced.

93 coins of the First, Second, and Third brass, belonging to the Bank collection, 81
‘Xs Grave, and 45 gold coins of the Blacas collection, have been registered.

173 ARs Grave of the Sambon collection, also 25 Ais Grave, and 111 gold coins of the
Blacas collection, have been incorporated.

87 miscellaneous ‘Ws Grave have been carefully examined, and those required for the
National collection have been set aside.

8. Medieval and Modern :

363 miscellaneous medieval and modern coins have been made out for registration, and
arranged.

2 cabinets of German coins have been transferred to new cabinets, to obtain greater
space for incorporation.

40 permanent labels have been written for temporary ones.

203 miscellaneous medieval and modern coins of various classes have been registered.

53 Russian coins, and 20 coins of the Netherlands, have been registered.

307 miscellaneous medieval and modern coins, 492 copper tokens of the United States,
and 57 coins of Bishops of Liege and Utrecht, have been incorporated.

160 rare Russian medals have been carefully examined.

4, Saxon and English :

2,748 Saxon coins, and 779, being chiefly short-cross coins of Henry II. and III., have

been newly arranged.

640 coins of Edward the Confessor have been arranged under the several mints where
they have been struck.

707 coins of Henry II. and III. have been placed in new cabinets.

72 coins of Henry IV., V., VI., have been arranged, with fresh cards where
required.

682 Saxon coins of Edward the Confessor, and 78 miscellaneous English coins, have
been registered.

682 Saxon coins of Edward the Confessor, and 54 miscellaneous English coins have been
incorporated.

1,730 Saxon coins, chiefly from the Chancton Find, and 2,160 English coins, chiefly from
the Stamford Find, have been examined.

5. Oriental:

24 Turkish coins have been registered; 24 Turkish coins have been incorporated ; 800
Chinese, Japanese, and Siamese coins have been examined, and those required for the
National collection have been set aside.

133 rare Bengal Muhammedan coins; 120 coins of Nagpur and Hyderabad in the
Deccan; 980 Chinese and Japanese coins; and 3,000 miscellaneous Oriental coins of all

classes, have been examined.

6. Gems and Pastes:

335 slips have been written for the Catalogue of gems from the Blacas collection,

223 labels have been written for the gems of the Blacas collection.

440 antique pastes in the general collection have been examined and catalogued.

87 gems from the Cracherode Colleetion have been newly arranged.

555 gems from various collections have been sorted and arranged in trays.

774 descriptive cards have been written for miscellaneous gems of the National col-
lection.

The whole of the references to Van Loon in the “ Numismata Britannica” have been
identified.

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Il.— Acquisitions.

The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the
past year (1867):—

Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | ToTat.

aa dagen
Greek = = = - 26 100 168 294
Roman - - - - 3 21 40 64
Medieval and Modern - oii 260 89 386
English - - - - 4 708 30 742
Oriental - - - - 16 53 66 135
TOTAL - - - 86 1,142 393 1,621

Of these acquisitions, the following may be mentioned as deserving of more than usual
notice :—

A silver Pied-fort of Ragusa, a.p. 1707.

A collection of Russian coins, containing many pieces of great rarity.

Proof-pieces in AS. of the coinage of the Sierra Leone Company, a.p. 1791.

A very rare coin of Alfred the Great, having the Christian monogram on his breast.

A rare Saxon Coin of Heriberht, with a monogram of the town of Lincoln.

A large collection of the coins of Edward the Confessor, found at Chancton Farm, in
Sussex, and containing very many rare, and some altogether new varieties.

A gold coin (22 pesos) of Maximilian, late Emperor of Mexico.

A complete set of 38 notes of the paper currency of the United States, struck during
the civil war.

A rare Testoon of Mary and Francis of Scotland, struck, in a.p. 1561, after the death
of the latter.

Gold coin of Metapontum, and gold staters of Panticapeum, Chalcidice (two); Rhodes,
Seleucus I., and Euthydemus, King of Bactria; and gold coin of Berenice II., Queen of
Egypt; all of very high rarity, from the Dupré Collection.

Silver tetradrachm of Prusias I., King of Bithynia, very rare, from the same collection.

An unique silver coin of Lycia, purchased of W. H. Waddington, Esq.

A pattern in gold of the 3. piece of George IV., a.p. 1824, believed to be unique.

The following have been presented to the Trustees :—

18 Roman Denarii, found in Somersetshire. Presented by His Grace the Duke of
Somerset.

16 Miscellaneous Medieval coins, and seven coins of Germany. Presented by the
Right Honourable the Earl of Enniskillen.

A set of proof pieces of money struck at Hong Kong in 1866. Presented by the
Governor of Hong Kong, through the Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Pre he pieces of Christian IX. of Denmark. Presented by the Honourable Sir Charles
urray.

A silver coin struck at Lucknow, by the rebels,in 1857. Presented by Major General
Hamyngton.

A Medal of the Wakefield Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition for 1865. Presented by
J. Deffet Francis, Esq.

A Roman Imperial silver coin of Magnus Maximus. Presented by John Evans, Esq.

13 Coins of Hyderabad and Nagpur. Presented by the Reverend Robert Hunter.

29 English and Colonial Coins. Presented by C. F. Ansell, Esq.

Three Greenbacks; paper currency of the United States. Presented by J. R. Page,

sq.
i ‘A half-lion of Mary Queen of Scots, A.D. 1553. Presented by George Fairholme,

sq.
4 very rare Sceatta, attributed to Athelred, King of Mercia, a.p. 675-704. Presented
by Richard Hinde, Esq.

A silver coin of Pope Innocent VI., struck at Avignon. Presented by T. Beal, Esq.,
of Oundle.

Three pieces (five, three, and one cent) of the United States of America, 1865. Pre-
sented by Hiram C. Clark, Esq.

A two and a half silver groschen of Prussia, 1867. A coin of Raimund VI., Count of
Toulouse, A.D. 1194-1210. A medal, struck in commemoration of the Hurricane at Barba-
does in 1831. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A silver coin of the Canton of Berne, a.p. 1676. Presented by J. W. F. De Salis,
Esq.

2,084 persons have visited the Medal Room during the year 1867.

10,587 persons have visited the Blacas Collection of Gems during the year 1867.

™. S. W. Vaut.

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DEPARTMENTS OF NaTuRAL HIsToRY.

The Departments of Natural History have received, in the year 1867, 91,228 additional
specimens.

Of these, 90,850 have been entered, with distinctive mark and number in the MS.
*“‘ Register of Accessions,” the “ habitat” or native locality of each species, and the cireum-
stances of its acquisition by the British Museum, being therein noted.

Progress in the arrangement of the exhibited portions of the Natural History Collec-
tions has consisted chiefly in the substitution of better, rarer and more instructive
specimens for inferior ones relegated to the series in store.

The stuffed specimens of the class Mammalia have been kept in a state of preservation
without other deterioration than is inevitable in regard to those exhibited specimens for
which there is not accommodation in the glazed cabinets.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia in store are in such a state of preservation as to
subserve the purposes of scientific examination and comparison, and most of them are in
a state fit for future preparation and exhibition.

The portion of the collection of Birds, skins and skeletons, mounted and exhibited in
systematic order, is in a good state of preservation. Most of the Bird Cabinets in the
public gallery are now more crowded than is consistent with facility of comparison and
study, or with easy access for detailed examination of the specimens.

The remainder of the Collection of Bird-skins unmounted, in storage, preserved in
boxes and cupboards in the basement vaults, is in a state of preservation available for the
purposes of study and comparison of characters, but in a certain proportion not readily
accessible for such uses, this locality, also, becoming crowded.

The portion of the collection of Reptiles and Fishes preserved and displayed, is in a
good state of preservation. The greater portion of this collection, including the bulk of
the specimens of Lizards, of Serpents and Fishes, is stored in the basement vaults ina

‘space so crowded as to oppose difficulties to their access for scientific study and com-
arison.

Such stored specimens are preserved in alcohol, and the great variation of temperature,
and occasional heat of the locality, occasion rapid evaporation and deterioration of the
preserving liquor, accelerating decay. Registered specimens, when so far dissolved and
decomposed as to lose character, are removed, the fact and cause being noted in the
“ Register,” but in every case in which the bony texture is firm enough for dry preserva-
tion, more or less of the skeleton is transferred to the Osteological series.

The portion of the series of the Shells of the Molluscous animals, arranged and exhibited
in the public gallery, is ina good state of preservation, well placed, displayed and labelled,
for instruction and reference.

This series gives an epitome of conchology, and models of the soft parts of the species,
or fabricators of the shells, are added to exemplify the characters of the leading groups of
the Mollusca. ‘The Shell series has been made more instructive and attractive by in-
corporation of specimens of the Cumingian Collection, acquired in 1866, either as addi-
tions or substitutions for inferior and faded specimens.

The small portion of the class Insecta publicly displayed, is in a good state of preserva-
tion, and is instructively arranged and labelled. ‘The very large portion of the class in the
Basement Entomological Store-room is in a good state of preservation, and so arranged
in drawers as to be accessible for study and comparison.

The portion of the class Echinodermata exhibited and arranged systematically, together
with that stored in drawers and boxes, is in a good state of preservation.

The specimens of the class Acalepha, together with the other soft-bodied invertebrate
animals, stored and kept in alcohol, being, as regards the only available locality, under
the same deteriorating conditions as affect the stored specimens of Reptilia and Pisees,
cannot be so favourably reported of as would be the case if the care and pains in their
preservation were bestowed under conditions of more space, cooler and steadier tempera-
ture, and better light.

The Corals and other Radiata in the Public Galleries occupy detached glazed cases of
such size and in such spaces as occasion least obstruction to the gangways and other
interspaces left for the passage of visitors; consequently, the serial juxtaposition, exem-
plifying—as in the Ornithology and Conchology—the order of progressive affinities,
cannot be carried out.

The Collection of the Osteological Specimens, human and comparative, is in a state of
preservation. The additions to this series continue to be numerous, and, in the restricted
basement space available for storing this Collection, the obstacles to its application in the
comparison of fossil and recent bones, annually increase. All the specimens are preserved
in a state fit for future systematic display ; and as regards the entire skeletons, for articu-
lation, when a Gallery for their exhibition may be provided.

The exhibited series of Nests and Nidamental structures, and of the British Natural
History, are severally in a good state of preservation and arrangement.

Present conditions of space necessitate the display of the extensive series of Horns and
Antlers of Mammalia apart from the stuffed specimens and skeletons of the species to
which they belong or are allied.

The portion of the series of the Fossil remains which is exhibited, is well arranged and

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instructively labelled. The portion kept in store is partly arranged, in glazed cases, in a
recess to which the public have not access, partly in drawers; but, for the most part,
easily available to the student and scientific visitor. All the fossil specimens, whether
exhibited or in store, are in a good state of preservation.

The major part of the series of Mineralogy is publicly exhibited, under conditions of
arrangement, with illustrative models and indices, and with generic and specific labelling,
greatly facilitating its instructive study and scientific applications. All the Minerals,
displayed and kept in store, are in a perfect state of preservation.

Many of the fossils of the Mammalian and Reptilian classes have had their condition,
in respect of instructive display of characters, improved, since their reception in the
Museum, by careful removal of matrix, re-adjustment and cementing of separated frag-
ments. The most valuable additions are referred to in the Reports from the several
Departments of Natural History. Of the total number of additions in 1867, 81,228 have
been to that of Zoology, 9,156 to that of Geology, and 813 to that of Mineralogy.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The Collection of Zoology, which embraces all the various classes of the Animal
Kingdom, has been increased during the year 1867 to the extent of 81,228 specimens.
These may be divided in the following manner, to exhibit the different classes to which
each portion belongs :—

Vertebrata - = - 4 : - - - 938,309
Mollusca and Radiata - - - - - - 4,426
Annulosa- - : - - - - - 73,493

ToTaAL - - - 81,228

Each of the examples has been regularly marked with its date and number, and
entered in the manuscript Register of Accessions, with a record of the locality from which
the specimen was collected, and at the same time showing how it was acquired,
whether by donation or by purchase.

Hach specimen has been carefully selected from various Collections, when offered for
purchase, as being the most desirable for completing the series previously contained in the
Museum, or as exemplifying the various localities of the different species of animals on
the earth’s surface.

Many of them, also, are highly interesting, as being the identical specimens from which
the new species have been described, and therefore extremely valuable as the types on
which the species have been founded by Zoologists.

Other specimens have been selected as showing the changes which take place in the
several species during their development and growth towards maturity, or as illustrating the
differences which exist between the allied species that belong to closely connected localities.

The prepared skins of Vertebrated Animals, which are exhibited in the cases in the
public rooms for the instruction and amusement of the students and visitors, have been
cleaned and rearranged.

The series of skins of Mammals and Birds, and the bones of the Vertebrated Animals,
which are kept in boxes; the collection of entire animals preserved in spirits; and the
collection of Insects, Crustacea, and Radiated Animals, which are contained in cabinets
for the use of the more scientific students, have been re-examined and cleaned; they
have likewise been re-arranged, both for the purpose of adding the new specimens, where
necessary, and for facilitating the means of access to the specimens, when required for
the purpose of study.

Great attention has also been paid to the arrangement and nomenclature of the dif
ferent portions of the Zoological Collections, so that the various classes of animals might
be arranged and named in accordance with recent advances in the knowledge of species.

The number of students and visitors, for the special purpose of studying the various
portions of the Zoological Collection contained in the private rooms, and to the public
rooms on private days, has amounted to 2,502.

The following catalogues have been printed during the year 1867 :— _

“ Catalogue of Hemiptera Heterocera.” Parts I., II., by F rancis Walker, F.L.s.

“List of Birds. Part III., section III., Capitonide and Picide.” By G. R.
Gray, F.R.S. i

“Catalogue of Fishes, vol. vii, Cyprinide Clupeide, &c. By Dr. A. Gunther,
F.R.S.

The Collection of Mammals has been enriched by the addition of some most interesting
specimens. The following may be specially mentioned :—

Specimens of the new species Lutranectes Whitelyii, from Japan. fd

A specimen of the “ Barren ground bear,” and skulls of Ovibos moschatus and Ovis
canadensis, from North America, presented by A. G. Dallas, Esq. t

A number of skulls of Mammalia, from the Collection of the late Dr. Van Lidth de
Jeude, of Utrecht.

A small collection of rare Bats, from the Berlin Museum.

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32 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A new species of Tapir, Tapirus Bairdii, from Panama.

A new species of Spider Monkey, Ateles Bartlettii, collected by Mr. Edward Bartlett
on the Upper Amazons.

Several specimens of Duckbilled Platypus, Platypus anatinus, from Australia; pre-
sented by Sir Daniel Cooper, Bart.

a a series of Mammalian skins from the neighbourhood of Madras; presented by
F. Day, Esq.

The following additions to the Birds may also be recorded :—

Specimens of the new, highly interesting species of Lophophorus Lhuysii and of Itha-
ginis Geoffroyt, from North China.

A series of Picide, principally from South America, viz., Dryocopus hematogaster,
Mesopicus Selysit, Picus Kaleensis, &c.

Specimens of the Caccabis melanocephaila, of Abyssinia; and of the new species Chatura
Grandidieri, from Madagascar.

A new species of Psilorhinus, from Pearl Cay, Lagoon, Mosquito; presented by
H. Wickman, Esq.

Specimens of Corvus intermedius, Ruticilla ceruleo-cephala, Cyornis ruficauda, and of
Sitta leucopsis, from the Himalaya Mountains; presented by Dr. Stoliczka.

The nest with eggs of the Sedge Warbler, Calamodyta phragmitis, from Holland ;
presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq.

Various specimens of Birds from Japan, viz., Picus uralensis, Picus Gouldit, and of
falco orientalis, &ce.

The Eggs of the Metopidius indicus of India; presented by Mrs. Plummer.

A series of the young of various species of European Birds; also a collection of Birds,
chiefly from South America, Australia, &c., among which are examples of Oreomanes
Fraseri, Aulacoramphus cyanolemus, Lagopus hemileucurus, Ptilotis cassidix, Spizixos cani-
rons, Lymnetus lanceolatus, Accipiter trinotatus, and Rhynochoetes jubatus.

A small series of Chilian Birds, embracing several species of the genus Muscisaxicola.

A specimen of the rare Larus leucopterus, shot on the coast of England.

Specimens of the young of several kinds of Pheasants, viz., Gallophasis Swinhoii,
Genneus lineatus, and of Crossoptilon mantchuricum; also several varieties of Hybrids ot
Pheasants and Grouse.

A large series of Domestic Pigeons, exemplifying the different breeds, from Madras,
Sierra Leone, Madeira, China and Persia; presented by Charles Darwin, Esq.

The collection of Reptiles has been increased by various valuable acquisitions, amongst
which the following may be particularly mentioned :—

A large series of Reptiles from the North-West and North coasts of Australia, contain-
ing numerous highly interesting forms, and partly new species.
ag collection of Reptiles from the Upper Amazons; collected by Mr. E. Bartlett and
Mr. Bates.

A large collection of skeletons, skulls, and carapaces of Tortoises, chiefly collected in
the Dutch Indian possessions.

A collection of typical examples of Reptiles from Benguela; described and presented
by Dr. B. du Bocage, Director of the Lisbon Museum.

A series of Reptiles, principally of Ophidians, from Sierra Leone; collected by
J. C. Salmon, Esq.

Large and important additions have been made to the collection of Fish. The follow-
ing deserve especially to be mentioned :-—

A series of the typical examples of the species of Clupeoids, Eels, Gymnodonts, Lopho-
branchians, Sharks, and Rays; described by Dr. Bleeker.

Also the typical examples of the species of Fish from Zanzibar; described in the work
on “ The Fishes of Zanzibar,” by Dr. Gunther and Lieut. Col. Playfair.

A large collection of marine Fish from the Seychelles, and a collection of Indian fresh-
water Fish from Cachar and Northern India; presented by Lieutenant Colonel Playfair.

A series of Fish from the Cossye and Morar rivers ; presented by Lieut. B. C. Beavan.

A large collection of freshwater and marine Fish from Cape York, North Australia;
collected by Hr. Damel.

The type of a singular new form of Mud-fish (Neochanna), from New Zealand; pre-
sented by his Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B.

A collection of marine Fish from St. Helena; presented hy J. C. Melliss, Esq.

A series of West African Fish, collected by Mr. Walker, of the Gaboon, containing
several new forms.

A collection of Fish from the Lake of Nicaragua, and from Panama; presented by
Captain J. C. Dow.

A collection of marine Fish from the Island of Granada.

A series of Mediterranean Fish, principally Sharks, and a collection of freshwater Fish
from Dalmatia.

A fine series of Fish of the coast of Portugal; presented by Dr. B. du Bocage, Director
of the Lisbon Museum.

A collection of skulls and skeletons of European Fish, from the museum of the late
Dr. Van Lidth de Jeude, of Utrecht.

Various specimens of British Salmonoids; presented by His Grace the Duke of
Northumberland, Lord Lovat, W. Morrison, Hsq., M.p.. W. B. Tegetmeier, Esq.,
Professor Busk, ete.

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The collection of all the orders of Insects has been generally increased, but chiefly in
the order Coleoptera, by the following remarkable additions :—

The large collection of Phytophagous Coleoptera formed by the late Rey. Hamlet
Clark, containing many types of the species described by that gentleman, and also those
of the collections of MM. Laferté, Thomson, Chevrolat, and Lacordaire.

A large series of Water Beetles, or Hydrodephagous Coleoptera, including the types
of various species named and described by Aubé, Dejean, and others. é

A very large series of Lamellicorn Coleoptera, selected from the collection of the late
Mr, Bakewell, many of which are the type-specimens described by Laférté, Reiche,
Dupont, and Buquet.

Numerous specimens of Buprestide, containing many valuable examples, also from the
collection of the late Mr. Bakeweil.

A series of Canarian Coleoptera, to complete the Wollastonian collection, previously
contained in the Museum, many of which are typical specimens, described by Mr. Wollaston
in his work on the “ Coleoptera of the Canaries.”

A series of Lepidopterous Insects from Japan, Australia, India, and Peru.

A collection of British Coleoptera, embracing many that were desiderata to the British
Collection.

A large collection of Coleopterous Insects of the Cape de Verd Islands, being the
typical specimens described by Mr. Vernon Wollaston in his work on the Insects of those
islands; and a series of Hemiptera, &c., also from the same islands, collected by Mr.
Wollaston.

A series of Lepidopterous Insects; presented by Dr. Wright and Mr. T. W. Walhouse.

Specimens of Coleopterous and Orthopterous Insects; presented by Sir Roderick
Impey Murchison, Bart., K.0.B.

ne following additions of Molluscous and Radiated Animals may also be specially
noticed :-—

A small series of Shells from the Upper Nile; presented by Sir Samuel Baker.

A series of pelagic Shells from the Pacific Ocean; presented by G. Barnes, Esq.

A collection of Shells from the Maldine ‘Islands; presented by C. H. Shaw, Esq.

A large series of Shells from Shanghai; presented by D. I. Lamprey, Esq.,67th Regiment.

A series of Terebratula from New Zealand ; presented by C. Traill, Esq.

A large collection of Shells from the Persian Gulf; presented by Colonel L. Pelly,
H. M. Resident at Bushire.

A large series of Shells from India; presented by the Madras Natural History Society.

A small collection of Shells from India; presented by M. F. Blandford, Esq.

A small series of Spanish Shells; presented by Professor Vilanova.

Specimensof Pfeifferia micans from the Philippine Islands ; presented by Mr. R. F. Geale.

A. series of Shells from Eastern Peru; collected by Mr. E. Bartlett.

A very fine specimen of Chama attached to coral.

Various specimens of Echinide and Asteriade from the Mediterranean and from
Australia.

Specimens of Euplectella aspergillum from the Philippine Islands, and of Hyalonema
from Japan.

A large series of Sponges, some dry, others in spirits, from the Adriatic.

A numerous series of Annelides of the British Coast.

John Edw. Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Principal additions to this department during the past year :—
Of Fossil remains of animals belonging to the Vertebrate Classes, the following
specimens have been acquired :—

I. By Donation.—Fossil bones of Crocodilus and Trionyzx, from Peak Downs, Queens-
land, Australia. Presented by the Rev. John Bliss, M.A.

Remains of Megatherium, Mastodon, &c., from the bed of a lake near the falls of the
San Francisco River, South America. Presented by Charles H. Williams, Esq.

Remains of the Mammoth, Horse, and Ox, from Oundle, Northamptonshire. Presented
by George M. Edmonds, Esq. ; } :

Marsupial remains from the St. Ruth Station, Condamine River, Queensland,
Australia. Presented by Francis Campbell, Esq.

Remains of Megatherium, Mylodon Lettsomi, sp. nov.; Glyptodon, Equus arcidens, sp.
noy.; from the Arroyo Gutierrez, Monte Video, 5. America. Presented by W. G.
Lettsom, Esq. 4 ;

A large series of remains of Marsupials from the Wellington Caves, Darling Downs
Australia, (exhibited at the Paris Exhibition 1867). Presented by the Commissioners
for the Colony. ; rN)" ;

It is very important that the actual specimens, figured and described in various works,
should be deposited in some public establishment, where they can be freely consulted in
all cases of doubt and difficulty. Such specimens having therefore heen especially sought
after, form a considerable portion of the “ additions” hereafter recorded, and are noticed

as “ type specimens,” or “ types.”

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34 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The Collection presented by Charles Falconer, Esq., is a very important one, in this
point of view, since it contains many specimens which are figured and deseribed, or
referred to, in papers now in course of publication. The principal objects are :—

A fine series of teeth (young and adult) of Mastodon angustidens. Rhinoceros and
ruminant remains, from Miocene deposits at Sansan. Remains of several species of
Mastodon and Elephas, from various localities and deposits; also several casts of teeth of
the same. Tooth of Dinotherium indicum, from Perim Island, and other Mammalian
remains from the same locality, as well as from Continental India; and from various
European deposits. A fine head (but with imperfect antlers) of Megaceros hibernicus, from
Ireland. Tooth of Mastodon pandionis, Fale. and a large collection of remains of
Hippopotamus and other animals from the Ossiferous Cavern of Maccagnone, near
Palermo, North Sicily, found associated with flmt implements. (See “ Quart. Jour. Geol.
Soc.” 1860, vol. xvi. p. 99.)

A very perfect head of a young crovodile (Crocodilus bombifrons) from the Sewalik
Hills, and various other fossils from the same locality. Cast of the head of Rhinoceros
megarhinus, and casts of teeth, etc., of various other species from sundry localities. These
specimens are from the museum of the late Dr. Hugh Falconer, F.R.s.

Upper jaw of Orsus arctos from Manea Fen, Cambridgeshire; described in “ Owen’s
British Fossil Mammals,” p. 78. Presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton,
Bart., M. P., F. BR. S., ete.

Il. By Purchase-—The origiaal figured specimen of the skull of Dinotherium giganteum,
Kaup, and of Dorcatherium Naui, Kaup, from the Miocene Tertiary formation of Hesse
Darmstadt.

Parts of the upper and lower jaws of Tapirus priscus; figured in “ De Blainyille’s
Ostéographie,” from Eppelsheim.

Remains of Mastodon latidens, and Mastodon Perimensis, with Rhinoceros Perimensis,
Bramatherium, and other species, from Perim Island.

Tusk and molar tooth of Klephas primigenius, from the coast of Norfolk.

Sternum of a species of Dinornis, from New Zealand. '

Remains of Iguanodon, Megalosaurus, and other Reptilia, from the Phosphate deposits
at Potton, Bedfordshire. :

Paddle of a new species of Pliosaurus from the Portland stone, Isle of Portland.

Several fine species of Chelonia, from the Purbeck beds of Dorsetshire.

Wing bone of Pterodactylus, from the same formation.

Head, with lower jaw, of /chthyosaurus. platyodon, in fine preservation, from the Lower
Lias, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire.

Fine jaw of Ditaxiodus impar, and other interesting fish remains, from the Kimmeridge
Clay of Dorsetshire.

Palatal teeth of Myliobates, A’tobates, and lower jaw of Elasmedus, teeth of Lamna,
&c. &c., from the Eocene Tertiary deposits of Hampshire, Sheppey, &c.

Acquisitions to the Invertebrate Classes :—

I. By Donation—The type specimens of Terebratula Dallasii, Waldheimia Wood-
wardii, and W. Davidsoni, from the Greensand deposit at Upware on the Cam.; figured
and described in “ Geological Magazine,” vol. iv., p. 454, pl. xix. Presented by J. F.
Walker, Esq., B. A., F.G.S.

A series of Tremadoc slate fossils, chiefly Trilobites. Presented by D. Homfray,
Esq., F.G.S.

Drackemnade from Lake Huron, Canada West. Presented by Mr. William Gattis.

Il. By Purchase.—Nine species of Ammonites from the Lower Chalk, Isle of Wight;
figured and described in Mr. D. Sharpe’s Monograph on the Chalk Cephalopoda; published
by the Paleontographical Society, 1853-56.

Five species of Turrilites (figured in the same work.)

The type specimens of Trigonia spinosa, Sby. and T. dedalea, Sby. from the Green-
sand, Blackdown; figured in ‘* Sowerby’s Mineral Conchology.”

The type specimens of Lima bellula, L. pontonis, Gervillia radians, Cardium, sp. ;
Modiola, sp.; Inoceramus, sp.; Pachyrisma grande, and Myoconcha crassa ; figured by
Morris and Lycett in their work on the Fossils of the Great Oolite; published by the
Paleontographical Society, 1853.

The types of Diastopora grandis and Idmonea divaricata (figured in “ D’Orbigny’s
Paléontologie Frangaise,” Bryozoa, vol. v., 1850), and of Eschara Brongniarti and
Lunulites radiata, Goldf ; figured in ‘* Dixon’s Geology of Sussex.”

Astarte Kichii, Fusus erraticus, Nucula Deshayesii, and 10 other type specimens; figured
by M. Nyst in his “ Coquilles et Polypiers des Terraines Tertiaires de la Belgique,” 1845.

The type specimens of Serpula heptagona S. flagelliformis, S. extensa, and two others ;
figured in “ Sowerby’s Mineral Conchology.” 5

Agnostus nodosus, Belt. A. pisiformis, Linn., Olenus. gibbosus, Wahl. Conocoryphe buce-
phala, Belt. C. Williamsoni, Belt, C. longispina, Belt, Agnostus obtusus, Belt, and A. Bar-
lowit, Belt, being the type specimens of New Cambrian Trilobites figured by Mr. T. Belt
in the “ Geological Magazine,” vol. iv., pl. xii., p. 295, and vol v., pl. ii., p. 5.

The type specimen of Neolimulus falcatus, from the Upper Ludlow Rock of Lanark-
er ‘i stan and described by Mr. Woodward in “ Geological Magazine,” vol. y., pl. i,
Daidee ae :

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The type specimens of Balanus unguiformis and Pollicipes reflerus; figured and de-
scribed by Sowerby in the “ Mineral Conchology,” and in “ Darwin’s Fossil Cirripedia,”
Palzontographical Society. :

A fine series of 169 Fossils Insects enclosed in amber, from the Tertiary formation at
Stettin, on the Baltic.

The type specimens of 9 genera and 15 species of Eocene Tertiary Corals, from
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight; figured and described by Dr. P. Martin Duncan
Sec. Geol. Soc., Lond., in the Monographs of the Paleontographical Society for 1865.

The types of 12 genera and species of Eocene Tertiary Corals ; figured and described
by Edwards and Haime in their “ British Fossil Corals,” and by Dixon in his Geology
of Sussex.”

Several remains of Crinoids from the Carboniferous Limestone of Clevedon Bay
Somersetshire ; figured in Major Thomas Austin’s work on the Crinodea of that oes
tion.

The total number of fossils belonging to the Invertebrate Classes obtained by purchase
during the year is 5,572.

Fossil Plants—An extensive series of Plant remains, chiefly impressions of leaves
from the Pipe-clay bed of the Lower Bagshot series of Alum Bay, in the Isle of Wicht,
(explored by means of a grant from the British Association) ; forwarded by W. Stephen
Mitchell, Esq., F.c.s., on behalf of the Committee for the Exploration of the Alum Bay
Leaf-bed.

The following Fossil Plants have been obtained by purchase :—

556 sections of Fossil Wood, cut and polished, principally from the Carboniferous
formations of Great Britain and Australia; exhibiting their microscopic structure.

A magnificent series of slabs of Fossil Plants from the Coal shales of Nagpur,

S. India.
A large number of Coal Plants, in fine preservation, from Ebbw Vale Coal field,

S. Wales.
An interesting collection of Plant remains from the true Coal measures, Kosloo, on

the Black Sea.
The total number of Fossil Plants acquired during the past year is 1,088.

Works of the Department.

The whole Gallery devoted to the Minerals and Fossils having been cleaned and
repainted during the past year, it became necessary to remove all the specimens
arranged on the tops of the cases (excepting certain very large and heavy objects in
Rooms III. and 1V., which were protected by covering in canvass, &c.).and in the
window recesses; and as the rooms were successively painted and cleaned these spe-
cimens were cleaned and re-arranged. By alterations in the shelves and stands, addi-
tional space was gained for the exhibition of many additional specimens recently
obtained.

The interiors of nearly all the wall-cases have been cleaned, and the specimens have
in some cases been partially, and in others wholly, re-arranged; and, as far as possible,
space has been provided for the exhibition of new species recently acquired.

The cases which have been entirely re-arranged are—

In Room IIL, Case No. 3, containing the Turtles and other Chelonian Reptiles.
Case 7, containing the remains of the Sivatherium, Camels, and other Ruminant animals.
Case 11, containmg the different species of Dinornis from New Zealand, and other
specimens ‘of fossil Birds.

Room V. The case containing the Rhinoceros remains, &c., in Room VI.; the entire
series of Elephant and Mastodon remains have been re-arranged, the specimens having
been previously cleaned, as well as the cases. Cases 10 and 11, containing the remains
of animals found in the caves of Brazil, and in the cavern of Bruniquel, in the South
of France, have likewise been cleaned and re-arranged.

In these cases a large number of labels have been replaced by others, required
through the different arrangements adopted. Among the objects exhibited for the
first time, the following are especially worthy of note:

The new species of Plesiosaurus, to which Professor Owen has given the specific name
“ Juticeps,” wuich is displayed in Room III., on the top of Case 9. This sea-reptile is
13 feet in length, and is unusually well preserved.

The enormous head of another sea reptile (Pliosaurus grandis), and a lower jaw of an
allied species, on Case No. 7, in the same room.

A well-preserved head of Ichthyosauzus platyodon, in Room IV., on the top of Case 3.

The two large Carapaces of differen species of Glyptodon, in Room VI., one on the
top of Case 2, and the other on Case 11.

Two Cases for the exhibition of a selection of Fossil Sponges have been prepared and
exhibited in Room IV. The Fossil Corals have been collected together, catalogued, and
arranged in a series of drawers in Room VI. The Cephalopoda have, in like manner,
been collected together and arranged so as to render them available for study.

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Wine = Sa

Specimens Registered durmg the year 1867 :—
Of the Vertebrate Classes - - = - - - - 660

(Which includes 536 entries, being all the specimens of
Vertebrata obtained during the year.)

Cephalopoda- -~— - SN SR IRs a tks = pat oe2
Other Mollusea - - - - . - - - - 5,729
Polyzoa - - ~ - = = - - - - 61
Insecta - - - - = = = cs = - - 53
Crustacea - - - - ; - - - = - 195
Echinodermata - - = = = - = - - 316
Zoophyta = - - - = 2 = = = = - 562
Foraminifera and Sponges’ - - ~ > - - - 283
Fossil Plants - - - - - - - = - - 735

(Of the 8,496 entries of Invertebrata and Plants, upwards of
2,000 refer to acquisitions of previous years.)

Total - - - 9,156

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The Collection has been mcreased during the year 1867 by 813 specimens, which have
been entered, catalogued, labelled, and distributed in their places in the Collection.
The work of the Department has besides consisted in—

1. The cataloguing and labelling of the specimens previously incorporated from the
Kokscharow Collection, mounting on pedestals and labelling the more choice crystals of
that Collection; selecting and incorporating in the reserve drawers specimens from the
Monticelli Collection, and labelling the Minerals in the duplicate and reserve collec-
tions.

2. In determining the crystalline forms, and inscribimg their symbols on many of the more
choice crystals in the cases contaming the Phenakites, the Topazes, Chrysoberyls, Cro-
coisites, and on specimens of quartz and of other species not previously thus illustrated.

3. The addition of a small Laboratory to the department, which has been made. during
the year, affords the means, never before existing, of determining with precision and cer-
tainty the constitution of minerals offered for purchase, or of such as were in the Collec-
tion, but the true places for which in it were doubtful. Valuable results have already
accrued from this means being afforded to the Department; and at the present moment a
series of analyses are in progress which will serve to give much certainty to the indica-
tions afforded by the microscope as to the composition of Meteorites, and will enable a
scientific classification of the very important collection of these bodies in the Museum to
be adopted.

The more important additions to the Collection have been—
I. By Presentation :—

A very fine octahedral crystal of gold from California; by Professor Blake.

Specimens of Lepidomelane, Cryophyllite, and Danalite, from Rockport, Massachu-
setts; by Professor Cooke, of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Beekites; M. F. Tupper, Esq.

Pisolitic Iron-ore, Indus; Clay Ironstone, Yorkshire ; by Major-General Twemlow.

Sard, India; Mr. Enderby.

Chalcedony, Indre-et-Loire ; Christy Trustees.

Jade (two specimens), New Zealand, China; J. Ruskin, Esq.

Two Fluor-Spgr Vases; Mrs. Anlaby.

Chalcedony and Fuchsite ; Department of Minas, Paraguay ;

Rhombohedral Quartz and Calcite with Quartz, Uruguay; by W. G. Lettsom, Esq.,
Her Majesty’s Minister to the Republic of Uruguay.

Chalybite and Iron-glance, Brendon Hill; by Sir W. Trevelyan, Bart.

Chloride of Silver, Ave Maria Mines, San Luis Potosi; by L. W. Blackie, Esq.

Specimens of Analcime, Chabasite, Elaterite, Chromite, and Iron-glance, from Aus-
tralia; by Dr. Ulrichs.

Two large masses of Crystalline Graphite, from Essex Co., New York; by Arthur
Harvey, Esq.

Three

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— = — —

Three Specimens of native Gold, and one of native Co Ment itory
U Sil § be EY Wricht. Eso, BRP a Patan as MGRTHOPY

Large Specimens of Gold in Quartz, and of Acerdése and Pyrolusite, from Nova
Scotia; by Dr. Honeyman.

Il. Additions by Purchase :—

Large polished Crystal of Ruby Spinel; Specimens of Bayldonite, Churchite, Uranite
Bismuth, Apatite, and Fluor Spar, from various places in Cornwall. ? i
We Gold with Tetradymite, California; Excellent Specimens of Barytocalcite,

ston. %
“Large crystals of Borax, Clear Lake, California.

Specimens of Hpistilbite, Montechio Maggiore; Dufrenoysite, Binnenthal; Freiesle-
benite, Felsobanya, and Przibram.

Native Lead, Mexico and Sweden; Crystals: of Parisite, New Granada; Domeykite
Paracatas, Mexico; Enargite, Mexico; Phosgenite, Gottes Segen Mine Upper
Silesia; Vanadinite, Carinthia; crystallised Nickeline, Sangerhausen ; Whitneyite
Lake Superior. i

Large mass of Labradorite.

Connellite, Wheal Unity; Crystals of Glaucodote, Sweden; Fireblende, Andreas-
berg; Beryl, Mourne mountains; Gadolinite, Ytterby; Kotschubeite, Lake Ttkul,
Perm ; and a large Bery! facetted.

Native Tellurium, Transylvania; and Amblygonite, Saxony.

Very remarkable cut specimens of Phenakite, Sapphire, Alexandrite, Amethyst,
Emerald, Sphene, Rubellite, and Topaz, from Siberia; acquired from the Russian
section at the Paris Hixhibition, in part by exchange effected with H. I. H. the Duke of
Leuchtenberg, and in part by purchase,

Cut specimens of Amethyst and Citrine, Brazil.

A series of 181 specimens of the Amygdaloids from the Melaphyres of Netzberg, near
Ilfeld, Hartz; and Wendelsheim, Wurtemburg.

Large polished specimens of the “ Caucasian Onyx,” and a dish of “ Avanturine
Obsidian,” purchased at the Paris Exhibition.

Valuable specimens of Sarcolite, Davyne, Sodalite, Lanarkite in bright green crystals,
with Berzelianite, Kucairite and Crookesite from the Skrikerum Mine, Sweden, have also
been obtained by exchange.

The Collection of Meteorites has steadily progressed in importance for many years
past, and at present represents the large number of 260 distinct falls. It has, in fact, for
some few years past been the foremost existing collection, not merely in the numbers of
the distinct meteorites it represents, but also in the completeness of the manner in which
it represents them and the magnitude of the specimens.

By purchase, specimens of five new falls have been obtained, four of stone, and one an
iron meteorite, namely :—

Dolores Hidalgo, four leagues east of Poblacion, Mexico.

Hacienda de Bocas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

St. Mesmin, Aube, France.

Bubuowly Indigo Factory, Supuhee, Goruckpur.

Mass of Iron from Atacama.

While, by the fruitful method of exchange. the Museum has acquired no less than
seven new iron meteorites and five of stone.
~ Furthermore, the Museum has received from the Geological Survey of India, by virtue
of instructions from the Secretary of State in Council, for India, as presentations, two
new Indian falls; those, namely, of Muddoor, 21st September 1865; and of Pokhra,
27th May 1866; and from the Museum of Calcutta, in exchange, two new falls
—those, namely, of Gopalpur, 23rd May 1865, and Sherghotty, 25th August 1865. The
Museum is also indebted to the Secretary of State for India, in Council, for two new
Meteorites (stones) that fell at Shytal, 11th August 1863, and at Jamkheir, 5th October
1866, respectively ; and which were sent direct to the British Museum. The total number
of meteorites added during the year has amounted to the great number of 33, whereof
23 were new to the collection, including an.iron meteorite acquired from Senor Bustos,
in Paris, which weighs 25 lbs., is complete in form, in excellent preservation, and pre-
sents a yery remarkable condition of surface. It was found on a plain of the Cordilleras,
in Atacama, and differs from the other meteorites that have been found in that
district. .

The present unrivalled state of the National Collection of these most interesting bodies
is very greatly due to the instructions sent out from the Secretaries of State for Foreign
Affairs for the Colonies, and for India; and especially to those of the Secretary of State
for India in Council, and to the liberal spirit in which the Governors of Presidencies
haye responded to them.

Nevil Story Mashelyne.

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38 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

Tue principal business done in the Department, during the past year, has consisted,—

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of Messrs. Hall and
Harbour’s Plants of the Rocky Mountains of North America; of a portion of M. Botteris’
collection of plants of Mexico; of numerous collections from Central and South
America; of the collections formed by M. Theodor Kotschy in Northern and in Southern
Persia; of those formed by M. Metz and others in the East Indies, and in the Neilgherry
Mountains; and of various collections of plants from Africa.

In the re-arrangement, with large additions, of the families of Huphorbiacee, Melasto-
macee, Araliacee, and Aroidee.

In the partial arrangement of many large collections of European plants, and of Dr.
Schweinfurth’s collections from Ethiopia and Egypt, with a view to their incorporation in
the General Herbarium.

In the naming and arrangement of the fossil fruits of the families Cycadee, Conifere,
and Pandanee ; and of a portion of the collection of Diatomacee.

In the examination and re-arrangement of various portions of the general collection of
Fruits and Seeds; and also of the Fruits and other specimens exhibited in the public
rooms.

And in various alterations in the arrangement of the Herbarium room, and of the

-room adjacent to it.
3 The principal accessions during the same period, by purchase or donation, have
een :—
70 species of Hepatice, forming parts 31-7 of Rabenhorsts’ “ Hepatice Europee.”
170 i Alga, forming fasc. 179-191 and 194—7 of Rabenhorsts’ * Alow Kuropee.”
50 5 Lichens, forming parts 27 and 28 of Rabenhorsts’ “ Lichenes Europe.”

400 as Fungi, forming parts 8-11 of Rabenhorsts’ “ Fungi Europzi.”

360 ey British Alge; collected by Dr. Cock.

200 sh British Fungi; collected by Mr. Cooke.

50 a British Lichens, forming fase. 13 of Leighton’s “ Lichenes Britannici.”
200 s Plants of the Rhine, forming fasc. 4-7 of Wirtgen’s “ Herbarium
Rhenanum.”

200 pe Plants of Central Europe, forming cent. 37 and 38 of Billot’s “ Flora
Galliz et Germanie Exsiccata.”
300 cf Plants of the Tyrol; collected by Rupert Huter.
200 ms Plants of Dalmatia; collected by M. Botteri.
100 », Cryptogamous Plants of Italy, forming fase. 27 and 28 of the “ Erbario
Crittogamico Italiano.”
200 a Plants of Sicily, forming cent. 5 and 6 of Todaro’s “ Flora Sicula.”
785 5 Plants of Ethiopia and Egypt; collected by Dr. Schweinfurth.
51 - Plants of Zanzibar ; collected and presented by Mr. H. Goodwin.
257 B Plants of Senegambia ; collected by M. Perrottet.
350 $5 Plants of the East; collected by M. Huet du Pavillon.
675 @ ,, Plants of Northern Persia; collected by M. Kotschy.
1,200 mI Plants of Southern Persia; collected by M. Kotschy.
1,300 3 Plants of the East Indies; collected by M. Metz, and others.
1,000 a Plants of the Neilgherry Mountains; collected by M. Metz, and others.
238 33 Plants of the Province of Chontales, in Venezuela; collected by Dr.
Seemann.
1,403 specimens of Musci Amazonici ; collected by Mx. Spruce.
68 species of Musci and Hepatice of Ecuador.
134 As Musci and Hepatice of S. Africa and the W. Indies; collected by
M. Breutel.
835 a Alge Marine ; collected by M. Kutzing, and others.
25 cultivated specimens of the genus Cyclamen; presented by James Atkins, Esq.
16 microscopic slides of Diatomacee ; presented by C. F. S. Roper, Esq.
42 species of Woods of the Nile district ; collected by Dr. Schweinfurth.
45 ts Fruits and Seeds from Java.
36 5 Palm-fruits, from San Domingo.
A fine and very remarkable Fossil stem of the family of Cycadee, from Luccombe
Chine, in the Isle of Wight; presented by Mrs. Baily.
A fine specimen of a Fossil stem of the same genus as the last.
A» fine specimen of the Trunk of a species of Sigillaria, from the Isle of Arran; pre-
sented by F, J. Wiinsch, Esq.
John J, Bennett,

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The following is the progress made in the Department of Prints and Drawings during

the year 1867:
The whole of the prints in the 20 volumes of Hollar’s works have been marked off in
Parthey’s

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Parthey’s abridged Catalogue, the position of each print being indicated for facility of
reference.

Three hundred and fourteen of the caricatures and humorous pieces of George
Cruikshank have been mounted, chronologically arranged, and incorporated in the series.

The small books of prints deposited in the Print Room have been classified according
to their respective Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, French, and English schools. Those
containing Hnglish etchings have been placed together. :

The etchings and touched proofs of Turner’s “ Liber Studiorum,” ninety-four in
number, and also twenty-one odd proofs of the “ Southern Coast,” &c., engraved by W.
B. Cooke, with corrections and notes in manuscript by the Painter, have been mounted
with sunk boards, to preserve their surfaces from friction, and arranged in four solander cases.

A collection of prints by the best English masters of the middle and the end of the last
century has been made and arranged for the Paris Exhibition, with a descriptive list for
the official catalogue. These prints have since been safely returned to the Museum.

Drafts of catalogues have been written of the works of Mare Antonio, Agostino
Veneziano, Marco da Ravenna, the anonymous scholars of Mare Antonio, Julio Bonasone,
ea and of the schools of Nuremberg and Lower Germany, including those of
Virgil Solis.

The fine series of Vandyck heads, forming the “Iconographie de Vandyck,” with
those published by Gillis Hendricx and Jean Meissens, of which the Museum possesses a
remarkable collection, many being in early and undescribed states, has been brought
together, and three volumes have been mounted, with the references to Weber and
Szwykowski affixed to each portrait.

The collection of engravings after Rubens has been marked off in Basan’s catalogue of
the works of that master, with the inventory or register mark, and each print inscribed
with the reference to the same author.

The works of Charles Méryon have been arranged in two volumes, and the references to
Burty’s Catalogue affixed to each print. A translation of that catalogue has been made,
with a notice of each undescribed state in the Print Room added thereto.

The works of Jacob Walch have been arranged in a volume, with the references to
Bartsch and Passavant affixed to each print,

Holbein’s drawings for jewellers’ work, in the Sloane Collection, which were suffering
from friction and other evils in the old volume in which they were mounted, have been
carefully removed from the leaves of that book and properly arranged and re-mounted
with sunk boards, to preserve them from future injury.

The. curious series of initial letters, purchased last year in four lots at Dr. Wellesley’s
sale of books, has been arranged and bound in a volume with some specimens already
deposited in the Print Room. The combined series amounts to 5,402 specimens, each
of which has been impressed with the small stamp of the department.

The collection of historical prints, 1,621 in all, has been marked off in an interleaved
copy of Drugulin’s Historical Atlas, mention being made of those prints not described
therein. A good temporary catalogue for reference has thus been formed.

The works of the anonymous masters of the school of Marc’ Antonio have been
arranged in two volumes, and the references to Bartsch and Passavant affixed to each

rint.
a The prints and manuscript notes in the first three volumes of the illustrated Royal
Academy Catalogues, presented by Mr. Anderdon, have been put in order, and made
available for reference ; the whole collection having been impressed throughout with the
Print Room stamp and consecutive numbers from 1 to 5,260.

A curious collection of illustrations of English panoramas has been formed and arranged,
with a manuscript index and with the descriptive text bound separately in two volumes.

The prints after Rembrandt have been arranged for binding, and the numerous recent
additions also prepared for mounting prior to their amalgamation with the series which
will form, when complete, a collection of a most important character.

Eight thousand two hundred and twenty-one articles have been entered in the register
of purchases and presentations.

Seven loneaid nine hundred and eighty-three articles have been stamped, and have
had the register mark affixed.

Thirteen thousand and ninety-five titles have been prepared for the prints after
English masters.

Two thousand eight hundred and ninety-five titles have been prepared for the catalogue
of foreign portraits.

Nine hundred and ninety-nine titles have been prepared for the catalogue of English

rtraits.

Pe'The following are some of the most important acquisitions made during the past

year :—

By Bequest and Donation—

A complete collection of the works of the late distinguished engraver, Robert Hartley
Cromek, consisting of one hundred and nineteen specimens, with an original drawing by
Howard and another by Stothard, from which two of the engravings were made; pre-
sented by his son Thomas H. Cromek, Esq. ‘ ;

A perfect set of the Royal Academy Catalogues from 1769 to 1849, illustrated with

254- Kg upwards

40 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

upwards of two thousand prints and etchings, and enriched by numerous notes; presented
by G. A. Anderdon, Esq.

An important collection of rubbings from monumental brasses; presented by Robert
Hutchison, Esq., as executor of the Rev. Aineas Barkly Hutchison, Incumbert of
St. James’s, Davenport.

Proofs im progressive states of the recent works of George T. Doo; presented by the
engraver.

By Purehase—
Italian School :—
Drawings.—A curious contemporaneous ‘portrait of Massaniello, in :red chalk.

Engravings.—Unique prints of Neptune in his car by Pellegrini, and a subject by
Baldini, from the Gesta Romanorum : also fine specimens by Marc’ Antonio, Agostino
Veneziano, Marco da Ravenna, the Ghisi, Aineas Vico, the Master of the Die, Cesare
Reverdino, Martin Rota, Hugo da Carpi, Andrea Andreani, Giuseppe Longhi, and
Raphael Morghen.

Fac similes of four hundred of the Italian drawings in the Louvre ; by Rousseau.

German School :—
Drawings.—An interesting series of twenty-one coloured allegorical designs; by Gerard
Luke Hornebolt, who was employed contemporarily with Holbein by Henry VIII.

Engravings.—Two unique block prints of about 1440-1450, one representing Christ on
the Cross, the other, Sait Jerome. They are both very fine specimens of art at this
early period.

Prints by Franz von Bocholt, W. van Olmutz, Hans Schaeuflein, Israel van Meckenen,
Lucas Cranach, Albert Durer, W. van Assen, Hans Burgmair, Hans Holbein, the Behams,
J. Binck, A. Altdorfer, Theodore de Bry, and Mandel.

Great additions have been made to the collection of the works of Wenceslaus Hollar,
some of the specimens being undescribed and probably unique; a portrait of the Earl of
Donegal is especially worthy of note, there being no specimen in any other collection.

Dutch and Flemish School :—

Engravings and Etchings.—A. fine proof before letters of Cornelius Visscher’s celebrated
portrait of William de Ryck, of excessive rarity.

AA complete set, with progressive states, of the works of Remi van Haanen.

Also examples by Thierry van Staren, A. Wierix, A. Claus, H. Goltzius, Saenredam,
Suyderhoef, Jan Lievens, A. Collaert, C. Pass, C. J. Delff, and P. Pontius.

French School :—

Engravings and Etchings—By Abraham Bosse, L. Le Clerc, Andouin, C. Jacquenet,
Abraham, Appian, Aufray, Béaujoint, Borel, Borroméo, Bracquemond, Brunet-de-
baines, Chaplin, Chauvel, Chevrier, Chifflard, Corot, Courbet, E. Davis, De Bonsonge,
De Bovet, De Gourey, Eugéne Delacroix, Drowyn, Dujarrie, Fayen-Perrm, Forbes,
Farufflini, Felix, A. Gautier, E.. Jacque, Jongkind, Maxime, Lalanne, Lefebure,
Lameyer, Malardot, A. Mathieu, Mazas, Moyse, Petit, Nieuwenhuys, Nigolli, Ponthus-
Cenier, Prévost, Queyroy, Ridley, Ribot, Soumy-Taier, Thompson, Villevielle, Vollon, ,
Veyrassat, and Von Heyden. ;

English School :—

Drawings.—Seventy-seven pen-and-ink designs by Francis Barlow, for his illustrations
to Aisop’s Fables, in 1687.

A volume of sketches. by Alexander Cozens, father of John Cozens, the founder of
early English landscape-painting in water colours.

A series of carefully-executed portraits of Thomas Stothard at the age of 40, and of
other eminent contemporary Artists, by Henry Edridge.

9 A volume of sketches containing the first ideas of most of the, compositions of John
ingleton.

Gace hundred and twenty-nine similar sketches by Thomas Stothard, many of them
made en the insides of envelopes when he resided at No. 16, Newman-street.

Sketches by William Blake, on scraps of his printed works, of figures in the Sistine
Chapel, and a series of unpublished coast scenes by, William Daniell.

Other examples by H. A. Barker, T, Chauman, W. Collins, R. Cooper, R. Cosway, J-
Emes, J. Gillray, J. D. Harding, J. Hayter, George Heriot, W. Howitt, J. Kirby, W.R.
Sherlock, Robert Smirke, L. Sullivan, T. Tatham, Sir James Thornhill, 'T. Uwins, J.
Varley, and ‘Sir David Wilkie.

Etchings.—By James Barry, F. Place, T. Bone, F. Maddox Brown, John Burnet, G.
Cruikshank, R. Cooper, A. Cozens, David Cox, George Cumberland, G. O. Delamoite,
W.. H. Deverell, H. Edridge, T. Forrester, H. Fuseli, T. Gainsborough, G. Gilpin, R. Se

owitt,

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Howitt, H. Holman Hunt, Ibbetson, Sir Edwin Landseer, Thomas Landseer, J. F.
Lewis, John Malchair, J. Mortimer, J. Rentois, Runciman, P. Sandby, W. P. Sherlock,
C. H. Tatham, and J. G. Wood.

Engravings.—A. full-length. portrait of Queen Elizabeth, in state dress, by William
Rogers, a contemporary artist, no other impression of which is known to exist.

An important collection of the works of John Burnet, in interesting and progressive
states.

Other examples by F. Bacon, Bewick, John Brown, T. Caldwell, W. Dickenson, J.
Cousen, R. Earlom, E. Goodall, G. Gibbon, V. Green, J. Heath, J. J ones, W. Finden,
S. Middeman, W. Miller, H. Moses, S. W. Reynolds, J. H. Robinson, John Scott, W.
Sharp, J. Smith, L. Stock, Luke Sullivan, J. Wilson, W. S. Williams, Wilmore, and W.
Woollett..

Great additions have been made to the series of portraits, caricatures, and prints after
English masters.

Geo. William Reid.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the cuneiform inscriptions and tablets of
Western Asia has been.continued during the past year, commencing on the Ist of February
up to the 31st of December 1867, during which time the progress is reported to have been
as follows:—

Forty-five sheets copied on stone, consisting of historical inscriptions and miscellaneous
tablets, of which twenty-one have been printed, the remainder only awaiting final
corrections.

British Museum, } J. Winter Jones,
6 May 1868. Principal Librarian.

254. F 4

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incomes and Expennrrt
of the Britisn Museum, for the Financial ¥
ended 31st March 1868; of the Estima
Cuarces and Expenszs for the Year end
31st March 1869, and Sum necessary to I
charge the same; Number of Persons admitt
and Progress of Arrangement; &c. a

(Mr. Lowe.)

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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Pringed, ;
8 May 1868, 4

254.

Brel PS SV US eure:

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated i0 May 1869—for,

ACCOUNTS “ of the Income and Exrenpitrure of the British Muszeum
SpeciaL Trust Funps for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March
1869 :”

“Of the Estmmarep Cuarces and Expenses for the Year ending the 3l1st day
of March 1870:”

“ Of the Sum necessary to discharge the same :”

“* And, of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Muszum in each Year
from 1862 to 1868, both Years inclusive; together with a Statement of the
ProeGress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTions; and an Account
of Ozsects added to them in the Year 1868.”

I.ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1869.

Il.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
Ilf.—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE CHRISTY FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31st March 1870, and of GRANT
required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31st March 1969.

VIIL—RETURN of the Number of Pexssons admitted to visit the Britiss Musrum in
each Year from 1862 to 1868, both Years inclusive.

Viii.—_ STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLECTIONS, and an
Account of OxsectTs added to them, in the Year 1868.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
13 May 1869.

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp Exrenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

CEES Oe Soon

To Batance on the Ist April 1868 - - - - = = - = = 62 10 9 Las 7 Use

— Divivenps received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.,

On the 17th July 1868 - - =e Leh OG mon ot
8th January 1869 —- - 196 15 4
393 10 8
- One Year's Rent or a Rear Estate, bequeathed by the Ear] of Bridgewater, |
received 20th April 1868 - - - - - - - STE sS

£. 487 12 10 138,117 17 2

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recripr ann Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Cun Stock,
é 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Ly. igs) de} Ga S. as
To Batance on the Ist April 1868- — - Se atieas. tea) tA ST ais - 36. 111 | 2,872 6 10
- Divinenns received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. : | |
On the 17th July 1868 - £.43 1 9
» 8th January 1869 - 43 1 8
— 86 3 5
£. 122 5 4 2,872 6 10

IIIL—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp ExprenpitureE of the SWINEY

Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. Ss d. gee Se d.
To Batancz on the Ist Aprilis68- - - - - - = «# =| 165 12 8 5,269 2 9

- Divinenps received on 5,2691. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

On the 17th July 1868 - £79 - 9

, 8th January 1869 - 79 - 9

158 1 6

£. 323 14 2 5,269 2 9

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FUND, between the Ist April 1868 and the 31st March 1869.

Ca Stock,
eo 3 p’ Cent. Censols.
| ————
38) $. d. S $ d
By Payment for Enfranchising the Copyhold Portion of the Bridgewater
Estate, belonging to the Trustees of the British Museum, at Whitchurch —- Gi We
- Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear
Estate, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1869 - - - - 2 1. Snutt
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1869 - - - - = 165: =" 2
- Payment of Satary to the Egerton Librarian to 20th March 1869 - =| 204 4 7
421 8 11
— BALANCE ON THE 31sT Marcu 1869, carried to Account for 1869/70 - 66 3) 11 |) 13,107 17 2
£.| 487 12 10} 18,117.17 2

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FUND, between the ist April 1868 and the 31st March 1869.

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Stock,
ees=: 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. 8s. d, Lins a (Ce
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, Avtocrapus, &c., viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1869 - - - = = Oa Asel=
- BaLaNcE on THE 31st Marcu 1869, carried to Account for 1869/70 - - 295 6 4 2,872 6 10

_ FUND, between the Ist April 1868 and the 31st March 1869.

a

Casn. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols,

x_n

af G4 iF £2: <8. d.

By Sarazy paid to Dr. Cobbold for Lectures on Geology in 1868 - en ey i es

- Amount paid for Advertisement and Printing Circular of Vacancy in
Swiney Lectureship - - - - - ee - - 1. 666

- Bavance on THE 31st Marca 1869, carried to Account for 1869/70 - -j] 178 8 8 6,269 2 9

£. 823 14 2 6,269 2 9

2A

4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczipt and Exrrenpiture of the BIRCH

C Stock,
eg 3 p’Cent. Consols.

foun Saud fi.) 1S.

To Batance on the Ist April 1868 - - ee > - - - -|- - > 563°15 7
— Divipenps received on 5681. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of

the British Museum, viz. :
On the 17th July 1868 - £.8 9 1
» 8th January 1869 - 3559" 2
= eS 1618 3
£ 1618 3 568 15 7

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recript anp ExprnpitureE of the CHRISTY ~

CasH
£8. ofl La, Sat fh
To Baiance on the 1st April 1868 - Sirs - - - - - at ae be . b4 2 8

— Amount received from the Trustees under the Will of the late Mr.
Henry Christy, viz.:

Onithetsth duly 1668 =< ee oo a oy ge

» nd February 1869 - - - 50-- =

British Museum, |
_ 13 May 1869. {

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the 1st April 1868 and the 31st March 1869.

Stock,
8 p’Cent. Consols.

£y0) rsa
| By Leaacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
| offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History — - - :

| — Batance on THE 31st Marca 1869, carried to Account for 1869/70 - - 563 15 7

| es, 563 15 7

FUND, between the Ist April 1868 and the 31st March 1869.

Casa.

By Amount transferred in reduction of the expenditure in Rent, Rates, and other charges inci-
dental to the premises No. 108, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the temporary continuance
there of the late Mr. Henry Christy’s Collection of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects 50 - -

— Payments for the purchase of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects, similar to those in the
Christy Collection - - - - - - - - - - - - - 69 10 =

— Bauancs on THE 3lst Marcy 1869, carried to Account for 1869/70

J. Winter Jones,
Principal Librarian.

6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, Kc. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VI.—ESTIMATE, 1869-70.

I, ESTIMATE of the Amount required, in the Year ending 31st March 1870, to pay the SALARIES
and ExPENSEs of the British Museum, including the Amount required for BuILDINGs,
FURNITURE, FIrTines, &c., 26 Geo. 2, cap. 22, &c. &c.

One Hundred and Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred and Three Pounds.

II. Sus-Heaps under which this Vote will be accounted for by the TrusT=EEs of the
British Museum.
1869-70. | 1868-9. | INCREASE. | DECREASE.
£. fe iB 355
A.—SALARIES AND WAGES - - - > = - 50,465 49,135 1,330 =
BRENT @e= =) = Se ds ad genni aa 270 220 50 nae
C.—RATES AND TAXES - - - - - = = 520 520 — =
D.—FUEL AND LIGHT * : - = - = - 1,300 1,300 — —
E.—STATIONERY - - - - - - - 300 300 _ =
F.—PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS - - - - 22,320 24,035 a E 1,715
G=BOOKEENDINGNKes = epee rete) t=) = 10,910 10,500 410 _
H.—PRINTING CATALOGUES, &e. - - - - - 4,480 3,340 1,140 _
I,—BUILDINGS, REPAIRS - - - - - ° - 16,334 3,545 789
J.—FURNITURE AND FITTINGS - - - - - 6,184 6,365 = = 181
K.—INCIDENTAL EXPENSES) - - - - - - 1,020 1,020 _— _
114,103 100,280 3,719 1,896
Deduct Credit in aid of the Estimate, viz. :—
Dividends on 30,000 /. Reduced Three per Cent.
Annuities (directed by 26 Geo. 2, cap. 22, sec.
48, to be applied in aid of the Salaries and other
Expenses of the British Museum) - ae ae 900 300
£.| 118,208 | 99,380 3,719 1,896
a ,

Ner Incrgess—E - ~ £. 18,823

The receipts from the sale of Museum Publications, etc., estimated at 300/., will be paid into the Exchequer.

III. Deraits of the above.

A.—SALARIES AND WAGES:
SALARY OF OFFICE.

1. Orricers: 1869-70, | 1868-9.

Mini-| Annual |Maxi-
mum. | Increase. |} mum.

1868-9. | 1869-70.

fo Be: rs rng) ge
1 1 Principal Librarian - =|) = - = 800 800 -
= Ditto - - as Secretary - | - - - 400 400 —-
1 1 Superintendent of Natural
History - - - -| - - = 800 800 —
5 Keepers of Departments -| - — {600} 8,000 3,000 —
8 2 Ps = — |500] 4,000 4,000 —
1 Assistant Secretary - eo = = 500 500) =
3 Assistant Keepers of De-
partments - - - - —- }450 1,800 1,350 =
1 Accountant - - - | 320 20 | 500 465 445
- - Torat - - - - Seo lelisiGo 11,295 -

Cr.
By amount contributed from Bridgewater
Fund towards the Salary of the Keeper
of the Manuscripts, he acting as Egerton
Librarian - - = - - - 210 - - 210

Carried forward - - - £, | 11,555 -— | 11,085 —

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c.—continued.

1869-70. 1868-9.
BSq AGS 8. 1S.
Brought forward - - - | 11,555 = 11,685 —
A.—SALARIES AND WAGES—continued.
2. ASSISTANTS :
1868-9. |1869-70. Mini-| Annual | Maxi-
muni. | Increase. | mum.
een Sal eeer ES.
16 15 Senior Assistants, Upper Section | 320 | 20 — |400| 5,648 5,900 -
£.10
42 44 Senior Assistants, Lower Section | 150 (ie15 310} 10,077 9,620 ~
1 = Revising Accountant - i ies = are hile > q US ie
1 1 Clerk at Stationers’ Hall(gratuity) | — - = 21 2
1 1 Superintendent of Fire Engines - | = - | = 50 OT
ap) ae | 15,796 —
61 61 - - + Toran
3. TRANSCRIBERS OR JUNIOR ASSISTANTS :
1868-9. |1869-70. bames aaa in
| mum. | Increase. | mum.
ey | ese Be eece
27 28 Transcribers or Junior Assistants = - -| 90} 10-|189} 3,966 — 5,792 —
4, ATTENDANTS AND SERVANTS;
1868-9, 1869-70. Mini-| Annual Maxi-
mum. | Increase. | mum,
HenlerGs Sloe i,
60 60 First-class Attendants =" = 100 |* 5 =) 120) 6,987 6,902 —
902
75 78 Second-class Attendants - - | 60} 4-—]100] 6,310 | 6,024 ~
i iI Clerk of the Works - - - {130} 5 — | 160 156 151 —
Special Allowance to present
Clerk of the Works for duties |
connected with the Firemen and
Fire Engines - - - - = = 10 io. =
{
1 1 Messenger - - - - |120| 5 — 1150 145 Oy
Allowance for superintending the
sale of the Guide Books to the
public - - - = a ee - = 5 Par
1 1 Assistant Messenger - = 2S = - 100 100 —
1 1 Resident Fireman - - -| - = - 100 100 —
Saturday Evening Attendance -| - = = 50 55 =
Mec | —| 13,863 -
139 142 - - - Tora. = S| a
Carried forward - - £.| 45,180 — 44,055 —
211. C

8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Ce eeeeeoe=*®=w=we*>=~aoSSee ee eee

Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c.—continued.

1869-70. 1868-9.

£. S. £. s.
Brought forward - - -| 45,180 — | 44,055 —-
A.—SALARIES AND WAGES—continued. ,
5. Pottce:
1868-9. | 1869-70.
ee (Ne ee ere a | 7
Cpa?
1 1 Inspector al Employed under i]
1 1 Serjeant -+Commissioners of Metropolitan 414
10 12 Constables Police
Special Allowance to Inspector - - - 25
Provision for extra Constables in the Easter,
Whitsun, and Christmas weeks, and for
Gratuities to Inspector, Serjeant, and Con-
stables, for Drilling with the Fire Engines 21
we — 1,460 —- 1,270 -
12 14 - - Tora.
6. Persons Parp Dairy or WEEKLY:
Numbers the
Same in
both Years.
Ea
1 Timekeeper - - - «= 42s.a week - | 109 4
1 Locksmith - - ~ - 488. 35 124 16
1 Plumber - ~ - - 365. Me i = 93 12
1 Glazier and Foreman of Window
Cleaners - - - - 36s. foe AS 93 1 |
3 Assistant Firemen, each - aed OES ae 327 12
24 Labourers and Window Cleaners, |
each - - - - = AIS hie ee 1,497 12
4 Gatekeepers, each - - =) Odies A kal 249 12
3 Front ditto, each - - - 7s. se wadhend 210 12
1 Ladies’ Attendant for Reading
Room - Z1s. Aa ie 54 12
2 Ditto for Public Earn 35. each for feiss day
employed - - - - - 50 -
1 Head Housemaid - = - %5s.a nee - 65 —-
3 Assistant Housemaids, each, - 21s. - 163 16
Allowance to Labourers for Lighting and
Trimming Lamps, attendance on Sundays,
&e. - - - = - = = = 35 -
—— ey ON nie 3,060 —
45 - - Toran.
7. ATTENDANCE ON STOVES:
Numbers the
same In
both Years.
Lets
Clerk of the Works, as Superintendent of
Warming and Ventilation - - - - 50 -
1 Assistant Superintendent - - - - 120 —
1 Foreman, 26 s.a week - a - - 2 67 12
eae 5 at 23 Ss. a wee iN Ni
7 Stokers -{ a 408 4
1 Sweep, at 25s. a week - - - - 65 -
Extra time and attendance on Sundays during
the Winter - - - - - = 39 4
—- 750 - 750 =
10 - Tora. —- —-
Torat ror Sataries AnD Waces - - - £.| 50,465 - | 49,1385 -

——— eee

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c.— continued.

| 1869-70. 1868-9.

Le 48 Lame:
B.—RENT:
1. Rent of rooms at No. 108, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the temporary
continuance there of a Collection of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects
presented to the British Museum by the Trustees under the will of the late
Mr. Henry Christy - = = = = = = : = = 230 - 180 ~
2. Rent of two rooms in Great Russell-street for a Laboratory for the analysation
of Minerals - - - = 5 = = 2 = = ; 40 40

Toran ror Rent - -

RATES AND TAXES:
Poor, General, Sewers, and Metropolitan Main Drainage Rates - = >
_ House Tax on official residences - - - = = 3 = = x
Easter Offering to the Rector of St. George’s, Bloomsbury - — - - -
Water for warming apparatus, cleansing, &c., and for official residences - -

Total ror Rates anp Taxes - -

—FUEL AND LIGHT:

1. Coals, Coke, and Faggots’ - - - = 2 = = 2 Z
2. Candles, Oil, and Gas_~ - - - x is z 2 2 bs ps

Toran ror Fuet anp Lignt - .-

—STATIONERY - - - - - - - - - - x = = = 2

—PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS:

1. Printed Books = = = = - - - - - - = = = 10,000 —
2. Maps, Charts, Plans, and Topographical Drawings - - - - = E ean = "500 —
3. Manuscripts (General and Oriental) SeCpetm =, testing: Ae ppeiay vege! | 4 2.500 — 2.000 -~
4, Books for the Department of Manuscripts - - - = = = = on a soe
5. Minerals and Meteorites - - = = = = a B ‘ S00, = 700) =
6. Books and Binding for the Department of Minerals = ait i - : soy = 30 -
7. Fossils - - - - - - - - : < & Z if = 800 — soo —
8. Books and Binding for the Department of GeOlOgy me ye ie amt 65 - 30 -
9. Zoological Specimens - - - - - - - - - - z 1,000 — 1,000 -
10. Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology - - - 2 gals oT a0n 30) * =
Seercmodbspecunens - =i ela W vent Cits-.ullgangas poleliiew bow 250 — 950 -
12. Books and Binding for the Department of Botany - - - em ae 2 30 = 30 -
18. Oriental Antiquities - - ~ = = - - = = - is 250 — 250 -
14. British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnographical Specimens - - 250 - 250 —-
15. Greek and Roman Antiquities (including Excavations) - ~ - ai aebhice - 2,500 — 2,500 --
16. Coins and Medals - - - - - - - - - : - a 1,500 — 1,500 —
17. Books and Binding for the Departments of Coins and Antiquities - - - 150 - 100 -
18. Prints and Drawings - - - - - - a - . - 1,200 - 1,200 -
19. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - - - - - - 15 - 15 --
Mumerecand Carriage <=) mystant al) eso) ioe-teroa’! mulsetwil aid 300 - 300 -

Spectra, Purcuases anp Acquisitions :

For Scientific and Antiquarian Researches in connection with the Expedition to

Abyssinia - - - - - - - - - - - - -| - - 1,000 —

For Excavations in Asia Minor under the superintendence of Mr. George Dennis,
H.B.M.’s Vice Consul at Benghazi - Sopa - - - - -| - - 500 -
Evyptian Antiquities proposed to be purchased from Mr. Hay - - - -| - - 1,000 =
Tora, ror Purcnases aNp Acquisitions - - - £, 22,320 — 24,085 -

21. C2

10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &c¢.—continued.

1869-70. 1868-9.

235 E55 we :
G.—BOOKBINDING, PREPARING, &c.:
1. Bookbinding, &c., Printed Books - - - - - - = 7,000 — 7,000 —
2. Mounting Maps, Charts, &c. - = - - - - - 400 — 2000 =
3. Bookbinding and repairing Manuscripts = = - - = 500 = 500 —
Ae 7 and mounting Prints and Drawings - - - - 500 — 400 =
5. Preparing, &c. Zoology - - - - - - - - 800 — 700 —
6. Geology - - - - - - - - 200 —- 200 —
Vic 5 Mineralogy - - - - - - - - 110 - | 150 -
8. - Botany - - - - - - - - - 50 - 50 -
9. Repairing and arranging Antiquities - - - - - - 1,350 —- 1,300 -
Toran ror Booxerinpinc, Preparine, &c. - - £. 10,910 — 10,500 —
H.—PRINTING CATALOGUES, &c.:
1. Guide-books and Synopsis - - ~~ - - 2 bik
2. Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - - - -
3. Preparing and Printing Catalogues of Zoology = - - -
4. Catalogue of Fossil Crustacea - - - - - -
5. Catalogues of, and Drawings and Engravings from, Coins and
Medals’ - - - - - - - = - - = 800 — 800 -
6. Catalogues of, and Drawings from, Antiquities (including the Christy
Collection of Ethnography) - - Sago - = = 900 - 600 -
7. Preparing and Printing a Catalogue of Prints - - - - 500 —- — :
Saadickeis eo miatlaisyece, =) = = Lie = ee 200 - 200 -
9. Moulds and Casts from Marbles - - - ~ - - - 200 - 150 =
10. Ditto from Coins - - - - - - - - - = 40 - 40 - |
Torat ror Printing Catatocuss, &e.- - - £. 4,480 — 3,340 —
ee
1.—BUILDINGS, REPAIRS (Including Architect’s Commission):
Ordinary Repairs and Maintenance of the Museum Buildings and
Official Residences, and keeping in order the Roads, Lawns, Pave-
ments, &c. - : 2 = = - : = z 5 me alee 2,013 -
Repairs to the warming and ventilating Apparatus, and various Works
for improved Ventilation - - - - - - - - 558 — 587 -
Repairing, cleaning, and keeping in order the Fire Engines, Mains, Cocks,
&e., providing Posts to Fire Mains, and new Stop-cocks - - - O00) = 190)
Extension of the Elgin Gallery - = - = - - - = 19000) = tu
Tron Galleries proposed to be erected in the Print Room and Medal
Room - - - - - - - - - - - - 296 —- as
Painting and cleaning the Herbarium Rooms and Studies, the Eastern A
Zoological Gallery, the Northern Library, Lobbies, &c., and dusting ,
the walls and ceilings generally throughout the Building - = = 730 - —
Painting the outside wood and iron work, except the iron palisade fence 7
and the Reading Room and new Libraries, and pointing the external
masonry - - = = Be BS acs Ge. aae - GEA es ae
Various alterations and repairs in the Kitchen, Larder, Refreshment
Rooms, &c., for the better accommodation of the Public - - -- 225, =
Iron guard-bars and gates, and wire netting for windows and other
external openings on ground floor, fur protection against outrage - — 650 -
Tora ror Buitprnes, Reuparrs, &e.- - -£.| 16,334 — 3,045 —

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Nae

ee

Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, &¢c.—continued.

1869-70. 1868<9.

J.—FURNITURE AND FITTINGS (Including Architect’s Commission): Le Si E, rm
4, Fittings and Furniture for Principal Librarian’s Offices - - - 1385 - x
2. Ditto - - ditto for Department of Printed Books - - - 549 - 1,346 -
3. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Maps, Charts,&c. - - 72. = BO =
4. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Manuscripts - - - 438) = 183 —
5. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - MlineralogyandGeology - 1,028 = BR =
6. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Zoology - - - - 5620 (IR. =
7. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Botany - A - - 2450 OSs
8. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Oriental Antiquities - - ipo See 7497 =
9. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Greekand Roman Antiquities 1,623 — 1273 —
10. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - British and Medievai Anti-
quities and Ethnography - 259 - 500 =
11. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Coinsand Medals - - iO Fe
12. Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - Prints and Drawings- - 17 - BYE =
Toraut ror Furniture AnD FirTINGS- - - £. 6,184 —- 6,365 —
a ae al
K,—INCIDENTAL EXPENSES :
Soap and other requisites for cleansing purposes - - - = = 70 — 70
Brooms, Brushes, and other Household Implements - - soe 150 = ene
‘
Law Expenses - = - - = = 5 = = = = 100 - 100 -
Washing Dusters, Towels, &c. - © = - = - = 900 — agon 2.
Payments to Attendants on early morning duty, watching Labourers - #5001 — Bo
Uniform Coats, &c., for Messengers, Firemen, and Front Gate Keepers GON 5 oun
Postage - a 5 7 “ ° S = = = - 109 - 100 =
Renewal of House Linen, Rent of Telegraph, Medical Fees, Subserip-
tions to Hospitals, Stamps, Advertisements, beating Carpets, and
various incidental expenses - = - - - - - é : 1o0R= 905 =
Tora For Incrpentat Expenses - - - &£. 1,020 — 1,020 -

he ce

12 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIIL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons ApmitTep to Visit thé British Museum.

Prrsons admitted to view the Gensrat Corecrtions in each Year, from 1863 to 1868, both Years inclusive.

18638.
N°
JANUARY - - = - - 2 32,453
FEBRUARY - - = - - > 30,042
Marcu - ~ - = : a 2 i 34,774
APB) |) SOS oh eee geet ey ek
DEA Se Samet. Uo es
SS MMI 20 Natal ORE ths Sad ee aN ei
DULY) ee en a =| AO GIS
AvGuUST - ° - - - - 39,836
SEPTEMBER - - - = = = 33,028
OctToBER - - - - - - 32,215
NovEeMBER - ° - - - - 23,507
DecEMBER - - - - - - 47,631
Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections -| 440,301
(exclusive of Readers) - 4)
Number of Visits—

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of e
Study or Reearch edited é Se

To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- ,
2,042

pose of Study - - - - ,
To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - | - -
To the Coin and Medal Room - - - 1,204
To the Department of Natural History -j| - -
To the Print Room - - - - - 2,827
Torar - - -1| 554,695

1864.

N°
18,884
23,315
45,267
30,471
33,4938
30,098
40,832
45,662
28,196
34,478
26,748
74,895

432,339

105,899

1,140

1,822

2,361

543,561

1865.

Ne
24,443
21,564
28,163
39,045
23,755
42,840
36,868
39.979
21,544
27,792
21,458
42,516

369,967

100,271

2,356

635
1,856
2,565

477,650

1866.
N°
30,096
21,086
22,794
46,442
39,178
32,130
38,969
41,010
26,765
35,643
26,381
47,785

408,279

516,550

1867.

N°
22,136
25,645
23,165
46,886
26,466
47,024
50,785
52,986
37,181
38,561
29,356
44,895

445,086

103,469

2,416

556,317

461,710

108,529

575,739

1868,
Ne
27,402
25,987
31,591
47,778.
29,047
53,526
44,427
46,181
28,791
40,776
28,989
57,215

2,018

339
1,548
3,509
3,086

In addition to the above, 553 persons were admitted during the year 1868 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-
graphy, &c., which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,

Westminster.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the British Musrum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April ; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st of

The Public will be also admitted on Saturda
present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six.

August.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under ceriain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November,

December, January, and Februar

April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History,
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is oper, excepting Saturday; and
to the Print Room from Ten o’clock, to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open,

excepting Saturday and during the month of September.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or

Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority.

The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collections on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tickets

issued at the British Museum.

British Museum, |
13 May 1869. f

ys from the 8th of May to the 31st of August of the

y; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March, an¢

J. Winter Jones,

Principal Librarian.

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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13

VIIIL—PROGRESS made in the CaraLocuine and ARRANGEMENT, and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1868.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS.

I. Arrangement.—The arrangement of the new acquisitions of the Library was carried
on during the twelvemonth, on the principle which has received the name of the “ Elastic
System.” The locality of each book was assigned to it in accordance with the character
of its contents, and an indication of that locality was inserted and affixed to the inside and
outside of each volume, and noted on the title-slips belonging to each work, to be thence
transcribed for insertion in the Catalogue. The total number of “ Press-marks” amounted
to 90,018, and of Labels to 38,334.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 80,342 title-slips were written for the various Catalogues (the
term “title-slip ” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these, 3,121
were for the New General Catalogue, 67,532 for the Supplementary Catalogue, and
9,689 for the separate Catalogues of Music, and of Chinese and Hebrew books.

(6.) Catalogue from A to M.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Catalogue
from A to M, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounted to 40,718, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
310. 18,657 transcripts of title-slips were incorporated into each of three copies of this
portion of the Catalogue, and 13,233 transcripts were laid down for insertion.

(c.) Catalogue from N to Z.—In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue
from N to Z, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounted to 17,240, and
of index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to 560. 15,584 transcripts of title-slips
were incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.

(d.) Musie Catalogue.—7,313 title-slips were written, and 3,567 transcribed fourfold.

(e.) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—1,927 title-slips were written for Chinese books,
and 233 for Japanese books, making a total of 2,160.

(f.) Hebrew Catalogue.—276 title-slips were written, and 253 transcribed fourfold.

(g.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by simply arranging the title-slips in the order of the
press-marks, 34,200 slips were mounted on cartridge paper, and arranged preparatory to
incorporation, and 53,010 were incorporated in the general series.

(h.) List of Books of Reference in Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in this list, to record the changes made by the introduction of new books of re-
ference, or new editions in place of old editions removed, amounted to 478 in each of the
interleaved copies of the Catalogue.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
was 14,947; and in consequence of the plan frequently adopted of binding two or more
volumes in one, the number returned was 13,358, including 1,561 pamphlets. 275 volumes
were repaired,

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library, from use in the Reading Room, was 240,629; to the Royal Library, 9,238; to
the Grenville Library, 1,469, and to the closets, in which books are kept day by day for
the use of readers, 201,284. Adding the estimated number of volumes returned to the
shelves of the Reading Room, about 830,770, the whole amount was 1,283,390, or about
4,380 for each of the 293 days during which the room was open to the public.

The number of readers during the year was 103,529, giving an average of 353 daily ; and,
from the numbers above, the average of books consulted by each reader appears to
have been more than 12 per day.

V. Additions.—(a.) 42,331 volumes and pamphlets were added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 992
were presented, 6,099 were received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 346
were received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 34,894 were acquired
by purchase.

(.) 33,403 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress), were also added, of which 1,396 were presented, 20,130 were received
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in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright; 105 were received under the Inter-
national Copyright Treaties, and 11,772 were acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers received from the Inland Revenue Offices of the
United Kingdom, was 1,145. Of these, 131 were published in Scotland, 138 in Ireland,
238 in London, and 638 in the rest of England. 48 volumes and 26 numbers of old
Newspapers, belonging to 16 different sets; were presented, and 59 volumes and 403
numbers, belonging to 26 different sets, were purchased.

(d.) 2,121 pieces of Music were acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which 1,527
were received by English, and 576 by International Copyright, and 18 were purchased.

Of 779 portions of musical works in progress, 473 were received by English, and 306
by International Copyright. 253 works of Music of greater extent than single pieces were
also acquired, comprising 25 by English and 66 by International Copyright, and
162 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 42,331 volumes and pamphlets, and
33,403 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 38,208. Of these, 681 were presented, 7,576 were acquired by English and 1,111
by International Copyright, and 28,840 by purchase.

5773 articles were received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, and other miscellaneous items ;_ the addition of this
number to those already given produces a total of 81,507 articles received in the department.

(f.) The number of stamps impressed on articles received was altogether 262,653.

(VI.) Among the acquisitions of the department during the twelvemonth, two are
especially worthy of notice, a number of specimens of elegant binding, presented by the
executors of the late Felix Slade, Esq, F.s.A., in compliance with his will, and a select
collection of Japanese books formed by the late Dr. Von Siebold, author of the great work
on Japan entitled “ Nippon,” and acquired for the Museum by purchase from his son.

The specimens of binding from the Slade collection are 23 in number, chiefly of foreign
execution, and afford examples of the style of Padeloup, Dusseuil, Derome, and other eminent
binders. One of the volumes, an edition of Paulus Aimylius, De gestis Francorum (Paris,
1555, 8vo), is a beautiful specimen of the French style of the period, with the sides
and back richly ornamented in the Grolier manner. An Italian translation of the works
of Horace (Venice, 1581, 4to), is of French execution, richly tooled, and bears the arms
of Henry III. of France. A folio volume of the “‘ Reformation der Stadt Nurnberg”
(Frankfort, 1566,) which is a magnificent specimen of contemporary German binding,
formerly belonged to the Emperor Maximilian the Second, whose arms are painted on the
elegantly goffered gilt edges. An edition of Ptolemy’s “ Geographic Narrationis libri
octo ”—( Lyons, 1541, fol.)—affords a fine illustration of the Italian style of about that date.
The copy of a French translation of Xenophon’s Cyropedia, by Jacques de Vintemille
(Paris, 1547, 4to) appears to have been bound for King Edward VI., of England,
whose arms and cypher are on the sides, while the rose is five times worked in gold on
the back. “A volume of Bishop Hall’s “‘ Contemplations on the Old Testament ” (London,
1626, 8vo) in olive morocco contemporary English binding, has the Royal arms in the
centre of the sides, and appears to have been the dedication copy of King Charles the
First. It is proposed to exhibit some of the most beautiful specimens comprised in Mr.
Slade’s valuable donation, in one of the select cases in the King’s Library.

The collection of Japanese books was one of two formed by Dr. Von Siebold during his
residence in, and visits to, Japan. The first of these collections, which is now at Leyden,
and of which a catalogue was published in 1845, was long considered as beyond comparison
the finest of its kind out of Japan and China; but the second, now in the Museum, is
much superior. That at Leyden comprises 525 works, that in London 1,088 works, in
3,441 volumes. It contains specimens of every class of literature: cyclopexdias, histories,
law-books, political pamphlets, novels, plays, poetry, works on science, on antiquities,
on female costume, on cookery, on carpentry, and on dancing. It abounds in works
illustrative of the topography of Japan, as, for instance, one, in 20 volumes, on the secular
capital Yeddo, and two, in 11 volumes, on the religious capital Miaco; collections of
views of Yeddo and of the volcano Fusiyama, &c. &c. There are also several dictionaries
of European languages, testifying to the eagerness with which the Japanese now pursue
that study. The Museum was already in possession of a second edition of an English
dictionary published at Yeddo in 1866, in which the lexicographer, Hori Tatsnoskay,
observes in the preface, “As the study of the English language is now becoming general in
our country, we have had for some time the desire to publish a pocket dictionary
of the English and Japanese languages, as an assistance to our scholars,” and adds that
the first edition is “entirely sold out.” These dictionaries may now assist Europeans to
study the language of Japan, and it is believed that the Japanese Library now in the
Museum will afford unequalled opportunities for the study of its literature.

Thomas Watts.

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DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHArts, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—Titles written, 5,252; Maps press-marked, 1,140 ;
Titles press-marked, 4,827 ; Practical cross-references written, 130; 1,130 Maps in 2,935
sheets have been bound; Hand-slips written, 968; Stamps affixed to maps, 7,334.
Returned to shelves from Reading Room, 511 Atlases, 1,395. Maps: total, 1,906.

II. Additions —By Copyright: Maps, 674, in 3,424 sheets; Atlases, 9; Parts of Atlases,
6. By purchase: 256 volumes; Maps, 2,121, in 5,995 sheets. By presentation, 4
volumes ; 3 Maps, in 5 sheets.

The most notable acquisitions of the past year are 92 Japanese Maps from the collection
of the late Dr. Von Siebold, including one of the province of Shinano, showing the parts
which were respectively sunk and raised by the earthquake of 1828.

A collection of 148 Hindi and Urda Maps.

A small collection of original Charts of Captain Cook; a fine copy of the “ Atlantic
Neptune” by Des Barres, in three volumes, presented by John Lettsom Elliot, Esq.

hi. H, Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. The Index to the printed Catalogue of Additions for the years 1848-1853 has been
revised in type, from letter Q to the end, and a supplementary Subject Index has been
added. The Catalogue, with its Index, has been published.

2. The preliminary work on the proposed general Class-Catalogue of all the collections
has made the following progress, viz. :—

Duplicate copies of the printed or manuscript Catalogues of the several Collections have
been marked with marginal references, and cut up in slips.

The whole collection of slips has been sorted into classes of subjects.

The slips of the classes, “‘ Owners of Manuscripts,” “ Donors of Manuscripts,” and
** Scribes,” have been arranged, laid down, and bound in volumes.

The slips of Collections of State Papers have been arranged and laid down.

The slips of Biblical Books, including the Greek series, have been corrected by the
Manuscripts, arranged, and laid down.

The slips of Service Books and Prayers, including the Greek series, have been corrected
by the Manuscripts, arranged, and partly laid down. é

The slips of Martyrologies and Lives of Saints have been arranged and laid down.

The slips of Classical Works have been arranged.

The slips of Theology, in the Latin language, have been partly arranged and laid down.

The slips of Science have been partly arranged.

3. The following Manuscripts have been described for the Catalogue of Additions, viz. :—
Nos. 22,500 to 22,598, acquired in the year 1858; 22,842 to 22,962, acquired in
1859; 24,353 to 24,356, 24,361, 24,408, 241419, 24,614, 24,630, 24,660, 24,661, 24,723
to 24,730, and 24,901, acquired in 1862; 27,773 to 27,781, 27,789 to 27,944, and 27,950
to 27,958, acquired in 1868; and Egerton MSS., 2,031 to 2,042, acquired in the year
1867; and 2,045 to 2,073, acquired in 1868.

4, Indexes of writers have been prepared for the Additional MSS., 22,881, 22,910,
22,911, 22,919, and 22,920.

5. The Additional Manuscripts of the Birch Collection have been described in detail
from No. 4,294 to 4,299.

6. Additional Charters and Rolls 17,203 to 17,428, and Egerton Charters 140 to 257,
have been described.

7. Previous descriptions of Additional Charters and Rolls 14,351 to 14,586 have been
revised.

8. One thousand and sixty Harleian Charters, numbered 57 A.1 to 58 D. 30, and
75 H. 9 to 76 I, 38, have been re-described.

9. The revised descriptions of the Additional Charters and Rolls 13,550 to 14,578
have been copied in quadruplicate for volume VI, of the Catalogue of Additional
Charters.

10. The Index to volume V. of the Catalogue of Additional Charters has been com-
pleted from No. 13,273, and entered in the two copies of the volume; one of which has
been placed in the Reading Room.

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11. One hundred and ninety-two Seals, attached to the Additional Charters 17,111
to 17,356, and Egerton Charters 140 to 257; and one thousand five hundred and forty-
three casts of Seals, have been described.

12. The descriptions of 4,353 Seals, attached to the Harleian Charters 43 A. 1 to 56 I.
19, have been revised a first time; and 2,601 Seals, attached to the. Harleian Charters
43 A. 1 to 50 I. 57, have been revised a second time.

13. Three hundred and eighty-eight Seals have been described for an ordinary of Arms.

14. The Manuscript detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection has been abridged,
from No. 1,101 to 4,100; and the references to pages corrected from No. 1,101 to 2,300,
and from 3,960 to 4,100.

15. The detailed Catalogue of the Egerton Collection, from the year 1851, has been
copied in quadruplicate, from No. 1,501 to 1,738.

16. The Additions during the year have been numbered and arranged.

17. Six hundred and forty-five volumes, viz.:—Additional MSS., 26,923-27,214,
27 236-27 275, 27,287-27.302, 27,443-27,446, 27,450, 27,451, 27,456-27,458, 27,651-
27,772, acquired in the year 1867; and 27,774-27,781, 27,783-27,902, 27,909, 27,913,
acquired in 1868 ; and the Egerton MSS., 1,991-1,994, 1,996, 1,997, 1,999, 2,000, 2,003,
2,004, 2,006-2,013, 2,017, 2,018, 2,021, 2,023, 2,024, 2,027-2,034, 2,036-2,041, 2,045,
2,046, have been bound, lettered, and repaired.

18. One hundred and fourteen volumes of the old Collections have been re-bound or
repaired.

19. Fifty-eight Charters and Rolls have been repaired.

20. The Registers of the Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been continued in
duplicate to the latest acquisition.

21. The Hand Lists of the Old Royal, King’s, Harleian, Lansdowne, Sloane, Egerton,
and part of the Additional Collections, have been verified by the cases.

22. A new Hand List has been prepared for the Old Royal Collection, and new Shelf
Lists made for the Old Royal and Cotton MSS.

23. One thousand five hundred and four Manuscripts have been re-arranged in the
cases and press-marked.

24. One thousand two hundred and fifty Charter boxes and drawers have been press-
marked.

25. Two hundred and fifty-eight Charters and Rolls, viz., Additional 17,217 to 17,356,
and Egerton 140 to 257, have been numbered and inventoried.

26. One hundred and eighty casts of Seals have been mounted.

27. Twelve hundred and ten Manuscripts and Books of Reference have been stamped,
with a total of 32,623 impressions.

28. One thousand and five Manuscripts have been folio’d.

29.. The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room, during the year, was
23,713; and of Manuscripts used by artists and others in the department 1,689, in
addition to those shown to visitors. .The number of Charters consulted was 524.

30. The acquisitions of Manuscripts during the year have been as follows :—
General Collection—

Additional MSS. - - - - - - - - 191

Charters and Rolls - = - = - - - - 474

Detached Seals and Casts - - - - - - - 10
Egerton and Farnborough—

Manuscripts = - - - - - - - see tf pa

Amongst these will be found :—

A finely illuminated Book of Hours, of Flemish art, of the latter part of the 15th
pennurys with inscriptions on the fly-leaves by members of the families of St. Pol and

éves.

Two additional leaves of the series of illuminated genealogical tables of the Royal Family
of Portugal, acquired in the year 1842.

The English translation, by John de Trevisa, of Bartholomew Glanvill de Proprie-
tatibus Rerum ; of the beginning of the 15th century.

The volume of Romances and Ballads from which Bishop Percy extracted his collec-
tion of English Ballads.

Portions of the original Log Books of Captain Cook the navigator, in his first and
second voyages of discovery ; and autograph copy of his journal. of ae second yoyage.

Original letters of King George the Third to the Marquess of Carmarthen.

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Private letters of the author of the “ Junius” Letters to Woodfall, publisher of the
‘Morning Advertiser,” with sheets of the first edition of the collected Letters, corrected
in MS. by Junius; and other papers connected with the authorship of those writings.

Sixteen volumes of Spanish and Portuguese historical papers of the 15th and 16th
centuries ; relating principally to the duchy of Savoy, the governments of Milan and
Naples, and the internal affairs of Spain; with original letters of Philip II. of Spain, and
a register of letters of the Marques de Sande, Portuguese Ambassador to Louis XIV.,
in the years 1663-1666, &c.

Seventy-one volumes of a collection, by the late Francis Place, of Westminster, for
the history of Political and Trades’ Unions, Mechanics’ Institutes, Westminster Elections,
and the general social condition of England.

A book of Lute Music, composed by John Dowland and his contemporaries.

The select medical case-book of Dr. John Hall, son-in-law of Shakspeare, 1622-1631.
Autograph.

An original Note-book of S. T. Coleridge.

Two volumes of caligraphy; the one executed by Hester English in 1599, the other
by Nicolas Jarry, in 1650.

Edw. A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

DurinG the year 1868 the following progress has been made in the work connected
with the Oriental Manuscripts :—

The following Manuscripts have been described in full for the special Catalogues :—

Oriental 48-61, 81-84, 86-136, 410-420, 450, 460-464.

A descriptive list has been prepared, including all Oriental Manuscripts acquired during
the years 1854-1866; a transcript of it has been made, and placed in the Reading Room.

A descriptive list of the Oriental Manuscripts acquired in 1867 has also been drawn up
and transcribed for the Reading Room.

A similar list, including the Manuscripts acquired in 1868, is in course of preparation,
the following Manuscripts having been entered: Or. 73-136, 422-442, 451-453.

The final revision of the Syriac Catalogue has been completed. The first 12 sheets
(B.—N.) have been carried through the press.

The Hamilton Collection, consisting of 352 volumes, has been arranged and labelled.

The Abyssinian Collection, 339 volumes, presented by the Secretary of State for India,
has been labelled.

Sixteen Arabic Manuscripts, offered by the Rey. H. C. Reichardt, have been examined
and labelled.

The following Oriental Manuscripts have been bound :—The Almanzi Collection, Add.
26,923-27,214; the Malcolm Collection, Add. 27,236-27,274; and Nos. 1-136 of the new
Oriental series.

Acquisitions.

The additions to the Oriental Collection during the year 1868 have been as follows :—
By purchase - - - = 404 Manuscripts.
By donation - - - - 353 es

Inall - - - 757 Manuscripts—
which come under the following classes :—
fEthiopic - - - - - - - - 3855
Persian - u ~ - - - - - - 266
Arabic - = - - - - - - - 66
Coptic - - - - - - - - ay |
Hindustani - - ~ - - - - - 13
Hindi - - = - - - - - - 5
Telugoo - - - - - - - - 5
Afghan - = - - - - - - 5
Toorki - 2 x - - - - - - 5
Hebrew - - - - - - - - 4
Armenian - - - - ~ - - - 4
Sanscrit - - - - - - = - 3
Burmese - - - - o - - - 2
Ginealese’*" Smertaqurt Jeon ur RCT me eS
Tamil - - - - - - * - - 1
Toran - - - 757 Manuscripts.

The above total includes two additions of exceptional importance, the Hamilton and
the Abyssinian Collections.
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The first consists of 352 Manuscripts, chiefly Persian and Arabic, and contains a rich
store of new matter bearing on Eastern, especially Indian, history, as well as on Arabic
and Persian literature. It was selected from a collection of about 1,100 volumes formed
in India, chiefly at the time of the Mutiny, by the late Colonel George William Hamilton,
Commissioner of Delhi, and including a large number of books from the Royal Library at
Lucknow.

The second, which is due to the Abyssinian War, has been presented by the Secretary
of State for India. It comprises 339 volumes, handsomely written on vellum, most of
them of considerable size, selected from a store of books about 1,000 in number, captured
at Maedala, where they had been brought together by King Theodore as an endowment
for the church which he proposed building there.

Out of 16 volumes, originally belonging to the same collection, which had been set
apart, as most remarkable in point of art, for presentation to Her Majesty, six have been
retained for the Royal Library, and the remaining ten have been graciously returned to
the Museum, thus bringing up the total number of what may be called the Magdala Col-
lection to 349 volumes.

This unequalled collection embraces the whole range of ®thiopic Iiterature, all
branches of which, biblical, liturgical, patristic, homiletic, legendary and historical, are
here most fully represented. It forms at the same time a rich and curious series of
specimens of Abyssinian caligraphy and miniature painting, ranging from the 15th to the
present century.

In addition to the above Collections, the following acquisitions deserve to be specially
mentioned :—

Twenty-one Coptic Manuscripts, of the biblical and liturgical class, several of which
belong to the 13th and 14th centuries; from the Collection of the late Dean Henry
Tattam.

Four Armenian Manuscripts, one of which, containing the four Gospels with minia-
tures, is dated in the year of the Armenians 607 (A.D. 1159).

Futth e A’tham and Térikh e Bathaki, two important historical works in Persian, from
the Collection of Sir William Ouseley.

Al-Mutrib, notices on the Arab poets of Spain, by Ibn Dihyah. Written a.n. 649
(A.D. 1251).

Rashi’s rkiteny on the section of the Talmud called Baba Metsi’a. Written
A.D. 1192, on paper.

Prajna-Paramita and Tathagata-Guhyaka, two of the sacred books of the Buddhists,
in the Sanscrit language and Nepaulese character. Presented by Dr. William Wright.

Saif-ul-Multik, a tale in Hindustani verse, Dakhni dialect, with miniatures, about 200
in number, representing varied scenes of Indian life (a.D. 1746).

Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.
I.— Arrangement.

In the Egyptian division several recesses in the Northern Egyptian Gallery have
been fitted up and glazed for the reception of objects.

Three Egyptian figures in the galleries have been mounted on granite pedestals, and
one small Egyptian statue has been placed under a glass case for better preservation.

Six Egyptian tablets have been framed and glazed, and six other objects mounted on
stone pedestals ; 48 Egyptian objects have been mounted, and nine others repaired.

49 pieces of Egyptian papyri have been arranged, the fragments joined, and mounted
and glazed in portfolios.

17 papyri from the Hay Collection have been unrolled and mounted, and five Egyptian
leather rolls, with magical inscriptions in the Coptic language, have been unrolled.

Temporary cases have been placed in the Northern Egyptian Gallery and Second
Egyptian Room for the exhibition of objects.

200 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

Five papyri have been catalogued.

The fac-similes of Egyptian inscriptions in the Hieratic and Demotic papyri have been
prepared for publication, the descriptive text finally revised, and the whole ready for
issue and publication.

A considerable collection, purchased of Mr. Hay, has been received and unpacked,
and a collection of Egyptian casts and drawings examined.

In the Assyrian division progress has been made in the glazing of the Assyrian sculp-
tures displayed in the basement, and the most important and delicate slabs have been
protected by glass; the reliefs on the west side and those of the east side of the wall of
the inner room have been completely glazed.

The table cases of smaller Assyrian objects exhibited in the basement have been re-
arranged, and an improved classification of their contents has been made.

Casts of Hebrew inscriptions from Palestine have been placed on the west side of the
Assyrian basement.

13 Assyrian inscriptions have been mounted, and two of them glazed for exhibition.

Five Assyrian inscriptions have been fixed on the east wall of the Kouyunjik Gallery.
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The table cases in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been re-arranged, and many additional
objects placed in them for public exhibition.

The recess in the Assyrian transept behind the colossal bull, on the south side, has
been fitted up for the reception of objects. :

A new table case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery.

Some fragments of inscriptions from Khorsabad have been mounted and placed in the
Assyrian basement room.

112 small Assyrian objects have been mounted for exhibition.

307 inscribed fragments of Assyrian clay tablets have been repaired and joined.

319 fragments of Assyrian inscribed clay tablets, 57 terra-cotta seals, and 58 ivory
fragments, besides others of cylinders and bronzes, have been placed in cardboard boxes
for better preservation. The whole collections of inscribed fragments of Assyrian clay
tablets, amounting to about 20,800 pieces, have been examined and classed and marked.

945 Assyrian fragments of Assyrian clay tablets have been partly copied for regis-
tration.

2,299 objects have been registered and had registration marks attached to them.

415 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects exhibited in the galleries.

155 numbers have been printed and attached to objects in the collections.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 660.

Amongst them the most remarkable are the following objects, purchased by a special
grant, from the Collections of Mr. Hay :—

A bronze figure of the goddess Isis, of fine workmanship.

A bronze figure of the same goddess gilded.

Two bronze figures of the god Horus gilded.

The above are remarkable for their gilding.
_A bronze seal, with a figure of Horus, and a Demotic inscription.
i" etre mirror, with wooden handle in shape of the god Bes or Bessa, supposed type of
yphon.
A ae mirror, with ebony handle in shape of the flower of the papyrus, inlaid with
old studs.
: Bronze dagger with gold handle.

A bronze seal of peculiar shape, resembling those now in use, with figures of the
goddess Athor, crocodiles, apes, &c.

Bronze rings, one with the name of a disk-worshipping monarch of the 18th dynasty,
the other with that of his successor Amentuankh.

Two wooden figures of females holding cats, of fine workmanship.

Wooden figure of a draped female holding flowers of water-plants, of fine work-
manship.

Two wooden figures of girls, one with earrings, of fine workmanship.

Wooden figure of a female named Nefersnas, standing on a pedestal wearing a collar
of blue porcelain beads.

Two wooden sepulchral figures of the monarch Rameses VI., of the 20th dynasty, in
fine preservation, and another of Hui, a door-keeper, of delicate execution.

Three wooden spoons, one carved in shape of a girl swimming, holding a water fowl;
another with handle representing a girl walking amidst water-plants, and the third in
shape of a fox seizing a shell, which forms the bowl.

Upper part of a wooden head-rest or pillow, with figures of the god Bes or Bessa in
different attitudes in relief.

A wooden pulley.

The wooden model of a vase, inscribed with the name of Amensa, a functionary.

Pallet of Amenophis, a scribe, with 11 wells for colours.

Two gilt wooden models of purses or bags, for holding cosmetics, inscribed with the
name of Rameses II., of the 19th dynasty.

Wooden model of part of the crown of a deity or king, gilded and inlaid with glass,
imitating jasper and lapis lazuli.

Dagger with wooden handle, flint blade, and part of leathern scabbard.

Wooden panels of boxes, painted with adorations to Nu, Osiris, and the jackal of
Anubis.

Wooden box for holding sepulchral figures.

Painted wooden tablet, act of adoration, by a person named Amenmes, to the god Ra.

Large box with sledge below, for holding a set of canopic vases, for the viscera of a
mummy.

Two covers of coffins, one of Mutenapt and the other of a priestess of Amen Ra, with
painted scenes and hieroglyphics. oot

Flat baked brick, stamped 39 times with the name of Ursha, a functionary.

j Clay stopper of a vase of large size, stamped with the name of Rameses IT., 19th
nasty. -
vThres fragments from the sides of a tomb of mud, covered with stuece and painted with
figures of Osiris, Amenophis I., and the Adthiopian Queen Aahmes Nefer-t-ari.
Bezels of rings, with the names of Amenophis III. and Horus of the 18th dynasty.

Porcelain goblet in shape of a lotus flower.
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Small vase in shape of a bottle, of light blue glass, on which is painted the name and
titles of Thothmes III., 18th dynasty.

Cylinder of glazed steatite, inscribed with the name and titles of Sebeknefru, Scemio-
phris, of the 12th dynasty. It is the only monument on which these titles are found.

Several scarabei with royal names, amongst them those of Thothmes III., Amenophis
III., Khuenaten, Ai, Horus, Seti I., and Rameses II.

Three hypocephali of linen, covered with stucco, and painted with scenes of deities
and inscriptions. These mystically represented the pupil of the Solar Eye, and were
supposed to maintain the vital warmth in the body.

Soy mbes a4 of green jasper, on which is Thothmes I. in a war chariot, attacking a negro
chief.

An ox-headed scarabzeus of hematite, and a hawk-headed one of lapis lazuli.

A gold ring with glass scarabeus, on which the prenomen of Thothmes I., of the 18th
dynasty.

A silver ring with the head of the goddess Athor.

A gold ring with figure of Bes or Bessa dancing.

Silver inlaid pendant, in shape of a lotus flower.

A slate pasiet of a painter with inscriptions.

Sepulchral tablet of calcareous stone, on which, in bas relief, is the figure of an
Egyptian monarch adoring Amen Ra.

Votive tablet of calcareous stone, on it a person adoring the deity Amen Ra or Khem,
and 12 votive ears.

Set of four sepulchral vases in arragonite.

Five rolls of leather with gnostic and magical inscriptions in Coptic.

37 rolls and fragments of papyri: portion only of these have been unrolled, but amongst
them is a long hieratic ritual, with vignettes very neatly drawn in outlines, a solar litany,
and 13 contracts in the Demotic character, several of which are dated.

Amongst other acquisitions the following are the most worthy of notice :—

A bronze figure of the deity Khons-aah.

A standing bronze figure of Horus or Ra, 1 ft. 6} in. high, of the gnostic period, about
the third century.

A sepulchral tablet in calcareous stone, representing the adorations of Sa-pa-ar and
his family to Osiris.

A sandstone tablet of a person named Senen, of the 12th dynasty.

A ritual or papyrus in the hieratic character, with vignettes neatly drawn.

Four gnostic amulets with inscriptions.

A figure of Satiin wood, and head of a lion in porcelain, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Mummy of a gazelle in its bandages; presented by the Honourable James A. Home.

Terra-cotta barrel cylinder, inscribed with part of the annals of Nebuchadnezzar, in
cuneiform writing.

Carnelian cylinder, man adoring three deities, and name of its possessor, Ninip-akh-usr,
in Assyrian cuneiform; presented by the Honourable and Rev. T. Rodney.

Agate cone, Persian standing on two sphinxes holding two lions; presented by G.
Dennis, Esq., British Consul at Benghazi.

Oval niccolo; on it Vararanes IV., or Bahram, standing on a prostrate Roman; a fine
specimen of Sassanian art, A.D. 389.

Crystal scarabeoid, with figure of Harpocrates, and the name of Asaiu, son of Joiakim,
in Pheenician characters.

Jasper scarabeoid, with figures of apes and lotus flowers, and name of Elasaph, daughter
of Elishama, in Pheenician characters ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND RoMAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement.

One hundred and twenty sculptures and ninety-eight Greek inscriptions have been
mounted on plinths, and repaired; thirteen portions of tessellated pavement from Halicar-
nassus have been repaired and mounted on slate; twelve mural paintings and three terra-
cotta reliefs have beer. repaired ; nineteen mural paintings have been framed and mounted ;
the sculptures in the Sepulchral Basement, and in the First and Second Elgin Rooms,
have been cleaned; the sculptures from Branchide and Cnidus, the principal frieze of
the Mausoleum, and a selection of the statues from Cyrene, have been moved out of the
sheds under the portico into the Museum, and provisionally distributed in the Sculpture
Galleries. Two thousand and twenty-nine objects have been registered; and one hundred
and fifteen objects have been catalogued.

Two thousand seven hundred and ninety-six plaster impressions have been taken from
gems, of which six hundred and seventy-nine have been mounted with gilt-edged paper;
descriptive titles or references have been affixed to eight hundred and thirty-seven objects;
seventeen bronzes have been repaired and mounted; one hundred and ninety-one terra-
cotta and other antiquities have been repaired and cleaned. ‘The Temple and Blacas

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Collections of vases, terra-cottas, bronzes, mural paintings, and other antiquities, have been
incorporated with the general collection ; seven select vases and a number of select bronzes
have been placed under glass shades ; twelve table-cases have been lined and their contents
re-arranged. A revised edition ofthe Guide to the First Vase Room has been issued.

II.— Acquisitions.
I. Presents.

(1.) A grotesque terra-cotta figure representing an old woman. From the Cyrenaica.
(2.) Fourteen terra-cotta figures and groups of the Roman period; found at: Thapsus, in

North Africa.
(3.) A bronze pot, with chain attached ; found in Cyprus.
(4.) A bronze lamp; found at Thapsus.

(5.) A small ivory figure.
Presented by Augustus W. Franks, Esq.

_ (6.) A bronze medallion plated with silver, and inlaid with niello, in the centre of which
is a head, probably of some member of the Claudian Imperial family. This medallion
originally belonged to a set of horse trappings (phalere), found in Germany, and purchased
by the Trustees in 185+.

Presented by Joseph Mayer, Esq.

(7.) A Greek inscription, containing part of an epitaph in elegiac verse to the memory
of one Agathandros; from ‘Trajan’s wall near Kustendji.
Presented by Dr. William Henry Cullen.

(8.) A hydria, with black figures representing females drawing water at the fountain
Kallirrhoe, the name of which is inscribed over it. This interesting vase once belonged
to the late Samuel Rogers, Esq.

(9.) A hydria, with black figures; Hercules struggling with the Minotaur ; on’ the
reverse, a procession with a quadriga.

(10.) An amphora, with black figures, having on the obverse Hercules struggling with
amale figure ; on the reverse, Dionysos riding on a mule: two Satyrs.
Presented by Samuel Addington, Esq.

(11.) A terra-cotta head, painted in several colours, and probably of Pheenician
origin. This head was discovered at Dali (the ancient Idalium), in Cyprus, and is a most
interesting specimen of archaic art.

Presented by Thomas Sandwith, Esq., H. M. Consul, Cyprus

(12.) Three antique mural paintings.
Presented by Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., M.P.

(13.) Three Roman terra-cotta lamps.
Presented by John Henderson, Esq.

II. Bronzes and Fictile Vases, purchased of M. Castellani.

Bronzes.—(1.) A head, life size, winged, and bound with a diadem; the left wing is
wanting. This head, which has been thought with some probability to represent Hypnos,
the god of sleep, is a beautiful example of ancient sculpture in bronze. The flowing hair
at the back of the head is rendered with a freedom and mastery which can hardly be sur-
passed in metal. The eyes have been inlaid probably with a vitreous paste. This head,
which was found at Civitella d’Arno, near Perugia, is published in the Monumenti of the
Roman Institute, 1856, pl. 3.

(2.) An engraved mirror, a two-handled vase, 1 ft. 44in. high, an otnochoe, and a head
in the form of a vase, on which are interesting Etruscan inscriptions. These bronzes
were found in a tomb at Bolsena. The mirror, on which are represented Hermes, Athene,
and three other figures, above which is Helios in a quadriga is engraved, Gerhard,
Transactions of Berlin Academy, 1861, p. 401.

Fictile Vases.—(1.) A hydria, on which are painted, in red on a black ground, a croup
of Triptolemos in his winged car, Demeter, Hekate, Plutos, and other figures; the names
of the first three are inscribed over them. This vase is of the finest period of Greek art,
and in admirable condition. It was found at Nola, and has been published in the Monu-
menti of the Roman Institute, I., 1829-33, pl. 4, and in several other works,

(2.) A vase, round which is a frieze of red figures on a black ground, representing a
number of Satyrs engaged in a Bacchic orgie. This vase is remarkable for the vigour and
mastery of the drawing, in which more than one bold fore-shortening is introduced. It
was found in the excavations of Signor Calabresi, at Cervetri (Cere), with a beautiful
bronze ladle, kyathis, which has been purchased with it.

“TIT. A number of interesting antiquities from the museum of the late Mr. James
Woodhouse of Corfu, among which the following are the most remarkable :—

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Bronzes.—(1.) A disk, on one side of which is engraved the figure of an athlete,
standing with the alteres in his hands, preparing to spring forward. On the reverse, an
athlete throwing a spear. This is probably a votive disk, dedicated by an athlete who had
won the victory in three of the contests of the pentathlon. It was obtained by Mr. Wood-
house in Sicily. Only one other similar disk is known, which was found in the Island of
/figina, and is now in the Museum at Berlin. (See Annali of the Roman Institute, 1832,
p- 75, Tav. dAggiunta, B.) The figures on the Woodhouse disk are drawn with the
severe accuracy which characterizes the /Auginetan School of Art, and the anatomy is
rendered by a few masterly lines.

(2.) A small bronze, ir high relief, representing a draped female figure standing by a
column, and extending a wreath towards a goose or other aquatic bird in front of her. This
relief, which is of a good period of art, was found in Acarnania.

(3.) A tablet, on which is engraved a decree of the people of Corcyra, conferring the
prozenia on Dionysos, son of Phrynichos, an Athenian. The letters are incised, and have
been filled in with a sort of niello. Above the inscription, is an owl in relief between two
olive branches: these objects were probably introduced on the bronze as the insignia of
the city of which the proxenos was a native. Published, Mustoxidi, Delle Cose Corci-

resi, I. p. 189.

(4.) A small bronze label, on which is engraved an archaic Greek inscription, recording
a dedication by one Lophios. Published, Mustoxidi, Delle Cose Corciresi, I. p. 233.

(5.) A lioness; a good specimen of archaic art, in fine condition.

(6.) A disk, such as was thrown by athletes, and weighing eight pounds and three
quarters.

(7.) A small box, acerra, for burning incense.

Miscellaneous Objects.—(1.) A very interesting collection of Greekand Byzantine weights
in lead and bronze, among which are the distater and tristater of Cyzicus.

(2.) A painted fictile vase in the form of a Harpy or Siren, of archaic character. From
the Island of Cerigo (Kythera).

(3.) A number of archaic vases, probably those found near the tomb of Menekrates, in
Corcyra. See Mustoxidi, Delle Cose Corciresi, I. p. 271.

(4.) A small leaden tablet, inscribed with archaic Greek characters, probably one of the
earliest examples of Greek writing on lead.

(5.) Some choice specimens of Greek inlaid and moulded glass.

(6.) A small collection of terracotta figures, among which are Asklepios standing on a

vase, Aphrodite standing on a base, on which Eros is represented in relief; and a small
tablet of the Roman period, on which are raised, in relief, an ape anda human-headed bird.

(7.) A very small leaden vase, used for containing the eye-salve of an oculist, and
inscribed with an unintelligible word.

IV. A bronze head of a mule found in France, which originally ornamented the front
of the State chair, disellium, used by Roman officials of high rank. This head is finely
modelled. On the neck is a collar richly inlaid in silver, with the meander and other

patterns.
V. At the sale of Mr. F. Pulsky’s antiquities at Paris, a number of bronzes and gems
were purchased, of which the following are the most remarkable :—

Bronzes.—(1.) A figure of a hunter, probably Meleager leaning forward to strike the
Calydonian boar with his spear. This bronze, which is remarkable for its size and con-
dition, and also for the spirited manner in which the action is represented, is engraved in
the Monumenti of the Roman Institute, 1854, pl. 8.

(2.) A small figure in chain armour and barbaric costume. The face resembles that
of Antoninus Pius, and it is possible that this figure may represent some barbarian kin
a contemporary of that emperor.

(3.) A small figure of Vulcan.
(4.) A mask of a young girl of great beauty.

(5.) A candelabrum, in the form of the trunk of a tree, to which are attached the attri-
butes of various deities.

Gems.—(1.) Carnelian intaglio. A head of a Greek king, perhaps, that of Demetrius
Poliorcetes. '
(2.) Carnelian intaglio. A head in Egyptian costume, attributed to Antinous, but
probably of an earlier period.
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‘(3.) Chalcedony cameo. <A head of Caius Cesar.

(4.) Several scarabs of the Greco-Pheenician period, of which the most interesting
is a burnt carnelian intaglio, representing a Satyr carrying a kid on his shoulders,

VI. A bronze mirror-case from Corinth, ornamented with a female head, probably of
Medusa, in high relief. This head is finely composed and in excellent condition. On the
patina of the cheek, appears the impression from some textile fabric, probably the garment
of the person with whom this mirror-case was interred. i

VII. A vase in white marble, richly ornamented; round the body is a frieze in low
relief, representing Satyrs engaged in a vintage. This vase, which is about 12 feet high,
is engraved in Piranesi, vol. xin., Vasi e Candelabri, who states that it was found in the
villa of Hadrian, at Tivoli. Though a good deal restored, this vase is a fine specimen of
its class; the antique portion of the frieze is finely composed, and executed in a very good
style.

VIII. An inscription, in the Ionic dialect, relating to Lygdamis, tyrant of Halicar-
nassus, in the time of Herodotus. Independently of the historical interest of this inscrip-
tion, it is of great value as one of the very few paleographical specimens the date of which
can be referred to the middle of the 5th century B.c. It is further remarkable as an
evidence that the Ionic dialect prevailed at that early period in the Doric colony of Hali-
carnassus. It was discovered in 1855, and has been published by Newton, History of
Discoveries, I. pl. 1.

IX. A recumbent figure, in white marble, representing the god Somnus as an infant
lying asleep and holding poppies in his hand. ‘This figure was recently discovered at
Tarsus. Though not earlier than the 2nd century a.D., it is remarkable for the beauty
of the composition and the truthful manner in which sleep is represented.

X. Excavations.

In the early part of this year, Mr. Vice-Consul Biliotti discovered some tombs
near the ancient acropolis of Ialyssus, in the island of Rhodes. Four of these tombs
have been examined by Mr. Biliotti on account of the Trustees. The fictile vases and
other antiquities which he has discovered in these researches are of the same Greco-
Pheenician character as those previously discovered in the tombs of Lindus and Camirus.
It should be observed that these very ancient Rhodian cities are connected with the
Pheenicians in the mythic traditions of the island. Among the objects found by Mr.
Biliotti in these excavations were a circular embossed fibula, in pale gold or electrum,
about two inches in diameter, and an inscription on a marble stede, containing a decree of
the people of Ialyssus relating to the temple and ritual of the goddess Alektrona.

The excavations in the Great Theatre and near the Magnesian Gate, at Ephesus, have
been continued by Mr. Wood, and a large collection of inscriptions and other antiquities
has rewarded his researches. Among these may be especially noted,—

(1.) A very long inscription, recording various gifts of treasure with which Vibius
Salutarius endowed the celebrated temple of Diana at Ephesus. This inscription con-
tains transcripts of a number of decrees, in one of which the Consuls of the year 104 a.p.
are mentioned; in another document allusion is made to the Emperor Trajan as then
reigning. The date of the entire inscription is probably not much later than a.p. 104.
It contains some curious particulars relating to the endowments and ritual of the temple:
of the Ephesian Diana, such as lists of votive statues in gold and silver, with the weight
of each offering; the regulations under which such sacred objects were to be carried in
processions ; and the uses to which certain funds, the proceeds of these dedications, were
to be appropriated. The inscription has been written on anumber of blocks, which formed
the facing of the wall at one of the two side entrances to the Great Theatre. Of several
of these blocks only fragments remain, and so many lacune occur in the text, that its
original length cannot be ascertained; but in its present mutilated condition this inscrip-
tion is of very great interest, and one of the longest which has been discovered in Asia
Minor. In the list of statues in the precious metals, dedicated by Salutarius, are several
figures of Diana with two stags. ‘These were, no doubt, such representations of the
Ephesian goddess as, at the time of St. Paul’s preaching, were manufactured in such
abundance, at Ephesus, by Demetrius the silversmith and his brother craftsmen, and which
so frequently occur on the coins of Ephesus struck under the Roman Empire.

(2.) A Latin inscription recording a dedication by Salutarius of several silver statues,
and enumerating various high offices which he held in Sicily and other provinces. Some
of these offices are made known to us for the first time by this inscription.

(3, 4, 5, 6, 7.) Five blocks of marble, containing decrees of the people of Ephesue, made
in the 4th century B.c. From the internal evidence of the inscriptions, it appears that
these blocks were originally wall-stones of the cella of the celebrated temple of Diana,
which, on the destruction of that part of the edifice, must have been transported to the
Great Theatre, and there used as building materials. The inscription on No 3, is the
continuation of that on a block sent home by Mr. Wood in 1867, and contains six decrees

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granting the citizenship of Ephesus to different persons for their respective services. One
of these decrees rewards Euphronios, son of Hegemon, for his services in an embassy to
Prepelaus, general of Cassander, towards B.C. 310; another decree rewards Archestratos
for his services as general in Clazomene.

(4.) A decree of the senate and people of Ephesus conferring the citizenship and gold
crowns on kings Demetrius and Seleucus, and honouring their enemy Nicagoras, a
Rhodian. This inscription is probably not much later than B.c. 299. On the same
block is a decree of similar import, in which mention is made of kings Antigonus and
Demetrius.

(5.) A decree of the senate and people of Ephesus, granting the citizenship to
Agathokles, a Rhodian, for selling 14,000 measures of wheat at a rate cheaper than the
market price in Ephesus. On this block are two other decrees granting the citizenship
for services.

(6.) A decree conferring the citizenship of Ephesus on some one who had redeemed
from captivity certain Ephesians taken prisoners in war.

(7.) This block has contained three decrees conferring the citizenship of Ephesus for
services.

These decrees give new and valuable information as to the history of Ephesus in
the Macedonian period; from them we also learn the names of several local tribes, and
their subdivisions. They are, moreover, the only remains which can be positively identi-
fied as having once belonged to the celebrated Temple of Diana, one of the seven wonders
of the ancient world.

(8.) A letter from the Emperor Hadrian to the people of Ephesus, relating to certain
disputes as to loans, in consequence of which the emperor sends a copy of a decree to
Cornelius Priscus, the proconsul, referring to that functionary the settlement of the
matters in dispute, and the recovery of all debts due to the senate. The date of this letter
is A.D. 120.

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(9.) Fragment, perhaps of a letter, addressed to the people of Ephesus by some
emperor or public functionary. It relates to a public banquet, forming part, apparently,
of a festival in honour of a goddess, probably Demeter, here styled Soteira, whose temple
and statue are mentioved. The name of the Emperor Commodus also occurs in this
inscription. From the Great Theatre.

(10.) Fragment of a Latin constitutio or law relating to the alimony of infants, in
which reference is made to a previous constitutio framed by Vidius Pollio, probably the
historical personage of that name who lived in the time of Augustus. From the Great
Theatre.

(11.) Dedication, by the senate and people of Ephesus, in honour of Caius Julius
Agrippa, son of “King Alexander,” questor and propretor of Asia. From the Great
Theatre.

(12.) Dedication, probably, of a statue to the Emperor Antoninus Pius, by the senate
and people of Ephesus. From the Great Theatre.

(13.) Dedication by one Cominia Junia to Iris, the Emperor Antoninus Pius, the city
of Ephesus, and the directors of the custom-house of fish. On a column found near the
city port. The fish market was probably not far from the site where this inscription was
found.

(14.) Fragment of a dedication to the Emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla, From
the Great Theatre.

(15.) Dedication, partly in Latin, by Junius Pastor Cxsennius Sospes, propretor of
Asia, and holder of other high offices. From the Great Theatre.

(16.) Dedication, probably of a statue, by the senate and people of Ephesus to
Julius Lupus Lambillus, questor and propretor of. three proconsuls. From the Great
Theatre.

(17.) Dedication by Carinus, who held the office of tabularius of the province of Asia.

(18.) Dedication, probably of a statue, by the senate of Ephesus, to T. Claudius
Secundus, who held the offices of Viator Tribunicius, Accensus Velatus, and Lictor
Curiatus. From a pedestal.

(19.) Part of an inscription recording the names of the secretaries of the council of the
eeu and of the superintendents of the Deipnophoriac procession. From the Great
eatre.

if 120) List of victories gained by an athlete in various games. From the Great
eatre.

(21.) List of victories, in pugilistic contests, gained by an athlete in public games of
various cities. From the Great Theatre.
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(22.) Inscription recording two agonistic victories, probably, in musical or lyrical
contests.

(23.) Inscription in honour of some one who was three times Olympic victor. From
the Great Theatre.

(24.) Inscription recording the dedication of a statue to an athlete. and his victories in
the Olympic and various other public games.

(25.) A number of fragments of lists of persons who had sacrificed, perhaps, at the
temple of Diana.

The sculptures discovered by Mr. Wood in these excavations seem to be nearly all of
the Roman period, and are not remarkable for beauty or interest of subject. Among
them may be mentioned :—

(1.) A small headless figure holding a lyre, and probably representing Mercury.

(2.) Several fragments of a frieze, two of which represent recumbent Satyrs, and
one, Cupids. This frieze, which is sculptured ina coarse but forcible style, was found
in the Great Theatre, and probably decorated its proscenium.

C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEpI@VAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.— Arrangement.

The altering of the cases in the British Room for the purpose of excluding dust has
been completed, and a further portion of the cases have been painted and distempered, the
antiquities being shifted and re-arranged where necessary. Three table cases have been
re-lined and re-arranged.

The repairing of the Collection of Anglo-Roman pottery has been continued, and
several British urns have also been repaired. The greater part of the weapons and other
iron objects of the Anglo-Saxon period have been steeped in a preparation to prevent
their further decay.

A large series of Irish stone Celts has been cleaned, the localities thoroughly investi-
gated, and inscribed in paint on the objects themselves.

A very remarkable bronze helmet of late Celtic work, found in the Thames near
Waterloo Bridge, has been deposited in the Museum by the Conservators of the Thames,
until such time as the Board may make a Museum of Antiquities from the Thames.

Thirteen Ethnographical specimens in gold, and fifty-four in silver, have been deposited
i the Museum by the Trustees of the Christy Collection, and exhibited in the Ornament

oom.

Six of the upright cases in the Ornament Room have been fitted up with tablets, on
which have been displayed ornaments from Norway, Algeria, Abyssinia, India and Peru.

A large portion of the Ethnographical Collection has been cleaned and sorted prepa-
ratory to being re-arranged.

Four groups of South Sea clubs have been arranged in an ornamental manner, and
fixed against the walls of the Ethnographical Room.

Three hundred and seventy-eight Antiquities have been registered, and thirty-six Seals
mounted.

The Slade Collection of Glass has been removed to the Museum without injury, and
displayed, for the present, in the space once occupied by the Temple Collection in the
Second Egyptian Room. It has been arranged and exhibited to the public, but as soon
as new cases have been received, it will have to be arranged afresh, together with the col-
lections of glass already in the Museum. ‘Two of the new cases have been received, but
are not yet fitted up. f

The work done in connection with the Christy Collection wili be noticed under that
head.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions of the year are 1,005 in number, exclusive of the Slade and Christy
Collections, which will be separately noticed.
They may be classed as follows :—

(1.) British Antiquities. —A rare stone pounder of an oval form, found at Winterbourne
Basset, Wilts; presented by the Rev. Henry Harris.

Three bronze Celts from Ireland, twelve bronze weapons, etc., from North Wales, three
from Dorsetshire, and two from London; together with a number of Antiquities found in
the Thames; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Fragments of swords and other weapons of bronze found in the Fens near Wicken,
Cambridgeshire; presented by E. W. Cooke, Esq., R.A.

A very long bronze pin of late Celtic work found on Salisbury Plain; presented by
W. H. Black, Esq., F.S.A.

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The end of a bronze scabbard from Athenry, Co. Galway; a bronze boss, several fine
bronze horses’ bits, fibule and pins, all found in Ireland.

The Foreign illustrations of the bronze period have received some important additions :—

A very considerable series of Antiquities, about 470 in number, forming part of the
extensive Museum formed by the late Dr. Gustav Klemm of Dresden, chiefly from
Germany. It includes several objects of a very rare kind, among which should be spe-
cially noticed the following :—

1. A helmet, broad dagger, and pair of armlets, all of bronze, found together at
Beitsch, near Pfordten, Lower Lusatia.

2. A remarkable assemblage of bronze weapons from Neunheiligen, near Langen-
salza, Przssian Saxony; it includes a double-pointed State Axe, believed to be
unique, and some very remarkable daggers.

3. The original wooden handle of a bronze Palstave, found in ancient salt works
at Hallein in Austria.

4, A very extensive series of ancient sepulchral Urns, found in Lusatia, Silesia,
and Saxony, some of which are singularly similar in form and ornamentation to early
British specimens.

Five bronze implements from Denmark, and two daggers from Cyprus, and a bronze
Knife from Siberia; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bronze Celt, from North Brabant; presented by M. David Van der Kellen, of Am-
sterdam.

Some antiquities in bronze and iron, from the ancient cemetery at Halstatt, in the
Salzkammergut of Austria, excavated at the expense of the donors, John Evans, Esq.,
F.R.S., F.8.A., and Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.s., F.S.A.

Among the illustrations of the Roman dominion in England, may be noticed the
following :—

The remains of the Roman enamelled Vase found in the Bartlow Hills, Essex, greatly
injured by the fire at Little Haston House; presented by Alfred T. Copeland, Esq.

Two Roman stone Coffins, part of an iron weapon, and a bronze plate, found at Bow;
presented by Lord Tredegar, F.s.A.

An Altar, dedicated to the topical divinity Belatucader, a form of the god Mars; found
at Plumpton-on-the-W all, Cumberland (Archeologia, vol. ix.); part of a Roman inserip-
tion on stone with imperial titles, found in the same district; and a stone cross found at
Lancaster, with an inscription in Anglo-Saxon Runes; all presented by the Natural
History Society of Manchester.

Various specimens of pottery found at Chesterford in Essex; presented by the Rev.
W. Sparrow Simpson.

A fine Roman Urn from Lakeuheath, Suffolk; presented by John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.,
F.S.A.

An ivory Roman Sword Pommel found in London; presented by J. Wickham Flower,
Esq., F.G.S.

A mass of pewter stamped with the name of Syagrius, being the third specimen of the
kind found in the Thames; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A Roman fibula from Westwell Down, Kent; presented by T. Rupert Jones, Esq., F.G..

Among more recent English remains are included :—

Two Anglo-Saxon Urns found near Oxford.

A very early figure of bronze of Irish workmanship, and two ancient Irish figures of
Christ from crucifixes.

Seal of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk for causes ecclesiastical; presented by A. W.
.Franks, Esq., and four other English seals.

Fragments of porcelain, found on the site of the China Works at Bow; presented by
Mr. G. H. Higgins.

(2.) Byzantine and Mediaval.—Portion of an early Byzantine hanging-lamp, from the
Woodhouse collection.

A Norwegian Calendar in the form of a wooden sabre, with runes; presented by E. T.
Stevens, lsq.

A triangular marble Salt-cellar; presented by Dr. Aquilla Smith.

A considerable collection of silver gilt ornaments, formerly worn by the peasants in
Norway, obtained by exchange from the Trustees of the Christy Collection.

Various objects obtained during the Abyssinian expedition, some of them collected by
Mr. Holmes, the officer attached to the Abyssinian expedition by the Trustees of the
British Museum; and others presented by the Secretary of State for India.

Among the objects collected by Mr. Holmes, may be mentioned a silver chalice and a
paten bearing AXthiopic inscriptions, showing them to have been given to various churches
by King Theodore; a very fine royal shield with filigree ornaments; a silver gilt case of
Abyssinian work, enclosing a fine panel of Limoges enamel of the early part of the
sixteenth century; a necklace of filigree, stated to have belonged to the Queen of
Theodore ; elaborately engraved processional crosses; a pair of silver slippers stated to
ree been worn by the Aboona, and a remarkable woven silk hanging, with sacred
subjects.

From the Secretary of State for India have been received some marble ‘Stele from
the ruins of a church at Adulis, excavated by the British troops, four Abyssinian swords,
three spears, several crosses, a censer, nine wooden altar slabs with inscriptions, &c.

(3.) Ethnographical.

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(3.) Ethnographical.— A collection of iron weapons and implements found in the
Wurreegaon Barrow, near Kamptee, Nagpore District, India, excavated and presented
by Major George Pearse, R.A.

A collection of iron weapons in a remarkable state of preservation found in tombs in
the Neilgherry Hills, India, presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq.

Two Chinese tablets carved and gilt.

A paddle from the Sandwich Islands; presented by T. E. Jones, Esq.

III. Slade Collection.

The collection of glass and other antiquities bequeathed to the nation by the late
Felix Slade, Esq., F.s.A., includes some specimens which belong to other departments of
antiquities, but as it has been thought desirable that they should for a time be exhibited
together, it will be more convenient to describe them here as a whole.

The collection of glass contains about 950 specimens selected with care, so as to
represent most of the phases through which the art of glass-working has passed. Collected
in the first instance with a view to artistic beauty alone, the series has been since gradually
enriched with historical specimens, as well as with curiosities of manufacture, so as to
illustrate the history of glass in all its branches.

Of early Egyptian glass there are not many examples in the collection; one of some
interest is a case for holding the stibium, used by the Egyptian ladies for the eye, and
which is in the form of a papyrus sceptre. The later productions of Egypt are represented
by some very minute specimens of mosaic glass, formed of slender filaments of various
colours fused together, and cut into transverse sections.

To the Pheenicians have been attributed the making of many little vases of peculiar
form and ornamentation that are met with not unfrequently in tombs on the shores of the
Mediterranean. They are of brilliant colours with zig-zag decoration, and exhibit the
same technical peculiarities, so that they must have been derived from one centre of fabri-
cation. Of these vases there is a considerable series, showing most of the varieties of
form and colour that are known.

The collection is especially rich in vessels moulded into singular shapes, found prin-
cipally in Syria and the neighbouring Islands, and which were probably produced in the
workshops of Sidon, but at a later time, possibly as late as the Roman dominion. The
Museum collections were previously very ill provided with such specimens. To the same
date must belong a vase handle, stamped with the name of Artas the Sidonian, in Greek
and. Latin characters.

Of Roman glass there is a great variety, as might be expected from the skill shown in
glass-making during the Imperial times of Rome, Large vases were not especially sought
after by Mr. Slade, but two fine cinerary urns may be noticed, remarkable not only for
their form, but for the beautiful iridescent colours with which time has clothed them.
There is also a very fine amber-coloured ewer, with blue filaments round the neck, which
was found in the Greek Archipelago; an elegant jug or bottle with diagonal flutings,
found at Barnwell, near Cambridge, and a brown bottle, splashed with opaque white,
from Germany. Of cut glass, an art which it was formerly denied that the Romans pos-
sessed, there are good examples ; such, for instance, is a boat-shaped vase of deep emerald
hue, and of the same make apparently as the Sacro Catino of Genoa; a bowl cut into facets,
found near Merseburg, in Germany ; and a cup, similarly decorated, found near Cambridge.
The two last specimens are of a brilliant clear white, imitating rock crystal, a variety of
ot much esteemed by the Romans. Several vessels found in Germany are remarkable

or having patterns in coloured glass, trailed as it were over the surface. There are two

very fine bowls of millefiori glass, one of them with patches of gold, and very numerous
polished fragments illustrating the great variety and taste shown by the ancients in such
vessels. Two vases exhibit designs in intaglio; one of them, a subject with figures;
the other, a bowl found near Merseburg, exhibits the story of Diana and Actzon ;
the goddess is kneeling at a pool of water in a grotto; Actwon is looking on, and
a reflection of his head with sprouting horns may be distinguished in the water at the
goddess’s feet; to prevent any mistake, the names of the personages, in Greek, are added.
This bowl may be of a late date, probably early Byzantine. Of vases decorated in cameo,
fragments alone are to be found in the collection, but as only four entire vases are known,
this is not surprising. One of the fragments seems to be part of a large panel which
has represented buildings, &c., and has on it remains of a Greek inscription. There are
several glass cameos and intaglios, the representatives of original gems that have long since
been lost; one of the cameos is a head of Augustus; another represents an Egyptian
princess; whilst among the intaglios are several of great excellence ; of these should
particularly be noticed a blue paste representing Achilles wounded in the heel, and
crouching down behind his rich shield, a gem worthy of the best period of Greek art. One
of the rarest specimens in the collection is a circular medallion of glass, on which is
painted a gryphon ; the colours appear to be burnt in, and it is therefore a genuine speci-
men of ancient painting on glass, of which but three other instances are known.

In the fourth and fifth century it was the habit to ornament the bottoms of bowls and
cups with designs in gold, either fixed to the surface or enclosed between two layers of
glass. These specimens have generally been found in the Catacombs of Rome ; but two
or three have been found at Cologne, one of which is in the collection. It is the remains
of a disc of considerable size, with a central design, now destroyed; around are eight

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compartments, with subjects from the Old and New Testaments ; Moses striking the Rock,
the History of Jonah, Daniel in the Lions’ Den, the Fiery Furnace, the Sacrifice of
Isaac, the Nativity, and the Paralytic Man; of these the Nativity is a very rare
representation. :

Of glass of a Teutonic origin there is but one specimen in the collection, a tumbler of
peculiar form, from a cemetery at Selzen, in Rhenish Hesse. Like other glasses of the
time, it is so made that it cannot be put down until it has been emptied, and thus testifies
to the convivial habits of the Teutons.

Of early Byzantine glass but little is known; the bowl with Diana and Actzon,
already noticed, is very probably of that period; and a Byzantine cameo with the head
of Christ should be mentioned.

Of glass of the middle ages, from the West of Europe, but little or nothing has
been preserved save the exquisite painted glass in cathedrals and churches. Of the
Eastern glass of the same period several specimens are in the collection. Among these
is a very beautiful bottle, probably of the 13th century, decorated with a minute pattern
of birds; a lamp of large size, made in Syria to hang in a mosque, bears the name of
Sheikhoo, a man of great wealth and importance in Egypt and Syria, who died in 1356,
after building a mosque at Cairo.

To a later period of the Eastern glass works may be referred an ewer of a sapphire
blue, resplendent with gold arabesques, and several other richly-decorated pieces, all
made in Persia.

Venice for many centuries held the foremost place among the makersof glass. Enriched,
to begin with, by her very extensive trade in beads, she received gladly the Byzantine
workers in glass, who had been driven out of Constantinople by the Turks. Hence-
forward the variety of her glass wares increased, and must have brought much profit.
The earliest glass vases which can with certainty be referred to Venice are of the 15th
century ; of these a large covered cup with gilt ribs is remarkable for its early date and
size. The two finest specimens are, however, two goblets richly enameled; one of them
is blue, with a triumph of Venus; the other green, with two portraits. These were the
choicest specimens in the Debruge and Soltykoff Collections successively, and were
obtained by Mr. Slade, for upwards of 400 /., at the sale of the latter collection. Among
other enameled specimens may be noticed three shallow bowls, or dishes, with heraldic
devices: one has the arms of Pope Leo X., 1513-1521; another those of Leonardo
Loredano, Doge of Venice, 1501-1521; and the third the arms of Fabrizio Caretto,
Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 1513-1521.

The blown glasses of Venice are numerous and well selected, exhibiting great beauty
of outline and variety of design. Among them should be especially remarked, a very tall
covered cup, surmounted with a winged serpent, from the Bernal Collection; and two
drinking glasses, with enameled flowers forming the stems.

The coloured vases display most of the hues made at Venice; ruby, purple, green, and
blue, as well as an opalescent white and an opaque white, the latter often diversified with
splashes of other colours. To these may be added various imitations of agate, avanturine,
&c. Another peculiar fabric of Venice is well illustrated, the frosted glass belonging
generally to an early period.

In the production of Millefiori glass the Venetians did not equal the ancients, either in
harmony of colour or variety of design. The rosettes were formed of sections of canes,
such as were employed in making beads. The specimens of this glass are rare, but there
are not less than seven pieces so ornamented in the collection.

Of lace glass, one of the most remarkable productions of Venice, and which nowhere
has been carried to such perfection, there are many fine specimens, both in form and
delicacy of pattern, as there are likewise of the variety called reticelle. Among the latter
is a tall covered cup with snakes on the cover and in the stem; there should also be
noticed a drinking glass, in the stem of which is enclosed a half sequin of the Doge
Francesco Molino, 1647.

Of unquestionably ancient French glass but few specimens are known. This adds
much to the value of a goblet in the collection, with enameled portrait of Jehan Boucau
and his wife Antoinette, made about 1530.

German glass is fully represented: the earlier specimens are richly decorated with
enamel, chiefly heraldic devices; they are dated 157], 1572, &c. A few are painted like
window glass, and among them is a cylindrical cup, dated 1662, on which is depicted the
-procession at the christening of Maximilian Emmanuel, afterwards Elector of Bavaria.
The later German specimens are engraved, and some of them by artists of note. Of ruby
glass, another production for which Germany was famed, there are good specimens ; one
bears the cypher of John George IV., Elector of Saxony, another that of Frederick the
First; Kunckel, to whom these glasses are attributed, was successively in the service
of both princes.

Though glass was early made in Flanders, the most ancient specimens in the collection
under this head have been regarded as Venetian glasses decorated in the Low Countries.
If made at Venice, they must, from certain peculiarities of form, have been designed for the
Flemish and Dutch markets. The ornaments are etched, and contain allusions to the
political events of the country: for instance, the arms of the 17 provinces chained to those
of Spain and dated 1655; a portrait of Philip 1V.; William II. of Orange; his wife,
Mary of England; Olden Barneveldt, &c. Some of the later specimens are engraved on
the lathe in a very ornamental manner, and others delicately stippled. One of the latter
bears the name of F. Greenwood, and others are attributed to Wolf. :

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In English glass the collection is not rich, the difficulty of identifying such specimens
being very great; some of them are referred to the works at Bristol, which produced
ornamental glass about a century ago.

Some valuable additions to the collection of glass have been received from the
Executors of Mr. Slade, purchased by them out of funds set aside for the purpose.
They are 19 in number, and among them may be especially noticed a very fine oriental
bottle with elaborate patterns in gold and enamel, together with figures of huntsmen, &c.
It may be referred to the 14th century, and was formerly in the possession of a noble
family at Wurzburg. Two specimens of Chinese glass, dated in the reign of the Emperor
Kien-Lung, 1736-1796 ; and several ancient Flemish and Dutch glasses.

By the acquisition of the Slade Collection the series of ancient and more recent class
in the British Museum has probably become more extensive, as well as more instructive,
than any other public collection of the kind, and it will afford ample materials for study
both to the artist and the antiquary.

In addition to his collection of glass, Mr. Slade has bequeathed to the Museum a small
series of carvings in ivory and metal work, from Japan, which are full of the humour and
quaintness which characterise the art of that country.

He has likewise bequeathed to the Museum such of the miscellaneous works of art in
his possession as should be selected by one of his executors, Mr. Franks. The objects so
selected are not numerous, but include some valuable additions to the national collection.

Among them may be noticed the following :—two very beautiful Greek painted vases,
cenochoz with red figures of a fine style; these were two of the gems of the Durand and
Hope Collections successively; also a fine tazza, with red figures very well drawn,
formerly in the Rogers Collection.

Two red bowls of the so-called Samian ware, with ornaments in relief; one of them
was discovered near Capua, the other is believed to have been found in Germany.

An antique hand, in rock crystal, of which a drawing by Santo Bartoli is preserved in
the Royal Library at Windsor; and a small Roman vase of onyx.

A panel, probably from a book cover, a fine example of German enamel of the 12th
century, from the Preaux Collection.

A very fine flask-shaped vase of Italian majolica, probably of Urbino ware, and repre-
senting battle scenes.

Three elegant ewers, one of them made at Nevers, another of Avignon ware, and the
third probably Venetian: all three are rare specimens.

An oval plate of niello work on silver, and a silver plate engraved in the style of
Crispin de Passe.

Three early specimens of stamped leather work, commonly termed cuirbouilli; a tile
from the Alhambra, but probably belonging to the restorations made to that building in
the 16th century.

The value of Mr. Slade’s bequest is considerably increased by a very detailed and
profusely illustrated catalogue of the collection having been prepared during his lifetime,
which will be completed and distributed according to his directions.

IV.—CuRisty COLLECTION.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains temporarily deposited in rooms at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

The arrangements of the collections have been improved as far as circumstances would
oe and the additions to it incorporated in their respective sections, with appropriate
abels.

A guide to the collection has been printed and issued to the public.

The preparation of the catalogue has been continued; upwards of 2,000 fresh slips have
been written, together with sketches of the objects; a scheme for the compilation of it
has been made, and some illustrative woodcuts have been engraved.

The following additions to the collection have been received by the Christy Trustees,
and by them transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

A series of Drift implements from Santon Downham, Suffolk, and Bromhill, Norfolk,
from the Rev. W. Weller Poley.

Two Drift implements found at Biddenham, Bedfordshire, from James Wyatt,
Esq., F.G.S.

Drift implements from Icklingham, Suffolk, and others of a drift type from Poitou;
from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S. A.

Casts of Drift implements from Reculvers and Canterbury, from John Brent, Esq., F.3.4.

Casts. of Drift implements from Spain, from Don Juan Villanova, of Madrid.

Twelve quartzite implements of a drift type, from the laterite beds in the Madras and
Nellore Districts in India; from R. Bruce Foote, Esq., F.G.s.

Cast of a drift-like implement from the Cape of Good Hope; from George Busk,
Esq., F.R.S.

Cais of flint implements found in Wookey Hole, Somersetshire; from W. Boyd
Dawkins, Esq., F.G.S.

Shell necklaces and implements of stone, horn, and bone, with casts of skulls and
human bones, found in a sepulchral cave at Cro-Magnon, near Les Eyzies, Dordogne ;
from the Minister of Public Instruction of France.

» A large series of flint implements excavated by the donor in pits on Cissbury Hill,
Sussex; from Colonel A. Lane Fox, F.5s. A.
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Flint flakes from a cave at Mas d’Azil, Ariége, France; from M. Filhol, of Toulouse.

Flints and bones found in a cave at Mentone, near Nice; from Matthew Mogeridge,
Esq., F.G.S.

¥ lint implements from the County Antrim, Ireland; from the Rey. W. McIlwaine.

A celt from Jersey ; from Professor Tennant, F.G.s.

Stone implements from Sweden and Denmark; presented by Professor Sven Nilsson,
of Lund; Professor Japetus Steenstrup and M. Vilhelm Boye, of Copenhagen; A. W.
Franks, Esq., and John Evans, Esq.

Stone celts from Holland; from M. David Van der Kellen, of Amsterdam.

A collection of flakes and arrowheads from the Island of Elba; from Dr. Raffaele Forest,
of Florence.

A small jade celt with Gnostic inscriptions obtained by the late Colonel Milner, in the
Greek Islands; it has been probably regarded as a Ceraunites, or thunderbolt; from Mrs.
Milner.

A stone celt from the Rohilla country in India; from the Honourable W. Owen
Stanley, M.P.

Flakes of quartzite from Cape Colony ; presented by C. J. Busk, Esq., Rev. Mr. Dale,
Edgar L. Layard, Esq., Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., and Charles Spence, Esq.

Six quartzite flakes from New Zealand; from Sir George Grey, K.c.B.

Stone implements from North America; from the Rey. W. Greenwell, ¥.s.a., and
Captain A. C. Tupper, F.s.A.

Chert lancehead and vase from Comayagua, Spanish Honduras; from John Evans,
Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Antiquities from tombs at Arequipa, Peru; from General J. H. Lefroy, r.a.

A remarkable ancient Mexican relic, being the head of an animal carved in wood and
encrusted with turquoises, garnets, and other precious materials ; from A. W. Franks, Esq.
Ancient Carib stone implements from Guiana; from Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.r.s.

A singular quartz ornament and other objects from the Rio Uaupes; from Daniel
Hanbury, Iisq., F.1.s.

Shell blades for adzes, from Barbadoes; from the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A modern terra-cotta vase from Mexico; from Mr. T. K. Gay.

A bow and arrows from San Paolo, Brazils ; from Joseph Sidebotham, Esq.

A set of harpoon-heads, &c., from Tierra del Fuego, brought home by the Expedition
of the Adventurer and Beagle; from Herbert L. Smith, Esq.

A trumpet from Canada; from R. D. Darbishire, Esq. |

A bone ornament from Sitca, N. W. America; from Gordon A. Thomson, Esq.

A collection of objects formed by Mr. Frederick Whymper, in Alaska, and noticed in
his work on that district; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Objects from Greenland; presented by M. C. L. Steinhauer, and M. Strunck, both of
Copenhagen.

A stone pounder from the Andaman Islands; from William Theobald, Esq., Jun.

Clubs from the South Sea Islands; from Robert Day, Esq., F.s.4., and the Rev. W. S.
Simpson, F.S.A.

Weapons from Australia; from Josiah Cato, Esq.

Head of a spear from Polynesia; from John Plant, Esq.

A number of Kafir implements exhibited at Paris in 1867; from John Curry, Esq. ;
and two assagais from South Africa; from Mr. Thomas Foster.

A Neam-Neam shield, and a bottle for antimony, from the Nupi country on the Niger ;
from William Blackmore, Esq.; and a West African messenger’s stick; from E. T.
Stevens, Esq.

An ancient ivory cup made in West Africa in the 16th century, under Portuguese
influence ; and six other carvings in ivory of amore recent date ; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Several glass armlets made at Hebron; from M. Charles Schefer, of Paris.

A musical instrument made by the Basques; from Miss Robe.

Cap and gloves used in Norway; from Captain John Hamilton; and two stone hammers
employed in Iceland to pound salt fish; from Dr. Hjaltelin, of Iceland.

Pottery of a very rude make, lately in use at Stornoway, in the Island of Lewis,
Hebrides, closely resembling ancient earthenware ; from Walter Morrison, Esq., M.P.

A considerable number of Ethnographical specimens from various parts of the world;
from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Some additions have been made to the collection by purchases out of the Christy Fund,
of which the following may be specified :—

A series of 169 objects of the Stone Period, chiefly from Germany and Denmark, col-
lected by the late Dr. Gustav Klemm, of Dresden, and many of which are engraved and
described in his well-known works on the History of Civilisation.

A collection of antiquities from Ecuador ; collected by J. S. Wilson, Esq., c.E.

A Mexican stone head.

our objects from the North West coast of America; collected in the country by Mr.
Robert Brown.

Other additions have been made to the collection by exchanges with various English
and Foreign Collections, both public and private; these have been carried out by the
Christy Trustees by means of duplicates reserved for the purpose, and have added greatly
to the value of the collection.

The Christy Collection is only visible on Fridays ; and there have been 553 visitors.

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DEPARTMENT OF Corns AND MEDALS.

I. Arrangement.
1. Greek Series :—

960 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins have been registered.
849 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins have been incorporated.
3,334 Imperial Greek coins have been incorporated in the general series.
2,000 autonomous coins of the Macedonian series have been examined and re-arranged,
with appropriate descriptive cards.
190 autonomous coins of Syrtica, Byzacene, Zeugitana, Numidia, and Mauritania have
been examined and re-arranged, with appropriate descriptive cards.
400 coins of the Ptolemies have been re-arranged.

2. Roman Series ;—

2,229 coins of the Blacas Collection have been registered and incorporated.
225 miscellaneous Roman coins have been registered and incorporated.
500 outside labels have been written for twenty cabinets of Roman coins.
54 outside labels have been written for the large brass cabinets.
500 large brass Roman coins, a collection made by Admiral W. H. Smyth, and
recently preserved at Hartwell House, have been carefully examined, and those have
been selected which are required for the National Collection.

3. Medieval and Modern :

283 miscellaneous coins have been registered.
149 miscellaneons coins have been incorporated.

4, English Series:

The Anglo-Saxon Sceatte bearing Runic legends have been newly examined, their
legends deciphered, and new and appropriate cards placed under them.

44 Anglo-Saxon and English coins have been registered.

29 Anglo-Saxon and English coins have been incorporated.

5. Oriental Series:

122 miscellaneous coins of Bengal have been catalogued.
86 miscellaneous coins of Bengal have been incorporated.
33 local Indian coins of Nagpur, Haiderabad, &c., &c., have been catalogued and
incorporated.

4,000 miscellaneous Oriental coins, being those of the collections made by the late
Sir Herbert Edwardes, General Malcolm, General Van Courtland, M. Zaba, and others,
have been carefully examined, and the coins required for the National Collection have
been set aside.

6. Gems and Pastes:

An inventory has been made of 475 gems of the Blacas Collection.
An inventory has been made of the Pulszky gems.
An inventory has been made of 1,066 miscellaneous pastes.

II.— Acquisitions.

The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the
past year:—

Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Torat,

|
Greek = = = = 2 40 119 161

Roman - c = - 21 134 62 217
Medizval and Modern - 26 70 85 181
English - - - ~ 16 14 25 55
Oriental - - 3 & 20 182 431 633

ToTAL - - - 85 440 722 1,247

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Of these acquisitions, the following may be mentioned as worthy of special notice :—

1. Greek Series :—

A very rare silver coin of Populonia, in Etruria.

A collection of Ais Grave of Italy, including three rare coins of the Etruscan series,
with wheel-types.

A unique semis of Tuder, in Umbria.

Two rare coins of the Vestini.

A very rare coin of Venusia, in Apulia.

Two extremely rare asses of Latium.

A very fine and rare as, of the same district.
- Two rare tetradrachms of Gela, in Sicily.

A fine decadrachm of Syracuse.

A very rare tetradrachm of Agathocles of Syracuse.

A rare tetradrachm of Hieronymus of Syracuse,

A very fine tetradrachm of Carthage, in perfect condition, and having a retrograde
Pheenician inscription.

A gold stater of Panticapeum, unique and extremely fine.

Ten silver coins of Lycia, of great rarity.

A medallion of Septimius Severus, struck at [ium in the Troad, very rare.

2. Roman Series :-—

Four medallions of Hadrian, Verus, Severus Alexander, and Numerian, respectively,
of great interest and value.

Two gold solidi of Galba, struck in Spain.

A quinarius of Olybrius.

8. Medieval and Modern Series :—

A rare medallion of Nicolas Cotoner, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, 1663-1680.
A rare silver medal in commemoration of the founding of the city of Valletta.

Several rare gold coins of the Grand Masters of Malta.

A very rare silver coin of Peter IV. of Aragon as King of Sardinia.

Eighteen rare sterlings of Flanders, &c.

4. English Series :—
A silver penny of Jaenberht, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Offa.
A coin of Offa, King of Mercia.
A rare Anglo-Gallic Mouton d’Or of Edward ITI.
A rare groat of Richard III., with the arched crown.
A unique leaden medallion of Edward VI.
A unique medallion of Anne Blake, by Varin.
Eight medals in gold, presented to the late Professor Faraday.

5. Oriental Series :—

Five coins of ancient Abyssinia, procured during the recent Expedition.

An ancient silver punched coin of India.

A silver medal commemorative of the restoration of St Sophia in Constantinople.

An ancient copy, probably made in the Punjab, where it was found, of a gold coin
of Julia Domna.

I1I.—The following have been presented to the Trustees :—

A copper coin of Bhotan in India. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

A silver coin of gina. By Thomas Jones, Esq.

Three very fine Persian coins. By Lieutenant St. John, R.£.

A medallion in lead of Edward VI., and another in bronze of Anne Blake, by Varin;
both presumed to be unique. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

A silver Vauxhall ticket for the year 1809, to admit Robert Slade, Esq., and family ;
also, an admission ticket to the Great Exhibition of 1862, which belonged to the late
Felix Slade, Esq. By Mrs. W. Weller Poley.

Four Roman coins ; a halfpenny of Edward the Confessor; and nine 17th century
tokens. By Colonel Augustus Meyrick.

A miscellaneous collection of 67 Medieval and modern coins and medals, By the late
Felix Slade, Esq. ;

A silver medal struck on the death of Queen Mary II. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

A silver coin of Brabant, struck during the period of the reigns’ of Maximilian and
Philip le Beau, dated a.p. 1487. By R. Sainthill, Esq.

A coin of Theodoric, son of Clovis, King of Austrasia, A.D. 511-534; four Roman
coins, and one Indian of Akber Shah. By Alexander Beattie, Esq.

A silver medal for services rendered by the Trustees of the British Museum at the
International Exhibition of 1867, by exhibiting British Antiquities. By His Majesty
the Emperor of the French,

A medal

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A medal struck to commemorate the foundation of the Consumption Hospital at
Brompton. By Mrs. Roger Cooper Gardiner.

A medal of Peter Johnstone, Esq., of Harthope, struck for prizes in two schools
founded by him. By Captain Johnstone.

An early punched coin of India. By Major General F. H. Sandys.

A set of 14 French medalets. By Barclay V. Head, Esq. !

Three halfpennies of Edward ILI., found at Hull, and probably forgeries of the time.
By J. Locking, Esq., of Hull.

A copper coin of Thylzebas or Wazebas, King of Abyssinia. By the Secretary of
State for India.

Three coins of Abyssinia—one of King Armah, another of King Asahel, and the third
unattributed. By the Viscount Adare.

An ancient copy of a gold coin of Julia Domna. By Major General James
Abbott, c.B.

Eight potin coins of Alexandria. By Ezra Sharin, Esq.

A silver marriage-medal. By J. Gough Nichols, Esq.

Nine copper medieval and modern coins. By W. Freudenthal, Esq., m. p.

A large miscellaneous collection of oriental, medieval, and modern coins. By the
Honourable R. Marsham.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during the past year has been 1,548.

The number of visitors to the Ornament Room, in which the gems, and the gold and
silver ornaments from the Blacas Collection, are exhibited, during the past year has been
8,925.

Wm. 8. W. Vauz.

DEPARTMENTS OF NatTuRAL HisrTory.

Progress in the arrangement of the exhibited portions of the Natural History Collec-
tions has consisted chiefly in the substitution of better, rarer, and more instructive
specimens for inferior ones returned to the series in store.

The stuffed specimens of the class Mammalia have been kept in a state of preservation
without other deterioration than is inevitable in regard to those exhibited specimens for
which there is not accommodation in the glazed cabinets.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia are in a state of preservation fit for the
purposes of scientific examination and comparison, and most of them are in a state fit
for future preparation and exhibition.

The portion of the Collections of Bird-skins and Skeletons, mounted and exhibited in
systematic order, is in a good state of preservation. Most of the cabinets in the public
gallery devoted to the class of Birds are more crowded than is consistent with facility
of comparison and study, or with easy access for detailed examination of the specimens.

The remainder of the Collection of Bird-skins unmounted, im storage, preserved in
boxes and cupboards in the basement vaults, is in a state of preservation available for the
purposes of study and comparison of characters, but in a certain proportion not readily
accessible for such uses, the locality becoming crowded.

The portion of the collection of Reptiles and Fishes, preserved and displayed, is in a
good state of preservation. The greater portion of this collection, including the bulk of
the specimens of Lizards, of Serpents, and of Fishes, is stored in the basement vaults in a
space so crowded as to oppose difficulties to their access for scientific study and com-
parison. Such stored specimens are preserved in alcohol, and the great variation of tem-
perature, and occasional heat of the locality, cause rapid evaporation and deterioration
of the preserving liquor, accelerating decay. Registered specimens, when so far dissolved
or decomposed as to lose character, are removed, the fact and cause being noted in the
“ Register ;” but in every case in which the bony texture is firm enough for dry preserva-
tion, it is transferred to the Osteological Collection. The most noteworthy addition to
Ichthyological series is the dried head of a huge species of Batrachus, the largest known
Acanthopterygian fish. The jaws and teeth of this species, previously an unknown unique
rarity, have been determined by the reception of the above specimen, sent from the
Seychelles Islands, through the kind intervention of Governor Ward.

The portion of the series of the Shells of the Molluscous animals arranged and exhibited
in the public gallery is'ina good state of preservation, well placed, displayed, and labelled
for instruction and reference. This series gives an epitome of Conchology, and models of
the soft parts of the species; or fabricators of the shells, are added to exemplify the cha-
racters of the leading groups of the Mollusca. The Shell-series has been made more
instructive and attractive by continued incorporation of specimens of the Cumingian
Collection, acquired in 1866, either as additions or as substitutions for inferior and faded
specimens. j : By

The small portion of the class Insecta publicly displayed, is in a good state of preserva-
tion, and is instructively arranged and labelled. The very large portion of the class in the
“Basement Entomological Store-room is in a good state of preservation, and so arranged
in drawers as to be accessible for study and comparison.

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The portion of the class Echinodermata exhibited and arranged systematically, together
with that stored in drawers and boxes, is in a good state of preservation.

The specimens of the class Acalepha, together with the other soft-bodied invertebrate
animals, stored and kept in alcohol, being, as regards the available locality, under
the same unfavourable conditions as affect the stored specimens of Reptilia and Pisces,
cannot be so favourably reported of as would be the case if the care and pains in their
preservation were bestowed under conditions of more space, cooler and steadier tempera-
ture, and better light.

The Corals and other Radiata and Protozoa in the Public Galleries occupy detached glazed
cases of such size and in such spaces as occasion least obstruction to the gangways and other
interspaces left for the passage of visitors; consequently, the serial juxtaposition, exem-
plifying—as in Ornithology and Conchology—the order of progressive affinities, can-
not be carried out in their arrangement.

The Collection of the Osteological Specimens, human and comparative, is in a state of
preservation. The additions to this series continue to be numerous, and, in the restricted
basement space available for storing this Collection, the obstacles to its application in the
comparison of fossil and recent bones, annually increase. All the specimens are preserved
in a state fit for future systematic display ; and as regards the entire skeletons, for articu-
lation, when a Gallery for their exhibition may be provided.

The exhibited series of Nests and Nidamental structures, and of the British Natural
History, are severally in a good state of preservation and arrangement. Present con-
ditions of space necessitate the display of the extensive series of Horns and Antlers of
Mammalia, in a large proportion, apart from the stuffed specimens and skeletons of the
species to which they belong or are allied.

In the Geological Department, many fossils of the Mammalian and Reptilian classes
have had their condition, in respect of instructive display of characters, improved, since
their reception in the Museum, by the careful removal of matrix, re-adjustment and
cementing of separated parts, and by restoration of the lost adhesive or consolidating
animal principles.

Corresponding labour and skill have been applied, where needed, in the improvement as
well as conservation of the fossil Testacea, Crustacea, Echinodermata, Corals, and
Zoophytes.

Improved arrangements have been carried out during the past year in several series of
fossil remains.

The proportion of the Geological Collection kept in store is partly arranged, in glazed
cases, in a recess to which the public have not access, partly in drawers; but, for the
most part, easily available to the student and scientific visitor.

All the fossil specimens of animals and plants, whether exhibited or in store, are ina
good state of preservation.

The major part of the series of Mineralogy is publicly exhibited, under conditions of
arrangement, with illustrative models and indices, and with generic and specific labelling,
greatly facilitating its instructive study and scientific applications. All the Minerals,
displayed and kept in store, are in a perfect state of preservation.

The most notable additions to the several departments are referred to in the subsequent
Reports from them respectively.

The total number of additions to the Natural History Departments is 35,552, of which
24,144 have been added to the Zoology, 10,372 to the Geology, and 1,036 to the
Mineralogy.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

THE increase of specimens made to the Zoological Collection during the year 1868 has
amounted to 24,144,

The following table readily shows what proportion of these specimens belongs to each
of the chief classes of the animal kingdom :—

Vertebrata - - - - - - - 2,195

Mollusca and Radiata - - - - - - 4,315
Annulosa = - - - - - - - 17,634

ToTaAL - = - 24,144

These examples have been separately entered, and marked with a series of numbers
similar to that adopted in the manuscript Register of Accessions, wherein the locality is
recorded, and a statement given to show whether the specimen was acquired by donation
or purchase.

The specimens that have been presented are many of them of great interest, either
from their rarity, or from being the type specimens of new species; whilst the examples
obtained by purchase have been carefully selected from various Collections, as those

that

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that are most desirable for completing the series previously contained in the Collection
either from their being the identical specimens on which new species have been founded
and described by Zoologists, or for the purpose of showing the changes that take place
during their development and growth towards maturity ; furthermore, various examples
have been obtained for the purpose of illustrating the differences that exist between the
allied species that belong to closely-connected localities, or to exemplify the distribution of
the various species of animals in different portions of the world.

The series of Vertebrated and Invertebrated Animals, which are exhibited in the cases
in the public rooms, and the collections of Insects and Crustaceous Animals con-
tained in cabinets in the private rooms for the use of the more scientific students, have
been in many groups re-arranged for the purpose of adding the newly-acquired specimens
and also that the nomenclature and arrangement of the entire series might be made in
accordance with the modern advances in the knowledge of each particular. section of the
Animal Kingdom.

The Collections of Reptiles, Fishes, and of Annulose and other animals, preserved in
spirits, have undergone re-arrangements, with a view of placing them in conformity with
the recent catalogues, whilst the series of skins of Mammals and of Birds, and the
Osteolovical Collections, which are kept in cases and boxes, have also been examined and

re-arranged.
By this means this part of the Collection has been so placed as to make the specimens

accessible when required for scientific purposes.
The various portions of the Zoological Collection, contained both in the private and
public rooms, have been frequented during the past year by 2,414 students and visitors

for the purpose of study.

The following catalogues have been printed during the year 1868 :—
* Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera (Satyride).” By Arthur Gardiner Butler,

F.L.S., F.Z.S.
* Catalogue of Heteropterous Hemiptera.” Part III., by Francis Walker, F.L.s.

The chief accessions to the Collections during 1868 have been the following : —
Among the Mammals, a skin of Phoca Pulisseri; presented by Capt. Palisser.
A skin of the Hyrax; presented by Professor Barboza du Bocage, Director of the

National Museum, Lisbon.
Three specimens of Bats in spirits; presented by Dr. Kirk, Her Majesty’s Vice Consul,

Zanzibar.
A large series of skins of Mammals, many of which are highly-interesting additions.
Procyon Hernandesi; also an albino variety of the same species from Victoria, North

America.
Cyclothurus dorsalis, Cercoleptes caudivolvulus, Cercolabes nove-hispanie, and Sorez

micrurus, trom Vera Paz, Guatemala.

Arctocephalus falklandicus, from the Falkland Islands; Arctocephalus Delalandii, from
the Cape of Good Hope; and Pagophilus grenlandicus, from Greenland.

Cervus taivanus, from the Island of Formosa; Sus andamanensis, from the Andaman

Islands.

Phascolomys platyrhinus, from Australia.

Halmaturus Bruni, from New Guinea.

Pieromys leucogenys, from Japan; Cryptoprocta ferox, Avahi laniger, Lepilemur muste-
linus, Microcebus Coquereli, and Myiodictes Thorbeckhit, from Madagascar.

Thonomys bulbivorus, from California.

Meles chinensis, from Amoy.

Tetraceros quadricornis and Inuus Sancti-Johannis.

Also various Mammals in spirits, from East Africa, Nova Scotia, and Guatemala.

The skulls of Hippopotamus amphibius, Loxodontia africana, Bibos gaurus, and Hydro-
cherus capybara; presented by Charles Falconer, Esq.

Twenty-four skeletons of the varieties of Domestic Rabbits; presented by Charles
Darwin, Esq.

A skeleton of the Simia satyrus of Borneo; presented by the late Sir James Brookes,

A skull of the Pig of the Island of Formosa; presented by Dr. Collingwood.

A plaster cast of the Balenoptera Caroline ; presented by Professor A. W. Malms.

Thirteen skeletons of Mammals have been added, some of which are of great interest,
Viz. :-—

Globiocephalus Svineval, Sus andamanensis, Pithecia satanus, Phascolomys latifrons,
Tapirus Bairdi, Echimys cayennensis, Canis dingo, Bibos frontalis, Lagothriz Humboldti,

Felis moormensis, &c.; and lo cud
Six skulls, among which are those of Enhydra lutris, Grampus Cuvieri, Nesotragus

moschatus, Galago agisinibanus, Rhinoceros sumatrensts. ; :
Among the additions made to the Collection of Birds the following may be noticed :—

A specimen of Tetraogallus caspius ; presented by the Right Hon. A. H. Layard, M.P.
A British specimen of Loaia pitiopsittaca; presented by I’. Bond, Esq.
A specimen of Phalaropus lobatus, shot at Pagham Harbour; presented by Miss J.

Baker,

The typical specimen of Butalis cwrulescens, and also specimens of Accipiter minullus
and A. brevipes of South Africa; presented by J. H. Gurney, Esq.
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The typical specimen of Drymochares stellatus, Gould, from Sikhim; presented by
Chas. V. Kecles, Esq., Rifle Brigade.

An example of the rare Quail Ophrysia superciliosa, Gray, from Mussoore; presented
by Colonel L’Estrange, R.A.

A specimen of the Bamboo Partridge Perdrix sphenura, from China; presented by
J. J. Reeves, Esq. :

A typical example of the Copsychus sechellarum, Newton, from the Seychelles; pre-
sented by Edward Newton, Hsq., m.a., Colonial Secretary of the Isle of Mauritius.

A specimen of the Blue Mountain Burrowing Duck of Jamaica, Petrodroma caribbea,
Carte; presented by John Taylor, Esq.

A specimen of the rare Australian Cassowary, Casuarius australis, from Queensland ;
presented by P. L. Selater, Esq.

a ae of the Mocking Bird, Orpheus Hillii, of Jamaica; presented by F, A. B.
inen, Esq.

Specimen of the Chaulelasmus streperus; presented by the Earl of Cawdor.

A series of forty Birds, mostly from Australia, among which the following rare new
species may be noticed :—

Falco subniger, an Albino variety of Podargus, Atrichia rufescens, Pycnoptilus floccosus,
Malurus hypoleucus, Gerygone personata, Cyclopsitta Coxeni, Geopsittacus occidentalis,
Cacomantis castaneiventris, and Pardalotus canthopygius, &¢.

A collection of sixty-three specimens of Central American Birds; the following are
worthy of notice :—

Cephalopterus glabricollis, Microchera albocoronata, Cyphorinus Lawrencei, Psittasoma
Muchleri, Formacarius Hoffmanu, Ptilonogonys caudatus, and Capito maculi -coro-
natus, &c.

A fine specimen of the rare Vulturine Pintado, Numida vulturina, from Zanzibar, also
Halcyon sanyhierensis, a new species from the Island of Sanghier.

_ Various other interesting species of Birds have also been obtained, viz. :-—
~ Milvis tsurus, Crax carunculata, Phasianus lineatus, Lortus chlorocercus, young Birds of
Tinamus rufescens, Electus Westermanni, Caccabis melanocephula, and Goura Victoria, &c.

A series of sixty-three Birds from Costa Rica, containing the following species :—

Phlogopsis Macleannani, Myiadestes melanops, Platyrhyuchus albogularis, Oxyrhynchus
Frater, Odontophorus leucolema, Leptoptila cerviniventris, Eutoxeres Salvini, and Gouldia
Conversit, &c.

Specimens of the rare Philepitia Schlegeli, Bernieria major, B. minor, of Madagascar, and
of Peltops blainvillii, of the Island of Waigiou.

A series of forty-five skeletons of Birds, among which are the following :—

Eudynamus orientalis, Platycercus melanurus, Platycercus flaviventris, Bucorvus abyssini-
cus, Cerionnis melanocephalus, Cacatua cristata, Zenarcda amabilis, Crossoptilon muntchuricum,
and Fratercula arctica, &c.

A series of sterna of Birds, embracing those of Ptilonopus pulcherrimus, Geopsittacus
occidentalis, Platycercus pulcherrimus, Agapornis roseicollis, Chamorhynchus nudicollis, and
Anas zonorhyncha.

A collection of ninety-two skeletons, of the varieties of Domestic Pigeons, Domestic
Fowls, and Domestic Ducks; presented by Charles Darwin, Esq.

A skeleton of the Phalacrocoraz Carbo ; presented by Dr. A. Gunther.

Twenty-two bones of the extinct Pezophaps solitaria of Strickland, from the Island
of Rodriguez; presented by Edward Newton, Esq., m.a., Colonial Secretary of the Isle
of Mauritius.

The collection of Reptiles has received the following important additions :—

A collection of various species of Reptiles from Sierra Leone; presented by Sir
Arthur E. Kennedy, c.8., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

A collection of Reptiles from Minas Geraés, containing types of the species described
by Professor Reinhardt; presented by the Copenhagen Museum.

_ A specimen of a new genus of Snakes, Mimophis, from Madagascar; presented by
Rev. W. Ellis.

.A collection of Ophidians and Batrachians, made by Dr. Kirk, at Zanzibar.

A collection of Saurians and Batrachians, made in the southern parts of Ceylon.

A large collection of Reptiles from various parts of India, especially Pegu, containing
the types of the species described by Mr. Theobald, and many other species which were
desiderata to the National Collection. a

Three collections of various Reptiles from Mexico and Costa Rica, containing several
forms new to science,

The collection of Fishes has been increased by the following interesting additions :— —
a fine examples of British Salmonoids; presented by Messrs. Tegetmeier and

unbar.
ae ue tiocting of Marine Fishes made in the Channel Islands ; presented by Dr. A.

unther.

Several species of Clupeoids and Murznoids, from the Coast of Algiers; presented by
Lieut.-Colonel Playfair, Her Majesty’s Consul-General of Algiers.

Two additional fine collections containing many novelties from St. Helena; presented
by J. C. Melliss, Esq. .

Two collections of Fishes from Borneo, made and presented by the Marquis J. Doria.

A collection

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A collection of Fishes obtained during a voyage in the Pacific and Atlantic; presented
by Commander Knocker, r.N.

A collection of Fishes made by Dr. Cunningham in South ica;

Te ee deeachealis y g America; presented by the

A small collection of fresh-water Fishes from Minas Geraés, containing types of the
species described by Professor Reinhardt; presented by the Copenhagen Museum.

The head of an enormous species of Batrachus, which is supposed to be the lareest of
the spiny-rayed fish known, from the Seychelle Islands; presented by Lieut.-Col.
Playfair, Her pee Preaek tn of Algiers.

Two large series of Fishes from Zanzibar and the Seychelles, su
palioushy xeueived from Lieut.-Col. Playfair and Dr. Kirk. A bas dah eco

A collection of fresh-water Fishes from the southern districts of Ceylon.

Several small collections of Fishes which were formed in Southern India by Surgeon
F. Day, containing typical examples of species described by him as new. *

A series of Fishes collected in Peru and Vancouver’s Island.

Also two series of fresh-water Fishes collected in Mexico, Amazons, and in the United
States, among which are the types of two new genera, Hypopotoma and Aphyochara.

The most important additions made to the collection of Insects. during the year 1868
are the following :—

About 2,000 specimens of Neufoptera, and 213 specimens of Orthoptera; presented
by W. W. Saunders, Esq.

Forty-six specimens of African Coleoptera; presented by A. Swanzy, Esq.

Nineteen examples of Australian Coleoptera; presented by E. D. Atkinson, Esq.

Fifty-six specimens of Italian Insects, comprising Coleoptera, Diptera, &c.; presented
by A. H. Haliday, Esq.

One hundred and twenty-four specimens of Moths from Africa and India; presented by
R. Trimen, Esq.

Seventy-three specimens of Coleoptera from Sierra Leone; presented by Sir Arthur
Kennedy, c.8.

One hundred and fifty specimens of British Micro-Lepidoptera; presented by Sydney
Wells, Esq.

Thirty-seven stoppered bottles, containing specimens of Crustacea, from various
localities; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Twenty-seven examples of British Coleoptera; presented by E. C. Rye, Esq.

Fifty-six typical specimens of British Ephemeride preserved in glycerine; presented
by A. E. Eaton, Esq.

The collection of British Ichneumonidae, consisting of about 1,062 specimens, and con-
taining the type specimens of most of the species described by the late T. Desvignes, Esq.,
by whom the collection was made.

A collection of 562 specimens of Nitidulide, containing the type specimens described by
A. Murray, Esq.

Three hundred and twelve Hymenoptera, 269 Coleoptera, and 25 Lepidoptera, from
West Australia.

Also 167 Coleoptera from Japan, East Africa, Mexico, &c.

The following Molluscous and Radiated Animals, &c., may be especially noticed :—

A collection of Shells dredged in the Persian Gulf; presented by Col. Lewis Pelly,
British Resident at Bushire.

A series of minute Shells from Brazil, &c.; presented by M. de Folin, Commandant
at Port de Bayonne.

A box containing a complete series of all stages of growth of the Pearl Mussel from
Ceylon; presented by Capt. James Stuart.

A series of Shells from the Cape of Good Hope and Port Natal; presented by Robert
Pinchin, Esq.

A large series of Shells from the Straits of Magellan and Falkland Islands, collected
by Dr. Cunningham ; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

A collection of Shells from India; presented by A. A. West, Esq.

Also, a series of Shells from Vancouver’s Island.

A series of Entozoa; presented by Dr. Murie.

A series of Annelides from the coast of Cornwall, and other localities.

A collection of Sponges and the spicula of Sponges, mounted, from the Adriatic, being
the types of Dr. A. Schmidt’s Work.

A series of spicula of Sponges collected on the English coast and other places;
presented by Dr. Bowerbank. ;

A series of Zoophytes and Echinoderms from the Straits of Magellan and Falkland
Islands, collected by Dr. Cunningham; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

A series of Zoophytes and of Echinoderms from the North Seas, being the types of the
species described by Loven, Sars, Schmidt, &c.

Several specimens of Hyalonema from Japan.
John Edw. Gray.

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The principal additions to this Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation—Fin-ray of Ptychodus spectabilis, from the Lower Chalk, near
Reigate, Surrey. Presented by Prof. N. S. Maskelyne, Fr.c.s.

Fish remains of various genera, also palatal tooth of Climazxodus ovatus (figured in the
“‘ Geological Magazine,” 1868, vol. v. p- 496) from the Low Main Coal-seam, Newsham
Colliery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Presented by T. P. Barkas, Esq.

Fossil fish, and sternal and pelvic bones of Pliosaurus, from the Kimmeridge Clay,
Dorset. Presented by J. C. Mansel, Esq., F.c.s.

Portion of the jaws of Melitosaurus champsoides, Owen, from the Miocene of Malta.
Presented by Captain Strickland.

Tooth of Dinothertum pentapotamicum (referred to in Falconer’s ‘“ Palzontological
Memoirs,” vol. ii. p. 5.) from Noorpoor, India. Presented by Prof. Huxley, uu.p.
F.R.S., &c.

Remains of Rhinoceros hemitechus, Canis, Ursus, and Elephas antiquus, from the Gower
Caves, Glamorganshire (referred to in Falconer’s “ Paleontological Memoirs,” vol. ii.)
Presented by Colonel E. R. Wood.

Upper jaw of Rhinoceros Etruscus, from the Tejares, Malaga (referred to in “ Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc.” vol. xv. and in Falconer’s “ Palzontological Memoirs,” vol. ii). Pre-
sented by Prof. D. T. Ansted, F.R.s.

Cast of the Brain-cavity of Mastodon, from Indiana, U.S. North America. Presented
by the Chicago Academy, U.S.

Left ramus of the lower jaw of Mastodon andium, from Chili, and three teeth of
Elephas antiquus (figured in the “ Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,” and in Falconer’s “ Palaon-
tological Memoirs”). Presented by the Trustees of the Canterbury Museum.

Lower jaw and portioa of femur of Trogontherium (figured in Owen’s “ British Fossil
Mammals,” figs. 72 and 73), from the Forest-bed at Cromer, and the Crag at Norwich;
also Cetacean remains and Mosasaurian remains from Alabama, U.S. North America.
Presented by Sir Charles Lyell, Bart.

Nine specimens of plant-remains from the Lonemynd rocks of Sweden. Presented by
Dr. Otto Torell, &c. &c.

Portion of Orthoceras, Worthin, Shropshire. Presented by R. Jasper More, Esq.

Six specimens of Waldheimia pseudo-jurensis, and examples of twelve species of Bra-
ehiopoda from the Lower Greensand, Upware on the Cam (figured and described in the
“ Geological Magazine,” 1868, vol. v. p. 399, plates xviii. and xix). Presented by John
Francis Walker, Esq. M.A., F.G.S.

Examples of Astarte elegans, from the Oolite of Northampton. Presented by Samuel
Sharp, Esq., F.G.s.

One hundred Fossil Shells and Corals from the Crag Noir of Antwerp. Presented by
the Chevalier Le Hon.

Palpus of Pterygotus anglicus, from the Old Red Sandstone, Forfarshire. Presented
by Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., &c. &c.

The figured specimen of Goniaster uncatus, from the Upper Chalk, Kent (Dixon’s
“ Geology of Sussex,” T. xxii. fig. 14). Presented by Professor Tennant, F.G.s.

Exogyra sinuata from the Lower Greensand, Maidstone, Kent. Presented by John
Fradgley, Esq.

Specimens of Orthis Edgelliana from the Wenlock Shale, Garcoed, near Usk. Pre-
sented by the Rev. E. Wyatt-Edgell.

Il. By Purchase.—A. Fossil remains belonging to the Vertebrate Classes.

Mammalia :—Two molar teeth of Mammoth (£lephas primigenius) from the Alluvial
deposit of the Isle of Dogs.

Bones of Equus, Bos, and Felis spelea, from the Pleistocene deposit of Crayford, Kent.

The almost entire skeleton of the Lagomys Vicinoniensis from the Brown Coal of Bonn.

A fine molar tooth of Dinothertum from the Miocene of the Haute Garonne, France.

Casts of the molar teeth of the upper and lower jaws of Yapirus arvernensis, from the
Pliocene of Auvergne; and casts of characteristic parts of the following animals :—Of
Megalonyx Jeffersoni, Harlan, from the Pleistocene deposit of Henderson, Kentucky ;
of Bootherium bombifrons, from Big-bone-Lick, Kentucky, U.S.; of the lower jaw of
Liutelodon magnum, Agassiz ; of Lophiocherus splendens, and Dinocyon Thenardi, from the
Lower Miocene of the South of France ; of Pebrotherium Wilsoni, Leidy, and Anchi-
therium Bairdii, Leidy, from the Lower Miocene, Nebraska Territory, U.S. of North
America; of the Halitherium Schinzii from the Miocene of Flonheim.

Reptilia :—Crocodilus Rahtii, Coluber atavus, Rana Meriana, and Paleobatrachus Gold-
fuss?, all from the Brown Coal (Miocene) of Rott, near Bonn, on the Rhine.

A nearly entire carapace and portion of sternum of Arthrosternum, from the Miocene
of Aix, in Provence.

A new species of Platemys, and a skull and jaw of Crocodile, from the Purbeck beds of
Swanage, Dorset.

Teeth of Pliosaurus, Kimmeridge Clay, Dorset.

Two heads of Ichthyosauri, from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 39

An almost entire example of Ichthyosaurus tenutrostris (upwards of 12 feet in leneth)
from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset.

A very perfect paddle and a well-preserved head of Plesiosaurus, from the Lower
Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset.

A slab of Lias, containing a great portion of the skeleton of a Pterodactyle (Dimor-
phodon macronyx), in a fine state of preservation, from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis.

A very fine head of Placodus gigas, Ag. from the Muschelkalk of Bayreuth ; being
the original specimen described by Herman von Méyer, in the “ Jahrbuch” for 1868.

Pisces : A specimen of Pycnodus platessus, from the Eocene Tertiary of Monte Bolca.

Saurodon from the Upper Chalk of Charlton, Kent; teeth of Ptychodus, and specimens
of Enchodus and Beryx, from the Grey Chalk of Halling, Kent.

Lepidotus minor, and a very fine specimen of Megalurus, from the Purbeck of Swanage,
Dorset; also a second example from the Portland stone, Isle of Portland. 5

A small jaw of fish (undescribed), and specimens of Ischyodus Eyertoni, Lepidotus
5 Sahai teeth and spines of Hybodus, &c., from the Kammeridge Clay, Weymouth,
* Dorset. ,

Lwo specimens of Dapedius from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis.

Fine examples of palatal teeth of Deltodus, Orodus ramosus, Chomatodus cinctus,
Helodus; and spines of Oracanthus and Ctenacanthus, from the Carboniferous lime-
stone of Oreton, Salop.

Cheiracanthus latus, from the Devonian of Stromness, North Britain; and a very large
head of Cephalaspis Lyelli, from the Devonian of Cradley, Herefordshire. 5

B. Fossil remains belonging to the Invertebrate Classes.
Mollusca :—( Bivalvia and Gasteropoda generally.)
36 Pliocene fresh-water Shells from various localities in Britain.
33 Miocene Tertiary Shells from South Australia.
9 Tertiary Shells from Algeria.
106 Specimens of Tertiary and other Mollusca (Damon Collection).
120 Hippurites from the Cretaceous formation of Aude, France.
24 Shells from the Chalk, Gault, and Greensand (British).
38 ,, from the Oolite and Lias (British).
75 4, from the Carboniferous of Ireland.
21 ,, from the Carboniferous and other formations (A. Bryson’s Collection). #

Mollusca :— Cephalopoda :—Several examples of Trigonellites (Opercula of Ammonites)
from the Chalk and Kimmeridge Clay.

Ammonites Morelianus from the Gault of Ardennes.

10 Ammonites from the Oolite and Lias (Damon Collection).

2 Nautili s ditto ditto. *
1 Geoteuthis ,, Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset.

The type specimen of Belemnites Bruguerianus from the Lower Lias, Lyme (figured
and described in the Memoirs of the Geological Survey Monograph, II. 1864).

Orthoceras annulatum, from the Wenlock shale, Dudley.

Crustacea:—1 Lobocarcinus from Tertiary, Egypt; 2 Hoploparia, from the Greensand
of the Isle of Wight.

Remains of Evyon and Glyphea, from the Oolite of Sarthe, the Kimmeridge Clay of
Dorset, and the Lias of Lyme.

Fourteen Trilobites from Trenton and Cincinnati in North America, and five from the
Wenlock shale of Dudley.

Three Pterygoti from Lanarkshire, and one Eurypterus nanus from the Upper Silurian
of Gotland, in Sweden.

Insecta :—159 Fossil Insects, from the Miocene Tertiary of Bonn, on the Rhine (figured
and described by Drs. Von Heyden and H. Hagen, in the “ Palzontographica,” vols.
Vill., x., and xiv.)

Annelida :—Three Serpule from the Chalk and Carboniferous Limestone.

Echinodermata :—Six specimens of Echinus miliaris from the Pleistocene of Belfast.

Fourteen specimens of Cidaris, Salenia, Holaster, Galerites, Micraster ; and six speci-
mens of Goniuster, Ophiura, and Astrogonium, from the Chalk and Gault of Kent; and
eight Marsupites from the Chalk of Blandford, Dorset.

Upwards of one hundred specimens of Bourgetocrinus from the Chalk of Gravesend and
Charlton, in Kent, and one Oolitic Cidaris.

A magnificent slab of Pentacrinus briareus, and one smaller example of the same genus,
from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset. ' a

Five specimens of Cyathocrinus, two of Dimerocrinus, and a new species of Crinoid, from
the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley. ;

Zoophyta :—Several Parasmilie from the Chalk, and other examples of Fossil Corals
from the Oolite and Carboniferous formations.

Polyzoa :—Hight Polyzoa from the Chalk.

Amorphozoa :—Seven Sponges from the Chalk of Kent, &c. ;

Plante :—126 specimens of Plant-remains from Clallam Bay, Washington Territory,
United States ; from Nanaimo; Vancouver’s Island; and Skedegate Bay, Queen Charlotte’s

Island.
211, G Amorphozoa :—

40 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATKS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

One hundred and thirty-three Fossil Plant-remains (chiefly wood) from the Carboni-
ferous and other formations; part of the late Alexander Bryson’s Collection.

Fifteen Fossil Plants from the Coal-measures of Grundy County, Illinois, United
States.

Works of the Department.

In Room I., a case of Plant-remains from the Upper White Jura of Solenhofen, has
been placed on the North Wall of this room.

The large slab of New Red Sandstone from Massachusets has been examined, with the
aid of Professor C. H. Hitchcock, and the foot-prints upon its surface have been traced
out, identified, and named.

A new case for the exhibition of Tertiary leaves from the Isle of Wight, Greenland,
&c., is being fitted up, and a series of specimens have been prepared for it.

In Room II., the wall-cases, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, have been cleared of the series of Fossil
Fishes arranged in them, with the view of making certain alterations in the cases; of re-
arranging this portion of the collection, and of incorporating additional specimens. The
fossils thus removed have been cleaned, and temporarily arranged in drawers. The
recently acquired specimens have been mounted, and otherwise prepared for exhibition.

The Cestraciont Fishes in the Table-cases of this room have been re-mounted and re-
arranged, with the incorporation of many additional specimens.

In Room III., a case has been made for the reception of the skeleton of the Dinornis
elephantopus, and is now placed in this room near to the Wall-case 11, where the other
species of Dinornis are exhibited.

Cases 4, 5, and 6, have been re-whitened, and the Pliosaurian and Plesiosaurian re-
mains contained therein, cleaned, re-arranged, and labelled.

In Room IV., the large Saurian remains placed upon the top of the Wall-cases 1, 2, 3,
4, and 5, along the southern side of this gallery, have been entirely re-arranged, and
space has thus been gained for the exhibition of a nearly entire skeleton of Ichthyosaurus
tenutrostris (upwards of 12 feet in length) from Lyme Regis.

Two more of the window-recesses in this room are now fitted with small glazed cases,
to éxhibit a further series of Sponges from the Oolite and Cretaceous deposits.

In Room V., a series of Shells of the Carboniferous formation has been mounted, named,
and arranged in Table-case No. 4.

In Table-case No. 5, has been placed a series of Silurian fossils from Bohemia; part of
the Barrande Collection.

In Room VI., a fine slab of Pentacrinus briareus (5 ft. by 3 ft.) from the Lias of
Lyme Regis has been placed on Pier-case No. 4, on the north side of this gallery.

The rail around the Mastodon and Elephant remains in the centre of the gallery has
been completed.

The Pier-case No. 2, containing the Dinotherium remains, has been emptied of its con-
tents and cleaned, and the original figured specimen of the skull of Dinotherium giganteum,
Kaup (purchased in 1867) having been repaired, strengthened, and properly mounted, has
been placed in this case, together with the other remains of this rare extinct gigantic
herbivore.

Specimens Registered during the past year :—

Invertebrata ;
Plants - - ee ES Seen hate 36
Sponges - - = = ad = : 43
Foraminifera - - - - = = 8
Corals ePpR nina 5 or Gr etber ype
Echinodermata - - - = 2 a OT
Articulata - - - - = = aie
Bryozoa- - - = s = = 15
Mollusca generall: - - - - - 8,342
Ditto Cephalopoda- - = = SAG
9,964
Vertebrata :
Pisces - - - ae oS eri no
Reptilia - - - - = = us 44
Mammalia - - - : - z - 244
408

TOPAL “Soe "= 7oH0;872

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 41

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

During the year 1868, 1,036 specimens have been added to the Mineral Collection.

These have been registered, labelled, and incorporated with the Collection, through
which they have been distributed in accordance with the classification. Other minerals
that they have displaced have been arranged in drawers with the reserve portion of the
Collection.

The duplicate specimens have also been carefully sorted. The introduction of new
drawers under some of the table cases has enabled the arrangement of the reserve and
duplicate drawers in a symmetrical plan to be proportionately carried forward.

The entries of all the Minerals contained in ten volumes of a Catalogue of 27,500
Minerals and Fossils prepared by former keepers, have been extracted and entered in a
separate Catalogue; whereby many specimens have been identified, the history of which
had been uncertain.

Five glazed fronts and sides to the table-cases have been fitted up, and Minerals of too
large a size to be shown on the tables have been arranged in them for exhibition.

The great Iron Meteorite from Melbourne has since its arrival exhibited a rapid decom-
position in one portion of its mass, due to a large amount of ferrous chloride contained
within it, and considerable pieces of decomposed material haye consequently fallen from
it. Bae endeavour has been made to arrest this destructive action by several coatings of
varnish.

Important results have been obtained in the Laboratory regarding the mineral con-
stituents of Meteorites, and the methods best adapted for their analysis; and the formule
of several minerals have been determined, including Cronstedtite, a magnesian arseniate
from Cornwall, and a new variety of Enstatite in the Breitenbach Meteorite.

The most important acquisitions made in the Department have been the following :—

By Presentation :—

Eleven Diamonds, two Carbonet, five samples of Cascalhao, all from Brazil; by G. F.
Coster, Esq.

Flexible Sandstone, Kurana village, Pergunna Dadree, District Jhujur, Delhi; by
Charles Falconer, Esq.

Several rock and gold quartz specimens from Idaho and Oregon; Massive Cinnabar,
New Almaden, California; presented by Robert Brown, Esq.

Cubie Pyrites, Crodo, Val Antigorio, Piedmont; Pyrrhotine, Miggiandone Copper
Mine, Pallanza; three Babingtonite, Baveno, Piedmont; Native Gold, Val Toppa, Pied-
mont; by the late Commanditore E. Francfort, of Pallanza.

Thirteen Specimens of Serpentine, Lizard; six Quartz mixed with a green Serpentine
(the so-called Jade of the Lizard); by Coles Child, Esq. ;

Phlogopite, Rossie, St. Lawrence Co., New York; Jefferisite, Westchester, Pennsyl-
vania; by Wm. H. Jefferis, Esq.

Herschelite on Basalt, Richmond, Victoria; by A. R. C. Selwyn, Esq., F.G.s.

Pyrosclerite, Barnanorann, Connemara; by Professor Harkness.

Fine Sodalite on a siliceous sinter, Tasmania; collected by the late Robert Brown,
Esq., and presented by J. J. Bennett, Esq., keeper of the Botanical Department, British

Museum. z ;
Two specimens of Native Gold in quartz, Monte Video; by Senor Luis Otero.

Stetefeldtite, Belmont Mine, Nye Co., Nevada, U.S.A.; by J. Richardson, Esq.
Salt in cubes, large specimen, Jhelum Salt Range, Punjaub; by E. L. Brandreth, Esq.,

Indian Civil Service.
Salt in cubes, Cheshire ; by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P.

By Exchange :—

Crystallized Cinnabar, Almaden, Spain; Museum of Practical Geology.
Twelve Geodes of Amethyst, trihedral Quartz, and Agate from Uruguay; W. G.

Lettsom, Esq.

By Purchase :—

Amethyst, Agate, Chalcedony and wood Opal, Uruguay ; and fine specimens of Lapis
Lazuli, Malachite, and Arsenic with Realgar, Chili; M. Durassié.

Native Gold, Bute City, Mentana Territory, U.S.A.; Native Copper, pseudomorphous
after Aragonite, and also eo me ee Lake Superior ; Nagyagite in crystals,

eyag; Obsidian, hyacinthred in colour, Java.
as Gry olive and Pachnolite ; Arksut Fiord, W. Greenland.

Two Greenockites, Bishoptown, Renfrewshire; Lettsomite, Rez-banya; Suite of Ser-
pentine, Portsoy ; a series of the Zeolites from the Isle of Skye and Iceland; Pectolite in
crystals, Ratho, near Edinburgh; 250 rock specimens with localities, and a number of
other minerals, chiefly interesting from their locality, selected from the Nicol-Bryson
ee coated with copper pyrites prettily tarnished, near Liskeard; Scorodite,

2 Te G2 a very

42 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &cC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

avery large crystal; fine crystallized Vivianites; a large crystal of Copper-glance, Cornwall ;
Native Bismuth with massive fluor, Dolcoath Mine, near Redruth; a series of Francolites,
Cornwall; and Bournonite in very large crystals, from near Liskeard, are among the
purchases of Cornish Minerals that have been made from Mr. Talling.

Two crystallized Cinnabars, Almaden, Spain.

Large crystallized mass of Barytes, Ovenpipe Mine, near Shrewsbury; Tremolite in
erystals, Gouverneur, New York; Dolomite, in large pinkish crystals, Isle of Man; fine
groups of crystals of Pyromorphite, Ems, Nassau; Stolzite, Bleiberg; Apatite, Caldbeck
Fells; Matlockite, near Matlock.

Nineteen Gothites, Botallack Iron Mine, St. Just.

Two Pyrrhotite on Mesitite, Minas Geraés; Epidote, Untersulzbach, Heubachthal,
Pinzgau; Thulite, Greinerberg, Zillerthal; through W. G. Lettsom, Esq.

A crystal of Proustite, remarkable alike for its magnitude, richness of colour, and per-
fection of its planes; from Chanarcillo, Copiapo, Chili.

Two masses of crystallized Prehnite, South Africa.

The specimens illustrating the use of minerals in jewellery, to which some interesting
additions have been made in the last two years, have been increased during the past year
by a fine facetted beryl (aquamarine) of large dimensions; a large yellow sapphire
(Oriental topaz) of good colour, a small Oriental amethyst, small hyacinth (zircon), blue
spinel, chrysoberyl, and peridot.

The Collection of Meteorites has been increased by the following falls :—

Ten stones, Knyahinya, Hungary, fell June 9th, 1866.

Sixty-one stones Pultusk, Poland, fell January 30th, 1868, one of which weighs 20 lbs.

Daniel’s Kuil, Griqua Territory, South Africa, fell March 20th, 1868.

St. Mesmin, Aube, France, fell May 30th, 1866.

At the present time the Collection exhibits specimens of 264 distinct Meteoric falls,

Nevil Story-Mashelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

THE principal business of the Department during the past year has consisted,—

In the re-arrangement in the General Herbarium of the families of Graminee,
Betulacee, Salicine, Conifere, and Cycadee, and of several other smaller families of plants.

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of large collections
of plants from the Neilgherry Mountains of India, formed by Metz, Schmidt, and other
collectors; of a collection formed by Dr. Schweinfurth in the countries bordering on the
course of the Nile; of a collection of the plants of Algeria, formed by M. Romain; of
collections formed in the neighbourhood of Smyrna, and in other parts of the Hast, by M.
Balansa; of collections formed by M. Kotschy, in Cilicia and Kurdistan; of a collection
formed by M. Sagot in French Guiana; of M. Philippi and M. Germain’s collections of
Chilian plants; of a collection of Californian plants furmed by Mr. Bolander; of several
collections of Greenland and other Arctic plants; of specimens of Palms from various
regions, and of numerous smaller collections from different quarters.

In the re-arrangement of a large portion of the collection of Fruits and Seeds in glass-
topped boxes; and of the specimens, recent and fossil, of the family of Cycadee, imcor-
porating them with the valuable collection presented by Mr. James Yates.

In the examination and arrangement of Mr. Brown’s collection of fossil woods; and of
the extensive collection of sliced microscopic sections of recent woods purchased from the
executors of the late Mr. Bryson, of Edinburgh.

And in the partial arrangement and examination of M. Rupert Huter’s, and Dr.
Alexander Prior’s collections of Styrian and Dalmatian plants, and of other collections
recently received.

The following are the principal additions made to the collections of the Department
during the year 1868, by purchase or donation :—

295 species of British Lichens; presented by Dr. Holl.
50 bs forming fasc. 1 of Larbalestier’s “ Lichens of Jersey and Sark.”
2,057 5 European Lichens, from the collection of M. Hepp.
349 3 Exotic Lichens, from the collection of M. Hepp.
778 - Mosses, from the collection of M. Hepp.
1,070 ss Alge, from the collection of M. Hepp.
570 = Floridex, from the collection of M. Hepp.
25. ,, ~~ +uropean Lichens, forming No. 29 of Rabenhorst’s “ Lichenes Europzi.”
70 oD Alge, forming Nos. 198-204 of Rabenhorst’s “ Algen Sachsens,” &c.

400 ,, European plants, forming cent. 7-10 of Schultz’s “ Herbarium Normale.”

50 ie Plants of Belgium, forming fasc. 6 of Van Heurck’s “ Plantes Rares de
Belgique.”

425 species of Plants of Dalmatia; collected by Rupert Huter.

333 33 A presented by Dr. Alexander Prior.

347 » of Styria; presented by Dr. Alexander Prior.

110 3 a presented by the Chevalier Pittoni.
22 Py of Sicily ; presented by the Chevalier Pittoni.

200 species

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 43

200 species of Sicilian Plants, forming fase. 5 and 6 of Todaro’s “ Flora Sicula.”

100 As Cryptogamic Plants, forming Nos. 27 and 28 of “ Erbario Crittogamico
Italiano.”
Hales ee Plants of Ceylon; collected by Mr. Thwaites.

80 F 4a Japan, from the neighbourhood of Yokohama.
333 if 4 Australia ; presented by Charles Moore, Esq.
165 3 » from Cape York, North Australia.

72 Ls », of Tasmania; presented by Joseph Milligan, Esq.
155 3 Ferns from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.

544 am Plants of Martinique; collected by M. Haber.

500 Bd i California; collected by Mr. Bolander.

919 mY LS Columbia ; collected by M. Linden.
1,250 3 W Bolivia; collected by M. Mandon.

564 an ep Chili; collected by M. Germain.

954 i 33 French Guiana; collected by M. Sagot.

18 specimens of Woods from the neighbourhood of Mentone; presented by H. M.
Moggridge, Esq.

38 specimens of Coal Plants from Rio Grande; presented by N. Plant, Esq.

61 a Fossil Plants, from various localities; presented by Sir Charles Lyell.
A series of Coal-plants, from the Island of Cape Breton; presented by Mr. Chevallier.
About 2,000 gatherings of Diatomacee, together with a multitude of notes and sketches

relating to them, forming the entire collection of Professor Kutzing.

One hundred microscopic slides, forming cent. 1 of Kulenstein’s “‘ Diatomacee Typice.”

John J. Bennett.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The Hutchison Collection of rubbings from monumental brasses has been classified
according to the different counties, the names of the places in each county being arranged
2 Oe ag PE with a number on each rubbing, and a corresponding reference in the MS.
catalogue.

The prints after modern German masters have been placed in four volumes, and notes
affixed to the written titles relative to the actual position of each print.

The prints and manuscript notes contained in Vols. [V—XIII. of the Illustrated Royal
Academy Catalogues, presented by Mr. Anderdon, have been put in order, bound, and
rendered available for reference.

The English etchings by amateur as well as professional artists have been collected
and alphabetically arranged. They comprise upwards of 495 names of artists.

Vols. IV., V., and VI. of Vandyck heads, forming the “Iconographie de Vandyck,”
have been mounted, and references to the printed catalogues of Weber and Szwykowski
affixed to each portrait.

The general collection of Portraits after Vandyck, the most complete ever formed, has
been arranged and mounted for binding in four large volumes.

The works of Robert Hartley Cromek have been put in chronological order and
bound in one volume. !

The etchings of Charles Bracquemond have been arranged and are now available for
reference. :

A collection of 303 sketches by Philip James de I.outherbourg has been classified and
mounted. These sketches are especially interesting to painters and artists in general, to
whom they furnish abundant information for costume, marine, and other subjects.

The carbon prints from Michael Angelo’s drawings in the Louvre, Albertina, Venice,
Milan, Florence, and Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Collections, 100 i number, have been
arranged in four cases. This plan affords the student an advantage hitherto unattainable,
of comparing at the same time all the best works of the great Florentine master.

The portraits of Mary, Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Charles I. and Charles IL.,
&e., to the number of 116, have been mounted and incorporated, and the early portraits
recently acquired have been marked off in Granger’s Biographical Dictionary, in Noble’s
Continuation and in Bromley’s Catalogue. heer

Lithographs by eminent French masters have been brought together and alphabetically
classified. ’ : : h

A great number of portraits and other prints after English and foreign masters have
been incorporated in the various classified collections. AP vie os:

The engravings relating to foreign history acquired during the last year ae een incor-
porated and marked off, or accurately described in the interleaved copy of Drugulin’s
oie tiie Collection of English satirical prints has been incorporated with that
already in the Print Room, in chronological order up to the year 1650.

The unmounted Italian, French, and German prints have been alphabetically arranged
for temporary facility of reference, and all those recently acquired have been incorporated

i he series. ;
eThree hundred and ninety drawings have been mounted with sunk boards to preserve

them from injury by friction. Others have been mounted in the ordinary manner. .
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211.

A4 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Hae thousand one hundred and six titles have been prepared for the Slade Collection of
pee ee hundred and thirty-one titles have been prepared for the prints
Nine hundred and forty titles have been prepared for the prints after foreign masters

Four thousand two hundred and eighty-four titles have been prepared for the catalosue
of English portraits. a

Four hundred and ninety-five titles have been prepared for the works of English etchers
with the names of the artists, and the dates of their births and deaths duly ascertained and

added thereto.
Three thousand six hundred and one titles have been prepared for the catalogue of

foreign portraits.
Ten thousand three hundred and seventy-six articles have been entered in the register
ro)

of purchases and presentations.
Eleven thousand five hundred and eighty-five articles have been stamped and inscribed

with the register mark.
The following are among the most important acquisitions of the past year :—

By Bequest and Donation—

The extensive and valuable collection of engravings made by the late Felix Slade, Esq.

Since the Cracherode bequest, which formed the nucleus of the British Vinee a col-
lections, no acquisition of the kind approaches it in rare and choice specimens of etchings
and engravings, wherein nearly every artist of distinction is represented. The collection
comprises :-—

Rare specimens of impressions from Nielli and prints of the School of Baldini.

Fine examples of some of the best productions of Andrea Mantegna, Zoan Andrea
Vavassori, Girolamo Mocetto, Giovanni Battista del Porto, Jean Duvet, Marc Antonio
with his scholars and followers, the master of the year 1466; Martin Schoneauer, ied
van Meckenen, Albert Diirer, Lucas van Leyden, Hans Burgmair, Lucas Cranach
Matheus Zazinger, the Behams, Rembrandt, Vandyck, Adrian Ostade, Paul Potter,
Karl du Jardin, Jan Béth, N. Berghem, Agostino Caracci, Wenceslaus Hollar, (Onanitet
Visscher, Crispin and Simon de Passe, S. a Bolswert, Houbraken, L. Vorsterman, Jacques
Callot, Claude Mellan, Nanteuil, George Wille, Faithorne, Hogarth, L. A, B. Desnoyers
F. Forster, Sir R. Strange, William Woollett, Porporati, Pefetti, Pietro Anderloni, Raphael
Morghen, Giuseppe Longhi, Garavaglio, and others. Also some rare English portraits and
book-illustrations. Bequeathed by the late Felix Slade, Esq.

A rare collection of fine drawings and etchings by James Barry, R.4., formed by Mr.
Haviland Burke, nephew of the painter's celebrated patron, Edmund Burke. Also prints
after this artist, and his own portrait etched by himself. Presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq.

Furthermore, an interesting collection consisting of 128 examples of the works of those
eminent Dutch engravers, the Passe family. Also presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq.

By Purchase—
Italian School :—
Drawings.—A sketch of the studio of Baccio Bandinelli, by that painter, which was after-
wards engraved by Hneas Vico.
Two young men seated, by Giorgione.
Collections.
Cupid embracing an eagle, by

ham and Hippesley Collections.
Two London views, by Antonio Canaletto: one of St. James’s Park and the Horse

Guards, the other of Westminster Bridge from the river.
Some by Bartolomeo Pinelli.
Engravings.—An early and brilliant impression of the Bacchanalian Frieze by Mare

Antonio. ‘The rarest of the two plates.
Specimens by Francesco Francia, Agostino Veneziano, Le Maitre au dé, Marius Kartarus,
Domenico Beccafumi, Hugo da Carpi, Bartolomeo Coriolano and Andrea Andreani.
Braun’s carbon prints from the foreign collections of drawings by Fra Bartolomeo,

Raphael, Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Correggio and Titian.

From the Lawrence, Coningham and Hippesley

Titian. From the Richardson, West, Lawrence, Coning-

German School :—

Drawings.—Some by 8. H. Grimm and F. Kobel.
le collection of small prints of the

Engravings and Etchings.—A curious and remarkab
end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, 189 in number.

Many of these engravings, particularly specimens by Franz van Bocholt and Israel van
Meckenen, were quite unknown and undescribed before the appearance in Naumann’s“ Archiv
fiir die Zeichnenden Kinste” of Dr. Andresen’s notes written from the prints in question.

Nearly one hundred prints have been added to the collection of the works of Wenceslaus
Hollar. Some of these are of extreme rarity.

An unique print of St. George slaying the Dragon, by the master of the year 1488.

Some by Lucas Cranach, Virgil Solis, Urs Graf, J. de Gheyn, &c.

An unique proof of the St. John, by C. F. Muller, and another of the Madonna di

San Sisto by the same artist.
Braun’s

ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ae

Braun’s carbon prints from the pictures and ‘drawines of Hans Holbein and N. M
Deutsch at Basle; also from drawings in the various Continental collections, by M
Wolgemut, Albert Diirer, Hans Baldune Grun, I 3 i Mach eee

olgemut, er eee Wer E OL, Hans Buremair, Martin Schoneauer
Lucas Cranach, G. Pencz, H. 8. Beham, H. Aldegrever and others, F;

Dutch and Flemish School :—
Drawings.—A fine study of three goats’ heads, by Adrian Vandevelde.

_Etchings.—A first state of the portrait of Rembrandt resting on a stone sill, etched by
himself. This is probably the first impression that was taken from the plate, and is drawn
on by the painter for the corrections afterwards made.

Engravings.—A very fine and early impression of the Treaty of Munster, by J
Suyderhoef, after the celebrated picture by Terburg. a Sonera

Specimens by Lucas van Leyden, J. de Gheyn, the Brothers Wierix, H. Goltzius, T.
Matham, J. Bary, A. Blooteling, Paul Pontius and P. de Jode. ;

French School :—

Drawings.—Two exquisite studies in red and black chalk, by Antoine Watteau
Lord Spencer’s Collection. ;

Etchings and Lithographs.—A fine series of the works of Jean Louis Gericault: other
specimens by Etienne de Laune and Charles Meryon. ‘

Engravings —Several proofs by the distinguished artist George Wille, some of which
are undescribed.

A curious unfinished proof of “ La Vierge au bas-relief,” after Raphael, by F. Forster.

Other proofs and prints by Abraham Bosse, N. Cochin, De Poilly, Victor Adam
Raffet, C. Vernet, B. Jeaurat, Fillorul, Langier, Le Clerc, Massard, C. Mellan,
Richomme and P. Simon. i

English School :—

Drawings.—Girtin’s volume of pencil sketches of views of Paris, from which he etched
and aqua-tinted the plates in his well-known work. .

A. series of 303 sketches of naval and military subjects, shipping, &c., by Philip James
de Loutherbourg.

Other specimens by J. W. Archer, Delamotte, Scarlett Davis, Forrester, Gainsborough,
G. W. Gent, S. Gilpin, G. P. Harding, Havell, T. Hearne, John Jackson, J. eae
Thomas Malton, Samuel Owen, Michael Angelo Rooker, Thomas Rowlandson, C. R.
Ryley, Paul Sandby, W. Sherlock, John Singleton and J. R. Smith.

Etchings.—Some by A. Aglio, D. Allan, Letitia Byrne, J. S. Coleman, G. Cooke,
Richard Cooper, Maria Cosway, F. J. Crome, W. Crotch, George Cruikshank, E. Edwards,
F. Graham J. Martin, Newnham, T. Rowlandson, A. Runciman, Robert Seymour,
J. G. Strutt and H. W. Williams.

Engravings.— Upwards of 100 examples of the finer works of William Woollett, in
various states, with some touched proofs and early productions, such as his address cards,
and watch papers. Also some of the drawings by W. Parr and Thomas Hearne, from
which he engraved some of his subjects. This acquisition rendered the Museum Collec-
tion the best and most complete one formed.

A good collection of 350 proofs and prints by Francesco Bartolozzi and his favourite

upils.
E Proofs of the finer works of Sir Robert Strange, some of which are in unique states.

A collection of the works of George Cooke, in various states.

Capital specimens of mezzotinto engraving by the following artists, of the middle and
end of the 18th century:—P. Dawe, Richard Earlom, Robert Dunkarton, Valentine
Green, H. Hudson, W. Pether, G. P. Stubbs, and James Watson.

The Hawkins Collection of between 7,000 and 8,00 satirical prints and caricatures,
dating from the beginning of the reign of James I. to that of our present Sovereign.
The early productions under the Stuart dynasty are now extremely rare; many of them
were published in Holland, and both they and their successors are of great value to the
connoisseur and to the student of the political history of their day.

Great additions have been made to the series of English portraits, historical prints,
and prints after masters.

from

George William Reid.

Note.— The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions and Tablets
of Western Asia has been continued during the past year, commencing on the Ist of
January 1868 to the 3lst December, during which time the progress is reported to be as
follows :— t tes)

Twenty-five sheets copied on stone, consisting of Historical and Miscellaneous Tablets,
in addition to the 45 in last report, of which 33 have been printed, and altogether 43
delivered, the remainder of the third volume only awaiting final corrections.

British Museum, J. Winter Jones,
13 May 1869. Principal Librarian.

211. G 4

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incowt and Exprnp
of the Brirish Museum Speciat Trust
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1
of the Estrimarep Cuarces and Exprnst
the Year ending 31st March 1870, and
necessary to Discharge the same; Numb
Persons admitted, and Progress of At
ment &e.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole.)

LA RE eee oes

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Prin e(

13 May 1869.

[Price 6 d.]

2AM AG

BRITISH MUSEUM: (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS).

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 31 May 1870 ;—/for,

ACCOUNTS “ of the Income and Expenpirure of the British Muszeum

(Spectat Trust Funps), for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March
1870 :”

«¢ And, of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Muszum in each Year
from 1864 to 1869, both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the
Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTions; and an Account
of Oxssects added to them in the Year 1869.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1870.

IIL.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IIL—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE CHRISTY FUND, for the same Period.

VI.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisa Museum in
each Year from 1864 to 1869, both Years inclusive.

VIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLtLecTiIons, and an
Account of Oxsjecrts added to them, in the Year 1869.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole).

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
10 June 1870.

274. A

2 ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

dent Stock, ;
3 p’Cent. Consols. ,
555 Ss. d. £: Ss. d. fe:
‘ .
To Bauance on the 1st April 1869 - - - - - - - - - 66 311 1S1i7 17) ie
= Drvivenns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
On the 6th July 1869 - = - £.196 15 4
5 6th January 1870 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8 .
- One Yzar’s Rent or a Reat Estate, SEG by ae Earl of Bridgewater,
received 14th April1869- = - Seu) 2 56 Sula

eal et Somos 13,117 17 >

Se oe I

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrer anv Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Stock,

Casu. 3 p’Cent. Conedlall |

|

2 Sh hp if... Sines
To Batance.on the 1st April 1s6g'-"'' *= 5) th eR 5 eS ae 2,872 610 |

= Divivenns received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :

On the 6th July 1869 - £.43 1 9

» 6th January 1870 - 43 1 8
———— OGIO MEO

e.4 ell, 62/9 2,872 6 10

III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recetet anp Exrennviture of the SWINEY

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

EGaSent gC £. se
To Batance on the Ist April 1869 - : - - - - - - -| 178 8 8 5,269 2.95)

- Divinenps received on 5,269/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

On the 6th July 1869 - £.79 - 9 a

» 6th January 1870 - 79 - 9

£.| S3aB10 we 5,269 2 9 |

|

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

—eoe—___—_—————————

FUND, between the Ist April 1869 and the 31st March 1870.
a a

| Casu.

Stock,
3 p’ Cent. Consols.

By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rea.
Estate, viz. :

Tn the financial year ended 31st March 1870 - - - - a

=- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :

In the financial year ended 31st March 1870 -~ - : - -

- Payment of One Year’s Sarary to the Egerton Librarian’ - - -

— BALANCE ON THE 31sT Marcu 1870, carried to Account for 1870/71 -| 108 2

Aa) Vest? Ty Fo

£1) 495 15 8) jlati7 17 2

————

FUND, between the 1st April 1869 and the 31st March 1870.

ki Gases Stock,
: 3 p’Cent. Consols.
| es
255s GL Le se
|
|
. By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, Aurocrapus, &c., viz.:
{ In the financial year ended 31st March 1870 - - : = = 87. MWse=
:
- Bawance on THE 31st Marcu 1870, carried to Account for 1870/71 - - 43 18 9 2,872 610
| Le rei “Se. 2,872 6 10
_ FUND, between the 1st April 1869 and the 31st March 1870.

Caen: Stock,

3 p’Cent. Consols

Coe “Side Seve. de

By Satary paid to Dr. Cobbold for Lectures on Geology in 1869 - - -| 144

| - Bavawcs on tue 31st Marcu 1870, carried to Account for 1870/71- -| 19210 2 5,269 2 9

to
~

£.| 388610 2 5,269

| 274. =

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

4
IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrpt and Exrrenpiture of the BIRCH
C Stock,
ie 3 p’Cent. Consols. |
FAQ oss th
To Barance on the Ist April 1869 - = = = = 5 5 i re es E =

~ Divipenps received on 563/. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of

the British Museum, viz. :
On the 6th July 1869 - - £.8 9 1

6th January 1870 - 8° 59) ai

Se

2)

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczirt anp Expenpiture of the CHRISTY ~

Casu.

To Baiancs on the Ist April 1869 - - - - - - - = fire wage : 412

- Amount received from the Trustees under the Will of the late Mr.
Henry Christy, viz.:

On the 14th August 1869 - ~ - - 0)

5th February 1870 - - = BY

”

35h 104 12

British Museum, |
4 June 1870. f

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the 1st April 1869 and the 31st March 1870.

Srock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

Casn.

EY esvad
} By Lezeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
1 Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History —- - -
- Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1870, carried to Account for 1870/71 - - 563 15 7
£. 563 15 7
FUND, between the Ist April 1869 and the 31st March 1870.
CasH.
|
Sis td
‘
| By Payments for the purchase of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects, similar to those in the
| Christy Collection - - - - 2 - - = - z a 2 Th 10 =
|
|
|
uJ
} - Bavance on tHE 31st Marcu 1870, carried to Account for 1870/71 - - - - - 90 2 3
|
,
|
r £./ 10412 8
1
)
J. Winter Jones,
Principal Librarian.

f i

274. A3

6 ACCOUNTS, Wc. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
——S Sa = = ==

VL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmitrep to Visit the British Musrum.

Persons admitted to view the Genzerat Coxvecrions in each Year, from 1864 to 1869, both Years inclusive.

1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869.
N° N° N° N° Ne N°
JANUARY Se at ihe tT eee, VP COTP RRS 24,443 30,096 22,186 | 27,402 29,226
BEBRUARY 0 b=. G=fu) Hse) er apatn eg SEN 5 21,564 21,086 | 25,645 25,987 23,549:
Manche = | i= o-) 8 cen Gee 25) 45,967 28,163 22,794 23,165 31,591 65,282
APRIL - = F oe = e ot 30,471 39,045 46,442 46,886 47,778 41,068
LU Se aa = ee ee 23,755 39,178 26,466 29,047 45,433
JONE, fe gde ’ bi = = ote eel eens 42,840 32,130 47,024 53,526 35,466
JULY - - - = - - c 40,852 36,868 38,969 50,785 44,497 40,796
Auaust =" oy) eee wt B= =|. 46.669 39.979 41,010 52,986 46,181 43,048
SEPTEMBER - - = = = = 28,196 21,544 26,765 37,131 28,791 26,607
OcToBER 20 RR a rma emery ee 27,792 35,643 38,561 40,776 33,156
NovempeR - - - = = =| 26,748 21,458 26,381 29,356 28,989 23,896
IDRCEMBER =) =) = = b=. {|| 74.805 42,516 47,785 44,895 57,215 53,108
Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections -) 439,339 369,967 408,279 445,036 461,710 460,636
(exclusive of Readers) - -
Nuwber of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose of B
Study or Recearcl if by = i 105,899 100,271 99,857 103,469 103,529 103,884
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-
necetor city aps ies HS: 1,140 2,356 2,677 2,416 2,018 2,983
To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - | - = 635 491 520 339 ae:
To the Coin and Medal Room - - - 1,822 1,856 2,278 2,084 1,548 1,948
To the Ornament Room - - - =e = 2 s = : : = e = 7,687
To the Departments of Natural History -| - = = zs 2 z - s 3,509 4,123
To the Print Room - - - - - 2,361 2,565 2,968 2,792 3,086 3,167
Toran - - - | 543,561 | 477,650 | 516,550 | 556,317 | 575,739 | 584,427

In addition to the above, 755 persons were admitted during the year 1869 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-
graphy, &c., which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,
‘Westminster. i

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Bririss Muszum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April. From the 9th of May to the sth of August inclusive, in
the present year, Visitors will be admitted to view the Collections, as follows, viz.: on Mondays, from Ten
until Eight o’clock ; on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Ten until Six o’clock; and on Saturdays, from Twelye
until Eight o’clock. {rom the 9th to the 31st of August: on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from
Ten until Six o’clock ; and on Saturdays, from Twelve until Six o’clock.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain reou
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November,
December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March, and
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August. -

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History,
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is oper, excepting Saturday; and
to the Print Room from Ten o’clock, to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open,
excepting Saturday and during the month of September.

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or
Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority.

The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collections on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by ti ts
issued at the British Museum.

British Museum, | J. Winter Jones,
4 June, 1870. f Principal Librarian.

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

VIL—PROGRESS made in the CaTaLocuine and ARRANGEMENT, and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1869.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have 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; also on the title-slip and entry in the
Catalogue. The total number of these “ Press-marks” amounts to 97,633, and of Labels
to 30,204.

IJ. Cataloguing :—(a.) 71,048 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip ” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
54,376 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogue, and 16,672 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and of the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from Ato M, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 38,277, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
258. 35,513 transcripts of title-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this
portion of the Catalogue. The first copy of 19,267 transcripts—Mc to Mitt—(of which
7,075 were new ones), the second copy of 19,004 transcripts (of which 6,150 were
new ones), and the third copy of 25,938 transcripts (of which 6,050 were new ones), have
been laid down in the several volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue from N to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 14,541, and of index-slips prepared and
transcribed fourfold to 794. 12,257 transcripts of title-slips have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—11,825 title-slips have been written, and 8,640 transcribed
fourfold. 27,650 transcripts of title-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies
of this Catalogue.

(e.) Oriental Catalogue (including all works in Oriental languages other than Chinese,
Japanese, and Hebrew).—The number of title-slips written is 2,034.

(f-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—373 title-slips have been written for Chinese
books, and 2,112 for Japanese books, making a total of 2,485.

(g-) Hebrew Catalogue.—328 title-slips have been written, and 130 transcribed fourfold.

(h.) Carbonie Hand-Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 51,381 slips have been mounted on cartridge paper, and 90,500 arranged pre-
paratory to incorporation, and 27,350 have been incorporated in the general series.

(2.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List and in the Hand-Catalogue of the same
collection, made to record the changes in the books of reference by the addition of new
works and the exchanee of old for new editions, amounts to 820 in each of the interleaved
copies, and 273 in the Hand-Catalogue.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 15,486; and in consequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding
two or more volumes in one, the number of bound volumes returned is 11,820. 1,150
pamphlets have also been bound, and 279 volumes repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library, from use in the Reading Room, is 262,027; to the Royal Library, 10,780; to
the Grenville Library, 1,139, and to the closets, in which books are kept from day to
day for the use of readers, 200,060. Adding the estimated number of volumes returned
to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 839,826, the whole amounts to 1,313,832, or
about 4,499 for each of the 292 days during which the room was open tv the public. -

e

274. A4

8 ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The number of readers during the year has been 103,884, giving an average of 356 daily ;
and, from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted nearly 13 volumes
per diem.

V. Additions.—{a.) 32,013 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 974
were presented, 5,981 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 321
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 24,737 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 26,331 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have been also added, of which 1,321 were presented, 15,692 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 113 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 9,205 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers received from the Inland Revenue Offices of the
United Kingdom, has been 1,181. Of these, 136 were published in Scotland, 154 in Ireland,
224 in London, and 667 in the rest of England. 4 numbers of old Newspapers, belonging
to 3 different sets, have been presented, and 305 volumes and 938 numbers, belonging
to 50 different sets, purchased.

(d.) 2,582 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
1,694 were received by English and 831 by International Copyright, and 57 purchased.
Of 910 portions of musical works in progress, 694 have been received by English and 216
by International Copyright. 805 works of Music of greater extent than single pieces have
been 2l-o acquired, comprising 488 by English and 214 by International Copyright,
and 103 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 32,013 volumes and pamphlets, and
26,331 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 34,041. Of these, 803 have been presented, 5,393 acquired by English and 301 by
International Copyright, and 27,544 by purchase.

5,738 articles have been received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, and other miscellaneous items ; the addition of this
number to those already given produces a total of 64,082 articles received in the depart-

ment.
(f.) The number of stamps impressed on articles received is altogether 267,817.

VI. Among the additions to the Library, the following are worthy of especial notice :—

(7.) A quarto volume of Pageants, presented by the Lords of the Committee of
Council on Education, consisting of 23 works, being original and in some cases hitherto
unknown editions of Lord Mayors’ Pageants and Poems, composed by Anthony Munday,
Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, and Thomas Churchyard, and printed in the reigns
of Elizabeth and James I. The pieces contained in this volume were originally collected
by Humfrey Dyson, Public Notary of the City of London, and it subsequently passed
into the library of the Rev. Richard Brooke, of Gateforth House, Selby, Yorkshire.

(2.) Two remarkable collections of Mexican books dispersed during the past year have
supplied very extensive deficiencies in this class of works. ‘The first collection was
formed by a bookseller of the name of Andrade, who sold it to the Emperor Maximilian
as the foundation for a public library in Mexico. In consequence of the fall of the
Mexican Empire, it was brought to Europe and disposed of by auction at Leipsic, in
January 1869. Among the works acquired at this sale are five of the earliest books
printed in Mexico.

The second collection was sold by auction, in London, in the following May, and was
formed chiefly in Mexico by Father Fischer, Secretary to the Emperor Maximilian, who
had been several years in the country before the arrival of the Emperor.

(zz.) A valuable purchase of Chinese classical works, including many on history and.
chronology, as well as on the antiquities of China. It consists of upwards of 1,100
volumes, which had been originally selected by a native scholar with a view to their
bearing on the translation of the Chinese classics, now in course of publication by Dr.

Legge.
W B. Rye.

DrPARTMENT OF Maps, Cuarts, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

_ 1. Cataloguing and Arrangement :—(a.) The number of Titles (including both main
titles and cross-references), written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the
year, amounts to 4,919; those transcribed fourfold for insertion to 5,486.

(b.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,895 maps and 5,256 titles. The number of
small Hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,634, and there have been 22,470 entries
made on 661 pages of the new Geographical Index for press-marking.

(c.) Boards

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

(c.) Boards having to be inserted in the general series to represent rolls or volumes
placed elsewhere, 261 such have been made during the twelvemonth.

(d.) 1,895 Maps, in 2,521 sheets, have been entered for the binder, and 713 Maps, in
3,941 sheets, including some entered in the previous year, have been returned from the
binder bound and mounted.

(e.) An incorporation has been made into 3 copies of the Catalogue of 7,416 Titles,
necessitating the removal in each copy of 6,104 titles, and the addition to each copy of
240 new leaves.

(f.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was
421, the number of Maps 1,406, making a sum total of 1,827.

(g.) The number of Stamps affixed to maps was 6,072.

II. Additions :—(a.) The number of Maps which have heen received by the Copyright
Act is 225 (in 1,158 sheets); 21 Atlases and 7 Parts of Atlases have been acquired by
Copyright. 140 Volumes and 2,399 maps (in 6,913 sheets) have been obtained by pur-
chase, and 2 volumes and 1,390 maps (in 1,457 sheets) have been presented.

The most notable acquisitions of the year are:—A Photograph of the superb Mappe-
Monde, made at Venice in 1457-59, at the instance of Prince Henry the Navigator, and
at the expense of his uncle King Affonso V., by Fra Mauro of the Camaldolese Convent
of San Michele di Murano, and on account of which a medal was struck in his honour
by the Republic, describing him as “ Cosmographus incomparabilis.”

Also a photograph copy of a celebrated Atlas, in 10 sheets, executed at Venice in 1436,
by Andrea Bianco, who was subsequently employed on the map of Fra Mauro already
mentioned. One of the special points of interest in this Atlas is, that it is the earliest
containing the full delineation of the island of Antillia, supposed by Formaleoni and others
to indicate America.

Also a map of Zurich in 6 sheets, of the date of 1576, made by Josua Murer and
Christoph Froschower, the printer, showing the old printing-house of his uncle Christoph
Froschower, from which issued the earliest complete Protestant Bible in Swiss (German)
patois, 1524-29.

R. H. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. The preparation of a Class-Catalogue of the Manuscripts has made progress as
follows :—

(a.) The distribution into divisions of subjects of existing descriptions of the Manu-
scripts has been continued, and the arrangement of the slips for the several classes of
Latin Classics; Service Books in Greek, Latin, and modern languages; and Theology,
in Latin and the modern languages; commenced in the previous year, has been completed,
and the slips laid down on sheets.

(b.) The slips of description for the classes of Greek Classics and profane writers, with
Commentaries in various languages; Greek Lives of Saints; Greek Theology ; lransla-
tions in various languages of Greek Classics ; Poetry; Fiction; Geography ; and Impres-
sions of Seals; have been arranged and laid down during the year.

(c.) The slips belonging to the classes of Civil and Canon Law; Law of England;
General History and English History; Topography; and Biography; are in process of
arrangement,

(d.) Twenty-nine volumes of Arthurian Romances, in French, and 13 volumes of
poetical works of Lydgate, have been fully described for the classes of Fiction and
Poetry.

(e.) The third and part of the second volume of the printed Harleian Catalogue, and
part of the Catalogue of the Royal Collection, have been revised by the manuscripts, for
the correction of dates and references, and the supply of omitted articles.

2. The following manuscripts have been described for the Catalogue of Additions, viz. :—
Additional MSS., 22,599 to 22,641, acquired in the year 1858; 22,963 to 23,211,
acquired in 1859; 27,959 to 27,962, acquired in 1868 ; 27,963 to 28,048, and 28,096 to
28,191, the latest acquisition in 1869; and Egerton MSS., 2,074 to 2,104, the latest
acquisition in 1869.

3. The additional Charters and Rolls 17,429 to 18,024, acquired in the year 1869, have
been described for the Catalogue of Charters.

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4, Previous descriptions of Additional Charters 14,587 to 14,610 have been revised.

5. A full Index of names and subjects has been prepared in slips for the Catalogue of
Additional Charters, from No. 13,984 to 17,356.

6. Two hundred and eighty-four Seals, attached to the Additional Charters 17,357
to 18,100, and 860 casts of Seals of the Doubleday Collection, have been described for
the Catalogue of Seals.

7. Previous descriptions: of 3,441 Seals, attached to the Harleian Charters 57 A. 1 to
83 H. 49, have been revised a first time; and those of 4,758 Seals, attached to the
Harleian Charters 57 A. 1 to 79 G. 38, have been revised a second time.

8. Five thousand one hundred and twenty-six slips have been prepared for an Ordinary
of Arms from the Seals. |

9. The references to pages in the sheets of the printed Sloane Catalogue have been
corrected by the manuscripts from No. 1 to 1,091, and in the manuscript continuation of
the same from No. 2,301 to 3,959.

10. The manuscript Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts has been fairly copied in
quadruplicate from No. 19,720 to 22,583, and that of the Egerton Collection from No.
1,739 to 1,945.

11. The Registers of additions to the General and the Egerton Collections have been
continued to the latest acquisition, and copied for the Reading Room.

12. The Registers of Additional and Egerton MSS. have been indexed from the year
1861 to the end of 1869.

13. The Additional Charters have been numbered and inventoried from No. 17,357 to
18,100.

14. The acquisitions during the year have been numbered, arranged, and prepared for
binding.

15. Three hundred and thirty volumes, viz. :—Additional MSS., 26,555-26,601,
acquired in the year 1865; 27,447-27,449, acquired in the year 1866; 27,782, 27,903-
27,908, 27,910-27,912, 27,914-27,926, 27,929-27,952, 27,954-27,961, 27,963, 27,964,
acquired in the year 1868; 27,965-27,970, 27,972- 28,014, 28,017-28,035, 28,040-28,134,
28,136-28,138, acquired in the year 1869; and the Egerton MSS., 1,998, 2,014-2,016,
2,020, 2,022, 2,025, 2,026, 2,035, 2,042-2,0:4, 2,047-2,074, 2,077-2,093, have been bound,
lettered, and repaired.

16. One hundred and thirty-six volumes of the old Collections have been re-bound or
repaired.

17. Six Charters have been repaired or their Seals mended.
18. The several Collections have been verified by the Shelf Lists.

19. New Shelf Lists have been prepared for the Middle Room, South Room, Map
Room, and Gallery of the Egerton Room, and for the Select Seals and Charters.

20. Two hundred and nine casts of Seals have been mounted, and the whole Doubleday
Collection has been arranged.

21. Sixteen hundred and eighty-seven Manuscripts, Charters, and printed Books of
Reference, have been stamped, with a total of 39,594 impressions.

22. Twelve hundred and twenty-two Manuscripts have been folio’d.

23. The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year was
21,842; and of those consulted by artists and others in the rooms of the department
1,284, in addition to those shown to visitors. The number of Charters consulted was 726.

24. The acquisitions of Manuscripts during the year have been as follows :—
General Collection—

Additional MSS. - - - - > = = =39226
Charters and Rolls - 5 - - - - = = §x4.52
Detached Seals and Casts - - - = - - Tr l33

Egerton and Farnborough—

Manuscripts - - = = = 5 = a 2 hey

Amongst these may be noticed as of special interest :—

The French theological work entitled “ Somme le Roy,” composed by Friar Laurent,
Confessor to Philip the Third of France, in the year 1279; with a series of illus-
trative miniatures, on nine leaves, painted by a French artist about the year 1300.

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A Latin Bible, written and finely illuminated by monks of the Abbey of Stavelot,
in the year 1097; with a catalogue of the library of the monastery in the year 1105. In
two very large folio volumes, in the ancient binding.

A Latin Pontifical with Benedictional, for the use of a southern diocese of England ;
of the end of the 11th century. It appears to have belonged to Romsey Abbey.

The English Commentary on St. Matthew’s Gospel, commonly ascribed to Wycliffe,
accompanied with a few smaller pieces; of the beginnin» of the 15th century.

A register of Charters and Title Deeds of the family of Beauchamp, Earls of Warwick,
from the time of King Henry I. to the latter part of the reign of Richard II., the period
of its compilation. On paper, in a large folio volume; with indexes supplied by Sir
William Dugdale.

A Chartulary of the Nunnery of Wherwell, Hants, of the end of the 14th century.
A thick volume, of small folio size.

Original depositions of witnesses, with letters of Sir Christopher Hatton and others,
connected with proceedings on a charge of treason against the Earls of Arundel and North-
umberland, and dated in the year 1585; with letters and papers of the latter Earl, found in
his chamber in the Tower after his death there by violence.

Original papers of the families of Osborne, Dukes of Leeds, and Godolphin; including
many letters and other documents relating to the impeachment of Thomas, Earl of Danby,
Lord Treasurer in 1673-1679, with much of his official and private correspondence to the
year 1711; part of the official correspondence of Sidney, Earl Godolphin, Lord Treasurer,
from 1680 to 1710; and correspondence of Francis Osborne, Marquis of Carmarthen and
fifth Duke of Leeds, when Secretary for the Home Department in 1784-1789, and sub-
sequently to the year 1798, with drafts of his letters to George the Third, and political
memoranda, in 1778-1790. In 56 volumes.

Original Log-books, Order-books and Correspondence, of Admiral Sir John Norris, as
Captain serving under Sir George Rooke and Sir Cloudesley Shovell, in the years 1704
and 1705; as Commander of the Fleet on the Coasts of Portugal and in the Mediter-
ranean in 1710, 1711, and in the Baltic in 1716-1719, 1727; and as Admiral of the Fleet
and Plenipotentiary at Lisbon in 1734-1737 ; with memoranda of public affairs and of
proceedings of Cabinet Councils, from 1739 to 1742. In 37 volumes.

Original Letters of Factors, Captains of Ships and others, to the Governor of the East
India Company, in the years 1611-1648.

Session and Corporation books of the town of Dover, from the 14th to the 18th century ;
including accounts of the passage-boats to Calais, with names of Ambassadors and others
who were passengers, in the reign of Henry VIII. In 12 volumes.

Certified copy of the official register at Goa of Royal Ordinances and Instructions for
the government of the Portuguese dominions in the Hast Indies, from the 16th to the
18th century. In two volumes.

Portions of the original Manuscript of the Analysis of Beauty, by William Hogarth;
with his autobiography, and letters connected with his works. In six volumes.

Edw. A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.— Arrangement and Cataloguing.

_ Tux greater part of the Hamilton Collection, consisting of Arabic and Persian Manu-
scripts (Oriental 132-343) and the whole of the Magdala Collection of Aithiopic Manu-
scripts (Oriental 480-829) have been labelled, bound, and placed on the shelves.

Two Collections of Japanese Manuscripts (Oriental 857-998) have been arranged and
labelled.

Syriac Catalogue.—38 sheets (O—3 E) have been carried through the press; they
complete the first part of the work, which comprises the biblical and liturgical manu-
scripts.

The following Manuscripts have been described in full for the special Catalogues :—

Oriental 137-350, 421, 832.

The descriptive lists of Oriental Manuscripts acquired during the years 1868 und 1869
are in course of preparation. The following numbers have been entered :—-

Oriental 410-421, 450, 832-853, 857-998, 1001-1004, 1016-1018.

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IIl.— Acquisitions.

192 Manuscripts have been added to the Oriental Collection, 184 by purchase and 8
-by donation.

They come under the following heads :—

Japanese - = iy, Wie Sp Se Ta i - - 142
Arabic - - - - - - -
Hebrew - - - - - -
Pale =
Coptic - -

Syriae = 9 - = o-
Persian - -

Turkish- - - - -
Hindi - - - ~ -
Panjabi - - - - - - - -
Tamil - = - - - - - - -
Canarese - - - - - - - -
Cingalese - - - - - - - -
Chinese -

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The following deserve a special notice :—

Two Collections of Japanese Manuscripts, one formed by A. de Siebold, Esq., the
other by the late Dr. P. F. de Siebold. The former consists of 11 works relating to the
history, constitution, and laws of Japan. The latter, comprising 131 volumes, is of a
wider range, and contains, besides specimens of various branches of Japanese literature,
numerous drawings illustrative of the manners, industry, arts, and natural history of
Japan.

Sixteen Arabic Manuscripts, ranging from the 12th to the 15th century, and relating
chiefly to the Hadith or teachings of Mohammed, as handed down by oral tradition.
These manuscripts once belonged to the libraries attached to the mosques of Sultan Hasan
and El-Ezbekiyyeh, at Cairo.

A large folio copy of the Coran, richly illuminated, of the 13th century. This fine
specimen of the best period of Arabian art displays on every page miniatured headings
or marginal ornaments of exquisite taste, a high degree of finish, and surprising variety of
design.

x section of the Coran, with rich illuminated borders, from the library of Sultan
Faraj Ben Barkok; 14th century.

The four Gospels in Coptic and Arabic; a fine copy, written a.p. 1192.

Fragments of Coptic Papyri from the Hay Collection. Transferred from the Depart-
ment of Oriental Antiquities.

Chiddushim, or Comments of Solomon Ben Addereth on the Talmudical tract Gittin,
written A.D. 1368.

Commentary of Abraham of Pousquiéres on the Talmudical tract Babé Kamm4; 13th
century.

Sia ie j an important work on Hebrew grammar. Vellum, 14th century.

A Syriac Manuscript, containing several rare or unknown works of Bar-Hebreus,
Written a.p. 1364.

Diwan of Safi al-Din al-Hilli, an Arabic poet; a fine copy, of a.p. 1360.

Tartkh Maulid al’Ulamé, or chronological notices on the learned men of the first
five centuries of Islamism, by Abu Sulaimén Muhammad al-Rébi’i. Arabic, a.p.
1305.

Majmw? Usil al-Din ; an extensive work on the doctrines of the Coptic Church. Arabic,
A.D. 1677.

A section of the Granth, or sacred book of the Sikhs. Presented by Arthur
Grote, Esq.

A paper roll, containing the Coran in a minute character; in a case of chased silver.
Presented by Nicolas Paleologus, solicitor, High Court, Calcutta.

‘ “* Recueil de Phrases Chinoises.” Presented by the Honourable Henry (now Lord)
tanley.

Three Pali Manuscripts, containing a grammatical and two Buddhistic works in the
Cingalese and Burmese characters. Presented by Rob. C. Childers, Esq.

A Pali Manuscript in the Burmese character. Presented by the Dowager Marchioness
of Westminster.

Ch. Rieu.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement.

In the Egyptian division additional recesses in the Northern Egyptian Gallery have
been fitted up and glazed, and a large table-case for the reception of small objects has
been placed in the Northern Gallery.

Six large objects have been mounted on granite plinths, 15 other objects on new stone
pedestals, six tablets have been framed and glazed, and three objects placed under glass,
in the Egyptian Galleries.

94 small Egyptian objects have been mounted.

Hight Egyptian paintings from the walls of tombs have been repaired, mounted, vlazed,
and fixed in the Northern Egyptian Gallery. Five of these were presented by H. D.
Seymour, Esq. ©

Many of the smaller Egyptian tablets in the galleries have been fixed to the shelves
with iron brackets.

38 pieces of Egyptian papyri have been unrolled, 34 have been mounted, 12 bound in
portfolios; 15 sheets of papyri have been mounted, and seven glazed.

32 pieces of linen inscribed with Hieratic inscriptions have been unrolled and mounted,
and 13 have been glazed.

Eight pieces of leather with Coptic inscription of a magical character have been glazed
and bound in portfolios.

Seven Egyptian inscribed tiles have been placed in cardboard boxes.

282 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

17 papyri have been catalogued.

513 descriptive slips have been inserted in the Egyptian Catalogue.

Fac-similes of an Egyptian Hieratic papyrus preparing for publication have been
revised and 12 plates of the same printed off.

In the Assyrian division progress has been made in the glazing of the Assyrian sculp-
tures displayed in the basement, and the slabs on the west side have been protected
by glass.

yThe recess behind the Assyrian winged Bull, on the south side of the Assyrian
transept, has been fitted up with shelves for the reception of Assyrian and Babylonian
bricks.

Progress has been made in the detailed examination of Assyrian clay tablets, the whole
of the unexhibited historical fragments have been classed, arranged, and placed in card-
board boxes; the astrological and bilingual divisions have been examined and classed, and
many fragments of the same cleaned, repaired, and joined.

The inscriptions of many of the engraved cylinders in hard stone have been examined
and deciphered.

The presses for the temporary reception of Assyrian clay tablets under examination
have been fitted with doors and locks.

An additional table-case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery, and various objects
from that locality arranged for exhibition on it, and the drawers filled with Assyrian
inscribed clay tablets.

12 small Assyrian objects have been mounted on stone.

551 Assyrian inscribed clay tablets have been joined and repaired.

197 Assyrian inscribed clay tablets and 32 ivories have been placed in cardboard
boxes.

12 small Assyrian objects have been mounted.

133 engraved cylinders and stones have been mounted. ;

The description of the Oriental Collections in the Guide has been revised.

1,910 objects have been registered and had registration marks attached to them.

527 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects exhibited to the public.

205 numbers have been printed to attach to objects in the collections.

IL.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 84.

Amongst them the following are the most remarkable:—

The outer, inner coffin, and mummy of Shepshet, a female, the coffins elaborately
painted with scenes and hieroglyphics representing the goddess Nu, judgment of the dead,
visit of the soul to the body, and other vignettes and dedications. Found in a tomb
three miles N. W. of the Colossi of the Plains of Gournah, of the period of the 26th
dynasty, about B.c. 650. Presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.a. ,

Coffin and mummy ofa female named Bakrans or Bocchoris, with similar scenes painted
in bright colours. Found in the same tomb at Gournah. Of the period of the 25th
dynasty, about B.c. 720. Presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G.

Wooden pallet of a scribe, and top of a wooden flabellum inscribed with the name of
Nebseni, a functionary. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

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Wooden model of a folding door, gilded, inscribed with name of Nectanebes II., and
figure of that monarch.

Bronze figure of Bast, Bubastis.

Bronze vase with figures of deities, and inscriptions.

Blue glass head of a small sphinx, of fine workmanship.

Glass medallion with heads of Serapis and Isis.

Porcelain pallet or vase in shape of a cartouche.

Porcelain tiles with floral ornaments for inlaying. From Oneia, near Heliopolis.

Porcelain handle of a sistrum, inscribed with name of Amasis II.; 26th dynasty.

Glazed steatite scarabei, inscribed with the names of Khufu, or Cheops, and Nefer-
ka-ra, or Nephercheres, of the 4th dynasty; Pepi, or Phiops, of the 6th; and Amenartas, of
the 25th dynasty.

Lapis lazuli Balylonian cylinder; man stabbing an animal, and other symbols.

Chalcedony Persian half cylinder; man on horseback shooting an arrow while
retreating.

Hematite cylinder of Rabut-tsin; male figure standing.

Hematite cylinder of Abnivul deities, and other symbols.

Chalcedony cylinder ; man sacrificing.

Steatite rectangular case for stibium, with relief of figures drinking, lions, and sphinxes.
From Babylonia.

Agate cone-shaped object, inscribed with rude figure of goat. Presented by Arthur J.
Lewis, Esq.

Hematite rectangular Gnostic stone, with Harpocrates, Iaé, Anubis, Chnumis, serpent,
and inscription.

Plasma oval with serpent of Chnumis, and inscription XvouPe NaPic, Bievvove, vdwp

dubn, apTog TELYN, TUP pELyOL.
S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement.

One hundred and seventy-one pieces of sculpture and architecture, twenty-two inscrip-
tions, seven mosaics, and sixty-seven bronzes have been mounted or repaired ; the principal
sculptures from the Mausoleum have been removed from the shed under the Colonnade
to the Mausoleum Room, and their arrangement is nearly complete; four mural paintings
have beer. repaired and mounted; one hundred and ten vases and pieces of pottery have
been cleaned or repaired; three hundred gems have been mounted in silver gilt settings ;
five hundred and fifty-eight impressions in plaster have been made from gems; eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight impressions of gems have been mounted with gilt-edged paper
or on velvet; eighty-eight pastes have been mounted with gilt-edged paper ; descriptive
titles have been attached to eight hundred and five objects; fifteen hundred and
twenty objects have been catalogued, and three hundred and sixty-three objects have been
registered; five shades for select objects have been placed in the Second Vase Room;
sheets Sto D D of the second volume of the Vase Catalogue have been printed; a
revised edition of the Guide to the Departments of Natural History and Antiquities, and
a new Guide to the Second Vase Room have been issued to the public.

II.— Acquisitions.

(1.) A bronze figure of a boy holding up his left hand, with an animated gesture, while
he conceals his right hand behind his back. The attitude suggests that this figure may
have been part of a group of two boys playing at the game now called mora in Italy, which
the Romans meant by the word micare.

In the arrangement of the hair and in the general character of the head, this figure has
much in common with the usual type of Cupid. As, however, the wings are wanting, it
is more probably Ganymedes playing at mora with Eros; the addition of which latter
figure would make the composition better balanced.

This figure seems on the whole more Etruscan than Greek in character, and having
been found at Foggia, in Southern Italy, was very probably executed in Campania,
where a mixed art, neither Greek nor Etruscan, prevailed in the third century B.c. This
bronze is 2 feet 6} inches in height. It is in remarkably fine condition, the extremities
being perfect. The eyes have been inlaid.

(2.) A bronze figure of Seilenos Kistophoros, which stands on a richly ornamente
triangular base, and has formed the lower part of a candelabrum.

The type closely resembles that of a marble statue engraved (Clarac, Musée de Sculp-
ture, tv., Pl. 734, No. 1770), with which may be compared a figure in a Pompeian mural
painting (Museo Borbonico, x11., pl. 8). ‘This bronze is very finely modelled, ang in

excellent

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excellent condition. The cista, or basket, borne on the head of Seilenos is probably the
one used in the Dionysiac Mysteries, and, from the general character of the subject, it is
not impossible that this bronze was part of a Choragic monument dedicated on the occasion
of a dramatic victory.

(3.) A small collection of Pheenician Fictile Vases and other antiquities found at Dali
the ancient Idalium, in Cyprus. ;

This pottery, which in fabric and design is nearly identical with the earliest Greek
vases found at Mycene, Athens, and in certain islands of the Archipelago, has never been
discoyered at Cyprus till very recently. Similar pottery has been met with in Phenicia,
Palestine, Egypt, and Assyria. It seems highly probable that this kind of fictile vases was
originally fabricated by the Phcenicians, and imported by them into the Greek islands,
and that imitations of this ware were among the first essays of the Greek potters.

(4.) The following fictile vases have been obtained from Athens :—

i. A lekythos, moulded as a head of Hermes; the face is painted in several colours,
which have been preserved almost in their original freshness, though painted in the kind
of tempera used in Greek terra-cottas.

ii. A small oznochoe, on which two Cupids, pouring a libation on a sacrificial altar, are
painted in red, with accessories in gold.

iii. A very small vase in the form of a krater, inscribed giAva.

(5.) A Greek inscription, of which the subject appears to be a decree granting a statue
to some citizen in reward for public services; from Halicarnassus.

(6.) A marble circular altar, round which are sculptured in relief the Nine Muses ;
from Halicarnassus.

(7.) A large marble slab inscribed in Greek with a long iist of names, probably of con-
tributors to some public subscription; from the island of Calymna.

The following presents have been received by the Department -—

(1.) A bottle of green glazed ware, covered with reliefs, and probably of Graco-
Pheenician origin.
Presented by John Henderson, Esq., F.S.A.

(2.) A small terra-cotta head, of archaic character, found in Asia Minor.
Presented by T. F. Hughes, Esq., Oriental Secretary at Her Majesty’s Embassy,
Constantinople.

(3.) A bronze head of Polyphemus; found in Cilicia.
A gold ring, in which is set an intaglio representing a bull butting in front of a small
temple on a rock; found near Tunis.
A Roman ivory casket, from Cologne.
Presented by Augustus W. Franks, Esq.

(4.) A bronze hand, an oinochoe and a candelabrum of the same material, and a terra-
cotta votive foot.
Presented by Professor R. Westmacott, R.A.

(5.) A Roman terra-cotta lamp, found in dredging the harbour at Malta.
Presented by R. Bennett, Esq.

(6.) A Greek fictile vase, on which is represented a group of Dionysos and a Mznad.
Presented by the Rev. R. Mantell, Dean of Stamford.

(7.) Eight terra-cotta impressions from the dies of coins, five small terra-cotta saucers,
and some glass cubes for inlaying.
Presented by Madame Schindler.
C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEepIZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.— Arrangement.

THE remainder of the table cases in the British Room have been re-lined and the
contents replaced in them. . F

A selection has been made from the large series of Prehistoric Antiquities discovered in
a cave near Bruniquel (Tarn et Garonne), France, and the specimens, amounting to
1,166 objects, have been fixed on tablets and exhibited in a table case.

The series of early British urns has been removed to another part of the British Room ;
the extensive collection of ancient German urns, obtained from the representatives of the
late Dr. Klemm, has been arranged in one of the side cases; and the repairing of the
Anglo-Roman pottery has been continued.

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Twenty-three Roman Antiquities, one hundred and ninety-seven Anglo-Saxon objects,
and twenty-two iron weapons from Livonia, have been mounted on tablets and exhibited.

Two glass shades on pedestals have been placed in the British Room for choice bronzes.

Three bronze statuettes have been mounted on marble plinths, and two colossal figures
from Easter Island have been placed on stone bases.

A large collection of ancient pottery from India has been repaired.

The desk portion of a table case in the Ethnographical Room has been re-glazed with

late glass.

‘ Two table cases have been placed in the Second Egyptian Room in the part of the
room appropriated to the Glass Collections; they have been fitted up and lined, and in
one of them have been arranged the smaller and choicer specimens of ancient glass from
the Slade Collection, while in the other has been placed a similar series from the General
Collection. The remainder of the glass from the General Collection has been removed into
the same room, but not yet finally arranged. A large table in the centre of the room has
been removed and replaced by an upright case, intended to contain glass vases, but it has
not yet been fitted up.

The arrangements of the Christy Collection will be noticed under that head.

II.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Slade and Christy Collections, may
be classed as follows :—

(1.) British Antiquities—A stone hammer-head, found in ploughing near Ty Mawr,
Holyhead Island; presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, mp.

Two stone implements, from Shetland ; presented by Gilbert Goudie, Esq., sen.

A large stone which appears to have been used for polishing stone celts, but without
any locality; presented by the Geological Society of London.

Seventeen bronze implements, chiefly palstaves, but including a spear-head of very rare
type, and a chisel, possibly unique, found (with four other specimens) under a large stone
at Plymstock, Devon, on the estates of the donor; presented by the Duke of Bedford.

A large crescent-shaped gold ornament, found in Carnarvonshire ; a massive gold armlet
found at Little Chart, in Kent; a Romano-British armlet, terminating in snakes’ heads,
found near Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire ; and acurious ornament plated with gold,
found in Ireland.

A pair of bronze spoon-like objects, probably of late Celtic workmanship, found near
Crosby Ravensworth, Westmoreland; presented by Mr. Dent.

A bronze object, similar to the last, found, in 1852, in Brickhill Lane, London ; presented
by Albert Way, Esq., F.S.A.

Some embossed bands of bronze, with late Celtic patterns, found at Stroud, Gloucester-
shire; presented by C. Pearce Serocold, Esq.

A Roman Amphora, bearing the stamp EX FIGLINA CAESARIS, and two pewter dishes,
scratched with the name of their Roman owner, Martinus, all found in Southwark;
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A pair of Roman bronze tweezers inlaid with silver, found in Lothbury, London; pre-
sented by F. A. Burt, Esq.

The foreign illustrations of early British and Prehistoric Antiquities have been added
to as follows :—

A fine series of bronze implements and weapons, found in Denmark, from the Collection
of M. J. J. A. Worsaae, the eminent Danish antiquary.

Two Spanish mining hammers of stone; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Some specimens of pottery from the ancient cemetery at Hallstatt, and a sheepskin
dress from the salt mines in the same place; presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., ¥.R.s.,
and John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.

Among the more recent antiquities relating to the British Islands, may be mentioned
the following :—

A collection of Anglo-Saxon remains, found at Chesell Down, Isle of Wight.

An Anglo-Saxon sword, from Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire; presented by John
Evans, Esq., F.R.S.

A very curious silver ornament, apparently part of the mounting of some shrine,
engraved with Anglo-Saxon Runes, which have not hitherto been satisfactorily decyphered.
This rare object was discovered in the Thames, London, and was presented by Thomas
E. Gunstone, Esq.
ie Trish bronze bell, from Ross Inver, Co. Leitrim; and a silver fibula found in

alway.

Matix of the seal of St. Denis, Southampton; engraved pewter dish, dated 1661; a
silver ring, found in Northamptonshire ; and a medallion of Oliver Cromwell.

(2.) Byzentine and Mediaval.Seven cameos, chiefly of Byzantine work.
A very fine brass seal of the canons regular of Insula (Lille?); presented by the Right
Hon. Sir David Dundas.
A dish of Hispano-Moresque earthenware; presented by Captain John Glas Sandeman.
A singular folding Runic Calendar, probably Norwegian.
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A series of antiquities of stone, terra-cotta, &c., of very various ages, found at Wyle,
near Deurstede, in the province of Utrecht; presented by Dr. Conrad Leemans, Director
of the Royal Museum at Leyden, by permission of the heirs of the late M. Brugmans, of
Amsterdam.

(3.) Ethnographical.—Two colossal stone figures removed from Easter Island, South
Pacific, by Commodore Powell, of H.M.S. “ Topaze”; the larger one has been presented
by Her Majesty the Queen, the smaller, by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

A large collection of early pottery found in topes on the Nilagiri Mountains, Southern
India, excavated and presented by Sir Walter Elliot, 6.0.8.1.

An ancient alabaster vase, found in Indian ruins near the Lake of Peten Itza, Honduras,
and terra cotta figures found in the same district ; presented by Lieut. Governor J. R.
Longden.

Eight steatite figures of Hindoo divinities; presented by Henry Pownall, Esq.

A set of weapons from Australia; presented by 8S. Kidner, Esq.

III. Slade Collection.

In consequence of the acquisition of the Slade Collection, it has been thought desirable
that the collections of glass, both ancient and more recent, should for the present form
part of this department, although including specimens which would otherwise belong to
the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, and the arrangements that have been
made accordingly have been given above.

During the past year the executors of Mr. Slade have purchased, out of a fund specially
bequeathed to them for the purpose, ninety-four specimens of glass, at a total cost of
7291. 12s., and presented them as additions to the Slade Collection.

Among the more remarkable specimens thus acquired, may be noticed the following :-—

Two glass bowls of the Roman period, with Millefiori decoration; one of them is of
unusual size.

Two glass drinking horns or Rhytons.

A black glass chain of antique work.

A blue vase in the form of an ancient boat.

A Venetian marriage goblet, enamelled with portraits of a youth and his bride, enclosed
in wedding rings.

A large canopy made of minute glass work.

Two very fine lamps, richly enamelled, probably made in Syria, and bearing the name
and titles of the Emeer Tukuzdemir, who died at Cairo 1345.

IV.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

Two additional rooms have been appropriated to the collection. One of these has been
filled with glass cases, furnishing 179 square feet of exhibition space, for the series of
specimens from the Asiatic Islands, which have been removed from another room, and
systematically arranged with appropriate labels. In the other room glass cases have been
placed for the Asiatic Collections, but have not as yet been fitted up.

In Room IV., a glass case has been substituted for a cabinet of drawers, and filled with
South American specimens; the contents of three other cases in the room have been
re-arranged.

In the series of Prehistoric Antiquities, the Danish and Swedish Collections have been
entirely re-arranged ; the Belgian Collection removed to another case, and the German
Collection, obtained at the close of the year 1868, substituted for it.

The whole of the clubs from the South Seas have been taken down, sorted into groups
according to the islands from which they have been obtained, and refixed with general
labels.

A number of minor improvements have been effected, and the numerous accessions, by
donation, purchase, or exchange, have been incorporated.

One thousand six hundred and seventy-seven additional slips have been prepared for
the Registration Catalogue, with sketches of the objects; progress has been made in the
catalogue for publication, and a number of illustrations prepared.

The following additions to the collection have been received by the Christy Trustees,
and by them transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :-—

Implements found in the Drift, from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., and the Rev. W.
Weller Poley ; and casts of such implements from Colonel A. Lane Fox and Albert
Way, Esq. :

ie, eee series of flint arrow-heads and other implements, found near Bridlington, in
Yorkshire, from Thomas Fox, Esq.; a flint tool, found in Sussex, from W. Boyd
Dawkins, Esq., F.R.S.; and specimens from Yorkshire and other places, from John
Evans, Esq., F.R.S. ;

A series of casts from stone implements, found in the dolmens of the Departments of the
Aveyron, Gard, and Lozére; from M. Emile Cartailhac, of Toulouse.

A collection of flint arrow-heads and daggers, discovered in Southern Italy; from M.
Alessandro Castellani, of Naples.

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A large series of Danish objects of the stone period, chiefly from the collection of
M. J. J. A. Worsaae, including a very large leaf-shaped knife or dagger, and two bone
spear-heads edged with flints; a set of stone celts from Greece, where they are known
as dorpomeAéxa ; a Series of flint arrow-heads and stone celts from Japan, and specimens
from Spain, France, and Burmah; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Breccia, containing bones and pottery found in St. Michael’s Cave, Gibraltar; from
Captain Frederic Brome.

Pottery, and implements of bone and stone, discovered in the caves at Cueva Lobrega,
Old Castile, Spain, in excavations made at the expense of the donors, under the direction
of M. Louis Lartet; from the executors of the late Henry Christy, Esq.

Flint flakes from Laghouat, Algeria; from J. W. Flower, Esq., F.«.s.

Stone implements found at the Cape of Good Hope; from C. J. Busk, Esq., and
Dr. Langham Dale.

An iron weapon from the Madras Presidency; from the Director of the Royal Gardens
at Kew.

A nose-ring from Bhotan ; from Captain John Hamilton.

Arrowheads from the Kurile Islands, and box carved out of mammoth ivory; from
William Bragge, Esq.

A comb carved by the Tongouse of Eastern Siberia, out of mammoth ivory; from
Ronald Bridgett, Esq., F.R.Gs.

A trilho, or threshing machine, set with stones, still used in the Island of Madeira; from
John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.

An elegant bottle of Egyptian earthenware ; from John Henderson, Hsq., F.8.A.

A club from Abyssinia; from Lieutenant Shewell, through R. R. Holmes, Esq.

A collection of weapons, &c., used by the natives of the Gaboon and its neighbourhood ;
from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Specimens of hats and leather work of various kinds, from the West coast of Africa;
from George Offor, Esq.

A singular iron chopper, from the West Coast of Africa; from Sir John Lubbock, Bart.,
¥.R.S.

An executioner’s axe and a sword from Dahomey, obtained by Captain Burton, and
other African weapons ; from William Bragge, Esq.

Musical instrument given by the daughter of the King of Congo to Captain (now
Admiral Sir) Rodney Mundy ; from Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P.

Two wooden objects from Angola; from Mr. Thomas Foster.

A Basuto knife ; from Arthur J. Lewis, Esq.

A child’s assagai, a poison grub from South Africa, and various other specimens; from
the Rev. J. G. Wood.

Drawing of figures of men and animals painted in a Bushman’s cave, made by Captain
Moncrieff; from General J. H. Lefroy, R.A., F.R.S.

Two paddles (rapa) used in dancing, and an ear ornament from Easter Island, obtained
and presented by Lieutenant M. J. Harrison, r.n., of H.M.S. “ Topaze.”

Clubs from the Fiji and other islands in the South Pacific; from C. 8. Perceval, Esq.,Lu.p.

Three very fine paddles, from New Zealand, and a large New Caledonian axe of jade ;
from William Bragge, Usq.

Hair of a native bound with fibre into narrow ringlets, from Aneitum, New Hebrides ;
from Admiral Sir H. M. Denham, k.c.z.

A shell collar from Melanesia; from M. Luders, of Hamburg.

An armlet made of human bones, a comb, and a wooden spatula for betel-chewing,
obtained on the south-east coast of New Guinea, and presented by Professor T.
Huxley, r.R.s.

A womera and a stone axe in wooden handle, from South Australia; from James
Dixon, Esq., F.R.C.S.

Stone implements, from Greenland; from M. C. L. Steinhauer, of Copenhagen.

A flint arrow-head, from Canada West; from Sir Charles Anderson, Bart.

Stone implements found near Toronto, a remarkable bolas, and a red jasper figure from
Mexico; from William Bragge, Esq.

A large series of shell implements, stone celts, &c., from Barbadoes; from the Rev.
Greville J. Chester.

Stone implements from St. Vincent, West Indies, and of rare form, from Mexico,
also stone and shell implements from Mounds in Florida; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A stone pounder, found in a cave on the Island of St. Domingo, and tortoiseshell rings
from the South Seas; from W. J. Bernhard Smith, Esq.

A very curious axe, formed of a pebble lashed on to the end of a stick, still in
use among the Aymara Indians, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Peru; from F. J.
Stevenson, Esq.

A fine collection of antiquities of various kinds, found with mummies, near Arica, Peru,
laid bare by the great wave that succeeded the earthquake of 13 August 1868; obtained
and presented by William Drysdale Tennant, Esq., r.N., H.M.S. “ Malacca.”

In addition to the donations above noticed, the Collection has been considerably
increased by exchanges with the Royal Ethnographical Museum at Leyden, the Eth-
nographical Museum at Copenhagen, the Department of Science and Art at South

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Kensington, and the United Service Institution, as well as with several private indi-
viduals.

These exchanges have been carried out, by means of duplicates reserved for the
purpose, by the Christy Trustees.

The Christy Collection is only open on Fridays; there have been 755 visitors, being
202 in excess of the number during the previous year.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF CoINS AND MEDALS.

I. Arrangement.
1. Greek Series :—

327 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins, acquired during 1869, have been registered
and incorporated.

42 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins, acquired before 1869, have been registered
and incorporated.
2,243 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins, acquired and registered before 1869, have
been incorporated.
527 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins of Illyricum, Dyrrhachium, Epirus, and
Corcyra, from the Woodhouse Collection, have been registered.
347 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins of Thessaly, [lyricum, Dyrrhachium, and
Epirus, from the Woodhouse Collection, have been incorporated.
6,770 Greek Imperial coins have been incorporated with the general series, and
arranged under their several localities after the autonomous coins.
677 Greek autonomous coins of Corcyra, of the Woodhouse Collection, have been
arranged according to their types.
100 Greek autonomous coins of Dyrrhachium, of the Woodhouse Collection, have
been arranged.
205 coins of Lysimachus have been arranged geographically, according to M. Miiller’s
system.

32 Cabinets of the Greek series have been provided with appropriate labels and
descriptive heading-cards.

2. Roman Series ;—

3,329 Consular coins have been indexed on slips.
2,842 reference cards have been written for the Roman Imperial series.
1,875 slips for the Imperial series have been written.
108 coins have been registered and incorporated.
6,000 miscellaneous brass coins have been removed into larger cabinets, and labels have
been written for them.
300 miscellaneous brass coins have been carefully examined.

3. Medieval and Modern Series :—

304 medieval and modern coins and medals, acquired during the year 1869, have been
registered and incorporated.

110 medizval and modern coins, acquired previously, have been registered and incor-

orated.
3 49 medieval and modern medals, previously registered, have been incorporated.
1,788 medieval and modern coins, being those of Portugal, Spain, and France, have
been described on slips.
60 cards have been written, as titles, &c., for miscellaneous modern coins.

4, English Series :—

80 miscellaneous Anglo-Saxon and English coins, tokens, and medals have been
registered and incorporated. ere
8 gold medals, acquired previously to 1869, have been registered.
165 miscellaneous English coins, being Treasure Trove from the Tower subway, and
from Farnham, Essex, have been carefully examined, and a few specimens set aside for the
National Collection.

5. Oriental Series :—

116 Perso-Phenician and Phenician coins of Tyre, Sidon, Marathus, Aradus, and
Byblus, have been newly arranged with descriptive cards.
25 miscellaneous Oriental coins have been registered and incorporated.
3 gold coins of Tipperah, have been catalogued and incorporated.
1 medal of China has been registered and incorporated.
500 Chinese coins have been carefully examined. ; . ‘
2,440, being the sum of various collections of Oriental coins, Georgian, Armenian, Hindu,
Arabic, &c., &c., have been carefully examined.

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II.— Acquisitions.

The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the
past year:—

Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Lead. | Torat.

a eae ieee, oe ome
Greek - = = - 2 144 181 - - 327
Roman - = - - V7 44. 43 4 108
Medizval and Modern - 21 190 93 - - 304
English - = - - 5 4] 34 - - 80
Oriental - - - - 15 68 222 - - 305
Roratet=) =r = 60 487 one 4 1,124

Of these acquisitions, the following may be mentioned as worthy of special notice :—

1. Greek Series :—

A drachm of Diodotus; tetradrachms of MHeliocles, Philoxenes, and Strato, re-
spectively of the Bactrian series.

A gold stater of Arsinoé II., of Egypt, a new variety.

A collection of 114 Greek Imperial coins, some very rare.

A silver coin of Trapezus, in Pontus, very rare.

A collection of Greek autonomous coins of Italy and Sicily.

A portion of a find of small silver archaic coins, discovered at Marseillés.

A collection of Greek autonomous coins of Italy, from the San Giorgio sale.

A tetradrachm of Mithradates I[V., King of Pontus; extremely rare.

A drachm of Seleucus I., Nicator; very rare.

A rare tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, struck in Syria.

2. Roman Series :—

A gold coin of Jovian, struck at Constantinople.

A silver coin of Hadrian, with the head of Sabina on the reverse.

A silver medallion of Valerian and family.

A silver medallion of Hadrian.

Seven medallions, in brass, of Nero, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Aurelius, Verus, and a
rare unpublished coin of Maximian Hercules.

8. Medieval and Modern Series :—

A collection of rare French copper coins, struck during the First Republic.

An Ostrogothic coin, struck at Rome.

Fourteen coins of the Kings of Servia, struck during the 12th, 13th, and 14th cen-
turies.

A very rare ten-ducat piece of the city of Hamburg, struck in 1694.

A silver coin of Henning Scharfenberg, Archbishop of Riga, a.p. 1424-1448.

A very rare dollar of the city of Ravensburg, in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, dated
1624.
A rare bracteate of the Emperor Henry VI., a.p. 1190-97.

4. English Series paces

An Anglo-Saxon gold coin, with a Runic legend.

A rare coin of Offa, King of Mercia.

A penny of Harthacnut, struck at Gloucester.

A very rare noble of Edward III., with the crown for mint-mark.

5. Oriental Series :—

III.—The following have been presented to the Trustees :—

Four silver Bactrian coins, a drachm of Diodotus, and tetradrachms of Heliocles, Phi-
loxenes, and Strato, respectively. By Lady Edwards.
A bronze prize medal of the First Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers. By Lieut.
Col. Francis.
A copper bank-token of Upper Canada, for 1857. By the Right Hon. the Earl of
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Three leaden medals of Academies at Stockholm, given as jetons de presence. By
Professor Nilsson.

Six silver and eighteen copper tokens, chiefly of the time of the First Republic. By
M. Geslin.

A copper Ostrogothic coin, struck in Rome. By the Rev. J. H. Hopkins.

A gold Sceatta, with a Runic inscription. By Thomas Sebastian Bazley, Esq.

Three gold Indian coins of Tipperah. By the Rajah of Tipperah.

Seven English X VIIth century tokens, and four leaden Roman seals found at Felix-
stowe. By Charles Roach Smith, Esq.

A bronze marriage jubilee-medal of John Henry Schrider. By the Senate of
Hamburg.

Eight copper English tokens. By E. Widrington Byrne, Esq.

A gold noble of Edward III. By Sheriff Sir James Vallentin.

Eight copper English tradesmen’s tokens. By the Rev. William Allan.

A bronze medal of Taylor Combe, Esq., formerly Keeper of the Antiquities in the British
Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.s.

A small copper coin of Constantius Cesar. By Major-General G. F. Boileau,
R.E., F.R.S.

Two copper coins of Constantine the Great, four of Constantine, jun., and five of
Licinius. By H. Warry, Esq.

Eight medieval Bracteates of France, Germany, and Switzerland. By J. F. W. De
Salis, Esq.

An Oats gold coin of the Aghlabites. By Oscar Browning, Esq.

A bronze medal, commemorating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Society
of Remonstrants at Rotterdam. By Sir R. Frazer Turing.

A medallion of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hesse. Bv their
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess. ‘

A bronze medal commemorating the marriage of the Duke of Brabant. By M. de
Fosselaert, Chargé d’ Affaires de Belgique.

A silver coin of Henning Scharfenberg, Archbishop of Riga, a.p. 1424-48. By Henry
Webb, Esq.

A Been medal struck for Canada, as “ The Dominion,” a.p. 1867. By J. S.and A. B.
Wyon, Esqrs.

A bronze medal, commemorating the uncovering of the Luther Memorial at Worms,
in 1868. By the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen.

A modern cast of a rare medal of Queen Mary. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during the past year has been 1,948.
The number of visitors to the Ornament Room, in which the gold and silver orna-
ments from the Blacas Collection, are exhibited, during the past year has been 7,687.

W. S. W. Vauz.

DEPARTMENTS OF NaTURAL HisTorY.

The number of specimens added to the Natural History Departments in the year 1869
is 17,090. Of these 8,979 have been registered in the Department of Zoology, 7,226
in the Department of Geology, 885 in the Department of Mineralogy.

The stuffed and mounted specimens of the class Mammalia are in a state of preservation ;
those which, from their large size or the want of space in the glazed cabinets, stand on
the floor and are suspended to the walls of the Mammalian Gallery, have received con-
tinuous care and attention to prevent or reduce the effects of exposure.

The unstuffed skins of the JJammalia are in a state of preservation applicable to the
purposes of scientific examination and comparison, and many of them in a state fit for
future preparation and exhibition.

Of the class Aves, a much larger proportion of the skins are stuffed and mounted, and
are exhibited in systematic order and sequence. ‘These are in good state of preservation,
are preserved in glazed cabinets, where, however, from the limitation of space, they
are more crowded than is consistent with the desirable facility of study and comparison,
or with easy access for detailed examination of the specimens. The skeletons of Birds
which are mounted and placed in the cabinets are in good condition; but this aid to the
work of the student in Ornithology is necessarily limited for want of space.

The collection of unstuffed and unmounted Bird-skins preserved in boxes and cup-
boards in the basement vaults is in a state of preservation available for the purposes of
study and comparison of characters, but, in a certain proportion, not so readily accessible
for such uses as students desire; the locality available for safe storage, and assigned to
the class Aves, is now somewhat crowded.

The proportion of the collection of the Repéila, stuffed, mounted, and preserved in
systematic arrangement, filling, so. displayed, glazed cabinets allotted to that class, is in a
good state of preservation. ‘The larger specimens, suspended above the cabinets, have
been maintained in a state of preservation, without more deterioration than is inevitable
from such exposure.

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The proportion of the Pisces similarly prepared or preserved in spirits, and displayed
in systematic order in the glazed cabinets of the compartment allotted to the class is
necessarily small. These specimens are all in good condition. The few which, from their
large size, are exposed, receive the same care as the mammals and reptiles under similar
circumstances.

The major proportion of the cold-blooded Vertebrata, including most of the Lizards,
Serpents, and Fishes, is stored in the basement vault under inevitably unfavourable
conditions as to crowding and temperature, to which reference has been made in former
Annual Reports. These specimens are preserved in alcohol, and are in a state of preser-
vation.

The proportion of the series of the Shells of the Mollusca, arranged and exhibited in the
glazed cases of the public gallery is ina good state of preservation, well placed and labelled
for instruction and comparison. The Shells preserved, and for the most part in systematic
arrangement, in the drawers of cabinets, are in a state of perfect preservation.

The specimens of the classes Tunicata, Acalephe, Annelida, and Entozoa; the orders
Nudibranchiata, Inferobranchiata ; the families Limacide, Oncidiade, and Firolide, and
most of the class Cephalopoda, are preserved in spirits and stored in the vaults. They
crowd so closely the space allotted to them that access to the specimens not in the front
row is difficult and hazardous, and the utility of this part of the Zoology in aid of the
progress of the science is restricted.

The small portion of the class Jnsecta publicly displayed is in a good state of preserva-
tion, and is instructively arranged and labelled. The large portion of the class in the
Basement Entomological Storeroom is in a good state of preservation, and so arranged
in drawers as to be accessible for study and comparison.

The portion of the class Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, Prawns, Shrimps, &c.) exhibited
and arranged systematically, together with that stored in drawers, is in a good state of
preservation, and can be readily studied and compared. The small proportion preserved
in spirits is in a state of preservation.

Of the class Arachnida (Scorpions, Spiders, Mites, &c.), a few only of the larger kinds
are exposed to view, stuffed or dried, in the glazed cabinets; both these and similarly
preserved specimens arranged in drawers are in good condition. A large proportion of
the class is preserved in spirits and stored.

The portion of the class Echinodermata (Star-fish, Sea-urchins, Sea-eges, Trepang, &c.)
exhibited in the dried state and displayed, systematically arranged in the elazed cabinets,
is in a good state of preservation. The specimens stored in drawers and boxes are well
preserved. The Holothurie and other members of the class stored and in alcohol are in
a state of preservation.

The Corals and hard parts of other Zoophytes which occupy detached glazed cases in the
Mammalian Gallery are in a good state of preservation. ‘The major part of the Radiata
is well preserved in drawers, accessible for study and comparison.

The great bulk of the collection of Osteological Specimens, human and comparative,
stored in the basement vaults, is kept in good preservation, fit for future systematic dis-
play, and, as regards the entire framework of an animal, where such has been acquired,
in a state fit for future articulation and exhibition in an Osteological Gallery.

The exhibited series of Nests, Nidamental Structures, and Eggs, also those of Horns
and Antlers, and the sub-department of British Natural History, are severally in a good
state of preservation. All the specimens are labelled, and the serial and systematic
arrangements are carried out to the utmost conditions of allotted space.

The specimens of Geology and Fossil Remains, both exhibited and in store, are ina
good state of preservation. The exhibited specimens are instructively labelled and
arranged, and, in most instances, of easy access for scientific examination and comparison.
Those which are stored in drawers, or in parts of the Museum not accessible to the public,
are well arranged for study by scientific visitors. The series of the Mineralogy is in a
good state of preservation, and in an instructive state of arrangement, display, and
classification.

The more notable and interesting specimens received during the past year are referred
to in the Reports from the several departments. Some of them have afforded subjects for

special monographs.
Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The various classes of the Animal Kingdom comprised in the Collection of Zoology
have been increased during the year 1869 to the extent of 8,979 specimens. These may
be divided into their several classes, and thus exhibit the relative portion that belongs to
each class, as follows :—

Vertebrata - = S = - - - 2,440
Mollusca and Radiata - - - - - 3,591
Annulosa’- - - - - - - - 2,948

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Each individual example of these classes has been carefully marked and entered in the
manuscript Register of Accessions, with a corresponding date and number, as affixed on
the specimen thus referred to. The Register also contains a record of the locality at
which the specimen was collected, and at the same time shows how it was acquired,
whether presented by a donor or obtained by purchase.

The examples obtained by purchase have been selected from different Collections with
great care, as being the most desirable for completing the series previously contained in
the British Museum, either in the way of additional species, or as specimens illustrating
the differences that exist in allied species in various localities, or as exhibiting the gradual
changes which take place during their development and growth towards maturity.
Others are also highly interesting as being the typical specimens on which the species
were established by zoologists in their monographs, or in papers published in the various
periodicals.

The different portions of the collection which are exhibited in the cases in the public
rooms for the instruction and amusement of the students and visitors have been cleaned
and re-arranged; while the series of skins and bones of Vertebrated Animals, which are
kept in boxes, the general collection of Animals preserved in spirits, and the collection
of Insects, Crustacea, and Radiated Animals which are contained in cabinets for the
use of more scientific students, have been re-examined, with the view of adopting
the arrangements that have been lately promulgated by naturalists, of adding new
specimens where necessary, and of facilitating the means of access to the specimens,
when required for the purpose of study.

_ The Zoological Collections contained both in the private rooms and in the public
rooms, have been visited on private days by 2,681 students for the especial purpose of
scientifically studying their various portions.

The following Catalogues have been printed during the year 1869 :—
“Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia.” By
John Edward Gray, F.R.8.
«‘ Catalogue of Dermaptera Saltatoria.” Part I., II. By Francis Walker, r.1.s.
ee pad List of Genera and Species of Birds.” PartI. By George Robert Gray,
F.R.S., WC.

The collection of Mammals has been increased by the following examples, some of
which are highly interesting :—

A large collection of Mammalia, among which was a fine skeleton of Rhinoceros
Keitioa, from Abyssinia; collected by W. Jesse, Esq.

A collection of dolphin skulls, two of which are the typical specimens described under
the names of Petrorhynchus capensis and Ziphius Layardii, by Dr. Gray, and presented by
the Trustees of the South African Museum, Cape Town.

A small collection of interesting Mammalia, collected in the neighbourhood of Bombay ;
presented by Dr. Leith.

A new species of deer Furcifer ? collected at Tinta; by Mr. Whitely.

A large collection of Mammalia, among which was the Pect:nator Spekei, Blyth, and a
new species of Hyrax; collected by W. T. Blanford, Esq., and presented by his Excel-
lency the Governor and the Council of the Bombay Government, through W. T.
Blanford, Esq.

Six plaster casts of the aboriginal inhabitants of Australia; presented by the Trustees
of the Melbourne Library, Australia.

The following additions to the collection of Birds may be recorded; some of them are
remarkable for their rarity :—

A specimen of the rare Honey Buzzard, Machaerhamphus alcinus, from Damaraland.

A specimen of the rare Parrot, Dasyptilus Pecqueti, Lesson, from New Guinea.

A large series of Humming-birds, among which are the following :—Eugenia imperatrix,
Panoplites Jardinii, Lophornis Helene, Saucerottia Warszewicz?, Campylopterus splendens,
C. equatorialis, Eutoxeres heterura, Chrysolampis Osberti, Gouldia melanosternon.

Specimens of Buteo hemilasius, Artamus melanops, Pachycephala flavifrons, Sturnoides
gigas, Leptornis samoensis, &c. Bt

A specimen (in spirits) of the Steatornis caripensis, from Trinidad; presented by the
Hon. A. Gordon, late Governor of Trinidad.

A series of specimens of Birds, from E. Peru, collected by Mr. E. Bartlett, among which
are Ostinops yuracarium, O. angustifrons, O. atrovirens, Clypicterus Oseryi, Oryzoborus
melas, Shiffornis major, Heteropelma Wallacei, Heterocercus linteatus, Rhynchocyclus
megacephalus, Tinamus guttatus.

Specimens of Syrnium seloputo, from Java; Loriculus Sclatert, from Celebes; Cyclop-
sitta Coxeni, Psistes coccineopterus, Cuculus minutillus, Macherirhynchus Jlaviventer,
Ptilotis Cocherellii, and Malurus hypoleucus, from N. Australia. ;

The typical specimens of Yrochalopteron Fairbanki, and of Callene albiventris, from
South India; presented by the Rey. S. Fairbank, through W. T. Blanford, Esq.

A series of Birds from the Transvaal Republic of South Africa; presented by A.
Foresman, Esa. ‘ ;

A large series of Abyssinian Birds, consisting of 472 specimens; presented by his
Excellency the Governor and the Council of the Bombay Government, through W. T-.

Blanford, Esq. :
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A series of Australian Birds; presented by J. E. W. Rishton, Esq.

A large series of eggs of South African Birds, all typically named, and presented by
E. Layard, Esq.

The eggs and nest of the Eniconetta Svelleri; presented by — Skencke, Esq., Acting
British Vice-Consul for Ostfinmarken.

Egg of a supposed new species of Megapode (Megapodius Brazieri), from the New
Hebrides; presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq.

The eggs, nest, and specimens of male and female of Cussicus cristatus, from Tobago;
presented by W. F. Boehdt, m.p.

The egg of the rare Didunculus strigirostris, from the Samoan Islands; presented by
Mr. Bartlett.

The skeleton of the Dodo, forming the type specimen on which Professor Owen has
written and published an elaborate memoir, has been restored.

The collection of Fishes has been increased by the addition of the following examples,
many of which are highly interesting :—

About seventy examples have been obtained from the Museum Godeffroy in Ham-
burg; they are types of species hitherto not represented in the British Museum, many
having been only recently described by continental Ichthyologists.

A collection of twenty-one fresh-water Fishes, from Algeria; presented by Lieutenant
Colonel Playfair, Her Majesty’s Consul General at Algiers.

A collection of Fishes from the Caspian Sea and Persia, made and presented by the
Marquis Jacques Doria.

Twenty-four examples collected by Messrs. Blanford and Jesse, the Naturalists
attached to the Abyssinian Expedition.

A collection of marine Fishes from Suez; presented by R. McAndrew, Esq.

Two collections of Fishes from the Seychelles Islands; one made by Professor E. P
Wright, the other presented by Swinburne Ward, Esq. The latter contained the head
of one of the largest recent fishes, Batrachus gigas, sp. nov.

A collection of Fishes from Zanzibar; presented by Lieut. Colonel Playfair, supple-
menting the collections previously obtained by the same gentleman.

An extensive collection of Tasmanian Fishes.

A small collection of Fishes from the Peruvian Amazons, made by Mr. Bartlett, and
containing several new species.

A series of Fishes collected by Dr. R. O. Cunningham on different parts of the
coasts of South America during the Magellan Straits Survey Expedition.

The collection of Reptiles has received the following additions, among which may be
specially mentioned :—

A collection of Lizards from Persia, made and presented by the Marquis Jacques Doria.

A very extensive collection made by Dr. A. H. Leith in various localities in India; it
contained, besides two new species of Tortoises, several species known from imperfect
descriptions only; also a skull of a Gavial from the Indus.

A collection of very fine and well-preserved examples from Ceylon; presented by R.
H. Barnes, Esq. It contains two new species of Snakes.

A collection of the Reptiles inhabiting the Seychelles Islands, made by Professor BE. P.

Wright.

A collection of Reptiles made by W. T. Blanford, Esq., during the Expedition to
Abyssinia.

A collection of Lizards and Snakes from the Gaboon.

A collection from the Peruvian Amazons, made by Mr. Bartlett.

A collection of well-preserved examples of Reptiles and Batrachians, made in the
interior of the Province of Bahia.

The examples collected by Dr. R. O. Cunningham in Chiloe and Patagonia, and other

arts of South America, during the Magellan Straits Survey Expedition.

The following are some of the principal additions which have been made to the Collection
of Insects :—

A collection of 273 Coleoptera, from Australia, Chili, and Nicaragua.

A series of 37 specimens of Lepidoptera, from South America.

A series of 345 Hymenoptera, collected by Messrs. Du Boulay and Whitely.

A collection of 195 Insects of various orders ; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty;
collected by Dr. Cunningham.

Collections of Lepidoptera from various localities ; presented by Professor Burmeister,
Sir Geo. Ramsay, Captain Lang, and G. Gilbert, Esq.

Collections of Coleoptera, presented by his Excellency the Governor and the Council of
the Bombay Government, Major Parry, Dr. J. Le Conte, R. McAndrew, Esq., and
T. V. Wollaston, Esq.

The collections of Molluscous and Radiated Animals have been increased by the
following additions :—

Several specimens of a new species of Earthworm, from North Wales and Hertfordshire,
and also several specimens of Hirudo.

Several species of Parasitic Worms, from Greenland; presented by Mr. Whymper.

A fine specimen of Hyalonema Lusitanica, from the coast of Portugal; presented by
Professor Bocage.

A variety of Sponges, from Van Diemen’s Land.

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A large series of New Zealand Shells; presented by J. C. Traill, Esq.

A series of Shells from South America; presented by Captain and Mrs. Burton.

A large series of Zoophytes, &c., from Panama, &c.

A series of Annelides, from various parts of the world.

A series of Shells, Ascidians, Holothurie, &c.; presented by the Lords of the
Admiralty.

A collection of Shells from the Seychelles Islands.

A series of Echinoderms, Holothurie, Annelides, &c., from the R :
FN dats Bit ed Sea; presented by

A series of Gorgoniz, &c., from Algeria.

Two collections of Holothuriz.

J. E. Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The principal additions to this Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A series of 300 Tertiary Leaves, from Greenland, collected by
E. Whymper, Esq. Presented by Robert H. Scott, Esq., m.a.

Fossils collected during the Abyssinian campaign, chiefly of Oolitic age. Presented
by W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.c.s.

Remains of Megatherium, Mylodon, &c., from the Pedras Altus District, Rio Grande
du Sul, Brazil. Presented by Thomas J. Tennent, Esq.

Humerus of Ischurosaurus Manselii, Hulke, and a further portion of the lower jaw of
Steneosaurus, figured and described in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society,
vol. xxv. p. 386, pl. 16; also an undescribed fossil fish; all from the Kimmeridge Clay of
Dorset. Presented by J. C. Mansel, Esq. F.G.s.

Cast of Cervical vertebra of Paleocetus Sedgwickii, from the Boulder-clay, near Ely.
Presented by the Rev. Prof. Sedgwick, m.a.

Cast of the femur and tibia of Epyornis maximus. Presented by the Museum of the
Jardin des Plantes, Paris.

Il. By Purchase.—A. Fossils belonging to the Vertebrate Classes.

Mammalia :—Upwards of two hundred and fifty mammalian remains from the Fresh-
water deposits of the valley of the Lea, near Walthamstow, Essex, comprising human
remains ; also the skulls and bones of the Wolf, Fox, Beaver, Horse, Wild-boar, Red Deer,
Roebuck, Fallow Deer, Reindeer, Elk, Goat, three species of Oxen (Bos primigenius,
B. longifrons, B. frontosus) ; and, from the lower beds of the same locality, Elephas primi-
genius, Bos, &c.

Three casts of Dinotherium, from the Miocene of Eppelsheim.

Aves ;—A series of the bones of Dinornis, from New Zealand collected by Dr. Julius
Haast. Bird-remains from the Cambridge Greensand.

Reptilia :—A series of the bones of Pterodactyles from the Upper Greensand of Cam-
bridge ; also four bones from the Kimmeridge Clay of Weymouth, Dorset.

The entire caudal series of vertebre of Dimorphodon macronyz, Buckland, from the
Lower Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset. This unique specimen has been figured and described
by Professor Owen in his Monograph on the Secondary Reptiles of Great Britain,
published by the Palzontographical Society, February 1870.

Part of the head of an Ichthyosaurus, and twenty-five other Saurian remains, from the
Chalk and Greensand of England.

One hundred and twenty-nine Saurian remains, consisting of teeth, bones, &c., from the
Kimmeridge Clay of Weymouth.

Bones of Scelidosaurus Harrisoni and lower jaw and paddles of [chthyosaurus, from the
Lias of Lyme Regis. . j

Pisces :—A series of thirty-one Fossil Fishes (most carefully and admirably developed
by M. Emile Meyrat), obtained from the Eocene Tertiary Slates of Engi, in Switzerland,
(Canton Glarus) of the genera Palaorhynchum, Anenchelum, Acanthoderma, Se.

A fine specimen of Cheirolepis Cummingia ; examples of Acanthodes, Uheiracanthus,
Diplopterus, Glyptolepis, Ischnacanthus, Osteolepis, and other genera, from the Devonian
of Scotland. x

Righteen specimens of Megalichthys, from the Coal Measures of Ardwick. ‘

Two spines of Hybodus, and five other fish-remains, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

An almost perfect jaw of Strophodus medius, Owen, from the Oolite of Caen, Normandy ;
figured and described by Prof. Owen in the Geological Magazine, 1869, vol. vi. p. 193,

late vil.
d Sixty-eight remains of Fishes from the Kimmeridge Clay, near Weymouth, Dorset,
including teeth &c., of Chimera, Gyrodus, spines and teeth of Hybodus, teeth of Lepidotus,
Pycnodus, Strophodus, &c. ,

Fourteen Otolithes from the Gault, Folkestone, Beryz radians, from the Lower
Chalk, &c.

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One London Clay Fish; twelve Fish-teeth from the Miocene of Malta, and nineteen
Shark’s-teeth, from the Miocene of Maryland, U. S.

B. Fossil remains belonging to the Invertebrate Classes.

Mollusca :—Six hundred and eighty-one Silurian Mollusca, chiefly from Normandy,
Bala, Llangollen, Dudley, Malvern, &c.

Ninety-eight Devonian shells from Newton-Bushel, &c.

One hundred and twenty-one Carboniferous shells.

Ten species of Brachiopoda, from the Permian of Gera.

Upwards of three thousand Liassic and Oolitic Mollusca, including the magnificent
series of Inferior Oolite fossils acquired from Mr. Etheridge, from Dundry, Bridport,
Lyme, and numerous other well-known localities in the Cotswold and Bristol areas.

One hundred and forty-one Mollusca, from the Gault of Folkestone, the Upper Green-
sand of Cambridge, and the Chalk of Kent, &c.

Ammonites dimorphus, and five other Ammonites from the Inferior Oolite, Dundry.

A fine example of Ammonites rostratus, and nine other Ammonites from the Gault of
Folkestone, and twenty-six Ammonites from the Upper Greensand of Cambridge.

Two hundred and thirty-six Mollusca, from the Miocene Tertiary of Maryland.

One hundred Fossil-shells from the the Tertiary of Biot, Antibes, south of France.

Three hundred Tertiary shells from Belfast, and 78 Glacial shells from Greenland,
Canada, &c.

Upwards of 200 Mollusca from the Norwich, Red, and Coralline Crags of Norfolk and
Suffolk, including several figured specimens (figured in the Supplement to Mr. Wood’s
Monograph on the Crag Mollusca, now in course of preparation); also a series of Stone-
dwelling Crag Mollusca in their Crypts, collected and prepared by Mr. Charles-
worth, F.G.S.

Crustacea :—Upwards of 160 specimens of Bivalved Crustacea, belonging to the family
of Estheriz, including the types of a Monograph by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.G.S.,
on the Fossil Estheria, published by the Paleontographical Society in 1862.

106 Trilobites from Dudley, chiefly from Mr. John Gray’s cabinet, including a fine
Homalonotus delphinocephalus, from Dudley Castle.

50 Trilobites from Bala, and 30 from the Gres de Mai, Normandy (Lower Silurian).

49 Crustacea from the Lias, Oolite, Gault, Greensand and Chalk formations.

Annelida :—14 Serpule from the Gault, Greensand, and Chalk of England.

Echinodermata :—250 Crinoidea from the Wenlock Limestone and Shale, Dudley, the
greater part from Mr. Gray’s Collection, including the genera Marsupiocrinites, Glypto-
crinus, Eucalyptocrinus, Cyathocrinus, Taxocrinus, Ichthyocrinus, Periechocrinus, Dimero-
crinus, &c.

Cast of Eucladia Johnsoni, H. Woodw., from the Upper Silurian, near Dudley.

A fine slab of Pentacrinus Hiemeri, Konig., from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Upwards of 200 Oolitic Echinide and Cidaride, from the collection of Mr. Robert
Etheridge, F.G.s.

14 Cretaceous Echinoderms, chiefly from the Upper Chalk of Bromley, and 13
Starfishes, of the genera Goniaster and Astrogonium, from the same locality.

37 remains of Bourgetocrinus and Marsupites, from the Kentish Chalk.

Nine Echinoderms from the Island of Malta.

Zoophyta :—104 Silurian Corals, chiefly from Mr. John Gray’s Collection, Dudley.
175 Oolitic Corals from the Etheridge Collection.

Amorphozoa :—The chief acquisitions in this class have been obtained from the Museum
of the late Mr. Toulmin Smith, of Highgate, who devoted many years to the investiga-
tion of the Cretaceous sponges classed as Ventriculide: Ventriculites 568, Cephalites 40,
Brachiolites 206, Siphonia, and Choanites (silicified sponges, cut and polished) 246,
miscellaneous 29; in all, 1,089 specimens, including the types figured in Mr. Toulmin
Smith’s work,

Plante :—Of Plant-remains 28 specimens have been acquired by purchase.

Works of the Department.

In Room I. The wall-cases in this Room appropriated to Fossil Plants have
been emptied of their contents, and are now being cleaned and refitted previous to their
re-arrangement.

At present the greater part of this collection of Plant-remains has been arranged in
drawers beneath the table-cases of Minerals in Rooms I. and II.

In Room II., the Ganoid and Ctenoid Orders of the Fossil Fishes, have been entirely
re-arranged, labelled, and cleaned.

The teeth and other remains of the Fossil Sharks (Squalide), arranged in the Half-
table Cases along the north side of this room, have been remounted, cleaned, and named,
and many specimens have been added.

In Room IIL, space has been obtained in Wall-case I., for the exhibition of a more
complete series of the extinct flying Reptiles of the secondary Rocks (Pterosauria), by ei
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removal of the large slab containing the remains of the Swanage Crocodile, which has
since been glazed, and is now placed upon the top of the Wall-case, within which it was
formerly exhibited.

The specimens of the various classes of the Vertebrata acquired during the year have
all been registered and incorporated with the general collection. s

The entire series of the Fossil Sponges, and allied animals (Amorphozoa), not at pre-
sent exhibited in the glazed cases in the Gallery, have been collected together and
arranged in a series of drawers in Room V, i

The “ Toulmin-Smith Collection” of Cretaceous Sponges (Ventriculide, &c.) have been
also arranged, registered, labelled, and placed in glazed drawers, beneath the Table-cases
in Room V.

The Fossil Corals have been partly worked out, and the whole series collected
together and placed, stratigraphically, in a suite of 80 drawers, in the Coral Recess in the
New Room.

The Etheridge Collection has been partly arranged, and occupies a series of drawers
beneath the Table-cases in Room VI.

The second collection of Silurian Fossils, obtained from Mr. John Gray, of Hagley,
has been incorporated with the Silurian series of Invertebrata.

Exhibition space has been gained by introducing in the Window-recesses of Room V.
four small glazed cases, two of which will be appropriated to Fossil Corals, and two to the
Fossil Asteriade.

Additional Oolitic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary Mollusca haye been incorporated in the
general collection in Rooms V. and VI.

A fine slab, covered with the iridescent shells of Ammonites planorbis, from the Lias of
Watchet, Somerset, has been glazed and placed upon the top of the Pier-case, No. 3, in
the Sixth Room.

Specimens Registered during the year :—

Invertebrata :
Plants - - - - - 2 « 19
Sponges and Foraminifera - - - - 1,065
Corals - - - = = Se ce
Echinodermata - - - = = - 439
Annelida - - = = = = = 8
Articulata - - - - = = - 248
Polyzoa ss - - - ic = & = 20
Mollusca - - = - = = - 3,887
6,461
Vertebrata :
Pisces - - - = = ie - 289
Reptilia = - - ~ - 2 ~ ahingsg
Aves - - - - - = 2 E 25
Mammalia - - ~ = = a - 300
765
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Geo. R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

During the year 1869, the additions to the Collection have amounted to 885 speci-
mens, which have been registered and incorporated.

Among the more remarkable of these acquisitions are the great specimen of Ava Rubellite
presented by C. S. J. L. Guthrie, Esq. ; the nugget of Platinum presented by H. I. H. the
Grand Duke of Leuchtenberg; the suite of specimens illustrating the gold district of
N. Wales; and a fine Beryl, from Mursinsk. Sixteen species new to the collection have
also been added during the year.

Glazed fronts and sides have been supplied to two of the cases, and these and two
others have been fitted for the exhibition of some of the larger specimens of Sulphur and
the Sulphides, the Carbonates, the Beryls and Felspars, and of hydrated Silicates, which
are now arranged in them.

A room in the basement floor has been cleared and thoroughly cleaned, and the cabinets
in it prepared for the temporary reception of the various rock specimens in the collection
which are in the course of being examined, described, and arranged.

The arrangement of the Minerals consigned to the drawers of the reserve and duplicate
portions of the Collection has also progressed pari passu with the introduction of new
glazed drawers.

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The Laboratory has contributed valuable results during the past year. The difficult
and laborious investigation of the mineral constituents of Meteorites has been continued;
those of Shalka and Manegaum having been entirely investigated, and the study of the
Breitenbach siderolite finished. The Cranbourne iron has been also taken in hand. The
remarkable discovery in the Breitenbach meteorite of silica crystallised in the rhombic
system, with a specific gravity lower than that of quartz; the finding Enstatite, presenting
four various formule in as many different meteorites; the analysis of these, as well as of
the chromite and of the other ingredients in the above meteorites, are among the results
thus obtained. Among the minerals analysed in the department are the Vivianite, from
Cornwall and from Fernando Po; Halloysite, from India; an Epidote, from Iona; and
Opal, from Abyssinia.

The treatment of the large meteoric iron from» Cranbourne, Australia, by means of
varnish, in order to protect it from further decomposition, has not been entirely successful.
The decomposition has, however, been partially arrested, and a more complete exclusion
of the air by means of other protecting substances is in course of trial.

The following are the most important of the acquisitions made in the department
during the past year.

By Presentation :—

Native gold and sand from Helmsdale, Sutherland, by Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Bart. ;
native Platinum, Southlands, New Zealand ; and Tasmanite, Tasmania, by George Foord,
Esq., Melbourne; Nugget of Platinum (1,350 grains), Nijni-Tagilsk, Urals, by H. I. H.
the Duke of Leuchtenbere.

Specimens of Salt, from the mines at Meadowbank, Winsford, Cheshire, by H. E.
Falks, Esq.

Chlorargyrite, in crystals, and Lignite, Australia; also Elaterite, Adelaide, by Thos.
Dicker, lsq.

A very large crystalline mass of richly coloured Rubellite, from Ava, by C. S. J. L.
Guthrie, Esq.

Sixty-seven specimens of doleritic, trachytic, and other rocks of Abyssinia, by W. T.
Blanford, Esq., F.G.S.

Prase-Opal, Schorl, and an amygdaloidal dolerite, from Abyssinia, by C. E. Markham,
Esq.

By Purchase :—

Four Epistilbites, from Berufiord, Iceland; of M. Paijkull.

Large crystal of Apatite, Reinthal, Goschenen, Uri; and Thulite, in large crystals,
Greinerberg, Zillerthal, Tyrol; through W. G. Lettsom, Esq.

A remarkable series of specimens of the native Gold, from the Clogau and other mines
in North Wales; of T. A. Readwin, Esq., F.G.s.

Specimens of Sylvine, in large cubo-octahedrons, Stassfurth; of deep blue salt,
Wieliczka, Poland; Matlockites and Phosgenite, Matlock, Derbyshire; a very large
crystal of Cassiterite, Spain; a single crystal of smoky quartz, weighing 299 lbs., from
the Tiefen Glacier, Guttanen, Switzerland; specimens of fibrous Hisenkiesel and Croci-
dolite, from the Orange River, South Africa.

Specimens of Blue Corundum crystallized, Haute-Loire, France; a large carbuncle
and a facetted white topaz. A large crystalline mass of Prehnite, Cradock, South Africa;
Sphene, Sella, St. Gotthard; Pennine, Zermatt; Adamite, Cape Garonne, Departement
du Var, France; Celestine, Sicily ; and a deep blue Turquoise.

Linarite from Leadhills, Lanarkshire; and a very fine transparent crystal of greenish
yellow Beryl], from Mursinsk, Urals.

Several fine crystallised specimens of Vivianite, Cronstedtite, Scorodite and Chalybite,
from different localities in Cornwall, of Mr. Richard Talling.

Fine specimens of crystallized Atacamite, from the Moonta mine, Wallaroo, South
Australia; Tridymite, Cerro San Cristobal, near Pachuca, Mexico; large crystallized
specimens of Pyromorphite, Braubach, Nassau; Sternbergite, Schneeberg, Saxony;
Adularia, Géschenen, Uri; Sphene, Kreuzlithal, Graubunden; Sarcopside from near
Kynan, Silesia; and Copper-Mica, Rheinbreitenbach, Rhine.

Specimens of Native Lead, Pajsberg, Sweden; Eucairite, Crookesite, and Berzelianite,
from the Skrikerum mine, Sweden; Chrysoberyl, Helsingfors; Jacobsite, Wermland,.
Sweden; Pyroaurite and Hamartite, Sweden; Emerald in felspar, from Hidsvold, north
of Christiania; Pitkarandite, Ainalite, Ivaarite, and Tapiolite, from localities in Finland ;
Hyalophane, Wermland; Hielmite, from Fahlun, Sweden; Melanocerite, Norway ; Coal,
and Chondrodite, Spitzbergen.

By Exchange :—

Large crystals of Epidote, from Untersulzbach, Pinzgau, Salzburg; and crystals of
Sphene. Crystallized Chlorargyrite, from Idaho, U.S. A.

The collection of Meteorites has been enriched by .21 new falls; obtained in part by
purchase, partly by exchange, while two have been presented to the Collection, viz. : -
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By Presentation :—
A large stone which fell at Udipi, South Canara, India, April 1866; from the Secret
of State for India in Council.
A fragment of the Krahenberg, Zweibriicken stone; Dr. N eumeyer.

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By Purchase :—

Hight distinct stones which fell at Hessle, near Upsala, Sweden; specimens from Ornans,
Doubs, France; Daniel’s Kuil, Griqua Territory, South Atrica; and Charsonville, near
Orleans, France.

By Exchange:

Specimens of those which fell at Frankfort, Alabama; Danville, Alabama; Goalpara
Assam, India; Pulsora, north-east of Rutlam, Indore, Central India; Khetrie, Raj-
pootanah, India; Bjelaja Zerkow, Kiew, Russia; Esnandes, Charente inférieure, France ;
Dolgaja Wolja, Volhynia, Russia; Dundrum, Tipperary, Ireland ; Tadjera, near Guidjel,
Setif, Algeria; Lodran, Mooltan, India; and Slavetic, near Agram, Croatia.

Of Irons, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; near Santa Rosa, Mexico; Denton County, Texas;

Missouri; Nauheim, near Frankfort, Prussia; Juncal, Atacama, Chili; and Prambanan,
Socrakarta, India.

The total number of meteoric falls now represented in the Collection amounts to no less
than 285.

Nevil Story-Mashelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

THE principal business done in the Department during the year 1869, has consisted,—
In the re-arrangement of a portion of the presses of the General Herbarium, with a view to
their extension and to rendering them more accessible, subsequent to the painting and
cleaning of the Herbarium rooms and studies, which was carried out during the summer.

In the re-arrangement of the families of Gramineae, Cyperacee, Juncee, Restiacee,
Eriocauloneea, Asphodele@a, Amaryllidee, Hemerocallidee, Smilacee, and other smaller
Monocotyledonous Orders, as also of the Urticee and Piperaucee, and of the Lichens, both
British and Foreign, with numerous additions to each.

In the selection of a very large number of Specimens from the Herbarium of the late
N. B. Ward, Esq., and from the collection of Abyssinian plants, sent by Dr. Schimper
through the Foreign Office.

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of Berlandier’s Mexi-
ean Collection ; of Linden’s collections from New Granada; Tate’s, from Nicaragua ; Coul-
ter’s, from California; Sartwell’s Carices of North America; Wight’s collections from the
Nilgherry Hills, and from India generally ; Jameson’s, from the Andes of Quito; Orchidea,
from different countries; Ferns, from the Islands of the South Pacific; and of a large
number of miscellaneous specimens of various families and from different countrics.

In the examination and arrangement of the recent and fossil Conifere and (ycadee, and
of Mr. Brown’s collection of fossil woods.

In the arrangement of a very great number of specimens of European plants, with a
view to their incorporation in the General Herbarium, which has been commenced.

In the re-arrangement of various portions of the British Herbarium, and of the collec-
tion of Fruits and Seeds.

And in the re-arrangement of various parts of the collections contained in the Exhibition
Rooms, and especially of the cases containing Conifere and Cuactee, with large additions,

The principal additions made to the Collection during the year 1869 have been the
following, viz. :—
650 Plants of Europe, from the collection of Dr. Rostan.
460 Pr pe from the collection of the late Mr. Ward.
52 . the Isle of Wight; presented by J. R. Stratton, Esq.
50 oe Belgium, forming fase. 7 of the “ Plantes Rares de Belgique.”
96 Sulices from the North of Europe; collected by Lestadius.
250 Plants of the Rhine, forming fasc. 8-12 of Wirtgen’s “ Plante Rhenane.”
900 3 Ingermanniland.
110 45 Styria,
22 re Sicily,
77 - Athens; collected by Boissier.
300 sy Sicily, forming fasc. 7-9 of Todaro’s “ Flora Sicula.”
‘* Gibraltar ; presented by A. H. Hurst, Esq.
80 species of European Alge, forming decad. 205-12 of Rabenhorst’s “ Algen
Sachsens,” &c.
200 a European Fungi, forming fasc. 12 and 13 of Rabenhorst’s « Fungi
Europzi.”
200 - Italian Cryptogams, forming fasc. 1-4 of series 2 of the “ Erbario Crit-
togamico Italiano.”
2,000 Plants of Abyssinia; collected by Dr. Schimper.
3,094 of South Africa ; from the collection of Mr. Ward.
560 a ‘Madeira ; collected by Lemann and others.
SA E 2 926 Plants

presented by the Chevalier Pittoni.

50 ACCOUNTS, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

926 Plants of the Mountains of Altai; from Mr. Ward’s collection.
943 a India ; collected by Dr. Wight.
71 ie Nilgherry Mountains ; collected by Dr. Wight.
431 Hs Malacca ; collected by Griffith.
110 a Australia: presented by Dr. Ferd. Von Miller.
111 Swan River, New Holland; collected by Mylne.
113 = the Feejee Islands ; collected by Harvey.
784. ms North America; from the collection of Mr. Ward.
221 2) California; collected by Coulter.
213 Carices of North America; collected by Sartwell.
416 Fungi of South Carolina; collected by Ravenal.
323 Plants of Nicaragua; collected by Tate.
700 of the Andes of Quito; collected by Jameson, and presented by J. N.
Kuczinski, Esq.
439 species of Orchidee ; from the collection of Mr. Ward.
A fine set of Pine-cones from California; collected by Mr. Warren.
A large fossil trunk from the London clay, at Highgate, and a cone of Stangeria
paradoxa ; presented by James Yates, Esq.
A fine specimen of Ulodendron majus, Lindl. and Hutt.; presented by Daniel
Ross, Esq.
é Numerous specimens of Plants and Fruits, chiefly from Africa, purchased of Mr.
utter.
“ Flora Britannica Indigena.” By John Walcott, Esq., 8vo., Bath, 1778, the Author’s
copy ; presented by the Rev. McKenzie E. C. Walcott.

The number of visits paid to the Herbarium for purposes of scientific research was 974-
John J. Bennett.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The first volume of the catalogue of the English satirical prints, political and personal,
describing subjects dating from 1537 to the Revolution of 1688, is nearly ready for publica-
tion, five hundred pages having been set up: the proofs of a large number of the articles
have been revised.

The arrangement of the Slade Collection has been proceeded with, a selection of 525
prints have been mounted and exhibited in the King’s Library, of which a guide-book
has been compiled and issued to the public.

The English historical prints have been re-arranged in chronological order, the im-
portant recent acquisitions incorporated, with references inscribed on the wrappers, con-
taining prints illustrating the history of each year to such authorities as may be found
in bound volumes.

The re-arrangement of the early English portraits has been commenced, and 309 of
them representing royal personages have been mounted.

The works of John Smith, an eminent engraver in mezzotinto, who flourished at the
beginning of the last century, have been brought together, and arranged in a volume.

Collections of the works of Thomas Frye and Richard Earlom have been similarly
treated.

The works of Sir Robert Strange have been re-arranged in four volumes instead
of three ; the additions from the Slade and Palmer Collections being incorporated.

Also the engravings by William Woollett have been re-arranged, the important addi-
tions from the Slade and Palmer Collections being incorporated; making eleven volumes
instead of seven.

John Henry Robinson’s engravings have been brought together and arranged in a
volume.

Also those executed by George T. Doo, R.A., have been re-arranged, and the fine
specimens recently acquired have been incorporated.

The works of the recently deceased engraver John Burnet have been brought to-
gether and arranged in a volume.

The prints after the pictures and drawings by Benjamin West, p.R.A., have been
re-arranged, the recent additions to the collection incorporated, and the necessary altera-
tions made in the MS. catalogue.

The collection of prints after Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., have been re-arranged,
and those recently acquired incorporated and alterations made in the MS. catalogue.

The series of proofs of Turner’s “ Liber Studiorum,” purchased from Mr. Pye, have
been mounted on sunk mounts made of warm-toned paper, and incorporated with those
specimens already in the Print Room, making 205 examples, which are placed in five
Solander cases.

The prints, drawings, and manuscript notes illustrating Edwards’s “ Anecdotes of
Painting,” presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq., have been arranged with the text, and
bound in two small folio volumes.

Carbon prints from Fra Bartolommeo, Giuliano deglia Arrighi Pesello, Francesco
Pesellino, Raphael Sanzio di Urbino, and Albrecht Diirer’s drawings in the Louvre,
Albertina, Venice, Milan, Florence,and Saxe-W eimar-Eisenach Collections, 503 in number,

have

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have been arranged in thirteen cases. ‘The plan affords the student an advantage, hitherto
unattainable, of comparing at the same time all the best works of the masters enumerated.

A portion of the works of the Brothers Wierix, comprising 114 prints, have been
arranged and mounted, with the references to Alvin’s Catalogue aftixed to each print.

The large collection of unmounted prints after Rubens have been put in order according
to Basan’s Catalogue, and the references affixed to each. i

Jacques Christophe le Blond’s works have been arranged in a volume.

The modern French etchings have been arranged in eight volumes, in which sixty-one
artists are represented, and among them appear the names of the following eminent men:—
Delacroix, Decamps, Flameng, Gérome, Girodet, Tissot, Legros, Meissonier, Scheffer,
and Prud’hon.

The etchings of Charles Jacque have been arranged in a yolume, and made
available for reference.

A third volume has been arranged, and added to the works of Eugéne Bléry.

The unmounted foreign portraits, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Danish, Dutch, Flemish,
and Oriental, have been sorted and alphabetically arranged in papers available for reference.

Three hundred and ninety-eight drawings have been mounted with sunk boards to
preserve them from injury by friction. Others have been mounted in the ordinary manner.

Three thousand six hundred and sixty-one titles have been prepared for the Catalogue
of foreign portraits, and the whole of the titles arranged in alphabetical order.

One thousand seven hundred and thirty-four titles have been prepared for the historical
and topographical prints, and those described in Drugulin’s Historical Atlas have been
marked off.

One thousand seven hundred and twenty-one titles have been prepared for the Catalogue
of English satirical prints.

Three hundred and sixty-seven titles have been prepared for the English prints in
mezzotinto.

Thirteen thousand two hundred and two articles have been entered in the register
of purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Eleven thousand nine hundred and seventy-six articles have been stamped and inscribed
with the register mark.

The following are among the most important acquisitions of the past year :—
By Presentation—

The annual Catalogues of the “ Society of Artists,” founded by Hogarth and his con-
temporaries, 1760-1791, illustrated with 669 drawings and prints, many of them very rare
and curious, enriched with copious notes by Mr. Anderdon. Also Edwards’s Anec-
dotes of Painters, illustrated with 217 drawings and prints, in a similar manner. Pre-
sented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq.

A collection of nearly 500 proofs of vignettes, printed on India paper from plates
engraved by the American Bank Note Company; also 54 specimens of perfect notes and
postage stamps, arranged in a handsomely bound guard-book. Presented by the American
Bank Note Company, New York.

Forty-nine specimens of American Bank Notes issued before or immediately after
the War of Independence, inserted in the same volume as the preceding donation. Pre-
sented by A. G. Goodall, Esq., Vice President of the American Bank Note Com-
pany, New York.

By Purchase—
Italian School :—

Drawings.—By Andrea del Sarto, Giovanni Batista Tiepolo, Gaetano Gandolfi, and
Theodore Valerio.

Engravings and Etchings.—Rare specimens by Giovanni Batista del Porto, Andrea
Mantegna, Robetta, Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, and the Master of 1515.

A curious collection of prints, executed at the end of the 16th century, representing
various games, and national styles of writing of the period, by Mario Kartaro,
Alittanio Gatti, J. A. de Pauli, Batista Parmensis, Lucchino Gargano, and Cesare
Capranica. These prints are not found described in any book of reference, and two of
the names of engravers are not mentioned at all.

One of the original series; three suites complete of Volpato’s engraved and beautifully
coloured copies of the arabesques, &c., by Raphael, in the Loggie of the Vatican.

Other examples by M. Benedetto Battini, Nicoletto Beatrici, Pietro Bonato, Nicoletto
Casa, Francisco Cecchini, Luigi Fabre Gioacchino Filidoni, G. Girolamo Frezzi,
George Batista Ghisi, Antonio Lafreri, Carlo Lasino, G. B. Romero, Horace de
Santis, Agostino Veneziano, and an artist’s proof of Giovanni Fosella’s recent production,
“La Madonna del Baldacchino.”

German School :—
Drawings.—By Conrad Gesner.

Engravings and Etchings.—By Israel von Meckenen, Alart Claessen, Johann Laden-
spelder, Frederick Brentel, Virgil Solis, Martin Treu, Ludwig Busingh, Johann
Gannad Vermayer, and an artist’s proof of “ La Belle de Tiziano” by Edward Mandel.

274. E 3 Dutch

32 ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—

Drawings.—An interesting tinted sketch of the Dutch Fleet in the Thames, by Joannes
Snellinck ; others by Adriaen van Utrecht and Johan de Gheyn.

French School:—

Engravings and Lithographs.—A very rare portrait of Louis XV., engraved and printed
in colours by Jacques Christophe Le Blond.

Other examples by Aliamet, Aubert, Avelines, Le Bas, C. Baquoy, Beauvarlet, Bervic,
Chalet, Chedel, Chenu, Chevilet, Chataignier, Chauffard, Chene, Claessens, Le Clerc,
Clermont, Cochin, Defehrat, Duret, De Fehrt, De Ferth, Fessard, Flipart, Floding,
Gaillard, Gallimart, Gericault, Le Grand, De Launcey, L’empereur, Martenasie, Marvie
Masson, Menil, Mire, Moitte, Nanteuil, Ouvrier, Pasquier, Poilly, Prevost, Radiques,
Raullet, Sornique, Surugue, ‘Tardieu, Teicher, and Toussaint. Also a volume containing
129 prints, chiefly engraved from the battle-piece of Anton Franz Van-der Meulen. '

Spanish and Portuguese Schools :—
Drawing.—An interesting example, by Francesco Vieira.

Engravings and Lithographs.—Specimens by Luis Albini, Albuerre, Blas Ametller,
Ramon Amlerigo, Henrique Blanco, Joaquin Ballester, J. M. Bausac, Guiseppe Cades,
V. Camaron, J. L. Canon, F. De Craene, L. Croutelle, Cucmiello, Ignacio Garcia,
Francisco Garzoli, Antonio Gonzales, Francesco Goza, F. Gurzoli, Manuel Esquivel,
J. Jorro, J. Jolivet, Juan Antonio Lopez, Federico de Madrazo, José de Madrazo,
Antonio Mala, Francisco Muntaner, Vicente Palmardi, J. A. Pierron, G. Rodriquez,
Agapito S. Roman, G. Sensi, J. B. Ugalde, P. C. Duque de Veragua, and A. G. Villamil,
&e.

A number of portraits of eminent Spaniards.

English School :—

Drawings by John Alexander, John James Chalon, Andrew Geddes, Julio Cesar
Ibbetson, George Jones, James Nixon, C. M. Powell, W. H. Pyne, John Richards,
Henry Salt, John Townshend, and Edward Williams.

Etchings by John Carter, George Cruikshank, Nathaniel Dance, Alfred Henry
Forester, James Heath, Angelica Kauffman, Sir Edwin Landseer, and J. C. Zeitter.

Engravings.—My. Pye’s well-known Collection of proofs and prints of Turner’s
Liber Studiorum, in various states, of the seventy-one compositions which were published
between 1806—1820. ‘The importance of this acquisition may be conceived when it is
mentioned that Mr. Pye had been fifty years in bringing it to its present perfect con-
dition; the difficulty will be understood when it is stated that the plates originally were so
delicately engraved that they began to wear after a few impressions had been taken from
them. Other prints by Francesco Bartolozzi, William Byrne, James Fittler, James
Mason, William Wynne Ryland, John Smith, Thomas Williamson, and John Wood.

A collection of 135 Woodeuts by Thomas Williams, the engraver’s own proofs.

Great additions have been made to the collections of foreign costume and historical

rints.
x A series of beautiful Chinese Woodcuts, representing a royal procession to Pekin,

George William Reid.

Note——The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions and Tablets
of Western Asia has been continued; the progress is reported to have been as follows :—

The whole of the third volume has been completed, and is now only awaiting the
printing of the Table of Contents for immediate publication.

British Museum, J. Winter Jones, ,
4 June 1870. Principal Librarian.

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BRITISH MUSEUM :
(SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS),

AN ACCOUNT of the Incoms and Exrenpia
of the Britise Museum (Specrat Trust Fux
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1§
Number of Persons admitted, Progress of
rangement; &c.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole.)

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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
10 June 1870,

[Price 8 d.]

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 23 May 1871 ;—/or,

ACCOUNTS “ of the Incomt and Expenpiture of the British Musztum
(Speciat Trust Funps), for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March
1871 :”

And, of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Muszum in each Year
from 1865 to 1870, both Years inclusive; together with a Statement of the
Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIoNnS; and an Account
of Oxsects added to them in the Year 1870.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1871.

IIl.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IIL—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACUCOUNT OF THE CHRISTY FUND, for the same Period.
VI.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisn Museum in
each Year from 1865 to 1870, both Years inclusive.
Vil—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ArrancEemEnT of the CoLLecTions, and an
Account of Oxssects added to them, in the Year 1870.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole).

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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
6 June 1871.

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2 ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Rzcrrpr anp Expenpirure of the BRIDGEWATER

Gus. Stock,
= 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Ei aa Si aks Lor iss es

To Batance on the Ist April 1870 - - - - - - - - =a 108 oO ow LSTA? Ye

— Drvivenns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:

On the 6th July 1870 - > - £19615 4

3 6th January 1871 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8

- One Year's Rent or 4 Reat Esrare, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
received 2nd April 1870 - - - - - - - - 25 15 2

£.] 527 8 2 13347 Az) 2

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recziet anp Exrenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
oe Seas eae, 8.) as
To Batancz cn the Ist April1870- - - = = -° = = = 43 18 9 2,872 6 10

- Divipenns received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 8 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :

On the 6th July 1870 - £.48 1 9

» 6th January 1871 - 43 1 8
——{ 86 3 6

£, 1302 2 2,872 6 10

IIIL—AN ACCOUNT of-the Receret anp Expenpirure of the SWINEY

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols. |

fs. ads £.. 8 pds
To Batance on the Ist April1870- - - - - - -. = -| 19210 2 5,269 2 9
— Amount invested in 3 per Cent. Consols, as per contra - > : SA ua? : 100 - -

- Diviveyns received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

On the 6th July 1870 - £.8010 9

» 6th January 1871 - 80 10 9
1611 16

£. | 953 Ta 88 5,369 2 9

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND, between the 1st April 1870 and the 31st March 1871.

Cc Stock,
ASH. 3 p’ Cent. Consols.

: ; ion Sy

By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear

Estate, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1871 - - - J iee- wis 4
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :

In the financial year ended 31st March 1871 - - - - ° 190%. Ses
— Payment of One Year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - ~| 2109 - -
401 13 4

— BALANCE ON THE 31st Marcu 1871, carried to Account for 1871/72 125 14 10 13117 Wz 2

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FUND, between the 1st April 1870 and the 31st March 1871.

Casu BTOeK,
; 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£5) Suds eo wh UA
By Bavance on THE 31st Marcu 1871, carried to Account for 1871/72 - -{ 180 2 2 2,872 6 10

2,872 6 10

FUND, between the 1st April 1870 and the 31st March 1871.

a
Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

£. Ss.) de fe is d.
By Amount expended in the Purchase of 10¢/. Additional Stock in 3 per
Cent. Consols - - - : = = = _ = 3 2 gan ar
- Sazary paid to Dr. Cobbold for Lectures on Geology in 1869 - - -| 144 -— -
— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1871, carried to Account for 1871/72 - =i) LIS a Gees 5,369 2 9

£.| 35311 8 5,369 2 9

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4 ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exrenpiture of the BIRCH ~

Gucn Stock,
aay! 3 p’Cent. Consols.

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To Barance on the Ist April 1870 - ~ = - se aie - | a: 568 15 7
~ Divinenps received on 563/. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of

the British Museum, viz. : ;
On the 6th July 1870 - - £8 9° S
» 6th January 1871 - 8.89) 32
om 1618 3
£) 1618 8 5638 15 7

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrirer anp ExprenpiTure of the CHRISTY

Casn.

To Bazance on the 1st April 1870 - oie See int ae els iat om tee - O02 is

-~ Amount received from the Trustees under the Will of the late Mr.
Henry Christy, viz. :

On the 4th August 1870 - - -— = 7

» 4th February 1871 - = = Fore =

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3 June 1871. f{

ACCOUNTS, XC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

_ FUND, between the 1st April 1870 and the 31st March 1871.

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

a Ga 183d. £. 85 ds
| By Lezeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of

Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History — - - - 1618 38
> Baxance on THE 31st Marcu 1871, carried to Account for 1871/72 - -[- - - 563 15 7
oe 16 18 3 563 15 7

FUND, between the 1st April 1870 and the 31st March 1871.

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Casu.

2Bo
By Payments for the purchase of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects, similar to those in the
« Christy Collection - - - - - - - - - eo - - iS" 2) G
— Amount paid to the Housekeeper at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, where the Christy
: Collection is deposited and exhibited :—three-quarters of a year’s allowance to Christmas
7 RR eR Me ect es a Pee am milo. Guys) ratteenewily Higrbotat a
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Baance on THE 31st Marcy 1871, carried to Account for 1871/72 - - - - - 5619 9
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. £./ 1909 2 8

J. Winter Jones,
Principal Librarian.

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6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VI.—RETURN of the Numser of Persons ApmitTep to Visit the Britisu Musrum.

Persons admitted to view the Genrrat CoLiecrions in each Year from 1865 to 1870, both Years inclusive.

1865. 1866, 1867. 1868, 1869. 1870.
N° N° N° N° N° N°

JANUARY - - = - = = 24,443 30,096 22,136 27,402 29,226 31,199
FEBRUARY - - : - = = 21,564 21,086 | 25,645 25,987 23,549 27,282
Marcu - - = = = = 28,163 22,794 23,165 31,591 65,282 33,306
APRIL S 7 = 5 > = ia 39,045 46,442 46,886 47,778 41,068 50,7938
May = = S = = 2 3 23,755 39,178 26,466 29,047 45,433 29,538
JUNE > = = =e 2 5 42,840 32,130 47,024 53,526 35,466 46,493.
JULY - - - = - - 3 36,868 38,969 50,785 44,427 40,796 40,410
AUGUST - - - - - = 2 89,979 41,010 52,986 46,181 43,048 45,103
SEpne aE eee = |) OT BA. 26,765 37,131 28,791 26,607 29,619
OcroBEeR - - a o = - 27,792 35,643 38,561 40,776 33,156 32,668
NovEeMBER - - - - - = 21,458 26,381 29,356 28,989 23,896 25,234
DECEMBER - - - - = = 42,516 47,785 44,895 57,215 53,108 85,602

to view the General Collections

(exclusive of Readers) - -

Total Number of Persons admitted
369,967 408,279 445,036 461,710 460,635 ¥427,247

Number of Visits— ’ ‘

‘To the Reading Room, for the purpose of .

Giitdy for Rerenrclinn res meine _f| 100,271 99,857 | 103,469 | 103,529 | 103,884 98,971
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-

poretet Gray i Ts eas Se 2,356 2,677 2,416 2,018 2,983 2,981
To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - 635 491 520 339 wet a |
To the Coin and Medal Room - - - 1,856 2,278 2,084 1,548 1,948 1,382 .
Tothe Ornament Room - - = a |) = = = - = - - 7,687 5,863 |
To the Departments of Natural History -| - = 5 5 - = 3,509 4,123 4,514
To the Print Room - - - - > 2,565 2,968 2,792 3,086 3,167 2,833

Toran = - = 477,650 516,550 556,317 575,739 584,427 543,791

* Including the total number of persons (2,228) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight
o’clock, from the 9th of May to the 8th of August 1870, inclusive.

In addition to the above, 749 persons were admitted during the year 1870 to view the Christy Collection of Ethan 0-

raphy, &c., which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, is temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street
estminster.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Bririss Musrum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February; from Ten till Five du ing
the Months:of September, October, March, and April. From the 8th of May to the 7th of August inclusive, in
the present year, Visitors will be admitted to view the Collections, as follows, viz.: on Mondays, from Ten
until Eight o’clock ; on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Ten until Six o’clock; and on Saturdays, from Twelve
until Eight o’clock. During the remainder of August: on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, fi om
Ten until Six o’clock ; and on Saturdays, from Twelve until Six o’clock.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regue
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of Novembi
December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March,
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural Hist
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday;
to the Print Room from Ten o’clock, to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open,
excepting Saturday and during the month of September. E

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th
September, inclusive, on Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, and Chiristmas-day, and also on any Special Fast
Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority.

The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collection on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tic
issued at the British Museum. |

British Museum, | J. Winter Jones, E
3 June 1871. f Principal Librarian.

accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. me

VIIL—PROGRESS made in the CaTaLocuine and ARRANGEMENT, and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1870.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have 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; also on the title-slip and entry in the
Catalogue. The total number of these “ Press-marks” amounts to 109,506, of Labels to
38,143, and of renewed Labels to 12,830.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 73,745 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “title-slip” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
52,508 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogue, and 21,237 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and of the several Oriental Collections.

(6.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from Ato N, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 46,617, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
238. 35,768 transcripts of title-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this
portion of the Catalogue. The first copy of 39,123 transcripts, forming portions of letters
M. N. (of which 13,233 were new ones), the second copy of 35,942 transcripts (of which
13,439 were new ones), the third copy of 35,943 transcripts (of which 13,440 were new
ones), have been laid down in the several volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, O to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 14,002, and of index-slips prepared and
transcribed fourfold to 377. 10,566 transcripts of title-slips have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—18,578 title-slips have been written. 8,865 transcripts of title-
slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue.

(e.) Oriental Catalogue (including all works in Oriental languages other than Chinese,
Japanese, and Hebrew).—The number of title-slips written is 1,063, and 2,000 have been
specially revised.

(f-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—1,585 title-slips have been written for Chinese
books, and 11 for Japanese books, making a total of 1,596. 1,708 titles have been revised
for press, as it is intended to print a Catalogue of the Chinese and Japanese books and
manuscripts.

(g.) Carbonic Hand- Catalogues.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 38,392 slips have been mounted on cartridge paper, and 24,500 arranged pre-
paratory to incorporation, and 19,600 have been incorporated in the general series,

For the Music Hand-Catalogue, 37,021 title-slips of the fourth transcript have been
mounted on cartridge paper, and 41,821 arranged preparatory to incorporation. 77,565
have been incorporated into the general series.

(h.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List and in the Hand-Catalogue of the same
collection, made to record the changes in the books of reference by the addition of new
works and the exchange of old for new editions, amounts to 1,348 in each of the interleaved
copies, and 449 in the Hand-Catalogue. A new edition of the List of the books of
reference, which has been carefully revised, has been printed, and will be issued to the
public early in 1871. The books on the shelves of the Reading Room have been ex-
pret every morning, and the unauthorised removal of any volume immediately

etected,

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 16,837; and, in consequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding
two or more volumes in one, the number of bound volumes returned is 8,387. 5,942
pamphlets have also been bound, and 475 volumes repaired. In order to afford further
protection to the Library of Reference in the Reading Room, 11,009 stamps have been
impressed on the sides of the volumes.

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IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library, from use in the Reading Room, is 256,443; to the Royal Library, 8,453; to
the Grenville Library, 1,226, and to the closets, in which books are kept from day to
day for the use of readers, 194,183. Adding the estimated number of volumes returned
to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 830,439, the whole amounts to 1,290,744, or
about 4,405 for each of the 293 days during which the room was open to the public.

The number of readers during the year has been 98,971, giving an average of 338 daily.
ane from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted i3 voiumes per

iem.

V. Additions.—(a.) 30,662 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the

course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 1,157 _

were presented, 6,826 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 307
received under the International Copyright Treaties, 21,502 acquired by purchase, and
870 volumes of Newspapers received from the Inland Revenue Offices of the United
Kingdom.

(6.) 21,931 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 251 were presented, 15,804 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 450 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 5,426 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers received from the Inland Revenue Offices of the
United Kingdom has been 1,142. Of these, 142 were published in Scotland, 86 in Ireland,
229 in London, and 685 in the rest of England. In addition to these, owing to the
passing of the Newspapers, &c., Repeal Act, the continuations of the various sets have
been otherwise received, and are in course of arrangement, but are not yet sufficiently
complete to admit of any details being given. 11 volumes and 230 numbers of old
Newspapers belonging to 11 different sets, have been purchased.

(d.) 3,905 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
1,826 were received by English and 689 by International Copyright, and 1,390 purchased.
Of 1,350 portions of musical works in progress, 1,052 have been received by English and
298 by International Copyright. 1,172 works of Music of greater extent than single
pieces, have also been acquired, comprising 630 by English and 226 by International
Copyright, and 316 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 30,662 volumes and pamphlets, and
21,931 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 29,054. Of these, 924 have been presented, 6,662 acquired by English and 439 by
International Copyright, and 21,029 by purchase.

5,827 articles have been received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, and other miscellaneous items; the addition of this
number to those already given produces a total of 58,420 articles received in the depart-
ment.

(f.) The number of stamps impressed on articles received is altogether 242,976. In
addition to this, 59,774 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collec-
tions for further security.

Among the additions to the Library, the following may be noted :—

(1.) A valuable collection of Chinese books, consisting of 237 volumes, principally on
the religious and superstitious beliefs of the Chinese, throwing considerable light on the
modern development of Taouism. Presented by Hugh M. Matheson, Esq., and the
Foreign Mission Committee of the English Presbyterian Church.

(2.) A large acquisition of books printed in Hungary and Transylvania, from the cele-
brated library of Istvan Nagy, of Pesth, who had devoted 30 years to forming a remark-
able collection of works on the ecclesiastical and political history of his country. One of
these is the earliest work printed in Hungarian, viz., the Epistles of St. Paul, translated
by B. Comyathy (Cracow, 1533), with woodcuts.

(3.) An extensive collection of Polish books, selected from the Grabowski Library,
comprising early printed works on the history, topography, and literature of Poland.
Among these may be mentioned a remarkable work on Heraldry and Genealogy, by
Paprocki, entitled, “ The Nest of Virtues,” printed at Cracow in 1578, in folio, and con-
taining woodcuts of Polish Nobles in their national costume.

By these two acquisitions, in addition to what had been previously accomplished in this
direction, the Museum can now boast not only of the earliest book printed in Hungarian,
but also of possessing the best Hungarian and Polish collections out of Hungary and
Poland, and even of many rare books not to be found in either of the two countries.

(4.) A large purchase of books from the libraries of the suppressed monasteries in
Portugal, sold at Coimbra, in March 1870, under an order of the Portuguese Govern-
ment.

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(5.) Many important and valuable additions have also been made in early English and
French literature. In this respect, advantage has been taken of the recent Corser sales,
and also of such opportunities as offered for private purchase, to supply deficiencies in the
collection of early English books. In French literature, many choice purchases were
made at the sale of M. Potier, of Paris.

W. B. Rye.

DsparTMENT or Mars, Cuarts, PLans, AND ToPOGRAPHICAL Drawines.

T. Cataloguing and Arrangement :—(a.) The number of Titles (ineluding both main
titles and cross-references), written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the
year, amounts to 5,471; those transcribed fourfold for insertion to 11,581.

(b.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,368 maps and 4,408 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,856, and boards having to be inserted in
the general series to represent rolls or volumes placed elsewhere, 288 such have been
made during the twelvemonth.

(c.) 1,149 Maps, in 4,055 sheets, have been entered for the binder, and 76 volumes, and
659 Maps in 1,381 sheets, have been returned from the binder, the former bound and the
latter mounted on card; 23 volumes have reccived separate letterings,

(d.) An incorporation has been made into 3 copies of the Catalogue of 10,684 Titles,
necessitating the removal in each copy of 14,390 titles, and the addition to each copy of
818 new leaves, and 18 new volumes.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was
460, the number of Maps 2,075, making a sum total of 2,535.

(f.) The number of Stamps affixed to maps was 3,325.

II. Additions :—(a.) The number of Maps which have heen received by the Copyright
Actis 435 (in 2,257 sheets), and 52 Atlases and 30 Parts of Atlases have also been acquired
by Copyright. 169 Volumes and 1,593 Maps, in 8,248 sheets, have been obtained by
purchase, and 48 Maps, in 67 sheets, have been presented.

The most notable acquisitions of the year are:—A Photograph copy, made expressly
for the Trustees, of ore of the most precious portulani in the world, known as the Portu-
lano Mediceo in the Biblioteca Laurentiana in Florence. It is of the date of 1351, and
is the oldest known series of maps in existence which throw any light upon the history of
medieval geographical discovery. It is upon the evidence of this portulano, combined with
collateral history, that Mr. Major has been able to prove that the Azores and the Madeira
group, which latter had been previously supposed to have been first discovered in 1418-
20, by the sailors of Prince Henry the Navigator, had, in fact, been discovered more
than a century earlier by Portuguese ships, under the command of Genoese captains.

A large collection of plans and views of Towns, among which some highly interesting
wood-cut views of towns in the 16th century, viz., Lubeck, Ratisbon, Venice, and Aden,
the last representing the storming of that place by Albuquerque in 1513, and executed
at Antwerp very soon after that event.

R. H. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSORIPTS.

The preparation of a Class-Catalogue of the Manuscripts, by distribution of descrip-
tions in the existing catalogues of the several collections into divisions of subjects, has made
the following progress :—

Under the division of Greek Manuscripts, description slips of Historians, Geo-
graphical and Medical writers, Inscriptions and Epistles, have been arranged and laid
down.

Under the division of Law, the descriptions of Manuscripts in the sections of Civil
and Canon Law, including Councils, have been verified by the manuscripts, revised
and finally arranged and laid down. Those of the sections of Statutes of the Realm,
Parliamentary History and Proceedings, and English and Foreign National Law,
have also been arranged and laid down.

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Under the head of History, the descriptions of English Chronicles have been cor-
rected by the manuscripts, arranged and laid down; and the miscellaneous slips
relating to English History have been arranged and laid down.

For the division of Topography, the slips of sections of English and Foreign
Local History, Surveys, Rentals, and Mines, Parish Registers, Antiquities, and
Inscriptions, have been arranged and laid down in six volumes. The slips for the
section of Maps and Drawings have been arranged.

For the division of Biography, the slips for the section of Personal History,
English and Foreign, have been sorted alphabetically ; those of Wills and of Albums
have been arranged and laid down.

In the division of Heraldry and Genealogy, the following sections have been
laid down:—Military Orders, College of Arms, Heralds’ Visitations, Creations of
Nobility, Precedency, Peerages, Grants of Arms, Arms of Places, Ceremonies.

In the division of Science, the sections of Mathematics and Alchemy have been
laid down.

The slips for the division of Medicine and Surgery have been arranged, and laid
down in three volumes. :

Additional slips have been incorporated in the divisions previously laid down.

For the Catalogue of works of Fiction, detailed descriptions have been prepared of
Chansons de Geste, Lays and prose Romances, in eighty-one manuscripts of the different
collections.

The Additional MSS. of the Birch Collection, Nos. 4,133, 4,183, 4,192, 4,193, 4,194,
4,308 to 4,323, have been described in detail. The Catalogue of the entire Collection is
now complete.

The Egerton MSS., 1,963 to 1,989, have been described in detail.

Index-slips have been prepared to the descriptions of Egerton MSS. 2,014, 2,015,
2,016, 2,074 to 2,104.

The following manuscripts have been described for the Catalogue of Additions :—Ad-
ditional MSS. 22,237 to 22,267, acquired in the year 1857; 27,621 to 27,693, acquired in
1867; 28,049 to 28,095, acquired in 1869; and 28,192 to 28,196, 28,203 to 28,333,
28,504 to 28,544, and Egerton MSS. 2,105 to 2,124, acquired in 1870.

Seventeen hundred and fifty Harleian Charters have been described. Their numbers
are 58 D. 81 to 58 H. 40, 77 A.1 to 78 A. 15, 78 C. 1 to 80 D. 59, and 83 A 1 to 54.

Twenty-five detached Seals, marked xlviii. 51-75, have been described.

An Index to the Register of Additions for the years 1861 to 1869 has been prepared,
and copied in quadruplicate. A copy has heen placed in the Reading Room.

An Index to the detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection is in progress, and nearly
completed in slips.

The Index to volumes vi., vii., and viii. of the Catalogue of Additional Charters, com-
prising Numbers 13,984 to 17,356, has been revised, and copied in quadruplicate.

The detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection has been copied in quadruplicate, from
No. 1,091 to 1,896.

The Catalogue of Additional MSS. has been copied in quadruplicate from No, 22,583
to 23,779. ‘Two volumes of this Catalogue have been placed in the Reading Room.

The Registers of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been continued to the latest
acquisition.
The Manuscripts acquired during the year, including the Caryll Collection of Letters

and Papers, in 31 volumes, and the Spanish State Papers and Political Tracts, in 174
volumes, have been numbered and arranged.

One hundred and ninety-nine volumes of late additions, viz.:— Additional MSS.
26,056 C., 27,765 B.-D., 27,953, 27,962, 28,015, 28,016, 28,036-28,039, 28,135, 28,139-
28,172, 28,174-28,190, 28,196-28,200, 28,203-28,260, 28,265-28,271, 28,273-28,308,
28,324, 28,334-28,343, 28,505, 28,506, and 28,554; and the Egerton MSS. 2,104, 2,124,
have been bound, lettered, and repaired.

Ninety-four volumes of the old Collections have been bound or repaired.
The Collections have been verified by the shelf-lists.

‘ a ew shelf-lists have been prepared for the Sloane and Additional MSS. in the Saloon
allery.

Seven hundred and fifteen Manuscripts have been placed.
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Eleven hundred and seventy-nine Manuscript volumes, Charters, and Printed Books,
have been stamped, with a total of 32,226 impressions.

One thousand and ninety-five Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 20,768;
and of those used by students in the rooms of the department 2,623, in addition to those
shown to visitors. The number of Charters delivered to readers is 605.

The acquisitions during the year have been as follow :—
General Collection—

PAG ee AMSG, Se tors! eal oad lide graze
Charters and Rolls - S - - = - 914
Detached Sealsand Casts - - - - - - = 83

Egerton and Farnborough Collections—

Manuscripts - - - - - - - - ~ 21

The following are of chief importance :—

A volume of Latin Offices and Prayers, illustrated with miniatures of Flemish Art of
great beauty. On vellum; of the end of the 15th century. Duodecimo.

‘The Hours of the Virgin Mary, in Latin, richly illuminated, and having on some of
the pages coloured borders, very finely designed, of Italian art. On vellum, of the 15th
century. Small quarto.

The Heptameron de Nouvelles of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre; having
names of persons not supplied in the printed copies, and variations in orthography from
the early editions. In the original binding, and with the date 1550 stamped on the edges
of the pages. The queen died in December 1549, and the first edition of the Nouvelles
appeared in 1558,

A large collection of Original Letters and State Papers of Spain, principally of the
time of Philip II., and partly of the two succeeding reigns, with copies of political tracts.
In 174 volumes. They comprise—a series of official and private letters and memorials
from noblemen and others to the king, or his chief ministers, from 1565 to 1591; in 16
volumes. Three volumes of letters of Secretaries Pedro de Hoyo, Antonio Perez, and
Matteo Vasquez, to Philip II., submitting despatches and other papers, with the king’s
instructions noted by his own hand in the margins, in the years 1560-1591. Correspon-
dence relating to the Escurial, in 1574 and 1575. Original letters of Philip II. to Am-
bassadors and public officers, in 1557-1581. Correspondence with the Ambassador at
Rome in 1567. Register of letters of D. Juan de Zuniga, Ambassador at Rome, from
1569 to 1582; in many volumes. Letters of the Ambassadors at Venice, 1579-1595; at
Genoa, 1575-1577; at Turin, in 1580-1585; and in Germany and Flanders, in 1624—

' 1629. Reports and letters relating to affairs of the Treasury; to the Military Orders;

to Ecclesiastical preferments; to the provinces of Navarre and Aragon; and to the
Governments of Milan (including autograph letters of Cardinal Borromeo) and Naples.
Correspondence of the Conde de Ficalho, Chamberlain of the Empress Dowager Maria,
and Viceroy of Portugal, from 1592 to 1617. A volume of papers relating to England and
Ireland in the years 1579-1597; and others relating to affairs of Flanders and France ;
with much other correspondence relating to the internal affairs of Spain and her Colonies.
The collection is very rich in holograph letters of princes and eminent persons of the
period x embraces, and many of the papers have marginal notes in the handwriting of
Philip II.

A second yolume of transcripts of State Papers, at Simancas, relating to England,
from the year 1576 to 1589. Presented by J. A. Froude, Esq., who refers to them in
his History of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

A volume of original letters of Lord Burghley, and various papers of Sir Christopher
Hatton and others, relating to Mary Queen of Scots, and principally in connection with
the Babington conspiracy, 1572-1588.

_ A large collection of original letters, accounts, and other papers, relating to the family
of Caryll, of Sussex; in 31 volumes. Presented by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart.
They include letters of James IL. and Queen Mary, in 1692-1710; correspondence of
John Lord Caryll, in 1648-1711; a long series of correspondence of the family of Caryll
of West Grimstead and Lady Holt in Harting, from 1672 to 1768; household books and
accounts, from 1615 to 1736; letters of Simon Frazer, Lord Lovat, General Cadogan,
and others, to the Countess of Seaforth, in 1715, 1716; with miscellaneous letters and
law papers.

Copy of the correspondence between Sophia Dorothea, wife of George the First, and
Count Kénigsmark ; from the orginals in the University Library of Lund.

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Correspondence of Bishop Percy with William Shenstone, the poet, and Dr. Farmer
in the years 1757-1773. ‘

Collections of William Gwavas relating to the Cornish language, early in the 18th
century. Presented by the Rev. W. W. Wingfield, of Gulval Vicarage, Penzance. —

A large collection of Court-rolls, Bailiffs’ Accounts, Charters, and other documents
relating to the family of Scrope, and the Manor of Castle Combe in Wiltshire ; jie laden
a Memorandum-book of William Botoner of Worcester, bailiff for the family of Fastolf,
and letters and papers connected with Sir John Fastolf. Presented by G. Poulett
Scrope, Esq., and Edward Chaddock Lowndes, Esq.

Materials prepared by the late Mr. John Bruce, r.s.4., for a chronological list of
English State Papers, in the British Museum, and in certain printed publications ; with
notices of manuscript works on historical and antiquarian subjects, and of English
biography; forming eight volumes, in folio. Presented by W. J. Thoms, Esq. in the
name of Mr. Bruce’s representatives. ;

Correspondence of Emanuel Mendez da Costa, F.r.s., author of “ A Natural History
of Fossils,” with English and Foreign Naturalists, in the years 1737-1787. In 11
volumes. Letters to Aylmer Bourke Lambert, author of “ A Description of the Genus
Pinus,” 1791-1808. A volume of miscellaneous letters of naturalists, from 1783 to 1829:
and a French Dictionary of Natural History. Presented by the Right Honourable the
Earl of Derby. .

Edw. A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.— Acquisitions.

23 Manuscripts have been added to the Collection, viz.: 21 by purchase and 2 by
donation, as follows :—

Arabic - 2 = = = = = ey 2 6
Turkish = S = & 2, Z Pa . 5
Hebrew - - - - = = S = 4
Pali-Burmese - = = = = J 2 3
Pali-Cingalese - = = £ c bs sg 1
Pali-Siamese - - - - - - - = 1
Grantha = < = - E a _ ¥ 1
Coptic - - - - - = = ~ sd 1
Chinese - 3 = s . 3 é 1

The following deserve a special notice :—

Selim-nameh, a history of Sultan Selim in Turkish verse, A.H. 972 (A.D. 1564.)

Jehan-numa, a Turkish work on Geography, with maps.

An Arabic work on Botany.

An Itinerary to Mecca in Arabic, a.H. 875 (A.D. 1470).

A Commentary on the oral traditions of Mohammed, collected by Al-Suytti.

The Michlo!l of David Kimchi and the Baal Kanaphayim, two works on Hebrew
Grammar and Lexicology ; 14th century.

Tbn Tibbon’s Commentary on Ecclesiastes; 14th century.

Rabbi Saadiah’s Arabic version of the Pentateuch: 15th century.

Dhammayzadam, a Buddhistic work in Pali, Burmese character, written on palm leaves,
and enclosed in richly carved ivory covers.

A Coptic papyrus of the 8th century.

Fac-similes of a Buddhist inscription engraved in six different characters on a gateway
at Kew-Yung-Kwan, near the Chinese wall, a.p. 1345.

Sdra-Sangaha, a Buddhist work in Pali, finely written on palm leaves in the Siamese
character.

A letter written by the Pontiff of Burmah to the Buddhist clergy of Ceylon, a.p.
1802. Pali-Cingalese.

The last two manuscripts have been presented by Robert C. Childers, Esq.

Il.—Arrangemeat and Cataloguing.

The Oriental Manuscripts 344-479, and 829-1,029, belonging principally to the
Hamilton, Tattam, Reichardt, and Siebold Collections, have been labelled, bound, and
placed on the shelves.

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Short descriptions have been written of the following manuscripts cine
Magdala, Eee lion, and other minor collections :— ni Ha yan ones ea

Oriental 137-409, 443-449, 454-831, 833-849, 854-856, 999, 1,000, 1,005-1,015, 1,019,
1,021-1,024, 1,028.

The above descriptions complete the “ List of Oriental Manuscripts acquired during
oe years 1867-1869.” <A transcript of it has been made and placed in the Reading

oom.

Full descriptions have been prepared for the special Catalogues of the following Manu-
scripts :— ‘

Oriental 351-392, 399-407, 443, 454, 455, 848-859, 856, 1,009-1,012, 1,014, 1,015,
1,019, 1,020.

The Oriental Inventory has been continued from the year 1866 to the latest acquisi-
tions.

Arabie Catalogue.—The latter portion (364 sheets), the entire impression of which had
been destroyed by fire at the printer’s office, on the 19th of March last, has been revised,
and 2034 sheets have been re-printed.

A new Appendix (8 U—9 H), comprising descriptions of 115 lately acquired Manu-
scripts has been prepared, printed, and incorporated into the indices.

Syriac Catalogue.—Part I., containing the biblical and liturgical Manuscripts (sheets
B—3 [), the first impression of which had been destroyed by the same fire, has been
revised and re-printed. It is now ready for publication.

18 sheets (3 F—3 Z) of Part II., which comprises the theological works, have been
carried through the press.

Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.
I.— Arrangement.

In the Egyptian division the sepulchral tablets, fragments of tombs, and other objects
on the shelves of the Galleries have been secured by iron brackets.

Seven large objects have been mounted on stone plinths; two Egyptian tablets have
been framed.

A selection of the smaller Egyptian objects in stone has been removed from the
upper Egyptian Rooms, and arranged in a new table case placed in the Northern Egyptian
Galleries.

Some of the cases in the Egyptian Rooms have been re-arranged, and several small
objects temporarily arranged in two table cases of the Egyptian Rooms.

The plaster casts from the Temple of Beit Oually, in Nubia, representing the con-
quests of Rameses II., have been cleaned and partly repainted.

228 small Egyptian objects have been mounted and three repaired.

Six Keyptian papyri and many fragments of papyri have been unrolled.

Five long pieces of Egyptian papyrihave been mounted, 44 sheets of the same mounted,
19 glazed, 26 glazed and framed, and seven fragments of inscribed linen glazed and
framed ; three papyri have been glazed, and bound in a portfolio.

223 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

13 papyri have been catalogued, and others examined and studied.

636 descriptive slips have been incorporated in the Egyptian Catalogues.

In the Assyrian division progress has been made in glazing of the bas-reliefs in the
basement, and the slabs on the western wall of the inner division have been protected
by glass. :

Progress has been made in the minute detailed examination of inscribed Assyrian clay
tablets, and the whole collection arranged according to the subjects of the various tablets.

The inscriptions of many of the Babylonian cylinders in hard stone have been examined
and deciphered.

The Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, and Pehlevi engraved stones have been partly
arranged.

The Assyrian ivory fragments have been examined, partly arranged, and many pieces
joined and repaired. : ; ‘

Progress has been made in the preparation of an inventory of bricks from Assyria and
Babylonia, and of cylinders in hard stone.

14 Assyrian stone fragments have been mounted. ;

Three historical clay prisms inscribed with the annals of Assurbanipal, have been
joined.

; 528 fragments of Assyrian clay tablets and cylinders have been repaired.

103 fragments of Assyrian glass vases have been joined. >

144 Assyrian clay tablets have been placed in boxes for better preservation. !

155 Babylonian and Assyrian cylinders in hard stone have been mounted, and 35
engraved stones mounted.

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18 Sassanian engraved stones and five bronze rings have been mounted.

30 Assyrian bronze objects have been cleaned and mounted.

Two Assyrian bowls and two terra-cotta bosses repaired.

Five Carthaginian tablets have been mounted.

The description of Oriental Collections in the Guide has been revised.

The third volume of cuneiform inscriptions of Western Asia, edited by Sir H. Raw-
linson, K.C.B., assisted by Mr. G. Smith, assistant in the department, has been finished
ready for issue to the public.

590 objects have been registered.

605 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects exhibited to the public.

580 numbers have been printed to attach to objects in the collections.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 205.

Amongst them the following are the most remarkable:—

Medical papyrus, in the hieratic character, with recipés of the time of Cheops, of the
4th, and Amenophis IIL., of the 18th dynasty. Presented by the Royal Institution.

Limestone tablet of Khemhetpnebsu. Presented by the Royal Institution.

Glazed steatite scarabeus, with name of Amenophis II., 18th dynasty.

Limestone tablet of Aahmes, a functionary of the 18th dynasty. Presented by F. T.
Palgrave, Esq.

Four arragonite sepulchral vases ; one with the name of Mutsnatem, queen, of the 18th
dynasty, the others with that of Patanet, a functionary of the 26th dynasty.

Granite fragment, with the name of Rameses II., of the 19th dynasty. Presented by
Mrs. Balfour.

Limestone tablet of Nukasa, a female, adoring Ra or the Sun, about the 22nd dynasty.
Presented by the Royal Institution.

Part of a painted coffin, with the genii Amset and Hapi.

Limestone couchant lion, from the Fayoum.

Head of a man, bearded. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Plaster fragments, heads of a satyr, monarch, and of lions in relief. From the
Fayoum.

Dont ae tiles for inlaying ; one with a Greek A. on the back. From Tel el Yahoudeh.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Seven copper blades of hatchets, adzes, and masons’ chisels. From Tel ei Yahoudeh.

Three terra-cotta sepulchral figures; two terra-cotta figures, female, and slave of the
Greek period, and cake of barley bread. Presented by H. H. Calvert, Esq., British Vice
Consul, Alexandria.

Terra-cotta moulds of forgers of small bronze coins, assaria, of Constantine I.

Green jasper oval, with Harpocrates, and inscriptions inviting the goddess Nouti to aid
Serapammon.

Chalcedony cylinder; deities and sacred tree, of remarkably fine work.

- Hematite Babylonian cylinders, with deities, and name of Merodachnaser.

Sandstone fragment, with Christian inscriptions in Greek. Presented by the Royal
Institution.

Limstone tablet of Theodorus, of the Christian period; from the Fayoum. Presented
by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Fragment of terra-cotta vase, with Coptic religious inscription. Presented by H. H.
Calvert, British Vice Consul, Alexandria.

Black stone fragment of a Median cuneiform inscription, and part of leg of chair in
relief. From Persepolis. Presented by the Royal Institution.

Chalcedony seal, foreparts of three bulls united.

Carnelian oval, with heads of a king and queen, of fine work, and Pehlevi inscription,
supposed to be of the sixth century, A.D.

Fragments of terra-cotta vases from Malta and the Torre dei Giganti at Gozo. Pre-
sented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES,

Arrangement.

Seventy-nine pieces of sculpture and architecture, twenty-two Greek inscriptions, one
mosaic, fifty-eight objects in bronze, iron, or lead, have been mounted or repaired; the

arrangement of the sculptures and architectural fragments of the Mausoleum, in the

Mausoleum Room, has been completed ; in the same room three pieces of cornice and two
capitals from the Temple of Athene Polias at Priene, have been placed; progress has
been made in the re-arrangement of thefrieze of the Parthenon; thirty-two mural paintings
have been repaired and mounted; one hundred and seventy-four vases and tae

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figures have been cleaned or repaired; fifteen hundred and twenty-one gems, with their
impressions, have been mounted on velvet-covered blocks; seventeen pastes and two
thousand two hundred and forty-seven casts of gems have been mounted in gilt-edged
paper; forty-three plaster casts of gems have been made; the arrangement of the gems
is nearly complete: two new cruciform cases and five glass shades have been placed in
the First and Second Vase Rooms; descriptive titles have been attached to seven hundred
and two objects; two hundred and nine objects have been catalogued, and five hundred
and thirty-seven objects have been registered; the second volume of the Cataiogue of
Greek and Htruscan vases has been published,

Acquisitions.

J. A collection of inscriptions, architectural marbles, fragments of sculpture, and other
antiquities, excavated by Mr. R. P. Pullan, in the Temple of Athene Polias at Priene, in
Asia Minor.

Presented hy the Dilettanti Society.

This Temple, views of which may be seen in the “Ionian Antiquities ” of the Dilettanti
Society, is a beautiful specimen of Ionic architecture, executed about the same period as
the Mausoleum, and probably by the same architect. It was dedicated, as appears by an
inscription, found in situ, by Alexander the Great, and was thrown down by an earth-
quake at some unknown subsequent period.

The marbles now presented by the Dilettanti Society consist of the following :—

Architecture—1. The capital of an Ionic column, and—

2. The capital of a pilaster, both from the Temple.

3. The capital of a smaller Ionic column.

4, Various portions of the cornice, richly ornamented with lions’ heads and flowers.

Sculpture.—1. A female head, probably of a goddess, heroic size, the hair arranged
in regular curls over the forehead and partially covered with a cap, on which a net,
hekryphalos, has been painted in brown; traces of colour may also be seen in one of the
eyes. This head is in a very fine style, and very similar in character to one found in the
Mausoleum, and engraved, Newton, Travels and Discoveries, ii. p. 106.

2. A male head, life size, probably the portrait of a king.

3. A colossal hand which probably belonged to the statue of Athene Polias in her
Temple. From thescale of this hand, the figure of which it formed part was probably
about 24 feet high.

4. Two colossal feet, probably from a female figure, about 12 feet hich.

5. A draped female torso, the arms and head wanting. The composition of the drapery
is remarkable for its simple architectonic beauty.

6. A number of fragments of a frieze in high relief, the subject of which may be a
Gigantomachia,

All these sculptures are very similar in style to those found in the Mausoleum, and
were probably executed by the same school of artists.

Inscriptions—1. A number of blocks and fragments of marble containing portions of a
long inscription of considerable historical interest. It relates to a Jong pending dispute
between the people of Priene and the Samians concerning some territory and a fortress in
Asia Minor, situated probably on the coast opposite to Samos. This dispute was the cause
of wars between these two states as early as the middle of the sixth century B.c. which
terminated in the defeat of the Prienians, after which a treaty was concluded between
the two states by the intervention of the philosopher Bias. The dispute respecting the
territory was revived in the Macedonian period, and referred successively for arbitration
to kings Lysimachos and Antiochos, to the Rhodian people, to the consul Cn. Manlius, and
finally to the Roman senate, who decided in favour of the Prienians by a decree B.c. 136.
The portions of the text which have been preserved contain parts of the following docu-
ments :—A decree of the Prienians addressed to king Lysimachos; a letter of the
king to the people of Priene apparently in reply to thedecree; a judgment of the
Rhodian arbitrators, which, from internal evidence, must have been made after B.c. 247,
and before B.c. 136; the decree of the Roman senate, in the consulship of Servius
Fulvius, B.c. 136.

The blocks on which this inscription is preserved are partly from the anfae at the west
end of the Temple and partly from the adjacent wall of the ced/a. Most of these marbles
were copied in 1770 by Chandler, and published, Boeckh, C. I., 2905. They were re-copied
by Lebas, and published with many additions and corrections in the recent edition of his
Voyage Archéologiyue, by M. Waddington. The marbles presented by the Dilettanti
Society include nearly all the portions of the text previously published, together with
some valuable unedited portions.

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2. The dedication of the Temple by Alexander the Great; on a stone from the antae.
By this inscription the date of the architecture and sculpture of the Temple may be fixed
to B.C. 334-323. Published by Bocckh, C. I., 2904. Lebas, No. 187.

3. Decree of the senate and people of Priene granting crowns to Hegesias, son of
Euboulos; Philiskos, son of Apollonios; Zoilos, son of Euagoras, for their services while
in office, in reference to the sale of corn.

4. Decree of the senate and people of Priene, thanking the people of Alexandria for
their decree, by which the dicasts sent from Priene are rewarded with crowns for their
services, and granting to the envoy sent on this occasion by the Alexandrians a present
and a military escort on his return.

5. Decree of the senate and people of Erythrae, granting gold crowns and other honours
to the people of Priene, and to Kleandros, son of Kallistratos, for his services as a dicast,
and an olive crown to Moaretes, son of Pausanias.

6. Decree of the senate and people of Priene, granting to Larichos a bronze equestrian
statue, a crown, and various honours and immunities in reward for public services.

7. Decree of the senate and people of Iasus, bestowing crowns and other honours on
the people of Priene and their envoy Herokrates. Below, on the same marble, a decree
of the senate and people of Priene, thanking the people of Iasus for the crowns and other
honours bestowed by them upon the people of Priene and their enyoy Herokrates.

These five inscriptions, having been discovered in the recent excavations, are un-
edited; the texts are in very fine condition.

8. Part of a decree in the Doric dialect, bestowing a crown and other honours on the
people of Priene, and on Zenodotos, son of Artemon, who had been sent to Priene asa
dicast by the city by which the decree is made, and of which the name does not appear
on this fragment; unedited.

y. Fragment, apparently, of a treaty between the Prienians and Milesians respecting
certain lawsuits; unedited.

10. Decree, only partially legible, conferring crowns and other honours on certain
dicasts for services rendered apparently to the people of Priene; unedited.

11. Fragment of an honorary decree, in which is mention of a statue of some city,
probably of Priene, of the statue of some benefactor, and of the sum of 3,000 Alexandrian
drachmas ; unedited.

Autiquities—1. Pair of bronze wings, 2 feet 5 inches long, which have been gilt ;
probably from a figure of Victory.

2. Several bronze dowels, such as were placed in the centre of drums of columns.
3. A terra-cotta statuette, 1 foot 7 inches high, representing a draped female figure.

II. A collection of vases and other antiquities found in Greek tombs at Ialysus in the
island of Rhodes,
Presented by Professor Ruskin.

Among them are vases of the Greco-Pheenician period, similar to those found at
Camirus by Mr. Vice-Consul Biliotti; spearheads and other instruments in bronze, rings,
rosettes, plates, and other ornaments in gold thinly beaten out, glass, porcelain, and pre-
cious stones. ‘The most remarkable of these antiquities are,a plate of beaten gold on
which is embossed a winged figure of Assyrian character, an intaglio on crystal representing
a Cretan goat standing by a palm tree, and a porcelain scarab with the cartouche of
Amenoph III., who belongs to the 18th Egyptian dynasty, and whose date is believed to
be about B.c. 1450.

III. A collection of heads in stone and terra-cotta from Cyprus.
Presented by Thomas Sandwith, Esq., H. Jf. Consul, Crete.

These antiquities were dug up at a place half-way between Larnaca and Dali, on the
presumed site of a temple. Among them are very interesting specimens of early
Cypriote art.

plot. Four Greek fictile vases, of which the most remarkable is one ornamented
with Cupids and arabesques painted in white on a black ground.

2. A silver vase, found at Coimbra in Portugal, containing six Roman silyer denarii of
the Julian and other families.

3. A leaden sling bolt, inscribed B.

4, A bronze Roman stamp, inscribed Caius.
Presented by John Henderson, Esq.

V. A male torso in good Greek style from the Fajoum; and ahead of the Emperor
Augustus, both in white marble.
Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.
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VI. A Greek sepulchral monument in marble, probably from Asia Minor. It was
found in the Thames, and may have belonged to the collection of the Earl of Arundel.
Presented by the Rev. G. T. Hudson.

VII. A foot in a sandal, from a draped female figure in white marble.
Presented by the Royal Institution through Dr. Bence Jones.

VUI. A small vase of red Roman ware, found at Cologne,
Presented by the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson.

IX. An Athenian leaden weight, the 3rd of a mina.
Presented by Augustus W, Franks, Esq.

X. A terra-cotta mould of part of a female head, found near Moulins.
Presented by Professor E. Lartet, Paris.

XI. Part of a vase of Aretine red ware, found at Arezzo.
Presented by Henry Wallis, Esq.

XII. Restoration of the so-called Artemisia.

In the course of the last year, Mr. Wm. Story, the sculptor, very generously devoted
much time and thought to the restoration of the female figure from the Mausoleum called
by some Artemisia. This restoration, which has been carried out with great skill and
taste, has been executed in plaster, and the figure, so restored, having been presented to
the Museum by Mr. Story, is exhibited in the Mausoleum Room by the side of the
original statue.

Purchases.—1. Two fictile vases formerly in the collection of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte.
One of these vases exceeds in dimensions any in the collection of the Museum. It
measures 3 feet 117 inches in height, and is further remarkable for. the variety and
interest of the subjects painted on it, and for the richness of the ornaments. On the
obverse are represented the death of Priam and the meeting of Menelaos and Helen at
the taking of Troy; on the reverse, an assemblage of Olympic deities, a meeting of two
heroes, thought to be Menelaos and Pyrrhus, at an altar, and a battle of Greeks and
Amazons.

The neck and handles of the vase are richly ornamented with heads issuing from
arabesque flowers, and with winged figures. ‘This magnificent specimen of the fictile
art of Southern Italy is published by Minervini, Bulletino Archeologico Napolitano,
1858, p. 145. It was probably found in Apulia, and belongs to the Macedonian period.

The other vase is a hkrater, on which are represented on one side, a battle of Centaurs
and Lapiths, with their names inscribed, and the toilet of Helen or Aphrodite; the
subject of the picture on the other side is Dionysos, surrounded by Satyrs and Maenads.
This vase is remarkable for interest of subject, beauty of drawing, and the admirable
preservation of the opaque colours with which some of the details are painted.

2. A statue in white marble, of heroic size, representing a victorious athlete placing a
diadem round his head. This statue was found in the Roman theatre at Vaison ( Vasio) in
the south of France, and appears to be a free copy of the celebrated Diadumenus of
Polycletus, of which the Museum possesses another copy from the Farnese Collection.
The statue found at Vaison differs from the Farnese figure both in the general type and
in the position of the left foot, and the style of the sculpture approaches much nearer
to the Augustan period. It is very well modelled and especially interesting, as no third
repetition of this statue in marble is known to exist, except a small figure in relief in the
Vatican.

Excavations I. Sardes.—A collection of fragments of fictile ware from tumuli at
Sardes, excavated by Mr. Consul Dennis. In 1868, Mr. Dennis was sent by the Foreign
Office, on the recommendation of the Trustees of the Museum, to explore the twmudi near
Sardes, commonly called Bintepe, and believed to contain the burial places of the Lydian
kings. This expedition was attended with extraordinary difficulties, in consequence of
the unhealthiness of Bintepe, the difficulty in procuring shelter in so exposed a site

“during the winter, the want of labourers, and of any near base of operations, and the con-
stant interruption to communications with Smyrna, by the swelling of the Hermus. In
spite of these difficulties, however, Mr. Dennis succeeded in carrying on excavations at
Bintepe with a small force from November 1868 to May 1869, and explored several
tumuli, which he found, for the most part, to have been previously rifled. Among the
fragments of pottery which he discovered in these tumuli, were several, which may be
assigned to a very archaic period of fictile art. Pottery of the same kind, with lines
and geometrical patterns, has been found in the recent excavations at Jerusalem, in
Palestine, in the Phenician or Greco-Pheenician tombs in Cyprus, Rhodes, and other .
islands in the Archipelago, and also at Mycene and Tiryns. Want of funds prevented
Mr. Dennis from continuing his researches at Sardes. During his stay at Smyrna in
1869, he obtained from the neighbourhood of that town a very interesting archaic figure,
carved on the face of a cliff. The type of the features has somewhat of an Egyptian
character, but the execution is much ruder than that of Egyptian sculpture. On the
breast falls a necklace on which and the face are traces of red colour. This most curious
sculpture probably belongs to the Prehellenic period of Asiatic Art.

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Il. Ephesus.—The following inscriptions have been obtained from the excavations at
Ephesus, or from its neighbourhood :—

1. A long inscription, containing part of a law regulating the questions at issue between
debtor and creditor, in regard to some lands on which money had been raised by
mortgage.

2. Late sepulchral sfelé.
3. Fragment relating to the boundary of a temenos.

4. Sepulchral tablet, inscribed with the name of the wife of Apollonius, who was
Verna Arcarius of the Province of Asia.

5. Buckler inscribed with epitaph in eight elegiac verses.
6. Epitaph in elegiac verse by Stratonike on her two sons, Zoilos (?) and Alexandros.

7. Two fragments of a report respecting the placing of stele, probably to mark the
boundaries of a sanctuary.

8. Fragment relating to boundaries.

9. Sarcophagus ornamented with a Medusa’s head in relief, and inscribed with the name
of P. Cornelius Nicephorus Nomenclator.

10. Dedication to Artemis, by G. Scaptius Frontinus, architect of her temple.
11. Three inscriptions relating to the peribolos of the temple of Artemis.

C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MrepimvaL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

A LARGE central case has been placed on the west side of the Second Egyptian Room
to contain a portion of the Slade Collection, but it has not yet been fitted up with shelves.
A new case has also been placed in the British and Medieval Room.

Two central cases have been removed from the Second Egyptian Room to the British
and Medieval Room; in one of these have been placed the remarkable collection of early
Christian silver vessels found at Rome, and obtained by the Museum with the Blacas
Collection (see Return for 1866); in the other case have been arranged various groups
of sepulchral antiquities of the Anglo-Roman period.

Two desk cases in the Ethnographical Room have been arranged; and the Arctic Col-
lection, presented by Mr. Barrow, has been registered, with sketches of most of the
specimens.

A number of Anglo-Roman and Mexican sculptures in stone have been mounted on
pedestals.

The arrangements of the Christy Collection will be noticed under that head.

IIl.—Acquisttions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Slade and Christy Collections, may
be classed as follows :—

(1.) British Antiquities—A diminutive urn of rare form found in 1787, at Clifton,
near Manchester; presented by J. J. Rogers, Esq.; and two British urns found in
Cumberland.

Two British urns, two stone celts, and a bronze palstave, found in the parish of Llan-
gwyllog, Anglesea; and some curious stone mortars and other objects found at Twr and
Pen-y-Bonc, Holyhead Island; all presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, M.P.

British necklace of jet found at Pen-y-Bonc, Holyhead Island, in 1828; and some
bronze weapons and amber beads found in 1832 at Ty Mawr, on Holyhead Mountain;
presented by Lord Stanley of Alderley.

Two bronze objects of late Celtic workmanship, found in Ireland; presented by the
Rev. William Greenwell, F.s.a.

A very remarkable late Celtic iron sword, with a bronze sheath and handle, decorated
with enamel, found at Embleton, Cumberland.

Two oman bosses of shields with traces of inscriptions, found at Papcastle, Cumber-
land; two pieces of sculpture and part of an inscription from Old Carlisle, in the same
county.

An altar dedicated to Victory, found near Gloucester, and various remains from Kings-
holm, Gloucester.

A very extensive collection of Roman antiquities from Colchester, collected by the
Rey. J. H. Pollexfen, comprising numerous specimens of pottery and glass, a gold orna-
ment witha head of the Empress Faustina, fibule, armille, and other personal orna-

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sop and a great number of valuable illustrations of the state of Roman culture in
ritain.

A bronze statuette of Venus, of good workmanship, found at Colchester.

A Roman cup of enamelled bronze found at Braughin, Hertfordshire; presented by
the Rev. Charles Puller.

A Roman vessel of earthenware of rare form, and a bronze fibula, found at Kelvedon,
Essex ; presented by Sir William Tite, c.B, M.P.

A series of Roman antiquities, found in Cambridgeshire, and a gold armlet of late
Roman work, believed to have been found in Britain.

Antiquities discovered on the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Bungay, Norfolk.

An Anglo-Saxon urn found at Caistor, Norfolk ; presented by the Royal Institution of
Great Britain and Ireland.

A silver torques and armlet of the later Anglo-Saxon period, found in the Isle of Man,
and obtained under the law of Treasure Trove.

A copper gilt head, probably part of some early reliquary, found near Furness; pre-
sented by Richard Hinde, Esq.

An elaborately carved ivory box of the 12th century, found in London; and a locket,
enclosing carved portraits of James I. and Anne of Denmark.

A singular touchstone, with a seal of the owner engraved at one end; presented by
Robert Boyd, Esq., M.D.

nh Byzantine and Mediaval.—An early Byzantine bronze lamp, found in the Island of
hodes.

A bronze weight, with the name of Theodoric inlaid in silver.

A brass seal of an Archbishop of Thessalonica; presented by Joseph Rix, Esq., M.D.,
and a double silver seal from Cyprus.

Two pieces of sculptured work, apparently medieval, found at Crocodilopolis, Egypt ;
presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

An oval bronze brooch from Gothland, and an ancient wooden calendar from Norway ;
presented by John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

(3.) Ethnographical.—A highly ornamented canoe, brought from the Solomon Islands,
South Pacific, by the donor, Julius L. Brenchley, Esq.
One of the bricks of the Great Wall of China.

IIl.—Stlade Collection.

During the year 1870, the executors of Mr. Slade have purchased out of a fund
specially bequeathed to them for the purpose thirty-three specimens of glass, at a total
cost of 456 7. 10s., and presented them as additions to the Slade Collection.

Among the more remarkable of these specimens may be noticed the following :—

Three bowls of Roman glass with Millefiori decorations, and a fluted bowl of variegated
glass, blue and white.

A remarkable Roman cup, the only specimen that has been hitherto noticed, being a
pierced silver cup, into which brilliant blue glass has been blown, so as to produce the
effect of numerous blue gems set in silver. It is believed to have been found in Italy.

Two specimens of moulded glass, probably made in Syria under the Roman dominion ;
one of them is a cup with a Greek inscription.

A large dish with ornaments in relief of perfectly transparent Roman glass imitating
rock-crystal.

Four specimens of Roman glass found at Colchester, one of them a blue medallion with
imperial heads in relief, and another a very remarkable cup blown in a mould, round
which is represented a race in the circus, with the names of the charioteers.

A medallion of glass, enclosing gold foil, with a half length figure and inscription.
Early Christian work from the Catacombs at Rome.

IV.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which still remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

The Asiatic collections have been removed from Room II. to a room newly fitted up as
Room VI., in which they have been re-arranged, and the specimens labelled.

The African series in Room II. has been re-arranged and more accurately classified,
by means of the space obtained by the removal of the Asiatic objects. a

In Room I. four small cases have been placed to contain some of the additions made to
the series of Prehistoric Antiquities.

The Melanesian Collections have been extended from Room III. into the hall, and most
of the specimens have been taken down and re-arranged.

The classification of the clubs from the different islands of the Pacific has been con-
tinued and completed.

The fine collection of spears from the Pacific has been entirely re-arranged, all addi-
tions incorporated, and a strict classification by locality adopted.

In Room V. a desk case has been placed to contain some of the choicer weapons and
other objects, from the Asiatic Islands

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The numerous recent acquisitions have been incorporated throughout the collection,
involving in many cases complete re-arrangement.

Twelve hundred and fifty additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, and numerous additional illustrations for the Printed Catalogue have been
completed.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.—Drift implements found in
England; from John Brent, Esq., F.s.a., John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.; J. W. Flower,
Esq., r.c.s., A. W. Franks, Esq., Rev. William Greenwell, r.s.a., and Albert Way,
Esq., F.S.A.

Drift implements found in France; from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., Sebastian
Evans, Esq., tu.p., A. W. Franks, Esq., Captain Douglas Galton, c.B., F.R.s., Professor
Edouard Lartet, of Paris, and M. A. de Longuemar, of Poitiers.

Flint implements, &c., from the caves and plateaux of France, referred principally to
the Paleolithic period; from the Director of the Musée de St. Germain, the Marquis de
Vibraye, the Abbe Bourgeois, Professor Edouard Lartet, of Paris, and M. A. Brouillet,
of Poitiers.

A cast of an earthen vase found in a cave, le Trou-du-Frontal, near Dinant, Belgiun ;
from M. Edouard Dupont, Director of the Museum of Brussels.

Neolithic implements from the Yorkshire Wolds; from Thomas Fox, Esq., William
Dotchon, Esg., the Rev. W. Greenwell, F.s.4., and Charles Monkman, Esq.

A very fine celt and a hammer of rare form, found in Norfolk; from Andrew
Fountaine, Esq.; a curious worn scraper of flint from Brandon; from H. R. Maynard,
Esq. ; and flint implements from the same locality ; from J. W. Flower, Esq., F.G.S.

Two picks made of stag’s horn, discovered at the bottom of ancient flint workings,
known as “ Grimes Graves,” in the parish of Weeting, Norfolk; excavated and pre-
sented by the Rev. W. Greenwell, F.s.4.

Neolithic implements from other parts of England; from W. Boyd Dawkins, Esq.,
F.R.S., C. F. Clarke, Esq., A. W. Franks, Esq., and W. Bernhard Smith, Esq.

Neolithic implements from Ireland and Scotland ; from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.,
and A. W. Franks, Esq.

A “saddle quern,” found in circular habitations at Ty Mawr, Holyhead, illustrating
the grain rubbers still in use among tribes in a low state of civilisation in Africa and
Australia; from the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, m.p.

A flint gouge from Denmark; from John Henderson, Esq., F.s.4.; stone implements’
from Denmark, Italy, and Sicily ; from A. W. Franks, Esq., and an arrow-head of rare
type, found in Italy ; from Sig. Alessandro Castellani.

A pierced stone ball found in Egypt; from the Rey. Greville Chester; stone celts
discovered in a cave in Algeria; from A. W. Franks. Esq. ; and ancient stone implements,
obtained on the Goid Coast of Africa by W. Winwood Reade, Esq.; from A. Swanzy,
Esq.

A flint flake found in Scinde ; from Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.G.s.

2. Ethnography of Africa—A musical instrument used by the Kroo men, West Africa ;
from Clements R. Markham, Esq., ¥.s.A.; a missile weapon and other objects, from West
Africa; from R. D. Darbishire, Esq., ¥.G.s.; a collection of objects from the Gaboon ;
from A. W. Franks, Esq.; an Ashantee pipe; from Lieut. William Phelps; and two
carvings in wood, from Angola; from Miss Perry.

A very valuable collection of objects used by the Basutos of South Africa; collected
by the Rey. F. Ellenberger, French Missionary at Masitisi, Bassuto Land, and presented
by Miss Powles.

Figures of animals modelled in clay by the Basutos; from John Sanderson, Esq., of
Natal; and ornaments worn by Kafirs and Bechuanas; from H. Syer Cuming, Esq.

A hunting horn, carved in ivory, probably by the natives of Congo in the 16th century,
under Portuguese influence ; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

3. Ethnography of Asia and the Asiatic Islands.— A collection of dresses and weapons
obtained from the aborigines of Formosa, and presented by Captain J. Alexander Man.

Carvings in wood, made by the natives of the Nicobar Islands ; from James Mackenzie,
Esq.

eee and dresses from the Andaman Islands; from Captain Darroch, Bengal
Staff Corps.

A bow, quiver, &c., used in Sikkim; from the late Dr. Thomas Anderson, of Calcutta ;
blow-pipe and arrows, from Silhet; from Dr. Joseph D. Hooker, F.R.s.; and an Indian
dagger; from W. Bernhard Smith, Esq. :

Weapons surrendered by the Sikh Chiefs at Rawul Pindi, after the battle of Goojerat,
and obtained by the late Captain William Gaussen, 14th Light Dragoons ; presented by
his brother, R. W. Gaussen, Esq. ;

A. fetish from Borneo, and a very curious apparatus for making tea on solemn occasions
in Japan; from William Bragge, Esq., F.S.4.; and a Burmese tally; from J. M.
Foster, Esq. f

4, Ethnography of Oceunia and Australasia.—A large number of specimens, chiefly
from Melanesia; collected in a cruise of H.M. ship “ Curagoa,” by the donor; and or

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ancient stone implements, &c., from the Sandwich Islands ; all presented by Julius L.
Brenchley, Esq.

Dancing shield, from Easter Island; from Lieut. M. J. Harrison, r.n.; another from
the same place, from A. W. Franks, Esq.; and some obsidian implements, &c., from
Easter Island; from J. Linton Palmer, Esq., M.p., R.N.

A Marquesan club, highly ornamented; from Clements R. Markham, Eisq., F.SsAe 3
and bone carvings from the Marquesas; from J. Linton Palmer, Esq., w.p., RN.

An ornamented betel box, from the Pelew Islands, and two wooden implements of rare
form, from New Zealand ; from the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, ¥.s.a.

An elaborately carved drum, anciently used in the Society Islands; from A. J. B.
Beresford Hope, Esq., M.P.

Two rare clubs, from the Fiji Islands ; from the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

A club, from the Salomon Islands; from Charles George, Hsq., r.n., H.M. ship
“ Curacoa.”

Objects from the Society Islands, anda very rare stone weight for a fishing net, from
New Zealand ; from Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart., F.s.a.

Chipped flakes, found in shell heaps near ancient Maori encampments at Hawks Bay,
New Zealand; from J. H. Meinertzhagen, Esq.

A collection of weapons and ornaments, including a singular mask of tortoiseshell and a
stone-headed club, obtained principally at Cape York and the Islands in Torres Straits ;
from Lieut. R. H. Armit, r.N.

A similar collection, obtained in Torres Straits by Mr. W. T. Kennett; from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Some curious stone implements, and other objects, from the natives in the neighbour-
hood of Melbourne, Australia; from Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.G.s.

4, Antiquities and Ethnography of America.—

(a.) North America.—Various objects used by the Esquimaux and the natives of the
north-west coast; from Julius L. Brenchley, Esq.; part of a curious stone implement
from the north-west coast; from Edward Hailstone, Esq., r.s.a.; an ivory harpoon head

-of unusual form; from Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart., ¥.s.A.; and an Esquimaux drill-
bow, covered with engraved figures ; from William Bragge, Esq., F.s.A.

Flint arrow-head, &c., discovered by the donor on a tumulus near Salt Lake City ; from
W. F. Rae, Esq.; and a head of an Indian tomahawk ; from William Burges, Esq.

A spear-head of deers-horn, from New Brunswick, and two stone implements, from
Prince Edward’s Island ; from the Hon. William Pope, of Prince Edward’s Island.

(b.) Central America and the West Indies—Two ancient Mexican carvings in wood ;
one of them a box in the form of a tortoise, the other a spear-thrower, carved and gilt,
_ with the figure of a divinity in low relief; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three stone celts, from Trinidad; from his Excellency the Hon. Arthur Gordon.
Five gold ornaments, from New Granada; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

(c.) South America.—The head of an ancient wooden club, probably Peruvian, found
in guano, 27 feet deep, on the South Guanape Island, off the cost of Peru; from Josiah
Harris, Esq.

Paddle, &c., from graves at Arica, Peru; from Lieut. M. J. Harrison, r.N.; anda bow
from the same graves; from Lieut. W. D. Tennant, r.N.

A stone celt of remarkable size, from the mouth of the River Sao Francisco, Brazils,
and ear-ornaments of the Caranjé and Apinajé Indians of the Rio Tocantins, Brazils; from
the Hon. Robert Marsham.

Fire-fan and bowl of the Macusi Indians, Guiana; from H. Syer Cuming, sq. ;
and a case used by the natives of Brazil to collect diamonds; from Professor
Tennant, F.G.S.

A bark canoe and harpoons, from Tierra del Fuego; from the Royal Geographical
Society; an iron axe, from the same country; from the South American Missionary
Society ; and various objects used by the Fuegians ; from the Royal Institution of Great
Britain and Ireland.

In addition to the donations above noticed, the Collection has been enriched by ex-
changes made with various Public Collections and individuals, by means of duplicates
reserved by the Christy Trustees, as well as by purchases out of the Christy Fund.

Of the latter the following are most deserving of notice :—

A very remarkable wooden mask, covered with a mosaic of turquoises, and representing
two rattlesnakes intertwined. This rare specimen of ancient Mexican art is the sixth
object of the same class that has been obtained for the Collection, and only three other
specimens of the kind are known to exist. From the Demidoff Collection.

A fine series of stone implements, found in Poitou, part of the collection of the late
M. Meillet, of Poitiers.

A collection of weapons, implements, &c., obtained by Dr. Peter Comrie, r.N., from
the natives of the north-west coast of America.

A series of drift implements, from Kent.

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Several very fine stone implements found in Cumberland, and some miscellaneous
ethnographical specimens, obtained at the sale of the Crosthwaite Museum at Keswick.

The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets, to be. obtained at the
British Museum. It was unavoidably closed for seven weeks in September and October.
There have been, notwithstanding, 749 visitors, being nearly the same number as in the
year 1869.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF CoINS AND MEDALS.
I. Arrangement.

The General Collection and the Bank Collection have been carefully examined, tray by
tray, and a detailed Inventory made, specifying the number of gold coins and medals of
each series, class, and sub-class, and the cabinets and trays in which they are to be found.

l. Greek Series :—

183 coins, acquired during the year 1870, have been registered and incorporated.

152 coins of Akarnania and Leukas, of the Woodhouse Collection, have been arranged
for registration.

82 of these coins have been registered.

486 coins of Corcyra, of the Woodhouse Collection, have been registered.

732 coins of Corcyra, of the Woodhouse Collection, have been incorporated.

417 coms of Spain, Gaul, Italy, and Sicily, of the Blacas Collection, have been
incorporated.

82 coins of Sicily, purchased of Professor Salinas of Palermo, have been incor-

orated.

2 251 electrum and gold coins of Mysia, Troas, Eolis, Ionia, Caria, and the adjacent
islands, have been arranged according to their several systems and denominations, in
accordance with the researches of Mommsen and Brandis.

154 pieces of the zs grave of Central Italy, principally of Latium, have been weighed
and measured.

262 coins of Campania have been weighed.

403 coms of Campania have been measured.

2. Roman Series :—

153 Roman coins, acquired during the year 1870, have been registered and incor-

porated. : é ;
5,322 identifying cards have been written for the Imperial class, with, where possible,

references to Cohen’s Monnaies Impériales, and in other cases descriptions of the coins.
The Roman gold coins of the Family Class have been re-arranged alphabetically.
The Roman gold coins of the Imperial class, from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus,

have been re-arranged chronologically.
A Hand catalogue of the Roman gold coins of the Imperial class from Constantius I. to
Romulus Augustulus has been made; and the weights from Constantius I. to Constantine

II. have been ascertained.

8. Medieval and Modern Series :—

119 medieval and modern coins and medals, acquired during the year 1870, have been

registered and incorporated.
643 German thalers of various states have been re-arranged, and cards have been

placed beneath them bearing references to the works in which they are engraved. :
Labels have been fixed to the doors of eight cabinets stating the number of gold coins

contained in each.

4, English Series :—

218 miscellaneous Anglo-Saxon and English coins and medals, acquired during the
year 1870, have been registered and incorporated.

5. Oriental Series :—

873 coins have been selected from the Zaba Collection.
The whole of the Oriental Series contained in 32 cabinets, has been removed from the

Keeper’s Study into the Medal Room.

TI.— Acquisitions

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I1.— Acquisitions.

The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the
past year :—

| Gold. | Sitver. Copper. | Iron. Lead Billon. | Glass, | Torat.

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Greek - = = 1 62 1203 Tiel shi - i 183
Roman - - - 8 4 4] | - 84 | 100 oS e 237
Medievaland Modern | 6 79 32 | - - | z ig; 119
English - - - | 13 126 | 10,269, - 1 - - - | 10,409
Oriental - - = 105 499 3,03% | oo — | 1 50 | 3,695

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Torat.. —. — | 133 |. 770M 13,499 | 3 | 85 | 103 50 | 14,643

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In addition to the above coins, a Roman die and four clay coin-moulds have been
acquired.

Of these acquisitions, the following should be especially mentioned :—
1. Greek Series :—

A copper coin, with an Oscan inscription of Aurunca in Campania, the ancient capital
of the Aurunci.

A silver tridrachm (Attic Standard) of Miletus, having on the obverse a lion’s head and
the letters Ma., perhaps for Maussollus, King of Caria (Waddington Mélanges de Numis-
matique, 1 série, p. 14-16).

A silver tetradrachm of Orophernes, King of Cappadocia (B.C. 158), one of six found
in the Temple of Athena Polias at Priene: the only examples known of this prince’s
coinage. (Newton Numismatic Chronicle, n.s., vol. xi.)

An important collection of coins of Asia Minor, brought thence, including some
examples of small silver money of the same fabric and style as those of the Marseilles
Find, acquired in 1869 (Return 31st May 1870, p. 20), and thus indicating what was the
silver currency of the Greek merchants of the sixth century B.c.

A collection of thirty-five early silver coins of Cyprus, found in a Temple at Dali
(Idalium), in that island, representing the coinage of the Cypriote Kingdoms in the sixth
century B.C.; a series of extreme rarity and great archeological interest. (Lang, Nu-
mismatic Chronicle, vol. xi.)

A gold quarter-stater of Ptolemy I., having on the reverse a quadriga of elephants.

A silver tetradrachm of Demetrius, and a silver hemidrachm of Apollophanes, Kings of
Bactria, both coins of great rarity.

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2. Roman Series :—

An ancient die for a coin of the Cornelia gens, found in the South of France.

A tiers-de-sou of Ariadne, wife of the Emperor Zeno.

A bronze medallion of Faustina Senior, of beautiful work and in fine condition.

Five bronze medallions of Commodus; one of these relating to his reception, for the first
time, of the tribunician power, 23rd December, A.D. 176; another commemorating the
defeat of the Britons by Ulpius Marcellus, a.p. 184, at which time Commodus adopted
the surname Britannicus.

A bronze medallion of Valerian, on the reverse of which are figures of Valerian and
Gallienus, in fine condition.

A third brass coin of Carausius, struck in London.

3. Medieval and Modern Series :—

A silver sterling of Marie d’Artois, struck at Chateau Poilvache or Méraude, near
Namur, 1337-1353. ;
A dollar of Philippe d’Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon 1815.

4. English Series :—

A silver coin of the Iceni (Antedrigus) of a lower denomination than any published
specimens.

An angelet of Edward IV., with the obverse legend repeated on the reverse.

An Irish half-groat of Edward IV., struck at Trim.

A St. Patrick’s penny of Edward IV.

A silver pattern for a half-noble of Charles I. io f

A large collection of English and Anglo-Oriental copper coins, among which are many
rare varieties, all in a good state of preservation. _

A series of forty-eight patterns for the coinage of Hong-Kong 1862-66.

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5. Oriental Series :—

A gold coin of Asahel, King of Abyssinia.

III.—The following have been presented to the Trustees :—

An Ortokite coin set in a locket. By W. Armstrong, Esq.

A gold Gaulish coin, found in the Seine at Paris. By John Evans, Esq., F.R.s.

Nine silver coins of the Iceni, and two copper of Claudius, found with them, at Santon
Downham. By the Rev. W. Weller Poley.

A cast of a die for coining shillings of James I. By Ellison Powell, Esq.

A silver drachme, and pieces of ten, five, two, lepta, and one lepton, respectively, of

George, King of Greece. By Hugh de Fellenburg Montgomery, Esq.

Twelve copper Chinese coins. By Ernest Satow, Esq.

Sixteen copper Australian tokens. By Dr. Hector.

A silver tetradrachm of Orophernes, King of Cappadocia. By A. O. Clarke, Esq.

Two copper coins of Carausius. By Col. Seton Guthrie.

A silver sterling of Marie d’Artois. By the Rey. T. E. Chataway.

An episcopal coin of Worms of the twelfth century. By Mrs. Thompson.

Four clay coin moulds of Constantine and Licinius found at Crocodilopolis (Arsinoé)
Feiyoom, and two Arabian glass coins. By the Rey. Greville G. Chester.

A bronze medal in commemoration of the visit of the Sultan of Turkey to the City of

London. By the Corporation of the City of London.

An honorary medal in silver presented to Mr. Joseph Steevens in 1801. By A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Two bronze medals of the College of the City of New York, and Confederate notes
for 500, 100, 50, 20, 10, and 5 dollars. By Professor J. C. Draper of the above college.

A silver medal of the Martyrs’ memorial at Oxford. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

A Swedish steamboat ticket. By John Evans, Esq., F.R.s.

An Angel of Edward lV. By Lady Holland.

A bronze medal presented to John Ward, Esq., ¢.B., by the Senate of Hamburg. By
John Ward, Esq.

Two silver coins of the Patriarchs of Aquileia. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during the past year has been 1,382.
The number of visitors to the Ornament Room during the past year has been 5,863.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF NATURAL HIsToRY.

The Departments of Natural History have received, in the year 1870, 16,310 additional
specimens. Of these 8,014 have been registered in the Department of Zoology, 7,620 in
that of Geology, and 676 in that of Mineralogy.

The collections in these several Departments of Natural History have been maintained
in a good state of preservation.

The stuffed and mounted skins of the species of Mammalia have been preserved, with-
out other deterioration than is inevitable in regard to those exhibited specimens for which
there is not room in the glazed cases. The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia kept in store
are in such a state of preservation as to subserve the purposes of scientific examination
and comparison, and most of them are in a state fit for future mounting and exhibition.

The portion of the collection of Aves, both skins and skeletons, mounted and exhibited
in systematic order, is in a good state of preservation. The collection of Bird-skins,
unmounted and in store, is in a state of preservation available for the purposes of study
and comparison of characters; but, ina certain proportion, not readily accessible, the space
allotted in the basement vaults now becoming crowded.

The portion of the collection of Reptiles and Fishes preserved and displayed in the

public gallery is in a good state of preservation. :

The greater proportion of the examples of the cold-blooded classes, including the bulk
of the specimens of Lizards, Serpents, Batrachians, and Fishes, is stored in the basement
vaults, in a space now so crowded, as to oppose difficulties to their access for scientific
study and comparison. The conditions of their preservation have been noted in previous
Annual Reports, and still apply.

The portion of the series of the Shells of the Mollusca, arranged and exhibited in the
public gallery, is in a good state of preservation, well displayed, and labelled for instruction
and reference. This series gives an epitome of Conchology, and models of the soft parts
of the fabricators of the shells are added, to exemplify the characters of the leading groups
of the Mollusca.

The proportion of the class Insecta publicly displayed is in a good state of preservation,
is systematically arranged, and instructively labelled. The very large proportion of the

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class in the Insect Room is in a good state of preservation, and well arranged and disposed
for’study and comparison.

The more remarkable examples of the classes Crustacea and Arachnida have been
selected for exhibition in the small proportion of the public gallery available for that
purpose; the bulk of the specimens of both classes is kept in store, under conditions of
good preservation, and available for examination and study.

The portion of the class Echinodermata exhibited and arranged systematically, together
with that stored in boxes and drawers, and the smaller proportion preserved in spirits,
are in a good state of preservation.

The specimens of the classes Acalepha and Annelida, together with other soft-bodied
Invertebrates, preserved in alcohol, being, as regards the only available locality for
storage, under the same deteriorating conditions as have been noted in former Annual
Reports as affecting the Reptilia and Pisces, cannot be so favourably reported of as could
be the case if the care and pains in their preservation were bestowed under conditions of
more space, cooler and steadier temperature and better light.

The Corals and other Radiata in the public galleries continue to occupy detached
glazed cases of such size and in such spaces in the Mammalian Gallery as occasion least
obstruction to the circulation of visitors; consequently, the serial juxtaposition of the
specimens, exemplifying, as in the Ornithology and Conchology, the progression of affini-
ties and gradual mutation of characters cannot be carried out. All the specimens are in
good preservation.

The now large collection of Osteological Specimens, human and comparative, is in a
state of preservation; but the only space available for its storage is too restricted and
obscure for the facilities needed in its scientific study and applications. All the speci-
mens are in a state fit for future systematic display, and, as regards the entire skeletons,
for articulation.

The exhibited series of Horns and Antlers, of Nests and Nidamental Structures, and
of the British Natural History, are severally in a good state of preservation; but as
to arrangement, present conditions of space necessitate the display of the characteristic
weapons of the hoofed Mammals apart from the stuffed specimens and skeletons of the
species to which they belong.

The exhibited portion of the series of the Fossil Remains is well arranged, and instruc-
tively labelled. The portion kept in store continues to be partly arranged in glazed
cases in a recess to which the public have not access, partly in drawers, but accessible to
the student, and available for scientific comparison. All the Geological specimens,
whether exhibited or in store, are in a good state of preservation. Most of the Fossils,
especially those belonging to the Mammalian and Reptilian classes, have had their con-
dition in respect of instructive display of characters improved since their reception in
the Museum, by careful removal of matrix, readjustment and cementing of separated
fragments.

The larger proportion of the series of Mineralogy is publicly exhibited under condi-
tions of arrangement, with illustrative models and indices, and with generic and specific
labelling, and notes of localities, facilitating study and scientific applications. All the
minerals displayed and kept in store are in a perfect state of preservation.

Progress in the arrangement of the exhibited proportions of the Natural History col-
lections has consisted chiefly in the substitution of better, rarer, and more instructive
specimens for inferior ones in these respects, which have been relegated to the series in
store.

Discoveries of new species, and further insight into the structure and habits of known
ones, modify views of their zoological relations, and suggest improvements of classifica-
tion. Where changes so proposed have received general sanction, and, on apparently
sufficient grounds, corresponding alterations have been made in the arrangement of
specimens to the extent of space available for that purpose. : ;

Amongst the additions to the Department of Zoology, the most instructive are the
specimens of a Fish from the Fitzroy and Mary Rivers of Queensland, Australia. The
interest of the Ceratodus Forsteri arises, first, from the genus being previously known
only in a fossil state, and that by petrified fragments characteristic of old Mezozoic
deposits, the Trias and Lias: secondly, from the rare modifications of structure which
anatomical investigation of the specimens received at the Museum has brought to light,
haying important bearing upon the characters and classification of fishes generally: and,
lastly, by the additional instance it affords of organic types, which have passed away at
an incalculably remote period in Europe, still lingering in life at the Antipodes. For, as
the Australian Myrmecobius represents the extinct Amphitherium of the Oxfordshire
Oolite, and as the Port-Jackson Shark (Cestracion) similarly represents the Mezozoic
Hybodonts of England; so the Ceratodus of the Queensland rivers has brought to light
the organization and status of the problematical fishes with antler-like dental masses or
* palates,” hitherto known only thereby, as petrifactions in limestones, and other beds of
liassic and triassic ages. : :

In the collection of Reptiles obtained by Sir H. Barkly, x.c.z., in the small island
(Round Island) near the Mauritius, and presented by Sir Henry to the British Museum,
the series of Casarea, a Python-like serpent peculiar to that locality, is especially desery-
ing of notice. ,

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The Local Parliament of Sydney, New South Wales, having taken into favourable
consideration a recommendation that the Government of New South Wales should cause
a careful and systematic exploration to be made of the Limestone Caves of Wellington
Valley, voted a sum of 2007. for that purpose, and directed that the duplicates of the
Fossils so discovered should be transmitted to the British Museum. These have been
received, and include most instructive illustrations of recent and extinét forms of Mar-
supial animals, as well as of some extinct Birds and Reptiles, peculiar to and characteristic
of the Australian Continent. The original specimens on which was founded the Paper
in the “ Philosophical Transactions” for 1870, containing a description and restoration
of the gigantic extinct Australian Marsupial Herbivore (Diprotodon australis) are
exhibited in the Geological Gallery.

The restoration of the extinct gigantic Birds of New Zealand (Dinornis, Aptornis, &c.)
has now extended to inferences, from specimens noted in the Reports from the Depart-
ment of Geology, as to internal structures, e.g., of the gizzard and windpipe: ossified and
partially fossilized tracheal rings of five species of Dinornis, and of one species of Aptornis,
are exhibited in the Department of Geology.

Accessions of specimens of the bones of the Dodo (Didus ineptus, L.), have afforded
the means of recomposing the entire skeleton of that extinct bird of the Island of Mauri-
tius ; a well articulated specimen is now exhibited in the Gallery of Ornithology.

Eggs of an extinct bird of Madagascar, which, if a specimen had been obtained by a
merchant of Bagdad, might well have suggested the idea of the gigantic “ Roc” of
Arabian romance, have from time to time reached Europe since the arrival of the first
specimen at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, in 1851. In the past year, the Department of
Geology acquired by purchase two specimens of these eggs from fluviatile deposits in
Madagascar. They differ somewhat in shape as weil as size; the smaller egg has a cir-
cumference in the long axis of 30} inches, in the short axis of 26} inches; the larger egg
yields, in the same admeasurements, 36 inches and 30 inches respectively.

The steady increase in the number of scientific visitors and students admitted to the
stored collections, and availing themselves of such facilities as their present localities
afford, attests the growing sense of the value of the Natural History Sciences, and pleads
for a speedy acquisition of adequate space and suitable conditions for applying the
National Collections to their advancement and diffusion.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The Zoological Collection, which comprises the several classes of the Animal Kingdom,
has been increased during the year 1870 to the extent of 8,014 specimens.

The following table exhibits the relative number of specimens that has been added to
each class :—

Vertebrata - - - - - - - = 13952
Annulosa- - - - - - - - 1,969
Mollusca and Radiata - - - - - - 4,093

ToTaL - - - 8,014

—SSS

Each specimen whether acquired by presentation or purchase, has been entered in the
manuscript Register of Accessions with a corresponding date and number to that affixed to
the specimen, recording at the same time the locality in which it was collected, and how
it was obtained.

Many of these examples are highly interesting as being the type specimens on which
the species were established by zoologists in monographs, and in papers published in
the various periodicals.

Others are most useful for completing the series previously contained in the collection,
either in the way of additional species, or as specimens illustrating the differences that
occur in allied species in various localities, or as exhibiting the gradual changes which
take place during their development and growth towards maturity.

The portions of the Zoological Collection which are exhibited in the cases in the public
rooms for the instruction and amusement of students and visitors, as well as the series of
skins and bones of animals kept in boxes, also the collections of vertebrated, molluscous, and
radiated animals which are preserved in spirits, and the various portions of the general
collection of Annulosa, which are contained in cabinets for the use of the scientific stu-
dents, have been in part re-arranged, with a view of adopting the new systems of certain
groups that have been promulgated by modern naturalists; at the same time allowing
the new species and specimens lately obtained to be added in the general arrangement,
thus facilitating the ready access to the entire series of specimens contained in the
Museum Collection when required for the purpose of study.

Two thousand six hundred and fifty-five students have visited the Department of Zoo-
logy during the year 1870, for the special purpose of scientifically studying the various
classes of the Animal Kingdom which it embraces. a

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The following Catalogues have been printed during the year 1870 :—

“ Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles.” By John Edward Gray,
F.R.S., &c. :

“Catalogue of Lithophytes, or Stony Corals.” By John Edward Gray. F.R.8., &c.

“Catalogue of Sea-Pens, or Pennatulariide.” By John Edward Gray, F.R.S.,
ke.

“ Hand-List of Genera and Species of Birds.” Part II. By George Robert
Gray, F.R.S., &c.

“ Catalogue of Fish.” Vol. VIII. By Albert Giinther, r.r.s., &c.

“Catalogue of Dermaptera saltatoria.” Parts III. and IV. By Francis Walker,
_E.L.S.

Vertebrata.

Among these the following may be referred to as valuable additions to the Collec-
tion :—

Skull of a Sandwich Islander from an ancient battle-field in Hawaii; presented by
the Rey. C. Williamson, A.M.

A fine series of rare Lemurs and other Mammals from Madagascar.

A specimen of the Dugong (from the Red Sea) Halicore tabernaculi, Riippell.

A collection of Mammals with Skulls and Horns, collected in the Islands of Hainan
and Formosa, by Consul Swinhoe.

A series of 135 specimens of Birds (from the South Sea Islands), some of which form
types of new species ; presented by Julius Brenchley, Esq.

A collection of Birds (from Jamaica, Porto-Rico, and the Bahamas) collected by the
late Dr. Henry Bryant; presented by Mrs. Bryant through the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington.

A small series of Birds from the West Indies; presented by the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, Washington, U.S.

A series of Birds from Madagascar, Java, Borneo, &c., embracing many rare species.

A series of Birds from Madagascar (collected by Mr. Crossley), containing several
species new to science.

A collection of South American Birds, containing several type specimens described by
Messrs. Sclater and Salvin.

_ Specimens of rare birds,as Phasianus mongolicus, 3. 9., Tetragonops Frantzit, and Em-
blema picta.

A small series of Chilian Birds, containing Sylviorthorhynchus Desmursti, {ylactes
castaneus, Dendrocolaptes albogularis, &c.

_ A typical specimen of the new species of Horned Pheasant (Ceriornis Blythiz), and of
the rare Nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata, Gould); presented by T. C. Jerdon,
Esq.

A typical specimen of the Cypselus Ussheri; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

A small series of Reptiles from Spain ; presented by Lord Lilford.

A series of Reptiles from the Islands of Hainan and Formosa, collected by Consul
Swinhoe.

A small collection of Reptiles from Africa; presented by Dr. Peters.

A collection of Reptiles, containing many new species, from the Andaman Islands
and various parts of India; presented by Staff Surgeon Day.

A series of Reptiles from Australia; presented by G. Krefft, Esq.

A specimen of Salmo fontinalis bred in England; presented by Lord Lilford.

A collection of Fishes from Surinam.

A small collection of Fishes from Africa; presented by Dr. Peters.

A rare Fish (Veochanna apus); presented by Sir D. Cooper, Bart.

A large collection of Microscopical Slides with sections of the various bones, Teeth of
. Mammals, and Scales of Fish.

A collection of Fishes, many of them new species, from the Andaman Islands and
various parts of India; presented by Staff Surgeon Day. :

A small collection of Fishes from Zanzibar and Algiers; presented by Colonel Play-
fair.

A collection of Fishes from Australia; presented by G. Krefft, Esq.

A collection of Fishes from the Island of Mysol. __ Y

A large Bull-Trout (Salmo trutta), presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton,
Bart., M.P. :

A large collection of Reptiles and Fishes, many of them new species, from India; pre-
sented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. i

A collection of Reptiles, from Round Island ; presented by Sir H. Barkly, K.c.B.

A specimen of Ceratodus; presented by the Trustees of the Sydney Museum,
Australia.

A fine specimen of Ceratodus and a few other Fishes, from Queensland ; presented by

Professor Alexander M. Thomson.
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Highteen specimens of British Crustacea; presented by Mrs. Couch.

Annulosa.

Some of these are extremely interesting, as they are the type specimens of new
species described by various authors.

A small series of Coleopterous Insects, collected in South Africa by R. Trimen, Esq.

Specimens of the perfect and larva state of the new Phacecorynes funerarius ; named
and presented by Andrew Murray, Esq.

Thirty-two specimens of Coleopterous Insects, collected in the Bombay Presidency ;
presented by Dr. Leith.

E A cn specimens of Coleopterous Insects, collected in China; presented by Consul
winhoe.

A new species of Macrotoma and some other Coleopterous Insects, collected in the
Seychelles; presented by Professor Perceval Wright.

. Various Coleopterous Insects, collected in Tangiers, and presented by T. Blackmore,
sq.

A large series of Coleopterous Insects from North America; presented by F. Walker,
Esq.

Nine rare species of the Coleopterous Family Erotylide.

Eleven species of Coleopterous Insects, from Ecuador.

One hundred and eighty-six specimens of Orthopterous Insects, collected at various
localities, many of which are typical of Herr Brunner’s new species in his work on
Orthopterous Insects.

A series of Hymenopterous Insects, from Queensland and other parts of Australia.

Four hundred and forty-two specimens of Hymenopterous Insects, collected by Mr. H.
W. Bates during his residence in Brazil, all of which were desiderata to the Museum
Collection.

A few specimens of Hymenopterous Insects, from Newfoundland; presented by
A. Wallace, Esq.

4 A series of Hymenopterous Insects, collected in various parts of India by Captain
aing.
Thirteen specimens of Hymenopterous Insects, from the Seychelles; collected and

presented by Professor E. Perceval Wright.

A small series of Hymenopterous Insects, collected in the Azores; presented by Mr.
Godwin.

Sixty-five specimens of Hymenopterous Insects, collected in the Bombay Presidency ;
presented by Dr. Leith.

Twenty-seven specimens of Ants (Formicide), collected in India; presented by T. C.
Jerdon, Esq.

Specimens of Papilio zalmoxis and Romaleosoma eupalus, from West Africa; pre-
sented by Andrew Swanzy, Esq.

A specimen of Eupiea mitra, from the Seychelles; presented by Professor Perceval
Wright.

Aakers of Lepidopterous Insects, from the United States, some of which are typical
of new species; presented (in part) by H. W. Edwards, Esq.

Six specimens of Lepidopterous Insects, from Malacca, some of which are types of new
species; presented by Lieut. H. Roberts.

A. small series of British Insects (Lepidoptera); presented by Mr. G. H. King.

Twenty-five specimens of Lepidopterous Insects, from Rockingham Bay, Queensland ;
presented by R. Irving, Esq.

A series of Insects of various orders, collected by Mr. E. M. Janson at Chontales,
Nicaragua.

A small series of Insects of various orders, collected by Colonel Pike presented by
Sir Henry Barkly, x.c.z.

One hundred and forty-five specimens of Insects of various orders, collected in North
America; presented by F. Walker, Esq.

Mollusea.

Many among these are of great interest, as they are the types of rare species not pre-
viously contained in the Collection.

A series of Shells, from the West Coast of Africa; presented by Mrs. Knocker.

A series of Shells, &c. ; presented by Mrs. Couch, of Polperro.

A series of Shells, &c., from the Gulf of Suez; presented by R. McAndrew, Esq.

A series of Shells, from Formosa and China; presented by Consul Swinhoe.

A series of Mollusca; presented by George Clifton, Esq.

A series of Shells, from the West Indies: presented by Rawson W. Rawson, Esq.,

Governor of Barbadoes.
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A large series of type Shells, from Australia, &c.; presented by George French Angas,
Esq., by whom they were described.

A series of Shells, &c., from the Mauritius, Flat Island, &c.; presented by Sir H.
Barkly, K.c.B.

A large series of Mollusca, from the Red Sea; presented by J. K. Lord, Esq.

A large series (1,223 specimens) of Shells, from the South Sea; presented by Julius
Brenchley, Esq.

A new species of Aplysia, from the coast of Cornwall; presented by the late Jonathan
Couch, Esq.

Radiata.

These comprise the following interesting examples :—

A series of Echinide, from Formosa and China; presented by Consul Swinhoe.

A series of Echinoderms, from the Red Sea; presented by J. IK. Lord, Esq.

Some Sponges, &c. from the deep sea dredgings during the cruise of the “ Porcupine,”
with typical specimens of the Holtenia Carpenteri; presented by Dr. Carpenter and
Professor Wyville Thompson.

A series of Sponge Spicules; presented by George Clifton, Esq.

A series of slides, containing Sponge Spicula, being type specimens prepared and
described by Professor Oscar Schmidt.

John Edward Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The principal additions to this Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A deciduous molar of Elephas (Slegodon) Sinensis, Ow., described
and figured im the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol. xxvi. pl. 27, from
China. Presented by Prof. Owen, F.r.s., &c.

Remains of Elephas primigenius, Rhinoceros, Equus, Bos, Cervus, and Hyena, from a
cave in the vicinity of the Forest of Dean. Presented by the Hon. J. K. Howard, Com-
missioner of Woods and Forests.

Part of a tusk of a Mammoth from Alaska, Russian America. Presented by Edward
Kendall, Esq.

Teeth and portions of carapace of Glyptodon reticulatus, from Buenos Ayres. Presented
by G. J. Hinde, Esq.

Remains of Thylacoleo from the Wellington Caves and of Diprotodon, Nototherium,
and Macropus; from Darling Downs, Australia. Presented by Prof. A. M. Thomson,
Dr. Sc. Sydney University, New South Wales.

Bones of a portion of a skeleton of Dénornis casuarinus, Ow., the head described and
figured in the Transactions of the Zoological Society, vol. vii. plate 13; from the Glen-
mark Swamp, Middle Island, New Zealand. Presented by W. Reeves, Esq.

Rounded Pebbles found with the bones of Dinornis, and supposed to have been ground
in the gizzard of that bird. Figured in the Transactions of the Zoological Society, vol.
vil.; from the Middle Island, New Zealand. Presented by Prof. Owen, F.R.s.

Plaster model of the head of a Labyrinthodont reptile, from the Coal Measures,
Dawley, Shropshire. Presented by George Maw, Esq., F.¢.s.

The vertebral column (about 16 feet in length), and large paddle-bones of a new species
of Piesiosuurus (P. Manselii, Hulke), from the Kimmeridge Clay of the Dorset Coast.
Presented by J. C. Mansel, Esq., F.G.s.

Teeth of Squalide and palatal bones of Myliobates, from the Tertiary Deposits near
Canterbury, New Zealand. Presented by John Davies Enys, Esq.

Plaster model of the tail of the type specimen of Celacanthus Phillipsii, Ag., from the
Halifax Coalfields. Presented by the Rev. J. B. Reade, F.R.s.

An extensive series of remains of Marsupial animals, from the Limestone Caves of
Wellington Valley, New South Wales. Collected by order of the Hon. the Colonial
Secretary, and presented by the Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney, New
South Wales.

Specimens of Silicified Wood, from near Cairo (figured and described by Mr. Carruthers
as Nicolia Owenii, see Geological Magazine, vol. vii. pl. 14, p. 306). Presented by Prof.
Owen, F.R.S.

Plant remains from the Devonian of Kiltorcan, near Waterford, Ireland. Presented by
W.-H. Baily, Esq., F.L.s. ‘

Stem of Sigillaria (eight feet in length), from the Coal Measures, Lancashire. Pre-
sented by E. H. Vinen, Esq., M.D. :

Specimens of Cyrene and Ostree, from the Woolwich Beds, Bromley. Presented by
Coles Child, Esq.

Silurian fossils from Canada. Presented by Principal Dawson, F.R.s.

272. D 3 Cast

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Cast of Stedluster Sharpii, Wright, from the Oolitic Ironstone, near Northampton.
Presented by Samuel Sharp, Esq., F.S.A., F.G.S.

Coral, &c., from Round Island, near Mauritius. Presented by Sir Henry Barkly,
K.C.B.

II. By Purchase.—A perfect skeleton of the gigantic Irish Deer (Megaceros Hiber
nicus), from Ireland (a female example).

A series of fossil teeth dug out of the stalagmitic floor of a cavern in the neighbourhood
of the City of Ching-King-F oo, 1,500 miles up the river Yang-tsze, China. Several of
these teeth are the types of the figures and descriptions, by Prof. Owen, in the Quarterly
Journal of the Geological Society, vol. xxvi. They comprise the following genera and
species; Stegodon orientalis, Owen; Tapirus sinensis, Ow. ; CUhalicotherium sinense, Ow.;
Rhinoceros sinensis, Ow., and Hyena sinensis, Ow.

Remains of Hyena, Elephas, Rhinoceros, Sus, Bos, and Cervus, from Kirkdale Cavern.

An ulna of Elephas primigenius, from Peckham in Surrey.

A tooth of a Mastodon, from the Crag at Woodbridge, in Suffolk; and also a tooth of
Rhinoceros, from the same place.

Two Eggs of a gigantic extinct bird (Apyornis maximus), from Madagascar. The
largest of these eges measures 36 inches in circumference in the long axis, and 30 inches
in the short axis.

A fine series of Batrachian and Fish remains, from the Coalbeds of Jarrow Colliery,
co. Kilkenny, Ireland.

Batrachian remains, from the Coal Measures of Airdrie, Scotland.

A small Ichthyosaurus communis; and dermal and other bones of Scelidosaurus, from
the Lias of Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire.

Sixty Saurian remains, consisting of teeth and bones of Pliosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and
Pterodactylus, from the Kimmeridge Clay of Weymouth.

One hundred and nine specimeus of teeth and bones of Saurians referable to Zguanodon,
Dakosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, and Plesiosaurus, from the Coprolite beds of Potton, Bedford-
shire.

Specimens of Waseus rectifrons, Ag. and Pygeus Coleanus, Ag., from Monte Bolca.

Jaws of Ditaxiodus, from the Oolite, Isle of Portland.

Ninety specimens, comprising jaws, teeth, spines, &c., of Ischyodus, Gyrodus, Lepidotus,
Ditaziodus, Aspidorhynchus, together with remains of undescribed fishes, from the Kim-

meridge Clay of Weymouth.
~ Remains of Homonotus dorsalis, Beryx, Istius, Osmerus, Ptychodus, Otodus, and Lamna,
from the Cretaceous deposits of England and Westphalia.

Several fine specimens of Hurynotus, in which the jaws, with the teeth, are well pre-
served, from the Coal Measures, Anstruther; and several specimens of Rhizodopsis,
Celacanthus and Ctenoptychius, &c., from the Coalfields of Staffordshire.

A large and fine series of Ichthyodorulites, and of palatal teeth of Orodus, Deltodus,
Sandalodus (?), Cochliodus, Cladodus, Chomatodus, Pacilodus, &c., from the Carboniferous
Limestone of Oreton, Salop.

A series of Fish remains, from the Devonian black flags of Caithness, comprising fine
specimens of Tristichopterus alatus, Kg., Coccosteus pusillus, C. decipiens, and C. cuspidatus,
Gyroptychius angustus, G. diplopteroides, Holoptychius Sedgwickit, &c.; also cephalic
shields of Zenaspis Salweyi, Cephalaspis, Scaphaspis, and Pteraspis, from the Old Red
Sandstone of Heightineton and Trimpley.

One hundred and fifty fossil leaves; from the lower Bagshot Series of the Isle of
Wight.

Two figured Cycadean stems from the “ Dirt-bed” of the Isle of Portland.

Two figured specimens of Ulodendron Taylori, from the Coal Measures near Edinburgh.

A Lepidostrobus, from the Coal Measures, Dalkeith.

A new Fern, from the Coal Measures, Airdrie.

An Araucarian branch from the Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire.

Ten plant remains, from the Chalk of Aix and Halden.

Cyclopteris polymorpha, &c., from the Lower Coal Measures, Glatz, &c. ,

A large series of plant remains, from the Coal Measures of the Forest of Wyre,
Worcestershire.

Seven plant remains, Araucarites, Odoutopteris, &c.; from the lower Lias of Lyme
Regis, and Grantham.

Fourteen plant remains, chiefly from Oolitic rocks.

Pinites macrocephalus, Carr., described by Mr. Carruthers in the Geological Magazine,
1866, vol. iii., pl. 20 (the type of Lindley and Hutton’s Zamiostrobus macrocephalus, Fossil
Flora, vol. ii., p. 117, t. 125); from the Lower Eocene, near Deal, Kent.

187 Devonian and Carboniferous plants, from Scotland.

Two specimens of Endogenites, from Potton, Bedfordshire.

Twenty-three sponges, from the Chalk of Kent; and two Rhizopods from the same.

One sponge, from the Inferior Oolite, Beaminster.

One hundred and five corals, from the Carboniferous limestone of Bristol, Lanark, &c.

Specimens of Alveolites and Acervularia; from the Devonian of the Eifel.

Fifty-three specimens of Goniophyllum pyramidale; from the Upper Silurian (Wenlock
shale), Dudley. -

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Two Chalk, and nineteen Tertiary Corals.

A series of specimens of a new Cystidean Ateleocystites Forbesianus, from the Wenlock
shale, Dudley.

The head of a Pentacrinus, from the Lias, Lyme Regis.

A very beautiful example of Apiocrinus Parkinsoni, from the Bradford clay of Brad-
ford, Wilts.

Three Starfishes from the Lower Ludlow, of Leintwardine.

Eleven Echinoderms, and eight Starfishes from the Chalk of Kent.

A slab of Wenlock shale, with several fine examples of Cyathocrinus capillaris, em
bedded on its surface. ; :

Head of Cupressocrinus elongatus, from the Devonian of the Hifel.

One hundred and four specimens of Polyzoa, from the Chalk of Kent, and tl a
Coralline Crags of Suffolk. ine Bee oh

Forty-four Lithodomi and Lithodomous perforations, from the Red and Coralline Crag
of Suffolk. ‘
a One hundred and forty Tertiary Shells from the Monte Mario, and the Monte Vaticano,

ome.

Two hundred and eight Carboniferous Limestone Fossils, from Lanarkshire.

A series of Tertiary Shells, from Tuscany, and from Greece.

One hundred and fifteen species of Shells, from the Tertiary of Antibes, in the South
of France.

Three hundred and twenty-seven specimens of Tertiary Shells, from South of the
Maraiion, 2,200 miles up the valley of the Amazons (including many figured specimens
ee by os Woodward in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 4,
vol. vii., pl. 5.

Eighty-two Post-Tertiary Shells, from Selsey, Sussex.

One hundred and eighty-five fossils, from the Oolite of Brora, Sutherlandshire.

Forty-one Fossils, from the Silurian of Durness, North Britain.

Seventy-one British Cretaceous Fossils.

Two Cuttle-fishes, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Twenty-nine Silurian Fossils, from Llangollen.

Gervillia anceps and Pteroceras Fittoni, with other Mollusca, from the Lower Green-
sand, Isle of Wight.

Nineteen Devonian Shells, from the Eifel.

Two examples of Belemnoteuthis, from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis.

One hundred and thirty-seven fossils, from the Wenlock shale, Dudley.

A fine Orthoceras from the Carboniferous Limestone of Ireland.

Productus giganteus, from the Mountain Limestone, Derbyshire.

Remains of Crustacea, from the Kimmeridge Clay.

Several Crustacean remains, from Caithness.

z Paradozides, from South Wales, and from the Lower Silurian, of Massachusetts, United
tates.

The types of twenty-four species of British Cretaceous Bivalved Entomostraca,
figured in the Paleontographical Society’s Monographs, vol. iii., 1849.

Fifty-two types of British Tertiary Entomostraca, figured in the same work, vol. ix.,
1855

Types of sixty French and Belgian Tertiary and Cretaceous Entomostraca, figured and
described by M. Bosquet of Maestricht.

Works of the Department.

Room I. The wall-cases in this Room appropriated to Fossil Plants, and which had,
during the preceding year, been emptied of their contents, with the view of making
alterations in the shelyes, &c., have now been re-arranged, The unexhibited plants
have been carefully examined, classified, and arranged in drawers, in Rooms I. and dite

Room II. The re-arrangement of the Fossil Fishes in this Room has been completed
and two additional cases have been placed in the Window recesses, in which have been
arranged a collection of Fish Spines (Ichthyodorulites).

Room III. The wall-cases in this room, containing the remains of Plestosauri, have
been cleaned, and a partial re-arrangement of the specimens has been effected, for the

purpose of exhibiting additional specimens received during the year.
Two large new species of Plesiosaurus have been here exhibited for the first time.

Room IV. The Protozoa from the Spongitenkalk of Wurtemburg, exhibited in the
window-recess, have been labelled and arranged.

Room VY. The window-recesses in this room have been fitted with glazed cases, in
which are displayed a series of Fossil Corals, and a series of Fossil Starfishes ; and the
Table Cases Nos. 16 and 17 in this room have been re-arranged. They contain Fossil
Corals, the specimens of which have been named and mounted on tablets.

Room VI. In a Table-case (No. 11), in this room, has been exhibited for the first
time, a series of Lithodomous Mollusca, with specimens of rocks, &c., perforated by these
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animals; and also specimens of perforated limestone, of the Carboniferous period,
supposed to have been bored by land Helices.

A considerable number of valuable Fish and Reptilian remains have been mounted in
glazed frames for their better preservation. Nearly two thousand Mollusca, forming part
of the Etheridge Collection, have been identified and registered.

The greater portion of the remains appertaining to the Vertebrate Classes received
during the year have been incorporated in the exhibited collections.

Specimens Registered during the year :—

Vertebrata :

Mammalia - - - - ~ = bo ee
Aves - - - - - = = - 40
Reptilia - - ~ - = s £340
Pisces - - - - = _ - ° 870

1,564

Invertebrata:

Mollusca - = = = = s - 3,828
Polyzoa- - - E ee 2 158
Crustacea - - - - = ea S 20
Annelida - - - - = 2 = 24
Echinodermata - - - = = =) e125
Zoophyta - - - - = = - 609
Protozoa - - - - - - - 105
Fossil Plants - - ~ - - - 1,187

6,056

ToTaAL = - - = 7,620

The number of Students who have visited the Department during the past year is 616.

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The specimens added to the Mineral Collection during the year 1870 have been 676
in number. They have been registered, labelled, and incorporated with the General Col-
lection. The number of species new to the Collection added during the year has been
twenty-three.

The large number of duplicate and other specimens not incerporated with the General
Collection, and which are preserved in drawers in the North Gallery,and the basement, have
occupied much time with their examination and study; and of them above 9,000 have
been sorted and grouped. Of these, such as were selected for incorporation in the
General Collection have been arranged in the drawers reserved for the unexhibited
portion of that Collection; while the remainder have been divided into duplicates of a
better character, which have been arranged with the duplicate specimens, and such, as
being of an inferior character and indifferent value, had to be grouped separately from
the former.

The work on the unexhibited portion of the General Collection in the reserve drawers
has consisted in ascertaining, wherever practicable, the localities of specimens unaccom-
panied by any record, and identifying such as are without complete record; and the
general labelling of this portion of the collection has made good progress.

The 3rd, 41st, and 44th cases haying been fitted with glazed fronts and interior shelf
arrangements. The larger and more splendid specimens of the native metals, including
models of famous gold nuggets, of the Felspars and Beryl, and of some other silicates,
have been exhibited in them, severally.

Important changes have been effected in the arrangement of the minerals belonging to
the classes of the Phosphates, Arsenates, and Vanadates, and also of the Sulphates; and
the various minerals hitherto grouped under the common title of Jade, have been discri-
minated and determined and arranged in their proper places in the Collection.

The work done in the Laboratory has included an investigation of the minerals composing
the Rutlam Meteorite which has been completed, while that of the composition of the
Melbourne Siderite is still in progress. Among other results obtained are the analysis
of a series of Serpentines from Iona and of various Cornish minerals, including several
that have been united under the name of Isopyre. Some interesting results have also
been obtained for other departments in the analysis of fossil bones, and of certain remains
in metal, of the ancient arts of India and of Peru.

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Among the more important of the additions made to the Collection during the past
year are the following :—

By Presentation :—

Ten crystals of Sapphire, one being of large size; and waterworn crystals of Zircon of
various colours from Siam; Henry Alabaster, Esq., H. M. Consulate, Siam.

Rutile in mica-schist, Glen Thomas, Cushcameurragh, near Borrishoole, Newport,
County Mayo, Ireland; Spencer G. Perceval, Esq., F.a.s.

Kyanite traversing quartz, from the summit of Mount Itacolumi, Minas Geraes,
Brazil; Swinfen Jordan, Esq.

Whewellite, crystallised on calcite (a portion of the original specimen described in
1840 by the late Mr. H. T. Brooke); W. G. Lettsom, Esq.

Specimens of Stibnite and Cervantite from the Costerfield mine, Heathcote, Victoria;
James Thomson, Esq.

Albite with quartz, Wheal Metal, near Helston, Cornwall, Captain G. M. Hentz.

Heteromorphite with Galena in quartz, Old Foxdale mine, Isle of Man (found in 1868) ;
Warington W. Smyth, Esq., r.r.s., &c., &c.

Mass of Ozocerite, Shores of the Caspian Sea; F. Field, Esq., r.c.s.

Hortonolite, Monroe, Orange County, New York, U.S. A.; Wm. Nevill, Esq., F.c.s.

Native Gold, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan; Charles L. Claude, Esq.

By Exchange :—

Four specimens of Blende from the dolomite of the Binnenthal, Switzerland; Mispickel
in very large crystals, Freiberg, Saxony; blue Fluor, near Tavistock, Devonshire ; two
large specimens of Chalybite, Vizille, Dauphiné, France; black Tourmaline, Canada;
and Anglesite in large crystals on Limonite, Spain.

By Purchase :—

Native Gold with Tetradymite in quartz rock, Clogau mine, near Dolgelly, North Wales;
a nugget of native Gold, weighing loz. 188 grs. avoirdupoise, from the washings at
Helmsdale, Sutherlandshire; Native Gold with Limonite pseudomorphous after iron
Pyrites, on silicified shells and encrinital stems, Csesatic Mik, Transylvania; native Gold
in ferruginous Quartz, Carabal, Orinoco, South America.

Native Sulphur in very perfect crystals, Girgenti, Sicily; Alloclasite, Orawicza, Banat,
Hungary ; Jordanite and Dufrenoysite from the valley of Binnen, Switzerland; Argento-
pyrite, Joachimsthal, Bohemia; specimens of Sal Ammoniac in unusually distinct and
large crystals from the eruption of Vesuvius in November 1868.

A very large perfect crystal of Ruby.

Martite in large octahedrons, Cerro Mercado, near Durango, Mexico; Namaqualite, Na-
maqualand, South Africa; Hagemannite, Cryolite in crystals, Gearksutite and Thomsenolite
all from Evigtok, Arksut-Fiord, West Greenland; Turnerite, Maderanerthal, Switzerland;
Anatase on rock crystal, Brazil; two large crystals of Smoky Quartz, Monte Fibia, St.
Gotthard, Switzerland; Tridymite from the Drachenfels, Rhine; a large rolled pebble
of Cairngorm and a waterworn mass of Rock Crystal from Ben Mac Dhui, Aberdeen-
shire.

A large specimen of Cerussite in crystals distributed over a fissure surface in New Red
Sandstone, Commern, Eifel; Cerussite in delicate crystals from the Braithw aite mine,
near Keswick, Cumberland; Rhodochroisite, Oberncissen, near Dietz, Nassau ; Selbite,
Wolfach, Baden; Phosgenite with galena, Los Palos, Spain.

Very fine crystals of Chondrodite in a matrix consisting of Galena, Blende, and Copper
pyrites, Nya Kopparberg, Orebro, Sweden; Malacolite in crystals in a similar matrix,
same locality; Wallerite, same place; a large crystal of Orangite, Brevig, Norway ;
Asteroite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden; Bucklandite of Levy, Laacher See;
Snarumite, Snarum, Norway; Castorite, St. Pietro, Elba; Zygadite, Andreasherg,
Hartz; Marialite of von Rath, Pianura, Naples; Scolecite in very long acicular crystals
with Apophyllite, Vendyah Mountains, India; very fine Edingtonite, Old Kilpatrick,
Dumbartonshire ; Harmotome in brown crystals on pyrrhotite; Schneiderite, Monte
Catini, Tuscany; Mpistilbite, Finkenhiibel, near Glatz, Silesia; Emerald with fluor spar
and talc, Eidsvold, north of Christiania, Norway; Penninite, Zermatt, Switzerland;
Mordenite, Morden, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia.

Two magnificent crystals of yellow Beryl, Mursink, Urals.

-Hjelmite, Kararfvet, near Fahlun, Sweden; Columbite, Bodenmais, Bavaria.
Vanadinite in good crystals, Obierberg, near Windisch-Kappel, Carinthia.
Boronatrocalcites and Silicoborocalcites from various places in Hants county, in Nova

Scotia; and Sussexite with Zincite, Troostite, and Franklinite in limestone, Sussex county,
New Jersey, U. 8. A.

The following additions to the Cornish Minerals in the Collection have been made
chiefly by purchases from Mr. Talling :—

Very fine Calcites, from near Liskeard; Uranites, near Redruth; Senarmontite in
cavities in Jamesonite, near Endellion; Cronstedtites and fine Vivianites; Galena
pseudomorphous after Bournonite, near Liskeard; Tavistockite and Fluellites, Stenna
Gwynn; and Fluors, Menheniot mines.

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Besides the remarkable crystals of Beryl and of Ruby above cited, the following cut
specimens of minerals employed in jewellery have been added to the Collection.

A large facetted Amethyst (1060 grs.) from Brazil, and a very fine specimen of the
Chrysoberyl “ Cat’s-Eye,” a facetted amethyst-coloured Spinel, a Tourmaline, a facetted
green Jargoon, and a facetted Hyacinth, Australia.

The collection of Meteorites has been increased by the following specimens : —-
Cleguerec, Morbihan, France, May 22, 1869.
Moteeka Nugla, Biana, Bhurtpur, December 22, 1868.
Lodran, Mooltan, India, October 1, 1868.
Frankfort, Franklin county, Alabama, U. 8. A.,,December 5, 1868.
San Francisco del Mezquital, near Durango, Mexico.
Auburn, Alabama, U. S. A.
Losttown, Cherokee county, Georgia, U. S. A.

It now numbers :—
179 Aerolites, being stones generally associated with meteoric iron.
11 Siderolites, being intermediate between the stones and the iron masses.
97 Siderites, being nickeliferous iron masses.
Nevil Story-Mashelyne.

BotTanicaAL DEPARTMENT.

THE principal business done in the Department during the year 1870 has consisted in
the completion of the re-arrangement in the General Herbarium of the families Graminee
and Cyperacee, in the re-arrangement of the Cycadee, Piperacee, and Lichenes.

In the critical revision and re-arrangement of the European species of the families
Ranunculacee, Berberidee, Nympheacee, Papaveracea, Fumariacee, Polygonee,
Graminea, and Cyperacce.

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of the extensive
collections of Oriental plants made by Professor Haussknecht; of a collection of plants
formed by Mr. Lownes in Palestine ; of a portion of the collections made in Abyssinia by
Dr. Schimper; of the collection of plants from Formosa, made by Mr. Oldham; of a
series of plants from Madeira, collected by Masson and others, from the Herbarium of
the late N. B. Ward; of a large collection from South Africa, formed by Harvey,
Zeyher, and others, also from the Herbarium of the late N. B. Ward; and of an ex-
tensive series of ferns from the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, made by several collectors.

In the re-arrangement in the British Herbarium of the families Salicinee, Lemnacee,
Juncacve, Graminee, and Lichenes.

In the naming and re-arrangement of the fossil Cycadee and Lycopediacee in the first
Exhibition Room.

And in re-arranging and re-labelling the Gymnospermous fruits and stems in the second
Exhibition Room.

The following are the principal additions made to the collections of the Department
during the year 1870:—

I.— To the Herbarium.
General Herbarium.
Phanerogamia.
67 Species of plants from the Island of Banka in the Malay Archipelago; presented
by Dr. Schiffer.
663 e i from Formosa, forming the Herbarium of the late Mr. Oldham.

20 i) rf from China; collected by Mr. W. G. Stronach; presented by
D. Hanbury, Esq.

2,625 A as from the countries bordering the Levant; collected by Professor
Haussknecht.
444 4 2 from Martinique; collected by M. Hahn.
216 af Rs from various countries ; collected by Dr. Seemann.
100 a HH from Old Calabar; collected by Mr. Robie.
20 " 2 from Seychelles; collected and presented by Professor E. Perceval

Wright,
50 Species of critical Belgian plants, being fasc. 8 of Professor Van Heurck’s
*« Plantes rares ou critiques de Belgique.”
165 Species of plants from the Engadine; collected by J. L. Krattlhi.

200 7°" 8 plants from Sicily, forming fasc. 9 and 10 of Todaro’s “ Flora Sicula.”

100 55 European plants, forming No. 120f Wirtgen’s “ Herbarium Rhenanum.”

375 ~ plants from the Tyrol; collected by Rupert Huter.

165 - Graminee, forming Baenitz’s ‘‘ Gramineae.”

175 Bs Juncacee, forming Baenitz’s * Juncacee.”

160 a plants from the Ionian Islands.

200 i European plants, forming cent. 11 and 12 of Schultz’s “ Herbarium
normale.”

Cryptogamia.

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Ci yptogamia.

150 Species of Cryptogamic plants, forming fase. 5, 6, and 7 of the second issue of the
« Erbario Crittogamico Italiano.”

60 fa Hepatic, forming decades 42-47 of Rabenhorst’s “ Hepaticw Europe.”
100 + Mosses, from East Friesland ; collected by Eiben.
75 Ae Lichens, forming Nos. 30-32 of Rabenhorst’s “ Lichenes EKuropei.”
50 * Lichens, being Miller’s ‘* Cladoniaceen.”
100 es Fung’, forming No. 14 of Rabenhorst’s “ Fungi Europzi.”
586 f A from the South of France; collected by Nylander and Roussel.
500 ~ a from North and South America.
351 i S from Cuba; collected by Charles Wright.
80 _ Alge, forming Nos. 213-220 of Rabenhorst’s “ Alge Europxe.”

British Herbarium.
Phanerogamia.

50 Species of British plants of critical value; presented by the Hon. J. L. Warren.
250 i critical English plants; collected by W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq.
100 * British Salices ; collected by the Rev. J. E. Leefe.

Cryptogamia.

100 Species of British Lichens; collected by the Rev. J. M. Crombie.
1,500 a British Fungi, forming, with the species from the South of France

and North and South America, enumerated above, the Fungological
Herbarium of the Rev. A. Bloxam.

100 5 British Fung? ; collected by M. C. Cooke.

72 Preparations of British Alge, exhibiting their structure and fructification; pre-
pared by Ch. Adcock.

47 Slides of British Diatomacee, from the Herbarium of the late Professor Arnott;
presented by F. C. S. Roper, Esq. :

Il.— To the Structural Series.

Fruit Collection.

3 Fruits of Stcana odorifera, Naud.; presented by Senor Correa de Mello, through
D. Hanbury, Esq.
13 Species of Fruits and Seeds; presented by W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq.
A collection of Palm and other Fruits, from Brazil.
A fine series of Coniferous Fruits, grown in the Pinetum of Dr. Hogg, and presented
by him.
A collection of Tropical Seeds and Fruits, chiefly from Africa.

General Collection.

Fine stem of Encephalartos cycadifolius, Lehm., from Natal.

Stem of Zestudinaria elephantipes, Lindl., from South Africa.

Spirally twisted stem of Dipsacus, and stems vf Crategus and Buus ; presented by
W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq.

Stems of Paliurus and Anagyris, from Mentone; presented by M. Moggridge, Esq.

IIl.— To the Fossil Series.

82 Preparations of Paleozoic and Secondary Plants, prepared by Mr. Norman.

An important series of Devonian plants, from Canada, illustrating the published
Memoirs of Principal Dawson; presented by Principal Dawson, of Montreal.

A fine slab of a species of Lepidodendron ; presented by J. Waterhouse, Esq.

A specimen of Sigillaria oculata, Lindl.; presented by Henry Woolburn, Esq.

Specimens of Carboniferous plants from Burntisland; collected and presented by
Geo. Grieve, Esq.

Caudex of a fern from the Eocene beds of Herne Bay; presented by George Dowker,
Esq.

Spetiinens of Cyclopteris hibernicus, Forbes, in fruit, and stem of Sigillaria dichotoma,
Haught., from Kiltorcan, Ireland.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for the purpose of scientific
research was 1,041. ;
William Carruthers.

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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The first volume of the catalogue of satirical prints and drawings describing subjects
from circa 1320 to the Revolution of 1688 has been published; it contains 750 pages,
and deals with the political and personal satires of the period which at the present time
are almost, if not entirely, forgotten; a large portion of the descriptions are taken from
the collection of tracts and broadsides preserved in the Printed Book Department and
bear reference to the early reformers, treasons, and secret histories of the time of Elizabeth,
James I., the Commonwealth, Charles II., and James II.; Moral Satires, the Gunpowder
Plot, Spanish Armada, Patentees and Monopolists, &c., &c. The second volume is
progressing towards completion.

A translation has been made of Paul Lafert’s descriptive catalogue of the etchings of
Francesco Goya, and those examples in the department have been marked off with the
references to the register, and arranged in two volumes.

The works of Robert Nanteuil have been arranged, and placed in a portfolio with
references to Dumesnil, in whose catalogue each print has been marked off with the
inventory or register marks.

The collection of prints after Jean Baptiste Greuze have been brought together and
arranged in a guardbook; and those after Frangois Boucher haye been similarly
treated.

Gericault’s lithographs have been arranged in two volumes, and marked off in Charles
Clements’ catalogue.

The last volumes of the Van Dyck heads, forming volumes vil. and viii. of the “ Icono-
graphie de Vandyck,” have been arranged and mounted, with the references to Weber and
Szwykowski affixed to each print. Etchings by Danish masters have been arranged in
three guardbooks, and the larger examples placed in a portfolio,

The collection of prints after Richard Wilson have been brought together and arranged
ina volume. The works of Francis Hayman have been treated in a similar manner.

Prints, drawings, and manuscript notes illustrating the catalogues of the “ Society of
Artists,” 1760-1791, have been arranged and mounted in nine royal quarto volumes.

The collection of prints in mezzotinto, by Charles Turner, have been arranged in two
volumes.

Mr. Samuel Cousins’ works have also been placed in similar volumes, and other
mezzotint prints of a very large size.

The English drawings which have been recently mounted on imperial sized boards have
been temporarily arranged in alpabetical order in six solander cases.

English prints recently acquired have been sorted and incorporated in the Collection,
also the historical subjects, after being arranged in chronological order, and likewise
the English etchings.

Three thousand seven hundred and fifty-six titles have been prepared for the Catalogue
of foreign portraits.

Two thousand five hundred and forty titles have been prepared for the Foreign his-
torical prints, and those relating to topography of others described in Drugulin’s Historical
Atlas have been marked off in the Print Room copy of that work.

Six hundred and forty-two titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of prints after
foreign masters.

Two hundred titles have been prepared for the modern French and German prints.

Nine hundred and ninety-seven titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of the
English satirical prints, also 120 for the English prints in mezzotinto.

One thousand eight hundred and forty-three have been prepared for the prints after
English masters.

For the Catalogue of English portraits, 1,537 have been prepared.

Drawings have been mounted with sunk boards, to preserve them from injury by
friction and other causes, to the number of 300; less valuable examples have been
mounted in the ordinary manner.

Carbon prints from the drawings by Giovanni Bellini, Pietro Perugino, Leonardo da
Vinci, Tiziano Vecellio, Raphael Sanzio and Antonio. Allegri, called Correggio: in the
Louvre, Albertina, Venice, Milan, Florence, and Saxe-Weimar-EKisenach Collections,
474 in number, have been carefully mounted with sunk boards, having the name
of the artist, and also that of the collection to which they belong printed on each
mount, and arranged in 15 cases. This plan affords the student an advantage not
hitherto attainable, of comparing at a glance all the best works of the artists whose
names are enumerated above.

Five hundred and seventeen prints by Woollett, Wierix, &c., &c., have been mounted.

Fifteen thousand six hundred and forty-one articles have been entered in the register
of purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Thirteen thousand and nineteen articles have been stamped and inscribed with the
register marks.

The portraits in the Eastern Zoological Gallery have been re-hung, after haying been
carefully dusted; the frames have been cleaned, and the numbers cofresponding with
those in the synopsis on white enamelled labels have been attached to each. a

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ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 37

The following are among the most important acquisitions of the past year :—
_ By Bequest and Presentation—

Five drawings by George Edwards, one by Jacob More, and eight by Nicholas
Pocock ; presented by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart. ?

Forty-two copies by Baron R. von Retberg of the rare, and in some instances unique,
woodcuts by Albrecht Diirer, preserved in German collections; presented by Herr
Prestel, Frankfort-on-the-Maine.

Proofs of the engravings, and also the books of prints, issued by the Art Union of
London, from 1857 to 1871; presented by the Council of the Art Union of London.

A collection of 389 prints and etchings, principally illustrating English Art, and 42
drawings by early masters ; bequeathed by the late J. M. Parsons, Esq.

Eleven volumes, containing 1,021 academical studies by George Jones, R.A.; bequeathed
by the painter.

By Purchase—

Ttalian School :—

Examples of very rare Florentine prints of the 15th century; among the subjects Moses
receiving the Tablets of the Law, and David vanquishing Goliah, by Baccio Baldini; also
the Annunciation and the Flagellation, by Fra Filippo Lippi; it is worthy of remark that
there are 15 of these prints known, illustrating the life of the Virgin, and that the print
room was already in possession of 13 of them, so that this acquisition will make the series
perfect; other prints of the same school which are, in two or three instances. unknown to
any writer on early art.

Twenty-seven prints by Mare Antonio Raimondi, which important addition goes far
towards making the collection complete.

Other examples by Nicoletto da Modena, Zoan Andrea, Giulio and Domenico Cam-
pagnola, Agostino Veneziano, Cesare Reverdino, Mario Kartaro, Enea Vico, Hugo da
Carpi, Martino Rota, Antonio Tempesta, and Luigi Rossini.

Carbon photographs, by Adolphe Braun, from the statues and Raphael’s frescos in the
Vatican, and from Michel Angelo’s frescos in the Sistine Chapel.

German School :—

Engravings and Etchings.—By Veit Stoss, Erhard Schoen, Antony of Worms, Israel
van Meckenen, Hans Springinklee, Martin Schongauer, Hans Liitzelburger, Albrecht
Diirer, Lucas Cranach, Hans Schauflein, Hans Burgmair, W. v. Olmutz, Albrecht
Altdorfer, Bartel and Hans Sebald Beham, Jacob Binck, Master of the Monogram I. B.,
Hans Brosamer, Ludwig Krug, Michael Ostendorfer, Virgil Solis, Urs Graf, Jost Amman,
Tobias Stimmer, and Wenzel Hollar. One of the prints by the last-mentioned master,
“ The Queen of Sheba’s Visit to Solomon,” has a very interesting note on the back, in
the artist’s handwriting, to his friend Herr van der Borcht, stating that it is a proof from
the plate as far as the artist intended to proceed with the etching needle, and before he
finished it with the burin. Another is the Bird’s-eye view of Edinburgh, on two sheets,
dated 1670, which Parthey had never seen, merely copying Vertue’s short notice in
his catalogue, so that it is probably unique.

Other examples by Adam Bartsch, J. Frederic Bause, Franz Brun, Nic de Bruyn,
C. G. E. Dietrich, H. Faed, Otto Fosterling, J. J. Frielhof, Ludwig Kilian, G. de
Kobelb, Isaac Major, J. Mansel, Conrad Meyer, J.G. Miiller, J. G. Pechler, M. C. Prestel,
C. G. Schiitz, J. Combach, B. Vogel, and M. Zundt.

A curious collection of upwards of 50 early portraits of Martin Luther.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—

Engravings and Etchings——By Peter Brughel, Jerome Cock, Adrien Collaert, Cor-
nelius Cort, Dirk Cuerenhert, A. B. Dunker, R. Flaming, Cornelius Galle, J. de Gheyn,
H. Goltzius, J. Matham, H. Muller, B. van Orley, Crispyn van de Passe, Paul Pontius,
G. and J. Sadeler, J. Saenredam, P. Schenck, Cornelius Schut, J. Suyderhoef, P. Tanje,
L. vy. Uden, Jan Visscher, Van Vliet, Lucas Vosterman, the Brothers Wierix, and
Reinier Zeeman.

French School ;:—

Drawings.—Specimens by Jacque Bellange, Raymond La Fage, and Antoine Watteau.

Engravings, Etchings, and Lithographs.—By A. Appian, D. L’Armessin, Bracquemond,
L. B: Boaitard, J. J. Balechou, B. Baron, Le Bas, J. Beauvarlet, J. Bellange, E.
Bethelemy, M. Blot, J. J. Boissieu, Abraham Bosse, P. Chardin, Cochin, G. Coindre,
‘A, Constantin, J. B. Corot, C. L. Courtry, A. Donnequin, C. Daubigny, A. Delauney,
Desbrasses, F. Deslappe, Gustave Doré, P. Drevet, Dupont, F. Faber, Lardicu, Léopold
Flameng, Frangois Franc, Léon Gaucherel, Claude Gellée of Lorraine, Jean Léon
Gérome, Victor Girard, De Gourcy, H. Grenaud, V. Hamel, F. Hillemacher, J. Jacque-
mart, J. B. Jongkind, G. Lacresse, E. Lalanne, M. de Laune, L. Luce, E. Manet, A.
P. Martial, E. Maston, J. L. E. Meissonier, Charles Meyron, J. Mitehelin, J. F. Millet,
Edmond Morin, E. Nanteuil, G. Niel, A. Feyen-Perren, B. Picart, F. Pierdon, N. Pitau
A. Queyroy, Ranvier, F. Regémey, F. Roybet, J. A. Taiée, P. Teyssonnieres, H. S.
Thomassin, J. J. Veyrasset, and C. Vignon.

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38 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

English School :—

Drawings.—Two important views in Paris, by Thomas Boys; others by James Barry,
R.A., Francesco Bartolozzi, R. P. Bonington, J. Cartwright, E. W. Cooke, r.a., David Cox,
Henry Edridge, P. Harding, B. R. Haydon, Richard Hills, R. C. Hoare, John Jackson,
David Loggan, W. Y. Ottley, William Pars, S. Richardson, Thomas Uwins, R.a., G.
vores: and a very fine study of George the Fourth’s favourite charger Adonis, by James

ard, R.A.

Engravings and Etchings.—<A very curious collection of subjects illustrating the manners
and customs of this country in the middle of the 17th century, by Martin Droeshout,
William Glover, and William Marshall, whose names were hitherto only known as engravers
of portraits. These prints have escaped the notice of every modern collector, and are
probably unique.

A perfect set of Walton’s equestrian portraits of the Kings of England from William I.
to Charles IJ. Only one other perfect set has been known before the present one was
made.

A full-length portrait of Henry Prince of Wales, richly dressed, by Reginald Elstracke,
unique.

Other examples, by F. Bartolozzi, C. Bestland, T. Bewick, John Boydell, Branston,
G. Clint, J. Coney, G. Cooke, W. B. Cooke, R. Cooper, Samuel Cousins, 4.z.,
R.A., J. Crome, J. Cruikshank, G. Cuitt, W. Daniell, H. Davy, W. Dickinson, J.
Dixon, R. Earlom, F. Engleheart, E. Fisher, J. Fittler, Birket Foster, S. Free-
man, J. Frye, R. Gaywood, J. Golding, Valentine Green, J. Grozer, J. J. Haid,
James Heath, C. H. Hodges, R. Housten, W. Humphrey, C. Knight, John Landseer,
John Leech, F. C. Lewis, ‘Il. Lupton, J. McArdell, T. Medland, S. Middiman, H.
Moses, S. Murphy, J. Outrim, W. Pether, B. T. Pouncy, J. W. Reynolds, H. Robin-
son, T. Rowlandson, T. Ryall, Paul Sandby, T. Seymour, W. P. Sherlock, J. Simon, J.
R. Smith, T. Stubbs, C. Turner, W. Wallis, W. Ward, J. Webber, H. W. Williams,
W. Woolnoth, and T. Worlidge.

Great additions have been made to the collections of portraits, historical subjects,
and prints after masters.

George William Reid.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western
Asia has been continued during the past year; the progress is reported to have been as
follows :—

The third volume has been bound and published; it contains 70 sheets.

Ten sheets of volume 4, containing copies of Bilingual Inscriptions, have been copied
and lithographed, and only await final correction to be struck off.

J. Winter Jones,
British Museum, Principal Librarian
3 June 1871.

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VI.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisa Museum in
each Year from 1866 to 1871, both Years inclusive.

Vll.— STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLrcTIoNs, and an
Account of Ogsects added to them, in the Year 1871.

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£.2 S04. te Ph Ge

By Saxary paid to Dr. Cobbold for Lectures on Geology in 1871 - - -| 144 - —

| - Bavance on THE 31st Marcu 1872, carried to Account for 1872/78 - -| 182 8 2 5,369 2 9
|

£.| 276 8 2 5,369 2 9

164. . A 2

aa

4 ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrrr and Exrenpitvrs of the BIRCH —

rn ne eS Se EEE eee

Gace Srocx, |
3 3 p’Cent. Consols. by
£8. od. «|
TowBarance on; thedst April igyt yu = <0 wiz y= he a ee 563 15 7
- Diviprnps received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in pce: for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.
On the 6th July 1871 - - £,8 9 1
» 6th January 1872 - 8 9 2 |
— 1618 8 |
£.| 1618 8| 56315 7 &

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrirt anp ExrenpiTurE of the CHRISTY

Casu.
£8.) dal
To Bazance on the Ist April 1871 - - - - - = - - - - 5619 9
<e 56 19 9

British Museum,
16 April 1872.

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the 1st April 1871 and the 31st March 1872.

Cc Stock,
ASH. —_| 3 p’Cent. Consols.

By Lecacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - = - 1618 38

— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1872, carried to Account for 1872/73 - -|- - - 563 15 7

Le 1618 3 663 15 7

FUND, between the Ist April 1871 and the 31st March 1872.

Casu.

£. 5. d.
| By Payments for the purchase of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects, similar to those in the

Christy Collection - = = ee = = = = = i= = t. 2 1On sme
-— Amount paid to the Housekeeper at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, where the Christy
Collection is deposited and exhibited :—one-quarter of a year’s allowance to Lady Day

1871 - - - - - - - - - z = c = = 2 = SSeS

— Batance on tHe 31st Marcy 1872, carried to Account for 1872/73 - - an ar - 39 4 9

J. Winter Jones,
Principal Librarian

A3+

6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
VI.—RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmittep to Visit the Britis Musrum.
Psrsons admitted to view the Genrrat Coxziecrions in each Year from 1866 to 1871, both Years inclusive.
18 66. 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. Ls 7ic
N? N° N° INS N° INC

JANUARY se re = nant Niki SOLOSET ML 2B. iaG 27,402 | 29,296 31,199 23,731.
Fesruaky =) {= 7 | '*) yr dwotthq ales iy Yepess 25,987 23,549 27,282 23,072
Marc, = -2 3 ge gp Pes - | - 29.700 23,165 31,591 65,282 | 33,306 35,029
APRIG hoe Gas i agra ke 46,886 47,778 41,068 50,793 41,507
May Rede gif ageing 26,466 29,047 45,433 29,538 41,146
JUNE iho eco |. ob aed 47,024 | 53,526 35,466 46,493 41,042
a ee me te GC a Seay ope 44,427 40,796 Bee oe
enone res fo ~ = 5 Olargono 2,98 46,181 43,048 45,105 4,076
SEPTEMBER = > i = a > 26,765 37,131 28,791 26,607 29,619 27,046
OcrozEr = re en a Ga bee 38,561 40,776 33,156 32,668 29,845
Nogemrqing => [se a€r ah - —% . - |) s2aiser 29,356 28,989 23,896 25,234 21,026
ADD GROG Soe E tality = eee = bein’ ce oman arm 44,895 57,215 53,108 35,602 42,000

Number of Visits—

To the

Study or Research - -
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- |

pose
To the
To the
To the
To the
To the

* Including the total number of persons (1805) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eigh
o’clock, from the 8th of May to the 5th of August 1871, inclusive, as compared with 2,228 persons admitted in 1870. .

In addition to the above, 827 persons were admitted during the year 1871 to view the Christy Collections of Ethn
graphy, &c., which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street
Westminster-—as compared with 749 persons admitted in 1870,

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Brittsa Muszum on AZondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours

Total Number of Persons admitted

to view the General Collections | 498,079 | 445,086 | 461,710 | 460,635 | 427,247 |*418,094
(exclusive of Readers) - -

Reading Room, for the purpose o
: ‘ Mase f 99,857 | 103,469 | 163,529 | 108,884 98,971 | 105,130

a sl 2677 2,416 2,018 2,983 2,981 3,911
Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - 491 520 339 dee me ua
Coin and Medal Room - -~—- 2,278 2,084 1,548 1,948 1,382 1,149
Ornament Hoom ==) = = |= = - - - - 7,687 5,863 6,905
Departments of Natural History -| - 3 . a 3,509 4,123 4,514 4,921
Print Room - = = = A 2,968 2,792 3,086 3,167 2,833 2,422 |

Totan - - - 516,550 556,317 573,739 584,427 543,791 542,532

Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April. From the 8th of May to the 12th of August inclusiy
in the present year, Visitors will be admitted to view the Collections, as follows, viz.: on Mondays, from Te
until Eight o’clock ; on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Ten until Six o’clock; and on Saturdays, from Twely
until Hight o’clock. During the remainder of August: on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, frot
Ten until Six o’clock ; and on Saturdays, from Twelve until Six o’clock. ;

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regi
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of Novembea
December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March, an
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday; and
to the Print Room from Ten o’clock, to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open,
excepting Saturday and during the month of September.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or |
Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. 4

The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collection on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tickets
issued at the British Museum. {|

British Museum, | J. Winter Jones,
16 April 1872. f Principal Librarian.

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUsEUM.

a |

VII. PROGRESS made in the CaTaLocuine and ARRANGEMENT, and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1871.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

_I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have 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; also on the title-slip and entry in the
Catalogue. The total number of these “ Press-marks” amounts to 106,132, of Labels to
36,466, and of renewed Labels to 8,843.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 75,471 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
53,114 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogue, and 22,357 for
the: separate Catalogues of Music and of the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from Ato P, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 57,585, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
560. 49,926 transcripts of title-slips, and 560 of index-slips, have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. The first copy of 36,900 transcripts,
forming portions of letters N, O, P, (of which 12,890 were new ones), the second copy
of 36,789 transcripts (of which 12,903 were new ones), the third copy of 39,291 tran-
seripts (of which 12,789 were new ones), have been laid down in the volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, Q to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 8,316. 13,398 transcripts of title-slips have
been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—20,080 title-slips have been written, and 9,718 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(e.) Hebrew Cataiogue.—94 title-slips have been written, and 326 transcribed fourfold
for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogue (including all works in Oriental languages other than Hebrew,
Chinese, and Japanese).—The number of title-slips written is 1,241, and 523 have
been transcribed fourfold. 5,246 titles have been specially revised.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—595 title-slips have been written for Chinese
printed books, and 342 for manuscripts. 5 title-slips have also been written for Japanese
books. 2,826 titles have been revised for press.

(h.) Carbonic Hand- Catalogues.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 60,870 slips have been mounted on cartridge paper, and 76,450 arranged pre-
paratory to incorporation, and 86,090 have been incorporated in the general series.

(@.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List and in the Hand-Catalogue of the same
collection, made to record the changes in the books of reference by the addition of new
works and the exchange of old for new editions, amounts to 277 in each of the interleaved
copies, and 138 in the Hand-Catalogue. Since the last Annual Return the new edition
of this List has been published, and two copies, mounted on larger paper, with the press-
marks added, have been bound, and placed in the Reading Room for the use of the

readers.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 9,243; and, in consequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding
two or more volumes in one, the number of bound volumes returned is 7,570. 5,650
pamphlets have also been bound, and 280 volumes repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service. — The number of volumes returned to the General
Library, from use in the Reading Room, is 267,038; to the Royal Library, 10,286; to
the Grenville Library, 2,313; and to the presses, in which books are kept from day to
day for the use of the readers, 191,067. Adding the estimated number of volumes

returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 832,155, the whole amounts to
164. A 4 7 1,302,859,

8 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

1,302,859, or about 4,477 for each of the 291 days during which the room was open to
the public.

The number of readers during the year has been 105,130, giving an average of 361 daily,
and, from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted on an average
12 voiumes per diem.

V. Additions.—(a.) 30,219 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 1,119
were presented, 7,058 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 72
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 21,970 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 23,588 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 530 were presented, 14,317 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 166 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 8,575 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The passing of the Newspapers, &c. Repeal Act, having necessitated arrangements
in order to receive as regularly as possible, under the provisions of the Copyright Act,
the Newspapers published in the United Kingdom, the number of sets received during
the past year has been as follows, viz.: For the year 1869, 259 published in London,
786 in other parts of England and Wales, 133 in Scotland, and 116 in Ireland. For the
year 1870, 275 published in London, 888 in other parts of England and Wales, 138 in
Scotland, and 126 in Ireland. For the year 1871, 251 published in London, 866 in other
parts of England and Wales, 130 in Scotland, and 139 in Ireland. 297 volumes, and 653
numbers of old Newspapers belonging to 71 different sets, have been purchased.

(d.) 2,683 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
1,501 were received by English and 350 by International Copyright, and 832 purchased.
Of 1,201 portions of musical works in progress, 1,078 have been received by English and
123 by International Copyright. 1,594 works of greater extent than single pieces have
also been acquired, comprising 960 by English and 87 by International Copyright, and
547 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 30,219 volumes and pamphlets, and
23,588 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 29,194. Of these, 1,009 have been presented, 7,091 acquired by English and 116 by
International Copyright, and 20,978 by purchase. .

10,916 articles have been received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 68,579
articles received in the department.

(f.) The number of stamps impressed on articles is altogether 210,224. In addition
to this, 7,771 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections for
further security.

Among the more remarkable acquisitions the following may be mentioned :—

(1.) Seventy-two leaves, on fifty-six half-sheets of paper, which, together with two
slips of parchment forming part of an Indulgence, were obtained from the covers of a
copy of Chaucer’s translation of Boethius “ De Consolatione Philosophie,” discovered by
Mr. W. Blades in the Library of the Grammar School attached to the Abbey of St.
‘Albans. When the covers of the volume which had been long exposed to damp were
dissected by the binder, they were found to be composed entirely of waste sheets from
Caxton’s press, an evidence that the book was bound in his shop. Among the fragments
are portions of 13 different works, three of which were previously quite unknown,
viz.: “ Hore beate Virginis,” the “ Indulgence,” and ‘Pica seu Directorium,” which
contains eight leaves of the book referred to in Caxton’s advertisement issued by him
before 1480, viz.: “If it plese ony man . . . to bye ony pyes of Salisburi use enpryntid
. . . late hym come to Westmonester into the almonesrye at the reed [red] pale and he
shal have them good chepe.”

(2.) A complete set of the uapublished Manuscripts of Emanuel Swedenborg, photo-
lithographed at Stockholm in 1869-70, under the supervision of the Rey. R. L. Tafel. The
edition consists of 10 volumes in folio, and covers 3,879 pages; being the largest work
executed by photo-lithography. 110 copies only were printed.

Presented by the General Conference of the New Church in Great Britain.

(3.) An almost complete collection of the Journals, Broadsides, Proclamations, and
Caricatures published during the recent war between France and Germany, and also
during the ascendancy of the Commune in Paris.

(4.) A copy of the earliest “ London Directory ” of the date 1677 : asmall volume of 64
leaves, containing the names and addresses of the Merchants and Bankers, the latter desig-
nated “ Goldsmiths that keep running cashes.” In the list occurs the name of the father of
Alexander Pope. The author apologizes for undertaking such a work in the following

terms:

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

terms: “ Gentlemen,—Although the publishing of the ensuing Pamphlet (or Catalogue)
may at the first view seem to several persons a ridiculous and preposterous attempt, yet
the author of this poor collection humbly hopes that it will not be exploded or rejected
by you, for whose ease and conveniency (together with your forein correspondents) ‘he
principally intended it.”

(5.) A collection of books in the Rhato-Romansch, or language of the Grisons of
Switzerland. This language is divided into two principal dialects; the Ladin, spoken in
the Engadine or Valley of the Inn, and the Romansch, properly so called, spoken in the
Valley of the Khine, the Oberland. Of the former, viz., the Ladin, the Museum acquired
a collection in 1866, and the present purchase of books in the dialect of the Oberland,
places the Library in possession of the most complete collection existing of publications in
this singular Romance language. The works range from the middle of the 16th century
to the present time.

(6.) A large number of rare English Books, and also of specimens of Typography of
the 15th century, have been purchased at the sale of the Libraries of the Rev. Thomas
Corser, the late Mr. J. B. Inglis, and others.

W. B. Rye.

DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHARTS, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement :—(a.) The number of Titles (including both main
titles and cross-references), written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the
year, amounts to 5,411; those transcribed fourfold for insertion to 5,915.

(b.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,325 maps and 3,994 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,325, and boards having to be inserted in
the general series to represent rolls or volumes placed elsewhere, 34 such have been
made during the twelvemonth ; 1,867 hand-slips of purchases have been made.

(c.) 1,243 Maps, in 1,964 sheets, have been entered for the binder, and 50 volumes, and
1,115 Maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and the latter mounted
on 3,244 cards; and 142 sheets of Ordnance Surveys, mounted on jaconet; 22 volumes
have received separate letterings.

(d.) An incorporation has been made into 3 copies of the Catalogue of 10,064 Titles,
necessitating the removal in each copy of 10,767 titles, and the addition to each copy of
559 new leaves: 10,684 slips of fourth copy have been mounted for the Hand
Catalogue.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was
497, the number of Maps 2,861, making a sum total of 3,358.

(f.) The number of Stamps affixed to maps was 17,527.

II. Additions :—(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyright
Actis 209 (in 777 sheets), and 22 Atlases and | part of an Atlas have also been received
by Copyright. 207 Volumes and 1,270 Maps, in 5,750 sheets, have been obtained by
purchase, and 230 Maps, in 393 sheets, have been presented.

Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are 187 Photographs of the
theatre of the late War between France and Germany; 89 Photographs of the ruins of
Strasburg, Metz, Sedan, Bazeilles, Meziéres, Nancy, Fort Valérien, Fort Issy, Versailles,
and St. Cloud, &c.; 45 Photographs of the Tyrol; and 40 Photographs, illustrative of
Gerhard Rohlf’s journey from Tangier to Tripoli.

Among the Maps received from the India Office may be specialized one of Eastern
Turkistan, in four sheets, by Colonel Walker, Superintendentof the Trigonometrical
Survey, which is very valuable as marking a great step in the cartography of that region.
It greatly enlarges the width of the little known mountain country between the Upper
Oxus Valley and the Basin of Eastern Turkistan, so that it is now much easier to account
for the great number of days assigned by Marco Polo, Benedict Goes and all the Oriental
itineraries to the passage between Eastern and Western Turkistan.

R. H. Major.

104, B DEPARTMENT

10 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

The preparation of a Class-Catalogue of the Manuscripts, from the existing printed
and manuscript catalogues of the various collections, has been continued as follows :—

The section of Greek General Literature has been arranged and laid down. The
division of Greek Manuscripts is now complete, in four volumes.

Division of History.—The slips for English Historical Collections have been
arranged and laid down. Those for Universal History and works relating to Scot-
land, Ireland, and Wales, and Foreign Countries, have been corrected by the manu-
scripts, arranged and laid down. The whole division is complete, in three volumes.

State Papers.——The slips of Individual Papers have been sorted chronologically
under the heads of Letters and Papers. ‘The section of Individual Letters has been
arranged and laid down, for the British (Domestic and Foreign) series, from the
earliest time to the year 1525, and from 1547 to 1558; and for the British (Foreign)
series, from 1558 to 1570.

Epistolography and Private Correspondence.—The sections of Forms of Letters
and Collected Letters have been arranged and laid down. The slips for Individual
Letters have been sorted into centuries, and those for the alphabetical series A to G
laid down to the end of the 16th century, under separate heads of British and
Foreign.

Biography.—Additional references have been prepared from slips relating to more
than one person or family ; and the slips arranged and laid down from A to K of the
alphabetical series.

Heraldry and Genealogy.—The sections of General Treatises; Tournaments;
Ceremonials ; English and Foreign Pedigrees; Ordinaries and Alphabets of Arms;
Collections of Arms for separate English Counties, and for Foreiyn States, have been
arranged and laid down. ‘The division is complete in six volumes.

Army and Navy.—The slips have been arranged in various sections and laid down.
The division is complete in two volumes.

Science.—The sections of Chronology, Astronomy, Meteorology, Chemistry,
and Occult Sciences, have been arranged and laid down. The division is complete
in seven volumes.

Grammar and Philology.—The slips for the entire division have been arranged and
laid down, in one volume.

General Literature-——The following sections have been arranged and laid down:
Logic, Rhetoric, Metaphysics, Ethics, Orations, Essays and Political Tracts,
Bibliography, Common Places and Excerpts. Complete in two volumes.

Art.—The greater part of the Old Royal Collection has been examined, and
description slips of Miniatures and Illuminations prepared from the Manuscripts.

Commerce and Trade.—The section of Companies and Societies has been arranged
and laid down; and the slips of other sections have been partly arranged.

Additional slips have been inserted in many of the divisions already laid down.

For the special Catalogue of Romances, various works in ninety-six volumes of different
collections have been described in detail.

The Egerton MSS., 1,995, 1,996, 1,997, have been described in detail.

The following manuscripts have been described for the Catalogue of Additions :—
Nos. 23,808 to 23,880, 23,889 to 23,899, 23,901 to 23,935, 23,938, 23,940 to 23,973,
23,986 to 23,990, 23,993 to 23,995, 24,003 to 24,026, acquired in the year 1860 ;—24,057
to 24,077, 24,079, 24,096 to 24,098, 24,100, acquired in 1861;—24,334 to 24,336,
24,340 to 24,342, 24,353 to 24,356, acquired in 1862 ;—27,732 to 27,735, acquired in
1867 ;—27,899, 27,9C0, 27,915, acquired in 1868 ;—27,997, 28,153 to 28,157, acquired in
1869 ;—28,545 to 28,558, acquired in 1870;—28,559 to 28,571, 28,598 to 28,697, 28,699,
28,701, 28,709 to 28,834, acquired in 1871 ;—and Egerton MSS. 1,970, 1,980, acquired
in 1865.

Thirteen hundred and ninety-four Harleian Charters, numbered 80 E. I to 80 I. 98,
83 B. 8 to 83 F. 7, 117 A. 1 to I12 E. 62, 112 A. 1 to 112 I. 62; and 1,292 Addi
tional Charters, Nos. 18,025 to 18,194, acquired in 1869; 18,195 to 18,465, 18,557 to
19,135, acquired in 1870; and 19,136 to 19,407, acquired in 1871, have been described.

Previous descriptions of 2,955 Harleian and 105 Egerton Charters have been revised.
Fifty-three detached Seals have been described, numbered xliii., 81 to 133.

The Index to the detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection has been completed in slips.
Indexes

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 1}

Indexes to the Catalogues of Birch MSS. (Additional 4101 to 4478) and Additional
and Egerton MSS. acquired in the years 1854 to 1859, are in preparation.

The detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection, from No. 1897 to 3822; the Index
to Autograph Letters in the Harleian Collection ; and the MS. Additions to the printed
descriptions of the restored Cotton MSS., have been copied in quadruplicate.

The Register of Additions has been continued for the year 1871, and copied for use in
the Reading Room.

Collections of Letters and Papers acquired during the year have been arranged
for binding.

Three hundred and forty-five volumes of late additions and 18 Egerton MSS. have
been repaired, bound, and lettered; 62 volumes of the old Collections have been re-bound
and repaired; and 275 Charters and Rolls lately acquired have been cleaned, repaired,
and numbered.

Seven hundred and twelve Manuscripts have been entered in the shelf-lists.

The Collections have been verified by the shelf-lists.

Fourteen hundred and fifty-five Manuscripts, Charters, and Printed Books, have been
stamped, with a total of 25,402 impressions.

Six hundred and seventy Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 21,812,
and of those used by students in the rooms of the department 1,376, not including
those shown to visitors. The number of Charters and Seals delivered to Readers is 362.

The acquisitions during the year have been as follow :—

General Collection—

Additional MSS. - - - - - - - -~ 307

Charters and Rolls - : - - - - = = ao9)

Detached Seals and Casts - - - = - - - 86
Egerton and Farnborough Collections—

Farnborough MSS. - a - < = = = =r i933)

Do. Charters - = - - - - - - rb Bean fi

The following are among volumes of especial interest :—

A richly illuminated Latin Psalter of the 13th century, preceded by a series of six
miniature illustrations of the Life of Our Saviour, painted on gold grounds, with stamped
patterns, and a Map of the World. The manuscript is of English work, and the miniatures
are fine and interesting examples of the school.

Cuttings from a Latin Psalter of the 13th century, comprising 15 miniatures, with
numerous border ornaments and initial letters, of the finest execution, by French
illuminators.

Seven leaves of the imperfect Latin Treatise on the Vices, illuminated by “The Monk
of Hyéres” (of the family of Cybo, of Genoa), in the 14th century, which was purchased
for the Museum in the year 1867. The borders are filled with coloured drawings of
flowers, shells, insects, and various animals, painted from nature.

The four Gospels, Acts, and Epistles, in Greek, of the 12th century; beautifully
written and illuminated, and having miniatures of the Evangelists. Bound in wood,
covered with velvet and lined with embroidered silk. On the upper cover are remains of
plates of silver gilt, worked with half figures of the Evangelists and St. Peter and
St. Paul, and three designs in separate compartments, representing the triumph of the
Church over the heretics Nestor and Noetus, with Greek inscriptions.

Two Greek copies of portions of the New Testament, dated a.p. 1111 and 1272.

The Exposition of the Canons of the Eastern Church, by Johannes Zonaras, in Greek,
of the 13th century.

The general and Byzantine Annals of Johannes Zonaras, from the Creation to A.D.
1118; together with the Annals of Georgius Acropolita, from 1204 to 1260, in Greek.
A paper MS. of the 14th century.

The Homilies of Ephraim Syrus, in Greek ; of the 12th century.

A portion of the Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, on Genesis, in Greek; finely
written, in the 1!th century.

The Convito of Dante ; on paper, of the 15th century.
0.72. B 2 Fragments

12 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Fragments of a copy of Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women; of the end of the 15th
century.

Contemporary copy of the Journal of Sir Richard Torkington, parson of Mulbarton,
in Norfolk, of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, in the years 1517, 1518; describing his
journey from Rye, through France to Venice, where he remained six weeks, and thence
by sea to Palestine ; with account of the city of Jerusalem, and of his return journey by
Sicily and Naples to Rome.

« A Booke of the Trauaile and lief of me, Thomas Hoby, with diuerse thinges worth
the notinge:” an autograph account by Sir Thomas Hoby of his travels on the Continent,
and notices of public events in England, in the years 1547 to 1564; and principally of
his travels in Italy in 1547-1550, with copies of ancient inscriptions, and epitaphs
in churches; in France, partly with the Marquess of Northampton, in 1551 and 1552;
and in Germany and Italy, with his brother Sir Philip Hoby, in 1554.

Nine volumes of original Spanish State Papers; including autograph correspondence
of Philip the Second with his Secretary Matteo Vasquez; his Instructions to Governors
of Provinces; autograph letters of the Duke of Parma and Cardinal Granvelle, relating
to Flanders ; of Spanish Ambassadors in Rome, in 1566-1572; and of Cardinal Borromeo,
in 1580-1582; a register of letters of Cardinal Espinosa, in 1565-1572; and original
letters of Philip the Third to the Princess Margaret, Regent of Portugal, from 1632 to
1639:

Twenty-six volumes of certified Transcripts of Despatches of Spanish Ambassadors
and other State Papers, principally selected from the public Archives at Simancas, and
also from other public and private collections, by the late Mr. Bergenroth, as material
for his proposed History of the Life of the Emperor Charles the Fifth. The papers
generally are of the highest historical importance; and a considerable number relate to
Henry the Eighth’s divorce and other events particularly connected with England.

Register of letters to Sir Edward Stradling from various correspondents, including the
Marquess of Northampton, the Earl of Pembroke, Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir Henry
Sydvey, and others, at the end of the 16th century. They were published by the Rev.
J. M. Traherne, in the year 1840.

A collection of Letters, chiefly original, of Bishop Gardiner, Bishop Hooper, Martin
Bucer, Peter Martyr, Theodore Beza, Adrian a Saravia, and others connected with the
Reformation in England, in the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries; at which latter
period the collection was formed.

Forty-nine original Letters of John Locke to Nicholas Thoynard, author of the French
Harmony of portions of the Scriptures, treating of various subjects of science and litera-
ture, as well as of personal affairs, in the years 1678 to 1701; with copies of a few other
letters of the same correspondence.

Memorandum-book of Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax; containing draughts of his
poems.

The volume of copies, by John Caryll, of the poet Pope’s Letters to him in
the years 1710-1735, referred to by the late Mr. Dilke, in his articles in the
Atheneum, and by Mr. Elwin, in the Introduction to his edition of the Works of Pope,
to prove the extensive alteration of his correspondence by the poet in his own printed
editions. Presented by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart, M.P.

A volume of draughts and copies of accounts, letters, law papers, evidences, &c., relat-
ing to property of the family of Ferrers, of Feniton and Ottery St. Mary, in Devonshire,
temp. Henry VII. Presented by Sir Walter Charles Trevelyun, Bart.

Edward A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

Arabic Catalogue.—An Index of Matters, a Conspectus Codicum, and the Preface
have been prepared.

Sheets 9 T—10 P have been carried through the press.

The Supplement, a folio volume of 536 pages, containing descriptions of 861 Manu-
ered Bg well as Indices and Tables extending to the entire Catalogue, has been
published.

Syriae Catalogue-—Two Appendices have been prepared, viz., A., Notes and Additions
to Rosen’s Catalogue; B., Descriptions of the Mendaitic Manuscripts of the Taylor
Collection.

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A Conspectus of the Manuscripts, in numerical sequence, and a Table of dated
Manuscripts, have been compiled.

Sheets 4 A—7 Y have been carried through the press.

Part I., a 4to. volume of 637 pages, containing the Class of Theology, has been
issued.

Persian Catalogue.—Title-slips have been written of the whole Persian Collection, and
arranged into classes.

Two indices of titles and authors’ names have been compiled.

Full descriptions have been written of 114 Manuscripts for the same Catalogue.

The Chinese and Japanese Collections have been examined. ‘Titles have been written
for them, and will form an Appendix to the Chinese Catalogue in course of preparation.

The Oriental Register has been carried on from Or. 16 to Or. 1,021.

The Oriental Manuscripts acquired in the years 1865-187) have been endorsed.

Descriptive lists of the Onental Manuscripts acquired in 1870, and the first six months
of 1871, have been prepared.

The same Oriental Manuscripts have been lettered, bound, and placed on the shelves.

I.—Acquisitions.

Thirty-three Manuscripts have been added to the Oriental Collection, 26 by
purchase and 7 by donation.
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Among the more valuable or curious are the following :—

Three Coptic papyri of the 8th century, containing wills and contracts, one of which is
dated a.H. 132, a.p. 750.

Zafar-Namah, a history of Timiir, by Sharaf uddin Yazdi, with several highly-finished
miniatures. Persian; A.D. 1600.

Anis al-Mutrib, a history of Fez and Morocco, in Arabic. From the library of the
late Professor Caussin de Perceval.

Durrat-al-Musanah, a history of the Mamluks of Egypt. Arabic. From the same
collection.

The Michlol and Et Sopher, or Grammatical Works of David Kimchi. Hebrew;
A.D. 1487.

Sepher Ham-Mitsvoth, by Maimonides. A new Hebrew version, by Solomon
Sephardi. 15th century.

The Book of Esther, a Hebrew roll, with miniatures of the 17th century.

Chesbon Ham-Mahalakhoth, an astronomical work, by Abraham Bar Chiyah. Hebrew ;
14th century.

Toledoth Ha-Adam, by Joseph Israel, of Forli. Hebrew; 15th century.

The Siddur of Rab ’Amram, a rare liturgical work. Hebrew; 15th century.

Sepher Ha-Eminah Ha-Ramah, a treatise on the philosophy of religion, by Abraham
Ben David Ha-Levi. Hebrew; 15th century.

A native Japanese Dictionary, in 14 volumes.
* Gulshan e *Ishk, a poem in Dakhni, by Nusrati. 18th century. Presented by Major

ttley.

Ie aaalesad: a medical work, in Cingalese. Presented by Mr. Pieris, of Ceylon.

Sigalovada-Sutta, a Buddhistic work, with Commentary. [Pali in the Cingalese
character. Two copies. Presented by Rob. C. Childers, Esq.

A MS. in the language and character of the Shan people (Burmah). Presented by
Major Edward Sladen.

Ch. Rieu.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement.

In the Egyptian division the vestibule and staircase of the North Gallery have been
painted, the papyri on the walls and some of the monuments removed, the pedestals
cleaned, labels renewed, and the mummy cases on the top of the stairs re-arranged, and
the plaster casts cleaned.

A new table case has been placed in the Northern Egyptian Gallery, and some recent
acquisitions displayed in it.

An Egyptian wooden door has been placed for exhibition in the vestibule of the
Northern Egyptian Gallery.

Several Egyptian tablets exhibited in the Egyptian Galleries have been secured with
brackets.

In the Egyptian Galleries a double-seated statue has been placed under glass, as also
portions of another figure, and three Egyptian monuments have been mounted upon
granite pedestals.

Portion of an Egyptian sarcophagus and an Egyptian altar have been mounted on
granite pedestals in the Galleries.

Nine monuments in the Egyptian Galleries have been mounted on Caen stone

linths.
¥ A cast of the trilingual Decree of Canopus, or Tablets of San, in hieroglyphic, Greek
and enchorial characters, has been framed, and placed in the South Egyptian Gallery.

The medical papyrus has been arranged, joined, framed, and placed for exhibition on
the wall of the north-west staircase.

A new glass case has been placed in the first Egyptian Room, and one of the mummy
coffins and mummies presented by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales exhibited in it.

Some of the objects and cases of the second Egyptian Room have been re-arranged, 81
Egyptian objects have been mounted, 30 pieces of Kgyptian papyri have been joined,
arranged, mounted, and some glazed.

The side-lights in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been improved, and the glazing of the
Assyrian monuments exhibited in the basement has been continued.

A series of the Assyrian inscribed bricks has been exhibited in the Nimroud Gallery,
arranged in chronological order over the sculptures.

Some of the table cases in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been re-arranged.

The fragments of Assyrian ivory objects have been examined, and some joined.

Several Assyrian historical clay cylinders have been repaired.

The collection of Chaldean, Assyrian, and Babylonian bricks has been thoroughly
examined and classified, and a complete series of them arranged for exhibition.

The bilingual section of the Assyrian inscribed terra-cotta tabiets has been studied,
and further progress made in joining and completing them.

Progress has been also made in the reconstruction of the astrological and mythological
sections of inscribed terra-cotta tablets.

The Assyrian inscribed terra-cotta tablets with the names of eponymous officers have
been arranged.

Some progress has been made in copying inscriptions of Chaldwan sale and other
inscribed terra-cotta tablets.

The collections of Assyrian and Babylonian inscribed terra-cotta tablets haye been
examined in search of duplicate specimens.

The inscriptions from the Isle of Cyprus offered for purchase have been examined, and
the alphabet and language of the ancient inhabitants of Cyprus discovered.

52 Assyrian objects have been mounted.

129 small Assyrian inscribed terra-cotta tablets have been repaired and cleaned.

15 Assyrian bronze objects have been cleaned.

Four portions of Carthaginian sculpture have been mounted on pedestals.

714 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

31 paper impressions of Egyptian inscriptions have heen catalogued.

Three Egyptian papyri have been catalogued.

Some progress has been made in the descriptive text for the geometric papyrus.

58 slips have been incorporated in the Egyptian catalogue.

462 obje:ts have been prepared for registration.

729 objects have been registered.

359 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects in the collection.

353 numbers have been printed.

A title and index has been made for the supplementary drawings by Mr. Loftus.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 778.

Amongst them the following are the most remarkable: —

A large collection of various objects excavated by the Rev. Greville J. Chester at Tel el
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Yahoudeh, near Cairo, comprising objects from the age of Rameses III., of the 20th
dynasty, till the Roman dominion in Egypt. Of these the most remarkable are—

Several tiles of fayence, in different colours, representing in relief the figures of Asiatic
and Negro prisoners.

Inlaid tiles, with inscriptions, and the names and titles of Rameses ITI.

Alabaster fragments, with the name of the same monarch.

Portions of the capitals of two columns, inlaid with circular tiles of the period of the
Greek or Roman dominion. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Alabaster fragments of portions of faces, arms, and feet for inlaying into the walls.

Bronze head of a ram.

A bronze hand, part of a standard or censer.

Bronze mason’s chisel.

Portion of a granite clepsydra, inscribed with the name and titles of Alexander the
Great in hieroglyphs. From Tel el Yahoudeh.

Calcareous stone head of an Egyptiin monarch. From Crocodilopolis.

Granite fragment of statue, with the name of Shishak.

Caleareous stone torso of a monarch. From Tel el Yahoudeh,

Calcareous stone head of a king. From Benha el Assal.

Plaster hand, life size. From Tel Basta.

Plaster relief head of a monarch, and lines of a sculptor.

Calcareous stone square models of sculptor, with bas-reliefs of head of monarch, owl,
eagle, and quail.

Specimen of mortar from the Great Pyramid at Gizeh. Presented by the Rey.
Greville J. Chester.

Specimens of cloths and embroidery from Sakkara, Presented by the Rev. Greville
J. Chester.

Palm stick inserted into the head and trunk of a decapitated mummy. From Sakkara.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

_ Silver seal, inscribed “‘ The House of Ammon,” in hieroglyphs. Found at Smyrna.

Four stone hammers. From the Wady Magarah.

Fragment of the face of the rock of the Wady Magarah, supposed to have been cut by
chisels. Presented by H. Bauerman, Esq.

Two inscriptions, in the ancient Hebrew-Pheenician character, discovered by M.
Clermont Ganneau at Siloam-el-Fogani, near Jerusalem, acquired through M. Clermont
Ganneau and Mr. Consul Moore.

Three slabs, with Himyaritic inscriptions, and a smail monument, in shape of a
pyramid, also inscribed with the same, and two bronze plates inscribed with Himyaritic
inscriptions. Presented by Captain Prideaux, R.E., Assistant Political Resident at Aden.

Bronze ring, with a Himyaritic monogram. A;

Silver clasp or amulet, inscribed with the name of “ Hanbazim, son of Makmahasim,”
in Himyaritic characters. Presented by Captain Prideaux, R.E., Assistant Political
Resident at Aden.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.
Il.— Arrangement.

Forty-seven pieces of sculpture and architecture, seventeen inscriptions, thirty-eight
mosaics, thirty-nine bronze figures, and one hundred and ninety-two objects in iron, have
been mounted or repaired; progress has been made in repairing sculptures from Priene,
in fixing frieze of Parthenon, and in arranging and fixing sculptures and mosaics in
Greco-Roman Basement Rooms; seventy-five vases and two marble inscriptions have
been cleaned or repaired; one hundred and twenty-eight gems have been mounted in
silver-gilt settings; eight hundred and ninety-three plaster casts of gems have been
cleaned and mounted in gilt-edged paper; seventy plaster casts of gems have been made;
two new cruciform cases have been placed in the Bronze Room, and four glass shades for
select objects in the First and Second Vase Rooms; descriptive titles have been attached
to five hundred and eighty-three objects; three hundred and twenty-four objects have
been catalogued, and thirty-two objects have been registered; a Guide to the Bronze
Room has been published; new editions of the Guide to First Vase Room, and of the
general Guide, have been issued.

IL.— Acquisitions.

I. Greek inscription recording a dedication to the Emperor Vespasian, by the people
of Hyrcania, in Lydia. From the castle near Ephesus.
Presented hy E. Purser, E'sq., Smyrna.

II. Terra-cotta lamp of late Roman period.
Presented by S. Pinto, Esq.
164. B4 III.—1. Vase

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TII.—1. Vase of red fictile ware with zig-zag pattern incised. From Cyprus.
2. Two bronze bowls. From Cyprus.

3. Female head in stone. From Pyla, in Cyprus.

4, Point of scabbard in bone. From Mayence.

5. Hexagonal die in bone.

Presented by Augustus W. Franks, Esq.

IV. Small male figure in marble. From the Porta del Popolo, Rome.
Presented by the Kev. Greville Chester.

V.—1. Three rude terra-cotta figures.

2. Fragment of a cup, of black fictile ware, on which has been a frieze of charioteers,
and an inscription in relief.

3. Ivory tablet on which is a group of Ajax seizing Cassandra. It has been attached

to a casket.
Presented by Charles Merlin, Esq.

Purchases.—1. An archaic fictile vase with a rude figure in high relief on the neck.
2. Two rude statuettes; and

3. Two camels’ heads in terra-cotta.

4. Female figure with ram’s head, seated in chair; in stone.

Nos. 1—4 are from the Collection of General Cesnola, and were found in Cyprus.

5. Twelve vases of black fictile ware, found at Capua. These vases, which belong to a
very rare class, are distinguished for their size, their beauty of form, and for the taste
with which ornaments in gold are introduced to relieve the black ground. The lustre of
the black varnish is preserved almost in its original freshness. The series consists of three
large kraters, seven amphore, one oinochoe, and one lekythos. On the oinochoe a
female figure, holding two torches, is represented in relief, gilt and coloured; on the
lekythos Erés drawing his bow, painted in gold.

These vases belong to the Macedonian period, and may be ranked among the most
splendid extant specimens of fictile art.

C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BritTisH AND MrepimvaL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

Tue large central case on the west side of the Second Egyptian Room has been fitted
up with glass shelves, and with platforms covered with velvet; and a selection of the
Venetian glass from the Slade Collection has been displayed in it. The remainder of the
collections of glass have been re-arranged in the wall and table cases on the same side of
the room.

The Arctic collections have been incorporated and arranged in three central cases in
the Ethnographical Room; fifty-five wall cases in that room have been emptied, the cases
have been painted and distempered, and the collections re-arranged in them.

The Indian sculptures have been removed from the North Basement to the Cartha-
ginian Basement, preparatory to their being exhibited.

The registration of acquisitions has been continued, and nearly all the objects acquired
during the year have been entered and incorporated.

The arrangements of the Christy Collection will be noticed under that head.

IT.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Slade and Christy Collections, may
be classed as follows :—

(1.) British Antiquities—An axe-head of stag’s horn, three stone implements, and a
sword, dagger, and celt of bronze, found in excavating the new docks at Chatham, and
in the Medway ; presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Two bronze
swords from the Medway ; presented by Edwin A. Bernays, Esq.

Querns, pounders, etc., found in excavations at Ty Mawr and Pen-y-Bonc, Holyhead
Island, Anglesea; presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, M.v. at

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Three bronze dagger blades found in the parish of Talaton, Devonshire; presented by
Sir John Kennaway, Bart.

A bronze bifid implement of rare form found in the county of Monaghan, Ireland; and
a bronze spear-head from Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire.

A collection of gold ornaments discovered in Ireland, including two crescent-shaped
“ gorgets,” a neck-ring with punched devices, nine penannular rings of various types; also
a silver armlet found in the North of Ireland, and a bronze brooch enamelled, from the
county of Kaldare.

A bronze statuette of fine workmanship found in 1814, at Earith, Huntinedonshire ;
it is the figure of a warrior with thunderbolts on his greaves, and it has been conjectured
Ce it was intended for Jupiter Martialis, a divinity of whom few representations are

nown.

Portion of a bronze trumpet found in Cambridgeshire, and eight Roman seals of lead
found at Brough, Westmoreland; all presented by the Rev. W. Greenwell, r.s.a.

Roman pewter dishes and other vessels found at Lakenheath in Suffolk, and two Roman
gold ornaments from Kent and Essex.

A Romano-British earthenware cup fouud at Tilbury Fort, Essex, and an Anglo-
Saxon urn from Kirton in Lindsay, Lincolnshire ; both presented, through the Trustees
of the Christy Collection, by the Literary and Philosophical Society of Sheffield.

An Anglo-Saxon pendant of gold, set with garnets, found at Acklam, Yorkshire;
presented by J. R. Mortimer, Esq.

Hight English rings of gold, with various devices, including a decade ring found at
Netley Abbey, engraved with the arms of the Tichborne family. A cameo of George III.
when young.

A cap of defence formed of iron plates, enclosed im linen, and known as Brigandine
armour. ‘This cap is of the end of the 15th century, and was found on a beam in the
old buildings of Davyington Priory, Kent. Bequeathed by Thomas Willement, Esq.,
F.S.A.

A series of Antiquities of various kinds, found chiefly in London, and illustrating the
manners and customs of the Middle Ages; selected from the collections of the late Josiah
Cato, Esq.

A large contemporary bust of Prince Rupert, made of stone-ware by John Dwight of
Fulham, and till recently in the possession of his descendants.

Among the Foreign illustrations of the Prehistoric series may be noticed twelve bronze
weapons found in tombs in Cyprus, and some gold ornaments, possibly Celtic, found at
Merida, Spain.

ji (2.) Byzantine and Medieval.cA Byzantine intaglio with curious inscription, found in

rus.
aA draughtsman of the 12th century carved in Walrus ivory, two astrolabes, and
eighteen dials of various kinds; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., v.P.s.A.

Two elegant stone-ware jugs of German manufacture ; one of them mounted in silver-
gilt; presented by John Henderson, Esq., Fr.s.a.

A cameo set in a ring with portrait of Christian [V. King of Denmark, and twenty-one
matrices of seals.

A ring-dial made in Germany ; presented by Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P.

Two enamelled tiles from Spain.

(3.) Oriental and Ethnographical— Two urns, bronze armlets and iron implements
found by the donor in tumuli in the Nilagiri Hills, Southern India; presented by Lieut.
Col. H. B. Sweet.

Two inscribed slabs from Dhalac el Kebir, Red Sea; presented by Hilary Bauerman,
Esq., F.G.S.

‘A celestial globe of brass inlaid with silver, made a.H. 674 (A.D. 1275), by Mohammed
ben Hilhal of Mosul, and obtained in the East by the late Sir John Malcolm.

IiI.— Slade Collection.

During the year 1871, the Executors of the late Felix Slade, Esq., have purchased out
of the Fund especially bequeathed to them for the purpose two hundred and forty-six
specimens of glass at a total cost of 6367. 1s. 8 d., and presented them as additions to the
Slade Collection.

Among the more remarkable of these specimens may »e noticed the following :—

A very curious series of glass vases found in an early Roman tomb at Canosa, Southern
Italy, consisting of two large white bowls with floral designs in gold of a good style, and
believed to be earlier than any specimens of the same kind hitherto noticed ; two very
large patere of millefiori, and a bowl of the same kind; a large bowl with raised devices
cut in the lathe, and four other less important specimens.

Twenty-one glass vessels, &c., found in recent excavations in Cyprus.

A singular elongated vessel of millefiori glass. ‘ :

An Arab lamp of the 14th century, with enamelled designs, brought from Cairo.

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Collections of ancient beads from Egypt, Denmark, and Ireland.
A large enamelled bowl of Venetian glass, and four specimens of Chinese giass.

_A small sepulchral cist of tufa from Cologne in which was discovered the remarkable
disc of Christian glass, with gilt subjects, in the Slade Collection (No. 317), has been
presented by M. Edouard Herstatt, of Cologne.

1V.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

In Room I. three new cases have been added, containing in all 39 square feet; in one
of them has been placed the collection of flint implements from Yorkshire, chiefly pre-
sented by Thomas Fox, Esq., of Bridlington, and of which 453 specimens have been
mounted on tablets; in another have been arranged other English objects of stone ; and
in the third, similar objects from various parts of Africa, of which 159 have been mounted
on tablets. A series of 198 selected flint implements from the French caves has been
mounted on tablets.

In Room VI., a new case, containing 38 square feet, has been added for the objects
presented by Major E, B. Sladen, and obtained by him in the expedition from Bhamo to
Yunnan in China.

Eight hundred additional slips have been prepared for the registration catalogue, and
about 20 plates of woodcuts for the printed catalogue have been completed.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and Africa—Flint implements found in
the drift beds of various parts of England and France; presented by Edwin A. Bernays,
Esq., John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., Colonel A. Lane Fox, v.p.s.a., A. W. Franks,
Esq., v.P.s.A., the Rey. W. Greenwell, F.s.a., F. C. J. Spurrell, Esq., r.c.s., and Dr.
Ogier Ward.

A series of flint implements found with the remains of the Mammoth and other extinct
animals in the caves of the valley of the Lesse, Belgium, in the -course of excavations
ri by the Belgian Government; presented by the Royal Museum of Natural History,

russels.

Bone objects discovered by the late Rev. W. S. King, F.s.A., in the cave of Aurignac,
Hautes Pyrénées, France; presented by Mrs. W. 8. King.

Flint flakes; found by the donors under the submarine forests at Porlock Wear and
Minehead, Somerset; presented by W. Boyd Dawkins, Esq., F.R.s., and the Rey. H. H.
Winwood, F.G.s.

Flint implements from Suffolk, presented by the Rev. Greville Chester, John Evans,
Esq., Rev. W. Greenwell, Mr. H. R. Maynard, and the Rev. W. Weller Poley.

Two stone celts, wooden paddle and club, fragments of pottery, etc., found in draining
Ehenside Tarn, Cumberland; presented by Mrs. Stanley Pinhorne; a wooden handle
for a stone celt, and part of a wooden club, found in the same tarn; presented by R. D.
Darbishire, Esq., F.G.s. :

Cast of a remarkable flint implement from the Isle of Wight, presented by Hodder
M. Westropp, Esq.; flint scraper from Walthamstow, Essex, presented by Henry
H. Woodward, Esq., F.c.s.; and flint implements from Yorkshire, presented by the
Rev. W. Greenwell.

Stone implements of the neolithic period found in Holland, Germany, Denmark, Italy,
Egypt, and Japan; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Fragments of pottery from the Hunebedden of Drenthe, Holland, presented by Mr.
W. Pleyte, of Leyden; and part of a pierced axe from Emsbiiren, Hanover, presented
by Pastor Deitering, of that place.

Celts of jade, and other materials, obtained in the province of Yunnan, South Western
China, by the donor, Major E. B. Sladen; cores and flakes from Jubbulpore, Central
India; presented by the Director of the Indian Museum, Calcutta; and worked flint flake
from Tel-el-Yahoudeyeh, Egypt; presented by the Rey. Greville Chester.

Stone celts from the Gold Coast, presented by Andrew Swanzy, Esq.; fragments of
pottery from the Cape of Good Hope, presented by Captain Henry Thurburn; and
rude stone implements from Southern Africa, presented by Edgar L. Layard, Esq.,
Peter Sutherland, Esq., M.p., and Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.¢.S.

2. Ethnography of Africa—Nubian spears, presented by C. Drury Fortnum, Esq.,
F.s.a., A. W. Franks, Esq., and John Holmes, Esq.; pipes from Egypt and West
Africa, presented by William Bragge, Esq., F.S.A.

Pottery from West Africa, presented by Walter Bagshawe, Esq.; wooden figure from
Benin, presented by John J. Bagshawe, Esq.; quiver of poisoned arrows from West
Africa, presentea by Andrew Swanzy, Esq., and carved cup and two horns of ivory,
probably made on the West Coast of Africa in the 16th century ; presented by A. W.
Franks Esq. Fc

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Staff, ingot of copper, and other objects from Natal; presented by Robert J. Mann,
Esq., F.R.G.S.; perforated stone ball and pounder used by the bushmen, presented by
Peter Sutherland, Esq., M.p., and a feather war head-dress of the Matabeli Kafirs, pre-
sented by Captain C. P. Carey, R.E.

3. Ethnography of Asia and the Asiatic Islands.—A. valuable collection of dresses,
weapons, &c., made by the donor during his expedition from Bhamo in Burmah, to
Yunnan in China; presented by Major E. B. Sladen.

Specimens from the Andaman Islands, Assam, and Birmah; presented by the Director
of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

An extensive collection, comprising objects from Siam, Japan, Sumatra, Java, and the
ord islands in the Asiatic Archipelago; presented by the Zoological Society of Ams-
terdam.

Objects from India, Assam, Japan, and the Asiatic Islands, including a remarkable
tobacco pipe of brass, made by the Battas of Sumatra; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Indian boomerang, presented by the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, F.s.a.; Javanese
cloths and a Batta belt, presented by Mr. W. Hekking, of Haarlem; ancient Javanese
bronze, presented by Mr. J. C. P. Hotz, of the Hague; and Japanese objects, presented
by Mr. Nordhoek Heght, of Ainsterdam.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia—An idol from Tahiti, and other objects;
presented by the Literary and Philosophical Society of Sheffield.

Various specimens from the islands of the Pacific and Australia; presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Specimens from the Pacific and New Zealand; presented by William Bragge, Esq.,
Captain H. W. Feilden, Rev. W. Greenwell, Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, Baron Sloet
ies Oldhuis, of Zwolle, W. J. Bernhard Smith, Esq., and Sir Walter C. Trevelyan,

art.

5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—
(a.) North America.—A. wooden mask from Sitka, presented by Henry J. Gardiner,
Esq. ; and a Muskogie Indian dress, presented by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart.

(b.) Central America and the West Indies —Objects in terra-cotta and stone from
Mexico ; and fragments of pottery and a stone celt from the Mosquito Coast; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Shell adzes from Barbadoes, presented by Edward Levien, Esq., ¥F.s.4.

(c.) South America.—A collection of singular wooden vessels in the form of figures, and
wooden mace-heads, found under a considerable depth of guano, on the North Macabi
Islands, off the Coast of Peru; obtained by the late Josiah D. Harris, Esq., and presented
by Josiah Harris, Esq.

A similar collection from the same place; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Antiquities of stone, and gold ornaments, from New Granada and Venezuela, anda
snuff tube from the Guahibo Indians, River Orinoco; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Singular stone found in a tomb in the United States of Columbia; presented by
Robert C. Joy, Esq.

A stone implement from Santos, Brazil, presented by the Rev. W. 8. Simpson; bolas,
carved staff, and blow-tube, presented by William Bragge, Esq.; wooden vase from
Brazil, presented by Joseph Mayer, Esq., ¥F.s.A.; and a collection of objects from the
Rio Tocantins, Brazil, and from Paraguay ; presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham.

In addition to the donations above noticed, a few purchases have been made out of
the Christy Fund, now nearly exhausted; they include a fine flint celt, found at Tooting,
Surrey, an Indian sword from Seringapatam, a harpoon with thrower, from Greenland,
and three stone objects from Mexico.

The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets, to be obtained at the
British Museum. There have been 827 visitors in 1871, as compared with 749 during

_ the previous year.

Augustus W. Franks.

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DEPARTMENT OF CoINs AND MEDALS,
I.— Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

Four new cabinets have been inserted.

ak Greek coins, acquired during the year 1871, have been registered and incorpo-
rated

96 coins of Acarnania, from the Woodhouse Collection, have been registered, and 178
incorporated.

From the same collection have also been registered and incorporated :—

93 coins of Northern Greece.

182 coins of Attica and its islands.

292 coins of Achaia.

203 coins of the Ionian Islands.

71 coins of the Peloponnesus.
144 coins of the islands of the Aigean.
326 coms of Asia Minor, and the adjacent islands.
48 coins of Syria.
85 coins of Egypt and Africa.
37 coins of various places.

156 pieces of the Aes grave of Central Italy have been transferred to their place in
the Greek series.

821 coins of Athens, 227 of Leucas, 193 of Adgina, 518 of Corinth, 379 of the colonies
of Corinth, 277 of Sicyon, and 128 of Elis, have been re- arranged in accordance with
recent discoveries, or in a better manner, and new headings written.

61 coins of Lucania, 80 of Apulia, and 777 of Calabria, have been weighed and mea-
sured for the Catalogue of Greek coins.

758 retrograde or archaic Greek letters, monograms, &c., have been drawn for the

same Catalogue.

2. Roman Series :—

13 Roman coins, including 11 brass medallions, and 3 Byzantine coins, acquired during
the year 1871, have been registered and incorporated.

12 Imperial copper coins of the time of Constantine have been registered and incorpo-
rated.

32 silver consular coins have been incorporated.

80 leaden tickets, probably for seats at public games, have been registered.

The separation of the Roman gold coins from the silver and third brass has been con-
tinued, by the addition of the earlier Imperial Class of gold coins to the Family Class, and
that of the Lower Empire.

An index to the coins in the Consular series, which are arranged chronologically
on Mommsen’s system, has been nearly completed.

413 Byzantine gold coins have been weighed, and 255 heading cards of the Roman
Series from Constantine I., to Romulus Augustulus, have been written.

8. Medieval and Modern Series :—

75 Medieval or modern coins, acquired during the year 1871, have been registered

and incorporated.

55 German coins have been registered.

Labels have been affixed to the doors of fourteen cabinets, stating the number of gold
coins to be found in each. Descriptive cards have also been written for these coins,
giving, where possible, references to standard numismatic works.

4, English Series :—

58 Saxon, English, and Colonial coins, acquired during the year 1871, have been re-
gistered and incorporated.

440 Enolish, 429 Irish, and 41 Scotch copper coins, and 35 copper coins of the Channel
Islands and the Isle of Man, from the Freudeuthal Collection, have been registered and
incorporated.

The whole class of Irish coins, 780 in number, has been removed from the English
series into a separate cabinet, and re-arranged according to the system of Dr. Aquilla
Smith.

The photographs of war medals published by Captain Tupper have been compared with
the Museum Collection: a list has been drawn up, and cards of reference added in the

Museum cabinets. :
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5. Oriental Series :—

17 Oriental coins, acquired during the year 1871, have been registered, and 13 incor-
porated. | -

324 coins of the "Amawee Khaleefehs have been examined, and the mint and date of
each verified.

An Index to the Catalogues and Registers, consisting of 159,730 slips written in
quadruplicate by the carbonic process, has been made.

I1.— Acquisitions.

The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the
past year:—

|

Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Billon. | Glass. | Torat.
Greek - - - - 46 156 65 . ae ~ 267
Roman - - - - 2 2 13 = aoe s 17
Medizval and Modern” - 9 54 11 1 = - 75
English - - ~ - 4 215 26 2 - - 247
Oriental - - - - 12 8 | 8 - - 50 78
Gowan 78 | 486°." 128 | 3 50 684

In addition to the above coins, a steel die of an American note, and four Roman coin-
moulds, have been acquired.

Of these acquisitions, the following should be especially mentioned :-—
1. Greek Series :—

In the class of the aes grave of Italy, a semuncia of Asculum in Picenum, a very rare
quincunx of Hatria, a sextans of Central Italy, a very fine as of Venusia; all but the
second unpublished, and either unique or of extreme rarity.

A unique medallion (decadrachm) of Syracuse.

In the Macedonian class, forty-four gold staters in splendid preservation, selected from
the finest specimens of the Larnaka find (Lang, Numismatic Chronicle, vol. xi., p. 229),
with a view to completing the Museum Collection. These coins were acquired by the
exertions of Mr. Lang, Her Majesty’s Consul at Larnaka.

A didrachm of Sicyon in Achaia, bearing a curious punctured inscription, apparently a
dedication to Artemis. This rarity, with others to be enumerated, was procured from
Mr. Merlin, Her Majesty’s Consul at the Pireus.

An extremely rare coin of Carystus in Euboea.

A coin of Trapezus in Pontus, with the type parlante of a table, very rare.

In the class of Greek Imperial medallions of Asia Minor, three fine specimens, respec-
tively of Heraclea in Bithynia, Pergamus, and the same town in alliance with Ephesus.

A rare and fine coin of the Empress Lucilla, struck at Euippe in Caria.

The preceding four coins were procured from Mr. Consul Merlin.

A rare Imperial coin of Augusta, in Cilicia.

Two very rare Imperial coins of Mopsus, in Cilicia. a :

A second portion of the silver Cypriote coins found at Dali, by acquiring which
from Mr. Consul Lang the Museum now possesses the best specimen of every variety
in these two important finds. (Return, 6th June 1871, p. 28; Lang, Numismatic
Chronicle, vol. xi., p. 1.) The national collection is thus rendered by fat the richest in
the world in this interesting branch. oer i

In the cognate class of early Lycian coins, six rare specimens, one of which, bearing
the new type of a bear-headed divinity, is held to be unique, :

A coin of Augustus, struck at Sebastos, the port of Caserea, in Samaria.

2. Roman Series :-—

In the important historical class of Roman medallions, eleven specimens, in brass, of
Commodus, Severus, Severus Alexander, Gordianus III. (4), Philippus L., with
Philippus II. (2), and Otacilia Severa.

In the class of Roman gold coins, an extremely rare aureus of Augustus (moneyer,
P. Petronius Turpilianus), and a rare aureus of the same Emperor, commemorating the
Secular Games.

3. English Series :-—

A hundred and eighty-eight groats, chiefly of Henry IV., V., VIL, and Edward LV.,
selected from the Stamford Find, among which are many new varieties.
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III.—The following have heen presented to the Trustees :—

A Greek Imperial coin of Severus Alexander, struck at Priene. By Mrs. Forbes, of
Sokoi, Smyrna.

Four Indian coins. By Mrs. Crook.

A long-cross penny of Henry III. By E. Burns, Esq.

A five-franc piece of 1870. By W. Blades, Esq.

Five English copper coins. By S. O. Gray, Esq.

A Southampton token. By P. G. Ward, Esq.

A copper coin of Nero, struck at Augusta, in Cilicia. By Lieut. Col. J. Leonidas
Lyghounes.

A silver coin of Populonia, and twenty-four copper coins of Syria and Asia Minor.
By M. De Sauley.

A steel die of an American note. By J. R. Macdaniel, Esq.

A medal commemorating the opening of the New Coal Exchange. By the Corpora-
tion of London.

Three prize medals of the City of London School. By the School Committee.

A medal commemorating the opening of the Holborn Viaduct and Blackfriars Bridge.
By the Joint Committee of the Bridge-house Estates and Improvement. x

A satirical medal of Napoleon III. By the Rev. W. Falconer.

A medal of the Exhibition of Tromso. By the Norwegian Government.

A copper coin of Goa. By Roland Trimen, Esq.

A copper coin of Hetam I., King of Armenia. By Mons. C. Constant.

Two English tokens. By the Rev. John Manley.

A medal struck to commemorate the repulse of the Spanish fleet off Callao. By Harry
Emanuel, Esq.

A set of the current coins of India. By Lieut. Col. Hyde, r..

An archaic drachm of Athens, and two other Greek coins. By Capt. Prideaux, R.z.

A medallet commemorative of the Gordon riots, and a medal of the anniversary dinner
of the Livery of London. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bronze medal commemorating the centenary of the foundation of the Schemnitzer
Berg-und-Forst-Akademie. By the Academy.

IV. Exhibition :-—

The exhibition of electrotypes of remarkable Greek coins in the Gold Ornament Room
has been supplemented by a similar exhibition of electrotypes of Roman and Byzantine
gold coins, forming as complete an Imperial series as the space would admit.

A guide has been prepared for the former exhibition.

The number of visitors of the Medal Room during the past year has been 1,149.

The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room has been 6,905.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF NatTurRAL History.

The circumstances which now render any accessions to the Natural History Depart-
ments unduly or peculiarly onerous and difficult to the officers in charge, since the neces-
sity of increased space for their reception -was finally recognised in 1862 by all the
authorities concerned in the provision thereof, add year by year to the reticence exercised
in the admission to those departments of additional specimens. Offers of collections for
sale and opportunities of acquisitions by purchase are declined or postponed, which, with
due exhibition-space, might have had claims for submission to the consideration of the
Trustees.

Nevertheless those conditions and qualities which have appeared to be imperative on
the responsible officers have operated in the reception into, and incorporation with, the
present crowded series, during the year 1871, of 15,879 specimens. .

Of these 10,577 have been added to the Department of Zoology ; 4,789 to the Depart-
ment of Geology, and 513 to the Department of Mineralogy.

But the above numbers fall short of representing the requirements of exhibition space
annually pressing. The British Museum possesses accumulations of specimens in store
from general collections, voyages of discovery, &c., and the work of examination, deter-
mination, or identification of these specimens results in the addition of numbers of such
specimens which claim places in the exhibited series, and will have them when the
galleries of the New Museum are ready for their reception.

Thus, of the reserved or store specimens of minerals, 1,290 have been determined,
named, and the localities, where verifiable, attached to the descriptive labels, during the
fact year; analogous results follow similar labours in other departments of Natural

istory.

To meet the wishes and expectations of scientific visitors and students, in regard to
opportunities of study and inspection of specimens relating to the latest advances in

Natural

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Natural History, the well-filled or crowded exhibition galleries and ¢
more or less of re-arrangement, with removal and interchange of

allow place and access to the novelties.

Inadequacy of space is thus associated unavoidably with loss of time, in the
of labour and care to such re-adjustments of series

sufficiency of exhibition space shall h
direct applications of the national collections to the advancement of science.

Moreover, in regard to delicate and brittle specimens, for which
would preclude such unnecessary disturbance,
It has been found necessary,
specimens, and re-place almost the entire collection of fossil fishes,
exhibition of certain classical, rare, and instructive additions from the C
Van Breda Collections, acquired by purchase during the past year.

preservation.

for example, to ch

ases have to undergo
specimens, in order to

; application
8 which time and labour, when
ave been acquired, would be devoted to the more

adequacy of space
present conditions endanger their perfect
ange the position of the
in order to adrait of the
amperian and

In reference to the estimates of space for present and future probable additions to the

Natural History Departments, given in “ reports”
10th), and 1862 (6th March),

“reports” by the superintendent in 1859 (February
he subjoins, in verification of the grounds thereof, the

annual increase of specimens to the Natural History Departments, which increase has
taken place under similar reasons for keeping it down to those which have been above
alluded to as in operation during the past year.

Annual Increase of SprcimENs in the Departments of Natural History during the
Twelve Years of 1859-1870.
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Zoology. Geology. | Mineralogy. Botany. Toran.

1859 = 42,691 3,550 3,186 4,870 44,913
1860 = 25,222 10,000 10,028 - 4,673 49,923
1861 = 16,121 5,022 1,525 8,364 31,532
1862 - 13,129 3,144 1,200 12,347 29,820
1863 98,754 3,053 667 9,980 112,454
1864 = 7,688 4,651 634 10,959 23,932
1865 - 16,700 10,079 3,623 14,737 45,139
1866 = 92,818 4,061 672 6,648 104,199
1867 - 81,228 9,156 813 10,690 102,157
1868 - “ - = 24,144 10,372 1,036 15,021 50,573
1869 - - = = 8,979 7,226 885 14,950 32,040
1870 - - - - 8,014 7,620 676 10,170 26,480

Toran Increase in|) 435 488 | 78,434 | 24,945 | 123,409 | 653,162

Twelve Years ~J

The collections in the Zoological, Geological, and Mineralogical Departments of
Natural History have been kept in a good state of preservation, with the exception of a
proportion of the series preserved in spirits.

Specimens placed in methylated spirit, the use of which, from its economy, began in
1862, have shown effects which could not have been foreseen prior to the experiment.
From that date to 1865, specimens of vertebrated animals, fishes, and reptiles, e.g., have
become lax, or have lost consistency, and on those which have been longest immersed a
deposit of the wood resins employed in “ methylating ” alcohol has accrued upon the sur-
face of the specimens.

But these, under present circumstances of storage in the basement vaults, are subject
to variations of temperature, sometimes reaching 70° F. rarely falling below 60° F., from
which elevation and alternations of temperature they will be free in the store galleries
designed for this class of objects in the New Museum of Natural History.

The stuffed and mounted specimens of the class Mammalia are in a state of preserva-
tion ; those which, from their large size, or the want of space in the glazed cabinets, stand
on the floor, or are suspended to the walls of the Mammalian Gallery, have received con-
tinued care in the prevention or diminution of the effects of such exposure. The dried
and unstuffed species of the Mammalia kept in store are in a state of preservation appli-
cable to the purposes of scientific examination and comparison, and many of them are ina
state fit for future preparation and exhibition.

In the class of Birds (Aves), a larger proportion of the skins are stuffed and mounted
than in the preceding class, and are exhibited in systematic groups and sequence. ‘These
are in a good state of preservation, being protected in well-glazed cabinets, where, how-
ever, from the limitation of space, they are now more crowded than is consistent with
the desirable facility of study and comparison, or with easy access for detailed examination.

The skeletons of birds which are mounted and placed in the cabinets are in good condi-
tion; but this aid to the student of ornithology is limited by the exigencies of space.

The collection of unstuffed and unmounted bird skins preserved in the basement yaults
is in a state of preservation available for the purpose of study and comparison, but in a
certain proportion not so readily accessible as could be wished, the locality available for
safe storage, and assigned to the class Aves, having become crowded. ZY

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The proportion of the collection of the Reptilia, stuffed, mounted, and preserved in
aystematic arrangement, displayed in the glazed cabinets, is in a good state of preservation.
‘The larger specimens, standing or suspended above the cabinets, have been maintained in
a state of preservation, without more deterioration than is inevitable from such exposure.

The proportion of fishes (Pisces), stuffed and mounted, or preserved in spirits, and
displayed in systematic order in the glazed cabinets of the gallery allotted to the class,
is in good condition. But the proportion whick can be so preserved and shown is small,
and those in spirit which are exhibited ave in a less trying and variable temperature than
those in store. The dried specimens of fishes, which, from their large size, are exposed,
require and receive the same attention, and with the same result in maintaining their state
of preservation, as the larger Mammals and reptiles under similar circumstances.

The major part of the collections of the cold-blooded Vertebrata, including most of the
lizards, serpents, and fishes, is stored im the basement vaults, under the inevitably un-
favourable conditions as to crowding and temperature, to some of the effects of which
reference has already been made. With that reservation this numerous and valuable
series of specimens continues to be kept in good working condition.

The proportion of the series of the shells of the Mollusca, arranged and exhibited in the
glazed floor-cases of the Bird Gallery, is in a good state of preservation, well placed and
labelled for instruction and comparison. That part of the collection of shells which is
kept in drawers and closed cabinets is in systematic order, easy of access, and in a state of
perfect preservation.

The specimens of the classes Tunicata, Acalepha, Annelida, and Entozoa, with speci-
mens of the orders Nudibranchiata, Inferobranchiata ; of thefamilies Limacide, Oncidiade,
and ftrolide, and the major part of the class Cephalopoda, are preserved in spirits and
stored in the basement vaults, under the conditions referred to in reference to the ver-
tebrate species preserved in spirits; they cannot, therefore, be so favourably reported on,
as would be the case if the care and pains bestowed on their preservation were applied
under conditions of more space, with cooler and steadier temperature and better light.

The small portion of the class of insects displayed and arranged in the galleries to
which the pubiic have access is in a good state of preservation and is instructively
labelled ; the large portion of the class in the basement Entomological work and store-
room isin a good state of preservation, and so arranged in drawers of easy access as to
facilitate study and comparison.

The proportion of the classes Crustacea and Arachnida selected for exhibition in the
part of the public galleries available for that purpose includes examples of the orders
and principal families, and specimens selected for remarkable characters of size or shape ;
these specimens are in a good state of preservation. The larger proportion stored in
drawers is also in a good state of preservation, and is accessible for study and com-
parison. A small proportion of the Crustacea, and a larger one of Arachnida, are pre-
served in spirits.

The portion of the class Echinodermata (star-fish, sea-urchins, sea-eggs, trepang) in a
dry state, systematically arranged and displayed in the glazed cabinets, is well preserved.
The dried specimens stored in drawers and boxes are in a good state of preservation.
Many species of the class (Holothuriade, Sipunculide) form part of the large collection of
the store-specimens in spirits,

The corals and hard parts of other Zoophytes, which occupy detached glazed cases in
the Mammalian Gallery, are in a good state of preservation. ‘The additions to the series
of siliceous sponges, of the genera Euplectella, Pheronema, Hyalonema, and their allies,
most of them exemplifyiug the great depths in the ocean at which such grade of life can
be maintained, are well worthy of observation; they are represented chiefly by the
filamentary framework of the organism, and are well preserved. The major part of the
Radiata and Protozoa is kept in drawers, accessible for study and comparison, and in a
good state of preservation.

The main part of the collection of osteological specimens, human and comparative,
is stored, and now crowded, in the basement vaults. ‘The specimens are kept in a state of
preservation, fit for future systematic and useful display, and m regard to the entire bony
framework of an animal, where such has been acquired, in a state fit for future articulation
and exhibition in an Osteological Gallery.

The exhibited series of Nests, Nidamental Structures, and Eggs, aiso those of Horns
and Antlers, and the whole Sub-department of the British Natural History, both exhibited
and in drawers, are severally in a good state of preservation. All the specimens are
labelled, and the serial and systematic arrangements are carried out as far as the conditions
of the allotted space now permit.

The specimens of Geology and fossil remains, both exhibited and in store, are in a good
state of preservation. The exhibited specimens are instructively labelled and arranged,
and in most instances of easy access for scientific examination and comparison. Those
which are stored in drawers, and in cabinets of parts of the Museum not accessible to the
public, are well arranged for study and reference by scientific visitors.

The main part of the Collection of Mineralogy is exhibited in a state of instructive
arrangement under conditions affording great facility of study and scientific application.
The whole series of minerals is in a perfect state of preservation.

‘The more notable and interesting specimens received during the past year are referred
to in the reports from the several departments.

Richard Owen.

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DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The various portions of the Zoological Collection have been increased during the year
1871 to the extent of 10,577 specimens.

The following table will best exhibit the relative number of specimens that has been
added to each of the four following classes of the Animal Kingdom, viz.:—

Vertebrata - - - - = = - - 2,047
Mollusca - - - - = - - = 2,602
Annulosa - - - - - - - = byartars:
Radiata - - - - - - - - = 173

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Many of this extensive series of specimens are new species, and are highly interesting
on account of their being the type-specimens upon which the species were originally
established by zoologists. Others have been carefully selected from various collections
with a view of completing the serics previously contained in the collection, either in the
way of additional species, or as specimens illustrating the differences that occur in allied
species in various localities, or as exhibiting the gradual changes which take place during
their development and growth towards maturity.

The various portions of the Zoological Collection which are exhibited in the public
rooms for the instruction and amusement of the general visitors, or which are retained in
cabinets and store-boxes or preserved in spirits for the use of the more scientific students,
have been re-arranged, for the purpose of adopting the new systems of arrangement
of certain groups that have been promulgated by modern naturalists, or for the sake of
conformity with the catalogues lately published by order of the Trustees, and, at the
same time, allowing the new species and recently acquired specimens to be properly
placed in the general arrangement, thus facilitating the means of access to the entire series
of specimens of the various species contained in the Museum Collection when required for
the purpose of study.

The Zoological Collections which are contained in the private and public rooms have,
on the private days, been visited by two thousand five hundred and eighteen students for
the special object of scientifically studying their various portions.

The following Catalogues have been prepared and printed during the year 1871 :-——

“Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats.” By John Edwara
Gray, F.R.8.

“ Supplement to the Catalogue of Seals and Whales.” By John Edward
Gray. F.R.S.

“ Hand-List of Genera and Species of Birds.” Part lil. By George Robert
Gray, F.R.S.

“ Catalogue of Dermaptera saltatoria.” Part V. By Francis Walker, r.u.s.
* Catalogue of Heteropterous Hemiptera.” Part IV. By Francis Walker, F.u.s.

Among the series of specimens of Vertebrata that may be especially referred to as
having been lately added to the exhibited portions of the collection are those forming the
interesting groups of two species of Sloths, viz.: Arctopithecus griseus and Cholepus Hoff-
manni. 'These groups, being placed in proximity to each other, exhibit the differences of
age, and also the peculiarities of colour which occur in the two species as they advance
towards maturity.

A fine series of the different species of Lemurs from Madagascar is also exhibited in
separate glass cases with a view of showing the peculiarities of colour and markings
which exist among them, especially in the case of one species, the “ Ruffed Lemur”
(Varecia varia) of which there are three specimens lately brought by Mr. Crossley, who
found them living together as one family in a forest in Madagascar. ‘This species is
remarkable for assuming a very curious variation of colour (as is shown by the specimens
which form the group), and these differences have occasioned the varieties to be hitherto
regarded by zoologists as several distinct species.

Two fine specimens (male and female) of the rare Inyala Antilope, (Zragelaphus
Angasii,) brought from South Africa and presented by R. 8. Fellowes, Esq.

Two species of rare Cetacean Mammals have been added to the British Zoological
Collection, viz.: The Pike Whale (Balenoptera rostrata) which was procured off Wey-
mouth ; and the Grampus Rissoanus, also caught off the English coast.

The following Vertebrata may also be particularly noticed, as they form valuable
additions to the Collection.

A series of Mammals from Madagascar, containing examples of Eupleres Goudoti,
Galidea olivacea and of Galidea elegans, &c.

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—

Various Mammals from Abyssinia, consisting of specimens of the Oryx Antilope, Rhino-
ceros, male and female of the Kudu Antilope, and of the rare Abyssinian Bush Antilope,
Cephalophus madoqua.

A specimen of Sclater’s Monaul (Lophophorus Sclateri), from Mishmi Hills in Upper
Assam ; this is the only example of this fine species which has yet been obtained.

Several specimens of Hornbills; Buceros nipalensis, Buceros plicatus, and of a new
species, Buceros Austeni, all of which have been brought from Khasya Hills in Upper
Assam, and presented hy Major H. Godwin-Austen.

Specimens of Ardea flavimana and Ardea rufiventris from Polshefstroom, S. Africa;
presented by J. H. Gurney, Esq.

A specimen of the Hen of the Gold Pheasant, which has assumed the plumage of the
male bird; presented by the Rev. Francis Annesley.

A series of birds from the island of Hainan, containing several new species, collected
and described by Consul Swinhoe.

Specimens of Numida Verreauxi, Casuarius bicarunculatus and of the rare Bernicla
ruficollis.

A series of birds from Chili and Mendoza.

A typical example of the new species of pigeon from the island of Jobei, Carpophaga
Westermant.

A series of Freshwater Tortoises from Queensland ; presented by G. Krefft, Esq.

A large collection of Reptiles from the central parts of Ceylon, containing many rare,
and some new species, presented by G. H. W. Thwaites, Esq.

A collection of Reptiles made at Manado by Dr. A. B. Meyer.

A series of Reptiles, collected in the Feejee and other islands of the South Pacific
Ocean; and presented by J. L. Brenchley, Esq.

Three collections of Reptiles from Tehuantepec, Costa Rica and Mendoza.

A collection of Reptiles from Madagascar, containing several rare species of chameleons.

A Crocodile from Jamaica (Crocodilus Americanus), presented by F. S. Beckford, Esq.

Specimens of Salmonoid Fishes: From the River Lynn, presented by Lord Tenter-
den, and by Dr. J. Poilock ; from the River Usk, presented by A. Berrington, Esq.; and
from the River Elkeg, presented by F. Godman, Esq.

A variety of the Bream from Fermanagh ; presented by Sir Victor Brooke, Bt.

A specimen of the large-eyed Hel from the Scilly Islands; presented by W. B. Teget-
meier, Esq.

A collection of Fishes from Siberia, all of which were desiderata to the Collection.

A collection of West African Freshwater Fishes.

Two collections of Fishes from the Red Sea; one of which was presented by the Mar-
quis Doria; the other was obtained from Dr. Klunzinger; this latter series contains the
types of species described by that author.

A large collection of Marine Fishes made by Dr. A. B. Meyer at Manado, containing
many new forms, and is the first series that has been obtained from the Island of Celebes.

A collection of Fishes from the Feejee Islands and other parts of the South Pacific
Ocean; collected and presented by J. L. Brenchley, Esq.

A large collecticn of Marine and Freshwater Fishes from various islands of the South
Pacific Ocean and Australia. All the specimens of this series were obtained from the
Godeffroy Museum as desiderata to the collection.

A very large collection from various parts of Australia. It contains three magnificent
examples of the recently discovered Ganoid Fish (Ceratodus) from Queensland ; pre-
sented by the Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney.

A collection of Freshwater Fishes from Queensland ; presented by Dr. G. Bennett.

A collection of Marine Fishes from Hobart Town; presented by Morton Allport, Esq.

A small collection of Freshwater Fishes from Mendoza.

The following are the principal acquisitions to the Collection of Mollusca :—

A collection of ShelJs from the islands of the South Pacific Ocean, many of which are
type specimens of species described by W. Harper Pease, Esq., by whom they were
presented.

A small series of Shells collected in Formosa; presented by Consul Swinhoe; they are
the type specimens on which new species have been founded by H. Adams, Esq.

A series of Shells collected on the West Coast of Africa by the late Commander
Knocker, R.N. ; presented by Mrs. Knocker, and containing several new forms of which
they constitute the type specimens.

A series of Shells collected in the South Pacific Ocean, presented by J. L. Brenchley,
Esq.

A small series of Shells collected chiefly in the Gulf of Suez, and presented by R.
McAndrew, Esq. It comprises new species described by Messrs. H. and A. Adams.

A series of Australian Shells, presented by G. F. Angas, Esq., constituting the type-
specimens described by that author.

A small collection of Shells from the Gulf of Suez, presented by J. K. Lord, Esq.

A large collection of Shells from India, chiefly additional species to the Celestion

A few

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A few species of Land and Freshwater Shells from Bombay; presented by Dr. A. H.
Leith.

A small series of Land Shells from Australia; presented by Gerrard Krefft, Esq.

A small series of Marine Shells, from Tangier ; presented by T. Blackmore, Esq.

A few Shells from the Philippine Islands; presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq.

A small series of Chinese Land Shells; presented by A. Mackie, Esq.

The Collection of Annwlosa has been increased by the following valuable additions ;
many of these are type-specimens upon which new species have been established by
various writers.

A collection of Coleoptera from the Azores; collected and presented by F. Godman,
Esq.

W series of Coleoptera from Honolulu; presented by W. Harper Pease, Esq.

A small collection of Coleoptera, &c., from the Philippine Islands; presented by Henry
J. Veitch, Esq.

A series of Coleoptera from Mexico.

A large collection of Heteromerous Coleoptera from various localities; all of which
were desiderata to the Collection.

A series of Lepidoptera collected at the Azores; presented by F. Godman, Esq.

A small series of Diurnal Lepidoptera from Texas, containing types of new species;
presented by H. W. Edwards, Esq.

A. small collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera, &c., from Rio Janeiro; presented by Sir
William Smith.

A series of rare British Nocturnal Lepidoptera.

Various specimens of Lepidoptera from Parana and Bogota.

A series of Hymenoptera, together with their nests, from Corfuand Albania; collected
and presented by 8. 8. Saunders, Esq.

Collections of Hymenoptera from Siberia, Parana, and Panama.

Several specimens of Orthoptera from the Azores; presented by F. Godman, Esq. ;
and from Shanghai, presented by A. Mackie, Esq.

A large series of various families of Orthopterous insects, many of which are typical
specimens of species described by Herr Brunner von Wattenwyl.

_ A series of Hemiptera from the Azores ; presented by F. Godman, Esq.; and from the
Cape of Good Hope: presented by G. A. Rothney, Esq,

The following have been the chief additions to the Collection of Radiata.

Specimens of Starfishes, from Mexico; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Manado,
Celebes; and from New Guinea.

Specimens of Starfishes and Sponges from Amoy ; presented by Consul Swinhoe.

A large series of Sponges from Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Specimens of Sponges from Port Lincoln, Australia; and from Menado, Celebes.

Two specimens of Pheronema G'rayi, a Vitreous Sponge, from the Coast of Portugal.

A fine specimen of Hyalonema, or Glass-Rope-Coral, from Japan.

Four specimens of a species of Coral from New Guinea.

A large specimen of the cup-shaped Coral.

A Coral from St. Helena; presented by J. C. Melliss, Esq.

A large specimen of Alcyonium from Manado, Celebes; collected by Dr. A. B. Myer.

Specimens of Gorgonia from Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

John Edward Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The principal additions to this Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—Teeth of Ceratudus and of Sargodon tomicus, Ag., from the Rhetic
Bone-bed at Aust. Presented by N. H. Moseley, Esq.

Tooth of Anthropodontoides Bailesii, Barkas, from the Coal Measures, Newcastle.
Presented by Mr. Bailes.

A series of coloured plaster models of Marsupial remains, from Australia. Presented
by the Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney.

Part of the tooth of Mastodon tapiroides, from the Gravel, Swaffham, Norfolk. Pre-
sented by C. B. Rose, Esq., F G.s.

Portions of the skeleton of Thylacoleo, Diprotodon, Nototherium, Macropus, and other
Marsupial and Saurian remains, from Queensland, Australia. Presented by Richard
Daintree, Esq.

A fine series of Mammalian remains from Buenos Ayres, consisting of bones and teeth
of Toxodon Plateusis, Macrauchenia Patachonica, Megatherium, Mylodon, Scelidotherium,
Glyptodon, Drepanodon, and a ruminant (probably a I.lama), and the remains of a
Rodent. Presented by Sefior Luis J. Fontana.

The anterior portion of the Upper Jaw of Teleosaurus megarhinus, Hulke, from the
Kimmevidge Clay, Kimmeridge. Figured and described in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,
vol. xxvii., 1871. Presented by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., F.G.s.

164. D2 A scapula

28 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A scapula of a large and undescribed species of Chelone, from the London Clay,
Sheppey. Presented by W. Kovalivsky, Esq.

Three specimens of Goniatites Listeri, from the Coal Measures, Burnley Moor. Pre-
sented by Mrs. Morris.

Upper Molar of Rhinoceros tetraductylus, and remains of Dicrocerus elegans, and of Mas-
todon angustidens, from the Miocene of Sansan. Presented by the Trustees of the
Christy Museum.

A fine series of 27 Slabs with remains of Coal-plants, preserved upon their surfaces;
from the Rhymney Iron Company’s Works. Presented by Coles Child, Esq., F.G.s.

The figured specimen of Rhachiosoma echinata, together with about 60 specimens of
Mollusca, from the Lower Eocene, of Portsmouth. Presented by Mr. James Wilson.

Three figured specimens of Cyclus, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Cork, Ireland.
Presented by Joseph Wright, Esq., F.G.s.

Specimens of Lobocarcinus, from the Miocene of Cairo, and of Myliobates and Vaginella,
from Gozo. Presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester.

Polished sections of Mountain Limestone Corals, prepared under a grant from the
British Association. Presented by James Thomson, Esq., F.G.8.

A Collection of mounted and unmounted Nummulites, from the environs of Pesth, &c.,
Hungary. Presented by MM. Hantken and S. E. de Madardsz, Pesth.

A series of London Clay Fossils, from Highgate, &c. Presented by N. T. Wetherell,
Esq.

II. By Purchase.—The most important acquisition by purchase during the past year
is the Van Breda Collection, from Haarlem. This well-known collection, commenced by
Dr. Peter Camper, the celebrated Dutch Anatomist, more than 100 years ago, has since
been largely increased by his grandson, the late Professor van Breda, Secretary of the
Royal Society of Holland, in Haarlem, who inherited Camper’s Museum.

From this collection, the following specimens from the Miocene of Oeningen, deserve
special mention :—

Of Fossil Fishes.—Lsoz robustus, Leucitscus helveticus, Cobitis Bredai, Lebias crassus,
L. furcatus, Rhodeus magnus, R. oligactinius, Chondrostoma minutum, and Anguilla elegans
(all figured and described by Prof. Winkler in his “ Poissons Fossiles de Oeningen”).

Of Reptilian remains.—Emys scutellata and Chelydra Murchisoni (figured and described
in Winkler’s “ Tortues Fossiles”), Coluber Oweni, Andrias Scheuchzert, and a large Frog,
Latonia Seyfriedii.

Of Bird-remains.— Anas CEningensis, and a foot of a Bird, figured in the 14th volume
of the “ Palaontographica.”

Of Mammalia.—Lagomys Cningensis ; Mus. sp., and Sciurus, sp.

From the Lignites of Rott, near Bonn.—The type-examples of Chelydra Decheni,
Andrias Tschudi, and Heliarchon furcillatus; figured and described by H. von Meyer,
in the x., xv., and vil. vols. of the “ Paleontographica.”

From the Cretaceous Deposits of Maestricht.—A numerous and exceedingly fine series
of the bones, together with large portions of the carapace, of the great Chelone Hofmanni,
many of which are figured and described in Winkler’s “ Tortues Fossiles.”

From the same deposit have been obtained teeth, bones of the head, and other portions
of the skeleton of Mosasaurus Hofmanni, and remains of many fishes; (e. g.) Fine
examples of Lamna Bronni, Pycnodus subclavatus, Enchodus Faujasti, Sauurocephalus
striatus, and many new forms.

From the Lithographic Stone of Bavaria.~—The type-specimen of Brachyichthys typicus;
figured and described by Winkler in the Transactions of the Royal Dutch Society, at
Haarlem. Pterodactylus Meyeri, Miinst. ; figured in von Meyer’s “‘ Reptilia aus dem Lith.
Schief. ;” Peterodactylus longirostris and Rhamphorhynchus Gemmingii (the counterparts
of the specimens figured in the above work). The types of Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus,
and of Parachelys Eichstattiensis; (figured and described by von Meyer in the “ Palzon-
tographica,” vol. xi.) ; ae

From the Keuper Sandstone of Stuttgardt.—The lower jaw of Belodon Pleningeri ;
(figured and described by H. von Meyer, “ Paleontographica,” vol. xiv.); and a fine
skull of Beiodon Kapffi, von Meyer. a.

Remains of the rare Prolosaurus Speneri, from the Permian of Thuringia.

Besides the above, the Van Breda Collection contained remains of Fossil Plants and
Insects from Oeningen, together with Crustacea and Mollusca from Maestricht, and
many other localities.

The selection made from the collection of Mr. Nathaniel T. Wetherell, r.c.s., at High-
gate, also deserves special notice, being all from the neighbourhood of London; and
comprising teeth of Mosasaurus, from the Chalk (figured in Mantell’s “ Medals "3.8
“sternum of a small wader,” from the London Clay (figured in Prof. Owen’s “ Brit.
Foss. Mammals and Birds).” :

Many Fish and Reptilian teeth, and Otolites of Fishes, from the London Clay of
Highgate, &c.

The type of Loricula pulchella, Sowerby; figured by Sowerby in the “ Annals of Nat.
Hist.,” and by Darwin, in the Paleontographical Society’s Monograph on the Cirripedia,

1851, p. 81, pl. v.
A large

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A large proportion of the types of Crustacea figured in Professor Bell’s Monograph
on the London Clay Crustacea (Pal. Soc. Mon. 1858). 4

Many of the types of Nautilide, as Aturia zic-zac, Nautilus Parhinsoni, N. Sowerbii,
and of the prosobranchiate Mollusca, figured and described by Mr. Edwards in the
Palzontographical Society’s Monographs, and of the Cypreide, figured in the Geological
Magazine 1855, vol. 11., from the London Clay of Highgate. =

If the specimens, since presented, be added to those purchased, this Collection com-
. prises upwards of 4,000 specimens.

From the Lias of Lyme Regis has been obtained a small but nearly complete
Ichthyosaurus, and also the original specimen of Ischyodus orthorhinus, described and
figured by Sir P. Egerton, Bart., in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxvii. pl. 13.

Part of the mandible of a Pterodactyle, from the Gault of Folkestone.

An interesting series of bones and teeth, of Reptiles and Fishes, from the Kimmeridge
Clay, Weymouth.

Remains of the Beaver, from the Fens of Cambridgeshire.

Molar of Mastodon Borsoni, from the Red Crag, Sutton.

Of Plant-remains.—Fifty dicotyledonous leaves, from the Lower Eocene plant-bed,
Bournemouth.

Of Protozoa.—Cast of Amorphospongia; 16 Cretaceous Sponges, from Bromley,
Faringdon, &c.

Of Corals.—12 Corals from Madeira, 4 Corals from the Chalk of Bromley, 2 Corals
from the U. Silurian, Dudley.

Of Mollusca.—A series of Shells from the Valley of the Amazons, 20 Madeiran Helices,
84 specimens from the Mayence Basin, 280 Tertiary Moilusca, from Tuscany, &c.; 140
from the South of France, 80 Crag Mollusca, 80 Shells from the Oligocene of Latdorf ;
(also the Fossil Shells of the Wetherell Collection already referred to.)

One hundred and fifty Cretaceous Mollusca from Cambridge, Bromley, Folkestone,
&c.; eight Ammonites from New Granada (also the Fossil Shells contained in the Van
Breda Collection already referred to).

A gigantic Ammonites serpentinus, from the Lias, near Rugby. Five detached oper-
cula of Ammonites, from the Kimmeridge Clay of Ely ; 24 Ammonites, Pleurotomarie,
&e., from the Inferior Oolite, Petherton. A series of Casts of Mollusca, Corals, &¢., in
the Ironstone, from the neighbourhood of Northampton; described in the Quart, Journ.
Geol. Soc., vol. xxvi. p. 354.

One hundred and thirty Carboniferous Limestone Fossils from Ireland; 11 Lower
Silurian Fossils from North Wales.

Of Echinodermata.—One <Astropecten from the London Clay, Sheppey; 26 Chalk
Echinodermata from Bromley; 12 Crinoids from the Carboniferous Limestone of North
America ; specimens of Poteriocrinus and Loxocrinus, from the Devonian of Dillen-~
bourg.

From the Collection of Mr. S. Allport, F.G.s., some exceedingly fine specimens from
the Upper Silurian of Dudley and Malvern, including,—

Fifty-three Crinoids, sixteen Cystideans, two Starfishes.

Of Trilobites and other Crustacea, from Mr. Allport’s Collection, 115 U. Silurian
Trilobites: one Limulus from Dudley Coalfield. From Mr. G. Davies, 62 Lower
Silurian Trilobites, from North Wales (including about twenty figured by Mr. Salter in
the Palzontographical Society’s Monograph on Trilobites, Part ii., 1866.

Thirteen Caradoc Trilobites; one Paradoxides, Bohemia; one Dzkelocephalus (cast)
from North America.

One Pal@ocorystes from the Gault and one Xanthopsis from the London Clay (in addi-
tion to the fine series of London Clay Crustacea in Mr. Wetherell’s Collection already
referred to).

Works of the Department.

Room I. Fossil Planis.—Only a small addition has been made to the series of Plant
remains exhibited in this room; but Mr. Hiern, Professor Dyer and Mr. Carruthers
have examined and determined several new forms belonging to the Collection.

Room II. Fossil Fishes. —Considerable additions have been made to the wall and
table-cases in this room, chiefly derived from the fine Collection of Ciningen, Maes-
tricht, and Solenhofen Fishes obtained in the Van Breda Collection. The introduction of
these acquisitions has involved considerable modifications in the arrangement of the wall-
cases, to admit of their exhibition.

Room III. In«his room the Wall-cases 1, 2, and 3, containing the Pterodactyles,
Lacertians, Batrachians, and Chelonians, have been entirely re-arranged. A large
number of Cheloniz, previously in the Case 3, have been arranged upon the top of the
same case, and by this means a few of the remains of the great Chelone Hofmanni have
been introduced; but the Carapace of this grand Maestricht fossil remains still in the
basement. In Case 2, has been placed the skulls {and jaws of Belodon Kapfi and B.
Plieningeri, from the Keuper of Stuttgardt; the remains of Protosaurus Speneri, from
the Permian; Andrias Scheuchzeri, Ciningen; A. Tschudii and Heliarchon furcillatus,
from the Brown Coal formation, near Bonn; and remains of Mosasaurus Hofmanni, from

164. D3 Maestricht.

30 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Maestricht. Numerous additions have also been made to Case 1, containing the remains
of Pterosauria; those of the Lias, Stonesfield Slate, Purbeck, and Lithographic Stone of
Solenhofen being now represented either by original specimens or by casts.

Room IV. In this room two additional window-recess cases have been introduced
and fitted up, to exhibit a series of polished sections of sponges in flint from the Sussex
coast, commonly known as “ Choanites.” Also a series of ‘‘ Boring-sponges” ( Cliona),
and other Vermiform bodies, preserved in flint, probably casts of Annelide-tubes. The
Chalk, and Greensand Sponges exhibited in this Reom have also been named and
labelled.

Room V. Two window-recess cases added to this Room have been fitted up and
occupied with a fine series of Crinoidea from the Wenlock Limestone, the Devonian,
the Muschelkalk, Lias, and Bradford Clay. The wall-cases in this room devoted to the
exhibition of the Solidungula, and a part of the Pachydermata, have been entirely re-
arranged, and the specimens have beenre-mounted. Numerous additions have been made
to the Mammalian series.

Room VI. Four window-recess cases have been added to this room, which have been
devoted to the exhibition of a series of Paleozoic Crustaceans; the Merostomata, not
heretofore adequately represented; and also space has been obtained for the display of
additional specimens of Trilobites, of which many new species have lately been added to the
Collection.

The objects contained in the rooms in the Basement-floor have undergone examina-
tion, and a large number of boxes have been cleared, the specimens cleaned and sorted,
and those of any value added to the Collection. The duplicate specimens have been
placed in drawers in the Basement-rooms, labelled, &c.

The mason and carpenter have been much occupied in developing, fixing, and preparing
the large Reptilian fossils from Maestricht, contained in the Van Breda Collection ;
which, although too large to be accommodated in the present gallery, are properly
developed, and mounted in glass-fronted frames so as to be preserved for future exhibi-
tion.

The smaller objects so prepared are placed in the Wall and Table Cases, or with
similar objects, in the drawers beneath the Table Cases, ready for the purposes of refe-
rence and study whenever required.

Specimens registered during the year :—

Vertebrata :
Mammalia - - - - - - was
Aves - - - - - - - - 10
Reptilia - - ~ - - - ae. FOUL
Pisces - - - - - - =) 8266
815
Invertebrata:
Articulata - - = - = < =e 234
Echinodermata - - - = - - 636
Mollusca - - - - - - - 2,134
Polyzoa- na Cae - = - = 87
Zoophyta - - - = - - - 3654
Protozoa - - - - - - - 4654
3,899
Fossil Plants - - - - - - SS
ToraAL - - - - 4,789

The number of Students who have visited the Department during the past year is 520.

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. .

Tue specimens by which the Collection of Minerals has been increased during the year
1871 are 513 in number; these have been registered, numbers being attached to them,
and labels placed with them indicative of their localities; and they have been incorporated
in the Collection. 1

Of the portion of the General Collection reserved in drawers, 1,290 specimens have
been under examination, their localities where the verification of these was possible being
attached on labels to the specimens. f
Information

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 31

——— = ————$—<—<<———$—<——————

Information throwing light on many of these specimens, as well as of those in the
exhibited portion of the Collection, has been obtained from documents preserved in the
Department with dates prior to 1837, when the present systematic catalogue was
commenced. .

The minerals in the Cases 40, 41, 42, 57, 58, 59, have been re-grouped, cleaned, and
labelled; and the glazed ends of Cases 1, 16, 25 and 47, have been supplied with fittings,
and specimens generally remarkable for their magnitude and importance have been
arranged in them.

Eleven of the cases that had become warped have been carefully repaired, so as to
exclude more completely the dust and atmospheric impurities.

A large number of rock specimens (about 3,000), preserved in one of the basement
rooms, have undergone examination and sorting, with a view to the incorporation of the
better specimens with the rock series.

The contents of 140 drawers filled with duplicates of a very inferior class have been
removed from the galleries to be preserved in the cabinets in the basement.

Among the results obtained in the Laboratcry during the year have been the investiga.
tion of a new mineral of the Dufrenite class, to which the name Andrewsite has been
given; the analysis of a blue mineral from South Africa which proved to be the Percylite,
only known hitherto in the specimen preserved in the British Museum; and the investi-
gation of the Cranbourne Meteorite which is still being carried on.

The following are the more important acquisitions of the past year :—
By Presentation :—

Specimens of Brookite (in a grey compact quartz rock) Treffgarn Rocks, Pembroke-
shire; Limonite after Marcasite, Fontnell Magna, Dorsetshire; Websterite from near
Clifton Hill, Brighton; Spencer G. Perceval, Esq., F.G.s.

Specimens of the Gypsum, Limonite, and Flints, accompanying the Websterite deposit
at Brighton; James Howell, Esq.

Graphite, Trieben, Styria, Austria; The Graphite Mining Co., Trieben.

Serpentine and Brucite; Unst, Shetland; T. Edmonston, Esq.

Specimens of Celestine from the Nummulitic Limestone of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt ;
Hilary Bauermann, Esq., F..s.

Fine specimen of Vivianite, Cornwall; Mr. Richard Talling; Specimens of Domite,
Auvergne; H. N. Moseley, Esq., B.A. ; Wavellite, near Cork, Ireland; F. M. Jennings,
Esq.

Native Tin, Bolivia; Gadolinite of a dark green colour, Ytterby, Sweden; a large
mass cf Allanite with crystals, Neskillen, Arendal, Norway; and a large crystal of
Biotite, Ytterby, Sweden; Dr. Hngo Miller, r.r.s.

Specimens of Quartz with Limonite, Clifton, near Bristol; Calcarecus Geode with
erystals of quartz and tufts of acicular crystals of Gothite from the Red Marl near
Bristol; a long stalactite of honey-yellow Calcite from the Great Oolite at Bussage, near
Bisley, Gloucestershire; and Bismuth-Glance in Quartz, Sao Vicente mines, Minas
Geraes, Brazil; Swinfen Jordan, Esq.

Native Tin with Cassiterite, Quartz, Copper Pyrites and Chalybite, Schlaggenwald,
Bohemia; argentiferous Iron Pyrites, Angangueo, Mechoacan, Mexico; Enargite with
Tron Pyrites, Morococha, Peru; Chromite, Rorass, Norway; Dioptase with Quartz and
Hisenkiesel, Mina del Limbo, Copiapo, Chili; Giimbelite, Nordhalben, Hanover; and
two fragments of a stone Aérolite from Spain; W. G. Lettsom, Esq.

Specimens of Native Gold from various places in Nova Scotia; Alexander
Beatherington, Esq.

A specimen of Pitchblende from Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall; Rickard Boyns,

Esq.
Beccimons of earths, rocks, and minerals, from Du Toit’s Pan, near Pniel, South
Africa, illustrating the character of the diamond-bearing detritus there ; Olivine Sand,
Ascension, Lieut. H. Wilberforce Clarke, r.z. A specimen of Highgate resin; N. T.
Wetherell, Esq.

By Purchase :—

Specimens of Native Gold ina siliceous conglomerate, Antioquia, New Granada, South
America; disseminated through stibnite in massive white quartz, Heathcote, Victoria,
Australia; and associated with Clausthalite, Tilkerode, Hartz.

Native Tellurium associated with Native Gold and Iron Pyrites, El Sacramento; and
crystallised Arquerite with Bromargyrite, from Chili. : :

A Crystal of Diamond from South Africa; and some curious crystalline fragments of
Boart, from Brazil.

A specimen of the rare mineral Chilenite from the mine of San Antonio, Copiapo,

ili.

A very fine specimen of Argentite in large Octahedrons with crystallised and massive
Pyrargyrite, Chili; very fine specimens of Copper-Glance, from the St. Ives Consolidated
Mines, Cornwall; Pentlandite, Ringerige, Norway; Zorgite in crystals, Lehrbach, Hartz ;

-Eucairite, Skrikerum Mine, Sweden; Stetefeldtite, Belmont, Nevada, U.S, A.; Stephanite

164. D 4 in

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in groups of crystals with massive Pyrargyrite, Chili; Pyrargyrite in very fine
crystals, Samson Mine, Andreasberg, Hartz; and a remarkable specimen of Dufrenoysite
in dolomite from the Binnenthal, Switzerland.

Coccinite, with Calomel and, Native Mercury, Moschellandsberg, Rhenish Bavaria; a
fine specimen of Iodargyrite in distinct crystals, Chili; also Embolite in large crystals and
Chlorareyrite from Chili. A very fine specimen of crystallised Cryolite from Evigtok,
Arksut-Fiord, Greenland; Thomsenolite from the same place.

A magnificent series of specimens of Cuprite in various forms, Cornwall; Nadorite in
good crystals, Nador, Constantine, Algeria; Turnerite, St. Brigitta, Tavetsch-thal, Swit-
zerland; Braunite, in large crystals, San Marcel, Val d’Aosta, Piedmont; Cillacherite,
Kemmat, Pfitschthal, Tyrol.

Quartz pseudomorphous after large crystals of Aragonite, from near St. Just, Corn-
wall; a large specimen of crystallised Amethyst, Guanaxuato, Mexico; a cup and dish
of a curious variety of Moss Agate; delicately stalactitic Chalcedony from near Redruth,
Cornwall; and Opal with Amethyst from near St. Just, Cornwall.

Telluric Ochre with Native Tellurium, Facebay, Transylvania; and Senarmontite in
minute crystals with Cerussite in cavities in Jamesonite, from near Endellion, Corn-
wall.

A series of remarkable Crystals and masses of Iceland Spar; and Rhodochroisite in
large crystals on limonite from Oberneissen, near Dietz, Nassau.

Monticellite in honey-yellow crystals, Monte Somma; Chondrodite in transparent red
crystals with Malacolite in Galena, Nya Kopparberget, Sweden; a carved dish of Jadeite,
China; Babingtonite, Herbornsulbach, Dillenburg, Nassau; Dioptase in small erystals
on massive micaceous Iron-Glance, Rosario Mine, Chili; Crystals of Topaz from Lundy
Island; a large detached crystal of Aplome Garnet, Breitenbrunn, Saxony ; fine group
of crystals of unaltered Lievrite, Rio la Marina, Elba; Piedmontite in distinctly termi-
nated crystals, and Alurgite, both from San Marcel, Val d’Aosta, Piedmont; Milariie,
Val Milar, Switzerland; Osmelite, Niederkirchen, Rhenish Bavaria; Schweizerite,
Switzerland ; and a large crystal of black Tourmaline, Modum, Norway.

Wulfenite, in thin transparent tables, Chili.

Simonyite, Hallstadt, Austria; Romerite, Rammelsberg Mine, near Goslar, Hartz;
Johannite, with selenite, Joachimsthal, Bohemia; and the following Cornish minerals,
Uranochre, Uranite on a disintegrating granite, Scorodite in large crystals, specimens of
the new mineral Andrewsite with Cuprite, Vivianite, earthy blue and crystallised green
varieties with Chalybite, Wheal Owles, near St. Just; Uranotile, Welsendorf, Bavaria ;
Staffelite, Dehrn, Limburg, Nassau; and Montebrasite, Montebras, Creuse, France.

Sussexite, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U.S. A.

Vanadinite in very distinct crystals, Obierberg, Kappel, Carinthia ; Pucherite (a
bismuth vanadate), Pucher Mine, Schneeberg, Saxony.

Valaite with clay-ironstone, Gastowka, near Rossitz, Moravia.

Specimens of Native Gold in a serpentine conglomerate from California have been
acquired by exchange from John Ruskin, Esq.

Of minerals used for the purpeses of jewelling have been added small but distinct
transparent crystals of Ruby, a facetted Oriental Amethyst, and an Oriental Emerald, a
facetted Hyacinth (Zircon) exhibiting internal cavities, and some large and well-formed
Crystals of that mineral from Expailly, Hte. Loire, France; a facetted Peridot and a pink
Topaz.

Meteorites.

The collection of Meteorites has been increased by the following specimens :—

A portion, weighing 17 Ibs. 12 ozs., of the stone which fell at Cleguerec, Morbihan,
France, on May 2nd, 1869. A large mass of Iron from Greenland (198 lbs. 8 ozs.),
being one of several obtained on the coast at Ovifak by the Swedish Exploring Expedition
under Professor Nordenskiold.

Specimens of the Stone which fell at Searsmont, Maine, U.S. A, on May 21st, 1871,
have been presented by Aug. C. Hamlin, u,v.

Fragments of a Stone from Spain, probably of that which fell at Berlanguillas in the
year 1811, have been presented by W. G. Lettsom, Esq.

evil Story-Mashelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

Tue additions that have been made to the General Herbarium during recent years
have been so extensive that the cabinets in which the collection of plants were some years
ago re-distributed, became too crowded to permit of further incorporation. During the
year a large series of cabinets, which had been gradually acquired for some years, were
added to those containing the Herbarium, so as to increase the accommodation for the
arranged General Herbarium by more than a third its previous dimensions. This neces-
sitated the re-distribution of the Herbarium itself throughout the whole series of cabinets.
Space has been in this way secured for the incorporation of the plants that have bea

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named and mounted, but which for want of cabinet space were crowded out of the Her-
barium proper. The work of incorporating all these plants has been actively carried on,
and has made considerable progress.

In the later months of the year the Exhibition Rooms were closed to the public for the
purpose of having them cleaned and painted. Advantage has been taken of the neces-
sary removal of a large proportion of the exhibited collections to re-arrange them, and to
introduce several changes with the view of making the Exhibition Rooms more instruc-
tive and attractive to visitors. Among these changes, which are yet in progress, the
following may be specified:—The re-arrangement in a more strictly systematic method
of the specimens exhibited in the wall cases, thereby giving the student in a continuous
series a view of the principal modifications and characteristics of the great natural
divisions of the vegetable kingdom. The exhibition of an extensive series of specimens of
the natural Order Proteacee, an Order selected because it is not only well defined from
the natural Orders allied to it, but contains within itself a great variety of habit and
foliage, and because it is believed to have formed an important element in the extinct
Tertiary Floras of Europe, though now almost confined to the southern hemisphere. A
case has been devoted to parasitic plants, in which is placed a fine series of Balanophoree,
Raffiesiacee, &c., and an extensive collection of mistletoe on oak and other trees, pre-
sented by the Rev. Robert Blight: many of these specimens are prepared so as to
show the relation of this parasite to the supporting plants. A series of microscopic pre-
parations of fossil plants, selected partly from the collection bequeathed by Robert
Brown, and partly from the specimens subsequently acquired by the Trustees, have been
exhibited, so as to show their minute structure by the help of light reflected from mirrors.
The exquisite water-colour drawings of Australian plants by Ferdinand Bauer, the com-
panion of Robert Brown in his expedition to Australia, have been carefully placed in
sunk mounts, so as to preserve from injury these unique and unsurpassed productions,
and a selection from them has been framed, and placed on the walls of the first public
room.

Besides this more general work in the Herbarium and the Public Rooms, the principal
business done in the Department during the year 1871 has consisted in the re-arrange-
ment in the General Herbarium of the Umbellifere, Ericacee, Polygonacee, Juncacea,
Diatomacee, Desmidiee, and Fungi.

In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of collections of
plants made in Morocco by Durand, and in Tunis by Kralik, the nomenclature of which
was critically revised by M. Cosson during his visits to the Herbarium; of an extensive
collection of plants from Yucatan, formed by Dr. Arthur Schott; and of Portuguese
plants gathered by the late Daniel Sharpe.

In the re-arrangement in the British Herbarium of the Leguminose, Umbellifere,
Primulacee, Polygonacee, and Lichenes.

The followin are the principal additions made to the collections of the Department
during the year 1871 :—

I.—To the Herbarium.

General Herbarium.

Phanerogamia.

168 Species of plants, forming Schultz’s “ Herbarium Flore Istriace.”
105 3 ie from Portugal; collected by D. Sharpe.
53 <3 in from Madeira; collected by C. Lemann.
17,000 ss a chiefly from Central Europe, Alsace, the Jura, the Lower
Rhine, Spain, the Songarei in the Ural territory, Mexico, and
Labrador, being the Herbarium of Auerswald, of Leipsig.
1,000 es 2 from Yucatan; collected by Dr. Arthur Schott.

50 3 5, from Scandinavia; collected by Dr. Zetterstedt.
200 os a from Sicily, forming fase. 11 and 12 of Todaro’s “ Flora
Sicula,”

1,030 3 és from Russia; collected by Gruner, Bunge, &c.
185 ys rn from the island Swatoi, in the Caspian Sea; collected by Dr.
Bruhns.
556 PA % from the country around Catherinslau; collected by Dr.
; Gruner.
378 Ss 5 from Uman; collected by Dr. Golde.
* from Woronetz; collected by Dr. Gruner.
253 5 Composite, forming Schultz’s ‘‘ Cichoriaceotheca.”
400 = plants from North Africa; collected by Col. Paris.
323 3 By from Malaya; collected by the late Dr. Maingay.
1,625 % a from Scandinavia; collected by Ahlberg.
272 99 Salix; collected by Wimmer.
62 a plants from Lower Egypt; collected and presented by Messrs.
Calvert and Hurst.
17 a = from St. Helena; presented by J. C. Melliss, Esq.
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219 Species of plants from Italy; arranged according to Tournefort’s system, in two
folio volumes, by Liberato Sabbati, 1718.
192 5 Pi from the Cape; collected by Roland Trimen, Esq., and pre-
sented by Dr. Trimen.
27 Pr 8 from Barbadoes ; collected by Dr. W. B. Murray.

Cryptogamia.

1,150 Species of European mosses, forming 23 fasc. of Rabenhorst’s Bryothece
Europe.
125 = Vascular Cryptogams of Europe.
50 as Characee of Europe..

25 S European Lichens, forming fasc. 33 of Rabenhorst’s “ Lichenes
Europee.”
30 European Hepatice.

150 i Cryptogamic plants, being fasc. 8, 9, and 10 of the “ Erbario Critto-
gamico Italiano.”
75 4 Cryptogamic plants from Scandinavia; collected by Prof. Zetterstedt.
410 os Lichens; collected by Anzi in Lombardy.
28 op Italian Cladoniz ; collected by Anzi.

90 re Abyssinian mosses; collected by Schimper.
258 ve Mosses from the Cape of Good Hope; collected by Breutel.
215 * P from Greenland ; by Breutel.

90 i = from Labrador; by Breutel.
310 a as from Tropical America; by Breutel.
390 e Re from South America; collected by J. Weir.
225 is Fungi, from Germany; collected by Holt and Schmidt.
200 . Cryptogamic plants; collected by Kneiff and Hartmann.

400 = Belgian Cryptogamic plants; colleeted by Westendorf and Wallay.
60 5 Algz, forming Nos, 221-226 of Rabenhorst’s “ Alge Europe.”
100 - Fungi, forming No. 16 of Rabenhorst’s “ Fungi Europzi.”
60 4 Alge, from the Barbadoes; named by Agardh, and presented by
Dr. J. E. Gray.
75 6 Ferns, from the Cape; collected by R. Trimen, Esq.
84 i — from India; collected by Dr. Powles, and presented by Dr.
rimen.

British Herbarium.
Phanerogamia.

100 Species of Critical British plants; collected by Prof. W. T. Thiselton Dyer.
Cryptogamia.

304 Species of British Fungi; collected by W. G. Smith, Esq. ;
200 = Fs Lichens; collected by the Rev. J. M. Crombie. 4
343 tp Cellular Cryptogams; presented by Dr. W. Lauder Lindsay.

6 a Diatomacee ; presented by J. Staunton, Esq.
Specimens of Elaphomyces granulatus ; presented by W. G. Lettsom, Esq.

Il.— 7 the Structural Series.
Fruit Collection.

Pod of Afzelia, from Old Calabar; presented by W. C. Small, Esq.

Fruit of Bignonia echinata, from Quito; presented by Geo. Bruce, Esq.

Cone of Pinus ezcelsa.

Pods of Mucuna umbellata, from Angola; presented by Dr. Welwitsch.

11 species of Fruits, from Nicaragua. .

Cones of Wellingtonia and Fruits of Sagus Vitiensis; presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq.

Cones of Dion edule and Zamia muricata; presented by Mrs. Yates.

Cones and Fruits of Welwitschia mirabilis and Seeds of Musa ventricosa; presented by
Dr. Welwitsch.

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General Collection.

Portion of the Great Dragon-tree of Orotava; presented by the Trustees of the Christy
collection.

Three “ Wooden Roses,” from Guatemala. '

Specimen of an Indian Rubber found under ground on the Upper Rio Negro; pre- eo
sented by A. H. Wickham, Esq.

Specimen of Welwitschia mirabilis, from Central Africa; from: Dr. Welwitsch. }

300 sections of Recent Woods; prepared by Dr. Nordlinger. a

A large series of specimens illustrating the parasitism of the Mistletoe on nine different ;
species of trees grown in England; presented by the Rev. Robert Blight.

A flowering stem of Littea geminiflora; presented by Mrs. Yates.

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III.— To the Fossil Series.

Peper of an unopened bud of a fossil Palm from Antigua ; presented by Dr. F. J.

arre,

Specimens of fossil plants from trappean rocks near Burntisland; presented by G
Grieve, Esq. :

Specimens of Carboniferous fossils from the Ash bed at Arran; presented by E
Wunsch, Esq. ‘

Cone of Flemingites gracilis, and other fossils, from the Airdrie coal-field; collected by
Mr. J. Russell.

A fine series of Devonian plants from Kiltorkan, Ireland.

Sections of Calamites and other stems; from Mr. J. Butterworth.

Specimens of Coniferous woods in flint, from the chalk.

Specimens of Dicotyledonous woods from the Crag.

73 specimens of Fossil woods ; prepared by Mr. Norman.

Specimen of Fossil wood from Beadon, Berks; presented by Prof. T. Rupert Jones.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for the purpose of scientific
research was 1,413. The following foreign botanists may be specified as having used the
Herbarium in prosecuting their different studies :—Cosson, of Paris, for his investiga-
tions into the Flora of Northern Africa; Areschoug, of Lund, for his work on Rubi:
Fries, the younger, of Upsala, for his Lichenological researches, and his account of the

lants of Greenland ; Ascherson, of Berlin, for his memoir on Marine Phanerogams, and
‘or other plants ; Castracane, of Florence, for the study of the Diatomace@ ; Van Heurck, of
Antwerp, for his work on Bromeliacce ; and Boissier, of Geneva, for his “ Flora Orientalis.”
Of botanists residing in Britain, the following may be specified:—Mr. J. Miers, for his
memoirs on Hippocratee and Lecythee; Mr. G. Bentham, for his “ Flora Australiensis” ;
Prof. Dyer, for the “Flora Indica”; Mr. Hiern, for his monograph of the Ebenacee ;
the Rey. R. T. Lowe, for his “ Flora of Madeira”; Dr. F. Welwitsch, for his investiga-
tions into the Flora of tropical Africa; the Rev. J. M. Crombie, for his work on British
Lichens; Mr. M. C. Cooke, for his memoirs on British Fungi; and the late Dr. Seemann,
for his “ Flora Vitiensis.”

William Carruthers.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The collection of Niello plates, in silver, the casts in sulphur, and a selection of the
finest impressions on paper, have been arranged in a show case in the public room.

Twenty sheets of the second volume of the catalogue of satirical prints and drawings,
describing subjects from the accession of William and Mary in 1688, to the reign of
George IJ., and dealing with the personal and political satires of the period, have been
printed and revised. :

The first volume of the catalogue of prints and drawings illustrating English History
is in course of preparation for the press. One thousand two hundred and thirty-two full
titles have been prepared and will shortly be placed in the hands of the printer.

The works of Jacob de Gheyn the younger, have been arranged in a volume, with the
references to Le Peintre-graveur, of Passavant, attached to each print.

Fine specimens of engraving by the Dutch and Flemish masters have been arranged
in chronological order, and placed in six volumes.

The collection of the etchings of Jules Jacquemart have been arranged in three volumes,
and the fine series, recently acquired, has been incorporated.

The portraits of James Francis Edward, the attainted Prince of Wales, and his family,
have been arranged chronologically, and placed in a case.

The works of John Outrim have been arranged in a guard book.

The prints after Italian masters have been re-arranged, the recent acquisitions incor-
porated, and an alphabetical index of the painters’ names has been written to accompany
the collection.

A catalogue has been written of the works of Claude Mellan, in which the Print Room
Collection of the master’s works has been marked off with the inventory or register marks,
respectively and the whole series has been arranged in six volumes ready for mounting.

Phe works of Charles Etienne Delaune have been mounted and arranged in a case, with
the references to Dumesnil attached to each, and a catalogue has been written of them.

A catalogue has been written of the works of Stefano della Bella, from Le Blane’s
descriptions, and all the etchings by the master deposited in the Print Room, including the
Hooft Collection recently purchased, have been marked off with the references to the
inventory and register of the department.

A catalogue of 131 pages has been written of the prints and drawings contained in the
imstrated copy of “ Edwards’s Anecdotes of Painting,” presented by J. H. Anderson,

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The whole of the titles written for the descriptive catalogue of the prints and drawings
illustrating the catalogues of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791, presented
by J. H. Anderson, Esq., have been revised, and 200 pages have been transcribed.

The collection of English etchings in books have been re-arranged, the additions in-
corporated, and the references in the catalogue altered.

The small books of prints after English masters have been re-arranged in two of the
cases in the South Gallery, and the references altered in the catalogue, in which 192 new
titles have been inserted.

Four hundred and twenty foreign historical prints have been arranged in chronological
order, and incorporated in the collection; they have also been marked off in Drugulin’s
Historical Atlas, those not mentioned by the author being entered in manuscript.

Upwards of 1,000 foreign portraits recently acquired have been incorporated, and made
available for immediate reference.

The arrangement of the miscellaneous works of English engravers has been prepared
from A to F.

Drawings have been mounted on sunk boards to preserve them from injury by friction
and other causes, to the number of 150; less valuable examples have been mounted in
the ordinary manner, and in all cases the names and references have been inscribed in
bistre, on the mount.

Carbon prints from the frescoes by Michael Angelo in the Sistine Chapel, and the
statues in the Vatican, also from the drawings by Aldegrever, Hans Baldung Gruen, H.S.
Beham, Melchior Bleidel, D. Burgmair, Albrecht Diirer, Martin Heemskerk, Hans Holbein,
Hans Hopfer, L. Cranach, N. A. Mair, G. Pencz, Ridinger, Rottenhamer, M. Schaffner,
Martin Schongauer, Wohlgemut, and Zwoll, in the Louvre, Albertina, Venice, Milan,
Florence, and Saxe-Weimar-Hisenach Collections, 934 in number, have been carefully
mounted on sunk boards, having the names of the artists and the collections to which
they belong printed on each mount, and arranged in 15 imperial and 17 royal cases. This
plan affords the student the advantage, not hitherto attainable, of comparing at a glance
all the best works of the artists whose names are enumerated above.

One thousand nine hundred and fifty-one etchings and engravings by Hans Holbein,
the brothers Wierix, De Gheyn, C. Visscher, E. De Laune, S. della Bella, &c., have
been mounted.

One thousand four hundred and three titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of
foreign portraits and historical prints.

Six hundred and seventy-two titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of prints after
foreign masters.

Two hundred and fifty-two titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of foreign
etchings, &c.

One thousand five hundred and ninety-four titles have been prepared for the Catalogue
of prints after English masters.

One hundred and twenty-six titles have been prepared for the works of the English
engravers.

One hundred and fifty titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of English drawings.

Three hundred and three titles have been prepared for a catalogue of the portraits after
Van Dyck.

Eight hundred and twenty-four titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of English

ortraits.
‘ One hundred titles have been prepared for the English satirical prints.

Three hundred and thirty-three titles have been prepared for a catalogue of pamphlets,
&c., in the Library of Reference. |

Seven thousand seven hundred and seventeen articles have been entered in the register
of purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Prints and Drawings have been impressed with the Department stamp and register
marks to the number of 16,857, being 14,094 according to the registration, and 2,763
according to the inventory of 1837.

The following are among the most important acquisitions of the past year :—

By Presentation—

A collection of 82 drawings, 10 by John Smith, called Warwick Smith, others by Sir
Willian Allan, Green of York, and early masters of different schools. Also two volumes
of prints of Scriptural subjects, principally illustrating the lives of the saints; presented
by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart.

A series of etchings by Charles Heathcote Tatham, representing the best examples of
ornamental architecture in Italy ; presented by George Richmond, Esq., R.A.

Artists’ proofs of “ Eight Coast Scenes after David Cox, Copley Fielding, and Samuel
Prout;” presented by the Council of the Art Union of London.

Proof before the letters and the arms of “ Les Offres Réciproques,” after C. W. E.
Dietrich, by Jean Georges Wille; presented by M. Dutrich.

By Purchase—

Italian School :—

An anonymous Florentine print of the latter end of the 15th century, representing
two females seated, with a figure of Victory, described by Passavant, vol. v., 21, 34. This
impression is an earlier state than one bequeathed by Felix Slade, Esq., being ae the

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shadows on the vase, and having other peculiarities; the only other impression known is
preserved in the Dresden Museum.

Four illustrations to the Triumphs of Petrarca, executed by Zoan Andrea in 1515.

A remarkably fine collection of the works of Stefano della Bella, containing many
rare proofs; the collection was formed by W. J. Hooft, of Amsterdam, and contains 787
specimens.

Other examples by Cherubino Alberti, Pietro Anderloni, Agostino Caracci, Jacopo
Caraglio, Giulio Carpioni, Giovanni Cassini, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Carlo
Faucci, Paolo Farinati, Giovita Garavaglia, Giuseppe Longhi, Giacomo Machiavelli,
Raphael Morghen, Michel Natalis, Giovanni Marco Pitteri, Carlo Antonio Porporati,
Marco da Ravenna, Cesare Reverdino, Francesco Rosaspina, Luigi Schiavonetti, Agostino
Veneziano, and Enea Vico.

German School :—

Engravings and Etchings—Unique proofs by Wenzel Hollar of bird’s-eye views of
Lucerne (Parthey 861), Malta (688), and Assisi (1,120).

Others by Jost Amman, Hans Sebald Beham, Jacob Binck, Lucas Cranach, Augustin
Hirschvogel, Hans Holbein, Wolfgang Killian, Hans Sebald Lautensack, Johann Ernst
Mansfeld, Heinrich Meyer, Frederic Prestel, Virgil Solis, and Cornelis Teunisse.

A series of 425 prints of rare and early specimens in the Douce collection at Oxford,
have been copied in carbon photography, specially for the Trustees, with the object of
making the national collection as perfect as possible.

Dutch and Flemish Schools :—

Drawings.—Some beautiful specimens by Jacob Cats, Jabes Heenck, Hubert Pieter
Schouten, Willem Troost, Willem van de Velde, De Jonge, and Regnier Vinkeles.

Engravings and Etchings—An undescribed and early state of the etching by Adriaan
van Ostade, “ Les Harangueurs,” B. 19; before the spoon was introduced under the jug
hanging from the wall, and the name at the bottom, and before the foliage was carried
over the arch on the right. From the Hooft collection.

A proof, before the inscription and the motto on the wall, of the engraving by Jonas
Siiyderhoef of the Treaty of Miinster, from the picture by Gerard Terburg, now in the
National Gallery ; formerly in the Baron Verstolk and Prince Esslingen collections.
Fully described by Wussin, p. 56, No. 103.

A highly interesting series of prints by Joannes Tayler, 105 in number, illustrating
his process of printing in colours, which he practised at the end of the 17th century.

Other examples by Cornelis Bloemaert, Mare de Bye, Albert Clouwet, Cornelis van
Dalen, Theodore Galle, Jacob de Gheyn, Hendrik Goltzius, Peter van Gunst, Romein
de Hooghe, Arnold Houbraken, Gerard and Peter de Jode, Hendrik Leys, Daniel
Marot, Cornelis Meyssens, Jacobus Matham, Peter Nolpe, Crispyn Van de Passe, Paul
Pontius, Joannes Saenredam, Peter Schenk, Lauzens Scherm, M. 8. Slagnon, Stoopen-
=e Gerard Valck, Cornelis Vermeulen, Jan and Cornelis Visscher, and the brothers

lerix.

French School:—

Drawings—The Count of Nassau and family, after Van Dyck, by Bernard Baron ;
highly finished for the engraving.
Others by Charles Le Brun, Antoine Watteau, Hubert Robert, and Carlo Vanloo.

Etchings— A series, 184 in number, by Baron Denon; many of them not described by
Le Blanc.

Nearly a complete collection of the works of Jules Jacquemart; 104 fine impressions,
selected for the Print Room by the artist himself.

Also proofs of the works of Paul Rajon, selected by himself.

Others by Abraham Bosse, Franeois Boucher, Frangois Bonvin, Felix Bracquemond,
Adam de Cardonnel, Joseph de Claussin, Francois Collignon, Jean Baptiste Corot,
Auguste Delatre, Etienne de Laune, Leopold Flameng, Honoré Fragonard, Ferdinande
Claude Gaillard, Jules Alfred de Goncourt, Frederic Hillemacher, Paul Huet, Jules
Laurens, Alphonse Le Gros, A. P. Martial, J Mitehelin, Edmond Morin, A. Queyroy,
Ferdinand Roybet, Jean D. V. Saint Igny, J. A. Taiée, and P. Teyssonnieres.

Engravings.—Fine examples, in rare states, of the works of Robert Nanteuil. Others
by Augustin de Saint Aubin, Jean Joseph Balechou, Bernard Baron, Dominique Barriere,
Jacques Philippe Le Bas, Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, Carlo Biondi, Alexandre Blondeau,
Maurice Blot, Louis de Boulanger, Pierre Charles Canot, Laurent Cars, Charles Nicolas
Cochin, Adrian Collaert, Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux, Jean Daullé, Jean Duvet,
Etienne Fassard, Jean Jacques Flipart, Henri Gravelot, Charles de la Haye, Frangois
Hubert, Samuel Jesi, Pierre Landry, Jean Langlois, Jean Baptiste Massard, Antoine
Masson, Henri Mauperché, Pierre Etienne Moitte, Bernard Antoine Nicolet, Giles
Edme Petit, Frangois De Poilly, Nicolas Ponce, Simon Francois Ravenet, Jean Francois
Ribault, Antoine Louis Romanet, Gerard Scotin, Jean Baptiste Simonet, Nicholas

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Henri Tardieu, Jean Valdor; Jean Charles: Le Vasseur, Francois Vivares, and“Jean
Georges Wille.

English Sehool :-—

Drawings.—Early illustrations to Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrimage, by J. Chalmers.
Ten, designs. by Benjamin West,, P:R.A., for his mosf celebrated pictures, amongst them
the first idea. for the Battle of the Boyne, with MS. notes on the back. of each, in the

painter’s handwriting. Three sketch-books.of Thomas Edridge.

_ Other specimens by Sir William, Allan, Richard Corbouid, Francis Danby, Francis

Lewis. Francia, Charles Fox, Sawrey and. the Rey. William Gilpin, Frederick Goodall,
_ R.A., Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., Thomas Malton, Francis Nicholson, W. Payne, Aaron
Penley, Nicholas Pocock, Samuel Prout, William Henry Pyne, George Harley, Sir
George Hayter, the Rev. Mr. Judkins, Thomas Rowlandson, Thomas H. Sheppard, W.
J. Smith, James Stark, W. P. Sherlock, Thomas Uwins, R.a., Samuel Williams, John
-. Wilson, and George M. Woodward.

Etchings.—By Francis Barlow, William Blake, E, Bland, Robert Blyth, Hablot Knight
~ Browne, John; Buckler, Letitia Byrne, §. Colman, John Crome, George Cumberland,
- H. Dayy,, Philip George Dodd, Thomas Dudley, Edward Edwards, Edward Finden, G.
Garrard, Robert Gaywood, Sawrey and the Rey. William Gilpin, Seymour Haden, J.
Haynes, Sir George Hayter; Samuel Howitt, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, John Leech,
' Frederick Christian Lewis, George Morland, Henry Moses, Charles Norris, Francis
Place, J. Powell, Augustus Welby Pugin, David C. Read, P. H. Rogers, Thomas
Rowlandson, George Augustus Sala, William Sherwin, Sir James Stuart, Mrs. Dawson
Turner, J. M. W. Turner, Charles Wild, and Hugh William Williams. .

Engravings.—A. fine collection of the works of John Jones, the eminent mezzotinto en-
graver, 140 in number, selected by himself, and, until acquired for the Museum, preserved
in the family.

A set: of 763 proofs of the works of John Curtis, illustrating British Entomology.

Other examples by John Carr Armitage, Alexander Bannerman, Francesco Bar-
tolozzi, James Basire, George Bickham, William Bond, Frederick William Branston,
Thomas Burke, Anthony Cardon, Thomas Chambers, Martin Droeshout, Francis
Engleheart, John Faber, William - Faithorne, James Fittler, Thomas Frye, William
Green, John Hall, John Harris, Charles and James Heath, T. Hodgetts, John Lewis,
J. Wilson Lowry, Thomas Lupton, James McArdell, Thomas Morris, John Murphy,
John Outrim, Remi-Parr, William Pether, Abraham Raimbach, Samuel William Reynolds,
William Rogers, Edward Rooker, H. T. Ryall, John Scott, John Keyse Sherwin,
Peter Simon, T. Simpson, John Raphael Smith, Joseph Constantine Stadler, Charles
Tomkins, Charles Turner, William Wallis, William Ward, Rober White, and James
Tibbetts Willmore, A.E. al

Great additions have been made to the collections of portraits, historical subjects,
and prints after masters. ;

George William Reid.

Note.—The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions and Tablets
of Western Asia has been continued during the past year; the progress made is reported
to have been as follows :—

Eighteen sheets of Bilingual Tablets, being the continuation of the 4th volume, haye
been copied on stone, and are only awaiting final corrections to be ready for press.

J. Winter Jones,
British Museum, Principal Librarian.
16 April 1872.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expenprm
of the Bririsa Mussum (Specrat Trust Fup
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 18
Number of Persons admitted, Progress of
rangement; &c. .

(Mr, Spencer Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
15 April 1872.

URAL WSS

BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 3 April 1873 ;—/or,

ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Expernpiturs of-the British Museum
’ (Specrat Trusr Funps), for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March

1873 :”

“« And, ‘Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Musrum in each
Year from 1867 to 1872, both Years inclusive ; together witha Srarnment
of the Progress made in the AkraNGcuMENT of the CottecTions; and an

Account of Ossects added to them in the Year 1872.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1873.

: I1.— ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
-III.—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE CHRISTY FUND, for the same Period.
VIL. RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisit Museum in
each Year from 1867 to 1872, both Years inclusive.

VIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRaNGEMENT of the CotircTions, and an
Account of Ogsects added to them, in the Year 1872.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,

7 May 1873.

188.

2 ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrrt anp ExpenpitureE of the BRIDGEWATER

One Stock,
g 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Coe aS ed, Loves) va
To Bauance on the Ist April 1872 - - - - - - - OE tse fils ae Wek a 13,My 17 2
- Drvipenns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
On the 6th July 1872 - 2 - £.196 15 4
* 7th January 1873 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8
One Yzar’s Rent oF a Reat Estate, Bequeates by fae Earl of Bridgewater,
received 9th April1872 - = - - - - - 32 15 -

eas 761 5 9 13,117 17 2

II—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczipr anp ExpenpiturE of the FARNBOROUGH

iter Stock,
: 3 p’Cent. Consols.
fe) sade BS gs gh
To Batance on the ist*April 1872 - - - - - - - - - 243 1 2,872 6 10
- Drvipenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, '
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 6th July 1872 - £.43 1 9
» 7th January 18783 - 45> 1 8
— 86 3 5
£. 88 16 6 2,872 6 10

III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrpt anp Exprenpiture of the SWINEY

Srocx,

Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols. |
i

Sole ie Su se

To Barance on the Ist April 1872)-" is) |- 9 =e ee = | Ae gh 5,369 2 9

- Drvipznps received on 5,369. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

On the 6th July 1872 - £.8010 9

» 7th January 1878 - 8010 9 |

|
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;
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1
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298 9 8 5,869 2 9 |

£.

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND, between the 1st April 1872 and the 31st March 1873.

5 Stock,
ASH. 3 p’ Cent. Consols.

; 6 £ - £
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear oe a S44
Estate, Viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1873 - - - -— = tes 4

- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :

In the financial year ended 31st March 1873 -

)
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4
1

(ev)
~
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— Payment of One Year’s Sarary to the Egerton Librarian - - =| 219 — -

559 13° +

— BALANCE ON THE 31st Marcu 1873, carried to Account for 1873/74 201 12 9 13,117 17 2

£ 761 5 9 YS) 1b Coed bj no"

FUND, between the Ist April 1872 and the 31st March 1878.

; Stock

¢ ?

d ET 3 p’Cent. Consols.
} a>, (ia, er aia
3 Sone Senile Ly Sands

By Payment for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :

| In the financial year ended 31st March 1873 - = = = i; Pe

fi

= BALANCE ON THE 31st MarcH-1873, carried to Account for 1873/74 - - 84 16 6 2,872 6 10
| |) Se 163.6 2,872 6 10

_ FUND, between the 1st April 1872 and the 31st March 1873.

-
i}
| 7 Stock,

| Casu. :

| . 3 p’Cent. Consols,
- ; Lele Spas Lua Sea'clh

} be

By Saxary paid to Dr. Cobbold for Lectures on Geology in 1872 - - - baa ae
He
| ' 4 a .

| — Payments for Printing Circulars and for Advertisements in reference to the

fe Election to the Swiney Lectureship - - - > - - = 14 - 9

-— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1873, carried to Account for 1873/74 - - nies foot 5,869 2 9

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£.| 298 9 8 5,369

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4 Accounts, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

1¥.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrpt and Exrrenpiture of the BIRCH

C Stock,
mes 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Lol Speithe £. 8. a,
To! Batance. onthe Wet aprnl 872) =~). =.) ea a= ee Es © =) 563 15 7
~ Divienps received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz. :
On the 6th July 1872 - - £.8 9 1
» 7th January 1878 - 8 9 2
1618 3
£. 1618 3 563 15 7

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrirt anp Expennpiture of the CHRISTY

Casu.
£08. a
To Baiance on the Ist April 1872 - - - - - - - = Sra ae = a9 45

£, 39 4 9 |

British Museum, |
5 May 1873. f

ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

ee a

FUND, between the 1st April 1872 and the 31st March 1873.

Cc Stock,
aoe 3 p'Cent. Consols.

Lae Sy il. Lae) “ona
By Lezcacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of

_ Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History — - - - TGels Ss
- Baance on THE 31st Marcu 1873, carried to Account for 1873/74 - = jlo = = 563 15 7
£ 1618 3 563 15 7

FUND, between the Ist April 1872 and the 31st March 1873.

2 Casu.
|
|
Se Same (a
By Payments for the purchase of Antiquities and Ethnographical Objects, similar to those in the |
Christy Collection - - - - - - - - - - = - - 39 4 9

J. Winter Jones,
Principal Librariav.

6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VL—RETURN of the Numser of Persons ApmitTep to Visit the Britisu Musrum.

Persons admitted to view the Genrrat Cox.ections in each Year from 1867 to 1872, both Years inclusive.

1867. 1868, 1869. 1870. 1:8 Gate 187/23
N° N° N° N° ING NN”

JANUARY =) VRS aeS Sige ae es 27,402 29,226 31,199 23,731 28,903
FEBRUARY - - - - - - 25,645 25,987 23,549 27,282 23,072 23,638
Blanon™ =) 22) Tae ce eRe Sis =| 98 as 31,591 65,282 33,306 35,029 26,131
APRIL - - - = 2 = 5 46,886 47,778 41,068 50,798 41,507 56,305
May SE MOS | ic fa Var he ta | Fl PYoeeaigE 29,047 45,438 29,538 41,146 44,025
JUNE - - - - > Sagoo 53,526 35,466 46,493 41,042 32,500
AS game Re tea SM he aa MR fs 44,497 40,796 40,410 48,574 41,225
BNE to eee I (1) 46,181 43,048 45,103 44,076 49,489
SEPTEMBER pos) =) eH he ep? se y= 87 131 28,791 26,607 29,619 27,046 27,045
OcroBER GIR AN et iin ia gemma A os 25 40,776 33,156 32,668" 29,845 28,762
AN O VERE EsoasimZiinetmeanb dunner Anahi inten Aisone-nin al iOS G 28,989 23,896 25,234 21,026 23,191
DECEMBER (0-0) 5. 200 ee eg 57,215 53,108 35,602 42,000 42,854

Total Number of Persons admitted )
to view the General Collections | 445,036 | 461,710 | 460,635 | 427,247 | 418,094 |¥*424,068 .
(exclusive of Readers) - - J

Number of Visits—

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of] — ; =
Study Grin eccarch: a n zi 105,469 103,529 103,584 98,971 105,130 yeep
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- a
pose of Study ¥ ie é a - 2,416 2,018 2,983 2,981 3,911 4,769
To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - 520 339 —_ = == —-
To the Coin and Medal Room - - - 2,084 1,548 1,948 16382) - + 1749 1,359
To the Ornament Room - - = at late 5 ~ = 7,687 5,863 6,905 5,925
To the Departments of Natural History -| - = 3,509 4,123 4,514 4,921 4,751
To the Print Room - ate - = 2,792 3,086 3,167 2,833 2,422 2,616
Tora, - - - | 656,317 | 575,739 | 584,427 | 543,791 | 542,582 | 548,494

* Including the total number of persons (1,493) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight
o’clock, from the 8th of May to the 12th of August 1872, inclusive, as compared with 2,228 persons admitted in 1871.

In addition to the above, 871 persons were admitted during the year 1872 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-
graphy, &c., which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,
Westminster-—-as compared with 827 persons admitted in 1871.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Britisa Mussum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February; from Ten till Five during
the Months of September, October, March, and April. From the 8th of May to the 16th of August inclusi
in the present year, Visitors will be admitted to view the Collections, as follows, viz.: on Mondays, from T:
until Eight o’clock ; on Wednesdaysand Fridays, from Ten until Six o'clock; and on Saturdays, trom Twelve
until Eight o’clock. During the remainder of August: on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from
Ten until Six o’clock ; and on Saturdays, from Twelve until Six o’clock.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except onthe days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November,
December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March, and
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History,
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday; and
to the Print Room from Ten o’clock, to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open,
excepting Saturday and during the month of September. 4

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the 1st to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash- Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or
Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. ;

The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collection on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tickets
issued at the British Museum. 4

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British Museum, | J. Winter Jones, — 7
5 May 1873. f Principal Librarian. —

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7)

_VIL—PROGRESS made in the CaTaLoguine and ARRANGEMENT, and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1872.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have 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; also on the title-slip and entry in the
Catalogue. The total number of these “ Press-marks” amounts to 102,797, of Labels to
40,072, and of renewed Labels to 16,307.

Il. Cataloguing :—(a.) 76,170 title-slips have been wwitten for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip ” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
60,046 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogue, and 16,124 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and of the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from A to P, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 50,918, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
235. 38,440 transcripts of title-slips, and 229 of index-slips, have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. The first copy of 38,553 transcripts,
forming portions of letter P, (of which 11,670 were new ones), the second copy of
32,103 transcripts (of which 11,809 were new ones), the third copy of 30,873 transcripts
(of which 10,669 were new ones), have been laid down in the volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, Q to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 17,327. 14,963 transcripts of title-slips have
been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—12,620 title-slips have been written, and 9,994 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—1309 title-slips have been written, and 292 transcribed fourfold
for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogue (including all works in Oriental languages other than Hebrew,
Chinese, and Japanese).—The number of title-slips written is 1,648, and 3235 have
been transcribed fourfold. 554 titles have been specially revised. The Sanserit section
of this Catalogue has been transcribed and bound in seven folio volumes, and a copy
placed in the Reading Room for the use of the readers.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—510 title-slips have been written for Chinese
books, and 37 for Japanese books. 2,242 titles have been revised for press, and the print-

ing of the Catalogue has proceeded as far as the heading Chang.

(h.) Carbonic Hand- Catalogues.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 44,300 slips have been mounted on cartridge paper, and 119,510 arranged pre-

_ paratory to incorporation, and 47,960 have been incorporated in the general series.

(i.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List and in the Hand-Catalogue of the same
collection, made to record the changes in the books of reference by the addition of new
works and the exchange of old for new editions, amounts to 254 in each of the interleaved
copies, and 127 in the Hand-Catalogue.

(k.) Grenville Catalogue.—The third part or fourth volume, completing the Catalogue
of the Library bequeathed by the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville, together with a
general index, has been printed, and a complete copy has been inlaid in six folio volumes,
press-marked, and placed in the Reading Room for the use of the readers.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in-the course of the year
amounts to 10,029; and, in consequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding
two or more volumes in one, the number of bound volumes returned is 7,567. 3,435
pamphlets have also been bound, and 352 volumes repaired.

188. ad IV. Reading

8 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library, from use in the Reading Room, is 264,260; to the Royal Library, 10,440; to
the Grenville Library, 935; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 210,801. Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 830,223, the whole amounts to
1,316,659, or about 4,509 for each of the 292 days during which the room was open to
the public.

The number of readers during the year has been 105,006, giving an average of 360 daily.
and, from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted on an average
13 volumes per diem.

V. Additions—(a.) 29,853 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 1,354
were presented, 8,345 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 353
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 19,801 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 30,554 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 378 were presented, 17,796 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 683 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 11,697 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows,
viz. : 253 published in London, 872 in other parts of England and Wales, 133 in Scotland,
and 126 in Ireland. 73 volumes, and 62 numbers of Newspapers belonging to 40
different sets, have been purchased, and 150 volumes and 146 numbers belonging to 40
different sets, have been acquired by donation.

(d.) 2,892 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
1,885 were received by English and 932 by International Copyright, and 75 purchased.
Of 1,790 portions of musical works in progress, 1,277 have been received by English and
513 by International Copyright. 1,752 works of greater extent than single pieces have
also been acquired, comprising 1,140 by English and 417 by International Copyright, and
195 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 29,853 volumes and pamphlets, and
30,554 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 31,207. Of these, 1,155 have been presented, 8,617 acquired by English, and 597 by
International Copyright, and 20,838 by purchase.

5,871 articles have been received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 66,278
articles received in the department. ,

(f.) The number of stamps impressed on articles is altogether 225,773. In addition
to this, 15,613 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections for
further security.

The most important acquisition of the year has been that made at the Weigel sale,
which took place at Leipsic on the 27th of May. This collection contained a remarkable
series of block-books, and of the earliest productions of the art of printing. A few of
those purchased by the Museum on this occasion may be mentioned :—

(1.) Four block-books, viz., the first edition of the “ Ars Moriendi,” unique and complete,
in the finest state of preservation, and, in point of art, alike in respect of design, ex-
pression of the figures, and execution, considered to be far superior to any other edition
hitherto discovered; the ‘* Apocalypse,” considered also to be the earliest edition and
the only complete copy known; “Salve Regina,” unique; and a German edition of the
‘¢ Biblia Pauperum,” dated 1470. A very curious and unique specimen of English block-
printing, consisting of verses supposed to be by Lydgate, on the seven theological virtues,
and probably used as scrolls to be placed on the walls of rooms. The typographic broad-
sides acquired consist of interesting specimens of the earliest printing at Mentz; among
these are several of the year 1461, relating to the contest between the rival Archbishops
of Mentz, Dietrich of Isenburg, and Adolph of Nassau, being of the same year with the
first book printed in German hitherto known, and probally also the earliest printed docu-
ments of a controversial and political nature. This collection, apart from its extreme
rarity, possesses great interest from its connection with the history of printing, the capture
of Mentz by Adolph of Nassau (Oct. 28, 1462), having led to the dispersion of the work-
men employed by Fust and Scheffer and by Gutenberg, and the consequent dissemina-
tion of the typographic art throughout Europe. Owing to this event, no books printed at
Mentz with the dates 1463 and 1464 are known to exist. In this group are two very
curious sheet advertisements by the printers Mentelin and Peter Scheffer about 1470, —
believed to be unique, concerning books printed by them, viz., the “ Summa de Casibus
Conscientiz,” of Astesanus de Ast, published by the former, and the “ Epistole ” of St.
Jerome by the latter.

(2.) The

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 0

(2.) The proof-sheets of Dr. Adam Clarke’s Commentary on the Bible, the eift of Mr.
Tego, the publisher, to Mr. James Everett, and illustrated by the latter with numerous
engravings and woodcuts, and bound in 28 quarto volumes.

Bequeathed to the Library of the British Museum by the late Rev. James Everett,
United Methodist Free Church Minister.

(3.) A copy of Smollett’s Travels through France and Italy, 1766, annotated by the
author, apparently for a new edition. ‘These additions and corrections have never been
printed.

(4.) “ Heures A Vusaige de Rome,” printed by Jehan du Pré, at Paris, in 1488, with
engraved borders and vignettes, believed to be unique. The opinion commonly enter-
tained is, that the majority of the elegant and delicate illustrations which adorn the early
Books of Hours were executed on wood, but a passage in this volume expressly declares
that the illustrations found in it were engraved in copper—* les vignettes de ces presentes
heures imprimees en euyure.” The subjects were probably engraved in relief on copper or
other metal.

(5.) ‘A large collection of Cape of Good Hope Newspapers, presented by George
Thompson, Esq., author of “ Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa, 1827.”

(6.) A considerable number of editions of the works of Junius and of Pope, many with
MS. annotations and collations by the late C. W. Dilke, Esq.
Presented by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart., M.P.

(7.) Many important works have been purchased at two sales of the extensive library
of the Marquis de Morante, and also at other sales in Paris and in London.

W. B. Rye.

DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHARTS, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement :—(a.) The number of Titles (including both main
titles and cross-references), written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the
year, amounts to 4,704; those transcribed fourfold for insertion to 7,417. This number
includes 4,119 titles which have been retranscribed in consequence of a complete revision
of the transcripts from A to the end of T.

(b.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,299 maps and 6,547 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,385, and 1,050 hand-slips of purchases have
been made.

(c.) 673 Maps, in 1,623 sheets and 84 Atlases have been entered for the binder, and
168 volumes and 1,309 Maps, in 7,759 pieces, have been returned from the binder, the
former bound, and the latter mounted on 3,643 cards; and 2,171 sheets of Ordnance -
Surveys have been inserted in their respective volumes; 9 volumes have received separate
letterings.

(d.) An incorporation has been made into 3 copies of the Catalogue of 7,286 Titles,
necessitating the removal of 3,384 titles, and the addition to each copy of 118 new leaves:
17,350 slips of fourth copy have been mounted for the Hand Catalogue.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was
392, the number of Maps 1,489, making a sum total of 1,881.

(f.) The number of Stamps affixed to maps was 16,130.

II. Additions :—(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyright
Actis 245 (in 1,595 sheets), and 33 Atlases and 1 part of an Atlas have also been received
by Copyright, and 1 Map, in 1 sheet, by International Copyright. 195 Volumes and
1,546 Maps, in 6,373 sheets, have been obtained by purchase, and 7 volumes and 272
Maps, in 470 sheets, have been presented.

Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are:—

A MS. Portuguese Atlas of remarkable beauty, by Fernam Vaz Dourado, reputed to
be of the date of 1546, but which Mr. Major has reason to believe was commenced in
1573 and completed in 1575.

A MS. Italian Portulano, made at Venice by Gratiosus Benincasa of Ancona, of the
date of 1469.

An anonymous MS. Italian Portulano of the first half of the 16th Century.
All presented to the Trustees by the Lords of the Admiralty.

A Collection of Topographical Drawings and Prints in five volumes folio, made at the
188. B ' close

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close of last century by Mr. Thomas Combe, and illustrative of the counties of Hampshire,
Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, the Isle of Wight and Guernsey, and the City of Oxford,
chiefly the Colleges; purchased of Mrs. G. R. Gray.

Three large folio volumes of drawn Plans and Views of the several Roads under the
management of the Kensington, &c., Turnpike Trust. Presented by the Commissioners
of the Metropolis Roads North of the Thames.

hk. A. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

Class Catalogue.—The formation of a General Class-Catalogue of the Manuscripts, by
distribution of previous descriptions under heads of subjects, and partial re-description, has
been nearly completed. The following is the actual progress of the year :—

State Letters—The section of single English State Letters has been arranged
and laid down for the years 1526, 1531 to 1546, 1570 to 1625; and that of Scottish
Letters from the earliest time to 1603.

Miscellaneous State Papers.—This division*has been sorted, and the Foreign series
laid down.

Church History. — The slips of Histories, Ecclesiastical documents, Diocesan
History, &c., have been arranged and laid down, in two volumes.

Public Revenue.—the slips relating to the several branches of Public Revenue and
Expenditure have been arranged and laid down, in two volumes.

Commerce and Trade.—This division has been completed, in one volume.

Public Records.—The slips of Public Records, and of Collections from the
Records of Chancery and the Exchequer, have been arranged and laid down, in one
volume.

Biography.—The slips of Collected and Special Lives, English and Foreign, have
been arranged and laid down, in one volume. Those of Miscellaneous Biographical
Notices, and Genealogies, have been laid down from L to Z. The division is com-
plete in seven volumes.

Private Correspondence.—The slips for Individual Private Letters previous to the
17th century, from I to Z, and for those of subsequent date for the entire alphabet,
have been arranged and laid down. ‘The division is complete in 13 volumes.

Art.—Description slips of Illuminated Manuscripts and Bindings have been pre-
pared from the volumes, and have been arranged and laid down in two volumes.

Paleography.—The slips of Ancient and Dated Manuscripts have been arranged
and laid down, in two volumes.

Antiquities.—Slips relating to Inscriptions, Coins, and General Antiquities, have
been arranged and laid down.

Manners and Customs.—Slips relating to Domestic Life, Costume, &c., have been
arranged and laid down.

Numerous additional entries have been inserted in the majority of the classes
already laid down.

Catalogue of Romances.— Works in various languages have been described from seventy-
five volumes of the different Collections.

Catalogue of Ancient and Illuminated Manuscripts.—Thirteen of the most Ancient
Manuscripts in the different Collections have been described in detail; and selections
made from them for photographic copies.

Catalogue of the Old Royal Collection. The volumes 13 B. I., 13 B. II., and 18 B. VL.,
containing State Letters, have been described.

Catalogue of Sloane Collection—Numbers 3318, 3319, 3827, have been described; and
omissions in descriptions of fifteen other volumes supplied.

Catalogue of Additions.—The following volumes have been described :—Nos. 24,101 to

24,127, 24,129 to 24,133, 24,153 to 24,183, 24,189 to 24,216, 24,219 to 24,313, 24,315
to 24,323, acquired in the year 1861 ;—24,337 to 24,339, 24,343 to 24,346, 24,357 to
24,361, 24,383 to 24,408, 24,419 to 24,633, 24,637 to 24,725 24,732 to 24,902, 24,905
to 24,934, 24,936 to 24,943, 24,945, 24,964 to 24,967, acquired in 1862 ;—28,227 to 28,235,
28,509 to 28,512, 28,569, acquired in 1870 ;—28,572 to 28,597, 28,653, acquired in 1871;
— 28,854 to 28,874, 28,894, 28,917, 28,918, 28,927, 28,937 to 28,952, 28,957 to 28,972,
29,241 to 29,280, acquired in 1872.

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Catalogue of Egerton Collection.—Numbers 2,125, 2,134, 2,135, 2,138 to 2,168, 2,170 to
2,188 acquired in the years 1871, 1872, have been described.

Indexes.—The Sloane Index has been arranged, and cross references have been prepared.
The Catalogue of the Birch Collection, forming Additional MSS. 4,101 to 4,478, has been
Indexed in slips from No. 4,101 to 4,318. The Catalogues of Additional and Egerton
Manuscripts, acquired in the years 1854 to 1859, have been Indexed in slips to March
1859.

Registers.—The Registers of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been con-
tinued to nearly the latest numbers.

Transcription—The Catalogues of the following Collections have been copied in quad-
ruplicate :—Old Royal, Nos. 13 B. L, 13 B. II-, 18 B. VI.; Sloane, from No. 3,823 to
4,100; Additional, from 23,780 to 24,026, and 27,607 to 28,971; Egerton Charters, from
139 to 257; Harley Charters, 52 A. 1 to 57 C. 24.

Arrangement of Papers.—The Ellis Correpondence, forming 82 volumes, the Corre-
spondence and Papers of Warren Hastings, in 268 volumes, and other Collections acquired
during the year, have been arranged for binding.

Binding.—Three hundred and eighty-six volumes of Additional, and 27 Egerton
_ Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been repaired and bound. One hundred and twenty-
six volumes of the Old Collections have been repaired and re-bound.

Thirty-nine volumes of the Class Catalogue, and eighty-three volumes of Printed
Books have been bound.

Verification.—The Collections have been verified by the shelf-lists.

Three hundred and sixty Manuscripts have been placed, and entered in the hand and
shelf-lists.

Nine hundred and sixty-four Manuscripts, Charters, and Printed Books have been
stamped. Total of impressions, 27,684.

Nine hundred and seven Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 21,128 ;
and of those used by students in the rooms of the department 1,751.

The number of Charters and Seals delivered to Readers is 581.

The Acquisition of Manuscripts during the year is as follows :—

General Collection - - - - - - - - 445
Egerton - - ~ oe. es - - - - - 40
Charters - - - - = 2 = > < am £6
Papyri - - . - - - 4 z = 2 5

The following Manuscripts are included in the purchases of the year :—
Greek Papyri, from the Collection of Mr. A. C. Harris, late of Alexandria, viz.:—

A fragment of the Iliad, comprising lines 1 to 171, and 311 to the end, of the
18th book, written in the first century of the Christian era. The readings closely
agree with the received text.

Thirty-two fragments, in eleven sheets, of the Orations of Hyperides against
Demosthenes and Lycophron, of the same character with the roll belonging to
Mr. Arden. They were found by Mr. Harris, in Thebes, and were published by
him in the year 1848.

‘Nine fragments of a roll of proper names, with arithmetical figures placed
before and after them, of the Ptolemaic period.

A Horoscope, in four sheets.

A Latin Service-book, containing the Psalter, Hours, and Special Prayers, written
_for the use of Alfonso the Fifth, of Aragon, in the year 1442; richly illuminated,
and illustrated with numerous miniatures of Spanish character. The King’s portrait
and arms are frequently introduced; and a view of the port of Gaeta, where he
suffered a defeat in his attempt to secure the throne of Naples in 1435, occurs at the
head of a series of special prayers.

Marco Polo’s “ Liure des Condicions et Coutumes des Principales Regions de Orient.”
An unpublished version, of the 15th century. The arms of -France are painted on
the first page.

An original Chartulary of the College of St. Nicholas de Vaux, in Salisbury,
from A.D. 1260 to the reign of Henry the Sixth.

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Fair copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Journal of Travels in the Netherlands, corrected
by his own hand.

Captain Cook’s Journal of his Third Voyage, in 1776 to 1779.—Autograph Copy.

A volume of original Letters of Shenstone to Lady Luxborough, 1747 to 1759;
and a volume of Notes by Shenstone on the Paradise Lost.

Correspondence of John Ellis, Secretary to the Duke of Ormond, and Under-
Secretary of State, in 82 volumes. A portion of the Letters are official, comprising
many from George Stepney, Minister at Vienna; James Cressett, resident at the
Courts of Germany ; Matthew Prior, Secretary to the Embassy at Paris, and other
political agents abroad, as well as of A. Cardonnel, Secretary to the Duke of
Marlborough. Thé private portion includes numerous letters from Ireland, and an
interesting series from Humphrey Prideaux, Dean of Norwich, written chiefly from
Oxford. The bulk of the Correspondence is dated from 1690 to 1722.

Original Correspondence of George Bubb (afterwards Dodington), Enyoy in
Spain, in the years 1715 to 1717. In six volumes.

Papers and Correspondence of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India, in
268 volumes. They consist of a series of official copies of the Minutes of Proceed-
ings of the Council of Calcutta, Secret Department, in the years 1772 to 1785, and
of the proceedings in other Departments in some of those years; drafts and copies
of many of his own letters during his service in India; various papers relating to
Indian affairs; a large collection of original letters addressed to him by numerous
Correspondents in India and England, from 1758 to the date of his death, including
letters of Lord Clive; and papers relating to his Trial. A portion of the collection
was used by Mr. Gleig for his Memoirs of Warren Hastings.

Edward A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

Full descriptions have been written of 335 MSS. for the Persian, 74 for the Ethiopic,
27 for the Arabic, and 1 for the Sanscrit Catalogues.

A Descriptive List has been prepared of the Oriental MSS. acquired from July 1871
to the end of 1872.

The same MSS. have been entered into the Oriental Register, and the classified
Oriental Inventory.

The Descriptive List of the Oriental MSS. acquired during the years 1870-1872 has
been transcribed for the use of the Reading Room.

Special Lists have been prepared of the Armenian, Hebrew, Hindi, Pali, Sanscrit, and
Turkish MSS.

124 MSS. have been folioed, labelled, bound, and placed on the shelves.

Syriac Catalogue.-—The sheets 7 Z to 9 E and a to k, containing the Indices and the
Preface, have been carried through the press. They complete the third and last Part of
the work, which is now ready for publication. Twenty photographic. plates, exhibiting
all the varieties of Syriac writing from the 5th to the 13th century, have been prepared
as an Appendix to the same Part.

I1.— Acquisitions.

The MSS. added during the year to the Oriental Collection are 154 in number, viz.,
7 acquired by donation or bequest, and 144 by purchase.
They belong to the following classes:

Arabic - - - - - - - - - 46
Turkish - - - - - - - - 46
Persian - - - - - - - = - 35
Hebrew - - - - - - - 16
Sanscrit - - - - - - - - 3
Grantha - - - - - - - 3
Pali - - - - - - - - - 2
Cingalese 0-5 0 -=) ea oe Wh. | ae
Hindi - - - - - - - - 1
Chinese - 2a = Sips _ 1

The following are a few of the most curious or valuable :

Lankavatara and Upasanhara-jnana, two Buddhistic works in Sanscrit and in the

Nepaulese character. Presented by Professor Wm. Wright.
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Paritta, and a collection of legends, two Buddhistic works in Pali and in the Cingalese
character. i

The original tracings of a Buddhistic inscription, in six languages and as many
characters, engraved A.D. 1345, on a gateway at Kew Yung Kwan, near the Chinese
wall. Procured by Dr. Wylie.

Sepher Mitsvoth Gadol, by Moses of Coucy. Hebrew; a.p. 1390.

Two Karaite Commentaries on the Pentateuch. Hebrew; 16th century.

A Karaite Exposition of the Decalogue; two volumes. Hebrew; 16th century.

Two Karaite Service-books. Hebrew; 16th century.

Two Commentaries on the Mishkat, a collection of Mohammedan tradition. Arabic:
17th century.

Two volumes of Al-Mabstt, an extensive work on Hanafite law. Arabic; 17th
century.

Rauzat us-safa and Akbar-namah, two historical works. Persian; 17th century. (The
MSS. mentioned in the last three entries have been acquired with the Warren Hastings
Papers.)

The Granth, or Sacred Book of the Sikhs.

The following MSS. are from a collection formed by M. Alexandre Jaba, Russian
Consul at Erzeroom :

The Shahnamah of Firdausi, translated into Turkish for the Mamlook Sultan Ghauri,
about A.D. 1500.

Humaytn-Nameh, the Turkish version of the Fables of Bidpai; a.p. 1552.

?Awarif ul-Ma/’arif, an extensive Sufi work. Turkish; a.p. 1459.

The Khamseh, or five Poems of Yahya Shebtevi. Turkish; a.p. 1580.

The Diwan of Nawa’i in Eastern Turkish. 16th century.

Al-Kamis, or Arabic. Thesaurus. A.D. 1530.

Mukaddimat al-Adab, an Arabic Glossary, by Zamakhshari. a.p. 1460.
A Commentary by al-Isfara’ini on the Misbah, a ‘Treatise of Arabic grammar. .D.
1320.

Rab? al-Abrar, a collection of moral maxims, by Zamakhshari. Arabic; a.p. 1208.

Manztmat al-Nasafi, a treatise of Mohammedan law. Arabic; a.p. 1385.

Makamat al-Hariri, with miniatures. Arabic; A.p. 1256.

Tabrizi’s Commentary on the Mu‘allakat and the Najdiyyat of al-Abiwardi. Arabic;
A.D. 1304.

A Commentary on the Makstrah of Ibn Duraid. Arabic; a.p. 1287,

The Diwan of Jarir, a poet of the first century of the Hijrah; Part III. (The only
copy known in Europe.) Arabic.

The Diwan of Amir Khusrau of Dehli, beautifully written a.p. 1490. Persian.

The Khamsah, or five poems of Nizami. Persian. A fine copy, with miniatures.
A.D. 1554.

The Diwan of Jami. Persian; a.p. 1489.

Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement.

In the Egyptian division three sepulchral pyramidions have been re-mounted on new
Portland stone pedestals, and placed under glass for protection.

A bronze Egyptian figure of Osiris, has been mounted on a stone plinth, and placed
under a glass shade in the Southern Gallery.

a A small Egyptian figure has been mounted on a stone plinth inthe Northern
allery.

The mountings of the mural paintings in tempera from Egyptian tombs, exhibited

‘in the Northern Gallery, have been repaired and cleaned.

Several small objects chiefly from Tel el Yahoudeh, have been arranged in a table
case in the Northern Gallery.

Two small Egyptian statues have been glazed and mounted in the vestibule of the
Northern Gallery.

Four large mummy coffins have been cleaned, and placed in two large temporary glass
cases on the landing of the staircase of the 1st Egyptian Room.

18 Egyptian sun-dried bricks have been placed in glazed boxes, and 15 of them repaired
for better preservation. :

Improved arrangements have been made of some of the cases of the Egyptian Rooms,
and an interesting collection of glazed tiles, obtained by the Reverend G. Chester, at
Tel el Yahoudeh, temporarily arranged in a table case of the second Egyptiay Room.

A new table case for holding antiquities from Cyprus, acquired from K. H. Lang,
Esq., H.M. Consul in Cyprus, has been placed in the Assyrian Transept, and two statues
of calcareous stone from the same island, placed on pedestals adjoining the case.

A new table case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery.

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10 Assyrian and Chaldean bricks have been framed and glazed, and placed over the
sculptures of the Nimroud Gallery.

One Assyrian inscription has been repaired, and a Babylonian inscription mounted in
the same gallery.

Some fresh arrangements of objects have been made in the table cases of the Kouyunjik
Galler

A ie onelitt tablet of a Babylonian monarch has been mounted on Caen stone, and
placed in the Assyrian anteroom.

Progress has been made in the glazing of the Assyrian sculptures in the basement.

88 small Carthaginian tablets “with Punic inscriptions, have been placed in glazed
boxes and labelled, ‘and three similar mounted on stone plinths in the Carthaginian Room.
The bilingual inscription of Due’ gga, has heen fixed to the south wall of the ‘Carthaginian
Room. :

Hight Himyaritic inscriptions from Aden, have been mounted on stone plinths.

A Hebrew inscription has been repaired and mounted on a stone plinth.

Progress has been made in the arranging and joining of the Assyrian inscribed clay
tablets of the bilingual sections, Turanian and Assyrian, the mythological section of tablets
has been examined and studied, and a series of tablets containing the legends of Izduabar,
selected and joined; amongst them has been found a most important set of three tablets,
giving the Chaldzan account of the Deluge.

Progress has been also made in joining fragments of the astrological and historical
section, and an interesting tablet of Nebuchadnezzar has been put together.

The transcripts of the early Babylonian contract tablets have been completed, and the
copies bound for reference.

The paper impressions of Assyrian inscriptions have been arranged in chronological
order. A case-book of the Assyrian inscribed clay tablets has been commenced.

The collection of impressions of clay seals from Kouyunjik has been examined, with a
view to elucidate the Hamah inscriptions.

Preparations have been made for compiling a guide of the Assyrian department.

546 small Egyptian objects have been mounted.

Four Egyptian papyri have been unrolled, and two have been mounted.

17 pages of papyri have been mounted, glazed, and lettered.

29 Egyptian objects have been catalog ued, and some paper impressions of hieroglyphic
inscriptions described.

198 descriptive slips have been incorporated with the generai catalogue.

Progress has been made in preparing a new guide for the Egyptian ‘Rooms.

The texts of the geometric papyrus, and the historical papyrus of Rameses IIL., pur-
chased of Miss Harris, have been examined and studied towards preparing a descriptive
text for publication.

Transcripts have been made of Miss Harris’s catalogues of Egyptian objects.

147 fragments of inscribed Assyrian terra-cotta tablets have "been cleaned; 236 have
been repaired, and 170 protected from decay.

An Assyrian terra-cotta historical cylinder has been mounted.

Five moulds have been made of Assyrian cylinders in hard stone.

20 casts have been made of engraved stones with Phcenician inscriptions,

25 small statues from Cyprus have been repaired and mounted on stone plinths, and
four inscriptions from the same place repaired and mounted.

Casts have been made of 34 inscriptions in the language of Cyprus, from the collection
of General di Cesnola.

Nine gnostic engraved stones have been mounted.

145 objects have been registered.

559 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects exhibited in the collection.

572 numbers have been printed.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 125.

Amongst them the following are the most remarkable :—

An Egyptian hieratic papyrus on the subject of the Creation of the Wiiverse by the
god Ptah, written by Amenemapt.

Nine hieratic and hier oglyphic papyri, purchased of Miss Harris, of Alexandria,
which are as foilows :—

A papyrus in 79 pages or sheets, dated in the 32nd year of Rameses III., of the 20th
dynasty, recording his donations to the Temples of Memphis, Heliopolis and Thebes, and
détailing the condition of Egypt prior to the elevation of his father to the throne. This
magnificent document generally known as the great Harris Papyrus, beautifully written
and the finest and the largest of its class, contains three pictures representing Rameses
III. offering to the gods.

A hieratic papyrus, either a history or work of fiction, relating to the period of
Thothmes III. of the 18th dynasty.

A hieratic papyrus dated in the 17th year of Rameses IX., containing a list of
functionaries and objects.

A hieratic

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A hieratic papyrus of the age of Rameses VIIL. or IX., detailing the process against
a robber of silver, depositions of witness and trial of the offender. — rf

A hieratic papyrus of the age of Rameses III. on a similar subject.

A hieratic papyrus of a magical nature, published by M. F. Chabas, under the title,
“Le Papyrus magique, Harris,” 4to, Chalon-sur-Sadne. ;
A hieratic papyrus, apparently of historical character, and of the age of Rameses II.

A hieratic funereal papyrus. ;

‘A hieroglyphical papyrus of the class called solar litanies, representing the passage of
the sun through the hours of the night. i" c

The hand of a mummy, having on the second finger a ring with a scarabeus, bearing
the prenomen of Rameses II. of the 18th dynasty. 3

Five inscriptions in the Himyaritic character, on calcareous stone.

Bronze portion of furniture-emblema, probably part of a chair with the fore part of a Lynx.
From Aden. Presented by Captain Prideaux, r.x., Assistant Political Resident at Aden.

Bronze seal with Himyaritic inscription. From Aden. Presented by Captain Prideaux
R.E., Assistant Political Resident at Aden. :

Portion of a collection of antiquities discovered and excavated by R. Hamilton Lang,
Esq., late Consul in Cyprus, consisting of statues in calcareous stone, objects in terra-
cotta, silver and bronze. Amougst the most remarkable are—

The upper part of the statue of a bearded figure of heroic size, in fine preservation.
From Dali (Idalium).

Calcareous stone tablet, with relief of an archer, and inscription in the Cypriote
character. From Dali.

Two statues of Aphrodite, draped, standing and holding a dove.

Two small statues of seated boys, wearing belts with amulets or charms. From Dali.

Two calcareous stone heads wearing caps or helmets, bearded, and of Assyrian style.
From Dali.

Two calcareous stone bearded heads wearing turbans. From Dali.

Three heads, bearded and crowned, from statues of the same material, and of the so
called Anatolian style.

Caleareous stone head from 4 statue, bearded and crowned, portrait of the Greek or
Roman period.

Calcareous stone unbearded head, and another of fine style, both portraits of the
Greek or Roman period.

Small calcareous stone figure of a female carrying a chair and jug, and child carrying
other objects. From Dali.

Terra-cotta statue of a youthful person draped in a tunic, standing, coloured. From
Dali,

Marble pedestal with bilingual inscriptions, dated in the 4th year of Melekyatun, King-
of Citium and Idalium. By its means the Pheenician language and alphabets have been
discovered.

Two calcareous stone plinths with inscriptions in the Cypriote character.

Five inscriptions on marble in Pheenician characters votive, one dated in the reign of
one of the Ptolemies. ;

Silver spatula with inscription in the Cypriote character. From Dali.

Terra-cotta cover of a jar with inscription in the square Hebrew or Chaldee of a
magical character. Found at Hillah, near Bagdad. .

; S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement.

Seventy-five pieces of sculpture and architecture, thirty-nine inscriptions, six mosaics,
eight bronze figures, and twenty-two objects in iron, have been mounted and repaired ;
the principal pieces of sculpture and architecture from Ephesus, have been placed in the
New Elgin Room, and the inscriptions from the same site im the New Inscription Room ;
progress has been made in arranging and fixing the sculptures in the Greco-Roman
Rooms, and the sculptures and mosaics in the Greco-Roman Basement, and in transferring
the Mausoleum sculptures from the sheds under the colonnade to the basement; progress
has been made in re-arranging and glazing the frieze of the Parthenon, and casts of a
number of fragments of this composition have been obtained from Athens, and their
respective places on the frieze have been identified; two new cases containing fragments
of sculpture, have been placed in the ante-room to the Mausoleum Room; one hundred and
thirty-five vases, and six hundred and forty-three objects in glass, terra-cotta, stone, and
bronze, have been cleaned or repaired ; seventy-four objects in 1ron have been oiled and
mounted; one hundred and twenty-three gems have been mounted in silver-gilt settings,
eighty-one gems have been remounted in gold, two hundred and eight gems have been
mounted on velvet-covered blocks, and one hundred and forty-one have been incorporated
with the part of the collection now exhibited ; two hundred and seventy-three wax impres-
sions of gems have been taken, and two hundred and nine plaster casts have been made from

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gems, and mounted on gilt-edged paper; one plaster cast has been made froma sculptured
relief; nine glass shelves have been placed in the vase-cases of the First Vase Room, to
reflect the under surface of the cups; descriptive titles have been attached to five hundred
and seventy-three objects; four hundred and thirty objects have been catalogued, and
four hundred and thirty-four entries in the gem catalogue revised; two thousand one
hundred and five objects have been registered.

II.— Acquisitions.

I.—(1.) Bronze figure-head, from a small ancient vessel, representing a bust, probably
intended for a personification of Rome.

(2.) Terra-cotta amphora, covered with marine incrustations.
Both presented by ter Majesty the Queen.

Both these objects were obtained at Previsa, by the late Sir Howard Douglas, when
Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, shortly after their discovery in 1839.
They were dredged up by a fisherman in the outer bay of Previsa, which is considered
by Colonel Leake (Transactions Roy. Soc. Lit., 2nd series, I. p. 246), to be the site of the
batile of Actium. There is therefore an @ prior? probability that the figure-head belonged
to some vessel sunk in that battle.

IJ.—Alabastos of dark clay.
Presented by John Henderson, Esq.

III.—Roman vase of green glazed ware, found in Hungary.
Presented by Dr. Florian Romer, National Museum, Pesth.

IV.—Head sculptured in green basalt, probably the Emperor Caligula.
Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

V.—(1.) Amphora of Greek fictile ware, with-black figures on a red ground, found at
Cydonia in Crete, 1858.

(2.) Bronze top of Roman standard, from the Purnell Collection.
Presented hy A. W. Franks, Esq.

VI.—Plate, pinax, of Greek fictile ware, on which fish are painted in red and white on
a black ground.
Presented by M. Gaston Feuardent.

VII.—Eight fragments of pottery, probably of Pheenician origin, found in Moab in
the course of the expedition for exploring Palestine.
Presented by C. L. Buxton, Esq., and R. C. Johnson, Esq.

VIII.—Paste intaglio, representing the bust of a Meenad, a most beautiful design.
Presented by Signor Alessandro Castellani, Rome,

IX. Six iron arrow-heads found at Castra Vetera, now Fiirstenberg, near Xanten,
"x; Germany.
Presented by Professor Ernst Aus’m Weerth, Kessenich, Bonn.

X.—(1.) Etruscan amphora of black clay, round the body of which is a frieze of horse-
men in relief, of which the several groups are all from the same mould.

(2.) A collection of antiquities from excavations at Ialysos in Rhodes, consisting of the
following objects :—

(a.) A number of fictile vases of the Archaic or Greco-Pheenician period. One of
these, in form like a very long funnel, is of special interest, from the fact that its peculiar
shape corresponds with that of a vase found under the lava at Santorin (see Archives des
Missions Scientifiques, 2nd série IV., premier rapport sur une mission scientifique a
Vile Santorin par M. F. Fouqué, p. 223.) :

(b.) Objects in ivory or bone; an archaic seated figure; fragments of a casket mounted
with bronze, of a comb, of a pin; two thin oval plates.

(c.) Thirteen rosettes of bracteate gold; four small rosettes, and one wire ring.

(d.) Objects in silver; an oval ring of the same shape as one obtained in 1870 from
preavanone at Ialysos; fragments of wire rings. These objects have all been plated with
gold. ;

(e.) Two fish-hooks, two arrew-heads, one spear-head, two knife-blades and fragments
of wire, all of bronze. Among the bronze implements are some new and interesting
types.

(f-) Intaglios :

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(f.) Intaglios: a cylinder on which is engraved arude design of two lions rampant con-
fronted; another with design of three deer, both in carnelian; one circular intaglio in
crystal, with a rude design of a horse[?]. Gems of this description are rare. They belong

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to the earliest age of engraving, and are usually found in the Greek islands and in the
tombs at Athens.

(g-) Many fragments of small ornaments, in opaque glass, of a peculiar fabric.

(h.) A cylinder in Egyptian porcelain, on which is a design probably imitated from
that of an Assyrian cylinder.

(7) Twenty objects in steatite resembling whorls of spindles; two whetstones, two
hematite objects used perhaps for burnishing ; beads in carnelian, glass, amber.
Presented by Professor John Rushin.

XI. Marbles and other antiquities collected by His Grace the Duke of St. Albans
during the cruise of his yacht “ Xantha,” in the winter of 1871-2. These consist of the
following :—

1. Inscriptions from Tasos.

(a.) A very long inscription on a parastas or door-jamb, which was extracted from the
wall of an Hellenic building. The inscription contains several Rhodian decrees in the
Doric dialect, doubtless copies from originals at Rhedes. The first three of these decrees
have been published by Mr. Waddington (Lebas, Voyage archéologique en Asie
Mineure, $ II., No. 251), and relate to complaints made by the Iasians against a certain
Podilos, who scems to have invaded their territory. There is also mention of Olympichos,
who is probably the dynast mentioned by Polybius (V. 90), who reigned in Asia about
B.C. 226, and was friendly to the Rhodians.

The lower part of this inscription is unedited, and the letters retain the vermillion with
which they were originally painted. This part of the text throws new and important
light on the previous decrees, proving that the grievances alleged by the Iasians were
acts committed by the Rhodian governors in Caria, and that the Olympichos mentioned
in the previous decree was an adherent of Philip V. of Macedonia. ‘The events to which
the inscription refers probably took place not long before B.c. 200, when Philip V. took
Tasos and the Perea. The inscription cannot on the other hand be earlier than z.c.
220, the date of Philip’s accession.

(6.) An inscription which had been used as the lintel of a window in a Byzantine
building. The middle part of this inscription has unfortunately been chiselled away, but
what remains shows that it is part of a religious law regulating the share of the victim to
which the priest was entitled, and other matters connected with ritual. The letters in
this inscription are of a very good period. At one end of the marble, the lines of letters
are painted alternately blue and red, a combination of colours unusual in inscriptions,
which were generally painted with vermillion.

(c.) A dedication to Homonoia and the demos by the Epimeletex of the Bouleuterion
and the Archives. The letters in this inscription are beautifully preserved.

(d.) Part of a decree by the people of Iasos in honour of some king of the dynasty of
the Seleukide; mentionis made of Antiochos the Great, and his queen Laodike. This
interesting fragment of an historical decree was discovered in the wall of a bath of the
Byzantine period.

(e.) A large block of grey marble, on which are inscribed two decrees by the people of
Jasos, in honour of Dymas, a tragic poet and native of Iasos, who, as appears from the
inscription, composed a poem about the deeds of Dardanos. It is believed that no men-
tion of this tragic poet is to be found in any ancient author. A gold crown is conferred
on him for his piety to the gods, and services to the city. ‘The eponymous magistrate in
this decree is the BactAeve, a title which was probably retained at Iasos, as it was at
Athens, in the case of the BaciA<ve apxwv, and in other Greek cities after the kingly
period had ceased. It is ordered that the decrees be set up in the Temple of Athene.

2. Antiquities from the site of the Hellenic city of Loryma, now called Port Cavaliere,
on the coast opposite Rhodes. :

In the year 1862, Mr. Vice-Consul Biliotti obtained for the Museum a small marble
figure of Artemis, found at Loryma. On landing from the “ Xantha” at Loryma, in
December 1871, Mr. Biliotti met on the shore the identical Greek from whom he had
purchased the figure, and who at once conducted him to the spot where the statue had
been found. On examining the spot, Mr. Newton, thinking that there were indications of
ancient tombs, directed some of the crew of the “ Xantha” tomake an excavation here.
One’ of the first objects turned up was an arm, which has been identified as the right arm
of the figure of Artemis, purchased by Mr. Biliotti in 1862. On continuing the excava-
tion here, remains of ancient tombs were found, together with the following objects :—

(a.) A marble head of the bearded Bacchus, evidently broken off from a small terminal
statue.

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(t.) An alabaster pyzis, such as formed part of the apparatus of a Greek lady’s toilet.

(c.) The cheek-piece, paragnathis, of a Greek helmet, beaten out so as to show in relief
the moustache and beard.

(d.) Three fragments of a shell.
(e.) Three handles of small bronze vases.
(f.) A shell (Cypreea pantherina).

(g.) A number of iron-picks, the larger ones curved, and of an unusual form; also
nails and other implements of iron.

3. Antiquities from Chersonesos, Crete.

The right side of the body of a male figure in marble, heroic size, and fragments of the
bodies of two smaller statues. On the site from which these fragments were obtained,
was a wall built of fragments of statues which had been broken up.

Presented by His Grace, the Duke of St. Albans.

XII. Purchases.—1. Head of Alexander the Great.
2. Head of the Emperor Otho.

3. Mask of an unknown male figure. These three heads are in white marble, and were
found together at Alexandria, in Egypt. The head of Alexander appears to be the work
of a Greek sculptor, and is remarkable for the vivid and striking likeness which it pre-
sents, compared with the other extant portraits of him. It was probably executed at
Alexandria during the Ptolemaic period.

4, Marble head of male figure, from the island of Cos.

5. Archaic marble head, from Branchide, of the same period as the seated figures from
this site, now in the Lycian Room in the Museum.

6. Amethyst intaglio, with the portrait of Brutus, from Rhodes.
7. Small bronze Cerberus, from Rhodes. ,

8. Three bronze stamps, from the Purnell Collection (2) L IVLI CHRYSIPPI;

(b) FLAVI DII; (c) OPTMPE.

9. Three bronze lids of ciste (?) and two sets of bronze shield bosses, from Caserta, in
Italy.

10. The Castellani Collection of ornaments in gold, silver, and bronze, and gems.

The gold and silver ornaments in the Castellani Collection may he classed under the
following heads :—Diadems ‘and wreaths, necklaces, bracelets, fibula, earrings, hairpins,
rings, miscellaneous objects... The sources from which this collection has been formed are
principally tombs in Etruria and Southern Italy, and especially those of Cervetri,
Palestrina, Corneto, Bolsena, Chiusi, Tarquinii, Capua, Tarentum, and Locri. A few
choice objects have been obtained from the islands of Melos and Sardinia. The orna-
ments are of very various periods, the earliest being probably of the same date as the Greco-
Pheenician gold ornaments from Camirus and Ialysus in Khodes already in the Museum,
while the latest were executed in the Medieval and Renaissance periods; and although the
Castellani Collection does not, of course, exhibit anything like a complete chronological
series of examples of the goldsmiths’ art from the Classical period downward to the
Renaissance, itis remarkable not less for the number and beauty of the individual objects
than for their variety of date, and when combined with the collection previously existing
in the Museum, furnishes such ample and instructive materials for the history of this
branch of art as it would be very difficult to find elsewhere. This observation especially
applies to the Collection of rings. The numbers in the following notices refer to Mr.
Castellani’s printed catalogue.

Among the most archaic objects in the Castellani Collection may be especially noted:
the two bracelets, Nos. 699, 700, covered with figures and ornaments in granulated work,
from Cervetri; the necklaces and bulle formed of silver, amber, and electrum, from
Palestrina, Nos. 618-622; a fibula of electrum, ornamented with groups of Sphinxes,
No. 740, from Cervetri, and the Egyptian or Pheenician amulets, and other objects from
Sardinia and Camirus, Nos. 475, 476, 636, 681.

To the finest period of Etruscan art belong the following objects:—A fibula from
Toscanella, covered with meanders, and other patterns in granulated work not to be
surpassed for the delicacy of the execution, No. 748. A necklace from Tarquinii with
alternate bulla and bearded heads as pendants, No. 643. Various rosettes, hairpins, and
earrings of the saddle shape. A pomegranate fruit, ornamented with recumbent female
figures and floral scrolls, in granulated work of exquisite delicacy, from Locri, No. 857.
Fine wreaths of bracteate gold worn by the dead, from Chiusi, Toscanella, Castel d’Asso,
Tarquinu, and Vulci, Nos. 811, 812, 813, 814, 816.

Examples of Greek goldsmiths’ work are exceedingly rare, and the criteria by
which they may be distinguished from the work of the Etruscans are as yet

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imperfectly known. It is believed, however, that the following objects in the Castellani
Collection, all of which were obtained from Hellenic sites, were executed by Greek artists:
A sceptre, No. 842, terminating in a Corinthian column, on which rests a fruit modelled
in green glass, and enclosed in acanthus leaves. The stem of the sceptre consists of a
hollow cylinder of gold, enclosed in a network of fine gold wire, each knot of the reticula-
tion being filled with white or blue vitreous paste. This exquisite and almost unique
object was found in a tomb at Tarentum, with a beautiful necklace, No. 667, the pendants
of which are alternately heads of Io, and vases, and a gold ring, No. 146, of which the
device is a seated female figure, holding a sceptre in her hand. This tomb may have been
that of a priestess, buried with the insignia of her sacerdotal office.

A necklace, No. 662, consisting of two lions’ heads in repoussé work, ornamented with
enamel in the eyes of the lions. This is, perhaps, the finest known specimen of repoussé
work in gold. It was found at Capua, together with a pair of earrings, No. 506, ter-
minating im lions’ heads, and in the same style.

A necklace, No. 660, composed of an intricate pattern of chain work, from which
depend rosettes and leaves, ornamented with blue and green vitreous paste, below which
again is a double row of amphoriskt, 114 in number. This most subtle and original
specimen of Greek goldsmiths’ work was found at Melos.

A diadem, No. 815, also from Melos, in the centre of which a garnet is set in the centre.
of an Herculean knot, inlaid with fine filagree, and blue and green vitreous pastes. On
each side of this central ornament is a twisted chain in which flowers are set. The design
of this diadem is as beautiful as it is original. In the Blacas Collection is the fragment
of a similar diadem.

The examples of Greek goldsmiths’ art here enumerated were all probably executed
between B.c. 350 and B.c. 250. The progress of the art of jewellery down to the Roman
time is admirably illustrated in the Castellani Collection by the fine series of earrings,
both from Etruria and Southern Italy; among them may be particularly noticed a
pair, No. 561, found at Bolsena, in which Victories form the pendants, and which are
remarkable for their great size.

Of Roman jewellery many interesting examples may be found in the Collection, and
especially in the series of rings, in which a great variety of rare forms occur. Among the
other objects which may be referred with probability to the Roman period are a magnificent
necklace of cylinders of gold, richly studded with garnets, No. 665, from Olbia in Sardinia ;
a necklace from which hangs a butterfly composed of topaz, garnet, and sapphire, No. 670,
from Rome; and a fibula of solid gold, No. 760, from Ravenna. Among. the objects which
may be ascribed to the period of barbarian occupation in Italy, consequent on the down-
fall of the Roman empire, is a large chain composed of spirals, found with a bulla,
on which is engraved the reception of Hercules in Olympus. It is believed that this
chain is an example of the ring-money which, according to Cesar, was in use among the
Gauls in his time. It was found at Bolsena; a fragment of a similar chain found in a
tomb at Merida in Spain, has been recently purchased for the Museum. The series
of silver objects in the Castellani Collection is exceedingly choice; among them may be
especially noticed a seated figure of Jupiter, and the head of a dog.

The Castellani Collection of gems is particularly rich in scarabs and scarahoids. It
contains a fine series of cameos, including some few which were formerly in the Blacas
Collection ; and among the intaglios are many’of extraordinary merit, both from their
execution and the interest of their subjects.

XIII. The excavations on the site of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus have been con-
tinued by Mr. Wood. The following is a summary of his operations at Ephesus on
account of the Museum:—From January 1864, when the first grant was made to Mr.
Wood by the Trustees, to the Autumn of 1868, he was chiefly engaged in clearing out
the Odeum and the Great Theatre, two sites in which some very remarkable inscriptions
were found. (See Annual Reports for the years 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869.) From
the Autumn of 1868 to May 1869, Mr. Wood was engaged in searching for the site of
the Temple along the line of an ancient road, following which as a clue he hit upon the
angle of the peribolos wall of the Temple, which he identified by an inscription inserted in
the wall. This inscription, which was executed in duplicate, stated that the Emperor
Augustus, out of the revenues of the Goddess Diana, had rebuilt the peribolos wall round
her Temple. The date of this inscription is fixed by Mr. Waddington (Fastes, p. 94), to
the year 6, B.c. We know from Tacitus that the peribolos of the Temple formed a sanc-
tuary for criminals, and that as the right of asylum had been unduly abused, the limits
of the sanctuary were diminished by Augustus, and subsequently by Tiberius. _

It is from the date of this discovery, May 1869, that the determination of the site, from
being a vague possibility, became a probability. The interval between May 1869 and
February 1871 was spent by Mr. Wood in exploring the area within the peribolos, with
aview of finding the site of the Temple; an operation necessarily involving a large outlay
on account of the extent of the area to be explored, and the depth of soil, averaging
twenty feet throughout, which had to be cut through. In January 1871, Mr. Wood
succeeded in fixing the site of the Temple by the discovery of a pavement, drums and
capitals of columns, and other architectural remains, all of the finest white marble,
and of the Ionic order. After about three months’ labour, a small portion of the
area of the Temple was cleared down to the pavement, and this clearance led to the

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discovery of an immense drum, nearly entire, from one of the thirty-six calate columne
mentioned by Pliny, large fragments of two or more other drums, and a number of archi-
tectural marbles, all belonging to the Temple of Diana. The order of the Temple was,
as might have been expected, Ionic, presenting in its ornaments and details much
similarity with the architecture of the Mausoleum, and the Jonic temples at Priene and
Branchide.

I. The following Architectural Marbles from the Temple of Diana have been received
from Ephesus in the course of the past year—

1. The base drum and the base of a column of the peristyle, which was found in
position on the south side of the Temple.

2. Fragment of another base drum of a column of the peristyle.

3. A volute, and various fragments of capitals of Ionic columns.

4, A very fine specimen of a capital from one of the columns of the peristyle.
5. Many fragments of flutings and bases of the columns of the peristyle.

6. Several fragments of torus moulding from base drums of columns, on which large
deeply-cut letters are inscribed. As Pliny states that each of the columns of the Temple
was the gift of a king, there is every probability that these letters are portions of dedica-
tory inscriptions. The letters in these inscriptions resemble in character those of the
dedication by Alexander the Great from the Temple at Priene, with which they are
probably contemporary, as the Ephesian Temple was rebuilt in his time.

7. Three fragments of drums of Ionic columns, so much smaller in diameter than the
base drums of the peristyle that they probably belong to columns from the interior of the
Temple. These fragments are from the drum next the capital, and are ornamented with
a bead and reel moulding immediately below the upper joint.

8. Part of the drum of a Doric column, with many flutes. Mr. Wood discovered several
of these columns. He supposes that they supported the marble pavement.

9. A richly ornamented truss, from the architrave of a small doorway.

10. Three marbles with enriched mouldings, which were found built into the masonry
of the Byzantine aqueduct at Aiasoluk, and which are evidently from the Temple of
Diana, although it has not yet been ascertained to what part of the architecture they
belong.

11. Many fragments of bead and reel, and egg and tongue mouldings of various sizes.
On some of these, red colour is still fresh.

12. A drum of one of the celate columne mentioned by Pliny ; on one side is sculptured
in relief a group consisting of five figures, of whom one is Mercury, standing in an atti-
tude of attention ; of the others, three are female figures and draped, while the fifth is a
naked youthful winged figure, girt with a sword ; nearly half the circumference is defaced.
These figures are six feet high.

13. Part of a drum from one of the calate columne, on which is sculptured in
relief a composition of four draped female figures, of whom two are represented standing,
and the rest seated. The heads ofall these figures are unfortunately broken away. On
comparing this relief’ with that of the more complete sculptured drum (No. 12), it will be
seen that the torus moulding round the foot of the latter is wanting in the present frag-
ment. It seems probable, therefore, that this latter drum was not a base drum, but one
higher up in the celata columna.

On examining the copper coins of Ephesus, of the Imperial period, on which the Temple
and statue of the Ephesian Diana form the type of the reverse, we find a representation
of one of the two fronts with eight Ionic columns, and a sculptured composition in the
pediment ; and on minutely examining this representation of columns on the coins, it will
be seen that for about one-third of their height from the base, the shafts have an irregular
outline, as if sculptured in relief. It was conjectured some years ago by Professor
Donaldson, in his * Architectura Numismatica,” that this peculiar appearance of columns
on the coins was intended to represent the celatura or relief, which Pliny states to have
ornamented thirty-six of the hundred and twenty-seven columns of the Temple. After
Mr. Wood’s discovery of sculptured drums zz situ, there can hardly be a doubt that Pro-
fessor Donaldson was right in his conjecture. Judging from the evidence of coins, it
might be inferred that the three lowest drums of the columns only were sculptured, and
Mr. Wood has arrived at the same conclusion from the evidence of a recently discovered
fragment. Though the composition on both these sculptured drums is so mutilated,
enough of it remains to show with what mastery and knowledge of architectonic conditions
the relief is treated, so as to adapt the figures to the convex surface on which they are
sculptured. ‘These works must have been executed in the period of Lysippus, and cor-
respond in style with all that we know of the characteristics of his school.

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14, Fragment of another drum with figures in Persian dress.

15. Block, probably from a pilaster, with figures in relief on each side, representing a
group of Hercules and two female figures.

II. The following Marbles and Antiquities from the Augusteum, and other sites at
Ephesus, have also been received.

1. A statue of Athene in white marble, found near the Great Theatre. This figure
which has been about six feet high, wants the head and arms, but js interesting as show-
ing an arrangement of the egis unusual in sculpture.

2. A small male figure, probably of Jupiter, at the side of his chair and eagle, found
near the Roman buildings within the peribolos.

3. Head, under life size, probably of a barbarian, which has been coloured.

4. A small square altar or cippus, on which is sculptured in relief, Pan, armed with
helmet, cuirass, and shield. On each side of the altar is sculptured a serpent. This
curious representation of Pan as a warrior, seems of a late period of Roman art.

5. A number of inscriptions, consisting of fragments of honorary decrees, lists of names,
dedications to Diana, and sepulchral inscriptions.

6. A large mosaic, representing a Triton, very rich in colour, found in the Roman
building within the perzbolos.

7. A square marble tablet marked with incised lines at right angles to each other.
This is probably an abacus, on which the game of latrunculi or draughts was played.

8. A number of curious specimens of Medieval pottery found in the upper soil at about
the same level as the Oriental and European coins of the 13th and 14th centuries, dis-
covered by Mr. Wood some time ago on this site (See Numismatic Chronicle, N. S.
xll., p. 120).

C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIHVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

THE re-arrangement of the Ethnographical Room has been continued, and the contents
of 15 cases have been removed, the cases painted and distempered, and the contents re-
arranged in them ; this completes the re-arrangement of the wall cases in that room.

A portion of the Indian sculptures procured during the year has been mounted on stone
pedestals.

A large glass case has been erected at one end of the north basement to contain large
specimens of Indian sculptures in wood, and other Indian objects liable to injury,
which have been arranged in it.

The registration of acquisitions has been continued ; and 82 matrices of seals have been
mounted on tablets, with impressions at their sides for exhibition.

IL.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Slade and Christy Collections, may
‘be classed as follows :—

- (1.) British Antiquities—An early British food vessel found in the Thames; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq. ; an urn from Felixstow, Suffolk, and a large collection of British
cinerary urns, found in the parish of Ashford, Middlesex. y

Ten bronze implements of various kinds found at Broadward, near Lentwardine, Shrop-
shire ; an oblong bronze shield, found in the River Witham, near Lincoln, of which the
boss is inlaid with coral studs, confirming the statement of Pliny, that in ancient times the
Gauls used that material to ornament their shields, and a bronze helmet with Celtic orna-
ments, and studs once coated with red enamel, all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. The
shield and helmet formed part of the Meyrick Collection, recently dispersed.

The foreign illustrations of this section comprise the following objects :—

Five bronze implements from Cyprus, six from Egypt, and seven found at Cologne; a
bronze torques and two armlets from Mayence, and a bronze anvil found in France ;
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three bronze celts, and a ring, from Southern Germany ; presented by John Evans,
Esq., F.2.8., F.S.A. we, SW,

Two very large bronze armlets found in the Grabfeld, at Konigshofen, near Kissingen,
Bavaria, and a late Celtic torques of bronze from France.

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(2.) Anglo-Roman.—A stone seal or stamp of the oculist Minervalis, found at Ciren-
cester, Gloucestershire, and five silver spoons from Dorchester, Oxfordshire.

Two cakes of bronze, one of them with a Roman stamp, found at the Paris Mine,
Anglesea; presented by T. F. Evans, Esq.

A bronze ewer found at Brandon, Norfolk, and four terra-cotta vases from Cambridge-
shire ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon and British Medieval.—Four Anglo-Saxon brooches, and two Irish
fibulz, from the Purnell Collection.

A bronze candlestick of the 14th century found among ballast at Calcutta, and proved
to have been dredged up off Erith, Kent ; presented by A. Newton Hennessey, Esq.

Matrices of the seals of the Earl of Exeter as Admiral of England, of St. Mary Mag-
dalen, Bristol, of the Prior of Dover, and of the town of Harfleur, Normandy, while
under the English; and a silver seal set with an antique gem.

An Ecclesiastical seal of the 13th century, presented by the Rey. J. F. Dimock.

A wooden frame-work made to illustrate the Bardic alphabet, presented by the Trustees
of Manchester New Coilege.

A casket, or shrine, of silver gilt, with the arms of Margaret, Second Queen of Ed-
ward I., and her step daughter, Isabella, wife of Edward I1., probably a gift from the
former to the latter, between 1303 and 1307. This interesting object formed part of the
Meyrick Collection, and is fully described in the Archeological Journal, Vol. xiti., p. 134.

(4.) Byzantine and Medieval—Two Byzantine lamps, and various Coptic remains,
brought from Egypt.

A bronze censer with figures in relief, found by Capt. R. F. Burton, in the remains of
a Dayr or Monastery, in Syria.

A drinking vessel of wood, conjectured to be Armenian; presented by the Right Hon.
Viscount Sydney. ;

Forty-eight matrices of seals, chiefly German, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and
343 matrices of seals, principally from the Collection of Madame Febyre, of Macon.

An hour-glass with the arms of Stephen Bathori, King of Poland.

With the Castellani Collection, already noticed in Mr. Newton’s Report, were acquired
a certain number of specimens of Medieval jewellery, of which the following are the
most remarkable: an early Christian ring with the sacred monogram in relief, two
fibule, a sword handle, and a brooch in the form of a fish, set with garnets, and of Mero-
vingian workmanship; a number of fine finger rings of various ages, forming a valuable
addition to the collection of such objects already in the Museum; a small series. of
pectoral crosses, and a few other elegant specimens of jewellery and enamelling.

(5.) Ethnographical.—A very extensive collection of sculptures from India, many of
them belonging io the Jain sect; presented by the daughters of the late George Bridge,
Esq., of Wood House, Shepherd’s Bush.

A remarkable pall, of the kind given by the Emperor of China, to be placed on the
coffin of a few Manchu princes of high rank, and known asa Tolo pall. It is entirely
of silk, and, though woven, exhibits with perfect distinctness numerous inscriptions in
Chinese and Sanscrit; taken from the Chinese rebels, and presented by Colonel Cooke,
commanding Anglo-Chinese Contingent, Ningpo.

An earthenware bottle, and a small bronze from Peru; presented by Captain George
Reid, R.N.

A flint arrow-head from Arkansas; presented by A. B. Thweat, Esq.

A club from Australia; presented by Mrs. Connel.

III.— Slade Collection.

During the year 1872, the Executors of the late Felix Slade, Esq., have purchased, out
of the fund especially bequeathed to them for the purpose, 138 specimens of glass at a
total cost of 4307. 4s. 6 d., and presented them as additions to the Slade Collection.

Among the more remarkable of these specimens may be noticed the following :—

Some rare examples of glass collected in Cyprus by Mr. Lang and General Cesnola.

An early Christian goblet found at Cologne, with engraved subjects.

A very fine Venetian vase of emerald green glass, with ornaments in low relief.

IV.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

In Room I. a desk case, containing 15 square feet, has been added, to exhibit a
series of Esquimaux objects, principally from the Belcher Collection. The African stone
implements have been removed to a case in Room II., and replaced by English neolithic
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An upright case, containing 18 square feet, has been placed in Room II., and swords
from Northern and Western Africa arranged in it, A desk case has also been added to
this room, in which a series of Australian stone implements is displayed.

In Room V., an upright case, containing 19 square feet, has been added, and filled with
swords and krises from the Asiatic Islands.

One hundred and nineteen flint implements have been mounted on tablets, and one
hundred objects have had the names of localities painted on them.

Five hundred additional slips have been prepared for the registration catalogue, and
numerous additional illustrations have been engraved for the printed catalogue.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Pre-historic Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.—A drift implement found on
the sea-shore between Bournemouth and Poole Harbour, Dorsetshire; from R. N.
Hamond, Esq.

Drift implements found in France, from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.

Flint flakes from the Grotte de la Vache (Ariége), France; from William Black-
more, sq.

A flint implement from the Trou de Balleux, Valley of the Lesse, Belgium, from M.
Louis De Pauw.

Some specimens from a cave named Hohlefels, near Blaubeuren, Wurtemberg, a few
objects from Schussenried, Wurtemberg, and a flint implement from a cave named
Rauberhéhle, near Etterzhausen, Bavaria; from Professor O. Fraas, of Stuttgart.

Flint implements, fragments of pottery, and bones, from the Rauberhohle, near Etterz-
hausen, Bavaria; from Professor K. A. Zittel, of Munich.

Antiquities of wood and stone, and fragments of pottery, found whilst draining Gibb
Tarn, Cumberland; from R. D. Darbishire, Esq., F.s.a.

Cast of a perforated quoit-shaped stone implement, found in Denbighshire ; from W.
Boyd Dawkins, Esq., F.R.s.

Perforated quoit-shaped stone implement found in Sussex, two urns and a stone wrist-
guard, found together near Brandon, Suffolk, and neolithic stone implements found in
England; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three perforated stags-horn implements found in the Thames, from Thomas Layton,
Esq., F.S.4.; and another found in Bottesford Beck, Lincolnshire, from Edward Peacock,
Esq., F.S.A.

Two flint implements from the Cotswolds, from George F. Playne, Esq.; a flint
“ scraper,” found at Chelmsford, from W. J. Bernhard Smith, Esq. ; and part of a South
Sea stone adze-head found in the Thames, between Lambeth and Vauxhall bridges, from
J. G. Waller, Esq.

A fishing-net sink-stone, and a perforated discoidal stone, found in the Orkney Islands,
from George Petrie, Esq.; stone implements from the North of Ireland, from John
Evans, Esq., F.R.S.; and some wooden spikes, supposed to have been used as caltrops,
found on Com-an-are Mountain, near Dingle, County Kerry, from Colonel A. Lane
Fox, v.P.s.A. ;

A deer’s-horn pick, from Spiennes, Belgium, and quartzite implements found in
Brittany; from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.

Neolithic implements from Brittany, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Italy, Sicily, and
Greece; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three stone implements from the Island of Gothland; from the Rey. James Beck.

A large collection of stone implements, some fragments of pottery, &c., found in Anda-
lusia, Spain ; from William McPherson, Hsq., of Cadiz.

Cast of a stone celt, with figures in intaglio, preserved in the Museum of the Acropolis
at Athens; from the Director of the Musée de St. Germain, France.

A stone celt fonnd on the banks of the Nile, near Karnac, from Henry Vaughan, Esq. ;
a collection of stone implements, including a polishing or grinding-stone, and fragments
of pottery, from Cape Colony, from the Rev. Langham Dale; and a spherical green-
stone ball found at the Diamond Diggings, South ‘Africa, from G. W. Stow, Esq., F.G.s.

Flint implements, knapping stone, and bronze needle, found at Beth-Saour, near Beth-
lehem, by the Abbé Moretain; from Captain R. F. Burton, F.R.G.8.; cast of a stone celt
found in Coorg, India, from Arthur Grote, Esq.; and four stone celts found in Temples
of the Malayali tribe, Shevaroy Hills, Madras Presidency, from Major G..G. Pearse, R.A.

A shepherd’s wooden tally, found near Wishmoor, Sandhurst, Surrey ; fron Professor
T. Rupert Jones, F.G.s.

2. Ethnography of Africa.—Four spears from Assouan, Upper Egypt; from Frederic
Ouvry, Esq., Treasurer s.A.; an iron missile weapon obtained near the same place, by
the late Duke of Northumberland, and a similar projectile, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two perforated pieces of cone-shell, used as money at Fernando Po, from the
Society’s Museum, Bremen; a pipe from West Africa, from William Bragge, Esq.,
F.s.A.; a finger ring from the New Calabar River, an old bronze manilla, and a modern
one of Birmingham manufacture, from the Bonny River, from J. M. Foster, Esq.,
F.$.A.; a bronze finger ring from West Africa, from John Henderson, Esq., F.s.a.:
and various objects from the Ashanti country, &c., from R. G. Whitfield, Esq.

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A canoe from Batanga, West Africa, a fork and spoon carved in ivory, probably by
natives of Congo in the 16th century, under Portuguese influence; from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Two sticks used for producing fire, an ornament worn by male Kafirs, and a crucible
used for smelting metals in the Zulu country; from John Sanderson, Esq.

3. Ethnography of Asia and the Asiatic Islands:—A_ number of. weapons from
Hindostan, including some curious swords used by the Garos, Khasias, and other hill
tribes; from Arthur Bridge, Esq.

A collection of specimens from Assam, principally from the Naga tribes; from J. M.
Foster, Esq., F.S.A.

Two Lepcha swords, and two Bhotanese weapons; from Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.n.s.

Two Oriental powder-flasks, from John Henderson, Esq., F.s.4.; a spear, probably
from India, from Professor J. Tennant, r.c.s.; and various Indian weapons, from
A. W. Franks, Esq.

Bows and arrows, an iron axe, hoe, and knife, bag made of Upas-tree bark, and three
pairs of ear-ornaments, from the Veddahs of Ceylon; from His Excellency the Right
Hon. W. H. Gregory, Governor of the Island.

Two Chinese pigeon-whistles, cards of the secret society of Han, and specimen of
po-fan (bandoline), used in the province of Se-chuen, from Dr. F. Jagor, of Berlin; two
Chinese figures of animals embroidered in silk, from Mr. C. W. Liiders, of Hamburg ;

and a Japanese dagger, from Mr. H. K. Kagawa, of Japan.

Asiatic Islands.—Two large shields, from Arthur Bridge Esq.; an arrow and an
arrow-head from the Philippine Islands, and a series of specimens illustrating the manu-
facture of battik cloth, from Suracarta, Java, from Dr. F. Jagor, of Berlin.

Spears from the islands of Engaio and Nias, and various weapons and objects from
other islands and New Guinea; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A number of specimens from Engano, Nias, the Pagai Islands, Celebes, Timor, Ceram,
New Guinea, &c.; from the Baron C. B. H. von Rosenberg, of Darmstadt, being
duplicates of the collection presented by him some years since to the Darmstadt Museum.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—An adze, two stone adze-heads, and
shell implement for scraping cocoa-nut, from San Christoval, Solomon Islands, a shell
adze-head from Banks’ Islands, and a shell ornament, and two cloths in process of
weaving, from the island of Santa Cruz; from William Blackmore, Esq.; an adze with
shell blade, from Leper’s Island, New Hebrides, from the Rey. R. H. Codrington ;
bows, arrows, &c., from the New Hebrides, from J. Ewen Davidson, Esq., and C. B.
Grimaldi, Esq.; a dancing-club, wooden bowls, fish-hooks, ornaments, &c., from the
Solomon Islands, and other objects from the Fijis, Rotumah, and other islands, from
Charles F. Wood, Esq.

Spears with obsidian heads, probably from the Admiralty Islands, and a number of
other specimens from various islands; from R. G. Whitfield, Esq.

Two painted spears with obsidian heads, from Captain A. C. Tupper, F.s.a.

A fish-hook from New Caledonia, and a tortoise-shell dish from Hermit Island, from
M. Ferdinand Worlee, of Hamburg.

A wooden spear, shell adze-head, and comb, from the island of Yap, Caroline Islands,
and a piece of ornamental cord from the Ralick Group; from M. Cesar Godeffroy, of
Hamburg.

Two rude stone implements from old kitchen-middens in New Zealand, from Dr.
Otto Finsch, of Bremen; and a carved club probably from the Tongan Group, from
Charles S. Perceval, Esq., Lu.D., F.S.A.

A helmet made of fish-skin, from the Kingsmill Islands, clubs from New Caledonia and
the Fijis, including an immense one from the latter group; a dancing shield from Easter
Island, and other specimens from various islands; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A collection of objects from Queensland, Australia, including an interesting series of
stone implements, and a long wooden club; from Charles B. Grimaldi, Esq.

A rare painted shield from Rockingham Bay, another shield, clubs, axes, and other
objects from Queensland ; from J. Ewen Davidson, Esq.

A widow’s cap made of white clay, from the Murray River tribe, New South Wales,
from David Murray, Esq.; a Myall wood walking stick carved by a native of New South
Wales, from George Salting, Esq. ; and two shields, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Specimens obtained near Lake Hope, Central Australia, including a staff having a
flint mounted in gum atone end, “used as an axe,” a large neatly made painted bag,
boomerangs, &c.; from the Rey. W. D. Parish.

5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—

(a.) North America.—A collection of objects from the Esquimaux; made by Admiral
Sir E. Belcher, x.c.z., during the course of Beechey’s voyage to Behring’s Straits, in
1825-28, including a series of tools and specimens illustrating the manufacture of stone
implements; and stone implements and other articles from the North West Coast; all
from A. W. Franks, Esq.; a stone pestle found on the Fraser River, British Columbia,

from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.; a small bust of a native woman in walrus ivory, and
another

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another of the donor, in bone, carved by a Stikene Indian, at Fort Rupert, Vancouver's
Island, from Captain George Reid, R.N.

Stone and bone implements, and fragments of pottery, from ancient Indian graves on
the banks of the River Humber, York county, Canada West, from Lieutenant J Gs
Murray, Rr.A.; a bone awl, and fragments of pottery, found near the Grand River,
Haldimand county, Canada West, from Mrs. Henry Walker; stone implements from
Prince Edward’s Island, Nova Scotia, New York, and Massachusetts, from R. G.
Haliburton, Esq., F.s.4.; and stone implements from Rising Sun, Indiana, and Cincinnati,
Ohio, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A Chippewa pipe, and another from the Sioux, from the Rev. W. D. Parish; and
Indian clubs, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three stone axes from the Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico, from William Black-
more, Esq.

(b.) Central America and the West Indies.—A collection of Mexican antiquities formed
by the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg, including part of a carved stone chest with hiero-
glyphs, a remarkable terra-cotta vase in the form of a head, an engraved and painted vase,
a small bronze mask, and other objects; also a fine sculptured mask in green ayanturine
quartz, found at Laguna, near Vera Cruz; all from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A long flake of obsidian found in a coffee plantation in Vera Paz, and an obsidian lance-
head found near the ruins of the Indian town of Quirigua, on the Motagua River,
Guatemala; from His Excellency Edwin Corbett, Esq., H.M. Minister to Guatemala.

Casts of stone antiquities from North and South America; from the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington.

A collection of stone implements, and fragments of pottery, found in the Island of St.
Vincent, from A. W. Franks, Esq.; a stone celt from Trinidad, from R. G. Whitfield,
Esq. ; and cast of another found in St. Domingo, from Hodder M. Westropp, Esq.

(c.) South America.—Pottery found in Indian graves in New Granada; from Dr. J.
D. Hooker, F.R.s.

Stone celts and other objects found in Venezuela; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A Carib stone charm from Guiana, from J. M. Foster, Hsq., F.s.A.; and three stone
celts and other objects from Brazil, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Bronze implements and stone axe found in Ecuador, a carved wooden box and cover
found near Lima, a covered basket containing spindles, &c., found in a tomb at Casma,
Peru, a carved wooden figure from Easter Island, said to have been found in the guano
on the Chincha Islands, lances, bows and arrows from the Indians of Chancamaya, Peru,
and Indian ornaments from Ecuador ; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

In addition to the donations above mentioned, the collection has been enriched by
exchanges made by the Trustees of the Christy Collection with the following Institutions—
Ethnographical specimens from various parts of the world, including sixteen stone
implements from Java, Mexican sculptures and other antiquities, as well as objects used
by the Patagonians; obtained from the Royal Museum, at Berlin.
_A series of specimens chiefly from Brazil, received in exchange from the Ethnogra-
phical Museum at Munich.

A few purchases have been made from the Christy Fund, including the following
objects—

A small collection of articies of dress, &c., from the Goldi tribe on the River Amur,
and an embroidered silk tippet worn by Manchu ladies.

Two shields and othér objects used by the tribes of North Aracan, a stone celt found
in the plains of the Irrawaddy, Burma; a stone pounder, drum, earthenware cooking pot,
adze, and bow and arrows, from the Andaman Islands; all collected by R. F. St. Andrew
St. John, Esq., Assistant Commissioner in British Burma.

A number of specimens of pottery and some gold ornaments, collected by Mr. R. B.
White, in New Granada, South America.

The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets, to be obtained at the
British Museum. During the year there have been 871 visitors, as compared with 827
in 1871.

Augustus W. Franks.

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DEPARTMENT OF Coins AND MEDALS.

I.— Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

176 Greek coins, acquired during the year 1872, have been registered and incorpe-
rated.

164 coins of Greece, Bactria, and Persia, from the Woodhouse Collection, have been
registered and incorporated.

11 pieces of Aes grave from the same collection have been registered.

244 Greek coins, from the Wigan Collection, have been registered.

22 Perso-Pheenician coins, acquired during 1868, have been incorporated.

132 Pheenician and Carthaginian coins, from the Judas Collection, have been incorpo-
rated, of which 115 have been registered.

1043 duplicates have been selected from the series of Italy and Sicily and removed to a
separate cabinet.

The coins of Persia and the Persian Satraps have been arranged in a separate cabinet,
with new heading cards.

The Imperial Series of Dacia and Moesia have been arranged, and 92 heading cards
written.

The important and interesting forgeries of Greek coins have been arranged in a series
to the number of 187.

There has also been formed a series of electrotypes of some of the most important coins
in the Greek series, in order that the original coins may not be cast again.

934 cards have been placed under the coins of Italy giving references to the printed
catalogue.

32 half-sheets, or 256 pages, of the Catalogue of Greek Coins, Vol.I. (Italy), have been
finally printed.

An index has been completed up to the end of Calabria, p. 224 of the same catalogue.

207 coins of Syracuse, 645 of other Sicilian cities, and 53 Siculo-Punic coins have been
catalogued for Vol. 11. (Sicily) of the same catalogue.

2. Roman Series :—

The series of the Roman Consular and Imperial gold coins has been re-arranged, and
new heading cards, with the dates of the issue of each coinage, have been added.

A complete index by families has been made to the Roman Consular series, which is
arranged chronologically according to Mommsen’s system.

95 Roman and Byzantine coins, from the Woodhouse Collection, have been registered
and incorporated. .

63 Roman medallions, from the Wigan Collection, have been registered and incorpo-
rated, and

110 large brass, from the same collection, have been registered.

19 miscellaneous Roman coins and 10 coin moulds in clay, recently acquired, have
been registered and incorporated.

3. Medieval and Modern Series :—

457 Medieval and modern coins, acquired during the year 1872, have been registered
and incorporated.

303 French jetons, from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered.

The gold coins in six cabinets have been counted, references have been added upon
their cards to the works in which they are published, and labels have been affixed to the
doors stating the number of gold coins contained in each cabinet.

471 miscellaneous duplicates have been arranged in a separate cabinet, and a list of
them has been made.

4, English Series :—

135 English and Colonial coins and medals, acquired during the year 1872, have been
registered and incorporated.

249 Groats from the Stamford find have been registered and incorporated.

843 English tokens, from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered and in-
corporated.

137 Colonia! tokens, from the same collection, have been registered and incorporated.

3,202 tradesmen’s and public-house tickets, from the same collection, have been
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The coins of Aethelwulf, Aelfred, Kadweard I., Acthelstan, Eadmund, Eadred, Eadwig,
Eadgar, Acthelred II., Cnut, Harold I., Harthacnut, and William I. and II., have been
re-arranged alphabetically, as far as possible, under their places of mintage, and fresh
heading cards have been written.

5. Oriental Series :—

15 Oriental coins, acquired during the year 1872, have been registered.
11 Indian (Mogul) coins, purchased of Lady Frere, have been registered and incor-

porated. ; ge il f
62 Indian, &c., coins, acquired in 1868, have been registered and incorporated.

68 Cufic glass coins have been arranged.
246 Arabic coins of the Amawee dynasty have been re-arranged under their respective

mints.
33 gold and 45 silver coins of the same dynasty have been placed in a separate cabinet

as duplicates.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the
past year :—

Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Billon. | Glass. | Torat.

Greek - - - - 63 128 360 1 - - dog
Roman - - - - i 8 476 1 - -| . 492
Medieval and Modern” - 50 350 8,115 Bi - - 8,546
English - - - - 30 82) | 7 16 - - 135
Oriental - - - - 8 nan 1 j- - 33 63
grant oe) SUN 168 589 8,959 49 33 9,788

Of these acquisitions, the following should be especially mentioned :—

l. Greek Series :-—

A rare silver coin of Peripolium in Samnium.

Two rare tetradrachms of Syracuse, one with the engraver’s name ITAPME, and the
other with a head of Pallas full-face, and the engraver’s name EYKAEIAA.

A decadrachm of Syracuse, in very fine condition.

Fifty-seven gold staters of Alexander the Great and Philip III., of Macedon, from the
Larnaka find (Lang, Numismatic Chronicle, xi., p. 229).

A tetradrachm of Cnossus, in Crete, bearing Athenian types.

A very rare tetradrachm of Ialysos, in Rhodes.

A very fine tetradrachm of Maussollos Satrap of Caria. tk.

A silver coin of a Satrap of Cyprus, with an unpublished Cypriote inscription.

A silver coin of Lycia, with an unpublished Lycian inscription.

A unique tetradrachm of Alexander Aegus. q

A tetradrachm of a hitherto unknown King of Bactria, named Plato, unique.

A silver coin of Artaxias, King of Armenia, in very fine preservation.

A gold coin of Asahel, King of Axum, in Abyssinia.

Three very rare copper coins of Palmyra. , , ,
- Five coins of the following cities of Asia Minor, all of considerable rarity ; Briula,
Alia, Briana, Docimeum, Andeda, Siblia, Stectorium, and Colybrassus.

2. Roman Series :-—

A rare Consular coin of the Sepullia Gens. “
Two rare large brass coins of the Emperors Severus and Caracalla, the latter with the

inscription VICTORLZ BRITANNICZ.

3. Medieval and Modern Series :—

A selection of 184 coins of the Kings of Naples and Grand-Masters of Rhodes, &c.,
comprising a few specimens of the coins struck at Ephesus, with its medieval name
Theologos, and at Magnesia, by the Seljuk Emeer Saroukhan, for his Christian subjects.
This hoard of coins was discovered by Mr. Wood, in the course of his excavations on the
site of the Artemision at Ephesus.

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4. English Series :—

An important collection of gold and silver tokens in proof, many of which are of
extreme rarity, from the cabinet of the late Sir George Chetwynd, Bart.

5. Oriental Series :-—

An interesting series of Arabic glass pieces, supposed to be coins or weights.

6. Selection from the Cabinet of the late Edward Wigan, Esq. :—

The following are the most important coins which have been acquired from the Wigan
Collection.

a. Greek Series :—

A silver coin of Pandosia, in Bruttii, on the reverse of which is the River Crathis,
thus fixing the site of the city ; unique.

Another silver coin of the same town, of extreme rarity, with the head of Hera Lacinia
upon the obverse.

An extremely rare silver coin ef an unknown city of Lucania or Bruttii, the name of
which commences with Ser... (published by the Duc de Luynes, Revue Numis-
matique, 1859 p. 348).

A tetradrachm of Segesta in Sicily, of great rarity.

A tetradrachm of Syracuse, with the head and name of Arethusa, and the engrayer’s
name Cimon; the finest specimen known.

A didrachm of Amphipolis, with the head of Apollo, full-face ; fleur de coin.

A tetradrachm of a King of Sparta, supposed to be Cleomenes III. ; of extreme rarity.

A very rare silver coin of Coresia, in Ceos.

A tetradachm of Gortyna in Crete, with the type of Athena Polias, probably struck
during some temporary alliance with Athens.

A tetradrachm of Pharnaces I., King of Pontus, with his portrait; very rare.

A tetradrachm of Clazomenz in Ionia, with the inscription @EOAOTOS EIMOEI ; one
of three known.

An extremely rare gold piece of Erythre in Ionia.

A unique silver coin of Ialysos in Rhodes.

A coin of Myra, in Lycia, struck during the reign of the Emperor Gordian III., and
bearing a most remarkable mythological type; unique.

A tetradrachm of Antiochus III. of Syria, with an elephant for the reverse-type; of
great rarity.

A unique tetradrachm of Agathocles, King of Bactria, with the head and name of
Diodotus on the obverse.

Another of the same king, but with the head and name of Euthydemus on the obverse ;
also unique. :

A drachm with the portraits of Heliocles and Laodice on one side, and that. of
Eucratides upon the other; unique,

A yare tetradrachm of Antimachus, with remarkably fine portrait.

A silver stater of Arsinoe II. of Egypt, of extreme rarity.

A gold stater of Ptolemy IV. Philopator; very rare.

A unique tetradrachm of Cyrene, with the head of Zeus Ammon, of the finest style of

Greek art. s ;
An extremely rare tetradrachm of Barce, with a very curious reverse type.

B. Roman Series :—

The medallions in this series are of especial interest from the beauty of the portraits
and the remarkable mythological subjects of many of the reverses. Among them may be
especially mentioned the finest of Marcus Aurelius and of Commodus, and those of
Lucilla, Gordian III. with the Colosseum, Maximian I. with his portrait as Hercules,
and Helena, the mother of Constantine.

The large brass series, or that of the sestertii, has been chosen on the principle of secur-
ing the finest specimens from the earliest condition of the dies, in fact the closest approxi-
mation to proofs. Thus the numerous rarities of type do not represent the value of this
part of the selection, as every coin is a rarity in the condition in which it is here found.
The cabinet thus formed is of the highest importance for iconography, archeology, and
history. For the determination of the portraits of statues and gems, as well as for pur-
poses of critical research, these coins will have a permanent value as the standard for
reference. The rarest types are the Germanicus, the only sestertius with his portrait
which has been discovered; the Britannicus, one of two known sestertii, the other being
in the Bibliothéque at Paris, and differing from this in the direction of the head. An
unexampled series of the geographical coins of Hadrian, and the only less importan+
similar series of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, also deserve special notice.

y. English Series :—

The crown of the Elder Pretender, the only known example of any coin issued or
struck by him; and thus a very important addition to the English Series.
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III.—The following have heen presented to the Trustees :—

A silver coin of Christian IV. of Denmark. By J. Chappelow, Esq.

A copper badge, inscribed, “ God bless King James, and all the Royal Family ;” also
a silver Coronation medal of Napoleon I. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bronze medal in memory of the late Mr. Thomas Brown. By the Master, Wardens
and Court of Assistants of the Stationers’ Company.

Three rare gold medals; one of Edward VI., (Coronation counter,) one of Elizabeth,
and one of Charles I., to commemorate his return to London after his Scottish coronation.
By A. W. Franks, Hsq.

Three rare copper coins of Palmyra. By Miss Sullivan.

A chased silver medallet of James VI. of Scotland; a medallet of Charles I.; a medal
struck to commemorate the Peace of 1763; and a silver admission-ticket to the King’s
Theatre, dated 1794. By A. W. Franks, Isq.

A chased oval medallion with portraits of James I., his Queen, and their son Charles,
when Prince of Wales. and two chased medallets with portraits of James I. and Charles,
Prince of Wales, and of Charles I. and his Queen. By M. Bloembergen Samtée.

A rare gold coin of a king of Axum; a denarius of Constantius; and two English silver
coins. By Capt. W. F. Prideaux, R.E.

A Schilling and a dreiling of Hamburg. By the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen.

A Thaler of Bremen, struck to commemorate the Peace of 1871. By A. W. Franks,
Esq.

A gold medal of the College of Fort William, dated 1817. By the Right Hon. Sir
David Dundas, Q.c.

An English 17th century token. By Charles Hustler, Esq.

A silver medal of Philip de Marnix, believed to be unique. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two Roman copper coins and ten Roman coin-moulds. By the Rev. Greville Chester.

A drachm of Rhodes countermarked. By Thos. Jones, Esq.

Three silver Hemyarite coins, and one Roman brass coin, found at Aden. By Capt.
W. F. Prideaux, R.£.

A Chinese Zodiacal medal in bronze. By Capt. Lawrence Archer.

A double dollar of Philip II. as Duke of Gelderland; four 19th century tokens, and a
box-ticket of Covent Garden Theatre. By A. W. Franks, Esq.

A rare 17th century token. By Sir Edward Hulse, Bart.

A selection from the Metternich find of Medieval silver coins of Germany, &c.; also
one silver and thirty-six billon and copper cvins, and one silver and two copper medals,
the former of Maintz, the latter in commemoration of the destruction by fire of the
Churches of SS. Nicholas and Peter, at Hamburg. By the Right Hon. the Earl of
Enniskillen.

A pewter medal of Candia, 1868. By M. Georges Giamari.

A bronze medal of Pantaleone Dolera. By J. ‘townsend, Esq.

A copper coin of Isabella II. of Spain. By C. Almond, Jisq.

Three badges. By the Council of the Workmen’s International Exhibition of 1870.

The bronze medal of the International Congress of Prehistoric Anthropology and
Archeology. By A. W. Franks, Esq,

A Prussian War-medal struck in gun-metal (1870-1871). By the Right Hon. the
Earl of Enniskillen.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during the past year has been 1,359.

The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during the past year has been
5,925.

i Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF NATURAL HiIsTory.

During the past year the state of preservation and general good condition of the speci-
mens of Natural History have been maintained. j

The additions, in 1872, have amounted to 46,009; of which 7,524 specimens have been
registered in the Department of Zoology, 36,986 in that of Geology, and 1,499 in that of
Mineralogy.

The exhibited specimens of the mounted skins of the Mammalia have received due
attention, and are in their usual state of preservation. To this series has been added the
Black Two-horned Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus) of Malacca, and the rare Lapirus bairdii of
Panama.

The unstuffed skins of the Ma:malia have been individually inspected and kept, with
appliances, in a state fit for future preparation of such as may be selected for exhibition
in the Museum now in course of erection. All are in a condition available for the pur-

poses of scientific examination. The more interesting additions to this series are noted
in the Report of the Department.

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The collection of Bird-skins, mounted and exhibited, is in a good state of preservation.
The unmounted collection is ina state of preservation, but shows some effects of pressure,
which may be removed when space is obtained for a less crowded condition of package.
The facilities of access and comparison will be, then, also increased.

From the accessions to this class received in the past year the fine skin of the Australian
Casuary, from the North of Queensland, presented by his Excellency the Governor, the
Marquis of Normandy, k.c.B., has been mounted, and is displayed in the Cabinet of the
Wingless or Struthious Birds. :

The proportion of the collection of Replilia and Pisces displayed in the public Galleries,
is in a good state of preservation and arrangement. ‘The stored specimens are also in a
state of preservation. The type of the new species of European snake ( Coronella brevis)
from the South of Spain, has been presented by its discoverer, Lord Lilford.

The nomenclature and synonyms of the specimens of the above classes of Vertebrate
animals have been verified or corrected, and the specimens both displayed and in store
have been labelled accordingly.

Of the Invertebrate classes, those of the Molluscous animals preserved with the shell,
in spirits, or removed from the shell; together with the examples of the shell-less orders
and families preserved in spirits, have received due attention, and are in a state of
preservation, fit for the needful applications of anatomical research, or for comparison
with the fossil casts of the interior of shells of extinct species.

The arranged and exhibited series of shells, aad of the models of their molluscous
fabricators, is in a good state of preservation, and has been rendered more instructive and
attractive by the substitution of better or rarer specimens, or of fresher ones, in the place
of those the colours of which had been affected by exposure to light. The collection of
shells from the Gulf of Suez, collected and presented by Robert M‘Andrew, Esq., has
added to the evidences of the specific distinction of the mollusca of the Mediterranean
and Red Seas. The fossil shells from the Suez and Port Said ends of the new ‘Ship-canal
are equally distinct; they indicate the extent of gain or rise of the respective beds of the
two seas; and the intermediate tract of dry land, devoid of such fossils, indicates the lon
lapse of time related to the specific distinction of the sea-shells so separated.

The small proportion of the class Jnsecta, publicly displayed, and exemplifying
characters of the larger groups of the class, is in a good state of preservation, and has
been improved by interchange of new for old specimens, as in the series of shells.

The very large proportion of the Annulose animals in the basement Entomological
Store-room is in a good state of preservation, and is so arranged, in drawers, as to be
conveniently accessible for study and comparison.

The classes Crustacea and Arachnida are exemplified in the Public Gallery, by represen-
tative species of the leading groups or divisions of each class.

These select specimens, as well as the more numerous examples, dried and in spirits,
preserved in store, are in a good state of pres-rvation. In the same condition are the
specimens of the classes 4nnvlida and Entozoa.

The larger proportion of the Echinodermata, systematically arranged and exhibited in
the public galleries, together with the stored specimens of the class, both dry and in
spirits, are in a good state of preservation.

The calcareous corals and other Radiaria, exhibited and im store, are in a guod state
of preservation ; as are also, the examples of the silicious Spongiade, brought to light by
deep-sea dredging, and more especially noticed in the Departmental Report.

The series of Osteological specimens, those of the Horns and Antlers, and of the Nests
and Nidaimental structures, are well-preserved. The skeleton of the Black ‘Two-horned
Rhinoceros of Malacca has been mounted, and is exhibited in the Mammalian Gallery.

The systematically arranged and exhibited collections illustrative of the Natural
History of the British Isles is in a good state of preservation, and affords the requisite
facilities for study and comparison of specimens.

‘The exhibited series of Fossils, as well as the more numerous petrifactions in store, are
in a good state of preservation. Their value to scientific visitors and students continues
to be improved whenever a further display of the organic remains in their matrix can be
safely carried out.

The fossil evidences (bones and teeth) of the extinct marsupial quadrupeds of Australia,
the subjects of a series of papers (I.—VIL.) in the “ Philosophical Transactions,” have been
arranged and labelled in a special cabinet. tn this collection is included the fossil jaw and
teeth of the herbivorous marsupial, of the size of an ox (Nototherium), allied to the
Wombat and Kangaroo, brought from the province of Queensland, by H.R.H. the Duke
of Edinburgh, and presented by His Royal Highness to the Trustees.

All the specimens of Minerals, displayed and in store, are in a good state of preservation.

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DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

I. Arrangement.

The collection of unmounted Bird Skins has been arranged in conformity with the
« Hand-list ” published by the Trustees in the previous year; the re-arrangement of the
exhibited series has been commenced, many of the deteriorated specimens being replaced
by better-mounted and more instructive examples.

The entire collection of Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbznians has been re-examined
and re-arranged according to the “ Catalogue ” recently published by the Trustees.

The specimens of Myriapods and Arachnids have been arranged in systematic order.

The determination and arrangement of the Insects of the order Hymenoptera, and of
the families Carabide and Dytiscide, Nymphalide, and Pericopide has been completed ;
and considerable progress has been made with the naming of the Dipterous and Hemip-
terous insects.

The revision of the Banksian Collection of Crustaceans and Insects has been completed,
and nearly the whole incorporated in the general Collection.

IIL. Conservation.

The series of unmounted skins of Mammalia and the entire Osteological Collection
have been examined and cleaned. The labels of the bottles containing the specimens of
fishes in spirits described in the seventh volume of the “ Catalogue” have been re-
written and varnished over to prevent their being injured by exposure. The spirits in
the bottles containing the wet preparations of Mollusks and Radiata have heen renewed.

Il. Acquisitions.

During the past year 7,524 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection, namely :-~-

Vertebrata - - = - = = - - 2,964
Mollusca - - - = = = = =) KOSS
Annulosa - - - - - - 1,674
Radiata (and Vermes) - - - - - =\ 1,381

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All these specimens have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and a
separate number corresponding to an entry in the manuscript-registers of accessions, in
which, for future reference, the name of the collector, the country where the specimens
have been collected, the mode of their acquisition and any other interesting information
regarding them are entered.

With the exception of a very small number, these specimens have been incorporated with
the general collection ; and many of them have been described and figured by the officers
of the Museum or other Zoologists in the catalogues published by order of the Trustees
and mentioned hereafter, or in the best known scientific periodicals.

Mammalia.—Of the additions made to this part of the collection the following may
be specially mentioned : —

Sixteen examples (in spirits) from the Philippine Islands; collected by Dr. A. B.
Meyer. ‘These specimens are of particular interest, as the exact localities in which they
have been obtained are known.

Eleven specimens from Celebes (in spirits) collected by the same traveller, amongst
them some fine examples of Cuscus. :

4 Eleven species from Port Stephens, Australia (in spirits); presented by Dr. G.
ennett.

The skin and skeleton of Mucacus leoninus, from Arakan; purchased of the Zoological
Society.

Beveral beautiful examples of the rarer Lemurine Monkeys from Madagascar (Indris
and Propithecus) ; purchased.

A small collection of Bats, chiefly from Southern Europe, including fine examples of
the very rare Vespertilio mystacinus from Northamptonshire ; presented by Lord Lilford.

Two examples of the Spanish Lynx; presented by J. P. Gassiot, Jun., Esq.

A skull of Arctocephalus cinereus, from New Zealand; presented by the New Zealand
Institute.

Two perfect skins (male and female) of the long-eared Deer (Cervus macrotis) from
Yellow-stone River, Montana; purchased.

Two fine skins of a large Patagonian Deer, believed to be the Guemul of Molina;
presented by Don Enrique Simpson, Chilian Navy.

A series of skins and skeletons of the singular deer recently discovered in Southern

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China, and described as Hydropotes inermis; collected by R. Swinhoe, Esq., H.M. Consul
at Ningepo.

A series of the skins and skeletons of the Hairy Tapir, from the Andes of Ecuador ;
a fine example of Baird’s Tapir from Panama; and skins of some other species of the
same genus; purchased.

Skin and skeleton of an adult female of a two-horned Rhinoceros from Malacca;
purchased of the Zoological Society.

A perfect skull of an adult one-horned Rhinoceros from Assam; presented by Sir
Charles Russell, Bart., V.C.

Two skeletons (adult and young) of Risso’s Dolphin, from the British Coast; purchased

Birds.—This part of the Collection has been increased by numerous and very valuable
additions; the number of specimens amounting to 965 :-—

To the British Collection has been added a fine example of the Polish Swan (Cygnus
immutabilis), killed at Nairn, N.B., and presented by Duncan Baillie, Esq.

A very fine series of Falcons consisting of twenty specimens, and including the indi-
viduais from which the figures were made in Gould’s “ Birds of Great Britain.”

Two specimens of the Norwegian Jer-Falcon (Falco norvegicus); presented by J.
Gould, Esq.

One of the typical specimens of Falco brookii, from Sardinia ; presented by A. B.
Brooke, Esq.

A collection of 86 specimens from Archangel, containing a series of the early stages of
plumage of Lagopus albus ; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

Two collections from southern Spain and Morocco; one presented by Major L. H.
Irby, and containing Cypselus pallidus, Acredula irbii, Gecinus sharpii, the other presented
by Howard Saunders, Esq., and including the adult of Irby’s Long-tailed Titmouse, &c.

Thirty-six specimens from Turkey ; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

Nine specimens of Long-tailed Tits (Acredula), representing all the European species ;
presented by H. E. Dresser, Esq.

Three examples of a new Green Woodpecker ( Gecinus sharpii) from Spain ; presented
by Lord Lilford.

A fine adult example of the Dalmatian Pelican (Pe/ecanus crispus); purchased.

A most interesting and beautiful hybrid between the Lady Ambherst’s and Golden
Pheasants ; bred and presented by M. Vekemans, Director of the Zoological Gardens,
Antwerp.

Forty-seven specimens from various parts of Africa; presented by G. E. Shelley,
Esq., including Astur macrurus and Syrnium nuchale.

Thirteen specimens from Fantee, amongst them the type of Diaphorophyia blissetti ;
presented by A. Swanzy, Esq.

An Albatros (Diomedea exulans) ; presented by Captain Th. Row Harry.

Sixty-eight specimens from South Africa, from the late Sir Andrew Smith’s collection ;
presented by G. H. Ford, Esq., and including examples of Phlexis layardi, Dryodromas
albigularis, Aedon signata, Crithagra angolensis, &c.

Fourteen species from Natal and Transvaal, including Numida edwardi and Falco
rupicolvides ; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

Forty-two examples from Madagascar; purchased. The following are more worthy of
notice:—Lalco newtoni, Athene polleni, Caprimulgus enarratus, Xenopirostris polleni,
Podiceps petzelni.

One of the typical specimens of Zosterops ceylonensis; presented by E. W. H.
Holdsworth, Esq., F.L.s.

Two large collections from various parts of China; purchased; containing specimens
of Scelostrix pithecops, Leucodiopteron ltaivanus, Calamoherpe canturians, Aigithaliscus
anophrys, Muscicapa mugimaki, Megalema nuchalis, Sibia auricularis, Garrulax sannio,
Niitava cyanomelena, Pycnonotus hainanus.

The type of Phasianus elegans; presented by J. J. Stone, Esq.

A specimen of the rare Trichostoma concretum, from Borneo ; presented by the Leyden
Museum.

A small collection of Birds, partly in skins, partly in skeletons, from Celebes ; collected
by Dr. A. B. Meyer.

An example of Casuarius australis; presented by His Excellency the Marquis of
Normanby, Governor of Queensland.

Specimens of a rare Parrot and of a Gull (Platycercus alpinus and Larus bulleri), from
New Zealand; presented by Dr. W. L. Buller, F.u.s.

An example of the very rare Nestor notabilis, from New Zealand ; purchased.

A collection of Birds from the Rio Negro, Patagonia, containing examples of Mothura
darwintt and Cnipolegus hudsoni.

Two small collections from Chili and Ecuador ; purchased.

Two collections, containing 170 examples, from Costa Rica and other parts of Central
America; purchased.

Reptiles—The additions to this class and that of Amphibians have been 576 in
number, and are contained chiefly in the following collections :—

A collection of Reptiles and Amphibians from the southern and eastern parts of the
Russian Empire ; from the St. Petersburg Museum. ;
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A collection of Reptiles and Amphibians, made by the donor in the northern parts of
British India; presented by the late T. C. Jerdon, Esq.

A collection of Ceylonese Reptiles made by E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., and contain-
ing a new species of Sea Snake (Hydrophis holdswortht).

A second collection of Ceylonese Amphibians ; presented by G. H. W. Thwaites, Esq.

A very large collection of Bornean Reptiles and Amphibians, containing many forms
which were new or hitherto imperfectly known (Tiaris sp., Ablabes periops, Hydrophis
brookii, Typhlocalamus, Hylorana sp., &c.; purchased.

A collection of Reptiles and Amphibians, made in the various islands of the Philippines
by Dr. A. B. Meyer, and very important with regard to the geographical distribution of
the species.

Eighty-one specimens of Batrachians, collected near the cataract recently discovered
in Demerara; purchased.

A new form of Turtle (Spatulemys) from the Rio Parana; and an Alligator from the
Rio Paraguay ; presented by Colonel P. Perez de Lasala.

A perfect example of the very rare and apparently nearly extinct Metopoceros cornutus ;
purchased of the Zoological Society.

An example of Coronella brevis, a new European snake, discovered by Lord Lilford in
the South of Spain, and presented by him.

Fishes.—-The specimens added to this part of the collection amount to 1,238; and of
these acquisitions, the following should be especially mentioned :—

’ A collection of freshwater fishes from the southern and eastern parts of the Russian
Empire, among them the highly interesting Comephorus, a fish inhabiting the greatest
depths of Lake Baikal; from the St. Petersburg Museum.

A large collection of freshwater fishes from north-eastern Bengal and Cashmere, made
and presented by the late T. C. Jerdon, Esq.

Eleven jaws of Sharks from Kurrachee; presented by Sir Bartle Frere.

A large collection of marine species from Celebes, supplementing a similar collection
obtained last year from the same traveller, Dr. A. B. Meyer; containing several new
species of Anthias, Priacanthus, Sebastes, Cubiceps, Pseudophycis, &c.

Two collections from the Philippine Islands, one made by Dr. A. B. Meyer, the other
presented by Harry J. Veitch, Esq.

Another most valuable collection from Hobart Town; presented by Morton Allport,
Esq. These specimens are very instructive as regards the abundance and variety of
food-fishes on the coast of Tasmania; some of them were previously unknown to science,
as Chilodactylus allporti, Lanioperca, &c.

; A collection of fishes from New Zealand; obtained by exchange from the New Zealand
nstitute.

Five specimens of the singular Neochanna apoda from New Zealand, a fish living in
burrows under ground at a distance from water ; presented by E. Hill, Esq.

A small collection from the Rio de Cordova, Argentine Republic; presented by E.
Fielding, Esq.

Forty examples from the Rio Parana, all new to the collection ; purchased.

A magnificent example of a gigantic Siluroid from the Upper Amazons (Platystoma
gigas) ; purchased.

A small collection of freshwater fishes from the Gaboon, containing several new forms ;
purchased.

Mollusca.—The following are the principal acquisitions :—

Six hundred and sixty-two Shells, some entire and with the animals preserved in spirits,
collected during the dredging excursion of the yacht “ Norna,” on the coast of Portugal;
purchased.

Four species of Land-shells from Morocco; presented by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq.,
F.R.S.

One hundred and twenty-seven minute forms of Shells, dredged in from 20 to 30 fathoms
off the island of St. Helena; presented by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.S.

A second series, consisting of 77 specimens, from the Gulf of Suez, collected and pre-
presented by R. McAndrew, Esq. This series as well as the one presented last year,
contains the types of several species described by H. Adams, Esq.

A collection of 57 shells from the Persian Gulf, made by Hr. Schindler; presented by
Madam Schindler. :

Fifty-one shells from various parts of Australia, some of them types of recently described
species ; presented by G. F. Angas, Esq.

A further collection of 51 shells from the South Sea Islands; presented by W. Harper
Pease, Esq.

Sixty-seven Land-shells from Ecuador ; purchased.’

Sixty-seven Shells from California, all new to the collection ; purchased.

Crustacea.—This part of the collection has beep increased by 138 specimens, the most
noteworthy additions being :—

A collection of small crustacea, obtained on the coast of Portugal, during the dredging
excursion of the yacht “ Norna’; purchased.

A small collection of 20 examples from the Philippine Islands; presented by Harry J.

Veitch, Esq. ;
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Arachnida aud Myriopeda.a—Two hundred and nine examples have been added, among
them a collection of 174 Acaride made at Highgate Wood, and presented by HE. A.
Waterhouse, Esq.

Insecta. —The following are the principal acquisitions :—

Twenty-nine species of Lepidoptera from Sikkim; presented by F. Moore, Esq. ;
among them the types of species described by the donor and F. Walker, Esq.

A series of 144 species of Hymenoptera from Texas, all new to the collection; pur-
chased.

Twenty species of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Whitely in Peru, and all new to the
collection ; purchased.

A large series of Insects of all orders collected by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador, and all
new to the collection; purchased.

Nine new or very rare species of Coleoptera from Chili; purchased.

A series of 365 Lepidoptera from Espiritu Santo, Brazil; purchased. The specimens
of this series were also entirely new to the collection.

A collection of various insects from Southern Japan, sent as a first instalment by G.
Lewis, Esq.; presented by F. Smith, Esq.

A large series of Insects of all orders from Queensland, all new to the collection; pur-
chased. :

The typical specimens of the Japyr solifuga, from Italy, described in the Linnean
Transactions by Mr. Haliday.

Vermes.—A collection of 113 specimens of Annelids made at Polperro; purchased.

Fifty-six specimens of Annelids obtained on the coast of Portugal during the dredging
excursion of the yacht “ Norna”; purchased.

A valuable collection of 97 specimens of the Lumbricide of Sweden, made and pre-
sented by H. G. Hisen, containing typical examples of the species described by him.

Echinodermata. One hundred and ten examples obtained on the coast of Portugal
during the dredging excursion of the yacht “ Norna”’; purchased.

Forty-five examples from various localities ; presented by Dr. J. E. Gray.

Five Holothuria, collected at Bermudas; by J. Matthew Jones, Es F.x.s.

Coelenterata.— Eight specimens of Madreporariaand eleven of Gorgoniacea, obtained on
the coast of Portugal, during the dredging excursion of the yacht “ Norna”; purchased.

Twenty specimens of Gorgoniacea, from Natal; presented by Colonel Bolton.

Four specimens of Gorgoniacea from Ceylon; presented by E. W. H. Holdsworth,
Ksq., F-L.S.

Protozoa.—A series of 138 microscopic preparations of the spicules of Sponges;
purchased.

Thirty specimens of Sponges obtained on the coast of Portugal, during the dredging
excursion of the yacht “ Norna”; purchased.

Fourteen specimens of Sponges from Otter Island, Patagonia; presented by the Lords
of the Admiralty.

Twenty-four specimens of Sponges from Natal; presented by Col. Bolton.

A young example of the very rare Xenospongia patelliformis, from the Pearl-banks,
Ceylon; presented by E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., F.1.s.

The typical examples of the beautiful new forms recently discovered in the Sea of Cebu
by Dr. A. B. Meyer (Meyerina and Crateromorpha).

A very fine series of 61 examples of Sponges from the Swan River, Western Australia;
purchased.

IV.— Cataloguing.

In consequence of the numerous changes which have been made in the system within
the last 15 years, and of the large increase of specimens in certain portions of the collec-
tion, it has been found necessary to prepare new systematic lists, in manuscript, of all the
specimens at present in the Museum. Such lists are in progress, of the specimens of
Mammals, Birds, Tortoises, Lizards and Mollusks.

The following descriptive Catalogues have been completed and printed during the
year 1872:

“ Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia,” by John Edward Gray, F.R.s.
“ Catalogue of Shield Reptiles.” Part IJ. By John Edward Gray, r.r.s,

« Appendix to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles.” Part I. Testadinata., By
John Edward Gray, F.R.8.

“ Catalogue of Heteropterous Hemiptera.” Part V. By Francis Walker, F.L.s.
V.— Visitors and Students,

Two thousand two hundred and eighty-four students who have visited this department
for the special object of studying the various portions of the collection, have been assisted
and attended to.

J. E. Gray.

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The principal additions to this Department during the past year are as follows :—
I. By Donation.— A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.-—Several specimens of Déprotodon australis, Nototherium Mitchelli,
Macropus, and other Marsupial remains (including the portion of a lower jaw of
Nototherium Mitchelli, figured by Prof. Owen in the Phil. Mag. 1872, pl. x. fig. 8), from
Queensland, Australia. Presented by Dr. George Bennett, F.L.s.

The right ramus of mandible of a young individual of Nototherium Mitchell Owen,
figured and described in the Phil. Trans. 1872, p. 58, pl. vi., figs. 1-5, from Darling
Downs, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Prof. Owen, F.r.s., &c.

Remains of Scelidotherium, Glyptodon ; and Myopotherium Bravardi from the Pampas
formation, Buenos Ayres. Presented by Dn. Sr. Fontana.

A portion of the left maxilla, having three premolar teeth in situ, of Lophiodon, from
the Valley of the Aveyron, South of France. Presented by Edward Packard, Esq.

Tusk and molars of Hlephas primigenius, from Fenny Stratford. Presented by Sir
Philip Duncombe, Bart.

(2.) Aves.—Impression of foot of Dinornis, in friable sandstone from the valley of the
Turanganni River, ‘Poverty Bay, N. Island, New Zealand. Presented by sho el
Cockburn Hood, Esq., F.G.s.

(3.) Reptilia.—Reptilian remains from Triassic (?) depositsin South Africa, collected by
Dr. W. G. Atherstone, F.¢.s., and T. Bain, Esq., during their geological tour through
the districts of Prince Albert and Beaufort West.

In the collection are parts of the skeleton of a very large undescribed extinct reptile.
These specimens were undeveloped from the matrix and in many fragments; each piece
has been carefully worked out from the hard rock, and the several fragments joined
together so as to show in many cases the complete bones of this strange reptile. They
form a most valuable addition to the Museum series. Presented by Dr. W. G. Ather-
stone, F.G.S.

(4.) Pisces.—The selected Vertebrate remains from the Museum of the late Sir Roderick
Impey Murchison, Bart., r.n.s., Trustee Brit. Mus. (about 80 in number), consisting chiefly
of Fossil Fishes, and including several fine teeth of Lamnodus, scales of Holoptychius,
Psammosteus arenatus, &c., from the Devonian of Printschka and other localities in
Russia. Some fine examples of the palatal teeth, in situ, of Janassa bituminosa and
Strophodus arcuatus, and also good specimens of the rare Celacanthus Hassie, from the
Permian deposits of Richelsdorf.

A fine head of Achmodus Leachii, Agassiz, being one of the type specimens of this
species, figured and described in Agassiz’s “ Rech. Poiss. Foss.,” Tome ii., pt. 2, p. 203,
Tab. 23rd., figs. 1-6, from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis.

Specimens of Sphenolepis squamosseus, Ag., Smerdis minutus, Lebias cephalotes, Cottus
brevis, and Mugil pinceps, from the Tertiary deposits of Aix in Provence; of Leuciscus
leptus from an Infusorial deposit at Habichtswald, and of Leuciscus pusillus, Cobitis
centrochir, C. cephalotes, together with a species of /ihodeus, from Oeningen. Presented
by Kenneth Murchison, Esq.

Teeth of Centrodus obliquus, Ctenodus elegans, and a mandible of Acanthodopsis, from
the Coal Measures, Newcastle. Presented by T. P. Barkas, Esq., ¥.G.s.

Impression and counterpart of an undescribed species of Zanclus (?) from the Tertiary
Limestone of Monte Bolca. Presented by F. G. Beckford, Esq.

I. By Donation —B. INVERTEBRATA.

- Casts of Euphoberia Brownii, from the Coal Measures of Glasgow, figured and described
in the Geol. Mag. 1871, vol. viii., p. 97, pl. iil, fig. 6; and of Kophrynus Prestvicii,
figured and described in the same work, 1871, vol. viii., p. 385, pl. ix.; from the Coal
Measures, Dudley. Presented by Henry Woodward, F G.s.

A specimen of Aptychopsis Lapworthi, H.W., from the U. Silurian of Hawick, and of
anew species of Crossopodia from the same locality. Presented by Alexander Michie, Esq.

A large series of Invertebrate Fossils, chiefly of Devonian and Silurian age, from
Norway, and from the Baltic Provinces and Russia, together with an extensive series of
selected fossils from France, Switzerland, and Germany ; part of the collection of the late
Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart. deceased (Trustee, Brit. Mus.) Presented by Kenneth
Murchison, Esq.

A Fossil Unio from Queensland, Australia. Presented by H.R. H. the Duke of
Edinburgh, x.«.

Two Tertiary Fossils from Japan. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., ¥.s.a., &c.

Twenty-four Greensand Fossils, from Newton Abbot, Devonshire. Presented by W.
Vicary, Esq., ¥.G.S.

Part of a specimen of a variety of Parkeria, from the Lower Cretaceous formation.
Presented by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.8.

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Half of a large Parkeria, from the Greensand, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Presented by
J. S. Gardner, Esq., F.G.S.

Fifty-nine Foraminifera in Flint, from the Chalk of Sussex. Presented by the Rev.
H. Eley, M.a.

Il. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—The milk-molar of a Mastodon, from the Red Crag of Suffolk.
Cetacean remains from Australia.

(3.) Reptilia.—A fine head of a large species of Ichthyosaurus, from the Lower Lias,
Lyme Regis.

The conjoined carapace and plastron of a species of Pleurosternon, from the Purbeck
Beds, Swanage.

[ The dorsal and ventral shields are very rarely found together. Prof. Owen considers
this specimen to be unique. |

(4.) Pisces.—Squaloraia polyspondyla, figured and described in the Geol. Mag. 1872,
vol. ix., p. 145, pl. iv., from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis.

A specimen of Pleuropholis, sp., from the Purbeck Beds, Swanage.

A fine group of teeth of Acrodus Illingworthi, from the Chalk.

Three new and undescribed Fishes, from the Chalk of Kent.

Teeth of Xiphiodon, from Australia.

Il. By Purchase.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

(1.) Crustacea.—Two Bellinuri from the Coal Measures.

115 Trilobites, in fine preservation, including many rare genera and new and unde-
scribed species (admirably developed by Mr. Samuel Allport, F.c.s.), from the Wenlock
Shale and Limestone of Malvern and Dudley.

Three specimens of T'urrilepas, Wenlock Shale, Dudley.

Five Crustacea from the Crag of Suffolk, &c.

(2.) Mollusca.—A large Orthoceras from the Carboniferous Limestone of North
Wales.

50 Fossil Shells from the Zechstein (Permian) of Gera.

40 British Oolitic and Liassic.

13 Chalk and Gault Fossils.

150 Fossils from Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.

The entire series of Univalves belonging to the celebrated collection of Eocene Fossil
Shells from the South-east of England, collected, and in part described by F. E. Kdwards,
Esq., F.G.8., in the publications of the Paleontographical Society, &c., and comprising
upwards of 28,000 specimens, nearly 500 of which have been figured.

Thirty Oligocene Shells from Helmsdorf.

Twenty fossil Mollusca from the Suffolk Crag and other localities.

(3.) Polyzoa.—EHighty specimens of Polyzoa, from the Red and Coralline Crags of
Suffolk, and from the Chalk of Kent.

(4.) Echinodermata.—Two Star-fishes from the Lower Ludlow, Leintwardine.
Sixteen Cystideans, and 53 Crinoids from the Wenlock Shale and Limestone, Dudley ;
part of the magnificent series of Fossils, forming the collection of Mr. S. Allport, F.«.s.,

of Birmingham.
Three Starfishes of the genus Goniaster, and eight Echinoderms, from the Upper Chalk

of Kent.
One Clypeaster from the Miocene of Malta.

(5.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia.—Three Corals trom the Upper Silurian.

One specimen of Cyathophyllum from the Devonian.

Two specimens of Flabellum appendiculatum; two of Stephanophyllum Nystii; one of
Balanophyllia calyculus, and three other Tertiary Corals.

(6.) Rhizopoda and Protozoa.—A large series of Tertiary and Cretaceous Foraminifera.
A series of Cretaceous Sponges from the Sussex Chalk.

Il. By Purchase.—C. PLAntaz.

Two Fossil Ferns, Coal-measures, 1 branch of Araucarites peregrinus from the Lias ot
Lyme Regis, and several sections of Fossil Wood from the Crag of Suffolk.
Total acquisitions by Purchase, 29,166, namely,—

Vertebrata - < - = = 213
Invertebrata - - - - - - - 28,923
Plants - - = - - - - - 30

29,166

Works

accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. BY)

Works of the Department.

The work of the Department consists chiefly in examining, determining, naming, and
arranging the Fossils, and in entering the newly-acquired specimens insane Inventory.
Of the new acquisitions, the most interesting objects are exhibited as soon as possible,
and to gain the necessary space for this purpose, extensive changes in the arrangement of
the specimens already exposed in the cases are often required. i;

Room I. Numerous plant-remains (chiefly Ferns) from the Coal-measures of Rhymney,
South Wales, and two large trunks of Sigillaria, also from the Coal-measures, have been
exhibited for the first time.

Room II. The Fish-remains, in the Wall-cases, Nos. 1, 5, and 6, have been entirely
re-arranged, and newly-acquired specimens incorporated. The Chimeroid fishes have
been re-mounted and re-arranged (with additional specimens) in a 'Table-case in this room.

Room III. Additional specimens of Pterodactyle remains, from the Lias of Lyme-
Regis, have been incorporated in case No.1. ‘The Chelonian remains in case 3, have
been partially re-arranged, and a fine Turtle, from Swanage, showing both the carapace
and plastron, has been added to the series. In case 8, containing the remains of the large
Dinosaurian reptiles, some new forms of vertebre have been added.

Room IV. The whole of the specimens of Ichthyosaurian reptiles exhibited in this
room have been cleaned, and the smaller specimens have been re-arranged, with additions.

Room V. The Wall-cases, Nos. 1 to 5 inclusive, have been re-arranged, and additional
specimens have been incorporated.

Room VI. The most important addition to the specimens exhibited in this room, is a
very choice series of Trilobites, arranged in Table-case 9.

Unexhibited Specimens.

Of the unexhibited specimens, the whole of the Fish-remains have been collected
together, grouped Geologically, and arranged in the drawers of the Table-cases of Room IL.,
and an inventory has been made of the collection.

The Crag Fossils have also been collected together, and are arranged in drawers in
Room VI.

The Collection of the late Dr. William Smith, has been re-arranged.

Considerable progress has been made in the re-arrangement of the Fossil Invertebrata
generally, and an inventory of the same is in progress.

The large Chelonian remains from Maestricht, and a series of Reptilian remains from
the Coal-measures of Ireland, have been mounted and displayed in a room in the Base-
ment-floor.

Specimens registered during the year :—

Vertebrata :

Mammalia - = = es fs fi =e 1360
Aves - - = 2 = z te ~ 8
Reptilia - - - - = = a 54
Pisces - - - a a £ : 200

1,622

Invertebrata:

Mollusca - - - - - = - 33,888
Echinodermata - - - 2 2 d 36
Protozoa and Rhizopod - Ta a 109
Zoophyta, &c. - - - Dee B 374
Polyzoa - - = : uy E 603
Annelida - - - - = = o 13
Crustacea - - - - a & 314

35,337

Plant Remains - - = l shots 27 27

ToTaL - - - - 36,986

The number of visits from Students during the year is 417.

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

THE additions to the Mineral Collection during the year 1872, have consisted in 1,499
specimens, and comprise 24 species new to the Collection.

The above 1,499 specimens have been registered, labelled, and incorporated with the
Collection.

The glazed compartments supplied to the table cases numbered 5, 21, 38, and 46, have
been provided with fittings for exhibiting specimens too large for the table-cases.

The larger masses of Copper-Glance, Bournonite, Fluor, and others belonging to the
groups of Sulphides, Fluorides, and Silicates, have been arranged in them. A large ore-
specimen of very rich gold quartz from Costa Rica, presented by the Aquacata Mining
Company, has been exhibited in the glazed front of table 2.

The work on the Collections in drawers and in the basement has consisted in the
examination of 4,862 mineralogical and lithological specimens, of which 2,062 belonging
to the portion of the General Collection reserved in drawers, have been labelled with
their localities and systematically arranged in trays, and 633 specimens selected from the
remainder have been carefully cleaned and incorporated with this part of the Collection.
The rocks from different localities at present retained as distinct collections, haye been
increased by some valuable additions from German localities.

Of crystals and facetted stones 130 have been mounted on supports, their localities
and the symbols of their crystalline forms, where of interest, being inscribed on the

edestals.
7 The examination of Meteorites by analysis and by other chemical methods, has been
continued in the Laboratory ; and among the analyses completed are specimens of rocks
from Queensland, and of minerals from Cornwall and South Africa.

Among the more important crystallographic determinations, are those of the forms of
the specimens of Glaucodote and of the series of Corundum and Sapphire, being pre-
liminary to the undertaking a catalogue of the Crystals in the Collection.

Among the more important of the acquisitions are the following :—

By Presentation ;:—

Native Gold disseminated in quartz with calcite, San Rafael, Costa Rica (estimated to
contain 50 ozs. of gold); Monte del Aquacata Mining Company.

Specimens of Native Silver and Argentite, Silver Islet mine, Thunder Bay, Lake
Superior; Auriferous Copper Pyrites, Lake Shabendowan; Molybdenite in granite,
Pic River, Lake Superior; Professor H. Alleyne Nicholson, M.p., &c., &c.

Rose Quartz and Sphene, Sierra de Cordova; crystals of Orxthoclase, near Chepis;
Native Gold disseminated through Galena, Castaiio, Argentine Republic, South America ;
Edward Fielding, Esq.

Crystals of Calcite in Coal, Northamptonshire; Samuel Sharp, Esq., F.G.s.

Galena and Calcite, Gladstone mine, Holywell, Flintshire ; Gladstone Mining Company.

Series of specimens of the minerals found in the Diamond-bearing detritus of South
Africa; W. Stow, Esq.

Specimens from the Colesberg Kopje, Diamond Fields, South Africa; W. Bell, Esq.

Diamond-bearing rock, De Beer’s Pan, Diamond Fields, South Africa; T. Rudd,
Esq.

seal of Minerals from Japan; A. W. Franks, Esq., M.a.

Suzannite, Leadhills, Lanarkshire; Richard Jones, Esq.

Stalactitie Opal, Rosario mine, State of Queretaro, Mexico; W G. Lettsom, Esq.

Specimens of Lava from the volcano of Mauna Loa, Hawaii; Wood Opal, Murphy’s
Camp, California; Christy Collection; through A. W. Franks, Nsq. m.a.

By Purchase :—

A series of crystals and crystalline groups of Native Gold from Antioquia, New
Granada; Native Gold, Sillada, Island of Sumatra; large crystal of Amaleam with
Limonite, Moschellandsberg, Rhenish Bavaria; crystalline Native Tellurium, Maria
Loretto mine, Transylvania.

Diamond crystal in steatitic matrix, Du Toit’s Pan, South Africa; crystals from

Golconda and Visapoor, India; Sulphur in large crystals, Girgenti, Sicily.

Whitneyite, Donnersberg, Rhenish Bavaria.

Fine Copper-Glance from St. Ives Consols, Cornwall; Enargite in crystals, Lucon;
a crystal of Jordanite, Binnenthal, Switzerland; Rionite, Annivierthal, Switzerland ;
Sandbergerite, Jucud Mine, Caxamerca, Peru; Diaphorite, Przibram, Bohemia; Chal-
copyrrhotine, Nya Kopparberget, Sweden.

Calomel, Moschellandsberg, Rhenish Bavaria; Ralstonite and Gearksutite, Evigtok,
Arksut-Fjord, West Greenland.

Cuprite in very fine crystals from the Bank Mines, Ekaterinburg, Perm, Russia; also
from Cornwall; Cassiterite, Dolcoath mine, Camborne, Cornwall; Lithiophorite, Saxony ;
a series of crystals of Corundum from Macon Co., North Carolina, U. 8. A.; Turnerite,
Tavetschthal, Switzerland; a crystal of Quartz with terminal planes, Jarischau, Silesia;
an Enhydros of Chalcedony, Uruguay. -

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 39

A large crystal of Phosgenite frora the Gibbas mine, Sardinia; Aurichalcite, Monte
Poni, Sardinia ; and Moresuetite, Moresnet, Aix-la-Chapelle.

Humite in large and fine crystals, Aurora mine, Nya Kopparberget, Sweden; Topaz
with Cassiterite, Gwinear, Camborne, and with Chalybite from the Wheal Maudlin,
Lanlivery, Cornwall; Epidote in large and brilliant crystals, Knappenwand, Untersulz-
bachthal, Salzburg; Hyalophane, Binnenthal, Switzerland; Emerald from Habachthal,
Salzburg; Uranotile, Weisser Hirsch mine, Schneeberg, Saxony.

Barytocelestine, Binnenthal, Switzerland; Dolerophane and Idriocyan, Vesuvius,
eruption, 1870.

A series containing minute butsingularly perfect crystals of Boracite from Stassfurth,
Magdeburg, Prussia.

Ehlite on Quartz, Cornwall; Andrewsite, Cornwall; ‘Troegerite, Zeunerite and Wal-
purgite from the Weisser Hirsch Mine, Schneeberg, Saxony ; Pucherite, Pucher Mine,
Schneeberg, Saxony ; Montebrasite, Montebras, Creuse, France; Beudantite, Dornbach,
Nassau.

Dopplerite, Aussee, Styria; Walleriite, Aurora Mine, Nya Kopparberget, Sweden ;
Jossaite, Beresowsk, Ural; Jollyte, Bodenmais, Bavaria; Kainite, Galicia; Dewalquite,
Ottrez, Belgium.

Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BoTAny.

Dunrine the past year the work of incorporating in the General Herbarium the plants
that had been mounted and named, but from want of cabinet space, had not been
inserted in their places, has been actively carried on. Notwithstanding the great addi-
tions made for the accommodation of the Herbarium little more than a year ago, the
cabinets have already become so crowded as seriously to interrupt this important work.
The necessity is becoming more and more pressing of increasing the accommodation for
the arranged Herbarium, in order that there may be space not only for the current addi-
tions to the collections, but sufficient also for the valuable sets of plants which still
remain only partially arranged in the store cabinets of the Department.

The work of incorporating the extensive additions to the Herbarium which has been
carried on during the past year has necessitated the re-arrangement of many of the
Natural Orders, and the following have accordingly been revised: —Malvacee, Sazifra-
gacee, Ericacee, Epacridee, Gentiunacee, Polemoniacee, Solanacee, Orobanchacea,
Globulariee, Graminee, Lycopodiacea, and Fungi.

The following collections have been either entirely or in part incorporated in the General
Herbarium :-—The plants of Corsica collected by Mabille; of the neighbourhood of
Odessa, by Rehmann; of Lebanon, by Captain Burton; of Persia, by Loftus; of the
Malay Peninsula, by Maingay; of North Africa, by Paris; of Abyssinia, by Schimper ;
of New Caledonia, by Pancher; of Oregon, by Hall; of California, by Hartweg ; of
Brazil, by Sello; of Martinique, by Sieber; of Demerara, by Appun; and of Brazil,
by Weir. Im addition to these, extensive selections have been made from Nuttall’s
Herbarium of North American plants, from Wallich’s, and from Hooker and Thomson’s
Indian Collections.

Important contributions having been made during recent years by purchase or pre-
sentation to the British Herbarium, the arrangement and critical naming of this valuable
collection of British plants has been continued. The following Natural Orders have been
carefully examined and re-arranged :— Violacee, Polygalee, Hypericacee, Malvaceae,
Linee, Geraniacee, Euphorbiacee, Leguminose, Rosacea, Dipsacee, Composite, Campanu-
lacee, Gentianucee, Borraginee, Scrophularinea, Plantaginee, Labiate, Plumbaginee,
Polygonacee, Liliacee, and Lichenes.

The following are the principal additions to the collections of the Department during
the year 1872 :— ,

I.— Vo the Herbarium.

General Herbarium.

Phanerogamia.

1800 Species of the rarer plants of France, collected and named by Jordan, Kralik,
Grenier, &c,

650 Species of plants from Castile, Spain, collected by Graells.

385 e z from Northern Italy; collected and named by Cesati, Caruel,
Savi, &c.

34 E ah collected in Italy, and presented by Dr. Trimen.

350 a : from Corsica; collected by P. Mabille.

150 = a from Crete; collected by Sieber.

187 , a from Malta and Italy; collected and presented by J. F. Duthie,
Esq.

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40 Accounts &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

405 Species of plants from the Tyrol and Central Europe; collected and named by
Huter and others.

191 xf a from Cherson, Russia; collected and named by Rehmann,

100 » of Scandinavian Hieracia ; named by Lindeberg.

870 », Of Composite; chiefly from the collection of the late Dr. Schultz-
Bipontinus.

A very extensive Herbarium of the species and varieties of European Roses, collected
and named by Chabert, Gandoger, Puget, &c.

40 Species of plants from Lebanon; collected and presented by Captain Burton.
270 a 5 from the Province of Agow, Abyssinia; collected by Schimper.
100 - a from North Africa; collected by Col. Paris.
880 3 bs from New Caledonia; collected by Pancher.
100 35 oF from Tasmania.

90 = nf from Martinique; collected by Sieber.
110 sn mn from Cuba; collected by Ramon de la Sagra.

48 3 5 from Costa Rica; presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.s.
633 i, is from Oregon; collected by E. Hall.

131 3 % from Demerara; collected by the late C. Appun.

74 s oe from New Granada, and
51 ne Be from Brazil; collected by J. Weir.
225 Cordova, La Plata; collected by E. Fielding.

9 3)
A large collection of plants forming the principal part of the Herbarium of J. A. Murray,
formerly professor of Botany at Gottingen, and editor of the fourteenth edition of
Linneus’ “ Systema Vegetabilium.”

Cryptogamia.
A collection of Ferns from Natal; collected by Col. Bolton, and presented by Dr.
J. E. Gray.

600 Species of Cryptogamic plants from Switzerland; collected and named by
Wartmann and Schenck.

100 4 Cryptogamic plants from Italy, being two fascicles of the ‘‘ Erbario
Crittogamico Italiano.”
50 5 European Hepatice, named by Rabenhorst.
150 FE Mosses from Scandinavia; collected and named by Hellbom.
100 a 5, of Europe prepared by Rabenhorst.
280 my », and Hepatice from Australia.
200 i Lichens from Scandinavia; named by Th. Fries.
100 As » from Lapland; collected and named by Hellbom.
550 . » from Lapland; collected and named by Nerike.
25 “5 European Lichens; prepared by Rabenhorst.
21 i Lichens from Australia.
64 a » from New Granada; collected by J. Weir.
40 ut » from Uruguay. ;
300 » © Fungi from Austria; collected and named by Thiimen.
207 fs > from America, &c.
100 European Fungi; prepared by Rabenhorst.

3)
Specimens of Pachyma Cocos; presented by Daniel Hanbury, Esq,., F.R.S.
250 Species of Alew from Scandinavia; collected and named by Areschoug.
80 Species and varieties of Characee from Scandinavia; collected and named by
Nordstedt and Wahlstedt.
50 Species of European Alga; prepared by Rabenhorst.
6 PP Alge from Barbadoes; presented by Professor Dickie.

British Herbarium.
Phanerogamia.

20 Species of rare plants ; collected and presented by the Rev. J. E. Leefe.
30 » of plants; collected and presented by Mr. J. Britten.

25 », Of critical plants presented by Dr. Trimen.

25 », Of Salices forming the third fascicle of Leefe’s “ Salices Exsiccate.”’

Cryptogamia.
100 Species of Lichens; collected and named by the Rev. J. M. Crombie, m.a.
350 on Fungi, being the complete series of Berkeley’s “ British Fungi.”
200 be » being the fourth and fifth fascicles of Cooke’s “ Fungi Britan-
nici.”
100 Es » collected and named by M. C. Cooke.

Al 5 Algz, collected by the late Jonathan Couch, F.z.s.

II.— To the Structural Series.
Fruit Collection.

3,000 Species of Seeds and Fruits from Australia.
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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 41

Male and female Cones of species of Macrozamia and E
William Bull, Esq., F.L.s.
Female Cone of Bowenia, presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S.
Fruit of a Lecythis from Demerara.
27 Species of Fruits from Tucuma, Argentine Republic.
2 Pine Cones and 8 different Fruits from Costa Rica.
19 different Fruits from Cordova; collected by E. F ielding, Esq.
in Cones of 12 species of Conifer, from Japan and California; presented by H. J. Veitch,
Sq. F.L.S.

ucephalartos, presented by

General Collection.

276 different woods from Java; presented by Dr. R. H. A. Scheffer, of Buitenzore.

A fine stem of Encephalartos; presented by Thos. Moore, Esq., F.L.S.

Stems of nine arborescent ferns; presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S.

Stems of Cyathea Serra, and Dicksonia squarrosa.

Stem of Dendrobium taurinum.

Stems of Borassus, Cocos, and Areca, from India.

A large rhizome of Nuphar lutea, 20 feet in length; presented by Joseph Beck, Esq.

Stems of two species of Cactus; presented by Captain Tyler, F.1.s. .

Specimens of a very large stem of Ivy ; presented by Mr. J. Corke.

Specimens of germinating seeds of Lemna gibba; presented by F.C. 8. Roper, Esq.,
F.L.S. ;

Ill.— To the Fossil Series.

18 Specimens of mesozoic plants, and one specimen of a paleozoic plant; collected and
presented by Dr. W. G. Atherstone.

12 preparations of plants from the carboniferous rocks at Burntisland, Scotland.

A specimen of Cycadeoideu pygmaen.

Specimens of 10 dicotyledonous woods, and of a Palm from Red Crag of Woodbridge.
_ 24 specimens of secondary plants from Hastings; collected and presented by Professor
Rupert Jones, F.R.S.

76 specimens of plants from the carboniferous rocks at Slamannon, Bathgate, and
Falkirk; collected by C. W. Peach, Esq.

Nine microscopic sections of Halonia regularis.

55 preparations of plants from the carboniferous rocks of Yorkshire.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for the purpose of
scientific research, was 1,352. The following foreign botanists may be specified as
haying used the Herbarium in prosecuting their varicus studies:—Wittrock, of Upsala,
for his Algological researches; Kinitz, of Kiausenburg, for his investigations into
the Haloragee and allied plants; Reichenbach, of Hamburg, for his work on Orchidee;
De Candolle, of Geneva, for his memoir on Meliacee ; and Nathorst, of Lund, in his
investigations into Tertiary and Post-Tertiary Plants. Of botanists residing in Britain,
who have made use of the Herbarium, the following may be specified :—The late Dr.
Welwitsch, for his work on the Flora of Angola; Mr. J. Miers for his memoir on
Lecythidee ; Mr. G. Bentham, for his “ Flora Australiensis”; Mr. W. P. Hiern, for his
monograph of the Ebenacee, and his memoirs on the Scrophularinee for the Cape Flora,
and on the Umbellifere for the ‘‘ Flora of Tropical Africa”; Prof. Dyer in his examina-
tion of the Ternstremiacee and Dipterocarpee for the Indian Flora; Dr. Masters for his
memoir on Aristolochiew; Mr. A. W. Bennett, for his work on Polygalacee; Mr. J. G.
Baker, for his memoirs on Liliacee; Mr. D. Hanbury, for his investigation of officinal
plants; Mr. J. Collins, for his report on Caoutchouc; Mr. M. C. Cooke, for his work on
Fungi; the Rev. J. M. Crombie, for his publications on British Lichens; Dr.
Braithwaite, for his memoirs on British Mosses; Mr. W. G. Smith, for his researches in
connection with the “ Mycological Illustrations”; and Mr. H. G. Glasspoole, for his
intended “ Flora of Norfolk.”

William Carruthers.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

Thirty sheets of the second volume of the Catalogue of Personal and Political Satires,
describing subjects from the accession of William and Mary in 1688 to the reign of
George II., and dealing with the personal and political satires of the period, have been
printed and revised.

The whole of the first volume of the Catalogue of Prints and Drawings illustrating
English History, is nearly ready for the printer; 11 sheets are already in type, and
2,680 full titles have been written during the year for the same.

The prints and drawings described in the first volume of the Catalogue of Personal and
Political Satires have been arranged in five volumes, after having been all mounted,
with the references and dates printed in bistre on each mount.

The Catalogue of 345 pages, describing the Prints and Drawings ilustrating the series
of catalogues of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791, presented by J. H.
Anderdon, Esq., has been finished and bound, 145 pages having been written since the
last Annual Report.

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42 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The works of John Jones, the eminent mezzotint engraver, father of the recently
deceased George Jones, R.A., have been mounted, and arranged in five volumes, with the
names of the subjects and the references printed in bistre.

A working catalogue has been prepared of the etchings by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, and
the Print Room inventory and register marks of those already in the collection have been
affixed to each description. It is worthy of notice that only 167 of this master’s works
are described in Bartsch’s ‘ Peintre-graveur,” while the above list comprises 421.
Mitelli was, in addition to being a painter, an eminent caricaturist at Bologna, 1669-1691,
and probably amused and interested as many people as our own Gillray.

The works of Stefano della Bella have been mounted and arranged in five cases, the
references to Le Blanc and also to the Register being printed in bistre on each mount.

The works of Martin Heemskerck have been arranged and marked off in the catalogue
written by Kerrick. ;

All the Early German Prints, and the Carbon Photographs from Prints in the Douce
Collection, acquired lately, have been marked off in Bartsch and Passavant, and arranged
ready for mounting.

The names of the Modern German Masters have been entered in the index of the
names of painters of that school, and references made to the position of their works in
each portfolio. The names of the modern French masters have also been treated in a
similar manner.

Additions have been made to the fine specimens of engraving by Dutch and Flemish
engravers, making in all seven volumes instead of six.

The collection of the etchings of Charles Bracquemond has been re-arranged, the
recent purchases having been incorporated, making now two volumes in place of one.

A full Index has been made of the titles in the first volume of the Catalogue of Satirical
Prints, Political and Personal.

Several series of works of English Masters have been brought together and arranged
in guard-books; namely, those of John Collet, Abraham Cooper, W. L. Leitch, C. Nattes,
Sir William Allan, r.a.. H. W. Bunbury, G. B. Cipriani, r.a., Maria and Richard
Cosway, Daniel Maclise, r.a., Charles Robert Leslie, R.a., and the larger works of
Thomas Stothard, R.A. :

Two thousand five hundred and eighteen English portraits have been arranged into
periods and classes, and incorporated in the collection.

Three thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine Etchings and Engravings by De Gheyn,
Claude Mellan, Holbein, De Bry, Bonasone, Wierix, Nanteuil, &c., have been mounted,
with the names and references printed in bistre.

Drawings have been mounted on sunk boards, to preserve them from injury by friction
and other causes, to the number of. seventy-nine; less valuable examples have been
mounted in the ordinary manner; and in all cases the names and references have been
inscribed in bistre on the mounts.

Twenty-one of the old volumes of prints and etchings, belonging to the Sloane and
Cracherode Collections, have been broken up, and their contents incorporated with the
general collection, each print being impressed with the Department stamp and reference
to the general inventory.

One thousand two hundred and seventy-nine titles have been prepared for the Cata-
logue of foreign portraits.

Four hundred and eighty-six titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of prints after
foreign masters.

Two hundred and fifty-nine titles have been prepared for Catalogues of Pamphlets on
Art subjects in the Library of Reference.

One thousand two hundred and ninety-one titles have been prepared for Catalogues
of English portraits.

Nine hundred and thirty-eight foreign portraits have been incorporated with the respec-
tive collections.

All the prints after foreign masters acquired during the year, for which titles have been
written, have been arranged and incorporated with their respective schools and masters.

The recent additions made to the collection of etchings by English artists and amateurs
have been arranged and incorporated, and twenty additional names have been added to
the list.

Nineteen thousand four hundred and fifty-five articles have been entered in the register
of purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Prints and Drawings have been impressed with the Department stamp and register
marks to the number of 29,014, being 25,394 according to the registration, and 3,665
according to the inventory of 1837.

Five thousand eight hundred and two titles for the Moll Collection of German portraits
have been pasted down on full sized slips of cartridge paper, and incorporated with those
of the general collection of foreign portraits.

The following acquisitions have been made during the past year :—
By Presentation; 671 examples—
A collection of 84 specimens of the works of Samuel Cousins, R.A., consisting of fine

and early proofs selected by him for the Print Room, and comprising most of his important
works, and many private plates; presented by Samuel Cousins, Esq., R.A.

A perfect

aAccouNTS &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 43

A perfect series of the Catalogues of the Society of British artists, 1760 to 1790, with
the rough edges, and a copy of their Charter; presented to them by George III., Novem-
ber 28, 1768. Also a perfect series of the Catalogues of the Free Society of Artists, 1761
to 1783. And a set of the Seven Deadly Sins, by Jerome Wierix, first states, with
frontispiece ; described by Alvin, 1296 to 1303; presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq.

Twelve etchings, by Samuel Palmer, selected by himself for the Print Room;
presented by Samuel Palmer, Esq.

Portrait of Jonathan Richardson, the painter; a drawing by himself in black and red
chalk, on grey paper, heightened with white; presented by J. C. Robinson, Esq.

« Examples of the Engraved Portraiture of the Sixteenth Century,” by Sir William
Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., Lu.p.; London and Edinburgh, 1872; presented by the author.

By Purchase—
Italian School ; 1,309 Examples :—

Drawings.—Specimens by Domenico Campagnola, Benedetto Gennari, Cavaliere Ghezzi,
Giovanni da San Giovanni, Bernardino Passari, Camillo Procaccini, Marco Ricci,
Domenico Tiepolo and Tognoli.

Etchings.—By Cherubino Alberti, Francesco Arnato, Giacinto Gimignani, Lorenzo
Loli, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Marco Pitteri, Cesare Roberti, Stefano della Bella, and
Horatio di Santis.

Engravings.—A portion of a Bacchanalian subject, representing dancing fauns and
nymphs, some with offerings, and others playing on the pipe and cymbals under a trellis of
vine; by Baccio Baldini, from a design by Sandro Botticelli; unique and undescribed, and
very remarkable as forming a portion of a frieze, the centre of which, the Triumph of Bacchus
and Ariadne, was already in the Museum, having been formerly in the Sykes, Ottley,
and Wellesley Collections, and is fully described in Passavant’s ‘‘ Le Peintre-Graveur,”
vol. v., p. 44, No. 104. This portion is also unique, and the importance of bringing them
together cannot be over-estimated. Obtained from the Marquis of Masclary’s sale at
Brussels.

Other examples by Francesco Aquila, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Battista Cecchi,
Master of the Die, Diana Ghisi, Marius Kartaro, Ottavio Leoni, Pietro Lucatelli,
Alessandro Mochetti, Cosmo Mogalli, Stefano Mulinari, Antonio Perfetti, Martin Rota, the
Master, 1.H.s., Agostino Veneziano, Enea Vico, and Francesco Villamena.

German School ; 519 Examples :—
Drawings.—By Christopher Schwartz, Jan Ewart, and H. Ziegler.

Etchings and Engravings.—An important series of prints, illustrating the early history
of engraving in Germany, obtained from the Collection of Herr Weigel of Leipzig, and
fully described in Die Antange der Druckerkunst, von T. O. Weigel, und Dr. A.
Zestermann; consisting of eleven engravings on metal, twenty-nine on wood, twenty-
three in the “ Manicre criblée ” five on copper, and sixteen specimens of playing cards.

Others by Jost Amman, Hans Sebald Beham, Franz Brun, Alaert Claas, Paul Franz
Ferg, Johann Friedrich Greuter, Hans Baldung Grun, Franz Hogenbere, Wenceslaus
Hollar, Johann Lodenspelder, Herman Hendrik Quiter, Johann Christian Reinhart, and
Virgil Solis.

Three of the original iron or steel plates engraved by Lambert Hopfer, and described
by Bartsch, “ Peintre-Graveur,” vol. viii., Nos. 28-30, in an excellent state of preserva-
tion, and highly interesting, as establishing the fact, that other metals, besides copper,
were used for the purpose of engraving in the sixteenth century.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 780 Examples :—

Drawings.—By Jakob De Gheyn, C. Van Hardenberg, G. Hessel, Jan Vander
Heyden, Willem van Nieulant, Joachim Uytenwael, Willem van de Velde, and
Martin de Yos.

Etchings and Engravings.—By Dirk de Bry, Frederick Bontals, Adriaen Collaert,
Cornelis van Dalen, Philip Galle, Jan Griffier, Hendrik Hondius, Pieter de Jode,
Conrad Lauwers, Jan Meyssens, Paul Pontius, Pieter Schenck, Pieter van Schuppen,
Cornelis Schut, Pieter Tanjé, Gerard Valck, Cornelis Visscher, Jan Visscher, Jerome
Wierix, and Lukas Vorsterman.

French School ; 2,004 Examples :—

Drawings.—By L. Allemand, E. Aubert, Louis Pierre Boitard, Jean Baptiste Chate-
lain, Louis Cheron, Sebastian Le Clerc, Raymond de la Fage, Honore Fragonard,
Charles Gabriel Gauthier, M. Lauron, Jean Louis de Marne, P. du Moustier, Count
D’Orsay, Joseph Parrocel, Frangois Quesnel, and Hyacinthe Rigaud.

Etchings and Lithographs.—A collection of sevety-eight proofs of the works of Maxime
Lalanne, selected by himself for the Print Room; others by Victor Adam, Pierre Biard,
Jacques Callot, Sebastian Le Clerc, Auguste Delatre, Desmaisons, Deveria, F. Faber,
Grevedon, Etienne De Laune, Charles Meryon, Léon Noel, Jean Baptiste Le Prince,
Thomas de Thomon.

188, G Engravings.

44 ACCOUNTS, bees, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Engravings—By Nicholas Bazin, Francois Chauveau, Frangois Chereau, Jean Daullé,
Frangois Anne David, Pierre Drevet, Gerard Edelinck, Jean Baptiste de ia Fosse,
Leonard Gaultier, Louis du Guernier, Gerard Lairesse, George Lallemand, Levachez,
Adrian Lommelin, Antoine Masson, Antoine Maurin, Claude Mellan, Ernest Morace,
Giles Edme Petit, Bernard Picart, Robert Picou, Francois Poilly, Jean Louis Roullet,
and Nicholas Henri Tardieu.

English Schooi; 7,761 Examples :—

Drawings.—The interior of St. Paul’s Cathedral, with the ceremony of the Thanks-
giving for the recovery of George III. in 1789, by Edward Dayes. ‘he interview of
Lord Macartney with the Emperor of China, by William Alexander. The Battle of
Waterloo, by J. A. Atkinson and A. W. Devis. All these have been engraved, the last
by John Burnet, and are probably the best works known of the respective artists. Also
two beautiful specimens, by Henry Edridge, r.a., of Aldenham and Great Bookham
Churches. Sketch books of James Robertson. A series of sixty-five Lycian sketches by
the Rev. I. T. Daniell, and a curious drawing by Alexander Pope.

Others by Robert Adams, W. Anderdon, Robert Barker, I. C. Barrow, E. Capps,
John Carter, Thomas Daniell, r.a., William Daniell, Thomas Gainsborough, r.a., Sawrey
Gilpin, G. P. Harding, George Henry Harlow, John Hayter, Thomas Hearne, G. Holmes,
John Hoppner, r.A., John Jackson, R.A., John Frederick Lewis, rR A., Mackinnon,
William de la Motte, Francis Nicholson, J. A. O’Connor, William Owen, r.a., John
Powell, John Riley, Thomas Rowlandson, Paul Sandby, Dominic Serres, r.A., William
P. Sherlock, Henry Singleton, Sir James Thornhill, Robert White, J. Wild, Sir David
Wilkie, R.a., and T. Wilkins.

Eichings.— A. set of, all executed by H. J. Lucas, selected by himself for the Print
Room. A series of the works of James A. Whistler, many of them in curious and rare
states. Also Sir George Hayter’s works, in two volumes, arranged by himself, and
showing each subject in various states.

Others by Francis Barlow, J. Bell, James Bretherton, George Catton, r.a., C. W.
Chapman, R. Corbould, Maria Cosway, John Crome, George Cruikshank, I. R. Cruik-
shank, David Deuchar, John Dunstall, Edward Edwards, Richard Gaywood, William
Hamilton, r.A., Prince Hoare, John Hoppner, R a., J. Hughes, Angelica Kauffman, R.A.,
John Kay, Sir Edwin Landscer, r.a., Thomas Landseer, John Leech, Bernard Lens,
John Malchair, Thomas Malton, F. B. Morse, John Hamilton Mortimer, r.s., Robert M.
Paye, Francis Place, James Redaway, Thomas Rowlandson, James Seymour, W. P.
Sherlock, George Stubbs, a.r.a., Charles Heathcote Tatham, William Makepeace
Thackeray, Sir James Thornhill, C. Varley, John Webber, r.a.. W. J. White, and T.
H. Williams.

Engravings.—A collection of the progressive proofs of all the principal works of the
late John Henry Robinson, r.a., from pictures by Mulready, Leslie, Sir Edwin Land-
seer, &c.; many of them being curious states touched on by the painters themselves.
Also, an important and very fine series of aquatints by Paul Sandby; R.A., from Lord
Selsey’s sale.

Others by William Angus, James McArdell, John Carr Armitage, Francesco Barto-
lozzi, R.A., James Basire, George Bickham, John Burnet, William Byrne, Thomas Cecil,
George Clint, a.R.A., B. Cole, Joseph Collyer, a.r.a., Henry Cousins, Thomas Cross, T.
A. Dean, William Dickinson, Martin Droeshout,Robert Dunkarton, Richard Earlom, H.
Englefield, John Faber, Edward Finden, James Fittler, a.r.s., Alfred Robert Freebairn,
Edward Goodall, Robert Graves, A.R.A., William Greatbach, Valentine Green, J. Greig, John
Gottfried Haid, James Heath, C. H. Hodges, B. Holl, William Holl, James Hopwood, John
Le Keux, John Landseer, C. G. Lewis, Frederick Christian Lewis, P. Lightfoot, Thomas
Lupton, Henry Meyer, Samuel Middiman, John Outrim, William Pether, E. J. Portbury,
T. A. Prior, W. Radcliff, W. Raddon, Samuel William Reynolds, W. Roffe, William Say,
John Scott, Edward Scriven, C. W. Sharp, William Sharp, John Raphael Smith, M.
Smith, Inigo Spilsbury, Charles Spooner, Lumb Stocks, r.a., John Stow, Luke Sullivan,
W. Taylor, Peltro William Tomkins, Thomas Trotter, Charles Turner, a.E.R.4., J. C.
Varrall, H. Vaughan, Charles E. Wagstaff, William Ward, James Watson, J. H. Watt,
Robert White, Thomas Williamson, James Tibbetts Willmore, a.z., Thomas Woolnoth,
William Henry Worthington, and John Young.

George William Reid.

The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia
has been continued during the past year. The progress made is reported to have been
as follows :—

Twelve additional sheets have been copied on stone, completing forty-seven sheets, of
which thirteen have been printed since the last Report; altogether thirty-five sheets have
been printed: the remainder await final corrections for press.

British Museum, © J. Winter Jones.
5 May 1873. Principal Librarian.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incomz and Expewprruri
of the British Museum (Spectat Trust Fuwps)
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1873
Number of Persons admitted, Progress of Ai .
rangement; &c.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,

7 May 1873.

188, ,
Onder 4 61

RAL

; BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 21 April 1874 ;—for,

ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Expenpiture of the Britiss MusEuM
(Speciat Trust Funps), for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day ef March
1874 :”

“‘ And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Musrum in each
Year from 1868 to 1873, both Years inclusive; together with a SrareMENntT
of the Progress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIONS; and an
Account of Ozsects added to them in the Year 1873.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1874.

Il.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
Iif—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND), for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

V.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Bririsxo Musreum in
éach Year from 1868 to 1873, both Years inclusive.
_ VI.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ArrancemeEnT of the CotLEcTIoNs, and an
Account of Oxnsercts added to them, in the Year 1873.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, ¢o be Printed,
27 April 1874.

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2 AccouNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. :

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp ExrenpiturE of the BRIDGEWATER

C Stock,
ae 3 p’Cent. Consols.
EUW eSei athe L. iS
To Batance on the ist April 1873 - - - - - - - - -}; 20112 9} 13,117 17 2
— Divipenps received on 13,117 /. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 Ber Cent. Consol |
bequeathed by ‘the Earl of Bridgewater, viz. "
On the 7th July 1873" - - - £.196 15 4
» 6th January 1874 -~ - 196 15 4
a IE as a Ud
— Owe Year’s Rent or « Rear Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
received 7th April1873 - = - oe oi ee felon. waa 28 8 8
£. 623 11 8 TS LL 74 12

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrer ann ExprnpiturE of the FARNBOROUGH

Srocx,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. s. d. = a oa 1
To Batance cn the Ist April 1873 - - - PK - - - - 84 16 6 2,872 6 10
— DrvipEnps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 7th July 1873 - £.43 1 9 |
» 6th January 1874 - 43 1 8
ee 86 3 5
see R719, 11 2,872 6 10

II1—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrerpt anp Expenpiture of the SWINEY

eo

C Stock, {
— 3 p’Cent. Consols. i
25a. Gy Gh cops.)
To Batance on the Ist April1873 - - - - - = = «= =| 185 8 11 5,369 2 9
- Drvivenps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:
On the 7th July 1873 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1874 - 80 10 9
161 1 6

Ge 296 10 5 5,369 2 9

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exrenpiture of the BIRCH

-

Stock,
Casa. 3 p’Cent. Consols. } —

eae 258 gay
To Barance on the 1st April 1873 - - - - - - - - -|- 2 = 563 15 7
~ Divipvenns received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1 766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.
On the 7th July 1873 - - £.8 9 1 |
» 6th January 1874 - 8 9 2 |
—_— 16 18 38
Be 1618 38 563 15 7

British Museum,
21 April 1874.

ACCOUNTS, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, between the Ist April 1873 and the 31st March 1874.

C Stock,
aa 3 p’ Cent. Consois
| Le eee, £ Pee
| By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the REAL
| Esvarr-viz.2 |
.
i In the financial year ended 31st March 1874 - - © = => | re TL ne
}} — Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
' In the financial year ended 31st March 1874 - - = = Same SG Gina
| — Payment of One Yzear’s Savary to the Egerton Librarian - - 3 2g = =|
i i 498 7 10 |
| — BaLaNnce ON THE 31st Marcu 1874, carried to Account for 1874/75 =| 125 3.10 USA peily)
a ~
| £.| 623 11 8] 18,11717 2
} FUND, between the Ist April 1873 and the 3ist March 1874.
; Cc Stock,
j Boe 3 p’Cent. Consols.
{ ! | he Ss. d. Bee Ss. d.
_ By Payment for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1874 - - - - sol MBBic ae 7,
_ — BaLaNcE on THE 31st Marcu 1874, carried to Account for 1874/75 - - 82 12 4 2,872 6 10
Se 170 19 11 2,872 6 10
_FUN D, between the Ist April 1873 and the 31st March 1874.
Ky Stock,
a Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
. Sed £. awd
By Satary paid to Dr. Carpenter for Lectures on Geology in 1873- - -| 180 - -
t
ei . x
| on BALaAncE ON THE 31st Marca 1874, carried to Account for 1874/75 - -| 14610 5 5,369 2 9
k H
£.| 29610 5 5,369 2 9
| FUND, between the ist April 1873 and the 31st March 1874.
rc Stock.

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£3 1618 3

Casu.
Leeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose noite
f offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
ba Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History = - - - 1618 3
— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1874, carried to Account for 1874/75 - -|- - -

3 p'Cent. Consols.

eI. d:
6563 15° 7
563 15 7

J. Winter Jones,
Principal Librarian.

4 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V.—RETURN of the Numper of Persons ApmitTep to Visit the Britisu Muszum.

Prrsons admitted to view the Generat Coxuecrions in each Year from 1868 to 1873, both Years inclusive.

1868, 1869. 1870 1871. 1872. 18738.
Ne ING N° N° N° N°
JANUARY 0) = Meet = | 7 doe 29,226 31,199 23,731 28,903 28,486
BEBRUARE =), =) eee wie lth iP" 95.987 23,549 27,282 23,072 23,638 18,537
Manca 200) = (tie ie whe belal’. Baega 65,282 33,306 35,029 26,131 29,492
APRIL - - - - - - - 47,778 41,068 50,793 41,507 56,305 50,573
May = > 2 = a 2 = 29,047 45,433 29,538 41,146 44,025 27,839
JUNE = 5 = 4 5 = e 53,526 35,466 46,493 41,042 32,500 56,565
JuLy }> ‘Sete ee ees = |S Ade 40,796 40,410 48,574 41,225 44,494
AveusT - re i ry G 5 es 46,181 43,048 45,103 44.076 49,489 48,872
SEPIEMEER Vote = | OC atom 26,607 29,619 27,046 27,045 31,917
OcrozEr si ematagpie —~ oleeAOTAITES 33,156 32,668 29,845 28,762 33,735
NOVEMBER 7) a 7 = = al aoge 23,896 25,284 21,026 23,191 24,476
DrecEMBER - - - - = (=| 57,215 58,108 35,602 | 42,000 42,854 47,278
Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections -| 461,710 | 460,635 | 427,247 | 418,094 | 424,068 | *442,264
(exclusive of Readers) - - J
Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose of
€ 9 Ss
Study praeseanch iw 163,529 103,884 8,971 105,130 105,006 108,971
To the Department of Manuscript for the}
purpose of studying the collections and; - - - - = 2 : = > r 1,345 —
of examining Select Manuscripts - -J {
To the Galleries of Sculpey e, for the pur- >
2 4,7
pose of Study 4 af 2,018 2,983 981 3,911 »769 6,281
To the Maspeam and Cuilue ie mentee - 339 — = = = — @
To the Coin and Medal Room - - = 1,548 1,948 1,382 1,149 1,359 1,724
Tothe Ornament Room - - -| - - 7,687 5,863 6,905 5,925 12,740
To the Departments of Natural Hae - 3,509 4,128 4,514 4,921 4,751 4,861 —|
To the Print Room - - - - - 3,086 3,167 2,833 2,429 2,616 2,883 7]
Total - - - 575,739 584,427 543,791 542,532 548,494 576,019

1

* Including the total number ‘of persons (2,114) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eigl
o’clock, from the 8th of May to the 16th of August 1873, inclusive, as compared with 1,493 persons admitted in 1872.

In addition to the above, 864 persons were admitted during the year 1873 to view the Christy Collections of Ethn
graphy, &c., which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 108, Victoria- stree
Westminster-—as compared with 871 persons admitted in 1872.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Brit1ss Musrum on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays—

From Ten till Four From Ten till Five From Ten till Six
Mondays. o'clock in— o'clock in— o’clock in—
January. March. May.
Wednesdays. February. April. June.
: November. September. July.
Fridays. December. October. August.

Saturdays, from Tw velve o’clock till the hour of ciosing, January—-December.

The Public will also be admitted until Hight o'clock in the evening, on Mondays and Saturdays, from the sth
May to the 15th of August inclusive, in the present. year.

Classes or other bodies of persons are admitted on Zuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year for purposes of
instruction, to the number of 30 for the Upper Galleries of the Museum, and 50 for the Lower Galleria
on previous application to the Principal Librarian.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of Nove
December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March,
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday; ant

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to the Print Room from Ten o’clock, to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open
excepting during the month of September.

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th @
September, inclusive, on Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast @
Thanksgivine- day ordered by authority.

The Public are admitted to view the Chr isty Collection on Fridays only, trom Ten till Four o’clock, bys tickets S
issued at the British Museum.

British Museum, }
21 April 1874. f

J. Winter Jones, q
Principal Librarian,

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSKUM.

Or

VI—PROGRESS made in the CaTaLocuine and ARRANGEMENT, and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1873.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have 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; also on the title-slip and entry in the
Catalogue. The total number of these “ Press-marks” amounts to 87,962, of Labels to
32,596, and of renewed Labels to 19,246.

Il. Cataloguing :—(a.) 67,305 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
52,156 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 15,149 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and of the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from A to R, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 58,637, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
516. 40,780 transcripts of title-slips, and 212 of index-slips, have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. The first copy of 42,039 transcripts,
forming portions of letters P, Q, and R (of which 14,303 were new ones), the second copy
of 46,375 transcripts (of which 14,263 were new ones), the third copy of 45,865 transcripts
(of which 14,053 were new ones), have been laid down in the volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, S to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 8,786, and of index-slips 23. 5,329 transcripts
of title-slips, and 24 of index-slips, have been incorporated into each of three copies of
this portion of the Catalogue.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—13,950 title-slips have been written, and 19,683 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—61 title-slips have been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogue (including all works in Oriental languages other than Hebrew,
Chinese, and Japanese).—The number of title-slips written is 1,136. 127 have been
transcribed fourfold, and 188 title-slips have been incorporated into each of two copies.
272 titles have been specially revised.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—60 title-slips have been written for Chinese
books, and 3 for Japanese books. The printing of the Catalogue has proceeded as far as
the heading Fan.

(h.) Carbonic Hand- Catalogues. —Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 52,680 slips have been mounted on cartridge paper, and 113,436 arranged pre-
paratory to incorporation.

(i.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 267 in each of the interleaved copies, and the necessary entries have been
made in the Hand-Catalogue.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 11,428; and, in consequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding
two or more volumes in one, the number of bound volumes returned is 8,745. 539
pamphlets have also been bound, and 452 volumes repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service. — The number of volumes returned to the General
Library, from use in the Reading Room, is 285,183; to the Royal Library, 9,805; to
the Grenville Library, 748; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 240,596. Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 846,327, the whole amounts to
1,382,659, or about 4,735 for each of the 292 days during which the room was open to
the public.

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6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The number of readers during the year has been 103,971, giving an average of 356 daily.
and, from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted on an average
13 volumes per diem.

V. Additions.—({a.) 29,831 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 1,359
were presented, 8,347 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 339
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 19,786 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 36,203 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 447 were presented, 24,358 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 691 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 10,707 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows,
viz. : 252 published in London and suburbs, 806 in other parts of England and Wales,
134 in Scotland, and 124 in Ireland. 214 volumes, and 502 numbers of Newspapers
belonging to 41 different sets, have been purchased, and 25 volumes belonging to 345 _
different sets, have been acquired by donation.

(d.) 4,712 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
2,845 were received by English and 986 by International Copyright, and 881 purchased.
Of 1,379 portions of musical works in progress, 862 have been received by English and
517 by International Copyright. 2,785 works of greater extent than single pieces have
also been acquired, comprising 783 by English and 415 by International Copyright, and
1,587 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 29,831 volumes and pamphlets, and
36,203 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 33,744. Of these, 1,070 have been presented, 8,385 acquired by English, and 584 by
International Copyright, and 23,705 by purchase.

39,663 articles have been received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 105,697
articles received in the department.

(f.) The number of stamps impressed on articles is altogether 216,228. In addition
to this, 2,212 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections for
further security.

The following are some of the most important acquisitions during the year 1873 :—

(1.) A perfect copy of the edition of the Book of Common Prayer, dated 1603, in folio,
commonly called the Hampton Court Book, in which appear for the first time the
alterations agreed upon at the Hampton Court Conference in January 1603-4. This
would seem to have been unknown at the time of Pickering’s reprint, which was made
from the folio edition dated 1604.

(2.) A copy, believed to be unique, of the original edition of Tyndale’s “ Exposition
of the fyrste Epistle of seynt Jhon,” printed abroad and issued in September 1531, while
Tyndale was at Antwerp. This work was strictly prohibited in England, and in the
following year was denounced by Sir Thomas More in these terms: “ Then have we fro
Tyndale the fyrste pystle of saynte John in suche wyse expowned, that I dare say that
blessed apostle rather then his holy wordes were in suche a sense byleved of all Crysten
people, hadde lever his pystle hadde never ben put in wrytynge.” The reprint of the
work by the Parker Society was made from a later edition.

(3.) Many early English books have been purchased, including a copy of the very rare
first edition of the poetical collection entitled “ England’s Helicon,” 1600; Robert
Chester’s poem “ The Annals of Great Brittaine,” otherwise entitled “ Love’s Martyr,”
1611; a poem by John Weever on the “ Life and Death of Sir John Oldcastle,” 1601 ;
besides 225 black-letter English ballads printed in the reigns of Charles II., James II.,
and William III., forming a valuable addition to the Roxburghe, Bagford, and other
collections already in the Museum. Several works illustrating English dramatic history
and biography have also been acquired, and a large number of English books printed in
the 18th century.

(4.) An extensive and interesting selection of linguistic books, chiefly from the library
of M. Burgaud des Marets, comprising works in the Basque language, in the Patois
dialects of France, Spain, and Italy, in Breton and other Celtic languages,

(5.) Large additions haye been made to the collection of Russian books, already
extensive, by a careful selection from the library of the late M. Serge Sobolewski of
Moscow. This acquisition has added about 700 works of importance and value.

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(6.) A collection of Indo-Portuguese works printed at Goa.

*(7.) A considerable purchase of Chinese classical and historical works, made at the
sale of the library of the late M. Pauthier.

(8.) Among the accessions to Music may be mentioned a collection of early English
and Italian madrigals, motetts, &c., from the library of the late Thomas Oliphant, Esq.

(9.) Volumes of the “ Hobart Town Gazette” for 1846, and from 1858 to 1868.
Presented by the Trustees of the Tasmanian Public Library, Hobart Town.

(10.) Specimen numbers of 343 Newspapers and Periodicals published in the Nether-
lands, being a portion of the collection exhibited at the International Exhibition of 1872.
Presented by the Booksellers’ Association of Amsterdam.

W. B. Rye.

DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHARTS, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement :—(a.) The number of Titles (including both main
titles and cross-references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the
year, amounts to 5,405; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 6,831.

(6.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,239 maps and 3,988 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,657, and 819 hand-slips of purchases have
been made.

(c.) 696 Maps, in 808 sheets, and 101 Atlases have been entered for the binder, and
202 volumes and 810 Maps, in 5,637 pieces, have been returned from the binder, the
former bound, and the latter mounted on 3,302 cards; and 182 sheets of Admiralty
Charts have been inserted in their respective volumes; 74 volumes have received special
letterings.

(d.) An incorporation has been made into 3 copies of the Catalogue of 6,982 Titles,
necessitating the removal of 10,402 titles, and the addition to each copy of 351 new leaves:
28,550 slips of fourth copy have been incorporated into the Hand Catalogue; 2 copies of
2,345 titles in the volumes of Catalogue, containing England and France, have been taken
up, trimmed, and, with 112 new titles, have been laid down to form six new volumes.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was
787, the number of Maps 1,134, making a sum total of 1,921.

(f.) The number of Stamps affixed to maps was 12,946.

II. Additions :—(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyright
Actis 441 (in 1,346 sheets), and 23 Atlases and 17 parts of Atlases have also been received
by Copyright. Ninety-two Atlases and parts of Atlases, and 1,020 Maps, in 3,768 sheets,
have been obtained by purchase, and 3 volumes and 270 Maps, in 453 sheets, have been
presented.

Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are:—

A photograph fac-simile, the exact size of the original, of the superb Mappemonde made
at Venice in 1457-59, at the instance of Prince Henry the Navigator, and at the expense
of his uncle, King Affonso V., by Fra Mauro of the Camaldalese Convent of San
Michele di Murano, on account of which a medal was struck in his honour by the
Republic, describing him as Cosmographus incomparabilis.

A photograph fac-simile, in 15 sheets, of the famous Mappemonde in the National
Library, Parma, made in 1367 by the Venetian brothers Pizzigani. This fac-simile was
made expressly for the Trustees. Both these Mappemondes are of high importance to
the history of medieval geographical discovery.

An important collection of Maps, Plans, and Sections of Canals in England and Wales,
in 620 sheets.

And a collection of 23 Manuscript Maps and Plans of various places in India, made in
the last half of the eighteenth century.

R. H. Major.

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DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

Class- Catalogue.—The formation of a General Class-Catalogue of the Manuscripts, by
distribution of previous descriptions under heads of subjects, and partial re-description, has
been completed in 108 volumes. The following is the actual progress of the year :—

State Letters——The section of single English State Letters has been arranged
and laid down for the years 1527 and 1528, 1626 to 1873, and that of Foreign State
Letters from the earliest time to 1873. All slips of undated State Letters to the
year 1528 have been dated and incorporated. This division is now complete in
fourteen volumes.

Miscellaneous State Papers.—The section of single English State Papers has been
laid down. The division is complete in three volumes.

Art.—The slips in this section have been arranged and laid down in two volumes.

Numerous additional entries have been inserted in the majority of the Classes
already laid down.

Catalogue of Romances.—W orks in various languages have been described from sixty-
three volumes of the different Collections.

Catalogue of Ancient and Illuminated Manuscripts.—Twenty of the most Ancient Manu
scripts in the different Collections have been described in detail.

Catalogue of the Sloane Collection—Omitted descriptions of thirty-one volumes of the
Sloane Collection have been supplied.

Catalogue of Additions.—The following volumes have been described :—Nos. 24,324 to
24,333, acquired in the year 1861 ;—24,369 to 24,382, 24,600 to 24,657, 24,731, 24,968,
24,974 to 24,982, 24,984 to 24,986, 24,998, 25,000 to 25,015, 25,027 to 25,029, acquired
in 1862 ;—25,030 to 25,086, 25,088 to 25,093, 25,095 to 25,109, 25,112, 25,113, 25,115
to 25,328, 25,334 to 25,420, 25,424 to 25,490, acquired in 1863 ;—25,491, 25,492, 25,494
to 25,679, 25,681 to 25,699, 25,702 to 25,716, 25,718 to 25,722, 25,725 to 25,727, acquired
in 1864 ;—26,103 to 26,115, 26,555 to 26,592, 26,595 to 26,623, 26,631 to 26,659, 26,662
to 26,877, 26,884 to 26,891, 27,218 to 27,235, 27,276, 27,277, acquired in 1865 ;—27,278
to 27,291, 27,304 to 27,310, 27,320 to 27,355, acquired in 1866;—29,132 to 29,162,
29,281, acquired in 1872 ;—29,299 to 29,533, acquired in 1873.

Catalogue of the Egerton Collection.—The following numbers have been described :—
Numbers 15 to 27, acquired in 1829;—1,999, acquired in 1865 ;—2,001 to 2,013, 2,017 to
2,026, acquired in 1866 ;—2,027 to 2,030, acquired in 1867 ;—2,086, acquired in 1869;
—2,136, 2,137, acquired in 1871;—2,189 to 2,198, acquired in 1872;—2,199 to 2,320,
2,323 to 2,327, acquired in 1873.

Catalogues of Rolls and Charters, and of Seals—The following numbers have been de-
scribed :— Additional 19,788 to 22,485. Harley 58. H. 40 to 58. H. 47., 83. F. to 86 L.,
111. F. to 111 H; and descriptions of Harley 75. D. 46 to 79 G. 6; 80. E. to 80. L.;
lll. A. to 111. E.; 112. A. to 112. I., revised.

The number of Seals and Bulle described is 1,273.

Seventeen Ancient Charters, copied in fac-simile by Photography, have been tran-
scribed, and printed for publication.

Guide to Autographs, etc.—Specimens of lately-acquired Manuscripts and Autograph
Letters have been substituted for some of those before exhibited in the Department, and
the printed Guide has been revised. ;

Indexes—The Catalogue of the Birch Collection, forming Additional MSS. 4,101 to
4,478, has been indexed in slips from 4,139 to the end. The Catalogues of Additional
and Egerton MSS., acquired in the years 1860 to 1872, have been indexed in slips from
1860 to August 1863, and from 1867 to 1871. The Index to the Catalogue of Additional
and Egerton MSS., acquired in 1854 to 1859, has been arranged alphabetically from
A to K.

Registers.—The Registers of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been con-
tinued to the latest numbers.

Transcription.—The Catalogues of the following Collections have been copied in quad-
ruplicate :— Additional MSS. from 24,057 to 25,092, 28,308, 28,537 to 28,597; Harley
Charters, 57. C. 25 to 58. H. 47,75. A. 1 to 79. E. 59, 80. E. 1 to 80. I. 98, 112. A. 1 to
112. E. 61. ,

Arrangement of Papers.—Sixty-three volumes lately acquired have been arranged for
binding.

Binding.—Two hundred and sixty-three volumes of Additional and 35 Egerton Manu-

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scripts, lately acquired, have been repaired or bound. Ninety-three volumes of the old
Collections have been repaired and re-bound.

Eight volumes of the Class-Catalogue have been bound, and ecighty-nine volumes of
Printed Books have been repaired and re-bound.

Five Papyri have been repaired and cased.
Verification.—The several Collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the shelf-
lists ; and the Additional Rolls and Charters have been verified as far as No. 15,291.

Hight hundred and ten Manuscripts have been placed, and entered in the hand and
shelf-lists. The Cotton Collection has been re-arranged.

Eight hundred and sixty-one Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books have
been stamped. Total of impressions, 21,008.

Eight hundred and twenty-six Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 20,697 ;
and of those used by students in the rooms of the department, 1,595.

The number of Rolls and Charters delivered to Readers is 243.

The Acquisition of Manuscripts during the year is as follows :—

General Collection - - - - - - - - 240
Egerton - - - - - - - - - - 129
Charters - - - - - - - - - ~ 3,046

Amongst those of principal interest are the following :—

Bede’s Exposition of the Gospel of St. Luke, in six Books. An English MS. on
vellum of the 12th century ; finely written, with ornamental initial letters, and in an
ancient binding. Small folio.

The Gesta Romanorum, and portions of the Moralitates of Robert Holcot; written
on Paper, by a German hand, in the 15th century. Quarto.

A carefully written copy of John Arderne’s treatises on Fistula, surgical opera-
tions and medical recipes, in Latin ; with numerous coloured figures in the margins,
and drawings of operating instruments. The same volume contains an English
version of Johannes Plutearius de Simplicibus, and tracts on Medical Botany, one of
which is accompanied with clever drawings of plants. Vellum, 15th century. Folio.

A Chartulary of the monastery of St. Swithin of Winchester, containing copies
of documents from the time of Edward the Confessor to King Henry the Third;
written in the 13th century, with later additions of custumaries, rentals, etc., of the
15th century. Vellum. Folio. .

_ An illuminated Latin Psalter of about the year 1300; originally the property of
the family of Bailleul of Flanders. Quarto.

A very richly-illuminated book of the Hours of the Virgin, written in France at
the beginning of the 15th century. The borders are of arabesque work, with birds
and insects, and grotesque figures. The calendar is illustrated; and there are 14
larger miniatures, painted apparently by an Italian artist, or by one showing strong
Italian influence, who has also added.to the ornamentation throughout the volume.
The titles of the offices are in letters of gold. Small quarto,

A long Legendary Life of the Virgin Mary, compiled from Epiphanius, Ignatius,
Johannes Damascenus and others, in Latin rhyming verse, in four Books; with
prologues to each, and with gloss and notes. On paper; written probably in Flanders,
in the 14th century, and profusely illustrated with curious outline drawings, slightly
coloured, by different hands. Small quarto.

A series of careful tracings by Professor J. O. Westwood from the most ancient
Trish and English MSS.

The first and second parts of an unpublished Treatise on the Sacrament of the
Body and Blood of Christ, in French, composed by King Edward the Sixth, in the
year 1549; in his autograph, with corrections by his French tutor. The King states
the occasion of the work to be the diversity of opinions on the subject of the Sacrament
at that particular time.

Peter Buchan’s Collection of Scottish Ballads.

The Memoirs of Sir John Reresby, Bart., to the year 1689; his own copy, and
containing much which is not found in the printed editions. Two volumes, in the
original binding, stamped with the cipher “ Sir J. R.”

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Sir George Buck’s History of Richard the Third; a MS. of the middle of the
17th century ; with collections for an edition of the work by Charles Yarnold, in three
volumes.

Original Minutes of the General Assembly of the Chapter of the [Roman] Catholic
English Church, held in May 1667; signed by Dr. Humphry Ellice, Dean, and
other Members; with Rules for the offices of Dean, Treasurer, Secretary, and
Archdeacon.

Correspondence and Papers of the Earl of Leicester, commanding in the Low
Countries, 1587.

Official Letters from the Council of State and Committee of the Parliament, the
Earl of Essex, and others, to Colonel Sydenham, Governor successively of Wey-
mouth and the Isle of Wight, from 1644 to 1659. Many are signed by John Brad-
shaw, President of the Council.

A volume of Original Letters of Caspar Peucer, M.D., to Christian, Prince of
Anhalt, on subjects of science and politics, in the years 1587 to 1600; in Latin and
German.

One hundred and thirty-six Original Letters of Lord Nelson to Alexander Davison,
on public and private affairs; dated from 1797 to 1805. The greater number are
printed in Sir Harris Nicolas’s Despatches and Letters of Nelson.

A series of Accounts of the Public Revenue and Expenditure, the Civil List, the
Public Debt, Sinking Fund, etc., from 1688 to 1796; with Accounts of Pensions and
Bounties, and of the Royal Household, from 1761 to1781. In twenty-seven volumes.

Thirteen volumes of official Accounts of the Theatres of Lincoln’s Inn Fields,
Drury Lane, and Covent Garden, from 1724 to 1822; with notices of performances
from the year 1710.

Numerous volumes of old English and Foreign music.

Autograph notes by Beethoven for arrangements of English, Welsh, Scottish, and
Trish airs.

A collection of 2,826 Charters, principally formed by Christopher Lord Hatton,
including fifteen of dates before the Conquest. A large proportion are of early
dates, and have seals of Ecclesiastics and others in fine preservation, and many of
them of great rarity and beauty. Many of the charters are connected with the
estates of the Monasteries of Sempringham and Sulby, in Lincolnshire. Amongst
the Charters with Seals, are those of the Empress Matilda; David, Earl of Hunting-
don; the Master of the Hospitalers, of the 12th century ; Richard, Earl of Warwick,
1123-1153; Arnoul, Bishop of Lisieux, 1141-1182; Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1186-
1200; Robert, Bishop of Salisbury, 1230; Edmund, son of Henry the Third ;
Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent; Richard Clare, Earl of Gloucester, etc. ; and there
are fine impressions of the Great Seals of Henry III.

One hundred and fifty-three Byzantine Bulle.

Fifty-nine Charters of Abingdon, of early dates, including grants from the
Empress Matilda, and Roger, Earl of Salisbury. Presented by the Duke of West-
minster.

The scores of the Operas composed by M. W. Balfe, in his autograph. In 40
volumes. Presented by Mrs. Balfe.

Note-books and collections of the late Mr. Grote, connected with his History of
Greece; with Political and other Essays. In twenty volumes. Presented by Mrs.
Grote.

A Register of Commoners of Winchester College, from 1668 to 1855, with biogra-
phical notes ; and two original Muster-rolls. Presented by the Rev. Mackenzie E. C.
Walcott, Precentor of Chichester.

Original Letters of Naturalists, addressed to D. Solander, J. L. Phillips, J. E.
Gray and others. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray.

Edward A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The Manuscripts acquired during the year 1873 have been labelled and entered into
the Oriental Register, and into the classed Oriental Inventory.
A Descriptive List of the same Manuscripts has been drawn up to be transcribed for
the use of the Reading Room.
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The third and last Volume of the Syriac Catalogue has been published. It contains
the remaining classes, viz., History, Lives of Saints, and Science, two Appendices, a
Preface to the whole work, several Indices extending to the entire Syriac Collection, and
twenty plates of lithographed fac-similes.

The above plates (250 impressions of each) have been examined and revised.

Seme fragments of Syriac, Coptic, and Arabic Manuscripts, lately brought from the
Syrian Monastery of Nitria, have been sorted. Some Syriac leaves have been identified
and restored to their original places in five previously acquired Syriac Manuscripts.

Detailed descriptions have been prepared of 326 Manuscripts for the Persian Catalogue.
They belong to the class of History, which is now completed, to that of Biography and
to the Miscellaneous Class. 1

175 Manuscripts have been described in full for the Ethiopic Catalogue.

II1.— Acquisitions.

Sixty-three Manuscript Volumes have been added to the Oriental Collection during
the year, viz., 44 by purchase, and 19 by donation.

They are under the following Classes:

Japanese - inl - - - - =) 28
Persian - - = = - - = = 7
Sanscrit - - - - - E - - 5
Pali - - - - - - = - - 5
Hebrew - - - - - = - - 3
Arabic - - - - - = = = iS 3
Coptic - - - - - = - - - 3
Cingalesee - - - - - ERE) jh, pee
Oriya - - - - - - - - - Z
Syriac - - = - - - - - = 1
Mendaitic - - - - - - - - 1
Turkish - - - - - - - 1
Gujrati - - - - - - - - - 1
Chinese - - - - - - - - 1

The following are the most remarkable :

A poetical account of the Chinese conquest of Nepaul in a.p. 1790, written by the
Emperor of China; a folio volume enclosed in curiously carved wooden covers, from the
Summer Palace, near Peking. The entire text is embroidered in red silk on blue ground,
it is said, by the ladies of the Imperial family.

The Sidra Rabba, also known as Liber Adami, the sacred book of the Mendaites, or
so-called Christians of S. John. Presented by Earl Granville.

A collection of Legends relating to the incarnations of Buddha, transcribed from a
number of palm-leaf manuscripts in Burmah; in the Pali language and Burmese cha-
racter. <A thick quarto.

The Anaphoras of the Coptic Church, in Coptic, with Arabic version, written appa-
rently in the 13th century. Quarto.

Fragments of Syriac, Coptic, and Arabic manuscripts from the Syrian Convent of
Nitria, Egypt. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A Pali grammar and two Buddhistic works, viz., Vessantara Jataka and Mahavessantara-
Jataka, in the Pali language and Cambodgian character, written on palm leaves, with
miniatures; enclosed in lacquered boards inlaid with mother-of-pearl.

Four Persian versions of the legend of Rama, two in prose and two in verse. Jnana~-
Bhaskara, a medical work in Sanscrit. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Amara-Kosha, a Sanscrit Glossary, with explanations in Oriya.

Phra-Maha-Wak, a work on the laws which govern the Buddhist priesthood, in 21
pert on palm leaves; Pali in the Burmese character. Presented by L. B. Bowring,

sq.

‘K Commentary on the Prophets and Psalms, by Aaron Ha-Rishon, the Macedonian;
Hebrew, dated a.p. 1436. Large quarto.

Sepher Ha-Aruch, a Hebrew Dictionary by Shabtai Ben Meir; two large folios of
the 14th century.

A history of the Micados in Japanese; 13 volumes, enclosed in a box of lacquered
‘wood. This work, it is said, was written for private use and has never been printed.

Falaknaz-Namah, a tale in Persian verse, with miniatures; written a.H. 1257 (A.D.
1841).

Ch. Rieu.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement.

In the Egyptian division the Tablets and smaller objects exhibited on the shelves of
the Egyptian Galleries have been fixed with brackets.

A group of two seated figures has been placed under glass for better preservation.

Two of the Harris papyri have been glazed and framed, and fixed on the walls of the
North Western Staircase.

Several smaller objects in stone have been placed in the table cases of the Northem
Egyptian Gallery.

Two small papyri have been framed and glazed.

53 small Egyptian objects have been mounted.

21 terra-cotta objects have been mounted,

In the Assyrian division, the Nimroud and Kouyunjik Galleries, and Ante-room ~

have been re-painted.

Portions of some of the larger Assyrian slabs and sculptures have been cleaned.

Another temporary case has been placed in the Assyrian transept, and portion of the
objects obtained through the mission of Mr. G. Smith. to Mesopotamia, and presented by
the proprietors of the ‘‘ Daily Telegraph,” has been exhibited in it.

A temporary case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery, and a portion of the objects
obtained by the mission of Mr. G. Smith to Mesopotamia, and presented by the proprietors
of the “Daily Telegraph,” has been exhibited in it. This mission, which has enriched
ihe Assyrian collection, was carried out at the expense of the proprietors of the “ Daily

elegraph.”

Progress has been made in glazing the Assyrian sculptures placed in the basement
room.

22 Assyrian bricks have been framed and glazed.

265 fragments of inscribed terra-cotta Assyrian tablets have been cleaned.

An Assyrian cylinder of terra-cotta has been repaired.

158 fragments of inscribed terra-cotta tablets have been repaired.

503 fragments of Assyrian and Babylonian inscribed tablets have been secured against .

further decay.

160 objects of Assyrian workmanship in bronze and ivory have been mounted.

54 pieces of Assyrian iron-work have been repaired and mounted.

53 Assyrian bronze nails have been mounted.

Four Assyrian bronze dishes and a shield have been repaired and mounted.

Two other Assyrian objects, a ring and vase, have been cleaned and repaired.

163 small Assyrian objects have been mounted.

Five portions of cuneiform inscriptions in the Persian and Median characters and two
heads have been mounted, and fixed on the west wall of the Assyrian transept, amongst
the other remains from Persepolis.

94 sculptures from Dali, the ancient Idalium, in the Island of Cyprus, have been
mounted on Caen stone plinths, and exhibited in temporary cases.

49 sculptures from the same island have been repaired.

Two large statues from the same place have been mounted on stone plinths, and placed
under glass. ;

Four Pheenician and Cypriote inscriptions from Cyprus have been mounted.

A terra-cotta model of a chariot from Dali, or Idalium, has been repaired.

163 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

569 descriptive slips have been incorporated in the Egyptian catalogue.

Progress has been made in the description of the great Harris Papyrus, fac-similes of
which have been made and printed up to the 41st plate.

The manuscript of the Guide to the lst and 2nd Egyptian rooms has been sent to press.

A Guide to the Assyrian Galleries has been commenced.

A report has been prepared of the mission of Mr. G. Smith to Mesopotamia, and an
inventory of the objects acquired and presented by the proprietors of the “ Daily Tele-
graph” has been drawn up.

Progress has been made with a case-book of Assyrian objects.

An inventory has been made of Cypriote antiquities acquired of Mr. Lang. q

424 objects have been registered, 201 additional explanatory entries inserted in the
registers, and an index made to the Egyptian register.

471 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects in the collections.

343 numbers to attach to objects have been printed.

IL.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department was 1,163.
Amongst them the most remarkable were:—
A bronze toad with annular marks.
A calcareous stone sepulchral tablet with depression for inlaying a figure of Osiris
and other representations,
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Wooden panel with figure of a youth in relief. From the Fayoum.

Calcareous stone head of a man. From a group, or sepulchrai vase, painted red and
black, and of fine work.

Alabaster head. From a large canopus vase of the period of the 20th dynasty.

Alabaster pallet of a scribe. From Tel El Yahoudeh.

Dark steatite tablet representing the god Horus standing on crocodiles.

Porcelain object inscribed with the name of the Prince Shaaemuas, one of the sons of
Rameses II. of the 19th dynasty, and Governor of Memphis in his reign. From Tel El
Yahoudeh.

Glazed steatite scarabeus of large size, with figures of Amenophis III. and the Queen
Tu, of the 18th dynasty.

Several fragments of glazed porcelain tiles. From the palace of Rameses III., at Tel
El Yahoudeh.

Carnelian signet ring, with the name of Paha on the bezel.

Beaded work of porcelain and glass, with figures of jackals, Tats or emblems of
stability. From the outer covering of a mummy.

Green porcelain funnel-shaped vase.

Green. porcelain unguent vase, in shape of the Greek alabastos or alabastros.

Blue porcelain figure of the Egyptian god Bes or Bessa, of large size; probably part
of an architectural ornament.

Basalt fragment of a dial or clepsydra, having on it representations of Philip Arridzus,
B.C. 324-316, in adoration to the god Khem, or Min, and other deities ; on it is inscribed
oct., the beginning of the name of the month October. Described Archezol. Journal,
1856, pp. 111-120.

Terra-cotta handle of a large lamp, having in bas relief the subject of Achilles dragging
behind his chariot the corpse of Hector round the walls of Troy.

A large collection of terra-cotta inscribed tablets and other objects, acquired by Mr.
G. Smith during his mission to Mesopotamia, and presented by the proprietors of the
“ Daily Telegraph.” The most remarkable of these are—

A terra-cotta tablet warning kings against misgovernment.

Fragment of an historical tablet of Tiglath Pileser II.

Fragment of a cylinder of Sargon.

Fragment of a terra-cotta tablet. History of the war between Assurbanipal and Urtaki,
King of Elam. From Kouyunjik.

Small fragment of a tablet relating the story of the Deluge.

Fragment of a cylinder of Bel-zakir-iskun.

Fragment of a cylinder of Sennacherib.

Fragment of a tablet relating to the Assyrian account of the Creation.

Sale tablet of a girl, dated in the reign of Sennacherib.. From Kouyunjik.

Astrological tablet pointing out the blessing of seeing the Sun and Moon on the 14th
of the month. From Kouyunjik.

Fragment. of a tablet relating to an expedition against Ashdod and the tributes of
Media, B.c. 711.. From Kouyunjik.

Terra-cotta tablet, Syllabary in 4 columns. From Kouyunjik.

Tablet, fable of the horse and the ox. From Kouyunjik.

Tablet prayers of Amilurgal. From Babylon.

Contract tablets, dated in the 2nd year of Cambyses, the 3rd and 31st year of Darius,
30th and 37th of Nebuchadnessar, and 9th and 16th year of Nabonidus. From Babylon.

Astrological tabJet, dated in the reign of one of the Arsacidz.

Steatite tablet of Vulnirari I. B.c. 1300, giving an account of the conquests of Assyrian
monarchs for about 190 years, and the repairs of the causeway of the Temple of Assur.
From Kalah Shargat.

Calcareous stone monument with inscription, in 3 columns, of Merodach Baladan I.,
King of Babylon, recording the events of his reign and those of some of his predecessors.
From. Babylon.

Six lion-headed winged figures found under the pavement of the South-eastern Palace
of Nimroud.

Some clay seals of Assurbanipal.

Baked brick with inscription of Tigulti-Ninip, King of Assyria.

Baked brick with inscription of Assurbanipal, King of Assyria. From the Temple of
Bel at Babylon.

Pendant with Cypriote inscription. From Kouyunjik. ;

Painted brick, with portion of archers and chariot represented on it.

Bronze dish.

Necklace of gold, silver, and stone beads.

In addition to these, some objects were obtained by purchase from other sources.

Fragment of a clay tablet with Assyrian cuneiform inscription relating to omens.

Fragment of a brick with Elamite inscription, found near Bushire. Presented by
A.S. Betts, Esq.

Black jasper cylinder with figure of the god Anu. ;

Chalcedony cylinder, uninscribed, of fine work, with figures of deities surrounded by stars.

Two heads in basalt, from the Hauran. Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

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Carnelian scarabeus with Gryphon, and the name Jehasaq in Pheenician. From Nablous.

Yellow jasper gnostic amulet with Eros or Cupid, and the Greek inscription Aktioph
and Damnaneus. From Syria.

A small collection of tesserz of terra-cotta with Palmyrene inscriptions, and other objects.
From Palmyra. The above presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

During the past year the following progress has been made in preparing the fourth
volume of the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia. ¥

The work of copying and lithographing has been continued. Sixteen additional sheets
have been copied on stone, completing sixty-three sheets, fifteen of which are only
awaiting final corrections to be printed off.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement.

Sixty-three sculptures, inscriptions and pieces of architecture, seventeen mosaics and

four bronze figures have been mounted and repaired ; the re-arrangement and glazing of

the frieze of the Parthenon and the re-arrangement of the sculptures and mosaics in the
Greco-Roman Basement have been completed, the statue of a Diadumenos has been
restored, two new cases for sculptures have been placed in the Elgin Room, and two
similar cases in the ante-room to the Mausoleum Room, two new shades for vases have
been placed in the First Vase Room ; thirteen fictile vases, twenty-two terra-cottas, three
objects in bronze and one hundred fragments of objects in iron have been cleaned and
repaired ; sheets B—P of the Corpus of Greek Inscriptions have been worked off; a new
edition of the Guide to the Exhibition Rooms has been issued; four hundred and ten
descriptive titles have been attached to objects, five hundred and sixty-nine gems have
been catalogued, and one thousand and sixty-eight objects registered.

Il.— Acquisitions.

J.—A quadrangular stele of white marble, on the four sides of which is inscribed a
decree of the city of Rhodes recording the raising of a voluntary loan for the defence of
the city in some great emergency. ‘The names of the contributors to the loan, and the
sums subscribed by each of them, are recorded on the marble. Three transcripts of this
decree are ordered to be inscribed on stelae and set up in three public places in the city.
From the character of the paleography this decree may be referred to the third
century B.C., and from internal evidence it is not unlikely that the emergency for which
the loan was raised was the celebrated siege by Demetrius Poliorcetes, B.c. 305-4. This
inscription was formerly embedded in the pavement of the Church of St. John, in Rhodes.
After the Turkish conquest this church became a mosque, the vaults under it being used
as a powder magazine. In 1856 the powder exploded and the church was destroyed.
The stele was broken into a number of fragments, but the main part of the text was
fortunately uninjured. é

Presented by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales.

IJ.—A. silver mask of Scylla or Medusa, embossed; snakes’ bodies are twined round the
neck. From Rome.
Presented by George Buchan Simpson, Esq.

III.—A square leaden frame for some circular object ornamented at the corners with
heads in relief. From Smyrna.
Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

IV. (1.)—A Roman stone weight (9,700 grains troy), inscribed EX - AVC: Q: IVNI:
RVSTICI: PRAEF: VR..1I. Inthe Museum of Berlin is a weight inscribed with

the same name ( Wilmanns, Exempla Inscriptionum Latinarum, No. 2,764).

2. Three Greek fictile vases with geometrical patterns. The style seems a late imitation
of archaic fictile ware.
Presented by Augustus W. ranks, Esq.

V.(1.)—An archaic fictile vase of the style known as Corinthian, ornamented with
zones of animals on a floral ground, painted in black and purple on a drab ground. Three
female heads in relief are set round the mouth.

2. An vinochoe in the same style.

3. A two-handled cup of varnished black ware. In the centre of the inside is a mask
of Medusa, in relief.

4, Asmall archaic vase of fictile ware with two handles, on which is a stag rudely painted.

5, 6. Two small vases of fictile ware with geometrical patterns, probably imitations of

archaic fictile ware.

Presented by John Henderson, Esq. VI. A er
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VI. A marble hand found at Vaison in the Department Vaucluse, France, with
the statue of a Diadumenos now inthe British Museum.
Presented by M. E. Raspail.

VII. A plaster cast of the model of the Acropolis of Athens by Von der Launitz.
Presented by Professor A. Michaelis, Strassburg.

VIII. A plaster cast of the metope of a Doric temple discovered at [lium Novum in
1872, and representing the god Helios in a quadriga. The original is probably of the
period of Lysimachus, B.c. 306-281. (Hngraved, Archaol. Zeitung, Berlin, 1872, Pl.
LLY.)

Presented by Dr. H. Schliemann, Athens, the discoverer of this metope.

Purchases.—1, 2, 3. Three bronze circular mirror cases from Corinth, with embossed
reliefs (emblemata) on the covers; (1) the head of Aphrodite, an unusually fine specimen
of this class of relief; (2) a female figure seated beside a tomb, a new and curious subject ;
(3) a female figure holding up a large mask as if to frighten a boy who moves away from
her. Qn the inside of this cover is incised the figure of a Maenad. ‘This is one of the
very few examples of incised figures of this class found in Greece.

4, A bronze mirror mounted on a stand in the form of a figure of Aphrodite, with a
figure of Eros pendent at each side. From Corinth

5. A bronze disk made to revolve at the end of a long staff. On each side of the disk

is a boy, probably the infant Dionysos, in relief. The use of this peculiar instrument is
unknown. From Corinth.

6. A bronze helmet of fine form and condition. From Corinth.
7, 8. Two bronze goats, rather archaic in style.

Y. A pyxis of fictile ware, round which is painted a frieze in red figures on a black
ground. The subject is the garden of the Hesperides. Two female figures, inscribed
respectively Hippo/yte and Mapsaura, stand at a fountain; a third figure, inscribed
Lhetis, stands near the tree of the Hesperides.

10. A pyzis of fictile ware, round which is painted a frieze in red figures on a black
ground. On one side a female figure, inscribed Jphigeneia, stands in the doorway of a
house. Her attendant, inscribed Dandie, is handing her a necklace. On the reverse is
Helena, seated with her wool basket. Two attendants, inscribed Kassandra and
Klytaemnestra, stand by her. This and the preceding pyzis are remarkable for beauty
of design and interest of subject. Both from Athens.

11. A pyzis of fictile ware, on the cover of which are painted, in red figures on a black
ground, Helios in his quadriga, and Selene riding on a horse, only the upper parts of both
groups being visible above the horizon. From Athens.

12. A pyzis of fictile ware, on the cover of which is Herakles drawing water at a
fountain, painted in reddish brown on a drab ground. From Tanagra in Beeotia.

13. A small cup of fictile ware; design a female figure playing at the game of
hottabos, painted in black ona drab ground. This and the preceding vase are remarkable
for quaintness of design. From Tanagra in Beotia.

14. A vase of fictile ware, round which is a frieze of animals painted in brown on a
drab ground, and with incised lines. This vase may be an imitation of the archaic.

15. A lehythos of fictile ware, with the youthful Dionysos attended by Eros and a
Maenad. The figure of Eros is painted in opaque white, the accessories raised and gilt.
From Athens.

16. An alabastos of fictile ware with female figure ata fountain accompanied by a
youthful male figure with a dog, painted in black on a drab ground. Inscribed Famios
kallos. From Athens.

17. An alabastos of fictile ware with two female figures advancing towards a youth,
painted in red on a black ground. From Athens.

18. A draped female figure in terra-cotta, remarkable for its beauty and preservation.

From Melos.
19. A terra-cotta mould for a group of Herakles pursuing a Nymph. From Athens,

20. An aged figure (Ulysses ?), leaning on staff and attended by a dog. The material
is Egyptian porcelain cut out in outline, the inner markings of the figure incised. From
Athens.

21. A chalcedony scaraboid with intaglio, representing in early Greek style a head of
Aurora, inscribed EOS. This beautiful gem was found at Ithome in Messenia.

12t. D 22. A bronze

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22. A bronze embossed relief (emblema), representing Boreas carrying off Oreithyia.
This relief, which has been gilt, is in very fine condition. It originally ornamented
the lower end of the handle of a hydria, of which the foot and the other handles were
found with it in a tomb in the island of Calymnos in 1855. (See Newton, Travels in the
Levant, I., p. 330, pl. 15, for an account of this discovery.)

23. A bronze female figure draped, very archaic in style, and probably of Etruscan
origin.
24. A bronze figure of Apollo holding a bow. ,

25. A yam in iron.

26. A two-handled vase of black ware encircled with two friezes raised in relief, and
composed of groups repeated from the same mould. On tne lower frieze is a male figure
seated on a rock, at his feet a winged female figure holding out an amphora. This group
may represent a city and an aqueduct. On the upper frieze are Cupids standing on festoons
suspended from trees. The word BASSV [S], probably the maker’s name, occurs in
raised letters. The surface shows traces of gilding, and on the cover is a wreath raised
and gilt. Found at Capua. Formerly in the collection of Prince Napoleon. (Frohner,
Choix de Vases Grecs, p. 43).

27. An aryballos of early Greek fictile ware with incised ornaments. Round the

body is incised the maker’s name, Gameres epoese, in archaic characters. For the
inscription, see Heydemann, Griechische Vasenbilder, pl. x. fig. 7. Found at Thespiae in

Beeotia.

28. A fresco representing a Bacchic revel, probably such as were acted by the strolling
companies called Vhiasiti. The figures are very slightly but freely sketched. The
painting is in excellent condition. Found in the grounds of the Villa Panfili at Rome
in 1787, and formerly in the collection of Vicomte de Janze. (Mngraved, Agincourt,
Storia dell’ Arte, Pittura, pl. iii.)

29. A terra-cotta figure of a comic actor, remarkable for the vivacity of the action and
the freshness of the colours about the face.

30. A chalcedony scarab, on which is engraved in an archaic style a draped male
figure playing on the lyre; inscribed with the name of the engraver. The back of the
scarab is carved in the torm of a Satyr’s head.

31. A burnt carnelian intaglio with the portrait probably of Arsinoe, the Queen of
Ptolemy Philadelphus.

32. An onyx cameo representing an Hermaphrodite surrounded by Cupids. Formerly
in the collection of Dr. Nott.

33. A paste intaglio representing an anguipede giant.

34, An iron ring, in which is set a male head engraved in intaglio on metal.

35. A carnelian intaglio with figure of a boy. From Crete.

36. A carnelian intaglio with figure of Nemesis. From Crete.

37. An obsidian intaglio of early Graeco-Phenician work. From Crete.

38. A very curious archaic lion in amber, the eyes inlaid with blue paste.

39. A silver figure of Harpocrates. From Perugia.

40. A bronze statuette of Aphrodite Anadyomene. From Atreeb Benha, Egypt.

41. A bronze figure of Eros seated on the capital of a column. From Antioch.

42. A bronze figure of Eros. From Smyrna.
43. A terra-cotta bust of a grotesque male figure. From Cumae.

44. A collection of antiquities of various kinds purchased of M* Alessandro Castellani.
The following are the most remarkable objects in this collection :—

Bronzes.—1. A female head of heroic size; the type is ideal, and has been attributed’
to Aphrodite, but seems rather to present the characteristics of Artemis. The style has
that largeness and simplicity which is characteristic of the best age of Athenian art, and
of which no example in bronze on so large a scale had been previously known. This
head has evidently belonged to a statue about nine feet high, from which it has been
violently separated, the back of the head and neck having been torn or cut away. The
face is in admirable condition, the nose and mouth are perfect, the eyes have been filled
with precious stones or vitreous pastes. In the front view the two sides of the face do
not agree. This want of drawing is probably due in a great measure to the violence
to which the metal was: subjected when the back of the head was wrenched away. This
head is said to have been found in Armenia.

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2. A small heroic male figure seated on a rock, the head looking round. This figure is
in high relief, and from the appearance of the back of the bronze has probably been
attached, as an emblema, to some larger object. From the attitude of the figure it is
probable that another similar figure formed its pendant. This bronze is remarkable for
beauty of modelling and exquisite condition. It may be referred to the finest period of
Greek art, and is worthy to be compared with the celebrated bronzes of Siris. Found
at Tarentum.

3. A small draped female figure; the type is that known as Aphrodite-Persephone,
which is repeated in the Roman Spes. In the pupils of the eyes are diamonds, and the
border of the drapery is inlaid with a pattern in silver. This figure may be classed as an
example of what is called Hieratic art, in which we find the style of the archaic period
retained, probably from religious associations, till a later period. The surface of the
bronze is in very fine condition. Found at Verona.

4, A strigil of unusual size, the handle formed by a figure of Venus using the strigil
in the bath. The ingenuity with which the human form is applied to the decoration of
an implement, and the beauty of the modelling in this bronze, commend it to the attention
of the student of art. It was found at Palestrina (Praeneste), and was probably a votive
strigil. (Engraved, Monumenti of Roman Institute, ix., pl. 29, fig. 3.)

5. An heroic figure kneeling on an altar in the attitude of Neoptolemos when attacked
by Orestes, a subject not unfrequent on Etruscan sarcophagi.

6. A boy chasing a butterfly.

7. A large lebes, such as were given as prizes in the funeral games. The cover is sur-
mounted by an archaic female figure round whom are four equestrian groups representing
men springing from their horses, arranged alternately with four Sirens. In very fine
condition. Found at Capua. (Described, Archiol. Zeitung, Berlin, 1869, p. 35, No. 6.)

8. A large Etruscan cista. The body has been lined with leather. On the cover a
battle is incised. The handle is formed by two warriors carrying off a dead comrade,
probably Patroclus. Found at Palestrina (Praeneste).

9. A small figure of Athene Promachos, possibly a copy of the colossal bronze statue
by Pheidias on the Athenian Acropolis. Found at Athens.

10. A bust of AXlius Cesar, in fine condition. The eyes are inlaid in silver. The
execution is rather mannered, but the characteristics of the likeness are forcibly rendered.
From Sicily.

11. A candelabrum supported by a figure, with an Ktruscan inscription on the back.
Found at Chiusi. (Annali of Roman Institute, xliu, p. 27.)

12, A tablet inscribed on both sides with a long Oscan inscription,which, according to
the interpretation of Mommsen, contains a record of festival days for various Samnite
deities. This tablet is known as the Tavola d’Agnone, from the place where it was
found. (Mommsen, Die unterital. Dialekte, p. 128.)

The collection of bronzes further contains some fine specimens of Greek armour from
Lower Italy, and many rare and curious figures, implements, mirrors, and vases.

Fictile Vases.—This collection, formed principally from Mr. Castellani’s excavations
at Capua, contains a number of rare and interesting vases. The drinking cups (rhytons),
nearly all from Capua, are especially choice.

1, A Panathenaic amphora, similar to those found in the Cyrenaica, inscribed with the
name of the Archon Pythodelos, probably identical with Pythodemos, who was Archon
B.C. 336. Found at Cervetri.

2. A similar amphora, inscribed with the same Archon’s name. Found at Cervetri.

3. A similar amphora, inscribed with the name of the Archon Niketes, B.c. 332. Found
at Capua. (Bullettino of Roman Institute, 1872, p. 38.)

4. A deep cup with red figures on a black ground, in an archaic style; subject, the
sending forth of Triptolemos from Eleusis. In this composition are represented all the
deities and heroic personages who took part in the Eleusinian Mysteries, their names being
inscribed over them, together with that of the vase painter Hieron. This most interesting
and unique vase was found at Capua. (Engraved, Monumenti of Roman Institute,
ix. pl. 43.)

5. A cup with red figures on a black ground, and with accessories gilt. On the outside
are two scenes from the Satyric drama, the one representing Iris assailed by Satyrs, as in
Aristophanes (Birds, v. 1196 et seq.); the other Hera assailed by Satyrs and defended
by Hermes and Herakles. The names of these figures are inscribed on the vase, as is also
that of the vase painter, Brygos. Found at Capua. (Engraved, Monumenti of Roman
Institute, ix., pl. 46.)

6. A rhyton in the form of a Sphinx, surmounted by a cup: Both in the modelling of

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the Sphinx and in the drawing on the cup are slight traces of archaicism. For bold and
vigorous invention in the design, refinement of execution, and wonderful condition, this
_ rhyton can hardly be surpassed. Found at Capua.

7. A rhyton in the form of alion. The design, which presents traces of archaicism,
seems to have been borrowed from a Greek weight. This vase is in admirable condition,
and executed with extreme refinement and mastery over material. Found at Vulci.

8. A cup of black varnished ware, on which a design has been impressed in intaglio
before the varnish has been laid on ; subject, Perseus, having slain Medusa, flying from
the two pursuing Gorgons. Pegasus and Chrysaor, the offspring of the headless Medusa,
are both represented in this scene. ‘This unique specimen was found at Capua.

9. An archaic oinochoe, the mouth formed by the head of a Gryphon, said to have been
found in the island of Santorin. (Jingraved, Monumenti of Roman Institute, ix., pl. 5.)

Terra-cottas.—1. An Etruscan sarcophagus of painted terra-cotta. This sepulchral
monument consists of a soros or coffin, decorated with reliefs on the four sides, and
supported at the corners by pedestals ornamented with the busts of Sirens. On the cover
are a male and female figure reclining on a mattress. The male figure is naked, the
female figure draped, and wearing a necklace, the pendants of which resemble some very
archaic ornaments in silver and amber found at Palestrina. The style of these figures is
archaic, the treatment throughout very naturalistic, with a curious striving after ana-
tomical details. There is no true knowledge of proportions. The forms are ungainly
and the composition ungraceful. The reliefs on the four sides of the coffin are, (1) a
combat between two warriors, each attended by three figures; (2) a banquet; (3) a farewell
scene between two warriors and two female figures; (4) four female figures seated in a
mourning attitude. Above.the battle scene is an Etruscan inscription, the purport of
which has not yet been determined. ‘This most curious and interesting sarcophagus was
found at Cervetri, and is very similar in scale and design to the celebrated terra-cotta
sarcophagus from the same Etrurian city in the Campana Museum of the Louvre. Both
monuments may be ascribed to a very early period of Etruscan art.

2. Four figures of actors in grotesque masks, which seem to represent well-known
characters in the ancient Italian farces called Fabule Atellane. Found at Canino in Italy.

3. A large vase of the form called askos, surmounted by three female figures, and
ornamented on the sides by Medusa’s heads and projecting horses’ heads.

4, Two vases similar in form and decoration. These and the preceding vase were found,
with a number of smaller terra-cottas, in tombs at Canosa, in Southern Italy. They are
remarkable for their bold and original decoration and rare preservation.

Marbles—1. A head of Hera, of colossal size, large in style, but rather wanting in
refinement. From Agrigentum.

2. A statue of a female figure of heroic size, thought to represent Livia, the wife of
Augustus, but the features are too much injured for this attribution to be certain. Her
veil and her age may indicate her to be a priestess. The drapery is richly composed and
elaborately wrought. Found at Atrapalda in Italy.

3. A head of the young Augustus, in fine condition, and very similar in character to
the much admired head of the same Emperor, when young, in the Vatican.

4, A bust of a Roman, L. Vetulenius Caricus, on a sepulchral cippus, inscribed with a
dedication by the heir of the deceased, L. Julius Theseus.

5. A bust of the Empress Lucilla.

6. A bust of the Empress Herennia Etruscilla.

7. A bust of the Emperor Tiberius, found at Capri.
8. A bust of the Empress Sabinia Tranquillina.

9. A bust of the cynic philosopher, Antisthenes.
10. A bust of Epicurus.

11, A bust, probably, of Anacreon.

12. A large Roman sarcophagus, with a representation of the twelve labours of Her-
cules sculptured in relief. Found at Genzano, 1866. (Engraved, Annali of Roman
Institute, xl., tav. d. Age. F. and G.)

Miscellaneous.—1. An interesting collection of carvings in amber, chiefly found at
Canosa, and formerly in the collection of Prince San Giorgio at Naples; the rest
from Nola.

2. An oinochoe in Egyptian porcelain, ornamented with relief of a female figure, and
inscribed "Ayabiig Téxne "Apowdne Pradedr(gov. Of the three known examples of a
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class of vases, the Museum now possesses two. ‘The third is in the Louvre, and bears the
name of Berenice. Found at Canosa. (Described, Archaol. Zeitung, Berlin, 1869,
p- 35, No. 5.)

Excavations at Ephesus. Mr. Wood has continued the exploration of the site of the
Temple of Diana, and has succeeded in determining its area by tracing the remains of the
platform on which it was built. By following out these mdications, Mr. Wood has
proved that the length of the Temple measured on the lowest step of the platform was
418 feet 14 inches, and its width, measured from the same points, was 239 feet 4} inches.
Pliny states that the length of the entire Temple (universum templum) was 425 feet, and
its width 225 feet. If we suppose Pliny to have made his calculations in Roman feet,
his dimension for the length would nearly correspond with the length as measured by
Mr. Wood on the lowest step, and the expression, universum templum, would thus mean
the Temple inclusive of the steps on which it stood, But the actual width on the lowest
step, 239 feet 4} inches, is altogether irreconcileable with Pliny’s 225 feet, and the dis-
crepancy can only be explained by supposing that here, as elsewhere where numerals
occur in ancient texts, a clerical error has crept in. The length and breadth of the
platform having been thus ascertained by measurements of its lowest step, Mr. Wood has
been able to determine the general plan of the Temple itself in the following manner.
Sufficient remains of the cella walls were discovered to determine the area of the cella.
The intercolumniation of the peristyle was fixed, by the recurrence, at regular intervals of 17
feet, of the foundations on which the columns had been placed. The length and breadth,
again, of the peristyle, 342 feet 63 inches, by 163 feet 94 inches, was determined by calcu-
lating the length and breadth of the platform measured on its upper step. The statement
of Vitruvius and Pliny that the Temple was octostyle and distyle proves to be correct.
Exploring the ground beyond the line of the lower step on each side, Mr. Wood found
on the north side of the Temple a long line of pavement which he believes to mark a
colonnade running parallel with the platform, and which he supposes to have been
about 25 feet wide. On the south side he has found a corresponding line of portico, and
beyond it to the south the remains of a Doric building, the character of which has not yet
been ascertained, but which, from the style of the architecture, appears to be of about the
same date as the Temple itself.

In the course of clearing out the area, Mr. Wood discovered a number of fragments of
sculptured drums, architectural marbles, and inscriptions. As only a portion of these has
as yet reached England, their value and significance can hardly be appreciated till the
whole of the marbles discovered on this site have been studied in connection, and the
fragments as far as possible united.

C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEpImVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.— Arrangement.

Two central glass cases have been placed in the portion of the second Egyptian Room,
occupied by the Slade and other Glass Collections; one of them has been fitted up with
glass shelves and platforms, the other is in progress. In the completed case, have been
arranged the specimens of German, Dutch, French, and Spanish glass.

A further portion of the Indian sculptures from the Bridge Collection has been
mounted on stone pedestals.

The registration of acquisitions has been continued ; 520 antiquities have been mounted
on tablets; and 315 matrices of seals have been mounted, with impressions at their sides.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Slade and Christy Collections, may
be classed as follows :—

(1.) British Antiquities—Two important collections have been acquired, viz. :—

(a.) The collection formed by the late well-known antiquary, John Thurnam, Esq.,
M.D., F.S.A., consisting of British urns, stone and bronze implements, a rare Roman arm-
purse found at Farndale, Yorkshire, and numerous other antiquities, chiefly discovered
by Dr. Thurnam in his researches among British barrows.

(4.) A portion of the collection of the late J. F. Lucas, Esq., of Bentley Hall, near
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, including nine British urns from Derbyshire and Huntingdon-
shire, jet ornaments from eariy British barrows; the pomel of a late Celtic sword;
Anglo-Saxon remains from Tissington, and Wigoerlow, in Derbyshire, and from Wood-
stone, Huntingdonshire.

Among the other acquisitions, the following may be noticed :—

A. bronze palstave found in the Thames, off Greenwich, presented by the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty; another found near Shrewsbury, presented by J. M. Foster,
129. D3 Esq.,

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Esq., F.S.A.; a third with two loops, an object of great rarity, found at Penyores, Maw-
gan, Cornwall, presented by J. J. Rogers, Esq.

Remains of a wooden handle, perhaps for a bronze celt, and two ancient shoes, found
in bogs in the North of Ireland: presented by John Evans, Esq., F.R.s.

A bronze spear-head of peculiar type, presented by John Henderson, Esq., F.S.A. ; and
bronze armlets found in Surrey.

Two circular bronze shields from the Meyrick Collection, one of them found at Moel
Siabod, near Capel Curig, Caernarvonshire, the other at Rhyd-y-Gorse, near Aberyst-
wyth, Cardiganshire; also, nine bronze implements from various localities; all presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A very remarkable bronze mirror, with engraved Celtic pattern, bronze rings, and
glass beads, all found in 1833, with sepulchral remains in the parish of St. Keverne,
Cornwall; presented, with the sanction of T. H. Edwards, Esq., by J. J. Rogers, Esq.

Two small fragments of the golden breast-plate found at Mold, in Flintshire, long pre-
served in the British Museum; presented by Mrs. Williams.

A massive gold armlet of twisted pattern, found at Chatham, purchased under the
regulations for Treasure Trove.

The foreign illustrations of this section comprise thirty copper implements and four
silver plates found in 1870, near the village of Gungeria, in the Mhow Talook, to the
north of Bourha, Central India; presented by Captain A. Bloomfield; also, some bronze
implements and ornaments from the site of pile-dwellings at Estavayer, Lake of Neu-
chatel, Switzerland.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—A. sepulchral inscription for C. Saufeius, a native of Heraclea
Sentica, in Macedonia, and soldier of the 9th Legion, found at Lincoln.

A rubber found with Roman remains at Corfe, Dorset; presented by Joseph Prest-
wich, Esq., F.R.S.

Two small gold ornaments stated to have been found near Barnard Castle, Durham.

(8.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c.—Ornaments discovered in an Anglo-Saxon
Cemetery at Soham, Cambridgeshire.

A bone comb found in the Thames, and engraved in the Proceedings of the Society of
Antiquaries (iv. p. 188); presented by C. Drury E. Fortnum, Esq., F.s.a.

An agate ring, inscribed with Anglo-Saxon runes, published in the Archeologia
(xxi. p. 117); presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A hat of plaited ivory, stated to have belonged to Queen Elizabeth.

A “ Black-jack,” with the initials of King Charles I, and the date 1646, and an old
English leather “ bottel.”

An alarum clock made by Thomas Tompion; presented by E, M. Ker, Esq.

(4.) Byzantine and Foreign Medieval——Portions of ancient Coptic Vestments found in
Egypt; presented by the Rev. Greville Chester; two bronze lamps from Tel-el-Yahou-
deah, near Cairo; and a bronze censer from Egypt.

Two Byzantine Weights: one for three pounds, inlaid with inscriptions in silver, the
other for six ounces.

A brooch found in Denmark, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and a Carlovingian
coin set as a brooch.

Teutonic antiquities found near Mayence, including a remarkable urn, with inscrip-
tions.

A collection of fragments of German stoneware, found on the sites of potteries at
Siegburg, near Cologne, and at Neudorp, in the ancient. duchy of Limburg; serving to
fix the origin of specimens already in the collection; presented by W. H. James Weale,
Esq., of Bruges.

An ivory tankard, carved with a bacchanalian procession in high relief, and set with
jewels; a salt-cellar of ivory with similar designs, mounted in silver gilt; and a gold box
with enamels of oriental design, formerly belonging to Queen Charlotte; all bequeathed
by Lady Frances Vernon Harcourt.

Twelve matrices of seals, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An amulet against magic of the year 1635, presented by Dr. Muir, F.R.G.s.

(5.) Glass Collections.—A small bottle of the Roman period, found in a tomb at Mjet,

Caucasus, presented by M. Michael Smirnoff, Tiflis.
- Two drinking glasses of extraordinary lightness, made formerly in Normandy, and

known as Verres de fougére ; presented by Albert Way, Esq.

A Venetian goblet in /atticinio glass, sprinkled with gold ; a covered cup of Dutch glass,
a casket, and an enamelled wine glass.

A. vase, of imperial yellow, from China, dated in the period of the Emperor Yung-
tching, 1723-1736.

(6.) Ethnographical.—Fifty terra-cotta vases found in tombs near the village of Palam-
bati, in the district of Coimbatore, Madras Presidency, presented by M. J. Walhouse,

Esq-
Four carved Persian spoons, bequeathed by Charles Augustus Mylins, Esq.

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IlI.— Slade Collection.

During the earlier part of the year 1873, the executors of the late Felix Slade, Esq.,
have purchased out of the fund especially bequeathed to them for the purpose, 260 speci-
mens of glass of various periods, at a total cost of 472 /. 1s. 2d., and have presented them
as additions to the Slade collection. This completes the expenditure of the fund in
question, amounting in all to 3,000/., and this section will no longer appear in the
Annual Report.

Among the more remarkable of the specimens may be noticed the following :—

An Egyptian amulet in the form of a lion’s face, of deep blue opaque glass, inscribed
with the prenomen of Nuantef IV., a monarch of the XIth dynasty, placed by Lepsius
between B.C. 2423 and 2380. The oldest specimen of glass (if it be not obsidian)
hitherto recorded, bears the name of a queen of the X VIIIth dynasty, and is therefore
considerably later in date.

A goblet from the island of Thera or Santorin, Greek Archipelago, with moulded
ornaments ; and another from Melos, inscribed AABE THN NIKHN.

A drinking horn, and other vessels of late Roman work, found at Bingerbriick, on the
Nahe, Germany.

A Venetian vase of large size, and other rare specimens from the same manufactory.

A small collection of Spanish glass, and a collection of pastes by Brown and other
artists.

IV.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

In Room I. two small cases have been added, giving 12 square feet of exhibition space;
various alterations have been made to display recent acquisitions.

In Room IV. some of the minor Mexican antiquities have been compressed into a
smaller space, to make room for recent acquisitions from North America,

The localities have been written or painted on 1,275 stone implements; 350 additional
slips have been prepared for the Registration Catalogue; and some additional illustra-
tions have been engraved for the printed catalogue.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Pre-historic Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.—Drift implements found at
Hill Head, near Fareham, Hants, from James Brown, Esq., and A. W. Franks, Esq.;
two others found on Southampton Common, from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.

Flint flake from the “drift” at Marboué, Chateaudun, (Kure et Loir), France, from
John Evans, Esq., F.R.8.

Five stone implements found while dredging a berth for H.M.S. “ Fisgard,” off
Greenwich Hospital, 1872, from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ; three casts
of stone celts found in Lancashire and Cumberland, from R. D. Darbishire, Esq., F.s.a. ;
cast of a stone adze-head of South Sea type, stated to have been found in the Victoria
Cave, at Settle, Yorkshire, from W. Boyd Dawkins, Esq., F.R.s.; perforated axe of
stag’s-horn, found in the Medway, from G. R. Dewilde, Esq.; flint implements found in
the Thames, and perforated “knapping-stone,” found in Surrey, from A. W. Franks,
Esq.; stone celt found on Winder- Moor, near Holker Hall, Westmoreland, and a per-
forated stone axe found at Kirkby, Lancashire, from J. K. Hodgson, Esq.; two stone
celts stated to have been found in the Thames, from F. G. H. Price, Esq; a grinding-stone,
of quartzite, found on Great Dane-Worth Farm, near Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, in 1861,
from the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, D.D., F.S.A.

Flint implements from Urquhart, Morayshire, from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S. ; and
flint arrow-head found in Kincardineshire, from James Napier, Esq.

Stone celts found in the North of Ireland, and two others from the Cétes du Nord,
France, from John Evans, Esq., ¥.R.S.

Two bone harpoon heads from Denmark; four stone celts obtained in Germany ; three
others from Bavaria; casts of objects of the Neolithic Period found in Germany ; anti-
quities from Estavayer, Lake of Neuchatel; two bone awls from Locras, Lake of Bienne ;
stone celt and arrowhead, from Italy, and celt from Sicily, from A. W. Franks, Esq. ;
obsidian core found in Greece, from John Holmes, Esq.; and two flakes of the same
material, also found in Greece, from Professor Rhousopoulos, of Athens.

Arrow tipped with flint, found in a tomb near the temple of Medinet Abou, Thebes ;
flint flakes found at Helouan, 14 miles from Cairo; aad stone pounder found at Tel Basta
(Bubastis), Egypt, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Minute flakes and core of chalcedony, found at the Diamond Fields, South Africa,
from G. W. Stow, Esq., r.¢.s.

Four stone implements found in the Lebanon, Syria, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A quartz pivot and cup of the vertical shaft of a gold amalgamating mill, lately in use

121. D 4 in

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in Piedmont, from Dr. Clement Le Neve Foster; a tripod earthenware pot made by the
peasantry of Jutland, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

2. Ethnography of Africa.—Two lip ornaments worn by women of the Dor tribe, E.
Central Africa, from Colonel A. Lane Fox, v.p.s.a.; iron plate used in barter in the same
region, and Tunisian fiddle, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Carved ivory box and cover, probably made in Congo in the 16th century, from Wil-
liam Bragge, Esq., r.s.a.; three caps from Kabenda, Loango, from R. D. Darbishire,
Esq., F.8.A.; wooden carving from the Cross River, near Old Calabar, from John
Davidson, Hsq.; two dresses made of tree-bark, stated to have been brought from Old
Calabar, from Richard Evans, Esq.; chaplet worn by the women of Asaba, Yariba,
from Colonel A. Lane Fox, v.v.s.A.; paddle and two swords from West Africa, from
A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two knob-kerries and part of a third, from Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, from George
M. Atkinson, Esq.; stone hammer used for sharpening Assagai heads, from the ruins of
a kraal of the Amaswazi tribe, near Delagoa Bay, from E. C. Buxton, Esq. ; discoidal
pebble and cubes of iron pyrites, from Cape Colony, from Mrs. Carey-Hobson; two
perforated stone balls used by the Bushmen as weights for their digging-sticks, from
Dr. John Shaw, of Colesberg, South Africa.

3. Ethnography of Asia.— Arabian dagger with silver-mounted hilt, from John Hender-
son, Esq., F.S.a.; pair of Biluch sandals, from Captain Oliver B. C. St. John, r.x.

Pair of shark-skin shoes worn by fishermen, Kattywar, Bombay Presidency, from John
Evans, Esq., F.R.S.; Persian steel-headed arrows, two Sikh war quoits, pair of brass
anklets, ivory statuette of a dancing girl, wooden boomerang, and a “ sarunga” or musical
instrument, from Hindostan, battleaxe used by the Hill tribes of Central India, Garo
sword, chanque shell worn as au ornament by the Nagas of Assam, and a spear from the
Kurtala Naga tribe, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Bow, quiver, and arrows, sword and shield, taken at the re-capture of Dewangiri, Bhotan,
by the 55th Regiment under Colonel Hume, c.B., 2nd April 1865, from Colonel Hume,
c.B., and Major Hume, of the 55th Regiment, through the United Service Institution.

Steel boomerang from Madura, Southern India, from M. J. Walhouse, Esq.

Burmese carved ivory mortar from William Bragge, Esq., F.s.4.; socketed bronze im-
plement obtained at Hotha, Northern Shan States, and other specimens obtained during
the expedition from Bhamo to Yunnan, in 1868, from Robert Gordon, Esq., c.5.

Chinese compass, from the Rev. R. C. Burton; ivory models of Chinese standards
from A. W. Franks, Esq.; a collection of Aino objects obtained by the donor in the
country, from Lieut. Swinton C. Holland, R.N.; Japanese official sword with its sheath
and sash, formerly worn by the donor, from Mr. Toda Saburo, of Japan.

4, Ethnography of the Malay Peninsula and of the Asiatic Islands.—Pair of cock-spurs
from Singapore, Malay areca chopper and pen, leaves used by the Malays fur smoothing
kris sheaths and hafts, others for imparting the final polish, and varnish for finishing them
off, from Edward Armstrong, Esq.; three krises and hide shield from the Malay Penin-
sula, sword and “ papatil” or small adze used by kris-fitters, from Palembang, Sumatra;
“jumbiya” Arab dagger obtained at Dilli, Sumatra; Malay pirate fork, and Dyak quiver
of poisoned arrows for the blowpipe; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Spoon from the Island of Amboyna, from the Rey. R. C. Burton; three small arrows
made from the midrib of a leaf, from the North coast of New Guinea, from Colonel A.
Lane Fox, V.P.8.A.; wooden spear from the 8. E. coast of New Guinea, from A. W.
Franks, Esq.; wooden drum taken by the donor out of a large native hut at Pigsville,
in the same part of the island, during the surveying voyage of H.M.S. “ Fly,” in 1842-
1846, from Captain Edward Porcher, R.N.

5. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—Two strings of shell-work used as money
in the Solomon Islands, sash from the island of Santa Cruz, dress used in dances in the
Banks’ Islands, and stone adze-head from Leper’s Island, New Hebrides, from the Rev.
R. H. Codrington ; an ear-plug, necklace, shell-work amulet, a small piece of cord, and a
tobacco-pipe made from a shell, probably all from the Solomon Islands, collected by the
late Bishop Patteson, from Miss Patteson ; an obsidian-headed lance from the Admiralty
Islands, from the Rev. W. S. Simpson, D.D., F.S.A.

Obsidian-headed lance from the Admiralty Islands, wooden shield ornamented with a
mosaic of mother-of-pearl shell, three clubs and three paddles, probably all from New
Ireland, wooden javelin from the island of New Georgia, Solomon Group, bone-tipped
arrows from the New Hebrides, two adzes with jade blades, and wooden figure, from New
Caledonia, handled stone adze and two clubs, from the Fiji Islands, spear from Samoa,
wooden adze for splitting bread-fruit, from Tahiti, four adzes with elaborately carved
wooden handles, from Mangaia, Harvey Islands, four stone implements and a wooden
flute, from New Zealand, armour made of cocoa-nut fibre, from the Kingsmill Islands, and
shell necklace, tapa and grass belts, from other isiands of Micronesia, from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Spear from Samoa, and two long clubs from Tahiti, from the Rev. R. C. Burton; stone
bread-fruit pounder, probably from the Tahitian Islands, from Professor T. Rupert Jones,

F.G.8.
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Two wooden pins used by the natives of Swan River, and dentated stone spear-head,
from Hanover Bay, Western Australia, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

6. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—

(a.) North America.—A few Esquimaux objects, bowl of a tobacco-pipe carved in
walrus ivory, and inlaid with haliotis shell, probably from Sitka, and bone club from
Nootka Sound, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A set of gambling sticks from the N. W. Coast, from William Bragge, Esq., F.S.A. ;
another set obtained at Metlakatla, British Columbia, in 1866, from Captain Edwin
Porcher, R.N.; a stone ball found in Vancouver’s Island, from Professor T. Rupert Jones,
F.G.s.; model of a Greenland kayak, harpoon and arrow, probably from the Aleutian
Islands, and a model of a baby’s cradle used during the process of flattening the head by
the Saeliss or Flathead Indians, from the Rev. W. 8. Simpson, pD.p.

Bow captured from the Modoc Indians after the “ Three Days’” battle in the Lava
Beds, 17th April 1873, from H. Wallace Attwell. Esq., Correspondent of the “ Sacra-
mento Record”; two arrows from the same tribe, from William Simpson, Esq.; and two
stone arrowheads from California, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Stone implements, arrowheads, and a few fragments of pottery, found in various parts
of Canada, from Sir Duncan Gibb, Bart., m.p., ¥.G.8.; fragments of pottery from Indian
grave mounds at Tecumseh, Bondhead, Lake Simcoe, Canada West, from the Rey. W. S.
Simpson, D.D.; and various arrowheads found at Amelia, Virginia, from Capt. M. W. E.
Gosset.

(b.) Central America and the West Indies—Yhree perforated stone balls, four other
stone implements, obsidian core, carving in stone, and three terra-cotta objects, all found
in Guatemala, from His Excellency Edwin Corbett, Esq., H. M. Minister to Guate-
mala.

Two flint lance-heads from Balize, another from Peten, obsidian core from the Island
of Ruatan, stone celt from Trujillo, another from Copan, terra-cotta objects from Palenque,
and terra-cotta vase in form of a man, probably from Honduras, from A. W. Franks,
_ Esq.

A piece of dress material prepared from the bark of a species of Castilloa, by the Carib
Indians of Nicaragua, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two stone celts from Jamaica, and a number of other stone implements from the Island
of St. Vincent, from A. W. Franks, Esq.; cast of a small Carib amulet found in the
matrix in which the “fossil man” from Guadeloupe, now at Paris, was enveloped, from
M. Paul Gervais, of the Museum, Paris.

(c.) South America.—Painted stone implement of Carib type from Guiana, from Dr.
James M. Foster, F.s.A.; buck wax from Guiana, from R. Swain, Esq.

A valuable collection of objects obtained from the Indians of the lower part of the
Ucayali River, Peru, from Frederick James Stevenson, Esq.

Ancient Peruvian basket, fragments of cloth, spindles, &c., from R. D. Darbishire,
Hsq., F.8.4.; a collection of Peruvian antiquities, including a very remarkable wooden
“ chicha ” cup, on which is incrusted in coloured mastic a subject representing the advent
of the Spaniards, found in an Aymara grave, near Puno, Lake Titicaca; a small wooden
cup in the hollow of which is sculptured a group of two oxen, yoked, and a gold disc,
found in graves in the same locality; a bronze mace-head found at Sorata, five silver
discs found in a grave at Huancané, in the Lake ‘Titicaca district, and a number of
earthenware vases, fragments of woven cloth, slings?, spindles, &c., obtained from graves
at Arica, all from David Forbes, Esq., F.R.s.; 2 painted terra-cotta vase in form of a
warrior, from A. W. Franks, Esq.; a coil of silver riband, 14 inches wide, from a tomb
near Lake Titicaca, from J. Park Harrison, Esq.

Three modern Aymara flutes, “ ppassa” or clay used for mixing with food, by the
Aymara Indians of the Department of La Paz, Bolivia; two bone harpoon-heads, four
necklaces, and part of a fishing-line made of seaweed, from Tierra del Fuego ; from David
Forbes, Esq., F.R.S.

The Christy Trustees have likewise transferred as an addition to the Christy Collec-
tion, a portion of the Collection of the late J. F. Lucas, Esq., consisting of a number of
stone implements, found chiefly in Derbyshire, which they have purchased from funds at
their disposal.

The following objects have been purchased by the Trustees of the British Museum out

of the Christy Fund, now exhausted :—

An ancient iron dha with a Tamil inscription, a battle-axe used by the Hill Tribes of
India, and a singular double pointed weapen with a small central hand shield, made of
steel inlaid with gold, from Hindostan.

The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets to be obtained at the
British Museum. During the year there have been 864 visitors as compared with 871 in
the previous year.

Augustus W. Franks.

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DEPARTMENT OF CoINsS AND MEDALS.

I.— Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

131 coins of various classes and three pieces of Aes Grave have been registered and
incorporated.

110 coins from the Wigan Collection have been registered and 211 incorporated.

127 coins from the Woodhouse Collection have been registered and 133 incorporated.

50 coins classed as uncertain have been attributed and placed in the general collection.

2. Roman Series :-—

212 coins have been registered.

56 coins from the Wigan Collection have been registered and 49 incorporated.

The Roman Aes Grave has been weighed.

The Roman gold coins, as far as Trajan, have been compared with Cohen’s “ Monnaies
Impériales,” and the corresponding descriptions marked in the copy of that book in the
library of the Department.

3. Medieval and Modern Series :—

222 coins have been registered and incorporated.

519 French and German (Nuremberg) jetons, selected from 1,082 offered for presenta-
tion by Mr. Franks, have been registered and incorporated.

3,470 coins and jetons of France, Switzerland, Italy, &c., from the Freudenthal Col-
lection have been registered.

The coins of the Visigothic kings of Spain, the billon and copper coins of the Arch-
bishops of Tréves, and the gold coins in Cabinet xxxii. (Germany), have been examined,
and references given on their registration-cards to the works in which they are published.

4, English Series :—

66 coins and medals have been registered and incorporated.

The coins of the Kings of Northumbria and the Kings of Mercia have been re-arranged.

The Dano-Irish coins have been re-arranged.

The coins of Henry I., of Stephen, and of Henry II., have been re-arranged under
their places of mintage.

The half-groats of Edward IV. have been weighed and those of the heavy coinage
separated.

The English Colonial coins of America, Canada, the West Indies, Australia and New
Zealand, together with the coins of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, have been
re-arranged in a fresh cabinet.

The English medals from 1730 to 1873 inclusive have been re-arranged in fresh
cabinets.

5. Oriental Series :—

752 coins have been registered: and incorporated.

32 coins from the Zaba Collection have been registered.

20 miscellaneous coins have been attributed and incorporated.

92 glass coins or weights have been registered and incorporated.

The coins of the following dynasties have been carefully examined and re-arranged :—

The early Mohammedans, the ’Abbdsees, the Amawees of: Spain, the Benee Nasr, El-
Murabiteen, the Shereefs of Morocco, the.-Ayyoobees, the Benee-Zenkee, the Soofees of
Persia, the Fatimees and the Seljookees.

The coins of a new dynasty, the Kings of Ahar, have been separated and arranged,
and 11 coins have been transferred from the ’Abbasees to the Taherees, and 6 from the
Seljookees to the Saldookees.

Acquisitions, 1873.

Class. Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Billon. | Glass. | TorTat.
Greek - = - - 4 56 51) |- -|- - 111
Roman - - - - 1 3 60 2 - - 66
Medieval and Modern - 40 173 821 6 - - 1,040
English - - - - 7 47 20 | - -|- ~ 74
Oriental - - - - 13 123 121 | - - 57 314
TorTraL - = ~ 65 402 1,073 8 57 1,605

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Among the above acquisitions the most notable are the following :—

a. Greek Series. Purchases :—

2 Three pieces of Aes Grave, the as and semis of Iguvium (Gubbio), and a quadrans of
truria.

A remarkable silver coin of Mantinea, with the type of a fisherman.

A drachm of Macedonia, struck under Roman rule.

A drachm of Uranopolis in Macedonia, with the type of Aphrodite Urania.

A drachm of Alexander, tyrant of Phere.

A silver coin of Ichnae in Macedonia, a town new to numismatics.

A very fine tetradrachm of Philip V. of Macedonia, with a portrait probably of the king’s
son Perseus.

An archaic tetradrachm ascribed to Athens, bearing on the reverse the head of an ox.

A remarkable Cyzicene stater ; type, Herakles.

An archaic tetradrachm of Ephesus.

An interesting series of Greek Imperial copper coins of rarity, struck at Nysa,
Conana, Silandus, Eumenia, and other places.

Two extremely rare silver staters of Praesus in Crete.

A very early coin of Thermae (later Thessalonica) in Macedonia.

A coin struck by the Athamanes in alliance with Phere.

A small gold piece of Aegina.

Two remarkable copper coins, one of which is unique, struck by the Sicilian allies of
Timoleon.

B. Roman Series. Purchases :—

The Department has acquired a selection of thirty-two important medallions, chiefly
from the cabinet of the Count Tyeskiewitz. Some of them are of the greatest rarity.
The medallions of Aelius, Gallienus and Salonina, Saloninus, Tacitus, and Constantius
Chlorus are interesting for their portraits; and mythological interest attaches to those of
Domitian, Hadrian, Aelius, M. Aurelius, Commodus and Philip I.

y. Medieval and Modern Series. Purchases :—

A silver medal of Michael Mercator.
A gold dobra of Fernando I. of Portugal, one of two known specimens, the other being
in the Collection of his Majesty the King of Portugal.

Presented by Augustus W. Franks, Esq.
519 jetons or counters of France and Germany.

Presented by M. le Comte Aubin Belina Wesrerski of Zakrzevo, Posen.
Eleven rare bracteates of Mieceslas III. King of Poland.

&. English Series. Purchases :—

Proofs in gold ot the Nightingale token and Till’s Slough token.
A pattern in silver of Droz’s halfpenny of George III.
Presented by A, W. Franks, Esq.
A gold medal of the Triple Alliance of 1609, and another of Charles I. with Henrietta
Maria.

« Oriental Series. Purchases :—

Two gold coins of El- Mahdee, Fatimee Khaleefeh.

A silver coin of Urkhn, Turkish Sultan, very rare, and another of Aboo Kamil, new to
numismatics.

A selection of 27 glass coins or weights.

Presented by J. M. Foster, Esq., of Collumpton, Devon.
One gold and nine silver coins of Assam.

Catalogues :—
The first volume of the Catalogue of Greek Coins, comprising those of Italy, has been
ublished.
A Catalogue of Roman medallions has been written and partly printed.
The second volume of the Catalogue of Greek Coins (Sicily) is in preparation.
The number of visitors to the Coin Room in 1873 was 1,724.

The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room was 12,740.
Reginald Stuart Poole.

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DEPARTMENTS OF NatTuRaL History.

The number of specimens added to the Departments of Natural History in the year
1873, is 30,424. Of these, 10,644 have been registered in the Department of Zoology,
18,501 in the Department of Geology, and 1,297 in the Department of Mineralogy. The
additions to the Botanical Department are noted under that head.

During the past year, the state of preservation and general good condition of the
specimens of Zoology, Geology, and Mineralogy, have been maintained.

The stuffed and mounted specimens of the class Mammalia, which, from their large size,
or want of wall space, stand on the floor, or are suspended to the walls of the Mammalian
Gallery, have received the continuous care and treatment necessary to prevent or diminish
the effects of such exposure.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia are in a good state of preservation, applicable to
the purposes of scientific examination and comparison, and many of them retain the con-
ditions suitable for future mounting and exhibition.

The specimens which have been stuffed, mounted, and added to the exhibited series,
include :—

A Tapirus malayanus ; a Deer and a Muntjac from China, sent by R. Swinhoe, Esq. ;
Gazella rufifrons, male aud female ; Gazella semmeringii male ; Oreotragus saltatriz, male
and female ; specimens of rare Lemurs (Propithecus ) from Madagascar ; these latter, from
want of space in the glazed cases of the Mammalian saloon, are placed in the Bird
Gallery.

The much larger proportion of stuffed and mounted skins of the class Aves, is in a
state of preservation. Due care has been bestowed on the collection of unstuffed skins
of birds preserved in boxes; they are in a good state of preservation, available for the
purposes of study and comparison, and have contributed to the accuracy and completeness
of the Catalogues of Species and Varieties of Birds now in progress, as well as to some
valuable Monagraphs.

The proportion of the collection of Reptilia stuffed, mounted, and exhibited, is in a
good state of preservation. Most of these specimens occupy glazed wall-cases. The
larger specimens suspended above the cabinets have received the same attention as the
exposed stuffed specimens of the Mammalia, and with the same results as regards their
state of preservation.

The proportion of the class Pisces, similarly prepared or preserved in spirits, and displayed
in systematic order in the glazed cabinets of the Gallery, is, under present conditions and
allotments of space, necessarily small. These specimens are in good condition, and through
typical selection, afford elementary instruction.

The greater proportion of this class available for advance of knowledge in Ichthyology,
preserved in alcohol, and stored in the basement vaults, are in a state of preservation,
care being taken to keep the room at as low a temperature as possible.

The larger proportion of the series of Shells of the Mollusev, arranged and exhibited in
the glazed cases of the public Gallery, is in a good state of preservation; and by the
systematic classification and labels, this series gives most useful aid in comparison of
specimens and in the study of Conchology. The unexhibited shells, preserved for the
most part in systematic arrangement in the drawers of cabinets, are in a state of perfect
preservation, exhibiting the colours in a brighter state than in many of the exposed
specimens.

The animal constructors of the shells, and the shell-less Mollusca, preserved in spirits,
and stored in the Basement vaults, have received continuous care, are in a state of pre-
servation fit for the needful applications of anatomical research in relation to determining
the affinities of their shells, and for comparison with the fossil casts of the interior of
shells of extinct species.

The small portion of the class Insecta, publicly displayed, is in a state of preservation,
and is instructively arranged and labelled. ‘The large portion of the class in the drawers
of the cabinets in the Entomological Room is in a good state of preservation, and its
applicability to purposes of comparison and study is attested by the numerous applica-
tions for admission by studious visitors. The colour of the Lepidopterous specimens
which first shows the effects of the unavoidable temporary exposure for such purposes, is
the bright red: this fades to a brick-colour, which appears to be stationary. In the
recent insects, the red is due to pigmental particles in the scales; the metallic hues of
blue, violet, and green, due to minute sculpturing of the surface of the scales, are not so
affected. Faded specimens are replaced, where practicable, by fresh ones of the same
species in good condition, and of equivalent character as to size, sex, &c. Comparisons
of smaller insects of other orders are facilitated by the progressive substitution of pins of
uniform length, bringing the specimens to one level in the drawers.

The portion of the class Crustacea, exhibited and systematically arranged, and the
larger portion stored in drawers are in aa good state of preservation, and are at present
being re-examined and re-arranged. The specimens preserved in spirits, the number of
which has been much increased, are in a state of preservation.

Of the class Arachnida (Scorpions, Spiders, Mites), a few only of the larger kinds are
exposed to view, stuffed or dried in the glazed cabinets: both these and the larger
number of similarly preserved specimens arranged in drawers are in a good condition.

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A large proportion of the class is preserved in spirit, ina state fit for study and com-
parison, in the basement store-rooms.

The portion of the class Echinodermata (Starfish, Sea-urchins, Trepang, &c.), exhibited
in the dried state, and displayed, systematically arranged, in the glazed cabinets, as well as
the dried specimens stored in drawers and boxes, are in a good state of preservation. The
Holothurie and allied forms stored and kept in alcohol are in a state of preservation.
The corals and hard parts of other zoophytes, including the framework of sponges,
Euplectella, e.g., which occupy detached glazed cases in the Mammalian Gallery, are in
a good state of preservation. The major part of the Radiata are well preserved in drawers,
accessible for study and comparison.

The great bulk of the collection of Osteological specimens, stored in the basement
vaults, is kept in good preservation; and, as regards the entire framework of the animal,
many specimens are in a state fit for future articulation and exhibition in an Osteological
Gallery. Of the latter class of skeletons there have been selected for articulation and
exhibition, the following :—A wild Giraffe, the Koodoo Antelope, an Antelope new to
science (A/ce/aphus tora\, 2 Whale from New Zealand (Macleayus Australis). These are
placed or suspended in the Mammalian Gallery. A skeleton of the Emeu (Dromaius
nove Hollandie) is placed in the Bird Gallery.

The exhibited series of Nests, Nidamental structures, and Eggs, those of Horns and
Antlers, and the sub-department of British Natural History, are severally in a good
state of preservation. All the specimens are labelled, and the serial and systematic
arrangements are carried out to the extent which the conditions of exhibition space

ermit.
? The specimens of Geology and Fossil Remains, both exhibited and in store, are ina
good state of preservation. The exhibited specimens are systematically arranged, so far
as conditions of present space permit; they are instructively labelled, and, for the most
part, of easy access for scientific examination and comparison. ‘Those which are stored
in drawers or in wall-cases of rooms or recesses not accessible to the public, are well
arranged for study by scientific visitors.

The series of Mineralogy is in’a good state of preservation, instructively arranged,
displayed, and classified.

Among the more notable additions received during the year 1873, may be cited the
original specimens and highly firished drawings engraved in the notable Monograph by
Bojanus, entitled “ Anatome Testudinis Europe,” fol. 1819. These, by the author’s
desire, were transmitted, after his demise, to the reporter, and were by him presented to
the Trustees.

The most important addition to the Zoological Collections was the collection of
Mr. Wallace’s Malayan Birds, which will be more fully noticed in the Report of the
Keeper of that Department.

Specimens of the large Ganoid Fish from the Yantsekiang (Psephurus gladius).

Specimens illustrative of the metamorphoses and commercial productions of the Silk-
moths of Japan; presented by the Japanese Commissioners of the International Exhibition
of 1873.

The type specimen of a “ New form of Marine Polyzoon” (Mippuraria), from Bear-
haven, Ireland; presented by the discoverer, Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton,
Bart., M.P.

The Elephantine fossils from Malta, obtained by purchase from their discoverer,
Leith Adams, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., represent a species of Proboscidian Mammal, of which
the full-grown animal did not exceed the Tapirin size. Another kind of extinct Elephant,
from the same collection and locality, may also be termed diminutive, as it did not exceed
6 or 7 feet in height. Among the evidences of these pigmy elephants are series of
the successive grinding teeth, from the first small and simple deciduous molar to the last
great persistent molar.

An ornitholite from the “London Clay,” of Sheppey, obtained by purchase, proved,
on remoyal of the matrix, to be the skull of a bird, with well-developed tooth-like processes
from the alveolar borders of the upperand lower mandibles. It has been described and
figured by the reporter in the “ Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London,
for November 1873,” under the name of Odontopteryx toliapica.

Of the fossil remains of the more gigantic forms of extinct marsupial animals in
Australia, briefly referred to in a former “ Report,” specimens greatly extending our
knowledge of such, have been received in the past year through the liberal donations of Dr.
George Bennett, of Sydney, New South Wales. Others obtained in the exploration of
Caves, carried on by aid of a grant of money from the Local Legislature, have been
transmitted by the Trustees of the Australian Museum of Sydney, New South Wales.
These, and previously received specimens have formed the subjects of a series of Ilus-
trated Papers in the “ Philosophical ‘l'ransactions,” in which the fossils are named,
described, and figured.

A rich and valuable series of fossil evidences of strange and gigantic extinct Reptilia,
from Triassic formations in South Africa, have been added to the Department of Geology
by the liberal donation of Dr. Atherstone, of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope.

Valuable collections of organic fossils and of minerals, have been liberally presented by
Benjamin Bright, Ksq., of Crawley House, Winchester. - These collections had been
made by his father and grandfather. The choice series of fossils includes the bone from

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New Zealand, the subject of the Paper in the third volume of the “Transactions of the
Zoological Society of London” (p. 29, plate 3), which initiated, in 1839, the series of
memoirs subsequently published by the Society in illustration of the gigantic and other
extinct wingless birds of New Zealand.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

I. Arrangement.

The entire collection of the specimens of Ruminant, Pachydermatous and Edentate
Mammalia, skins, as well as osteological preparations, has been re-examined and re-
arranged according to the “ Hand-list” recently printed by order of the Trustees.

The specimens of the Diurnal Birds of Prey have been thoroughly examined, arranged,
and described. ‘This part of the Collection consists now of 341 species, represented by
2,340 specimens, of which 723 specimens, belonging to 281 species, are exhibited to the

ublic.
: Considerable progress has been made in collecting the preliminary materials towards a
thorough arrangement of the Collection of Lizards, the number of species of which has
been nearly trebled within the last 25 years.

The arrangement of the specimens of Crustaceans preserved in a dry state, as well as
that of the Sponges, is in a very advanced state.

The determination and arrangement of the Longicorn Beetles belonging to the sub-
family Clyting has been completed; it is represented in the Museum by 1,525 specimens
belonging to 362 species, of which 134 are types.

The arrangement of the specimens of Homoptera and Diptera has been proceeded with.
The accumulation of additional specimens belonging to the latter extensive order has
been particularly great; the families Pulicide, Mycetophilide, Cecidomyzide, Tipulide,
Aylophagi, Tabanide, Bombyliarit, and Asilici, occupying now 102 drawers.

IL. Conservation.

The series of mounted and unmounted skins of Ruminant, Pachydermatous and
Edentate Mammalia, and the herns of the first-named order, have been cleaned, and the
deteriorated examples separated fromthe rest. Numerous. indiiferently-mounted speci-
mens of birds of prey hitherto exhibited in the public gallery have been removed there-
from and converted into skins serviceable for the scientific student. The spirits in the
bottles containing the most valuable specimens of Snakes, and the camphor in most of the
Insect Cabinets and store-boxes have been renewed. The specimens of the exhibited
series of Lepidoptera, the colours of which had much faded in consequence of having
been exposed to light for 20 years, have been replaced by fresh examples.

Remarkable specimens, interesting and instructive to the public, have been mounted
and exhibited in the galleries immediately after their acquisition; among them may be
mentioned two groups of Lemurime Monkeys, a Malayan Tapir, a skin and skeleton of a
two-horned Malaccan Rhinoceros, a young two-horned Rhinoceros from Abyssinia, the
perfect skeleton of an Antarctic Whale, a Sturgeon nearly 9 feet long; a series of
specimens and preparations illustrative of the development and produce of the Silkworms

of Japan, &c.

III. Acquisitions.

During the last year 10,644 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection, namely :-—

Vertebrata - Caitt * = = : e =n) WE
Mollusca - - ~ - - - - - 1,690
Annulosa - - - - - - 2,946
Radiata (and Vermes) - - - 4 = E 146

TotaL - -. - 10,644

All these specimens have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and a
separate number corresponding to an’ entry in the manuscript registers of accessions, in
which, for future reference, the name of the collector, the country where the specimens
have been collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other interesting information
regarding them are entered.

With the exception of a very small number, they have been incorporated with the
general collection; and many of them have been described and figured by the officers
of the Museum, or other Zoologists, in the catalogues published by order of the Trustees

and mentioned hereafter, or in the best known scientific periodicals.
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Mammalia.—The additions to this class have been 231 in number; the most note-
worthy of these acquisitions are the following :—

Twenty-four specimens from Abyssinia, among which skeletons of a female Giraffe
(killed in the wild state), and of a Kudu, skins and skeletons of Gazella sommeringii and
G. rufifrons, of a new Antelope ( Alcelaphus tora, Gray), of a young Rhinoceros bicornis ;
purchased.

Twenty-one specimens from Medellin, Granadian Confederation ; purchased.

Eight additional specimens illustrating the great variation of colour in Propithecus and
other Lemurine Monkeys; purchased.

Forty-four specimens (dry or in spirits), representing 11 species of small North
American Rodents; received from the Smithsonian Institution, Washington.

Two new species of Flying Squirrels (Pteromys tephromelus and Sciuropterus pul-
verulentus) from Pinang ; presented by his Grace the Duke of Argyll.

Skins and skeletons of two Deer recently discovered in China ( Klaphurus davidianus,
and Cervus hopschi); purchased.

Skulls of two Deer from Peru; purchased.

A perfect specimen, in spirits, of a dwarf-form of Antelope (Nanotragus), from the
Fantee-country ; presented by H. F. Blissett, Esq.

A specimen of the Malayan Tapir; purchased.

A perfect skeleton of an adolescent specimen of the Antarctic Whale from New Zealand
(Macleayius australis) ; purchased.

_Two skeletons of a singular Cetacean from Australia (Kogia macleayii) ; obtained by
exchange.

Two skulls of Dolphins from the Seychelles; presented by Swinburne Ward, Es .

Birds.—This part of the Collection has been again increased by numerous and very
valuable additions ; the number of specimens amounting to 4,359.

The most important acquisition for this branch of the Zoological Department was the
purchase of Mr. A. R. Wallace’s collection of Malayan Birds. This gentleman travelled
in the various parts of the Malayan Archipelago during the years 1854-62, with the
object of studying the Natural History of those islands, many of which had never before
been visited by Naturalists, and are still most difficult of access to collectors. Directing
his attention especially to the study of Birds, he discovered many new and highly interest-
ing forms, and elucidated their geographical distribution. An account of his travels, and
the more important results, is given by him in his well-known work, “ The Malayan
Archipelago.” The collection contained a complete series of all the best specimens which
Mr. Wallace was able to obtain, consisting of 2,474 examples, which represented about
1,000 species, and of which many were.types or unique.

Of the other additions the following may be mentioned :—

Valuable presents for the British Collection have been made by the Earl of Enniskillen,
E. Shelley, Esq., E. McMorland, Esq., J. E. Harting, Esq., F.L.s., F. Bond, Esq., Dr.
Gunther, R. B. Sharpe, Esq., Baron A. von Hiigel, and especially the Rev. Chancellor
Augustus Morgan.

A collection of 50 European Birds, containing some very rare Birds of Prey, and a
series of developmental stages of the Gannet; presented by Baron A. von Higel.

A collection of 15 Eagles from the Southern Ural; purchased.

A collection of 43 birds from Egypt; presented by Capt. G. HE. Shelley, F.u.s.

Forty-one specimens from the Bogos-country ; purchased.

Sixty-nine specimens from Mombaz in East Africa, a great part of the species being
new to the collection; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

Two collections from the Fantee-country ; presented by H. F. Blissett, Esq., and R. B.
Sharpe, Esq.

Two small collections from the Gaboon; presented by H. T. Ansell, Esq.

A collection from the River Congo; presented by the late Commander R. M.
Sperling, R.N.

A collection of 83 specimens from South Eastern Africa; presented by John Rocke, Esq.

A collection formed by J. J. Monteiro, Esq., in Angola, comprising 179 specimens
and 20 types; purchased. : :

A collection of 244 specimens from the Damara Land; presented by R. B.
Sharpe, Esq.

Twelve specimens from Upper India and Yarkand, being the types of the new and
very interesting species figured in Messrs. Hume and Henderson’s work, “ Lahore to
Yarkand.” é

A fine series of 204 specimens collected by Capt. J. H. Lloyd in Kattiawar, and
presented by him.

A collection of 5U specimens from Siam; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

The collection of Hawks made by Mr. Wallace during his travels on the Amazons;
purchased. - ‘

A skeleton of a male Dromaius nove-hollandie ; presented by Lord Lilford.

The bones of the Steamer-Duck (Micropterus) ; presented by Professor R. Cunningham.

Reptiles—The additions to this class and that of Amphibians have been 258 in
number ; the following may be specially mentioned :-—

Forty specimens of North American freshwater Turtles and Terrapens; presented by
the Smithsonian Institution, Washington.

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A series of freshwater Turtles and Terrapens collected at Shanghai and Chefoo by
R. Swinhoe, Esq., and containing two new species (Oscaria swinhoei and Emys unicolor).

Two typical specimens of Tejus rufescens ; purchased.

A new genus of glass-Snake (Hyalosaurus hollikeri), from NorthAfrica; purchased.

A new genus of Snakes (/thycyphus) from Madagascar; purchased.

Seventeen specimens of Newts from North America; presented by St. G. Mivart, Esq.,
F.R.S.

A new genus of Frogs (Notaden bennettii) from Queensland ; presented by Dr. G.
Bennett of Sydney.

Fishes.—The number of specimens added to this branch of the Department amounts to
1,014; they are contained chiefly in the following collections :—-
5 Eighteen marine fishes from Spitzbergen, collected and presented by the Rey. A. E.

aton.
: Forty-nine specimens from the Mediterranean and Black Sea; presented by Admiral

pratt.

Fine examples of 12 species from Lakes Erie and Ontario; purchased.

Several large collections of freshwater and marine species, containing many new forms,
made by R. Swinhoe, Esq., at Chefoo and Shanghai.

Three large examples of the Spatulate Sturgeon from the Yantsekiang (Psephurus
gladius); purchased.

A series of 325 specimens of fishes from the South Seas, all desiderata to the collection ;
from the Godeffroy Museum, Hamburg.

Gigantic examples of a Perch (Lates calcarifer) from the Fitzroy River, Queensland ;
presented by J. Jardine, Esq., Colonial Commissioner, Rockhampton.

A collection of 137 species from New Zealand; presented by the Governors of the New
Zealand Institute, Wellington.

A small collection of marine species from the Chonos Archipelago; presented by Harry
J. Veitch, Esq.

A small collection of freshwater fishes from British Guyana; presented by C. W.
Cottam, Esq.

A small collection of freshwater fishes made by J. J. Monteiro, Esq., in Angola, and
containing several new species ; purchased.

A small collection of marine species from Zanzibar ; presented by Bartle Frere, Esq.

Finally, several additions have been made to the British Collection, viz., a fine Salmon
from the Usk, presented by A. D. Berrington, Esq.; a Charr from Lerwick, presented
by W. b. Tegetmeier, Esq.; a Charr from a lake below Ben Hope, presented by R.
Etheridee, Esq., F.R.S.; a Trigger-fish (Balistes capriscus) from Weymouth, presented
by W. Thompson, Esq. ; a Sturgeon nearly 9 feet long; purchased.

Mollusca.—The following are the principal acquisitions :—

A collection of 104 shells from the coast of Morocco, made and presented by Trovey
Blackmore, Esq.

A collection of 177 land and marine Shells from St, Helena, made and presented by
J.C. Melliss, Esq.

Thirty-one shells from the Persian Gulf, mostly types; presented by the late R.
McAndrew, Esq.

Seventeen marine species from the Seychelles; presented by his Excellency Sir
Arthur Gordon.

A collection of 127 land and freshwater Shells from Ningpo and Shanghai, made and
presented by C. W. Goodwin, Esq., and containing several undescribed species.

A collection of 637 specimens from the seas of Northern Japan; presented by J. Gwyn
Jefireys, Esq., F.R.S. This very fine collection was made by Commander St. John, R.N. ;
it contains many new species, and is especially valuable on account of the information
regarding the localities and depths at which the specimens were obtained by means of
the dredge.

A waluallle collection of 110 Australian land and freshwater Shells; presented by the
late Julius Brenchley, Esq.

Crustacea.—The most noteworthy additions are :—

Thirty-six specimens from the Mediterranean ; presented by Admiral Spratt.

Seventy-six specimens from Northern Japan; presented by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq.,
and forming part of the valuable collection made by Commander St. John, mentioned
above.

Arachnida and Myriopedan—The most valuable addition was the collection of Trap-
door Spiders with their nests, and of Ants, made by J. Traherne Moggridge, Esq., at
Mentone, and so well described by him in his work, “ Harvesting Ants and Trap-door
Spiders.” :

Insecta.—This part of the collection has been increased by 2,946 specimens contained
chiefly in the following acquisitions :—

Fifty examples of British Moths; presented by R. Milford, Esq.

Nineteen Coleoptera from Southern Europe; presented by Sir Sydney Saunders.

A collection of 114 Canadian Coleoptera; presented by F. Walker, Esq., F..S.
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A series of 158 Coleoptera, and 385 Hymenoptera from Texas, all having been
desiderata to the collection, and many of them new; purchased.

Twenty species of Coleoptera from Japan, new to the collection, obtained by exchange
from G. Lewis, Esq.; two new species of the genus Figulus, the first representatives
of this genus received from Japan, were among the number.

A valuable series of 111 Hymenoptera from Nischidipore and Calcutta; presented by
G. R. J. Rothney, Esq.

A series of 21 Coleoptera, 64 Hymenoptera, 88 Lepidoptera, and 15 Diptera, coliected
by J. J. Monteiro, Esq.,in Angola; purchased. A new species of the genus Silis, the
first recorded from Africa, is in this collection.

Twenty-one Lepidoptera from South Africa; presented by E. C. Buxton, Esq.

Twenty-seven Coleoptera from Guatemala; presented by O. Salvin, Esq., F.R.s.

A series of 13 Coleoptera (with a fine new species of Lsonychus), 22 Lepidoptera, and
66 Hemiptera, new to the collection, from New Granada; purchased.

A collection of 182 Coleoptera, and 34 Homoptera from Rio Janeiro; presented by Sir
W. Smith.

Forty-seven new species of Peruvian Lepidoptera; purchased.

A very remarkable new genus of Beetles without eyes (Meloétyphlus fuscatus) from
Peru; purchased.

A collection of 286 Hymenoptera from Chili and Mendoza; purchased.

A collection of 400 South Australian Coleoptera; presented by F. Walker, Esq., F.L.S.

A very interesting new species of Anoplognathus (A. parvulus) from Eastern Australia,
being the smallest species of the genus yet recorded; purchased.

A series of 217 Diptera new to the collection, from various localities ; purchased.

Radiata (and Vermes).—These branches of the Department have received only 146
additional examples, among which may be mentioned :—

Specimens of the gigantic Osteocella septentrionalis from British Columbia, with parts
of the animals attached; presented by Coote M. Chambers, Esq.

The type of a new family of Polyzoa (Mippuraria egertoni), from Bearhaven, Ireland, dis-
covered by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.%.S., and presented by him.

A splendid specimen of a Gorgonia from Ebon Island; presented by Captain Lewis
J. Moore.

A collection of 34 Sponges from the Pearl-banks, Ceylon; presented by E. W. H.
Holdsworth, Esq., F.1.s.

IV.— Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been completed and printed during the year 1873 :—

Hand-List of the specimens of Shield Reptiles. By Dr. J. E. Gray, ¥.r.s.

Hand-List of the Edentate, Thick-skinned and Rumanant Mammals. By Dr. J. E.
Gray, F.R.S.

Catalogue of Heteropterous Hemiptera, Parts VI., VII.,and VIII. (concluding the
series). By Francis Walker, F.L.s.

Beside these, the manuscript of the first volume of a descriptive Catalogue of Birds has
been completed, and is now in the hands of the printer; and a systematic list of the
specimens of Mollusks in the Collection is in progress.

V.— Visitors and Students.

Two thousand five hundred and thirty students who have visited this department for
the special object of studying the various portions of the collection, have been assisted
and attended to.

J. E. Gray.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Arrangement.

In Room I. The fine series of Tertiary leaves from the Plastic Clay, Alum Bay, Isle
of Wight; and from the Leaf-bed at Bournemouth, comprising more than 800 specimens,
and occupying 18 drawers, have been arranged, labelled, and registered.

In Room II. Table-case 2. The palatal teeth and fin-rays of Ptychodus have been
remounted and re-arranged, and additional specimens incorporated. ‘Table-case 4. The
dental bones and defensive spines of the Raide have been re-arranged, mounted, and
labelled; and many additional specimens incorporated.

In Room III. The urexhibited specimens of Reptilian remains belonging to Mosasaurus,

Crocodilia, Pterosauria, Ophidia, Chelonia, and Batrachia, occupying 40 drawers, have
been collected together and arranged in the Table-cases in this room.

In Room IV. Table-case 6, containing the Fossil Wombats (Phascolomys) from
Australia, has been re-arranged, with the addition of several new species recently figured
and described by Professor Owen.

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32 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The Cervine remains in Wall-case VI. have been cleaned, re-arranged, and labelled.
The unexhibited Mammalian remains (upwards of 200 in number) have been collected
together, classified, and arranged, in drawers, in the Table-cases of this room.

In Room V. The Rhinoceros remains, exhibited in Wall-case 5, have been cleaned
and re-arranged.

The remaining unregistered portion of the Barrande Collection of Silurian Mollusca
has now been completely named and registered, and a part mounted and exhibited, in
Table-cases 5 and 11; the remaining specimens are placed im the drawers of the Table-
cases in this room.

Additional specimens have been incorporated in Table-case 19 (Echinodermata),
including the fine group of Star-fishes ( Oreaster bulbiferus, Forbes), from the Upper Chalk
of Bromley. ,

The ‘ Astier’ Cretaceous Cephalopoda, and the ‘ Paul Mohr’ Liassic Ammonitide, which
formerly occupied parts of three Table-cases in this room (Table-cases 10, 11, and 12)
have been entirely re-arranged, and a portion ef them placed in drawers; the space thus
gained has been appropriated to the display of a fine series of Nauti, from tne Tertiary,
Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Paleozoic rocks. The chief collection of this group of Tetrabran-
chiate Cephalopoda is arranged in the Wall-cases of the Supplemental Room, which,
being temporarily occupied as studies, is not accessible to the public.

In Room VI. The Pier-case No. 1, containing remains of the large marsupial animals,
has been re-arranged, and some recently-described species have been added.

In Wall-cases 5 to 9, the Mastodon and Elephant remains have been cleaned and
partly re-arranged, and several newly-acquired specimens have been incorporated in the
series; many additional labels have been written for this part of the collection.

In Wall-case 10 (lower half) have been arranged the recently-acquired remains of the
pigmy Elephants from Malta ; collected, and described by Dr. Leith Adams, F.R.s.

[n the upper half of the same case is exhibited a series of remains from the Caves of
Minas Geraes, Brazil; these have been re-arranged, and the species determined and labelled.

The Bains collection of South African fossils, consisting chiefly of Reptilian remains
enclosed in masses of rock, has been looked over, and about 50 of the specimens have been
developed by the mason.

Many of the more delicate and brittle fossils recently-acquired have been mounted in
glazed frames, and exhibited.

The Edwards’ Collection of Eocene Mollusca has been labelled and registered.

The remaining portion of the Etheridge Collection has been labelled, named, and
registered.

The Allport Collection of Silurian Mollusca has been named and registered.

A large number of labels for the Plants, the Protozoa, and the several groups of the
Invertebrata, have been prepared and affixed to the specimens exhibited in the Gallery.

Specimens registered during the past year :—
Vertebrata :

Mammalia - - - - - - - 789
Aves - - - - - - - - 12
Reptilia - - - - - - - 92
Pisces - - - - - - - 131
1,024
Invertebrata:
Protozoa and Rhizopoda_~ - - - - 290
Zoophyta-Zoantharia - - - - - 42
Echinodermata - - - - - - ee
Polyzoa = - = - - = = = i
Mollusca - - - - - - - 16,810
Annelida - - - - - - - 52
Crustacea - - - - - - - ND)
17,393
Plant Remains - - - - - - 846 846
ToTaL - - - - 19,263

The number of visits from Students during the past year was 606.

Acquisitions.
The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—
I. By Donation.— A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—Remains of Elephas primigenius, Bison priscus, Ovibos moschatus and

L£quus; from the Porcupine River, Dominion of Canada. Presented by the ‘Rev.
Robert Macdonald.

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A series of Marsupial remains referable to the genera Macropus, Phascolomys, Diprotodon
and WVototherium, from King’s Creek, Clifton, Darling Downs,'Queensland, Australia.
Presented by Dr. George Bennett, F.L.s.

Molar of Elephas antiquus from the Via Appia, Rome. Presented by —— Emme-
son, Esq.

A large and perfect femur of Mastodon Andium, from the River Plate, South America.
Presented by N. T. Wetherell, Esq., r.a.s.

Three consecutive caudal Vertebre of a Whale, said to have been obtained “ from the
Plain of Caricoles in Bolivia, 6,000 feet above the level of the sea.” Presented by
Admiral A. Farquhar.

Left mandible of Ursus speleus, from Baumannshdle, Riibiland, Hartz. Presented by
Capt. J. R. Campbell.

‘A fine series of remains of Hyena spelea, Felis, Cunis lupus, Canis vulpes, Ursus, Sus,
Rhinoceros, Elephas, Bos, and Cervus, from the Caves of Banwell, Bleadon, Hutton, Bor-
rington, Durdham Down, Kent’s Hole, and Kirkdale. Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq.

Remains of /thinoceros tichorhinus, Cuv., from the Valley of the Lea, Clapton. Pre-
sented by Dr. W. Martin Cooke.

(2.) Aves.—The first fragment of bone of the large struthious Birds of New Zealand
(Dinornis), brought to England in 1839, and described by Professor Owen in the Trans-
actions of the Zoological Society, vol. iii, p. 29, pl. iii, and subsequently determined as
the shaft of the femur of Dinornis struthioides. Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq.

Atlas of Dinornis. Presented by Professor Owen, C.B., F.R.S.

Impression of feet of Dinornis in friable sandstone, from Poverty Bay, New Zealand.
Presented by T. W. Cockburn Hood, Esq., ¥F.¢.s.

(3.) Reptilia.—Vertebra of Pliosaurus grandis from the Kimmeridge Clay, Motcombe,
near Shaftesbury. Presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart. m.p.,
Trustee, Brit. Mus.

Vertebre of Bothriospondylus, Owen, a new Reptilian genus, together with remains of
Plesiosaurus, Pliosaurus, and Ichthyosaurus, from the Kimmeridge Clay, Swindon.
Presented by James R. Shopland, Esq.

(4.) Pisces.—The type-specimen of Pteraspis Crouchii(?), showing scales; figured in
Mr. Ray Lankester’s Monograph on British Devonian Fishes, Pal. Soc., part I, 1868,
pl. v, fig. 3. Presented by E. Ray Lankester, Esq.

Several specimens of Fossil Fishes from the Eocene Deposits of Monte Bolca, near
Verona, including fine examples of the genera Sparnodus, Gobius, //yripristis and
Clupea ; and of Gasteronemus rhombus ; and Spaniodon elongatus, Pictet, from the Lebanon.
Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq.

I. By Donation.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

Shell-breccia, containing specimens of Cyclas and Melania, from King’s Creek, Dar-
ling Downs, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Dr. George Bennett, F.L.s.

Modern marine shell-breccia from the beach at Bushire, Persian Gulf. Presented by
C. W. Pashley, Esq.

Casts of Turbo and Turritella, from Kadina, and of Cyprea, from Mount Gambier.
Presented by the Trustees of the Museum of Natural History, Adelaide, New South Wales.

Sixteen specimens of Anthracosia from the Coal Measures near Huddersfield. Pre-
sented by J. Wickson, Esq.

A fine example of Ammonites excavatus, Sby, from the Cale Grit, Marcham, near
Abingdon, Berks. Presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, F.e.s.

Cast of Ammonites mammilaris, Lower Gault, Brienville, near Brienne. Presented by
Mr. Henry Keeping.

Clypeaster Algyptiacus and 7 other Eocene Echinoderms, 2 Nautili, 12 Casts of Mol-
lusea, shells of Pecten, Perna, and Ostrea, masses of Nummulitic limestone, together with
silicified wood from the petrified forest near Cairo. Presented by Professor Owen,
C.B., F.R.S.

A series of slabs of cretaceous limestone, from the Lebanon, containing fragments of fish,
and remains of a minute crustacean (Palamon?). Presented by the Hon. Robert Mar-
sham, F.G.S. es

Upwards of 3,000 specimens of Invertebrate Fossils (chiefly British) comprising 2,338
Mollusca, 390 Corals, 283 Sponges, &c., besides Fossil Plants, Echinoderms and Crustacea
from almost every formation. Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq. '

The type-specimen of Encrinurus crista-galli, from the Cock’s-comb Mountains, South
Africa. (Figured and described by Mr. H. Woodward in the Quarterly Journal,
Geological Society, 1873, vol. xxix, p. 31, pl. ii, figs. 6 and 7.) Collected and presented
by Dr. W. G. Atherstone, F.G.s. :

Two examples of Rhachiosoma bispinosa, from the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth.
(Figured and described by Mr. H. Woodward, in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1873, vol.
Xxix, p. 25, pl. i, and ii.) Presented by C. J. A. Meyer, Esq., F..s.

I. By Donation —C. PLANTS.
Impression of Bergeria giving off, asa branch, Halonia regularis; figured and described
by Mr. W. Carruthers, F.R.8., in the Geological Magazine, 1873, vol. x, p. 145, from the
121. F 2 Coal

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Coal Measures of Lancashire. Presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart.,
M.P., F.R.S., Trustee, Brit. Mus.

Fossil wood from the Lybian Desert, 10 miles west of the Pyramids of Ghizeh. Pre-
sented by E. T. Rogers, Esq. .

Il. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia—An unworn and perfect molar of Mastodon Arvernensis; polished sections
of molar of Elephas; molars of Tapirus, Sus, and Cervus.

A fine rostrum of Ziphius planirostris, referred to by E. Ray Lankester, Quart. Journ.
Geol. Soc. 1870, vol. xxvi., p. 112.

Teeth of Phocena uncidens, Trichecodon Huzleyi, Balenodon phusaloides, and other
cetacean remains from the Coprolite workings at the base of the Red Crag of Suffolk.

Part of the pelvis of Elephus primigenius, dredged up in the North Sea, off Lowestoft.

A large series of remains of the pigmy Elephant from the Island of Malta, collected by
Dr. A. Leith Adams, r.n.s. Most of the specimens have been figured, and occupy 21 plates,
prepared for publication in the Transactions of the Zoological Society, and now in the press.

Cranium and other portions of the skeleton of Halitherium Schinzii, Kaup, from the
Miocene deposits of Flonheim.

Oreodon Cuthbertsoni and Rhinoceros Nebrascensis, from the Mauvaises Terres, Nebraska.

(2.) Aves.—Bones of Dinernis giganteus, and an entire pelvis and tibia of Aptornis
defussor, from New Zealand.

The skull of a dentigerous bird, Odontopteryx toliapica, Owen (described and figured
by Prof. Owen in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 1873, vol. xxix.) ;
from the London Clay of the Isle of Sheppey.

(3.) Reptilia.—Portions of the carapace and limb-bones of a gigantic species of Chelone,
and a specimen of Chelone longiceps, from the London Clay, Isle of Sheppey ; also a fine
cast of the carapace of a Chelone, in “ cement-stone,” from Harwich.

Jaws and vertebrae of Dolichosaurus longicollis, and a vertebra of Acanthopholis, from
the lower chalk of Folkestone.

The humerus of a huge Reptile from the Kimmeridge Clay, near Weymouth; figured
and described by Mr. J. W. Hulke, F.R.s., as Cetiosaurus humero-cristatus (see Quart.
Journ. Geol, Soc., 1874, Vol. XXX., p. 16, pl. II.); also remains of Prerodactylus, Plesio-
saurus, Ichihyosaurus, &c., from the same locality and formation.

. (4.) Pisces.—Remains of various genera and species of Fishes from the Red Crag of
uffolk.

The head and the greater portion of the body of Cyclurus Valenciennesii, in a nodule;
from the Tertiary Lignite of Auvergne.

Jaws of Gyrodus, and osselets of the lower jaws of Aspidorhynchus, with other Fish-
remains, from the Kimmeridge Clay.

Paleoniscus varians, from the Magnesian Limestone, Sunderland.

Il. By Purchase-—B. INVERTEBRATA.

274 Protozoa, principally from the Chalk.

219 Corals, chiefly from the Silurian strata.

142 Echinodermata, from the Cretaceous, Oolitic, Carboniferous, and Silurian series ;
including a very fine and remarkable group of six examples of the rare Starfish, Oreaster
bulbiferus, trom the Upper Chalk, Bromley, Kent; obtained and developed by Jeremiah
Simmons (deceased), the well-known collector of Chalk fossils.

13 Cretaceous, Polyzoa, and Silurian Graptolites.

13,156 Mollusca, comprising the remaining portion of the fine collection of British
Eocene Mollusea, collected by F. E. Edwards, F.c.s. (amounting to 11,574 specimens).
A series of 500 newer Tertiary Mollusca, 67 from the Chalk of Kent, 200 Oolitic Shells
from Cheitenham, and upwards of 700 Paleozoic Mollusca, from Mr. 8. Allpert’s, and
the Rey. Charles Croft’s collections.

109 Crustacea, chiefly Silurian.

II. By Purchase.—C. PLANTA.

35 Plant-remains, chiefly from the Coal Measures, with some fragmentary specimens of
Wood from the Chalk and Crag formations.
The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - - 403
Ii. ,, Purchase ,, fs - - - 57
I. ,, Donation, B. Invertebrata - - =) 35s
IT.” 33> Purchase, ~,; is - - - 13,915+
II. ., Purchase, UC. Plante - - - - 35
Total - - - 18,501

Geo. Rt. Waterhouse.

* Includes 3,487 specimens from the collection of Benjamin Bright, Esq.
f Includes 11,574, remaining part of ‘“ Edwards’ Eocene Mollusca,”

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

Durine the year 1873, 1,297 specimens added to the Mineral Collection have been
registered, and labelled and incorporated.

The work of examining and identifying the specimens preserved in the reserve drawers
of the General Collection has been pursued and completed with regard to above 3,000 of
these specimens. A MS. Catalogue of the late Mr. Heuland’s, referring to 7,013 entries,
has also been carefully searched for information relative to the specimens, as well in the
General as in the Reserve part of the Collection, and the localities of numerous specimens
have been by this means satisfactorily ascertained.

The Collection of Rocks has been augmented by additions chiefly from German and
S. African localities ; and microscopic sections for the purposes of study and classification
of the rocks have been made from the more important of them.

The cases that hold the Meteorites have been rendered air-tight, and new fittings put
into them, with an arrangement for desiccating the air by means of quick lime; and the
- Aerolites have been re-arranged. |

The general classification and arrangement of the Collection is unchanged, but numerous
minor alterations have been made in the distribution of the species.

Above 600 erystals have been re-arranged and many of them mounted and labelled
with their localities and descriptions.

The work in the Laboratory has included the rectification of the composition and
formula of Caledonite and Lanarkite; the analysis of the different ingredient minerals of
the Ornans Meteorite, and some valuable results regarding the influence of heat, alone,
and also in the presence of various gases, upon Meteoric Silicates.

The following are the more important of the acquisitions during the year :—

By Presentation :—

A Collection of Minerals, especially valuable on account of some of the series of British
specimens which it contains, has been presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq.
It was formed by the late Dr. Richard Bright and Benjamin Bright, Esq., of Bristol.

Among the specimens that may be selected for their interest, are,—

Dendritic sheets of Native Copper, Cornwall.

Bismuth-Glance, Tavistock.

Tetrahedrites, Crinnis mine, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Bournonite, Endellion, Cornwall.

Cassiterites, St. Agnes, Cornwall.

Ruby in dolomite, Campolongo, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.
Amethyst Quartz geodes and Agates, near Bristol.

Chalcedony, Trevascus mine, Cornwall.

Strontianites, Strontian, Argyleshire, and Pately Bridge, Yorkshire.
Aragonite, Schwatz, Tyrol.

Groups of Fontainebleau Sandstone.

Specimens of Augite and Hornblende, New York, and Arendal, Norway.
Large Crystals of Idocrase, Egg, near Christiansand, Norway.
Amazonstone, Mursinsk, Urals.

Emerald Crystals. Santa Fé de Bogota, New Granada and Peru.
Euclase crystals, Minas Geraes, Brazil.

Tourmalines, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire and Elba.

Large Crystal of Sphene, Switzerland.

Celestines from the new Red Marls near Bristol, and Lias in Somersetshire.
Wiserine on iron-glance, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.

Apatites, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.

It also includes a collection of Rock specimens.

Other presentations have been—

Specimens of Wulfenite, Socorro mine, Linares, Spain, by Fritz Gillman, Esq., ¥..s.

Witherites, Alstonites and Calcites, Fallowfield mine, Hexham, Northumberland, by
Dr. Stokoe.

Pearl-spar from Wadsworth Moor, Yorkshire, by John Aitken, Esq.

Actinolite with saussurite, Colafirth Voc, Shetland, by Patrick Dudgeon, Esq., and Dr.
F. Heddle.

Tron Pyrites, botryoidal Blende and Copper Pyrites, New Rosewarne mine, Cornwall,
by W. Pike, Esq.

Pectolite, Pauk Hill, Walsall, Staffordshire, and Gothite in serpentine, Caerleon Cove,
Cornwall, by Samuel Allport, Esq., F.G.s.

30 Specimens of Rocks from South Africa, by E. J. Dunn, Esq.

24 Specimens of Rocks from similar localities, by Dr. Shaw.

The following specimens have been acquired by the exchange of duplicates :—
Warwickite in crystals, Edenville, Orange Co., New York; Cinnabar and Meta
cinnabarite, Lake Co., California.
Cryophyllite, Rockport, Massachusetts.
121. F 3 Hiibnerite

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L Seuaaapiee Bi Mammoth district, Nevada; Amblygonite and Cockeite, Mt. Mica, Paris,
aine. :

Datholite, Owen’s Valley, Ingo Co., California.

Reepperite, Sterling Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey ; Sussexite, Sussex Co., New Jersey.

Schorlomite, Hotsprings Co., Arkansas. Cerussite, Przibram, Bohemia.

Tetrahedrite, Horhausen, Dietz, Nassau ; Blende, Horhausen, Nassau.

Glauberite, Westeregeln, near Egeln, Magdeburg, Prussia.

Varieties of Cassiterite from various localities in Australia.

Stibnite, Whroo; Aragonite, Richmond, Australia.

Specimens of crystallised Corundum, Garnet, Zircon; Tourmaline and Chrysoprase,
Victoria, Australia.

100 specimens of Rocks from Namaqua land and Bushman land.

Among the Minerals acquired by purchase, the following are the more important : —

Native Gold, in very large crystals, from Victoria.
és Rs of filamentary Native Silver, with Argentite (9]bs. 100z.), Chanarcillo, Copiapo,

ili.

Diamond crystals, detached and in the gangue, with series of Minerals found accom-
panying them, Diamond Fields, South Africa.

Blende in dolomite, near Imfeld, Binnenthal, Switzerland.

Pyrrhotite with chalybite and mesitite; Minas Geraes, Brazil.

Enargite, Defiance lode, Willis Gulch, Colorado.

Bournonite, Horhausen, Dietz, Nassau.

Remarkable specimens of Jordanite and Dufrenoysite, Binnenthal, Switzerland.

Sal Ammoniac in distinct crystals; and Cotunnite, from the eruption of Vesuvius in 1872.

Chlorocalcite and Erythrosiderite, from the eruption of 1872.

Fluor spar, from various localities in Devonshire, Durham, and Derbyshire.

Cuprites, from near Liskeard, Cornwall.

Chalcotrichite, Fowey Consols mine, Cornwall.

Periclasite, Monte Somma.

Tenorite, eruption of Vesuvius, 1872.

Nadorite, in unaltered crystals, Djebel Nador, Algeria.

Atacamite, in large fine crystals, Chili, and Burra Burra mine, South Australia.

A large rhombic dodecahedron of Magnetite, Traversella, Piedmont.

A series of Corundums with Clinochlore, and other associated minerals, from Macon
Co., and Clay Co., N. Carolina.

Iron-Glance, Maderanerthal, Switzerland.

Molybdic Ochre, in acicular crystals, Chili.

A large specimen of Alstonite, Cumberland.

Willemite, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey.

Chrysocolla, partly replacing cuprite, Liskeard, Cornwall.

Emerald with grey calcite, Santa Fé de Bogota.

Castorite, Elba; Euclase, Minas Geraes, Brazil.

A unique specimen of Pyrosmalite, Nordmark mines, Wermland, Sweden.

Rubellites, Elba; Dewalquite, Salm Chateau, Belgium.

Crocoisite, Congonhas de Campo, Brazil.

Selenite, Bex, Switzerland; Copiapite, Coquimbite, Roemerite, and Fibroferrite,
Copiapo, Chili.

Vivianites, Devonshire ; Andrewsites, Liskeard, Cornwall.

Zeunerites, Walpurgite, Uranotile, Troegerite, and Uranospinite, Weisser Hirsch
mine, near Schneeberg, Saxony.

Vanadinite, Kappel, Carinthia.

Bombiccite, Val d’Arno, Tuscany.

The Collection of Meteorites has been increased by the following specimens : —

Specimens of the Stannern and Chateau Renard falls, with the Bright Collection, from
B. Bright, Esq.; of the meteoric stones of Ibbenhiihren, Westphalia; New Concord,
U.S. A. (402 Ibs.); Danville, U.S. A.; Frankfort, U.S. A.; Stewart County, U.S. A.,
and of the Siderites of Indiana, U. 8. A.; South Mountain, S. Ca, U.S. A., and
Wisconsin, by exchange of duplicate specimens; and specimens of the Siderite from the
Cordilleras of the Andes (6 lbs. 7 0z.), from Tolucca, Mexico; and of the stone of the
Girgenti fall, Italy, obtained by purchase.

The number of visitors to the Department of Mineralogy on matters connected with
it during the year 1873 was 705.

Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

THE serious interruption to the important work of incorporating plants in the General
Herbarium, caused by the crowded state of the Cabinets recorded in the report of last
year, has been overcome by the very large addition to the Herbarium during the past
year of eighty-five large, and forty-three smaller cabinets. This important addition has
been fully taken advantage of ; a large portion of the Herbarium has been further re-dis-
tributed, and room has been secured for the incorporation of numerous collections. ba

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work of incorporation has been actively carried on throughout the year, and during its
progress, the following natural orders have been more or less completely re-arranged.
Anonacee, Papaveracea, Cupparidea, Resedacee, Violacee, Caryophyllee, Dipterocarpee,
Geraniacee, Oxalidee, Burseracee, Meliacee, Ochnaceea, Olacinee, Anacardiacee,
Euphorbiacee, Connaracee, Rosacee, Crassulaceea, Onagrariee, Passifloree, Cucurbitacee,
Umbellifere, Hederacee, Loranthacee, Cuprifoliacee, Dipsacee, Lobeliacea, Campanulacee,
Asclepiaducee, Borraginacee, Convolvulacee, Hydroleacee, Scrophulariacee, Moree,
Orchidaceae, Juncacee, Cyperacee, Graminee, Filices, Lichenes, and Fungi.

The following collections have been either entirely or in part incorporated in the
General Herbarium. The plants of Malta and Italy, collected by Duthie; of Caucasus
and Siberia, by Fischer; of Persia, by Loftus; of India, by Wallich, and) Hooker and
Thomson; of Java, by Zollinger; of Kamtschatka, by Captain Cook; of Abyssinia, by
Riippell, and Schimper; of Algeria, by Paris; of Ashantee, by Tedlie; of Congo, by
Ch. Smith; of Western Tropical Africa, by Perrottet; of the Cape of Good Hope,
by Bowie; of Oregon, by Hall; of Cuba, by Ramon de la Sagra; of the Antilles, by
Husnot; of South America, by Dombey, Spruce, Jameson, and Ruiz and Pavon; and of
the Falkland Islands, by Havers. Besides these, the desiderata from the Herbaria of
Edward Rudge and of John Smith have been placed in the Herbarium, as well as a
considerable portion of the plants of the Hortus Cliffortianus.

A large portion of the important Herbarium of British Plants, presented to the Trustees
by Dr. Trimen, has been incorporated with the British Herbarium.

The origina] drawings of “ English Botany,” together with the engraved plates pre-
pared from them, and belonging to the first and last editions of that work, have been
partly mounted and arranged; they are placed for preservation in Solander cases. The
series of original drawings by F. Bauer, illustrating the growth of the wheat plant, and
the diseases which attack it, have also been mounted for preservation.

An important collection of botanical illustrations has been formed during the year ;
upwards of 6,000 figures of plants having been arranged in systematic order, in a series
parallel to the Herbarium.

The following are the principal additions to the collections of the Department during
the year 1873 :—
I.—To the Herbarium.

a. General Herbarium.

Phanerogamia.
240 species from Greece and Crete; collected by Dr. Heldreich.
300 > Central Europe, forming three centuries of Schultz’s Herbarium

Normale.
35 species of critical plants from Denmark and Finland ; presented by Dr. Trimen.
128 species from Malta; collected and presented by J. F. Duthie, Esq.

90 a3 Morocco; collected by Schousboe.
98 « Blidah ; collected by Lefebvre.

595 Suez, Arabia, and Abyssinia; collected by Dr. Hildebrandt.
85 ie South Africa; collected and presented by Dr. Shaw.

564 species of Madagascar plants; collected by Hilsenberg and Bojer.
Several species of Solanum from Cape Colony ; presented by Sir H. Barkly, 5.c.x.
A parcel of plants of Little Namaqua-land; presented by R. Trimen, Esq.
458 species from Madeira; collected by Mandon.
25 specimens of Cinchona from the Government Plantation at Ootacamund, Neil-
gherries; presented by Clements R. Markham, Esq., c.B.
850 species from Texas; collected by E. Hall,
525 as California; collected by Kellogg.
384 fs Mexico; collected by Ghiesbrecht.
106 species of Glumacee from the Antilles; collected by Husnot.
60 species from Western Australia; collected by Brewer.
256 BY? New Caledonia; collected by Vieillard and Deplanche.

Cryptogamia.

A complete set of Mougeot and Nestler’s European Cryptogams.
154 species of Ferns from the Antilles; collected by Husnot.

134 es » from Guadaloupe; collected by L’Herminier.

58 Fe Hepatic and Mosses from the Antilles; collected by Husnot.
300 * Mosses of Normandy; collected and named by Ettienne.
150 a » of Europe; prepared by Rabenhorst.

230 is Lichens from the Channel Islands; collected and named: by M.
Larbalestier.
30 * Lichens from the. Antilles; collected by Husnot.
18 s- Fungi from the Antilles; collected by Husnot.

500 yy European Fungi; collected and named by Thiimen.
200 ey Fungi; prepared by Rabenhorst.
900 y European Fungi; collected and named by Karsten.
90 2” Algz; prepared by Rabenhorst.
432 Ais Cryptogamia from Burma; collected and presented by S. Kurz of
Calcutta.

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b. British Herbarium.
Phanerogamia.

A large Herbarium of British Plants, including the plants enumerated in the “ Flora
of Middlesex,” consisting of about 3,000 sheets ; presented by Dr. Trimen.
100 species, presented by the Rev. J. C. Elliott.
50 Sain On ok and critical Irish plants; collected and presented by A. G. More,
sq.
Specimens of Toes es from the Rey. W. Fox.
Carex punctata from Pembrokeshire; presented by C. Bailey, Esq.

39

Cryptogamia.

50 species from Oxford, forming part of Baxter’s “ Stirpes Cryptogamice Oxon.”
10,4, of recently-determined British Mosses; presented by C. P. Hobkirk, Esq.
Specimens of Sphagnum Mulleri ; presented by Dr. Braithwaite.
100 species of Fungi; collected and prepared by J. English.
100 igs Spheria; collected and named by C. B. Plowright.
450 ag Lichens; collected by the Rev. J. M. Crombie.
100 ef A from Wales; collected and named by the Rev. W. A.
Leighton.

Il.— To the Structural Series.
a. Fruit Collection.

Fruit of Hematocarpus Thomsoni; presented by J. Miers, Esq.
Fruit of Pandanus from New Caledonia, coliected by Pancher.
2 Cucurbitaceous Fruits from Mexico.

6b. General Collection.

Stems of Styrax, Nicotiana, and Ferula; presented by M. Moggridge, Esq.

Stems of Phenix, Pandanus and Cycas, from Travancore.

2 Palm (Kentia) stems and two Fern stems from New Caledonia, collected by Pancher.

69 specimens of woods, from New Caledonia, collected by Pancher.

2 stems of Hemitelia, collected by R. Trimen, Esq.

Specimens, dissections, and drawings of Apodanthes, Langsdorffia, and Helosis, pre-
sented by J. Miers, Esq.

90 preparations illustrating the structure and fructification of British Fungi, prepared

by M. C. Cooke.

II1.—7o the Fossil Series.

122 Sections of Carboniferous Fossils, prepared by J. T. Norman.
4 fossil fruits from the Miocene of Corfe, Dorset.
2 specimens of fossil wood from the Crag of Sussex.

Specimen of a rare fossil Cycad Manteilia pygmea.

Portion of a trunk, about 40ft. long and 4ft. in diameter of Araucariozylon, from
Craigleith quarry, near Edinburgh; presented by T. S. Hunter, Hsq. through Sir
Robert Christison, Bart.

Section of a small stem of Araucarioxylon; presented by Professor Balfour.

2 specimens of Coniferous wood from the chalk; presented by H. Carr, Esq.

Specimens of wood in flint and chalk, and two specimens of fossil Charas.

12 specimens of fossil plants presented by Sir Philip Egerton, Bart.

Trunk of a Coniferous tree converted into jet, from Spain.

The number of yisits paid during the year to the Herbarium for the purpose of
scientific research, was 1,020. The following foreign botanists may be specified as
having used the Herbarium in prosecuting their various studies:—Berggren of Stockholm,
for his work on the plants of Greenland; Reichenbach of Hamburg, for his work on
Orchidaceae; Micheli of Geneva, for his memoir on Onagrariee; and Dr. Shaw,’ of
Colesberg, South Africa, for his investigations into mosses, and South African plants. Of
botanists residing in Britain, who have made use of the Herbarium, the following may
be specified :—Mr. J. Miers for his monographs of the Lecythidee and Apocynee; Mr.
G. Bentham, for his “ Flora Australiensis”; Mr. W. P. Hiern, for his monograph of the
Sapindacee, for the “Indian Flora”; Dr. M. T. Masters, for his memoirs on Malvacee
and Olacince, for the “ Indian Flora”; Mr. D. Hanbury, for his investigation of officinal
plants; Mr. E. M. Holmes, for his papers on Algz and Kconomic plants; Professor M. A.
Lawson, for his memoir on Celastrinee for the ** Indian Flora”; Dr. Braithwaite, for his
work on the Mosses of Britain; the Rev. J. M. Crombie, for his publications on British
Lichens; Mr. M. C. Cooke, for his work on Fungi; Mr. B. D. Jackson, for his investi-
gations into the History of English Botany.

William Carruthers.

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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

I. Arrangement and Cataloguing.

THE show-case, which stands in the centre of the public room, has been lengthened to
double its original size, and fitted with spring blinds, and that part of the collection which
illustrates the early history of engraving, consisting of specimens of works in niello,
sulphur casts, silver plates, and impressions on paper, has been re-arranged in it as
nearly as possible in chronological order. ‘The collection has also been increased by the
addition of the carving by Albert Durer, some engraved steel plates, and a few of the
rarest early Italian prints, &c.

The second volume of the Catalogue of Satirical Prints and Drawings has been
published, and comprises, in nearly a thousand pages, entries, about eight hundred
in number, dealing with the political and personal satires of the period, from June 1689
to 1733, especially those illustrating the contest between Protestantism and Roman Catho-
licism, the wars with Louis XIV., including the war of the Spanish Succession, the final
defeat of James II., the French “ Universal Monarchy,” the High Church and Low
Church parties, the Calf’s Head Ulub, the South Sea and Mississippi Schemes, the early
history of the Opera, the modern stage and pantomime, lotteries, “ The Dunciad,” Sir h.
Walpole and his Excise Scheme, and the early works of Hogarth. ‘This was a period of
transition in satire, during which, art was associated with literary matter to an exceptional
extent ; the texts of the works catalogued needed therefore an unusual extent of literary
illustration, abstracts and extracts, in order to place the subjects fairly before the student.

Of the third volume, about twenty-five sheets are prepared, of which nearly twenty
sheets are in type, ready for incorporation with the rest of the volume, which comprises
numerous works by Hogarth, besides satires illustrating the opera, drama, players, the
war with Spain, the fall of Sir R. Walpole’s administration, the biographies of George IL.,
Whitefield, Admirals Vernon, Hosier, and Byng, the Duke of Cumberland, Pulteney,
Cardinal Fleury, the Empress Maria Theresa, Pope, Cibber, Frederick the Great, the
Pretender, Pitt, Lord Bute, and the Queen; also journalism of the period, “ Mock-
masonry,” the Rebellion of 1745, the artists, and early exhibitions of pictures. The pre-
face to the second volume comprises analyses of the contents of the former volume,
peeved essays on the political importance of artistic satire, and the progress of satire in

ngland.

The first volume of the Catalogue of Prints and Drawings illustrating events in English
History, will be issued without much more delay; one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
six full titles have been written for the same during the year.

» The collection of beautiful and highly finished drawings by Nicolaus Mosman, mostly
taken from celebrated Italian pictures, and numbering two hundred and nine-two
examples, which were presented to the Trustees by Brownlow Cecil, ninth Earl of Exeter
in 1779, has been arranged in twelve imperial and two antiquarian solander cases; and
a working catalogue has been written of them, with references to the position of each
drawing.

The afer German etchings have been brought together, and temporarily arranged,
until cases are prepared for them; an alphabetical index of the artists’ names has been
written, and also a chronological one.

A Catalogue has been prepared of the etchings by Christian Bernhard Rode, with
translations of the titles in Nagler’s “Kunstler Lexicon;” the register marks of the
specimens in the Department being added to each entry.

A hand Catalogue has been written of the names of the engravers, whose works are
arranged in the seven volumes of fine proofs and prints of the Dutch and Flemish ~
engravers, with references to the volumes in which they are placed.

A full Index has been made of the titles in the second volume of the Catalogue of
Personal and Political Satires. :

Catalogues of the collections of English and foreign prints in mezzotinto are in pre-

aration.

F The arrangement of the works of the brothers Wierix has been completed; one
hundred and eighty-five specimens having been marked off in Alvin’s catalogue, and
incorporated. :

The Italian, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and Flemish books of prints have
been re-arranged in the South Gallery; all additions have been incorporated, and references
to their position made on the titles in the MS. Catalogues. ;

An important selection of rare prints and drawings has been made from the collection
of Hugh Howard, an eminent connoisseur, who died in 1735, comprising many specimens,
some of them probably unique.

The English etchings recently mounted have been jncorporated, and temporarily arranged
in alphabetical order, and placed in solander cases, of which there are now eighteen.

Drawings, carbon photographs, and choice early prints have been mounted on sunk
boards, to preserve them from injury by friction and other causes, to the number of one
thousand and eighty-five; other examples of less value, to the number of three thousand
five hundred and thirty-one, have been mounted in the ordinary manner ; and in all cases
the names and references have been printed in bistre on the mounts.

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40 Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

One thousand two hundred and fifteen titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of
foreign portraits.

One thousand five hundred and fifty-nine titles have been prepared for the Catalogue
of prints after foreign masters.

One hundred and three titles have been prepared for foreign historical prints.

One thousand four hundred and thirty-nine titles have been prepared for the Catalogue
of books of prints.

Thirty-two titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of pamphlets on Art subjects
in the Library of Reference.

Seven hundred and sixty-eight titles have been prepared for the Catalogues of English
and foreign engravings in mezzotinto.

All the above titles have been duly incorporated, and the prints to which they refer
arranged with their respective collections.

One thousand four hundred and twenty-two titles have been prepared for, and incor-
porated in the Catalogue of English portraits, and the portraits themselves have been
placed in their respective periods and classes, according to Bromley’s arrangement.

Ten thousand six hundred and ninety-five articles have been entered in the register of
purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Prints and drawings have been impressed with the Departmental stamp and register
marks, to the number of twelve thousand six hundred andsixty-three.

Six thousand four hundred and fifteen titles for the Moll Collection of German
portraits have been pasted down on full-sized slips of cartridge paper, and incorporated
with those of the general collection of foreign portraits. The whole of this series of titles
has now been thus mounted and arranged.

The following acquisitions, 10,015 in number, have been made during the past year :—
By Presentation; 2,017 examples :—

Several donations by J. H. Anderdon, Esq., amounting in aJl to one hundred and seventy-
five prints and drawings; amongst them examples by L. Cangiagio, T. Cecil, C.
Cignani, M. Heemskerck, N. Hone, B. Lens, B. E. Murillo, S. da Pesaro, &c.

Portrait of Sir Charles Eastlake, after J. P. Knight, r.a., and the Diploma for the
Honorary Foreign Members of the Royal Academy, after G. B. Cipriani, B.4., both
recently engraved by George T. Doo, Esq., R.A., and presented by him.

Three donations by J. Deffett Francis, Esq., amounting in all to one hundred and
seventy-three examples, and including drawings by W. Blake, Gabbiani, G. da San
Giovanni, R. del Pace, S. Prout, R. Wilson, r.A., and A. Watteau; and etchings by
W. Crotch, Delamotte, Drummond, H. Gravelot, S$. Prout, and T. Rowlandson.

“Canonical Histories and Apocryphal Legends relating to the New Testament, repre-
sented in Drawings, with a Latin text. A photo-lith. Reproduction from an Ambrosian
MS., executed for James Gibson-Craig, Esq. Privately printed at Milan, 1873.”
Presented by J. Gibson-Craig, Esq.

An important donation by Miss Tatlock ; namely, a collection of seven hundred and
seventy-nine drawings, by her uncle, William Hilton, R.a.; consisting of studies from the
antique and the life, and the first ideas for many of his pictures, amongst others his
“ Eleazar and Rebecca,” “St. Peter released from Prison,” * Editha finding the dead
Body of Harold ;” “ Sir Calepine rescuing Serena ;” “Una;” and ‘* Rape of Kuropa;”
also one hundred and sixty-three prints after English masters, including examples after
T. Allason, J. Buckler, Sir A. W. Callcott, G. B. Cipriani, L. Clennell, P. Dewint, Sir
C. Eastlake, W. Etty, John Flower, T. Hearne, W. Hogarth, R. Smirke, T. Stothard,
T. Uwins, &c.; one hundred and twenty-four prints after Italian masters, including examples
after P. da Caravaggio, Domenichino, Michel Angelo, T. Mielly, Pinelli, Raffaelle,
Giulio Romano, Tintoretto, Titian, Palma Vecchio, &c.; eighteen prints after French
masters, including examples after Barbault, C. Gillot, Le Moine, N. Poussin, L. Robert,
C. Vanloo, A. Watteau, &c.; fifteen prints after Flemish masters, including examples
after Heemskerck, M. Coxcie, Jordaens, Rubens, Strada, &c.; thirty-five English etch-
ings, and thirteen English portraits.

By Purehase—
Italian School ; 774 Examples :—

Drawings.—The Virgin and Child adored by St. Francis and St. John; drawn with
the pen in bistre, washed with a tint of the same colour, and heightened with white; by
Federigo Barocci; from the collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Etchings.—By WV. Avondo, F. di Bartoli, A. Beccaria, Bignomi, G. Borromeo, G.
Carelli, D. Casella, L. Crotio, A. Gastaldi, F. Gonin, A. Issel, A. Lauro, N. Lobrandi,
G. Mantelli, G. M. Mitelli, G. Monticelli, E. Pagliano, F. Palizzi, A. Pasini, F. Pastoris,
E. Perotti, B. Pinelli, A. Raimondi, Rayper, C. Righini, Duke Alfonso di Sartirana,
T. Signorini, C. Turletto, and Ussi.

Engravings.—Many rare examples obtained at the sale of the second portion of the
Durazzo Collection at Stuttgart, including Fortune on a Globe, and six others, by
Nicoletto da Modena; Hercules strangling Anteus, by Antonio Pollajuolo; a curious

undescribed

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undescribed state of Mutius Scevola before Porsenna, by Robetta; two marine monsters
by Giovanni Battista della Porta; and an important series by Mare Antonio, and his
scholars and followers.

A highly interesting series of two hundred and ninety-eight portraits, by Dominic
Custos and other eminent engravers of the sixteenth century.

Other examples by Nicola Beatrizet,G. J. Caraglio, Master of the Die, Diana Ghisi,
Andrea Mantegna, Nicolo Nelli, T. Piroli, J. M. Pomedello, J. Pozalostine, Martin
Rota, L. Schiavonetti, Domenico Tibaldi, Enea Vico, Francesco Villamena, and Domenico
Zenol.

German School ; 1,228 Examples :—
Etchings.—By D. Chodowiecki, L. Ritter, J. W. Schirmer and T. Valerio.

Engravings.—This school has also been enriched by many curious and rare prints from
the Durazzo Collection, amongst which will be found some undescribed specimens by
Mair von Landshut; others, to the number of fifteen, by Israel von Meckenen, including
the set of letters of the alphabet, and an undescribed allegorical subject of King David ;
a series of sixty specimens by Virgil Solis; and several by the early masters, who are
only known by their monograms.

Other examples by C. G. von Amling, the Master I. B., Hans Sebald Beham, J. Felsing,
Wenceslaus Hollar, F. Keller, J. Keller, Lucas Kilian, H. Kip, M. Kiisell, F. Lundy,
Isaac Major, F. Massan, Ernst Mohn, H. Niisser, P. a Pflugfelder, H. H. Quiter, J. C.
Reiff, F. Ruscheweyh, Hans Schauffelin, B. Schoen, Hans Springinklee, R. Stang, H.
Steifensand, R. Steinbock, Martin Treu, C. Westermayr, and Matthias Zundt.

Dutch and Flemish Schools ; 627 Examples :—

Drawings.—“ Le Roi Boit” ; drawn in red and black chalk, tinted and heightened with
white; by Lucas Jordaens. From the Coilection of John Barnard.

Etchings—By Simon Fokke, Romeyn de Hooghe, Cornelius Matsys, J. E. Marcus,
W. Unger, Jan Valerius, and Wallerant Vaillant.

Engravings—By P. de Bailliu, Abraham Blooteling, G. Bouttats, P. Bouttats, Dirck
de Bry, Adrian Collaert, Jakob de Gheyn, Heinrich Goltzius, Michael vander Gucht,
Peter van Gunst, Jakob Houbraken, Peter de Jode, Jan Luyken, Charles de Mallery,
Jakob Matham, Theodore Matham, Jan Oudaan, Crispin de Passe, Crispin van Queboren,
Jan Sadeler, Jan Saenredam, Jakob- vander Schley, Peter van Schuppen, Lambert
Suavius, Jonas Suyderhoef, Cornelius Visscher, and the brothers Wierix.

French School ; 2,198 Examples :—

Etchings.—By T. Abraham, C. Allard-Cambray, Adolphe Appian, A. Ballin, Charles
Beauverie, E. Bénard, 1. Berthelemy, Bianchi, Francois Boucher, Felix Bracquemond,
A. Brunet-Debaines, P. Chardin, Jules Chevrier, G. Coindre, Charles Courtry, A.
Dannequin, A. Darjon, E. Daumont, L. Desbrosses, M. Destappe, L. Dumas, A. Feyen-
Perrin, H. Gounard, Comte de Gourcy, Henri Gravelot, H. Grenaud, V. Hamel, E.
Hedouin, L. Jacque, Jules Jacquemart, Maxime Lalanne, Lecurieux, Vicomte Lepic,
A. P. Martial, Jules Michelin, P. Montarlot, Morel-Lamy, E. Moyse, Gabriel Perelle,
F. Pierdon, J. B. Le Prince, A. Queyroy, Adolphe Rajon, Le Rat, J. Rozier, H. Sattrey,
A. Taiée, P. Teyssonnieres, J. Veyrassat, and F. Yon.

Engravings—By Jacques Aliamet,-Annedouche, Louis Aristide, Bagnoy, Bernard
Baron, Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, Guillaume Philippe Benoist, G. Bertinot, L. Binot,
Abraham Bosse, Peter Choftard, Jean Dambrun, Nicholas Dorigny, P. L. Dubucourt, H.
Dupont, Gerard Edelinck, H. Eichens, Peter Giffart, Claude Gillot, P. Girardet, J.
Jacquet, Nicholas de Larmessin, Nicholas de Launay, H. Lemon, P. Malsceuvre, Louis
_ Joseph Masquelier, Jean Massard, Antoine Masson, Maria Sybilla Merian, Peter E.
Moitte, B. Moncornet, Jean Moyreav, Denis Née, Pierre Pelée, Bernard Picart, Nicholas
Pitau, Francois Poilly, Nicholas Ponce, Simon Francois Ravenet, Jean Louis Roullet,
Charles Simoneau, Jean Baptiste Simonet, Pierre Alexander Tardieu, Elizabeth Clara
Tardieu, Nicholas Tardieu, Pierre Francois Tardieu, G. Tasniere, C. Thibault, P. Thiere,
A. and E. Varin, Jean Charles le Vasseur, and F. Voyez.

Spanish School; 198 Examples :—

Etchings.—A_ series of eighteen, by Mariano Fortuny; proofs in choice states, care-
fully selected for the Print Room.

Engravings.—By M. Albuerne, B. Amettler, J. Barros, M. Brandi, T. L. Enguidos,
R. Esteve, G. Frois, F. de Gueiros, Palomino, P. V. Rodriguez, A. Variquez, B. Var-
quez, and Ventura.

English School; 2,973 Examples :—

Drawings.—Mary Queen of Scots receiving from Lord Buckhurst and Beale the
sentence of death; a beautiful and important drawing in water colours, by Thomas Stot-
hard, R.A., which has been engraved by Edwards and Gaugain.

12h. H Etchings,

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Etchings——A_ complete set of those by Percy Thomas, in rare states, selected by
himself for the Print Room.

Others by A. Aglio, Astley, Catherine St. Aubin, Francis Barlow, T. O. Barlow,
Captain Batty, William Blake, Robert Blyth, Charles Bretherton, A. Browne, J. Clarke,
W. B. Cook, R. Cooper, Richard Corbould, Robert Hartley Cromek, George Cuitt,
Richard Dagley, J. Scarlett Davis, Miss Dibdin, Robert Dighton, Robert Dodd, Samuel
Drummond, Catherme Fanshawe, Newton Fieldmg, Richard Gaywood, P. W. Gilpin,
Sawrey Gilpin, J. D. Glennie, J. Gooch, Francis Grose, Miss J. C. Hales, Sir George
Hayter, William Heath, J. P. Heseltine, J. Will, Samuel Howitt, John Jackson, R. 4.,
George R. Jesse, William Kent, Rev. Thomas Kerrich, Francis Place, Arthur Pond,
B. T. Pouncy, Sir Thomas Reeve, Thomas Rowlandson, H. C. Shenton, S. Sibson, H.
L. Smith, John Raphael Smith, G. B. Villiers, Francis Vivares, Thomas Worlidge, and
J. C. Zeitter.

Engravings.—By J. 8. Agar, Wiliam Angus, James McArdell, Alexander Banner-
man, Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A., James Basire, William Bromley, John Brown, Thomas
Burke, Edward Burton, William Byrne, James Caldwall, Anthony Cardon, Joseph
Collyer, George Cooke, Samuel Cousins, k.a., Thomas Cross, George Dawe, Philip
Dawe, William Dickinson, George T. Doo, R.a., Robert Dunkarton, Richard Earlom,
G. S. and J. G. Facius, James Faed, Edward Finden, William Finden, John Finlay-
son, James Fittler, a.r.a., Thomas Gaugain, Richard Golding, Valentine Green, William
Greatbach, J. Greig, Joseph Grozer, John Godfrey Haid, Charles Heath, James
Heath, Francis Hell, George Hollis, Thomas Holloway Nathaniel Hone, r.a., Richard
Houston, Henry Hudson, Henry Le Keux, Edward Kirkall, Robert Laurie, Charles
George Lewis, David Lucas, Thomas Lupton, William Marshall, Thomas Medland,
Samuel Middiman, John Miller, Thomas Milton, John Murphy, William Nutter, John
Ogborne, John Outrim, William Pether, G. H. Phillips, B. T. Pouncy, D. G. Pound,
Edward Radclyfte, Abraham Raimbach, Samuel Rawle, Samuel William Reynolds,
William Ridley, John Henry Robinson, r. a., J. Rogers, Edward Rooker, William
Wynne Ryland, John Scott, Edward Scriven, William Sherlock, John Keyse Sherwin,
Peter Simon, William Skelton, Anker Smith, a.r.a., J. C. Smith, John Raphael Smith,
Charles Spooner, George Townley Stubbs, Luke Sullivan, D. Taylor, W. J. Taylor,
T. P. Tomkins, William Henry Toms, Thomas Trotter, Charles Turner, a.5., George
Vertue, Anthony Walker, J. Wallis, R. Wallis, W. Wallis, William Ward, Alfred Warren,
Robert White, J. L. Williams, T. Williamson, William Wilson, William Woollett, W.
Woolnoth, William Henry Worthington, and John Young.

George William Reid.

British Museum, J. Winter Jones,
21 Apri 11874. Principal Librarian.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

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AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exrenpiture
of the British Museum (SpecrarTrvst Funps),
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1874 ;
Number of Persons admitted, Progress of Ar-
rangement; &c.

(Mr, Walpole.) |

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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
27 April 1874.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 6 April 1875 ;—for,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Exrunviturn of the Britisp MusEuM
(Specrat Trusr Funps), for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March
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““ And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Musrum in each
Year from 1869 to 1874, both Years inclusive; together with a Starement
of the Progress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTions; and an
Account of Ossecrs added to them in the Year 1874.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1875.

II.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
IIf.—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND), for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

V.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britiss Musrum in
each Year from 1869 to 1874, both Years inclusive.

VI.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of-the CotLecTions, and an
Account of OxpsectTs added to them, in the Year 1874.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
15 April 1875.

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2 AccoUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczerpt anp Exrenpiturse of the BRIDGEWATER

Cc Stock,
ae ek 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Bee hes ahs BUG" tals
To Batance on the 1st April 1874 - - - - - - - - - | 125 3 10 13,117 Pee
- Drviveyns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.: |
. Onthe 7th July 1874. - - - £19615 4
A} 6th January 1875 - - 196 15 4 |
393 10 8 |
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— One Yzar’s Renv or a Reat Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
received, 17th April 1874 - - - - - - - 88 9 7
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II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczipt ann Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Bie WSeh ieee Bean lesen ids
To Batance cn the Ist April 1874 - = - - - “ - - - 32 12 4 2,872 6 10
- Divipenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. : .
On the 7th July 1874. - £.43 1 9
» 6th January 1875 - 43 1 8
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IIL—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Expenpiture of the SWINEY

Stock,

Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. 1s. a. he SMB
To Batance on the Ist April 1874 - - - - - +e - - - 146 10 5 5,369 2 9
- DrvipeEnps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:
On the 7th July 1874 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1875 - 80 10 9
161 1 6
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IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczret and Expenpiture of the BIRCH

Stock,
Cas. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Boiss uit. £4 Sst
To Barance on the 1st April 1874 - - = : - - - - Sie Bae se 563 15 7
- Divipewns received on 5681. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.:
On the 7th July 1874 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1875 - 8 9 2
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10 April 1875. ; ot
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ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND, between the 1st April 1874 and the 31st March 1875.

C Stock,
ooo 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
. Ee Senicee San a ele
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the ReEau
Estate, viz. :
Tn the financial year ended 31st March 1875 - - - - - E54
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1875 - - - - =| 24219 —
— Payment of One YEar’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian’ - = fan 210" = =
‘ 454 4 4
— BALaNnce ON THE 31sT Marcu 1875, carried to Account for 1875/76 ~ 9719 9 13,117 17 2
Ser | , DO 4 Te se eee ee

a a ————E—E——E——EEE
FUND, between the Ist April 1874 and the 31st March 1875.

Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

Ge 4a afk
By Payment for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1875 - - - - -{ 107 7.-=
— BaLaNceE on THE 31st Marcu 1875, carried to Account for 1875/76 - 2,872 6 10
2,872 6 10
- FUND, between the 1st April 1874 and the 31st March 1875.
Stock,
Cash. — |-3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. 8. a ee. Se 00
By Sarary paid to Dr. Carpenter for Lectures on Geology in 1874 - - -| 150 =
- Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1875, carried to Account for 1875/76- -| 157 11 11 5,369 2 9
Sap j30¢. 11 WI 5,369 2 9

FUND, between the 1st April 1874 and the 31st March 1875.

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
: : : so a: £4 ual d,
By Lezeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
Printed Books, of ‘Manuscripts, and of Natural History = - : 1618 38
— Batance on THe 31st Marcu 1875, carried to Account for 1875/76 - -|- - Z 563 15 7

£. 1618 3 563 15 7

J. Winter Jones,
Principal Librarian.

148. ‘ A2

4 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V.—RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmittep to Visit the Britisu Museum.

Persons admitted to view the Genera Coxuections in each Year from 1869 to 1874, both Years inclusive.

1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874.

ee ee | ee ee

N° N°? N° N° N° N°
JANUARY aie he ieee tea "| “20 996 31,199 23,731 28,903 28,486 28,176
BEBROARY $0 =" 70 see meagre: "| 93 54g 27,282 23,072 23,638 18,537 24,058
Marcu - = = = = : GS 65,282 33,306 35,029 26,131 29,492 33,270
PELE oN eee) |. 41,068 50,793 41,507 56,305 50,5738 56,245
SRR aS) eee ee a= |" a5 dae 29,538 41,146 44,025 27,839 45,674
shone ee ore ke) gore (ets = at @e.466 46,493 41,042 32,500 56,565 41,368
CITI ae a aA cy oh a Me 40,410 48,574 41,225 44,494 49,043
AvuGusT - - - - - - - 43,048 45,103 44.076 49,489 48,872 52,353
SEPTEMBER - - = - - = 26,607 29,619 27,046 27,045 31,917 31,759
OcrosER Dace hice chien ea WEE i ae 29,845 28,762 33,735 35,086 .
Novemp—R - - - - - =| :93,896 25,284 21,026 23,191 24,476 27,227
PACEMERE Mee ene yank |e URSA 85,602 | 42,000 42,854 47,278 36,850
Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections -| 460,635 | 427,247 | 418,094 | 424,068 | 442,064 |#461,059
(exclusive of Readers) - - i
Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose of] = gr 4
Study Fly Tes i a Al 103,884 98,971 105,130 105,006 105,971 104,727
To the Department of Manuscripts, for thet
purpose of studying the collections and >|. - - - - - - - - 1,345 1,632
of examining Select Manuscripts - -
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-
9 lod
pose of Study " y 2 4 2,983 2,981 3,911 4,769 6,281 7,185
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the pur- iw
2 7 ,
peecien kote | _ 1,948 1,382 1,149 1,359 1,724 1,674 ‘
To the Gold Ornament Room - - - 7,687 5,863 6,905 5,925 12,740 16,560 4
T istory i
Pee ree al Enon, a 4,123 4,514 4,921 4,751 4,861 6,022.
To the Print Room, for the purposes of ) 5
Study or Research - = r “if 3,167 2,833 2,422 2,833 2,984
ToTaL - - -| 584,427 543,791 542,532 548,494 576,919 601,843

* Including the tota: number of persons (2,471) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six til] eight
o’clock, from the 8th of May to the 15th of August 1874, inclusive, as compared with 2,114 persons admitted in 1873.

In addition to the above, 858 persons were admitted during the year 1874 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-
graphy, &c.—which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,
Westminster-—as compared with 864 persons admitted in 1878.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Bririss Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays—

From Ten till Four From Ten till Five From Ten till Six
Mondays. o'clock in— o'clock in— o’clock in——
January. March. May.
Wednesdays. February. April. June.
: November. September. July.
Fridays. December. October. August.

A Saturdays, from Twelve o’clock till the hour of ciosing, January—-December.

The Public will also be admitted until Eight o’clock in the evening, on Mondays and Saturdays, from the 8th of
May to the 14th of August inclusive, in the present year. “-

Classes or other bodies of persons are admitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year for purposes of
instruction, to the number of 30 for the Upper Galleries of the Museum, and 50 for the Lower Galleries,
on previous application to the Principal Librarian. '

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November, —
December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March, and
April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History,
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday; and
to the Print Room from Ten till Four o’clock, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of January, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of me
September, inclusive, on Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or _
Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. i j

The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collection on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tickets
issued at the British Museum. ‘

British Museum, | J. Winter Jones, “=
10 April 1875. f Principal Librarian.

AccouNTs, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

VI.—PROGRESS made in the CaTALOGuING and ARRANGEMENT and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1874.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have 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; also on the title-slip and entry in the
Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 91,224, of labels to
32,747, and of renewed labels to 11,021.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 56,677 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
48,730 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 7,947 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and of the several Oriental Collections.

(6.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from A to R, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 62,391, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
1,233. 49,958 transcripts of title-slips, and 193 of index-slips, have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. The first copy of 26,986 transcripts,
forming portions of letters P and R (of which 6,138 were new ones), the second copy of
29,153 transcripts (of which 5,947 were new ones), the third copy of 25,796 transcripts (of
which 5,957 were new ones), have been laid down in the volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, S to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 11,045. 12,769 transcripts of title-slips have
been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—6,471 title-slips have been written, and 17,075 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(e.) Hebrew Cataiogue.—166 title-slips have been written, and 252 title-slips have been
transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogue (including all works in Oriental languages other than Hebrew,
Chinese, and Japanese).—The number of titles written is 1,238.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—72 title-slips have been written for Chinese
books. The printing of the Catalogue has proceeded as far as the heading San.

(h.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogues.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 91,800 slips have been mounted on cartridge paper, and 313,460 arranged pre
paratory to incorporation. ;

(i.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 256 in each of the interleaved copies, and the necessary entries have been
made in the Hand-Catalogue.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to, 14,443; and, in consequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding
two or more volumes in one, the number of bound volumes returned is 7,877. 1,242
pamphlets have also been bound, and 306 volumes repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room, is 286,497; to the Royal Library, 8,997; to
the Grenville Library, 707; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 244,010. _ Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 824,445, the whole amounts to
1,364,656, or about 4,673 for each of the 292 days during which the room was open to
the public.

The number of readers during the year has been 104,727, giving an average of 358 daily,
and, from the numbers aboye, each reader appears to have consulted on an average
13 volumes per diem.

148. A3 V. Additions.

6 Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VY. Additions.—(a.) 37,761 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 1,588
were presented, 7,203 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 462
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 28,508 acquired by purchase.

(4.) 40,663 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of

works in progress) have also been added, of which 592 were presented, 20,165 received _

in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 754 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 19,152 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows,
viz. : 252 published in London and suburbs, 1,110 in other parts of England and Wales,
170 in Scotland, and 133 in Ireland. 354 volumes, and 419 numbers of Newspapers
belonging to 140 different sets, have been purchased,

(d.) 7,866 pieces of Music have been acquired, each ‘piece complete in itself, of which
5,152 were received by English and 1,347 by International Copyright, and 1,367 purchased.
Of 1,309 portions of musical works in progress, 729 have been received by English and
580 by International Copyright. 3,778 works of greater extent than single pieces have
also been acquired, comprising 925 by English and 337 by International Copyright, and
2,516 by purchase. -

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 37,761 volumes and pamphlets, and
40,663 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 39,800. Of these, 1,288 have been presented, 8,582 acquired by English, and 587 by
International Copyright, and 29,343 by purchase.

10,351 articles have been received in the department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 88,775
articles received in the department. .

(f.) The number of stamps impressed on articles is altogether 237,806. In addition
to this, 617 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections. for
further security.

Among the acquisitions of the year may be mentioned :—

A collection of the most important works which have recently been published in the
territory of the Argentine Republic. Presented by the Argéntine Government.

Two very rare Shakespearian tracts, purchased at Sir William Tite’s sale, viz. :

(1.) The Meeting of Gallants at an Ordinarie, or the Walkes in Powles: London,
1604. This very curious work contains an allusion to Shakespeare’s “‘ Comedy of Errors,”
and interesting references to the plague which raged in London during 1603. (2.)
Maroccus Extaticus; or Bankes’ Bay Horse in a Trance. Printed for Cuthbert Burby,
1595; containing an account of the celebrated performing horse so frequently mentioned
in the dramatic works of the seventeenth century, and alluded to by Shakespeare in
“Love’s Labour’s Lost.” Both man and horse are said to have been burnt at Rome
for witchcraft.

A. contemporary Latin account, hitherto unknown to bibliographers, of the meeting of
Henry VIII. and Francis I. at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in June 1520. A French
version exists in the Grenville Library.

A copy of the Chorus Poetarum Classicorum: Lugduni, 1616, with the autograph and
numerous Latin marginal notes in the handwriting of Ben Jonson.

Many early English works of rarity have been purchased, including a copy of the
extremely scarce first edition of Lydgate’s translation of Boccaccio’s Fall of Princes ;
printed by Pynson in 1494. This volume was rescued from a tobacconist’s shop at Lam-
berhurst; portions had been cut out to wrap up tobacco and snuff.—-The rare edition of
the English Bible in octavo, printed in 1612-13, the year after the publication of the
authorised version in folio. It was unknown to Dr. Cotton, Lea Wilson, and to Lowndes.
It is in beautiful condition, and in a binding of embroidered needlework.—Giles Fletcher’s
Reward of the Faithfull; London, 1623. This rare prose work by the author of
“ Christe’s Victorie,” was recently described by Mr. Grosart from an imperfect copy
which he believed to be unique. The author died in 1623, the year of the publication of
the first folio edition of Shakespeare. He denounces “idle pamphleters and loose poets,
no better than the Priests of Venus, with the rabble of stage-players and balleters,
and circumferaneous fidlers and brokers, all which, if they were cleane taken out of the
world, there would bee little misse of them.” The preface contains a remarkable excul-
patory allusion to Lord Bacon two years after his disgrace. The noble birth and gallant
atchievements of that remarkable outlaw Robin Hood, 1678. The only prose history of
Robin Hood and the only copy known.—Barbour’s Actes and Life of Robert Bruce;
Edinburgh, 1620.—R. Greene’s Historie of Orlando Furioso ; C. Burby, 1599.— Psalms,
Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testament, in English Meeter a the

aints,

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

Saints, especially in New England, 1680.—Twenty rare Scotch proclamations, and other
documents of the seventeenth century.

Some scarce works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, including the “ Refutation of Deism,”
of which only two other copies are known to have occurred. The first edition of
*‘ Hpipsychidion,” of which Shelley only printed 100 copies for private circulation. ‘“ A
Vindication of Natural Diet:” being a reprint of a portion of the preface to Queen Mab,
with additional matter unique in this form.

Considerable additions have been made to the minor English poetry and dramatic
literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. Early editions of various works by Byron,
Moore, Shelley, and Leigh Hunt, have been acquired, as well as many which were want-
ing to complete the series of editions in the case of older writers, such as Burton, Bunyan,
Defoe, and Dryden. Sets of many of the older English Periodicals and Magazines have
been bought. and others made perfect. A large number of privately and locally printed
books have been obtained.

A further selection of about 500 works from the linguistic library of M. Burgaud des
Marets, comprising works in Basque, in the dialects of Italy, Spain, and Portugal, and
in Wallachian. This purchase has made the Museum Library exceedingly rich in Basque
books.

A collection of Romaic works from the library of the late Charles Hopf.

A considerable collection of journals, pamphlets, books, and caricatures illustrative of
the recent revolution in Spain, 1870-74.

A collection of Law Reports and other law books of Upper and Lower Canada and
Nova Scotia, in which the library has hitherto been deficient.

Several files of important foreign newspapers, including the official Gazette of the
Portuguese Government, the Diario do Governo; the Romanu, a Wallachian newspaper,
published in Bucharest ; the Port Philip Gazette for 1838-41, being the first newspaper
published in Melbourne; and the Daily Dispatch, published at Richmond during the
American Civil War.

The collection of Music has been augmented by the purchase of several hundred volumes,
comprising the works of modern German, French, and Italian composers, many in full
score. The works of Glinka, Titov, Varlamov, have been added to the Russian music.
A great number of important treatises on the theory of the art have been acquired,
and several valuable additions made to the class of early printed music.

WW. B. Rye.

DeparRTMENT OF Maps, Cuarts, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

: I. Cataloguing and Arrangement :—(a.) The number of Titles (including both main
titles and cross-references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the
year, amounts to 6,527; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 6,823.

(d.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,701 maps and 6,037 titles. The numker of
Ley hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,664, and 1,009 hand-slips of purchases have
een made.

‘(e.) 1,094 Maps, in 1,803 sheets, and 305 Atlases have been entered for the binder, and
175 volumes and 331 Maps, have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and
the latter mounted, 298 on 795 cards, and 33 on cloth; 78 volumes have received separate
letterings.

(d.) An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 6,207 Titles,
necessitating the removal of 18,560 titles, and the addition to each copy of 1,872 new
leaves; 21,110 titles have been taken up from 19 volumes of the Catalogue and trimmed
for relaying; 1/,241 titles have been relaid, and, with 1,191 new titles, together 18,432
titles, have been laid down to form 29 new volumes.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from’ the Reading Room was
510, the number of Maps 892, making a sum total of 1,402.

(f.) The number of Stamps affixed to Maps was 10,169.

II. Additions :—(a.) The number of Maps which have heen received by the Copyright
Act is 524 (in 2,585 sheets), and 8 Atlases and 1 part of an Atlas have also been received
by Copyright: 214 Atlases and parts of Atlases, and 1,723 Maps, in 2,665 sheets, have
been obtained by purchase, and 4 volumes and 354 Maps, in 506 sheets, have been
presented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been, in the course of the year, 122 visitors to the Department on special geographical
inquiries.

Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are: —

An anonymous Map of Germany and the surrounding countries, engraved on copper,
but with the lettering printed from type, published at Hichstatt in Bavaria, in 1491. In
a legend at the top, describing the contents, occur the words: “ Gratia sit Cuse Nicolao,”
showing it to be the surviving representative of an earlier Map, now unknown, made by

148. Aq Cardinal

8 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.”

Cardinal Nicolas Krebs (called Cusanus, from his native village of Cusa on the Moselle),
who died in 1464. This earlier Map is apparently referred to in the preface to the
German translation of Miechov’s “ Tractatus de duabus Sarmatiis,” entitled, ‘‘ Traetat
von baiden Sarmatien, etc.,” Augsburg, 1518, 4to., in the following words:—“ Wie wol
der hochwirdig fiirst und herr herr Nicolaus Cusa, der geleerten teutschen Kron, in
ainem Mapplin von disen landen vil anzaigt,” and has been treated of at length by
Sebastian Miinster in the Ist volume of the “Rerum Germanicarum Scriptores” of
Schardius, Basle, 1574. On the back of the Map is a drawing of a coat of arms, headed
by the name of the illustrious Wilibald Pirckheimer, the Xenophon of Nuremberg ; thus:
* Bilibaldus Pircheymer MDX XIX.” From this it may be inferred that he had this
identical Map before him when he wrote his “ Germaniz ex variis scriptoribus perbrevis
explicatio ;” published in Nuremberg, 1530, 8vo.

A Map of New England, by Dr. Douglas, believed to be unique. London, 1753.

A collection of 600 water-colour drawings and engravings, illustrative of Suffolk, con-
taining original drawings by H. Davy, Author of Architectural Antiquities of Suffolk.

Seventeen early Sixteenth Century Maps and Plans, from the collection of Colonel
Von Ernst.

Survey of Ports from Dover to Land’s End, by Dummer & Wiltshaw, Commissioners
of H. M. Navy. Aug. 1698; in MS.

A large unfinished Map of Africa, by J. Arrowsmith, in MS., 803 by 66 inches.

An unfinished Map of India, 64 by 534 inches.

Original survey by Lieutenant Bayfield of Lake Huron, North America, in MS., 56
by 66 inches.

A MS. Map of the Southern part of the province of New Zealand, by Dr. Hochstetter,
58 by 57 inches.

Americe sive quart orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio, auctore Diego Gutiero.
H. Cock excud. Antverpie, i562. Believed to be unique.

A photograph fac-simile, in 36 sheets, of a beautiful Map of Paris in 1540, presented
by the Prefect of the Seine, through the intervention of M. du Sommerard, Hotel Cluny,

Paris.
Rk. A. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

Class-Catalogue.— Numerous slips of State Letters bearing no dates, but all subsequent
to 1528, have been dated and laid down in their proper volumes. Additional slips have
been inserted in the Classes of Theology, Church History, and Private Letters, and in
the Seal Index. A General Index to the Tables of Contents in the seyeral volumes is
in course of preparation.

Catalogue of Romances.—W orks in various languages have been described from seventy-
five volumes of the different Collections.

Catalogue of Ancient and Illuminated Manuscripts.—Thirty-three of the most ancient
Manuscripts in the different Collections have been described in detail; and fifty Manu-
scripts have been collated.

Catalogue of Additions.—The following volumes have been described :—Nos. 25,881 to
25,895, 26,041, 26,047 to 26,099, acquired in 1864 ; —27,356 to 27,491, 27,532 to 27,554,
27,563, 27,564, 27,569 to 27,578, acquired in 1866 ;—27,579 to 27,606, acquired in
1867 :- 28.875 to 28,909, 29,120, 29,163 to 29,206, 29,209, 29,210, 29,225, 29,232, 29,234,
29,237 to 29,240, acquired in 1872 ;—29,534 to 29,538, acquired in 1873 ;—29,539
to 29,569, 29,610 to 29,736, acquired in 1874.

The descriptions of Additional MSS., acquired in 1854 to 1858, and partly of those
acquired in 1859 and 1860, have been revised for the press.

Printed Catalogue of Additions.—The sheets B to Q, containing descriptions of Addi-
tional MSS., 19,720 to 20,686, acquired in 1854, have been revised and printed off.

Catalogue of the Egerton Collection. — Numbers 2,321, 2,322, acquired in 1873, and
2,328 to 2,362, acquired in 1874, have been described.

Catalogue of Rolls and Charters, and of Seals.—Additional Charters, 19,408 to 19,787,
and 22,486 to 24,312, have been described; and previous descriptions of Harley Charters,
79. F. 36 to 84. E. 61, have been revised.

The number of Seals and Bulle described is 2,399.

A selection of dated documents has been made from the Winchilsea and Carew

Charters, for the purpose of forming a chronological series.
Indezes.

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

Indexes.—The Catalogues of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts, acquired in the years
1860 to 1872, have been indexed, with the exception of the Ellis and Spanish Papers.

Registers.—The Registers of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been con-
tinued to the latest numbers.

Transcription.— The Catalogues of the following Collections have been copied in quad-
ruplicate :—Additional MSS. from 25,093 to 27,606, and from 29,132 to 29,538; Harley
Chasters, 79. F. 1 to 80: D. 59, 83, A. 1 to 84... Gh 112. F..1 to 112. T. 62.

The Index to the Catalogue of Seais has been similarly copied from A. to S. inclusive.

Arrangement of Papers.—Forty-nine volumes lately acquired have been arranged for
binding.

Binding. — Three hundred and six yolumes of Additional and 147 Egerton Manu-
seripts, lately acquired, have been repaired or bound. One hundred and sixteen volumes
of the old Collections have been repaired and re-bound, and nineteen hundred volumes of
the Harley Collection have been labelled.

Thirty-six volumes of transcriptions and eleven volumes of Printed Books have been
repaired and re-bound.

Verificution.— The several Collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the shelf-lists.

The Old Royal, Cotton, Lansdowne, Topham, Campbell, Additional from No. 15,292,
and Select, Rolls and Charters have also been verified.

Four hundred and sixty Manuscripts have been placed, and entered in the shelf and
hand-lists.

Eleven hundred and ninety-nine Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books
have been stamped. ‘Total of impressions, 18,072.

Five hundred and fifty-six Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 22,957 ;
and of those used by students in the rooms of the department 1,902.

The number of Rolls and Charters delivered to Readers is 267.

The Acquisition of Manuscripts during the year is as follows :—

General Collection - = - - - - - - 199
Egerton - - = - - - - ~ - - 35
Charters - - - - - - - - - ~ 1,696

The following are those of principal importance :—
A yolume of Lessons from the Gospels, in Greek; of the 11th century.

Lessons from the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles, in Greek; dated in the
year 1306. ;

A Greek Hymnarium; of the beginning of the 13th century.
A Greek Book of Prayers; of the 16th century.

A treatise of Falconry, in Italian, with coloured illustrations 2 of the beginning
of the 15th century.

Two volumes of Cuttings of Miniatures, Initial Letters, and Borders, from a Latin
Missal written in England at the beginning of the 15th century. They are the
remains of a Manuscript of the highest value, as containing work of the best English
art of the time.

A Latin Breviary, enriched with miniatures, borders, and ornamented initial
letters of the greatest beauty, by Florentine minigturists of the middle of the 15th
century.

An Inventory of the Reliques belonging to the Abbey of St. Bertin, in St. Omer,
drawn up in the year 1465; on a long vellum roll.

Two Rolls of Instructions for painted windows for the church of the Grey Friars
at Greenwich ; of the time of Henry the Seventh.

Forty-nine volumes of Correspondence and Papers of Christopher, 1st Viscount
Hatton, and Daniel Finch, 2nd Karl of Nottingham, Secretary of State in the reign
of Queen Anne. The earlier portion comprises much that relates to affairs of the
Isle of Guernsey, of which Lord Hatton was Governor, together with extensive
family correspondence, and volumes of letters of Sir Charles Lyttelton, Dr. Fell,
Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Edmund King, and others. ‘The later portion principally
consists of letters from ministers at foreign courts and other public officers, including

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Lord Treasurer Godolphin, Sir Joseph Williamson, Sir Paul and John Methuen, in
Spain and Portugal, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Duke of Ormonde,
Dr. Jeremy Taylor, and other persons of note.

A large collection of correspondence of the family of Carew of Beddington, chiefly
of the first half of the 18th century, but with some of earlier date ; among which,
are two Letters of Henry the Eighth to Sir Nicholas Carew, Ambassador at Vienna,
with instructions on the subject of the Divorce; and Original Letters of William
Camden, Dr. Donne, Lady Raleigh, and others.

Together with the above Papers were purchased more than 1,500 Original
Charters, relating to the property of the same family, and dating from the 12th
century.

Four Original Books of Accounts of the Corporation of Dover, from 1365 to 1547;
with several volumes of recent extracts from Court Books, Acts and Decrees of the
Mayor and Jurats, and other Records.

Large collections for the Genealogy of Yorkshire families, by the late P. W. Paver.

A volume of Transcripts of Poems of John Lydgate, by John Stow, the His-
torian ; dated in the year 1558.

The late Rev. John Bannister’s Collections connected with the Cornish language ;
in four volumes.

Several volumes of Ledgers and Accounts of the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane,
from the year 1772, and Covent Garden, from 1808.

Original Letters of Jean Jacques Rousseau and David Hume, and other papers
connected with Rousseau’s residence in England and his quarrel with Hume;
1766-1769. .

Stanzas by Lord Byron, in his autograph; accompanied by his letter offering
them for publication in the ‘‘ Monthly Literary Recreations,” dated 21 July, 1807.

Collections for the History of English Monasteries and Cathedrals ; Memoirs
of English Prelates; and other works, by the Rev. Mackenzie E. C. Walcott,
Precentor of Chichester. Presented by Mr. Walcott.

Edward A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MaNUSCRIPTS.

I.— Arrangement and Cataloguing.

: The Manuscripts acquired from July 1873 to the end of 1874 have been folio’d and
ound.

The Manuscripts acquired in 1874 have been entered into the Oriental Register and
the Oriental Inventory. A Descriptive List of the same Manuscripts has been drawn up.

The Descriptive List of the Manuscripts acquired in 1873 and 1874 has been tran-
scribed for the use of the Reading Room.

Detailed descriptions have been prepared of 384 Manuscripts for the Persian
Ele ig 55 Manuscripts for the Ethiopic Catalogue, and 3 Manuscripts for the Arabic

atalogue.

The Descriptions of the Persian Manuscripts which come under the heads of History,
Biography , and Geography, have been divided into classes and arranged under each class
in chronological order. ,

The Arabic Manuscripts acquired subsequently to the printing of the Arabic Cata-
logue, have been entered in manuscript into the Indices of the Department Copy of that
Catalogue.

Il.— Acquisitions.

Thirty-six Manuscripts have been added during the year to the Oriental Collection,
viz., 30 by purchase, and six by donation, as follows :

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Hebrew = Sant Sy SAMMUT OR, [itm phlei Es
Sanscrit ~ - - = = - = ie 1
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The following are the mest important :—

The fourth and last volume of Ibn Khallikan’s “ Lives of Illustrious Men,” written by.
the author’s own hand, circa A.D. 1257, Arabic ; a most valuable addition to the first two
volumes of Ibn Khallikin’s autograph acquired by the Trustees in 1864.

The second volume of the above work, dated a.m. 747 (a.D. 1346). Folio.

The Canon of Avicenna in two volumes, the first of which is dated a.u. 733 (A.D.
1333). Arabic. Folio.

A volume of the Commentary of Ibn Hajar on the Sahih, or authentic collection of
Muhammad’s Traditional Sayings, by Al-Bukhari. Arabic. Folio.

A copy of the Coran, carefully written on vellum in the 18th century. Quarto.

Rabbi Saadiah’s Commentaries on the Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, ete.
Hebrew; 14th century. Folio.

Mukhtasar Murshid, a glossary of Talmudic: words. by Rabbi Tankhum; Hebrew.
Folio.

Discourses on the Six Days of Creation, a Nestorian work by an unknown author;
Syriac. Folio.

Syriac fragments from the Syrian Convent of Nitria, some of which were found to belong
to MSS. previously acquired by the Trustees. Presented by Professor William
Wright. :

Atashkadah, or Notices on Persian Poets, by Lutf Ah Beg, with illuminated title-page.
Folio, bound in painted covers.

Matla’us-Sa’dain, 2 History of Timur and his successors in Iran. Persian. A.p. 1646.
Folio.

Khuldsat ul-Akhbar, a manual of Oriental History, by Khwand Amir. Persian. a.p.
1511. Folio.

Insib un-Nawiasib, a Shi’ah work by ’Ali Da ’id of Astrabad, containing fierce attacks
on the first three Khalifs and other enemies of Ali. Persian. Folio.

Tazkirat ul-Umara, or Lives of Indian Amirs, by Kewalrém. Persian. Folio.

Bans4wali, a history of the Rajahs of Jypore. Persian. A.D. 1784. Folio.

Journal of the Japanese Mission to Europe. Japanese. Six Parts. Folio.

A Japanese Novel with miniatures. Quarto.

(The above two MSS. were presented by Ernest Satow, Esq., Japanese Secretary to
the British Legation in Japan.) q

A large Buddhistic work written on palm leaves in the Pali language and Cambodgian
character. Presented by Dr. Campbell, Her Majesty’s Consul General, Siam.

Hindoo Mythological Drawings, collected and accompanied with an explanatory text,
by the Rey. William Malkin.

Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangements.

In the Egyptian division, in the galleries, an Egyptian sphinx has been re-mounted on
a new granite pedestal, and placed under glass.

Portion of an Egyptian sarcophagus has been re-mounted on a new granite pedestal.

Part of an Egyptian figure has been re-mounted on a new granite pedestal. An
Egyptian basin has been re-mounted on a pedestal of the same material.

An Egyptian sun dial, and the fragment of an Egyptian calendar, have been mounted
on stone pedestals.

_ The table cases placed in the Northern Gallery have had their contents re-arranged

suitably to the incorporation of new objects.

‘A. new table case has been placed in the Southern Egyptian Gallery, and the Assyrian
objects acquired by Mr. G. Smith during his last expedition to Mesopotamia, temporarily

displayed in it.

The lower portion of an Egyptian figure, in the vestibule of the Egyptian galleries,
has been placed under glass and re-mounted on a stone pedestal.

Two long pieces of papyri from the Harris collection, have been framed and glazed
and exhibited on the northern wall of the staircase leading to the Egyptian rooms.

In the Egyptian rooms several new objects have been incorporated, the case re-arranged,
and blank blue labels attachied to objects described in the Guide.

A selection of Babylonian and Assyrian bricks have been glazed and: placed above the
Assyrian sculptures in the Nimroud Gallery, and some of the table cases in the same
gallery have had their contents re-arranged.

The lintel of a door, discovered by Mr. G. Smith, has been fixed over the entrance to
the Kouyunjik Gallery,

An additional table case has been added to the Kouyunjik Gallery.

In the Assyrian ante-room a Babylonian inscription has been placed on a new Portland
stone plinth, and the side cases have been re-arranged.

In the Assyrian basement-room two Assyrian slabs have been mounted on stone plinths.

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The glazing of slabs of sculpture in the Assyrian basement has been completed.

The collections in the glass cases containing antiquities from Cyprus have been re-
arranged, and many of the sculptures have been mounted and placed in them.

A fragment of a Carthaginian inscription and another of a Himyaritic inscription have
been mounted on stone plinths.

Two papyri have been unrolled, glazed, and mounted in frames.

Nine sheets of papyri have been glazed and mounted.

Four pieces of papyri have been unrolled.

One Egyptian tablet has been mounted.

91 small Keyptian objects have been mounted.

36 Egyptian engraved stones have been mounted.

Four Assyrian stone tablets have been repaired and mounted,

1,538 Assyrian inscribed tablets and fragments have been cleaned, and 111 have been
repaired.

11 Assyrian terra-cotta vases have been cleaned.

29 pieces of Assyrian iron have been cleaned. ;

20 Assyrian bronzes have been cleaned, including amongst them part of a throne and
a cup.

106 pieces of Assyrian pottery have been cleaned and mounted.

172 miscellaneous Assyrian objects have been joined and cleaned.

166 Assyrian objects of various kinds have been mounted.

63 sculptures from Cyprus have been repaired and mounted.

1,539 mounting boards for small objects have been prepared.

136 pedestals and stands have been made.

133 objects have been catalogued.

The plates of the fac-similes of the Harris Papyrus have been printed off up to the 79th
or last page, with the exception of three coloured plates or vignettes, and progress has
been made in the description to accompany the plates.

A guide has been prepared and issued of the Egyptian monuments exhibited in the
vestibule of the Egyptian Galleries.

Some tracings of Egyptian frescoes in the collection have been collated for the purpose
of binding.

379 objects have been registered.

197 explanatory entries have been made in the register.

About 300 descriptive slips have been inserted in the Egyptian catalogue.

581 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects exhibited in the collections.

237 numbers to attach to objects have been printed.

II.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department, including fragments, was about
3,200.

Amongst them the most remarkable were—

Wooden board of a coffin, on which is painted Merartef worshipping Socharis. Pre-
sented by C. W. Goodwin, H.M. Assistant Consular Judge, Yokohama.

Terra-cotta figure of a Canephoros, or basket-bearing priestess. From the Fayoum.

Terra-cotta group of two Erotes'or Cupids holding grapes, and thyrsus. From the

Fayoum. ;
A torch-bearing genius, perbaps intended for Zhanatos, Death, wearing a chlamys.

From the same locality.
Several lamps from Damanhour, with the names of makers, Agathos, Faustus, and Caius,

one with the HPA incised.

Terra-cotta two-handled flask, inscribed on each side O ATIOS MENAS “St. Menas,”
with the figure of the Saint standing holding animals.

Terra-cotta jug in shape of a female head, and another moulded in the form of a

pigeon.

Red granite head of a negro. From Tel Basta. :

Two arragonite heads of Rameses III. for inlaying. From Tel El Yahoudeh.

Dark stone cylindroid weight, with inscription.

Silex fragment of a vase, on which are engraved the name and titles of Apep, or
Apophis, an unplaced monarch.

Steatite figure of Isis, standing, with her name and titles inscribed.

Porcelain cartouche for inlaying, having on it the name of Rameses V. From Tel El

Yahoudeh.
Green porcelain ibex, having on the base the prenomen of Amenophis III. of the 18th

dynasty.
Blue porcelain, porcelain object in shape of a flower. From Tel El Yahoudeh.
Some porcelain tiles for inlaying, in shape of an ogive, with papyrus flowers, buds, and
’ rosettes.

Green porcelain cylinder, with name and titles of Thothmes III. of the 18th dynasty.
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Six bronze weights, inscribed V for nomisma and N T' nomismata tria, “ one” and “three
nomisma coins ” or gold solidi which they were intended to weigh.

Linen heads covered with plaster, and painted, of hawks and Egyptian monarchs

Sandstone tablet; on it are represented the adorations of Pasheti, an Egyptian, and his
sister, to the god Amen Ra. From Nubia.

Bronze cynocephalus ape, having on the plinth a dedication of Necho II. of the 26th
dynasty.

Unrolled mummy of an ibis, the Ibis religiosa. Say. Presented by Norman
Pearson, Esq.

White jasper oval, with magical inscription.

A considerable collection of Assyrian antiquities has been added to the department
from the excavations carried on in Mesopotamia by Mr, George Smith, by order of the
Trustees, in the course of the years 1873-74. The collection consisted of about 3,000
objects, principally fragments of terra cotta inscriptions, other portions of which were
already in the collections to which many of the new fragments have been united,

Among the principal objects are—

An early Babylonian tablet. From Kouyunjik.

Several fragments of tablets giving an account of the Assyrian Deluge.

Portion of the legend of Sargon L., King of Assyria. :

Some new fragments of the synchronous history of Babylonia and Assyria.

An bistorical tablet of Assurrisilim, King of Assyria.

Part of a cylinder of Tiglath Pileser I., King of Assyria.

Inscribed bricks, with names and titles of Shalmaneser I. and Tigulti-Ninip, Kings of
Assyria.

Stone inscription of Mutaggiluusku, King of Assyria.

Portions of cylinders in terra-cotta, of Sargon, King of Assyria.

Part of a terra-cotta cylinder, with the annals of Sennacherib, King of Assyria,

Part of an inscription narrating the conquest of Egypt by Esarhaddon.

Terra-cotta fragments of an historical inscription of Assurbanipal, mentioning Sabaco,
the Ethiopian King of Egypt.

Terra-cotta fragments relating to the wars between the Assyrians and Medes at the
close of the Assyrian Empire.

A perfect terra-cotta tablet, with mythological inscription, in the Accadian and Assyrian
cuneiform writing.

Part of an Assyrian astrolabe in terra-cotta.

Part of an inscription on terra-cotta, giving divisions of the Seasons and rules for fixing
the year.

Two bilingual terra-cotta tablets, with Assyrian and Pheenician inscriptions.

Several new syllabaries and lists on terra-cotta tablets.

Portions of a crystal throne.

Some specimens of ancient Assyrian ironwork.

Some interesting bronze objects, including a fork with two prongs like the Roman
ligula, ornamented with annulets.

Stone lintel of a door found on the site of the palace of Sennacherib at Kouyunjik,
with bas relief representing a two-handled vase and two gryphons.

Two terra-cotta tablets with cuneiform inscriptions, dated in the reigns of Neriglissar
and Cambyses. Presented by Alfred J. Lawson, Esq.

Bronze figure of a Persian deity. From Urmia.

Terra-cotta seals and tessere from Palmyra, with figures and Palmyrene inscriptions.

Agate scarabeoid, having on the base a bull, and the name of ‘ Jashael,’ its possessor.

In the year 1874, the fifteen sheets of the 4th volume of Cuneiform Inscriptions
awaiting final correction have been corrected, and seven additional ones, comprising the
whole number of the work, have been thrown on the stone.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.

L.— Arrangement.

Eighty-three sculptures, inscriptions, and pieces of architecture, three mosaics and
seventeen bronze figures have been mounted and repaired; a plaster model of the
Acropolis of Athens has been placed under a glass shade in the New Elgin Room; three
shades for vases have been placed in the Second Vase Room; twenty-three fictile vases,
seventy terra-cottas, sixteen objects in bronze, and seventeen objects in iron have been
cleaned and repaired; one bundred and seventy-six wax impressions, and one hundred
and twenty-four plaster casts have been made from gems; one hundred and twenty-four
gems, and one hundred and thirty gold ear-rings have been mounted on velvet-covered
blocks; one gold wreath has been cleaned and repaired. Part I. of the collection of
Greek Inscriptions in the Museum, containing the inscriptions of Attica, has been pub-

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lished. .A new Guide to the Greco-Roman Sculpture Galleries, and new editions of the
Guide to the First Vase Room, and of the general Guide to the Exhibition Rooms, have
been issued; three hundred and thirty-two descriptive titles have been attached to
objects, and seven hundred and forty-three objects have been registered.

I1.— Acquisitions.

I.—A plaster cast of a relief in marble representing a trireme, and showing the arrange-
ment of the rowers; found on the Acropolis of Athens.
Presented by Sir Patrick Colquhoun, Q.C.

II. 1.—A cup of fictile ware w:th chequered pattern red on black ground.

2. An archaic oinochoe of fictile ware with frieze of animals painted in black and

purple on a drab ground.
Presented by John Henderson, Esq.

TIT. 1.—An oinochoe of black Etruscan ware, with incised patterns.

2. An intaglio in burnt sard, representing an assembly of Deities in Olympus, inscribed
EKKAHSIA OEQN EN OAYMIIQ. From Alexandria.

3. An archaic vase with patterns painted in black on a drab ground. From Camirus.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

IV. 1.—Bronze ring.

2. Terra-cotta figure of Venus riding on a swan. From Canteras del Puiz, in Spain.

3. Terra-cotta weight for a loom found in the ruins of the theatre at Saguntum.
Presented hy D. Alejandro Cerda y Morodes of Valencia.

V. Two fragments of pottery found in Santorin, the ancient Thera, on a site sup-
posed to be that of pre-historic dwellings.
Presented by the Rev. A. EF. Tozer.

VI. A fragment which has formed part of the inscribed marble slab from Delos,
published by Bockh, C.1. Gr. No. 2,288. The inscription of which it forms part appears

to have been a decree.
Presented by Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Bart.

VII. Bust of a female figure in terra-cotta, remarkable as an example of the application

of an enamelled glaze to this material.
Presented by C. T. Newton, Esq.

VIII. A rude bronze figure.
Presented by Dr. H. Schliemann, Athens.

IX. 1—Terra-cotta diota with the stamp NIKAIIAO® on the handle.
2. Marble torso of a boy.

3. Two fragments of marble figures.

4, Marble fragment of a Greek inscription recording a decree of proxenia, granted by
the people of Telos to Arion, son of .Aristonikos, a native of Ptolemais. From Telos.

Published, Transactions Roy. Soc. Lit. N.S. X., p. 120, No. 10.

5. Two marble fragments, apparently parts of. one inscription, On one of these frag-
ments occurs the title MONAPXOS, which was applied to the chief magistrate of Cos.
On the other fragment is mention of Asklepios, whose worship prevailed in that island.
From Cos. Published, Transactions Roy. Soc. Lit. N.S. X., p. 123, Nos. 19, 20.

6. Marble fragment of an inscription, apparently part of a decree conferring the rights
of citizenship on certain persons. From Cos. Published, Transactions Roy. Soc. Lit.

N.S. 2X55 “p. 124, No. 2il.
7. Marble fragment of an inscription.

8. Marble fragment of an inscription written between parallel incised lines.
Presented by Admiral Spratt, C.B., F.R.S.

Purchases.—1. Twenty-one statuettes and a mask in terra-cotta, found in Greek tombs at
Tanagra. These figures are remarkable for their almost perfect preservation, and for the
delicacy and refinement of the modelling. They are probably productions of the later
_ Athenian school of art.

2. Five Athenian lekythi of fictile ware, with polychrome designs on a white ground; .

on one of which is represented Charon in his boat beckoning towards a female figure
beside a stele, On three of the Jekythi are representations of mourners bringing offerings

to tombs.
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3. Fifty-nine gems and three pastes, mostly in intaglio. The greater part of these
gems are of a very archaic character, and of that class which has been found in Rhodes,
Melos, and other Greek islands associated with antiquities of the Graco-Phcenician period.
Five of these have been recently published in the Revue Archéologique, 1874, Pl. 12.

4, Onyx cameo. Victory holding a bust, probably of a Roman empress: a fruit tree
and an animal with reindeer horns. This cameo, which is of unusual size, is probably as
late as the third century, a.p. It was formerly in the collection of M. J. F. Letureq
(Catalogue of the Letureq Sale, No. 286).

5. Eight archaic gems in intaglio. From Crete.

6. Fragment of a very large terra-cotta pithos with an archaic relief, representing a
Sphinx standing in profile, but with the face turned to the front. From Crete.

7. A gold ear-ring of twisted wire, ending in a lion’s head. From Crete.
8. Another, similar.

9, A pair of gold ear-rings, remarkable for the richness of their decoration, and their
great size. They appear to be of a late period. Found in Grenada, Spain.

10. An archaic Greek amphora of fictile ware, the design painted in black on a drab
ground. On each side of the body is a lion, and on‘each side of the neck two cocks fight-
ing. From Athens.

11. A pyzis of fictile ware, round which is painted a frieze in red figures on a black
ground, representing the interior of a house in which two female figures are waited on
at their toilet by several attendants. Over the heads of these figures are inscribed the
names Pontomedeia, Glauke, Kymodoke, Kymothea, Galene, Doso, Thaleia. This pyzis is
one of the most beautiful extant specimens of Athenian vase painting. From Athens.

12. Bronze otnochoe, the handle surmounted by a head of Minerva. Of a late period.
From Rhodes.

13. A marble statuette of a draped female figure. The drapery is well composed, and
altogether the figure is an interesting example of the later school of Greek sculpture.
Found at Arnitha in Rhodes.

14. Eleven torsos and fragments of figures in marble. From Rhodes.

15. A Greek inscription containing a dedication by a priest to kings of Egypt, pro-
bably Ptolemy Soter and Philadelphus.

16. An alabaster. jar, probably a measure, on which is an inscription in characters
resembling those on the coins of Pamphylia. Found near Rhodes.

17. Two alabaster vases, one of which is of the peculiar funnel shape only met with in
the archaic fictile ware of Ialysos and Santorin. (See Archives des Missions Scien-
tifiques, 2nd Série IV., premier rapport sur une mission scientifique 4 l’ile Santorin, par
M. Fouqué, p. 223).

18. A Cupid, four small figures, a mouse, a bull, a vase-handle, and sundry small
objects in bronze. ;

19. Ninety-nine terra-cotta handles of diote stamped with magistrates’ names. One of
them belongs to the rare class of Thasian diote; the others are Rhodian.

20. A terra-cotta vase, two masks, and three fragments of vases in terra-cotta.

21. An archaic marble head of the same period as the figures from Branchide in the
Museum. From Branchide.

22. Greek inscription, being part of a letter probably from some king of the Mace-
donian period, bearing date the 15th of the month Dasios, and mentioning some one of the
name of Ptolemy, probably one of the Egyptian dynasty. This inscription, which is
very imperfectly published in Bockh, Corpus Inscriptionum Grecarum, No. 2899, is from
Amyzon in Caria. :

23. Greek inscription, being a dedication by Jason, son of Hieronymos. , From Amyzon
in Caria.

24, Sepulchral stele of Demetrios, son of Pankrates, with Greek inscription in verse.
From Amyzon in Caria.

Excavations at Ephesus.—Mr. Wood has completed the exploration of the site of the
Temple of Diana, and the remainder of the marbles discovered by him have been received.
In demolishing the walls of Byzantine masonry built against the cella walls of the Temple,
a number of fragments of architecture and sculpture from the Temple were found. In
some places it was discovered that the foundations of this Byzantine masonry rested on
ancient. pavement, the level of which was intermediate between the levels of the two
pavements previously discovered z.¢., nearly 4 feet above the lowest pavement pre-

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viously discovered, and about 3 feet 6 inches below the uppermost step of the latest
Temple. On the south side of the site were discovered the remains of a Doric buildin
which is probably of the same period as the latest Temple. The excavations were extended
on the West without yielding any remains of the Temple; on the East was found an
akroterion from the roof of the Temple. In the exploration of the cella a number of
archaic fragments of sculpture were found. In several places the diggings were carried
down to the original foundations of the earliest Temple, below which was a layer of char-
coal distinctly visible. The presence of this layer confirms the statements of Pliny
(Nat. Hist., SX XVI, 21), and Diogenes Laertius (II., 8, 19), that the foundations of the
Temple were laid on a bed of charcoal and fleeces of wool, an expedient which was pro-
bably adopted to prevent the damp rising. After the site of the Temple and the margin
of soil immediately adjoining it had been completely explored, the excavations were
brought to a close in March 1874.

Sculpture,—1. Several fragments of archaic figures in relief similar in style to the
statues from Branchidz in the Museum, aud therefore to be ascribed to the period when
the first Temple was built.

2, Several lions’ heads from the cornice of the earlier Temple.
3. Fragments of base mouldings inscribed with archaic Greek characters.

4, A number of fragments of an archaic frieze, which appears to have formed part of
an internal decoration, and may perhaps have been the Opryxd¢ or cornice mentioned by
Pausanias (X., 38, 6) as ornamenting an altar in the Temple of Diana. This frieze is
probably not later than B. c. 460.

5. Part of a drum of a column from the later Temple on which are sculptured the
upper parts of figures, the lower parts having been cut on the next drum.

6. Part of another sculptured drum of a column.

7. Three large blocks sculptured in very high relief. The subject is apparently the
contests of Theseus, and perhaps also of Herakles. These are thought by Mr. Wood to
-be portions of the frieze of the Temple.

Architecture.—1. Capital of an Ionic column.
. Plinth on which stood the base of one of the two columns of the Temple found in situ.
. Another plinth.

. Part of the drum next to the capital of one of the Ionic columns of the peristyle.

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. Two pieces of architrave.

6. Two stones, believed to be part of the tympanum of one of the pediments of the
“Temple.

7. A number of fragments of cornice, including a colossal lion’s head which had formed
a waterspout. This head, and the floral ornaments of the cornice, are sculptured with
extraordinary force and mastery of execution.

8. A number of fragments of the flat marble tiles, tegule, and joint tiles, imbrices, used
for covering the roof.

9. Part of a step from the platform on which the Temple stood.

10. A large number of fragments of mouldings; one fragment is ornamented with a
strip of gold inlaid.

11. Fragments of triglyph and cornice from the Doric building found on the south side
of the Temple.

12. Fragment of a base moulding inscribed with characters which seem to be archaic
Greek, but yet are not intelligible when read as such.

13. An elliptical Corinthian capital.

Inscriptions—Among the Greek inscriptions received from Ephesus, most of which
were discovered on the site of the Temple, are the following :—

1. One of the duplicate bilingual inscriptions found in the peribolos wall, aud referred
to in the Annual Report for 1872, p. 19. This inscription, which is in Greek and Latin,
states that the Emperor Augustus, out of the revenues of the Goddess Diana, had rebuilt
the peribolos wallround her Temple. This wasin the pro-consulship of C. Asinius Gallus
(B.c. 6), whose name is erased from the inscription. He had been condemned by the
Senate, A.D. 31. (Cf. Waddington, Fastes, p. 94).

2. Stele, with inscription bearing the same date as the last, and with the name of
C. Asinius Gallus again erased. ‘This inscription marks the breadth of a watercourse.

From the peribolos wall.
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3. Another stele, with the same date as the last two inscriptions, and also with the
name of C, Asinius Gallus erased. ‘This inscription marks the breadth of a road and a
watercourse together. From the pertbolos wall.

4. Slab with a dedication by the Senate and people as neokoros to the Emperor ‘Trajan.
It is dated in the pro-consulship of Vettius Proculus, which Waddington (Fastes, p. 181)
places a. D. 112.

5. Inscription containing mention of the pro-consul Pedanius Fuscus Salinator, appa-
rently the same Fuscus Salinator who, according to Waddington (Fastes, p. 169), was
consul A. D. 118.

6. Dedication, probably of a statue, to Attidius Fuscus, pretor and legate, who is
styled generosos and eugenestatos.

7. Decree of the senate and people of Ephesus, honouring a comic actor for his virtue
and skill. Mention is also made of the sacred games at Ephesus called Artemisia.

8. List of names below which is a dedication in elegiac verse by a sophist, who seems
to have been invited from Athens to settle at Ephesus by a decree of the senate.

9. Slab from an aqueduct or fountain which, the inscription says, was made by Claudius
Diogenes to convey water from the Marnas. A personification of the Marnas occurs. on
coins of Ephesus. Its local position is unknown.

10. Sepulchral tablet of a Jew whose name Hellenized is Marmoussios [Mar Moses ?],
son of Jair, erected by sorrowing Jews (Kydovrai of "lovdaior).

11. Sepulchral tablet in honour of Nemerius, son of Nemerius Flammas.

12. Altar dedicated by T. Calpurnius Quintianus Africanus to L. Calpurnius; below,
an inscription in elegiac verse. ;

13. Bilingual inscription, published, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum III, No. 6574,
in which occurs the title Pretectus Vigilum, here written Vigulum.

14. Latin inscription, published Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum III., No. 6575, con-
cerning the Procurator T. Cl. Papiria Xenophon.

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15. Latin inscription, containing mention of one Paulus who was verna arcarius, a title
which occurs on another Latin inscription previously found at Ephesus.

Among the smaller antiquities found during the excavations on the site of the Temple
are—

=) A burnt carnelian intaglio, with bronze setting; subject, Victory crowning an
athlete.

(2.) A number of axe-heads and other tools in iron.

(3.) Fragments of painted fictile ware.

(4.) Small head of a male figure in calcareous stone, with traces of colour similar to the
heads found in Cyprus by Messrs. Cesnola and Lang, and of the same period as the head

and statues from Branchide already referred to.

(5.) A small terra-cotta figure, rather Egyptian in style. This and the preceding object
were found on the level of the pavement of the earlier Temple.

C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEpImVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

THE mounting of Indian sculptures on stone pedestals has been continued, as well as
the arrangement of these sculptures, which had been interrupted by works connected
with ventilation, in the basement which they occupy.

A collection of 27 British urns, found in the parish of Ashford, Middlesex, has been
repaired, and placed in cases in the British Room, of which the fittings have been altered
to receive them.

The registration of antiquities has been continued; 57 antiquities have been mounted
on tablets.

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Il.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Christy Collection, may be classed
as follows :—

(1.) Early British Antiquities.—A stone celt found at Hayes Common, Kent; presented
by D. Muir, Esq. ;

A stone with pit-markings, found on a farm at Greenloan, near Cabrach, Aberdeen-
shire ; presented by the Rev. Dr. A. Gordon.

Cast of an ancient British skull, found in a tumulus at Gristhorpe, Yorkshire; pre-
sented by H. 8. Harland, Esq.

Nine gold ornaments found in Ireland, including a bulla of rare type-

The foreign illustrations of this section include a series of bronze implements and
weapons found in Denmark, sume of which are decorated with gold.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—Roman pottery found at Basing Hampshire; presented by the
Rev. W. Wyatt Gill; and a Roman iron clasp knife, from Stamford Hill; presented by
W. E. Skinner, Esq.

A considerable number of antiquities discovered from time to time on the site of the
Roman station at Brough, Westmoreland, including some singular leaden seals.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, §c.—Antiquities discovered in an Anglo-Saxon
cemetery at Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire.

Two iron weapons found in Kent; presented by Professor J. Prestwich, F.R.s.

An Anglo-Saxon ornament found at Iffley, Oxon.; presented by the Rev. Greville
Chester.

The head of a king, carved in ivory, of the 14th century, probably of English work-
manship; from the Meyrick Collection ; presented by William Burges, Esq.

Forty-three tilés from the site of Chertsey Abbey, Surrey; presented by John
Henderson, Esq., F.s.A.

An ewer in pottery of the 13th century, in the form of a knight on horseback ; a stone-
ware figure of Meleager, made by John Dwight at Fulham, about 1672; and an earthen-
ware tyg, dated 1640.

Three specimens of English earthenware, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.G.S. ;
one of them, a candlestick dated 1651; another, with inscription relating to the con-
tested election for Oxfordshire, in 1754-55.

(4.) Byzantine, Medieval, §c—A Byzantine buckle set with pastes; Byzantine
cameo, and two gold ornaments of uncertain age, from Ephesus.

Carved ivory head of a tau staff of the 13th century ; two carvings in ivory, probably
of Syrian work ; two early carved Oriental boxes in ivory, and a German cup turned in
ivory; an early Majolica bowl, two Majolica jars from a Spezieria, one of them dated
Faenza, 1549, and four pewter plates, made at Nurnberg, with designs in relief; pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A very extensive collection of watches, illustrating the various phases through which
the art of watchmaking has passed, collected by the late Sir Charles Fellows, and be-

. queathed by his widow, Lady Fellows. It consists of 87 specimens, varying in date from
1520 to 1720; two of them are stated to have belonged to Oliver Cromwell.

‘A German alarum clock made at Tiibingen, 1554, an, old English watch in a gold
filigree case, and five pocket dials; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A very fine watch, in an enamelled case, stated to have belonged to Queen Elizabeth,
in whose reign the works may have been made; the case is of the time of Charles II.

A watch with an enamelled portrait of George II., and a curious movement of soldiers,
probably alluding to the battle of Dettingen, 1743; presented by Henry Willett, Esq.,
F.G.S8.

A cross of the 16th century, such as were worn by knights of Malta.

Seven painted tiles, from Valencia; presented by Professor Antonio Corzanego.

_ A German stoneware jug of the 16th century, found in the City of London; presented
by Thomas Miles Restell, Esq.

(5.) Glass.—Three antique glass instruments in the form of twisted rods, found in the
Greek Islands; two of them presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two slices of ancient glass beads; presented by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.8.

A large glass bowl, with an enamelled inscription in Arabic, probably of the 14th
century ; nine glass bottles, made in the Island of Rhodes, and 10 Italo-Byzantine glass
cameos. pa sr

A glass bottle, with ornamental inscriptions, engraved by W. Heemskerk of Leyden,
1675. ;

Six specimens of Bristol class, of which one presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.c.s.

An elaborately carved Chinese glass vase, imitating in colour a sapphire. *

(6.) Ethnographical.

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(6.) Ethnographical.—A portion of the loot from Coomassie, West Africa, consisting
of 12 gold and 12 silver ornaments.

A Mexican terra-cotta head, presented by Don Alesandro Cerda y Morodes; and a
terra-cotta figure from Central America, presented by John M. Mitcheron, Esq.

A terra-cotta vase from the Nilagiri Hills, Southern India; presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq. f

An ancient Chinese jade vase, found in a tomb near the Great Wall of China.

A Chinese steatite seal, which belonged to the well-known Commissioner Yeh; pre-
sented by J. T. VY. Hardy, Esq.

A Japanese bronze mirror, presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq.

Two skulls prepared for drinking cups, taken by Hamad-ikky, King of Dixcove, after
the bombardment of Aquidah by H. M. Ship “ Druid;” presented by James Morton
Paske, Esq., R:N.

A model of a boat made in cloves, from the Asiatic Archipelago, and a Chinese shirt of
rattan; presented by Mrs. Butterworth, by desire of the late Miss Butterworth.

LII.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

Various minor improvements in classification have been made, but further progress in
this direction is impeded by want of space, and the temporary nature of the arrange-
ments.

504 objects have been mounted on tablets, and 809 additional slips have been prepared
for the registration catalogue. ;

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :— aN

1. Pre-historic Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and Africa.—F lint implements discovered
in a cave at Brixham, Devonshire; described in the Report of the Brixham Cave Com-
mittee, printed in the Philosophical Transactions; from the Royal Society.

Flint implements discovered in ancient flint works at Cissbury, Sussex, from Ernest
H. Willett, Esq.; stone implements found in Ireland, from the Earl of Enniskillen ;
arrowheads found in Scotland, from A.W. Franks, Esq.

A fine flint celt found at Amiens, from John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.; a flint arrowhead of
Egyptian type found in a cave in Champagne, from Mons. Jean de Baye.

A collection of flint and stone implements found in Denmark, from A. W. Franks,Esq.;

.a worked flake from the Government of Olonetz, Russia, from Mons. P. J. Lerch, of St.

Petersburg.

Flint cores and flakes found on the banks of the Spree, from the Magistracy of
Berlin.

A flint implement from Cume, from the Rev. Greville Chester; a collection of stone
implements, from Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and Egypt, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

‘A large series of stone implements found by the Abbé Moretain at Beth Saour, near
Bethlehem, and obtained by the late Mr. Tyrwhitt Drake; from A. W. Franks, Esq. ;
stone implements found in Erypt by the donor, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.p.

2. Ethnography of Africa._-Specimens from various parts of Africa, from John David-

son, Esq. ; a terra-cotta rubber used in Egypt, from H. Maxwell Lyte, Esq.; a knife

from East Central Africa, from Dr. Wroblewski, of Copenhagen.

Ashantee weights and weapons, and an ancient carved: ivory head, probably from
Congo, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Various objects used by the Bushman tribes of South Africa, from Dr. Bleek.

3. Ethnography of Asia.—Objects from Ladakh, from Dr. Aitchison, through the
Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew; a collection from the Naga tribes of Assam, from
A. W. Franks, Esq.; two flints used in making paper in Cestral India, from Colonel
Keatinge ; a cup of rhinoceros horn, from John Davidson, Esq. ;

Enamelled Chinese mirror and sceptre, from A. W. Franks, Esq., and a Chinese seal
from John Henderson, Esq., F.s.A.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—The kava bowl of Thakumbau, King of
Fiji, presented by the Corporation of Maidstone, in accordance with the intention of the
late Julius L. Brenchley, Esq.;a very large Fiji club, from the Literary and Philo-
sophical Society of Sheffield. :

Various ethnographical specimens from the South Seas, from John Davidson, Esq.,
C. Frederic Wood, Esq., and A. W. Franks, Esq.; a fish-bone dagger, from Henry
Willett, Esq., F.G.s. ;

A large food-bowl, from the Solomon Islands, given by the King of Guadalcanar to
Admiral Sir Henry Denham, and two wooden carvings, from A. W. Franks, Esq.; a
collection of stone implements from the Solomon Islands, from the Rey. R. H. Cod-
rington.

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A chief’s staff (Aanz) from New Zealand, carved in whale’s bone, from Captain J”
Storey ; four New Zealand stone implements, and two Australian, from A. W. Franks,
Esq.

5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America : —

(a.) North America.—Objects used by the Esquimaux, collected by the donor, Dr. J.
Rae, F.R.S.; a bow and barbed arrowhead from Labrador, from T. G. B. Lloyd, Esq.,
F.G.s.; North American dresses, from John Davidson, Esq.; a carved slate pipe from
the North West Coast, from Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.s.

(b.) Central America.—Mexican ear ornaments of obsidian, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 3
three vases found in Guatemala, from his Excellency Edwin Corbett, Esq. ; a Mexican
jade figure, from William Carruthers, Esq., F.R.s.

(c.) South America.—Objects discovered in an ancient cemetery at Arica, Peru, from
Lieutenant M. J. Harrison, R.N. ; Peruvian vases and antiquities, and Ecuador ear orna-
ment, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

An arrowhead from Uruguay, from Daniel Williams, Esq.

The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets to be obtained at the
British Museum. During the year there have been 858 visitors, being about the same
number as the previous year.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF Coins AND MEDALS.

I.— Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

458 coins of various classes and one piece of Aes Grave have been registered, and 214
coins incorporated.

137 coins from the Wigan Collection have been registered.

The coins of Pamphylia, Pisidia, Lycaonia, Cilicia, and Lydia have been re-arranged,
and printed cards giving the date of the accession and death of each of the Roman
‘Emperors have been placed at the head of the money of each Emperor in the Imperial
series struck in the above districts. .

710 coins of Apulia and Calabria have been compared with their descriptions in the
Catalogue of Greek Coins, Italy, and references to this Catalogue have been placed on
the cards beneath them.

The silver coins of Thrace, the Thracian Chersonese, and Macedon, including those of
the regal series down to Archelaus I., as well as the series of the Kings of the Edones,
the Bisalte, &c., have been weighed, and re-arranged according to the metrological system
of the late Dr. Brandis.

The coinage of the Persian Empire and of the Satraps has also been arranged, for the
most part on the same system. :

The electrum and gold coinage of the coasts of Asia Minor has been weighed, re-
arranged, and classified according to the various standards, Babylonian, Asiatic, and
Phoczan which these coins follow.

The archaic silver coins of uncertain attribution have also been weighed and classified
in a similar manner.

2. Roman Series :—

154 coins acquired during the year have been registered, and 8 incorporated.

144 coins from the Wigan Collection have been registered.

The series of the barbarous silver coinage has been transferred to a fresh cabinet and
labelled. .

The Roman medallions and the coins of the Greek Emperors of Trebizond have been
transferred to fresh cabinets.

The coins of the Blacas Collection, now in the British Museum, which were engraved
by the late Due de Blacas for his translation of Mommsen’s History of the Roman
Coinage, have been identified with the plates and weighed.

The copper coins of the Republican period have been re-arranged, and labels have been
affixed to the cabinets, showing the various reductions of the As and the dates of the
issue of the various coinages.

An index has been made of all the silver and copper cois of the Empire, from the reign
of Valerian to the commencement of the Byzantine period. This portion of the series,
which is arranged geographically under numerous places of mintage, is thus rendered
available for constant reference, while the scientific classification is still preserved.

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8. Mediaeval and Modern Series :—

136 coins and medals of various countries have been registered and 117 incorporated.

3,303 copper coins and tokens of Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and
Russia, from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered.

The small silver coins of the Archbishops of Mainz have been examined, and references
given on their registration-cards to the works in which they are pubiished.

4. English Series :—

46 coins and medals of various classes have been registered and incorporated.

The nobles and divisions of the noble with the name of Henry have been separated by
types into three divisions, assigned respectively to Henry 1V., Henry V.,and Henry V1.

The short-cross pennies with the name of Henry have been in like manner separated
into four classes, assigned respectively to Henry II., Richard I., John, and Henry III.

The silver coimage of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. has also been re-arranged.

The Irish coins of Edward I. have been transferred to the Irish series, and 31 Scottish
gold coins have been transferred from James II. of Scotland to James I.

The coins of the East India Company have been transferred to the British Colonial
Cabinet, and the whole of the series of the British Colonies in Asia has been re-arranged,
the coins of several of the smaller Dependencies having been identified and separated.

178 labels have been attached to the English gold coins exhibited in electrotype.

The English medals from the beginning of the series to the year 1729 inclusive
(148 trays) have been re-arranged in fresh cabinets.

5. Oriental Series :—

453 coins have been registered and 524 incorporated.

The coins of the Fatimees, 233 in number, have been weighed.

Three new dynasties bave been introduced into the series, viz.: the Aboo Déoodees,
the Teemoorees of Khorasan, and the Sheybanees.

The coins of the following dynasties have been re-arranged, and those of many new
kings, chiefly unknown to numismatic science, have been classed in them :—The
Teemoorees, the Janees, the Ghoorees of Feeréz Koh, and the Kings of Ghazneh.

The coins of Akbar, Mogul Emperor of Dehli, have been re-arranged, so as to separate
those with the dates of the Hijrch from those with the dates of the [lahee era. <A coin of
Shah Shujaa, pretender to the throne of Dehli, the first known, has been discovered
among the uncertain and classed.

The local coin ages of various Indian towns wd districts have been transferred to a fresh
cabinet, and new heading- cards have been written for them.

Acquisitions, 1874.

Class. Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Billon. | Glass. | Torat.
Greek - = = - 6 176 720 Nye -|- - 902
Roman - - 160 84 12 2 - - 258
Medizval and Mioaana = 15 73 41 12 - - 141
English - - - = 4 24. 9 4. - - 4]
Oriental - - = - 18 77. 2 |- - 86 183

ROMAT A Ms (ane 203 434 784 18 86 18525

Among the above acquisitions the most notable are the following :—

a. Greek Series :—

one of an uncertain city, together with a semis of a new type.

An early didrachm of Pandosia in Southern Italy (plated).

A unique copper coin of Acium in Sicily with the head of the river-god Acis, of the
best period of Greek art.

Two tetradrachms of Agrigentum in fine condition, one with ar tist’s signature.

A very rare Siculo- Punic tetradrachm having the head of a bearded divinity.

Nine rare silver coins of the Tauric Chersonese.

A silver stater of Abdera in Thrace, of the Avginetan standard.

A silver stater of Acanthus in Macedon, of the Asiatic standard, forming an important
link between the earlier and later coinage of that city.

A fine silver stater of Chalcidice.

A didrachm of Haliartus in Beotia.

A fine tetradrachm of Messenia, with the type of the national divinity Zeus Ithomates.

A very rare silver stater of Cyzicus, of great beauty.

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Six large pieces of Aes rude found at Ravenna, and two ingots, one of Asculum and

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Two archaic silver staters of Tenedos, of the Euboic standard.

A tetradrachm of Lebedus in Ionia, of great rarity, issued in the second century B.C.

A unique tetradrachm of Seleucus II. of Syria, having the portait of the king bearded.

A unique copper coin of Cleopatra of Syria and her son Antiochus, in alliance with
Alexander II., Zebina.

A rare silver stater of Barce.

A Persian daric, of a remarkable type.

A tetradrachm of Artaxias King of Armenia, with an inscription.

A gold stater of Diodotus of Bactria, in very fine condition.

A tetradrachm of the same hing.

A drachm of Heliocles of Bactria, with the date 83, of the Bactrian era (B.c. 164).

A rare didrachm of Menander of Bactria. ;

A unique silver coin of Heraiis, King of the Sace, with the inscription TUpavvovvTog
“‘Hpaov Saka korpavov, of the end of the second century B.c.

In the Greek Imperial series, a remarkable selection of coins of Phrygia and the
neighbouring parts, collected on the spot, and comprising specimens of rare cities, such as
Baratea in Lycaonia, and Alia, Appia, Beudos, Briana, Ococlia, Siblia, and Sibidonda,
in Phrygia.

Also a series of coins bearing on their reverses names of rivers in Asia Minor, and
comprising nearly all that are known of this class. ;

A number of very fine coins and medallions, including pieces of Mytilene, Ephesus,
Pergamus, Ilium, Phocea, with many others of great rarity, chiefly from the well-known

cabinet of Mr. Addington.

B. Roman Series :-—

Rare aurei of the Aquilia and Durmia Families.

A unique aureus of Trajan, with a representation of the Column of Trajan on the
obverse, and his Forum on the reverse.

An aureus of Commodus, having Sarapis and Isis with the Emperor, on the reverse.

An aureus of the Empress Crispina, with Ceres on the reverse.

A rare aureus of Didius Julianus.

An aureus of Trebonianus Gallus, with the reverse inscription P.M.TR.P.IIIL.
COS. IIL., the only dated gold coin known of this Emperor.

A unique billon medallion of Postumus, with a representation of the river Rhine on
the reverse.

An aureus of Julian the Tyrant, who was slain near Verona by Carinus. The Museum
possesses only one otber gold coin of this personage.

A fine solidus of Crispus, representing him armed.

A small medallion of Priscus Attalus, with Victory on the reverse.

A solidus of Zeno, struck at Ravenna, of great rarity.
Three bracteates of gold, one of which bears the head of’Alexander the Great, pro-

bably made in the time of Caracalla or Severus Alexander.

y. English Series :—
A gold medal, supposed to be of George Seton Earl of Huntley, and dated 1562.

Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

6. Oriental Series :— -
A gold muhr of Mahmud ibn Mohammad Ibn Taghlak (Pretender) Pathan King of
Dehli.
Four silver coins of the Gupta series, one of extreme rarity.

Presented by the Hon. Miss Baring.

Catalogues :—
A Catalogue of the Roman Medallions has been published.
The second volume of the Catalogue of Greek Coins (Sicily) is in the press.
A Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Arab Section, Vol..I., has been written and partly
printed.

The number of visitors to the Com Room in 1874 was 1,674.
The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room was 16,560.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF NATURAL HISTORY.

The number/of specimens added to the Departments of Natural History in the year
1874, is 34,616. Of these, 30,699 have been registered in the Department of Zoology,
3,103 in the Department of Geology, and 814 in the Department of Mineralogy. The

additions to the Botanical Department, for which, also, estimates of space have been made
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in the Plans of the New Museum of Natural History, are noted under the head of
Botany. ;

During the past year, the state of preservation and general good condition of the
specimens of Zoology, Geology, and Mineralogy, have been maintained.

Those stuffed and mounted specimens of the class Mammulia, which, from their large size,
or the limits of wall space, stand on the floor, or are suspended above the cases in the
Mammalian Gallery, have continued to receive the care and treatment necessary to prevent
or diminish the effects of such exposure; the few found requisite to be removed have
been replaced by other specimens.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia are in a good state of preservation, applicable to
the purposes of scientific examination and comparison, and many of them retain the con-
ditions suitable for future mounting and exhibition.

The stuffed and mounted skins of the class Aves are in a state of preservation. Due
care has been bestowed on the now very extensive collection of unstuffed skins of
birds preserved in boxes; they are in a good state of preservation, available for the
purposes of study and comparison, and have contributed to the instructiveness and com-
pleteness of the Catalogues of Species and Varieties of Age, Sex, and Colour in birds, as
well as to some valuable Monagraphs of limited groups of the class.

The proportion of the collection of the Reptilia stuffed, mounted, and exhibited, is ina
good state of preservation. Most of these specimens occupy glazed wall-cases. The
larger specimens suspended above the cabinets .have received the same attention as the
exposed stuffed specimens of the larger Mammalia.

The proportion of the class Pisces, similarly prepared or preserved in spirits, and displayed
in systematic order in the glazed cabinets of the Gallery, is, under present conditions and
allotments of space, necessarily small. These specimens are in good condition, and through
typical selection, afford elementary instruction.

The greater proportion of this class available for advance of knowledge in Ichthyology,
preserved in alcohol, and stored in the basement vaults, is ina state of preservation,
care being taken to keep the localities at as low a temperature as possible.

The larger proportion of the series of Shells of the Modlusea, arranged and exhibited in
the glazed cases of the public Gallery, is in a good state of preservation; and by the
systematic classification and labels of names and localities, this series lends most useful
aid in comparison of specimens and in the study of Conchology. The unexhibited shells,
preserved in the drawers of cabinets, are in a state of perfect preservation, and available,
like those exhibited for purposes of study and comparison, to scientific visitors and
students. :

The animal constructors of the shells, and the shell-less Mollusca, preserved in spirits,
and stored in the basement vaults, have received continuous care, by change and renewal
of the spirit, so as to maintain the state of preservation fit for applications of anatomical
research needful for determining the affinities of their shells, and for comparison with the
fossil casts of the interior of shells of extinct species.

The small portion of the class of Insecta, publicly displayed, is in a state of preservation,
and is instructively arranged and labelled. The large portion of the class in the drawers
of the cabinets in the Entomological Room is in a good state of preservation, and its
applicability to purposes of comparison and study is attested by the number of visitors
specially admitted for such work.

The portion of the class Crustacea, exhibited and systematically arranged, and the
larger portion stored in drawers, are in a good state of preservation; these have under-
gone taxidermal processes for conservation in the dried state. The large proportion of
the class preserved in spirits is in a good state of preservation.

Of the class Arachnida (Scorpions, Spiders, Mites), a few only of the larger kinds are
exposed to view, stuffed or dried, in the glazed cabinets: both these and the larger
number of similarly preserved specimens arranged in drawers are in good condition.
A large proportion of the class is preserved in spirit, in a state fit for study and com-
parison, in the basement store-rooms.

The portion of the class Echinodermata (Starfish, Sea-urchins, Trepang), exhibited
in a dried state, and displayed, systematically arranged, in the glazed cabinets, as well
asthe dried specimens stored in drawers and boxes, are in a good state of preserva-
tion. The Holothurie and allied forms stored and kept in alcohol are in a state of pre-

servation.

The corals and hard parts*of zoophytes, including the framework of sponges, Euplectella,
e.g., which now occupy detached glazed cases in the Mammalian and Avian Galleries,
are in a good state of preservation. The major part of the Aadiata are well preserved
in drawers, accessible for study and comparison.

The great bulk of the collection of Osteological specimens, stored in the basement
vaults, is kept in a state of preservation; and, as regards the entire framework of the
animal, many specimens are in a state fit for future articulation and exhibition in an
Osteological Gallery.

The exhibited series of Nests and Nidamental structures, of Eggs, of Horns and
Antlers, and the specimens in the sub-department of British Natural History, are severally
in agood state of preservation. All the specimens are labelled, and the serial and syste-
matic arrangements are carried out to the extent which the conditions of exhibition space
permit.

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The specimens of Geology and Fossil Remains, both exhibited and in store, are ina
good state of preservation, The exhibited specimens are systematically arranged, so far
as conditions of present space permit; they are instructively labelled, and, for the most
part, of easy access for scientific examination and comparison. The rock-specimens and
fossils stored in drawers, or in wall-cases of rooms or recesses not accessible to the public,
are well arranged for study by scientific visitors.

The series of Mineralogy is in a good state of preservation, instructively arranged,

displayed, and classified.

Among the additions to the Department of Zoology, the most notable, by donation,
is the collection of shells, formed by Mrs. John Edward Gray, consisting of about 12,000
specimens, representing about 4,000 species.

By purchase, the series of the brilliant or richly-coloured Beetles of the family
Buprestide, is the most remarkable acquisition of the year 1874. They give the results
of the studies of the eminent Naturalist, so long and specially applied to the group; the
collection made by Mr. Edward Saunders, in combination with the previous acquisitions
of the same group of Coleoptera, constitutes a feature in the Entomological series unique
in its completeness.

Amongst the fossils from the nummulitic eocene limestone, near Cairo, noticed in the
Report from the Department of Geology, the most remarkable is a cast, in that matrix,
of the interior of the cranium of a Sirenian Mammal ( Motherium egyptiacum, ) exhibiting
a form and proportions of the brain different from, and inferior in relative size to, that in
existing species of Manatees and Dugongs. Additional evidences of the extinct pouched
quadrupeds of Australia have been received, chiefly through the research and liberality
of the donor, Dr. George Bennett, F.L.S., of Sydney, New South Wales. Characters of
new genera and species founded on these fossils are recorded in the “ Transactions of
the Royal Society.”

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

I. Arrangement.

The work of determining, arranging, and cataloguing the extensive Collection of
Chiroptera (Bats), which includes now more than 2,000 specimens, was commenced in
the middle of last year, and has made considerable progress. The skins and osteological
preparations of the Quadrumanous and Carnivorous Mammals have been re-labelled, the
manuscript registers having been carefully searched for information regarding the history
and localities of the specimens.

The examination and re-arrangement of the Nocturnal Birds of Prey is nearly com-

leted.
The numerous specimens and remains of the living and extinct gigantic Land-Tortoises
have been examined, arranged, and described; and a full account of them is in course of
publication in the forthcoming volume of the “ Philosophical Transactions.”

Further progress has been made in collecting the preliminary materials towards a re-
arrangement of the Collection of Lizards; this work has now proceeded as far as the
family Geckotide. ,

Several groups of the Collection of Fishes, as the Chetodontide, Acronuride, &c., have
been re-examined ; and numerous recent additions named and entered into the catalogue.

The general arrangement of the specimens of Crustaceans has been continued; and
that, of the Sponges completed.

The addition of eight 20-drawer cabinets has greatly facilitated the work of re-arrang-
ing certain portions of the Entomological collection, more especially the Coleopterous
family Buprestide, and the Homopterous Insects. The former is contained in 70 drawers,
and consists now of 3,263 species, 449 of which have been described from the collection
in the Museum, the number of specimens amounting to 11,036. The class of Homoptera
occupies 151 drawers, and is represented by 4,046 species, and 10,161 specimens. All
these specimens have been so arranged, that a sufficient space is left for future accessions,
which thus can be incorporated without disturbing the previous contents of the drawers.
The arrangement of the Diptera has been proceeded with, and that of the Moths com-
menced.

[ie II. Conservation.

Several of the large mounted specimens of Mammals have been cleaned, and others
removed from the public galleries on account of their deteriorated condition. Specimens
more recently acquired have taken their place; for instance, a wild Buffalo of Southern
Abyssinia, the skeleton of a Giraffe, skeletons of the Narwhal and Killer (Delphinus
orca), the skeleton of a large Crocodile from Abyssinia, &c. Some beautiful specimens
of corals (Antipathes and Madrepora) have also been mounted for exhibition, The work of

labelling

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labelling all the stands of the exhibited series of Birds is steadily progressing. The
spirits in the bottles containing the Radiata and Crustaceans, and the camphor in most
of the Insect Cabinets, have been renewed.

III. Acquisitions.

During the last year 30,699 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection, namely :—

Vertebrata - = E = = = - - 6,008
Mollusca = = = = = = = - 13,977
Annulosa = - = = = - = - 10,466
Radiata (and Vermes) - ee ae - - 248

ToTaL - = - 30,699

All these specimens have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and a
separate number corresponding to an entry in the manuscript registers of accessions, in
which, for future reference, the name of the collector, the country in which the specimens
were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other interesting information regard-
ing them are entered. ;

With the exception of those specimens which proved to be duplicates, and the acquisi-
tion of which could not be avoided on account of their forming part of donations, and
which may hereafter be utilized by way of exchange, the objects acquired during the past
year have been incorporated with the general collections; and many of them have been
described and figured by the officers of the department, in the catalogues published by
order of the Trustees and mentioned hereafter, or in the best known scientific periodicals.

Mammata.—The additions to this class have been 241 in number, the majority being
either entire animals preserved in spirits, or skeletons.

In the acquisition by purchase of the latter, particular care has been taken that they
should be those of animals captured in a wild state, the skeletons of Mammals (and Birds)
which have been brought up, or have lived for some time in menageries, showing rarely,
if ever, a perfect development of the osseous system. Scearcely less caution is required in
admitting specimens of this kind into the collection for the sake of their skins.

The most noteworthy additions are the following :—

A series of nine skins and skeletons of large Quadrupeds from Southern Abyssinia,
supplementary to the collection purchased last year, viz., the skeleton of a male Giraffe,
the skins and skeletons of both sexes of a wild Buffalo (Bubalus centralis), the skins and
skulls of a variety of Water-buck (Kobus sing-sing), and of a smaller Antelope ( Trage-
laphus decula), and skeletons of an adult Rhinoceros bicornis and Hippopotamus.

Skulls of the African Hlephant and Hippopotamus ; presented by Sir Samuel Baker.

A series of skulls of a Dwarf Antelope (Vesotragus moschatus), and of several varieties
of the Domestic Goat, and other Mammals from East Africa; presented by Dr. Kirk,
H. M. Political Agent at Zanzibar.

The skin and skull of a River-hog from Madagascar (Polamochoerus edwardsii); pur-
chased.

A set of thirty-one species of Mammals collected in Persia by W. T. Blanford, Esq.,
Deputy Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, and described by him in his
forthcoming work on the Natural History of that country ; obtained by exchange.

A skeleton of the very rare freshwater Dolphin of the Indus (Platanista indi); pre-
sented by Sir W. Merewether, ©.B., K.C.8.1.

A skeleton of the freshwater Dolphin of the Ganges ( Platanista gungetica); purchased..

A small collection of skins from Daouria; obtained by exchange from the Warsaw
Museum.

Twenty-three specimens from Northern China; collected by R. Swinhoe, Esgq., r.z.s.

A series of twenty-four skins of Rodents from the United States; presented by the
Smithsonian Institution. ww

Eleven specimens of Flying Foxes (Pteropus) from various parts of Polynesia; pur-
chased of the Godetfroy Museum.

The skin of a new species of Kangaroo (Halmaturus apicalis) from North-eastern
Australia; purchased.

A perfect skeleton of a young New Zealand Fin-Whale ( Balenoptera nove-zelandie),
16 feet long; obtained by exchange from the Otago Museum.

The skull of a new species of Dolphin (Feresa attenuata) ; purchased of the Godeftroy
Museum.

Specimens of the Spanish Lynx and Otter; presented by Lord Lilford.

Birds.—In acquiring specimens of this class by purchase, special care has been taken
to fill up deficiencies in the series of the Birds of Prey, which is in such a perfect state of
arrangement as noticed in the last annual Report. Numerous other desiderata, however,
were acquired by the same means, and they, together with valuable donations of the cor-
respondents of the department, swell the total number of accessions to this part of the
collections to 2,609.

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The following may be specially mentioned :—

The formation of a complete series of Scandinavian Birds being highly desirable for
the sake of comparison with the species of the British Fauna, a collection of 132 skins
has been acquired by purchase as a first instalment.

An adult female of the Laemmer-geier (Gypattus barbatus) from Spain; presented by
Howard Saunders, Esq., F.z.s.

Two specimens of the Spanish Short-toed Lark (Calandrella betica); presented by
Lord Lilford.

‘The types of a new species of Raven (Corvus tingitanus) from Tangier; presented by
Lieut. Col. Irby.

A set of the Birds collected by W. T. Blanford, Esq., in Persia, consisting of 319 skins ;
it contains some typical specimens of the species discovered by him ; obtained by exchange.

A series of 50 specimens from Siberia and other countries, containing 13 species not pre-
viously represented in the collection ; obtained by exchange from the Warsaw Museum.

A series of 20 skins of rare species of Birds of Prey from Northern China; collected by
R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.z.s.

Ten specimens of as many species new to the collection, from India; presented by Allan
Hume, Esq., c.B.

One of the types of Paradoxornis austeni from the Naga Hills; presented by Major
Godwin Austen, F.z.S.

A series of 72 skins from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, containing 21 species new
to the collection; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

-A specimen of the Megapode from Trinkut Island; presented by Professor Sharpey, F.R.s.

Twenty-five eggs of Megapodes from New Britain and the Solomon Islands ; presented
by J. Brazier, Esq.

Three specimens of the singular Samoan Ground-pigeon ( Didunculus), in spirits; pre-
sented by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee.

A collection of 125 skins from Labuan; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

The type of anew Pheasant (Lobiophasis bulweri) from the interior.of Borneo; pre-
sented by H. E. the Governor of Labuan, and named after the donor. This is one of
the most interesting additions that have been made for some years past to our knowledge
of birds. Itis a bird rather above the size of a common Pheasant, and with skinny
wattles on the naked head which are probably of a bright blue colour during life. The ~
body, which is entirely of a deep black colour (each feather having a glossy margin), ter-
minates in a long lyre-shaped snowy-white tail.

Twenty-four specimens from the regions of the Upper Nile; presented by Sir Samuel
Baker.

A portion of the collection of African Birds formed by, and formerly in the possession
of, Mr. R. B. Sharpe; it consists of 603 specimens, and contains 15 types ; purchased.

Seventy-six specimens from the Gaboon; collected and presented by T. Ansell, Esq.
Two new species (Dryoscopus coronatus and Centropus anselli) are amongst the latest dis-
coveries of this indefatigable Naturalist.

A series of 12 specimens of Birds of Prey from Madagascar ; purchased.

A new genus from Old Calabar (Lobornis alexandri); presented by Dr. J. A. Smith.

A series of nests and eggs of Birds from the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres, among
them, those of the parasitic Cow-Birds (Molothrus) ; presented by W. H. Hudson, Esq.

Twenty-two skins of Birds of Prey from Demerara : presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq

The types of T'odus pulcherrimus and Phenicomanes iora; purchased.

Reptiles and Amphibians :—The total nmmber of additions amounts to 2,540 specimens.

The most important acquisition for this branch of the department was the purchase of
a collection formed by Colonel Beddome in Southern India. In his position as Conser-
vator of Forests in the Madras Presidency, this gentleman had unequalled opportunities
for collecting in districts which had never before been visited by naturalists, and are still
most difficult of access to collectors. A part of his numerous discoveries has been
. described by himself; but the greater part of the collection, especially the Batrachians
has not yet been examined. ‘The value of this collection consists not only in the great
number of types it contains, but also in the completeness with which it illustrates the
Reptilian Fauna of that well-defined district: of the Indian region, the localities of all the
specimens having been carefully noted. ‘This collection consists of 1,518 specimens.

Of the other additions the following may be mentioned :—

Specimens of a new European Lizard (Zootoca lilfordi); discovered by Lord Lilford
on Ayre Island near Minorca, and presented by him.

Five Lizards of the family of Geckoes from Cairo; presented by Professor Owen,
C.B., F.R.S.

A set of the Reptiles collected by W. T. Blanford, Esq., in Persia, consisting of 148
specimens ; it contains typical specimens of the majority of the species discovered by him ;
obtained by exchange.

The type of Centrotrachelus loricatus from Bushire; presented by P. L. Slater, Esq.,
F.R.S.

Thirty-four specimens from Chefoo, collected by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.z.S.

Fifteen specimens from the Western Hills of Pekin; presented by 8. W. Bushell,
Esq., M.D.
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Thirty-four specimens from Java; presented by G. Lyon, Esq.
ge skeleton of an adult crocodile (thirteen feet long), from Southern Abyssinia; pur-
chased.
_ Nineteen specimens from the Camaroon Mountains, purchased. This small but highly
interesting collection contained two new Chameleons, and two new snakes (Bothrolycus
ater and Lycophidium elapoides).

A small collection of the Reptiles of Savage Island or Niue, made by the Rev. Mr.
Lawes ; it consists of five species of which a Lizard (Mabouia lawesu) and a Sea Snake
(Platurus schistorhynchus) were previously unknown.

A magnificent specimen of one of the gigantic Land Tortoises which inhabited the
Galapagos Islands; it proved to be a distinct species (Testudo vicina); obtained by
exchange from Professor Huxley, F.nr.s.

An adult specimen of the very rare Heloderma horridum, regarded by the Mexicans
as the most venomous Reptile, but perfectly harmless; presented by J. Marshall, Esq.

A small series of Frogs from High Peru, among them types of Batrachophrynus brachy-
dactylus ; obtained by exchange from the Warsaw Museum.

of em cea of 122 Reptiles and Batrachians from Moyobamba (High Peru); pur-
chased. ,

Thirty specimens of Lizards and Snakes from the province Soriano (Uruguay); pre-

sented by Thos. Havers, Esq. .

Fishes.—Besides a selected series of desiderata from various localities obtained by
purchase, the majority of the additions made in the last year to this branch of the
Department have been donations. The total number of accessions amounts to 618
specimens.

Seven specimens, among which a very young example of an unknown genus of Gadoid
Fish, from the South-West coast of Ireland; presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey
Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.

Two specimens of the Pilot-fish (aucrates ductor) from the coast of Cornwall ;
purchased.

A collection of marine and freshwater-fishes made by Dr. Rein and Professor C. von
Fritsch during their journey in Morocco, and presented by them; it contains a new Sea-
hi (Serranus atricauda) and three new species of Barbels (Barbus reinii, fritschii and
nasus),

Specimens of the Chromis desfontainii, a small Perch inhabiting the Hot Springs of
Cafsa; presented by the Marquis J. Doria.

An exceedingly interesting collection from the River Tigris, made at Bagdad by
William Henry Colvill, Esq., and presented by Professor Sharpey, F.R.s. The most
important additions from this collection were a Freshwater-Shark ( Curcharias gangeticus),
a new Siluroid (Macrones colvillii), and a new Barbel (Barbus sharpeyi).

A collection of Freshwater-fishes from Transylvania, made and presented by Messrs. C.
G. Danford and J. A. H. Brown.

The types of Synodontis robbianus and Corvina nigripinnis from Old Calabar; presented
by Dr. J. A. Smith.

The types of Mollienesia jonesti, a fish discovered by T. M. Rymer Jones, Esq., in a
volcanic lake near Huamantla in Mexico, 8,000 feet above the level of the sea; presented
by the discoverer. _

A collection of marine and freshwater fishes from the Bermudas, made and presented
by J. Matthew Jones, Esq., F.L.s.; it contained two new species, Fundulus bermude,
and Syngnathus jonesi.

new genus of Loach from mountain torrents of the interior of Borneo ( Gastromyzon) ;
purchased.

A series of 50 specimens of marine Fishes from the South Sea; presented by the Rey.

S.J. Whitmee.

Mollusca.—Uarge and valuable additions have been made during the last year to this
class. First is to be mentioned the donation of an extensive collection of Shells by Mrs.
John Edward Gray. It consists of about 12,000 specimens representing nearly 4,000
species, many of which have been desiderata to the Collection in the British Museum ;
it contains, besides, a great number of types of species described or figured by Dr. John
Edward Gray, 8. Hanley, Lovel Reeve, and other Conchyliologists in the standard works
on this popular branch of Zoology.

Although much smaller, yet of great intrinsic value, is a series of 445 shells, presented
by Mrs. T. Lombe Taylor. Mrs. Taylor allowed these specimens to be selected from
the famous collection of her late husband, because they were desiderata to the British
Museum, and many of them actual types.

A series of 194 minute forms of shells from the Japanese Seas, all new to the collec-

tion, and of special interest as having been described by Mr. A. Adams; purchased.

' A series of 192 specimens of shells, collected by Capt. Francis Hamilton in the An-
daman Islands; and presented by Edward Hamilton, Esq., v.P.z.s.

A series of 99 Land and Freshwater shells from Trinidad and Dominicia; presented by
R. J. Lechmere Guppy, Esq., and contaming many representatives of the species
described by the donor. ;

Forty-three .Pteropods collected in the Mid-Atlantic; presented by Dr. Giinther.

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Crustacea.—The additions during last year amount to 747 specimens; the following
may be mentioned :—

Forty-three specimens from the South-western Coast of Ireland; presented by Sir
Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.

A specimen of Dromia vulgaris from Penzance, a species very rarely found on the
British coast ; presented by the Crystal Palace Aquarium Company.

A collection of 67 young and larval forms made in the Mid-Atlantic; presented by Dr.
Giinther.

A collection of 145 specimens from Spitzbergen; presented by the Rev. A. E. Eaton.

A collection of 242 specimens from Samoa; presented by the Rev. 8. J. Whitmee.

A series of 32 species from Chefoo and Shanghai; collected by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.z.s.

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—118 specimens from various sources and localities have
been added to this part of the Collection, among them several new species of Glomeride
from Sikkim, two minute forms of Scorpion (Chactas) from Peru, Phrynus ceylo-
nicus, etc.

Insecta.—A most important acquisition has been made by the purchase of Mr. Edward
Saunders’ Collection of Bupresiide, a group of Beetles which by the beauty of their
colours as well as by the manifold modifications of their form, have always attracted the
attention of scientific Entomologists and amateur collectors. Mr. Edward Saunders
having made this group his special study for many years, had brought together a collec-
tion of 7,267 specimens in the most perfect state of preservation, which, with the excep-
tion of a very small proportion, were ‘named, many from comparison with the types in
continental museums. ‘The amalgamation of this collection with the one previously
existing in the British Museum has raised this part of the Entomological Collection to a
condition of unrivalled completeness, as may be seen from the notice given in an early
part of this report.

Of the other accessions the following may be mentioned :—

Thirty-five Hymenoptera from Tangier; presented by T. Blackmore, Esq.. :

A selected series of 124 Hymenoptera from Japan; presented by Frederick Smith, Esq.

A collection of 245 Lepidoptera from Natal; presented by C. O. Waterhouse, Esq.

Twenty-one Lepidoptera from D’Urban; presented by Capt. Shelley.

Nineteen Lepidoptera, new to the Collection, from Cape Coast; purchased.

Sixty-seven Orthoptera from Bombay ; collected and presented by Dr. Leith.

Two new species of Fire-flies ( Fulgora) from Northern India; purchased.

Twenty Coleoptera from Ceylon; presented by Major Parry.

A selected series of 555 specimens of Moths collected by Mr. Wallace at Sarawak;
purchased.

Seventeen Co/eoptera from Queensland, new to the collection or previously undescribed,
as Elythomerus, Demelius, etc.; purchased.

A selected series of 542 Coleoptera from Texas, named by M. Belfrage; purchased.

A collection of 160 Coleoptera from Mexico; presented by Hr. Julius Flohr.

A collection of 32 Coleoptera and 12 Hymenoptera from Uruguay ; presented by Th.
Havers, Esq. %

A selected series of 57 species of Hymenoptera from various localities ; purchased.

Eighteen Colevptera destructive to plants in the Royal Gardens at Kew; presented by
Dr. Hooker, ¢.B., P.B.S.

The types of the Gall-making Moth ( Cacoecia gallicolens) and its parasite (Mesoleptus
miller?) ; presented by A. G. Butler, Esq.

Radiata (and Vermes).—These branches of the Department have received only 248
additional examples, of which the following are more particularly worthy of notice :—

Two magnificent tree-like Corals (Aniipathes) from the Bermudas and the Samoa
Islands; the former presented by Dr. Hooker, c.8., P.R.s., the latter by H. R. Williams, Esq.

A large Madrepore (Madrepora flabellum) branching in the shape of broad antlers,
from Jamaica; purchased.

Eleven species of Annelids from Ceylon, described by Professor Grube of Breslau;
presented by E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., r...s.

A collection of Virgularia in different stages of growth, Hydractinia echinata, Pecti-
naria, Velella,and others; presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P.,F.R.S,

A selected series of 30 species of Echinodermata from various parts of Polynesia, all
new to the collection ; purchased of the Godeffroy Museum.

A small collection of Star-fishes and Holothurias; presented by the Rey. 8. J.
Whitmee.

A collection of Annelids, Echinoderms, Tunicates, Celenterates and Spongude from
Spitzbergen; made and presented by the Rev. A. EK. Eaton.

IV.— Cataloguing.
The following Catalogues have been completed and printed during the year 1874 :—

“ Hand-List of Seals, Morses, Sea-lions, and Sea-bears in the British Museum.” By Dr.

J.E. Gray, F.R.8. 8Vvo. (pp. 44, with 30 plates of skulls). Cac
** Catalogue

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“ Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum.” Vol. I., Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of
prey. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. 8vo. (pp. 480, with 14 coloured plates). ua

In these Catalogues all the specimens which were in the collection at the date of their
publication, are numerated, later additions being entered in an interleaved copy for the
use of students, so that’ every person who wishes to consult the collection is enable dto
select and call for the specimens he requires.

V.— Visitors and Students.

Three thousand three hundred and six students who have visited this Department with
the object of consulting the various portions of the collections, have been assisted and
attended to. .

Albert Giinther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Arrangement.

In Room I. The additions made to the Plant remains during the year have been
incorporated with the collection in drawers. Some additional labels, prepared for the
Fossil Plants in the Wall-cases, have been introduced.

In Room II. A collection of Welsh Silurian fossils has been named and registered
and placed in drawers under Table-cases.

In this room have also been placed a series of Nummulitic fossils, from near Cario, col-
lected by Professer Owen, C.B., with a similar collection, made at the same spot, by
Johu Milne, Esq., F.G.S.; also a small collection from the Sinaitic Peninsula.

The specimens from the Oolite of Leckhampton, obtained by William Jenkins, are
named and placed in drawers in this room.

The Fish-remains in Wall-case of Room II. have been cleaned and re-arranged.

A. considerable number of Fish remains from the Coal Measures have been developed
by the mason, mounted on tablets, and arranged in drawers in this room.

In Room III. A partial re-arrangement of the Dinosaurian Reptiles has been made,
and additioual specimens have been incorporated in Wall-cases 8 and 9.

The remains of the Ruminant Mammalia in Wall-case 7 have been re-arranged.

The Bird remains in Wall-case No. 11 have been cleaned and re-arranged.

The Sowerby collection of Mollusca has been cleaned and re-arranged in drawers in
this room.

In Room IV. Several additions have been made to the fine series of Fossil Oxen,
exhibited in and upon Wall-case No. 7.

A series of Marsupial Quadruped remains, described by Professor Owen in the Philo-
sophical ‘Transactions, has been mounted, labelled, and exhibited in a Table-case in this
room.

The smaller detached bones of Ichthyosaurian Reptiles have been collected together,
and arranged in drawers in Room LV., as have also the unexhibited Bird remains.

In Room V. By a modification of the arrangement of the Ammonitide in this
room, space has been gained in the Table-cases to display a set of remarkable Crinoids,
from the Carboniferous Limestone series of Burlington, Lowa, chiefly obtained by Mr.
C. Wachsmuth, of Burlington, and the remainder by the late M. Saemanun, of Paris. Also
a smaller series from Indiana.

Various additions have been made to the Cephalopoda, exhibited in this room.

A large number of Chalk Fossils have been registered and labelled, and placed in
drawers beneath the Table-cases in Room V.

The fine and nearly perfect skull, with a lower jaw, of Rhinoceros leptorhinus, Owen,
from the Pleistocene Freshwater Deposit at Ilford, Essex (part of the Brady collection of
Fossil Mammalia), with other specimens, have been added to the Wall-cases in this
room. ;

In Room VI. Many of the specimens from the Bruniquel Cave, South of France,
have been mounted on tablets and labelled,and the whole collection has been cleaned
and re-arranged.

The Mammalian remains from the Caves of Brazil have been re-arranged.

Additions have been made to the exhibited series of Crag Mollusca in this room.

A large series of Crag fossils have been named and registered, and placed in drawers
under the Table-cases here; also a series of fossil shells, from the Pliocene Tertiary of
Turin.

The Etheridge Oolitic collection is labelled and arranged, in drawers here, and likewise
the Tesson collection of Oolitic Echinodermata.

A series of Zechstein fossils from Gera, N. E. Germany, has been named, registered,
and arranged in drawers under Table-cases.

148. D3 Supplemental

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Supplemental Room. Numerous additions have been made to the series of Ammonites;
Crinoids, and Crustacea, in the Pier and Wall-cases of this room; and also to the series
of fossils stratigraphically arranged.

The Tesson collection of Oolitic Mollusca, from Normandy, has been labelled,
registered, and arranged in drawers in this room.

The five cabinets containing the fine series of the Edwards Eocene Tertiary shells,
have been completely labelled and arranged, so as to be accessible to students, although
not exhibited. '

A series of Nummulinez, from Hungary, has been prepared for exhibition.

Basement Rooms. The Gigantic Dinosaurian Reptile from Swindon, presented
(through Mr. Shopland) by the directors of the Swindon Brick and Tile Works, has
been cleared from the enveloping stone, and is now prepared for mounting in a frame.

The work of developing and restoring the various parts of this enormous skeleton,
owing to the unequal density of the rock (consisting of septaria with traversing veins: of
stalagmite), and the extremely brittle nature, both of the rock and the bones, has furnished
a task requiring the greatest amount of skill and labour ever witnessed in the Depart-
ment, and has been most successfully performed.

The extensive collection of Mammalian remains, obtained from Sir Antonio Brady, has
been arranged in accordance with a printed Catalogue, in a room specially prepared for
its reception; shelves and cases having been fitted up for the purpose. (Some of the
more striking objects have been exhibited in Rooms IV. and V.)

Specimens registered in 1874 :—

Mammalia - - - - - - Ai oped 21515)
Aves - - - - - - - - NG
Reptilia - - ~ - - - - 143
Pisces - - - - - - - 189
Total Vertebrata - ~ - - 1,605
Articulata - - - - - - 394
Annulosa - - - - - - - 14
Echinodermata - - - - - - 2,382
Zoophyta (Zoantharia) - - - - 57
Polyzoa- - 2 = - = z: 85
Mollusca - - - - - - - 3,947
Protozoa and Rhizopoda -~ - = i 369
Total Invertebrata - - - - 7,248
Plante - - ~ - oo - - - - 67
Torah =< = = = 8,920

The number of visits from Students during the past year was 508.

Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A plaster cast of the skull of Peleolemur Betillei, Delf... Figured
and described in the Actes Soc. Linn. de Bordeaux, vol. 29, 1873, pl. 5. The original
specimen is from the Quaternary Phosphates of Lime, in the Department of Lot, France.
Presented by Monsieur Delfortrie.

Four molar teeth of a Bovine animal, found in gravel at an elevation of 5,600 feet
above the sea, in New Grenada, S. America. Presented by H. J. C. Williams, Esq.

Skull of a Mammal (Prorastomus sirenoides, Owen), from the Island of Jamaica. The .

specimen figured and described in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society,
vol. xi., 1855, p: 541, pl. 15. Presented by Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c.

Cast of the skull of Halitherium Canhami, Flower, from the Suffolk Crag. Described
and figured in the Quarterly Journal of the Geol. Soc., vol. xxx., p. 1, pl. 1, figs. 1 to 5.
Presented by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

A series of 35 specimens of Marsupial remains, including characieristic parts of
Diprotodon and Nototherium, together with various species of Kangaroos; from Queens-
land, Australia. Presented by Dr. George Bennett, F.L.s., &c.

A radius, and part of a lower jaw of Diprotodon Australis, Owen; from the Newer
Tertiary deposits, New South Wales, Presented by W. L. H. Gipps, Esq.

Right maxillary bone, and teeth of a full grown Sthenurus Atlas, Owen; from South
Australia. Specimens figured and described by Professor Owen, in the Philosophical
Transactions, 1873, vol. 164, pl. 24, figs.4 to6. Presented by Professor Owen, ¥.R.8., &.

Considerable

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—$—

Considerable portions of both upper and lower jaws of Homalodontotherium Cunning-
hami, Flower ; showing the upper and lower molar teeth. From the bank of the River
Gallegos, on the West Coast of Patagonia. Described by Professor Flower, F.R.s., in
the Phil. Trans. of the Royal Society, vol. 164, part 1, 1874, p.173. The teeth figured
in plate 16. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty, through Dr. Cunningham,
Naturalist to H. M.S. “ Nassau.”

(2.) Reptilia.—Three portions of a slab of Kimmeridge clay, containing vertebrae and
ribs of Plesiosaurus brachyspondylus, Hulke; figured and described in the Quarterly
Journal of the Geolog. Soc., 1870, vol. 26, pl. 41, figs. 7, 8, and9. Presented by J. C.
Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., F.G.s.

Lower jaw and vertebrex of Plesiosawrus, and vertebre of Ichthyosaurus ; from the Lias
Presented by Professor Owen, F.R.S., &c.

A new and undescribed Chelonian, from the Purbeck Beds, Swanage. Presented by
J. C. Robinson, Esq., F.s.a.

Vertebre and other parts of an Ichthyosaurus, from the Kimmeridge Clay, Swindon,
Wilts. Presented by Henry Farnby Mills, Esq.

A considerable portion of the skeleton of small species of Dicynodon, from Sneeuwberg,
Cape Colony. Presented by his Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, x«.c.B., &c.

Remains of a Gigantic Dinosaurian Reptile (Omosaurus armatus, ow.), showing
many of the vertebra, the pelvis, limb and feet bones, &c. From the Kimmeridge Clay,
Swindon, Wilts. Presented by the Directors of the Swindon Brick and Tile Company.

(3.) Pisces.—Three specimens of Fish-remains, from a “Bone bed,” probably
Devonian, at Lynmouth, North Devon.

An extensive series of Fish remains, from the Transition Beds, and Devonian, in the
neighbourhood of Ludlow. This collection has additional value since it contains nume-
rous specimens which are figured and described by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton,
Bart., in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 13; and by Mr. i. Ray
Lankester, in his Monograph of the Old Red Sandstone Fishes, in the Paleontographical
Society’s Publications for 1868. Presented by Robert Lightbody, Esq., F.a.s.

A specimen of Aspidorhynchus Comptoni, Agassiz, contained in a nodule from a

cretaceous deposit in the Province Piauhy, Brazil. Presented by Sir John Lubbock,

Bart., M.P., &c.

A plaster cast of the jaws, with the teeth, of Streblodus oblongus, Agassiz. The original,
in the collection of the Karl of Enniskillen, is from Armagh. Presented by the Earl of
Enniskillen, F.R.s. '

A specimen of Hypturus Bainii, Owen MSS., from the Trias, Sneeuwberg, South
Africa. Presented by the Trustees of the Albany Museum, Cape of Good Hope.

Thirteen teeth of Diplodus gibbosus, Agassiz, from the Shale Coal Measures, Longton,
Staffordshire. Presented by John Ward, Esq.

I. By Donation.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

A series of slabs of Cretaceous limestone, from the Lebanon, containing specimens of a
minute crustacean (Palemon sp. nov.) Presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, Fr.a.s.

Two Choanites from the Chalk of Margate. Presented by John W. Wetherell, Esq.

Portions of Bourgueticrinus from the Chalk of Gravesend, and a Nautilus from the
London clay. Presented by Nathaniel Wetherell, Esq., r.c.s.

A new species of Phacops from the Devonian of South Africa. Presented by
E. J. Dunn, Esq. '

The type-specimens of Erinnys venulosa from the Menevian of St. David’s, S. Wales;
and a new star-fish from the upper Ludlow rock, Leintwardine. Presented by Robert
Lightbody, Esq., F.G.s. ;

A slab of “ Burdie House ” limestone from a quarry west of Burntisland. Presented
by W. Carruthers, Esq., F.R.s.

Specimen of Scutella from the Tertiary formation, Blanche Town, Murray River,
Australia. Presented by the Baron von Miiller, r.r.s.

Specimens of Rhabdomeson gracile, Phil. sp. from the Carboniferous limestone, Beith,
Ayrshire; and of Polypora tuberculata, Prout; from near Kilbride, Lanarkshire. Pre-
sented by Professor Dr. Young, F.z.s., and Mr. John Young, F.G.s.

Twenty specimens of Calostylis denticulata from the Upper Silurian, Wisby, Isle of
Gotland. Presented by Dr. Gustav Lindstrom.

Nummulites, Echinoderms, and cast of a large turbinated shell, from the Eocene
Tertiary limestone, Mokattam Quarries, Cairo. Presented by E. T. Rogers, Esq.

Two specimens of Mecocheirus from the Kimmeridge clay, Boulogne-sur-Mer. Pre-
sented by John HE. H. Peyton, Esq., F.a.s.

A series of Tertiary fossils from the Sinaitic Peninsula (collected by Mr. Milne during
his journey, with Dr. Beke, in search of the true Sinaz); also a series of fossils from the
Mokattam Quarries, near Cairo. Presented by John Milne, Esq., r,a.s.

148, D Aa.

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Il. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia—A very extensive collection of Pleistocene Mammalian remains from
the Fluviatile deposit of “ Brick earth” in the Valley of the Thames at Ilford, Essex,
being the entire Museum of Sir Antonio Brady, Knt., J.p., F.G.s., and consisting of
upwards of 900 specimens. They comprise portions of the skeletons of the following
animals: —The Fossil Lion (Felis spelea, Goldfuss), Fox (Canis vulpes, Briss.), and a
species of Bear, together with Elephant, Rhinoceros, Horse, Hippopotamus, Deer,
Bison, and Ox remains. ; :

Of Elephant remains there are nearly 300 specimens, including tusks, molar teeth,
portions of skulls and lower jaws, and other parts of the skeleton. Some few of these are
referable to the Llephas antiquus, Falconer; the remainder appertain to the Elephas
primigenius, or Mammoth; a series of great scientific interest, since it comprises teeth,
jaws, limb-bones, and other parts, of a large number of individuals showing the conditions
of these parts at the different ages of the animal, from the extremely young Mammoth,
to very aged individuals.

The Rhinoceros remains appertain to three species, namely, Rhinoceros leptorhinus,
Owen, represented by a skull and lower jaw (figured in the Geological Magazine
for September 1874), and numerous other parts; the Rhinoceros megarhinus, and the
R. tichorhinus. The Equus fossilis, of Meyer, is well represented by numerous teeth and
bones. Amongst the ruminant Mammalia is a considerable portion of the skull, with the
horns complete, of a full-grown Bison; numerous remains of a gigantic species of Ox
(Bos giganteus, Owen MSS.), including a nearly perfect skull with the horns. The Deer
remains are referred to two species, the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) being one of them;
besides which there are parts of the Irish Elk (Megaceros hibernicus).

The value of this collection is much enhanced by an excellent catalogue of its contents
which accompanies it. This Catalogue was prepared for Sir Antonio Brady by Mr.
William Davies, and has been perfected by an “introduction” by Sir Antonio Brady.

A second important series of British Mammalian remains, the Collection of Mr. J. J.
Owles of Great Yarmouth. The specimens were procured by the “ Trawlers” on the
East Coast, and especially off the Dogger Bank, and are, most of them, in a good state of
preservation. In this Collection is a nearly perfect skull of the Rhinoceros tichorhinus,
apparently unique as a British example ; besides which are numerous Elephant remains,
including some well-preserved tusks, bones, teeth, &c., and remains of Horse, Ox, Stags,
Irish Elk, Reindeer, Hyena, Wolf, Walrus, Beaver, &c. ;

A skull of a Bison (imperfect), and jaws of other ruminants, from the Pleistocene of
Erith. «

A molar tooth of a Mastodon from the Red Crag, Suffolk; together with molar teeth
of Elephas, Sus, Bos, and Cervus; a tooth of Physeter ; tooth of Balenodon and 11 other
Mammalian remains from the Suffolk Crag. ;

Tusk of Trichecodon Hucxleyi, Lankester. The specimen figured and described in the
Quarterly Journal of the Geol. Soc. 1865, Vol. XXI., p. 226, pl. 10.

Three remains of Anoplotherium, and a jaw of Paleotherium medium, from the Eocene,
-of Montmatre, Paris.

Two Mammalian bones from the Eocene, Isle of Wight.

Lower jaw of Spalacotherium tricuspidens, Owen, from the Purbeck, Swanage, Dorset.
The specimen figured and described in the Quarterly Journal of the Geol. Soc. Vol. X.
p- 426.

(2.) Aves.—An almost complete skeleton of the largest of the extinct birds of New
Zealand (Dinornis maximus, Owen), standing nine feet in height; obtained ( in exchange
for a cast of the Megatherium), from the Museum of Christchurch, Canterbury, New
Zealand.

(3.) Reptilia.—A Fossil Turtle, from the London Clay, Isle of Sheppey.

A leg-bone, two vertebra, and three other bones of Iguanodon from the Greensand
and Wealden, Isle of Wight.

Bones of Scelidosaurus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

A Saurian bone, from the Muschelkalk of Baireuth.

Eight Reptilian remains, from the Coal Measures, Newsham, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

(4.) Pisces.—Fourteen fish-remains from the Suffolk Crag.

A slab with fish-remains, from the Lebanon.

A Lepidotus, from the Purbeck, Swanage, Dorset.

Thirty fish-remains, from the Kimmeridge Clay, near Weymouth.

Twenty fish-remains, from the Coal Measures, Newsham and Airdrie, including the
united series of cranial plates of Ctenodus figured and described in Barkas’ Manual of
Coal Measure Paleontology, p. 113; Atlas, pl. X., fig. 244.

TI. By Purchase.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

1 Crustacean from the Red Crag of Boyton.
1 Hoploparia Suxbyi from the Greensand of the Isle of Wight.
1 Bellinurus from Coal Measures, Dudley.
15 Trilobites from the Wenlock Shale, Dudley.
32 Trilobites

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32 Trilobites from the Lower Silurian, Dolgelly, ete.

1 Temnechinus globosus, Forbes, from Coralline Crag, Oxford.

12 Remains of Bourgueticrinus, etc., from the Chalk, Merstham and Gravesend.
20 Echinoderms from the Neocomian of Tealby, Lincolnshire.

4 Slabs of a new species of Ophiura from the Oxfordian of Weymouth.

12 Specimens of Pygaster, Clypeus, etc., from the Inferior Oolite and Upper Lias,
Leckhampton.
A remarkably fine series of Crinoids from the Lower Carboniferous Series, Burlington,
Iowa, U.S.A., containing examples of 31 genera, and 138 species, and comprising 290
specimens, many of them in a most beautiful and perfect state of preservation, and
illustrating points in the anatomy of the Crinoidea never before seen in this country.

10 Crinoids from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley.

13 Polyzoa from the Suffolk Crag.

1 Polyzoon from the Chalk, Gravesend.

41 Polyzoa from the Zechstein (Permian) formation of Gera.

1 Stphonia from the Chalk of Surrey. .

3 Sections of Sponges in Flint from the Chalk of the Isle of Wight.
56 Types of Foraminifera, etc., from the Zechstein (Permian), of Gera.
A fine slab of Hozoon Canadense from the Laurentian of Canada.

Fossit PLANTS.

6 Specimens of Fossil Wood from the Crag of Suffolk.
7 Remains of Araucarites, Zamia, Odontopteris, etc., from the Lias of Lyme Regis.
48 Plant-remains from the Zechstein (Permian), of Gera. .
8 Coal Plants from Dudley Coalfields, etc.
The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows :—

Vertebrata - - - - - + = 1,490
Invertebrata - = - 2 = - - 1,557
Plante - “ - = = - - 56

Total =|W2ee se espies

Geo. R. Waterhouse:

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

THE additions to the Collection of Minerals during the past year have been valuable
rather than numerous. The number of specimens acquired being 814, and they have
been catalogued, labelled and placed in the collection. Much of the work of the Depart-~
ment has been given to the minute examination and assortment of the rocks in the Col-
lection, and for the study of these, sections for the microscope have been made, latterly
by the hands of the staff itself. A large collection of rocks from Sweden, and Collections
from Scotland, and from the volcanic regions of the Mediterranean, have also been
minutely examined, and selections made trom them.

The Meteorites have been re-arranged: alterations have been made in the cases con-
taining them for the exclusion of the dust, and new fittings, with an arrangement for
desiccating the air, have been introduced into them. To about 2,000 of the specimens in
the Reserve Collection, the localities have been attached wherever research has enabled
this to be done; a work needing careful elaboration. About one-half of that portion of
the collection is now completed.

The embodiment in one single catalogue, arranged under the heads of the Mineral
species, of all the specimens distributed through the volumes of the General Catalogue, has
occupied all the time that could be spared on it during the past three years, and only
a portion of one volume and an index remain now to be completed. With the year 1875,
by the aid of this catalogue, anew and complete catalogue of the whole collection, with
descriptions of the crystalline forms, and with analyses of important specimens, will be
commenced.

The decomposed brecciated rock in which the diamonds are met with in South Africa,

_ has been investigated, and various minerals that occur in it have been separated and deter-

mined, and have been analysed. A method for the analysis of Phosphate of Iron and
Alumina in cases where only small quantities could be provided for analysis, was much
needed: a satisfactory means of performing such analysis has been worked out by Dr.
Flight in the laboratory, and the complete analysis of Andrewsite has been effected by
this new method.

The more important acquisitions of the year are the following :—

By Presentation :—

From A. R. Endrés, Esq., Native Gold, finely disseminated in quartz, Acosta mine,

Costa Rica.
From Spencer G. Perceval, Esq., F..8 , Molybdenite, with iron pyrites in the horn-
148. E blendic

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blendic granite of Mount Sorrel, Leicestershire ; a series of small Agates from the
“ Bunter ” pebble-bed near Lichfield, Staffordshire ; Celestine, Clifton, near Bristol; and
a globular felsite from a boulder near Old Cleeve Church, West Somerset.

From T. Davies, Esq., F.c.s., Rock Crystal enclosing acicular crystals of Rutile and
casts of vermicular crystals of Chlorite, from Minas Geraes, Brazil.

From Thomas W. Eady, Esq., a polished Cat’s-Hye, Orange River, South Africa.

From John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., specimens of Beauxite, Beaux, Bouches du Rhone,
France.

From D. L. Mundy, Esq., specimens of Siliceous Sinter, from the Geysers and Hot
Springs of Rota Mohana, New Zealand.

From M. Gustave Lehmann, through Robert Bunch, Esq., H. M. Minister at Bogota ;
two large detached crystals of Parisite, Muzo, Santa Fé de Bogoté, New Granada.

From §. Sharp, Esq., F.¢.s., Allophane, and specimens of Ironstone replacing shells,
from the Oolite, near Northampton.

From William Butt, Esq., Scolecite in long diverging crystals, sprinkled with limpid
crystals of Apophyllite, Syhadree Mountains, Bombay.

From the Rev. Greville Chester, specimens of Lapis Lazuli, Turquoise, Emerald, and
Amazonstone found in Egypt.

From J. M. Blake, Esq., Wulfenite in large thin transparent tables, Tecoma mine,
Lucin district, Utah, U. 8. A.

From H. Poole, Esq., F.G.8., Argentiferous Anglesite, Arizona district, Colorado
River, U. S. A.

From G. W. Muir, Esq., Copal enclosing small beetles, West Africa.

From Col. Richard L. Maury, a block of Splint Coal, Kanawha Valley, West Vir-
ginia, U. S. A.

From William Vicary, Esq., F.G.s., 32 rock specimens from Devonshire.

From J. W. Judd, Esq., F.G.S., 80 specimens of rocks, principally from the Islands
of Mull and Skye.

From Thomas Davies, Esq., F.G.s., 52 rock specimens from the Isle of Skye, and
various other localities in Scotland.

By purchase and exchange :—

Specimens of Native Gold, from various localities in Queensland, Australia, by ex-
change from Richard Daintree, Esq., F.c.s.

Native Gold in quartz, Butt Co., California, U. S. A., a section of a pebble with veins
of solid gold; a series of crystals of Diamond lying in the decomposed rock in which they
are found at the diamond-fields of South Africa; and Native Sulphur, in remarkably
fine crystals, from Girgenti, Sicily.

Fine Blende in dolomite from the Binnenthal, Rhénethal, Switzerland; large cubo-
octahedron of Galena, Neudorf, Hartz; fine Stromeyerite in large though indistinct
crystals, Sombrerete, Mexico ; specimens of Metacinnabarite in semi-opal, Lake Co., Cali-
fornia, U. S. A.; Bismuth Glance, Sorato, Bolivia; Bournonite, Horhausen, Nassau ;
Enargite, Willis Gulch, Colorado, U. S. A.; Pyrargyrite, Freiberg, Saxony; and
specimens of Jordanite in remarkable crystals, with a series of the minerals peculiar to the
dolomite of the Binnenthal, Switzerland.

Fine cubes of green fluor curiously eroded, from the Oehrli, Appenzell, Switzerland ;
an octohedron of rose-fluor from the Goschenen-Alp, Switzerland; fluor with blende on
chlorite, Trevannance mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall ; with copper pyrites from near Redruth,
Cornwall; and from Beeralston, Devonshire.

A large deep yellow Sapphire, facetted ; a colourless Sapphire, also facetted; a bright
little facetted specimen of Hyacinth from Ceylon; a large crystal of Kibdelophane from
Kragerée, Norway; specimens of Precious Opal, associated with ferruginous sands and
Jaspar, Baracoo River, Queensland, Australia; one of them a cut specimen remarkable
for its fire and the dark colour of the matrix; Precious Opal with native gold, Czerwenicza,
Hungary; and a very large cavernous mass of botryoidal pale Sard, from India.

A large specimen of Alstonite, Bromley Hill, near Alston, Cumberland ; a very fine
Chessylite, Chessy, Dep. du Rhone, France; and Pearl-spar pseudomorphous after a
scalenohedron of calcite, Schemnitz, Hungary.

Apophyllites, Bergen Hill, New Jersey, U.S. A., and the Syhadree Mountains,
Bombay ; and fine specimens of Scolecite, Stilbite and Heulandite from the same
locality ; the same, together with Natrolite, Calcite, Prehnite and Datholite, from Bergen
Hill, New Jersey, U.S. A.; amygdules of Natrolite, Aussig, Bohemia; cut crystal of ©
Andalusite from Brazil; a fine dark-yellow facetted Topaz: group of crystals of Lievrite,
Rio la Marina, Elba; a crystal of Beryl, Bahia; Annite from Rockport, Massachusetts,
U.S. A.; Serpentine pseudomorphous after crystals of Hornblende, Phillipstown, Put-
nam Co., New York, U.S. A.; Steatite, after large crystals of Quartz, Gopfersgriin,
Wunsiedel, Bavaria; and Carpholite, Wippra, Hartz.

Specimens of Cuproscheelite, from Kern Co., California, U.S. A.; and of Hubnerite,
from the Mammoth district, Nevada, U.S. A.

Large crystal of Barytes, Courtada, Auvergne; and fine specimens of Suzannite and
Lanarkite, from Leadhills, Lanarkshire.

Specimens of Ludwigite (a magnesioferric borate), from Morawicza, Banat, Hungary ;
and of Sussexite, from Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U. S. A =

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Very fine grouped crystals of bright red_and of pale Roselite in a cavernous quartz
and chalcedonic matrix; and specimens of Walpurgite and of Zeunerite, all from the
White Hart Mine, Schneeberg, Saxony ; fine Cuprouranites and Calcouranites, near
Redruth, Cornwall, and Wiserine from the grey gneiss of the upper part of the Binnenthal,

Switzerland. al ees,
Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

Tue work of incorporating plants in the General Herbarium has been actively carried
on during the past year. In its progress, the following Natural Orders have been greatly
increased, and more or less completely re-arranged : Dilleniacee, Magnoliacre, Menisper-
macee, Berberidee, Cruciferae, Rutacee, Sapindacea, Saxifragacee, Cucurbitacee,
Rubiaceae, Composite, Solanacea, Lubiate, Acanthacea, Scrophularinee, Orchidaceae,
Liliacee, Marantacee, Amaryllidacee, Cyperacee, Graminee, Lycopodiacea, Filices,
Lichenes, and Fungi.

The following collections have been either entirely or in part incorporated in the
General Herbarium. The plants of Aden, the Somali Country, and Zanzibar, collected
by Dr. Hildebrandt; of Madagascar, by Hilsenberg, Bojer, and Thompson; of Mauri-
tius, by Aublet and Roxburgh; of Asia Minor, by Kotschy; of India, by Hooker and
Thomson; of the Himalayas, by Strachey and Winterbottom; of Hong Kong, by the
Rey. James Lamont; of Japan, by Hughes; of North America, by Sir John Richard-
son; and of South America, by Ruiz and Pavon.

The principal acquisitions of the past year have been the additions made to the crypto-

gamic collections. Some of these deserve special notice. A large series of Lichens has
been obtained from the Herbarium of Dr. Nylander, of Paris; and the extensive Lichen
Herbarium of Isaac Carroll has been purchased, consisting of more than 4,000 specimens,
and 260 original drawings; this is especially rich in Irish specimens, containing many
that are rare, and some that are unique, besides a large exotic collection of specimens
from Scherer, Hepp, and Nylander.
- But the most important acquisition is the Moss Herbarium of the late William Wilson,
of Warrington, the remaining portion of which was purchased from his executors during
the year. Mr. Wilson had devoted his life to the study of Mosses, was the author of
the standard work on “ British Mosses,” and of numerous memoirs on exotic species.
His extensive Herbarium contains the type specimens of those various works, and it
abounds in original drawings prepared with singular accuracy, and with manuscript notes
of great critical value. It consists of a collection of British Mosses and Jungermanniee,
as well as a collection of foreign specimens of these two Orders. The British Herbarium
‘is accompanied with an extensive correspondence with Muscologists, and includes nume-
rous authentic specimens from Dawson Turner, Th. Taylor, Sir William Hooker, and
other authors of species.

Mr. Wilson’s Herbarium of foreign Mosses contains type specimens from the Herbaria
of Montagne, Bruch, Schimper, Angstrém, Mougeot, Zetterstedt, Hooker, Arnott, the
Paris Museum, &c. Besides this Herbarium there are many separate collections,
of which the following may be specified :—'he sets of Mosses employed by Wilson in
preparing the descriptions of Drummond’s Mosses of the Southern United States; of
Captain Sir J. C. Ross’s Antarctic Expedition; and of Seemann’s Voyage of the
“ Herald.” Collections from Europe by Schimper, Bartsch, Bruch, Gottsche, Mougeot,
Nestler, Angstrém, Zetterstedt, Spruce, Carroll, &c.; from Asia, by Wallich, Wight,
Strachey, Winterbottom, Blake, Gough, Gardner, Hooker, Thomson, Walker, Jung-
huhn, &c.; from Africa, by Zeyher (Cape of Good Hope), Bové (Algiers), Vogel (the
Niger Expedition), Salwey (Madeira), Webb and Lemann (Canary Isles): from New
Zealand, by Colenso, Bolton, Sinclair, Bidwill, Joliffe, Knight, Buchanan, &c.; from
Tasmania, by Gunn, Lyall, Oldfield, &c.; from the Pacific Isles, by Beechey and Bid-
will ; from North America, by Parker, Johnstone, Nuttall, Lea, Sullivant, Greene, Scouler,
Tainturier, &c.; from Jamaica, by McFadyen, Purdie, Wilson, and McNab; from New
Granada, by Purdie; Peru, by Matthews and Cuming; Brazil, by Gillies, Mund, and.
Douglas: Cape Horn, by Davies; and Terra del Fuego, by Darwin. The exotic
Jungermanniee contain specimens from Dr. Taylor of the species of Sir J. C. Ross’s
Antarctic Voyage, described by him; from Sullivant, Drummond, Jameson, and others.

In addition to the important Cryptogamic acquisitions now specified, the following are
the principal additions to the collections of the Department during the year 1874 :—

I.— To the Herbarium.
a. General Herbarium.

Phanerogamia.

506 species collected on the Island of Hong Kong, and presented by the Rev. Jas.
Lamont.
240 species from Southern Europe; collected by Rugel.
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264 species from Zanzibar; collected by Dr. Hildebrandt.

300 AN Malta; collected by J. F. Duthie, Esq.

100 2 the neighbourhood of St. Petersburg; collected by Meinshausen.
133 ia Russia; collected by Golde.

250 FH Brisbane, Queensland; collected by A. Dietrich; purchased from the

Godefiroy Museum.
24 species from Spitzbergen; collected by the Rev. A. E. Eaton.
82 y the Falkland Islands ; collected and presented by T. Havers, Esq.
Cryptogamia.
209 species of. Ferns from Samoa, Tonga, and Viti; purchased from the Godeffroy
Museum. ;
20 species of Cryptogams from the Falkland Islands; collected and presented by
Captain Abbott.
40 species of Hepatice ; prepared by Rabenhorst.
24 PA Mosses from Queensland.
213 Pi Lichens ; presented by Dr. Weddell of Poitiers.
150 BS Lichens from the Tyrol; collected and named by Dr. Arnold.

30 a _ Samoa and Tonga.

40 " Alge; prepared by Rabenhorst.

90 5 European Fungi; collected by Kretschmeir.
100 5 Fungi; prepared by Rabenhorst.
400 Ks ee collected and named by Thumen.

FOO! Ascomycetes; prepared and named by Rehm.
50 FA Discomycetes from the Herbarium of M. C. Cooke.

b. British Herbarium.
Phanerogamia.

An extensive Herbarium of the plants of North Lancashire, enumerated in Miss E.
Hodgson’s Flora of that district ; presented by Miss Hodgson.
50 species of Hertfordshire plants ; collected by R. A. Pryor, Esq.

Cryplogamia.

A large collection of Irish Mosses, purchased from Isaac Carroll.
Several species of Sphagnum, from Dr. Braithwaite.
450 species of Lichens, from the Rev. J. M. Crombie.
A series of Lichens; collected by the late W. Wilson.
100 species of Fungi; collected by M. C. Cooke.
60 species of Fungi; collected by W. W. Saunders, Esq.
A series of Fungi; collected by the late W. Wilson.

- [1.— To the Structural Series.
a. Fruit Collection.

A large collection of the Fruits and Foliage of the Conifere; tormed by Andrew
Murray, Esq.

An extensive general collection of Fruits, especially rich in Fruits of Palme, Proteacee,
Leguminose, Conifere, and Graminee, formed by W. W. Saunders, Esq.

Fruits of Hancornia from Sen. F. A. C. Cordoza. e

Specimens of Fruits of Lecythis, Cinnamodendron, Canella, &c., from J. Miers, Esq.

A collection of Fruits from Hong Kong; collected and presented by the Rev. Jas.
Lamont.

b. General Collection.

The stem of a Phenix from Travancore.

3 stems of Tree-ferns from Jamaica.

3 stems of Cyathea from South Africa.

Stems of Alsophila armata, Pr., and Cyathea arborea, Sm., from Jamaica, and portions —
of the stems of two Palms; presented by the President and Council of the Geological
Society.

Z eee of Cycas media, R. Br., from Australia.
‘ Specimens of injuries done to various woods; presented by Professor T. Rupert
Jones.

Specimens of injured Myrtle; presented by M. Mogeridge, Esq.

170 preparations illustrating the structure and fructification of British Fungi; pre-
pared by M. C. Cooke.

IIL.— To the Fossil Series.

Specimens cf Dadozxylon found near Leicester; presented by James Plant, Esq.
25 species of Plants from the Carboniferous rocks of N. America.
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17 specimens of -Dadozylon and other Fossil Plants from the Carboniferous rocks of
Lancashire.

3 specimens of Coniferous wood from the Tertiary rocks of Greenland; presented by
Ed. Whymper, Esq.

Specimen of a Fossil Fern stem from Queensland; presented by R. Daintree, Esq.

5 Fruits from the London Clay ; presented by Jas. Wright, Esq., F.c.s.

A collection of Fossil Plants from New Zealand, Scotland, &c.; presented by Dr.
Lauder Lindsay.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific inquiry
or research was 1,266. The following foreign botanists may be specified as having used
the Herbarium in prosecuting their various studies:—Professor Strasburger, of Jena ;
Professor Reichenbach, of Hamburg; Professor Caruel, of Pisa; Dr. Schweinfurth, of
Cairo; and Dr. Farlow, of America. Of British botanists, the following may be
specified :—Mr. J. Miers, Dr. M. T. Masters, Professor Lawson, Mr. W. P. Hiern, Mr.
D. Hanbury, Dr. Braithwaite, the Rev. J. M. Crombie, Mr. E. M. Holmes, Mr. M. C.
Cooke, Mr. A. W. Bennett, Mr. Leo Grindon, Mr. B. D. Jackson, Rev. W. W. New-
bould, Mr. R. A. Pryor.

William Carruthers.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

CONSIDERABLE progress has been made with the third volume of the Printed Cata-
logue of Satirical Prints and Drawings ; all the works of Hogarth have been described,
and the allusions in which they abound exhaustively explained; in this respect the
Catalogue will probably leave nothing to be done, and will represent Hogarth com-
pletely. The Catalogue of other works is practically finished up to the year 1743,
including many hundreds of entries; and numerous later examples haye also been
described. This volume will probably be ready for publication about the middle of the
current year.

In consequence of the large number of additional titles required to be written for prints
which had previously escaped notice, or been only recently acquired, the publication of
the first volume of the Printed Catalogue of Prints and Drawings illustrating events
in English History has been delayed beyond the time originally anticipated; but the
whole of the MS. is now fairly in the hands of the printer, and it will be issued in a few
months. One thousand and sixty-three full titles have been written for the same during
the year.

AI the prints after Italian masters published in series, such as galleries, hitherto col-
lected in the department, but not accessible until now for want of space, have been divided
to harmonize with Lanzi’s classification of local schools, and sorted prior to their final
arrangement according to subjects, in eighty-four portfolios; the prints in each school
being temporarily arranged in alphabetical order to simplify reference to them under
the masters’ names, of which an Index has been prepared, giving references to the
cases in which the portfolios are placed.

The general collection of fine specimens of the works of English engravers in mezzo-
tinto has been arranged in chronological order, in twenty-six volumes; so that, including
the works of John Smith, Thomas Frye, Richard Earlom, James Ward, William Say,
Charles Turner, David Lucas, Samuel Uousins, and J. Richardson Jackson, which are
in separate sets of volumes, and had for the most part been arranged previously, the
whole series now consists of fifty-three volumes. A full descriptive Catalogue of the
entire collection has been prepared, giving references to the positions of all the prints
described.

The collection of specimens of the works of foreign engravers in mezzotinto has been
arranged in two portfolios; an alphabetical Index has been prepared of the names, and
also a chronological one. :

The fine series of prints from Raffaelle’s frescoes in the Loggie of the Vatican, engraved
by G. Volpato and G. Ottaviani, and coloured by the former artist, which was purchased at
the sale of the Marquis of Salamanca, has been arranged in three large solander cases.

The prints and etchings described in the second volume of the Printed Catalogue of
Satirical Prints have been arranged in five solander cases, the references and dates being
printed in bistre on each mount.

The collection of prints after Sir Joshua Reynolds has been re-arranged in twelve
volumes, and the references altered in the manuscript catalogue.

All the prints by Mare Antonio, recently acquired, have been mounted and incorporated,
references to Bartsch and Ottley and the register being affixed to each; the collection is
now increased to eleven cases.

Five of the old volumes, marked 01, 02, 03, O04, and O35, containing one thousand
and ninety-nine Foreign Portrarts described in the inventory of the contents of the Print
Room, made in 1837, have been broken up, and the portraits distributed.

The Drawings by masters of the French School, recently mounted, have been incorpo- ©
rated with the collection, thus increasing the number of cases. .

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The Drawings by masters of the English School, recently acquired, have been similarly
treated.

A selection of the best and most interesting examples has been brought together from
the collection of drawings by William Hilton, R.a., presented last year by Miss Tatlock,
and deposited in a solander case.

The Englishetchings recently mounted have been incorporated in the temporary alpha-
betical arrangement.

The specimens of prints of ornaments recently mounted have been incorporated with
the collection, and the new names have been added to the alphabetical index.

The Catalogue of the Books of Prints, formerly contained in one volume, has been
broken up, and the titles incorporated with those recently written; the whole, to the
number of two thousand nine hundred and eighty-three, have been again pasted down on
cartridge paper, so as to form three volumes similar to those of the carbonic catalogue in
the Library.

One hundred and one sheets have been written of the first portion of the catalogue of
portraits, historical prints, costumes, &c., contained in the illustrated copy of Madame de
Sévigné’s Letters, namely, that of the portraits D—LaA.

Drawings, carbon photographs, and choice prints have been mounted on sunk
boardz, to preserve them from injury by friction, to the number of seven hundred and
ninety-one; other examples of less value, to the number of two thousand one hundred
and sixty-nine, have been mounted in the ordinary manner; and in al! cases the names
and references have been printed in bistre on the mounts.

Eight hundred and ninety-eight titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of foreign
portraits. :

Three hundred and fifty for the Catalogue of prints after foreign masters.

Forty-eight for the Catalogue of books of prints.

Thirty-seven for the Catalogue of pamphlets on Art subjects in the Library of
Reference.

And one thousand three hundred and thirteen for the Catalogues of English and -

foreign engravings in mezzotinto.

All the above titles have been duly incorporated, and the prints to which they refer
arranged with their respective collections.

Seven hundred and fifty-nine titles have been prepared for, and incorporated in the
Catalogue of English portraits, and the portraits themselves have been placed in their
respective periods and classes, according to Bromley’s arrangement.

Six thousand two hundred and twenty-seven articles have been entered in the register
of purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Prints and drawings have been impressed with the Departmental stamp and register
marks, to the number of nine thousand one hundred and thirty-nine,

The following acquisitions, 11,381 in number, have been made during the past year :—
By Presentation ; 2,381 examples :—

A collection of drawings of ancient architecture, furniture, iron work, stained glass,
and tiles, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen in number, mounted in thirteen folio
and eight quarto volumes, together with seventeen small sketch books; by the late
William Twopeny; accompanied by a catalogue and an alphabetical index. Presented
by Edward Twopeny, Esq.

«Elysium and Tartarus, or the State of Final Retribution,” and “The Diagorides
Victors at Olympia”; two large pen drawings by James Barry, r.A., for his pictures in
the great room of the Society of Arts; also an etching from the principal group in
the second of the above subjects; two states, printed on one sheet. Presented by J.
Power Hicks, Esq.

Thirty-eight unpublished amateur etchings, by Henry Cole, Esq., c.B.; presented by
himself.

Artist’s proofs before letters of portraits of Lord Hatherley, Lord Muncaster, the
Earl of Radnor, and John Faber, Esq.; engraved by John Richardson Jackson, Esq.,
and presented by him.

An important donation by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.; namely, eighty-two drawings,
including a series of forty-seven slight, but highly interesting, sketches by William Blake,
and also examples by W. Alexander, H. P. Bonington, J. Cristall, J. Scarlett Davis,
W. De la Motte, H. Edridge, T. Hearne, Ozias Humphry, r.4., Malsphant, J. Matham,
W. Muller, T. Rowlandson, P. Sandby, r.a., D. Serres, F. Tatham, F. Tayler, J. Varley,
Watkeys, &c.; forty-eight portraits, after IT. Gainsborough, Sir J. Reynolds, T. Row-
landson, Tomlinson, Woolaston, &c.; fifty-five prints after English masters, including
examples after W. Blake, G. B. Cipriani, r.a., A. Cooper, r.A., G. Cooper, R. Cosway,
r.A., A. W. Devis, T. Gainsborough, r.a., T. S. Goode, Gwinn, J. Hayter, C. R. Leslie,
r.A., J. Martin, S. Rigaud, G. Romney, r.a., A. Walker, &c.; thirty-three prints after
foreign masters, including examples after Bassano, N. Berchem, G. Cagnacci, G. da Carpi,
H. Gravelot, Titian, P. de Witte, &c.; seventeen English etchings, by W. Blake, J.
Crome, A. Kauffinan, r.a., S. Prout, T. Rowlandson, W. Sherlock, and B. Wilson ; five
foreign etchings, by G. Poussin, G. B. Tiepolo, &c.; five English mezzotints, by R.
Houston, 8. W. Reynolds, and W. Ward, &c.

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A portrait of Felix Slade, Esq., drawn in chalks, by Mrs. Margaret Carpenter. Pre-
sented by William Carpenter, Esq.

A collection of one hundred and fifty-nine original sketches, illustrating the local
antiquities of Etruria; also four tracings, fifty-five etchings and lithographs, and nine
sketch books; all by S. James Ainsley, Esq., and bequeathed by him.

By Purchase.—The most important examples acquired by purchase have been selected
from the fine collection formed by Hugh Howard, an eminent connoisseur, at the com-
mencement of the last century; at his death, in 1737, the collection was removed to Ire-
land, where it remained without being in any way interfered with, until its sale, in two
portions, in December 1873 and November 1874; from each division, previous to its sale,
the Museum authorities were permitted to select whatever specimens were required for
the department.

lialian School ; 1,670 Examples :—

Drawings —Profile head of an old man, highly finished in sepia, with a pen; by
Leonardo da Vinci.

Thirty-eight designs for plate and furniture, by Giulio Romano, drawn in sepia with a
brush; these form part of a numerous collection of similar works, some of which are in
the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, while others were already in the
Print Room, having been acquired with the Payne Knight collection.

A frieze of marine gods, by Luca Cambiaso.

Other examples by Alessandro Algardi, Stefano Della Bella, Valerio Belli,
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Lodovico Caracci, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Crescenzi,
Paolo Farinato, Francesco Fernandi, Giorgione, Pietro Liberi, Benedetto Luti, Carlo
Maratti, Antonio Pellegrini, Pietro de’Pietri, Mattia Preti, Lorenzo Sabatini, francesco
Salviati, Bartolommeo Schidone, Riccio da Siena, Lionello Spada, Agostino Tassi, Pietro
Testa, and Gaspar Vanvitelli.

Eitchings.—By Giuseppe d’Arpino, Alessandro Badiali, Giacomo Barri, Bonaventura
Bisi, Giovanni Battista Bolognini, Agostino Caracci, Lodovico Caracci, Giovanni Bene-
detto Castiglione, Giovanni Battista de Cavalleri, Alberto Fontana, Battista Fontana,
Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Marius Kartarus,
Giovanni Lanfranco, Il Lucchese, Agostino Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Orizonte,
Sebastiano Orlandi, Parmigiano, Francesco Perrier, Lorenzo Pasinelli, Bartolommeo
Passerotti, Ventura Salimbeni, Raffaello Sciaminossi, Pietro Stefanoni, Antonio Tempesta,
and Giovanni Luigi Valesio.

Engravings.—An early Florentine print, probably by Leonardo da Vinci, representing
a dragon seizing a lion; this is not described in any book of reference, or known to any
modern collector, but there exists a drawing of the same subject, by Leonardo, in the
Uffizi Gallery, and there is also a reversed copy by Zoan Andrea, which is described
by Bartsch.

Four rare examples by Mare Antonio Raimondi, namely :—The Queen of Sheba, in an
early state, before the plate was corroded ; the Nativity, after Francia, one of the plates
executed before Raimondi went to Rome; in an early state, before the nimbus over the
heads of the Virgin and St. Joseph; St. Apollonia, one of the most beautiful of the little
saints; and a curious counterproof of ‘ La Cassolette,” which is the only instance known of
this mode of taking impressions by Mare Antonio.

Others by Cherubino Alberti, Andrea Andreani, Pietro Aquila, Pietro Santi Bartoli,
Niccolo Beatrizet, Domenico Beccafumi, Giulio Bonasone, Giovanni Antonio da Brescia,
Domenico Campagnola, Carlo Cesio, Bartolommeo Coriolano, Girolamo Ferroni, Battista

Franco, Giovanni Girolamo J’rezza, Diana Ghisi, Master of the Die, Andrea Procaccini,

Marco da Ravenna, Martin Rota, Orazio de Sancti, Giovanni Battista Vanni, Agostino
Veneziano, Enea Vico, Filippo Vasconi, Francesco Villamena, and Antonio Maria
Zanetti.

German School ; 596 Examples :—

Drawings.—<A design for the hilt and sheath of a dagger, by Hans Holbein, made in
Indian ink, with a fine brush, in his admirable and complete mode of execution; it is
most elaborately enriched with arabesques of foliage, satyrs, male and female figures, &c.,
and is of exquisite draughtsmanship and superb design.

A finely drawn head of the Duke of Lauderdale, by Sir Peter Lely ; spiritedly ren-
dered in chaiks, on buff paper.

Other examples by Prince Rupert and Virgil Solis.

Engravings.—A fine impression of St. Francis receiving the Stigmata; by Israel von
Meckenen.

Two friezes, of great beauty and rarity, by Bartel Beham, the ablest of the little
masters.

A brilliant impression, in the first state, of the portrait of William, Duke of Juliers ;
by Henry Aldegrever.

An undescribed print, representing figures seated near a tent, engraved in mezzotinto
by Prince Rupert.

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Other examples by Albrecht Altdorfer, Jost Amman, Jacob Binck, Hans Burgmair,
Lucas Cranach, Urs Graf, Augustin Hirschvogel, Wenceslaus Hollar, Melchior, Lorch,
Matthew Merian, Master of the Monogram I. B., George Pencz, Hans Schauffelin,
Adrian Schoonebeeck, Virgil Solis, Joseph Wagner, and Antony of Worms.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 945 Examples :—

Drawings.—A study by Rembrandt for his etched portrait of Cornelius Sylvius, made
in bistre, with a reed pen; freely and roughly treated.

A beautifully finished head, in three-quarters view, of a woman, wearing a high raised
coif and pinner; by Lukas van Leyden ; executed in sepia with a brush, lightly shaded
and perfectly modelled. i

Study by Van Dyck for the horse, in his well-known equestrian portrait of Charles L.,
now in the Louvre.

An early drawing of the Crucifixion; by Jan Swarts.

Other examples by Jan Bischep, Paul Bril, Antonie Van Dyck, Adam Elsheimer,
Pieter van Lint, David Teniers, Jan van der Vaart, and Simon de Vlieger.

Eichings.—The set of War Horses, by Jan Hugtenburg; in an earlier state than that
described by Bartsch.

Other examples by Pieter van der Banck, Ferdinand Bol, Adriaan van der Cabel,
Adriaan van Diest, Frans Floris, Romeyn de Hooghe, Lukas Jordaens, Paul van Somer,
Pieter Tillemans, Willem Unger, and Willem van de Velde, the younger.

Engravings.—By Robert van Audenaerde, Hendrik Bary, Pieter Van Bleeck, Abraham
Bloemaert, Abraham Blooteling, Cornelis Bos, Dirk de Bry, Alaert Claas, Cornelis
Cort, James Frey, Cornelis Galle, Philip Galle, Theodore Galle, Jan Gole, Hendrik
Goltzius, Pieter van Gunst, Hendrik Hondius, Christoffel Jegher, Pieter de Jode, Pieter
Lombart, Jan Saenredam, Pieter van Schuppen, Paul van Somer, Pieter Soutman, Jonas
Suyderhoef, Jan van der Vaart, Wallerant Vaillant, Gerard Valck, Nicolaus: Verkolje,

Cornelis Visscher, Jan Visscher, Lukas Vorsterman, Arnold van Westerhout, and
Jerome Wierix.

French School ; 2,067 Examples :—

Drawings.—The sketch by Antoine Watteau, for his portrait of Bernard Baron, the
engraver, sitting at a table before a window at work.

Other examples by Pierre Angelis, Martin Du Bois, and Louis Pierre Boitard.

Etchings..-By Andrieux, A. Appian, A. Balfourier, A. Ballin, Bernard Baron, C.
Beauverie, M. Blairat, F. de Blois, F. Bonvin, A. de Boret, G. de Borromeo, Sebastian
Bourdon, F. Brissot, Charles Le Brun, A. Brunet-Desbaines, Jacques Callot, C. Chaplin,
T. Chauvel, Louis Cheron, G. Coindre, M. Corneille, Couturier, Etienne Delaune, A.
Delauney, V. Delaye, E. Detaille, G. Duseigneur, Feyen-Perrin, G. Doré, H. Dupray,
H. de Gourcy, H. de Grandmaison, C. de Gravesande, V. Hamel, L. de la Hire, E.
Hédouin, J. Hereau, Jongkind, M. Lalanne, A. Lalanze, A. Laneron, J. Laurens, A.
Legros, Le Rat, L’Hermitte, L. Lowenstam, L. Mar, A. P. Martial, Philip Mercier, E.
Millet, P. Montarlot, E. L. Montéfiore, E. Morin, J. Morin, E. Moyse, C. Nanteuil,
Mademoiselle G. Miel, J. De Nittis, L. Paris, L. Petit, T. Pierdon, O. de Rochebrune,
H. Saffrey, E. Selle, Soumy, A. Taiée, P. Teyssonnieres, P. Thomassin, Trimolet, J.
Veyrassat, Claude Vignon, KH. Yon, and P. Yvres.

Engravings.—By Benoit Audran, Gerard Audran, Jean Audran, Etienne Baudet,
Nicolas Bazin, Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais, Guillaume Chasteau, Louis de Chastillon;
Francois Chereau, Louis Desplaces, Nicolas Dorigny, Pierre Drevet, Nicolas Dupuis,
Gerard Edelinck, Benoit Farjat, Claude Gillot, Alexis Francois Girard, Bernard Lepicié,
Francois de Louvemont, Jean Marot, Antoine Masson, Claude Mellan, Gabriel Perelle,
Jean Pesne, Etienne Picart, Nicolas Pvoilly, Simon Francois Ravenet, Giles Rousselet,
Gerard Scotin, Jean Simon, Louis Simoneau, Claudine Stella, and Nicolas Tardieu.

English School; 3,594 Examples :—

Drawings —A series of four hundred and seyenty-nine drawings in water colours, of
remains of ancient buildings in London and its vicinity; by John Wykeham Archer.

Other examples by Francis Barlow, Hablot Knight Brown, Henry Edridge,
Isaac Fuller, W. Harding, John Hoppner, r.a., Hugh Howard, Inigo Jones, Sir God-
frey Kneller, Marcellus Laroon, Isaac Oliver, Thomas Patch, Samuel William Reynolds,
John Thomas Serres, Francis Philip Stephanoff, and Henry Trench.

Etchings and Lithographs.—A collection of three hundred and sixty-nine specimens of
lithography, called originally polyautography, by all the most eminent painters in
England, 1807—1816.

Other examples by Henry Alken, William Blake, Luke Clennell, S, Colman, Edward
Davis, Henry F french, Isaac Fuller, Richard Gaywood, Hugh Howard, Samuel Howitt,
William Kent, Edward Kirkall, George Lambert, Thomas Landseer, William de la
Motte, Francis Place, Jonathan Richardson, Thomas Rowlandson, Paul — R.A,

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James Seymour, Stephen Slaughter, E. P. Slocombe, E. Slocombe, F. Slocombe, John
Smith, Sir James Thornhill, Francis Vivares, James Whistler, and Hamlet Winstanley.

Engravings.—An extremely interesting woodcut in three blocks, measuring 19 x 1932
inches, and representing ‘‘ The Ark Royal,” the largest vessel in Queen Elizabeth’s
nayy, and the flag-ship of Lord Howard of Effingham in the battles with the Armada;
she carried fifty guns, and was of 800 tons burthen; in the woodcut she is represented
as rigged with four masts, and carrying the admiral’s standard at her gangway, thus con-
tinuing the custom, which obtained in ancient as well as medieval times, of exhibiting
the armorials of the warriors on board a vessel, on shields suspended at her sides; the
Royal standard flies at her mainmast head; the Tudor rose is on a flag at the summit of
her mizenmast, and a St. George’s: cross appears at her foremast truck. This woodcut, if
it is of English origin, is one of the oldest works of the kind executed in this country.

A curious series of the works in chiaro-scuro by Edward Kirkall.

Portrait of “ Mr. Harris acting Cardina) Wolsey,” after Greenhill, by John Smith; of
this print only one other impression is known, which is cut to an oval, and is preserved
in the Pepys Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge.

Other examples by J.C. Armytage, Francesco Bartolozzi, R.a., James Basire, Isaac
Becket, William Bond, Alexander Browne, John Dixon, Reginald Elstracke, John
Faber, William Faithorne, James Fittler, James Heath, William Holl, Edward Lutterel,
W. Rideway, William Ridley, H. Roberts, John Smith, William Skelton, Joseph Con-~
stantine Stadler, Lumb Stocks, k.A., Richard Thompson, George Vertue, George White,

Robert White, and Robert Williams.
George William Reid.

British Museum, J. Winter Jones,
10 April 1875. Principal Librarian.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incomz and Expenpiture

of the British Museum (Speciat Trust Furs), .

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Number of Persons admitted, Progress of Ar-
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ACCOUNT “of the Income and Expenpirure of the Britis MuszumM
(Speciat Trust Funps), for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March
SAG.

*« And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each
Year from 1870 to 1875, both Years inclusive; together with a StarEMENT
of the Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEecTIons; and an
Account of Ossects added to them in the Year 1875.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1876.

IIl.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
II.—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND), for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

V.—RETURN of the Number of Pessons admitted to visit the Britiss Musreum in
each Year from 1870 to 1875, both Years inclusive.

VI.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ArrancemeEnt of the CoLLecTions, and an
Account of OxssecTs added to them, in the Year 1875.

(Mr. Spencer Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
10 April 1876,

2 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

———

L—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczret anv Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

Cc Stock,

aoe 3 p’Cent. Consols.

SAY ss, d. Le Sn
To Bavaner on thedstApmlateyou- 9 i + i Pian oS = 97.19) 9") VSL ee

— Divivenns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 ve Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by ‘the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.

On the 6th July 1875 - - - £.196 15 4

ts 6th January 1876 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8

— One Year’s Rent or a Reat Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of eid eeyatey
received, 10th April 1875 - - - Sn 3112 9

£.) 60pe 359) Iaaivas) 2

LESSEE NSSSEESNNNNIINIIInesssses

Il.—AN ACCOUNT of the Rzcrier anv Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
aS Gh Geass a,
To Batance en the Ist April 1875 - = - - - = - - - ll 8 9 872 6 10
— Divipenps received on 2,872. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 6th July 1875 - £.48 1 9
» 6th January 1876 - 43 1 8
a 86 3 5
ge, OT 2a, 2) 2,872 6 10

III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczret anp Expenpirure of the SWINEY

Stock,

Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£85 Sh Uh Bw GE
To Bavance onthe lst April1875 =; = 9 = 9 eee ova Leen 5,369 2 9

— Drvipenps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

On the 6th July 1875 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1876 - 80 10 9

ee 318 13 5 5,369 2 9

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrer and Expenpiturs of the BIRCH

Stock,
Casu. {3 p’Cent. Consols.

| 284 0 GR Le psoas
To Batance on the 1st April 1875 - - - - - - - - = ue = = 563 15 7
~ Divipenns received on 568/. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in ue 66, forthe three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.:
On the 6th July 1875 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1876 - 8 9 2
—— 1618 3
Ge 1618 3 5663 15 7

a 23.8080

British Museum,
8 April 1876.

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

“FUND, between the Ist April 1875 and the 31st March 1876.

Casu.
Eten Sys

By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear

Estate, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1876 - - - - - il
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :

In the financial year ended 31st March 1876 - - - - - 13 2 —
— Payment of One YEar’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - ~| 210 -— -
’ 224 5 4
— BAtance ON THE 31st Marcu 1876, carried to Account for 1876/77 - | 298 17 Jo
£2 523 3 2

Stock,

3 p’ Cent. Consols.

£ s. ds
13,117.17 2
13,117 17 2

ee

FUND, between the Ist April 1875 and the 31st March 1876.

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
fe S mC fe 18. d
By Bavance on THE 31st Marcu 1876, carried to Account for 1876/77 - - S722 2,872 6 10
eg) espe 2,872 6 10
FUND, between the Ist April 1875 and the 31st March 1876.
Stock,
CasH 3 p’Cent. Consols.
fen) 2s eal ge Se pis
By Saxary paid to Dr. Carpenter for Lectures on Geology in1875- —- Shea zy
- Batance on THe 31st Mancy 1876, carried to Account for 1876/77- -| 16813 5 5,369 2 9

FUND, between the 1st April 1875 and the 31st March 1876.

Cas.
| By Leeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose ‘Fi
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the ne rales of
Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History = - - 1618 3
- Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1876, carried to Account for 1876/77 - -|- - -
£. 1618 8

Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

d.

663 15 7

563°15 7

1 EEE need

J. Winter Jones,

177. A2

Principal Librarian.

4 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V.—RETURN of the Numser of Persons ApmitTep to Visir the Britisu Musrum.

Persons admitted to view the Genzrat Cotzecrions in each Year from 1870 to 1875, both Years inclusive.

1870.
NG
JANUARY - - s = - 31,199
FEBRUARY - - - = & S 27,289
Marcu - - - 2 = = = 33,306
APRIL - - - - 2 . ~ 50,7938
Maye 2-7) eee. | = | gsngs
VON, i) ee itera taal eaguaoe
Juny Stet Mes) ime ere =) AO AMO
AvGUST - - = - = = - 45,103
SEPTEMBER . = - . = - 29,619
OcroBER - - - - - - 32,668
NovemsBer - - = = = - 95.934
DeEcEMBER - - - - - - 35,602
Total Number of Persons admitted |
to view the General Collections ;| 497,947
(exclusive of Readers) - =|
Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room for the purpose of| 98.971
study or research - - - -J Z
To the Department of Maps for the PUES
of special research - - - ile r
To the Department of Manuscripts, for the}
purpose of studying the collections and;) - -
of examining Select Manuscripts - -
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- | 5
pose of study fe ue ae ee en
To the Coin and Medal Room, ‘or the a ED
poses of study, &c. - - - = ee
To the Gold Ornament Room - - 5,863
To the Departments of Naturai History, for |
P ¢ 4,514
the purpose of study - - - -{ ;
To the Print Room, for the purpose of | ae
study or research - - - -f 2,8e8
ToraL - - -| 643,791

* Including the tota: number of persons (3,514) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight

Dog 1 1872.
Ne N°
23,731 28,903
23,072 23,638
35,029 26,131
41,507 56,305
41,146 44,025
41,042 32,500
48,574 41,225
44,076 49,489
27,046 27,045
49,845 28,762
21,026 23,191
42,000 42,854
418,094 | 424,068
105,130 | 105,006

3,911 4,769
1,149 1,359
6,905 5,925
4,921 4,751
2,422 2,616
542,532 | 548,494

.

1873.

N°
28,486
18,537
29,492
50,578
27,839
56,565
44,494
48,872
31,917
38,735
24,476
47,278

442,264

103,971

6,281
1,724
12,740
4,861
2,833

576,019

1874,
N°
28,176
24,058
33,270
56,245
45,674
41,368
49,043
52,353
31,759
35,036
27,227
36,850

461,059

1,632

7,185

1,674
16,560
6,022

“2,984

601,843

o’clock, from the 8th of May to the 15th of August 1875, inclusive, as compared with 2,471 persons admitted in 1874.

In addition to the above, 668 persons were admitted during the year 1875 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-
graphy, &c.—which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,

Westminster-—as compared with 856 persons admitted in 1874.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Britiss Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays—

From Ten till Four

Mondays. o clock in—
J c
Wednesdays. Rentnage
: November.
Fridays. December.

From Ten till Five

o'clock in—

March.
April.
September.
October.

From Ten till Six
o’clock in——

May.
June.
July.
August.

Saturdays, from Twelve o’clock till the hour of ciosing, January—-December.

The Public will also be admitted until Eight o’clock in the evening, on Mondays and Saturdays, from the 8th of

May to the 14th of August inclusive, in the present year.

Classes or other bodies of persons are admitted on Zuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year for purposes of —
instruction, to the number of 30 for the Upper Galleries of the Museum, and 50 for the Lower Galleries, —
on previous application to the Principal Librarian.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the months of November,
December, January, and February; from Nine till Five in the months of September, October, March, and

April; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History,
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday; and

to the Print Room from Ten till Four o’clock, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
September, inclusive, on Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast er

Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority.

The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collection on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tickets _

issued at the British Museum.

British Museum, |
8 April 1876. f

J. Winter Jones,

Principal Librarian.

—_

1875.

N°
29,358
24,758
52,7381
52,887
63,384
50,757
58,594

186

7,219

1,718
14,785
5,870

3,713

663,898

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

VI.— PROGRESS made in the CaTALoGuine and ARRANGEMENT and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1875.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation adopted in ithe Museum. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities,
have been marked on the inside, and affixed to the back of each volume; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts
to 99,014, of labels to 36,417, and of renewed labels to 8,581.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 56,921 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip ” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
40,912 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 16,009 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from A to 8, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 47,970, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
2,094. 40,249 transcripts of title-slips and 235 of index-slips have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. The first copy of 46,308 transcripts,
forming portions of letters A and R (of which 15,722 were new ones), and the second
and third copies of 36,156 transcripts (of which 14,501 were new ones), have been laid
down in the volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, T to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 7,173. 12,555 transcripts of title-slips have
been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.

(d.) Musie Catalogue.—13,943 title-slips have been written, and 17,276 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(e.) Hebrew Cataiogue.—941 title-slips have been written, and 490 title-slips have been
transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogue (including all works in Oriental languages other than Hebrew,
Chinese, and Japanese).—The number of title-slips written is 649. The printing of the
Sanskrit Catalogue, which was commenced this year, has advanced as far as the heading

iat Gi ge ,

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—476 title-slips have been written for Chinese
and Japanese books. ‘The concluding portions of the Catalogue have been seen through
the press and printed off.

(h.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 70,000 have been mounted on cartridge paper, and 150,040 arranged preparatory
to incorporation.

(i.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.— The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 291 in each of the interleaved copies, and the necessary entries have been
made in the Hand-Catalogue.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 14,128; and, in consequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding
two or more volumes in one, the number of bound volumes returned is 8,148. 1,457
pamphlets have also been bound, and 663 volumes repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room, is 305,713; to the Royal Library, 10,462;
to the Grenville Library, 788; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 265,306. Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 842,505, the whole amounts to
1,424,774, or about 4,883 for each of the 292 days during which the room was open to
the public.

The number of readers during the year has been 105,310, giving an average of 360 daily,
and, from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted on an average
13 volumes per diem,

17-7. A3 VY. Additions.—

AccouNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

oO

VY. Additions.—(a.) 36,786 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 1,731
were presented, 7,223 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 539
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 27,293 acquired by purchase.

(2.) 38,005 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 778 were presented, 18,141 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 1,042 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 18,044 acquired by purchase.

(e.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows,
viz. : 254 published in London and suburbs, 1,016 in other parts of England and Wales,
154 in Scotland, and 120 in Ireland. 132 volumes, and 590 numbers of Newspapers
belonging to 19 different sets, have been purchased.

(d.) 4,701 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself,.of which
1,964 were received by English and 1,411 by International Copyright, and 1,326 purchased.
Of 1,327 portions of musical works in progress, 514 have been received by English and
813 by ‘International Copyright. 4,047 works of greater extent than single pieces have
also been acquired, comprising 1,607 by English and 788 by International Copyright, and.
1,635 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 36,786 volumes and pamphlets, and
38,005 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 42,016. Of these, 1,513 have been presented, 7,616 acquired by English, and 1,031 by
International Copyright, and 31,856 by purchase.

7,667 articles have been received m the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs, and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 82,458
articles received in the Department.

The number of stamps impressed on articles is altogether 219,845. In addition
to this, 90 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections for
further security.

Among the acquisitions of interest during the year, the following may be mentioned:—

(1.) Six copies of Indulgences, printed on vellum, and of very great rarity. The first

of these indulgences is that issued by Pope Nicholas V. to persons furnishing aid to the

King of Cyprus against the Turks, and is one of the earliest specimens of printing, being
dated 1455. It commences: “ Universis Cristifidelib° pntes litteras inspecturis Paulinus
Chappe,” &c. There is another edition of this indulgence in the Museum.

The second is an Indulgence issued by Pope Innocent VIII. in return for aid against
the Turks, and is dated 1488. It commences: “ Universis Presentes lras inspecturis
Raymidus peraudi,” &c.

The sixth is very important, being a copy of the indulgence granted by Pope
Leo X., through Albert, Archbishop of Mentz and Magdeburgh, in return for con-
tributions towards the building of St. Peter’s at Rome. It commences: “ Albertus
dei 7 aptce sedis g¥a. scté Moguntinen sedis . . . Archieps,” and is dated 1517. This is
the Indulgence for the sale of which John Tetzel and Bernardinus Samson were sub-
commissaries. The objectionable manner in which Tetzel carried on the trafiic called
forth an energetic remonstrance from Luther, which was the commencement of the great
Reformation.

(II ) A valuable collection of Chinese books in 511 volumes, being part of the library
of the late John R. Morrison, Esq., presented to the Museum by Her Majesty’s
Government. Amongst many topographical, scientific, and literary works comprised in
it, the following are particularly worthy of notice :—

(1.) The Leth Leth yuen yuen, ora Thesaurus of the Exact Sciences. This great
-work, in 60 volumes, was drawn up under direct Imperial superintendence, and was
published in the beginning of the 18th century. It consists of an elaborate treatise on
Astronomy, a comprehensive survey on the science of arithmetic, and a work on music.

(2.) The Pa ke tung che choo tsevh, or a statistical account of the Manchoos classed
under the eight banners. This work, which consists of 250 books, was compiled by
Imperial order, and published in 1738. It treats at great length of the eightfold division
of the nation, and is accompanied by Tables of nobility, members of the Imperial house-
hold, ministers; together with biographies of the Imperial Princes, ministers, literary
men, &c.

(3.) The Keang-soo hae yun tsewen gan, or a discussion of the plan of transporting
the Imperial Impost Grain from the Province of Keang-soo to the metropolis.

III. An important acquisition of works connected with the history of the Reformation,
from the library of Mr. A. F. H. Schneider, of Berlin. This gentleman, who is the
author of one or two works on subjects connected with the history of this period, occupied

himself

AccoUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

himself for 40 years in collecting the theological writings of the 16th century, as
materials for two historical works which he contemplated, and had gathered together an
assemblage of Reformation literature quite unique in its kind. The present purchase
comprehends the printed books of this collection, so far as they were wanting in the
Museum Library, and consists of about 2,000 works. It comprises the controversial
writings of the Reformers in the original editions, the articles, confessions of faith, and
formularies of the various Churches, the conferences and disputations between different
religious parties, psalters, hymnals, and service books. Some of the books are unique,
and others are of the greatest rarity. Several are presentation copies to distinguished
men, with autographs or marginal notes of the Reformers. Rich as the Museum is in
the literature of the Reformation, this acquisition will add to the Catalogue many works
even under the names of Luther, Calvin, and Melanchthon; whilst in the case of Bucer,
Bullinger, Carolostadt, Osiander, Bugenhagen, and others less known, the additions are
very considerable. The collection is particularly rich in materials for the history of the
Anabaptists, comprising about 100 works of this class, many of them of great rarity, as,
for instance, a complete series of the extremely rare writings of Thomas Miinzer, the
Anabaptist leader who headed the revolt of the peasants im 1525. Of the writings of
Caspar Schwenckfeld, his friends and opponents, there is a more complete series than can
be found in any other library. A book of some interest both to English and French
readers is the very rare “Forme de Police ecclésiatique instituée 4 Londres en |’Eglise
des Francois,” 1561, composed by N. des Gallars, the friend and secretary of Calvin,
who was pastor of this church, then located in the chapel of the hospital of St. Anthony,
in Threadneedle Street. This book is bound up with two others in a volume which be-
longed to the president De Thou, and has his arms stamped on the covers.

IV. Two donations of importance have been added to the collection of Sanskrit books.
One is a copy of the magnificent fac-simile edition from valuable manuscripts of the
Mahabhashya of Patanjali, including the commentary af Kaiyyata and Nagojibhatta’s
gloss upon the latter, recently published in six large folio volumes by the Indian Govern-
ment. Of this work, with which, according to the highest authorities, no other in the
whole range of the unprinted literature of India can at all compare in importance, no
complete manuscript copy was known to exist in any public library of India or Europe.
The present edition consists of 50 copies intended principally for distribution amongst
the great Princes of India| The other donation is a present from the Rajah of Burdwan
of 11 volumes, containing the commencement of an edition of the two national epic poems
of India, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, in Sanskrit and Bengali. A considerable
number of Sanskrit books have been purchased during the past year, in order to make
the Sanskrit Catalogue, which is now being printed, as complete as possible.

An addition has been made to the Arabic collection by the purchase of a great number
of works printed at Cairo, Bulak, and Algiers.

VY. Three illustrated works of great interest and value, formed by the late Mr.
Percival:— :

1. The most extensive is an illustrated History of Surrey, which comprises a copy of
‘Manning and Bray’s Surrey, illustrated by the insertion of water-colour drawings, prints,
maps, and plans, manuscripts, portraits of eminent persons connected with the county,
views of localities, edifices and old manor houses, pedigrees and heraldic insignia of
families. The illustrations include upwards of 2,350 original drawings, many of them
made expressly for the work, and most of them in water-colours, together with more than
1,300 engraved portraits.

2. Historical collections relating to Sadler’s Wells and its vicinity, from the building
of the first theatre there by Sadler in 1683. They comprise historical documents,
pamphlets, broadsides, an extensive series of playbills and advertisements, many hundreds
of engraved views, portraits, and autograph letters from celebrated managers, actors, and
performers of all sorts, including a large number of letters of Grimaldi.

3. Collections for the history of the Parish of St. Pancras. This work consists, of a
copy of the printed history of the parish from Nichols’s “ Bibliotheca Topographica,”
illustrated by thousands of cuttings from newspapers, tracts and magazines; tocether
with views of houses, churches, theatres, streets, and interiors, many of which have now
disappeared, as well as engraved portraits of celebrated persons connected with the district.

VI. Eight broadside pnoclamations of the Emperors Maximilian and Charles V., bearing
dates from 1515 to 1523. The earliest, which is dated Inspruck, 28th Sept. 15145, is
directed against those German subjects who had taken service with the King of France,
(Francis I.), without whose aid the Emperor thinks the King would not have conquered
Milan. Another probibits the use of self-firg guns (Piichssen so sich selbst ziindé), by
either horse or foot soldiers. Thisis dated Augsburg, 1518, and is so rare that Beckmann,
in his “ History of Inventions,” appears to have doubted of its existence. Under the
article “Guns,” he writes: “It has often been asserted that fire-tubes, which took fire
of themselves, were forbidden first in Bohemia and Moravia, and afterwards in the whole
German Empire, under'a severe penalty, by the Emperor Maximilian I.; but I have not
found any allusion to this cireumstance in the different police laws ot that Emperor.

a7. A4. VII. A collection

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VII. A collection of books, pamphlets, and proclamations relating to the history and
topography of the Republic of the Grisons, extending from the latter part of the 16th
century to 1799.

VIII. “Poems on Various Occasions,” S. and J. Ridge, Newark, 1807. 8°.

This is a copy of the second privately printed edition of a collection of poems by Lord
Byron, of which the first edition was destroyed at the suggestion of his friend Mr.
Beecher, with the exception of two, or at most, three copies. Most of the poems in this.
collection were subsequently published under the title, “ Hours of Idleness.” This copy
contains a few MS. pencil notes by the author.

IX. A copy of the Latin version of Athenzus, by Natalis de Comitibus, Venice, 1556,
with Latin marginal notes in the handwriting of Tasso.

X. Several books of rarity and value were purchased at the sale of M. Capron, at
Brussels. The one of most interest is perhaps, “‘La tryumphante et solemnelle entree
faicte sur le nouvel et joyeux advenement de treshault Prince Monsieur Charles’ prince
des hespaignes...en sa ville de Bruges lan mil v. césr xv. (1515)... par maistre
Remy du puys son treshumble judiciaire et historiographe:” Paris, 1515. This con-
temporary account of the entry of Charles V into Bruges, one of a series of progresses
which he undertock on being declared of age, and assuming the government of the
Netherlands, is of extreme rarity, there being only two other copies known, one of which
is in the Royal Library at Brussels. It is illustrated with 39 engravings on wood of the
pageants and devices erected at various stages of the procession, and is believed to be the
earliest example of illustrated books of pageants.

XI. A singular and rare book of music, entitled ‘ Paradisisches Wunder-Spiel,
welches sich in diesen letzten Zeiten und Tagen in denen Abend-Landischen Welt-
Theilen als ein Vorspiel der neuen Welt hervor gethan. Bestehende in einer ganz
neuen und ungemeinen Sing-Art auf Weise der Englischen und himmlischen Choren
eingerichtet, ... ausgefertiget von einem !riedsamen der sonst in dieser Welt weder
Namen noch Titul suchet: Ephrata, Sumptibus Societatis, 1754.” fol. This is one of
the productions of the private press of the ‘‘Sieben Taeger” or Seventh-Day Baptists,
a sect founded by Conrad Beissel, who seceded from the German Baptists and established
a monastic society at Ephrata, in Pennsylvania. ‘The society adopted the habit of the
Capuchins, or White Friars, and its members assumed monastic names; that of Beissel
himself was Friedsam. After the manner of ancient monasteries, certain of the mem-
bers were occupied in transcribing, principally in multiplying copies of the founder’s
writings; but at an early period a paper-mill was built and a printing press set up, the
productions of which are very scarce. One of the peculiarities of the society was the
adoption of a particular style of sacred music, founded on the tones of the olian harp.
In the book now described the whole of the musical notes are filled up in manuscript.

XII. A collection of the proclamations, municipal orders, constitutions, and regulations
of the magistrates and council of the City of Strasburg, comprising upwards of 500
documents, and extending from 1518 to 1790.

XIII. A file of the “ Marseillaise” newspaper, published at Paris, Dec. 19th, 1869
to May 1870, under the editorship of Henri Rochefort, with the collaboration of Paschal
Grousset, Jules Valles, Arthur Arnould, Victor Noir, Jules Claretie, &c. This is
said to be the only complete file of this journal in existence, as the numbers were, for
the most part, seized by the officers of the Imperial Government before being issued from
the printing office.

Geo. Bullen.

DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHARTS, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—(a). The number of titles (including both main-titles
and cross-references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year
amounts to 6,370; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 7,214.

(b.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,662 maps and 5,883 titles. The numter of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,806, and 761 hand-slips of purchases have
been made.

(c.) 1,220 Maps, in 7,279 sheets, and 196 Atlases, have been entered for the binder, and
149 volumes and 901 Maps, have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and
the latter mounted, 501 on 820 cards, and 400 on cloth; 5,203 sheets of Ordnance Surveys

have been guarded and bound in 113 volumes; 27volumes have received separate
letterings.

_ (d.) An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 2,950 Titles,
in all 8,850 Titles, necessitating the removal in the three copies of 10,896 titles, and the

addition to each copy of 81] new leaves; 61 additional volumes of the Map Catalogue
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have been bound. About 15,000 slips of fourth copies have been incorporated into the
main series of the Hand Catalogue.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was
565, the number of Maps 1,398; making a total of 1,963.

(f.) The number of Stamps impressed on Maps was 11,870.

II. Additions :—(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyright
Act is 372 (in 1,637 sheets), and 20 Atlases have also been received by copyright; 230
Atlases, and 1,555 Maps in 7,260 sheets, have been obtained by purchase; and 4 volumes
and 41% Maps, in 662 sheets, have been presented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been, in the course of the year, 182 visitors to the Department on special geographical
inquiries.

Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are :—

A photograph copy, made expressly for the Trustees, of a Portulano, in seven sheets,
drawn in Venice, in 1318, by Pietro Visconte of Genoa, and now in the Museo Correr,
Venice; one of the oldest maritime Atlases known. It contains the Adriatic, the Black
Sea, the Mediterranean, and the English Channel.

‘* Historia Mundi; or, Mercator’s Atlas. Englished by W[ye] S[altonstall].” London,
1635: It contais arare map of Virginia and New England, engraved by Ralph Hall
(in America), in 1636. This map is seldom seen in the work to which it belongs, having
been promised at the time of publication, but not supplied till two years later.

Seven folio volumes of early 17th century Maps, chiefly French, Dutch, and Italian.
‘The volume for England contains a rare Map of Yorkshire, by Chr. Saxton, with a view
of Hull, 1642, which does not occur in the Map in Saxton’s Atlas.

A large plan of Augsburg, 6ft.3in. by 2 ft. 8in., by G. Seld, citizen and goldsmith,
of Augsburg, 1521.

A plan and description of the “ Seidge of Newarke-upon-Trent, 1646. Described by
Richard Clampe, Ingenier.” Pere[grine] Louell fecit. Very rare; known to Gough
only by a reprint by Buck in 1725. ;

A collection of 628 engravings, and 228 original drawings relating to the topography
of Kent, but chiefly of Deptford, Greenwich, and Canterbury.

A curious view of Carlsbad and its Environs, showing its famous baths, entitled
“ Kigentlicher Abriss und Intwerffung dess vortrefflichen weit beriihmbten Kefsser
Carols Badt.” 1647. Engraved by F[rater] Henricus, a barefooted Augustine lay-brother
of St. Wenzel’s, in Prague, from a large painting by Johann Schindler,

A collection of 63 drawings of Cathedrals, old Churches, Castles, (Jentlemen’s
Seats, &., in England, Wales, and Scotland, on 60 sheets, by the donor, the Rev. Pre-
bendary Mackenzie Walcott; and, from the same donor, tracings made by himself of St.
Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield; of Gray Friars Monastery, London (from the original
in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital); of Dunster Castle, Somerset; of Cliffe (Cleeve) Abbey,
ec together with eleven unpublished photograph views of St. Osyth’s Priory,
Essex.

R. H. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIP7S.

Class- Catalogue.— Slips have been inserted in the section of Drawings and the General
Index has been continued from volume 7 to volume i108, completing the work.

Catalogue of Romances.—W orks in various languages have been described from thirty-
two volumes of the different Collections; and the descriptions of one hundred and sixty-
nine works have been finally revised.

Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts.—Twelve ancient manuscripts in the different Collec-
tions have been described in detail, and fifteen have been collated.

Catalogue of Additions.—The following volumes of the Additional Manuscripts have been
described :—Nos. 22,953, 22,960, 22,962, 22,969, 22,972, 22,973, 22,976, 23,099, 23,102,
23,115, 23,117, 23,121 to 23,125, 23,205, acquired in 1859 ;—28,910 to 28,956, acquired
in 1872 ;—29,570 to 29,596, acquired in 1874 ;—and 29,737 to 29,800, acquired in 1875,

The revision of descriptions of Additional MSS, acquired in the years 1859 and 1860
has been completed, and the greater part of the descriptions of those acquired in the years
1861 to 1865 have also been revised for press.

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Printed Catalogue of Additions. -- Sheets R to 3 P, containing descriptions of the Addi-
tional MSS. 20,687 to 24,026, acquired in the years 1854 to 1860, have been revised and
printed off, completing the first volume of the Catalogue of Additions from 1854 to the
present time.

Catalogue of the Egerton Collection.—Numbers 2,363 to 2,399, acquired in 1875, have
been described.

Catalogue of Rolls and Charters, and of Seals—Additional Rolls and Charters 13,985
to 14,064, 14,076, 14,077, 14,087, 18,466 to 18,556, 24,313 to 24,323, and 24,488 to
24,745, recently acquired, have been described.

The descriptions of Harley Charters 43 A. 9 to45 H. 46, and 48 A.1 to 51 C. 50, and of
Additional Charters 17,357 to 18,024, 18,104, 18,105, 18,46€ to 18,556, and 19,788 to
22,616, have been revised.

A selection of early dated and finely written documents, and papal bulls, taken from
the different Collections, have been mounted on sheets and arranged in chronological
order in ten portfolios.

Newly acquired Charters, without seals, have been arranged and mounted in four large
volumes. j

A second series of photographic Facsimiles of Ancient Charters, chiefly of the ninth
century, with transcriptions in type, has been prepared.

The Catalogue of Seals has been sorted into classes; the slips of the sub-divisions:—

Royal, Monastic, Baronial, Gems, Merchant Marks, have been arranged ; and the section
of Royal Seals of England to Edward II. has been revised for press.

The General Index to Seals has been carried on for Additional Charters, 21,079
to 22,615.

Registers.—The Registers of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been continued
to the latest numbers.

The Register of Seals has been continued from No. xiv. 1 to XLyv. 50.

An Index to the Register of Additional Manuscripts, from No. 28,097 to 29,547,
acquired in the years 1869-1875, is in progress.

Transcription.—Descriptions of Additional Charters 14,241 to 17,594 have been copied
in fourfold.

The Index to the Catalogue of Seals has also been copied in fourfold, from S. to Z,

Arrangement of Papers.—The following Additional Manuscripts have been arranged :—
The Transcripts from the Hague Archives, in Nos. 17,677 G.G. to Z.Z.Z.; the
Lauderdale Scottish correspondence, in Nos. 23,113 to 23,138; and the correspondence
of the family of Carewe, in Nos. 29,597 to 29,610. The Hay Collection of Drawings
from Egyptian monuments is in progress of arrangement. :

The Additional Charters 24,313 to 24,745, and Egerton Charters 407 to 416, have
been arranged.

Departmental Library of Reference. A Catalogue of the Printed Books has been

written in slip, revised, and arranged for transcription.

Binding.— Two hundred and seventy-seven volumes of Additional, and eighty-two of
Egerton Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been bound or repaired. Thirty-seven
volumes of the old Collections have been repaired or re-bound.

Highty-eight volumes of printed books have been repaired or bound.

New labels have been affixed to eleven hundred and fifty volumes of the Sloane
Collection.

Verificution.—The several Collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the shelf-
lists; and also the Harley Charters No. 43 A. 1 to 45 1. 56; and the Additional Charters
19,803 to 24,708.

A hand-list of the Lansdowne Collection and a shelf-list of the Printed Books have
been prepared.

Miscellaneous.— Three hundred and fifty-nine Manuscripts, recently acquired, have been
placed and entered in the shelf and hand-lists.

Sixteen hundred and fifty Charters have been marked with numbers and placed.

Five thousand three hundred and forty-four Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed
Books, have beem stamped. Total of impressions, 22,390.

Four

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Four hundred and thirty-six Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 20, 267,
and of those used by students in the rooms of the Department 2,747.

The number of Rolls and Charters delivered to readers is 353.

The Acquisition of Manuscripts during the year is as follows :—

General Collection - - - - - - - - 172
Egerton - = - - = - - - - =e celal
Charters: Additional = - - - - - - 433

Ditto, Egerton - - See - = eer ia RO
Seals - = - - = - - - - - 650

The following may be distinguished :—

Twenty-five Miniatures and Borders, cut from Italian choral books of the 14th
century.

A collection of more than 2,000 coloured drawings and copies of inscriptions,
taken from monuments in Egypt by the late Mr. Robert Hay, assisted by Burton,
Bonomi, and others; with notes and descriptions. Many of the inscriptions are
unpublished.

Notes and collections of the late Edwin Norris for a Dictionary of the Assyrian
language.

Transcripts of Swiss-German Miracle Plays, collected by Matthias Swindli in the
last century.

The original notes of Jeremy Bentham, from which the late Mr. Grote compiled
the work entitled “ An Analysis of the Influence of Natural Religion on the Tem-
poral Happiness of Mankind.” Presented by Mrs. Grote.

A thick volume of Letters and Papers of the Council of Trade and Plantations,
relating to America and the West Indies, 1627-1699.

The original manuscript of William Hals’ Parochial History of Cornwall, left
unpublished at his death in 1739, of which a first part only, comprising the parishes
from Advent to Helston, was subsequently printed.

Collections for the history of Cheshire, including the original manuscript of the
unpublished work, “ Cestrie Comitatus descriptus,” 1630, by John Leigh: eleven
volumes.

A History of Archery, with collections, by William Latham.

Collections for the history of Bury St. Edmund’s, by the Rev. Richard Yates,
designed for a continuation of his printed work.

A genealogical account, in French, of the nobility of England, handsomely
written, with coloured arms, paintings, and ornamental drawings ; dedicated to
Charles the Ninth of France, by J. Benard. In the original binding, with curious
paintings on the covers.

A vellum roll of accounts of receipts and expenses connected with the various
manors of the Archbishop of Canterbury ; temp. Edward I.

More than two hundred Charters relating principally to lands in Surrey and Kent.
The Charta de Foresta of Henry III.; with seal.

A Register of rentals and other documents relating to the estates of Peter Man-
wood, son of Sir Roger, chiefly in Kent; temp. Elizabeth.

Copies of monumental inscriptions and arms in churches of Hampshire, by A. J.
Jewers.

Contemporary copy of the entry-book kept by Lord Chancellor Finch, Earl of
Nottingham, of cases aay and decided by him in the years 1673-1682. Under the
date 12th January 1675 j is a memorandum of a declaration made to him by Charles
the Second, that he was never married to the mother of the Earl of Monmouth.

A collection of more than one hundred original Letters of French paleo and
statesmen of the 17th and 18th centuries.

A volume of original Letters of Sheridan and others.
A volume of original Letters of German musical composers.

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Letters of Sir Henry Bishop and W. Thomas Moncrieff, on the subject of ancient
English melodies.

Twenty-four symphonies and sonatas by Joseph Haydn, corrected by his own
hand; and Haydn’s account with his publisher.

A thick volume of Beethoven’s autograph sketches of musical compositions ; and
the autograph score of Schubert’s opera, “ Der Hiusliche Krieg.”

Photographic facsimilies of ancient Greek biblical manuscripts. Presented by the
Rev. J. W. Burgon, now Dean of Chichester.

Edward A. Bond.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

I.— Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The Manuscripts acquired in the course of the year have been folio’d, labelled, and
bound. <A descriptive list of them has been drawn up and transcribed for the use of the

Reacirg Room.
Full descriptions have been prepared of 491 Manuscripts for the Persian Catalogue,

and cf 2 Manuscripts for the Arabic Catalogue.
The Descriptions of the Persian Manuscripts belonging to the class of Poetry have

been arranged in chronological order.
The Ethiopic Catalogue has been completed, revised for publication, and the first four

sheets have been passed through the press.
A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts is in course of preparation.

Il.— Acquisitions.

Eighty Manuscripts have been added to the Oriental Collection during the year;
viz., 71 by purchase,and nine by donation, as follows :—

Arabic - - - - - - - - - 36
Persian - - - - ~ - - - - 15
Coptic - - - - - - - - ah SD
Turkish - - - Sa oh - - - 4
Hebrew - - - - ~ = ms z 3
Japanese = SS eee 2 3
Chinese - - - - - - - - 2
Samaritan - - = - - - - - 1
Ethiopic - - - = - . - - 1
Pale oe - - - - - - - - 1
Cingalese’ = 9). Sy See Se tek Te - 1
Tamul - - - - - - - - i

ToTaL - - = 80

The most important purchase has been that of the Oriental Collection formed in Egypt
and Persia by the Honourable Sir Charles Alexander Murray, late General Consul in
Egypt, and Her Majesty’s Minister at the Shah’s Court. It consists of 66 volumes
most of which are remarkable for age, rarity, or beauty of execution.

The following are some of the most valuable :

The Twelve Minor Prophets and Daniel, in Coptic and Arabic. A.D. 1373. From
the Convent of S. Anthony, in the Desert of Arabah.

The four Gospels, Coptic and Arabic; A.D. 1208. Folio.

The Epistles of S. Paul, Coptic and Arabic; a.D. 1415. Quarto.

The Canons of the Coptic Church, written on vellum in a fine uncial character of the
10th century. Coptic. Folio.

Lectionary of the Coptic Church. Coptic and Arabic. 1346. Folio.

Prophets, Apocrypha, Proverbs, etc., in Arabic. A.D. 1585. Folio.

The Four Gospels in Aradic; with illuminated headings. A.D. 1333. Quarto.

The Epistles and Acts in Arabic; 14th century. Quarto.

A Commentary on Genesis in Arabic: A.D. 1386. Quarto.

A Treatise on Canon Law by Ibn al-Assal. Arabic. a.pD. 1355. Quarto.

The History of the Jews by Joseph Ben Gorion. Arabic; 15th century. Quarto.

A portion of the Coran in gold letter, with illuminated headings; 15th century.

Quarto.
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Lives of the Learned Men of Yemen, abridged from Al-Janadi, and continued to
A.H. 854, by Ibu Al-Ahdal. Arabic. a.H. 1642. Quarto.

Takwim al-Sihhah, a medical work of Ibn Butlan, in Arabic; written for al-Malik
Al-Zahir, Sultan of Aleppo, a.p. 1213. Folio.
ae Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, by Ibn al-Kuff. Arabic; sA.p.1385.

olio. :

A volume of the Tadkirah of al-Safadi, in Arabic; written in the Author’s life-time ;
14th century. Quarto.

Zafar- Namah, a History of Timur, by Sharaf-uddin Yazdi, Persian; with illuminated
borders and miniatures. A.p, 1552. Folio.

Nafahat al-Uns, Lives of the celebrated Sufis by Jami. Persian; with miniatures.
Written for the Emperor Akbar. a.p. 1603. Folio.

Kulliyyat, or complete works of Sa’di. Persian. With illuminated borders and minia-
tures; 15th century. Folio.

Mahbub ul-Kulub, a large collection of Tales, by Barkhurdar Turkoman, with rume-
rous miniatures; Persian. A.D. 1806. Folio.

Biographical notices on Fath Ali Shah, his sons and grandchildren, by Fazl-ullah of
Shiraz. Persian; 19th century. Octavo.

The Diwan of Nevaéi or Mir Ali Shir, in Oriental Tarkish, written apparently in the
author’s lifetime, z.e., about the close of the L5th century. Small Quarto. This volume
is a masterpiece of Persian penmanship, richly ornamented with illuminated headings of
exquisite taste and finish.

A large Album, containing calligraphic specimens of Mir Ali, a celebrated Persian
penman of the 17th century and of some of his pupils, as well as a curious collection of
Indian and Persian miniatures. Folio.

In addition to the above collection, the following MSS. deserve a special notice.

The Pentateuch with a grammatical introduction and copious Masora. Hebrew.
Written in Yemen. A.D. 1493. Quarto.

Ets Chaiyim and some other Karaite works. Hebrew. A.D. 1543. Quarto.

Midrashim of Ephraim Ben Gershon, a Jewish physician of Negroponte. Hebrew.
Written a.p. 1455 ; the author’s autograph. Quarto.

Kitab Jazirat al-Arab, a geographical account of Arabia, by Al-Hasan Al-Hamadani,
cae A.D. 1502. Quarto. Presented by Captain S. B. Miles, British Resident in

ascat.

Al-Iklil, a history of Yemen, by al-Hasan al-Hamadani. Arabic. a.p. 1676.
Quarto. Presented by the same.

Two Japanese MSS., treating of insects, fishes, and other natural objects, with
drawings. Presented by Ernest Satow, Esq.. Japanese Secretary to Her Majesty’s
Legation in Japan.

Transcriptions and explanations of oid Japanese seals. Presented by Mr. Ninagawa,
a Japanese antiquary residing in Yeddo.

Rubbings of two tumular inscriptions in the Mausoleum of the ancient Sultans of
Morocco at Shellah, near Rabat, dated a.H. 706 and 750. (a.p. 1306 and 1349.) Pre-
sented by John Frost, Esq., Her Majesty’s Vice Consul in Rabat.

Dictionnaire Tamoul-Frangais et Francais-Tamoul, par le Rév. Pére Constant Joseph
Beschi; 1744. (Autograph.) Quarto.

Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangements.

In the Egyptian division the following arrangements have been made inthe galleries.

A small hawk, lion, and the horn of an altar, from the neighbourhood of the great
Sphinx, have been placed under glass for better preservation. :

A fragment of an Egyptian sarcophagus has been mounted on a stone plinth.

Part of the shaft of a column with the name of Psammetichus I., has been mounted on
a stone plinth. ; |

Six Egyptian tablets have been framed, glazed, and incorporated in the collections.

A small lion has been mounted on a stone plinth.

Two large Egyptian heads have been repaired and mounted on stone plinths.

A figure has been mounted on a stone plinth.

A small head from a statue has been mounted on a stone plinth,

A statue has been repaired and mounted on a stone plinth.

A marble female head from a statue of Greco-Egyptian workmanship, and of the
Ptolemaic period, has been mounted on a moulded plinth.

Three seated figures have been repaired and mounted on plinths.

An Egyptian inscription of one of the disk-worshipping monarchs who reigned at the
close of the 18th Dynasty, has been mounted on stone plinths.

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A red granite tablet, dated in the reign of Usertesen I., from Elephantine, has been
mounted on a stone plinth.

Portions of a granite sarcophagus of Merimes a prince of Ethiopia, of the time of
the 18th Dynasty have been joined, and the repair of the whoie commenced.

A re-arrangement of part of the sculptures of the galleries has been made for ,the
incorporation of acquisitions obtained in course of the year.

Glass cases have been fixed on the shelves of the central saloon for the reception of
plaster casts illustrative of Egyptian sculptures.

A new table-case for the exhibition of antiquities from Cyprus has been temporarily
placed in the Northern Gallery.

A hieratic papyrus hes been framed, glazed, and fixed on the northern wall of the
Western Staircase leading to the Egyptian rooms.

Various objects have been incorporated in the collections in the Egyptian rooms, and
as well disposed as the want of space will admit.

15 small objects have been repaired.

21 small objects have been mounted.

962 mounting boards have been made.

In the Assyrian division a new table-case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery.

Progress has been made in the examination, restoration, and arrangement of Assyrian
cuneiform clay tablets, several of which have been copied and important ones selected
for exhibition.

226 Assyrian clay tablets have been cleaned and repaired.

540 miscellaneous Assyrian objects have been repaired and mounted.

922 miscellaneous Assyrian objects have been mounted.

The objects in the table-cases have been re-arranged, and objects recently acquired
have been incorporated. ;

Two fragments of Assyrian tablets have been repaired and fixed on the side walls of
the Kouyunjik Gallery,

The side cases of the Assyrian ante-room have been re-arranged.

In the other Oriental divisions three sculptures from Cyprus have been mounted.

Six casts of Carthaginian inscriptions have been framed and glazed, and arranged in
the Carthaginian basement-room. ;

A Pheenician inscription has been mounted on a stone plinth.

A Himyaritic inscription has been mounted on a stone plinth,

The Himyaritic inscriptions have been re-arranged and partly labelled.

177 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

The last plates of the fac-similes of the great Harris Papyrus have been printed off, the
descriptive text has been forwarded to the printer and part revised. .

The collation of the tracings of Egyptian frescoes has been completed.

A series of drawings of Messrs. Salt and Hamilton has been collated and arranged for
binding.

beat 318 descriptive slips of the Egyptian catalogue have been written.

507 slips have been incorporated in the Egyptian catalogue.

367 objects have been registered.

347 descriptive labels have been-prepared for objects in the collection.

215 numbers have been printed.

The [Vth volume of cuneiform inscriptions of Western Asia has been completed and
issued.

Classes of students have been attended through the galleries and over the collections,
and explanatory lectures given on the objects.

IL.— Acquisitions.

The number of antiquities acquired by the Department, including fragments, was 547 ;
besides which a considerable collection of casts made from temples, tombs, and other
places or objects in Egypt, were added to the collection.

Amongst the most remarkable were the following—

Bronze head of an axe inscribed with the name of Pahakaa, an unplaced king. Pre-
sented by the Rey. Sparrow Simpson, D.D.

Wooden sepulchral tablet, adoration to Ra. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Stone sepulchral tablet, adorations to Osiris Amen-Horus, or Khem and Anubis. | Pre-
sented by Wentworth Huyshe, Esq.

Calcareous stone figure of Neferait. Presented by Wentworth Huyshe, Esq.

Fifty-three potsherds or fragments of vases, on which are inscribed in black ink the
acquittances of taxgathers for the poll-tax, workmen’s tax, and conservancy of the Nile,
commencing with the 8th year of the Emperor Vespasian, and continuing till the 16th
year of Hadrian, from a. p. 77-132. From Elephantine.

Terra-cotta Kanephoros. From the Fayoum.

mis panel, representing in bas relief Nike, or Victory, flying, holding a wreath; Greek

eriod. :
i Bone panel Aphrodité, full face, in relief.
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Similar panel, with Peitho holding a pecten shell, From Damanhour, Roman period.

Similar panel, upper part of Dionysos or Bacchus full face. From Damanhour,
Roman period.

Similar panel, a Bacchante or Mainad playing a tambourin; coarse work, and of the
Roman period.

Part of an ivory tessera inscribed BEPOYS [Verus]. From Tel El Yahoudeh.

Blue porcelain sepulchral figures of ‘Thothmes I., and of Amenmer, an unplaced
king.

Arragonite fragment of a vase, with part of the names and titles of Rameses III.
Tel El Yahoudeh.

Serpentine weight, inscribed with the name of Amenophis I. of the 18th dynasty.

Bronze figure of a Mainad, or Bacchante, dancing. From Damanhour.

Plaster circular seal, stamped 44 SINIKA NOTAPIOY.

Porcelain frieze of ogive tiles and papyrus flowers.. From Tel El Yahoudeh.

Porcelain tile for inlaying Tahennu or Libyan prisoner. From Tel El Yahoudeh.

Dark steatite votive patera, having in bas-relief inside Serapis as the god Chnumis,
Satis, and Anucis; beneath these busts are two Cupids. —

Twenty pieces of linen bandages inscribed with portions of the Ritual in hieratic.

Part of a papyrus hieroglyphic Ritual of Aahmes, a royal scribe, ll. 12-60 of the 17th
chapter.

Dark granite lower part of the seated statue of Nebneteru, a high priest of Amen Ra.

Wooden figure of a jackal couchant.

Dark granite head of a monarch, apparently Seti I. From a statue.

Black hornblende lower part of an Egyptian figure walking, of the Ptolemaic period.

The following are from the collection of Miss Selima Harris, of Alexandria, pur-
chased by a special grant for the purpose.

Red granite tablet recording repairs dated in the reign of Usertesen I. of the 12th
dynasty. From Elephantine.

Gray granite sarcophagus of Merimes, prince of Ethiopia.

Black basalt shaft of a column, with the titles of Psammetichus I. of the 26th dynasty.

Black basalt intercolumnar slab, with a figure of Nectanebo, of the 30th dynasty,
offering, from the Temple of the god Tum or ‘Tomos, where the Rosetta inscription was
discovered.

Green basalt head of a king, of fine work.

Grayish-white granite head of an old man with wrinkled features; portrait from a
statue about the time of the 18th dynasty.

Basalt torso of female named Ptolemaia, of the Greek period.

Calcareous stone sphinx couchant, on a pedestal.

Black granite sepuichral altar, of rectangular shape.

Green basalt youthful head with curly hair, of Greco-Egyptian workmanship, and the
Ptolemaic period.

Calcareous stone tablet of the monarch Ap-heru-em-saf, an unplaced king, prior to
the 18th dynasty.

Calcareous stone tablet of Mahusen, of the period of the 12th dynasty.

Calcareous stone sepulchral tablet of a person named Uah pa hat ra [ Apries], of the
period of the 26th dynasty.

Caleareous stone sepulchral tablet of Pasherienptah, of the time of Cleopatra and
Cesarion. From Memphis.

Black granite rectangular stone, inscribed with the dedication of Khuenaten, one of the
disk-worshipping monarchs of the 18th dynasty, to the Aten or Tum disk.

White marble statue of a Dacian prisoner, supposed to have stood at the feet of a
statue of Trajan. From Ramleh, near Alexandria.

White marble votive foot from a figure, with Serapis. From the same locality.

White marble sepulchral stele of a girl represented reclining.

Serpentine portion of a cubit with lists of names, devices, and divisions.

Green basalt circular weight, inscription “5 kat,” or drachms, of Heliopolis. This
object is most remarkable as determining the ancient Egyptian standard of 140 grains
Troy, to the lowest denomination called the kat.

Dark steatite sepulchral scarabeus, with figures of deities on the elytra. .

Dark steatite sepulchral scarabeus, with representations of the soul and phenix.

Hematite scarabeus with steatite facing and sepulchral inscription.

Dark steatite sepulchral figure of Ptahmes.

Arragonite stibium case, in form of an ape holding a cylinder.

Bronze figure of Amen Ra, of fine work, seated.

Bronze figure of Isis Sothis, or the Dog Star.

Bronze figure of Satis.

Bronze figure of Osiris, of fine work.

Bronze disk of a mirror to which is attached a handle for suspension, terminating in the
emblemata of Serapis and Isis ; of the Roman period.

Bronze situla or ladle ; of the Roman period.

Blue porcelain network of bugles, from the outer covering of a mummy.

Blue composition fragments of sepulchral vases.

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Sun-dried clay cone, stamped with rectangular impression, having the prenomen of
Amenophis III., of the 18th dynasty.

Red terra-cotta rectangular brick with hieratic inscription.

Plaster circular seal, apparently of the mouth of a vase, inscribed + EYAOTIA KYPIOY.

Leather and tortoise-shell sounding board of a guitar.

Ebony pallet of a scribe of the King Ra-nefer-ka, or Nefercheres, of the 5th dynasty.

Wood tessera with Greek inscription of Apollos, an exegetes, deceased at the age
of 40 years.

Wooden cases of the mummies of cats in shape of that animal.

Wooden yokes for carrying burthens.

Sycamore wood, part of the sarcophagus of Mentuhetp II. of the 11th dynasty, with
portions of some chapters of the Book of the Dead, or Ritual. ’

Sycamore wood, right side of the sarcophagus of Amenhetp, a scribe, richly coloured
with yellow varnish, of the time of Seti I., of the 19th dynasty.

Horns of a gazelle separately mummied.

Inner part of the wrap of a mummy, inscribed in Greek “ Do not grieve, Silvanus! no
one is immortal in this world ;” of the Roman period.

The following objects, chiefly from Tel El Yahoudeh and Lower Egypt, have been
presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Terra-cotta mould of a fleurette.

Terra-cotta vase in the shape of a pigeon.

Terra-cotta lamp of late period and triangular shape, with nine wicks.
Wooden end of a stick, forked.

Mummy of a shrew-mouse unrolled.

In the other Oriental divisions the following objects—

Chalcedony cone with Pheenician inscription, and figure adoring.
Carnelian oval, with human-headed dolphin supposed figure of Dagon. From Ashdod.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement.

Ninety-three sculptures and inscriptions, three mosaics, and seventy-nine bronze figures,
have been mounted and repaired; nine objects in bronze, fifteen fictile vases, and seven-
teen terra-cottas, have been cleaned and repaired; three hundred and ten wax impres-
sions and one hundred and eighty-nine plaster casts have been made from gems; two objects
in glass and one in gold have been cleaned, repaired, and mounted; seven gems have
been mounted in gilt settings; five hundred and five rings and seven hundred and twenty-
two gold ornaments have been mounted on velvet-covered blocks; four hundred and
sixty-eight descriptive titles have been attached to objects; one hundred and forty-one
objects have been registered; the arrangement of the collection of gold ornaments has
been completed; the west side of the Bronze Room has been repapered, the cases made
dust proot, and the collection re-arranged; four upright cases for the exhibition of bronze
mirrors have been attached to table-cases in the Bronze Room; a glass case for the Cas-
tellani bronze head of a goddess has been placed in the Bronze Room; a glass shade for
select Athenian lekythi in the First Vase Room; three glass shades for vases in the
Second Vase Room, and nine cases for sculpture in the Elgin Room: two table-cases
have been repapered and re-arranged in the First Vase Room. A new edition of the
general Guide to the Exhibition Rooms has been issued.

II.— Acquisitions.

1—A circular dish of Samian ware. From Cologne.
Presented by the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, D.D.

II.—Nineteen agate beads of the Roman period, found at Kreuznach, in Germany.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

III. 1.—Four fragments of Samian ware, with figures in relief. On one of the frag-
ments is a youthful male figure, winged, and playing on a lyre; on a second fragment is
: Satyr carrying a vase; on a third, two actors; and on the fourth, the bust of a female

gure.

2. A small bronze figure seated on a rock.

Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

IV.—A bronze female hand, said to have been found with the colossal bronze head of a
goddess, acquired with the Castellani Collection in 1873. The hand holds the end of a
piece of drapery.

Presented hy M. Alessandro Castellani.
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V.—1. A bronze mirror, the surface of which shows on one side the impression of a piece
of linen or other textile stuff. From the Cyrenaica.

2. Two female figures, a female bust, and a mask of Silenus, in terra-cotta. From the
Cyrenaica.
Presented by George Dennis, Esq., H. B. WM. Consul, Palermo.

VI. Purchases.—1. Two Athenian lekythi, of fictile ware, with polychrome designs ona
white ground, each representing two female mourners at a tomb.

2. Two Athenian aryballi, of fictile ware, with red figures on black ground, the
accessories white or gilt. On the one are represented Eros and a female figure; between
them a tree. On the other is Eros seated and turning towards a female figure,

3. An a/abastos of fictile ware with the figure of an Ethiopian painted in black on a
drab ground. From Greece.

4. A hydria, of fictile ware, with red figures on a black ground; Herakles, a seated
fcmale figure, and Eros. From Greece.

5. A cup of fictile ware, encircled with figures in relief, and covered with black varnish.
From Greece.

6. A ierra-cotta lamp in the form of a boot; on the sole are hob-nails arranged so as
to form the letters A Q.

7. Two archaic female figures in terra-cotta, probably of the Graco-Phenician period.
From Tanagra in Beotia.

8. A bust of Dionysos; eight child’s toys and two objects like spinning tops, in terra
cotta. From Tanagra.

9. Twenty-eight terra-cotta figures, remarkable for their almost perfect preservation,
and for the delicacy and refinement of the modelling. They were found in tombs at
Tanagra, and appear to be contemporary with the later school of Athenian art,

10. An archaic fictile vase, discovered in the island’ of Cyprus by General Cesnola.
The design is painted in black on the clay ground of the vase, and represents a warrior
standing in his chariot and drawing a bow, while his charioteer is urging his horse at full
epeed. The form of the chariot resembles that of the warriors on the Assyrian friezes,
and it is therefore probable that this design belongs to the time when Assyrian influence
predominated in Cyprus.

11. Fragment of a Greek inscription on a lead tablet. From Greece.

12. A bronze weight inscribed een weighing 41°60 grammes. From Greece.

13. A fictile vase in the form of a foot wearing a sandal. From Greece.
14. Four small bronze figures, viz.: Hermes, two bulls, and an eagle. From Greece.

15. A sard intaglio of a warrior on horseback approaching a figure, who holds a lyre
ard stands under a tree.

16. An archaic agate intaglio, representing the foreparts of two animals conjoined.
17. A jasper intaglio representing an eagle settling on a human head.

18. A Panathenaic amphora inscribed TON AQENEGEN A®OVON: rev. afoot race
of armed men. Found in a tomb at Gela in Sicily.

19. A hkrater, of fictile ware, with red figures on a black ground, representing Peleus
pursuing Thetis; rev. A Satyr running. Found at Gela, in the same tomb as last.

20. An archaic amphora, of fictile ware, with black figures on a red ground; Perseus,
followed by Athena, running away with the head of Medusa; rev. the decapitated Medusa
and another Gorgon. Found in a tomb at Gela.

21. Another archaic amphora, of fictile ware, with black figures on a red ground; a
quadriga; rev. Dionysos and two Menads. Found at Gela, in the same tomb as last.

22. An amphora, of fictile ware, with red figures on a black ground; Dionysos with
serpent and ¢hyrsus; rev. Giant with stone raised in his hand. Found at Gela.

23. A lekythos, of fictile ware, with red figure on black ground; Thetis carrying the
shield and sword of Achilles. Found at Gela.

24. A krater of fictile ware, with red figures on black ground; athletes. Found at
Gala.

25. A lekythos, of fictile ware, with red figure on black ground. Victory pouring a
libation. Found at Gela.

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26. An amphora, of fictile ware, and of late style, with design representing a female
flute player. From Magna Grecia, probably from Gnatia, in Apulia.

27. An archaic terra-cotta statuette. From Sicily.

28. A bronze mirror cover, on one side of which is incised a figure of Eros carrying an
amphora in one hand and a situla in the other. This figure is exquisitely drawn, and has
been originally plated with silver and in parts gilt. Part of the silver plating and the
gilding remains. On the outside of the cover was a group, now detached, in relief,
representing Aphrodité seated on a rock and Eros standing beside her. This group is
remarkable for the refinement of the composition. Said to have been found in Crete,
but more probably in Corinth.

29. A bronze caduceus inscribed AONTENAIOZS EMI AEMOS.... Foundin a tomb
in Sicily, and probably a herald’s staff of office in the town Longane, of which coins are
extant. The letters in this inscription are of an early character.

30. A gold pendant of an ear-ring with relief representing Ganymedes carried
upwards by the eagle.

31. A gold ear-ring with the clasp in the form of a dolphin’s head.

32. An antefixal ornament in terra-cotta with the face of Medusa in relief. From
Ruvo.

33. An iconic bust in marble, life size, probably of the Augustan age. The portrait,
which is that of a male figure, is very interesting, and has not yet been identified.

34. Two small marble figures of a very archaic character, and probably belenging to
the Graco-Pheenician period.

35. Five small bronze figures. From Cyprus; very rude.

36. An aruballos, of fictile ware, with figures in red and white on a black ground,
representing Eros pursuing a female figure, inscribed @AAIA..

37. A lamp of green glazed ware.

38. Two fictile vases, one of which is in the form of a bull; the othe is ornamented
with zig-zag patterns incised. From Cyprus.

39. A series of fifteen small terra-cotta masks, representing Satyrs, a river god, and
Medusa. Some of them are coloured. :

40. A bronze mould of one-half of a small vase, probably to be used as a weight for a
steelyard ; inscribed AECVM.

41, A bronze razor.

42. A bronze hydria, ornamented at the base of the handle with a group of Bacchus
and Ariadne in relief, embossed. This vase is of a very beautiful form and in the finest
condition. Found in Chalke, an island near Rhodes.

43. A vase of blue glazed ware in the form of a goose, on which is mounted a figure of
Eros. This vase is remarkable for the felicity of the design and excellent modelling of the
figure; the material is a very rare one. From Tanagra.

44, A terra-cotta draped female figure, in admirable condition. The drapery is beauti-
fully composed. From Tanagra.

45. Three archaic fictile vases, similar in style to those from Ialysos, in Rhodes; on
one of them is painted the design of three dolphins. From Crete.

46. A torso of Silenus, in terra-cotta, and a bronze lamp in the form ofa dog. From
Crete.

47, A disk of Samian ware, with relief of a lion devouring a stag, and the inscription

FORMA L.HOSTILI SERVOS P.HIL...CVRVS FECIT. From Crete.

48. Fragment of oblong plate of bracteate gold, with two lines of inscription, probably
Gnostic.

49. The figure of a bee in gold.
50. A burnt sard intaglio, representing two tunny fish.
51. A steatite stamp with rude design of eagle gnawing the liver of Prometheus (?).

52. Three intaglios in sard, one in burntagate, one in steatite, and one in crystal, all
representing animals.

53. A sard intaglio with figure of Victory standing beside a trophy, which consists of a
small figure of Victory and two captives.

C. T. Newton.

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DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.— Arrangement.

THE registration of acquisitions has been continued ; 255 antiquities have been mounted
on tablets, and 61 matrices of seals have been mounted, with impressions at their sides.

T1.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Christy Collection, may be classed
as follows :—

(1.) British and Prehistoric Antiquities.—An important collection of Prehistoric Anti-
quities has been acquired, formed by the Rev. W. C, Lukis, F.s.a., which may be
divided into the following sections :—

(a.) Antiquities discovered in Britain. Urn, etc., found in a barrow in Yorkshire ;
another from a barrow in Derbyshire; and a number of stone implements, and other pre-
historic remains from Yorkshire, Scotland, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, and Guernsey ; in
all, about 200 specimens.

(b.) Antiquities from the Dolmens of Brittany. Numerous specimens of pottery, stone
implements, amulets, and beads, excavated by Mr. Lukis in Dolmens in the neighbour-
hood of Carnac, and other parts of Brittany, including several examples of a beautiful
turquoise-coloured stone, of which the origin is not known, and which has been identified
by the French chemist, M. Damour, with the Callats of Pliny.

c. Antiquities from France. A large series of stone implements collected in Brittany ;
bronze celts from various parts of France.

Among other acquisitions the following may be noticed :—

Two stone celts foundin Anglesey; presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley. <A flint
celt from Scoulton, Norfolk, presented by the Rev. J. M. Johnson.

An elaborately ornamented “incense cup,” found in a barrow at Bulford, Wilts: pre-
sented by the Hon. Mrs. Way; anda British urn, found at Moel Hebog, Caernarvonshire.

Three bronze palstaves, found on the Balcarry Farm, Co. Wigton; presented by
Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bart., M.P.; a socketed celt
from Lincolnshire, presented by the Hon. Mrs. Way; a series of 42 bronze implements,
found in various parts of the British Isles, selected from the Collection of the Rev. W.
Sparrow Simpson, D.D.

Sixty-four bronze weapons and implements, chiefly found in the neighbourhvod of
Macon, France; antiquities of the Bronze Period, found in the Lake dwellings of
Switzerland; and iron objects found on the site of the Celtic battle-field at Tiefenau,
Canton Berne; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Ironwork of British chariot wheels, found in a barrow near Beverley, Yorkshire;
presented by the Rev. W. Greenwell, F.s. a.

Pottery from Lake dwellings in the Lake of Bienne, Switzerland; presented by Dr.
Gross, of Neuveville, Canton Neuchatel,

Mass from a vitrified fort at Dun Macuisneachan, Argyleshire, presented by Dr. R.
Angus Smith, F.r.s.; bone bead from Skail, Orkney, presented by R. H. Scott,
Esq., F.R.3.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—A bronze statuette of Ceres, found at Grewelthorpe, York-
shire.

‘wo bronze objects found at Lincoln, presented by the Hon. Mrs. Way; Roman
pottery from St. Albans.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c.—A large collection of Antiquities discovered
in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Long Wittenham, Berks, among which is a remarkable
bucket or stoop, with embossed designs, representing the Christian monogram and three
sacred subjects. These antiquities were excavated in March, 1859, by the late J. Y.
Akerman, Esq., at the expense of the Society of Antiquaries, and a full account of them
has been published in the “ Archeologia,” vol. xxxvulil. Subsequent excavations took place
in 1860 (published in the same work, vol. xxxix), the results of which became the pro-
perty of the British Museum in 1862. Jn order that the collections might be united, the
Society of Antiquaries has ceded the earlier series at the cost of the excavations.

Two Anglo-Saxon urns; one from Kempston, Bedfordshire, the other found near
Cambridge; presented by John Evans, Esq., F.R.s.

Antiquities discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire.

An Anglo-Saxon, or Irish, cross-shaped brooch, presented by Philip T. Gardner, Esq. ;
a brass ring with a Runic inscription, believed to have been found in Cumberland ; pre-
sented by Robert Ferguson, Esq. M.P.

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Nine fragments of sepulchral brasses, of which six are presented by the Rey. W.
Sparrow Simpson, D.p. .

Two sculptured tablets of the end of the 14th century.

An encaustic tile with a knight on horseback, presented by Winslow Jones, Esq.; a
terra cotta figure, found in the crypt of the refectory of St. Mary Overy, Southwark ;
presented by Richard Simpson, Esq., J.P.

Matrix of a seal of the 13th century, found in the Thames, being a gem set in silver;
presented by the Rev. W. S. Simpson, D.p. Several other English seals, including
those of the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford; in ivory of the Hospital of St. John,
Lichfield; of the Commissary of Lincoln, the Vicar of England, the Prebend of Grimston,
and a remarkable jet seal found in Lincolnshire.

Steel die for embossing English watch cases; presented by Henry Willett, Esq.
F.G.S.

(4.) Byzantine and Foreign Medieval, §c.—Iron weapons discovered in tombs in Nor-
way; presented by Mons. A. Lorange, Director of the Museum at Bergen.

Byzantine gold ornaments discovered in the Fejoum, Egypt; bronze Coptic lamps, and
terra cotta bottles with figures of St. Menas.

A carved ivory tablet of the end of 15th century, representing the tree of Jesse.

A sepulchral tablet in brass for Nicholas le Brun, “ bailly de Joumont,” who died
17th March 1547, and his wife Frangoise, 27 April 1531. It represents a sacred sym-
bolical subject, below which the deceased lying on a mat, and has an elaborate arabesque
border.

Small pillar of granite, with an Arabic inscription, found ‘at Alexandria, 1726, and
engraved in “ Archeologia,” Vol. VII., Part I.; presented by the Society of Antiquaries
vt London.

An enamelled tile from the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, and another from the Great
Mosque at Damascus; presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

(5.) Glass Collection A fluted glass bowl, Greco-Roman, fuund in the Island of
Crete.

Two Roman bottles found at Amiens, presented by John Evans, Esq., F.z.s. Three
other specimens of glass found near the same city, and three fine specimens of Roman
glass from Cologne, one of them in tke form of a fish.

A very remarkable Anglo-Saxon drinking-glass with lobes in relief, found in Cam-
bridgeshire, and a small early medieval vessel found near the Rhine; presented by John
Evans, Esq., F.R.S.

An Arab glass lamp of the 14th century, enamelled in colours, with gilding, and bearing
the name of the mosque for which it was made; brought from Damascus; presented by
A. W. Frariks, Esq.

A German glass bottle, dated 1634, and three specimens of glass, probably Swiss;
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. ; a Venetian tazza in opaque white glass.

(6.) Ethnographical.—Some interesting objects obtained by Captain Henry Wilson in
1783, in the Pelew Islands, and engravings of which appeared in his account of the
Pelew Islands, edited by Mr. Keate. They include a large wooden box, in form of a
bird, inlaid with shell, a smaller box of the same materials, tortoiseshell vessels which
belonged to Prince Lee Boo, weapons, and a curious bone ring worn on the arm, as a
mark of high rank; presented in accordance with the intention of the late Rev. W. Wills,
of Holcombe Rogus, Devon, by Miss Salter.

A tapa robe from the South Seas, presented by Herbert J. Reid, Esq.; a terra-cotta
head, said to have been an idol of the Flathead Indians, and an amulet of stone; pre-
sented by Henry Phillips, Esq.

A small bottle carved out of a South American nut; presented by Walter de Gray
Birch, Esq.

LII.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

On the ground-floor a glass case has been added, to display some of the Collections from
South America.

866 additional slips have been.prepared for the Registration Catalogue, with sketches
of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Pre-historic Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.—Drift implements found near
Hackuey Down, from G. H. Gaviller, Esq.; quartzite implement from Warren Hill,
Mildenhall, from Rev. W. Greenwell, F.s.a.; drift implements from Hampshire and
Moulin Quignon, France, from John Evans, Esq., F.R-S.

Flakes from the caves at Mentone and Grotte Lacan, France, from John Evans, Esq. ;
specimens of bone and stone implements found in the cave at Thayingen, Canton Schaff-

hausen

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hausen, Switzerland, from the Natural History Society of Schaffhausen; two drawings
on bone, of doubtful authenticity, stated to have heen found in the same cave, from A. W.
Franks, Esq.; a scraper from the Grotte de Roland, Charente, from the Rev. W. C.
Lukis, F.s.A.

Flint adze-blade, found near London Wall, from Rey. W. 8. Simpson, p.p.; blade-
bone, perhaps used as a shovel, found in the pits at Cissbury, Sussex, from E. H.
Willett, Esq.

Two flint implements from the north of Ireland, from John Evans, Esq. ; and a very
fine arrowhead, from Co. Fermanagh, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three pierced axeheads of stone, a celt, and a crescent-shaped implement of flint, found
in Norway; from Mons. A. Lorange, Director of the Museum at Bergen; two bone
spearheads, from Denmark, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A series of stone celts, some in their horn handles, implements in boar’s tusk and bone,
a flax teaser, of bone, and various other objects from pile dwellings, chiefly found at
the station of Schaffis, Lac de Bienne, Switzerland; from A. W. Franks, Esq.; three
flint implements from Moosseedorfsee, from Mons. le Dr. Uhlmann, of Munchenbuchsee,
Canton Berne.

Very fine celt of green fibrolite, found near Naples; singular stone chisel from Santa
Maria di Capua; arrowheads and other flint objects, from the South of Italy ; from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Series of stone celts, and of flakes and cores of obsidian, from various parts of Greece ;
from the late George Hinlay, Esq., of Athens.

A similar collection from Greece and Asia Minor, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Collection of chert implements from Ras Berit, Syria, and a saw of black flint from Tel-
el- Yahoudia, Egypt; from the Rev. Greville J. Chester. <A collection of flint implements,
chiefly saws, found by the Abbé Morétain at Beth Saour, near Bethlehem, and obtained
from him by the late Mr. Tyrwhitt Drake; from A. W. Franks, Esq. <A flint saw, found
at Sakkara, Egypt; from T. Hayter Lewis, Esq. Gouge, hammer stone, and fragments
of pottery, found in a cave in Algeria; from Rev. W. C. Lukis.

2. Ethnography of Africa—Three Bushman arrowheads, tipped with rock crystal set
in gum; from the late Dr. W. H. J. Bleek, Cape Colony. Two knives in one sheath,
probably 8. African; from A. W. Franks, Esq,

Small arrowhead from the Soudan, toy corn-mill, and wooden key, from the Rev.
Greville J. Chester. ,

Carved ivory spoon, probably made in Congo, 16th century ; sceptre of brown wood,
carved with figures, from Dahomey ; and a collection of objects from West Africa, con-
sisting of musical instruments, cap of plaited leather and fur with cowries, three spears,
terra-cotta lamp, fetish of wood, Mandingo snuff-box and spoon, necklaces, wooden comb,
and mask of plaited grass used by the Fan tribe; all from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Musical instrument used by the Matabeles, 8. Africa; from Dr. W. G. Atherstone, of
Cape Town.

3. Ethnography of Asia.—Ancient Japanese musical instrument, a form of the “ Goto;”
from Mr. Ninagawa, Antiquary, of Yeddo.

Arabian dagger, silver mounted, from John Henderson, Ksq.

Plate of bell metal, with sunk patterns, for making rings, from Kotah, Bengal Presi-
dency, and a Chinese brass tobacco-pipe; from John F. Read, Esq.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—Cup of cocoa-nut shell, and board with
High Island patterns; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Series from the South Seas, viz. :—‘I'wo pounders, from Strong’s Island; three shell
adze blades, Strong’s and Bonabé Islands; spherical stone, Rotumah ; stone adze blade,
Mahiné ; fisherman’s basket, containing fish-hooks, line, etc., from Mulgrave Island ;
pendant, fish-hook, and spiral armlet of tortoiseshell, Strong’s Island ; two head-scratchers
of wood, from Erromango; all from Charles Frederic Wood, Esq.

Stone club and knife, from the Chatham Islands; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Tapa robe, from the Fiji Islands; from Henry 8. Milman, Esq.

Jade axe-blade, from New Caledonia; from G. H. Gaviller, Esq.

Series of stone implements, fish-hooks, and other objects, from the Solomon Islands
and the New Hebrides; from Rev. R. H. Codrington.

A number of objects from New Guinea, collected during the voyage of H.M.S.
« Basilisk,” consisting of axes with stone blades, clubs, ornaments, etc.; some of them
presented by Captain John Moresby, R.N., others by Henry Willett, Esq, Ernest H.
Willett, Esq., and A. W. Franks, lsq.

5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—

(a.) North America.—Quoit of pink quartz, discovered on Forshen’s Island, Chatta-
nooga, River Tennessee, trom William Bragge, Hsq., F.s.A.; bone for scraping skins,
used by the Mic Mac Indians of Labrador, and harpoon head of iron and bone, from Prince
Kdward’s Island, or Miramichi, trom T. G. B. Lloyd, Esq., F.a.s.

(6.) Central America and West Indies. —¥ lint implement found in Honduras, from
Miss Emily Boyd; ancient Mexican death’s head carved in iron pyrites, from William
77: ; C 3 Bragge,

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Bragge, Esq. ; ancient Mexican mask of green quartz, with hieroglyphs on the back,
from A. W. Franks, Esq. ;

(c.) South America.—Head dress of a chief of the Jaguellones Indians, Upper Orinoco,
from his Excellency the Hon. Sir Arthur Gordon, K.c.mM.c.; Peruvian gold ornament,
in the shape of a human figure, and gourd maté pot, with tube, from Paraguay, from

A. W. Franks, Esq.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have likewise purchased, from funds at their
disposal, an extensive series of Prehistoric antiquities and Ethnographical specimens,
selected from the collection of the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, D.p., which have been
transferred as additions to the Collection.

Among them may be noticed, drift implements from the Thames and other parts of
England ; stune and bone implements found in England and Ireland, and from various
parts of the Continent; numerous specimens from the South Seas, including a rare wooden
gorget from Easter Island, with a line of hieroglyphs engraved upon it; a good series of
stone implements found in the mounds of Florida, and numerous other specimens.

The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets, to be obtained at the
British Museum. During the year there have been 668 visitors.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF Coins anD MEDALS,

I.— Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—
(a) 603 coins of various classes have been registered and 357 incorporated.

(6) Re-arrangement, &c.
The silver coins of the Tauric Chersonese, Moesia, Sinope, Calchedon, and Heraclea,
have been weighed and re-arranged according to the monetary systems which they

follow.
The silver coinage of Macedonia has been investigated, and certain coins have been

attributed to the Pangaean tribes, the Orrescii and Odomanti. ‘The silver coins of the
Euboean cities, Carystus, Chalcis, Eretria, and Histiaea, have been weighed and re-
arranged, as far as possible, in chronological order.

90 coins have been removed from among the uncertain, attributed, and placed in their
proper position in the series.

The Imperial series of Magnesia, Miletus, Phocaea, Smyrna, Teos, the Islands of Ionia,
and Caria have been arranged, and heading-cards bearing the names of Imperial persons
have been inserted.

(c) Duplicates.
The duplicates of the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia Superior, and
Thracia, from Abdera to Bizya (alphabetical arrangement) have been set aside.

2. Roman Series :—
(a) 54 coins of various classes and two coin-moulds have been registered, and 327 coins
and two coin-moulds have been incorporated.

(b) Re-arrangement.

The following coins have been re-arranged, viz., the Campanian series, the libral,
semi-libral, quadrantal, sextantal, and uncial series of Rome and Italy, and also the
Roman consular silver coinage. This arrangement is chronological, and has been made
preparatory to proceeding with the cataloguing of the Roman series.

The later portion of the consular gold series, as well as the gold coinage of Augustus,
has been re-arranged geographically and chronologically, according to the system of the
late Count de Salis. Similar work has also been carried out in the arrangement of the
coins classed under Britain and Gaul. :

3. Medieval and Modern Series :-—

(a) 60 coins and medals purchased within the year have been registered and 59 in-
corporated; 476 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered.

(b) Re-arrangement, &c.
The whole of the German series, as well as the series of the Netherlands, the Dutch
Colonies, and Belgium, has been revised, the geographical arrangement has been more

fully carried out, 50 misplaced coins in the German series have been transferred to their
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proper positions, and 60 coins have been transferred from the Imperial to the municipal
series. The series of the Counts Palatine has also been completely re-arranged.

The Italian medals of the 15th century, except those belonging to the more
illustrious families, have been re-arranged in fresh cabinets, where possible under the
names of the artists, and in other cases alphabetically.

(ce) Duplicates.

A cabinet of duplicates has been compared and set aside.

4, English Series :—

(a) 70 coins and medals of various classes, acquired during the year, have been re-
gistered and incorporated.

(b) Re-arrangement, &c.

A list of the English mints has been set on foot, and slips for this purpose have been
written from the earliest coins down to those of Henry II. inclusive.
20 of the earliest Scottish coins have been weighed and re-arranged.

(c) Duplicutes.

The duplicate English medals, 384 in number, have been carefully compared with
those in the cabinets, and a catalogue of them has been prepared for a public sale.

(d) Finds examined.

The Uttoxeter and Orlestone Finds, comprising 742 coins, chiefly of Elizabeth,
James I., and Charles I., have been examined and selections made from them.

5. Oriental Series :—

(a) 164 coms of various classes have been registered and 223 incorporated.

124 coins from the Freudenthal Collection, chiefly of Southern India, have been
registered and 117 incorporated. :

13 coins from the Woodhouse Collection have been registered and 4 haye been in-
corporated.

(0) Re-arrungement, &c.

The dynasties throughout the Arabic portion of the Oriental series have been re-
arranged in the order of Kraehn (Recensio Nummorum Mohammedanorum), fresh labels
have been placed on all the cabinets and on many of the trays; and an alphabetical list of
dynasties has been prepared, giving references to the number in Fraehn’s arrangement,
and the cabinet in which the coins are to be found.

215 coins have been removed from among the unclassed to their proper places in the
series.

The dynasties of Umara-el-Umara and Volga-Bulgar have been separated.

The coins of Mohammed Ghooree and Arém Sh4h, Pathén Kings of Delhi, have been
arranged with fresh heading-cards.

The Zodiacal rupees struck by General Martin have been separated from those of
Jehangir.

All ite coins of the Amawee dynasty and 398 of the ’Abbdsee have been compared
with their descriptions in the Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Vol. I., and tickets have been
placed beneath them giving references to this catalogue.

Acquisitions, 1875.

Class. | Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Billon. | Lead.| Glass. | Torat.
Greek - - - - 2 84
Roman - - - - 4 1
Medieval and Modern - 10 30
English - - - 5, 55
Oriental - - eae 142
TOTAL - -= "=| 43 312

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Among the above acquisitions the most notable are the following :—

a. ‘Greek Series :—

Presented by Sir James Anderson,
A fine tetradrachm of Rhodes, of Attic weight.

Purchased.

é A series of twenty-two Carthaginian tetradrachms of Sicily, selected from a find at

atania.

A remarkable Siculo-Punic didrachm ; type, a male head.

Three early staters of Abdera, with interesting reverse-types.

A fine tetradrachm of Amphipolis; type, Apollo’s head facing.

A series of seven didrachms of Boeotian cities of very early date.

Avery ancient tetradrachm of Cnossus, in Crete.

A rare Imperial coin of Smyrna, with a representation of Pelops.

A fine tetradrachm of Antiochus VI. of Syria.

Four fine shekels of Judaea, one of each year known, selected from a large find.

Three tetradrachms of Ascalon, bearing portraits of Ptolemy Auletes, his son, and the
celebrated Cleopatra, respectively, all very rare.

A series of the coins of Alexander Aegus, minted in Egypt; some very rare.

A coin of the satrap Pharnabazus, struck at Cyzicus; the second example known.

p. English Series: —

Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
An unpublished medal of Edmund Withipoll.

Presented by the Rev..G. V. Garland.
A unique offering-penny of Aelfred the Great (Hawkins, Eng. Silver Coins, no. 178).

y. Oriental Series :—
Purchased.

A gold coin of Ardeshir I., Sassanian King of Persia.

A gold coin of Jeysh, Tooloonee Prince of Egypt.

A gold coin of Kafoor, Ikhsheedee Prince of Egypt; his only coin known.
A silver coin of the Kakweyhee dynasty.

A gold coin (double deenar) of Ghazan Mahmood, Mogul of Persia.

A silver coin (rupih) of Rafee-ed-Dowleh, Mogul of Hindostadn.

A silver coin of Shah Jehan II., Mogul of Hindostan.

Catalogues :—
The Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Arab Section, Vol. I., has been published, and
Vol. JI. is in the press.
The second volume of the Catalogue of Greek Coins (Sicily) is in the press.
The third volume of the Catalogue of Greek Coins (the Tauric Chersonese, Moesia

and Thrace), is in progress.

The number of visitors to the Coin Room in 1875 was 1,713.
The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room was 14,785.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF Natura HiIsTory.

During the past year, the state of preservation and instructive condition cf the speci-
mens of Natural History have been maintained.

The additions in 1875 have amounted in number to 36,913, of which 25,340 have been
received in the Department of Zoology, 10,711 in that of Geology, and 862 in that of
Minerology.

The exhibited specimens of the stuffed and mounted skins of the Mammalia have
received due application of processes in prevention of decay ; attention has been specially
given to those of the larger species during their re-arrangement in the Central and Mam-
malian Saloons.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia have been inspected, and have received, where
needed, the appliances for fitting them for future mounting to the extent to which selec-
tion may be carried for exhibition in the Museum now in course of erection. All are, as
usual, available for the purposes of scientific examination and comparison.

The collection of bird-skins mounted and exhibited is: in a good state of preservation.

The

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The unstuffed skins preserved in drawers and boxes are in a good state of preservation,
available for the purposes of study and comparison.

The proportion of the collections of Reptiles and Fishes displayed in the public galleries
is in a good state of preservation and arrangement. ‘The stored specimens are in the same
good condition, and available for scientific work.

The nomenclature and synonyms of the specimens, both exhibited and stored, of the
above classes of Vertebrate animals have been verified and corrected, and the specimens
labelled accordingly.

Of the Invertebrate classes, the specimens of the Mollusca, preserved in spirits, with
the shell, or removed from the shell, and the species of the shell-less orders and families,
sumilarly preserved, have received due attention, and are in a state of preservation, fit for
the needful applications of anatomical research, or for comparison with the fossil casts of
the cavity of the shells of extinct species.

The arranged and exhibited series of shells, and that of the models of their molluscous
fabricators, are in a good state of preservation, and have been rendered more instructive and
attractive by the substitution of better specimens, or of fresher ones, in the place of those
the colours of which had been affected by exposure to light.

The small proportion of the class Insecta, publicly displayed and exemplifying cha-
racters of the larger groups of the class, is in a good state of preservation, and has been
improved by both additions of rare or remarkable examples, and by-the interchange of
new for old specimens, as in the series of shells. ;

The large proportion of Znsecta in the Entomological Room is in a good state of preser-
vation, and is so arranged in drawers, as to be conveniently accessible for study and
comparison. ;

The classes Crustacea and Arachnida and their orders are exemplified by representative
species or types, in the pubic gallery, by well-preserved and prepared specimens.

The more numerous specimens, dried or in spirits, of species of these Arthropoda,
are'in a good state of preservation.

The same good condition can be reported of the specimens of the classes Annelida and
Entozoa, which are preserved in spirit.

The larger proportion of the Echinodermata, systematically arranged and exhibited in
the public galleries, together with the specimens, both dried and in spirits, kept in the
store-vaults, are in a good state of preservation.

The corals and other Radiata exhibited and in store, are in a good state of preserva-
tian. The polype-constructors of type-families are exemplified by enlarged coloured
models. Many of the species of Anthozoa, which have no calcareous support, such as
the Actiniade, are represented by coloured models of the natural size; these are, at
present, displayed in one of the Mammalian galleries. There also may be seen the
singular and beautiful examples of the siliceous sponges, of the genera Meyerina, Holtenia,
Crateromorpha, and Euplectella. Some of the forms of the microscopic Polycystinea are
. represented by magnified models of the siliceous skeleton.

The series of Osteological specimens, those of the Hornsand Antlers, and of the Nests
and nidamental structures, are well preserved. Skeletons of the adult Gorilla, Chim-
panzee, and Orang-outan, are now placed in contiguity for ready comparison with the
stuffed and mounted specimens of the full-grown males of these genera of Anthropoid
Apes, in the new cabinet provided for them in the Central Mammalian Saloon.

The systematically arranged and exhibited series of specimens, with nests and eggs,
illustrative of the Zoology of the British Isles, is ina good state of preservation, arranged
and labelled so as to afford the requisite facilities for study and comparison. The
notable addition to the Fishes of the British Isles (Selache mazima) is exhibited in another
gallery, by reason of its vast size.

The exhibited series of Fossils, as well as the more numerous remains and petrifactions
in store, are in a good state of preservation.

All the specimens of Minerals, displayed and in store, are in a good state of preservation.

The great numerical increase of specimens, determined and registered in the Zoological
and Geological Departments during the year reported upon, exemplifies the influence of
the extension of colonies and commerce in opening out new fields of observation and
acquisitions of the subjects of these departments, exemplified more especially in the
subsequent notices of the rarer specimens which have been received from the Cape of
Good Hope, Yokobama, the Fiji and Samoan Islands, the New Hebrides and New
Guinea. Amongst the names of donors and contributors to the Department of Zoology,
that of Commodore James G. Goodenough, R.N., C.B., merits special mention, with
expression of deep regret at the untimely loss of so exemplary an officer. The additions
due to his encouragement of observations and collections of Natural History by the
officers of H.M.S. “ Pearl” are noted in the Departmental Report.

Besides the augmented value and utility of the Department of Zoology, through the
acquisition of the types of new species, unexpected and suggestive facts become known
through this extension of the field of research, with which that of Geology is equally
concerned. Extinct species, determined by fossil remains, and exemplifying generic
characters before unknown, are found to have allies still living in some island or tract. of
land contiguous to that from which the fossils were obtained. Thus the larger
extinct kinds of Thylacinus and Sarcophilus, revealed by remains from the drift-beds. in
Australia, are represented by smaller species of these genera still living, though verging

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to extinction, in the island of Tasmania. In New Guinea has been discovered a small
kangaroo (Dorcopsis luctuosa), exhibiting the modification of macropodal dentition
characteristic of the genus (Sthenurus) of huge extinct kangaroos known by fossils from
the “drifts” of Australia. The record of the reception of the type of the rare existing
Papuan kangaroo in the series of Zoology is, at the same time, a note of the increased
interest and value attached to specimens in the Department of Geology. The un-
remitting attention and friendly interest in the enrichment of the collections of Natural
History manifested by Dr. George Bennett, F.1.s., of Sydney, New South Wales,
continue to be exemplified in the Departmental Reports, especially in relation to the
fossils of Australia. In the present Report are to be noticed fossil remains from South
Africa, which have reached the Museum in former years, but so enveloped in matrix of
hard rock that the characters requisite for determining the nature and affinities of the
animals had not, until lately, been wrought out. These remains, of which a large pro-
portion has been exhibited in the Department of Geology, in 1875, exemplify reptilian
forms; some combining characters of the crocodile, lizard, and tortoise with tusks like
those of the walrus; others with a carnivorous dentition akin to that in feline and certain
marsupial mammals, supported on jaws of Saurian structure and associated with limb-
bones, combining mammalian with reptilian modifications; others, again, exemplify new
genera of huge herbivorous Reptilia, with a less ossified, more embryonal, type of
vertebre than in the Iguanodon or other Dinosauria of the European mesozoic .series.
The formations from which the evidences of these Tretospondilian, . Theriodontal,
Anomodontal and Labyrinthodontal reptiles have been derived are of Upper Paleozoic,
or not Jater than lower Mesozoic (Triassic) age.

The specimens form the subject of an illustrated “Catalogue of the Fossil Remains
of Reptilia of South Africa,” 4to., now in course of preparation by Order of the Trustees.
Amongst the donors of these specimens the names of Andrew Geddes Bain, F.c.s., and
of W. Guybon Atherstone, M.D., F.G.S., merit special notice.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

I. Arrangement.

- The work of arranging and cataloguing the Collections of Chiropterous and Qua-
drumanous Mammalia, which was commenced in the preceding year, has been proceeded
with. To make room for several specimens of considerable bulk that have been recently
added to the Collection, it has been found necessary to re-arrange the series of large
Mammalia exhibited in the Central and Mammalian Saloons.

The examination and re-arrangement of the Nocturnal Birds of Prey has been com-
pleted, and that of the specimens of the Crow-tribe commenced.

Valuable additions to the series of gigantic Land-Tortoises have been examined, and
compared with the materials previously acquired. The work of collecting the prelimi-
nary materials towards a re-arrangement of the Collection of Lizards has been com-

leted.

q A systematic list of all the species of Fishes described since the publication of the
“Catalogue of Fishes” is now in the course of preparation; an important work, by
which not only the acquisition of desiderata, but also the determination of new additions,
will be greatly facilitated. Several groups, as the Carangide, Scombride, Pediculati, ete.
have been re-examined, and numerous recent acquisitions named and entered in the
Catalogue.

A portion of the extensive Collection of Shells bequeathed by the late Rev. R. T.
Lowe, has been incorporated with the general Collection. The determination and
arrangement of the Nudibranchous Mollusks has been commenced.

The general arrangement of the specimens of Crustaceans has been continued.

In the Collection of Coleoptera, the arrangement of the family of Passalide has been
completed, and is followed by that of the Longicornia. In addition to this work, some
130 new species (chiefly Lamellicornia) have been described, and a great number of
other forms have been named at the same time, on account of their close relationship to
those new species.

Of the Collection of Moths (Lepidoptera Ileterocera), the arrangement of the families
Agaristide and Zygenide has been finished, this work having proceeded as far as the
family Arctitde.

The arrangement of the extensive Class of Dipterous Insects has been completed. It
occupies 90 drawers and is represented by 7,162 species and 15,102 specimens. All
these specimens have been so arranged that sufficient space is left for future accessions,
hs can thus be incorporated without disturbing the previous contents of the

rawers.

The greater portion of the Collection of dried specimens of Starfish (Asteriide) has
been named and labelled.

. The arrangement of the Cyclostomatous Polyzoa, described in the 3rd part of the
Catalogue, has been completed.
II. Conservation.

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IL. Conservation.

Several skins and skeletons of the various species of Anthropoid Apes have been
mounted ; and an instructive series of this important group of animals has been set up in
a new glass case in the Central Saloon. A very large and well preserved specimen of
the Basking Shark, has been temporarily deposited in the Mammalian Saloon, its large
size proving an insurmountable obstacle to its being placed in the British Gallery.

The work of re-labelling the stands of the exhibited series of birds is steadily pro-
gressing. The camphor in the cases of the Northern Gallery has been renewed.

The erection of a small distilling-apparatus in the neighbourhood of the Museum-
building has greatly facilitated the perfect preservation of the series of large specimens
of Fishes in the collection, such examples requiring during the first five or six years a
frequent renewal of the spirits in which they are kept.

To preserve more effectually the collection of the smaller kinds of shells from the
deteriorating effects of the accumulation of dust, the plan of mounting each species in a
separate box of suitable size, with glass-top, has been adopted, and has hitherto proved
successful in every respect.

Several large’ collections of Lepidoptera received from South America, South Africa,
and the Islands of the Pacific, have been mounted.

III. Acquisitions.

During the last year 25,340 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection, namely :—~

Vertebrata - - - - - - - - 3,188
Mollusca - - - = = - = - 18,034
Annulosa - - - - - - - - 3,580
Radiata (and Vermes) - - - = = = 538

ToTaL - = = 25,340

All these specimens have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and a
separate number corresponding to an entry in the manuscript register of accessions, in
which, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact locality in which the
specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other interesting informa-
tion regarding them are entered. Many of the new and more interesting species have
been described and figured by the officers of the Department.

By the death of Commodore James G. Goodenough, the Department of Zoology has lost
one of its most zealous contributors. Anxious to advance our knowledge of the natural
productions of the islands of the South Pacific, which he had to visit during his com-
mand of the Australian Station, he applied, before his departure from England, for
instructions for the formation of Zoological collections, and for such of the Museum
publications as could be of. use to him; and it is owing to the encouragement which he
gave to his private secretary, Mr. W. Wykeham Perry, and to Mr. A. Corrie, the surgeon
of his ship, that most valuable collections (which will be mentioned hereafter) continued
to be received from these gentlemen during the whole period of his cruise.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class have been 291 in number, of which the most
noteworthy are the following :—

A collection of 87 specimens from various parts of Central America, made by OQ.
Salvin, Esq., F.R.s., and his collectors.

A collection of 39 specimens from Madagascar, containing several new species described
in the “‘ Annals and Magazine of Natural History,” and the “ Proceedings of the Zoolo-
gical Society ;” purchased.

A specimen of Semnopithecus potenziani, from Assam ; obtained by exchange.

Eighteen species of Bats, new to the collection ; obtained by exchange.

Sixteen specimens of Bats, from South Africa; presented by the Trustees of the
South African Museum, Cape Town.

The typical specimen of a new and very large species of Golden Mole (Chrysochloris
trevelyani), from British Caffraria, presented by Lieut. Herbert ‘Trevelyan, R.a.

A specimen of Mustela boccamela, from Malta; presented by C. A. Wright, Esq.

A specimen of Lepus meridionalis, from Spain; presented by Lord Lilford.

Two remarkable abnormally grown tusks of the African elephant, one being grown in
a spiral form, the other in a nearly complete circle ; purchased.

The skull of a Rhinoceros from Borneo (Rh, sundaicus) ; purchased.

The skull and horns of a gigantic specimen of Ovis poli, obtained on May 2nd 1874 on
the Great Pamir, by Lieut Col. T. E. Gordon, ¢.s.1., and presented by him.

The skin and two skulls of Capricornis crispa, from Japan; presented by Professor
Rymer Jones.

A specimen of Gazella granti, from the mainland of the Zanzibar dominions ; presented
by Dr. Kirk, H.M. Political Agent at Zanzibar.

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Skin and skeleton of Halmaturus wilcozii; presented by James F. Wilcox, Esq.
The type of Dorcopsis luctuosa from New Guinea; purchased of the Zoological Society.

Birds.—This part of the collections has been again increased by numerous and valuable
acquisitions, 61 additional species and 23 typical specimens having been secured. The
total number of acquisitions amounts to 2,253, of which the following may be specially
mentioned :—

The collection of Spanish Birds of Prey, formed by Howard Saunders, Esq., and con-
taining choice specimens of many of the rarest European species of this group; purchased.

A series of 43 specimens selected from Mr. Basil Brooke’s collection of Sardinian Birds ;
purchased.

One hundred and fifty specimens from France, Turkey, and Southern Europe; pre-
sented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

A pair and eggs of the recently discovered New Georgian Black Grouse (Tetrao
mlokosiewiczi); presented by Count Branicki.

A specimen of the very rare Podoces panderi, from Central Asia; presented by Dr.
N. Severtzow.

A series of Crows, from Eastern Siberia; purchased.

One hundred and fifty-six specimens from Kamptee, Central India; presented by Dr. B.
Hinde.

Eighty-six specimens from Upper Assam; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

A collection of 57 Birds, obtained by Mr. A. Everett in Northern Borneo, and described
in the “Ibis” for 1875; purchased.

The third portion of the Collection of African Birds, formed by, and formerly in the
possession of, Mr. R. B. Sharpe; it consists of 591 specimens, and contains 11 types:
purchased.

A collection of 180 specimens made in the interior of South Africa by F. A. Barratt,
Esq.; partly obtained as present, partly by purchase.

A most valuable collection, made by Mr. Crossley in Madagascar, and described in the
“Proceedings of the Zoological Society” for 1875; purchased.

Two specimens of Didunculus, and four other species in spirits, from Samoa; presented
by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee.

A small collection of rare Australian Birds of Prey, described in the “ Proceedings of
the Zoological Society” for 1875 ; purchased.

Two collections of Australian Crow-Shrikes, containing the types of species described
and figured by J. Gould, Esq.; purchased.

An Australian Booted Eagle (Wisaétus morphnoides): presented by J. B. White, Esq.

A collection of 80 skins of Birds from New Zealand, containing various species of
Apteryx, and a complete series of Huias (Heteralocha gouldii); and another series pre-
served in spirits; obtained by exchange from the Colonial Museum, Wellington.

The nearly complete skeleton of the extinct gigantic flightless goose of New Zealand
(Cnemiornis), described by Dr. Hector; presented by the Hon. Capt. Fraser, Member
of the Legislative Council. :

A series of 63 Birds from the Galapagos Islands, collected by Dr. A. Habel; purchased.

A series of 50 Owls from various localities; purchased.

Reptiles and Amphibians.—The opportunities of adding to this part of the collection
have been exceptionally few in number, 131 specimens only having been acquired during
the last year.

A gigantic Land-Tortoise, from Aldabra; presented by Dr. Giinther.

The type of another species of this group of Tortoises ( Testudo microphyes); purchased.

A large species of Sea Snake from Torres Straits, seven feet long (Hydrophis major),
and two collections of Lizards from various islands of the South Seas, made by
W. Wykeham Perry, Esq. and A Corrie, Esq., during the cruise of H.M.S. “ Pearl,” whilst
under the command of the late Commodore Goodenough.

A small collection of Tree Frogs from Santarem; purchased.

Fishes.—The total number of specimens received amounts to 513.

The most important addition was the acquisition of two Basking-Sharks (Selache
maxima), an adult male and young female. The former is 28 feet long, with a greatest
circumference of 13 feet. It was captured on March 2nd, near Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
It is this species which is chased on the West Coast of Ireland for the sake of the oil
which is extracted from the liver, one fish yielding from a ton to a ton and a-half. The
young female is 113 feet long; it was bought of a London fishmonger who stated that it
was captured off the coast of Lowestoft.

A specimen of a Top-knot (Phrynorhombus unimaculatus), from N. W. Spain ; pre-
sented by the Earl of Ducie, F.R.s.

A series of 39 specimens from Lake Baikal, all of which were desiderata to the Col-
lection; obtained by exchange from the Warsaw Museum. é'

Seven specimens, collected by the donor in Western Yunan; presented by Dr. J.
Anderson.

A large specimen of a Deep-sea Fish ( Z’rachyplerus) from Mauritius, the first obtained
in the Indian Ocean; presented by L. Bouton, Esq.

A specimen of Galeocerdo arcticus, 13 feet long, from Mauritius ; purchased.

One hundred and seven marine fishes, from Samoa; presented by the Rev. S. J.
Whitmee.

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Twenty-one marine fishes, from the New Hebrides and other islands; collected by
W. Wykeham Perry, Esq., of H.M.S. “ Pearl.”

A fourth series of Tasmanian marine fish, containing 79 specimens; also three Salmonoids
bred in the colony; presented by Morton Allport, Esq.

Forty-two specimens of freshwater fishes from High Peru; obtained by exchange
from the Warsaw Museum.

One of the types of a singular parasitic fish (Stegophilus insidiosus), from Brazil,
discovered by Professor Reinhardt of Copenhagen.

A collection of 130 specimens of freshwater fishes, from Guatemala; purchased.

Mollusca.—With very few exceptions, the additions made in the last year to this
branch of the Department have been donations, the most important of which has been a
very extensive collection of shells bequeathed by the late Rev. R. T. Lowe. It consists
of about 15,500 specimens, representing chiefly the fauna of Madeira, the Cape Verd
Islands, and the neighbouring parts of Africa. Of the other accessions the following may
be mentioned :—

A collection of 125 marine shells, from Madeira, is one of the most important acquisi-
tions, as it includes a complete set of the Rissocde of that fauna, and types of many of
the species described by the donor ; presented by the Rev. R. B. Watson.

A collection of 46 shells, made by the donor in Southern Morocco; presented by
T. Blackmore, Esq.

A collection of 46 marine shells from the coast of Algeria; presented by Mrs. H. G.
M. Murray Aynsley. .

A collection of 88 land and freshwater shells, from the vicinity of Yokohama, con-
taining several new species; presented by C. W. Goodwin, Esq.

A selected series of 88 marine and land shells, collected by the donor in the Seychelle
Islands; presented by his Excellency Sir Arthur Gordon.

Two hundred and sixty-eight specimens of Mollusca, collected by the donor in Ceylon;
presented by E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., F.1.s. :

A series of 316 land shells, collected by Colonel Beddome in Southern India, the
majority of which were new to the collection or types of the species described by him and
other Conchologists; partly presented by the collector, partly obtained from him by
exchange.

Five hundred and fifteen land and marine Mollusca, from various islands of the South
Pacific, collected by W. Wykeham Perry, Esq., during the cruise of H.MS. “ Pearl.”
The value of this collection is enhanced by the care with which the exact localities of all
the specimens have been noted.

Thirty-one specimens of shells from the Samoa Islands; presented by the Rev. S. J.
Whitmee.

-A series of 30 land and marine shells from N. E. Australia, including the types of
eight species described by the donor; presented by J. Brazier, Esq.

A large collection of New Zealand Mollusca, including 28 species described by Captain
Hutton ; obtained by exchange from the Otago Museum.

A collection of 36 freshwater shells from Tasmania, with a complete set of the species
of Physa of that fauna; presented by the Rev. H. D. Atkinson.

A series of shells, from Trinidad; the majority being species described by the donor ;
presented by R. J. Lechmere Guppy, Esq. |

Four hundred and forty-one specimens of West Indian marine shells, representing
156 species ; purchased.

Crustacea.—The additions amount to 234 specimens ; the following may be mentioned :—

One hundred and thirty-five specimens, collected by E. W. H. Holdsworth, lsq., in
Ceylon, and presented by him.

A small collection, containing six new species, from the Samoa Islands ; presented by
the Rey. S. J. Whitmee.

Insecta.—The collections sent from the New Hebrides, Feejees, and other islands by
W. Wykeham Perry and A. Corrie, Esqrs., officers of H.M.S. “ Pearl” whilst under the
command of the late Commodore Goodenough, are, perhaps, the most important additions
to the Entomological branch. They comprise insects of all orders, which as far as
they have been examined, prove to be either new to science or to the Collection in the
British Museum. The series of Butterflies from the New Hebrides alone comprises
some 50 new species. The very rare Papilio schmeltzi and Diadema octocula were
contained in it.

Of the other numerous additions, the following are more particularly worthy of
notice :—

Four specimens of the very rare Chrysomela marginata, from Scotland; presented by
W. A. Forbes, Esq.

Eight Hymenoptera and 27 Lepidoptera, new to the collection, from Mongolia;

urchased.
F A collection of 165 Lamellicorn Beetles, from Japan; containing a new genus ( Poll-
aplonyx), and 42 new species; presented by George Lewis, Esq. \

One hundred and seventeen named Lepidoptera (chiefly MNoctuide), from Canada;
presented by George Norman, Esq.

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30 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE, BRITISH MUSEUM.

A collection of Lepidoptera from San Francisco, containing fine series of several
species of Moths that were previously desiderata to the British Museum; presented by
R. H. Stretch, Esq.

Two collections of Hymenoptera, from Calcutta; presented by J. A. J. Rothney, Esq.
Not less than 63 species, formerly desiderata in the Museum, were supplied by this
donation, among them the singular Steganomus nodicornis.

A collection of Moths from Darjeeling, by which 79 desiderata were supplied;
purchased.

A beautiful new species of Hawk-moth (Leucophlebia damascena) from Sikkim;
purchased.

Three specimens of ascarce Lanthorn-Fly from Penang (Fulgora pyrorhynchus);
presented by E. E. Isemonger, Esq.

A collection of 326 Coleoptera from Port Bowen, N. Australia, containing many new
species, among them the new genus Lepidoderma; purchased.

A collection of 675 Coleoptera from the Amazons, containing many new species, among
them Wosodendron testudineum; purchased.

The types of 17 species of Moths from Costa Rica; purchased.

A perfect example of the extremely rare Papilio antenor; purchased. ’

A very valuable collection of Lepidoptera from Natal, made and presented by C. R.
N. Burrows, Esq. It contained two new genera (Derrioides and Tatorinia), and 32 new
species, which have been recently described.

A unique collection of 188 South African Lepidoptera, chiefly of the genus Teracolus,
containing full materials for a monograph of this group, which is in the course of pre-
paration; presented by E. C. Buxton, Esq.

Thirty-three new or imperfectly known species of Coleoptera, from Madagascar,
recently described in the “ Annals and Magazine of Nat. History for 1875;” purchased.

A very valuable series of Coleoptera, 200 in number, chiefly types; presented by G.
R. Waterhouse, Esq.

Radiata (and Vermes): The following acquisitions have been made:—

A large collection of Polyzoa and Spongiide from New Zealand; obtained by exchange
from the Otago Museum.

Sixty-four species of mounted Polyzoa, being the specimens described in the “ Catalogue
of Polyzoa,” to be mentioned hereafter.

A series of 38 very fine specimens of Echinodermata, from the Samoa Islands; pre-
sented by the Rev. 8S. J. Whitmee.

Nineteen Echinodermata and 16 Actinozoa, from Ceylon; presented by E. W. H.
Holdsworth, Esq., F..s.

Ten specimens of a species of Sea-pen (Péeroides lacazii), from the island of Zebu;
purchased.

Three specimens of the gigantic Osteocella septentrionalis, from British Columbia;
presented by Dr. Gunther.

IV.— Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been completed and printed during the year 1875 :—

“Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa, Part III. Cyclostomata.” By George Busk, F.R.s.,
8vo. (pp. 39, with 38 plates.)

* Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum.” Vol. I1., Striges, or Nocturnal Birds of
Prey. By R. B. Sharpe. 8vo. (pp. 326, with 14 coloured plates.) .

It is one of the principal objects of these Zoological Catalogues to enumerate all the
specimens which are in the Collection at the date of their publication. Later additions
are entered in an interleaved copy for the use of students, so that every person who
wishes to consult the Collection is enabled to select and call for the specimens he requires.

V.— Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from students who have consulted various portions of the col-
lections, and required attendance or assistance, was 2,799.
Albert Gunther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Arrangement.

In Room I. The series of Devonian and Silurian Corals and Mollusca from Ontario,

North America, havebeen labelled and registered, and placed in drawers under the
Table-cases.

In Room II. The Cunnington Collection of Cretaceous Crustacea, Mollusca, Echino-
dermata, Corals, etc., has been arranged in a series of drawers under Table-cases
1, 2, 3, and 4.

A series

AccouNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 31

A series of Fishes from the Coal-measures and the Carboniferous Limestone, has
been named, mounted on tablets, and placed in drawers under Table-case 3.

In Room III. The Pliocene Tertiary Fossils, from Tuscany, have been labelled and
placed in drawers under Table-case 40, in this Room, The Wall-cases 1-6, containing
the remains of Sauria, Amphibia, Chelonia, and Enaliosauria, have been cleaned, and
their contents re-arranged and labelled; many recently acquired specimens have been
added, including the fine specimen of Colymbosaurus, from Kimmeridge, and the figured
specimen of of Pleurosternon emarginutum, Owen, from the Purbeck of Swanage, Dorset,

In Room IV. A series of Ophidian, Lacertian, and Crocodilian remains have been
re-mounted, labelled; and re-arranged in Table-case-1. The remains of Pterodactyles in
Table-case 2 have been similarly treated.

A series of Bird-remains from New Zealand, chiefly specimens figured and described
by Professor Owen (in Trans. Zool. Soc.), has been mounted on tablets and arranged for
exhibition in Table-case 4. In Table-case 5 a fine series of remains of the small Fossil
Marsupialia, from Australia (most of which are type-specimens figured by Professor
Owen in the Phil. Trans.), has been labelled, and mounted on tablets.

In Table-case 6, an interesting collection of the Mammalian remains from the Red Crag
of Suffolk has been labelled and arranged for exhibition.

The Reptilian and Fish remains (70 in number), from the Coal-measures of Kilkenny,
Treland, have, on account of their extreme friability and tendency to exfoliate, been set
with mastic cement in wooden frames, in order to preserve them from decomposition.
They are arranged in drawers under Table-case 29.

Wall-case IV., containing remains of Cervide, has been cleaned, partly arranged, and
additional specimens from the Collection of Mr. J. J. Owles, have been incorporated.

The large skeleton of Dinornis maximus, from New Zealand, has been mounted upon a
stand. and placed by the central pier, between the windows on the north side of this
Room.

In Room V. A large series of Graptolites, from the Coniston Limestone of West-
moreland and the Moffat shales of Dumfriesshire, has been labelled, registered, and
arranged in drawers under Table-case 15. The Cephalopoda, arranged in the Table-
cases on the north side of this Room, have been largely augmented, and many new labels
added. In Table-case 7, a series of Dibranchiata has been placed.

The Rhinoceros remains in Wall-case V. have been re-arranged, the case has been
cleaned, and the skull of Rhinoceros tichorhinus, and other specimens from the Norfolk
coast, collected by Mr. J. J. Owles, have been incorporated in the series.

In Room VI. The Elephant remains from British Tertiary deposits, exhibited in
Wall-case No. 5, have been cleaned and re-arranged.

In the Supplemental Room. All the larger Cephalopoda, acquired in the Cunnington
Collection, together with a series of Ammonites from the Astier and other old collections,
have been registered and labelled, and are arranged in the pier and Wall-cases of this
Room. The largest Ammonites have been cleaned and developed, and placed upon the
top of the Wall-cases.

The series of Foreign Tertiary Mollusca, with the supplemental British Eocene Col-
lection (obtained from Mr. F. E. Edwards’ Executors), has been registered and placed in .
this room in the original cabinet.

Basement Rooms. The development of the huge Dinosaurian Reptile ( Omosaurus
armatus, Owen), found in the Kimmeridge Clay, at Swindon, has been completed,
and the specimen is now mounted in a frame. The remains have been fully described
and figured by Professor Owen in the Palzontographical Society’s Monographs, Vol.
XXIX., for 1875.

During the past year much skill and labour has been devoted to the development of
the fine series of Saurian remains from South Africa (collected by the late Mr. A. G.
Bain, and by Dr. W. G. Atherstone, F.G.s.), preserved in the Collection. They have
occupied a large portion of the mason’s time in removing the extremely hard and intract-
able matrix in which they are enclosed, so as to render them available for the purpose
of scientific description.

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—
Mammalia - - - = S - 249
Aves - - - - - - - - 148
Reptilia - - ‘ = ? " " 333
Pisces - - , * “ g 4 285
Coprolites, etc. - sore a = 24

177- D4

32 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Invertebrata :—

Protozoa and Rhizopoda_~ - - - - 370
Zoophyta-Zoantharia - = - Piller kote 822
Kchinodermata - - - - - - 365
Polyzoa- - - - = = ehh ist 118
Mollusca - - - - - - - 5,807
Annelida - - - - - - = 103
Crustacea and Insecta - - - = 166

7,751

Plant Remains - - - - - - - - 197° 197

Total number of Specimens registered - - - - 8,987

The number of visits from Students during the past year was 625.

Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.)—Mammalia.—Two portions of jaws of Procoptodon Goliah, Owen (described and
figured by Professor Owen, in the Trans. R.§S. for 1874), from Queensland, Australia ;
also remains of Nototherium Mitchelli, Thylacoleo carnifex, Phuscolomys, Diprotodon,
Sthenurus, Macropus, etc.; from Darling Downs, Australia. Presented by Dr. George
Bennett, F.L.S.

Remains of Nototherium Phuscolomys and Muacropus, from the creeks and tributaries of
the Castlereagh River, Kirton, near Mundoran, New South Wales. Presented by
W. L. BR. Gipps, Esq.

The type specimen of Palorchestes Azael, Owen, (figured and described in the Phil.
Trans. 1874, p. 797, pl. 81-83); from the Colony of Victoria, Australia; also plaster casts
of Procoptodon Rapha, and Procoptodon Goliah. Presented by Professor Owen, C.B., F.R.S.

A lower molar of the Mammoth, Llephas primigenius, found in digging the main sewer
in Pall Mall, in 1731; alsoa molar of Iélephas antiquus, from the Gravel at Haling. Pre-
sented by the Council of the Society of Antiquaries.

A natural cast of. the brain of Eotherium egyptiacum, Owen; from Hocene Tertiary
Limestone, Mokattam quarries, near Cairo (described and figured by Professor Owen in
the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1875, Vol. XXXI., p. 100, pl.3. Presented by Professor
Owen, C.B., F.R.S. ; ;

Bones of oxen, goat, stag, wild-boar, and beaver, from the excavations of the Thames
Embankment, near the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. Presented by the Metro-
politan Board of Works.

(2.) Aves.—The skull, and a series of bones of Cnemiornis calcitrans, Owen, from a
fissure in a limestone rock near Timaru, South Island; New Zealand. Described and
figured by Professor Owen, in Trans. Zool. Soc. 1875, vol. IX., part 3, Pl. 35-39.

Skull and mandible of Dinornis robustus, Owen, and bones of Aptornis defossor, Owen.
Described and figured by Professor Owen in the Trans. Zool. Soc. 1875, vols. V., VIL.,
and VIII.

Skulls and various bones of Wotornis, Aptornis, Strigops, &c., from New Zealand.
Presented by Professor Owen, C.B., F.R.S., &c.

(3.) Reptilia—A_ paddle of Ichthyosaurus enthehiodon, Hulke; from the Kimmeridge
clay, Kimmeridge, Dorset. Presented by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., F.c.s.

(4.) Pisces.—A large tooth of Carcharodon megalodon, from the Miocene of Jamaica.
Presented by Robert Milligan, Esq.

I. By Donation —B. INVERTEBRATA.

A wing of Libellula Brodiei, from the Upper Lias, Dumbleton, Gloucestershire.
Presented by Rev. P. B. Brodie, m.A., F.G.S.

The type specimen of Harpactocarcinus tumidus, H. Woodw., from the Cretaceo-
Tertiary, or “ Ototara” group, Woodpecker Bay, Brighton, N.W. Coast, New Zealand.
Figured and described by H. Woodward, in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1876, p. 51.
pl. vii. Presented by Dr. James Hector, c.M.c. F.R.S., Director of the Government
Geological Survey, New Zealand. c

A specimen of Cruziana semiplicata, Salter, from the Middle Cambrian, Nant Francon,
Bangor. Presented by Rey. John Peter, F.¢.s. ‘

Twelve examples of Murchisonia turbinata,-from: the Middle Devonian, Chudleigh,
Devon. Presented by William Vicary, Esq., F.G.S.

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Specimen of Echinocyamus ovatus, from the Miocene of Malta. Presented by Captain
H. W. Fielden, R.n.

Comarocystites punctatus, Billings, from the Lower Silurian, Ottawa, Canada. Pre-
sented by Dr. J. A. Grant, m.p. (Canada), F.G.s.

Ten examples of Oldhamia antiqua from the Cumbrian rocks of Bray Head, Ireland.
Presented by Robert H. Scott, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.

Syringopora ramulosa, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Clifton, Bristol. Presented
by Swinfen Jordan, Esq.

Four specimens of Parkeriu from the Greensand of Cambridge. Presented by J. F.
Walker Esq., M.A., F.G.8., &c.

I. By Denation.—C. PLANT.

Impressions of leaves of Glossopéeris, together with portions of silicified wood, from the
creeks of the Liverpool Range, New South Wales. Presented by W. L. R. Gipps,
Esq.

Section of the silicified trunk of a Coniferous Tree, from the Lower Greensand,
Amuri Bluff, South Island, New Zealand. Presented by Dr. James Hector, c.m.c.,
F.R.S., Director of the Geological Survey, New Zealand.

Il. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A series of teeth and bones of the Mammoth (Elephas primigenius),
Rhinoceros, Bos, Cervus, Hyena, and Canis Vulpes, from Wookey Hole, near Wells,
Somerset. Part of the Cunnington Collection.

Remains of Elephas, Rhinoceros, Bos, Bisen, and Cervus, from the Drift, near Chippen-
ham, Wilts.

Bones of Oxen,. Reindeer, and Hippopotamus, from the excavation for the Main Sewer
at Greenwich.

A fine series of Mammalian remains from the Red Crag of Suffolk, comprising teeth
of Mastodon Arvernensis, M. Borsoni, Rhinoceros Schleiermacheri, Tapirus, Sus, Hippo-
therium, and remains of Cervus. The Cetacean remains comprise rostra, teeth, ear-bones,
and yertebre of large size, belonging to the following genera, namely :—Ziphius,
Balena, Balenodon, and Delphinus.

(2.) Aves.—A nearly complete series of bones of the Great Auk (Alca impennis), from
Funk Island, 32 miles east of Newfoundland.

(3.) Reptilia —The united carapace and plastron of Pleurosternon emarginatum, Owen,
from the Purbeck Beds of Swanage, Dorset, (the original specimen figured by Prof.
Owen in his Brit. Foss. Reptiles; Mon. Pal. Soc., 1853, PJ. V. and VI.); part of the
Cunnington Collection.

Remains of Jguanodon and other Dinosauria, together with two large vertebrex of .an
undescribed Reptile (for which Prof. Owen has proposed the generic name of Chondros-
teosaurus,) from the Wealden formation, Brook, Isle of Wight. Lower jaw and paddle-
bones of Pliosaurus grandis, from the Kimmeridge Clay, Swindon, Wilts.

Remains of Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Pliosaurus, and Chelonia, from the neigh-
bourhood of Devizes. A pair of huge dermal spines of a Dinosaurian Reptile (Omo-
saurus hastatus, Ow.), from the Kimmeridge Clay, Wootton- Bassett.

Remains of Stenevsaurus and Ichthyosaurus, trom the OxfordClay, Wiltshire. Cun-
nington Collection.

Sternal bones of Colymbosaurus, from the Kimmeridge Clay, Kimmeridge, Dorset.

(4.) Pisces.—Some new and rare forms of Fossil Fishes have been obtained from the
Cretaceous rocks of the Lebanon, including good examples of the following genera and
species, namely:—Scyllium, Beryx, Pycnosterinz, Rhinellus, Leptotrachelus, Soleno-
gnathus, Spaniodon brevis, S. elongatus, and species of Clupea. A specimen of Ophiopsis
breviceps, and the head of an undescribed genus of fishes, from the Purbeck Beds, Swanage.
Jaws of Ditaziodus impar, Owen, from the Kimmeridge Clay, Culham, Oxfordshire
(figured and described by Prof. Owen in Geol. Mag. 1866, Vol. III., p. 107, pl. IV.
and V.). Part of the Cunnington Collection.

A fine specimen of Lepidotus semiserratus, Agassiz, from the Lias of Whitby,
Yorkshire.

Examples of Diplacanthus, Acanthodes, Cephalaspis, and large head-shields of Scaph-
aspis, from the Devonian of Cradley, Worcestershire.

Il. By Purchase.-—B. INVERTEBRATA.

3 Insect-remains from the Bembridge Limestone, Isle of Wight.

A series of 75 Crustacea from the Chalk-marl and Greensand of Wiltshire, including
many of the type-specimens figured and described by Professor Bell in his Monograph
«* On the Fossil Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand,” Part II., Pal. Soc. Vol. XIV.,
1860. Part of the Cunnington Collection.

3 Specimens of Eryon antiquus, etc., Lias, Lyme Regis.

£77. E 87 Tribolites,

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87 Trilobites, from the Silurian of Bohemia. (Part of Bishop Zeidler’s Collection.)

A series of Worm-tracks, Annelide-tubes, and Burrows, from the Wealden and Hastings
Sandstone, Sussex.

450 Mollusca from the Pliocene of Tuscany.

About 5,000 English, French, and North German Tertiary Mollusca. (From the late
F. E. Edwards’ Collection).

A series of Fossil Shells, from Peru. cighowiredA

About 540 Cephalopoda from the Chalk, Greensand, and Oolites of Wiltshire ;
including many of the type-specimens figured and described by Mr. D. Sharp, in his
Monograph on the Cretaceous Cephalopoda (Pal. Soc. 1853-55). (Part of the Cunnington
Collection.

Upwards of 1,130 Mollusca, from the Chalk, Greensand, and Ooolites of Wiltshire, etc.,
including many types of Cretaceous Brachiopoda, figured and described by Mr. Thomas
Davidson, F.R.S., in his Monograph on the Brachiopoda of the Chalk and Greensand.
(Part II., 1852, Pal. Soc.)

3 large Ammonites from the Lias of Lyme Regis. i te

Upwards of 270 Mollusca, from the Silurian and Devonian Rocks of Ontario, N.
America. Tee

247 Graptolites, from the Coniston Limestone of Westmoreland and the Moffat Shales,
Dumfriesshire.

5 Echinoderms, from the Miocene near Cairo.

400 Echinoderms from the Chalk, Greensand, and Gault, of Wiltshire, etc., including
several types figured and described by Dr. Wright, F.R.S.E., in his Monograph on the
Cretaceous Echinodermata (Part I. 1862, and II., 1867, etc., Pal. Soc.), (Cunnington
Collection. )

6 Ophiure, from the Oxford Clay, Weymouth. r

The type-specimens of Tropidaster pectinatus, Forbes (Mem. Geol. Surv., Decade ILI.
Tab. 3), and of Hemicidaris Edwardsi, Wright (Mon. Pal. Soc., Oolitic Echinodermata,
Part !., p. 26, Pl. L., fig. 1a), and five other specimens, from the Lower Lias, Mickleton,
Gloucestershire.

About 250 Corals, from the Devonian and Silurian of Ontario, N. America.

2 Sections of a silicified Coral, Astrea crassolamellata, from the Tertiary of Antigua.

11 Specimens of Montlivaltia Victorie, from the Lias of Cherrington, Warwickshire.

A fine series of Fossil Sponges from the Upper Greensand of Warminster, and the
Lower Greensand of Farringdon, Wiltshire. (Part of the Cunnington Collection.)

3 polished sections of Fossil Sponges ( Choanites) in Flint, from the Chalk.

Il. By Purchase.—C. PLANTS.

A fine bole of a fossil silicified tree, from the Oolite Quarries in the Isle of Portland.
Polished sections of Palm and other woods, from the Red Crag of Suffolix.
14 Polished sections of Fossil Wood, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Vale of the
Tweed, between Roxburgh and Kelso. nh
The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - - = 223
If. ,, Purchase, A. Vertebrata - - - - 816
I. ,, Donation, B. Invertebrata - - - -~ 51
Il. ,, Purchase, B. Invertebrata - - Sees) ssn by!
J. ,, Donation. C. Plante - - - - - 55
Il. ,, Purchase, C. Plante - - ~ - 49
Total -- - - 10,711

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

The specimens added to the Collection, during the year 1875, have been 862 in
number, and they have been registered, labelled, and incorporated in the Collection.

The portion of the collection reserved in drawers continues to occupy any spare time
ofthe Department, and the cases which contain the hydrated carbonates, Olivine, and the
other basic Silicates, and the Silicates belonging to the large class of minerals of Horn-
blendic and Augitic type have been carefully sifted of duplicate specimens, localities
attached wherever research could determine them, and the whole labelled and arranged
in clean trays.

The MS. indices to the several volumes of the General Catalogue, have been completed
during the past year, and a general index comprising all these is now in progress.

But the chief occupation of the Department has been the systematic elaboration of the
materials for the publication of a Scientific Catalogue of the whole collection, with, crystal-
lographic descriptions and chemical analyses of those specimens the composition of which
it}is desirable more accurately to determine.

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The crystallography of the minerals in the first and second great divisions of the col-
lection has accordingly been taken in hand, and as many as 385 crystals have been measured
by the goniometer and determined.

They comprise the most important crystals of the species of native Copper, Gold, and
Sulphur, of Blende, Argentite, Redruthite and other species with less extensive suites of
erystals, Eight specimens of Native Silver, one of a new amalgam, eight of Gold, and
nine of other minerals have undergone (generally quantitative) analysis in the Laboratory
for the purpose of the catalogue.

Sections for the microscope of 44 rocks have been made in the Department; and _ the
analysis of the minerals composing and the gas occluded in the Melbourne meteoric iron’
have been concluded. ;

The Collection of Meteorites has received the addition of 13 specimens, 12 of which
represent meteoric falls new to the collection. They have been for the most part
acquired by the method of exchange.

Acquisitions by Presentation :—

Native Tellurium and Petzite, Nevada, U.S. A., by Charles Win. Eichbaum, Esq.

A mass of Cinnabar with Barytes, Tegora mine, near Jambusan, Sarawak, Borneo;
by the Borneo Mining Company.

Tetradymite disseminated through Caicite, from the Theresia mine, Orawicza, Banat,
Hungary ; a large polished slab of Fluor Spar, Derbyshire ; Calcite, Carn Brea mines,
near Redruth, Cornwall; Gieseckite in porphyry, Akulliarsuk, West Greenland; and
Erythrine, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall; by Henry Ludlam, Esq., P.c.s.

Specimens of Psilomelane and Pyrolusite, from the Brendon Hills, Somersetshire ;
Magnetite with Iron Glance, from Cush-cam-Curragh, near Borrishoole, Co. Mayo,
Ireland; Galena, Ashby, Leicestershire; Eisenkiesel, near Bristol ; Quartzites with
conical fracture, near Birmingham ; decomposed Agates, Fremley Pit, near Lichfield;
Red Jasper, Uiteulme, Devonshire; and Bitumen from Mount Sorrel, Leicestershire ; by
Spencer Geo. Perceval, Esq., F.G.s.

A crystal of Magnetite, Moriah, Essex Co., New York, U.S. A., by H. M. Howe,
Esq. r
Banded Carnelian, Lower Pepperhill, Shropshire, by the Earl of Dartmouth,

Brown Cat’s-Eve, Orange River, South Africa, by Dr. W. G. Atherstone, Fr.c.s.

Chaleedony and Green Wood-Opal, Uruguay, South America, by Wm. Garrow
Lettsom, Esq.

A series of specimens of Cassiterite, from New England, Australia, by G. F. Wright,
Esq.

Chalybite in white Cryolite, Evigtok, Arksut Fjord, West Greenland, by Miss F. A.
Pigott.
‘A mass of green Apatite, Ottawa, Canada, by Dr. J. A. Grant.

By purchase and exchange :—

Rich specimens of Native Silver, from various mines in Mexico ; a series of specimens of
Native Gold, from various localities in the Philippine Islands; a nugget of the same
with its interstices occupied with massive carbonate of bismuth, Queensland ; also in
strings traversing Calcite and Quartz, Caledonian Reef, Gympie, Queensland; from
Felsberg, near Chur, Switzerland; also from Mexico with specimens of auriferous
ores.

A large nugget of Native Platinum weighing 3 lbs. 320 ers.

Crystals of Diamond, also a large crystal and some small ones lying in situ in the rock
in which they occur at the diamond fields, South Africa; and a large crystal of Native
Sulphur, from Perticara, Italy. ,

A large and very remarkable specimen of Chloanthite enclosing a vein-like mass of
Nickeline, from the Grand Pratz mine, Ayer, Annivierthal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland;
Chanarcillite, Tres Puntas mine, Chajarcillo, Copiap6, Chili.

Specimens of Petzite associated with Native Gold, Soubak mine, near Kara-Hissar,
Anatolia, Turkey; selenide of bismuth (Frenzelite), Mexico; Argentite, Mexico; a large
crystal of Blende, Santander, Spain; Blende with Calcite, Leadhills, Lanarkshire;
crystallized Stromeyerite, Schlangenberg, Altai Mountains; and crystallised Cinnabar,
Almaden, Spain.

Crystals of Glaucodote, Hikansboda, Upsala, Sweden; Sandbergerite, Jucna mine,
Cajamarca, Peru; Bournonite, Przibram, Bohemia; Pyrargyrites, from the Valenciana
and Santa Lucia mines, La Luz, Guanaxuato, Mexico; Spain: and from Gonderbach,
Nassau; Polybasite, Santa Lucia mine, La Luz, Guanaxuato, Mexico; and a large and
fine specimen of Freieslebenite, from Huendelencina, Spain.

Mendipite, Churchill, Mendip Hills, Somersetshire; Spinel, in translucent green
pebbles, Ceylon; a large facetted Alexandrite, Ceylon; two brownish-yellow Sapphires;
fron-glance, Caveradi, Tavetschthal, Switzerland; a facetted green Zircon, Ceylon; a
large specimen of Quartz, La Gardette, Dauphiné, France; and specimens of Fire-Opal,
Zimapan, Mexico.

Crystallized specimens of Calcite, from Iceland and from the Valenciana mine, Guan-
axuato, Mexico; Dolomite from the same mine; Mesitite, Novo Tscherkask, Caspian

077: E 2 Sea;

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Sea; Witherites, Fallowfield mine, near Hexham, Northumberland; and Aurichalcite,
Morawicza, Banat, Hungary

Phenakite, Framont, Vosges; Augites and Chondrodites, Nya Kopparberget, Sweden;
Glaucophane in crystals, Zermatt, Switzerland; large crystallized and massive specimens
of Gadolinite and Orthite, Ytterby, Sweden; Apophyllite in crystals distributed on
Amethyst, Valenciana mine, Guanaxuato, Mexico; Topaz with albite, Mursinsk, Urals;
Andalusite in rounded pebbles, some transparent, Brazil; a vase of Jadeite; Danalite in
granite, Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S. A.; Myeline, Rochlitz, Saxony; Heulandite,
Maderanerthal, Switzerland; very large crystals of Pyrosmalite, Nordmarken, Werm-
land, Sweden; and Tourmaline in long slender crystals traversing quartz, Brazil.

Perofskite and Koppite with Magnesoferrite and Apatite in limestone, Schelingen,
Kaiserstuhl, Baden; Tantalite, Finland; Yttrotantalite, Ytterby, Sweden: Euxenite,
Tromoe, near Arendal, Norway; a crystal of Samarskite, IlImer Mountains, Urals;
Schorlomite, Oberschaffhausen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden.

Anglesite, Carthagena, Spain; Zippeite, Wheal Edward, St. Just, Cornwall; well-
crystallised Lanarkite, Leadhills, Lanarkshire; Wiserines, Binnenthal, Switzerland;
Symplesite with Gersdorftite, Lobenstein, Thuringia; Wapplerite, Schneeberg, Saxony;
Veszelyite, Morawicza, Banat, Hungary; Chalcosiderite, West Phoenix mine, near
Liskeard, Cornwall; Pharmacosiderite, Herrengrund, Hungary; Vivianite, Cornwall;
Barrandite, Cerhovice, Bohemia; Xenotime, Ytterby, Sweden; Beudantite, Montabaur,
near Dernbach, Nassau.

METEORITES.

Beuste, near Pau, Basses Pyrenees, France - - - - Fell May 1859.

Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France - - - ~ - - pu ans 3.9 alse2)
Sauguis, St. Etienne, Basses Pyrenees, France - - - » Sept.8 1868.
Tjabe, Padangan, Java - ~ - - - - = = Sho TT sy ven SEOs
Ovifak, Disco Island, Greenland = - - - - - = Found 1870.
Jakobshavn af 5 - - - - - - Lf 1870.
_ Oczeretna, Lipowitz, Kiew, Russia - - - - = Fell 1871.
Bandong, Java - - - - - - - - - >» Dec. 10 1871.
Lancé, St. Amand de Vendéme, Loir-et-Cher - = - - » duly 23 1872.
Orvinio, near Rome, Itaiy - - Sur oes hte AE os sy) Aug... 31) ee.
Khairpur, Bhawalpur, India - a SA - - - » Sept. 23. 1873.
West Liberty, Iowa Co., Iowa, U.S. A. - - - - js» eb. (b2), Vaz,
Zsadany, Southern Hungary - - - - - - - >» March 31 1875.

The number of persons visiting the Department for special objects in connection with

it, was 1,320.
Nevil Story-Maskelyne. «

DEPARTMENT OF BorTany.

THE work of incorporating plants in the General Herbarium has been actively carried
on during the past year. The following collections have been either entirely or in part
systematically arranged and inserted in their places. The large collection of plants
bequeathed by the late Rev. R. T. Lowe; the plants of North Africa, collected by
Durand; of the Cape of Good Hope, by Zeyher; of Eastern Tropical Africa, by Hilde-
brandt; of China, by the Rey. James Lamont, and F. B. Forbes, Esq.; of the Samoan
Islands, by Graeffe; of Chili, by Reed; of Brazil, by Sello; and of Panama, by
Seemann.

During the progress of the work of incorporation, the following Natural Orders have
been greatly increased, and more or less completely re-arranged :—Ranunculacee,
Crucifere, Capparideea, Combretacee, Rosaceae, Myrtucee, Umbellifere, Composite, Genti-
anacee, Asclepiadacea, Verbenacea, Solanacee, Polygonacee and Graminee.

The following acquisitions deserve special notice:--The portion of the extensive
Herbarium of the plants of Madeira and the adjacent islands, formed by the late Rev.
R. T. Lowe, and bequeathed by him to the Trustees. This contains a series of the
typical plants of Mr. Lowe’s “ Manual Flora of Madeira.” -

An extensive selection of plants from the Herbarium of the late Professor Nolte, of
Kiel, including a considerable number of plants collected by Forskahl, in the East; a
complete set of Fries’ “‘ Herbarium Normale;” and a number of typical specimens of plants
described by Cavanilles, Delile, Thuillier, Allioni, and others.

A large collection of Indian ferns, made by Lieut. Colonel Beddome, and employed
by him in the preparation of his “ Ferns of British India.”

A collection of thirteen hundred original drawings of Fungi, made by Mr. W. G.
Smith, F.L.s., the great majority of which are finished coloured representations of British
species, has been added to the collection of drawings and engravings of plants. The same
collection has been increased by the coloured engravings of upwards of four thousand
species of Algw. -

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The following are the principal additions to the collections of the Department during
the year 1875 :—

I.— To the Herbariwn.
a. General Herbarium.

Phanerogamia.
200 species of Sicilian Plants ; collected and named by Professor Todaro.
255 a plants from Greece ; collected and named by Professor Heldreich. e
Collections made in Iceland and Scandinavia; by Isaac Carroll.
200 species of plants from Russia; collected and named by Meinshausen and Golde.
488 eS plants; from the Ty rol and North Italy.

1,000 nA Scandinavian plants; forming the ‘“* Herbarium Normale,” of Fries.
1,285 s plants ; from Schleswig Holstein; collected and named by Hansen.
73 ‘ plants; from the Ocland Islands.

A large collection of the species and varieties of Potamogeton, Najas, and the
Batrachian species of Ranunculus ; named by Nolte.
611 species of plants; from Greenland and Iceland.
180 plants; collected in the East, by Forskahl.
254- oy, plants; chiefly Composite, from India; presented by C. B. Clarke,

Esq.
30 plants from China; collected and named by Dr. Hance.
100 BS plants from Hong Kong; and,

201 $5 species from Kiukiang, China; presented by F. B. Forbes, Esq.
41] " plants from Eastern Tropical Africa; collected by Hildebrandt.

510 Ps plants from Southern Africa; collected and named by Professor
M‘Owan.
82 a plants from New England; collected and named by Tuckerman.

773 rh plants from Chili; collected by E. C. Reed.
Cryptogamia.

865 és the Cryptogamic plants of Europe ; named by Funck.
100 if Vascular Cryptogams, from Germany; ; named by Professor Reichenbach.
Herbarium of Indian Ferns; collected by Lieut. Colonel Beddome.
60 species of Mosses and ‘Hepatice ; collected in Brazil by Burchell; presented by
the Rev. W. A. Leighton.

25 os Scandinavian Hepatice; collected and named by Lindberg and
Laekstrom.
50 pe Mosses from Normandy ; collected and named by Etienne.

50 3 Hepatice ; named by Rabenherst.

50 5 Mosses ; ned by Rabenhorst.
250 a Mosses; collected and named by Blandow.
276 es Mosses from Ceylon; presented by Dr. Thwaites.
988 3 Lichens from Italy, named by Anzi.

100 : » named by Rabenhorst.
150 . » from North America; collected and named by Tuckerman.
667 5 9 New Grenada, being Lindeg’s “‘ Study Set.”
169 fi Ceylon; presented by Dr. Thwaites.
2v00 * Germany ; ; named by Florke.
ZAM gee Norlin’s Fennian Lichens, named by Nylander.
25 cs Characee ; named by Nordstedt.
300 ‘% Scandinavian Alge; collected by Areschoug.

200 e European Alge ; collected by Jurgen.

600 ti Ascomycetous Fungi; collected by Rehm.

500 Fungi; collected and mned by ¥Y. Thuemen.

600 7 from Germany ; collected and named by Fuckel.

6. British Herbarium.
Phanerogamia.

es 473 apepies of plants, chiefly from Buckinghamshire ; collected and presented by Miss
hand ler.

100 iy forming Don’s “ Herbarium Britannicum.”

A large collection of Irish plants; made by Isaac Carroll.

Cryptogamia.

A collection of Mosses and Ale made in Ireland; by I. Carroll.

A large Herbarium of Lichens; formed by the Rev. A. Bloxam.

100 species of Lichens, from Wales; collected and named by the Rey. W. A.
Leighton.

130 species of Fungi; collected and named by C. B. Plowright.

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I1.— To the Fossil Series.

7 species of new fossils from the Coal-measures of Belgium; presented by Professor
Crépin. ;

A specimen of the Cone of Pinites hexvagonus, from the Gault; presented by J. 5.
Gardner, Esq.

A remarkably fine Cone of Lepidodendron, from the Carboniferous rocks near
Edinburgh; found by Ch. W. Peach, Esq.

Specimens cf plants from the Inferior Oolite; collected and presented by Ch. W.
Peach, Esq., Edinburgh, and J. W. Bodger, Esq., Peterborough.

Specimens of Coal-measure plants, from West Calder; presented by Messrs. Galletly
and Lumsden.

45 specimens of woods from the Red Crag.

The arrangement of the original drawings of British plants by the elder Sowerby,
together with the engravings made from them, has been completed. Large additions have
been made during the year to the Herbarium of British Plants, which has become the
most extensive and critically valuable public collection of our native flora, and is becoming
increasingly used by British Botanists.

A series of duplicate Mosses from the Arctic regions were, by the authority of the Trus-
tees, prepared and placed in the hands of one of the Naturalists to the Arctic Expedition,
to guide him in collecting plants during the expedition.

The number of visits paid during the year- to the Herbarium for scientific inquiry
or research was 1,118. The following foreign botanists may be specified as having used
the Herbarium: in prosecuting their various studies:—Professor Maximowicz of St.
Petersburg, for his Monographs of Rheum and Chrysosplenium; Professor Reichenbach,
of Hamburg, for his works on Orchidee ; M. De Candolle of Geneva, for his Memoir on
the Meliaceea ; Count Solms-Laubach, Professor at Strasburg, for his mvestigations on
Rufflesiacee ; Dr. Rostafinski.of Strasburg, for his work on Fungi; Professor Crépin, of
Brussels, for his investigations on Hosucee, and on Fossil Plants; and M. Marchal, of
Brussels, for his monograph of the Araliacee.- Of British Botanists, the following may be
specified :—Professor Bentley, in connection with the important work on the “ Plants
employed in Medicine,” of which he is joimt-author with Dr. Trimen, an officer in the
Department, and the ulustrations of which are for the most part drawn by Mr. Blair from
specimens in the Herbarium; Mr. J. Miers, for his Monograph of the Barringtoniee ; Mr.
W. P. Hiern, for the Rubiacee and Cumposiite of the “ Flora of Tropical Africa ;” Mr.
George Bentham, for the ‘ Genera Plantarum ;” Dr. Braithwaite, for his work on Mosses ;
Mr. B. D. Jackson, for his investigations into the history of Botany, and into the critical
plants of the British Flora; the Rev. J. M. Crombie, for his work on the Lichens of
Britain; Mr. J. F. Duthie, for the Myrtacee of the ‘ Flora of British India;” Mr. T.
Howse, for the British Fungi; Mr. K. M. Holmes, for his investigations relating to
Medicinal Plants; Mr. F. M. Webb, for his study of critical British Plants; and
Mr. R. A. Pryor, for his Flora of Hertfordshire.

Wm. Carruthers.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

Tue third volume, extending to 1760, of the Printed Catalogue of Satirical Prints and
Drawings, which is being prepared by Mr. F. G. Stephens, is very far advanced towards
completion; it comprises nearly the whole of the reign of George the Second, and
’ concludes with the death of that monarch; the mass of the works of Hogarth are described
in this volume. Nearly all the sheets are printed, and the volume will be laid before the
Trustees in a few weeks.

The Collection of Playing and other Cards distributed through various Departments of
the Museum has been brought together in the Print Room during the past year, and the
members of it have been systematically arranged in order that a descriptive Catalogue
might be conveniently undertaken. The latter has been accomplished, and the MS., pre-
pared by Dr. Willshire, is now finished, with the exception of a few pages of tables, etc., _
which cannot be completed until a certain portion of the pages which precede them are
printed. In order to render the Catalogue, and the objects it describes, as practically
useful as possible, it has been deemed advisable to introduce the systematic or descriptive
portion by a concise general history of playing cards; further, that the series of politico- _
historical packs published during the last quarter of the seventeenth and first quarter of
the eighteenth centuries might become readily subservient to the purposes of the literary
investigator, it has been considered proper also to prefix to their descriptions a short
historical survey, in continuous form, of the chief events the cards in question were
intended to illustrate. The curious and interesting subject of the relation of playing
cards to divination and the occult philosophy and sciences of ancient Hgypt, as developed
by some modern writers, has legitimately offered itself for consideration as the particular
card sequences known as tarots came to be described. In the systematic or descriptive
portion of the Catalogue more than two hundred and sixty titles have been recorded, and

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numerous royal proclamations, warrants, petitions, broadsides, advertisements, and other
notabilia in connection with playing cards, have been added to the above. The first part
of the volume—the General History— and the greater part of the second are in the hands
of the printer.

The collection of early German wood-cuts has been brought together, and temporarily
arranged in five cases; the three old volumes marked E.7, Kh 8 and E 9, in which a part
of the collection was contained, have been broken up, and their contents impressed with
the proper references, and duly incorporated.

The collection of fine modern Italian engravings has been re-arranged in chronological
order, in seven volumes, and an alphabetical mdex has been prepared of the engravers’
names, together with « chronological list.

The large collection of prints after George Morland has been arranged in three solander
cases, and all recent acquisitions have been incorporated.

The collection of prints after Nicolas Poussin is in course of arrangement, and enough
have already been mounted to fill two solander cases: the artist’s name and the references
to Andressen being printed in bistre on each mount.

The collection of prints after Peter Paul Rubens is also beimg arranged, those already
mounted filling four solander cases. The artist’s name and the references to Basan’s and
Schneevoogt’s catalogues are printed in bistre on the mounts.

The works of Abraham Bosse, the eminent French etcher of the seventeenth century,
have been arranged in two solander cases; the artist’s name and the references te
Duplessis’s catalogue being printed on each mount.

The etched works of James A. M. Whistler have been arranged in two volumes; with
the names and references to the catalogue of Mr. Ralph Thomas printed in bistre on each
mount. f

The works of Edward Kirkall in mezzotinto and chiaroscuro have been arranged in a
volume, and marked offin Le Blanc’s list of the artist’s works.

The additions to the collection of the works of Stefano Della Bella, obtained from the
Howard Collection, eighty-three in number, have been incorporated, and the references
printed in bistre on the mounts.

Sixteen of the old volumes, marked R 2, R 3, R 4, R8,U 1, U2, U4, U5, U6,
U7,U8,U 9, V 3, W 2, W 3, and W 7, containing one thousand nine hundred and
forty-seven engravings have been broken up, and the prints, after being impressed with
the Museum stamp and references to the inventory, distributed.

The drawings by masters of the Dutch, Flemish, French, and English schools recently
mounted have been incorporated with their respective collections.

The first portion of the catalogue of portraits, historical prints, costumes, &c., contained
in the illustrated copy of Madame de Sévigné’s Letters, namely, that of the portraits, has
been completed, and is now bound in two volumes.

An index of engravers’ names has been prepared to Drugulin’s Historical Atlas,
forming by itself a govd-sized volume.

_ An index of names and inscriptions has been made to Andressen’s catalogue of the
works of Nicolas Poussin, and bound up with it.

A list in full has been prepared of the MS. catalogues in the Department.

All prints recently acquired, with the exception of the foreign historical and those after
foreign masters, which have been distributed with their respective collections, have been
sorted and placed in portfolios, ready for cataloguing.

Drawings and carbon photographs have been mounted on sunk boards, to preserve them
from injury by friction, to the number of seven hundred and nineteen ; and prints to the
number of one thousand seven hundred and seventy have been mounted in the ordinary
manner; and in all cases the names and references have been printed in bistre on the mounts.

One thousand and twenty-two titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of prints
after foreign masters,

Two hundred and ten titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of foreign portraits.

Four hundred and eighty-six titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of books of
prints.

One hundred and forty-one titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of foreion
mezzotints.

All the above titles have been duly incorporated, and the prints to which they refer
arranged with their respective collections.

One hundred and twenty-four titles have been prepared for the printed Catalogues of
historical and satirical prints.

Seventeen thousand and fifty-nine articles have been entered in the register of
purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Prints and drawings have been impressed with the departmental stamp and register
or inventory marks, to the number of twenty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty-
seven.

Fifty-one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine titles have been prepared in manifold
from the register for the new general index ot the contents of the Department.

Copies have been made, for the use of the Department, of the inventories of the Sheep-
shanks and Banks collections.

The following acquisitions, 12,861 in number, have been made during the past year :—

177. E4 By

40 accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

$e — ——— a SS : ee a —

By Presentation ; 1,340 examples :—

A volume containing one hundred and four etchings and engravings which originally
belonged to Samuel Ireland, and including a unique and probably complete set of his
own etchings, eighty-six in number. Also a fine proof impression of an engraving by
W. Pether, after G. Metzu, representing a man sitting, lighting his pipe. Presented by
F, E. Williams, Esq., of Swansea.

“ Engravings from the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.s.,” three volumes, folio, 1863;
a continuation of the series engraved by S. W. Reynolds, and containing two hundred
proofs on India paper. Presented by Henry Graves, Esq.

An artist’s proof, with remark, of the etching by Léopold Flameng, from Rembrandt's
celebrated picture “The Night Watch,” at Amsterdam. Presented by the artist.

Forty-four etchings by Alphonse Legros, in fine proof states, selected for the Museum
by the artist, and presented by him. ,

A series of thirty-two “ Miscellaneous Rough Sketches of Oriental Heads,” by George
Chinnery, k.H.A., on stone; half bound in morocco. Presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq.

Nine different donations trom J. Deffett Francis, Esq., amounting in all to seven
hundred and sixty-three prints and drawings, and including eighteen ‘drawings by J. R.
Herbert. x.A., Sir P. Lely, Sir J. Reynolds, L. Sabbatini, Titian, A. Watteau, R. Wilson,
R.A., etc.; three hundred and seventy-two English and foreign portraits, amongst them
Lucian the satirist, by W. Faithorne: six Roman Empresses, after Titian, by W. Sherwin;
Captain Bowen Davies, by L. Dickinson; John Inglis, M.p., by T. Reid; Miss E.
Romer, by J. D. Francis; Lady Walscourt, after Lawrence, by Ensom, etc.; two hundred
and ten prints after English masters—G. Catton, J. Cruikshank, Gilchrist, W. Kent,
P. J. de Loutherbourg, G. Morland, H. Richter, Wood, etc.: twenty prints after foreign
masters—A. Barré, F. Boucher, F. Gerard, L. Robert, etc.; seventy-nine English
etchings, amongst them examples by J. Boydell, Laporte, S. Howitt, T. Rowlandson,
R. West, etc.; and eight plates by W. Sharp, after Gravelot, illustrating Marmontel’s
“Moral Tales,” not hitherto in the Print Room collection of Sharp’s works.

By Purchase.—The most important additions acquired during the year were obtained
at the sale of the Galichon Collection at Paris, an additional sum of money having been
granted by the ‘Treasury for that purpese.

Italian School ; 1,466 Examples :—

Drawings.—A first study in black chalk by Leonardo da Vinci for his celebrated com-
position of the Virgin and Saint Anne, which is in the Louvre, and the cartoon mentioned
by Vasari, in the Royal Academy; the Virgin is seated on the knees of Saint Anne, with
the Infant Jesus and Saint John before her: below are studies for the figure of the
Infant Jesus, and some sketches of hydraulic machines: on the reverse a head of an
old man, of the well known type of the master.

Three studies for the Coronation of the Virgin, by Cosimo Rosselli, in bistre, heightened
with white.

Studies of three draped male figures, by Sandro Botticelli: drawn with the silver point
and heightened with white.

A kneeling figure of John the Baptist, seen in profile: attributed to Andrea Mantegna,
drawn in bistre and heightened with white.

Other examples by Fra Bartolummeo, Lorenzo di Credi, Battista Franco, Guercino,
Benedetto Montagna, Perino del Vaga, Francesco Vanni, Andrea del Verrocchio, and
Federigo Zuccaro.

Etchings.—By Stefano Della Bella, Agostino Mitelli, Crescenzio di Onofrio, and Pier
Francesco Prina.

Engravings.—“ Roma,” a very rare example by Giovanni Battista del Porto ( Passavant 7)..

Fine impressions of two undescribed works by Nicoletto da Modena, namely, the Saint
Antony, and a Turk and his wife, after Albrecht Diirer.

A panel of arabesque ornament, with a trophy on a wheeled carriage, by Zoan Andrea,
(Passavant 51.) |

The Virgin and Child, with Saint Helena and Saint Michael, by Giovanni Antonio da
Brescia (Passavant 33); an exceedingly rare specimen, in its manner of treatment, illus-
trating the best stage of the artist’s career; the impression in the Louvre being the only other
one known to exist.

St. Jerome, by Benedetto Montagna, an undescribed and very fine example.

A magnificent impression of Marc Antonio’s print of the Martyrdom of Saint Felicité,
in an early and pure state.

Three beautiful impressions from niello plates, namely, Vulcan, Psyche, and head of
a young female; the last is particularly imteresting as being an impression from a third
plate of the same design now in the Museum collection of nielli.

One thousand and seventy-five carbon photographs from drawings by the old masters
in the Louvre, Uffizi, Venice, Albertina, Milan, and Saxe- Weimar galleries.

Other examples by Pietro Santi Bartoli, Domenico Cunego, Giovanni Battista Falda,
Adamo Ghisi, Diana Ghisi, Carlo Lasinio, Giuseppe Longhi, Master of the Die, Raffaelle
Morghen, Antonio Perfetti, Tommaso Piroli, Carlo Raimondi, Mare Antonio Raimondi,
Francesco Rosaspina, Luigi Schiavonetti, Francesco Vendramini, and Giovanni Volpato.

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German School ; 1,026 Examples :—

Drawings.—By Andreas Achenbach, Johan Georg Bergmiiller, G. F. Briickner
Daniel Nicolaus Chodowiecki, Adam Friedrich Oeser, Julius Schnorr, and Heinrich
Wagner.

Etchings.— Views of Niirnberg, by Lorenz Ritter.
Others by Friedrich Reclam, Johann Elias Ridinger, Martin Elias Ridinger, Georg
Philipp Rugendas, and Adolph Schrodter.

Engravings.—Saint Michael, by Martin Schongauer (Bartsch 58): a brilliant im-
pression, before the retouch.

The martyrdom of Saint Catherine; a rare example, by Veit Stoss ( Passavant 9).

Two initial letters X and Q; by the Master of 1466.

Saint James the Great and Saint John the Evangelist; by Israel van Meckenen
(Bartsch 80).

Design for a dagger sheath, with a lady and gentleman conversing in the upper part
by the Master of the monogram S.

The Virgin and Child; by Nicolaus Alexander Mair von Landshut (Bartsch 7).

Hight plates, forming part of arare set, by Jost Amman.

A collection of one hundred and sixty-six examples by Wenzel Hollar. consisting
of variations of plates already in the Museum collection, and forming an important
addition to it; many of them are in states not described by Parthey.

Others by Heinrich Aldegrever, Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans Sebald Beham, David
Burgdorfer, Lucas Cranach, Edward Eichens, Jacob Felsing, Urs Graf, Johann Elias
Haid, Johann Friedrich Leonart, Edward Mandel, Conrad Martin Metz, Hans'Schauffelin,
Johann Georg Seiller, Virgil Solis, Moritz Steinla, Nicolaus Wilborn, and Johann Georg
Wolfgang.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 2,332 Examples :—

Drawings.—The Descent from the Cross; a very fine sketch by Sir Antony Van
Dyck, for the picture in the Louvre; in black and white chalk,

A camel, by Hendrik Goltzius; drawn in chalks.

Other examples by Cornelis Dusart, Adrian van de Velde, and Anton Waterloo.

Etchings.—By Gerit Groenwegen, Nicolas van Hacften, Jan Luyken, Pieter Nolpe,
Jean Popels, Abraham Rademaker, Rembrandt, Solomon Savry, Cornelis Schut, Herman
Swanevelt, aud Willem Unger.

Engravings.—By Boetius 4 Bolswert, Abraham de Bruyn, Drik de Bry, Jan Gole,
Abraham Haelweg, Nicolas de Larmessin, Jacob Matham, Herman Miiller, Crispin de
Passe, Jan Punt, Egidius Sadeler, Pieter Schenck, Pieter van Schuppen, Jan van
Somer, Pieter Tanjé, Wallerant Vaillant, Nicolas’ Verkolje, Lukas Vorsterman, and
Hieronymus Wierix.

French School; 1,823 Examples :—

Drawings.—A lady and gentleman with two children in a boat on a river; by Eugene
Lanni, in water-colours.

Etchings and Lithographs.-—Sea-port with setting sun, and Rape of Kuropa; two of
the most beautiful of Claude Lorraine’s etchings; both in early undescribed states.

Others by Jacques Bellangé, Charles Bracquemond, A. Brunet-Desbaines, Nicolas
Toussaint Charlet, Charles Louis Courtry, Antoine Coypel, Alexandre Gabriel Decamps,
Charles Eisen, Léopold Flameng, Gavarni, Jean Louis Géricault, Gustave Mare Greux,
Jean Griffier, Jules Jacquemart, Sebastian Le Clerc, P. Le Rat, L. L’hermitte, J.
_ Liévre, Charles Méryon, Jean Francois Millet, Muzelle, Paul Adolphe Rajon, Léopold
_ Robert, Camille Roqueplan, Ary Scheffer, and Henri Valentin.

Engravings.—By Pierre Aveline, Charles Clément Bervic, Auguste Blanchard, °
René Boivin, Abraham Bosse, Francois Chauveau, Pierre Chenu, Francois Chereau,
Charles Nicolas Cochin, Etienne Delaune, Pierre Drevet, Jacques Androuet-Ducerceau,
Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, Gérard Edelinck, Leonard Gaultier, Henri Gravelot, Pierre
Landry, Nicolas de Launay, Jacques Philippe Le Bas, N. Lecomte, Pierre Lombart,
Antoine Masson, Claude Mellan, Robert Nanteuil, Benoit Louis Prévost, Simon Francois
Ravenet, Henri le Roy, Gerard Scotin, Claudine Stella, Louis Surugue, and Jean

George Wille.

English School; 4,849 Examples :—

Drawings.—Two landscapes, by John Constable, r.a., in water-colours.

A landscape, with group of children near a house in the foregrouud; by John
Hoppner, r.4., in Indian ink. Also a sketch-book containing thirty-two drawings in
black chalk, by the same artist.

Others by Frederick Calvert, Alexander Chisholm, Robert Dighton, Samuel Howitt,
R. Kennedy, J. U. Upham, and John Massey Wright.

Etchings.—By Francis Barlow, Lieut.-Colonel Robert Batty, Letitia Byrne, Alfred
Dz7s a ie Clint,

42 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Clint, George Cruikshank, T. Fearnley, Robert Gaywood, Samuel Howitt, Salitis
Cesar Ibbetson, Thomas Landseer, John Leech, David Charles Read, Thomas Rowland-
son, Paul Sandby, r.a., William Bell Scott, James Whistler, and Thomas Worlidge.

Engravings.—A collection of one hundred and fifty proofs and etchings by the late
Robert Graves, A.R.A., consisting of all his best works in progressive states; obtained from
the artist’s family.

Eighteen choice proofs from plates by William Walker, the late eminent mezzotint
engraver ; selected by himself, and obtained from his family.

The complete series (with the exception of a few which were already in the Print
Room) of three hundred plates, engraved by 8S. W. Reynolds from paintings by Sir Joshua
Reynolds, forming an important addition to the collection of prints after that master.

Artists’ proofs of the series of fifty plates from paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

A collection of two hundred and twenty-five etchings and prints by and after Richard
Cosway, R.A.

‘The Chastity of Joseph, after Guido Reni, by Sir Robert Strange ; the pure etching.

Scarce early states of the portraits of Charles the Second, James Stuart, Duke of Rich-
mond, and Edward Lord Littleton; by William Faithorne.

Others by J. B. Allen, Cosmo Armstrong, William Baillie, Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A.,
James Basire, Robert Brandard, William Bromley, Richard Brookshaw, John Burnet,
William Byrne, James Collyer, John Coney, George Cook, Thomas Cook, George Cor-
bould, Samuel Cousins, R.A., Samuel Davenport, William Dickinson, John Dixon,
George Thomas Doo, R.A., Robert Dunkarton, W. C. Edwards, Francis Engleheart, John
Faber, Edward Finden, Edward Fisher, James Fittler, Richard Godfrey, William Great-
bach, Charles Heath, James Heath, Charles Howard Hodges, John Le Keux, Charles
George Lewis, David Loggan, David Lucas, Thomas Lupton, James M‘Ardell, Thomas
Major, William Miller, James Mitan, John Neagle, Edward Portbury, James Redaway,
Samuel William Reynolds, B. Richards, Charles Rolls, John Romney, Michael Angelo
Rooker, George Saunders, William Sharp, Anker Smith, John Smith, James Stewart,
Lumb Stocks, R.a., Charles Turner, Edward Vernon, George Vertue, Francis Viyares,
R. Wallis, Charles Warren, CU. Wentworth Wass, Caroline Watson, Thomas Watson,
William Watts, Robert White, and James Tibbetts Willmore, a.z.

Spanish School: 25 Examples :—

Drawings—By Francisco Camilo, Vincenzo Carducho, and Claudio Coello.

Etchings—L’Homme garrotté ” und “he Duel,” and three other rare examples, by

Francisco Goya.
Others by Fortuny, B, Maura, and T. Vallejo.

Engravings.—By Juan Antonio’ Salvador Carmona.

George William Reid.

British Museum, J. Winter Jones,
8 April 1876. Principal Librarian.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incoms and Exrenpitune
of the Bririss Museum (SpecratTrusr Fuyps),
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1876 ;
Number of Persons admitted, Progress of Ar-
rangement; &c,

(Mr. Spencer Walpole.)

«

re
Orderca, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,

19 April 1876,

sashimi

Onder 4 oz.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 6 April 1877 ;—for,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Expenpiture of the Britiso Museum
(Speciat Trust Funns), for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March
yw ars

** And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each
Year from 1871 to 1876, both Years inclusive; together with a STATEMENT
of the Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIOoNS; and an
Account of Ossects added to them in the Year 1876.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
‘ WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1877.

Il.— ACCOUNT OF. THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
Hf£—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same Period.
1V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, forthe same Period.

V.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the British Museum. in.
each Year from 1871 to 1876, both Years inclusive.

VI.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ArrancemeEnT of the CoLLecTions, and an
Account of Oxsysrcts added to them, in the Year 1876.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
19 April.1877..

100. A

2 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

Cc Srock,
ASH. —_/ 3 p’Cent. Consols.
eS ESS a: baw. ok
To BaLance onthe ist /Aprlmisg6g-p 70-8 60 i ee 298 17 10} 1811717 2
— Drviwenns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by ‘the Earl of Bridgewater, viz. :
On the 6th July 1876 - - - £.196 15 4
, 6th January 1877 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8
—~ One Yzar’s Rent or a Rea Esrare, bequeathed by the Earl of Beil eoratets
received, 24th April 1876 - - - - - 26 9 10
£. 718 18 4 MCE ig le yf)

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret anp Expernniture of the FARNBOROUGH

7 Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

t
w
=
te
¢
&

To Barance on the 1st April 1876 - - - - - = - - - Chep NO 2,872 6 10

— Drivipenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :

On the 6th July 1876 - £.48 1 9
» 6th January 1877 - 43/1 8
So a | RB Se
£,] 183 15 7 2.Sa2e G6 10

III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp ExpPENDITURE of the SWINEY

Cc Stock,
gods 3 p’Cent. Consols.
aes OE Leesan Oe
To: Baranceion the ist April 1676°=—. = + [= ee - -| 16813 5 5,369 2 9
— Drvipenps received on. 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:
On the 6th July 1876 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1877 - 80 10 9
161 1 6
£.}] 329 14 11 5,369 2 9

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recztrr and ExPenpitvure of the BIRCH

C Srocx,
esis 3 p’Cent. Consols.

: cL aS. vetd fy emsenucl
To Batance on the Ist April 1826): | wl of) segrde OS ee EP eh ea Se 563 15 7
- Divipenns received on 5637. 15s. 7d. Stock, in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queatned by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz. :
On the 6th July 1876 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1877 - Se9) 2
: —— 1618 38
£, 1618 38 563 15 7

Ne NEE Eee
British Museum, t
16 April 1877.

Accounts, &¢c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

——————— SSS ae ———

FUND, between the Ist April 1876 and the 31st March 1877

C Srock,
oie 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
£555 Oth cay bs GE
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the ReEaL
Estate, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st.March 1877. = - - - - 8s 4
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. : !
In the financial year ended 31st March 1877 - - - - -| 878 9 10
~ Payment of One Year’s SAtary to the Egerton Librarian - - =|, I) ee
589 18 2
— BALance ON THE 31sT MaRCH 1877, carried to Account for 1877/78 Sfp UGB ee nn yf on iy
in eealSels. 4 Velen 2

FUND, between the Ist April 1876 and the 31st March 1877.

Cc Stock,
ae 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Ling Shon Gel 2 aa A
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :—
In the financial year ended 31st March 1877_—- = ie - - 58 11 -
— BaLance on THE 31st Marcu 1877, carried to Account for 1877/78 - §-| 125 4 7 2,872 6 10

fal VES Tbe. 7 2,872 6 10

FUND, between the 1st April 1876 and the 31st March 1877.

Srock,
Casu, 3 p’Cent. Consols.

one Sse £.
_ By Satary paid to Dr. Carpenter for Lectures on Geology in 1876- - -| 150 - -

nH

| — Batance ow tue 31st Marca 1877, carried to Account for 1877/78 - -| 179 14 11 5,869 2 9
q £.| 329 14 11 5,869 2 9

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Corsols.

By Leaacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose hw te Bye d.

offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the pepetercns of
Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - 1618 3

~ Bauance on THE 31st Marcu 1877, carried to Account for 1877/78 -

J. Winter Jones,
Principal Librarian.

A2

4 ACCOUNTS, &e., ‘OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
= = = ——= = = er oe
V.e-RETURN of the Numser of Persons Apmitrep to Visit the Britisu Musrum.
Persons admitted to view the Generat Coxzections in each Year from 1871 to 1876, both Years inclusive.
1871. 1872. 1873. Sie ea: IS: 7a 1876.
N° N° N° N° N° N°
JANUARY =) ath MERE ete = aues| OS. 755 28,903 28,486 28,176 29,358 28,086
BEBRUARY) >) gee noms 9.070 23,638 18,537 24,058 24,758 28,329
March = = cigeaeweee t. @-| 35,029 26,131 29,492 33,270 52,7381 38,368
APRIL = = 2 = vor. 4 7% 41,507 56,305 50,578 56,245 52,887 65,905
May - = c= = ed F = 41,146 44,025 27,839 45,674 63,384 39,789
JUNE = az 3 be q 41,042 32,500 56,565 41,368 50,757 68,604
a me e Set dr)? meg it ee Mike) ee eR sy, 41,225 44,494 49,043 58,594 42,774
= - - - - = = 44,076 49,489 48,872 52,353 50,166 46,430
SEPTEMBER ° = ms = = 5 27,046 27,045 31,917 31,759 28,844 37,908
Nerney 2 = = = ? ~ 29,845 28,762 eet eat ale ae
seco net aaa 10/2) 23,191 24,47 27,22 ; 5,
DECEMBER, Gch ys =, + | TN agora) seas 47,278 36,850 54,556 87,665
to view the General Collections | 418,094 | 424,068 | 442,964 | 461,059 | 523,317 |¥*563,535

(exclusive of Readers) - - J

Total Number of Persons admitted
Number of Visits—

ae z a Belpre oe 105,130 105,006 103,971 104,727 105,310 109,442
To the Department of Maps, for the purpose \| _ ¢ J A 4 , ib q tee ae
of special research - - - - os

To the Department of Manuscripts, for the
purpose of studying the collections and)| - - - - 1,345 1,632 1,785 1,662
of examining Select Manuscripts - -) ;
oe opal te ere 3,911 4,769 6,281 7,185 7,219 7,722
: 5 :
ree Ce aoa Root “enue pert 1,149 1,359 1,724 1,674 1,718 1,375

te,

To the Gold Ornament Room -

= 6,905 5,925 12,740 16,560 14,785 14,632
To the Departments of Natural History, for)

io) ~ f
the purpose of study - = 4,921 4,751 4,861 6,022 5,870 6,228
To the Print Room, for the purpose of | " ;
9 9
study or research - Sao: : 2,422 2,616 2,833 2,984 3,713 4,154
Tora, - - -| 542,582 | 548,494 | 576,019 | 601,843 | 663,898 | 709,009

* Including the total number of persons (2,368) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight
o’clock, from the 8th of May to the 14th of August 1876, inclusive, as compared with 3,514 persons admitted in 1875. :

In-addition to the above, 733 persons were admitted during the year 1876 to view the Christy Collection of Ethno-
graphy, &c.—which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, is temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,
Westminster t-—as compared with 668 persons admitted in 1875. A

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the Brrtise Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays—

From Ten till Four From Ten till Five From Ten till Six
Mondays. o'clock in— o'clock in— o’clock in—
January. March. May.
Wednesdays. February. ' April. June.
_ November. September. July.
Fridays. December. October. August.

Saturdays, from Twelve o’clock till the hour of ciosing, January-- December.

The Public will also be admitted until Eight o'clock in the evening, on Mondays and Saturdays, from the 12th of ©
May to the 13th of August inclusive, in the present year. J

Classes or other bodies of persons are admitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year for purposes of —
instruction, to the number of 30 for the Upper Galleries of the Museum, and 50 for the Lower Galleries,
on previous application to the Principal Librarian. oy

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the months of January,
February, November, and December; from Nine till Five in the months of March, April, September, and
October; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August. »

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History, 7
from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday; and
to the Print Room from Ten till Four o’clock, every day on which the Museum is open.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of February, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of —
October, inclusive, on Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or —
Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. i

British Museum, } J. Winter Jones, cs
16 April 1877. f Principal Librarian.

ih The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collection in Victorid-street on Fridays only, from Ten till Four 0’clock, by tickets issued at
the British Museum ; but it will probably have to be closed in the course of the year 1877, preparatory to the romoval of the objects to the
Liitish Museum,

,

ACCOUNTS, Sez, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

VI.—PROGRESS made in the CaTaLocuEs, and ARRANGEMENT and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1876.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS,

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
85,821, and of labels to 32,701 ; as the labels of books much in use have become obliterated,
it was found necessary, this year, to renew them largely. The number of renewed labels
is 69,336. In addition to the above, in order to facilitate finding the books {or readers,
it was thought desirable to attach third press-marks to the books in the New Library,
showing the exact position of each work upon the shelf; since this work was commenced
3,688 works have been so marked, and the corresponding alterations carried out in the
Reading Room Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 53,348 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “title-slip” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
40,650 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 12,698 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(6.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from A to 8, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 56,734, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
5,485. 47,086 transcripts of title-slips and 3,389 of index-slips have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. This incorporation rendered it
necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and reinsert in
each copy 69,215 title-slips and 1,760 index-slips, and to add to each copy 1,401 new
leaves to receive new entries. The first copy of 41,858 transcripts, forming portions of
letters R and S (of which 10,170 were new insertions); the second copy of 48,829
transcripts, forming portions of the heading “ Academies,” and of the letters R and §
(of which 9,106 were new); and the third copy of 33,460 transcripts, forming portions
of the same letters (of which 9,106 were new), have been laid down to form additional
volumes. 4,460 index-slips to the headings ‘‘ Academies,” and “ Rome,” have been laid
down to form new indexes to those headings.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, T to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 4,030. 2,412 transcripts of title-slips have
been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. In order to
maintain the alphabetical arrangement during the incorporation, 5,507 title-slips were
removed and reinserted in each copy, and 87 new leaves were added to each copy to
receive them. Some of the volumes of the letters T, U, and Z having become over-
crowded, the title-slips, amounting to 17,027, were removed from them and laid down to
form new volumes in each of the three copies of the Catalogue, so as to afford space for
future entries. ab Ue

The number of new entries made in the hand-catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 276, and in that of Academies 236.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—11,509 title-slips have been written, and 11,260 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. The relaying of this Catalogue—a necessity
arising from the great increase of the Collection of Music, which has more than doubled
itself during the last five years, and the consequently crowded state of the entries—has
been completed, and the Catalogue, which consisted formerly of 105 volumes, now com-
prises 326 new voiumes, containing about 165,000 titles. The Catalogue of Authors of
words set to Music is approaching completion, and will comprise about 70 volumes.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—739 title-slips have been written, and 293 title-slips have been
transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. 578 titles have been incorporated into, and 362
titles have been removed and reinserted in each of the two copies of this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues.—The remaining portion of the Sanskrit Catalogue, M to Y°
has been finally revised and printed, and the work is now complete. The number of
title-slips written is 121, and 432 short title-slips have been written fora Hand-Catalogue
of Persian, and 516 for a similar Catalogue of Hindustani works.

(g:) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—A full index to the Catalogue of Chinese books,
and acomplete list of newly-acquired works have been seen through the press and printed
off. The Catalogue of Chinese Manuscripts has been printed in proof and corrected.
329 title-slips have been written, and 942 Japanese titles have been revised for printing.

166, A 3 (h.) Carbonic

6 ACUOUNTS, &C., OF THE |BRITISH MUSEUM.

— ——— = —— =e nr

(h.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 65,645 have been mounted on cartridge paper, 171,950 have been arranged pre-
paratory to incorporation, and 15,000 incorporated.

(7.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 335 in each of the interleaved copies, and the necessary entries have been
made in the Hand-Catalogue.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 15,219; including 1,107 volumes of newspapers; and, in consequence of the
frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of
bound volumes returned is 9,043. 1,027 pamphlets have also been bound, and 815
volumes repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room, is 328,823; to the Royal Library, 10,284;
to the Grenville Library, 956 ; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 280,094. Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 850,602, the whole amounts to
1,470,769, or about 5,054 for each of 291 days durmg which the room was open to the
public. ;

The number of readers during the year has been 109,442, giving an average of 376 daily ;
and, from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted, on an average,
13 volumes per diem.

The average time occupied in supplying a book to a reader has been 15 minutes.

V. Additions—(a.) 35,561 volumes and pamphlets have-been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 2,211
were presented, 9,069 received in pursuance of the laws of Knglish Copyright, 571
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 23,710 acquired by purchase.

(6.) 32,908 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,681 were presented, 18,295 received

in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 592 received under the International.

Copyright Treaties, and 12,340 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :

285 published in London and its suburbs, 1,033 in the other parts of England and Wales,

159 in Scotland, and 125 in Ireland. 131 volumes, and 882 numbers of Newspapers
belonging to 52 different sets, have been purchased.

(d.) 8,125 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
5,493 were received by English and 1,409 by International Copyright, and 1,223 purchased.
883 works of greater extent than single pieces have also been acquired, comprising 111
by English, and 587 by International Copyright, and 182 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 35,561 volumes and pamphlets, and
32,908 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounted, as nearly as could be ascertained,
to 31,962. Of these, 2,013 have been presented, 8,065 acquired by English, and 713 by
International Copyright, and 21,171 by purchase. _

11,458 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs, and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 79,927
articles received in the Department.

The number of stamps impressed on articles is altogether 312,504. In addition
to this, 510 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections for
further security,

Among the acquisitions of interest during the year, the following may be noticed :—

A Book of Hours—* Hore ad usum Sarum ”— printed on vellum, which formerly be-
longed to Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry the Seventh, and first husband of Catharine

of Arragon. On the last leaf is an inscription, stating that the book was a present from

Prince Arthur to Thomas Poyntz, ““ Armigero pro corpore Ill™ Regis Anglie Henrici
VIL.”, i.e. Esquire for the body of King Henry the Seventh, underneath which, at the
foot of the page, is the signature of Prince Arthur himself, in French, “ Arthur le
Prince.” Of this autograph only one other example is known, that namely in the
Cottonian Collection of MSS. On the first leaf of this Book of Hours is the signature,
C. Somerset, being, in all likelihood, that of Sir C.. Somerset, afterwards Baron Ragland,
and in 1514 created Earl of Worcester. He was'executor to Henry the SPNGEE ae
; or

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. re)

Lord Chamberlain to Henry the Highth. In the Calendar to this volume, preceding the °
prayers, there are obituary notices in MS. of several members of the Poyntz family.

A remarkable early English Psalter and Service Book, hitherto undescribed and,
indeed, unknown. The exact title of the work is, “ The Psalter or Psalmes of David,
corrected and poyncted as thei shalbe song in Churches after the translacion of the. greate
Bible. Hereunto is added, diverse thynges as maie appere on the next side, where is
expressed the contentes of this boke. Ac. Domini MDXLIX Mense Augustij.” On
the recto of the last leaf is the “ Privilege” to R. Grafton. Upon the reverse is the
colophon: “Imprinted by Richard Grafton, printer to the Kynges Maiestie, Mense
Aueustij, 1549. Cum privilegio ad imprimedum [sic] solum.” It was, therefore, printed
in the same year as the first Book of the Common Prayer, and was, no doubt, issued by
authority. It differs somewhat from the Pzalter published before and during the next
few years in its contents, but its special peculiarity is, that it contains directions for the
part to be taken by the “Clerks” in the various services, headed, “ All that appertein
to the Clercks to say or syng at the Ministracion of the Communion, etc.” It forms, there-
fore, a kind of companion or supplement to the first Prayer Book, and a manual for the use
of the Clerks only. Accordingly nearly all the rubrics are omitted, and only the first words
are given of whatever the Priest or Minister has to say; whereas all that is to be said by
the Clerks is given in full. This copy bears traces of haying been used for some time.

A copy of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1679, which formerly belonged to Charles Lamb,
the identical copy to which he alludes in “ Elia,” in the Essay on ‘* Old China” :—“ Do
you remember the brown suit, which you made to hang upon you, till all your friends
- eried shame upon you, it grew so threadbare—and all because of that folio Beaumont and
Fletcher, which you dragged home late at night, from Barker’s in Covent Garden? Do
you remember how we eyed it for weeks before we could make up our minds to the
purchase, and had not come to a determination tillit was near ten o’clock of the Saturday
night, when you set off from Islington, fearing you should be too late,—and when the old
bookseller with some grumbling opened his shop, and by the twinkling taper (for
he was setting bedwards) lighted out the relic from his dusty treasures, and when you
lugged it home wishing it were twice as cumbersome, &c.” This copy has numerous notes
by Charles Lamb, and markings of the passages selected by himself and his sister, as
extracts to be used in his Specimens of the Early English Dramatic Poets. He after-
wards lent the book to Coleridge, who made numerous notes in it before he returned it to
the owner. One of these is as follows :—‘‘ N,B. I shall not be long here, Charles! I gone,
you will not mind my having spoiled a book in order to leave arelic, 8.T.C., Oct», 1811.”
Underneath this note are the initials, ‘‘W. W.,” possibly those of William Wordsworth.
Purchased at the sale of Col. Cunninghain’s books.

A copy of the first edition of the “ Sermon of Repentaunce,” by John Bradford, the
martyr, and the chaplain and friend of Bishop Ridley, ‘“ Imprinted at Londo in Paules
Churche Yearde, at the signe of the Rose, by John Wight.” The Epistle to the
Christian Reader is dated the 12th of July 1553, and the book was therefore printed
during the nine days of Lady Jane Grey, between the death of Edward the Sixth, to
which he refers in the epistle as ‘‘ the most grevous plague of the death of our late kynge
(a prince of all that ever was sithen Christes ascention into heaven in anye region
pereles),,” and the proclamation of Queen Mary, July 19th, 1553. It is of extreme
rarity: when it was reprinted for the Parker Society, among the writings of John
Bradford, in 1848, the Editor, the Rev. Aubrey Townsend, was unable to find a perfect
copy of this edition from which to take the text, and he writes:—‘ During the last 35
years I have given much attention to, and made many enquiries in reference to the early
editions of the Martyr, but I have never even heard of a perfect copy of this very scarce
book.” .

“ Historie del Sig. Don Fernando Colombo nelle quale s’ha’ particolare & vera
relatione della vita & de’ fatti dell’ Ammiraglio Christoforo Colombo: suo padre, &c.”
Milan, 1614. This is the 2nd edition—the scarcest of all—of the history of Columbus by
his son Fernando, who accompanied him in his fourth voyage, and had access to his
charts and papers. It was the only one necessary to complete the Museum series of the
editions of this important work, called by Washington Irving “ The corner stone of the
history of the American Continent.” This 2nd edition contains important additions
and improved readings which do not appear in any other.

A group of English tracts or news-letters, printed at the commencement of the
‘seventeenth century, relating to the war then carried on in the Low Countries, viz. :—.

«« Newes from Ostend, of the oppugnation and fierce siege, made hy the Archduke
Albertus his forces, commanded by the Duke of Ossuna, &c. London, 1601.” 4°

« Further Newes of Ostend, &c. London, 1601.” 4°"

“ A short report of honourable journey into Brabant, by his Excellencie Grave
Mauris, Gouvernour and Lord Generall of the united Netherlandsh. Provinces: From
the 26 day of June to the 19 day of July, 1602. London, 1602.”4°

“ A copie of the articles and conditions of his Excellencie, granted to the Governour,
166. Aq: Captaines,

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Captaines, Officers and Souldiers of the Garrison of towne of Grave, &c. London,
1602.” 4°,

“ The coppy of a Letter and Commission of the King of Spaine, Phillip the Third, sent
unto the Vice-roy of Portugall, &c. London, 1602.” 4°.

A fine and uncut copy, with coloured plates, of the “ Révision des Graminées publiées
dans les Nova genera et species plantarum de MM. Humboldt et Bonpland; précédée
d'un travail sur cette famille par C. S. Kunth, 1829-34.” 3 vols. folio. This forms part
of the botanical division of Humboldt and Bonpland’s magnificent work, the “ Voyage
aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent,” and had long been sought for to com-
plete the fine copy inthe King’s Library. It is very rarely to be met with in a complete
state, as, owing to the length of time—upwards of 30 years—occupied in the publication of
the parts, the subscriptions were not kept up, and most of the copies existing are defective.
This copy of the “ Révision” is quite complete, and it is believed that no other coloured
copy, perfect, is to be found in London. The work was subsequently very much altered
in its arrangement by Kunth, its editor, and issued in an independent form under the
title of “‘ Distribution méthodique de la famille des Graminées.”

A considerable number of early printed books—upwards of a hundred printed during
the 15th century—have been purchased during the year. Among them may be mentioned a
fine copy of the “ Liber sextus Decretalium” on vellum, printed at Venice by Jenson, in
the year 1476. An Alsop: “ Asopo historiado,” with fine woodcuts, printed by Manfredo
de Bonello at Venice, in 1497, An edition of the Golden Bull of Charles IV., printed at
Strasburg, in 1485, with very singular woodcuts. Several “ Hore”, printed on vellum: one
of these, printed at Paris by Germain Hardouin in 1526, and which appears at one time
to have belonged to Marguerite de Valois, wife of Henry IV. of France, is remarkable
for its diminutive size—measuring 3 inches by 2 only.

Geo. Bullen.

DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CuHarts, PLANs, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRawiNcs.

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—(a.) ‘The number of titles (including both main-titles
and cross-references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year
amounts to 6,128; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 6,250.

(6.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,625 maps and 5,585 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,615, and 986 hand-slips of purchases have
been made. Alphabetical lists have been made of 2,412 topographical views and ground-
plans; 2 Indexes have been made for Atlases, and 8 new Indexes have been written for the
Catalogue. 39,259 titles (Letters A to C inclusive) have been re-arranged for laying
down in new voiumes of the Catalogue.

(c.) 875 Maps, in 2,896 sheets, and 293 Atlases, have been entered for the binder, and
158 volumes and 1,127 Maps, have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and
the latter mounted on 332 cards, and 795 on cloth ; 71 volumes have received separate
letterings.

(d.) An incorporation has been-made into three copies of the Catalogue of 3,881 Titles,
in all 11,643 Titles, necessitating the removal in the three copies of 6,954 titles, and the
addition to each copy of 114 new leaves; 6,831 slips of the fourth copy of the Catalogue ~
have been mounted and arranged, and about 15,000 slips of the fourth copy. have been
incorporated into the main series. 39,259 Titles in two copies of the Catalogue (from the
commencement of Letter A) have been taken up and trimmed; and 33,384 titles relaid,
in order to form new volumes in the Line Copy of this portion of the Catalogue. 4,290
Titles have been taken up, trimmed and relaid for new volumes of the second Copy of
the Catalogue.. There has also been an additional incorporation of 1,346 new titles into
the Line Copy, and 157 new titles into the second Copy. 50 new volumes of the Catalogue
have been already bound.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 515,
the number of Maps 832, making a total of 1,347.

(f.) The number of Stamps impressed on Maps was 11,947.

Il. Additions:—(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyright
Act is 336, in 621 sheets, and 59 Atlases have also been received by copyright; 312
Atlases, and 1,170 Maps, in 8,443 sheets, have been obtained by purchase; and 5 volumes
and 1,090 Maps and Drawings, in 1,084 sheets, have been presented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been in the course of the year, 259 visitors to the Department on special geographical
inquiries.

Among

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Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are :—

872 drawings and pen-and-ink sketches of Abbeys, Castles, Cathedrals and Churches,
principally in Great Britain; with eight photographs and 29 engravings of similar
subjects, and 144 drawn ground-plans of the Abbeys and Conventual Churches of the
principal monastic orders in England and Wales, including two plans of Clairvaux and
Citeaux respectively, the whole comprised in 875 sheets; the drawings and ground-plans
are made by the donor, the Rev. Mackenzie E. C. Walcott, B.p., Precentor and
Prebendary of Chichester; among these is the latest drawing of the so-called Parliament
House at Dolgelly (now pulled down), where Owain Glyndwr is said to have assembled
his Parliament in 1404, when he formed an alliance with Charles VI. of France; among
them also is a descriptive ground-plan of Mount St. Bernard’s Abbey, Leicester,
specially executed for Mr. Walcott for purposes of comparison, by the lord Abbot.

A portfolio, containing 92 sketches made in Greece by the late Lady Trevelyan in a
tour from April to July 184%, with a Map showing the routes. Presented by Sir Walter
Trevelyan, Baronet.

A portfolio, containing 26 water-colour drawings of views in the Faroe Islands, made
by Patrick Gibson, in 1812. Presented by Sir Walter Trevelyan, Bart.

A superb and very rare Map of Naples, entitled ‘‘ Mapa Topografica della Citta di
Napoli,” by the celebrated Neapolitan Architect, Niccolo Carletti, Naples, 1775, 35
sheets folio.

R. H. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

Class- Catalogue. — Additional insertions have been made in the divisions of Greek
Literature, Theology, Liturgies, Church History, State Letters, Private Letters, Law,
Parliament, Biography, Essays, Fiction and Bibliography.

Description slips for the division of Drawings and Engravings have been arranged
and laid down.

A general Index has been completed in slips, arranged and laid down.

Catalogue of Romances.—Various works in fifty-six different manuscripts have been
described, and descriptions of one hundred and forty-eight manuscripts have been
revised. A portion of the copy has been sent to press.

Catalogue of Additions—The Additional Manuscripts 29,548, 29,549, 29,597-29,609,
29,802-29,811, 29,861-29,982, 30,001-30,013, acquired in the years 1874, 1875, and 1876,
have been described.

Descriptions of manuscripts acquired in the years 1866-1875 have been revised.

Sheets B to 3 B, containing descriptions of Additional MSS. 24,027 to 29,909,
acquired in the years 1861-1873, have been revised and printed off.

Catalogue of the Egerton Collection.—Descriptions of the Egerton MSS. 1637-1788,

acquired in the years 1854-1858, have been revised and condensed for the printed
Catalogue of Additions.

Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals—Additional Charters 24,324-24,327, 24,746-
24,884, and Egerton 404-416, have been described.

Descriptions of Nos. 18,025-18,884, 24,472-24,745, and of Harley Charters 84 H. 25-
86 I. 63, 111 A. 1-111 H. 37, have been revised.

Descriptions of Additional Charters 8,516-24,745, and Egerton 103-416, acquired in the
years 1854-1875, have been abridged for the printed Catalogue of Additions.

Photographic impressions have been prepared of forty documents for Part III. of the
Facsimiles of Ancient Charters, and the transcripts made.

The Seal Index has been partially revised.

Registration.—The Registers of the Additional and Egerton MSS. have been continued
to the latest acquisitions.

The Register of Seals has been continued from No. xtv. 51 to XLvi. 3.

The Index to the Registers of Additional and Egerton MSS. acquired in the years
1869-1875 has been completed.

Arrangement of Papers and Documents——The following Collections have been
arranged:—The Hay Drawings from Egyptian monuments, in forty-nine volumes; the
Carter Drawings of English buildings and monuments, in twenty-one volumes; the

i of the families of Swynfen and Jervis, in twenty-four volumes; a portion
100. B of

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of the Transcripts of State Papers from the Hague Archives, in sixteen volumes; the
correspondence of Sir Robert Wilson, in fifty-one volumes; fifty-eight Charters and
Rolls. Thirteen volumes of the Ellis Papers have been re-arranged.

Binding.—Three hundred and fourteen Additional Manuscripts, lately acquired; one
hundred and sixty-six volumes of the old collections, and one hundred and fifty-nine
printed Books of Reference, have been bound or repaired.

Verificution.—The several Collections of Manuscripts, the Harley Charters 46 A. 1 to
51 F. 50; and Additional Charters 23,274-24,712, have been verified by the shelf-
lists.

Transcription.—The Catalogues of Additional Manuscripts from Nos. 28,875 to
28,936; of Additional Charters from No. 17,595 to 20,509; of the Harley Charters 84
F. 1 to 86 I. 63, and 111 A. 1 to 111 H.38; the Index to the Registers of Additional
and Egerton Manuscripts acquired in 1869-1875; and the Catalogue of Printed Books of
Reference, have been copied fourfold.

Miscellaneous.—A new hand-list has been prepared for the Harley Collection of
Manuscripts; and the hand-list of Additional Charters has been continued from No.
19,706 to 24,884.

Three hundred and seventy-six Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been placed and
entered in the shelf and hand-lists.

Fifteen hundred and forty-seven Manuscripts, Charters, and Printed Books, have
been stamped. ‘Total impressions, 12,302.

Six hundred and eight Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 19,121,
and of those used by students in the rooms of the Department, 5,042.

The number of Rolls and Charters delivered to readers is 761.

The acquisitions during the year are as follows :—

General Collection of Manuscripts - - = - - 329
Egerton Manuscripts - - - - - - - 7
Charters - - - = - - - - - - 1,067
Detached impressions and casts of Seals - - - - 2,472
Papyrus - - - - - - - - - - 1

The following may be distinguished :—
An imperfect volume of Homilies of St. Augustine, written in Merovingian
characters in the 7th century.
A fragment of a Ravenna Charter of the 7th century, on Papyrus.

The monastic rules of Joannes Cassianus, Macarius, Pachomius, Basil, Benedict
and Isidore, written in Visigothic characters, with ornamented initial letters, in the
9th century.

B. Ildefonsi liber de Virginitate S. Mariz; written in Spain in the year of the
Spanish era 1154, a.p. 1116.

An illuminated Latin Psalter, with obits of the Castelans of Bourbourg and
Counts of (xuisnes in the Calendar; 13th century.

Two copies of the “ Livre du Trésor,” of Brunetto Latini, in French; of the 13th
and early 14th centuries.

A Spanish translation of Bartholomew Glanville’s encyclopedic work, “De
proprietatibus rerum ;” of the 15th century.

‘he Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great, translated into Spanish; 15th century.

An Antiphonary, with musical notes; written probably in Catalonia in the 13th
century, and containing some Greek verses in Latin characters.

An Antiphonary, with Italian miniatures; of the 14th century.

A collection of Madrigals and other musical compositions by Italian musicians of
the 14th, and in writing of the 15th century ; some of the pieces are in parts.

“Le Livre du Mirouer des Dames,” a work of religious and moral instruction for
ladies; late 14th contury.

A Hymnarium, written for the Friars Hermits of the order of St. Augustine,
“apud Tiocum S. Salvatoris de Silva Lacus,” richly illuminated and illustrated with
numerous

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numerous miniatures, copied apparently from fine Italian designs, in the year 1415.
The Friars Hermits of St. Augustine, an order instituted in the year 1365 at
Bologna, established themselves near Siena at the end of the 14th century.

A Missal beautifully Uluminated in Spain, in the 15th century.

F. Roderici Emmanuelis Cerratensis Vite Sanctorum; 13th century. Followed
by Spanish annals brought down to era 1292, a.D. 1254; and by notes of events in
Spain from era 1312 to era 1366, A.D. 1274-1328, written by the order of John, son
of the Infante Don Emmanuel, in a contemporary hand.

Two volumes of collections of the Laws of Sweden, including the compilation of
1347; written in the 15th century.

A Lectionary and treatise on the sacraments, in Mexican; 16th century.

Life of Cardinal Wolsey, by George Cavendish; followed by his poem on reverses
of fortune as shown in recent English history ; printed from this manuscript by
S. W. Singer at the end of his edition of the Life. ‘The author’s manuscript with
corrections, and signed with his initials.

“The sad complaint of Mary Queen of Scots who was beheaded in England in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth ;” a poem in seyen-line stanzas, written apparently in the
year 1601; followed by other poetical pieces; probably by Thomas Wenman, a
fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, in 1591, and public orator of the University of
Oxford in 1594. z

The Psalms of David, paraphrased in English metre by George Wither; differing
materially from the printed edition of 1632, and having a few author’s corrections.

Copy of the correspondence of Sir Francis Walsingham, in his negotiations at the
French Court for the marriage of Queen Elizabeth in 1570-1573; compiled by
Sir Dudley Digges (who died,as Master of the Rolls, in the year 1639), and pub-
lished, after his death, under the title of “The Complete Ambaszador.” The
original manuscript.

Letters and papers of Sir William Pitt, one of the Tellers of the Exchequer in
the reigns of James J. and Charles I.; in five volumes. They contain official
documents, copies of state papers, and original letters, principally of members of the
family of Pitt, of Strathfieldsaye and Blandford, from 1594 to 1636. Among them are
letters of Sir Robert Cecil, afterwards Earl of Salisbury, relating to his family,
Sir Michael Fortescue, Lord Deputy Falkland, and others.

A contemporary Register of Letters of the Lords Justices of Ireland, from June
1691 to May 1692; in folio.

The original drawings of John Carter, Architect, from English cathedrals and
ancient buildings and monuments; engraved, for the most part, in Gough’s
*Sepulchral Monuments,” and his own architectural publications; .in nineteen
volumes.

A volume of ninety-five original Letters of the poet Gray to Dr. Wharton, with
autograph copies of the “ Elegy,” the‘ Progress of Poetry,” “ The Bard,” and others
of his poems, and of the journal of his travels in the Lake district in 1770. The
collection was used by Mitford for his edition of Gray’s works.

Twenty-one original Letters of Sir David Wilkie.

Twenty-four volumes of original Correspondence of the families of Swynfen and
Jervis in the 17th and 18th centuries, including numerous letters of Admiral Jervis,
Earl St. Vincent. Presented by Mrs. Jervis.

The original Diaries and Correspondence of Sir Robert Wilson, relating to his
service in the army in Flanders, Egypt, and at the Cape, as commander of a Por-
tuguese division in the Peninsula, and as military agent for the English Government
with foreign armies in Germany, Italy, and Russia, at the beginning of the present
century ; including autograph letters of princes, statesmen, and others.

A volume of compositions by English musicians of the time of James I.; instructions
for singing and on counterpoint by Thomas Woodson; and duets for the virginals
or organ, by Carleton and Tonkins, the two parts written on opposite pages. The
collection appears to have been formed by Thomas Tonkins, the composer.

A collection of original sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van

Beethoven.

Eighteen Spanish Charters and Papal Bulls, dating from the year 1165, with
leaden seals, in fine preservation. Among them is a Charter of confirmation by
Alfonso the Wise of royal grants to the hospital near the monastery of Santa Maria
Real in Burgos, attested by the Moorish Kings of Granada, Murcia, and Niebla
and by seventy-seven prelates and noblemen. The Charter is in Spanish and is

106. B 2 dated

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dated at Burgos, the 30th of December, era 1292, a.p. 1254, in which year, it is
added, “ Edward, the eldest son and heir of Henry (the Third) King of England,
received knighthood from King Alfonso in Burgos.” The numerous witnesses were,
no doubt, assembled to celebrate the marriage of Eleanor, the king’s sister, with
Prince Edward of England, afterwards King Edward I.

A collection of 2,469 casts of royal, ecclesiastical, municipal, and personal seals of
Scotland.
Edward A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The Manuscripts acquired in 1875 have been entered into the Oriental Register and
the Classed Oriental Inventory.

The Manuscripts acquired in 1876 have beer entered into the Descriptive List of
Oriental Manuscripts, folio’d, labelled, and, with the exception of the latest purchases,
bound and placed on the shelves.

Full descriptions have been prepared of 493 Manuscripts for the Persian Catalogue,
which is now completed, azd cf one Manuscript for the Arabic Catalogue.

The Descriptions of Persian Manuscripts, not previously classed, have been arranged
by subjects, and, under each head, in chronological order.

The first eight sections of the Persian Catalogue have undergone a final revision, and
the first three sheets of the same have been printed.

Thirty-eight sheets (signed E—T T) of the Ethiopic Catalogue have been passed
through the press, and that work wants only the addition of the Preface and Indices to
be complete.

Thirteen pages of Ethiopic Manuscripts have been selected for photographic re-pro-
cuction, so as to form a chronological series of facsimiles, as an appendix to the same
catalogue.

Thirty-four titles of Chinese Manuscripts have been written for the Chinese Catalogue.

II.— Acquisitions.

Thirty-seven Manuscripts have been added during the year to the Oriental Collection ;
viz., 33 by purchase and four by donation, as follows :—

Arabic - - - - - - - = - 12
Persian - - - - - - - - - 10
Hebrew - - - - - - = - 3
Armenian - - - - - - - - 3
Sanscrit - - - - - - - = 2
‘Cingalesee - - | - Sil ta Tre Tefal te ite
Prakrit - - - - - - - 1
Pali - = - - - - - - = 1
Malcyalem -— - - = = = - = ]
Chinese - - - - - - - 1
Japanesejs! us cdoineg wiioulbrl. sariuhee - z 1
TOTAL - - :37

The most remarkable are the following :—

The Shahnameh, with miniatures, dated a.H. 841, a.p. 1438. This is the earliest and
most valuable of five copies lately belonging to the learned translator of Firdausi, M.
Jules Mohl, who gives a notice of it in his preface. It contains a curious appendix by
the poet relating to a hitherto unknown incident in his life.

A Japanese album containing portraits of thirty-six personages of the Mikado’s Court,
with their autographs.

A copy of the Coran of exceptional size, beautifully written, and richly illuminated,
apparently in the 14th century.

Kufic fragments of the Coran, written on vellum, probably in the 8th and 9th centuries,
bound in five volumes.

A Coran in the Maghribi character, with rich illuminated borders; dated A.u. 975
(A.D. 1568).

Masharik al-Anwar, a collection of the traditional sayings of Muhammad; Arabie.

Dated a.H. 772 (A.D. 1371). Barnamaj
arnama],

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Barnamaj, a biographical notice on the grammarian Abul-Husain ’Ubeid Aliah al-
’Uthmani, of Sevilla, and his masters; Arabic, A.H. 705 (A.D. 1305).

Suwar-al-Kawakib, a treatise on fixed stars, with figures of the constellations, by ’Abd-
al-Rahman al-Sufi; Arabic: a.p. 1664.

Proverbs and popular sayings current at Cairo, translated and explained by J. Lewis
Burchhardt. This is the author’s autograph; it is much richer than the edition printed in

London 1830.
A collection of letters of the Timuride Emperors of India, by "Inayat Khan; Per-

sian: 18th century.
Sa’id-Nameh, a history of Sa’adat’Ali Khan, Governor of the Carnatic; Persian:

18th century.

Futuhat-i~’ Adilshahi, a history of the Kings of Beejapoor; Persian: 19th century.

Lives of the Nizams of Hyderabad; Persian: 18th century.

The Gulistan of Sa’di and the Divan of Hafiz, written in Kashmir on paper of native
manufacture; 19th century. Presented by the Director of Kew Gardens.

The Liturgy of the Passover, in Hebrew, with curious illuminated headings and
miniatures in the Italian style of the 14th century.

Lechem Happanim, a commentary on the Moreh Nebochim of Maimonides, by Isaac
Shemtob; Hebrew: 16th century.

Liturgy of the Armenian Church: 14th century.

The four Gospels in Persian, a version made upon the Syriac text: 18th century.

During the year, 913 readers have applied for Oriental MSS; and 3,335 volumes have

been consulted.
Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangements.

In the Egyptian division, the following arrangements have been made in the
galleries: —

Part of an Egyptian statue has been mounted on a stone plinth.

Upper part of a statue of an Egyptian queen has been mounted on a granite plinth.

The upper part of a female statue has been mounted ona stone plinth.

A sepulchral altar has been mounted on a stone plinth.

Part of a lion has been mounted on a stone plinth.

An Egyptian statue has been mounted on a granite plinth.

ot of a gray granite sarcophagus of an Egyptian prince has been mounted on stone
inths.
7 A smail inscribed obelisk has been mounted on a granite plinth.
A black stone slab with inscriptions has been restored and mounted on a granite
linth.
Eight Egyptian heads from statues have been mounted on stone plinths.

An Egyptian monument with inscriptions has been mounted ona granite plinth.

Two marble busts of the Ptolemaic period have been mounted on stone plinths.

A votive foot with sandal has been mounted on a stone plinth.

A bust of Plutus from the Hauran has been mounted on a stone plinth

The recesses in the northern Egyptian Gallery have been fitted with glass frames.

A collection of casts from Egyptian sculpture purchased of Mr. Hay has been re-
paired, framed, and mounted, and preparations made for its arrangement in the recesses
of the Egyptian central saloon.

The photograph of an Egyptian papyrus in collections at Athens has been g!azed and
framed, and fixed on the wall of the north-west staircase.

Several smaller objects in the Egyptian rooms have been mounted, and additional objects
incorporated in the wall-cases.

208 Egyptian objects have been mounted and 32 Egyptian objects repaired,

20 pieces of linen inscribed with part of the Ritual have been framed and glazed.

Two small Egyptian tablets have been framed.

Two casts of seated Egyptian figures in the Museum of Bombay have been mounted

on wooden pedestals.

In the Assyrian division—

The glazing of the Assyrian sculptures has been continued.

The Assyrian ivories have been remounted, and the table-cases rearranged with ad-
ditional objects.

A new table-case for Assyrian objects has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery.

A new table-case has been placed in the Assyrian transept, and part of the collection

from Cyprus exhibited in it.
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Several objects have been remounted, and the table-cases rearranged with the incorpo-
rations.

Part of a table-case for new objects has been received.

Progress has been made in the comparison and arrangement of Assyrian and Baby-
lonian inscribed terra-cotta tablets, and several copied.
4 Various bronze objects have been arranged in the table-cases of the Kouyunjik

allery.

The collection of Babylonian antiquities obtained by tiie late Mr. George Smith has
been unpacked and stored in the table-cases of the Nimroud Gallery.

78 impressions have been made of Assyrian cylinders, and 41 of Assyrian and other
engraved stones.

Three casts have been made of small Assyrian objects.

756 Assyrian objects have been mounted.

150 Assyrian objects have been repaired.

128 Assyrian objects have been cleaned.

24 fragments of inscribed bricks from Bushire have been repaired.

A Babylonian inscription has been mounted on a stone plinth.

Two heads from Cyprus have been mounted on stone plinths, and four Cypriote
objects repaired.

26 boxes have been made for bricks from Bushire.

417 smali mounting boards have been made for Assyrian objects.

Tracings of Egyptian mural paintings have been collated and bound.

An inventory of Phcenician engraved stones has been prepared.

255 objects have been catalogued.

814 objects have been registered.

708 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects.

Several collections have been examined.

The publication of the-Great Harris Papyrus of Rameses III. has been completed and
the work issued.

A series of photographs of an Egyptian Ritual of Nebseni has been published with
accompanying text.

Classes of students have been attended through the galleries and over the collections,
and explanatory lectures given.

Students and irquirers have been assisted in their researches, and the Pheenician
inscriptions examined for the forthcoming publication of the French Institute.

IL.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired by the Department, including fragments, was 289 ;
besides which, abont 2,500 other objects were acquired by the expedition of the late
Mr. G. Smith to Mesopotamia in the year 1875, and purchased at Baghdad.

Amongst the most remarkable were the following :—

Basalt head of the Ptolemaic or Roman period in the character of Isis.
Obsidian scarabeus with a human head.

Stone model of a sacred enclosure or baths. :
Inscribed stone weight of alabaster. J'rom Atreeb.

Green stone shell from Alexandria.

Two bronze hoes from Tel El Yahoudeh.

Bronze mirror.

Porcelain head of a staff.

Sepulchral figures in porcelain of the Egyptian monarch Panetem II.
Blue porcelain pattera of small size with floral and other ornaments.
Leather sandal ornamented in open work with the figure of a hawk flying.
Four wax figures of the genii of the Amenti or Hades.

A collection of 107 fragments of terra-cotta vases with cursive inscriptions in demotic
Greek and Coptic; the Greeks are chiefly receipts of tax-gatherers at Elephantine for the
poll-tax, workman’s tax, and conservancy of the river. Amongst them is one dated in the
3rd year of Caligula, a.p. 39, an earlier date than any hitherto known; another of the
Oth year of Nero, A.p. 63; and a third of the 3rd year of Severus, A.p. 195, the lowest
date hitherto discovered.

A collection of about 2,500 tablets of terra-cotta with cuneiform inscriptions in the
Babylonian character from Baghdad, was purchased by the late Mr. George Smith for the
Trustees. These tablets represent the transactions of a Babylonian banking and financial
agency trading under the title of “ Egibi and Sons.” ‘The tablets extend in unbroken
annual succession from the Ist year of Nebuchadnezzar, B.c. 605, to the end of the reign
of Darius Hystaspis, B.c. 489, and offer most important chronological data. The most
remarkable of them are as follow—

A series representing the 43 regnal years of Nebuchadnezzar.
21 tablets during the reigns of /'vil-merodach, Neriglissar, and Nabonidus.

Tablets

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Tablets of the Ist year of Barziya or Bardes, the pseudo-Smerdis, B.c. 521.

Tablets dated in the reign of the pseudo-Nebuchadnezzar, son of Nabonidus, B.c. 522-
521.

A tablet dated in the reign of Marduk-sir-uzur, the Biblical Bel-saruzur or Bel-
shazzar.

A complete series of dated tablets for the 36 regnal years of Darius Hystaspis to
B.c. 489.

Besides the tablets were the following—

Portion of an early Babylonian basalt statue bearing an inscription of Gudea, king of
Zergal, B.c. 1800.

Two bronze figures of deities holding cones bearing the name and inscriptions of Gudea,
king of Zergal, B.c. 1800,

Several bricks with inscriptions of the same monarch.

Besides these, another small collection of 45 tablets of the kind above mentioned, of
which the most remarkable were—

A tablet dated in the 14th year of Darius.

A tablet dated in the 11th year of Neriglissar, the highest date known of this monarch,
and exceeding by seven years that assigned to him by the Canon of Ptolemy.

A tablet dated in the 2nd year of Evil-merodach.

A collection of 35 bricks with Elamite inscriptions, bearing the name of the monarch
Silhak, and two sepulchral vases from Bushire. Presented by Colonel Ross.

Agate scarabeoid with Himyaritic inscription. Presented by Isaac B. Hall, of
Beirout.

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DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND RoMAN ANTIQUITIES.

J.— Arrangement.

Seventy-two sculptures and inscriptions, six mosaics, sixteen bronze figures, and
thirty-six bronze mirrors, have been mounted and repaired; six fictile vases, twenty
terra-cottas, and eleven objects in ivory, have been cleaned and repaired; casts have
been made from thirty-six terra-cottas; six new cases for sculpture have been placed in
the Elgin Room, and four glass shades for vases in the First Vase Room; the collection
of Latin inscriptions has been arranged on shelves in the Sepulchral Basement; two hun-
dred and nine descriptive titles have been attached to objects; two hundred and thirty-
two objects have been registered, and three hundred and fifty-five objects catalogued; a
Guide to the sculptures in the Greco-Roman Basement, and a new edition of the Guide
to the First Vase Room, have been issued.

Il.— Acquisitions.
I—1. An alabastos of opaque variegated glass. From Carthage.
2. Two archaic seated figures in terra-cotta. From Carthage.

3. A lampfeeder of black fictile ware. From Syracuse.

4, A terra-cotta lamp with Christian monogram. From Syracuse.
Presented by J. Scott Tucker, Esq.

II.—1. A terra-cotta figure of a boy seated.

2. A fictile cup, with patterns in red on a white ground. From Cyprus.
3. A small oinochoe of black-ribbed ware. From Cyprus.

4, A plain oinochoe. From Cyprus. ;

5. An oinochoe, with geometric pattern painted in black on a drab ground. From
Cyprus.

6. Part of the hilt of a sword, in ivory, with an incised inscription. From Cologne.
7. Part of the scabbard of a sword, in ivory. From Cologne.
8. A bronze fibula.

9. A bronze fibula found at Nola, and formerly in the collection of Prince di San
Giorgio.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

III.—An Athenian lekythos, of which the design seems to represent a male figure

stooping over a bath.
Presented hy John Henderson, Esq.

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IV.—Two fragments of pottery ornamented with painted leaves, found under the lava
in the Island of Santorin. r
Presented by M. Albert Dumont, Director of the Ecole Francaise at Athens.

V.—1. A snake cviled round a human figure; in calcareous stone. From Taormina
(Tauromenium) in Sicily.
2. A group of three fish; in calcareous stone. From Taormina.

3. A bird with a fish’s head, inscribed ; in calcareous stone. From Taormina.

4, Part of a plain terra-cotta vase. From Taormina.

Nos 1—3 are said to have been found in tombs at Taormina, but their genuineness

is questionable.
Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

VI.—1i. Three fragments of Samian ware.
2. One small marble cube.

3. Six small objects in bone.

4. Three glass fragments.

5. Six bronze fragments.

Nos. 1—5 are from the site of a Roman villa near Granada, Spain.
Presented by M. Colibert.

VII. Purchases.—1. Three fragments of a terra-cotta sarcophagus with figures in
relief and painted, and two fragments of terra-cotta mouldings painted. From Cervetri.

2. A rhyton of fictile ware in the form of a mule’s head; round the cup are painted in
black, with incised Jines, Dionysos on his mule, Satyrs, and a Maenad. From Tanagra.

3. An Athenian lekythos, of unusual size, on which are painted Boreas and Zephyros
carrying off the dead’ body of Memnon. From Ambelokepos, near Athens.

4, Three Athenian lekythi with polychrome designs: on one of them two ephebi are
represented hunting a hare with a dog on a mountain-side, below which is a tomb. On
the second lekythos is a scene ata tomb, and on the third two female figures. These
three lehythi were found with the preceding No. 3 at Ambelokepos, near Athens.

5. A terra-cotta female figure seated on a rock, and holding an apple in her left hand.
From Tanagra.

6. A terra-cotta female figure standing and holding a fan in her right hand. From
Tanagyra.

7. A brenze relief representing Ulysses advancing to the left and armed with a spear.
From Lysimachia (Hexamila), in the Thracian Chersonese.

8. A sard intaglio in a gold setting, with the design of an Amazon on horseback fight-
ing with a Greek warrior.

9. A sard intaglio with the design of a warrior.

10. Two amulets of green jasper and one of steatite. From Crete.

11. A gold earring in the form of a Cretan goat. From Crete.

12. A small bronze female figure running. From Prezend, in Albania.

13. A bronze mouse holding a mask of Seilenos before its face. From Koniah
(Iconium) in Asia Minor.

14, A bronze weight, with representation of Cybele riding on a lion, as on the coins of
Hieropolis in Syria. Weight, 53:913 grammes.

15. A leaden weight of Antioch in Syria; inscribed ANT]IOXEIO[N—T]ETAPTO[N
with the symbol of an anchor. A bronze weight with similar inscription in the
Bibliothéque nationale at Paris, is published im the ‘ Corpus Inscriptionum Grecarum,’
No. 8,532. Weight,109-965 grammes.

16. A leaden weight, inscribed A H, with the symbol of a goat, and attributed to
LEgospotamos. Weight, 51-062 grammes.

17. A sard intaglio; Venus (?) holding a bull’s head and capricorn.

18. A sard intaglio: a female figure seated and holding an oinochoe; behind her two
stalks of wheat ; above, an eagle reaching a wreath towards her.

19. A bronze vase in the form of a bust of Antinous. From Egypt.
20. A gold

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20. A gold necklace with three pendent winged figures.

21. A gold necklace with pendent rosettes, ornamented with filigree-work; similar to
the necklace from Smyrna, engraved in the Archeologia xxxyv., pl. 8, p. 190. From a
tomb at Cyme in /Kolis.

22. A fragment of a gold necklace similar to No. 20.

23. A circular gold stud, with ornament of rosettes and ivy-leaves in raised work, and
an anthemion pattern in filigree.

24. A pair of circular earrings and a pair of pendants, in gold.

25. Two small pieces of gold ornament and thirty-seven thin gold stars. Nos. 22-25,
were found with No. 21 in a tomb at Cyme, in /Kolis.

26. A small marble head. From Trebizond.

27. Two small marble figures, two fragments of figures, and a slab with relief of
Amazon on horseback. From Budrum.

28. A marble stelé with Greek inscription. From Wadji Captan’s property at
Budrum.

29. A marble slab with Greek inscription, From Cyzicus.

30. A marble slab inscribed, in Latin, with a senatus consultum. From Cyzicus.
Revue Archéologique, 1876, p. 350-1 ; Ephemeris Epigraphica, III., p. 156.

31. A marble torso of a male figure. From Cyzicus.

32. A fictile plate, painted with figures of fish. From Cume.
33. A gold earring with two lions’ heads. From Crete.

34. A gold figure of an Egyptian hawk. From Crete.

35. A sard intaglio with the figure of a3 Muse leaning on a cippus and playing on the
lyre. From Crete.

36. A collection of pottery, chiefly with geometric and floral ornaments, painted in
black or red on a drab ground. On scven of these vases are painted figures of birds; on
one, ficures of deer; and on anotier, a serpent cating fruit from a tree. Four are rude
imitations of animal forms. On the necks of two are modelled human faces; on one is a
female bust rising in front of the neck of the vase, and holding in her hand a hydria, which
forms the spout of the vase. This figure may be Eos, who is represented on a vase
(Millingen, Anc. Uned. Monuments, pl. vi.) carrying a hydria in each hand. From
Cyprus.

37. Two fragments of the frieze of the Mausoleum, obtained from a Turkish house in
Rhodes, whither they were probably transported from Budrum by one of the Knights of
St. John in the 15th century. On comparing these fragments with those excavated on
the site of the Mausoleum in 1856-7, and in 1865, the following discoveries were made:—
The two fragments from Rhodes were adjusted respectively to two fragments from the site,
one representing a fallen Amazon, the other a Greek warrior. Four fragments were
adjusted to the portion of the frieze formerly in the Castle at Budrum, viz.: (1) part of the
chest of the horse on the left of the slab engraved, Monumenti dell’ Inst. Arch. Rom. v.
pl. 19, fig. iv.; (2) part of the leg of the fallen figure on the right of the slab, zdzd. fig. ili. ;
(3) head and right shoulder of warrior on the left of the slab, #bid. fig. i1.; (4) calf of leg of
the warrior across the break of the slab, ibid. pl. 20, figs. ix.-x. Two fragments were
adjusted to the part of the frieze discovered by excavation in 1856, viz.: (1) right arm of the
Amazon on horseback on the left of the slab, Newton, History of Discoveries,i., pl. 9,
lower slab; (2) part of the arm of a figure on the right side of the slab, 77d. pl. 10, upper
slab. Part of the leg of an Amazon in the Imperial Museum at Constantinople has been
fitted to the cast of that figure exhibited in the Mausoleum Room.

38. A bronze figure of a Satyr apparently in the act of dancing. The attitude is very
similar to that of the male figure in a group, thought to represent Marsyas and Athena,
and to bea copy of a celebrated work by Myron. This group occurs in two reliefs
(Archiol. Zeitung, 1874, pl. 8), on an Athenian coin, and on an onochoe with red figures
(Hirschfeld, Winckelmannsfest-programm. 1872). The statue of a Satyr in the Museum
of the Lateran (Monumenti dell’ Inst. Arch. Rom. vi., pl. 23), is supposed to have formed
part of a similar group. ‘The style of the new bronze figure is much later than the date
of Myron, and closely resembles that of the Mausoleum frieze and the sculptures of the
Choragic Monument of Lysikrates. The anatomy is rendered with a precision carried
out in the minutest details which is characteristic of the best age of Greek art. The
action is spirited, and the gesture of the hands full of expression.
C. T. Newton.

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DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIaVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

THE registration of acquisitions has been continued, including all the objects obtained
during the year, 523 in number, and the arrears of the previous year.

The arrangement of the Glass Collections in the Second Egyptian Room has been
completed.

A number of British urns have been repaired, and three Early British sculptured
stones have been mounted on stone plinths.

I.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Christy Collection, may be classed
as follows :—

(1.) British and Prehistoric Antiquities—Flint implement found near Maidenhead,
presented by the Rev. G. H. Sawyer. - Jade axe-blade, stated to have been found near
Dolgelly, but probably of New Zealand origin; presented by Llewellyn Prichard, Esq. ;
Part of a stone polisher found in a barrow near Abbotsbury, Dorsetshire; presented by
J.C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq.

Five British urns from Amotherby, near Malton, Yorkshire; presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq. A large collection of urns from barrows in Cleveland, Yorkshire, ex-
cavated by the Rey. J. C. Atkinson.

A fine urn from co. Antrim, Ireland; presented by Sir C. Wyville Thomson.

Nine stones with curious markings, believed to be early British, found in Northumber-
Jand and Yorkshire, in some cases in connection with barrows; presented by the Rev.
W. Greenwell, r.s.A.

A palstave of bronze with two loops, an object of great rarity, found in Somersetshire ;
presented by William Edkins, Esq. A bronze sword from Ireland, and a bronze dagger
from the Thames; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Some remarkable objects found in the grave of a British chief, at Grimsthorpe, near
Pocklington, Yorkshire; consisting of an iron sword in bronze sheath, portions of the
bronze coatings of a shield, and other objects, among which is a stud of red coral, all
evidently belonging to the late Celtic period ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A bronze
fibula of late Celtic type, found on Avebury Down, Wilts; presented by Rev. Henry
Harris. Fragments of pottery, with late Celtic pattern, from Yarnton, Oxfordshire ;
presented by John Evans, Hsq., F.R.s.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :—

Twenty-four bronze implements from Hungary, five from Spain, six from Saxony, five
from France, five from Denmark, and two from Italy; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
Two penannular rings from Austria; presented by John Evans, Esq., F.R.s. A necklace
of solid gold beads from Hungary.

Portions of two vases of potstone of uncertain age, found on the Col Colon, near Monte
Rosa ; presented by the finders, W- B. Rickman, Esq., and Gorrell Barnes, Esq. A core
from making such vases, found in the Val d’Ayas; presented by John Digby, Esq.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—The handles and base of a large bronze vase of fine workmanship,
part of a fibula, and an enamelled ornament, probably a horse-trapping ; all found at Can-
terbury, and described in the ‘‘ Archzologia,” vol. xlii. p. 151; presented by James
Pilbrow, Esq., F.s-A. A bronze fibula, found at Chichester; presented by Ernest H.
Willett, Esq., F.s.A. A Roman earthenware vase, found near Basing, Hampshire; pre-
sented by the Rev. W. Wyatt Gill. A fragment of pottery of rare kind, found at York ;
presented by George Edson, Esq.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, §&c.—Various objects discovered in Anglo-Saxon
cemeteries, at Ganton Wold and Rudstone, Yorkshire, South Willingham, Lincolnshire ;
Mildenhall, Suffolk; Kempston, Bedfordshire; and Malton, near Cambridge.

A. gold necklace, bronze vessel, and two glass vases, found with an interment at Des-
borough, Northamptonshire.

A gold bracteate, another of silver, and an armlet of silver, found at Longbridge, near
Warwick.

A remarkable sword-handle of wood, studded with gold filigree and garnets, found in
the North of England.

A wooden comb inscribed. found at Romsey Abbey, Hants; presented by J. G.
Waller, Esq. A bronze vessel with inscription; presented by Charles 8. Perceval,
Esq., LL.p., Treas. s.A. An earthenware cistern, found at Soham Fen, Cambridgeshire ;
presented by the Rev. W. Greenwell.

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an Irish personal seal; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. Seal of the House of Trinita-
rian Friars at Hounslow, Middlesex; of the White Friars, Marlborough; and of Balin-
robe, co. Mayo, Ireland.

Eight disused seals of English colonies; presented by the Lord President of the
Council.

(4.) Byzantine and Foreign Medieval, §c—Urns, glass beads, and iron weapons of the
Teutonic period, from Sprendlingen, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Wiesbaden.

Four earthenware flasks, connected with St. Menas, from Alexandria; and three
Byzantine pilgrim flasks of lead; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. Six earthenware
bottles, four Christian lamps, and five Coptic crosses, from Egypt.

Seven foreign seals; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., and eighty-four other seals.
A silver cross of Italian workmanship, an agate watch, and a ring dial.

(5.) Glass Collection.—Three fragments of Roman glass, found on the site of a Roman
villa, near Granada, Spain; presented by Mons. E. Colibert. Lower part of a Roman
vase of rare type, found at Cologne; presented by Mons. Edouard Herstatt, of Cologne.
A large series of beads and other objects found in Egypt. Four glass vases discovered
by General di Cesnola, in tombs in Cyprus: they consist of a bowl inscribed with the
name of the maker, Ennion; a cup with the name of the maker, Meges; a very fine
bottle in the form of a human head, with an inscription; and a bottle of unusually eleganr
form.

Two bottles found in the foundations of the churches at South Kilworth and Latter-
worth, Leicestershire; presented by the Rev. Assheton Pownall, r.s.a.

Nineteen Arab glass coins or weights, from Egypt.

A German tankard, dated 1618; a French glass, dated 1749; and a Dutch glass, with
English inscription ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A very rare goblet of the 14th
century, with the name of the maker, Magister Aldrevandinus. A German vessel in the
form of a battleaxe, and two moulded medallions.

Four specimens of Bristol glass, with enamelled decoration; presented by William

Edkins, Esq.

(6.) Ethnographical.—A gold vase in the form of a tomb, taken from the Summer
Palace near Pekin, and containing the hair of the Chinese Empress Heaou-tih. Horn-
like ornament, worn by the Druse women; presented by Scheykh A. H. Abd-Elmalik.

A saucer of red earthenware from South America; presented by Mons. L. de Zélinski,
of Paris.

IiI.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which still remains temporarily deposited in rooms at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster :

The preparation of the Catalogue has been continued; 976 fresh slips have been
written, together with sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.—Three drift implements from
Milford Hill, Salisbury, from William Blackmore, Esq.; twelve drift implements from
Mildenhall, Suffolk, from Rev. W. Greenwell, F.s.a.; a drift implement of quartzite,
found on Lizard Downs, Cornwall, from J. J. Rogers, Esq.

Flint flakes from a cave of the Paleolithic period, at Cresswell Crags, Derbyshire,
from the Rey. J. Magens Mello. ; ,

Two flinching implements from the North Riding, Yorkshire, two flint flakers from
Suffolk and Yorkshire, and arrowheads from Gloucestershire, from Rev. W. Greenwell,
F.S.A4.; two stone polishers from Pickering, Yorkshire, from J. R. Mortimer, Esq.; celt
of green stone from Holderness, Yorkshire, from George Edson, Esq.; flint flakes from
Folkestone, from the Rev. J. Magens Mello.

Four flint implements from co. Antrim, Ireland, from the Earl of Antrim.

Thirty-four stone implements from Denmark, six celts from Spain, two from Rome, and
one from Catania, Sicily; collection of stone and obsidian implements trom Greece ;
twenty-four celts from Asia Minor, and four stone knives and two stone pendants, from

Thebes; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two celts found at El Molino del Rey, near Granada, Spain, from Mons. E. Colibert ;
seventeen flint implements found in the Val di Chiana, Tuscany, from the Countess
Vittorina Toscanelli; three obsidian cores from Hungary, from John Evans, Esq.; two
worked flakes of obsidian from the island of Melos, from Professor Joszef Szabo, Buda-
pest; stone polisher from Egypt, from Rey. Greville J. Chester.

Series of stone implements and fragments of pottery from South Africa, from Dr. W.
G. Atherstone.

2. Ethnography of Africa.--Sling from the Nile, from Rey. Greville J. Chester.
Earthen vase from Abbea Coutah, West Africa, from the Director of the Royal
Gardens at Kew; collection of ethnographical objects from Nupé on the Niger, from

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H.M. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; ivory horn from West Africa, from A. W.
Franks, Esq.; five gun-flints from San Salvador, West Africa, from J. J. Monteiro, Esq. ;
four clay pipes from Ashantee, from Messrs. Radcliffe and Durant.

Matabele milk-bucket, from Dr. W. G. Atherstone.

3. Ethnography of Asia.—An Indian shield, two Sonthal arrows, and a series of models
of Indian agricultural implements; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Pair of imitation jade earplugs from Burmah, and another pair, of cane, from the Nicobar
Islands, from Dr. Aquilla Smith.

Eight bow rings of various materials, from Persia, from Caspar P. Clarke, Esq.

Figure of a god and a wooden butter stamp, from Ladakh, and two models of ploughs,
from Ceylon; from the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew.

A collection of ethnographical objects from Formosa, from Rey. W. Campbell, of
Tai-wan-foo,

4. Ethnography of the Asiatic Archipelago.—Coat of brass mail, with lappets of horn,
from Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, brought home by H.M.S. “ Challenger,”
from A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—Collection of stone implements, axes,
knives, &c., found in New Zealand and Chatham Island; from Dr. James Hector, on
behalf of the Colonial Museum, Wellington, New Zealand. Jade adze-blade from New
Zealand, from — Abraham, Esq.

Pair of ear ornaments from Mangaia; and collection of ethnographical objects, dresses,
ornaments, weapons, etc., from the Hervey Group, Danger Island, Manihiki, ete. Meri
of pale jade from New Zealand, and wooden idol from the Society Islands; from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Necklace from the South Pacific, from Henry Willett, Esq., F.¢.s.

Three engraved canes from New Guinea, from the Rev. James Beck; wooden pillow
from New Guinea, from J. Park Harrison, Esq. ; collection of ethnographical objects
from New Guinea, made by Dr. Comrie, R.N., and wooden mask from New Ireland, from
A. W. Franks, Esq.

Iron knife from Australia, and two specimens from Melanesia, from Captain George,
K.N.; kangaroo net from Queensland, from the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew.

6. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—

(a.) North America.—Stone amulet of North American Indians, from Rev. J, C.
Atkinson ; three stone implements from the mounds of Ohio, from William Blackmore,
Esq.; pendent ornament of teeth, from the Shoshonee Indians, from E. T. Stevens,
Esq., F.S.A.; two stone implements from Canada, from William Walton, Esq.; collection
of arrowheads and other objects from Newfoundland and Labrador, from the late T. G.
B. Lloyd, Esq., ¥.¢.s.

Portion of a cap from the North-West Coast, and steel dagger from Sitka, from A. W.
Franks, Esq.: three carved horn spoons, from William Edkins, Esq.

(b.) Central America and West Indies.—Two very remarkable slabs cf hard wood of
ancient Mexican workmanship, one of them carved with figures, the other with hiero-
glyphs, obtained at Peten, Guatemala, by the donor, W. Boddam Whetham, Esq.

Two chalchiuitls of green stone and three other objects from Mexico, two stone metatl-
rubbers from San Domingo, and series of celts and pottery from St. Vincent; from
A. W. Franks, Esq.

Fine spearhead of flint found near the River Belize, British Honduras, three celts
from Turk’s and Caicos Islands, West Indies, and a very remarkable metatl of wood in
the form ofa human figure, from Captain Melfort Campbell, President of Nevis.

Cloth-beater of stone and stone celt from British Honduras, from Charles Harrison,
Esq., F.S.A.

(c.) South America.—Kight vases from Venezuela and adjoining islands, bow from the
Rio ‘l'apajoz, wooden basin from Medellin ; from the Director of the Royal Gardens at

Kew.
Three flint flakes found with a flattened skull in Peru, from the Rev. J. Magens

Mello.

Also the following objects, which do not come under any of the above heads :—

Pair of Lapp bag-mounts of bone, from Lake Enare, Finland, from Arthur J. Evans,
Esq., F.S.A. nick

Stick with figures carved in relief, perhaps African, found in digging a well at Isle-
worth, from Miss Ormerod.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have likewise purchased, out of funds at their
disposal, 137 gold ornaments, part of the indemnity paid by the King of Ashantee, which
thev have likewise transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum as additions to the
Collection.

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The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets, to be obtained at the
British Museum ; but it will probably have to be closed to the public in the course of the
year 1877, preparatory to commencing the removal of it to the British Museum. During
the year there have been 733 visitors.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS.

I.— Arrangement.

l. Greek Serics :—

(a) 132 coins acquired in the course of the year have been registered. ;

442 coins acquired in the last three years have been incorporated in their places in
the series.

(b) Re-arrangement, &c.

The autonomous coins of the Islands of Thrace, of Macedonia (cities and kings), and of
Pzonia, have been re-arranged in chronological order, and heading-cards written.

The provincial (Pheenician) coins of the Persian Empire have been weighed and
re-arranged.

The series of Corinth and of Ephesus have been re-arranged, and heading-cards
inserted bearing the names of the magistrates.

The regal series of Syria, Egypt, and Parthia have been studied and put in order with
a view to cataloguing.

The coins of Imperial times struck in Thrace, Macedon, Lycia, Pamphylia, Phrygia,
and Commagene, have been revised, and heading-cards inserted bearing the names and
dates of the Emperors by whom they were respectively issued.

2. Roman Series :—
(a) Five coins, recently acquired, have been registered, and 11 have been incorporated.

(b) Re-arrangement, §c.

The coins of the Consular series (silver and copper), which were struck at Rome between
B.C. 174 and B.c. 64, have been weighed and re-arranged for cataloguing. The arrange-
ment of these coins is chronological, and in this period is comprised the greater portion of
the copper coins of the uncial series, and of the semi-uncial series, which ceased for a
time in B.C. 82.

3. English Series:
(a) 153 coins acquired during the year have been registered and incorporated.
(6) Finds examined.

A large collection of coins of Edward the Confessor, in the possession of E. H. Willett,
Esq., of Brighton (being part of a find called the “ City Hoard”) has been examined, and
139 coins selected for the National Collection.

4. Medieval and Modern Series :—

(a) 347 coins of various classes, recently acquired, have been registered, and 271 in-
corporated.

(b) Me-arrangement, &c.

Various rectifications have been made in the series of Germany, the Netherlands, Bel-
gium, and Portugal, in accordance with the latest attributions.

5. Oriental Series :—

(a) 570 coius of various classes have been registered, and 571 have been incorporated.
693 coins from the Freudenthal Collection, chiefly of India, have been registered and
incorporated.

(b.) Re-arrungement, §c.

205 coins have been transferred from the cabinet of Unascertained Oriental coins to
their proper places in the collection.

The coins of Armenia, Kabul, Kanooj, and of Tippoo Sultén, have been re-arranged,
with fresh heading-cards.

A list of mints taken from Soret’s ‘‘ Numismatique Musulmane,” but arranged under
the various dynasties, has been made, the number of cynasties included being 96.

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II.— Acquisitions, 1876.
; Lead
Class. Gold. Silver. Copper. Billon. and White Glass, &e. TOTAL.
Metal.
Greek - - - | 28 70 52 - = - 150
Roman - - - - 4 13 - - 1 18
; (terra-cotta).

English Sipe tes! a 3 79 9 1 2 - 94
Medizeval and Modern - | 21 54 79 13 4 - 171
Oriental - - -| 44 82 40 1 1 4 122

ToraL- - - 96 239 193 15 7 5 5595

Among the above acquisitions the most notable are the following :—

a. Greek Series :—

A gold coin of Catana, unpublished.

A rare silver coin of Salymbria, in Thrace.

A unique silver stater of the Zeeli, a people of Thrace.

A selection from a find in Egypt—viz., 24 tetradrachms of Alexander III. and
Philip ILI. of Macedon, and 17 of Alexander Agus, of which three bear the rare type of
Zeus seated.

Two interesting silver staters of Cydonia and Presus, in Crete.

Two electrum coins of Samos, one of extreme antiquity.

A selection of 16 electrum staters of Cyzicus and Lampsacus, made from a recent find.

A bronze coin of Pompeiopolis, with good portrait of Pompey, the founder.

Three gold staters of Cyrene, of fine style.

Rare tetradrachms of the Parthian kings Mithradates II., Vonones, and Artabanus IV.

B. Roman Series :—

A large brass (sestertius) of Domitian, having on the reverse a figure of Minerva. The
fabric of this coin, on which no traces of S C are visible, is rather that of a medallion
than of an ordinary coin.

y. English Series :—

A selection of 139 coins of Edward the Confessor, from the so-called “ City Hoard.”
The selection comprises a hitherto unknown mint (Richborough) of Edward, presented
by E. H. Willett, Esq.

A gold medal of James VI. of Scotland, struck on the occasion of the King’s marriage
in 1590, of great rarity, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A coin of Stephen, of uncertain mint, of a type not hitherto known to the National
Colleciion.

6. Oriental Series :—

Three gold coins imitated from Arabic deendrs, found in India, presentad by Sir
Walter Elliot, K.c.s.1.

A very rare Fatimee deendr of El-Muntadhar, “the expected Imam,” struck at E]-
Moizziyeh-el-K4hireh (Cairo). .

Three half-deendrs of Mohammad-ibn-Sa’ad of Murcia, and his son Hilal, selected
from the first specimens known of this issue.

Two silver coins of Teemoor, king of Kébul, struck at Lahore a.u. 1171, 1175.

A small gold coin of Mes’ood, Seljuk Sultan of Irak, with Senjar of the main dynasty.

A very curious and rare dirhem of Mohammad of the Kakweyhee dynasty (Numismatic
Chronicle, Vol. XV. p. 235). ;

A deendr of Haroon-ibn-Khumaraweyh, of the dynasty of the Benee-Tooloon, struck
at Dimashk (Damascus), a.H. 284.

A dirhem of Adud-ed-Dowleh, the Buweyhee, struck at Kerd-Fana-Khusroo, a mint
hitherto unrepresented in the National Collection. »

A curious silver coin of the Arab Governor Hejaj, of a.m. 81, having the Kalimeh
written round the obverse margin.

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Catalogues :—
The Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Arab Section, Vol. II., has been published, and
Vol. ITI. is in the press.
The Catalogue of Greek Coins, Vel. II. (Sicily), has been published, and Vol. III.
(Tauric Chersonese and Thrace) is in the press.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes of the Catalogue of Greek Coins are in progress.

The number of visitors to the Coin Room in 1876 was 1,375.
The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room was 14,632.

Regmald Stuart Pocle.

DEPARTMENTS OF NaTurAL History.

THE additions to the Departments of Natural History in the year 1876 are 31,868 in
number ; of which 24,685 have been registered in the Department of Zoology, 5,531 in
that of Geology, and 1,652 in that of Mineralogy.

The state of preservation and general good condition of the specimens in these depart-
ments has been maintained.

The stuffed and mounted specimens of the class Mammalia, which, from their large
size, and from the limits of glazed wall-space, stand on the floor or are suspended above
the cases, have continued to receive the care and treatment necessary to prevent or dimi-
nish the effects of such exposure; the few found requisite to be removed have been
replaced by other specimens, and room has been made, where possible, for additional
ones—of which may be noted a series of the wild goats of Asia Minor, and of lemurs
from Madagascar.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia are in a good state of preservation, applicable to
the purposes of scientific examination and comparison, and many of them retain the con-
ditions suitable for future mounting and exhibition. When possible, without affecting
those conditions, instructive additions to the Osteological Series have been extracted from
certain of these store-specimens.

The stuffed and mounted skins of the class Aves are in a state of preservation. Due
care has been bestowed on the now very extensive collection of unstuffed skins of birds
preserved in drawers and boxes; they are in a good state of preservation, available for
the purposes of study and comparison, and have contributed to the instructiveness and
completeness of the Lists and Catalogues of Species, and of Varieties of Age, Sex, and
Colour, as well as to some valuable Monographs of limited groups of the class.

The proportion of the collection of the Meptilia, stuffed, mounted, and exhibited, is in
a good state of preservation. Most of these specimens occupy glazed wall-cases. The
larger specimens suspended above the cases have received the same attention as the ex-
posed stuffed specimens of the larger Mammalia.

The proportion of the class Pisces, similarly prepared, or preserved in spirits, and dis-
played in systematic order in the glazed cabinets of the gallery, necessarily continues,
under present conditions of exhibition-space, to be small. These specimens are in good
condition and their instructiveness has governed the typical selection of the arranged
specimens.

The greater proportion of the class available in the advancement of Ichthyology, pre-
served in spirits and stored in the basement-vaults, is in good condition.

Of the series of shells of the Mollusca, a large proportion is arranged and exhibited in
the floor-cases of the Public Gallery. By their good condition, systematic arrangement,
and attached labels of names and localities, these exhibited shells greatly aid in the com-
parison of specimens, the study of Conchology, and its application to Paleontology.

The unexhibited shells, preserved in the drawers of the cabinets, are in a state of
perfect preservation, and are available, like those exhibited, to scientific visitors and
students.

The animal-constructors of the shells, and the shell-less Mollusca, are chiefly represented
in the exhibited series by coloured models. The specimens themselves are preserved in
spirits and stored in the basement-yaults, where they have received continuous care, by
change and renewal of the spirit, so as to maintain the state of preservation fit for applica-
tions of anatomical research needful for determining the affinities of their shells, and for
comparison with the fossil casts of the interior of the shells of extinct species.

The small portion of the class Znsecta publicly displayed is in a state of preservation.
The large portion of the class in the cabinets of the Entomological Room is in a good state
of preservation, especially as to colour, through exclusion of light, and its applicability to
meee of comparison and study is attested by the number of visitors admitted for such
work.

The portion of the class Crustacea exhibited and systematically arranged, and the
larger portion stored in drawers, are in a good state of preservation; these have undergone
taxidermal processes for conservation in the dried state. The proportion of the class pre-
served in spirits is in a good state of preservation, and has been arranged for facility of
access and reference.

Of the class Arachnida, a few of the larger kinds of scorpions and spiders are exposed to

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24 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

view, dried and stuffed, in the glazed cabinets of the public gallery. Both these and the
larger number of similarly preserved specimens arranged in drawers are in good condition.
A great proportion of the class is preserved in spirit, in a state fit for study and com-
parison, in the basement storerooms.

The portion of the class Echinodermata exhibited in a dried state and displayed in syste-
matic arrangement in the glazed cabinets, as well as the dried specimens stored in drawers
and boxes, are in a good state of preservation. The Holothurie (trepang) and allied forms,
stored and kept in alcohol, are in a state of preservation.

The corals and hard parts of zoophytes, including the framework of sponges, Hyalonema,
Euplectella, &c., which now occupy detached glazed cases in the Mammalian and Avian
Galleries, are in a good state of preservation. The major part of the Radiata are well
preserved, excluded from the light, in drawers, and accessible for study and compa-
rison.

The great bulk of the collection of Osteological specimens, stored in the basement-vaults,
is ina state of preservation. Specimens, including the entire framework of the animal, are
in a state fit for future articulation and exhibition in an Osteological gallery. Meanwhile,
space has been made for the exhibition of the skeletons of two varieties of the Giraffe, of a
Hippopotamus, and of a Cape Buffalo, in the present Mammalian Gallery.

The exhibited series of Nests and Nidamental structures, of Fees, of Horns, and
Antlers, are severally in a good state of preservation.

The specimens in the gallery appropriated to the Zoology of Great Britain and Ireland
attract many student-visitors and collectors.

The specimens of Geology and Fossil Remains, both exhibited and in store, are in a good
state of preservation. ;

The exhibited specimens are systematically arranged to the extent of space thereto
applicable; they are instructively labelled, and for the most part of easy access for
scientific examination and comparison.

The Rock specimens and Fossils stored in drawers, or in wall-cases of rooms or recesses
not accessible to the public, are well arranged for study by scientific visitors. The
Catalogue of the Fossil Reptiles of South Africa has been published.

The series of Mineralogy is in its usual good state of preservation, display, and instruc-
tive arrangement.

Finally, the Departments are encouraged, by the success of the preliminary work under-
taken for their benefit through instructions, recommendations, and correspondences in con-
nection with such public labours and duties in distant regions as those of the “ Boundary
Commissioners ” in North America, the ‘ Transit of Venus Expeditions,” the “ Stations
of the Royal Navy” in remote seas, the newly-established ‘* Colonial Museums” at the
Cape of Good Hope, the Provinces of Australia and of New Zealand, to persevere in these
initial steps for the acquisition of rare specimens. Through such steps the Departments
have profited also by private energy and enterprise in exploratory journeys, as, ¢.g., in the
Cilician Taurus, Mount Ararat, Lake Baikal, Borneo, Malacca, the Philippine Islands,
New Guinea, the Feejee Islands, and Japan.

The most notable additions received from these localities are specified in the respective
Departmental Reports.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
I.— Arrangement.

The work of re-arranging the Collection of Mammalia has been temporarily sus-
pended in consequence of architectural alterations, which have necessitated the removal
of a part of the specimens from the central saloon into other already overcrowded
galleries. The arrangement of the Chiroptera alone has been proceeded with, and is
nearly completed.

The examination and re-arrangement of the Birds of the Crow tribe has been com-
pleted, and that of the Passerine Birds commenced.

Further valuable additions to the series of gigantic Land Tortoises and their osseous
remains have been received, systematically arranged, and described. The work of
describing numerous accessions to the Collection of Snakes received during the last three
years has been commenced. The additions to the Collection of Lizards and Fishes have
been entered into the printed Catalogues.

The systematic list of all the species of Fishes described since the publication of the
“ Catalogue of Fishes” has proceeded as far as the second volume.

Another portion of the extensive Collection of Shells bequeathed by the late Rev.
R. T. Lowe, as well as other numerous accessions to this branch of the Department, to be
mentioned hereafter, have been incorporated with the General Collection. The
determination and arrangement of the Nudibranchous Mollusks has been completed.

Particular attention has been paid to the arrangement of the Collection of Crusta-
ceans; the manuscript List of the Crustacea Brachyura has made considerable progress,

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all the specimens in the collection being determined as the list proceeds. Collections of
Amphipoda from Spitzbergen, of Decapoda and IJsopoda from Tropical South America,
of Crustacea generally from New Zealand and the South Pacific, from Rodriguez and
Kerguelen Land, and from Lake Baikal, have been examined and incorporated with the
general collection; also reports of these collections have been prepared for publication
with descriptions ef the new species. :

In the collection of Jnsecta, the preliminary arrangement of the ZLongicornia, and a
thorough revision and rearrangement of several Lepidopterous families (Lithoside,
Hypside, Melameride, Dioptidea, Nyctemeride, Muschemide, Chalcoside) have been
finished ; and the various extensive series obtained during last year, and to be mentioned
hereafter, have been determined and incorporated, and the new forms described.

The work of determining, arranging, and cataloguing the extensive series of Corals,
which includes about 1,000 specimens, has been commenced. The general arrangement
of the Sponges having been completed (with the kind assistance of Dr. Carter), this work
is to be followed by a detailed specific examination of the specimens of this obscure class
of animals.

The large collection obtained by the naturalists of the “ Transit of Venus” Expedition,
and comprising animals of nearly all classes, has been examined; the species have been
named and arranged, and the duplicates distributed among other institutions. A nominal
list of the species, as well as detailed reports and descriptions of the new forms, have been
prepared. :

II. Cataloguing.

‘The following Catalogue has been printed during the year 1876 :—

* Catalogue of British Hymenoptera,” Vol. I. British Bees (Apide and Andrenide),
by F. Smith. Second Edition, 8vo. (pp. 236, with 11 plates).

The third volume of the “Catalogue of Birds,” and the first part of * Illustrations of
Types of Lepidoptera Heterocera,” are in the press.

IIL. Conservation.

Of the acquisitions of Vertebrate Animals, only examples of large size, or such as will
contribute to the instruction of the general public, have been mounted for exhibition in
the galleries: thus, for instance, a group of Lemurs (Propithecus), groups of. the Wild
Goat of Asia Minor, and some Antelopes (Gazella’ granti, Nanitiragus nigrocaudatus,
Saiga tartarica), the skeleton of a wild Buffalo from Abyssinia, the skeleton of .a Hippo-
potamus, skeletons of the Solitaire (Pezophaps solitarius), male and female, and of the
large extinct Goose of New Zealand (Cnemiornis), three species of Cassowaries (C.
westermanni, C. picticollis, and C. beccarti); several carapaces and skeletons of Gigantic
Land Tortoises ; skin and skeleton of the Gigantic Marine Lizard from the Galapagos
(Amblyrhynchus), an Anaconda, two Sharks, ete. All the other Vertebrate Animals
acquired during the year, and preserved either as skins or skeletons, or in spirits, have
been placed in the reserve rooms, being not the less accessible to the student.

Of a number of skins of mammals and reptiles the skulls have been extracted, the
examination of the cranial characters being now generally considered a necessary clement
in the study of these animals. The skins of the Carnivorous Mammalia have been taken
out of the store-boxes, examined and cleaned. D5

The exhibited series of Birds has been cleaned; and the work of re-labelling the stands
_ is still in progress.

The spirits in the bottles containing the large specimens of Fishes, as well as those
enumerated in the sixth volume of the “‘ Catalogue,” have been renewed. ‘To insure the
perfect preservation of the most valuable specimens, especially of the types, the plan has
been adopted of hermetically closing the bottle by a bladder firmly tied round the neck
of the hottle.

~The work of mounting the species of shells in separate glass-top boxes, mentioned in
last year’s report, has been continued.

Bereta large collections of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, and other insects, have been
mounted. :

IV. Acquisitions.

During the last year 24,685 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection :— .

Vertebrata -— eA cs - = = = 1 RO GS7O0
Mollusca — - = - - - - - - 3,307
Annulosa ae ee - - - - - - 15,083
Radiata (and Vermes) - - - - - - A425)"
POPAL, «oy =). = JAG 05

All these specimens have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and a
separate number corresponding to an entry in the manuscript register of accessions, in

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which, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact locality in which the
specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other valuable informa-
tion regarding them are,entered. Many of the new and more interesting species have
been described and figured by the officers of the Department.

The past year was remarkable for the number of valuable donations, by which the
zoological collection has been enriched. -

The most important were the following :—

1. The collections made by the Naturalists accompanying the “ Transit of Venus ” Ex-
peditions to Rodriguez (Messrs. H. H. Slater and G. Gulliver,) and Kerguelen Land
(Rev. A. E. Eaton). These collections being at the disposal of the Royal Society (at
whose recommendation the Naturalists were appointed), were offered by the President
and Council of the Royal Society to the Trustees of the British Museum, under the
condition that a complete set should be retained for the National Collection, and the
duplicates distributed among the following five institutions: the Museum of Science and
Art, Edinburgh; the Natural History Museum, Dublin; the Royal College of Surgeons;
the Zoological Museums of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. These collections
containing animals of nearly all classes will be hereafter referred to in detail.

2. Rear Admiral the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, late commander on the Pacific Station,
having been apprised of the interest attached to the Fauna of the Galapagos Islands,
directed Commander W. E. Cookson, who was about to visit that archipelago in H.M.S.
‘“‘ Peterel,” to obtain, if possible, some of the Tortoises from which these islands have
derived their name. In this Commander Cookson. was eminently successful; and,
besides, with the assistance of Mr. R. L. Bett, Staff Surgeon, R.N., collected many other
objects of interest, all of which were, by direction of Rear Admiral Cochrane, deposited
in the National Collection.

3. From Mr. W. Wykeham Perry, the last collections made during the command of
the late Commodore James G. Goodenough (as mentioned in last year’s Report) were
received. They consisted chiefly of anthropological and entomological specimens.

4. By the direction of the Foreign Secretary, Major D. R. Cameron, R.4., H.M.
North American Boundary Commissioner, presented a valuable series of Mammals and
Birds collected in the vicinity of the 49th parallel.

5. The second best set of the conchyliological and entomological collections made by the
late Dr. F. Welwitsch, in Angola, was delivered to the British Museum by the executors
of Dr. Welwitsch, as from the King of Portugal, in accordance with the decree of the
High Court of Judicature, d. Nov. 17th, 1875.

6. Of private dorations, the magnificent gifts of Birds and Lepidoptera from various
parts of India, by Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill, and of ‘Coleoptera from the Azores, by
F. Godman, Esq., require to be specially mentioned.

Others of the most important additions have been obtained by means of exchange with
the Colonial Museum of Wellington, New Zealand, and the Museums of Warsaw and
Genoa, as will be mentioned in the following more detailed list.

Mammatia.—The additions to this class have been 325 in number, of which the most
noteworthy are the following :—

Human crania from Mallicollo, Ambrym and Vanicero Islands, collected by W.
Wykeham Perry, Esq., during the cruise of H.M.S. “ Pearl.”

A series of skins and skeletons of the Irish Hare, to illustrate the seasonal changes,
and osteological variations; presented by the Hon. B. E. B. Fitz-Patrick.

Specimens of a black variety of the Roe-deer, from Westphalia; purchased.

A series of Mammals from Sarepta, among which skins and skeletons of Saga tartarica;
purchased.

A specimen of the Caucasian Ibex; purchased. 7

A series of skeletons of the Wild Goat and Sheep, Cat, Badger, Otter, Marten, Jackal,
and Hare, from the Cilician Taurus; collected by C. G. Danford, Esq.

A magnificent specimen of the Wild Goat of Mount Ararat; obtained by Commander
Telter.

Fifteen skins and twelve skeletons of North American Mammals; the former collected '

by the North American Boundary Commission ; the latter purchased.

A further consignment of Abyssinian Mammals, obtained on the Atbara, and in the
neighbourhood of Kassala, among which skins and skeletons of RAtnoceros heitloa, Kobus
sinasing, Lycaon venaticus, Orycteropus, etc.

Additional specimens and skulls of the lately discovered large species of Golden
Mole (Chrysochloris trevelyani) from British Caffraria; presented by Herbert
Trevelyan, Hsq.

A small collection from the Philippine Islands; made by Dr. Steere.

An important collection of forty-four Mammals made in North Western Borneo, by

H. Low, Esq., and containing several new forms; for instance, two Porcupines, an Otter, °

etc. ; described in “ Proc. Zool. Society.” x ll
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A swall collection from Peak Downs, Qneensland, made by Hr. Dimel, and con-
taining a fine series of a Marsupial Shrew, Antechinus minutiss:mus.

A collection from Yule Island (S.E. New Guinea), containing a series of Dorcopsis
luctuosus and Perameles fusciventer ; purchased.

A collection from Medellin, New Granada, made by Mr. Salmon, and containing a
new Marmoset (Hapale leucopus); several Spiny Rats (Echimys); the rare Dactylomys
and other desiderata.

A series of specimens of a Southern Seal (Arctocephalus cinereus); skull of Megaptera
nove-zealandie; skeletons of male and female Globicephalus macrorhynchus, Delphinus
forsteri, Mesoplodon hectoris and Neobalena marginata. This unique series of Antarctic
Cetaceans was obtained from the Colonial Museum of Wellington, by exchange.

Birds.—With the exception of the year 1874, in which Mr. Wailace’s collection was
purchased by the Trustees, the last year shows a greater increase of this branch of the
department than any of the preceding years ; the total number of acquisitions amounting
to 4,277 specimens, among which were 152 species new to the collection, and 47 typical
specimens. The following may be specially mentioned :—

The collection of Corvide made by John Gould, Esq., and consisting of 100 specimens,
amongst them the types of seven species described by that Ornithologist.

A series of Cormorants from the Cornish coast ; presented by Dr. Gtinther.

Two hundred and ninety-nine specimens, obtained by the North American Boundary
Commissior in the vicinity of the forty-ninth parallel.

A series of 110 skins, nests, eggs, and skeletons, selected. from the collection made
by Messrs. Slater and Gulliver, Naturalists of the “ Transit of Venus” Expedition, in
Rodriguez.

_ The fourth portion of the collection of African Birds, formed by, and formerly in the
possession of, R. B. Sharpe, Esq.; it consists of 750 specimens, and contains 12 types,
and 56 species previously not represented in the British Museum.

A collection from the Transvaal; presented by J. H. Gurney, Esq., and including
specimens of Turdus gurneyz.

Seven specimens from the Victoria Falls, amongst them the types of a new genus
(Pinarornis) and Saxicola shelleyi; purchased.

The type of Bradyornis woodwardi, from Natal; presented by J. D. S. Woodward,
Ksq. ’ ;

The type of Dromaevcercus brunneus, from Madagascar ; presented by Algernon Peck-
over, Esq.

A aclented series of 136 skins and eggs from the collection made by the Rey. A. E.
Eaton, Naturalist to the “ Transit of Venus ” Expedition, in Kerguelen Land.

A most valuable collection of 1,303 specimens from Northern Bengal, North Western
India, Burmah and Malacca; presented by Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill. _
Ten specimens from Burmah, new to the collection; presented by the Marquis of

Tweeddale, F.R.s.

A series of 200 specimens selected from the collections made by Dr. J. Anderson
during the expeditions to Yunnan. ;

Typical specimens of Garrulax galbanus and Suthora munipurensis; presented by
Major H. H. Godwin-Austen.

_ The type of Horettes pallidipes from Sikkim; presented by L. Mandelli, Esq.

Two collections of 246 specimens from N. W. Borneo; one made by H. Low, Esq.,
the other by Mr. A. Everett.

A series of 77 specimens collected by Dr. Steere, in the Philippine Islands, by which
twenty species were added to the British Museum Collection.

Six species new to the collection, and represented by 12 specimens from Taviumi,
. Feejee Islands: collected by E. L. Layard, Esq. :

The type of Casuarius westermanni, and specimens of C. picticollis and C. beccarii;
purchased of the Zoological Society.

A series of the lately described new species of Bird of Paradise (Paradisea raggiana) ;
purchased.

A small collection from Soutii Eastern New Guinea; purchased.

Specimens of Paradigalla carunculata from the Arfak Mountains, and of Tunysiptera
caroline from Mafoor ; obtained by exchange.

i co i specimens irom the Galapagos Islands; collected by Commander W. f,
ookson.

_. Reptiles and Amphibians.—The additions to these classes have been 550 in number;
the following may be specially mentioned :

A series of the bones of the extinct Gigantic Land Tortoise of Rodriguez, selected
from the collection made by H. H. Slater, Esq., Naturalist to the “Transit of Venus ”
Expedition.

A collection of remains of the extinct Gigantic Land Tortoise of Mauritius, received
from L. Bouton, Esq. .

. . A unique series of two of the Galapagos species of Gigantic Land Tortoises, from
Albemarle and Abingdon Islands; obtained by Commander Cookson.
The type of Testudo schweiggeri; obtained by exchange.
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——

A new form of Amphisbena (Phractogonus scalper), discovered by Commander
Cameron, C.B., at Kilemba in Urua.

Perfect adult specimens of the gigantic marine Lizard from the Galapagos Archipelago
(Amblyrhynchus) and other reptiles; obtained by Commander Cookson. 5

A collection of forty Reptiles and Frogs from Spain ; presented by Lord Lilford.

A collection of twenty-three Reptiles from the Cilician Taurus, including specimens
of a new Lizard (Zootoca danfordi); presented by C. G. Danford, Esq. .

Sixty-two Reptiles and Batrachians from North Australia, among which some remark-
able new forms, as Nephrurus asper, Delma orientalis, Rhudona fragilis, etc. ; collected by
Hr. Damel.

An adult specimen of the very rare Madagascar Python, Sanzinia ; purchased.

Two large specimens of an Indian Python (26 feet long) from Pinang, and of the
Anaconda (29 feet long) from Brazil ; purchased. é;

Fishes.—Tie total number of specimens received amounts to 718 :—

A specimen of Pelecus cultratus, from the Platten-See ; presented by T. R. Sachs, Esq.

Ss, of the Algerian Trout (Salmo macrostigma) ; presented by the Editor of the -
“ Field.”

Thirty-eight specimens of large size, from Lake Erie; purchased. |

Specimens of a species of Sptrubranchus (Sp. bainsiz), new to the collection, from
King William’s Town, British Caffraria ; presented by H. Trevelyan, Esq.

A series of 137 marine and freshwater fishes from Rodriguez and Kerguelen Land ;
selected from the collection of the “ Transit of Venus ” Expedition.

A selected series of 164 species new to the collection, from North Australia, and the
neighbouring parts of the Pacific ; purchased.
‘ ‘Thirteen specimens from the Galapagos Archipelago; collected by Commander

ookson.

A selected series of 71 species new to the collection, from the Rio das Velhas; obtained
from the Copenhagen Museum.

Mollusca.—the total number of specimens added to this branch is 3,307. As in last
year, these additions have been, with few exceptions, donations; and the following may
be mentioned as the most important :—

A series of 53 glass-models of Nudibranch Mollusks, made by and purchased of Hr. L.
Blaschka.
A collection of marine shells from Japan, formed and presented by G. Lewis, Esq.

ee series of 93 Sea and Land-shells from California, all new to the collection ; pur-
chased.

A collection of 109 Land and Freshwater shells from South and East Africa; presented
by J. S.. Gibbons, Esq.

A series of the duplicates (417 in number) selected from Dr. F. Welwitsch’s Angolan
collection. .

A series of 1,281 specimens from Rodriguez, selected from the collection of the
« Transit of Venus ” Expedition.

A valuable series of 27 species of Land-shells, mostly types, from Assam; presented by
Major H. H. Godwin-Austen.

A very important collection of Land-shells from the Philippine Islands, 95 in number,
among which many new and rare species ; presented hy the collector, Dr. Steere.

- An equally valuable collection of 49 Land-shells from the Fiji Islands, several of them
being types of the species described by Lieut. E. A. Liardet, r.n., by whom they were
collected, and presented to the Museum.

A further consignment of the Mollusca, collected by W. Wykeham Perry, Esq., in
the Solomons, Fiji, and other islands, during the cruize of H.M.S. “ Pearl.”

One hundred and twenty-one MolJusks irom Charles Island (Galapagos Archipelago),
collected by Commander W. E. Cookson.

Crustacea.—The additions amount to 1,181 specimens. The following are among the
principal acquisitions :—

A highly interesting collection of 75 species from Lake Baikal, formed and described
by Dr. Dybowsky in 1874,

A collection of 64 Crustaceans, obtained at Madeira by means of the dredge; presented -

by the Rey. R. Boog-Watson.
- "A series of 170 specimens from Rodriguez and Kerguelen Land, selected from the
collections made by the Naturalists of the * Transit of Venus’ Expeditions.

A further consignment of the Crustaceans, collected by Mr. W. Wykeham Perry, in
the Fiji Islands, New Hebrides and Western Australia, during the cruize of: H.M.S.
“ Pearl.”

Ancther series of 155 Crustaceans from Samoa; collected and presented by the Rev.
S. J. Whitmee.

Thirty specimens from the Galapagos Archipelago, and the vicinity of the Azores;
collected by Commander W. E. Cookson. ,

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The number of specimens added to this branch is 306.
The most interesting novelties were a genus of Myriopods (Hurylithobius), and an

Arachnid

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Arachnid of the curious little Eastern Genus Miogrammopes discovered in Rodriguez
during the “Transit of Venus” Expedition; four new species of Spiders, found by
Commander Cookson in the Galapagos Islands. Fourteen minute Myriopods from
Siberia, typical of species recently described by Dr. A. Stuxberg, were presented by
this gentleman.

Insecta. —This branch of the collection has been increased by 13,596 specimens, which
are distributed among the various orders, thus :—

Coleoptera - - = = = - i oil ai ict.
Hymenoptera - = - - - - - 295
Lepidoptera - = - - = = - - - 4,741
Diptera - = = = = = 5 - 72
Neuroptera - - = pe Wit Ss POR: 5 - 73
Orthoptera - - - = = = - - 173
Rhynchota = - - - - : - - - 422

TOTAL - - - 13,596

Important accessions, comprising Insects of all orders were: first, a series from
Rodriguez and Kerguelen Land, selected from the. collection made during the “ Transit
of Venus” Expedition, and containing many new forms, especially of Coleoptera;
secondly, a consignment of the Insects collected by Mr. W. Wykeham Perry, in the
New Hebrides and Fiji Islands, during the cruize of H.M.S. “ Pearl ;” thirdly, a series
selected from the duplicates of Dr. Welwitsch’s Angola Collection ; fourthly, the collee-
tion made by Commander W. E. Cookson in the Galapagos Archipelago ; and, fifthly,
a large collection from Abyssinia, purchased.

_ Of the other numerous accessions, chiefly of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, the following
are particularly worthy of notice :—

Five type specimens of Buprestide (Psiloptera leyboldi, Anthaxia debilipennis,
Pachypyga undata, Dactylozudes leyboldi, Agrilus mendozanus); obtained by exchange.

The types of Blephus« costata, and Adelium calosomoides ; purchased.

Two hundred and forty specimens of Histeride, named and compared with types;
purchased.

The type of Hesperia vialis; presented by W. H. Edwards, Esq.

_ An example of the North American Butterfly, Danais archippus, captured at Penller-
gare, South Wales, by J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., and presented by him. This is the first
example of this species recorded as obtained in the British Islands.

One hundred and forty-four Coleoptera, from Southern Europe, previously not repre-
sented in the collection ; obtained by exchange.

A second Jarge consignment of the collection of Coleoptera, made in the Azores by
F. D. Godman, Esq., and presented by him.

A collection of Moths from Lapland; presented by O. Salvin, Esq., F.R.s.

A large collection of Microlepidoptera, from South Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and
Syria; purchased of Dr. Staudinger.

Eleven Butterflies, from Japan, five of which were undescribed; presented by Montague
Fenton, Esq. ©

Eight Butterflies from Shanghai, five of which were undescribed; collected and pre-
sented by W. B. Pryer, Esq. ;

A very valuable collection of 1,488 Lepidoptera, formed in Malacca, by Captain Stack-
house Pinwill, and presented by him to theTrustees. This appears to be the most com-
plete series ever obtained from that part of India, and contains 35 species previously
unknown, and upwards of 70 hitherto not represented in the British Museum.

A series of 139 specimens of Coleoptera from Sarawak; purchased.

Several very rare species of Butterflies, obtained with much difficulty and at great cost,
by H. Low, Hsq.,in North Western Borneo. ;

Two valuable collections of Butterflies made in New Guinea, by the Rey. J.S. Mac-
Farlane, and W.-Y. Turner, Esq.

A valuable collection of 56 species of Hymenoptera, collected by C. M. Wakefield, Esq.
in the neighbourhood of Canterbury, New Zealand, and presented by him.

A collection of 46 Coleoptera from Madagascar; purchased.

A collection of 106 Moths from Natal; presented by C. O. Waterhouse, Esq.

A collection of 500 Coleoptera from Abyssinia, containing many novelties; purchased.

Radiata (and Vermes).— These branches of the Department have received 425 additional
examples, among which may be mentioned,—

A series of 68 terrestrial and fluviatile Annelids from Finla ais ‘ediubualr.
_ Axel R. Spoof, of Abo, Finland. Borehe yap ineriemenye Dr

A series of 46 Annelids, 62 Echinoderms, and 101 corals, selected from the collections

made by the Naturalists of the “Transit of Venus” Expeditions at Rodriguez and
Kerguelen Land. ni

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wv

The collection of [chinodermata, made by Commander W. E. Cookson, at Charles
Island, Galapagos. _

A magnificent fibroussponge (Luffaria archer?), discovered by Surgeon Major S. Archer,
at Ambergris Island, off the coast of Yucatan, and presented by him to the Trustees.

V.— Visitors and Studenis.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted various portions of the col-
lections,or required attendance or assistance, was 3,425, as compared with—

2,799 im the year = ~ - 1875.
3,306 os - - - 1874.
2,530 D - - - 1873.
2,284 a ae a so
2,518 x oa Ge

Albert Giinther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Arrangement.

In Room I. A large series of Plant-remains from the Lower Bagshot rocks (Middle
Eocene), Bournemouth, collected by Mr. W. 8. Mitchell, have been registered and placed
in drawers under the Table-cases in this Room.

In Room II. The unexhibited and duplicate specimens of Paleozoic Fossil Fishes
have been arranged in a series of drawers under Table-cases Nos.-7, 8, 9.

The extensive collections of Invertebrate fossils, from Mr. Samuel Sharp’s Museum,
embracing the various beds of the Great and Inferior Oolite, and the Lias of Northamp-
ton, Lincoln, and Rutland (described in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., 1870 and 1873),
have been registered and placed in drawers beneath Table-cases. The Cunnington
Collection of Cretaceous and Oolitic fossils from Wiltshire, &c., have also been registered,
and placed in drawers in this Room.

In Room III. The Reptilian remains from the Triassic deposits of South Africa,
recently described and figured by Prof. Owen in his “Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia
of South Africa,” have been placed for. exhibition in parts of Wall-cases 2 and 7. The
Wall-cases 8-10, containing the remains of Dinosauria and Crocodilia, have been re-.
painted, and their contents re-arranged and labelled; space having thus been obtained
in Case 8 for the exhibition of the large Dinosaur (Omosaurus armutus, Owen), from the
‘Kimmeridge clay, Swindon. Wall-case 7, containing the Ruminantia from the Miocene
deposits of the Sewalik Hills, has also been repainted, and its contents cleaned and re-
arranged.

Recently-acquired remains of Plesiosaurus and Pliosaurus have been arranged in
Wall-cases4and5. a5

A series of upwards of 900 Mollusca, from the Pliocene of Tuscany, have been named
and registered, and placed in drawers beneath the Table-cases in this Room.

In Room IV. The Wall-cases I.-V., containing the remains of Ichihyosaurus, have been
repainted and their contents cleaned, the smaller objects re-arranged, and many recently-
acquired specimens incorporated. The larger specimens, upon the top of the Wall-cases
in this Room have also heen cleaned.

Detached portions of the skeletons of the Marine Sauria (Plesicsaurus, Pliosaurus, and
Ichthyosaurus) have been arranged in a series of drawers beneath Table-cases 25-28.
Wall-case 7, containing the bones of the Bovide, has also been cleaned and its contents
re-arranged.

A series of the remains of Fossil Birds, from the Tertiary deposits of France, has been
identified, mounted on tablets, labelled, and arranged in ‘Table-case 4.

A glass case has been prepared to inclose the skeleton of the great extinct Struthious
Bird, the Dinornis maximus, Owen, from New Zealand, placed in this Room.

- An illustrative series of the Cetacean and Fish remains, from the “ Coprolite” diggings
in the Red Crag of Suffolk, has been mounted, labelled, and arranged in ‘Table-case 6.

In Room V. The Mammalian remains, from the Purbeck Beds, Upper Oolite,
Swanage, Dorset, figured and described by Prof. Owen in the Monographs of the
Paleontographical Society, 1870, vol. xxiv. (recently purchased of S. H. Beckles,
Esq.), have been mounted upon tablets and labelled, and placed in drawers in this Room,
preparatory to their exhibition.

Specimens of Eozoon Canadense have been placed in Table-case 15 in this Room.

In Room VI. Various additions to the Molluscan Fauna of the Crag have been regis-
tered and incorporated with the series preserved in drawers, or exhibited in the Table-case

in this Room.
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Considerable additions have also been made to the collection of Brachiopoda.

In the Supplemental Room. A series of forty very large Ammonites and Nautili have
been carefully developed and cleaned, and subsequently identified, named, and registered.
A series of large slabs of Orthoceratites Crinoids, Corals, &c., have likewise been named,
labelled, and registered, and, together with the above-named specimens, arranged upon
the tops of the Pier and Wall-cases in this Room.

A series of Crustacea, from the Lebanon and from the Greensand of England, together
with a number of Trilobites, have been duly registered, and placed in the Pier-cases and
drawers in this Room appropriated to the Arthropoda.

A number of slabs from the Yoredale Carboniferous, Silurian, and Cambrian rocks of
Britain, the Potsdam sandstone, &c., in America, covered with worm-tracks and crusta-
cean markings, have been prepared by the mason, and subsequently labelled, and placed
in the Pier-case in this Room.

A large number of Paleozoic Corals have been registered, labelled, and added to the
collection of Fossil Corals, placed in drawers in this Room.

Rooms in Basement. The Vertebrate remains preserved in these Rooms haye been
examined, assorted, arranged in drawers, and labelled.

The Manuscript of a Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea, comprising 1,248 genera
and species, has been completed, and is now in the printer’s hands.

The time of the mason has been chiefly employed in the development from the matrix
of the remainder of Mr. Bain’s and Dr. Atherstone’s South African Fossils; upon those
recently acquired from the Purbeck Beds of Swanage, and the series of large Ammonites
not heretofore properly developed from the matrix:

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—

Mammalia - - - - - - 739
Aves - - - - - - - - 40
Reptilia = - - ~ - - - - 273
Pisces - - - - - - - 558
1,610
Invertebrata :—
Crustacea and Insecta - - - 367
Annelida - - - - - - - 38
Mollusca | - - - - - - - 7,869
Polyzoa -- - - - = = - 94
Echinodermata - - - - - - 1,029
Zoophyta-Zoantharia - - - - - 415
Protozoa and Rhizopoda = - - = - 293
10,105
Plant Remains - = Aalgs - - - a - 709
Total number of Specimens registered - - - - 12,424

The number of visits from Students during the past year was 596.

Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A collection of Mammalian remains comprising the genera Sus, Elephas,
Equus, Ibex, Bos, Cervus, Rhinoceros, and various carnivora obtained from the Genista
Cave, and other caverns and fissures in Windmill Hill, Gibraltar, by the late Captain Fox
Brome, then Governor of the Military Prison, Gibraltar (1863-67). Forwarded, with
the approval of the War Office, upon the recommendation of Professor George Busk, F.R.s.,
and the late Dr. Falconer, F.x.s., by General Sir William Codrington, K.c.B., Governor
of Gibraltar. .

A series of Mammalian and other remains obtained in the exploration of Brixham Cave,
Torquay, and exhumed by the aid of grants from the Royal Society and the Baroness
Burdett Coutts; described in the Phil. Trans. 1873, Vol. 163, part II., pl. xli-xlvii.,
pp- 471-572. Forwarded by Professor Busk, r.x.s. Joseph Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S.5
¥F.G.S., &c., Reporter.

166, D4 Casts

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Casts of Trogosus castoroideus, Hyopotamus americanus, and Auchippodus riparius, the
originals figured in Leidy’s “ Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of the. Western Territories,”
U.S. Presented by Professor Joseph Leidy, m.p., &c.

Remains of Spermophilus, from the Pleistocene Brickearth of Crayford, Kent. Pre-
sented by Robert William Cheadle, Esq.

(2.) Aves.—Plaster-cast of pelvis of Harpagernis Moorei, from Glenmark, New Zealand.
Presented by Dr. Julius Haast, ¥.R.s.

ee Reptilia—A Saurian vertebra from the Wealden. Presented by Herrn von Tun-
zelmann.

Remains of Pliosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Ichthyosaurus, from the Kimmeridge Clay,
Swindon. Presented by the Directors of the Swindon Brick and Tile Works.

A fine skull of Dicynodun leoniceps, Owen, from the Triassic Deposits of South Africa,
together with a portion of another of the same species, figured in Professor Owen’s Cata-
logue of Fossil Reptilia of South Africa. Presented by Dr. W. G. Atherstone, ¥.G.s.

A fine jaw of Rhizodus Hibberti and remains of Megalichthys and Holoptychius, from the
Coal-shale and Devonian, of Gilmerton and Perthshire. Presented by Dr. Lauder Lind-
say, F.R.S.E.

A series of 40 fish-remains from the Tertiary Coal-formation of the Highlands of
Padang, Sumatra. Figured and described by Dr. Giinther, r.r.s, in the Geological
Magazine, 1876. Decade ii., Vol. iii., p. 433, Plate xv-xix., and embracing eight
genera. Presented on behalf of Mynheer Verbeek, Superintendent of the Geological
Survey of Sumatra, by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.r.s.

I. By Denation.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

7 A collection of 166 Tertiary shells from Portugal. Presented by Henry D. Forbes,
sq.
Six fossil shells from Brockenhurst, figured in Wise’s “ New Forest, its History and
Scenery ” (1863). -Presented by John R. Wise, Esq.

Four fossil shells from Angola, collected by the late Dr. Welwitsch. Presented by
the King of Portugal.

Thirty shells, &c., from the Tertiary strata of the Murray River, Australia, collected
by the late Commodore Goodenough, R.N. Presented by Mrs. Goodenough.

145 fossil corals, cut and polished, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Clifton. iPre-
sented by Swinfen Jordan, Esq., r.c.s.

Slab with impressions of Cruziana semiplicata, from the Cambrian, Nant. Francon,
Bangor, Wales. Presented by the Rev. John Peter, r.c.s.

Four examples of Glossopteris, from the Trias of Estcourt, Natal, South Africa. Pre-
sented by the Rev. George Smith.

Il. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

_ (1.) Mammalia.—Remains of Hyena, Wolf, Horse, and Deer, from the Oreston Caves,
near Plymouth (part of the collection of the late Mr. Joseph Cottle, of Bristol).
Fine molars of Elephas antiquus, and Elephas primigenius; also remains of Rhinoceros
and Hyena, from the Pleistocene gravels of Lincolnshire.
Molars of Mastodon Ohiolicus, Megatherium Americanum and Eyuus, from the Phosphate
beds of South Carolina. : Pec
Bones of a Cetacean (.Delphinus Cortesii)—from the Pliocene deposits of Orceana. ©

(2.) Reptilia.—The premaxilla of Acrodontesaurus Gardner?, Wood-Mason, being the
type specimen figured in Quart. Journ. Geol. ‘Soc. Lond., Vol. xxv. pl. 19, from the
Lower Chalk, Folkestone; also, the dermal spines and vertebre of Acanthopholis horridus,
Huxley, from the same deposit near Dover. .

A series of vertebre of a large and undescribed species of Plesiosaurus, remains of
Pterodactylus, also Chelonian and reptilian eggs, obtained from the Gault of Folkestone.

Cervical Vertebre of Streptospondylus major, Owen, from the Wealden, Isle of
Wight. :

a nearly entire lower jaw of a small Pliosaurus from the Oxford Clay, Whittlesea;
and a skull with mandible and other remains of the same TYeleosaurus, from the ‘Lias,
Northampton.

(3.) Fishes—Enormous teeth of a shark, Carcharodon megalodon, also teeth of Lamna,
Ctodus, Oxyrhina G'aleocerdo and Hemipristis, from the Phosphate Beds of South
Carolina.

A series of teeth of Plagiostomous Fishes, comprising examples of Votidanus primige-
nius, Scymnus majori, Myliobatis and Chimera, from the Pliocene deposits of Orceano.

Specimens of Opisthopteryx gracilis, Osmeroides, mezapterus, Spaniodon Blondelit, Pa-
gellus libanicus, Platax minor, Clupea Gaudryi, and others. ;

A fine series of the maxille and mandibles of Ischyodus brevirostris, palatal teeth of
Plethodus, and remains of Thrissopater salmoneus, Thrissopater sp. nov., Hypsodon, En-
chodus, and some undescribed fish remains, from the Gault of Folkestone.

A specimen

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A specimen of Pholidophorus Flesheri, from the Great Oolite, Blisworth.

A head of Squaloraia polyspondyla, from the Lias.

Teeth of Ctenodus and Diplodus gibbosus, scales of Phyllolepis, and remains of Pal@o-
niscus sculptus, Acunthodes pygmeus, and of Gyrolepis, from the gas-coal of Bohemia, near
Prague.

Il. By Purchase.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Crustacea.—16 Crustacean remains from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon

23 Crustacea from the Oolite and Lias of Northampton and Lincoln.

The type-specimen of Peneus Sharpiit, H. W., figured and described by Mr. H. Wood-
ward in British Association Reports, Norwich, 1868, p. 72, pl. i., fig. 3.

Eryon Barrovensis, from the Lias of Lyme Regis. 21 Carapaces of Dithyrocaris, from
the Lower Carboniferous series, Hast Kilbride; figured and described by Mr. H. Wood-
ward and Mr. R. Etheridge, jun., in the ‘‘ Geological Magazine,” 1874, p. 107, pl. v.

5 Trilobites from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley.

(b.) Mollusea.—400 Pliocene Mollusca, from Sicily. A very fine and perfect speci-
men of Voluta Lamberti, and 20 other Red and Coralline Crag Mollusca, trom Suffolk.

300 Tertiary shells from the Estuarine deposits of the Valley of the Amazons, 2,000
miles distant from the sea.

64 Ammonites and other Mollusca, from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon.

Upwards of 2,500 Mollusca from the Oolitic and Liassic series of Northampton, Lin-
coln, and Rutland, part of Mr. S. Sharv’s Collection, described in his Papers in the
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., 1870, vol. xxvi, p. 354, and 1873, vol. xxix, p. 225.

(c.) Echinodermata.—26 Echinoderms from the Cretaceous formation of the Leba-
non. ;

355 Echinoderms from the Oolite and Lias of Northampton, &c., part of Mr. Sharp’s
Collection. Also from the same collection, the type-specimen of Astropecten Cottswoldie
var, Stamfordiensis, Wright. Figured and described by Dr. Wright in Mon. Pal. Soc.
Oolitic Fossil Asteriade, p. 118, pl. vii, fig. 2; and of Stellaster Sharpii, Wright,
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., 1870, vol. xxvi., p. 392.

(d.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia.—20 Fossil Corals from the vicinity of Northumberland
House, Beechey Island, brought home by the Artist to the S. 8. “ Pandora” (1875).
20 Sections of Corals from the Lower Carboniferous series of Beith.

(e.) Protozoa,—A section of Parkeria, from the Greensand of Cambridge.

Il. By Purchase.-—C. PLANTA.

11 Plant remains, consisting of leaves of Glossopteris, &c., and portions of Aruucarites
peregrinus ; together with a branch of Coniferous tree, 11 feet in length, associated with
Ammonites, from the Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset.

The total acquisitions during the past year are as follow :—

I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - = = 522
II. ,, Purchase, A. Vertebrata - - - - 801
I. ,, Donation, B. Invertebrata - - - - 366
II. ., Purchase, B. Invertebrata - - - 3,826
I. ,, Donation, C. Plante - - - - - 4
II. ,, Purchase, C. Plante = - - - 12
Rota = p=5 = o.pol

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

THE additions to the Mineral Collections during the past year have been 1,652 in
number. The specimens have been registered, labelled, and incorporated in the
Collection.

With a view to bringing together into a general Petrological Collection such of the
numerous series of rocks preserved in the Department as are available for the purpose,
the older collections have been gathered into a continuous series of drawers in the
basement, in several hundreds of which they are now being grouped, and at the same time
cleaned. The duplicate minerals in a large number of drawers which were displaced by
this process have also been re-arranged.

The Rock specimens brought home by the “Transit of Venus” Expedition from the
Island of Rodrigues have been sent to the Department for description; and of them
three duplicate collections have been formed, of which one will be attached to the
Department. The description of these rocks is at present in hand.

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Of 251 petrological specimens, microscopical sections have been prepared in the
Department, with a view to the proper discrimination and classification of the rocks they
represent.

Towards the systematic work for the publication of a Scientific Catalogue of the
Mineral Collection, the crystallography of the first and second divisions is nearly completed
to the end of the Monosulphides; and analyses have been made in the laboratory of
specimens of which the composition was doubtful in the species of Native Metals, of
Kaneite, Leucopyrite, Smaltine, Dyscrasite, Blende, Argentite, Bismuthinite, Tetra-
dymite, and Onofrite.

An analysis has also been made of the water of the Museum well, of a green variety of
Garnet, and of the ingredients of rocks at: Stonehenge and from Labrador.

The Collection of Meteorites has been increased by four new falls, and by three better
specimens of falls previously in the Museum. The most remarkable of these is a small
mass of iron which fell at Rowton, in Shropshire, on the 20th of April 1876, presented
by his Grace the Duke of Cleveland.

The recorded number of students and visitors to the Department, for information in
connection with it, has been 970.

The following are the most important acquisitions of the Department during the year:—

By Presentation :—

A specimen of Native Gold, Caledonian Reef, Thames Goldfield, New Zealand ; by
James Farmer, Esq.

Native Arsenic in crystals, Kapnik, Hungary ; by Wm. Garrow Lettsom, Esq.

Native Sulphur, Cove Creek, Utah, U.S.A.; by Ferdinand Dickert, Esq.

Galena in large octahedrons, near Perth, Western Australia; by Robert Palmer, Esq.

Specimens of Iron Glance and Magnetite from the Republic Iron Co.’s mine, Marquette,
Michigan, U.S.A.; by Dr. Mackenzie, of New York.-

Manganosite, Liingban, Wermland, Sweden; by A. W. Andersson, Esq., of Filipstad,
Sweden.

Corundum from various localities in North Carolina and Chester Co., Pennsylvania;
Damourite, Diaspore, and Margarite, Ball’s Corundum mine, Newlin, Chester Co.,
Pennsylvania; Samarskite, Mitchel Co., North Carolina; specimens of the Geyserites,
from the geysers of the Yellowstone National Park, and Hebronite and Cookeite, Paris,
Maine, U.S.A.; by Dr. Joseph Leidy, of Philadelphia.

A remarkable specimen of Quartz with a peculiar pearly lustre, Rock Forest, near
Mallow, Co. Cork, Ireland, by Miss G. E. Cotter; and another specimen by the Rey.
G. H. Reade.

Specimens of Malacolite from Toteig, Ross-shire, and Ben Chourn, Glenelg, Inverness-
shire; Hornblende, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire ; and Nephrite, Portsoy, Banffshire;
by Prof. Forster Heddle, ¥.R.8.B.

Pyrope, Elie, Fifeshire; by Mr. Sanderson,

Specimens of Analcite, from Kerguelen’s Land; by the Rey. A. E. Eaton.

Koppite with Magnesoferrite in limestone, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden ; by Prof.
Kopp, of Heidelberg.

Specimens of crystallised Blodite, Mayo salt-mines, Punjaub, India; by Dr. H. Warth.

Selenite in crystals, from the interior of an engine-boiler, Cornwall; and Apatite with
Phlogopite, Ottawa, Canada ; by John Arthur Phillips, Esq., .e.s.

Fichtelite, near Manchester; by John Plant, Esq.

Rocks.

A large series of Rock specimens, representing localities in Italy, Lipari Islands,
Hungary, Transylvania, Bohemia, Styria, Tyrol, &c.; by Prof. J. W. Judd, F.e.s.

Axehead of Siliceous Slate from New Guinea; by A. W. Franks, Esq., F.8.S.

Specimens of the Marbles from the quarries of Fratelli del Monte, Oran, Algiers; by
the Chevalier Giovanni Battista, through Signor Fontana.

Specimens of Rocks from New Zealand; by Dr. Lauder Lindsay.

METEORITE.

A small mass of Meteoric Iron, which fell near Rowton, April 14, 1876; weight, 7 lbs.
8 0z.; by the Duke of Cleveland.

By purchase and exchange :—

Rich specimens of Native Silver, from various lecalities in Mexico; crystallised Native
Gold, Voréspatak, Transylvania; Native Bismuth in erystals, from Siebenschlehn, near
Schneeberg, Saxony ; and fine specimens of Native Lead m granular massive Haus-
mannite, from the Pajsberg iron mine, Philipstadt, Wermland, Sweden.

Large specimens of Native Sulphur, in very fine crystals, Girgenti, Sicily.

Cnnabar, Almaden, Spain; Hauerite with native sulphur, Kalinka, Hungary; very
fine Pyrargyrites from the Santa Lucia mine, La Luz, Guanaxuato, Mexico; Proustites,
Freiberg, Saxony.

A specimen of well-crystallised Calomel, from Almaden, Spain.
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Specimens of crystallised Cassiterite, Queensland, Australia; Manganosite, Liingban,
Wermland, Sweden.

Large specimens of Aragonite, Herrngrund, Hungary ; and with Native Sulphur from
Girgenti, Sicily; a very large crystal of Iceland Spar partly encrusted with stilbite,
Rédefiérd, Iceland ; Calcites, Alston, Cumberland; Cerussites from various localities
in Spain; Calcite pseudomorphous after Aragonite, Girgenti, Sicily; Hornblende and
Augite crystals, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden; Apophyllite on quartz, the St.
Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland; granular massive Thulite, Lerviken, Norway; Epidotes
from various localities in Sweden; large polished slab of Labradorite, Labrador; a large
specimen of crystallised Orthoclase, Alabaschka, Mursinsk, Ural; fine and large crystals
of Amazon-stone (Microcline), from,Pike’s Peak, Colorado, U. 8. A.; a large amygdule
of Natrolite, Salesel, Bohemia; and Scolecite, Syhadree Mountains, Bombay.

Extremely large crystals of Pyrosmalite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden; crystallised
Xanthophyllite, Slatoust, Urals, Orenburg; specimens of Karyinite, Ganomalite,
Ekdennite, and Manganophyllite, Lingban, Wermland, Sweden; Nohlite and Biom-
strandite, Nohl, Sweden; and Huminite, Nullaberget, Sweden.

Black Tourmalines, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, U.S.A.; brown
Tourmaline, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, U.S.A.

Hjelmite, Kararfvet, near Fahlun, Sweden ; crystallised Euxenites, Arendal, Norway ;
Ixiolite, Skogbolé, Finland; Tapiolite, Sukkula, Finland.

Wulfenite, Wheatley mines, Pennsylvania, U.S A.; fine Crocoisites, Beresowsk, Ural.

Specimens of Henwoodite and Chalcosiderite, West Wheal Phoenix, near Liskeard,
Cornwall; Scorodites, Dornbach, near Montabaur, Nassau; Cacoxene, Weilburg, Nassau;
Kiihnite and Spodiosite, Lingban, Wermland, Sweden.

A collection of Rocks illustrative of certain localities in the Transvaal, South Africa.

A series of the Lavas of Vesuvius.

A series of the Rocks of New Zealand.

The new Meteorites added tu the Collection are, besides the Rowton iron, specimens
representing the Falls of Nash County, N. C., of May 14, 1874; of Waconda, Kansas ;
and of Claywater, Wisconsin, that fell on March 26, 1865.

Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

THE work of incorporating plants in the General Herbarium has been actively carried
ou during the past year. The large additions made in 1873 to the Cabinets for the Her-
barium afforded accommodation for the collectious that have since been incorporated; but
the crowded state of the Herbarium has required another large addition of 93 Cabinets
during the year, and the erection of a temporary gallery in one of the rooms for the
accommodation of the collection of Cellular Cryptogams. The whole Herbarium has
consequently been redistributed, and room has been secured for further additions.

During the progress of the work of incorporation, the following Natural Orders have
been greatly increased, and more or less completely re-arranged : — Leguminose,
Rosacea, Rubiacee, Composite, Convolvulacee, Scrophularinee, Labiate, Euphorbiacee,
Chenopodiacee, Orchidee, and Graminee.

The following collections have been either entirely or in part systematically arranged,
and inserted in their places in the General Herbarium :—Plants from Tropical Africa,
collected and named by Dr. Schweinfurth; from the Island of Rodriguez, collected by
Dr. I. B. Balfour; from China, by the Rev. James Lamont and F. B. Forbes, Esq. ;
from Australia, by Menzies, Collie, and Paterson; from New Zealand, by Dr. Hector ;
from Oregon, by Geyer; from Mexico, by Schiede and Fendler ; from Chili, by Reed;
and from Tropical South America, by Claussen and Linden.

Two very valuable collections of plants have been acquired by the Trustees during the
year, viz. :—The study set of Robert Brown’s great Herbarium of Australian plants, and
the second set of the plants collected in Tropical Africa by the late Dr. Welwitsch.

Mr. Brown’s Herbarium was the property of the late J. J. Bennett, formerly keeper of
the Botanical Department of the Museum. The first, or study set, together with all the
notes and manuscripts of Mr. Brown, has been presented to the Museum by Mr. Bennett’s
widow, in accordance with his instructions. Considerable progress has been made in the
separation of the study set.

Dr. Welwitsch, by his will, required his executors to offer the study set of his African
plants to the Trustees, at the price of two pounds ten shillings per hundred. The executors
were stopped carrying out the provisions of the will through the action of the King of
Portugal, and a bill was filed in Chancery claiming the whole collection as the property of
the Crown of Portugal. After a lengthened and expensive litigation, the case was termi-
nated by a compromise, which secured to the Trustees the next best set after the study
set, with copies of the original notes and descriptions, at the cost only of separation and
transcription. The work of separating and transcribing is being diligently prosecuted,
and this important series of plants is becoming available to men of science.

The Moss Herbarium of James Dickson, which contains the types of the species
Bt by him in his “ Fase. Pl. Crypt. Britann.,” has been acquired from his daughter.

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36 accounts, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Iwo important collections of drawings of Fungi have become the property of the
Trustees during the year. The one is of great critical value, consisting of the original
drawings by Sowerby of his classical work on English Fungi. It has been presented by
the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, and comprises 530 original drawings, and copies of 347 plates.
The Trustees had already acquired by purchase the models of the Fungi made by
Sowerby in the progress of his work, as well as the original drawings of his “ English
Botany.” By this gift the series of Sowerby’s illustrations of the indigenous Flora of
Britain, in the British Museum, is completed. The other collection consists of 733
orginal coloured drawings of the higher Fungi, made by the late Mrs. Anna Russell of
Kenilworth, and bequeathed by her to the Museum. These drawings are of especial

- value, as they represent with singular fidelity the form and colour of a group of plants
which at the best are very imperfectly represented in Herbaria. The two collections,
with the large series of drawings by Mr. W. G. Smith, acquired in 1875, have been
incorporated into one series.

The following are the principal additions to the collections of the Department during
the year 1875 :—

A large series of desiderata from the Herbarium of J. G. Baker, Esq.

281 species of Phanerogamia and Ferns, and 80 species of Lichens; collected by Dr.
I. B. Balfour, in the Island of Rodriguez, during the Transit Expedition; presented by
the Council of the Royal Society.

80 species of freshwater Alow, and 44 species of Lichens; collected by the Rev.
A. E. Eaton, in Kerguelen’s Land, during the Transit Expedition; presented by the
Council of the Royual Society.

294 species of plants from the Island of Formosa; collected and presented by the Rey.
W. Campbell, of Taiwanfoo, Formosa. ;

200 species of plants from New Zealand; collected by Dr. Hector.

160 species and varieties of Palms from the Amazon region; collected and presented
by Dr. Trail.

3 species of Palms from Bourbon; collected and presented by Dr. I. B. Balfour.

A 149 species of plants from False Bay, Cape of Good Hope; collected and presented by

r. Hahn.

60 species of flowering plants from the neighbourhood of Godhayn, Greenland; col-
lected and presented by Captain Fielden.

107 species of Orchidexw, named by Professor Reichenbach.

99 species of plants from Egypt; collected and presented by H. A. Hurst, Esq.

237 species of plants from Southern Europe ; collected and named by Huter.

A collection of plants from the Assyr Mountains, in the Yemen, Arabia, through the
Rey. A. B. Millington.

20 varieties of Nepenthes, cultivated and presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq.

59 species of freshwater Algz and 80 species of Lichens, from the Cape of Good Hope ;
collected and presented by the Rev. A. li. Haton.

500 species of Fungi; collected and named by Thuemen.

400 species of Fungi; collected and named by Saccardo.

109 species of Fungi; collected and named by Rehm.

59 preparations of Cape Algw, by Dr. Reinsch.

Specimens have also been contributed to the Herbarium by Lord Walsingham, Sir
P. de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart.; Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Bart.; Messrs. R. A. Pryor,
J.C. Mansel-Pleydell, F. M. Webb, A. Craig Christie, M. Mogeridge, E. M. Holmes,
T. Howse, H. Groves, C. Packe, and Professor T. R. Jones.

Figures of 2,991 species of plauts have been added to the collection of Botanical
_ Illustrations during the year.

The number of visits paid during 1876 to the Herbarium for scientific inquiry or
research was 1,237. The following foreign botanists may be specified as having used
the Herbarium in prosecuting their various studies :—Professor Cohn, of Breslau, for his
works on Cryptogamic Botany; Dr. Baillon, of Paris, for his works on Systematic
Botany ; Professor Reichenbach, of Hamburg, for his Memoirs on Orchidee; Dr. Bauke,
of Berlin, for his investigations in the minute Fungi; M. C. de Candolle, for his Mono-
graph of the Mecliacee; and Professor von Ettingshausen, of Gratz, for his investigations
on Fossil Plants. Among British Botanists, the following may be specified :—Professor
Bentley, in connection with Bentley and Trimen’s “ Medicinal Plants ;” Mr. Holmes,
Curator of the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society, for his investigations in con-
nection with Medicinal Plants; General Munro, for his Monograph of the Graminee;
Mr. W. P. Hiern, for his work on the Rubiacee of the “ Flora of Tropical Africa ;” Mr.
Bentham, for his “ Flora Australiensis;” Dr. Trail, for his work on the Palms of the
Amazon Region ; Dr. I. B. Balfour, for his work on the Flora of the Island of Rodriguez ;
Mr. J. G. Baker, for his Monograph of the Liliacee; Dr. Masters, for his work on the
Restiacee; Mr. Duthie, for the Myrtacee of the “Flora of British India ;” the Rev.
J. M. Crombie, Mr. Labalestier, and Mr. Joshua, for their investigations into the
Lichens of Britain ; Mr. Broome and Mr. Howse, for British Fungi; Rev. W. W. New-
bould, Mr. B. D. Jackson, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Mansel-Pleydell, Mr. Webb, Mr. Glasspoole,
Mr. Townsend, Mr. Churchill, and Mr. Stratton, for their critical study of European
and British Plants; Dr. Braithwaite and Mr. Holmes, for the study of British Mosses ;
and Mr. J. S. Gardner, for the study of the Tertiary Plants of Hampshire.

Wm. Carruthers.

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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

Tue third volume of the “ Catalogue of Satirical Prints,” prepared by Mr. F. G
Stephens, and comprising a number of descriptions by the late Mr. E. Hawkins, is
complete, and ready for publication, it extends the series to 1870, and contains about
1,800 entries, dealing with a much larger number of designs. In the three volumes are
nearly 4,000 entries. The third volume is concerned with the greater portion of the
works of Hogarth, from “A Harlot’s Progress” to “The Cockpit.” Many very
curious particulars of the history of the publication of the earlier and more important of
these engravings have been brought to view, especially with regard to the issue of “ A
Harlot’s Progress” and “ A Rake’s Progress,” and illustrating the publication of plagiaries
of these designs; also as to the copies of the plagiaries, piracies of the originals, and even
copies of these piracies, some of which were issued before Hogarth’s versions, to which
they owe their existence. A strong light is thus thrown on the history of artistic copy-
right: of the growth of popular art it would be impossible to obtain a more complete
display. The plagiaries proved of unexpected importance, not only on account of their
extreme rarity, but because they served to expound Hogarth’s designs in question. All
the materials concerning that artist’s works in general being thus brought together, the
personages he referred to are described, and the details of his designs and their allusions
have been exhaustively elucidated, so that the exposition, which comprises much new
matter, may be said to be complete. The volume displays the period between the later
days of Sir Robert Walpole’s power and the first appearance of the younver Fox, thus
including the Earl of Wilmington’s, Mr. H. Pelham’s, the “ Broad Bottom,” the “ New-
castle,” and the “ Pitt and Newcastle” Administrations; the Earl of Bute’s appearance is
indicated, heralding the tempest of satire which, in the next period, his Lordship’s posi-
tion provoked. Among the remarkable persons satirized are George the Second,
Frederick Prince of Wales; Archbishops Wake and Herring; Bishops Gibson, Sherlock,
and Hoadly; the Dukes of Cumberland, Argyll, and Newcastle ; Sir R. Walpole, Lord
Walpole, Pulteney Earl of Bath, Bubb Doddington, H. Fox (Lord Holland), W. Pitt
(Earl of Chatham); Lords Chesterfield, Sandys, Egmont, Lyttelton, Winchelsea, and
Carteret ; Lord Lovat, Lord George Sackville, Sir William Yonge; Admirals Norris,
Vernon, Matthews, Lestock, Byng, and Anson; Hogarth, Pope, H. Fielding, “ Caleb
D’Anvers;” John Wesley, Whitefield the Preacher; Garrick, Farinelli, Cuzzoni, Min-
gotti, Senesino, the Cibbers, Rich ; “ Orator” Henley, * Dr. Rock,” and their contemporary
quacks ; Lady Yarmouth, Miss Chudleigh, Lady M. W. Montagu; the Empress-Queen,
Louis XV., the King of Prussia, Cardinals Fleury and Tencin. Among the prominent
subjects are election squibs, political bribery, plunder bv officials, and jobbery; the Calf’s
Head Club, Independency, the Clerical and Medical Professions, the Freemasons and
Gormagons, “ Don Jumpedo,” “ The Golden Rump,” Hanoverian Mercenaries, the “ Gin
Act,” the Opera, and the Stage.

A third or supplementary part of the “Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and other
Cards” has been prepared by Dr. Willshire. This part includes notices of a number of
examples acquired by the Department since the first portion of the Catalogue was
finished. It contains also a series of illustrations explanatory of some obscure portions
of the history of Playing Cards, and of some scarce specimens in the possession of the
Department. Some woodcuts are inserted when deemed essential to the full under-
standing of the text.

A new exhibition of prints has been arranged on the screens in the King’s Library,
consisting of a series of English portraits and historical groups of the sixteenth century,
and of the seventeenth as far as the reign of Charles I]. A catalogue of them has also
been compiled.

The whole collection of German etchings has been arranged, in chronological order, in
twelve solander cases.

The works of Virgilius Solis have been brought together, and arranged in two cases,
and marked off in the MS. catalogue. :

The Italian prints in chiaro-scuro have been brought together and temporarily
arranged in classes, according to Bartsch’s ‘* Peintre Graveur,” vol. xii.

The miscellaneous collection of Italian etchings has been similarly treated, and placed
in a portfolio; and an alphabetical index has been prepared of the artists’ names, as well
as a chronological one.

The miscellaneous collection of Dutch and Flemish etchings, woodcuts, and chiaro-
scuro prints, has been brought together, and arranged in two portfolios; an alphabetical
index has been made of the artists’ names, as well as a chronological one.

The miscellaneous collection of early French etchings has been treated in the same
manner, and arranged in two portfolios, which have been placed with the three containing
the works of modern masters already arranged; an alphabetical index of the entire col-
lection has been prepared, as well as a chronological one.

The whole of the collection of prints after Rubens has now been mounted, and fills
seven solander cases; the artist’s name and the references to Basan’s and Schneevoogt’s
catalogues are piinted in bistre on each mount.

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38 AccouNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The MS. catalogue of prints after Rubens has been completed, many additions being
made to the descriptions of Basan and Schneevoogt, and all those in the Museum Collec-
tion marked off in it.

The second portion of the catalogue of the prints contained in the illustrated copy of
Madame de Sévigné’s Letters, namely, that of the historical and topographical subjects,
has been compiled, and bound in one volume,

A catalogue has been prepared of the etchings by Jonas Umbach, the register-marks
being attached to those in the Museum Collection,

Fifteen of the old volumes, marked K 67, K 68,0 7,08, P 1, P 2,P 3, P 4, P 5,
P6,P7,P 8, Q1, Q 2, and Q 3, containing two thousand two hundred and sixty
English portraits, have been broken up; and their contents, after keing stamped with the
Museum mark and references to the inventory, arranged in periods and classes, pre-
paratory to their incorporation with the General Collection, which is being proceeded
with.

Five other old volumes, marked X 1, W 4, W 5, W 7, and4 N N D, containing six
hundred and fifty-one prints, chiefly of the Italian school, have also been broken up,
stamped, and distributed.

All the prints after foreign masters, as well as foreign portraits and historical prints,
recently acquired, have been incorporated with their respective collections, and the
English portraits have been arranged in alphabetical order, previous to being placed in
their different periods and classes.

The drawings by masters of the English school, recently acquired, have been mounted
and incorporated with the collection, which is thereby increased by six additional casés.

The descriptive titles, written for the prints and drawings contained in the illustrated
series of Royal Academy Catalogues, presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq., are in course
of revision, preparatory to being transcribed as a catalogue.

Carbon photographs, from drawings by the old masters, in the Louvre, Albertina,
Venice, Miian, Florence, and Saxe-Weimar Galleries, seven hundred and thirty-five in
number, have been mounted on sunk boards, with the names of the artists, and the collec-
tions to which they belong printed on each mount, and fill twenty-nine additional cases.

Drawings have been mounted on sunk boards, to preserve them from injury by friction,
to the number of one hundred and eighty-seven, and two thousand nine hundred and
thirty-five prints have been mounted in the ordinary manner; and in all cases the names
and references have been printed in bistre on the mounts,

One hundred and seventy-six titles have been prepared for the catalogue of books of
prints, and one hundred and ninety-four have been laid down.

Ten thousand four hundred and eighty-one entries have been made in the register of
purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Prints and drawings have been impressed with the departmental stamp and register or
inventory marks to the number of sixteen thousand two hundred and two.

Sixty-seven thousand one hundred and thirty-nine titles have been prepared in mani-
fold, from the register, for the new general classified index of the contents of the
Department.

The following acquisitions, 6,865 in number, have heen made during the past year :—.

By Presentation; 1,179 Examples :—

Nine etchings and drypoints by M. George Pilotell, selected for the Museum by the
artist, and presented by him,

A proof of the plate of the “ Death of Ne!son,” after D. Maclise, R.a., by C. W. Sharpe;
issued by the Art-Union of London; presented by the Council of the Art-Union.

A volume containing twenty-two etchings by Simone Cantuarini, called “da Pesaro ;”
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. :

A series of two hundred and fifty etchings of art objects, executed by the students in
the Etching Class at the South Kensington Museum; presented by the Council of the
Science and Art Department.

Six etchings by M. Alphonse Legros, one of them, “ The Vagabond,” in three different
states; selected by the artist, for the Museum, and presented by him.

A copy in photo-gravure, by Durand, of an unique print by Albrecht Altdorfer, in the
collection of Baron E. de Rothschild; presented by Baron de Rothschild.

Seven etchings by Francisco Goya, being impressions taken from plates in the posses-
sion of Mr. Lumley; presented by J. Savile Lumley, Esq., H. B. M.’s Minister at the
Court of Brussels.

An interesting and valuable collection of portraits of persons connected with the Fine
Arts, artists, connoisseurs, collectors, dealers, auctioneers, &c., six hundred and twelve in
number, and consisting of prints, etchings, drawings, and woodcuts; formed by Mr.
William Smith of Lisle-street, and continued by his son, the late Mr. William Smith, F.s.A.,
Vice-President of the National Portrait Gallery; presented by George Smith, Esq.

Eleven etchings by Arthur J. Lewis, Esq., being the whole of the plates hitherto
executed by him; selected by the artist for the Print Room, and presented by him.

A yolume containing forty-three plates of views, plans, and elevations of towns and
buildings in France, engraved by I. Silvestre, S. le Clerc, J. Marot, P. Bussart, F.
Dorbay, and 8. de la Boissiére ; presented by the Rev. Edward Cornford, M..

A book of Chinese illustrations to Bunyan’s “ Pilgrim’s Progress,” with titles in

English

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English and Chinese; executed at Canton under the directions of the Rev. George Piercy ;
presented by J. S. Budgett, Esq.

Six different donations from J. Deffett Francis, Esq., consisting of fifty-five prints and
one hundred and twenty-five cards for games, &c.; the former including the frontispiece
to an edition of “ Sandford and Merton,” published in 1786, after T. Stothard, by W.
Skelton, which is exceedingly rare, and other plates by J. S. Muller, Gwinn, Skelton,
Seward, Rey. J. Gardner, and Géricault.

By Purchase :—

Italian School ; 610 Examples :—

Drawings.—A study of an old man’s head, by Giovanni Bellini, in pen and bistre,
heightened with white; on the reverse is a study of a hand.

A sheet of studies for friezes, by Benvenuto Cellini, in pen and bistre ; on the reverse
is a study of a female head by another artist, in black chalk.

A battle-piece, with elephants charging, by Pippi Giulio il Romano, in pen and bistre ;
prepared for an engraving.

A landscape, with the Flight into Egypt, by Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, in pen
and bistre.

Others by Odoardo Fialetti, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and Giacomo Quarenghi.

Engravings.—-T wo of the set of Tarocchi Cards, printed in a pale-grey tone peculiar
to the early impressions from Florentine plates of the fifteenth century.

A curious undescribed panel of ornament, of a period a little later than the above.

Two undescribed woodcuts by Giovanni Battista del Porto.

A youth supporting his sleeping mistress, by Zoan Andrea; apparently the print
described by Passavant No. 43, but without the monogram ZA.

Others by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, Luigi Calamatta, Giovanni Folo, the Master
of the Die, Raffaelle Morghen, N. L. Parassole, Cesare Reverdino, Martin Rota, Luigi
Schiavonetti, Benedetto Stefani, Giovanni Vendramini, and Giuseppe Zucchi.

German School ; 997 Examples :—

Drawing. A. Repose of the Holy Family, with attendant angels; by Albrecht
Altdorfer, in pen and bistre, heightened with white, on a dark ground.

Etchings.—By F. W. Keyl, Johann Adam Klein, Ferdinand Kobell, Moritz Schwind,
Jonas Umbach, and Hans Wechter.

Engravings.—Saint Jerome, a very rare specimen by Israel van Meckenen (Bartsch,
104); also Saint Mary of Egypt, by the same master (Bartsch, 130).

Three designs for ornaments, engraved by the master using the initials P. W.

Saint Bruno, by Ludwig von Siegen; one of the earliest plates executed in mezzotinto.

Others by Johann Friedrich Bause, Hans Sebald Beham, Johann Martin Bernigeroth,
Jodocus Bickart, Jakob Binck, Friedrich Brentel, Hans Burgmair, Johann Friedrich
Clemens, Lucas Cranach, Johann Diurr, Jeremias Falck, Johann Elias Haid, Johann
Jakob Haid, Wenceslaus Hollar, Jerome Hopfer, Balthasar Jenichen, Johann Kellerdaler,
Georg Kilian, Lucas Kilian, Matthaus Kiisell, Edward Mandel, Jakob Manne, Carl
Mayer, Johann Gotthard Miiller, Valentin Daniel Preissler, Jakob Sandrart, Georg
Friedrich Schmidt, Virgil Solis, Moritz Steinla, Bernhard Vogel, Johann Georg Wille,
and Johann Georg Wolfgang.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 227 Examples :—

Drawings—A woman brought by her accusers before a judge; by Roger van der
Weyden: delicately drawn with the silver point on a dark ground, prepared with dis-
temper colour and heightened with white.

A mountainous landscape, with a group of fir-trees on a point of rock in the foreground ;
by Willem van Nieulandt, in water-colours.

Interior of a picture gallery, with the proprietor uncovering a group of bronze figures
to show it to some friends; by Frank Hals; a clever sketch in pen and bistre.

A gentleman, in the costume of a Spanish cavalier, talking to a lady seated in a chair;
a fine example by Esaias van de Velde, in bistre.

Yiew of a town in Holland on the banks of a canal, with boats and numerous figures,
dated 1650; by Jan van Goyen, in black chalk, washed with Indian ink.

A landscape, with two barges ona canal in the foreground; by Jakob Ruysdael, in
Indian ink.

A view of the town of Alkmaar, in North Holland; by Jan Lievens, in pen and bistre.

Interior of an ancient house, with a spiral staircase in one of the rooms, in which is
some antique furniture; by Pieter de Hooge, in pen, bistre, and Indian ink.

Interior of a cabaret, with numerous figures of men and women carousing; by
Cornelis Dusart, in pen, washed with bistre; signed and dated by the artist 1697. This
is a very fine example of the master.

A group of flowers in a yase, on which is a bas-relief of naked boys; by Jan van
Huysum, in red and black chalk, bistre, and Indian ink.

166. F 3 View

40 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

View in a Dutch town, with a drawbridge over a canal; by J. H. Prins, in water-
colours.

Others by Pieter Barbiers, Albert Cuyp, and Willem van de Velde.

Engravings.—By Pieter de Baillieu, Hendrik Bary, Abraham Blooteling, Boetius
Adam Bolswert, Jan van der Bruggen, Dirk de Bry, Cornelis van Dalen, Willem
Jakob Deli, Cornelis Galle, Jakob de Gheyn, Jakob Gole, Hendrik Goltzius, Pieter van
Gunst, Franz Hogenberg, Jakob Houbraken, Pieter de Jode, Theodore van Kessel,
Lukas van Leyden, Adrian Lommelin, Theodore Matham, Michael Natalis, Jakob Neefs,
Crispin de Passe, Pieter Pickaert, Pieter Schenck, Pieter van Schuppen, Jan van
Somer, Pieter van Sompel, Jan Stolker, Wallerant Vaillant, Renier Vinkeles, and

Jerome Wicrix.

French School ; 2,357 Examples :—

Dyrawings.—An interesting portrait of Paolo Veronese; by Claude Mellan, in pen.

* Le Pont de Charenton, prés de Paris;” by Jean Jacques de Boissieu, in pen and
sepia.
Portrait of Jean Baptiste Monnoyer, nearly life-size ; by himself, in black chalk; after-
wards engraved by John Smith.

Others by Henri Allemand, Antoine Louis Barye, Antoine Coypel, Eugene Delacroix,
Paul Huet, Jules Jacquemart, and Antoine Richard.

Etchings and Lithographs.—Important additions to the works of Charles Méryon,
obtained at the Burty and Anderson Rose sales, making the collection nearly complete.

A collection of the works of Charles Daubigny, in rare early states.

Others by Henri Allemand, Adolphe Appian, Antoine Louis Barye, Alexandre Bida,
Louis Cabat, Jacques Callot, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, J. J. de Claussin, Charles
Louis Courtry, Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, Eugéne Delacroix, Paul Delaroche, Baron
Denon, Jules Dupré, Jean Jacques Feuchéres, Edouard Frére, Sulpice-Paul C. Gavarni,
Jean Louis Géricault, Jules de Goncourt, Antoine Jean Gros, William Hanssoullier,
Edmond Hédouin, Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, Frederic Hillemacher, Paul Huet,
Charles Jacque, Jules Romain Joyant, Auguste Frederic La Guillermie, André Lancon,
Edme Paul Le Rat, Prosper Marilhat, A. P. Martial, Paui Mercuri, Jean Francois Millet,
Mlle. Gabrielle Niel, Ferdinand Duke of Orleans, George Pilotell, Denis Raffet, Paul
Adolphe Rajon, Jean Baptiste Regnault, Ary Scheffer, Israel Silvestre, Frederic Villot,
and Charles Waltner.

Engravings—A fine and most interesting series of prints after Jean-Auguste-
Dominique Ingres, the eminent painter.

Others by Alfred Annedouche, Jean Louis Anselin, Benoit Andran, Jean Andran,
Pierre Aveline, Auguste Blanchard, Abraham Bosse, André Bouys, Pierre Charles
Canot, Jean Baptiste Chatelain, Francois Chereau, Charles Nicolas Cochin, Jean
Baptiste Danguin, Jean Daullé, Louis Desplaces, Pierre Drevet, Gaspard Duchange,
Pierre Francois Duflos, Gérard Edelinck, Benoit Farjat, Léopold Flameng, Alphonse
Francois, Robert Gaillard, Edouard Girardet, Paul Girardet, Jacques Granthomme,
Simon Gribelin, Adolphe Joseph Huot, Tony Johannot, Jacques Philippe Le Bas, Noel —
Le Mire, Bernard Lepicié, Thomas de Leu, Jean Charles Levasseur, Pierre Lombart,
Léopold Massard, Antoine Masson, Pierre Metzmacher, Charles Morse, Robert Nanteuil,
Bernard Picart, Nicolas Pitau, Pierre Louis Surugue, and Antoine Trouvain.

English School; 1,457 Examples :—

Dyawings—Four representations of naval engagements; by Nicholas Pocock, in water-
colours, with descriptions in MS

Five groups of Amazula Kafirs, drawn from life by George French Angas, in water-
colours.

A fine specimen in charcoal, by Rawson Walker.

A volume containing $1 studies of the various dresses and attitudes of Mrs. Siddons
during her theatrical career in Dublin in 1802-3 ; in water-colours.

Another volume containing 166 studies from nature, by Joshua Cristall, many of
them being the first ideas for some of his well-known pictures. oy

Others by Francesco Bartolozzi, r.a., Robert Brandard, R. Dadd, Arthur William
Devis, Robert Dighton, Samuel Drummond, Newton Fielding, Francis Grose, William
Green, John Hoppner, r.A., Samuel Howitt, Francis Nicholson, William Young Ottley,
James Paine, Thomas Rowlandson, Paul Sandby, r.a., John Thomas Serres, William
Sees John ltaphael Smith, Francis Philip Stephanoff, James Stewart, and Thomas

Wins, R.A.

Etchings and Lithographs.—Important additions to the works of James A. M.
Whistler. .

Others by R. Blake, Richard Parkes Bonington, Samuel Brocas, W. H. Brocke,
Hablot Knight Browne, Alfred Edward Chalon, r.a., Richard Cosway, R.A., Richard
Dalton, Benjamin Green, Earl of Harcourt, Robert Hills, William Huband, Charles

Keene, John Bartholomew Kidd, Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., John Leech, Thomas Lound,
Francis

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 41

Francis Place, Samuel Prout, Thomas Rowlandson, Charles William Sherborn, G. W.
Terry, Percy Thomas, Cornelius Varley, George White, and Sir David Wilkie, R.a.

Engravings.—An unique portrait of Queen Elizabeth, by Johann Rutlinger, an artist
whose name is not to ‘be found in any book of reference; Her Majesty is represented
half-length, in a rich dress with necklace of pearls, holding a fan of ostrich-feathers :
Obtained from the Anderson Rose Collection, and now exhibited in Table-case 2, in the
King’s Library.

Also, from the same collection, very rare portraits of Lord Darniey, the Earl of Mssex,
and one of William II{f. when a child, by A. Sivorddtsma.

A. rare and curious portrait of Margaret Woffington, by John Brooks of Dublin.

A collection of early mezzotints by John Smith and other engravers.

Others by W. T. Annis, Thomas Oldham Barlow, James Basire, Isaac Becket, John Bur-
net, George Clint, Joseph Collyer, Richard Cooper, Samuel Cousins, r.a., Henry Dawe,
Philip Dawe, John Dean, Francis Delaram, William Dickinson, John Dixon, George Thomas
Doo,k.A., Richard Earlom, William Elliott, Renold Elstracke, John Faber, William Faith-
orne, Edward Finden, John Finlayson, William Qverend Geller, Benjamin Phelps
Gibbon, Robert Graves, A.R.A., William Greatbach, Valentine Green, John Hall, Charles
Heath, Richard Houston, John Richardson Jackson, Charles H. Jeens, Richard James Lane,
Bernard Lens, Charles George Lewis, David Lucas, Thomas Lupton, James McArdell,
James Mason, Andrew Miller, John Mitchell, John Sebastian Miiller, John Murphy,
John Outrim, William Pether, Robert Pollard, Edward Portbury, B. T. Pouncy, Richard
Purcell, John Pye, William Radclyffe, W. Raddon, John Henry Robinson, z.4., Charles
Rolls, William Wynne Ryland, William Say, Jolin Keyse Sherwin, John Simon, William
Skelton, Sir Robert Strange, Isaac Taylor, Peltro William Tomkins, Charles Turner, .r..,
George Vertue, Francis Vivares, William Ward, Alfred Warren, Caroline Watson,
James Watson, Thomas Watson, James Henry Watt, Robert Williams, William Henry
Worthington, and George Zobel.

Spanish School; 38 Examples :—

Etchings.—A most interesting series of some of the rarest etchings and drawings on
stone by Francisco Goya, from the Burty Collection.

Playing Cards.—A collection of 38 packs and sets, formed by the late Mr. Cruden of
Gravesend, and used by Chatto as materials for his “‘ History ;” also portions of packs of
Florentine Minchiati of about the end of the seventeenth century, in addition to some
Oriental examples.

George William Reid.

British Museum, | J. WINTER JONES,
16 April 1877. "J Principal Librarian.

‘

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incous and Exrenpiture —
of the British Muszum(Speciat Trust Funps), |
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1877 ;
Number of Persons admitted, Progress of Ar-
rangement ; &c.

(Mr. Walpole.)

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Ordercd, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
19 April 1877.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 16 April 1878 ;—/ur,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Exprnpirure of the Britis Muszum
(Speciat Trust Funps), for the Financial Year ended the 3lst day of March
1878 :”

“And, Return of the Number of PErsons admitted to visit the Muszum in each
Year from 1872 to 1877, both Years inclusive; together with a STATEMENT
of the Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTions; and an
Account of Ossects added to them in the Year 1877.”

I—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1878.

Il._—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
III. ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND), for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

V.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the British Musrum in
each Year from 1872 to 1877, both Years inclusive.

VI.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRaNGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIONS, and an
Account of Ossects added to them, in the Year 1877.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
7 May 1878.

2 AccounTs, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

I It

Cc Stock,
— | 3 p’Cent. Consols.
EE senSe 1 Li ged:
To Batance on the Ist April 1877 - - - - - - - - -| 129 2 13,117 17 2

— Drivivenns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by ‘the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:

‘On the 6th July 1877. - - - £.196 15 4

3 7th January 1878 - - 196 15 4
| 393 10 8 |

~ Onz Year’s Rent or A Reau Esrare, bequeathed by ae Earl of Bridgewater,
received, 10th April 1877 - ~ - - - - 24 5 10}

Ge 546 16 8 Fo a

See ee Ea ES 7 en en

IL—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Pa

Stock, |
CasH. 3 p’Cent. Consols. |
£. s.-d. Be Sd
To Batancz en the 1st April 1877 - = = = x p - - ati PEO ie Am ay 2,872 6 10
— Divivenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d, Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 6th July 1877. - £.43 1 9
» 7th January 1878 - aq Gis
a 86 3 5
oop 21 8) a 2,872 6 10

III—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpt anp Expenpirure of the SWINEY £

Stock,

Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
soy Sn th Ee 7
To Baxancz on the Ist April1877- - - - al nea!) ab rem fet ene lL 5,369 2 9

- Dryipenps received on 5,3691. 2s. 9d. Stock i in 8 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

On the 6th July 1877. - £.8010 9
» 7th January 1878 - 80 10 9

1Giw lve 4

£. 340 16 5 5,369 2 9

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrirpt and Expenpiture of the BIRCH

C Stock,
ASH 3 p’Cent. Consols.

ES) ECR BS MO rs
To Bazance on the Ist April 1877 - ee Se ae at ee Po a 563 15 7
- Divipenps received on 568/, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in a 66, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz. :
On the 6th July 1877 - - £.8 9 1
» wth January 1878 - Brae 2
= GES) as
Le 1618 3 663 15 7

British Museum, \
23 April 1878.

ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND, between the Ist April 1877 and the 31st March 1878.

Stock,
Casu. 83 p’ Cent. Consols.
LS SEG: Lie oan ee
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear
Estate, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1878 - < = = = i 1 gt
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1878 - - - - a | Bile ET N@
- Payment of One Yzear’s Sarary to the Egerton Librarian - - -| 219 — -

427 - 2
119 16 6

— BALANCE ON THE 31st Marcu 1878, carried to Account for 1878/79

13.117 72

546 16 8 13,117 17 2

FUND, between the 1st April 1877 and the 31st March 1878.

Stock,
Casu, 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Le sae kell cae
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :—
In the financial year ended 31st March 1878 - toh AR ~ 2019 -
- BaLaNceE on THE 31st Marcu 1878, carried to Account for 1878/79 - <A On 5 Gee ee 2,872 6 10
en: tory xg I 2,872 6 10
FUND, between the 1st April 1877 and the 31st March 1878.
Stock,

Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Lar 7 SexpiOls Bo suey dk
By Saxary paid to Dr. Carpenter for Lectures on Geology in 1877 - - = A LOU Sie Gt
- Payments for Printing and Advertisements in connection with the election
| of the Swiney Lecturer, viz., in the Financial Year ended 31st March
| Pepe ts Pee gy ne sh teenage | scl) f1Oh. ee
F — Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1878, carried to Account for 1878/79 - - 171 16 5 5,369 2 9
£. |) 840 deehsokk 6,369 2 9
£
iy FUND, between the 1st April 1877 and the 31st March 1878.
7
i Stock,

CasH. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

ico

( . : . “4: . - th. gas 3s. dy
| By Leeacy paid:to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose Bain Sat
‘ offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
| Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History = - - - 1618 3
— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1878, carried to Account for 1878/79 - -|- - ~~ 563 15 7

Se 1618 3 563 15 7

i C. T. Newton, Deputy Principal Librarian.

159. A2

4 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUN.
———— See eee ee eee ———————————————————————— ee
V.—RETURN of the Numper of Persons Apmitrep to Visit the Britisn Musrum.
Persons admitted to view the Genzrat CoLtections in each Year from 1872 to 1877, both Years inclusive.
1872. 18738. 1874, 1875. 1876. 1877.
N° N° N° N° ; N° Ne
JANUARY = 2a Se alee anata ok 18.003 28,486 28,176 29,358 28,086 51,475
Fepevary = =e ae ol 93.688, 18,537 24,058 24,758 28,329 22,219
Manon) <= (Pepe ene hen id 9G Tea 29,492 33,270 52,781 38,368 39,373
Ava: 9 2 pp cee em mile 156.805 50,573 56,245 52,887 65,905 79,496
way MT Vien ike Oar Bh Sa ee ae 45,674 638,384 he Ze?
an Is We oick pda Le acele o 1565 41,368 50,757 é 1,604
JULY - - - . - - = 41,225 44,494 49,043 58,594 42,774 47,020
ques | hie Pl ST pple at aly een 48,872 52,353 50,166 46,430 55,656
Ad aps 5 A 3 2 27,045 31,917 31,759 28,844 37,908 37,831
Nor ° ia % 7 ry 28,762 33,735 35,036 32,793 44,520 29,795
OVEMBER ‘i 3 = a . = 23,191 24,476 27,227 24,489 35,157 30,463
DECEMBER pee PewenesaespeP inet ime teen dpm DB El 47,278 36,850 54,556 87,665 46,709
<2 ? ? 390 ? of
Total Number of Persons admitted
to view the General Collections ;| 494,068 | 442,264 | 461,059 | 523,817 | 563,535 |*539,281
(exclusive of Readers) - - J
Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose o
study a Z A , i 105,006 103,971 104,727 105,310 109,442 113,594
To the Department of Maps, for the purpose |) _ c Ks D 186 259 296
of special research - - - - i ; a "5
To the Department of Manuscripts, for the
purpose of studying the collections and/;| - - 1,845 1,632 1,785 1,662 2,041
of examining Select Manuscripts - =J ‘
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-
~ ag 725
Sa 3 5 tr at ASRS 4,769 6,281 7,185 7,219 7,722 9,939
Be ts oe Hegoms sor ne er 1,359 1,724 1,674 1,713 1,375 1,444
To the Gold Ornament Room - - 5,925 12,740 16,560 14,785 14,682 21,054
To the Departments of Natural History, for
the purpose ws study ie fi i =if 4,751 4,861 6,022 5,870 6,228 7,480
cae te om ee he ee em 2,616 2,833 2,984 3,713 4,154 4,382

ToraL - - -| 548,494 576,019 601,843 663,898 702,009 699,511

* Including the total number of persons (3,247) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six til] eight
o’clock, from the 12th of May to the 13th of August 1877, inclusive, as compared with 2,368 persons admitted in 1876.

In addition to the above, 827 persons were admitted during the year 1877 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-
graphy, &c., which, until the new room is ready at the British Museum, is exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,
Westminster.t 733 persons were admitted in 1876.

Mem.—The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays—

From Ten till Four From Ten till Five From Ten till Six
Mondays. o'clock in— o’clock in— o’clock in—
January. March. May.
Wednesdays. February. April. June.
; November. September. July.
Fridays. December. October. August.

Saturdays, from Twelve o’clock till the hour of closing, January— December.

The Public will also be admitted until Eight o’clock in the evening, on Mondays and Saturdays, from the 11th of
May to the 12th of August inclusive, in the present year.
Classes or other bodies of persons are admitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year for purposes of
instruction, to the number of 30 for the Upper Galleries of the Museum, and 50 for the Lower Galleries,
on previous application to the Principal Librarian. : . |
Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the months of January,
February, November, and December; from Nine till Five in the months of March, April, September, and
October; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August. ‘
Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock from
Monday to Friday, and from Eleven o’clock on Saturday, to the hour of closing ; in the Galleries of Zoology,
Geology, and Mineralogy, from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day except Saturday ; in the Depart
ment of Botany from Ten till Four o’clock, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from Ten ull
Four o’clock, every day. P
The Museum is closed from the Ist to the 7th of February, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
October, inclusive, on Sunday, Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special
Past or Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority.
British Museum, | C.T. Newton, a

23 April is7s. J Deputy Principal Librarian.

+ The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collections in Victoria-street on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tickets issued at
the British Museum. The Collection was closed from the 14th of September to the end of 1877, for the removal of objects to the British
Museum,

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

VI.—PROGRESS made in the CaTALOGUES, and ARRANGEMENT and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1877.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
90,022, and of labels to 32,000: the work of renewing the labels which had become
obliterated on books much in use has been continued this year. The number of books thus
re-labelled is 61,216. Progress has been made in attaching third press-marks to the books
in the New Library, so as to show the exact position of each work upon the shelf: the
number of books which have received this third mark during the last year has been
20,297, and the corresponding alterations have been carried out in the Reading Room
Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 58,145 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
37,826 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 20,319 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(6.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from A to 8, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 62,453, and of
index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
908. 46,047 transcripts of title-slips and 879 of index-slips have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. This incorporation rendered it
necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and reinsert in
each copy 69,896 title-slips and 313 index-slips, and to add to each copy 1,346 new
leaves to receive new entries. The first copy of 30,550 transcripts, forming portions of
the headings Ephemerides and Erasmus and of the letter S (of which 9,592 were new
insertions); the second copy of 30,730 transcripts, forming portions of the same letters
(of which 9,106 were new); and the third copy of 45,659 transcripts of the same letters
(of which 10,357 were new), have been laid down to form additional volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, T to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 4,391. 3,044 transcripts of title-slips have
been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. In order to
maintain the alphabetical arrangement during the incorporation, 6,382 titles were
removed and reinserted in each copy, and 132 new leaves were added to each copy to
receive them. Some of the volumes of the letters T, U, and Z having become over-
crowded, the title-slips, amounting to 9,203, were removed from them and laid down to
form new volumes in each of the three copies of the Catalogue, so as to afford space for
future entries.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-~Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 592, and in that of Academies 319.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—17,712 title-slips have been written, and 16,954 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. The relaying of the Catalogue of Authors
of words set to Music, formerly contained in 22 volumes, has been completed, and it now
comprises 58 volumes. The number of titles laid down to form the new voiumes during
the year has been 17,167, of which 8,505 were new.

(e.) Hebrew Cataiogue.—251 title-slips have been written, and 214 have been trans-
cribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues—The number of title-slips written is 209, in addition to
which 1,351 short titles have been written for the various Hand-Catalogues of Oriental
Books.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogue.—The final sheets of the Chinese Catalogue, com-
prising the Manuscripts, have been seen through the press. The Japanese Catalogue has
been revised for printing. 529 Chinese titles, 267 Japanese titles, and 155 index-slips
have been written. !

(h.) Carbonie Hand-Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 50,299 have been mounted on cartridge paper, 205,734 have been arranged pre-
paratory to incorporation, and 103,815 incorporated,

159. Oe (2.) List

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(7.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 309 in each of the interleaved copies, and the necessary entries have been
made in the Hand-Cataiogue.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 17,312; including 1,017 volumes of newspapers; and, in consequence of the
frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of
bound volumes returned is 9,071. 822 pamphlets have also been bound, and 461
volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room, is 345,482; to the Royal Library, 11,571;
to the Grenville Library, 917 ; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 292,249. Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 789,744, the whole amounts to
eat ia or about 4,931 for each of 292 days during which the room was open to the
public.

The number of readers during the year has been 113,594, giving an average of 389 daily;
and, from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted, on an average,
12 volumes per diem. The average time occupied in supplying a book to a reader has
been 15 minutes.

V. Additions.—(a.) 37,426 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and yolumes of Newspapers), of which 5,024
were presented, 9,456 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 663
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 22,283 acquired by purchase.
To these should be added the volumes comprising the Chinese Encyclopedia, 5,020 in
number, which have been paid for, but not yet received, making the entire number of
volumes 42,446.

(6.) 45,059 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,354 were presented, 26,826 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 508 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 16,369 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
277 published in London and its suburbs, 1,482 in other parts of England and Wales,
178 in Scotland, and 129 in Ireland. 45 volumes, and 256 numbers of Newspapers
belonging to 19 different sets, have been purchased ; and 1,522 numbers, belonging to 16
different sets, have been presented.

(d.) 6,336 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
3,306 were received by English and 2,057 by International Copyright, and 973 purchased.
2,562 works of greater extent than single pieces have also been acquired, comprising 1,063
by English, and 486 by International Copyright, and 1,013 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 37,426 volumes and pamphlets, and
45,059 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
47,432. Of these, 5,983 have been presented, 14,026 acquired by English, and 2,825 by
International Copyright, and 24,598 by purchase.

10,238 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 92,723
articles received in the Department.

The number of stamps impressed on articles received is altogether 358,415. In addi-
tion to this, 5,452 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections
already in the Library for further security.

Among the accessions of the year, the following may deserve particular notice :-—

I. The most important acquisition of the year, has been the purchase of a copy of the great
Chinese Encyclopedia, known as K’in Ting Ku Kin T’u Shu Tsih Ch’eng, or “ Com-
plete collection of writings and illustrations, ancient and modern, drawn up under Imperial
_ sanction.” This remarkable work, to which nothing parallel exists in the literature of
other countries, is comprised in 5,020 volumes, and consists of a vast thesaurus, into which
is digested the entire mass of Chinese literature extant at the date of its publication,
classified under appropriate headings, and accompanied with illustrative drawings, plans,
and maps. It includes treatises ranging from about 1159 B.c. to about the year 1700
of our era ; and it is said that, with the exception of Chinese novels, every branch of the
national literature is fully represented in it. It was compiled in the early part of the
18th century by an Imperial Commission, under the orders of the Emperor Kang
Hi. This great Emperor, so well known to us from the accounts of the Jesuit. Mis-

sionaries,

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sionaries, whom he favoured and assisted, and who were his instructors in European art
and learning, was himself a great writer, and he was struck by the alterations and cor-
ruptions which were gradually being introduced into the texts of standard works. He
therefore conceived the idea of reprinting, from the most authentic editions, the whole body
of Chinese literature then in existence. A commission of high officials was appointed to
select and classify the texts, and its labours extended over forty years, terminating in the
publication of the work in 1726. For the purpose of printing it, a complete fount of
copper type was cast, under the direction of the Jesuits, who probably superintended the
printing. Only one hundred copies were printed, a number which has doubtless been
much reduced since by various casualties. The whole impression was distributed as
presents amongst the Princes of the Imperial family and the great State officials. The
type used in the production of the work is said to have been melted down shortly after-
wards, and converted into money, to meet the exigencies of the government during a
financial crisis ; the means of producing a second edition was therefore thus destroyed.
The copies which still exist are in the hands of the families of the original recipients, from
one of which the copy just acquired has been purchased, and no copy is known to be
accessible for reference in China.

II. Considerable additions have been made to the series of specimens of early typo-
graphy ; upwards of 100 works printed during the 15th century, and a large number of
rare books of the 16th century, having been acquired during the past year. Amongst
these may be distinguished :-~-1. A magnificent Missal for the use of the Diocese of
Treves, printed on vellum, probably about the year 1480, the musical notes being inserted
by hand on red printed staves; the place‘of printing is unknown, but was probably
Cologne, and the book appears to be unique.—2. A rare edition, printed at Burgos in
1488, of the code of Spanish law, compiled by A. Diaz de Montalvo, at the instance of
Ferdinand and Isabella, and afterwards known as the “* Ordenangas Reales.”—3. A copy
ofthe Mentz Missal, printed by Schoeffer in 1483.—4. A rare work, printed at Barcelona,
entitled, “‘ Comentaria Jacobi de Marquilles super usaticis Barchin. Barchinone 1505.”
—5. A very handsome service book, “‘ Graduale secundum morem S. Romane Ecclesie,
Venetiis, Lucantonio di Giunta, 1515.” It is distinguished by fine woodcut initial letters,
and it is stated that only four copies of the book are known.

III. Two editions of the very rare catechism of King Edward the Sixth, composed
by Bishop Poynet, entitled, “ Catechismus brevis, Christiane discipline summam con-
tinens, omnibus ludimagistris authoritate regia commendatus. Huic Catechismo adjuncti
sunt articuli, &c., Londini apud RK. Wolfium, 1553. 80.” Heylin says of this catechism,
that it is “so hard to come by, that scarce one scholar in 500 hath ever heard of it, and
hardly one of a thousand hath ever seen it.” The Museum now possesses four distinct
editions of it, issued in the same year by the same printer; besides an edition m English,
printed in the same year by John Day; and an Italian version of the same date, but
without name of place or printer.

IV. A fine copy of the second edition of the “ Exercitia Spiritualia” of Saint Ignatius
de Loyola, published at Vienna in 1563, and printed by the Society of Jesus at their own
press there. This was the first work published by the Society; the first edition having
been privately printed at Rome in 1548, exclusively for the use of the Members of the
Order. A copy of this extremely rare first edition was acquired in 1872.

Y. A copy of Cary’s translation of Dante, which was formerly in the possession of Mr.
Gillman, of Highgate, and contains critical notes on the “ Paradiso,” in the handwriting
of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

VI. “ The orders, lawes and ancient customes of Swanns, caused to be printed by John
Witherings, Esquire, Master and Governour of the Royall Game of Swans and Signets,
throughout England, London, 1632, 4°.” A very rare and curious tract on swans and
swan marks. It purports to be “ taken forth of a booke which the Lord of Buckhurst
delivered to Edward Clerke, of Lincoln’s Inne, Esquire, to peruse, An. Eliz. 26; on the
backside of which booke it was thus intituled: Taken out of an ancient booke remain-
ing with Master Hambden, sometimes Master of the Swannes.” It contains engravings
of the marks of the King and Queen and various owners, and it formerly belonged to
Roger Pepys, Master of the Swans on the River Cam, whose autograph it bears.

VII. A collection of German and Dutch tracts and news-letters, partly original and
partly translations, relating principally to the affairs of England, more especially in her
relations with the Continent, and ranging from 1528 to 1679.

VIII. The Music Collection has received several valuable additions, chiefly from the
library of the late M. de Coussemaker, some of them being unknown to bibliographers.
Amongst them may be specified a fine collection of motetts, by Orlando di Lasso, original
edition; the first edition of P. Aron’s “ Toscanello in Musica ;” the very rare 1512 edition
of the “ Practica Musica” of Franchinus Gaforus; two editions of “ Les Rossignols
Spirituels,” by Peter Philips; music for the Lute by Francesco da Milano, Joan Maria
da Crema, L. de Rigaud and D. Bianchini, and a volume of guitar music by F. Corbet,
all of excessive rarity.

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IX. A rare and unique collection of the early editions of Playford’s weil known
“ Dancing Master; or plain and easie rules for the dancing of country dances, with the
tunes to each dance, etc.” The great interest of this work consists in its containing many
of the tunes, chiefly traditional, of our early English ballads, the words of which are to be
found in the Roxburghe and other collections. No two editions are alike; new tunes
having been added and old ones omitted, from time to time, as the latter fell out of fashion
and the former came into vogue ; they are thus of the greatest assistance in the chrono-
logical arrangement of popular airs.

Geo. Bullen.

DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHARTS, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—(a.) The number of titles (including both main-titles
and cross-references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year
amounts to 5,416; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 5,605.

(6.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,360 maps and 4,303 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,389, and 755 hand-slips of purchases have
been made. Alphabetical lists have been made of 253 topographical views and ground-
plans; and 818 hand-slips of topographical views have been made. 13 Indexes have been
made for Atlases, and 39 new Indexes have been written for the Catalogue. 58,000 titles
(Letters Da to Turl inclusive) have been re-arranged for laying down in new voiumes
of the Catalogue.

(c.) 1,368 Maps, in 3,913 sheets, and 200 Atlases, have been entered for the binder, and
250 volumes and 1,658 Maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and
the latter mounted, 737 on 1,296 cards, and 921 on cloth; 63 sheets of the Ordnance
Survey have been mounted. 115 volumes have received separate letterings.

(d.) 95,533 slips of the line copy of the Catalogue have been taken up, of which 80,166
(Cors. to Sch.) have been relaid im order to form new volumes ; there has also been an addi-
tional incorporation into this copy of 6,544 slips of new Titles. 102,258 slips of the 2nd
copy of the Catalogue have been taken up, of which 101,152(American to Reich.) have been
relaid in order to form new volumes; there has also been an additional incorporation into
this copy of 7,590 slips of new Titles. 20,835, slips of the third copy of the Catalogue
have been taken up, of which 15,651 (A to Black.) have been relaid; and there has been
an additional incorporation into this copy of 375 slips of new Titles. 372 new volumes
have been bound. 6,381 slips of the fourth copy of the Catalogue have been revised and
incorporated with the main series.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 636,
the number of Maps 938, making a total of 1,574.

(f.) The number of Stamps impressed on Maps was 14,182.

II. Additions.—(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyright
Act is 350, in 1,533 sheets, and 29 Atlases have also been received by copyright; and
1 Atlas by international copyright. 230 Ailases, and 2,759 Maps, in 11,258 sheets, have
been obtained by purchase; and 8 volumes and 593 Maps and Drawings, in 936 sheets,
have been presented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been in the course of the year 296 visitors to the Department on special geographical
inquiries.

Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are the following purchases :—

A Portolano drawn on vellum, by Grazioso Benincasa, of Ancona, in the year
1470.

An Italian Portolano of the very beginning of the 16th century, anonymous, but in
the style of Grazioso Benincasa.

A fine copy of Cl. Ptolemei Geographia, Strasburg, 1513 fol., which, though bearing
the names of Jacob Auszler and Georg Uebelin, was really the result of the literary
labours of Mathias Ringmann (Philesius), and Martin Waldseemiiller (Hylacomylus), the
originators of the name of America at St. Dié in Lorraine in 1506. It contains the
earliest known map of the province of Lorraine, and this map, with the coats of arms
surrounding it, is the earliest example known either of cartographical or heraldic printing
in colours from wood blocks.

A photograph fac-simile, size of the original, 8 ft. 3 in. by 4 ft. 4 in., of a superb
Mappemonde, executed by Pierre Desceliers at Arques, near Dieppe, in the year 1546,
now in the possession of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, by whom it was obligingly
lent for the purpose. It is one of the few French MS. Maps which shew the discovery of
Australia in the first half of the 16th century.

Photograph fac-simile of a large MS. Map on vellum, by Giorgio Sideri, surnamed Calla-
poda the Cretan, of the date of 1550, from the Museo Correr in Venice. It is in wruis

Spanis

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Spanish, and Greek. The number of ships represented on the Atlantic in this Map are
meant to indicate the great amount of intercourse between Europe and America.

Plan of Augsburg, by Hamitz Rogel, in 1563. ; ,

A collection of 1,532 engraved Maps, Plans, Views, and 48 topographical drawings,
referring to Great Britain, arranged in counties. Ks

49 prints and water-colour drawings, and 3 photographs of the old British Museum
Buildings, mounted on 27 sheets folio. ris hg

65 prints, 5 photographs, and 1 drawn ground-plan of the new British Museum Buildings,
mounted on 52 sheets folio. pad ;

A large model of Mount Etna, by Captain Pistoja. Scale, 150,000. Cast in
copper.

And the following presentations :—

A collection of 226 drawn views, ground-plans, and engravings, on 130 sheets, of
churches, castles, abbeys, &c., in England and Wales; executed and presented by the
Rev. Precentor and Prebendary Mackenzie Walcott.

Two lithographs of the funeral of Thorwaldsen, and a view in Copenhagen from the
Thorwaldsen Museum; 78 drawn views in Rome and South Italy, by Lieutenant
F. Franks; a volume of 39 views in the Faroe Islands, taken by Lieutenant F. Franks,
when with Captain Kater on the expedition for determining the length of the pendulum,
in 1818; and a volume of 62 views in North America, drawn by Lieutenant Franks in
1824; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., F.R.S.

24 Plans of British Earthworks, on 24 sheets; executed and presented by W. M.
Flinders Petrie, Esq. { ;

A Map of the Tagus, with Plan of Lisbon, showing the embarkation of Catharine of
Braganza, lithographed from the unique etching by Dirk Stoop, in the Print
Department, British Museum; presented by the late Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart.,
K.T., M.P.

A valuable collection of MS. Charts and views of different parts of China, drawn under
the direction of Messrs. John Reeves, senior and junior; presented by Mrs. Reeves, of
Woodhays, Wimbledon.

R, H. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Class- Catalogue. — Additional description-slips have been inserted in the divisions
of Theology, Single State Letters, Private Letters, Proclamations, Accounts, Law,
Liturgies, Classics, French History, Parliament, Biography and Heraldry, State Trials,
Army and Navy.

The undated Letters and Papers from the Cotton Collection have been examined, and
chronologically arranged.

2. Catalogue of Romances.—Articles in forty different manuscripts have been described ;
and the copy prepared for the sections of Classical Romances, British and English Tradi-
tions, Prophecies of Merlin, and Geoffrey of Monmouth, has been further revised.

Sheets B to M have been corrected and printed off.

3. Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts. —The following Manuscripts have been described:
-—Royal 15 B. XII, XIX; Cotton Tiberius B.V., Caligula A. XV, Nero A. II, Vitellius
C. III; Harley 647, 2,506, 2,666, 2,688, 2,725, 2,767, 3,072, 3,091, 3,095, 3,771, 4,980,
5,251; Arundel 514; Additional 15,600, 21,910.

4. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts.—The second volume of the Catalogue of Spanish
Manuscripts, compiled by Don Pascual Gayangos, has been printed off.

5. Catalogue of Additions.—Greek and Coptic Papyri acquired in 1854-1875 have
been described. Sheets 3 C to 3 Y of the second volume of the printed Catalogue of
Additional MSS. and Charters, detached Seals and Casts, Papyri, and Egerton MSS.
and Charters, acquired in 1854-1875, have been revised and printed off, and the volume
completed. The slips of Index to the two volumes of Catalogue of Additions for 1854-
1875, have been revised for the years 1854-1871, 1873.

6. Catalogue of Egerton Manuscripts.—The descriptions of Egerton MSS. 1789-2399,
acquired in the years 1859-1875, have been revised for the printed Catalogue of Additions.

7. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals.—Harley Charters 58 I. 1-53, and Additional
25,928-25,958 acquired in the year 1877, have been described.

Descriptions of Harley Charters 43 A. 9-81, 45 H. 48-47 I. 48, 51 C. 51-51 H. 34,
and Additional 18,885-24,471, 24,795-24,801, 24,820-24 884, have been revised.

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Part III. of the Facsimiles of Ancient Charters has been revised and printed off ; and
the photographs and transcripts for Part 1V. of the same publication, have been prepared,
and the printed sheets partly revised.

Additional Charters 24,885-25,978 have been arranged and numbered.

A list of the Casts of Scottish Seals lately purchased, numbering 2,469, has been pre-
pared, and ae portion of them has been placed.

The preparation of an Index of names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls,
Charters and Seals, has been commenced.

8. Registration.—The Registers of the Additional and Egerton MSS. have been continued
to the latest acquisitions.

9. Arrangement of Papers.——Harley MSS. 3,783-3,785 ; twelve volumes of the Hague
Transcripts; Additional MSS. 21,417-21,427, 29,960, 30,147 a, 30,151, 30,181, 30,188,
30,189, 30,240, 30,246, 30,249, 30,251, 30,258, 30,266, 30,277-30,281, 30,287-30,300,
30,305, 30,306, 30,315, 30,317, 30,428-30,477, and Egerton 2,401, 2,407, 2,409, 2,410,
2,414, have been arranged for binding.

10. Binding.—Three hundred and fifty-five Manuscripts, recently acquired, one
hundred and eighty-nine Manuscripts of the old collections, and one hundred and twelve
printed books of reference, have beea bound.

ll. Verificution.—The several Collections of Manuscripts and books of reference, and
the Harley Charters 51 G to the end of the collection, have been verified by the shelf-
lists.

12. Transcription.—The following Catalogues and Indexes have been copied im four-
fold :-—

The Catalogue of Harley Charters, from 43 D.1 to 51 H. 34; the Catalogue of
Additional Charters, from 17,432 to 17,594, and from 20,510 to 22,147.

The Index to the Class Catalogue of Manuscripts.
The Index to the Carter Drawings.

13. Miscellaneous.— Three hundred and ninety-four Manuscripts, lately acquired, have
been placed and entered in the hand and shelf-lists.

One thousand four hundred and ninety-five Charters and Rolls, and Casts of Seals,
have been numbered.

One thousand five hundred ead ten labels of press and shelf marks have been affixed
to manuscripts.

The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

Five hundred and fifty-six Manuscripts and Printed Books have been stamped with
total of 9,579 impressions.

Five hundred and eighty-six Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 24,581; and of those
consulted in the Department, 3,785.

The number of charters and rolls delivered to readers is 1,229.

The number of special visitors to the department during the year is 2,041.

The numbers of Manuscripts and documents acquired during the year are :—-

General Collection of Manuscripts - - - - 278
Egerton Manuscripts- - - — = oe en 24
Rolls and Charters - - - -=- - - = 209

The following may be distinguished :—

An “ Exultet” Roll; containing the Latin Hymn, attributed to Augustine,
as sung on occasion of the consecration of the Paschal taper; finely written in
Lombardic characters, and illustrated with large coloured drawings, placed in
reverse position to the writing, so as to be seen by the congregation when the Roll,

as it was unfolded by the priest, hung over the reading desk. Vellum; 12th
century.

The Manuale, or book of special offices, as of baptism, betrothal and marriage,
visitation of the sick, benedictions, &c. for English use. Included among the
benedictions is the form of blessing the staff to be used in the duellum. Portions of

some of the services are in English. Vellum; with illuminated initials: early 15th
century.

Lessons from the Gospels illustrated by tales, in English verse: 15th century.
Oblong folio.

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Italian poem, in 24 cantos, by Girolamo Vecchietti, on the actions of Fernando
Cortes, entitled “ Delle Prodezze di Ferrante Cortese”; 16th century.

A series of coloured drawings, forming a pictorial history, sacred and profane,
from Adam to Pope Boniface VIII.; 15th century. Vellum.

A Latin treatise on Playing Cards, composed, as stated in the Prologue, by
Joannes Teutonicus, a Dominican friar, apparently of Burgheim, in the year 1377.
Written in the year 1472, and having blank spaces for Grawings, which are described
in titles. Paper.

A Register of inquests of rents, customs, and services, due from tenants of
lands belonging to the see of Winchester; taken at the close of the 14th century.
Written in the 15th century. Vellum.

Fragments of a book of accounts of payments for works and paintings executed
in the Palace and Abbey of Westminster, preparatory to the coronation of
Edward II. Vellum.

Register of admissions to the freedom of the City of London, in the reigns of
Henry VIII. and Edward VI. Imperfect, and injured by fire. Vellum.

A volume of French genealogy and historical tracts, of the 16th century; includ-
ing copies of despatches of Guillaume de L’Aubespine, Sieur de Chateauneuf, and
Pomponne de Belliévre, Ambassadors in England, relating to the trial and execution
of Mary Queen of Scots.

The printed English Prayer Book, Bible, and Psalms, in metre, of the edition of
1629, with contemporary manuscript notes in the margins of the Prayer Book, closely
corresponding with the alterations introduced by Archbishop Laud, in his revision
of the Scottish liturgy, in 1637.

History, by Samuel Ireland, senior, of his son’s Shakespeare forgeries, accom-
panied by original documents; together with the correspondence of the younger
Ireland with John Kemble and others, relative to the production of “* Vortigern ”
at Drury Lane Theatre, 1795, 1796; in five volumes.

Collections for the history of Somersetshire and antiquarian correspondence of
the Rey. Thomas Hugo; by whom they have been bequeathed.

Copies of charters, extracts from public records, and other documents, relat-
ing to Shropshire, from the collections of John Mytton and Edward Lloyd; in 25
volumes.

A copious Diary, kept for Henry Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York, by his secretary,
from 1758 to 1805, containing particulars of proceedings at the court of Rome; with
letters and various papers to the year 1810; in 50 volumes. Presented by the
Honourable Maria Otway Cave.

The original Note-books of the late George Smith, of his studies and researches in
interpreting the ancient Assyrian inscriptions; including the memoranda made by
him in his last expedition.

Journals of Dr. C. T. Beke of Travels in Abyssinia ; with drawings and corres-
pondence ; 12 volumes.

Autograph Letters of Goethe, Herder, Kotzebue, Wieland, Klopstock J. Grimm,
Humboldt, and other German authors.

Songs for the opera of “ Admetus” and anthems composed by J. F. Hindel ;
partly autograph. Amongst them is the anthem “ As pants the hart.” Two volumes.

Anthems, music for the virginals, and other compositions of Tallis, when a youth,
and of other English composers; collected by Thomas Mulliner, Master of the Choir
of St. Paul’s; 16th century.

Several volumes of anthems, motetts, music for the virginals, and other works,
by English composers; from Dr. Rimbault’s collection.

5 Edward A. Bond.

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

‘The Manuscripts acquired during the year have been entered into the Descriptive
List of Oriental Manuscripts.

The same Manuscripts have been labelled; a portion of them has been folio’d, bound,
stamped, and placed on the shelves,

The Manuscripts acquired in 1876 and Oriental 1421-1438, acquired in 1877, have
been entered into the Oriental Register and the Classed Oriental Inventory.
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Full descriptions have been written of Or. 1491-1565 for the Arabic Catalogue.

The final revision of the Persian Catalogue has been carried on through the Classes
headed “ Parsism, Hinduism, General History, History of Creeds, of the Prophets, of
eae of Turkey,” and through a portion of the class entitled “General History of
ndia.’

Twenty-five sheets (signed E—F F) of the same catalogue have been printed.

The sheets signed UU-3 E, and the Preface, of the Ethiopic Catalogue have been
printed, and the work thus completed has been published.

A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts has been prepared and is now complete in
manuscript.

A descriptive List of the Manuscripts acquired in 1876 has been transcribed for the use
of the readers.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of Manuscripts added to the Oriental Collection during the year is 174,
all of which have been obtained by purchase, as follows :—

Arabic - - - - - - - - - §80
Hebrew - - - - - - - - 49
Persian - - - - - - - = - 24
Samaritan - - - - - = = - 8
Syriac - = - Er = - - - - 3
Turkish - - - - - - - - 2
Coptic - - - - - ~ - - - 1
Zend - - - - - - - = - 1
Pehlevi - - - . - - - = - 1
Sanscrit - - - - - - - - 1
Pali - = - - - - - - - 1
Hindi - - - - - - - - - 1
Chinese - - - - - - - 1
Japanese - - - - - - - - 1

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First in importance among the above purchases are two collections of great value, those
of Major General Sir H. C. Rawlinson, K.c.z., and of Mr. M. W. Shapira, of Jerusalem.
The former, which was formed by that eminent Orientalist in Persia and Mesopotamia
between the years 1836 and 1854, consists of 104 volumes, viz., 75 Arabic, 23 Persian,
2 Turkish, 1 Pehlevi, and 3 Syriac. The following are some of the most remarkable :

« Aj-Athar al-Bakiyah,” the rare and important work of Abul-Rihan al-Birani (died
A.H. 430), on the xras and divisions of time adopted by various nations; Arabic. Copied
from an old MS., in Teheran.

“« Kitab al-Ma’arif,” a cyclopedia of historical knowledge, by Ibn Kutaibah (died
A.H. 276), with marginal additions from Al-Bad’ wal-Tarikh by Abu Zaid al-Balkhi
(died a.H. 340), and the Nuzhat al-Majalis of ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Safftri; Arabic.
A.D. 1310.

« Al-‘Aya‘is,” a large collection of traditions relating to the prophets and other per-
sonages mentioned in the Coran; by al-Tha’labi (died a.H. 427); Arabic: A.D. 1119.

« Tarikh al-Umam,” a work on ancient history, by Hamzah Ispahani (died about .H.
350); Arabic. A.D. 1678. Pore i‘ ;

«“Mu’jam al-Buldan,” the great geographical dictionary of Yakut al-Hamawi (died
A.H. 626), complete in six volumes, transcribed from different early copies. Arabic.

« Futth al-Sham,” or Conquest of Syria, a work ascribed to al-Wakidi, in two old
copies, one of which is dated a.p. 1412. Arabic.

“ Tarihh Madinat al-Salam,” the history of Baghdad, by al-KKhatib al-Baghdadi (died
A.u. 463), vol. I., beautifully written with the vowel-points; 14th century. Arabic.

Theologia Libri xiv, a work ascribed to Aristotle (not extant in Greek), translated
into Arabic by Ibn Na’imah, and revised by Ya’kib al-Kindi (died a.u. 250). Arabic:

A.D. 1665.
« Tarikh al-Yamini,” a history of Sultan Mahmud Ben Subuktigin, by al-’Utbi

(died ahout a.H. 420). Arabic: a.D. 1366. 3
« Al-Kamil,” the great chronicle of Ibn al-Athir (died a.H. 630). Three volumes,
containing the early portion of the work down to a.H. 199. Arabic. 5
“Murij al-Dhahab,” the historical work of al-Mas’udi (died A.H. 345), in five
volumes, one of which, the fourth, is a fine specimen of Arabian writing of the 13th

century. Arabic. é , .
“ Kitab al-Baitarah,” a treatise on the horse, with drawings, a work of the third century

of the Hijrah. Arabic: A.D, 1223.

The Geography of lbn Sa’id, of Granada (died a.H. 673). Arabic ; 15th century.
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« Mahasin al-Wasa’il,” a work treating at great length of the Awail, or first introduction
of customs, arts, etc., by Badr al-Dim al-Shibli (died a.w. 769); Arabic: a.D. 1462.

The historical commentary of Ibn Badrun on the Elegy of Ibn Abdun (died a.H.
529), in two copies, one of which is dated a.1. 1494; Arabie.

« Al-Mudhayyil,” a continuation of the Kitab al-Raudatain, by its author, Abu
Shamah (died a.u. 665), extending from the death of Salah al-Din, a.n. 590, to a.H.
665; Arabic, two volumes: A.D. 1291.

“ Tarikh al-Islam,” the great chronicle of Shams al-Din al-Dhuhabi (dated a.n. 748).
The last volume, comprising, A.H. 691-700; Arabic: a.D. 1678.

« Al-Takmilah liwafayat al-nakalah,” obituary notices of learned men, from A.H. 625
to 642, by ‘Abd al-’Azim al-Mundhiri (died a.H. 656); Arabic: a.D. 1294.

A volume of the “‘ Isti ’ab,” a biographical dictionary of the Companions of Muhammad,
by Ibn ’Abd al-Barr of Cordova (died a.H. 463); Arabic: a.D. 1574.

A general history, relating in its latter portion more especially to Jerusalem, by Mujir
al-Din al-’Ulaimi, Kadi of Jerusalem (died A.H. 927); Arabic : A.D. 1563.

Historical extracts and notices collected by ’Abd al-Kadir al-Nw’aimi, the historian of
Damascus (died a.u. 927), and written with his own hand, about A.D. 1500; Arabic.

« Simt al-Nujiim,” an extensive work on general history, brought down to a.H. 1103,
and including a detailed account of the Sharifs of Mecca; by al-Isami; Arabic : two
vols. ; A.D. 1711.

A compendious Mohammedan chronicle, extending from A.H. 35 to 743; by al-
Dhuhabi (died a.u. 748). Arabic: A.D. 1598.

“ Kitab al-Taharat,” the ethics of Ibn Miskawaih (died a.m. 421); Arabic: 16th
century.

A work on general history, treating more especially of Persia, and coming down to
A.H. 815; it was written for Sultan Jalal ud-Din Iskandar, grandson of Timur, and
Viceroy of the Province of Fars. Persian: A.D. 1463.

« Ashkal ’Alam,” the Geography of Abu Zaid Balkhi, translated into Persian.

“ Zubdat ut-Tavarikh,” an extensive historical and geographical work, treating very
fully of Fars, Kirman, and Khorasan; written for Shahrukh, a.H. 817-823, by Hafiz i
Abra. Followed by the geographical Appendix of the “ Habib us-Siyar.” Persian.
A.D. 1646.

« Haft Paikar,” a poem of Nizami, in the handwriting of a celebrated penman, Shah
Mahmid, of Nishapur ; Persian: A.D. 1545.

“Tabakat ul-Memialik,” a full history of the reign of Sultan Suleiman, from his
accession, A.H. 926, to A.H. 963, by Mustafa Ben Jelal Tevkri (died a.m. 975); Turkish.
Large folio. 17th century.

The Shapira collection consists of forty Hebrew Manuscripts, coming, for the most
part, from Southern Arabia, the dates of which range from the 11th to the 17th century.
Fifteen of these are Pentateuch Rolls, written on red leather, and measuring from 100
to 200 feet in length, with a width of about two feet. The remaining twenty-five
are bvok-manuscripts, twelve of which are written on vellum and thirteen on paper.
Most of these contain portions of the Hebrew Canon, with the larger or lesser Massora
in the margins, and with Chaldee Targums and Arabic versions alternating with the
paragraphs of the original. They are remarkable for some divergences from the common
text, and for their peculiar system of yowel-notation, the so-called Assyrian or upper-
punctuation, very few specimens of which have yet been brought to Europe.

The collection includes, in addition to the Biblical Manuscripts, some Midrashim on the
Pentateuch and Haftaroth, and fine copies on vellum of the Commentary of Aben Ezra
on the Pentateuch, Kimchi’s Hebrew Lexicon, and the same author’s commentary on the
Psalms.

Among the manuscripts acquired, independently of the above collections, the following
deserve a special notice.

Two copies of the Samaritan Pentateuch, one of which is written on vellum, apparently
in the 13th century, the other on paper, a.D. 1495.

A portion ef the Samaritan Targum, written on vellum, probably in the 14th
century. s

A fragment of the Samaritan Pentateuch, written on vellum in three columns, con-
taining respectively the Hebrew text, the Samaritan Targum, and the Arabic version,
all in the Samaritan character ; 13th century.

An account of the manners and products of the islands of Idzu, with coloured drawings.
Japanese, 3 vols.

Saravali, a treatise on horoscopes, in Sanscrit and the Nepaulese character; dated A.H.
406 of the Nepaulese /Kra, a.p. 1286.

The Vendidad Sadeh in Zend. a.p. 1758.

Dalalat al-Hairin by Maimonides; Arabic,in the Hebrew character; 15th century.

Lechem Happanim, a Commentary on the Moreh Nebochim of Maimonides. Hebrew:
16th century.

During the year, 597 readers have applied for Oriental MSS.; and 1,864 volumes have
been consulted.

Ch. Rieu.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangements.

In the Egyptian division, the following arrangements have been made in the
galleries: —

Measures have been taken to arrest decay in the Egyptian mural paintings in the
Northern Gallery. =

The following sculptures have been mounted on stone plinths :-—

The hind quarters of an Egyptian lion or sphinx.

A colossal marble foot.

A sphinx of the Roman period.

The corner of an Egyptian granite monument.

A large collection of casts from Egyptian monuments has been repaired, arranged, and
fixed on the walls of the Egyptian Central Saloon.

sonar vestibule to the Egyptian Gallery and the adjoining staircase have been

alnted.

: Glass cases have been fixed on the top of the wall-cases.

An Egyptian lion from Baghdad, with the cartouche of a supposed shepherd king, has
been mounted on a stone plinth.

Several small Egyptian objects have been incorporated in the table-cases and wall-cases.

106 small Egyptian objects have been mounted.

Two impressions have been made of terra-cotta moulds.

Two moulds and two casts have been made from Egyptian objects.

Two Egyptian tablets have been cleaned, and two figures also cleaned.

In the Assyrian division :—

The table-cases in the Nimroud Gallery have been partly rearranged.

Progress has been made in glazing the Assyrian sculptures.

The table-cases in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been partly rearranged.

633 impressions have been made from Babylonian and Assyrian cylinders in hard stone,

338 moulds of the same have been made.

182 casts of cylinders have been mounted and named.

432 impressions of the same have been arranged.

171 plaster casts of engraved stones have been made, and 190 wax impressions taken.

29 terra-cotta tablets have been cleaned.

18 terra-cotta tablets have been repaired.

Two of the same have been mounted.

Three have been moulded, and impressions taken.

10 Assyrian objects have been mounted.

10 Assyrian objects have been repaired.

Two helmets from Kouyunjik have been mounted.

18 Assyrian bronzes have been mounted.

19 bricks with inscriptions in the Elamite Assyrian character, from the neighbourhood
of Bushire, have been placed in boxes.

The collection acquired from Baghdad in 1876 has been partly examined.

A new table-case has been added for the reception of Assyrian antiquities in the
Assyrian transept.

11 objects from Cyprus have been repaired.

Seven objects from Cyprus have been cleaned.

Two Pheenician engraved stones have been mounted, and six plaster casts made from them.

64 boxes containing Carthaginian inscriptions refitted.

302 objects have been catalogued.

438 objects have been registered.

354 descriptive labels have been attached to objects in the collections.

249 slips have been entered in the Egyptian catalogue.

Six tracings have been made of an ivory Egyptian panel.

Students have been assisted in their researches, have been attended, and a lecture given
in the Department.

Seven engraved stones abstracted from the collection have been returned by Dr. Meyer,
the keeper of the Cabinet of Gems at the Hague, to whom they had been sold.

I1.— Acquisitions.
The number of acquisitions made, including fragments, amounted to 239.

Among the most remarkable were the following :—

Fragment of a page of Papyrus, with hieratic inscriptions, with date of the 54th and
55th years of Rameses IT.
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Three fragments of linen bandages with hieratic inscriptions and vignettes of {chapters
of the Ritual.

Linen fragments from the feet of the cartonage of a mummy representing an Asiatic
and Negro on the sandals.

Part of the board painted from the inner covering of a mummy, representing the
mummy of the deceased,accompanied by the Soul borne to the sepulchre by the bull Apis.

Scarlet leather ball stuffed with hair, for child’s play.

Sepulchral figure of Meriapt.

Portion of the horn handle of an instrument terminating in the head of a lion.

Ivory torso of a small figure of Aphrodite or Venus, from Thebes.

Terra-cotta glazed red lamp, with stem in shape of the god Bes, Greek or Roman
period, from the Fyoum.

Terra-cotta figure of Horus, borne in a chair by two priests.

Terra-cotta figure of Eros or Cupid winged, holding a pyxis and mirror, attendant on
the toilet of Aphrodite or Venus.

Terra-cotta female figure without arms, draped, wearing a chain crossed on the breast
and bulla.

Terra-cotta cat.

Terra-cotta lantern, from the Fyoum.

These terra-cotta are of the Roman period, to which the following objects in bronze
also belong.

Serapis in the character of Sebak or Souchis, from Alexandria.

Aphrodite anadyomene wringing her tresses.

Lamp in shape of Eros holding a wine skin or water skin, the ashos.

Bust of Isis, of large proportions. ‘

Bust of Helios or the Sun.

Lamp in shape of a horse.

Tessera of a mummy made of wood, with Greek inscription referring to its deposit at
Hermonthis.

A collection of fragments of calcareous stone and potsherds, ostraka, with inscriptions
in Demotic, Greek and Coptic, chiefly from Nagadeh and Medinat Haboo.

Several Babylonian contracts, tablets of terra-cotta with cuneiform inscriptions relating
to loans, sales, or mortgages, dated in the reigns of the later Kings of Babylon, the most
remarkable of which are—

A large tablet, dated on the 10th, and another on the 12th year of Nabonidus.

A tablet of the 4th year of Cyrus, others of the 2nd and 7th years of Cambyses, the
Ist, 4th, 5th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 27th, 30th years of Darius; one with Greek witnesses.

Some of the 11th, 30th, 36th years of Nebuchadnezzar; a large one of the 26th year of
that monarch, and one of the 2nd year of Evil Merodach.

Fragments of Babylonian tablets, with mathematical calculations.

Fragment of dark granite or basalt, apparently from a statue of Khammurabi, King of
Babylon, about B.c. 1500, with inscriptions in Accadian and Assyrian cuneiform charac-
ters, one of the oldest example of the bilingual employment of these languages.

A collection of bronze objects from Van, obtained for the Museum by H. E. The
Right Honourable A. H. Layard, Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople.

Plate representing part of the walls of a city.

Square embattled tower which has formed part of the same.

Portions of ornamental plates in open work.

Claws of lion, apparently parts of thrones or legs of stools.

Portions of collars, of furniture or other objects.

Winged cow couchant, which has been gilt and inlaid with coloured glass or other
material.

Human headed winged bull standing, which has been gilt and inlaid in the same
manner.

Rim of a large plate inscribed in cuneiform with the name of Argisti, King of Minni,
contemporary with Sargon, King of Assyria, B.c. 720.

Gold ring with carbuncle engraved with a Sassanian head.

Six terra-cotta lamps, one with Greek inscription, from Jerusalem.

Leaden fragment of coffin, with female head in relief, from Beyrout.

Terra-cotta figure of the goddess Neith, in Pheenician archaic style, from Bengemmi
Malta.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement.

Fifty-four sculptures and inscriptions, three mosaics, and four hundred and fifty-seven
bronzes, have been mounted and repaired; one hundred and twenty-two fictile vases, or
fragments of vases, and seventy terra-cottas, have been cleaned, repaired and mounted; two
objects in ivory and wood and four gems have been repaired; six objects in iron oiled and
mounted; one hundred and nine casts made from gems; fifty-eight gems, and eighteen gold

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ornaments mounted on velvet-covered blocks; eighty-three gems mounted in silver-gilt
settings; two new cases fitted and arranged with silver objects in the Gold Ornament
Room ; four new cases for sculpture have been placed in the Elgin Room, and five new
shades for vases in the Vase Rooms; two wall cases in the Second Egyptian Room, five
table-cases and wall-cases 44-59, in the Second Vase Room, have been repapered and re-
arranged ; two plinths for a shelf placed in the Mausoleum Room; a fragment has been
fitted to the leg of a horse on the Mausoleum frieze (Newton, History of Discoveries,
i. pl. 9, upper slab), and two other fragments have been put together; two Lycian tombs
have been removed and replaced in the New Room; five hundred and twenty-two
descriptive titles have been attached to objects; one hundred and eleven objects cata-
logued, and two hundred and sixty-six objects registered; a new edition of the Guide
to the Exhibition Rooms has been issued.

Il.— Acquisitions.

I.—A plaster cast from a fragment of the frieze of the Parthenon, formerly at Cataio,
and now the property of the Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria.
Presented hy the Hofrath Herr litelberger, Director of the Museum fir Kunst

und Industrie at Vienna.

II.—Marble slab from a Roman arch at Salonica, with a Greek inscription containing
the word politarchos, which we know to have been the title of a magistrate at Salonica
(see Acts of the Apostles, xvii, 6). Published in Beeckh’s Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum,
No. 1967; and in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, 2nd Series, viii,
p. 528.

Presented by J. &. Blunt, Eisq., H.B.M. Consul, Salonica.

III.—1. Fragment of Roman tessellated pavement. Found at Mersa, the site of
Carthage.

2. Fragment of earthenware pipe. From the ruins of Tipasa.
Presented by Colonel the Hon. Charles Smyth Vereker.

1V.—Two fragments of pottery. From Santorin. )
Presented by M. A. Dumont, Director of the Ecole Frangaise at Athens.

V.—A collection of fragments of pottery. Found in the course of Dr. Schliemann’s
excavations at Mycene.
Presented by Dr. Schliemann.

VI. Thirty-five fragments of pottery. From Mycene.
Presented by C. T. Newton, Esq., C.B.

VII.—1. An amber vase, the handles formed by two panthers climbing towards the mouth.
2. A painter’s pallet. From Cologne.

3. A collection of fictile vases, from the Troad, among which the following may be
noticed :—An oinochoe and a pinaz, similar tothe Archaic fictile ware of Camirus; five
aryballi, ornamented with figures of animals and flowers in the Asiatic style. On the
mouth of one of those aryball? is the following inscription incised in Archaic letters ;—
Tnvol cot Gold’ |enuog Siewor. Among the vases with black figures in this collection is a
skyphos, with design of Dionysos reclining with attendant Satyrs; on the reverse, a Satyr
and a goat. There are also in the series a number of vases of later style.

Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

VIII.—1. A collection of terra-cottas found in excavations at Capua. Nos. 1-19 are
reliefs, of which twelve are antefixal ornaments of joint tiles, imbrices. Among the subjects
represented are Artemis Persiké, an anguipede giant, Artemis-Selené (?) on a horse, a
Sphinx, Gorgon, mask of Gorgon, female masks, and two figures playing on lyre. No. 20
is a small sarcophagus, with female figure reclining, on the lid; on the front an Etruscan
inscription painted. No. 21 is afemale figure seated, and holding a child wrapped in
swaddling clothes, very rudely executed. For similar figures see Bullettino of the Roman
Institute, 1873, p. 147, and 1876, p. 181.

Presented by M. Alessandro Castellani.

1X.—A small intaglio in amethyst, three intaglios in sard, and one in obsidian, in-
scribed PLILOGENET. ;
Presented by P. Henderson, Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Benghazi,

X.—1. An object in ivory, probably an ex voto.
Presented by the Rev. M. Brock.

XI.—1. Six alabaster beads. From Bolsena.
2. Marble lamp. From Alexandria.

3. Terra-cotta bust of a female figure, coarsely modelled and painted in natural colours.
From Medinet-el-Fyoum (Crocodilopolis).
Presenied by the Rev. Greville Chester.
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XII. Purchases.—1. Ten terra-cotta figures remarkable for their grace and excellent
condition. From Tanagra.

2. Marble relief, representing triple Hecate.

3. Bronze fragment of repoussé work, representing Herakles and an Amazon. En-
graved in the Monumenti of the Roman Institute, ix. pl. 31, fig. 2. See Annali 1871,
p- 136. From Grumento, in the Basilicata.

4, Marble disk, with relief, representing Apollo and Artemis destroying the family of
Niobé on Mount Sipylos. From Rome. Published by Heydemann, Berichte derk.
Siichs. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaft, 1877.

5. Four terra-cotta figures. From Tanagra.

6. A small oinochoe of fictile ware, with design of a boy reaching after a ball, painted
in opaque white, picked out with gold. From Athens. ,

7. A joint tile, imbrex, of fictile ware ; design painted in black with incised lines on a
red ground, representing two groups of seated figures. On the front is a female head in
relief.

8. A terra-cotta relief; subject, Acton in process of transformation into a stag, and

attacked by his hounds; the hounds are urged on by Artemis; fragmentary. The same
subject occurs in Schone’s Griechische Reliefs, pl. 31, No. 127. From Alexandria.

9. Marble slab, with Greek inscription of 106 lines, recording a public decree, probably
of the town of Sestos, in honour of Menas, son of Menes, who had held various public
offices and rendered many services to his native town. Mention is made of the monthl
sacrifice which Menas, as priest of Attalus IJ., offered in celebration of the birthday of
that King. It is stated also that on the occasion of introducing a copper coinage, Menas
and another were chosen to superintend this work. ‘The date of the mscription will fall
between B.c. 160-120. From Sestos. Published in the “ Hermes,” vii., p. 114.

10. Box of coniferous wood. From a tomb at Kertch.

11. Samian bowl.

12. Small grotesque terra-cotta figure. From Smyrna.

13. Head of a terra-cotta statuette.

14. Archaic carving in amber, representing a crouching female figure.

15. Bronze statuette of Helios. Formerly in the Norzi collection, and said to have been
found at Orange in France.

16. Small marble weight and three terra-cotta lamps. Probably from the Temenos of
Demeter at Cnidus.

17. Two bronze strigils. From Citta Vecchia, Malta.

18. Two bronze spatulae, six iron spear heads, an ivory handle, and a bronze object.
From Ben Ghemmi, Malta.

19. Ivory flute. From Italy.

20. A collection of gold ornaments, including a myrtle wreath, united in the front by an
oblong plate, on which is a helmeted head ; two pairs of earrings, richly ornamented with
aberes and rosettes, and having each three pendent figures of Victory ; a pair of earrings,
each with a pendent figure of Cupid; a necklace composed of four chains, united by a
swivel, and terminating in two pairs of chains mounted with smaller swivels, and having as
pendants thirteen pomegranates, the whole richly ornamented with filigree and granulated
work ; seven earrings, with pendent buds attached to chains hanging from rosettes, three
of which are set with garnets; a circular stud with floral pattern in filigree ; a gold stater
of Alexander the Great. This collection of gold ornaments was found with the coin of
Alexander in a tomb at Cyme in Aeolis.

21. Bronze upper part of female figure, in repoussé work, which has been attached as
an emblema to some object. Found in tomb at Cyme with the preceding gold orna-
ments.

22. Pair of earrings in electrum, and ornamented with granulated work ; of an early
period.

23. Gold ring, set with emerald, on which is incised in late Greek letters AABE.
24. Pair of small earrings, ornamented with plasma.

25. Carnelian intaglio. Head of Herakles.

26. Steatite circular intaglio, with design of Chimaera.

27. Haematite circular intaglio, with design of ox.

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28. Circular intaglio im green porphyry, with design of human figure up to the waist,
from which spring the forepart of a goat hanging over on the right, and the forepart of an
ox hanging over on the left.

29. Circular intaglio in green jasper, with figures of a hound and a dead deer. These
four Archaic gems (Nos. 26-29) are from Crete.

30. Three Archaic vases of fictile ware, with geometric patterns. From Athens.

31. Two Archaic vases of fictile ware, with figures of animals and geometric patterns.
From Athens.

32. Hight terra-cotta figures. From Tanagra.

33. Terra-cotta female figure. From Corinth.
C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

A NEw room on the first floor has been built, in which it is intended to place the collec-
tion of Pre-historic Antiquities as soon as the wall cases have been provided.

A table case belonging to the Christy Collection has been temporarily placed in the
British Room.

The collection of gold ornaments belonging to the department has been re-arranged
in the Gold Ornament Room, with fresh fittings.

An elaborate catalogue of the collection of medieval and more modern rings has been
made for identification, with drawings of each specimen; the number of rings is 383.

225 seals have been mounted on tablets, with impressions at their sides. Various other
antiquities have also been mounted or repaired.

The registration has been continued, including all the antiquities acquired during the
year, 325 in number.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Christy Collection, may be classed
as follows :—

(1.) British and Pre-historic Antiquities.—Seven flint implements found in a tumulus
at Seaford, Sussex, presented by the Exploration Committee of the Anthropological
Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

A stone celt from Tanfield, Yorkshire, and a flint implement from Savernake Forest,
Wiltshire; presented by the Rey. W.C. Lukis, r.s.a, A flint celt from Ilfracombe,
Devon; presented by the Rev. John Mill Chanter.

Six bronze weapons and implements found in the British Islands; presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq. A fragment of the gold corslet found at Mold, in Flintshire ; presented
by John Evans, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S.

Some remarkable objects found in a Late Celtic grave of a woman at Arras, in York-
shire, consisting of the tires andnaves of two chariot wheels, two bronze horse-bits, a
buckle ornament, and an iron mirror with bronze mountings; presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq., F.8.S. ‘An account of this discovery is given in Greenwell’s British Barrows,
p- 454.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :—

Four weapons of copper and bronze, from Cyprus, and two of copper, from Bethlehem,
all analysed by Dr. Flight, and presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. ‘Three bronze arrow-
heads from Ecbatana; presented by Caspar P. Clarke, Esq.

Twenty-two earthen vessels found in tombs near the River Neisse, in Silesia.

Portion of one of the stones with pit markings, from the megalithic ruins at Hagiar
Kim, Malta; presented by the Rey. Greville J. Chester.

An iron spearhead from the cemetery at Halstatt, in the Salzkammergut of Austria;
presented by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—Hight Roman objects found in London; presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Mediaval, &c.—Seventeen medieval objects, found chiefly
in London; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
Pair of gloves, found in an old house at Wellington, Somerset, and three objects from
Barlynck Priory, Somerset; bequeathed by the Rev. Thomas Hugo, F.s.. fee
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The seals of the Ulnager of Winchester, of William Norman, and of the customs of
Shoreham; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A watch, inan enamelled case, made by Bouquet, of London.

A snuff box, with an enamel painted by W. Boone; bequeathed, in the name of Charles
Rickards, Esq., by his brother, George Holding Rickards, Esq., and a sword; bequeathed
by the same gentleman in his own name.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, §c—An ivory box, carved with
early Christian subjects, from the collection of M. Hugo Garthe, of Cologne. Four
flasks with representations of St. Menas, and five Early Christian Jamps from Egypt.

A Byzantine weight inlaid with silver.

A carving in white marble from Italy; presented by the Rev. Morant Brock.

A silver cup, with a figure in high relief, and an inscription not yet deciphered, from
the ancient Sogdiana, in West Central Asia. ‘A stoneware vessel from Raghis, Persia;
presented by Caspar P. Clarke, Esq.

Twenty-four matrices of seals; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and a hundred and
eight other seals from the collection of M. Hugo Gartle, of Cologne.

Two carved ivory panels; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., and two covers of writ-
ing tablets carved in ivory. A Portuguese figure carved inivory; presented by the Rev.
Greville J. Chester.

Electrotype copy of the seal of the Confederate States of America; presented by
Joshua Nunn, Esq.

(5.) Glass Collection. Twelve specimens of ancient glass found in Egypt; a Roman
bottle found at Maharraka in Nubia; and ten specimens of the Roman period from
Cyzicus, in Asia Minor.

A Roman vase ornamented with lions’ heads in relief, found near Rheims; presented
by John Evans, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. An inscribed tessera, found at Rome; presented by
Professor Arthur H. Church. A “chevron” bead found in Somersetsbire; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and another, unusually small, from Egypt; presented by the
Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A panel, painted and gilt, of the 15th century, from Dijon; presented by William
Burges, Esq.

Two specimens of German glass, eight Persian, and eleven Chinese; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq. Two German, one Venetian, and one Turkish; presented by
Edmund Christy, Esq.

Two Arab weights and a Spanish lamp; presented by the Rey. Greville J. Chester.
Two Chinese specimens; presented by Henry Willett, Esq.. F.a.s.

(6.) Ethnographical.—A very fine canoe from the Solomon Islands, inlaid with mother
of pearl; presented by Herbert L. Montefiore, Esq.

Two terra-cotta objects from Ceylon, in the form of topes; presented by the Right
Hon. Sir W. H. Gregory.

A set of Chinese weights; presented by the representatives of the late John Reeve, Esq.
ae a objects, obtaimed in the Arctic Expedition, 1875-76; presented by Chichester

art, Kisq.

Six specimens of cotton cloth from Ashantee ; presented by C. A. Solomon, Esq.

I1I.— Christy Collection.

. In consequence of the completion of the new Pre-historic Room at the British Museum,
the walls of which it was proposed to line with cases belonging to the Christy Collection,
it was decided to close the Christy Collection at the beginning of September 1877, and to
remove the pre-historic portion of the collection to the British Museum. This was
accomplished, but on the cases being fully examined, they were found to be unsuited to
the purpose intended, and it was therefore decided to leave them in Victoria-street, and
to arrange in the space previously occupied there by the pre-historic section other ethno-
graphical specimens. This has necessitated the re-sorting and re-arranging of a large
portion of the collection, which has however now been effected, and the collection was
re-opened to the public in January 1878.

The preparation of the Catalogue has been continued; 448 fresh slips have been
written, with a sketch of each object.

_ The following donations have been received by the Trustees of the Christy Collec-
tion, and by them transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Pre-historic Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.— A drift implement from
Hampshire, three from France, and a flint core found at Abbott’s Langley, Herts., from
John Evans, Esq., D.c.L. Twelve drift implements of quartzite from Broom, near
Axminster, Devon, three from other parts of England, and ten from F rance, from
A.W. Franks, Esq.

Flint implements and bones from Palzolithic stations at Solutré, Sadne-et-Loire, from
M. P Abbé Ducrost of Solutré. A cast of a drawing on bone from the Dordogne caves,
and four stone implements from Sicily, from E. H. Willett, Esq., ¥.s.a.

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Eight stone axes from Denmark, two fiint arrowheads from Ireland, two French surface
implements, a collection of stone impiements from Crete, a pierced axe from Germany,
a stone arrowhead and an axe from Italy, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A collection of stone arrowheads and flakes from Perugia and Tunis, from Professor
Giuseppe Bellucci, of Perugia. A bone saw from a tomb at Ben Ghami, Malta, from the
Rev. Greville J. Chester. An obsidian core and two flakes from Mycene, from
Caspar P. Clarke, Esq.

Stone implements from Hope Town District, South Africa, from the Rev. C.
Williams.

A stone celt from the Shavaroy Hills, Madras, from Dr. Ferdinand Jagor of Berlin;
two cores and ten flakes from Jubbulpore, from E. H. Willett, Esq.

Two portions of obsidian spearheads, from Frank Dillon, Esq.; eight stone implements,
from Ernest Satow, Esq., of H. B. M. Legation, Yedo, and an obsidian arrowhead, from
R. P. Greg., Esq., all from Japan.

Two stone implements or amulets from China, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

2. Ethnography of Africa.—A belt, a leather apron, and a missile sword, from the
Neam-Neam tribe, Central Africa, a specimen of native iron money from West Central
Africa ; all formerly in the collection of the Rey. J. G. Wood, from A, W. Franks, Esq.

A dagger and sheath from the Niger, West Africa, from H. H. Howorth, Esq., F.s.A.
A carved ivory cup from Congo; two carved tusks; a leather shield from the Fan tribe ;
an iron spur from the Niger; a double ivory bell, a fetish drum, a leather belt and two
caps from Ashanti, and a Booby necklace and armlet from Fernando Po, from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

A set of fire-sticks from the Bushman tribe, South Africa, and another from Natal,
from the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew.

Two wooden spoons, a needle and case, and a snuff-box, all Kafir, from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

3. Ethnography of Asia.—A collection of devil-dancers’ masks, used in Ceylon, from
the Right fon. Sir W. H. Gregory. A plough and yoke, a rice cooler, a fishing-basket
and line, from Ceylon, and specimens of tinder from China and Japan, from the Director
of the Royal Gardens at Kew. An ancient Chinese bronze basin, from Lord Arthur
Russell, M.p.

An Oriental powder flask and two daggers, from John Henderson, Esq., F.s.A.

The outfit of a savage of North Formosa, consisting of a girdle, jacket, cap and pipe,
from Captain I. Alexander Man.

Two swords and a dagger from Japan; a woman’s head-dress of turquoises, and strings —

of amber and other beads, from Leh, Ladakh, from the Hon. Robert Marsham. Three
earrings, probably from Ladakh, from William Bragge, Esq., F.s.A. The dress of a
Thibetan Lama, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

4, Ethnography of the Asiatic Archipelago.—A conical hat from Java, from the Director
of the Royal Gardens at Kew. A sword dagger from Macassar, a sword (parang), knife
and sheath, and a wooden shield, from Borneo, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—A tapa robe from Tahiti, Society Islands,
and a set of fire-sticks from Fiji, from the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew.

An adze handle and a carved club from New Zealand; five adze heads from Erro-
mango, and one from Savage Island; two clubs from New Britain and one from Fiji; a
wooden figure covered with tapa, from the Sandwich Islands; an “orator’s flapper” from the
Society Islands; two wood carvings, a figure, and another, from the Solomon Islands, and
stone implements and a club from the South Seas; chiefly from the collection of the Rev.
J. G. Wood, and illustrated in his “ Natural History of Man,” from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A collection of ethnographical specimens from the Admiralty Islands, collected during
the cruise of H.M.S. “ Challenger,” 1872-76, by H. N. Moseley, Esq., Naturalist to the
Expedition ; they consist of obsidian-headed spears, shell ornaments, adzes, knives of
obsidian, &c., and include a stone club, of rare type, from Hilo, Hawaian Islands. An
adze blade from New Zealand and one trom New Caledonia, from the Hon. Robert
Marsham.

A throwing stick and a bamboo pipe from North-East Australia, from J. Ewen
Davidson, Esq.

6. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—

(a.) North America).—A collection of stone implements, arrowheads, &c., from various
parts of North America, from William Denton, Esq. Forty-two stone arrow heads from

orth America, and four bone scrapers from Greenland, from A. W. Franks, Esq. Series of
obsidian and stone arrowheads from Camp Polk, Wasco County, Oregon, from C. J.
Hindman, Esq. Nine obsidian wasters from Clear Lake, California, from H. N. Moseley,
Esq. An obsidian arrowhead from the Sierra Nevada, from the Hon. Robert Marsham.

A collection of ethnographical objects from the North West Coast of America,
consisting of wooden figures, models of canoes, paddles, hats, &c., from Fleetwood

Sandeman, Esq. (b.) Centra]
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(b.) Central America and West Indies.—A fine celt of dark stone from Antigua, and
another from Dominica, from the Hon. Robert Marsham.

A wooden figure of a jaguar, encrusted with turquoise, and a green stone chalchiuitl,
from Mexico; a celt and casts of four implements from British Honduras, from A, W.
Franks, Esq.

(c.) South America.—Collection of axes, &c., from the Gavedes and Apinajés tribes
of the Tocantins and Tapajoz Rivers, Amazon Valley; two gold ornaments from
Chiriqui; stone mace head and ball of a bolas, from Peru, from the Hon. Robert
Marsham. 4 ‘ ,

A devil-trumpet (juruparis), from the Rio Negro, from the Director of the Royal
Gardens at Kew.

A series of stone celts and pottery from Tucacas, North Venezuela ; collection of
bronze and stone implements and amulets, found in the vicinity of Quito, Peru, and a
Patagonian saddle and spurs, from A. W. Franks, Esq. Two pairs of silver Patagonian
earrings, from William Bragge, Esq., ¥.s.a.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have likewise purchased, out of funds at their
disposal, two figures, two frogs, and eighteen smaller objects, all in gold, from Chiriqui,
and two gold caps and two ornaments of gold, from the United States of Columbia.

The Christy Collection is now again open on Fridays by means of tickets, to be obtained
at the British Museum. In consequence of the collection having been four months
closed, the number of visitors is much less than usual, viz., 327.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF CoINS AND MEDALS.

I.— Arrangement.
1. Greek Series :—

(a) 102 coins of the Greek world, recently acquired, have been registered, and 134
have been incorporated in their places in the series.

(b) Re-arrangement, &c.

The coins of Chios, Barce, and Cyrene, have been weighed and re-arranged according
to the periods of issue and monetary standards.

The coins of the Greek-Imperial series of the cities of Syria have been re-arranged,

and heading-cards inserted recording the names and dates of Emperors by whom the
various pieces were issued.

2. Roman Series :—

(a) 43 coins acquired in the course of the year have been registered and incorporated
in their places in the series.

(6) Re-arrangement, &c.

The Consular coins struck in Rome from the year 63 B.c. to the end of the series, and
those struck out of Rome between the years 269-94 B.c., in all 1,054, have been weighed
and re-arranged preparatory to their being catalogued.

3. English Series :—

(a) 152 coins acquired in the course of the year have been registered and incorporated
in their places in the series.

(b) Re-arrangement, &c.

The large medals of the English series have been re-arranged in nineteen trays in
fresh cabinets.

The English tradesmens’ tokens (fifteen trays) of the Freudenthal Collection have
been transferred from Dr. Freudenthal’s cabinets to those of the Museum.

(c) Finds, &c., examined.

The following hoards of Treasure Trove sent by H.M. Treasury have been
examined :—

Houghton, consisting of 313 gold and silver coins of various reigns.

Flawborough, consisting of 327 silver coins of various reigns, chiefly Elizabeth,
James I., and Charles I.

Evenwood, consisting chiefly of groats of Henry VIII.

Tamworth, consisting of 294 coins, all pennies of William I. and William II.

Bisham Abbey, consisting of 218 coins all gold, and of various reigns, chiefly that
of Henry VIII.

Bremeridge, consisting of 32 gold coins, chiefly nobles of Edward III.

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The following private collections have been examined :—

Find of coins at Riga (chiefly early English), 91 coins.
Collection of the Hon. Mrs. Wilson, consisting of 313 coins, chiefly Karly English.

4. Medieval and Modern Series :—

(a) 107 coins acquired in the course of the year have been registered and incorporated
in their places in the series.

303 coins purchased in 1873 from Dr. Freudenthal have been incorporated in their
places in the series.

(6) Re-arrangement, &c.

The transfer of the copper coins of the German series to fresh cabinets has been com
menced and carried down from the beginning of the series as far as Hanover, 23 trays.

200 Russian copper medals have been re-arranged in chronological order in fresh
cabinets.

12,245 registered coins, and 58 trays of unregistered coins of the Freudenthal collection
have been transferred from Dr. Freudenthal’s cabinets to those of the Museum.

Various rectifications in accordance with the latest attributions have been made in the
series of France, Spain, Portugal, Lombardy, Tuscany, Naples, Papal States, Sardinia,
Russia, Poland, Sweden, and Norway.

(c) Collection examined :

65 Italian medals, offered by M. Sambon, of Naples, have been examined.

5. Oriental Series :—

(a) 117 coins, recently acquired, have been registered, and 110 have been incorporated
in their places in the series.
368 coins from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered.

(6) Re-arrangement, ¥c.

The series of the Ottoman Sultans, of the Seljooks of Persia and of Room, and of the
Atabegs, have been examined and re-arranged according to the latest attributions.

(c) Collections examined.

The collection of M. Tinghir, two others offered by the Rev. G. J. Chester (one of
these last being the collection of the late Baron Tecco), a collection of about 400 coins,
chiefly Spanish Arabian, offered by Don F. de Codera, and about 8,000 Turkish gold
coins, sent from the Bank of England, have been examined and selections made from
them. ;

The Bank Collection:

The Bank Collection, which was presented to the Trustees of the British Museum in
the course of the year, has been examined in detail, and every specimen new to the
Museum series has been selected for incorporation as follows:

1, Greek Series :—

97 gold and electrum, 426 silver, 529 copper, and 3 billon coins have been selected,
and of these

170 coins of the provinces of Pzonia and Macedon have been registered and in-
corporated in the Museum series.

2. Roman Series :—

136 gold, 566 silver, and 151 copper have been selected.

3. English Series: —

50) gold, 233 silver, 13 copper, and 1 lead, coins, and 31 gold, 342 silver, 280
copper, and 245 lead and white metal medals have been selected.

4. Mediaeval and Modern Series :—
155 gold, 785 silver, 44 copper, 11 billon, and 1 lead coins have been selected.

5. Oriental Series :—

48 gold, 81 silver, and 5 copper coins have been selected. ‘
Il. Acquisitions,

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LI.— Acquisitions, 1877.

Gold Lead

Class. and Silver. Copper. Billon. and White Glass. TOTAL.
Electrum. Metal.
Greek - - - 104 475 589 8 - ~ 1,176
Roman - - - 142 580 176 = eS ~ 898
English <p 87 847* 370 1 246 - 1,551
Medieval and Modern - 168 859 86 28 1 - 1,142
Oriental - ‘- - 289 230 61 - 3 4 577
ToraL- - - 790 2,991 1,272 37 250 | 4 | 5,344

* This item includes 100 coins acquired in 1876.

Among the above acquisitions the most important are the following :—

a. Greek Series:—

Purchased.

A gold one-third stater of the coinage attributed to Croesus,

A tetradrachm bearing Samian types, struck by Samian exiles at Rhegium, early in
the fifth century, B.C.

An early electrum coin of Parium, type Gorgon-head. E

Three important staters of Lycia, one bearing an unpublished inscription.

A fine stater of Nagidus.

Two rare tetradrachms of Cappadocia, one struck by Ariarathes, son of Mithradates
the Great, who was set up as king in Cappadocia for a short period.

Fine copper Imperial-Greek coins of Ococlea, Patara and Myra in alliance, and
Thyatira.

B. Roman Series :—

Purchased.
A medallion of Severus Alexander and Julia Mamza, having for the reverse type the

Emperor accompanied by Zeus, and crowned by Victory, holding the circle of the
seasons. This medallion is rare.

A decussis, or piece of ten asses of the Quadrantal series. This piece, which is
unique, represents the largest coin of the second reduction of the Roman @s grave.

y. English Series :—

1. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., F.R.8., &c.
A silver medal of Elizabeth of Bohemia, daughter of James I.

2. Purchased.
A selection of 103 pennies of William I. and William II., from the treasure found at
Tamworth (vide Num. Chron. 1877, p. 340).

8. Oriental Series :-—

Purchased.

In the coinage of the Fatimee Khaleefehs, coins of El-K4im (two), El-Mustaala and
El- Faiz, all very rare. i

A unique gold coin of the “expected Im4m,” El-Muntadhir, struck by the Wezeer
E]-Afdal, and bearing his name.

A gold coin of Aboo Zakareeyeh, first of the dynasty of the Benee Hafs.

One gold and two silver coins of late Arab dynasts of Spain, hitherto unrepresented
in the Museum Collection.

Two gold coins of Aboo Bekr, founder of the dynasty of the Murabiteen.

Two gold coins of the rare camp-mintages of Akbar, Moghul Sult4n of Dehli.

A rare silver medal of Suleyman I., Shaéh of Persia, and five copper coins of the
small dynasty of Danishment.

An interesting series of medals struck by Ahmad III., Seleem III., Mahmood II., and
’Abd-el-Mejeed, Sultans of Turkey.

A medal of Shaheen Giray, last Khan of the Crimea.

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Bank COLLECTION.

Gold Lead

Class. and Silver. Copper. Billon. and White ToTaL,
Electrum. Metal.

Greek - - - - - 97 426 529 3 - 1,055
Roman - - - - - 136 566 151 - - 853
English - - - - - 81 575 293 - 246 1,195
Medizval and Modern - - 155 785 44 11 1 996
Oriental - - - - - 48 81 5 - - 134
ToraL- - - 517 2,433 1,022 14 247 4,233

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Note. —The numbers in this Table are included in the General Table of Acquisitions for the year, p. 23.

The following coins are the most interesting and rare in this splendid donation :—

a. Greek Series :—

Two octadrachms of Abdera, and six tetradrachms of the same town, bearing on the
reverse types such as Hermes, Dionysus, a dancing girl, &c.

A gold coin of Maronea.

A tetradrachm of Kersibaulos, King of Thrace, with the types of Alexander the Great.

A tetradrachm, struck by the people of Thrace, on the occasion of some national
deliverance in the 2nd or 1st century B.c.

A very fine tetradrachm of Amphipolis; type, head of Apollo facing.

Five silver coins of Mende, among them a tetradrachm, representing Silenus on his
ass.

A remarkable early stater of Terone.

A fine octadrachm of the Orreskii, representing a man driving two oxen.

A stater of an uncertain town (Perne ?) or tribe in Macedonia, type a centaur carrying
off a nymph.

Two octadrachms of Alexander I. of Macedonia, bearing his name.

Stater of Perdiccas III. of Macedonia; the only one known of this king.

An octadrachm of Lysimachus in gold.

A gold coin of Demetrius Poliorcetes with portrait.

A very fine coin of Lamiain Thessaly ; types, horned female head, reverse, Herakles
seated ; one of two known.

A splendid gold stater of Alexander of Epirus; the finest known.

A fine gold stater of Aetolia.

An interesting coin of Elis, with the head of the nymph Olympia.

Four silver staters af Argos.

A rare coin of Phestus in Crete, with the type of the young Zeus and the legend
LTEAXANO®S.

Silver coins of Andros, Melos, and Tenos. :

A drachm of Chalcedon with the types of Lysimachus ; supposed to be unique.

Fine staters of Timotheus and Dionysius, dynasts of Heraclea in Bithynia.

A very rare drachm of Nicomedes I., King of Bithynia.

A gold stater of Lampsacus; type, Nike raising a trophy; very fine.

A very well-preserved archaic coin of Methymna in Lesbos; type, boar.

Two extremely fine didrachms King of Mytilene.

Two unique gold coins of Miletus, one with the head of Apollo facing the other, with
the head turned to right.

An archaic stater of Astyra in Rhodes.

Anearly didrachm of Tlos in Lycia; type, lion seated, and seven other early staters of
the same district. ,

A beautiful and unique stater of Paphos in Cyprus; types, head of Aphrodite, dove.

A silver coin of Nicocles, King of Cyprus.

A gold stater of Seleucus I., King of Syria, with types of Alexander the Great; anda
gold octadrachm of Antiochus III.

A tetradrachm of Alexander I., King of Syria; reverse type, Pallas; supposed to be
un ique.

A Persian double daric.

Eleven gold octadrachms of the Ptolemies, including one of Arsinoe III., two of

Ptolemy ITI., one of Ptolemy IV., and one of Ptolemy V.

Three early electrum staters, one probably of the end of the 8th century B.c., struck at
Ephesus, and bearing a remarkable inscription, the earliest in the Greek language. See
Num. Chron. N.S. x. 237 and xv. pl. vii. 4.. The other two are of Chios and Thasos
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An early stater; types, sphinx and crab; probably stuck at Perga.
A large number of fine Greek-Imperial copper coins, among which may be specified
17 large coins of Mytilene, and a splendid coin of Cyzicus, with the type of a River-

god.
(8) Roman Series :—

Among the gold coins are the following rarities :—

An aureus of the Hirtia gens, with head of Pietas; another of Domitian, temple of
Vesta, in very fine preservation ; another of Pertinax, in fine condition, with figure of
Aequitas.

A very rare and extremely fine aureus of Julia Domna, with seated figure of Vesta;
also rare aurei of Volusian, with the Emperor sacrificing; of Tetricus and Carinus, both
with figure of Pax, and a solidus of Fausta, with the Empress holding two children.

A gold aureus of Domitian II. (Achilleus), the Usurper, who revolted against Diocle-
tian and Maximian, and reigned at Alexandria from A.D. 288 ?-297. This is the only
known gold coin of this Emperor; previously to its discovery, only copper coins of his
reign had been found.

Among the denarii which were selected chiefly for their rarity and chronological value,
the following may be mentioned :—

A denarius of the Pomponia gens, with the Muse Erato; a series of the coins of Galba,
struck in Spain; a denarius of the Empress Matidia, with figure of Pietas, and eight
coins of Pescennius Niger, all struck at Antioch, and of great rarity.

Among the large and second brass there are few remarkable types; these coins, how-
ever, have been mainly chosen for their extremely fine condition.

(y) English Series :—

Several among the medals presented are of great rarity. The most deserving of notice
are :—

A silver medal of Philip and Mary, by Trezzo.

A gold medal of James I., by Passe.

A beautiful medal of the Earl of Pembroke, by Stephen of Holland; silver.

A fine and rare medal of Martin van Tromp; silver.

A medallie portrait by Warin, of Thomas Cary, gentleman of the bedchamber to
Charles I.; silver.

A medal of Baron Reede de Renswoude, Dutch ambassador extraordinary at the court
of Charles I. ; silver.

A beautiful gold medal of Charles, Elector Palatine, nephew to Charles I.

The Scottish coronation medal of Charles II.,in very fine condition; silver.

A fine medal of Charles II., by Rawlins; silver.

Three medals commemorating the murder of Sir E. Godfrey; two silver, and one
copper gilt.

A silver medal commemorating the pacification of Amsterdam in 1690. (Van Loon, III.

. 439).
¢ Two silver medals commemorating the battle of the Boyne (Van Loon, IV., p. 5).

A silver medal commemorating the battle of Neerhespen (Van Loon, IV., p. 140),

Very rare silver medal commemorating William the Third’s passage to Holland in
1694.

Two silver medals commemorating the Peace of Ryswick; one struck at Gouda; the
other very rare, type, Europa and Bull (Van Loon, IV., 264).

German medal on death of William ITI. (Van Loon, IV., 339).

Some interesting medals struck for the adherents of the Pretenders; two of the Elder
Pretender and Princess Louisa, copper gilt and silver; one of the Elder Pretender, with
bust of Queen Anne; the oak medal of Prince Charles, and the medal of Prince Charles
and the Cardinal York, &c.

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(8) Oriental Series :—

Three coins of Abd-el-Azeez, of the dynasty of the Benee Mereen, not hitherto repre-
sented in the National Collection.
A gold coin of Hareth-ed-deen Daood, Shereef of Morocco.

Catalogues :—

The Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Arabic Section, Vol. III., has been published, and
Vol. IV. is in the press.

The Catalogue of Greek Coins, Vol. III. (Tauric Chersonese, Thrace, &c.), has been
published, and Vol. 1V. (The Seleucid Dynasty of Syria) is in the press.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room in 1877 was 1,444.
The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room was 21,054.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

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DEPARTMENTS OF NaTurAL History.

Durtine the past year the state of preservation and general good condition of the speci-
mens of Natural History have been maintained. The additions registered in the same
period are in number 44,097; of which 24,184 have been received in the Department
of Zoology, 16,653 in that of Geology, and 3,260 in that of Mineralogy.

The exhibited specimens of the stuffed and mounted skins of the Mammalia have re-
ceived due application of processes in prevention of decay; attention has been specially
given to those of the larger species during modifications of arrangement, to admit of
additions in the Central and Mammalian Saloons. Amongst these additions the specimen
of the musk-ox (Ovibos moschatus) obtained through the last Arctic Expedition, is specially
worthy of notice.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia are in a good state of preservation, and have re-
ceived, where needed, the appliances fitting them for future mounting, in the case of all
specimens to be selected for the purpose of exhihition in the new museum now approach-
ing completion. The smaller specimens of mammalia preserved in spirits are in good
condition. All are, as heretofore, available for the purposes of scientific examination and
comparison.

The collection of bird-skins mounted and exhibited is in a good state of preservation; as
are also the unstufted skins preserved in drawers and boxes. These are equally available,
with the collection open to the general public, for the purposes of scientific study and
comparison.

The proportion of the collections of Reptiles and Fishes displayed in the public gal-
leries is in a good state of preservation and arrangement.

The specimens of gigantic Tortoises recently described by Dr. Giinther, r.R.5., and
added to the exhibited series, are specially worthy of note.

The stored specimens of Reptiles and Fishes, both dry and in spirits, are in good condi-
tion, and available for scientific work.

The nomenclature and synomyms of the specimens, both exhibited and stored, of the
above classes of vertebrate animals, have been verified and, where needful, corrected, and
the specimens labelled accordingly.

Of the invertebrate classes, the specimens of the Mollusca, preserved in spirits, with the
shell, or removed from the shell, and the species of the shell-less orders and families,
similarly preserved, have received due attention, and are in a state of preservation fit for
applications of anatomical research, where such is needful in determining affinity and
place in the natural series; available also for comparison with the fossil casts of the
cavities of the shells of extinct species.

Of the series of shells of Mollusca, a large proportion is arranged and exhibited in the
floor-cases of the Public Gallery. The aim of increasing the attractiveness and instruc-
tiveness of this popular series has governed the substitution of better specimens, or of
fresher ones, in the place of those the colours of which had been affected by exposure to
light. The unexhibited shells, preserved in the drawers of the cabinets, are in a state
of perfect preservation, and are available, like those exhibited, to scientific visitors and
students.

The proportion of the class Insecta, publicly displayed, showing rare and interesting
modifications of shape and colour, and exemplifying characters of the larger groups of the
class, is in a good state of preservation. The large proportion of Insecta in the Entomo-
logical Room is in good state of preservation, and is so arranged, in drawers, as to be eon-
veniently accessible for study and comparison. __ : )

The proportion of the class Crustacea, exemplified by representative species of orders
and minor groups, exhibited and systematically arranged, is in good preservation. The
larger proportion stored in drawers is in a similar condition, through due application of
taxidermal processes in reference to their dried state. ‘The proportion of the class pre-
served in spirits is in a good state of preservation. i so

The specimens of the class Arachnida, susceptible of instructive preservation in the
dried state, including the larger kinds of spiders and scorpions, are exhibited in the glazed
cabinets of the Public Gallery. Both these, and the similarly preserved specimens
arranged in drawers, are in good condition. The numerous specimens preserved in spirits
are in a state of preservation.

The same good condition can be reported of the classes Annelida, Gephyrea, Turbellaria,
and Entozoa, represented by the specimens preserved in spirits. be

The larger proportion of the Echinodermata, now systematically arranged and exhibited
in the Public Galleries, is in a good state of preservation. The specimens in store, both
dried and preserved in spirit, are in good condition. t

The corals and hard parts of other Radiata, together with the framework of sponges,
now exhibited in detached glazed cases in the Mammalian and Avian Galleries, are in a
good state of preservation. The major part of the Radiata and Amorphozoa are well
preserved in store-drawers and cabinets, where they are accessible for study and com-

arison.
The series of Osteological specimens, those of horns and antlers, and of the nests and
nidamental structures, both exhibited and in store, are in a good state of preservation, and
available for study and comparison,
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The systematically arranged and exhibited series of stuffed specimens, and those of
fishes preserved in spirits, together with the shells, insects, crustacea, and other species
illustrative of the Zoology of the British Isles, are in a good state of preservation; as are
also the specimens of the nests and eggs of British birds and lower animals.

The exhibited series of Fossils, as well as the more numerous: specimens in store, are in
a good state of preservation. The addition to the exhibited series of fossils of the Marsu-
pialia from recent deposits of Australia, and of those from mesozoic beds of England, is
an interesting and instructive one. References to the descriptions and figures of these
fossils are added to the labels of names and localities.

The now much increased series of Mineralogy shows its usual good state of preserva-
tion, exposition, and instructive arrangement.

The most notable additions to the several classes of the Natural History are specified
in the respective Departmental Reports.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

As the time approaches for the removal of the Zoological Collections into the New
Natural History Museum, the work of the Department is principally directed with a view
to their satisfactory arrangement in the new galleries.

The series intended for scientific study is kept strictly distinct from that intended for
exhibition, which series is being selected on the principle that it should only contain such
specimens as are instructive to the general public. All deteriorated specimens, as well
as valuable types which are of greater interest to the scientific student than to the
ordinary visitor and which are likely to suffer from exposure to light, are being withdrawn
from the exhibition series ; and in order to lessen, for a time, the labour of registering and
incorporating new acquisitions, the purchase of very extensive and unnamed collections
of vertebrate animals is avoided as much as possible, preference being given to individual
objects of great intrinsic value.

I.—Arrangement.

The examination and determination of the Collection of Chiroptera has been completed ;
it consists of 2,400 specimens, one-half of which are preserved in spirits.

The re-arrangement. of the Passerine Birds, which was commenced in the preceding
year, has been continued.

Further valuable additions to the series of gigantic Land-Tortoises, and their osseous
remains, have been received, systematically arranged, and described.

The additions to the Collections of Lizards have been entered into the printed Cata-
logues.

“The systematic list of all the species of Fishes described since the publication of the
“Catalogue of Fishes” has proceeded as far as the third volume. Several groups, as
the Gobiide, Blenniide, and Mugilide, have been re-examined, and numerous recent
acquisitions have been catalogued.

The work of re-arranging the series of Shells has been interrupted in consequence of
the great number of donations received in the course of the year, which required immediate
attention. The Mollusca collected during the visit of H.M.S. “Peterel” to the Gala-
pagos Islands have been described and incorporated.

The manuscript List of the Crustacea Brachyura is in progress; and all the various
accessions to the collection of Crustaceans generally, including extensive series from
California, and the Samoa Islands, have been identified and incorporated.

A great part of the time of the Entomologists of the Department has been occupied in
selecting desiderata from numerous collections offered for sale, and in registering, exa-
mining, and describing the accessions thus obtained. The types, and all the most valuable
specimens of Coleoptera of the late Mr. Edwin Brown’s collection, and the complete
collection of Coleoptera formed by the late Mr. T. V. Wollaston at St. Helena, have been
thus immediately transferred into the general collections. The arrangement of the
Lepidopterous families, Liparide and Notodontide, has been completed, and that of the
Limacodide is in progress.

The work of determining, arranging, and cataloguing the extensive series of Corals, now
estimated at about 2,000 specimens, has been proceeded with; and the general arrange-
ment of the Bowerbankian collection of Sponges (hereafter to be mentioned), commenced.

Such of the collections made by the late Arctic Expedition as have been hitherto
deposited in the British Museum, have been examined, named, and arranged. Detailed
reports and descriptions of the more interesting forms have been prepared for publication.

II. Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been printed during the year 1877 :~

The gigantic Land Tortoises (living and extinct.) By A. Giinther, F.R.s., 4to. (pp. 96,
with 54 plates).

159- D2 Catalogue

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Catalogue of Birds. Vol. III. (Coliomorphez). By R. B. Sharpe, 8vo. (pp. 344, with
14 coloured plates).

Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera. PartI. By A. G.
Butler, 4to. (pp. 62, with 20 coloured plates),

The Catalogue of Chiroptera, and the second part of “ Illustrations of Types of Lepi-
doptera Heterocera,” are in the press.

III. Conservation.

Of the acquisitions of Vertebrate Animals, only examples of large size, or such as will
contribute to the instruction of the general public, have been mounted; some have been
exhibited in the galleries, others have been stowed away, for want of space, and are
reserved for exhibition in the galleries of the new building. Among the former may be
mentioned a Musk-ox and _a group of Knots with their young, obtained by Captain
Feilden during the Arctic Expedition; a pair of Coots, with their nest, and full set of
eggs; the large Tortoise, from Aldabra, the largest and most perfect specimen of its race ;
a Saw-fish, fifteen feet long, &c. All the other Vertebrate Animals acquired during the
year, and preserved as skins or skeletons, or in spirits, have been placed in the reserve
rooms, be ng not the less accessible to the student.

The work of re-labelling the stands in the exhibited series of Birds is still in progress.

The spirits in the bottles containing the fishes enumerated in the seventh volume of the
“ Catalogue ” have been renewed, and the safety of the typical specimens has been secured
by hermetically closing the bottles by a bladder firmly tied round the neck. Also in
numerous bottles containing Crustaceans and Mollusca the spirits have been renewed.

‘All the unmounted specimens of Insects acquired during the year have been mounted,
and register tickets have been put to all the Angolan Coleoptera (2,000 in number) from
Dr. Welwitsch’s collection.

IV. Acquisitions.

During the last year 24,184 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection :—
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All these specimens, with the exception of those from the late Dr. Bowerbank’s col-
lection, have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and a separate number
corresponding to an entry in the manuscript register of accessions, in which, for future
reference, the name of the collector, the exact locality in which the specimens were
collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other valuable information regarding
them are entered. Many of the new and more interesting species have been described
and figured by the officers of the Department.

The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. The entire collection of sponges formed by the late Dr. Bowerbank, and estimated
to contain at least 7,000 specimens. The, perhaps, most important part of this collection
is the series of British sponges which contains the majority of the specimens described in
Dr. Bowerbank’s standard work, “ Monograph of the British Spongiidz,” published by the
Ray Society in four volumes. The series of foreign sponges is extremely rich in types,
described by Dr. Bowerbank in various journals, but contains also a great number of
unnamed species. This purchase further comprises all the microscopical preparations,
showing the textures of the British as well as foreign forms, together with two Manu-
script Catalogues, one of which is arranged systematically, the other chronologically.

2. The type-collection of St. Helena Coleoptera, formed in 1875, by the late T. V.
Wollaston during the expedition to that island, specially fitted out for that purpose, and
described by him in his work, “ Coleoptera Sancte Helene ” (London, 1877, 8vo.). It
contains about 1,550 specimens, some of which are the most anomalous forms that any
country has yet produced.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class have been 209 in number, of which the most
noteworthy are the following :—

A Musk-ox (Ovibos moschatus) killed during the last Arctic Expedition, on the shores
of Grinnell Land, in lat. 82° 27’ within a mile of the winter quarters of H.M.S.
* Alert,” on the 6th of July 1876. The specimen is a bull, about four years old; pre-
sented by Captain H. W. Feilden, R.a.

A series of fourteen specimens of small Mammals, collected by C. G. Danford, Esq.,
in Asia Minor, and described by Mr. Edward R. Alston, in the “ Proceedings of the
Zoological Society ” for 1877; presented by the collector.

A collection

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 29

A collection of twenty-two Mammals from Kandy ; purchased.

Forty-one specimens collected by Mr. Everett, in different islands of the Philippine
Group; purchased.

The entire collection made by the Rev. G. Brown, in Duke of York’s Island, and
described by Messrs. Alston and Dobson in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society,
1877; purchased.

Twenty-five specimens from Ecuador ; purchased.

The typical specimen of the Surinam Otter (Pteronura sandbachit); purchased of the
Liverpool Institution.

A specimen of the Freshwater Dolphin of the River Irawaddy ; obtained from Dr.
J. Anderson, by exchange.

Birds.—The total number of acquisitions amounts to 1,890, of which seventy-three
were species entirely new to the collection, and twenty-three typical specimens. The
following accessions may be specially mentioned :—

Fifty-four specimens collected by Captain Feilden during the late Arctic Expedi-
tion; presented by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.

The nest and egg of the Snow-Bunting ; and a pair of Knots with the nestlings, obtained
by Captain Feilden, in lat. 82° 33’, and presented by the coliector.

Forty-four specimens from Turkey, collected by Mr. W. Pearce, of Constantinople ;
presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

The types of Podoces biddulphi, and of Suya obscura; purchased.

Fifty-three specimens from China; presented by the Shanghai Museum.

Twenty-five birds from the Himalayas and North Western India; collected by Captain
T. Biddulph.

The type of Oreocincla pectoralis, and specimens of Centropus chlororhynchus and
Phodilus assimilis (species new to the collection); presented by Captain Vincent
Legge, R.A.

RP odtes of 144 specimens selected from the co!lection formed by Governor Ussher, in
Labuan, and N. W. Borneo, containing the types of Lobiophasis castaneicaudatus, Pitta
ussheri and Cypselus labuanensis ; purchased.

Typical examples of Corvus annectens and Polyplectron schletermacheri ; received in
exchange from the Darmstadt Museum.

Two of the typical specimens of Rectes jobiensis ; purchased.

Selected series from collections made in New Guinea, by Mr. O. C. Stone, and the
late Dr. James, containing seven new species.

A typical specimen of Chetorhynchus papuensis ; presented by the Dresden Museum.

Three Casowaries, including the types of Casuarius picticollis and Casuarius sclateri;
purchased of the Zoological Society.

Thirty specimens of Corvide, from Australia ; presented by the Trustees of the
Australian Museum, Sydney.
= i specimens from various islands of the South Seas ; purchased of the Godeffroy

useum.

The fifth portion of the collection of African Birds, formed by, and formerly in the
possession of, Mr. R. B. Sharpe ; it consists of 600 specimens, and contains six types, and
many species previously not represented in the British Museum.

One hundred and fifty-nine specimens from King William’s Town ; presented by Lieu-
tenant H. Trevelyan.

Thirty-three specimens from the same locality ; presented by Lieutenant Anstey.

Twenty Warblers and Chats, from the Transvaal ; presented by Dr. Henry Exton, of
Bloemfontein.

Sixty-nine specimens from Abeokuta, including the type of Amadina sharpii ; presented
by F. Nicholson, Esq.

Reptiles and Amphibians.—The additions to these classes have been 351 in number;
the following may be specially mentioned:— _ __

An adult specimen of Testudo elephantina from Aldabra. It is a male, which weighed
870 lbs. at the time when it reached England in 1876; it survived its arrival for eighteen
months only ; purchased.

The carapace of an extinct Tortoise from the Mauritius (Testudo inepta); presented by
Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.3.

Twenty-two specimens of Reptiles and Amphibians from Madagascar, containing
several new species described by Dr. Giinther in the “Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,”
1877, April; purchased.

The collection made by C. C. Bewsher, Esq., in the island of Johanna; purchased.

A series of 104 specimens selected from the collection made by Mr. Everett, in various
parts of the Philippine Islands; purchased.

The collection made by the Rev. J. S. MacFarlane in islands of Torres Straits,
oes by Dr. Giinther in the “Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,” 1877, May; pur-
chased.

The collection made by the Rey. G. Brown in Duke of York Island, and described by
Dr. Gunther in the “ Proceedings of the Zool. Soc.,” 1877, February ; purchased.

159. D 3 Typical

30 ACcounNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Typical specimens of Charasia blanfordiana, Cabrita jerdonii, and Hemidactylus gigan-
teus ; presented by W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.R.S.

Fishes.— The total number of specimens received amounts to 297 :—-

Of the additions to the British collection may be mentioned a fine series of the Homelyn
Ray (Raja maculata), presented by S. W. Sim, Esq. ; a specimen of the Long-finned
Thunny (7hynnus alalonga) obtained at Weymouth, and presented by W. Thompson,
Esq., F.R.S. ; a hybrid between Bream and Roach, from the River Nun, presented by
Lord Lilford ; large specimens of the Greater Sand-Eel (Ammodytes lanceolaius) and of
the Brill, obtained at Fowey, and presented by Dr. Giinther.

Fifty-seven specimens were received from the late Arctic Expedition, among them two
new species of Charr (Salmo arcturus and Salmo naresii), reported on by Dr. Gunther, in
the “ Proceedings of the Zool. Society,” 1877.
if Eight specimens from the River Arga, Spain; presented by Arthur T. D. Berrington,

sq.

A new species of Barbel (Barbus trevelyanz) from the Buffalo River, South Africa ;
presented by Lieutenant Trevelyan, 52nd Light Infantry.

A selected series of 63 species from the Marquesas and other Polynesian Islands;
purcbased of the Godeffroy Museum.

Mollusca—The total number of specimens added to this branch is 2,281, of which
(as far as they have been examined) 141 have been recognised as types of previously
undescribed species. As in the two preceding years, these additions have been, with few
exceptions, donations; and the following may be mentioned as the most important :—

Two hundred and fifty-five specimens, collected by the Naturalists of the late Arctic
Expedition, and reported on by Mr. E. Smith, in the “ Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.,”
1877, XX., pp. 131-146.

The duplicate specimens of the collection made by Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S.,
during the cruise of H.M.S. “ Valorous;” the complete series containing the types
having been retained for the private collection of the collector.

A collection of 188 specimens from Finland; presented by Dr. Axel R. Spoof.

A collection of 100 specimens from Lake Nyassa, containing many new forms;
purchased.

Ninety-six specimens from Borneo; presented by H. Woodward, Esq., F.B.S.

Ninety-six specimens from the same island, all being desiderata to the collection;
purchased.

One. hundred and thirty-three specimens from the Samoa Islands; presented by the
Rev. 8. J. Whitmee.

‘ Sixty-three specimens from various parts of the South Sea; presented by Dr. A.
orrie.

Three hundred and forty-eight specimens from South Australia; presented by G. F.
Angas, Esq. This donation was especially valuable on account of the great number of
types of species described by the donor.

Crustacea.—The additions amount to 779 specimens. The following are among the
principal acquisitions :—
The type of Bellidia huntii, a new British form of Long-tailed Crustaceans ; described

and presented by P. H. Gosse, Esq., F.R.S. ;
Two hundred and seventy-one specimens collected by the Naturalists of the late
Arctic Expedition and containing several new forms; reported on by Mr. Miers, in the
«« Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,” 1877, XX., pp. 52-66 and 96-110. _ ;
One hundred and eleven specimens from California, nearly all of which were desiderata;
purchased. et ;
Specimens of Spongicola venusta and Cirolana multidigitata taken from a vitreous
Sponge from the Island of Cebu. Collected during the “ Challenger” Expedition, and
purchased with Dr. Bowerbank’s collection. ‘
Forty-nine specimens from the Samoa Islands; presented by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee.
Sixteen specimens from Torres Straits, collected by the Rev. J. S. MacFarlane, among
them a new species of Matuta; purchased.

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The number of specimens added to this branch is 182.

Insecta -— The entomological collection has received 10,514 additional examples, which
are distributed among the various orders thus :—

Coleoptera - - - - 2 = = - 6,783
Hymenoptera - - = = = os P 505
Lepidoptera - - “ - = - 2,581
Diptera - - mite allay mses M4 be 295
Neuroptera_ - - - - < = “i = 60
Orthoptera- eee ose te Pieper a 158
Rhynchota - - - a 2 = = é 127
Anopluras- - - - a 7 ” 5

TorTaL - - - 10,514

Important

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 31

Important accessions, comprising Insects of all orders, were: first, the collection
made by the Naturalists of the late Arctic Expedition ; secondly, the collection made by
the late Mr. J. K. Lord, in Syria, and presented by R. Meldola, Esq. ; thirdly, a series
selected from the collection made by the late Dr. Leith in the Bombay Presidency,
purchased ; and fourthly, a collection made by the Rev. J. S. MacFarlane in the islands
of Torres Straits.

Of the other numerous accessions, chiefly of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, the following
are particularly worthy of notice :—

Three thousand three hundred Coleoptera belonging to the Cieindelide, Carabide, and
Cetoniide, being a portion of the late Mr. Edwin Brown’s collection, containing 50 type
specimens, among which may be mentioned Camaragnathus guerini, Bocandé, Catascopus
eupripennis, Th., C. presidens, Th., C. celebensis, Th., C. oblitus, Th., Morio lafertei,
Guérin, matochares tenebrionoides, Th., Abacodes microcephala, Th., Cnemacantha
desmarestii, Guérin; Heterorrhina nigro-testacea, Wallace, H. florensis, W., Euryomia
bella, W., E. trivittata, E. papua, E. rustica, E. celebensis, E. lateralis, E. labecula,
E. sinuata, E. aromatica, E. cretata, E. fulvopicta, E. perviridis, Wallace, Cetonia celebica,
C. ciocolatinaand C. solorensis, Wallace; purchased. aug i

Eighty-five Phytophaga, authentically named and containing 66 typical specimens
described by J. S. Baly, Esq. ; purchased.

Great Britain—A specimen of a continental Moth (Margaronia unionalis) taken in
Hampshire by W. Adcock, Esq., and presented by him.

Japan and Formosa.—One_ thousand one hundred Lepidoptera, being the private
collection of F. M. Jonas, Esq., formed by him during three years’ residence at
Yokohama. Between 200 and 300 of the species prove to be undescribed; purchased.

Twenty-nine Lepidoptera and two Neuroptera from Northern Formosa; presented by
H. E. Hobson, Esq.

India.—One hundred and thirty-one Lepidop*era, containing many species described
by F. Moore, Esq.; obtained by exchange.

Fifty-one Lepidoptera from Darjeeling, new to the collection; purchased.

One hundred and thirty-one Lepidoptera from Port Blair, most of them being types
of species recently described by F. Moore, Esq., in the “ Proceedings of the Zoological
Society ;” purchased.

Tropical Australia.—Sixty-three Lepidoptera from Port Moresby and North
Australia; collected by and purchased of the Rev. W. Y. Turner.

Thirty-two Lepidoptera from Cape York and New Guinea; collected by and purchased
of the Rev. J. S. MacFarlane.

Seventeen Moths from Duke of York Island, described in the “ Proceedings of the
Zool. Society,” 1877; presented by F. DuCane Godman, Esq.

Highty-nine Lepidoptera from Rockhampton, among which may be specially mentioned
two fine new species of Hawk-moths (Cherocampa indistincta and Daphnis magnifica) ;
purchased.

Pacific Islands.—Thirty-nine Lepidoptera from Lifu, Loyalty Islands, including 13
new species ; purchased.

Thirty-three moths collected by the Rev. T. Blackburn, at Honolulu, and presented
by N. C. Tuely, Esq.

Tasmania.—Two hundred and fifty specimens of Coleoptera from S. E. Tasmania,
containing the very rare Dohrnia miranda ; and the following new species, Prostomis
atkinsonii, Bessaphilus cephalotes, Helodes athinsonti, Heludes maculatus, Sessinia atkin-
sonii and Sessinia sublineata, described by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse in the “ Entomologists’
Monthly Magazine,” 1877, XIV; presented by E. D. Atkinson, Esq.

Five Coleoptera from Tasmania, including a new form of Longicorn (Enneaphyllus
@netpennis) ; purchased.

New Zealand.—Two hundred and three specimens of Coleoptera, containing 44 typical
examples; purchased.

One hundred and thirty-three Moths, presented by Dr. Hector, c.m.a., and J. D.
Enys, Esq., including 43 types of species described by Mr. A. G. Butler, in the “ Pro-
ceedings of the Zool. Society,” 1877.

Peru.—Thirty-five Lepidoptera, including four new species and examples of the
beautiful Agrias sardanapalus and Catagramma felderi ; presented by H. Veitch, Esq.

River Amazons.—One hundred and seventy Moths, including the types of 84 new
species ; presented by J. W. H. Trail, Esq.

Tropical Africa.—Four collections of Coleoptera from Lake Nyassa and Zambesi, con-
taining numerous rare and new forms, for instance, a new genus of Cicindelide ( Styphlo-
derma asperatum), Leptacinus breviceps, Stenus bifrons, Stenus trepidus, E’pistictia inornata,
etc.; purchased.

Twenty-nine Lepidoptera from Lake Nyassa and Zambesi; purchased.

159. D4 Two

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cara ate ; oo

Two examples of the rare Charazes lucretius, ? , from West Africa; presented by Dr.
H.C. Lang.

Radiata and Vermes.—These branches of the Department have received (besides the
Bowerbankian Collection of Sponges mentioned above), 681 additional examples, among
which may be mentioned :—

Seventy-three Hydroida from the North Sea, described by Prof. Allman, P.x.s. ; pre-
sented by the Copenhagen Museum.

Fifty-eight Annelida and 13 sponges; collected by the Naturalists of the late Arctic
Expedition.

The duplicate specimens obtained by Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, ¥.R.s., during the cruise of
H.M.S. “ Valorous.”

A very perfect example of Astrophyton arcticus from Smith’s Sound; presented by
Captain Sir Allen Young.

A magnificent specimen of Antipathes virgata from Jeddah; presented by Captain
Wharton of H.M.S. “ Fawn.”

Forty-four Echinodermata from South Africa; presented by Dr. P. D. Hahn.

Thirty Annelids collected by the Naturalists of the “ Transit of Venus” Expedition
at Kerguelen’s Land; presented by the Council of the Royal Society.

Fifty-nine Land-Planarians from Ceylon, Australia, and other localities ; presented by
H. N. Moseley, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.

The type of Kuplectella cucumer ; presented by Dr. Arthur Farre, F.n.s.

V.— Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted various portions of the col-
lections, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 3,671, as compared with—

3,425 in the year - - - 1876.

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Albert Giinther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Arrangement.— VERTEBRATA.

In Room IJ. The unexhibited and duplicate remains of Mesozoic Fishes have been
arranged in a series of drawers in Table-cases 10, 11, 12, and 13; and those of the fossil
Squalide, in drawers in Table-case 5. The exhibited Fossil Fishes in Wall-cases 1 to 5,
have been cleaned and partly re-arranged.

In Room III. The Pterodactylia, Lacertilia, Chelonia and Amphibia exhibited in the
Wall-cases 1 to 3, have been entirely re-arranged, and some additional specimens incor-
porated. The cases have been re-whitened. The unexhibited specimens have been
arranged in drawers of the Table-cases. Wall-case 9 has been re-painted, and the
remains of the large extinct birds, which it contains, have been cleaned; the species
determined, and newly arranged.

In Room IV. The unexhibited remains of the smaller species of Marsupial Mammalia,
from Australia, have been examined, named, and classified for reference in a series of
drawers in Table-case 37; and additional specimens have been labelled and exhibited in
Table-case 5.

In Room V._ The fossil Hippopotami, Cetacea, and Urside, in the Wall-cases 1 and 2,
have been cleaned and re-arranged.

A very interesting series of newly discovered Mammalian remains, from the Purbeck-
Beds, Durdlestone Bay, near Swanage has been arranged in Table-case 13. Most of
these specimens have been described and figured by Professor Owen. In the same table
many small Mammalian remains, from various localities, have also been displayed.

In Room VI. The remains of the larger Marsupial Mammalia exhibited in the Pier-
case 1, have been cleaned and re-arranged; and additional specimens, recently acquired,
incorporated with them.

INVERTEBRATA.
In the Supplemental Room. The Ammonitide and other Cephalopoda of large size,
forming part of the Hon. Robert Marsham’s collection, have been registered, labelled,
and placed in a wall-case in the Supplemental Room.

In Room II. The Crustacea, Mollusca, Radiata, &c., forming a part of the Hon.
eee Marsham’s collection, have been placed in drawers beneath Table-case 51, in this

oom.
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In Room III. The series of Tertiary Fossils from Sicily, Cairo, and Belgium, are
arranged in drawers beneath Table-cases in this Room. Here are also placed the collec-
tion of Cretaceous Mollusca from Tournay ; and the series of Carboniferous Plant-remains
from Grundy Co., Illinois.

The series of Brown-Coal Insect-remains are also placed in drawers in this Room.

In Room IV. The collection of Italian Tertiaries from the Roman Campagna are
placed in drawers beneath Table-case 1.

In Room V. Sixty-four drawers of Cephalopoda, principally Ammonites, have been
arranged and labelled, and placed under Table-case 20, in this Room.

In Room VI. Mr. Cunnington’s Cretaceous Mollusca have been incorporated with the
collection in drawers under Table-case 3, in this Room.

The additions to the Crag Mollusca have been registered and incorporated with the
Crag collection in this Room.

In the Supplemental Room, ninety-six drawers of Corals have heen examined and
arranged, the larger specimens have been cleaned and re-arranged in stratigraphical order,
in the Pier-case adjoining.

PLANT.

In Room I. Some additions to the Plant-remains, from the Tertiary Strata, have
been placed in drawers in this Room. Also numerous specimens of Fossil wood.

The fine series of Miocene Plant-remains from Haring in Tyrol, described by the
Baron yon Ettingshausen, have been registered and arranged in three cabinets in the
Supplemental Room.

A Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea completed in Manuscript on the 22nd
December 1876, was ordered to be printed in January 1877, and was passed through the
press and published in March 1877.

The time of the assistants has also been occupied in aiding numerous scientific workers,
who, during the past year, have consulted the valuable collections in the department for
purposes of study, for carrying on original researches, or in the preparation of monographs
for publication.

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—

Mammalia - - - - - - - 165
i el TE i AY a 61
Reptilia - - - - - - - 910
Pisces - - - - - - - 288

1,424

Invertebrata :—

Crustacea and Insecta - - - - 521
Annelida - - - - - - - 184
Mollusca - - - ~ - - - 10,822
Polyzoa- - - - = - - 39
Echinodermata - - - - - - 1,838
Zoophyta-Zoantharia - - - - - 708
Protozoa and Rhizopoda_ - - ie 6 a i 292

14,404

Plant-remains - - - - - - - - - - 825

Total number of Specimens registered - - - - 16,653

Number of Students visiting the Gallery during the year, 1,250.

Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—Remains of Machairodus, Hyenarctos, Merycopotamus, and Mastodon
from the Sewalik Hills, India: of Bramatherium and Hippopotamus, from Perim Island
Gulf of Cambay ; and vertebre of large Cetaceans, from the Coralline and Red Crags of
Suffolk ; together with portions of the mandibles of Chalicomys Jegeri, from the Miocene
Lignite, of Kapfnach, Switzerland. Presented by Charles Falconer, Esq., F.G.S.

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The type specimen of Sthenurus minor; described and figured by Professor Owen, in
the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, for 1877; from the Alluvial deposits, county
Phillip, New South Wales. Presented by the Rev. William Branthwaite Clarke, m.a.,
F.R.S., St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales.

A series of bones of extinct Marsupials, including remains of Diprotodon, Nototherium
Protemnodon, Procoptodon, Pulorchestes, Macropus and Thylacinus, from Darling Downs,
Queensland, Australia. Presented by George Bennett, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., of Sydney.

A fine molar tooth of Elephas antiquus, Falc.,from the Pleistocene, at Weimar. Pre-
sented by Charles Westendarp, Esq. ,

(2.) Aves.——A series of plaster casts of a gigantic extinct bird of prey (Harpagornis
Movrei, Haast). The criginal specimens are figured in the Transactions of the New
Zealand Institute. Presented by J. V. Haast, Ph. D.

(3.) Reptilia.—Teeth of Leiodonand Polyptychodon, from the Chalk, near Maidstone ;
vertebre and paddle-bones of Pliosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Ichthyosaurus, and a tooth of
Pliosaurus grandis, Owen (being the specimen figured in the Monograph of the Palzonto-
graphical Society for 1861, plate viu.), from the Kimmeridge clay, near Oxford. Teeth
of Plosaurus, from the Coral Rag of Wheatley, and mandible of Pterodactylus raptor
(Owen MSS.), together with other Saurian remains; from the Stonesfield Slate, Stones-
field. Presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, F.c.s.

(4.) Pisces. A fine series of Fish-remains, amongst which are :—Specimens of Rhacolepis
Brama, R. latus and R. buccalis ; Aspidorhynchus Comptcni; Cladocyclus Gardneri; and
three undescribed fishes, found in nodules in a cretaceous formation near Barra-de-Jarden,
Serra Ararpe, N. Brazil. Remains of Aulolepis typus; Saurocephalus, Pachyrhizodus,
Enchodus, Tetrapterus, Beryx radians, B. microcephalus, and Pycnodus, &c., from the
Chalk, at Burham, Kent. .

A fine series of teeth of Ptychodus, associated in a mass of Chalk, from Halling, near
Maidstone. A mandible and premaxilla of a Chimeroid fish, which have been figured
for a forthcoming Decade of the Geological Survey; from the Chalk near Maidstone ;
and a series of Fish remains, from the Stonesfield Slate. Presented by the Hon. Robert
Marsham, F.G.s.

A specimen of Celacanthus lepturus, in a nodule of Clay-Ironstone, from Stanton-by-
Dale, Derbyshire. Presented by Mr. Moses Rigley.

I. By Denation.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

Upwards of 600 Invertebrate Fossils and Plants from British and foreign localities,
including more than 300 specimens of crustacea; Cephalopoda, and Conchifera; Crinoidea,
Echinoderms, and Starfishes; Corals and Sponges from the Chalk of Burham and Maid-
stone; the Chalk-marl of Pangbourne, &c. 150 Ammonites, Mollusca, Echinodermata,
and plant-remains, from the Oolite of Marcham, Stonesfield, &c.; four Illeni, from the
Trenton Limestone, U.S. America; one Orthoceras from China; sections of fossil fern~
stem, &c. (silicified), from Brazil. 50 fossil shells, from Cretaceous beds of Pondicherry.
Also the type-specimen of Hemipedina Marchamensis, figured and described by Dr.
Wright (Pal. Soc. Mon. 1858, Part IL., p. 161, pl. xi., fig. 1), from the Lower Cale Grit
of Marcham, Berks. Presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, F.«G.s. .

Three casts of figured Crinoids, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Clifton, Bristol
Presented by J. G. Grenfell, Esq., B.A., F.G.S.

Three Corals, from Beechey Island. Presented by Joshua Brown, Esq., Bartonbury,
Cirencester.

Four Helices, and six slabs full of Mollusca, the former from the Travertin, the latter
from the Muschelkalk of Weimar. Presented by Charles Westendarp, Esq.

A series of Tertiary shells, and also some remains of Cycadex, from India. Presented
by Charles Falconer, Esq., F.G.S.

Some minute Polyzoa, from the Coal Measures of Lanarkshire. Presented by D. R.
Rankin, Esq., M.R.C.S.

Il. By Purchase—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia. — Remains of Elephas primigenius, and Bos primigenius, from the
Pleistocene deposits at Ilford, Essex. a te

A series of plaster models of remains of Felsinothertum Forestu, from the Pliocene
deposits at Riosta, Bologna, Italy. The originals are figured and described by Professor .
Capellini, in the Memoirs of the Institute and Academy of Sciences of Bologna, Series
TUES voli i

Remains of AMyolagus Meyeri, and other Rodents; and also of Parasorex socialis, from
Freshwater Limestone, Hahnenberg, Bavaria.

(2.) Aves.—A series of remains of a large extinct Pelican (Pelicanus intermedius),
and Aaus Blanchardi; also crania of small undescribed birds. From Miocene Freshwater

Limestone, near Hahnenberg, Bavaria.
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(3.) Reptilia—A collection of Reptilian remains, comprising several hundred objects, and
including the type specimens of Mchinodon Becklesu, described and figured by Professor
Owen in the Paleontographical Society’s Monograph for 1861. Also many specimens
of Nuthetes destructor, and of the small Lacertians, Saurillus obtusus and Macellodus
Brodei; bones and teeth of G'oniopholis crassidens, and plates of the carapace and plastron
of Yretosternon Bakewelli. In -the collection are also remains of several species of
Crocodilia, Sauria, and Chelonia. From the Middle Purbeck Beds, Durdleston Bay,
near Swanage.

Two fine specimens of Ichthyosaurus, from the Lias of _Holzmaden, Wurtemberg.
Vertebre of Streptospondylus, from the Wealden, Sandown, Isle of Wight.

(4.) Pisces.—A selected series of 135 fossil fishes from the Cretaceous deposits of the
Lebanon, at Sahel-Alma, near Beyrout. In the series are fine snecimens of Cheirothrix
Libanicus, Omosoma Sach-el-Alme, Opistopteryx gracilis, Seyllium Sahel-Alma ; an un-
described species of Shark, and many undescribed Teleostian fishes. The above-named
species are new to the Museum. ‘The collection also comprises many fine examples of
Beryx, Pycnosterinz, and other Percoid fishes ; also of Spaniodon elongatus S. brevis, and
S. Blondelli; likewise species of the genera Leptosomus, Solenognathus, Eurypholis ; and
nearly entire specimens of Leptotrachelus triqueter; and several forms of Rhinellus
Surcatus. ,

A very perfect specimen of Dapedius politus, and also of Eugnathus minor, from the
‘ Lias of Lyme Regis.

I. By Purchase.—B, INVERTEBRATA.

Insecta.—90 Insect-remains from the Brown Coal of Rott, near Boun, described by
Dr. Hagen.

Upwards of 200 slabs with Insect-remains from the Osborne or St. Helen’s series at
Thorness and Gurnet Bays, near Cowes, Isle of Wight, comprising examples of Diptera,
Hemiptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, and Coleoptera ;
also remains of Arachnida. :

Crustacea.—30 slabs with remains of Branchipus, and Archeoniscus, from the same
Upper Eocene Beds at Thorness and Gurnet Bays, near Cowes, Isle of Wight
(deseribed by H. Woodward in a paper, read before the Geological Society of London,
19th December 1877).

20 specimens of Crustacea from the Cretaceous beds of the Lebanon. Two Crustacea
from the Lias of Mickleton Tunnel, Gloucestershire ; and 1 Eryon from the Lias of Lyme
Regis, Dorset.

30 Trilobites from the Lower Devonian, Jemelle, Belgium ; and five from the Devonian

of Prim, Eifel.
46 Phyllopodous Crustacea, from the Lower Silurian of Moffat, Dumfriesshire.

Moltusca.—40 Cephalopoda from the Cretaceous of Bohemia. One Beloteuthis, Lias,
Lyme Regis, Dorset.

300 Tertiary fossils from the CUES Seine Terebratula grandis, and 17 other Moll
from the Crag of Suffolk. J P usca,

A series of Sicilian Tertiary Mollusca; 31 Tertiary Mollusca from the Nummulitic
Limestoue, Cairo; 20 Mollusca from the Lower Eocene of Belgium; and 14 Cretaceous
Fossils from Maestricht.

A fine block of Gerviillie, from the Greensand, Isle of Wight, together with 20 other
fossil Mollusca from the same horizon. 100 Upper Greensand fossils, Belgium ; 9 Cre-
taceous Mollusca from the Lebanon ; and 60 CretaceousFossils from the Rhine Province.

A slab containing 35 Trigonia, from the Kimmeridge Clay near Weymouth; 182 Oolitic
fossils from Gloucestershire ; 50 Oolitic fossils from the Rhine Province; 150 Lower
Lias fossils from Mickieton Tunnel, Gloucestershire. 127 Devonian fossils from J emelle,
Belgium ; and 36 Mollusca from the Devonian Priim, Eifel.

Crinoidea, §c.—58 Crinoids from the Devonian Priim, Eifel, and 9 Corals from the
same locality.

II. By Purchase-—C. PLanta.

600 Plant-remains from the Miocene Tertiary of Hiring, in Tyrol, described and
figured by the Baron yon Ettingshausen, of Graz.
99 Plant remains from Gurnet Bay, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

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100 Carboniferous plant-remains from Bohemia.
19 Plant-remains, Coal measures, Grundy Co., Illinois.
30 Plants from the Coal measures of Bohemia.

The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows:—

I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - - - 281
Il. ,, Purchase, A. Vertebrata - - - - 1,077
I. ,, Donation, B. Invertebrata - - - - 709
II. ,, Purchase, B. Invertebrata - - - 1,767
I. ,, Donation, C. Plante - - - - - 20
IJ. ,, Purchase, C. Plante - - - - 848

Total- - - 4,702

Geo. R&R. Waterhouse.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

THE specimens added to the Mineralogical Collections during the year 1877 were
3,260 in number. Besides 15 specimens of meteorites, they included the well-known
petrological collection formed by Mr. Allport of Birmingham; a collection consisting
‘argely of specimens of rocks from British localities, and illustrated by a series of excel-
an worked microscopic sections made by that gentleman for his petrological re-
searches.

The remaining acquisitions have been registered, labelled, and distributed in their
places in the collection.

The rocks and minerals that had accumulated during past times in drawers in the
basement have continued to occupy all the spare time of the Department. The largest
specimens, to the number of 300, have been cleaned and packed in cases in readiness for
future transportation to the New Natural History Museum.

The rock collections that had previously been dispersed among those of duplicate
minerals, and were in 1876 collected into continuous series of drawers, have now under-
gone more detailed examination, the localities being assigned to the specimens where these
can be traced; and the processes of cleansing and of arrangement are still in progress.

Sections for the microscope have been prepared within the Department from 253 rock
specimens, by the aid of which the character of the rocks has been determined; and they
have been labelled in accordance with the results thus obtained.

The Felspars in the 44th and 45th table cases have been re-grouped; the sub-division
of the minerals hitherto classed as Orthoclase, into a monosymmetrical species ( Ortho-
clase), and an asymmetrical Felspar (Microcline), having been effected by the investiga-
tion of their optical characters.

The working out of the materials for the General Catalogue has progressed more
slowly than heretofore in consequence of the Department having lost, through ill-health,
the services of the assistant, whose duty chiefly lay in the crystallographic part_of the
work. The materials for the first part of the Catalogue are, however, in an advanced
state.

The work in the Laboratory has been, as far as possible, confined to the analysis of
minerals, which will find their place in this part of the Catalogue ; but, recently, experi-
ments have been undertaken with a view to arrest the rapid oxidation which is destroying
certain of the masses of meteoric iron, through the action of ferrous chloride, present as an
ingredient of these meteorites. The experiments in question have for their purpose the
dissolving out of the mass the ferrous chloride, and otherwise enabling the iron to resist
further oxidation. With the same object in view of protecting the meteorites from
change, measures have been taken for preserving a dry atmosphere, and as nearly as may
be an uniform temperature in the cases which contain this part of the collection.

Of the 15 specimens of meteorites acquired during the year, ten represent falls not
before in the Department. For seven of the specimens, the Museum is indebted to the
liberal initiative of H. B. Medlicott, Esq., M.a., F-R.S., Director of the Geological Survey
of India, and the other authorities of the Imperial Museum at Calcutta, who, in offering
to the British Museum duplicates of their Meteorites of Indian origin, have received in
exchange a considerable collection of duplicate specimens of Minerals, including many
of the best at the Trustees’ disposal as representing species desired by the Museum of
India.

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The recorded number of persons who have visited the Department for purposes of
study is 1,262, among whom have been stndents who have devoted daily, for consecutive
days, many hours to the minute crystallographic study of specimens in the Collection.

The following are the most important acquisitions made by the Department during the
twelvemonth :-— x

Minerals :—A dditions by Presentation :—

By the munificence of Henry Ludlam, Esq., ¥.G.8., one of the most valuable and re-
splendent specimens in the Mineral Collection has been added to it during the past year
in the form of a mass of pure Proustite (tribasic Sulpharsenate of Silver), in large and
bright transparent ruby-coloured crystals, from Chaiiarcillo, Copiapo, Chili. Like the
topazes from the Urulga river, this beautiful specimen is only occasionally exposed to
view, in order that the light may not destroy its transparency.

By Arthur Boyle, Esq. :—
Bismuth-Glance, Balhanna mine, South Australia; Noumzite, Ballad mine, Noumea,
New Caledonia.

By Dr. S. H. Warth :—
Sylvine from the Mayo salt mines, Punjaub, India.

By Lord Walsinghame :—
A large spherical nodule of Marcasite, Thetford, Norfolk.

By the Hon. Robert Marsham :—
Diamond crystal in conglomerate. Brazil.
Specimens of Quartz with chalybite and mesitite, San Juan del Rey mines, Brazil.
A large pebble of Topaz, Ceylon.
Turquoise, Persia.

By Captain H. Cautley :—
Stalactitic Limonite, near the Blue Mountain, Virginia, U.S.A.

By Dr. Joseph Leidy of Philadelphia :—
A very large doubly terminated crystal of Scapolite, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co.,
New York, U.S.A.
Crystals of Perofskite and Hydrotitanite, from Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Co., Ar-
kansas, U.S.A.

By W. G. Lettsom, Esq. :—
Chalcedony, Uruguay, South America.

Additions by Purchase and Exchange :—

Native Gold in calcite, Solferino reef, New South Wales.

Native Gold, partly invested with a thin film of galena, from the same reef.

Native Gold, Hibernia reef, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia.

Native Gold, minutely disseminated through a spongy quartz, Manghine mine, River
Diahout, New Caledonia.

Large specimen of Native Lead on granular massive hausmannite, Pajsberg iron mines,
Wermland, Sweden.

Small crystals of Diamond of various forms, Brazil.

Tocornalite, Chanarcillo, Copiapo, Chili.

Chilenite, San Antonio mine, Copiapo, Chili.

Arite, Ar Mountain, Haux-Bonnes, Lower Pyrenees, France.

Alabandite in large crystals, Nagyag, Transylvania.

Crystallised Cinnabar, Almaden, Spain.

Hauerite, Kalinka, Hungary.

Marmatite, Marmato, Western Andes, New Granada, South America.

Pyrrhotite with mesitite and apatite on quartz, San Juan del Rey mines, Brazil.

Bjelkite, Bjelke mine, Nordmark, Wermland, Sweden.

A large crystal of Pyrargyrite, Valenciana mine, Guanaxuato, Mexico.

Freieslebenite, Hiendelencina, Guadalajara, Spain.

Zinckenite, Wolfsberg, Hartz.

A very large botryoidal mass of purple Fluor, Derbyshire.

Cotunnite, Vesuvius.

Hydrotalcite, Snarum, Norway.

Walleriite, Aurora mine, Nya Kopparberget, Sweden.

Melanophlogite with native sulphur, Girgenti, Sicily.

Large specimens of Aragonite, Girgenti, Sicily.

Well-crystallised Strontianite, Drensteinfurt, Minster, Westphalia.

Chalybite in large rhombohedrons, Sierra Nevada, Grenada, Spain.

Calamine, Santander, Spain.

Malachite in crystals, Betzdorf, Siegen, Prussia.

Atlasite with malachite, La Cortadero, Chili.
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Chondrodites in crystals disseminated in a matrix of galena, blende, and copper pyrites,
Nya Kopparberget, Wermland, Sweden.

Augite and Hornblende in large crystals, Nordmark mines, Wermland, Sweden.

Pajsbergite, Pajsberg mines, Wermland, Sweden.

Pure Spodumene in fragments and facetted, Brazil.

Crystals of Thorite, Arendal, Norway.

A large group of crystals of Topaz, Adun-Tschilon, Transbaikal.

Topaz on albite, Golodnylog, near Alabaschka, Mursinsk, Urals.

Garnets of a bright green colour in a tale-slate, and facetted, from gold-washings of
the river Bobrowska, Sissersk, Urals. ;

Epidotes from various localities in Sweden.

Peplolite, Flégfors, Sweden.

Dichroite, Sortadalen, Sweden.

Biotites, Anorthites and Analcite, Vesuvius.

Miloschite, Rudniak, Servia.

A large crystal of Beryl, Adun-Tschilon, Trans-Baikal.

Microcline, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Albite, Taberg mines, Wermland, Sweden, and from the San Juan del Rey mines, Brazil.

Epistilbite, Berufidrd, Iceland.

A large crystal of brown Tourmaline, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York,
U.S.A.; crystals of black Tourmaline, Liantilik Harbour, Cumberland Gulf, Arctic.

Clinochlore in large crystals, Wildkereuzjoch, Pfischthal, Tyrol.

Axinite, Berg Scopi, near Santa Maria, Lukmannier, Switzerland.

Datholite, Baveno, Piedmont.

Homilite, Brevig, Norway.

Aerinite, Aragon, Spain.

Crystals of Perofskite, Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.

Hjelmite, Kararfvet, near Fahlun, Sweden.

Crystals of Thenardite from the “Salinas,” between Antopayerta and Corocoles,
Bolivia.

Large specimens of Celestine and Selenite Girgenti, Sicily.

Celestine, Pschow, near Ratibor, Upper Silesia.

Syngenite with salt, Karlusz, Poland.

Specimens of the “ Caliche” or Nitratine, of various colours, Desert of Atacama,
Bolivia. !

Exceedingly fine crystals of Apatite from the Untersulzbachthal, Salzburg ; and also
from the Zillerthal, Tyrol.

Moroxite, Sludianka, Lake Baikal.

Hedyphane with berzeliite, Longban mine, Wermland, Sweden.

Strengite, Eleonore mine, foot of the Dinsberg, Giessen.

Henwoodite, West Wheal Phoenix, near Liskeard, Cornwall.

THe PETROLOGICAL COLLECTIONS.

By Presentation :—

By Pref. J. W. Judd, F.R.S.:—
A series of Rocks from the districts around Schemnitz and Kremnitz, in Hungary.

By J. Clifton Ward, Esq., F.G.8. :—
Rock specimens from the vicinity of Keswick, Cumberland.

By J. Sanderson, Esq. :—
A series of rocks from various localities in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh.

By Purchase :— baa
A series of the Marbles with their contiguous rocks, from the various quarries in the

vicinity of Carrara, Italy.
The Allport Collection of Rocks and Sections,

Tue COLLECTION OF PSEUDOMORPHS.

Copper Pyrites after Cuprite, Nijni-Tagilsk, Urals. one
Perofskite after Ilmenite, Paraskowje-Jewgenieffskaja mine, Schischimkisch Moun-
tains, Urals.

THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES.

By Presentation :—

By A. Brandreth, Esq. ;--
A stone that fell at Jhung? Punjaub (a new fall).

A stone that fell at Khairpur, India.
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From India Museum :—
A stone from Gurram-Konda, Madras (a new fall).

By E. N. Winslow, Esq. :—
An iron from Shingle Springs, Eldorado Co., California (a new fall).

By Purchase and Exchange :—

Larger specimens of the Goalpara and Klein-Menow stones,

A whole stone of the Khairpur fall.

A stone from Dyalpur, Oude; fell 8th May 1872 (a new fall).

A stone from Sitathali, Rajpootanah (a new fall).

A stone from Judesegeri, Mysore ; fell 16th February 1876 (a new fall).

A stone from Nageria, Agra; fell 27th October 1876 (a new fall).

A stone from Elba?

A stone from Stilldalen, Sweden; fell 28th January 1876 (a new fall).
Small stones ‘of the Knyahinya fall.

An iron mass which fell at Nedagolla, Vizagapatam ; 23rd January 1870 (a new fall).
A piece of the iron found at Santa Catherina, Brazil.

The number of meteoric falls at present represented in the collection is 322,

Nevtl Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

Tue work of incorporating plants in the General Herbarium has been actively carried
on during the past year. In its progress the plants of the following Natural Orders
have been greatly increased, and more or less completely re-arranged :—Ranunculacee,
Caprifoliacee, Rubiacee, Campanulacea, Stylidee, Goodenoviee, Epacridacee, Plumba-
ginea, Primulacea, Apocynacee, Asclepiadacee, Sapotacee, Selaginee, Myoporinea, Filices,
and Fungi.

The following collections have been either entirely or in part incorporated in the
General Herbarium :—The plants of Eastern Tropical Africa, collected by Dr. Hilde-
brandt; of Rodriguez, by Dr. I. B. Balfour (in the “ Transit of Venus” expedition) ; of
West Tropical Africa, by Kalbreyer; of Lake Nyassa, by Simons; of North Eastern
Asia, by Maximowicz; of Hong Kong, by the Rey. J. Lamont; of Australia, by Amalia
Dietrich ; of Martinique, by Hahn; of the voyage of H. M.S. “ Sulphur,” by Barclay ;
of the voyage of H. M. S. ‘* Challenger,” by Moseley. In addion to these, large series of
plants by various collectors, of the orders. Rubiaceea, Composite, Filices, Fungi, Alge,
and Lichenes, have been incorporated with the General Herbarium.

The principal additions during the past year have been two extensive Herbaria; the
one, the general Herbarium of the late R. J. Shuttleworth, of Berne; the other, the Her-
barium of Hepatice formed by Dr. Hampe. The Shuttleworth Herbarium consists of
more than 150,000 labelled specimens of Phanerogams, and over 20,000 of Cryptogams,
from all parts of the world, a very large proportion of which will be valuable additions
to the Museum collection, while the duplicates will be made into sets for exchange.
Several important herbaria are incorporated in the Shuttleworth Herbarium; the most
valuable of them is the Herbarium of Roemer, tie joint author with Schultes, of an edition
of Linneus’ “Systema Vegetabilium.” This Herbarium contains not only the types
of the plants described by Roemer, but also numerous specimens communicated by his
contemporaries of the novelties described by them. The European portion of the Shut-
tleworth Herbarium includes the extensive collections formed by Shuttleworth himself in
Central Europe ; by Frivaldsky, in Turkey ; Richter, in Hungary ; Mabille and Debeaux,
in Corsica; Bourgeau, in the Balearic Islands and the Spanish Pyrenees; Willkomm,
in the south of Spain; besides the published collections of Reichenbach, Fries, Huet.
du Pavillon, &ce. &c. Numerous critical notes by Shuttleworth greatly enhance the value
of many of these specimens. The plants of the Mediterranean region are represented by
collections from Algiers, by Auzendi and others; from Egypt, by Du Parquet; from the
Levant, by Aucher-Eloy and Kotschy: and from Rhodes, by Bourgeau. After the
European collections, Shuttleworth devoted much attention to the plants of North
America ; and he has amassed a very large series, especially from the Southern States,
collected by Lindheimer, Beyrich, Fendler, Blodgett, but especially by Rugel, whose
extensive collections, all carefully worked out and annotated by Shuttleworth, are a very
valuable addition to the Museum Herbarium. The American collections include also
the plants of Jurgensen, Hartweg, and Berlandier, from Mexico; of Hestmann, Linden,
Gardner, Jameson, Matthews, and others from South America. The Asiatic portion of
the Herbarium contains a very fine and extensive series of the plants of Zollinger, from
Jaya and Japan; of Kollmann, from Java; of Cuming, from the Philippmes; of For-
tune, from China; of Walker and Lobb, from Singapore; of Campbell, Christie, Helfer,
and Wallich, from India; and of Karelin and Kiriloff, from Songaria. From Africa,
there are the plants of Schimper and Kotschy, from Nubia and Abyssinia ; of Brunner,

159. E4 from

40 AccouNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

from Senegal, and the Cape Verde Islands, and of Drége, Krauss, and others, from South
Africa. The Australian collections comprise the plants of Drummond, Preiss, Sieber,
and others. Several large genera, like Hieracium and Saliz, and several natural orders,
as Cyperaceea, Graminee, and Filices, have received special attention, and are represented
by a carefully named and often extensively annotated series of specimens. The Crypto-
gams include the collections of Scherer, Desmaziéres, Mougeot and Nestler, Kiitzing,
Cee Rugel, Brauu, Schmidt and Kunze, Wartmann and Schenk, Salwey, and many
others.

The herbarium of Hepatice formed by Dr. Hampe is not only very extensive, con-
sisting of upwards of 6,000 labelled specimens, but it contains a very large proportion of
authentic specimens, either the types of species described by Dr. Hampe or communicated
by the describers, from all parts of the world: the whole collection is arranged according
to Lindenberg and Gottsche’s “ Synopsis Hepaticarum.”

Sets of the plants collected during the recent Government expeditions of the “ Challen-
ger ;” of the “ Discovery” and “ Alert,” in the Arctic regions; and of the “ Transit of
Venus ” expedition to Rodriguez and Kerguelen’s Land, have been received from the
Lords of the Admiralty and the Council of the Royal Society, and incorporated in the
Herbarium.

Valuable additions have been made to the Structural Collections by presentation from
the Royal Gardens, Kew; A. Robertson Luxford, Esq., and Dr. Selah Merrill.

Progress has been made in the separation of the study set of Robert Brown’s
Herbarium, and of the set of Tropical African plants from the Herbarium of Dr. Wel-
witsch.

Extensive and important additions have been made during the year to the series of
drawings and engravings of plants. Among them may be specially noted 180 original
drawings by Ehret, the best botanical artist of his day ; a valuable series of original
drawings of Indian plants by Dr. de Crespigny; and 654 drawings by Chinese artists of
‘Chinese plants, executed under the superintendence of the late John Reeves, Esq., and
presented by Miss Reeves. Besides these, 7,287 published engravings of plants have
been added to the collection.

Large additions have been made to the British Herbarium during the year. The col-
lection of Lake Lancashire plants, formed by the late Miss Hodgson, illustrating her
published flora of that district, has been incorporated, together with specimens collected
by Robert Brown from 1791 to 1795; Mr. J. G. Baker, Mr. R. A. Pryor, Mr. E. M.
Holmes, the Messrs. Groves, Mr. J. C. Melvill, Mr. T. R. A. Briggs, Mr. T. Howse,
Mr. M. Moggridge, and many others. The systematic arrangement in one series of the
extensive collection of original drawings of British Fungi by Sowerby, W. G. Smith,
and Mrs. Russell, has been completed. The specimens of British Fungi have been re-
arranged, and considerable progress has been made in laying down the British series of
Mosses in the Wilson Herbarium.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific inquiry or
research, was 1,297. The following foreign botanists may be specified as having used the
Herbarium in connection with their various studies:—MM. Boissier and C. De Candolle,

_of Geneva ; Count Castracane, of Rome ; M. Bommer, of Brussels ; and Senor Vidal, of
Manila. Of British Botanists, the following may be specified:—Mr. W. P. Hiern, Mr.
Geo. Bentham, Dr. M. T. Masters, Genl. Munro, Dr. I. B. Balfour, Rey. J. M.
Crombie, Mr. J. G. Baker, Mr. C. B. Clarke, Professor Bentley, Dr. Braithwaite, Mr.
B. D. Jackson, Mr. Larbalestier, Mr. Howse, Mr. E. M. Holmes, Mr. J. C. Mansel-Pley-
dell, Mr. M. M. Hartog, Mr. A. W. Bennett, Mr. F. Townsend, Mr. Joshua, Mr. R. A
Pryor, Mr. F. C. S. Roper, Mr. C. Packe, the Messrs. Groves, Mr. G. 8. Boulger, and

the Rev. W. W. Newbould.
Wm. Carruthers.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

Tue following catalogues have been published. The third volume of the “ Catalogue
of Satirical Prints and Drawings,” by Mr. Stephens, which it has been found con-
venient to divide into two parts.

The “Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and other Cards” by Dr. Willshire. The
first and supplementary volumes have been bound together as one work, which also
includes twenty-four plates and other illustrations.

The collection of proofs and prints by French engravers has been arranged in six
volumes and six portfolios, and an index of the artists’ names has been prepared.

The collection of proofs and prints by English engravers has been re-arranged in six
poe ne and an index of the artists’ names, accompanied by a chronological list, has

een prepared.

The works of Robert Nanteuil, the eminent French engraver, have been re-arranged
according to the catalogue in Dumesnil’s “ Peintre-Graveur Francais,” vol. iv., the recent
additions being incorporated and marked off in the same.

The collection of prints after Murillo and Velazquez has been arranged according to
the late Sir William Stirling Maxwell’s catalogue of their works ; an index has also been
prepared of the engravers’ names mentioned in the latter. oe

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 41

The etchings executed by M. Alphonse Legros have been arranged in a portfolio,
according to M. Malassis’s catalogue of his works, recently published.

The collection of Greek and Roman portraits has been arranged in alphabetical order,
in two portfolios.

An index of the artists’ names has been prepared to the collection of proofs and prints
by German engravers.

The English Satirical Prints described in the third volume of the published catalogue
have been mounted and chronologically arranged in nine solander cases, the references
being printed in bistre, and an index prepared to the headings.

The revision of the descriptive titles, written for the prints and drawings contained in
the illustrated series of Royal Academy Catalogues, presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq.,
has been completed.

A large number of the prints after foreign masters, acquired during the year, as well
as foreign portraits and historical prints, have been incorporated with their respective
collections.

The collection of English Royal portraits has been mounted and arranged in chronolo-
gical order, in twelve solander cases.

Prints and drawings have been mounted on sunk boards to the number of six hundred
and fifty-eight, and two thousand five hundred and thirty-nine have been mounted in the
ordinary manner; and in all cases the names and references have been printed in bistre
on the mounts.

Seventy-nine titles have been prepared for the catalogue of books of prints.

Ninety-nine titles have been prepared for the catalogue of foreign portraits.

Nine thousand six hundred and forty-four articles have been entered in the register
of acquisitions.

Two thousand five hundred and sixty-eight entries have been made in the inventories
of the Banks and Cracherode Collections.

Prints and drawings have been impressed with the departmental stamp and register or
inventory marks to the number of ten thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Seventy-nine thousand five hundred and twenty-eight titles have been prepared in mani-
fold, from the register, for the new general classified index of the contents of the
Department.

The following acquisitions, 10,374 in number, have been made during the past year :—-

By Presentation ; 2,411 Examples :—

A satirical design, representing monks and nuns feasting; drawn by F. Boitard, in
pen and Indian ink, on vellum; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Five manuscript volumes, viz.:—A descriptive catalogue of the etchings by Dutch
and Flemish masters, in two volumes; a list of niello plates and prints, by early Italian
engravers; commencement of a catalogue of prints of the early German School, not
described by Bartsch; and a list of the works of Pierre Drevet, the engraver; presented
by George Smith, Esq.

“ Joseph and Mary,” after E. Armitage, r.A., by C. H: Jeens; the plate issued by
the Art-Union of London for 1877 ; artist’s proof; presented by the Council of the Art-
Union.

An ornamental device, enclosing the names of “Mr. Elisha and Mrs. Elizabeth
Kirkall,” with the date, ‘‘ August the 3lst, 1707;” executed on wood, probably by
Kirkall the engraver ; presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq.

A complete and interesting collection of the portraits, six hundred in number, executed
in lithography by Charles Baugniet, consisting of noblemen, clergymen, military officers,
ladies, and various literary and artistic celebrities of the present day, principally English ;
the whole bound in 12 yolumes; presented by M. Charles Baugniet.

Four large drawings, representing views in India, executed in Indian ink, by Thomas
Longcroft, an indigo merchant, who went, when young, in 1780, to India, and received
instruction during the voyage from Zoflany, the painter ; presented by Miss Twining.

A portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy ; engraved from
a picture by himself, by G. T. Doo, R.a.; artist’s proof; presented by George T. Doo,
Esq-, R.A.

A highly interesting and important collection of drawings, one thousand four hundred
and seventeen in number, illustrating the manners and customs of the Chinese at the
present day, their trades and shops, ceremonies, scenes in domestic life, modes of punish-
ment, acrobats, views of buildings, landscapes, &c.; executed by native artists; some
being highly finished in water colours, the rest drawn with the pen in outline. Also
eight small Chinese sketch books; four views in China by G. P. Reinagle and W.
Skinner, in lithography; and a series of twenty-two plates representing Conquests of the
Emperor of China, engraved by Helman; presented by Miss Reeves.

Catalogue of “ the Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino, as represented in the Raphael
Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by H.R.H. the Prince
Consort, 1853-1861, and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria,” 1876, 4to.; pre-
sented by Her Majesty the Queen.

Eleven small leaves, executed by William Blake, containing theses of his favourite
dogma, *‘' There is no Natural Religion;” illustrated with slight coloured designs; pre-
sented by Francis T. Pulgrave, Esq.

159. F Five

42 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Five different donations from J. Deffett Francis, Esq., amounting to one hundred any
thirty-four prints and drawings, and including a series of fifty-four plates, etched by
F. Stevens, entitled “Picturesque Sketches of Rustic Scenery ;” fifty-four portraits
from the Methodist Magazine ; eight sheets of sketches in chalk by Bright ; an unfinished
proof of the “ Acis and Galatea,” by W. Taylor, after R. Cook, R.a.; a proof before the
title of ‘‘ Goody Two Shoes,” by W. J. Edwards, after J. D. Francis, &c.

Six different donations from M. Alphonse Legros, consisting of fourteen etchings
executed by himself, and sixteen by his pupils inthe Slade School at University College. °

By Purchase :—

Italian School ; 286 Examples :—

Etchings—By Stefano Della Bella, Benigno Bossi, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, and
Domenico Maria Viani.

Engravings.—A set of the three rare “ Panneaux avec Enlacements,” engraved from
eee attributed to Leonardo da Vinci; described in Passavant’s “ Peintre Graveur,”
vol. v., p. 183.

King David kneeling, with a deer beside him; by Benedetto Montagna (B. 2); also an
undescribed woodcut of St. John and the Lamb, by the same master.

A triumphal arch, with bas-relief representing Romulus and Remus suckled by a wolf;
by an early anonymous engraver.

Two extremely rare prints by Marc Antonio, namely, “ Christ giving the Benediction”
(B. 77), and “ Angelica and Medoro” (B. 484). These examples, which the Keeper of
the Department has for many years been anxious to obtain, in order to complete the col-
lection of the master’s works, are splendid impressions, and in perfect condition.

Two naked children tied back to back; engraved by Diana Ghisi (B. 41); first state,
before the background ; not described by Bartsch.

Others by Vincenzo Aloja, Pietro Bettelini, Luigi Calamatta, Giuseppe Calendi,
Agostino Caracci, Luca Ciamberlano, Carlo de Faucci, Battista Franco, Giovanni
Battista Ghisi, Giovanni Lapi, Michel Angelo Marelli, Raffaello Morghen, Agostino
Parisino, Marco Pitteri, Luigi Rados, Luigi Rossini, Martino Rota, Natale Schiavoni,
Stefano Scolari, Benedetto Stefani, Agostino Veneziano, Enea Vico, Teodoro Viero, and
Venanzio Zarlatti.

German School ; 1115 Examples :—

Etchings.—By Solomon Gessner, Ludwig Hess, and Johann Christian Reinhart.

Engravings.—A sequence of twenty small prints, engraved in the “ maniére criblée,”
and coloured, illustrating the Ten Commandments, and the consequences attendant on the
transgression of them; rhymed inscriptions in Latin and German accompany the
designs, the German text being in the Swabian dialect. The place of their production
was probably the district lying between Basle and Strasburg, and the date, very likely,
the last quarter of the fifteenth century. This set is unique, as far as is yet known, and
has not been hitherto described by any bibliographer or art historian.

Two plates of arms of the Pfinzing family, by Mathias Zundt.

The Rhinoceros which was brought from India to Lisbon, and presented by King
Emanuel to the Emperor Maximilian; woodcut by Albrecht Diirer (B. 136); one of the
rare proofs printed in chiaro-scuro with two blocks.

A fine and rare set of the Wise and Foolish Virgins; by Nicolas Manuel Deutsch

B. 1-12).
: A curious series of portraits by Har Hind Quiter, an early engraver in mezzotinto.

The Great View of Cologne, by Wenzel Hollar (P. 859); engraved on four plates,
and printed, in this instance, on eight sheets; it presents a view of the whole extent of
Cologne and Deutz, with their fortifications; in the left corner of the first plate, on some rising
ground, stand a group of men and women, with the burgomaster of Cologne in their midst; in
the second are seen some soldiers exercising ; and in the third, some cattle browsing. This
impression is entirely of the first edition, of which only two others are known to exist,
one being in the Imperial Library at Vienna, the other at Cologne.

Others by Jost Amman, Elias Baeck, Paul Barfus, Hans Sebald Beham, Jodocus
Bickart, Benjamin Block, Johann Joseph Freidhof, Andreas Geiger, Urs Graf, George
Hackert, Johann Jacob Haid, Johann Gerhard Huck, Johann Jacobé, Balthasar Jenicher,
Friedrich J. W. Jury, Lucas Kilian, Professor Knolle, Johann Friedrich Leonart, H.
Merz, Martin Pleginck, Nicolaus Rhein, Mathias de Sallieth, Hans Schaeufelin, Carl
Schroder, Johann Gottlob Schumann, Virgilius Solis, Hans Springinklee, C. E. Taurel, and
Franz Wrenk.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 1,101 Examples :—
Drawings.—By Abraham Bloemaert, Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Theodore de Bry, Dirk
Daalens, Karel van Falens, Jakob Grimmer, Jean Baptiste De Jonghe, D. van Ooster-
hout, Jan Peeters, Hendrik vander Poorten, Egidius Sadeler, W. Schaap, A. Schilfhout,
and Martin de Vos.

Etchings.—“ Les Pécheurs” and “ Le Savetier,” by Adrian van Ostade; both in unde-
scribed states.
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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 43

Others by Jacobus Janson, Adrian yan Ostade, H. L. Padtbrugge, William Unger,
and A. Zeeman.

Engravings.—Two undescribed prints by the early Flemish master, M. R.

Others by Frederick Bloemaert, Abraham Blooteling, Scheltius 4 Bolswert, Nicolas de
Bruyn, Adrian Collaert, Cornelius Cort, Willem Jakob Delft, Jeremiah Falck, Cor-
nelius Galle, Philip Galle, Theodore Galle, Jakob de Gheyn, Jakob Gole, Hendrik
Goltzius, Pieter 4 Gunst, Jakob Houbraken, C. L. van Kesteren; Jan Lamsvelt, Charles
de Mallery, Jakob Matham, Theodore Matham, Crispin de Passe, Regnier de Persyn, J.
H. Rennefeld, Egidius Sadeler, Jan Saenredam, Pieter Schenck, Pieter van Schuppen,
Christopher van Sichem, H. Sluijter, Jan van Somer, W. Steelink, Jakob Toornvliet,
Wallerant Vaillant, Nicolas Verkolje, and the brothers Wierix.

French School ; 2,255 Examples :—

Drawings.—A group of fowls ; by Jean Baptiste Huet, in crayons.
A man threshing corn; by Jean Francois Millet, in black chalk, on grey paper.
Others by Francois Boucher, Charles Louis Clérisseau, and Israel Silvestre.

Etchings and Lithographs.—A complete set of the works of Balthasar Jean Baron. .

A large collection of the works of Jean Louis Demarne.

“ Le Stryge,” by Charles Méryon ; in an undescribed state. ih

Portrait of Gabriel de Pressigny, Archbishop of Besancon; by Jean Dominique Ingres ;
this impression is probably unique. _ ;

A large collection of plates executed by Frederick Hillemacher, including a set of 166
vignette illustrations to “ Theatre de Molicre”; proofs on Japanese paper.

A set of 169 small plates by J. Chauvet, illustrating the works of Horace.

Others by Victor Adam, Joseph Louis Bellangé, Emile Boilvin, Alfred Brunet-
Debaines, Théophile Chauvel, Louis Bernard Coclers, Charles Louis Courtry, Baron
Denon, Leopold Desbrosses, Adrien Didier, Charles Kchard, Léopold Flameng,
George Focus, Jean Honoré Fragonard, Léon Gaucherel, Jules de Goncourt, Gustave
Greux, - William Haussoulier, Edmond Hédouin, Charles ,Hutin, Francois Hutin,
Jules Jacquemart, Maxime Lalanne, Adolphe Lalauze, Auguste Lancon, Alphonse
Legros, Paul Le Rat, A. P. Martial, Charles Méryon, Henri Monnier, L. Monzies,
Jean Pierre Norblin, George Pilotell, Paul Adolphe Rajon, C. Rambaud, Pierre Sub-
leyras, Theodore, Carle Vernet, and Charles Waltner.

Engravings.—An important addition to the collection of prints after Jean Dominique
Ingres, making it probably complete.

The Virgin and Child; after Botticelli, by Ferdinand Claude Gaillard; one of the only
10 impressions taken before the plate was steeled.

Others by Benoit Audran, Pierre Aveline, Jean Jacques Baléchou, Bernard Baron,
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, Auguste Blanchard, Jean Boulanger, Francois Augustin
Bridoux, Pierre Charles Canot, Frangois Chauyeau, Pierre Philippe Choffard, Charles
Nicolas Cochin, Jean Baptiste Corneille, Jean Daullé, Etienne Delaune, Louis Desplaces, .
Claude Marie Francois Dien, Pierre Drevet, Claude Duflos, Charles Dupuis, Gérard
' KEdelinck, Benoit Farjat, Louis Ferdinand, Etienne Fessard, Claude Goyrand, Jacques
Granthomme, Louis Henriquel-Dupont, Michel Lasne, Robert de Launay, Jacques
Philippe Le Bas, Jean Massard, Daniel Mignot, Pierre Etienne Moitte, Robert Nanteuil,
Michel Natalis, Nicolas Pitau, Frangois Poilly, Nicolas Poilly, Simon Frangois
Ravenet, Pierre Louis Surugue, Nicolas Tardieu, Jean Charles le Vasseur, and Gérard

Vidal.

English School; 2,830 Examples :—

Drawings.—View of a waterfall; a fine example in tempera; by W. Nesfield.

A sketch book which belonged to William Hunt, containing pencil drawings by him,
chiefly portraits of members of the Sol Club.

Queen Charlotte’s Flower Garden, Buckingham House; by John Paul Fischer, in
water colours.

Two subjects from pictures by George Stubbs, p.a.; drawn in water colours by
Benjamin Green.

Others by J. Andrews, Sir George Beaumont, Sir William Beechey, John Bell,
Edward Blore, Sir Francis Bourgeois, Charles Brocky, Edward Francis Burney, Robert
Dighton, Newton Fielding, F. L. T. Francia, Rev. William Gilpin, Julius Cesar
Ibbetson, William Marlow, John Buonarotti Papworth, William Raddon, Paul Sandby,
Miss Eliza Sharpe, W. Tennant, Cornelius Varley, John Varley, J. O. Westwood, and
John M. Whichelo.

Etchings and Lithographs—A complete set of the plates executed by Dr. Arthur
Evershed, selected by himself for the Museum.

Others by Richard Parkes Bonington, T. I. Bury, Adam de Cardonnel, George Cuitt,
George Dawe, R.a., John Doyle, Birket Foster, Thomas Hearne, William Kay, R.
C. Lucas, Samuel Lysons, William Marlow, Peter Oliver, David Roberts, r.A., Richard
Sass, William J. Smith, Walter Tomlinson, F. W. Trench, and Thomas Worlidge.

159. G Engravings.

44 accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Engravings.—A. fine collection of prints after Richard Cosway, R.A.

Head of a negro with an iron collar round his neck, engraved in mezzotinto, by Sir
Christopher Wren; there is only one other perfect impression from the plate known to
exist.

“ Modern Italy,” after J. M. W. Turner, R.A., by William Miller; an unfinished
proof, touched by Turner himself, and having his autograph directions to the engraver in
the margin.

A chbieg engraver’s proof of the “ Rent Day,” after David Wilkie, r.a., by Abraham
Raimbach.

A curious collection of prints after John Henry Ramberg, r.a.; together with a large
number of drawings and etchings executed by himself.

Others by James C. Allen, John Carr Armytage, Frederick Bacon, William Birch,
John Blackmore, John Boydell, George Brannon, William Bromley, Alexander
Browne, John Browne, Thomas Burke, William Byrne, William Bernard Cooke, Henry
Dawe, John Dean, Francis Delaram, William Dickinson, Robert Dunkarton, Richard
Earlom, William Elliott, Reginald Elstracke, William Emmett, John Faber, William
Faithorne, James Fittler, Benjamin Green, Valentine Green, John Greenwood, John
Hall, Charles Heath, James Heath, Nathaniel Hone, r.a., J. Ingram, Francis Legat,
Daniel Lerpiniere, Charles G. Lewis, Wilson Lowry, Thomas Lupton, James McArdell,
Thomas Major, James Mason, Samuel Middiman, Thomas Milton, Thomas Morris, James
Newton, William Pether, John Pine, Richard Purcell, John Pye, James Redaway,
Edward Rooker, John Scott, John Keyse Sherwin, William Sherwin, John Simon,
William Skelton, John Raphael Smith, James Stow, Sir Robert Strange, Joseph Strutt,
Richard Thompson, Thomas Trotter, Charles Turner, Edward Vernon, George Vertue,
Francis Vivares, William Walker, William Ward, James Watson, Thomas Watson,
George White, W. J. White, Robert Williams, James Wilson, and John Young.

Spanish School ; 45 Examples :—
Etchings.—By Teodoro Felipe da Liano.

Engravings.—By M. Albuerne, Joaquin Ballester, J. A. Salvador Carmona, Galvan,
Pi y Margall, D. Martinez, B. Maura, F. Muntaner, F. Navarrete, and Vallejo.

Photographs.—One thousand one hundred and seventy-two carbon prints, by Adolphe
Braun, of Dornach, from drawings by the old masters, and antique sculpture in the
Louvre, Uffizi, Albertina, Milan, and Saxe-Weimar galleries.

A series of one hundred and thirty-one photographs, from the celebrated tapestries in
the Royal Palace at Madrid; these are interesting, as showing the employment of Flemish
artists in Spain in the sixteenth century.

Playing Cards.—A series of ninety Indian playing cards.

George William Reid.

British Museum, | C. T. Newton,
23 April 1878.J Deputy Principal Librarian,

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incows and Expenpiture
of the Brittse Museum (SpecratTrusr Fuwps),
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1878 ;
Number of Persons admitted, Progress of Ar-
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(Mr, Walpole.)

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dated 25 April 1879 ;—for,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Expenpirure of the Britis MusrEum

(Speciat Trust Funps), for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March
1879 :”

“And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each
Year from 1873 to 1878, both Years inclusive; together with a StareMENT
of the Progress made in the ARRANGEMENT of the CoLLEcTIoNs; and an

Account of Oxzsecrs added to them in the Year 1878.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Financial Year ended 3ist March 1879.
IIL.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period.
Ilf—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND), for the same Period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period.

V.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the
each Year from 1873 to 1878, both Years inclusive.

VI.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ArrancemenT of the Cot.ecTions, and an
Account of Ossrcts added to them, in the Year 1878.

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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerrt anp Expennpitrure of the BRIDGEWATER

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~ Drvinenps received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
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= 6th January 1879 - - 196 15 4 |
; 893 10 8
— One Year's Rent or a Reat Estate, beqneaitet by the Ear] of Bridgewater,
received, 6th April 1878 . - - 30 16 —
£. | 544 8..2 | 18,117 17 2

ooo

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret ann Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Stock,
Casu. 83 p’Cent. Consols.

£85) “Ghy Gh EBS MGs ds
‘To Batance on the 1st April 1878 - - - =f Et aie - = “tly 90s 99) 2,872 6 10
— Divipenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 8 per Cent. Consols,

bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :

On the 6th July 1878 - £.43 1 9
» 6th January 1879 43 1 8
wie tee ees * ROG) cere

TIL—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret anp ExpEenpiture of the SWINEY

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Lesa a: Le tar a.
fo Barancz on the ist April (87S) en) == em = =e o-{. Lidene Oo 5,369 2 9
— Drvivenps received on 5, 3691. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:

On the 6th July 1878 - £.8010 9.
» 6th January 1879 80 10 9

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrer and Expenpiture of the BIRCH

- Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.}
i
Ges sud. Lenton Ge ;
To Bataner on the Ist April 1878, qf sete US) ee ee eed i a |) os Ne 563 15 7 '
— Divipenps received on 568/, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Ceat! Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.:
On the 6th July 1878 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1879 - 8 9 2
—_ 1618 38
fy 1618 383 563 15 7

NN SS
British Museum, }
2 May 1879. (

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

=—————

FUND, between the Ist April 1878 and the 31st March 1879.

Stock,
3 p’ Cent. Consols.

on) aR ee he
18,117, 17..2

Casu.
Genk sand
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear
Estate, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1879 - = A 2 # Init 3}
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1879 - = = = x O75 16
— Payment of Sarary to the Egerton Librarian - - = = = leiden -—
; 4 290 18 10
— BALance ON THE 31sT Marcu 1879, carried to Account for 1879/80 =) 3430.04) 14
eee 544 8 Q

19,117 17.2

SY SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SS EY SE ER

FUND, between the 1st April 1878 and the 31st March 1879.

C Stock,
ee 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Sey) Wass ah so memes
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :—
In the financial year ended 31st March 1879 - - - - - 17s 2 -
— BAaLaNceE on THE 31st Marcu 1879, carried to Account for 1879/80 - - 98 10 5 2,872. 6 10
£ 276 12 5 2,872 6 10
FUND, between the 1st April 1878 and the 31st March 1879.
Stock,
Cas. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Ly Saline Lee | 8a, be
By Sarary paid to Dr. Carpenter for Lectures on Geology in 1878 - - & ip DAO im) =
- Bavance on roe 31st Marcu 1879, carried to Account for 1879/80 - -| 182 17 11 5,869 2 9
¢.| 382 17 11 5,369 2 9
FUND, between the Ist April 1878 and the 31st March 1879.
Stock,
Casn, 3 p’Cent. Consols.
: ra ee ae fe 18> ithe SA Na
By Lzeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History — - - 1618 3
— Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1879, carried to Account for 1879/80 - -|- - ~ 663 15 7
£. 1618 8 563 15 7

sl

170.

Edward A, Bond, Principal Librarian.

4 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V.—RETURN of the Numspsr of Persons Apmitrep to Visi the Britisu Museum.

Prrsons admitted to view the Genzrat Cotzecrions in each Year from 1873 to 1878, both Years inclusive.

1873. 1874, 1875, 1876. US ae 1878.
Ne Ne N° Ne Ne N°
ee ; = = = - = = 28,486 28,176 29,358 28,086 51,475 35,881
Rem 5 ¥ ; = a4 = 18,5387 24,058 24,758 28,329 22,219 20,575
Koeen Cs ioe pege che Fl” 29,402 33,270 52,781 38,368 39,373 32,166
NEE. 7 eee imme ea ty) 605578 56,245 52,887 65,905 79,496 58,178
: Ax “Sy eee ales 5 h).127, 889 45,674 63,384 39,789 57,640 29,419
sae “eee meee t= 9 66,505 41,368 50,757 68,604 41,604 50,109
Aue oa 5 z a = 44,494 49,043 58,594 42,774 47,020 41,846
g UGUST ic 2 eb te Cate Ce Gehan Ck ieee 52,353 50,166 46,430 55,656 51,072
oe - - = - = = 31,917 31,759 28,844 37,908 37,831 88,293
Name 2 = = p ‘i : 33,785 35,036 82,793 44,520 29,795 27,567
OR ae = : - = =| (24,476 |, @7997 24,489 35,157 30,463 27,904
DecEMBER = =. = = = = 47,278 36,850 54,556 37,665 46,709 35,506
Total Number of Persons admitted | |
e ven a Rents) Collections ;| 449,964 | 461,059 | 623,317 | 663,535 | 539,281, |*448,516
e€xciusive O eaders - =
Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose of eae
sttidy "nr eet ats ee ae i a 103,971 | 104,727 | 105,310 | 109,442 | 113,594 | 114,516
_ To the Department of Maps, for the purpose
of special research - - - f : . i B Bye a8 ie _
To the Department of Manuscripts, for the}
purpose of studying the collections and > 1,345 1,632 1,785 1,662 2,041 1,741
of examining Select Manuscripts - zi
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- x %
SL ae SER res as 6,281 7,185 7,219 | 7,722 9,939 11,917
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the pur- | ei 4
RR rae a a a PRE 1,724 1,674 1,718 1,375 1,444 1,539
re the Gold Ornament Room - =| 12,740 16,560 14,785 14,632 21,054 23,148
‘o the Departments of Natural History, for |
dhewpuinosolatictidya sce gta ch 4,861 6,022 5,870 6,228 7,480 6,352
To the Print Room, for the purpose of | z ;
pnd ae rematch | tee Fis 2,833 2,984 3,718 4,154 4,382 3,572
Tora, - - -| 576,019 | 601,843 | 663,898 | 709,009 | 699,511 | 611,612

* Including the total number of persons (2,965) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six til] eight
o’clock, from the 11th of May to the 12th ot August 1878, inclusive, as compared with 3,247 persons admitted in 1877.

In addition to the above, 761 persons were admitted during the year 1878 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-
graphy, &c., which, until the new room is ready at the British Museum, is exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,
Westminster.

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum are Open to the Public Free, as under :—
- Monpay and Saturpay—The whole of the Galleries.
Tuzspay and Tuurspay—The whole of the Galleries, except the Natural History Collections.
Wepyespay and Fripay—The whole of the Galleries, except the Antiquities on the Upper Floor, and the
rest of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities.

The hours of Admission are from—
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.
OM: 5 4, March, April, September, October.
IOs sp 6 , May, June, July, August.
10 and 12 till 7 p.m. on Monday and Saturday oniy, from the middle of July to the end of August.
10 : 8 »» Monday and Saturday only, from May 8th to the middle of July.
On Saturday throughout the year from 12 o’clock.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the months of January,
February, November, and December; from Nine till Five in the months of March, September, and October ;
and from Nine till Six in the months of April, May, June, July, and August. .

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Sculpture Galleries from N ine o'clock from
Monday to Friday, and from Eleven o’clock on Saturday, to the hour of closing ; in the Galleries of Zoology,
Geology, and Mineralogy, from Nine o’clock to the hour of closing, every day except Saturday ; in the Depart-
ment of Botany from Ten till Four o’clock, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from Ten till
Four o’clock, January to March; Ten till Five, April to July; and Ten till Four, August to December.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of February, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
October, inclusive, on Sunday, Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special
Fast or Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority.

British Museum, } Edward 4. Bond.
2 May 1879. f{ Principal Librarian.

+ The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collections in Victoria-street on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tickets issued at
the British Museum.

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

THE following changes have been made in the arrangemeuts affecting the exhibition of
the Collections in the British Museum, and the hours of admission to the Galleries, the
Reading Room, and the Print Room.

In order to prevent the disappointment of intending visitors occasioned by the closing
of the Museum to the general public on two days of the week, as has been the custom,
the Trustees have ordered that henceforward the Museum shall be open daily, and free
admission be given to all the exhibition galleries, excepting on Wedaesday and Friday,
those of Greek and Roman Antiquities on the ground-floor, and General Antiquities on
the first-floor; and, on Tuesday and Thursday, the Rooms of Natural History; which
will on those days be reserved for special students of the Collections.

The regulation excluding children in arms has been rescinded.

With a view to making the Collections of the Departments of Prints and Drawings and
of Coins and Medals more extensively known and more easily studied, arrangements have
been made for exhibiting a greater number of the former and a selection of the latter in
the King’s Library. Twelve screens for the exhibition of Prints and Drawings have been
added to those already placed there; and on these have been exhibited, in the first
instance, a series of water-colour drawings by J. M. W. Turner, Thomas Girtin, David
Cox, William James Miller, and Antonio Canaletto, recently bequeathed by the late
Mr. John Henderson, with a set of early and curiously designed Playing Cards, presented
by Major-General Augustus Meyrick. These objects will shortly be replaced by a
selection of Prints illustrating the various schools of engraving. Six table-cases
and two upright stands have also been placed in the King’s Library for the exhibition
of English and Foreign Medals, and electrotypes of the finest Greek and Roman
Coins.

The hours of opening for the Reading Room have been extended from Five to Six
o’clock during the month of April ; and, for the Print Room, trom Four to Five o’clock
from the beginning of April to the end of July.

The regulations requiring the renewal of reading-tickets every six months, and of
necessarily presenting them at the entrance of the reom have been withdrawn.

Experiments have been made with the Electric Light, by the gratuitous assistance of
the Société Générale d’Electricité of Paris, in order to test its applicability to the Reading
Room. It is proposed, with the sanction of the Treasury, to make further experiments
with the Electric Light towards the close of the year, with a view to its adoption during
the winter months.

An addition has been made to the Entrance Hall, forming a room for the exhibition of
the Lycian Sculptures, the removal of which from their former gallery of exhibition has
given space for an arrangement of Archaic Greek Sculpture. The upper floor of the’
addition to the Hall has been fitted for the reception of Medieval Antiquities, and will
be occupied in the first instance by Collections bequeathed by the late Mr. John
Henderson, and presented by Major-General Meyrick.

It is anticipated that a commencement of the removal of the Natural History Collections
may be made before the conclusion of the present year.

The Trustees have consented to the transfer to the National Portrait Gallery of the
portraits at present placed in the Zoological Gallery, with reservation of those directly
connected with the British Museum Collections.

2 May 1879. . Edward A. Bond.

170. A 3

6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VI.—PROGRESS made in the CaTALOGUES, and ARRANGEMENT and Account
of OBJECTS ADDED, in the Year 1878.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
98,803, and of labels to 37,506: the work of renewing the labels which had become
obliterated on books much in use has been continued. The number of books thus
re-labelled is 76,408. Further progress has been made in attaching third press-marks to
the books in the New Library, so as to show the exact position of each work upon the
shelf: the number of books which have received this third mark during the last year
is 23,137, and the corresponding alterations have been made in the Reading Room
Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 59,054 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
38,173 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 20,881 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from A to Sh, and part of T, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts
to 56,333, and of index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of
the volumes, to 1,552. 37,455 transcripts of title-slips and 1,269 of index-slips have been
incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. This incorpora-
tion rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove
and re-insert in each copy 54,966 title-slips and 664 imdex-slips, and to add to each
copy 703 new leaves to receive new entries. The first copy of 43,869 transcripts,
forming portions of the letters B, G, See to Sh,and T to Teniz (of which 9,574 were new
insertions); the second copy of 44,938 transcripts, forming portions of the same letters
(of which 11,176 were new); and the third copy of 42,158 transcripts of the same letters
(of which 11,176 were new), have been laid down to form additional volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, T to Z, the number
of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 3,707. 3,314 transcripts of title-slips have
been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. In order to
maintain the alphabetical arrangement during the incorporation, 5,810 titles were
removed and reinserted in each copy, and 86 new leaves were added to each copy to
receive them. Some of the volumes of the letters T, U, W, and Z having become over-
crowded, the title-slips, amounting to 15,728, were removed from them and laid down to
form new volumes in each of the three copies of the Catalogue, so as to afford space for
future entries.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 531, and in that of Academies 242. ;

(d.) Music Catalogue.—19,002 title-slips have been written, and 32,147 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. 13,720 transcripts of title-slips have been
incorporated into each of the two copies of this Catalogue; and in order to maintain
the alphabetical arrangement, 5,775 titles have been removed and re-inserted in each

copy.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—172 title-slips have been written, and 734 have been trans-
cribed fourfold for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues—The number of title-slips written is 840, in addition to
which 600 short titles have been written for the various Hand-Catalogues of Oriental
Books.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—304 Chinese and 563 Japanese titles have been
written.

(h.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 47,371 have been mounted on cartridge paper, 64,686 have been arranged, and

140,310 partially arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 53,790 incorporated.

(.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,

amounts

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

a |

amounts to 289 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in
the Hand-Catalogue.

(j.) Catalogue of English Books printed before 1640.—Some progress has been made
with this Catalogue, about 2,700 titles having been prepared for printing.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 21,235; including 1,006 volumes of newspapers; and, in consequence of the
frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of
bound volumes returned is 10,243. In addition to this, 903 pamphlets have been
separately bound, 721 volumes have been repaired in the binders’ workshop, and minor
repairs have been effected, in the rooms of the Library itself, in 10,264 volumes.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room, is 361,424; to the Royal Library, 12,285;
to the Grenville Library, 752; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 309,514. Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 674,298, the whole amounts to
1,358,273, or about 4,648 for each of 292 days during which the room was open to the

ublic.

, The number of readers during the year has been 114,516, giving an average of 392 daily;
and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted, on an average,
11 volumes per diem. The average time occupied in supplying a book to a reader has
been 15 minutes.

V. Additions.—(a.) 34,488 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 4,015
were presented, 8,846 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 745
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 20,822 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 38,043 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,070 were presented, 20,127 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 377 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 16,469 acquired by purchase.

(e.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz, :
312 published in London and its suburbs, 1,061 in other parts of England and Wales,
171 in Scotland, and 133 in Ireland. 47 volumes, and 575 numbers of Newspapers
belonging to different sets, have been purchased ; and 2,163 numbers have been presented.

(d.) 6,412 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
3,730 were received by English and 1,826 by International Copyright, and 856 purchased.
1,981 works of greater extent than single pieces have also been acquired, comprising 1,013
by English, and 192 by International Copyright, and 656 by purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 34,488 volumes and pamphlets, and
38,043 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
34,805. Of these, 3,329 have been presented, 10,301 acquired by English, and 688 by
International Copyright, and 20,487 by purchase.

12,088 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 84,619
articles received in the Department.

The number of stamps impressed on articles received is altogether 303,052. In addi-
tion to this, 4,504 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections
already in the Library for further security.

Amongst the acquisitions of the year, the following may be specially mentioned :—

A unique copy of a ballad relating to the battle of Flodden Field, written by John
Skelton, Poet Laureate to Henry VIII., and printed by Richard Faques, or Fawkes,
probably in 1513, immediately after the battle. The ballad, which is entitled: “ A
baliade of the Scottysshe Kynge,” has been hitherto unknown, but the verses, in a much
altered form, were inserted in the “ Treatyse of the Scottes,” which forms part of
*‘certayne bokes compyled by Mayster Skelton,” published after Skelton’s death by
Richard Lant and others. The two leaves of which the ballad consists were discovered
recently, lining the wooden cover of an old folio volume which had lain for many years
neglected on the floor of a garret in a farm house at Whaddon, in Dorsetshire.

A curious tract, of which no other copy is known, entitled, “The metynge of Doctor
Barons and Doctor Powell at Paradise Gate and of theyr.communicacion, bothe drawen to
Smithfylde fro the Towar. The one burned for Heresye, as the Papistes do saye truly, and
the other quartered for popery and all within one houre.” The work is a dialogue in verse
between Dr. Powel and Dr. Barnes on their way to execution, and refers 1o the extra-
ordinary circumstances attending the double execution in 1540, when, as related by Foxe,
in the Acts and Monuments, three Protestants, condemned for heresy, and three Papists

170- A4 for

8 accounts, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

for denying the royal supremacy were executed at the same time, in consequence of the
divided opinion in the King’s Council: “ For as the one part of the Council called for the
execution of Barnes, Garret, and Jerome; so the other part, likewise, called for the execu-
tion of the law upon Powel, Fetherstone, and Abel; which six, being condemned and
drawn to the place of execution, two upon a hurdle, one being a Papist, the other being a
Protestant, thus, after a strange manner, were brought into Smithfield, where all the said
six together, for contrary doctrine, suffered death; three by the fire, for the gospel; the
other three by hanging, drawing, and quartering, for popery.” Barnes and Powel were
placed on the same hurdle, “ Which spectacle so happening upon one day, in two so
contrary parts or factions, brought the people into a marvellous admiration and doubt of
their religion, which part to follow and take.”

A copy of the very rare edition of the Latin Bible according to the Vulgate, published
by Hugo a Porta at Lyons in 1538, and known as the Holbein Bible, from the fact of the
Old Testament being illustrated throughout with the woodcuts by Holbein, which after-
wards appeared in the various editions of the “ Historiarum veteris Instrumenti icones.”
The extremely rare woodcut of the Fall of Man was, however, omitted from these, and
is only to be found in this edition of the Bible.

Progress has been made in completing the series of specimens of early typography.
Upwards of one hundred and fifty books printed during the 15th century, many of them
unrecorded by Hain, have been added to the Collection during the year.

Amongst the acquisitions of interest in books of later date may be mentioned, “ La
Coronica de Florambel de Lucea,” one of the rarest of the Spanish romances of chivalry,
printed at Seville in 1548. An edition of the romance of Valentine and Orson, printed
at Lyons, by Olivier Arnoullet, in 1539. An early edition of Joinville’s “ Histoire et
Chronique de Saint Louis,’ Poitiers, De Vimprimerie d’Enguilbert de Marnef; this
edition, which is undated, differs from that described by Brunet as the first edition. The .
rare collection of moral poems of Francisco de Castilla, entitled, “ Theorica de Virtudes,”
printed at Saragossa in 1552. « Le siécle dore,” of G. Michel, Paris, 1521. Les ceuvres
de C. Marot,” A. Bonnemere, Paris, 1539. ‘Les Omonimes, satire des moeurs
corrompues de ce siécle par Antoine du Verdier,” Paris, 1572. Sonnet de Courval,
“‘ Satyre Menipée sur les poignantes traverses et incommoditez du Mariage,” Paris, 1610.

Several additions have been made to the collection of books printed on vellum, amongst
which may be mentioned a fine book of Hours, in the binding of Henry III. of France,
printed at Paris by Verard, in 1503; this edition is of great rarity, and is not mentioned
by Brunet; a copy of Luther’s German Bible, in 4 vols., Luneburg, 1626-27; anda
rare early Lutheran Service Book, “Alle Kirchen Gesang und Gebeth, etc.,” with
numerous woodcuts, printed at Leipsic, 1529, 8°.

Among the acquisitions of note added to the collection of Chinese works during the
past year are the following: A quarto edition, beautifully printed on Corean paper, of the
Book of History, compiled by Confucius. A work on early inscriptions professing, in
some instances, to date back to the Shang Dynasty (B.c. 1766-1154). Several works
on the early history of the Mongols and the tribes of North Eastern Asia. A number of
translations into Chinese of well-known English works, such as Tyndall’s Lectures on
Light and Heat, Sir George Nares’s Navigation, etc.

The Music Collection has received many important additions, consisting chiefly of
foreign antiquarian works of the greatest rarity, among which may be cited: T. Tovar’s
“ Libro de musica pratica;” Baltazarmi’s “ Balet comique de la royne ;” the first
edition of Guidetti’s ‘‘ Directorium Chori,” and a Gradual, hitherto undescribed, without
imprint or date, but probably printed at Venice in 1505, and presumably the first ever
printed from moveable metallic music type. The following works, and even the names of
their composers, are, in most cases, wholly unknown to bibliographers: Botticher, ‘‘ Trost
Gesang aufs dem 73 Psalm,” Erfurt, 1617. J innolt, ‘Den 76 Psalm,” Erfurt, 1619.
Hancke, “ Evangelia,’ Breslau, 1617. Kiiner, “ Geistliche Lieder,” Strasburg, 1615.
Miinnich, “‘ Sacre Cantiones,” Venetize, 1611. Nisius, “ Zwene christliche Psalmen,”
Erfurt, 1593. C. Trost, “ Psalmus exvii.,” Jena, 1621. Pesori, “I concerti armonici di
Chitarriglia,” and “ Lo Scrigno,” both probably at Verona about 1640. Sanseverino,
“Tl primo libro d@intavolatura per la Chitarra,’ Milano, 1621, and Belli d’ Argenta,
“‘ Canzonette a quattro,” Ferrara, 1596.

Amongst the rare acquisitions in this class may be mentioned the following works,
many of which are wanting in the great foreign collections: Garnersfelder, “ Der gantz
Psalter Davids,” Nurnberg, 1542. Orlando di Lasso, “ Selectissime Cantiones,” first
edition, Norimbergz, 1568. Jachet, “ Motecta quinque vocum, Venetiis, 1553. Isnard,
“Missarum lib. secundus,” Venetiis, 1581. C. de Rore, “ Motetta,” Venetiis, 1545.
A. Willaert, “ Musica quatuor vocum,” Venetiis 1545; and “ Musica quinque vocum,”
Venetiis, 1560.

A considerable amount of miscellaneons music has also been purchased, including scores
of early French ballets and operas, English 18th century ballads and songs, &c.

Amongst the most important donations have been:—A very large collection of the
books, administrative reports, statistical documents, and other official publications of the
Carer es in the various Provinces of India. Presented by the Secretary of State for

ndia.

An extensive series of reports and other miscellaneous documents relating’ to State

Institutions

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Institutions in Massachusetts. Presented by the Trustees of the Boston Public Library,
through the instrumentality of Mr. Justin Winsor.

A collection of similar documents relating to Harvard College. Presented by the
President and Fellows of that University.

A series of the Collection des Inventaires, Sommaires des Archives of France. Pre-
sented to the Trustees by the French Minister of the Interior.

The executive and legislative documents and other official publications of the Govern-
ment of the United States of America. Presented by the United States Government.

Geo. Bullen.

DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHarts, PLANS, aND TOPOGRAPHICAL DrawiNnes.

Mr. Major has the honour to lay before the Trustees the following report of progress
made in the Cataloguing and Arrangement of Maps, Charts, &c., and Account of Acces-
sions in the year 1878,

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—(a.) The number of titles (including both main-titles
and cross-references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year
amounts to 7,866; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 7,469.

(6.) Press-marks have been applied to 2,183 maps and 6,542 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 2,098, and 1,535 hand-slips of purchases have
been made; 201 hand-slips of topographical views and ground-plans have also been written.
4 Indexes have been made for Atlases, and 3 Indexes for topographical views and ground-
plans, and 54 new Indexes have been written for the Catalogue. 14,590 titles (Turn.— Zz)
have been re-arranged for laying down in new voiumes of the Catalogue.

(c.) 1,891 Maps, in 4,242 sheets, and 280 Atlases, have been entered for the binder, and
290 volumes and 619 Maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and
the latter mounted, 444 on cards, and 175 on union, 30 sheets of the Ordnance Survey
have been mounted. 58 volumes have received separate letterings.

d.) Aun incorporation has been made into 3 copies of the Catalogue of 2,841 Titles, in all
8,523 Titles, necessitating the removal in the three copies of 1,395 Titles, and the addition to
each copy of 3 new leaves. 5,074 slips of the line-copy of the Catalogue have been taken
up. 29,273 slips (Schl. to the end of Z) have been relaid in order to form new volumes;
there has also been an additional incorporation into this copy of 1,576 slips of new Titles.
36,245 slips of the second copy of the Catalogue have been takenup. 41,641 slips (Reich.
tothe end of Z) have been relaid in order to form new volumes; there has also been an ad-
ditional incorporation into this copy of 1,876 slips of new Titles. 121,958 slips of the third
copy of the Catalogue have been taken up. 113,577 (Black to Wo.) have been relaid ;
and there has been an additional incorporation into this copy of 7,091 slips of new Titles.
5,500 slips of the fourth copy of the Catalogue have been revised, and incorporated with the
main series. 514 new volumes have been bound.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 716,
the number of Maps 1,053, making a total of 1,769.

(f.) The number of Stamps impressed on Maps was 14,638.

Il. Additions—(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyright
Act is 876, in 2,728 sheets, and 25 Atlases and 6 parts of Atlases have also been received
by copyright; 319 Atlases and 1,246 Maps, in 8,539 sheets, have been obtained by
ee: and 7 volumes and 612 Maps and Drawings, in 816 sheets, have been pre-
sented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been in the course of the year 316 visitors to the Department on special geographical
inquiries.

Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are the following purchases :—

A photographic reproduction of a Hydrographical Chart on parchment, of the date of
1385, in the Royal Archives, Florence, comprising the Atlantic as far as Cape Bojador,
at that time the ne plus ultra of geographical discovery southward, to Syria and the Black
Sea eastward. On this chart, which is earlier by nearly half a century than the effective
discovery of the Azores by Diego de Sevill and other navigators under the auspices of
Prince Henry the Navigator, we find the islands of San Miguel and Santa Maria laid
down, but with an illegible inscription, whiie the islands of San Jorge, Fayal and Pico
are described as “ Insule de Ventura” and “ Columbis,” and Terceira is named “ Insula de
Brazi,” so called from the Brazil wood with which it abounded, thus preceding its famous
namesake in South America by a century anda quarter, The Chart bears the followine
epigraph, “ Guil[ie ]Imus Solerij civjs Maioricarum [ie., native of Soller in Majorca] me
fecit anno a Nat. Domini Mecclxxxy.”

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A photographic reproduction of a Hydrographical Chart on parchment, also late in the
fourteenth century, in the Royal Archives, Florence, comprising the Mediterranean and
Black Seas. It bears the following epigraph, “‘ Presbiter Joannes rector Sancti Marci de
Porta Janue me fecit.”

‘A series, very rare, of 11 Plans, Perspective Views and Sectional Drawings of the
Escorial, engraved and published in 1587 by Pierre Perret, of Antwerp, from the original
drawings by the Architect, Juan de Herrera, the pupil and successor of Juan Bautista de
Toledo, who laid the first stone of the Escorial in 1563. To Herrera is attributed the
plan of the church. To this copy is appended a reprint on one sheet of the descriptive
catalogue or summary published by Herrera in 1589, Madrid, small 8vo., ‘ Sumario y breve
declaracion,” &c., now excessively scarce, only three copies being known, one of which
isin the Library of the British Museum.

Drawn Plan and Measurements of the Alhambra, by Owen Jones and J. Goury.

A view in indian-ink of Pendennis Castle and the Town of Falmouth, by Bernard
Lens, senior [1700 ?].

And the following presentations :—

Three Maps of the Battlefield of Gettysburg, colored differently to show the positions
of troops on July Ist, 2nd, and 3rd, 1863; laid down in the office of Chief Engineers,
U.S. Army, but not for general distribution, only a limited number being issued. Pre-
sented by Chief of Engineers, Washington, U.S. ;

A collection of 220 engravings, photographs, drawn views, and ground-plans on 199
sheets, of churches, castles, abbeys, &c., in Great Britain and Normandy; the drawings,
‘ with the exception of a ground-plan of Great Malvern Abbey Church, by the late Sir
Gilbert Scott, executed by the donor of the entire collection, the Rev. Precentor and
Prebendary Mackenzie E. C. Walcott; and

A collection of 96 Topographical Drawings in sepia, on 96 sheets, of various places in
Italy, by John Henderson, Esq., father of the late John Henderson, Hsq., F.s.a.; presented
by his executor, A. W. Franks, Esq., Keeper of the Ethnographical Department,
British Museum.

R. H. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Romances.— Articles in forty-three different Manuscripts have been
described or revised, relative to British and English traditions, principally on the subjects
of Arthur, Havelok, Guy of Warwick, Fulk Fitz Warine, and Robin Hood.

Sheets N to T have been corrected and printed off.

2. Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts.—Descriptions of the following Manuscripts
have been written or revised :— Cotton Tiberius A. XIV, XV art. 3, C. LI;
Claudius B.V.; Caligula A. XV; Galba A. XVIII; Otho A. I, B. VI; Vespasian
A. I, B. VI art. 2, B. XIV; Titus C. XV; Domitian IX; Cleopatra A. III; Harley
208, 1,775, 2,674, 2,686, 2,736, 2,782, 2,793, 2,965, 3,024, 3,026, 3,063, 4,980, 5,041,
5,694, 5,787, 5,792, 7,653; Royal 2.A, XX, 4 A, XIV,.7.C. Xi 1 D.V-ViIlL
1£. VL,5E. XIII,8 E. XV; Arundel 125, 166, 213, 375, 393, 547; Burney 340,
408; Additional 5,111, 10,459, 11,300, 11,852, 11,878, 11,880, 14,637, 14,638, 14,642,
15,350, 15,602, 17,210, 17,211, 17,212, 17,471, 18,304, 18,322, 18,325, 18,332, 18,344,
18,347, 18,349, 18,350, 19,390, 39,961, 20,002, 24,144, 25,600, 26,118, 29,276, 29,972 ;.
Egerton 1,046; and Papyri XX XVII, XCVIII, CVII, CVIII.

3. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts—An Appendix and Index are in course of
preparation.
4, Catalogue of Additions.—The slips of the General Index to the two volumes of the

Catalogue of Additions for 1854-1875 have been arranged and finally revised for the.
letters A—F.

5. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals——The Additional Charters 24,816-24,819,
24,885 -25,927, 25,959-26,024, acquired in the years 1876-1878, have been described.

The descriptions of Cotton Charters I.1.—XIV.2,; Royal Rolls 14 B. I-14 B. LII ;
Additional Charters 24,915-25,011, 25,928-25,958 ; and of Egerton Charters 258-416,
have been revised.

Part IV. of the Facsimiles of Ancient Charters has been revised and printed off. An
Index to the whole series is in course of preparation.

Additional Charters 25,979-26,072 have been arranged.

The Laing Collection of Casts of Scottish Seals has been numbered and arranged, and
a register and index of the description-slips have been made.

The Doubleday Collection of Casts of Miscellaneous Seals has been finally numbered
and arranged; and the descriptions have been numbered and verified.

The

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The preparation of an Index of names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls,
Charters and Seals, has been continued.

The description-slips of the original seals, casts, and bulls contained in various collec-
tions have been distributed into classes for the Seal Catalogue; and 106 Seals attached
to Charters lately acquired have been described.

6. Registration.—The Registers of the Additional and Egerton MSS. have been continued
to the latest acquisitions; and an Index prepared for the years 1876-1878.

7. Arrangement of Papers, &c.— Additional MSS. 23,113-23,138, 23,242-23,251, 30,115,
30,116, 30,320, 30,324-30,331, 30,343-30,349, 30,516, 30,521, 30,525-30,766, 30,797,
30,803-30,807, 30,809, 30,865 30,896, 30,900-30,934, and 30,950-30,970, have been
arranged for binding.

8. Binding.—Seven hundred and seventeen Manuscripts, recently acquired, one
_ hundred and ninety-one Manuscripts of the old collections, and two Papyri, have been
bound or repaired. Fifty-four Registers and Catalogues, and eighty-two printed books
of reference have been bound.

Verification.—The several Collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the shelf-
lists.

Transcription—The following Catalogues and Indexes have been copied in four-

fold :—

The Catalogue of Harley Charters, from 43 A. 1 to 43 C. 51; and from 58 [. 1
to 58 I. 53.

The Catalogue of Royal Rolls, from 14 B. I to 14 B. LIL.

The Catalogue of the Cotton Charters, from I. 1 to XIII. 48.

The Catalogue of the Additional Charters 22,148-26,024.
Miscellaneous.— Cotton Fragments I—X XIX have been described.

The Guide tothe Autographs and Manuscripts exhibited in the Department has been
revised and reprinted.

One thousand and forty-five Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been placed and entered
in the hand and shelf lists.

Two hundred and two Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered.
The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

Twelve hundred and ninety-four Manuscripts and Printed Books have been stamped
with a total of 7,305 impressions.

One thousand and ninety six Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 20,971; and of those
consulted in the Department, 4,168.

The number of Charters and Rolls delivered to readers is 315.
The number of special visitors to the department during the year is 1,741.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

General Collection of Manuscripts = - - = Sia Aural
Egerton Manuscripts - = - 5 sere ta 1 Lag
Rolls and Charters - - -— = 2 p ae a
Detached Seals - = - - - - 4 2 me Cie

Among them are the following :—

Three volumes, containing the larger part of the Mozarabic Liturgy, which was
generally suppressed in Spain by papal authority in the 11th century, but which
survived in a few churches of the diocese of Toledo and was partially restored by
Cardinal Ximenes m 1500 and 1502; written in Visigothic characters, and orna-
mented with coloured initials. Vellum; 10th century. From the monastery of
S. Domingo de Silos, near Burgos.

A volume of Prayers of the 9th century, two Breviaries and an Antiphonary of
the 11th century ; and a Psalter, adapted to the Mozarabic use, of the 10th century ;
also written in Visigothic characters. Vellum. From the same monastery.

Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great, and Homilies for the year, of the 10th
century ; and the sayings of the Egyptian Fathers, of the 11th century ; also written
in Visigothic characters. Vellum. From the same monastery.

Homilies on Genesis of St. John Chrysostom, in Greek. Vellum; 12th century.

Treatises, in English, on the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, th

he Sey
Works of Mercy, ete. Vellum ; 15th century. : arte oF
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The “ Book Royal,” an English translation of the Somme le Roy of Friar
Laurent. Vellum; 15th century.

The Satires of Juvenal, with glosses and marginal commentary. Vellum; early
1ith century.

The Heroides of Ovid. Written in Italy in the 14th century.

The Roman de Troie, by Benoit de Samte More. Vellum; 13th century.

The Veeu du Paon, by Jacques de Longuion; with miniatures. Vellum; 14th
century.

The Romance of Titurel, in German verse. Paper; 15th century.

Mathéolus, a satire on women, in French verse ; translated by Jean le Fevre from
the Latin work of Mathéolus of Boulogne. Paper; late 15th century.

The treatise of Nicolas Upton, “de Officio Militari’ Paper; written in England
in the year 1458. ;

Selected Psalms turned into English verse by John Croke, one of the Clerks of the
Chancery; temp. Henr. VIII. Vellum.

Latin poems by Hieronymus Bononius of Treviso [eb. 1517]. Autograph.

Coutumier of Bourbonnois, A.D. 1520. Vellum.

Arms of Knights of the Garter, temp. Elizabeth; compiled for Sir Henry
Sidney, K.G., who was installed, 13 May 1564.

Original letters of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, to Lady Broughton, one of the
ladies of her Court. '

Transcripts of State papers and official documents, chiefly relating to France, both
for home and foreign affairs, from an early period; made for Henri Auguste de
Loménie, Comte de Brienne, Secretary of State under Louis XIII. In 242 volumes.
Received from the Bibliotheque Nationale, at Paris, in exchange for 22 leaves which
had formerly been abstracted from MSS. in that Library and purchased by the Earl
of Oxford for the Harleian Collection.

The correspondence and papers of John Wilkes, including his correspondence
with Charles Churchill, 1762-1764; his correspondence with “ Junius” in 1771-72,
among which are 11 letters and notes in the handwriting of the latter; diaries for
1770-1797 ; and proceedings at his trial in 1768. In 32 volumes.

Letters addressed to the Duchess of Leinster, chiefly in connection with the
petition made by members of the family against the attainder of Lord Edward Fitz-
gerald; 1798.

Original letters of Voltaire, 1756-1777, partly autograph, and of Dr. Edward
Young, 1760-1764; addressed to George Keate. Bequeathed by John Henderson,
Eisq., F.S.A-

Translations into English verse, by William Cowper, of the Latin poems and
Italian sonnets of Milton; partly autograph.

Correspondence of William Hayley with Lady Hesketh, chiefly relating to
Cowper, 1797-1803.

Letters of Robert Southey to his brother, Captain Southey, and to Charles
Danvers; 1794-1831.

« A New Catechism for the use of the Natives of Hampshire ;” in the autograph
of Richard Porson. Presented by Samuel Sharpe, Esq.

Collections, indexes, and extracts from native historical works, made by Sir H. M.
Elliot, x.c.s., for his History of India. In 22 volumes. :

Several volumes of Church music, motetts, anthems, etc., by Italian and other
composers of the 16th to 18th centuries.

Italian and French madrigals of the 16th century.

Motetts, anthems, etc., by George Jefferies, services by Dr. Benjamin Rogers,
and airs by John Cooper, of the 17th century.

Anthems and other ecmpositions by Henry Purcell; partly autograph.

Songs, overtures, and other compositions of Charles Dibdin, with the libretti of his
musical entertainments and operas. Autograph. In 21 volumes.

Full scores of operas by Pergolese, Zingarelli, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Mercadante,
Bellini, and other composers.

Charter of Stefano Dabissa, King of Servia and Bosnia, a.p. 1395. Servian.
With the great seal appended.

_ Leaden bulle, chiefly of French princes and nobles of the 13th century, and
including one of Henry I. or II., de Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and one of Robert
of Anjou, King of Naples, a.D. 1309-1343. j

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ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

Dr. Rieu has the honour of reporting to the Trustees on the progress of work in his
Department, ard the additions made thereunto in the year 1878, as follows:

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The final revision and transcription for press of the Persian Catalogue has been carried
on through the sections entitled, “‘ General History of India, Sultans of Dehli, Timurides,
Local History of India, Biography, and Lives of Saints.”
pre ae sheets of the same catalogue (signed GG—XX) have been passed through
the press.

Detailed descriptions have been prepared of 278 manuscripts, viz., Or. 1619-1896, for
the Special Catalogues.

Three hundred and two manuscripts, viz., Or. 1595-1896, have been labelled and
entered into the Descriptive List of Oriental MSS.

The Manuscripts marked Or. 1491-1565 have been incorporated into the Indices of the
Arabic Catalogue.

The Manuscripts acquired in 1877 have been entered into the Oriental Register, the
classed Oriental Inventory, and the Reading Room Copy of the Descriptive List of
Oriental Manuscripts.

The unbound papers forming part of the Elliot Collection have been sorted and
arranged into volumes.

Three hundred and sixty-five Manuscripts have been folio’d and stamped, and 413 have
been bound and placed on the shelves.

IL.— Acquisitions.

The number of Manuscripts added during the year to the Oriental Collection is 467,
viz., 446 by purchase, and 21 by donation, as follows :—

Persian - - - - - - - - - 412
Arabic. - - - = - - = = - 15
Japanese - - - - - - = oan Wh
Hindustani - - - - - - - - 6
Pale) = - - - - - - - - 4
Hebrew - = - - - - - - 2
Ethiopic - - - - - - - - 2
Syriac - - - - - - - - - 1
Sanscrit - - - - - - - - 1
Malayalma - - - - - - 5 - 1
Panjabi - - - . - - - - - 1
Turkish - - - - - - - - 1

ToTaL - - = 467

An acquisition of exceptional importance made during the year is the collection formed
by the late Sir Henry Miers Elliot, x.c.B., Foreign Secretary to the Government of
India. During an official residence of upwards of 20 years in India Sir H. Elliot was
actively engaged in the task of collecting and compiling all the procurable materials fer
the history of that country under the Mohammedan rule. The results of his research
have been in part embodied in a posthumous work entitled ** The History of India, as
told by its own Historians,” and comprising in eight large volumes detailed accounts of
143 historical works, with extracts from their contents in English. Sir H. Elliot’s collec-
tion contains, besides the original texts of nearly all those works, a large number of local
histories, biographies, collections of letters, geographical treatises, etc., illustrating Indian
history, and some works on other subjects. It consists of 421 manuscripts, mostly Persian,
and a large quantity of unbound papers, partly notices on historical manuscripts preserved
in various Indian libraries, partly translations of historical works prepared for Sir
H. Elliot. The following are a few of the more important manuscripts :

Hadikat al-Akalim, an extensive geographical work treating especially of India, by
Allah yar Balgrami.

Tarikh i Baihaki, a history of Sultan Mas‘td Ghaznavi ; several copies.

Tarikh i Mubarak-shahi, or history of the Sultans of Dehli; brought down to 4.n.
838 ; a very rare work.

Vaki ‘at i Mushtaki, a history of the Afghan dynasties of India, by Rizk Ullah
Mushtaki ; 16th century.

A new recension of the memoirs of Babar, by Shaikh Zain,

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A new recension of the memoirs of Hnmayin, by Ilahdad Faizi.
The authentic memoirs of Jahangir, with a continuation by Muhammed Hadi.
Ikbal Namah; the very scarce first and second volumes, treating of the reigns of
Babar, Humayun, and Akbar.
Takmilah i Akbar Namah, a history of the latter part of Akbar’s reign, by "Inayat
Ullah.
Savanih i Akbari, a critical history of Akbar, by Amir Haidar Balgrami, a very rare
work.
Ahsan ut-Tavarikh, an extensive work on general history, written under Jahangir, by
Hasan Khaki.
‘Ibrat Namah, a detailed account of the successors of Aurangzib, down to Muhammad
Shah, by Mukammad Kasim.
A full history of Muhammad Shah, from his birth to a.m. 1160, by Muhammad
Bakhsh.
A detailed history of Shah ‘Alam, brought down to a.H. 1204, by Ghulam ‘Ali
Khan.
Another account of the same reign, ending with a.H. 1196, by Mana Lal.
Chach Namah, a legendary history of the Conquest of Sind by the Arabs.
_Beglar Namah and Tarkhan Namah, histories of the Arghun and Tarkhan dynasties in
Sind.
Tuhfat ul-Kiram, a detailed history of Sind, by ‘Ali Shir.
Chronicle of Gujrat, from the origin of its dynasty to the time of Mahmid Shah,
A.H. 863.
History of Gujrat, from a.H. 932 to the Conquest of Akbar, by Shah Abu Turab.
History of Nasir Shah, King of Malvah, a.m. 894-906.
History of Panjab from the earliest times to the English Conquest, by Ghulam Muhyi
ud-Din.
Another work on the same subject, by Ganesh Das.
Raj Darshani, a history of the Rajahs of Jamoo, by the same.
History of Panjab, from the death of Ranjit Singh to the proclamation of Dulip Singh,
by Muhammad Naki, of Peshawur.
History of the Durani dynasty in Afghanistan, from its origin to A.H. 1213, by Imam
ud-Din. i
History .of the tribes and clans of Afghanistan under the Durani dynasty, by Sayyid
Mahmud.
Autobiography of Shah Shuja‘, King of Afghanistan.
Ausaf ul-Asaf, a history of the Oude dynasty from its origin to a.w. 1198, by Imam
‘Ali.
Sultan ut-Tavarikh, a detailed history of the Oude dynasty from its origin to A.H.
1256, by Ratan Singh.
A work on the same subject, brought down to A.H. 1263, by Sayyid Kamal ud-Din.
Maasir ul-Kiram, biographies of Indian celebrities, by Ghulam ‘Ali Balgrami.
Tabakat i Shahjahani, lives of the celebrated. men- who flourished from the time of
Timtr to the reign of Shahjahan, by Muhammad Sadik:
Sharaf Namah, an early Persian Dictionary, by Ibrahim Kiyam; 15th century.
Kantn Mas’idi, an astronomical work by the famous al-Birini, a fine Arabic MS.,
dated a.u. 570.

Among the Oriental MSS. acquired, independently of the Elliot Collection, the
following are worthy of notice : ae ae

Specimens of Japanese calligraphy, and inscriptions on ancient Japanese swords. Pre-
sented with some other MSS. by Mr. Ninagawa Noritané, of Tokio, Japan.

A history of Go-ishi-zo-toumo, Mikado, a.p. 1017-1036. Japanese, 3 vols. Presented
by Mr. Hanawa, Japan.

Futuhat Makkiyyah, a standard work on Sufism, by Ibn al-Arabi. Complete in one
volume, dated Zabid, 1594.

Kitab al-Maghazi, history of the warlike expeditions of Muhammad, by al-Wakidi.
This copy of that rare and valuable work, dated a.H. 564, contains as much again as
the printed text.

Kitab al-Aghani, notices on early Arab poets. Four detached volumes, written
for the library of the Fatimide Khalif al-Zafir (a.H. 544-549).

Sankesar, or lives of Saints, and Gebra Hemamat, two fine Ethiopic MSS. of the 17th
and 18th centuries. Presented by Sir George Elliot, m.p.

An Arabic work on the tenets of the Ibathia sect. Presented by Dr. John Kirk,
Her Britannic Majesty’s General Consul in. Zanzibar.

The number of Oriental MSS. delivered to readers during the year was 2,582, viz., 504
in the Reading Room, and 2,078 in the MS. Department. .
The number of readers who applied for Oriental MSS. was 423.
Ch. Rieu.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.
I.— Arrangements. _

In the Egyptian division, the following arrangements have been made in the
galleries: —
~ A colossal marble foot has been mounted on a new granite plinth.

A new glass shade has been placed on an Keyptian monument.

Nine Egyptian sculptures have been mounted on granite plinths.

Part of a group of figures has been mounted on a new granite plinth.

A colossal ram’s head has been mounted on a granite plinth and had a glass shade
placed over it.

Portions of the beard and ureus serpent from the head of the great sphinx have been
protected by glass shades.

Five Egyptian tablets have been mounted on stone plinths, and one tablet has been
framed aud glazed.

In the vestibule the glass over the tablets there displayed has been taken out, and
cleaned, and the tablets dusted.

A long papyrus has been mounted, framed, aud glazed, and fixed on the walls of the
West Staircase.

Two pieces of papyri have been unrolled.

Six pieces of linen have been glazed.

18 frames have been made for Egyptian inscriptions.

12 frames have been made for inscribed tablets.

Six small Egyptian figures have been mounted on pedestals.

120 satin-wood pedestals have been prepared for mounting objects.

Numerous objects have been incorporated in the general collections.

In the Assyrian division :—

Two additional table-cases have been placed in the Egyptian Central Saloon.

Improved locks have been placed on three table-cases in the Assyrian Galleries.

An Assyrian stone tablet has been repaired, and another has been mounted.

An Assyrian sculptured slab has been inserted in the walls of the Kouyunjik Gallery.

Progress has been made in cleaning and securing from decay the Assyrian slabs in the
Kouyunjik Gallery.

25 Elamite bricks have been placed in boxes in the Carthaginian basement.

Two boxes have been made for inscribed bricks.

Portions of the Assyrian sculptures in the Nimroud Gallery have been placed under

lass.

: A stone coffer from Balawat has been placed in the Egyptian Central Saloon.

Several of the table-cases have been re-arranged.

- A Babylonian brick has been repaired.

1,010 fragments of ivory have been cleaned.

998 fragments of carved Assyrian ivory have been mounted.

63 fragments of Assyrian carved ivories have been repaired.

250 fragments of Assyrian carved ivories have been protected by gelatine against
further decay.

202 Assyrian terra: cotta inscribed tablets have been cleaned.

120 Assyrian terra-cotta tablets have been repaired.

29 fragments of terra-cotta tablets have been secured by wax against further decay.

186 cylinders of hard stone engraved have been moulded.

44 stone hands and three figures from Cyprus have been mounted on stone pedestals.

A Samaritan inscription has been mounted on a stone plinth.

380 impressions have been made of cylinders.

Two cylinders have been repaired.

Four casts have been made of engraved stones.

22 Assyrian cylinders in hard stone have been cleaned.

Five Assyrian bronze objects have been cleaned.

22 miscellaneous objects have been repaired.

10 Assyrian bronze plates from the gates at Balawat have been mounted.

43 fragments of glass have been mounted.

295 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

326 descriptive slips have been inserted in the Egyptian Catalogue.

Nine slips have been inserted in the catalogue of Gnostic gems.

22 paper impressions of Egyptian sculptures have been described.

3,184 objects have been registered.

331 deseriptive labels have been prepared for objects.

An inventory of Egyptian musical instruments has been transcribed for a student
making researches. ;

Tracings have been made of plans to assist Mr. Rassam’s excavations.

Transcripts have been made of Assyrian inscriptions.

15 impressions of Greek inscriptions have been made.

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IL.— Acquisitions.

The number of acquisitions made, including fragments, amounted to about 2,550,

Among the most remarkable in the Egyptian division were the following :—

Opaque red disk of glass for inlaying, and four porcelain tiles. Presented by Dr.
Grant, of Cairo.

Model in rosso antico of the obelisk formerly at Philw, and afterwards at Corfe Castle,
dedicated to Osiris by Ptolemy Euergetes II., and his wife Cleopatra. Presented by
Mrs. Mangles.

Calcareous stone slab, having in bas-relief fore part of a lion, marked by a sculptor’s
canon. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Pair of silver bracelets terminating in disked urzi.

Four bronze feet of a box or eista of the Roman period in shape of winged
cynocephali.

Glazed scarabzus, with the name of the monarch Rauser.

Glazed scarabeus, with the prenomens of Thothmes III. and Hasheps, 18th dynasty.

Glazed scarabeus, with the name of Menkara or Mycerinus of the 4th dynasty.

Sandstone face from a figure broken and coloured.

Porcelain figure of Dionysos or Bacchus, from Elephantine.

Bronze figure of Eros or Cupid standing, of the Roman period, from Alexandria,

Terra-cotta lamps, with bas-reliefs of Hypnos or Somnus, and Harpocrates.

Ivory box, with figures slightly engraved, from the Fyoum,

Ivory draughtsman from Alexandria.

Black glazed terra-cotta circular flask of the Roman period.

Bone cylinder, pierced, with the name of Userkaf, of the 5th dynasty: from
Sakkarah.

Dark porcelain : two human-headed hawks conjoined.

Fragments of linen bandages with vignettes, and chapters from the Ritual in hieratic;
from Sakkarah,

Calcareous stone tablet, with nine lines of demotic.

Ivory ticket of a theatre, circular, having a tragic mask on one side, and on the other
Vi and the Greek ‘ stau,’ the number of the row of benches.

Glass figure of Apis, coloured black and white for inlaying.

Blue composition: small jar-shaped bottle with spout, with Demotic inscription:
Ptolemaic period. ,

Blue composition: tall vase, with Demotic inscription: Ptolemaic period.

Silver figure of Zeus: Greek period.

Bronze figure of a philosopher: from Alexandria.

Gold cylinder part of a staff or sceptre, inlaid with paste in cloisonné work.

Part of a porcelain collar, with name of Darius.

Crystal scarabzeus, with figures and Phcenician inscription.

A considerable collection of Egyptian objects of small dimensions ; presented by
General Meyrick, being the residue of the celebrated Meyrick collection. They amount
to 840 objects, including fragments. The most remarkable are as follows:

Large porcelain figure of Thoth.

Wax plate with symbolic eye from the flank incision of a mummy.

Part of a glazed figure of a cynocephalus.

Lower part of a porcelain figure of Isis.

Stone head of an Asiatic prisoner.

Wooden tessera from a mummy, with a Demotic inscription.

Black steatite group of figures.

Bronze figure of Bubastis or Bast.

Bronze figure of Osiris, with dedicatory inscription.

Bronze head of Osiris of remarkably fine work.

Part of a porcelain figure of the goddess Taur or Thoueris, inlaid.

Blue porcelain chequered tile in shape of a basket ; the hieroglyph ed: for inlaying.

Glazed scarabeus, with sphinx and prenomen of Thothmes III.

Glazed scarabeus, with winged ureus and prenomen of Thothmes III.

Glazed scarabeus, with sphinx and hawk.

Glazed scarabeus ; man adoring an obelisk.

Glazed scarabeus, with prenomien of Rameses LV.

Among the most remarkable in the Assyrian division are the following :—

Several Babylonian contract-tablets with cuneiform inscriptions relating to loans,
sales of property, mortgages, &c., dated in the reigns of the later Kings of Babylon.

The years represented are :—

The 2nd, 21st, 30th, and 41st of Nebuchadnezzar.

The Accession year, and 7th year of Neriglissar.

The 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 12th, and 16th of Nabonidus.
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The 5th, 7th, and 8th of Cambyses.

The 3rd, 5th, 6th, 10th, 16th, 18th, and 20th of Darius.

The 218th, and the 155th or 219th years of the Arsacide.

Fragments of Babylonian mathematical tablets and omen tablets, a tablet containing
curious drawings of birds, men, animals, &c., and an important fragment containing a
portion of the annals of the 37th year of Nebuchadnezzar.

Several engraved and inscribed signets and cylinder seals of the Babylonian and
Persian periods, and some with Pehlevi inscriptions.

Head-dress of black stone, from the statue of a goddess, containing an inscription of
Dungi, King of Babylonia, about 2000 B.c.

The most important of the Antiquities obtained from Assyria by Mr. Rassam,
were :—

Portions of the bronze parts of two large folding doors from Balawat. Hach door
consisted originally of about seven plates of metal about 8 ft. in length, nailed upon a,
wooden framework about 3 inches thick. Each metal plate contains two rows of
repoussé work representing the campaigns of Shalmaneser II. against Khupuskia,
Ararat, the lake region of Van, Hamath, the sources of the Tigris, Gozan, Tyre, Sidon,
&e., &c. The original height of these doors was about 22 feet.

Portions of two smaller folding doors of similar construction, containing representations
of the hunting expeditions of Shalmaneser IT.

Alabaster coffer, with lid, containing an inscription of Assur-natsir-abla, in which
were found two alabaster tablets inscribed with copies of the same inscription.

A large cylinder from Kouyunjik, containing the Annals of Assur-bani-abla. It is the
most perfect copy yet discovered of the so-called cylinder A, and contains nearly 1,400
lines of writing.

A piece of a fine historical cylinder of Assur-bani-abla, containing a list of the kings
of Palestine and Cyprus, who sent him tribute when on his first expedition to Egypt.

An important fragment of the synchronous history of Assyria and Babylonia.

Some fragments of the Creation and Gisdhubar legends.

‘A fragment of an Akkadian magical text, the writing exquisitely fine.

Model of an ox’s hoof in hard baked clay, inscribed with omens.

A number of fragments of Tablets giving valuable information concerning the language,
history, private life, religion, &c., of the ancient Assyrians.

Some portions of small ivory figures (evidently priests holding baskets), of excellent
workmanship, from Balawat.

Some glazed ornamental tiles (evidently for the centre of the ceiling of a room), with
knobs and hole for cord for suspending lamp, from Nimroud. The knobs are inscribed
round their base with the name of Assur-natsir-abla.

A very fine rhyton of Greco-Egyptian workmanship.

Portion of a fine moulded glass dish of the Roman period.

A fine cylinder containing an inscription of Nebuchadnezzar.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement.

Twenty-three sculptures and inscriptions, and one hundred and eleven objects in bronze,
iron, silver, and lead, have been mounted, cleaned, and repaired ; two fictile vases, forty-
eight terra-cottas, and one object in plaster have been cleaned, repaired, and mounted ;
twenty-seven casts have been made from gems; eighty-one gems and twelve gold orna-
ments have been mounted on velvet covered blocks; four new cases for sculpture, one
table case and two glass shades have been placed in the room of Archaic Sculptures, and a
new glass shade in the Second Vase Room; four wall cases in the Second Egyptian
Room have been made dust-proof, re-papered and arranged; table cases A, C, D, and F,
in the Bronze Room have been fitted with new locks and re-arranged ; the arrangement
of the sculptures in the new J.ycian Room has been completed ; seven hundred and forty-
one descriptive titles have been attached to objects ; two thousand and three objects have
been catalogued, and four hundred and three objects registered ; a Guide to the Second
Vase Room in two parts, and a new edition of the Guide to the Exhibition Rooms have
been issued. :

IL.— Acquisitions.

I.-—A silver ink-bottle, two silver vase-handles, three objects in jet and one in bronze,
all from Cologne.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

II.—A sardonyx vase which has been burnt probably on a funeral pile.
Presented hy the late John Henderson, Esq.

III.—A fragment of pottery from Mycenz.
Presented by Professor Max Miiller.
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IV.—A marble séelé with relief of two draped figures, one of which has the attributes
of Isis. These figures are respectively inscribed with the names Agathemeris and
Sempronius Niketes of the Attic deme Kollytos. Published in Bockh’s Corpus Inserip-
Lope Grecarum, No. 662b. From Athens, found on the road from the city to the

ireus,

Presented by General Malcolm.

V.—A terra-cotta impression of a Roman coin of Elagabalus.
Presented by the Rev. Greville T. Chester.

VI.—A bronze fibula and a small fictile vase. Found on the site of an ancient
necropolis, supposed to be that of Suessula.
Presented by Baron Spinelli.

VIL.—1. Stamp of the Roman oculist, M. Julius Satyrus, engraved on whetstone.
Published in the “ Archeologia,” IX., pp. 227 and 239; Grotefend “ Stempel der
romischen Augenarzte,” No. 49.

2. Part of a lead tablet with inscription on both sides, which appears to be part of an
imprecation, dira, of the Roman period. Intermixed with Greek words are Gnostic
symbols, and words of unknown import, which are probably magical.

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3. An ivory theatre ticket with male head on obverse, and AIONYC on the reverse.
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4. Steatite; small cup, inscribed PIL.

5. Four bronze helmets, of which three are of the Corinthian type; the fourth is
Etruscan, and was found at Canino.

6. Fragment of mosaic of minute ¢esselle, representing a male figure holding a cluster
of fruits on his left arm from which hangs drapery.

7. A spit, a hook, and the shaft of a candelabrum in bronze.

8. Thirty-three bronze statuettes representing: an Etruscan priest (?), a Term of
Dionysos, a Roman acrobat; eight rude figures, viz., Hercules, Jupiter, Mercury, two
Cupids, boy with mask, Gaul, Paris ; two figures of Venus, seven rude male figures, six
figures of Lares.

9. Seven bronze heads of figures, four hands broken off statuettes, eighteen animals,
seven heads of animals, a shell, a bunch of grapes and a buckle, a cornucopia and two orna-
mented feet of vases.

10. Sixteen Roman stamps of bronze.
11, Twenty-one bronze Roman weights.

12. Nine bells, two disks, a pair of small cymbals, two lamps, a small vase, an
astragalus, seven clasps for bows, thirteen pendants, and five other objects in bronze.

13. Twenty-seven spatule, three tweezers, seventeen needles, twenty-one fibula, four
armlets, six studs, six finger-rings, thirty-two keys, and a small tablet inlaid with the
letters POMP.

14. Two Greek weights, nine sling bolts, a shell, and two other objects in lead.
15. An astragaius of bone and a fragment from the top of a vase of rock crystal.
16. Twenty-four terra cotta lamps, and twenty-one small fictile vases.

17. An androgynous figure, mask of Medusa, two female heads, two eyes, and a small
disk in terra cotta.

18. Samian bowl with reliefs of Cupid ridiag on panther, Menad riding on panther,
and Cupid riding on Triton.

19. Samian bowl, plain.

20. Two small fictile lekythi.

21. Vase in the form of a horse.
22. Necklace of porcelain beads.
23. Fragments of iron strigil.

““ Nos. 1-23 were obtained by Sir S. R. Meyrick, chiefly from the collection of Francis
Douce, and are presented by General Meyrick.

VIII. Purchases.—1. Two pairs of gold earrings, each ornamented with head of a
Menad (?). Found in Crete.

2. An archaic marble statue resembling in general character the statue known as the
Strangford Apollo, but of a somewhat earlier stage of art. From Greece.
3. A mitra

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3. A mitra of bracteate gold, with archaic design of two groups of lions standing
confronted.

4, A bronze group of two figures which probably represents either the marriage of
Marcus Aurelius with Faustina the younger, or his adoption by Faustina the elder.
From Egypt.

5. A terra-cotta figure of a female dancer, wearing a Phrygian cap and a short chiton;
in her right hand an apple. From Tanagra.

6. A terra-cotta androgynous figure, holding in the left hand a dove, in the right an
apple; round the waist a girdle of overlapping scales. This and the preceding figure have
had wings, for the insertion of which the sockets remain. From Tanagra.

7. A terra-cotta lekythos, ornamented on the front with a figure of Victory standing
beside a vase and holding a phia/é in her left hand. From Athens.

8. Two bronze statuettes of comic actors.
9. A Roman portrait head in marble.

10. A fictile lekythos, with black figures on red ground ; Achilles and Polyxena at the
fountain. From Gela, in Sicily.

11. Five rings in agate, and two in carnelian, engraved with rude designs.
12. An archaic fictile vase, with geometric patterns. From Athens.
13. A terra-cotta handle of a Rhodian diota, stamped. From Babylon.

14. A marble statue of the Indian Bacchus, exceeding life-size, and resembling the
statue of the Vatican Museum engraved in Visconti, Museo Pio-Clementino II. pl. 41.
A similar representation of Bacchus occurs on a sard intaglio in the Towneley collection.
Found at Posilipo in 1874.

15. Twenty-four bronze vases, remarkable for their fine condition and the beauty of
their forms. Found at Galaxidi, the site of Oiantheia, near Delphi.

16. A gold stud, ornamented with filigree work. Found in a tomb at Cyme in
Aeolis.

17. A marble slab, with Greek inscription in five lines, recording a dedication by
M. Licinius Alexander. From Sebaste in Judea.

18. An intaglio in red jasper: Bellerophon riding on Pegasus, and aiming a spear
at the Chimera.
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DEPARTMENT OF BriTIsH AND MEpDImMVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.
I.—Arrangement.

Portions of the wall-cases of the new room on the first floor, intended for the Pre-
historic Collection, have been erected, but they cannot be completed until the Zoological
Collections have been removed to the New Natural History Museum, as a part of the
space they are to occupy is still filled with zoological specimens.

Partly for this reason, and partly on account of the important acquisition of the
Meyrick and Henderson Collections, it has been decided to suspend for the present the
arrangement of the Pre-historic Series, and to exhibit the collections above named in the
cases that have been completed.

The locks of three table-cases in the British Room have been altered to render them
more sate,

26 seals have been mounted on tablets, with impressions at their sides.

An elaborate catalogue of the collection of gold ornaments in the department has been
commenced, on the same system as the catalogue of finger rings reported last year, and
53 objects have been catalogued, with drawings of them annexed.

The registration has been continued, and 835 specimens registered.

259 card labels have been written for specimens in the medieval section.

Ae Meyrick and Henderson Collections have been packed and safely removed to the
useum.

IL.— Acquisitions.

The most important acquisitions of the year are those portious of the Meyrick and
Henderson Collections that belong to the department, and which will be noticed separately.

Exclusive of these collections, and of the additions to the Christy Collection, the
acquisitions have been 620 in number, and may be classed as follows :—

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(1.) British and Pre-historic Antiquities.—A pierced stone hammer head, found on the
Holyhead mountain, Anglesey; presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley.

Half of a stone mould for casting bronze palstaves, found in the River Bann, Ireland;
presented by Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.s,

Two stone balls, with projections on their surface, possibly Late Celtic, and found in
Scotland, on the property of the late Mr. Munro, of Novar; presented by Sir Philip de
M. Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P.

An ancient canoe hollowed out of the trunk of a tree, discovered in the works of the
Victoria Docks Extension, near Silvertown; presented by the Directors of the London
and St. Katherme Docks Company.

A number of gold ornaments, chiefly fragments, and 87 British coins, found from time
to time on the seashore of Sussex, the coins being duplicates of those acquired for the
Department of Coins and Medals; presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.G.s.

A large standing stone, with rudely engraved designs and inscriptions in the Ogham
on Roman characters, found, in 1876, on the farm of Pantycadno, parish of Defynnock,

o. Brecon.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :—

A series of rude flint flakes and implements found on the site of an “atelier,” of such
objects at Giroles, Canton de Ferriéres (Loiret), France; presented by Baron de Girardot,
of Ferriéres-en-Gatinois.

A socket celt made of iron, an object of some rarity, found in the Seine, Paris; pre-
sented by John Evans, Esq., Treas. R.S., F.S.A.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—A remarkable bronze helmet of unusual form, discovered in a
crushed state in an ancient watercourse, on an estate of the donor, in the parish of
Guisborough, Yorkshire; presented by Frederick B. Greenwood, Esq. A Roman
finger-ring found on the downs at Winterbourne Bassett, Wilts; presented by Rev.
Henry Harris.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Mediaval, &c—An Anglo-Saxon bronze box, found in
Yorkshire ; presented by Rev. W. Greenwell, F.R.S.

Two embossed brooches, with heads and inscriptions copied from coins, and which have
been interpreted to represent King Egbert; found at Boulogne.

Leaden wrapper, in which coins of William the Conqueror and William Rufus were
found enclosed, at Tamworth, Warwickshire, in 1877; presented by Rev. Brooke
Lambert.

Silver Seal of William de London, found in Ireland, and three ancient watches ; pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A secretum of silver, probably English; presented by
the late John Henderson, Esq.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, §c—An Early Christian ivory
medallion, representing an angel, found at Gaza, in Syria; presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.
Three early Christian lamps, and two flasks with representations of St. Menas, from
Egypt.

TA realeiioss of silver ornaments discovered at Bielowodok, in the Government of Perm,
Russia, consisting of a silver dish, numerous personal ornamenis, and some iron objects
inlaid in silver.

Ten panels carved in cedar wood, with sacred subjects and ornaments in a mixed
Byzantine and Saracenic style, from the ancient Coptic Church of Sitt Miriam, or El
Moallaka, near Cairo. See Archeological Journal, X XIX., p. 128.

Twenty-four matrices of seals, principally Italian.

Remains of an imperial cap and robe, found at Palermo, in the tomb of the Emperor
Henry VI., who died a.p. 1197.

Painted wall-tiles from Italy and Spain; presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Barrel-shaped vessel of early French pottery, found at Glastonbury Abbey.

(5.) Glass Collection A yvemarkable cup with figures in low relief, found in a grave
at Cyzicus, with iron strigils, etc. ; and 32 objects of various dates, found in Egypt.

Five specimens of glass of the Roman period, found in Egypt; presented by G.
Travers, Esq. Thirty-two glass vessels found in Egypt, two from Cyzicus, and one from
Crete; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Thirty ancient glass beads of various kinds, found in Germany ; from the collection of
the late M. Hugo Garthe, of Cologne.

Two stamped pieces of glass, apparently Arab weights, found in Egypt; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.; and fragments of Arab glass from the mounds of Fostat, near Cairo ;
presented by Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A very rare vase of French glass, with enamelled decoration, on which is a kneeling
figure and the name, Estienne Boselon, supposed to be that of the maker, but more pro-
bably of the person for whom it was made.

Two specimens of Persian glass; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and two standing
cups of German glass.

(6.) Ethnographical.—Three ancient Javanese cups of bronze, one of them bearing a
date.

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A collection of specimens from the south-west of New Guinea; presented by Sir
.James Ingham.

A book containing specimens of tapa cloth, etc., from the South Seas, with the localities
indicated ; brought back by Captain Cook and, in 1837, by Mr. Thompson, of H.M.S.
* Tmogene ;” presented by William Tiffin Ihiff, Esq.

Twelve Ashanti weights of bronze, chiefly in the form of human figures; presented by
Major F. Sidney Parry.

In addition to the acquisitions mentioned above, the Trustees have been offered as a
gift, and have accepted, the principal part of a collection of Chinese and Japanese
porcelain, consisting of about 2,000 specimens, collected by A. W. Franks, Esq., and at
present exhibited at the Bethnal Green Museum. The collection will not, however, be
placed in the British Museum until the New Natural History Museum is completed.

III.— Meyrick Collection.

The Meyrick Collection was formed by the late Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, who devoted
his attention specially to ancient armour, on which he published the standard work, “ A
Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour,” which has passed through two editions, An
account of his armour was published in “ Engraved Illustrations of Ancient Arms, from
the collection at Goodrich Court, by Joseph Skelton,” 4to., 1839.

The other antiquities and specimens of medieval art were chiefly derived from the
bequest of the well-known antiquary Francis Douce, who died in 1834, and were described
by Sir S. R. Meyrick in the “‘ Gentleman’s Magazine” for 1836, under the title of ‘‘ The
Doucean Museum.”

Under the will of Sir S. R. Meyrick, the collection passed, with Goodrich Court, into
the possession of Colonel Meyrick, and was lent to the Art Treasures Exhibition at
Manchester in 1857. It was subsequently at South Kensington, when a catalogue was
published by the Department of Science and Art.

The collection haying been proposed for purchase to the Government, and declined,
was offered in detail for sale, and many of the specimens (including the whole of the
European armour) were disposed of, some of the choicest finding their way into foreign
collections. A considerable number of objects remained, however, in the possession of
Major General Augustus Meyrick, by whom they have now been presented to the British
Museum, and they include many objects of interest, of which those belonging to this
Department may be noticed under the following heads :—

(1.) Pre-historic Antiquities —A stone hammer found in Scotland. Four bronze swords,
two of them discovered at Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, published in Archzologia, vol. XIX.,
pl. iv, another in the New Forest, Glamorganshire, and the fourth in Ireland. Sixteen
bronze celts and three gouges.

Bronze objects from the Continent, including a sword found in the Duchy of Bruns-
wick, mace heads from Italy, and arrowheads from Marathon.

(2.) Anglo-Roman and Anglo-Saxon Antiquities.—Bronze fibule, etc., found in Kent,
aud a fine Anglo-Saxon brooch without locality.

(3.) Carvings in Ivory, Wood, &c.—Fifty-nine specimens, of which the most important
are the following :—Among the Ivories; a small casket of the 14th century, with sub-
jects of Saints, in its original metal mounts ; eight devotional tablets of the 14th and 15th
centuries, including two paxes; a very fine Italian casket of the 15th century, represent-
ing the history of Susanna; two smaller caskets of the same kind, and a triptych, as well
as eight figures in niches, which have formed portions of a shrine or retable; a very
elegant statuette of Venus with Cupid; a satirical bas-relief connected with the history
of Colonel Charteris, and representing Orator Henley preaching; a covered cup or salt,
probably made for the Portuguese m West Africa, engraved in Shaw’s Specimens of
Ancient Furniture, pl. ]xvi; another specimen of the same kind, but more truly native in
design ; and seven East Indian carvings, some of them of unusual excellence.

Among wood carvings should be noticed a casket of the commencement of the 15th
century, beautifully ornamented with diapers of hearts and the crowned letters M. R.; it
has been published as having belonged to Margaret Tudor, and her grand-daughter, Mary,
‘Queen of Scots, but of this there is no evidence. A statuette ofa female Saint of the
15th century, six knife sheaths, and a spoon of German work, most elaborately carved.

An early Byzantine tablet, with the Blessed Virgin, carved in black stone.

(4.) Enamelled Work.—Nineteen specimens; sixteen of them of champlevé work of the
13th century. They include two crozier heads of Limoges work, one of them engraved in
Archzologia, vol. X VIII. pl. xxx., a pyx, ashrine with the martyrdom of St. Thomas 4
Becket, said to have come from Croyland Abbey ; four fine basins of the 13th century,
with figures of knights and ladies, coats of arms, monsters, etc., engravings of which
have been published in Vetusta Monumenta, vol. 1 V., pl. viii. and ix. The painted enamels
consist of three specimens, a brilliant salt cellar with the Labours of Hercules, probably
by Pierre Reymond; a plate painted in grisaille on a blue ground, by one of the Penicaud
family ; and a fine frame with arabesques, evidently painted by Leonard Limousin

(5.) Metal Work.—-This section includes a considerable number of specimens, of which

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the most remarkable are :—A statuette of the Virgin and Child seated, early 13th century ;
two richly ornamented candlesticks of the same date, a processional cross, a censer, a
reliquary, a pyx, and two monstrances; three dishes of German work; an Oriental
cistern with engraved designs ; some good Italian bas-reliefs, and numerous other illus-
trations of mediwval and more recent manners and customs. The objects, however, of
the greatest general interest in this section are, an astrolabe, made for King Henry VIII.
by Bastien le Seney, and the inscribed plate taken in 1793, from the leaden coffin of
Mary d’Este, widow of King James II. of England, buried at St. Germain in 1718.

(6.) Miscellaneous.—The foundation stone of the original church of St. Mark, Venice,
built in 828 by Doge John Particiano, and destroyed in 976; see Archxologia, XX V. p. 215.
A moulded panel of terra cotta, with the head of St. John the Baptist, of German work,
circa 1500 ; two dishes of late Spanish majolica; a piece of tapestry with a bust of
Our Saviour, with a large inscription stating it tv have been copied from the portrait
cut in emerald; an embroidered cushion front made for the town of Hereford in the
second year of James I.; the front of an Italian cassone, of the 15th century, with battle
scenes painted and gilt; three inlaid draught-boards; one of these has the men, with
stamped designs by P. H. Miller, representing historical events from 1687 to 1694.

(7.) Oriental Armour.—This is a very important section, in all about 190 specimens,
including the greater part of those engraved in Skelton’s work, and they therefore form
a typical collection, which will be useful to students. Among the many fine specimens,
the most notable are the following:—

Body armour and gauntlets of the 15th century, which, from the stamp upon them,
appear to have come from the armoury of Mahomet II. at Constantinople ; portions of a
suit, composed of a helmet, “ the four mirrors” for the body, and two gauntlets, all orna-
mented with arabesques in low relief and edgings inlaid with gold ; a remarkable battle-
axe with three blades, inlaid with gold: a fine series of scimitars and straight swords,
including one that belonged to Tippoo Saib; two straight spears with richly embossed
silver plates on the shafts ; a Japanese weapon, consisting of a long blade mounted as a
spear, with socket richly inlaid with gold ; and two Polygar knives with handles overlaid
with gold plates.

(8.) Ethnographical.—These are not very numerous, but among them are cbjects, which
having been brought to this country in early times, are of some rarity, though they do
not present any great desiderata for series so rich as those of the British Museum and the
Christy Collection. As, however, they are engraved in Skelton’s work, it is important
that they should be preserved as type specimens. The larger clubs and spears seem to
have disappeared.

These collections have been temporarily placed in the New Pre-historic Room, where
they will be arranged in the wall cases, Nos. 1-18, and in two table-cases at the west-end
of the room.

1V.—AHenderson Collection.

This collection is a portion of the valuable bequests made to the nation by the late
John Henderson, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., who died 20th November 1878 ; and they area
fitting monument to his well-known taste as a collector, although they do not represent the
entire field of art which he studied, the rest of his collections being bequeathed to other
institutions or io private friends. Many of the specimens are well-known to art-students,
having been generously lent by the owner to various exhibitions, or by notices in works
treating of the subjects to which they belong. It is only during a long life that a collector
can bring together so many rarities, which in this case have the merit of being beautiful
as works of art. By this acquisition, many gaps im the national collection have been
filled in a satisfactory manner.

(1.) Glass.—This collection consists of about 240 specimens of various ages. Among the
antique vases are 13 bottles which have been discovered in tombs in most countries
bordering on the Mediterranean, and which there is good reason to believe are Pheenician ;
the finest of these is a fluted amphora with zigzags of purplish brown on a white ground.
The most beautiful specimens are of a somewhat later period, and chiefly discovered at
Cyprus, and they have been selected on account of the exquisite iridescence with which
they are covered, which has added greatly to their beauty as well as to their commercial
value; they exhibit every possible hue of rainbow tints; there are also three fine covered
Roman vases from Italy, with iridescence, and a number of fragments. In the Vene-
tian series may be remarked an early blue vase with enamelled scale work, three tazze
of the early part of the 16th century with enamelled decoration, and some elegant drink-
ing glasses of white glass with blue accessories. Among the German are, a jug, dated
1577; a large Wiederkom with the imperial eagle, dated 1656, and a covered goblet with
a representation of the Fichtelberg, 1691.

There are likewise a few specimens of Oriental glass, Rhodian, Persian, and Chinese.

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(2.) Spanish and Sicilian Majolica.—Twenty-four specimens. Of these early European
wares there are some remarkable examples, decorated with metallic lustre; especially
two cylindrical drug-pots, with ornaments imitated from Arabic inscriptions, and nine
fine dishes with coats of arms, and other devices, in the centre.

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(3.) Italian Majolica.—A very choice collection, consisting of 106 specimens, many of
which have been cited in Fortnum’s work on the Majolica in the South Kensington
Museum. Among them should be noticed several plates with metallic lustre, painted by
Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio; an early plateau of Caftagiolo ware ; a very fine
dish, probably made at Pesaro, with a female head, Lucia bella ; a highly finished plate
with the death of the Virgin, after Martin Schoen; a deep saucer with Our Saviour in
the Tomb, made at Faenza; a plate, with monogram at the back, representing the
heroism of Mutius Sczvola; a large plate with the triumph of Galatea, by Niccola da
Urbino ; and a good lustred specimen, by Francesco Xanto.

(4.) Rhodian Ware.—A very remarkable series of this pottery, principally made mm
Rhodes during the 16th century; numbering 51 specimens. Among them may be
noticed a large jug with a Turkish inscription; numerous bottles, jugs, and dishes,
richly coloured, and exhibiting in most instances the red pigment in relief, which serves
to characterise thisware.

(5.) Damascus Ware.—Thirty specimens. This is not unlike Rhodian pottery, but
exhibits greater force of colour and some peculiarities in tints and drawing, by which it
can be distinguished. The specimens of this ware in the collection are of the choicest
character, especially in one peculiar class, of which the exact origin is still considered
doubtful by some, but of which the prices are very high; to this class belong a lamp, two
candlesticks, a bottle, and several plates. ‘There is hikewise a small series of the later

wares made in Anatolia.

(6.) Persian Ware.—This includes the silicious ware of the Persian factories, and a kind
of soft porcelain; in all 71 specimens. The oldest examples are wall tiles of the 13th
and 14th centuries, one of them from Veramine, and probably made about 1260.
Another, dated a.w. 709 (A.D. 1310), with very fine inscriptions in relief. The predomi-
nant colour in the vases is a brilliant blue, sometimes enriched with ornaments in metallic
lustre. One very choice specimen is in an Italian mount of gilt metal, added to it in the
16th century. Among the specimens of soft porcelain may be noticed some snowy white
bowls, with ornaments pierced and filled in with glaze, good examples of the ware
known in England in former times as Gombroon ware.

(7.) Historical Relic.—A pair of silver snuffers with medallions in gold, enamelled with
the arms of King Henry VIII., and of Cardinal Bainbridge, for whom no doubt they
were made while he was Ambassador from England to the Pope. He died in Rome in
1514. These snuffers have been engraved and described in the Archeological Journal,
vol. X. p. 172, as well as inthe Catalogue of Works of Art, exhibited at Ironmongers’

Hall.

(8.) Russian Silver Work and Enamels.—¥orty-two specimens, among them is a bowl of
silver gilt and enamelled, used in Russia to wash the beards of high ecclesiastical digni-
taries ; two other bowls and a casket, all enamelled; a fine silver goblet with inscription
round the rim; several shallow one-handled cups, one of them of crystal, mounted in gold
and set with emeralds ; another of alabaster, mounted in gold filigree with jewels; others
of silver, embossed or inlaid with niello. Two candlesticks of rock crystal, set in
enamelled copper.

(9.) Oriental and Venetian Metal Work.—Ninety-seven specimens, chiefly bronze, and
mostly inlaid with silver and sometimes gold. This very remarkable series exhibits
specimens of a varied character and origin; some of them made in Mesopotamia, Egypt,
and Syria, during the 13th and 14th centuries ; among these are four incense burners, in-
laid with silver, one of them dated a.m. 641.=4.p. 1243; acircular casket of similar work
with the name of Badr—uddin Lulu, King of Mosul, a.p. 1233-1259. An incense ball made
for Badr ad-Din Baisari, Emir of Egypt, between 1277 and 1279; a large dish, probably
made for the same person, two fine caskets and other specimens. The 14th century is
represented by five bowls inlaid with silver, a dish with European arms in the centre,
and two candlesticks evidently made in the East for Europeans. To the 15th century
may be ascribed a series of covered boxes, a dish and some incense balls. Of a some-
what later date, are two dishes of exquisite arabesque work, inlaid with silver, bearing
the name of the artist, Mahmud Ibn-al-Kurdi; a box and cover of still finer work, a
large bucket and four dishes, possibly made by Oriental workmen at Venice. Of un-
questionable Venetian workmanship, are two candlesticks inlaid with silver, five iarge
dishes covered with engraved designs, and an ewer.

The skill of the Persians in engraving and inlaying metal with gold and silver is well
exemplified, Among them should be specially mentioned three covered vases inlaid with
gold and silver, with passages on them from the Persian poet Hafiz; one bears a date
corresponding to a.D. 1511; a bottle and a large bowl, excellent examples of engraving,
with poetical inscriptions. To a more modern period belong two lamps and two vases of
pierced work, and several specimens of steel inlaid with gold; among them two birds
with the name of their maker, Hadji Abbas. Of Indian origin are bottles and other
specimens of Bidree ware, inlaid with silver and gold ; a very fine silver box with an
inscription in Sanscrit, and a copper vase with figures in silver. There are likewise in
the collection a silver horn, or tantour, and amulets, worn by the Druse women of the
Lebanon, a Siamese bow], and an enamelled bowl of Turkish workmanship.

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(10.) Orientai Arms.—This collection is of considerable extent, numbering 195
specimens, mostly remarkable for their costly character and rich workmanship. One of
the oldest specimens is an arm-defence of steel, with remains of inlaid gold, and engraved
with inscriptions of the 14th century, with the titles of some sultan; it bears a stamp
shewing it to have come from the armoury of Mahomet II., at Constantinople. A very
remarkable helmet and arm-defence of steel worked in low relief and inlaid with gold.
From the inscriptions upon them, they have been made for Shah Abbas the Great, and
bear the date a.u. 1035=a.p. 1625-6. Four other helmets, seven arm-defences, five
shields, and a set of “four mirrors,” ete., all richly inlaid with gold; a shield, the most
elaborate of these specimens, bears the name of its maker, Muhammed Ibrahim.

Among the weapons are nine scimitars of rich workmanship, three puttahs or gauntlet
swords, tweive kuttars, a large number of daggers and knives, some of them with handles
of jade, in which are set precious stones ; one of them, a dagger with a handle of the rare
lilac jade, in the form of a horse’s head, and with sheath mounts of gold enamelled,
belonged to Hyder Ali. Some of the Persian daggers have carved ivory handles, and
silver sheaths, set with precious stones; cthers are entirely covered withenamel. A state
axe, which belonged to Akbar Shah, the great Emperor of Delhi, 1556—1605. Two
very remarkable guns, one with a damasked barrel and gold mounts, the other richly
inlaid with gold. Five pistols, two of them covered with gold filigree. Four Malay
krises, with carved handles, some of them set with jewels and with gold sheaths.

These arms, when added to those in the Meyrick Collection, and such as are in the
Christy Collection, will illustrate very completely the subject, and make an important
series.

The collection is being temporarily arranged in 18 wall cases and four table cases at
the east end of the new Pre-historic Room.

V.-—Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,

which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster :—

The specimens brought home by H.M.S. “ Challenger” from New Guinea and the
Admiralty Islands, have been arranged in the cases formerly occupied by the Pre-historic
Section (removed to the British Museum, as was stated in the Report for 1877), and the
specimens from those localities before in the collection have been incorporated with them.
Four large wooden bowls from the Admiralty Islands have been mended and exhibited,
and a number of New Guinea clubs arranged on a frame.

Six hundred and forty-eight additional slips have been prepared for tne Registration
Catalogue, with sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Pre-historic Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.—Implements of quartzite and
flint, and various objects of bone, including a drawing of the head of a horse, in the same style
as the drawings found in the French caves; discovered in excavations made in caves at
Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, and described by Prof. Boyd Dawkins and Rey. J. Magens
Mello, in the Geological Journal, August, 1877 ; from the Creswell Cave Exploration
Committee. Three flint arrowheads from the Mill of Lismore, Aberdeen; from the
Rey. W. Greenwell, F.r.s. Necklace of bone and other beads, from a tumulus in the
Aveyron, France ; from Dr. Emile Cartailhac, of Toulouse.

Stone rubber found near the Pyramid of Abourowash, Egypt; from Rev. Greville J.
Chester. Collections of implements, chiefly found at Helwan, Egypt; from A. J.
Jukes Brown, Esq., Alexander Christy, Esq., Professor H. W. Haynes, of Boston,
U.S.A., and Najeeb Mansoor Shakoor, of Egypt.

2. Ethnography of Africa.—Fifteen objects from Central Africa, including a remark--

able pipe and a fetish idol, from the Neam Neams; the ivory pipe of King Mtesa of
Uganda; shields from the Monbuttus and Uganda, a wooden boomerang and a chiet’s
stool. Selected from the collection exhibited im the Paris Exhibition, 1878, by the donor,
the Khedive of Egypt.

A set of Kafir “daula” from Natal; from John Sanderson, Esq.

Four remarkable knobkerries from Pietermaritzburg, and specimens from West Africa ;
from the late V. Darbishire, Esq.

An extensive collection of objects from West Africa, chiefly obtained by the late Mr.
Dumaresq, when Administrator of Lagos; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

3. Ethnography of Asia.—Five ancient iron arrowheads, and an ancient plectrum for
playing the goto, from Japan; from Ninagawa Noritane, of Tokio. Various objects
from Assam; from Dr. J. M. Foster. A collection of armlets and arrows from Central
India, from Major Bloomfield. Specimens of Cingalese pottery, from Rt. Hon. Sir W.
H. Gregory. Clay pipe from the Kurubhars, Marhatta Country, from W. J. Bernhard
Smith, Esq. :

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A bow and arrows from the Andaman Islands, from Captain Wilmer; a rice bag from
Sumatra, anda clay pellet from Siam, from the Baron de Bertouch; a sarong from
Sumatra, from James Collins, Esq.; and a Japanese writing on palm leaf, from A.

W. Franks, Esq.

4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—A collection of pottery from the Fiji
Islands, from His Excellency the Hon. Sir Arthur Gordon, K.c.m.c. Two ear orna-
ments from Paumotu, and stone implements from Hawaii and Tahiti; from Sir Wyville
Thomson, F.R.S. A weapon formed of the tail of a sting ray, from ‘l'ahiti; and the club
of the King of Soma Soma, Fiji Islands; from W. J. Bernhard Smith, Esq.

Extensive collections from the Admiralty Islands and New Guinea, obtained during
the cruise of H.M.S. ‘* Challenger”; by the donors Sir Wyville Thomson, r.r.s., and
H. N. Moseley, Esq., F.R.S. A collections of specimens from §.W. of New Guinea;
from A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Antiquities and Ethnoyraphy of America.—A collection of arrowheads and other
antiquities, discovered in Greenland during the Arctic Expedition in 1875-76, by the
donor, Capt. H. W. Feilden.

Ten stone arrowheads from Virginia, from Mann Valentine, Esq., of Richmond,
Virginia, U.S.A.

Mexican object in clay, from Henry Deedes, Esq.

A collection of ancient Peruvian pottery, stone and bronze implements, from A. W.
Franks, Esq. An ancient Peruvian vase, from Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, D.D., F.S.A.

Fragments of pottery from Entre Rios, Argentine Confederation ; from Dr. Ramon
Silva, through Sir John Lubbock, M.p., F.R.s.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal,
asmall collection of Peruvian antiquities, including two gold embossed plates in the form
of axes, and two gold pins ; and a number of objects in pottery; all from Arequipa.

The Christy Collection remains open on Fridays, by means of tickets to be obtained
at the British Museum. Durmg the past year there have been 761 visitors.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF Coins AND MEDALS,

I.— Arrangement.

a

l. Greek Series :—

(a) 605 coins of the Greek world, acquired in 1877-78, have been registered, and 527
incorporated in their places in the series.
951 coins from the Bank Collection have been registered, and 80 incorporated.

(3) Re-arrangement, &c.

The coins of Rhodes and Pheenicia, and the Imperial series of Palestine and Mesopo-
tamia have been re-arranged, and the silver pieces weighed.

(y) Collections examined.
Collections belonging to Subhi Pacha and the Rev. G. I. Chester, and finds of coins

belonging to Mr. H. Willett, Colonel Prideaux, and Mr. W. F. Douglas, have been
examined.

(8) Exhibitions.
258 coins of Asiatic Greece, 239 of European Greece, and 281 of Italy, Sicily, &c.,
have been selected and electrotyped for exhibition to the public.

2. Roman Series :—

(a) 32 coins of various classes recently acquired have been registered and incor-
porated. f [ i
808 coins from the Bank Collection have been registered and incorporated.

(b) Re-arrangement.

The silver consular coins struck out of Rome but in Italy, during the years B.c. 93-89,
as well as those struck during the Social War (Oscan series), and those issued in Sicily,
Spain, Africa, and Gaul, during the first century 3B.c., have been re-arranged and
weighed.

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The whole of the Consular and Imperial copper coins from Julius Cesar to Postumus
have been re-arranged, and new heading-cards written where necessary.
Descriptive labels have been attached to the cabinets of the series.

3. English Series :—

(a) 208 coins and medals, recently acquired, have been registered and incorporated.
210 coins from the Bank Collection have been registered.

(3) Re-arrangement.

The English patterns and proofs have been transferred to a cabinet.specially made for
their reception.

The English gold coins from the reign of James I. onwards have been transferred to a
more suitable cabinet.

The English tokens of the 18th century have been re-arranged in fresh cabinets to
form a continuous series, and the Scottish tokens of the same period have been re-arranged
after the pattern of the English.

An index of undated and private medals has been undertaken, and for this 1,252 slips
have been written.

4. Mediaeval and Modern Series :—

(a) 229 coins and medals,, recently acquired, have been registered, and 232 incor-
porated.
313 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered.

(3) Re-arrangement.

The series of early medieval coins which form the link between the Roman coinage
and the regular series of the Middle Ages, has for the first time been completely classified
and arranged.

Rectifications have been made throughout the series of German coins, in accordance
with the most recent numismatic publications.

(y) Collections examined.

A list of Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish coins in the possession of Mr, Frederik
Hansen, of Copenhagen, has been examined, and subsequently 70 coins sent by him have
been compared with those of the National Collection, and a selection made.

Two collections of Polish coins, one consisting of 70 gold coins and medals, another of
1,079 coins and medals of various metals, have been examined.

5. Oriental Series :—

(a) 1,040 coins of various classes, acquired of late years, have been registered, and
1,186 incorporated.

83 coins from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered, and 860 registration-
tickets written for Arabic, Persian, and Chinese coins from the same collection.

(8) Re-arrangement.

The Hindu coins of Kashmir, Kangra, and Nepal have been re-arranged in accordance
with recently published information.

The Ottoman and Georgian coins, and Arabic coins issued by Christian princes, have
been transferred to fresh cabinets, and fresh labels written.

The Arabic glass weights have also been transferred and re-arranged.

The coins of the following dynasties have been for the first time attributed and
arranged under their proper headings: Benee Dulaf; Sajees; Benee Danishmend;
Alawees of “Irak; Early Alawees of El Yemen; Benee-Rasool-Allah ; Turkomans of
El-Yemen ; Serbedarian; Kings of Bidlis ; Shirwaénshah; Kings of Anatolia; Emeers of
Karamania, of Mentesha, of Magnesia, of Aidin, of the line of Dhu-l-Kadr, and of Harar
(KE. Africa).

» A list of the Oriental dynasties represented in the collection has been drawn up.

(y) Collections examined.

A. collection of coins offered by Messrs. Mayhew, Salmon, and Whiting, has been
examined in detail, and 110 coins selected for purchase.

II.— Acquisitions,

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Li.— Acquisitions, 1878.

Gold Lead
Class. and Silver. Copper. Billon. and White Glass. TOTAL.

Electrum. Metal.
Greek - - - 199 291 149 2 2 = 643
Roman - - 3 4 10 - 1 - 23
English a eo 28 43 23 - - £ 94
Medieval and Modern - 13 172 44 - = = 229
Onental)) = 940" '- 92 394 142 1 = 3 632
ToTaAL - - - 340 904 368 3 | 3 | 3 1,621

Among the acquisitions the most important are the following :—

a. Greek Series :—

1. Purchased.

103 British gold coins selected from a number found in the sea on the coast of Sussex.
A drachm of Psophis in Arcadia, supposed to be unique.
A remarkably fine tetradrachm of Rhodes, of the best period of art.

Several rare coins of the Seleucid Kings of Syria, among which—

Gold staters of Antiochus J., and Antiochus Hierax.

A tetradrachm of Antiochus I., with the type of a horse’s head.

A didrachm of the usurper Tryphon, issued in Pheenicia.

A tetradrachm of Antiochus Tx. with the pyre of Sardanapalus as type.

The following were purchased at the sale of Subhi Pacha’s coins :—

A very rare drachm of Audoleon, King of Pzonia...

A very archaic coin of Macedonia, type Pegasus.

74 gold staters of the kings of Macedon.

A didrachm of Damastium in Epirus, with the lezend KH®INQN.

An unpublished coin of Acarnania, supposed to have been issued when Antiochus ITI.
was in the country.

A didrachm of Miletus and a drachm of Selge, rare denominations.

An unpublished stater of Lycia, type, a griffin.

A drachm of Timarchus, King of Babylon.

Five archaic electrum coins and five staters of a later period, all very interesting.

An unpublished silver coin struck at Hierapolisin Syria, bearing the name of Alexander

the Great.

2. Presented by W. F. Douglas, Esq.
Four coins imitated from Athenian tetradrachms by Himyarite Kings of Arabia.

B. Roman Series:—

Purchased.

A Victoriatus with the monogram of Corcyra, struck immediately after the occupation
of the island by the Romans.

An interesting aureus of Victorinus, bearing on the reverse the title of the 10th legion,
which was in his reign stationed in Gaul.

y. English Series :—
1. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., F.R.s., &c.

A unique gold medal of William III., presented to H. Scott for services at the Battle
of the Boyne (see Memorials of Scotts of Scott Hall, p. 261).

2. Purchased.

A‘penny of Stephen, struck at Dover, a town hitherto not known among the mints of
his reign.

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. Medieval and Modern Series :—

1. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., ¥.k.8., &c.
An interesting series of coins of the early Counts of Holland, &c.

2. Purchased.
An interesting series of early Scandinavian coins, chiefly Danish.
A medal of Hugo de Loubenx Verdala, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta.

« Oriental Series :—

1. Presented by Raghunath Rao Vithal Vinchoorkar, ¢.s.1.
A large gold Ramtinki medal.

2, Purchased.

22 gold coins of the Amawees of Spain. Of these very rare coins the Museum
previously contained only six specimens.

A gold coin of the Saménee dynasty, Nasr II.

A gold coin of Mohammad II., struck at Constantinople, belonging to the first gold
coinage of the Ottoman Empire.

A dirhem of the Benee-Dulaf, a dynasty new to Oriental Numismatics.

A very rare coin of Mohammad Ibn Saad, Prince of Murcia, bearing the name of the
Caliph of the East.

Catalogues :—

The Catalogue of Greek Coins, Vol. IV. (The Seleucid Dynasty of Syria), has been
published, and Vol. V. (The Coinage of Macedon) is in the press.

The Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Arabic Section, Vol. ['V., has been completed, and
is about to appear, and Vol. V. is in the press.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room in 1878 was 1,539.
The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room was 23,143.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF NATURAL HIsTORY.

Durine the past year the state of preservation and general good condition of the speci-
mens of Natural History have been maintained. The works of conservation have been
carried out with more especial reference to fitness of the specimens for impending removal
to the New Museum at South Kensington.

The additions registered in 1878 are in number 27,885; of which 20,960 have
been received in the Department of Zoology, 6,379 in that of Geology, and 546 in that
of Mineralogy.

The exhibited specimens of the stuffed and mounted skins of the Mammalia have
received due application of processes in arrest and prevention of decay. Of the few
additions which present space has permitted to be made to this series, that of the Grisly
Bear (Ursus ferox), of the Siberian Snow Leopard (Felis irbis), of the Fur-Seal
(Arctocephalus ursinus), may be specially noted.

The unstuffed skins of the Mummalia are in a good state of preservation, and have re-
ceived, where needed, the appliances fitting them for future mounting, in regard to the
specimens to be selected for the purpose of exhihition in the new Museum now near its
completion. The smaller mammalian specimens preserved in spirits are in good
condition. All are, as heretofore, available for the purposes of scientific examination and
comparison. Additional facility has been afforded to the students of the volant Mam-
mals by the publication of Mr. G. E. Dobson’s ‘‘ Catalogue of the specimens of the order
Cheiroptera.”

The collection of bird-skins mounted and exhibited is in a good state of preservation; as
are also the unstuffed skins preserved in drawers and boxes. These are equally available,
with the collection open to the general public, for the purposes of scientific study and
comparison. The printed lists and catalogues of this class are steadily progressing.

The proportion of the collections of the Reptiles and Fishes displayed in the public
galleries is in a good state of preservation and arrangement.

A large example of the Greenland Shark (Lemargus borealis) has heen mounted, and
forms one of the notable additions.

The stored specimens of Reptiles and Fishes, both dry and in spirits, are in good condi-
tion, and available for scientific work.

The nomenclature and synonyms of the vertebrate specimens, both exhibited and
stored, have been verified.

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Of the invertebrate classes, the specimens of the Mollusca, preserved in spirits, with the
shell, or removed from the shell, and the species of the shell-less orders and families,
similarly preserved, have received due attention, and are in a state of preservation fit for
the applications of anatomical research, where such is needful in determining affinity and
place in the natural series; available also for comparison with the fossil casts of the
cavities of shells, &c., as in the case of the recently anatomized Spirula australis,
throwing light upon the functions of the chambers and siphon of the extinct polythala-
mous and siphoniferous shells.

Of the series of shells of existing Mollusca, a large proportion is arranged and
exhibited in the floor-cases of the Public Gallery. The aim of increasing the attrac-
tiveness and instructiveness of this popular series has governed the substitution of better
specimens, or of fresher ones, in the place of those the colours of which had been
affected by exposure to light. ‘The unexhibited shells, preserved in the drawers of the
cabinets, and to which in the present year has been added a large collection of Japanese
shells, are in a state of perfect preservation, and are available for the needs of scientific
visitors and of students of Conchology.

The proportion of the class Znsectu, publicly displayed, showing rare and interesting modi-
fications of structure, shape, and colour, and exemplifying characters of the larger natural
groups of the class, are in a good state of preservation. The much larger proportion of
the Jnsecta in the Entomological Room in the basement, is in a good state of preservation,
and is so arranged, in drawers, as to be conveniently accessible for the requirements of the
numerous students of this extensive and varied class of animals.

The Lepidopterist will be especially aided by the Catalogue in which rare examples
of that beautiful order are described and figured, and of which Part II., by Mr. A. G.
Butler, has been published in the present year.

The proportion of the class Crustacea, exemplified by representative species of orders
and minor groups, exhibited and systematically arranged, is in good preservation. The
larger proportion stored in drawers is in a similar condition, through due application of
taxidermal processes in reference to their dried state. The proportion of the classes pre-
served in spirits is in a good state of preservation.

The specimens of the class Arachnida, susceptible of instructive preservation in the
dried state, including the larger spiders and scorpions, are exhibited in the floor cases of
the Public Gallery. Both these, and the similarly preserved specimens arranged in
drawers, are in good condition. ‘The numerous specimens preserved in spirits, exem-
plifying the singular modifications of form and structure in the tracheal division of the
class, are in a state of preservation.

The same good condition can be reported of the classes Annelida, Gephyrea, Turbellaria,
and Intozoa, represented by the specimens preserved in spirits.

The proportion of the class Echinodermata, systematically arranged and exhibited in the
Public Galleries, is in a good state of preservation.

The specimens in store, both dried and preserved in spirit, have received the attention
and care requisite for their continued good condition and availability for study and com-
parison.

The corals and hard parts of Radiata and Protozoa, the latter represented by the
framework of sponges and by models of the Radiolaria and other microscopic forms, now
exhibited in detached glazed cases in the Mammalian and Avian Galleries, are in a good
state of preservation. The major part of the Radiata and Amorphozoa are well preserved
in store-drawers and cabinets, where they are accessible for study and comparison.

The series of Osteological specimens, including the collection of Horns and Antlers, is
in a good state of preservation. Amongst the additions to this series may be noted an
articulated skeleton of the Leather-backed Turtle (Dermatochelys (Sphargis) coriacea) ;
also skeletons of the male, female, and young of the Chinese deer ( Elaphodes cephalophus) ;
and a skeleton of the rare Cetacean, Ziphius capensis.

The collections of Nests and Nidamental Structures, both exhibited and in store, are in
a good state of preservation. The series of Birds’ eggs has received a notable accession
through the liberal donation of Messrs. Godwin and Salvin.

As exemplifying the illustrative series of Birds’ nests, for which space will be afforded
in the New Museum, examples have been placed in the Avian and Conchological Gallery
of those of Colymbus cristatus, Fulica atra, and Alauda arvensis, with the parent Birds,
and, in some cases, the newly-hatched young.

The systematically arranged and exhibited Series of stuffed specimens of Vertebrata,
and those of the fishes preserved in spirits, together with the Invertebrate species, illus-
trative of the Fauna of the British Isles, are in a good state of preservation ; as are also
the specimens of the nests and eggs of the British Birds.

The exhibited series of Fossil Remains, as well as the numerous specimens instore, are
in a good state of preservation. The addition, by the liberal donation of Rear-Admiral
Spratt, C.B., F.R.S., to the exhibited series of Fossils, of the remains of the extinct Pygmy
Elephants, discovered in the Zubbuy Cave, Malta, is an interesting and instructive one.
To the series of singular Reptilian remains from the Cape of Good Hope, a large addi-
tion has been contributed by Thomas Bain, Esq., Surveyor of Roads to the Colony.
They were collected by him in districts of the Karoo and Gouph formations, and the
specimens which have hitherto been relieved of the matrix exemplify new species, or tend
to complete our knowiedge of those previously defined.

17U. D 3 Selected

30 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Selected series of the Arctic Fossils discovered during the Expedition of H.M.SS.
* Alert” and “ Discovery,” under Capt. Sir George Nares, c.B., have been determined, and
are labelled and exhibited in the Geological Gallery.

Among these the most noteworthy are the evidences of vegetable life, from Latitude
81° 45’ N., and Longitude 64° 45’ W., a higher latitude than has been reached by any
previous Expedition. These fossils are referred by the experienced Botanist Professor
Oswald Heer, to genera most of which are no longer capable of existing within the
Arctic circle. They were discovered in the black shales of middle or older tertiary age
overlying the great coal-seam at Discovery Bay ; were collected by Capt. Feilden, r.a.,
under circumstances of unexampled difficulty, and brought away by most painful and
persevering exertions during arduous sledge journeys.

They include remains of kinds of Elm, Poplar, Willow, Birch, Spruce, Hazel, with
evidences of a Water-lily (Nymphea arctica), testifying to the existence of probably a
small lake, the fresh-water of which must have remained open during a great part of the
year, and at the muddy margins of which grew large reeds and sedges (Carer). Of the
genera, referable to the Families Taxinee@, Cupressinee, Tarodie, and Abietine, may be
especially noted Tazrodium, represented by a species (V'axodium distichum miocenum), of
which leaf-covered twigs with the male-flowers were obtained, botanically imdistinguish-
able from those of the species which now exists only in Mexico and the Southern
members of the United States of America.

Alterations in the disposition and proportions of land and sea are quite inadequate to
account for the change of climate in actual arctic latitudes, to which these fossils, with pre-
viously discovered ones from Spitzbergen and Greenland, bear testimony. Geology is
compelled to fall back on cosmical conditions effecting change in the direction of the polar
axis with respect to the sun’s ight. Mere augmentation of internal terrestrial heat would,
otherwise, be attended with the lethal influence of the continuous darkness of the long
Arctic winter night. ;

The richly augmented series of the Mineralogy shows its usual perfect state of preserva-
tion, exposition, instructive arrangement and labelling.

Amongst the Donations to the Zoology is that of the Male and Female Chamois, by
His Imperial and Royal Highness the Crown-Prince Rudolph of Austria.

Other notable additions to the several classes of the Natural History are specified in the
respective Departmental Reports.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.,

As the time approaches for the removal of the Zoological Collections into the New
Natural History Museum, the work of the Department continues to be principally directed
with a view to their satisfactory arrangement in the new galleries.

The series intended for scientific study is kept strictly distinct from that intended for
exhibition, which series is being selected on the principle that it should contain such
specimens only as are instructive to the general public. Specimens of considerable bulk
will always be included in the latter series. All deteriorated specimens, as well as
valuable types which are of greater interest to the scientific student than to the ordi-
nary visitor, and which are likely to suffer from exposure to light, are being withdrawn
. from the exhibition series; and in order to lessen, for a time, the labour of registering and
incorporating new acquisitions, the purchase of very extensive and unnamed collections
is avoided as much as possible, preference being given to individual objects of great
intrinsic value, or to specimens fit to replace those which have been withdrawn from the
exhibition series on account of their bad condition. However, this object has been only
partially obtained on account of the unusually great number of donations with which the
Zoological Coliections have been enriched during the past year.

I.— Arrangement.
The additions to the Collections of Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes have been entered
into the printed Catalogues.
The re-arrangement of the Passerine Birds, which was commenced in the year 1876,

has been continued ; and it is hoped that, with the additional help offered by Henry °

Seebohm, Esq., its more rapid progress has been insured.

The systematic List of all the species of Fishes described since the publication of the
“ Catalogue of Fishes” has proceeded as far as the fourth volume.

The arrangement and description of a large collection of Japanese shells has occupied
all the time of the Conchologist that could be spared from the labour necessary to sure
the conservation of the general collection of Mollusca.

The manuscript List of the Crustacea Brachyura is in progress; all the accessions to
the collection of Crustaceans have been incorporated, the majority of specimens having
been identified at the same time. A ‘“ Revision of the Plagusiinae,” a ‘ Revision of the

Hippidea,”

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Hippidea,” an “Account of a Collection of Decapoda and Isopoda, chiefly from South
America, with descriptions of the new genera and species,” are the principal papers pre-
pared and published by Mr. E. Miers during the progress of his arrangement of this part
of the Collection.

The time of the Entomologists of the Department has been occupied in determining
and arranging the accessions, and in describing such of the forms as proved to be new to
science. These latter amount to 822 in number, the descriptions having been prepared
by Messrs. F. Smith, A. G. Butler, and C. O. Waterhouse, and published in a series of
papers in various journals. The systematic arrangement of the Coleopterous family of
Lycide and of the Australian representatives of the genus Mordella, as well as of the
Lepidopterous families Limacodide, Drepanulide, Saturnide, and Nycteolide, has ~been
completed.

The collection of Echini has been re-arranged.

The work of determining and re-arranging the collection of Corals has been interrupted
by the premature death of Dr. Briiggemann, the gentleman who had been entrusted with
this task.

The general arrangement of the Bowerbankian Collection of Sponges has been com-
pleted, and the special examination of the British series commenced. The large collection
of microscopic preparations received with it has been arranged, labelled, and registered.

II.— Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been printed during the year 1878 :—

“‘ Catalogue of the Chiroptera.” By G. E. Dobson, 8vo. (pp. 567, with 30 plates).

“ Tllustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera.” Part II. By A. G.
Butler, 4to. (pp. 62, with 20 coloured plates),

The fourth volume of the “ Catalogue of Birds,” and the third part of the “ Illustra-
tions of Lepidoptera Heterocera,” are in the press; and the fifth and sixth volumes of
the “ Catalogue of Birds” in the course of preparation.

IL 1.— Conservation.

Of the acquisitions of Vertebrate Animals, only examples of large size, or such as will
contribute to the instruction of the general public, have been mounted; some have been
stowed away, for want of space, and are reserved for exhibition in the galleries of the
new building; others are exhibited in the present galleries, though not always at the
proper place which they would occupy if space permitted of a strictly systematic disposi-
tion of the specimens. Among tlie specimens prepared for exhibition may be mentioned :—
a Snow Leopard (felis irbis), from Siberia; a Hunting Leopard or Cheetah, from India
(Felis jubata) ; a Grizzly Bear (Ursus ferox), from the Rocky Mountains; a Spectacled
Bear (Helarctos ornatus), from Columbia; Male, female, and young of the Fur Seal
(Arctocephalus ursinus), from Pribelow Island; two Antelopes (Zragelaphus scriptus and
Euryceros euryceros), from West Africa; a Wild Sheep from Siberia (Ovis ammon); two
groups of Birds, consisting of male, female, young, and nest of the Skylark, and of the
Great Crested Grebe; a group of specimens of a race of the Domestic Fowl from the
Fiji Islands, which had reverted to its wild state; a large specimen of the Greenland
Shark from the east coast of Scotland (Lemargus borealis); skeletons of a male and
female Chamois; a skeleton of a large Leathery Turtle (Sphargis coriacea), from the
Atlantic, etc.

All the other Vertebrate Animals acquired during the year, and presérved as skins or
skeletons, or in spirits, have been placed in the reserve rooms, being not the less acces-
sible to the student.

The specimens of Feline Mammals have been thoroughly cleaned, and many badly
stuffed specimens have been either re-mounted or prepared as skins for the study series.

The work of renewing the spirit in the bottles containing Fishes, Reptiles, Crustaceans
and Echinoderms, and of securing the safety of typical specimens, as described in last
year’s Report, has been continued.

The accessions to the collection of Shells have been mounted in glass-top boxes and
labelled; also all the specimens of Insects, received during the year in a dry state,
have been mounted and labelled; and many of such as had been imperfectly mounted
have been re-set.

IV.— Registration.

All the specimens acquired during the past year have been marked with the date of
their acquisition, and a separate number corresponding to an entry in the manuscript
register of accessions, in which, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact
locality in which the specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any
other valuable information regarding them, are entered.

170. D4 V. Acquisitions,

32 accounts, &¢c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V. Acquisitions.

During the last year 20,960 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection :-—

Vertebrata - = - - - 10,678
Mollusca - - - - - 4,580
Annulosa - - - - - 6,364
Radiata (and Vermes) - - - 338
9 ToTaAL - - - 20,960, as corapared with

24,184 in the year 1877.
24,685 ts 1876.
25,340 hi Da ig
30,699 een Le pae
10,644 is 1873

1524: #3 1872.
10,577 - eae
8,014 z, 1£70.

The marked increase since the year 1874 is due partly to the acquisition of several
celebrated large private collections, partly to the increasing number of donations, and
partly to the circumstance that no opportunity is lost of obtaining the numerous desiderata
in the Invertebrate series.

The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. A selected series from the collection of African birds, formed by, and formerly in the
possession of R. B. Sharpe, Esq. This series includes those specimens only which were
desiderata in the British Museum, and consists of 3,444 named specimens, and 54 types.
This purchase has been spread over a period of five years.

2. A collection of 6,650 eggs of birds, formed and presented by Messrs. F. Du Cane
Godman, and O. Salvin. It contains the materials collected by them in Europe, North
Africa, and Central America, and supplemented by specimens collected by the most trust-
worthy collectors, such as the late Mr. J. Wolley. All the specimens being well authen-
ticated, and in a perfect state of preservation, this collection is one of the most valuable
of its kind in existence.

3. Two valuable additions to the series of Groups of British Birds have been made by
Theodore Walker, Esq. ‘They illustrate the nesting habits of the Skylark and the Great
Crested Grebe, the parent birds and the nest being mounted with the natural surround-
ings,

4, A very large collection of Fishes, Shells, and Crustaceans, made by Captain H. C.
St. John, R.N., during his survey in the Japanese and Corean seas. It contains an
unusually large number of new and interesting forms ; the localities of all the specimens
are carefully marked; presented by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.s.

5. A selected series of 1,057 named shells, from the collection of the late Mr. Henry
Adams, containing numerous types of the species described by him and his brother, Mr.
Arthur Adams.

6. The “Challenger” series of Brachiopoda, consisting of 337 specimens, named,
described, and carefully selected, by T. Davidson, Esq., p.r.s. This addition to a pre-
viously rich collection renders the British Museum series of recent Brachiopoda probably
unequalled.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class have been 275 in number, of which the most
noteworthy are the following :—

Two specimens of a male and female Chamois from the Tyrol; presented by H. I.
and R. H. the Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria.

Two specimens of the Spanish Ichneumon (Herpestes widdringtonii) and four Hares
from Cyprus and Corsica ; presented by Lord Lilford.

Three skeletons of the European Bear (Ursus arctos); obtained in Transylvania by
C. G. Danford, Esq.

A second series of small Mammals, collected by C. G. Danford, Esq., in Asia Minor;
presented by the collector.

A series of the Mammalia collected by the Naturalists of the Expedition sent by the
Geographical Society of Bremen to Western Siberia; it contains fine specimens of
Felis irbis and Ovis ammon; and three skulls of natives of different tribes, from ancient
tombs; purchased.

An adult specimen of the Grizzly Bear (Ursus ferox), from the Rocky Mountains;
purchased.

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Male, female, and young of the Fur Seal of the Pribelow Islands (Arctocephalus

ursinus); purchased.

Skeletons of the male, female, and young of a small Chinese Deer (Flaphodus cepha-
lophus), from Ningpo; purchased.

A collection of fifty-four Mammals from Cochin China and Gamboja; presented by
M. E. Pierre, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Saigou.

Skull of an Ashantee Chief. “ This skull was presented to the Governor of St. George
d’Elmina, by the King of Ashantee, and represented by him to be the skull of the chief
who cut off the head of Sir Charles McCarthy, when that general fell in his campaign
against the Ashantees.”

Skull of a fully adult Gorilla; purchased,

Nine antelopes from Fantee, among them C2phalophus dorsalis, Cephalophus sylvicul-
trix, Nanotragus perpusillus, 1ragelaphus seriptus, Kuryceros eurycervs ; purchased.

A second consignment of Mammals from Duke of York’s Island, collécted by the Rev.
G. Brown; purchased.

Male and female of Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, a Marsupial recently discovered in
North Eastern Australia; presented by Professor Owen, c.B.

Another consignment of the Mammals of Medellin, U.S. of Columbia, containing
specimens of the Spectacled Bear (/elarctos ornatus); purchased.

A specimen of a rare Bat from New Granada ( Lonchorhina aurita); purchased.

A specimen of a rare Armadillo (Dasypus lugubris) trom Demerara; sent by the Rey.
Wee’ Torner.

A skeleton of a Ziphioid Whale from the Southern Indian Ocean (Ziphius capensis) ;
purchased.

Birds.—The total number of acquisitions (exclusive of the collection of Birds’ Eggs
mentioned above) amounts to 2,919, of which one hundred and fifty-nme were species
entirely new to the collection, and twenty-seven typical specimens. The following
accessions may be specially mentioned :—

The typical series of the Birds collected by the Naturalists of the Expedition sent
by the Geographical Society of Bremen to Western Siberia and Turkestan; the number
of specimens amounts to 205 ; purchased.

Thirteen rare Fly-catchers from Darjiling, among them five species new to the
collection ; presented by L. Mandelli, Esq.

A collection of 398 specimens from Cochin China and Gamboja, containing a new
species of Campophaga, as well as numerous others new to the British Museum; pre-
senied by M. E. Pierre, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Saigou.

The type of a new speoies of Indicator from Malacca (I. malayanus) ; purchased.

_ Seventy-eight specimens from Ceylon ; presented by Captain Vincent Legge, R.A,

The type of a new species of Scops Owl (.Scops minuta), from Ceylon; presented by G.
Bligh, Esq. :

A collection of 121 specimens made by the late Mr. E. C. Buxton in Western Java;
presented by Francis Nicholson, Esq.

Thirty-four Fly-catchers from the Malayan Archipelago and New Guinea, representing
seventeen species previously desiderata to the collection; presented by the Leyden Museum.

Hieven Fly-catchers and Cuckoo Shrikes obtained by Dr. A. B. Meyer during his
travels in the Moluccas and New Guinea ; purchased.

A series of the Hornbills of the Lawas River, N.W. Borneo; collected by H.E.
Governor Ussher, c.M.c.

Seventy-five specimens from Sarawak, collected by Mr. H. Everett, among them the
type of Ixidia paroticalis ; purchased.

Forty-seven specimens from the Arfak Mountains, N.W. New Guinea, collected by
M. Leon Laglaize ; among them thirteen specimens new to the collection ; purchased.

Specimens of a race of the Domestic Fowl from the Fiji Islands, which had reverted
to the wild state; presented by E. L. Layard, Esq., c.m.c.

Thirty-eight specimens from the Pelew Islands, among them 12 species new to the
collection; purchased.

Fourteen Fly-catchers from various South Sea Islands, new to the collection ; pur-
chased of the Godeffroy Museum.

The collection of Birds and their eggs made by the Rey. S. J. Whitmee in the
Samoa, Ellice, Fiji and Loyalty Islands; purchased.

Eight specimens from the Azores, representing four species new to the collection;
presented by F. Du Cane Godman, Esq.

The remainder of the collection of African Birds formed by, and formerly in the
possession of, R. B. Sharpe, Esq.; it consists of 900 specimens; purchased.

A selected series from the collections made by Dr. Lucan and M. Petit in the Congo
district, and containing six new species ; purchased.

Two specimens of a Plumed Guinea-towl (Nwmida eduardi), from the coast of
Mozambique; presented by Lord Liiford.

A second consignment of the birds of Uruguay, consisting of 108 specimens; sent by
A. Peel, Esq.; purchased.

Another consignment of the birds of Medellin, U.S. of Columbia, consisting of fifty

specimens, sent by Mr. Salmon; purchased.
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Reptiles and Amphibians.—The additions to these classes have been 385 in number ;
the following may be specially mentioned :—

The skeleton of an adult Leathery Turtle from the Atlantic ; purchased.

Seventeen specimens collected by the Naturalists of the Expedition sent by the
Geographical Society of Bremen to Western Siberia; purchased.

A small collection made by Major Burton in the Land of Midian, and containing two
new species of Snakes (Zamenis eleyantissima and Echis colorata), described in the Proceed.
Zool. Soc. for 1878; presented by the collector.

A small collection of South African Reptiles and Batrachians; presented by F. P.
Mansel Weale, Esq.

The types of the new species recently discovered by Col. Beddome in the Anamallay
Mountains (Melanobutrachus, Lophosalea, Xylophis, etc.), and described by him in the
Proceed. Zool. Soe. for 1878; presented by the collector.

A small collection of snakes from Siam; presented by W. H. Newman, Esq.

The collections made by the Rev. J. G. MacFarlane in Murray and Cornwallis
Islands, and described by Dr. Giinther in the “Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.,” 1878;
purchased.

A series of 20 reptiles from New Guinea, most of which were new to the collection ;
purchased.

Types of Lepidosternum floridanum, Crolaphytus collaris and Holbrookia terana, new
species described by, and obtained from, E. Cope, Esq.

A specimen of a rare Snake (Charina) from Western Oregon; presented by H. N.
Moseley, Esq.

Fifty-four specimens from Ecuador ; purchased.

Ten specimens from the Argentine Republic; purchased.

Fishes.—The total number of specimens received amounts to 449 :—-

The most remarkable addition to the British collection is a specimen of the Greenland
Shark (Lemargus borealis), 15 feet long, captured on the east coast of Scotland in the
neighbourhood of Anstruther.

Specimens of a new species of Roach ( Leuciscus irbyi), discovered by Colonel Irby in
mountain streams in the vicinity of Gibraltar ; presented by the collector.

A most valuable collection of 95 fishes, made by H. Batson Joyner, Esq., in Japan.
It contains several new species described in “ Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.,” 1878;
presented by the collector.

Specimens of a genus recently discovered in the Camaroon country (Pantudon);

urchased.
y Another consignment of the fishes of Demerara and Berbice; presented by F. Beck-
ford, Esq.

Another consignment of the fishes of the Rio de la Plata, consisting of 113 specimens;
purchased.

Mollusca.—The total number of specimens added to this branch is 4,580; as in the
three preceding years, these additions have been chiefly donations; besides the important
collections of Messrs. H. Adams and Captain St. John, and the “ Challenger” series of
Brachiopoda, which have been mentioned above, the following may be referred to as the
most important :—

A valuable collection made at Malta by Captain H. W. Feilden, r.a., and consisting
of 1,044 specimens of land and marine shells; presented by the collector.

Fifty-eight shells from Mogador; presented by C. A. Payton, Esq.

Sixty-eight shells from the Gulf of Akaba; presented by Major Burton.

One hundred and sixty shells from the Andaman islands, collected and presented by
Captain L. Worthington Wilmer. This very valuable collection contains many new
species, and forms the subject of a paper by Mr. E. Smith in the Proceed. Zool. Soc.,
1878.

Forty-one Land and Freshwater shells from Formosa; presented by Matthew
Dickson, Esq.

One hundred. and four shells from Southern Australia, among them numerous types ;
presented by G. F. Angas, Esq., F.L.S.

Crustacea.—The additions amount to 568 specimens, of which only 55 were obtained
by purchase. Besides Captain St. John’s collection referred to above, the following
donations may be mentioned :—

An interesting series of 16 Brachyura from Ireland, among them the rare Mediter-
ranean Portunus tuberculatus, a species new to the Irish Fauna; presented by W.
Andrews, Esq. :

A valuable collection from Yokohama, containing several interesting forms; presented
by H. Batson Joyner, Esq.

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The number of specimens added to this branch amounts
to 272.

A new species of Pseudoscorpion from Spain (Garypus saxicola); presented by Sydney
T. Klein, Esq., and described by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse in Trans. Entomol. Soc.,
for 1878.

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Sixty Arachnida and 22 Myriopoda from Uruguay.

Fifty-four Arachnida from the Island of Lifu, collected and presented by the Rev.
S. M. Creagh.

Five Arachnida and two Myriopoda from Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, collected by the
Rey. W. Deans Cowan; purchased. ‘These new forms are described by Mr. A. G.
Butler in the Proceed. Zool. Soc. and Trans. Entomol. Soc. of the past year.

The typical series of the Arachnida collected by the Rey. A. E, Katon on the “ Transit
of Venus ” Expedition in Kerguelen’s Land, and described by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge ;
presented by the Royal Society.

Insecta.—-The entomological collection has received 4,526 additional examples, of which
3,137 were obtained by purchase, and 1,389 by donations. They are distributed among
the various orders thus :—

Coleoptera - x = = 4 4! it EIOND BT
Hymenoptera = - 5 B = = « A419
Lepidoptera - - - = ~ se 4 Ma 691
Diptera - = 2 : & b 4 4h 97
Neuroptera - - - = = a = ~ 141
Homoptera - abeteR - - = m : 17
Orthoptera - - - - = a = = 120
Rhynchota - - - = = é _ fe 127
Anoplura. - -Wah le: Pte ye 4 Same 8
Larve and Pupe - - - = 2 = Ss 15

TOTAL - - = 4,526

The most important addition to the collection of Coleoptera was a portion of the late
Mr. Andrew Murray’s collection. It comprised his series of the genus Catops, which had
formed the materials of his monograph, including the types of Cutops ascutellaris, C.
depressa, C. spinipes, C. vestita ; also his Old Calabar collection so far as the species had
been determined, including 132 types. Also the type specimens of Phaneus velutinus,
Leucothyreus gigas, Chlorota euchloroides, C. lineata, and Ancognatha crassimanus, from
Quito; purchased.

Twenty British Coleoptera, among which were T'rachyphleus spinimanus, Brachyonyx
indigena, Bagous inceratus, Spercheus emarginatus, Amara infima, and Apion schonherri ;
presented by Mr. G. C. Champion.

The typical series of the Coleoptera collected by the Naturalists of the Expedition to
Western Siberia, sent by the Geographical Society of Bremen ; it consists of 248 speci-
mens; purchased.

One hundred specimens from Formosa; presented by Matthew Dickson, Esq.

Two hundred and twelve specimens from Torres Straits, collected by the Rev. J. S.
MacFarlane; purchased.

Forty-seven Coleoptera from Honolulu, collected and named by the Rey. T. Black-
burn, containing 20 species new to the collection, of which the following may be specially
mentioned:—Blackburnia insignis, Oodemus anescens, Anotheorus montanus, and four
species of Proterhinus; purchased.

An interesting collection of a hundred and ten specimens from Medellin, Columbia,
containing numerous species new to science; among them :—Lycomedes burmeisteri,
Chauliognathus exceilens, Prepodes annulonstatus, Prosopodonta punctata, Arescus
levicollis, Epilachna bituberculata and Cyclomorphus glabiatus, described by Mr. C. O.
Waterhouse in “ Cistula Entomologica,” Vol. II. ; purchased.

Twenty-five specimens from Jamaica, collected by J. J. Bowrey, Esq.. containing
several new and interesting species, described by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, in Trans. Ent.
Soc. 1878; presented by the collector. i

Three collections, containing 374 specimens from Madagascar, of which 25 new species,
especially of the family Cetonude, have been described by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse in three
papers in Cistula Entomologica, Vol. II., and the “ Entom. Month. Mag.,” Vol. XV.;
purchased.

Of the acquisitions of Lepidoptera :—

A small collection from Tokei, Japan, containing eight new species; presented by
Montagu Fenton, Esq.

One hundred and sixty-seven specimens, and 21 cocoons from Cachar, collected by W.
Grant, Esq., are the first contribution of the Lepidoptera of that country to the British
Museum collection ; presented by the collector.

A perfect example of a singular and extremely rare Butterfly (Armandia bidderdalii),
an insect only seen in Bhotan at intervals of several years, and represented in scarcely
any European collection ; presented by Col. T. Taylor.

A first consignment of the Butterflies of Fiararantsoa, Madagascar, sent by the Rev.
W. Deans Cowan, contained 11 new species ; purchased.

‘A selected series of Moths from Madagascar, containing seven new species, among
which the beautiful Daphenura fasciata; purchased.

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Two consignments of the Lepidoptera of Antananarivo, Madagascar, sent by the Rey.
R. Toy, containing eight new species; purchased.

Nine species from Masasi, East Africa; purchased.

Twenty Moths from Old Calabar, among which 12 new species and the rare Saturniid,
Brahmea swanyiti, previously known from a single example only ; purchased.

Fifty-six Lepidoptera, from Jamaica, among them twenty-one new species ; presented
by James John Bowrey, Esq.

Three examples of the rare Butterfly, Pyrameis tammeamea, from Hawaii; presented
by N. C. Tuely, Esq.

The types of Holochila blackburnii; presented by N. C. Tuely, Esq.

Radiata and Vermes.—These branches of the Department have received 338 addi-
tional specimens, among which the following only deserve to be specially mentioned :—

A collection of Corals from Singapore and the Philippine Islands, described by Dr. G.
Schneider ; purchased.

The type of Stylastes stellulatus, from Tahiti; presented by C. Stewart, Esq.

A magnificent branching Madrepore, from the Red Sea; presented by John A. W.
Harper, Esq.

Two specimens of a hexactinellid Sponge, from the Philippine Islands; purchased.

V.— Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted various portions of the col-
lections, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 3,064, as compared with—

3,671 in the year - - - 1877.
3,425 a2 ee eee oe eae!
Zoe a - - - 1875.
3,306 5 - - - 1874.
2,530 y - - - 1873.
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Albert Gunther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Arrangement.— VERTEBRATA.

In Room II. (Pisces.)—The teeth of the species of fossil Squalide, and the remains of
the Cretaceous Chima@ride, have been compared, re-labelled, mounted on tablets, and
arranged in Table-cases 1 to 5.

The teeth of the fossil Ceratodi have also been carefully compared, new species added,
and the whole re-labelled, mounted, and arranged in drawers.

The unexhibited fishes from Tertiary deposits have been also arranged in geological
sequence in a series of drawers in Table-cases 1 to 5.

In Room IV. The remains of Pterodactyles from the Cretaceous deposits have been
labelled, mounted, and arranged, with the new acquisitions, in Table-case 2. The fossil
remains of the Cervide have been cleaned and re-arranged in Wall-case 7, and in a series
of drawers under Table-case 37.

In Room V. The smaller fossil Mammalian remains belonging to the Marsupialia,
Insectivora, and Rodentia, and of the fossil Quadrumana, have been mounted; the species
verified, labelled, and arranged in Table-case 13. The unexhibited objects are placed
in a series of drawers beneath the same Table.

In Room VI. The remains of the British fossil Elephants have been cleaned and
re-arranged in Wall-case No. 5, and the Pigmy Elephants, from Malta, presented by Rear-
Admiral Spratt, c.B., have been mounted for exhibition, and placed in a small case in the
fifth window-recess in this room.

INVERTEBRATA.

In Room III. The Fossil Sponges from the collection of the late Dr. Bowerbank,
have been arranged in a series of drawers beneath Table-case No. 41.

The “ Strzelecki Collection” of Australian and Tasmanian Fossil Shells and Polyzoa
have been carefully examined and labelled, and the “type” specimens specially marked
and catalogued; they are arranged in drawers under Table-case No. 40.

The Arctic fossils not exhibited, forming part of the Sutherland, Inglefield, and Belcher
collections, have been named and labelled, and the “type” specimens specially marked
and catalogued ; they are placed ina series of drawers under Table-case No. 41. '

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In Room V. The Murchison collection of Silurian fossils have been transferred to a
series of drawers in Room IV., and Table-case No. 6 has been appropriated to the
exhibition of the Arctic collections brought home by H.M.SS. “ Alert” and “ Dis-
covery,” under the command of Captain Sir George Nares, C.B., F.R.S., and described by
Mr. Robert Etheridge, r.r.s., in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 1878,
vol. xxxiv., pp. 568-639, pl. 25-29. Table-case No.' 6 also contains a portion of the
Arctic fossils brought home by Captain Sir Allen Young in 1875-76, and by Dr. Suther-
land in 1850-51, &c.

In Room VI. Additions have been made to the series of Crustacea exhibited in Table-
ease 7, viz.—Lryon propinguus, Schlot., from the Solenhofen Limestone; Eryon Hart,
manni, Meyer, from the Lias, Wurtemberg; Ager Marderi, Woodw., from the Lias-
Lyme Regis; and Cancrinos claviger, Minster, trom the Lithographic stone of Bavaria.

By the addition of a series of small exhibition cases, fitting into the window-recesses
of this room, space has been obtained for the exhibition of a fine group of shells of
Gervillia anceps, Desh., from the Lower Greensand, Atherfield, Isle of Wight; two
beautiful groups of Trigonia clavellata, Park, Coral Rag, Osmington, Dorset; one group
contains upwards of 70 specimens associated together; specimens of the internal casts,
in calcite, of Nautilus hexagonus, Sby., Ammonites excavatus, Sby., Ammonites perarmatus,
Sby., from the Calcareous Grit, Upper Oolite, Marcham, near Abingdon; presented by
the Honourable Robert Marsham, F.a.s., &c.

The “ Gilbertson Collection ” of Carboniferous Limestone Mollusca, and Crinoidea,
occupying 32 drawers beneath Table-case No. 3, has been mounted upon tablets, named
and labelled, and the “ type” specimens specially marked and catalogued.

PLANTA.

In Room I. The Fossil Plant-remains from Discovery Harbour, on the western
shore of Robeson Channel, North Grinnell Land, Lat. 81° 45’ N., Long. 64°45 W.
(collected during the winter of 1875-76, by Capt. H. W. Feilden, r.., Naturalist of the
English North Polar Expedition), have been exhibited in a case on the north side of
this Room. These interesting plant-remains are from the highest latitude in which
arboreal vegetation has been detected, being from 3 to 4 degrees further north than the
similar deposits already described, from Spitzbergen. The collection, which embraces
about 16 genera of plants, has been fully described by Prof. O. Heer, r.m.c.s., in the
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1878, vol. xxxiv. p. 66.

_ In Room IV. Im a series of 16 Drawers beneath Table-case No. 1 has been placed
the collection of Plant-remains from the Carboniferous, Triassic, and Tertiary deposits of
Austria, recently acquired by purchase of Prof. von Ettingshausen.

In Room V. The entire collection of Fossil Fruits from the London Clay of the
Isle of Sheppy, part of the late Dr. Bowerbank’s Museum, and numbering upwards of
5,000 specimens, have been carefully cleaned and assorted, and (under the studies of
Professor von Ettingshausen), have yielded 154 new and undescribed forms, which it is
that gentleman’s intention to publish in a Monograph for the Palzontographical Society.

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—

Mammalia - - - - - - - 923
Aves - - - - - - - - 43
Reptilia = - - - - - - - 288
Pisces - - - - - - - 460
1,714
Invertebrata :—
Crustacea and Insecta - - - = 299
Annelida - - = - = - - 38
Mollusca - - = - - - - 4,235
Polyzoa -— - - - - - - 96
Echinodermata - - - - ~ - 1,684
Zoophyta-Zoantharia - - - - - 225
Protozoa and Rhizopoda - - -— = 72
6,649
Plant-remains - - - - - - - - - - 293
Total number of Specimens registered - - - - 8,656

Number of Students’ visits to the Gallery during the year, 1,317.

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Acquisitions.
The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalha.—A fine series of the remains of the extinct pigmy Elephants of
Malta (Elephas Melitensis, Falc., and Elephas Falconeri, Busk), comprising the teeth,
vertebra, and limb bones; being the “type specimens,” figured and described by Dr.
H. Falconer (“ Paleontological Memoirs,” vol. ii. p. 292. pls. xi. —xiv.) and by
Prof. Busk (Trans. Zool. Soc., vol. vi.): also remains of a large extinct Dormouse,
(Myoxus Melitensis, Falc.) from the Zebbug Cave, Malta. Presented by Rear-Admiral
T. A. B. Spratt, c.z., F.z.s., &c.

Portion of the skull and jaw of Typotherium cristatum, Serres ; from South America.
Presented by Prof. Owen, ¢.B., F.R.S., &c., &c.

Two vertebra of a whale dredged from the Thames. Presented by the Elder Brethren
of Trinity House.

Atlas vertebra of Ursus speleus, from Kihloch Cave, Franconia. Presented by the
Earl of Enniskillen, D.c.,, F.R.S., &e.

A fine rostrum of Ziphius planirostris, Cuv., dredged off Southwold, Suffolk. Presented
by Dr. Bree, m.R.c.8., &c.

Eleven plaster-casts of Halitherium Schinzii; the originals preserved in the Zoological
Museum of Darmstadt. Presented by Prof. v. Koch, of Darmstadt.

2.) Aves——Pelvis of Dromornis australis, Owen, from Mudgee, Co. Phillip, New
South Wales. Presented by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, r.r.s. (decd. )

Remains of several species of Birds, including the bones of a large extinct swan
(Cygnus lalconeri, Newt.), from the Zebbug Cave, Malta. Presented by Rear-Admiral
T. A. B. Spratt, c.B., F.R.8.

(3.) Reptilia.—Specimens of Testudo Spratti, Adams; Testudo robustu, Adams, and of
Lutremys Europea (?), from the Zebbug Cave, Island of Malta. Many of the remains
are described and figured by Prof. Leith Adams in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. London,
vol. xxxili. 1878. Presented by Rear-Admiral T. A. B. Spratt, c.B., F.R.s.

Vertebre of Megalania prisca, Owen, from Castlereagh River, New South Wales.
Presented by Rev. W. B. Clarke, F.R.s. (decd.)

Paddle bone of Plestosaurus campylobrachion, Hulke, from the Kimmeridge Clay,

Kimmeridge Bay. Presented by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., F.a.s.

Skull of Procolophon trigoniceps, Owen, from the Triassic strata of the Tafelberg,
Cape of Good Hope. Presented by E. J. Dunn, Esq.

Plaster-casts of Mesosaurus tenuidens, Gervais (Triassic?), Griqualand, S. Africa;
and of Aphelosaurus lutevensis, Gerv., from the Permian schists of Lodeve. The original
specimens have been figured and described by Prot. Paul Gervais in his “ Paléontologie
Generale” and his ‘‘ Paléontologie Francaise.” Presented by Prof. Gervais, F.M.G.S.
Lond., on behalf of the Museum of Natural History, Paris.

(4.) Pisces—Teeth of Curcharodon and other fish remains from Coquimbo, Chili.
Presented by C. J. Lambert, Esq.

A specimen of Cottus papyraceus, Ag., from the Lignite at Monte Viale, Italy. Pre-
sented by A. W. Waters, HEsq., F.G.s..

Head and mandible of Tomognathus mordax, Dixon, from the Chalk of Lewes, Sussex.
Presented by Edward Crane, Hsq., ¥.«.s.

B. INVERTEBRATA.

Five specimens of Dithyrocaris testudinea, Scouler, one of Bradycinetus Rankinianus,
J. and K.,12 specimens of Lingule, two slabs with remains of Archeocidaris Urii, Flem. sp.,
and seven crinoidal remains; all from the Carboniferous formation of Carluke, Lanark-
shire. Presented by Dr. D. R. Rankin.

A fine specimen of Ammonites giganteus, Sby., from the Portland stone of the Isle
of Portland. Presented by the Commissioners of the Free Public Library, Great Smith
Street, S.W.

Forty fossil shells, &c., from Coquimbo, Chili. Presented by C. J. Lambert, Esq.

Five specimens of Z’rigonia excentrica, Sby., from the Greensand, Blackdown. Pre-
sented by the Rey. W. Downes, M.A.

450 Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous Fossils from 17 localities on Smith’s
Sound, Kennedy’s, and Robeson’s Channels, N. Grinnell Land, &c. ; collected by Capt.
H. W. Feilden, r.a., F.G.s.. and the officers of H.M. Ships“ Alert,” and “ Discovery,”
in the late Arctic Expedition under Sir George Nares, c.B. (1875-76.) Many of the
specimens being figured and described in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., 1878,
vol. xxxiv. p. 568, pl. xxv.-xxix. Presented by the Lords of the Treasury.

A collection of Carboniferous and other Fossils ; also a fine series of Crinoidea from
Yorkshire and Lancashire. Presented by John Rofe, Esq., F.¢.s.

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Pecten latissimus from the Miocene of Malta. Presented by Capt. H. W. Feilden,
R.A., F.G.S.

“Conodonts” from the Sub-carboniferous formation of Bedford, Ohio ; also a speci-
men of Eozvon Canadense. Presented by George J. Hinde, Esq., F.c.s.

Specimens of Coral ( Heliolites) bored by Lithodomi(?), from the Aymestry Limestone,
Weo Edge, Stokesay. Presented by Prof. Dr. Corfield, M.a., P..s.

Upwards of 200 Fossil Sponges, principally from the hard Chalk of Flamborough,
part. of the collection of the late Dr. J. Bowerbank, F.x.8.; transferred by the Zool-
ogical Department.

Nine Miocene Tertiary Plant-remains, from Armisson prés Narbonne. Presented by
M. Henri Devéze.

120 Miocene Tertiary Leaves, from N. Grinnell Land, Lat. 81° 45’ N. and Long.
64° 45’ W., collected by H.M.S. ‘ Discovery,” in the winter of 1875-76, and described
by Prof. Oswald Heer, F.M.G.S.,in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1878, vol. xxxiv, p. 66.
Presented by the Lords of the Treasury.

Twelve plant-remains from the Wealden formation, Ecclesbourne Cliff, Hastings.
Presented by J. E. H. Peyton, Esq., F.G-s.

Specimen of Ulodendron minor, from the Coal-measures, Somerset. Presented by
A. C, Cruttwell, Esq., F.G.s.

Il. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A well-preserved skull and other remains of Toxodon platensis, Owen,
from the Alluvial deposits, Buenos Ayres.

An ulna of Elephas primigenius, dredged from the North Sea.

Portions of crania and antlers of Cervus verticornis, C. Brownii, and C. megaceros ;
teeth of Elephas primigenius, Blum., E. antiquus, Falc., and remains of Rhinoceros;
dredged off the eastern coast.

Part of antler of Cervus Polignacus, fromthe Forest-bed, Norfolk.

Cetacean remains, and teeth of Mastodon, Rhinoceros, Sus, Hippotherium ; also antlers
and teeth of Cervide, from the Red Crag of Suffolk.

Cast of the skull of Rhinoceros Schleiermacheri, Kaup, from Pikermi, near Athens; the
original is preserved in the Munich Museum, and has been figured and described by Prof.
Wagner in the Memoirs of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, vol. viii, pl. 6. Also a cast
of an entire skull with lower jaw of Rhinoceros tichorhinus, Cuv., in the Munich Museum,
from Kronberg, Bavaria.

(2.) Aves.—

(3.) Reptilia.—A series of reptilian remains, including the type specimen of Dolicho-
saurus longicollis, Owen; Pterodactylus compressirostris, Owen; wing-bones and _ other
remains of Pterodactyles, also portions of a jaw of Polyptychodon interruptus, Owen ;
paddle of Plesivsaurus, and shields of Chelone. These specimens, from the Chalk of Kent,
once formed a part of the well-known private Museum of Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge
Wells, and have been described and figured by Prof. Owen in his ‘‘ Monograph on the
Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations,” published by the Paleontographical Society in
1851.

Teeth and Vertebree of Mosasaurus, from the Chalk near Norwich.

Eight plaster-casts of type specimens of Pterodactyles and Chelonia, and of the singular
long-legged Lacertian, Compsognathus longipes, Wagner; the originals are pre-
served in the Munich Museum, and have been figured and described by Dr. Herman
von Meyer, and Prof. Wagner; they were discovered in the Lithographic quarries of
Solenhofen, Bavaria.

Skull and portion of mandible of Steneosaurus Stephani, Hulke (being the type-speci-
men figured and described in the Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History Field-club,
1877, p. 28, pl. 1); from the Cornbrash of Dorset.

A fine skull (with anterior cervical vertebre still attached) of Plesiosaurus luticeps,
Owen; also a nearly perfect skull, and an entire skeleton of a young Ichthyosaurus, from
the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis. :

A large series of fossil-remains comprising many new and undescribed forms of Dicy-
nodonts, and other reptilia; also specimens of Lycosaurus, Paretasaurus, Endothiodon
bathystoma, Dicynodon and Oudenodon; collected by Mr. Thomas Bain, from the Triassic
deposits of South Africa.

(4.) Pisces.—A small series of fish-remains from the Red Crag of Suffolk, consisting of
the dental bones of Edaphodon; teeth, and clasper-spurs of Sgualide; dental plates of
Phyllodus, and teethof Chrysophrys.

Three specimens of fish from the Eocene Green River Shales of Wyoming, U.S.A.

Mandibles of Edaphodon Mantelli, teeth of Corax, Notidanus, Cimolichthys, and other
genera, from the Chalk of Norwich.

Specimens of Erisichthe Dixoni ( Saurocephalus lanciformis), Edaphodon Mantelli, and
Pachyrhizodus basalis ; the type-specimens figured and described in “ Dixon’s Geology of
Sussex ;” also a fine Series of jaws of #daphodon, dental plates of Plethodus, the teeth of
several species of Ptychodus, fine specimens of three species of Beryz, of Berycopsis
elegans, Pomognathus eupterygius, or Enchodus, Cimolichthys, Hypsodon, Tomvugnathus,

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and Macropoma; mostly from the Chalk of Kent, part of the well-known Collection of
the late Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge Wells.

One hundred and forty-five fossil fishes, obtained by the Rev. Prof. Lewis, from the
Cretaceous deposits of Hakel and Sahel-el-Alma, in the Lebanon, Syria; the series con-
tains several undescribed forms of Rays, Sharks, and Teleosteous fishes ; also many that
are rare and new to the collection, such for example, as:—Spinax primevus, Pictet,
Paleoscyllium, Cyclobatis, Dercetis linguifer, Pictet, and Eurypholis longidens, Pictet.

A series of 24 casts of type-specimens of fishes, from the Lithographic stone of Bavaria:
the originals of which are preserved in the Munich Museum, and have been described
and figured by Prof. Agassiz and Dr. Wagner.

Some good examples of the genera Glyptolepis, Osteolepis. Cheirolepis, Cheiracanthus,
Diplacanthus, Coecosteus and Pterichthys; from the Old Red Sandstone of Lethen Bar.

B. INVERTEBRATA,

(a.) Crustacea.—Thirty-six specimens belonging to the genera Dictyocaris, Eury-
pterus, Slimonia and Pterygotus ; from the Uppermost Silurian Shales of Logan Water,
near Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire.

Three specimens of Bellinurus regine ; from the Coal Measures, Kilkenny, Ireland.

Two specimens of Eryon; from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Necrocarcinus, Puleocorystes, Etyus, &c.; from the Greensand of Cambridge.

Seventy-five Crustacea, referred to Pseudastacus minor, Fraas, P. hakelensis, Fraas,
Penaus, Pseudocrangon, &c., with many new and undescribed forms; from the Cretaceous
formation of Hakel, and Sahel-el-Alma, Lebanon.

Thirty Crustacea from the Chalk of Kent and Sussex, including many fine examples
of Enoploclytia Leachu, Mant. sp., and of E. Sussexiensis, Mant., &c., part of the collec-
tion of the late Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge Wells,

(b.) Mollusca.—A fine slab, containing upwards of 70 specimens of Trigonia clavellata;
from the Coral Rag near Weymouth.

Five hundred Greensand fossils from the Coprolite diggings, Cambridge.

A series of Dibranchiate Cephalopoda, having the impression of the soft parts of the
animal most beautifully preserved; from the Cretaceous formation of Sahel-el-Alma,
Lebanon.

Three hundred and twenty Cephalopoda, Brachiopoda, &c.; from the Upper Chalk of
Norwich; part of Mr. T. G. Bayfield’s collection.

Nautilus plicatus, Trigonia Istheridgit, Lycett, T. dedalea, Park., Gervillia anceps,
Desh., and 35 other Greensand fossils; from Atherfield, Isle of Wight.

(c.) Echinodermuta.—A fine example of Goniaster Stohesii, Forbes, and a group of
Aslropecten armatus, Forbes; from the London Clay of the Isle of Sheppey.

Fifty-one Echinoderms, from the Upper Chalk, Norwich.

Eight Marsupites and Starfishes, from the Chalk, part of the collection of the late
Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge Wells; including specimens of Oreaster coronatus, Forbes,
Goniaster regularis, Park., and the type specimen of Goniasier (Astrogonium) Smithia,
Forbes; figured and described in Dixon’s Geology of Sussex, p. 367, Tab. xxii. (25.)
fig. 2; from the Lower Chalk, Burham, Kent.

Twenty-seven Crinoidea, from the Lower Carboniferous formation, Indiana, U.S. A.

(d.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia.—Specimens of Parasmilia, Trochosmilia, and other Corals,
from the Chalk formation, near Norwich.

(e.) Protozoa.—Ventriculites and other Chalk sponges, from near Norwich; part of
Mr. Bayfield’s collection.
C. PLANT.
61 Plant-remains from the Miocene Tertiary formation, Luba, Greece.
125 Plant-remains from the Hocene freshwater beds of Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight.

700 Fossil plants from various Austrian localities, 81 of which have been figured and
described by Prof. Constantine Baron Kttingshausen.

The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows:—

I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - - - 223
II. ,, Purchase, A. Vertebrata - - - - 763
I. ,, Donation, B. Invertebrata - - - - 2,878
II. ,, Purchase, B. Invertebrata - - - 1,483
I. ., Donation, C. Plante - - - - - 142
II. ,, Purchase, C. Plante - - - - 890
Total- - - 6,379

Geo. F. Waterhouse.

ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH .MUSEUM. 4i

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

THE additions to the Mineral Collections during the past year have been 546 in
number, and they include crystallised specimens of considerable importance to the Collec-
tion, as well as specimens of two meteoric stones that are new to it.

The work of the Department on the Mineral Collection has consisted in the continuation
of the arrangement and description of the portions reserved in drawers, and this has now
reached to the Mica group ; the formation of a special Catalogue of the facetted and other
ornamental stones in the Collection; and the continuation of the work on the scientific
descriptive Catalogue of the whole Collection.

This Catalogue, which is intended to give a crystallographic or otherwise descriptive
notice of every mineral in the Collection, will be founded on geometrical measurements
and calculation, illustrating one or more crystals from almost every crystallised specimen,
and is necessarily a work of time and slow in progress. It is nevertheless in a forward
state for so far as to the end of the Sulpharsenides.

The whole of the specimens of Cinnabar and of Copper Pyrites has been catalogued,
and the description of the specimens of Iron Pyrites is nearly finished.

The crystallographic work done on the earlier portions of the Catalogue has also been
under revision with a view to the publication of a first part as soon as it can be
completed.

Petrology.—The production of sections for the microscope from the more characteristic
rocks has been extended to 266 fresh rocks, and these have been studied and described ;
and a Catalogue has been made of the rock sections in the Department. s

The following are the more important acquisitions made during the year 1878 :—
By Presentation :—

By Cesar Chantre, Esq. peL
Specimens of Galena and Realgar with Orpiment, deposited by sublimation in the
Ricamarie Mine, St. Etienne, Loire, France.

By F. Gillman, Esq. :—
Cinnabar from Délar, four leagues from Guadix, Sierra Nevada, Spain.

By Richard Boyns, Esq. :— -
Bismutite, Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall.

Py Prof. A. H. Church, F.G.S8.:—
A worked specimen of transparent colourless Serpentine, from Japan.

By Prof. Abel, F.R.S., §c.:—
Garnierite, Noumea, New Caledonia.

By E. Muirhead, Esq. :—
Almandine Garnet, India.

By Prof. R. Harkness :—
Massive Idocrase, Wastdale Head, Westmoreland.

By Prof. J. W. Mallet, of Virginia :—
Specimens of Allanite and Sipylite, from Amherst Co., Virginia, U.S.A.

By J. H. Collins, Esq., F.G.8.:—
Duporthite in a serpentinous rock.

By Dr. Joseph Leidy, of Philadelphia: —
Specimens of Coquimbite, Coquimbo, Copiapo, Chili; Erythrite with Asbolite and
Cobaltite, and Lavendulite with Erythrite, from Chili.

By E, S. Dana, Esq. :—
Specimens of Eosphorite, Triploidite, Dickinsonite, and Lithiophilite, all from Branch-
ville, Connecticut, U.S.A.

By T. A. Gibb, Esq. :—
Almandine Garnet, “‘ Cape Ruby,” Kimberley, S. Africa.

II. By Purchase or Exchange :—
A facetted blue-tinted Spinel.
A large and nearly colourless Beryl, weight 272 grains.
A ramose group of large cubes of Native Copper, Lake Superior.
Fine specimens of Native Sulphur, Girgenti, Sicily.
Krennerite (a telluride of gold), Nagyag, Transylvania.
Altaite, Gold Hill, Boulder Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Sisserskite in crystals, Sissersk, Urals.
Newjanskite, in crystals, Urals, and California, U.S.A. .
Petzite, Melones mine, California, U.S.A., and from Rezbanya, Hungary.
Frieseite and Argentopyrite, Joachimsthal, Bohemia.

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Freieslebenite and Argentiferous Tetrahedrite, from the Santa Cecilia mine, Hiende-
lencina, Spain ; and Diaphorite, Przibram, Bohemia.

Large crystals of salt, Stassfurth, Magdeburg.

A beautiful octahedron of pink Fluor on smoky quartz, probably from the Gdschenen
Alp, Switzerland.

Amethyst-colonred Fluor, Knappenwand, Untersulzbachthal, Salzburg.

Magnetite pseudomorphous after Hornblende, Achmatowsk, Urals.

Fluocerites and Kararfvetite, Finbo, near Fahlun, Sweden.

A crystal of Ruby-red Corundum, Orenburg, Russia.

Corundum of various colours, from the Hogback Mountain, Jackson Co., North Caro-
lina, U.S.A.

A very large crystal of yellow Corundum, weighing 2,000 carats, from Ceylon.

Cassiterite in crystals of exceptional magnitude and completeness, from la Ville d’Er,
near Ploemel, Morbihan, France.

Walleriite, Nya Kopparberget mines, Orebro, Sweden.

Excellent crystals of Chondrodite, from the Nya Kopparberget mines, Orebro, Sweden.

Crystals of Leucophane in albite, Brevig, Norway.

One of the very large crystals of Enstatite, recently found at Bamle, Norway.

Diopside, Lake Baikal, Asiatic Russia.

Penwithite, Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall.

Very fine crystals of Thorite, Brevig, Norway.

A polished slab of Williamsite, Texas, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A very large doubly terminated crystal of Scapolite, Pierrepont, Jefferson Co., New
York, U.S.A.

Crystal of Phlogopite, Otty Lake, near Perth, Canada.

Anorthite, Monte Somma, Vesuvius, and in large flesh-coloured crystals from the
Pesmeda Alps, 8. Tyrol. ;

A singularly fine terminated crystal of Emerald with calcite, quartz and dolomite on a
siliceous dolomitic limestone, Muso, Santa Fe de Bogota, New Granada, S.A.

Pyrophyllite, Brookwood mine, near Buckfastleigh, North Devon.

Milarite, Ruiras, Gratibundten, Switzerland.

Stilbite and Heulandite, Giebelbach, Viesch Glacier, Wallis, Switzerland.

A large mass of interlacing crystals of Natrolite, Brevig, Norway.

Bowlingite, Bowling Quarry, Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire.

Waluewite, Maximilian mine, near Achmatowsk, Urals.

Crystals of black Tourmaline, Pierrepont, Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A.

Good specimens of the new mineral Thaumasite, from the Bjelke mines, Areskustan,
Sweden.

Fine crystals of Ludlamite and Vivianite, from Wheal Jane, near Truro, Cornwall. ,

Henwoodite and Chalkosiderite, West Wheal Pheenix, near Liskeard, Cornwall.

Liskeardite, a new mineral analysed in the Laboratory of the Department, from Marke
Valley mine, near Liskeard, Cornwall.

Crystals of Apatite, Schwarzenstein, Zillerthal, Tyrol, and from Burgess, Canada.

Large masses of Apatite, Bamle, Norway.

A collection of 200 specimens of rocks and minerals principally illustrating the modes
of ‘occurrence of the zinc and lead ores with their containing or associated rocks, from

Sardinia.

ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES.

A large stone of the fall of Knyabinya, near Nagy Berezna, Hungary, 9th June 1866,

weighing 14 lbs. 4 ozs.
A fragment (4 lbs. 6 ozs.) of the Aerolite which fell at Soko-Banja, N.E. of Alexinatz,

Servia, 13th October 1877.
A stone of the fall which took place at Cronstadt, Orange River Free State, in 1877.

Presented by John Sanderson, Esq.

Specimen of the Santa Catherina Iron, Province of St. Paul, Brazil.
Presented by Professor A. Daubrée.

PETROLOGICAL COLLECTION.

Presented by Professor T. G. Bonney, M.A., §c.

4 sree senen of 36 specimens of the Pitchstones and Quartz Felsites of the Isle of Arran,
cotland.

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Presented by Dr. Henry Hichs, F.G.S.:—

Twenty-six specimens from the district of St. David’s, Pembrokeshire ; illustrating
those of the Dimetian and Pebidian formations.

Presented by John Dixon, Esq. :—
A fragment of porphyritic granite detached from Cleopatra’s Needle.

The persons visiting the department for the purposes of consultation or study, whose
visits have been recorded, were 886 during the year. ni
Nevil Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

THE work of incorporating plants in the General Herbarium has been actively carried
on during the past year. In its progress the plants belonging to the following
Natural Orders have been greatly increased, and more or less completely re-arranged :—
Meliacee, Leguminosae, Loranthacee, Araliacee, Rubiacee, Gesneracee, Nepenthacee,
Smilacee, Restiacee, Filices, and Fungi.

The following collections have been either entirely or in part incorporated in the
General Herbarium:—The plants collected in Central Africa by Oudney and Clap-
perton; of Malaya, collected by Lobb; of the Samoan Islands, collected by the
Rey. S. J. Whitmee; of Brazil, collected by Warming and others; of the Argentine
Republic, collected by Lorentz; of the Arctic Regions, by various collectors ; the Ferns
of Africa and Java, by various collectors; and the Cellular plants collected in the
“ Challenger” Expedition, by Moseley. Besides these, extensive series of plants from
various regions and by different collectors belonging to the Orders Leguminose,
Passifloree, Proteacee, and Filices, have been incorporated with the General Her-
barium.

The separation of the study set of the great Herbarium of Australian Plants,
collected by Robert Brown, and bequeathed to the Trustees by J. J. Bennett, has been
completed, and this extensive series of plants, accompanied with the original manuscript
notes, has been incorporated in the General Herbarium.

The transcription of the original labels, and the separation of the collection of Tropical
African plants made by Dr. Welwitsch, have been completed, with the exception of those
relating to the collection of fruits and seeds, which is making rapid progress.

The large Herbarium of Shuttleworth, acquired in 1877, has been systematically
arranged, and some-of the more important desiderata have been incorporated in the
General Herbarium. The large series of plants from the Southern States of North
America, collected by Rugel, has been separated from this Herbarium, and the Poly-
petalous Orders have been placed in the General Herbarium.

The sheets of the Herbarium of John Ray, presented to the Museum by the Apothe-
caries Company, have been carefully re-mounted on cartridge paper, and placed for
preservation and easy reference in solander cases.

The whole of the different collections of British Phaenogamous Plants, except those
contained in the volumes of the Sloanean Herbarium, have been incorporated in the
British Herbarium, and this Herbarium has been completely revised, and re-arranged
during the year. Progress is being made in laying down the extensive collection of
Mosses of the late W. Wilson. The British Elvellacei have been greatly added to and
completely re-arranged.

The recently-formed Collection of Drawings and Illustrations of Plants has received
the large addition of 8,025 engravings, and 42 original drawings; and progress has been
made in the systematic arrangement of the whole collection for convenient reference.

The principal additions to the Herbarium during the year have been plants from
Greece by Pichler, from Palestine by Post, from Eastern Lapland by Fellman, from
Sitka by Comrie, from Eastern Tropical Africa by Hildebrandt, from Western Tropical
Africa by Kalbreyer, presented by the Messrs. Veitch; from Australia, presented by
Baron von Mueller; trom the Samoan Islands, by Whitmee; from Rarotonga, by Wyatt
Gill; from Brazil, by Warming, presented by W. P. Hiern, Esq., and illustrating his
memoirs on Warming’s plants; from Paraguay, by Balansa; from Uruguay and the
Argentine Republic, by Lorentz ; and from Trinidad, by Fendler.

Collections of Fungi from Saccardo, Rehm, Thuemen, Kunze, Rabenhorst, and
Ravenal, have been added to the Herbarium; and an interesting series of preparations
of Mycoidea parasitica, by Dr. Cunningham, in illustration of his Memoir in the Transac-
tions of the Linnean Society, has been presented by the Council of that Society.

Specimens of Algae from Rabenhorst, Wittrock and Nordstedt, and of Hepaticae,
from Rabenhorst, have been incorporated in the Herbarium.

The number of visits during the year 1878, paid to the Herbarium for scientific enauiry
or research, was 1,085.

The following foreign Botanists may be specified as having used the Herbarium in
prosecuting their various studies:—Dr. Baillon, of Paris, for his works on Systematic
Botany ; M. Casimir De Candolle, of Geneva, for his Monograph on Meliacee ; Prof.

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Reichenbach, of Hamburg, for his works on Orchidee; Mr. T. P. James, of Cambridge,
United States, for his works on Mosses; M. Barbey, of Geneva, for his Monograph on
Epilobium ; Dr. Wittmack, of Berlin, for his Monograph on Maregraviacee, and Baron
von Ettingshausen, for his work on the Tertiary Plants of Britain. Among British
Botanists the following may be specified:—Prof. Bentley, in connection with Bentley
and Trimen’s “ Medicinal Plants”; Mr. C. B. Clarke, for his work on the Flora of
India; Mr. J. G. Baker, for his various systematic memoirs; Dr. I. B. Balfour, for his
Monograph of the Pandanacee ; the Rev. J. M. Crombie, Mr. Larbalestier, and Mr.
Joshua, in connection with their investigations into British Lichens; Mr. Holmes, Curator
of the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society, for his investigations in connection with
officinal plants; Mr. Christy, in the prosecution of his inquiries into the plants of
commerce; Dr. Braithwaite, for his works on British Mosses; Mr. Broome and Mr.
Howse, for the investigation of British Fungi; the Messrs. Groves for their work on
Characee ; Mr. J. S. Gardner, for his investigations into the plants of the Tertiary Clays
of Bournemouth; and Messrs. Packe, De Crespigny, Grindon, Churchill, Stratton,
Bennett, Mansel-Pleydell, Glasspoole, Boulger, Gray, Jackson, and Newbould, for the
critical study of European and British Plants.

Wm. Carruthers.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

Mr. STEPHENS, having completed the third volume of the Catalogue of Satirical
Prints and Drawings, has proceeded with and nearly completed the preparation of the
fourth, the text of which begins with the year 1761, and continues to illustrate the famous
men and women of the middle of the last century, from almost immediately after the
accession of George the Third to the Throne. The leading personages displayed by the
satires now in question, and the more important events illustrated by this volume, are as
follows: —The alleged intimacy of the King’s mother and the Earl of Bute, the source
of innumerable bitter satires, which occurred in essays, prints, and woodcuts; “‘ Gisbal, an
Hyperborean Tale,” the most scandalous of all these brochures, was invaluable in
elucidating the engravings, as “ Gisbal” stood for the Earl, and “‘ Bathsheba” represented
the Princess. “The Scot’s Scourge,” “ British Antidote,” “ Political and Satyrical
History,” the last continued from volume the third, are other curious publications of the
kind. Other subjects are furnished by Pitt, Alderman Beckford, his staunch supporter,
called “The Creole”; C. Churchill; Fox; Hogarth, as the “ Butyfier,” and his later
works, in which are included the satirical portraits of Wilkes and Churchill; Smollett, and
the “ Briton”; A. Murphy as “the Auditor”; “The North Briton”; ‘‘ Wilkes and
Liberty”; Sterne and his “ Sermons”; Scotch immigration; the Cock Lane Ghost;
the Sign Board Exhibition; the “ Society of Artists”; the “ Society of Arts”; Artists’
Quarrels; the foundation of the Royal Academy ; Paul Sandby ; the Marquis Townshend,
a series of whose admirable political satires illustrate the third volume of the catalogue ;
Dr. Johnson and his pension ; reforms effected by Earl Talbot in the Royal kitchen, and the
severe instances of Scotch “ Economy”; Mr. H. Howard; the Duke of Bedford and the
Peace of Paris; Lord Le Despenser (Sir F. Dashwood, the ‘“‘ Monk of Medmenham”),
his “ Excise” and “ Cyder Act”; Wesley; Whitefield, his Tabernacles and followers;
« Jemmy Twitcher,” his vices and vagaries; the Dukes of Cumberland and York against
Lord Bute and his “ protector”; Rousseau; Early Troubles in America; Wilkes as M.P.
and Alderman; the ‘‘ Inferior Clergy”; Oxford squabbles; Horne Tooke and the election
at Brentford; Burke; India; Mrs. Cornely’s masquerades; Lords Chatham, Holland,
Camden, Mansfield, and North; Carlton House “Coterie”; the Prince of Wales;
Chevalier D’Kon; “ Junius,” by means of an unprecedented series of illustrations;
“ Warmer George” and his Wife; Macaronies; “ Iphigenia,” Duchess of Kingston; the
Duchess of Grafton; Lady Craven; Vestris; Chevalier Taylor; “ Covent Garden” ;
Drury Lane.

An important section of the rich and varied collection of Early German and Flemish
Prints, by anonymous masters of the fifteenth and first quarter of the sixteenth centuries,
possessed by the Department, is in process of cataloguing by Dr. Willshire. This section
includes numerous examples of engraving in the ‘* Maniére criblée,” of early coloured
woodcuts, and of impressions from blocks and plates engraved in and printed by
peculiar and exceptional methods. In addition to the descriptions of these works, a full
account is intended to be given of one or two extremely rare and probably unique series
of early engravings, such as, for example, the impressions from the engraved ornamental
copper-plates of the “Corona Luminaria” of the Cathedral at Aix-la-Chapelle, the
“ Passion” of the Master of 1457, a processional cross of the year 1129, etc. It is
expected that the printing of the catalogue may be completed by the end of the spring.

The archives of the Department, which hitherto, in consequence of the staff being too
much engaged in cataloguing and arranging the collection, have not been kept in so
systematic a manner as might be desired, have this year been put in thorough order.

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All letters and Trustees’ minutes received during the last 45 years have been arranged,
bound in volumes, and indexed, copies and abridgements have been made from the
originals in the Principal Librarian’s Office of all departmental reports sent to the
Trustees.

The collection of English etchings by artists and amateurs has been re-arranged, all
recent acquisitions being incorporated, and an index of the names, 1,129 in number,
has been prepared in two divisions, chronological and alphabetical.

The collection of German drawings has been re-arranged, all recent purchases being
incorporated, and the number of cases thereby increased from four to eleven.

The works of Enea Vico have been mounted and arranged in three solander cases, the
names and references to the register being printed in bistre on the mounts.

The etchings by Jonas Umbach have been mounted and arranged, the references to
Nagler being printed in bistre on the mounts.

A large number of English etchings have been mounted and temporarily arranged in
alphabetical order.

A catalogue has been prepared of illustrated books on ornament.

A descriptive list has been prepared of the articles belonging to the Sloane Collection
recently brought from the old stores of the Museum, and deposited in the Department; a
transcript has also been made of that part of the old Sloane inventory, in which these
and other similar articles are mentioned.

All English and foreign mezzotints recently acquired, as well as English portraits and
prints after English masters, have been incorporated with their respective collections.

A large number of foreign portraits and historical prints, and prints after foreign
masters, have been treated in the same manner.

Eight hundred and eighty-six titles have been prepared for the new catalogue of the
library of books of reference in the Department.

Ninety-nine titles have been prepared for the catalogue of books of prints.

Five thousand eight hundred and ten articles have been entered in the register of
recent acquisitions.

Twelve thousand seven hundred and two articles have been impressed with the
departmental stamp and references to the register.

Prints and drawings have been mounted on sunk boards to the number of one
thousand four hundred and three, and two hundred and ninety-two have been mounted
in the ordinary manner; and in all cases the names and references have been printed in
bistre on the mounts.

Sixty-six thousand five hundred and sixty-nine titles have been transcribed in manifold
for the new general classified index of the contents of the Department.

The following acquisitions, 8,980 in number, have been made during the past year :—-

By Bequest and Presentation; 1,202 Examples :—

The most important acquisition is the magnificent collection of water colour drawings
bequeathed by the late John Henderson, Esq.; it consists of one hundred and sixty-four
works by John Robert Cozens, Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto, Thomas Girtin, J.
M. W. Turner, r.a., David Cox and William John Miiller, all of which are extremely
fine examples of the masters, having been selected with the utmost care, and with that
taste and judgement for which Mr. Henderson was distinguished.

Nine packs of playing cards from the Douce Collection, the most interesting of which
is a series of forty-three circular pieces by an anonymous German engraver of the
fifteenth century, described in Bartsch’s “‘ Peintre-Graveur,” vol. x, p. 70-75 ; this com-
prises twenty-five of the original set. five of the set of copies A by Telman de Wesel,
eleven of the set B, and two undescribed. In a description of the Doucean Museum in
the “ Gentleman’s Magazine” for February 1835, these cards are ascribed to Martin
Schoen and Israel van Meckeln, but this is an error; they are of such excessive rarity
that neither Bartsch nor Passavant had seen a sufficient number of them to be able to
say for what game they were intended ; presented by Colonel Meyrick.

A medallion head in bas-relief of William Hookham Carpenter, Esq., late keeper of
the Department of Prints and Drawings, executed in marble by John Henry Foley, R..;
presented by William Carpenter, Esq.

“The Return of the Life Boat,” after E. Duncan, by A. Willmore; the plate issued
by the Art Union of London for 1878 ; proof before letters; presented by the Council
of the Art Union.

A highly interesting collection of drawings, two hundred and thirty-three in number,
carefully executed in Indian ink by George Keate the poet, Mr. Henderson’s maternal
grandfather, consisting of views in France, Italy, Savoy, and Switzerland; bound in a
volume; presented by the late John Henderson, Esq.

A complete collection of the works of Mr. William Beli Scott, the well-known artist
and author, consisting principally of etchings executed by himself, and woodcuts and
engravings from his designs, amounting in all to five hundred and thirty-nine examples,
bound in three folio volumes; presented by William B. Scott, Esq.

Twenty-two plates etched by David C. Read, of Salisbury; presented by John
Murray, Esq.

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A working copy of the catalogue of the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at
Windsor ; presented by Her Majesty the Queen.

“The Bagford Ballads; edited, with introduction and notes, by Joseph Woodfall
Ebsworth, M.a., with copies of the original Woodcuts,” in four parts, printed for the
Ballad Society, Hertford, 1876-8, 8vo.; presented by the Rey. J. W. Ebsworth, m.a.

Four different donations from Professor Alphonse Legros, consisting of eight etchings
and lithographs executed by himself, and forty-four by his pupils in the Slade School at
University College.

By Purchase :—

ltalian School ; 240 Examples :—

Drawings.—A volume of sketches of street scenes, trades, masquerades, etc., executed
with the pen by Luca Carlevariis, a Venetian artist of the seventeenth century.

Christ on the Cross, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, in water colours.

Others by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini and Perino del Vaga.

Etchings —By Bernardo Bellotti, Giovanni Battista Bracelli, Remigio Canta-Gallina,
Carlo Ernesto Liverati, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Engravings.—Adoration of the Magi and Murder of the Innocents, a curious early

woodcut, of large dimensions, in three sheets.

A similar woodcut representing the punishments of hell, in two sheets.

A pair of large and very rare anonymous woodcuts of the sixteenth century, repre-
senting the epochs in the life of man and of woman.

Designs for capitals of columns; a rare example by the Masters of 1515.

Others by T. Aloysio, Pietro Bonato, Giulio Campagunola, Giovanni Battista Fontana,
Giovito Garavaglia, Giuseppe Longhi, Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, Domenico Marchetti,
Marco Pitteri, F. Silvani, and Giovanni Volpato.

German School ; 353 Examples :—

Drawings—By Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, Rudolph Topffer, and Johann
Heinrich Roos.

Ltchings—By Albrecht Adam, Jost Amman, C. Beyer, Karl Bodmer, Solomon
Gessner, Jakob Philipp Hackert, Ludwig Hess, Johann Adam Klein, Carl Reiffenstein,
Heiurich Cari Riedel, Heinrich Tischbein, Jonas Umbach, Franz Edmund Weirotter,
and Carl Wilhelm Weisbrod.

Engravings.—A. typographic edition of the ‘‘ Ars Moriendi,” illustrated with 12 euts
by the Master ID; this has not hitherto been known in a complete form, only two of the
cuts being described in Nagler’s “* Monogrammisten.”

A panel of ornament, with an owl seizing a bird; a very scarce work by Martin Schon-
gauer (B. 108).

The Last Supper, by Wenzel d’Olmutz (B. 16).

The Descent from the Cross; a large early woodcut by the Master MG; in eight
sheets.

A choice proof of the engraving, by Friedrich Weber from Titian’s picture ‘* Divine
and Profane Love.”

Others by Heinrich Aldegrever, Adam Bartsch, Daniel Berger, Jakob Binck, Daniel
Nicolaus Chodowiecki, Ludwig Frig, Jakob Granthomme, Wenzel Hollar, C. Huber, Hans
Ladenspelder, Johann Ernst Mansfeldt, Martin Plegink, Carl Gottlieb Rasp, J. Schaw-
berg, Virgilius Solis, C. E. Taurel, Krnst Carl Thelott, and Anton von Worms.

Dutch and Flemish Schools ; 298 Examples :—

Drawings.—Three by Jan Antony Langendyk, drawn with the pen and washed with
Indian ink; these are of historical interest as representing incidents in the English expe-
dition to the Helder, under Sir Ralph Abercrombie and the Duke of York, in September
Ago

Others, by Abraham Bloemaert, Jakob Buys, Cornelis Dalen, Cornelis de Grient,
Gabriel de Heusch, Ary Lamme, Jan Punt, Andries Schelfhout, Andries Vermeulen,
and Wouter Verschuur.

Etchings.—Head of a wolf; a rare example, by Franz Snyders.

Others by Heinrick J. Antonissen, Pieter Breughel, Philipp Fruytiers, Romeyn de
Hooghe, Jan Antony Langendyk, Paul van Liender, Heinrich Meyer, Pieter Gerardus
van Os, Juriaen Ovens, Cornelis Schut, Herman Swanevelt, and William Unger.

pe aS ae set of plates of masquerades, and other rare works, by Jakob de
1eyn.

Others by Willem Akersloot, Pieter Baillu, Abraham Blooteling, Schelte 4 Bolswert,
Theodore de Bry, Jakob Gole, Hendrik Goltzius, Pieter van Gunst, Willem Hondius,
Jean Louys, Paul Pontius, Crispin A Queboren, Egidius Sadeler Jan Saenredam Pieter
van Schuppen, Lambert Suavius, Jonas Suyderhoef, Wallerant Vaillant, Nicolaus Ver-
kolje Lukas, Vorsterman and Jax. Wicrix.

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French School; 2,442 Examples :—
Drawings—By Alexandre Colin, Ignaz Isidor Grandville, Jean Griffier, Charles
Jacque, and Pierre Alexandre Wille.

Etchings and Lithographs.—Some fine proofs of etchings recently executed by M. Paul
Rajon, including “ L’Etudiant Pauvre,” after Steinheil fils, in four states ; portrait of
Charles Darwin, F.R.S., after W. W. Ouless, a.r.a.; a Flower Seller, after L. Alma-
Tadema, A.R.A., etc.

Others by Eugene Abot, Adelaide Allou, Jean Jacques Boissieu, Francois Bonvin,
Felix Bracquemond, Alfred Brunet-Debaines, Théophile Chauvel, Francois Nicolas
Chifflart, F. Jules Collignon, Charles Louis Courtry, Jean Louis Demarne, Baron
Dominique Vivant Denon, Adrien Didier, Léopold Flameng, Léon Gaucherel, Gustave
Greux, Edmond Hédouin, Jules Jacquemart, Auguste Frédéric Laguillermie, Maxime
Lalanne, Adolphe Laiauze, André Lancon, Eustache Hyacinthe Langlois, Sébastien Le
Clere, Henri Lefort, Alphonse Legros, Edmond Paul Le Rat, V. Lhuillier, Abel Lurat,
A. P. Martial, F. Milius, A. Mongin, A. Queyroy, Léon Richeton, Abbé de Saint Non,
H. Toussaint, Carle Vernet, Jules Jacques Veyrassat, Huet Villiers, and Charles
Waltner.

Engravings.—A curious volume containing a complete collection of the works of Jean
Baptiste Michel Papillon, the well-known engraver on wood, and author of the “ Traité
Historique et Pratique de la Gravure en Bois.”

Portraits of Pierre Seguier ; Latour d’Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon; and Beaumanoir
de Layardin, Bishop of Mans; by Robert Nanteuil; all in the first state.

Two scarce plates by Abraham Bosse.

Others by Jacques Aliamet, Jean Louis Anselin, Jean Jacques Balechou, Francois
Basan, Pierre Charles Canot, Francois Chauveau, Jacques Couché, Pierre Drevet, Claude
Duflos, Nicolas Gabriel Dupuis, Gérard Edelinck, H. Eichens, Charles Joseph Flipart,
R. Gaillard, E. Girardet, Jean Godefroy, Louis Henriquel-Dupont, F. Joubert, Pierre
Landry, Jean Philippe Le Bas, Jean Le Pautre, Jean Jacques Le Veau, Etienne
Frédéric Lignon, Pierre Lombart, Joseph de Longueil, Pierre Martenasi, Antoine
Masson, Simon Charles Miger, Jean Ouvrier, Péquégnot, Bernard Picart, Nicolas Ponce,
Benoit Louis Prevost, Simon Francois Ravenet, Gilles Rousselet, Augustin de Saint
Aubin, Charles Simmoneau, and Jean Baptiste Simonet.

English School; 3,742 Examples :—

Drawings.—Two viewsof Windsor, by Paul Sandby ; Lorenzo and Jessica, by Samuel
Shelley ; a landscape by William Scott; Falstaff at Herne’s Oak, by the Rey. William
Peters, R.A.; a sea-piece by R. H. Nibbs; a view of Rivaulx Abbey, by William
Westall, A.R.A.; and a pastoral scene, by P. Le Cave; all very fine examples in water-
colours.

A volume of drawings of flowers executed in water-colours, by Alexander Marshal,
an artist of the seventeenth century, mentioned by Walpole; these are of interest as
illustrating the early history of art in England.

Queen [Elizabeth receiving the Dutch Ambassador at Richmond; a curious con-
temporary drawing in water-colours.

Others by John Bacon, R.A., Francis Bartolozzi, R.a., Henry Perronet Briggs, R.a.,
Alfred Edward Chalon, r.a., John Coney, Isaac Cruikshank, Edward Edwards, John
Flaxman, R.A., George Perfect Harding, William Heath, Charles Lucy, Mary Moser,
R.A., William Mulready, r.a., F. H. Muntz, Patrick Nasmyth, John Partridge, Richard
Sasse, Henry Singleton, Robert Smirke, R.a., and J. W. Upham.

Etchings and Lithographs.—A large and interesting collection of works on stone by
eminent artists, showing the rise and progress of the art of lithography in this country.

A number of rare early etchings by the late George Cruikshank.

Others by Henry Alken, Duke of Bedford, Duchess of Bedford, William Behnes,
George Bickham, Robert Blake, Richard Parkes Bonington, Thomas Shotter Boys,
James Bretherton, Hablot Knight Browne, William Carpenter, George Cattermole,
R. H. Cave, R. S. Chattock, Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.a., John Sell Cotman, Abraham
Cooper, R.A., Charles West Cope, r.a., William Cowen, L. J. Cranston, Thomas Cres-
wick, R.A., Isaac Cruikshank, George Cuitt, Denis Dighton, Edwin Edwards, Louis Fagan,
Andrew Geddes, Ernest George, Francis Seymour Haden, Philip Gilbert Hamerton,
James Duffield Harding, J. P. Heseltine, D. Hodgson, James Clarke Hook, R.a.,
Charles Hullmandel, F. W. Hulme, William Kay, Miss EX. Cornelia Knight, Sir
Edwin Landseer, r.A.. John Laporte, Frederick Christian Lewis, R. W. Macbeth,
Paul Sandby Munn, H. Ninham, Samuel Palmer, W. Pearson, Samuel Prout, M. W.
Ridley, Sir William Ross, r.a., Thomas Rowlandson, Frederick Sandys, J. Spurrell,
Francis Stevens, Frederick Tayler, R. Kent Thomas, Mrs. Dawson Turner, Frederick
Walker, a.r.A., Thomas Webster, r.A., William Westall, a.r.a.. W. Wise, and Miss
Jane Worship.

Engravings.— An importaut addition to the collection of prints after Sir Edwin
Landseer, R.A., rendering it nearly complete so far as the smaller and rarer examples are
concerned.

170. G 3 A large

48 Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A large number of rare prints by and after R. P. Bonington, from the collection of
Baron Triqueti.

Some scarce plates from pictures by J. M. W. Turner, R.A.

A curious collection of humourous prints after John Collett.

Two packs of playing cards of the seventeenth century, one illustrated with incidents
in the Popish Plot, the other with amusing and instructive designs and verses.

A unique impression from a mezzotint plate after Reynolds’s “ Sleeping Girl.”

An artist’s proof of the group of the three Ladies Waldegrave, after Sir Joshua
Reynolds, by G. Shury.

Artist’s proofs of the portraits of Countess Spencer and Lady Ann Bingham, engraved
by Samuel Cousins, R.A., from the paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the Spencer
Collection.

Portrait of William the Fourth, when a boy ; after T. Gainsborough, r.a., by Gains-
borough Dupont; proof before letters.

Others by James C. Allen, Francis Bartolozzi, r.a., James Basire, Robert Brandard,
Letitia Byrne, William Byrne, James Caldwall, Butler Clowes, William Bernard Cooke,
Richard Cooper, Richard Dagley, William Dickinson, Richard Earlom, James Egan,
Francis Eginton, William Elhott, Edward Finden, William Finden, James Fittler,
William Overend Geller, James Godby, John Goldar, Edward Goodall, William
Greatbach, Valentine Green, Charles Heath, James Heath, Francis Holl, John Jones,
George Kellaway, T. King, Edward Kirkall, John Landseer, Thomas Landseer, a.z.,
Richard James Lane, A.E., Charles George Lewis, Peter Lightfoot, David Lucas, James
M‘Ardell, James Mason, William Miller, James Mitan, George Noble, John Ogborne,
John Outrim, R. B. Parkes, Remi Parr, Robert Pollard, Edward Portbury, John Pye,
James Redaway, John Henry Robinson, r.A., Charles Rolls, Michael Angelo Rooker,
Henry Thomas ‘Ryall, William Wynne Ryland, William Say, John Scott, Edward
Scriven, John Raphael Smith, Lumb Stocks, r.a., James Barak Swaine, Charles
Turner, a.F., Francis Vivares, Anthony Walker, James Walker, William Walker,
Robert Wallis, William Ward, James Watson, Samuel Williams, James Tibbits
Willmore, a.£., and George Zobel.

Spanish School ; 34 Examples :—
Etchings.—By Francisco Goya.

Photographs.—Six hundred and sixty-nine carbon prints by Braun of Dornach, from
drawings by the old masters in the Dresden Galleries.

George William Reid.

British Museum, | Edw. A. Bond,
2 May 1879. $ Principal Librarian,

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incowz and Expenpitur®
of the Britisu Museum (Speciat Trust Funps),
for the Financial Year ended 31st March 1879;
Number of Persons admitted, Progress of Ar-
rangement; &c.

(ir. Walpole.)

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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
6 May 1879.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 25 May 1880 ;—/for,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Expenpirure of the British MuszuM
(Srecrat Trust Funps, including the Wnire Bequest), for the Year
ended the 3lst day of March 1880 :”

“ And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each
Year from 1874 to 1879, both Years inclusive; together with a STaTEMENT
of the Progress made in the ARRANGEMENT and Description of the CoL-
LECTIONS, and an Account of Oxsgecrs added to them in the Year 1879.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 1880.

II.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
‘Iif—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.

V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.

VI.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britis Musrum in
each Year from 1874 to 1879, both Years inclusive.

VII.—STATEMENT of the GeneraL ApMINISTRATION.

VIII.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and DescrirTION of the Cot-
LECTIONS, and an Account of OxBjecTs added to them, in the Year 1879.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
2 June 1880.

207—Sess, 2. A

to

ACCOUNTS, Seu, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrerpt anp Exprenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

c Stock,
a 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Len) 8.) *de omens. Hee
To Batancz onthe Ist April 1879- - - - - 2 - + =| 843 4 4) 138,117 17 2
- Divipeyns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
On the 7th July 1879 - - - £.196 15 4
9 6th January 1880 - - 196 15 4
: 393 10 8
— One Year’s Rent or a Reat Esrare, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater,
received, 8th April 1879 - Fi le ca Reema an 8219 —
£. | 769 14 —- Ts We al7 2

Sa

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recriet anp Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consola.
Re TEs aide, So jams
To Batance on the Ist April 1879 - - ah heh Oe - - - 98 10 5 2,872 6 10
- Drvipenps received on 2,8721. 6's. 10d. Stock in 8 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 7th July 1879 - £.43 1 9
;
» 6th January 1880 438 1 8
: SSeS SS 86 3 5

£. 184 33 10 2,872 6 10

Sr ar

ee es

III—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Exprenpiture of the SWINEY

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Bu! Ss. ce £o > Bd.
To Batance on the ist April 1879 - - = - = = = . | alsa ilefy teat 5,369 2 9
- Drvivenps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on Geology, viz.:
On the 7th July 1879 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1880 8010 9
16 16

£./ 348 19 5 5,369) 2

accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND), between the Ist April 1879 and the 31st March 1880.

Casu OES
: 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
Len ise BERENS OC
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear
Estate, Viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1880 - = - - - Ne Se a!
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1880 - - - - -| 412: — —-
- Payment of one year’s SAtary to the Egerton Librarian - - - | 210 - -
623 3 4
— BALANCE ON THE 81st Marcu 1880, carried to Account for 1880/81 =| 146 10 .8 ISM We
Bien FEO» Whe ee BEDI 2
FUND, between the 1st April 1879 and the 31st March 188.
CasH. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
essed. Sone Se de
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :—
In the financial year ended 31st March 1880 - > - - -| 16310 —
— BaLaNceE on THE 31st Marcu 1880, carried to Account for 1880/81 - ail Oly. LO 9,872 6 10
£.| 184 13° 10 2,872 6 10
FUND, between the Ist April 1879 and the 31st March 1880.
Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols..
WERE
ELD Ke!
By Satary paid to Dr. H. Alleyne Nicholson for Lectures on Geology in 1879 | 150 - -
- Batvance on THE 31st Marcu 1880, carried to Account for 1880/81 - -| 1983 19 5 5,369 2 9
; £e 343 19 56 5,369 2 9

207 —Sess. 2. A 2

4 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerrt and Exrenpiture of the BIRCH

Casu.

es) 85.10.

To Barance on the Ist April 1879 - - i A 2 2 = a mba = z!
- Divipenpds received on 568/, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of

the British Museum, viz. :

On the 7th July 1879 - - £.8 9 1

» 6th January 1880 - S O02 1618 8

ae 1618 3

Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

£0) esas
563 15 7
563 15 ~7%

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerrt and Exrennirure of the Bequest of the late

To Amount of Stock which reverted to the Trustees of the British Museum on
the death, on the 30th March 1879, of Mrs. Caroline Avis White, widow of
the late Mr. William White, viz. :

Tn the Court of Chancery, cause “ British Museum v. White ” :

Stock in Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities - £25,207 15 10
53 New 38 per Cents. - = : - 5.4000 .— i=
», Consolidated 3 per Cents. . - 83,258 2 10
», East India 4 per Cents. - - 9,575 15 2

53,441 13 10

In the hands of the Trustees of Mr. White’s Marriage
Settlement:
Stock in New 3 per Cents. - : -

10,500 - —

eee

i

DivipenDs accruing in Court of Chancery to 5th April 1879,
six days (less Income Tax), on Stock in Reduced 3 per Cents.,
New 38 per Cents., and India 4 per Cents. - = = E £510 S Yo

Divivenps on ditto (less Income Tax), Half-year to 5th October
1879 = - = = = = = = = = 343 6 6

Divipenps on 33,2581. 2s. 10d. Consols, from 30th March
to 5th July 1879 (less Income Tax) - - - - =) 25790" 10

- Divipenps on 10,5002. New 3 per Cents. from 30th March 1879 to 5th
October 1879 (less Income Tax) - - - - = : = =

— Income Tax returned by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue on the
foregoing dividends - - = - - - - - - -

j

Casu resulting from the sale of Stock to pay legacy duty and legal charges

Casi.

612

16

(see contra) ~ - - = - - = = = = = 5,816

- Divivenos on 28,3951, 18s. 4d., 3 per Cent. Consols, received 6th
January 1880 - - - - - - 3 = = = &

— Bavance carried forward to 1880/81 - = = = 5 = a ¥

£.

7,115

1s -9

8 10

15 11

Stock.

63,941 13 10

63,941 13 10

nnn,

British Museum,
29 May 1880.

Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, between the 1st April 1879 and the 31st March 1880.

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Bei Sind. £. 8. vas
By Lecacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of

Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History - - - LCT Cte
- Baance on THE 31st Marcu 1889, carried to Account for 1880/81 - - - 563 15 7
£. 1618 8 56315 7

eS OT

Mr. WILLIAM WHITE, between the Ist April 1879 and the 41st March 1880. (Sce page 7.)

Casu. Stock.

flpesaud. Lae, Sar Ge
By Stock sold by order of the Court of Chancery to pay legacy duty and certain
legal charges on the bequest, viz., 4,862 J. 4s. 6d. Stock Consols,

producing in Cash 4,752 1. 16s. 6d. - - - - - -|- - - 4,862 4 6
- Stock sold by Trustees under Mr. White’s Marriage Settlement - ditto
: - ditto - ditto - viz, 1,114/. 13s.7d. Stock, New 3 per

Cents., producing in Cash 1,6631.13s. - - - - Se = - - 1,114 18 7

— Amount of Legacy Duty paid, viz:

On funds in Court of Chancery = - - =, 6. 0,540 0,10) 2
cf in the hands of Trustees under Mr,
White’s Marriage Settlement - 1,026 11 —-
6,869 12 2
- Legal Charges - ain ht = - he. fee ae ene = ts o - fo7' 179
- Payments on account for the erection of sheds in the inner quadrangle of the
Museum for the reception of sculptures recently housed under
the Museum portico - - - - © - - - 618 12 -
(Leaving 2147, 11s. 8 d. to be paid.)
- Batance of Stock on 31st March 1880, carried forward to 1880/81, and
still available for the purposes of the bequest, viz. :
| Stock in Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities = et 0,207 15 10
» New 38 per Cents. - - - 14,785 6 5
» Consolidated 3 per Cents. — - - 28,395 18 4
| » East India 4 perCents.-" - - 9,575 15 2
eee ea hp AGT teOL Ts 9

£. [7,115 15 11] 638,941 13 10

SS SS SE

Edw. A. Bond, Principal Librarian.

207—Ness. 2. A 3

6 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VI.—NUMBER of Persons Apmiitep to Visit the Bririsu MusEum.

Persons admitted to view the Genera Corxecrions in each Year from 1874 to 1879, both Years inclusive.

187 4. 1875. 1876. Si 7 tis 1878. 1879.
N° N° N° N° NG N°

, January - - - - - = 28,176 29,358 28,086 51,475 35,881 35,000
FEBRUARY : - = = = = 24,058 24,758 28,329 22,219 20,575 23,417
Marcu - - - r = = = 33,270 52,731 38,368 39,373 82,166 46,702
APRIL - - - - > ~ : 56,245 52,887 65,905 79,496 58,178 72,985
May - - - - - = = 45,674 63,384 39,789 57,640 29,419 39,036
JUNE - - - - - = 2 41,368 50,757 68,604 41,604 50,109 78,972
JULY - - - = - - = 49,043 58,594 42,774 47,020 41,846 59,438
AUGUST - - - - - = = 52,353 50,166 46,430 55,656 51,072 65,484
SEPTEMBER - - = - 2 > 31,759 28,844 37,908 37,831 38,293 49,318
Ocroper - aye - = - 35,036 32,798 44,520 29,795 27,567 39,529
NoveMBER- - - - - = 5 | 27,227 24,489 85,157 30,463 27,904 42,363
DeEcEMBER - - > 1 36,850 54,556 87,665 46,709 35,506 54,150

'

—

Total Number of Persons admitted )
to view the General Collections;| 461,059 523,317 563,535 539,281 448,516 |*606,394
(exclusive of Readers) - if

Number of Visits—

ing’ e if ta2 ~ e = 2
ee ea es ree es of] 104,727 105,310 109,442 113,594 114,516 125,594
To the Department of Maps, for the purpose || _ J 186 259 ane ae ase

of special research - - - - S 7 : 2
To the Department of Manuscripts, for the|

purpose of studying the collections and 1,632 1,785 1,662 2,041 1,741 2,191
of examining Select Manuscripts - |
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- | 7,185 7,219 7,722 9,989 11,917 tts
pose of study - - - - -f
ee ae ray: Bloom for) the Bee 1,674 1,713 1,375 1,444 1,539 1,620
7 XC. = = oe ee
To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room - 16,560 14,785 14,632 21,054 23,143 18,931
To the Dees of Naturai History, for) 6,022 5,870 6,298 73480 anes ade
the purpose of study = - hid ia
price pees a me fa aii a si | 9,984 3,713 4,154 4,382 3,572 4,220
Toran - + -| 601,848 663,898 709,009 699,511 611,612 782,823

* Including the total number of persons (3,268) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight
o’clock, from the 10th of May to the 14th of July 1879, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 19th of July to the 30th of August.

In addition to the above, 484 persons were admitted during the year 1879 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-
graphy, &c., which, until the new room is realy at the British Museum, is exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,
Westminster. t

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum are Open to the Public Free, as under :—
Monpay and Saturpay—The whole of the Galleries.
Tuespay and THurspay—The whole of the Gulleries, except the Natural History Collections.
Wepnespay and Frrpay—The whole of the Galleries, except the Antiquities on the Upper Floor, and the
rest of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities.

The hours of Admission are from—-
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.
10+, 6&. 4, March, April; September, October.
LOM 5 6 , May, June, July, August.
10 and 12 till 7 p.m. on Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.
10 8 »» Monday and Saturday only, from May 8th to the middle of July.
On Saturday throughout the year from 12 o'clock.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu-
lations, every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, October,
November, and December, when the Electric Light is available, from Nine till Seven; in the month of —
September, from Nine till Five; and in the months of April, May, June, July, and August, from Nine till Six.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock from
Monday to Friday, and from Eleven o’clock on Saturday, to the hour of closing ; in the Galleries of Zoology, —
Geology, and Mineralogy, from Nine o’clock to the hour-of closing, every day except Saturday ; in the Depart- —
ment of Botany from Ten till Four o’clock, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from Ten till
Four o’clock, January to March, and August to December; Ten till Five, April to July.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of February, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the 1st to the 7th of
October, inclusive, on Sunday, Ash-Wednesday, Good-Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special
Fast or Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. -

British Museum, ) Edward A. Bond.
29 May 1880. f Principal Librarian.

The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collections in Victoria-street on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o’clock, by tickets issued at
the British Museum.

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

VII.—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

Durine the past year progress has been made in arrangements for removal of the
Natural History Collections, and in preparations for their reception in the new building
designed for them at South Kensington. New cases and fittings have been provided and
erected for the departments of Botany and Mineralogy, and in part for that of Geology ;
and the transference of these three collections to the new Museum will probably be
effected in the course of the present year. ‘The galleries vacated by them will be at once
made use of for the exhibition of objects of archeoiogical interest, which have been
accumulating for many years, and from want of space have been stored away in im-
perfectly lighted rooms in the basement.

In consequence of coming into possession of a considerable sum of money,* accruing
under the will of the late Mr. William White, barrister-at-law, of Bedford-square, who
died in the year 1823, the Trustees have had it in their power to consider plans for adding to
the Museum building. These will include a substantial addition to the south-eastern side
of the Museum, and an extension of the gallery for exhibition of Greek sculpture. The
latter work will at once be proceeded with. Two buildings for the reception of the
sculpture hitherto placed in sheds under the Museum portico have been already erected.
A portion of the sheds thus vacated has been taken down, and the remainder will be re-
moved after having served the purpose of housing temporarily other sculptures recently
received.

The whole of the Zoological and Geological portions of the India Museum at South
Kensington, together with the friezes from the Amravati Tope and other remains of
ancient sculpture, have been made over by the Secretary of State and Council of India
to the Trustees of the British Museum. The sculpture will be exhibited in the Museum;
the Zoological and other collections have been removed to the new Natural History
Museum at South Kensington.

Special attention has been given to the service of the Reading Room. A check has
been given to the excessive growth of the General Catalogue by the substitution of print-
ing for the hand-copying of catalogue-titles. These will be printed in distinct sections,
viz.:—I. English and American books recently published. II. Books newly published
in foreign countries. JII. Older English and American books newly purchased.
IV. Older foreign books of the same class. V. Titles taken from the old catalogue and
revised for the new general catalogue. VI. Cross references. WII. Titles of Oriental
works. The sections will be printed in parts, some at short, some at longer intervals;
and in each part the titles will be in alphabetical arrangement. Sections I. and II. will
be issued from month to month, in order to give early reference to the newest English
and foreign literature. The advantage expected from the use of printing is not confined
to the reduction of bulk in the catalogue. The titles will be rendered available much
more expeditiously, will be rendered more correct, and will be more convenient for use.
When put into circulation by means of sale they will be available for bibliographical
purposes, and they will exhibit the recent acquisitions of both new and old books.

The increasing number of Readers has been provided for by the addition of sixty-two
seats in the Reading Room; and in order to supply the want of a classed catalogue of
‘the library, a selection of bibliographies for the different subjects of literature and of
classed catalogues of other collections has been carefully made, and the volumes have
been arranged in separate cases placed conspicuously at the extremity of every alternate
table. In this position these cases of bibliographical works correspond with those of books
of reference arranged in classes round the room ; and will serve as guides to authorities
in the various branches of literature and science.

By means of the Electric Light, worked by Messrs. Siemens and Company, the
Reading Room has been kept open until seven o’clock during the winter months, instead
of being closed three hours earlier as heretofore, and has been fully lighted on several
occasions of darkness caused by the weather.

The following are the publications of the year :—

Facstmites or ANncrentT Cuarters. Part IV. Edited by Edward A. Bond,
LL.D. (Autotype). Fol.

FACSIMILE OF THE CopEx ALEXANDRINUS. [Vol. IV.] New TustamMenT snp
CLemMENTINE Episties. Edited by E. Maunde Thompson, Keeper of the Department
of Manuscripts. (Autotype.) to.

AUTOTYPE FACSIMILE OF THE SHAKESPEARE DEED. Folio sheet.

CaTALOGUE OF THE PErs1an Manuscripts. Vol. I. By Charles Rieu, Ph.p.,
Keeper of the Department of Oriental Manuscripts. 4¢o.

207—Sess. 2. A4

*See pages 4 and 5.

8 AccouNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
vl i

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF Earty Prints. Vol. I. GERMAN And FLEMISH
Scnoots. By William Hughes Willshire, M.p. (With illustrations.) 8vo.

CaTALOGUE OF THE GREEK Coins. [Vol. V]. “Maceponta, &c. By Barclay V.
Head, Assistant-Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals. (With engravings and
amap.) 8vo.

CATALOGUE OF ORIENTAL Corns, Vol. [V.—THE ComnaGes or Eeypt: (A.H. 358-
922), under the Fatimee Khaleefehs, the Ayyoobees, and the Memlook Sultans. By
Stanley Lane Poole. (With autotype illustrations.) 8vo..

GUIDE TO THE SELECT GREEK COINS EXHIBITED IN ExLectroryrr. New
edition. By Barclay V. Head, Assistant-Keeper of the Department of Coins and
Medals. 12mo. and 8vo., the latter with autotype illustrations.

CATALOGUE OF THE Birps. Vol.1V. Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, Pt. I. By
R. Bowdler Sharpe, Assistant, Department of Zoology. (Coloured plates.) 8vo.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF TYPICAL SPECIMENS OF CoLEOPTERA. Pr. I.—Lycipm. By
Charles Owen Waterhouse, Assistant, Department of Zoology. (Coloured illustrations.)
8vo.

Descriptions oF NEw Species oF HYMENOPTERA. By Frederick Smith, late
Assistant-Keeper of the Department of Zoology. 8vo.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF TypicaAL SPECIMENS OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA.
Part IJJ.—-By Arthur Gardiner Butler, Assistant-Keeper, Department of Zoology.
(Coloured plates.) 4to.

GuIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES OF THE British Museum. (Plans.) New
edition. 8vo.

GUIDE TO THE PRINTED BOOKS EXHIBITED TO THE PuBLic. By George Bullen,
Keeper of the Department of Printed Books. New edition. 12mo.

GuIDE To THE First AnD Second Eeyptian Rooms. By Samuel Birch, u1.pD.,
D.C.L., Keeper of the Department of Oriental Antiquities. New edition. 8vo.

GUIDE TO THE Grazco-Roman Scutprurrs. Part I. By C. T. Newton, c.,.,
LL.D., D.C.L., Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Second
edition. 8vo.

‘GUIDE To THE First Vase Room. By C. T. Newton, ¢.B., LL.p., D.c.L. Seventh
edition. 8vo.

EDW. A. BOND.
29 May 1880.

accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

ViII.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CATALOGUES OF COLLEC-
TIONS, AND STATEMENTS OF ADDITIONS, in the Year 1879.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
92,133, and of labels to 33,392: the work of renewing the labels which had become
obliterated on books much in use has been continued. The number of books thus
re-labelled. is 62,722. Progress has been made in attaching third press-marks to the
books in the New Library, so as to show the exact position of each work upon the
shelf: the number of books which have received this third mark during the last year
is 11,005, and the corresponding alterations have been made in the Reading Room
Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 61,264 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip ” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
37,513 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 23,751 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Transcription and Incorporation.—In the first or amalgamated portion of the Cata-
logue from A to Sh, and part of T, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts
to 51,249, and of index-slips prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of
the volumes, to 798. 64,725 transcripts of title-slips and 797 of index-slips have been
incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. This incorpora-
tion rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove
and re-insert in each copy 104,971 title-slips and 1,200 index-slips, and to add to each
copy 1,926 new leaves to receive new entries. The first copy of 79,957 transcripts,
forming portions of the letters A, C, D, E, F, also Si-Spah in the letter S, and Teniz-Toz
in the letter T (of which 18,301 were new insertions); the second copy of 68,471 tran-
scripts, forming portions of the same letters (of which 17,801 were new); and the third
copy of 54,514 transcripts of the same letters (of which 17,810 were new), have been
laid down to form additional volumes.

(c.) In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, Si to Sz, and part of
T to Z, the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 4,541. 6,056 transcripts
of title-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Cata-
logue. In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement during the incorporation,
12,284 titles were removed and reinserted in each copy, and 204 new leaves were added
to each copy to receive them. Some of the letters V and W having become over-
crowded, the title-slips, amounting to 5,038 were removed from them and laid down to
form new volumes, so as to afford space for future entries.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 351, and in that of Academies 247.

(d.) Musie Catalogue.—19,748 title-slips have been written, and 23,970 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. 15,749 transcripts of title-slips have been
incorporated into each of the two copies of this Catalogue; and in order to maintain
the alphabetical arrangement, 12,403 titles have been removed and re-inserted in each
copy.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—550 title-slips have been written, and 50 transcribed fourfold
for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues——-The number of title-slips written is 935, in addition to
which 698 short titles have been written for the various Hand-Catalogues of Arabic,
Persian, Hindustani, and Bengali Books.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—914 Chinese and 524 Japanese titles have been
written.

(h., Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-
marks, 61,700 have been mounted on cartridge paper, 59,208 have been arranged,. and
168,300 partially arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 90,520 incorporated.

(i.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
207—Sess. 2. B of

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of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 621 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in
the Hand-Catalogue.

(j.) Catalogue of English Books printed before 1640.—Progress has been made with
this Catalogue; about 17,000 titles are now prepared for printing.

‘III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts.to 18,046; including 1,046 volumes of newspapers; and, in consequence of the
frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of
bound volumes returned is 10,134. In addition to this, 992 pamphlets have been
separately bound, and 727 volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service. — The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room, is 406,086; to the Royal Library, 12,320;
to the Grenville Library, 808 ; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 370,122. Adding the estimated number of volumes
returned to the shelves of the Reading Room, about 344,637, the whole amounts to
1,133,973, or about 3,887 for each of 292 days during which the room was open to the

ublic. t
: The number of readers during the year has been 125,594, giving an average of 430 daily;
and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted, on an average,
9 volumes per diem.

V. Additions.—(a.) 31,019 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 2,308
were presented, 9,000 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 1,219
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 18,782 acquired by purchase,

(b.) 39,145 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 790 were presented, 21,189 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 405 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 17,761 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
328 published in London and its suburbs, 1,112 in other parts of England and Wales,
160 in Scotland, and 142 in Ireland. 51 volumes, and 23 numbers of Newspapers
belonging to different sets, have been purchased; and 1,172 numbers haye been presented.

(d.) 6,647 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
4,574. were received by English and 1,935 by International Copyright, and 138 by
purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 31,019 volumes and pamphlets, and:
39,145 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
33,329. Of these, 1,934 have been presented, 8,896 acquired by English, and 855 by
International Copyright, and 21,644 by purchase.

7,549 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items; the addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 77,723
articles received in the Department.

The number of stamps impressed on articles received is altogether 285,397. In addi-
tion to this, 2,144 extra stamps have been impressed on volumes of various collections
for further security.

The most important acquisitions of the year are those made at the sale of a part of the
library of M. Didot in May last.

Amongst these may be specially mentioned :—

A magnificent copy, on vellum, of the Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII., “ Liber
sextus decretalium,” printed at Mentz, by Fust and Schoeffer, in 1465.

“ Missale Romanum s’m consuetudiné fratrum ordinis sancti hieronymi.” A very fine
missal for the use of the Hieronymite Order, printed at Saragossa in 1510 by G. Coci, a
German settled in Spain. The Hieronymites were a powerful Spanish monastic order
established in 1374. The completion of their famous convent of St. Engracia at
Saragossa, was one of the first acts of Charles V. on his accession; and it was to one of
their monasteries at Yuste that he retired when he abdicated. This copy is printed on
vellum, in a fine Gothic character, and is remarkable for the beauty of its type and
woodcuts, and its sumptuous appearance.

A very rare edition of Josephus, printed at Lyons in 1566, with engravings by Pierre
Woeiriot de Bouzey. It is of great beauty and is the only copy known; the others
having perished in the religious wars of the period. .

“* La somme des vices et des vertus” of Lorens, a Dominican Friar, who was Confessor
to Philippe le Hardi: printed at Paris, by Antoine Vérard. This edition has been
hitherto unknown.

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* Liber constitutionum Ecclesiz.et Diocesis Lascurrensis nuper impressus Pali (Pau)
per Joannem de Vingles et Henricum Piper, 1552.”

An extremely rare book, printed on vellum, one of the first books, if not the first book,
printed at Pau.

A fine copy of a rare missal for the use of the Dominicans, printed at Paris for the
widow of T. Kerver, in 1529.

Several books of “ Hours” of great beauty and rarity, including one printed apparently
at Paris, for Ulric Gering, and enriched with numerous fine miniatures, which is supposed.
to have belonged to Anne de Beaujeu, Regent of France during the minority of Charles
VIII. ; and several “ Hours” for special uses, such as those of Cambray, of Mans,
and of Troyes.

A considerable number of books of rarity and interest, chiefly printed in Scotland, or
relating thereto, were purchased at the sale of Dr. Laing’s library in-December; amongst
them may be noted :—

Caldwell, J., “Countesse of Marres Arcadia,” Edinburgh, 1625. “ Canons and
Constitutions Ecclesiasticall for the Church of Scotland,” Aberdeen, 1636. ‘ Marciano,
or the Discovery, a Tragi-Comedy, acted with great applause before His Majesties
High Commissioner and others of the Nobility at the Abby of Holyrud-House on
St. John’s Night,” Edinburgh, 1663. Forbes, John, “ Cantus, Songs and Fancies to 3,
4, or 5 parts, both apt for voices and viols, with a brief introduction to Musick,” Aberdeen,
1666. This book was exhibited at the Caxton Exhibition in 1877. “ Ane breif gathering
of the Halie Signes, Sacrifices and Sacramentis instituted of God sen the creation of the
Warlde ; translated out of Frenche into Scottis be ane faithful Brother.” Imprintit at
Edinburgh be Robert Lekprevik, 1565. A volume containing three tracts: Hay, J.,
**Demandes faictes aux Ministres d’Escosse,” Lyon, 1583. Campion, “ Dix Raisons,”
Lyon, 1584. Hay, J., “Certain Demandes concerning the Christian Religion and
Discipline proponed to the Ministers of the new pretended Kirk of Scotland, be Johne
Hay, ane clerk of the Societie of Jesus,” Paris, 1580. The very rare first edition of
Herd’s “ Ancient and Modern Scots Songs, heroic Ballads,” etc., Kdinburgh, 1769. A
genuine Horn Book, in four different editions, printed on a single sheet, by EH. Raban, at
Aberdeen, about 1636. This Scotch Horn Book differs from other editions in not having
the ‘‘ Criss Cross” preceding the alphabet. Hay, J., “ Speach to the Kings Majestie at
his Entrie into Edinburgh,” with two wood-cut portraits of James I., Edinburgh, 1617.
«* A short Discourse of the good ends of the higher Providence in the late attempt against
His Maiesties Person,” viz., the Gowrie Conspiracy; printed at Kdinburgh by R.
Waldegrave, 1600. “ BaoiAtcov Awpoyv, or his Maiesties Instructions to his Dearest
Sonne Henry the Prince,” Edinburgh, R. Waldegrave, 1603; in the original binding,
ornamented with Fleurs-de-Lis. James VI., “ Ane fruitfull meditatioun contening ane
plane and facill Expositioun of the 20 chap. of the Revelatioun. Set doun be ye maist
Christiane King and synceir professour and cheif defender of the truth, James the 6
King of Scottis,” Edinburgh, Henry Charteris, 1588; bound up with which is “ Ane
meditatioun upon the xy. chapt. of the first buke of the Chronicles of the Kingis,” also by
King James, Edinburgh, H. Charteris, 1589. La Gryve, L. de, “La Theriaque
(en Vers).” The dedication copy to Louis XIII., a fine specimen of Clovis Eve’s binding,
with the Royal Arms, Fleurs-de-Lis, and the letter L surmounted by a crown. Malvill,
James, “ Spirituall Propine of a Pastour to his people,’ Edinburgh, R. Waldegrave,
1589 (for 1598). Dr. Laing states that no other perfect copy of this work is known.
Mary, Queen of Scots, “ A contemporary Broadside in German, yiving an account of her
Life and Execution, with coloured portrait of the Queen by P. Maes, 1587.” “ A shorte
declaration of the lives and,Doctrinde of the Protestants and Puritans,” Rouen, 1615; a
volume of excessive rarity, containing Libels on the Reformers; also, the translation of
an Epigram, attributed to Beza, on folio F., which is generally torn out. Symson, A.,
“ Christes Testament unfolded,” Edinburgh, E. Raban; said to be the only book
printed by Raban at Edinburgh. ‘This copy was shown in the Caxton Exhibition.
“The arraignment of lewd, idle, froward, and inconstant Women.” By Swetnam,
London, 1615. From the library of Dr. Farmer.

Among books of interest acquired from other sources the following may be noted :—
An imperfect copy of the edition of Tyndale’s New Testament, printed in 1535,
distinguished by the curious spelling of certain words, such as, saiynctes, seynctific,
stoene, oons, thoese; this peculiarity has given rise to the theory that these words are
provincialisms of Gloucestershire, intentionally so spelled by Tyndale himself, in con-
formity with his promise that “if God spared his life be would cause a boy that driveth
the plough to know more of the Scriptures than a Priest.” Of this edition, which was
probably printed at Antwerp, during the time of Tyndale’s imprisonment in the Castle
of Vilvorde, only three copies have hitherto been known, and of these none is perfect.
“New Zeitung vom Rein,” 1542; a satirical tract by Luther, directed against Albert,
Cardinal Archbishop of Magdeburg and Mentz; it is of the utmost rarity. A curious
tract, partly in verse, of John Taylor, the Water-Poet, entitled, “ Taylor his Travels :
from the Citty of London in England to the Citty of Prague in Bohemia. The manner
of his abode there three weekes, his observations there, and his returne from thence.”
London, 1620. In this tract he mentions the kindness he received from the Queen of
Bohemia (the Princess Elizabeth of England), and his having had in his arms her
youngest son Prince Robert (Prince Rupert), whom he celebrates in a set of verses. No

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other copy of this tract is known. Robert Southwell, “ Mzoniz, or certaine excellent
Poems and Spirituall Hymnes,” London, 1595; the first edition of this very rare work.
Rowlands, Samuel, “The Betraying of Christ. Judas in despaire. The seven words of
our Saviour on the Crosse. With other Poems on the Passion,” London, 1598. This copy
has a MS. note of presentation from the author to his “lovinge freinde Mr. Eleazer
Barnes.”

In addition to the books mentioned above, about 100 works printed in the 15th century
have been acquired during the year; thus adding still further to the strength of the
Museum Library in the Department of “ Incunabula.”
Geo. Bullen.

DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHARTS, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I. Cataloguing and Arrangement.—(a.) The number of titles (including both main-titles
and cross-references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year
- amounts to 7,180; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 6,438.

(6.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,288 maps and 5,749 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,107, and 1,514 hand-slips of purchases have
been made; 248 hand-slips of topographical views and ground-plans have also been written.
3 Indexes have been made for Atlases, and 6 Indexes for topographical views and ground-
plans, and 3 Indexes have been written for the Catalogue.

(c.) 320 Maps, in 9,977 sheets, and 331 Atlases, have been entered for the binder, and
114 volumes and 1,037 Maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and
the latter mounted, 571 on cards, 360 on union, and 106 on jaconet. 68 volumes have
received separate letterings. 168 volumes of the Ordnance Survey have been bound.
94 sheets of the Ordnance and 293 sheets of the Geological Survey have been mounted.

d.) An incorporation has been made into 3 copies of the Catalogue of 9,162 Titles, in all
27,486 Titles, necessitating the removal in each of the three copies of 4,311 Titles, and the
addition tu each of 27 new leaves. 4,500 slips of the third copy (Wo to Zz) have been
relaid in order to form new volumes. About 16,200 slips of the fourth copy of the Cata-
logue have been mounted. 33 volumes (U to Z) have been bound.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 942,
the number of Maps 1,122, making a total of 2,074.

(f.) The number of Stamps impressed on Maps was 11,804. .

II. Additions.—(a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyright
Act is 520, in 1,886 sheets, and 8 Atlases and 2 parts of Atlases have also been received
by copyright; 154 Atlases and 979 Maps, in 4,128 sheets, have been obtained by
purchase ; and 15 volumes and 652 Maps and Drawings, in 703 sheets, have been pre-
sented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading oor, there
have been in the course of the year 256 visitors to the Department on special geographical
inquiries.

Among the more interesting acquisitions of the year may be mentioned the: following :—

A large English Chart, on parchment, of the coasts of Brazil and Africa of the early
date of 1647, bearing the legend, “ made by Nicholas Comberford, dwelling neare to the
West end of the Schoole House, at the XX signe of the Plat i Radcliffe, anno 1647.”
Two illuminated and gilt MS. Maps, on parchment, by José da Costa Miranda; one of
the Coasts of Florida, New Spain and Africa, 1688 ; the other of the West Indies, 1698.
A most important Plan of Paris, by Verniquet, in 72 sheets, the result of 30 years’ labour,
and finished in 1791. It is full of interest as showing the City before the period of the
destruction of a great number of convents, churches, and other notable buildings. Also
a reproduction, in the present year, by the Italian Ministry of Public Instruction, of a
drawn plan of Rome of the middle of the 10th century, by Leonardo Bufalini, found in
the Convent of the Madonna degJi Angioli in Cuneo, when it became the property of the
Italian Government. Chromo-lithographed by Bruno Salomone, and published at Rome
in 12 sheets, 1879.

R. H. Major.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Romances.—Articles in forty-two different Manuscripts have been
described or revised, relative to British and English traditions of Havelok, Guy of
Warwick, and Robin Hood.

Sheets V to 2 D have been corrected and printed off. é
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2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts.—The third volume is passing through the
press. Sheets B to H have been printed off, and I to M have been revised.

3. Catalogue of Additions.—The slips of the General Index to the two volumes of the
Catalogue of Additions for 1854-1875 have been arranged and revised, and the por-
tion under letter A has been sent to press.

4. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals—The Additional Charters, 26,108-26,135,
acquired in the past year; Campbell Charters, XII. 6—XXX. 22; Wolley Charters,
I, 1— XI. 65, have been described.

The descriptions of Campbell Charters, XIV. 25*—XXX. 22; and of Wolley
Charters, I. 1—II. 4, have been revised.

+

The Index to Part IV. of the Facsimiles of Ancient Charters has been completed and
printed, and ithe volume has been issued,

Additional Charters and Rolls, 26,073-26,404; and Egerton Charters, 417-426, have
been arranged.

The Laing Collection of Casts of Scottish Seals has been described for the Catalogue,
from XLVII. 1 to XLVII. 1,284.

The preparation of an Index of names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls
and Charters has been continued.

Fourteen hundred and forty-six Seals, lately acquired, have been described.

The Index of Seals in the Classed Catalogue Series has been continued down to the
latest acquisitions.

5. Facsimiles.—The Yourth Volume of the Codex Alexandrinus has been photo-
graphed and publishedin Autotype. The reproduction of the first volume is in course of
preparation.

6. Registration.— The Registers of the Additional and Egerton MSS. have been continued
to the latest acquisitions.

7. Arrangement of Papers, &c.—Additional MSS. 31,007-31,021, 31,026, 31,028,
31,037, 31,038, 31,123-31,147; and Egerton 2,519-2,522, 2,528, 2,529, 2,533-2,562, have
been arranged for binding.

8. Binding—Two hundred and thirty-three Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one

hundred and twenty-eight Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or
repaired.

Fifty-four Registers and Catalogues, and one hundred and twenty-nine printed books
of reference have been bound or repaired. Fifteen volumes of Correspondence, Minutes,
and Reports have been arranged and bound.

9. Verificution.—The several Collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the
shelf-lists.

10. Transcription.— The Catalogue of the Doubleday Collection of Casts of Seals
has been copied and indexed.

P The Catalogue of the Campbell Charters from XII. 6 to XXX. 22 has been copied in
ourfold.

11. Miscellaneous.— Eleven hundred and seventy Manuscripts, lately acquired, have
been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists.

One hundred and thirty-nine Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered.
The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

Six hundred and twenty-eight Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books have
been stamped with a total of 4,655 impressions.

Three hundred and twenty Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 26,237; and of those
consulted in the Department, 5,119.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 511.
The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,191.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

General Collection of Manuscripts = - PSP ND ah Sat

Egerton Manuscripts - - - - - - ax spun

Rolls and Charters - - = - = S = Ar

Detached Seals - - - - - us - - 266
207—Sess. 2. c 2

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Among them are the following :—

The orations of the Athenian orator Hyperides for Lycophron and for Euxenippus,
in Greek; written on papyrus in the Ist century, B.c. Purchased from the ex-
ecutors of the late Mr. Joseph Arden, who obtained the papyrus in Egypt.

The twenty-fourth Book of the Iliad of Homer, wanting the first 126 lines ;
written on papyrus, probably in the 2nd century. This papyrus is known as the
“ Bankes Homer,” after its former owner, Mr. William John Bankes, who pur-
chased it at the island of Elephantine, in Egypt, in 1821.

Pope Gregory’s “ Moralia,” or commentary on the Book of Job, in Latin; written
in Merovingian characters. Vellum; 8th century.

The “Rationale divinorum Officiorum” of G. Durandus; written in Italy,
and illuminated with miniatures and initials of great beauty and unusual design.
Vellum; early 14th century.

The Romances of Ipomedon and Protholaus, written in French verse by Hue
of Rotelande, in the 1zth century; the only perfect copy of the Protholaus extant,
Vellum; 14th century.

The “ Divina Commedia” of Dante, with glosses and notes. Paper; A.D. 1379.
From the library of the late Sir Anthony Panizzi.

A Wycliffite version of the Psalter and poetical books of the Old Testament.
Vellum; 15th century.

Poems and Romances in English, some of which are unique; collected by R. Thorn-
ton. Paper; 15th century.

Roll of Assessment for payment of Peter’s Pence, in co. Leicester. Latin. Vellum ;
15th century.

Rules for the discipline of the Walloon Church at Norwich, in French. Vellum ;
A.D. 1589.

The official and private correspondence and papers of Sir Edward Nicholas,
Secretary of State, under Charles I. and Charles II., and of his son, Sir John
Nicholas, Clerk to the Privy Council; from 1560 to 1733. In thirty volumes.

The most important part of the correspondence is that carried on by Sir
Edward Nicholas with members of the Royalist party, in different countries of Europe,
during the period of the Commonwealth. In the collection are also the negotiations
of M.de Montreuil, the French Ambassador in Scotland, with Charles I., for the
King’s surrender to the Scotch army, in 1647; papers relating to the arrest of the
Five Members, and to the Eikon Basilike; and letters of Elizabeth, Queen of
Bohemia, 1655-1659.

Diary of proceedings in the House of Commons, kept by Lawrence Whitacre,
M.p. for Okehampton, from October 1642 to July 1647; containing additional
matter not found in the printed Journals. Paper; 17th century.

Official and private correspondence and papers of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby
and Earl of Strafford, Ambassador to Prussia in 1703, and Plenipotentiary for
negotiating the Peace of Utrecht in 711-1714. In 25 volumes.

Correspondence and papers of the Family of Haddock, principally during service in
the Royal Navy; 1639-1742. In 13 volumes.

Original establishment-list of salaries and pensions of the household of James
Stuart, the Pretender. Paper; a.p. 1709.

Findings of Coroners’ [nquests in co. Lincoln; 1669-1701. Presented by Edward
Peacock, Esq.

Collections relating to the Family of Waterhouse; being original documents
and genealogical compilations of Edward Protheroe, m.p., ard others. In 16
volumes. Bequeathed by John Waterhouse, Esq., of Wellhead, Halifaz.

Correspondence of members of the Family of Byron, chiefly with Mrs. Augusta
Leigh; with autograph poems by Lord Byron; 1744-1855. In two volumes.

Letters and papers of William Cobbett, m.p.; 1807-1827. In three volumes.

Letters from scientific men to. Sir John and Sir Walter C. Trevelyan; 1816-
1872. Bequeathed by Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Bart.

A collection of Welsh Poems. Paper; 17th century. In seven volumes.

A series of transcripts of Welsh Poems. Paper;-18th and 19th centuries. In

49 volumes. Presented by Miss Jane Maurice, of Highgate. ;
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A collection of Madrigals by various composers, arranged in score by Edmund
Thomas Warren. Paper; 19th century. In two volumes.

Various single volumes of musical compositions by Paganini, Graaf, J. G. Miller,
Riepel. F. 8. von Wartensee, Binder, Graun, and other composers of the 18th and
19th centuries.

Ei. Maunde Thompson.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The latter part of the Manuscripts acquired in 1878, viz., Or. 1897-2090, and all but
the latest acquisitions of the year 1879, viz., Or. 2091-2201, have been described for the
List of Oriental MSS.

The same List has been trarscribed for the use of the Reading Room from Or. 1595
to Or. 1891.

The Manuscripts acquired in 1878 have been entered into the Oriental Register, and
the classed Oriental Inventory,

Detailed descriptions of 106 Manuscripts have been prepared for the Persian and
Arabic Catalogues.

The revision and transcription for press of the Persian Catalogue have been carried on
from the section entitled “ Lives of Poets,” to the beginning of the class of “ Poetry.”

Eleven sheets completing the first volume of the same catalogue have been carried
through the press, and the volume has been published.

The first eleven sheets of the second volume of the same catalogue, signed B-M, have
been passed through the press.

One hundred and sixty-four Manuscripts have been folio’d, bound, stamped, and placed
on the shelves.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of Manuscripts added during the year to the Oriental Collection amounts
to 133, viz., 11 by donation, and 122 by purchase, as follows :—

Sanscrit and Pracrit - - - a By!
Hebrew - - - - ! ts z 3 1G
Arabic - - - 2 ic = - 3 Bh 1)
Persian - - ane en Z . zs FF Le WSS
Pali-Burmese ees - . J # E 8
Hindustani - - - = = 2 2 = 3
Hindi - - i . = a £ : Fs 2
Chinese Pe sy diepmree. sl} NEBBSf bie cro
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The most important purchase, in point of numbers, consists of 63 volumes, from the
library of the late Yogapradhana Ratnavijaya Suri, a Jaina priest, of Ahmedabad,
Gujrat. With the exception of a few, belonging to the general Sanscrit literature, they
all contain Jaina works, written in Sanscrit and in Pracrit, and form the largest store of
writings of that sect yet brought to Europe. Their dates range from the 15th to the
18th century.

The Sanscrit collection has also received a valuable addition from Nepaul, namely, eight
manuscripts, which have been procured by Dr. D. Wright, late surgeon to the British
Mission in Khatmandoo, through the Munshi attached to the same mission. They con-
tain Buddhistic works in Sanscrit, which are only to be found in Nepaul. The three
earliest, viz., the Vidyavali, Pragyaparamita, and Jyotishsastra, have dates corresponding
to A.D. 1227, 1267, and 1320.

Fourteen Hebrew MSS. have been selected for purchase out of a large number, collected
by Mr. Shapira, of Jerusalem, in the city of Sanaa, Yemen, and some neighbouring
Jewish settlements. They include two fine folio volumes of the 15th century, containing
the Prophets, with Targum and Massora, the former written with the Babylonian or
-superlinear punctuation; also, Sadia’s Arabic commentary to Isaiah; a manuscript of

207—Sess. 2. C3 the

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the Hagiographa with Massora, dated a.p. 1582, and 10 yolumes of the commentary of
Maimonides upon the Mishna. ; ;

Among the remaining acquisitions of the year the following demand a special
notice :—

A large folio, written on vellum in the 14th or 15th century, and containing all the
Pook of the Hebrew canon, except the Pentateuch, with Massora, and with grotesque
initials.

A Hebrew Bible, written on vellum in a neat Spanish hand, and dated a.m. 5006
(A.D. 1245),

A vellum MS., written in an early form of the Cufic character, probably in the 8th
century, and containing about two-thirds of the Coran; brought from Egypt by the
Rey. Greville J. Chester.

Mubhamat al-Kur’an, 2 commentary on some passages of the Coran by ‘Abd al-Rah-
man al-Suhaili; dated Damascus, a.H. 644 (A.D, 1247).

Al-Mughni, a manual of medicine, written for the Khalif al-Muktadi by Abul Hasan
Said Ibn Hibat Allah. Arabic; 13th century.

Al-‘Ubab, a commentary upon Kitab al-Adab, an Arabie anthology by Sana al-Mulk
Ibn Shams al-Khilafah. Arabic ; A.w. 1086.

Silat al-Simt, an historical commentary upon the Shakratisiyyah, a poem treating of
the early conquests of the Muslims, by Ibn Shabbat al-Tauzari. Arabic; a.H. 1113,

The commentary of Salah al-Din Khalil al-Safadi upon the Lamiyyat al-Ajam, care-
fully written with all the vowels, and dated a.H. 849 (A.D. 1445); Arabic.

A’iIn i Akbar’, a statistical account of the court and empire of Akbar, by Abul-Fazl ;
from the collection of the late Col. Geo. Wm. Hamilton; Persian. This copy is deseribed
by the learned editor of the work, H. Blochmann, as the best of the MSS. which he had
at his disposal.

Amal i Salih, a history of the reign of Shahjahan, by Muhammad Salih, with minia-
tures; Persian, 18th century.

Prithi Raja Rayas, a poetical history of Prithi Raja, by Chand; Hindi; 17th

century.
_ Six manuscripts from the library of the late Professor Garcin de Tassy, of the French
Institute, viz.: Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, two biographical dictionaries
of Hindustani poets by Ali Ibrahim Khan and Sheftah, the Divan of Afsos, and the
Siyahat Namah, an account of a jourrey to England, by Karim Khan; Hindustuni.

Seven manuscripts from the library. of the late Claudius James Rich, presented by
Claude Erskine, Esq. They include a Divan of Hafiz, collated by Mr. Rich’s Munshi,
with the copy kept at the poet’s tomb, a history of the Zand dynasty, by Ali Riza, and a
minute copy of the Coran of hexagonal shape, dated a.n. 950,

Anguttara Nikaya, Abhidhammattha Sangaha, Atthasalini, and other Buddhistic works
in Pali, with Burmese commentaries, written on palm leaves.

A diary of the first Japanese mission to the United States of America, in 10 volumes ;
Japanese. :

A book of picture-writing ; from the mountains which divide Burmah from China;
presented by Capt. William Gill, of the Royal Engineers.

The number of Oriental MSS. delivered to readers during the year was 2,020; viz., 452
in the Reading Room, and 1,568 in the Department.
The number of readers who consulted Oriental MSS. was 1,032, viz. 452 in the
Reading Room, and 580 in the Department of MSS.
: Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES,

I.— Arrangements.

In the Egyptian division, the following arrangements have been made ;—

Three Egyptian tablets have been repaired. ;

Ten small figures have been mounted on polished alabaster plinths. }

One large head has been mounted on a new granite pedestal in the North Egyptian
Galiery.
Bertone of a cast of an Egyptian sarcophagus have been placed on new Portland stone
plinths in the South Egyptian Gallery. ‘

Several Egyptian sculptures in the South Egyptian Gallery have been repaired.

The granite and Portland stone plinths in the Egyptian Galleries have been washed
and cleaned.

The store casts have been dusted.

15 small figures and six heads from Cyprus have been mounted on new Caen stone

linths.

i One tablet from Carthage has been mounted on a new Caen stone plinth.

45 Egyptian figures have been mounted.

Two Egyptian figures have been repaired. A
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Five Egyptian objects have been cleaned.

Six moulds, and six impressions from stone moulds, have been made.

71 Egyptian figures have been mounted on satinwood or mahogany pedestals.
Two frames have been made for Egyptian tablets.

291 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

272 descriptive slips have been incorporated with the Egyptian catalogue.
Several papyri have been cleaned.

In the Assyrian division :—

One Assyrian altar has been mounted on a new Portland stone plinth.

17 small sepulchral Assyrian objects have been mounted.

212 Assyrian tablets have been repaired, and some of them mounted on new Portland
stone plinths.

One Assyrian cylinder, two Assyrian and two Babylonian bricks, have been repaired.

Hight Assyrian cylinders have been mounted.

One Assyrian terra-cotta goat, one tile, and one stone dragon’s head have been repaired.

Portland stone plinths have been prepared for the glazing of the Assyrian sculpture in
the Kouyunjik Gallery.

15 Assyrian gems and three Assyrian objects have been mounted.

18 impressions of Assyrian cylinders have been made.

Six moulds of Assyrian terra-cotta tablets have been made.

17 terra-cotta Assyrian tablets have been preserved from further decay.

16 plaster casts and one type-cast from Assyrian tablets have been taken.

18 moulds, 34 casts, and four type-casts of ornaments to bronze gates from Balawat
have been made.

A cast from mould for making Assyrian earrings has been made.

Four Assyrian vases have been cleaned.

An Assyrian iron implement, also portions of bronze gates from Balawat, have been
mounted, cleaned, and preserved from further decay.

A mahogany stand for a cylinder has been made; also a box for Babylonian inscribed
brick.

65 satin-wood and 12 mahogany pedestals, likewise 72 mahogany tablets, all for
mounting objects, have been made.

Several of the table-cases in the Assyrian transept and in the Nimroud and Kouyunjik
Galleries have been re-arranged ; these cases have been lined with velvet ; one new lock
has been attached, and other locks have been made more secure ; one new large case has
been added; other new table-cases have been placed in the Nimroud Gallery.

Some of the wall-tablets in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been glazed.

In the Assyrian transept three figures and two large heads have been placed under
glass shades.

About 2,900 boxes of Assyrian tab'ets have been labelled.

One type-cast of a Himyaritic alabaster slab has been made; also casts of two Phoenician
inscriptions.

13 new granite pedestals for mounting objects in the collections have been prepared.

299 descriptive labels have been prepared.

A new Guide Book, including complete list of names of Donors since the foundation of
the Museum, has been printed.

2,602 objects have been registered.

Many copies and impressions of inscriptions have been taken for students.

Tracings of plans of excavations at Carchemish and other places have been made.

Four Assyrian objects have been catalogued.

65 Babylonian tablets have been copied for the Museum, and described.

Il.— Acquisitions.
The total number of acquisitions, including fragments, amounts to about 5,471.

Among the most remarkable in the Egyptian were the following :—

Fragments of calcareous stone sidesof a tomb, inscribed with hieroglyphs and inlaid
red material from a tomb beyond the Pyramid at Meidoum. Presented by F. Mac-
Cullum, Esq.

Fragment of Sepulchral vase, sherd, with Coptic inscriptions, and cover of a model
sarcophagus. Presented by the Rey. Greville J. Chester.

Mummy of a dog in its bandages. Presented by Joseph Hill, Esq.

Part of a terra-cotta Egyptian cone and pedestal of a statue. Presented by Rev.
Canon W. Greenwell.

Dark stone: Cippus of Horus standing on crocodiles, with inscriptions and figures.

Bronze blade of hatchet, representing a bull fight.

Gold circular pendant, representing a bust of Helios, made about the 2nd or 3rd
cent., A.D.

Bronze figure of Ptah.

Bronze figure of Aphrodite, Greek period, Memphis. I )

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Bronze censer, late period from Thebes.
Limestone slab, with figure of a queen of the Ptolemaic period,
Steatite. Fine circular votive patere.
Several terra-cotta fragments of tiles, with inscriptions in Demotic and Coptic.
Handle of a terra-cotta lamp, with Marsyas playimg the flute.
Black terra-cotta vase in shape of a horse wearing a saddle cloth.
Terra-cotta figure of a draped Cynocephalus Ape seated on a chair.
Terra-cotta figure of Baubo seated on a pig.
Terra-cotta figure of a draped priest holding figure of the god Canopus. This and
the above from the Fyoum.
Blue porcelain bust of Aphrodite anadyomene ; from the Fyoum.
Blue porcelain set of draughtsmen; from Thebes.
Model of a patera in lead, small flower on one side, head of Artemis, surrounded by a
frieze of animals.
Similar model of a bowl or patera of small size, with the head of the Medusa.
Six thin plates of gold, stamped with emblems of Amset and Kabhsenuf genii of the
Amenti emblems of stability, and tie; from Sakkharah.
Two gold penannular rings; from Thebes.
Marble fragment of the right side of a face, of Greek workmanship ; from Alexandria.
Porcelain end of counterpoise of a collar, with name of Apries or Hophra of the 26th
dynasty.
iGreen porcelain model of handle of a sistrum, with name and iitles of Amasis II., of
the 26th dynasty.
Green porcelain pyramidal cover of box, surmounted by a scarabzeus.
White porcelain sepulchral figure, inlaid, of a person named Raemhib.
Porcelain pendant; from a mummy, with Demotic inscriptions.
Green glazed steatite rectangular box for the toilet, with four small square feet.
Dark steatite upper part of the figure of a female, of fine workmanship.
Left foot in calcareous stone, inscribed with a canon.
Green jasper scarab with Pheenician inscription.
Three fragments of calcareous stone, sculptures, and inscriptions from a tomb at Geezeh,
of an early period.
Thirty-seven small terra-cotta tessere or tablets, from Palmyra, stamped with different
representations of figures of deities and other personages ; among them is one with the
name and titles of Ethiopian monarch 'Tirhaka, about B.c. 690.

The number of Assyrian and Babylonian tablets, fragments, &c., acquired, amount to
about 5,232.
The following are the most important objects from Assyria :—

A terra-cotta barrei cylinder of Sennacherib, in perfect condition, containing an account
of that king’s expedition against Hezekiah, and fixing the date of the expedition at 701 B.c.

Part of a duplicate of the Assyrian eponym canon, referring to the reigns of Shalmaneser
II. and Sargon.

A fragment of one of the Creation texts which joins, and helps to complete, a tablet
already in the collection.

Several report tablets giving valuable information concerning the language, history,
private life, &c., of the lower classes of Assyria.

Several fragments of bilingual lists and syllabaries, throwing new light on the Assyrian
and Akkadian tongues.

A stone instrument containing an inscription of Budil, King of Assyria, about
1350 B. c.

Short hollow stone column, inscribed with the name of Rimmon-nirari, his father and
grandfather. 913 B.C.

A stone altar dedicated by a son of Assur-nasir-abla to the god Bel for saving the life
of his father. 885 3. c. (Nimroud.)

A copper frying-pan from Kaleh-Shergat.

A beautifully modelled figure of Assur-bani-abla in combat with a lion, evidently the
original design for the sculptured slab in the Assyrian basement-room, shoving the same
subject.

Of the objects from Babylonia the following are the most important :—

Bronze figure of Gudea, kneeling on one knee, holding with both hands a cone, inscribed
with a dedication to the god Ninsu. Presented by J. Fremlyn Streatfeild, Esq.

Bronze figure of a queen or goddess. Presented by J. Fremlyn Streatfeild, Esq.

Alabaster doll, with movable arms, of the Greek period. Presented by J. Fremlyn
Streatfeild, Esq.

Portions of a fine terra-cotta barrel cylinder, containing an account of the taking of
Babylon by Cyrus, his genealogy, and entrance into Babylon.

A valuable fragment of an unbaked clay tablet, containing the history of the 6th, 7th,
8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th years of Nabonidus. It gives also an account of affairs in Persia
for the same period, and mentions Cyrus’s triumph over Astyages of Ectabana. The
reverse evidently refers to the last year of the reign of Nabonidus. It gives a fairly
detailed account of Cyrus’s march into Babylonia, the taking of the capital city, Babylon,
under Gobryas, the general of Cyrus, and the flight and death of Nabonidus.

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Bricks and cones from Tel-loh, containing dedicatory inscriptions of Gudea, viceroy of
Zerghul. About 2,000 B. c.

Stone socket of a gate from Tel-loh, inscribed with the name of Jig-Ninsu (or Tas-
Ninsu), son of Gudea, viceroy of Zerghul. About 2000 B.c.

A cone from Tel-loh, containing a dedicatory inscription of Lig-Bagus (or Tas-Bagus),
viceroy of Zerghul. About 2000 z.c.

A terra-cotta tablet, on which is stated that it is a copy of a stone tablet set up by
Dungi (a king who reigned about 2000 B.c.) at Cutha.

A tablet containing an inscription, in the Akkadian tongue, of Ru-sak, an early king.

An inner and an outer case tablet, dated in the 54th year of the reign of Antiochus.

A tablet containing a list of Merodach-baladan’s plantations.

A contract tablet, dated in the accession year of Samsu-irba, a king of Babylon, formerly
unknown.

Some valuable fragments of syllabaries, in four columns, throwing new light on the
Assyrian and Akkadian tongues.

Several bilingual lists, among which is one containing, in duplicate, the names of the
months in Akkadian and Assyrian.

Some fragments of tablets, containing portions of plans, evidently of the city of Babylon.

A fragment of an unbaked clay tablet containing a portion of the Chaldean account of
the Deluge, making several additions to the text.

Fragments of Babylonian mathematical and omen_ tablets, some magical and one
cabalistic text, and some fragments referring to augury by means of geometrical figures.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement.

Forty-seven sculptures, architectural marbles, and inscriptions, four casts of sculpture,
one mosaic, one terra-cotta, and twenty-five bronzes, have been mounted and repaired ;
one cast has been made from a gem; twenty-five fictile vases, eleven terra-cottas, and
‘nine objects in bronze, have been cleaned and repaired; the arrangement of the sculptures
in the Archaic Room has been nearly completed, five glass shades have been placed over
objects in the Archaic Room, and two in the Second Vase Room; a shelf for sculpture
and four corbels have been placed in the Mausoleum Room, and portions of the Mausoleum
frieze repaired ; one marble fragment, and thirteen plaster casts of fragments, have been
adjusted to the frieze of the Parthenon, and two of the slabs have been shifted and
refixed; the glass on the entire frieze has been taken down, cleaned, and replaced. The
marbles in one of the sheds under the colonnade have been transferred to the new sheds
and to the Sepulchral Basement. New editions of the Guides to the First Vase Room
and to the Greco-Roman sculptures, Part I., have been issued. Four hundred and fifty-
four descriptive titles have been attached to objects; four hundred and twenty-six objects
have been catalogued, and ninety-nine objects registered.

Il.— Acquisitions.

Donations and Bequests. I.—1. Fragment of a long Greek inscription, containing a list
of contributors, probably to some public loan.

2. Fragment of an inscription from a medieval tombstone. ‘Chis and the preceding
are from Khodes, and probably from the Church of St. John there.
Presented by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales.

IJ.—A fragment from the frieze of the Mausoleum, representing the upper part of an
Amazon rushing forward to deal a blow with her battle-axe. This fragment was seen
by Mr. Newton in the Imperial Museum at Constantinople in 1852, and was then
recognised by him as belonging to the Mausoleum. In 1864 a cast from it was obtained
for the Museum.. Published, Newton, Travels and Discoveries, I. plate I., p. 44. Among
the fragments of the frieze of the Mausoleum discovered in the course of the excavations
at Budrum in 1856 was part of a left thigh, which was found to belong to the figure
now presented to the Trustees.

Presented by H. I. M. Abdul Hamed, the Sultan of Turkey.

Q CARMINIVS

III.—1. A bronze circular dish, with flat rim pierced for suspension, inscribed eines

found near Milan and formerly in the Biondelli collection.

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2. Stamp of the Roman oculist, Q. Junius Taurus, engraved on four sides of a slab of
whetstone, found at Naix, Department of Meuse. Published, Grotefend, die Stempel d. rém.
Augeniirzte, p. 80, No. 57.

3. Similar stamp, engraved on two sides. Grotefend, p. 80, No. 56.

4. Similar stamp, of Hirpidius Polytimus, engraved on four sides; found at Lyons.
Grotefend, pp. 57-59, No. 38.

a 5. Six painted: fictile vases, an archaic figure, and a bird, in terra-cotta; all from
yprus.

6. A bronze votive hand, holding a cone; on the back are a tortoise and lizard, on
the palm a small tablet, round the wrist a snake; on the wrist is inscribed in Greek
a dedication to the God Sabazios, by a certain Zougoras. The inscription is published in
the Archaol. Zeitung, 1854, p. 440, and by Jahn in the Berichte d. k. siichs. Gesell. d.
Wiss., 1855, p. 102. Sce Dilthey in the Archiol. Epigraph. Mittheilungen aus Oester-
reich, 1878, p. 57. fa

7. An archaic bronze lion, couchant.

8. A bronze figure of a comic actor, seated on an altar. Found at Megalo Castro,
Crete. From the coliection of Lord Londesborough.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

IV.—Three gold rings and three gems with intaglios ; a marble fragment of a femaie
head, from Athens; a fragment of a slab with a Greek inscription, from Cerico: and
a similar fragment from Corfu. =e

Bequeathed by Sir. Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart.

V.—1. A small marble laver, supported by four busts of Sphinxes, from Malta; a
fragment of a female figure in terra-cotta, from Taormina in Sicily.

2. Two terra-cotta female statuettes, one standing, the other seated. From Carthage.
Presented by J. Scott Tucker, Esq.

Vi.—Fonr fragments of obsidian slabs, with mouldings and patterns prepared for
inlaying. From Porta d’Anzio, near Rome.
Presented by William Daly, Esq.

VIIL—A small bronze female head, crowned with laurel, found at Apt, Vaucluse, 1874.
Presented by John Evans, Esq., F.R.S.

Purchases. I.—1. Two wreaths of bracteate gold, found in a tomb in Southern
ltaly.

2. A gold chain with lions’ head clasps.
. A bracelet of solid gold, found at Pompeii, October 1862.
. A ring with a sard intaglio; subject, a warrior holding a helmet.

. A ring with a jasper intaglio; subject, Hermes with a purse.

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4
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6. A fragment of a bracelet of bracteate gold, with a jasper intaglio; subject, Fortuna.
aN pair of earrings with pendant birds.

8. A pair of earrings ornamented with garnets.

9. A pair of earrings ornamented with pearls.

10. A pair of earrings with plasma.

11. A pair of earrings with pendant clusters of berries.

12. An earring with disk and pendant.

13. A pair of earrings with amethyst pendants.

14. Two pendants with amethysts.

15. An earring with an onyx intaglio; subject, a bull.

16. Two amphoriski and two alabastra, of variegated glass, found near Naples.

17. A terra-cotta Gorgon’s head which has ornamented the handle of a large vase
found in the ruins-of the Sarapeion at Memphis.

18. An Egyptian porcelain relief, representing Horus, Isis, and Nepthys, set in a
modern pin.

Nos. 4-15 are of gold, and were found in a tomb at Tortosa in Pheenicia. Formerly
in the collection of Prince Napoleon Buonaparte.
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II.—A right arm in bronze, life size, holding part of the right hand of another figure ;
found by a diver in the sea off the town of Rhodes.

III.—1. Terra-cotta statuette of a seated Goddess, probably Artemis, holding a young
fawn.

2. A comic actor, seated.
3. A seated Goddess, holding a fruit; probably from Cyprus.

4, Ganymedes holding a cock, and a female figure holding a goose; both from Asia
Minor.

IV.—A stone inscribed with four lines of a Greek inscription, part of the date and
heading of a decree of a Parthian King of the Arsacid dynasty. Found in Babylonia.

V.—A terra-cotta statuette of a draped female, remarkable for the grace of the attitude.
From Tanagra.

VI.—A bronze statuette of Apollo, the arms wanting, in very fine condition; said to
have been found in Thessaly.

VII.—1. A terra-cotta cist in the form of a funeral bed, on the cover of which a female
figure is laid out; from Cervetri. This cist is in the same archaic style as the great cist
with two reclining figures, from Cervetri, purchased from Mr. Castellani in 1873.

2. Two small seated figures and a standing figure, probably representing archaic
Deities worshipped in Beotia, and a statuette of Seilenos holding a disk. From Tanagra.

VIII.—1. A marble head of Euripides, in admirable condition; the nose is intact.
Portraits of this poet are of exceeding rarity.

2. A head of the youthful Bacchus, remarkable for the beauty of the features and the
general charm of the expression. In this type the artist has blended the beauty of both
sexes in accordance with the androgynous conception of Bacchus in later Greek art.
Traces of red colour remain in the hair, which is encircled with. an ivy wreath. This
head is published in the Annali of the Roman Institute, 1875, pl. c., by M. Robert;
it has evidently been detached from the body to which it originally belonged.

3. A head of Apollo, which, though much defaced by mutilation of the features, has a
special interest on account of its resemblance, both in type and expression, to the
Pourtalés head of Apollo. Published, Annali of the Roman Institute, 1875, p. 27,
Monumenti, x. pl. 19, and K. O. Miiller, Mittheilungen aus Griechenland, PI. iv. d., who
states (p. 114) that it was found in the baths of Caracalla.

4. A male beardless head, wearing a winged helmet, and therefore probably representing
Perseus; although much worn, of a very noble character.

5. A female head of which several replicas are known, and the original of which was
probably derived from the best period of Athenian art. It has been thought to be Sappho;
the nose is restored.

6. A small head of Eros in very fine condition and well sculptured; it probably
belonged to a statue of Eros bending his bow, similar to that in the Greco-Roman
Gallery, No. 145.

7. A head of a young girl.

8. A head of Alexander the Great, bound with the diadem, the neck bent on one side.
This portrait of Alexander differs entirely in conception from the one already in the
Museum, and is executed with far greater refinement; probably the copy of some
celebrated bronze of the time of Lysippos.

9. A head of Augustus in middle age; a fine portrait, though disfigured by the loss of
‘the nose. ;

10. One half of the head of Tiberius, a very characteristic portrait.
11. A head of Trajan.
12. A head of Marcus Aurelius (?); much defaced.

13. Upper half of the statue of an empress, the shoulders draped; probably of the
period of Salonina.

14. Head of an empress, in very fine condition; probably of the latter part of the 3rd
century, A.D.

15. A female head in palombino marble, much resembling Kleopatra.

16. A female head; portrait; the headdress resembles that of Lucilla.

17. A female head; portrait; the headdress resembles that of the Empress Sabina.
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18. Bearded head of a philosopher (?) ; in fine condition.
19. Satyric mask in rosso antico.
20. Satyric mask.

IX.—1. Terra-cotta statuettes of a female in a talaric chiton and mantle; of a nurse
suckling a child; of Seilenos with the infant Dionysos on bis shoulder; all from Tanaera
and in very fine condition.

2. A two-handled fictile dish, on the outside of which is painted in black on a red
ground a sacrificial procession, probably Dionysiac, and inside, a group of three grotesque
figures, one of whom is armed with a sword.

, C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEpI@VAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

The wall-cases in the new room on the first floor (as far as they have been completed)
have been fitted with shelves, and distempered or covered with merino, as required. In
cases 1-16 has been arranged the Meyrick Collection; in cases 17-18, a selection of
Oriental arms from the Christy Collection; im cases 19-20, a collection of Japanese
arms, etc., presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.; in cases 33-50, the Henderson Col-
lection.

Ten table cases have been placed in this room, fitted with locks, and lined with merino ;
four of them made for the department, and the remainder lent by the Geological Depart-
ment. In four of these cases have been arranged the choicer specimens of the Henderson
Collection, including the best examples of majolica, the smaller pieces of metal work, the
Russian silver and enamels, and the more richly ornamented of the Oriental arms. In
another case have been placed the smaller objects from the Meyrick Collection; a sixth
case has been devoted to Oriental weapons from the Christy Collection; and the remain-
ing cases have been filled with enamels, objects relating to games (including chessmen),
dials and watches, and other small cbjects, removed from the general collection.

Card labels have been placed with all the specimens in the Henderson Collection, and
with part of the Meyrick and other collections in the room. ’

In the British Room, the foreign bronzes of the Pre-historic Series have been placed
in a table case; the models of cromlechs have been removed to the new room; the series
of ancient German pottery has been compressed or put away ; and thus space has been
found for the Greenwell Collection, which has been arranged and labelled.

The locks of two cases in the British Room, containing matrices of seals, have been
altered to the new suit.

The Oriental arms from the Christy Collection have been cleaned and varnished.

51 glass vases have been mounted on stands; 89 pieces of glass have been affixed'to
tablets ; 60 matrices of seals have been mounted on tablets with wax impressions, and four
gems have been similarly mounted with casts at their sides. Five Mexican sculptures
have been mounted on stone pedestals. Seven tiles have been mounted:on wooden
plinths, and 30 mahogany stands have been made for majolica plates.

Five British urns, and several miscellaneous specimens from the Henderson and other
collections, have been repaired.

The registration has been continued, and 2,052 antiquities registered, including the
whole of the Henderson and Meyrick Collections.

20 general labels in black and gold have been made, and 1,341 card labels have been
written.

The Greenwell Collection has been safely packed and removed from Durham to the
Museum. .

Il.—Acquisitions.

(1.) British and Pre-historic Antiquities—The Museum has received the most important
addition to this section that has been obtained since the first foundation of the Institution,
viz., the Greeuwell Collection.

This collection, presented by the Rev. W. Greenwell, F.R.S., F.S.A., is the result of the
researches undertaken by him during the last 20 years in the barrows of Britain, which
have been described by him in “ British Barrows,” Oxford 1877. The excavations were
conducted with great care and at no little expense, and extended to 234 barrows, of which
171 were in Yorkshire, two in Cumberland, 20 in Westmoreland, 31 in Northumberland,
one in Durham, and nine in Gloucestershire, and in these barrows a great number of
objects have been found. ‘The specimens of pottery are about 170 in number, and include
good examples of all the varieties of British funereal vessels, which are known to anti-
quaries as cinerary urns, food vessels, drinking cups, and incense cups, though some of
these attributions are by no means certain. Among the relics associated with the urns,
are flakes, knives, scrapers, arrowheads, and other implements of flint; implements for

making

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making fire, consisting of a flint, and part of a nodule of pyrites, both much worn;
pierced stone axes, bronze daggers and knives, awls, an axe, etc. ; the personal ornaments
consist of beads of jet and amber, earrings of bronze, and various other objects.

These furnish very valuable illustrations of the manners, customs, and manufactures of
the early Britons, and they more than double the collection of this nature in the Museum.

A further portion of Mr. Greenwell’s barrow collections, consisting of specimens not
found by himself, or not described in “ British Barrows,” has been acquired by the
Trustees of the Christy Collection, and by them presented to the Museum. ‘These
include about 50 funereal vessels of pottery, and the associated relics; among them are
specimens from Scotland, a part of the United Kingdom but very scantily represented
in the Museum Collection.

Among the other acquisitions in this section may be mentioned the following :—

A British food vessel, found in a grave near Alnwick, Northumberland; presented by
Thomas Cook, Esq. <A British drinking cup, found by the late Mr. Medhurst near
Weymouth; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A flint arrowhead from Scotland, and a “ Pict’s knife” from Shetland; a bronze celt
from Cornwall, another from Lincolnshire, a bronze spearhead found in Derbyshire,
another, part of the remarkable bronze hoard found in Duddingstone Loch, Scotland ; and
a curious bronze armlet found near Crawley, Sussex. All bequeathed by Sir Walter
C. Trevelyan, Bart.

_A flint arrowhead found near Newark, Notts; presented by Mr. Benjamin Brown.
A bronze celt found at Saltwood, Kent; presented by J. G. Waller, Esq. Eleven bronze
celts, fragments of a sword, and some cakes of copper, found together in the parish of
Clothall, Herts; presented by I’. T. Fossey, Esq.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :— .

Obsidian flakes from the Island of Capri; presented by Dr. Ignazio Cerio. A fine
diorite celt from Carnac, Brittany ; presented by the residuary legatees of Sir Anthony
Panizzi, k.c.B. <A bronze chisel from Makaschka, Dalmatia, and handles of vases from
Northern Italy; presented by John Evans, Hsgq., p.c.u., F.R.s. A bronze sword and
sheath from Italy ; presented by Major K. Henderson, 60th Rifles.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—A. pig of lead with the name of C. Julius Protus, found in Hex-
grave Park, near Mansfield, Notts.

A bronze group representing a Roman ploughing, found at Piercebridge, county
Durham; a statuette in bronze, of Jupiter, found at Denver, Norfolk; a slab of Kim-
meridge shale and two specimens of pottery from Radipole, near Weymouth; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Roman shoes found at Whitby, near Alston, Northumberland; bequeathed by Sir
Walter, C. Trevelyan, Bart.

Pottery, some of it with vitreous glaze, and two remarkable slabs of Kimmeridge shale,
part of the large series of Roman remains excavated by the late Mr. Medhurst on Jordan
Hill, near Weymouth.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c.—Collection of personal ornaments and
weapons, including three gold pendants, amethyst necklace, and a fine circular brooch set
with garnets; excavated by the late Lord Londesborough in the Anglo-Saxon cemeteries
at Breach Down and Wingham, Kent. See Archeologia, Vol. XXX.

A gold coin of the Emperor Valentinian, mounted in gold, as a pendant, with garnets,
by the Anglo-Saxons, found in Staffordshire. A circular brooch with filigree gold,
garnets and shell, and some amethyst beads, found at Dover.

Two late Saxon pendants found at Stratton, near Cirencester ; presented by Professor
A. H. Church. <A cinerary urn found in a Saxon cemetery, near Peterborough ; pre-
sented by J. Park Harrison, Esq.

A very early draughtsman found at Rug, Corwen, Merionethshire; presented by the
Hon. Charles H. Wynn, <A draughtsman of the 12th century, with a lion in relief, found
at Salisbury ; presented by J. E. Nightingale, Esq., F.s.A. Two bone carvings from
Ireland; presented by William Edkins. Esq. ~

An alabaster bas-relief of the 14th century, and three wooden carvings, viz. :—Portrait

of Oliver Cromwell, Royal arms, and design for the Great Seal of George II.; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A chalice and paten, of English workmanship, and of early date; presented by the Vicar
and Churchwardens of Berwick St. James, Wilts.

A gold sergeant’s ring, early 16th century, found in the river Dove at Tutbury, Staf-
fordshire; presented by R. Burch, Esq. A mourning ring for the great Lord Nelson;
presented by Rev. W. P. Haslewood.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, §c.—A remarkable ivory box of
the 6th century, carved with the acts of St. Menas of Alexandria; engraved in Archeo-
logia, Vol. XLIV., p. 321. A fine bronze lamp with the Christian monogram, from the
Londesborough Collection, An intaglio in crystal, Coptic crosses, lamps, moulds,
weights, &c., from Egypt.

German portable altar, encased in silver gilt and engraved, 13th century; 57 matrices
of seals chiefly found in the Seine at Paris; thirteen ivory medallions with portraits, and
two engraved panels of ivory ; Spanish medallion of copper gilt representing St. Dominic ;

207—Sess. 2. D3 and

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and 76 German draughtsmen, chiefly with stamped devices; presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.
‘A mirror of the 15th century carved in ivory, and a rosary somewhat: later in date, of
which the beads represent human heads in various costumes; presented by William
Burges, Esq.

An iron anvil of fine Italian work, 16th century, formerly in the Meyrick Collection;
and four Italian matrices of seals.

Two German medallions carved in honestone, well-executed portraits of Johann
Klaumuller, and Jacob Keim; a fine portrait medallion carved in wood of Katherine
Echinger, 1522; a cameo in sardonyx with dancing figures; four intaglios, of which three
are by the celebrated engraver Marchant; a shell cameo of early Renaissance work,
Hercules killing Cacus; and thirty German draughtsmen with pressed designs, historical
or allegorical. All bequeathed by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart.

(5.) Glass Collection.—Four polychrome bottles from Prince Napoleon’s Collection.
Ninety-nine specimens of various ages, chiefly collected in Egypt by the Rev. Greville
J. Chester; one of these is a remarkable Arab goblet of the 13th century, with fishes in
gold.
~ A Greek covered box from Cyprus. Two bottles from tombs at Sidon; and nine others,
together with numerous beads, found in tombs at Tyre. A Roman barrel-shaped bottle
from Amiens.

Two Roman vases, found at Broome, Kent; and a handle of a Roman vase of an
intense blue in the form of a female face, found in Leadenhall-street, London; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Jug and two goblets of old English glass, stamped with the owner’s name, John Simp-
son; presented by John Evans, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S,

6. Oriental and Ethnographical——A_ considerable collection of pottery, some bronze
vessels, and iron implements, found in tombs in the Nilagiri Hills, Southern India; pre-
sented by Mrs. Breeks.

A remarkable object made of iron and bronze, with figures in relief, found on the
banks of the Surma River, Eastern Bengal; presented by Col. R. H. Keatinge,
C.8.I., V.C.

A leaden plate with Cufic inscription ; presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

An Indian pistol and axe combined, taken from a mutineer in Nepaul ; bequeathed by
Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart. A Sikh dagger with double wavy blade; presented by
Capt. T'. F. Stillwell. Three Indian daggers, one of them with a white jade handle, in-
laid with gold, and set with rubies and emeralds ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A Persian battle-axe inlaid with silver, and a Circassian kama or dagger inlaid with
gold; presented by J. Fremlyn Streatfeild, Esq. A fine Persian arm defence, inlaid with

old.
: A collection of Japanese arms and other curiosities, including a complete suit of armour,
state spears, bows and arrows, drums, masks, etc.; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three gold objects found at Panama.

Tobacco pipe used by the Dafla tribe ; presented by J. Wood Mason, Esq.

It had been arranged with the India Office that the ancient sculptures from the India
Museum should be transferred to the British Museum, but as the transfer could not
be completed before the close of the year, they will be included in the next Annual

Report.
IIT.-~— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster :—

The Oriental weapons have been removed to the British Museum, and the space
vacated has been filled up by extending the other collections.

The series of specimens from Assam and North Hastern India has been re-arranged, and
placed in a larger case. .

One hundred and twenty-six additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, with sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Pre-historie Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.—Specimens of breccia from a
eave at Mentone, France; from the Rev. W. Greenwell, r.n.s. A jade axe in horn
handle, two stone implements, and other objects from the Swiss Lakes; from A. W.
Franks, Esq.

2, Hihnography of Africa.—A bangle trom Upper Egypt; from the Rev. Greville
rs . Chester. Flint, steel, and tinder, obtained in Cairo; from W. J. Bernhard Smith,
sq.
Large shield of basket work, iron daggers, pair of bellows, ete., from the Gaboon,
cloth from Uganda, and other objects; obtained by exchange from the Berlin Museum;

from A. W. Franks, Esq.
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3. Ethnography of Asia.—Boomerang from the Marava Country, between Trichinopoly
and the sea; from A. Burnell, Esq. Glass flakes and leaf dresses from the Andaman
Islands ; and small vessels of pottery from the Kast Indies ; from Dr. Ferdinand Jagor, of
Berlin. Two palm-leat baskets for collecting toddy, from the Kast Indies, and two fruit
covers from the Asiatic Islands; from the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew.

A collection of agricultural implements, and personal ornaments of various kinds,
from Assam and the North Eastern Provinces of India; from Col. R. H. Keatinge,
C.8.1., V.C.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—Club of brown wood from Samoa; a
collection of objects from New Hanover, New Ireland, and New Britain, including a
remarkable helmet or head dress from New Ireland; brought home by the German
exploring expedition in the “ Gazelle.” Obtained by exchange from the Berlin Museum;
from A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Antiquities and Ethnoyraphy of America.—A series of stone implements from
North America; from IT. W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s.A. A stone mortar from Amelia
County, Virginia; from P. H. Gossett, Esq.

A “juruparis,” or devil trumpet from the River Amazons; from the Director of the
Royal Gardens at Kew.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal,
anumber of stone carvings from the Gulf of Nicoya, Central America; and five stone
figures and a stone cist, with carvings in high relief, from Mexico.

The Christy Collection remains open on Fridays, by means of tickets to be obtained
at the British Museum. During the past year there have been 484 visitors.

Augustus W. irranks.

DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS.

1.— Arrangement.
l. Grech Series :—

352 coins of various parts of the Greek world, acquired during 1877-79, have been re-
gistered, and 655 coins of this class have been incorporated.

5,163 tickets with reference to the printed catalogues, have been written and inserted
under the coins published in the volumes of the Catalogue of Italy, Sicily, Thrace,
Macedon, and the Seleucid Kings. ;

The coins of Athens, Elis, and Cos, have been re-arranged, and heading-cards inserted
in the trays.

The coins of Philip IT., IIT., of Alexander the Great, and of Lysimachus, have been
compared with the published works of Dr. Miiller on those coinages, and references
placed on the card under each specimen.

2. Roman Series :—

Six coins of various classes and two medallions, recently acquired, have been registered
and incorporated. ;

54 coins from the Bank Collection have been registered and incorporated.

A further re-arrangement has been completed of the coins struck during the Social
War (Oscan Series). This re-arrangement is in accordance with the most recent
researches of numismatists in that portion of the Roman coinage.

A large hoard of late Roman coins found in Norfolk, and another of early Roman
denarii, found at Southwick, Northamptonshire, have been examined. A third hoard,
consisting of 1,659 denarii, belonging to the Duke of Devonshire, has also been examined
and arranged. The examination of these hoards is of the greatest importance for the
chronology of the Roman coinage.

3. English Series :—

He coins and medals, acquired during the year, have been registered and incorpo-
rated.

590 coins and medals from the Collection of the Bank of England, have been registered,
and 224 have been incorporated.

1,332 tickets and tokens from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered.

1,116 slips have been written for an index of the undated and private medals in the
Museum Collection, and 286 have been copied out.

The English Colonial series of America, the West Indies, and Australia, have been
reyised, and numerous fresh heading-cards have been written.

A find of 76 silver coins from Litchurch, near Derby, has been examined.

207—Sess. 2. D4 112 coins

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4. Medieval and Melleen Series :—

112 coins and medals, acquired during this and the previous year, have been registered,
and 169 coins of this class have been incorporated.

988 coins and medals from the Bank Collection have been registered, and 34 incorpo-
rated.

151 Miscellaneous coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered.

The following series have been revised and in some cases re-arranged, numerous fresh
labels and heading-cards having been written:—Germany (dollars), Spain, Portugal,
Naples, Sicily, Russia, Poland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, North and South
America. * ©

5. Oriental Series :—

179 miscellaneous coins, acquired in this and previous years, have been registered, and
177 incorporated.

66 unclassed coins from the Marsden Collection have been incorporated.

40 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered, and two incorporated.

The coins of the Murabits, Muwahhids, Benee-Hafs, Benee Mereen, Benee Ziy4n,
certain lesser dynasties of Spain, of the Shereefs of Marocco, and of the Khaleefehs and
ether princes of Southern Arabia, have been re-arranged, and fresh heading-cards
written.

The following series have been revised and in part re-arranged, numerous fresh labels
and heading-cards having been added:—British India, Achee (Achin) gold, Malay,
Archipelago.

458 gold coins, offered for purchase by Messrs. Mildred Goyeneché and Co., have been
examined, and selections made.

Ti.— Acquisitions, 1879.

Gold Lead
Class. and Silver. Copper. Billon. and White TOTAL.

Electrum. Metal.
Greek - - - - -. 157 95 75 1 1 329
Roman - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 4
English Sort Moyes yet Betty - 5 50 69 2 18 144
Medieval and Modern - - 10 37 44 - 1 92
Oriental - - - - - 108 75 4] - 2) 226

ToTaL - - - 281 257 230 3 | 24 795

Remarkable Coins.
1. Greek Series:—

(a) (Purchased).

A gold coin of a satrap of Alexander the Great, named Andragoras, and one of a
king of Persepolis of the same period.

Two tetradrachms bearing the joint names of Seleucus I. and Antiochus I., kings of
Syria

a silver coin of Sophytes, satrap of India under Alexander.

An interesting gold Indo-Scythiec coin with bilingual inscription in Greek and Sanskrit.

A rare drachm of Tigranes, king of Syria.

Two tetradrachms of Abdera, types, Hercules seated, and cantharus, respectively.

A fine imperial coin of Ilium, type Ganymede.

Two gold octadrachms of Arsinoe II. of Egypt.

A silver coin of Ephesus, under the name Arsinoe.

Three fine early staters of Rhodes.

(b.) (Presented).

A selection of 93 gold coins of the Indo-Scythie class, of the kings Kanerki, Oerki,
and Bazodeo, from a find near Peshawur. Presented by Her Majesty’s Panjab Govern-
ment.

A fine Cyprian didrachm, bearing the name in Cyprian letters of King Stas——.

Three electrum staters: types, a horse, a sow, and a cock.

Twenty-eight gold staters of Philip and Alexander of Macedon.

A gold coin of Pisa in Elis, struck in the 104th Olympiad.

Two fine gold staters of Cyrene.

A remarkable tetradrachm of Terone, with the letters H E.

A fine early decadrachm of Derronicus, and an octadrachm of the Bisalte.

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A very rare tetradrachm of Paros, type Demeter seated.

A tetradrachm of Ilium, type Athene.

A silver decadrachm of Berenice II., Queen of Egypt.

A didrachm of Tiribazus, Persian satrap, struck at Issus.

A selection of 39 Greek Imperial copper coins, chiefly of Asia Minor, in fine preserva-
tion, and many of them of considerable rarity. All the above presented by the Trustees
of the Bank of England Collection Trust Fund.

2. Roman Series :—

(a.) (Purchased).
An aureus of Titus struck at some local mint, with the reverse type of an African

elephant.

(b.) (Bequeathed by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan).
A proof in lead of a medallion of Antoninus Pius, with the reverse type of Victory

erecting a trophy.
Another, also a proof in lead, of M. Aurelius and L. Verus, having a Victory on the

reverse.

3. Medieval and Modern Series :—
(Purchased).

A series of interesting Italian medals, including a fine one of Galeazzo Maria Sforza,
Duke of Milan, and Bona Sforza, his wife, and one of Philibert II., Duke of Savoy, and

Margaret of Austria, his wife.
A very rare silver coinof Don Duarte, king of Portugal.

4. Oriental Series :-—

(a.) (Purchased).
A gold coin of Kashgar, Yaakoob Khan, acknowledging the Sultan of Turkey,

Abd-el-’ Azeez.
A silver coin of Shir ’Alee, Emeer of Afghanistan.

A rare gold coin of the Benee-Hafs, El-Mustansir.
A very important series of 52 gold deenars from a recent find in Marocco, being of the

Muwabhid, Benee-Hafs, Benee-Mereen, and Benee Ziyan dynasties of Northern Africa,
uncertain of Fez and other cities, and of the Moorish kings of Granada.
Two gold coins of the Chalukya Dynasty of Southern India, found in the island of

Cheduba, Burmah.
A series of twelve coins (one gold, eleven silver) of the Arabs and Moors of Spain and

Africa.

(b.) (Presented).

A very rare gold coin of king of Yemen, ’Alee. Presented by Col. Prideaux.
Seven silver coins of Pathan Sultans of Bengal, rare. Presented by Mr. S.

Jennings.

Ten gold coins of SouthernIndia. Presented by Mr. G. J. Norman.

III.— Catalogues.

1. Greek Series :—

The Catalogue of the coins of Macedon has been published.
The volumes containing the coins of the Ptolemies and of Thessaly are in progress.
A Guide to the series of electrotypes of Greek coins exhibited in the King’s Library

has been published.

2. Roman Series :—
The Catalogue of the Consular Coins is in progress.

3 and 4. English, Medieval and Modern Series :—
Guides to the English and Italian Medals exhibited in the King’s Library are iu

progress.

5. Oriental Series :—
Volume IV. of the Catalogue has been published, and Volume V. is about to appear.
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LV.—Exvhibitions.

The following medals have been selected for exhibition in the Kine’s Library, and
have been placed in eight table cases :—

660 Wneglish, 355 Italian, 97 German, 86 Dutch, 122 French, 42 various modern, in all
1,362. To these have been attached 1,249 descriptive labels.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room in 1879 was 1,620.
The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room was 18,931.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF NatTuRAL History.

A proportion of the work in the Departments, during the past year, has been
applied to the preparation of the several collections for the pending transfer of the
specimens to the New Museum.

In the course of this work revision and verification of the specific names and labels have
kept pace with attention to the material condition of the specimens, together with such
temporary arrangements and groupings as will tend to facilitate the transfer and diminish
the effects of shock and friction.

The additions to the Departments of Natural History during the year 1879 are 60,022
in number; of which 45,881 have been placed in the Department of Zoology, 13,112 in
that of Geology, and 1,029 in that of Mineralogy. The zoclogical additions, save those
received from the “ Hewitson Bequest,” have been entered in the Manuscript Register. ‘The
Geological additions have been similarly registered; as have been. the additions to the
Mineralogy.

The Section V. “ Acquisitions” in the “ Report from the keeper of the Zoology,” confirm
and substantiate the grounds of the “ Reports on the conditions of Space,” submitted by the
Superintendent in the years 1857 and 1858, and followed by the “ Estimates and Plan of
Spaces, with Residences” needed ; which Estimates, &c., were ordered by the Honourable
the House of Commons to be printed 11th March 1859; a similar remark applies to the
« Return to the Order of the Honourable House of Commons,” of the 2nd March 1862.

Progress in the arrangement of the portions of the several Collections of the Natural
History at present exhibited has consisted chiefly in the substitution of better, rarer, and
more instructive specimens for inferior ones relegated, when worthy, to the series in store.

The stuffed specimens of the class Mammalia have been kept in a state of preservation
without other deterioration than is inevitable in regard to those exhibited specimens for
which there is no accommodation in the glazed cabinets.

The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia in store are in such a state of preservation as to
subserve the purposes ‘of scientific examination and comparison, and most of them are in a
state fit for future preparation and exhibition.

The portion of the collection of Bird-skins, mounted and exhibited in systematic order,
has been subjected to a withdrawal of certain specimens found to be deteriorated; but
available, when unstuffed, for preserving, with the skin, the beak and feet, for transference
to the store collection, in a state suitable for the examination and comparisons of the Orni-
thologist ; the rest of this attractive part of the Zoology isin a good state of preservation.

The extensive collection of bird-skins, unmounted, in storage, preserved in boxes and
cupboards in the basement-vaults, is in a state of preservation available for the purposes
of study and comparison; but, in a certain proportion, lesa accessible than could be wished,
through lack of space.

The portion of the collection of Reptiles and Fishes, preserved for public display, and
mostly in systematic order, is in a good state of preservation. ‘The larger proportion of
this collection, including the bulk of the specimens of Lizards, Serpents, and Fishes, is
stored in the basement vaults. Such specimens are preserved in methylated spirit, ine-
vitably under conditions, through variation of temperature and occasional heat of the
locality, occasioning evaporation, and other conditions accelerating decay.

Registered specimens, so far affected as to lose external characters, are removed, the fact
and cause being noted in the “ Register ;” but in every case where the bony texture is
firm enough for a dry preparation, more or less of the skeleton is transferred to the
Osteological Series.

The proportion of the series of Shells of the Molluscous animals, arranged and exhibited
in the Public Gallery, is in a good state of preservation, well arranged, and labelled for
instruction and comparison. This selection of shells gives an epitome of Conchology,
and models of the soft parts of the species, or fabricators of the shells, are added; the
selection of such models serving to exemplify the characters of the leading groups of the
Mollusca. ;

_ The small portion of the class Insecta, publicly displayed, is in a good state of preserya-
tion, and is instructively arranged and labelled. The large proportion of the class in the
basement Entomological Room is in a good state of preservation, and so arranged in
drawers as to be easily accessible for study and comparison. Many specimens in this
series have been re-set. ‘The portion of the class Echinodermata, exhibited and arranged
systematically, together with that stored in drawers and boxes, is in a good state of
preservation.

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The specimens of T’unicata, of Acalephe, and of other soft-bodied Invertebrates, such as
the Annelidous and Gephyrean Worms, Holothurians and Entozoal parasites, are stored
and kept in spirits; but as regards the, at present, only available locality, under similarly
deteriorating conditions as are noted in connection with the Vertebrate specimens in
spirits.

The Corals and other Radiata and Protozoa, exhibited in the Public Galleries, occupy
detached glazed cases of such size and in such spaces as oceasion least obstruction to the
gangways left for the passage of visitors. Consequently the serial juxtaposition exem-
plifying, as in the series of Ornithology and Conchology, the order of progressive affinities,
cannot be carried out.

The collection of the Osteologiecal specimens, human and comparative, isin a state of
preservation. The additions to this series contmue to be numerous; but, in the restricted
basement space available for storing this collection, the obstacles to its application, in the
comparison of fossil and recent bones, have annually increased. All the specimens are
in a condition fit for future systematic arrangement ; and, as regards the entire skeletons,
for articulation and display in the Galleries of Osteology in the New Museum.

The exhibited series of Egos, Nests, and Nidamental Structures, and the specimens
illustrative of the Natural History of the British Isles, are severally in a good state of
preservation and arrangement. Additions illustrative of the nidificatory instincts of the
Pheasant, Land Rail, Reed Wren, and Linnet, have been made in the present year, and
are exhibited.

The extensive series of the Horns and Antlers of the Mammalia is in good condition ;
but these weopens continue, as to exhibition space, to be shown apart from the stuffed
specimens of the species to which they belong or are allied.

The portion of the series of the Fossil remains which is exhibited, is well arranged and
instructiyely labelled. The portion kept in store is partly arranged in glazed cases
placed in a gallery-recess to which the public have not access, partly in drawers or cup-
boards in basement vaults; but for the most part accessible to the student and scientific
visitor.

Further progress has been made in the determination and display of the Mammalian
Fossils from tertiary rocks of the Sewalik Hills. The exposition, by removal of the
quartzose matrix, of the Fossil Reptilian remains from the Cape of Good Hope, has
progressed with little intermission, and with the exposition of characters of new species
and of additional elements towards the reconstruction of species already determined and
described. The entire collection of Fossil Fishes has been subjected to careful re-
examination ; the specimens have been cleaned and repaired where requisite ; species
have been verified or determined, and labelled accordingly. Wherever space could be
gained in the compartment of the Gallery of Geology devoted to this class, additional
Ichthyolites, mounted on tablets, have been placed for exhibition.

The examination of the Invertebrate Fossils, the revision of the nomenclature of the
species, and a re-arrangement of a considerable proportion of the specimens in the new
drawers, preparatory to the removal, have been carried out.

Space has also been made for reception of an additional table-case in the present
Gallery, in which the subjects of the valuable Monograph by Dr. Lycett, on the Fossil
Trigonia, have been displayed.

Considerable additions have been made to the collections of Fossil Plants, and their
instructiveness much increased through determination and naming of species by Baron
von Ettinghausen and Mr. J. 8. Gardner.

The large proportion of the series of Mineralogy, publicly exhibited, is so arranged, with
illustrative models and indices, and with generic and specific labelling, as greatly to
facilitate its study and scientific applications. The instructiveness of the general series
of Minerals has been increased by the addition of rock-specimens and metalliferous ores.
Of the former, the hand specimens and microscopic slides, presented by Henry Ludlam,
Hsq., illustrative of the mineral structure of the Vosges, Haute Loire, and Puy de Dome,
merit special notice. ;

All the Minerals, displayed and in store, are in a perfect state of preservation.

Of the additions by bequest or donation, that of the Collections of the late William
Chapman Hewitson, Esq., F.R.S., L.S., etc., calls for the first place in special notice.
The conditions under which the Entomological Series has been thus enriched are given in
the Report from the Department of Zoology.

The specimen of the adult male of the Large Orang-utan (Simia Sayrus) from Borneo,
obtained by purchase, is exhibited in the case devoted to the Anthropoid Apes. Among
other additions to the Mammalian class, also mounted and exhibited, may be noted a
male of the ‘I'wo-horned Malayan Rhinoceros (#h. niger), and specimens of Wild Sheep,
the probable originals of primitive breeds of the domestic races. Two specimens of dwarf
Antelopes, new to science, Vevtragus Kirhii, of Hast Africa, and Neotragus damarensis,
from Damara land, form rare and interesting additions to the exhibited Mammalian Series.
For the latter donation the Museum is indebted to the accomplished Secretary of the
Zoological Society of London, Philip L. Sclater, F.r.s.

The value of the rich donation to the Ornithological Series by Frederic Du Cane
Godman, Esq., F.L.s., and Osbert Salvin, Ksq., F.R.s., is much enhanced by the pub-
lished Memoirs by these eminent Ornithologists, through which a large proportion

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30 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

of the specimens has become “ typical,” with the further advantage of notes of precise
localities.

The same remark applies to the purchased collection of the Lepidoptera of the Island
of St. Helena, which includes the types of the species described by Mrs. Vernon
Wollaston.

Among the specimens acquired by exchange may be noticed the species of Fishes
obtained by the Naturalists attached to the Russian Expeditions into Central Asia. As
evidence of success in acclimatization, the reception of a specimen of Trout from the
Derwent River, Tasmania, also merits special remark.

The specimens selected from the Zoological Collections of the Indian Museum, trans-
ferred to the British Museum by Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, add much
to th value and utility of the several classes of animals with which they have been
incorporated. The necessity of the Naturalists’ and Students’ visits to two localities,
with concomitant obstacles to required comparisons, has thus been obviated and is duly
appreciated,

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
I.— Arrangement.

The additions to the Collections of Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes have been entered
into the printed Catalogues.

The exhibited series of Chiroptera has been re-examined with the object of with-
drawing from the public galleries the majority of the specimens as being useless for
exhibition. A similar re-examination of the exhibited series of Ruminantia has been
commenced ; but this series will always occupy a large amount of wall space, as the
majority of the examples have to be mounted on account of their large size, which renders
them unsuitable for being preserved as skins.

A manuscript List of the species and specimens of Carnivora has been prepared, and a
similar one of the Rodentia commenced.

The re-arrangement of the Passerine Birds, which was commenced in the year 1876,
has been continued

The systematic List of all the species of Fishes described since the publication of the
« Catalogue of Fishes” has proceeded as far as the fifth volume.

Mr. E. A. Smith, the Conchyliologist of the Department, has prepared reports on collec-
tions of shells received from Japan and the Straits of Magellan, also monographs of the
genus Scutus and of the Australian species of Linnea.

The manuscript List of the Crustacea Brachyura is in progress, and the arrangement
of the Maioids has been completed. Also the exhibited series of Exotic Crustaceans has
been re-arranged and re-labelled. During the progress of this work, Mr. E. Miers has
eee besides, an account of the Podophthalmia from the Corean and Japanese
Seas.

The greater part of the time of the Entomologists of the Department has been occupied
in selecting and arranging accessions. The new species of Insects described during the
year amount in all to 1,244, the descriptions having been prepared by Messrs. F. Smith,
A. G. Butler, and C. O. Waterhouse, and published either in the catalogues of the
Museum or in papers which have appeared in various journals.

The systematic arrangement of the Jepidopterous families Cydimoniide, Calpide,
Hemiceride, and part of the Lasiocampida, has been completed, and considerable progress
has been made in the preparation of a complete list of the known species of Hymenoptera,
as a basis for the re-arrangement of such parts of the collection as require revision.

The tabulation and arrangement of the Asteride and Annelida are in progress.

The Schmidt collection of Sponges has been arranged and labeijled, and the examination
of Johnston’s collection of British Sponges is in progress.

The arrangement of Foraminifera, Celenterata, and Polyzoa haz been commenced.

All specimens which during the work of arranging the collections are found to be
duplicates, are set aside either for distribution among the other national history museums
in the United Kingdom, or for purposes of exchange. Up to the present, 1,187 have
been distributed among other institutions. However, the number of duplicates is very
small, as the acquisition of superfluous specimens has always been avoided; and the

specimens eliminated as duplicates are chiefly such as had to be replaced by others ina
better state of preservation.

II.— Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been printed during the year 1879 :—

“ Catalogue of Birds,” Vol. IV., by R. B. Sharpe, 8vo. (pp. 494, with 14 plates).
“ Ilustrations of typical specimens of Coleoptera in the collection of the British
Museum. Part I. Lyctde.” By C. O. Waterhouse, 8vo. (pp. 93, with 18 plates).
: “ New

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** New species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum.” By the late F. Smith, 8vo.
(pp. 240)..

Tllustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the
British Museum.” Part III]. By A. G. Butler, 4to. (pp. 82, with 20 coloured plates),

The fifth and sixth volumes of the “ Catalogue of Birds” are in course of preparation,
and the fourth part of the “ Illustrations of Lepidoptera Heterocera ” is in the press.

IL1.— Conservation.

Of the acquisitions of Vertebrate Animals, only examples of large size, and a few of
such as will contribute to the instruction of the general public, have been mounted ;
some have been placed in the public rooms, but others, for want of space, have been
stowed away, for exhibition in the galleries uf the new building. Among the former
may be mentioned a very large and perfect male specimen of the Orang-utang ; the
skeleton of the Nose-monkey of Borneo (Nasalis larvata) ; the skin and skeleton of a rare
Insectivore (Gymnura rafflesit), from Borneo; Badger and young, from Hampshire; the
male of a Two-horned Rhinoceros, from the Malayan Peninsula (Rhinoceros niger), in
skin and skeleton ; a young Rhinoceros sundaicus; five specimens of Wild Sheep ( Ovis
cycloceros, O. gmelini, O. montana, and O. nivicola) ; a Reindeer from Norway ; a male
Elk from Labrador; a specimen of the Caucasian Ibex; a specimen of Beccari’s Casso-
wary ; a gigantic Sea Perch from Mauritius (Serranus gigas); a large Murena (M.
tessellata). Further, five groups illustrative of the nesting habits of the Pheasant, Land
Rail, Herring Gull, Reed Wren, and Linnet.

All the other Vertebrate Animals acquired during the year, and preserved as skins or
skeletons, or in spirits, have been incorporated with the study series and placed in the
store rooms.

The specimens of Bats have been cleaned, and many of the badly stuffed specimens
have been prepared as skins.

Two hundred and thirty stuffed Birds have been withdrawn from exhibition, unstuffed
and placed in the study series. A commencement has been made of arranging the skins
of the Passerine birds in the cabinets which will be used in the Bird-room of the New
Museum. ‘The skins of each species of bird (as far as practicable) are placed into well-
made glass-top boxes arranged within and closely fitting into the drawers of the cabinets.
By this method, which has been adopted for some years past, with the best effect, in the
collection of shells, the skins will be kept perfectly safe from dust and other external
injury.

The work of renewing the spirits in the bottles containing Fishes, Reptiles, Crustaceans,
Arachnids, Insects, Echinoderms, and Vermes, and of securing the safety of typical
specimens, as described in a former Report, has been continued.

The accessions to the collection of Shells, and the dried specimens of Echinoidea have
been mounted in glass-top boxes and labelled. :

‘All the unmounted Insects acquired during the year have been mounted and labelled;
and many of such as had been imperfectly prepared, have been re-set.

LV.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the past year (with the exception of those of the
Hewitson bequest) have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and a separate
number corresponding with an entry in the manuscript register of accessions ; in this,
for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact locality in which the specimens
were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other valuable information regarding
them, are entered.

V.— Acquisitions.

During the last year 45,881 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection :—

Vertebrata - - - - - 6,047
Mollusca - - - - By let!
Annulosa - - - - - 10,698
Hewitson Bequest - ~ - - 24,625
Radiata (and Vermes) - - SON ST 7
ToTaL - - - -45,881, as compared with

20,960 in the year 1878.
24,184 . 1877.
24,685 a 1876.
25,340 if 1875.
30,699 ” 1874.
10,644 corns Mi gag
75040 © leailinwpyga)
10,577 ia 1871.
8,014 3 1&70. .
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The great majority of last year’s acquisitions were donations. The marked excess of
their number above the average of the last ten years is due chiefly to the transfer of the
Hewitson collection of Lepidoptera.

The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. The collection of Exotic Butterflies, bequeathed by the late William Chapman
Hewitson. This is one of the most extensive and valuable collections of this group of
animals that have ever been formed; it consists of 24,625 specimens referable to 5,795
species described by the testator in his “ Exotic Butterflies ” and “‘ Diurnal Lepidoptera.”
The collection is in a perfect state of arrangement and preservation, and by Mr. Hewit-
son’s direction, a catalogue of its contents has been prepared and printed at the expense
of his estate. The testator attached to this bequest the condition that the collection
should be called the “ Hewitson Collection,” and should be kept in good order, preserva-
tion and condition, and in the same cabinets, and in the same order and arrangement, and
under the same nomenclature as they should be at the time of his decease, until the expira-
tion of twenty-one years from that time.

2. The Zoological collections of the former Indian Museum, transferred by Her
Majesty’s Secretary of State for India. Although only such specimens as were actually
desiderata to the British Museum, or to which a historical interest is attached, have been
selected, still the number of objects is so great that only the smaller part could be in-
cluded in last year’s accessions. According to the desire of the Secretary of State for
India, the duplicates were distributed among such other museums whose principal object
is the advancement of the Natural History of the Indian Empire. <A great portion of
the economic products have been transferred to the South Kensington Museum.

3. The complete study set of the Shore-fishes, and a preliminary series of a part of the
Echini, collected during the voyage of Her Majesty’s Ship ‘“‘ Challenger.” ‘The former
consists of upwards of 650 specimens, the latter of 334.

4, A series of 2,006 skins of birds from different parts of the Old World; presented by
Messrs. F. Du Cane Godman and QO, Salvin. This valuable collection consists of well-
authenticated specimens, and besides, contains the birds obtained by the donors in Algeria,
in the Azores and the Canary Islands, and described by them in their memoirs on the
Ornithology of those localities.

5. A valuable collection of animals of all orders, obtained by Dr. Coppinger, in the
Straits of Magelhaen, during the survey of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Albert.” This series
includes many new or rare marine forms. Pa

6. A series of 3,445 Hymenoptera, including types of 554 species, selected from a col-
lection formed by the late Mr. Frederick Smith.

7. A selection of 1,062 Lepidoptera from the well-known collection formed by Dr. Lid-

derdale in Darjeeling and Bhotan; purchased.

8. The Wollaston collection of St. Helena Lepidoptera, consisting of 364 specimens,
and including types of 38 species, collected and described by Mrs. Vernon Wollaston ;
purchased. This must must be regarded as one of the most important acquisitions of last
year, as the accurate and perfect knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of so isolated a
locality as St. Helena at a given period will enable future investigators to determine
exactly the changes which are taking place in oceanic islands, not only with regard to the
composition of their fauna and flora, but also-with regard to the specific characters of the
animals and plants imported into them.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class have been 941 in number, of which 609 were
obtained from the Indian Museum ; the most noteworthy of the other accessions are the
following :—

A collection of 93 skins and skulls of British and European Mammalia ; presented by
E. R. Alston, Esq. The specimens of this collection are marked in detail with the sex,
locality, and season at which they were obtained.

- A fine specimen of a wild male Reindeer from Norway ; presented by Charles Ingram,
isq. ;

7 Specimens of the Fruit-bat of Cyprus (Cynonycteris collaris); presented by Lord
ilford,

Fine specimens of the Caucasian Ibex and Chamois, and other Mammals from the
Caucasus, obtained by exchange from the Warsaw Museum.

An adult male Elk from Labrador ; purchased.
ak skin of Ludorcas taxicolor from Upper Assam; presented by Lieut. Colonel
aham.

A fine male specimen, with its skeleton, of the Rhinoceros of Malacca (R. niger),
obtained in the country north of Mount Ophir.

A series of 31 Mammalia from Sumatra, collected by Carl Bock ; purchased.

A series of 20 Mammalia from the Philippines and Borneo, collected by A. Everett,
Esq., and containing a new species of Porcupine (Hystrix pumila), and a new species of
rat (Mus everetti),

A series

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A series of 26 Chiroptera and Rodentia from Java and the Fiji Islands; presented by
Baron A. von Hiigel, and containing anew species of rat (Mus huegeli).

A very large and perfect male example of the Orang-utang from Borneo.

A series of 22 skins and skulls from Hast Africa, consisting chiefly of Antelopes, and
containing a new species of Dwarf-antelope (Neotragus kirkii), discovered in the Somali
country by Dr. Kirk, H. M. Coxsul General at Zanzibar; also skulls of Strepsiceros
imberbis, Gazella grantii, and G. walleri; purchased.

A new species of Dwarf-antelope from Damara land ( Neotragus damarensis) ; presented
by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.r.s.

A new species of Fox (Canis rudis), and of Oppossum ( Didelphys turner?) ; collected by
the Rev. W. Y. Turner, in Demerara.

The skeleton of a Baird’s Tapir; purchased.

A specimen of a new genus of Rodents ( Thrinacodus albicauda), collected in Medellin,
Columbian Confederation, by Mr. J. K. Salmon; purchased.

Birds.—The total number of acquisitions amounts to 3,312, of which 700 belong to
the series from the Indian Museum. Fifty-eight species were entirely new to the col-
lection.

The following accessions may be specially mentioned :—

Twenty-five skins of Willow-warblers (Phyl/oscopus) from various localities; pre-
sented by Henry Seebohm, Esq.

Fifty-seven specimens from the collection formed by Dr. Hildebrandt in Eastern
Africa, six species being new to the collection ; purchased.

Three specimens from the Samoan Islands, including the type of Pinarolestes porrelli
from Tutuila; presented by the Rev. Thomas Porrell, of Upolu, Samoa.

Thirty specimens from Betsileo, Madagascar ; purchased. 4

Twenty-five specimens from India and Burmah, ten of the species being new to the
collection ; purchased

The type specimens of Drome@ocercus seebohmi, a new species of Warbler, and a very
rare Ow] ( Heliodilus sowmagnii) from Madagascar; purchased.

Specimens of a very interesting insular form of Land Rail (Rallus gularis, var.) from
the Island of Aldabra; discovered and presented by Captain Wharton, of H.M.S. “ Fawn.”

Sixty-nine specimens from the neighbourhood of Port Moresby, S.E. New Guinea;
collected by Mr. Kendal Broadbent, and containing 16 species not previously repre-
sented in the British Museum, among which are the types of Aprosmictus broadbenti and
Pecilodryas flavicincta ; purchased.

Nineteen skins of rare birds from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, collected by
E. H. Layard, Esq., and including the types of eight of the new species described by him
and Canon Tristram; purchased.

Forty-eight bones of the extinct Goose of New Zealand (Cnemiornis); purchased.

Reptiles and Amphibians.—The additions to these classes have been 380 in number,
and the following may be specially mentioned :—

Eighty specimens from various parts of the Russian Empire; obtained by exchange
from the St. Petersburg Museum.

Forty-three specimens from Persia, containing young and adult specimens of Centro-
trachelus asmussit, Simotes diadema, Clutho euphratica, etc. ; purchased.

A small collection from Asia Minor; presented by C. G. Danford, Esq

A series of a kind of fresh-water turtle from Madagascar ( Dumerilia); purchased.

A small collection made by the Rev. G. A. Shaw in Betsileo, Madagascar, centaining
five new species of Chameleons; purchased.

Thirty-two specimens, collected by Mr. A. Everett in the Philippine Islands, contain-
ing a remarkable new genus of snakes ( Z'yphlogevophis), and others ; purchased.

Fishes—The total number of specimens received amounts to 1,414:—

Fine examples of the Lax of Nova Zembla (Salmo alpinus); presented by Sir Henry
Gore Booth.

A hundred and ninety-three Fishes from various parts of the Russian Empire, and con-
tainining species obtained during the recent expeditions to Central Asia ; obtained by
exchange from the Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg.

Specimens of Anarrhichas minor and Pelamys chilensis; obtained by exchange from the
Copenhagen Museum.

A stuffed specimen of Serranus gigas, 64 feet long, from the Mauritius; purchased.

A hundred and sixty specimens, chiefly from the Island of Ponapé; purchased.

Forty-eight specimens, collected by Dr. Coppinger in or near the Straits of Magelhaen,
during the survey of H.M.S. “ Alert.”

The typical specimen of a large Sting-ray from New Zealand (Zrygon brevicaudata) ;
purchased.

Mollusca.—The total number of additions during the past year has been 3,134; the
following acquisitions are the most important :—

A very valuable series of two hundred and seventy-seven shells from the collection of

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the late Mr. Lombe Taylor, containing a great number of types described in the Voyages
of the “ Sulphur,” “ Samarang,” ete.

Three hundred and fifty-eight specimens of land and freshwater shells; collected by
the British North American Boundary Commission.

One hundred and thirty-one North American Land-shells, including many species new
to the collection; presented by W. G. Binney, Esq.

One hundred and eighty-seven minute marine forms from the coast of Burmah; an
interesting series, containing many apparently new species; presented by Captain L.
Worthington Wilmer.

Eight hundred and seven marine, terrestrial and fluviatile shells from the South Pacific
Islands and Australia ; presented by John Brazier, Esq., of Sydney.

Two hundved and four shells from South Australia, Japan, and Costa Rica, amongst
which are several types; presented by G. F. Angas, Esq.

Crustacea.—The total number of acquisitions in this class is 774 ; beside the series
obtained from the Indian Museum and H.M.S. “ Alert,” mentioned above, and respec-
tively 83 and 140 in number, the following acquisitions deserve to be specially mentioned :—

Examples of two rare British species of Schizopodous Crustacea (Thysanoessa aber-
donensis and 7. borealis), from Aberdeen ; presented by George Sim. Esq.

A carefully preserved series of wood-boring Edriophthalmia from Southsea, with speci-
mens of the perforated wood ; presented by J. T. Hurst, Esq.

A collection containing 62 specimens from Nova Zembla, amongst which is the rare
Idotea bicuspidata ; presented by Captain A. H. Markham, R.N.

A collection of 150 Crustacea from the West Greenland Seas, containing several rare
parasitic forms ; presented by Edward Whymper, Esq,

A collection of 86 Crustacea (chiefly Cirrhipedia) from Madeira ; obtained and deter-
mined by tlie late Rev. R. T. Lowe; presented by the Rev. R. B. Watson.

Forty-one specimens, amongst which are several new and interesting forms, dredged at

Port Jackson; presented by John Brazier, Esq.

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The number of specimens added to this branch amounts to
202, of which the following are most worthy of notice :—

Twelve Arachnida and five Myriopoda from Madagascar, collected by Messrs. Kingdon
and Shaw. This series contains a new genus (Pyresthesis), and three other remarkable
new species of Spiders ; purchased.

A specimen of a very rare Spider (Ce@rostris puradvxa) from the Island of Bantam ;
purchased. ;

A perfect nest of a Trap-door Spider ( Cteniza californica) from Los Angelos, California ;
purchased.

Insecta. The entomological branch has received, besides the Hewitson collection, 9,722
additional specimens, which are distributed among the various orders thus :—

Coleoptera - - - - - - - - 1,609
Hymenoptera OS Das Si ie arma he NERY Jeeewe bs 2 V
Lepidoptera - - - - - - - - 3,668
Diptera em mee Gg MO BET 30
Neuroptera - - - ai) eye ae ae - 96
Orthoptera - 2 US - - - - - 119
Hemiptera - a) Presets - - - - 248
wAnoplunayasO-) Weysny ASL PT Vist as Ek SAF) 10
TOTAL! “= o= =" 95722

The selection and registration of the specimens of Insecta, formerly in the Indian
Museum, having been completed, the whole of the additions from this source can be
included in the present Report ; 266 Coleoptera, 420 Hymenoptera, 827 Lepidoptera,
and 170 Hemiptera were selected for the British Museum; the number of typical
specimens contained in this series is estimated at 200. Beside the other acquisitions
previously mentioned, the following may be referred to :—

A male example of a rare beetle from Turkey (Propomacrus mucronatus) ; purchased.

A series of 201 Moths, including 113 new species ; collected at Yokohama, and pre-
sented by Henry Pryer, Esq.

The type-specimen of Didrepanephorus bifalcifer from N. E. India; purchased.

A collection of 102 Lepidoptera from Upper Tenasserim, including the types of 55
species described by Mr. Moore; purchased.

Kighty-three Lepidoptera, including the types of 11 new species from New Ireland
and New Britain; presented by Messrs. Godman and Salvin.

Three specimens of the gigantic leaf-winged Grasshopper ( Pseudophyllanax insularis)
from New Caledonia; presented by Messrs. Godman and Salvin.

a Lepidoptera from the Hawaian Islands; presented by the Rev. T.
slackburn.

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—

Nine Cetoniide from West Africa [ Ceratorrhina hornimani, C. geminata (type) and
Plenorrhina watkinsiana (type)| ; presented by George Lewis, Esq.

The types of two species of the Neuropterous genus Cenis from Lake Nyassa, described
by the Rev. A. E. Haton in the “ Entomologists’ Monthly Magazine” for May 1879; and
presented by H. B. Cotterill, Esq.

A collection from the Island of Johanna, containing nine new species; presented by C.
W. Bewsher, Esq.

Eight hundred and seventy-one Coleoptera, and ninety-two Lepidoptera, from Mada-
gascar, including many new species; purchased.

Three examples representing the sexes and immature form of a remarkable spiny Phasma
(Parectatosoma hystrix); a new species of Grasshopper of the genus Anostostoma: and
several species of the Homopterous genus Elidiptera; from Madagascar; purchased.

A series of three hundred and twenty Moths from Rio Janeiro, including many deside-
rata to the collection; presented by Lord Walsingham.

A series’of a hundred and sixty-eight Lepidoptera, 55 of which are types of new
species, from the Amazons; collected and presented by Dr. H. W. Trail.

A collection of a hundred and twenty-one Moths, including 29 new species from New
Zealand; presented by Professor Hutton, of the Otago Museum.

A selected series of a hundred and fifty-two specimens from Peru; purchased.

Echinodermata and Vermes.—The total number of additions amounts to 619, of which
the following are the most noteworthy :—

A series of forty-five Echinoidea, forty Asterida and Ophiurida, with a few specimens
of Holothurians and Annulate Worms, part of the collection made by Dr. Coppinger in
the Straits of Magellan.

A small collection of Echinoderms and Worms made by Capt. A. H. Markham in the
Kara Sea, and chiefly interesting for the locality’s sake; presented by the collector.

Twenty-four specimens of Annulate and seventeen of Gephyrean Worms, collected by
Mr. John Brazier in the neighbourhood of Port Jackson, and presented by him.

Twenty-nine Annulate Worms, collected by Capt. H. C. St. John, of H.M.S.
« Sylvia,” in the Corean Seas, and presented by the collector.

Polyzoa-—Of. 561 acquisitions the most important are contained in a valuable series
from Naples, named and mounted by Mr. A. W. Waters (whose papers they illustrate),
including types of the species described by him ; purchased.

Celenterata.—102 specimens have been added, among them a fine specimen of Mean-
drina from Bermuda, presented by Lieut. Gen. Sir J. H. Lefroy ; also two new species
of Stylasteridan Corals, and a good series of Sertularians from off the South American
coast; collected by Dr. Coppinger.

Spongiide and Protozoa.—95 specimens have been added, the majority of which were
contained in Dr. Coppinger’s collection.
V.— Visitors and Studenis.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted various portions of the col-
lection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 4,003, as compared with—

3,064 in the year - - - 1878.
3,671 a - - - 1877.
3,425 i Jun 3 ordi aco Taig:
2,799 op - - - 1875. ,
3,306 y LN oai ae sa O74.
2,530 op - - - 1873.
2,284 : 5. eelater Weze,
2,518 4 = yeep carrns Leeks

Albert Giinther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

Arrangement.— VERTEBRATA.

In Room II. (Pisces.)—The Chimeroid and Pycnodont fishes have been examined; the
species verified, labelled, and arranged in drawers.

A series of species of Edaphodon and Ischyodus has been mounted on tablets, and
placed for exhibition in Table-case 1.

The entire series of fossil fishes from the Chalk has heen carefully cleaned and re-
labelled.

All the Cretaceous fishes, hitherto placed in drawers beneath the Table-cases of
Minerals in this room, have been transferred to drawers beneath new Table-cases, tempo-
rarily placed in the new Ethnological Gallery ready for removal.

In Room III. ( Aves.) —The large collection of bones of extinct wingless birds from
New Zealand has been reviewed by Prof. Owen, and the species have been verified and
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36 accounts, &c., OF ‘THE BRITISH MUSKUM.

labelled in accordance with his determinations; a series is arranged in Wall-case No.
10; the remainder of the specimens have been placed in drawers in the Basement, ready
for removal.

In Room IV. (Aves.)—The remains of Fossil birds from the Siwalik Hills, India, have
been described (see Geol. Mag., vol. vii., pl. il, pp. 18-27), and several new species
determined ; they are placed for exhibition in Table-case 4.

( Reptilia.) —The smaller Reptilia from the Purbeck Beds of Swanage (described by
Prof. Owen in his Monograph Pal. Soc., 1879), have been tableted, labelled, and ar-
ranged in Table-case 2.

In Room V. (Mummalia.)—The Bovine, and other large Ruminant-remains, from the
Siwalik Hills, have been mounted upon stands and arranged upon the Wall-cases 1 and
2. he species have been identified and labelled in accordance with the determinations
of Prof. L. Riitimeyer, of Basle (“ Die Rinder der Tertiir Epoche,” in Mem. Swiss Pal.
Soc., 1877-78). Many of the specimens, in the British Museum, are figured and described
by Prof. Rtitimeyer.

In Room VI.—Pier-case 4, containing the remains of the Megatherium, has been
cleaned and re-arranged.

The Dinotherium-remains, in Pier-case 2, have also been cleaned and re-arranged.

Considerable progress has been made during the past year, in developing from the
matrix numerous Reptilian remains from South Africa; Chelonian and other remains
from the Isle of Sheppey and other localities,

The fossil vertebrata, contained in 238 drawers under the Table-cases of Minerals, in
Rooms II., III., and IV., have been carefully cleaned, arranged, and transferred to new
Table-cases, and the old drawers given up to the Mineralogical Department.

INVERTEBRATA and PLANTA.

In Room I. (Plante.)—Upwards of a thousand Plant-remains, from the Eocene
Tertiary “ pipeclay beds” of Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, have been examined by Dr.
Constantin Baron Ettingshausen, and determined and labelled, in preparation of his
Monograph (with Mr. J. S. Gardner), to be published by the Palzontographical
Society.

ihe Placa contained in 150 drawers beneath Table-cases in this, and adjom-
ing rooms, have been carefully cleaned, re-arranged; and transferred to other drawers
beneath new Table-cases (temporarily placed in the King’s Library), and the old drawers
given up to the Mineralogical Department. .

In Room II. The “ Cunnington,” “ Sharp,” and “ Marsham,” Collections, have been
removed from beneath Mineralogical Table-cases, and re-arranged in cabinets beneath
Geological Table-cases in Rooms V. and VI.; the old drawers being transferred to the
Mineral Department.

In Room III. The type-collection of “ Sowerby’s Mineral Conchology ” has been
completely revised and re-arranged, and transferred to drawers beneath new Table-cases
temporarily placed in Ethnological Gallery.

In Room V._ The entire series of Protozoa, and, as far as possible, all the Cepha-
lupoda, not in Table or Wall-cases, are arranged in sets of drawers in this Room.

A large number of specimens, without authentic history, have been rejected, and placed
in store boxes in the Basement.

In Room VI. The collections of Invertebrate fossils in drawers in this Room have
undergone entire revision. Highty drawers of Foreign Tertiary Mollusca (partly from
this Room and partly from Room III.) have been arranged and transferred to new
cabinets placed temporarily in the King’s Library.

The “ Gilbertson Collection” of Carboniferous fossils; the “ Strzelecki” and other
Australian fossils; the Blanford, Abyssinian Collection (occupying fifty drawers),
have been transferred to fresh sets of drawers beneath new Table-cases placed tempo-
rarily in the Ethnological Collection.

An extensive collection of Invertebrate Fossils, obtained by Mynheer Verbeek, in
Sumatra, and presented by the Dutch-Indian Government to the British Museum, have
heen described and figured (see Geol. Mag., 1879, Vol. VI., pp. 385-549, pl. x-xv.)

A revision of the “ type specimens” in the Gilbertson Collection has been accomplished,
and in part published (see Geol. Mag., 1879, Vol. VI., p. 161.)

Dr. Constantin Baron Ettingshausen has published his first report on the “ Fossil
Fruits of Sheppey,” preserved in this Department (sce Proceedings Royal Society, 1879,
No. 198). He has determined 73 genera, and 197 species, of plants, in this collection,
which will shortly be figured by the Paleontographical Society. ;

Certain anomalous bodies from the Chalk, referred to fossil fishes under the name of
“ Dercetis elongatus,” having been recently subjected by Mr. W. Davies to closer
scrutiny, he has determined them to be in reality ‘‘ Annelide-tubes,” and as such, they
have been carefully described (see Geol. Mag., 1879, Vol. VI., p. 145), and are mounted,
arranged and named in one of the Window-cases in Room II.

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The Fossil Trigonie, figured by Dr. Lycett* (and also a fine collection of fossil
pee sere been exhibited in Room V., by the intruduction of another Table-
case from the Supplemental Room,

[*Pal. Soc. Mons., 1872-79. |

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—
Mammalia - - - - - - 172
Aves - - - - - + - - 17
Reptilia - - - Sa Ateaa LY A - 42
Pisces - - - - - - - 329
588
Invertebrata :—
Crustacea and Insecta - - - - 261
Annelida - - - - - - - 159
Mollusca - - - - - - hy dpc:
POV Ze8. Noy ch at - = - - 130
Echinodermata - - - - - - 200
Zoophyta-Zoantharia - = - eT ey. 349
Protozoa and Rhizopoda_~ - SOUS wets 377
8,690
Fossil Plant-remains - . - - - - - - 3,834
Total number of Specimens registered - - - - 13,112

Number of Students’ visits to the Gallery during the year, 1,679.

Acquisitions.
The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation—A. VERTEBRATA.

Reptilian remains, in Triassic? clay-shale from Kimberley. Presented by George J.
Lee, Esq., through Col. Lanyon, c.B., c.M.c., Governor of Griqua Land, West.

Dicynodont, and other reptilian remains, from Stormberg, South Africa. Presented
by E. J. Dunn, Esq.

Specimens of Cephalaspis Lyelli, from the Old Red Sandstone of Forfarshire. The
type-specimen of Amblypterus nemopterus, Agassiz (figured in the “ Recherches sur les
Poissons Fossiles,” tom. II. pl. iv. b. figs. 1 & 2), from the Carboniferous shales of Wardie,
near Edinburgh. Tooth of Ahizodus,from Burdie House, and of Helodus turgidus, from the

_ Carboniferous Limestone, Bristol. Bones of the Cave-Lion, Hyena, Wolf, Fox, Bear,
Mammoth, Rhinoceros, Red Deer, Reindeer, and other remains from Kent’s Hole, Tor-
quay. Bequeathed by the late Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Bart., F.a.s., &c.

Teeth of the Musk-ox ( Ovibos moschatus, Blainy.), described in the Geological Maga-
zine, 1879, Vol. VI., p. 246. Presented by R. W. Cheadle, Esq., F.G.s.

Remains of Marsupial Mammalia, of the genera Macropus, Palorchestes, Protemnodon,
Sthenurus, Thylacoleo, Sarcophilus, Phascolomys, aud Diprotodon, from ancient fluviatile
deposits, Gowrie, Queensland. Presented by G. F. Bennett, Esq., M.D., F.L.8., &c.

Fossil teeth of Rhinoceros sinensis, Owen; Hippotherium, Cervus, and Hyena sinensis,
Owen ; purchased in apothecary’s shops in Hong Kong. Presented by H. N. Moseley,
Esq., M.A., F.R.8., Naturalist on H.M.S. “ Challenger.”

Bones of Dinornis crassus, D. gracilis, and .D. tenuipes, from New Zealand. Presented
by Professor Owen, C.B., F.R.S.

B. INVERTEBRATA.

Twenty-two specimens of Stromatopora from the Devonian Limestone, near Totness.
’ Presented by A. Champernowne, Hsq., M.A., F.G.S.

Fourteen specimens of Upper Paleozoic Corals, from Queensland, Australia. Pre-
sented by the late R. Daintree, Esq., c.M.c.

Ninety-one Paleozoic and other fossils, from Western Australia, Presented by Henry
L. Brown, Esq.

Thirty Tertiary shells from the Upper Amazons (figured and described in Quart. Journ.
Geol. Soc., 1878, vol. xxxv., f. 7). Presented by Charles R. Brown, Esq., F.6.s.

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An extensive series of fossils, comprising, Coal-plants, from Burdie House; Corals and
Orthoceratites, from the Carboniferous Limestone ; Fenestrelle, from the Magnesian
Limestone; Plant-remains, from Stonesfield; Miocene Tertiary shells, from Antium,
Monte Mario, &c., &c. Bequeathed by the late Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan,
Bart., F.G.S.

Seventy-one fossils from Northern Queensland, comprising Corals, Polyzoa, Mollusca,
and Plant-remains; from Upper Paleozoic rocks. Presented by R. L. Jack, Esq., F.G.s.,
Government Geologist, Townsville.

II. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A perfect skull of Bos primigenius, and the upper and lower jaws of
a young Elephas antiquus; from the brickearth at Ilford.

Remains of Mesopithecus Pentelici, Rhinoceros pachygnathus, Hipparion gracile,
Tragoceros amaltheus, Paleoreas, sp., Gazella brevicornis, G. deperdita, and Helladothe-
rium Duvernoyi; from the Miocene deposits at Pikermi, near Athens.

The above specimens selected and named by Prof. A. Gaudry.

(2.) Reptilia.—Part of vertebral column, and limb-bones of Dolichosaurus longicollis,
from the Chalk of Lewes; and remains of Ichthyosaurus, Polyptychodon, Acanthopholis
horridus, and of Chelone, from the Lower Chalk, near Folkestone (Capron Collection).

A set of plaster casts of the type-specimens of Lelaps aquilunguis, from the Greensand
of New Jersey, U.S.A.

(3.) Pisces.—A fine series of jaws of Edaphodontide, comprising the figured specimens
described in the Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Mon. iv., pl. 4; of Drepanodon
canaliculatus, figured and described by Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart., in Decade xiii.,
pl. 9, of the Geological Survey; also remains of Pomognathus, Tomognathus, Acrognathus,
Belonostomus, Macrupoma, Dercetis, and other genera, from the Chalk, near Guildford and
Lewes (Capron Collection).

A collection of fossil fishes, containing nearly perfect examples of Pterichthys productus,
Pt. latus, and Pt. oblongus; also of Coccosteus, Glyptolepis, Diplopterus; and Osteolepis
major, of unusually large size; from the Old Red Sandstone, Lethen Bar.

B. INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Crustacea.—Forty-two specimens of Enoploclytie and other Macrourous Crus-
taceans, from the Chalk of Surrey and Sussex (Capron Collection).

Meyeria Vectensis, from the Greensand ; Hoploparia Belli, and Dromilites, sp. nov.,
from the London Clay, Sheppey.

Nine Bohemian Trilobites, including specimens with beautifully preserved eyes, of
Aiglina speciosa, and AE. prisca; Remopleurides radians, &c.

Seventy-eight specimens from the Silurian, of Cincinnati, belonging to the genera
Acidaspis, Asaphus, Beyrichia, Calymene, Ceraurus, Leperditia, Triarthrus, Trinu-
cleus, &e.

(b.) Mollusca.—A mass of Tertiary Limestone, with numerous casts of Limnee, from
Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight.

Twenty-three species of Brachiopoda, Spirifera, Orthis, Leptena, Rhynchonella, Tere-
bratula, &c., from the Devonian Limestone of Menzenberg, &c., and 20 Brachiopods,
from the Devonian of Prim and Gerolstein, Eifel.

Two hundred and forty-three Mollusca, from the Carboniferous strata of Tournay,
Belgium, belonging to the genera Orthis, Bellerophon, Athyris, Chonetes, Euomphalus, &c.

One thousand three hundred specimens of Mollusca of various genera, from the Silurian

of Cincinnati, U.S.A.

(c.) Polyzoa.—Thirty-five Graptolites, from the Lower Silurian of Victoria, Australia ;
figured and described in the “ Annals and Magazine of Natural History,” for 1876. __

Thirteen Graptolites and 50 Polyzoa from the Silurian of Cincinnati, and other localities
in the U.S.A.

(d.) Echinodermata.—A specimen of Echinanthus, from the Tertiary Limestone of
Lake Nyanza, Central Africa.
Tae specimens of Ophiura Libanotica, Kénig, from the Cretaceous beds of Hakel,

ebanon.

Two hundred and six Chalk Echinodermata; Cidaris, Marsupites, Goniaster, &c., from
Surrey and Sussex (Capron Collection).

Thirty-seven specimens of Ctenocrinus, Cupressocrinites, &c., from the Devonian, Eifel.

Seventy-two Crinoidea; Agelacrinus, Eucalyptocrinus, Heterocrinus, Ichthyocrinus, &c.,
from the Silurian of Cincinnati.

(e.) Annelida,—Twenty-seven specimens of Terebella Lewesiensis, from the Chalk of
Lewes, Sussex (Capron Collection), Tentaculites, Conchiolites, Serpulites, &c., from the
Silurian of Cincinnati; and nine specimens of Spirorbis, &c., from the Carboniferous
Limestone of Edinburgh.

(f.) Zoophyta-

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(f.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia.—Sixty Corals from the Chalk of Surrey and Sussex (Capron
Collection).

Twenty-five specimens, Chetetes, Lithostrotion, Alveolites, &c., from the Carboniferous
Limestone, Scotland and BeJgium.

Forty-three specimens of Calceola, Cyathophyllum, Heliolites, &c., from the Devonian,
of the Eifel, Rhenish-Prussia.

Two hundred and three Silurian Corals, Favosites, Chetetes, Strombodes, Cyatho-
phyllum, &c., from Cincinnati, &c., U.S.A.

(g.) Protozoa.—Fifteen specimens of Cumerospongia, Becksia, Coscinopora, Calopty-
chium, &c., from the Chalk of Coesfeld, Westphalia.

About 200 Chalk Ventriculites, Choanites, Cephalites, &c., in chalk and flint; part of
the Capron Collection; from Surrey and Sussex.

C. PLANTA.

201 Fossil plants, from the Trias of Lunz, Austria, and from the Coal-formation of
Moravia; 43 of which have been figured and described by Dr. Ettingshausen in the
Transactions of the Academy of Sciences, Vienna.

Nine Fucoid remains from the Silurian of Cincinnati.

The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows:—
I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - is = 142

II. ,, Purchase, A. Vertebrata - - - - 440
582
I. ,, Donation, B. Invertebrata - - 2 oly 531
II. ,, Purchase, B. Invertebrata - - ariel G
3,747
I. ,, Donation, C. Plante - - - - - 16
II. ,, Purchase, C. Plante - - . - 210
—-— 226
2 Total -- - - 4,555

Geo. R. Waterhouse.

MINERALOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

The additions to the Mineralogical Collections during the year 1879 have num-
bered 1,029, including a collection of rocks recently presented by Henry Ludlam, Esq.,
and exclusive of additions resulting from the incorporation of the minerals hitherto be-
longing to the India Museum.

The former additions have been registered, labelled, and incorporated.

The time of the staff has been, as heretofore, directed, at every available opportunity,
to the identification of references in old catalogues to minerals in the reserve collection,
and so labelling these minerals that their history may be inseparable from them. ‘This
work, long in hand, progresses slowly, at a time when the Department is continually
occupied in the concentration of the various subsidiary collections, and other preparations
for their removal to the new Museum.

The drawers under the mineralogical table-cases are in course of being evacuated by the
Geological Department, and the portion of the petrological collection, hitherto densely
packed in 200 large drawers, has been removed to those thus rendered vacant, and at
the same time sorted and grouped.

The crystallographic collection also, consisting of small detached crystals, has been
arranged in glass-topped boxes to be ready for removal.

The new Catalogue of the whole collection, with crystallographic descriptions, has been
continued on every available opportunity, and the specimens in the table-cases containing
the native elements have been numbered in accordance with it.

The books in the Departmental Library, of which the numbers have been largely aug-
mented during the past year, have been stamped wlth an official stamp. They are all
catalogued.

Preparations for the approaching transportation of the collections to the new Museum
of Natural History, and for their re-arrangement there, have been for some time in hand,
and nearly 4,000 trays have been filled with fresh cotton for the display of additional
specimens that will be exhibited in the new gallery.

On the petrological collection, which has during recent years been growing rapidly in
completeness, much work has been done in examining and determining the rocks by the
aid of microscopic sections (of which 280 have been cut and finished in the Department)
and in labelling them in accordance with the results obtained.

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The new arrangements adopted by the department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State
for India in regard to the India Museum have resulted in the mineralogical collections of
that Museum becoming handed over to this department. The transfer took place in the
closing weeks of the year, so that a summary only can at present be given of the collec-
tions thus falling under the care of this department.

The following are the most important of the acquisitions made by the Department :—

Acquisitions by Presentation :—

By Professors Roscoe and Schorlemmer :
Native Tin, from the gold washings of Playa Gritada, Rio de Tipuani, Bolivia, South
America.

By H. E. Hope, Esq. :—
Crystals of Diamond from Bultfontein, South Africa.

By the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Gregory, C.M.G. :—
Specimens of Sapphire, Ceylon.

By Professor A. Des Cloizeaux, of Paris :—
goer Hamimad mine, Constantine, Algeria ; and Adamite, Laurium mines,
reece.

By Henry Louis, Esq., F.G.S.:—
Specimens of Ankerite and Sideroplesite from Londonderry, Nova Scotia.

By Henry Ludlam, Esq., F.G.S.:— ’
Specimens of Herschelite from Richmond, near Melbourne, Victoria; and Dunite
from Dun Mountain, Nelson, New Zealand.

By Professor B. Silliman, Jun., of Newhaven, Connecticut, U.S.A.:—
Specimens of Hemimorphite, Little Cottonwood Mines, Utah; Enargite, Tintic,
Utah; Ulexite, Columbus, Esmeralda Co., Nevada; Priceite, near Chetko, Curry Co.,
Oregon ; and Jarosite, Vulture Gold Mine, Arizona Territory, U.S.A.

By G. W. Ormerod, Esq., F.G.S. :—
Two specimens of Tourmaline in granite,*from Chegford, near Exeter.

By Professor Roscoe, F.R.S.:—
Specimens of Mottramite encrusting a sandstone of Keuper age, from Mottram St.
Andrew’s, Cheshire.

By Admiral Sir George Nares, K.C.B.: —
Fibroferrite from the Alcaparrosa Mine, Copiapo, Chili.

By Henry Ludlam, Esq., F.G.S. :—

A Collection of 600 specimens of Rocks from various localities not represented in the
Collection, including rocks from the departments of the Vosges, Haute Loire, and the
Puy-de-Dome, in France. The collection is illustrated by sections prepared from many
of the rock-specimens for use with the microscope.

Acquisitions by Purchase :—
Native Silver, Wheal Darlington, Marazion, Cornwall; Kongsberg, Norway; and
associated with magnetite, Nordmark mines, Wermland, Sweden.

Native Gold, Beresowsk, Perm, Russia.

Native Platinum associated with chromite, Nijni-Tagilsk, Perm, Russia.

A mass of native Bismuth, in very large crystals, with native Gold, Bolivia, South

America.

Arquerite, Arqueros, Chili.

Alabandite, Nagyag, Transylvania.

Millerite, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

Bjelkite and Galenobismutite, Nordmark iron mines, Wermland, Swedon.

Bournonite, Przibram, Bohemia; and Herodsfoot mine, near Liskeard, Cornwall.

Cacheutaite, Cacheuta, Mendoza, La Plata, S. America.

Polydymite, Siegen. Prussia.

Stephanite, Transylvania.

Rivotite, Sierra del Cadi, Lerida, Spain.

Pyrargyrite as a vein in limestone, Chili.

Freieslebenite, Santa Maria, Potosi, Peru.

Fluor, Minsterthal, Baden.

Magnetite in bright rhombic dodecahedrons, Nordmark iron mines, Wermland, Sweden.

Cleveite, Arendal, Norway.

Spinel, Schischimskaja Mountains, Urals, Russia.

Anatase, Binnenthal, Switzerland.

Senarmontite, Hamimad mine, Constantine, Algeria.

Chalcedony geodes enclosing water, Rio Grande, Uruguay, South America.

Marmairolite, Langban mines, Wermland, Sweden.

Chessylite in crystals with malachite, South Caradon mines, near Liskeard, Cornwall.
Enstatite

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Enstatite crystals partly changed to serpentine, Bamle, Norway.

Augite in large crystals on magnetite, Nordmark iron mines, Wermland, Sweden.

Asbestos in very long fibres, Corsica.

Jade, from various localities in New Zealand.

Topaz crystals, [men Mountains, Urals, Russia.

Thorite, Brevig, Norway. 5

Epidote in fine crystals. from the Untersulzbach-thal, Salzburg.

A facetted Adularia.

A large crystal of Emerald in carbonaceous dolomitic limestone, Muso, Santa Fé de
Bogota, Granadian Confederation. 8. America.

Milarite ; Val Juif, Switzerland.

Waluewite in excellent crystals, from the Nicolas-Maximilian mine, near Achmatowsk,
Perm, Russia.

Hyalotekite, Langban mines, Wermland, Sweden.

A large series of the Zeolites of Nova Scotia, including fine specimens of Mordenite
(variety Steeleite).

Perofskite crystals, Zermatt, Switzerland.

Samarskite, Miask, Urals, Russia.

Wolfram, Rezbanya, Hungary.

Brochantite with chrysocolla, Pisco mines, Peru.

Herrengrundite and Langite, Herrengrund, Hungary.

Lettsomite, Cape Garonne, Var, France.

Siegburgite, near Bonn, Rhine.

Large specimens of Ulexite and Howlite, Hants Co., Nova Scotia.

Adamite, Laurium mines, Greece.

Liskeardite, Marke Valley mine, near Liskeard, Cornwall.

Cuprouranite, West Bassett mine, near Redruth, Cornwall.

Autunite, Himmelfahrt mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony.

Apatite, Nordmark iron mines, Wermland, Sweden; and (var. Moroxite) Arendal,
Norway.

Scorodite, Nertschinsk, Irkutsk, Trans-Baikal, Asiatic Russia.

Baryilite, Langban mines, Wermland, Sweden.

AEROLITES.
By Purchase and Exchange.

Stones.— Zsadany, Hungary, 3lst March 1875; 210 grains.
Dandapur, Goruckpur, India, 5th September 1878; 5 lbs. 13 ozs. 200 grains.
Rakofka, Tula, Russia, 20th November 1878; 13 ozs,

Trons.—Chili, South America, 3 Ibs. 6 ozs. 300 grains.
Santa Cattarina, Brazil, 13 lbs. 14 ozs.
Atacama, Bolivia, 450 lbs.

Sierra Bianca, Bolivia, 22 lbs. 14 ozs.

The number of Meteorites represented in the Collection is now, of—

Siderites - 4 ~ = E 3 La)
Siderclites - - = “a au BN rae ES
Aerolites - - - = = z BOY:

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Among the more important additions accruing from the incorporation of the Indian
Collection are the following :—
MINERALS.

A collection of miscellaneous minerals and of metalliferous ores, more especially those
of iron, from various parts of India; and including samples of tin-stone from several
localities in the Malay Peninsula, Siam, Sumatra, and from Malwa in India.

21 samples of native Gold from Chota Nagpur, Lukempur, Peshawur, Sango, Pakang,
Jeypur, Nellampur, Mount Ophir, Jubbulpur.

Auriferous Sands.

Polished specimens of Quartz and its varieties.

Ditto '- - of varieties of Garnet.
Ditto - - of varieties of Corundum.
Ditto - - of Lapis Lazuli.

Ditto - - of Turquoise.

i2 stone and 12 mortar cubes which have been tested by the “thrusting stress.”
Slabs of Flexible Sandstone from Rajpootana.

Ww PETROLOGY.

A collection formed by the Messrs. Schlagintweit illustrating their work.
A collection from the Salt Range, Punjab.
Collections, formed by Captain Pemberton, from Bootan.
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Collections formed by Dr. Buist and by Dr. Heyne.

Rocks from Beejapur and Sholapur, collected by Surgeon Major Lovell.

The collection formed by General Strachey in Ladakh and Kumaon.

The Horsfield Collection, from Java.

The Hamilton Collection, from Bhagalpur and Goruckpur.

That of Colonel Sykes.

A collection formed by Dr. Maicolmson at Aden.

A collection of Building Stones.

Captain Hutton’s petrological collection.

That of M. Jonville, from Ceylon.

Of Mr. Wilks, from St. Helena.

Poonah rocks collected by Lieutenant Newbold, and a petrological collection formed
by Lieutenant Ouchterlong. j

These collections of petrological specimens are an addition of great value to the various
series of rock specimens in this Department which, during the last few years, have been
assuming a position of considerable importance among the petrological collections extant
in the world.

Number of students during the year, 1,301.
Wevil Story-Maskelyne.

DEPARTMENT OF BoTANyY.

The work of incorporating plants in the General and British Herbaria has been
actively carried on during the past year. In its progress the following Natural Orders
have been greatly increased, and more or less completely re-arranged :—Leguminosa,
Araliacee, Dipsacacee, Styracea, Oleacea, Loganiacee, Gentianacee, Polemoniacea, Hy-
droleacee, Boraginee, Labiata, Gesneracea, Scrophulariacee, Nyctaginee, Phytolaccacee,
Liliaceae, Commelinacea, Filices, Fungi and Alge.

The following collections have been either entirely or in part incorporated in the
General Herbarium :—Plants collected in the Transvaal by the Rev. W. Greenstock ;
in the Malayan Archipelago, by Lobb; in Borneo, by Burbidge; in the Samoan
Islands, by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee ; in Australia, by the Baron Mueller; in New
Zealand, by Dr. Berggren; in the Southern United States, by Rugel; in Mexico, by
Botteri, Sallé, Ghiesbreght, and others; in Costa Rica, by Polakowsky ; in Surinam,
by Berthoud-Coulon ; in Bolivia, by Bridges; and in Uruguay, by Lorentz. Numerous
collections by various botanists have been incorporated belonging to the following Natural
Orders :— Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Composite, Solanacee, Boraginee, Piperacee, Aroidee,
Commelinacea, Cyperacee, Gramineae, Alya, and Fungi.

The principal addition to the Department during the past year is the extensive
Herbarium of the late John Miers, F.r.s., &c., the distinguished botanist, which he be-
queathed to the Trustees. It contains the types of the species described in his numerous
systematic Works and Memoirs, as far as they were in his own possession, together with
an extensive series of South American plants from various collectors, and many valuable
collections from other regions of the world. Besides the plants, Mr. John W. Miers has
presented to the Department the large series of original drawings made by his father
from the living plants in South America, and from dissections of plants in later

ears.
: There have been added to the Herbarium a valuable series of Indian Plants, consisting
of 951 species, presented by C. B. Clarke, Esq., and 260 species of plants from Borneo,
collected by Mr. Burbidge, and presented by Messrs. H. and A. Veitch. In addition
to these a valuable collection made on the Sierra Nevada, New Grenada, by Mr. F. A.
A. Simons, has been acquired; also a collection from New Zealand, made by Dr. Berggren;
from Syria, by Dr. Post; and from Java, by Mr. H. O. Forbes.

The Fern Herbarium of the late Edward Newman, consisting of 514 species of Ferns,
was presented to the Trustees by his son, T. P. Newman, Esq.

A collection of the Mosses of the Cape of Good Hope, made and named by Dr.
Rehmann, has been purchased, and a small series of 29 species of Mosses, collected by
the Naturalists in the Arctic Expedition, has been received.

A collection of Lichens from Central France, formed and named by Dr. Nylander, has
been acquired.

A small collection of unicellular Alge, made by W. Simpson, Esq., in Afghanistan,
has been presented by that gentleman. Other Algz have been received from Dr. Raben-
horst, and from the Government Expedition to Kerguelen’s Land.

Collections of Fungi have been obtained from Oudemans, formed in the Netherlands ;
Saccardo, formed in Northern Tialy ; Rabenhorst, formed chiefly in Germany; and
Ravenal, formed in the United States.

In the British Herbarium there have been added during the year 78 species from Mrs.
Fry, and several rare and critical flowering plants from J. C. Mansel-Pléydell, Esq.,
Messrs. H. and J. Groves, and others, together with critical species of Fungi from C. E.
Broome, Esq., and a collection of Spheriacee, by Mr. Plowright. k

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An interesting series of microscopical preparations of British Cellular Cryptogams,
formed by Mr. W. Joshua, has been acquired.

To the series of Woods has been added a collection from Cordoba and Tucuman,
accompanied with the foliage and flowers of the trees from which the specimens were
taken.

To the collection of vegetable structures in spirits have been added specimens of the
flower-panicles of Aloe dichotoma and Aloe Barbare from South Africa, presented by
Roland Trimen, Esq.; and of the fruit of Seyphochlamys revoluta, from Rodriguez.

The collection of Drawings and Engravings of Plants has been largely increased during
the year by the further incorporation of drawing and engravings previously acquired,
and by the purchase of 8,772 further drawings and engravings.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific inquiry and
research, was 1,008.

The fellowing foreign Botanists may be specified as having used the Herbarium in
connection with their mvestigations:—M. C. De Candolle, of Geneva; M. Cogniaux, of
Brussels; Dr. Berggren and Mr. Nathorst, of Stockholm; Dr. Hildebrandt, the African
Explorer; and Baron Ettimgshausen, of Gratz. Of British Botanists the following may
be specified:—Mr. W. P. Hiern, Mr. C. B. Clarke, Mr. J. G. Baker, Mr. A. W.
Bennett, Mr. J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Mr. A.G. More, Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, Mr. B. D.
Jackson, Dr. Braithwaite, Mr. S. le M. Moore, Mr. R. V. Tellam, Mr. E. M. Holmes,
Rev. W. W. Newbould, the Messrs. Groves, the Rev. J. M. Crombie, Mr. Howse, Mr.
Boulger, and Mr. Joshua.

Wm. Carruthers.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The preparation of the fourth volume of Mr. Stephens’s Catalogue of Satirical Prints
and Drawings has been completed, and it is now ready to be set up in type.

The Catalogue of early German and Flemish Prints by anonymous Masters of the
fifteenth and first quarter of the sixteenth centuries, prepared by Dr. Willshire, has been
published; it contains descriptions of one hundred and fifty-two distinct subjects, and is
illustrated with ten plates and several woodcuts.

The greater part of the collection of choice drawings by J. R. Cozens, Canaletto, T.
Girtin, J. M. W. Turner, r.a., David Cox, and W. J. Miiller, bequeathed by the late John
Beret, lisq., F.S.A., has been arranged for public exhibition on screens in the King’s

ibrary.

An interesting series of early Playing Cards, of various countries, including the rare
sets presented last year by General Meyrick, has also been arranged on screens in the
Kine’s Library.

A full description has been prepared of the above exhibition for the general Guide to
the Museum, published at sixpence.

A selection has been made of such duplicate prints possessed by the department as it
has been thought desirable to dispose of by public auction, in order to raise funds for the
purchase of the Crace Collection of London Topography. Each print selected has been
impressed with a special stamp, to which the keeper of the Department has affixed his
initials, as evidence that he has carefully compared it with the impression to be retained,
and satisfied himself that it is the inferior of the two.

The work of making copies of and extracts from reports and other documents relating
to the Department, preserved in the Principal Librarian’s Office, has been completed, and
the whole collection bound up in volumes and indexed.

The Library of Books of Reference has been re-arranged, and provided with press-
marks, which are written on the inside and affixed to the outside of each volume. The
Catalogue has been completed, and bound in five volumes, which contain 1,206 titles.

One hundred and seven volumes of the Bagford Collection in the Department of MSS.,
have been examined, with the concurrence of Mr. Thompson, and a list has been prepared
of such prints and drawings contained in it as it appeared desirable to transfer to the Print
Room; many of these are of great importance, but in their present position are not avail-
able for reference, being distributed through miscellaneous collections of book-titles.

A Jarge number of fine prints and etchings by Marc Antonio, Albrecht. Diirer, Rem-
brandt, and other masters, forming part of the Slade Collection, which during the last:
twelve years has been kept intact, out of respect for the donor’s memory, have been
incorporated in the respective volumes of their works.

Six hundred and seventy-one carbon photographs from drawings at Dresden have been
mounted, and the greater part of them impressed with the artists’ names, ete. This com-
pletes the work, which has been in progress for some years, of mounting the extensive
series of reproductions by Braun of Dornach, from drawings by the Old Masters in the
public galleries of Europe. The whole will now be re-arranged, and the works of each
artist brought together, thereby enabling the student to pass in review all the best
examples of a master’s work which exist in the great Continental collections; an advan-
tage which it would be hardly poszible to overrate.

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44 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

—

Highty-two etchings, by C. W. E. Dietrich, which have been acquired since the collec-
tion of his works was arranged and mounted, have been mcorporated in the volumes. °

The arrangement of the collection of etchings by English artists and amateurs in
chronological order has been commenced, and those so arranged now fill six cases.

An index of the artists’ names, 521 in number, has been prepared to the collection of
English Drawings ; it is in two divisions, chronological and alphabetical.

The 5,651 entries in the working copy of the Catalogue of the Raftaelle Collection at
Windsor, have been numbered with figures stamped in bistre, in order to facilitate the
arrangement of the collection of that master’s works in the Department.

The collection of British Institution Catalogues has been arranged, and is ready to be
bound up, as soon as the few that are still wanted to complete the series have been
acquired.

A translation of Heller’s Catalogue of the numerous copies from Albrecht Diirer’s
engravings has been commenced, and has made some progress.

A portion of the Inventory of the Banks’ Collection has been revised, preparatory to
being transcribed for the proposed printed catalogue of the Department.

AJl English and foreign etchings and mezzotints, English portraits, and prints after
English masters, recently acquired, have been incorporated in their respective collec-

tions.
All foreign porteaits and a large number of prints after foreign masters have been

similarly treated.

Eleven thousand two hundred and ten articles have been entered in the Register of
purchases, presentations, and bequests.

Prints, drawings, and carbon photographs, to the number of thirteen thousand seven
hundred and ninety-six, have been impressed with the departmental stamp and references
to the Register.

Prints, drawings, and carbon photographs have been mounted on sunk boards to the
number of seven hundred and sixty-three, and eight hundred and eighty-six have been
mounted in the ordinary manner; and in all cases the names and references haye been
printed in bistre on the mounts.

One hundred and ninety-four titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of Books of
Prints.

Four hundred and forty-six titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of the Library
of Reference. ;

Sixteen old volumes, containing five hundred and eight prints, have been broken up, and
their contents distributed.

The following work has been executed for the proposed printed Catalogue of the con-
tents of the Department : —

Six hundred and sixty titles have been written for prints illustrating volumes in the
Library of Reference.

One thousand one hundred and eighty-nine titles have been written for prints illus-
trating Landon’s “ Vies et Giuvres des Peintres les plus Célébres,” the “ Annales du
Musée,” and other works which are not entered in detail in the Register.

Fifty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy-three titles have been transcribed in
manifold from the Register.

Hight hundred and thirty titles have been written for prints illustrating magazines in
the Department of Printed Books. |

The names of all the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese artists represented in the collec-
tion, have been written on cards, with their dates, and verified.

The following acquisitions, 4,750 in number, have been made during the past year :—

By Presentation; 242 Examples :—

Five etchings executed by Professor Louis Gurlitt, of Dresden, representing views in
Italy, the Tyrol, and Montenegro. Presented by Herr Fritz Gurlitt. :

A curious volume entitled “The Amaranth, or Religious Poems,” illustrated with
vignettes etched by W. Hibbert. Also a drawing by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A., being
the original sketch for his celebrated picture of the “ Blue Boy.” Presented by J. Deftett
Francis, Esq.

Ten plates etched by Professor Alphonse Legros, including a portrait of Sir Frederick
Leighton, p.r.A., in two states; also forty-four etchings executed by his pupils at the
Slade School, University College. Presented by Professor Legros.

Catalogue of the Collection of Prints in the Art Gallery at Hamburg, 1878. Presented
by the Directors of the Gallery.

An etched portrait of Mrs. Inchbald, and three other prints by Mr. William Bell Scott.
Presented by himself, in order to render complete the collection of his works, which he
gave to the Department in 1878.

A portrait of Maria, Lady Trevelyan, wife of Sir John Trevelyan, Bart., after
Hoppner, by J. Thomson; and four etchings executed by Paulina, Lady Trevelyan,
wife of the late Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart. Also six water-colour drawings by
John Smith, known as “ Warwick Smith,” representing views in Italy. Presented by
Sir Charles Trevelyan, Bart., K.C.B.

Impressions from five early engraved plates now in the possession of Signor G. Gancia.

Presented by him.
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Eleven portraits and groups of portraits executed in lithography by M. Charles
Baugniet. These render complete the series of his works which he presented to the
department, bound in twelve volumes, in 1877. Presented by himself.

‘*L’Incendie,” an etching by Professor Alphonse Legros, ina state not described in
Malassis’s Catalogue; touched on by the artist. Presented by M. Gueraut.

Fifteen etchings and woodcuts executed by Mr. William Bidgood, Curator of the
Taunton Museum. Presented by himself.

Reproductions from three early prints in the Kupferstichcabinet at Berlin, namely :---
the unique impression of the Flagellation, by the master of 1446; the copy by Mare
Antonio of the figure of Christ on the title to Diirer’s small set of ‘* The Passion ;” and
an anonymous Itaiian print of the fifteenth century, representing a young lady in profile.

Presented by Dr. Frederick Lippmann.

By Purchase :—

Italian School ; 460 Examples :—

Drauings.—Head of a man in a turban, by Federico Barocci, in crayons; and Diana
and her nymphs reposing, by Francesco Zucarelli, in tempera. Both from the Anderdon
Collection.

Etchings—By Paolo Filocami, A. Piccinni, Bartolommeo Pinelli, and Giambattista
Piranesi.

Engravings.—A rare and undescribed example of the early Florentine school, from
which Marco da Ravenna copied his ‘‘ Trois animaux dans un oval,” described in Bartsch’s
« Peintre-Graveur,” vol. xiv., No. 405.

The Shepherd and Nymph, a scarce print by Mare Antonio Raimondi; and a fine
impression of his ‘ Fagade aux Cariatides.”

The Judgment of Solomon, a rare work by Cesare Reverdino.

An interesting series of portraits of artists of all countries, 353 in number, engraved in
mezzotinto by Carlo Lasinio, from the collection of paintings in the Royal Gallery at
Florence: all the plates are printed in colours, and in most cases finished by hand; and
the set, which is quite complete, is bound in three volumes.

Some fine proots by modern engravers, including the Presentation in the ‘Temple, after
Fra Bartolommeo, by Antonio Perfetti, in three states ; the Madonna and Child, after
Raffaelle, by Perfetti, also in three states; and the Magdalen, after Carlo Dolci, by Giovita
Garavaglia, in two states.

Others by Pietro Anderloni, Pictro Bettelini, the Master of the Die, Giovanni
Francesco Mucci, Carlo Antonio Porporati, Luigi Schiavonetti, and Antonio Maria
Zanetti.

German School ; 363 Examples :—

Drawings.—The adoration of the Magi, by Albrecht Alidorfer; drawn with the brush
on paper prepared with body colour ; an interesting example in good preservation.

Etchings.—A_ set of twenty plates of grotesque ornamentation; by Christoph Jam-
nitzer.

Others by Johann Christoph Erhard, Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn, Ludwig Hart-
mann, Nicolaus Haublein, Johann Adam Klein, F. L. Meyer, Ernst Mohn, and Johann
Baptist Scheffer.

Engravings.—Seven curious coloured metal cuts of the latter half of the fifteenth
century ; pasted in the covers of a MS. work on theology of that period.

A design for a reliquary, an interesting specimen of goldsmiths’ work, by Israhel von
Meckenen; also by the same artist, “Saint Clara” (B. 126), and “ Children Playing’
(B. 188), the latter in an early undescribed state. ’

An undescribed print of Saint Barbara, of a period somewhat later than I. van
Meckenen.

A font in a church, by Albrecht Altdorfer (B. 59); a fine example of his skill in wood
engraving.

St. John the Evangelist, by Franz von Bocholt (B. 9); from the Drugulin sale.

Some fine proofs by Jakob Felsing.

Others by Samuel Amsler, Johann Friedrich Bause, Hans Sebald Beham, J.
Burger, Daniel Nicolaus Chodowiecki, Johann Friedrich Clemens, Albrecht Diirer,
L. Friedrich, Wenzel Hollar, T. Kohlschein, Georg Friedrich Schmidt, Virgil Solis,
C. Willmann, and Friedrich Zimmermann.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 531 Examples :—

Drawings.—Six most interesting designs for glass painting, representing the History
of Joshua, by Cornelis Engelbrechtsen, the master of Lukas van Leyden.

eae ie of great historical interest by Willem van de Velde and Jan Anton Lan-
gendyk. :
a ‘Acie of Oxford, by Snellincks, an artist who resided in England in the middle of
the seventeenth century.

Others by Gerard van Battem, Roeland Roghman, and Jan van der Vinne,

207—Sess. 2. H ELtchings.—

46 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Etchings.—A series of fifty-two plates by Louis Bernard Coclers.
Others by Cornelis van den Berg, Leonard Bramer, Alexander Janssens, Joseph
Israels, Rembrandt van Ryn, Adrian Schoonebeck, and William Unger.

Engravings.—An interesting series of proofs of portraits by Jakob Houbraken.

Many fine portraits by the brothers Wierix, including those engraved for Lampsonius’s
* Pictorum aliquot celebrium Effigies.”

Others by Abraham Blooteling, Abraham de Bruyn, Theodore de Bry, Alaert Claas,
Lambert Antony Claessens, Hieronymus Cock, Cornelis Dusart, Jakob Folkema, Jan
Gole, Jan de Groot, Arend van Halen, Pieter Huys, Rienk Jelgerhuis, Pieter de Jode,
Cornelis Meyssens, Jakob Neefs, Picter van Schuppen, Adam van Sylvelt, Pieter Tanjé,
and Coenraad Waumans.

French School; 1,002 Examples :-—

Drawings.—A flower-piece in water-colours by A. Pelletier, an artist who exhibited
at the Royal Academy 1816-1836 ; a very fine example, exquisitely rendered.
Another, by Charles Louis Clérisseau.

Etchings and Lithogruphs.—Artists’ proofs of several fine plates recently executed by
M. Charles Courtry, including “ Milton Dictating to his Daughters,” after Munkaesy.

“The Valley Farm,” after Constable, by A. Brunet-Debaines; artist’s proof.

“The Emperor Claudius,” after L. Alma-Tadema, R.a., by Paul Rajon; artist’s proof.

Remark proofs of the portraits of Rubens and his wife; by Léopold Flameng.

Others by Jules Adeline, Adolphe Appian, Charles Joseph Beauverie, EH. Bénard,
Felix Bracquemond, Alfred Brunet-Debaines, E. Champollion, Théophile Chauvel, J. J.
de Claussin, Gaston Jean Coindre, Charles Louis Courtry, Alfred Delauney, Adrien
Didier, L.F. Dupont, Léopold Flameng, Léon Gaucherel, Gaujean, E. Girardet, Gustave
Greux, A. Huot, Jules Jacquemart, Maxime Lalanne, Adolphe Lalauze, Alphonse
Legros, Edmond Paul Le Rat, V. Lhuillier, L. Lowenstam, A. P. Martial, Alphonse
Masson, F. Milius, A. Mongin, L. Monzies, Gabrielle Niel, Pierre Pagnier, A. Queyroy,
Paul Rajon, M. Ramus, Léon Richeton, Octave de Rochebrune, Henri Alexandre Saffrey,
FE. Salmon, H. Toussaint, Alphonse Trimolet, Charles Waltner, and Edmond Yon.

Engravings.—A number of fine artists’ proofs of plates by contemporary engravers,
including “ The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes,” after Murillo, by J. G. Levasseur ;
«“ The Triumph of Galatea,” after Raffaelle, by G. Biot; ‘La Belle Jardiniére,” after
Raffielle, by Gustave Bertinot; “Charles the First and Van Dyck at Hampton Court,”
after R. A. Muller, by Pierre Cottin; “A Spanish Marriage,” after Fortuny, by
Girardet,” ete.

Others by Alfred Annedouche, Pierre Hugene Aubert, C. Deblois, Marie Francois
Dien, Charles Dupuis, Etienne Fessard, R. Gaillard, Christophe Guérin, Jean Heudelot,
Thomas de Leu, Jean Charles Levasseur, Etienne Fréderic Lignon, R. Urbain Massard,
H. Morse, Muzelle, Joseph Théodore Richomme, A. and Ii. Varin, and Antoine Claude
Villerey.

English School; 1,976 Examples :—

Drawings.—Two early works in portraiture by Daniel Maclise, r.4., in pencil.

Two examples in water-colours by William Edward Frost, r.a., one of which, entitled
“ Proserpine,” was exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 1873.

A curious collection of original designs for book illustrations, by Alfred Henry Forrester,
known as “ Alfred Crowquill.”

Twenty-five highly finished drawings of waterfowl, by Sydenham Edwards; executed
in water colours on vellum.

A collection of the original drawings by Robert Hay, Owen B. Carter, and C. Laver,
or Hay’s “ Illustrations of Cairo.”

Others by Alfred Edward Chalon, r.a., John Cleveley, F. Coleman, George Cooke,
William Bernard Cooke, Isaac Cruikshank, Amos Green, George Perfect Harding,
Theodore Hook, John Jackson, r.A., William Denholm Kennedy, Frederick Nash,
William Payne, J. Skinner Prout, Sellett, Dominic Serres, R.a., Francis Philip
Stephanoff, Thomas Stothard, r.a., Peltro William Tomkins, Francis William Topham,
and W. J. White.

Etchings and Lithographs.—¥rost Fair in 1814, “ Gambols on the River Thames”;
by George Cruikshank.

Others by John Augustus Atkinson, John Vincent Barber, Hablot Knight Browne,
John Coney, Edward William Cooke, r.a., Alfred Crowquill, Sawrey Gilpin, R.a.,
John Greenwood, John Kay, Samuel Lover, McManus, J. Park, William Parry, A.R.A.,
Thomas Rowlandson, John Ruskin, William Bell Scott, Robert Seymour, Mrs. Dawson
Turner, and James McNeil Whistler.

Engravings.—An extremely rare portrait of Queen Elizabeth, engraved by Renold
Elstracke.
A very curious and rare pack of playing cards of the year 1690, illustrated with social
and satirical subjects ; from the collection of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes.
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A scarce early view of Edinburgh.

A rare portrait of Batt Platt, engraved i in mezzotinto.

An interesting portrait of Charles Edw ard, the Young Pretender, which was given by
him to one of his adherents.

Some fine examples in mezzotinto by Thomas Burke, Benjamin Green, Valentine
Green, Charles Howard Hodges, and Richard Brookshaw.

A large number of artists’ proofs of plates engraved from paintings by J. M. W.
Turner, R.A.

Others by James C. Allen, Francis Bartolozzi, R.A., James Basire, Samuel Bradshaw,
John Bromley, James Caldwall, Anthony Cardon, "Thomas Cheesman, George Clint,
James Collyer, George Cooke, William Bernard ‘Cooke, John Cousen, Samuel Cou-
sins, R.A., Robert Hartley Cromek, Henry Dawe, ohn Faber, William Faithorne,
Edward Hiden, William Finden, Tames Fittler, George Hollis, R. Josey, Henry Le
Keux, Frederick Christian Lewis, Thomas Lupton, James McArdell, Henry Moses,
B. T. Pouncy, Samuel William Reynolds, John Scott, Edward Scriven, William Sharp,
John Keyse Sherwin, William Skelton, Anker Smith, Peltro William Tomkins, Charles
Turner, A.£., John Charles Varrall, William Ward, Charles Warren, Caroline Watson,
John Whessell, Robort White, Charles Wilkin, and J. C. Zeitter.

Photographs.—One hundred and seventy-six carbon reproductions from original draw-
ings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaelle, Michel Angelo, and other masters, in Her

Majesty’ s Collection at Windsor.
Number of Students during the year, 4,220.

George William feid.

British Museum, } Edw. A. Bond,
29 May 1880. } Principal Librarian,

207—Sess. 2

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Incowz and Expenpiture
of the Bririsa Museum (Specrat Trust Funps,
including the Wurre Bequest), for the Year |
ended 31st March 1880; Number of Persons q
admitted, Progress of Arrangement; &c.

(Lér. Walpole.)

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2 June 1880.

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207—NSess. 2. q
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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 27 April 1881 ;—for,

ACCOUNT ‘of the Income and Exprnpiture of the Britiss Muszum
(Speciat Trust Funps) forthe Year ended the 3lst day of March 1881:”

‘*¢ And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each
Year from 1875 to 1880, both Years inclusive ; together with a STATEMENT
of the Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and Dzscription of the Cot-
LECTIoNS, and an Account of Ossects added to them, in the Year 1880.”

I._ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 31st March 1881.

II.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
II.—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.
VI—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisn Museum in
each Year from 1875 to 1880, both Years inclusive.
VIL—STATEMENT of the GenrraL ApMINISTRATION.

VIII.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and DescripTion of the Cot-
LECTIONS, and arn Account of Oxsects added to them, in the Year 1880.

(Mr. Walpole.)

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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
31 May 1881.

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» 7th January 1881 80 10 9

accounts, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, between the 1st April 1880 and the 31st March 1881.

By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the Rear
Estate, viz. :

Tn the financial year ended 31st March 1881 - - - - -

— Paynent of one year’s SAtary to the Egerton Librarian - - -
|
| — Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1881, carried to Account for 1881/82. -
|
, £.
_ FUND, between the Ist April 1880 and the 31st March 1881.
|
[
|
fr

By BaLaNce on THE 31sT Marcu 1881, carried to Account for 1881/82 - -

£.

FUND, between the Ist April 1880 and the 31st March 1881.

4
_*

i ’
| Bae

$
By Saary paid to Dr. H. Alleyne Nicholson for Lectures on Geology in 1880

Rs
"

Be BaLance ON THE 31st Marca 1881, carried to Account for 1881/82 - -

Casu.

O10). =)

211 3 4
360 3 11

571 7 3

e

Casu.

107 7 38

107 7 3

CasH.

205 - 11

855 - 11

Stock,
3 p’ Cent. Consols.

18,117 17. 2

13,117 17 2

Stock,

3 p’Cent. Consols.

ae Be a

2,872 6 10

2,872 6 10

ee SS

Stock,

3 p’Cent. Consols.

5,869 2 9

5,369 2 9

4 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Expenpiturs of the BIRCH |

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Be hs. dell Cuan
To Batancr on the Ist April1880- - -— - a PRE Sai TS Pate ienten haere iho 663 15 7

- Divipenps received on 5681, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, be-
queathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under Librarians of
the British Museum, viz.:

On the 6th July 1880 - - £.8 9 1
8 9

7th January 1881 - 2
s 4 1618 3

ee 16 1€ 3 663 15 7

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrpr and Expernpiture of the Bequest of the late

Casu. Stock.
Se Ss oe Liss piSs (ae
To Barance on the Ist April 1880 - - - - - . = ; Sri ; 2 57,964 15 9
~ Drvmenps received on 5,207/. 15s. 10d, Stock in Reduced 3 per Cent.
Annuities, viz. :
Sey se de
On the 6th April 1880 - Se ee So 83 SE Be ae
» 6th October 1880 TED RE RUN a dt A A ns a
; ee a OGY Ay 18
- Divipenns on 14,7851. 6s. 5d. Stock in New 8 per Cents., viz. :
Ge Shi.
On the 6th April 1880 - Srey fea a, ai - te ee ey |
» 6th October 1880 - - - - a ee oly
— | 443 11 2
- Divrpenpds on 28,3951. 18s. 4d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, viz. :
Le aid.
On the éth July 1880 - - - - - 42518 9
5 7th January 1881 - - - - =| 495 18 ~9
SS | OL ilivaene
~ Divivenns on 9,5751. 15s. 2d. Stock in East India 4 per Cents., viz. :
: Boa ELLOS,
On the Gth April 1880 - - - - - =P LOT. 10) C3
» 6th October 1880 ° - - - =e 19S Omas
x pa 383 - 6
= Zeenat heceived by sale of 2,207/. 15s. 10d. Stock in Reduced 3 per Cent.
nnuities, less commission and expenses of power of attorney - = - |2,157 10 9

£. 13,992 4 7 57,964 15 9
a es ee

British Museum,
14 May 1881.

ACCOUNTS, &e,, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

5
; FUND, between the Ist April 1880 and the 31st March 1881.
Srock,
Casn. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Guise dds Ee Sand ee
By Lecacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum, whose
offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the Department of
Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural History = - - - 1618 83
— Bavance on THE 31st Marcu 188], carried to Account for 1881/82 - -|- - - 563 15 7
|

Mr. WILLIAM WHITE, between the Ist April 1880 and the 31st March 1881.

j
| Casu. Stock.
. £. 5. £.) wm! ds
:
i 5
' By Batance on the Ist April 1880 - - +e - - - - - 85 8 10
. — Amount of balance paid for the erection of sheds in the inner quadrangle of
the Museum for the reception of sculptures recently housed under the
Museum portico - - - - - - - - - uli ays alo GAS)
-— Payments for « new boiler and for its inspection when in course of con-
struction - - - - - - - - - - - = |" 999) Geu=
- Payments for erection of a new boiler house, channels for pipes, &c. = =| 29,0674 < 212
_- Payments on account for removal of boilers, with a view of carrying out altera-
tion in the west wing of the Museum, re-setting of same in new boiler- |
house, new and enlarged pipes for improved warming service, boiler
covering, &c. &e. (Leaving 6321. 7s. 9d. to be paid) - - -{|1,262 5 5)
— Sale of 2,207 /. 15s. 10d. Stock in Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities = -|- - 4 2.207 15 10
| — Balance of Cash on 31st March 1881 - - - - - - - 638 9 9)

- Barance of Stock on 31st March 1881, carried forward to 1881/82, and
~ still available for the purposes of the bequest, viz. :

Stock in Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities - £.3,000 - -

er: » New 3 per Cents. - - - 14,785 6 5
é :
» Consolidated 3 per Cents. - - 28,395 18 4
», East India 4 per Cents. - - - 9,575 15

rw

£.. 3,992) 45 7 57,964 15 9

ren

Edward A, Bond, Principal Librarian.

6 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VI.—NUMBER of Persons ApmittTep to Visit the British Museum.

Persons admitted to view the GENERAL CoLLectTions in each Year from 1875 to 1880, both Years inclusive.

{

1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880,

No. No. No. No. No. | No.
JANUARY = 902) edo ye Wes el oe ce) 98 89,8581) 28,0864 xoild75 4435288. Banco weee
Bennuang 2) EE iy age eon! sy i hcg BB ly B90) | 22, OT ON e0 he 5 cine
Witten 2 ILE PO BERS Be Lk ye | 58,7 | 38S68)l|, "39.8781 aetee tl) aa7be | eemnas
Avprin Uh 2 he tN Be Soro!) ee, = 182, BBL EGS S05. 79, 406"|. 58,178) eoloee aaeral
May ces obs Mumieh Perio) = in) aid 6B, Bdils SONBS, hy SaeG40: |) 29410-1030 Oagiananee
Diner a te | =P BOTOT | 68604) 260%.) 6005 ere yal urea
Panta ee te en eee OL I Sa aaah aoe IMAle OO) td aA ine te OR elem eet
‘Aoewer Pe Be econ <2 5) pk 8OS166) hi 46480.1.655,656) 151,072, ea Aeneas
Serrempxrn = -* - - = - - + = =| 98,844 | 37,908 | 37,831 | 38,293 | 49.318] 56,208
OctoBER - - - = - - - - - - | 32,793 | 44,520 | 29,795 | 27,567 | 389,529] 42,269
Novanpere <6 (25% .20..- -) - - ,- =|) 24489.) 85,157 | 30,468 | 27,904. 49:3681 ato72
Decepin 3-26 4) js + = + - = ‘=| 64,566)1"87,665 | 464709) S550.) 5A thO! maes

Total Number of Persons admitted to view the r i.
General Collections (exclusive of Readers) - | 523,317 | 563,535 | 539,281 | 448,516 | 606,394 | 656,688

Number of Visits—
To the Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research - | 105,310 | 109,442 | 113,594 | 114,516 | 125,594] 133,842
To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research 186 259 296 316 256 124

To the Department of Manuscripts, for the purpose of study-) . é iz
ing the collections and of examining Select Manuscripts -/ 1,785 1,662) 2,041 1,741 2,191} 2,076

To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study - - 7,219 7,722 | 9,989 | 11,917 | 15,626] 14,937
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c. 1,713 1,375 1,444 | 1,539 1,620) 1,689
To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room - - - - - | 14,785 | 14,632 | 21,054 | 23,143 | 18,931] 19,828
Cela Departments i ae EOE i thejgus pose a 5,870 6,228 7,480 6,352 7,991| 6,307
To the Print Room, for the purpose of study or research = - 3,713 | 4,104 4,382 3,572 4,220] 4,883

Tora, - - - | 663,898 | 709,009 | 699,511 | 611,612 | 782,823] 839,374

* Including the total number of persons (3,804) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six
til] eight o’clock, from the 10th of May to the 12th of July 1880, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 17th of July to
the 30th of August.

In addition to the above, 617 persons were admitted during the year 1880 to view the Ethnographical portion of the
Christy Collections, which, until the new room is ready at the British Museum, is exhibited at 108, Victoria-street,
Westminster. t

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British
and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography, Coins and Medals, and Zoology) are Open to the Public, Free, as under :—

Monpay and Saturpay—The whole of the Galleries.

Tuxrspay and THurspay--The whole of the Galleries, except the Zoological Collections.

Wepnespay and Fripay—The whole of the Galleries, except the Antiquities on the Upper Floor, and the
rest of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities.

The hours of Admission are from—
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.

10 4, 5 4, March, April, September, October.

10 , #6 4, May, June, July, August.

10 and 12 till 7 p.m. on Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.
10 8 » Monday and Saturday only, from May 8th to the middle of July.

”
On Saturday throughout the year from 12 o’clock. i ;

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regula-
tions, every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, October,
November, and December, when the Electric Light is available, from Nine till Seven; in the month of
September, from Nine till Five ; and in the months of April, May, June, July, and August, from Nine till Six.

Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock from.
Monday to Friday, and from Eleven o’clock on Saturday, to the hour of closing ; in the Gallery of Zoology,
from Nine o'clock to the ordinary hour of closing, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from
Ten till Four o’clock, January to March, and August to December ; Ten till Five, April to July.

The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of February, the Ist to the 7th of May, and the Ist to the 7th of
October, inclusive, on Sunday, Ash-Wednesday, Good-Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special
Fast or Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. ;

Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Geology and Paleontology, Mineralogy, and (in a short tiu.e) Botany, are open to the Public, free, every
day of the week, except Sunday, in—

January and February, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. September and October, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m.
March and April, from 10 a.m, till 5 p.m. November and December, from 10 a.m, till 4 p.m.
May to August, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Museum is closed as follows:—Gn Good Friday, Christmas-day, and on days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.
Persons are admitted, under certain regulations, to study in the Departments of Geology aad Palzontology,
Mineralogy, and Botany, from Nine o’clock to the ordinary hour of closing, every day on which the Natural History
collections are open, as above specified.
British Museum, . Edward A. Bond,
14 May 1881. J Principal Librarian. —

- Tt The Public are admitted to view the Ethnographieal portion of the Christy Collections in Victoria-street on Fridays, from Ten
till Four o’clock, by tickets issued at the British Museum. The Prehistoric section has been removed to the British Museum.

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Mi

VII.— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

THE first step in the actual removal of the Natural History portion of the Museum
Collections has been taken. In the last week of the month of July the transport of the
contents of the Mineralogical Department to the new building in Cromwell-road, South
Kensington, was commenced, and by the end of September the three departments of
Mineralogy, Geology, and Botany were safely placed in their new repository—designated
the British Museum (Natural History); some part of the Botanical Collections only
being temporarily kept back from want of necessary cases to receive them.

The Minerals being moved in their cases were speedily made ready for exhibition ; but
it was otherwise with the Fossils and the Botanical specimens. In the old building the
Fossils had been provided with small exhibition space, and a complete set of cases had
to be supplied for them in the new Museum. There have been delays in furnishing
these with their internal fittings, and the arrangement of the specimens could not at
once be carried out. Similar difficulties made it impossible to prepare immediately the
Botanical collections for exhibition. Every effort, however, is being made to press on
the work of arrangement in all the galleries occupied by the three departments. The
collections have been from an early period accessible to students. The building was
opened to the public on the 18th of April 1881.

The space vacated by the departments transferred to the new Museum, consisting of
the Northern Gallery on the first-floor and four rooms on the front first-floor, is now
occupied partly by the departments of Antiquities and partly by the Zoological depart-
ment. The sarcophagi and other objects of Etruscan antiquity have been placed in one
of the rooms in the Northern Gallery. Two other rooms will receive the Mummy cases
and the smaller objects of the Egyptian collection, removed from their previous site in
order to make room for a further display of Fictile Vases and Greek and Roman
Antiquities. Two rooms have been filled with Zoological collections, previously placed
in the Entomological room and in spaces in the basement.

The rooms formerly occupied by the Botanical Department on the front first-floor are
assigned to the department of British and Mediaval Antiquities.

The former Entomological room is temporarily occupied by the department of Prints
and Drawings, as an addition to its previous space, which will be encroached upon by
the Sculpture Gallery about to be erected between the Elgin Room and the Assyrian
Gallery. The extreme eastern room of the North Gallery has been fitted with a
refreshment bar.

The remaining part of the sheds, the first portion of which was erected in the year
1857 within the portico of the Museum for the reception of the sculptured marbles from
Halicarnassus, has been removed.

~The series of sculptures in relief from the Amaravati Tope and other antiquities,
formerly in the Indian Museum at South Kensington and lately received from the
Secretary of State and Council of India, have been placed for exhibition in the hall and
on the great staircase. The sculptures in relief have been fixed in glazed frames attached
to the walls.

Selections from the Crace collection of drawings and prints, illustrating London
topography, have been temporarily exhibited in the King’s Library.

The moulds taken for casting purposes from the ancient sculpture and from paleon-
tological specimens, which had been stored in a building at a distance from the Museum,
have been removed to rooms in the basement of the Museum; and a Formatore has been
engaged to superintend castings, and to keep the moulds in good preservation.

Duplicate specimens from the Zoological collections, set apart during the process of
arrangement, have been presented to the Sheffield, Maidstone, Scarborough, Dublin,
Calcutta, and South Kensington Museums, and to the Oxford Institute.

Provision has been made in the Estimates for the current year for supplying. a limited
number of public institutions in the United Kingdom with electrotype copies of Coins,
and copies of Drawings and Engravings taken by a photographic printing process; the
object being to contribute to the formation of collections of such works in the principal
centres of population throughout the kingdom, as a means of education.

The printing of description-titles of newly acquired books, for insertion in the General
Catalocue, has been carried out during the year on the plan originally designed; and
the scheme of printing, in respect to the Catalogue of the Library, has been further
extended, to include volumes which have become so filled with entries as to necessitate
their being broken up and the title-slips relaid. The contents of such volumes will
henceforward be printed-in a form to range with the rest of the Catalogue, and with
vacant space to receive additional titles of books subsequently acquired. Headings of
special interest, whether of subjects or authors, such as Academies, Bible, Liturgies,
Periodicals, Shakespeare, &c., will be printed separately and offered for general
purchase.

The Electric Light has been successfully used-in the Reading Room until seven o’clock
in the evening through the darker months, from the earlier part of October.

With a view to expediting the service of the Reading Room, by bringing in close

0.65. A4 connection

8 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

connection to it books often required by Readers, the galleries in the room itself will
receive a new selection of books, to consist of additional works of reference, and generally
‘such books as have been found to be most often asked for by students. This re-arrange-
ment has been already commenced.

The opportunity offered by the death of the principal partner in the firm of Binders for
tne Museum has been taken advantage of to obtain tenders from several large establish-
ments, and eventually to place the business in the hands of one of the leading firms of
London on a reduced scale of charges.

The following are the publications of the year :—

FacsIMILE OF THE CopExX ALEXANDRINUS. [Vol. 1V.] New Testament anp
CLEMENTINE Episties. Hdited by E. Maunde Thompson, Keeper of the Department
of Manuscripts. (Autotype.) 4¢o. Second edition.

INDEX TO THE CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE YEARS
1854-1875. 8vo., 1880. pp. 1,575.

CATALOGUE OF THE PEerstaAN Manuscripts, Vol. II. By Dr. Ch. Rieu, Keeper
of the Department of Oriental Manuscripts. 4¢o.

Hanp-List OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CLASSIFIED CATALOGUES, AND INDEXES, IN THE
Reapvine Room. By G. W. Porter, Assistant-Keeper in the Department of Printed
Books. 8vo.

Liprary CatTaLtogur.—Continuations of the following sections :—
fo]

A. and B.—New English and Foreign Books.

C.—Old English Books. Also works in Foreign Languages printed in England.
D.—Old Foreign Books.

i.—Main Titles in various Languages from the Old Catalogue. 4to.

A SELECTION FROM THE MISCELLANEOUS INSCRIPTIONS OF ASSYRIA, BEING
Cunrerrorm Iyscriprions oF Western Asta, Vol. V., Plates 1-35. By Major-
General Sir H. C. Rawlinson, k.c.B., assisted by Theophilus G. Pinches, of the Depart-
ment of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum. Fol.

GuIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES OF THE British Museum (Liprary,
ANTIQUITIES, ZOOLOGY.) (Plans.) New edition. 8vo.

GUIDE TO THE SCULPTURES IN THE ExtGiIn Room IN THE DEPARTMENT
oF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES. Parts I. (PARTHENON) and II. By C. T.
Newton, C.B., LL.D., D.c.L., Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiqui-
ties. 8vo.

CATALOGUE OF ORIENTAL Corns, Vol. V.—The Coins of the Moors of Africa and
Spain, and the Kings and Imams of the Yemen. By Stanley Lane Poole. With
autotype illustrations. 8vo.

GUIDE TO SELECT GREEK COINS EXHIBITED IN ELECTROTYPE IN THE KING'S
Lisrary. Part II. By Barclay V. Head, Assistant-Keeper of the Department of
Coins. 8vo., 6d.; 8vo. (boards), with 7 autotype plates, 2s. 6d.

CATALOGUE OF Birps. Vol. V., Passeriformes. By Henry Seebohm. (Coloured
plates.) 8vo.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF TyPICAL SPECIMENS OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA.
Part IV. By Lord Walsingham. (Coloured plates.) 4¢o.

3
Inuvstrations oF TypicaL SPECIMENS OF LeEPripopTERA HETEROCERA,
Part V. By Arthur Gardiner Butler, Assistant-Keeper of the Department of Zoology.
(Coloured plates.) 4¢o.

InpDEX TO THE COLLECTION OF MINERALS. By Lazarus Fletcher, Keeper of the
Department of Minerals. 8vo.

GuIDE To THE Exurpition GALLERIES OF THE BritisH Muspum (NATURAL
History). GroLtocy anp ParmonToLocy, Mineravoey, Botany. (Plans.) 8vo.

GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND
PaLmonrobogy in THE British Museum (Narurau Hisrory). By Dr. Henry
Woodward, Keeper of the Department. (Plan.) 8vo.

GuIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF MINERALOGY
AND Botany, Bririss Muszum (Narurat Hisvory.) By Lazarus Fletcher,
and William Carruthers, F.R.S., Keepers of the Departments. (Plan.) 8vo..

British Museum, i4 May 1881. Edward A. Bond,
Principal Librarian.

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

VIIIL—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CATALOGUES OF COLLEC-
TIONS, AND STATEMENTS OF ADDITIONS, in the Year 1880.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
115,834, and of labels to 39,760: the work of renewing the labels which had become
obliterated on books much in use has been continued. ‘The number of books thus
re-labelled is 51,785. Progress has been made in attaching third press-marks to the
books in the New Library, so as to show the exact position of each work upon the
shelf: the number of books which have received this third mark during the last year
is 13,236, and the corresponding alterations have been made in the Reading Room
Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 70,259 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “title-slip” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
52,942 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 17,317 for
the separate Catalogues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Printing —At the commencement of 1880, printing was adopted in place of the
system of transcription, or hand-copying of title-slips, previously employed. During the
year, 60,363 titles have been prepared for printing, upon the plan announced in the
Statement of Progress for 1879, and 46,174 titles have been printed off:

(c.) Transcription and Incorporation.—lIt is still found necessary, for various reasons, to
transcribe a certain number of the titles. In the first or amalgamated portion of the
Catalogue, from A to Spain,and T to Trem, the number of titles thus transcribed amounts
to 1,116, and of index-slips preparev and transcribed to facilitate consultation of the
volumes, to 365. 34,770 titles and 310 index-slips have been incorporated into each of
three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. ‘This incorporation has rendered it neces-
sary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in each
copy 48,612 title-slips and 353 index-slips, and to add to each copy 496 new leaves to
receive new entries. The first copy of 42,111 titles, forming portions of the letters
B, C, D, E, F, G, and of S and T (of which 3,072 were new insertions); the second
copy of 47,348 titles, forming portions of the same letters (all of which were new); and
the third copy of 58,930 titles in the same letters (of which 1,308 were new ones), have
been laid down to form additional volumes.

In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, Spaine to Sz, Tren to Z,
the number of title-slips transcribed fourfold amounts to 156. 1,650 titles have been
incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue. In order to
maintain the alphabetical arrangement during the incorporation, 1,515 titles were removed
and re-inserted in each copy, and 6 new leaves were added to each copy to receive them.
The work of removing the titles from the volumes of the letters V and W, which had
become over-crowded, and laying them down to form new volumes, has been continued.
The first copy of 13,184 titles; the second copy of 16,622 titles, and the third copy of
15,047, having been thus laid down in the past year,

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 530, and in that of Academies 314.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—14,013 title-slips have been written, and 8,804 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. 25,251 transcripts of title-slips have been
incorporated into each of the two copies of this Catalogue; and, in order to maintain
the alphabetical arrangement, 20,862 titles have been removed and re-inserted in each
copy.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—256 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues—The number of title-slips written is 720, in addition to
which 1,199 short titles have been written for the various Hand-Catalogues of Arabic,
Persian, Hindustani, and Bengali Books.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—20 Chinese and 1,807 Japanese titles have been
written.

(h.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in the order of the press-

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10 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

marks, 93,940 have been mounted on cartridge paper, 84,255 have been arranged, and
208,586 partially arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 132,625 incorporated.

(2.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—'The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 793 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in
the Hand-Catalocue,

A Hand-List of Bibliographies, Classed Catalogues and Indexes, placed in the Reading-
Room for reference, was compiled, and the printing of it nearly completed during the
year.

(j.) Catalogue of English Books printed before 1640.—F urther progress has been made
with this Catalogue. The number of titles prepared for printing is about 25,000.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes sent to be bound in the course of the year
amounts to 21,468; including 1,123 volumes of newspapers; and, in consequence of the
frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of
bound volumes returned is 9,931. In addition to this, 1,003 pamphlets have been
separately bound, and 853 volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service. — The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room, is 410,824; to the Royal Library, 11,989;
to the Grenville Library, 437; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 378,885.

The number of readers during the year has been 133,842, giving an average of 458 daily;
and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted, on an average,
about 6 volumes per diem.

V. Additions —(a.) 27,543 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 2,379
were presented, 8,857 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 941
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 15,361 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 39,873 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,120 were presented, 21,792 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 433 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 16,498 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
355 published in London and its suburbs, 1,241 in other parts of England and Wales,
174 in Scotland, and 143 in Ireland. 85 volumes, and 10 numbers of Newspapers
belonging to different sets, have been purchased ; and 1,120 numbers have been presented.

(d.) 5,911 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
3,340 were received by English and 2,213 by International Copyright, and 358 by
purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 27,543 volumes and pamphlets, and
39,873 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
27,537. Of these, 2,097 have been presented, 9,144 acquired by English, and 831 by
International Copyright, and 15,465 by purchase.

9,358 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items; the
addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 76,774 articles
received in the Department. ‘The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is
altogether 263,922.

Amongst the acquisitions of interest during the year may be noted :—

1. A considerable number of rare Mexican books, bought at the sale of the remarkable
collection formed by the late Don Jose Fernando Ramirez, President of the Emperor Maxi-
milian’s first Ministry. Amongst them are a few of the earliest productions of the Spanish
American Press, and some very curious and rare works in the various native languages.
of the latter may be cited :—“Gilberti. Thesoro Spiritual de Pobres en legua de
Michuca. Mexico, 1575.” “Molina. Confessario breve en lengua Mexicana y Cas-
tellana. Mexico, 1565.” “ Quintana. Confessionario en lengua Mixe. Pueblos, 1733.”
“ Arayjo. Manual de los Santos Sacramentos en el Idioma de Mechoacan. Mexico,
1690.” “ Thomas de Guadalaxera. Compendio del Arte de la lengua de los Tarahu-
mares y Guazapares. Puebla de los Angeles, 1683.”

Perhaps the most curious book is a volume containing two works by Alonzo Gutierrez,
called De Vera Cruce, a Spanish Missionary, entitled respectively: “ Recognitio Summu-
larum,”

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larum,” and “ Dialectica resolutio, cum textu Aristotelis ;’ they were both printed in Mexico
by Juan de Pablos, in 1584, and are both of excessive rarity; bound up with them are
two leaves of the Agave paper, such as was used by the Indians before the conquest of
the country by the Spaniards. But the chief interest to the English student consists in the
fact, that the title of the second of these works is enclosed in the identical woodcut border
used by the English Printer, Edward Whitchurch, for his edition of the first prayer-
book of Edward VI. in 1549, and which seems afterwards to have been exported to
Mexico. It bears the initials of Whitchurch, E. W., but the emblem of the bleeding
heart has been substituted for the arms of Queen Katharine Parr, which previously
appeared in a shield at the foot of the title.

The purchases made at this sale, added to those from the Andrade and Fischer Collec-
tions, render the Museum Library extremely rich in Spanish American books.

2. At the sale of the late Professor Green, an intimate friend of Samuel Taylor Cole-
ridge, numerous books were purchased containing MS. annotations by the Poet. Amongst
them was a copy of Theobald’s Shakspere, in eight volumes, with numerous notes; and
works by Fichte, Hegel, Herder, Kant, Schelling, Schleiermacher, Blanco White, and
Malthus, similarly enriched. One of the works purchased, Nehemiah Grew’s “ Cos-
mologia Sacra,” 1701, fol., is of peculiar interest, as it contains not merely MS. notes
by Coleridge, but a draft in pencil, written by the author himself, of the well-known
epitaph :—

* Stop! Christian passer-by ; stop! Child of God,

“ And read with gentle heart. Beneath this sod

«There lies a poet, or what once was he.

“ O, lift thy soul in prayer for S. T. C.

“© That he who many a year with toil of breath

“ Found death in life may here find life in death,

“ Mercy for praise, to be forgiven for fame,

** He ask’d and hop’d through Christ—Do thou the same.”

These lines are written on the recto of the last fly-leaf in the volume, and on the verso
of the same some of the lines occur, also in the handwriting of the poet, with variations,
showing the epitaph in process of composition, but not completed. ‘The complete epitaph,
as here given, differs in some respects from the form in which it.appears in the last edition
of Coleridge’s works, published by Pickering in 1877. This epitaph is stated by
Allibone to have been composed by Coleridge only a month or two before his death.

3. Several rare liturgical works have been purchased ; amongst them may be noted :—A
Missal for the use of the Diocese of Brixen in the Tyrol; printed at Basle in the year 1511,
folio. A Missal for the use of the Dominicans; printed at Naples, by Matthias Moravus,
in the year 1483. 4°. A Psalter for the use of the Monks of the Congregation of St. Justina,
Virgin, of Padua. 4°. <A Breviary for the Diocese of Halberstadt ; printed on vellum, at
Magdeburg, 1500. A Missal for the use of Frisingen, 1502, of which there was previously
no edition in the Library. A Breviary for the use of Basle, printed before the year 1488,
of which there was previously no edition in the Library. A Breviary for the use of
Chiemsee in Bavaria, a diocese not previously represented in the Library. One for the
use of the Hermit Friars of St. Paul, Venice, 1540, which is almost unique. A Breviary
for the Diocese of Constance, printed circa 1475; and a Processional of the Preaching
Friars or Dominicans, printed at Seville in 1494. These constitute a very valuable addi-
tion to the collection of Liturgies in the Museum, the deficiencies in which are being
gradually filled up by purchases made from year to year.

4, A large number of books from the collection of rare German literature of the 16th,
17th, and 18th centuries, formed by the Baron von Maltzahn, and described in his work,
Deutscher Biicherschatz.

5. A curious collection of German Broadsides of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries,
chiefly published at Nuremberg, Augsburg, and. Ratisbon: they comprise calendars,
astronomical tables, accounts of comets and strange wonders in the heavens, prophecies,
descriptions of wonderful animals, the Story of Pope Joan—how Giliberta, a burgher’s
daughter of Mentz, became Pope under the title of Johannes VIII., and many genealo-
gical and political tracts.

6. The Music Collection has received many important additions, chiefly from the cele-
brated library of Dr. F. Gehring, of Vienna, which was sold by public auction at Berlin,
in November last, the sale lasting five days, when the Museum secured above 300 works
in every branch of music, most of them being of high interest, many of great rarity, and
some quite unknown to all bibliographers, The following selection will convey some
idea of their character :—“ B, Rossetti. Libellus de rudimentis musices. Vienna, 1529.”
“H. Finck. Schoene auserlesene Lieder. Niirnberg, 1536.” “J. M. Gletle. Musica
enialis. Augspurg, 1675.” “G. Montuoli, Lettioni per nottigiare. Lucca, 1702,”
Unknown). “F. Soto. Laudi spirituali. Ferrara, 1598.” “G. C. Barbetta. Intavo-
latura de Liuto. Venetia, 1585.” “G. A. Colonna. Intavolatura di Chitarra. Milano,
1620.” “J. yan Eyk. Der Fluyten Lust-Hof. Amsterdam, 1654.” (Unknown.)

0.05. B 2 “J. B. Rameau.

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‘J.B. Rameau. Pieces de Clavecin. Paris, 1731.” Li. Roncalli. Capricci armonici.
Bergamo, 1692.” “§. Landi. I] 8. Alessio. Dramma. Roma, 1634.” “ P. Quagliati.
Carro difedelta d’amore. Roma,1611.” “M.A. Rossi. Erminiasul Giordano. Roma,
1627.”

In addition to these, many other important purchases have been made, including
R. Dowland’s ‘‘ Varietie of Lessons,” of which only one other copy is known to exist ;
rare Harpsichord music by Jeremiah Clarke, Le Begue, Dandrieu, Couperin and Du
Phly; J. Playford’s “Court Ayres or Pavans;” two sets of J.S. Bach’s “ Clavier-
Ubungen,” said to have been engraved by the hands of the composer; Guitar music by
A. M. Bartolotti (unknown) {and F. Corbetta; a book of Lute music by Francesco
da Milano, 1562; Monteverde’s “ Scherzi;” Frescobaldi’s “ Ricercari;” numerous works
of chamber music of the last century, and many scores of operas, ballets, &c., &c.

George Bullen.

Susp-DEPARTMENT of Maps, Cuarts, PLans, and TorpoGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

(a.) The number of Titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) written for
the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year amounts to 6,317, those transcribed
fourfold for insertion, to 6,879.

(4.) Press-marks have been given to 1,955 maps and 4,618 titles. The number of
small hand-slips written for press-marks is 2,078, and 760 hand-slips of purchases have
been made. 160 hand-slips of topographical views and ground-plans have also been
written. Hight Indexes have been made for Atlases.

(c.) 1,815 Maps in 3,750 sheets, and 230 Atlases, have been entered for the binder,
and 244 volumes and 2,298 maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound
and the latter mounted, 885 on cards, and 1,413 on jaconet and union, 106 volumes
have received separate letterings. One volume of Admiralty Charts and four volumes
of the Ordnance Survey have been bound. 239 sheets of the Ordnance Survey have
been inserted in their respective volumes.

d.) An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 13,995
titles, in all 41,985 titles, necessitating the removal in each of the three copies of 12,851
titles, and the addition to each of 80 new leaves. 20,200 slips of the fourth copy of the
Catalogue have been arranged, and 7,718 slips mounted.

(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 882,
the number of Maps 1,199, making a total of 2,081.

(f.) The whole of the Atlases and Maps in atlas form, comprising 4,391 volumes,
standing on numbered shelves, have been re-arranged, supplied with a third-mark and
labelled, and thus made more immediately available for readers.

(g.) The number of stamps impressed on Maps was 9,695.

Il.— Additions.

(a.) 337 Maps, in 2,026 sheets, 25 Atlases and two parts of Atlases, have been received
under the Copyright Act. 83 Atlases and parts of Atlases, and 421 Maps, in 3,564 sheets,
have been obtained by purchase; and 12 Atlases and Volumes, and 592 Maps, Charts,
and Drawings, in 812 sheets, have been presented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been in the course of the year 124 visitors to the Map Room for the purpose of
special geographical research.

Among the more interesting acqusitions of the year may be mentioned: A large
engraved View of Seville, by Frederick de Wit, of Amsterdam, circa 1630, 7 feet in
length by 23 inches in height; a large engraved View of Madrid, by the same engraver,
Julius Mulhusser fecit, Amsterdam, 7 feet in length by 26 inches in height; an
engraved reproduction, by Stanford, of an unique “ Map of Istelworth Hunderd [sic],
in comita Middlesex, by Moses Glover, 1635,” the property of His Grace the Duke of
Northumberland; an autograph drawing by the late Sir Gilbert Scott, r.a., at the age
of 17, of the Porch of the ancient Church at Hillesden, Bucks; 41 sheets of plans,
elevations, and sections of British Earthworks and Stone Remains, executed by W. M.
Flinders Petrie, Esq.

Robert K. Douglas.

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DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Ancient MSS.—Seven Manuscripts and five Papyri have been described
for the Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts,

2. Catalogue of Romances.—Articles in fifty-five different Manuscripts have been de-
scribed, relative to the cycle of Charlemagne and miscellaneous Romances,
Sheets 2 E to 2 L have been corrected and printed off.

3. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts.—The third volume is passing through the
press. Sheets I to X have been printed off,

4, Catalogue of Additions.—The General Index to the two volumes of the Catalogue of
Additions for 1854-1875 has passed through the press.

The Additional MSS. 29,910-30,237, acquired in 1876; 30,238-30,516, in 1877;
30,517-30,805, 30,865-30,867, in 1878; 30,991-31,140, 31,150-31,152, in 1879; and
31,153-31,243, in 1880, have been described. The greater number of the descriptions
have been revised.

5. Indexes,—The revision of the slips of the new Index to the Sloane collection is in
progress.

Lists have been prepared of autographs contained in various volumes of the following
collections :—Sloane, 1-4,100. Additional, 4,101-11,748 ; 14,157-15,667. Similar lists
for the Harley collection are in progress. ,

6. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals—The Cotton Charters, XII. 61, 69, 72;
XIV.1—X XVII. 9; Harley Rolls, A. 1—H, 14; K. 1—N. 32; T. 1—Y, 26: Sloane
Charters, XX XJ. 1-—X XXIII. 874; Wolley Charters, II. 66—XII. 144; Campbell

Charters, I. 1—XII. 5; Additional Charters, 26,136-26,516; and Egerton Charters, 417-
485, have been described.

The descriptions of Cotton Charters, XIV. 1—XXV.30; Harley Rolls, A. 1—G. 10,
K, 1—L. 7, T. 1—V. 34; Sloane Charters, XX XI. 1—X XXIII. 876; Wolley Char-
ters, II. 5—XII. 144; Campbell Charters, I. 1—XII.5; Additional Charters, 26,025-
26,516 ; and Egerton Charters, 371-485, have been revised.

Additional Charters and Rolls, 26,405-26,582 ; and Egerton Charters, 427-485, have
been arranged and numbered.

The preparation of an Index of names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls
and Charters is nearly completed.

Eleven hundred and ninety-four Seals, lately acquired, have been described.

Eleven hundred and eighty electrotypes have been made, of original leaden bulle
preserved in the Department, and have been examined and verified.

7. Facsimiles—The First Volume of the Old Testament of the Codex Alexandrinus has
been photographed, and the reproduction will be shortly published.

8. Registration.—The Registers of the Additional and Egerton MSS. have been continued
to the latest acquisitions.

9. Arrangement of Papers, &c.—<Additional MSS. 31,134-31,142, 31,146-31,151,
31,158, 31,229-31,237, 31,244-31,298, have been arranged for binding.

Binding.—Two hundred and thirty-eight Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one
hundred and eighty-four Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired.

Three Papyri have been glazed. -

Nineteen registers and catalogues, and seventy printed books of reference, have been
bound or repaired.

Verification.—The several collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the shelf-
lists.

Transcription.—The Catalogues of the following collections have been copied in four-
fold :—Cotton Charters, XIV. 1—X XV. 30; Harley Rolls, A. 1—G. 10; Sloane Char-
ters, XX XI. 1—X XXIII. 876; Wolley Charters, I. 1—XII.144; Campbell Charters
I. 1—XII. 5; Additional Chariers, 26,025-26,516 ; and Egerton Charters, 1.—485.

Miscellaneous.—Four hundred and twenty-eight Manuscripts, lately acquired, have
been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists.

Five hundred and nineteen Charterz, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered.
The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

The Laing collection of Seals has been labelled.
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Eight hundred and sixty-five Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books have
been stamped with a total of 6,782 impressions.

Four hundred and sixty-six Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 29,239, and of those
consulted in the Department, 5,938.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 214.

The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,076.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

General Collection of Manuscripts = - = - AG
Egerton Manuscripts - - - Gk leer 5 2
Rolls and Charters’ - - - = - a - 226
Detached Seals - - - - - 2 = tp

Among them are the following :—

An Evangelistarium, or Gospel Lessons, in Greek. Vellum; 12th century.
Horologion, or daily services, in Greek, Vellum; 12th century.

A volume of Hours of the Virgin, etc. Vellum; early 16th century. Bequeathed
by Mitchell Charles Hardy, Esq.

A series of fifty-eight charters relating to the Nunnery of Stixwold, in Lincoln-
shire, and the family of Ferrers, Earls of Derby ; from the 12th century. With fine
seals.

Roll of a return made to the king of all lands, rents, etc., granted or bequeathed
in mortmain for religious purposes in the city of London, from 7 Edw. I. to
38 Edw. III. [1278-1364.] Vellum. :

Chronicle of Mexican history to 4.p. 1576, continued to 1607; partly in native
picture-writing. Paper.

The Diary of Richard Cock, chief of the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622.
In two volumes.

Papers of Richard Baxter, the Nonconformist, in his own handwriting, being por-
tions of his memoirs and fragments of theological tracts. Paper; temp. Chas. II.

Correspondence of members of the exiled family of the Stuarts at St. Germains
and ministers of their Court, with Cardinals Caprara and Gualterio; comprising
letters.of Queen Mary of Modena, of James Francis, the Old Pretender, and of the
Duke of Perth, Lord Middleton, Lord Caryll, David Nairne, the Pretender’s
Secretary, Lord Inverness, Lord Dunbar, and others; 1688-1727. In nineteen
volumes. :

Correspondence and papers of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, relating to his nego-
tiations with the Jacobite and French Courts for the invasion of Scotland, 1702-
1704; and his correspondence with Cardinal Gualterio during his subsequent deten-
tion in France, 1704-1706. In five volumes.

Correspondence, registers, journals, and other papers of Admiral Sir John J ervis,
subsequently Earl of St. Vincent; 1757-1823. In thirty-six volumes. Presented
by Mrs. Martha Jervis.

Correspondence and papers of the Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of
the Exchequer from 1812 to 1823, and subsequently Lord Bexley ; 1796-1844. In
nine volumes. Bequeathed by Lord Bexley. —

The literary collections of the late Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, chiefly consisting of
philological notes and dictionaries of the Egyptian and Coptic languages. [n thirty-
one volumes.

A portion of the collection of MS. music formed by Mr. Julian Marshall, com-
prising the works of English and foreign composers from the 16th century to the pre-
sent time, some of whichare original. Among them are compositions by Byrd, Blow,
Lawes, Locke, Jenkins, Cooper, Handel, Bononcini, Jomelli, Cimarosa, Haydn,
Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. In two hundred and eighty volumes.

Various single volumes of musical compositions by Pasquale Anfossi, Johann
Pachelbel, Charles King, Samuel Wesley, and others.

EF. Maunde Thompson.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The descriptive list of the Oriental MSS. acquired in 1879 has been completed and
transcribed for the Reading Room.

: The same Manuscripts have been entered into the Oriental Register and the Classed
nventory.

The dansreah and transcription for press of the Persian Catalogue has been carried on
from the beginning of the class of “ Poetry,” to the middle of the class headed “ Manu-
scripts of mixed contents.”

Thirty-four sheets, signed N-3 A, of the second volume of the same catalogue have
been ened through the press, and a numerical index to the printed portion has been
compiled.

tA: doacvintive list of the Manuscripts acquired in 1880 has been prepared.

A catalogue of the Pali MSS. has been compiled, and a slip-index made to the Sanskrit
and Pali collections.

: A descriptive list has been drawn up of the Oriental MSS. included in the old col-
ections. |

Two hundred and twenty-six Manuscripts have been labelled, folio’d, bound, and placed
on the shelves.

IIl.— Acquisitions.

The number of Oriental MSS. acquired during the year amounts to 111, viz., 60 by
purchase, and 51 by donation, as follows :—

Syriac and Carshunic
ali - - - - - -
Hebrew
Mongolian
Arabic -
Chinese
Persian -
Japanese
Armenian
Ethiopic
Sanskrit
Cingalese

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Or
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| Hee eK wr OATS OO

—
—
—

ToTAL: - - -

Among the most remarkable are the following,—

A Pali collection formed in Ceylon by the late Robert C. Childers, Esq., consisting
of 29 manuscripts written mostly in the Cingalese character, partly on palm leaves, and
partly on paper. They contain several books of the Buddhistic Canon, with commentaries;
two historical works relating to the Southern Buddhists, the Dipavansa and the Maha-
vansa, with Mr. Childers’ collation of several copies of the latter, and some treatises of
Pali grammar.

Seven Mongolian MSS. of large size, collected in Siberia from 1817 to 1841, by the
Rey. Edward Stallybrass. They include Mani Gambom, a Buddhistic work in two
folios, Uliger-un Dalai or tales of Sakyamuni, Altan Gerel or history of Geser Khan, the
legendary hero of Tibet, the collection of tales called Sidhi Kur, anda large number of
Buddhistic legends and treatises. .

A collection of 48 manuscripts, viz. :—Thirty-one Syriac, eleven Carshunic, and six
Arabic, presented by Capt. S. B. Miles, Political Agent in Muscat. It is specially rich in
‘the literature of the Nestorian Church, and contains portions of the Syriac Bible, anaphoras
and service-books, lives of saints and martyrs, accounts of the councils, ecclesiastical
chronicles, and treatises of theology. It includes also the following rare works: a Syriac
and Arabic lexicon, by Jesus Bar Ali; a Syriac grammar, by John Bar Zu’bi; the
** Book of Paradise,” by Ebed Yeshua, Metropolitan of Nisibis; and the Arabic Synax-
arium, or Lives of Saints.

The “ Khamsah,” or five poems, of Nizami, Persian; written A.D. 1539-42, by a cele-
brated penman, Shah Mahmud, and richly ornamented with illuminated titles and borders,
gold designs in the margins, and 17 whole-page miniatures of a high degree of finish,

A volume, containing portraits of 86 Emperors of China, with historical notices.

A collection of 99 coloured drawings by Chinese artists, representing men and women
of various classes and trades.

Raihan ul-Kuttab, a collection of letters by Lisan ad-Din Ibn al-Khatib, vizier of the
King of Granada; Arabic; 15th century.

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Anguttara-Nikayo, one of the canonical books of the Buddhists, Pali in the Cingalese
character; 438 palm leaves.

Saddharmalankara, Buddhistic legends, written in Pali in the Cingalese character;
440 palm leaves.

A treatise on early Chinese characters, from the library of the late C. W. Goodwin, Esq.

The four Gospels in Armenian, with ornamental initials, dated 744 of the Armenian
Era; an. 1295.

A Hebrew MSS. on vellum, of the 14th century, containing the Pentateuch, Heftaroth,
Ruth, Canticle, and Ecclesiastes, with the Massora and marginal notes.

The number of Oriental MSS. consulted by readers during the year was 2,377, viz.,
542 in the Reading Room, and 1,835 in the Department of MSS.

The number of readers who applied for Oriental MSS. during the same period was
863, viz., 276 in the Reading Room, and 587 in the Department of MSS.

Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.
I.— Arrangements.

In the Egyptian division, the following arrangements have been made :—

Twelve new granite plinths have been placed in the Egyptian Galleries.

Three Egyptian sculptures have been mounted on plinths in the Egyptian Galleries.

28 Egyptian bronzes have been mounted on alabaster plinths.

One stone object has been mounted on an alabaster plinth.

A glass shade has been placed over a colossal head of a queen.

An Egyptian stone sarcophagus has been repaired.

The granite lid of an Egyptian sarcophagus has been mounted, and placed in the North
Egyptian Gallery.

The bookcases and books of the study in the western wing have been transferred to the
study in the northern wing.

One Egyptian coffin has been taken to pieces for fae-similes to be made therefrom.

One Egyptian coffin has been repaired.

One Egyptian coffin has been cleaned and partly repaired.

Hight mummy cases and mummies have been removed to Northern Gallery.

228 satin-wood pedestals have been made.

66 mahogany tablets have been made.

20 small figures have been mounted.

Plaster casts and impressions of three Egyptian seals have been made.

One papyrus has been photographed.

331 Egyptian objects have been catalogued.

378 descriptive slips have been incorporated in the Egyptian catalogue.

Progress has been made with the lithographic fac-simile of an early Egyptian rectan-
gular wooden sarcophagus.

In the Assyrian division :—

The Assyrian Basement Room has been cleaned and painted.

Progress has been made in the glazing of the sculptures in the Kouyunjik Gallery.

A large Assyrian sculptured slab has been repaired.

Progress has been made in the repairing and mounting of the bronze gates from
Balawat, and the whole of the larger gate (amounting to 13 pieces) has been exhibited.
The plates have also been moulded, and casts have been made to facilitate the taking of
photographs therefrom for publication. :

Some of the table-cases in the Assyrian Gallery have been fitted with velvet; others
have been fitted with new locks.

Oak fittings have been made for sculptures.

A stand has been made for an Assyrian bronze helmet.

Several inscribed bricks have been repaired.

Some table-cases in the Assyrian Galleries have been re-arranged.

Two inscribed slabs (one sculptured, from Carchemish) have been repaired and mounted.

Two heads from Cyprus have been mounted on plinths.

The smaller Cyprian sculptures have been partly re-arranged.

200 fragments of terracotta Assyrian and Babylonian inscribed clay tablets have been
repaired, and 22 secured against further decay.

Six Assyrian cylinders of hard stone, with casts of the same, have been mounted.

Assyrian chain-mail has been repaired.

Ten Assyrian objects of various materials have been repaired.

An Assyrian helmet and mace have been mounted.

The registration of the collection of objects obtained for the Trustees by the late Mr.
George

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George Smith, and of one by Mr. Rassam, has been completed, and progress has been
made in the registration of other collections.

Several Assyrian and Babylonian texts have been translated, and others copied.

The chronological arrangement of the Babylonian dated tablets of Nabopalassar and his
successors has been completed. i

Inventories have been drawn up of the antiquities obtained in the course of the year
from Mossul and Baghdad.

The Bilingual mythological tablets have been arranged.

1,989 objects have been registered.

206 boxes of Assyrian tablets have been labelled,

225 objects have been labelled.

Tracings of objects found at Carchemish, Van, and other places, have been prepared.

Indices have been made to the Assyrian registers.

The first portion of Vol. V. of the ‘ Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia,” consist-
ing of 35 plates, has been published.

The Guide-book has been revised.

Il.— Acquisitions.
The total number of acquisitions, including fragments, amounts to about 5,046.

Among the most remarkable in the Egyptian Collection are the following :—

Bronze figure of Ptah.

Bronze figure of Ptah Socharis Osiris, as a dwarf.

Bronze figure of Nefer Tum in a sledge.

Bronze figure of Bast or Sekhet, inscribed with the name of the dedicator.

Bronze figure of Sekhet or Bast, on a seated throne.

Bronze figure of Chnum or Chnoumis.,

Bronze figure of Anhur or Onouris.

Two bronze figures of the goddess Ma or Truth.

Three bronze figures which have been inlaid, viz., Amset, human-headed; Tuatmutef,
jackal-headed, and Kabhsenuf, hawk-headed, kneeling in the act of adoration.

Two silver figures of Nefertum, walking.

Bronze figure of Nephthys.

Bronze figure of Harpanebta, wearing the crown atef.

Bronze figure of Harpakhrat or Harpocrates, eyes inlaid, standing on a pedestal which
is inscribed with a dedication.

Bronze figure of a king.

Bronze figure of Rameses II., kneeling and offering wine.

Bronze corbel, terminating in the head of a hawk.

Bronze capital, in shape of a papyrus flower; from Tel-el-Yahoudeh.

Porcelain figure of Taur or Thoueris.

Blue composition figure of Thoueris.

Porcelain figure of a sow and pigs.

Silver earrings.

Stone bas-relief with the head of Athor.

Wooden coffin, with vaulted cover of Har, a priest, ornamented with representations
of deities, and inscribed with the 23rd, 25th, and 43rd chapters of the Book of the Dead
or Ritual.

Wooden coffin, in shape of a mummy, of Har, a priest, painted with judgment-scene,
embalming scene, and figures of deities.

Wooden pillow or head-rest, inscribed with the 55th, 61st, and 62nd chapters of the Ritual.

Linen covered with stucco, painted face, gilded mask, from a mummy of the time of
the 18th dynasty.

Several portions of linen, some inscribed with the name Satra, alady of the court of
the Queen Aahmes Nefertari of the 18th dynasty.

Sphinx of calcareous stone, wearing the pschent.

Porcelain draughtsboard and set of draughts from Tel Basta.

Alabaster stud, with the name of Rameses III.

Part of a tile in blue porcelain, inscribed with the name of Thothmes III.

Porcelain tile, with two lions’ heads in relief.

Part of a porcelain box, with figure of Harpocrates.

Alabaster head, full face.

Six terracotta crucible-shaped vases, with Hieratic inscriptions.

Plaster head of a lion.

Porcelain cat on a pedestal, with a dedication to the goddess Bast.

Porcelain vase in shape of a gazelle.

Calcareous stone mould, with figure of an ibis holding an egg.

Five leaden ornaments, in shape of a horseman, horses, and a genius; from Alexandria.

Terracotta figure of Isis, or Athor, wearing disk, plumes, and horns, her body terminating
in a snake.

Terracotta figure of Isis, suckling Horus.

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pee figure of Silenus, holding cornucopie and cantharus, out of which a panther
is drinking.
Model ot an Argolic buckler, or circular shield, ornamented with head of the Youthful
Bacchus, and vive leaves in relief.

Terracotta model of a rectangular convex Roman shield, ornamented with figure of
Mars in relief.

Eleven Gnostic engraved stones, several with Gnostic inscriptions.

Copper head of a small hammer; from Ascalon.

Terracotta roundel, ornamented with concentric circles; from Beit Nabula, near Jaffa.

Terracotta roundel, with inscription in an uncertain character; from Malta.

Hematite cylinder, with figures of two deities, heads of goat and dog, and palm
branches; from Jerusalem.

The most important of the Assyrian acquisitions are :—

Fragments of a small delicately modelled man-headed bull, the pedestal finely orna-
mented with small bas-reliefs. From Sennacherib’s palace at Kouyunjik.

A silver bracelet of open work, set with stones. Late period, from Kouyunjik.

Three terracotta cylinders, containing the annals of the earlier years of Sennacherib’s
reign, ending with the expedition against Hezekiah, King of Judah. Dated in the
eponymy of Mitunu. 700 8B.c. From Kouyunjik.

Fragments of a cylinder of Esarhaddon, making a few additions to the texts published
in the third volume of the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia. From Kouyunjik.
A letter to Assurbanipal concerning Tammaritu, King of Elam, From Kouyunjik.

A letter from Samas-suma-ukin, King of Babylon, to Assurbanipal, his brother, King
of Assyria. About 630 B.c. From Kouyunjik.

A fragment of a bilingual list, with glosses. From Kouyunjik.

A fragment of a bilingual list of different kinds of vessels and documents, with glosses.
From Kouyunjik.

The most important of the Babylonian acquisitions are :—

A cylinder of green jasper, inscribed with the name of Hashamer, a viceroy under

Ur-Bagas or Lig-Bagas (Urukh), King of Babylon, about 2,000 B.c. Presented by
C. D. Cobham, Esq., H. M. Commissioner at Larnaca.

A clay cylinder of Antiochus, referring to the repair of the temples E-saggil and
E-zida at Babylon.

A tablet of unbaked clay, containing a list of 22 Babylonian Kings who reigned about
1,500 B.c.

A fragment of a .contract-tablet, dated in the 2nd year of the reign of Nabu-nasir
(Nabonassar). From Babylon.

Some contract-tablets dated in the reign of Kandalanu (Kinneladanus), King of Babylon,
and of Samas-suma ukin, brother of Assurbanipal.

A finely sculptured figure of Assurbanipal, King of Assyria, in high relief, dressed in
his robes, and distinctive royal headdress, bearing on his head a wicker basket, which he
holds with both hands. The back and sides inscribed with his name and titles.
From Babylon.

A smaller but exactly similar figure of Samas-suma-ukin, King of Babylon, brother of
Assurbanipal, damaged, and the royal headdress sawn off in ancient times, probably on
account of his rebellion against his brother. Inscribed with his name and titles.
From Babylon.

A very fine bilingual list from the Birs-Nimroud, Borsippa, dated in the first year of
Cyrus, King of Babylon.

Several smaller bilingual lists and some most important syllabaries (one containing the
names of the principal towns of Babylonia, in Akkadian and Assyrian); from Babylon,
mostly of unbaked clay.

Several bilingual magical texts, of unbaked clay. From Babylon,

The most important of the antiquities from Jerabis or Carchemish are :— ,

Some fragments of hieroglyphic inscriptions, belonging to the large pieces already in the
Museum.

A broken brick with part of a cuneiform inscription, evidently the name of the Assyrian
King Sargon.

A sepulchral monument, being the upper part of a figure in high relief, in Roman
costume, on the left-hand side of which is a Palmyrene inscription. From Palmyra.

The most important of the antiquities from Van are :—

Two large and almost perfect bronze shields, chased with rows of lions and bulls in
the Assyrian style, separated by a guilloche circle, and ornamented in the middle with a
radiating star. Round the edge, one line of cuneiform inscription.

Fragments of other shields, the surface in a most perfect state of preservation.

A piece of bronze, engraved with the figure of a bull, pierced for inlaying, kneeling
on one knee before a representation of the sun with radiating rays.

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Fragments of a bronze plate, beautifully saw-pierced.

A bronze ornament, perhaps part of a throne, decorated with the figure of a sitting lion,
and inlaid with rows of composition concentric rings, alternately black and white. Traces
of gold overlaying.

Ficure of a bull in bronze (the face wanting), kneeling, the figure of a man standing
on the back. 5

Fracments of a leaden object cut into square compartments, inlaid with blue and white
composition rings, and set at one end with blue glass beads.

A stone slab, inscribed with the name of Mintia, King of Van, dedicated to the god
Haldi (about 700 z.c.). 5

The upper part of a finely carved female figure in ivory, on the head a headdress,
ornamented with bands and rosettes, somewhat after the Assyrian style, the hair arranged
in ringlets reaching to the shoulders, and wearing an elaborately worked necklace.

An ivory ornament in the shape of a flower, with overhanging petals, evidently the
capital of a small column.

A human figure, winged and eagle-headed, after the style of the Assyrian ficure
supposed to represent the god Nisroch. White ivory.

A similar ivory figure, dyed black.

A closed hand in ivory, perhaps part of a sceptre.

The following have been transferred from the India Museum :—

An Egyptian mummy, in the outer case, of Nasuta,

Fragment of an Egyptian sarcophagus, in granite, of Ai, King of the 18th dynasty.
Fragment of an Egyptian stone inscription, in sandstone.

Small inscribed Egyptian altar.

Two large Assyrian slabs, with a mythological representation.

An Assyrian slab, representing an attack upon a town.

Two plaster casts of Assyrian heads.

Two plaster casts of Pehlevi inscriptions, from Hadji- Abad.

Two bricks, inscribed with the name of Nebuchadnezzar, from Babylon.

A Punic inscribed monument.

A small contract-tablet, dated in the 10th year of Darius, King of Babylon.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement.

Highty-one inscriptions, twenty-five sculptures, eight pieces of architecture, and three
casts, have been repaired and mounted on plinths; five bronzes have been cleaned, re-
paired, and mounted; seventy-nine fictile vases, five terra-cottas, and three paintings
have been cleaned and repaired; the collection of Etruscan sculptures and black fictile
ware has been transferred from the Sepulchral Basement and the Room of Archaic
Sculpture to the New Etruscan Room in the north gallery on the upper floor; the
sculpture and architecture stowed in the sheds under the colonnade have been removed
to the Greco-Roman Basement and to the new sheds; several fragments of sculpture
and architecture have been transferred from the Elgin Room to the Sepulchral Basement ;
the removal of the Greek inscriptions from the old Inscription Room has been completed ;
the collection of moulds from Museum Sculptures, formerly in the custody of Mr.
Brucciani, has been removed from his warehouse, in Holborn, to the basement of the
Museum; new glass shades have been placed over the large terra-cotta sarcophagus from
Caere, and over two fragments of architecture in the Elgin Room; four hundred and
forty-nine descriptive titles have been attached to objects ; four hundred and two objects
have been catalogued, and one hundred and seventy-two objects registered; Part I. of
the Guide to the Elgin Room, and a new edition of the Guide to the Exhibition Rooms,
have been issued.

II.— Acquisitions.

I.—1. Fragment of a slab of the eastern frieze of the Parthenon, containing part of
the feet of figures 16, 17, and 18, in Michaelis’ Parthenon, plate 14, slab III.

2. Fragment from the northern frieze of the Parthenon, containing a youthful male
head, which may have belonged either to one of the horsemen or to one of the figures at
the head of the procession. ‘These two fragments were formerly in the possession of Mr.
Steinhauser, in Karlsruhe.

IJ.—1. Part of a sepulchral relief, in marble, representing Hermes(?), a male figure
standing and a female figure seated. Each of these three figures is in the act ot
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pouring a libation from a patera. On the left is the prow of a galley; in the back-
ground on the right are diminutive figures.

2. A sepulchral relief, in marble, with a banquet scene, below which is a galley in
outline, and a Greek inscription in honour of Dionysodoros, son of Pytheos.

3. A sepulchral relief, in marble, representing a banquet scene, in which a male figure
reclines on a couch, and a female figure is seated feeding a snake coiled round a tree.

4. Part of a marble stelé, with relief representing a female figure seated, and ap-
proached by two diminutive figures.

5. A small marble stelé, with a Greek inscription and a sepulchral relief representing
a female figure seated and a male figure standing beside a diminutive figure. f

6. A marble urn with relief representing a female figure seated between two female
figures standing.

7. The upper part of a marble stelé, inscribed with the names of Nikostratas, Otion
and Dexikleos. ,

8. A marble altar or pedestal, inscribed LZ. Curtius Onesiphorus Aipiciani C. F.

9. A marble Corinthian capital.
10. An ornamented front of a roof-tile in marble.

With the above collection were two Turkish marble tombstones ; it is therefore pro-
bable that all these marbles were brought to this country from Asia Minor, perhaps from

Smyrna.

III.—A marble statue of a boy extracting a thorn from his foot,—a most rare and
interesting work of the realistic school of Greek sculpture which flourished about B.c. 200.
This statue was found on the Esquiline Hill at Rome, and formerly belonged to Monsienor
Merode, from whom it passed to M. Alessandro Castellani. Engraved in the Archiio-
logische Zeitung, 1879, plates 2, 3, and in the Monumenti of the Roman Institute,

X., plate xxx.

IV.—1. A terra-cotta draped female statuette, holding an apple in her lap. From
Tanagra.
2-3. Two terra-cotta statuettes of comic actors. From Tanagra.

4. A terra-cotta figure of a mule with a sea-perch (?) strapped on its back. From
Tanagra. é

V.—A small bronze wheel, on the felly of which is inscribed a dedication in archaic
Greek letters, TOI FANAKOI : EMI: EYA...3 : ANEQEKE, said to have been
found near Argos.

VI.— Antiquities discovered in excavations in Cyprus :—

1. At Aradippo: nineteen fictile vases painted with geometric patterns, two small
stone vessels, a bronze bowl, and an iron hook with ring attached.

2. At Bamboula, near Lurnaka: in marble, a female head from a statuette, fragment of
a relief, and three fragmentary vases; in terra-cotta, six statuettes, the head of an ox, a
head in relief from the rim of a vase, three handles of diote stamped with magistrates’
names, a vase of red ware, and the weight of a loom; in calcareous stone, four archaic
heads of statuettes, a Sphinx, a ram supporting a laver, a small altar; a small vessel in
the shape of a bath in dark stone; in bronze, a lamp and six nails ; also four shells and a
lump of blue colour. These remains from Bamboula, together with two Pheenician inscrip-
tions written on marble slabs, were found in a mound near a swamp, which is believed to
mark the site of the ancient harbour of Kition,

3. At Amathus: three scarabaei in Egyptian porcelain with hieroglyphics, probably

of Pheenician fabric, a terra-cotta statuette, part of an archaic terra-cotta statuette, a
marble head from a statue, five bronze vases, or fragments of vases; a bronze mirror, and

part of a mirror-case; two bronze spear heads.

4, At Amathus and Limassol: forty-one fictile vases, plain or painted with geometric
patterns, part of a horse, two fragments of reliefs, part of an archaic figure, a rude male
figure, and a weight in terra-cotta.

Presents. I.—1. Two terra-cotta lamps, two porcelain beads, a small box, two hair-
pins, four bodkins, and two spatule in bone, a ring and two fibule in bronze. From
Salona.

2. A bronze sword found near Scutari, in Albania.
Presented by Charles West, Esq.

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II.—A gold ring, with a turquoise cameo of a bearded head. The setting is modern
Indian.
Presented by J. W. Burges, Esy.

III.—A fictile Kalathos, with geometric patterns painted in red and black. From
Capua.
i Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

IV.—A marble stelé, inscribed with the manumission of a slave in archaic Greek
characters. From Cape Matapan (Taenaros}, in Lakonia. Similar manumissions from
Lakonia have been published by Kirchhoff in the ‘‘ Hermes,” III., p. 449, and in his
“ Studien,” 3rded., p. 145, and by Foucart in Lebas, “ Inscript. du Péloponnése,”
No. 255, a.b., and in the “ Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique,” III., pp. 96-99.

Presented by Dr. Mullen, R.N.

V.—The back of a colossal female head in marble, with the hair looped up, and bound
with a diadem.
Presented by his Grace the Duke of Sé. Albans.

VI.—1. Carnelian lentoid intaglio: Charioteer driving biga. From Gnossus in Krete.

2. Carnelian cylinder intaglio: Gryphons, goats, and dolphins. From Gnossus in
Krete.

3. Lead weight, inscribed on one side AEITPA, on the other side AIOAAQNIOY.
Obtained from Smyrna.

4. Small bronze relief; head of Medusa. Found in the Seine, at Paris.
®

5. Small relief in lead; head of a Gaul, surrounded by snakes, and with tore on neck
Found in the Seine, at Paris.

6. Leaden statuette; Gaulish captive, kneeling. Found in the Seine, at Paris.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEpDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

In the new Pre-historic Room four table cases, lent by the Geological Department,
have been replaced by others provided for this Department, and temporary legs have been
made for the two remaining cases. The glazed portions of the table cases have been
filled with the larger specimens of pre-historic antiquities from the Christy and general
collections ; and in the drawers have been arranged the antiquities of the stone ace) both
English and foreign, belonging to the Christy Collection, which had hitherto been stored
away in the keeper’s residence from want of space.

In the British Room the locks of a table case have been altered to the new suit.

Ten sets of temporary legs have been made for old table case tops not required for the
Mineralogical Department.

_ The studies of the Department have been removed to those vacated by the Botanical
Department.

The work done in connection with the antiquities received from the India Museum
will be noticed in another section.

Seventeen Oriental arms have been cleaned and varnished.

Eighteen seals have been mounted, with impressions at their sides.

Eleven British urns have been repaired.

The catalogue of the collection of gold ornaments has been continued, and 92 rings °
and ornaments have been described, with drawings annexed.

Three hundred wooden stands have been made tor British urns, and have been inscribed
with the localities of the specimens.

One hundred and twenty-six card labels have been written.

The registration has been continued, and 584 objects registered.

II.— Acquisitions.

(1.) British and Pre-historic Antiquities—The Rev. W. Greenwell, whose gift of an
extensive collection of early remains excavated by him in British barrows has been
noticed in the report of the previous years, has presented some further additions, recently
obtained by him from barrows near Lambourne, Berkshire. Among them is a remark-
able axe of stag’s horn, and a fine pierced axe of stone.

Six cinerary urns from Dorsetshire, another from Troston Heath, Suffolk, and a very
fine one from Cairn Graf, near Lanark; presented by John Evans, Esq., p.c.L., Treas. R.S.

An urn found in a barrow near West Tanfield, Yorkshire; presented by th
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A plain urn, found at Toddington, Bedfordshire ; presented by Major W. Cooper
Cooper, F.S.A.

A stone wrist-guard, found near Calne, Wiltshire, and a two-looped celt from
Somersetshire ; presented by William Edkins, Esq. :

A quartzite hammer, found near Sandridge, Hertfordshire ; presented by Henry
Griffith, Esq.

A hoard of bronze implements, cakes of copper, etc., found in the parish of Meldreth,
Cambridgeshire ; bronze celt from the Thames; another from Ireland; and a gold tore,
found in Lincolnshire; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

The following late Celtic antiquities, viz.:—Bronze sword sheath, found in the Tweed ;
bronze sword sheath, bowl, terminations of spears, iron sword, spearhead and adze, all
found in Lisnacrogher bog, County Antrim; a bronze brooch, from Kells ; two Irish pins,
with ornamented heads ; comb, from Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire ; armlets and beads, from
Arras, Yorkshire; and end of swordsheath and three fibule from Wood Eaton, Oxford-
shire ; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bronze buckle, from Ashdown, Berkshire; presented by T. W. U. Robinson, Esq.,F.s.a.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the foilowing :—

A. collection of bronze implements from various countries, viz.:—19 from France, 14
from Cyprus, 21 from Italy and Sicily, two from Greece, one from Persia, and 41 from
China; and also a sword and sheath of iron, spearheads, brooch, etc., from the Lake
station of La Tene, Lake of Neuchatel, all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—Centre of a Roman mosaic pavement, found, in 1803, in Leadenhall-
street, near the old Hast India House, representing Bacchus riding on a panther;
presented by the Secretary of State for India.

Portions of two bronze tablets, recording military privileges, granted to soldiers who had
served in Britain under Papirius (not otherwise known as a prefect of Britain), by
Antoninus Pius in the year 146, and recording the names of a number of ale and cohorts
serving in this country; found at Chesters (Cilurnum), on the estate of the donor,
John Clayton, Esq., F.s.a.

Bronze medallion, with head of a season in relief, found in the Thames near Wandsworth;
Roman remains from the parish of Southery, Norfolk, and bronze horse trappings from

Reeth, Yorkshire; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Mediaeval, &c.—Two Anglo-Saxon cinerary urns from Kirton-
in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire; presented by Mrs. Edward Peacock. An Anglo-Saxon sword
from the parish of Barrington, Cambridgeshire ; presented by J. C. Robinson, Esq., F.s.a,

A collection of antiquities found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Longbridge, near
Warwick, including weapons, brooches, buckets, etc. ; presented by John Staunton, Esq.

A remarkable hoard of silver objects, found, in 1774, at Trewhiddle, near St. Austell,
Cornwall, with numerous coins, and described in Archzologia, vol. ix. p. 187. They
consist of a cup or chalice, a silver chain with knots, supposed to be a penitentiary dis-
ciplinarium, and various ornaments; from the coins the deposit is presumed to have
been made during the reign of Alfred the Great, about a.p. 878; presented by
John Jope Rogers, Esq., since deceased.

Part of an Anglo-Saxon cross with runes, from Monk Wearmouth, three “ pillow
stones” from Hartlepool, and another from Billingham, all in the county of Durham;
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Fragments of ornamented tiles, of a rare kind, from St. Alban’s; presented by J. T.
Micklethwaite, Esq., F.s.A.

A cabalistic leaden plate of the 15th century, found in Lincolnshire; presented by
Edward Peacock, Esq.,F s.A. A bronze steelyard weight, with the arms of Richard, Earl of
Cornwall, found at Chichester ; presented by Henry Willett., Esq. A weight for half a
stone, with the arms of Charles I.; presented by the Rev. W. H. stokes.

The seal of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III., as Admiral of
England in the counties of Dorset and Somerset, and the seal of the Merchants of
St. Thomas, afterwards known as the Merchants’ Adventurers; the latter presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bronze ewer of the 14th century, in the form of a young man on horseback.

A marble bust of John, Duke of Marlborough, by M. Rysbrack, given by Sarah,
Duchess of Marlborough, to Chief Baron Pengelly, and by him to his secretary Serjeant
Webb, from whom it descended to the donor, the Rev. Thomas William Webb.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c.—Lamps and various other
Christian antiquities from Egypt.

Seven Byzantine weights; nine matrices of seals, chiefly Italian; and a portion of a
bronze reliquary of the 13th century.

Three Limoges champlevé enamels, one of them a candlestick with the arms of Dreux,
Duke of Brittany, and Nesle; four painted enamels, viz.:—The Ascension, signed N.B.
1543; St. Margaret, by Jean Limousin; Neptune by Frangois Limousin, 1633; and
Christ among the doctors, by Jean Laudin; a tablet engraved with a long inscription,
recording the completion of some work in Constance Cathedral, dated 1486; and a
German embossed dish of brass, dated 1487; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

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A life-size bronze head of Socrates, probably Italian work of the 16th century ;
bequeathed by Richard Clemson Barnett, Esq.

A specimen of majolica made at Alcora in Spain, a kneeling figure in terracotta of
St. Francis, and a tile from the Mosque of Omar; presented by the Rey. Greville J.
Chester.

(5.) Glass Collection—A Pheenician scarabeus, an early Greek intaglio, and a saucer
of Greek filigree glass from Crete ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Twenty specimens of glass from Egypt, and three from Crete.

Roman cinerary vase, and bottles, found in tombs at Salona, Dalmatia, presented by
Charles West, Esq.

A glass hand grenade, from Cyprus; presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Forty-five specimens of Venetian and German glass, many of them of fine quality,
obtained at the sale of the collection of the late E. W. Cooke, Esq., R.A.

Four specimens of Venetian glass and one English; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical.—The most important additions under this head are
those obtained from the India Museum, which will be noticed separately.

Among the others may be mentioned four panels of carved ivory, 'with the name of
Muhammad Ibn Kalaoun, Sultan of Egypt, 1279-1290; and an Oriental astrolabe
of the 14th century.

Indian mace of steel, plated with silver, terminating in a tiger’s claw; and two sets of
pachisi men of rock crystal, one of them mounted in gold and set with jewels; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An Indian figure of brass, found in the lough near Belfast; presented by T.
W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s.A.

Three enamelled bricks from the ruins of the porcelain tower at Nankin; presented by
Captain T. G. Mead, R.N. :

Ten Peruvian vases of rare designs ; presented by Edward Ford North, Esq., in accord-
ance with the desire of his Excellency the late Don Pedro Galvez, Peruvian Minister
in London.

Fragments of pottery, probably ancient Chinese, found in a cave in Borneo, and
presented by the Committee for exploring the caves of Borneo.

I1l.—Antiquities from the India Museum.

In the last Annual Report it was stated that it had been arranged with the India
Office that various ancient sculptures from the India Museum should be transferred to
the British Museum, but that as the transfer had not been completed before the close of
the year 1879, they would be noticed in the Report for 1880.

The sculptures and antiquities in question may be divided into the following heads :—
1. Sculptures from Northern Afghanistan, &c.; 2. Sculptures from the tope at Amara-
vati ; 3. Miscellaneous sculptures of various dates; 4. Antiquities from the topes in
ee: 5. Copies of the paintings in the Ajanta caves; 6. A few ethnographical
objects.

(1.) The sculptures from Northern Afghanistan are of small size, carved in a schistose
sale, which while preserving its sharpness is apt to split off. The carvings have
been obtained from the ruins of Buddhist buildings near Peshawur, and chiefly from
Jamal Garhi in the Yusufzai District. The style of art which they exhibit is very
remarkable, showing a strong influence of classic design, and derived probably from the
Bactrian schools of art. ‘heir exact date has not yet been fixed. These specimens
were presented to the India Museum by Major General A. Cunningham, Captain Blair,
Colonel H. C. Johnstone, Mrs. Eustace Smith, and James Fergusson, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S.

These antiquities have been temporarily placed in four glass cases in the entrance hall,
and on pedestals by the side of the principal staircase.

(2.) The ruins of the great Buddhist tope at Amaravati were excavated by Colonel
C. Mackenzie in 1816, 1817, who sent a few specimens, about eight in number, to this
country. Further excavations were made in 1845 by Sir Walter Elhot, k.c.s.1., who
transmitted to England more than 100 specimens (excavated by himself or previously
collected), where they arrived in 1856. ‘The tope and its sculptures have been described
and admirably illustrated by Mr. Fergusson in his work on Tree and Serpent Worship,
1868 and 1873. The material of which they are composed is a kind of limestone or
marble, very liable to decay; and the sculptures have suffered much under the various
vicissitudes to which they have been exposed; but they still furnish a most remarkable
illustration of the art of the period to which they belong, and form a rich treasury otf
Buddhist iconography. Among the subjects are numerous representations of scenes from
the life of Gautama Buddha, as well as of his jatukas or previous births.

The sculptures have been arranged along the walls of the principal staircase, those on
the west end being an attempt to reproduce a portion of the great rail, and the whole will
be protected with glass to preserve them from further injury.

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The sculptures, which were much broken, and very badly repaired, have been put
together with copper plugs and otherwise made good.

(3.) The miscellaneous sculptures are not of great importance, but, in addition to those
already in the Museum, will enable the student to trace the history of Indian art and
Indian mythology from the suppression of Buddhism to our own times.

(4.) The antiquities from the topes of Afghanistan were collected by Mr. C. Masson,
and are fully described in Wilson’s Ariana Antiqua, p.55. They consist of relic caskets
of steatite, one of them inscribed, coins and various antiquities, which fix the date of these
topes as belonging to the early centuries of the Christian era. It is much to be recretted
that portions of Masson’s collection seems to have been dispersed, as they are of great
historical value.

(5.) The celebrated Buddhist caves at Ajanta are situated to the north-east of Bombay,
and are decorated with rich paintings, representing both figures and ornamental desions,

The Indian Government have been for some years having copies made of these paintings
which illustrate Buddhist art under a new aspect, and show much excellence of desion.

About 100 of these copies of paintings were received at the British Museum ; but
a selection of the merely ornamental designs has been made, and returned to the South
Kensington Museum as serving to illustrate the history of ornament. The remainder
have been placed over the wall cases in the new Prehistoric room, occupied by the
Henderson and Meyrick collections, pending some better mode of displaying them,

(6.) A few ethnographical objects have been selected from the series of Economic
Products in the India Museum. Among them is a fine Buddhist chank shell trumpet from
Thibet, and a board for the game pullangooly.

IV. Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection,
which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

A further portion of the Oriental collections has been removed to the British Museum,
in order to compare them with the collections already there, and with acquisitions from
the India Museum.

Two hundred and ninety additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, with sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1, Pre-historic Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia.—Drift implements from Suffolk,
a pounder and flint flakes from Grimes’ Graves, near Brandon, and flint implements from
Yorkshire and Suffolk ; from the Rev. W. Greenwell, r.z.s. Flint arrowheads found in
Norfolk and Suffolk ; from Edward Skinner, Esq.

Specimens from the Swiss Lakes, and stone implements from Spain, Italy, Sicily, and
Asia Minor; from A. W. Franks, Esq. A celt of fibrolite found in a sepulchre at
Alhama de Grenada, Spain; from William Macpherson, Esq.

2. Ethnography of Africa.—Collection of arms, dresses, and personal ornaments, from
the Pondo, Galeka, and Zulu tribes, obtained during the Zulu war; from A. W. Franks,
Esq. j

Specimen of red stone, used as a colour by the bushmen in painting their rock pictures ;
from Francis Galton, Esq., F.R.8. ~

3. Ethnography of Asia.—Various ethnographical objects, duplicates from the Economic
series of Botany, transferred from the India Museum to Kew ; received from the Director
of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

A Chinese tablet of green jade, inscribed on both faces; from Henry Willett, Esq., F.c.s

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—Club of rare form, from Pentecost
Island, New Hebrides; from General Pitt-Rivers, F.R.s. A club from the F iji Islands ;
from the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

Clubs and ornaments from the South Seas, and a small collection from New Guinea;
from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Lime gourds and spatule for betel chewing, obtained at the Admiralty Islands during
the cruise of H.M.S. “ Challenger”; from H. N. Moseley, Esq., F.n.s.

5. Antiquities and Lthnography of America.—A celt of hematite from Kanawha River,
Virginia; from T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s.a.

Fragments of pottery from British Honduras; from his Excellency General Sir Henry
Lefroy. Four arrowheads and specimens of pottery from Honduras; from A, W.
Franks, Esq.

Five stone arrowheads from Rio Negro, Patagonia; from Setior F. P. Moreno, of
Buenos Ayres.

An ancient Peruvian staffhead in bronze ; from Professor A. H. Church.

A number of objects from British Guiana, collected during his residence in that country,
by the donor, Everard F. im Thurn, Esq...

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The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal,
a valuable series of weapons, dresses, and other objects used by the Malays and Dyaks,
in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Celebes; collected in those countries by Mr. Carl Bock

during his recent journey.
The Christy Collections remains open on Fridays by means of tickets to be obtained at
the British Museum. During the past year there have been 617 visitors.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF Coins AND MEDALS.

I.—Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

185 coins of various parts of the Greek world, recently acquired, have been registered,
and 341 incorporated.

1,025 tickets, with references to the printed catalogue, have been written and inserted
under the coins published in the Catalogue of coms of Thrace, &c. The coins of
Thessaly, Epirus. Corcyra, Acarnania, Aetolia, Locri, Phocis, and of the Ptolemies have
been weighed and finally arranged in chronological order preparatory to cataloguing.

The coins of Ephesus, Miletus, and Erythrae, have been arranged, and the magistrates’
names written on the cards under them. In the case of Ephesus a list of magistrates has
been drawn up from all available sources. } F

The Greek Imperial coins of cities of Pontus, Bithynia, Mysia, and Crete have been
arranged and heading cards inserted with names of emperors. A find of 189 coins of
Alexander the Great and his successors, and several hundred coins from Crete, Egypt,
and Cyprus, have been examined, and specimens selected for the National Collection.

2. Roman Series :—

18 coins, acquired during the past year, have been registered and incorporated.
241 cards, giving references to the Catalogue of Roman Medallions in the British
Museum, have been placed under the specimens.

3. English Series :—

139 coins and medals, recently acquired, have been registered, and 20 have been incor-
porated ; 297 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered.

40 coins and medals from the Bank Collection have been registered, and 93 have been
incorporated. 229 slips have been written, giving references to the undated and personal
medals in the Collection. 29 labels have been placed in the cabinets of sceattas.

A series of Saxon and English coins has been selected to be electrotyped.

4. Mediaval and Modern Series :-—

149 coins and medals, acquired during the past and in recent years, have been
registered, and 97 have been incorporated. 34 coins and medals from the Bank Collec-
tion have been registered and incorporated.

56 coins and tickets from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered.

127 lead medals have been selected from those exhibited in the King’s Library and
from those in the Department to be cleaned and cast, and of most of these, electrotypes
have been taken.

Rectifications have been made in the French series (royal and baronial) in accordance
with M. Hoffmann’s Monnaies royales de France and other recently published works.
The series of the smaller German coins has been expanded, nine cabinets having been re-
arranged. ‘The unincorporated coins and medals from the Bank Collection have been
arranged in numbered trays.

A list has been drawn up of the trays containing unincorporated coins from the
Freudenthal Collection.

The foreign medals exhibited in the King’s Library, and the labels beneath them, have
been secured in their places by pins.

Several collections of coins and some important collections of Italian medals have been
examined,

5. Oriental Series :—

187 coins, acquired during the past and in previous years, have been registered, and
135 have been incorporated.
2,427 coins of China and the Farther East have been registered.
The coins of the Moghuls of Persia have been re-arranged with fresh heading cards.
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13 trays of the Chinese series have been labelled. The early Mohammedan, the
Amawee, and ’Abbdsee coins have been transferred to fresh cabinets with new labels.

Numerous finds and collections of Oriental coins have been examined, among others
a find of 133 unpublished coins of Kathmandu, Nepal, a collection brought by
Mr. G. le Strange from Persia, a find of 346 Moorish coins, a find of 99 coins of the Seljuks
of Room, and from these finds and collections specimens have been selected for addition
to the National Collections. /

II.— Acquisitions, 1880.

Gold Lead
Class. and Silver. Copper. | Billon. and White Glass. TOTAL.

Electrum. Metal.
Greek - - - - 6 92 86 - = = | 184
Roman - - - 2 2 19 - = - 23
English Oe ae) 10 37 20 1 1 - 69
Medizval and Modern - 16 85 49 1 7 - 158
Oriental - - - 32 65 42 1 - 16 156

ToTaL - - - 66 281 216 3 | 8 | 16 590

Remarkable Coins and Medals.
1. Greek Series:—

(Purchased).

A unique silver coin of Tyra in Sarmatia.

A rare silver coin of the Acarnanian league, type, Artemis running.

A very beautiful drachm of Argos, with representation of Diomede carrying off the
Palladium.

23 silver coins of Ephesus of the 3rd century B.c., selected from a large find.

A tetradrachm of Seleucus I., with the type of a horned horse’s head, and one of
the joint reigns of Seleucus J. and Antiochus I., bearing the types of Alexander the
Great.

A very fine tetradrachm of Diodotus, King of Bactria.

A very remarkable coin or medal struck by Agathocles, King of Bactria, in honour and
memory of Alexander the Great, with his name.

A gold stater struck by the people of Cyrene in honour of Ptolemy I., with the inscrip-
tion, ‘The People of Cyrene to Ptolemy.”

2. Roman Series :—

(Purchased).

A solidus of Basiliscus, Emperor of Constantinople, 4.D. 475-477, with reverse type of
Victory, holding a cross.

A triens of the Sextantal series, re-struck in Central Italy B.c. 269-219 upon a coin of
Oeniadae, a town of Acarnania.

A quadrans of the Sextantal series, also of Central Italy, with reverse type of bull
rushing, r., beneath, serpent, above, ear of corn.

A dupondius of the Cassia gens struck by the monetarius C. Cassius C. F. Celer,
B.C. 9.

A follis of Irene, Regent, and afterwards Empress of Constantinople, A.D. 797-802.

A small medallion in copper of the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian Hercules,
struck about A.D. 290, with their portraits.

3. English Series :—

(Presented and Bequeathed).

22 military medals (6 gold, 15 silver, and 1 tin) issued by the East India Company,
and by Her Majesty’s Government in India. The gold medals are for services in Ceylon
1795-1796, services in Egypt 1801, taking of Seringapatam 1809, Conquest of Rodriguez,
&c., 1809-1810, Conquest of Java 1811, and Conquest of Coorg 1837. The silver and
tin medals are those granted at various times to the native and British troops from
“Services in Ceylon,” 1795, to the Indian Mutiny, 1857. Presented by the India Office
through the Secretary of State for India.

A gold medal, commemorating a division in the Irish Parliament, 1753. Presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

A set of the gold and silver coinage of Cromwell, in remarkably fine condition. Be-
queathed by C. Hardy, Esq.

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4. Medieval and Modern Series :—
(Purchased ).

Seven fine Italian medals of the Renaissance.

5. Oriental Series :—
(Purchased).

A gold coin of Kashgér, of Ya’akoob Khan, in the name of the Turkish Sultan
Abd-el-’Azeez, A.H. 1292.

A gold coin of Humayoon, Mogul Emperor of India.

10 rare silver coins of the Arabs of Spain.

A rare silver coin of a Prince of Caramania.

(Presented).

A series of 27 silver and 14 copper coins of Afghanistan, Beloochistan, Kashmeer, &c.
Presented by C. E. Pitman, Esq.

Four silver coins of the Arabs of Africa and Spain. Presented by John Evans,
Esq., F.B.S.

Two gold coins of the ’Abbasee Dynasty. Presented by H. B. M. Consul Henderson,
. Aleppo.

III.— Catalogues.
1. Greek Series :—

The Catalogue of the coins of the Ptolemies is in the press.
A new edition of the Guide to the select Greek and Roman Coins, exhibited in
electrotype, is in the press.

2 and 3. English, Medieval, and Modern Series :—

ee to the English and Italian Medals, exhibited in the King’s Library, are in
the press.

4. Oriental Series :—

Volume V. of the Catalogue, containing the coins of the Moors of Africa and Spain, &c.,
has been published, and Volume VI. is about to appear.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room in 1880 was 1,689.
The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room was 19,828.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF NatTuRAL HIsToRY.

In the past year an addition of 91,665 specimens has been made to the Natural History
of which 24,283 have been received in the Department of Zoology, 55,496 in that of
Geology, 460 in that of Mineralogy, and 11,426 in that of Botany.

All the specimens in these several Departments are in a state of preservation.

Titles of the Printed Catalogues which have been issued during the year 1880 by the

Department of Zoology are specified in the Report of the Keeper, in whose Department
the usual works of conservation and determination of specimens for Registry and
Description have kept pace with the accessory labours connected with the “impending
removal of the specimens to the British Museum of Natural History, Cromwell Road.
_ These labours have been imposed upon the Department im relation to facilitating works
in progress for providing additional space for certain “ Antiquities” which are retained in
the Museum at Bloomsbury ; they-havenecessitated the removal of the Books, Documents
Specimens, and other objects which occupied the Officers’ offices, the studies and store-
rooms, in the basement of the Building heretofore assigned to the Zoology, and the
transference of the same to temporary spaces for their reception which have been afforded
on the upper floor of the British Museum, by the offices, studies, store-rooms, and a
portion of the Mineralogical Gallery, vacated by the Departments of Geology and
Mineralogy. ‘;

Nevertheless, opportunities of adding new and interesting specimens to the i
Series, still open to the Public, at Biciasbety, have been eed of ; as in = ——
and mounted specimen of the Sea-Lion (Otaria Forsteri), and in that of the Californian
Maned Wolf ( Canis jubatus).

The exhibited heads, preserved in spirit, of the adult Male and Female of the Orang-
utan of Borneo (Simia Satyrus) afford striking exemplification, imperfectly given in the
dry and stuffed specimens, of the strange physiognomy and strongly marked sexual
distinctions of that species of large Anthropoid Ape.

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Among the additions to the series illustrative of the nidification, oviposition, and
immature plumage of Birds, specified in the “ Report” from the “ Zoology,” may here
be noted the nests and eggs of the Flamingo (Phenicopterus antiquorum) and the large
series of the eggs of rare birds from the North-west of Borneo. ‘The range of specific
modifications in existing large “ Wingless Birds” bearing instructive relation to the wider
range otf such in the extinct Moas (Dinornis) of New Zealand, has been further exemplified
in the past year by the reception of three specimens of Cassowary (Casuarius australis)
from Northern Australia, and by two specimens from the South Eastern part of New
Guinea ( Casuarius Kaupi and Cas. Beccarit).

Among the Donations received the specimen of the wild Fallow-deer (Cervus Dama),
from Asia Minor, presented by C. G. Danford, Esq., and the Collection of Heteropterous
Lepidoptera from the Gold Coast, Africa, presented by Lord Walsingham, merit special
notice.

With other labours in the Department of Zoology has been carried on that of selecting
and setting apart the Duplicate Specimens, available for exchanges, and suitable for
distr'bution to other National, and to Provincial, Museums, to which, in the past year,
not fewer than 3,443 such specimens have been distributed.

The formation of the indispensable ‘‘ Library of Zoology ” has been commenced, and a
Catalogue of the Works, including those acquired in the year 1880, has been printed.

The preparations for removal of the Geological specimens from the Museum at Blooma-
bury to that in Cromwell-road occupied, uuder constant supervision, by reason of the
fragile character of many, including the most conspicuous, rare, and important kinds, such
as the articulated and other skeletons of the larger extinct Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles,
the labours of the entire staff during the first half of the year 1880.

The numerous specimens which had been stored in the vaults of the British Museum were
severally subject to close inspection and cleansing prior to being packed for removal.
The transfer of the entire collection to Cromwell Road was completed before the end of
October, and the result, so far as the unpacking has been effected (an operation the
progress of which is dependent upon the provision of the cases and cabinets for the
reception of the specimens in due state of instructive arrangement and display), has been
successful beyond anticipation. The re-articulation of such specimens as the skeleton of
the Megatherium, Mastodon, and Dinornis, exemplify the success attendant on careful
package and transport. ‘The entire staff of the Department of Geology is now in oceupa-
tion of the Offices, Studies, and Workrooms assigned thereto in the Museum of Natural
History, Cromwell-road.

Among the additions, by purchase, to this Department may be noted the fossil skull of
the Bird (Argillornis longipennis) and that of the huge Turtle (Chelone gigas), both from
the “London clay” of the Isle of Sheppey. Of the Donations, that, by the Rey.
W. Darwin Fox, M.a., of the mandibular ramus and teeth of the Choeropotamus
Cuvieri; and that of the skull of the great horned Land-lizard (Megalania prisca), from
the petrified drift of Queensland, Australia, by Dr. George Bennett, ¥.u.s., of Sydney, .
New South Wales, merit special mention.

The entire collection of the Department of Mineralogy has been transferred from the
British Museum, Bloomsbury, and received at that of Natural History, Cromwell Gardens,
without detriment to any of the specimens, These, including, with the previously
exhibited series, a great part of the minerals, which had been stored iu drawers, have
been arranged and displayed in the cabinets of the Gallery of Mineralogy. ‘Ihe location
of the larger specimens with the Meteorites is in progress, and will complete the
exposition of this Department of the Natural History. The systematic labelling of the
exhibited specimens has enhanced the value of the collection to Students of Mineralogy.

The advantage of improved light admitted to the Goniometrical Room in the Cromwell-
road Museum is an important gain in reference to the work of determining the angles of
a crystal, and consequently accelerating the formation of the scientific catalogue of the

objects in the Department of Mineralogy.

Amongst the additions acquired by purchase, the considerable portion of the large
Meteorite which fell in Emmet County, State of Iowa, United States, on the 10th May
1859, deserves special mention.

\The Department of Botany includes two well-defined collections; one, termed the
“ Herbarium,” consists of the dried parts of Plants, essential for showing the specific
characters, and for exemplifying the affinities and systematic position of Species, the
other collection includes the economical products of the vegetable kingdom ; the larger
seeds, fruits, modifications of roots; the various useful and ornamental woods, mostly
shown in polished sections; the larger leaves and stems, and intelligible restorations of
exotic kinds of plants. This constitutes the exhibited part of the Botanical Department,
and is open to the Public.

In the past year the Herbarium was safely transferred to the Botanical Gallery of the
Natural History Museum; the exhibited series remains to be transferred there.

Richard Owen.

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DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

I.—Arrangement.

The additions to the Collections of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes have been
entered in the printed Catalogues as soon as they had been examined and named.

The examination of the exhibited series of Ruminantia has been completed; it was
undertaken chiefly with the object of withdrawing from the public galleries deteriorated
examples, and of replacing them when possible from specimens kept as skins in the study
series. The exhibited series of Rodentia is being similarly treated, and at the same time
a manuscript list of all the species and specimens is in course of preparation.

The re-arrangement of the Passerine Birds, which was commenced in the year 1876,
has been continued.

The systematic list of all the species of Fishes described since the publication of the
“« Catalogue of Fishes” has proceeded as far as the sixth volume.

Among the Mollusca the collection of Pteropoda has received particular attention; all
the specimens having been re-examined, re-labelled and re-arranged.

Of Gastropods, the extensive genus Myodorg, the fresh-water shells of Australia, and
the Shells of Lake Tanganyika and Central Africa generally have formed the subject
of separate monographs.

The accessions to the Order of Coleoptera were so numerous that the time of Mr. C. O.
Waterhouse was almost wholly occupied in distributing them among the various families ;
on the other hand the Lepidopterous family of Bombycide has been re-arranged and a
large family of Hymenoptera, the Tenthredinide, has been arranged for the first time, a
complete list of the species, with descriptions of new species, being prepared simulta-
neously. This work, on which Mr. Kirby is engaged, approaches completion.

The species of Asterioidea preserved in spirits have been examined, labelled and
arranged, and are now easily accessible to the student.

The arrangement of the collections of Sponges described by Lamarck, Schmidt, and
Bowerbank, has been continued.

The spirit specimens of Hydroidea and Polyzoa have been arranged.

The large series of Invertebrata obtained by Dr. Coppinger during the survey of the
Straits of Magellan by H. M.S. “ Alert” has been thoroughly worked out, and lists, with
descriptions, of the more interesting forms are in progress of publication.

II.—Duplicates.

All specimens, which during the work of arranging the collections are found to be
duplicates, are set aside, either for distribution among the other National or Provincial
Museums in the United Kingdom, or for purposes of exchange. In the course of the
past year 3,443 specimens have been distributed among other institutions; as, however,
the acquisition of superfluous specimens has always been avoided, the number of duplicates
is small, with the exception of Coleoptera.

III.— Cataloguing.
One Catalogue only has been issued during the year 1880:—

“ Tllustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the
British Museum,” Part IV., North American Tortricidae. By Lord Walsingham, 4to.
(pp. 84, with 17 coloured plates).

The fifth and sixth volumes of the “ Catalogue of Birds,” and the fifth part of the
“Tllustrations of Lepidoptera Heterocera,” are in the press; the seventh volume of the
“ Catalogue of Birds,” and a Catalogue of “ Tenthredinide,” are in course of preparation.

IV.— Conservation.

Of the acquisitions of Vertebrate Animals, chiefly Ruminantia and a few belonging

to other orders, such as a large Sea-lion (Otaria forsteri), the Maned Wolf of Patagonia
(Canis jubatus), have been mounted; on the other hand, a great numberof smaller Mammalia,
particularly Rodents, have been withdrawn from exhibition.
_ The systematic transfer of the skins of Passerine Birds into cabinets which will be used
in the Bird-room of the New Museum (as described in last year’s Report), has been
continued.
___ Further progress has been made in the formation of a series of groups of British Birds,
illustrative of their nesting habits. The following have been added : Common Flycatcher,
Whinchat, Willow-warbler, Sedge-warbier, Nightingale, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit,
Yellow Wasgtail, Reed-bunting, Yellow-hammer, Skylark, Goatsucker, Green Wood-
pecker, and Ringed Plover.

The work of renewing the spirits in the bottles containing wet preparations is continued
whenever time can be spared for this most necessary operation.

The transfer of minute shells, Echinoids, and Corals, into glass-topped boxes has been
steadily continued ; all the unmounted Insects acquired during the year have been

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mounted and provided with labels, and many of such as had been imperfectly prepared
have been re-set.

Towards the end of the year the regular work of the department was interrupted by
the removal of the Zoological studies and study-collections into rooms vacated by the
Geological Department. -As by this removal all the collections lodged in the north-
western part of the building were disturbed, advantage was taken to collect into the same
locality the study-collections of Mammalia and Birds which had been deposited in various
distant and unsuitable rooms in the vaults; and, further, to place in cupboards a great
number of spirit preparations which had been crowding the tables and table-cases of the
spirit-room.

V.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the past year have been marked with the date of
their acquisition, and a separate number corresponding with an entry in the manuscript
register of accessions ; in this, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact
locality in which the specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any
other valuable information regarding them, are entered.

VI.— Acquisitions,

During the last year 24,283 specimens have been added to the several parts of the
collection :—

Vertebrata - - - - - 4,718
Mollusca - - - - ~.- {2,220
Annulosa’ - - - - - 15,359
Radiata(and Vermes) - - -_ 1,986
ToTaAL - - - 24,283, as compared with

45,881 in the year 1879.
20,960 k 1878.
24,184 mA 1877.
24,685 a 1876.
25,340 2 1875.
30,699 oe Lees,
10,644 i 1873

7,024 re 1872.
10,577 as 1&71.

The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury having ordered that complete
study sets of the collections made during the voyage of H.M.S. “ Challenger ” should be
deposited in the British Museum, the following sets have been received in the course of
last year :—

(a.) Seven specimens of Terrestrial Mammalia. (Of the Marine Mammalia and their
remains, dredged from the bottom of the sea, as reported in the first volume of the
“‘ Challenger ” reports, nothing has been received yet).

(b.) 795 skins and 226 eggs of birds ; this series contained the types of 12 new species,
and 31 species not previously represented in the British Museum.

(c.) The study-set of Ostracoda, consisting of 153 species and 832 specimens.

(d.) The complete study-set upon which Mr. Moseley’s reports on deep-sea corals are
based ; it consists of 115 species and 944 specimens; not less than 13 genera, and 56
species new to science, are represented in this most interesting portion of the collection.

(e.) 38 species of Pennatulids represented by 160 examples; this series does not yet
contain all the specimens described by the Reporter.

2. A second most valuable collection of animals of all orders obtained by Dr. Coppinger
in the Straits of Magellan during the survey of H.M.S. “ Alert,” and presented by the
Lords of the Admiralty.

3. A portion of the celebrated collection of Phytophaga formed by J. S. Baly, Esq.,
M.B.; this first instalment consists of 5,696 specimens, with numerous types of the species
described by Mr. Baly and others,

4. A series of 476 Micro-Lepidoptera from North America, including the types of 118
species described in the fourth part of the “Illustrations of Lepidoptera Heterocera; ”
presented by Lord Walsingham.

5. A set of 209 typical specimens illustrative of species of Fishes described by the late
Dr. Bleeker; also a selected series of 244 specimens of Marine Crustaceans collected by
the same Naturalist ; this series contained the nearly complete study-set of the Fish-

parasites

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parasites (Cymothoide) described by him in his memoir “ Sur les Isopodes Cymothoidiens
de l’Archipel Indien.”

6. Several most interesting series of land and freshwater shells, collected on the lakes
Tanganyika and Nyassa, and other parts of Eastern Central Africa; these collections
were sent or made by Dr. Kirk, Her Majesty’s Consul-General at Zanzibar, the
Rey. E. Coode Hore, and by Joseph Thomson, Esq. They contain many highly
interesting new forms, some of which bear a remarkable resemblance to marine types.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class have been 646 in number, inclusive of 77
specimens which were received from the India Museum and not included in last year’s
Report ; the most noteworthy of these accessions are the following :—

Four human crania of the stone age found in a cave at Alhama de Granada; presented
by W. McPherson, Esq.

Two specimens of the Red Field Vole (Arvicola glareolus) obtained in the neighbourhood
of Uxbridge; presented by O. Thomas, Esq.

A collection of 27 specimens made by C. G. Danford, Esq., in Asia Minor, including
skeletons of a Leopard and of the Wild Fallow Deer, and a new species of Vole
(Arvicola).

Two collections made by Messrs. H. Pryer and C. Maries in Japan, consisting of 38
specimens in spirit and containing a rare Insectivore (Chimarrogale), a new species of
Mole, skulls of the Japanese and common Bears, a rare Dormouse (Myoxus
lasiotis), &c.

An adult male specimen of Steller’s Fur seal ( Otaria stellert); purchased.

The typical specimens of the Formosan Fruit-bat ( Pteropus formosus) ; purchased.

Male and female specimens of the Ourang-Utang of Borneo, the heads being perfect
and preserved in spirit; purchased.

The typical specimen of Cynopterus lucasi from Sarawak; received in exchange from
G. E. Dobson, Esq., M.B. ’

A series of the skulls and horns of the Sambur Deer and the Wild Ox (Bos banting)
from Sarawak ; presented by H. B. Low, Esq.

A valuable collection of 128 small Mammalia, from India and Arabia, containing a
new species of Mus, and several other species not before represented in the Museum
collection ; presented by W. T. Blanford, Esq. F.R.s.

Ten specimens of Muride from the Neilgherries, presented by Sir Walter Elliot.

Seventeen small Mammalia in spirit from Sindh; received in exchange from the Kurachee
Museum.

Four Mammals, among which a new species of Bat (Kerivoula) from Bantam; pur-
chased.

Nine Bats from Old Calabar, among them new species of Kerivoula and Vesperugo;
presented by J. A. Smith, Esq. M.p.

Twelve Mammals from the River Mombaga, East Africa, sent by Dr. Kirk;
among them a rare Bat, Megaderma cor, a new species of Rhynchocyon, and specimens
of Grant’s Antelope.

Ten specimens from King William’s Town, South Africa; presented by H. Tre-
velyan, Esq.

A series of sixteen specimens from California and Oregon, representing chiefly the
various species of Hares; purchased.

The typical specimen of Natalus micropus from Jamaica; received in exchange from
G. E. Dobson, Esq., M.B.

Eight specimens from Guatemala, ten from Demerara, and three from Bahia ; among
them an example of Loncheres picta, previously known from one or two specimens only ;

urchased.

: Two collections, consisting of 90 specimens, made in Ecuador by Messrs Buckley and
Illingworth, and containing very complete series of the Monkeys and Sloths of that
country, and new species of Bassaricyon and Nasua; purchased.

Nineteen specimens from Magellan Straits, obtained during the survey of H.M.S.
“‘ Alert; ” among them are specimens of seals, and a new species of Vesper-mouse (Hes-

eromys).
A fine specimen of the Maned Wolf of Patagonia (Canis jubatus) which lived for ‘some
time in the Gardens of the Zoological Society ; purchased.

Birds.— The total number of acquisitions amounts to 2,500, including eggs. One
‘hundred and ten species were entirely new to the collection. The following accessions
may be specially mentioned :—

A series of British Birds, with their nests, eggs, and young; presented by Lord
Walsingham.

A specimen of Leach’s Petrel, caught in the neighbourhood of Woolwich ; presented by
Mr. Henry Whitely.

A specimen of the rare Faroe Island Wren (Anothura borealis) ; presented by Edward
Hargitt, Esq. .

Two nests and four eggs of the Flamingo (Phaenicopterus antiquorum) from the marshes
of the Quadalquivir River ; presented by Lord Lilford.

Forty Warblers from Southern Spain and Morocco ; presented by Lieut.-Col Irby.

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Sixty-nine birds from the Zambesi country, collected by Dr. Bradshaw, and containing
several rare and interesting species ; purchased. P
Two of the typical specimens of Cypselus balstoni and Zapornia watersi; purchased.
tes ho skins of Bulbuls, containing eleven’ species new to the collection; pur-

chased.

The types of Otocoris elwesi and Montifringilia ruficollis from Sikhim, and thirteen
birds from Sind, among which are three species before unrepresented in the collection ;
presented by W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.R.S.

Two hundred and one birds from Travancore collected by Mr. F. W. Bourdillon, and
containing the type of Merula bourdilloni, and many rare species ; purchased.

Twelve specimens from Sumatra collected by Dr. Carl Bock, and containing four species
new to the collection.

Three hundred and eighteen eggs from North-Western Borneo, collected by Mr. Hugh
Low during his sojourn in Labuan. This collection has been described by Mr. Sharpe
(P-Z.5., 1879, p. 317).

Twelve birds from Duke of York Island, New Britain, &c., collected by Mr. Layard,
and representing nine species new to the collection ; purchased.

Forty-two specimens from the Goldie River and the country inland of Port Moresoy,
South-Eastern New Guinea, including many rare species new to the collection, among
them the type of Geocichla papuensis ; purchased.

Forty-two birds from South-Eastern New Guinea collected by Charles Hunstein, and
containing, among other rarities, the types of Clytoceyx rec,a new genus and species of
Kinefisher, and of Tanysiplera danae; purchased.

Two cassowaries from South-Eastern New Guinea apparently referable to Caswarius
kaupi and C, beccarii; purchased.

Three specimens of the Australian Cassowary (Casuarius australis) from Northern
Australia ; presented by Messrs. F. DuCane Godman and O. Salvin.

A series of twenty-three Cormorants from New Zealand; presented by Baron A. von
Hiigel.

Six birds from the Solomon Isles, collected by Lieut. Richards, and comprising the
types of Edoliisoma solomonis, Grancalus monotonus, and Rhipidura russata ;. purchased.

Six species of North-American Wrens; presented by the Smithsonion Institution.

‘Twenty-four birds from California; purchased.

Seventy-nine birds and eggs from Chili and the Straits of Magellan ; collected during
the cruize of H.M.S. “Alert.”

Reptiles and Amphibians.—The additions to these classes have been 733 in number
and the following may be specially mentioned :—

Typical specimens of J7iton montandoni from Moldavia; presented by Mons. Boulenger
of the Brussels Museum.

Specimens of Rana agilis from the neighbourhood of Paris; presented by Mons. Lataste.

A specimen of Tachymenis vivax from Cyprus; presented by His Excellency Major-
General Biddulph, c.B.

A valuable collection of 210 Reptiles from Arabia and India ; named and presented by
W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.R.s.

Thirty-seven Reptiles from Singapore; named by Mr. Blanford, and presented by
Dr. Dennis.

Specimens of anew species of Scince (Gongylus johanne) discovered by Mr. Bewsher in
the Comoro Islands.

A selected series of 20 Reptiles from Madagascar, including specimens of Gongylus
melanurus, Centroura maculata, Langaha, and Sancinia (a large Python, of which previously
only very young specimens had been obtained) ; purchased.

A collection of 20 Reptiles from China and Japan, containing a new species of Ophites ;

urchased.
f The skeleton of Trionyz cantoris from Borneo, a species of fresh-water Turtle previously
known from the Malayan Peninsula only; purchased.

Seven Snakes from New Guinea; purchased.

Thirty-two Reptiles and Batrachians from Yucatan, containing several highly interesting
forms of Tree-frog, with extraordinary development of the cranial bones; purchased.

Thirty-six Reptiles from Mexico; collected and presented by P. Geddes, Esq.

A selected series of 217 Reptiles and Amphibians from Ecuador, containing many new
and interesting forms of all orders; purchased.

Twenty-six specimens of Reptiles from Pernambuco; collected and presented by W.
A. Forbes, Esq.

A specimen of a rare Tree snake (Philodryas serra) ; purchased.

Thirteen specimens from Chili and Patagonia, collected by Dr. Coppinger ; among
them two new species of Frogs.

Fishes.—The total number of specimens received amounts to 917.

A fine specimen of Sea-trout from Ballyshannon, presented by the Earl of Enniskillen
F.R.S.
Specimens of Salmon and Sea-trout bred in Tasmania; presented by Dr. Giinther.
Nine marine fishes from Cannes; presented by the Duke of Argyll.
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Typical specimens of Fundulus letourneuxit from Corfu; presented by Dr. Sauvage.

A series of 94 freshwater fishes from the United States, including typical specimens of
28 species described by Professor Jordan; purchased.

A series of 87 fishes from the Atlantic coast of the United States; presented by the
Smithsonian Institution.

Twenty fishes from Mexico ; collected and presented by P. Geddes, Esq.

Twelve specimens from the Straits of Magellan; collected by Dr. Coppinger during
the survey of H.M.S. “ Alert.”

A large specimen of Anguilla manritiana from the Buffalo River, South Africa;
presented by H. Trevelyan, Esq.

Thirty-nine freshwater fishes from Northern India; presented by Dr. Scully.

Mollusca.—The total number of specimens added to the collection during the past year
is 2,220; the following are the most important :—

A series of 17 typical specimens of shells, of the genus Marginella; purchased.

A collection of 55 shells from the Andaman Islands and the coast of Burmah,
containing several remarkable new forms; presented by Major L. W. Wilmer.

Twenty-five shells from the Andaman Islands; presented by J. K. Ponsonby, Esq.

A series of 161 shells from Japan and China; purchased.

Twenty-two shells from Australia and New Guinea; presented by John Brazier, Esq.

Highty-nine specimens from Tasmania, chiefly desiderata to the collection ; presented
by Lieutenant C. E. Beddome, 1.N.

Sixty shells from Cape Town; presented by T. J. Simey, Esq.

A collection of 19 shells from Madagascar ; purchased.

A series of 75 shells from East Africa; presented by Alfred E. Craven, Esq.

A collection of 176 specimens of shells from the east coast of the United States :
presented by the Smithsonian Institution.

Thirty-four shells from Vancouver’s Island ; purchased.

A collection of 776 shells from the West Indies; containing numerous minute new
species; purchased.

Fifty-six shells from the Straits of Magellan, including many new forms; collected by
Dr. Copppinger during the survey of H.M.S. “ Alert.”

Crustacea.—The total number of additions to the collection is 1,732. The following
acquisitions deserve special notice :—

A valuable series of 261 Sessile-eyed Crustacea (Edriophthalmia) from Great Britain;
named and presented by the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing.

An interesting collection of 97 Crustacea from Franz Josef Land, including three new
species, one of which is a remarkable genus of gigantic Pycnrogonida ( Anomorhynchus
smithiz) new to the collection, described in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
for January 1881 ; collected and presented by B. Leigh Smith, Esq.

Sixteen Crustacea from Betsileo, Madagascar, including a series of the Madagascar
Crayfish (A stacoides madagascariensis) ; purchased.

A series of 64 Crustacea from the eastern coast of North America, determined by the
naturalists of the U.S. Fishery Commission; presented by the Smithsonian Institution.

Twelve Brachyura from Vera Cruz ; presented by P. Geddes, Esq.

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The number of specimens acquired during the year is 100.
The following are the most important :—

A specimen of the rare and interesting Hunting-spider (Rhaz brevipes) from Afghan-

istan ; presented by E. C. Rye, Esq.
‘oe examples of an apparently new genus of Humped-spider from Madagascar ; pur-

chased.

A specimen of Spherotherium obtusum, anda very interesting undescribed species of the
same genus of Myriopoda, from the Cape Colony ; presented by the Rev. A. J. Wilson.

A specimen of the remarkable Long-legeed Myriopod (Sceutigera nobilis) from Japan ;
purchased. :

Insecta.—The Entomological branch has been increased by the addition of 15,359
specimens, which are distributed among the various orders thus :—

Colcopemn es, ye pe a ee ot 1 090
Hymenoptera - - ~ ES = a s 258
Lepidoptera - - - - + - - - 4,633
Diptera - - - = Bee af ha : 42
Neuroptera - - - = 2 = fe 2 45
Orthoptera - - - - - - - = 119
Hemiptera - - - 2 a a : u 125
ve Le CEs ns i ae ar ai 47

ToTaAL - - - 15,359

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The following acquisitions are most noteworthy :—

The types of three species of Hymenoptera, of the genus Cecidonomus, from Great
Britain; presented by E. A. Fitch, Esq.

A collection of 1,500 Coleoptera, two Hymenoptera, 590 Lepidoptera, five Neuroptera,
one Orthopteron, and four Hemiptera, from Japan and China, including many new species
and desiderata to the collection ; purchased.

‘A collection of Moths, made by Mr. Montague Fenton, in Japan, consisting of 1,040
specimens, and including many new genera and species; purchased.

A collection of 238 Lepidoptera from Takow, Formosa, including the types of 33 new
species, described in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 1880; collected and
presented by H. E. Hobson, Esq.

A selection of 302 Moths from the collection made by Mr. W. B. Pryer at Shanghai,
including about 50 types of new species described by Mr. Moore in the Annals and
Magazine of Natural History for August 1877 ; purchased.

Eight Lepidoptera from Assam, including several new species described in the Annals
and Magazine of Natural History for January 1881 ; purchased.

The type of an interesting new species of Moth (Milleria pontivides); presented by
A. G. Butler, Esq. ;

A selection of 79 butterflies from the collection of Dr. G. Watt, including the types of
eight species from the North Western Himalayas and Thibet; presented by Dr. Watt.

A collection of 73 Lepidoptera from North Western India and Baluchistan, including
the types of five new species, presented by Major C. Swinhoe.

A series of 57 Lepidoptera from Candahar, including the types of dive new species
described in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, for April 1880, and valuable as
adding considerably to our knowledge of the fauna of that district; presented by Captain
Howland Roberts.

A series of 40 Orthopterous Insects from Nepal; presented by Dr. Scully.

Seventy-seven Coleoptera from Syria, amongst which are fine examples of Propomacrus
bimucronatus ; purchased.

Twenty-four Coleoptera from Port Moresby, New Guinea; purchased.

A series of 60 Coleoptera collected by the Rev. G. Brown at Duke of York Island;
urchased.

P A collection of 62 named Coleoptera and 18 named Hemiptera from the Hawaiian
Islands; purchased.

Fifty-two Hymenoptera from New Zealand; presented by Captain F. W. Hutton.

A collection of 124 Lepidoptera from Marlborough Province, New Zealand, including
the types of 14 new species described in Cistula Entomologica for September 1880;
presented by William Skellon, Esq.

A series of 230 Coleoptera from Port Elizabeth, South Africa; presented by
S. Rous, Esq.

Two series of ‘Coleoptera from Madagascar, of 65 and 150 specimens respectively,
containing numerous rare and several new species of Cetoniide ; among the latter may be
specially mentioned Cilidota splendens, Liostraca bella, Euchilia puncticollis, EL. costifera,
Parachilia compacta, Pantolia brevicollis, Coptomia rufovaria, and C. modesta; also
25 Hymenoptera and 80 Lepidoptera; amongst the latter were 29 new species described
in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for April and May 1880.

Four rare Cetoniide (Rhanzania bertolinit, $ 9 and Neptunides polychrous $ 2) from
East Africa; purchased.

A series of 175 Coleoptera from Mpwapwa, East Africa, containing a new species of
Cicindeline, Styphloderma brevicolle ; purchased.

A series of 460 Lepidoptera from West Africa, including many desiderata to the collec-
tion; purchased.

A collection of 32 Heterocerous Lepidoptera from the Gold Coast, many of them
referable to undescribed species; presented by Lord Walsingham.

A collection of 124 Lepidoptera from West Africa and Madagascar, including several
rare species of Charaxes and Zeuxidia, and other species, which were previously desiderata
to the collection; purchased.

A series of 41 Moths, most of which are probably new to science, from Old Calabar
and the Camaroons; amongst them is the type of a beautiful new species (Apsarasa
liturata); purchased.

Twenty-six Butterflies, collected between Berber and Kartoum, amongst which were
several species of the genus Teracolus, not previously represented in the almost complete
series of this genus in the Museum collection; presented by Dr. Giinther.

A series of 276 Coleoptera collected in Ecuador by Mr. C. Buckley ; purchased.

A specimen of Amblychila cylindriformis from North America; obtained by exchange.

Twelve Coleoptera, six Lepidoptera, andone Hymenopterous Insect from the Straits
of Magellan; collected by Dr. Coppinger.

A collection of 244 Heterocerous Lepidoptera, including numerous undescribed species,
from Rio Janeiro; purchased.

A collection of 104 Lepidoptera from Costa Rica, a great number of which were
previously desiderata in the collection; presented by Herbert Druce, Esq.

A collection of 652 Coleoptera, 29 Micro-Hymenoptera, and 25 specimens of Pulex —

from various animals, together with 58 other parasitic insects from various localities ;
including,

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including numerous types of species descrjbed by Messrs Baly, Westwood, Mulsant, and
the donor; presented by. G. R. Waterhouse, Esq.

A series of 39 Orthoptera, all named, and typical of species described by the donor;
presented by Mons. H. de Saussure.

Echinodermata and Vermes.—The addition to these classes have been 382 in number;
of these, the following are the most important :—

Thirteen Echinoderms dredged at Weymouth by Mr. Edgar Smith; and presented by
him.

A collection of 26 Echinoderms and 33 Worms, dredged in the seas near Franz Joseph
Land and Spitzbergen, and chiefly interesting on account of the localities from which
they were obtained ; collected and presented by B. Leigh Smith, Esq.

A valuable series of 65 Echinoderms and 44 Worms, determined and named by the
Naturalists of the U. 8. Fishery Commission ; presented by the Smithsonian Institution.

Five Echinoderms and seven Worms from the Straits of Magellan; collected by
Dr. Coppinger.
Three species of Pericheta; presented by C. Darwin, Esq., F.R.S.

Six specimens of the rare Asterias hispida of Pennant; presented by the Rev. A. M.
Norman.

Polyzoa.—196 specimens have been added during the past year, the most important of
which are :—

A collection from the recently explored seas near Franz Joseph Land; presented by
B. Leigh Smith, Esq.

A set of named American specimens; presented by the Smithsonian Institution.

Celenterata.—In this class 1,323 specimens have been added ; besides the specimens
received as part of the “ Challenger ” collections, the following may be mentioned :—

Two fine specimens of Turbinarta; purchased.

A series of named American specimens in spirit ; presented by the Smithsonian Insti-
tution.

Spongiide and Protozoa.—Of the former, 88 specimens have been received, and of the
latter, 11 series, viz:—

The type specimens of the Indian species of Spongilla named by Mr. Carter, transferred
from the India Museum. :

A second consignment from Dr. Coppinger, of H. M. 8. “ Alert,” containing repre-
sentatives of several new species from the Hastern Coast of South America. -

A series of named American specimens; presented by the Smithsonian Institution.

ViIl— Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted various portions of the. col-
lection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 4,260, as compared with—

4,003 in the year - -~— - 1879.
3,064 é a ea dae
3,671 x - - - 1877.
3,425 es - - - 1876.
2,799 ie - - - 1875.
3,306 us - - - 1874.
2,530 C Dg he eae
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

The work carried on by the staff of the Geological Department during the past year
has been altogether of an exceptional and peculiarly arduous nature. Nearly the first
half of the year, namely, from the Ist January to 14th June, was occupied in preparations
for the removal of the Geological collections from the British Museum, Great Russell-strect,
to the new building in Cromwell-road, South Kensington.

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The unexhibited collections, both of Vertebrata and Invertebrata, occupying a large
number of vaults in the basement, were all carefully cleaned and packed, a task which
occupied three months (April toJune). The wall-cases in the Supplemental Room con-
taining the Cephalopoda, Crustacea, Echinodermata, Corals, &c., were next cleared and
their contents packed. The Exhibition Galleries, commencing with Rooms I., IL,
and III. (which were closed to the public on 5th July), followed next, and their exhi-
bited series of Fossil Plants, Fossil Fishes, Reptilia, and Birds were packed and made
ready for removal. In August, Rooms IV., V., and VI., were closed to the public, and
the exhibited fossils removed from the wall and table-cases and packed up. The
removal lasted from 14th June to 30th September, and from 11th to the 16th of October,
during which time 289 loads were sent off and received; a part of the staff, assisted by
extra labourers and carpenters, being occupied in packing and dispatching the van-loads of
fossils; and the other part, similarly assisted by extra labourers, being occupied in receiy-
ing and storing the collections in the new building.

The task of unpacking and re-arranging the Invertebrata in the new Museum com-
menced on 20th September, the Vertebrata on 17th October, by which date all the staff,
as well the entire collections, had been transferred to the new building.

Galleries A. and C. not having as yet (31st December) been cased, the work of arrang-
ing the Invertebrata has been mainly carried on in Gallery “ B,” and in Reserve Gal-
lery No. 2, in 48 Table-cases and drawers thereunder. No use has as yet been made of the
Wall-cases in Gallery “ B,” from want of fittings for the same. In Gallery “D” the
large series of Enaliosauria (Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri) have been tiearly all fixed up,
and occupy altogether a linear extent of Wall-case on the southern side of more than
200 feet. In the S. E. Gallery but little progress has been made in arranging objects in
the wall and pier-cases, from the want of fittings. These have now been obtained, and
the task of arranging the Proboscidea, Carnivora, and Ruminantia is commenced.

The larger objects, such as the skeletons of the Mastodon ohioticus and the Cervus
megaceros (male and female) ; the skulls and tusks of Klephas ganesa, Elephas primigenius,
Mastodon andium, and Dinotherium giganteum, have been mounted upon their stands and
placed in series down the centre of this room.

The cast of the skeleton of the great extinct Ground-Sloth, Megatherium americanum,
has been fixed upon its stand in the Eastern Pavilion, in which room are also placed the
skeletons of Dinornis maximus and D, elephantopus with other remains of Fossil Birds, and
a large series of Edentata from South America. .

In Reserve Gallery, No. 2, sixteen Table-cases, with Cabinets of drawers
beneath them, have been placed. In these are arranged the “ William Smith,” the
* Sowerby,” and the ‘ Gilbertson” collections, occupying two Cabinets; the collection
of Fossil Corals, in three Cabinets; the collection of Brachiopoda, in four Cabinets; the
collection of Cephalopoda, occupying seven Cabinets. Along the walls on either side are
temporary shelves, filled with the larger specimens belonging to these collections.

In Gallery B. thirty-two Table-cases (with drawers beneath them) have been placed
in order; and considerable progress has been made in cleaning, sorting, and arranging the
British Fossil Mollusca, Polyzoa, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, &c., in the table-tops and
drawers beneath. In Reserve Gallery, No. 3, the five Cabinets containing the “* Edwards’
collection of Eocene Mollusca” have been placed; also five Table-cases on stands, in
in which are temporarily arranged the Foraminifera, and a part of the Protozoa.

In Gallery C, (which is at present without Wall-cases) twelve Table-cases with Cabinets
beneath them, and 32 Table-cases on stands, have been placed, in which are temporarily
arranged on one side the Fossil, Fishes, and Reptilia; on the other, the foreign Mollusca,
Crustucea, Echinodermata, and Protozoa.

In Reserve Gallery, No. 4., placed on a series of shelves along the wall on either side,
are the entire collection of Fossil Plants (for which no cases have as yet been provided),
and a large series of fossil Mammalia, Aves, and Reptilia awaiting arrangement in Gal-
lery D, and elsewhere.

In the South East Gallery 13 full-sized and 10 half Table-cases, with Cabinets of drawers
beneath them, have been placed in the several recesses between the Pier-cases in which
the smaller fossil Mammalian remains have been temporarily arranged.

Tn the Pavilion six glazed Table-cases, with Cabinets beneath them, have been devoted

to the reception of Fossil Edentata and Marsupialia, and the remains of Fossil Birds from
New Zealand, &c., &c.

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Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—
Mammalia - - - - - - - 30
Aves - - - - - - - - 3
Reptilia = - - - - - = - 47
Pisces - - - - - - - 126
206
Invertebrata :—
Mollusca - - - - - - - 691
IPGly 208. one | i eg ee ee ean 25
Insecta and Crustacea - - - - 555
Annelida - - - - = - 2 32
Echinodermata - - - ~ - - 219
Zoophyta-Zoantharia - = - Sigs hte a 96
Rhizopoda and Protozoa - - tae 162
1,780
Plante :—Fossil Plant-remains - - - - - = 88
Total number of Specimens registered* - - - 2,074

* Note.—Only a very small number of specimens were registered during the
earlier half of the past year; during the latter half the entire staff was occupied with
the business of removal and the subsequent work of re-arrangement of the collec-
tions in the New Building.

Although the public was excluded from the Geological Gallery for several months,
owing to preparations for removal,
597 Scientific Students were admitted between the Ist January and the 12th August;
and between 8th October and 31st December.
152 Students have visited and worked at portions of the collections since their removal
to Cromwell Road.
Total Number of Students admitted to the Geological Galleries, 749.

Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation. —A. VERTEBRATA.

The jaws of a fossil fish of the genus Sphyrenodus, sp. nov., fromthe Hocene formation
of Hordwell, Hants. Presented by Professor Owen, C.B., F.R.8., &c.

Specimens of Palgoniscus, from the Permian marl-slates of Ferry Hill, Durham.
Presented by Rey. Canon Greenwell, m.a., F.R.S.

The defensive spine of Ischyodus brevirostris, Agassiz, from the Gault of Folkestone.
Presented by J. Starkie Gardner, Esq., F.c.s., &c.

Upper and Lower Jaws of Steneosaurus, 20 specimens of dermal scutes and vertebre of
Teleosaurus; from the Oolite, near Oxford. Remains of <Acrolepis, from the Millstone
erit., &c. Spine of Leptacanthus, from the Stonesfield Slate, &c. Presented by Professor
J. Wood-Mason, F.G.s., &c.

Fossilised Turtle’s eggs imbedded in Coral-sand-formation, from the Island of Ascension.
Presented by Lieut. Haggard, R.N.

Pelvic portion of Plesiosaurus in a nodule, fromthe Lower Lias, Denton, Lincolnshire.
(Noticed in the Gentleman’s Magazine, about 1700.) Presented by Major Harlowe
Turner, &c., &c.

Skull of the great horned Lizard Megalania prisca, from King’s Creek, Darling Downs,
Australia. Presented by Geo. F. Bennett, Esq.

Fossil remains of Diprotodon Australis, Owen, from Queensland, Australia. Presented
by Sir George Verdon, &c., &c. .

Remains of Mylodon, Elephas, and Canis, from San Angelo, Mexico. Presented by
Patrick Geddes, Esq.

Right mandible of Cheropotamus Cuviert, Owen, Lower Eocene formation, Seafield,
Isle of Wight. Figured in Geol. Trans., 2nd series, vol. vi., p. 41., pl. iv. Presented by
the Rev. W. D. Fox, m.a.

Skull and horns of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) and portions of skeleton of same ;
together with remains of Bos longifrons, Equus, Sus, Capra, Canis, &c., from an
excavation at Edmundsea, near Waltham Abbey. Presented by Major Tovey, Royal
Engineers. .

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B. INVERTEBRATA.

The type-specimen of Rostellaria Pricei, H. Woodw., from the Grey Chalk, Folkstone.
(Figured and described in the Geol. Mag. 1872, vol. ix., p. 97, pl. iii.) Presented by
F. G. H. Price, Esq., F.8.4., F.G.S.

Eighteen specimens of Paleozoic fossils, from New South Wales, including the type-
specimen of Onycopyge Liversidgei, H. Woodw., Figured and described in the Geol.
Mag. 1880, p. 97. Presented by Professor A. Liversidge F.¢.s., F.G.S.

A fine example of Ammonites biplex, Sby., Kimmeridge Clay; a slab of Trigonia
impressa, Great Oolite, Stonesfield ; three Gault and Greensand fossils and two Trilobites
from Builth. Presented by Professor J. Wood-Mason, F.«.s., &c.

Fifty-seven Paleozoic fossils, from Bolivia, principally Brachiopoda. Presented by
Richard Inwards, Esq.

About 50,000 Miscellaneous Foreign Fossils, transferred from the Museum of
Practical Geology, Jermyn-street, to the British Musuem, with the permission of
Professor A. C. Ramsay, L.L.D., F-R.S., Director-General.

A fine specimen of Stromatopora, from the Devonian of Totnes. Presented by Arthur
Champernowne, Esq., M.A., F.G.S.

Eighteen Fossil-remains included in quartzite pebbles of Devonian age, from Budleigh-
Salterton, Devon. Presented by Arthur Wyatt-Edgell, Esq., F.G.S.

C. PLANTA.

A collection of Fossils, chiefly Plant-remains; comprising fossil wood and impressions of
leaves, from the Mackenzie River ; obtained by means of a sum voted by the Government
Grant Committee of the Royal Society. The specimens have been described by
Professor Oswald Heer, of Zurich (See Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. xxx.). Presented by the
Committee, viz :—Robert H. Scott, Esq., r.r.s., and Dr. John Rae, F.R-s.

A copy of Dr. William Smith’s Geologically coloured Map of England and Wales and
part of Scotland, accompanied by a memoir: London, 1815. Presented by A. W. Franks,
Lsq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Il. By Purchase—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—Remains of Mammoth, Rhinoceros, Horse, &c., from Pleistocene
deposits, Bickley, ete., Salop.

(2.) Aves.—An entire skeleton of a new and remarkably small species of Dinornis
(D. parvus, Owen), from New Zealand, in a singularly perfect state of preservation. Also
three bones of the leg of a Dinornis.

The head of a bird, Argillornis longipennis, Owen, being the type-specimen figured and
described by Professor Owen, in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1880, vol. xxxvi., p. 23, pl. ii.,
from the London Clay of Sheppey.

Six parts of the wing-bone of a bird, Argillornis longipennis, Owen, figured and described
in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1880, together with the humerus of a bird (undescribed), also
from the London Clay of Sheppey.

(3.) Reptilia.—Three portions of shaft of long wing-bone of Pterodactylus, from the
Chalk of Snodland, Kent. Bones of Pterodactylus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

One specimen of Palaophis toliapicus, Owen (with 33 united vertebra), and two
detached vertebrae of the same, from the London Clay of Sheppey.

One Crocodilian skull and one Saurian vertebra, from the same locality as the preceding
specimens.

A series of remains of Mauisaurus, figured in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxxv.,
p. 541, pl. xxiii; portions of carapace of Pelobatochelys Blakei, Seeley, from the Kim-
meridge Clay, Dorsetshire. (Figured and described. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxxi.,

, 234, pl. xiii.

: Skull of ae gigas, Owen, London Clay, Sheppey. Figured and described in Pal.
Soc. Mon. Brit. Reptilia, 1880.

A Skull of Teleosaurus, from the Upper Lias of Whitby.

Carapace and plastron of a new species of Chelone, from the London Clay of Sheppey.
Two small Ichthyosauri and one Head of Ichthyosaurus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis;
portions of jaw of Ichthyosaurus campylodon, from the Lower Chalk, Dover.

Detached teeth, vertebra, and small bone of paddle of Ichthyosaurus, from the Gault of
Folkestone.

‘ One jaw of Pliosaurus, Kimmeridge Clay, Weymouth; the skull of Rhinohelys, sp.
(Seeley), Chalk Marl, Dover ; remains of Plesivsaurus, Lias, Lyme Regis. :

Reptilian vertebra, from the- Drift, near Bury, Suffolk. Skull and lower jaw, and por-
tions of limb-bones of Dicynodon, from the Triassic beds of South Africa.

A valuable series of Iguanodon remains from the Wealden, near Hastings, Sussex.

Remains of the great horned Lizard, Megalania prisca, from the banks of King’s
Creek, Queensland, Australia; described and figured in Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 1880.

Cast of the great Plesiosaurus Cramptoni (the original, obtained from the Lias of
Whitby, Yorkshire, is preserved in the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin). . ,

(4.) Pisces.—

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(4.) Pisces.—One hundred and fifty-five specimens from the Lower Chalk, Gault, and
Greensand of Folkestone and Dover, ehiefly Fishes.

One head of Hybodus, one specimen of Dapedius politus, and five other Fish-remains,
from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Twelve Fish-remains, from various formations and localities (Morris Collection). Ten
Fossil fishes, from the Sulphur-zone of Sicily.

Nine specimens of Platax minor ; two of Raia; ten specimens of Eurypholis; one of
Leptosomus ; three of Clupea sardinioides ; one of Scombroclupea; five of Paleobalistum
Goodelii ; nine of Chirocentrites ; and twenty-one new and undetermined fishes, all from
the Cretaceous formation of Hakel and Sahel-el-alma, in the Lebanon, Syria.

One specimen of Mallotus, from Greenland.

Paracephalus cristatus ; Sphyrenodus crassidens ; Brachyetus, sp.; Coelopoma Cole: :
Pycnodus, sp.; Phyllodus, sp.; Elasmodus, sp.; Brachygnathus, sp.; Carcharias, sp. ; all
from the London Clay of the Isle of Sheppey.

One hundred and forty-one Fossil Vertebrata (principally Fishes), from the Devonian
and Carboniferous formations of Farlowe and Oreton, Shropshire ; including five specimens
figured in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., vol. xvii.

Seven specimens of Cephalaspis asper ; three of Climatius reticulatus ; five of Acanthodes
Mitchelli; ten of Diplacanthus gracilis ; three of Euthacanthus grandis; one of Parezxus
recurvus ; and two of Parexus falcatus; together with nine other fossil fishes not deter-
mined, from the Old Red Sandstone of Forfarshire.

B. INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusca.—Twenty-five Tertiary shells, from Tasmania; a collection of Eocene
Tertiary shells, from Claiborne Massachussets, U.S.A.; twenty-five Tertiary shells,
from the Clyde ; a specimen of Aturia zic-zac, from the London Clay of Sheppey.

Seven hundred and sixty Mollusca, from the Gault and Greensand, Folkestone, and the
Grey Chalk, Dover, including specimens of Scalaria, Aporrhais, Fissurella, Capulus ;
figured and described by Mr. J. S. Gardener, in a series of papers published in the
Geological Magazine and the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.

Fifty-seven Secondary Fossils, from Sicily.

Three hundred and twenty-six Mollusca, from New Zealand, collected by Dr. Hector.

One hundred and eight Mollusca, from various localities (part of the Morris Collection).

Fifty Wealden fossils, one Aptychus, of Ammonite, and one Ammonites Bechei, Lias,
Lyme Regis.

One hundred and forty-five Fossil shells, &c., from the Inferior Oolite, Yeovil; Hinnites *
Leymieri, from the Lower Greensand, Freshwater, and a large series of Cretaceous Mol-
lusca, &c., from the ‘vicinity of Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

Two hundred and thirty Mollusca and other fossils, from the Lower Devonian of
Rockfort, Belgium.

One hundred and fifty-two Paleozoic Fossils (chiefly Mollusca), from Tasmania.

(b.) Crustacea.—Three hundred and seventy Crustacea, from the Gault and Lower
Chalk of Dover and Folkestone (Gardner Collection).

Four hundred Fossil -Entomostraca (Beyrichia, Primitia, Leperditia, Cypridina,
Entomoconchus), from the Silurian and Carboniferous formations; many of the specimens
being figured and described in the Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855-75, by Professor
T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S.

Two hundred and fifty Crustacea, from the London Clay, &c. (Morris Collection).

Nine specimens of Pterygotus anglicus, Old Red Sandstone, Fortarshire.

_ Three specimens of Eurypterus, Upper Silurian, New York, U.S.A.

Hight Crustaceans, from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon.

Four specimens of Plagivlophus Xanthopsis and Scyllaridia, from the London Clay
of Sheppey. :

(c.) Echinodermata.—One Geocoma,sp., and one Ophiura Libanotica, from the Creta-
-ceous formation of the Lebanon. :
Eighty-five Crinoids, many specimens in fine preservation, from the Silurian of
Cincinnati.
Two hundred and fifty-nine Fossil Cystideans, from the Carboniferous series of
Burlington, Iowa, U.S.A., and Melonites multipora, St. Louis.
_Highty-three Echinodermata, from the Eocene of Scinde, &c. (Morris Collection).
Three specimens of Ophiocrinus, Wenlock Limestone, Dudley.

(d.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia.—Fifty-nine Corals, from the Chalk and Gault formations of
Dover and Folkestone (Gardner Collection), nine Corals from the London Clay of Sheppey.
Eighty-two Palzozoic Corals, from Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee.

(e.) Protozoa, etc., ete.—Two hundred microscopic organisms, spicula of sponges, ete..
from the Lower Carboniferous Shales, near Glasgow.

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C. Planta.
One hundred and thirty-eight Plant-remains, from the Pliocene of Sicily.

Two hundred Plant-remains, including large leaves of Palms, &c., and all the types of
Fossil Ferns, figured and described by MM. Gardner and Ettingshausen (see Mon. Pal.
Soc. 1879-80, Parts I. and II., Eocene Flora), from Lower Bagshot Beds of Bournemouth
and Studland Bay, Dorsetshire, &c.

Six slabs of Plant-remains from the Permian formation of South Africa.
Two hundred and seventeen Plant-remains, from New Zealand.
Thirty-seven Plant-remains and Fossil wood, from Tasmania.
Forty-four Coal-plants, from Grundy, Co. Illinois, U.S.A.

Six Plant-remains from various localities (Morris Collection).

The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows:—

I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata se aa cae 66
II. ,, Purchase, A. Vertebrata - - - - - 483
J. ,, Donation, B. Invertebrata - - = - 103
II. ,, Purchase, B. Invertebrata’ - - - - - 4,144
I, ,, Donation, C. Plante’ - - - = Ss = 50
II. ,, Purchase, C. Plante ~ - - - ae - 650

Total- - - 5,496

III. By Transfer of miscellaneous Foreign Fossils, mostly
Invertebrata, from the Museum of Practical Geology
(see ante, p. 38), estimated roughly at - - 50,000

55,496

Henry Woodward.

Mineral Department, 17 January 1881,

The Scientific Catalogue has not progressed with great rapidity during the past year.
Ever since this important task was commenced the dependence on Bloomsbury daylight
for purposes of crystal measurement has been, especially during the winter months, a very
serious hindrance to a satisfactory investigation of the exact forms of the crystals; and
this will be the more intelligible when it is pointed out that the angles of a crystal, and
thus its symmetry, are determined by help of the reflections of a signal from the various
faces, and that unless the signal is a very bright one the position of its image as seen in a
small crystal-face is not susceptible of accurate observation. It is hoped, however, that
the daylight of Kensington, and the artifical light which it will soon be possible to procure,
will conduce in no small degree to the advancement of this portion of the departmental
work. <A large amount of time has been given to the crystallographic determination of
the numerous specimens of blende and cobaltite. The library attached to the department
has received important additions: apart from current periodicals, and including pamphlets,
215 works, in 603 volumes, have been purchased, and all of these have been catalogued
and stamped.

Arrangement.

The available energy of the department has been concentrated during the latter part
of the year on the removal of the specimens from their position in the old gallery at
the British Museum to that in the new one at South Kensington. This transference has
been effected almost absolutely without damage to the specimens, from the most delicate
of which scarcely a crystal has been disturbed during the transit. As arranged in the
old gallery the specimens illustrative of species and varieties were exposed to view in the
tops of sixty-one table cases; these tops have been left behind at Bloomsbury, while the
pedestals have all been transferred and built up into larger cases, for which new tops
have been provided ; and in these tops, which have a total area equal to five-fourths of the
total area of the old ones, are now arranged the minerals formerly exhibited, supple-
mented where necessary by specimens from the drawers. This collection has been for
the last two months available for students, every specimen being accompanied by a
label stating its name and what is known of its locality. The glazed ends are being
gradually provided with the requisite fittings, and the larger specimens therein arranged ;
it is expected that this work will be completed within the next four weeks.

Acquisitions.

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. At

Acquisitions.

All the specimens acquired during the past year, involving 324 entries in the general
catalogue, have been registered, labelled, and incorporated with the general collection.
It may be observed that a case-top has been reserved in the new gallery for the purpose
of exhibiting in a collective form the more important of the latest acquisitions before they
are dispersed among the numerous specimens acquired in bygone years.

The more important acquisitions made during the year 1880 are the following :—

MINERALS.
By Presentation :—

A facetted opal-amethyst ; wavellite, from Montgomery Co., Arkansas; columbite, from
Standish, Maine ; and a facetted zircon: by Professor Nevil 8. Maskelyne, M.r., F.z.s.

A large group of lenticular crystals of selenite, enclosing sand, from the neighbourhood —
of the Second Pyramid, Egypt: by Professor Richard Owen, ©.B., F.R.s.

Crystals of perofskite ; Magnet Cove, Arkansas: by Archibald McMartin, Esq.

Specimens of basalt, associated with the nickeliferous iron of Ovifak: by Captain
H. W. Feilden, k.s., F.G.s.
. Calaverite; Mellones Mine, Calaveras Co., California, U.S.A.: by J. A. Phillips,

sq., F.G.S.

Various minerals from New Mexico: by F. M. Arny, Esq.

A blueish-green facetted diopside ; Zillerthal: by Thomas J. Gibb, Esq.

By Exchange :—

(CErstedtite, cymatolite, aglaite, and zoisite, from various places in Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Gummite and uranotile ; Mitchell Co., N. Carolina, U.S.A.

By Purchase :—

Pyrosmalite, manganophyllite, augite, apophyllite, fluor, berzeliite, ganomalite, and
baryilite, from Nordmark, Wermland, Sweden.

A large crystal of black tourmaline, and one of beryl; Bahia, Brazil.
ip a exceedingly fine crystal of apatite of a violet colour; Schwarzenstein, Zillerthal,

rol.

oi yellow facetted beryl.

Native silver in fibres; Perranporth, Cornwall.

Sharply-defined crystals of native copper ; Lake Superior.

Native sulphur; Girgenti, Sicily.

Aragonite, in twinned crystals; Cianciana, Girgenti, Sicily.

Vivianites ; Wheal Jane, Cornwall.

Dufrenite ; Rockbridge Co., Virginia, U.S.A.

Variscite ; Montgomery Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.

Staurolite crystals; Fannin Co., Georgia, U.S.A.

Gothite ; Pike’s Peak, Colorado, U.S.A.

Leadhillite ; Dernbach, Nassau.

A crystal of white garnet; Jordansmiihle, Silesia.

Crystallised petzites ; Botes, Transylvania.

Priceite ; Curry Co., Oregon, U.S.A.

Crystal of euxenite; Tromoe, Norway.

Pyrolusite; Macskamezé, Hungary.

Large crystal of enstatite; Bamle, Norway.

Crystal of thorite ; Arendal, Norway.

Wavellite; Garland Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.

Eliasite; Przibram, Bohemia.

Precious opal; Baracoo River, Queensland.

Ettringite ; Laacher See, Rhenish-Prussia. ;

Chalcosiderite, well-crystallised ; West Wheal Pheenix, near Liskeard.

Crystals of sarcolite, hornblende, humboldtilite, olivine ; Monte Somma, Naples.

Rocks.
By Presentation :—

Dunite; Dun Mountain, New Zealand: by Dr. J. Hector, F.R.s.
Specimens from the neighbourhood of Burntisland and Kinghorn, Fife: by
William Carruthers, Esq., F.2.S.
Basalt, accompanying the iron of Ovifak: by Prof. A. E. Nordenskiéld.
By Purchase :—

Large polished specimen of the orbicular diorite of Corsica.

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METEORITES.
By Presentation :—

Specimens of Ovifak iron, now supposed to be of terrestrial origin: by Prof. A.
E. Nordenskiold.

By Purchase :—

A large piece of the meteorite, which fell at Estherville in Emmet Co., Iowa, U.S.A.,
on the 10th May 1879: weignt 258 lbs.

A meteoric stone, weight 3 oz. 8 grains; fell in the Bois de la Fontaine, near Mung,
Loiret, in 1825.

The number of the persons whose visits to the Department during the past year have
been recorded as made for the purposes of consultation or study, is 646.

Lazarus Fletcher.

DEPARTMENT OF BoTANY.

The ordinary work of the Department has necessarily been interrupted by the prepa-
rations for, and the actual removal of the collections to the New Museum, and by the
subsequent arranging of the collections in the galleries allocated to the Department im the
new building. The Herbarium was inaccessible to scientific men only during the two
weeks when it was being transported from Bloomsbury to Kensington. The collection
of fruits and seeds has been placed alongside of the plants in the great Herbarium, and
arranged in the same order. Owing to the want of fittings in the public gallery only a
small portion of the exhibited collections were transferred to Kensington in 1880.

Attention has been given to the formation of a good working library for the Depart-
ment, rendered necessary by the separation of the collections from the Museum Library.
Considerable time has been spent in selecting and collating suitable books. An important
addition to the library was received from John W. Miers, Esq., who presented the works
which his father, the late John Miers, F.R.s., used when engaged on the numerous
botanical memoirs he published. These works were annotated by him in relation to the
plants in his herbarium, which was bequeathed to the Trustees, and became their pro-
perty in 1879. Sixty-eight works, many of them voluminous and expensive illustrated
publications, were presented by Mr. Miers, who desired that the books and plants should
remain associated.

While continuous work in the Herbarium has not been possible, many small collections
have been incorporated during the year, especially of plants belonging to the Natural
Orders Sterculiacee, Resedacee, Crucifere, and Gentianacee. The plants of Chelsea
Gardens have been mounted and incorporated with the Herbarium. In the course of
the work the following. Natural Orders have been more or less re-arranged :—Cuppar-
idee, Malvaceae, Rubiacee, Orchidee, Musci, Alge, and Fungi.

There have been added to the Herbarium during the year a valuable collection of
plants from the Kurrum Valley, Afghanistan, consisting of 422 species, formed and pre-
sented by Dr. J. E.T. Aitchison; 125 species of plants from Java, collected by Forbes;
725 species of plants from Astrakan ; 151 species of plants from Songoria, collected by
Schrenk ; an interesting collection fron Natal, by the Rev. W. Greenstock; a small
collection from the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, made by F. A. Simmons; a collection from
Guatemala, made by Keck, and from the Argentine Republic, by Hieronymus ; 984 plants
of Northern Africa, collected by Gandoger ; 468 species from the South of Spain, collected
by Huter, Posta, and Rigo ; 443 species from Italy, collected by Strobyl; and 200 species
from Sicily, collected by Lojacoua. To the collection of Cryptogamic plants have been
added 144 species of Ferns from Madagascar, collected by the Rev. G. Shaw; 50 species
from Trinidad, collected by Fendler, and 150 species from Italy, in continuation of the
collections of the Cryptogamic Society ; a small series of Hepatice, in continuation trom
Rabenhorst, and 100 mosses from Fiedler ; 100 species of European Lichens, by Raben-
horst; and 150 from Egypt, collected by Larbalestier ; 300 species of European Alga,
collected and named by Le Joli; asmall collection by Rabenhorst, and another of
Scandinavian species, by Wittrock and Nordstedt; 400 species of Fungi, by Thuemen;
120 species by Spegazzini; 100 species by Rehm; 100 species by Oudeman; and the
same number from Kunze.

To the British Herbarium there have been added during the year a large collection of
the plants of Oxfordshire, formed by the late Alfred French, and consisting of 2,482 speci-
mens; and the important Herbarium of Lichens, formed by Mr. W. Joshua, containing 976
‘species (a small proportion being European), represented by 1,500 labelled specimens. In
addition to these there have been acquired a complete set of Dr. Cocks’ Algz, consisting of
169 species, and a similar set of Chalmers’ Scottish Algz, consisting of 100 species; and a
collection of 350 species of Lichens, found by Larbalestier.

To the histological collection there have been added 120 preparations of Fungi, by
Zimmerman, and 189 preparations of cellular plants by Joshua.

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The collection of Fruits and Seeds has received a series of fruits from Java, from Mr.
Forbes, including fine specimens of Pandanus macrocarpus.

To the collection of objects suitable for exhibition have been added a large specimen
of Welwitschia mirabilis, stems of Cycas revoluta,and of a Xanthorrhea, a section of the
stem of Borassus Aithiopicus, a fine leaf of Corypha umbraculifera, a branch with cones of
Pinus Edgariana, and several specimens of wooa presented by Sir Joseph D. Hooker,
Director of Kew Gardens; 303 specimens of Indian woods from the India Museum,
through the Director of Kew Gardens; stems of Areca concinna, Bauhinia scandens,
Entada scandens, Flacourtia Cataphracta, Anamirta Cocculus, Carallia tntegerrima, Des-
moncus major, Damenorops jilare, Calamus rudentum, Ficus elastica, and Bombax mala-
baricum, and the Rhizome and Stem of Bambusa Thouarsii presented by Dr. Trimen,
Director of the Botanic Gardens, Peradenya, Ceylon; stems of Metroxylon laeve, Cycas
circinalis, Areca Catechu, and Alsophila, and specimens of Myrmecodia from Java, collected —
by Mr. Forbes.

The collection of Drawings and Engravings of Plants has been considerably increased
during the year. A large series, formed by the late W. Wilson Saunders, was purchased,
and is being incorporated with the general collection, together with 2,517 further Draw-
ings and Engravings. Five volumes, containing 928 original Drawings of the Ramifica-
tions of plants, made by John Miller for John, Earl of Bute, have been acquired ; and 25
original Drawings of Fungi by W. G. Smith.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific inquiry and
research was 788. The following foreign botanists may be specified as having used the
Herbarium in connection with their investigations:—M. A. DeCandolle, of Geneva ;
Prof. Asa Gray, of America; Prof. Engler, of Kiel; Dr. Haussknecht, of Weimar; Dr.
Rehman, of Cracow; Baron Ettingshausen, of Gratz; and the Rev. L. Menyharth, of
Innsbruck. Of British botanists the following may be specified:—Mr. J. G. Baker, Mr.
A. W. Bennett, Mr. A. Bennett, Mr. Bisset, Dr. Braithwaite, Mr. C. B. Clarke,
Rev. J. M. Crombie, the Messrs. Groves, Mr. W. P. Hiern, Mr. E. M. Holmes, Mr.
Howse, Mr. B. Daydon Jackson, Mr. J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Mr. S. le M. Moore, and
the Rev. W. W. Newbould.

W. Carruthers.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The printing of the fourth volume of Mr. Stephens’ Catalogue of Satirical Prints has
been completed. It includes more than fourteen hundred satires, from the year 1761 to
the end of 1770.

A second volume of “ A Descriptive Catalogue of Early German and Flemish
Prints” is in preparation, by Dr. Willshire. It will include the works of anony-
mous or unrecognised masters of the 15th century and of the first quarter of the 16th
century; also engravings of masters having marks, monograms, or ciphers. To these
willbe added the works of Engravers whose names are known, or are assumed to have
been recognised, and which form important features in the history of early engraving
in the schools of the North; such, for example, are the works of John of Cologne, Veit
Stoss, Franz von Bocholt, Martin Schongauer, Israhel von Meckenen and Zatsinger.

A selection from the Crace Collection of prints and drawings illustrating London
Topography has been arranged for exhibition on fifty-four screens and in four table cases
in the King’s Library, in place of the Henderson Collection of Drawings and the series of
English Portraits and early Playing Cards, which have been withdrawn.

A complete list of the above Exhibition has been prepared for the General Guide to the
Museum.

The fine collection of proofs of Turner’s “ Liber Studiorum ” has been remounted and
arranged according to the Catalogue recently published by Mr. W. G. Rawlinson, the
titles, states, and references being printed in bistre on the mounts.

A large number of drawings of the French School have been incorporated with the
collection, the number of cases being thereby increased from 9 to 25.

The drawings by Mrs. Beale and her son Charles have been arranged in four solander
cases.

The series of carbon photographs from drawings by the Old Masters i» the Dresden
Gallery have been arranged in thirteen solander cases. ;

A portion of the etched works of Thomas Worlidge, filling two solander cases, have
been incorporated with the chronological arrangement of English Etchings.

A large number of prints by the brothers Wierix and by Jakob de Gheyn, recently
acquired, have been incorporated in their respective volumes.

A translation has been made of Rosenberg’s Catalogue of the Works of Barthel and
Hans Sebald Beham, to serve as a working catalogue.

Translations have also been made of the lists of the works of Hans Baldung Griin and
Heinrich Aldegrever, in Meyer’s “ Allgemeine Kunstler Lexikon,” for the same purpose.

An index has been prepared to the fourth volume of the Catalogue of English Satirical
Prints.

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44 ACCOUNTS, &¢C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

All the English and foreign portraits, etchings, mezzotints, and prints after English
masters, recently acquired, have been incorporated in their respective collections; and
references added in the indexes,

ater historical prints, and prints after foreign masters, have been similarly
treated.

All the books of prints and books of reference acquired during the year have been
placed on the shelves, and press-marks attached to them,

Five thousand and thirty-four articles have been entered in the Register of purchases,
presentations, and bequests.

Ten thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven prints, drawings, and photographs, have
been impressed with the departmental stamp and references to the Register.

Prints, drawings, and carbon photographs have been mounted on sunk boards to the
number of 1,164, and 854 others have been mounted in the ordinary manner, and in all
cases the names and references have been printed in bistre on the mounts.

s One hundred and forty-eight titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of Books of
rints.

One hundred and four titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of the Library of
Reference.

The following work has been executed for the proposed printed Catalogue of the contents
of the Department :—

Seven hundred and seventy-six titles have been prepared for prints illustrating volumes
_ in the Library of Reference.

The inscriptions on admission tickets and visiting cards, contained in 16 volumes of the
Banks Collection, have been transcribed when artists’ names were found upon them.

Two thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight titles have been transcribed in manifold
from the Register.

Seventeen thousand four hundred and sixty-nine titles have been written for the
volumes of drawings by Van Huysum and Mrs. Beale, and prints in “ Annales du
Musée,” “ Antiquities of Ionia,” and other works, which are not given in detail in the
Register.

Twelve hundred titles have been written for prints illustrating magazines in the
Department of Printed Books.

‘A large number of the above titles have been revised.

The total number of prints and drawings added to the collection during the past year
was 11,134; the following are the most important :—

By Presentation; 191 Examples :—

An etched portrait of Mr. W. C. Angus, and a study of a tree executed with the
drypoint; by Professor Alphonse Legros; presented by himself. :

“L’Art et les Artistes Hollandais,” by Henry Havard. Parts II. and III.; Paris
1880, 8vo.; presented by M. Quantin.

Seven drawings and twelve etchings by John White Abbott; presented by F. A.
Abbott, Esq.

Four different presentations by J. Deffett Francis, Esq., amounting in all to 31 prints,
and including a portrait of a lady by J. R. Smith; four lithographs by H. Walter;
drawing-books by J. F. Manskirsh and J. Hassell; nine views in the Isle of Wight,
after E. Armstrong, and W. Varley, &c.

A collection of 63 miscellaneous prints, comprising English and foreign portraits, prints
after English and foreign masters, and caricatures; presented by John Percy, Esq., M.D.,
F.R.S.

Three impressions from unpublished plates of Turner’s “‘ Liber Studiorum,” viz., the
etching of the first plate of ‘“ Ploughing, Eton;’’ the nearly finished mezzotint of ‘the
second plate of the same subject; and the etching of “ Sheep-washing, Windsor,” which
has been recovered by charcoaling down the worn-out mezzotint work. Presented by
W. G. Rawlinson, Esq.

“The Engraved Portraits of Washington, with Notices of the Originals,” &c., by
W.S. Baker, 1880, 4to.; also a large paper copy of Baker’s “ William Sharp, Engraver,”
&c., 1877, 8vo. ; and areproduction of one of the unique series of anonymous early Italian
prints which were formerly in the Otto Collection. Presented by W. 8S. Baker, Esq., of
Philadelphia, U.S.

“The Amanda Group of Bagford Poems (c. 1668) from the rare Originals in the
British Museum, &c. ; collected and annotated by J. W. Ebsworth, m.a.,” Hertford, 1880,
8vo.; presented by the Rev. J. W. Ebsworth, M.a.

Twelve etchings executed by Mrs. R. H. Major; presented by herself.

Six playing cards of the 17th century; an etched book-plate “ Libertas,” and “ Notes
on the Pictures, Plate, &c., at Carton, Kilkea Castle, and 6, Carlton House Terrace,
London,” 1§72, Presented by the Marquis of Kildare.

A sheet of studies of camels and sheep; drawn in pencil by Alexandre Decamps.
This drawing formed lot 94 in the sale of the artist’s collection. Presented by Henry
Wallis, Esq.

A portrait of General Sir Edward Sabine, F.z.s., engraved in mezzotinto; and a
portrait of Mr, J. R. McCulloch, the political economist ; proofs on India paper.
Presented by Mrs. Longman. R

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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 45

An autograph letter from J. M. W. Turner, R.4., addressed to Mr. F. C. Lewis, the
engraver, on the subject of one of the plates of the “ Liber Siudiorum.” Presented by
J. Hardwicke Lewis, Esq.

By Purchase :—

The principal acquisition is the extensive collection of maps, plans and views of
London, formed by the late Mr. Frederick Crace, and purchased from his son, Mr. John
Gregory Crace. It consists of nearly 6,000 prints and drawings, arranged in 57 port-
folios. together with 18 laree maps on rollers, two volumes of maps, and one volume of
illustrations of Frost Fairs on the Thames. The gradual growth of the City is shown in a
remarkably perfect manner by a series of maps, which commences with Vertue’s copy of
that by Ralph Aggas, published in 1560, and continues without a break to 1859; many of
these are of extreme rarity, if not unique. The views of London include a fac-simile of
the valuable drawing by Wyngaerde of about 1550, which is now in the Bodleian Library,
and many fine works by Hollar, Visscher, Kip and Buck. Among the drawings are
numerous examples by P. and T. Sandby, W. Capon, R. B. Schnebbelie, Major Yates,
J. Findlay, J. Buckler, G. Shepherd, and J. H. Shepherd, which are of great artistic
excellence. The last-mentioned draughtsman was employed by Mr. Crace in making
water-colour drawings of old buildings and streets in the City expressly for this
collection.

Italian School; 87 Examples :—

Drawings.—St. John the Baptist, by Girolamo Mocetto; the original design in pen for
his well-known print (Bartsch XIII. 219. 5), from’ which, however, it varies in some of
the details.

Two studies of female figures, probably for the subject of the Annunciation, by
Filippino Lippi; drawn with the silver point on light salmon-coloured paper,

A standing figure of a soldier, seen from behind; holding a halberd, by Giovanni
Francesco Surchi, called Il Dielai; a highly-finished work, drawn with the brush, and
heightened with white.

A beautiful sheet of pen studies by Stefano Della Bella.

_ Other drawings by Filippo Grasso, Antonio Tempesta, Perino del Vaga, and F.
ianelli.

Etchings—The Entombment ; a rare example by Battista Franco (B. 21).
Others by Stefano Della Bella, M. Bianchi, A. Casanova, O. Cortazzo, Pagliano,
Alberto Pasini, A. Piccini, and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Engravings.—The Queen of Sheba before Solomon; after Raphael, probably by Marco
da Ravenna; not mentioned by Ruland in his Catalogue of the Raphael Collection at
Windsor.

“La Poursuite; ” a very rare print of the school of Mare Antonio (B. XV. 48. 4).

Other engravings by Antonio Baldi, Nicola Beatrizet; Domenico Cunego, Bartolommeo
de Grado, and Rocco Pozzo.

German School ; 1,159 Examples :—

Drawings.—Christ on the Cross, with the Virgin and St. John; by Hans Baldung
Griin ; drawn with a pen on dark ground, and heightened with white.

An elaborate design of the Last Judgment, by Albrecht Altdorfer; in pen.

Other drawings by G. Witting and Kaiserman.

Etchings.—By Jost Amman, Albert Dies, J. Eissenhardt, F. Gerasch, Eberhard Kieser,
Leopold Léwenstam, Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, H. Muth, Johann Christian Reinhart and
Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann.

Zngravings.—Saint Bartholomew (B. 11), and the Virgin and Child (B. 41); two very
rare works by Franz von Bocholt; from the Schloesser collection.

Saint Matthew (B. 39); by the Master of 1466; from the same collection.

A march of Turks; an early woodcut in two sheets.

A most interesting series of historical broadsides, 419 in number, illustrated with
engravings of the 16th and 17th centuries. These form a valuable addition to the
collection which was bequeathed to the Department by Miss Banks.

Other engravings by J. M. Beck, Tobias Bidenhartter, Isaac Brunn, Lucas Cranach,
J. Dahlbergh, Martin Dichtl, Georg Christoph Eimmart, S. Hamer, Georg Daniel
Heumann, Franz Hogenberg, Wenzel Hollar, Peter Isselburgh, Andreas Kohl, Wolft-
gang Kilian, Ignatz Sebastian Klauber, T. Langer, C. Gottfried Leigebe, Matthaus
ets P. Multz, Lucas Schnitzer, Virgil Solis, Tobias Stimmer, Peter Troschel and

- Walde. P

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 133 Examples :—

Drawings.—Two most beautiful works in water-colours by Albert Cuyp, one of which
has a study of sky as fine as anything ever accomplished by the master.
A spirited sketch in pen by Philip Wouwerman.

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40 accounts, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Other drawings by Abraham Bega, Pieter Breughel, Albert van Everdingen,
Wypbrand Hendricks, D. de Jong, Gerrit Lamberts, Jan Anton Langendyk, F. A.
Milatz, Abraham Rademaker, Cornelius Sachtleven, Aart Schouman, Jan Stolker,
Herman Ten Kate, and Gerrit Torenburgh.

Etchings.—Py Leonard Bramer, Pieter vander Hulst, Joseph Israels, Pieter Snayers,
Dirck Stoop, I. F. Tommann, and Thomas Wyck.

Engravings.—An important addition to the collection of the works of the brothers

lerix.

Others by Jan Walter van Assen, Jan Bara, Abraham Blooteling, Abraham de Bruyn,
Nikolas de Bruyn, Richard Collin, Simon Frisius, Jakob de Gheyn, Jakob Gole,
Hendrik Goltzius, Arend van Halen, Jakob vander Heyden, Jan van Houten, Pieter
Miricenys, Crispin de Passe, Simon de Passe, Crispin van Queboren, Jan Sadeler,
Raphael Sadeler, Aart Schouman, Jan Stolker, Cornelis Troost, Paul Uytenwael,
Wallerant Vaillant, Gerard Valck, and Cornelis Visscher.

French School ; 1,017 Examples :—

Drawings—A fine design for a salver, by Raymond La F age; in pen and Indian ink.
Other drawings by J. Faure, Simon Gribelin, Jean Etienne Liotard, Jean Baptiste
Oudry, and Huet Villiers.

Etchings and Lithographs.—By Jules Adeline, Adolphe Appian, Charles Joseph
Beauverie, J. L. Hippolyte Bellangé, Emile Boilvin, Felix Buhot, E. Champollion,
N. T. Charlet, Théophile Chauvel, Frangois N. Chifflart, Gaston J. Coindre, Jean B.
_ Corot, J. E. Delauney, Albert Flamen, Léopold Flameng, Léon Gaucherel, Gaujean,
Jules de Goncourt, Gustave Greux, Ernest Griset, Jules Hédouin, Maxime Lalanne,
Adolphe Lalauze, D. Lancelot, Jules P. Laurens, Pauline Laurens, Alphonse Legros,
Bastien Lepage, Paul Le Rat, V. Lhuillier, Abel Lurat, A. P. Martial, Charles
Méryon, F. Milius, P. Montarlot, E. L. Montefiore, L. Monzies, A. Queyroy, Paul
A. Rajon, M. Ramus, Octave de Rochebrune, Charles Waltner, and Edmond C. Yon.

Engravings.—A curious undescribed print of St. Wilgefort, by Jasper Isac.

Many fine portraits by Robert Nanteuil, rendering the collection of his works nearly
complete.

Proofs of a series of lithographs, 250 in number, published under the title “ Les
Artistes Anciens et Modernes,” 1842-60 ; these form an important addition to the large
collection of prints after French masters.

Other engravings by Francois Chereau, Sebastien le Clerc, Jean Daullé, Nicolas
Dorigny, Pierre Drevet, Gérard Edelinck, Jacques de Fornazeris, Ferdinand Gaillard, Jean
de Gourmont, Jacques Grandhomme, Nicolas de Larmessin, Michel Lasne, Thomas de Leu,
Jean Morin, Jean le Pautre, Nicolas Platte-Montagne, and Benoit Louis Prévost.

English School; 6,461 Examples :—

Drawings —“ A Book of Figures,” etc. by Paul Sandby, r.a., done when he was 14
years of age.

Some few specimens obtained at the sale of the Benoni White collection, including exam-
ples by Charles Bentley, Henry Corbould, Francis Danby, r.a., Ozias Humphry, R.a.,
John Jackson, R.A., Philip J. de Loutherbourg, r.a., and William Mulready, R.a.

Others by H. Bright, Thomas Burgess, Frederick Franks. Patrick Gibson,
T. B. Hardy, Nathaniel Hone, r.a., Joseph M. Ince, Inigo Jones, Sir Godfrey Kneller,
Jonathan Richardson, Paulina, Lady Trevelyan, Alfred G. Vickers, John Webber, R.A.,
Francis Wheatley, R.a., and Thomas Worlidge.

Etchings and Lithographs.—A series of etchings and drypoints by Dr. Arthur Ever-
shed ; selected by the artist himself for the Museum.

« A Collection of thirty-nine fac-similes of Rare Etchings by celebrated Painters of
the Italian, Dutch, and Flemish Schools, by William Young Ottley, with a descriptive
Catalogue,” London, 1828.

Other etchings by John Wykeham Archer, Francis Clein, Edward W. Cocke, B.a.,
Maria Cosway, Robert Dighton, Hubert Herkomer, a.R.a., M. H. Jervis, H. Bellenden
Ker, Robert W. Macbeth, Thomas Malton, John Park, Captain W. Hyde Parker,
W. Pearson, Sir William C. Ross, r.a., Thomas Sandby, R.a., Charles W. Sherborn,
John T. Smith, and J. Watkins.

Engravings.—The Repose in Egypt, after L. de la Hire, by William Faithorne; a
rare proof, probably unique.

A scarce portrait of John Holt, of Grizzlehurst, engraved by David Loggan,

A landscape, ‘‘ Printed by Electricity by Samuel Hickling, September 1793.”

A curious set of woodcuts, from early designs by George Cruikshank.

“ Recollections of Eminent Masters,” engraved by F. C. Lewis, in mezzotinto; a rare
set of proofs, some of them touched on by the artist.

Other engravings by John §. Agar, James B. Allen, Cosmo Armstrong, Francis Barto-
lozzi, R.A.,J ames Basire, William Bond, Thomas Burke, John Burnet, George Cooke, William

Bernard

accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 47

Bernard Cooke, John Dean, William Doughty, Martin Droeshout, Robert Dunkarton,
Richard Earlom, Renold Elstracke, Thomas Geminus, Benjamin P. Gibbon, J. Gisborne,
Richard B. Godfrey, Edward Goodall, Valentine Green, Charles Heath, Robert Higham,
John Jones, Edward Kirkall, Henry Le Keux, John Le Keux, Bernard Lens, Sutton
Nicholls, William Pether, B. T. Pouncy, Samuel Rawle, Samuel W. Reynolds, Edward
J. Roberts, Edward Rooker, William Sharp, Joseph Skelton, J. Raphael Smith, Jonathan
Spilsbury, James Stow, Peltro W. Tomkins, George Vertue, William Wallis, William

Ward, James Watson, William Watts, and John Young.

Spanish School ; 6 Examples :—

Etchings and Engravings.—By Manuel S. Carmona, J. A. Gonzalez, Luis Jiminez,
and R. de los Rios.

Miscellaneous :—
Sixteen sheets of early coloured French Playing Cards.
Four curious large battle-pieces from metal plates, engraved by a Chinese artist,
forming part of a series, of which the Department already possessed ten.
One hundred and thirteen carbon photographs by Braun of Dornach, from drawings
by French Masters in the Goncourt Collection.

George William Reid.

British Museum, | EDWARD A. BOND,
14 May 1881.- J Principal Librarian.

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BRITISH MUSEUM,

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expenor-
TuRE of the British Museum (Specrat Trust
Funps), for the Year ended 31 March 1881
Number of Persons admitted to visit the
Museum in each Year from 1875 to 1880, both
Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of
the Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT
an Drscription of the CoLuecrions, and ar
Account of Oxsrects added to them in the
Year 1880.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordere’, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
31 May 1881.

[ Price 6 d.]

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 21 April 1882 ;—for,

ACCOUNT “ of the Income and Exprnpiture of the Britis MusEuM
(Speciat Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 3lst day of March 1882:”

*¢ And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each
Year from 1876 to 1881, both Years inclusive ; together with a StaTeMENT
of the Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and Dzscriprion of the Cot-
LECTIONS, and an Account of Oxssects added to them, in the Year 1881.”

I—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
. WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 1882.

II.— ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
IIl.—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.
VI—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisa Musrum in
each Year from 1876 to 1881,-both Years inclusive.
VII—STATEMENT of the Generat ADMINISTRATION.

VIII.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and DescriPTiIon of the Cot-
LECTIONS, and ap Account of OssxrcTs added to them, in the Year 1881.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
15 June 1882.

231. . A

2 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrpr anv Expenpirure of the BRIDGEWATER

To Batancz on the Ist April 1881 - = = ul Fe zo a

— Divipenns received on 13,117/. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:

On the 6th July 1881 - - = Leh 9G, 15 ad

» 6th January 1882 - - 19615 4

— One Year's Rent or a Rear Esrare, bequeathed by the Earl of
Bridgewater, received 14th April 1881 - = - a a

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ASH. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£, ins d. 25) Ss. d.
3860 3 11 BUS) bi bese) Car)
393 10 8
30-79..4
784/811 |. “13,147,272

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret anp ExpenpiturE of the FARNBOROUGH

To Batrance on the Ist April 1881 - 3 = = ~ :

- Divinenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :

On the 6th July 1881 - £.43 1 9

» 6th January 1882 43.1 8

£.

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sophie i
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86 3

193 10

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3

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3 p’Cent. Consols.

2,872 6 10

Il1I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrerpt anp ExPenpirure of the SWINEY

To Bavancg on the 1st April 1881 - meses - - = B

- Drvipenps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con-
sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on
Geology, viz.: .

On the 6th July 1881 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1882 80 10 9

Casu.
2 ee oe als
205 — Ft

Stock,

3 p’Cent. Consols.

Cie Sane
5,369 2 9

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

EEE

FUND, from the 1st April 1881 to the 31st March 1882.

C Stock,
Fait wy 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
oe jnihe’ e Eco Sane
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the
Rea Estate, viz, :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1882 - - - - 1 3 4
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz:
In the financial year ended 31st March 1882 - - - Selo F LO 3
— Payment of one year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - SDL O| =
408 13 7

— BALances ON THESIsT Marcu 1882, carried to Account for 1882/83 375 10 4 HEI ed alee 6)

£. 784 3 11 13,117 17 2

FUND, from the Ist April 1881 to the 31st March 1882.

Stock,
ee 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. «& d. pea See
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 188 - - - -| 158 11 6
By Bavances on THE 31st Marcu 1882, carried to Account for 1882/83 8419 2 2,872 6 10

£. 193 10 8 2,872 6 10

FUN D, from the 1st April 1881 to the 31st March 1882.

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| By Sazary paid to Dr. H. Alleyne Nicholson for Lectures on Geology
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£2) 366 Beg 5,869 2 9

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4 accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receiet and Exprnpitvrs of the BIRCH
Stock,
Cas. | 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Sea Sah peamanr aur
To Barance on the 1st April 1881 - - - - -=|- a ee 563 15
- Divipenps received on 563, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under
Librarians of the British Museum, viz. :
On the 6th July 1881 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1882 - Soe
— 1618 8
fi 1618 3 663 15 7

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerrr and Expenniture of the Bequest of the late

To Barances on the Ist April1881_ - ae eet ao ee Ree
Ba: iS. ve

- Divivenp received on 5,207 7. 15s. 10d. Stock in Reduced
3 per Cent. Annuities, on the 6th April 1881 - Smee A:

Ditto on 2,000 7. Stock, ditto, received on the 6th October 1881

- Divipenps received on 14,7851. 6s. 5d. Stock in New
3 per Cents., viz.

‘ Bais ade
On the 6th April 1880 - - - a OL, Tea
» 6th October 1881 - - - may 221 love
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— Divipenp received on 28,3951. 18s. 4d. Stock in 3 per
Cent. Consols, on the 6th July 1881 - - - - 49518 9
Ditto on 28,000 1. Stock, ditto, received on the 6th January
1882 Bre ates to eh a aba OR ni rn NS e CE eR AN tg Lee ot
- Divipenns on 9,5751. 15s. 2d. Stock in East India 4 per
Cents., viz.: f
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On the 6th April 1881 - - - 191510073
» 6th October 1881 - - - ee Ona Ones

~ Amount received by sale of 83,0007. Stock in Re
Annuities, less commission and expenses of power of attorney - =

- Ditto - ditto 785 /. 6 s. 5d. New 8 per Cents., ditto ditto -

~ Ditto - ditto 3957. 18s. 4 d. Consolidated 3 per Cents., ditto ditto
- Ditto - ditto 5752.15s.2d, East India 4 per Cents., ditto ditto

£.

British Museum,
13 May 1882,

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CasuH.
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68.9 9
108 2 4
|- 448.11 2
845 18 9
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2,949 8 6
778 17 1
396 16 5
602 10 8
6,571 15 2

Stock.

£.
55,756 19 11

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55,756 19 11

d,

4

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, from the Ist April 1881 to the 31st March 1882.

*

Srock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
eas Loc igat dy
By Leeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum,
whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the
Department of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural
History - - - - - : = © = 2 £ 16 18
— Batancez on THE 31st Marcu 1882, carried to Account for 1882/83 | - - 563 15 7
£. 16 18 5663 15 7
Mr. WILLIAM WHITE, from the Ist April 1881 to the $1st March 1882.
Casn. Stock.
So Ss £ & ds
By further Payments for erection of a new boiler house, channels for
pipes, &c. &c.- - - - - - - - - =i PdaG. Tou 52
- Further Payments for pipes, &c., for improved warming service in
connection with new boiler house - - - - - -| 682 7
— Payments on account of contract, for erecting a new sculpture gallery
on the west side of the Museum - - - - = = | 4,900 —-
- Sale of 3,0007. - - Stock in Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities -|- : 3.000y15a
» 7851. 6s.) 5a. ditto New per Cents. - -j|- - Can IGunE
* 395/. 18s. 4d. ditto Consolidated 3 per Cents. | - - 395 18 4
AS 5751. 15s. 2d. ditto East India 4 per Cents. - | - - 875-15. 2
= Balance of Cash on 31st March 1882 SN neh SOS A ely) Sh hin GOs FS
- Batance of Stock on 31st March 1882, carried forward to 1882/83,
and still available for the purposes of the bequest, viz. :
Stock in New 3 per Cent. Annuities £. 14,000 - -
» Consolidated 3 per Cents. - 28,000 - —
» East India 4 per Cents - - 9,000 - -
ee ee ~ 51,000 = ie
£u° | STU LLSHs 55,756 19 11

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Edward A. Bond, Principa) Librarian.

6 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, |

VI.—NUMBER of Persons Apmitrep to Visit the Brairisu Musrum.

Persons admitted to view the GENERAL CoLLECTIONS in each Year from 1876 to 1881, both Years inclusive.

LSI GM LOG eae Biies (RIT Oy MA SSiO.cisieae
No. No. No. No. No. No.

JANUARY ts % be is vs ee e a Pp - | 28,086 | 51,475 | 35,881 35,000| 46.439 | 61,666
Fenevany e802) ey fat ol ee be Sole, pe BBS Se ono ih eeieet 98 44792 Chg. Becadg
Miwon Sed UG EI Ea ays 2 AR SR 6S ih aoisme Sateen. 46 702 Bane eran
APRIL - 3 E, 2 a es e ‘ ES fi - | 65,905 | 79,496 | 58,178 | 72,985) 47,771 | 83,733
May - i 2 fh Me J 2. 2 ! - | 89,789 | 57,640 | 29,419 | 39,036] 55,467 | 48,325
Junz - & a zt ms 2 is a = 4 - | 68,604 | 41,604 | 50,109 | .78,972| 54,94) | 73,725
Prin, va PU eed Lets a Piao) gh hel nea ie ee Mase AN HE i oO: AR |G ek ea ann otar
prensa eyed eae Mat a ha NN TGA A ae Bo SE Bled) 65 Aael cr eee reais
Supiminan hi) oe Ne by Sy ee a eons a yiead ly Bags 49-3181) 56. bie lene
prow 8)! ki mis memes heey oS ea Nk 04 99795 le Sgeeez a9 S90) \ia0 oem Yee taal
Noyememaem ie ge yeti ek eR EN BB IIB, BO 68 | 27908. 1 49.865) \a0 ong, lleniraT
Ducempen ei eee ee oe BE a Bebe 46. 2004) 85,506 |) 54150) Baeeaieae aay

Total Number of Persons admitted to view the) . = i
General Collections (exclusive of Readers) - -J POS ABS (OOD) 2EE ee ane | COC SS Goa a teas

Number of Visits—

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research - | 109,442 | 118,594 | 114,516 | 125,594] 153,842 | 134,278
To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research 259 296 316 256 124 111
To the Department of Manuscripts, for the purpose of] : - ;

examining Select Manuscripts @ a a ene 1,662 2,041 1,741 2,191] 2,076 2.272
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study - - 7,722 9,939 | 13,917 | 15,626} 14,987 | 15,187
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c. 1,375 1,444 1,539 1,620] 1,689 1,869
To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room - - - - - | 14,632 | 21,054 | 23,1438 | 18,931] 19,828 | 28,168
Tere Depagiments of Natura detatonys POs See eEn Ge ey }| 6,228 | 7,480} 6,352 | 7,991} 6,307 | 10,890
To the Print Room, for the purpose of study - - -| 4154 4,382 | 3,572 4,220) 4,883 | 4,312

TotaL - ~- - | 709,009 | 699,511 | 611,612 | 782,823) 839,374 | $61,487

* Including the total number of persons (3,484) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six
til] eight o’clock, from the 9th of May to the 16th of July 1881, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, trom the 18th of July to
the 29th of August.

In addition to the above, 832 persons were admitted during the year 1881 to view the Ethnographical portion of the
Christy Collections, which, until the new room is ready at the British Museum, is exhibited at 103, Victoria-street,
Westminster. t

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British
and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography, Coins and Medals, and Zoology) are Open to the Public, Free, as under :—

Mononay and Saturpay—The whole of the Galleries.

Turspay and Taurspay—The whole of the Galleries, except the Zoological Collections.

Wepyespay and Fripay—The whole of the Galleries, except the Gallery of Antiquities on the Upper Floor,
and the Rooms of Greek and Roman Antiquities on the Ground Floor aiid Basement.

The hours of Admission are from—
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.

LOM ivr 5 ,, March, April, September, October.

NO 6, May, June, July, August.

LOW, 7 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.
Oey 8 ,, Monday and Saturday only, from May 1st to the middle of July.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regulations,
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, October,
November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m.; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven.

The Reading ltoom is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and
October.

Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o'clock to the hour of
general closing; in the Gallery of Zoology, similarly, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from Ten
tili Four o’clock, January to March, and August to December ; Ten till Five, April to July. '

Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the

Departments of Geology and Palezontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of the week,

except Sunday, and except Good Friday and Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving, in—

January and February, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. September and October, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m.
March and April, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. November and December, from 10 a.m, till 4 p.m.

May to August, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Nine o’clock to the ordinary hour of closing.

British Museum, ) Edward A. Bond, |
13 May 1882. / Principal Librarian.

till Four o’clock, by tickets issued at the British Museum. The Prehistoric section has been remoyed to the British Museum.

+ The Public are admitted to view the Ethnographieal portion of the Christy Collections in Victoria-street on Fridays, from Ten . a

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

VIL.—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

Tue transference of the Natural History collections to the New Building in Cromwell-
road, South Kensington, has not been continued during the year 1881. The Department
of Zoology, which still remains at Bloomsbury, is of an extent fully equal to the united
Departments of Geology, Mineralogy, and Botany, which were removed in the year 1880,
and itis a work of time to provide the new cases required for the specimens. It is considered
unadvisable to move any part of the Zoological collections until the whole of these fittings
are prepared. Rapid progress is being made with them, and it is hoped the galleries may
be completely furnished and made ready to receive the bulk of the collections by the
autumn of the present year. But for one important portion of them—the specimens pre-
served in spirit—a distinct building separated from the main edifice has yet to be erected,
and it is doubtful whether this can be effeeted before the setting in of the winter. These
specimens are so essential a part of other collections that to separate them by leaving them
at Bloomsbury, after removal of the general department, would be to render it impossible
to make use of either portion for scientific study. It is doubtful therefore whether the
removal of the Zoological collections can be effected before the spring of 1883.

The Museum in Cromwell-road has been opened daily during the year. Three of the
side galleries in the Department of Geology have received their necessary fittings, and
specimens have been arranged and exhibited in them. A spacious room in the Depart-
ment of Mineralogy has been fitted for the exhibition of Meteorites, Crystals, Rock-speci-

_mens and larger minerals, which are now placed there.

The arrangement of Botanical specimens for exhibition has been in part completed, and
the public admitted to the gallery. Unforeseen difficulties in adapting the show cases to
their purposes have had to be overcome; but the work of arrangement is being steadily
proceeded with. A gallery has been fitted for the reception of a reference library of
Natura! History works, which is in course of formation for the use of the Departments.

In the Museum at Bloomsbury a new gallery, measuring 153 feet by 40 feet, has been
erected, as an addition to the department of Greek and Roman antiquities, the cost being
defrayed from the funds bequeathed by the late Mr. William White. The exhibition
space afforded by it will give the means of more efficient and instructive exhibition of a
portion of the larger sculpture.

The arrangement of the mummy-cases and smaller Egyptian Antiquities in two sections
of the Northern Gallery, vacated by the Mineral collections, has been completed.

In the rooms lately applied to the exhibition of Botanical specimens, Roman Antiquities
of Britain and the Anglo-Saxon collection are being arranged for exhibition.

Selections from the collection of Drawings. of British Birds, etc., by the late Thomas
Bewick, presented by his daughter, Miss Isabella Bewick, have been temporarily exhibited
in the King’s Library, together with some proofs of his woodcuts taken from the blocks by
his own hands. A fine collection of the water-colour drawings by Thomas Girtin, being a
portion of the munificent donation of the late Mr. Chambers Hall, has also been temporarily
exhibited in the same library.

The Mineralogical Gallery and principal gallery of the Geological Department at the
British Museum (Natural History) were opened to the public on the 18th April 1881, for
daily admission, and since then another Geological Gallery (B), containing the British and
Foreign Gasteropoda and Conchifera, has been opened.

A reduction has been made in the time for which the Reading Room will be closed for
cleaning and other purposes, the period being altered from the first weeks in February,
May, and October, as heretofore, to the first four week-days in the months of March and
October. During the period of electric lighting, the room has been kept open until
8 p.m.

The closing of the Museum on Ash Wednesday has been abolished; and the exhibition

galleries have been opened on Saturdays at 10 a.m. instead of 12 o’clock. The Museum

is now thrown open every week-day (except Good Friday and Christmas-day) throughout
the year, from 10 o'clock in the morning.

Sets of electrotypes irom 792 select Greek coins, represented in 1,584 pieces, labelled
and framed for exhibition, have been presented to the Corporations of Birmingham and
Manchester; and autotype copies of 30 early Italian prints have been presented to
different Museums and Institutions of the United Kingdom, which have the means of
preserving them and making them available for students.

Duplicate zoological specimens have been presented tu the Museums of Liverpool,
Glasgow, Belfast, and Derby; to the College of Physical Science in Newcastle, the
University of London, and to the South African Museum, Cape Town.

Duplicate. prmted books on Botanical subjects have been transferred to the Library of
the British Museum (Natural History).
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In order to promote a system of direct instruction from the collections, the Annual
Lectures on Geology, founded under the will of the late Dr. George Swiney, will be
delivered at the British Museum (Natural History).

The following are the publications of the year :—
GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE BriTisH Museum Liprary: Folio.
Parts :— Aca.—Add.; Age.—Ala.; Alb.—Ale.; Are.—Ari. ; Aud.—<Aur. ;

Aur.—Azz.; Bur.; B.—Bys.; Chr.—Cic.; Cla.—Cle.; Dis.—Dol.; Foi.—For. ;
For.—Fos. ; Fos.—Fra.

CATALOGUE OF ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 4to. Continuations of the following
sections :—

A, and B.—New English and Foreign Books, 14 parts.

C.—Old English Books, and old books in Foreign Languages printed in England,
7 parts.

D.—Old Foreign Books, 8 parte.

i.—Main Titles in various Languages from the Old Catalogue, 7 parts.

F.— Cross-References, 2 parts.

FacsIMILE OF THE CODEX ALEXANDRINUS. Vol. I. OLtp TEsTAMENT, GENESIS
—2 CuronicLtes. LKdited by E. Maunde Thompson, Keeper of the Department of
Manuscripts. (Autotype.) 4¢o.

CaTaALOoGuE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BritisH Musrum. Part I.
Greek. By E. Maunde Thompson, Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts, and
G. F. Warner, M.A., Assistant. With autotype plates. olio. ;

CaTALOGUE oF MSS. IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IN THE Britrisp Museum.
By Don Pascual de Gayangos. Vol. III. 8vo.

CATALOGUE OF ORIENTAL Corns, Vol. VI.—The Coins of the Mongol Dynasty.
By Stanley Lane-Poole. With autotype plates. 8vo.

GuIDE TO THE PRINCIPAL GOLD AND SILVER COINS OF THE ANCIENTS. By
Barclay V. Head, Assistant Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals. 8vo.
With autotype plates.

First issue - - - - - - Plates 1—7.

Second issue - - - - - » 8—14.
Third issue - - - - - Sones er ee Bo) 94 i
Fourth issue - - - - - 3 22—28.
Fifth issue - - - - - - > 29—35.

GUIDE TO THE ENGLIsH MEDALS EXHIBITED IN THE Kine’s Lisrary. By
Herbert A. Grueber, Assistant, Department of Coins and Medals. With 7 autotype
plates. 8vo.

GuIDE TO THE IraLtAN MEDALS EXHIBITED IN THE Kine’s Liprary. By
C. F. Keary, m.a., F.s.A., Assistant, Department of Coins and Medals. With 7 autotype
plates.

CATALOGUE OF Birps. Vol. VI., Passeriformes. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, Assistant,
Department of Zoology. With coloured plates.

GUIDE TO THE GOULD CoLLEcTIoN oF Hummine Birps. By R. Bowdler Sharpe,
Assistant, Department of Zoology. 8vo. (Woodcuts.)

GuIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES OF THE British Museum (Liprary,
Antiquities, ZooLocy). With Plans. New Edition. 8vo.

GuIDE To THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINE-
RALOGy. By Lazarus Fletcher, m.a., Keeper of the Department of Mineralogy. 8vo.

British Museum, 13 May 1882. Edward A. Bond, |
Principal Librarian.

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VIIL—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CATALOGUES OF COLLEC-
TIONS, AND STATEMENTS OF ADDITIONS, in the Year 1881.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation adopted in ihe Museum. The press-marks, indicating their respective localities,
have been marked on the inside, and affixed to the back of each volume; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
100,235; in addition to which 57,723 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of
changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library. 30,853 labels have been aflixed,
and 47,206 obliterated labels have been renewed. The duty of attaching third press-
marks to the books in the New Library has been continued; 8,048 books have been
thus marked during the year, and the corresponding alterations have been made in the
Reading Room Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 59,730 title-slips have been written for the various Catalogues
(the term “ title-slip ” applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these,
44,166 were written for the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, 589 for the
Catalogue of Early English Books, and 14,975 for the separate Catalogues of Music and
the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Printing.—60,100 titles have been prepared for printing during the year, upon
the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879, and 66,448 titles have been
printed off. During the year the scheme of printing has been extended by sending to
press those volumes of the Catalogue which had become filled with entries, and which
under the former system would have been broken up and re-laid; 38 MS. volumes have
been thus printed during the past year, forming 14 volumes of print, including the headings:
Ariosto, Aristophanes, Augustine, Australia, Burke, Burnet, Burns, Clement, Fox, etc.

(c.) Transcription and Incorporation.—It is still found necessary, for various reasons, to
transcribe a certain number of the titles. In the first or amalgamated portion of the
Catalogue, from A to §, and T, the number of titles thus transcribed amounts to 661, and
of index-slips, prepared and transcribed to facilitate consultation of the volumes, to
403. 40,089 titles and 327 index-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies
of this portion of the Catalogue. This incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order
to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in each copy 51,212
title-slips and 493 index-slips, and to add to each copy 448 new leaves to receive new
entries.

In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, Ston to Sz, and U to Z, 2,570
titles have been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.
In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement during the incorporation, 2,818 titles
were remoyed and re-inserted in each copy, and 24 new leaves were added to each copy
to receive them.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 472, and in that of Academies 300.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—14,148 title-slips have been written, and 20,908 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. 13,006 transcripts of title-slips have been
incorporated into each of the two copies of this Catalogue; and, in order to maintain
the alphabetical arrangement, 16,231 titles have been removed and re-inserted in each

copy.
(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—397 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues——The number of title-slips written is 398, in addition to
which 271 short titles have been written for the various Hand-Catalogues of Arabic,
Persian, Hindustani, and Bengali Books.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—32 Japanese titles have been written.

(h.} Carbonic Hand- Catalogue.—Of that copy of the fourfold transcript of the title-slips
used to form a Hand-Catalogue, by arranging the title-slips in order of the press-
marks, 50,971 titles have been mounted on cartridge paper, 154,638 have been arranged,
and 83,276 have been partially arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 162,083
have been incorporated.

(i.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,

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amounts to 720 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in
the Hand-Catalogue.

Certain presses in the lower gallery of the Reading Room have been fitted-up, and
furnished with a selection of books, as the commencement of an additional Library of
Reference.

The Special Collection of Bibliographies in the Reading-Room has been kept up by
the addition of new works which have appeared suitable.

(j.) Catalogue of English Books printed before 1640.—The titles prepared for this
Catalogue have been finally revised, and are now being prepared for press.

III. Binding—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course
of the year amounts to 17,252; including 959 volumes of newspapers; and, in con-
sequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one,
the number of bound volumes returned is 7,839. _ In addition to this, 1,184 pamphlets
have been separately bound, and 775 volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— 'The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room is 423,970; to the Royal Library, 11,950;
to the Grenville Library, 455 ; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 374,503.

The number of readers during the year has been 134,273, giving an average of 455 daily;
and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted about 6 volumes
per diem, not reckoning those on the shelyes in the Reading Room.

V. Additions—(a.) 28,284 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 2,698
were presented, 8,622 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 863
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 15,265 acquired by purchase,

(b.) 43,513 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,023 were presented, 20,069 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 518 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 21,903 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
322 published in London and its suburbs, 1,066 in other parts of England and Wales,
158 in Scotland, and 127 in Ireland. 93 volumes, and 31 numbers belonging to
34 different sets, have been purchased ; and 6,447 numbers have been presented.

(d.) 6,235 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
3,678 were received by English and 2,006 by International Copyright, and 551 by
purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 28,284 volumes and pamphlets, and
43,513 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
30,182. Of these, 2,526 have been presented, 9,347 acquired by English, and 810 by
‘International Copyright, and 17,499 by purchase.

(f.) 10,243 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items; the
addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 82,040 articles
received in the Department. The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 13
altogether 313,385.

Among the additions to the Collection during the year may be noted :—

The books purchased at the sale of a further portion of the Didot Collection, in June
last, including the following :—“G. Tardivi, Anicensis: Rhetorice artis ac oratorie
facultatis compendium ;” an early Paris book, printed by P. Cxsaris and J. Stoll, who
established the second printing press at Paris, the productions of which are extremely
rare. A rare edition of Virgil, printed at Lyons by Etienne Dolet in 1540. A collec-
tion of epitaphs on the death of Louise de Savoy, mother of Francis I., “Imprimé a
Paris a l’enseigne du Pot Cassé, par Maistre Geofroy Tory de Bourges, Libraire et
Imprimeur du Roy, 1531.” ‘ Fasciculus temporum, en francoys: Les fleurs et maniéres
de temps passés. Imprimé a lyon par Maistre Mathie Hus,” 1498. “La Destruction
de Jherusalem et la mort de Pilate;” a rare edition. printed at Lyons, probably by
Guillaume le Roy, 1485. ‘* Historie au vray du meurtre et assassinat proditoirement
cdmis au cabinet d’un Roy perfide et barbare en la personne de Monsieur le Duc de
Guise,” etc., 1589. “Les grads triumphes, faictz a létree du treschrestien 2 victorieux
Awe Henry second de ce no en sa noble ville cité 2 Université de Paris.” Paris,

49.

From Other Sonrces.—The first edition of the “‘ Rudimenta Grammatices et docendi

methodus,” composed for the use of the School founded at Ipswich by Cardinal Wolsey, ae %

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in 1527 or 1528. Printed at Southwark, by Peter Treviris, in 1529, shortly before
Wolsey’s fall. The work consists of the Cardinal’s Latin preface, and directions as to
the organisation of the school, followed by Dean Colet’s “Introduction of the parts
of speaking for children and young beginners in the Latin Speech,” and by William
Lily’s Latin Syntax. The edition is of extreme rarity, and is unnoticed by Lowndes
and other bibliographers.

A very rare work by Henry Parrot, a writer of the early part of the seventeenth

century, contemporary with Shakespeare, entitled: “ Epigrams by H. P., Mortui non
mordent. Imprinted at London by R. B., and are to be soulde by John Helme at his
shoppe in S. Dunstan’s churchyarde, 1608.” Henry Parrot was famous in his time as a
writer of epigrams, “many of which,” according to Warton, “are worthy to be revived in
modern collectiuns.”
An important Chinese work in 28 volumes, entitled: “Kin ting kwang yu se yih tu
che,” or, Imperially compiled illustrated History of the Western Possessions of the
Empire. This work was composed under order from the Emperor K’een lung, by an
Imperial Commission, and consists of a detailed account of the geography, history and
political condition of the whole of Central Asia from the Great Wall to Western
Turkestan.

A remarkable collection of Voyages and Travels in the Swedish language, printed in
1674, at the private press established by Count P. Brahe, at Wisingsborg, on the Wettern
Lake, in Sweden. About 28 books were printed at this press, and, from the small
number of copies struck off, these have always been extremely scarce. This volume is,
perhaps. the rarest and least known of the celebrated collections of voyages.

At the sale of the Sunderland Library, 81 books, wanting in the Museum, were pur-
chased, many of them rare and important. Among these may be particularized :—An
edition of Adsop, printed by Pynson in 1502, bound up with a Theodulus from the same
press, and an Alanus, printed by Quentell, of Cologne, in the same year. Antoninus:
“ Confessionale vulgare intitulato Specchio di Conscientia,” 1479. Ariosto: ‘ Orlando
Furioso,” the very rare edition of Venice, 1542. Boccaccio: “Il Philocolo,” Milan,
1478, and the original edition of the ‘“ Nimphale,” Venice, 1477. Bouchard : “ Les
Croniques Annales des Pays Dangleterre et Bretaigne,” Paris,1531. Bouchard’s “Feminei
sexus apologia,” 1522, printed on vellum. A rare edition of the Decretals of Pope
Boniface, Rome, 1472. Cwsar’s Commentaries ; Milan, P. de Lavagnia, 1478. Cham-
pier: “ Les Grans Chroniques des gestes et vertueux faictz des Ducz et Princes des pays
de Savoye et Piemot;” Paris, J. de la Garde, 1516, and an early book upon Canada:
« Estat present de l’Eglhise et de la Colonie Frangaise dans la Nouvelle France, par Jean,

_Eveque de Quebec ;” Paris, 1688.

A collection of early German Bibles, comprising several articles of interest ; amongst
these may be cited, Ist, a very rare German Bible in 2 volumes, folio, illustrated with
woodcuts, which was published in Strasburg in 1485. It was formerly supposed that
Luther’s was the first published translation of the Bible into German, but there were in
fact no less than thirteen large folio editions of the Bible in German, of various transla-
tions, published between 1460 and 1518. The one above mentioned is the 10th edition.
2nd. A copy of Luther’s Pentateuch, printed at Wittenberg in 1523. This edition,
which is extremely rare, was used by our own Tyndale in making his English translation
of the Pentateuch. 3rd. An independent translation of the Prophets, believed to have
been executed by Haetzer, of Bavaria; Augsburg, 1527, folio. 4th. A Roman Catholic

Testament by Emser and Dietenberger, printed at Tiibingen in 1532, in folio.

Several English books of interest, relating to Pope, Swift, Dr. Johnson, etc., were
acquired at the sale of Col. F. Grant; amongst them was a copy of Pope’s “ Epistles to
several persons,” usually called, “ The Ethic Epistles,” in which the character of Atossa
(the Duchess of Marlborough) first appears, and for the suppression of which, it is stated
that Pope received the sum of 1,000/7. Also the first edition of Swift’s ** Directions to
Servants;” and a French translation of Dr. Johnson’s “ Rasselas,” by Madame Belot,
published at Amsterdam in 1760. It is curious that the translator compares “ Rasselas”
with the “Candide” of Voltaire, at the same time acquitting Dr. Johnson of literary
larceny in the design of his work. “ Paradise Lost: A poem by John Milton, translated
into the Manks language, by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Christian, of Ballakilley,
kk. Marown ;” Douglas [1796].

Numerous and important additions have been made to the Music Collection, including
a large number of works, chiefly theoretical, from the library of the late Dr. Miiller, of
Berlin. Among these may be specified the “ Heptachordum Danicum” of J. M. Corvi-
nus; the “ Belligerasmus” of E. Sartorius ; a collection of Guitar Music, by J. B. Fasolo,
and another entitled: ‘ Vezzosotti Fiori,” by various composers; the fourth book of
Frescobaldi’s “Canzone alla francese”; S. Molinaro’s “ Intavolatura di Liuto,” and
three books of ‘* Villanelle,” by P. Sabbatini; all of these works, excepting the first two,
being quite unknown to bibliographers.

George Bullen.

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Sus-DEPARTMENT of Mars, Cuarts, Puans, and TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

(a.) The number of Titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) written for
the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the yearamounted to 4,741, of those transcribed
fourfold for insertion, to 1,220.

(b.) Press-marks have been given to 1,288 maps and 2,133 titles. The number of
register-slips written was 1,557, and of slips written for purchases 164. Two Indexes
have been made, one for a collection of Maps, and the other for the Ordnance Surveys of
Towns; and six Indexes have been written for Catalogue headings.

(c.) 4,492 Admiralty Charts have been re-arranged according to their published num-
bers and under their respective sections.

(d.) 50 volumes of the Map Catalogue (A. and B.) have been prepared for the press,
and the contents of three volumes and a part of a fourth, into which have been incorporated
the titles from the Catalogues of Maps and Maritime Charts in the King’s Library, have
been sent to the printer “ for press.”

(e.) 491 Maps in 6,246 sheets, and 36 Atlases, have been entered for the binder,
and 59 volumes and 444 maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound
and the latter mounted, 104 on cards, and 340 on jaconet and union. Four volumes
have received separate letterings.

(f.) An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 762
transcripts, in all 2,286 transcripts, necessitating the removal in each of the three copies
of 907 transcripts, and the addition to each of nine new Jeaves. 10,453 slips of the fourth
copy of the Catalogue have been arranged, and 6,279 slips mounted. :

(g.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 885,
the number of Maps 1,247, making a total of 2,132.

(.) The number of stamps impressed on Maps received by purchase was 1,852; on
those received by presentation 737, making a total of 2,589.

II.—A dditions.

(a.) 1,247 Maps, in 7,413 sheets, 13 Atlases and seven parts of Atlases, have been
received under the Copyright Act. 59 Atlases and parts of Atlases, and 203 Maps, in-
1,613 sheets, two Globes (terrestrial and celestial), and one relief Map, have been
obtained by purchase ; 22 Atlases and Volumes, and 300 Maps and Charts, in 630 sheets,
have been presented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been in the course of the year 111 visitors to the Map Room for the purpose of
special geographical research.

Among the more interesting acquisitions of the year may be mentioned: A pair of
Globes (terrestrial and celestial) by William Blaeu, of Amsterdam, 1606, 54 inches in
diameter, mounted on stands, with copper fittings ; a reprint of a Turkish Mappe-monde,
executed by a Tunisian named Hadji Ahmed, 1559, and preserved in the Bibliotheca di
San Marco, Venice; a Model, cast inmetal, of Mount Vesuvius, by G. Pistoja, Florence,
1878, 1ft. 9}in. by 2 ft. 1}in.; and 10 Photographic Reproductions of Portolani of the
13th, 14th and 15th centuries, executed by F. Ongania for the Geographical Congress
held in Venice, September 1881, and including the Charts of Francesco Pizzigani, 1373,
preserved in the Bibliotheca Ambrosiana, Milan; the Portolano of Giacomo Giraldi, of
Venice, 1426, preserved in the R. Bibliotheca Marciana, Venice; a Terrestrial Plani-
sphere, in eliptical form, and in Latin, 1447, preserved in the R, Bibliotheca Nazionale,
Florence; an anonymous Planisphere of the World as known in the 15th century, in
Catalonian, preserved in the R. Bibliotheca Nazionale, Florence ; and the Charts of
Battista Agnese, 1554, preserved in the R. Bibliotheca Marciana, Venice.

During the past year all arrears of cataloguing work in the Sub-department have been
cleared off, leaving only some Admiralty Charts and Ordnance Surveys to be dealt with
beyond the ordinary current acquisitions.

Robert K. Douglas.

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DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Ancient MSS.—The first Part, describing MSS. and Papyri in Greek,
has been completed, passed through the press, and issued.

2. Catalogue of Romances.—Articles in forty-six different Manuscripts have been
described, relative to miscellaneous Romances,

Sheets 2 M to 2 T have been corrected and printed off. Sheets 2 U to 3 B have been
revised,

3. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts:—The third volume has been completed and
published. The fourth volume, to include the Index, is in progress.

4. Catalogue of Additions—The Catalogue of Additions for 1876-1881 is passing
through the press. Sheets B to P have been printed off. The Index is nearly completed.

The Additional MSS. 30,806-30,864, 30,868-30,990, acquired in 1878; 31,141-31,149
acquired in 1879; and 31,224-31,896, acquired in 1880 and 1881; and Egerton MSS.
2400-2600, acquired in 1876-1881, have been described, and the descriptions have been
revised.

5. Indexes—The revision of the slips of the new Index to the Sloane collection is in
progress; and has been carried as far as MS. 400.

Lists have been prepared of autographs contained in various volumes of the Harley
and Lansdowne collections.

6. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals——The Cotton Charters, XX VII. 10—
XXX. 41; Harley Rolls, H. 15—I. 35, N. 33—R. 36, 8. i—37, Y. 27—-DD. 5; and
Additional Charters, 26,065-26,067, 26,517-26,722, 26,724, 26,726-26,756, have eee
described.

The descriptions of Cotton Charters, XXV. 31—XXX.41; Harley Rolls, G. 11—I.
30, L. 8—S. 20, W. 1—DD, 5; and of Additional Charters, 24,747-24,801, 24,828-
24,884, 26,517-26,721, have been revised.

Additional Charters and Rolls, 26,583-27,004, have been arranged and numbered.

The General Index of names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls and Charters
is being prepared for press.

Four hundred and forty-four Seals, lately acquired, have been described.

Eleven hundred and fifty-six electrotypes of leaden Bulle have been labelled and
arranged in table-cases.

A series of Royal Seals of England and Scotland, of Courts and Offices, and of French
Sovereigns, has been labelled and arranged in table-cases.

The Catalogue of Seals is in preparation for the press.

7. Facsimiles—The First Volume of the Old Testament of the Codex Alexandrinus has

been completed and published; the greater part of the second volume has been photo-
graphed.

8. Registration.—The Registers of the Additional and epetton MSS. have been continued
to the latest acquisitions.

9. Arrangement of Papers, &c.—Sloane MSS. 82, 179a, 203; Additional MSS. 30,789,
30,797, 31,244-31,248, 31,254-31,298, 31,333, 31,355, 31,356, 31,362-31,380, 31,882-
31,885 ; and Kgerton MSS. 2,570, 2,592-2,598, have been arranged for binding.

Binding.—Six hundred and forty-five Manuscripts, recently acquired, and four hundred
and seventy Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired.

Two Papyri have been glazed.

Sixteen registers and catalogues, and one hundred and nine printed books of reference,
have been bound or repaired.

Verificution.—The several collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the shelf-
lists.

Transcription.—The Catalogues of the following collections have been copied: i in four-
fold :—Cotton Charters, Sey sl eK, 41; Harley Rolls, G. 11—DD. 5; Additional
Charters, 26,517-26,724.

Miscellaneous.— Three hundred and thirty-six Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been
placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists.

Three hundred and fifty-seven Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered.
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The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.
The Doubleday Collection of Casts of Seals is in course of being labelled.

Nine hundred and twenty-four Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books have
been stamped with a total of 5,530 impressions.

Seven hundred and ninety-one Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 25,618 ; and of those
consulted in the Department, 5,579.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 1,477.

The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,071.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

General Collection of Manuscripts = - ate SS BOR
Egerton Manuscripts - - - = ES = cE)
Rolls and Charters - - - o 3 é Oh, Gog
Detached Seals - - - S = = . el) ae

Among them are the following :—

Grant by Conrad II., Emperor of the Romans, to the See of Ravenna of the
county of Faenza, 1034. Vellum.

Year-book of law-cases, 28-34 Edw. I. [1299-1306]; with reports for the years
1275 and 1294. Vellum.

Commentary on the Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace; and the
Comedies of Terence. Vellum; early 14th century.

A collection of illuminated Bibles, .Psalters, Hours of the Virgin, eéc., by French,
Flemish, and Italian artists of the 13th-l5th centuries. Sixteen volumes; vellum.
Bequeathed by William Burges, Esq., A.R.A.

Guild-book of the Barber-Surgeons of the city of York, commenced in the 15th
century, and containing drawings of that period and a series of coloured portraits
of English Sovereigns from Henry VII. to Elizabeth, by different hands of the
16th century, continued by later additions down to George III. Vellum.

Episcopal constitutions and regulations for the diocese of Olmiitz; circ. 1430-
1510. In Bohemian. Paper. Presented by the Karl of Derby.

Bird’s-eye view, coloured, of the attack by Sir Francis Drake on the Island of St.
Jago, in the Cape Verd Islands; 1585. Vellum.

Inventory of the goods of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury; 1575.
Vellum Roll.

- Chorographical description of Shires of England, by John Norden, 1595; with
maps of Essex and Hampshire. Original MS., dedicated to Queen Elizabeth.
Paper.

Final concord relating to property in Stratford-on-Avon, and elsewhere, formerly
belonging to William Shakspeare; 1650.

Register of deeds of property belonging to Augustine Steward of London ; temp.
Elizabeth. Paper.

Correspondence and papers of William Asheby, Ambassador to Scotland, including
letters of the English ministers, Burleigh and Walsingham, and papers relating to
the marriage of James VI. with Anne of Denmark; 1589.

Correspondence of James Hay, successively Baron Hay, Viscount Doncaster, and J
Earl of Carlisle, chiefly in connection with his embassies to Germany, Spain, and ;
France; 1616-1636. In six volumes.

Metrical version of the Psalms, by Sir John Glanvill, late Speaker of the House
of Commons; 1646. Autograph.

Entry-book of Thomas Arthur, m.p., of Limerick, practising in Limerick and
Dublin from 1619 to 1666.

Visitation-book of Lewis Dwnn, Deputy Herald in counties Carmarthen, Pem-
broke, and Cardigan; 1586-1613. Autograph.

Pedigree of the family of Weston, of Sutton Place, co. Surrey, drawn up by
Sir William Segar, Garter, in 1632. Large vellum roll, Presented by Lt. Colonel
Hunter-Weston, F.8.A. as
Genealogical

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Genealogical and heraldic collections of James Torre, of Snidall, od. 1699, relating
chiefly to Yorkshire and the northern counties of England; 17th century. In five
volumes. ;

« Analecta Eboracensia”: collections relating to the City of York, by Sir Thomas
Widdrington, Recorder of York, 06. 1674.

Coilections in prose and verse, in Irish; 18th and 19th centuries. In four
volumes.

Journal of David Samwell, surgeon of the “ Discovery,” im Captain Cook’s voyage
to the Pacific Ocean; 1776-1779. Autograph.

“ The Naturalist’s Journal,” with autograph weather-records and remarks relating
to gardening, agriculture, and natural history, by Gilbert White, of Selborne; 1768-
1793. In six volumes.

Fourteen origina] letters from Gilbert White to Hon. Daines Barrington; 1769-
1773.

Maps and plans of New Brunswick and Canada; 18th and 19th centuries. Pre-
sented by Lord Walsingham.

The remaining portion of the collection of MS. music formed by Mr. Julian
Marshall, comprising the works of English and foreign composers from the 16th
century to the present time. In one hundred and fifty-one volumes.

Ei. Maunde Thompson.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

I.— Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The descriptive list *of the Oriental MSS. acquired in the year 1880 has been com-
pleted and transcribed for the use of the readers. The same Manuscripts have been
entered into the Oriental Register and the Classed Oriental Inventory.

A descriptive list of the Oriental MSS. acquired in the year 1881 has been drawn up
and transcribed for use in the Reading Room.

The last seven sheets of the second volume of the Persian Catalogue have been
printed, and the volume has been published. The remainder of the descriptive portion
of the work has been revised, and twenty-one sheets of the third volume have passed
as the press. The numerical index has been brought down to the last printed
sheet.

Full descriptions of eighty-nine Manuscripts have been prepared for the special
catalogues.

The descriptive list of the Oriental MSS. included in the Sloane Collection and the
Additional Series has been carried on from Sloane 2,647 to Additional 5,999.

Recently acquired Manuscripts, one hundred and sixty-six in number, have been
arranged, labelled, folio’d, and partly bound.

The slip-index to the Hebrew MSS. has been completed.

Il. — Acquisitions.

One hundred and twelve Oriental MSS. have been acquired in the course of the year,
viz., 83 by purchase, and 29 by donation, as follows :—

Hebrew, Chaldee, and Arabic in the Hebrew cha-

racter - - - - - - - 63
Arabic - - - - - - o = Spas 5)
Chinese - - - = - = S - 6
rote Uys MV ee ee ee co ea a er
Armenian - - - - a = - 4
Pali - - - = - = ~ = a 2
Italian in the Hebrew character - - = - 1
Persian - - - = - = = - V
Baluchi - - - = = = = - 1
Tamil - - = = - = 2 = - 1
Telugu - - - - - - = = - 1
Cingalese - - - - - - - - 1
Japanese - - = =o ike - - 1
Batta - - - - - - = = - 1

ToTraL - - - 112
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The most important acquisition of the year consists of the above-mentioned 63 Hebrew
MSS. collected in Yemen, partly by Mr. Shapira, of Jerusalem, partly by some Turkish
officials. Most of these are large-sized volumes, written, some on vellum, from the
12th to the 16th century, and containing parts of the Hebrew canon with the Massora, the
Chaldee Targum, and the Arabic version of Sa’dia. These go far towards completing
the valuable Biblical series acquired from the same quarter in the years 1877 and
1879. The collection includes also Midrashim on the Pentateuch and the Haftaroth, several
rare, or hitherto unknown, Biblical commentaries, partly by Karaite authors, the com-
mentaries of Maimonides on the Mishna, the “Guide of the Perplexed,” of the same
writer in the or ginal Arabic, and the Arueh or Hebrew Lexicon.

A valuable collection of Arabic MSS. presented by Lieut. Col. S. B. Miles, H. M.’s
Political Agent in Muscat, consists chiefly of histories and biographies relating to Yemen,
and of rare ‘poetical works.

The following are the most remarkable :—

A volume, containing the Kitab al-Tijan, or legendary history of the Himyarite-kings,
by Ibn Hisham, and the Akhbar, or traditions, of ‘Abid Ibn Sharyah.

Notices of the celebrated men of Yemen by al-Khazraji, an author of the 14th
centur

cue al-La’a!l, or select verses of the Imams of Yemen, with extensive biographical
notices, compiled A.H. 1073.

Tib al-Samar, or lives of the poets of Yemen, by Shihab ad-Din al-Kaukabani, in two
volumes.

The Divans of al-Arjani, Ibn al-Mukarrab, al-Hajiri, and Ibn al-Nabih.

A history of Mossul and its saints, by Muhammad Amin al-Umari.

A Baluchi-Persian vocabulary ; compiled for Col. S. Miles, by Kamalan, a eae of
Mecran.

The following three articles have been presented by Col. Charles Gordon, c.B. :—

1. A collection of Chinese letters and official papers relating to the Tai Ping
rebellion.

2. An Arabic history of Nubia, extending from 4.8. 910 to 1280.

3. Futth al-Habashah, an account of the conquest of Abyssinia, by Imam Ahmad
al-Ghazi about A.H. 940; Arabic.

Of the remaining acquisitions of the year, the following deserve special notice :—

Life of Yoshituna, a Japanese MS. in eight volumes “with curious miniatures. Pre-
sented by Dr. W. Anderson.

The Divan of Riyazi Samarkandi, a Persian poet of the 15th century; handsomely
written, with ornamental borders, a.H. 957 (a.D. 1550), Presented by Lieut. Col. Euan
Smith, c.s.1.

Sangutta Nikayo, a canonical book of the Buddhists, written on 235 palm leaves in the
Cingalese character. Presented by R. W. D. Moir, of the Ceylon Civil Service.

The catechism of a Chinese secret society. Presented by Gen. Henry Max.

Hawi-l-Mukhtasarat, an Arabic treatise on the quadrant, by Badr al-Din Sibt
al-Maridini, with a wooden quadrant. Presented by the Rev. G. Cerioni, of Alex-
andria.

A poetical version of the Mahabbarata in Telugu, written on about 200 palm leaves.
Presented by J. A. Simson, Esq., of the Indian Civil Service.

An Armenian Antiphonary, written in the year 723 of the Armenian Era (a.D.
1275

Rew "il _Ikhwan is-Safa, the 52 scientific treatises of the “ Sincere Brothers,” a rare
Arabic work of the 10th century.

The Mulakhkhas, or Compendium of Philosophy, by Fakhr ud-Din Razi, in Arabic;
dated a.H. 603 (A.D. 1206).

A Jewish prayer-book, written in Italian with Hebrew letters, at Alboddo in the
Marches; A.D. 1383.

A Chinese roll, 45 feet long by 10 inches in width, representing the course of the
Peiho river, and of the Grand Canal from Peking to Hang-Chow, drawn in colours on
silk by native artists.

A Jacobite lectionary of the 12th century ; Syriac.

The Syriac-Arabic Lexicon of Bar Bahlil.

The number of Oriental MSS. consulted by readers during the year was 1,515, viz.,
366 in the Reading Room, and 1,149 in the Department of MSS. Two hundred and one
readers applied for Oriental MSS.

Ch. Rieu.

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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRaAWINGs.

A descriptive catalogue has been prepared by Mr. R. Fisher, and the manuscript is
now complete, of the Early Italian prints, nielli, and sulphur casts in the Department,
which have been temporarily re-arranged for the purpose. This collection of the works
of the painter-engravers who flourished in Italy before the establishment of a school
of professional engravers by Mare Antonio greatly exceeds in value and comprehensiveness
every other of its kind in Europe.

The second volume of Dr. Willshire’s Catalogue of the Early German and Flemish
prints, is still in progress.

The Early German and Flemish prints described in the first volume of Dr, Willshire’s
catalogue have been arranged in ten solander cases.

The engravings on copper, etchings, and drypoints by Albrecht Diirer, in order to
protect them from risk of injury, have been removed from the guard-books in which they
were kept, mounted on sunk boards, and arranged in three solander cases.

The reproductions from drawings by the Old Masters in the Queen of Saxony’s

_the Berlin, and the Goncourt collections, have been arranged in ten solander cases.

The drawings by Richard Wilson, r.A., presented by Mr. J. Deffett Francis, have
been arranged in two solander cases.

The collection of prints by Jonas Suyderhoef, the eminent Dutch engraver, has been
arranged according to Wussin’s catalogue; and a rough list of his works has been
prepared, in which the examples possessed by the Department have been marked off.

The works of the Sadeler family have been arranged in a portfolio.

The collections of prints after F. Boucher, C. N. Cochin, J. D. Ingres, C. Le Brun
E. Le Sueur, C. Monnet, and J. M. Moreau, have been classified according to subjects,
to facilitate reference. ‘

The portraits recently on exhibition in the King’s Library have been returned to the
portfolios.

All the books cf prints and books of reference acquired during the year have been
placed on the shelves, and the press-marks attached to them.

Descriptions have been prepared of the German nielli for the second volume of the
Catalogue of Karly German and Flemish prints.

An index of the artists’ names and monograms has been prepared to the collection of
Early German woodcuts.

An index of the artists’ names has been prepared to the collection of prints after
English masters.

Separate indexes of artists’ names have been prepared to the fifteen different schools
into which the collection of prints after Italian masters are divided by Lanzi.

An index of engravers’ names has been prepared to the Catalogue of the Raphael
Collection at Windsor.

The entries in the Catalogue of the Raphael Collection at Windsor have been tran-
scribed on sheets, for the purpose of facilitating the arrangement of that master’s
works.

A large number of Print Sale Catalogues have been entered in the MS. ecatalocue. -

A large number of prints after foreign masters, prints by foreign engravers, and
foreign portraits and historical prints have been incorporated with their respective collec-
tions, and references added in the indexes.

English portraits and prints after English masters have been similarly treated.

Four thousand, eight bundred and thirty-five articies have been entered in the Register
of purchases, presentations, and bequests. =

Two hundred and eleven titles have been prepared for the catalogues of Books of
Prints and Books of Reference.

Seven thousand, five hundred and fifty-one prints, drawings, and photographs, have
been impressed with the departmental stamp and references to the Register.

Prints, drawings, and carbon photographs have been mounted on sunk boards to the
number of one thousand, one hundred and fifty-five, and three hundred and fifty-eicht
have been mounted in the ordinary manner; and in all cases the names and references
have been printed in bistre on the mounts.

The following work has been executed for the proposed printed catalogue of the contents

of the Department :—
Six thousand and thirty-five titles have been transcribed in manifold from the

Register.

Three thousand, nine hundred and eight titles have been prepared for prints illustrating
the ‘* Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”

Seven thousand six hundred and ninety-nine titles have been prepared for prints and
drawings illustrating Mr. Anderdon’s “ Collectanea Biographica,” and a portion of them
have been revised. .

One thousand and forty-eight titles have been prepared for prints illustrating macazines
in the Department of Printed Books. .

The whole of the titles for prints and drawings in the Crace Collection of London
Topography have been reyised, and three hundred and twenty-nine additional ones have
been prepared.

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The whole of the titles for the plates in Count Caylus’s “ Recueil d’Antiquités,” have
been revised, and ninety-two additional ones have been prepared.

The total number of prints and drawings added to the collection during the past year,
exclusive of those contained in Mr. Anderdon’s “ Collectanea Biographica,” has been 6,125;
the following are the most important :—

By Presentation ; 643 Examples :—

The Diploma of the Highland Society, engraved on wood by Luke Clennell, from a
design by Benjamin West; one of the few impressions that were taken from the original
block before it was destroyed in the fire at Bensley’s printing-office. Presented by
W. B. Scott, Esq.

Three different donations by J. Deffett Francis, Esq., including a valuable collection
of drawings of Italian landscape, by Richard Wilson, R.a., 77 in number. They are
executed, for the most part, in black chalk on grey paper, and came from the collection of
Joseph Farington, r.A., who was a pupil of the artist.

Four different donations by His Grace the Duke of Leinster, amounting in all to
66 prints and drawings, chiefly illustrating English and foreign Topography.

The complete series of plates engraved for the ‘ Novelist’s Magazine,” from designs by
mole Stothard, r.a., 302 m number ; mounted in a volume. Bequeathed by Miss

earsley.

- Proofs of the nine reproductions from Dutch and Flemish prints illustrating M. Dutuit’s
“ Manuel de l’Amateur d’Estampes,” vol. i. Presented by M. Eugéne Dutuit.

« Kl Gran Turco”; proof of a reproduction from an Italian print of the 15th century
in the “ Kupferstichkabinet” at Berlin. Also the Baptism of Christ, a restored fragment
of a rare print by Francia; and a photograph from a print of Lucretia by Francia.
Presented by Richard Fisher, Esq.

By Purchase :—
Italian School ; 136 Examples :—

Drawings.—A female head, drawn with the silver point by Lorenzo di Credi; a
beautiful example of the master.

Three sheets of studies in black chalk by I] Pordenone, for the paintings in Sta, Maria
Campagna at Piacenza.

Others by Lorenzo Costa, Giovanni Paolo Pannini, and Cesare Vecellio.

Etchings —By Francesco Bertelli, Giacomo Cortese, called “11 Borgognone,” A. Picemni
and Lodovico Mattioli.

Engravings.—The Guardian Angel, by Jacopo de Baibarj (B. 9).

Ten woodcuts by Francesco de Nanto, from designs by Girolamo da Trevisi.

Others by G. Bonaini, C. Cajani, Francesco Cecchini, D. Chiossone, E. Damele,
Raphael Morghen, Antonio Perfetti, and Carlo Raimonih,

German School ; 495 Examples :—

Drawing.—A highly finished work in gouache by Barbara Dietzsch, of a butterfly
and flowers.

Etchings.—A set of fourteen published by the Society of Etchers of Weimar, 1881.
Others by Balthasar Anton Dunker, Solomon Gessner, and Axel Herman Haig.

DETR EAH very rare set of Christ and the Apostles; by Israhel von Meckenen
(B. 51-63).

Children throwing two of their companions into a well; by Heinrich Aldegrever
(B. 267).

ee horse; by Hans Sebald Beham (B. 218).

A vignette with horse and genii; by Jakob Binck (B. 81).

Venus at the bath (B. 33) and two satyrs fighting for a nymph (B. 38); both by
Albrecht Altdorfer. : m/,

A set of plates of the Five Senses; by Georg Pencz (B. 105-109).

A boy holding a lighted candle, and Apollo addressing a nymph; two examples in
mezzotinto by Prince Rupert. A

Five choice proofs of modern prints from pictures by Defregger and Carl von Piloty.

Others by A. Altdorfer, H. Aldegrever, H. 5. Beham, J. Binck, Johann Theodor de
Bry, Jakob Felsing, Ludwig Gruner, Matthew Merian, Johann Pieter Pichler, Virgil
Solis, and H. Walde.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 81 Examples :-—

Drawings.—Meleager and Atalanta hunting the wild boar ; by Frans Snyders, in pen,
washed with Indian ink. .

A group of pinks ; by Herman Saftleven, in water colours.

Others by Abraham Diepenbeke, Georg Hoefnagel, Crispin de Passe, Erasmus

Quellin, Jan van Somer, and Jan Wyck.
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Etchings.—The Battle of St. Denis, near Mons, with the Prince of Orange and the
Duke of Monmouth in the foreground; by Romeyn de Hooghe; in two sheets; extremely
rare in this state.

Others by Jan Luyken, Pieter Rysbraeck, and William Unger.

Engravings:—Thirty-two examples by Jonas Suyderhoef, forming an important
addition to the collection of his works; obtained at the Visser sale.

Others by Abraham Blooteling, G. Bockman, Hendrik Hondius, and Frederick H.
van Hove.

French School ; 1,396 Examples :—

Drawings.—A sheet of studies by Jean Louis Géricault, for his picture “‘ The Farrier.”

A peasant girl of Iona; by Gavarni, in pencil and red chalk, heightened with white.

Others by Peter Angelis, Louis Chéron, Charles Louis Clérisseau, Eugéne Devéria,
Pierre Falconet, Henri Gascar, Louis du Guernier, Charles Jacque, and Joseph Vernet.

Etchings.—The Cornfield, after Constable, by A. Brunet-Debaines ; artist’s proof on

~ vellum.

Portraits of Margaret, Infanta of Spain, after Velasquez; Rembrandt, from a picture
by himself; and Lady Camden, after Reynolds, by Charles Waltner ; artist’s proofs on
vellum.

The Mona Lisa, after Leonardo da Vinci, by Jules Jacquemart; artist’s proof on
vellum.

Nine choice artists’ proofs of plates by Félix Bracquemond.

Others by Adolphe Appian, A. Boulard, Pauline Carbonnier, E. Champollion,
Théophile Chauvel, Charles Louis Courtry, B. Damman, Baron Denon, Léopold Flameng,
Léon Gaucherel, Gustave Greux, Charles Jacque, Maxime Lalanne, Adolphe Lalauze,
Auguste Lancon, L. Le Couteux, Henri Lefort, Alphonse Legros, Abel Lurat, Adolphe
P. Martial, Louis Marvy, Jean Francois Millet, A. Mongin, lL. Monzies, M. Ramus,
James Tissot, Alphonse Trimolet, and Edmond Charles Yon.

Engravings.—A rare set of small prints by Pierre Woeiriot, representing the funeral
rites of ancient nations; described in Robert-Dumesnil’s “ Peintre-Graveur Francais,”
vol. vil., p. 86.

“L’Amant Surpris”; a beautiful aquatint by Charles M. Descourtis; printed in
colours. 7
The Virgin and Child with St. John, after Bouguereau, by G. Bertinot; artist’s

proof. ;

Portrait of the Duke of Urbino, after Raphae!, by Alphonse Francois ; artist’s proof.

Others by Bernard Baron, Jacques F. Beauvarlet, Charles Clément Ber vic, Frangois
A. David, Philippe L. Debucourt, Auguste Desnoyers, Louis Massard, and Bernard
Picart.

English School; 1,380 Examples :—

Drawings— An extremely curious and interesting view of the baths at Bath, with the
buildings round them, as they appeared in the reign of Charles II., showing people
bathing and others looking on; drawn in pen and Indian ink by T. Johnson, an artist of
the period who is mentioned in Walpole’s “Anecdctes.”

Two large volumes of chalk drawings from the human figure and the Elgin Marbles;
by Benjamin Robert Haydon, the historical painter.

A volume of drawings, chiefly from paintings in the catacombs at Rome; executed by
Thomas Heaphy to illustrate his work “‘ The Likeness of Christ.”

A whole length portrait of John, Duke of Marlborough; in pen and Indian ink, on
brown paper, by Michael Dahl; with Horace Walpole’s autograph.

Two marine views, drawn in water colours by Augustus Hervey, Earl of Bristol.
Portraits of Archbishop Kemp, Queen Elizabeth, Sir Nicholas Bacon, and William
Lenthall ; highly finished in water-colours, by George Perfect Harding.

Others by Robert Brandard, William, Lord Byron, John Carter, S. Collings, George
Cuitt, W. W. Deane, George Edwards, Joseph Farington, r.A., William E. Frost, p.a.,

_ Richard Gaywood, Amos Green, Benjamin Green, Francis Grose, Solomon Hart, R.<.,

Moses Haughton, N. Hawksmore, Inigo Jones, William Kent, Marcellus Laroon, Sir
Peter Lely, David Loggan, E, Lutterel, Charles J. Mathews, James A. O’Connor, Arthur
Pond, Philip Reinagle, k.a., Jonathan Richardson, jun., James Seymour, W. Talman,
Sir James Thornhill, and Sir Christopher Wren.

Etchings.—By John H. Bradley, Francis Clein, George Cruikshank, Isaac Fuller,
Richard Gaywood, Thomas Jenner, Charles Jervas, Daniel King, Robert W. Macbeth,
Charles O. Murray, R. Newton, John Park, Francis Place, J. Watkins, and Hamlet
Winstanley.

0.90. c2 Engravings,

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Engravings.—A very scarce portrait of Queen Elizabeth in a rich dress; by William
Rogers; impression from the reduced plate, which has not hitherto been noticed.

A scarce portrait of Henry VIII. on horseback; woodcut.
_ A bird’s-eye view of the City of London, with small views of Westminster Abbey and
St. Paul’s Cathedral, and an “ Iconografical Description” by R. Newcourt; encraved by
William Faithorne; an imperfect copy, wanting the title, the arms of “the City
companies, &c.

oe of Miss Lewis; after Liotard. by James M‘Ardell, in mezzotinto; touched
proof.

A very fine proof, before the plate was cleaned, of the engraving by S. W. R Ids
from Rembrandt’s picture of the Jew Merchant in the National Gallery: eae

Portrait of Robert Clavering, Bishop of Peterborough, after Gibson, by John Simon;
scarce proof, :

Others by Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A., William Bond, Thomas Burford, William Byrne
James Caldwall, Francis Chesham, George Clint, Joseph Collyer, Thomas Cua
Samuel Davenport, William Dickinson, William Dolle, Gainsborough Dupont, Beunil
Elstracke, John Faber, William Faithorne, jun., Edward Finden, George Glover
Valentine Green, A. Hertocks, Lawrence Johnson, Francis Jukes, Charles ienrane
Thomas Lupton, William Marshall, John Payne, Richard Purcell, William Wynne
Ryland, John Keyse Sherwin, John Smith, Joha Raphael Smith, Jonathan Spilsbury,
John Sturt, Robert. Vaaghan, George Vertue, Thomas Watson, George White, Robert
White, and Robert Williams.

Spenish School; 2 examples:—
Drawing.—A cavalcade ; sketch in black chalk on grey paper, by Diego Velasquez.

Engraving.—The “ Madonna dell Impannata,” after Raphael, by Manuel Esquivel de
Setomayor; proof before the title.

Miscellaneous :—

A curious collection of Initial Letters, 1,621 in number, which were brought together
and arranged by the late Mr. Michael Caspari.

“ Collectanea Biographica,” an interesting collection of engraved portraits, vignettes,
autographs, MS. notes, etc., formed by the late Mr. J. H. Anderdon; bound in 105
volumes.

A pack of fifty-two English playing-cards, illustrating the Popish Plot and the murder
of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.

A pack of seventy-seven French tarot cards.

One hundred and fifty carbon photographs by Braun of Dornach, from pictures in the
Royal Gallery at Madrid.

“A Portfolio of Autograph Etchings,” consisting of 15 plates executed by eminent
French and English painter-etchers ; artists’ proofs with the ‘‘remarques.” ‘

Print DEPARTMENT.

Number or Visrrors during 1881 for study, &c.

January - - - - - = 2 = 340
February - - = = 2 2 i 207
March - - - - - = = = 444
April - - - - - - - - 407
Mage et ik alae i ee Ope eee al 7 28D
June - - - - - - - - 387
Fads sm aa oA ea Pe ee ea ese
August - - - - - = - = 386
September Sa er ene et te Eater teks BL Mite bt eeia = 389
October - - - - - - - - 422
November - - - - = = - 394
December - - = . = = : 302

TOTAL - - - | 4,312

George William Reid.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangements.

In the Egyptian division, the following arrangements have been made :—

The Egyptian vestibule has been cleaned, and the sculptures have been covered up
for that purpose.

The North and South Eeyptian Galleries have been cleaned.

The smaller Egyptian objects, formerly in the west wing, have been removed into the
‘two rooms assigned for the Egyptian objects, in the North wing; the glass cases contain-
ing mummies and other objects have also been removed thither; the cases have been
provided with new fittings, and the objects have been re-arranged.

The bookeases in the study in the northern gallery have been refitted.

Two new table-cases have been made and placed in the Egyptian rooms for the recep-
tion of small objects.

New locks have been placed on table-cases and drawers.

Ten Egyptian bronzes have been mounted.

One Egyptian stone vase has been repaired.

A granite lion has been repaired.

Fourteen wooden figures have been mounted on deal pedestals.

A small tablet has been repaired.

A bronze egis, and a figure of Neith, have been cleaned and mounted.

Four Egyptian mummy cases have been cleaned.

Thirty-two Egyptian objects have been repaired and mounted.

Hight boards of Egyptian tiles haye been mounted.

Five bronze daggers have been mounted.

Fifty-six miscellaneous Egyptian objects have been mounted.

Forty Egyptian terra-cottas have been cleaned and mounted.

773 Scarabxi have been mounted, and impressions made of them.

Seventeen wainscct tablets have been prepared.

Thirty-one dozen mahogany tablets have been made.

A frame has been made for an inscribed stone.

Four Papyri have been removed from the wall of the Northern staircase, and three
repaired.

Casts have been made of two gnostic amulets.

261 slips have been incorporated.

Progress has been made in the lithographic fac-simile of an Egyptian coffin.

Copies have been made of inventories, descriptions of objects, and inscriptions.

In the Assyrian division :—

The Nimroud and Kouyunjik Galleries have been painted.

The Assyrian Basement Room has been painted.

Shelves and fittings have been made for the new temporary room for students parti-
tioned off the western end of the Northern Gallery.

An Assyrian inscription has been repaired and mounted on a stone plinth.

Fragments of other Assyrian inscriptions have been repaired.

The socket of a gate has been mounted on a stone plinth.

An Assyrian inscribed stone has been moulded and cast.

Some Assyrian marble tablets have been cleaned.

One large terra-cotta Assyrian vessel and two smaller ones have been cleaned and
repaired.

Four Assyrian cylinders in hard stone have been cast and moulded.

Five Assyrian engraved stones have been mounted.

Fourteen wax impressions of Assyrian engraved stones have been made.

‘Thirty-eight fragments of Assyrian ivories have been cleaned, repaired and mounted.

579 fragments of Assyrian tablets have been cleaned and repaired.

Nine Assyrian iron objects have been repaired. °

A bronze Assyrian tripod has been repaired.

Seven Assyrian seals have been cleaned and re-mounted.

Two Babylonian inscriptions have been mounted on stone.

Three Babylonian bricks have been repaired.

A bronze Babylonian step from Borsippa has been cleaned.

‘Two Alabaster cups have been mounted.

Assyrian and Babylonian inscriptions have been cleaned.

A sinall granite tablet has been mounted.

Babylonian historical inscriptions have been cast and moulded.

An inscription from Jerablus or Carchemish has been repaired,

Fragments of inscriptions from Carchemish have been mounted on Portland plinths.

Progress has been made in the classification of the collections, and the dated tablets
have been incorporated in chronological order.

Tablets with texts in the Babylonian character have been collected together.

. 0.9. Cs 1,113 objects

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1,113 objects have been registered.

221 objects have been catalogued.

514 descriptive labels have been prepared and attached to objects.

57 other labels have been made.

The descriptive catalogue of the Kouyunjik Gallery has been nearly completed.
The Carthaginian basement has been cleaned, and the sculptures have been washed.
The store-cast room has been cleaned.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired has been about 5,200,
Among the most remarkable in the Egyptian Collection are the following :—
Silver pendant in shape of head of Athor; presented by T. Douglas Murray, Esq.
Bronze figure of the goddess Neith, of remarkably fine work ; from the Sa-el. Agar, or
ancient Sais.
Bronze plate, with figure of Bast in outline, and inscriptions.
Bronze gnostic lion-headed deity.
Bronze tools from Thebes.
Bronze rectangular pedestal, with a hawk.
Bronze situlus, with figures in relief, representing a priest adoring the god Ames or
Khem, and other deities.
Bronze torques or necklace ; from the Gournah quarter of Thebes.
Leaden weights and beads; from Alexandria.
Leaden figures, toys ; from Alexandria.
Steatite votive patera, having in relief Isis seated on a she-wolf, imitation of figure of
Rome holding a cornucopie; below Cupids.
Amethystine glass bead in shape of a hedgehog.
Crystal cup from Sakkarah.
Basalt statuette of Thothmes III. of the 18th dynasty.
Lower part of the schist kneeling figure of Hui, a scribe, holding a cynocephalus in a
shrine.
Limestone statue of a Roman emperor, wearing a claft; Roman period. From Lower
Egypt.

Auanesnne head of a ram; from Lower Egypt.

Limestone head of a lion ; from Lower Egypt.

Limestone doll in shape of a nude female; from Lower Egypt.

Plaster head of a female, hair divided in the centre, Greek period; from Lower
Egypt.

Gs lider of green-glazed steatite with the prenomen of Usertesen III., monarch of the
12th dynasty ; another of Ra-hut-ta, a king of the 13th dynasty.
Green-glazed steatite amulet in shape of a hippopotamus, with name and figure of
Rameses III. of the 20th dynasty.
White steatite scarab with name of Rameses IV. of the 20th dynasty.
Cylinder of green glazed steatite.
Blue composition, with the name and figure of Rameses III. of the 20th dynasty.
Porcelain spoon in shape of a lotus flower; from Thebes.
Porcelain plate inlaid with colours; a female worshipping the jackal of Anubis.
Part of a porcelain object, supposed castanet; from the Fayoum.
Part of blue porcelain tile, with portion of the titles of Thothmes III., and a queen;
from Thebes.
Blue porcelain object, with name of Taharka, or Tirhakah, Ethiopian monarch of the
25th Egyptian dynasty.
Blue porcelain object, perhaps toy, in shape of an acorn or cone.
Light-blue porcelain libation pot with spout, inscribed with name of Amenemapt, priest
and scribe and Amen; from Thebes.
Part of blue porcelain arm of a figure inscribed with Menkheperra, prenomen of
Thothmes III. of the 18th dynasty, and name of monarch of the 2lst dynasty; from
Karnak.
Flask of black ware, inscribed with name of Ptah.
Small bottle of black ware in shape of head of an ape; from the Fayoum.
Ivory knife-handle in shape of a lion and lotus flower; Roman period; from the
Fayoum.
Another in shape of a chimera, leg of a tripod and floral ornament ; from the Fayoum.
Bone panel with satyr, Greek period ; from Alexandria.
Bone panel with youthful Canephoros, full face ; from the Fayoum.
Upper part of a waxen figure of a king or the god Amen ; from Thebes.
Wooden staff with the head of a ram; from Gizeh.
Rectangular grooved board; from Thebes.
Sides of a wooden box, inlaid with ivory and blue porcelain.
Wooden object, painted, inscribed in black with hieroglyphs, dedications to the gods
Ra, Osiris, and Anubis; from Thebes. ,
Wooden stamp, with name of Memphis; from the Fayoum.
Wooden sepulchral figure of Khai, a bard or singer.

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Wooden sepulchral figure of Amenhotep, face gilded.

Artificial leather toe of the right foot of a mummy ; from Thebes.

Linen Egyptian bag; from Luxor; presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.s.A.

Fragments of embroidered linen and woollen borders, with patterns in colours ; from
Sahkarah.

Linen portion of the outer covering of a mummy of the Roman period.

Portion of a purple garment with embroidery in white thread.

The following objects have been presented by Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, r.n. :—

Fragments of glazed tiles and thirty-one circular ones from the Tel-el-Yahoudeh,

Six wooden figures of Ptah Socharis.

Two faces from Egyptian wooden coffins.

A burnt brick with name of Menkheperra and Isiemkheb, monarch of the 21st dynasty ;
from Menieh.

Fragments of wooden box and coffin.

In the Assyrian division the following are the most important objects :—

A slab of grey stone about 1-ft, high by 9-in. wide, found at Aboo-habba in an earthen-
ware coffer. Aboo-habba, the site of the ancient Sipara, was a city of considerable im-
portance in ancient times, and was the special seat of the worship of Samas, the sun-god.
Close to the Sipara of Samas was another town called Sipara of Anunit, the seat of the
goddess Anunit, and it is thought that this twofold Sipara gave rise to the dual
Sepharvaim of the Old Testament. Sipara of Samas was specially celebrated as being
the town of books or tablets. This stone contains a long inscription in six columns,
and, at the top of the obverse, a representation in low-relief of a shrine in which
the sun-god is shown sitting. Above the shrine are two small figures, who seem
to be guiding with cords the course of the sun, which stands on a kind of table
below them. Servants of the sun-god lead into his presence a worshipper who is
most likely the king Nabfi-abla-iddin, by whose order the stone was cut. The work-
manship of the whole is very fine and in perfect condition. The inscription, which covers
the rest of the obverse and the whole of the reverse, begins by mentioning the wrong-

_ doings of the Sutti, an invading tribe, who seem to have carried off the property of the

temple of the sun-god (called f-barra) at Sipara, and destroyed the sanctuaries, in the
time of Simmas-Sikhu. The restoration of the temple, begun by Simmas-Sikhu, was con-
tinued during the reign of £-Ulbar-sakin-sumi, and ended by Nabti-abla-iddin, the king

’ who had the slab carved, A long description is given of the repair of, and additions to,

the shrine and temple, and the founding of a shrine for the sun-god in Bit-kar-zagina
beside the Euphrates, where victims were offered, and honey and wine bestowed. The
inscription speaks also of the services of the temple called fi-barra. The slab is dated at
Babylon, the 20th of Nisan, in the 31st year of Nabt-abla-iddin, king of Babylon.
During the course of years the stone got broken, and was riveted together with iron, most
likely in the time of Nabopalassar, who made the earthen coffer in which to keep it, and an
inscribed covering, to protect the bas-relief.

A baked clay mould of the bas-relief on the above slab.

Two cylinders, written in an extremely rough style, containing an account of the resto-
ration by Nabonidus of the temple of the sun-god at Sipara, and referring to a former
restoration by Naram-Sin, an early king of Babylonia.

A cylinder, written in a very archaic style, referring to the restoration of the temple of
the sun-god at Sipara, by Nabonidus.

A small tablet, dated in the reign of Darius, referring to the services of the temple of
the sun-god at Sipara.

A boundary-stone, about two feet in height, carved on all four sides with a long
inscription in the Babylonian character, divided into six columns. It has on the top the
usual mystic figures of animals, &c., supposed to represent the signs of the Zodiac. The
inscription refers to a grant of land made by Rammanu-sum-iddina, king of Babylon, and
confirmed by Rammanu-sum-ibassi and Meli-Sikhu, his successors, to certain men, inhabi-
tants of the land.

A small circular-headed stone, containing a bas-relief representing Assur-bani-apli, king
of Assyria, dressed in his royal robes, and wearing on his head the distinctive cap, above
the point of which he holds with both hands a wicker basket. The whole is covered with
an inscription dedicating the figure to the temple of Borsippa (the Birs Nimroud, near
Babylon). The figure was carved during the reign of Samas-sum-ukin, brother of Assur-
bani-apli, king of Assyria, who then ruled at Babylon.

Three Eniatl cylinders of Nebuchadnezzar, from Babylon, referring to the restoration
by that king of the temple called £-makh, the seat of the goddess Nin-makh at Babylon.

A large and exceedingly fine contract-tablet, recording the sale of a field or plantation
situated within the province of Babylon, for 224 mana of silver. Dated in the accession
year of Neriglissar, king of Babylon. The edges of the tablet are covered with impres-
sions of the seals of the judges before whom the contract was signed.

A broken tablet referring to a transaction for a half-talent of silver. Dated at Manaku,
in the 40th year of Artaxerxes. Presented by C. D. Cobham, Esq., H.M. Commissioner
at Larnaca, Cyprus. .

A contract-tablet dated in the 34th year of Anti’ukkusu (Antiochus). Also presented
by C. D. Cobham, Esq.

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A cylinder referring to the opening of the Libil-khegal, a canal to the east of Babylon,
by Nebuchadnezzar. Also presented by C. D. Cobham, Esq.

Some small contract-tablets dated in the reigns of Aliksandar (Alexander) and Anti-
gunusu (Antigonus).

Two small contract-tablets dated in the reign of Pilipsu (Philip).

A monument of black stone, containing a bas-relief shewing the lower part of a male
figure dressed in a costume closely resembling the Assyriap, and an inscription in relief
in the hieroglyphic characters of the so-called Hittite. This monument came from
Aleppo.

A kind of pillar of black stone, one side of which is cut down and carved with a figure,
evidently of a king, in high relief. The rounded back contains seven lines of an inscription,
the upper part of which is lost. From Aleppo.

An obelisk of white marble from Cyprus, containing on the base a Pheenician in-
scription for Reshpiathon. Presented by C. D. Cobham, Esq.

Nine limestone slabs with Himyaritic inscriptions, two of which have been published in
the Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archeology, vol. ii., p. 27, No. ix; vol. iv..
p- 200, No. xvii.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement.

Sixteen inscriptions, thirty-eight sculptures, and two pieces of architecture, have been
repaired and mounted on plinths; seven sculptures have been mounted on pedestals ;.
one mosaic has been repaired and mounted; one hundred and forty-one fictile vases,.
one iron object, nineteen terra-cottas, one object in glass and twenty-one copies on
canvas of Etruscan paintings, have been cleaned and repaired; glass shades have been
placed over the statue of a Boy extracting a thorn from his foot, and over a vase in the
Fourth Vase Room; progress has been made in the arrangement of the collections in the
Four Vase Rooms; the wall cases in the First Vase Room have been re-lined and
rendered dust-proof; six hundred and sixty-four descriptive titles have been attached to
objects; sixty-seven objects have been catalogued, and two hundred and _ thirty-two:
objects registered ; eight sheets of the second volume of the Corpus of Greek inscrip-
tions have been completed. Part II. of the Guide to the Elgin Room, and a new edition.
of the Guide to the Exhibition Rooms, have been issued.

II.— Acquisitions.

T.-—1. A fictile kylix, on the inside of which are represented Athené and Hephaestos.
making Pandora, the names of all three figures being inscribed on the vase. The hairand
draperies are painted in brown and purple with gilt accessories; the flesh is drawn in
fine lines on the white background. The drawing of these figures, though slightly
archaic, is very masterly, the colours harmoniously blended, and the condition of the vase
excellent. This exquisite specimen of ancient fictile art was found in 1828 at Nola in
Campania. Polychrome designs of this kind, on a white ground, are of extreme rarity-
Published, Lenormant and De Witte, Elite des Monuments Céramographiques III.,
pl. 44, pp. 149-153 and p. 159,

2. A large circular gold fibula with figures and ornaments in granulated and
filigree work, and set with pieces of blue vitreous paste; a very fine specimen of [trusean
jewellery.

3. A mural painting from Herculaneum, representing Glaukos leading a marine cow
through the waves. On the left is part of the figure of another marine deity. Formerly
in the collection of Dr. Mead. Published, Turnbull, Ancient Paintings, pl. 26.

II.—1. A terra-cotta figure of Seilenos seated on a rock, with a wine-skin between his
legs; on the rock at his side is a small terminal figure of Dionysos. From Tanagra =
compare Gazette Archéologique, 1878, pl. 33.

2. A terra-cotta draped female figure representing Demeter; at her side is a wheat-
sheaf. From Tanagra.

3. A terra-cotta draped female figure, seated, holding in both hands a tainia. From
Tanagra.

4. A terra-cotta figure of a youth wearing a petasos and chlamys, seated on a square

base. From Tanagra.

I1I.—1. A bronze steelyard. From Smyrna.
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2. A bronze steelyard and a leaden weight in the form of a melon. From Catania.
3. A bronze object, perhaps a child’s toy.

4, An ivory theatre ticket; on the obverse is carved, in relief, a radiated head of
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Helios; onthe reverse is inscribed HAIOC.
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5. A terra-cotta figure representing an old man in a drunken attitude with a basket on
his left arm.

6. A terra-cotta grotesque figure of an old woman.

7-8. A terra-cotta mould in the form of a Dionysiac mask, full face; and a lamp with
a gladiatorial subject.

9-12. Two bronze spindles, a bronze spatula, and a surgical instrument in silver,

IV.—Antiquities discovered in excavations in Cyprus; Nos. 1-126, from Engomi,
supposed to be the site of the ancient Salamis.

1-20. A gold necklace set with garnets; two gold earrings, terminating in lions’ heads ;
a pair of yold earrings set with glass; thirteen gold earrings and a pendant, a number of
bracteate gold leaves, from a wreath, and two berries of terra-cotta, gilt, from a wreath.

21. A gold ring with sard intaglio; an ant.

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22. A gold ring, inscribed on the bezel AQW*
23. A silver spoon.

24, A chalcedony scarab, intaglio; the god Horus.

25-28. Four sard intaglios; the Psychopompic Hermes conducting a soul to Hades;
Zeus seated in a chair; a seated figure playing on a lyre; and the upper part of a female
figure.

29-30. Two hematite intaglios; a warrior and the head of a horse.
31. A jasper intaglio ; a fish, a palm branch and an ant.

32. An onyx intaglio; head of a youthful figure.

33-38. Six fragments of a leaden inscribed tablet.

39-73. Thirty-five statuettes or fragments of. statuettes in terra-cotta, of which the
most remarkable is a figure of Athené Parthenos, holding a helmet and shield. This
statuette is published in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1881, II., pl. 16.

74-100. Twenty-five fictile vases, an inscribed handle of a diota, and a stand, in
terra-cotta.

101-103. Three terra-cotta rattles, of which two are in the form of pigs, and one is in
the form of an egg.

104-121. Eighteen terra-cotta lamps, with designs in relief; one of them is inscribed
C@THP, another TPAIOY.

122-125. Four alabaster vases.
126. Miscellaneous objects in stone, bronze, iron, ivory, and porcelain.
Nos. 127-147 are from Larnaka, the site of the ancient Kition.

127-135. Hight porcelain amulets, in the form of Egyptian emblems, which have
probably been suspended on a necklace; and a terra-cotta lamp. Published in the
“« Graphic” Newspaper, December, 25, 1880.

136-143. Six fictile vases and two fragments of a painted terra-cotta vase.
144-145. Two silver bangles.
146-147. An arrow-head and a conical object in lead.

V. A small figure of Herakles, in calcareous stone, seated on a rock, over which is
spread the lion’s skin. The base is inscribed on the side with the name of the sculptor
Diogenes, and in front with the name of the dedicator, Sarapiodoros, son of Artemidoros.
Found in excavations on the site of the palace of Sennacherib at Kouyunjik.

Presents and Bequests. I.—A bronze congius, with a Latin inscription, a modern copy
from the original formerly in the Farnese Collection, now in Dresden.
Bequeathed by John Davidson, Esy.

II.—An iron ring, with a sard scarab, set in gold, on which is an intaglio representing a
lion. From Sardinia.
Presented by D. Colnaghi, Esq., H. M. Consul General, Florence.
0.90. D IIf.—1-12. A lamp

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III.—1-12. A lamp from the Lebanon, nine pendants, stamped with designs in relief,
and a small vase in terra-cotta; a piece of ancient Greek linen, with traces of colour.

13-16. Four impressions in clay from copper coins of Galerius. From the Fayoum.
, Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

1V.—1-3. Two bronze helmets and a pair of greaves.
4, A thin band of gold stamped with patterns.

5. A sard scarab, with intaglio, representing a warrior slaying a fallen warrior; the
setting of this scarab is formed of two dolphins in gold.

6. An agate scarab with intaglio; a youthful male head helmeted; plain gold setting.

7. An amethyst intaglio, with design on two sides; a sacrifice to Dionysos; plain gold
setting, with swivel and ring for suspension.

8. A sardonyx intaglio; Hermes holding a purse; on the left a cock, on the right a
vase and a star.

9. An emerald intaglio; Aphrodité tying her sandal; set ina gold ring.

10. A plasma intaglio; a boy holding a hare above a dog; set in a gold ring.
11. A plasma intaglio; a Sphinx attacking a youth; set in a gold ring.

12. A thin gold plate on which has been an inscription.

13, A terra-cotta scurab, with hieroglyphic inscription, set in gold pierced for a swivel.
Bequeathed by William Burges, Esq., A.R.A.

V.—A bronze figure of a mouse.
Presented by M. A. W. Thibaudeau.

VI.—A fragment of wood, with part of an iron plate adhering, said to have been broken
from a chest found at Pompeii.
Presented by John H. Bland, Esq.

VII.— Cast of a restoration, on areduced scale, of the Hermes by Praxiteles, found at
Olympia in 1877. This restoration is by Miss Halse.
Presented by FE. Halse, Esq.
C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MrpimvaL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.—Arrangement.

The arrangement of the Indian sculptures from Amaravyati has been completed, and the
specimens which had been arranged against the walls of the great staircase have been
protected by plate-glass, with a suitable framework.

Before the glazing was completed, impressions were made from all the inscriptions on
these marbles, and were carefully collated with the originals, with the assistance of Dr.
James Burgess, so as to form a complete text, which will probably be published by Dr.
Burgess in the “ Indian Antiquary.”

A new consecutive series of numbers has been affixed to all the slabs.

In the Pre-historic Room the foreign stone implements from the general collection have
been arranged in the drawers of the table cases.

The removal of the Anglo-Roman and Anglo-Saxon collections from the British Room
to the rooms destined for them, and vacated by the Botanical Department, has been
completed.

The arrangement of one-half of the Anglo-Roman Room has been terminated, and that
of the remaining portion is in progress.

A panel from a Roman mosaic pavement, found in Leadenhall-street, and received from
the India Office, has been affixed to the wall of the Anglo-Roman Room, whither also

have been removed the series of pigs of lead found in Britain, and some of the smaller

Roman sculptures.

In the space vacated in the British Room by the removal of the Anglo-Roman and
Anglo-Saxon antiquities, have been temporarily placed the glass collections formerly
exhibited in the Second Egyptian Room. These collections have been more systemati-
cally arranged than heretofore, but their new position not being so well adapted for ex-
hibiting them, the effect of the whole is much impaired.

It has also been found undesirable to remove the large upright cases belonging to the
collection, until its final position has been determined.

The armour and other antiquities bequeathed by the late William Burges, Esq.,
A.R.A., have been temporarily exhibited as a separate series in the Pre-historic Room, and
all the specimens have had temporary card labels written for them.

The bs ,

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The lining of the walls of the outer study with bookcases has been commenced, by the
removal of those in a former official residence.

One thousand and thirteen small Roman and other antiquities have been mounted, in an
uniform manner, on tablets.
: Two hundred and fifty tablets, pedestals, etc., have had headings and localities of the
specimens painted upon them.

One hundred and sixty-four temporary card-labels have been written.

Five seals have been mounted, with impressions at their sides,

Four British urns and thirty-two specimens of Roman ware have been repaired.

Fifteen glass bottles have been mounted on stands.

Seven panels of glass have been framed for exhibition.

Seven pedestals for antiquities have been made.

Fifty-three iron objects have been boiled in wax to prevent decay.

The registration has been continued, and 1,296 objects registered.

IL.— Acquisitions.

(1.) British and Pre-historic Antiquities.---A series of antiquities discovered in 1875-76
at Porth Dafarch, Holyhead Island, and a glass bead from Holyhead Mountain, described
in “ Archeological Journal,” vol. xxxiii.; presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley.

A fragment of the gold corslet found at Mold, Flintshire, which is now in the British
Museum ; presented by Miss Lewis. A piece of bronze and a fragment of human bone,
found with the corslet at Mold; presented by Mrs. Hughes.

A fine bronze celt, found near Menai Bridge in 1874; presented by Admiral Lord

‘Clarence Paget, R.N.

A necklace of beads, found in a cairn at Crosby Ravensworth, Westmoreland, and a
bronze celt from Cambridgeshire ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A series of antiquities of bronze and other materials, from a crannoge on Lough Cloon-
finlough, Strokestown, county Roscommon, Ireland.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :—

Two stone moulds for casting bronze implements, from the Lake of Bienne, Switzer-
land ; presented by the Rev. William Greenwell, F.R.S.

Antiquities from lake dwellings at Auvernier and Robenhausen, Switzerland ; presented
by Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, R.N.

Celt of fibrolite from Rio Verde, Spain; presented by Richard Inwards, Esq.

Twelve bronze implements from the East, and a bronze spearhead from Wiener
Neustadt, Austria; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Ten plaster casts of pottery vessels found in kitchen middens in Japan, and supposed
to be pre-historic; presented by the University of Tokio, Japan.

(2.) Anglo-Roman.—Small bronze figure, from Ashdown, Berkshire; presented by
T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.8.a.

Three stone roofing tiles, from Fifehead Neville, Dorset; presented by W. W.
Connop, Esq.

Three similar specimens, from the Villa near Brading, Isle of Wight; presented by
the Committee for exploring the Roman Villa at Brading, through F’. G. Hilton Price,
Esq., F.S.A.

Three other roofing tiles, from Mountsorrel, Leicestershire; presented by R. F.
Martin, Esq.

A vase of Samian ware of rare form, and in unusually perfect preservation, found at
Felixstow, Suffolk ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esy.

A silver fibula, with ornament in niello, found at Bath.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c.—A very remarkable Anglo-Saxon knife, inlaid
with silver and niello, and inscribed with the name of the owner, “ Gebereht,’ or
“ Sigebereht,” and of the maker, “ Biorhtelm.” It was found, about 1870, at Sitting-
bourne, Kent, and is described and figured in Archzologia, vol. xliv. p. 331; presented
by Edward Lloyd, Esq.

A number of Anglo-Saxon antiquities, found. at Faversham, Kent, including two
ae bottles, a gold bracteate, formed in imitation of a coin of Justin I., amethyst

eadg, etc.

An ivory seal of very unusual character, found at Wallingford, Berkshire, with a bone
comb and a sharpening stone. The seal is circular, engraved on both faces, the obverse
with a bust armed with a sword ; legend SigILLUM GopWINI MINISTRI ; reverse, a female
figure with a book, legend Sicittum GopeyTHE Monacure Deroparte. It has on
one side a projection, having, in relief, a representation apparently of the Holy Trinity.
This is an important acquisition, as the only two other matrices of Anglo-Saxon seals
known to exist are already in the British Museum. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A carving in ivory of early Norman work, representing two lions combattant, found at
Bildeston, Suffolk. d

An iron sword, with inscription inlaid in silver, found on Canwick Common, Lincoln,
1866 ; two bronze steelyard weights, with shields of arms in relief; and a bronze mortar,
dated 1651; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Seal, formed of an intaglio in jasper, of medieval workmanship, representing a female

0.GU. D2 head,

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head, mounted in gold, on which is the legend CLAUSA SECRETA TEGO; found in Bed-
fordshire. Figured in King’s Engraved Gems, p. 135, and the Archeological Journal,
vol. xxi. p. 335.

Four bronze matrices of seals, found at Oxford, Faversham, and Waltham Abbey ; and
a silver box containing a number of counters, with heads of Charles II. and his Queen,
etc. ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. :

Silver-gilt scissors case, sleeve links, and thimble, all with portraits of Charles II. ;
presented by M. Rohde Hawkins, Esq.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c.—Bronze box and cover in the
form of a bird, found in an ancient Christian catacomb in Calabria; presented by Signor
Alessandro Castellani, of Rome.

Four engraved gems—one early Christian, two Byzantine, and one Italian cinque-
cento.

Base of a brass candlestick of Mosul work, inlaid with arabesque designs in silver.

A chesspiece, a king, carved in walrus ivory, of early work; presented by M. Rohde
Hawkins, Esq.

A wooden figure of St. Francis, and three ivory figures of saints, of Portuguese work ;
presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A flat stone, with ornament engraved in intaglio, probably a mould for Turkish metal
work ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

The specimens forming the Burges Bequest, which belong to this section, will be
noticed separately.

(5.) Glass Collection —Bottle with triple neck, found in Crete.

Five important specimens acquired at the sale of the late M. Disch. of Cologne. They
were chiefly found in that city, and are mostly engraved in the Transactions of the
Rhenish Society of Antiquaries. They consist of the following examples :—An object
in the form of a Roman helmet with coloured details. Fragment of a large bowl with
coloured bosses, on which are early Christian designs in gold, among which are, Adam
and Eve, Jonah, the Three Children, ete. A globular bottle cut to imitate rock crystal,
with a Greek inscription round it. A very fine shallow bowl of purple glass, with moulded
ornaments. <A shallow bowl of greenish glass, with a cross in the centre, with ornament
engraved on the wheel.

Six Roman vessels, of unusual forms, found at Cologne, and two German glasses, all
from the Disch Collection; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A mosque lamp of Arab glass with enamelled flowers, brought from Egypt; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq. i ;

A glass hand-grenade, from Rhodes; presented by Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, R.N.

A bottle, with painted figure of St. Nicholas of Bari; presented by Henry Griffith,
Esq.

Five glass vessels, made to imitate in style the early Pheenician glass, and a section of
glass cane, containing a portrait of Count Cavour; made and presented by the Venice and
Murano Glass and Mosaic Company.

A drinking glass, probably of Flemish make, found in an old house at Bruges ; presented
by W. H. James Weale, Esq.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical.—A. number of terra-cotta medallions, with inscrip-
tions in Pali character, found in the village of Pasgammana, Ceylon; presented by James
Gibson Starke, Esq.

Four Indian bronze groups of Hindu divinities, with inscriptions, believed to be of the
12th century.

Three Arab silver plates, with cabalistic inscriptions, and an Indian dagger, inlaid
with silver; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A tiger trap, from Amoy ; presented by George Brown, Esq.

Specimens obtained during the Basuto war in 1881, from Tsita Village ; presented by
W. T. Damon, Esq., of Cape Town.

Wooden vessel, from Western Australia; presented by Frederick C. Shaw, Esq.

Model of a canoe, from New Hebrides; presented by J. Malcolm Lenox, Esq., of Cicia
Island, Fijian Group.

Stone axehead, found by the donor at Charlevoix, Michigan; presented by John
Nicholls, Esq., of Charlevoix.
3 Ancient Peruvian stone cup, and part of another; presented by Richard Inwards,

Sq.

Ancient Peruvian vase of grey ware; presented by J. A. Simson, Esq.

Stone “metatl” and roller, stone collar, and fragment of sculpture, from Copan, Hon-
duras, Central America; presented by Osbert Salvin, Esq.

Stone seat, from Guayaquil, Ecuador ; presented by James Lloyd Ashbury, Esq.

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III.-~ Burges Bequest.

The late William Burges, Esq., A.R.A., who died in April, 1881, by his will bequeathed
to the British Museum such specimens of the antiquities in his possession as the authorities
of that Museum wight wish to select.

This selection has been made, and includes a number of objects of great value to the
Museum, and chiefly of a class ill-represented.

Among the miscellaneous objects may be noticed a Roman glass bottle with a gold rim;
two Byzantine gold earrings, one of them with enamelled birds; a crystal spoon set in
silver gilt; a cinque-cento ring enamelled; six tablets carved in ivory, chiefly of the 14th
century; five caskets of early date, one of them Italian, carved in bone with the history
of Jason; four specimens of Saracenic metal work, two of them writing boxes of the 14th
century, inlaid with gold and silver; and a Chinese bronze stand, also inlaid with gold and
silver.

The most extensive portion of the bequest consists of armour, and especially of helmets.
The series of European helmets selected is twenty in number, commencing with a bascinet of
the middle of the 14th century; and several of them formed part of the Meyrick collection.
Among other examples of armour may be noticed a half suit believed to have belonged to
aking of Poland, andahalf suit of scale armour; two very fine engraved breastplates, and
specimens of the secret armour known as Jazerine and Brigandine. In the Oriental sec-
tion are some fine helmets ; a shirt of mail with passages from the Koran; some curious
Tatar helmets and gauntlets; and an old Japanese suit.

The whole number of specimens comprised in Mr. Burges’ bequest is one hundred and
seventy. The helmets formed part of an exhibition at the Royal Archeological Institute
in June, 1880, aud are described with the rest of that exhibition by the Baron de Cosson
and the late Mr. Burges in the Archeological Journal.

IV.—Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection, which
remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster.

One hundred and thirty-two additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, with sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trnstees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees! of the British Museum.

1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe-—A drift implement of quartzite from Broom, in
the Valley of the Axe, from Sir Joseph D. Hooker, c.z.

Neolithic implement of fibrolite from La Roche Arnault, near Le Puy, Haute Loire,
France, from the Rev. Edward Méchin, s.s.

2. Ethnography of Africa.—A_ small collection of specimens chiefly from the Betsileo
country, Madagascar, from A. W. Franks, Esq.

3. Ethnography of Asia.—A series of weapons, articles of dress, etc., obtained by the
donor during a residence in the Andaman Islands; from Maurice V. Portman, Esq.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia.—An ulematé (wig), from Viti Levu,
Fijian Group, and a hat from New Britain; from the Baron Anatole von Hiigel.

A series of articles from the Western Pacific, obtained from the Godeffroy Museum,
Hamburg, and presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America.—Stone axe found near Stapleton, Staten
Island; from Richard B. Prosser, Esq.

Maté cup formed of an engraved gourd, discovered at Cuzco, Peru, in 1843, with other
remains, by Don José Maria Condé, Governor of Pasco. This remarkable object has on
it ancient Peruvian designs representing natives hunting monkeys. From the Director
of the Royal Gardens, Kew. ;

A further collection of objects from British Guiana, including a very large earthenware
vessel; from Everard F. im Thurn, Esq.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal, a
collection of ancient Mexican pottery ; ethnographical objects from New Ireland ; and
several stone implements and two ancient boomerangs from Hgypt, which latter are of
great interest for comparison with modern weapons of the same kind from other places.

The Christy Collection remains open on Fridays, by means of tickets, to be obtained at
the British Museum. During the past year there have been 558 visitors.

Augustus W. Franks.

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DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS.

I.— Arrangement.
l. Greek Series :—

213 coins of various parts of the Greek world, lately acquired, have been registered,
and 208 incorporated. .

259 coins from the Bank Collection, of Thrace, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Cilicia, Lydia, and
Phrygia, have been incorporated.

481 cards have been written giving references to the published Guide to the principal
gold and silver coins of the Ancients, and placed under the respective coins to which they
appertain.

The coins of Beotia and Eubcea have been weighed and arranged in chronological
order with a view to cataloguing. The coins of Crete have been arranged under periods,
A list, with weights, of the ancient silver coins of Spain has been drawn up.

2. Roman Series :-—

53 coins, lately acquired, have been registered, and 57 coins have been incorporated.

The coins of the late and uncertain Mints of the Imperial series have been transferred
to a fresh cabinet, and new heading-cards have been written.

Rectifications have been made in the Oscan series, in accordance with the most recent
authorities.

66 tickets, giving references to the Catalogue of Roman Medallions, have been
written and placed under the specimens.

3. English Series :—
159 coins, medals, and tokens, chiefly acquired during the year, have been registered,
and 158 incorporated.
192 coins and medals from the Bank Collection have been registered, and 430
incorporated.
661 coins, tokens, and tickets, from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered.

The English tickets from the Freudenthal Collection have been removed to a fresh
cabinet.

4. Medieval and Modern Series a

172 coins, acquired during the years 1880 and 1881, have been registered, and 117
have been incorporated.

61 coins and medals from the Bank Collection have been registered, and 908 have been
incorporated. |

245 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered.

875 duplicates, of metal value only, have been sold.

The following series have been revised and in part re-arranged :—Germany (small coins),
France, Belgium, Netherlands.

93 electrotypes of Italian medals in lead, have been numbered to correspond with the
Guide to Itahan Medals.

5. Oriental Series :—

945 coins, acquired during the past and previous years, have been registered and 1,394
have been incorporated.

The Turkish and Persian series have been arranged, previous to cataloguing, and the
arrangement of the coins of the Pathan Kings of Delhi has been revised.

The following seri¢s have been transferred to more suitable cabinets, and fresh labels

and heading-cards have been written where necessary :—’Abbasees (copper), Amawees of
Spain, Seljaks of Persia, Fatimees, Ayyoobees, Moguls of Persia, Murabits, Muwahhids,

Benee Hafs, Benee Mereen, Benee Ziyan, Shereefs of Morocco, Persian (copper). a)
The uncertain and duplicate coins contained in cabinets i—v. and vii. of the Oriental

Series have been arranged and transferred to separate cabinets. The specimens not
represented in the Museum have been marked in the catalogue of the Siouffi Collection.

The Tamba and Gardner Collections of Japanese and Chinese coins have been

examined.

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!

Ti.— Acquisitions, 1881.

Gold Lead
Class. and Silver. Copper. | Billon. and White Glass. ToraL.
Electrum. Metal.

Greek - - - - 20 126 50 2 - 1 199
Roman - - - 4 Ms 2 st s 6 12
English Ne - 3 25 60 4 65 - 157
Medieval and Modern - 6 116 66 1 11 - 200
Oriental - - - 91 91 60 - - 39 281

ToraL - - - 124 358 238 7 76 46 849

Remarkable Coins and Medals.
1. Greek Series;—

(Purchased).

A didrachm of Heraclea in Lucania, with the head of Athene, inscribed AOGANAZ.
Two staters of Patraiis, King of Paeonia, apparently bearing the portrait of the king.
Nineteen silver coins of Cos, selected from a find, and a fine stater of Marium in Cyprus.
Ten gold coins of Cyrene, selected from a find, and very rare drachms of Barca and

Euesperis.
An early electrum stater of Lydia; in the incuses on the reverse, a fox and a stag’s

head.

Five Persian double-Darics, with various Greek letters in the field.

Gold coins of Antiochus I. and IL., Kings of Syria, bearing as type a horned horse’s
head, and a gold coin of Antiochus II., with portrait of Diodotus, King of Bactria. Also
a silver tetradrachm of the joint reign of Seleucus I. and Antiochus I.

Three Bactrian coins in nickel, one of Pantaleon, and two of Agathocles.

A drachm of Goterzes, King of Parthia, inscribed with his name, and the title “ Son of

Artabanus.” :
A silver coin of Malchus I., Nabathaean king. This is supposed to be unique, and is
the earliest coi of the Nabathaean series.

(Presented).

A silver tetradrachm, the first published, struck by Andragoras, a Greek Satrap of
Parthia, during the period B. c. 320-250 (Numismatic Chronicle tor 1881, p. 8). Presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

2. Roman Series :—
(Purchased).

A copper denarius of the Emperor Allectus, with the reverse inscription, PAX
AVGGG. This piece forms a connecting link between the class of coins issued in his
own name and that of the associated Emperors—Diocletian, Maximian, and Carausius.

(Presented).

A rare denarius of Claudius Gothicus, with reverse type Fortuna, struck at Siscia; and
a second brass of Volusian, with reverse type Military standards, struck at Antioch.
Presented by Major A. Markl.

3. English Series :—
(Purchased).
A shilling of Philip and Mary, without date or mark of value. (From the Young sale).

(Presented).

An interesting series of 64 Scottish sacramental tokens. Presented by R. W. Cochran-
Patrick, Esq., M.P.

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4. Medieval and Modern Series :—
(Purchased).

Several interesting Italian medals, including a fine medal of Federigo, Duke of Monte-
feltro; a medal of Giovanni da Tavelli, by Marescotto ; Caracalla, by Giovanni Boldu ;
Hippolita Gonzaga, by Lione Lioni; Sigismund, King of Poland, by Domenico Veneziano.

5. Oriental Series :—
(Purchased).

Two very important coms of Arab governors, struck in Taberistan.

A series of rare silver coins of the Amawees.

A coin of the ’Alawee El-Hasan, s.H. 306.

A series of gold coins of the ’Abbasees, and a silver coin of E] Muntasir not previously
represented by any coin in the collection. 7

A silver five dirhem piece of the ’Abbasee Khaleefeh Er-Radee, of an entirely new
denomination.

2 rare gold coins of the Benee ’Abbad of Spain.

7 rare deenars of the Samdanees.

3 of the buweyhees, one most remarkable in type.

2 coins of the Ayyoobees of Southern Arabia.

A very important series of gold coins of the Moorish dynasties of Africa, of denomina-
tions for the most part previously unknown.

A silver coin of Nadir Shah struck at Delhi, a.w. 1152.

The coinage of the recent Ameers of Afghanistan, Afzul Khan, ’Azim, Shér ’Alee,
Yaakoob and Abd-er-Rahman.

Coins of Yarkand since the Chinese conquest.

A series of coins of the Kings of Ghaznee.

(Presented).

3 silver and 8 copper coins of the Sunga dynasty, with pamphlets describing them.
From H. Rivett Carnac, Esq., C.1.E.

2 gold and 1 copper Singalese coins. Presented by the Sub-Committee of Supervision
of the Museum at Colombo, Ceylon.

III.— Catalogues.

1. Greek Series :—

A part of the Catalogue of the coins of the Ptolemies (sigs. B—L) has been sent to
press.

A Catalogue of the coins of Thessaly, Epirus, Corcyra, Acarnania, and ®tolia, is
finished and ready for press.

A second edition of the illustrated Guide to the principal Gold and Silver Coins of the
Ancients has been published in successive issues, of which the first four have been sold.

2 and 3. English, Medieval, and Modern Series :—

Illustrated Guides to the English and Italian medals exhibited in the King’s Library
have been published.

4. Oriental Series :—

Of the Catalogue of Oriental coins, Vol. VI., containing the coins of the Mongols, has
been published. Vol. VII., with the exception of the indexes, has been sent to press,
and Vol. VIII. is in course of preparation.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during 1881 was 1,869.

The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1881 was 28,168.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

DEPARTMENTS OF NATURAL HISTORY.

In the past year an addition of 88,098 specimens has been made to the Natural History,
of which 49,002 have been received in the Department of Zoology, 1,926 in that of
Geology, 720 in that of Mineralogy, and 36,450 in that of Botany.

All the specimens in these Departments are in a state of preservation.

Of the Printed Catalogues of ‘‘ Zoology,” issued during the year 1881, the titles are
specified in the ‘‘ Report ” from the Keeper. In this Department the labours of conserva-
tion and determination of specimens and species for registration and description have kept
pace with the accessory works connected with the impending removal of the specimens to

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the British Museum of Natural History, Cromwell Road. Those relating to the redistri-
bution of the unmounted skins of Birds, now in the store-drawers and boxes, have shown the
good condition of these valuable and very numerous specimens, and their fitness for package
and removal to adequate localities for exhibition and study. Nevertheless, opportunities of
adding new and instructive specimens to the Zoological Series have not been pretermitted ;
and as much space, as was compatible with ingress and egress of visitors, has been acquired,
by altered arrangements and dispositions of cases, so as to exhibit many of the rarest and
most attractive acquisitions in the Galleries still open to the public at Bloomsbury.

Of such additions to the Zoology the greatest number and the most important in
instructiveness and attractive in beauty, through experience in selection, and by previous
determinations and descriptions of the specimens, are those of the Birds acquired by the
purchase of the Gould-Collections after the decease of the accomplished Founder.

They include the types of most of those described in the published works of John
Gould, r.z.s. The well-known collection of stuffed and mounted Humming-Birds is
exhibited in the Avian-conchological Gallery of the British Museum, and is a source of
instruction and gratification to all classes of the visitors.

A valuable element in the scientific study of the Avian class is the Collection of the
Skeletons of Birds, prepared by the late Thos. C. Eyton, Esq., F.x.s., including the
subjects of his classical work entitled “ Osteologia Avium.”

Impediments to the progress of the Catalogues of certain portions of the Zoology,
through present inadequacy of the staff, and a loss, by death, of one very competent
assistant, are detailed in the Report from the Department.

With other labours therein has been continued that of selecting and setting apart
* Duplicate Specimens,” available for exchange and suitable for distribution to other
National and Provincial Museums.

The entire Collections of the Department of Geology are now received in the Museum
of Natural History, Cromwell Road; the location and arrangement of the major part
of these Collections have been carried out, and are detailed in the “ Report” of the
Keeper.

The advantages of the increase of the Exhibition-space are signally manifested by what
is now presented to the gaze of visitors, in orderly and natural groupings, of the forms
and characters of extinct species of ancient worlds, as contrasted with the unavoidably
limited and disjointed show compelled by the single Gallery, allotted to Geology and Mine-
ralogy conjointly,in the former lucality. Notably is the value of room for display exemplified
in its application to minor Collections, in both the Geological and Mineralogical Galleries,
bearing the names of the Collectors, and including the specimens described and figured
by them, and exemplifying the grounds on which the related branches of science have
thereby made growth. Such are: the “ William Smith-Collection,” including the original
fossils with which the “ Father of British Geology” connected their determination as being
characteristic of particular British strata; the ‘“‘ Gilbertson-Collection of Carboniferous
Fossils,” including the originals or types described and figured in the late Professor
Phillips’s “ Geology of Yorkshire”; the “ Edwaras-Collection of Fossils of British
Kocene Strata,” including the “ Type-specimens ” described and figured by the Collector
in “ Monographs” issued by the Palwontographical Society (Cephalopoda and Gastro-
poda) ; together with the Fossil Bivalves, in the same Collection, described and figured
by Mr. Searles Wood, r.c.s., in “ Monographs,” issued by the same Society.

Such Collections, which had been acquired in past years, but which had remained,
through lack of space, unexhibited and imperfectly available, can now be reported as of
public utility.

The same gratifying statement is applicable to the Department of Mineralogy. The
name of Sir William Hamilton is held in grateful esteem by literary and scientific
workers for the advantage he untiringly took, during his diplomatic residence at Naples,
not only of rare antiquities, but of the Cosmic Phenomena characteristic of that country,
especially the volcanic. Contiguous to Vesuvius is the volcano which had become
extinct before the historical period. The ancient or pre-historic igneous rocks from
Monte Somma promised objects of peculiar interest. Of these Sir William, by both
personal exertions and purse, acquired a large and instructive collection, which he
presented to the British Museum. ‘The limited exhibition-space allotted to the
“Mineralogy ” in the Geological Gallery of the British Museum, compelled the
keeping of this Collection ‘‘in store”; it is now arranged and exhibited in a wall-case
of the terminal Pavilion of the Gallery of Mineralogy at Cromwell Road.

Further details of the application of this ample and well-lit space are given in the
Report from the Department.

The Botanical Collections have been received in the Museum, Cromwell-road; and
are now in process of arrangement for exhibition.

Richard Owen.

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I.— Arrangement.

The additions to the Collections of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes have been
entered into the printed Catalogues as soon as they had been examined and named.

The examination of the exhibited series of Carnivora and Insectivora has been com-
pleted; it was undertaken chiefly with the object of withdrawing from the public galleries
deteriorated examples, and of replacing them when possible from specimens which are kept
as skins in the study series. The progress of this work has been much accelerated by the
- permanent addition of a taxidermist to the staff of the Department. The exhibited series
of Rodentia is subjected now to a similar examination.

In consequence of large additions having been made during the years 1879 and 1881
to the collection of Bird-skins, special attention has had to be given to the re-arrange-
ment of those families which received the most numerous accessions, as, for instance,
the Pigeons, Gallinacee, Waders, and Swimming-birds. These families have been re-
distributed in the store-boxes and, as far as the genera are concerned, re-arranged ; they
are readily accessible for study, until the specimens can be placed in the cabinets prepared
for their reception at South Kensington. The final re-arrangement of the Passerine
Birds, which was commenced in the year 1876, keeps pace with the progress of the
‘Catalogue of Birds.” |

The collection of Reptiles, the steady and rapid increase of which is in proportion to
the numerous discoveries made since the publication of the various “ Catalogues” in the
years 1854, 1849, 1858 and 1870, requires a thorough systematic re-arrangement. This
work was commenced by Mr. O'Shaughnessy, an assistant who had prepared himself for
it by many years’ study, but who unfortunately died at the beginning of last year, leaving
a vacancy for which no qualified successor has as yet been found.

The Batrachians have been thoroughly re-arranged and re-examined ; this class offers
a striking instance of the progress of zoological science and a corresponding increase of
the collection. The first edition of the ‘‘ Catalogue of tail-less Batrachians” was published
in 1858, and showed that the collection in the British Museum contained 214 species,
represented by 1,691 examples; while in the second edition, prepared by M. Boulenger
last year, no less than 522 species are described, and 4,692 examples enumerated.

The continuation of the systematic list of all the species of Fishes described since the
publication of the “ Catalogue of Fishes,” has been likewise interrupted by Mr. O’Shaugh-
nessy’s death. The cessation of this work seriously interferes with the determination of
new accessions to the collection.

Of Mollusca, only a few small groups which had received some remarkable accessions
have been re-arranged; for instance, the genus As/arte, of which a complete monograph
has been prepared and published in the “ Journal of Conchology,” Vol. III.

The spirit-collection of Edriophthalmous Crustaceans, which had been kept in a
store-room, was removed to a more accessible locality and re-arranged. All the species
of the family of Jdoteide were determined and described, in connection with which work
an acknowledgment is due to Professor Milne-Edwards, who sent to the British Museum
all the types in the Paris Museum, for comparison.

The “ Challenger” collections of Ostracods and Pyenogonids (the former mostly
microscopic preparations) were examined and csmpared with the published reports, and
arranged with the general collection.

Numerous as the accessions were to the collection of Coleoptera during last year, they
consisted chiefly of specimens named by specialists like Messrs. J. S. Baly and F. Bates.
Therefore the work of determining the specimens was thus saved to the coleopterist of
the Department, but the mere labour of arranging and incorporating more than 13,000
specimens, and eliminating duplicates, is more than could possibly be accomplished by the
only Assistant to whom the charge of Coleoptera is assigned. Besides describing a
number of new species (thus preserving the typical specimens to the Museum) he re-
arranged a’ part of the Central American Buprestide, of which an account is published in
Godman and Salvin’s “ Biologia Centrali- Americana,” as also a series of Hispide from
Ecuador and the Cetoniide acquired from the late Edwin Brown’s collection.

The arrangement of the Hymenoptera has made fair progress; the families Tenthredinide
and Siricide have been completed, and the Cynipide, Evaniide and Chalcidide taken
in hand.

No progress has been made in the arrangement of the Dipterous, Neuropterous,
Orthopterous and Homopterous orders of Insects.

Of Lepidoptera, the moths of the family Catocalide have been re-arranged. Also
important faunistic acquisitions, to be mentioned subsequently, have received due atten-
tion, and,.on the whole, not less than 391 types have been added by description to the
collection.

A commencement has been made of a carefully named reference collection of British
Hemiptera Heteroptera, to be exhibited in the New Building. It is hoped that students
of Entomology will be induced thereby to engage in the study of these Insects, which
is unduly neglected for other branches generally considered more attractive. Numerous
specimens have already been collected by the staff of the department and by visitors.

Owing to the comparatively small number of additions to the collection of Echinoderms,

special attention could be paid to perfecting the arrangement of the old collection: the
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spirit specimens of Ophiurids were named and arranged in accordance with Mr. Lyman’s
system; the naming of the specimens of the British collection was revised; with very
few exceptions all the new additions were named, and, together with the “ Challenger ”
specimens of Hchinoids, incorporated in the general collection.

Dr. L. Orley, of Buda-Pesth, spent several months in the examination of the collection
of Nematoid worms in the Museum; he gratuitously re-arranged them, described the
new species, and prepared a manuscript list of the specimens in the Museum.

The greater part of the time of the assistant in charge of the collection of Corals and
Sponges was devoted to the re-arrangement of specimens acquired in previous years, and
to the elimination of duplicates. A detailed examination has been made of the Melithxid
Alcyonarians ; microscopic preparations of the majority of the specimens have been
made, and a revision of the group, with description, of the new species, prepared for
publication. The “Challenger” specimens of the Deep-sea Madreporaria and Stylasteride,
and of the Pennatulide or Sea-Pens, have been carefully compared with the published
“Reports,” and incorporated in the general collection. The labelling of the Bower-
bankian collection of microscopic slides of British and Foreign Sponges has been completed,
and the whole systematically arranged. Also the arrangement of the dry sponges from
the same collection has been proceeded with.

Finally, the whole collection of microscopic preparations has been classified and
labelled. It includes all groups of animals, from the Mammalia downwards, and
numbers 3,500 slides, exclusive of more than 2,200 sponge-slides.

I1.—Duplicates.

All specimens which during the work of arranging the collections are found to be
duplicates, are set aside, either for purposes of exchange, or for distribution to the
Museums of Edinburgh and Dublin, or provincial Museums in the United Kingdom, or
Colonial Institutions. In the course of the past year 18,336 specimens (viz., 166
Mammalia, 1,551 Birds, 197 Reptiles and Fishes in spirit, 3,597 Shells, 103 Crustaceans,
12,489 Insects (chiefly Coleoptera), 62 Echinoderms, 36 Corals, and 125 Sponges) have
been thus distributed among seven institutions, viz., the Free Library and Museum of
Liverpool, the Kelvingrove Museum at Glasgow, the Free Library and Museum of
Derby, the Museums of Newcastle and Belfast, the London University (for purposes
of examination), and the South African Museum at Cape Town. Applications from other
institutions, which have been received in tke course of the year, will be attended to as
soon as a sufficient number of duplicates have been accumulated, and whenever the staff
on whom this additional duty devolves can be spared from more urgent work.

1II.— Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been issued during the year 1881 :—

_ 1. “Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum,” Vol. V. Twurdide (Warblers
and Thrushes). By H. Seebohm, 8vo. (pp. 426, with 18 coloured plates).

2. “Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum,” Vol. VI. Timaliide. By R.
Bowdler Sharpe, 8vo. (pp. 420, with 18 coloured plates).

3. “Illustrations of typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection
ae British Museum,” Part V. By Arthur G. Butler, 4to. (pp. 71, with 23 coloured
plates ).

4, “ A Guide to the Gould Collection of Humming Birds,” illustrated with woodcuts,
and a map showing the geographical distribution.

The seventh, eighth, and ninth volumes of the “ Catalogue of Birds” are in course of
preparation ; and a second edition of the “Catalogue of Batrachia salientia,” and the
first volume of a general catalogue of Hymenoptera, are in the press.

Manuscript lists have also been prepared of the specimens of Insectivorous Mammals,
by Mr. O. Thomas; of the Crinoids, by Prof. F. J. Bell, and of the Nematoid worms,

by Dr. Orley.

Reports on collections recently received, with descriptions of the new species, were
prepared in connection with the work of arrangement, and published in various scientific
journals. Two were prepared jointly by the staff of the Department, viz. :—“ A Report
on the Zoological Collections made during the Survey of H.M.S§. ‘Alert’ in the Straits of
Magellan and on the coast of Patagonia (P.Z.S. 1881, pp. 140, with 11 plates); and “A
Report on a Collection made by Staff-Surgeon Conry in Ascension Island” (Ann. & Mag.
Nat. Hist. 1881, pp. 11). Of other reports on recent accessions the following only need
be mentioned: —* Notes on the Species of Rhynchocyon and Petrodromus” (sent by
Sir J. Kirk); “ The Amphisbenians and Ophidians collected by Prof. J. B. Balfour in
Socotra ”—by Dr. Giinther; ‘‘ Report on a collection of Lizards made by Mr. Buckley in
Ecuador ”—by the late Mr. A. O’Shaughnessy ; ‘On the Lizards of the genera Lacerta
and Acanthodactylus”—by M. G. A. Boulenger; “On the Indian Species of the genus
Mus”—by Mr. O. Thomas; “On a collection of Shells from Lakes Tanganyika and
Nyassa” (sent by the Rey. E. Coode Hore, Sir J. Kirk, and Mr. J. Thomson)—by

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Mr. E. A. Smith; “On the Crustaceans from Franz-Joseph’s land, collected by
B. Leigh Smith, Esq.;” “The Crustacea collected by Capt. A. H. Markham in the
Polar Seas ;” ‘On a collection of Crustacea made by Baron Maltzan in Senegambia;”’
“A Revision of the Idoteide”—by Mr. E. J. Miers; “ Descriptions of the Coleopterous
Insects belonging to the families Hispede and Lamellicornia collected by Mr. Buckley in
HKeuador”—by Mr, C. O. Waterhouse ; “Report on the Lepidoptera received from
Japan;” “On a collection of Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands;” ‘On the
Geometrites of the River Amazons ”—by Mr. A. G. Butler; “‘On the species of the genus
Asterias”—by Prof. ¥. J. Bell; “On the Polyzoa, Celenterata and Sponges of Franz-
Joseph’s Land ;” “On the genus Plocamia”’—by Mr. S. O. Ridley.

1V.— Conservation.

The following specimens have been mounted for exhibition :—

The Antelopes acquired from the African traveller, Mr. F. C. Selous; a specimen of
the lately discovered Nanotragus kirhki; a Budorcas bull; a Himalayan Ibex; a speci-
men of the White Rocky Mountain Goat (Mazama americana); a fine example of the
four-horned sheep of India; two wild Reindeer (male and female), and a white variety of
the domestic breed ; specimens of Cervus macrotis (male and female) from Montana, Cervus
chilensis from Chili, and Cervus kopschi from Formosa ; two specimens of Beccari’s Casso-
wary from the ‘‘ Challenger ” Hxpedition; three Sharks from Mauritius and Karachi
(Carcharias and Notidanus), and two Salmon. Further, skeletons of the Bornean
fresh-water Turtle (Pelochelys cuntoris) and of the Matamata ( Chelys fimbriata); of the
Sea-devil (Lophius piscatorius).

A large number of mounted specimens of the smaller Carnivora and Rodentia, and of
the stuffed birds of the former India Museum, have been withdrawn from exhibition and
placed as skins in the study series.

Of the numerous skeletons which were prepared for the study series, but not mounted,
those of the Wild Fallow-deer and of the Leopard of Asia Minor may be mentioned.

Owing to the excessive dryness of the atmosphere during the great cold in February,
the skin of the large Shark (Selache maxima) shrunk so much as_ to crack in several places.
The rents were mended, and precautionary measures taken to preserve this specimen,
one of the most striking objects in the collection, from further injury from a similar cause.

The systematic transference of the skins of Passerine Birds into the cabinets which will
be used in the Bird-Rvom of the New Museum (as described in the Reports of preceding
years) has been continued.

The exhibited part of the Gould Collection of Humming Birds, consisting of 66 cases,
has been placed on four-legsed mahogany tables, the pedestals on which they were placed
by their former possessor being too unsafe for use in a gallery open to the public.

Further progress has been made in the formation of a series of groups of British Birds,
illustrative of their nesting habits. ‘Ihe following have been added :—Chafiinch, Tree-
creeper, Sparrow-hawk (two groups), end Reed-warbler.

The work of renewing the spirits in the bottles containing wet preparations has been
continued whenever time could be spared for it; thus the bottles containing Batrachians,
those of two wall-cases of Fishes and of a part of the Echinoderms and Nematoids, were
filled with fresh spirit. Also the whole of the “ Challenger” and “Alert” collections
received during the year, which almost entirely consist of spirit-preparations, were placed
in separate bottles and labelled.

The store-boxes, in which a part of the bird-skins are arranged, were provided with
camphor; and the methodical re-camphoring of the Insect-cabinets is still in progress.

Of the Sponge and Coral collections, the most instructive and remarkable specimens
have been put aside for mounting and exhibition in the New Building. The other dry
sponges of the Bowerbankian and Johnstonian collections, as well as the more fragile and
valuable specimens of the Alcyonarian Coelenterata, have been placed in glass-top boxes.

The collection of microscopic slides has been arranged in 111 suitable mahogany
cabinets.

V.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the past year have been marked with the date of
their acquisition, and a separate number corresponding with an entry in the manuscript
register of accessions; in this, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact
locality in which the specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any
other valuable information regarding them, are entered.

Vi.— Departmental Library.

A small number of works, not exceeding 1,500, had been gradualiy acquired for the
special use of the Department, partly by purchase from the annual grant (25 /.), partly by
donations, and partly by exchange for the zoological publications of the Museum. An alpha-
betical manuscript catalogue of these works has been kept for many years, and was printed
last year chiefly with the view of serving as a basis and guide in making such additions to
the Zoological Library as the sum granted by Parliament for the formation of a Natural

History

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History Library will allow, and of preventing the acquisition of duplicates for the General
Natural History Library. Out of the first instalment granted last year for this purpose
182 zoological works, consisting of 377 volumes, were purchased, the majority of which
are of recent date, and none of an earlier date than 1820.

¢
VII.— Acquisitions,
During the last year 49,602 specimens have been added to the several parts of the

collection :—
Vertebrata - - - - - 17,901

Mollusca - - - - - 957
Annulosa - - - - - 29,446
’ Radiata (and Vermes) - - 111,298
ToTaAL - - - 49,602, as compared with
24,283 in the year 1880.
45,881 bs 1879.

20,960 ie 1878.
24,184 Raul arts
24,685 ee 18 YG.
Be M07 1 ).s 1875.
2069905) ak)’. 1874s
10,644 Bd 1873
7,024 Py 1872.
The marked excess of the number of last year’s additions above the average of the nine
preceding years is due chiefly to the acquisition of the Gould Collection of Birds and of
three large collections of Coleoptera and Hymenoptera.

The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. The collection of birds formed by the late John Gould. It consists of 12,395
specimens, and contains most of the objects described and figured in his various great
works on birds. Of special importance in this acquisition is the series of Humming-birds,
which consists of 5,378 specimens; partly preserved as skins, partly mounted and grouped in
the cases in which they were shown to the public during the year of the first International
Exhibition in 1851. They were the favourites of their former owner, and brought together
by forty years’ careful collecting, regardless of expense. Of the other families, the
Trogons and Toucans of South America, and the Pittas of Asia and Australasia, are
represented by perhaps unrivalled series. The price paid for the entire collection
was 3,000 J.

2. A selection from the ornithological collection of the late T. C. Eyton, Esq., including
71 types of species described by him, and 108 skeletons, of which the majority were figured
by him in his work “ Osteologia Avium.”

3. Messrs. F. DuCane Godman, F.R.s., and O. Salvin, r.R.s., have again made a most
valuable donation by transferring to the British Museum their beautiful collection of
Australian birds, 1,391 in number, and very fully representing the avifauna of the
Australian Continent.

4. Dr. Coppinger, surgeon of H.M. surveying ship “ Alert,” has continued to collect
during the progress of the survey in the Pacific, and on the coasts of Australia. He
‘despatched last year a third and most valuable consignment, comprising animals of all
classes, but chiefly marine invertebrates, to the Lords of the Admiralty, by whom it was
presented to the Trustees of the British Museum. The contents will be subsequently
enumerated under the several classes of animals.

5. The Smithsonian Institution has presented a most valuable set of 341 marine fishes
from the Pacific Coast of North America, where, at present, some members of the United
States Commission on Fish and Fisheries are engaged in exploring the Fauna.

6. A complete set of the animals collected by Professor J. B. Balfour in Socotra, and
containing types of the many new species discovered in that island; presented by the
Socotra Committee of the British Association.

7. From the “Challenger” collections have been received :—

(a.) A supplementary series of 87 specimens of the Ostracoda, completing the set
deposited in the British Museum.

(d.) A complete set of 197 specimens of the Pycnogonida.

(c.) The set of types of Echinoidea, 250 in number ; this series does not yet contain all
the species described by the Reporter.

8. A portion of the celebrated collection of Phytophagous Beetles formed by J. S.

Baly, Esq., M.B.; this is the second instalment acquired by purchase, and contains 4,202

specimens, with numerous types of the species described by Mr. Baly and others.
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9. A portion of the celebrated collection of Heteromerous Beetles formed by F.
Bates, Esq. ; this is the first instalment acquired by purchase, containing 8,602 specimens
of Old World species, with numerous types described by the former owner and other
entomologists.

10. The first half of a collection of Continental Hymenoptera, formed by Hr. Buchecker;
it consists of 7,898 named specimens, many of which will probably become available for
exchange or distribution to other museums; purchased.

11. The first half of the unrivalled collection of North American Lepidoptera Heterocera
formed by Mr. A. R. Grote ; it consists of 3,247 carefully named and selected specimens,
a great number of which are types. As tke British Museum was previously singularly
poor in this part of the North American Fauna, the purchase of this collection was of the
greatest importance, especially for the determination of European and North Asiatic types.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class have been 252 in number ; the most noteworthy
are the following :—

The skull of an ancient Britain found in a tumulus on Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire
coast ; presented by Mr. W. Wilhams, of St. David’s.

Nine human skulls, collected by Dr. Coppinger, in islands of the South Pacific. Several
of these interesting objects present an ethnographical as well as anthropological interest,
having been obtained with the ornamentations and in the original style of preservation
used by the natives in the preparation of such relics of their friends or enemies.

A Chamois from the Tyrol; presented by H.I. and R. Highness the Crown Prince,
Archduke Rudolf of Austria.

A pair of wild reindeer from Norway ; presented by W. J. Ingram, Esq.

A collection of 23 mammals from Gilgit, N. Cashmere; collected and presented by Dr.
J. Scully, by whom an account of them has been published in the “ Annals and Magazine
of Natural History.” It includes two typical specimens of a species new to science
(Arviccla blanfordi), and one of another species new to the Museum collection.

Twelve Mammalia from Kandahar; collected and presented by Lieut.-Col. Charles
Swinhoe. This collection has been described by Dr. J. Scully. in the “ Annals and
Magazine of Natural History,” and contains two species new to the collection, one of
them ( Gerbillus swinhoei) being new to science. _

A series of 22 Rats and Mice from India; including typical specimens of four
species new to the Museum Collection (Mus yunnanensis, sladeni, andamanensis and
concolor); presented by the Trustees of the Calcutta Museum.

One of the types of a new Indian Vole (Arvicola wynnei, Blanf.); presented and
collected by W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.R.s.

A valuable collection of antelopes’ skins and horns from the Upper Zambesi, consisting
of 14 specimens; of which two have been presented by, and the others purchased of, the
collector, Mr. F. C. Selous, who has written a paper in the “ Proceedings of the
Zoological Society,” on this collection.

Eleven Bats and four other Mammalia from Central America, most of them being
from the little-known Tres Marias Islands; presented by Messrs. F. Du Cane Godman
and O. Salvin.

Twenty-eight Mammalia, mostly Rodents, from North Peru; presented by Prof, L.
Taczanowski, of Warsaw. This series contained five species new to the collection; two
of them (Hesperomys spinosus and H. taczanowskii) beg new to science. An account
of this collection, with descriptions of the new species, is in course of publication.

The skull of a rare Dolphin from Chili (Lutropia dichei, Gr.); presented by T.
Edmonds, Esq. ;

A series of 28 Bats from Pernambuco; collected and presented by W. A. Forbes, Esg-

Birds.—The total number of acquisitions amounts to 16,309 specimens. Two hundred
and twenty species were entirely new to the Museum, and the typical specimens reached
the number of 265. Besides some already mentioned, the following acquisitions deserve
to be referred to specially :—

Fifty-six specimens of well-mounted British Birds from the collection of the late
Charles Coningham, Esq.; presented by Mrs. Coningham.°

A Greenland Falcon (Hierofaleo candicans), killed on the 1st of November, 1877. at
The Warren, Lough Foyle; presented by J. E. Harting, Esq., P.L.s.

Fifty-six Thrushes and Warblers; presented by Henry Seebohm, Esq., F.1.s.

One of the typical specimens of Sylvia deserticola (Tristram); presented by the Rev.
Canon Tristram, £.R.8. (Figured in the “ Catalogue of Birds,” Vol. V., pl. iii.).

A fine series of Birds from Candahar, numbering 341 specimens; presented by
Lieut.-Col. Charles Swinhoe. °

A series of a rare species of Wren (Anorthura neglecta); collected by Major J.
Biddulph.

A fine series of Chats (Sazxicola morio and S. picata), numbering 194 specimens;
presented by Major J. Biddulph.

One hundred and twenty-three Birds from Nepal and Gilgit; presented by Dr. J.
Scully, F.z.s.

A series of 44 Timaliine Birds from various parts of India; as well as a series of 99
Wading Birds and 11 Swimming Birds from Gilgit; collected by Major J. Biddulph.

Eighty-five

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Eighty-five specimens of Birds from Peshawur and North-western India; presented by
Lieut.-Col. Way.

Three hundred and ten Birds from Malacca and Oude, chiefly Game-birds and Wild-
fowl; presented by Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill, completing the fine set of Indian Birds
presented by him a few years ago.

Four birds collected in South-eastern New Guinea by Mr. Charles Hunstein, including
a pair of a very rare species of Bird of Paradise (Diphyl/odes chrysoptera), the exact
habitat of which was before unknown: purchased.

Ninety-seven Birds collected in New Britain and Duke of York Island by the Rev. G.
Brown. This series contained eixht types, as well as 21 species new to the Museum
collection; purchased.

Eleven specimens of rare Birds from New Britain, containing six species new to the
Museum collection ; purchased of the Godeffroy Museum.

Twenty-one specimens from Duke of York Island and the Solomon Group, collected
by Lieut. Richards, and containing ten species new to the Museum collection; purchased.

Nineteen examples from Tongatabu and the western coast of South America ; collected
by Dr. Coppinger during the surveying voyage of H.M.S. “ Alert.”

Two specimens of a Rail from Macquarie Island (Rullus macquariensis); presented by
His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.c.B.

One hundred and six Birds from Oregon and California; presented by Lord Wal-
singham.

A specimen of a rare and nearly extinct Amazon Parrot (Chrysotis bouqueti} from
Dominica ; purchased.

Reptiles.—The additions to this class have been 388 in number, and the following may
be specially mentioned :—

A specimen of the much-dreaded “ Kufi” of Cyprus (Vipera lebetina); presented by
His Excellency Major-General Biddulph, c.xB.

Thirty Reptiles from Palestine ; collected and presented by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.s.

Twenty-eight Lizards from Algiers, among them specimens of previously undescribed
species of Acanthoductylus ; presented by Mons. Lataste.

The series of Reptiles (37 specimens) collected by Prof. J. B. Balfour in Socotra,
containing types of several new species of Lizards, Amphisbenians, and Snakes ; pre-
sented by the Socotra Committee of the British Associatien.

The type of Dendrophis travancoricus, Bedd. ; presented by Col. Beddome.

Two specimens of the Matamata-Turtle of Guyana; purchased of the Zoological
Society.

A is of thirteen Freshwater-Turtles from Tehuantepec; presented by Messrs.
Godman and Salvin.

Sixty Reptiles from Jalapa, Mexico; presented by F. DuCane Godman, Esq., F.R.s.

Sixty Reptiles of all orders from Mazatlan and the Tres Marias Islands ; collected by,
and purchased of, Mr. Forrer.

Sixty-four Reptiles of all orders from the Rio Ucayali, collected by Mr. W. Davis;.
presented by H. Veitch, Esq.

Eleven Reptiles from Pernambuco ; presented by W. A. Forbes, Esq.

Twenty-two Lizards and Snakes from islands of the Pacific; collected by Dr. Cop-
pinger, of H.M.S. “ Alert.”

Batrachians.---The number of additional specimens was 75 :—

Twenty-one Batrachians from Jalapa, Mexico; presented by F. DuCane Godman,

USq., F.L.S.

_ Nine Frogs from Pernambuco ; collected and presented by W. A. Forbes, Esq.
Twelve Frogs from the Rio Ucayali; presented by H. Veitch, Esq.

Fishes.—The total number of specimens received amounted to 866 :—

Specimens of a new Char from Loch Rannoch (Salmo struanensis); presented by Sir
J. Maitland, Bart.

A fine specimen of the Salmon ( Salmo salar), imported in a frozen state from Ungaya
Bay by the Hudson’s Bay Company ; and presented by them. It was in a perfect state
of preservation, and is exhibited (in spirits) in one of the public galleries.

A fine specimen of the Vagmer (7Z7rachypterus) from Faroe Island; purchased of the
Copenhagen Museum.

Two specimens of the Glutinous Hag ( Myzine) from the coast of Norway; presented
by the Earl of Ducie, F.R.s.

A set of the fishes of Lake Bourget, Savoy; among them specimens of a most
interesting freshwater-species of Blenny ; presented by T. Harcourt Powell, Esq.

Four rare species of Marine Fishes from Madeira (Setarches, Aulostoma); presented by
J. Y. Johnson, Esq.

Fifteen specimens of Brackish-water Fishes from Socotra; presented by the Socotra
Committee of the British Association.

Two specimens of a new fish (Leucopsarion petersii); obtained by exchange from the
Berlin Museum.

Seventy-four Marine Fishes from Mazatlan; purchased of Mr. Forrer.

Seventy specimens from the Rio Ucayali, collected by Mr. W. Davis ; presented by
Harry Veitch, Esq.

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A selected series of 180 specimens of marine fishes from the North and South Pacific;
purchased from the Godeffroy Museum.

Sixty specimens of marine fishes from the South Pacific; collected by Dr. Coppinger
of H.M.S. “ Alert.”

Mollusca.—The total number of specimens added to the collection during the past year
was 957; the following are the most important :—

Twenty-two specimens from Lake Tanganyika; purchased.

The types of four new species of land and freshwater shells from the Transvaal;
presented by A. E. Craven, Esq.

A perfect and highly important set of the shells (88 in number) collected by Professor
J. B. Balfour in Socotra; it contains the types of numerous new species, and was described
by Lieut. Col. Godwin-Austen in the “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society ”’ for 1881 ;
presented by the Socotra Committee of the British Association.

Seventy-two land-shells from the Nicobar and Andaman Islands; purchased.

Thirty-nine marine species from the Andaman Islands ; presented by Lieut. Col. Wilmer.

Forty-three land-shells from Sumatra and Borneo; purchased.

Fifty-three marine species from Japan; presented by Mr. G. B. Sowerby.

A collection of 223 specimens, made by Dr. Coppinger during the survey of H.M.S.
* Alert” on the north and north-east coasts of Australia; presented by the Lords of the
Admiralty.

Crustacea.— The total number of additions was 1,675. The following deserve special
notice, besides those previously mentioned :—

The collection made by means of the dredge by Baron yon Maltzan at Goree Island
on the coast of Senegambia, consisting of 156 specimens, many of which were new or
previously unrepresented in the British Museum; purchased.

Twenty-three specimens of Podophthalmia, chiefly from Kurrachee; obtained by
exchange from the Kurrachee Museum.

Thirty-three Crustaceans, new to the collection, from the South Seas; purchased of
the Godeffroy Museum.

The very valuable collection made by Dr. Coppinger of H.M.S. “Alert” on the north-
eastern coast of Australia.

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The number of specimens acquired during the year was 177.
The following are the most important :—

A very fine specimen of the gigantic Myriopod, Spharotherium lutum, from Madagascar ;
presented by F. Fitch, Esq. This is the largest example of the species known..

A series of thirty-eight named spiders from Australia, typical of species described by
Dr. Koch; purchased of the Godeffroy Museum.

Fifty-two Myriopods, and twenty-two Arachnids from Socotra; presented by the
Socotra Committee of the British Association.

Insecta.—The Entomological branch has been increased by the addition of 27,599
specimens, which are distributed among the various orders thus :—

Coleoptera - - = = = “ S -. 13,847
Hymenoptera Se ho sf MMR NMR MA St ak N65
Lepidoptera - - = = = & i - 4,504
Diptera - - = a is J 4 109
Neuroptera - Sense shad SON ERR Ree ft hie ale 71
Orthoptera - - - “ = % : 5 137
Hemiptera - - = * 2 z e is 475

ToTaAL - - - 27,599

Besides those mentioned above, the following acquisitions are the most noteworthy :—

(From Great Britain.)

One hundred and fifty-five Hemiptera; obtained by exchange.

Eighty named Hemiptera; presented by Edward Saunders, Esq.

Fifty-five Hemiptera from Walton-on-the-Naze: presented by C. O. Waterhouse, Esq.

The types of Limneria fitchii; presented by G. C. Bignell, Esq.

The types of Cecidonomus westoni, rufus, and gallicola, from Norwich; presented by
J. B. Bridgeman, Esq.

Specimens of Myrmica lobicornis, Ny]. from Sunderland; presented by R. H.
Draper, Esq.

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(From Europe.)

Thirty-two specimens of Coleoptera, chiefly from caves, collected by the donor in the
south of France; presented by the Rev. A. E. Eaton.

Specimens of Haltichella unicolor, Walk, from Cannes; presented by Lord Walsingham.

Fourteen specimens of Diptera from Novaya Zembla; presented by Capt. A. H
Markham, R.N.

A set of 21 named specimens of Orthoptera new to the collection, from Servia ;
presented by Dr. von Schulthess Rechberg.

(From Northern Asia and Japan. )

A series of 56 Coleoptera from Pekin ; purchased.

A series of 33 Hymenoptera from Japan, including a new species of Cimbex (the first
recorded from this country); purchased.

Specimens of Callostoma fascipennis and Sarcophaga lineata from the Troad, living
parasitically on locusts (Stawronotus cruciatus); presented by Sir. 8. S. Saunders.

Seventy-one Moths, including the types of 40 new species, from Yokohama; presented
by H. Pryer, Esq. ;

Sixty-two Lepidoptera from Japan and North-East Corea, a very interesting series on
account of their affinities to the Europeo-Asiatic forms; collected and presented by

W. Wykeham Perry, Esq.

Fifteen Butterflies, including three types, from Hokkaido, Japan ; collected and
presented by Montague Fenton, Esq.

(From North America)

Twenty-two Dipteria and thirty-two Libellulide from California; presented by
Henry Edmunds, Esq.

(From South America.)

One hundred and eighteen named Hymenoptera from the Argentine Republic, including
numerous species new to the collection ; presented by Professor Burmeister.

One hundred and sixty-five Hymenoptera, thirty-one Diptera, and twenty-one
Neuroptera from Chili; collected by, and purchased of, T. Edmonds, Esq.

A series of one hundred Lepidoptera from Brazil, including 32 types; collected and
presented by Dr. J. W. H. Trail.

(From Africa.)

A series of 37 Coleoptera from Ascension Island; collected and presented b
T. Conry, Esq., R.N.

The set of Socotran Insects, consisting of 75 Coleoptera, 6 Hymenoptera, 20
Lepidoptera, 67 Orthoptera, among them many new and interesting forms; presented by
the Socotran Committee of the British Association. :

Five Coleoptera new to the collection; presented by the Trustees of the South African
Museum.

Highteen specimens of Charazes from Accra; collected and presented by &. T.
Carter, Esq.

A selected series of 30 Coleoptera, containing a remarkable new genus of Longicorns,
Plectogaster, and other new species; eighteen Lepidoptera and two Homoptera, among
them the types of Charazes kirkti and Teracolus incretus; a specimen of the beautiful
Pecilopsaltria leopardina, from East Africa ; purchased.

Seven rare species of Moths, including a pair of the magnificent Thaliura cresus, from
Zanzibar; presented by Walter de Rothschild, Esq.

An example of the rare East African Hawk Moth, Aellopus hirundo; presented by
Captain Shelley.

Forty-four Lepidoptera from Bushman’s River, Natal, desiderata to the collection;
presented by J. M. Hutchinson, Esq.

(From Madagascar. )

A selected series of 132 Coleoptera, and 131 Hymenoptera, all new to the collection ;

purchased.
(From Southern Asia.)

A collection of 30 Coleoptera and 240 Lepidoptera made by Major C. Swinhoe in
Western India and Afghanistan, including numerous types ; presented by the collector.

A collection of 28 Coleoptera, and a specimen of anew Homopteron (Aphena chionema)
from Sumatra; purchased.

Nine specimens of previously undescribed species of Coleoptera from Travancore ;
purchased.

Specimens of a new Longicorn Beetle from South East India (Mzcrotoma eneipinnis\ ,
purchased.

One hundred Lepidoptera and five Hymenoptera from Rangoon; presented by
J. G. Scott, Esq.

Fifty-eight Moths from Jubbulpore ; collected and presented by Dr. F. Butler.
_Twenty-one Lepidoptera trom Darjiling, among them an example of a beautiful Moth,
Phyllodes ornata, and types of several new'specics of the genus Syphna; purchased.
(From Australia.)
Nineteen Coleoptera from Queensland, among them Schizorhina marginipinnis,
S. atripinnis, Diaphonia dispar, Chalcotenia vittata; purchased.

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(From Islands of the Pacific.)
A selected series of 99 Coleoptera recently described and new to the collection, from
the Fiji Islands and Duke of York Island; purchased of the Godeffroy Museum.
A series of 80 Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands, containing 43 new species;
collected and presented by the Rey. Thomas Blackburn.

(From New Zealand.)
One hundred and twenty Coleoptera, specimens of a new Hymenopterous Insect
( Ophion skellonz), five Diptera, and five Neuroptera ; presented by W. J. Skellon, Esq.

Echinodermata and Vermes.—The additions to these classes have been 687 in number;
of these, the following should be mentioned :—

The collection of 206 Echinoderms and 68 Vermes, made by Dr. Coppinger during the
surveying voyage of H.M.S. “ Alert” in the Australian Seas.

Nine specimens of Antedon obtained during the cruize of H.M.S. “ Porcupine ” in
1869 and 1870; delivered by P. Herbert Carpenter, Esq. | ;

Ten named specimens of Oligocheta; presented by Dr. Orley.

Sixteen Echinoderms from the Island of Ascension ; presented by T. Conry, Esq., B.N.

Polyzoa.—184 specimens have been acquired during the past year, viz. :—

A series of named and mounted specimens from the Mediterranean; collected by
A. W. Waters, Esq. ; and—

Upwards of 100 specimens from North-East Australia; collected by Dr. Coppinger
of H.M.S. “ Alert.”

Celenterata.—In this class 230 specimens have been added ; they include—

Several remarkably fine specimens of Calligorgia, Corallium, and Muricea from
Mauritius ; purchased.

Fifteen named species of stony corals from the Pacific; purchased of the Godeftroy
Museum.

One hundred and forty-six specimens of Hydrvidea, Stylasteride, Madreporaria, and
Alcyonaria from North-East Australia, all in a perfect state of preservation, and many of
remarkable size, including numerous new forms; collected by Dr. Coppinger of
H.M.S. ‘ Alert.”

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Protozoa.—Only 45 specimens have been received during the past year.

VIII .— Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have specially consulted portions of the col-
lection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 7,407 as compared with—

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The great increase in the number of visits is partly attributable to the circumstance
that persons who have visited the galleries on private days (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
by special permission are now included for the first time, but principally to the growing
number of students, and also of artists who are attracted by the groups of British Birds
and Gould’s Humming Birds.

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
T.—Arrangement.

Fossil Mammalia.—South East Gallery.—The twenty pier and wall-cases at present
provided for this gallery, have, during the past year, been all completely fitted up
and filled with the fossil remains of the higher animals.

Commencing on the south side, Wall-case, No. 1, is devoted to the exhibition of the Cave
Mammalia, including remains of Prehistoric Man and the Carnivora of the Pliocene and
Quaternary periods ; from the caverns of Brazil, France, Germany, and Britain.

In Pier-cases 2 and 3 is arranged a remarkably fine series, chiefly skulls and lower
jaws, of Ahinoceroses from Siberia, Britain, France, Germany, and India.

In Pier-cases 4 and 5 are placed the remains of Fossil Horses (Hquide) with their
Miocene relations, Hipparion and Aunchitherium; also the remains of Anthracotherium; and
of Hippopotamus from England, France, Germany, Italy, and India.

Pier-case 6 contains the skulls, horns, and limbs of the Sivatherium giganteum (an
extinct colossal ruminant, nearly related to the Antilocapride), and the fossil remains of the
Camelide, all from the Siwalik Hills of India.

Pier-case 7 is occupied by the skulls of fossil Bovide and Antilopide, mostly from
the Siwalik Hills of India; and a small series of remains of the Bison priscus, from Britain,
Siberia, &c.

In Pier-case 8 are arranged the fossil oxen from British localities, including the fine
series of heads and horn-cores of Bos primigenius, from the peat deposits and turbaries of
Scotland, and the brick earths of the Thames Valley at Ilford, Essex; also numerous
heads of Bos longifrons, believed to be the immediate ancestor of our small Welsh cattle
of to-day.

Pier-case No. 9 is devoted to the fossil Cervide, and includes a fine series of horns of

Cervus tetraceros, from the Puy de Dome, Auvergne, and remains of Cervus verticornis
from the Norfolk Forest Beds ; of the gigantic Irish deer, Cervus megaceros; the Reindeer,
and the Red-deer, from British and Ivish localities.
_ In Wall-cases 10 and 14, at the east end of the gallery, are placed the remains of the
Sirenia and Cetacea, including the genera Felsinotherium, from the Pliocene of Italy,
Halitherium, from the Miocene of Darmstadt, Rhizoprion, from the Middle Tertiaries of
France, Squalodon, from Bavaria, &c.; Zeuglodon from Alabama; and numerous remains
of Balena, Phocena, and Hyperdodon, from Quaternary deposits of the Thames Valley,
the Antwerp and Suffolk Crags, &c.

Pier-cases 15 to 20 contain the remains of fossil Proboscidea, or Klephants ; in 15 are
the remains of the “Mammoth,” Elephas primigenius, from Siberia, Escholtz Bay,
Germany, &c.; and in 16, more than 30 jaws and parts of crania of the Mammoth from
Ilford, Essex, the Dogger Bank in the North Sea, and from Holyhead, displaying
individuals of every age, from the smal] sucking-calf to the very aged adult, as indicated
by the condition of the molar teeth.

Pier-case 17 also contains some British remains of the Elephas antiquus; the rest of
' the case, and also of Pier-cases 18, 19, and 20, are entirely devoted to the great collec-
tion of elephant remains from the Siwalik Hills (Upper Miocene) of India, figured and
described in Falconer and Cautley’s Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis, and presented to the
National Museum by Sir Proby T. Cautley, K.c.B. (1842-48), and others. ‘This series
includes more than 30 heads and parts of skulls of extinct species of elephants, besides
lower jaws, vertebra, and limb-bones.

Pier-case 21 is occupied by remains of Mastodon from Perim Island, and from the
Miocene of Sansan in France: of these there are some very perfect remains, including
about eight heads.

Pier-case 22 is devoted to the exhibition of the remains of Mastodon ohioticus, from
North America. This fine series embraces 15 heads and jaws, besides numerous
detached bones, teeth and tusks.

Wall-case 23 is occupied by the skull and teeth of Mastodon andium, from Uruguay,
Buenos Ayres, &c., numerous remains of Dinotherium giganteum, from the Miocene
of Epplesheim, and the fine head and lower jaw of Toxodon platensis, from Buenos Ayres.

Numerous objects, too large for the pier-cases, have been placed upon their tops, or
down the centre of the floor of the gallery.

On Pier-cases 4, 6, 7, and 8, are placed nine heads and horns of the gigantic Irish
deer ( Cervus megaceros).

On Pier-case 9 are three heads and horn-cores of Indian Bovide of large size, from the
Siwalik Hills.

On Wall-case 10 is arranged a group of seven frontal bones, with the horn-cores
attached of the great extinct ox, Bos primigenius, from the brick earths of Ilford, in the
valley of the Thames.

On the Pier and Wall-cases, 14 to 19, are exhibited 21 tusks of various sizes and
curvatures, mostly belonging to the true ‘‘ Mammoth” (Elephas primigenius), from
Siberia; from the Dogger Bank ; from Ilford, and many other localities in England.

In the centre of the floor, near the entrance to the Pavilion, is placed the restored
skeleton and dermal armour of the extinct gigantic non-banded Armadillo from South

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America. To the carapace and tail have now been added (by the kindness of Professor
Guadry of the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris) the skull, lower jaw, and neck-
vertebra, fore and hind limbs, giving to this specimen an entirely new interest.

The skeleton and dermal covering of the small existing seven-banded Armadillo are
placed beside the great extinct Glyptodon for comparison.

The separate bones of the Glyptodon and Megatherium occupy Wall-case 13 in the
Pavilion.

In Wall-case 11 are placed the fine series of remains of the gigantic extinct Marsupials
of Australia, including the Diprotodon, Nototherium, Protemnodon, Sthenurus, and
Phascolomys.

Wall-case 12, 37 feet in length, on the north side of the Pavilion, is now in course of
construction.

Twenty-four fine table-cases measuring 10 feet 10 inches by four feet eight inches each,
with 60 glazed drawers beneath them, are now being supplied by Her Majesty’s Office of
Works for the Mammalian collection in the South-East Gallery and the Pavilion.

Gallery D.

Fossil Reptilia.—The arrangement of the large series of Sea-Lizards (Enaliosauria),
which occupy the entire length of wall-cases on the south side of this gailery , far in advance
on the 3lst December 1880, has now been fully completed. 74 JIchthyosauri, in frames,
and 33 fully developed remains occupy Case 12; and 30 Plesiosauri, in frames, and 20
separate remains occupy Case 11.

The restored reproduction of Plesiosaurus Cramptoni, from the Lias of Whitby,
Yorkshire, acquired by purchase from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland,
Dublin, has been made good, and fixed upon the wall of the gallery of communication,
connecting the east end of the South-East Gallery with the Reptilian Gallery. It covers
a surface of 22 feet by 14 feet, and is the largest Plestosaurus known.

The fine series of remains of Chelone gigas, Owen, of Chelone Hoffmanni, and other
marine turtles from the eocene of Sheppey and Harwich, and the upper chalk of
Maestricht, Holland, are arranged in Case 6. The land and freshwater tortoises and
Emyde in Case 7, include the remains of the gigantic land tortoise of the Sewalik hills,
Colossochelys gigas, Fale. The restored model of the carapace of this great shield-reptile
has been reconstructed, and fixed upon its stand at the west end of the Reptile Gallery.

The large frames containing the remains of Omosaurus and Iguanodon, together with
numerous detached bones of these and other genera of Dinosauria, are placed in Wall-
cases 3, 4, and 4.

The Pterodactylia, the Crocodilia, the Pliosauria, and Amphibia are temporarily grouped
in Wall-cases 1, 2, 8, 9, and 10.

Twenty-four Table-cases (removed from Room VY. of the old Geological Gallery) have
been repaired and polished, and are placed down the centre of this gallery (D.), the
smaller Reptilia being arranged in the glass table-tops, and the unexhibited series in the
cabinets beneath them.

Fossil Fishes (Gallery A.).—The Wall-cases for this gallery were completed in May
1881. Twenty table-cases with cabinets of drawers beneath them and twelve table-tops
on stands have been placed in this gallery, and the entire collection of Fossil Fishes has
pert unpacked and roughly arranged in the table and wall-cases and in the cabinets of

rawers.

No. 2, Reserve Gallery, Cephalopoda.—This gallery, which contains 16 table-cases,
roughly classified, was opened to the public in August 1881. It will shortly be provided
with Wall-cases.

GALLERY B., Fossil Invertebrata, was completed and opened to the public 11th October
1881. This gallery contains about 300 feet linear of wall-cases, and 32 glazed table-
cases with 1,800 drawers beneath, and is devoted to the preservation and exhibition of
the British and Foreign Gasteropoda and Conchifera; the British specimens being
arranged in 16 Table-cases, and the Foreign ones occupying three tiers of slopes in the
wall-cases, along the western side of the gallery, the topmost shelf being reserved for
large objects, both British and Foreign. The other moiety on the east side is filled by the
remaining groups, viz.. the Brachiopoda, the Bryozoa, the Insecta, Myriopoda, Arachnida,
Crustacea, the Sea-urchins, Starfishes, and Stone lilies.

On the piers, between the wall-cases, are placed some fine slabs of fossiliferous lime-_

stone, e.g., a fine slab of “ Entrochal marble,” entirely filled with stems of Crinoids from
the Carboniferous Limestone of Derbyshire; another black marble slab with Zoxronema
and Brachiopod shells from Ireland, a third slab, of ‘‘ Petworth marble,” entirely
composed of shells of Paludina fluviorum, from the Wealden of Petworth, Sussex.

GaLLERY C.—This gallery, designed to receive the Fossil corals, Sponges, Foram-

inifera, and the Fossil plant remains, is now being fitted with wall-cases. ‘lable-cases are
also in course of preparation.
_ The collections for this gallery at present occupy part of the Table-cases and Cabinets
in No. 2 Gallery, and the Fossil plants, &c., are temporarily arranged in deal boxes with
nie, and in Cabinets in Reserve Gallery No. 4, which has no cases at present provided
or it.

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Il. Guides and Catalogues.

A small guide to the Fossil Mammalia, Aves, and Reptilia has been prepared, and
was issued on the opening of the Museum, 18th April 1881.

A catalogue of the Foraminifera is now in the hands of the printer, and will be ready
for issue in March 1882. A catalogue of the Fossil Sponges is im course of preparation.

ET Registration.

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—
Mammalia - = - 8 FE = 210
Aves - - =o site = 16
Reptilia = - - ~ = iS = 2 246
Pisces - - - a : 2 j 969
1,441
Invertebrata :—
Cephalopoda and other Mollusca - - - 1,631
Molluscoida - - 2 - - - 822
Crustacea - = = = a de 739
Annelida - - - - s * 4 89
Echinodermata - - - is 2 = 564.
Zoantharia - - - - = = e 174
Spongida and Foraminifera- - - - 1,597
5,616
Fossil Plants - - - - - = s 2 HM Pee Ge is

Total number of Specimens registered - - - 7,192

LV.—Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A molar of Elephas primigenius from the River-valley Gravel,
Farnham, Surrey. Presented by Dr. Brushfield.

An astragalus of Elephant, from the Forest Bed at Hasboro’, Norfolk. Presented
by J. W. Hull, Esq.

The terminal portion of the tail-sheath of Glyptodon clavipes, from the Alluvial
(Newer Tertiary) deposits near Monte Video. Presented by W. G. Lettsom, Esq.

Cast of a small Mammal Jaw, Zriconodon mordax, Owen, from the Purbeck Beds of
Swanage, Dorset (see Woodcut, p, 378. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxxvii.) Presented
by Henry Willett, Esq., F.c.s.

(2,) Aves.—Twenty-six casts of bones of a great Wingless Diving Bird, Hesperornis
regalis, Marsh, from the Cretaceous strata of Kansas (Rocky Mountains). Together
with a copy of the work in which they are figured and described; viz.:—vol. vii. Report
of the Geological Explorations of the 40th parallel, by Clarence King; Odontornithes,
Royal 4to. 1880, 34 plates, pp. 202. Presented by Professor O. C. Marsh, M.a., F.G.s.

(3.) Reptilia.—The tail-sheath of Megalania prisca, Owen, from King’s Creek, Darling
Downs, Queensland, Australia. Presented by G. F. Bennett, Esq., Corr. M. Zool. Soc.

The skull of lurosaurus felinus, from the Trias, of Gough, Karoo District, South
Africa. Figured and described by Professor Owen, in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol.
XxXXvil., p. 261. pl.ix. Presented by Thomas Bain, Esq.

Eighteen Crocodilian teeth and six other remains from the Wealden? Olaria Station,
Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq.

Part of Costal plate of Trionyz, from the Suez Canal, near Chalon, Arabian Desert.
Presented by Professor Owen, c.B.

(4.) Pisces—Epicranial plates of Palepterus granulatus, Gwen MS., from the Arabian
Desert : seven teeth of Carcharodon megalodon, Agassiz, from the Miocene Suez Canal.
Presented by Professor Owen, c.B.

Fifty specimens of scutes, teeth and part of head of Lepidotus, from Wealden?
Plataforma, Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq.

Remains of Edaphodon Sedgwickii, from the Upper Chalk of Norwich. Presented by
T. G. Bayfield, Esq.

Maxillary bone, left side of Ischyodus Townshendi, from the Portland Oolite, Isle of
Portland. Presented by Wm. Davies, Esq., F.G.s.

6 Three fossil fishes from the Lias of Lyme Regis. Presented by J. Starkie Gardner,

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A series of fossil fishes from the Chalk, comprising about 50 specimens (mostly teeth
in groups) of the genera Ptychodus, Otodus, Lamna, Oxyrhina, Notidanus, Coraz,
Saurocephalus, Hypsodon, Enchodus, Beryx, Pachyrhizodus, etc., etc. Presented by the
Right Honourable the Earl of Ducie, F.R.s., F.G.8., &e.

B. INVERTEBRATA.

Twenty-four shells from the Raised Beach, Estuary of the Clyde. Presented by
J. Darion, Esq.

A cast of a new species of Crioceras, from the Inferior Oolite Bayeux. Presented by
Professor E. HE. Deslongchamps.

Ammonites Defrancit and Onustus ornatissimus, from the Inferior Oolite, Sully,
Bayeux. Presented by M. Carabeeuf.

A fine slab of Crinoidal limestone, from the Devonian of Newton Bushel, S. Devon.
Presented by Wm. Vicary, Esq., F.G.S.

Twenty-three corals from Scinde (described in the Palxontologia Indica, ser. xiv. vol.
I. « Sind Fossil Corals and Alcyonaria” (with 28 plates), 1880). Presented by H. B.
Medlicott, Esq., F.R.S., Director of the Geological Survey of India.

Seventeen specimens of fossil corals, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Lough Erne.
Presented by the Earl of Enniskillen, D.c.L., F.R.S.

Two blocks of Carboniferous Limestone with corals, from the coast near Galway,
Ireland. Presented by Mitchell Henry, Esq., M.p.

A specimen of silicified freshwater sponge, Spongilla purbeckhensis, Young: from the
Freshwater Purbeck Beds, Stare Cove, Swanage, Dorset. Presented hy John T. Young,
Esq., F.G.8.

C. PLANT.

Fifty-two slabs .of Coal-plants, from the mines of La Chazotte, St® Etienne, France.
Presented by M. C. Chantré.

Four mounted slides of selected Diatomacce, from the London Clay, Sheerness-on-Sea,
Isle of Sheppey. Presented by W. H. Shrubsole, Esq., F.G.s.

Il. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A series of limb-bones and teeth of the Mammoth (Elephas primigenius),
from the Loess of the Danube, near Belgrade. f

Part of the jaw of Austodon, showing milk-dentition, from the Miocene formation of
Perim Island.

Remains of Sus Erymanthi, from Pikermi, near Athens.

(2.) Aves.—The bones of right and left leg of Dinornis, from Glenmark Swamp,
Canterbury, New Zealand.

(3.) Reptilia.—A small but nearly perfect specimen of IJchthyosaurus communis, from
the Lias of Lyme Regis; formerly in Dr. Mantell’s Collection.

A coloured cast of the head of Ichthyosaurus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis (the
original preserved in the Geological Society’s rooms at Burlington House).

Two nearly perfect specimens of a small fossil reptile, Simosaurus pusillus, Fraas, from
the Trias, Hoheneck, in Wurtemberg. (Figured and described by Dr. Oscar Fraas in
the Jahres. des Vereins fiir Vaterlandische Naturk. in Wiirtemberg, 1881, p. 319.
taf, T.)

Five Pterodactyle bones, from the Gault of Folkestone.

A group of teeth of Ichthyosaurus campylodon (figured in Dixon’s Geology of Sussex,
p. 400. Pl. xxxix. fig. 10.), from the Lower Chalk near Folkestone.

Two Reptilian remains, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Two jaws of Teleosaurus, from the Upper Lias of Whitby, Yorkshire.

Two phalanges of I[guanodon, from the Wealden of Sussex.

A Reptilian Vertebra, from the Chalk of Maestrich.

(4.) Pisces—A spine of Asteracanthus, and one of Hybodus, from the Kimmeridge
Clay of Weymouth. (Figured in Damon’s Geology of Weymouth, 1880. Pl. x, figs. 2
and 4.

Pan of a Chimeroid fish and a large Hybodus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

A large coloured cast of Lepzdotus maximus, Wagn., six feet in length, by three feet in
depth, from the Lithographic stone of Solenhofen.

Fifteen specimens of Coccosteus, 2 sp.; Holoptychius, sp.; Cheirolepis Trailli, Dip-
lacanthus, 4 sp.; Cheiracanthus, 2 sp.; Gyroptychius, 2 sp.; all from the Old Red Sand-
stone of Caithness, N.B.

Twenty-nine Fossil Fishes, from various British localities; selected from the late
Prof. J. Tennant’s Collection.

Thirty-seven Fossil Fishes comprising, Smerdis, Prolebias, and various Percoid fishes
to be determined, from the Eocene strata of Cereste; Department Basses Alpes.

_ Four specimens of Orodus and Deltodus, trom the Carboniferous Limestone of Oreton,
Shropshire.
Numerous Fish-remains from the Chalk and Lias.

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B. INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusca—Ammonites obtusus, A. Henleyi, A. heterophy/lus, and 32 other
Ammonites from the Oxford Clay, the Inferior Oolite and the Lias of the South East
of England; part of the late Mr. J. Tennant’s stock.

One hundred and sixteen Russian Fossils, chiefly Mollusca, from the Ecole des Mines,
St. Petersburg.

A set of 20 Models illustrating the development of the embryo and the siphuncle in
the Cephalapod shell.

One hundred and five Fossil Mollusca, from German localities.

A large Pinna, from the Inferior Oolite, and six Limas,from the Lias and Oolite;
one Lima lineata, from the Oolite of Hanover.

A fine block of Trigonia limestone, from the Isle of Portland.

One hundred and sixty-five Mollusca, from various localities and formations, selected
from the stock of the late Mr. J. Tennant, F.G.s.

Nine specimens of Helix Tasmaniensis, from Hobart Town.

Two hundred and forty ‘l'ertiary and Cretaceous fossils, part of the collection of the
late Mr. Harris, of Charing, comprising a series of Brachiopoda figured by Mr. Davidson
in his Pal. Soc. Monograph, also a silicified specimen of Jnoceramus involutus, Sowerby,
(Figured in Dixon’s Geology of Sussex, pl. xxviii, fig. 32.)

(b.) Crustacea.—Several fine examples of Paradoxides Davidis, Salter; and other
Trilobites from the Menevian fcrmation of St. David’s, Pembrokeshire.

An almost entire specimen of Pierygotus anglicus, from the Old Red Sandstone, of
Forfarshire.

Nineteen Trilobites, from the Carboniferous Limestone and the “ Rottenstone” of
Derbyshire. —

One head of Calymene, one Phacops caudatus, from the Wenlock Limestone of
Dudley.

Six Tuilsbites, from Vallongo, Portugal, of the genera Calymene and Homulonotus.

One Asaphus platycephalus, Trenton Limestone, Lake Huron; and Phacops caudatus,
Wenlock Limestone, Dudley.

Specimens of Leperditia, Cypridina, Primitia, &c., figured in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soe.
vol. viii.

Estheria membranacea, and another species from the Devonian of Konigsburg.

Two large specimens of Slmonia acuminata and other Crustacea ; acquired at
Mr, Tennant’s sale.

(c.) Insecta.—Forty-three Irsect-remains from the Eocene Cereste; Department Basses
Alpes.

(d.) Echinodermata.—A series of portions of Pentacrinus and also of Millericrinus
Prattii, Gray sp., from the Forest Marble, Malmesbury, Wilts ; and one other Oolitic
Crinoid.

Four Pentacrini and one Ophiura from the Lias of Lyme Regis; and one Pentacrinus
from Boll, Wurtemberg.

Thirty specimens of Pentremites, from the Carboniferous Limestone from various
British localities.

Two specimens of Periechocrinus, and one Ophivcrinus, from the Wenlock Limestone
of Dudley.

One specimen of Poleriocrinus, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Kildare, Ireland,
and one slab of polished Crinoidal Limestone, Derbyshire.

(e.) Zoophyta.—One block of Oolitic Coral, Gloucestershire.
One specimen of Zaphrentis from the Carboniferous Limestone, Bristol.
Favosites alveolaris, F’. cristata, and two other corals from the Upper Silurian, Wen-
lock.
Four slabs of polished Corals from the Devonian.

(f.) Protozoa, etc.—Ten specimens of Stromatopora, including S. striate/la from the
Upper Silurian, Wenlock ; Stromatopora placenta, Devonian, Torquay, etc.

A mass of Nummulites trom the Lower Eocene Department, Oise.

Nummulites from Trinidad ; Jamaica; Malta; European and Indian localities.

Five sponges from the Greensand of Warminster.

C. PLANTS.

A beautiful and perfect leaf of Populus, sp., from the Miocene Schaffhausen; 20
specimens of Nipadites Burtini from the Eocene of Brussels.

The type-specimen of Araucarites Pippingfordiensis, Carruthers (=Pinites Fittoni, of
Mantell), from the Wealden-Ironstone, Ashdown Forest, Sussex. (Figured in Trans.
Geol. Soc., 2nd ser., vol. iv., tab. »xii., fig. 11.; and Carruthers, Geol. Mag. 1866, vol.
il., p. 250, and 1869, vol., vi. p. 3.)

A specimen of Clathraria Lyelli, from the Chloritic Chalk of Ventnor.

0.90. F4 Six

48 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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Six slabs of Coal-ferns from the English coal-measures.
Base of a silicified Palm-stem from’ Antigua.

The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows:—

A. VERTEBRATA:

TE By Donations.) <0 8 ay) rei tine ee 150

IT..°3, Purchase © - - - - - - - - 230
B. INVERTEBRATA :

I. By Donation - et thi See - - 239

II. ,, Purchase - - - - = - - - 1,239
CE LANT A:

IT. By Donation - - - mee ed a - + 57

Lig yweurchase. = = - - = = - - 21

Total- - - 1,936

V— Visits from Students.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted the collections during the past
year for purposes of study, and who have received attention and assistance in their scien-
tific work, was 1,755.

Henry Woodward.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

Since the removal from Bloomsbury, the attention of the Department has been as much
as possible directed to the re-arrangement of its Collections, and before the close of 1880 this
work was so far completed that the Collection illustrative of mineral species was open to
the Student. During the past year, both the Gallery and the Pavilion have been so far
put inorder, that the general public can be admitted therein without interfering with the final
arrangement of the specimens. The alterations of the Index and the Guide, rendered
necessary by the transfer of the collections, have been made All the wall-cases, with the
exception of one in the Pavilion intended for the exhibition of large specimens of British
and Indian minerals, have been supplied with fittings, and since filled, more or less
temporarily, with specimens of Rocks. The Meteorites have been compared with the
entries in the registers, reweighed, and finally arranged in two new table-cases; and a
Guide, which includes a complete catalogue of the dates of fall and of the weights of these
specimens, has been printed. Crystals have been selected to illustrate variety and
symmetry of form, and are now exhibited in a large table-case in the Pavilion. The
Rock-collection, formerly scattered through the drawers of the old pedestals, has been
roughly grouped and arranged in the drawers beneath the new wall-cases; the large,
hitherto unexhibited, specimens of the rocks of Monte Somma, presented by the late
Sir W. Hamilton, have been unpacked and placed in one of the wall-cases of the Pavilion.
The glazed ends of the old table-cases have been so altered that the panes may be easily
removed; an alteration which has involved the entire removal and subsequent replacement
of the large specimens. The old locality-labels had been written at various times,
extending over a long series of years, and were very much wanting in neatness: upwards
of 8,000 of these have been during the year replaced by printed labels of unitorm pattern,
and the change has afforded an opportunity for making them more precise in geographical
definition and more consistent in the spelling.

Two hundred and ninety separate works, comprising 860 volumes, have been added to
the Departmental Library, and a printed Catalogue of the whole of the books at present
belonging to the department has been issued.

‘The Laboratory has been removed from its old quarters at No. 46 Great Russell-street
to the excellent rooms allotted to it in the basement of this Museum. Reports upon the
analyses of the Cranbourne, Rowton, and Middlesborough meteorites, and of various
alloys have been received during the past year.

The number of visits recorded as made to the department for the purpose of consultation

or study is 609.
Acquisitions.
All the specimens acquired during the past year, involving 720 entries in the general
catalogue, have been registered, labelled, and incorporated with the general collection.

MINERALS.
By Presentation :—
Specimens of blende containing yallium and mercury, and sections of cerite to show
selective absorption: by W. G. Lettsom, Esq.
Pilolite and wad, from Cabrach, Aberdeenshire: by the Rev. Dr. Gordon.
Hornstone

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 46

———

Hornstone and crystals of perofskite, Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Cv., Arkansas,
U.S.A.: by G. F. Kunz, Esq.

Dolomite in bronze-coloured crystals from the iron mines of West Cumberland: by
Miss Sarah H. Bayles. :

Philadelphite : by Professor H. C. Lewis of Philadelphia,

Venerite, Jones mine, Caernarvon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: by Professor N. Story
Maskelyne, m.P.

Sapphire from Australia : by E. W. Streeter, Esq.

Limonite concretions in sandstone, Tzitzikama, South Africa: by Mrs. Rigge.

A fine specimen of uranocircite, Falkenstein, Saxon Voigtland: by A. H. Church,
Esq., M.A.

Boa hove near Old Kilpatrick: by D. Corse Glen, Esq.

Fine galenas, Wanlockhead; and amazon-stone from ‘Tongue, Sutherland: by
P. Dudgeon, Esq., 0.£E.

Specimens of zincite and willemite from New Jersey, U.S.A.: by J.C. Platt, Esb., o.z.

Calcite, Dockra near Beith, Ayrshire: by J. C. Christie, Esq.

By Exchange :—

Crystals of sphene, and a large crystal of zircon, Renfrew, Canada; a dark green
translucent garnet, and doubly terminated crystals of apatite, Templeton, Canada ;
wavellite, Garland Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.; and uranotile, Mitchell Co., N. Carolina,
U.S.A.

By Purchase :—

A nugget of gold from the Carnon Stream Tin Works, Falmouth, Cornwall.

A fine and large group of crystallised sulphur of hemihedral habit, Girgenti, Sicily.

A specimen of chilenite, San Antonio, Copiapo, Chili.

Fine crystallized petzites, Botes, ‘Transylvania; acanthite, Mexico; fredericite,
Fahlun, Sweden; sandbergerite, Mina de Santa Maria de las Niéves, Peru; rhabdo-
phanes (the rare phosphate of didymium, &c.), Cornwall.

Very fine specimens of the rare species xanthocone, Mina Dolores, and pyrostilpnite,
Mina Delirio, Copiapo, Chili.

Matlockites and phosgenites in very perfect and clear crystals, Derbyshire.

A banded facetted sapphire, Ceylon.

A very fine twinned zircon; Templeton, Canada.

A large twin of rutile; Graves Mount, N. Carolina, U.S.A.

Anatase; Binnenthal, Wallis, Switzerland.

Orangite, Brevig; and thorite, Arendal, Norway.

Chalcedony nodule, containing a fluid; Uruguay, S. America.

A large group of aragonite crystals, Girgenti, Sicily.

A suite of fine crystals of gadolinite, and of wschynite, Hitterde, Norway ; idocrase
and augites, Templeton, Canada; diopsides, pennine and augites, Nordmark iron-
mines, Wermland, Sweden; a very large crystal of esmarkite, Brevig, Norway.

Heulandites, with octohedral fluor, Gieblisbach, Wallis, Switzerland.

An exceedingly fine group (probably unique) of rubellite crystals on albitic ‘granite,
San Piero in Campi, Island of Elba; crystallised danburites, Dekalb, New York, U.S.A.

Large crystals of perofskite, Zermatt, Switzerland.

Anglesites, Siegen, Prussia; crystallised celestines, Egypt; a very fine group of
barytes crystals, Przibram ; other specimens from Cumberland. :

Libethenite in large crystals, West Wheal Phoenix, near Liskeard, Cornwall; large
monazites, Arendal, Norway; karyinite and mimetesite, Langban, |Wermland,
Sweden; triploidite, dickinsonite, eosphorite, and lithiophilite, from Branchville,
Redding, Connecticut, U.S.A.; melanotekite, Langban, Wermland, Sweden; pseudo-
brookite, Aranyer-berg, Hungary ; phosphochromite, Elroque, West India Islands:
wilcoxite, Franklin, N. Carolina, U.S.A.; wilsonite, Templeton, Canada; antillite,
Cuba ; ontariolite, Galway, Ontario Co., Canada; keatingite and vanuxemite, New
Jersey; hiddenites (one facetted), Alexander Co.; N. Carolina, U.S.A. ; diabantite in
_ dolerite, Connecticut Valley, U.S.A.; and gedanite, from Sassau, Samland, Prussia.
Numerous artificial crystals.

Rocks.
By Presentation :—
An illustrative series of the rocks constituting the three new divisions of the Precam-
brian group: by Dr. Henry Hicks, r.a.s.
By Purchase :—

A collection of rocks of the Auvergne, France.
A series from the Pennine Alps.
A fine slab of the green “ antique porphyry,” or porphyritic felsite.

0.90. G

50 accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

METEORITES.
By Presentation :—

A fragment of the aérolite which fell at Middlesborough, in Yorkshire, on the 14th
March 1881: by the Board of Directors of the North Eastern Railway, through Pro-
fessor A. S. Herschel, M.a.

By Exchange :—

A fragment of the aérolite which fell at Tieschitz, Prerau, Moravia, 15th July 1878.

A slice of the aérosiderite found at Chulafinnee, Clairborne Co., Alabama, U.S A.,
in 1873.

A slice of that found in Lexington Co., S. Carolina, in 1880.

A. small piece of an aérosiderite belonging to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington.

By Purchase :—

Two small encrusted fragments of the aérosiderolite which fell at Estherville, Iowa,
U.SA., on 10th May 1879.
A polished slice of the aérosiderite of Coahuila, Mexico.
A portion of the aérolite whick fell at Orvinio, near Rome, in 1872.
L. Fletcher.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY,

The principal work of the Department has consisted in preparing the public gallery.
The exhibited collections in the public rooms belonging to the Department at Bloomsbury
were removed to the new building in the early part of the year. Many unforeseen diffi-
culties have hindered the progress of the work of arranging, while the protection of the
collections from dangers incidental to the occupation of a new building has demanded the
attention and occupied the time of the officers. Considerable progress has been made in
the public gallery in arranging a series of specimens illustrative of the Natural Orders of
plants. The exhibition rooms connected with this Department had hitherto been occupied
with specimens suitable from their size, or from other peculiarities, for exhibition; and
many divisions of the vegetable kingdom were altogether unrepresented. An attempt has
now been made to present to the public a series of specimens representing all the Natural
Orders, and, to make the exhibition both attractive and instructive, coloured drawings of
the plants have been freely used with the specimens. Some of the fossil representatives
of Natural Orders are intercalated with the recent specimens, and the distribution of each
Order in time and space is shown on a small map. Small diagrams, exhibiting the
characters on which the Orders are separated from each other, are introduced into the
cases. It is believed that when the exhibition is completed it will present a self-interpret-
ing view of the distribution and classification of the vegetable kingdom.

In addition to this work additions have been made to the great Herbarium, especially of
plants belonging to the Orders Ranunculaceae, Nympheucea, Crucifere, Saxifragacee,
Rubiacee, Composite, Campanulacee, Ericaceea, Epacridacee, Convolvulacea, Boraginea,
Loranthacee, Orchidaceae, Scitaminea, Cyperacea, and Gruminee. In the course of the
work the following orders have been more or less rearranged, Ranunculacee, Violacee,
Composite, Boraginee, Juncacee, Commelinacee, and Cyperacee.

In the beginning of the year the whole of the cellular plants which had been perma~
nently placed in the rooms of the upper pavilion were removed to the basement to escape
the injury arising from irregular temperature and from smoke and soot. Alterations in
the mode of heating having secured the maintenance of a regular temperature and the
cure of the other evils, the collections were restored to their permanent position with satis-
factory results. }

The collection of seeds and fruits made by Sir Hans Sloane has been incorporated -
with the general series, and has thus been made accessible to students.

A careful revision and thorough re-arrangement of the British Herbarium has been
made, the localities of the specimens have been noted, the desiderata determined, and
several important contributions from British botanists have been received, and incor-
porated, with the view of making this invaluable collection more complete.

The principal addition to the collections during the year has been the acquisition by
purchase of the large and valuable Herbarium of Mosses formed by the late Dr. Hampe,
containing about 25,000 specimens ; a large proportion being types of species, described
by Hampe, Mueller, and other bryologists. This important addition to the Herbarium,
which had been already enriched by the purchase of the Mosses and Hepatice of Wm. :
Wilson, and the Hepatice ot Hampe, makes it the most extensive and valuable collection ~—
of mosses and their allies in existence. c

A unique and very important Lycopodiaceous cone from the coal measures of France,
beautifully preserved in silex, has been acquired trom the representatives of the late
Prof. Schimper, together with a fragment of another cone, supplementing a specimen

which

Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 51

which had for many years been in the possession of the Trustees. These cones have

been the subjects of memoirs by Robert Brown, Brongniart, and Schimper, and are of

the greatest value from the light they have thrown on the Flora of the Carboniferous
eriod.

- The collections of R. A. Salisbury, presented to the Trustees by the late Dr. J. E. Gray,

have been augmented by the addition of a collection of notes and drawings of Ericaceous

plants, with fragments of the plants ; presented by Sir Joseph D. Hooker.

There have been also added to the Herbarium a valuable collection of Indian plants,
consisting of nearly 3,000 species, presented by Charles B. Clarke, Esq.; an important
collection of South African plants, consisting of 1,024 species, collected and presented by
Harry Bolus, Esq.; 426 species of plants from North America and Europe, presented by
Arthur Bennett, Esq.; 196 species of plants from Afghanistan, collected and presented by
Dr. Aitchison; 200 species of plants from Lower Egypt, collected and presented by
H. A. Hunt, Esq.; 375 species of European plants from Huter; 415 species from
North America, from Curtis; 642 species from Trinidad, collected by Fendler; 150
species from New Granada, collected by Simmons; 111 species from Buenos Ayres,
collected by Edward White; 942 species from South Africa, collected by Rehmann;
110 species trom Palestine, collected by Prof. Post; 400 species of Cryptogamous plants
from Italy ; 675 species of European and English Lichens by different collectors ; 350
species of Kuropean Lichens, fron Dr. Nylander; 3 specimens of the coffee-leaf fungus,
from Dr. Cooke ; a specimen of Indigofera heterosticha from Tropical Africa, collected
and pres:nted by Major Serpa Pinto; and the spadix and leaf of Anthurium hybridum
from W. Bull, Esq.

There have been added to the collections of fruits and woods three fruits of Omphalo-
carpum from Africa, presented by Thos. Christy, Esq.; a branch with cones of Pinus
Cedrus grown at Hinton St. George, Somersetshire, presented by W. H. Broome, Esq. ;
specimens of Loranthus longifulius on 34 different trees from the Botanic Gardens at
Saharumpore, presented by J. I’. Duthie, Esq.; specimens of bamboos and sugar canes
from Demerara, presented by David Carruthers, Esq. ; a collection of prepared specimens
of Japanese woods, presented by J. Bisset, Esq.; specimens of oak and other woods trom
Pleistocene beds in the Thames Valley, presented by Dr. R. Messell ; and specimens of
charred wood from E. Beck, Esq.

To the British Herbarium: there have been added specimens of 1,168 plants from
Devonshire, collected and presented by T. R. Archer Briggs, Esq.; 92 species of
Shropshire plants, collected and presented by W. E. Beckwith, Esq.; 37 specimens of
plants from G. C. Druce, Esq.; 62 species of Sussex plants from F. C. S. Roper, Esq. ;
54 species of Northamptonshire plants from Miss Shepard; 92 species of Warwickshire
plants from J. E. Bagnall, Esq.; 53 species of British plants from G. Nicholson, Esq. ;
specimens of Trickomunes radicaas, and T. Andrewsii, from Mrs. Andrews; and specimens
of rare and critical British species from F. A. Lees, Esq., F. Townsend, Esq., the
Rev. R. P. Murray, W. D. Douglas, Ksq., J. C. Melvill, Esq., Bolton King, Esq.,
C. Chantre, Esqg., H. & J. Groves, Esy., the Rev. W. W. Newbould and Mrs. Pierce
Butler.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific research and
inquiry was 704. The following foreign botanists may be specified as having used the
Herbarium in connection with their investigations :—Professor Asa Gray, of America;
M. C. DeCandolle, of Geneva; Dr. Reinsch, Count Solms-Laubach, Baron Ettings-
hausen, and Mr. Bolus. Of British botanists the following may be specified :—Sir John
Lubbock, Bart., Mr. C. B. Clarke, Mr. J. G. Baker, Mr. A. W. Bennett, Mr. A. Bennett,
the Rev. J. M. Crombie, Mr. Howse, the Messrs. Groves, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Stratton,
the Rey. W. W. Newbould, Professor Dickson, Professor Lawson, Professor Balfour,
Mr. J C. Mansell-Pleydell, Mr. W. P. Hiern, Mr. Boulger, Mr. Churchill and
Dr. Braithwaite.

W. Carruthers.

British Museum, Edw. A. Bond,
13 May 1882. } Principal Librarian.

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AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exrenpr-
turE of the British Museum (Specian Trust ©
Funps), for the Year ended 31 March 1882; |
Number of Persons admitted to visit the —
Musrvum in each Year from 1876 to 1881, both

and Description of the CoLuecrions, and an
Account of Oxsyrecrs added to them in the ©
Year 1881.

(Mr. Walpole.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed] f
15 June 1882,

23 1, ; 4
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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 24 April 1883 ;—/or,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Exprnpirure of the British MuskuM
(Specrat Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 3lst day of March 1883:”

“ And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each
Year from 1877 to 1882, both Years inclusive; and the British MusEuM
(NaturaL History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1882,
inclusive; together with a Sratement of the Progress made in the
ARRANGEMENT and Dzscription of the CoLLecTions, and an Account of
OssectTs added to them, in the Year 1882.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 18838.

II.—_ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
IIf..—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.

VI—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britis Musrum in
each Year from 1877 to 1882, both Years inclusive; and the Britis Museum
(Naturat History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1882, inclusive.

VIi.—STATEMENT of the Genera ApMINISTRATION.

VIII.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and Description of the Cot-
LECTIONS, and Account of Oxsects added to them, in the Year 1882.

(Sir John Lubbock.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
8 June 1883.

197. A

2 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczerret anp Exrenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER.

Cc Stock,
ee 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Ee om ds eae She 0k
To Bavancz on the Ist April 1882 - - - = = = See vero LO a 1S wee 2
- Drvipewns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
On the 6th July 1882 - = - £.196 15 4
» 6th January 1883 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8
—- Onze Year’s Rent or a Rear Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of
Bridgewater, received 20th April 1882 - - - - 3110 8
£. 800 11 8 13,117 17 2

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerer AND EXPENDITURE of thee FARNBOROUGH

Pier Srocx,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

Lo 1s sed: ae
To Baxance on the 1st April 1882 - - - - - - -| 8419 2 2,872 6 10
— Divipenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 6th July 1882 - £.43 1 9
» 6th January 1883 ASM GS,
— SS 86 3 56
£. 1121 22 7 2,872 6 10

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. s d, Lo a8, he
To Batance on the 1st April 1882 a) i ate Cel ag ai -| 216 2 6 5,369 2 9

- Divivenps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 8 per Cent. Con-
sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on
Geology, viz.:

On the 6th July 1882 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1883 80 10 9

ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, from the 1st April 1882 to the 31st March 1883.

Casu.
Lo és:
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the
Rea Estate, viz. :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1883 - - - - 1g va
- Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz:
In the financial year ended 31st March 1883 - - - - | 997 11 6
— Payment of one year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - - MO 2 =
508 14 10

— BALances ON THE3IsT Marcu 1883, carried to Account for 1883/84 291 16 10

STock,

HST 17) 2

ae 800 11 8

18,117 a7

FUND, from the Ist April 1882 to the 31st March 1883.

CasuH.

Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

By BaLaNncEs on THE 31st Marcu 1883, carried to Account for 1883/84 | 121

w~
Q

ZB, mS Gh

*

2,872 6 10
Casu Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Ey ne Seb @ £. # d
By Satary paid to Dr. H. Alleyne Nicholson for Lectures on Geology
a re rr a ra rl es oe
- Advertisements, &c., connected with the Election of a Swiney Lec- |
turer - - - - = = = = = = = 2 10 eal
- Batances on tue 31st Mancu 1883, carried to Account for 1883/84 | 225 13 11 | 5,869 2 9
|
|
£. 377, 3:11 | 5,369 2 9
|

4 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

{V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrtrt and Expenpiture of the BIRCH

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
fe aS: tl, £8.
To Barance on the Ist April 1882 - 2. oa oP Fe tise - = 563 15 7
- Divipenps received on 568], 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under
Librarians of the British Museum, viz. :
On the 6th July 1882 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1883 - 8 "9 2]
— 1618 3
ee 1618 3 5663 15 7
eee aS

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerrr and Expernnpiture of the Bequest of the late

Casu. Stock.
; EC aEES st Nie Ge 3, ads
To Batances on the Ist April 1882 - - - +s - - S| G92 12g} 51,000 - -
- Divipenps received on 14,0007. Stock in New 3 per
Cents., viz. :
oss ee
On the 6th April 1882 aie (Sh ey 210 n=
» 6th October 1882 - - - NOE a
————-——_| 420 - -
- Divivenp received on 28,0007, Stock in 8 per Cent. Con-
sols, viz.:
wae he ;
On the sthJuly 4882 - - <= Ae = 490 co = .
i *
» Oth January 1ses¢ - ee Meu eudogn = |= | ,
: —| s40 - - ?
. . -
- Divivenns on 9,000/. Stock in East India 4 per Cents.,
viz.:
2. 5. a js
On the 6th April 1882 - - - - 180 -— -
», 6th October 1882 - - - - - 180 = =
————-| 360 = —
- Amounr received by sale of 14,0007. Stock in New 3 per Cent,
Annuities, less commission and expenses of power of attorney - - |14,016 4 6
- Ditto - ditto 1,000 7. East India 4 per Cents., ditto ditto - -|1,025 18 6 ro
~ Balance on 31st. March 1993. <0! 2g) e*.) 2 RPA oP Bile SO Seo is :
17,3885 3 2 61,000 = —|

British Museum, )
30 May 1883, f

Accounts, kc., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, from the Ist April 1882 to the 31st March 1883.

Srocx,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Bio Ke hs £5 Suds
By Lecacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum,
whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the
Department of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural
History - - - - - - - - = = - 1618 3
— Barance on THE 31st Marcu 1883, carried to Account for 1883/84 | - - - 563 15 7
250 1618 3 563 15 7
Mr. WILLIAM WHITE, from the Ist April 1882 to the 41st March 1888.
Casu. Stock
wee Su Ge £. poe ae
By Payments to complete the contract for the erection of a new sculpture
gallery on the west side of the Museum, mosaic floor, necessary
pipes for warming the gallery, &e. ke. - - - - - |1,888 18 —-
- Payments for making provision for bookbinders’ workshops, and other
preliminary works for building additions on the east side of the
Museum = = = - - - - - - - 836 9 2
- Payments on account of contract for additional buildings on the east
side of the Museum - : - - - - - - - 14,400 - -
- Payment to the Surveyor of Her Majesty’s Office of Works for
services rendered in preparing plans, and in general superin-
tendence of the works provided for out of the White Bequest -{ 209 8 —
- Salary of a Clerk of the Works in charge of the new buildings - 3 50. 8) =
— Sale of 14,000/. Stock in New Three per Cents. - - - -|/-s. «| «| 14000
» 1,0002, ditto East India 4 per Cents, - - =e 2 3 L000, = oo
- Batance of Stock on 31st March 1883, carried forward to 1883/84,
and still available for the purposes of the bequest, viz. :
Stock in Consolidated 3 per Cents. - £. 28,000 -— ~
» East India 4 per Cents - 8,000 - —-
—l|- - .- 36,000 — —
£. 117,885 3 2 51,000) == =
er a re es er een Se ee

A}

Edward A, Bond, Principal Librarian,

6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VI.—NUMBER of Persons Apmittep to Visit the Britisu Musroum and the Bririss Musrum
(Naturat History).

A.—Prrsons admitted to view the GeNERAL CoLLECTIONS in the Britisn Museum in each Year from 1877
to 1882, both Years inclusive.

JANUARY - - = = = = 3 = 4
Freeruary - - - = = = = = = “
Marcu - = = 5 & = é S a) =
APRIL - - - - = - = 4 = S a
May - = = = = - = = ss a
June - = : : = a = . - 4 a
JuLY - - - - = = = - = S na
AvGuUST = - - = - = = = E s
SEPTEMBER - - - = - = = = z =
OcroBER - - = = - = = = = é
NovemMBER - - : - = = x E 3 =
DECEMBER - - = = = z ss a Z -

Total Number of Persons admitted to view the)
General Collections (exclusive of Readers)- —- f

Number of Visits—
To tle Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research -
To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research

To the Department of Manuscripts, for the purpose of |
examining Select Manuscripts 2 ae -

To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of atta y- -
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c.
Yo the Gold Ornament and Gem Room - - - = -
’ To the Depts: of Natural History, for the purpose of study -
To the Department of Zoology, for the purpose of study -

To the Print Room, for the purpose of study - - =

1877. | 1878. | 1879
No. No. No.
51,475 | 85,881 | 35,000
22,219 | 20,575 | 28,417
39,373 | 32,166 | 46,702
79,496 | 58,178 | -72,985
57,640 | 29,419 | 89,036
41,604 | 50,109 | 78,972
47,020 | 41,846 | 59,438
55,666 | 51,072 | 65,484
87,831 | 38,293 | 49,318
29,795 | 27,567 | 39,529
30,463 | 27,904 | 42,363
46,709 | 35,506 | 54,150
589,281 | 448,516 | 606,394
113,594 | 114,516 | 125,594
296 316 256
2,041 1,741 2,191
9,939 | 11,917 | 15,626
1,444 | 1,589] 41,620
21,054 | 28,148 | 18,931
7,480 | 6,352 | 7,991
4.382 | 3,572 | 4,220 |
699,611 | 611,612 | 782,823

56,208
42,269
50,072

81,842

655,608

133,842
124
2,076

14,937

1,689

4,883

839,374

1881.

No.
61,666

35,499

61,344

764,405

134,278

111

1,869
28,168

10,299

4,312

57,068
47,442

57,290

767,402

146,891

54

4,739

$61,437

963,869

ee) a ee

a Including the total number of persons (4,446) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six
till eight o’clock, from the Ist of May to the 15th of July 1882, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 17th of July to

the 31st of August.

In addition to the above, 574 persons were admitted during the year 1882 to view the Ethnographical portion of the

Christy Collections at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster. t

+ The Christy Collection at 103, Victoria-street will be finally closed during the year 1883, when the Ethnographical specimens

will be wansferred to the galleries at the British Museum vacated by Zoological Collections.

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

VI.—Nomper of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c.—continued.

B.—Persons ADMITTED TO VIEW THE COLLECTIONS IN THE British Museum (Naturax Hisrory), in each
Year from the date of opening (18th April 1881 to 1882, inclusive.

1881 : 1882:

18 2
April | fags hin 41,434 January - - - 25,234
lso J February - - - 17,522

¥ ORIEL Fs 22.87
May 22,071 ie 27,928
June Ss - ~ = 25,867 April = = = = 37,130
aici he pa otter 13,986 a ale ai Bee
June] ' 9 = = 20,461
Bee ater sin = AL Thc eee Se 20,895
September = - - - 23,950 ANSUst Sr Sr = = 29,182
eee = nd zi 4 23,044 September - - - 19,564
October - - - 15,217
] j - - - 17,945
November foe November - -~ - 10,469
December - - - 34,217 December - - - 25,101
ToTaL - - - 231,284 ToTaL- - - 278,027
ee

+ Number of Visits for the Purpose of Study to the Departments of—

1882.
Geology - - - -\ 1,209
: | New Building .
i Mimeralorys =) se 1 oe ] in the 697
| Cromwell-road.
Bétany’+ “= =~ 803
YoTaL - - - 2,709

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British
and Medizeval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) are Open to the Public, Free, as under :—

Monpay

oe whole of the Galleries.

SaTuRDAY

Wepnespay and Fripav—The whole of the Galleries, except the Western Gallery of Antiquities on the
Upper Floor, and the Rooms of Greek and Roman Antiquities on the Ground Floor aiid Basement.

The hours of Admission are from—
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.

10°, 5 ,, March, April, September, October.

HOME =; 6 ,, May, June, July, August.

10~ 5 7 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.
OW 5s Sass Monday and Saturday only, from May Ist to the middle of July.

The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, October,
_ November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Hight p.m.; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven.

The Reading Room is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and
October.

Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock to the hour of
general closing; and inthe Print Room from Ten tili Four o'clock, January to March, and August to December ;
Ten till Five, April to July.

Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Geology and Paleontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of the week,
except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

The hours of Admission are fron —
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.
LOW ies, Oia, March, April, September, October.
Ona; Chars, May, June, July, August.
Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Nine o’clock to the ordinary hour of closing.

British Museum, Edward A, Bond,
30 May 1883. Principal Librarian.
0.63. A4

8 Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VII.— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

THE measure of giving expansion to the exhibition of works of art and antiquity by
the separation of the Natural History collections is on the eve of completion. ‘The last
remaining but most considerable of the Departments, that of Zoology, is in progress of
removal, and may be expected to be established in the Museum in Cromwell-road in the
course of the summer of the present year. Portions of the collections,—the Osteology,
the Reptiles and Fishes; the Mammalia, the collection of Mollusca, and the Shells,
Echinoderms, Corals, and Sponges,—are already placed and partially arranged in their new
galleries. A detached building, specially designed for the zoological specimens preserved
in spirit, is nearly ready for their reception. Pending this removal of the Zoological collec-
tions, no material progress has been possible in extending the exhibition of antiquities.

The new Sculpture Gallery erected from funds bequeathed by Mr. William White
has been completed, and the friezes and other works from the Tomb of Mausolus have been
removed into it and partly re-arranged ; many portions of the monument, hitherto placed
out of sight in the basement, having been added to the exhibited remains.

The arrangement of British and Anglo-Saxon antiquities in the rooms formerly occu-
pied by Botanical specimens has been carried out, and the rooms opened to visitors.

The Reading Room has been kept open until 8 p.m. by aid of the electric light, from
the beginning of September to the end of April.

The concentration in the galleries of the Reading Room of books most in requisition
by readers has been proceeded with; two-thirds of the lower gallery being now occupied
by selected works.

A reference collection of illustrated works on Architecture, Art and Archeology, has
been formed, as auxiliary to the selection in the Reading Room, and placed in the
Northern Saloon of the Library, near to the Reading Room.

The printing of the Catalogue of Accessions to the Library has been continued; and
the scheme of printing adopted for the general Catalogue of the Library, hitherto con-
fined to full volumes of the Catalogue in MS. incapable of receiving additional titles, has
been enlarged, and has now been applied to the further object of putting’ the whole
Catalogue in type, from the beginnmg onwards. The titles also for the concluding
portion of the Catalogue, from the middle of letter V., as they are prepared in MS., are
now being printed off, instead of being laid down in volumes. It is hoped that on the
completion of the Catalogue, which may be looked for within the current year, the work
of revision and printing may be accelerated.

The addition to the Museum Building on the south-eastern corner, to be erected from
the funds bequeathed by Mr. White, has been commenced, and the works are carried foz-
ward to nearly the full height of the outer walls. Itis designed to give extension to the
Department of MSS. on the south side, including a room for the use of illuminated and
rare MSS.; to provide accommodation for newspapers, with a Reading Room in which
they may be consulted; to receive the Department of Prints and Drawings, with pro-
vision of studies and exhibition galleries; and to supply an additional gailery for the
Department of British and Medieval Antiquities.

At the British Museum of Natural History in Cromwell-road, a large basement-room
has been fitted for the exhibition of skeletons of Cetacea; and progress has been made
in the arrangement of the collections of Fossil lishes, Invertebrata, Corals, Plants, &c., in
the side galleries of the Department of Geology.

The annual course of Lectures on Geology, founded by the late Dr. George Swiney,
has been delivered at the British Museum (Natural History).

The Museum publications have been given to Free Libraries of the United Kingdom.

Reproducticns of Early Italian Prints, and the series of volumes of descriptions of
Ancient Marbles, have been presented to public Art Schools and Museums; and electro-
types of ancient coins to the Museums of Glasgow, Cork, and Nottingham.

Duplicate Natural History specimens have been distributed to various institutions.

The following are the publications of the year :—
GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE British MusnumM Lisrary: Folio.
Parts: — A.—-Aca.; Ari.—Arr.; Ass.—Aud. ; D.—Dal.; Dal.—Dan.; Dup.—

Dey Git.—Gny.; Goe.—Goo.; Giil—Gze.; Ste.—Sto.; Sto.—Str.; Str.—
ve.

Special Parts *-Byron, SWEDENBORG, VIRGIL, XENOPHON.

CATALOGUE

Accounts, &¢c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

CATALOGUE OF ACCESSIONS TO THE LispraRy. 4¢0. Continuations of the following
sections :—

A. and B.—New English and Foreign Books, 13 parts.

C.—Old English Books, and old books in Foreign Languages printed in England,
4 parts.

D.—Old Foreign Books, 8 parts.

E.—Main Titles in various Languages from the Old Catalogue, 3 parts.

F.— Cross-References, 3 parts.

CATALOGUE OF ORIENTAL Corns, Vol. VII.—Coins of the House of Timur. By
Stanley Lane Poole. With autotype plates. 8vo.

CATALOGUE OF GREEK Corns. Thessaly to Aetolia. By Percy Gardner, m.a,
F.s.A., Assistant, Department of Coins and Medals. With autotype plates. 8vo.

CaTALOGUE OF GREEK Coins. The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt. By Reginald
Stuart Poole, Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals. With autotype
plates. 8vo. ‘

GUIDE TO THE Kouyunsgik GALLERY.—ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. By Dr. S. Birch.
assisted by Mr. T. G. Pinches. 8vo.

AUTOTYPE Copy oF THE Magna Carta.

AUTOTYPE Cory OF THE ARTICLES OF THE MaGna CartTa.

TEXT OF THE MaGna Carta, with an Introduction. 8vo.

AUTOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF EARLY ITALIAN Prints, Parts I. and II.

CATALOGUE OF THE BATRACHIA SALIENTIA. Second Edition, 1882. By George
Albert Boulenger, Assistant, Department of Zoology. With plates. 8vo.

CATALOGUE OF THE BaTRAcHIA GRADIENTIA. Second Edition, 1882, By
George Albert Boulenger, Assistant, Department of Zoology. With plates. 8vo.

List oF HyMENorTERA, Vol. I. Tenthredinide and Siricide. By W. F. Kirby,
Assistant, Department of Zoology. With coloured plates. 8vo.

CATALOGUE OF THE FossiL FORAMINIFERA. By Professor T. Rupert Jones,
F.R.S., F.G.S. 8vo.

GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES IN THE British Museum (NaTurRAL
History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington. With Plans and Woodcuts. (Geology
and Paleontology, Mineralogy, and Botany). 8vo. ss

GuIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
AND PALHONTOLOGY IN THE Britisa Musrum (Natura History), Cromwell-
road, South Kensington. By Dr. H. Woodward, Keeper of the Department of Geology
and Paleontology. With Plan and Woodcuts. 8vo.

GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF MINERA-
LOGY AND BOTANY IN THE British Musreum (Naturat Hisrory), Cromwell-.
road, South Kensington. By Lazarus Fletcher, Keeper of the Department of Mineralogy,
and W. Carruthers, Keeper of the Department of Botany. With Plan. 8vo.

GUIDE To THE INDEX Museum, Britisa Museum (Natura History), Crom-
well-road, South Kensington. Avers (Birds). By Professor R. Owen, ¢.B. 8vo.

GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINE-
RALOGY IN THE British Museum (Naturau History), Cromwell-road, South
Kensington. By Lazarus Fletcher, m.a., Keeper of the Department of Minera-
logy. 8vo.

c

British Museum, 30 May 1883. 3 Edward A. Bond,
Principal Librarian

10 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CaTaLoguine or CoLLsc-
TIONS, AND STATEMENTS OF ADDITIONS, in the Year 1882.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
84,760; in addition to which 44,107 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of
changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library. 27,399 labels have been affixed,
and 42,745 obliterated labels have been renewed. The duty of attaching third press-
marks to the books in the New Library has been continued; 11,400 books have been
thus marked during the year, and the corresponding alterations have been carried out
in the Reading Room Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 53,044 title-slips have been written (the term “title-slip ” ap-
plying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these, 36,325 were written for
the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 16,719 for the separate Cata-
logues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(6.) Printing.—49,051 titles have been prepared for printing during the year, upon
the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879, and 51,010 titles have been
printed off. The system of printing those volumes of the Catalogue which have become
filled with entries, and which would otherwise require to be broken up and re-laid, has
been continued during the year. 45 MS. volumes have been printed during 1882,
forming 13 volumes of print, and including the headings: Arouet de Voltaire, Gladstone,
Goldoni, Goldsmith, Stillingfleet, Stowe.

(c.) Transcription and Incorporation.—It is still found necessary, for various reasons, to
transcribe a certain number of the titles. In the first, or amalgamated portion of the
Catalogue, from A to 8, and T, the number of titles thus transcribed amounts to 125, and
of index-slips, prepared and transcribed fourfold to facilitate consultation of the volumes,
to454, 51,552 titles and 455 index-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies
of this portion of the Catalogue. This incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order
to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in each copy 46,689
title-slips and 602 index-slips, and to add to each copy 170 new leaves to receive new
entries.

In the second or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, Sud to Sz, and V to Z, 6,210
title-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the Catalogue.
In order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement during the incorporation, 7,039 titles
were removed and re-inserted in each copy, and 32 new leaves were added to each copy
to receive them.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 346, and in that of Academies 185.

(d.) Music Catalogue.—10,848 title-slips have been written, and 4,858 title-slips have
been transcribed fourfold for this Catalogue. 15,416 transcripts of title-slips have been
incorporated into each of the two copies of this Catalogue; and, in order to maintain
the alphabetical arrangement, 18,032 title-slips have been removed and re-inserted in
each copy.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—127 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues—The mumber of titles written is 5,717, of which 160
were for Sanscrit, 2,044 for Bengali, 1,384 for Hindi, 838 for Marathi, and 1,291
for Gujarati.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—27 title-slips have been written for this
Catalogue.

(h.) Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—For this Catalogue, in which the title-slips are
arranged in order of the press-marks, 45,027 have been mounted on cartridge paper,
80,825 have been arranged, and 69,000 have been partially arranged, preparatory to
incorporation, and 120,850 have been incorporated,

(7.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,

amounts

ACCOUNTS, &ec., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ; 11

amounts to 1,094 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in
the Hand-Catalogue.

Progress has been made in filling the presses in the lower gallery of the Reading
Room with books suitable for an additional Library of Reference.

The Special Collection of Bibliographies in the Reading-Room has been kept up by
the addition of new works which have appeared suitable.

(j.) Catalogue of English Books printed before 1640.—This Catalogue is now at press,
Vol. I. has been printed off, and it is hoped that the work will be completed in the course
of the present year.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course
of the year amounts to 31,880; including 307 volumes of newspapers; and, in con-
sequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one,
the number of bound volumes returned is 11,366. In addition to this, 1,289 pamphlets
have been separately bound, and 402 volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room is 453,656; to the Royal Library, 11,533;
to the Grenville Library, 652; and sto the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 419,876.

The number of readers during the year has been 146,891, giving an average of 486 daily;
and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted about 6 volumes
per diem, not reckoning those on the shelves in the Reading Room.

V. Additions.—(a.) 28,722 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 3,812
were presented, 9,297 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 1,075
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 14,538 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 41,915 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,554 were presented, 20,630 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 508 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 19,223 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
390 published in London and its suburbs, 1,149 in other parts of England and Wales,
173 in Scotland, and 142 in Ireland. 12 volumes and 2 numbers, belonging to
8 different sets, have been purchased; and 1,117 numbers have been presented.

(d.) 5,307 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
3,029 were received by English and 2,008 by International Copyright, and 270 by
purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 28,722 volumes and pamphlets, and
41,915 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
24,317. Of these, 3,476 have been presented, 9,028 acquired by English, and 1,005 by
International Copyright, and 10,808 by purchase.

(f-) 7,804 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items; the
addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 78,441 articles
received in the Department. The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is
altogether 296,846.

Amongst the more interesting acquisitions of the year may be noted :—

__ 1. An early German Bible in the dialect of the Lower Rhine Provinces} printed by
Quentell, at Cologne, about 1479. 2. A valuable edition of the Epistles and Gospels in
Dutch, from the press of Jan Veldener, printed at Utrecht in 1479. Veldener is one of
the rarest of the early Dutch printers; his type bears a resemblance to that of Caxton,
and specimens of it are almost equally rare. 3. “ Das Heilig Evangelium Matthei: ”
[Erfurt,|] 1521. This is the first Protestant translation of the Gospel of St. Matthew
into German from the then recently printed Greek text of Erasmus, a year prior to
Luther’s; it is a book of the highest rarity, and is of importance in the history of
vernacular versions ; the translator was Johann Lang, the Pastor of Erfurt, who, in 1518,
presided over the famous public disputation between Luther and Eck, 4. “ Die
Propheten alle Deudsch. D. Mart. Luth. Gedruckt zu Wittemberg durch Hans
Lufft,” 1532. This is Luther’s rare first edition of the Prophets, revised and published
together. 5. “ Biblia. Das ist die gantze heilige Schrifft Deudsch D. Mart. Luth.
Augspurg durch Heinrich Steyner, 1535.” This is the first pirated edition of Luther’s
complete Bible of 1534. Although it is said to be a faithful reprint, the language is in
» 0.03% B 2 many

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many cases altered to that of South Germany. Luther complained bitterly of the various
piracies of his translation, in which the language was altered without his permission,
whilst they were issued under his name. This edition is even more rare than its original
of 1534.

A rare and highly interesting edition of the New Testament in English by Thomas
Matthew, z.e. John Rogers, the Proto-martyr, as he is called, of the Reformation. This
edition bears the date of 1538 on the title-page, but is without name of place or printer.
In all probability it was printed by Peter Treviris in Southwark, the title-page having a
border known to have been used by Treviris, in.1527. The text corresponds generally
with that given in Matthew’s Bible, 1537.

Several rare Liturgies; amongst them are: A Breviary of the Benedictines of the
German Observance, printed at Nuremberg in 1493. An extremely rare Psalter, printed
at Ingolstadt about 1490. A Missal of the Benedictines of the Monastery of Monte
Cassino, bearing date 1507, and having the same woodcuts as that of 1506, which was
sold in the Didot sale. A Missal for the Diocese of Olmutz, 1505. A fine and rare
Pontificale, printed at Venice in 1510. A Breviary for the Diocese of Prague, 1517; one
for the Diocese of Wurtzburg, 1518, and a very fine copy of a rare Graduale, printed at
Venice in 1525. ‘lo these may be added a remarkable little book, in the nature of a Book
of Hours, printed at Naples in 1523, and compiled by Andrea Matteo di Acquaviva,
Duke of Atri, for the use of his family, as shown by a Brief of Pope Leo X., which
precedes the Office.

Many rare books, chiefly Old English Poetry, or works illustrative of the early
dramatists, were bought at the sale of Mr. F. Ouvry. Amongst them may be mentioned:
“The Cobler of Canterburie ; or, an invective against Tarltons Newes out of Purgatorie,”
London, 1608. An excessively rare and probably unique book: Thomas Cranley’s scarce
poem: “ Amanda; or the Reformed Whore,’ London, 1635; which furnished the title
for the “ Amanda” group of Bagford Poems, recently published by the Ballad Society,
under the editorship of the Rey. J. W. Ebsworth. Drayton’s “Idea; the Shepheards
Garland, fashioned in nine Eclogs,” London, 1593. Of this poem only two, or at most
three, copies are known. Hake’s “A Touchestone for this time present,” 1574.
‘© Father Hubburd’s Tales; or, the Ant and the Nightingale,” London, printed by T. C.
for William Cotton, 1604; an extremely curious and rare tract, partly in verse, containing
allusions to Nash and Greene, and full of illustrations of the social life and manners of
the time. It is ascribed by Mr. Dyce to Thomas Middleton, whose initials, T. M., are
subscribed to the Epistle to the Reader. ‘‘ Newes from the Levane Seas. Describing
the many perrilous events of the most worthy gentleman, Edward Glenham,” London,
1594. “Greene’s Pandosto; the Triumph of Time, London, 1632.” This is a scarce
edition of the novel (first published in 1588) on which Shakespeare founded his
« Winter’s Tale,” and by which he was led into the geographical blunder of making
Bohemia “a desert country near the sea.” According to the novel, Egistus, King of
Sicilia, ‘‘ provided a navy of ships and sailed into Bohemia.” Heywood’s ‘‘ Marriage
Triumphe solemnized in an epithalamium on the Count Palatine and Princess Elizabeth,”
1613. Richard Johnson’s “Crown Garland of Golden Roses, gathered out of England’s
Royal Garden,” London, 1659, and also his excessively rare work: “The Nine Worthies
of London,” London, 1592. Jordan’s ** Royal Arbor of loyal Poesie,” London, 1664 ; an
extremely rare book, and also his “ Claraphil; in a Forrest of Fancies.” ‘‘ Conclusions
upon Dances,” a scarce tract by John Lowin, one of the actors in Shakespeare’s plays.
A curious autobiography, probably unique, entiled,“ An Apology: written by R.
Vennar, of Lincolnes Inne, abusively called Englands Joy,” London, 1614. Vennar was
the author of a dramatic entertainment calJed “‘ Englands Joy.” An excessively rare
poetical tract by John Singer, a Comedian of Shakespeare’s time, entitled : “ Quips upon
Questions; or, a Clowne’s Conceite on occasions offered. By Clunnyco de Curtaneo
Snuffe ” [7.e., Snuff, the Clown of the Curtain Theatre, J. Singer]. Singer, like Tarleton,
was accustomed to have. questions proposed to him when on the stage, to which he was
expected to make extemporaneous replies in rhyme. ‘hese seem to have been collected
and published for his benefit in the above work.

At the sale of a further portion of M. F. Didot’s Library in June last, a considerable
number of rare books were purchased, many of which are illustrated with fine engravings
on wood, and are yaluable as examples of the progress of that art. Amongst them are
several books of Hours, including a very charming undescribed edition, printed by
Le Royer, at Paris, about 1525, with beautiful woodcuts and borders. It is bound in
Maioli style, with the owner’s name, Marie Bechats, on the covers. Some Pageants,
including “ Les deux plus grandes et memorables rejouissances de la Ville de Lyon pour
Yentrée de tres-grand Prince Henri IIII., Roy de France et de Navarre,” Lyon, 1598.
“ Entrée de Loys XIII. dans sa ville d’Arles,” Avignon, 1623; a very rare pageant, with
full-page engravings. “ Les Ordonnances royaux sur le faict et jurisdiction de la
prevoste des marchands et echevinage de la Ville de Paris,’’ Paris, 1644; a presentation
copy to Louis XIV., with a fine engraving representing the King as a child, attended by
the Queen Mother, receiving the book from the Provost and Merchants. A charming
edition of Alsop, with illustrations by Virgil Solis, Frankfort, 1566. An edition of Seneca

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in French, printed at Paris for Verard, about 1491, with a woodcut representing the
translator offering his book to the King, Charles VIII. A very fine copy, also printed
by Verard, of the first French translation of Terence, with numerous woodcut illustrations.

At the different sales of portions of the Sunderland Library, which took place during
1882, 536 books were acquired for the Museum, including a considerable number of scarce
editions of the Greek and Latin Classics, as well as a number of works in the older
literature of France, Spain, and Italy. Amongst the rarities may be mentioned four
books on vellum, viz.: “‘ Cicero: Rhetoricorum ad Herennium libri IV.,” Aldus, Venice,
1554. Cicero: “De Oratore,” Venice, Aldus, 1554. Cicero: ‘‘ Oratorum Volumen
primum,” Venice, Aldus, 1519; and Ferrerius: ‘‘ Lugdunense Somnium de Divi Leonis
decimi ad Summum Pontificatum promotione.” Cicero: Epistole ad Familiares,” A.
Zarotus, Milan, 1471. The original edition of Grotius: “De Jure Belli et Pacis,’
Paris, 1625. The first edition of Amyot'’s French translation of the “ Aithiopica” of
Heliodorus, Paris, 1547; and a very curious Book of Church Order, drawn up for the
use of the Foreign Protestant Churches in London, by Joannes a Lasco, a distinguished
foreign Reformer, whom King Edward VI. had appointed their Superintendent. It is
entitled: “‘ Forma ac Ratio tota ecclesiastici ministerii in peregrinorum, potissimum vero
Germanorum, ecclesia instituta Londini in Anglia per pientissimum principem Regem
Edwardum VI. anno 1550.” At the suggestion of Archbishop Cranmer, the King had
granted to the Foreign refugees the Church of the Augustine Friars, and had incorporated
Joannes a Lasco, with four other ministers, as the governing body. The Museum has
long possessed a curious collection of French, German, Dutch, and Italian versions of this
Book of Church Order, but the original Latin work has hitherto been wanting.

At the sales of the Beckford Collection, 123 lots were secured for the Museum Library,
some of them distinguished by the fine bindings for which that collection is remarkable.
Amongst them may be mentioned: Taylor the Platonist’s Translation of Apuleius, with
the suppressed passages. Aretino: ‘Opera nova,” 1535. “The Art of Poetry”
(attributed to Goldsmith), published by Newbery, 1762. Buanyan’s “ Pilgrim’s Progress,”
translated into French, Amsterdam, 1685; this is the first edition in French. “ Feste
celebrate in Napoli,” 1657. Gerson: “ Opus tripartitum,” Paris, 1504. Goodcole(H.),
““ Wonderful discoverie of Elizabeth Sawyer, a witch, late of Edmonton,” 1621. This
very curious book is an account, written by the Chaplain of Newgate, of the examination
and confession of Elizabeth Sawyer, who was executed for witcheraft in 1621, and upon
it was founded the well-known play by Rowley, Decker, and Ford, entitled: “The
Witch of Edmonton.” Le Roy (A.), “ La Vertu enseignée par les oiseaux,” Liége, 1653.
An interesting work, illustrated with curious copper-plates and bound by Roger Payne.
A fine copy of a “ Sluzhebnik,” or Service Book, of the Russian Greek Church, printed
by order of the Emperor Peter the Great, 1684. Luther (™M.), ‘‘ Passional Jhesu Christi,”
Niirnberg, 1552; with fine woodcuts by Virgil Solis. Meynier (H.), “ Naissance et
triomphes esmerveillables du Dieu Bacchus”; a little book illustrated with charming
engravings by an apparently unknown artist.

A large collection of Japanese books on Pictorial Art, brought together by Dr.
Anderson to illustrate the collection of Japanese drawings which he had formed, and
which has been recently purchased by the Trustees. These works will form a valuable
addition to the Japanese Library, and, with those on the same subject in the Siebold
Collection, which is already in the Museum, will furm a complete record of Japanese art.

The Music Collection has been enriched by numerous and important additions, many
being of great rarity, and some quite unknown to all bibliographers. Among the latter
are: A book of Lute Music in tablature, by W. L. von Radolt. Books 1-6 of “Le
varie musiche di R. Rontani.” Partiti Musicali” (prima continuatione) by G. G.
Froberger. Eight pieces of Church Music by M. Siebenhaar.

The following are also very rare: The 1532 edition of M. Agricola’s “ Musica instru-
mentalis Deudsch.” A “ Tablaturbuch,” by E. N. Ammorbach. ‘Two sets of Motetts,
by N. Gombertus. A “ Tablaturbuch,” by 8. Ochsenhun. “ Hexachordum Apollinis,”
by J. Pachelbel. “ Instruccion de musica,” by C. Sanz. “ Musikalische Lob Gottes,” by
G. P. Telemann. “ Hortulus chelicus,” by J. J. Walther. Stabat Mater, by the
Marquis de Ligniville. “Laurette,” an opera in score, by Haydn. “ L’Inganno
Fedele,” an opera by R, Keiser.

A large number of works, including operas, oratorios, Church music, etc., was purchased
at the second sale of the Library of the late Dr. Miiller, of Berlin.

George Bullen.

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SuB-DEPARTMENT of Mars, Cuarts, PLANS, and TOPOGRAPHICAL DRawInecs.

I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

(a.) The number of Titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) written for
the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year amounts to 5,413.

(6.) Press-marks have been given to 213 maps and 583 titles. The number of small
hand-slips written for press-marks is 362, and for purchases, 139.

(c.) 74 volumes of the Catalogue of Maps (A, IX, America, U.S.—-England) have been
prepared and sent to the printer; 179 sheets of “ Proof” (America, U.S., p. 97—-Den-
mark, p. 1024), for the new printed Catalogue of Maps, have been collated, and 159
sheets of “ Revises” (Africa, p. 25—Danzig, p. 992) have been sent “for press.” The
incorporation into the Map Catalogue of titles from the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, and
Charts in the Royal Library, has been continued from “ Anthony ” to “ England.”

(d.) 1,382 Maps in 9,375 sheets, and 64 Atlases, have been entered for the binder,
and 171 volumes and 831 maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound
and the latter mounted, 63 on cards, and 768 on jaconet and union. 23 volumes have
received separate letterings.

(e.) An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 217
transcripts, in all 651 transcripts, necessitating the removal in each of the three copies
of 428 transcripts, and the addition to each of 20 new leaves. 1,346 new titles have been
incorporated into the “ blue” copy of the Catalogue.

(f.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was
1,029, the number of Maps 1,483, making a total of 2,512.

(g.) The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 1,133, and
on those received by presentation 786, making a total of 1,919.

Il.—A dditions.

475 Maps, in 2,251 sheets, 10 Atlases and five parts of Atlases, have been received
under the Copyright Act. 18 Atlases and eight parts of Atlases, and 158 Maps, in 704
sheets, and one relief Map, have been obtained by purchase ; six Volumes, and 279 Maps
and Charts, in 518 sheets, have been presented.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been in the course of the year 54 visitors to the Map Room for the purpose of
special geographical research.

Among the more interesting acquisitions of the year may be mentioned :

Carta in rilievo degl’ Alpi occidentali e dell’ Appenino Ligure alla scala di 1 : 250,000
per le distanze e 1: 125,000 per le altezze eseguita dal Cav. C. Cherubini, Torino, 1882.

Mapoteca Colombiana. Coleccion de los Titulos de todos los Mapas, Planos, Vistas, &c.,
relativos 4 la América Espafiola, Brasil é Islas adyacentes, por HE. Uricoechea, Londres,

1860. 8vo. ‘The author’s own copy, interleaved and enlarged with MS. additions in his.

own handwriting.

A Map of Lower Egypt, by Mahmud Bey. Scale 1: 200,000. Cairo, 1872. (In
Arabic).

A Map of Lower Egypt. Scale 1: 200,000, 4 sh. Issued by the Intelligence Depart-
ment, War Office, London, 1882.

A Map of the Apsheron Peninsula (on the Western shores of the Caspian Sea). By
S. Goolishambarow, Tiflis, 1882. (In English and Russian).

La grande carte de Flandre dressée en 1540, par Gérard Mercator. Reproduction
phototy pique de l’exemplaire conservé au Musée Plantin-Moretus, exécutée par J. Maes
et précédée d’une notice explicative par le Docteur J. van Raemdonck. Anvers, 1882.

A Plan of Rome, Ancient and Modern, by J. H. Parker, c.B., printed for private cir-
culation only London, 1882. Presented by the author.

. Robert K. Douglas.

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DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Class Catalogue.—The printed descriptions of MSS. acquired in the years 1854 to
1881 have been cut up into slips and arranged, and their incorporation into the several
volumes of the Catalogues is in progress.

2. Catalogue of Ancient MSS.—The second Part, describing MSS. in Latin, is being
finally revised for press.

3. Catalogue of Romances.—Articles in forty-seven different Manuscripts have been
described, relative to miscellaneous Romances,

Sheets 2 U to 3M have been corrected and printed off, nearly completing the first
volume.

4. Catalogue of Spanish MSS.—The fourth volume, which will include the Index, is
in progress.

5. Catalogue of Additions.—The Catalogue of Additions for 1876-1881 has been com-
pleted, passed through the press, and issued.

The Additional MSS., 31,898-31,969, acquired in 1882, have been described.

6, Indexes.—The revision of the slips of the new Index to the Sloane collection is in
progress; and has been carried as far as MS. 470.

Lists have been prepared of autographs contained in various volumes of the Lansdowne
‘collection.

An Index to the Anonymous English Poems in the various collections is being pre-

pared.

7. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals—The Additional Charters, 26,725, 26,757,
26,758, 26,813-26,911, 26,988, 27,014, 27,016-27,071, 27,079-27,183, have been de-
scribed.

The descriptions of Additional Charters, 26,726-27,003, have been revised.
Additional Charters and Rolls, 27,005-27,183, have been arranged and numbered.

The revision of the General Index of names and subjects to the several collections of
Rolls and Charters has been continued.

Three hundred and forty-eight Seals, lately acquired, have been described.

Four thousand five hundred and eighty-one casts of Seals, in the Department of British
and Medieval Antiquities, have been examined and compared with the various collections
in this department; 2,979 of them have been selected for incorporation into the Seal
Catalogue, and 252 have been described.

The Catalogue of Seals will shortly be in the press.

8. Facsimiles.—The Second Volume of the Old Testament of the Codex Alexandrinus
has been completed and will forthwith be issued; part of the third volume has been
photographed,

9. Registration The Registers of the Additional and Egerton MSS., and of the
Charters, Rolls, and Seals, have been continued to the latest acquisitions.

10. Arrangement of Papers, &c.—Lansdowne MSS. 751-755 have been rearranged.

11. Binding.—Two hundred and thirty-seven Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one
hundred and eighty-five Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired.

Nineteen Papyri have been glazed.
Five Charters and Seals have been repaired.

Twenty-seven registers and catalogues, and one hundred and ten printed books of |
reference, have been bound or repaired. ,

12. Verification—The several collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the
shelf-lists.

13. Miscellaneous. Two hundred and fifty-seven Manuscripts, lately acquired, have
been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists.

Four hundred and ninety-one Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered.

The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.
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The labelling of the Doubleday Collection of Casts of Seals has been completed, and a
hand-list made.

Six hundred and nineteen Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books have been
stamped with a total of 4,974 impressions.

Two hundred and eight Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 25,517; and of those
consulted in the Department, 6,895.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 664.

The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,343.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

General Collection of Manuscripts - = = pete I ()
Egerton Manuscripts - - - = - = eae |)
Rolls and Charters - - Seite - = = W79
Detached Seals - - - - - 2 s ain as

Among them are the following :—

Menzum, or Services for Saints’ Days, for the month of February, in Greek,
A.D. 1431. Palimpsest, containing leaves from a copy of the Gospels in uncial letters
of the 9th century. Vellum. From the Sunderland Library.

Two Evangelistaria, or Lessons from the Gospels, in Greek. Vellum. 11th and
12th centuries. From the Sunderland Library.

A valuable Text of the Gospels, in Greek; with paintings of the Evangelists.
Vellum. 12th century. z

Breviary, in Latin, of German use, from Cologne; with well-executed miniature-
initials and borders. Vellum. Early 14th century.

Verses on the Instruments of the Passion, in English. Vellumroll. 15th century..
Presented by Edward Gilbertson, Esq.

Croat Breviary, in Glagolitic characters. Vellum; 16th century.
Gospel-Lessons, Prayers, and Meditations, in Sclavonic. Paper; 17th century.

Commentary, in Latin, on the “ Inferno” of Dante, written at the beginning of the
14th century by Guido Pisano. Only one other MS. of this commentary is known.
Paper; 15th century. From the Sunderland Library.

A translation of the “Gierusalemme Liberata” of Tasso into Polish verse, by
Dyonizy Corwin-Piotrowski; 19th century. Presented by Mrs. J. Corwin-
Piotrowska.

Critical notes on the works of Beaumont and Fletcher, by Benjamin Heath, p.c.1.;
circ. 1755. Presented by Baron Robert Amadeo Heath, Italian Consul General.

Note-books of the late Robert William Eyton, Rector of Ryton, co. Salop, con-
taining the results of his studies on the Domesday Survey and other early records.
Twenty-four volumes.

A volume of miscellaneous historical letters and papers; 1494-1696.

A volume containing one hundred and twelve songs, ballads, and instrumental
pieces, composed early in the reign of Henry VIII. Eighteen of the songs and
ballads and fifteen of the instrumental pieces are ascribed to the king by name, and
some of the anonymous pieces are also probably of his composition. Vellum; middle
of the 16th century.

Household-book of Henry VIII., containing the names and wages of officers and
servants of the Royal household ; 1525-1526. Paper.

Account of expenses of the Revels at Richmond and Greenwich; 1527. Paper.

Transcript of the despatches of Sir Ralph Sadler, Ambassador to Scotland; 1539-
1540 and 1543. Paper; ctre. 1700. From the Sunderland Library.

Transcripts of State Papers relating to the reigns of James I. and Charles I.
Four volumes. Presented by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Esq.

‘f ue of title-deeds of Anthony Browne, first Viscount Montagu, &.G., ob. 1592.
ellum.

Evidence-book of William Burton of Falde, co. Stafford; 1615. Paper.
Bulstrode

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Bulstrode Whitelocke’s History of the forty-eighth year of his age; 1653. Auto-
graph. Presented by John B. Marsh, Esq.

Designs for historical medals commemorative of events in the latter part of the
reign of Louis XIV., by Sébastien Leclerc; with notes and descriptions.

Memoirs of Admiral Sir George Byng, afterwards Viscount Torrington; to the
year 1705.

Autobiographical memoirs, in French, of Ekaterima Romanoyna, Princess Dashkova
(or Daschkaw), transcribed, in 1805, during aresidence with the Princess, by Miss
Martha Wilmot, afterwards Mrs. Bradford, from the original draft; with insertions
in the handwriting of the Princess. Followed by letters and papers of Princess
Daschkaw. Presented by Mrs. Anne Daschkaw Brooke, née Bradford.

Professional memoranda of John Philip Kemble; 1788-1815. Four volumes.
Transmitted by the Executor of William Bodham Donne, Esq.

Letters of John Stuart Mill, written in his fifteenth year to his father and con-
taining a journal of a tour in the south of France; 1820. Presented by Mrs. Clara
Esther Digueed.

Letters addressed to Rowland (afterwards Sir Rowland) Hill, relating to the
introduction of Penny Postage; 1837-1857. Bequeathed by Sir Rowland Hill,
K.C.B.

An Ordinary and collections of foreign coats of arms, compiled by Alfred William
Morant, F.s.A. Nine volumes.

A volume of sacred and other music, by English composers, in lute notation.
Paper ; cire. 1600.

Several volumes of musical pieces, by English, German, and Italian composers ;
18th and 19th centuries.

E. Maunde Thompson.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

I.— Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The descriptive list of the Oriental MSS. acquired during the year 1881 has been com-
pleted and transcribed for the use of the readers. The same MSS. have been entered
into the Oriental Register and into the Oriental Inventory.

A descriptive list of a portion of the MSS. acquired in 1882, has been prepared.
The collection of Hebrew and Arabic MSS., lately purchased of Mr. Shapira, has been
arranged and partly described.

The descriptive list of the Oriental MSS. included in the Additional Series has been
carried on from Additional 6,000 to Additional 9,501. The Hebrew MSS. occurring
between the above numbers have been described in full and entered into the slip-index to
the Hebrew Collection.

Additions to the first two volumes of the Persian Catalogue have been prepared.
Three indexes to the same catalogue have been compiled and revised for press. Twelve
sheets of the third volume, signed Z—2 Q, have passed through the press.

Recently acquired MSS., one hundred and twenty-one in number, viz., Or, 2373-2493,
have been folio’d, labelled, and bound.

Il.— Acquisitions.

One hundred and eighty-six Oriental MSS. have been acquired in the course of the
year, viz., 181 by purchase, and five by donation, as follows :—

Hebrew - - - - - - - =ynyld
Arabic, in Hebrew character - - - - - 78
Hebrew and Arabic, in Arabic character - - 45
Persian in Hebrew character - - = ae (0
Arabic - - - - - - - = - 4
Armenian - - - - - - - - 19
Pal). = 2 - - - - - - 4
Shan - - . - - - - - - 3
Hindustani - - - - - - - - 2
Syriac - - - - oe ae - - - 4
Chinese - - ~ - - - - - 1
ToTaAL - - - 186

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The Hebrew collection received a valuable addition in a set of 144 MSS., purchased of"
Mr. Shapira, of Jerusalem, who states that he brought them from the town of Heet, the seat
of an ancient Karaite colony on the Euphrates. They belong almost exclusively to the
theological literature of that curious and yet very imperfectly-known Jewish sect. They
contain for the most part commentaries of Karaite divines on the Old Testament, written
in the Arabic language, partly in the Hebrew, and partly in the Arabic character. The
Arabic class includes portions of Scripture written in the original language, but in the
Arabic character, with a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic vowel-points, a system of writing
adopted in direct opposition to the Talmudic law, and no example of which was yet
known in Europe.

Most of these MSS. belong to the 10th and 11th centuries, and are therefore of con-
siderable value for Arabic paleography.

The collection comprises also Karaite service-books, controversial and grammatical
treatises, and lastly, a few Mohammedan works. Among the last is a medical treatise of
Ibn Abil-Ash‘ath, transcribed from the author’s autograph, a.H. 348 (a.D. 949).

Of the remaining acquisitions of the year, the following are the most remarkable :—

A Hebrew Bible, handsomely written on vellum, and richly ornamented with gilt titles
and illuminated borders, dated Lisbon, a.p, 1483. Three vols., large 4to.

A set of eight MSS., containing Persian texts in the Hebrew character, among which
are a Persian version of the Psalms, and a poem on Bible-history in Persian verse.

A history of the prophets and of the sects of Islam, written in Arabic by an author
belonging to the Ibadi sect. Presented by Sir John Kirk.

A collection of nineteen Armenian MSS., containing service-books, ecclesiastical
canons, Biblical commentaries, and moral treatises, with dates ranging from the 14th to
the 18th century.

Mahaniddesagantho, a Buddhistic work in the Burmese character, and two copies of
the Kammavacha in square Pali. Presented by G. H. Macnamara, Esq.

Letters of Chinese officials to Sir Edward Bourchier, relating to the Treaty of Nanking
in 1842. Presented by Lady Bourchier.

Three palm-leaf MSS. in the Shan language, obtained by M. Carl Brook from a
monastery in the Laos country.

Three hundred and eighty-two readers applied for Oriental MSS. in the course of the
year, and the number of MSS. consulted was 1,771.

Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The collection of drawings and woodcuts by Thomas Bewick, presented by his
daughter, has been arranged on screens in the King’s Library, together with a selection
of water-colour drawings by English artists who flourished between 1750 and 1850; the
latter includes the magnificent series of works by Thomas Girtin, presented by the
late Mr. Chambers Hall in 1855.

In order to afford space for this exhibition a portion of the Crace Collection of London
Topography has been withdrawn, and returned to the portfolios.

Mr. Fisher’s Catalogue of the Early Italian Prints, and the second volume of Dr.
Willshire’s Catalogue of the Early German and Flemish Prints, are in the press.

The collection of Early Italian Prints has been temporarily arranged in twenty-nine
solander cases, pending the issue of Mr. Fisher’s catalogue.

The water-colour drawings by David Cox, W. J. Miller, J. M. W. Turner, T. Girtin,
* Canaletti,” J. R. Cozens, and J. Henderson, sen., recently bequeathed by John Hender-
son, Esq., have been arranged in nine solander cases.

The drawings by foreign artists mounted during the year have been incorporated with
their respective collections.

The extensive collection of carbon photographs from drawings by the old masters in
foreign galleries has been classified according to schools, and arranged in one hundred
and eighty solander cases. An index to the collection las also been prepared.

The collection of prints by Marc’ Antonio Raimondi has been re-arranged, and an index
to it has been prepared.

The collection of works by English engravers has been re-arranged in twenty-four
small and three large portfolios, all recent acquisitions being incorporated, and new names
entered in the index.

The prints by Hans Lautensack and Augustin Hirschvogel have been arranged
ee to Bartsch’s “ Peintre-Graveur,” the references to which have been inscribed
on them,

The proofs of plates to Pocket Books engraved by John Pye, presented by his daughter,
have been arranged for mounting, and one thousand three hundred and thirty-nine titles
have been prepared for a catalogue of them. é

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One hundred and forty-nine Print Sale Catalogues have been entered in the MS.
catalogue.

Two hundred and twenty-two titles have been prepared for the catalog
of Prints and Books of Bakeronee ie uit cack

Six thousand nine hundred and eighty-one titles have been prepared tor an index to
the Presentation Book, and a portion of them have been written out.

The greater part of the prints acquired during the year have been incorporated with
their respective collections.

Books of Prints and Books of Reference have been placed on the shelves, with num-
bers corresponding to those affixed to them in the catalogues.

The notes in Bromley’s own copy of his “ Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits,”
have been transcribed into the interleaved copy in the Department. ‘

In order to slightly relieve the crowded state of the Department a number of volumes
containing prints which are seldom required, have been removed to the gallery of the
Gold Room.

Five thousand six hundred and ninety-six articles have been entered in the Recister of
acquisitions. fr

Nine thousand and nineteen prints, drawings, and photographs have been impressed
with the departmental stamp and with references to the Register.

Prints, drawings, and carbon photographs have been mounted on sunk boards to the
number of seven hundred and twenty-four, and one thousand five hundred and sixty-
one have been mounted in the ordinary manner; and in all cases the names and
references have been printed in bistre on the mounts.

The following work has been executed for the proposed printed catalogue of the contents
of the Department :—

s Five thousand one hundred and sixty titles have been transcribed in manifold from the
egister.

Eight thousand seven hundred and ten titles have been transcribed in manifold from
revised titles.

Two thousand nine hundred and forty-two titles have been prepared for prints and
drawings illustrating Mr. Anderdon’s “ Collectanea Biographica,” and a portion of those
previously written for the same have been revised. |

Three thousand two hundred and ninety titles have been prepared for woodcuts by
Bewick, and for illustrations to the “ Gazette des Beaux-Arts,” “ Zeitschrift fur Bil-
dende Kunst,” and other works.

One thousand three hundred and seventy-one titles have been prepared for prints in
magazines in the Department of Printed Books.

The total number of prints, drawings, and photographs acquired during the year, is
7,491 ; of these, the following are the most important :—

By Presentation ; 5,069 Examples :—

An extremely valuable and beautiful collection of drawings, 165 in number, by Thomas
Bewick, the celebrated draughtsman and wood engraver, being the original designs for
his works on British Quadrupeds, Birds, and Fishes ; also a volume of proofs of his wood-
cuts, taken from the blocks by his own hands; and another volume containing drawings
and prints by his brother and nephew. Presented by Miss Isabella Bewick. :

A collection of 1,321 proofs of plates engraved by John Pye, or under his direction, for
the Pocket Books entitled “The Polite Repository,” “The Royal Repository,” and
“The Souvenir;” the only complete set of these proofs in existence. Presented by
Miss Pye.

Eight different donations by J. Deffett Francis, Esq., amounting in all to 1,440 prints
and drawings, and including a highly interesting collection of studies by Richard Cook,
R.A., which give the artist’s first ideas for nearly all his works; a volume of original
studies by John Hayter, the portrait painter; a touched proof of the scarce portrait of
George IV., when Prince of Wales, standing by his horse, engraved by J. Raphael
Smith; drawings by Rubens, J. C. Schetky, P. J. de Loutherbourg, r.a., A. Cozens,
and T’. Uwins, R.a.; and prints by H. Fragonard, M. Ricci, A. van Rymsdyk, B. Pieart,
Géricault, Huet Villiers, V. Green, J. B. Chatelain, L. Schiavonetti, C. Turner, and others.

Portraits of Edward John Waring, M.D., and his brother, the late John Burley Waring,
F.R.1.B.4. ; executed in lithography by Maclure and Macdonald. Presented by Edward
J. Waring, Esq., M.D.

Two copies of the list of Bartolozzi’s engravings, which forms part of Mr.Tuer’s “ Bar-
tolozzi and his Works.” Presented by Andrew W. Tuer, Esq.

“ Old London Bridge, as Shakspere saw it about 1600, a.p.”; the earliest genuine
full view ; from a unique drawing in Pepys’s collection in Magdalen College, Cambridge ;
traced and photo-chromo-lithographed for the New Shakspere Society, 1881, by ‘W.
Griggs; two copies. Presented by F. J. Furnivall, Esq.

“ Ktchings of Celebrated Shorthorns, by A. M. Williams, 1881”; fifteen plates. Pre-
sented by A. M. Williams, Esq.

“The Rey. Dr. Morrison engaged in translating the Bible into the Chinese
palguage ”; after G. Chinnery, by C. Turner, in mezzotinto. Presented by T. Jen-
ner, Esq.

‘Lwo early Italian prints; Apollo, by an engraver of the school of Marc’ Antonio

0.63. c 2 (B. 330) ;

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(B. 330); and a worn-out impression of the Lion Hunt, by G. A. da Brescia (P. v-
109, 47). Presented by C. Fairfax Murray, Esq.

View of a village church; a pen-and-ink drawing, by 8. Ward, of Yarmouth, 1769.
Presented by Sir Reginald Beauchamp, Bart.

Sixteen large engraved views of the royal palaces and public buildings in St. Peters-
burg and its vicinity ; also engraved portraits of the Emperors Peter the Great, Peter I1.,
and Paul Petrovitech, the Empress Elizabeth, and the Princess Catherine Alexeiewna.
Presented by Miss Louisa Twining.

Seven photographs from niellated plates deposited in the Bargello at Florence; the
same size as the originals, Presented by Richard Fisher, Esq.

A portrait of Thomas Bewick, the wood engraver; after W. Nicholson; etched by
Léopold Flameng; “ remarque ” proof, on vellum. _ Presented by T. W. Emerson Craw-
hall, Esq.

of Masel de Amateur d’Estampes, par M. Eugéne Dutuit. Ecoles Flamande et
Hollandaise”; Tome II., Paris, 1882. Presented by M. Dutuit.

“ The Roxburghe Ballads, illustrating the last years of the Stuarts; edited, with special
Introductions, Notes and new Woodcuts, by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, M.a., F.S.A.”
Part x., beginning vol. iv.; Hertford, 1881. Presented by Rev. J. W. Ebsworth, m.a.

By Purchase :—
Italian School ; 23: Examples :—

Drawings.—Study for the picture of the Vision of St. Jerome, in the National Gal-
lery ; by Parmigiano, in pen and sepia.

Two studies for a figure of Moses, and two figures of saints; by Masolino da Panicale,
in pen and sepia, heightened with white.

The Virgin and Child, with kneeling saint and angels; by Pietro di Pietro, in red
chalk.

Etchings.—Thirteen by Valerio Spada, illustrating a play, “‘ Ercole in Tebe,” 1661.

Engravings.—An early undescribed Venetian print, representing St. Jerome sitting
in a landscape.

Cleopatra; by Marc’ Antonio Raimondi (B. 200) ; first state, before the plate was
reduced; undescribed and ‘ presque unique.”

German School ; 446 Examples :—

Drawings.—Figure of St. Peter wearing the papal tiara, and holding the cross and
keys; a large anonymous work, in Indian ink.

‘Two views of London and Lambeth ; by Wenzel Hollar; executed with the pen.

Ducks on the bank of a river; by Melchior Hefele; highly finished in tempera.

Etchings.— Neuw Grottesken Buch,” 1610; a beautiful set of plates of grotesque
ornament, by Christoph Jamnitzer.

Engravings.—Thirty-eight examples by the brothers Barthel and Hans Sebald Beham,
many of them in rare states, forming a valuable addition to the collection of those
masters’ works; from the Loftie collection.

A beautiful and scarce set of woodcuts by Virgilius Solis, illustrating ** sopii
Phrygis Fabule . . . his accesserunt Joannis Posthii Germershemii in singulas
Fabulas Epigrammata ”; (Bartsch 8).

A curious large view of Jerusalem, with the Crucifixion in the foreground; drawn
and engraved by Johann D. Herz,

The Battle of Sedan; after Adam, by T. Bauer; proof before letters, on Chinese
paper.

Diken by F. Forster, W. Hollar, H. Miller, A. Vogel, O. Vogel, and F. Unzel-

mann.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 276 Examples :—

Drawings—Dutch peasants dancing and drinking; by W. de Heer ; drawn with the
pen on vellum.

Others by J. Dasveld and J. van Bergen.

Engravings.—Portrait of ‘‘ Monseigneur le Dauphin”; by Jan van Somer, in mez-
zotinto (Wessely 9).
__A tavern scene with nine figures; aiter Teniers, by Wallerant Vaillant, in mezzotinto
(Wessely, 198) ; first state, before the address.

Tric-trac players; after Teniers, by Wallerant Vaillant, in mezzotinto (Wessely, 199).

A set of thirty-two plates of the Life of Saint Clara ; by Adrian Collaert.

One hundred and twenty-four rare historical prints of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries; from the Visser collection.

French

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French School ; 180 Examples :—

Etchings—By Adolph Appian, A. Ballin, L. Barillot, C. de Billy, A. Boulard, Félix
Buhot, E. Champollion, Théophile Chauvel, Charles Courtry, Charles F. Daubigny,
Elie Delauney, Jean Edouard Detaille, J, B. Drouot, Marie Duclos, A. Feyen-Perrin,
Léon Gaucherel, E. Gaujean, Lucien Gautier, Norbert Goenuette, Charles de Graye-
sande, Gustave Greux, Edmond Hédouin, Jules Héreau, M. F. Jacomin, Jules Jacque-
mart, Maxime Lalanne, Adolphe Lalauze, Jules Laurens, Alphonse Legros, Edmond
Le Rat, L. Lhermitte, J. Litoux, A. P. Martial, F. A. Milius, L. Monzies, Edmond
Morin, Célestin Nanteuil, Gabrielle Niel, Paul Rajon, E. Ramus, D. Riquier, Octave de
Rochebrune, Henri A. Saffrey, E. Salmon, Jean A. Taiée, Jules J. Veyrassat, and
Edmond Yon.

Engravings.—By Jean Blanchin, Louis Pierre Boitard, Jean Marie Leroux, Louis
Massard, Charles Simon Pradier, and Louis Charles Ruotte.

English School :—

Drawings.—A highly interesting collection of upwards of five hundred original designs
by John Doyle, for his well-known “ H. B. Political Sketches.”

View of Pine-Tze-Muen, one of the western gates of Pekin, in 1793, showing the
exact spot which was afterwards occupied by the British troops previous to their march
on Pekin in 1860; a fine example in water-colours, by William Alexander.

Portrait of Nicholas, Emperor of Russia; by George Dawe, R.A., in water-colours.

A collection of drawings of shipping, by Thomas Mitchell, Assistant Surveyor of the
Navy in the reign of George III.

Others by Samuel De Wilde, Karl Harcourt, R. B. Hoppner, Alexander Nasmyth,
and T. Winckworth.

Etchings.—A. collection of topographical plates by A. J. Strutt.

Others by William Augustus Karron, William Blake, John Sell Cotman, Isaac Cruik-
shank, Robert Dighton, J. P. Heseltine, Jessica Landseer, Thomas Landseer, R.a.,
Charles Oliver Murray, Edmund Thomas Parris, Thomas Rowlandson, George Scharf,
Robert Seymour, J. Sibson, James Smetham, and C. E. Wilson.

Engravings.—‘‘ The Roiall Progenei of our most sacred King James, by the Grace of
God King of E. S. F. and I.,” etc.; engraved by Benjamin Wright; the first state, with
the date 1603, which is extremely rare, and perhaps unique.

Four men sitting in a wine cellar, drinking; a scarce print after Hogarth.

Others by James B. Allen, William Angus, A. Birrell, Robert Brandard, John
Bromley, Edward Finden, Alfred R. Freebairn, William O. Geller, Edward Goodall,
Charles Grignion, James Heath, Thomas Higham, William Humphrys, R. Josey,
Richard J. Lane, Frederick C. Lewis, David Lucas, Peter Mazell, Thomas Milton, John
S. Miiller, R. B. Parkes, W. Read, James Redaway, Samuel W. Reynolds, Edward
J. Roberts, Charles Rolls, G. Sanders, J. Scott, Orrin Smith, James Stewart, Anthony
Walker, William Walker, Robert Wallis, Samuel Williams, James T. Willmore, and
George Zobel.

Miscellaneous :—

Aseries of carbon photographs by M. Braun of Dornach, from drawings by the old masters,
in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth.

A series of carbon photographs by M. Braun, from the drawings by Raffaello and Michel
Angelo at Oxford.

Two hundred carbon photographs by M. Braun, from pictures in the Madrid Gallery,
forming parts 4-7 of the series.

One hundred and seventy-eight photographic views in Palestine and Syria, by
Bonfils.

A pack of seventy-eight Venetian Tarocchi cards.

George William Reid.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangements.
In the Egyptian division the following arrangements have been made :—

The Egyptian Galleries have been washed and partly re-painted. Some sculpture has
been removed, and certain monuments have been boarded for protection.
_ Seven Egyptian object have been mounted on stone and alabaster plinths in the
Egyptian Galleries.
Forty Egyptian bronze figures have been mounted on marble plinths.
ee Hittite inscription from Carchemish has been mounted on a Portland-stone
‘plinth.
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A marble obelisk with Pheenician inscription has been mounted, and temporarily placed
in the Nimroud Gallery.

A stone bowl has been repaired.

Fittings have been made for wall and table-cases in the Egyptian Rooms in the
Northern Gallery.

Part of the labels on the granite plinths have been removed.

Some tablets have been re-arranged in the Egyptian Galleries.

Portions of the Papyri on the North-west staircase have been removed for incorporation,
and a long Papyrus has been fixed on the wall.

The Galleries and rooms in the basement have been dusted and cleaned.

Three frames with locks have been made for Papyri, also fourteen frames for fragments
of stone and other objects.

Sixty-seven dozen mahogany mounting tablets have been made.

Thirty-six Egyptian figures have been mounted on wooden pedestals.

Two Egyptian figures, one gold and one silver, have been cleaned, repaired, and
mounted.

A silver eye has been fixed in a bronze statue.

Nine Egyptian gold figures have been mounted.

Thirty-six porcelain figures have been mounted.

Highty-eight figures, beads, and other objects have been mounted.

Four bead necklaces have been mounted.

Forty-three scarabei have been mounted.

Sixty-one pendants of necklaces have been mounted.

561 various Egyptian objects have been mounted.

One Papyrus has been unrolled, and fragments of others have been arranged for
mounting.

141 fragments of glazed tiles from Tel-el-Yahoudeh have been mounted.

Two Egyptian terra-cottas and one stone cylinder have been repaired.
Tce ie and objects have been re-arranged in New Egyptian rooms in the Northern

allery.

Bey ptian guides have been revised.

The fac-similes of the coffin of Amam have been completed, and progress has been
made in its description.

Lectures have been delivered to societies visiting the Museum.

325 objects have been catalogued.

Descriptive slips have been inserted in MS. Catalogue.

11,490 registration numbers have been attached to objects.

The Departmental Correspondence from 1868 to 1881, comprising about 8,000 letters,
has been arranged and bound in volumes.

A portion of the Departmental Library has been re-arranged.

Tracings, inventories, and copies of documents have been made.

In the Assyrian division :—

Progress has been made in glazing the sculptures of the Assyrian basement.

The plinths in the Assyrian Galleries have been washed, and the labels on them
improved.

Shelves have been prepared for the temporary room in the Northern Gallery.

Two cases with drawers have been made for holding inscribed Babylonian tablets.

166 Babylonian and Assyrian inscribed tablets have been repaired and preserved.

One brick has been repaired.

Nine cylinders have been repaired.

One stone has been repaired.

Eleven engraved stones have been mounted.

Thirty-two Assyrian and Babylonian stone cylinders have been mounted.

Eight Assyrian tablets have been moulded.

Eighteen casts of Assyrian tablets have been made.

Sixty-three boxes of antiquities from excavations at Kouyunjik and Abu Habbah have
been received in the Department. Of these, 33 have been opened, the rest await further
space, pending the removal of the Natural History collections.

The early Babylonian case-tablets have been examined and labelled.

A collection of tablets and other objects acquired in 1881 has been registered.

The dated contract-tablets received in the course of the year have been partly arranged
in chronological order.

An inventory has been made of part of the collections received from Assyria and
Mesopotamia in the course of the year.

A translation has been executed of a cylinder of Sennacherib.

One collection received in the course of the year has been registered.

A guide to the contents of the Kouyunjik Gallery has been partly carried through the
press.

Lectures have been given to classes of students.

228 labels have been written and attached to objects.

1,111 objects have been registered.

II. Acquisitions.

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Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired during the year amounted to about 8,340, exclusive of
the contents of 30 boxes from Babylonia not unpacked. Of these, the most remarkable
are:

In the Egyptian division :—

An electrum figure of the god Khonsu or Chons. Preseated by Thomas Biddle, Esq.

A limestone tablet, with adorations to the god Khem or Amsi.

A blue porcelain figure of Aiemhotep or Imouthes.

A bronze figure of Osiris, with four uri pendant from the atef, crown.

A bronze figure of Harpocrates, walking, inlaid with good.

A green porcelain figure of Thoueris ; fine work.

A bronze bull, Mnevis; from Thebes.

Bronze head and neck of cat, with scarab on forehead, and pendant in shape of xgis of
Bast ; from Tel Basta.

Green porcelain hippopotamus, painted over with lotus flowers ; from Thebes.

Limestone figure of a hawk; fine work.

Brown stone locust.

Limestone trial slab of sculptor, with royal bust; from the Fayoum:

4 Green basalt figure of Khama-har, walking, a functionary of the time of the 26th
ynasty.

Fragment of glazed tile, with the prenomen of Rameses III. of the 20th dynasty ; from
the Tel-el-Yahoudeh. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

White steatite pedestal of a figure engraved with the title of a priest.

Bronze mirror, with handle in shape of a goddess; from Thebes.

Glazed steatite vase for holding sdzbium, with name of Amenhotep; from Thebes.

Gold bezel of a ring, with figure of a goddess.

Pearl oyster-shell, pierced for a pendant, inscribed with the name of User-tesen, one of
the monarchs of the 12th dynasty ; from Thebes. Presented by the Rev. Greville J.
Chester.

Portion of a porcelain collar, the counterpoise.

Stone scarabeus with the name of the god Amen; from Edwa in the Oasis,

Glazed steatite scarab, with the figure and prenomen of Thothmes III. of the 18th
- dynasty.

Porcelain fragment of a ring, with titles of Amenmes, a monarch of the 20th dynasty.

Green basalt jar; from Thebes.

Green porcelain vase, with lions in relief on the rim.

Porcelain fragment of a vase, with prenomen and titles of Tirhakah ; from Thebes.

Porcelain head of a sceptre, uas, or so-called Kukupha sceptre.

Flint flake saw ; from Tel-el-Yahoudeh. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Trap hammer-head; from Ghizeh. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Four granite hammer-heads; from Phile. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Bronze seal for branding, with hieroglyphs, “‘ The temple of Amen”; from Thebes.

Part of porcelain oval seal for victims.

Wooden circular stamp, with handle in shape of a toad; from the Fayoum.

Wooden portion of a cylindrical box, inlaid with ivory and painted flowers of a water-
plant; from Thebes.

Wooden handle; from Thebes.

Wooden hackle; from Elephantine.

Porcelain handle of cylindrical shape, from the model of a sistrum, inscribed with the
name and titles of Psammeticus II. of the 26th dynasty; from Tel Basta.

Two porcelain models of ststra, each with head of the goddess Athor; fine workman-
ship; from Tel Basta.

Porcelain draughtsman in shape of the head of the god Bes.

Porcelain draughtsman, with heads of lion and jackal.

Wooden pectoral plate, with adorations to Osiris; from Thebes.

Bronze needles; from Sakkarah. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Fragments of linen from the mummy of Merenra, monarch of the 6th dynasty ; found
in one of the pyramids at Sakkarah. Presented by W. Flinders Petrie, Esq.

Blue porcelain staff, inscribed with the name and titles of Khuenaten, the disk-
worshipping monarch of the 18th dynasty ; from Hadji Kandal.

Wooden board from a coffin, inscribed, with the cartouches of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys,
and Horus.

Wooden case for a mummied fish in shape of the fish Tetrodon or Fahaka; from
Sakkarah. ,

Bronze cases for holding the mummies of eels and lizards; from a Tel (or mound) near
Kahoub.

Papyrus in the Hieratic character, giving an account of issues of corn at the time of
the 19th or 20th dynasty. Presented by Edward T. Baldwin, Esq.

Linen bandages, with Hieratic inscriptions, from mummies; from Thebes.

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Gold pendant of a necklace of the Greek period, in shape of the god Harpocrates.

Red stone votive patera, with Osiris and Isis full-face.

Plaster emblemata with heads of Apollo.

Bone plaque, with figure of Dionysos.

Ivory plaque, with bear amidst foliage, in open work.

Leaden figure of an elephant; from Alexandria.

Terra-cotta ostrakon, or fragment of vase, inscribed in Greek, with a receipt for 20
drachmas for the workman’s tax or licence, dated in the 14th year of Nero, a.p. 68 ; from
Elephantine.

Terra-cotta fragment of vase, inscribed with a memorandum of Apollonios, son of
Arsaesis, in the reign of Trajan.

Terra-cotta fragment of vase, inscribed in Greek, with a receipt for 17 drachmas for the
poll-tax, dated in the 4th year of the reign of Hadrian, a.p. 120.

Terra-cotta figure of Harpocrates. Presented by the Rey. Greville J. Chester.

Sandstone sepulchral tablet, with demotic inscription ; from Sakkarah.

Limestone sepulchral tablet of Greek style; from Tel Basta. Presented by F. G.
Hilton Price, Esq.

Terra-cotta Christian lamp of the Monk Victor, inscribed, ABBA BIKTOPOC ; from
Alexandria.

Terra-cotta lamp, inscribed with the name of “ Agathos,’ ATAOOY; from Alexandria.

Two terra-cotta Christian lamps from Alexandria, and two from the Fayoum. Pre-
sented by the Rey. Greville J. Chester.

Bronze orrament, in shape of a combination of the seven-branched golden candlestick,
and the crescent; from Aiexandria.

Terra-cotta lamp of late period; from Jaffa. Presented by the Rev. Greville J.
Chester.

Sepulchral Egyptian Vase, inscribed with hieroglyphic formula for Ransnab. Found
at Cesarea in Cilicia.

Dark basalt fragments, with parts of figures and Hittite inscriptions; from Car-
chemish.

Dark basalt semi-cylindrical monument, with portion of winged figure and Hittite
inscription ; from Carchemish.

Of the acquisitions from Babylonia and Assyria the following may be mentioned : —

Three cylinders, duplicates, each filling out and completing the other, containing an
account, by Nabonidus, king of Babylon, of the restorations of the temples of the
country. ‘The best of the three contains 159 lines of writing, divided into three columns.
The inscription begins with the name, titles, and genealogy of Nabonidus. It then
goes on to say that h-khulkhul, the temple of the Moongod at Harran, had been
destroyed by the Sabmanda, or Medes, and the inscription here relates that the gods
Merodach and Sin revealed to Nabonidus that it was the will of Bél that the temple
should be restored, the gods promising that the Sabmanda should be destroyed. This
happened three years after, when Merodach “sent his young servant,” Cyrus, king of
Ansan, with his “ little army,” which overthrew the Sabmanda, and captured Astyages,
their king. The restoration of the temple is next described, and the names of several
kings, both Babylonian and Assyrian, given. Then follows the description of the restora-
tion of the temple called fi-bara, the shrine of the sun-god at Sippara. Nabonidus’s first
care was to find the records of former kings, and after some trouble, and the destruction
of a large part of the foundations, he lighted upon the record of Naram-Sin, son of
Sargon 1. (known as Sargon of Agane, or Agade), whose date he gives as 3200 years
before his own time ; that is, 3700 years B.c. After this is given the description of the
restoration of the temple of the goddess Anunit, called E-ulbar, a very ancient building.
The only record which Nabonidus speaks of having found in the foundation of E-ulbar is
that of Sagasalti-Burids (or Saggasti-Burids), son of Kudurri-Bél, a king who reigned
about 1050 B.c. At the end of the record Nabonidus calls upon any prince who should
come after him to restore the ruins of the temple, to read the record of his name, and not
to alter it. He asks him also to cleanse the altar, to sacrifice a victim, and to place his
own record with that of Nabonidus. If he do this, then Samas and Anunit will go by his
side, will destroy his enemies, and will every day ask Sin, their father, for prosperity for
him.

Three small cylinders, recording the restoration of the temple of the sun-god at Sippara
by Khammurabi, king of Babylonia, about 2100 B.c. These cylinders are of an inter-
mediate form between the cones of early times and the barrel cylinders of the later kings.
From Abu-habbah.

A stone slab, containing part of an inscriptionin two columns, and the upper part of
: perrsliets representing Khammurabi, king of Babylonia, about 2100 B.c. From Abu-

abbah.

A terra-cotta cylindrical object, thinner in the middle than at the ends, inscribed with
the name of Samsu-iluna, king of Babylonia, about 2100 B.c. From Abu-habbah.

A limestone cylinder, slightly thinner in the middle than at the ends, containing an
inscription, in two columns, dedicated to the goddess Istar by Arad-Sin, an early king of
Babylonia, for preserving his life and that of his father, Kudur-mabug, a king of Babylonia,
Date about 2400 B.c. From Babylonia.

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A terra-cotta cylinder, referring to the restoration of the temple of the sun-god at
Sippara, by Assur-bani-apli, or Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; about 668 B.c.

A terra-cotta cylinder, referring to the restoration of the temple of the sun-god at
Sippara, by Samas-sum-ukin (Saosduchinos), brother of Assur-bani-apli. who, on the death
of Esarkddaon, succeeded to the throne of Babylonia. This cylinder, which is written in
a very archaic style, contains two versions of the text, the one in the so-called Sumerian
language, the other in Babylonian or Assyrian.

A terra-cotta cylinder recording the repairs and restorations made to the temple of the
sun-god at Sippara, by Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. This cylinder is an imitation of
the cone-like cylinders of Khammurabi, an earlier king.

Several terra-cotta cylinders referring to the restoration of the temple of the sun-
god at Sippara, by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; from Abu-habbah.

A tablet, containing a number of Babylonian legal precepts, illustrating the laws
relating to the possession and inheritance of property ; from Abu-habbah.

A large number of unbaked clay tablets, evidently the receipts for the tithes of the
temple of the sun-god at Sippara, dated in the reigns of Samas-sum-ukin (Saosduchinos),
Kandalanu (Kineladanos), Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar, Evil-Merodach, Neriglissar,
Labasi-Marduk (Labosardach), Nabonidus, Cyrus, Cambyses, Bardes, Darius, and
Artaxerxes.

A large limestone boundary-stone, of rectangular shape, containing, on one side,
representations of men, animals, and composite creatures, emblems of the gods of
Babylonia and Assyria, and supposed to be the originals of the signs of the Zodiac. On
two of the three remaining faces is a long inscription, in good condition, referring to the
reign of Nebuchadnezzar I.; from Babylon.

A smaller boundary-stone, with conical top, containing an inscription recording a grant
of land made by Meli-Sikhu, king of Babylonia, about 1300 B.c. This monument is
carved at the corners and along where the conical top begins, in the form of the walls and
towers of a castle or fortress. The top is carved with mythological figures, supposed to
represent the signs of the Zodiac.

A boundary-stone of black basalt, recording a grant of land made by Nabi-kin-abli,
king of Babylon, about 1200 B.c., to Arad-...-bi. This monument, which is
inscribed on three sides and on the top, is sculptured with representations of Nabti-kin-
abli, the king, and Arad-.. . -bi and his daughter. The fourth side is covered with
bas-reliefs similar to those’ on the other stones of this class, supposed to represent the
signs of the Zodiac.

A small jasper signet-cylinder, inscribed with the name of Kuri-galzu, king of
Babylonia, about 1380 B.c.

An alabaster figure of a female, in the Babylonian style, represented wearing a long
robe, and having on the head a large wig, arranged in ringlets, falling to the shoulders.
The hands are placed against the breasts, and each is shown holding a lotus-flower; from
Abu-habbah.

A large shell, engraved with representations of horsemen, and an ornament like the
so-called sacred tree of the Assyrians; the hinge carved to represent a human head ;
from Abu-habbah.

An Egyptian scarabeus carved in ivory, showing traces of gold inlaying ; from Abu-
habbah.

Head of a calf carved in ivory, very fine bold workmanship ; from Abu-habbah.

An oblong eight-sided object of porphery, with a bronze mounting at the smaller end
in the form of a ram’s head, with inlaid eyes. ‘The stone part contains six lines, in two
short columns, of a cuneiform inscription, rather worn, from which it seems that the
instrument was a present from Tugulti-nimi, king of Khana, near Karkemish, to the
temple of the sun-god at Sipara ; from Abu-habbah.

A small collection of silver and other objects from Babylon, evidently the remains of
a silversmith’s or coiner’s shop. Of these, the following are the principal :—

A handle of a silver vase, in the shape of a bull, horned, standing on his hind legs, the
forelegs bent at the knee, as if kneeling, the head turned, looking backwards. One side
of the head mutilated by a stroke from a chisel.

A circular silver brooch, or other ornament, with a fastening.

Fourteen silver coins of Cyprus, ‘lyre, &c., some illegible by reason of the oxidization,
others defaced by strokes of a chisel.

Fragments of eight silver coins, cut up by means of a chisel.

A circular gold ornament, with a fastening.

A blue composition figure of an ape, and the upper part of a figure of the Egyptian
god Bes.
~ A series of letters or dispatches from the royal library at Kouyunjik, Assyria.

The top of an arch-headed stele, engraved with a representation of an Assyrian king,
from the Khabour

A stone, engraved with an inscription in the so-called Hittite or Hamathite character,
from Aleppo.

S. Birch.

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DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND RoMAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement.

Six inscriptions and twenty-seven sculptures have been repaired and mounted on
linths; two Mosaics have been repaired and mounted; sixteen sculptures and portions
of the frieze of the Mausoleum have been cleaned; the cornice of the Mausoleum has
been moved and refixed in the New Mausoleum Room, and the Old Mausoleum Room has
been cleared and is now being re-painted; the statue of Dionyscs from Posilipo, and the
Eros, No. 145 in the Graeco-Roman Gallery, have been mounted on marble pedestals;
mine vases and other objects have been placed under shades mounted on pedestals; four
wall-cases in the Etruscan Room have been fitted with shelves and papered, and the
collection of Etruscan Black Ware has been arranged in them; two wall-cases in the
Archaic Room have been papered, and sixteen marble heads have been arranged in them ;
progress has been made in the arrangement of the four Vase Rooms; in the Fourth Vase
Room some specimens of Apulian Ware have been placed in a new table-case ; two wall-
cases have been papered and the Samian Ware arranged in them; in the First, Second,
and Third Graeco-Roman Rooms, and in the Second Vase Room, the ceilings and walls
have been cleaned, and the pilasters re-painted ; thirteen bronzes have been cleaned,
repaired and mounted ; forty-one fictile vases, five terra-cottas, and six copies on canvas
of Etruscan paintings have been cleaned and repaired; one piece of Greek linen has been
mounted within glass; plaster casts have been taken of thirty-two gems; eight hundred
and seven descriptive titles have been attached to objects, forty-seven objects have been
catalocued, and one hundred and seventy-four objects registered. New editions have
been issued of the Guide to the Elgin Room, Part I., and of the General Guide ; and
twenty-eight sheets of Part II. of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum
have been completed.

Moulds have been taken in plaster of ten sculptures, viz., one of the Fates (Guide to
Elgin Room, Part I.,p. 13 K), the Iris (Guide to Elgin Room, Part I., p. 11, G), the slab
No. xv. from the Western Frieze of the Parthenon, and the head of youthful Dionysos
(Monumenti dell’ Inst. Arch. Rom. x. Tav. xx), all from store casts; the capital of a
Doric column from the Parthenon (Guide to Klgin Room, Part I., p. 103, 1), the
Kanephoros from the Erechtheum (7d¢d., Part II., E3), the equestrian torso from the
Mausoleum (Newton, Travels, vol. ii, pl. 4), head of Apollo (Guide to Graeco-Roman
Sculptures, Part I., No. 105), and head of Diana (zbid., Part I., No. 106), all from the
marble ; also of the statuette of Hermes, presented by Miss Halse, from the plaster
original.

II.— Acquisitions.

I.—Marble statue of an athlete about to throw a diskos held in his left hand; this
statue, of which there are several replicas in other museums, has been thought, but
without sufticient grounds, to be a copy of the Diskobolos of Naukydes, an ancient
artist of the Argive School. It is more probable, however, that all these replicas are
derived from some lost original of the best age of Athenian Art. This statue was
formerly in the Campana Collection.

II.—Fictile oinochoe, decorated with a design of red figures with gilt accessories on a
black ground; a bearded figure in Asiatic costume, supposed to represent Midas, rides
upon a dromedary, surrounded by a ¢hiasos of male and female figures similarly dressed,
who carry fans, torches, or musical instruments. The subject of this vase is most rare,
and it is further remarkable for refinement of drawing and excellence of condition. It
was formerly in the Beckford Collection, afterwards in that of the Duke of Hamilton,
and was purchased at the Hamilton sale (Cat. No. 864.) Published, Monumenti dell’
Inst. Arch. Rom. L., pl. 50., and in the Archaol. Zeitung for 1844, pl. xxiv, 1, 2.

ITI.—1. A terra-cotta figure of Eros dancing, a peplos floating across his chest; the
entire figure has been painted, the wings blue and gilt, the body red upon a white glaze ;
the modelling and general condition very fine ; from Tanagra.

2. Terra-cotta figure representing /Ngipan seated cross-legged on a rock, at the foot of
which are a ram and two goats, one of which he holds by the horns; on his right shoulder
he holds a lagobolon or shepherd’s crook ; from 'Tanagra.

3-4, Two terra-cotta figures representing respectively an old man and old woman ia
grotesque attitudes; from Tanagra.

5-27. A series of bronze cups, vases, and other objects, twenty-one in number, said to
have been found at Galaxidi, near the ancient Delphi. These are remarkable for exquisite
beauty of form and fine condition. A marble tortoise, and a marble shell of the form
called strombos, with traces of purple and yellow colour.

IV.—A collection of reliefs, heads, and other fragments of terra-cotta, part of a very
large deposit of votive terra-cottas discovered by Professor F. Lenormant on the site of
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the Temple of Dionysos at Tarentum. The style of these terra-cottas varies considerably,
ranging probably from the 6th to the 3rd century, B.c.; they are very interesting on
account of the variety of types of divinities which they exhibit.

V.—1. A bearded iconic head in stone ; from Palmyra.
2. A marble torso of Aphrodité ; from the Fayoum.
3. An archaic figure in marble ; from the island of Amorgos.

4-11. Eight very rude archaic gems, of a class constantly found in Greece and the
Archipelago.

VL—A weight in white marble similar to those found in the temenos of Demeter at
Cnidus, and seven other circular weights, said to have been all found together in
Greece.

VII.—Part of a relief in white marble, the lower part of a female figure (Kybelé?),
seated between two lions ; from Palmyra.

VIII.—1-2. Two statuettes in white marble, representing, the one, Aphrodité at the
bath, the other, Aphrodité fastening her sandal; from Antarados in Syria.

IX. A fictile otnochoe, with a design in red on a black ground; a Satyr wrapped ina
mantle, confronted by a draped ephebos.

X.—A fictile vase, with floral designs in black on a drab ground; said to come from
Pergamon.

XI.— Antiquities discovered by Mr. O. Richter in excavations in Cyprus :—

1-5.—-Five fragments of marble, containing portions of Greek inscriptions, of which
the best preserved appears to be a dedication to Sarapis, Ptolemy, and Bereniké, by one
Philinos, an Athenian.

XII.—A circular piece cut from a bronze plate, which has contained on the obverse
and reverse a Latin inscription.

III. — Presents.

I.—Marble head of a horse slightly under life size, broken off at the neck ; said to have
been found in a well at Tarentum; published by Michaelis in the “Journal of Hellenic
Studies,” III., p. 234, pl. 24.

Presented by J. Reddie Anderson, Esq.

II.—Marble bust of the Emperor Caracalla.
Presented by H. C. Clements, Esq.
III.—1-3. Part of a stone statuette of a flute player; an archaic figure of Herakles,
also in stone; and a porcelain fragment with a female figure painted on it; all from

Cyprus.

4-13. An earring terminating at one end in the head of a bull, a pair of earrings
with pearls and fleurs-de-lis in relief, an earring with crescent and pendants of sapphire,
a pair with pyramidal clusters of globules, and four other earrings; all of gold, from
Smyrna.

14-16. A minute female head wreathed with ivy, which may have served as a pendant,
a circular bead decorated with granulated work, and a very small nude female figure,
also probably a pendant ; all of gold, from Athens.

Presenied by Sydney Vacher, Esq.

IV.—Sixty-eight heads, and other fragments of terra-cotta, similar to those already
described (IV., ante), and found on the site of the Temple of Dionysos at Tarentum,

Presented by Professor F. Lenormant.

V.—1. A terra-cotta vase of the form called mastos, with representations in black
on a drab ground; on the obverse is Hermes, on the reverse, Apollo playing on the
lyre.

2. A terra-cotta statuette of a male figure holding agricultural implements; from
Thebes in Egypt.

3. Four fragments of the pavement of the temple of Athené at /Mgina; the upper
surface is coloured a deep red.

Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.
V1.—A series of objects in terra-cotta.
1. A fictile deep two-handled cup, with a rude representation of a revel, komos.

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2. An archaic aryballos, on which is painted a crouching male figure in a field seme
with flowers.

3. A vase modelled in the form of a crouching ram.
4. A small otnochoe.

5. An archaic statuette representing a female figure with ornaments painted in brown
and red.

6. A similar figure, seated.
7. A grotesque male figure, squatting, who plays on two flutes.

8. Statuette of a Giant (?) carefully modelled in the style of the Pergamene school ;
the head, arms and legs from the knees downward are wanting ; obtained at Smyrna.

9. Handle of a Rhodian diota, inscribed with the name of the eponymous magistrate,
Timodikos, and the month Agrianios; from Alexandria.

10. A cone; on the base the monogram G G incised.
11. Conical weight for a loom.
12. A kantharos, from Kuboia.

13. A stone implement for polishing (?).
Presented by Cecil Torr, Esq.
VII. A fictile cup with black glaze, in which have been anciently deposited five
hen’s eggs and two knucklebones of some animal; found in a tomb in Rhodes.
Presented by A. Biliottt, Esq., H. M. Consul at Trebizond.

VIII. A terra-cotta statuette, representing a draped female figure.
Presented by James Hilpern, Esq.

IX. A terra-cotta squeeze or mould, representing the human right eye.
Presented by Lord Arthur Russell.

X. A plaster cast of the statuette of Athene Parthenos, found near the Varvakeion at
Athens.
Presented by the Council of the Archeological Society of Athens:

XI. Cast of a male head in the Museum at Stockholm, said to have been taken from a
Metope of the Parthenon; there seems, however, to be no sufficient evidence to justify
such an attribution for this head.

Presented by the National Museum of Stockholm.
C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MrepimvaL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

_ L.—Arrangement.

The outer study and the skylights of the work room have been painted.

A new bookcase has been placed in the outer study, in which a portion of the Christy
Library has been deposited.

The arrangement of the Anglo-Roman and Anglo-Saxon Rooms has been continued
and nearly completed. Great difficulties have been experienced in arranging these col-
lections ; partly owing to the great number of small objects, all requiring careful classi-
fication, mounting, and labelling; partly from the nature of the wall-cases and table-
cases, the dimensions of which are different from those in which these antiquities were
formerly exhibited. Three additional portions of the pavement from Leadenhall-street
have been fixed to the wall, and the whole labelled. One thousand and sixty-six antiqui-
ties of iron have been cleaned and boiled in wax to prevent decay, it being necessary to
make drawings of the whole to preserve the registration marks, which were apt to
disappear in the operation. Five hundred and thirty-six small antiquities have been
mounted on tablets in an uniform manner, of which four hundred and sixty-six have had
headings and localities painted on them. Twenty-seven large tablets have been prepared
for series of objects found together, in Roman or Anglo-Saxon discoveries, and which
have been mounted upon them. A pedestal and glass shade have been made for the
colossal bronze bust of Hadrian; the bronze helmet from Ribchester has been put
together and mounted under a shade. Two silver Roman objects have been repaired, as
well as four Roman, and two Anglo-Saxon urns. Three glass bottles have been mounted
on stands.

Sixty matrices of seals have been mounted with impressions at their sides. Thirty-six
pedestals for vases have been made. One hundred and twenty-seven specimens of Mexi-
can pottery have been repaired, and twenty-nine temporary labels written.

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A permanent catalogue on slips of the ethnographical collections has been commenced,
and five hundred and fifty eight specimens described, with a careful sketch of each object.

The collections from the Drift, belonging to the Christy Collection, which had pre-
viously been removed to the Museum, have been systematically arranged in drawers, as
well as a portion of the American stone implements.

The Bragge Collection of pipes, purchased by the Christy Trustees, has, from want of
space in Victoria-street, been deposited in the Department, and arranged in drawers,
together with all similar objects belonging to the Museum, or to the Christy Collection.

II.— Acquisitions.

(1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities :—

A fine cinerary urn from Cransley, Northamptonshire; presented by John Wallis,
Esq. <A cinerary urn, part of an “incense cup,” and stone implements, from barrows near
Hawnby, N. Riding, Yorkshire. Fragments of British pottery, an axe-hammer of
stag’s horn, and various flint implements, excavated in barrows on Brading Down, Isle
of Wight, and presented by F. G. Hilton Price, Esq., F.s.A., and J. KE. Price, Esq., F.s.a.

A very fine dagger of bronze, with the handle perfect, and a flint arrowhead, both
found in the Thames; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A bronze celt from Foxley
Fen, Huntingdonshire, and another found at Eye, near Peterborough.

An iron celt, an object of great rarity, found at Walthamstow; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq. A large bronze boss and five smaller, perhaps the ornaments of a
Late Celtic shield, found near Peterborough. Two terra-cotta weights and a bronze pin,
probably Late Celtic, from Lakenheath, Suffolk; presented by the Rev. William
Greenwell, F.R.S.

The foreign illustrations of this section include an iron sword of very peculiar form,
and four spearheads, part of a large find of such weapons which took place in Spain;
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(2.) Anglo Roman :—

The most important acquisition under this head is a statuette in bronze representing
an archer, 11 inches in height. This specimen of Roman art, of the second or third
century after Christ, was found in 1842 in Queen-street, Cheapside, about 12 or 13
feet below the surface, and is engraved in “ Archeologia,” vol. xxx., pl. xxii., and in
Roach Smith’s “ Roman London,” pl. xx. It was formerly in the collection of Lord
Londesborough, and has been presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bronze figure of Cupid, who has probably been represented riding a dolphin or griffin,
found in Leadenhall-street, 1882 ; and presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Four pieces of painted stucco and two mill-stones, the latter probably brought by the
Romans from Nieder Mendig on the Rhine, found in Leadenhall-street, and an iron dish
plated with bronze from London Wall; presented by F. G. Hilton Price, Esq., ¥.s.a.
A curved tile of unusual dimensions, with impressed diaper on the outside, found in
Trinity-square, London, and fragments of a “ Samian” bowl, apparently a castaway,
and therefore probably made in London; presented by the Directors of the Metropolitan
Railway.

ee of a very fine bronze patera, with a raised head of Medusa in the centre of the
bowl, and a head of Pan forming ihe termination of the handle, details inlaid with silver ;
a bronze prefericulum with a figure cf a Cupid holding a torch at the lower end of the
handle ; another bronze vase, plain; a bronze lamp; and a kottle of amber-coloured glass ;
all found recently with an interment at Faversham, Kent.

Stamp of the Roman oculists, C. Valerius Valentinus, and Caius Valerius Amandus,
found with acoin of Antoninus Pius, at Sandy, Bedfordshire ; engraved in the “‘ Proceed-
ane® of the Society of Antiquaries,” 2id series, vi. 39; presented by John C. Lucas,

sq., F.S.A.

Ka intagiio on sard with a head of Jupiter Ammon, found at York ; presented by Mr,
Robert Ready.

A series of antiquities in iron, knives, hinges, and other fittings of a large chest, &c.,
from Lakenheath, Suffolk; presented by Walter K. Foster, Esq., r.s.a. A whetstone,
and other remains, found near Cambridge; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A drinking cup of fine pottery and unusual form, from Twywell, Northamptonshire ;
presented by the Rev. Horace Waller.

A number of antiquities selected from the collection of the late Samuel Sharp, Esq.,
F.S.A., chiefly found in the neighbourhood of the great Roman station at Castor,
Northamptonshire. These include antiquities from Water Newton and Chesterton Camp,
Huntingdonshire, and a number of clay moulds for casting counterfeit coins, found at
Duston, near Northampton; these latterwere published by Mr. Sharp in the “ Numismatic
Chronicle,” N.s. xi., p. 28.

Fragments of a tile, with the stamp of the 5th cohort of Gauls, and aleaden seal with
three imperial heads, both from South Shields; presented by Robert Blair, Esq. Bronze
brooch, once enamelled, from the Warren, Folkestone; presented by the Rey. Francis
Merewether. Two wmill-stones, made of Hertfordshire puddingstone, found near
Harpenden, Hertfordshire ; presented by Mrs. Lydekker.

Four specimens of window glass from the Roman villa at Brading, Isle of Wight ;
presented by the Committee for exploring the villa.

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(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c. :—

Saucer-shaped brooch of gilt bronze, and iron spearhead, found in an Anglo-Saxon
grave in the parish of Remenham, Berkshire; presented by Miss Stapleton. Saucer-
shaped brooch of gilt bronze, another brooch, a crystal bead, and a fragment of pottery,
found with Anglo-Saxon interments, at Leighton Buzzard; presented by Edward
Lawford, Esq.,M.D.,F.S.A. A bronze buckle, plated with gold and set with garnets, and
ten beads of amethyst, and glass, found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Faversham,
Kent.

Bronze bowl], with three loops for suspension, found in a barrow of earlier date, near
Hawnby, N. Riding, Yorkshire.

An Anglo-Saxon urn of unusual form, found at Cransley, Northamptonshire; presented
by John Wallis, Esq.

Fragment of a stone cross with an Anglo-Saxon inscription, apparently to the memory
of a child; found at Dewsbury, W. Riding, Yorkshire. Engraved in the “ Archzologia,”
vol. xxxiv., pl. xxxv. Presented by Thomas W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s.a.

An early bone chess-piece, found at Helpston, Northamptonshire ; presented by
J. A. Legh Campbell, Esq.

Thirty-six enamelled pendants and medallions, with arms and monograms, probably
used as horse trappings, and chiefly of English work ; brass matrix of the seal of Adrian
de Castello, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1504-1518 ; another of the King’s Collector of
subsidies in the port of Southampton ; ancient leaden impressions of the seal of
John Paulet, Lord of Basing, and of the Great Seal of the Garter ; medallion portrait in
ivory, signed by D. Le Marchant. All presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Six matrices of seals, among them those of Thomas Bonde, Robert de Wodehouse, the
Borough ef Sudbury, and Timothy Hall, Bishop of Oxford, 1688-1690.

Sword from Reepham, Norfolk, found with coins of the Henries; presented by the
Rev. Greville J. Chester.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c.:—

Two flask-shaped bottles, with early Christian devices, found in Asia Minor. Four
early Christian lamps, and six flasks with figures of St. Menas.

Leaden Byzantine seal with three imperial heads; presented by W. E. Hayns, Esq.

Leaden bulla of Pope Urban VI., and several other leaden discs with various devices,
and 47 matrices of seals, chiefly ecclesiastical and Italian.

Six plaques of mother of pearl, carved in relief with sacred subjects, probably Italian ;
a copper figure from a crucifix of Limoges work; two figures from crucifixes, one of
wood, the other of ivory; figure of St. James in jet; and a fragment of mosaic from
St. Marks, Venice ; all presented by Sydney Vacher, Esq.

Tron axe-blade of the 14th century ; presented by Walter K. Foster, Esq., F.s.A.

Spoon of walrus ivory, richly carved, the handle a figure of St. George, on the bowl
scroll work ; probably Scandinavian work; presented by William Edkins, Esq.

Two pommes chauferettes of brass inlaid with silver, and a sprinkling bottle, all of
Mosul work of the 15th century ; vase of similar work, probably Venetian ; five ivory
figures of Saints, Portuguese and Spanish; and a plaque of mother of pearl repre-
senting the triumphal entry of William of Orange imto the Hague; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

A plaque of Limoges enamel painted on copper, and bearing the stamp of G. Kip. It
represents the subject known as the “ Calumny of Apelles,” copied from a print by
Mocetto after Mantegna. This fine specimen was in the Debruge and Rattier collections,
and is described by the Marquis de Laborde, “ Notice des Emaux du Louvre,” p. 241 ;
exhibited in the Loan Exhibition at South Kensington in 1862 (Cat. No. 1,687); purchased
at the sale of the Hamilton Collection.

A jug of early white stoneware, with designs in open work (imperfect), found on the
site of the factory at Siegburg, near Bonn; and a brick, dated 1581, with designs in relief,
the perron of Liége and the arms of Ernest of Bavaria, Bishop of Liége; presented by
W. H. James Weale, Esq.

Majolica jug, with inscription in modern Greek ; made at Pesaro about 1765, by Casali
and Caligari; presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Circular horn box, with figures of saintsand worshippers: presented by Giuseppe Pastore
di Benedetto.

(5.) Glass Collection :—

Two pendants in the form of heads, from Karnak, Egypt; presented by the Right
Hon. Sir William Gregory. A vase of opaque blue glass, astibium case in the form
of a papyrus sceptre, various pieces for inlaying, and beads, chiefly from Egypt.

Seven specimens of glass of the Roman period, excavated in Cyprus, by Mr. O. Richter.

A Venetian goblet, circa 1500, enamelled with arabesques ; a German goblet delicately
painted with figures in landscape in the style of Johann Schapper ; and a bowl engraved
with ficures of the Emperor of Germany and the Seven Electors, dated 1727 ; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A drinking glass engraved with the Star of the Garter; presented by William
Edkins, Esq.

A set of specimens of the glass used in Pekin for making cloisonné enamels ; presented
by S. W. Bushell, Esq., wp.

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(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical :—

A number of bronze vessels found in the Toda topes in the Nilagiri Hills, as described
by Sir Walter Elliot at the International Congress of Prehistoric Archexology at
Norwich, 1868, p. 240; a well-preserved pilaster from the Tope at Amaravati; three
relic caskets, two of crystal, and one of steatite, from ruined topes at Gudiwadah,
Masulipatam ; fourteen grants of land, engraved on copper, and mostly published in the
volumes of the “Indian Antiquary;” fifteen bronze figures found ut Shoaygya; and
two bronze figures of Jaina divinities found in Mysore; all presented by Sir Walter
Elliot, &.c.s$.1.

An Indian grant of land engraved on three copper plates, published in the “ Journal of
the Asiatic Society of Bombay,” vol. ii., p. 2.

An oviform vessel of stoneware, perhaps to vontain some explosive compound, found
with many others at Bulandshahr, North West Provinces; presented by F. S. Growse,
Esq. ©.1.E., B.C.S.

Base of a vessel of pottery, with the figure of an animal engraved through slip, found
near Gulistan, Pishin ; presented by Sir Oliver St. John, x.¢.s.1.

Guitar from the Gold Coast; presented by Robertson Luxford, Esq.

Drawings on wood and shells representing the dugong, made by Australian natives in
Clark Island, collected by R. W. Coppinger, Esq., M-p., of H.M.S. “ Alert” ; presented
by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Twenty ancient Peruvian vessels of pottery, including several of rare form, and two
strings of beads; presented by R. D. Darbishire, Esq., F.s.a.

A series of stone arrowheads from Islands off Cape Cod, Mass.; presented by
H. E. Gifford, Esq.

IlI.— Christy Collection.

The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection, which
remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, but will shortly be removed to the British
Museum.

Six hundred additional slips have been prepared for the Registration Catalogue, with
careful sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum.

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

A series of flint flakes from the Drift, Thames Valley, Hackney; from J. E.
Greenhill, Esq. A drift implement from Warren Hill, Suffolk ; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Polished flint celt from Victoria Dock Extensicn, London, four stone implements from
the North of Scotland, and five flint arrowheads from Rome; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two flint implements from Gizeh, Egypt ; from the Rev. Greville J. Chester, A
number of stone implements and flakes from Sakkara, Egypt; from James Burgess,
Esq., LL.D.

x quartzite implement of Drift type from the Sonthal Pergunnas, Bengal; from Sydney
Combe, Esq.

A celt and adze of black stone, collected by the late Sir Wyville Thomson in Japan;
from A. W. Franks, Esq.

A celt of grey stone discovered on Gutzlaff Island, at the mouth of the Yang-tsze
Kiang River, near Shanghai; from Charles Gould, Esq.

2. Ethnography of Africa :—

A series of brass weights used in weighing gold, from Ashanti; and an ivory
carving from West Africa; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

3. Ethnography of Asia :—
Pairs of boots and leggings worn by a chief of the Hazaras of Centrai Afghanistan

when on a visit to the British Army in Kandahar, 1879; from Sir Oliver St. John, K.c.s.1.
Brass chain with strike-a-light from the Battas of Sumatra; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia :—~

A knife with obsidian blade, from the Admiralty Islands ; from Miss Rogers.

Spear with thickened butt, probably from the Tahitian Group ; a mace with jade head
from Torres Straits, two double-headed stone axes from Murray River, and a series of
utensils and weapons from the 8. E. of New Guinea; from A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Antiquities und Ethnography of America :—

An earring of gold, representing a human face, with four pendent cascabels, found with
skeletons at, Tehuantepec, Mexico ; a large series of ancient vases of pottery and stone
implements, from the State of Guadalajara, Mexico; five gold nose and ear-ornaments,
from Caramanta, $8. W. Antioquia, United States of Colombia; and two ancient
Peruvian vases representing human heads, one of them from the Beckford Collection,
and engraved in Marryat, “ Pottery and Porcelain”: all from A. W. Franks, Esq.

Forty-four ancient Peruvian vases of various forms; presented by Walter K. Foster,
Esq, F.S.A.

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A series of stone implements and several fragments of pottery from mines at Remedios,
Antioquia, United States of Colombia; from R. B. White, Esq.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal,
the ethnographical sections of the collection of tobacco pipes formed by Mr. William
Bragge, F.S.A., and of which a privately printed catalogue was issued by him in 1881.

The Christy Collection will be closed finally during the year 1883, as soon as the
remoyal of the Zoological collections from the British Museum has advanced sufficiently
to make room for it. During the past year there have been 574 visitors.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF CoINS AND MEDALS,

I.— Arrangement.
l. Greek Series :—

214 coins of various parts of the Greek world, recently acquired, have been registered,
and 145 incorporated. ‘

An arrangement in chronological order has been made in the case of the silver coins of
Tarentum, Samos, Antioch, and Ascalon; in the districts prepared for cataloguing, the
coins of Achaia and a portion of those of the Cyclades and of Alexandria have also been
arranged.

225 tickets, with references to the Guide to the Coins of the Ancients, have been written
and inserted under the several coins.

2. Roman Series :—

A selection of sulphur casts of Roman Medallions in the Vatican Collection, lately
purchased, has been arranged.

3. English Series :—

92 coins, medals, and tokens, acquired during the years 1881 and 1882, have been
registered, and 156 have been incorporated.

183 tickets and tokens, from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered, and 43
have been incorporated.

The coins of the Anglo-Saxon series have been completely re-arranged in a more
scientific order, preparatory to their being catalogued.

A. find of English coins from Letchmere Heath, and another large find of coins of
Edward the Confessor, have been examined.

4. Mediaeval and Modern Series :—

54 coins, medals, and tokens, acquired during the years 1881 and 1882, have been
registered, and 47 have been incorporated.

253 coins and tokens from the Freudenthal Collection have been incorporated.

The three Carlovingian series of France, Germany, and Italy have been re-arranged.

The coins of the Freudenthal collection, which, from want of space, cannot at present
be incorporated, have been re-arranged so as to correspond in their order with the various
series in the general collection ; and numerous cross-references to the Freudenthal Col-
lection have been inserted in the latter.

A series of miscellaneous duplicate coins of modern and other classes has been arranged
in a separate cabinet and labelled.

A series of medieval and modern coins, and a large number of foreign patterns and
proofs, have been examined.

5. Oriental Series:—

re acquired during the years 1881 and 1882, have been registered and incorpo-
rated.

6 oa acquired during past years, have been registered, and 1,042 have been incor-
porated.

4 coins from the Marsden Collection, and 9 from the Freudenthal Collection, have
been incorporated.

The series of the Shahs of Persia has been arranged preparatory to being catalogued.

A collection of Fatimee gold coins, and another of miscellaneous coins, have been
examined,

In the collection of coins from the India Office the following series have beeen re-
arranged :— Parthia, Bactria, Indo-Scythic, Sah kings of Guzerat, Gupta of Saurashtran,
Rajput kings of Kabul, Assam, Nepal, Shahs of Persia; from the Bactrian and Indo-
Scythic series, and that of the Shahs of Persia, 416 coins have been selected for incor-
poration in the general collection.

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Ti.— Acquisitions, 1882.

Gold Lead
Class. and Silver. Copper. | Billon. and White Giass. TOTAL.
Electrum. Metal.
Greek - - - - 8 74. 1438 - - - 225
Roman - - - 2 - 4 - - 2 8
English ot 1 32 34 = 1 - 68
Medizval and Modern - 10 39 13 - ~ -_ 62
Oriental - - - 64 188 1,071 Ui 11 96 1,487
ToraL- - - 85 338 | 1,265 7 12 98 1,800

India Office Collection :—
Coins selected in 1882.
67 gold, 167 silver, 162 copper, 20 billon. Total, 416 coins.

Remarkable Coins and Medals.
1. Greek Series :—

(Purchased).

A rare didrachm of Croton; type of reverse, helmet.

A very rare bronze coin of Hypata in Thessaly ; type, Pallas.

A gold stater of Aetolia.

A rare didrachm of Haliartus in Boeotia, type, Poseidon thrusting with trident.
A didrachm of Elis, signed by the engraver Euth—

An archaic didrachm of Phaestus, inscribed.

An electrum stater, perhaps struck at Clazomenae; type, a winged boar.

A gold coin of Cyprus; types, head of Pallas and bull.

An early tetradrachm of Barce in the Cyrenaica.

2. Roman Series :—
(Purchased).

A rare aureus of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, giving her the title

* Mater Castrorum.”
An aureus of Plautilla commemorating her marriage with Caracalla.

3. English Series :—
(Presented).
An engraved medal commemorating the voyage of Sir Francis Drake round the

world. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
Medals of William and Anne Blake. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
Twelve portrait medals, executed by Professor Legros, and presented by him.

4, Medieval and Modern Series —

(Purchased).

A very rare coin of Odoacer (cf. Pallmann, Geschichte der Vilherwanderungen, title-page

and p. 372).
Two rare and fine Italian medals of the sixteenth century, viz., Gentile Bellini, by

Gambello ; Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, by Guazzalotti.

is Oriental Series :—
(Purchased).

A very important series of the money of the Arabs and Moors of Spain and Africa.
A collection of Arab glass coin-weights, including some interesting early specimens.
Coins of the Hindu Rajahs of Kashmeer and their Mohammadan successors.

(Presented).

A very interesting representative collection of coins of Pegu, Birmah and Cambodia
(47 silver, 1 copper, and 3 lead). Presented by Lieut. Gen. Sir Arthur Phayre, K.c.s.1.

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The coinage of the Sultans ’Abd-el-’Azeez, Murdd V., and ’Abd-el-Hameed II.
Presented by E. D. Dickson, Esq., m.p., Physician to H. M. Embassy, Constantinople.

6. India Office Collection :—

Among the rarer and more important coins already selected are the following :—

A very fine tetradrachm of Demetrius.

A tetradrackm of Eucratides, with portraits of his father and mother, Heliocles and
Laodice.

A tetradrachm of Heliocles, of the reduced standard.

A tetradrachm of Antialcides.

Two tetradrachms of Archebius and two of Menander.

A copper coin of Epander.

A drachm and a copper coin of Dionysius.

A drachm of Apollophanes.

A drachm and a copper coin of Amyntas.

A drachm of Hermaeus and Calliope.

A tetradrachm of Vonones and Spalahores.

Five gold coins of Kadphises, including a double stater.

Ten gold coins of Kanerkes, one having an effigy of Buddha.

Forty-four gold coins of Oerkes, many of rare types.

A series of the Shahs of Persia containing many interesting varieties, some unpub-

lished.

III.— Catalogues.
1. Greek Series :—

The latter portion of the Catalogue of Ptolemaic coins, 18 half-sheets, has been passed
through the press.

The whole of the volume containing the coins of Thessaly, Epirus, Corcyra, Acarnania,
and AMtolia, 33 half sheets, has been passed through the press ; 32 plates for its illustration
have been prepared and executed.

An edition of the Guide to the Coins of the Ancients, with 70 plates, has been published.

2. English Series :—

The Catalogue of English medals is in the press; the Catalogue of English coins,
vol, i., is in preparation.

3. Oriental Series :—

Vol. vii. of the Oriental Catalogue has been published, and vol. viii. has been sent to
press. The Catalogue of Persian coins is ready for the press.

LV .— Exhibitions.

Three sets of electrotypes of ancient coins of various extent and adapted for various
purposes have been arranged for the benefit of provincial museums.

A set of plaster casts of Greek coins has been selected for the students of the Slade
School of Art, University College.

A selection of Roman bronze coins and medallions has been made for exhibition in
electrotype in the King’s Library at the museum, and a descriptive list drawn up.

A selection has been made of 277 coins, arranged in five periods, to illustrate the history
of comage in India. These coins have been electrotyped for the Exhibition at Jeypore,
and a list has been drawn up.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during 1882 was 2,044.

The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1882 was 18,049.

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DEPARTMENTS OF NATURAL HIsTory.

In the course of the year 1882 an addition of 55,007 specimens has been made to the
Natural History, of which 19,902 have been received in the Department of Zoology,
23,887 in that of Geology, 488 in that of Mineralogy, and 10,730 in that of Botany.

Also, in relation to additions now made available for study, may be specified 4,500
specimens transferred in 1879 from the India Museum, and incorporated in the present
year with the arranged collection of minerals.

The specimens in the several Departments are in a good state of preservation.

In the stage of transfer to and arrangements in the British Museum of Natural History,
Cromwell-road, it may be convenient to specify the parts of the Building appropriated to
the public display of the specimens, which experience of those displays proves to be
suitable, and will probably be permanent. The central portion of the building includes
the Southern or Entry Hall and the Northern Hall. The wings extend to east and west.
In each wing are three stories, of which the Galleries of the first and second terminate in a
pavilion or saloon; the corresponding portion of the third or highest Gallery in both
wings is appropriated to Museum work.

To the entry hall open twelve bays, six on each side; these it has been proposed to
appropriate to type-specimens, of as many divisions of the objects of Natural History,
according to the example of the bay, No. IV., appropriated to the class of Birds. On the
floor of the hall is placed the skeleton of a Whale as an example of the bulk attained of
an existing kind of animal.

z In the Northern Hall will be arranged and exhibited the specimens of British
oology.

In the east wing, the first or ground Gallery is devoted to evidences of the extinct
kinds of Mammals and Birds, the second Gallery is appropriated to the Minerals, and in
the pavilion are shown the Meteorites, or those Minerals which have reached the earth
from cosmic space.

In the third Gallery are arranged the exhibited specimens of the “ Botany.”

To the north of and parallel with the first Gallery, extends a narrower one appropriated
to the fossil remains of the Reptilian class. From this there extend, at right angles, six
single-storied Galleries, for the fossil Fishes and for the several Invertebrate classes of
extinct animals.

The west wing of the building will be devoted to the existing kinds of animals. Six
single-storied Galleries extend to the north from the first Gallery, with some intervening
compartments.

Of the three main Galleries and pavilions the third, devoted to recent Osteology, has
received most of the mammalian and avian specimens.

A detached building will receive the specimens preserved in alcohol.

With reference to the “ Recommendation” of the “ Royal Commission on Scientific
Instruction and the Advancement of Science,” in their “‘ Report,” issued in 1872, viz.,
* that the Natural History specimens, unstuffed or unarticulated, for the use of students
and men of science, should be arranged in juxtaposed parallel series with the stuffed and
articulated specimens arranged for public exhibition,” the result of a trial of such
recommended method is given in the “ Report” from the Department of Zoology. The
arrangement of the Osteological specimens and Horns in the Third Western Gallery has
nearly reached its completion; and the work of articulation of the skeletons destined to
occupy the floor of that Gallery will be continued uninterruptedly in the coming year.

The collections of the recent Mollusca, and portions of those of the Radiuta, have been
safely transferred to the one-storied Galleries of the west wing, destined for their reception
and display ; the unpacking and arrangement therein will be uninterrupted during the
coming year.

The large and instructive additions to the radiary groups of Echinoderms, of the
Polyzoan and Czlenterate Polypes, of the Sponges and the Protozoa, are noted in the
** Report ” of the “ Zoology.”

The two-fold benefit of relieving the National Natural History Collections of un-
necessary duplicates, and of the transfer of such specimens to Local Collections requiring
them, has been kept in view and largely acted upon during the labours relating to transfer
in the present year. But these demands on the time of the Zoological Staff have not
interfered with the preparation for exhibition in the New Museum of recently received
rare and attractive specimens, which have been mounted for that purpose, as specified in
the “ Report” from the Department.

The “‘ Recommendation” of the Royal Commission on Science, above referred to, as to
the limitation of the number of exhibited specimens to “ Types,” not having been found
practicable, either in regard to the “ General Collections ” or to the “ British Collection”
of objects of Natural History, the proportion of the specimens, about one-half of the
first category, now transferred to the present Museum, and the extent to which they
have been systematically arranged therein during the present year (1882), permit a
reliable judgment to be formed of the relations of space in the building to the total
numbers of the specimens of Natural History now acquired and shortly to be therein
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But, here, it may be noted, that it has been found requisite to make available a well-
lit locality in the basement of the building for the reception of the specimens of the
huger species of the Cetacea other than the skeleton of the Cachalot-whale mounted and
displayed in the central Hall.

If the ratio of “ annual increase” of specimens desirable for exhibition should not be
materially augmented the proportion of the New Museum of Natural History, now
completed, may suffice for about 10 years to come. The relations of the several Galleries
and Saloons to the specimens therein exhibited, in the present year, demonstrate the
exactitude of the space reported on, as requisite to that end, in 1859, for the needs of the
National Museum ; and it is satisfactory that the acreage of ground has been secured for
the wings destined, in the architect’s plans of the entire Museum, to extend at right
angles from the eastern and the western extremities of the “ Frontage of the Building”
now completed:

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

Towards the middle of the past year two of the galleries in the new Museum, the
Western Gallery of the second floor, and a large Gallery in the basement, were so far
completed that a beginning could be made with the removal of the Zoological collections.
The former, called the Osteological Gallery, was chosen for the reception of the osteo-
logical collection of Mammalia (mot including Cetaceans), and the study-series of
unmounted skins, an arrangement by which several important advantages were secured.
These two kinds of objects are now always studied in connection with each other, and,
therefore, it was of as great importance to leave them in juxtaposition as to place them
in the immediate vicinity of the exhibited series of stuffed mammalia. Further, this
Gallery being lit from above as well as from the sides, offers the greatest amount of sun-
light, a condition as beneficial to the appearance and preservation of mounted skeletons
as it would be detrimental to other parts of the collection.

The Gallery is 234 feet long and 49 feet wide, and furnished with 24 exhibition cases of

af |-like shape and projecting 14 feet into the room. The space within, and surrounded
by, the three sides of each case, is furnished with two cabinets, containing the non-
exhibited portion, viz., skulls and loose skeletons as well as skins. The construction of
these cases and the character of the collections deposited in them seemed to permit of a
trial being made to carry out, in a somewhat modified form, a proposal urged by the Royal
Science Commission in the year 1872, viz., to arrange the study and exhibition collections in
two parallel series. However, it soon became apparent that even in this Gallery an arrange-
ment of this kind was feasible in a few of the cases only, because the proportions of space
occupied by the several groups were found to be by no means equal in the two series.

Immediately after the removal of these collections, their general arrangement was
begun and is now completed, but as it is the first time that the objects are exhibited, or
even arranged in orderly and systematic sequence, many details still remain to be worked
out before the Gallery is accessible to the public and students.

For the collection of Cetaceans, or Whales, a separate room has been prepared in the
basement ; it is 138 feet long and 60 feet broad, and the only locality in the new building
fit to receive the series of these gigantic skeletons, some of which exceed a length of 70
feet. The mounting of such large objects, and the arrangement of the smaller ones, will
occupy a considerable time, but two of the largest skeletons have been already set up,
viz., that of a Fin Whale (Physalus antiquorum), 744 feet long, which was found near
Plymouth in the year 1831, and that of Sibbald’s Whale (Physalus sibbaldii), 50 feet
long, and obtained on the Dutch Coast.

Beside the osteological collection and the study-series of mammalia, the entire collection
of Mollusca, with a part of the Echinoderms, Corals and Sponges, has been removed and
deposited in the galleries destined for their reception. Some other collections which had
to be removed on account of building operations in the Museum at Bloomsbury, viz., the
mammalia, birds, and invertebrates preserved in spirits, the dry specimens of reptiles and
fishes which were kept in store-rooms, have been temporarily stowed away in the new
building, until the galleries are ready for their reception.

The packing and removal of these collections, which together constitute about one-
fourth of the Zoological Department, interfered, of necessity, much with the ordinary work
of the staff, especially with scientific work, and the progress of arrangement. On the other
hand, much attention was given to the better conservation and exhibition of the
collections.

I.— Arrangement.

The additions to the collections of Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Batrachians and Fishes
have pen entered in the printed catalogues as soon as they had been examined and
named.

The examination of the exhibited series of Rodentia and Pachydermata has been
completed ; it was undertaken with the object. of withdrawing deteriorated examples from
the public galleries, and of replacing them, when possible, from specimens which are kept
as skins in the study series,

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The final re-arrangement of the Passerine Birds in the new cabinets keeps pace with
the progress of the “ Catalogue of Birds.”

A fair start has been made with the re-arrangement of the collection of Reptiles. Of
the order of Lizards which most needed a thorough systematic revision, the families of
Varanide and Gechotide have been arranged.

The re-arrangement of the Batrachians has been completed. In 1850, the year of
publication of the first edition of the “ Catalogue of Tailed and Limbless Batrachians,”
the number of species known was 72, which were represented in the British Museum by
199 specimens ; while in the second edition, published last year, not less than 143 species
are described, and 1,137 specimens enumerated.

Of Mollusca and Crustaceans, only a few small groups, like the genera Teredo,
Galeomma and Ocypoda, have been arranged, in connection with reports on some general
collections to be mentioned hereafter. Also, the systematic arrangement in the Entomo-
logical Branch has made but little progress ; that of the Lepidopterous Family, Lasiocampida,
has been completed, and that of the Hymenoptera, belonging to the difficult family of
Chalcididw, continued. On the other hand, many of the more important acquisitions were
worked out, and among the Lepidoptera alone some 340 types are reported to have been
added by description to the collection.

Much progress has been made in the arrangement of the Polyzoa, Czlenterata, Sponges,
and Protozoa, this work being carried on chiefly with the view of separating from the
study collection a well-named series for exhibition in the New Gallery. The arrival of
the magnificent collection of Reef-corals brought together during the voyage of H.M.S.
“‘ Challenger,” of the various large consignments received from H.M.S. ‘“ Alert,” and of
many perfect examples from Mauritius, was very opportune, and the determining and
labelling ef these objects is nearly completed. Also, the “ Challenger” specimens of the
Deep-sea Medusz have been carefully compared with the published reports, and added to
the very small collection which the Museum previously possessed of these animals.

I1.—Duplicates.

All specimens which during the work of arranging the collections are found to be
duplicates, are set aside, either for purposes of exchange, or for distribution to the
Museums of Edinburgh and Dublin, or provincial Museums in the United Kingdom, or
Colonial Institutions. In the course of the past year 13,380 specimens (viz., 171
Mammalia, 852 Birds, 250 Reptiles,311 Batrachians, 272 Fishes, 3,203 Mollusks,
314 Crustacea, 7,498 Insects, 186 Echinoderms, 323 Corals and Sponges) have been thus
distributed among eight institutions, viz., the Museum of Kdinburgh, Nottingham,
Owen’s College, Manchester, Marlborough College, Carlisle, Halifax, of the Somerset
Natural History Society and the Haberdashers’ Company. All the applicants who have
established a claim for the reception of zoological duplicates, have now been admitted for
selection, so that on the next occasion the Institutions which head the list of applicants
can be supplied with a second consignment.

1VI.— Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been issued during the year 1882 :—

1. “ List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the typical specimens in the
British Museum,” Vol. I. Tenthredinide and Siricide. By W. F. Kirby, 8vo. (pp. 450,
with 16 coloured plates).

2. “ Catalogue of the Batrachia salientia s. ecaudata in the collection of the British
Museum,” Second edition. By. G. A. Boulenger, 8vo. (pp. 503, with 30 plates).

3. “Catalogue of the Batrachia gradientia s. caudata and Batrachia apoda in the
collection of the British Museum,” Second edition. By G. A. Boulenger, 8vo. (pp. 127,
with 9 plates).

The seventh, eighth, and ninth volumes of the “ Catalogue of Birds” are in the press,
and a full report of the “ Alert” collections, as well.as the second volume of the “ List of
Hymenoptera,” and a second edition of the “ Catalogue of Lizards,” are in course of
preparation.

Reports on recent acqu sitions, with descriptions of the new species, were prepared in
connection with the work of arrangement, and published in various scientific journals.
‘The following may be mentioned :— On the African Mongooses ;” “ On a collection of
Rodents from North Peru ;” “On Rodents frem South Western Africa ;” “ On a collec-
tion of Mammalia from Central Mexico;” “ Description of a new genus and two new
species of Insectivora from Madagascar,” by Mr. O. Thomas ; “ Account of the Reptiles
and Batrachians collected by Mr. Whymper in Ecuador,” by Mr. G. A. Boulenger ;
** A contribution to the Molluscan fauna of Madagascar” (based upon Mr. Johnson’s
collection); ‘On Fresh-water Shells of Australia,” by Mr. E. A. Smith; “On the
species of Ocypoda in the collection of the British Museum,” by Mr. E. J. Miers;
“ Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Madagascar” (five papers reporting chiefly on
the collections made by the Rev. Deans Cowan); “ Buprestide” in the Biologia
Centrali-Americana, by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse: ‘‘ Heterocerous Lepidoptera collected in

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Chili by T. Edmonds, Esq.;” “On a small collection of Lepidoptera from Hawaian
Islands; ” * On Lepidoptera collected in Japan and the Corea by Mr. W. Wykeham
Perry ;” “On a small collection of Lepidoptera from Melbourne ;” “ Descriptions of new
species of Lepidoptera from Duke of York Island and New Britain;” “ Descriptions of
new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar;” On some new genera and
species of Blattarie in the collection of the British Museum;” “On new species of
Spiders from Madagascar ;” “ Descriptions of new species of Myriopoda of the genera
Zephronia and Spirostreptus,” by Mr. A. G. Butler; * Note on the Echimoderm Fauna
of Ceylon; ” ‘* Note on a Crinoid from the Straits of Magellan ;” “ On the Holothuroidea
(Psohde),” by Prof. F. J. Bell; “ On the arrangement of the Coralliide, with descrip-
tions of new or rare species ; ” “ Contributions to the knowledge of the Aleyonaria, with
descriptions, of new species from the Indian Ocean,” by Mr. S. O. Ridley.

LV.— Conservation.

The following specimens have been mounted for exhibition :—

A very large Tiger from the Garo Hills, sent by Captain Sanderson; a Tiger of the
small, long-haired Persian race, presented by Lieut.-Col. Beresford Lovett; a polar
Bear; three Walruses, adult male and female, and young; two Elks from Russia; an
Antelope (Grimmia nictitans) from the Transvaal; a Roe-deer from Astrabad ; a specimen
of the Acanthoglossus bruynii recently discovered in New Guinea; a Shark from Kurrachee
(Carcharias murrayi); a series of 23 marine fishes of the largest size obtainable from
Mauritius, chiefly Sea-perches and Parrot-fishes. Further, skeletons of four Chimpanzees,
a polar Bear, Cape hunting Dog (Lycaon venaticus), a Walrus, three Seals (Arctocephalus
falklandicus), an African and two Indian Elephants, an Indian Rhinoceros, two Tapirs
(Lapirus malayanus and bairdi), a wild Boar, a Wart-Hog, two Chamois, a Chinese Stag
(Elaphurus davidianus), two Bulls ( Bison urus and Bos taurus), two Sea Cows (Manatus
americanus and senegalensis), a Llama, a Sloth, three Armadillos, two Pangolins, three
Wombats, a Koata, and numerous small mammalia (Monkeys, Rodents, &c.).

On the other hand, about 450 specimens of Carnivora and Rodentia, as also a like
number of birds, have been withdrawn from exhibition on account of their deteriorated
condition, unstuffed, and transferred to the study series.

Further progress has been made in the formation of a series of groups of British Birds
illustrative of their nesting habits. The following have been added :—Long-eared Owl,
Jay (two groups, one with eggs and the other with young), Garden-warbler, White-throat
Hedge-sparrow, Golden-crested Wren, Wheatear, Stonechat, Hawfinch, Greenfinch,
Bullfinch, Redpoll, Cuckoo, Red Grouse, Common Snipe, and Curlew.

A great part of the collection of skulls and skeletons of Mammalia, several thousand in
number, were transferred from the old store-boxes into new ones, or glass-top boxes fitted
to the cabinets and cases of the new Osteological Gallery.

All the bottles of the spirit collections which were removed to South Kensington, viz.,
Mammalia, Birds, Mollusks, Insects, Worms, Aleyonarians, Hydrozoa, and Sponges, had
the spirits renewed, so as to secure the good conservation of the specimens during the
period they are stowed away and inaccessible for examination.

The work of renewing the spirits in the bottles containing Reptiles and Fishes has been
continued whenever time could be spared for it, and as far as the limited supply of clear
spirits admitted. The want of a distillery apparatus of much larger size than that of the
one in use at present for re-distilling deteriorated spirits, was much felt, especially as the
numerous accessions from the “Challenger” and “ Alert” expeditions, which almost
entirely consist of spirit preparations, required immediate attention after their arrival.

The dry skins of Reptiles and Fishes which had been transferred to store rooms about
two years ago, were packed for removal; and, on examination, proved to have suffered
much from the damp caused by the evaporation of the spirit from bottles which were kept
in the same room. They were carefully cleaned and dried, but some of them had
suffered so much as to become useless.

The exhibited collection of stuffed Reptiles and Fishes has been thoroughly cleaned in
anticipation of their early removal to Soutl Kensington.

The collections of Shells and Echinoderms have been thoroughly cleaned previously to
their transference into the New Galleries. Two assistants and three attendants were
continuously employed on this work for the space of three months.

About 6,000 Insects of various orders haye been remounted, to incorporate them in

the general collection. The methodical recamphoring of the insect cabinets is still in.

progress,

The spirits of the bottles containing Echinoderms, Polyzoa, Corals, Hydrozoa, and
Sponges, have been renewed where necessary.

About one-half of the collection of Polyzoa, Stony Corals, and Sponges, has been cleaned

by maceration, washing or dusting, packed and removed to South Kensington, and stands.

with labels have been prepared for those specimens which are destined for exhibition.
Also, the dry specimens of Alcyonarians, which are mounted on cardboard or kept in glass-
top boxes, have been cleaned, and the whole part of this collection is now in a safe and
suitable condition for study.
The dry collection of Protozoa has been packed for removal, as also the “ Challenger ”
collection of Monactinellida: and the Deep-sea Sponges of the “ Porcupine ” cxpeda
ighty

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Eighty microscopie slides of Alcyonarians, and 200 of the Spongiide, have been prepared
and incorporated in the collection. of microscopic slides.

V.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the past year have been marked with the date of
their acquisition, and a separate number corresponding with an entry in the manuscript
register of accessions; in this, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact
locality in which the specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any
other valuable information regarding them, are entered.

ViI.— Departmental Library.

One thousand three hundred and eighty-three works, consisting of 2,350 volumes, have
been added to the Departmental Library, beside continuations of periodicals or of works
in progress. All have been entered into the printed Catalogue which, at present, is
alphabetically arranged. Six hundred and seventy-six volumes have been bound. The
work connected with the purchase of books, especially of examining the books offered for
sale, of coliating those bought and of cataloguing them, has been done by one of the assist~
ants and an attendant, but it is evident that, before long, special assistance will be required
for this duty, as the assistant. hitherto employed on it cannot possibly continue to perform
it without neglecting his regular work on the collections.

VII.— Acquisitions.

During the last year 19,902 specimens have been added to the several branches of the
Department :—

Vertebrata - - - - =: 6 5205

Mollusca - - - - - 1,842

Annulosa - - - - - 9,038

Vermes, Radiata and Protozoa = | WAU

ToTaL - ~ - 19,902, as compared with

49,602 in the year 1881.
24,283 _ 1880.
45,881 ai 1879.

20,960 © 1878.
24,184. e 1877.
24,685 a“ 1876.
25,340 “3 1875.
30,699 ep 1874.
10,644 * 1873.

The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. The collections made by Dr. Coppinger during the progress of the survey of
H.M.S. “ Alert” on the coasts of Australia, and in the western parts of the Indian Ocean,
especially in the little explored islands of the Amirante and Glorioso groups.

The contents of these important collections, the examination of which occupied a part
of the staff of the Department for the greater portion of the year, and which will be treated °
in a separate report to be published this year, will be subsequently enumerated under
the several classes of animals.

2. From the “Challenger” collections have been received :—
(a.) Twenty-four Mammals in spirits.

_ (é.) One hundred and ninety-four Reptiles.
(c.) Fifty Batrachians.

(d.) The set of types of Ophiuride, 1,000 in number, referable to 251 species, of which
167 were discovered during this voyage.

3. One hundred and thirty-three Deep-sea Sponges, constituting the collection made
during the cruise of H.M.S. “ Porcupine” in the North Atlantic (1869-70). They were
described by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.S., and trausferred to the National Collection by the
executors of the late Professor Sir W. Thomson. The majority of the collections made
during that cruise are still in the hands of private persons, to whom they were given for
examination.

4. A selection from the collection made by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan in Madagascar.
This is the most extensive collection that has ever reached England !rom that country.
The most important items will be mentioned under the several classes.

5. The second half of the collection of North American Lepidoptera Heterocera
formed by Mr. A. R. Grote; and more fully referred to in the Report for 1881 (p. 38).
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6. A collection of 643 Lepidoptera from Chili, including the types of about 230 new
species, described in the “ Transactions of the Entomological Society ;” presented by the
collector, Thomas Edmonds, Esq.

Mammatlia.—The additions to this class were 372 in number. The following were the
most important accessicns : —

Two Elks from Swenigorod, Russia; purchased.

A stuffed Antelope (Grimmia nictitans) from the Transvaal; purchased.

Three Walruses and a Polar bear ; purchased.

A Tiger from Astrabad ; presented by Lieutenant Colonel Beresford Lovett.

A Tiger from the Garo Hills; obtained by Captain Sanderson.

Twelve Rodents from China, containing no less than seven typical specimens of species
described by Professor Milne-Edwards, all new to the collection; collected by the Abbé
David, and received in exchange from the Paris Museum.

Thirteen Rodents from Algeria, including six species of Gerbillus new to the collection;
received in exchange from M. F. Lataste.

A Chimpanzec’s skeleton from the Gaboon ; purchased.

A Potto ( Perodicticus potto) from Ashantee; presented by Dr. F. O. Ross.

Thirty-four Mammals from Eastern Betsileo, Madagascar, including series of two new
and highly interesting species of a new Insectivorous genus (Microgale); collected by the
Rev. W. Deans Cowan.

Nine human and two Dugong’s skulls from various Pacific Islands; from the collection
of Dr. Coppinger, H.M.S. “ Alert.”

The skull of a new species of Ziphioid Whale (Hyperoodon planifrons), found on Lewis
Island, Dampier’s Archipelago, W. Australia; purchased.

A skin and skeleton of Acanthoglossus bruijnii from New Guinea; purchased.

Nine specimens from the Caroline Islands, including specimens of two new species of
Fruit-bat (Pteropus breviceps and phaocephalus) from the Godeftroy Museum.

Sixty-five specimens from Western Mexico, valuable chiefly as illustrating the geo-
graphical distribution of the Fauna; collected by A. Forrer.

Thirty-five skulls and eight spirit specimens from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, including
series of skulls of Lapirus terrestris, Nasua rufa, and Dasypus novem-cinctus ; purchased,

Birds.—The number of accessions was 3,574, the following being the most impor-
tant :—

The additions to the groups of British Birds; presented by Lord Walsingham (viz.,
Long-eared Owl, Jay, Garden-warbler, White-throat, Stone-chat, Hawfinch, Redpoll,
Cuckoo and Snipe); by Lord Lovat (Grouse and Curlew); andby T. Harcourt Powell,
Esq. (Golden-crested Wren and Greenfinch).

Two specimens of Audouin’s Gull from the Mediterranean, a species previously un-
represented in the collection; presented by Lord Lilford.

A specimen of Puffinus huhlii from Malaga ; presented by Col. Irby.

A collection of 85 Gulls and Terns from various localities; presented by Howard
Saunders, Esq.

Three species of Titmice from Russia and Central Asia, new to the collection; pur-
chased.

Thirty-six specimens from various localities between Eastern Siberia and the Straits
of Malacca ; collected and presented by Dr. A. McKinlay of H.M.S. “ Mosquito.”

Forty-two specimens from North China, collected by the late Capt. Ince; presented
by Mrs. Ince.

A series of 190 Timeline Birds from the Himalayas ; presented by H. Seebohm, Esq.

A collection of 294 specimens made in Gilgit by Major J. Biddulph. ;

A specimen of therare Trochalopteron jerdonii from Coorg; presented by A. O. Hume,
Esq. c.B.

Thirty-five specimens from the Nilgherri Hills; presented by W. Davison, Esq.

The complete set of the Birds collected by E. W. Oates, Esq., during his twelve years’
residence in Pegu, and consisting of 1,544 specimens; purchased.

The type of a species of Hornbill (Buceros subcylindricus) ; purchased of the Zoological
ociety.

Two species of Honey-suckers new to the collection (Melilestes iliolophus and Ptilotis
cinerea) received from the Museo Civico, Genoa.

Thirty-five specimens collected in the province of Wasa, Gold Coast, and presented by
Major Burton and Capt. Cameron.

Four species from Benguela new to the collection (Fiscus souze, Sylviella rufieapilla,
Parus rufiuentris, Nilavs uffinis) ; presented by the Lisbon Museum.
= Sixty-eight specimens from Mombasa, East Africa; presented by the Rev. H. Fowell

uxton.

Fourteen specimens from the Orange River; presented by Dr. Bradshaw.

A selected series of 177 specimens and 373 eggs, collected by the Rey. W. Deans
Cowan in the Betsileo country. y

Seven specimens from Madagascar, among which are Mesites variegata and Hypositla
corallirostris) ; purchased.

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Kighteen specimens from the Amirante and Glorioso Islands, and 157 specimens from
Torres Straits, collected by Dr. Coppinger during the survey of H.M.S. ‘ Alert,” and
presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

A specimen of a rare Kingfisher (Adcyone pusilla) from Eastern Ceram; presented
by Hr. J. G. F. Riedel.

A large series from the Astrolabe range of mountains in South East New Guinea,
collected by Mr. A. Goldie, and containing many new or rare species ; purchased.

Fifty-one specimens from New Britain and Duke of York Islands; collected by the
late Hr. Kleinschmidt, and purchased of the Godeffroy Museum.

Twenty specimens from Bermudas, Nova Scotia and Natal, including a specimen of a
species of Pipit recently described (Anthus butleri); presented by Capt. Savile G. Reid.

Reptiles—The additions to this class were 732 in number, and the following may
be specially mentioned :—

A selected series, consisting of 204 specimens from the collection made by Col.
Beddome in various parts of British India, and containing a great number of very rare
species, hitherto incompletely represented in the British Museum ; purchased.

A new species of Tortoise from Siam (Geoemyda impressa) ; purchased.

A specimen in spirit of an extremely rare fresh-water Turtle from Laos (Platysternum
megacephalum) ; purchased.

‘'wenty-one specimens from the Gold Coast; presented by Major Burton and Capt.
Cameron.

Twenty-two specimens from the interior of East Africa; purchased.

Nine specimens from the Karoo, South Africa; presented by the Trustees of the South
African Museum.

Seven examples of African Tree-Snakes (Ahetulla), illustrative of species described
by Prof. B. du Bocage ; presented by the Lisbon Museum.

A selected series of 73 specimens collected by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan in Eastern
Beisileo, and containing, beside numerous desiderata, five undescribed species of Lizards
and Snakes; purchased.

Hight specimens from the Andes of Hceuador, including a new species of Snake
( Coronella whymperi); collected by Edward Whymper, Esq.

Thirty specimens from Western Mexico, collected by Hr. A. Forrer.

Thirteen specimens from Yucatan, among which is an adult specimen of Loxocemus
bicolor ; purchased.

Forty-four specimens from the Province Rio Grande do Sul; collected by Dr. von
Jhering.

Batrachians.—The number of additional specimens is 363, of which the following are
noteworthy :—

Thirty one specimens trom various countries, desiderata to the collection ; presented by
G. A. Boulenger, Esq. ;

Nine specimens from various countries and new to the collection; obtained by exchange
from the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Specimens of two rare Newts, Molge montana from Corsica, and Molge rusconii from
Sardinia ; obtained by exchange from the Zoological Museum, Florence.

Eighteen tailed Batrachians from the United States; presented by the Smithsonian
Institution.

Fifteen specimens of Frogs from Western Mexico, among which a new genus
(Pternohyla) and a second new species of the remarkable genus Triprion; collected by
Hr. A. Forrer.

Four specimens from the Andes of Ecuador, containing the types of three new species ;
collected by Edward Whymper, Esq.

Thirty-six specimens from the Province Rio Grande de Sul; collected by Dr. von
Jhering.

A series of 93 specimens selected from the collection made by Colonel Beddome in
various parts of British India, and containing a great number of rare species required for
the completion of the series for the British Museum; all of them are included in the
Catalogue published last year ; purchased.

The type of a new genus of limbless Batrachian (Scolecomorphus kirkii), being the
second Cecilian discovered in East Africa; purchased.

A selected series of 89 specimens, collected by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan in Eastern
Betsileo, and containing two new genera and 17 new species, all of which are described
in the new edition of the Catalogue; purchased.

Fishes.—The number of additional specimens amounted to 164 only :—
rm Specimens of Salmo orcadensis from Loch Stennis; presented by W. F. Fortescue,
sq.
pon specimen of Charr, the first discovered in North Uist; presented by Sir G. Campbell-
rde.
A specimen of a hybrid between the Bream and Roach from the River Nen; presented
by Lord Lilford.
A specimen of the Blackfish (Centrolophus pompilus), caught at the mouth of the River
Colne; presented by Henry Laver, Esq.
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42 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A specimen of a very rare Deep-sea sole (Arnoglossus lophotes), obtained in the Irish
Channel; presented by Professor Moseley, F.R.S.

Two Trout from Filha Boa stream, Galicia; presented by G. D. Tait, Esq.

A specimen of a new species of Shark ( Curcharias murrayz), obtained by exchange from
the Kurrachee Museum.

Twenty-three specimens of very large size, chiefly Serranide and Scarina, from Mauri-
tius ; purchased.

Thirty-one specimens collected by Dr. Coppinger during the voyage home of H.M.S
““ Alert”; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Mollusca.—The total number of specimens added to the collection during the year
amounts to 1,842. This number, although small in comparison with those of some
previous years, includes several series of considerable interest and importance.

Seventy-nine shells from Newfoundland, Spain and North Africa; purchased.

A selected series of 77 Land and Fresh-water Shells from Madagascar, including several
new forms; purchased.

A second collection of 37 Terrestrial and Fluviatile Shells from the central and north-
west portions of Madagascar, also containing many new and very interesting species;
presented by W. Johnson, Esq.

A most valuable series of 544 shelis from the shores of Bombay, Kurrachee,
Beloochistan and Arakan ; collected and presented by W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.R.s.

A selected series of 69 marine species from the Mauritius and Chesterfield Islands,
comprising several which were new to the Museum collection, among them a beautiful
example of the rare Vuluta thatcheri from the latter locality; purchased.

Thirty-seven shells from Mayotte, Nossi-Bé, and New Caledonia; purchased.

Twenty-nine Terrestrial Shells from Satanga; purchased.

Twenty-four Land and Fresh-water Shells from China; purchased.

A very fine specimen of Fusus pagoda, one of the most remarkable of the many curious
forms of Mollusca from Japan; presented by George Lewis, Esq.

Forty-three Land and Marine Shells from New Caledonia, Viti, etc. ; purchased.

Four hundred and eighty specimens of marine forms from the coast of Queensland,
Torres Straits and the Amirante Islands, forming part of the collections made by
Dr. Coppinger of H.M.S. “ Alert”; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Crustacea.— The total number of additions was 1,332. The following appear to deserve
special notice :— °

The collection of 55, chiefly pelagic, Crustaceans made by Surgeon H. B. Guppy, ™.B.,
of H.M.S. “ Lark”; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Twelve specimens from Japan of marine species new to the collection; purchased.

A series of specimens of a Macrurous Fresh-water Crustacean from Japan (Atyephyra
compressa), noticed in the “ Annals and Magazine of Natural History,” p. 193; presented
by Dr. Paul Mayer.

Nine specimens of rare marine species from considerable depths, collected at Mauritius,
and reported on in the “ Proceedings of the Zoologicai Society,” 1882, p. 538 ; purchased.

A selected series of 83 specimens of fresh-water species, collected in Wastern Betsileo
by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan; purchased.

The very large collection made by Dr. Coppinger, and consisting of 810 speci-
mens; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

A selected series of 104 specimens from Kurrachee; obtained by exchange from the
Kurrachee Museum.

A collection of 134 specimens from Ceylon, made and presented by Dr. W. Oundaatje.

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The number of specimens acquired during the year was 429,
of which 389 were Arachnida, and 40 Myriopoda. ‘The principal additions are the
following :—

Four Myriopoda from North Italy, belonging to the families Polydesmide and Glo-
merida ; presented by the Rey. A. E. Eaton.

A new species of Myriopod (Zephronia tumida) from North Assam ; presented by
F. O. P. Cambridge, Esq.

Fourteen Arachnida and six Myriopoda from Oosima, Lu-chu Islands; presented by
Lieut. A. Carpenter.

One specimen of a rare and remarkable Thelyphonus (7. proboscideus) from Ceylon;
presented by P. N. Braine, Esq.

Two specimens of an apparently new species of Thelyphonus from Siam; purchased.

Fifteen Arachnida and two Myriopoda (including the type of Zephronia barbata) from
Sumatra; purchased.

Eight Myriopoda and 40 Arachnida from the Persian Gulf and Kurrachee; obtained
in exchange from the Kurrachee Museum.

A series from the collection made by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan in Betsileo, and
consisting of 214 Arachnida, some of which have already been described and figured in
the “ Annals and Magazine of Natural History,” and the “‘ Proceedings of the Zoological
Society ” fer the year; also nine Myriopoda chiefly referable to three new species of
Spirostreptus ; purchased.

Fifty-four named species of Spiders, all types of forms described by Prof. L. Koch,
from Australia; purchased.

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Seventeen Spiders and two Myriopoda, collected by the Rev. Wyatt Gill in Rarotonga;
presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., m.p.

Insecta.—The Entomological branch has been increased by the addition of 7,277
specimens, which are distributed among the various orders thus :—

fo)

Coleoptera - - - - 4 - - a, (cobs
Hymenoptera - - eh Hie 2 S 4 616
Lepidoptera - - - = . = - = SONG
Diptera - - - ¥ e 2 a cs al
ISPS LAYS ene he ana EN Rae aes 72
Orthoptera- 0 =). see vrij Statin Wits 110
Hemiptera - - = wh Bia ae a 246

WORT ee =) = 7/277

Besides the Grote collection mentioned before the following acquisitions deserve special
notice :—

(From Great Britain.)

Specimens of rare British Hymenoptera, Cenoneura dahlbomi, Mesochorus formosus,
and Macropis labiata ; presented by Messrs. Cameron, Bignell and Enock.

Nest of a Tree-wasp from Berkshire ; presented by H. Cole, Esq.

A series of 150 specimens of Hymenoptera, selected from the Rev. T. A. Marshall’s
collection, and including several types of species of Chalcidide described by the late
Mr. F. Walker ; purchased.

Six Moths of the Eastern genus Antherea reared in England, four of them being
hybrids between Antherea roylei and Antherea pernyi, with their cocoons; presented by
M. A. Wailly.

A specimen of Aeschna grandis, captured in the British Museum.

(From Europe.)

One hundred and fifty-five Hymenoptera from Hungary; presented by Hr. A.
Mocsary.

4 (From Northern Asia and Japan.)

Twenty-one Coleoptera from Japan, among them Cymindis damio, Cychrus convexus,
Syntelia histeroides, etc. ; presented by George Lewis, Esq.

Fifty-five Lepidoptera from Japan and South-east Corea, among them a new species
of the beautiful genus Brahmea, six Diptera and five Neuroptera; presented by
Lieut. A. Carpenter of H.M.S. “ Magpie.”

Fifty-seven Lepidoptera from Corea and Mantchuria, a most valuable collection for the
study of geographical distribution of insects ; presented by W. Wykeham Perry, Esq., of
H.M.S. “ Ilronduke.”

(From South America.)

Three hundred and sixty-one Coleoptera from Chili, including the typical specimens
of Migadops bimaculitus, Mimodromius philippit, Lecanomereus marginatus, <Ageliscus
pictus, etc. ; purchased.

Nine typical specimens of Lepidoptera from Chili, Hipparchia monticolens, Neosatyrus
fuscescens, Faunula leucogiene, Scolitantides plumbea, Cyclopides sotci, Carterocephatus
vicinus, Pseudocerura thoracica, Macromphalia purissima, and Philanglaus ornatus; obtained
by exchange.

(From Africa.)

Two hundred aud twenty Micro-Lepidoptera from Accra, among them many desiderata
and several undescribed species; presented by Lord Walsingham.

Twenty-one Hymenoptera and 33 Orthoptera (chiefly Locustide), eight Diptera and
10 Hemiptera from the Gold Coast; presented by Major Burton and Capt. Cameron.

Twenty Lepidoptera from Delagoa Bay, including four new species of Sphingide ;
collected by Mrs. Monteiro; purchased.

(From Madagascar. )

From the collection made by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan, the following Insects were
selected :-—243 Coleoptera, 140 Hymenoptera, 34 Neuroptera, 392 Lepidoptera, 50 Orthop-
tera, and 20 Hemiptera. As far as these insects have been worked out, many miost
interesting forms have been found among them; thus, new species of the Lepidopterous
genera Pachycispia, Bunea, Ceranchia, Zelomera, etc., a series in various stages of
development of a new genus of Blattarie (Ciluropoda gigantea), a second species of the
singular genus Gromphadorhina, perfect specimens of the remarkable spined Phasmid,
Parectatosoma hystrix, a new Homopterous species, Platypleura evanescens, etc.

Specimens of a new genus of Lepidoptera ( Hypsoides); purchased.

(From Southern Asia.)

Sixty-eight Lepidoptera and two nests of (C£cophthoru smaragdina, collected in
Barrackpore and Darjiling ; and presented by G. A. J. Rothney, Esq.

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Twenty Hymenoptera, 166 Lepidoptera, 22 Diptera and nine Neuroptera; collected
by Lieut. Col. Charles Swinhoe at Candahar and Chaman, and presented by him.

Sixty-eight Lepidoptera, collected by the Rev. J. H. Hocking at Kangra, N. W.
Himalayas, and described in the “‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society ”; purchased.

One hundred and forty-five Lepidoptera from Tenasserim, including many rare and new
species ; presented by Capt. C. Bingham.

Fifty Lepidoptera and 10 Neuroptera from Jubbulpore; presented by Dr. F. Butler.

Four Moths and 14 coccoons from Ceylon; presented by P. N. Braine, Esq.

Thirty-seven Moths from Sumatra and Java, all extremely rare or new species ; among
others the second known specimen of Agathia gigantea; purchased.

(From Pacific Islands.)

One hundred and seventeen named specimens of Coleoptera from the Sandwich Islands,
collected by the Rev. Thomas Blackburn; purchased.

Thirty-nine Lepidoptera, including 21 types from the Sandwich Islands; presented by
the Rev. Thomas Blackburn.

One hundred and twenty-seven Lepidoptera, including 89 types of new species from
Duke of York Island and New Britain; purchased.

Thirty specimens of Hymenoptera, collected by the Rev. Wyatt Gill in Rarotonga;
presented by Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., and A. W. Franks, Esq., ¥.R.s,

(From Australia.)
Ten specimens of Cctoniide from East Australia; presented by Mrs. C. Coxen.
Ninety-one Lepidoptera from Melbourne, including 10 types; presented by Dr. T. P.
Lucas.

Echinodermata and Vermes.—The additions to these classes have been respectively
1,346 and 304 in number; the following should be mentioned specially.

Two hundred and sixty-three Echinoderms and 59 Vermes collected by Dr. Coppinger
during the survey of H.M.S. “ Alert” in the Australian seas and the Western Indian
Ocean ; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Twenty-seven Echinoderms from the coast of Ceylon ; presented by Dr. Oundaatje.

Seventeen Echinoderms from Mauritius ; purchased.

Eleven specimens of Asterias rubens from Aberdeen ; presented by Mr. G. Sim,

Two hundred named specimens of Gephyrea and Annelids from the Northern seas;
purchased of the Copenhagen Museum.

Fourteen named Gephyrea; presented by Prof. Selenka.

Polyzoa.—644 specimens have been obtained by donation, viz. :—More than 400 speci-
mens from the “ Alert ” collection; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

One hundred and twenty-three slides of the Chitinous appendages of Polyzoa;
presented by G. Busk, Esq., F.R.s.

Upwards of 80 specimens presented by the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

Fourteen specimens from the collection of H.M.S. “ Pandora;” presented by
A. Horner, Esq.

Anthozoa —The additions were 313 in number, and include many examples of remarkable
perfection and size, as well as a great proportion of undescribed forms.

Seventy-six specimens from the “ Alert” collection; of the Alcyonarians, about one-
half are new to science; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Eighteen corals from Japan; purchased.

Fifteen Alcyonarians, preserved in spirits and named: purchased of the Godeffroy
Museum.

Fifteen Alcyonarians, dried, from Mauritius; purchased.

Hydrozoa.—268 specimens have been added :—

Ninety-eight specimens from the “ Alert” collection; presented by the Lords of the
Admiralty.

Highty-three specimens from the Atlantic ; collected by H. B. Guppy, Esq., during the
voyage of H.M.S. “ Lark.”

Sixty-five specimens presented by the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

Six specimens from Mauritius ; purchased.

Spongiide.—554 specimens were received :—

Two hundred and ninety-two specimens from the “ Alert” collection, preserved in
spirits and in an excellent state of preservation; fully one-half of the species represented
in this series are new to science ; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Upwards of 50 specimens of Spongillide and Calcarea, the majority being named;
presented by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.s.

Six very fine and perfect Sponges (Hyalonema and Geodia) from Japan ; purchased.

Protozoa.—The additions numbered 388, of which the principal was a collection of 132

species of British Foraminifera, represented by 353 examples mounted on one glass slide;
purchased,

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VII1.— Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have specially consulted portions of the col-
lection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 9,628, as compared with—

7,407 in the year - - - 1881.
4,260 oS - - - 1880.
4,003 e es 1879,
3,064 os - - - 1878.
3,671 = - - - 1877.
3,425 i; ge ey ISG:
2,799 ny ot ik See 1875.
3,306 3 - - - 1874.
2,530 « = Peey ae 2 1873,

Albert Giinther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
I.— Arrangement.

Fossil Mammalia.—South East Gallery.—The twenty-four new table-cases, of an
improved pattern and of larger size than hitherto supplied, each measuring 10 feet
8 inches by 4 feet 8 inches, have been handed over to the Department by H.M. Office of
Works, and are now filled with specimens, a considerable number of which have also been
mounted upon tablets and labelled.

In Table-case 1 (South side) are placed various human remains and flint implements
from Kent’s Cavern, Torquay, and from Cat’s-hole and other caves in the peninsula of
Gower, Glamorganshire; presented by Col. E. R. Wood. Human-remains and a stone
implement from a cavern at Minas Geraes, Brazil. Also remains of Man, together with
incised drawings on bones and horns, cut reindeer horns, implements of boue and flint
from Dordogne, Les Eyzies, Bruniquel, and Neschers in France ; together with a series of
paleolithic flint implements from the river-gravels of the valley of the Somme at St.
Acheul, ete.

A small collection of remains of Quadrumana, (Monkeys,) from the Newer Miocene
Siwalik Hills, India; from the Miocene of St. Gauden’s, France; Epplesheim, Hesse
Darmstadt; Pikermi in Greece; and Lot in France, comprising the genera Dryopithecus,
Mesopithecus, and Paleolemur.

In small Table-case la are placed the fossil Cheiroptera (Bats) of the genera Ves-
pertiiio and Rhinolophus, from Mayence, Sansan, and Kent’s Cavern; the Iusectivora
represented by the genera Parasorex, Sorex, Talpa, Paleéospalax, and Erinaceus, from
the Auvergne, Allier, Bacton, Grays, &c. In the same table are placed the remains of
two remarkable extinct Carnivora, probably having Marsupial affinities, Pterodon and
Hyenodon, from the Eocene deposits of Vaucluse and from the Auvergne, France.

In Table-case 2 are arranged a fine series of Carnivora from various Tertiary deposits
in Britain, Germany, France, Spain, India, and Brazil, representing the Cave Lion,
Felis spelea: the Leopard, Felis pardus; the extinct sabre-toothed Tiger, Machaerodus ;
the Hyena, Wolf, &c.

In small Table-case 2A are placed the Carnivora of the genera Amphicyon, Dinocyon,
Simocyon, Cynodictis, etc., from the Tertiary deposits of Britain, France, Germany, Italy,
Greece, &c. r

In Table-case 3 are a collection of skulls, lower-jaws, and limb-bones, of the great
cave-bear Ursus speleus, chiefly from the caves of Westphalia and Franconia, and from
the Lozére, France; Ursus feror from Ireland, Ilford, &c.; and Ursus arctos from
Manea Fen, Cambridgeshire.

Table-case 4 contains a large series of the teeth of Ihinoceros tichorhinus, R.leptorhinus,
megarhinus, and Etruscus, from British Tertiary deposits; R. Schleiermacheri, K. incisivus,
from the Val d’Arno, Epplesheim; and A. Sivensis from China; also remains of
Paleotherium magnum, P. medium and P. crassum from the Eocene of the Isle of Wight ;
of Vaucluse, France, &c.

In small Table-case 44 are placed remains of Paloplotherium, Eocene, Vaucluse; of
Tapirus, from the Auvergne, from Epplesheim and from China; of Lophiodon,
Coryphodon, Didymodon, and Microcherus trom the Eocene of France and England, etc.

In Table-case 5 is a series of teeth and other parts of species of Equus from N. and
S. America, from England and France; of Hipparion. and Hippotherium from France,
Greece and India; of Anchitherium from the Eocene of Vaucluse, and Bembridge, Isle of
Wight andthe Miocene of France ; and of Momalodontotherium from Patagonia.

Table-case 6 contains a large series of remains of Hippopotamus Pentlandi from Grotto
Maccagnone and Palermo, Sicily ; and other species from Malta, Crete, Nubia, and from

the Siwalik Hills, India.
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Small Table-case 64 is occupied by remains of Dicotyles from Brazil; of Sus scrofa
from Oreston, Grays, &c.

Table-case 7 contains the skulls and lower jaws of fossil Suide, as Sus giganteus,
S. hysudricus, S. sivalensis, and Merycopotamus dissimilis, from the Siwalik Hills, India;
of Paleocherus from Allier, Listriodon from Garonne, and species of Cheropotamus,
Anthracotherium, and Hyopotamus, from the Eocene strata of England and France.

In Table-case 8 are the fossil remains of species of Anoplotherium from the Eocene of
Montmartre and Vaucluse, of Hurytherium, Xiphodon, Dichodon, Dichobune, and Lepto-
plotherium from the Eocene of France and England. Remains of Chalicotheriwm from
China, India, and France; also of Cainotherium, Miolophus, Hyracotherium, Oreodon,
Listriodon, &c., from England, France, India, and America.

The small Table-case 8 contains the limb bones of Bos primigenius from Ilford.

Table-case No. 9 is occupied by skulls of Ovibos moschatus from Eschscholtz Bay,
Kotzebue Sound, Poreupine R., Arctic America; also from Maidenhead; Green-street
Green, Kent; and Crayford, Essex. Various Ruminant remains from the Nerbudda,
Bucapra Daviesii, and Capra sivalensis from the Siwalik Hills, India ; and species of
Antelope and Bos from the Tertiary deposits of France. &c.

In Table-case 10 are placed various Deer-remains, including the skull of Dorcatherium
from the Miocene of Epplesheim; remains of Dicrocerus, Hyemoschus, and numerous
species of Cervide from Lingland, France, Italy, and India,

The small Table-case 10a contains jaws and teeth of Cervus megaceros from Ireland, &c.

Table-case 11 contains remains of Roebuck, Cervus capreolus; of Reindeer, Cervus
tarandus, from various British localities and the Auvergne ; the Paleomeryx medius from
the Miocene Brown Coal of Rott by Bonn. Here are also placed the bones of Halitherium
and other Sirenia.

THe Pavition.—Fossil Birds.

Table-case No. 12 is chiefly occupied with remains of the smaller forms of extinct birds
of New Zealand, including bones of a gigantic goose, Cnemiornis; a Rail, Notornis, and
the remains of a small “ Moa,” Dinornis didinus, having the skin still preserved in a dried
state covering the bones of the head, neck, legs, and feet, and some few feathers of a
reddish colour still preserved on the leg. The tracheal rings of the windpide may still
be seen zn situ, and the sclerotic plates of the eyes and the sheaths of the claws. One
foot also shows the hind claw (ha/luz) still attached to the foot.

The adjoining Wall-case 11 contains the detached bones of other and larger species of
Dinornis from New Zealand.

Table-case No. 13 is devoted to the exhibition of the Archeopteryx macrura from the
lithographic stone of Solenhofen, the oldest fossil bird at present discovered. With it
are placed a series of casts of bones of the Hesperornis regalis, Marsh; a gigantic diving
bird (with teeth) nearly six feet in height, from the Middle Cretaceous of Kansas, U.S.
of Noith America. This case also contains the remains of Dasornis, Argillornis, and
Odontopteryx, from the London clay of Sheppey ; a Puleortyx trom Montmartre.
Numerous remains of birds from the Miocene of Allier; of Pelican from Steinheim; and
of Ostrich from the Siwalik Hills, India.

Fossil Marsupialia.—Table-case 14 contains a series of jaws and teeth, &c., of small
Mammalia, named Phascolotherium and Amphitherium, from the Stonesfield Slate, Gt.
Oolite, near Oxford, and of eleven other genera, represented by 92 specimens, from the
Middle Purbeck, Beds, Durdlestone Bay, Swanage, Dorset. These are among the very
oldest mammalian remains known. Here are also placed remains of Peratherium and
Didelphys from the Eocene of Hordwell, Hants, and Vaucluse, France; and of Didelphys
from Minas Geraes, Brazil. The rest of the Case is filled with remains of 11 genera
of fossil Marsupialia from Queensland.

Table-case 15 is entirely occupied with remains of Vhylacoleo carnifex, Nototherium
and Diprotodon from Queensland, Australia. In the adjoining Wall-case 13 also are
a large portion of the skeleton, with parts of skulls and lower jaws of Diprotudon Australis,
of Nototherium,and other large marsupial remains from Darling Downs, Queensland,
&c., Australia.

Fossil Edentata.—W all-case 12.—The greater part of the skeleton of Scelidctherium
leptocephalum from the Tertiary of Buenos Ayres has been articulated and mounted and
placed in this case, together with the remains of Mylodon from Uruguay ; Megatherium
from Buenos Ayres; Chlamydotherium, Hoplophorus, and several species of Glyptodon,
all from the Argentine Republic of 8. America. :

S. E. Gatuery (North side).—Small Table-case 164 contains a selected series
illustrative of the fossil Vertebrata of the Suffolk Crag, comprising remains of AZustodon,
Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Coryphodon, Hyena, Cervus, Sus, Tapirus, Ziphius, Balenodon,
Trichecodon, Squalodon, Delphinus, and teeth of 12 genera of Cestraciont and other fishes.

Table-case 16 contains a series of rostral bones of Ziphius and otolithes of Cetacea,
mostly from the Crag,

In Table-case No. 17 are placed a series of Molar teeth, &c., of Elephas Armeniacus
from Armenia ; of E. Columbi from Georgia, U. S. A., and from Texas; also a fine series
of molars of E£. primigenius from Ilford, Essex ; part of the Brady collection.

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In small Table-case 17a are cervical vertebre of Elephants dredged off the East
coast, and teeth of Mammoth from Norfolk.

Table-case 18 contains a fine series of Molars of Mammoth, FE. primigenius, dredged
up off the Dogger Bank, North Sea; and bones of the feet of a very large Elephant
from the Norfolk Coast.

Table-case 19 is occupied by molars of Mammoth from various British localities, from
Brighton, Kettering, Fenny Stratford, from near London; also from Hesse-Darmstadt
and from Arctic America.

In small Table-case 194 are remains of Elephants dredged up off the East Coast.

Table-case 20 contains remains of the pigmy Elephant from Malta; together with
those of Elephas antiquus from Clacton, and Grays, Essex ; and from Sussex and Norfolk.

Table-case 21 is filled with the molar teeth, &c., of Elephus meridionalis, from the
Forest Bed, Norfolk coast; and sections of teeth of fossil Indian Elephants from the
Siwalik Hills, India.

In the small Table-case 214 are placed several tusks of Fossil Elephants.

In Table-case 22 are the bones of the fore and hind feet of species of fossil Elephants
from the Newer Miocene deposits of the Siwalik Hills, India.

Table-case 23 contains a large series of the molar teeth of Mastodon from the English
Crag, from the Miocene of Darmstadt; from the Garonne, and from Sansan in France ;
from Bigbone-lick, Kentucky ; and from the Siwalik Hills, India.

Table-case 24 is occupied by molar teeth of Dinotherium from the Garonne, from
Hesse-Varmstadt, from Perim Island, and other Indian localities. Also an interesting
series of fossil remains of Rodentia, comprising two gigantic types of Beaver;
Trogontherium Cuvieri, from the Norfolk Forest Bed, and Castoroides Ohioensis, from
Newer Tertiary deposits of New York, U. S. N. America; numerous examples and an
almost entire skeleton of the Kuropean Beaver, from the valley of the Lea, and from
the Cambridgeshire fens; a gigantic dormouse, Myoxus melitensis, from Malta; Lagomys
and Spermophilus from the Post-Tertiary deposits of the Thames Valley, &c. This
ease likewise contains the skull and other remains of Typotherium cristatum, a remarkable
Rodent from Buenos Ayres.

GALLERY D.—Fossil Reptilia.

In Wall-case 1 are placed, (a) an interesting series of remains of the remarkable
group of extinct “ Flying Lizards,” or Pterodactyles, of the Secondary Rocks, chiefly
derived from the Solenhofen Limestone of Bavaria and the Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset;
(6), the jaws, teeth, and various portions of the skeleton of the great marine Lacertian,
Mosasaurus, from the Maestricht chalk; and from the Cretaceous of New Jersey, U. S.
N. America; (c), the skull, tail-sheath and numerous vertebre of the great extinct
horned Lizard, Megaiania prisca, from Australia; also specimens of Pleurosaurus
Goldfussi, and of Geosaurus Soemmeringii, from the Lithographic Stone of Solenhofen.

Wall-case 2 contains the fine series of remains of Crocodilia and Teleosauria:
commencing with the skulls, lower jaws and scutes of Belodon Kapffi, and B. Pleiningeri,
from the Trias of Stuttgart; of Teleosaurus Chapmanni, T. brevior, &c., from the Lias
of Whitby, &c., of Teleosaurus, and Steneosaurus, from the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset;
and 7. Cadomensis, from the Oolite of Caen. Remains of Petrosuchus and Gonivpholis
from the Purbeck beds of Swanage, Dorset. Skulls and lower jaws of Crocodilus
toliapicus, from Sheppey, and C. Hastingsie, from the Middle Eocene, Hordwell, Hants.
Melitasaurus champsvides, from the Miocene of Malta; Crocodilus bombifrons and
Leptorhynchus gangeticus, &c., from the Newer Miocene Siwalik Hills, India.

In Table-case 1, are arranged the remains of species of Pterodactyles from the Chalk,
the Gault, the Greensand, Purbeck, Stonesfield Slate, and Kimmeridge Clay, of
England, and the Lithographic Stone of Solenhofen.

In Table-case 2 the remains of Petroductyles from Stonesfield, and of .Dimorphodon
from the Lias of Lyme, are placed, together with Dracenosaurus from the Miocene of
Vaucluse; Varanus from the Sewalik Hills, Dolichosaurus longicollis from the M. Chalk
of Kent, and WNuthetes, Macellodus, Saurillus, and Echinodon from the Purbeck Beds,
Swanage. With these are Supheosaurus and Homeosaurus trom the Lithographic stone,
Solenhofen, and parts of the skull, with teeth and vertebre, of Mosasaurus from
Maestricht, and Lezodon from the Chalk of Norwich.

Table-case 3 contains the remains of Suurosternon Bainii, from the Trias of S. Africa;
of Rhynchosaurus articeps, from the Trias of Shropshire; of Protorosaurus, from the
Permian of Thuringia; and Alphelosaurus, from Lodeve. Also teeth, vertebre, skull,
and scutes, of Crocodilia from the Siwalik Hills, India, and from the Miocene of Allier,
France.

In Table-case 4 are arranged the teeth, jaws, vertebrae, and limb-bones of Crocodilus
Hlastingsie, from the Middle Eocene of Hordwell, and of Crocodilus champsoides, and
C. toliapicus, from the London Clay of Sheppey.

Table-case 5 contains almost entire examples of a small crocodile, Theriosuchus
pusillus, Owen; together with remains of Gondopholis crassidens, G. tenuidens, from the
Evebeck Beds, Swanage, Dorset; and Suchosaurus cultridens from the Wealden of

ussex.

Table-case 6 is occupied by remains of Crocodilia, &ec., as Brachydectes majer, and
B. minor, Purbeck Beds, Swanage; Gavialis Dixoni, Eocene, Bracklesham ; and G. macro-

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rhynchus, U. Cretaceous, Marne; with scutes, vertebrae, &c., of Teleosaurus and
Pelagosaurus from the U. Lias, Curcy, Normandy.

Table-case 7 is devoted to the exhibition of the teeth, jaws, vertebre, and scrutes of
Teleosauri, from the Great Oolite, Lias, &c., and a fine series of Polyptychodon teeth from
the Chalk, Greensand, and Gault of England; together with those of Dakosaurus and
Machimosaurus from the Oolite of Schnaitheim and of Solothurn, and cast of Mesosaurus
tenuidens from the Trias of S. Africa. Also a series of fossil eggs of Saurians from the
Great Oolite of Wiltshire.

In Table-case 8 are exhibited the vertebra, scutes, teeth, and limb-bones of Belodon
Kapffii from the Keuper of Stuttgart; also the remains of fossil Ophidia of the genera
Paleophis from the London Clay of Sheppey, of Paleryx from the Middle Eocene of
Hordwell, together with species of Co/uber from the Miocene of Oeningen, the Brown
Coal of Bonn, and from Issoire, France.

In Table-case 9 are placed the teeth and dermal bones of Hy/eosaurus, from the
Wealden of Sussex, of Acanthopholis, from the Lower Chalk and Greensand of Folkestone;
limb-bones of Iguanodon, from the Maestricht Chalk ; the vertebrae of Lothriospondylus,
from the Wealden, &c.; teeth of MWegalosaurus, from the Great Oolite, Stonesficld, and
head of Scelidosaurus, from the Lias of Charmouth. A coloured reproduction of the entire
skeleton of Compsognathus longipes, from the Solenhofen limestone, and a fine upper
mandible of Teratosaurus suevicus, from the Keuper of Stuttgart.

Table-case 10 contains a series of remains (parts of one individual) of Iguanodon, from
the Wealden of Hastings.

Table-case 11 is also occupied by teeth, jaws, and bones of IJguanodon, from the
Wealden, Tilgate Forest, from Atherfield, Isle of Wight; also remains of Polacanthus
from the last-named locality.

In Table-case 12 are two nearly entire skeletons of a small amphibious reptile, from
the Trias of Germany, named Neusticosaurus pusillus, having affinities with both the
terrestrial and marine Sauria; the case also contains remains of Nothosaurus, and
Dracosaurus, from Leineck; and of three species of the remarkable genus Placodus, from
the Muschelkalk of Baireuth, formerly referred to the Fishes.

Table-cases Nos. 13 and 14 contain the smaller detached remains of species of Ichthy-
osauri from the Lias, of which the larger specimens are placed in Wall-case 12.

Table-case 15 contains an interesting series of the smaller remains of Plesiosauri, the
larger specimens occupying Wall-case 11.

In Table-case 16 are teeth, vertebrae, and bones of Phosauri from the Kimmeridge Clay
of Ely, Dorset, &c. The larger remains of this genus are placed in Wall-case 10.

Table-cases 17 to 20 are occupied by the remains of the fossil Chelone, from the
Stonesfield and Purbeck Beds; the Wealden and Chalk formations, the London
Clay of Sheppey, the Middle Eocene of Hastings, and the Miocene of Oeningen. The
larger specimens of Marine, Freshwater, and and Chelonians occupy Wall-cases
6 and 7.

In Table-case 21 are placed the fossil Salamanders, Newts and Frogs; conspicuous
among these is the great Cryptobranchus from the Miocene of Ciningen; described by
Scheuchzer, in 1726, as the “ homo diluvii testis” ; the tail-less Batrachia are met with in
a fossil state in the Brown Coal of Bonn-on-the-Rhine.

Table-case 22 contains the remains of Archegosaurus and Trematosaurus from the
Permian of Saarbruch ; and of Labyrinthodon from the Coal-formation of Coal-brook-
dale, Shropshire. (See also Wall-case 8.)

Table-cases 23 and 24 are occupied by a large series of very remarkable remains of
Triassic Reptilia, referred by Prof. Owen to the genera Lycosaurus, Ptychognathus,
Oudenodon, Endothiodon, &c., from South Africa. The larger remains of these remark-
able reptiles are placed in Wall-case 9.

In three Table-cases, placed in the Gallery of communication (between the Reptilan
and Mammalian Galleries), are temporarily arranged a part of the large collection of
reptilian remains from the Rev. W. Fox’s collection, obtained from the Wealde
formation of Brixton, Isle of Wight.

GaLuERY A., Fossil Fishes.—Twelve new Table-cases for Fossil Fishes have been just
added to this Gallery, the fittings of which are now completed. The collection of the late
Sir P. de M. Grey-Egerton, Bart., has just been added to this collection, with part of that
of the Earl of Enniskillen. As the remainder of this fine collection will be added during
the ensuing year, the arrangement of this Gallery is at present incomplete.

Invertebrate Animals.

GaLuLEry No. II., Fossil Cephalopoda.—As this Gallery has just been fitted up with _
Wall-cases, the entire collection of cephalopoda will have to undergo re-arrangement in
the ensuing year.

GALLERY B.—Considerable progress has been made in the detailed arrangement of
the several groups of the Invertebrata (Gasteropoda, Conchifera, Brachiopoda, Polyzoa,
Arthropoda, Annelida, and Echinodermata) placed in this Gallery. The Foreign collec-
tions, which occupy the Wall-cases, have all been arranged in their Families and Genera,
separated by divisional rods, and about 2,000 printed labels have been introduced. a

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The British Brachiopoda, occupying Table-cases Nos. 86, 87, and 88, have been named
in detail, and labels prepared for each species.

GatiEery C.—This Gallery has just been completely fitted with Table and Wall-cases for
the reception of the Fossil Corals, Hydroida, the Spongida, and the Protozoa, on the one
side, and the Fossil Plants on the other.

The collections of Fossil Corals, Sponges, and Plants are now placed in this Gallery,
and the first-named groups are being arranged in the Table and Wall-cases.

Gatutpry No. 4 has been entirely cleared, and Wall-cases, to contain a stratigraphical
collection, have been erected along its western side. The wall on the eastern side is to
be devoted to the exhibition of Reptilian remains, Zchnites, &c., to be fixed in frames upon
the wall and glazed.

II. Guides and Catalogues.

The first Edition of the small Guide to the Galleries of the Department of Geology and
Paleontology having been sold out, a new and enlarged Kdition, with 32 illustrations,
was issued to the public in October, 1882.

The Catalogue of the Foraminifera, by Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F.z.8., was completed
and issued in April 1882.

Permission having been obtained to enlarge Dr. Hinde’s Catalogue of the Fossil
Sponges from an 8vo. form to that of a quarto size, with illustrations of the new and
undescribed forms, the issue of the Catalogue has been of necessity delayed, but the work
has continued without intermission, and the plates are also being drawn upon stone.

III. Registration.

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—

Mammalia - - - - - - Se Oo
Aves - - - - - a ps 2 24
Reptilia - - - - “i = 5 614
Pisces - - - = Bs ss = 82843
5,246
Invertebrata :—
Mollusca - - - - - - - 8,866
Molluscoida - : 5 = - - 3,097
Insecta, Crustacea, &c. - Sad 2 393
Annelida - . - - ~ - i 109
Echinodermata - | - = A a = 258
Zoantharia - = = = = fA Hn 679
Spongida,&e. - - - - - = 4,862
18,264
Fossil Plants - - - - - = = = a Peano {4
Total number of Specimens registered - - - 23,887

IV. Work of the Mason-Formatori, and Assistant-Mason.

The large series of Reptilian remains in the “‘ Fox Collection” from the Wealden of
the Isle of Wight (obtained in January 1882), have all been carefully examined and
repaired ; some of the fossils, as, for example, the dermal shield of Polacanthus, having
been reconstructed from hundreds of fragments. About four months of the Masons’ time
have been devoted to the development of these truly. remarkable remains.

The skull and tusks of the Ilford Mammoth have undergone repair, one alveolus has
been restored, the detached tusk has been united to the skull, and the ironwork re-arranged
and fitted to it.

The large series of specimens, acquired in the Egerton Collection, and in that portion
of the Enniskillen Collection already purchased, have been cleaned. developed, and
repaired, and rendered fit for exhibition.

The entire collection of South American Edentata, which occupies the large wall-case
on the north side of the pavilion, has been developed, repaired, and mounted on stands for
exhibition. :

The remains of Megalosaurus, from Sherborne, Dorset, have been developed, and casts
have been made of those portions of the specimens not presented to the Museum.

Large numbers of Sponges, Corals, Mollusca and Echinodermata have been developed,
reduced, and mounted ready for exhibition in the Wall-cases of Galleries B. and C.

Many other specimens of Corals and Sponges haye been cut and polished so as to
exhibit their internal structure.

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50 accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V.— Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

I. By Donation.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—Vertebra of Balenoptera Juddii, Seeley, from the Eocene Tertiary,
Roydon New Forest. Presented by Professor J. W. Judd, F.R.S., F.G.S.

Human and other Mammalian remains from a cave near Ardinshaig, Scotland.
Presented by Mrs. D. Fox Tarratt.

Cast of Head and Horns of Stvatherium giganteum, Fale. and Caut. Newer Miocene,
Sewalik Hills, India. Presented by Professor W. H. Flower, Lu.D., F.B.S., &c.

(2.) Aves.—Distal end of humerus of Lithornis vulturinus, Owen, from the London
Clay, Sheppy. Presented by W. H. Shrubsole, Esq., F.G.s.
Remains of Apyornis maximus, from Madagascar. Presented by James Porter, Esq.

(3.) Reptilia.—Five Saurian Vertebre, from the Lias, Lyme Regis. Presented by
Dr. H. Woodward, F.R.8.

Head of Ichthyosaurus platyodon, a small but perfect Ichthysaurus, and other Saurian
remains. Presented by F. Seymour Haden, Esq., F.R.c.8,, &c., &c.

Eight specimens of coral rock, with Turtles, Eggs, &c., from the Island of Ascension.
Presented by Stafi-Surgeon Thos. Conry, Esq., R.N.

Tooth of Deuterosaurus biarmicus, Eichw., and of an unnamed Dinosaurian tooth, from
the Permian Sandstone of Kargalinsk, Russia; figured and described in the “ Geol.
Mag.,” 1882, Decade ii., vol. ix., plate viii., pp. 337-339. Presented by W. H. Twelve-
trees, Esq., F.G.S.

Portions of pelvis of Megalania prisca, from a river bed, Queensland, Australia.
Presented by G. F. Bennett, Esq., Corr. M. Zool. Soc.

Sacrum of a new Dinosaur, Thecospondylus Horneri, from the Hastings Sandstone,
described by Professor H. G. Seeley, F.R.s., “ Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,” November 1882.
Presented by Dr. A. C. Horner, m.R.c.P.

(4.) Pisces.—Specimens of Edaphodon Buchlandi Thanet sands, Croydon. Presented
by H. Turner, Esq.

A large spine of Hybodus, group of teeth of Acrodus nobilis, one Pholidophorus
latiusculus, and one Pholidophorus Bechei, from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis. Presented
by F. Seymour Haden, Esq., F.R.C.8., &c.

Eighty-two bones and teeth of fishes, &c., from the Wealden of Bahia. Presented by
Joseph Mawson, Esq., F.G.s.

B. INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusca.—Twelve Secondary fossil shells from Japan. Presented by Prof. John
Milne, F.G.8., &c.

Forty-three Shells from the Tertiary of Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria. Presented
by W. H. Grigson, Esq.

Four specimens of Goniatites from the Devonian of Lower Dunscombe near Torquay,
South Devon. Presented by J. E. Lee, Esq., F.8.A., F.G.S.

A series of upwards of 400 Shells and other fossils, from various British localities and
formations. Presented by Mrs. Burnett.

About 3,000 Mollusca, from the Tertiary Lacustrine formation of Dalmatia, Croatia,
and Slavonia. Presented by Prof. S. Brusina.

Four hundred Fossil Shells from the Pliocene formation, Bordighera, North Italy.
Presented by J. A. Goodchild, Esq.

Eleven Shells from the Post Tertiary of South Africa. Presented by Rev. G. Fisk.

Three hundred and eighty Mollusca from various formations. Presented by
H. Slade, Esq.

A specimen of Ostrea bellovacina from the Thanet Sands, Croydon. Presented by
Cecil Wilson, Esq.

Six Shells from the Wealden of Bahia. Presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq., F.G.s.

(b.) Crustacea.—A perfect specimen of Phacops caudatus, from the Wenlock
Limestone, Dudley. Presented by Robert Etheridge, Esq., F.R.s., F.G.S.

Three hundred and seventy-nine Fossils, chiefly Trilobites, from the Silurian and
Cambrian formations of Wales. Presented by David Homfray, Esq.

(c.) Echinodermata.—A specimen of Scutella sp., Miocene Solu Muro Yama, Chiba
Ken, Japan. Presented by Prof. E. Kinch, F.c.s.

Rotuloidea fimbriata, n. sp. from the Miocene Tertiary, Saffa, North Africa.
Presented by R. Etheridge, Esq., F.R.S., F.G-S.

(d.) Protozoa.—Thirteen specimens of Stromatopore from the Devonian Limestone,
Dartington, near Totnes, Devon. Presented by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.B.8.

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ie

C. PLANTA.

Sixteen impressions of leaves, &c., from the Tufaceous deposits of Pico de Mafra,
Saint Michel, Azores; presented by Sn’. Don Arruda Furtado.

Two hundred and eighty-six Fossil Plants, &c., from the Carboniferous Strata of Carluke;
presented by George Griffiths, Esq., M.a., late Secretary of the British Association.

Il. By Purchase—A. VERTEBRATA,

(1.) Mammalia.—Two molars of Mammoth from the Pleistocene gravels of Lower
Tooting, Surrey.

The most important acquisitions from the Enniskillen and Egerton collections comprise
good specimens of Dinotherium giganteum, Mastodon longirostis, Rhinoceros Schleiermacheri,
R. incisivis, Tapirus priscus, and Hippotherium gracile, from the Miocene of Eppelsheim,
Darmstadt. A large series of remains of Carnivora and other animals from various caves
in Germany, several from localities which have not before been represented in the collec-
tion. Remains of Mastodon Ohioticus, from Big-Bone-Lick, Kentucky. A mandible of
Ursus arctos, from Manea Fen, Cambridgeshire, described in Owen’s “ British Foss.
Mammals,” and an entire skull of Ursus ferox-fossilis, from Ireland.

About twenty fossil remains of Mammalia from the Miocene of Perim Island, Gulf of
Cambay.

Nine coloured casts of Mammalian Fossils, from the Newer Miocene of the Siwalik Hills.
The originals are in the Calcutta Museum, and have beeu figured and described by Mr.
R. Lydekker in the Paleontologia Indica.

A nearly entire skeleton of Lagostomus trichodactylus, from the Pleistocene forma-
tion, Buenos Ayres.

(2.) Aves.—Remains of Dinornis didinus, Owen, from a fissure cave near Lake Wakatipu,
Queenstown, New Zealand, showing the skin of the head and feet still preserved, and
traces of the feathers, &c.

(3.) Reptilia.—The type specimen of Plesiosaurus macrocephalus, figured and described
in the Trans. Geol. Soc., 2 ser., vol. v., pl. 43 and 45, together with other Saurian
remains; part of the Enniskillen collection.

Upwards of 500 Saurian and other Reptilian remains, from the Wealden of Brixton in
the Isle of Wight, comprising the ischium, pubis and vertebrae of Ornithopsis eucamerotus,
Hulke, figured and described in the Quarterly Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. 36, 1880, and vol.
38, 1882. Remains of Chondrosteosaurus magnus, Owen, figured in Mon. Pal. Soc., 1876.
A large portion of the skeleton and of the dermal armature of Polacanthus Fovxii, figured
and described in the Phil. Trans., 1881. Portions of skeletons, more or less complete,
of Hypsilophodon ; many of these will be described and figured in the Phil. Trans. in the
course of the present year. Also specimens cf the same genus figured by Prof. Huxley
in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. 26, 1870, and by Prof. Owen (“Iguanodon Fozii,”
Owen), in Mon. Pal. Soc., 1876. Hylevchampsa_ vectianus, Owen, and Poikilopleuron
pusillus, Owen, type specimen figured in Mon. Pal. Soc., 1876. Also a large series of
remains of the /gwanodon, including the mandibular ramus of a young individual figured
by Professor Owen in Mon. Pal. Soc., 1864; together with parts of the skull, jaws, and
detached teeth of the same Dinosaur, and numerous bones of Cetivsaurus, and other
large undescribed Land-Reptiles. Purchased from the Rev. W. Fox’s executors.

Head of Ichthyosaurus platyodon, and other Saurian remains from the Lias, Lyme
Regis.

‘Two jaws, one large vertebra, and a very perfect paddle of Ichthyosaurus, from the
Lias, Lyme Regis.

From the Egerton collection have been acquired remains of Dinosauria, Crocodilia,
Enaliosauria and Chelonia, nearly all from British-J urassic deposits.

Cast of Plesiosaurus Conybeart from the Lias of Charmouth, figured and described in
Quarterly Journal Geological Society, 1881, vol. 37, pl. xxiii. and xxiv, pp. 440-480.

A Pterodactyle bone trom the Lias, Lyme Regis.

Thirty-five casts of Reptilia from the Permian of Bohemia,

(4.) Pisces—Five teeth of Acrodus, two fish-jaws and four spines from the Lias of
Lyme Regis.

Part of a Siluroid fish from the London Clay, Sheppey.

A very perfect specimen of Sgualoraia polyspondyla from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

The entire collection of Fossil Fish remains from the museum of the late Sir Philip de
M. Grey-Egerton, Bart., numbering about 4,365 specimens, nearly 200 of which have
either been fully described and figured, or have been named or specially referred to in
the following works :—Agassiz, “ Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles;” “ Fishes of the
Old Red Sandstone ;” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc.; Rep. Brit. Assoc. ; Mon. Pal. Soc. Lond. ;

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£2 AccOUNTsS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Mem. Geol. Surv.; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond.; the Geol. Mag.; Owen’s “ Odonto-
graphy ;” Dixon’s “ Fossils of Sussex ;” and Cocchi’s “ Monographie dei Pharyngodopi-
lide.”

One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine specimens of Fossil Fishes from the Lias,
and other formations, with many recent analogues; part of the Enniskillen collection,
including 100 type specimens from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary formations
respectively, described or referred to in the same works as those in which the Egerton
figured specimens of Fossil Fishes have appeared.

The type specimen of Myliobatis Dixoui, Ag., and of M. irregularis, Dixon, figured in
**Dixon’s Geol. and Foss. of Sussex,” pl. ii., fig. 14and 15. Purchased from the executors
of the late Mr. James Tennant, F.G.s.

B. INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusca.—A. collection of Post-pliocene Shells from Barnwell, Cambridgeshire.

Forty-four species of Mollusca from the Carboniferous Limestone of Ireland.

Two hundred and sixty Mollusca from various localities and formations, selected from
the stock of the late Mr. J. Tennant, F.c.s.

A group of Ostree, and five Cephalopoda from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

Sixty-three Mollusca, &c., from the Gault and Greensand near Ashford, Kent.

(b.) Crustacea.—Twenty specimens of Entomostraca from the Cambrian and Silurian,
figured and described in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.

A specimen of Belinurus Regine trom the Carboniferous of Ireland.

Twenty-two Crustacea, from various localities and formations, selected from the stock
of the late Mr. J. Tennant, F.G.s.

Two specimens of Ld/enus Barriensis, and one of Spherexochus mirus, from the Wenlock,
Limestone, Malvern.

(c.) Echinodermata.—Sixty-four Echinoderms from various localities and formations,
from the sale of the late Mr. J. Tennant, F.G.s.

(d.) Zoophyta.—Ninety-seven Corals and Polyzoa from various localities and forma-
tions, selected from the stock of the late Mr. J. Tennant, F.G.s.

(e.) Protozoa —QOne hundred and ninety specimens of British and Foreign Fora-
minifera from various localities, including the late Mr. Londsdale’s Collection from Ports-
down (many figured and described in the Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.).

Three new species of Siliceous sponges from the Devonian of Steuben County, New
York, U.S.A.

Four sections of fossil Sponges from the Cretaceous formation.

(Gp PLANT.

Two hundred and sixteen specimens of Plants from the Miocene, Eocene, Cretaceous
and Permian formations of Bohemia, the Trias of Austria, and the Devonian of Styria,
several being figured and described.

One Fossil Plant from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows:—

A. VERTEBRATA: ~

I. By Donation = - = = = - - - 148

LT.’ Purchase - - = thie= - - - - 10,102
B. INVERTEBRATA:

I. By Donation = - Jel Re GE Rae

EE. .,, |Purchase” )'s:< - - - - - - - 777

C. PLANTA:

I. By Donation
PS) "Purchasentin= - - - - = > = 217

V. —Duplicates.

Cabinets of drawers have been set apart, both for the Vertebrata and the Invertebrata,
into which, as the work of arranging the collection progresses, Duplicates, set aside from
any series, are transferred, to be ready for distribution when sufficiently numerous for
that purpose.

In October 1882, the Derby Museum received the first series of Duplicates distributed
since the removal in 1880; namely, Invertebrata, 1,283; Vertebrata, 497; total, 1,780
specimens.

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VI.—Lectures, Demonstrations, and Visits from Students.

A course of 12 lectures, given under the Swiney Bequest, by Prof. H. Alleyne Nichol-
son, M.D., F.G.S., was delivered in the Reserve Gallery of this Department during the

months of March and April, and was well attended.

The students of the Royal School of Mines and of the Normal School of Science have
on several occasions received demonstrations in the Gallery from Dr. Woodward, Mr.
Etheridge, and Prof. Judd.

The members of the “ Essex Field Club ” have on two occasions visited the collections
and received a demonstration from the cases by Prof. Owen, C.B., and a lecture in the
Reserve Gallery by Dr. Woodward.

A demonstration was given to the members of the Watford Naturalists’ Field Club,
by Mr. R. Etheridge from the specimens in the cases.

Four schools of the Haberdashers’ Company have on separate occasions also received
demonstrations in the Gallery from Dr. Woodward.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted the collections during the past
year for purposes of study, and who have received attention and assistance in their scien-
tific work, was 1,209.

Henry Woodward.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

Arrangement, §c.

During the past year the substitution of printed for written locality-labels has been
continued, and at the same time each label has been marked with the register number
of the specimen to which it refers; printed labels have also been introduced to indicate
specimens which have belonged to the Cracherode, Heuland, Aylesford, Allan-Greg, or
Kokscharow collections. The division of the mineral species by coloured slips, and the
verification of the accuracy of the localities of the mineral specimens, have been
completed.

A group of large specimens of various British and Indian minerals has been arranged
- in a wall-case of the Pavilion, and in a table-case of the same room has been placed a
set of artificial crystals, which, after remaining in the drawers for some years, owing to
want of space for exhibition, have now been mounted and labelled. In two wall-cases have
been arranged polished specimens of marbles, and of rocks used for decorative purposes.

The collection of Pseudomorphs has been extended and arranged. The minerals and
rocks transferred from the India Museum in 1879, and of which the examination had
been delayed by reason of the removal to South Kensington, have been unpacked and
carefully sorted; the minerals which it is intended to retain have been registered, ticketed,
and incorporated with the collection.

Considerable progress has been made in the work of arranging and labelling the
minerals at present contained in the reserve drawers.

A large proportion of the miscellaneous rocks has been collected together, sorted and
arranged int he drawers now set apart for the reception of the several collections of rocks.

Crystallographic work has been done upon the specimens of Skutterudite, Copper pyrites
and ‘the Tetrahedrite group.

In the Laboratory 18 qualitative, and 15 quantitative analyses have been made, in
addition to experiments relative to the crust formed: in the boilers.

In addition to current periodicals, 103 separate works have been purchased and
stamped, and their titles have been introduced into the Catalogue.

Upwards of 9,000 duplicate specimens of minerals have been distributed among twelve
teaching institutions. ;

The number of visits recorded as made to the department for consultation and study
is 697.

Acquisitions.
’

Four hundred and eighty-eight mineral specimens have been acquired during the past
year ; these have been registered, ticketed, labelled, and incorporated with the collection ;
113 entries of rocks have been made in the register, and relate to 248 specimens presented
by the British Association, and to about 4,500 specimens transferred from the India

useum,

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54. ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

MINERALS.

By Presentation :—

Native Gold in Quartz, Nicaragua: by Cecil Carus Wilson, Esq.

Calcite, Plumbiferous Aragonite, Anglesite and Hemimorphite, Wanlockhead;
Cerussite and Leadhillite, Leadhills; Dolomite, Newton Stewart, Galloway; Thorite
and green Microcline, Tongue, Sutherland; and slices or Smaragdite, China: by Patrick
Dudgeon, Esq.

Chlorargyrite, Native Silver, Argentopyrite, Chrysocolla, Chalcanthite, Covellite,
Chileite, from Chili; and Cinnabar, New Almaden, California: by F. A. Eck, Esq.

Tourmaline, Madagascar: by the Rev. James Wills.

A. pair of studs worked from the Rosa Carnagione Marble of Kleber, Oran, Algeria:
by Lieut. Col. Playfair.
fee Monetite, and Pyroclasite, Moneta, West Indies: by Professor C. U.

epard.

A mass of translucent Chlorargyrite, Florida Mine, near Tal-Tal, Atacama: by
George Hicks, Esq.

A large crystal of Quartz, Switzerland: by Clarence Bement, Esq.

A polished chalcedony, Isle of Wight: by the Rey. Thos. Wiltshire, M.A., F.G.s.

Pectolite, Maddison’s Quarry, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham: by Mark H.
Bullen, Esq.

Magnesium platino-cyanide and two other artificial crystals: by Thos. Davies,
Ksq., F.G.S.

Crystals of Celestine, Peak-hill, Sidmouth, Devonshire: by P. O. Hutchinson, Esq.

Arquerite, Vital Creek, British Columbia; Roscoelite, El Dorado Co., California ;
by the California State Mining Bureau: through H. G. Hanks, Esq.

Cluthalites and Prehnites: by the Committee of the British Association.

By Exchange :—

Graphite, crystallised, in crystalline limestone, Canada.

Various specimens of Blende, Calcite and Galena, Wanlockhead, Dumfries-shire.
Tron-glance, Transylvania.

Large crystals of Microlite from the Mica mines of Amelia County, Virginia, U.S.A.

By Purchase :—

Native Gold, a skeleton crystal, Beresowsk, Urals; also from Gilpin Co., Colorado ;
pseudomorphous after Petzite, American mine, Colorado, U.S.A.

Native Tellurium with Roscoelite, Colorado, U.S.A.

Amalgam, Moschellandsberg, Rhenish Bayaria.

Petzites, American mine, Colorado, U.S.A.

Tellurpyrite, Boulder Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Boart from South Africa.

Bournonite, Horhausen, Rhine.

Tetrahedrite, Miisen, near Siegen, Prussia. ,

Diaphorite, Przibram, Bohemia.

Frieseite, Joachimsthal, Bohemia.

Valencianite, Valenciana mine, Mexico.

Esmarkite, Brevig, Norway.

Large polished slab of Rhodonite, Ekaterinburg, Pe'm, Russia.

Babingtonite, Herbornseelbach, Nassau.

Fine Topaz and Beryl crystals, Mursinsk, Urals ; and a specimen from St. Michael's
Mount, Cornwall.

Zircons, Renfrew, Canada.

Natrolite, Neubauerberg, Habichtstem, Bohemia.

Polished slab of Perthite, Perth, Canada; and one of Hypersthene, Labrador.

A fine mass of Uralorthite, Miask, Urals.

A dodecahedral crystal of Lapis Lazuli, Bucharia.

A large erystal of Danburite, Russel Co., New York, U.S.A.

A large crystal of Pollucite, Elba.

A large amygdule of Okenite, Disco Island, Greenland.

Samarskite in large crystals, Mitchel Co., N. Carolina, U.S.A.

Crystals of Lederite (Sphene), Renfrew, Canada.

A fine crystal of Bastniisite with Tysonite, from Pike’s Peak, El Pasos Co., Colorado,
U.S.A.

Scheelite, Riesengrund, Silesia.

Wulfenite, Castle Dome, Arizona, U.S.A.

Descloizite, Venus Mine, Dep. de Minas, Sierra de Cordoba, Argentine Republic.

Vanadinites, Hamburg mine, Yuma Co., and Castle Dome, Arizona, U.S.A.

Celestines, Dornburg, near Jena; and Wady-el-Teh, Egypt.

Barytes, Red Gill mines, Cumberland.

Caledonite,

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Caledonite, Chili.

Sternbergite, Joachimsthal, Bohemia.

Onofrite, Charlotte mine, Clausthal, Hartz.

Greenockite crystals, Bishoptown, Renfrewshire.

Selenbismutite, Nordmark, Sweden.

Specimens of Blende, Wanlockhead, Dumfries-shire.

A very fine crystal of Copper Pyrites, Freiberg, Saxony.

Pyrrhotite, Kongsberg, Norway.

Specimens of Pyrargyrite, Andreasberg and Gonderbach.

Freieslebenite, Freiberg, Saxony.

Argentopyrite, Andreasberg, Hartz.

Specimens of Namaqualite, Namaqualand, South Africa.

Martite, well crystallised, Digby, New York, U.S.A.

Alexandrite, Emerald mines, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Quartz enclosing long crystals of Epidote, from Madagascar.

Precious Opal, Queensland.

Fine polished slabs of Cat’s Eye, Orange River, South Africa.

A series of specimens of Cassiterite (stream tin), from various localities in the Malay
Peninsula.

Malachite and Chessylite, Buckingham mine, Nether Stowey, Somersetshire.

Fine specimens of Matlockite and Phosgenite, Matlock, Derbyshire.

Phosgenite in large crystals, Monte Poni, Sardinia.

Specimens of Calcite, Cleator Moor, Cumberland; Andreasberg, Hartz; Wanlockhead.
Dumfries-shire; and Cuba.

Fine specimens of Aragonite, crystallised and coralloidal (Flos Ferri), Eisenerz, Styria.

Specimens of Linarite, Red Gill Mines, Cumberland.

Adamite, Laurium, Greece.

Wavellite, Strengite, and Eleonorite, from Waldgirmes, Giessen.

Ontariolite, Galway, Ontario Co., Canada.

Bagotite, Bagot, Canada.

Paraluminite, Kaden, Morbihan, France.

Zincaluminite, Laurium, Greece.

Nocerine, Nocera, Vesuvius.

Schirmerite, Summit Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Facetted specimens of Alexandrite, Diamond, Garnet and Ruby.

Rocks.

By Presentation :-—
Two hundred and forty-eight specimens from various localities in Scotland, but
principally from the Island of Arran and Perthshire: by the Committee of the British

Association.
In addition to the above, about 4,500 specimens from Indian localities, transferred

from the India Museum in 1879, have been placed in the collection.

By Purchase :—

Eighteen specimens of Lavas from the volcano of Antisana, near Quito, Ecuador.

METEORITES.

Fragments cf the meteorites which have fallen at the following places have been
acquired during the past year.

By Presentation :—

Veramin, Teheran, Persia: from His Majesty the Shah of Persia.
Mejillones, Atacama: from F. A. Eck, Esq.

By Purchase :—

Augusta Co., Virginia, U.S.A. (a large slice).

Verknoi-Udinsk, Transbaikal.

Girgenti, Sicily.

Mocs, Transylvania (large stones, two of them weighing 18} and 10 lbs. respectively).
Cangas de Onis, Spain.

Tourinnes-la-grosse, Belgium.

Milena, Croatia.

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56 Accounts, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

By Exchange :-—

Sewrukow, Belgorod, Kursk, Russia.
Hungen, Hesse.

Vavilovka, Russia.

Kerilis, Mael Pestivien, Cotes-du-Nord, France.
Tennassilm, Turgel, Esthland, Russia.
Cabeza de Mayo, Murcia, Spain.

Gross Liebenthal, S.S.W. of Odessa, Russia.
Bjelaja Zerkow, Kiev, Russia.

WHichstadt, Bavaria.

Bialystock, Polard,

Zaborzika, Volhynia, Russia.

Lixna, Witebsk, Russia.

Utrecht, Holland.

Tula, Russia.

Prambanan, India.

Cape of Good Hope.

Roda, Huesca, Spain.

Those falls of which the localities are printed in italics are new to the collection.

L. Fletcher.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

The preparation of the cases in the public Gallery has occupied much of the time of
the officers of the Department during the year. Specimens fitted to exhibit the characters
of the various Natural Orders of Flowering Plants have been selected, mounted and
arranged in the cases.

There have been incorporated with the Great Herbarium series of plants belonging
chiefly to the following Natural Orders, Capparidee, Crucifere, Caryophylleea, Turneracee,
Onagracea, Lythracee, Cucurbitaceea, Composite, Acanthacee, Campanulacee, Orchidacee,
Liliaceae, Amaryllidacee, Juncacee, Eriocaulonee, Cyperacee, Filices, and Fungi.

A portion of the extensive herbarium of Mosses recently purchased from the represen-
tatives of Dr. Hampe has been mounted and arranged for consultation.

The collection of plants in spirits has been classified and arranged in the new cabinets
prepared for its reception.

Large additions have been made to the British Herbarium.

The principal additions to the collections during the year have consisted in a continua-
tion of the valuable Herbarium of Indian Plants presented by Charles Baron Clarke, Esq.,
F.R.S., amounting to 2,335 species; of 187 species of Himalayan Plants collected and
presented by J. F. Duthie, Esq., of Saharunpore ; a small collection of Australian plants,
presented by J. C. Melvill, Esq.; and an extensive collection of plants of Japan, from
the Herbarium of J. Bissett, Esq. By purchase the following collections have been
acquired :—201 plants from Central Victoria, Australia; 1,962 plants from Mexico,
collected by Parry and Vasey; 320 plants from the southern United States, collected by
A. H. Curtis; 300 plants from Washington Territory, collected by Suksdorf; 475 from
Arizona, collected by Lemmon; 100 plants from Sicily ; 100 plants from Lapland; 340
species of German Fungi from Thuemen; 200 species of Fungi from Italy, collected by
Saccardo ; 50 species of Fungi from Austria, collected by Rehm; and 400 species
of American Fungi from Ravenal; 200 species of Lichens from Finland, collected by
Norrlin ; and 135 species of Lichens from Burmah, collected by the late Dr. Maingay ;
200 Algz from Mauritius, collected by Robillard; the collection of Diatomacee formed
by the late Rev. E. O’Meara, containing 1,155 specimens ; and 500 European Cryptogamia
collected by Sintenis.

A series of fruits, and of complete plants of Myrmecodia from Java, collected by
H. QO. Forbes, have been added to the collections of fruits and woods.

To the British Herbarium there have been added 461 species from the Rev. W. H.
Painter; 392 species from C. Bailey, Esq.; 80 species of Sussex plants from
F.C. 8. Roper, Esq. ; 76 species from G. C. Druce, Esq.; 51 species from Messrs.
H. & J. Groves; and specimens of rare and critical species from W. E. Beckwith, Esq.,
T. R. A. Briggs, Esq., F. Arnold Lees, Esq., W. P. Hiern, Esq., B. King, Esq.,
Dr. F. Buchanan White, R. M. Christy, Esq., H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., G. Nicholson, Esq.,
Miss Staveley, J. Whyte, Esq., Mrs. Pierce Butler, Miss Kinahan, J. W. White, Esq.,
J. F. Ward, Esq., H. D. Geldart, Esq., the Rev. R. P. Murray, J. Saunders, Esq.,
and D. Dewar, Esq.

Specimens of Cryptogams for the British Herbarium have been presented by the
Rey. H. P. Reader, W. H. Pearson, Esq., Mrs. Alfred Tyler, Mrs. Briscoe, J. Saunders,
Ksq., R. Canterbury, Esq., and W. G. Smith, Esq., and a series of 87 Lichens from
R.V. Tellam, Esq.

Valuable additions have been made to the collections of prints and drawings of plants
by the presentation by the Misses Maund of the original water-colour drawings of the
plates in Maund’s “ Botanic Garden,” representing 1,248 plants, and by the purchase of an

extensive

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 57

extensive series of original drawings of Indian plants contained in 13 folio volumes,
formerly the property of Dr. Fleming.
During the year 20,440 specimens of plants have been added to the arranged collections.
The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific research
and inquiry was 803.

GENERAL LIBRARY OF NatTuRAL History.

The works purchased for the General Library have been removed to the Gallery
allocated to the Library, and as far as the shelving has been supplied, they have been
classified and arranged in their places.

The Library consisted at the end of the year of 7,659 volumes. Of these 13 volumes
have been presented to the Library, 911 volumes had been transferred from the Libraries
of the Natural History Departments, and the remainder have been acquired by purchase.

All the works have been roughly catalogued, and 2,259 volumes finally catalogued, for
which 1,022 title-slips have been written.

Wm. Carruthers.

British te Edward A. Bond, ;
20 May 1883. Principal Librarian.

v.03. | H4

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exprent

BRITISH MUSEUM.

tuRE of the British Museum (Speciat Trt
Funps), for the Year ended 31 March 188
Number of Persons admitted to visit ¢
Museum in each Year from 1877 to 1882,
Years inclusive; and the Brirish Muse
(Nationat Hisrory), in each year from
Date of Opening to 1882, inclusive; togeth
with a Statemenr of the Procress made
the ARRANGEMENT and Description of {i
CoLLections, and an Account of Oszsz@
added to them in the Year 1882.

(Stir John Lubbock.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printe
8 June 1883.

d.
¥

[Price 73 d.]

197.
Under 6 o

H.—12. 6. 83.

SE ———————— a

BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, a“
dated 20 June 1884 ;—/fur,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Exprnpirure of the Britis MuszuM
(Specrat Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 3lst day of March 1884:”

“And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Musrum in each
Year from 1878 to 1883, both Years inclusive; and the BrairisH Musrum
(NatuRAL History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1883,
inclusive; together with a Srarement of the Progress made in the
ARRANGEMENT and Dzscription of the CoLttectTions, and an Account of
Osjsects added to them, in the Year 1883.”

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 1884.

II.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
Iff._—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.

VI.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Bririsu Museum in
each Year from 1878 to 1883, both Years inclusive; and the British Museum
(Naturat History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1883, inclusive.

VIL—STATEMENT of Generar Progress.

VIII._—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ArRanGEmMEn’ and Description of the Cot-
LECTIONS, and Account of OxsJrctTs added to them, in the Year 1883.

Ordered, 5y The House of Commons, to be Printed,
25 June 1884.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY HENRY HANSARD AND SON,
PRINTERS TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

To be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from any of the following Agents, viz
Messrs. Hansarp, 13, Great Queen-street, W.C., and 32, Abingdon-street, Westminster : aes
Messrs, Eyre and SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding-street, Fleet-street, and
Sale Office, House of Lords ;
Messrs. ADAM and CHARLES Back, of Edinburgh ;
Messrs. ALEXANDER THom and Co., or Messrs. Honees, Fiaats, and Co., of Dublin,

234. A

2 ACCOUNTS, Ree... OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

T.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Expenpiture of thee BRIDGEWATER

Cc Stock,
a 3 p’Cent. Consols.
a eer’ Sony ile
To Batance on the Ist April 1883 - 2 = = > ~ sche one we opus Uf LSA Va
- Drvipenns received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
On the 6th July 1883 - - - £.196 15 4
» 7th January 1884 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8
— One Yrar’s Rent or a Reat Esrare, bequeathed by the Bar! of
Bridgewater, received 26th April1883 - - - 3013 8

£. 716 Lt 2 13,117 1% 2

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczipt anp Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

Gigs. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

Coie) Aan Fy a
To Batance on the 1st April 1883 - = = - = - =) 2 TAO eae, 2,872 6 10
— Drivrpenps received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 6th July 1883 - £.43 1 9
» 7th January 1884 43 1 8
as 86 3 5
£. 207, /6, — 2,872 6 10

III—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Bienen: of the SWINEY

Gio. Stock, hy
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Ee ia ttle £2 eee.
To Batance on the \st April 1883 - - - - eb. cm = | 295.98 14 5,369 2 9
- Drvivenps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con-
sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on
Geology, viz.:
On the 6th July 1883 - £.8010 9
» 7th January 1884 80 10 9
160 16

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3
Pais a se

FUND, from the 1st April 1883 to the 31st March 1884.

; Srocr,
Casu. 3 p’ Cent. Consols.
Ley seks £. 8. d.

By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the
Reau Estar, viz. :

In the financial year ended 31st March 1884 - - -— - Dh 8)
— Paynent of one year’s SaLary to the Egerton Librarian - - | 210 - -
211 3 4

— BALANCES ON THE3IstT Marcu 1884, carried to Account for 1884/85 | 504 17 10 Neely) ie,

. Eo SAUD Ial Bl kgm dig no

FUND, from the 1st April 1883 to the 31st March 1884.

Stock,
cae 3 p’Cent. Consols.
BS) re OG £. § d.
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts, viz :
In the financial year ended 31st March 1884 - - - - (Mee ~
By Baances on THE 31st Marcu 1884, carried to Account for 1884/85 | 162 6 -— 2,872 6 10
£.| 207 6 —| 2,872 6 10

FUND, from the 1st April 1883 to the 31st March 1884.

——————

Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

SA aa |
By Satary paid to Dr. R. H. Traquair for Lectures on Geology in
ee en EM Wo ee an ae,
- Batvances on THE 31st Marcu 1884, carried to Account for 1884/85 5,869 2 9
£ 5,869 2 9

4 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exrenpitur:e of the BIRCH

Stock,
Casu. | 5 p’ Cent. Consols.
Ee) Sa Ge £ 6.04
To Baxance on the 1st April 1883 - - - ce mph eat HN Ss et 563 15 7
- Divivenps received on 563/, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
beaueathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under
Librarians of the British Museum, viz. :
On the 6th July 1888 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1884 - 8 9 2
—— 1618 38
25 1618 3 663 15 7

Casu. Stock.
Sis) ds Lotes:f Via:
To Barance of Stock on the 1st April 1883, viz. :
&. 8. od,
Stock in Consolidated 3 per Cents. - - 28,000 - -
Stock in East India 4 per Cents. - - 8000 - -
pabes Nake ae 36,000 - —
- Divipenps received on 2,0007. Stock in New 3 per
Cents., viz. :
On the 6th April 1883 - ~ = = = = 30 eee
— DivivenD received on 28,0007. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con-
sols, viz. :
pee 7
On-the’sth July Tess 6-9 9S" =) 7. eg
- Divipenp received on 20,0001. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, viz. :
On the 7th January 1884 —- - - - 800 - —-
: | 20 ey)
- Divivenns on 9,0007. Stock in East India 4 per Cents.,
viz. :
On the Gth April 18838 - = - - - Bon ta -| 180 - -
~ Amount received by sale of 13,0007. Stock in 8 per Cent. Consols, less
commission and expenses of power of attorney = = = - 113,083 17 —-
- Ditto - ditto 8,000 2. East India 4 per Cents., ditto - - - |8,276 15 =
~ Balance on 31st March 1884 - - - - - - - 30 811
22,271 = 11 36,000 - -

British Museum,
10 May 1884,

ACCOUNTS, Ke., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5

FUND, from the Ist April 1883 to the 31st March 1884.

Stock,
Cas. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

Sonensan ces £5 sa,
By Lecacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum,
whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the
Departments of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural
History - - - - - - - - - - - 1618 3
— Baance on THE 31st Marcu 1884, carried to Account for 1884/85 | - - - 5663 15 7
te 1618 3 563 15 7

Mr. WILLIAM WHITE, from the Ist April 1883 to the 1st March 1884.

Casn. Stock.
Sones. Ais Sonn
By Balance on the Ist of April 1883 - - - - - - - 30 12 11

— Payments for making provision for bookbinders’ workshops, and other
works for building additions on the east side of the Museum -| 170 - -

- Payments further on account of contract for additional buildings on
the east side of the Museum_~ - - - - - - - |21,600

- Payment to the Surveyor of Her Majesty’s Office of Works for
services rendered in preparing plans, and in general superin-
tendence of the works provided for out of the White Bequest -| 252 - -

- Salary of a Clerk of the Works in charge of the new buildings - -| 218 8 -
— Sale of 13,000/. Stock in Three per Cent. Consols - - - -|- - - 13.000) =
» 8,0002. ditto East India 4 per Cents. - - -j|- - + $0000 rs

- Baance of Stock in Consolidated 3 per Cents. on 31st March 1884,
carried forward to 1884/85, and still available for the purposes of
the bequest - - - = S = = = = -|- ~ 15,000

ee

£. /22,271 = 11 86,000 - -

Edward A, Bond, Principal Librarian.

6 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
VL—NUMBER of Persons Apmittep to Visit the British Musrum and the Britiss Museum
(Naturat History).
A.—Perrsons admitted to view the GensrazL CoLLecrions in the British Museum in each Year from 1878
to 1883, both Years inclusive.
1878. | 1879. | 1880, | 1881. | 1882. | 1883.
Ho. 1 Wok | No. | Novy lyeueetea ive:
Tangame shite eh ek eS ORs PER 85. eai 1 985,000)|26 499 |) Sei GeGm ane rmd maar
FEBRUARY - = 2 = = = - - - - | 20,575 | 23,417 | 22,640 | 35,499 | 46,305 | 45,539
Mauch eo eee Sesh go 166 4ei702 || 88,020" 1 Gt. a44al aren etl o
Nemec = av pe eee ei Seige) BNR el 22/085: | iy el aoa een e ES
Moder ot oe a ih ae ee oe eho aga ea pse dl iesae 7 ae Same ejementoim arom
Tenn okt ee dw eS SE 89 09")! vere: Sel") 787251 iene Es a0n
igdiybiwey ree os mene owned ee os) za) aes)! goMserlhnarsae | "6/7 cule Meee imeemGaG
Aveust - - - - - - - - - - | 51,072 | 65,484 | 75,677 | 80,955 | 83,295 | 62,898
Smprempun - = - + = )- = = =. =| 88;293'| 49.518 | 56.208 | 60/262 \gemqaon) Sozip
OcToBER - - - - - - - - - - | 27,567 | 39,529 | 42,269 | 56,141 | 57,068 | 35,143
NovEMBER - - - - - + = + = =| 27,904 | 42,363 | 50,072 | 49,721 | 47,442 | 31,302
Decrmeme S00 2 eee eS | 85506] Bats ||. e13e42,1\ 96,831) | epead Sete

Total Number of Persons admitted to view the
General Collections (exclusive of Readers) - -

Including the total number of persons (4,051) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six
till eight o’clock, from the lst of May to the 16th of July 1883, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 21st of July to

the end of August.

NUMBER OF VISITS—

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research -
To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research

To the Department of Manuscripts,
examining Select Manuscripts

To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study - -
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c.
_ To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room- - = - =
To the Depts. of Natural History, for the purpose of study . -

To the Print Room, for the purpose of study - - =

for the purpose of\
ET ney iret ie ae

114,516

316
1,741

11,917
1,539
23,148
6,352

3,572

611,612

125,594
256
2,191

15,626
1,620
18,931
7,991

4,220

782,823

\) 448,516 606,394 | 655,688

133,842

124

2,076

14,937
1,689
19,828
6,307

4,883

Sed

764,405 | 767,402 | 660,557

134,278 | 146,891
111 54
2,272 | 2,848
15,187 | 12,719
1,869 | 2,044
28,168 | 18,049

10,890 | + 9,628

4,312 | 4,739

839,374 | 961,437 | 963,869 | 859,836

The Christy Collection was removed from 103, Victoria-street, to the British Museum, during the year 1883.

T Note.—Students, Department of Zoology, 1882. Subsequent admissions included in Return, British Museum (Natural History), :

152,983

30

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

VI.—Numper of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c.—continued.

B.—Perrsons ADMITTED TO VIEW THE COLLECTIONS IN THE British Museum (Natura History), in each
Year from the date of opening (18th April 1881) to 1883, inclusive.

1881 : 1882 : 1883 :

January wtp eet oh) CONES - - 23,234 19,164
Pe ee Oe 17,522 15,034
March - - - - - -| - - - 27,923 35,257
April 18 to 30 - - - - 41,434 37,180 16,761
May - = = 2 gt = 22,871 33,829 33,797
arene ath, POLE BE Ne 25,867 20,461 18,507
July - - - - - - 13,986 20,395 16,509
Peat a ia ety = 27,970 29,182 25,298
September - - - - ~ 23,950 19,564 17,188
October - - - - - - 23,044. 15,217 30,827
November - - - - - 17,945 10,469 25,502
December - - = = - 84,217 23,101 23,487
ToTaL - - - 231,284 278,027 277,331.

Number of Visits to the Department of—

1882: 1888 :
Zoology for the purpose of Study- —- - - - 5,229*
Geology is lard 8) NR abl Building 1,209 2,453
Mineralogy > “A - - in the 697 617
Cromwell-road.
Botany a o - - 803 1,023
Toran - - - 2,709 9,322

* Considerably under usual number, owing to the closing of the department during the removal of the Zoological Collections.

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British
and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) are Open to the Public, Free, as under :—

Monpay and Saturpay—The whole of the Galleries.
Tuxnspay and TaHurspay—The whole of the Galleries, except British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethno-
graphy.
| WeEpNESDAY and FrrpAy—The whole of the Galleries, except the Western Gallery of Antiquities on the
Upper Floor, and the Rooms of Greek and Roman Antiquities on the Ground Floor and Basement.

The hours of Admission are from—
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.
5

1, ‘i ,; » March, April, September, October.
LORDS; 6 ,, May, June, July, August.
LOR 5; 8 ,, Monday and Saturday only, from May Ist to the middle of July.
i 10, 7 4, on Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.

The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, October,
November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m.; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven.

Bate Reading Room is closed on Sunday, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and
ctober.

Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock to the hour of
general closing ; andin the Print Room from Ten tili Four o'clock, January to March, and August to December ;
Ten till Five, April to July.

Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Zoology, Geology, and Palzontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of
the week, except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving,

The hours of Admission are from—

10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.
LOM nee March, April, September, October.

: LO 55 Owes; May, June, July, August.

Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Nine o’clock to the ordinary hour of closing.
British Museum, | Edward A. Bond,
\10 May 1884. / Principal Librarian.

9.63. AG

8 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VII.—GENERAL PROGRESS.

THE removal of the Natural History collections to the new Museum in Cromwell-road
having been completed, the rooms in Bloomsbury in which the Zoological collections had
been exhibited have been applied to the accommodation of the Departments remaining
there. ‘This has enabled the Keeper of the Department of Oriental Antiquities to make
® more extensive exhibition of Egyptian objects of various characters in a system of
instructive classification: the ancient vases and terra-cottas, the bronzes, and the ancient
paintings have been re-arranged and more fully displayed by the Keeper of Greek and
Roman Antiquities: British and Medizval collections have been placed on exhibition ;
the Glass and Porcelain collections have been brought together in one room; and an
extensive Hthnographical collection, including the contents of the Christy Museum’
transferred from Victoria-street, is in process of geographical arrangement in the long
gallery formerly occupied by the collections of Birds. In the gallery lately occupied by
the British Zoological collection, Coins and Medals of all countries, together with pho-
tographs of Drawings of the Old Masters, and of Early Engravings of the Italian and
Flemish Schools, have been exhibited.

Instructions have been given to keepers of Departments to put aside duplicate objects
and specimens for the formation of a collection to be lent for exhibition in the provinces.

A selection of Printed Books, Manuscripts, Prints and Medals, specially connected
with Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany, has been brought together and

exhibited, in honour of the commemoration in Germany of the fourth centenary of
Luther’s birth.

Owing to the refusal of the Porte to renew the firman under which excavations for
antiquities have been carried on since the year 1873 im Assyria and Babylonia, these
works have been discontinued; and, with the assistance of Her Majesty’s Consuls at
Mossul and Baghdad, arrangements have been made for protecting as far as possibie, from
encroachment, the sites opened in the neighbourhood of these cities, including that of the
ancient city of Sippara, only partially explored, but with important results.

A subscription fund having been raised for renewing excavations on the site of the
Temple of Diana at Ephesus, under the direction of Mr. J. T. Wood, the Trustees of the
Museum have consented to his occupation of the site for this purpose, and the work of
excavation has been proceeded with.

Negotiations entered into with the Earl of Ashburnham for the purchase of the collec-
tion of Ancient Manuscripts, State Papers, and literary correspondence formed by the
late Earl, have resulted in the purchase by the Government, from a special Parliamentary
grant, of the separate division of the collection known as the Stowe Manuscripts; and
these, with the exception of the portion in the Irish language or directly connected with
that country, deposited in the library of the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, have
been added to the Museum collection. A selection of illuminated volumes, rare and
interesting autographs, and official papers, has been placed on exhibition in the King’s

Library.

The annual course of Lectures on Geology, founded by the late Dr. George Swiney,
has been delivered at the British Museum (Natural History).

Museum publications have been given to Free Public Libraries in the United
Kingdom.

Electrotypes of Ancient Coins, reproductions of Early Prints, and duplicate specimens
of Natural History have been given to various institutions.

The following are the publications of the year :—
GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE British Musrum Lisrary: Folio.

Parts :—Add.—Agd.; Ale.—All.; All.—Alt.; Alt.—Amt.; Amu.—Ang.
Ang.—Ant.; Bur.—Bzo.; Mve.—Muh.; Sue.—Swe.; Swe.—Szy.; Uni.—Vom. ;
Wan.—Wei.; Wel.— Wes. ; Wim.—Wit.; Wit—Woo; X.—Yzu.

CATALOGUE

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

CATALOGUE OF ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 4¢o. Continuations of the following
sections :—

A, and B.—New English and Foreign Books, 11 parts.

C.—Old English Books, and works in Foreign Languages printed in England,
1 part.

D.—Old Foreign Books, 4 parts.

E.—Main Titles in various Languages from the Old Catalogue, 1 part.

F.— Cross-References, 3 parts.
CATALOGUE OF Maps.—Progress has been made with the printing to the letter M.

AUTOTYPE Fac-stMILE or THE Coprx ALExanprRINuS, Vol. II. (Hosea to
4 Maccabees), and Vol. III. (Psalms to Ecclesiasticus). Edited by E. Maunde
Thompson, Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts. 4¢o.

CATALOGUE OF A SELECTION FROM THE SrowE Manuscripts, exhibited in the
King’s Library. By E. Maunde Thompson. With 15 autotype plates. 4¢0. Another
Edition, without plates.

CataLocur or Manuscripts oF ROMANCES IN THE British MusEum. By
H. L. D. Ward, B.a., of the Department of Manuscripts. Vol. I.

CATALOGUE OF THE PreRstaAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE British Museum, Vol. III.
By Charles Rieu, pu.p., Keeper of the Department of Oriental Manuscripts, 4¢o.

GuipE TO THE LurHER Exu1BIT1I0ON—Printed Books, Manuscripts, &. Arranged
by George Bullen, Keeper of the Department of Printed Books. 8vo.

ANCIENT GREEK INscRipTIONS, Part II. Edited by C. T. Newton, c.8., D.c.L.,
R.L.D., Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Folio.

CATALOGUE OF ORIENTAL Coins, Vol. VIII.—Coins of the Turks. By Stanley
Lane Poole. With autotype plates. 8vo.

CATALOGUE OF Prints AND DRAWINGS IN THE BririsH MuseumM—Political and
Personal Satires, Vol. [V. (1761—1770). By F. G. Stephens. 8vo.

CATALOGUE OF EARLY Prints, Vol. II., German and Flemish Schools. By Will.
H. Willshire, w.p., Edin. With Plates. 8vo.

GuIpE TO Drawines, Prints, &c., exhibited in the Second Northern Gallery. By
Geo. W. Reid, late Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings. 8vo.

Guipe To THe Exurpirion GALLERIES or THE British Museum, Bloomsbury.
Departments of Printed Books, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawing, Coins and Medals,
Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities,Greek and Roman Antiquities, British and Medieval
Antiquities, and Kthnography. With Plans. New Edition.

CaTaLogur oF Birps In THE Bririso Museum (Naturat History), Vols.
VIII. and TX. Passeriformes. By Hans Gadow, PH.D. With coloured Plates. 8vo.

CaTALoGuE OF THE Fossin Sponges IN THE BritisH Museum (NATURAL
History). By George Jennings Hinde, pu.p., v.c.s. With 38 lithographic Plates. 4o.

GuIpE To THE ExuIBITION GALLERIES IN THE BririsH Museum (NaTuRAL
History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington. With Plans and Woodcuts.

British Museum, 10 May 1884. Edward A. Bond,
Principal Librarian.

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VIII.— PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CaTALOGUING OF COLLEC-
TIONS, AND STATEMENTS OF ADDITIONS, in the Year 1883.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
74,373; in addition to which 21,169 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of
changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library. 29,732 labels have been affixed,
and 71,969 obliterated labels have been renewed. The process of attaching third press-
marks to the books in the New Library has been continued; 4,691 books have been
thus marked during the year, and the corresponding alterations have been carried out
in the Reading Room Catalogues. ;

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 53,018 title-slips have been written (the term “title-slip” ap-
plying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these, 34,318 were written for
the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 18,700 for the separate Cata-
logues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Printing.—50,500 titles have been prepared for printing during the year, upon
the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879, and 35,420 titles have been
printed off. The system of printing those volumes of the Catalogue which have become
filled with entries, and which would otherwise require to be broken up and re-laid, has
been continued during the year. 70 MS. volumes have been printed during 1883, forming
17 printed volumes, and including the headings: Auschylus, sop, Byron, Swedenborg,
and Xenophon; each of which has been issued to the public in a separate form.

Progress has also been made in the further undertaking of printing the whole Catalogue
in its alphabetical sequence from the beginning; the whole of letter A being now in
type, with the exception of the headings: Academies and Aristotle. The latter part of
the Catalogue from Virgil to Z-z will be entirely in type by the end of the present
financial year.

(c.) Incorporation—New General Catalogue (A to Vom, X and Y), 41,690 title-slips,

and 701 index-slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this portion of the
Catalogue. ‘This incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alpha-
betical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in each copy 42,359 title-slips and 1,227
index-slips, and to add to each copy 300 new leaves to receive new entries.
—Second, or supplementary portion of the Catalogue, Von to Uz, W and X, 3,224 title-
slips have been incorporated into each of three copies of this part of the Catalogue. In
order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 2,568 title-slips were removed and re-
inserted in each copy, and 19 new leaves were added to each copy to receive them.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 228, and in that of Academies, 145.

(d.) Musie Catalogue.—10,590 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue. It
having been determined, for the future, to print the titles of accessions to this Catalegue
instead of transcribing them, 14,000 titles have been prepared for the printer and sent to
press. 6,284 transcripts of title-slips have been incorporated into each of the two copies
of this Catalogue; and, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 8,569 title-
slips have been removed and re-inserted in each copy, and 62 new leaves were added to
each copy to receive them.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—125 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues—The number of titles written is 7,831, of which 1,047
were for Sanscrit, Tibetan, and Sinhalese books; 3,358 for Hindustani; 1,518 for Bengali;
480 for Gujerati; 467 for Marathi; and 954 for Arabic and Persian books.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—26 Chinese, and 128 Japanese title-slips have
been written for these Catalogues.

(h.} Carbonic Hand-Catalogue-—For this Catalogue, in which the title-slips are
arranged in order of the press-marks, 38,958 have been mounted on cartridge paper,
20,500 have been arranged, and 121,700 have been partially arranged, preparatory to
incorporation, and 27,000 have been incorporated.

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(i) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.— The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions
amounts to 444 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in
the Hand-Catalogue.

The arrangement of books much used by readers in the lower gallery of the Reading
Room has been proceeded with, and is now nearly complete.

Some additions have been made to the Special Collections of Bibliographies in the
Reading-Room.

(j.) Catalogue of English Books printed up to 1640.—The printing of this Catalogue
is now nearly completed, and it will be ready for issue to the public in the course of the
present year.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course
of the year amounts to 17,911; including 321 volumes of newspapers; and, in con-
sequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one,
the number of bound volumes returned is 8,115. In addition to this, 964 pamphlets
have been separately bound, and 684 volumes have been repaired.

* Two thousand four hundred and forty-nine Parcels of Newspapers have been arranged,
packed, labelled for reference, and stored away in packages in order to avoid the expense
of binding them.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room is 520,901; to the Royal Library, 12,894;
to the Grenville Library, 601; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 470,789.

_ The number of readers during the year has been 152,983, giving an average of 504 daily,
and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted about 6 volumes
per diem, not reckoning those on the shelves in the Reading Room.

©
V. Additions.—(a.) 36,046 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 2,692
were presented, 10,612 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 1,474
’ received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 20,350 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 47,605 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,091 were presented, 25,664 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 709 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 20,141 acquired by purchase.

(e.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
390 published in London and its suburbs, 1,117 in other parts of England and Wales,
179 in Scotland, and 150 in Ireland. 58 volumes, belonging to 21 different sets, have
been purchased; and 1,608 numbers have been presented.

(d.) 6,378 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
3,314 were received by English, and 2,620 by International Copyright, and 444 by
purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 36,046 volumes and pamphlets, and
47,605 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
35,703. Of these, 2,429 have been presented, 11,478 acquired by English, and 1,375 by
International Copyright, and 20,421 by purchase.

(f.) 10,655 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music, Broadsides, Songs, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items; the
addition of this number to those aeeattiy given. produces a total of 94,306 articles
received in the Department.

(g.) The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is altogether 313,173.

Among the more remarkable acquisitions of the year may be noted :—

A copy of a very rare Caxton: ‘‘ The Chronicles of Englande,” the first edition,
Westminster, 1480. Of this book only four perfect copies are known, two of which are
in public libraries. The Museum previously possessed only a fragment of this edition, con-
sisting of six leaves, which had been used with other waste, to form the covers of a book
formerly in the library of the Grammar School at St. Albans.

A rare Psalter, printed by Wynkin de Worde : “ Psalterium cum antiphonis domini-
calibus et ferialibus suis locis insertis. Una cum hymnis Ecclesie Sarum et Eboracen,
deservientibus, per Wynandum de Worde, comoranteé in vico nucupato the Flete Streete,
In signo solis, anno 1503.” The earliest edition of this Psalter known.

0.63. B 2 A remarkable

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A remarkable book, entitled: ‘‘ Warhafftige Beschreibung des andern Zugs in Osterreich
wider den Turcken, etc.,” being an account of Charies V.’s second expedition against the
Turks. It is beautifully printed and enriched with seven large wood engrayings by
Michael Ostendorfer (ob. 1559). One of the engravings is a portrait of Frederick II.,
Count Palatine of Bavaria, on horseback and in armour. The other engravings consist
of spirited representations of camps, sieges, battle fields and marches. This work was
printed at Nuremberg, by H. Formschneider, in 1539.

—Numerous important early editions of the Bible, in the vernacular versions. Among
the more interesting are: “ Biblia, das ist die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Deudsch auffs new
zugericht. D. Mart. Luth. Gedruckt zu Leipzig durch Nicolaum Wolrab,” 1541, fol.
Two handsome volumes, with numerous full page woodcuts, and large initial letters.
This is one of the rarest of the piratical reprints of Luther’s Bible. It gave great
offence to Luther, who, as soon as he heard that it was in contemplation, wrote to the
Elector John Frederick, that the knave Wolrab of Leipzig, who had printed all the
libellous attacks upon him, had now taken upon him to pirate his German Bible, and thus
take the bread out of the mouths of Luther’s own people at Wittenberg. From Luther’s
opposition, or some other cause, it has become excessively scarce, and is to be found in
very few of the great collections.

¥
«“ Dat Nye Testament dudesch gantz vlytig engecorrigeret mit eynem Register. Mar-
tinus Luther. Hans Lufft, Wittenberch, 1525,” 4°. ‘The rarest, if not the earliest, of all
the editions of Luther’s Testament in Low German, issued by his own printer under his
own eye at Wittenberg.

The New Testament printed at Worcester by John Oswen, 1550. Oswen set up a
press at Worcester in the reign of Edward VI., at which about 20 books, chiefly of a
religious character, were printed between 1548 and 1553, which are extremely scarce.
No perfect copy of this Testament is known. ‘ Le Nouveau Testament, Latin et Francois.
Avec annotations et expositions des lieux les plus difficiles et principalement de ceux qui
ont été depravés et corrompus par les hérétiques de nostre temps. Par René Benoist,
Angevin, Docteur Regent en la Faculté de Théologie de Paris. Paris, 1566,” 12°. This
edition is remarkable as a singular literary fraud. Benoist, the editor, whilst professing
to issue a popular orthodox Testament for the use of good Catholics, with notes to guard
them against the heretical corruptions of the Reformers, had in reality simply appro-
priated the Genevan version, and reprinted it, notes and all, with a new title, under the
privilege of the King of France as his own work. The imposture was soon found out,
and the book was censured by the Theological Faculty of Paris, and condemned by Pope
Gregory in his Bull of November 3rd, 1575. ‘‘Del Nuovo Testamento nuova e fedel
traduttione dal testo Greco in lingua volgare Italiana. Per Giovan Luigi Paschale.
Geneva, 1555,” 8°. <A rare Italian version, made for the Italian exiles at Geneva, the
publication of which was one of the charges brought against Paschale shortly afterwards,
when he was accused of heresy and burnt at Rome. ‘‘ Le Nouveau Testament Reveu et
corrigé sur le Grec . . Avec annotations reveues et de nouveau augmentées,
par M. A. Marlorat. Caen,” 1563. One of the rarest of the Huguenot New Testaments.
Marlorat, who was minister at Rouen, was executed there in November 1563. “Le Nou-
veau Testament de Nostre Seigneur: Traduit du Latin en Frangais par les Theologiens
de Louvain. Anvers, C. Plantin,’ 1573. This is the first edition of the Louvain version
in French.

The Machzor, or Festival Prayers of the German Jews. A very curious Hebrew
book, printed at Augsburg in the year 1536: on vellum, No other copy on vellum seem
to be known, with the exception of one in the Bodleian Library. In printing the work,
passages considered by the censors to be disrespectful to Christianity were omitted, and
the spaces left blank; in the present copy they have been re-inserted in MS. beautifully
written, so as to resemble the excised type.

Some interesting additions have been made to the collection of Liturgies, more parti-
cularly in those for special uses. Amongst them may be noted: An Augsburg Breviary
for 1504. A Breviary for the Benedictine Congregation at Tegernsee, printed there in
1506. A Breviary for the Church of Eichstadt. Ingoldstadt, 1589. A very rare
Breviary for the use of Frisingen, Pars AMstivalis and Pars Hyemalis, printed at Ban-
berg in 1482 and 1483. Two editions of the Breviary for the use of Passau, dated 1515
and 1517. <A Ratisbon Breviary printed at Augsburg, 1515. A Diurnale for the Church
of Breslau, Basle, 1521. A rare Missal for the Church of Constance ; having large wood-
cuts by Hans Burgmair. An excessively rare Obsequiale for the Church of Brixen,
printed at Augsburg by Ratdoldt in 1480. A Milan Psaiter of 1555; and a Psalter
printed at Venice, presumably by V. de Spira about 1490. An edition of the Book of
Hours “ad usum Romane Curie,” printed at Paris by Verard, finely ornamented with
large woodcut borders; it is without date but the table accompanying the Calendar ranges
from 1478 to 1508. his is a very handsome volume, and forms an important addition to
the rich collection of books by Verard already in the Library. Another edition of the
Book of Hours, printed on vellum, at Paris, about 1503, and illuminated, is distinguished
by an uncommon and unidentified printer’s mark, which occurs on the title-page, and is
only known to exist in two other books.

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Several rare English books, printed at the Roman Catholic presses abroad, during the
16th and 17th centuries, amongst them: Allen, W. “ A defence and declaration of the
Catholike Churches doctrine touching Purgatorie,’ printed at Antwerp, 1565. “ An
Epistle of the Persecution of the Catholikes in England,” Douay, in Artois [1585].
«Certain Articles, or forcible reasons discovering the palpable absurdities and most
notorious and intricate errours of the Protestant religion.” Antwerp, 1600. Bellar-
mine’s ** Declaration of the Christian doctrine. Translated into English by R. Hadock,”
Douay, 1605. Bishop, W., ‘A Disproof of D. Abbot’s Counterproof against D. Bishop’s
Reproof of the defence of M. Perkins Reformed Catholike,” Paris, 1614. “ An Answer
to the demands of a Great Prelate touching the Hierarchy of the Church,” printed at
Roan, 1626. Caussin, N., “The Holy Court, or Christian Institution of Men of
Quality. Translated by T. H ,” Paris, 1626. ‘This is the first English edition, and is
rare. ‘“ A Summary of Controversies, wherein the chief points of the Catholike Roman
Fayth are compendiously and methodically explicated against the Sectaries of this age.”
By P. C. of the Society of Jesus. III. edition.” Permissu Superiorum [Douay], 1639.
Wilson, (John), z.e., Peter Talbot: “ A Treatise of Religion and Government, with reflec-
tions upon the cause and cure of England’s late distempers and present dangers.” Per-
missu Superiorum [ Douay | 1670.

A collection of Lutheran Tracts, comprising the rare first edition in Latin of the
Augsburg Confession, and about 120 other contemporary documents and controversial
pieces on both sides, many of them of great rarity.

« Aristotelis Opera summa cum diligentia excusa per D. Erasmum”; Melanchthon’s
copy, with MS. notes by him.

Taylor’s “ Life of Christ,” with MS. notes by S. T. Coleridge. Poems by G. Dyer,
with MS. notes by C. Lamb and 8. T. Coleridge. “The Tutor to Writing and Arith-
metick. Invented, written, and engraved by Edward Cocker,” London, 1664, This
is the earliest edition of the well-known treatise on Arithmetic, which gave rise to the
phrase, “ According to Cocker.” It went through upwards of 60 editions, and, according
to Professor De Morgan, nine out of ten of the subsequent school treatises were modelled
upon it. ‘‘ Cocker’s Tutor to Arithmetic” forms the second part of the work, having a
separate title-page, and consists entirely of arithmetical rules and examples, the first part
comprising plates illustrative of calligraphy and penmanship.

A Collection of Visitation Articles for various dioceses in England, extending from
1586 to 1706.

Several rare books, many of them remarkable for their binding, were purchased at
the sale of a further portion of M. Didot’s collection in June last. Among them may
be mentioned two early editions of the fine Roman Missal, printed by Giunta at Venice
in 1501 and 1506, with numerous fine woodcuts. A fine “ Pontificale Romanum,” printed
at Rome in 1663; a very handsome book, bound in a style resembling that of Le Gascon.
Du Hamel: ‘“ Philosophia Vetus et Nova,” 1681: a fine copy with the arms of Colbert,
Archbishop of Rouen. “ P. Terentii Comedie,” edited by Ktienne Dolet, the celebrated
scholar and printer of Lyons, and published by him in 1540. “ L’Anti-Sans Souci”;
2 vols., 1761 ; with the arms of Madame de Pompadour. Turpin: “ Histoire du gouverne-
ment des anciennes republiques” ; with the arms of the Prince de Condé. Le Maire
de Belges: ‘Les Illustratiss de Gaule et Singularitez de Troye;” Lyons, 1528; an
early French historical romance. A rare edition of Juvenal and Persius printed at
Milan in 1474. Gengenbach: “ Novella”; an early German Reformation Tract, directed
principally against Murner, one of Luther’s chief opponents.

A considerable number of the rare works of Early German literature, which formed
part of the Maltzahn Collection, and which are described in the “ Deutscher Bicher-
schatz ” of W. von Maltzahn, have been acquired during the year.

Many books of interest and importance were bought at the sales of further portions
of the Sunderland and the Beckford libraries, which took place during the year.

The Music Collection has been augmented by a small, but valuable collection of
early Italian Church Music, consisting chiefly of Psalms and Motetts by Agazzari, Belli,
Catalano, Cifra, Costantini, Quinzani and Porta. All these works are of considerable
rarity, and some are quite unknown to bibliographers.

George Bullen.

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SuB-DEPARTMENT of Maps, Cuarts, and PLANs.

I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

(a.) The number of Titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) written for
the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year amounts to 1,570.

(0.) Press-marks have been given to 825 maps and 24 Atlases and 1,541 titles. The
number of slips written for the hand-catalogue is 240.

Il.— Additions.

706 Maps, in 3,402 sheets, 12 Atlases and one part of an Atlas, have been received
under the Copyright Act. 9 Atlases and 66 Maps, in 276 sheets, and one relief Map, in
two sections, have been obtained by purchase ; three Volumes, and 315 Maps and Charts,
in 575 sheets, have been presented. -

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there
have been in the course of the year 30 visitors to the Map Room for the purpose of
special geographical research.

89 Volumes of the Catalogue of Maps (E 7, Engletield—M 4, Manche, have been
prepared and sent to the printer. 96 Sheets of ‘‘ Proof” (Denmark, p. 1025—Mac-
kenzie, p. 2560), for the new printed Catalogue of Maps, have been collated, and 86 sheets
of “Revises ” (Danzig, p. 993—Lille, p. 2368) have been sent “ for Press.” ;

The incorporation into the Map Catalogue of titles from the Catalogue of Maps, Prints
and Charts in the Royal Library has been continued from “ Englefield” to “ Manheim.”
1,940 Titles of Accessions have been prepared and sent to the printer.

463 Maps, in 2,619 sheets and 19 Atlases, have been eutered for the binder, and
48 Volumes and 390 Maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound and
the latter mounted, 44 on cards, and 346 on jaconet and union.

3 ¢ .
92 Sheets of the Geological Survey have been mounted on jaconet.

An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 338 transcripts,
in all 1,014 transcripts. 3,200 New titles have been incorporated into the “ Blue” copy
of the Catalogue.

The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 838, the
number of Maps, 1,883, making a total of 2,721.

The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 639; on those
received by presentation, 519, making a total of 1,158.

- Among the more interesting acquisitions of the year may be mentioned:

Choix de Documents géographiques conservés a la Bibliothéque Nationale [containing
heliographic reproductions of] Mappemonde de Saint Sever (x. siécle), Carte Pisane
(xiv. siécle), Atlas Catalan de Charles V., Roi de France.

Relief-Karte von Central-Europa, verfertigt von L. Dickert, Mstb. 1: 100,000. [In
two sections, each 564 x 29} in.]

Nova Rheetie atqz totius Helvetia descriptio, per gidium Tschudium Glaronensem,
1538. [Photolithographic reproduction, original size, in 10 sheets, from an unique
example preserved in the University Library, Basle. ]

Three maps, in Greek, showing respectively the Hellenic nationality during the 5th
century, during the Macedonian Empire, and during the Byzantine Empire; executed
by H. Kiepert for the Society for the Diffusion of Greek Literature, Athens.

Robert K. Douglas.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

_ 1. Class Catalogue.—The incorporation of the printed description of MSS. acquired
m the years 1854 to 1881 into the several volumes of the Catalogue is nearly com-
pleted.

The Catalogue of the State Papers of the year 1534 has been rearranged.

2. Catalogue

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ty

2. Catalogue of Ancient MSS.—The second Part, describing MSS. in Latin, is passing
through the press. Sheets B to R have been printed off.

3. Catalogue of Romances.—The first volume has been completed, passed through the
press, and issued.

The second volume is ina forward state of preparation.

4. Catalogue of Spanish MSS.—The fourth volume, which will include the Index, is
in progress.

5. Catalogue of Additions.—The Additional MSS., 31,970-32,009, acquired in the year
1882, and 32,010-32,162, acquired in the year 1883, have been described.

The descriptions for the year 1882, with an Index, have been revised and transcribed in
fourfold ; and a copy has been placed in the Reading Room.

The Egerton MSS., 2,611-2,613, acquired during the year 1883, have been described,

6, Inderes—Slips have been written for an Index of Add. MSS., 31,898-32, 009, ana
of Egerton MSS., 2,601-2,610.

An Index to English Poems in the Additional MSS. has been prepared.

Index of Drawings by J. Carter, in Add. MSS. 29,925-29,943, has been completed, and
copied in fourfold.

7. Catalogues of Rolls, Charters, and Seals——The revision of the General Index of
names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls and Charters has been continued.

Additional Charters and Rolls, 27,184-27,324, lately acquired, have been arranged and
numbered.

The Catalogue of Seals is passing through the press. Sheets B to E have been
revised.

Forty-nine seals, lately acquired, have been described.

Two hundred and sixteen casts of Seals, selected for incorporation into the Seal Cata-
logue, have been described, and sixty-nine have been registered.

8. Facsimiles.—The <Autotype of the Third Volume of the Old Testament of the
Codex Alexandrinus has been issued ; thus completing the work.

9. Exhibitions —A selection of MSS. forming part of the “ Luther Exhibition,” has

been exhibited in the Grenville Library, and descriptions have been incorporated in the
printed guide-book.

An Exhibition of Ancient Charters, MSS., and historical documents and autograph
letters from the Stowe Collection, recently acquired, has been arranged in the King’s
Library ; and a guide-book has been printed and issued.

Specimens of ancient and medieval bindings of MSS. have been selected from the
various collections of the Department and exhibited in the King’s Library.

10. Arrangement of Papers, &c.—Harley MSS., 7,606, 7,614, 7,616, 7,617, have been
re-arranged.

Add. MSS., 32,091-32,096, have been arranged.

11. Binding.—One hundred and eighteen Manuscripts, recently acquired, and two
hundred and five Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired.

One Papyaus has been glazed.

Nine Charters and Seals have been repaired.

Thirty-six registers and catalogues, and ninety-six printed books of reference, have
been bound or repaired.

12. Verificution.—The several collections of MSS. have been verified by the shelf-
ists.

13. Miscellaneous.— One hundred and ninety-seven Manuscripts, lately acquired, have
been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists.

The Stowe Collection has been received, arranged, placed in presses, shelf-marked, and
a hand-list made.

One hundred Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered.
The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

Two hundred and thirteen Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books, have
been stamped with a total of 1,474 impressions.

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Two hundred and fifty-four Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 26,498 ; and of those
consulted in the Department, 6,580.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 1,017.

The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,206.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

Stowe Manuscripts - - - - - - - 901
General Collection of Manuscripts —- - - - 153
Egerton Manuscripts - Path ea - a - 5
Rolls and Charters - - - - - - - 141
Detached Seals and Casts - - - 2 2 = i576

The Stowe Collection of MSS., the purchase of which from the Earl of Ashhurnham
was sanctioned by Parliament at the close of last Session, consisted of 996 volumes and
sets of volumes, as numbered in the Catalogue. Of these, 95 numbers, viz., the MSS. in
the Irish language and certain volumes specially relating to Ireland, were, by order of
the Government deposited in the library of the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin ; the rest
being assigned to the British Museum. Among the collections relating to English History
are :—Ferty-two Anglo-Saxon charters, dating from A.D. 693 to the 11th century;
a wardrobe-book cf Edward II., 1322-1323; wardrobe and jewel accounts of Elizabeth ;
correspendence of Sir Thomas Kdmondes, Ambassador in France and the Low Coun-
tries, tempp. Elizabeth and James I., in 12 volumes; correspondence of Arthur Capel,
Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, temp. Charles :II., in 25 volumes; cor-
respondence of the Court of Hanover with political parties in England, early in the
18th century, in 10 volumes; letters of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough to
Secretary Craggs; various diplomatic and literary correspondence; minute-book of the
Privy Council, 1661-1670; and several separate documents and letters of interest.
MSS. of value for English literature and topography are:—A Latin Psalter with
Anglo-Saxon glosses of the 11th century; the register of Hyde Abbey, Winchester,
with finely executed drawings by an English artist of the 11th century; aivolume of
English homilies, of the end of the 12th century; Lives of Saints in English verse,
of the 14th century; Gowers “Confessio Amantis,” 15th century; and _ several
chartularies of English monasteries, from the 12th to the 15th centuries, including the
Boldon-Book of Durham, a register of St. Thomas, Southwark, and a corporation-
register of Winchester. There are also several heraldic MSS., comprising the collec-
tions of Anstis, Garter, and various ccunty-visitations.

Among the general acquisitions are the following :—

Apostolus, or Lectionary from the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles for the services
of the Greek Church throughout the year, in Greek. Vellum. 12th century. From
the Sunderland Library.

Euchologium, or ritual-offices of the Greek Church, in Greek. Vellum. 13th cen-
tury.

Bible, of St. Jerome’s version; with Esdras arranged in five books. Vellum. 13th
century.

Gospels, in Sclavonic; imperfect. Vellum. 15th century.

Church service-book, coniaining the liturgical drama of Daniel, as performed in the
Church of Beauvais. Vellum. 13th century.

Roman de Brut, in French verse, by Wace; “ Li Gaimar,” apparently a portion of
the first part of the Estorie des Engles of Geoftrey Gaimar; Romance of Saint Graal,
in French; “Le livre de Merlin,” by Robert de Borron. Vellum. 13th and 14th
centuries.

Wardrobe-book of Thomas de Brotherton and Edmund of Woodstock, sons of Edward
I.; a.D. 1310-1311. Vellum.

Coronation ceremonials of England and France, with copies of treaties, etc.; temp.

Richard II. Vellum.

A large collection of State-papers and historical documents, principally connected with
the history of England and Scotland; formerly belonging to the family of Malet,
Baronets, of Wilbury, co. Wilts, and chiefly formed by Sir John Malet, temp. Charles
II.; 4.p. 1087-1762. In six volumes.

Collection of Statutes, and of legal and other treatises, in Latin and French. Vellum.
Early 14th century.
Reports

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Reports of Law-cases, tempp. Hen III.—Edw. II.; in Latin and French. Vellum.
14th century.

Cases in the Ecclesiastical Court of the Province of Canterbury, in Latin. Paper.
Late 14th century.

Deeds relating to the Abbey of Burton-on-Trent, co. Stafford, with seals. 12th—14th
centuries. Presented by Morris Richurdson, Esq.

Chartulary of the Hospital of St. James without the walls of Canterbury, otherwise
Thanington Hospital, co. Kent; a.p. 1474. Latin. Vellum.

Chartulary of the Abbey of Cockersand, co. Lane. ; a transcript made in 1661. Latin.
Paper.

Transcripts of evidences and pedigrees of Lancashire families, chiefly made by Chris-
topher Towneley in the middle of the 17th century. In fifteen volumes. Paper.

Visitation of co. Westmoreland, by William Dugdale, Norroy ; a pD. 1664. Paper.

« The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire,’ by John Bridges; the printed
edition of 1791, illustrated with numerous sketches and engravings and additious in MS.
by Thomas and William Dash, of Kettering. In five volumes. Lequeathed by William
Dash, Esq.

Diary of Lady Hoby, wife of Sir Thomas Pusthumus Hoby, kt.; 1599-1605.
Paper.

Original letters addressed to John Hanson, solicitor, relating chiefly to the management
of Lord Byron’s estate at Newstead, co. Notts., and including many letters from Lord
Byron and his mother, Catherine Gordon Byron, in 1806-1816. In three volumes.
Paper.

Musical compositions of Thomas Miles. In eleven volumes. Presented by Arthur
Miles, Esq.

Several collections of operatic and other musical compositions of English, German, and
Italian authors; 17th—19th centuries.

E. Maunde Thompson.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The descriptive list of the Oriental MSS. acquired during the year 1882 has been
carried on from Or. 2,497 to the last number, viz., Or. 2,631, and the entire list has been
transcribed for the use of readers. The Oriental MSS. acquired in the same year have
been entered into the Oriental Register and the Oriental Inventory.

A similar list of the MSS. acquired in 1883, has been compiled, and includes all but a
few of the latest acquisitions.

Fourteen and a-half sheets (signed 2 R—3 Q, ¢.-d.) of the Persian Catalogue have
been corrected through the press. A numerical index and a preface have been compiled,
and the third and last volume of the same Catalogue has been published.

The Turkish MSS. have been classed by subjects, and detailed descriptions of two
hundred and four MSS. have been prepared.

A recently acquired collection of Caraite MSS., Or. 2,459-2,602, has been arranged,
folio’d, and labelled.

The descriptive list of Oriental MSS. included in the Additional Series has been
carried on from Add. 10,548 to 12,345.

Lately acquired Hebrew and Pali MSS. have been added respectively to the Hebrew
index and to the Pali Catalogue.

A Catalogue of Biblical MSS. in the Hebrew Collection has been compiled.

Ninety-seven MSS. have been bound.

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I1.— Acquisitions.

Sixty-six Oriental MSS. have been acquired during the year, sixty-two by purchase, and
four by donation, as follows :— :

Cingalese = - - - 2 = - - Fete
Japanese - - - = = - = =a er
Samaritan - - - - - - - - 9
Armenian - - ~ - es - - 7
Persian - - - - - - - - 6
Hebrew - - - - - 2 = < 9)
Arabic - - ~ = - = - - - 3
Sanscrit ee Cae 2 45 Ln 5 fit soomhivas
ip: ay are - - - - - - - 2
Syriac - - - - = - - - - 1
Chinese - = - ~ - ss - - 1
Marathi - = - - - - = - 1
ToTaL - - - 66

The most important acquisitions of the year are the following three collections :

1. Eleven palm-leaf MSS., collected by the late Rev. Robert Spence Hardy, or tran-
scribed for him, during his residence in’ Ceylon, 1825-1847, and containing Cingalese
commentaries on the sacred books of the Buddhists and histories of Southern Buddhism,

2. A collection of narratives of Japanese travels in foreign countries, in seventy-four
volumes, now bound in fourteen, collected by J. W. McCarthy, Esq.

3. Nine Samaritan MSS. purchased of Ya’kib al-Shalabi, of Nablus, Palestine, compris-
ing a Samaritan Pentateuch of a.p. 1356, an Arabic translation of the same, of A.D. 1323,
a vellum roll, containing a portion of the Book of Numbers written apparently in the
11th or 12th century, some Samaritan service-books, and a work in defence of Sama-
ritan tenets.

Apart from the above collections, the following MSS. deserve special notice :—
Al-Sulwah fi Akhbar Kilwah, a history of Zanzibar in Arabic. Presented by Sir John
Kirk, late Consul General in Zanzibar.
A Chinese treatise on the art of Government. Presented by Edward Gilbertson,
Esq.
Sammoha-Vinodani, a Pali commentary on the Vibhanga, a portion of the Buddhistic
Canon, Presented by Mrs. T. J. Holmes.
The Arabic ‘Divan of Jabra’il Lubnani, a Maronite ‘monk, who visited Italy at the
close of the 17th century.
Ibn Ezra’s commentary on Exodus, and David Kimchi’s commentary on the Former
Prophets; 15th century.
Mafteach ha-Refuah, a medical work, by Elisha ha-Rofe, of the 14th century.
.The Musnad, or collection of Hadith by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal. An Arabic MS. of the
12th century.
Jami‘ ul-Hikayat, a collection of historical anecdotes, compiled a.H. 625, by Muham-
mad ’Aufi. Persian, A.D. 1332. -
Habib us-Siyar, the universal history of Khwand Amir. Persian, 16th century.
(The above three MSS. belonged to the late Rev. H. G. Keene, Professor of Arabic
and Persian at the East India College, Haileybury).
Five copies of the Armenian Gospels, dated respectively, a.p. 1207, 1281, 1307, 1317,
and 1485, four of which contain miniatures and marginal ornaments.
A Mashdotz, or Armenian ritual, of a.p. 1311.
Hadikat ul-‘Alam, a history of the Deccan, by Mir ‘Alam and Tuhfat ul-‘Alam, or
the Memoirs of Abd ul-Latif Shushtari. Persian.
Riyaz ush-Shu’ara, a biographical dictionary of Persian poets, by Ali Kuli Khan Valih.
A fine copy written for the Talpur Amir of Sind, 4.4. 1216.
The Divan of the Persian poet Sa’ib, a fair copy of the 17th century.
(The last three MSS. are from the library of the late E. B. Eastwick, Esq.)
The Syriac New Testament, according to the Peshitta version, a.D. 1202.
A copy of the Hebrew Bible with the Massora, handsomely written, apparently
in Italy, about the beginning of the 14th century, and ornamented with illuminated
headings.

The number of Oriental MSS. consulted during the year was 1368, viz., 682 in the
Department of MSS., and 686 in the Reading Room.

The number of visits made by readers for the purpose of consulting Oriental MSS.
was 259.

Ch. Rieu.

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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The fourth volume of Mr. Stephens’ Catalogue of the English Satirical Prints has
been issued.

The second volume of Dr. Willshire’s Catalogue of the Early German and Flemish
Prints has also been issued.

Mr. Anderson’s descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Drawings acquired
from him is in the Press.

The collection of original designs by John Doyle, for his “ H. B. Political Sketches”
has been arranged on screens in the King’s Library, in place of the Bewick collection
and the English water-colour drawings withdrawn from exhibition.

The second northern gallery, rendered vacant by the removal of the Natural History
collections, having been temporarily assigned to this Department, pending the completion
of the new building, an exhibition has been arranged therein, consisting of a selection of
carbon photographs from original studies by Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci,
and other Italian masters; the three series of autotype reproductions, issued by the
Trustees, of Prints by early Italian and German engravers; a series of works illus-
trating the invention and early progress of the art of engraving; and a collection of prints
by the modern English engraver, John Pye. A guide to this exhibition has been drawn
up and issued to the public.

The collection of drawings and woodcuts by Thomas, John, and Robert Elliott Bewick,
presented by the late Miss Isabella Bewick, has been arranged in ten solander cases.

A portion of the early German and Flemish Prints described in the second volume of
Dr. Willshire’s Catalogue have been arranged in ten solander cases.

The collection of proofs of illustrations to Pocket Books, engraved by John Pye, pre-
sented by his daughter, has been arranged in four solander cases.

The general collection of prints after French masters has been re-arranged in thirty-
two portfolios.

The general collection of prints after Italian masters has been re-arranged in chrono-
logical order in their respective schools.

The general collection of English Etchings has been re-arranged in nine portfolios,
pe being devoted to those by, anonymous artists, which are classified according to
subjects.

The collection of impressions from Italian niello plates has been arranged according to
Mr, Fisher’s Catalogue, preparatory to being re-mounted.

The index to the catalogue of Presentations and Bequests has been completed.

The index to the collection of prints after Dutch and Flemish masters has been re-
written.

_ The greater part of the prints and drawings acquired during the year have been incor-
porated with the respective collections.

Books of Prints and Books of Reference recently acquired have been placed on the
shelves with the press-marks attached to them.

One hundred and twenty-eight titles have been prepared for the catalogues of Books
of Prints and Books of Reference.

One hundred and twenty-four Print Sale Catalogues have been entered in the MS.
catalogue.

Two thousand five hundred and forty-four items have been entered in the Register
of acquisitions.

Four thousand nine hundred and nineteen prints, drawings, and carbon photographs
have been impressed with the departmental stamp and references to the Register.

One thousand eight hundred and ten prints, four hundred and thirteen drawings, and
forty-five carbon phetographs have been mounted on sunk boards, and one thousand three
hundred and seventy-eight prints have been mounted in the ordinary manner.

The following work has been executed for the proposed printed catalogue of the con-
tents of the Department :—

4 Seven thousand and forty-three titles have been transcribed in manifold from the
egister.

Two hundred and ninety-three titles have been written for prints illustrating Mr.
Anderdon’s “ Collectanea Biographica.”

The revision of the titles written for the same has been continued, and four thousand
and twelve revised titles have been transcribed in manifold.

One thousand one hundred and two titles have been written for prints contained in
magazines in the Department of Printed Books.

Four hundred and nine titles have been prepared for drawings and woodcuts by
Thomas, John, and Robert Elliott Bewick, and the same have been transcribed in
manifold.

The total number of prints, drawings, and photographs acquired during the year, was
six thousand and twelve; of these, the following are the most important :—

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20 Accounts, &¢e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

By Presentation ; 965 Examples :—

Five separate donations by R. P. Cuff, Esq., of his own engraved works, amounting to
one hundred and thirty-four prints, and including interesting proofs of the illustrations
to Ruskin’s “ Modern Painters,’ “ Stones of Venice,” and ‘‘ Seven Lamps of Architec-
ture;” views of the Houses of Parliament; the Interior of the Building erected for the
Exhibiton for the Industry of all Nations, 1851, ete.

Five donations by J. Deffett Francis, Esq., consisting of twenty-four prints and drawings,
and including a large study by Richard Cook, r.a., for one of his illustrations to Scott’s
“ Lady of the Lake,” together with the pencil drawing of the same subject executed for the
engraving, and a proof of the plate engraved by Cosmo Armstrong, which has sketches by
Cook in the margin; also three proofs, in different states of the plate, of the portrait of
iady Wallscourt, after Lawrence, by W. Ensom; a brilliant proof of “ The Sisters,”
after J. R. West, by W. Finden; a portrait of Henry Walton the painter, with the title
* Werter,” after himself, by J. Walker; a portrait of James Green the artist, copied by
W. Behnes from a miniature by Mrs. Green, etc.

“ Douze Vues du Royaume de Naples, dessinées et gravées a l’eau-forte par Vianelli et
Ercole Giganti 1843.” Presented by A. W. Franks, Ksq., F.R.8,

«The Roxburghe Ballads, illustrating the last years of the Stuarts, Parts xi. and xii.
completing vol. iv, edited by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, m.a., F.s.a.”; Hertford,
printed for the Ballad Society, 1883. Presented by the editor.

A collection of finished drawings and sketches, two hundred and ninety-four in number,
executed by Charles Alfred Stothard for his work “The Monumental Effigies of Great
Britain.” Bequeathed by Mrs. Bray.

Thirty drawings of Hindu gods, from working drawings in a temple in Ceylon. Pre-
sented by Andrew Nicoll, r.11.a.

“Impressions from a collection of wood-blocks used in the printing of chap-books,
children’s books, ete., in York, Leeds, Hull, and other towns of Yorkshire, during the
last, and the first half of the present century. Privately printed 1870.” Preseuted by
W. J. Linton, Esq.

The cast of Shakespeare's face, taken after death; engraved on wood by W. J. Linton
from a drawing by W. Page. Presented by the engraver.

“The Home Martyr”; lithograph portrait of H.R.H. the late Princess Alice cf Hesse ;
after Corbould, by R. Inwards. Presented by Richard Inwards, Esq.

Fifteen etchings by Professor A. Legros. Presented by the artist.

A tracing of the earliest wall painting known to exist in Japan, dating in all
probability, from the seventh century of our era. Presented by Ernest M. Satow,
Esq., C.M.G.

By Purchase :—

A very fine and extensive collection of Chinese and Japanese drawings and paintings,
brought together by Mr. W. Anderson during his residence in Japan, and acquired from
him.

Italian School ; 128 Examples :—
Drawing.
BarBaRJ, JACOPO DE.’ Eve tempted by the serpent; in pen and ink; the original design
for one of his engravings.

Etchings.

Menict, Cardinal de. View on the sea-shore ; “ Defessam mentem ludo,” etc.
Others by E. Pagliano.

Engravings.

Avinvs, Gaspare ab. A set of fifty-three emblematical portraits of princes of the
House of Austria and their wives.

MonraGna, Benedetto. The Saviour in a landscape.
Roserra. The Virgin and Child in a landscape.

A set of the six plates of the Triumphs of Petrarch, ascribed to Baccio Baldini or
Filippo Lippi; all in the earliest and purest state, and probably unique; from the
Sunderland Library.

Three early woodcuts illustrating the ‘“ Monte Santo di Dio.”
German School ; 544 Examples :—
Drawings.
ALTDORFER, Albrecht. A landscape ; in pen and ink,
Minp, Gottfried. Interior with cats catching mice ; in pen and ink.

RICHTER,

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Rriowrer, Ludwig. Christmas Eve; highly finished in water colours.

Anonymous. St. Jerome in a landscape, with St. Christopher in the distance ; in
pen and ink.

Anonymous. Five allegorical designs by an artist of the school of Basel, with the
date 1608 ; in pen, washed with sepia and Indian ink.
Others by Agricola, Johann R. Schellenberg and B. Wolff.
Etchings.
Hecut, W. The Madonna and Child; after Titian ; signed artist’s proof.
ScHULTHEISs, A. Wine, Woman and Song; after Rembrandt; signed artist’s proof.

ZuNDT, Matthias. View of the town of Grodno in Lithuania; in four sheets.
Twenty-eight plates published by the “ Gesellschaft ftir Radirkunst,” at Weimar, 1881
and 1882.

Engravings.

BeuaAm, Hans Sebald. Ten plates, in fine and rare states ; obtained at the De Kruyff
sale.

FURSTENBERGH, Theodor Caspar von. Head of St. John the Baptist in the charger;
in mezzotinto,

Srane, Rudolph. La Fornarina; after Raphael; signed artist’s proof, with the white
light on the bow.

Adolph Menzel’s “ Illustrationen zu den Werken Friedrichs des Grossen,” vols. ili and
iv; one hundred woodents by A. Vogel, O. Vogel, H. Muller, and Unzelmann ; proofs
on India paper.

Others by F. Bock, Johann Theodor de Bry, E. Buchel, and H. Walde.

Dutch and Flemish Schools; 59 Examples :—
Drawings.

BrevuGHEL, J. View ona Dutch canal, with sailing boats; in pen and water-colours.
Cats, Jakob. A landscape; highly finished in water-colours; a fine example of the
master.

Eev_kema, Elke Jelles. <A fruit piece; highly finished in water-colours.

Pronkb®, Cornel. Twelve topographical drawings ; in pen and Indian ink.

SAENREDAM, Pieter. View of the Church of St. Jean, Bois-le-Duc.

Anonymous. Two examples by a Flemish artist; executed in bistre and white on
prepared paper; from the Sunderland Collection.

Engravings.
Cuaas, Alart. Passage of the Red Sea; undescribed.
GHEYN, Jakob de. Five portraits.

Goutzius, Hendrik. Portrait of a young man, with the motto, “ Vertu vray honneur”
(Bartsch, 198). E

Gourzius, Hendrik. Portrait of a man, with the motto, “ CXque inermis ac armatus;’”
undescribed.

Wierix, the Brothers. Eight portraits.
Others by Claas van Breen, Hendrik Hulsbergh, Pieter Schenk, Jan Saenredam, C. E.
Taurel, and Wallerant Vaillant. :
French School; 354 Examples ;—
Drawings.

CHARDIN, Jean Baptiste. Seated figure of a lady; in black chalk, heightened with
white.

GRAVELOT, Hubert. Portrait of a lady ; in pencil.

SILVESTRE, Israel. View of Paris from the Pont Neuf, with the statue of Henry IV.;
in pen and sepia.

Woerrior, Pierre. Joseph interpreting Pharaoh’s dream ; in pen and ink.
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Etchings.

Brunet-Drsaines, A. The Burial of Wilkie; after Turner; artist’s proof on
vellum.

Brunet-Desaines, A. An Evening in Arcadia; after Corot; artist’s proof on
vellum.

CHAUVEL, Théophile. Solitude; after Daubigny ; artist’s proof on vellum.
CHAUVEL, Théophile. Ville d’Avray; after Daubigny; artist’s proof on vellum,
GuILLamoT, A. “Costumes de l’Opéra”; fifty plates, coloured.

WaLtTNeR, Charles. A Jewish Rabbi; after Rembrandt; artist’s proof on vellum.

Others by Eugene Abot, Tancréde Abraham, A. Artigue, C. Bernier, C. de Billy,
E, G. Bocourt, Emile Boilvin, Boulard fils, Félix Buhot, E. Champollion, Charles L.
Courtry, Emile F. Daumont, Elie Delauney, Léopold Desbrosses, Léopold Flameng,
Léon Gaucherel, E. Gaujean, Lucien Gautier, Gustave Greux, M. F. Jacomin, Jules
Jacquemart, Adolphe Lalauze, Edmond P. Le Rat, Abel Lurat, Léopold Massard, F.
Massé, F. Milius, A. Mongin, E. Ramus,E. Salmon, E. St. Raymond, Pierre Teysson-
nieres, and E. Yon.

Engravings.

Masson, Antoine. Portrait of Anne of Austria, Queen of Louis XIII. of France;

after Fierre Mignard.

Others by Ferdinand Gaillard, R. Gaillard, and Auguste A. Morse.

English School; 277 Examples :—
Drawings.

Hamitton, J. A back view of Tyburn, taken 14th October 1767, the day that
Guest the banker’s clerk was hanged; in water colours.

Joy, William and John Cantiloe, of Yarmouth. Two marine views; in water-colours.
Lewis, George Robert. Three views of Ilfracombe and Lynton ; in water-colours.
Lowe, Mauritius. Three allegorical designs.

Others by John Cawse, Richard Bull, Edward Lear, W. Mayer, Thomas Wright, and
W. Wyon.

Etchings.
Coney, John. Thirty-two views of ancient cathedrals, etc.

Gaywoop, Richard. ‘The Most Magnificent Riding of Charles ye 11% to the
Parliament ;” unique impression.

Pace, Francis. Two grotesque heads, in the style of Leonardo de Vinci.

Others by John K. Baldrey, Cantlo Bestland, Richard Cooper, Arthur Evershed,
Richard Gaywood, J. Gibson, John Hoppner, R. A. Henry Meyer, John C. Robinson,
Thomas Rowlandson, William J. White, and Hamlet Winstanley.

Engravings.

By Cosmo Armstrong, George W. Bonner, Robert Brandard, John Burnet, George
Clint, a.R.A., George Cooke, J. W. Cooke, Robert Cooper, T. Fielding, William Forrest,
Charles Fox, Edward Goodall, Valentine Green, John Horsburgh, J. H. Kernot, J. F.
Lambert, Charles G. Lewis, William Miller, J. Quilley, William Radclyffe, William
Raddon, John Scott, John Raphael Smith, William R. Smith, Sir Robert Strange, Charles
Taylor, Charles Turner, John C. Varrall, Francis Vivares, Charles E. Wagstaff, and
Robert Wallis.

Miscéllaneous.

A collection of German Playing Cards, two hundred and seventy in number, chiefly of
the sixteenth century.

Fifty carbon photographs by M. Braun of Dornach, from pictures in the Madrid
Gallery, forming Part 8 of the series.

The number of visitors to the Print Room during 1883, was 5,105.
Sidney Colvin.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangements.

In the Egyptian division the following arrangements have been made :—

The two rooms im the Northern Gallery vacated by the department of Natural
History have been filled with Egyptian and Assyrian objects, and the collections of small
objects have been re-arranged.

The studies in the Northern Gallery (north side) have been fitted up for Students and
Assistants.

Shelves have been made for the presses in the room formerly occupied by an attendant
in the basement.

The Egyptian table-cases have been fitted with doors and trays.

Fittings have been prepared for the cases in the Northern Gallery.

In the Northern Gallery the cases of one of the new rooms have been made air-tight,
and new locks have been attached to the doors of the other rooms.

The cases holding mummies have been cleaned, and the mummy coffins have been
repaired.

The plaster-casts from Beit-el-Walli, representing the exploits of Rameses IL., have
been removed from the Western Gallery, and fitted in the second Egyptian Room, North
Gallery ; their back-ground has been re-painted.

New locks have been placed on some of the table-cases.

The cast of a pyramidion from the top of a tomb, presented by Cunliffe Brooks, Esq.,
M.P., has been mounted. and placed in the Central Saloon.

The granite figure of a hawk, removed from Tell-el-Maskhuta, and presented by the
Egypt Exploration Fund, has been placed on a granite pedestal.

The granite statue of Amik latter neten, a functionary, removed from Tell-el-Maskhuta,
and presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund, has been repaired and placed on a Port-
land-stone pedestal in the Southern Gallery.

A bronze figure of Apollo has been mounted on a granite pedestal.

Portions of the labels on the granite plinths of the statues in the Galleries have =
renewed.

Some of the tablets in the Galleries have been removed and refixed.

The Egyptian and Assyrian portions of the General Guide have been revised.

The description of the coffin of Amam has been finished, and sent to press.

Some duplicate fragments of linen have been selected for the South Australian Museum
of Economic Botany.

A model of a sistrum has been cleaned, repaired, and mounted.

Seven Egyptian bronze figures have been cleaned ‘and mounted.

Seventy-five glazed ‘tiles have been mounted.

Twenty-three. wax figures have been mounted.

Fifteen bronze figures have been mounted on alabaster plinths.

Thirty-one bronze and leaden weights have been mounted.

Forty-five leaden objects have been mounted.

Nineteen porcelain objects have been mounted.

Ninety-seven pieces of ivory have been mounted.

144 various objects have been mounted.

474 objects have been registered.

297 objects have been catalogued.

2,2U6 number labels have been prepared.

1,912 - ditto - have been affixed to objects.

582 painted labels have been attached to cases and objects.

In the Assyrian division :-—

A bronze door step, of the time of Nebuchadnezzar, has been mounted on a Portland
linth.

4 Three Babylonian inscriptions have been mounted.

Two Assyrian inscriptions have been mounted.

Twelve Babylonian bricks have been mounted on Caen-stone plinths.

One alabaster bowl has been mounted on a Caen-stone plinth.

Three Babylonian bricks have been repaired.

A Babylonian sarcophagus has been repaired.

Two fragments of Assyrian sculpture have been repaired,

Plinths have been prepared for mounting Oriental sculptures.

The glazing of sculptures in the Kouyunjik Gallery has been continued.

Some duplicate objects from Assyria and Mesopotamia have been presented to the
Sultan of Turkey.

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218 Assyrian terra-cotta inscribed tablets have been repaired.

2,153 fragments of terra-cotta inscribed tablets have been joined.

Seventeen terra-cotta bowls, with Hebrew and Syriac inscriptions, have been
joined.
! Eight Babylonian case-tablets, and one other case-tablet, have been cleaned and
joined.
‘ Two terra-cotta cylinders and twenty-one fragments of others have been joined.

A lion’s head from Abfi Habba has been repaired.

A bronze bow], and the bronze top of a stone object, have been cleaned.

Three bronzes from Babylon have been cleaned.

An Assyrian bull’s head in ivory, and six pieces of Assyrian ivory, have been cleaned,
repaired, and preserved from further injury.

An ivory plaque has been repaired, and preserved from further injury.

An alabaster wnguentarium, with stand, has been repaired.

The following objects have been mounted on velvet-covered blocks :—
Nine Assyrian seals.

Two casts of cones, with the originals.

Eleven casts of cylinders.

One Assyrian ivory.

Twenty-two casts of engraved stones.

Twenty engraved stones.

A hoard of silver coins and fragments from Babylon.

The examination and classification of the Assyrian and Babylonian inscribed tablets
has been continued.

The published tablets (‘‘ Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia,” Vols. II. and IV.)
have been arranged in glass boxes.

Thirty-two boxes of tablets from Aba Habba have been unpacked.

Inventories have been made of part of a collection of tablets acquired in the year
1882.

The registration of the Assyrian objects obtained in 1881 have been finished.

An index to the descriptive guide to the Kouyunjik Gallery has been prepared.

The descriptive guide to the Nimroud Gallery has been continued.

A case book to the Assyrian tablets has been commenced.

Cylinders of Sennacherib have been collated.

425 tablets have been copied.

Five inscriptions presented to the Sultan have been translated into French, and
copies forwarded with the objects.

3,205 objects have been registered.

700 pieces of tablets, &c., from the old collections, have been marked.

335 labels have been attached to objects.

154 written and printed descriptive labels have been prepared.

Lectures have been delivered to students.

Thirteen Himyaritic inscriptions have been mounted on Caen stone.

Eleven labels have been prepared for Himyaritic inscriptions.

A cast of the Moabite stone has been mounted on a stone plinth.

Collections offered for sale have been examined.

Students have been assisted in their reseaches.

Il. — Acquisitions.

The number of objects acquired during the year amounted to about 42,420, including
30,000 small fragments. Of these, the most remarkable are:—

In the Egyptian division :—

A bronze handle. of a vase from Alexandria. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq.,
F.S.A.

A fragment of a diorite statue from the temple in front of the 2nd Pyramid of Gizeh.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A pantheistic porcelain figure of a ram-headed deity.

A bronze knife from Thebes.

A bronze figure of a king.

Two porcelain rings from Tell-el-Amarna. Presented by the Rev. W. J. Loftie.

A white steatite scarabzeus, referring to the lion hunts of Amenophis III., from Zagazig.
Presented by Mrs. Eustace Smith.
aie scarabei, with hieroglyphs. Presented by Edw. Calvert, Esq., H.M. Consul at

vnodes.

A bronze figure of Khonsu, with inscribed base.

A bronze figure of Khonsu, seated on a throne.

A bronze figure of Bast, with three cats, on a pedestal.

A bronze

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A bronze figure of Osiris.
A bronze figure of Isis.
A bronze figure of Bes.
An amethyst scarabeeus, with a proper name.
A sard scarabeus, with right symbolic eye, and a Pheenician inscription.
Lavender porcelain figure of a frog. Presented by Baron Menascé.
A bronze hatchet-head.
A blue porcelain finger-ring, with titles of Tutankhamen, king of the 18th dynasty,
about B.c. 1433.
Another, with titles of Horus, monarch of the 18th dynasty, about B.c. 1466.
A gold cylindrical bead; from Thebes.
Greco-Egyptian earring, in shape of a snake coiled ; from Alexandria.
A pair of penannular grooved earrings; from Thebes.
White porcelain figure of Harpocrates of the Roman period ; from Thebes.
Alabaster vase, ornamented with two urzi, for holding stibium ; from Thebes.
‘Tron knife, with wooden handle; from Thebes.
Fourteen black porcelain beads, in the shape of flies; from Thebes.
Green porcelain symbolic eyes, in open work; from Thebes.
A necklace of thirty-two beads, chiefly pebbles, pierced and strung ; from Sakkarah.
A necklace ot blue porcelain beads and clasps; {rom Thebes.
Porcelain pendant, fig-shaped, with prenomen of Thothmes III., about B.c. 1600.
A pair of annular earrings of blue porcelain ; from Thebes.
A necklace of amethyst and garnet beads.
A necklace of garnet beads; from Alexandria.
A basalt weight, 1,347} grains; from Sakkarah.
Another, in shape of the body of a duck, 250 grains; from Karnak.
Blue composition pedestal, with hieroglyphic inscription.
White porcelain scarabeus, with name of Khenems, a scribe.
Blue porcelain figure of the god Shu.
A porphyry bead with the name of Usertesen, a monarch of the 12th dynasty, about
B.c. 2000; from Karnak.
Bronze arrow-heads; from Elephantine.
A bronze figure of Amsi or Amen-Horus.
A bronze shuttle, with figure of Ra; from Sakkarah.
A blue-glazed steatite cylinder, inscribed with Kanefer, apparently a royal name.
A wooden moulding stick, with one end in shape of a finger.
Three wooden stebium cases in a scarlet leather bag tied with straps.
A bronze lion-headed deity.
A bronze vase in shape of the fish scarus.
Ivory hairpin, annular bracelet, reel, whorl, rectangular plaques, all chiefly of the
Roman period; from Thebes and Alexandria.
Ivory figure of a dog.
Tortoise-shell comb.
Terracotta fragment of a vase in shape of a galley with centaur at prow, and four
soldiers; from the Fayoum.
Green porcelain lamp-handle, representing galley with winged goat and four draped
figures of a late period.
Linen fragment of red lace ; from Sakkarah.
Woollen and linen fragment of the sleeve of a child’s coat, embroidered with figures of
naked women ; from Sakkarah.
Fragment of embroidered linen, with patterns of human figures and animals ; from
Sakkarah.
Three reed arrows, with bronze heads; from Thebes.
Two wooden combs ; from Thebes.
Green porcelain sepulchral figure, shabti, of persons named Hesi and Pa-ab-net; from
Sakkarah.
Green porcelain sepulchral figure, shabti, of Nasr ; from Thebes.
Upper part of a green porcelain stamp.
Bronze architectural ornament, with a cynocephalus.
Wooden box for holding sepulchral figures, inscribed with the name of Nasi-khons-
a-sheri.
‘ A collection of tiles, ostraka, in demotic Greek and Coptic, some dated in the reigns of
the Roman emperors.
Bronze cylindrical flute, with demotic inscription.
Dark granite hawk, standing, having before it the name of Rameses II.; from Tell-el-
Maskhuta. Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Red granite statue of Ankshernefer, officer of Patum, covered with inscriptions and
figures of deities; from Tell-cl-Maskhuta. Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Wooden sepulchral figure, shabti, of Rameses IJ., engraved with the 6th chapter of the
Ritual. Presented by Rogers Bey.
A collection of objects in bronze and iron, comprising mirrors, strigils, blades of
daggers, spear-heads, horse-trappings, and needle-cases ; from Salamis in Cyprus.
A bronze lion; from Cyprus.
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Hematite weights; from Cyprus.
A bronze penannular armlet ; from Beyrit.

The number of objects, including fragments, acquired during the year 1883, from
Assyria and Babylonia, was about 42,344. The following are the more important :—

A series of exceedingly interesting letters, reports, petitions, &c., to the king of Assyria
at the time, referring to Cappadocian horses, to Ummanigas, king of Elam, to a rebellion
in Babylonia, to the Kimmerians, &c., &c., and one from Assurbanipal to the king of
Elam ; from Kouyunjik.

A number of contract tablets, several of which are impressed with seals; from Kouyunjik.

Some astrological tablets with glosses ; from Kouyunjik.

A number of fragments of tablets of the class supposed to refer to the downfall of
Assyria; from Kouyunjik.

A large piece of the fourth tablet of the series beginning énwma élis, “ when on high”
(the creation series), referring to the fight between the god Merodach and the monster of
the sea; from the Birs-Nimroud.

A perfect syllabary of baked clay from the Birs-Nimroud, giving, among other things,
the numerals in Akkadian. Of great value for the languages of the East in ancient times.

A syllabary of baked clay, almost perfect, from the Birs-Nimroud, of great value for
Babylonian mythology, &c.

Several fragments of syllabaries, also from the Birs-Nimroud, of great value for
the Babylonian and Akkadian languages.

A small egg-shaped object of veined marble, containing an inscription of Sargani, king
of Agadé, evidently the Sargon of Agadé of the Assyrian and Babylonian inscriptions,
who reigned about 3800 B.c.

A square oblong tablet of black steatite, recording a grant of land from Nabt-abla-
iddina, king of Babylon, about 900 B.c., to Nabf-abla-iddina, son of Adnaa. The upper
part of the obverse contains, besides the usual so-called signs of the Zodiac, a small bas-
relief representing the king, Nabfi-abla-iddina, standing, wearing royal robes, holding a
tall staff in his right hand. Before him stands Nabti-abla-iddina, son of Adnda, bare-
headed but for a band passing round his head and falling down behind. His right hand
is raised, and he seems to be in conversation with the king. The workmanship of the
whole is exceedingly fine, and in good preservation.

A document, in duplicate, relating to the dowry of Béltia-ussak, a Babylonian lady.
Dated in the 108th year, in the reign of Antiochus. Impressed on the edges with several
seals; from the Birs-Nimroud.

A tablet referring to the sale of a field situated near the great gate of the Sun-god, by
the Eastern ford, within Borsippa. Dated in the 117th year, in the reign of “ Antiochus,
and Antiochus his son, kings ;”” from the Birs-Nimroud.

Several bilingual lists, mostly referring to the terms used in trading and the drawing-up
of contracts; from the Birs-Nimroud.

A tablet of baked clay, containing a copy of an ancient inscription, on stone, of Sin-
gasid, an ancient Babylonian king; from the Birs-Nimroud.

A large number of tablets referring to the tithes and revenues of the temple of the
Sun-god at Sippara, and also to various trade transactions, dated in the reigns of the
various kings of Babylonia from Saosduchinos to Artaxerxes.

Bronze mould in six pieces, for making two kinds of arrow-heads, about B.c, 400; from
Mosul.

Cast of the Moabite Stone. Presented by the Louvre, Paris.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND RoMAN ANTIQUITIES.
I.—Arrangement.

Fourteen inscriptions, forty-five sculptures, one piece of architecture, three mosaics,
and eight casts, have been repaired and mounted; eighty-eight bronzes, one iron and one
leaden object have been cleaned, repaired, and mounted; thirty-seven fictile vases,
twenty-two terracottas, two glass objects, one ivory object, and three paintings, have
been cleaned, repaired, and mounted; eight vases have been mounted on wooden
pedestals and placed under glass shades; one mosaic has been mounted and placed in
the Carthaginian Basement; twenty-one new moulds have been made from sculptures ;
the walls and ceiling of the Ephesus Room and of the Third Vase Room have been
cleaned and repainted ; the removal of the sculptures from the Mausoleum into the new
Gallery built for their reception has been completed, and progress has been made in the
re-arrangement of the Ephesus Room and of the Galleries on the Upper Floor; eight
hundred and twenty-seven descriptive titles have been attached to objects ; three hundred
and fifteen objects have been registered, and forty-two objects catalogued; Part II. of
Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum has been completed, a new Guide to
the First Vase Room, and two new editions of the General Guide, have been issued.

It is much to be regretted that no provision has yet been made for the exhibition of
the sculptures still withdrawn from public view in the Sepulchral Basement. This col-
lection, which contains part both of the Elgin and Towneley marbles, has already suffered
much from exposure to the foul atmosphere of the Basement; and the detriment to the
surface of the sculptures will be aggravated year by year till a proper room is provided
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IL.— Acquisitions.

I.—Six ancient mural paintings, representing (1) Pluto carrying off Proserpina in a
quadriga ; (2-3) two groups of a male and a female figure ; (4) a winged female figure
holding a branch; (5) a male figure holding a calathus ; and (6) a flower.

These paintings, which originally decorated the tomb of the Nasones, discovered on
the Via Flaminina in 1674, had been lost sight of for more than a century, until they
were purchased at a sale by Mr. George Richmond, r.a. They are remarkable for
free and vigorous drawing, and for the rich and mellow tone of their colouring. They
formed part of the series of paintings which is engraved in Bartoli, “ Pitture antiche del
sepulcro dei Nasonii,” published 1680.

TI.—Bronze situla, from Offida, in Central Italy, remarkable for its size, condition, and
the beauty of its design; it rests on three lion’s feet, above each of which is a group of
Herakles strangling the Nemean lion; the body of the sttula is encircled with two bands
of honeysuckle pattern ; below the attachment of the handles on each side is a Harpy
grasping with either hand a youthful male figure, held up by the left wrist.

III.—Fictile /ekythos, obtained by the late Lord Lyons at Corinth; on it is represented,
in an archaic style, the centaur Nessos carrying off Deianeira, and pursued by Herakles.

IV.—Six intaglios: (1) Sard; bull, altar; (2) Sard; Zeus seated; (3) Sard; Zeus,
two deities; (4) Nicolo; Rome seated on trophies; (5) Jacynth; head with diadem;
(6) Sardonyx; Artemis or Selené.

VY. Two bronze steelyards: (1) inscribed MAPAOXIOY, marked with the divisions of
four scales, one set of which appear to belong to the Ptolemaic mina; from Smyrna;

(2) inscribed A , with the divisions of three scales, of which the unit is probably the
Roman libra; from Sardis.
ViI.—Bronze statuette of Eros; from Athens.
VII.—Eleven stones, on which archaic designs are engraved in intaglio; from Greece.
VIII.—Terracotta relief, representing Hellé seated on the ram.

1X.—Leaden weight, representing the Kyzikene mina; on one side is an inscription
iecliet, [= S
MN A

X.—Fragment of a marble arm which must have belonged to some figure in the
frieze of the Mausoleum.

XI.— Antiquities discovered by Mr. O. Richter in excavations in Cyprus : —

A.—A series of terracotta statuettes of various periods, found together in an ancient
building at Achna near Salamis, and probably representing goddesses or priestesses.
The following are the principal types :

(i.) A female figure, holding against her bosom a bird in her right hand.
(2.) A similar figure, holding a bird in her left hand against her bosom.
(3.) A similar figure, at whose side stands a stag.
(4.) A figure, holding in her left hand a deer (see Cesnola, “ Salaminia,” p. 223).
(5.) A figure, holding in her left hand a lyre (op. cit., p. 193).
(6.) Figure, holding fruit or pomegranate flower.
(7.) Figure, holding one hand on either breast (op. cit., p. 202).
(8.) Very archaic type, of which the arms are indicated as mere stumps.
The site on which these statuettes were found may have been a magazine, in which the

objects dedicated in some temple of Artemis were deposited; they are remarkable for the
light they throw upon the details of Cyprian female attire.

B.—A series of fictile vases and miscellaneous terracotta objects from the same site,
the most remarkable of which is a small model of an altar, inscribed with a dedication
(see Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum, Pt. I1., No. cceclxxxii).

C.—A series of miscellaneous objects in stone, glass, lead, and silver.
D.—Four fragments of Greek inscriptions, of which one is from Achna, the other three

from Larnaca, near the Bamboula Hill (see Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British
Museum, Part II., Nos. ecexciv., cccxcviii., b, c, d).

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II1.— Presents.

I.—A marbie male head, apparently broken off from a figure similar to the statue in
the Archaic Room known as the Choiseul-Gouffier Apollo (Museum Marbles, XI.,
Pl. 32). This head was recently found in a shed at the Cottage St. Lawrence, Isle of
Wight.

Presented by the Hon, E. A, Pelham.

If.—A small marble sarcophagus from Norris Castle, in the Isle of Wight, inscribed
with a dedication by Sempronius Servandus.

Presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, \.G.

III.—1. A bronze helmet, with cheek-pieces, decorated over the frontal with the head
of a Satyr in relief; from Athens.

2. Bronze youthful male bust, representing perhaps the Emperor Nero.

3-4. A circular ornament, and a hairpin, both of bronze; the hairpin was found on the
rock of St. Trifon, Canton de Vaux, Switzerland.

5. An iron spear-head.

6. Fictile kylix, decorated with red figures; on the interior is Hermes, on the exterior
two scenes from the palestra.

7-21. A series of fifteen fictile vases of the early brown glazed ware, such as is specially
found near the Alban lake in Etruria; these vases are said to have been found between
Albano and Marino, enclosed in a large vase which is now preserved in Rome.

22-23. Two glandular objects in terracotta.
Presented by W. T. Belt, Esq.

IV.—1. A bronze dolphin, from Constantinople.

2-3. A bronze scrotum, and part of a left foot, both broken from a statue; said to have
been found on the same site as the Castellani bronze head of a goddess now in the Museum.

Seven objects in terracotta, viz. :—
4, A statuette of Artemis Polymastos, from Ephesus.

5. Grotesque head of a dwarf.

6. Fragment of relief representing a draped flute-player.

7-8. Two triangular tablets, bearing ou one side the impression of an intaglio gem
representing Eros, and on the reverse a monogram in relief,

9. Mould for a floral ornament; said to come from Smyrna.

10. Mould for a flower.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

V.—1. Marble head of a stag; from Malta.

2. Fragment of architectural mouldin g¢, formed by a row of shells embedded in a ground
of stucco, coloured red; from Rome.

3. A plug of plaster, found in the mouth of an amphora, inscribed I@ vv
from Alexandria; published in the Hellenic Journal, Vol. IV.,p. 158. — - C&

4-7. A wheel, horseman, horse, and astragalos, all in lead.
8-9. An astragalos, of bronze, and one of bone.

10-17. Eight bronze arrow-heads.

18-20. Three iron arrow-heads.

21-22. A spoon, and a tongue of a balance, in bone.

23. Small ivory terminal figure, rudely executed.

24. Terracotta club-shaped object.
All these objects (4-24) are from Hierapolis (Pambuk-Kalessi), in Asia Minor.

25-26. Two fictile lamps; from Larnaca.

27. A marble weight, hemispherical, with the figures 1+ inscribed on the base ; a bronze
ring for suspension is passed through the upper part; from Rome.
Presented by the Rev. G. Chester.
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—

VJ.—A series of thirty-one fictile vases of various periods, two terracotta lamps, and a
terracotta head broken from a statuette.

Presented by Admiral Lord Clarence Paget.
VII.—l. Terracotta relief, representing a seated male figure ; from Athens.

2. An archaic terracotta statuette of a horse, painted with geometric patterns.
Presented by Cecil Torr, Esq.

VIII. Bronze weight, dodekadrachma, acquired by Mr. Calvert from a peasant at

Corinth.

Presented by A. Gilbertson, Esq.

IX. Two terracotta tablets, similar to those already described (see ante, IV., 7-8).
Presented by J. Reddie Anderson, Esq.

X. Six moulds of coins in terracotta, being part of a series of two hundred and sixty-

two found in the Fayoum; four are from coins of Licinius I., and two from coins of
Constantine I.

Presented by Mrs. Sharp.
XI. Fragment of wall painting, excavated in the Coliseum at Rome.
Presented by Lady Wolff.

XII.—Cast, in bronze, of the group of Hermes, with the infant Dionysos, from the
plaster restoration of that group by Miss Halse recently presented to the Museum.

Presented by Mr. George Halse.
XIII. Cast of a bust of Niobe now in the possession of Lord Yarborough.
Presented by the Authorities of the South Kensington Museum.
C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BrRiTISH AND MepimyvyaL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.— Arrangement.

In consequence of the space obtained by the removal of the Zoological collections to
the new Museum, the changes im this departrnent during the past year have been very
considerable, and may be summarized as follows :—

The arrangement of the Anglo-Roman and Anglo-Saxon Rooms was finally completed
at Easter last, and the rooms opened to the public.

The Eastern Zoclogical Gallery having been repainted, the contents of the Ethno-
graphical Room have been removed into it, and united with the ethnographical portion
of the Christy Collection, and the series thus formed is in the course of classification and
arrangement. ‘Twenty new table-cases have been placed in this room, eighteen of which
are on temporary supports, awaiting the completion of the bases. Sixteen old table-
cases have also been placed in the gallery, the woodwork being repolished and locks of
the new suite fitted on them.

The collections of glass, and of Italian and other medieval pottery, hitherto in the
British and Medieval Room, together with the central cases belonging to them, have
been removed to the former Ethnographical Room, such specimens in the Henderson
Collection as are of the same nature having been incorporated with them, and the whole
re-arranged.

The former Southern Zoological Gallery having been repainted, and the locks of the
wall-cases altered to the new suite, the medieval antiquities have been removed into this
room, together with eight table-cases, and the few portraits painted in oil remaining in
the Museum have been hung on the walls. The arrangement of the collection had been
commenced, but was interrupted by the necessity of admitting more light into the wall-
cases by means of opening in the tops. This has now been done, and it is hoped that the
re-arrapgement will shortly be completed. Two new table-cases have been added to this
room, and upon one of the old ones a narrow metal case has been fixed.

The remainder of the contents of the British and Medieval Room has been removed
into the Prehistoric Saloon, from which the Henderson, Meyrick, and Burges Collections
have been removed, and incorporated with the various sections to which the specimens
belong ; and one portion of the Prehistoric series, the Greenwell Collection, has been
arranged. The walls of the Prehistoric Saloon have been repainted, and locks of the
new suite put to such of the wall-cases as required them. Three old table-cases have
been removed to this saloon,

The walls of the former Mammalian Saloon have been repainted, and the locks of the
wall-cases altered to the new suite, and plate glass has been substituted for common glass
where necessary. It is intended to arrange in this saloon the collections of Oriental art.

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As, however, such an arrangement could not be completed until the entrance to the new

galleries had been finished, it has been thought desirable to postpone the arrangement of

this portion of the collection until the other sections are in order.

G ane cases containing Early Christian Antiquities have been placed in the Northern
orridor.

Horizontal blinds have been put to the skylights in part of the Prehistoric Saloon, the
Medieval Room, and the Oriental Saloon.

The very large collection of ethnographical specimens in the Christy Collection, as
before mentioned, has been packed, removed to the Museum, and unpacked, without
damage, and the occupation of the rooms in Victoria-street has been given up.

Four hundred and sixty-three small antiquities have been mounted on tablets, in an
uniform manner. Twenty-seven large tablets of antiquities have been prepared.
Thirty-four objects have been mounted on pedestals. A wooden stand has been made
for the Roman pigs of lead. Two Roman leaden coffins have been repaired and fitted
with internal wooden supports. Four prints illustrating Roman antiquities have been
framed and exhibited. Labels have been printed for eleven series of Anglo-Saxon
aptiquities ; one hundred and two labels have been painted; and four hundred and
sixty-two temporary card labels written. Thirty-five specimens of pottery have been
repaired, as well as three ancient Mexican stone figures; and five objects in metal have
been cleaned and varnished. A large number of antiquities of iron have been boiled in
wax to arrest decay.

One hundred and sixty-four locks of the new suite have been fitted on wall-cases, and
one hundred and sixty-eight of the same on table-cases.

The permanent catalogue on slips of the ethnographical collections has been continued,
oy five hundred and fifty-three specimens described, with a careful sketch of each
object.

The Registration has also been continued, and four hundred and ninety-seven objects
registered.

IL.— Acquisitions.

(1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities :—

Antiquities discovered in excavations made by the donor in the ancient British flint
workings known as “ Grimes Graves,” in the parish of Weeting, Norfolk, consisting of
picks made of deer’s horn, a stone axe, chalk cups believed to have been used as lamps,
and flint implements and flakes. Described in the “ Journal of the Ethnological Society,”
1869-70, p.419. Also a number of flint implements found on the site of an ancient Irish
manufactory at Whitepark Bay, county Antrim. All presented by the Rev. William
Greenwell, D.C.L., F.R.S.

A number of flint implements, paleolithic and neolithic, discovered in Kent, from the
collection of George Payne, Esq., F.8.A.

British urns and flint implements found in barrows at North Newbold, Lincolnshire,
and Huggate Wold, Yorkshire; two “food vessels” from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, and
a “ drinking cup” found in Suffolk, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Five urns found at Mill Hill Park, Acton, Middlesex, presented by Albert Harts-
horne, Esq., F.S.A.

A pierced stone axe of arare type, from Ireland, presented by the Rev. George Wilson.

Bronze halbert head found near Enniskillen, presented by the Earl of Enniskillen.

Fragment of the well-known gold corslet found near Mold in Flintshire, presented by
F. Potts, Esq.

A collection of bronze objects, chiefly part of a remarkable hoard discovered at Dowris,
King’s County, Ireland, and another curious hoard from Lusmagh, in the same county;
formerly belonging to Mr. Cooke, of Parsonstown, whose collection was acquired
by the Museum in 1854.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :—

A series of flint implements excavated by the donor in Egypt, presented by W. M.
Flinders Petrie, Esq.

Seventy-six stone implements from the North West Provinces ot India, presented by
J. H. Rivett-Carnac, Esq., C.1.u., F.S.A. Four flint cores from Scinde, presented
by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.p.; and cores and flakes from Jubbulpore, Bengal
Presidency, presented by Mrs. Ryder. .

Sixteen bronze implements from Italy, a bronze spear from Cyprus, and an “incense
cup” from Denmark, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(2.) Anglo-Roman:—

Two milestones found at Yro, Caernarvonshire, one of them with the name of, the
Emperor Hadrian, of the year a.p. 121—2, with a statement that it had been erected
eight miles from the Roman station Kanovium, placed by some at Caerryn, and by
others at Conway. The other with the name of the Emperor Severus and his two sons,
anciently mutilated to erase the name of Geta; date about 198—208 a.p. Presented
by Major Henry Platt.

A Roman sword or parazonium of nearly the same proportions as the so-called sword
of Tiberius (which was found at Mayence, and presented to the British Museum in 1866).

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It has a broad iron blade, and the remains of its bronze sheath with arabesque foliage
and above, the subject of Romulus and Remus with the wolf, in repoussé work. This
remarkable object was discovered in the Thames at Putney in 1873. Presented by
Thomas Layton, Esq., F.s.A.

A collection of antiquities excavated by George Payne, Esgq., F.s.a., in the neighbour-
hood of Sittingbourne, and described in the “ Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries,”
and in the “ Archzxologia Cantiana.’”’ They are from Roman cemeteries at Murston and
Bayford, and include some fine bronze vessels, glass vases of elegant form and perfect
preservation ; also a leaden coffin of a child, part of a larger coffin with heads of Medusa
in low relief, and numerous other specimens.

Various Roman antiquities found in London, some of them presented by F. G. Hilton
Price, Esq., F.S.4., J. E. Price, Esq., ¥.s.a., and A. W. Franks, Esq.

Bronze boss of a shield found in Teesdale, presented by the Rev. William Greenwell,
D.C.L., F.R.S. Bronze mirror found at Deal, Kent, presented by the Rev. William
L. Lawson. Hand-bricks from West Dereham, presented by J. J. Mann, Esq. Bone
pin from Gloucestershire, presented by Professor Arthur H. Church. Three bronze
figures from the Londesborough Collection, stated to have been found in Oxfordshire ;
presented by A. W. Franks, lisq. Radiate bust from Gloucestershire, presented by Mr.
Robert Ready.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c. :—

A very remarkable series of objects discovered in a large barrow at Taplow, Bucks,
possibly the “ hlaew” from which the place takes its name, and which appear to have
been deposited in the grave of an Anglo-Saxon chief of distinction. They consist
of a gold buckle set with garnets, a pair of gilt clasps of rich design, the remains of two
large drinking horns with elaborate mounts, and portions of several smaller ones, four
glass drinking cups of peculiar make; a set of bone draughtsmen, a twelve-sided bronze
vessel, the remains of two large buckets, and a cauldron; two iron shield bosses, an iron
sword, several spear heads, and gold shreds which seemed to have formed a band of rich
stuff for the edging of acloak. Excavated by Mr. James Rutland, and presented by
the Rey. Charles Whately, Rector of Taplow.

A considerable collection of antiquities, the contents of graves excavated by Mr. G. W.
Thomas in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Sleaford, in Lincolnshire ; alsa a smaller series of
similar objects from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Kenninghall, Norfolk; both presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A finely preserved scrammaseax found at Little Bealings, Suffolk, presented by
Manfred Biddell, Esq. A bronze plate engraved and gilt, probably the centre of a bowl,
found at Chichester, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.G.s.

Two portions of a sculptured tombstone, found in the City of London; probably made
by the Danes, and of similar workmanship to the slab with Runic inscription found in
St. Paul’s Churchyard; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An iron sword of Scandinavian type found in a grave at Santon, Norfolk, presented by
the Rey. W. Weller Poley; and one of a pair of oval brooches, also Scandinavian, found
in the same grave as the preceding; presented by the Rey. William Greenwell.

The continental examples of the same period have been increased by thirteen
Merovingian vessels of pottery found near Beauvais and St. Omer, presented by John
Evans, Ksq., F.R.S., and a two-handled bronze vessel from Wallup, near Mayence,
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Among the later English speeimens may be noticed the following :—

Fragments of four bas-reliets carved in alabaster, from Kettlebaston, Suffolk, presented
by the Rey. James Beck. Portions of two stone mouldings painted and gilt, from
St. Stephen’s Chapel, presented by C. R. Baker-King, Esq.

A leaden box of the 13th century, found at Hoylake, Cheshire, presented by
J. Romilly Allen, Esq.

A brass reliquary of the 15th century, probably of English work, presented by Henry
Willett, Esq. A pint measure im bronze, with the initials of Queen Elizabeth, and the
date 1601, presented by John Evans, Fsq. An iron dagger dated 1593, presented by
the Rev. William Greenwell; and the cloth cap of a London apprentice, found in
Moorfields, presented by F. G. Hilton Price, Esq-

Two carved wooden medallions, portraits of Charles II. and James II., presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq. Complicated works of a watch, made by Geo. Margetts, and
presented by L. B. Phillips, Esq.; and a water clock of peculiar construction, bequeathed
by N. S. Heineken, Esq.

Enamelled pendant found in Cambridgeshire, presented by Walter K. Foster,
Esq., F.s.A. Remains of sculptured ivory comb, probably found in England, presented
by John Evans, Esq.

Leaden matrix of a seal of Elias son of William Parwikin, found at Stockbury, Kent,
presented by R. C. Hussey, Esq. A jet seal, and another in walrus ivory, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c.:—

Two bottles with figures of St. Menas of Alexandria, found in Egypt, presented by
the Rev. Greville J. Chester. A byzantine embroidered medallion and a terra cotta
lamp, also found in Egypt, presented by E. T. Rogers Bey.

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Twelve specimens of French pottery, including five dishes made by Bernard Palissy,
eight pieces of Italian majolica, a terra cotta medallion representing a monk, and a bronze
figure of a jester, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. Two carvings in ivory, presented
by Sidney Vacher, Esq. ; six shell cameos, seven glass pastes, and a majolica plaque
representing St. Theodora, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. Two carved
mother-of-pearl plaques of 15th century work.

An iron plaque of Armenian work, inlaid with gold and silver, perhaps part of a book
cover.

(5.) Glass Collection :—

An ancient Egyptian bead, presented by Mrs. Skinner. Two ancient Egyptian
plaques for inlaying ; a glass bottle from Sidon, two necklaces of beads from Cumz, two
bracelets from the Fayoum, and thirty-seven other specimens of glass from the Hast.

An Arab bottle and beads, and two vases, probably made in the island of Rhodes,
presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical :—

A clay seal found at Wala in Kathiawar, presented by Col. J. W. Watson. Four
vessels of pottery and two clay cylinders found in cutting a canal from Rangoon to
Twantay, Burmah, presented by Arthur Hough, Esq. <A globular pottery vessel found
in a barrow S.E. of Prome, Burmah, presented by the Rev. Mr. Stevens; another vessel
from the same locality, presented by Robert Gordon, Esq.

Bronze objects from Talifu, Yunnan, a Chinese sword mace, and two bamboo “ jew’s
harps” from Formosa, presented by E. Colborne Baber, Esq. Portion of a human
skull with inscriptions, from the Summer Palace, Pekin, presented by E. Gilbertson, Esq.
Fifty-one Chinese and Japanese bronzes, and the war dress of a Tartar General, pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Esq. Chinese bronze vase, presented by the Rev. William L.
Lawson. Two silver hairpins from Loochoo, and a finger ring from Corea, presented
by Ernest Satow, Esq.

A flask of brass inlaid with silver, Arab work of the 14th century, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq. Forty-three Arab chessmen of ivory and ebony. Carnelian,
engraved with the 109th chapter of the Koran, presented by Major General F. W.
Stubbs, R.A. Seven stones engraved with Oriental inscriptions, presented by the Rey.
Greville J. Chester; and a Turkish pen case of brass, presented by H. J. Sydenham, Esq.

Sixteen stone celts from Akim and Wassau Mining Districts, West Coast of Africa,
presented by A. E. Waiton, Esq. Two Kafir snuff bottles from South Africa, presented
by Thomas Pike, Esq.

A wooden carving from New Zealand, presented by Captain Drysdale; a canoe, with
outrigger, from the Hawaiian Islands, presented by A. MacCunn, Esq.; and eight stone
axes from the Solomon Islands, presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

Seven stone implements from Brazil, presented by Antonio Bangel, Esq.; a stone
roller from Bahia, Brazil, presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq. Sixteen pottery vases
and two stone implements from Chiriqui, presented by G. C. Champion, Esq., and two
pottery spindle whorls from Tolima, U.S. Colombia, presented by W. D. Powles, Esq.

An axe and sixteen stone arrowheads from the Katawa Indians, South Carolina,
presented by Col. W. Davie; and two casts of stone implements found in Missouri,
presented by the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.

III.—Christy Collection.

This collection has now been removed to the British Museum, and incorporated with
the ethnographical specimens there.

Four hundred and eighty-two additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :-—

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

A collection of prehistoric remains excavated by the Rev. J. Magens Mello in the
bone caves of Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, and described by him in the “ Quarterly
Journal of the Geological Society,” 1877. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two polished stone implements from Rome, and twenty-one from Hierapolis, presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq. Stone implements from Sidon and Ras Berut, Syria, and from
Denderah and Gizeh, Egypt, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. A series of
flint flakes from Helouan, Egypt, presented by Mrs. Sharp. _ Thirteen stone implements
from the West Coast of Africa, presented by Captain C. A. Moloney. |

Chalcedony adze blade from Central Java, presented by H. O. Forbes, Esq. Two
stone implements from Japan, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

2. Ethnography of Africa :—
A fly flap made of an elephant’s tail from Central Africa presented by the Rev.

Greville J. Chester.
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A series of objects used in Egypt, collected by the late Mr. IX. W. Lane, and figured
in his ‘‘ Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians;” presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

3. Ethnography of Asia:—

A collection of ethnographical specimens from various parts of Central Asia, brought
by Dr. Lansdell, and presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A fine series of specimens collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes in Timor Laut and neigh-
bouring islands of the Asiatic Archipelago in 1881-82; presented by the Council of the
Royal Society ; and a further series from the same localities, presented by A. W.

Franks, Esq.
4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia :—

A number of ethnographical specimens from New Guinea, Jervis Island, Torres
Straits, and New Britain; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Specimens from the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, and Santa Cruz Islands; pre-
sented by the Rev. Richard B. Comins.

5. Antiquities und Ethnography of America :-—

Three stone implements from Santa Caterina, Brazil; presented by the Rey. William
Greenwell, D.c.L., F.R.S.

Bows, arrows, and other implements of the Botocudos Indians, Rio Doce territory,
Brazil; presented by the Council of the Anthropological Institute.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal,
the collection formed by Mr. Carl Bock on kis journeys in Siam and Laos, described in
his work “ Temples and Elephants.”

Up to the end of June last, when the Christy Collection was finally closed, there had
been 127 visitors to the collection during the year.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF Corns AND MeEDALs.

I.— Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

130 coins of various parts of the Greek world have been registered, and 329 in-
corporated.

Re-arrangement with a view to cataloguing has been made of the following series:
Athens, down to B. C. 322, Cephallenia, Zacynthus, Messenia, Laconia, Argolis, Crete,
and most of the Cyclades.

The coins of the early Lycian League have been arranged in accordance with the
discoveries of Schmidt and Savelsberg.

720 tickets have been written for the coins of Thessaly to Aetolia, and 92 for the
coins of the Ptolemies, giving references to the recently printed catalognes of those
series.

2. Roman Series :—

4 Imperial coins and 1 contorniate, 3 Byzantine coins, and 2 glass Byzantine coin-
weights have been registered and incorporated.

A find of 427 gold coins of the Byzantine Emperors Alexius I. Comnenus, and
John II. Comnenus, Andronicus Comnenus and Isaac Angelus has been examined and a
small selection made for the Museum.

3. English Series :—

118 coins, medals, and tokens, acquired during the years 1882 and 1883, have been
registered, and 104 have been incorporated.

The English tradesmen’s tokens of the seventeenth century, hitherto placed alphabeti-
cally under the names of their issuers, have been re-arranged under counties and localities
with fresh heading cards, &c.

(Mae have been made in the arrangement of the siege-pieces of the reign of

arles I.

A hoard of silver coins from Elizabeth to Charles I. discovered at Chalgrove, and a

collection of 1,143 Anglo-Saxon and Hiberno-Danish coins, said to be a find, have been
examined. |

4. Medieval and Modern Series :—

134 coins and medals have been registered, and 144 have been incorporated.

References to the coins of the Freudenthal Collection, which from want of space cannot
at present be incorporated, have been placed throughout the series of the Popes, the
Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, Sardinia, Savoy, and Milan.

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The coins of the Crusaders and those of the Normans in Sicily and Apulia, and at
Amalfi, have been revised and in part re-arranged.

Some coins formerly marked as uncertain, have been attributed to their proper places in
the series of Denmark.

The series of Papal medals has been revised, the posthumous specimens having been
separated as far as possible from the contemporary.

A collection of 300 coins of Germany and Switzerland, another of Italian and German
medals, and a descriptive catalogue of 1,201 Papal medals, have been examined with a
view to making selections for the British Museum.

5. Oriental Series:—

469 coins of various localities have been registered, and 444 have been incorporated.

The whole class of the Indo-Scythic coins has been arranged in order previous to
cataloguing, and the specimens in gold have been weighed.

102 coins have been weighed and measured for the catalogue of Persian coins.

Numerous outside labels have been placed in the trays of the Oriental series
{Cabinets I.— VIII.)

34 cards giving references to the catalogue of Oriental coins, Vol. I., have been written
and placed under the specimens.

The coins of the Chinese series have been transferred to more suitable cabinets, and
1,018 tickets have been written for the registration of the Morse Collection (2nd portion).

A large collection of Orientai gold and silver coins, formerly the property of the ex-
Khedive Ismail Pasha, has been examined, and 167 specimens in gold and 286 in silver
have been selected to be submitted for purchase.

A collection of Persian, Indian, and other Oriental coins has been examined.

A portion of a hoard of gold and silver coins discovered at Broach in India, consisting
in the main of the currency of the Memluk Sultans of Egypt in the 13th and 14th
centuries, has been examined, and a selection made for the Museum.

A. collection consisting of 357 gold Oriental coins has also been examined, and a
selection has been made from it.

Progress has been made with the arrangement and classification of the coins of the
India Office Collection, and 786 coins wanted for the British Museum have been selected
from the following classes: Greek, Parthian, early Hindu, Assam, Nepal, Cabul, Cash-
mere, Southern India and Ceylon, Pathans of Delhi and Bengal, Afghans, Moguls of
Delhi, &c.

II.— Acquisitions, 1883.

Gold Lead
Class. and Silver. Copper. Billon, and White Giass. ToTaL.
Electrum. Metal.

Greek - - - - 6 52 79 2 - - 1389
Roman - - - g z 1 - - ~ 5
Medizval and Modern - 8 87 51 11 8 - 165
English - - - 2 68 40 2 8 - 120
Oriental - - - 42 129 4,643 - 5 10 4,829

ToraL- - - 60 338 4,814 15 21 10 5,258

Remarkable Coins and Medals.
1. Greek Series :—

(Purchased).

A small gold coin of Panticapeum ; type, bow and arrow.

A beautiful silver stater of Abdera, bearing a figure of Apollo accompanied by his
stag.

A tetradrachm issued at Odessus,bearing the name and type of Alexander the Great,
but the portrait of Mithradates.

Two didracbms of Thebes ; one bearing the type of a seated nymph, the other Herakles
stringing his bow.

A very rare stater of Olus in Crete, with the head of Artemis Britomartis and the
figure of Zeus enthroned.

A gold stater of Rhescuporis I. of Pontus, with the portrait of Tiberius.
i mee archaic electrum staters of Cyzicus, with the type of an armed head, perhaps of

allas.

A very early coin of Cyrene; type, blossoms of silphium arranged in a star.

2, English

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2. English Series :—
(Purchased).

A unique gold coin of Athelred IT.
A lead medal of Queen Elizabeth by the Italian medallist, Primavera.

(Presented).

Five very rare large silver plaques of William III. and Mary, Anne, and the Duke of
Marlborough, probably intended to be mounted in the covers of boxes. Presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

An extremely rare stamped plate, with the portrait and arms of the Emperor Matthias,
executed by Simon Passe. Presented by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, k.c.

The sixpence and twopence of the rare Bermuda ‘‘ Hog-money.” Presented by Sir
J. Henry Lefroy, K.c.m.c. The threepence of the “ Hog-money.” Presented by the
late J. Kermack Ford, Esq.

8. Medieval and Modern Series :—
(Purchased).

‘Some fine and interesting German Bracteates.
A fine medal of Mehemet II. by the painter, Gentile Bellini, and another of great
interest of Costanzio Sforza, by Enzola.

(Presented).

A silver plate stamped in imitation of engraving, bearing the portrait of Gustavus
Adolphus of Sweden, and supposed to be the work of Walter Schultz. Presented by
A. W. Franks. Esq.

4, Oriental Series :—

(Purchased).

An important series of Moorish coins of Spain and Africa.

Three coins of Nadir Shah, struck at Lahore and Peshawur, and for Scinde.

A coin of Mangu Khan.

A copper coin of Timur, struck at Delhi.

Considerable acquisitions have been made in the Indian and Afchan series.

In the Chinese section, the important collection of Mr. Consul Christopher Gardner has
been acquired, as well as the second portion of that of Mr. H. B. Morse.

(Presented).

Three very rare Turkish coins from the donor’s collection. Presented by Edward

Gilbertson, Esq.
A large series of current Turkish coins. Presented by E. D. Dickson, Esq., M.p.

III.— Catalogues.

1. Greek Series :—

The Catalogue of the coins of the Ptolemies and the Catalogue of the coins of Thessaly,
Epirus, Corcyra, Acarnania, and AXtolia, have been published.
Other Volumes of this series are in preparation.

2. English Series :—

The Catalogue of English medals is in the press. .
The Catalogue of English coins, vol. i (Saxon series, part I.), is in preparation.

3. Oriental Series :—

Vol. viii of the Oriental Catalogue has been published.
The Catalogue of Persian coins and the Catalogue of Indian coins, vol. i (tie Pathans

of Delhi, &c.), are in the press.

LV .—E£chibitions.

The exhibitions ofthe Department of Coins, namely, the electrotypes of Greek coins,
and of Roman and Byzantine gold coins, and the selection of original English, Italian,
French, German, and Dutch medals, have been transferred to the new exhibition rooms
in the North Gallery, and the following additions have been made : —

A series of original Greek coins, arranged in geographical order in two of the table

cases.
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A selection of electrotypes of Roman large brass coins and medallions.

A selection of English coins in electrotype, from the earliest times to the end of the
reign of Elizabeth, and a series of original English, Colonial, and American coins, from
the time of James I., to the present day.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during 1883 was 1,989.

The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1883 was 22,195.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

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DEPARTMENTS OF NaturaL HisTory.

In the course of the year 1883 an addition of 72,254 specimens has been made to tne
Natural History. Of these, 31,446 have been received in the Department of Zoology,
15,897 in that of Geology, 450 in that of Mineralogy, and 24,561 im that of Botany.

All these, with the rest of the specimens, are in a good state of preservation.

I have, also, to report the safe reception of the specimens of Natural History from the
Bloomsbury Building, and in reference to their location and arrangement, to submit the
following account :

The lowest and earliest forms of life may now be studied in the series of specimens
arranged in the easternmost of the top-lit Galleries, C., in the Department of Geology ;
they include series of Silurian Graptolites, the Foraminifers, the Radiolarians, the
Sponges. the Hydrozoans, and the Anthozoal Corals. Along one side of this Gallery are
the evidences of organisms which have diverged, in the course of evolution, to the grade
of Plants. Among the fossil specimens may be seen the tropical fruits from the eocene
beds of the Isle of Sheppey, indicative of the climate then and there prevailing; also of
petrified wood, and the opalized trunk measuring nine feet four inches in length.

In the next wider top-lit Gallery, B., specimens show the radiate type of animals risen
to the form of Crinoids, or stalked Star-fishes, which flourished in the upper Silurian
and the earlier Mesozoic periods. ‘These specimens are followed by the higher
Echinoderms, represented by Asteriads and Echinoids, of which many species are still
in existence. Of such kinds of primitive forms of life, specimens of existing Spouges
(Porifera), and of Corals (Polypifera) are exhibited in the narrower side, or floor, Gallery
of the west wing, which is entered from the wider one devoted to the exhibited series
of Birds.

Ascending to the annulose type, the earlier forms of the articulate division are shown
in the Gallery, C. or No. III., of the eastern wing ; e¢.g., in the series of Trilobites, now
extinct; and in the Merostomatous forms still represented by the Limulus, or “ King
Crab,” which preceded the Macrourous and Brachyurous Crustacea now prevailing.
Evidences of the early forms of air-breathing Arthropods, the Scorpions, e.g., are here
also displayed.

For the numerous and varied forms of Insects, the present building has afforded space
in a well-lit apartment on the basement story, to which access is given in the west wing.

Of the Mollusca, the earlier and extinct forms may be studied in the wider top-lit
Galleries, B., and No. 2, of the east wing. In the latter, may be seen the rich series of
varied and beautiful forms of the chambered and siphonate shells, represented, now, by
two surviving Genera, Nautilus and Spirula. Specimens of these existing Cephalopods
are exhibited in a corresponding top-lit side-Gallery in the west wing. But an inade-
quate idea of the 4-gilled division of Cephalopods (Zetrabranchiata), would be conveyed
by its sole existing representative, the Pearly Nautilus; the east wing must be re-visited
to study the gradations of shape from the earliest straight forms of Orthoceratites, through
the stages of Hamite modifications of curvature, augmenting to the spirally disposed
Ammonites and Nautilites. The dwelling chamber of the Molluscous Constructor is
more or less mutilated in the fossils. But, for the instruction of Visitors, restorations of
the type-members of extinct generic groups are given in coloured drawings, with figures
of the “ animal,” or soft parts of the Nautilus pompilius. A corresponding illustration
is given of the still existing Spzrula showing the internal position, like that of the
lamellate shell of the cuttle-fish, of the sole spiral, chambered, shell, hitherto discovered
in the higher, dibranchiate, division of the Cephalopoda. The chambered shell of the
extinct group of Belemnites is here shown, under,divers modifications : it is straight, as in
Orthoceras, but is internal as in Spirula ; and is associated with a defensive “ ink-bag,”
exemplifying the aftinity of these fossils to the existing Cuttles (Sepiade) and Squids
(Loliginide).

Specimens of existing kinds of these “naked” Cephalopods may be studied in the
Building, apart from the Museum, but communicating by a covered way, appropriated
to all the recent forms of animals preserved in alcoholic or other liquors. Here, also,
may be seen the female Argonauta, which secretes by expansions of one of the pairs of
arms the light symmetrical shell in which her eggs are deposited, and which protects the
incubative proportion of her own body.

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With the shells of existing Cephalopods are shown, in a top-lit Gallery of the west
wing, the numerous and varied kinds of shells of the lower classes of the Mollusca.

To the class of Fishes are appropriated two of the top-lit Galleries, one in the east,
the other in the west wing. In the former (Gallery A.) may be seen the numerous and
varied forms of the “ ganoid” or enamelled-scaled order, fragmentarily represented in the
existing series by the nilotic Polypterus and the ohiotic Lepidosteus, which are shown in
the west wing. Here, though the “ placoid” groups of Sharks and Rays are less scantily
exemplified, the magnitude, variety, and formidable armature of these fishes can only be
appreciated by the rich series of fossil forms, of paleozoic and mesozoic periods, in the
Collections of Fossil Fishes, accumulated by the EARL OF ENNISKILLEN and the late
Sir Puitie per Matpas Grey EcEerron, which are now combined, systematically,
with the like Collections and Specimens previously acquired by the British Museum.

In a top-lit Gallery of the west wing are arranged the stuffed or dried specimens of
the class Reptilia, such existing kinds exemplifying the Orders Crocodilia, Chelonia,
Lacertilia, Ophidia ; and with these are shown similar specimens of the class Amphibia,
represented by salamanders, frogs, toads, newts, and sirenoids. Other specimens of both
classes are shown in the Spirit-building.

How fragmentary a proportion of the cold-blooded air-breathing Vertebrates are, as
above exemplified, may be comprehended by visiting the top-lit Gallery, contiguous to
and parallel with the ground-floor one of the east wing. Here may be studied the older
(mesozoic) forms of Crocodiles, with modified vertebre suitable to marine life, represent-
ing the extinct genera Teleosaurus, Steneosaurus, Plesiosuchus. Here, also, are the fossils
of the gigantic terrestrial Reptiles, Iguanodon, Mvgalosaurus, Omosaurus, Pureiasaurus,
Tapinocephalus, Scelidosaurus, representing the extinct order Dinosauria. Another, also
extinct, order of the class is exemplified by genera and species of Theriodontia, from triassic
deposits of South Africa. The same deposits have yielded evidences of the distinct
Order Anomodontia, here exemplified by specimens of Dicynodon, Ptychognathus, and
Oudenodont genera and species.

Amongst the petrified evidences indicating near affinity to the existing order Lacertilia,
the most remarkable is the great horned Lizard of Australia (Megalunia prise), of which
the acquired parts of the fossil skeleton are made intelligible by a pictorial restoration.
Near these are shown the remains of the extinct volant Order of Reptiles, called
* Pterosauria,” the membranous wings of which were supported, as in bats, on long and
slender digital joints, but developed only in a single pair, one for each wing. The
Reptiles, which, of old, existed, under modifications specially adapting them for marine
life, are represented by a type of the order Mosopterygia, and by the more numerous and
varied genera (Pliosaurus and Plesiosaurus) of the order Sauropterygia ; the latter genus
is remarkable tor the length of the neck and number of its vertebra. Contrasted with
the Plestvsauri, are the numerous and commonly well-preserved fossil skeletons of the
fish-like, neck-less, Ichthyopterygia, represented by the species of Ichthyosuurus. In no
localities of the present Museum is the contrast between existing and extinct members
of the same class more strikingly manifested than in the Galleries respectively
devoted to the display of the recent and fossil Reptilia, and of the recent and fossil ~
Cephalopoda.

Rising to the warm-blooded, quick-breathing animals, the proportions are reversed.
The whole of the ground-floor Gallery with its terminal Saloon, in the west wing, does
not exhaust, though well filled with the representatives of the genera and species of the
class Aves. It is, however, usefully supplemented by the Collection of unstuffed skins
of Birds, systematically arranged in the drawers of cabinets occupying a contiguous top-lit
Gallery. Specimens of the extinct members of the feathered class, arranged in the
terminal Saloon of the Gallery of Geology (east wing), may be studied in the toothed and
long-tailed mesozoic form of Archeopteryx. Remains of dentigerous Birds ( Odontopteryx)
from eocene deposits may likewise here be seen. But the most numerous avian fossils
exemplify the huge, extinct, wingless birds of New Zealand ( Dinornithide).

Existing generic and specific forms of the class Mammalia, are arranged in the first
floor Gallery and Saloon of the west wing, a compartment of the basement floor being
devoted to the Cetacea. The bony and horny characters of the rest of the class may be
studied in the upper Gallery, west wing. Here the human Skeleton may be compared
with that of the Gorilla, the Chimpanzee, the Orang, and the Gibbon.

Cranial evidences of early members of mankind, with primitive tools and weapons, are
exhibited in the Gallery of Geology, east wing. The main part of this Gallery displays the
evidences of the extinct members of the class Mammalia. ‘he existing kinds of elephant
shown in the west Gallery are now restricted to the warmer latitudes of Asia and Africa; but
the fossil evidences are of kinds which roamed over Australia, South and North America,
and the temperate and northern latitudes of Asia and Europe, including our own island.
Extinct predecessors of existing Solidungulates here exemplify the development of the
aborted digits called “splint bones” of the horse, ass, and zebra, into hoof-clad toes ;
other and older tertiary forms lead to the primeval pentadactyle ungulates. The huge
extinct forms of Antelopes, Deer, Bisons, and Bovines, are also here displayed.

The Mammalian Orders which are represented by few and small species at the present
period, but by numerous, more diversified and larger kinds in tertiary times, are the Edentata
and Marsupialia, The fossil evidences exemplified by the Megatherium, the Glyptodon,
the Nototherium, the Diprotedon, and the Thylacoleo, &c., are to be seen, with the

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extinct birds, in the same eastern saloon. Near these may be studied the fossil remains
of Marsupial mammals from secondary (Purbeck) strata of our own island. Here, also,
may be seen the skull of a still more ancient extinct member of the mammalian class, from
a triassic formation of South Africa, the Tritylodon primavus.

Of the other two Galleries of the east wing, that with the saloon, on the first floor, is
devoted to the rich series of Mineralogy, the Gallery above to the Department of Botany.
Both testify, with the several galleries of Geology and Zoology, to the science and
judgment of the respective keepers, and the pains bestowed to render their Collections
intelligible and instructive to Visitors.

Richard Owen.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The removal of the Zoological collections, which had been discontinued during the
winter months, was resumed at the beginning of March of last year, and continued at
intermittent intervals to the end of August, when the actual work of removal was
completed.*

Excepting a certain amount of deterioration which was unavoidable from so general a
disturbance, and which is fully compensated by the thorough examination to which every
part of the collections was subjected, no specimen of any value suffered serious injury,
saving a Pentacrinus, which can be replaced without great difficulty.

The re-arrangement of the collections was begun during the removal, and has been
continued to the present time. In some of the Galleries this work occupied a much
longer period than was anticipated, owing to various circumstances: thus in the Shell
Gallery the repairs of the old table-cases necessitated a double removal or re-arrangement
of the 3,200 drawers and of the 28,000 tablets belonging to the collection of Mollusca;
in the Fish Gallery a similar cause, combined with the influx of a great number of recent
additions, has retarded the completion of the arrangements of its contents; in the Insect
and British Galleries new typical series have to be formed for exhibition, as the
specimens exhibited in the old building had become too much deteriorated by the
exposure to light to be instructive.

The Mammalian, Bird, Reptile, Shell, Starfish, and Coral Galleries, however, were
sufficiently advanced to be opened to the public in quick succession, but there remains
now the very important work of preparing explanatory labels and guide-books to render
the contents of these galleries and their arrangements accessible to the understanding of
the public.

The study series which are not exhibited, and which comprise by far the greater
number of specimens, were opened to the use of students with the least possible delay,
the Entomological collections on September Ist. :

The local accommodation for advanced students as well as beginners is ample at
present. A general study room has been furnished with the requisite fittings; and,
besides, special provision has been made for this class of visitors in the Osteological
Gallery, Spirit-building, and in the Bird and Insect Rooms. A separate room has been
set aside for artists.

The work of this transference of the collections has necessarily occupied by far the
greater part of the time of the Staff of the Department, and will continue to do so for
perhaps another year. Although no special efforts could be made to increase the collec-
tions by the acquisition of desiderata, nevertheless, large and important accessions were
obtained; every care was taken to keep them in a state of preservation, but little time
was available for their examination and incorporation.

I.—Arrangement.

Considerations for the internal architecture of the galleries demanded that the exhibi-
tion series of Mammalia should be placed in the long gallery of the first floor, an
arrangement which, although not originally contemplated, proved to offer this advantage,
that the Mammalian collections generally (with the exception of the Whales and
Dolphins), as well as the collections of Birds, severally remained in contiguity. The
exhibited series of Birds occupies the long gallery of the ground floor. Passages lead
from this gallery into the three largest of the side galleries which are occupied, the
first by Reptiles, the second by Batrachians and Fishes, and the third by Mollusca. Two
intermediate narrow galleries contain the exhibition series of Annulosa, Echinodermata
and Vermes, and, finally, the architecture of a long central gallery offered peculiar advan-
tages for an effective display of Molluscoidea, Corals, Sponges, and Protozoa.

With

* The actual removal oecupied 97 days, on which 354 journeys were made by the vans engaged. The
collections were removed, either packed in boxes or trays, to the number of 5.171, or as single specimens,
of which there were 1,818. The spirit collections were contained in 52,635 bottles. The number of
cabinets removed amounted to 350, and that of other pieces of fittings and furniture to 1,348.

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With regard to the collections formed for the purposes of study by specialists, the
disposition of the Mammalia has been already described in last year’s Report. To the
immense collection of Bird-skins, about 90,000 in number, a separate room, in the vicinity
of the exhibition series, has been allotted. This room is fitted with 76 cabinets in
accordance with the Estimate made in 1876, but so largely has this part of the collection
been increased within the last seven years, that additional cabinets are urgently required.
Skins of Fishes, Shells, dry Echinoderms, Corals, and Sponges are placed in the drawers
of the table-cases in the same galleries in which the exhibited series are arranged. The
Entomological collections are placed in four rooms of the basement, and finally all
specimens preserved in spirits are for safety’s sake deposited in a separate building con-
nected by a covered way with the main building.

Scientific work connected with the arrangement of the collections has been restricted
to a few families: the specimens of Geckos, Pygopodide and [Helodermatide, have been
named and arranged ; the moths of the family Urapterygide, re-mounted and re-arranged,
and the arrangement of the difficult Hymenopterous family Chalcidide, has made further
progress.

I1.—Duplicates.

All specimens which during the work of arranging the collections or incorporating
recent accessions are found to be duplicates, are set aside, either for purposes of
exchange, or for distribution to the Museums of Edinburgh and Dublin, or Provincial
Museums in the United Kingdom, or Colonial Institutions. In the course of the past
year 16,332 specimens (viz., 91 Mammalia, 1,409 Birds, 4,107 Birds’ eggs, 129 Reptiles,
137 Batrachians, 453 Fishes, 8,245 Mollusks, 162 Crustacea, 1,467 Insects, 32 Echino-
derms, 100 Corals and Sponges) have been thus distributed among six institutions, viz.,
the Museum of Kdinburgh, Dublin, Maidstone, Cardiff, Hull, and the Smithsonian
Institution, the latter receiving the specimens in exchange for anumber of desiderata sent
at various times to the British Museum. Five of the applicants who have established a
claim for the reception of zoological duplicates, have now been supplied with a second
consignment.

III.— Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been issued during the year 1883 :—

1. “ Catalogue of Birds,” Vol. VII., containing the second portion of the Timeiiiae.
By R. B. Sharpe, 8vo. (pp. 700; with 15 plates).

2. “ Catalogue of Birds,” Vol. VIII., containing the Laniide, Paride and Certhiimophe.
By Dr. Hans Gadow, 8vo. (pp. 386, with 9 plates). ;

The ninth volume of the “ Catalogue of Birds,” the “ Catalogues of Books” of the
Departmental and General Libraries, are in the press, and a full report of the “ Alert”
collections, as well as the tenth volume of the “‘ Catalogue of Birds,” a second edition of
the “ Catalogue of Lizards,” the second volume of the “ List of Hymenoptera,’ and the
sixth part of illustrations of typical specimens of “ Lepidoptera Heterocera,” are in course
of preparation.

Reports on recent acquisitions, with descriptions of the new species, were prepared and
published in various scientific journals. The following may be mentioned :—*< Descrip-
tion of two new species of Pteropus from the Caroline Islands,” by Mr. O. Thomas;
“ Notes on new or little-known species of Frogs,’ “ Descriptions of new species of
Lizards and Frogs,” collected by Herr A. Forrer in Mexico; “ On the Geckos of New
Caledonia”; ‘“ Descriptions of new species of Reptiles and Batrachians in the British
Museum ;” “ On the Lizards of the genus Lophognathus;” “ Report on a collection of
Reptiles and Batrachians from the Timor Laut Islands, made by Mr. H. O. Forbes,” by
Mr. G. A. Bouienger; “ Descriptions of four new species of Helicide,” by Mr. E. A.
Smith ; “ Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera belonging to the Rhipiphoride,” by
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse; “ Heterocerous Lepidoptera collected in Chili by Thomas
Edmonds,” Part IV. (Micro-Lepidoptera); ‘‘ Ona collection of Indian Lepidoptera
received from Lieut. Colonel Charles Swinhoe, with numerous notes by the collector ;”
« List of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes in the Islands of Timor Laut”;
“ The Lepidoptera collected during the Expedition of H.M.S. ‘ Challenger ;” “ On
some Lepidoptera, chiefly from the Island of Nias;” “ On the Moths of the family
Urapterygide in the collection of the British Museum,” by Mr. A. G. Butler; “ Remarks
on the genera of the sub-family Chalcidine, with synonymic notes and descriptions of
new species of Leucospiding and Chalcidine;’’ “ Notes on a small collection of Hymen-
optera and Diptera from the Timor Laut Islands, formed by Mr. H. O. Forbes,” by Mr.
W. F. Kirby; “Studies in the Holothuroidea, II. Descriptions of New Species”;
“Report on the Echinodermata collected by Mr. Day in H.M.S8. ‘ Triton,’ off the Eastern
Coast of Scotland;” “Observations on the Generic and Specific Characters of the
Laganide ;” “ Descriptions of the new species of Asteridea in the collection of the
British Museum,” by Mr. F. J. Bell; “Notes on Zoophytes and Sponges obtained by
Mr. 4 Day off the East Coast of Scotland,” by Mr. 8. O. Ridley.

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1V.— Conservation.

The fullowing specimens have been mounted for exhibition:—A fine Lioness from the
Cape; four Antelopes ( Aegoceros niger and leucopheus) ; 2 Hippopotamus (H. amphibius);
a Zebra from Central Africa,.and others. Of the skeletons set up the most important
are those of a Leopard (Felis pardus); a Brown Bear (Ursus arctus); a Bearded Seal
(Phoca barbata); a Horse (Equus caballus); five Rhinoceroses of various species, a
Camel (Camelus dromedarius); six Autelopes; a Reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus); an
American Bison (Bos americanus) ; a Gour and Gayal (Bibos gaurus and frontalis); a
Buffalo ( Bubalus cuffer), &c.

On the other hand, during the removal of the collections, the exhibited series of all
Orders have passed under revision, and a considerable number of specimens unfit for
exhibition have been unmounted, and, when of any scientific value, have been put with
the study series ; other specimens, where required, having been mounted in their stead.

The specimens of the various species of Seals, which in the old building had been kept
for many years without any protection from dust, have all been thoroughly cleaned
previous to their arrangement in the Mammalian Gallery.

Two additions only have been made to the mounted groups of British Birds, viz., one
illustrating the nesting of the Mistel Thrush (Yardus viscivorus), and the other that of
the Red-backed Shrike (anius collyrio).

During the re-arrangement of the Reptiles and Fishes in the new Spirit-building,
great attention has been paid to the state of preservation of the specimens ; when required
the spirit has been renewed, or the specimens have been transferred to larger jars.

All unset Insects received during the year have been mounted in order to incorporate
them with the general collection, and numerous badly mounted insects already in the
collection have been re-set.

The cleansing and bleaching of the collection of Polyzoa, Corals, Hydrozoa, and
Sponges, and the mounting and labelling of the specimens selected for exhibition have
occupied most of the time of the two Assistants in charge of these branches and of their
attendants. The result of their labours is an exhibition which, for variety of form, beauty
of specimens, and instructiveness, is probably not rivalled in any other Museum.

V.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the past year (with the exception of the Lepi-
doptera of the Zeller Collection) have been marked with the date of their acquisition,
and a separate number corresponding with an entry in the manuscript register of accessions ;
in this, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact locality in which the
specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other valuable informa-
tion regarding them, were entered.

VI— Departmental Library.

One thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven works have been added to the Depart-
mental Library, of these 1,710 (in 2,291 volumes) have been acquired by purchase, 55
by transfer from other Departments, and 12 by presentation. Of the 1,710 works above
referred to, 1,243 relate to the general subject, 299 to special subjects, and 113 are
periodicals or works in progress.

All have been stamped and entered into the printed catalogue, which for the present is
alphabetically arranged. Hight hundred and twenty-five volumes have been bound.

Since the completion of the removal of the books on the 18th of July 1883, they have
been classified and arranged in their places in the new library.

At the end of the year the catalogue contained 5,362 titles, as against 2,638, included

in the second edition of the printed catalogue of 1882.

VII.— Acquisitions.

During the last year 31,446 specimens have been added to the several branches of the
Department :-—

Vertebrata - = - - = eoOO4:
Mollusca - - - - 25) BRA
Annulosa - - - - - 23,535
Vermes, Radiata and Protozoa - - 1,190
ToTaAL - - - 31,446, as compared with

19,902 in the year 1882.
49,602 s 1881.
24,283 ie 1880.
45,881 dl 1879.
20,960 bi 1878.
24,184 ch Saar
24,685 rf 1876.
25,340 “ 1875.
30,699 as 1874.
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The most important acquisitions were the following :—
1. From the ‘‘ Challenger” collections :-—
(a.) Thirty-two anatomical preparations, of Mammalia, made by Dr. J. Cun-
ningham.

(6.) Two hundred and thirteen Lepidoptera from the Philippine, Aru, and other
islands, including 16 new species, the most interesting of which is Papilio alcidinus,
a butterfly which closely resembles a day-flying moth (Alcidis artis).

(c.) Highty-one Elasipods, an order of deep-sea Holothurvidea, discovered and
described by Dr. Theel.

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2. From the International Fisheries Exhibition :—

(a.) The skull of a Steller’s Sea-Cow (Rhytina stelleri) from Behring’s Island, 10
casts of Dolphin’s heads and 253 Fishes in spirits typical of recently described species
from various parts of the United States; received from the Commissioners of the
United States Exhibition.

(b.) One hundred Fishes selected chiefly for their excellent preparation, six
Cephalopoda and 14 Crustacea from Madras; presented by His [Excellency the
Governor of Madras.

(c.) One hundred and twenty Fishes and 207 Crustacea from the Sandwich
Islands; presented by the Hawaiian Governmezt.

(d.) Seventy-three stuffed and 105 spirit specimens of Fishes, and 10 prepared
officinal Sponges from Jamaica; presented by His Excellency the Governor of
Jamaica.

(e.) Three rare Dolphins, one Otter, 195 Fishes, 54 Crustacea, and 29 Anthozoa
from the Straits Settlements; presented by His Excellency the Governor of Singa-
pore.

(f.) One hundred and seven Birds, a large stuffed Sun-fish ( Orthagoriscus ramsayi),
32 fishes in spirits, 42 Crustacea, 91 Echinoderms, 34 Authozoa, and 58 Polyzoa
from New South Wales; received from the Commissioner of the New South Wales
Exhibition.

(g-) A southern Fur-seal (Otaria nigrescens) from Juan Fernandez, 52 Fishes,
one Cephalopod, and 17 Crustacea from Chili; presented by the Government of Chili.

(h.) Twenty-six fishes, one Cephalopod, and two clusters of Oysters from Norway ;
purchased.

(i.) Twelve specimens exhibiting the stages of development of the Turbot, and
six remarkably fine spirit specimens of a Sea-pen, Funiculina quudrangularis, with
fittings; presented by Professor A. H. Malm.

3. A valuable collection of animals from Timor Laut, consisting of three Mammalia,
102 Birds, of which 21 are type specimens, and 24 new to the collection; 31 Lizards and
snakes, including a new Lizard (Lophognathus maculilabris), and a new Snake ( Simotes
forbesii), five Fishes, 11 land and fresh-water Shells, 15 Crustacea, and 116 Insects,
including 10 new species of Lepidoptera, and five of Hymenoptera; collected by Mr.
H. O, Forbes, and presented by the Timor Laut Committee of the British Association.

4, A valuable collection made by H. B. Guppy, Esq., during the voyage of H.M.S.
« Lark,” consisting of 10 specimens of Mammalia, amongst which are six valuable human
Skulls, 49 Reptiles, with a new Lizard (Lipinia anolis),a new species of frog (Ayla
macrops), eight Fishes, 21 land and fresh-water Mollusca, 35 Coleoptera, and a few other
Insects of various orders from the Solomon Islands; presented by the Lords of the
Admiralty.

5. A collection from various localities, containing six Fishes, 39 marine Mellusca,
eight Echinoderms, three Worms, and one Hydrozoon, made by W. D. Wodsworth, Esq.,
during the voyage of H.M.S. “ Sylvia,” and presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

6. The first half of the collection of Macro-Lepidoptera made by the late Professcr
Zeller, consisting of 17,000 specimens, for the most part from Europe and North America,
and containing numerous type specimens and rare species ; purchased.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class were 225, of which the following accessions
were the most important :—

An interesting medieval human skull from Basle ; presented by Mr. E. Degen.
A prepared human head from New Britain; purchased.
A Roebuck from Dorsetshire ; presented by J. C. Mansel Pleydell, Esq.
Six Muride from Kamtschatka ; presented by Professor L. Taczanowski.
Two Chimpanzees from the Congo; purchased.
Kighteen Mammals from the River Niger; collected by the late W. A. Forbes, Esa.
Nine large Mammals from South Africa; obtained by Mr. Selous.
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The type specimens of the Woolly Cheetah (Felis lanea), the short-eared Fox ( Canis
microtis) and the West African Bush-bok (7'ragelaphus gratus) ; purchased of the Zoological
Society.

The skulls of two Tigers and a Rhinoceros from the Nepal Terai ; presented by H.R.H.
the Prince of Wales.

Twenty-four small Mammals from the neighbourhood of Adelaide; purchased.

Birds.—The total number of accessions during the year is 992; 69 of them were species
new to the collection, and 27 types. The following were the most valuable acquisitions :—

Additions to the groups of British Birds were made by Lord Walsingham, viz., Mistel-
thrush, Water-ouzel, Green and Golden Plovers, Dabchick; and by Duncan Parker,
Isq., two nests of the Red-backed Shrike, with old, young, and eggs.

Twenty-four birds from Brighton; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

A specimen of the Tawny Pipit (Authus campestris), caught at Brighton in October
1882; presented by Messrs. G. Swaysland & Sons.

Seventy-four specimens of Wading-birds, amongst which were three Sabine’s Snipes and
many other British-killed Limicolz, from the collection of J. E. Harting, Esq., F.L.s.

Forty birds from Japan; purchased.

Forty-four birds from the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Siberia, including Tetraogallus
caucasicus, Phasianus chrysomelas, and many other species new to the collection;
purchased.

Twenty-three birds from Florida; presented by Walter Dismore, Esq.

Twenty-three skins from the Gold Coast: presented by Captain Moloney.

Thirty skins collected by Captain C. T. Bingham in the Thoungyun Valley, Tenas-
serim, comprising many species new to the collection, such as Anthocincla phayrii,
Ganipsorhynchus torquatus, Pomatorhinus tichelli, &c. ; purchased.

Eleven specimens of Hornbills and Raptorial Birds from Sumatra; collected by Mr.
HH. O. Forbes, and presented by Francis Nicholson, Esq.

Forty skins of Birds from the Nilghiris and the Brahmagherry Hills; presented by
W. Davison, Esq.

Seventy-seven specimens from the Larras River, and from Kina Balu in Borneo, and
from the Sooloo Islands, collected by Mr. F. W. Burbidge, and containing the types of
Tanygnathus burbidgii, Yallus stramineicollis, and Buchanga stigmatops; presented by
H. Veitch, Esq.

Eight species of Birds from the Larras River, N. W. Borneo; presented by
W. Pretyman, Esq.

Thirteen rare species from Java and the Mollucca Islands, comprising eight new to
the collection ; presented by the late Director of the Leiden Museum.

Seventy-four skins from Tenasserim ; presented by Captain Bingham.

Twenty-two specimens collected by Mr. A. Goldie in the Astrolabe Mountains. S. E.,
New Guinea; amongst them the type specimens of a new Paradise Bird (Puradisea
decora) with other rarities ; purchased.

An example of the rare Bird of Paradise, Diphyllodes guilielmi-tertu ; purchased,

The types of Drepanornis cervinicauda (Sclater), from S$, E. New Guinea; presented
by Dr. Bennett of Sydney.

An example of the Tooth-billed Bower Bird ( Scenopeus dentirostris) from Queensland ;
presented by KE. P. Ramsay, Esq.

Repiiles—The number of accessions was 375, the following being most noteworthy :—

A collection of ninety-four specimens from Western Mexico, made by Herr A. Forrer,
and containing many species new to the Museum, and a new species of Lizard (Humeces
bocourti) ; purchased.

A collection of twenty-two specimens from Guatemala; presented by F. D. Godman,
Esq,, F-R.S.

A selected series of sixty-five Ground Snakes, mostly Uropeltide, collected by Col.
Beddome in Southern India, and containing typical specimens of numerous species
described by him and new to the Museum: purchased.

Three specimens of a new species of Lizard (Sceloporus garmani) from Dakota; pur-
chased.

A remarkably iarge specimen of Ophiophagus elaps ; presented by T. A. Bulkley, Esq.

Batrachians.—The accessions number 129, of which the following are the most im-
portant :—

Two rare species of limbless Batrachians, desiderata to the Museum; obtained in
exchange ‘rom the Berlin Museum.

A new species of Newt (Hynobius lichenatus) from Japan ; presented by G. Lewis, Esq.

A selected series of 38 specimens collected by Herr A. Forrer in Western Mexico, and
containing three new species of Frogs in addition to several species new to the collection;
purchased.

A limbless Batrachian from the Seychelles, type of a new genus and species, Crypto-
psophis multiplicatus ; presented by Dr. Giinther, F.R.s.

Five undescribed Frogs, discovered in New Guinea by M. D’Albertis ; reveived in
exchange from the Genoa Museum.

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Fishes.— The additions to this class amount to 1,373. Besides those received from the
International Fisheries Exhibition and enumerated above, the following may be men-
tioned :—

Ninety specimens from various localities, mostly typical of species described by Dr.
Sauvege; presented by the Paris Museum.

A fine specimen of Oblong Sun-fish (Orthagoriscus truncatus) captured at St. Bride’s
Bay by R. P. Dawson, Esq. ; presented by the Editor of the ‘* Field.”

Two very fine specimens of Leuciscus erythrophthalmus from Abington ; presented by
T. H. Powell, Esa. ,

A specimen of the Bonito (Thynnus pelamys) in spirits, from Luce Bay, Scotland ;
presented by W. Senior, Esq.

Two specimens of (Atherina hepsetus) from Achnamara, Lochgilphead, Argyleshire ;
presented by J. W. Malcolm, Esq.

A collection of 16 specimens uf Coregoni, mostly from the lakes of Switzerland, and
typical of the new species and varicties recently described by Dr. Niisslin ; presented by
Dr. O. Niisslin.

Two specimens of Gadus morrhua and one of Salmo cambricus, from a fresh-water lake
at Soreide (Sugne fjord); presented by the Earl of Ducie, Fr.R.s.

Sixty specimens from Presidio, W. Mexico, collected by Herr Forrer; presented by
F. D. Godman, Esq., ¥.R.s.

Eighty-five specimens from Ceylon; presented by Dr. Oudaatje.

A collection of 50 selected specimens from New Britain ; purchased.

Mollusca.—TVhree thousand six hundred and twenty-seven specimens have been added
to this class during the past year; the following acquisitions are most worthy of record :—

A collection of land and fresh-water shells from New Caledonia, consisting of 1,180
specimens, selected from the collection of M. Gassies; many of these are type specimens,
described and figured in his work, entitled “‘ Faune Conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-
lacustre de la Nouvelle Caledonie,” or in the ‘‘ Journal de Conchyliologie ; purchased.

One thousand five hundred and seventy-nine specimens of the genus Clausilia from all
parts of the world, a large number of them being new to the Museum collection. The
whole series is especially valuable as having been examined and identified by Dr. Bottger,
who has made a special study of this group; purchased.

A further important set of 304 Clausilie exclusively trom the Island of Crete, com-
ptising a very complete series of the known species of that locality ; purchased.

Forty-one shells from Japan and six ornaments for the hair, made by the Japanese out
of shells; presented by Dr. Burge.

Nineteen marine shells from Vancouver Island; presented by Miss Helen Taylor.

Eighteen terrestial Mollusks from Dominica; presented by G. F. Angas, Esq.

‘f'wenty-nine specimens of land-snails (Helicide) from Algeria; purchased.

Twenty six land and fresh-water shells from the Island of Socotra; presented by the
Socotra Exploration Committee of the British Association.

Thirty-tive shells from New Guinea, among which are several new and remarkable
forms ; purchased.

Polyzoa.-—Two hundred and twenty specimens have been acquired during the past
year. ; °
Two mounted specimens of Lagenipora socialis from Hastings ; presented by Miss
Jelly.

Two specimens of the genera Retepora and Hornera from Japan; presented by Dr.
F. J. Burge.

Thirteen examples from Kurrachee; received in exchange from the Kurrachee Museum.

One hundred and forty-five specimens from Australia, including a fine collection of
Adeona and Catenicilla ; presented by J. B. Wilson, Esq.

Echinodermata and Vermes.—The acquisitions in these classes have been respectively
294 and 58 in number, the following being most important :—

The only specimen of a Péripatus hitherto recorded from Dominica; presented by
G. F. Angas, Esq.

Eighteen Echinoderms with name attached, from Mexico ; purchased.

Twenty-four Echinoderms from Mauritius; purchased.

Fifty-seven Echinoderms from Billiton, including a fine series of Oreaster, several of
the species apparently undescribed ; purchased.

Twenty-three Echinoderms and 14 Worms from India; received from the Kurrachee
Museum.

About 40 specimens of 12 species of Parisitic Worms; received from the Government
Central Museum, Madras.

Crustacea.—Vhe number of specimens added during the year was 622.

Two small collections consisting respectively of 12 and 15 specimens from the Mauritius,
several of the species being cither new to science or desiderata to the Museum series ;
purchased.

_ One hundred and sixty-eight Decapod Crustaceans, chiefly from Kurrachee; received
from the Kurrachee Museu.

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Arachnida and Myriopoda.---The number of specimens acquired during the year was
65, of which 40 were Arachnida and 25 Myriopoda; the chief additions were as follows :—
is Ky ne nests of Trap-door Spiders from the South of France; presented by Master

. Ellis.

Three Julide and two Polydesmid« from Dominica, chiefly interesting on account of
locality; presented by G. F. Angas, Esq.

Eight Arachnida in Gum Copal belonging to the genera Salticus, Pholcus, and to a
genus of Trap-door Spiders; from Hast Africa; purchased.

Twelve specimens of Acari of the genus Ixodes, from South Africa; presented by
Capt. A. Trevelyan.

Two specimens of the singular Crab-spiders, Gastracantha curvispina and Aranethra
cambridgei, from West Africa; presented by F. H. Waterhouse, Esq.

Insecta..— Beside the Lepidoptera received in the first half of the Zeller Collection, and
estimated at 17,000 specimens, the Entomological branch has been increased by the addi-
tion of 5,848 specimens, which are distributed among the various orders thus :—

Coleoptera - - - - é £ E es 918
Hymenoptera - - < < = z x 384
Lepidoptera - - - - = 2 = ue ona!
Zeller Collection - - + Z _ 3 - 17,000
Diptera - - - = E: 2 2 2 36
Neuroptera - - - i u = i 20
Orthoptera - - - = a = 2 . 27
Hemiptera - - - 2 - M u ee 7

ToTaL - - - 22,848

The following acquisitions are especially worthy of notice :—

(From Great Britain.) .

A collection of 2,350 Hemiptera, chiefly from Scotland; presented by the late George
Norman, Esq.

Six specimens of British Hymenoptera, chiefly typical of species recently described by
Mr. P. Cameron; presented by Mr. Cameron.

One hundred and twenty Lepidoptera from Perthshire, some of which are of interest
as exhibiting local variation from the English forms; presented by W. R. O. Grant, Esq.

(From Northern Asia and J apan.)

One hundred and forty-five Lepidoptera, twelve Coleoptera, and seven Orthoptera,
chiefly from Japan, including several undescribed moths; presented by G. Lewis,
Esq.

Ten Lepidoptera, 10 Orthoptera, five Hymenoptera, three Hemiptera, and 12 larve,
pupx and egg cases from South-east Corea; presented by Lieut. A. Carpenter, R.N.

(From North America. )

Seventeen Lepidoptera, chiefly rare species of the family Catocalide, from North
America ; presenteil by Charles Drury, Esq.

(From South America.)

Three specimens of a Hymenopterous insect (Conura flavicans), bred by Mr. 2h -)-N.
Braine, from cocoons of Attacus hesperus received from Cayenne; presented by
P. N. Braine, Esq.

Two hundred Lepidoptera from Goza, Argentine Republic, amongst which was an
example of the rare Euratu sericaria, with many other species which were desiderata to
the collection; presented by Lord Walsingham.

Ten Lepidoptera from the Argentine Republic, chiefly interesting as being typical of
species described by Dr. Carlos Berg, and Professor Burmeister ; presented by
Dr. Berg.

A Sphinx-moth, and a collection of larve and pup, being typical specimens referred
t) in a paper on the metamorphoses of Brazilian Lepidoptera, published during the year ;
presented by E. D. Jones, Esq.

Three singular larval cases of a Micro-Lepidopteron attached to bark, with two moths
reared from pupe of the same species, from Sao Paulo; presented by the Committee of
the Liverpool Free Public Museum.

Thirty-four Lepidoptera from Jamaica, including several new species, and all of them
desiderata to the collection; purchased.

A specimen of the rare and beautiful Papilio gundluchianus from Cuba: presented by
Hildebrand Ramsden, Esq.

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(From Africa. )

Two specimens of a rare beetle of the family Cicindelide (Platychile pallida) from Cape
Town; presented by R. Trimen, Esq.

Eleven Coleoptera, seven Hymenoptera, five Lepidoptera, fifteen Diptera, three
Neuroptera, six Orthoptera, and five Hemiptera in Gum Copal from East Africa;
purchased.

Sixty-six Lepidoptera from the Victoria Nyanza, including the types of 14 new species
of the genera Ypthima, Hypolimnas, Telvhinia, Acrea, Alena, Teracolus, Papilio, Hyper-
compa and Copazxa, described in the “ Annals and Magazine of Natural History ;”
purchased.

(From Southern Asia.)

Fifty-five Lepidoptera and two Homoptera from Darjiling; presented by Mrs. R. V.
Boyle.

The type specimen of an Indian butterfly (Parantica melanoides); presented by
F. Moore, Esq.

One hundred and two Lepidoptera collected by the Rey. J. H. Hocking at Kangra,
North-west Himalayas, including 66 types of new species; purchased.

Three hundred and fourteen Lepidoptera from Ceylon, selected from the collection of
the late Dr. Thwaites; some of the specimens being the types of species described and
figured in Moore’s “ Lepidoptera of Ceylon;” purchased.

Two hundred and eighty Lepidoptera from various parts of India, amongst which are
the types of 32 new species, described in the “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society ”;
presented by Lieut. Colonel Charles Swinhoe.

Seventy Lepidoptera from Darjiling, chiefly useful for exhibition in the Public
Galleries ; presented by G. A. J. Rothney, Esq.

Forty-seven Coleoptera, one Hymenopteron, 10 Neuroptera, and 72 Lepidoptera from
the Island of Nias, amongst the Lepidoptera the types of Limenitis imitata, Pandita
imitans, Trepsichrois verhuellii, Miletus calisparsus, and other new species recently
described; purchased.

Fifty-six Lepidoptera, 49 Hymenoptera, 16 Coleoptera, nine Diptera, and two
Neuroptera from Amboina, chiefly desiderata to the collection ; purchased.

One hundred and ten Lepidoptera from Formosa, including several undescribed
species; presented by H. E. Hobson, Esq.

Two beautiful new moths (Milionia drucet and M. snellen’) from Celebes; purchased.

Thirty-four Lepidoptera, two Orthoptera and one Homopteron from the Islands of
Nias, Borneo, and Sumatra, including several new species of butterflies; purchased.

Thirty Lepidoptera from Mindanao, Philippine Islands ; desiderata to the collection ;
purchased.

(From Australia.)

Ten type specimens of Hymenoptera, including those of Melophorus bagoti, Lubbock,
the new Australian Honey Ant: presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., m.e.

Two rare Coleoptera, and 19 Lepidoptera from Australia, including a pair of the
magnificent moth (Zelutypia stacyi), the type of Charagia ramsayi, &c., vbtained by
exchange.

Anthezoa.— Three hundred and eighty-nine specimens have been added, amongst
which the following may be especially noticed :—

The “ Porcupine” collection of Deep Sea Corals, including 149 Zuantharia; transferred
by Professor P. M. Duncan, F.R.s.

Forty-five Alcyonaria, A:adreporaria, and Antipatharia (including some very remark-
able specimens of Cirrhivathes from 10 to 12 feet in length) from Billiton; purchased.

Fourteen specimens, chiefly Alcyonuria, from Kurrachee; received in exchange from
the Kurrachee Museum.

Thirty-three Alcyonaria and Madreporaria from Mauritius, including a remarkably
fine series of reef corals; purchased.

_ Hydrozoa:—Twenty-five specimens have been added, a few of which are of special
interest.

Two specimens from Japan of Hydractinia arborescens, and two of a new species
(Stylaster pulcher); presented by Dr. ¥. J. Burge.

Two specimens, Thuiaria crisioides and 7. diaphana, from the Indo-Pacific Seas;
presented by Miss Gatty.

Five specimens from the Kurrachee Museum; received in exchange.

Spongiide.-- One hundred and ninety-eight specimens have been acquired.

Seventy-six specimens in spirits from the “ Lightning” and “ Porcupine” collections in
the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Seas, transferred by the Executors of the late
Sir E. Wyville Thomson, F R.s.

Thirty-five Adriatic Sponges, the greater part admirably prepared in absolute alcohol
for histological investigation, named and presented by Professor F. E. Schulze, of Graz,
Austria.

A fine series of eight selected, prepared, and named officinal sponges from the Bahamas ;
presented by 8. P. Saunders, Esq., of Nassau, Bahamas.

Protozoa.—Six additions only have been made; they are in bulk and have not yet been
examined.

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VIIL,.— Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have specially consulted portions of the col-
lection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 5,229, as compared with—

9,628 in the year - - - 1882.
7,407 = cA Ma ata eee
4,260 A a ween a aN
4,003 iy be aa thd aa
3,064 i Bh ier mn th ai ise
3,671 of - - - 1877.
3,425 rs vy rao eee iia
2,799 a - - - 1875.
3,306 of. - - - 1874.

‘The apparent falling off in the numbers of visitors during the past year is merely due
to the fact that during the busiest months of the removal it was found impossible to admit
visitors and students to examine the collections.

Albert Gunther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
I.—Arrangement.

VERTEBRATA.

Fossil Mammalia.—Soutu East GALLERY.—During the past year several exhibition
cases have been added to this gallery, although they are not all quite ready for the
reception of objects.

Four open pier-cases, glazed upon both sides; two of which are fixed on the south side
near the skeleton of the Mustodon, between wall-cases 1 and 2, and are intended to
contain the fossil remains of the Felide and Urside; a third, also fixed on the south side,
between wall-cases 9 and 10, is intended to contain the fossil Sirenta; a fourth, which is
fixed upon the north side, between wall-cases 14 and 15, to contain the fossil Cetucea, of
the Antwerp Crag.

A glass case for the skull and lower jaw of Dinotherium giganteum (Kaup), from the
Miocene of Epplesheim, Hesse Darmstadt. This extinct genus of proboscidean differs
from the Elephants in having two tusk-like incisors in the lower jaw, and none in the
upper. (Described and figured by Dr. Kaup, in his ‘‘ Ossemens Fossiles du Darmstadt,”
1837).

A similar case for the skull with the tusks and lower jaw of Mastodon Andium, Cuv.,
from the Tertiary deposits of Buenos Ayres. (Figured and described in Falconer’s
Palxontological Memoirs.)

A glass case for the skull with tusks and lower jaw of £lephas primigenius
(Blumenbach), “the Ilford Mammoth.” This is the only cranium of the Mammoth
preserved in this country. (It has been figured and described in the “ Geological
Magazine,” 1864, pp. 241-244, and ibid., Vol. V,, 1868, pp. 540-543, Plates xxii. and
xxil.; also in Dr. Leith Adams’ British Fossil Elephants, Pal. Soc. Mon.)

A glazed case in the centre of the gallery, near the east end, to contain the remains of
the extinct form of giant bandless Armadillo (Glyptodon), the remains of which have been
discovered in considerable numbers in the Tertiary deposits of the La Plata (described by
Professor H. Burmeister).

A restored cast of the skull and horns of the great extinct Ruminant, Sivathertum
giganteum (Falconer and Cautley) from the Newer Miocene deposits of the Siwalik Hills,
India (presented by the Royal College of Surgeons), is placed on a pedestal-stand in the
centre of the floor of this gallery, near Pier-case 6, containing the remains of this great
herbivore (described by Falconer and Cautley, in Asiatic “Researches,” 1836, Vol. xix.,
p. 1; andin “ Falconer’s Paleontological Memoirs,” 1868, Vol.i., pp. 247-265, Pl. 19 and
20; also by Dr. J. Murie, Geol. Mag. 1871, Vol. viii., pp. 438-448, Pl. xii. and xiii.).

A well-preserved skeleton of the Gigantic Irish Deer, Cervus (Magaccros) Hibernicus
(part of the collection of the Earl of Enniskillen, obtained by purchase) has also been
mounted and placed with the other specimens in the centre of the Gallery. (This latter
example was obtained from the Bog of Enniscorthy, county Wexford, Ireland.)

Upon the adjoining Columns are fixed examples of Red-Deer and Reindeer Antlers:

(1.) The antlers of a very aged Stag (Cervus elaphus, Linn.), having no fewer
than 15 snags or branches, discovered in the bed of the Boyne, at Drogheda,
Ireland* (part of the collection of the late Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, Bart., M.P.,
obtained by purchase).

(2.) The

* Figured and described in “ Owen’s British Fossil Mammals,” 1846, pp. 472-478, Fig. 196.

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(2.) The head, with the antlers and lower jaw of another individual from a bog at
Toberscanovan, county Sligo, Ireland (Egerton Collection),

(3.) A third and smaller pair, obtained at Edmundsea, near Waltham Abbey,
Government Ammunition Manufactory, and presented by Major Tovey, r.z.

(4.) A fine pair of horns of the Norwegian Reindeer (Cervus tarandus), history
unknown.

Fossil Marsupialia.—Tuer Pavition.—In Table-case 144, on the north side of this
room, is placed an additional series of Marsupial remains from Darling Downs, Queens-
iand, &c. ; presented by the Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney, &c., New
South Wales.

Fossil Edentata.—In the same Table-case, 144, is placed a series of the detached scutes,
forming parts of the dermal covering of Glyptodon, Hoplophorus, and other extinct
species of giant Armadillos, from the Newer Tertiary deposits of South America.

In Wall-case 12, on the north side of this room, has been placed a nearly perfect
example of the bony tessellated cuirass of Hoplophorus ornatus, from the Tertiary deposits
of Buenos Ayres, South America. The tail is a restoration. (Figured and described
by Professor H. Burmeister, Anales del Museo Publico de Buenos Aires, 1871, Tom.
i., p. 157, Pl. xvii.)

Fossil Birds — A new upright glass-case on stand has been provided for the entire
skeleton of the “Elephant-footed Moa,” from New Zealand, Dinornis elephantopus,
Owen (Zool. Trans. 1856).

In Table-case 124 is arranged a series of skulls, vertebra, and other remains of various
species of “ Moa” (Dinornis), most of which have been figured and described by Pro-
fessor Owen in his great work on the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand.

In Table-case 12 has been placed a nearly perfect skeleton of the “ Great Auk” (Alca
impennis) obtained by Professor John Milne, r.G.s., from a peat-deposit on Funk
Island, 30 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.

Fossil Reptilia.—Three very large heads of Ichthyosaurus plutyodon, from the Lias of
Lyme Regis, Dorset ; [(1), a reproduction of the great specimen, preserved in the hall of
the Geological Society of London, Burlington House ; (2),a very large and weil-preserved
head, presented by F. Seymour Haden, Esq., F.R.c.s.; (3), a larger, but less perfect
specimen (obtained by purchase) |, have been provided with suitable stands, and are placed
in the narrow Corridor leading from the South-east Gallery (at the east end) into

Gallery D. (Reptilia).

GauLery D.—The ceiling of this Gallery has been repainted, and the solid wood-tops
of all the Wall-cases have been removed and replaced by ground glass, thus affording a
much better light than heretofore for the objects exhibited.

A coloured cast of Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus (Marsh), from the Lithographic stone,
Solenhofen, presented by Professor O. C. Marsh, M.A., F.G.s. (and figured and described
by hima in Silliman’s American Journal of Science, 1882, vol. xxii, No. 106; see also
Geological Magazine, 1882, vol. 19, pp. 205-210), is placed in Wall-case 1.

An exquisite cast of the small but perfect Pterodactylus longirostris (Cuvier), from the
lithographic stone, Hichstadt (the original preserved in the Munich Museum), has been
acquired by purchase, and is placed in Table-case No. 1.

A coloured plaster reproduction of the colossal thigh-bone of a huge Dinosaurian
Reptile, Atlantosaurus immanis, Marsh, presented by Professor O. C. Marsh, M.a., F.G.S.,
is placed in Wall-case No. 5 (it was figured and described in Silliman’s American
Journal of Science for 1878, p. 240); original from the Jurassic formation, Colorado,
North America. (Length of femur, 6' 3", circumference of shaft, 3' 5”).

An almost entire skeleton of a small Dinosaur, named Hypsilophodon Foxii, Huxley,
preserved ina block of sandstone from the Wealden formation, Cowleaze Chine, Brixton,
Isle of Wight (which has lately been most carefully developed by the mason, Barlow),
described and figured by Mr. J. W. Hulke, F.x.s., President Geological Society,
London, in the Phil. Trans. for 1883 (Vol. 173, pp. 1055-1057, Pl. 72, fig.2; Pl. 75
and 79, fig. 3), part of the late Rev. W. Fox’s collection (obtained by purchase), has been
placed under a Glass-case in the centre of the Reptile Gallery.

West GALLERY oF Communication.—This Gallery, which is 33 feet in length
(orivinally quite a dark passage, with very small and heavy mullioned windows) has now
been roof-lighted, the side-windows bricked up solid, and concealed behind two fine
Wall-cases, one on either side, intended to receive the whole of the fossil Chelonia
and Labyrinthodonts, and so to afford the necessary space in Gallery D., for the
exhibition of the large series of Dinosaurian remains at present only very imperfectly
displayed.

Fossil Fishes.—GALLERY A.—The entire collections of the Karl of Enniskillen, F.r.s.,
and of the late Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, Bart., M.p. (acquired by purchase in 1882)
have been incorporated with the pre-existing fossil Fish-collection; the duplicates have
been, to a great extent, eliminated, and set apart for exchanges or for distribution to other
Museums.

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48 accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Wall-cases 1, 2, and 3, and eight Table-cases, namely, 25-32, containing the Plazio-
stomata, and the Holocephala; and comprising the families of the *Carcharide, the
Lamnide, the Notidanide, the Hybodontide, the Cestraciontide, the Raiide, and the
Edaphodontide, have been fully arranged, and the specimens mounted on tablets, with
their names, formations, and localities added to each, all the figured “types” being
indicated by a green label.

The number of specimens labelled and mounted on tablets is 8,146 ; the number of
large specimens framed for Wall-cases is 206; the number mounted upon stands is 112 ;
total, 8,464. The fossil Fish-remains in the other Wall and Table-cases are all grouped
ready for mounting and labelling, and a very considerable proportion of the «larger
specimens for the Wall-cases have been developed, framed or mounted for exhibition.

Wall-cases 1, 2, and 3 are entirely devoted to the Plagiostomata, and comprise a
large series of “ Ichthyodorulites,” followed by Hybodontide and Cestraciontide, including
spines of Gyracanthus and Ctenacanthus, from the Coal-measures; Oracanthus, &c., trom
the Carboniferous Limestone. To these succeed a fine series of remains of heads, with
teeth, spines, and shagreen of Hybodus and Acrodus, trom the Lias of Lyme Regis, &e.

Wall-case 3 is devoted to the Selachians, and to the Rays; the most noteworthy of
which are the new and undescribed species of Sharks and Rays, from the Cretaceous of
the Lebanon, and specimens of Rhinobalis maronita, from the same locality.

This case also contains several specimens of the singular Squaloraia polyspondyla, from
the Lias of Lyme Regis, and of Spathubatis bugesiacus (Thiolliere), irom the Kim-
meridgian of Cirin, near Lyons, &c.

In Wall-cases 4 and 5 follow the Acanthodians, as Chetracanthus, from the Devonian
of Tynet Burn, and also from the Carboniferous series of Eskdale. To these succeed
the Placoderms and Cephalaspide (Pterichthys, Coccosteus, Asterolepis, and Bothriolepis,
from the Scottish Devonian, and trom Shropshire).

In Wall-case 6 follows the order Ganoidei, embracing the Holoptychide and the
Saurodipteride.

Wrall-case 7 contains the Celacunthide, represented by the genera Rhizodus, Cela-
cauthus, Gyrosteus, and Macropoma.

Wali-case 8 contains the Acipenseride (the Sturgeons), represented by Chondrosteus,
from the Lias; the Palzoniscide, including Chetrolepis, Pygoptcrus, and Acrolepis; this
family is continued in Wall-case 9, in which the Platysomide are also placed, represented
by the genus Platysomus.

Wall-cases 10-13 comprise all the genera included in the great group or sub-order of
Lepidosteoidei (fishes with rhomboidal scales), represented by Lepidotus, Dapedius,
Tetragonolepis, Heterolepidotus, Pholidopleurus, Semionctus, Aspidorhynchus, &c.

In Wall-cases 14 and 15 are placed the fossil fishes of the sub-order Amioidei, repre-
sented by Calurus, Pachycormus, Leptolepis, Thrissops, &c.

Wall-case 16 contains the Teleostei (fishes with a well-developed bony skeleton), as
the Esocide (Pikes), the Clupeide (Herrings), including the genera Esox, Clupea,
Osmeroides, Smerdis, Perca, &c.

Wall-cases 17 and 18 contain the Cretaceous Beyricide, and the Eocene Puleo-
rhynchide, the former represented by Beryx from the Chalk, and Anenchelum from the
Canton Glarus Tertiaries. Concluding in Case 18 with the Fistularide (the Pipe-fishes),
and the Scombride (Mackerel).

The Table-cases follow the same arrangement as is observable in the Wall-cases,
varied only by the size and number of the specimens by which each family is repre-

sented.

INVERTEBRATA.

Cephalopoda.—Narrow GAuuEry, No. 2.—This Gallery was originally arranged
with 16 Table-cases only, to contain the Cephalopoda, &c., but early in the past year
(1883) Her Majesty’s Office of Works provided it with Wall-cases, for the reception and
exhibition of the shells of the larger extinct forms belonging to this class, the Ammonitide,
Orthoceratide, &c.

The fitting up of this Gallery with Wall-cases necessitated the temporary removal cf
the whole of the 16 Table-cases, with their contents, into Gallery B. and elsewhere.
They have now been all replaced, the whole series of fossil Cephalopoda re-arranged,
and the large specimens (not heretofore exhibited) arranged in regular series in the new
Wall-cases.

Around the upper part of the Wall-cases 82 enlarged figures of Cephalopoda mostly
drawn and coloured from actual specimens) have been placed, illustrating the leading
forms in this great division of the Mollusca so largely represented in the Secondary and
Paleozoic Rocks.

The detailed work of naming, mounting, and labelling the Cephalopoda is still in
progress.

* Sharks, Rays, and Chimeras.

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Library. &¢c.— Narrow Gaiwery, No. 3.—One-half of this gallery has just been fitted
up with book-cases for the reception of the Library belonging to the Geological Depart-
ment, at present placed in Narrow Gallery, No. 1. As soon as these book-cases are ready
for use the Departmental Library will be transferred to them, and the book-cases so
vacated in No. 1 Narrow Gallery will be entirely devoted to the purposes of the General
Library.

Stratigraphical and Type Collections.—Narrow GALLERY, No. 4 —The western side
of this gallery was fitted up with wall-cases early in the past year (1883). Six bays
upon the east side, upon which framed slabs covered with reptilian remains, or with
footprints of birds or reptiles, and the tracks of invertebrate animals, had been fixed, are
now being cased over with glazed fronts by Her Majesty’s Office of Works.

No table-cases are as yet provided for the floor-space of this gallery.

Fossil Corals, Sponges, Foraminifera, and Plants—GALuiERY C.—This gallery, which
was fitted up with table and wall-cases in 1882, has been under arrangement during the
past year (1883). Wall-cases 1-5, west side, and Table-cases 1-9, on the same side, are
devoted to the exhibition of the Fossil Corals (Zoantharia).

Wall-cases 6-9, also west side, and Table-cases 10-16, on the same side, contain the
Uydrezoa, the Spongida, and the Foraminifera.

Wall-cases 10-18, and Table-cases 17-32, on the east side, are occupied with the
collection of Fossil Plants.

Fossil Corals— With a few exceptions, and the recevt additions made to the collection,
the Fossil Corals (both British and Foreign) may now be said to be fully arranged, each
specimen being mounted upon a tablet, or upon a stand, with the locality and formation
attached to each. and, as far as possible, named ; every “ type-specimen ” being specially
indicated by a small green ticket.

Seven thousand six hundred and sixty-eight specimens have been mounted on tablets,
and 532 larger examples fixed on stands, and placed on the steps of the wall-cases.

The Fossil Spongida, which will occupy five table-cases and four wall-cases, are now
under arrangement. They form a most extensive series, and are chiefly derived from the
Chalk of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, that of the east and south of England, the
Greensand of Warminster and Blackdown, the Chalk of Hanover, of Cesfeld, Westphalia,
the Upper Jura of Randen in Wurtemburg, with a few forms from the Trias of St. Cassian,
the Devonian of New York, the Silurian of Ottawa, Indiana, and Tennessee, and the
Cambrian of Wales.

A Catalogue of this division has just been completed by Dr. G. J. Hinde, F.«.s.

Fossil Plants——(Hast side.) Table-cases 17-19, and Wall-cases 10-12 are occupied
with the remains of Tertiary Plants, commencing with those from the Forest-bed Series
on the Norfolk coast and the Miocene of Antrim, Ireland.

The Fossil Plants of Bournemouth, and of Hempstead, Alum Bay, &c.. Isle of Wight,
are well represented ; also the Fossil Fruits of the London Clay from the Isle of Sheppey.

Wall-case 12 contains a fine series of Leaves of Palms, and Fruits of Nipadites. One
fine palm-leaf (Jriartea) from the Middle Bagshot Beds, Bournemouth, measures 3 feet
by 4 feet.

Br All cade 13, and Table-case 20, contain the fronds and stems of Ferns, Conifere and
Cycadee, &c., from the Chalk, Greensand, Gault, Wealden, and Portlandian Beds. On
the upper shelves of the wall-case are slabs of Lithographic Stone, with imbedded branches
of Conifere from Solenhofen in Bavaria.

Wall-case 14, and Table-cases 21 and 22, contain Plant-remains from the Kimmeridge,
Oxfordian and Stonesfield Slate; with foliage and fruits of Zamie and fronds of Fern
from the Inferior Oolite of Gristhorpe Bay, Scarborough, &c. Table-case 23, and the
rest of Wall-case 14, contain Conifere and Ferns from the Lias and Trias formations.

Wall cases 15 to 18, and Table-cases 24-32, will be entirely occupied by the Paleozoic
Plants at present under arrangement, and for which Mr. Kidston is preparing a Catalogue.
Next to Wall-case 16 is placed a compressed trunk of Sigillaria trom the Coal-measures,
and a shorter cylindrical cast in sandstone of an uncompressed stem from the Forest of
Wyre Coal-field. On either side of Wall-case 14, on the wall are fixed branches of
a Coniferous Tree, Araucarites peregrinus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

In the centre of the gallery is placed a massive trunk of a huge silicified Coniferous
Tree (Cedroxylon), from the Portlandian of the Isle of Portland, 4 feet in height, girth,
9 feet 6 inches.

A very fine Opalized Tree, 9 feet in height and 7 feet 7 inches in girth, is also placed
upon a stand in the centre of this gallery. It is referred to the Conifere, and to the genus
Spondylostrobus of yon Mueller. It was obtained from a Tertiary lava-stream, Marquarie
Plains, 32 miles from Hobart Town, Tasmania, and was exhibited at the Great Exhibition
in 1851, and afterwards presented by the Tasmanian Commissioners to the British Museum,
but never exhibited until the present year from want of space.

This gallery was opened to the public on the 26th December 1883.

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Il. Guides and Catalogues.
Dr. Hinde’s “ Catalogue of the Fossil Sponges in the British Museum” (4to), illustrated

by 38 lithographic plates, and with 297 pages of letterpress, was completed at the end of
the year, and will be shortly ready for issue to the public.

IIf. Registration.

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—

Human Remains, &c. &c. - - - - 271
Other Mammalia - - - - - 930
Aves - - - - - - - - 63
Reptilia - - ~ - - - - 85
Pisces - = - - - - - 7,241
8,590
Invertebrata :—
Mollusca - - - - - - - 1,380
Molluscoida - - - - - = ho 33
Arthropoda - ~ - - - - 613
Annelida - - - - - © - 33
HKehinodermata - - - - - - 186
Zoantharia - - - - - - - 1,007
Protozoa - - ~ =cetzs ~ - 2,191
6,643
Fossil Plants - - - - ~ - - - - - 664
Total Number of specimens registered - - - 15,897

LV. Work of the Mason-Formatori, and Assistant-Mason.

Several parts of the skeletons of Scelidotherium and Megatherium have been repaired
and re-mounted, and placed in Wall-case 12, Pavilion.

The skull, with tusks and lower jaw, of Mastodon Andium have been cleaned, repaired,
and restored, mounted on new ironwork supports, and transferred to new exhibition case.

The skull of Dinotherium giganteum has been cleaned, repaired, and developed, and,
together with the plaster-restoration of the lower jaw, transferred to new glass case.

The skeleton of the gigantic Irish Deer, Cervus (megaccros) hibernicus, Owen, acquired
with the Enniskillen Collection, has been set up and mounted upon new stand.

The two original examples of the same Deer, ws and 2 , have also been repaired and
transferred to new stands.

Two skulls and a cast of head of Ichthyosaurus from the Lias have been developed,
repaired, and transferred to new stands.

Three sets of antlers, and one head and horns of Cervus elaphus have been mended,
mounted, and fixed upon the terra cotta columns in S.E. Gallery.

Several Labyrinthodonts, and a skull of Tritylodon from the Trias of South Africa,
have been developed and mended.

A very large number of Fossil Fish-remains from the Enniskillen and Egerton Col-
lections have been repaired, developed, reduced, or mounted in frames for exhibition in
Gallery A.

Cutting, polishing, developin

, mending, and mounting Fossil Corals for exhibition-
cases in Gallery C.

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Casts and Moulds.—Two Formatori (employed under Brucciani & Co.) have been
occupied for three months in examining the Store Casts and Moulds of Fossils, and
putting them in proper working order.

The Mason, C. Barlow, has assisted in identifying these, and, when the work is
a ae a list of casts which can be supplied will be printed for the convenience of the
public.

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V.— Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—
1. By Donation.— A. VERTEBRATA.

(1). Mammalia.—Human and animal remains, flint implements, &c., from Quaternary
deposits, caves, river-yalley gravels,.&c. 101 chert and flint implements, and 35 other
relics of human workmanship, together with 800 bones and teeth of animals, and 172
other remains, from Kent’s Cavern, Torquay, South Devon, being a selection of objects
obtained by means of grants from the British Association, &c., for exploring Kent’s
Cavern, from 1865 to 1880, inclusive.

Of the mammalian remains six are human bones, the residue consisting of remains of
dog, sheep, ox, badger, polecat, cave-bear, cave-lion, hyena. Machairodus, wolf, fox,
glutton, mammoth, horse, rhinoceros, reindeer, gigantic Irish deer, beaver, hare, and
water vole. [There are three bird bones; also remains of frog; and 96 shells (Helices
and Cyclostoma); some, as Littorina, Purpura, Patella, Ostrea, Cardium, and Pecten being
marine forms.| Presented hy the Committee and the late Lord Haldon, through William
Pengelly, Esq., F.R.s., Secretary and Reporter to the Committee.

Forty-two characteristic paleolithic stone implements and flakes, chiefly from Stoke
Newington and from Bedford, found associated with the shells of Corbicula fluminalis and
Unio tumidus, in old river-valley gravels. Presented by Worthington G. Smith, Esq.,F.1.s.

Portions of antlers of reindeer (Cervus tarandus), and bones of other ruminants, from
the Thames Valley gravels at Old Brompton. Presented by G. J. Spicer, Esq.

Bone of red deer, jaws of roebuck and sheep, from the Fern Cave, Capri, Italy. Pre-
sented by Rev. W. L. Lawson, m.a.

Teeth and bones of Hippopotamus Pentlandi, from the Cave of Santo Ciro, Sicily.
Presented by Lieutenant Colonel H. W. Vyner.

Part of metatarsus of Anoplotherium, from the Eocene Gypsum Quarries of Montmartre,
Paris. Presented by Alexander Nesbitt, Esq.

Casts of teeth of Hyena crocuta, var spelea, the originals from the Forest-bed Series,
Corton Cliff, Suffolk. (Figured and described in Geol. Mag. 1883, pl. x. p. 433.)
Presented by EH. T. Newton, Esq., F.G.S.

The lower jaw of Arvicola amphibia, Owen, from the Forest-bed Series, West Runton,
near Cromer. Presented by W. Barker, Esa.

The type-specimen of Viverra Durandi, Lyd., from the Newer Miocene, Siwalik Hills.
Presented by George Busk, Hsq., M.D., F.R.S.

(2,) Aves.—Thirteen hones of the foot of a species of “ Moa” (Dinornis), from Omaru,
New Zealand. Presented by Mrs. Jeanneret.

(S.) Reptilia.—A cast of Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus, Marsh, from the Lithographic
Stone, Solenhofen (original figured and described in Silliman’s American Journal of
Science, 1882, vol. 23, p. 251, pl. ili.).

Also reproduction of colossal thigh-bone of a huge land reptile Ad/antosaurus, from the
Rocky Mountains, North America. Presented by Professor O. C. Marsh, M.A., F.G.8.

One hundred and two fragments of reptilian scutes, spines, teeth, jaws, &c. (parts of
Telerpeton), from the Triassic strata, near Sidmouth, Devon. Presented by Henry J.
Carter, Esq., F.R.s.

Counterpart of the figured specimen of upper maxilla of Megalosaurus Bucklandi,
Owen, from the Inferior Oolite, Sherborne, Dorset. Presented by E. Cleminshaw, Esq.,
M.A., F.G.S.

Fragments of bones of turtle, from the Eocene Tertiary, Herne Bay. Presented by
8. G. Cockerell, Esq.

Tooth of Polyptychodon, from the Gault, Folkestone, Kent. Presented by A. Nesbitt,
Esq.

(4.) Pisces —Seventeen fish remains, namely: one specimen of Anadontacanthus, five
Pleuracanthus, one of Compsacanthus, one of Gyracanthus, one of Amphicentrum, three of
Strepsodus, and five of Cexlacanthus, from the Coal-measures of Tingley, Yorkshire.
Presented by the Earl of Enniskillen, D.C.L., F,R.S.

Two slabs with remains of four specimens of an undescribed species of a Lepidosteoid
fish (named in MS. Extonichthys capensis, by Owen), in Mesozoic Sandstone, from the
Drackensberg, Orange Free State, South Africa. Presented by Dr. H. Exton, ¥F.e.s.

Twenty-one specimens of fish remains, Seaphapis, Cephalaspis, &c.,from the Old Red Sand-
stone of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, &c. Presented by Dr. D. M. MacCuallough.

’ Twenty shark’s tecth, from the Lower Eocene (Reading Sands) of Chislehurst, Kent.
Presented by 8. G. Cockerell, Esq. ; ‘

One specimen of Leptolepis, from the Purbeck of Dorsetshire, and one spine of Lophodus
(Hybodus), Keuperianus, from the Keuper of Rowington, Warwick. Presented by Rev.
P. B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.8. ;

_ Fifty remains of fishes, from the Coal-measures, Old Hill, near Stourbridge. Presented
by Horace Pearce, Esq., F.G S., F-L.S.

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By Donation.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mollusca.—Seven hundred and seventy-three specimens of Brachiopoda, comprising
the genera Glassia, Orbiculoidea, Spirifera, Orthis, Rhynchonellau, Waldheimia, Lingula,
&c., from the Wenlock Shale, Buildwas, near Coalbrookdale; presented by J. F. Walker,
Esq., M.A., F.G.S.

Seventy-four Lamellibranch Mollusca (Anthracosia, Anthracomya, Nucula, &c.) from
the Coal-Measures of Staffordshire; presented by John Ward, Esq., F.a.s.

Four specimens of Lingula Scotica, Dav. from the Carboniferous Limestone, Belling-
ham, Northumberland ; presented by Richard Howse, Esq.

Eighteen Mollusca and 17 Brachiopoda from the Coal-Measures, Old Hill, near Stour-
bridge; presented by Horace Pearce, Esq., F.G.s.

One Cyprina, three Lsocardia cor, one Pectunculus, and one Panopea from the Pliocene
Tertiary of Palermo, Sicily ; presented by Lieut. Col. H. W. Vyner.

Twelve specimens of Cyrena media from the Wealden of Southborough, Kent; pre-
sented by R. Kidston, Esq., F.G.s.

Twenty-three casts of Mollusca from the Post-Tertiary beds of Yokohama, Japan ;
presented by Dr. F. J. Burge.

One Nautilus sp. from the Cornbrash of Bedford; presented by George C. Crick, Esq.

Five Mollusca from the Inlerior Oolite, near Stroud, Gloucestershire; presented hy
KE. Witchell, Esq., F.G.s.

A series of 170 Post-Tertiary Mollusca from the Clyde Basin; presented by D.
Robertson, Esq., F.G.S.

Thirteen Goniatites from the Devonian of Devonshire; presented by A. Champer-
nowne, [isq., M.A., F.G.S.

(2.) Insecta and Crustacea.—Twenty-three Insect remains from the Lias of Warwick-
shire and Gloucestershire, comprising Dipterous Insects, also Lihellule, Cicada, and one
Orthophlebia communis; presented by Rev. P. B. Brodie, M.a., F.G.s.

Two specimens of Paradoxides Davidis, from the Lr. Lingula Flags, Tyddyn-gwladys,
North Wales; presented by T. A. Readwin, Esq., F.a.s.

Remains of Prearcturus gigas, H. Woodw., from the Old Red Sandstone, Rowel-
ston, Herefordshire (figured and described in the Trans. Woolhope Naturalists’ Field-
Club, 1870); presented by Dr. D. M. MacCullough.

(3.) Annelida.—A very fine slab covered on both sides with tubes of Vermicularia
(Vermetus) Bognoriensis, Mant., from the Middle-Kocene, Bognor, Suesex; presented by
Rey. R. Foster, M.A.

(4.) Echinodermata.—One Echinoderm from the Post-Tertiary Beds of Yokohama,
Japan; presented by Dr. F. J. Burge.

A series of 100 Remains of Post-Tertiary Echinodermata from the Clyde Basin ;
presented by D. Robertson, Esq., F.@.s.

(5.) Zoophyta—Four Corals from the Greensand of Haldon, and two Corals from the
Devonian of Devonshire ; presented by A. Champernowne, Esq., M.A., F.G.S.

A specimen of Rhabelophylliia from N. W. Australia; presented by Dr. A.
Guuther, F.R.S.

Fifteen Oolitic and 32 Liassic Corals, from the Great Oolite of Stonesfield and Fairford §
the Infr. Oolite of Ravensgate, &c., and the Lias of Honeybourne and Fenny Compton ;
presented by R. F. Tomes, Hsq., F.@.s.

Three specimens of Tertiary Corals from the side of Morne-Daniel, Island of Dominica,
West Indies; presented by G. F. Angas, F.G.S., F.L.S.

A specimen of Calccola from Daddyhole-Cove, near Torquay, S. Devon ; presented
by A. Champernowne, Esq., F.G.s.

A cast of Petraia, Lower Devonian, Kast Looe, Cornwall; presented by H. Oughton
Breuell, Esq.

One hundred and eighty-six specimens of Carboniferous Corals from Northumberland ;
presented by Prof. H. A. Nicholson, M.D., F.G.S.

Nine hundred and forty-nine Corals and Stromatoporids, cut and polished; from the
Middle Devonian of Torquay, comprising examples of the genera, Battersbyia, Cyathop-
hyllum, Zaphrentis, Heliolites, Favosites, Hullia, Smithia, Acervularia, Pachypora,
Spungophyllum, and 22 Corals from the Carboniferous Limestone of Corwen and Denbigh,
North Wales; presented by E. B. Luxmore, Esq.

Forty-five Micro-sections of Paleozoic Corals ; presented by Prof. H. A. Nicholson,
M.D., F.G.S., F.L.S.

Three Corals from the Lias of Chipping-Warden, Northampton, and King’s Sutton,
Banbury; presented by E. A. Walford, Esq., F.G.s.

Three specimens of Isastrea serialis, one I. Conybeart, one I. Richardsoni, and one J.
limitata, from the Infr. Oolite, Hook Norton, Oxon, and four specimens of Hydrocoral-
lines, Coomb-Hill, Oxon; presented by E. A. Walford, Esq., F.G.s.

A fine mass of Lonsdaleia, sp., from the Carboniferous Limestone of the Isle of Man;
presented by Philip Killey, Esq.

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(6.) Protozoa.—Forty Fossil Sponges (Pharetrospongia, Doryderma, Stromatopora,
&c.); presented by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.s.

Eight specimens of Stromatopora, from the Devonian of Torquay ; presented by A.
Champernowne, Esq., M.A., F.G-S.

By Donation.—C. PLanrx.

Eighteen specimens of Fossil Plants from the Coal-Measures, Old Hill, near Stour-
bridge ; presented by Horace Pearce, Esq., F.G.S., F.L.S.

Nine Plant-Remains from the Lower Silurian of Corwen, North Wales ; presented by
Dr. H. Hicks, Fr.e.s.

Twenty Coal-Measure Plants (in Red Shale) from the Sandwell Park Trial-Sinking,
West Bromwich, South Staffordshire ; presented by H. Johnson, Esq., cE.

A series of Post-tertiary plants from the Clyde Basin; presented by D. Robertson,
Esq., F-G.S.

ne specimen of Berwynia Carruthersi and Nematophycus Hicksii, from the Lower
Llandovery, Corwen; presented by E. Luxmore, Esq.

A specimen of Fossil Silicified Wood, probably from Egypt; presented by Messrs.
T. and W. Banting.

2. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia —A complete skeleton of the gigantic Irish Deer, Cernus (Megaceros)
Hibernicus, from near Enniscorthy, county Wexford, Ireland. (Part of Lord Ennis-
killen’s Collection).

Parts of the skeleton with the skull and imperfect horns of Cervus (Megaceros)
Hibernicus, from the peat- deposit at Orlowschen, Government of Malvarhangelsk, Russia.

A series of Casts of Cetacea from the Antwerp Crag, prepared by the Formatori of
the Museum of Natural History, Brussels, from the original specimens preserved in that
Museum.

A collection of Tertiary Mammalia from the Eocene (phosphorite) deposits of Cayleux,
France (figured and described by M. Filhol in Ann. des Sciences Geologique, Tome viii.,
pt. I., 29 plates, Tome vii., Plate xxii., fig. 29), comprising 25 genera and 36 species.

A nearly entire carapace or tessellated bony Cuirass of Hoplophorus ornatus Burm,
with a reproduction of the tail in plaster; from the Alluvial deposits of Buenos Ayres,
South America.

One atlas vertebra of Mammoth from Ramsgate.

A coloured cast of Squalodon Baierensis from the Miocene of Bleichenbach, Germany.

(2.) Reptilia— A coloured cast of Pterodactylus longirostris from the lithographic stone
of Eichstadt, Bavaria.

(3.) Pisces.—The remaining portion of the Fossil Fishes from the collection of the
Earl of Enniskillen, numbering 7,141 specimens, from the Carboniferous Limestone,
Old Ned Sandstone and other formations, and including many figured specimens.

Forty-three Fishes from the Devonian of Scotland.

Eighty-three Fishes from the Chalk of the Lebanon.

Sixty-five Fossil Fishes from the Carboniferous of Eskdale, Scotiand.

One specimen of Platysomus, and two Rhizodus from the Coal-Measures, Staffordshire.

A collection ot Fish-remains from the Middle Eocene formation of Gurnet Bay, Cowes,
Isle of Wight.

Part of a Siluroid Fish from the London Clay, Sheppey.

By Purchase.—B. INVERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mollusca.—One Bulimus Headonensis, from the Middle Eocene, Headon Hill, Isle
of Wight.

One Hippopodium from the Lower Lias.

A mass of Middle-Kocene shell-marl, full of shells; from Bracklesham Bay, Sussex.

A collection of Tertiary shells from Biot Antibes, France, comprising 3,172 Univalves
and 1,100 Bivalves.
cy specimens of Mollusca from the Chalk-marl and Green-sand, Ventnor, Isle of

ight.

Roerenig-oix Mollusca from various localities (part of Prof. Morris’ Collection).
Two Lutraria maxima from the Post-Tertiary of Esquimalt Harbour, British Co-
umbia.

Twelve Brachiopods from the Carboniferous, &c., of Scotland and North Wales.

Fifteen Brachiopods from the Carboniferous of Eskdale, Scotland.

(2.) Arthropoda.—Twenty-five Trilobites belonging to the genera Asaphus, Lichas,
Chasmops, and Cheirurus, from the Silurian of Esthonia.

One hundred and eighty Crustacea from the Carboniferous, Eskdale, Scotland, com-
prising 81 specimens of Anthrapalemon, 25 Paleocrangon, nine Eurypterus, two Paleocaris,
34 Ceratiocaris, and eight Arachnida.

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54 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Forty-five specimens of Anthrapalemon from the Coal-Measures of Staffordshire.

Four specimens of “ Indusial Limestone ” from Vichy, Auvergne.

A collection of 264 Insect and Crustacean remains from the Eocene, Gurnet Bay, near
Cowes, Isle of Wight.

(3.) Echinodermata.—Slab of Melonites multipora, Lower Carboniferous, St. Louis,
Missouri, U.S.A.

Eight Echinoderms from the Carboniferous of Eskdale, Scotland.

A collection of 15 Crinoids and 17 Star-fishes from the Devonian of Bundenbach, Bir-
kenfield, Rhenish Prussia.

(4.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia-rugosa.—Fifty-six polished sections of Corals from the De-
vonian, Torquay. :

Ten specimens of Fossil Corals, cut and polished, from the Devonian of Mudstone Bay,
&c., Devonshire.

Fourteen Carboniferous Corals from Eskdale, Scotland.

Two hundred and seventy-six Fossil Corals from various British and foreign localities,
and 104 prepared sections of Fossil Tabulate Corals.

(5.) Hydrozoa.—One thousand four hundred specimens of Graptolithes, British and
foreign; from the Lower Silurian of Scotland, the North of England, Canada and
Sweden. Figured and described by Prof. Nicholson in his Monograph (1872); also in
Quart. Journ., G. S.; the Annals; and Geol. Mag.

(6.) Protozoa.—Your specimens of Dictyophyton tuberosum, Chemung Group, Devonian,
Cohocton, Heuben Co., New York, U.S.A.

Four polished sections of Cretaceous Sponges.

Four specimens of Sponges from the Green-sand, Isle of Wight.

Foraminifera.—One hundred and twenty specimens, comprising the genera Nummulites,
Orbitolites, Fusulina, Parkeria, Coscinopora and Eozoon. Canadense.

By Purchase.-—C. PLANTA.

Thirteen microscopically prepared sections of Fossil Wood, from the Coal-Measures,
Oldham.

Two hundred Jurassic Plants from Siberia, named by Dr. F. Schmidt, of the Academy
of Sciences, St. Petersburg.

Sixty Permian Plants from Gera.

Seven Fossil Plants from the Staffordshire Coal-measures.

Ten specimens of Fossil Fruits from the Gold-drifts, near Ballaarat, Victoria, Aus-
tralia

A series of 15 Plant-remains from the Hocene, Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight.

Fourteen Plants from the Oolite, &c., Yorkshire, &c.

Eighteen Fossil Plants from the Coal-measures, Burdiehouse, &c. Scotland.

Eighteen Plant-remains from the Coal-measures, Madeley-Court, Shropshire.

The total number of acquisitions during the past year have been as follows:—

A. VERTEBRATA:

_ By Donation - - - - = - - 1,047
> Purchase - - - - - - =», 133703
5
B. INVERTEBRATA :
By Donation - - - - - - 2,625
» Purchase - - - = - - - 6,793
- 9,418
C. PLanT2:
By Donation - - - - - - - 52
>» Purchase - - - - - - - 355
—-—— 407
Total - - - 14,575

VI.—Duplicates.

A series of 420 specimens, being a first instalment of duplicates ordered by the Trustees
to be set aside for the Museum of the Royal School of Mines and the Normal School of
Science, have been supplied to that Institution.

VII.—Leetures, Demonstrations, and Visits from Students.

From the 5th to the 29th June 1883, a course of 12 lectures, given under the Swiney
Bequest, by Dr, R. H. Traquair, F.R.s., F.G.S., on Fossil Fishes and their modern repre-
sentatives,

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sentatives, was delivered in the Lecture-room of the Museum. Dr. Traquair also gave
a number of Demonstrations in Gallery A. (Fossil Fishes) to attentive and appreciative
audiences. .

The members of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, conducted by Mr.
Etheridge, v.R.s., visited the Galleries.

The students of the Royal School of Mines and the Normal School of Science visited
and received a demonstration in the Coral and Echinoderm Collections. Prof. Owen,
Prof. Duncan, and Prof. Seeley, have each brought parties of students to the Galleries
and received assistance.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted the collections during the past
year for the purposes of study, and who have received attention and assistance in their
scientific work, was 2,453.

Flenry Woodward.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

Arrangement, §c.

In the course of the year 1883, 20 new window-cases have been placed at the service
of the Department, and it has thus become possible to extend and multiply the auxiliary
collections, and yet at the same time to simplify the arrangement of the whole; for now
the window-cases and the table-cases of the Gallery contain respectively the auxiliary and
the main collections, and all the central show-cases of the Pavilion are available for the
display of the magnificent collection of meteorites.

The 20 window-cases have been utilised as follows: the first contains a series of
specimens intended to serve as an introduction to the study of minerals; the second is
given up to the temporary exhibition of recent additions, previous to their dispersion
through the collection ; in three of them have been arranged specimens selected to illus-
trate the characters of minerals and the terminology of the science; the next eight cases
contain the collections of crystals and crystal models ; and in the remaining seven is shown,
for the first time as a whole, the fine collection of pseudomorphs, now occupying five times
the space possible in the old gallery at Bloomsbury.

Three of the large specimens, two of Calcite, and cne of Selenite, have been placed in
a new case specially constructed for their exhibition.

All those specimens, 4,215 in number, which had been acquired previous to 1837, and
were without reference to any catalogue, have been numbered and registered.

A list of the donations of mineral specimens between 1754 and the commencement of a
revister in 1837 has been extracted from the general list of donations to the Trustees which
is kept at Bloomsbury, and when possible the specimen has been recognised and the name
of the donor affixed.

Upwards of 4,000 specimens have been set aside as duplicates, and neatly labelled so as

_to be ready for distribution.

Crystallographic work has been done upon the specimens of Meneghinite and Bour-
nonite. The crystallographic symbol has been determined for and painted on each face
of 743 crystal models, and the whole collection, which is shown for the first time, has
been arranged and labelled.

In the laboratory 49 qualitative and 7 quantitative analyses have been made.

For the depertmental library have been acquired 199 separate works (including 27
pamphlets) in addition to the current periodicals; these have been stamped and cata-
logued ; 1,628 volumes and 6,734 plates have received the departmental stamp ; the whole
of the library has been press-marked and the references have been entered in the
Catalogue.

The number of visits recorded as made to the department for the purpose of consulta-
tion or study is 617.

Acquisitions. —

Four hundred and fifty specimens, namely, 272 simple minerals, 167 rocks,and 11
meteorites, have been acquired during the past year, and have been registered, labelled,
and placed in the collection. ‘The more important of these are given below.

MINERALS.
By Presentation :—

Specimens of Native Copper in the matrix: from the Calumet and Hecla Mines, Michi-
gan, U.S.A.: by the Mine owners.

Crystalline sprigs of Native Gold, Ontario Mine, Summit Co., Colorado : by Richard
Pearce, Esq. '

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Diamonds in the diamond-rocks from Kimberley, South Africa: by George Kilgour,
Esq., M. Inst. c.2.

A specimen of unworked “ Cat’s-Eye” from the Campbell District, Griqualand West,
South Africa: by Charles Aburrow, Esq. :

Large crystalline masses of Graphite, from Ceylon: by the Morgan Crucible Company,
Battersea.

Millerite from Bockra, Ayrshire: by David Corse Glen, Esq.

A very fine crystal of Pyrrhotite, and a specimen of auriferous Mispickel, both from
Morro Velho, Brazil: by F. ‘lendron, Esq., F.G.s.

A large crystal of Tetrahedrite from the Pranal Mine, Pontgibaud : by R. Taylor, Esq.

Fluor enclosing free fluorine from W6lsendorf, Ober-Pfalz, Rhenish-Bavaria : by Dr.
Hugo Miiller, r.r.s. ;

Salt from Bokhara: by the Rev. H. Lansdell, p.».

Salt from the Duncrue Mine, Carrickfergus, Ireland: by C. A. W. Stewart, Esq.

Crystals of Magnetite and of Iron Glance from Henjam Island, Persian Gulf: by
Lieut. A. W. Stiffe, F.R.A.S.

Crystals of Chrysoheryl, Alexandrite and Sapphire, from Ceylon: by J. Brukowsky,
Esq.

A specimen of Calcite of a peculiar form: by the Rev. T. Wiltshire, m.a., r.a.s.

Dolomite with Apatite crystals from Morro Velho, Brazil; by the St. John del Rey
Mining Company.

Chesterlite in good crystals, from Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: by W. W.
Jefteris, Esq.

Felspar and Mica crystals from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; by Joseph Mawson, Esq., F.G.s.

A crystal of Diopside from Ala, Piedmont: by Dr. Leo Eger.

Crystals of Annerédite and Achmite, from Anneréd and Eger, Norway: by Thomas
Gibb, Esq.

By Purchase :—

Fine crystals of Blende and Jordanite from the Binnenthal, Wallis, Switzerland.

Very fine groups of crystals of Stibnite from Mount Kosang, Island of Sikoko, South
Japan.

Horbachite from Horbach, Schwarzwald, Baden.

Very large crystals of rose-coloured Fluor from the Gischenen-Alp, Switzerland.

Braunite from San Marcel, Val d’ Aosta, Piedmont.

Cassiterite from Villeder, Morbihan, France.

Magnetite in large and bright octahedrons from the Binnenthal, Wallis, Switzerland.

A facetted ‘ Oriental Amethyst” (Sapphire) of rare tint.

Anatase in unusually large crystals from the Binnenthal, Wallis, Switzerland.

Brookite from the Maderanerthal, Uri, Switzerland.

A very large crystal of Quartz from Madagascar.

Large pieces of Rock Crystal enclosing long crystals of epidote and tourmaline, from
Madagascar.

A large crystal of Amethyst from Norway.

A polished sphere of “ Cat’s-Eye ” quartz from Griqualand West, South Africa.

Unusually large and fine polished pieces of the Brecciated Agate of Kunnersdorf,
Saxony.

Polished slabs of Moss-Agates and other Agates from Banda, Bandalkhand, India.

Ayragonites from the Arkingarthdale mine, Yorkshire.

Calcites from the Maderanerthal, Fellithal, and Ober-Simmenthal, Switzerland.

Wollastonite from North Roskear mine, Camborne, Cornwall.

A specimen of the rare ‘“‘ Camphor” Jade worked as a bottle, from China.

Epidotes from the Maderanerthal, Uri, Switzerland.

Scapolite from Arendal, Norway.

An unusually large crystal of Emerald, from the Harbachthal, Salzburg.

Large crystals of Adularia free from chlorite, and Pericline ; both from Berg Scopi,
Graubiindten, Switzerland.

Specimens of Steatite having the form of quartz, from Ocker, Hartz, Germany.

Apophyllites from tie Phoenix mine, Michigan, U.S.A., and from Gross-Priessen,
Bohemia.

Natrolite from the Fellithal, Uri, Switzerland.

A large detached crystal of Milarite, from Val Giuf, Switzerland.

Specimens of Danburite from the Berg Scopi, Graubiindten, Switzerland.

Lettsomite from Cornwall.

Barytes from the Frizzington iron mine, West Cumberland, and from Felsdbanya,
Hungary.

Lithiophilite from Branchville, Connecticut, U.S.A.; Vanadinites from Yapavay
County, Arizona, U.S.A., and Donna Anna County, New Mexico.

Psittacinite from Montana, U.S.A.

Granuline from the Vesuvius eruption of April 1882.

Specimens of Amber remarkable for their fluorescence, from Sicily.

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. EVs

Rocks.
By Presentation :—

Basalt-glass from Beal, Portree, Isle of Skye: by Professor J. W. Judd, F.R.S., &c.

Foyaite from Foya, Serra de Monchique, Portugal: by A. Bravo Gomez, Esq.

Gabbro from Yarner Beacon, Dartington, Devonshire: by A. Champernowne, Esq.,
M.A., F.G.S.

Quartz-felsite, shewing junction with slate, from the Vale of St. J ohn’s, Cumberland :
by John Millar, Esq., F.R.c.P.£., &c. &e.

Flexible sandstone from Stoke Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.: by Captain J. W. Dewey.

Various specimens from the cuttings on the Rio and Bahia railway, Brazil: by Joseph
Mawson, Esq., F.G.s.

A collection of Rocks from the Solomon Islands, made and presented by H. B. Guppy
Esq., M.B., surgeon of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Lark.” ‘

METEORITES.
By Presentation :—

A large Stone, being one of two which fell about the year 1730 in Ogi (Koshi
Japan: by Naotaro Nabeshima, Esq. y gi (Koshio),

By Exchange :—

Nagaya, Entre Rios, South America.

Gnadenfrez, Silesia; Fell 17th May 1879. -

Duel Hill, Madison County, North Carolina, U.S.A.; Found 1873.
Lick Creek, Davidson County, North Carolina, U.S.A.; Found 1879.

By Purchase :—

A lfianello, Brescia, Italy; Fell 16th February 1883.

Girgenti, Sicily ; Fell 10th February 1853.

Pawlowka, Russia; Fell 2nd August 1882.

Alleghany Mountain, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, U.S.A.; Found 1882.
Rancho de la Pila, Durango, Mexico; Found 1882.

Albareto, Modena, Italy; Fell July 1766.

Those falls of which the localities are printed in italics were previously not represented

in the collection.
L. Fletcher.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

The arranging and labelling specimens suitable for instructive exhibition in the public
Gallery have been carried on during the vear.

Plants from various regions have been examined, named, and added to the Generai
Herbarium, including specimens from Lapland, collected by Eksirand; from the
Caucasus, collected by Brotherus; from India, collected by Roxburgh, Blinkworth,
Griffith, Wallich, Campbell, Hooker and Thomson, and Clarke ; from Ceylon, collected
by Trimen; from Amboina and Sumatra, collected by Forbes; from Java, collected by
Zollinger and Forbes; from Timor, collected by R. Brown and Forbes; from Cochin
China, collected by Pierre; from China, collected by Hinds, Lamont, and Bretschneider;
from Japan, coilected by Zollinger and Bissett; from North Africa, collected by
Oudney and Clapperton; from Cape Verde Islands, collected by Christian Smith; from
Tropical Africa, collected by Captain Belcher ; from South Africa, collected by Rehmann
and MacOwan; from Madagascar, collected by Hilsenberg and Bojer, Hildebrandt,
Baron, and Deans Cowan; from New Zealand, collected by Kirk; from Arctic America,
collected by Richardson; from the Southern States, collected by Suksdorf; from Utah,
collected by Parry ; from Mexico, collected by Sallé and Wright; from Cuba, collected
by Rugel; and from Cayenne, collected by Rothery. Large additions have also been
selected from the Herbaria of Robert Brown, Miers, Nolte, Shuttleworth, and Auerswald.
By exchange the following important collections have been obtained:—From Professor
Asa Gray, 83 authentic specimens of new species of American plants; from F. B. Forbes,
Esq., 228 species of North China plants; 104 species of plants from A. Bennett, Esq.;
and a section of Dadoxylon from Owen’s College, Manchester.

‘Lhe following Natural Orders have been more or less completely re-arranged in the
course of the year:—Anonacee, Burseracee, Celustrinee, Rhaumnacee, Anacardiacee,
Zygophyllacee, Leguminose (Dalbergiee), Cytinacee, Balanophoree, Urticacee, Dioscorea,
Palma, Restiucee, Cyperacee, Graminee, and Rhizocarpee.

A further portion of the extensive Herbarium of the late Dr. Hampe has been mounted

0.63. H and

58 Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

and arranged for consultation, and many additions have been made to the arranged
collections of Alge and Fungi.

The rare and critical British plants contributed by Botanists have been incorporated
with the British Herbarium; and also the plants of Samuel Dale’s Herbarium, which
was presented to the Trustees some years ago by the Apothecaries’ Company.

Some progress has been made in the preparation of a fuller and more exact catalogue of
the contents of the Sloane Herbarium than has hitherto existed; and the plants collected
by Cunningham in China in 1680, and distributed through several volumes of the Sloane
Herbarium, have been catalogued.

The duplicate plants from Cuba, collected by Rugel, and acquired with the Shuttle-
worth Herbarium, have been arranged for distribution.

The principal additions to the collections during the year have consisted in a further
continuation of the valuable Herbarium of Indian plants presented by Charles Baron
Clarke, Esq., F.R.S., amounting to 182 species; 373 species of plants from Socotra,
collected and presented by Professor Bayley Balfour; 538 species of American plants,
presented by IF. C. S. Roper, Esq.; 876 species of North American plants, from the
Department of Agriculture, United States; 137 species of European plants from A.
Bennett, Esq.; a small collection of plants from Ceylon, presented by Dr. Trimen ;
27 species of Australian Orchids, presented by R. D. Fitzgerald, Esq. ; a small collection’
of Tasmanian mosses, presented by E. T. Newton, Esq.; 11 species of North American
Polygalacee, from A. Bennett, Esq.; a small collection of European plants from Geo.
Nicholson, Esq.; 22 Orchidee and 3 Aroidee, from H. J. Veitch, Esq.; and specimens
of Pringlea and Lyallia from the “ Challenger” Office. The following collections have
been acquired by purchase :—1,234 plants from South Africa, collected by Rehmann ;
and 340 from the same region, collected by Ecklon and Zeyher; from Madagascar 707
plants collected by Hildebrandt, 531 by Baron, and 450 by Deans Cowan; 830 from
the Caucasus, collected by Brotherus; 233 plants from Palestine, collected by Post;
1,500 plants from Sumatra, collected by Forbes ; 700 plants from New Zealand, collected
by Kirk; 368 plants from Southern California, collected by Parish; 260 plants from
Florida, collected by Curtis; 219 species from Washington Territory, collected by
Suksdorf; 100 species of critical plants from Sicily, collected by Jacono; 90 critical
species and varieties of willows from Kerner; 250 species of mosses from the neighbour-
hood of Paris, collected by Roze and Bescherelle; 300 species of European Fungi, by
Rabenhorst; 50 species of Fungi from Austria, collected by Rehm; 100 species of
Fungi from Germany, from Thuemen; 100 slides of Diatomacee from Belgium, pre-
pared by Van Heurck; 100 species of Scandinavian A/ge, collected by Wittrock and
Nordstedt; 497 species of Alge from Morocco, collected: by. Schousboe; 54 from
Madeira, collected by Mandon; and a specimen of the rare Broomeia congregata,
presented by Professor MacOwan.

A series of Fruits from Sumatra, collected by H. O. Forbes, Esq., has been added to
the collection of Fruits; a portion of the trunk of a fine Yew tree from Sutton Park has
been presented by his Grace the Duke of Devonshire ; and 23 specimens of raw vegetable
fibres from South-east Java, presented by H. O. Forbes, Esq.

To the British Herbarium there have been added the valuable Herbarium of the Rev.
Hugh Davies, author of “ Welsh Botanologia,” and containing the type specimens of
that work; 469 species from the Rev. W. H. Painter; 116 species from C. Bailey, Esq.;
91 species from J. Saunders, Esq.; 75 species from Horace Pearce, Esq. ; 67 species
from Devon and Cornwall, presented by T. R. A. Briggs, Esq.; 50 species from
Wicklow, presented by Miss Kinahan; 230 preparations of cellular plants by Mr.
Joshua; and specimens of rare and critical species from the Rey. T. 8. Lea, C. T.
Greene, Esq., W. H. Beeby, Esq., R. F. Towndrow, Esq., Professor J. W. H. Trail,
A. W. Bennett, Esq., W. P. Hiern, Esq., Rev. W. H. Cadogan, J. Cunnack, Esq.,
A. Brotherston, Esq., A. G. More, Esq., H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., F. C. S. Roper, Esq.,
A. Bennett, Esq., Rev. R. P. Murray, F. Townsend, Esq., G. C. Druce, Esq., and John
Benbow, Esq.

Specimens of Cryptogams for the British Herbarium have been presented by Geo.
Nicholson, Esq., H. Boswell, Esq., J. Saunders, Esq., E. M. Holmes, Esq., Wm.
Phillips, Esq., H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., W. H. Pearson, Esa., R. V. Tellam, Esgq.,
C. B. Plowright, Esq., and KH. George, Esq. The extensive collection of British Mosses
formed by the late Rev. H. H. Wood, has been purchased from his representatives, and
215 snecimens of Hepatice from Carrington and Pearson.

The collection of Piintsand Drawings of Plants has been increased by the purchase of
the original Drawings (221 in number) made by Dr. Bruch for the “‘ Bryologia Europea,”
which contain unpublished material of great critical value; of a collection of original
Drawings of Madagascar plants, made by the Rev. Deans Cowan, and 210 original
Drawings formerly belonging to Dr. Roemer.

A considerable addition to the Collection of Autographs of Botanists has been made
during the year, and the whole has been arranged and mounted in one series.

During the year 24,561 specimens of plants have been incorporated with the arranged
collections.

_ The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific research and
inquiry was 1,023.
Wm. Carruthers.

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 5Q

GENERAL LIBRARY OF NATURAL History.

The number of volumes added to this part of the Natural History Library in the past
year was 2,261, bringing up the total number to 9,920.

Of these additions 28 volumes were presented, 79 transferred from other Departments,
and 2,154 acquired by purchase.

The preliminary catalogue, which is arranged alphabetically, has been kept up to date,

and is now being printed.

One hundred and seventy-six volumes have been bound.

The whole of the Works of Travel, Voyages, and miscellaneous publications that had
previously been without proper accommodation, have been sorted, arranged, and placed
on the new shelving provided in the basement room. 3

By the aid of one of the Attendants from the Zoological Department press-marks
were inserted in 5,601 volumes of serial publications, and 371 were stamped.

Albert Gunther.

British prea’ Edw. A. Bond,
10 May 1884. Principal Librarian.

0.63.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exrent
TuRE of the British Museum (Spectat Tro,
Funns), for the Year ended 31 March 188%
Number of Persons admitted to visit ¢
Museum in each Year from 1878 to 1883, be
Years inclusive; and the British Muset
(NartonaL Hisrory), in each Year from #

added to them in the Year 1883.

(Str John Lubbock.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to le Printed,
25 June 1884.
——————————————

[ Price 74 d.]

234. Under 6 0:

H.—28. 6. 84.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 24 April 1885 ;—for,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Exprenpiture of the Britiso Muszum
(Specrat Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 3lst day of March 1885:”

“ And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Musrum in each
Year from 1879 to 1884, both Years inclusive ; and the British Muszum
(NaturAL History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1884,
inclusive; together with a Strarement of the Progress made in the
ARRANGEMENT and Dascriprion of the CoLLecTions, and an Account of
Ossects added to them, in the Year 1884.”

Treasury Chambers, |
9 July 1885. H. T. HOLLAND.

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 1885.

iI._ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
IIf.._—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.

-VI.— RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisn Museum in
each Year from 1879 to 1884, both Years inclusive; and the British Musevm
(Narurat History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1884, inclusive.

VII._—STATEMENT of Generar Proeress.

VIII.—_STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and Description of the Cot-
LECTIONS, and Account of Oxssects added to them, in the Year 1884.

Ordered, 5y The House of Commons, to be Printed,
10 July 1885.

LONDON:

4 PRINTED BY HENRY HANSARD AND SON,
PRINTERS TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

To be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from any of the following Agents, Vidi,
Messrs. Hansarp, 13, Great Queen-street, W.C., and 32, Abingdon-street, Westminster ;
Messrs Eyre and Sporriswoope, East Harding-street, Fleet-street, and
Sale Office, House of Lords ;

Messrs. ADAM and CHARLES BLACK, of Edinburgh ;

Messrs. ALEXANDER THOM and Co., or Messrs. Hopaes, Fiaais, and Co., of Dublin.

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2 AccouNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Exrenpiture of thee BRIDGEWATER

c Stock,
=a 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Be eS ep nore. Meh
To Batance on the Ist April 1884 - : = = = = =|) 904 17 10 13 gee 2

, Drvipenps received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:

On the 7th July 1884 - - - £.196 15 4

», 6th January 1885 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8

- One Yazar’s Rent or a Rear Esrare, bequeathed by the Earl of
Bridgewater, received 19th April 1884 - - - - 31 14 11

£. 930 3 5 1S,117 17 2

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrret ann ExpernpiturE of the FARNBOROUGH

Vv —

:
@uen. Stock, q
3 p’Cent.Consols. |
— %
Sse Cees ae
To Batance en the Ist April 1884 - - be fee Rae eS N62 60 2,872 6 10
- Divipenpvs received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 7th July 1884 - £.438 1 9
» 6th January 1885 43 1 8
=a 86 3 5
£. 248 9 5 2,872 6 10

III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrpt anp Exrrenpiture of the SWINEY

Gian Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Ege he als £.. aes
To Baczance on the Ist April 1884 - - - - - - -| 23615 5 5,369 2
- Drvipenns received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con- !
sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on §
Geology, viz.: I
On the 7th July 1884 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1885 80 10 9
161 1 6 ;

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND, from the 1st April 1884 to the 31st March 1885.

C Stock,
#ou 3 p’ Cent. Censols.
fee Sei Ch CSE eh
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the

Rear Estate - - - - - - - - = : Cec!
— Payment of one year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian = - -| 210 - -
— Payment for the purchase of Manuscripts —- - - -| 400 - —-
- Paywent for Stamps on Cheques - - - - hg E eS xs
Gls 34:

— BALANCES ON THE3IST Marcu 1885, carried to Account for 1885/86 SS eel 138,117 17 2

225) aI) ee 13,117 17 2

a chs ee

FUND, from the 1st April 1884 to the 31st March 1885.

CERES 3 Gon caeae
Lie Wesss as 5 Gs Gh
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts - =u a - -| 168 56 -
— Payment for Stamps on Cheques - - = - = = = = She <a
By Batances on Tue 31st Marcu 1885, carried to Account for 1885/86 9419 5 2,872 6 10

—
———————

Sait 2468" OF 5 2,872 6 10

eet

FUND, from the Ist April 1884 to the 31st March 1885,

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

shh Sale Stew
yh
By SAtary paid to Dr. R. H. Traquair for Lectures on Geology in
es ec ef aE
- Payenr for Stamps on Cheques - - - - - - : = ars

Ba.ancEs on THE 31st Marcu 1885, carried to Account for 1885/86 | 247 11 11

Se 3f7 16 11 5,869 2 9

4 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receirt and Exrenpiture of the BIRCH

Stock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£.) Ss. a. Leas
To Barance on the 1st April 1884 - - - - - SS ae “Se ein 563 15 7
- Divivenps received on 5631, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
beaueathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under
Librarians of the British Museum, viz. :
On the 7th July 1884 - - £8 9 1
» 6th January 1885 - Sie
—— 1618 38
£ 1618 38 563 15 7

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerpr and Exrennirure of the Bequest of the late

Srock,

Casu. ép’ Cent. Consols.

To Barance of Stock on the Ist April 1854 - - - a el) aan eo poe Lee 15,000 - —

- Divivenp received on 15,0001. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con-
sols, viz.:

On the 7th July 1884 - = = = Seon. kien

- Divipenp received on 7,500. Stock in 3 per Cent,
Consols, viz. :

On the 6th January 1885 —- - - - 11210 —-

——|'" 337.10 —

- Amounr received by sale of 13,1000. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, less
commission and expenses of power of attorney - - - - |13,087 16 -

_

13,425 6

Buitish Museum, }
30 May 1885. f

Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 5

FUND, from the Ist April 1884 to the 31st March 1885.

{
| Srock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consois.
Ga See LL Sted
By Lezcacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum,
whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Senior Keeper of the
Departments of Printed Books, of Manuscripts, and of Natural
History - - - - - - - - - - - 1618 3
— Bavance on THE 31st Marcu 1885, carried to Account for 1885/86 | - - - 563 15 7
28 16 18 3 563 15 7

Mr. WILLIAM WHITE, from the Ist April 1884 to the 1st March 1885.

Ane Srock,
ae 3 p Ceut. Consols.
Le Sead. £25 Sagi,
| By Balance on the Ist of April 1884. - - - 2 * = = 80 8 11
— Payments for making provision for bookbinders’ workshops, and other
works for building additions on the east side of the Museum -| 259 10 4
- Payments including balance of contract and surveyor’s measuring
charges for additional buildings on the east side of the Museum - |12,838 15 5
- Payment to the Surveyor of Her Majesty’s Office of Works for
services rendered in preparing plans, and in general superin-
tendence of the works provided for out of the White Bequest -| 129 6 2
- Salary of a Clerk of the Works in charge of the new buildings - - 97 13 2
- Payment for a copy of the late Mr. William White's portrait - - 10 10 —
— Payment for stamps on cheques - - - - - = - Deen's
— Sale of 13,100/. Stock in Three per Cent. Consols_ - - - Sale = = 13,100 -— —
- Barance on 81st March 1885, carried forward to 1885/86, and still
available for the purposes of the bequest - - - - - 58 10 4 I,9000 Sans
£. 18,4295 6 — 15,000) = +=

Edward A, Bond, Principal Librarian.

6 ACCOUNTS, &c.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

ooo

VL-~NUMBER of Persons Apmittep to Visit the Baitisu Musrum and the Bririse Museum
(Naturat History). :

A.—Perrsovys adinitted to view the GensraL CoLLecrions in the British Museum in each Year from 1879
to 1884, both Years inclusive.

12@79. | 1880, | 1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884.

No. No. No. No. No. No.
JANUARY - j < = o SS - | 35,000 | 46,489 | 61,666 | 64,277 | 66,485 | 36,936
FeBRUARY - - = ots Ae << - | 23,417 | 22,640 | 35,499 | 46,805 | 45,559 | 28,419
Manon oe me | OF ee 020s) RAeedd a) ces le a0 eee ees
Aun =< eS ele ee 68s | az aa ees) sub oss en ae
Mawo.e = 0s ewe Om ee a 89086 | ee tb7 I Ae 95 | 73 na eee
June - = Oe ee : ~ aPes ~ = - | 78,972 | 54,941 | 73,725 | 65,900 | 62,301 | 35,722
JULY - ai ne ae - iy Pt Mat en eo - - | 59,488 | 59,833 | 56,701 | 62,721 | 57,686 | 39,462
Aveust - - - - - - - - - - | 65,484 | 75,677 | 80,955 | 83,295 | 62,898 | 45,808
SEPTEMBER -— - - - + - - . - - | 49,818 | 56,208 | 60,264 | 60,700 | 32,211 | 46,612
OcroBeER -— - - - - - =n Ka - - | 39,529 | 42,269 | 56,141 | 57,068 | 35,143 | 48,869
NoveMBER - - - - = - =. 38 - | 42,363 | 50,072 | 49,721 | 47,442 | 31,302 | 39,378
DECEMBER - oe = - - - - - - - | 54,150 | 81,842 | 96,331 | 57,290 | 38,516 | 45,299

— —S- | SF | |

Total Number of Persons admitted to view eas 606,394 | 655,608 | 764,405 | 767,402 | 660,557 | 468,873

Genera! Collections (exclusive of Readers) -

Including the total number of persons (3,322) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six
till eight o’clock, from the 3rd of May to the 14th of July 1884, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 19th of July te
the end of August.

NUMBER OF VISITS TO PARTICULAR
DEPARTMENTS.

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research - | 125,594 | 133,842 | 134,278 | 146,891 | 152,983 | 154,729

To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research 256 124 111 54 30 109
Dee earpiece 6: Uplate ates qonnyieee ie 2,191| 2,076] 2,272] 2,843] 2,206! 2,600
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study - - | 15,626 | 14,957 | 15,187 | 12,7!9 | 14,771 | 15,407
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c. 1,620 | 1,689 1,8¢9 | 2,044] 1,989] 1,944
To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room- - - - - | 18,9381 | 19,828 | 28,168 | 18,049 | 22,195 | 20,931
To the Depts. of Natural History, for the purpose of study - | 7,991 6,307 | 10,890 | F 9,628 - =
To the Print Room, for the purpose of study - - - 4,220 | 4,888 | 4,312] 4,739 5,105 | 4,649
TotaL - - -|176,429 | 183,686 | 197,032 aS 199,279 | 200,269

SS
The Christy Collection was removed from 103, Victoria-street, to the British Museum, during the year 1883.

+ Note.—Students, Department of Zoology, 1882. Subsequent admissions included in Return, British Museum (Natural History).

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ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

VI.—Numper of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c.—continued.

B.—Persons ADMITTED TO VIEW THE CoLLECTIONS IN THE British Museum (Naruraz History), in each
Year from the date of opening (18th April 1881) to 1884, inclusive.

1881: 1882: 1883 : 1884:

J cag bs a en 28,234 19,164 30,516
Se ee cr 17,522 15,084 22,628
Pe ieee Favre Pog apes 35,257 24,121
Pedbisigs0, )- > - 41,484 37,130 16,761 51,952
i: 2 22,871 33,829 38,797 24,359
foe 2 2 Se eee 25,867 20,461 18,507 39,740
ie oa 13,986 20,395 16,509 28,444
joo Le 27,970 29,182 25,298 35,080
September - - - - - 23,950 19,564 17,188 31,131
Denier =) ee aaa 23,044. 15,217 30,827 31,355
November - = - - - 17,945 10,469 25,502 24,453
December - - - - - 34,217 I 10h~ ~ 23,487 31,452

Whom. == eS 231,284 278,027 277,331 375,281

Number of Visits to the Department of—

1882 : 1883: 1884 :

Zoology for the purpose of Study - - ie - - 5,229* 6,818

Geology 3 tevin New Bnlding 1,209 | 2,458 1,991

Mineralogy - id ee in the 697 617 651
Cromwell-road.

Botany 66 Op - -) 803 1,023 993

Toran - - - 2,709 9,322 10,453

* Considerably under usual number, owing to the closing of the department during the removal of the Zoological Collections.

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British
and Medizeval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medais) are Open to the Public, Free, as under :—

Monpay and SaturpAy—The whole of the Galleries.

TuEspay and THurspay—The whole of the Galleries, except British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethno-
graphy.

Wepnespay and Frrpay—The whole of the Galleries, except the Western Gallery of Antiquities on the
Upper Floor, and the Rooms of Greek and Roman Antiquities on the Ground Floor and Basement.

The hours of Admission are from—
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.

LOM 4 5 ,, March, April, September, October.

LO 6}, G , May, June, July, August.

Oe 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from May 1st to the middle of July.

TOP 3 7 ., Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.

The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, October,
November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m.; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven.
ann Reading Room is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and

ctober.

Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock to the hour of
general closing ; andin the Print Room from Ten tili Four o’clock, January to March, and August to December ;
Ten till Five, April to July.

Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Zoology, Geology and Paleontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of
the week, except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

The hours of Admission are from —

10 am. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.

LO 3} Re March, April, September, October.

TOR Cans May, June, July, August.

TORY ss 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from May Ist to the Middle of July.

LOR: Weiss Monday and Saturday only, from the Middle of July to the end of August.

Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments froin Ten o’clock till Four o’clock.

British Museum, Edward A. Bond,
30 May 1885. Principal Librarian.
Was. A4

8 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VII.— GENERAL PROGRESS.

THE new building erected from funds bequeathed by Mr. William White having been
completed, rooms in it on the ground and first floors, on the south side, have been
occupied by the Department of Manuscripts, in one of which readers consulting the
select MSS. are accommodated.

The Gallery, built from the same fund, in which the Mausoleum Sculptures have been
placed, has been opened to public visitors ; and the room from which these Sculptures
were removed has been used for the purpose of exhibiting the figured columns and
architectural remains of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, excavated some years since
by Mr. J. T. Wood, and now, for the first time, brought together.

The collection of Antiquities of the Middle Ages, including Armour, Ivories, Metal
Work, Limoges Enamels, Watches, Matrices of Seals, and other objects, have been
arranged in one of the roonis previously used for the exhibition of Mammalia. The room
has been opened to public visitors.

An extensive and very valuable collection of Oriental Porcelain presented by
Mr. A, W. Franks, Keeper of the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities, has
been removed from Bethnal Green Museum, where it was on loan, and arranged in
another of the previous Mammalian rooms.

The arrangement of the Ethnological collection in the cases of the long gallery
formerly occupied by the Bird collection is now nearly completed.

Additional table accommodation has been provided in the Reading Room to meet the
increasing numbers of readers ; and a Catalogue, with press-marks, has been prepared of
the selected books placed in the lower gallery of the room.

In connection with the Quincentenary Wycliffe Commemoration, a selection of Manu-
scripts, showing the progress of translation of the scriptures into English from the earliest
time to the completion of the Wvycliffite versions, together with manuscripts of tracts
attributed to Wycliffe, and with printed copies of his works, has been exhibited in the
King’s Library. A printed guide contains a full description of the collection.

Museum publications, electrotypes of Ancient Coins, and autotype reproductions
of engravings, have been presented to Free Libraries and other institutions in the
United Kingdom.

A selection of duplicate engravings has been lent for temporary exhibition at Wolver-
hampton.

Duplicate Geological and Mineral specimens have becn presented to 20 institutions.
The Photographic Studio has been re-built on an enlarged scale.
The following are the publications of the year :—

GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE BRITISH MusgeuM Lisrary: Folio.

Parts :—Aristotle ; Ant.—Arc. ; Baa.—Bah.; Bah.—Bal.; Bal—Bar.; Barb.—
Barn.; Barn.—Bart.; Bart.—Bauc.; Baud.—Bdij.; Be.—Bed.; Bed.—Bel.;
Bern.—-Bess. ; Boyd.— Brah.; Bud.—Bun.; Bun.—Bur.; V.—Val.; Vam.—Vat;
Vir.—Uni.; Von—Uzz.; W.—Wag.; Wag.—Wal.; Wal.—War.; War.— Wat. ;
Wes.—Whi. ; Whi.—Wil.; Wil. (1st pt.).—Wil. (2nd pt.); Woo.—W2zz.; Z.—
Zel. ; Zel.—ZZ.

CATALOGUE OF ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 4¢o. Continuations of the following
sections :-—
A. and B.—New English and Foreign Books, 14 parts.

C.—Old English Books, and works in Foreign Languages printed in England,
2 parts.

D.—Old Foreign Books, 6 parts.

F.— Cross-References, 2 parts.

CATALOGUE OF Maps.—Progress has been made with the printing to the letter R.

CaTALOGUE OF Books IN THE LIBRARY OF THE British MuseEvuM, printed
in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Books in English printed abroad, to the
year 1640. Three vols. 8vo.

BRITISH

—

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

British Musrum Reapine-Room anp Lisraries (Description), with a
Plan: 8vo.

Britisa Musrum. Wycliffe Exhibition in the King’s Library. Arranged by E. M.
Thompson, Keeper of the Department of MSS: 8vo.

A SELECTION FROM THE MisceLLANrEous INSCRIPTIONS OF ASSYRIA AND
BasyLonra. Prepared by Major General Sir H. C. Rawlinson, K.c.B., F.R.8., &c.,
assisted by Theophilus G. Pinches. Vol. V. Plates (36-70). Folio.

CATALOGUE OF THE GREEK COINS IN THE BrivisH Musreum. Central Greece
(Locris, Phocis, Beotia and Eubea). By Barclay V. Head, M.R.A.8. 8vo.

Prints AND DrRAwinés IN THE British Musrum, reproduced by Photographic
process. German Prints (32 plates in portfolio).

REPORT ON THE ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean
during the Voyage of H.M.S. “ Alert,” 1881-82. With 54 Lithographic Plates. 8vo.

GuIDE TO THE MINERAL GALLERY OF THE British Musrum (Natura
Hisrory). With an Introduction to the study of Minerals. By Lazarus Fletcher,
M.A., Keeper of the Department of Mineralogy : 8vo.

British Museum, Edward A. Bond,
30 May1885. Principal Librarian.

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CATALOGUING OF COoLLEC-
TIONS, AND ADDITIONS MADE TO THEM, in the Year 1] 884.

DEPARTMENT OF PrinTEeD Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
63,006; in addition to which 48,664 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of
changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library. 27,117 labels have been aftixed,
and 84,503 obliterated labels have been renewed. The process of attaching third press-
marks to the books in the New Library has been continued; 15,712 books have been
thus marked during the year, and the corresponding alterations have been carried out
in the Reading Room Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 44,041 title-slips have been written (the term “title-slip” ap-
plying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these, 35,630 were written for
the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 8,411 for the separate Cata-
logues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Printing.—44,510 titles for works added to the Library have been prepared for
printing during the year, upon the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for
1879, and 28,966 titles have been printed off.

Progress has also been made in the further undertaking of printing the whole Catalogue
in its alphabetical sequence from the beginning. Several volumes which had become
filled with entries, in the further portion of the Catalogue, have also been printed. 123
MS. volumes have been printed during 1884, forming 30 printed volumes. The
letter A has been printed and published, with the exception of the heading “ Academies,”
and the letter B, as far as the heading “ Bible,” was in the hands of the printer at the
close of the year. ‘The articles “ Aristotle,” “ Bacon,” and “ Bunyan,” have been issued
separately.

(c.) Incorporation.—New General Catalogue (A to U, part of W), 52,314 title-slips,
and 633 index-slips have been incorporated into this portion of the Catalogue. This
incorporation has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrange-
ment, to remove and re-insert in each copy 48,814 title-slips and 1,185 index-slips, and
to add to each copy 212 new leaves to receive them.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 216, and in that of Academies, 105.

0.73. B (d.) Music

10 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

(d.) Music. Catalogue.—1,667 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue, and
18,304 titles of accessions have been printed. 18,316 title-slips have been incorporated
into each of the two copies of the Music Catalogue; and 2,218 into each of the two
copies of the Catalogue of authors of words set to music.

(e.) Hebrew Cataiogue.—637 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues—The number of titles written is 5,571, of which 696
were for Sanscrit, and Pali books; 2,006 for Arabic, Persian and Turkish; and the
remainder for Hindustani, Bengali, Hindi, and the other languages of India.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—123 Chinese, and 413 Japanese title-slips have
been written for these Catalogues.

(h.; Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—For this Catalogue, in which the title-slips are
arranged in order of the press-marks, 1,500 have been arranged, and 1,200 partially
arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 10,000 have been incorporated.

(1.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 390 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in
the Hand-Catalogue.

The arrangement of books much used by readers in the lower gallery of the Reading
Room has been completed, and a list of the books has been compiled to facilitate reference
to them, which is now being printed.

Some additions have been made to the Special Collections of Bibliographies in the
Reading-Room.

(j.) Catalogue of English Books printed up to 1640.—The printing of this Catalogue
has been completed, and it has been issued to the public.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course
of the year amounts to 21,621; including 466 volumes of newspapers; and, in con-
sequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one,
the number of bound volumes returned is 8,081. In addition to this, 1,339 pamphlets
have been separately bound, and 780 volumes have been repaired.

Two thousand eight hundred and ninety Parcels of Newspapers have been arranged,
packed, labelled for reference, and stored away in packages in order to avoid the expense
of binding them.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of yolumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room is 569,492; to the Royal Library, 13,931;
to the Grenville Library, 643 ; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 489,115, making a total amount of 1,100,450 volumes sup-
plied to readers.

The number of readers during the year has been 154,729, giving an average of about 509
daily, and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted about
7 volumes per diem, not reckoning those on the shelves of the Reading Room.

V. Additions.—(a.) 31,747 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 3,376
were presented, 10,127 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 1,486
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 15,833 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 30,188 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,310 were presented, 22,256 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 787 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 5,835 acquired by purchase.

(e.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
407 published in London and its suburbs, 1,307 in other parts of England and Wales,
186 in Scotland, and 155 in Ireland. 132 volumes, belonging to 69 different sets, have
been purchased ; and 1,774 numbers have been presented.

(d.) 6,783 pieces of Mnsic have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which
3,166 were received by English, and 2,494 by International Copyright, and 1,123 by
purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 31,747 volumes and pamphlets, and
30,108 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
33,679. Of these, 3,041 have been presented, 10,461 acquired by English, and 1,454 by
International Copyright, and 18,723 by purchase.

(f.) 12,207 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music,

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11

Music, Broadsides, Songs, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items; the
addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 74,132 articles
received in the Department.

(g.) The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is altogether 327,838.

Among the more remarkable acquisitions of the year may be noted :—

“Godly Meditations upon the Lords prayer, the beleefe, and ten comaundeméts: with
many comfortable praiers and excersises gathered by M. John Bradford in the time of
his imprisonment. London, J. Allde, 1578.” ‘This is the first complete edition (as far
as they were printed) of the Meditations of the Martyr John Bradford, the friend and
chaplain of Bishop Ridley. It is believed to be unique.

Seven small Spanish works of the first part of the 16th Century, which are all believed
to be unique. The most curious of these is a Mystery in verse by Bartholomé Palau,
entitled, ““Custodia del Hombre,” printed at Astorga in 1547, and 30 years earlier than
any other book known to have been printed in that city. Another work of interest is,
* La Institugion de la muy estrecha y no menos observate orden de Cartuxa y de la vida
del exceléte doctor Sant Bruno primero Cartuxano,” printed at Seville in 1520, a work
hitherto unknown. There is also a curious legend, ‘‘ La Vida de Sant Alexo,” printed
at Seville in 1520.

A copy of the first edition of Bunyan’s “ Pilgrim’s Progress” printed in 1678. This is
one of the rarest of Mnglish books. Even in so recent a publication as the 9th edition of
the “ Encyclopedia Britannica,” it is stated (1876) that “ Not a single copy of the first
edition is known to be in existence.” There are, however, three other copies which are
now known, one of which, that in the Lenox Library, is imperfect. The copy just
acquired is perfect, and in very good condition.

An extremely rare book, entitled, “‘ Kaetspeel,” or the Game of Tennis moralised,
printed at Delft in 1498. his work was translated from a French MS. into Flemish,
by Jan van den Berghe, and was first printed at Louvain in 1477. Of this first edition
only two copies are known, one being in the National Library at Paris, and the other in
Lord Spencer’s Collection at Althorp. The second edition, to which the copy acquired
belongs, is equally rare, there being only one other copy known, which is in the Library
of the Duke of Aremberg, at Brussels.

An edition of the Hebrew text of Isaiah and Jeremiah, with the Commentary of Rabbi
Kimchi, printed at Lisbon in 1492. This is a book of great rarity, and of importance in
the history of Hebrew typography. A Hebrew printing ofiice was established at Lisbon
in 1489, which seems to have been the first introduction of the printing art into that city ;
the total number of books printed at it amounts only to six, of which the work just acquired
is one, and Hebrew printing seems to have been finally discontinued in Lisbon with the
year }492.

A collection of 33 English Black Letter Ballads, chiefly non-political, of the time of the
Protectorate. Of the 33 ballads Mr. Ebsworth states that 25 are absolutely unique, and
the others contain variations, either in the text or woodcuts, from the editions extant in
the Roxburgh, Pepysian, and other collections. The dates range from 1651 to 1655, and
many of them bear the initials of the authors.

A considerable number of fine books were purchased at the sale of a further portion of
the Didot Library. Amongst those of interest may be mentioned: An Ambrosian
Psalter : “ Psalterium David Secundum ordinem Sancti Ambrosii,” printed at Milan in
1486, by Leonardus Pachel and Ulricus Scinzenzeller, A rare and fine edition of the
“ Speculum Vite humane ” of Rodericus Sancius, printed at Rome by J. P. de Lignamine,
in 1473. ‘‘ Le Recueil des histoires de Troye,” Lyon, Denys, 1548: a very rare and
curious edition, with remarkable engravings. An extremely rare edition of the Satires of
Horace and Juvenal, published together at Paris, in 1498, by Jean Petit, and printed by
Georg Wolff and Thielman Kerver. A series of portraits of great military commanders :
“ Ritratti et Hlogii di Capitani illustri,” Roma, 1635, having on the sides the arms of
Madame de Pompadour.

At the sale of the Library of M. Vergauwen at Brussels, upwards of 60 books printed
by early Dutch and Flemish printers were acquired, besides a considerable number of
later works on the history and antiquities of the Low Countries.

A Collection of early printed books from Japan and Corea. It comprises about 900
volumes, and is of great interest with reference to early block printing, and even early
printing with meveable types, as the art seems to have been practised in Corea, at a date
considerably anterior to that assigned to the earliest book printed in Europe.

George Bullen.

12 ACCOUNTS, KC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sus-DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHarts, PLANS AND TopoGRAPHICAL DRaAwINGS

I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

(a.) 1,339 titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) were written for the
Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year.

(6.) Press-marks have been given to 828 Maps and Atlases and to 1,291 titles.
339 slips have been written for the Hand Catalogue.

88 Volumes of the Catalogue of Maps (M.5, Manchester, to S. 21, Spafarey) have
been revised and sent to the printer. 72 Sheets of ‘“ Proof” (Mackenzie, p. 2561,
to Scherschel, p. 3696) for the new printed Catalogue of Maps, have been collated, and 78
sheets of “Revise ” (Lille, p. 2369, to Saccatou, p. 3616) have been sent “ for Press.”
The incorporation into the Map Catalogue of titles from the Catalogue of Maps, Prints
and Charts in the Royal Library has been continued from ‘ Malcom’s Cross” to
“Sphere.” 1,361 Titles of Accessions have been prepared and sent to the printer.

1.084 Maps, in 5,491 sheets and 30 Atlases, have been sent to be mounted and
bound and 44 Volumes and 808 Maps have been returned, the former bound and the
latter mounted, 776 on jaconet and union, 32 on cards.

34 Sheets of the one-inch Ordnance Survey have been mounted on jaconet.

An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 211 transcripts,
(633 in all). 2,735 new titles have also been incorporated into the ‘‘ Blue” copy of the
Catalogue, and 1,880 printed Accession titles have been incorporated into three copies of
the Printed Catalogue.

The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 969, the
number of Maps, 1,859 ; making a total of 2,828.

The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 715; on those
received by presentation, 568, making a total of 1,283.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room,
during the year 109 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of
special geographical research.

Il.— Additions.

812 Maps, in 4,599 sheets, nine Atlases and parts of Atlases, have been received
under the Copyright Act.

Five Atlases and 99 Maps, in 601 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ; one Celestial
Globe, three volumes of Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, and 171 Maps
and Charts, in 414 sheets, have been presented.

Among the more interesting of these acquisitions may be mentioned :—

1. A Celestial Globe, 4 feet in diameter, entitled “ Orbis calestis typus. Opus 4
P. Coronelli Min. Convent! Serenissimeque Repub. Venete Cosmographo Inchoatum,
Societatis gallicee sumptibus absolutum. Lutetie Parisiorum. Anno R.S. MDCXCIII.
Delin. Arnoldus Deuvez, Regie Acad. Pictor. Sculp. I. B. Nolin, Reg. Chr. Calcographus.
Paris, 1693.”

2. Karten von Mykenai (Mykenai mit Umgebung Maassstab 1.12,500. Akropolis -
von Mykenai Maassstab 1.750). With text by Steffen u. Lolling. Berlin, 1884. fol,

Robert K. Douglas.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

_ 1. Class Catalogue.—The incorporation of the printed description of MSS. acquired
in the years 1854 to 1881 into the several volumes of the Catalogue has been com-
pleted.

2. Catalogue of Ancient MSS.—The second Part, describing MSS. in Latin, has been
passed through the press, and issued.

3. Catalogue of _Romances.—The second volume is in a forward state of preparation.
Articles in forty-six different MSS. have been described. The descriptions of eighteen
MSS. have been revised.

_ 4. Catalogue of Spanish MSS.—The fourth volume, which will include the Index, is
in progress.
5. Catalogue

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13

5. Catalogue of Additions.—The Additional MSS., 32,163-32,447, and Egerton MSS.,
2,616-2,621, acquired in the year 1884, have been described, ‘The descriptions have
been copied in fourfold, and indexed.

The acquisitions of ihe year have been entered in the Registers.

The descriptions for the year 1883, with an Index, have been completed, revised, and
transcribed in fourfold ; and a copy has been placed in the Reading Room. ;

6. Catalogue of Stowe MSS.—The following MSS. have been described :—61, 62, 64
69-71, 75, 113-115, 119, 121-130, 135, 145, 170, 172-175, 178, 180, 182, 183, 186, 188—
193, 199, 209, 218, 224, 237, 345, 349, 352, 353, 360, 370, 373, 374, 394-396, 398, 406—
409, 443, 484, 694, 700, 717, 721, 723, 793, 794, 809, 820, 828, 829, 845, 853, 859, 891
894, 916, 929, 930, 933, 936, 939, 942, 947, 948, 950, 961, 963, 965-968. ;

7, Indexes,—The Index to English Political and other Poems in the various collections
has been continued and partially arranged.

8. Catalogues of Rolls, Charters, and Seals—The revision of the General Index of
names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls and Charters has been continued.

Additional Charters and Rolls, 27,325-27,702, and Egerton Charters, 486-503, lately
acquired, have been arranged and numbered.

The Catalogue of Seals is passing through the press. Sheets * to L have been
revised, and Sheets A to J have been sent to press.

Eight hundred and nine casts of Seals, selected for incorporation into the Seal Cata-
logue, have been arranged, described, and registered, and the descriptions have been
distributed throughout the Catalogue.

9. Exhibition.—A selection of MSS. for the “ Wycliffe Exhibition” has been
arranged in the King’s Library, and a guide-book has been printed and issued.

10. Arrangement of Papers, etc.—Add. MSS., consisting of correspondence and other
papers, 32,169-32,242, 32,249-32,309, 32,311-32,318, 32,323-32,357, 32,348-32,375,
32,389-32,412, 32,414-32,422, 32,432-32,441, have been arranged. a

11. Binding.—Three hundred and fifty-five Manuscripts, recently acquired, and
one hundred and thirty-eight Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or
repaired.

Four Papyri have been glazed.

Twelve Charters have been repaired.

Twenty-nine registers and catalogues, and eighty-one printed books of reference, have
been bound or repaired.

12. Verification.—The several collections have been verified by the shelf lists.

13. Miscellaneous.— One hundred and three Manuscripts. lately acquired, have been
placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists.

Five hundred Charters and Rolls, and nine hundred and forty-four Seals, have been
numbered.

The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

Seventeen hundred and twenty-six Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books,
have been stamped with a total of 14,734 impressions.

Eight hundred and eighty-one Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 27,943, and of those
consulted in the Department, 6,857.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 1,697.
The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,600.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

General Collection of Manuscripts = - - - - 285
Egerton Manuscripts - - = - Se i, - 6
Papyrus - - - - = - - - - 1
Rolls and Charters - - - - = - - 396
Detached Seals and Casts - = = - - - 803

Among them are the following :—
An Egyptian tribute roll, in Greek, on papyrus, 12 feet in length. Roman period.
The Gospels, in Greek. Vellum. 13th century.

Breviary of the use of Sarum, in Latin. Vellum. 15th century.

0.73. BY The

14 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The Eclogues, Georgics, and /Eneid, of Virgil, with copious scholia and glosses.
Vellum. Late 12th century.

Portion of a work on Latin Grammar, in Latin, with glossaries in Latin and Anglo-
Saxon entered in the margins, the latter known as “ /Ulfric’s Vocabulary.” Vellum.
11th century.

Treatise on Latin Grammar, in Latin, many of the examples having English equivalents,
Vellum. 15th century.

The Treatise of Henry de Bracton “de legibus et consuetudinibus Anglicanis.”
Vellum. Early 14th century.

Speculum Humane Salvationis, in Latin verse ; illustrated with numerous drawings
by German artists. Vellum. 15th century.

Charters relating to the northern counties of England: with fine seals. Vellum.
12th—14th centuries.

Church-wardens’ accounts of the parish of Stratton, co. Cornwall; 1512-1577. Two
volumes. Paper.

Valuation return of all religious foundations in the diocese of Exeter, with names of
incumbents; 1536. Vellum.

Copy-book of letters of the Privy Council, with other documents on State affairs;
1571-1581. Paper.

Historical letters and papers, 1556-1753; including correspondence of Thomas, Lord
Fairfax, and of General Monck, during the Civil war and at the period of the Resto-
ration.

Twelve letters of Queen Henrietta Maria to Charles I., partly m cipher; with de-
cipherings and endorsements by the King; 1642-1645.

Six letters of Oliver Cromwell to his wife, Lord Fairfax, Rushworth, and others ;
1648-1654.

_ Drafts, ciphers and deciphers, and cipher-keys, of diplomatic papers, English and
foreign, of the 17th—19th centuries. Fifty-seven volumes. Presented by William
Alexander Mackinnon, F:sq., F.R.S.

The Bible which belonged ts John Milton, and in which he has entered memoranda of
the births, etc., of himself and members of his family.

The Eikon Basilike : probably transcribed from the first printed edition immediately
after its publication in 1648. On the blank pages has been written, in a modern hand
imitating writing of the 17th century,a collection of ballads, some genuine and some
spurious, and including among the latter two which are descriptive of the same tales as

Shakspeare’s “Othello” and “ Tempest.” From Mr. John Payne Collier’s Library.

Autobiography of Anne, Lady Halkett, wife of Sir James Halkett, of Pitferran; to the
year 1656. Presented by William Johnston Stuart, Esq.

Correspondence and papers of the family of Seymour, Barons Seymour of Trowbridge,
and chiefly of Charles Seymour, of Marlborough, who succeeded to the title in 1664.

Literary correspondence of Edward Lye, the author of the “ Dictionarium Saxonico et
Gothico-Latinum ”; 1729-1767.

Literary and domestic correspondence, and genealogical and other collections, of Thomas
Percy, Bishop of Dromore, the author of “ Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.” Twelve
volumes. 18th century.

Correspondence of Robert Brown, Keeper of the Department of Botany in the British
Museum, including letters written during his scientific expedition to New Holland, with
letters and papers relating to the discoveries of Captain Matthew Flinders and his deten-
tion by the French ; 1760-1858. Three volumes. Presented by Mrs. Bennett.

Architectural drawings, plans, elevations, ete., by George Gwilt and others. of the old
church of St. Mary Overy, or St. Saviour’s, Southwark, with designs for restoration. Two
volumes. 19th century.

Collection of drawings and water-colour sketches, with prints and engravings, illustrat-
ing the topography of co. Herts. Five volumes.

A similar collection for co. Kent. Twenty-three volumes.

Play bills of London Theatres, copied and compiled by Frederick Latreille ; 1702-1746.
Four volumes. Lequeathed by the Compiler.

The musical collections of Johann Nepomuc Hummel, chiefly consisting of his own
compositions and adaptations of the works of others, and including original pieces by
Haydn and others. Seventy-one volumes. 18th and 19th centuries.

Oratorios and other works of Sir Michael Costa. Five volumes. Begueathed by the
Composer.

i. Maunde Thompson.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The descriptive list of the MSS. acquired in 1883 has been completed and transcribed
for the use of readers. ‘The same MSS. have been entered into the Oriental Register
and the Oriental Inventory.

The MSS. acquired during the year 1884 have been shortly described in continuation of
the above list, and some more fully for the special catalogues.

The descriptive list of Oriental MSS. included in the Additional Series has been
carried on from Add. 12,346 to Add. 19,719.

The Oriental portion of the Stowe Collection has been classed, and descriptions of
the MSS. have been drawn up.

Titles of works have been added to some of the numerical lists in the Oriental Inventory.

One hundred and ninety-four MSS. have been described in full for the Turkish
Catalogue, and twenty-two for the Hebrew Catalogue.

The description of the Biblical MSS. in the Hebrew Collection has been completed.
One hundred and seventy MSS. have been labelled, folio’d, and bound.

II.— Acquisitions.

The number of MSS. acquired during the year was 114, viz., three by donation and
111 by purchase. Thirty-four Oriental MSS. belonging to the Stowe Collection, and
incorporated in 1884, raised the above total to 148, viz. :—

Arabic = = - - = = = = eis BD
Persian = e ss = é 2 x akon
Hindi - = = i 2 eb Be mie
Hebrew = = x = e x 2 rev hG
Tamil - “ & : 2 a a, ere
Sanskrit
Pali c = = a z, a > i "
Pashtoo = - = : : 2 z .
Turkish = = = & - 5 2 4
Cingalese - - ee Pea. tae
Burmese - 2 i < Z is ie s
Armenian - = s = = ds 6 é
Konkani = : E a z . E re
Syriac - - - = - 2 . - S
Telugoo - - = A it 2 E é
Chinese - + : a 5 eZ a 2
Shan - = = = = * 2 y Se
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The following are the most important of the above acquisitions :—

A richly illuminated volume, written in Shiraz, a.D. 1398, and containing four poems
in the metre of the Shahnamah of Firdausi, viz., Garshasp Namah by Asadi Tusi,
Shahinshah Namah, a history in verse of Gengizkhan and of the Mogols of Persia,
composed for Abu Sa‘id Bahadur Khan by Ahmad, of Tabriz, and completed a.u. 738 ;
Bahman Namah and Kush Namah, two poems connected with the epic legend of Persia,
and written about 4.4. 500, for Sultan Muhammad B. Malikshah Saljuki.

The historical work of Hamzah Isfahani; a fine copy written for Sultan Baisunghar,
AH. 834.

The first volume of the universal history of Hafiz Abru, compiled for Sultan Baisun-
ghar, A.H. 820.

The history of Taberistan by Ibn Isfandiyar, brought down to s.H. 750.

A history of Bukhara abridged by Muhammad B. Zofar, a.n. 574, from an Arabic
work dated a.H, 332.

Thya ul-Muluk, a history of Seistan from the earliest times to a.H. 1027, by Shah
Husain B. Malik Ghiyas ud-Din, a descendant of the Kings of Seistan.

Darab Namah, the romance of Alexander and Darius, in Persian prose, ascribed to Abu
Tahir Tarsusi.

(The above seven MSS. were purchased at the sale of Comte de Gobineau’s Library.)

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Kitab al-Muhabbir, a collection of historical notices relating to the ancient Arabs, to
the times of Muhammad and the early Khalifs, ete, by Abu Sa‘id B. al-Husain
al-Sukkari, who died a.H. 290; 14th century.

Kitab al-Usul, an extensive work on Arabic grammar, by Ibn al-Sarraj, who died
A.u. 316; a carefully written copy, A.H. 651. A fine copy of al-Mufassal, the standard
grammatical work of al-Zamakhshari, dated A.H. 665.

Two versified treatises on the various readings and the proper spelling of the Coran, by
Abul-Kasim B. Fierro, of Xativa, who died 4.4. 590; with illustrated titles, A.u. 737.

The conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selim, a contemporary account by Shaikh Ahmad
B. Zanbal, of al-Mahallah.

The Makamat of Hariri, a fine copy written by a grandson of the author, a.n. 557,
i.e., forty years after Hariri’s death, with marginal glosses by the same hand as the text.

Another carefully written copy of the same work, with copious marginal notes, dated
A.H. 654,

The Idah, a commentary on the preceding work by al-Mutarrizi, dated Baghdad,
A.H. 670.

Takwim al-Sihhah and Takwim al-Abdan, two medical works by Ibn Butlan, who died
A.H. 444, and Ibn Jazlah, who died a.u. 493; dated Baghdad, a.H. 527.

(The above cight MSS. were selected, with some others, from a coliection belonging to
A. Ghandour Bey, of Alexandria. )

The earliest account of the Muslim conquest of Egypt, Africa, and Spain, by ibn Abd
al-Hakam, who died A.H. 257 ; a complete and well preserved copy wrilten about a.H. 530.

Zubdat al-Tawarikh, a history of the Seljucides from their origin to their extinction,
composed by Sadr al-Din Abul-Hasan Ali al-Husaini, about a.H. 620; 13th century.

The third volume of al-Badayah wal-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir, containing a full and
circumstantial history of Muhammad, from the battle of Ohod to the end of the 9th year
of the Hijrah, a.H. 836.

The Divan of Faraj Ullah, a Persian poet, native of Shustar, who lived in Shiraz and
in the Deccan in the first half of the 17th century.

An Album of Indian miniatures, consistivg of portraits of Princes and Amirs, and of
fanciful sibjects; with the seals of Aurangzib and of the Nawab of Oude, Asaf ud-
daulah. Large folio.

(The above five MSS. belong to the Stowe Collection.)

Manafi’ al-Hayawan, a work treating of animals and their medicinal properties, by
Abu Sa‘id Ibn Bakhtishu’, who died av. 450, with coloured drawings of animals; 13th
century.

ony MSS., written in the Gurmukhi character, collected in Amritsir by the Rey.
A. Fisher. They contain the sacred books of the Sikhs, the Adi Granth, Janam Sakhi,
Govind Singh’s Gita, and some Hindi works, such as the Ramayan and Hanuman
Natak.

Five Pushtoo MSS., containing the compositions of the following Afghan poets,
Hijri, Shaida, Abdul-Kadir, Mirza Khan, and Abdul-Hamid, transcribed from rare and,
in some cases, unique copies for the Rev. T. P. Hughes, of Peshawar.

Sixteen MSS., consisting chiefly of grammatical works on Tamil and Konkani, from
the Library of the late Dr. A. C. Burnell. ;

An Album, containing sixty highly-finished miniatures, mostly portraits of Princes and
Amirs of the time of Aurangzib, from the Library of the late Nawab of the Carnatic.

Khusrau u Shirin, a Turkish poem by Shaikhi, with miniatures, of the 16th Century.

The Kulliyat, or collected works, of Farid-uddin ’Attar. a Persian poet of the 12th
century, with illuminated titles, dated a.u. 889 (A.D. 1484).

A Makhzor or Hebrew ritual, with grotesque pen and ink drawings, written in Italy in
the 13th century.

The Hageadah, or Ritual of the Passover, with a series of miniatures illustrating the
Exodus; 14th century.

Pesakim, or legal decisions, of Jacob, of Bagnols, a Jewish writer of the 14th century ;
15th century.

A Burmese MS. on palm-leaves, with curious drawings illustrating subjects of
Buddhistic mythology and the torments of Hell.

A Burmese summary of the Abhidhamma, a portion of Buddhist Scripture ; presented
by R. W. Cochran-Patrick, Hsq., M.P.
coun travels of Izzat-ullah in Central Asia, Persian; presented by Professor William

right.

Raja Charitam, a Pali poem, dedicated to H.R.H. the Prince of Walcs; presented
by the author, Dharmaloka Terunnansé, Principal of the Widyalankara College,
Peliyagoda, Ceylon.

The number of Oriental MSS. consulted during the year was 1,502, viz., 785 in the
Department of MSS., and 717 in the Reading Room.

5 ae number of separate applications for Oriental MSS. in the Reading Room was
07.

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De®PARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

The following work has been done in the Department during the year :—

The collection of original designs by John Doyle, for his “ iat B. Political Sketches,
and the remainder of the Crace Collection of London Topography, have been withdrawn
from public exhibition in the King’s Library.

The collection of engravings by John Pye has been removed from the exhibition in the
second Northern Gallery, and replaced by a selection of reproductions by Amand-Durand
of etchings and engravings by representative masters of different schools.

A selection of ‘duplicate engravings of the Italian, German, Dutch and Flemish,
French, and English Schools, arranged in historical order, has Been lent to the Commies
of the Wolverhampton Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition. A catalogue of the selection
has been prepared.

The remaining part of the Early German and Flemish Prints described in Dr. Willshire’s
Catalogue, has been mounted, and the whole collection arranged in thirty-seven solander
cases.

The collection of impressions from Italian niello plates has been arranged in three
solander cases.

The Italian drawings have all been brought together and re-arranged, and a preli-
minary catalogue of the collection has been prepared.

The Dutch and Flemish drawings have all been brought together and arranged in
alphabetical order in forty-three solander cases.

The English drawings have been partially re-arranged, and the preparation of a com-
plete index to them has been begun.

The works of Abraham Bosse have been re-arranged in three solander cases.

The woodeuts by Johann Georg Unger and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger have
been arranged in a volume.

A complete shelf-list or inventory of the contents of the Department has been under-
taken, and nearly finished.

A general index of the artists represented in the Department has been commenced, and
the Italian and Dutch divisions completed.

Three thousand one hundred and thirty-three prints have been distributed among the
collections to which they severally belong.

The English and German drawings recently mounted have been distributed.

Two hundred and twenty titles have been prepared for the catalogues of Books of
Prints and Books of Reference.

All books of Prints and Books of Reference recently acquired have been placed on the
shelves.

One thousand five hundred and seventy-three items have been entered in the Register
of Acquisitions.

Two albums of fine foreign portraits from the Cracherode Collection have been broken
up, and their contents distributed.

One hundred and three Print Sale Catalogues have been entered in the MS. cata-
logue.

ACQUISITIONS.

The following drawings, prints, &c., amounting in all to one thousand nine hundred
and ninety- -four, have been acquired during the year. They are classed according to the
arrangement practically in use in the department.

IraL1IaAN SCHOOL.
Drawings.

- Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, called Guercino (attributed to). Woman with three
children ; black challs.
Anonymous. Head of a young man; pen and ink, washed. Sketch representing
Salvator Rosa and four friends running for shelter in a storm ; pen and ink, washed. Five
others, presented by Dr. Percy, F.R.S.

Etching.

Anonymous. “ Fontana nella Piazza di Bologna.”

Engravings.
Master of the monogram ie (* Peregrino da Cesena”). Triumph of Neptune.
(Duchesne 214).

Barbari, Jacopo de’. Sacrifice to Priapus (Bartsch 19).

wore Giovanni Antonio da. The Great Horse, after Albrecht Diirer (Passavant

OVZ38 © Cayalleriis.

18 ACCOUNTS, &c., “F THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Cavalleriis, Giovanni Baitista de. “ Romanorum Imperatorum Effigies;” a set of
one hundred and fifty-four portraits of Roman emperors, 1583 ; bound in a volume.

Francia, Jacopo. Bacchus and his attendants (Bartsch 7); first state.

Mantovano, Giovanni Battista. Mars and Venus (Bartsch 7). Presented by
P. H. Edlin, Esq., Q.c.

Master of the Die, Coronation of the Virgin (Bartsch 9); first state. A woman
looking at a mirror, with a man beside her (Bartsch 75).

Master of the Mousetrap. The Two Armies (Bartsch 2); first state.

Raimondi, Marcantonio. Virgin and Child; after Albrecht Direr (Bartsch 640).

Woodcuts (chiaroscuro).

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Prints after Masters.

Albani, Francesco. The Toilet of Venus, a set of four engravings by E. Baudet ;
presented by the Marquis A. de Liveri.

Gozzoli, Benozzo. Angels adoring; from the fresco in the Riccardi Chapel,
Fiorence ; chromo-lithograph published by the Arundel Society.

Luini, Bernardino. Hight carbon photographs, by Braun of Dornach, from his
frescoes at Lugano. ;

Mantegna, Andrea.. Fifteen carbon photographs, by Braun of Dornach, from his
Triumph of Julius Cesar, at Hampton Court.

Sanzio, Raffaello. The Madonna della Seggiola ; engraving in stipple.

Chialiva. “ La Fille du Fermier”; photogravure. “ La Tricoteuse ” ; photogravure.

Corcos, Vittorio. ‘ Neus Verrons”;photogravure. ‘“ Dis-moi tout”; photogravure.

Giocamelli. “Un Baton de Cage”; photogravure.

Palmaroli, Vincente. “ L’Ecole de Danse”; photogravure.

GERMAN SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Heberlein, Leonhard. The Rape of Europa ; pen and water-colours.

Lorch, Melchior. <A stallion; water-colours. A horse eating; red chalk. Jonah
cast up by the whale; pen and sepia. A tortoise, with a view of Venice below ; Indian
ink. Design for the capital of a column; pen and ink. Sheet of studies of antique
statues ; pen and ink; presented by W. Mitchell, Esq.

Pencz, Georg. Head of a young man; black chalk, washed with colour.

Schongauer, Martin. Girl fanning a fire with a bird’s wing; pen and sepia, the
flesh parts washed with colour; signed and dated 1469. From the collection of the
lete William Sharpe, Esq. Presented by Mrs. William Sharpe.

Etchings.

Bleuler, Heinrich. View of Kisnacht, Canton Schwitz; coloured. Presented by
J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Ritter, Lorenz. “ Beim Schonen Brunnen.”

Anonymous, sixteenth century. Creation of Eve.

Engravings.

Master E. S., of 1466. The Judgment of Solomon (Bartsch 7). The Day of
Pentecost (Bartsch 27).
Mair of Landshut. The Balcony (Bartsch 12).
Glockenton, Albrecht. The Crucifixion (Passavant 29).
Altdorfer, Albrecht. Allegorical figure standing on a star (Bartsch 58). Violin
Player (Bartsch 54).
Beham,

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Beham, Barthel. Virgin and Child with a skull (Bartsch 5).

Beham, Hans Sebald. Nessus and Deianira (Bartsch 108); first state. Reversed
copy of the same. :

Binck, Jakob. The Virgin and Child in a glory ; undescribed. ; The Saviour in a
glory; undescribed, The Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, within a border, in
which are medallions with biblical subjects, undescribed. A soldier and his mistress;
(Bartsch 72).

Krug, Ludwig. The Nativity (Bartsch 1).

Solis, Virgil. Five playing cards belonging to the set, Bartsch 301-351.

Chodowiecki, Daniel. A set of twelve plates iliustrating Shakspeare’s “Henry IV.”
Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Jacoby, Professor Louis. The School of Athens; after Raphael; artist’s proof.

Fraenkel, Franz. “Der Besuch” ; after Defregger ; artist’s proof.

W oodcuts.

Unger, Johann Georg and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich. Eleven groups of beggars,
from designs by J. W. Meil.

Prints after Masters.

Diirer, Albrecht. ‘“ The Drawings of Albrecht Diirer, reproduced in fac-simile and
edited by F. Lippmann.” Parts I-IV.

Molitor, Martin von. Landscape with figures; engraved by F. Gabet. Presented
by J. Deffett Francis, Esq

Wagner, Johann Georg. A boy driving cattle; engraved by J. G. Schumann.
Presented by J. Deffett Francis, lisq.

Artz. “Chez les Grands Parents”; photogravure.

Grutzner, G. Two sportsmen in an alehouse ; photograph.

Kaulbach, Hermann. “ Der Irdischer Heimath’’ and “ Der Morgen”; oleographs.

Anonymous. “ Die Nacht des Goldes”: photograph.

DutcH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS.
Drawiigs.

Anonymous Flemish, fifteenth century. Study for ahead of the Virgin; silver
point. Study for a figure of the infant Christ; silver point. A man tormented by
fiends ; silver point.

Genoels, Abraham. An artificial lake in a park; pen and Indian ink. Landscape,
with figures on a bridge; pen and ink ; presented by Dr. Percy, ¥.R.S.

Goyen, Jan van. ‘Two views in Holland; black chalk, washed with Indian ink.

Molyn, Pieter. Three landscapes; black chalk, washed with Indian ink.

Murant, Emmanuel. Landscape, with cottage and trees; black chalk, washed with
Indian ink.

Rembrandt. Four slight sketches; formerly in the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds,

Engravings.

Bolswert, Scheltius a. The Concert, after Jorduens ; first state.

Vaillant, Wallerant. Portrait of Conrad Hoppe; first state.

Velyn, Philip. Portraits of ’S Grayesande and Boerhaave; the original copperplate,
with two impressions taken from it. Presented by F. Verwey, Esq.

Prints after Masters.

Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den. Landscape, with a woman crossing a hill in the fore-
ground; etched by G. H. Tischbein. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Heemskerck, Egbert van. The Flemish School; mezzotint.

Rubens, Peter Paul. ‘ Pompa Introitus Honori Ferdinandi Austriaci,” ete.; set of
forty-three engravings by T. van Thulden; with text by C. Gevartius. 1641, folio.
Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. Susanna and the Elders; carbon
photograph from the picture in the Academia de S. Fernando, Madrid. Saint Augustine,
the Saviour, and the Virgin; three carbon photographs from the picture in the Academia
de 8S. Fernando, Madrid.

Teniers, David. The Dentist; lithograph by A. Fabroni.

Wyck, Thomas. An Italian landscape with figures; copy from his etching (Bartsch
21). Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

O.733. G2 BEERS,

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Becrs, Jan van. “Flirtation”; photogravure. “ Little Jack Horner”; photo-
gravure. “ Retour du Grand Prix”; photogravure. ‘ Peace with Honour”; photo-
eravure.

Coomans, Joseph. ‘‘Une Apres-midi 4 Pompei”; photogravure. “Ta Chaise

i 2. aa\ae
Berceuse ”; photogravure.

FRENCH SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Mellan, Claude. A dancing faun; from the antique: pen and ink.
Vouet, Simon. Design for acaricature published on the false report of the death of
King William III.; Indian ink.

Etchings and Lithographs. .

Deveria, Achille. Portrait of David of Angers; lithograph; proof on India paper.
Presented oy J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Duvidal, Abel. ‘Sujet Venétien avec portrait de Léopold Hugo;” etching.

Laure, M™ “28 Juillet 1835;” lithograph. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Mérvon, Charles. “ Nouvelle Calédonie,” etching, trial proof. ‘ Loi Solaire,”
etching, undescribed proof. Presented by Loftus S. Long, Esq.

Richeton, Léon. Portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.; after etching by J. Russell,
R.A. Presented by the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery.

Vernet, Horace. ‘“ Scene historique aux environs de Barcelone :” a feniale saint in
a cell: and the Martyrdom of Saint Valerian. Lithographs. Presented by J. Deffett
Francis, Lisq.

Waliner, Charles. ‘‘ Evelina” (portrait of Mrs. Daniell), etching after R. Cosway,
R.A.; proof on Japanese paper.

Waltner, Charles. Portrait of Oliver Cromwell; etching after Samuel Couper.

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Engravings.

Bosse, Abraham. Return of the Prodigal Son (Duplessis 39.) ‘ Loger les
Pélérins *; one of the Acts of Mercy (D. 52.) ‘‘L’Air”; one of the Elements (D.
1694.) “La sage femme presentant au Roy Monseigneur le Dauphin” (D. 1203.)
“L’Allégresse de ia France representée par des Enfans” (D. 1204.) “La
Fontaine des Dauphins” (D. 1205.) ‘ Le Roy donnant son Ordre a M. Je Dauphin ”
(D. 1206.) “La Fortune de la France” (D. 1227.) “The Frenchman and his
Lackey” (D. 1406.)

Bosse, Abraham (after). The merchants of Paris congratulating Louis XIII. on the
capture of La Rochelle (D. 1187.) A woman emptying a trunk; “Il faut serrer,”
eter” (Dp, 192,02 12)

Prints after Masters.

Adan, Louis Emile. “ La Fille du Passeur” ; photogravure.

Bayard, Emile. ‘ Une Affaire d’Honneur”; photogravure.

Beaumont, Charles Edouard de. “ La Becquée ”; photogravure.

Bole Me. ** Le Sommeil”; photogravure.

Bouguereau, W. A. “ La Vierge aux Anges”; engraved by A. Francois. “ Alma
Parens” ; photogravure.

Bridgman, A. “La Cigale”; photogravure.

chatelet, Claude Louis. “2° Vue des Campagnes d’Agrigente”; engraved by
J. Couché. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Deschamps, Louis. “Les Confitures”; photogravure.

Detaille, Edouard. “ L’Observatoire”; photogravure. “ Salut aux blessés”; photo-
gravure. “ Le barbier du bataillon”; photogravure.

Dupré, Julien. ‘‘ Fenaison”; photogravure.

Faléro, L. “Le Jour”; photogravure. ‘‘ La Nuit”; photogravure.

Gérdme, Jean Léon. “ La Derniére Priére”; photogravure:

Girardet, Eugene. “ Le dernier retranchment”’; photogravure.

Gravelot, Hubert. “Fable”; engraved by A. J. Duclos. ‘ Mythologie des
Enfers,” engraved by A. J. Duclos. “Rhétorique,” engraved by J. F. Rousseau. Pre-
sented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Greuze, Jean Baptiste. “The Young Widow”; engraved by L. Massard.

Jazet, P. “ Le boute-selle ”; photogravure. :

Jeanniot, Georges. ‘* Les reservistes ” ; photogravure.

Lami, Eugéne. “ Elle aime a rire”; photogravure.

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Tuaugée, G. ‘ Pendant la Moisson”; photogravure.

Lansyer, Emmanuel. “ La Rosée”’; photogravure.

Méryon, Charles. A ship at sea; lithograph from a drawing. Presented by Loftus
S. Long, Lsy.

Morlon, A. “ Notre Dame de Bon Secours”; photogravure.

Neuville, Alphonse de. “Une Piece en Danger”; photogravure. “Dans la
tranchée’’; photogravure. “ Bataille de Forbach”; photogravure. “ Combat sur les
toits ”; photogravure.

Pernotin. Gurl reading a letter; engraved by Miss Martin, in stipple.

Raffet, Denis A. M. Napoleon at Waterloo; woodeut by Hébers. Presented by
J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Roy, M. “Ne bouge par!”; photogravure.

Spiridon “Le Prestidigitateur ” ; photogravure.

ENGLISH SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Cnalon, Alfred Edward, r.A. Portrait of himself; red and black chalk, heightened
with white. Presented by J. Deffett [rancis, Esq.

Cox, David. Old houses at King’s Norton, Worcestershire ; water colours.

Dance, George. Portrait of Jonas Dryander, the naturalist; pencil.

Downman, John, 4.r.A. Portrait of a lady seated by a table, holding a paper ;
sepia. Portrait of Lady Henry Osborne, with her son; sepia. Portrait of Miss Ives;
sepia. Portrait of Captain the Hon. Hugh Conway; charcoal and red chalk. Portrait
of Mrs. Larkins, with two of her children; charcoal and sepia. Three of Mrs.
Larkins’s children, a boy and two girls; charcoal and sepia. Three other children
of Mrs. Larkins, one holding a dog; charcoal and sepia. Portrait of Mrs. Downman ;
charcoal. Portrait of Dr. Downman;: pencil and colour. Portrait of Dr. Downman’s
wife ; charcoal. Portrait of Mrs. Drew, small oval; charcoal and colour. Portrait of
Miss Bulteel ; charcoal and colour. ~ Portrait of Miss Abbott; charcoal and colour,
Portrait of Mrs. Byfield; charcoal and colour. Portrait of Lady Maria Waldegrave ;
charcoal and colour. Also a sketch-book from which some of the above have been
taken, and which contains in addition 38 portraits and studies.

Flaxman, John, R.A. A portion of the relief of the Last Judgment on the facade of
the cathedral at Orvieto. Another portion of the same relief, pencil. Head of a boy, full
face ; penandink. Presented by Professor Colvin.

Hogarth, William. Paul before Felix; slight sketch for the burlesque design.

Holmes, G. Two views at Ringsend, co. Dublin ; watercolours.

Humphry, Ozias, r.A. Portrait of himself; black chalk, heightened with white.
Academical study of a seated male figure ; black chalk; presented dy J. Deffett Fruncis,
Esq.
Hunt, William. Girl sitting, sewing ; pencil. Group of three young ladies seated ;
pencil and colour.

i Jackson, John, R.A. Portrait of a lady; pencil; his last sketch, done on his death-
ed.

Lely, Sir Peter. Portrait of Edmund Waller, the poet; crayons.

Romney, George. Seated figure of a young lady; sepia. Lady asleep in a chair;
pencil. Figure of a child ; pen andink. Study for ahead of Sasan ; pencil. Landscape
with trees; sepia. Study for the Picture of Prospero raising the tempest; Indian ink,
Presented by Professor Colvin.

Stothard, Thomas. R.A. View on the Avon at Clifton; watercolours: from the
Esdaile and Bale collections. View of Grasmere; watercolours; from the Esdaile and
Bale collections. View of Langdale Pike; watercolours; from the Esdaile and Bale
collections. Presented by Professor Colvin.

Stubbs, George, a.R.A. Anatomy of the horse ; Indian ink.

Thompson, James Robert. Sections and measurements of old and new London
Bridges; Indian ink.

Thornhill, Sir James. A sketch-book composed of ninety-eight leaves, date 1699.

Vanderbank, John. The Holy Family; red chalk.

Ward, James, R.A. Portrait of Anne Moore, the Tutbury fasting woman; crayons.
“Gentlemen of the Fancy ”; sheet of sketches in black chalk, heightened with white.

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Etchings.

Alken, Samuel. “ A New Book of Ornaments; Designed and Etched by §S. Alken,’
six plates. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Aubin Thomas. Ice-house in the Cascine grounds, Florence. Presented by J. Deffett
Francis, Esq.

Gaywood, Richard. Thirty-one portraits and nineteen book-illustrations.

Ince, Joseph Murray. Two views of the Warwick Chapel, St. Mary’s Church,
Warwick.

Laporte, John, View of a village church. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Munn, Paul Sandby. Landscape, with two women near a river. Presented by J.
Deffett Francis, Lsq.

North, C. M‘Intyre. Four architectural designs. Presented by the artist.

Anonymous. View of a cottage on the bank of a stream. Presented by J. Deffett
Francis, £sq.

Engravings.

Bartolozzi, Francis, R.A. Proof from a plate adapted as a ticket of admission to the
pangne at the Guildhall. on Monday, 10th November 1884. Presented by A. W. Tuer,

SY..

Collen, H. Portrait of Pedro de Souza Holstein, Duke of Palmella; mezzotint ;
proof before all letters.

Cousins, Samuel, r.a. Portrait of Cardinal Newman, after Lady Coleridge ;
mezzotint; signed artist’s proof.

Turner, Charles, a.n. Portrait of Miss Emily St. Clair, after W. Owen; mezzotint;
two states, one of them touched on by Owen.

White, Charles, Portrait of Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston: stipple ;
proof before letters, with artists’ and publisher’s names etched in.

Anonymous. “ The Ruined Girl”; mezzotint; published by R. Sayer.

Woodcuts.

Linton, William James. A Castaway; after G. Harvey: proof on India paper.
Presented by W. J. Linton, Esq. Certificate of ‘‘ Honourable Mention” awarded at the
International Exhibition of 1862; from the design of Alfred Stevens; proof. Pre-
sented by W. J. Linton, Esq.

Jackson, John, and Whimper. Seven illustrations to “ Guy Mannering”; after
Prior, E. Landseer, G. Balmer, and J. W. Archer. Presented by J. Deffelt Francis,
Esq.

Prints after Masters.

Clark, J. “ Three Little Kittens ;” photogravure.

Haydon, Benjamin Robert. Study of a Hand; engraved by T. Landseer. Presented
by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Lawson, Cecil. ‘ Marsh Lands ;” photogravure.

Morgan, John. “ A Feather in her Cap”; photogravure.

Penny, Edward, r.a. ‘“ The Mistletoe or Christmas Gambols ”; stipple.

Schmalz, Herbert. ‘“ The Temple of Eros”; photogravure.

Singleton, Henry. “The Ballad Singer”; engraved by J. Eglinton, in stipple;
printed in colours. “ Children blowing the Flower of Dandelion”; engraved by J. P.
Elven ; stipple.

Smirke, Robert, r.a. “ The Conquest ”; engraved in outline by J. Mitan.

Stone, Marcus, R.A. “ An Offer of Marriage ;” photogravure. “A Prior Attach-
ment ;” photogravure.

Turner, Joseph Mallord William, r.a. Set of eight facsimiles by M. H. Long of
vignette drawings. Presented by Messrs G. Rowney & Co.

West, Benjamin, P.R.A. ‘“ Saul und die Zauberin ”; engraved by Winkles. Pre-
sented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

SPANISH SCHOOL.

Twenty-nine carbon photographs from pictures by Alonso Cano, Francisco Goya,
Juan de Juanes, Luis de Morales, Murillo, Spagnoletto, and Francisco Zurbaran.

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PORTRAITS.

Foreign.

Coligny, the three brothers, standing together; copy from the engraving by Mare
Duval.

Napoleon Bonaparte on board H.M.S. Northumberland, on the voyage to St. Helena;
drawing from life in watercolours by Lieut. A. M. Skene, R.N.

Snellinx, Jan; engraved by Susanna Silvestre, after A. van Dyck. With the
engrayer’s drawing.

Baker, W. S.; etching by S. J. Harris; India proof. Presented by W.S. Baker, Esq.
Bismarck, Prince ; photograph.

Bronner, Johann Carl; engraved by F. L. Neubauer.

Goethe, J. W. von; See below, Sets and Collections.

Gravelot, Hubert; engraved by J. Massard, after M. Q. de la Tour. Presented by
J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Kénigsmarck, Charles, Count ; engraved by L. Cossin, after M. Dahl. Presented by
J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Wagener, Richard; photograph. Satirical portrait of a musician; photograph.

Forty various portraits. Presented by W. J. Linton, Esq.

English.

Blake, William; engraved by C. H. Jeens after J. Linnell, sen.; proof before
letters. Presented by W. J. Linton, Esq.

Bloomfield, Robert ; engraved by B. Holl. Presented by !!'. Bloomfield, Esq.

Bover, Miss, engraved by Caroline Watson, after J. Hoppner.

Charles I.; bust, in lace collar; anonymous engraving.

Cornwall, Lady Catherine; after Sir Joshua Reynolds; photogravure.

Darwin, Charles; “ Die Abstammung des Menschen ;” photographs.

Darnley, Henry, Lord; engraved by R. Elstracke.

Duncannon, Henrietta, Viscountess; engraved by F. Bartolozzi after J. Downman,
A.R.A.

Elizabeth, Queen; small oval; engraved by F. Hogenberg.
James I].; engraved by P. Vanderbank, after Sir G. Kneller.

Kerr, Robert Malcolm, Lu.p, Judge of the City of London Court; lithographed by
M. and N. Hanhart; private plate. Presented by Messrs. Hanhart.

Mary Queen of Scots; engraved by F. Hogenberg.

Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley: standing together; engraved by R.
Elstracke. With the copy in mezzotint by R. Dunkarton.

Montefiore, Sir Moses ; lithograph.
Mullens, Mrs.; engraved by H. Landseer after W. M. Craig ; coloured.
| Nelson, Viscount Horatio; after a drawing by H. Edridge ; photogravure.
Owen, Sir Richard, &.c.B. ; photograph.
Richardson, Samuel; engraved by J. Basire after J. Highmore,

Russell, Elizabeth Anne Rawdon, Lady William; stipple engraving after J. D. Ingres.
The same, as a child; engraved by J. J. van den Berghe after W. Wood. Presented
by Lord Arthur Russell, m.P.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe; engraved by J. G. Stodart after the Duc de Montpensier.

Smyth, William, Bishop of Lincoln, Founder of Brazenose College, Oxford ; engraved
by J. Fittler. Presented by T. J. Grylls, Esq.

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Sussex, Augustus Frederick, Duke of ; composed of minute written characters.
Wade, William, Master of the Ceremonies at Bath; engraved by J. Collyer.
Whitmore, Lady; engraved by J. Bocquet.

Worrall, John, of Halifax ; satirical etching.

Wynne, Mr, and Mrs. Williams; etchings.

Ten various portraits. Presented by W. J. Linton, Esq.

Oriental Art.

Ninety drawings of Indian trades and costumes; by a native artist, in watercolours.

Presenied by the Hon. and Rev. h. Liddell.
Two Japanese drawings. Presented by H. Gilbertson, Esq.

Ornament.

Six anonymous engraved plates of arabesque designs, sixteenth century.
y Oo fo)

Antiquities.

Three facsimiles of drawings by C. F. Murray, from an Etruscan sarcophagus in the
National Museum, Florence. Presented by Professor Colvin.

Two fauns dancing, an antique basso-relievo at Castle Howard; engraved in outline
by H. Moses. Presented by Professor A. Michaelis.

History.

An emblematical print commem rating the victories of Leopold I. over the Turks ;
after J. J. Waldtmann, by J. Miiller. Presented by J. Hilton, Esq., F.S.4.

“ Epithalamisches Emblema ”; a broadside with an emblematical print referring to the;
marriage of Leopold I.; engraved by M. Lang. Presented by J. Hilton, Esq., F.S.A.

Costume.

“ Trachten, Kunstwerke, und Gerithschaften,” ete., by Dr. J. H. von Hefner-
Alteneck ; parts X XII—L.

The Historical Procession at Cologne in celebration of the completion of the Cathedral,
1880 ; parts III—IX, with twenty-four chromolithographs from drawings by T. Avenarius.

Twenty-nine oleographs of French military and hunting costumes.

“La Vie Elegante”; two oleographs by A. Legras.

Topography.

Monument of William the Conqueror at Caen; engraved by C. du Bose after
H. Gravelot. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

A set of eight engraved views in Scotland, 1692.

Five views of the Island of St. Helena; engraved in acquatint by T. Sutherland
after Lieut. W. J. Cook ; aquatinta. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Sketch-book of Lieut. A. M. Skene, of H.M.S. Northumberland, containing views of
the Island of St. Helena.

Three facsimiles of drawings of rooms in Pewterers’ Hall; photolithographs.
Presented by the Master and Wardens of the Fewterers’ Company.

Two views of Naples ; oleographs.

London buildings ; a chromolithograph.

Specimens of Colour Printing.

Four mythological subjects ; French oleographs.
Seven large sheets illustrating industries and machinery.

Playing Cards.

A pack of eighteen German cards; by Christian F. Schenk.
A pack of forty-one Italian cards ; by Gumppenberg of Milan.
A pack of seventy-eight Italian cards ; by Angelo Valla, Trieste, about 1550.
A pack of fifty-six French cards. ‘
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A pack oi orty-one German cards; by J. Frieck, Offenburg.

A pack of seventy-eight Italian cards; by A. Viasone.

A pack of thirty-six German cards; by A. Hanpold, about 1700.
A pack of thirty-six German cards; about 1800.

A pack of fifty-two German almanack cards, Tiibingen, 1809.

A pack of thirty-six German almanack cards, Tiibingen, 1808.
Thirty-seven devotional cards, by Riffarth, in chromolithography.

Sets and Collections.

A collection of portraits of the poet Goethe and prints relating to him, ninety-five in
number.

*« T/ Art” for 1883, containing one hundred and seven etchings and reproductions.

“ Die Wunder von Maria Zell”; facsimiles of an unique set of twenty-five woodcuts
by an anonymous German master, about 1520.

One hundred and two photolithographs of architectural drawings by R. J. Withers.
Presented by the Artist.

Books of Reference.

Andresen, Andreas. “Die Deutsche Peintre-Graveur,” Vol. 5, Leipzig, 1878,
8vo.

Baker, W. S. “American Engravers and their Works,” Philadelphia, 1875, 8vo.
Presented by the Author.

Beraldi, Henri. “ Mes Estampes, 1872-1884,” Paris, 1884, 8vo. Presented by the
Author.

Bouchot, Henri. ‘ Les Portraits aux Crayons des xvie et xvu° Siécles,” 1884, 8vo.

Brentari, Ottone. ‘‘ La Casa Remondini e la Corte di Spagna; Aneddoto Storico” ;
Bassano 1882, 4to. Presented by Signor S. Pozzato.

Catalogues. Sotheby’s Print Sale Catalogues, 20 November 1882—13 August 1883;
priced. Exhibition of the Société des Aquarellistes Francais, 1884. The National
Portrait Gallery; new edition, 1884, 8vo. Presented by the Trustees. The Bute
Collection exhibited at the Corporation Galleries, Glasgow, 1884, 8vo.

Dunlap, William. ‘History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the
United States,” 1834, 8vo; two volumes bound in one. Transferred from the Depart-
ment of Printed Books.

Dutuit, Eugéne. “ Manuel de l’Amateur d’Estampes,” Vol. 1, Part 1; Paris 1884,
8yo.; with a portfolio of thirty-seven reproductions of early xylographic works. Presented
by theAuthor.

Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, M.a. “The Roxburghe Ballads,” Part XIII., beginning
Vol. V. ; Hertford, 1884, 8vo. Presented by the Editor.

Evrard, M. W. “ Lucas de Leyde et Albert Durer,” Bruxelles, 1884, 8vo.

Gazette des Beaux Arts, for 1883; two vols, Paris, 8vo.

Rovinski, D. A. “ Nicolas Outkine sa Vie et son Ciuvre.” St. Petersburg, 1884,
8vo. -Presented by the Author.

Smith, John Chaloner. “ British Mezzotinto Portraits ;” Part [V., Divisions 1 and 2,
1882 and 1883, 8vo.

Springer, Anton. “ Raffael’s Schule von Athen,” Wien, 1883, 4to.; with eight
plates. Presented by Professor L.. Jacoby.

Tiffin, Walter F. ‘Catalogue of a Collection of English Mezzotint Portraits,”
Salisbury, 1883, 4to. Presented by the Author.

« List of Works on Painting in the National Art Library,” London, 1883, 8vo.
Presented by the Science and Art Department, South Kensington.

Sidney Colvin.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.

I.— Arrangement and Description.
Egyptian division :—

The cases in the Northern Galleries have been re-arranged.

The ostraka or publicans’ tax-receipts have been arranged.

Some coffins have been arranged in new cases.

An inventory has been made of objects in the Gold Ornament Room.

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An inventory has also been made of the objects presented by the Egypt Exploration
Fund, exhibited in a case set apart for the purpose.

The revision of the text of the “‘ Coffin of Amam ” has been continued.

Deal stands have been made for jars and vases, and mahogany stands for cylinders.

Mahogany and satin-wood pedestals have been made, and porcelain and terra-cotta
figures mounted thereon.

Deal pedestals and bases have been made for mummy coffins.

Labels and tablets of mahogany and deal have been prepared for mummy and wall-cases.

The fittings in a case have been re-fixed.

Cases in the Egyptian Rooms have been lined with velvet.

Seventy-three objects have been mounted on Caen-stone plinths.

A granite figure and two tablets have been mounted on Portland-stone plinths.

One seated figure has been mounted on a granite pedestal.

Thirty-eight figures have been mounted on alabaster polished plinths.

Ten limestone figures and a bowl have been repaired.

Sculptures in the Egyptian Gallery have been moved, re-placed, and re-mounted.

1,513 miscellaneous objects have been mounted.

419 labels have been attached to objects.

One hundred and seventeen miscellaneous objects have been joined.

Sixty-seven fragments have been cleaned or repaired.

355 wood tablets have been covered in velvet, and 128 have been prepared for
covering.

69 Himyaritic impressions have been made.

566 objects have been catalogued.

386 objects have been registered.

Collections offered for sale have been examined.

Assyrian Division : E

5,050 tablets, fragments of tablets, and other objects, have been registered.

852 slips have been written for contract tablets.

2,198 labels has been written for engraved stones and other objects.

The various collections in the New Assyrian Room have been arranged.

Part of the collection of objects in the Assyrian Gallery has been transferred to the
new Room and there arranged, and the engraved stones in the Assyrian Gallery have all
been numbered, and an inventory of them has been made.

812 Babylonian Tablets, comprising those of the reigns of Nabonidus, Cyrus, Darius
and other monarchs, have been copied.

The copies of the contract tablets have been dated and arranged in chronological order.

Some hundreds of fragments of the small bronze Balawat gates have been arranged
and put together.

Parts of various collections, including new ones offered for sale, have been examined.
Many of these have been described, placed in boxes which have been labelled, fragments
have been joined, and the labelling of various objects has been continued.

The case-books of the Kouyunjik Gallery, and the book of running numbers of the
Kouyunjik Collection have been continued.

Bilingual texts, and those in the Babylonian character belonging to the Kouyunjik
Collection have been sorted out. ~

The registration of collections acquired in 1881 and 1883 has been finished. Other’
collections acquired in the current year have also been registered.

Two cases in the Assyrian basement room have been removed, and their contents re-
arranged. The contents of one of the pier-casesin the new Assyrian room haye been
chronologically arranged.

Two cases in the Nimroud Central Saloon and two in the Nimroud Gallery have their
contents re-arranged for the preparation of a descriptive guide to the former.

The inscriptions on two bricks, and the five epigraphs on the black obelisk have been
translated.

The second pari of the fifth volume of “Cuneiform inscriptions of Western Asia”
has been finished for publication, with a table of contents to the whole volume.

290 deal tablets covered with velvet, and 650 with red cloth, have been prepared for
mounting gems.

The large bronze gates from Balawat have been re-arranged in a casein the new Assy-
rian Room.

Deal frames with drum or rounded ends have been prepared for the fixing of fragments
of other bronze gates from Balawat in process of arrangement, and wainscot boards have
been got ready for the same purpose.

Wooden labels have been prepared for the Assyrian and Pheenician Rooms.

A deal pedestal has been made for the head of a figure in the Phenician Room.

A frame and a pedestal have been prepared for the Siloam stone.

Shelves have been prepared and fitted in the Pheenician Room.

Seven marble figures have been mounted on black polished marble plinths,

Twelve figures have been mounted on Caen-stone plinths.

One figure has been fixed in the wall of the Assyrian Gallery.

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One bilingual Cypriote inscription has been mounted on a Caen-stone plinth.

‘Iwo fragments of Hittite sculpture from Carchemish have been repaired and mounted
on Caen-stone plinths.

One Pheenician inscription has been moved and mounted in the Pheenician Room.

Pheenician inscriptions in the Pheenician Room have been moved and mounted.

Three casts have been made of the mace head bearing the name of Sargon of Agadé.

Eleven casts of cylinders have been made, including one each of Nebuchadnezzar
and Nabonidus.

1,598 impressions of gems have been made.

Fifteen casts have been made from bronzes.

Four casts of seals have been made.

Forty gems have been mounted.

183 tablets have been cleaned and repaired.

Five bronze bowls; one bronze handle ; and a bronze shield have been cleaned and
repaired. f

Two casts of stone seal with Greek inscription, and one of the scarab of Hdda have
been made.

Four casts of Pheenician inscriptions on bronze have been made.

2,007 clay tablets and fragments have been joined.

Two pieces of ivory have been jomed.

170 small objects have been mounted.

1,061 labels have been written.

7,019 numbers have been printed by the press in the Department for Assyrian and
Egyptian objects.

3,183 numbers have been attached to objects.

2,200 labels have been attached to objects.

600 labels have been printed in the Department.

The papyri and the trays in Hamilton Case A. have been numbered and lettered.

A descriptive list for the Guide to the Pheenician Room has been written.

The Egyptian and Assyrian portions of the Guide to the Exhibition Rooms have been
revised, and additional matter has been written, including part of the Index.

The cuneiform inscriptions on the lion-weights have been carefully studied, and these,
together with copies, variants and additions to the East India House inscription of
Nebuchadnezzar, have been copied.

‘Tracings of Egyptian and Hittite inscriptions for Departmental and other uses have
been made.

Students and others have been assisted in their researches.

Acquisitions.

The number of acquisitions of the Department has amounted to 1,643.
Of these the most important in the Egyptian division are :—

Bronze seat obtained at Cairo. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.S.A.
Bronze head of Osiris.

Steatite oxyrrhynchus with pedestal, on which is a figure of the god Onouris or
Mars.

Bronze hawk damascened witn red composition.

Bronze bell in shape of lotus flower. From the Fayoum.

Stucco bust of Serapis.

Alabaster toilet vase in shape of an antelope.

Alabaster bowl. From Sakkarah.

Ebony head of a goose from a toilet vase. From Sakkarah.

Fragments of terracotta vases. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.S.A.

Blue porcelain bottle. From the Fayoum.,

Demotic papyrus, copies of contracts dated in the 35th year of Ptolemy Philadelphos or
Soter II.

Four cylindrical ivory draughtsmen. Presented by J. L. 8. Strachan-Davidson, Esq.

‘Two wooden figments of collin with deities and hieroglyphs.

Yellow jasper gnostic engraved stone with the Aeon [ao and inscription.

Carnelian gnostic engraved stone with mummied figure in radiated crown supported by
four youths standing on a starry planisphere; on the reverse, man draped in mitra and
corselet on head, with inscriptions on both sides.

Small collection of fragments, about seventy-four in number, chiefly from the Pyramids.
Presented by W. Flinders Petrie, sq.

Amongst the most remarkable are :—

Pieces of diorite statues and fragments of a granite sarcophagus. From the neighbour-
hood of the Pyramid of Abu Roash.

Fragment of a diorite statue, limestone weight, rest of drill bow, socket of a door-post,
rude circular vase, part of a circular bowl and of a rude bowl], all of the Ptolemaic period.

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From the East of the Great Pyramid at Gizeh. Fragment of linmg of a tomb from
the West of the same.

Diorite fragments of statues, alabaster fragments of statues, limestone fragment with
hieroglyphic inscription. From the temple of the Second Pyramid at Gizeh.

Fragments of diorite statues, red granite fragment of a casing stone, alabaster frag-
ments of statues, fragments of limestone statues. From the barracks behind the Second
Pyramid at Gizeh.

Fragments of a diorite casing stone from a small pyramid east of the Great Pyramid
at Gizeh, and black basalt corner of a casing stone, rude draughtsmen and stone board.
From the East of the Great Pyramid.

Limestone fragments coloured red from the tomb of Nefermat at Meidum.

Red quartzite fragment of a head. From Sakkarah.

Limestone fragments with inscriptions coloured green. From the Pyramid of Pepi of
the 6th dynasty at Sakkarah.

Circular plaster stopper of jar. From Deir near Abu Roash and Mit Fares in the
Fayoun.

Glass fragments. From Abusir, Koum-el-Ahmar, Gebel Kibli near Memphis and East
of Great Pyramid.

A collection of about 640 objects, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund, principally
found at the San-el-Hagar, a great number of which are similar to those already in the
collections, but possessing interest from the sites where discovered.

The most interesting objects are the following :—

Gilded glass fragment.

Six small fragments of glass mosaics.

Calcareous stone figure of a man of the Roman period with demotic inscription.

Two bronze keys.

Three bronze staples.

Bronze dish with iron ring.

About 200 coins in silver and bronze, much corroded.

One iron catch.

One iron key.

One iron lock.

Sixteen glass fragments of vessels.

One glass boss.

Gold ear-ring, and two plates for the eye, and leaf-shaped plate for the tongue.

One large gold ring, spiral, in shape of snakes.

One silver Bes.

One armlet of silver beads.

A piece of silver chain.

An amber necklace.

A necklace of beads of various stone.

Four pieces of a terracotta crucible with melted copper.

A stone whistle.

A piece of stone Sphinx with recurved wings. :

Seventy-nine fragments of calcareous stone, since gilded from a wall of the period of
Nectanebo.

An obsidian symbolic eye.

Two burnishers, one limestone, the other crystal.

Four fragments of stone bowls.

Blue porcelain inkpot.

Fragments of a bronze lattice. :

Pane of a glass window of the Roman period wita the signs of the Zodiac.

Pieces of garments embroidered with various colours.

The following objects from Syria :—

Five bronze fire altars from Byblos.

Four bronze bosses in shape of lion’s head ; from Byblos.

Bronze ladle with strainer ; from Byblos.

Bronze ring with three others strongly attached ; from Byblos.

Bronze bell with braces of clapper-ring ; from Byblos.

Lead vase in shape of alabastron; from Beyrout.

Twelve ivory plaques from Beyrout.

Iron sword, 2 feet 5 inches Jong; from the Lebanon.

Tortoiseshell panels from a box, with figure of a man holding thong; Eros and Flower,
Eros with tambourine and flower, same with bowl and flower ; from Beyrout.

Red terracotta plate with serpent and inscription.

aes hundred scarabs, principally steatite of Egyptian, some with hieroglyphs from
mnrit.
Large alabaster head from a coffin of fine workmanship ; about B.c. 300; from Sidon.
Small agate cup and boss; from Beyrout.
Archaic limestone amphora; from Byblos.
Three calcareous stone fire-altars with mouldings and columns; from Umrit.

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‘Thirty steatite ficures of Ptah, Bast, Nefer Tum, Isis, Anubis and Bes of Egyptian
style; from Umrit.

Calcareous stone slab with hare and two greyhounds; from Umrit.

Calcareous stone mould with inscriptions in unknown characters ; from Beyrout.

Terracotta bow! in the shape of a ladle; from Beyrout.

Terracotta figure reclininy in a car drawn by three human-headed horses: from Tyre.

Bearded horseman; from Tyre. y

Handle of vase, showing the manner of making ; from Cyprus.

Alabaster vase; from Bengemmi.

Alabaster vase.

Bronze prismatic rod.

Four fragments of terracotta vases; from Leyrout.

Seven fragments of vases from the temple of Melkarth, Malta.

Calcareous stone fragment of mortar; from Tartus.

Dark stone pebble case in iron wire ; from ‘lartus.

The above presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Chalcedony scaraboid with flying horseman discharging arrow behind him ; from
Nishapur near Abr Sheba, Kortesu, Persia.

Silver ring set with garnet, with bust in intaglio; from Mal-Amir, the old Ideg.

Cast of the Siloam inscription ; from the Pool at Jerusalem.

Cast of the sareophagus of Eshmunazar, king of Sidon; B.c. 380 presented by the
Museum of the Louvre.

Cast of Pheenician inscription on monument dedicated to the queen Isaddon; presented
by the Museum of t .e Louvre.

Bronze lamp in shape of a bull; from the plains of Sharon.

Ten calcareous stone slabs with Cypriote inscriptions; published in the Salaminia of
Major A. P. di Cesnola.

Limestone slab with bust of female in high relief, named Akme, and Palmyrene in-
scription.

A terracotta vase ornamented with head of the god Bes; from Dongola; presented by
Francis Galton, Esq., F.R.s.

The numbe~ of objects acquired in the Assyrian division during the year 1884 was
612.

_ The greater part of these acquisitions consist of unbaked and baked clay tablets, mostly
contracts, from Babylon, Borsippa, Sepharvaim, &c. The following are the dates repre-
sented :—

The 14th and 16th years of Kandalanu or Kineladanos.

The 4th, 5th, 9th-12th, 14th, 24th, 26th, 28th-30th, 32nd, 34th, 38th, 40th, and 41st of
Nebuchadnezzar.

The accession year of Amel-Marduk or Evil-Merodach.

The accession, Ist, 2nd, and 3rd years of Neriglissar.

The accession, Ist-12th, and 14th-17th of Nabonidus.

The 2nd, 5rd, 5th, 7th, and 8th of Cyrus.

The accession, Ist-4th, 6th, and 7th of Cambyses.

The Ist-11th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 29th, 33rd and 34th years of Darius.

The Ist year of Barzia or Bardes.

Also a tablet bearing the name of Esarhaddon, “king of Babylon,” and a tablet men-
tioning Demetrius.

Most of the above refer to loans of money or produce, the buying and selling of houses,
fields, produce, slaves, &c., also many documents which are simply memoranda of com-
mercial transactions. Many of these tablets refer to coined money, and one, dated in the
reign of Darius, mentions silver “impressed with the image ofa bird.”

A few of the above documents, however, are of the highest interest and importance for
the manners, customs, and history of the ancient Babylonians. The following are the
most noteworthy :

A large tablet of unbaked clay containing the history of Babylon from 747 B.c. to
about J67 B.C.

This document mentions a revolt which took place in Babylon and Borsippa in the time
of Nabonassar, quelled by that king in Borsippa, and the death of Nabonassar in his
palace in the 14th year of his reign. F } : ;

The death of Nabti-nadin-zir or Nadinu (Nadios), his successor, in a revolt which took
place in the second year of his reign. ‘he leader of the revolt, who mounted the throne,
reigned only one month and twelve days, and was succeeded by Ukin-zir or Chinziros, in
whose third year came Tiglath-pileser and destroyed Bit-Amukan, and captured Ukin-zir.

Tiglath-pileser died, after a reign of two years, and was succeeded by Sulman-aSarid or

Shalmaneser. This king destroyed the city Sabara’in. He reigned five years at
Babylon, and was succeeded by Marduk-ablaaddin or Merodach-baladan.

In the second year of Merodach-baladan a great battle took place in the province of
Dir-ili, between Ummanigas, king of Elam, and Sargon of Assyria, in which the former
was victorious. Merodach-baladan came to the aid of the Elamites, but was only in
time to join in the pursuit.

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Sennacherib of Assyria, after taking Larancha and Sarrama, sets Bél-ibni or Belibos on
the throne of Babylon. ‘Then, during the first year of this king, Sennacherib destroyed
the cities of Hirimma and Hararatu. In the third year of Belibos, Sennacherib came to
Akkad and spoiled the country, carrying off Belibos and his chief men to Assyria.

The next ruler or King of Babylon mentioned is ASSur-nadin-Sum or Aparanadios, son
of Sennacherib. In the sixth year of this king Sennacherib invaded Elam and destroyed
many of the cities. In return, Hullusu, king of Elam, afterwards invaded Akkad, ravaging
the country as far as Sippara. Aparanadios he carried away captive to Elam, and set
Nergal-u8ézib or Regebelos upon the Babylonian throne. Thisruler began by taking Niffer
from the Assyrians. Shortly after a battle was fought with the Assyrians near Niffer, in
which the Babylonians were victorious. The Babylonian king, however, did not long sur-
vive, and died after a reign of only one year and six months. During the reign of Nergal-
uxézib, the Elamites revolted against their king Hallusu, and having killed him, set
Kudur on the throne. After the accession of the new king, Sennacherib invaded Elam,
and ravaged the land from Ras to Bit-Burnaki. In the meanwhile Musézib-Marduk or
Mesesimordakos mounted the throne of Babylon.

During the first year of the new ruler another revolt took place in Elam, in which
Kudur was killed, after having reigned only ten months, and was succeeded by Menanu.
The new Elamite ruler got together an army composed of Akkadians and Elamites, and
fought a battle with the Assyrians at Halulé, ‘The allied armies obtained the victory.
In his fourth year, Mesesimordakos was taken prisoner by Menanu, king of Elam, and
sent to Assyria. Menanu died at the end of the same year, and was succeeded by Hum-
bahaldasu.

Sennacherib now reigned over Babylon as well as Assyria. HumbahaldaSu, who died
of some sickness in the eighth year of his reign, was succeeded by Humbahaldasu II. On
the 20th of Tebet of the eighth year of Sennacherib as king of Babylon, one of the sons
of Sennacherib revolted and killed his father. The revolt in Assyria lasted from the 20th
of Tebet until the 2nd or 3rd of Adar, on the 8th (or 18th) of which month Esarhaddon
mounted the throne of Assyria,

In the first year of Esarhaddon one of the sons of Merodach-baiadan went to Larsa
and gathered an army together. Being defeated by the Assyrians, he fled to Elam, but
instead of finding refuge there, he was captured and put to death.

Many peopie, evidently those who had revolted against the Assyrian power, were sent
to Assyria and pat to death in the third year of Esarhaddon. In the same year the city of
Sidon was captured and plundered. The next year the head of the king of Sidon, also
that of the king of Kundi and Sisfi, were cut off and sent to Assyria.

In the 6th year of Esarhaddon, the king of Elam made a raid into Babylonia. In this
same year also, the Assyrian army started on a campaignin Egypt. Humbahaldagu, king
of Elam, died in his palace, “‘ not sick,” and was succeeded by his brother Urtagu.

The next year the Assyrians seem to have suffered a defeat in Egypt.

In the 8th year of Esarhaddon the Assyrian army captured and spoiled the land of
Ruriséa, and the plunder was brought to the city of Ur in the month Kisleu. On the

th of Adar the wife of the king died.

In Nisan of the 10th year of Esarhaddon an Assyrian army was sent to Egypt, and on
the 3rd, 16th, and 17th of Tammuz battles were fought, the result being that M emphis
was taken on the 22nd. The king of Egypt (Tirhakah) fled, but his son was captured.

In the 12th year of his reign Esarhaddon started for Egypt, but fell sick on the way,
and died on the 12th of Marcheswan, after having ruled Assyria for 12 years. Samai-
Sum-ukin (Saosduchinos) in Babylonia, and AsSur-bani-abli in Assyria, his two sons,
succeeded.

In the month Iyyar of the accession-year of Saosduchinos the gods of Akkad (Baby-
lonia), which had been kept in Assur, were brought back to Babylon. In the same year
the king of Kiribtu was captured, and on the 20th of Tebet a man named Bél-édir was
captured in Babylon, and killed.

With the accession-year of Saosduchinos this important text comestoanend. Itseems
to have been the first of a series, and was copied from the original document in the 22nd
year of a king whose name is lost. Probably Darius.

A taklet giving the will of aman named Nabi-balat-su-ikbi, who divides his property
between Kalbi-Bau and Nabti-ukin-zir, his sons; Amat-Bélti, his mother, and Tabatu
and Tabanni, his two sisters. He makes also the conditions that his two sons shall live
with their grandmother as long as she lives, and that she, on her part, shall give dowries
to her two daughters, Tabatu and Tabanni, out of her own dowry. Dated the 16th ot
Tammuz in the 14th year of Nabonidus.

A tablet relating to the dowry of Li’At-Bélti, and half the dowry of her mother, Tibta
(about which a decision had already been made by the judges, giving it to Marduk-zir-
ibni, husband of Lyat-Bélti), confirming the former decision, and ordering Nabti-takbi-
éSir to give up the property and pay the rent or interest thereon. Dated at Babylon in
the 6th of Sebat in the third year of Cyrus.

A letter from Badanu to Sula, his father, informing him that he had sold a certain
amount of corn to Ukkammu and Méxu, his brothers. The document is witnessed by six
people, and is dated the 13th of Adar in the second year of Cambyses.

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A broken tablet recording the adoption, by Marduk-Sum-nasir, of Marduk-rémanni, his
grandchild, a child three years old, the son of Kitinnu-Marduk and Ramia (daughter of
Marduk-Sum-nasir). It is stipulated that certain property be given to the child on his
coming of age. Dated the 10th of Marcheswan in the third year of Cyrus,

A tablet referring to the property left to Marduk-sum-iddin and Iddin-Nabt, by their
father, Nabd-épis-ziri. Dated the 16th of Marcheswan in the 12th year of Nabonidus.

The marriage contract of Nabii-nadin-Sum and Sira, referring to the property given
with the latter by her brothers, Marduk-Sum-iddin and Iddin-Nabé. Dated the 13th of
Marcheswan in the 16th year of Nabonidus.

A marriage contract in which Itti-Marduk-balatu gives ten mana of silver, four slaves,
and the furniture of a house with Amat-Nand4, his daughter. Dated the 13th of Marches-
wan, in the third year of Cambyses.

A tablet referring to the sale of a slave marked on the left hand with the name of his
mistress. Dated in the 20th year of Darius.

Several large tablets of the time of Darius referring to the sale of fields, &c., two ot
which contain the Egyptian name Pisamiski or Psammetichus, one of the witnesses.

A small clay cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar from Sippara or Sepharvaim, referring to the
restoration of the temple of the sun-god in that city. -

A crystal bead from Assyria, inscribed : “To Assur his lord, Samas-ili the Tartan has
presented (this) for (the saving of) his life.” /

__A large limestone cylinder-seal with representations of Gistubar and Ea-bani fighting
with animals, lions devouring deer, &c. About 2000 B.c.

A hematite cylinder-seal bearing a representation of a goddess, worshipper, and
attendant. Inscribed, “ Urrit-nagna, son of Za, servant of the deity Dun-sig-é.” About
2000 B.c.

Several cylinder-seals from Cyprus.

Several figures of Eros in clay, of the Parthian period.

Several medallions, rosette-ornaments, &c., in clay, of the Parthian period.

Some alabaster dolls (Greek or Parthian).

A large slab from Nimroud, of the time of Tiglath-pileser III., about 740 B.c., bearing
the representation of the siege of a city, and a proccession of warriors carrying idols,
together with part of a cuneiform inscription, has been transferred from the Academy for
the Fine Arts at Bristol, to the British Museum.

S. Birch.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.

: I.— Arrangement.

Three inscriptions, fifty-three sculptures, three pieces of architecture, one mosaic
and one cast, have been repaired and mounted; five bronzes, and one object in silver-gilt
have been cleaned, repaired, and mounted; one hundred and seventy-two fictile vases,
and fragments of vases, two hundred and nine terracottas, seven copies of Etruscan
paintings, two fresco-paintings and one amber ring, have been cleaned, repaired, and
mounted ; sixteen plaster casts have been made from gems ; twelve new moulds have been
made frem sculptures; the sculptures from the temple of Athené Polias at Priené have
been arranged in the Mausoleum Room, and progress has been made in arranging the
sculptures of the Ephesos Room ; the collection of mural paintings and the later Greek
and Roman terracottas have been mounted and arranged in the Fourth Vase Room; two
new table-cases, a glass shade, and a pedestal with a glass shade, have been placed in the
Vase Rooms, and a pedestal with a glass shade in the Second Bronze Room; three hun-
dred and seventy-one descriptive titles have been attached to objects; five hundred and
eighteen objects have been registered, and eleven objects catalogued ; sheets B-E.
of Part III. of the “ Ancient Greek Inscriptions inthe British Museum” have been printed
off, and a new edition of the General Guide to the Exhibition Rooms has been issued.

Il.—A cquisitions.

I.—1. A terracotta female figure reclining on a rock. From Athens.

2. Two terracotta female figures seated and holding masks. From Tanagra. These
three figures are in very fine condition and of great beauty.

3. A fictile oznochoe on the front of which is modelled a youthful male figure winged
and wearing a Phrygian cap, probably Ganymede. From Corinth.

II.—1. A fictile vase said to have been found at Phocewa, in Asia Minor. (Pub-
_ lished in Journal of Hellenic Studies, IT., p. 305.)

2. A fictile vase, of red ware, on the front of which is modelled a female figure. This
type of vase occurs frequently in Cyprus. Said to have been found at Phocaea.

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3. A globular vase with spout and two handles, of a type which occurs in Rhodes and
other islands of the Archipelago and also in Egypt. From Telmessos in Lycia.

4. A series of fragments of archaic fictile vases similar to those of Mycenez and
Talysos. From Myrina.

5. Two small vases. From Telmessos and Myrina respectively.

§. Eleven amulets in ivory, stone and porcelain. From Rhodes.

7. Three archaic gems from Comana and one from Kaisarieh, in Asia Minor.
8. Two intaglios in sard. From Erythre

III.—1. An Athenian fictile /ekythos with a design painted chiefly in outline on a white
ground. This vase isremarkable for its size and the interest of the subject, which represents.
Hypnos and Thanatos laying the body of Sarpedon in the tomb.

2. Two similar Athenian lehythi, with designs representing the bringing of offerings to
tombs.

3. A fictile pyxis ; round the body is a design painted in outline on a white ground;
eight female figures engaged in operations of the toilet. From Athens.

4, Two terracotta statuettes. From Tanagra.

5. Four bronze vases. from Galaxidi near Delphi.

IV.—A small archaic bronze figure of Apollo.

V.—1. Torso of a terracotta figure of Venus fastening her sandal.

2. A reclining female figure, in marble, recognised by her attribute of a rabbit as a
personification of Spain.

3. An ornament in pale gold or electrum, probably belonging to the Greco-Phenician
period.

4. An archaic fictile otnochoe, with combat of two warriors; on each side is a youth on
horseback leading another horse. From Corinth.

5. An archaic fictile oinochoé with combat of two pairs of warriors, an archer, a fallen
warrior, and a crouching figure inscribed XAPON. From Corinth.

6. A fictile amphoriskos with banquet scene. From Corinth.

7. A khantharos, of black ware, encircled round the body with an ivy wreath raised and
gilt.

8. Two fictile vases with geometric patterns, probably imitated from an archaic style.

VI.—The following purchases were made at the Castellani Sale in Rome :—

1. A fictile drinking horn, keras, painted black and terminating in the head and forehand
of a horse; found in the excavations of Prince Torlonia at Vulci.

2. Fictile oinochoée with red figures on black ground representing a caricature of Ulysses
and Diomede carrying off the Palladium. (Engraved in Sale Catalogue, No. 117.)

3. Fictile stand with group of four cups each containing a swan’s egg; found at Canino
on a site belonging to Prince Torlonia. (Engraved in Sale Catalogue, No. 138, pl. 4.)

4. Victile lekythos on which is represented in high relief the rape of Kassandra, who
clings to the Palladium.

5. Bronze cup encircled round the body with an ivy wreath richly inlaid in silver.

6. Two bronze flutes ornamented with heads of Maenads in relief.

7. A number of terracotta fragments from an Etruscan frieze of archaic style.

8. A large amber ring, carved all round with figures in high relief.

9. Gold finger ring, on which is engraved a female head in the finest Greek style.

10. Gold finger ring, on which is engraved a horseman galloping. This ring also is

in the finest Greek style. (Engraved in Sale Catalogue, p. 116, No. 879.)

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VII. The following purchases were made at the Castellani Sale in Paris :—

1. A series of gold ornaments: among them may be noted, a scarab, on which is
engraved a seated female figure, inscribed AQPON, from Tarentum (Sale Catalogue,
No. 10); an earring with a pendant in the form of a centaur in white enamel ; a pair of
earrings with pendants in the form of cocks in white enamel. These enamelled earrings
are of great rarity; they were found in the excavations of Prince Torlonia at Vulci.
An earring of extraordinary size and beauty, having for a pendant a female head richly
set in floral ornaments; a fibula with the figure of a lion, from Cervetri; a hair-pin
surmounted by a figure of Aphrodite; a necklace with a Satyr’s head as pendant; an
alabastos ornamented with granulated patterns, from Palestrina.

2. Several objects in ivory, among which is a thin plate with incised design of a nude
female figure kneeling before a fountain. (Engraved in Sale Catalogue, p. 29.)

8. Bronze axe-head inscribed with a dedication in archaic Greek letters. From
Calabria. (Roehl, Inscriptiones Grece Antiquissime, No. 543.)

4, Bronze cista, with incised design representing probably incidents connected with
the Judgment of Paris. ‘This cista, both for composition and drawing, may be considered
one of the finest ever discovered. From Palestrina.

5. Oval bronze cista; on the cover is incised the scene in which Mneas, having slain
Turnus, claims Lavinia from King Latinus; Amata, the mother of Lavinia, rushes away
in horror ; the locality is indicated by a reclining figure of the river-god Numicius.
From Palestrina. (Engraved in Monumenti dell’ Inst. Arch. Rom. VIII., pls. 7-8;
Annali xxxvi., p. 356.)

6. Bronze cista, with incised design representing Bellerophon and Pegasos. From
Palestrina.

7. Bronze cista, on the cover of which is an incised design: Nereids riding on Sea
Monsters. From Palestrina.

8. Bronze cista: on the cover is incised a battle scene. The handle is formed by the
figures of two warriors carrying a dead comrade. From Paiestrina.

9. 4A series of wooden caskets, containing pigments, combs, and other objects found
inside cistae.

10. Bronze mirror-case with relief: Ganymede carried up by the Eagle. From Pales-
trina. (Engraved in Monumenti dell’ Inst. Arch. Rom. VIIL., pl. 47, fig. 2.)

11. Two bronze mirrors with incised designs.

12. Archaic bronze figure of warrior.

13. Two bronze statuettes of draped female figures.

14-15. Bronze statuette of Athené and head of Hermes.

16. A seated male figure in calcareous stone of very ancient Etruscan style. Found

at Chianciano near Chiusi.

VIII. A female head in marble. On many parts of the surface are remains of the
original ground of colour with which the head had been painted. From Rome.

IX.—1. Fictile lekythos, with design painted in red outline on a white ground repre-
senting three figures at a tomb.

2. Terracotta statuette, with traces of gilding in the hair, and red and blue colour on
the drapery. The drapery is well composed, and the general condition excellent. From
Tarentum.

X. Two fictile vases, with geometric patterns, two statuettes, a relief and a fragment
of a statuette in terracotta. From Cyprus.

XI.—1. Ten fronts of covering tiles, halypteres or imbrices, ornamented with masks in
relief ; two pieces of egg-moulding painted red and black ; twenty-five weights stamped
with various devices ; head ofa female figure; a necklace. These objects are in terracotta,
and were found at Tarentum.

2. A rosette carved in stone. From Tarentum.

3. A terracotta female figure. From Ephesos.

4. A mould and a grotesque mask, in terracotta, From Smyrna.
5. Archaic fictile aryballos, with grotesque figures. From Cume.

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§. Bronze androsphinx. From Asia Minor.
7. Bronze spiral fibula. From Naples.
8. Bronze spit, obelos. From Capua.

9. Fragment of bronze plate, inscribed with dedication in Greek letters. From
Beyrout.

10. Twelve archaic incised gems.

XII. A series of antiquities discovered by Mr. O. Richter in Cyprus, consisting of
vases ornamented with geometric patterns, incised or painted; terracotta whorls with
incised patterns; several stone implements ; three bronze spear heads; several implements
in bronze ; porcelain beads ; two alabaster vases; marble fragment of Greek inscription ;

stone figure of Seilenos crouching; terracotta female figure draped and holding a fan;
another terracotta female figure holding a child in her arms.

XIIT.—1. Five vases and ten rude figures of a primitive pericd, from Amorgos, Paros,
and Antiparos. (See Journal of Hellenic Studies, V., p. 50.)

2. A series of obsidian knives and splinters. From Aniiparos.
3. Several objects in silver. From Antiparos.

4. Eighteen terracotta vases and fragments of vases with very archaic patterns.
Chiefly from Antiparos.

5. Several terracotta stamps, and inscribed handles of diote. JFrom Antiparos and
Amorgos.

6. A lamp and a cone in marble, and a terracotta weight.

These objects were discovered by Mr. J. Theodore Bent, and are described by him in
the Journal of Hellenic Studies, V., pp. 42-59.

XIV. Terracotta female figure, probably Artemis, seated with a fawn at her side.

II1.— Presents.

I. A series of terracottas, from Tarentum, representing :—

1. A head of a river-god (Journal of Hellenic Studies, IV., pl. 32, fig. 4).
2. A head of Medusa (ibid. fig. 3).

3. A head of the youthful Pan. (bid. fig. 1).

4, A head cf Medusa.

5. Bearded head, probably of Dionysos (for similar types from Tarentum, see Gazette
Archéologique, VII., p. 159).

6. Upper part of reclining figure of Dionysos (compare the same type in Gazette
Archéologique, VII., p. 157).

7-8. A female head and a draped female figure running.
9-10. Two heads of horses, from aski.
Presented by J. Reddie Anderson, Esq.
II. The following marbles were obtained by Mr. J. T. Wood in his excavations on the

site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos in 1883, and have been presented by the
Committee of the Ephesus Exploration Fund, through Mr. Hayter Lewis :—

1, Several architectural fragments from the Temple of Artemis.

2. Two fragments of the legs of a figure about life size, which have been attached to a
background.

3. Fragment ofa decree forbidding the striking of any one (probably within the precincts
of the Temple).

4, Dedication by Moscheine to her husband Marcus Cocceius Alexander.

5. A sepulchral stelé with relief representing a seated male figure playing on the
syrinx, and inscribed with a dedication by one Ebenos, who styles himself a “ protaules,”
to his son Hierokles, a “ syristes” or player on the Pan’s pipe.

III. Marble

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III. Marble hoof of horse, found on the site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos.
Presented by J. T. Wood, Esq.

IV. Nine archaic gems engraved in intaglio, from Crete:—1, serpentine; three deer ;
2, carnelian ; floral pattern; 3, green slate; gorgoneion ? ; 4, amethyst ; goat; 5, car-
nelian; goats; 6. steatite; lion; 7, carnelian; ship; 8, steatite; lion and bird; 9, car-
nelian; ship.

Presented by W. R. Paton, Esq.

V.—1-2. Marble sun-dial and marble die; from Smyrna.

3. Sixteen small stamped coins in copper, eight copper discs prepared for stamping,
three pieces of copper and a lead weight. These objects were found together near
Smyrna.

Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester.

VI. A large terracotta pithos with geometric patterns. From Knossos in Crete.

Presented by M. Minos Calocherinos, Spanish Vice- Consul at Candia.

VII. A terracotta disc on which is painted in black outline a grotesque human head in
profile.
Presented by Mr. Consul Merlin, Pireus

VIII. Plaster cast of an onyx vase in the Ducal Museum at Brunswick.
Presented by Alfred Higgins, Esq.

IX. Fragment of pavement, from Pompeii.

Presented by George A. Mears.
C. T. Newton.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MrepimvaL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.
I.— Arrangement.

The arrangement of the Medieval Room has been finished, and the room opened to
the public. The openings in the tops of the wall-cases, as well as the similar openings
in the cases of the Oriental Saloon, have been completed and glazed. False backs have
been made for the wall-cases, desks made for two table-cases of matrices of seals, six
table-cases lined with merino, and stands made for seven enamelled dishes and for eight
crosses. ‘T'wo large bas-reliefs have been fixed on plinths on the walls. The wall-paint-
ings from St. Stephen’s Chapel have been repaired, fixed in frames, and labelled; a
wooden stand has been made for a bas-relief portrait of Anne of Brittany ; frames have
been made for an oil painting and a panel of embroidery; 12 medallions of Cesars and
pes iron axes have been mounted on tablets; and 286 card labels have been written for
this room.

In the Ethnographical Gallery the arrangement has been proceeded with, and has
made considerable progress.

A large central case, 26 feet 8 inches long, and 9 feet 9 inches high, has been made
to contain the canoes from the Solomon Islands; as well as spears from the same group,
from the New Hebrides, and New Caledonia; it has been placed in position, the objects
arranged in it, and labels affixed to them.

The bases for 10 table-cases have been placed in position.

The arrangement of the following geographical sections in the wall-cases has been
completed, as well as that of eight table-cases :—Japan, three sections of Asiatic arms,
Borneo, Ceram, Celebes, Moluccas, Timor, Micronesia, New Zealand, Savage Island,
Samoa, Rotumah, Tonga, the Sandwich Islands, Tahitian Islands, Hervey Islands, the
Low Archipelago, Marquesas Islands, Easter Island, the Admiralty Islands, New
Ireland, New Britain, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands,
Madagascar, East Central Africa, the Soudan, Abyssinia, and Egypt, as well as a part of
North America.

A number of large objects, figures, canoes, very long spears, &c., have been placed
upon the tops of the wall-cases or upon the walls themselves; a large series of Fijian
clubs have been mounted on a board, and 21 trophies of clubs and paddles fixed on
frames, anc placed over the sections to which they belong. Four canoes have been
mounted on iron supports; 85 wooden pedestals or stands have been made, and
some of them labelled. A platform, under a table-case, has been made for the Mexican

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“metatls;” a glazed case fora New Zealand feather cloak, made and fixed in position,
and the doors of two of the wall-cases have been taken off, and replaced with locks and
hinges.

The combined Ethnographical Collections of the Museum and the Christy Collection
have been examined, with a view to eliminate duplicate specimens. These duplicates
have been roughly classed, and stowed away in cupboards, but will have to be carefully
gone over before they can be disposed of.

A number of ethnographical and other objects have been repaired and mounted, and
those liable to decay have been boiled in wax, or treated in other ways to arrest or pre-
vent deterioration.

The collection of Oriental pottery and porcelain, presented to the Museum in 1878 b
A. W. Franks, Esq., and which, until the past year, has been on exhibition at the Bethnal
Green Branch of the South Kensington Museum, has now been received at the British
Museum. The collection consists (after the removal of the duplicates and a few reserved
specimens) of 1,613 pieces, in the following sections, viz. :—Chinese 928, Siamese, Corean,
&c., 16, and Japanese 669. Of this portion a catalogue was prepared by Mr. Franks, and
published by the Department of Science and Art in 1878.

Mr. Franks has now added considerably to his former gift, and the additional speci-
mens amount to 1,801 pieces, in the following classes, viz.: Chinese 903, Siamese, Corean,
&c. 26, Japanese 872.

This collection, numbering in all 3,414 pieces, illustrates very fairly the ceramic indus-
try of the Far East, and includes examples of most of the factories, from an early time to
the present day. Among the additions may be specially noticed a number of vases and
fragments found in ancient kitchen-middens and tombs im Japan, some of which may
be of a very remote antiquity.

The collection has now been roughly arranged in the Oriental Saloon, occupying one-
half of the wall-cases of the room, and three upright central cases. The fittings for the
latter are in progress, and will shortly be completed.

The continuation of the book-case in the outer study of the department has been com-

leted.
: Plinths have been made for two Roman milestones; sixteen general labels have been
painted, and seventy-nine antiquities of bronze and iron mounted on tablets.

Eighty locks of the new suite have been fitted on table-case bases.

The permanent catalogue on slips of the Ethnographical Collections has been continued,
and one hundred and twenty-five specimens described, with a careful sketch of each object.

The registration has been much impeded by the more pressing demands of arrangement
in the public galleries ; but one hundred and three objects have been registered.

Il. —Acquisitions.

(1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities :—-

A collection of flint implements from the Drift beds of England, including an inter-
esting series collected by Mr. Worthington G. Smith from the Valley of the Thames in
North London. Described, with figures, in the “ Journal of the Anthropological Institute,”
vol. xiii, p. 357.

A flint celt found on the Needwood Forest lands, co. Stafford, by Mr. J. Pountain,
and presented by C. E. Boothby, Esq. A barbed flint arrowhead found at Frilford near
Abingdon, presented by Philip Aldworth, Esq. :

Two early British food vessels and a bronze knife, found in kists in a cairn at Amble,
Northumberland, presented by Messrs. Green and Douglas. A food vessel containing
burnt bones found at Hexham, Northumberland, presented by Miss K. W. Dods.

Grinding stone or muller found in ballast at Stifford, Essex, presented by the Rey. W.
Palin.

Bracer or wrist-guard of stone with gold studs, found in a barrow at Kellythorpe,
East Riding, Yorkshire, and figured in “‘ Archeologia,” xlii., p. 427; a British gold arm-
let with pendent rings, and part of a bronze dagger, found in Granta Fen, co. Cambridge.
From the Londesborough Collection.

A flat celt of fine green stone, probably from Scotland, mounted in silver, as a charm,
in the 17th century, and a bronze palstave, found at Fairford, co. Gloucester, presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Stone with Ogham inscriptions, known as the “ Deelish Stone,” and figured in Brash’s
“ Ogam Monuments,” p. 122, pl. v., presented by Richard Caulfield, Esq., Lu.D.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :—

A Late Celtic iron sword and part of its sheath from Miribel, Ain, France, presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A collection of bronze knives and other objects found in ancient graves near Krasno-
yarsk, Siberia, and figured by the donor in his work, “ Siberia in Asia.” Presented by
Henry Seebohm, Esq., F.z.8. A flat ring of serpentine from a grave near Shanghai, pre-
sented by Charles Gould, Esq.

(2.) Anglo-

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(2.) Anglo-Roman:—

Two twisted armlets, two finger rings, and a chain, all of gold, found at New Grange,
in Jreland, and figured in “ Archzologia,” vol. xxx., p. 137, pl. xii. From the Londes-
borough Collection.

Bronze head of an eagle, of good work, foundat Colchester, presented by E. H. Willett,
Esq., F.S.A.

Bronze statuette of Jupiter, found at West Stoke, Sussex, presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.

Jug of peculiar red ware, found in making a tunnel through the Malvern Hills, pre-
sented by Daniel Parsons, Esq., and Mrs. Parsons.

Two Roman bottles of red ware, found at Chatham, and probably the production of the
Medway kilns; presented by Mrs. A. S. Medwin.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, §c. :—

An Anglo-Saxon brooch set with garnets, eight gold pendants, glass beads from
necklaces, and a diminutive glass vase, all from Faversham, Kent, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq. Two Anglo-Saxon saucer-shaped bronze brooches, and a circular
bronze plate with spiral ornament; from the Londesborough Collection. Fragments of
the bronze bucket, now in the British Museum, found at Hexham, Northumberland, full
of Saxon stycas, presented by W. D. Fairless, Ksq., M.p.; Anglo-Saxon object of bronze,
found near barrows on Breach Down, Kent, and figured in the “ Journal of the British
Archeological Association,” vol. iil, p. 346, presented by John Evans, Esq., D.c.L.

Sword of Scandinavian type, found in Ireland.

Fragments of a bronze dish of early medieval date with engraved design, representing
St. George and the Dragon, stated to have been found in Lngland, and presented by
R. H. Soden Smith, Esq., F.s.a.

Pavement tile from an old church in London Wall, presented by F. G. Hilton Price,
Esq., F.S.A.

Panel of English embroidery (opus anglicanum) with sacred subjects, date, circa 1300 ;
a bronze ewer of the 14th century with an inscription in relief, from Berkeley
Castle ; a brass mortar with initials and the date 1592 a quadrant of English work
dated 1632; and an ivory medallion with portrait of Samuel Pepys, the diarist, by
D. Le Marchant, all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A leaden weight stamped with a portcullis, found at Harrow, presented by Miss Mabel
Scott.

A medieval pendent ornament formed of an amethyst mounted in gold, and a bronze
annular buckle with dolphins, of early 16th century work, found in the Thames. From
the Londesborough Collection.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c.:—

An early Christian lamp from Beyrut, presented by the Rey. Greville J. Chester, and
three early Christian stamps of bronze, and two Byzantine gems, from the East.

An ivory seated figure of a consul, from a consular ivory, an object of great rarity,
obtained at the sale of the Fountaine Collection.

A Teutonic brooch of gold set with garnets, and with a border of birds’ heads. From
the Londesborough Collection.

A German champlevé enamel, with the subject of Naaman, 13th century, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

A majolica plaque, signed *‘ Giorgio Lombardo, 1493,” presented by J. C. Robin-
son, Esq. An Italian casket, with subjects in relief in stucco, presented by Lady Marion
Alford. A tile of Damascus ware, an ivory statuette of Portuguese work, two shell
cameos, and two intaglios, presented by the Rey. Greville J. Chester.

A majolica dish with the Presentation in the Temple after Marc Antonio, and a salt-
cellar with the arms and motto of Alfonso II., Duke of Ferrara, both of Urbino ware ;
three specimens of Limoges enamel, viz., a large circular dish, probably by Leonard Limou-
sin, with the subject of Cupid and Psyche, a circular medallion of somewhat unusual style,
painted with the Virgin and Child, and a tazza with the subject of Lot and his Daughters
by Penicaud III.; all from the sale of the Fountaine Collection.

Two dishes of Palissy ware, one of them engraved in Delange, ‘‘ Monographie de
VCiuvre de B. Palissy,” and both from the sale of the Fountaine Collection ; a brass dish
of Nuremburg work of the 15th century, with the subject of St. George; an Italian
buckler of early 16th century work ; a German massive helmet of scale pattern, and two
ivory medallion portraits by Cavalier, all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. An
engraved mother-of-pearl shell, and a spoon of mother-of-pearl, probably of Italian work,

» presented by Sydney Vacher, Esq.

A lamp of glazed ware for four wicks, a wooden stamp for consecrated wafers from
Athens, and a silver distaff from Greece, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

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(5.) Glass Collection :—

A number of specimens of glass, found in excavations at Cyprus, and 15 specimens
of glass from the East. A simpulum of purple glass found in the Peloponnesus, presented
by Charles Merlin, Esq., H.B.M. Consul at the Pireus. A slab of Roman mosaic glass
with a candelabrum, presented by Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., F.s.A.

A Roman barrel-shaped vase from Amiens, presented by John Evans, Esq., D.C.L.

An armlet of Arab work, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A bottle of English make with a seal, a demi-lion rampant, found near the old castle of
Donegal, and presented by the Earl of Arran. An English tankard enclosing a silver
coin of Charles II., presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An imitation in glass of a New Zealand jade “tiki,” presented by R. H. Soden
Smith, Esq., F.s.A.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical :—

A circular bronze plate with Sanskrit inscription on one side, and a Buddhist divinity
painted in oil upon the other, and a gilt figure of the goddess Kwan-yin, both of Chinese
work, presented by E. Gilbertson, sq.

A collection of bronzes brought fromSiam, chiefly Buddhist; three Chinese bronzes and
one Japanese, and a Japanese iron and bronze kettle; 11 Asiatic weapons, an oriental shield
of fish-skin, and three African weapons; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A Syrian
dagger, two water bottles, and an iron lamp-stand from Egypt, presented by Thomas
Jenner, Esq.

A circular hide shield with Oriental inscriptions in relief, presented by James Gurney,
Esq. ; and a sacrificial spoon (sruva) of silvered metal, presented by Henry Willett,
Esq., F.G.S.

Smoked head of a Dyak from Borneo, presented by Robert Henderson, Esq.

A series of specimens illustrating the manufacture of pottery, two earthen vessels, ten
stone axe blades, and two of shell, all from the Solomon Islands, presented by H. B. Guppy,
Esq., Surgeon, R.N.

Ten large figures, twelve masks, and eight figures of birds, all carved in wood and
painted in red, black, &c. Obtained from a “ temple” in New Ireland by Hugh Hastings
Romilly, Esq., and presented by his Grace the Duke of Bedford, x.c.

A number of bones from cannibal feasts fixed in the trunk of a tree, from the Fiji
Islands, presented by Victor A. Williamson, Esq.

A flint arrowhead from Colorado, North America, presented by Philip Aldworth, Esq.
An engraved shell gorget of the rattlesnake pattern, found on an island in Tennessee
River, North America, presented by William Bragge, Esq., r.s.s. A skin cloak from
the Indians of the North-West Coast of America, presented by Mrs. A. M. Clement.

III.— Christy Collection.

Three hundred and eighty-six additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

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

A large series of Drift implements from Kent, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
A Drift implement from the Valley of the Thames at Caversham, Berks, presented by
Dr. Stevens.

Stone implements of neolithic age from Montiéres near Amiens, presented by John
Evans, Esq., D.C.L.

Twelve stone implements from the East, and two from Italy, presented by A. W. Franks,
Iisq.

ty flint implements found by the donor at Ras Berut, Syria, presented by the Rey.
Greville J. Chester. 7

2. Ethnography of Africa :—

A wooden drum covered with skin at both ends, from Cabenda, West Africa, presented
by R. D. Darbishire, Esq., F.s.a.

A collection of arms and utensils from the Masai, Wa-nyika, Wa-kamba, Wa-chagga,
and other tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

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3 Ethnography of Asia :—

A series of swords and other objects from Borneo, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
Four arrows from the Santals of the Bengal Presidency, presented by Major A.
Bloomfield.

A number of axes, bows, arrows, and dresses from the Khonds of Orissa, presented by

Sir John Lubbock, Bart., m.r.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia :—

A tattooed head from New Zealand, presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., uP.

Four stone axes from Samoa, presented by the Baron Anatole von Hiigel, and five
stone axes from Tahiti, presented by H. N. Moseley, Esq., F.R.s.

Specimens from the Low Archipelago, Fiji, Tahiti, and New Caledonia, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq., and a club from New Britain, presented by the Rev. G. Brown.

5. Antiquities und Ethnography of America :—

Specimens of ancient Peruvian pottery and stuffs; a Mexican stone axe and pottery ;
dress and arms from the Indians of the Gran Chaco, Argentine Republic, and an imple-
ment from Honduras, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A stone implement of curious form from British Honduras, as well as others of flint,
and specimens of pottery, presented by General Sir Henry Lefroy, K.c.M.c.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF CoINsS AND MEDALS.

Il.— Arrangement.
1. Greek Series :—

169 coins of various parts of the Greek world, recently acquired, have been registered
and 171 incorporated.

_Re-arrangement with a view to cataloguing has been made of the following series:
Aegina, Arcadia, Syros, Ceos, Delos. The coins of Lycia, of the Kings of Cyprus, of
Tarsus, of the Satraps of Cilicia, and of the Kings of Pergamon, have been re-arranged
in accordance with recent numismatic publications.

Complete lists have been made of all the known coins of Imperial times struck in
Corinth, Argos, Sicyon, and Megara.

1,349 tickets have been written for the coins described in the vol. of the catalogue
‘ Thessaly—Aetolia,’ and 513 for the coins of the Ptolemies, giving references to the
recently published catalogues of those series.

The Whittall Collection, consisting of about 8,000 Greek coins, has been examined
seriatim, and a large number selected as desirable for purchase.

2. English Series :—

36 coins, 22 medals, and 157 tokens, acquired in 1883 and 1884, have been registered,
and 35 coins, 21 medals, and 157 tokens, have been incorporated.

The following series have been rectified or re-arranged :—The gold coins of Edward
III; the Irish Tokens; the gold and silver proofs of the “ Gun-money” of James IT;
the Edinburgh Tradesmen’s Tokens of the eighteenth century (including the identifica-
tion of their issuers); and the English Medals from Anne to the end of the reign of
George II, which have been re-arranged to correspond with the order of the descriptions
in the Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, recently pub-
lished by the Trustees.

The English gold, silver, and copper coins from James I to James II, inclusive,
formerly kept in separate cabinets according to metals, have been formed into one series,
and numerous fresh heading-cards, &c. have been written.

Two selections of casts of Scottish medals (accompanied by descriptive lists) have been
made, one of 70 specimens (eminent Scotchmen), for the National Portrait Exhibition, Edin-
burgh ; the other, likewise of 70 specimens (Scottish Sovereigns and eminent persons), for
the Kilmarnock Institute.

3. Medieval and Modern Series :—

23 coins and 24 medals acquired in 1883 and 1884 have been registered, and 27 coins
and 22 medals have been incorporated.

62 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been incorporated.

Rectifications haye been made in the German series, and numerous fresh heading- cards
have been written.

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The large coins (thaler size) throughout the whole Medieval and Modern Series have
been examined with a view to making a selection for exhibition, and the specimens suit-
able for this purpose have been marked by cards placed beneath them.

Finds or collections of coins of the following series have been examined for the purpose
of selecting specimens desirable for the National Collection :—Danish coins, or coins
current in Denmark in the eleventh century ; Crusaders and Kings of Antioch; German
Medieval silver; gold florins of Florence of the fourteenth century.

4. Oriental Series :-—

241 coins of various dynasties and localities have been registered, and 115 have been
incorporated.

5,658 Chinese coins have been registered and incorporated.

365 Indo-Greek coins, from the India Office Collection, have been incorporated.

151 Parthian, Sassanian, and Arabic copies of Sassanian coins, from the same collection,
have been registered and incorporated.

Nunierous outside labels have been placed in the trays of the Oriental Series.
(Cabinets IX-XI, XVII.)

The following collections have been examined and selections made for the Museum :—
The Subhi Collection ; a large series of coins of the Patan and Moghul Emperors of Delhi
and of subsidiary dynasties; a cubinet of Indian and Persian coins; a collection of all
classes of Oriental coins belonging to Mr. Alexander Grant; and a collection of Persian

coins,
II.— Acquisitions, 1884.

Gold Lead
lass. and Silver. Copper. Billon. and White Giass. ToTAL.

Electrum. Metal.
Greek - - - - 4 64 63 4 - - 135
Roman - - - = = 3 = - - 3
Medizval and Modern - 6 22 34 3 - 65
English SoM tcp he 2 28 183 - 1 - 214
Oriental - - - | 219 376 2,542 - - - 3,137
TovaL - - = 231 490 2,825 a 1 - 3,554

Remarkable Coins and Medals.
1. Greek Series ;—
(Purchased. )
A small gold coin of Tarentum; type, young Herakles.
An unpublished obol of Cierium in Thessaly ; type, warrior charging.
An unpublished bronze coin of Phaloria in Thessaly.
Early didrachm and drachm of Eretria in Eubcea, in remarkably fine preservation ; and

a beautiful stater of Elis. .
A silver stater of Priansus ; type, a goddess caressing a serpent, and a stater of Phaes-
tus; type, Europa and the Bull.
bronze coin of Ilium with a representation of Dardanus, seated.
A selection of 32 Cistophori, some rare, of the Roman province of Asia.
An unpublished gold didrachm issued by Seleucus I, bearing a portrait of Alexander

the Great in elephant’s skin.
A beautiful gold stater of Antiochus II, and a silver tetradrachm of Antiochus XI,

bearing the title Philadelphus instead of Epiphanes.
Two didrachms of Philoxenus, Greco-Indian King, and two of Menander; all very
rare.
An electrum coin, perhaps of Cyrene, bearing a floral device.
_ A silver coin, probably of Aegina ; types, on one side, a tortoise, on the other, a triquetra
of human legs.

2. English Series :—
(Presented.)

The Prince Consort Medal (1845); Royal Sosiety’s Medal (1838); Institute of
Architects Medal, (1837); Female School of Art Medal, (1867); the school medals of
ue ce iia ” and “ Worcester,” and medals of Rugby, Wellington, and Winchester
Schools.

Presented by Her Majesty the Queen.
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3. Oriental Series :—
(Presented. )

A unique gold coin of King Kumara of the Gupta dynasty of the 5th century, a.p.
Presented by J. H. Rivett Carnac, Esq., €.8., C.1.E.

A set of the gold, silver, and copper currency of Tunis. Presented by H. J. Johnson,
Esq.

A selection from a small cabinet of Indian coins. Presented by D. Senewiratne, Esq.,
through the Right Hon. Sir W. H. Gregory, K.c.M.¢.

(Purchased.)

An important series of coins of the Shahs of Persia, including two specimens ot Suley-
man II, who reigned 40 days in a.H4. 1163.

A selection from the goid coins of the Memlook Sult4ns of Egypt, found at Broach
near the mouth of the Nerbudda, and obtained through the kindness of James Burgess,
Ksq., LL.D.

if very important selection from Subhi Pasha’s Cabinet of 457 coins, the gold and
silver coins of the principal Arab and Tartar dynasties, supplying coins of many rulers
not previously represented in the National Collection.

By exchange from Surgeon General Turner an extremely rare gold cvin (din4r) of the
Imam of Sa’adeh in Southern Arabia.

III.— Catalogues.

1. Greek Series ;—

The Catalogue of the coins of Central Greece has been published.

2. English Series :—

The Catalogue of English medals has been published.
The Catalogue of English coins, Vol. I (Saxon Series, Part I.), is in preparation.

8. Oriental Series :—

The following Catalogues are in the press:—Indian coins, Vol. I (Bactrian), Vol. II
(Patans of Delhi), Vol. III (Provincial) ; Persian Coins ; Chinese Coins, Vol. I.

LV .—Exhibitions.

Labels have been affixed to the selection of electrotypes of Roman large brass coins and
medallions.

561 labels have been printed and placed beneath the electrotypes of English coins, and
856 labels have been printed and placed beneath the original English, Colonial and
American coins.

A series of specimens in electrotype illustrating the coinage of India, both before and
after the Mohammadan Conquest, has been arranged in the North Gallery.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during 1884 was 1,944.

The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1884 was 20,931.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

Tur total number of visitors to the Museum during the year 1884 has been 375,231,
being an increase of 97,900 over those of the previous year; 10,453 visits of students or
persors requiring special information from officers of departments have been recorded.

The progress of arrangement in, and the additions to, the various departments, are re-
corded in the reports of the respective keepers. In the departments of Geology, Mineralogy
and Botany, the arrangement has been confined to improvements in detail. The Zoological
collections, having been the last to be removed from Bloomsbury, as well as the most
extensive, are naturally in a less forward state for exhibition, and much remains to be
done before all of the numerous rooms in which they are distributed can be opened to the
public. In the early part of the year the Osteological Gallery, contaming a magnificent
series of articulated skeletons and skulls of all the orders of mammalia, other than the
Catacea, was completed and opened, and the collection of skeletons of whales and
dolphins, too large for exhibition in the Galleries, has been arranged in a room in the
basement, which is now ready for public inspection.

Of the Central Hall, which is especial)y under the charge of the Director, more must be
said. In the original plan of the Museum it was designed for the purpose of exhibitinga
collection of specimens supplementary, or rather introductory, to the main collections in
the galleries, and which has been at various times styled an “Index” collection and a
“Type” collection. Owing to the urgentrequirements of other departments, little progress
had been hitherto made in collecting and arranging the specimens for this collection. A
definite commencement has, however, now been made upon asystematic plan, the intention
of which is to illustrate the leading points in thestructure of each large group (such as those
to which the term “class” is commonly applied) by carefully selected and prepared
specimens accompanied by explanatory descriptions, pointing out the typical form, and
the most important deviations from it, and the terms by which these are designated in
current zoological literature.

The illustrations to such a series will be mostly of a different nature from those .at
present in the other parts of the Museum, as they will not be merely specimens, but
preparations, usually not complete animals, but parts, the corresponding or homologous
organs of different animals being brought into juxtaposition for comparison, in a way which
cannot be effected in the galleries, where the specimens are necessarily arranged in
systematic zoological or botanical sequence. In such a series the illustrations will
naturally be derived equally from living and extinct forms, therefore there will be no
necessity for any portion of the collection being exclusively devoted to paleontology, but
it will be very desirable, wherever practicable, to show examples of sequence of modifica-
tion of the same type or the same organin successive geological epochs.

With regard to Botany, it is obvious that such an introductory series will be equally
applicable and equally instructive, as in zoology, and should be in sequence with it in any
general exposition of the leading modifications of the organic world. ‘The Keeper of
Mineralogy has already formed an admirably arranged collection introductory to the study
of his department, which allowing for the great difference in the nature of the objects,
gives a good idea of what an introductory collection to the other departments may
be. It has, however, been arranged, not in the Central Hall, but in a part of the Gallery
devoted to minerals. The far superior illumination of the specimens in their present
situation to that which they would receive in one of the bays of the Centra! Hall, a
matter which is of the greatest importance in the case of minerals, is a strong reason
against any disturbance of the preseut arrangement.

Such an arrangement as is here contemplated must be a work of considerable time to
complete, owing to the difficulty of obtaining the most illustrative specimens when required,
and the labour and skill needed to be expended upon them, but, if properly carried out,
will doubtless be both instructive and attractive.

Although orly one new guide-book has been actually published during the year, that
to the collection of Minerals, great progress has been made in many others. One for
the collection of Fossil Fishes, and another for the Mammalian, Osteological and Cetacean
collections, all fully illustrated, are in the press.

An important publication issued during the year has been the report on the Zoological
collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the surveying voyage of H.M.S.
Alert in 1881-1882, mostly collected by Dr. Coppinger, surgeon to the ship, and
presented to the Trustees of the Museum by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
These specimens, amounting to 3,700 in number (irrespective of duplicates), referable to
1,300 species (of which more than one-third were new to the Museum), have been worked
out and described by the various members of the staff of the Zoological Department, and
the volume in which the results of their investigations are published is a valuable
contribution to the advancement of zoological science. The work is illustrated by 54
lithographic plates. The other publications of the year have been a catalogue of Fossil
Sponges by Dr. G. J. Hinde, illustrated by 38 quarto lithographic plates, and the Ninth
Volume of the Catalogue of Birds, by Dr. H. Gadow.

Catalogues

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Catalogues of the Extinct Mammalia, by Mr. Lydekker, of Lizards, by Mr. Boulenger,
and the tenth volume of the Catalogue of Birds, by Mr. Sharpe, are in the press.

The distribution of duplicates has been confined this year to the Departments of
Mineralogy and Geology, the large number reported last year from the Zoological
collections having exhausted the material selected as no longer required for the purposes
of the Museum. A list of the institutions which have been benefited by the extensive
distribution of Mineral specimens will be found in the report of the keeper of that
department.

The Swiney Lectures on Geology were delivered in June last by Dr. R. H. Traquair,
F.R.S., and were attended by an average of thirty-five persons.

The most important general structural work completed during the year has been the
new lodge near the western entrance to the grounds, now occupied by the messenger and
assistant messenger. A fourth boiler has been added to the heating apparatus, the
three previously provided having not been found sufficient for the needs of the building
in cold weather.

The following is the report of the progress of the General Library.

General Library :—During the year 1884, 2,114 volumes were added to this Library,
bringing up the total number to 12,034.

Of these additions 98 were presented, 148 transferred from other Departments, and
1,868 acquired by purchase.

The preliminary catalogue has been printed and distributed.

The work of writing title-slips for the final catalogue has progressed, and 3,361
volumes have been catalogued, for which

33 main titles and 34 cross references have been revised.
PDT * 872 ‘3 a written.
and 1l_,, ee 5 “A ES re-written.

The total number of volumes catalogued up to the close of the year is 8,122 (comprising
the whole of the serial publications), and for these 2,428 title-slips have been written.

482 volumes have been bound during the past year, and 534 have had the General
Library badge stamped on them.

1,118 voiumes have been stamped.

4,785 have had the press-marks inserted, and in 192 it has been altered. Press-mark
labels have been affixed to 746 volumes.

W. tf. Flower,
British Museum (Natural History), Director.
Cromweli-road, S.W., 1 January 1885.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The principal aim of the work of the past year was the completion of the exhibitions in
the several Galleries for the instruction of the general public, and the preparation of
Guides “or Hand-books.” ‘The Osteological and Cetacean Galleries, the contents of
which had never been exhibited before, were completed, the former as early as April 14th,
while the latter can be thrown open to the public at the beginning of the financial year
when tlie means for its protection will be available. The Galleries containing the exhibi-
tions of Fishes, Insects, and British Animals are in a more cr less advanced state of
arrangement, and itis confidently hoped that they will be accessible to the public during
the present year.

The text of several of the “ Guides” is completed or in a forward state of preparation ;
they will be published as soon as the illustrations which are to accompany the text are
engraved,

Although every offer of purchase was declined, unless it included specimens of excep-
tional value, the acquisitions considerably exceeded in number and importance the
average of the last ten years; and it is satisfactory to note that much more than one-half
of these additions were donations, to the majority of which, moreover, special scientific
interest is attached. Of course, the attention which had to be paid to so large an
amount of material occupied much of the time of the staff of the Department. Beside
the ordinary routine work connected with every addition to the Collections, the most
important specimens had to be examined, incorporated, and described. In fact, many
donations are made with the understanding that, if their value justifies such a course, a
report upon them shall be published. These duties were performed in all branches of the
Department with the exception of the Entomological, the members of which branch are
too few to cope with the increase of their collections; so that entire Orders, like those of
Diptera, Neuroptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, receive, at present, no more attention than
the care which is requisite for their preservation.

Comparatively few specimens were added to the stock of duplicates, and no time could
be given to their distribution to other institutions.

The printing of the report on the extensive collections made during the Surveying

0.73. G3 Voyage

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Voyage of H.M.S. “ Alert,” on which several members of the Department were engaged
during the previous year, has been completed, and fair progress has been made in the
Cataloguing of the collections of Birds and Reptiles.

Some of the older Catalogues which have been out of print for years, require to be
replaced by new éditions, as, with the increase of the collections and the advance of
science, the first editions have ceased to fulfil their purpose, either as guides to the collee-
tion or as aids in the study of the several branches of systematic Zoology.

I.— Arrangement.

The additions to the collections of Vertebrate animals were entered in the printed
Catalogues as soon as they had been examined and named. The specimens which were
likely to prove objects instructive to the public were mounted and placed in the Exhibi-
tion galleries.

The arrangement of the contents of the Cetacean Gallery has been completed; and as
it is very difficult to obtain and preserve the skins of the larger kinds of Whales and
Dolphins, an idea of the external appearance of the animals whose skeletons are exhibited,
is given by illustrations copied from reliable sources.

A large recess has been walled in in the basement, adjoining the Cetacean Galiery, in
which the collection of the study-series of Cetaceans has been arranged and stored. ~

The final re-arrangement of the Passerme Birds in the new Cabinets keeps pace with
the progress of the Catalogue of Birds.

The addition of four cabinets for the reception of Birds’ eggs rendered it possible to
commence the much-needed re-arrangement of the oological collection. So far, all the
eggs of the Birds described in the first five volumes of the “* Catalogue,” have been placed
upox cotton-wool in glass-topped boxes and carefully labelled, and it is hoped that during
the present year the remainder of the collection will be put in order and thus rendered
available to students. No re-arrangement of this part of the collection has been
attempted for the last thirty years, although very large additions had been made from the
donations of Messrs. Godman and Salvin, Mr. E. W. Oates and other naturalists, as well
as from the Gould Collection.

The arrangement of the Collection of Lizards has made much progress; the large
family of the Agamide and a portion of the Iguanide haying been put into thorough
order.

The arrangement of the contents of the Fish Gallery has been delayed by the non-
delivery of Table-cases and Glass-cases which are required for accessions from the Fish-
eries Exhibition.

To the Shell Gallery four temporary cases have been added, one for a small represen-
tative series of Cephalopods (or Cuttle-fishes) in spirits, and the three others for the
reception of shells which are too large for exhibition in the table-cases.

The arrangement of the Insect Gallery has made progress, but is far from being
completed, although the Entomologists of the Department are continuously engaged in
this work as far as other still more pressing duties permit. Nearly the whole of the
specimens exhibited in the old building were faded or otherwise deteriorated, so that
the formation of a new «nd more liberal exhibition had become a matter of necessity.
Thousands of specimens have to be set, and provided with printed or fairly written labels.
The series of Crustaceu, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, and Orthoptera are completed.

By employing external help progress has been made with the incorporation of the
“ Zeller Collection,” which involves a re-arrangement of a great portion of the Diurnal
Lepidoptera.

In the Starfish Gallery a temporary case has been erected for the exhibition of worms
which are mounted in spirits.) The Sea-urchins have been fixed upon fresh tablets, the
paper of the old ones having faded.

In the Coral Gallery no alterations were necessary during the year except those
occasioned by the introduction of fresh acquisitions. Four large sponges, “ Neptune’s
cups” (Rhaphiophora patera), mounted on handsome mahogany stands, have been placed
on view, showing the great variety of form assumed by this remarkable species. A large
number of smaller sponges have been mounted on Sycamore stands, properly labelied,
and are now exhibited. The naming of the “Challenger” Collection of Reef Corals,
numbering about 280 species, of which 70 (including the types of 7 new genera) are
new to science, has been completed. Also the “ Challenger ” Collection ot Calcareous
sponges has been compared with the published Report, and arranged on shelves in the
Spirit Building. The exhibition series of Hydrozoa and Polyzoa, which are also placed
in the Coral Gallery, has been partially re-arranged, and many of the species already in
the collection and those acquired during the year have been named and incorporated.

The arrangement of the British Room has been steadily proceeded with. The collection
of Shells, which has been in a very unsatisfactory condition for many years, has been
thoroughly renoyated as far as the end of the Marine Gastropoda (about half of the -
collection). All the specimens have been removed from their old faded tablets, cleaned
and re-mounted upon dark paper in giass-topped boxes, which are so arranged in the
exhibition cases that the smailer species can be examined with an ordinary lens without
the cases being opened. All the species have been critically examined, named and

labelled.

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labelled. Also a series of naked Mollusca and a small collection of typical specimens of
Worms have been mounted in spirit for exhibition. ‘The British Hchinodermata, the
Crustacea, Coleoptera, Sponges and Polyzoa have been completed.

As the whole or the greater part of these collections have had to be renewed, the
selection and mounting of entirely new series of necessity occupies much time. ‘Fhe
endeavour has been to make these collections as complete as possible, so as to offer every
inducement and means for studying the British Fauna.

In concluding this part of the Report mention should be made of the transference to
the Department of Geology of the “ Searles Wood” collection of Invertebrata from the
Crag, amounting to about 15,000 specimens, the greater part consisting of the shells of
Mollusca, and a smaller portion of fossil Corals and Sponges. However, a small number
of specimens were retained, which were considered useful in illustrating the recent series,
especially such species as are still found living in the British Seas.

Il.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the past year (with the exception of the Zeller
and Roepstorf Collections) have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and
a separate number corresponding with an entry in the manuscript reyister of accessions;
in this, for future reference, the name of the’ collector, the exact locality in which the
specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other valuable informa-
tion rezarding them, are entered.

IL1.— Conservation.

The work of conservation has been steadily continued by dusting and cleaning in
rotation the specimens of Mammalia and Birds, renewing the camphor in the Store-
cabinets and Insect-drawers, and the spirits in the collection of wet preparations.

The necessity of frequently renewing the spirits becomes more and more apparent
since the use of methylated spirit has been introduced. Its preserving properties are
greatly inferior to those of spirits of wine ; after a short time it becomes discoloured, and
therefore, is useless for exhibition purposes. The advantage derived from its cheapness
is also very doubtful, since it has to be used of greater strength than spirits of wine, and
much time and labour have to be expended in changing and redistilling it.

Much difficulty is experienced in controlling the temperature of the rooms in the base-
ment, where the entomological collections are located. The cabinets have, in consequence,
been seriously injured by the excessive heat, and it is to be feared that the collections
themselves must suffer from the same cause.

The following specimens have been mounted for exhibition:—A Brahmin Bull ( Bos
indicus); a bull and cow of the Gour (Bos gaurus); a Wapiti; a Roan Antelope ( Hippo-
tragus equinus); a lesser Kudu ( Strepsiceros imberbis), Skeletons of two Indian elephants
(one a gigantic male with rudimentary tusks); an Indian Rhinoceros, a Tiger, a Tora
Antelope, a Wapiti, the extinct Irish Elk (transferred from the Geological Department) ;
and a number of the smaller Cetaceans.

The Bird Gallery received no noteworthy additions, beside a group of Flamingos with
their nest and eggs, but several additions have been made to the mounted groups of
British birds, viz.: Magpie, Song-thrush, Black-bird, Dartford Warbler, Reed Warbler,
Black-cap, Meadow pipit, Lark, Hawfinch, Pied Wagtail, King-fisher, Norfolk Plover,
Woodcock, Red-shank.

' Many specimens were removed from the Bird Gallery and placed with the study series.

Large examples of fishes received from the International Fisheries Exhibition have
been remounted. A magnificent set of Pentacrini has been mounted for exhibition in the
Starfish Gallery. A commencement has been made in the formation of a collection of
microscopic preparations of the spines of Echinoids, and 112 slides have already been
mourted.

A number of large Corals, Aleyonaria, and Sponges have been mounted for exhibition
on Sycamore stands, upon which the names, localities and other particulars have been
written ; also the principal part of the study series of Madreporide, and a series of Fossil
Corals have been arranged on tablets in table cases.

Many specimens of Polyzoa and Hydrozva, forming part of the general collection, have
been selected and mounted, with a view to the re-arrangement of a study series, and a
large proportion of the exhibited collection and the specimens acquired during the year
have been cleaned, named and otherwise prepared.

Some attention has been given to the exhibited series of Foraminifera, labels having
been furnished to the d’Orbigny collection of models. The specimens of Orbitolites
received from Dr. W. B. Carpenter have been in part exhibited, accompanied by illus-
trative plates, the remainder being stored in mahogany cabinets.

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46 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

TV.— Departmental Library.

The library consisted, at the close of the year, of 6,556 works, represented by over
10,000 volumes; 1,274 works were added during the year, 2,450 volumes were stamped,
and 1,141 bound.

The titles of all newly acquired works have been entered on slips in the Purchase
; gy Ne lade von ese ;
Book, and in the Library Catalogue, necessitating the transcription of 3,441 titles. The
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press-marking and arrangement of the books have been carried on as in previous years,
I g g p yi

V.— Cataloguing.

The following Catalogues have been issued during the year 1884 :—

1. “ Catalogue of Birds,” Vol. IX., containing the Nectariniide and Meliphagide.
By Dr. Hans Gadow, (8vo. 310 pp., with 7 plates).

2. “Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the
Voyage of H.M.S. ¢ Alert,’ 1881-2,” 8vo. (684 pp., with 54 plates).

3. “Catalogue of the Books in the Department of Zoology.” Third edition, 8vo.,
399 pp.

In addition to the above catalogues, the manuscripts of the 10th volume of the ‘‘ Cata-
logue of Birds,” of the first volume of the second edition of the “ Catalogue of Lizards,”
and of the “ Guide” to the collections of Mammalia and Reptilia, illustrated with wood-
cuts, were completed and are now in the press.

The following reports and descriptive papers in connection with various parts of the
coliection, especially recent acquisitions, have been written by the departmental staff,
and published in scientific journals :—* Note on some East African Antelopes supposed
to be new ” (Alcelaphus cokii and Gazella thomsoni), by A. Giinther; “ On a collection
of Muride from Central Peru,” and ‘“ Description of a new species of Microgale,” by
QO. Thomas; “ On an apparently new species of Kuropean Nuthatch ( Sitta whitehead?) ; ”
“On further collections made by Mr. A. Goldie in the Astrolabe Mountains,” and
“ Notes on a collection of Birds made by Herr F. Bohndorff in the Bahr el Ghazal
Province and the Nyam Nyam country in equatorial Africa,” by R. B. Sharpe; “Con-
tribution to our knowledge of Hydromedusa,” by A. Giinther; “ Descriptions of new
Reptiles and Batrachians in the British Museum;” Diagnoses of new Reptiles and
Batrachians from the Solomon Islands, collected by H. B. Guppy, Esq. ;” “ On a collec-
tion of Frogs from Yurimaguas, Huallaga River;” “On the existence of two kinds of
aquatic Frogs in North Germany ;” “ On the origin cf the Edible Frogs in England,”
and “ Notes on Batrachians,” by G. A. Boulenger; “ A revision of the Fishes of the
genera Sicydium and Lentipes, with descriptions of five new species,” by W. R. O. Grant ;”
“* An account of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca collected during the Voyage of the
‘ Challenger,” and “ Diagnoses of new species of Pleurowomide,” by E. A. Smith; “On
the Lepidoptera from the Island of Nias;” ‘“ On the Lepidoptera of the ‘ Challenger ’
Expedition, Part I1.;” “ Description of five new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera
from Yesso;” ** On a collection of Butterflies from the Fiji Islands;’’ ‘ Descriptions of
three new species of Moths from the Island of Nias;” ‘“ On new species of Lepidoptera
recently added to the collection of the British Museum; ” “ Description of two new
Moths from Madagascar;” “On a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden made by Majer
J. W. Yerbury,” and “ On the Scopelo/es unicolor of Westwood and Walker,” by A. G.
Butler ; “‘ Notes on the Diptera of New Zealand,” and “On the Hymenoptera, Neuroptera,
Diptera, and Orthoptera of the ‘ Challenger’ Expedition,” by W. F. Kirby; “On the
Coleopterous Insects collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes in the Timor Laut Islands ;”
“Coleoptera collected during the Expedition of H.M.S. ‘ Challenger,” and “ On the
Coleopterous genus Mucrotoma,” by C. O. Waterhouse; “On some Crustaceans from
the Mauritius,” by J. I. Miers; “On the species of Oreaster;” ‘* On Amphicyclus, a
new genus of Holothurians;” “On the species of Pseudoboletia,’ and “ Notes on the
spines of Cidarids,” by F. J. Bell; “On new Stylasteride,” and ‘‘ On the Ampulle of
the Milleporide,” by J. J. Quelch; “ On the classificatory value of Growth and Budding
in the Madreporide, and, On a new genus Anacropora illustrating this point ;” “On
some structures liable to variation in the sub-family Astrangiacea,” and “ Notes on
Sponges, with description of a new species,” by S. O. Ridley.

Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A7

VI.— Acquisitions.

During the past year the several branches of the Department were increased py tne
addition of 45,574 specimens, as follows :—

: By By By es
Donation. | Purchase. | Exchange. Heine
|
Vertebrata - - 2,648 2,472 284 5,404
Mollusca - = - 1,482 276 675 2,433
Annulosa - - - 20,270 | 16,539 2 36.811
Vermes - = -
Radiata - - =|) 647 276 3 926
Protozoa - - < |
ROmARS a "e 25,047 | 19,563. | 964 45,574 as compared with

31,466 in the year 1883.
19,902 a 1882.
49,602 is 1881.

24,283 " 1880.
45,881 ie 1879
20,960 it 1878.
24,184 :. 1877.
24,685 e 1876.
25,340 e 1875.

Some of the most important were the following :-~

1. Collected during the voyage of H.M.S. “ Challenger,” and presented by the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury :—

(a.) Hight hundred and thirty-three land and fresh-water Mollusca. This collec-
tion consisted of 150 different species, of which 21 were new to science.

(b.) Four hundred and eighty-six insects from various localities.

(c.) A most valuable series of Brachyurous Crustacea, consisting of 1,080 speci-
mens, a considerable number being new and remarkable deep-sea forms; and 216
bottles and microscrepic slides containing a large number of Copepods.

(d.) Seventy-one specimens of Calcareous Sponges, described in the reports of the
Voyage by Dr. N. Polejaeff.

(e.) Ninety microscopic slides of Orbitolites, prepared and named by Dri We, Be
Carpenter, C.B., F.R.S.

2. From the Chinese Court of the International Fisheries Exhibition of 1883 :—

A collection of 88 Fish, 30 Mollusca, 26 Crustacea, 13 Echinoderms, six Alcyon-
aria, two Antipathes, and 34 Corals.

3. A most valuable collection made by H. B. Guppy, Esq., Surgeon of H.M.S. “Lark,”
comprising 26 samples of human hair from the Solomon Islanders, 53 Reptiles, 51 Frogs,
16 Fishes, four Aleyonaria, and 73 Corals.

3. The first instalment of the collection of South American Birds formed by P. L,
Sclater, Esq., F.R.S., containing the families Coerebide, Hirundinide, Motacillide,
Ampelide, and Mniotiltide, and comprising 731 specimens, of which 35 are types.

5. A series of 220 land and fresh-water shells from the Pacific Islands, 30 marine shells
from the Straits of Magellan, and 642 insects, including many new species from South
America; presented by J. J. Walker, Esq.

6. Fourteen thousand specimens of Lepidoptera, constituting the second half of the
Zeller Collection, which was mentioned in last year’s Report ; purchased.

7. A collection of 10,000 specimens of Coleoptera from the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, collected by the late F. A. de Roepstorf, Esq.; presented by his widow.

8. A large collection of Insects belonging to the late C. Horne, Esq., consisting of
1,216 Lepidoptera, 630 Hymenoptera, 150 nests of Hymenoptera, 600 Coleoptera, 175
0:73, H Hemiptera,

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Hemiptera, 110 Neuroptera, 120 Diptera, 15 Myriopoda, and three Scorpions, from the
North-West Provinces of India; presented by Mrs. C. Horne.

9. Four hundred fig-Insects from various localities, and 236 microscopic preparations,
from the collection of the late Sir Sidney Saunders; purchased.

Mammalia.-—The additions to this class were 462, of which the most important are the
following :—

A collection of Celtic and Roman human remains from Sittingbourne; presented by
George Payne, Esq., jun.

Forty-three human skulls and bones from Cyprus; presented by the Cyprus Expedition
Committee.

Three human skulls from Tripoli; presented by Admiral Spratt.

Three human skulls from Lahore; presented by Major General Sir R. Pollock, K.c.s.1.

The skeleton of a Hottentot woman; presented by David Gill, Esq.

Forty-eight human skulls and 82 lower jaws from Banks, Mulgrave, and Dauan Islands,
Torres Straits; purchased.

The dried mummy of a Papuan Chief, from one of the Torres Straits Islands; pre-
sented by the Hon. John Douglas.

A skeleton of a “ Great Dane” hound; presented by F. Adcock, Esq.

Fine skeletons of an Elephant, a Rhinoceros, a Buffalo, and a Tiger, from N. E. India;
purchased.

A Zeku or Brahmin Bull (Bos indicus); purchased.

Thirty skulls and mammals in spirit from the East Indian Archipelago; presented by
H. O. Forbes, Esq.

A head and horns of Marco Polo’s sheep (Ovis poli) from the Pamir; presented by
the Hon. Charles Ellis.

A skeleton of a Susu (Platanista gangelica); presented by R. A. Fayrer, Esq.

ight mammals from Borneo; presented by H. H. Rajah Brooke.

Five mammals from Aden; presented by Major Yerbury.

A lesser Kudu (Strepsiceros imberbis) from Somali-land; presented by Dr. P. L.
Sclater, F.R.S.

The type specimen of Alcelaphus cokei, from Mpwapwa; presented by the Hon. W.
C. W. Coke.

The type specimen of Gazella thcmsoni, from Kilima-njaro ; purchased.

Eight mammals from Central Africa, obtained by Herr F. Bohndorff; purchased.

Four mammals from Madagascar, including the type of Microgale dobsoni; purchased.

A Wapiti Deer from Montana; purchased.

Thirty-one skulls and skeletons, including the skeleton of the rare Pontoporia blainvillit,
and fifteen specimens in spirit, from Rio Grande do Sul; collected by Dr. Von Ihering ;
purchased.

A specimen of Callithrix gigot, new to the collection ; purchased.

The type specimen of the Tree-Kangaroo of Queensland (Dendrolagus lumholzi), and
13 Muride from Norway ; received in exchange from Dr. R. Collett.

Twenty-two skins and skulls of mammals from the collection of the late Dr. Crisp,
including several types; purchased.

Birds.— Of the 3,623 specimens added to the collection during the year, the most im-
portant acquisitions were the following :—

A series of Cormorants in different plumages from Cornwall, and a similar series of
Black Guillemots from Thurso; presented by Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.s.

A pair of Norfolk Plovers with their eggs, and a pair of White Wagtails with nest
and young ; presented by Lord Walsingham.

A pair of Woodcocks with nest and young; presented by Lord Lovat.

Nests of the Song-thrush, Blackbird and Kingfisher, with the young and parent birds;
presented by T. Harcourt Powell, Esq.

Two pairs of Dartford Warblers with nests, eggs, and young; presented by Colonel
Irby.

Paro pairs of Red-shanks with nests, eggs, and young; presented by the Rey. H. A.
Macpherson.

A pair of the Meadow-pipit and Reed-warbler, with nests and young; presented by R.
Bowdler Sharpe, Esq.

The specimens of Picus villosus (an American Woodpecker) shot near Whitby in 1848 ;
presented by F. Bond, Esq.

Forty-one Wagtails and Pipits from Norway ; presented by the Christiania Museum.

Sixty-nine specimens (skins and eggs) from Corsica, including the types of Sitta
whiteheadi; presented by John Whitehead, Esq.

Twenty-eight Wagtails and Pipits from Italy ; presented by Professor Giglioli.

Seven hundred and seventy-five specimens, illustrating the plumages of Swallows,
Wagtails and American Warblers; presented by R. Bowdler Sharpe, Esq.

One hnndred and nineteen American Warblers (Mniotiltide) and twenty Swallows (Hir-
undinide) ; presented by the United States National Museum.

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a ——— ———

Five birds, among them the type of Xema subinii; presented by the executors of the
late Sir Edward Sabine, F.Rr.s.

Twenty-eight specimens from Japan, including the type of Bubo blackistoni ; presented
by Captain Blackiston.

. Two hundred and fifty-four skins of birds from Nagasaki; presented by F. Ringer,

sq.
Three hundred and thirty-two specimens from Central India presented by Colonel
Swinhoe.

Ninety specimens from Mysore and the Nilghiri Hills; presented by W. Davison, Esq.

Twenty-seven birds from Bourou and Amboyna, including four species new to the
collection, as well as the types of Wyzomela wakoloensis; collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes;
purchased.

Four hundred and twenty-six specimens presented by the executors of the late W. A.
Forbes, Esq., in accordance with his request. This collection consists of the skins
obtained by Mr. Forbes on the Niger, and his private collection of finches and cuckeos.

One hundred and twenty-eight specimens from the Niam Niam Country, Central
Africa, collected by Hr. F. Bohndorft, and containing six species new to science, and ten
new to the collection ; purchased.

Sixty-four specimens from the Zambesi, including a specimen of Psalidoprocne anti-
noru ; presented by Sir John Kirk, x.c.m.a.

Nineteen specimens from Ashantee, including the type of Luniarius lagdeni; presented
by Godfrey Lagden, Esq.

The type of Gecinus weberi, and examples of two rare Plantain-eaters (Schizorhis leo-
poldi) and ( Corythaiz fischer?) ; purchased.

Hight specimens from Aden; presented by Major Yerbury. R.A.

Three rare warblers from Jamaica, one (Helminthotherus swainsoni) being new to the
collection ; presented by Edward Newton, Esq., c.m.e.

Twelve specimens from the Solomon Islands, of which six belonged 1o species not
before represented in the Museum; purchased.

Reptiles :—-Of the three hundred and seventy-nine specimens added to this section of
the collection, the following are the most noteworthy acquisitions :—

Six specimens of Lizards from Coruna, Spain, among which the very rare “Lacerta
schreiberi, new to the collection ; presented by M. V. L. Seoane.

Eleven specimens from Sind and Persia, mostly types of species recently described by
Mr. Murray ; presented by the Kurrachee Museum.

Forty-three specimens from Southern India; collected by Colonel Beddome; pur-
chased.

Two small collections (45 specimens) made in the Island of Nias by Herr Sandemann ;
purchased.

A specimen of a new species of Lizard (Gonyocephalus interruptus), from Mindanao ;
presented by Mr. George Taylor.

Aspecimen of the rare Gecko, Phe/lsuma newtonii, from Rodriguez; presented by J.
C. O’ Halloran, Esq.

Three specimens of a new species of Gecko, Phelsuma guentheri, from Round Island,
near Mauritius; presented by Dr. Giinther, F.R.s.

Twelve specimens from Sierra Leone; presented by H. C. Hart, Esq.

A collection of fifty-three specimens, containing a new species of Gecko (Lepidodac-
tylus guppii), and a new species of Snake (/oplocephalus par) found in the Solomon Group,
and presented by H. B. Guppy, Esq., M.B., Surgeon of H.M.S. “ Lark.”

A collection of fifteen specimens from Port Darwin, containing specimens of a new
species of Gecko (Diplodactylus ciliaris) ; purchased.

Nineteen specimens collected by Dr. Hahnel at Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, Peru;
purchased.

Nine specimens from the province Rio Grande do Sul, among which were three
specimens of a tortoise new to the collection ; purchased.

Hight specimens from south of Rio de la Plata; presented by Lieut. Gairdner.

Batrachians:—-The number of accessions was 389, the following being the most impor-
tant :—

Seven specimens of Rana esculenta, var. lessone, from Stow Bedon, Norfolk ; presented
by Lord Walsingham.

Two specimens of Rana esculenta (typicu), from Foulden, Norfolk ; presented by W. A.
T. Amherst, Esq., M.P.

Twenty-two specimens of Runa esculenta, illustrating the variations of this species in
the Russian Empire ; received from the St. Petersburg Museum.

A new species of Frog (Rana masonii) from Java; presented; by Geo. E. Mason, Esq.

A very important collection of fifty-one specimens of Frogs from small islands of the
Solomon Group, containing six new species, one of which ( Ceratobatrachus guentheri) is
the type of a new family; presented by H. B. Guppy, Esq., u.B., H.M.S. “ Lark.”

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50 Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A collection of thirty-five specimens of Frogs from Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, made
by Dr. Hahnel, among which are nine new species ; purchased.

Twenty-eight specimens from the province Rio Grande do Sul; collected by Dr. von
Ihering ; purchased.

A specimen of the limbless Batrachian, Gymnopis unicolor, a genus new to the collec-
tion ; presented by Prof. A. Bavay.

Fishes :—The number of specimens added to the collection was 551, of which the fol-
lowing deserve gpecial mention :—

A specimen of Salmo furio from the vicinity of Cork; presented by Sir Augustus Warren.

One hundred and eighty-nine specimens from the United States and the West Indies:
obtained in exchange from Professor Jordan, and containing many species described by
him.

Four specimens from California, illustrating species described by Miss Smith; pre-
sented by MissRosa Smith.

Twenty-eight specimens from the province Rio Grand do Sul, collected by Dr. von
Ihering ; purchased.

Seven specirsens from the Straits of Magellan, collected by W. D. Wodsworth, Esq.,
Surgeon of H.M.S. “ Sylvia;” presented by Captain Wharton.

Forty-three specimens from the Niger, collected by the late W. A. Forbes, Esq., and
presented by his executors.

Sixteen specimens from the Solomon Islands; presented by H. B. Guppy, Esq., Sur-
geon of H.M.S. “ Lark.”

A very large specimen of Sulmo furio from the River Waimakariri, New Zealand;
presented by S. C. Farr, Esq.

Mollusca :—Altogether 2,433 specimens were added to the collection, besides the
“ Challenger ” Collection already referred to; the most important acquisitions were the
following :—

A very large Squid (Ommatostrephes) taken in the North Sea off the British Coast:

purchased.
Twenty-five shells from Loch Crevan, Argyllshire; presented by W. Anderson Smith,
Esq.

Two hundred and ten land and fresh-water shells from Crete ; purchased.

One hundred and thirty-three land and fresh-water shells from Central Africa; pur-
chased.

Juighty-seven shells from the Mauritius; purchased.

Two very beautiful specimens of Eulima casidide, the largest species of the genus, from
the Island of Formosa ; presented by the Rev. R. W. J. Smart.

Polyzoa :—Seventy specimens of this class have been added to the collection.

Echinodermata and Vermes :—The acquisition in these classes have been respectively
166 and 38 in number :—

Six specimens of Holothuria nigra (the cotton-spinner) from the English Channel ;
presented by Mr. Snell.

A specimen of Porania pulviilus from the British Coast ; collected by Professor Herd-
man.

A magnificent specimen of Echinus melo.

A Solaster papposus, and a Luidia savignyi from British Seas; presented by Professor
Stewart.

Nine stalked Crinoids from 300-500 fathoms in the Caribbean Sea; purchased.

Sixteen Echinoderms from Aden; presented by Major Yerbury.

Forty-five Holothurians from various localities, chiefly the Philippine Islands, col-
lected and named by Professor Semper; purchased.

Twenty-one Echinoderms from the Mauritius; purchased.

Ten Echinoderms from Geelong ; presented by J. B. Wilson, Esq.

Crustacea :—Seventeen hundred and forty-nine specimens were obtained during the
year ; beside the Challenger Collection referred to previously, the following are the most
important acquisitions :--

Twenty-seven British species and a few exotic forms; presented by Dr. Hunter Barron.

Twenty-seven new and rare Crustaceans from deep water in the Caribbean Sea, col-
lected by Captain Cole ; obtained partly by purchase.

One hundred and two specimens of littoral and shallow water Decapoda and Stoma-
topoda from Aden; presented by Major Yerbury.

Twelve Crustacea and Pycnogonida from Port Philip: presented by J. B. Wilson, Esq.

Arachnida and Myriopoda :—The number of specimens obtained during the year was
71, of which the following may be mentioned :—

Ten Salticide from New Zealand ; presented by J. D. Enys, Esq.
Six Arachnida and four Myriopoda from Mombas ; presented by the Rey. W. E. Taylor.
A very fine example of Buthus afer from the Gold Coast; presented by Colonel Sir
Francis Festing, K.c.M.G.
Insecta :—

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Insecta :—Beside the Reepstorf Collection of 10,000 Coleoptera, and the Lepidoptera
received in the second half of the “ Zeller” Collection, and estimated at 14,000 specimens,
the total number of Insects acquired during the year amounted to 10,991, which are dis-
tributed among the various orders as follows :—

Coleoptera - - - ~ - - - - 2,142
(Reepstorf Collection — - - - - - - 10,000)
Hymenoptera - - - - = - 2,732
Lepidoptera - - - - - - - - 4,860
(Zeller Collection (2nd half) - = - = - 14,000)
Diptera - - - - - = ee - 165
Neuroptera - - - - - - = - 160
Orthoptera - - - - - - - - 295
Hemiptera - - - - - - - - 260
Thysanura- - - - - - ae = 6
Nests - - ohaas - = - - 132
Microscopic slides - - - - - - - 239

ToTAL - - 34,991

The following acquisitions are especially worthy of notice :—
(From Great Britain.)

Two hundred Chalcidide, &c. ; purchased.
Twenty-four moths of the genus Evpiithecia, from Exeter; presented by the Rev. J.

Hellins.
Six type specimens of 7hysanura from Radnor ; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq.

(From Europe.)

A specimen of the rare Hawk-Moth, Cephanodes croatica; presented by Walter de
Rothschild, Esq.
(From Northern Asia and Japan.)

Twenty-nine Lepidoptera, including varieties of the rare Papilio tutanus, Orthogonia
sera, &c., from Japan ; purchased.

Sixty-two Lepidoptera (including five new species) from Yesso; presented by H.
Pryer, Esq.

Four specimens of A porta hippia, a butterfly new to the Museum Collection, reared at
the Zoological Gardens from pupz sent from the Isle of Askold.

(From North America.)

One hundred and ninety-three named Lepidoptera and four hundred and fifty
Hymenoptera from California, and one hundred and eighty-three Lepidoptera from
various localities ; presented by H. Edwards, Esq.

Forty-three named butterflies from California, including specimens of the very beauti-
ful Lycena sonorensis, Colias ariadne, and other species previously unrepresented in the
Museum Collection ; presented by W. G. Wright, Esq.

(From South America.)

Two hundred and seventy Coleoptera from Brazil; presented by Alexander Fry, Esq.

Nine hundred and seventy-six specimens of Hymenoptera &c., collected by Dr. Von
Thering in Rio Grande do Sul; purchased.

Fifty-six Lepidoptera from Bahia; presented by J. C. Grant, Esq.

Seventy-seven Lepidoptera from Ecuador ; presented by H. Druce, Esq.

Ninety-seven Heterocerous Hepidoptera from Petropolis; presented by Lord Wal-
singham.

(From Africa.)

Twenty-six Lepidoptera, (chiefly new species) from the Somali coast; presented by
Major J. W. Yerbury.

Thirty-two rare Lepidoptera from the Gold Coast ; presented by E. T. Carter, Esq.

Ten specimens of Anphe panda from Durban ; presented by the Zoological Society.

Six Lepidoptera, including two new species (Ambulya watersii and Eusemia watersii), aud
four Orthoptera from the Betsilio Country, Madagascar; purchased.

Eleven specimens of Orthoptera from the Mauritius ; purchased.

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(From Southern Asia).

One hundred and seventy Coleoptera from Aden, and twenty from Mhow ; presented by
Major J. W. Yerbury.

Fifty-one Lepidoptera from the Island of Salanga; purchased.

Fifty-six bred specimens (with pupa-skins) of Lepidoptera from Mhow ; presented by
Surgeon-major R. W. Forsayeth, a.m.p.

Six typical specimens of Leptosia quinuria from Lahore; presented by F. Moore, Esq.

Two series of Lepidoptera from the N.W. Provinces of India, consisting together of
one hundred and ninety-five specimens, amongst which is a series of the rare butterfly
Argynuis clara, previously unrepresented in the Museum; presented by J. F.
Duthie, Esq.

Three series of Lepidoptera from Kurrachee, Mhow, &c., consisting of 541 specimens,
many of them belonging to species not previously represented in the Collection; presented
by Lieut Col. Charles Swinhoe.

Twenty-six Lepidoptera from Goolmurg, &c. ; presented by Capt. Alexander Fortescue.

Two bred specimensof the large silk moth, Antherea nebulosa,2 interesting as illustrating
the extreme variations of this species, and as coming from Bhagulpore, from which locality
no moth of this genus has previously been received; presented by A. G. Butler, Esq.

Ninety-six Lepidoptera and four Orthoptera from Sumatra, including the type of a new
Papilio and other rare species; presented by H. O. Forbes, Esq.

One hundred and fifteen Lepidoptera from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
presented by F’. Moore, Esq.

Ten Lepidoptera, eight Odonata, and one Dipteron from N.E. Borneo, amongst the
Lepidoptera the types of Danisepa schreiberi, Trepsichrois verhuelli, 8 &c. ; purchased.

Ninety-four Lepidoptera from Palestine, including types of species described by the
late Professor Zeller; presented by Canon Tristram.

Six specimens of Orthoptera (Oxya furcifera), from Bombay; presented by
F. Moore Esq.

(From Australia and Pacific Islands.)

Twenty-seven Hymenoptera, 210 Lepidoptera, 10 Orthoptera, and 12 insects of other
orders, from Port Darwin; presented by by R. G. S. Buckland, Esq.

Nine Lepidoptera, including five type specimens from the Caroline Islands; presented
by Professor E. G. Holden.

Anthozoa:—The acquisitions to this part of the collection are of much interest, as many
of them are new both to science and the Museum. Some of the types acquired during
the year are of unusual rarity, and the value of many of the specimens is much increased
by their being preserved in spirit.

Of the 259 specimens added to the collection the following are the most important :—

Sixteen corals from Kurrachee ; presented by the Kurrachee Museum.

Seven corals (including the types of the new genera, Jafungia and Brachymeandrina
from the Indian Ocean; presented by Professor P. Martin Duncan, F.R.s.

Six specimens of Lophohelia and Amphihelia from deep water off the coast of Morocco ;
presented by J. Y. Buchanan, Esq.

Twelve Alcyonaria, forty-six Madreporarian Corals, including some remarkably tine
and curious specimens (Protoptilum, Caryophyllia, Parasmilia), chiefly from Telegraph
Cables, collected by Captain Cole in the Caribbean Sea; purchased. Also a very rare
Alcyonarian (Umbellula) from the same source, received in exchange from the Edinburgh
Museum.

Forty-six stony corais, including the type of a new genus (Anacropora) from the
Keeling Islands, Amboyna, and Yimor Laut; collected and presented by H. QO.
Forbes, Esq.

A very fine specimen ofa rare coral (/adrepora longicyathus) from Australia ;
received from the Sydney Museum.

Hydrozoa :—Thirty-nine specimens of this class have been acquired during the past
year; the following are specially noteworthy ;—

Eighteen Hydrozoa from the West Indies; purchased.

Six specimens of British species, dried so as to preserve their natural shape; presented
by Professor C. Stewart.

A specimen of Stylaster stellulatus and of Distichopora milesii from the South Sea
Islands; received in exchange from the Brighton Museum.

Spongiida.-—The acquisitions of this class consist chiefly of named and type specimens,
and include the first of the “‘ Challenger” series, the value of which is greatly enhanced
by being almost wholly preserved in spirit. The following are the most important addi-
tions :—

Twelve specimens from Kurrachee; presented by J. A. Murray, Esq., of the Kur-

rachee Museum.
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Twenty-three sponges from Madagascar; purchased.

Sixteen dried specimens, with the sareode upon them, presenting much of their natural
appearance, from St. Thomas, West Indies ; purchased.

Nineteen deep-sea forms (including a Hyalonema and a Corallistes) from the Caribbean
Sea, collected by Captain Cole; purchased.

Five remarkably fine and curious sponges (including the types of two uew species),
from near Geelong, Victoria; presented by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq.

A set of seven type specimens of species described by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.8., and
presented by him.

Protozoa.—The acquisitions (about 151) to this group are of greater importance than
usual, owing to the reception of the first consignment from the “ Challenger ” collection,
consisting of 90 microscopic slides of Orbitolites, already referred to, also of 11 slides pre-
pared and named by Dr. W. B. Carpenter from the “ Porcupine” and “ Valorous”’ col-
lections. Twenty-five additional slides of recent and fossil Orbitolites from various
localites have been also presented by Dr. Carpenter.

V1I1.— Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have specially consulted portions of the col-
lection, or who have acquired attendance or assistance, was 6,818, as compared with—

5,229 in the year - - - 1883
9,628 b SR eran
7,407 op - - - 1881
4,260 , ac Cees - 880
4,003 - ain, BSS
3,064 i is eT
3,671 " - = - 1877
3,425 - 415 hettee = sab bO76
2,799 is - - - 1875

The number of students and visitors to the Department appears to be considerably less
than in the years 1881 and 1882. This is due in a great measure to the fact that, in the
old building, many persons visiting the galleries on the so-called private days were
entered as students, whilst in the present building, which is open daily, they are included
in the general class of visitors.

Albert Giinther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

I.— Arrangement.
A.— VERTEBRATA.

Fossil Mammalia.—Sourn East GALLERY.—During the past year a series of remains
(bones and implements) of “ Prehistoric Man” have been tableted, labelled, and arranged
in Table-case 1.
ie fossil remains of the Simiide and Lemuride have also been re-tableted and

abelled.

A large and carefully selected series of the bones of extinct and other wild animals, in
many instances found associated with remains of man from British, European, Asiatic,
American, and various other foreign caves, have been labelled and arranged in Wall-
case I. and Pier-case 2.

The unexhibited collection is labelled and catalogued, and placed in drawers beneath
the Table-cases.

The rich and extensive collection of Fossil Carnivora has been retableted or mounted
on stands, labelled, and entirely re-arranged in Table-cases 2 and 3, and in Pier-cases
3, 4, and 5. d

The remains of the Cave-bear (Ursus speleus) and of the Arctoidotherium (a large
Ursine carnivore from South America), have been articulated, and form two nearly com-
plete skeletons, which are mounted and placed in Pier-case 4-5.

The orders Insectivora and Rodentia have been carefully examined, all the specimens
have been re-tableted, labelled, and re-arranged in Table-case 24. A skeleton of the
Beaver (Castor Europeus) {rom the Cambridgeshire Fens, has been articulated and
mounted for exhibition in the same case.

An extensive series of plaster casts of Cetaceans from the Antwerp Crag (prepared
from the original type-specimens* in the Royal Museum of Natural History in Brussels),
have been placed in Wall-case 16.

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pier ok and described by Van Beneden, in his Osteographie des Cétacés Fossiles d’Anvers, &c. Texte
and Atlas.

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54 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A plaster cast of a nearly entire skeleton of Hualitherium Schinzii {rom the Miocene
Tertiary of Epplesheim (the original of which has been described by Professor Lepsius,
and is preserved in the museum at Darmstadt), has been mounted and placed on a stand
in Pier-case 15.

The fossil human skeleton from Guadaloupe has been remounted and placed in a better
light for exhibition in Pier-case 2. :

The skeleton of the “ Fossil Fox from Céningen ” has been remounted and placed on
exhibition in Pier-case 3 with the other Carnivora.

The fine plaster cast of the skull and two detached teeth of Elasmother/um from Russia,
has been added to the Rhinocerontide in Pier-case, No. 7.

Sournm-pbast Pavit1on.—The Bird-remains in Table-case 12 have been partly re-
arranged and additional specimens have been mounted and placed for exhibition in the
new Wall-cases (18 and 19), including remains of d#pyornis, Dinornis, with casts of the
head and foot of the “ Dodo” from the Island of Mauritius, and a skeleton of the “ Great
Auk” from Funk Island.

The plaster-cast of the great extinct form of Bandless Armadillo, G/yptodon reticulatus,
from South America, has been entirely restored; the dermal plates covering the head
have been added to the specimen, which has been mounted upon bronze and iron-
work supports, and placed in the new case provided for it on the east side of this Gallery.

Fossil Reptilia—GaLLrery D.—A large number of Dimosaurian remains from the
Green-sand of Hythe (Polyptychodon), the Wealden of Tilgate Forest (Hyleosaurus),
and of the Isle of Wight ( Polacanthus, Ornithopsis, Iquanodon, &c.), from the Trias of
South Africa (Parieisaurus, &c.), and a series of casts of limb-bones, &c., of Ceteosaurus
from the Great Oolite of Enslow near Oxford, have been arranged for exhibition in Wall-
cases 5, 6, and 7.

A large block, containing a great part of the skeleton of Hypsilophodon Foxit has been
mounted and placed temporarily on exhibition beneath a glazed case in the centre of this
Gallery

The nearly entire skeleton of Scelidosaurus Hurrisoni, Owen, has been carefully
cleaned and repaired, parts of it have been re-developed, and the entire specimen, 12 feet
in length, has been united and most advantageously mounted for exhibition, in a new
glazed case specially provided for the same, both sides of the fossil being admirably ex-

osed to view.

The entire series of 24 Table-cases have been cleared of their contents to enable the
contractors to re-glaze and re-velvet the table tops.

(The contents have subsequently been replaced and re-arranged. )

The additional Wall-cases, gained in the corridor leading from the Mammalian into the
Reptilian Gallery, at its western end, have been fitted up, and the Fossil Chelonie (at
first placed in Wall-case 7), have been entirely re-arranged in the new Wall-cases, the
emaller specimens being re-tableted, labelled, and arranged, in the three Txble-cases.

The Fossil Amphibia occupy one-half of the Wall-case on the western side.

Fossil Fishes—GALLERY A.—The foliowing families of Fossil Fishes have been care-
fully selected, named, labelled, mounted, and arranged in the Wall-cases, Nos. 4 to 14;
and in Table-cases 33-46, viz., the Acanthodide, the Placodermata, Phanerupleuride,
Holoptychiide, Saurodipterini, Rhizodontide, the Celacanthide, Puleoniscide, Plutysomide,
the Lepidosteide, Dapediide, the Pycnodontide, Sauride, the Leptolepide, and the
Caturide.

The larger specimens have been imbedded in frames with mahogany borders, and the
embedding cement painted.

Duplicates have been eliminated for purposes of exchange with other museums, and
the unexhibited specimens of the “ Hnniskillen,” the “ Egerton,” and other collections,
arranged in drawers beneath the Table-cases in which the corresponding groups are
placed for exhibition.

SouTH-bASt BasEMENT Corripor, &c.—A portion of the unexhibited series of
Mammalian remains, including the “ Brady Collection ” from Ilford, have been classified
and arranged in cases in the Basement Corridor and Store-rooms F. and G.

B.—INVERTEBRATA.

Cephalopodz.— Narrow GALLERY, No. 2.—The temporary arrangement of the
sixteen Table-eases in this Gallery has been broken up, and the cases cleared, in order
that the contractors might reglaze and revelet the tops and scrape and repolish the ma-
hogany. This work has now been accomplished.

82 original coloured drawings of Cephalopoda have been fixed along the top line, inside
the glazed wall-cases, on each side of this Gallery.

A painted label, giving the genus, species, formation, and locality of each figure, has
been affixed beneath each drawing, and 40 general labels are placed along the top of each
wall-case, above the illustrations.

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 55

GattERy B. A large block of limestone (measuring 2' 0” x 2’ 0’' x3’ 0") from the
* Roach-Bed” of the Isle of Portland, composed almost entirely of casts of Trigonia
gibbosa, and Cerithium portlandicum, has been trimmed into shape by the Masons, and
placed in a glazed case in the centre gangway of this Gallery.

A large series of Liassic Lamellibranchiata has been identified and named ready for
exhibition in the Table-cases.

The large specimens of Trilobites and Merostomata in Wall-case No. 14, have been
framed, and fixed on the upper shelves of these cases and furnished with appropriate
labels.

The coloured plaster-cast of a large and nearly complete specimen of Pterygotus
anglicus, from the Old Red Sandstone, Carmyllie, near Arbroath (measuring 4’ 0’ x 1’ 6"),
presented by the Council of the Dundee Naturalists’ Society, has been coloured, framed
and glazed, and fixed up for exhibition between Wall-cases 12 and 13.

GALLERY C.—Corals.—The arrargement of this section is now completed. The
British Corals occupy Table-cases 1-8, and the Foreign Collection, Wall-cases Nos. 1-6.

The Hydrocoralline are mounted and arranged in Table-case 9, and in part of Table-
case 10, the foreign specimens being placed in Wall-case 6. This group includes the
Stromatopore. Upwards of 650 specimens have been named, tableted, or mounted for
exhibition.

The Graptolitide, to the number of 463, have been mounted, named and tableted, and
are arranged in Table-case No. 10, andin Wall-case No. 7.

Fossil Sponges..—'These occupy Table-cases 11-16, and Wall-cases 7 and 8, and are
now under arrangement.

The Foraminifera.—-This group of organisms, like the Corals, is now permanently
arranged. About 370 Tablets of British species are arranged in Table-case 16; and
about 640 species of Foreign examples occupy a part of Wall-case 9. Owing to the
minute size of most of these bodies, but little of their structure can be observed with the
naked eye. To remedy this, two series of enlarged Models of Foraminifera, mounted on
appropriate stands (one series representing the forms determined by M. Alcide d’Orbigny,
Junr., and the other, those named by M. M. von Reuss and Fritsch, have been named
and placed in Wall-case No. 9.

A fine slab of Devonian marble, measuring about 3’ 6” x 2’ 0''; polished on both sides,
obtained from Newton Bushel, Devon, and presented by William Vicary, Esq., F.G.s.,
has been mounted in a glazed frame and placed between Wall-cases 4 and 56.

Fossil Plants ——Three large trunks of Sigil/larte from the Coal Measures, have been
placed in a temporary case in the centre gangway of this Gallery.

Stratigraphical and Type Collections—Narrow GALuERY, No. 4.—The plaster-cast
of a nearly entire specimen of Plesiosaurus Conybeari, from the Lias of Charmouth (the
original of which is preserved in the Bristol Museum, has heen placed in the 3rd_wall-
case on the east side of this Gallery.

A bust of William Smith, Lu.p., by Noble (being a copy of that in Northampton
Church) has been placed on a bracket, in the centre of the east wall of this Gallery,
over the case in which his stratigraphical collection is being arranged.

The “Searles V. Wood Collection” of Crag Fossils (including the Crag Mollusca
figured in his Monograph) has been transferred from the Zoological Department, and will
eventually be placed with the other type-collections in this Gallery (as soon as cabinets
of drawers have been provided for its reception).

The Library—Narrow Gauirry, No. 3.—The work of transferring the Geological
Library from Narrow Gallery, No. J, to this Gallery has now been accomplished. The
whole of the books have been press-marked afresh, and carefully arranged in the new

book-cases. :
A large number of pamphlets have been made up into sets, indexed and bound into

volumes, according to their several subjects.
A “Serial Register” has been prepared and is regularly kept.

The additions to the Library are as follows :—

Serials, Surveys, &c. = - - - - ~ - - 106 Vols.

New Works - - - - - - = - - 523 ,,

Pampnletsateis kis 5 - ~ = Se mem sm =) 802%",
TotaL - - - 931

II.— Guides and Catalogues.

Mr. R. Lydekker, B.A., F.G.s., has been occupied during the whole of last year in pre-
paring a Catalogue of the Simiide, the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Carnivora ;
to form Part 1. of a series of Catalogues of the Vertebrata generally. The Catalogue
(which is 300 pp. 8yvo.) is illustrated by thirty-three woodcuts. °

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56 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Mr. R. Kidston, F.G.s., has been engaged in the preparation of a Catalogue of Palexo
zoic Plants during the past two years. ‘The work is now in the press.

A small illustrated ‘‘ Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes” is now in the press, and
will be ready for issue in February 1885. It is illustrated with fifty-nine woodcuts of

Fishes.
IIl.— Registration.

Spechnens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—

Human Remains, &c. &c. - - - - 21
Other Mammalia - - - - - 1,607
Aves - - - - - - - - 53
Reptilia - - - - - - 265
Pisces - - - - - = Los
3,049
Invertebrata :—
Mollusca - - - - - - sees 2)
Brachiopoda, &c. - - = - - 762
Arthropoda SE - - 674
Annelida - - - - - - - 200
Echinodermata - - - - - ~ A431 f
Ceelenterata - - - - - - 1,030
Spungiday Sey ge = | ON Se ee 837
9,653
Tracks, trails and markings = - - - . - - - 19
Fossil Plant-Remains - - - = - - - - 1,924
Total Number of Specimens Registered ae sek «any Teele

1V.— Work of the Mason-Formatore, and Assistant Mason, §c.

The block of coral limestone containing the Guadaloupe human skeleton has been
greatly reduced in thickness, and the slab re-mounted in a lighter frame. The bones
have been cleaned and further developed.

The cast of the Glyptodon has been re-mounted, repaired, ard the carapace recoloured.

The skeleton of Diaornis eleyhantopus has been repaired and placed in its new case in
the Pavilion.

The skull and lower jaw of Mastodon andium, taken out of its case to be moulded for
the Australian Museum, Sydney, and for the Oxford Museum, bas been cleaned,
remounted on its stand, and replaced in its glazed exhibition-case in the south-east
Gallery.

ffi sccioral cast of the skull and horn-cores of Stvatherium, having been found to be
incorrect, from the evidence of actual specimens, a new cast has been prepared, in which
the horns are believed to occupy their true position with regard to the skull.

A large series of Dinosaurian and Chelonian remains have been repaired and deve-
loped, and placed in the wall-cases of the Reptile Gallery.

The almost entire skeleton of Scelidosaurus occupied two months in its preparation for
exhibition.

A skeleton of the gigantic Trish Deer, Cervus megaceros, obtained in a much broken
and very imperfect state (by transfer) from the India Museum, has been restored and
repaired, the missing bones replaced, and entirely remounted, for the Zoological Depart-
ment.

A very large number of Fossil Fishes from the “ Enniskillen ” and “ Egerton” Collec-
tions, also from the lower Carboniferous of Eskdale, and from the Cretaceous of the
Lebanon, Syria, have been reduced, repaired and mounted upon blocks or in frames for
exhibition.

About 50 specimens have been provided with frames and embedded.

Much time has been occupied in preparing casts and making moulds of various
vertebrate fossils.

One hundred and seventy-six large Devonian and Silurian Corals have been mounted
by the Carpenter on blocks for exhibition in wall-cases of Gallery C.

Two hundred and forty-five models of Foraminifera and numerous Chalk Sponges have
been mounted on plaster blocks for the wall-cases.

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About 200 specimens of Coralz have been cut by the lapidary’s wheel, and the sections
olished, in order to reveal their internal structure.
Above 1,000 microscopic sections of Corals aud Fossil-woods have been prepared and
mounted on glass for examination.
A large number of Fossil-plants have been developed and reduced ready for exhibition.
Several large Tertiary Palm-leaves (forming a part of the “ Gardner Collection”) have
been carefully repaired and mounted in frames.
A large series of the pyritized and perishable Fossil fruits and seeds, from the London
Clay, of Sheppey, have been treated successfully with paraffin, and it is hoped their further
decomposition will be arrested.

V.— Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

1. By Donation.— A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammatia.—A skull of Sus serofu (ferus?) dredged from the river Ouse. Pre-
sented by Major C. P. Lockner.

Remains of Hippopotamus, &c. from the bed of a dried up stream, joining the Zambesi.
Presented by Sir John Kirk, k.c.m.e.

Cast of the skull of Yhylacoleo carnifex, Owen (figured in Geol. Mag. 1883, pl.
vii.) ; also remains of Diprotodon and Macropus, from King’s Creek, Queensland, Australia.
Presented by C. H. Hartmann, Esq.

Twenty-one coloured casts of Mammalianremains from the Newer Miocene, Siwalik Hills,
India (figured and described in the “ Palwontologia Indica,” series x., vol. 2).
Presented by H. B. Medlicott, Esq., m.4., F.R.S., F.G.S.

Six pieces of Bone-breecia from the cave of Mount Elias, Lebanon. Presented by
Sir William Dawson, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S.

Portions of Antlers of Cervus, and of teeth of Mastudon, from the Red Crag, Suffolk ;
fine palate and mandible with the milk dentition of Llephas primigenius, Pleistocene,
Ilford, with numerous other remains of Elephus, Bos, Rhinoceros, Iquus, &c. from
Weimar. Presented by Charles Westendarp, Esq.

Humerus of a Feline animal from the Forest-bed, Kessingland. Presented by Miss
Lucy Martineau. ,

Skull and lower jaw of Badger, Aeles taxus, from the brick-earth, Grovehurst.
Presented by George Payne, Esq.

Human remains from the river deposits, New Tilbury Dock (figured and described by
Sir R. Owen, K.c.B., in a pamphlet entitled “ Antiquity of Man,” 1884). Presented by
Col. Du Plat Taylor, c.B., for the East and West India Docks Company.

Remains of Mylodon, from South America, Molars of Hyopotamus, from the Eocene,
Isle of Wight, and Bones of Mammals from the Norfolk Fens ; Tooth of Macacus pliocenus
(figured in Owen’s British Fossil Mammals, pl. xlvi., figs. 1-3), from Pliocene, Grays,
Essex. Presented by Sir R. Owen, k.c.B.

A set of ten casts of portions of skulls and lower jaws of Thylacoleo carnifex, from
the Wellington Caves, New South Wales. Presented by the Trustees of the Sydney
Museum. ;

Five teeth, a scapula, radius and one metacarpal of Rhznoceros and other Mammalian
remains from cave deposits and from the alluvial gold-washings in Upper Sarawak, Borneo.
Presented by Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.r.s.

Unworn tooth of Hippopotamus from a cave under Stalagmite Pietermanns-fontein,
Cape of Good Hope. Presented by T. G. Bayfield, Esq.

Thirty-three remains of Bos, Cervus, and Canis, from Pen Park Bone Cave, Gloucester-
shire. Presented by Spencer G. Perceval, Esq.

(2,) Aves—A perfect sternum of “ Moa” (Dinornis elephantopus), from South Island,
New Zealand. Presented by John Davies Enys, Esq., F.G.s.

Portions of pelvis and sacrum of a Bird, from the London Clay, of Sheppey.. Presented
by W. H. Shrubsole, Esq., F.G.s.

(3.) Reptilia.—Vertebra of Megulania, from King’s Creek, Queensland, Australia.
Presented by C. H. Hartmann, Esq. .

Crocodilian remains, and remains of T'rionyx from the bed of a dried up stream joing
the Zambesi. Presented by Sir John Kirk, k.c.M.c. :

Chelone in septarium, London Clay, Harwich; bones and teeth of reptiles from Wey-
mouth and the Isle of Wight. Ophidian Vertebre from Weimar, and egg of Turtle from
Isle of Ascension. Presented by Charles Westendarp, Esq.

Metatarsal of Megalosaurus, from Great QOolite, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Presented by the Right Honourable the Earl of Ducie, F.R.S.

Sixteen specimens of fossils, mostly small Reptilia, from Nova Scotia. Presented by
Sir William Dawson, ¢.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S.

Vertebre of Clidastes, plaster cast of humerus of Labyrinthodont reptile, with bones of
Teleosaurus, Pterodactylus, and other Saurian remains, from various localities. Presented
by Sir R. Owen, &.c.B., F.R.s. (
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Remains of teeth of Titanosuchus ferox, from the Stormberg Beds, Orange Free State,
South Africa. Presented by Charles Sirr Orpen, Esq.

A very perfect specimen of Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris, {rom the Lias of Street, Somerset.
Presented by Alfred Gillett, Esq. i

Five eggs of Veleosuurus? from the Great Oolite, Bradford Road Quarry, near Ciren-
cester. Presented by Joshua Brown, Esq.

A perfect and uncompressed skull with the lower jaw of Lozomma, from the Ironstone
of the Coal Measures, Coalbrookdale. Presented by G. Maw, Esq., F.1.S., F.G.S.

(4.) Pisces—Remains of bony plates of a large siluroid fish, from the neighbourhood of
the Zambesi. Presented by Sir John Kirk, K.c.M.c.

Specimens of Diplodus parvulus, Cladodus bicuspidatus, Strepsodus striatulus, Ctenoply-
chius pectinatus, from the Coal Measures (Ironstone), Borough Lee, near Edinburgh.
Presented by R. 1. Traquair, M.D., F.R.S. :

Specimen of Leptotracheles Hukelensis, from the Cretaceous of Hakel, Mount Lebanon,
Syria. Presented by Sir J. W. Dawson, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R-S.

Bones and teeth of fish from various formations and localities. Presented by Charles
Westendarp, Esq.

Spine of Phoderacanthus grandis (type-specimen figured and described by J. W. Davis,
F.G.S., in Trans. Roy. Dublin Society, 2nd ser. vol. 1, 1883, pl. 65, fig. 1), from the
Carboniferous Limestone, Bristol. Presented by the Right Honourable the Earl cf
Ducie, F.n,8.

A very perfect Paleoniscid Fish from the Trias? formation near Colesberg, Cape of
Good Hope. Presented by the Honourable Dr. W. G. Atherstone, M.R.¢.S., F.G.S.

A specimen of Edestus vorax, from the Coal Measures, Indiana, North America, Pre-
sented by Sir R. Owen, K.C.z., F.R.S.

Six specimens, comprising jaws of Myliobatis aquila, Raia, Rhynchobatus, and Laemar-
gus borealis, &c. Presented by C. Tyler, Kisq., F.G.8., &c.

B.— INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusca.—Sixty-three Cephalophoda, 73 Lamellibranchiata, 200 Gasteropoda,
and 18 Brachiopoda from the Secondary and Tertiary formations, of British and Foreign
localities; presented by C. Westendarp, Esq.

Eleven Orthocerata and two Cardiole, from the Wenlock Limestone of Denbigh; pre-
sented by KE. B. Luxmore, Esq.

Thirteen Cephalopoda, 44 Univalves, 52 Bivalves, and 104 Brachiopoda, from the
Carboniferous Limestone, Scotland; presented by Prof. Archer (on behalf of the Science
and Art Museum, Edinburgh).

Four Silurian Brachiopods and one Gasteropod, from North America; presented by
H. G. Lyons, Esq., Lieut. R.E., F.G.S., &e.

A very fine specimen of Belemnites Puzosianus, with the phragmocone, from the
Oxford Clay, St. Ives, Huntingdon ; presented by George Potter, Esq., F.R.M.s.

A small block of Lias Limestone, with a Pecten and cast of a Gasteropod shell, Rock
of Gibraltar; presented by Rev. Ernest Borradaile, Lu.p., &c.

Twenty-nine Bivalves, two Gasteropods, and two Israchiopods, from the Cretaceous
formation of Palestine ; presented by Sir J. William Dawson, K.C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S.

One Ceratites Middendorfii from North-east Siberia; presented by Dr. Frederick
Schmidt.

A very large Nautilus clausus, from the Inferior Oolite, Sherborne, Dorset; pre-
sented by George Potter, Hsq., F.R.M.S.

One Ammonites semicostatus from the Lias, the Skerries, Co. Antrim; presented by
the Right Hon, the Earl of Enniskillen, p.c.L., F.R.S.

Thirty-five specimens of Mollusca, and 26 Brachiopoda, from the Upper Devonian,
Tavistock ; presented by G. W. Mackenzie, Esq., F.R.C.S., F.G.S.

Ninety-four Brachiopoda, one Bivalve, and one Univalve, from the London Clay of the
Metrcpolitan area; presented by Robert Maitland, Esq.

Yen Lamellibranchs, 34 Brachiopoda, 12 Pteropoda, 8 Gasteropoda, and 2 Cephalo-
poda, from the Cambrian and Silurian Rocks of St. David’s, South Wales; presented by
Dr. Henry Hicks, F.G.s.

A specimen of Spirifera glabra, from the Carboniferous Limestone, developed to show
the spiral arms; presented by the Rev. Norman Glass.

A series of Culm Fossils, consisting of 12 Brachiopods, 25 Bivalves, and 15 Univalves,
from the Lower Carboniferous of Waddon-Barton, near Chudleigh, South Devon; also
i Goniutites, &c. from the Upper Devonian of Chudleigh; presented by J. EH. Lee,

3q., F.G.5.

Thirty-two Bivalves, and 48 Univalves, from the Upper Greensand of Blackdown,
Devon ; presented by William Vicary, Esq., F.G.s.

A Natica showing colour-bands, Great Oolite, near Stratton, Cirencester; presented
by Joshua Brown, Esq.

Four Post-Pliocene Shells (Zeredo?), from Byculla. Flats, Bombay ; presented by
Major Frere, R.E., &c.

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One Chenopus (Aporrhais) speciosa, from the Miocene of Rupelmonde, and four casts
of Apurrhaide, Lower Eocene, Wanzin, Belgium; presented by M. Th. Lefevre.

One specimen of Productus semireticulatus, var. Martini, Sby., Millstone Grit. Long
Ashton, Somerset ; presented by J. Dallas, Esq. i

(b.) Polyzoa.—Fifteen specimens of Polyzoa, from the Trenton Limestone of Ottawa,
Canada, presented by A. H. Foord, Hsq., F.G.s.

Two specimens of Polyzoa, from the Upper Greensand of Haldon; presented by
E. B. Luxmore, Esq. r

Seven Polyzoa, from the Chalk of England; presented by CU. Westendarp, Esq.

Five Polyzoa, from various localities in the South of Scotland; presented by Prof.
Archer (on behalf of the Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh).

(c.) Insecta and Crustacea.—Two British Wealden Crustacea, and six from the Silurian
of Canada; presented by C. Westendarp, Esq.

Two specimens of Eurypterus remipes, from the Upper Silurian of the Island of Oesel;
presented by Dr. Fred. Schmidt.

One hundred and ninety-three specimens of Post-Tertiary Ostracoda, from the Valley
of the Clyde; presented by David Robertson, Esq. F.L.S., F.G.S.

One hundred and fifty-three Eocene Entomostraca ( Ostracoda) said to be a part of the
-“ Edwards Collection,” from the south of England, and to contain the specimens figured
and described by Prof. T. R. Jones, F.R.8. ;* presented by Prof. Jolin Morris, mM.A.,F.G.s.

Fifty-eight Fragmentary Remains of Paradoxides Davidis, from the Lower Lingula
Flags of Tyddyn-Gwladys, North Wales, and 90 other Trilobites, from the Cambrian and
Silurian Rocks of St. David’s, South Wales; presented by T. A. Readwin, Ksq., F.G.s.

Twelve specimens of Lobocarcinus Paulino-Wurtemburgensis, from the Eocene formation,
Cairo; presented by Sir R. Owen, K.C.B., F.R.S.

Thirteen specimens of Phillipsia Colet, Carboniferous Limestone, from near Ennis-
killen, Ireland; presented by Thomas Plunkett, Esq.

Four Trilobites from the Upper Silurian Lewin Shales, near Denbigh; presented by
E. B. Luxmore, Esq.

One specimen of Philomedes elongata, Coal Measures, Clay Cross, Derby (figured in
Pal. Soc. Mon. Carb. Cypridinide, pl. vi., fig. 1); presented by E. Wilson, Esq., F.G.8.

(d.) Annelida.—Two Worms from the Upper Greensand of Haldon ; presented by
E. B. Luxmore, Esq.

Ten specimens of Annelida, from the Upper Oolite and Cretaceous formations of
Melton, and the south of England; presented by C. Westendarp, Esq.

Seven Annelids, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Scotland; presented by Prof.
Archer (on behalf of the Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh).

(e.) Echinodermata.—Lichinus spines from the Cretaceous formation, Lebanon; pre-
sented by Sir J. W. Dawson, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S.

Four Oolitic Echinoidea, British; presented by C. Westendarp, Esq.

Five specimens of Upper Silurian Crinoids, from Nantglwn Quarry, near Denbigh ;
presented by E. B. Luxmore, Esq.

Two Clypeaster, from the Eocene formation, Egypt; presented by Sir R. Owen,
K.C.B., F.R.S.

Three Echinodermata from the Silurian of St. David’s, South Wales; presented by
Dr. Henry Hicks, ¥F.c.s.

Twenty-seven Echinodermata from the London Clay ; presented by R. Maitland, Esq.

Five Actinecrini, Upper Devonian, near Tiverton, Devonshire ; presented by G. W.
Mackenzie, Esq.

One Pseudodiadema, Upper Neocomian ; one Schizaster, and one Eupatagus from the
Cretaceous of France ; presented by R. Etheridge, Hsq., F.n.s.

Eleven Crinoidal remains, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Scotland; presented
by Prof. Archer (on behalf of the Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh).

(f) Zoopiyta.—A large specimen of Isastrea Murchisoni, from the Lower Lias, Costock,
Notts; presented by Richard Hawley, Esq.

Three corals from the Carboniferous Limestone uf Ireland; presented by W. H. Hud-
leston, Esq., F.R.S.

Two specimens of Oolitic Coral from East Coker, viz., Dimorphoseris Oolitica (figured
in Duncan’s Brit. Foss. Corals [Oolitic], plate iv., fig. 1-4), and-Z'hamnastrea Manseli
(figured op. cil., pl. iv., figs. 11-14); presented by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., r.a.s.,
F.L.S.

Forty-one specimens of Monticultipora, and nine specimens of Tetradium, from the
Wenlock Shale, Buildwas, Salop ; also four specimens of Afonticultipora macropora, from
the Trenton Limestone of Ottawa, Canada (figured in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 5th ser.,
vol. xiii., plate xii.); presented by A. H. Foord, Esq., ¥.G.s.

One specimen of Conotrochus typus, from the Tertiary, Monte Mario, Rome; presented
by Prof. P. M. Duncan, M.B., F.R.S., F.G.S.

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60 accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Thirty-two Corals from the Upper Greensand, Haldon; presented by E. B. Luxmore,
isq.

One specimen of Chonophyllum, Middle Devonian, Ramsleigh, near East Ogwell,
Devon; presented by A. Champernowue, Esq., M.A., F.G.S.

Eleven specimens of Chetetes, one Lithostrotion, and one Diphyphyllum, from the Car-
boniferous Limestone, Avon Section, Bristol; preseated by Swinfen Jordan, Esq.

Five Corals, one a Clisiophy/(um, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Kettering-road ;
presented by Henry John Eunson, Esq., F-G.s.

Sixteen Corals from various British formations and localities; and one Oolitic Coral,

France; presented by Charles Westendarp, Esq.

Three specimens of Zhysanophyllum, from the Carboniferous Limestone, found in the
Drift-Gravel, Mull of Cantyre; presented by His Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.e., K.T.,
DCL .aEaERSs

Eight Devonian Corals from near Townsville, North Queensland, Australia; presented
by R. L. Jack, Esq., F.G.s.

Eighteen Carboniferous Corals from Scotland ; presented by Prof. Archer (on behalf
of the Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh). :

Two Favosites from the Upper Silurian, New Brunswick ; presented by Sir J. W. Daw-
son, ©.M.G., F.R.S., &c.

Two Graphularia, from the London Clay, Hampstead ; presented by R. Maitland, Esq.

One Lonsdaleia from the Carboniferous Limestone, Llangollen; presented by Sir R.
Owen, K.C.B., F.R.S., &c.

Two Laceripora, Upper Silurian, Island ot Oesel; presented by Dr. F. Schmidt.

One specimen of Hydrocorollina, Inferior Oolite, Coombe-hill, Oxfordshire; presented
by E. A. Walford, Esq., F.G.s.

(g) Hydrozoa.—Five Specimens of Silurian Hydrozoa, from North America ; presented
by H. G. Lyons, Esq,, R.E., F.G.8.

Four Graplolites from the Cambrian of St. David’s, South Wales; presented by
Dr. H. Hicks, F.a.s.

Fifteen Graptolites, from the Upper Silurian and Quebec Group of Canada; presented
by Sir William Dawson, 0.M.G., F.R.S.

(h) Protozoa, &c.— One specimen of Stromatopora cuncentrica, from the Devonian of
Gerolstein, Eifel, and one Stromatopora, sp., from the Middle Devonian, Paffrath, Cologne ;
presented by Prof. Dr. Ferd. Roemer.

Seven Carboniferous sponges, Dalry, Ayrshire; presented by Dr. G. J. Hinde, F.«.s.

Seven specimens of Eozoon and one Cenostroma, from the Laurentian, Upper Silurian
and Quebec Group of Canada; presented by Sir W. J. Dawson, ¢.M.G., F.R.S., &e.

Ten Polycystinal Rock-specimens from Trinidad ; presented by R. J. Li. Guppy, Esq.,
F.G.S,

C.— PLANTA.

Three Silurian plants from North America,; presented by H. G. Lyons, Esq., n.5.,
F.G.5.

A piece of fossil wood found in the neighbourhood of the Zambesi; presented by Sir
John Kirk, M.D., K.C.M.G.

One hundred and sixty-four plant remains from the Eocene, Oolitic, Carboniferous
and Purbeck formations of Britain, the Cretaceous of Aix-la-Chapelle, and the Post-
Tertiary of Weimar, Germany ; presented by C. Westendarp, Esq.

Four specimens of Fossil plant remains from South Africa; presented by T. Rupert
Jones, Esq, F.R.S.

Forty-six remains of Plants (Psilophyton and Prototaxites, &c.), from the Erian
(Devonian) of New Brunswick; presented by Sir J. W. Dawson, c.M.c., F.R.S., &e.

Two Pachytheca and one Nematophycus, from the Denbighshire grits ; presented by
Dr. H. Hicks, F.e.s.

2. By Purchase—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1) Mammatia.—A set of coloured casts of remains of Carnivora, the originals of
which are preserved in the Calcutta Museum (figured and described by Mr. Lydekker
in Pal. Ind., ser. x., vol. ii. ).

An antler of Reindeer from Old River Valley Gravel-deposit, Bina Gardens, Brompton.

A collection of mammalian remains from the phosphorite deposits of Caylux, South
of France.

A plaster cast of the entire skeleton of Halitherium Schinzii, frora the Miocene of Hesse
Darmstadt; prepared by Professor Lepsius.

Remains of Beaver, from the Pleistocene of Ilferd, Essex.

Cast of a skull of Elasmotherium from the Miocene-Tertiary of Russia.

(2.) Reprilia.—Two specimens of Pterodactylus from the Solenhofen Limestone.
One hundred and forty-four remains of iguanodon (including thirty-six bones belonging
to one individual). Eighty bones of various other Dinosaurs; sp. indet., and seventy

remains of Goniopholis, from the Wealden formation, Hastings.
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(3.) Pisees.—Three undescribed Fossil Fishes and three teeth of Carcharodon, from
the Miocene of Malta.

One specimen of Pycnodus from the Miocene of Castellamare, Italy, and one Diplacan-
thus striatus, from the Devonian of Scotland.

Fifteen remains of Asterolepis, &c., from the Devonian, Scats-Craig, Elgin, one
Deltodus from the Carboniferous Limestone of Oreton, Salop, and one Pyenodus, from
the London Clay, Sheppey.

Sixty-seven selected Fishes from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon, and twenty-
three fishes from the Kimmeridgian of Cirin, near Lyons.

Ten Fish-remains from the Tertiary of Herne Bay.

Fifty-five remains of Lepidotus, and other fish-remains from the Wealden formation
near Hastings.

B.—INVERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mollusca. — Four Peelen and one Cephalopod shell from the Miocene of
Malta.

Seventeen specimens of Mollusca from the Devonian of Buudenbach.

One hundred and twenty-four specimens of Mollusca, und fourteen Brachiopoda, from
various Russian localities.

Twenty-two specimens of Gasteropoda, ten Bivalves and nine Cephalopoda from the
Wenlock shale of Dudley.

Five hundred selected specimens of Mollusca, from the Miocene of Bavaria.

Seventy-seven Mollusca, Cephalopoda and Brachiopoda, from the Devonian,
Hifel, &c.

One hundred and sixty-eight Bivalves, and one hundred and forty-five Gasteropoda,
from the Lower Tertiary, Herne Bay. Seventy-one Cretaceous Cephalopoda and
Brachiopoda, &c., from British localities.

Five Trigonia, from the Coral Rag, one Cerithium giganteum, Kocene, one Cone, from
the Lower Greensand ; all British.

Thirty-two Brachiopoda, Silurian and Devonian, from Australia, Russia, &c.; fifty-
one Mollusca from various localities and formations ; and nineteen Cephalopoda, Silurian
and Devonian, Germany and North America, &c.

Fifteen specimens of Mollusca from the Thanet Sands, Herne Bay.

A series of glass models of Cephalopoda (prepared by M. Blaschka, of Dresden).

Eighty specimens of Mollusca from the Wealden formation of Hastings.

(2.) Arthropoda.—-One Eurypterus remipes and one E. lucustris, from the Lower
Silurian of North America.
Forty-two Trilobites from the Wenlock Shale, Dudley.

Twelve Decapod Crustaceans from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon, Syria.

One Homalonotus, one Phacops caudatus, two Bronteus, and four Turrilepas, from the
Wenlock Shale of Dudley.

Twenty-two Trilobites from the Devonian and Silurian of Germany and North
America.

Two specimens of Hryon Hartmanni, Lias, Holzmaden, and one Palinurus Sueur?,
from the Muschelkalk, Crailsheim.

(3.) Echinodermata.—Five Echinoderms from the Miocene, Malta.

Seven specimens of “ncalyptocrinus rosaceus, four Cystideans, 11 Platycrinus and
Rhipidocrinus, and one slab of crinoids from various formations and localities.

Seventeen Echinoderms from the Mountain Limestone and eighteen Crinoids and
Starfishes from the Carboniferous Limestone, Moscow, &c.

Seventy specimens of Echinoderms from the Gault of Britain.

One Pentacrinus, Neocomian, and twenty-six Crinoids, from the Wenlock Shale,

Dudley.

(4.) Zoophyta.—Thirty-seven specimens of Fossil Corals from various localities.

Ninety Corals from the Gault of Folkestone, and from the Wenlock Shale, Dudley.

A series of 60 Devonian Corals from the Eifel and other localities.

One specimen. of Zuphrentis, from the Carboniferous, and three Silurian Corals from
Dudley.

Sixty-eight specimens of British Devonian Corals, and twenty-seven others from
various formations and localities.

(5.) Protozoa.—Kighteen specimens of Fossil Sponges from St. André.
Two Dictyuphyton tuberosum, and one Receptaculites Oweniana, from the Silurian of
North America. Two Scyphiu elegans and three Spongia from the Hartz Mountains.
: Eight specimens of Jsrhadites, Wenlock Shale, Dudley, and 55 British Cretaceous
ponges. :

C.—PLaNnta.

Twenty-one specimens of Fucoidal remains from the Ludlow Rocks.
Twelve plant-remains from Switzerland, two Keuper plants from Luntz, and eight
Cretaceous plants from North America.

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Two hundred and seven Eocene plants from Bournemouth, 404 Oligocene plants from
Chiavoni ; 629 Kocene plants from Gelinden, Sezanne and Cereste, 45 London Clay
fruits from Sheppey, and four Tertiary plants from Madeira.

One hundred and fifty-three plants from the Coal Measures of various localities.

The total number of acquisitions during the past year have been as follows:—

A. VERTEBRATA:

By Donation - = - - = - - 492

» Purchase - - - - - - - 2,557
ANTON

B. INVERTEBRATA:

By Donation - - - - - - - 2,252

>» Purchase - - - - - - - 2,921
- Deluge

C. PLANTA :

By Donation = - - - - - 187

» Purchase - - - - - - - 1,602
—-_—— 1,789
Totals Ss Toon

VI.—Duplicates.

A series of 992 specimens, being the second instalment of duplicates ordered by the
Trustees to be set aside for the Museum of the Royal School of Mines and the Normal
School of Science, has been supplied to that Institution.

A series of 74 specimens has been transferred to the Museum of Bloemfontein, Orange
Free State, South Africa, in return for the skulls of Tritylodon, of Rhytidosteus, and 19
other fossils from the Triassic strata of that State.

A collection numbering 849 specimens, has been transmitted to the Street Museum,
Somerset, in return for a very perfect specimen of Jchthyosaurus tenuirostris from the
Lias of Street; presented by Alfred Gillett, Esq., of Overleigh.

A series of 211 Fish-remains has been transferred to the Director of the Science and
Art Museum, Edinburgh, in exchange for a collection of specimens from the Carboni-
ferous formation of Scotland; presented to the Trustees of the British Museum by the
Science and Art Department.

VII.— Lectures, Demonstrations, and Visits of Classes and Students.

Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.R.s., delivered his second annual course of twelve Swiney
Lectures on Geology in the Lecture-room of the Museum, on “ Fossil Reptilia and
Amphibia,” from June 16th to July 11th. Dr. Traquair also gave, after each lecture,
a demonstration at the cases in the Reptile Gallery (Gallery D).

Dr. Woodward gave a lecture on “ Fossil Fishes” to 123 members of the ‘‘ Geologists’
Association,” on Saturday, March 15th, 1884. He afterwards accompanied the members
round Gallery A, and pointed out some of the more important and interesting specimens
exhibited in the cases.

A second lecture was delivered by Dr. Woodward to 120 members of the “ Essex
Field Club ” on April 19th, on * Wingless Birds, Fossil and Recent,”

The members afterwards visited the Geological and Ornithological Galleries under
the guidance of Dr. Woodward and Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe.

Prof. P. Martin Duncan and other lecturers have paid visits to the Geological
Galleries with their classes, and have given demonstrations at the cases.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted the collections during the past
year for purposes of study, and who have been assisted by the staff in their special
scientific work, was 1,991.

14th January 1885. Alenry Woodward.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

During the year 1884 the descriptive catalogue of the specimens of Acanthite, Tetra-
dymite, and Bournonite, has been completed, and that of the specimens of Pyrargyrite and
Proustite begun.

In the laboratory 55 specimens have been analysed.

Highty rock-sections have been cut, polished, and mounted; 54 coral-sections have
been remounted for the Geological Department.

The Index to the Mineral Collection has been revised and reprinted. %

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A new Guide to the collection, with an introduction to the study of minerals, has been
prepared and published.

The preparation of a duplicate of the general register has been begun, and two volumes
have been copied.

The number of visits recorded as made to the department for the purpose of consulta-
tion or study is 651.

Arrangement.

The introductory series of specimens in the first window-case has been provided with
printed labels, copies of which have been presented to various institutions.

The labeis of the pseudomorphous minerals, 880 in number, have also been printed.

The meteorites have been extended so as to occupy the four central cases of the
Payilion. The hydrocarbon group of minerals has been re-arranged, and now occupies
two table-cases at the end of the gallery. ‘The worked articles have been condensed into
a single case, and in the case set free a series to illustrate the forms of native silica has
been arranged by Professor Ruskin.

The specimens illustrating the rocks of various countries have been systematically
arranged in drawers according to their localities, and are now ready for further examina-
tion.

Departmental Library.

To the Departmental Library have been added 159 separate works (in 305 volumes)
and 36 pamphlets, in addition to the current periodicals.

470 volumes with 2,247 plates, exclusive of pamphlets, have been stamped.

The whole of the Library is catalogued alphabetically, and press-marked.

Duplicates.

5,821 duplicate mineral specimens, all labelled,have been distributed among the
following 16 institutions :—

Mason Science College, Birmingham.

Science and Art Museum, Dublin.

Londou University.

University College, London.

Royal Agricultur:] College, Cirencester.

Queen’s Park Art Museum, Manchester.

Belfast Museum.

University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire.

Natural History Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyyne.

Durham College of Science, Newcastle-upca-Tyne.

Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow.

The Peases’ Institutes, Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire.

Somersetshire Archeological and Natural History Society, Taunton.

Carlisle Museum.

Dundee Museum.
York Museum.

Acquisitions.

623 specimens, namely, 535 simple minerals, 85 rocks, and 3 meteorites, have been
acquired during the year 1884. These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and
placed in the collection. The more important of them are named below.

MINERALS.
By Presentation :—

Native Copper in crystals of an unusually sharp definition; from the Lake Superior
mining region: by Edgar P. Rathbone, Esq. } .

Specimens of Native Gold permeating Galena; from the Gwynfynydd Mine, Merion-
ethshire: by T. A. Readwin, Esq.

Native Gold; Zomelahucan Mine, Vera Cruz, Mexico: by E, C. Quinby, Esq.

Specimens of Native Gold, Native Tellurium, Petzite, ‘ellurpyrites and Sylvanite,
from Boulder Co.; Calaverite from the American Mine, Sunshine: Sylvanite, Magnolia
district : Quartz with the form of Orthoclase, Golconda Mine, Summitville, Rio Grande
Co., all in Colorade, U.S.A. ; and Turquoise, from the Glorietta Mountain, West Mexico:
by Professor Gregory Board of Denver, Colorado.

Auriferous sands, from the River Tikoe, Sumatra: by H. O. Forbes, Esq.

Native Silver with Blende, Silver Islet Mine, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior: by
Lieut. Col. W. A. Ross, R.A.

A hollow erystal of diamond, from South Africa: Wollastonite, Berggieshiibel,
Saxony: and numerous specimens of Agate and other forms of Silica: by Professor
John Ruskin, M.A., &e. &e.

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Diamond-bearing soil, from Kimberley, South Africa : by J. Macalister, Esq.

A glass model of the Gorr-do-Norr Diamond: by Messrs. P. Orr and Sons.

Specimensof Salt, from Deakonsky, Bachmut, Russia: hy Charles Berry, Esq.

Specimens of Beauxite, from Les Beaux, Arles, France: by John Evans, Esq., D.v.L..
M.A., &c. &c.

Specimens of the new mineral Siderazote (a nitride of iron), from Hammam, Meskon-
tine, Constantine, Algeria: by Lady Anne Murray, and Charles Murray, Esq.

Specimens of facetted stones, including Sapphires, Rubies, Spinels, Zircons, and Tour-
malines: by J. Brukowsky, Esq.

Scalenohedral crystals of Hematite, from an Island in the Red Sea: by the Councii
of the York Museum.

Cerussite, Ballycoram, Co. Dublin: a hemihedral crystal of Cuprite, Wheal Phenix,
Liskeard, Cornwall: Vaalite, Colesberg Kopje, Kimberley, South Africa: by Thomas
Davies, Esq. F.G.8.

Chessylite and Adamite, Laurium Mines, Greece: Emery from various localities in
the Grecian Archipelago: by W. Douglas Hermann, Esq., F.G.S.

Twinned crystals of Staurolite from Brittany: by Charles Siedler, Esq.

Almandine Garnet, Fort Defiance, Arizona, U.S.A.: by G. F. Kunz, Esq.

Slender erystals of Tourmaline in quartz, from Madagascar: by Sir Richard Owen,
K.C.B., &c., &c.

Tourmaline with white Orthoclase, Dartmoor, Devonshire: by Henry Hicks, Esq.,
M.D., F.G.S.

A crystal of Amazonstone from Tongue, Sutherlandshire: by Professcr J. W. Judd,
F.K.S.

Analcime, Co. Antrim ; phosphorescent Calcite, Branchville, Connecticut: by W.
Garrow Lettsom, Esq.

Evansite, Ratcliffe Wood, Macclesfield: by Smith Woodward, Esq., r.a.s.

Red Selenite, Salins, Jura, France: by Frank Rutley, Esq., F.¢.s.

A block of pure white Gypsum, Netherfield, Battle, Sussex: by A. G. Hastings, Esq.

Barytes with Calcite, Nutfield, Reigate, Surrey: by William Atkinson, Esq.

Selenite, Tocopilla, Bolivia, 8. America: by H. M. Gittens, Esq.

Scovillite, Salisbury, Connecticut ; Conichalcite and Chenevixite, Colorado, U.S.A. :
by Hilary Bauerman, Esq., F.G.s.

By Purchase :—

Native Copper, pseudomorphous after a large octahedron of Cuprite, Wheal Pheenix’
Liskeard, Cornwall.

Native Antimony, Brunswick Antimony Mine, York Co., New Brunswick.

Frenzelite, Santa Catarina Mine, Sierra de Santa Rosa, Guanaxuato, Mexico.

A very large and unique group of crystals of Stibnite, from Mount Kosang, Island of
Sikoko, Japan.

Specimens of crystallised Copper-Pyrites, Anxbach Mine, Linz, Rhine; Frederick
Christian Mine, Schapbach, Baden ; Schemnitz, Hungary; and Stahlseifen, Neukirchen,
Rhenish Prussia.

Copper-Pyrites, pseudomorphous after Cuprite, from Nijni Tagilsk, Urals, Russia.

Orpiment, in unusually large crystals, Kresvo, Rosnia.

Bournonite, Machacamarca, Peru.

Stephanite, Freiberg, Saxony ; and Przibram, Bohemia.

Pyrrhotine, Schneeberg, Saxony.

Argentopyrite, Joachimsthal, Bohemia.

Fluor, Fiirstenberg, Saxony.

Specimens of Matlockite, Matlock, Derbyshire.

Crystallised Melaconite, Cornwall.

A large and fine crystal of Anatase, Binnenthal, Switzerland.

A very fine crystal of Brookite, Zillerthal, Tyrol.

Slender crystals of Rutile with brilliant lustre; Alexander Co., North Carolina,
U.S.A.

A large mass of crystallised Amethyst of fine colour, Uruguay, South America.

Rock-crysta!s enclosing Rutile, Tavetschthal, Switzerland.

Fine polished slabs of Agate, Uruguay, South America; and one of Moss-Agate,
Bandalkhand, India.

Specimens of Cromfordite, from near Matlock, Derbyshire.

Crystals of Diopside, De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., New York, U.S.A.

Apophyllite, Leipa, Bohemia.

Crystals of Topaz, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; and Mursinsk, Urals, Russia.

Garnets, some nearly colourless, Hull, Canada.

Fine crystals of Emerald, from Stony Point, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Pectolite and Analcime, from the Wiehawken Tunnel, New Jersey, U.S.A.

A large specimen of Stilbite with Epistilbite, from Giebelsbach, Viesch, Switzerland.

Epistilbite, Djupivogur, Iceland.

Very fine Herschelites (Seebachite), from Richmond, Victoria.

A remarkably tine facetted Blue Tourmaline.

Zygadite, Andreasberg, Harz.

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Fine crystallised Danburite, from Berg Scopi, Graubiindten, Switzerland.

Clear crystals of colourless Barytes, Chirbury, Shropshire.

Brackebuschite and Descloizite, Cordoba, Argentine Republic, South America.

Cuprodescloizite, San Luis Potosi, Mexico,

Calewulfenite, Bleiberg, Carinthia.

Leucochalcite, Schéllkrippen, Spessart, Bavaria.

Specimens of Scorodite of unusual habit, from Marke Valley Mine, Liskeard, Corn-
wall.

Specimens and loose crystals of a rare species, Herderite, from Stoneham, Maine,

US.A.

Apatites from Berg Scopi, Graubiindten, Switzerland.

Well crystallised specimens of the rare mineral Connellite, from Marke Valley Mine,
and Camborne, Cornwall.

Specimens of Empholite and Talctriplite, from Horrsjéberg, Sweden.

Igelstrémite and Silfbergite, from West Silfberg, Wermland, Sweden.
Hilliingsite. Hillang, Sweden.

Rocks.
By Presentation :—

A slab of Porphyritic Felsite, from Caniop, Sutherlandshire: by Patrick Dudgeon,
Kisq.

aariedionite from Arran; by H. A. Miers, Esq., M.A.

Pumice picked up in the Indian Ocean, in Lat. 7° S., Long. 86° E., after the Eruption
of Krakatoa, Java; by Uapiain R. J. Banks.

Specimens of an oil-bearing rock from near Bahia, Brazil: by Lord Walsingham.

Gem gravel from streams in Ceylon: by Captain A. W. Stiffe.

Phonolite from the Wolf Rock: by F. J. Webb, Esq.

Trowiesworthite, lrowlesworthy Tor, Dartmoor: by R. N. Worth, Esq., F.G.S.

Specimens of the “Sacred Sand” of Cape Comorin: by R. D. Broadfoot, Esq.

Sagvandite, Sagvand, Balo Fiord, Norway: by Professor Carl Pettersen of Tromso,
Norway.

Felsite, from a boring at Orton, Northamptonshire: by John Eunson, Esq., F.G.s.

By Purchase :—

A collection of the granites of the Harz Mountains, Germany.

METEORITES.
By Exchange :—

Cronstadt, Orange River Free State, South Africa; Fell 19th November 1878.
Saint Caprais-de-Quinzac, Gironde, France ; Fell 28th January 1883.

By Purchase :—
Wichita County, Texas, U.S.A.; Found 1858.

‘The last tivo falls were previously not represented in the Collection.
L. Fletcher.

DEPARTMENT OF Borany.
I. Arrangement.

During the past year the following Natural Orders have been revised, and large
additions have been made to them in ihe course of the revision :—Ranunculacee,
Capparidce, Pittosporee, Polygalee, Caryophyllacee, Buettneriucee, Tiliacee, Mulphiguacee,
Rutacee, Meliacee, Olacinee, Celastrinea, Ampelidee, Leguminose, Rosacea, Sami dacee,
Turncracee, Ficoidee, Composite, Ericaceea, Convolvoulacea, Solanacee, Scrophularinee,
Scitaminee, Liliacvea, Xyridee, Cyperaceea, Graminee, Conifere, Rhizocarpee, Lycopo-
diacee, and Filices.

The additions incorporated with these Orders have been chiefly from the collections
made in Java and Sumatra by Forbes and Zollinger, in ‘Timor by Forbes, Home, and
Brown, in the Philippines by Cuming, in China by Home and Bretschneider, in India
by Clarke, Wallich, Young, and Duthie, in Afghanistan by Aitchison, in Aden by Major
Yerbury, in the Caucasus by Brotherus, in Egypt by Du Parquet, in Damara Land by
Green, at the Cape of Good Hope by J. M. Wood, in Madagascar by Baron, in Australia
by Lamont and Drummond, in Tasmania by Milligan, in New Zealand by Kirk, in
Savage aud Niue Islands by Jensen, in Samoa by Graeffe, in Guatemala by Turckheim,

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in Mexico by Schiede and Deppe and Kerber, and in North America by Curtiss, Marcus
EL, Jones, and Lemmon.

The Cellular plants in the Public Gallery have been re-arranged and carefully labelled.

A further portion of the collection of mosses belonging to the late Dr. Hampe has been
mounted and arranged for consultation.

The collection of dissected fruits and flowers formed by 2. A. Salisbury has been
arranged in systematic order, and incorporated with the general collection of fruits and
seeds. The general collection of coniferous fruits has been reyised and re-arranged.

The cabinets having been provided for the unincorporated collections, the whole of
these have been carefully labelled, and arranged in the cabinets in geographical order.

The drawings of plants made in Captain Cook’s first voyage round the world have been
arranged in systematic order, and bound in five folio volumes. A considerable portion of
the collection of Prints and Drawings of Plants has been mounted and arranged for
ready consultation in the same order as the plants in the Herbarium.

The cataloguing, arranging, and press-marking the books in the Departmental Library
have been nearly completed.

During the year 18,893 specimens of plants have been incorporated with the arranged
collections.

IT.—A cquisitions.
1. Phencgams :-—

The extensive collection of species of Rosa formed by the late M. Déséglise, and con-
taining the types of his species, and the materials on which his numerous memoirs are
based, was acquired by purchase.

The collection of Algz from different regions of the world rormed by the late Professor
Dickie, together with his notes and drawings, illustrating the species he has described in
various journals, has been purchased.

The Herbarium of Robert Pocock, of Gravesend, containing the plants collected in
Kent in the beginning of the century, has been presented through the instrumentality
of his biographer, Mr. George M. Arnold.

The additions to the collections during the year are the following :—

123 species from France, presente] by A. Bennett, Esq.
96 species of European plants, presented by C. C. Lacaita, Esq.
300 specimens of Hieracia, by Naegeli.
5 species of Dianthus, presented by F. N. Williams, Esq. .
A valuable collection of Indian plants, formed and presented by A. F. Young, Esq.
590 species of plants from North Western India, obtained by exchange from J. !.
Duthie, Esq.
43 species of plants from Aden, collected and presented by Major Yerbury.
Specimens of Leontopodium, from the Himalayas, presented by Emil Boss, Esq.
275 species of plants from Northern Syria, from Professor Post.
976 species of plants trom Asia Minor, collected by Sintenis.
2 new species of plants from Cochin China, presented by the Rey. B. Scortechini.
990 species of plants from Java, Sumatra, and Timor, collected by H. O. Forbes,
Esq.
407 species of plants from Borneo, collected by Grabowski.
14 species from East Tropical Africa, collected and presented by the Rev. J. Han-
nington.
600 species of plants from Madagascar, collected by Dr. Hildebrandt.
227 species from Madagascar, collected by the Rey. R. Baron.
406 species from Natal, from Mr. J. M. Wood.
546 species from South Africa, collected by Mr. J. M. Wood, and presented by
A. E. Gibbs, Esq.
24 species of Cape plants, from Mrs. F. Skipwith.
111 species of plants from St. Helena, presented by #. E. Grant, Esq.
253 species of plants from New South Wales, collected by the Rev. J. Lamont.
30 species of plants from Australia, presented by Baron von Mueller.
23 species of plants from Australia, presented by Mrs. Coker Beck.
30 species of plants from Tasmania, presented by A. Bennett, Esq.
55 species of North American plants, from Professor Asa Gray.
19 species of plants from North America, presented by A. Bennett, Esq.
605 species of plants from Western America, collected by Lemmon.
240 species of North American plants, collected by Curtiss.
2,745 ee of plants from California, Arizona, and New Mexico, collected by Marcus
. Jones.
155 species of plants from Washington Territory, collected by Suksdorf.
470 species of plants from the United States and Mexico, collected and presented by
W. Carruthers, Esq.
483 species of plants from Mexico, collected by Schaffner.
289 species of plants from Mexico, collected by Kerber.
46 species of cultivated orchids, presented by H. Veitch, Esq.
4 species of cultivated orchids, presented by B. S. Williams, Esq.
A cultivated orchid, presented by the Hon. and Rey. J. T. Boscawen.
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2. Cryptcgams :—

69 species of Kuropean Ferns, presented by Mrs. F’. Skipwith.
131 species of Ferns from India, presented by Mrs. F. Skipwith.
9 species of Mosses, presented by Mrs. F. Skipwith.
9 species of Lichens, presented by Mrs. F. Skipwith.
55 species of Alew, presented by Mrs. F. Skipwith.
91 species of Fungi from Western America, collected by M. Ik. Jones.
330 specimens of Graphidex from Cuba, collected by Wright.
100 species of Scandinavian Algz, collected by Wittrock and Nordstedt.
3 species of Fresh-water Algw from Persia, collected and presented by W. Simpson,
Esq.
12 Bees of Alge from the Hot Springs of the Yellowstone Park, collected and
presented by W. Carruthers, Esq.
7 species of Characex, presented by Messrs. H. and J. Groves.
7 species of Fungi from South Africa, collected by Wood, presented by A. E. Gibbs,
Esq.
3 sae of Fungi, presented by Rev. J. O'Gorman.
109 species of Fungi of Europe, by Du Thuemen.
230 species of Fungi of Europe, by Rabenhorst.
€0 species of Ascomycetous Fungi, by Rehm.

3. Collection of Fruits and Seeds :—

2 Specimens of fruits presented by Thomas Christy, Esq., ¥.1.s.
Seeds of two species of Carmiche lia, presented by J. D. Enys, Esq.
Fruits of Sequoia and Torreya from California, presented by J. M. Hastings, Esq.
16 Fruits from North America, collected and presented by W. Carruthers, sq.
120 Fruits from Sumatra, collected by H. O. Forbes.

4, Collection of Wocds ;-—

14 specimens of Woods from the Andaman Islands, presented by Colonel Michael.
17 species of North American woods, from Professor Bickmore.
3 specimens of British-grown woods, from the Rey. R. P. Murray.
Specimen of St. Helena Kbony, from F. E. Grant, Esq.
80 specimens of Philippine woods, obtained by exchange from M. Vidal.

5. British Herbarium :—

75 species, from Alfred Fryer, Esq.
31 species, from W. H. Beeby, Esq.
97 species, from C. Bailey, Esq.
85 species, from Donegal, from Miss inahan.
155 species, from A. Bennett, Esq.
257 species from Kircudbright, from F. R. Coles, Esq.
56 species from Scotland, collected by the late Dr. W. B. Baikie.
110 species from Shetland and Orkney, from the Rev. W. H. Smith.
47 species from the Rev. W. H. Painter.
36 species, from G. C. Druce, Esq.
26 species, from Jas. Saunders, Esq.
4 species, from Sir John Lubbock, Bart.

Specimens of one or two rare or interesting plants have been received from, A. G. More,
Esq., F. C. S. Roper, Esq., Rev. E. L. Bloomfield, J. W. White, Esq. R. F. Towndrow,
Esq., J. Ei. Bagnall, Esq., J. C. Mansel Plydell, Esq. H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., Miss
Shepard, J. Benbow, Esq., F. B. Doveton, Esq., R. M. Middleton, Esq., W. Mathews,
Esq., and A. Baldwin, Esq.

A large series.of specimens of British plants was presented by W. T. Thiselton Dyer,
Esq. from his Herbarium.

The collections of the Botanical Record Club, and the Herbarium of Dr, Forbes Young,
were transferred from the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, Kew, by authority of Sir
Joseph Hooker.

6. Teratological Collection :—

Specimens of abnormal growths in plants have been presented by Mrs. Pierce Butler,
Jcseph Hayes, Esq., Rev. Geo. Henslow, F. N. Williams, Esq., George Bullock, Esq.,
W. G. Smith, Esq., R. Holland, Esq., Mrs. Japp, R. M. Middleton, Esq., and Dr.
Masters.

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7. Cvilection of Plates and Drawings of Plants :—-

46 original drawings of Fungi, by W. G. Smith.
87 original drawings ef Cape Plants, by Francis Masson, presented by Charles
Lee, Esq.
26 original drawings of Sumatra and Java Plants, by H. O. Forbes.
22 original drawings of Indian Palms, by Roxburgh.
An original drawing of Epipogum Gmelini, presented by Mrs. Lloyd.
2 photographs of Zelkova crenata, by Winslow Jones, Esq.

5,003 plates of Plants.

The volume containing the drawings and technical descriptions of plants made in the
East by Kamel has been transferred from the Manuscript Department.

A collection of autograph letters of John Ray and his contemporaries, amounting in
all to 88 letters, together with the original manuscript of Derham’s Life of Ray, has been
acquired by the Department.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific research and
inquiry was 993.

William Carruthers.

British Museum, } Edward A. Bond.
29 June 1885. { Principal Librarian.

BRITISH MUSEUM,

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exprnpr-
ture of the Brirish Muszum (Specrat Trust
Funps), for the Year ended 31 March 1885;
Number of Persons admitted to visit the
Musevm in each Year from 1879 to 1884, bothi
Years inclusive; and the British Museum
(Natura Hisyory), in each Year from the
Date of Opening to 1884, inclusive; together
with a Srarement of the Procress made in
the ARRANGEMENT ani Description of the
Cottections, and an Account of Objects)
added to them in the Year 1884. ‘

(Str John Lubbock.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to de Printed, q
10 July 1885. 4
ee

[ Price 9 d.]

H.—16. 7. 85.

201. Under 8 oz.

BRITISH MUSEUM (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS).

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 10 May 1886 ;—far,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Expenpiture of the British MuszuM
(Speciat Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 3lst day of March, 1886:”

“And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each
Year from 1880 to 1885, both Years inclusive ; and the BririsH Musrum
(NaturaL History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1885,
inclusive; together with a Srarement of the Progress made in the
ARRANGEMENT and Dzscriprion of the CoLtecTions, and an Account? of
Ossects added to them, in the Year 1885.”

Treasury Chambers, | |
17 June 1886. f HENRY H. FOWLER.

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March, 1886.

1I,.- ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, fer the same period.

Ilf._—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND), for the same period.

1V.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period. _

V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.

VI.—RETURN of the Number of Pexsons admitted to visit the Britisn Museum in
each Year from 1880 to 1885, both Years inclusive; and the Bririsn Musevss
(Narourat History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1885, inclusive.

VIJI.—STATEMENT of Generar Procress at the Museum (Bloomsbury).

VIII.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and Description of the Cot-
LecTions, and Account of Oxsrcrs added to them, in the Year 1885 (Bloomsbury).

[X.—Ditto - - - ditto - + (Natural History),

(Sir John Lubbock.)

Ordered, 5y The House of Commons, to be I’rinted,
17 June 1886.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY HENRY HANSARD AND SON,
PRINTERS TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

To be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from any of the following Agents, viz.,
Messrs. HANnsarp, 13, Great Queen-street, W.C., and 32, Abingdon-street, Westminster 0
Messrs. Eyre and Srorriswoopr, East Harding-street, Fleet-street, and
Sale Office, House of Lords ;

Messrs. ADAM and CuARLES Buack, of Edinburgh ;

Messrs, ALEXANDER THOM and Co., or Messrs. Hopees, Fraars, and Co., of Dublin.

200. A

i

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

L—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrirt anp ExpenpitureE of the BRIDGEWATER

To Batance on the Ist April 1885 = = = Oo 7 = =

~ Drviveyns received on 13,1171. 17s, 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
On the 7th July 1885 - - - £.196 15 4

» 6th January 1886 - - 196 15 4

- Ove Year’s Rent or a Reat Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of
Bridgewater, received 9th May 1885 —- - - -

Ee

re Stock,
a 3 p’Cent. Consols.

ES ay th £85 ~id:

316: =" 7) Sasi ee

3938 10 8

2518 4

fad 49° 13,17 7s 2

OO —$K—_ <M

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczript anp Expenpiture of thee FARNBOROUGH

To Batance en the 1st April 1885 - = - - - - -

- Divinenps received on 2,8721. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :

On the 7th July 1885 - £.43 1 9

» 6th January 1886 43 1 8

Casu.
£: ae ads
94 19 5

Stock,

3 p’Cent. Consols.

SL ds
6 10 -

III—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Expenpirure of the SWINEY

To Baxanve on the Ist April 1885 - = = 5 = = z

~ Diviveyps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con-

sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on
Geology, viz.:

On the 7th July 1885 - £.80 10 9
» 6th January 1886 80 10 9
£.

—___—>
Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Lan Sel Le. isis
247 11 11 5,369 2 9
161 1 6
408 18 5 5,369 2 9

Se

ts

ae

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND, from the Ist April 1885 to the 31st March 1886.

C STock,
ae 3 p’ Cent. Censols.

By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the

Rea Estate - = = - - - : - > : k3 4

- Payment of one year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - -| 210 - -
— Payment for the purchase of Manuscripts —- - - -| 407 7 6
Ser 10

— Bacances ON THESIsT Marcu 1886, carried to Account for 1886/87 | 118 18 38 13,117 17 2

Saln7aw Sood |) UsTs Wes

a ee

FUND, from the 1st April 1885 to the 31st March 1886.

Stock
Casu. y
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Eo igs ia: x, Shed:
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts —- - - . = 32 11 -
By Batances on THE 31st Marcu 1886, carried to Account for 1886/87 148 11 10 2,872 6 10
£0 Tete 29.10 2,872 6 10

a TS

E

FUND, from the Ist April 1885 to the 31st March 1886.

Cash. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

Ce ey) £. acd
By Sarary paid to Dr. R. H. Traquair for Lectures on Geology in
eee 8! ea ST ee ee
= BaLances On THE 31st Marcu 1886, carried to Account for 1886/87 | 258 13 5 5,369 2 9

£. 408 13 5 5,369 2 9

0.102, re

Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

4
IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrpt and Exrenpiturs of the BIRCH
Cc Stock,
cee 3 p’Cent. Consols.
Lesa OE kSieatls
To Batance on the Ist April 1884 - - - - os =] - = 563 15 7
~ Divipenps received on 563/, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed bv Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under
Librarians of the British Museum, viz. :
On the 7th July 1885 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1886 - 8 9 2
—— 1618 3
Be 1618 3 5663 15 7

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerer and Exrenniture of the Bequerst of the late

Stock,
2 p’Cent. Consols.

Casu.
Lo Sere,
To Batance on the Ist April 1885 - - - - - = =~) p8> AOD
— Divivenn received on 1,9007. Stock in 8 per Cent. Con-
sols, Viz.:
On the “th July 1865 9 2-2 = Se 28 10 -

- Amount received by sale of 1,9007. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols, less

commission - - = - = 5 = = - 11.892 17. 6
892

1,979 17 10

British Museum,
31 May 1886.

£5 - Steed
1,900 - —-
1,900 - =

ACCOUNTS, KC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, from the 1st April 1885 to the 31st March 1886.

Mr. WILLIAM WHITE, from the Ist April 1885 to the 1st March 1886.

_ By Leeacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum,

whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Keepers of the De-
partments of Printed Books, Manuscripts, and Natural

History - - - - - - = - :

-- Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1886, carried to Account for 1886/87

ie al

Casu,

£, Ss. d,
By Payment towards the fittings of the newspaper room in the building
erected on the east side of the Museum from funds bequeathed by

the late Mr. William White - - - - - = - |-1,600 =---
- Payment to the Surveyor of Her Majesty’s Office of Works for
services rendered in preparing plans, and in general superin-

tendence of the works provided for out of the White Bequest —- 1G) a

— Sale of 1,900 /, Stock in Three per Cent. Consols_ - - - Se 5
- Batance on 31st March 1886, carried forward to 1886/87, and still

available for the purposes of the bequest - = - - - | 3863 17 10

7 10

Srock,
Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
255 ie Uh SES 8 Gh
1618 3
ee 563 15 7
1618. 8 5638 15 7

Stock,

3 p'Cent. Coneols,
Hind sds
1,900 — —
1,900 - —

Edward A, Bond, Principal Librarian,

Genera! Collections - - = = S aii

Including the total number of persons (3,867) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six
till eight o’clock, from tne 2nd of May to the 13th of July 1885, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 18th of July te

the end of August.

NUMBER OF VISITS TO PARTICULAR
DEPARTMENTS,

To the Reading Room, for the puzppee of study or research - | 133,842

To the Newspaper Room, for the purpose of research)
(20th October—31st December Hep?) Sy ise at a. el

To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research 124

To the Department of Manuscripts, for pre purpode of | 9.076
= i ?

examining Select Manuscripts - = -J
To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study - - | 14,937
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c. 1,689
To the Gold Ornament andGem Room- - - - ~- | 19,828
To the Depts. of Natural History, for the purpose of study - | 6,307
To the Print Room, for the purpose of study - = Ee AIRS

The Christy Collection was removed from 103, Victoria-street, to the British Museum, during the year 1883.
+ Note.—Students, Department of Zoology, 1882. Subsequent admissions included in Return, British Museum (Natural History).

134,278

146,891 | 152,983
54 30
2,343 | 2,206
12,719 | 14,771
2,044 | 1,989
18,049 | 22,195
+ 9,628 ‘
4,739 | 5,105

199,279

4,549

200,269 | 201,208

6 accounts, &c.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
VL--NUMBER of Persons Apmirrep to Visit the Brrrisu Musrum and the Bririse Musrecm
(Natura History).
\.—-Prrsons adinitted to view the GeNeRAL CoLLEcTIONsS in the British Museum in each Year from 1880
to 1885, both Years inclusive.
1880, | 1881. | 1882. | 1883.| 1884. | 1885.
No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No.
Tinuaky co 20 ee a eal pal a 2 Tae | 161,666); 62 mr | 86. 2ebu ease ees
FEBRUARY - - - - - - - - - - | 22,640 | 35,499 | 46,305 | 45,559 | 28,419 | 30,185
Mane = a eet pte se a> 2 Le ANS pateagyl 961,824") geiko |, 7030)leeumees ne acean
Apat oe RD te agra eee 042 | 60 Obs me areem ere
Mageccs cela fe ee Me oe eS Py" 5 467 "| 49.395 ye nide|) Sees eee et
PUNE is vil = eae Re eae sie tS Ona 78,725 | 65,900 | 62,801 | 35,722 | 53,781 |
Jityyei te een eS ae ee Sl ey Goiga3 | 56700 6272N | 67 Gee ean meee
Aveust «= <:pee =e ee eS ae e677 ere bSn) 83205 62895 atemaaam iets
SEPTEMBER ~ - : - - - - - - - | 56,208 | 60,264 | 60,700 | 382,211 | 46,612 | 58,869
Ocropen «= ee ely) See | 48960 | Sestad ol, 67,0681 85,143.) ee eee
Novemppn -9 -)-0- & = =e 4-2 = =! 80,072 | -40,720/ |/'47,4421) Bi;300" eeave | e20ege
Decewppr - «2 0s - ego.) = 217s) g1ea2] 996 381 | 57,2907/ 988/516 1) 4a eaomeae Gee
Total Number of Persons admitted to view the) 655,688 Fee 767,402 | 660,557 | 468,878 | 584,660

4,096

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

~t

VI.—Numper of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c.—continued,

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Autiquities, British
and Medizval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) are Open to the Public, Free. as under :—

Monpay and Sarurpay—The whole of the Galleries.
Turspay and THurspay—The whole of the Galleries, except British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethno-
graphy.
Wepnespay and Fripay—The whole of the Galleries, except the Western Gallery of Antiquities on the
Upper Floor, and the Rooms of Greek and Roman Antiquities on the Ground Floor aiid Basement.
The hours of Admission are from—
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.

LO, 5 ,, March, April, September, October.

LO 5; 6 ,, May, June, July, August.

LO sa) 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from May 1st to the middle of July.

ROK 5, 7 ., Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.

The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, October,
November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m.; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven.

ye Reading Ltoom is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and
October,

Persons ave admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock to the hour of
general closing ; and in the Print Room from Ten tili Four o’clock, from January to March, and from August to
December ; and from Ten till Five, from April to July.

British Museum, }

Edward A. Bond,
31 May 1886. f

Principal Librarian,

B.—Persons ADMITTED TO VIEW THE CoLLECTIONSIN THE British Museum (Natura History), CRkoMWELL-ROAD,
in each Year from the date of opening (18th April 1881) to 1885, inclusive.

1881 : 1882: 1883 : 1884: 1885:
inom ee 23,234 19,164 30,516 31,093
Dart. lh ori a i: ir a 17,522 15,084 22,628 24,200
Marcu - - - = - yi ea . - 27,923 35,257 24,121 28,339
(April 18 to 80)
APRIL - - - = = c 41,434 37,130 16,761 51,952 62,548
May - - - - - - 22,871 33,829 33,797 24,359 46,285
JUNE - - - - - - 25,867 20,461 18,507 39,740 29,936
oar ee 13,986 20,395 16,509 28,444 29,374
LOTS 27,970 29,182 25,298 35,080 45,134
SEPTEMBER - - « 2 23,950 19,564 17,188 31,131 34,977
OcropeR ss - a nae 23,044 15,217 30,827 | 31,355 35,392
NoveMBER - - = = - 17,945 10,469 25,502 24,453 23,878
DECEMBER - - = 2 34,217 23.101 3,487 31,452 31,084
Ay au of ncaa —
mitted to view the - ps = 91.35

Rebull tfstery Colles |).d to oe aie a bid

tions (including Students) |

ee 9

“etd fipkesF to particular Departments, for the purpose 1882: 1883: 1884 ; 1888:
Zoology - = - + - - ee - - 5,229* 6,818 8,513
Bmermeee, -) fir tn 2 Ay1Ns) 9 New Building 1,209) 2,453 | 1,991 1,959
Mineralogy - - pga te ger in the 697 617 G51 626
es es) Cromwell-road. 803 | 1,023 993 1,105

Toru <= - 2,709 | 9,822 | 10,453 | 12,008

* Considerably under usual number, owing to the closing of the department during the removal of the Zoological Collections.

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Zoology, Geology and Paleontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of
the week, except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

The hours of Admission are from—
10 am, till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.

ORE ‘lta March, September, October.

Qe we Bie vss April, May, June, July, August. ;

OS 255 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from May Ist to the middle of July.

10 Loess Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.

Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Ten till Four o’clock,
British Museum (Natural History ),
29 May 1886. }

Torat NuMBER oF VISITORS DURING 1885 :—

W. H. Flower,
Director.

To the British Museum, Bloomsbury = - - - = = = - 744,000
To the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road - - - - - 421,350
Toran - - - 1,165,350

0.102. A4

8 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VII. GENERAL ProGreEss at the MusEum, BLoomsBury.

In the autumn of the past year the Department of Prints and Drawings was moved
into the new White wing, on the south-east side of the building; and, in placing the cases
in their new position, the opportunity was taken for re-arranging the collections in schools
and classes convenient for reference. One of the upper galleries of the White Building
will be occupied as a working room for students and artists, in place of a room on the
mezzanine floor at present in use for the purpose, but found not to afford suitable
accommodation. The full amount of furniture required for the lxhibition Gallery has
not yet been delivered; but a selection of drawings and engravings will be placed on
view within a few months from the present time.

Owing to gain of space resulting from the removal of the Natural History collections,
the Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities has been able to place on
view a large number of fictile vases, bronzes, terracotta figures, fresco paintings, and
other smaller antiquities which it had previously been impossible to exhibit. He has
also been enabled to make such a classified arrangement of the whole collection of objects
as greatly adds to their value for purposes of study and illustration; the more important
being placed in conspicuous positions and in favourable light. A further very consider-
able assistance for studying the collection of vases is being provided by an index to the
subjects depicted on them, which is now at press. What is still urgently wanted for the
Department is suitable exhibition space for the sepulchral monuments and other antiqui-
ties stored in rooms in the basement, and not acsessible to the public nor in light suitable
for inspection by students. Proposals for additional buildings to bring these antiquities
into view have been submitted to Her Majesty’s Government, and are under considera-
tion.

The completion of the arrangement of the Ethnographical collection has been delayed
by the necessity of revising that of the Oriental Porcelain and securing the specimens
in their cases, and also of placing the Hindu and Buddhistic antiquities, the exhibition
room for which intercepts an approach to the Ethnographical Gallery. Some sections
have still to receive additions, and the labelling of the specimens remains to be carried
out; but the rooms are now opened to public visitors, and will be found peculiarly
attractive. The collections of Oriental Porcelain and of Buddhistic Antiquities in the
adjacent room are also now on view.

_ In aid of the endeavour made at the International Exhibition of Inventions to illustrate
the history of Music, a selection of manuscripts showing the progress of musical notation
from the 10th century onwards, with examples of Choral Service Books, finely written and
illuminated, Part Song Books, Lute Music, ete., and with autographs of great composers of
various countries, has been exhibited in the Department of Manuscripts; and a series of
printed books of music has been placed on view in the King’s Library ; descriptive Guides
being furnished for the exhibits.

Notwithstanding the accommodation given by the additional tables placed in the
Reading Room in the past year, the room is still frequently overcrowded, and, at times,
visitors have to wait for a vacant seat. The average of daily attendance during the last
five years has very much increased. Jn the twenty years from 1856 to 1875, the number
of readers each year remained nearly stationary, at about 100,000, it being 105,310 at the
close of the term. In the next ten years the number has risen gradually to 159,340; and
at an accelerated rate during the four last years, previous to which the number stood at
134,273. The increase is greatly owing to the use of the electric light on dark days in
winter and the extension of hours to eight p.m.; but it is also apparent during the
ordinary hours. At all times of the day the room is much more filled than it was ten
years ago, and the crowding is generally inconvenient in the afternoon. It becomes a
question of difficulty how the continuous flow of demands for admission is tobe met. The
opening of Free Libraries might relieve the pressure, but, as yet, the parishes of London
have not shewn themselves generally willing to establish them ; and, even if Free Libraries
were accessible, the progress of education and other causes would probably always sustain
the desire for admission to the Museum Reading Room. It may therefore soon become
the duty of the Trustees to recommend to Her Majesty’s Government measures for
increasing the Reading Room accommodation. It would not be practicable to enlarge the
present room, but it might be thought advisable to open an additional room for readers in
general literature, not engaged in special research, such as is provided in Paris by the
** Salle Publique,” in contradistinction to the “ Salle de Travail.” In the meantime partial
relief has been obtained by making use of a large room on the ground-floor of the White
Building for readers consulting Newspapers and Parliamentary Papers, the greater part of
these collections having been piaced in the room itself and adjoiming rooms.

With the view to assist readers in their studies, a press-marked Index Catalogue
of all works of interest acauired for the Library during the last five years, has been
prepared

» Sh SOAS Sarees

> la,

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. )

prepared by the Superintendent of the Reading Room, Mr. Fortescue. It is through
the press and will soon be ready for use.

The Departments of Oriental and of Greek aud Roman Antiquities have suffered from
the loss of their Keepers, officers of distinguished attainments and great experience,
who had presided over them for many years. The death of Dr. Samuel Birch creaied a
vacancy in the Establishment which the neglect of the study of Egyptology in this
country would have made it difficult to fill, had it not been that Mr. Le Page Renouf
was found willing to transfer his services from another public department to the Museum.
Mr. Renouf’s knowledge of hieroglyphics, and of the hieratic and demotic characters,
will enable him to continue the work of description of the Egyptian Papyri commenced
by Dr. Birch. During the long period of Dr. Birch’s service as an officer of the Depart-
ment of Antiquities, and as Keeper of the Oriental Section, it was his good fortune to
see an enormous extension of the collection by the addition of the Assyrian Marbles and
Antiquities brought to light by Sir Henry Layard and increased by subsequent excava-
tions, and by the acquisition of a very large number of highly important inscribed cylinders
and tablets from ancient Nineveh, and from Babylon and its neighbourhood.

As Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities for many years,
Mr. Newton was prompt in availing himself of opportunities of making important
additions to these collections, as in the purchase of the Castellani Gems and Jewellery, of
Sculptures from the Farnese Palace, of the Blacas collection of Sculpture, Vases, &c., as
well as of individual works of the highest interest. He had also the satisfaction of finally
arranging in a room built fcr the purpose the remains of the Mausoleum, excavated by
himself on the site of Halicarnassos, and of bringing into systematic arrangement the
general collection both of sculpture and smaller objects.

The increasing number of private lectures on several branches of antiquities shows
a growing disposition to give studious attention to the collections. Miss J. E. Harrison
has given 35 lectures on Greek Art; Mr. W. St. Chad Boscawen has delivered 13 lectures
to very full classes on the Assyrian and Babylonian Antiquities; Mr. J. F. Hodgetts has
lectured on Medieval Antiquities ; and other lectures have been given on Greek Sculp-
tures and Egyptian Antiquities. The whole number of lectures during the year amounts
to 88. The practice of giving demonstrations from the objects exhibited to small classes
is also on the increase, and suggests the hope that this most attractive form of teaching
may before long be systematically established.

When the studies of Archeology and Ethnography become more generally accepted as
proper to a higher education, the difficulty of finding a suitable lecture-room will
have to be met. At present rooms temporarily unoccupied have been used for the purpose,
but this means of accommodation cannot be relied on for continuance, and none of the
rooms devoted to the exhibition of the collections can be at all conveniently converted into
lecture-rooms.

Entire sets of the Museum publication: or selections have been presented to Free
Libraries and to several other public institutions in the United Kingdom.

Sets of electrotypes of selected Greek and Roman coms have been presented to the
Borough Museum of Sunderland, the Art Galleries of Wolverhampton and Oldham, the
Bolton Museum, and the Free Library and Museum of Brighton.

Photographic reproductions of Italian prints have also been presented to art galleries
and libraries in the United Kingdom.

A selection of 250 duplicate engravings and a set of the clectrotypes of Greek and
Roman coins have been lent to the Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum for temporary ex-
hibition.

The following are the publications issued from Departments at Bloomsbury during the
year :-—

CONTINUATION OF THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE LiBRARY: Folio, 36
Parts, viz. :

Academies :—I., Ii., III. ; Bel.—Ben.; Ben—Ber.; Berg.—Bern.; Besse.—
Bibla. ; Bib.—Bil. ; Bil—Bks. ; BIl.—Bli.; Bli— Bod.; Boe.—Boi.; Boi.—Bon.;
Bon.—Bos.; Bos.—Bou. ; Bou.—Boy. ; Brah.—Lran. ; Brav.— Bretz.; Bre.—Bri. ;
Bri.—Bro. ; Bro.—Bru. ; Bru.—Brux. ; Bruy.—Bude. ;—C.—Cws. ; Cxs.—Caln. ;
Calo.—Camp.; Cap.—Car.; Cari.—Carq.; Carr.—Casb.; Cas.—Cat.; Cic.—
Cla.; Horatius; Iceland; Periodical Publications, I., II., III.

CATALOGUE OF ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY. Folio.

Sections A. and B.—New English and Foreign Books, 15 Parts.
C.—Old Ebeleh Books, and works in Foreign Languages printed in England,
3 Parts.
D.—Old Foreign Books, 4 Parts.
F.—Cross-References to Main Titles from Old Catalogue, 3 Parts.

0.102. B CATALOGUE

10 Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

CATALOGUE OF PrRiInTED Mars, PLANS AND CHARTS IN THE Britrisn Museum.
Edited by Robert K. Douglas, Assistant Keeper in the Department of Printed |‘ooks,
1885. Folio.

CaTALOGUE OF ANCIENT Manuscripts. Part II., Latin; with Photographic
Plates. Edited by E. Maunde Thompson, F.s.A., Keeper of the Department of Manu-
scripts. Folio.

Mepauuic ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE History oF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
To THE DEata oF GeorGE II. Compiled by the late Edward Hawkins, F.R.s., F.3.A.,
and edited by Augustus W. Franks, ¥.n.s., F.s.A.. and Herbert A. Grueber;
2 vols. Octavo.

CaraLocur or Inpran Coins (THE SuLTANS OF Denti). By Stanley Lane
Poole. Edited by Reginaid Stuart Poole, Lu.p., Keeper of the Department of Coins.

CaTaLocuE oF Inp1aAN Corns (tHE MuwamMapan Srares or Inp1a). By
Stanley Lane Poole. Edited by Reginald Stuart Poole, Lu.p., Keeper of the Depart-
ment of Coins.

CATALOGUE OF INDIAN Corns (GREEK AND Scyruic Kings or BAacTRIA AND
Inv1a). By Percy Gardner, Lett. D. Edited by Reginald Stuart Poole, tu.p., Keeper
of the Department of Coins.

Paints anD Drawings In THE British Museum, reproduced by Photogravure
(20 plates in portfolio). Early Italian Prints. New Series, Part I.

British Museum, Edward A. Bond,
31 May 1886. Principal Librarian.

VIII.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CATALOGUING OF COLLEC-
TIONS, AND ADDITIONS MADE TO THEM, in the Year 1885.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
61,102; in addition to which 52,127 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of
changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library. 25,807 labels have been affixed,
and 86,462 obliterated labels have been renewed. The process of attaching third press-
marks to the books in the New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery
to readers, has been continued; 16,935 books have been thus marked during the year,
and the corresponding alterations have been carried out in the Reading Room Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 44,820 title-slips have been written (the term “title-slip” ap-
plying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these, 37,167 were written for
the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 7,653 for the separate Cata-
logues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(4.) Printing. —35,578 titles have been prepared for printing during the year, upon
the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879, and 49,392 titles have been
printed off.

Progress has also been made in printing the whole Catalogue in alphabetical sequence
from the beginning, and the printing has advanced as far as the heading “ Clenzenius.”
Several volumes which had become filled with entries, in the further portion of the
Catalogue, have also been printed. 132 MS. volumes have been printed during 1885,

orming 35 printed volumes.

(c.) Incorporation—New General Catalogue. 43,688 title-slips, and 195 index-slips
have been incorporated into each of the three copies of this Catalogue. This incor-
poration has made it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement,
to remove and re-insert in each copy 38,138 title-slips and 178 index-slips, and to add
to each copy 144 new leaves to receive them.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
was 191, and in that of Academies, 95.

(d.) Music

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(d.) Musie Catalogue.—1,896 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue, and
182 title-slips have been incorporated into each of the two copies of the Catalogue of
authors of words set to music.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—265 title-slips have been written for this Catalugue.

(@&). Oriental Catalogues—The number of titles written is 4,749, of which 458
were for Sanskrit and Pali books; 3,439 for Arabic, Persian and Syriac; 750 for
Turkish; 693 for North Indian Vernacular languages; and 266 for Tamil, Telugu, and
Malayalam books.

(g-) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—338 Chinese, 383 Japanese, and 22 Annamese
title-slips have been written for these Catalogues.

(h.} Carbonic Hand-Catalogue.—For this Catalogue, in which the title-slips are
arranged in order of the press-marks, 20,000 have been arranged, and 124,200 partially
arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 7,000 have been incorporated,

(2.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books
of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 367 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in
the Hand-Catalogue.

The collection of books in the lower gallery of the Reading Room has been increased
by adding to it works of importance and general interest which have appeared during the
year, and by substituting new and improved editions for older ones. A selection of the
most important English academies and publishing societies has been placed in the upper
gallery of the Reading Room. A list of the books placed in these galleries has been
drawn up and printed.

Additions have also been made to the Special Collections of Bibliographies in the

Reading-Room.

Ill. Binding.—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course
of the year amounts to 24,191; including 458 volumes of newspapers; and, in con-
sequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one,
the number of bound volumes returned is 8,573. In addition to this, 839 pamphlets
have been separately bound, and 866 volumes have been repaired.

Two thousand seven hundred and six Parcels of Newspapers have been arranged,
packed, labelled for reference, and stored away.

IV. Reading Room Service.—'The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room is 613,847; to the Royal Library, 14,431;
to the Grenville Library, 695 ; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 474,148 ; making a total amount of 1,103,121 volumes sup-
plied to readers.

The number of readers during the year has been 159,340, giving an average of about
526 daily; and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted
7 volumes per diem, not reckoning those taken from the shelves of the Reading Room.

V. Additions.—(a.) 30,940 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 2,498
were presented, 10,714 received in pursuance of the laws of Knglish Copyright, 1.535
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 16,283 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 52,118 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,512 were presented, 31,138 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 799 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 18,669 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
428 published in London and its suburbs, 1,337 in other parts of England and Wales,
195 in Scotland, and 153 in Ireland. 33 volumes, belonging to 29 different sets, have
been purchased; and 2,374 numbers and five bound volumes have been presented.

(d.) 4,670 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself; of which
2,209 were received by English, and 2,312 by International Copyright, and 149 by

purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 30,940 volumes and pamphlets, and
52,118 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
33,465. Of these, 2,249 have been presented, 10,646 acquired by English, and 1,628 by
International Copyright, and 18,942 by purchase.

(f-) 11,491 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of

Music, Broadsides, Songs, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items: the
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addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 94,549 articles
received in the Department.

(g.) The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is altogether 351,949,

Among the acquisitions of interest may be noted :—

A ve1y handscme folio book of great rarity founded on Oyid’s Metamorphoses, and
entitled, ‘‘ La Bible des Poétes Metamorphosée.” It was printed on vellum, by Vérard
at Paris in 1493, and is magnificently illuminated throughout, heing embellished with
14 large bordered miniatures, and no less than 205 smaller paintings, illustrative of the
stories in the Metamorphoses. The text itselfisa French translation, by Colard Mansion,
of a Latin work by Thomas de Walleis, an English Dominican Friar, in which the
“Jiteral, allegorical, historical, and moral explanation” of the several stories is each
separately expounded. This copy was probably printed for Henry VII., King of England,
his arms being emblazoned on the lower border of each of the 14 larger miniatures, and it
entirely accords in style with several books now in the Museum, which formed part of
the old Royal Library, and were executed by Vérard for Henry VII.

A volume containing six English works of the Elizabethan period, of the greatest
interest and rarity, none of which were in the Museum Collection; four of the pieces
are in verse, and two are in prose. The first of the poetical tracts is Gosenhyll’s
* School-House of Women,” a humorous and severe poetical satire against the female
sex, printed in London by John King in 1560. This is followed by More’s ‘‘ Defence of
Women,” also printed by John King in 1560. To this succeed: ‘“ The Proud Wives’
Pater Noster,’ printed by the same printer in the same year, and “ The seven sorrows
that Women have when their Husbands be dead,” written by Robert Copland, and printed
in London by William Copland. The last named piece is unique, and apparently

unknown. ‘The two remaining works are in prose, and of neither of them is any other .

copy of the same edition known. The one is ‘The Deceit of Women,” the other a

«*'Treatyse of a merchauntes wyfe, that afterwards wente lyke a man and became a erete

Cee and was called Frederyke of Jennen.” Both were printed in London by Abraham
ele.

A collecticn of various works expurgated and annotated by the Inquisitors of the
Church of Rome, whose actual erasures and signatures appear in the volumes. Some of
them are of peculiar interest, as showing that fathers and saints of the church, such as
St. Augustine of Hippo, and St. Anselm, were not exempt from castigation. The
collection comprises several editions of the “Index Expurgatorius,” which were wanted
to complete the extensive collection of these works already in the Museum.

Several rare English Black Letter Rooks were purchased at the sale of the Reverend
J. Fuller Russell in July last. Amongst those of most interest may be mentioned:
** Gedly Meditations upon the Ten Commandments,” by John Bradford, the Protestant
Martyr, 1567. “An humble supplication to Her Majestie on behalf of Catholyke
Priests.” Written by Robert Southwell, the Jesuit, shortly before his execution. Holt
(J.) “Lac Puerorum: Mylke for Children.” Printed by Wynkyn de Worde; the
only copy known. Joye (G.) ‘Subversion of Moris False Foundacion whereupon he
sweteth to set faste and shove under his shameless shoris to underproppe the Popis
Churche.” Emden, 1534. Written by George Joye, the friend of Tyndale, and his sup-
porter in the controversie with Sir Thomas More. Knell (J.) “ Epitaph on the Life and
Death of D. Boner, sometimes unworthy Bisshop of London.” London, John Allde, 1569.
Avale (Lemeke) “ Commemoration or Dirige of Bastarde Edmonde Boner, alias Savage
usurped Bisshoppe of London.” Two satires on Bishop Bonner; the latter being exces-
sively bitter, and tracing his descent from a juggler and cutpurse, and a Tom O’Bedlam.
“ A dyaloge of comfort against tribulacion, made by Syr Thomas More.” Printed by
Richard Tottel in 1553: this is a very rare book, and a particularly valuable addition to
the Museum Library. “ Ortus Vocabulorum,” ete. Printed by Wynkyn de Worde in
1511; a very early Latin-English Vocabulary, and a work of great rarity ; apparently
no other copy is known. Ridley (Launcelot) “ An exposition in English upon the
Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians,” etc. Printed by R. Grafton, 1548. Tyndale
(W.) * The Obediéce of a Christen Man.” At Marlborow in the Lande of Hesse, by me
Hans Luft, 1528. “The Hunting of the Fox and the Wolfe,” ete.; a rare work by
W. Turner, the famous writer against the Church of Rome, circa 1568.

At Mr. Crossley’s sale was acquired the only perfect copy known of what is considered
by many scholars the most important work of Daniel Defoe, viz., the ‘‘ Review,” a pe-
riodical written entirely by himself, extending over the period from 1705 to 1713, and
comprising more than 5,000 printed pages. It is of excessive rarity, and is of the utmost
consequence, not only as a monument of Defoe’s genius, but as material for the history
of the age to which it relates.

_ A collection of 68 Old English Ballads, which were wanting in the extensive collection
in the Museum ; 27 of these are Virtually unique. Presented by the Earl of Crawford and
Balcarres.

_ Several extremely interesting books were purchased at the sale of the Ellis Collection
in November last. Amongst these may be mentioned a Spanish translation of LEsop :

La Vida y fabulas de Ysopo,” por Juan Joffre, 1520. This is a very early and rare

edition,

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edition, the title and prologue surrounded by fine woodcut borders, and the fables illus-
trated with very curious woodcuts. ‘ Breviarium de camera secundum consuetudinem
Romane Curie”: avery handsome Roman Breviary, printed at Venice, by Antonius
Bergomensis de Zanchis, in 1500. “Il Pellegrino Inglese ne’l quale si difende Vinno-
cente e sincera vita del pio € religioso Re d’Inghilterra, Henrico ottavo.” This is an
extremely curious book, a defence of the character and policy of Henry VIII., written
in Italian shortly after his death, and apparently published in Italy, although full of the
severest strictures upon the papacy, the clergy and the monastic orders, whose fraudulent
miracles it exposes. The author was William Thomas, a Welshman, who was afterwards
Clerk of the Council to Edward VL., and was executed in the Reign of Queen Mary for
taking part in Wyatt’s rebellion. A very early Bohemian Testament: ‘‘ Novum Testa-
mentum Bohemicum.”’ Prague, 1497. ‘This editionis of the utmost rarity, the only
other copy being in the Imperial Library at Vienna. An extremely fine lace book:
“‘frionfo di Virtu,” Venice, 1599, having on the title page a curious woodcut repre-
senting four Venetian ladies occupied in lace work. .
George Bullen.

Sus-DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHarts, PLANS AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.
I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

(a.) 3,900 titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) were written for the
Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year.

(b.) Press-marks were given to 351 Maps and Atlases and to 2,219 titles.
394 slips were written for the Hand Catalogue.

53 Volumes of the Catalogue of Maps (S. 22, Spain, to Z. 2, Zutphen) were
revised and sent to the printer. 60 Sheets of ‘‘ Proof” (Scheuchzer, p. 3697, to
Zytphen, p. 4648) for the new printed Catalocue of Maps, were collated, and 72
sheets of “Revise” (Sachenbacher, p. 3617, to Zytphen, p. 4648) were sent “for
Press.” The incorporation into the Map Catalogue of titles from the Catalogue of Maps,
Prints and Charts in the Royal Library has been continued from “ Spires” to “ Zype.”
2,153 Titles of Accessions (parts 3 and 4) were prepared and sent to the printer.
- sheets of ‘‘ Proof ” of Accessions were collated,and28 sheets of “ Revise” were sent “ for

ress.”

827 Maps in 2,956 sheets and 53 Atlases have been sent to be mounted and
bound, and 76 Volumes and 971 Maps have been returned, the former bound and the
Jatter mounted, 912 on jaconet and union, and 59 on cards.

113 Sheets of the English Admiralty Charts have been mounted on union and the
entire collection of Admiralty Charts has been arranged in 100 portfolios especially made
for the purpose.

An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 132 transcripts
(396 in all). 1,399 new titles have also been incorporated into the “ Blue” copy of the
Catalogue, and 2,290 printed Accession titles have been incorporated into three copies of
the Printed Catalogue.

The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 1,039, the
number of Maps, 1,577 ; making a total of 2,616.

The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 1,109 ; on those
received by presentation, 507, making a total of 1,616.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room,
during the year 91 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of
special geographical research.

Il.—A dditions.

540 Maps, in 4,476 sheets, and 27 Atlases and parts of Atlases have been received
under the Copyright Act.

23 Atlases and 101 Maps, in 897 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ; eight volumes
and 101 Maps and Charts in 354 sheets, have been presented.

Among the more interesting of these acquisitions may be mentioned ;—

1. The earliest known map on the single cordiform projection, entitled “ D. Domino
Leonardo ab Eck. . . P. Apianus. . . Mathematicus hanc universalivrem cogniti orbis
tabulam ex recentibus observationibus confectam dedicat” [Ingoldstadt] 1530. ‘This
example is believed to be unique.

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2. Map of the World on the elliptical projection, engraved on wood, entitled “ Dell’
Universale. L’Universale Orbe della Terra”. . . [by] Jaccmo Gastaldo Cosmographo.
Matio pagan in Frezaria al Segno della Fede. Venetia [1550].

3. A large wood engraving of the Siege of Frankfort on the Main, entitled,“ Des Heiligen
Roémischen Reichs Statt Franckenfurt Contrafait. In Zeit der Belagerung. Anno
MDLII. Francofordie, ac Emporii Germanie celeberrimi, effigiatio, etc.” [C. Fabri

del. H. Graf or Grave sculp. Frankfort. ] 1552.
Robert K. Douglas.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Romances.—The second volume is in a forward state of preparation.
Articles in eighty-three different MSS. have been described or revised.

2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts—The fourth volume, which will include the
Index, is in progress.
3. Catalogue of Additions.—The Additional MSS. 32,448-32,627, and Egerton MSS.

2622, 2623, acquired in the year 1885, have been described. The descriptions have been
copied in four-fold, and partly indexed.

The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the registers.

The descriptions for the year 1884, with an Index, have been completed, revised, and
transcribed ; and a copy has been placed in the Reading Room.

4, Indexes ——The Index to English Political and other Poems in the various collections
has been completed and arranged.

An Index of English Theological Treatises down to the end of the 16th century is in
progress.

5. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seals.—The revision of the General Index of
names and subjects to the several collections of Charters and Rolls has been continued,
All deeds down to the end of the reign of Henry III. have been finally indexed, and the
work on those of later date is far advanced.

Additional Charters and Rolls 27,703-28,312, and Egerton Charters 504-583, ac-
quired in 1885, have been arranged and numbered.

The Catalogue of Seals is passing through the press. Sheets M—2 E have been
revised and sent to press.

One thousand and forty-five casts of Seals, selected for incorporation into the Seal
Catalogue, have been arranged, described, and registered, and the descriptions have
been distributed throughout the Catalogue.

6. Exhibition.— A selection of Manuscripts, illustrating the progress of Musical Nota-
tion from the 10th century, has been exhibited, and a guide-book has been printed and
issued.

7. Arrangement of Papers, etc.—Add. MSS. 32,449-32,451, 32,457-32,459, 32,467,
32,476, 32,478-32,490, 32,499-32,502, 32,520, 32,522-32,526, 32,529-32,540, 32,545—
32,547, 32,549, 32,553, 32,559-32,575, 32,625, 32,626, and the Essex correspondence in
the Stowe Collection, have been arranged.

8. Binding.—Ninety-nine Manuscripts, recently acquired, and two hundred and thirty-
six Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired.

Five Papyri have been glazed.
Fourteen Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been repaired.

Twenty-seven registers and catalogues, and sixty-seven books of reference, have been
bound or repaired.

9. Verificution.—The several collections have been verified by the shelf-lists.

10. Miscellaneous. One hundred and seventeen Manuscripts, lately acquired, have
been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists.

_ Twelve hundred and fifty-six Charters and Rolls, and thirteen hundred and sixty-four
Seals, have been numbered and placed.

The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

One thousand and twenty-six Manuscripts, Charters, Rolls, and Printed Books, have.

been stamped with a total of 25,866 impressions.

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Four hundred and twenty-one Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 27,767, and of those
consulted in the Department, 9,012.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 2,214.
The number of Students working in the Department during the year is 2,933.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

General Collection of Manuscripts = - yt 2 - 180
Egerton Manuscripts - ~ - = = = = 2
Rolls and Charters - - = = 2 z - 689
Detached Seals and Casts - - - ~ 2 - 1,045

Among them are :—

“Secretum Philosophorum”: a compendium of Natural Philosophy, etc., with
diagrams. Vellum. Early 14th century.

“Vitas Fratrum”: anecdotes of St. Dominic and the Dominicans, by Gerard de
Frachet, Prior Provincial of Provence. Vellum. 14th century.

Hours of the Virgin, etc., in Latin, finely illuminated with miniatures and borders, by
French artists. Vellum. Early 15th century.

Chaucer’s treatise on the Astrolabe. Vellum. 15th century.

Hampole’s “‘ Prick of Conscience,” and the Gospel of Niccdemus, in English verse.
Paper. 15th century.

* Le Chasteau Perilleux”: a treatise on religious life; “Le Purgatoire Saint
Patrice,” etc. Vellum. 15th century.

A large collection of Court-rolls and Charters relating to the counties of Kent, Sussex,
Surrey, Hants (Alton, Holybourne, Petersfield, and Mapledurham), and Somerset.
Vellum. 13th—15th centuries.

Liber Valorum of Crown lands; 1541-1542. Paper.

Accounts of the collectors of subsidies in various parts of England; 1555-1570.
Paper

Letter-book of correspondence of Sir John Holles (created Baron Haughton in 1616,
and Earl of Clare in 1624); 1598-1617.

Letter-book of John Wallis, D.D., Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, and
decipherer of political correspondence for the Government, containing originals and copies
of ciphered political letters, with decipherings; 1651-1701.

The rough minute-book for the Journal of the House of Lords; Apr.—Dec. 1660.

Correspondence of the family of North, Barons North and Earls of Guilford; 1660-
1728. ‘Two volumes.

Papers of the Hon. Roger North, comprising draughts and collections for his “ Lives of
the Norths”’; his autobiography ; copies and abstracts of political and legal papers of
Lord Keeper Guilford ; and his own political and social essays and various works on
Accounts, Etymology, Music, Perspective, Building, Natural Philosophy, and scientific
subjects. Forty-nine volumes.

A collection of papers chiefly relating to the English drama, temp. Henry VII.—1778 ;
formed by John Payne Collier. Vellum and Paper.

Common-place book of Gabriel Harvey. Early 17th century.

Discourse of Witchcraft by Edward Fairfax, of Fewston, co. York, giving the
experiences of his own family; 1621-1623.

Poems of William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle, with autograph corrections;
circ. 1645.

Letters on literary matters addressed to Thomas Hobbes, of Malmesbury, by Henry
Stubbe and others ; 1656-1675.

Original essays and pieces in prose and verse, by Samuel Butler, the author of
* Hudibras.” Two volumes. 17th century.

Medical common-place book of John Locke; circ. 1660.

* The Compleat English Gentleman” : the original MS, of an unpublished work by
Daniel Defoe; circ. 1729.

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Correspondence and literary papers of Conyers Middleton, D.D., author of the “Life of
Cicero,” including letters of John, Lord Hervey, of Ickworth; 1718-1750. Three
volumes.

Common-place books and recollections of the Rey. John Mitford, editor of Gray’s
Works, etc., including political, literary, and social anecdotes, and table-talk ; 1847-1856.
Seventeen volumes.

State papers of the Government of Buenos Ayres, comprising correspondence and
reports on the settlement of the Malvinas or Falkland Isles and Patagonia; on the
expulsion of the Jesuits; and on hostilities with the Mnglish; 1767-1809. Seven
volumes.

Diary of Alexander Chesney during the American War of Independence.
Journals of expeditions up the river Niger, by Dr. W. B. Baikie, R.n.; 1854-1857.
Presented by Robert Cust, Esq.

The entire collection of rubbings of sepulchral brasses which has hitherto been de-
posited in the Department of Prints and Drawings has been transferred to this Depart-
ment.

FE. Maunde Thompson.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The descriptive list of the MSS. acquired in 1884 has been transcribed for use in the
Reading Room. The same MSS. have been entered into the Oriental Register and the
Oriental Inventory.

A descriptive list of the MSS. acquired in 1885 has been drawn up, and fall deserip-
tions of a portion of the same MSS. have been prepared for the special catalogues.

The revision of the descriptive list of Oriental MSS. has been carried on from Add.
. 19,727 to Add. 27,561, and from Or. | to Or. 300; the additions and corrections resulting
from that revision have been entered into the Reading Room copy of the list.

Arabic and Persian MSS. acquired since the publication of the respective Catalogues
have been added to the printed indexes.

References to printed works have been collected for the Turkish Catalogue in course
of preparation.

One hundred and ninety-nine MSS. have been labelled, folio’d, and, all but a few,
bound, stamped, and placed on the shelves.

Hk.— Acquisitions.

The MSS. acquired during the year are 190 in number, viz., 152 by donation and
38 by purchase, as follows :—

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Colonel S. B. Miles, Her Majesty’s Political Agent at Muscat, presented 26 MSS.
collected by himself chiefly in Southern Arabia, the most remarkable of which are:
Shams-al-‘Ulum, an Arabic Lexicon by Nashwan-al-Himyari (died a.H. 573), in six
large volumes, two of which are duplicates, written in the 17th and 18th centuries. A
full commentary upon the Himyariyyah, a historical poem of the same author. Kitab-
al-Tijan, a history of the Himyarite kings of Yemen, by lbn Hisham (died 4.x. 218),

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with the traditions of ‘Abid Ibn Sharyah on the same subject. The last volume of the
Suluk of al-Makrizi, comprising the years 815-844 of the Hijrah. An account of the
City of San’a in Yemen, written apparently in the 7th century of the Hijrah, by Ahmad
Ibn Abdallah al-Razi. Al-targhib wal-tarhib, a collection of traditions (hadith) by
al-Mundiri, with a commentary by Hasan al-Fayyumi, dated a.u. 820 (A.D. 1417).
Al-Hawi, a treatise of Shafi’ite law, by Najm al-Din al-Kazwini (died a.H. 665), with a
commentary; A.H. 838 (A.D. 1435). The Diwan of Abu Firas (died a.H. 357), with
glosses by the contemporary grammarian Ibn Khalawaih. ‘The Diwans of Ibn Nubatah,
al-Kirati, Ibn Makanis, and a commentary upon the Diwan of Ibn al-Nazar, a poet of
the Ibadi sect. Dau al-Nahar, a treatise on the law of the Zaidites. A Beluchi
vocabulary and miscellany, by Kamalan.

Eighty-cne MSS., chiefly Persian, have been secured for the Museum by the aid
of Sidney Churchill, Esq., of Teheran.

They include the following rare and valuable works :—

Zafar-Namah, a rhymed chronicle of the Musulman world in 75,000 double verses by
Hamdullah Mustaufi, a work mentioned by the author in his Tarikh i Guzidah, but
hitherto supposed to be lost; a bulky quarto written in Shiraz a.u. 807 (A.D. 1405), and
contaiping the whole of Firdausi’s Shahnamah in the margins.

‘The Senglakh, a Chaghatai-Persian dictionary, compiled by Mirza Mahdi Khan, the
historian of Nadir Shah, with copious quotations from the works of Mir Ali Shir and from
the Memoirs of Babur; a work hitherto only known through abridgments.

Mahbib ul-Kultb, a Chaghatai work on ethics by Mir Ali Shir, a.u. 1050 (a.p.
1640).

Ikd al-’Ola, a contemporary account by Afzal-uddin of the conquest of Kerman by the
Ghuz chieftain Malik Dinar, a.n. 584.

The histury of Taberistan, by Mir Zahir-uddin, a.u. 1014 (a.p. 1605).

A history of Khorasan under Shah Isma‘il and Shah Yahmasp, down to a.H. 957, by
Mir Mahmud, son of the celebrated historian Khondemir.

Jami‘ uttavarikh, the history of the Moghuls, by Rashid-uddin; a.u. 1030 (A.D. 1621).

Dasttr i Shahriyaran, the official record of the reign of Shah Sultan-Husain Safavi,
from his accession to A.H. 1110, by Muh. Ibrahim Zamiri.

Jamié al-’Oluim, an encyclopedia of Muslim sciences, by Fakhr-uddin Razi, dedicated
to Tukush Khwarizm-Shah, about a.u. 580.

Destiir ul-Atibba, a system of Indian medicine, by the celebrated historian Firishtah.

Hada’ik-ussihr, a treatise on poetical figures by Rashid Vatvat, dedicated to Atsiz-
Khwarizmshah, about a.H. 540.

Al Mwjam fi Ma’ayir ul-’Ajam, a treatise on Persian prosody and poetical composition,
by Shams i Kais, of Bukhara, dedicated to the Atabak Abu Bakr Bin Sa‘d, circa s.H.
630.

The Gershasp Namah of Asadi Tusi, a 16th century copy with miniatures.

The Feramurz Namah.

The Diwans of the early poets, ‘Unsuri, Minuchihri, Nasir i Khusrau, Katran, Azraki,
Lam7i, Rashid Vatvat, Umani, Rafi Lubnani, Zahir Fariyabi, Shafruh, and Farid
Ahval.

The Divan of Shams i Tabriz, a.H. 774 (a.p. 1372).

The Kulliyat of Salman Savaji, a.H. 880 (A.D. 1475).

The Kulliyat of "Ubaid Zakani, a.H. 951 (A.D. 1544).

Chehar Makalah. a collection of anecdotes relating to vezirs, poets, &c., composed by
Nizami ’Aruzi for Shams ul-Ma‘ali, a Ghuri prinze, about a.m. 550.

Two copies of the Merzban Namah, a Persian imitation of the Fables of Bidpai, in the
recension of Sa‘d Veravini.

A neat copy of the Sihah, or Arabic Lexicon, of al-Jauhari, dated A.H. 658 (A.D.
1260).

Twelve MSS., originally belonging to the late Oriental scholar, Nathaniel Bland, Esq.,
comprise two early and choice copies of the Khamsah i Nizami, with miniatures ; a richly
illuminated Hamlah i Haidari; the rare Yusuf u Zulaikha of Firdausi; and the Jami‘
uttavarikh, or history of the Moghuls, by Rashid-uddin, s.H. 994 (A.D. 1586).

Among acquisitions from other sources the following especially deserve notice :—

An Arabic Persian Turkish Thesaurus, compiled by J. W. Redhouse, Esq., c.M.G.,
a Interpreter to the Foreign Office, and presented by the author; ten large

olios.

Ten Pashtoo MSS., including the works of the leading Afghan poets, the Makhzan ul-
islam of Akhund Darvizah, and the Tarikh i Murassa’ by Afzal Khan Khatak, the only
Afghan history in existence in the native language ; all transcribed under the supervision
of the Rey. T. P. Hughes, of Peshawur, from rare and, in some instances, unique MSS.

The Talmud Yerushalmi, or Palestinian Talmud, three volumes containing the Seder
Zara'im and a portion of the Seder Mo’ed, with a commentary by R. Solomon Syrileo ;
16th century.

Or Zari’a hag-Gadol, 2 commentary on the Gemara by R Isaac ben Moses, of Vienna ;
two large folios, 14th century.

Two volumes of the Commentary of Abul-Laith Samarkandi upon the Coran, dated
A.I. 692, and 764 (A.D. 1293, 1363).

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Nihayat al-Bayan, a commentary upon the Coran by al-Mu’afa al-Mausili (died a.m.
630); the first vol., a.u. 856 (A.D. 1456).

A copy of the Shahnamah of Firdausi, in which several of the later Namahs, such as the
Gershasp, Sam, Feramurz, Banugeshasp, and Bahman-Namabh, are inserted as episodes in

the original text.
The Khamsah or five poems of Nizami, with miniatures and painted covers; s.u. 859

(A.p. 1455).

Timur Namah by Hatifi, with miniatures; a.u. 945 (a.p. 1538).

Two volumes in Sindi, containing poems by Shah Abdul-Latif and religious Musulman
treatises.

The Haggada Pesach, or liturgy of Passover, in a Spanish hand of the 14th century,
with grotesque initials and a series of miniatures representing Biblical subjects.

The Dhammacakkappavattana and Culakammavibhanga-Sutta, two sacred books of the
Buddhists, engraved on copper plates.

A MS. written on wocden tablets in the language and writing of the Chinese Shans,

The first half of the Coran in the character of Western Airica, from Sennev ambia ;
presented by Gen. J. H. Lefroy. ;

Ferhad u Shirin, a poem by Vahshi, with miniatures ; presented by F. A. S. Stern,
Esq.

The number of Oriental MSS. consulted during the year was 1,818, viz., 1,056 in the

Students’ Room and 762 in the Reading Room.
The number of visits paid by readers for the purpose of consulting Oriental MSS. was

680.
Ch. Rieu.

DePARTMENT OF Prints AND DRAwuneGs.

The shelf-list or general inventory of the contents of the Department, begun in 1884,
was completed in the summer of 1885.

The Department was closed to students and visitors from August 10 to October 24,
1885, and during this interval the collections were transferred to the new premises
assigned to the Department on the mezzanine floor of the White Building, where accom-
modation has been found for tle whole of the cases removed from the old Print Room,
besides seven new ones. A considerable improvement and simplification in the arrange-
ment of the collections has at the same time been effected, and the alterations in the shelf-
list, indexes, &c., rendered necessary by these changes, have been made.

The collection of Dutch and Flemish drawings has been re-arranged, recent additions
being incorporated to the number of one hundred and ninety-nine ; it is now contained in
one atlas, three imperial, and seventy royal solander cases.

The incorporation into one alphabetical series of all the English drawings has been
nearly completed.

The entire collection of prints after Raphael has been classified according to Dr. Ruland’s
catalogue of the Windsor collection, and arranged in seven portfolios.

The collection of the works of William Woollett has been re-arranged in chronological
order, and a selection of duplicates from among them has been put aside.

The various sets of the works of William Hogarth have been brought together, indexed,
and arranged in chronological order in fifteen portfolios, with the view of forming a
complete systematic collection of the master’s works for the use of students, and aiso as
complete a duplicate collection as possible.

The works of Francis Bartolozzi, r.A., have been re-sorted and classified, and arranged
in five portfolios, and a selection of duplicates from among them has been put aside.

The collection of Early German woodcuts contained in five solander cases kas been
re-arranged under the schools to which they belong.

The collection of Books of Prints has been re-classified, and the greater part re-cata-
logued, those relating to costume and topography being brought together for convenience
of reference,

The collection of foreign Topographical Prints has been arranged in four portfolios.

The collection of rench Etchings has been re-arranged in nine portfolios.

An inventory has been prepared of all the rubbings from Monumental Brasses
in the Department, and the entire co!lection transferred to the Department of MSS. |

The general index of the artists represented in the Department has been continued, and
the German and French divisions completed. Two thousand, nine hundred and ninety-
nine titles have been written for it.

A further selection of duplicate engravings from the Italian, Dutch and Flemish,
German, French, and English schools has heen put in order and re-mounted for the pur-
pose of lending to provincial exhibitions, increasing the collection available for that
purpose from three hundred and fourteen examples, on one hundred and ninety-nine
mounts, to about five hundred examples on three hundred and fifty-three mounts. A
selection of these, numbering two hundred and twenty mounts, has been framed, cata-
logued, and sent on loan to the Committee of the Winter Exhibition of the Art Gallery,

Aberdeen.
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Three thousand, one hundred and ninety-eight prints have been distributed among the
collections to which they severally belong.

One hundred and fifty-five drawings by Italian, Dutch and Flemish, German, and
English artists, have also been distributed.

Three thousand and fifty-eight items have been entered in tie register of acquisi-
tions.

One thousand, three hundred and sixty-two titles have been prepared for the catalogues
of Books of Prints and Books of Reference.

Highty-five titles have been prepared for portraits engraved by C. H. Jeens.

Five thousand, three hundred and seventy-two prints, drawings, etc., have been im-
pressed with the departmental stamp and references to the register or inventory, and six
hundred and ninety-two have been stamped with the old crown.

Four hundred and forty-seven prints and drawings have been placed on sunk mounts,
and five hundred and forty-five mounted in the ordinary manner.

ACQUISITIONS.

The total number of drawings, prints, etc., acquired during the year was four thousand,
two hundred and twenty-three, of which the following are the most important. The
drawings enumerated were principally purchased from the collections of the late
ea Russell, Esq., the late Edward Cheney, Esq., and the late Professor Grahl, of

resden :—

ITALIAN SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Anonymous, fifteenth century. Two sheets of studies of figures of young men; pen
and sepia. Presented by J. C. Robinson, Esq., F.S.A-

Abbate, Nicolé dell’, Funeral of a King of France; pen and sepia, heightened with
white.

Albertinelli, Mariotto. The vision of St. Bernard; pen and bistre.

Bandinelli, Baccio. Group of naked figures; pen.

Buonaccorsi, Pierino (called del Vaga). Decorative design, with the Virgin and Child
under a canopy, and St. Peter and St. Lucy below; pen, tinted.

Buonarroti, Michelangelo. Two sheets of slight studies of kneeling and standing
figures; black chalk.

Empoli, facopo da. Study of a standing male figure, draped; red chalk.

Fancelli, Giuseppe. The Great Door of the Ducal Palace, Venice; pen and Indian
ink, washed. The Giant’s Staircase in the same; pen and Indian ink, washed.

Ferrari, Gaudenzio (attributed to). Christ disputing with the Doctors; pen and sepia,
heightened with white.

Foligno, Nicold da. Study tor a figure of the impenitent thief on the cross, with a
highly finished study of a draped male figure on the reverse ; pen and sepia.

Giordano, Luca. Study for the picture of the Sleeping Bacchus; sepia.

Gozzoli, Benozzo. Vision of St. Fina; pen.

Gozzoli, Benozzo (attributed to). Two studies for a picture of the Dispute of the
Doctors formerly in the Cathedral at Pisa; pen and ink.

Liberale da Verona. Study for the head of St. Mary Magdalene ; crayons, tinted.

Venetian School. A boar hunt; red chalk.

Vianelli, N. Piazza Montanari, Rome; sepia.

Peruzzi, aldassare. Sheet of studies of the Virgin and Child; pen.

Pollaiuolo, Antonio. Three studies of nude male figures; pen, on vellum.

Porta, Baccio della, called Fra Bartolommeo. Studies of three figures, one seated ;
red chalk.

Robusti, Jacopo, called Tintoretto. ‘Ten studies from a bust of Vitellius ; black chalk.

Rosso, Il. Christ led to Calvary ; pen and distemper.

Signorelli, Luca. Scene from Dante’s Inferno, canto xxiv; black chalk. Figures of
i John and others, for the picture of the Crucifixion at Borgo San Sepolcro; black
chalk.

Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista. Profile head of an old man; watercolours. Dido receiy-
ing Aeneas; pen, tinted.

Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico. Ten drawings of groups of centaurs and satyrs; pen
and Indian ink.

Trivellini, Francesco. The Deposition; pen, washed with Indian ink.

Tura, Cosimo. ‘The Virgin and Child enthroned, with Sts. Sebastian and Agatha and
two monastic saints; pen and sepia.

E’ngravings.

Crivellari, Bartolommeo. Division of the elect from the reprobate; after P. Tibaldi.
St. John baptizing in the wilderness; after P. Tibaldi. “ Felsina Studiorum Mater ” ;
after J. B. Moretti.

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DutcH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS.
Drawings.

Rout, Pieter. Scene on the frozen Scheldt at Antwerp; pen and Indian ink,

Deomer, Jacques. Peasants standing under a trellis; pen and sepia.

Dyck, Anthony van. Study of plants; pen and sepia. Landscape with two cows
near a building; watercolours. Sketch for the equestrian portrait of Charles I. in the
National Gallery : pen and Indian ink. Sketch for the portrait of Charles I. ona grey
horse; black chalk.

Flinck, Govaert. Study of a nude female seated on a bank; black chalk.

Jelgersma, Tako Hago. Set of 51 original designs for illustrations to Homer's
“ Odyssey ” ; pen and sepia.

Jordaens, Jacob. A party of ladies and gentlemen entering a boat ; watercolours.

Lely, Sir Peter. Portrait of Sir Edward Littleton, Lord Keeper, after A. van Dyck;
black chalk. 5

Molenaar, Nicolaas. A winter landscape; pen and black chalk.

Netscher, Gaspar. Two children, one holding a guinea-pig and puppy, the other a
eat; Indian ink.

Rubens, Peter Paul. Portrait of a man, stending with his hat in his hand; black chalk.
Sheet of sketches for the picture of a Kermesse at the Louvre; pen. Landscape with
reapers; pen, washed with Indian ink.

Ruysdael, Salemon. Landscape with men in a boat on a river; black chalk and
Indian ink.

Vinkeles, Renier. £1ix designs for illustrations to “ Rosalie” ; pen and Indian ink.

Witel, Gaspar van (Vanvitelli.) View of Rome from the terrace in front of San
Pietro in Montorio; pen.

Etchings.

Hooghe, Romeyn de. ‘ Verovering van Napoli di Romania.”
Lowenstam, Leopold. The Virgin and Child with St. John; from a picture in the
possession of Mr. Beaufort; signed artist’s proof. resented by U. N. Beaufort, Lsq.

Engravings.

Bruyn, Abraham de. Eight small plates of mounted warriors.

Louw, Pieter. The Standard Bearer; after Rembrandt; mezzotint.

Tassaert, Pieter Joseph. A satyr carrying a bacchante; after N. Poussin; mezzotint.

Verkolje, Jan. Jupiter and Calisto; after G. Netscher; mezzotint.

Virkeles, Renier. Fifty proofs of book illustrations. ;

Witdoeck, Jan. Christ and the disciples at Emmaus; afterRubens; printed in
chiaroscuro.

GERMAN SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Ancnymous, fifteenth century. Head of a man, silver point; with figure of
St. Sebastian on the reverse, also drawn with the silver point.

Elsheimer, Adam. Two landscapes ; pen and Indian ink.

Steinle, Johann Eduard. ‘‘ Der selige Nicolaus von der Flue ;” pencil.

Wannenwetsch, Jorg. Portraits of Jacob Wyt, councillor of Basle, and his wife;
design for a glass painting ; pen and Indian ink.

Wohlgemuth, Michael. Creator Mundi; the original design for one of the cuts in the
“‘ Nuremberg Chronicle ;” pen.

Etchings.

Langenhoffel, Johann Joseph. ‘ Amor und Bacchus”; printed in colours and tinted.
; ae B. Two large plates, ‘‘ Schlosshof zu Heidelberg” and “ Rathhaus zu
<oln”

Engravings.

Bartsch, Adam. Obsequies of Decius; from one of the set of pictures of the Life of
Decius, by Rubens, in the Lichtenstein Gallery ; proof before letters.
_, Glockenton, Albrecht. Arms of the Archbishopric of Wiirzburg (Passavant
1. 128, 32),
Master

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Master P. W. A young man singing, accompanied on the guitar by a lady (Passavant
MehO2s ()):

Haid, yohann Jakob. <A philosopher; after J. Nogari; mezzotint ; “ La belle fileuse” ;
mezzotint ; “ L’Ouvriére en Dentelle ;’’ mezzotint.

Hogenberg, Abraham. A party of men and women carousing ; after Adam Braun.

Le Blond, Jakob Christoph. The thice children of Charles I.; after Van Dyck;
printed in colours.

Mandel, Eduard. The Madonna di San Sisto; after Raphael ; artist’s proof.

Ridinger, Johann Elias, A lady and a ventleman going shooting; pair of mezzotints.

Stadler, Joseph Constantin. Views of the Hotel de Ville at Louvain and the Palais
de Justice at Rouen; after 8. Prout ; aquatints.

Walther, Heinrich. Charity; the picture by Rubens in the Pomersfelder Gallery ;
artist’s proof.

Wrenk, Franz. Philemon and Baucis; after Jan van Hoeck; mezzotint.

W oodcuts.

Diirer, Albrecht. The Angel appearing to Joachim (Rartsch 78). Presentation of
the Virgin in the Temple (B. 81). Portrait of Diirer (B. 156). Philosophia (B. 130).
The Rhinoceros (B. 136). The signs of the Zodiac (B. 151). Imagines Celi
Meridionalis (B. 152).

Anonymous, sixteenth century. A Venetian wedding festival; in three sheets.

FRENCH SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Boucher, Frangois. Two amorini on a cloud; crayons. Two amorini holding torches;
crayons.

Boucher, Francois (attributed to). Whole length figure of a gentleman, seated, playing
the guitar ; crayons; on blue paper.

Lebrun, Charles. Design for a ceiling; pen, red chalk, and Indian ink.

Lepautre, Jean. Equestrian staiue of Louis XIV.; pen and Indian ink.

Hichings.

Denon, Vivant-Dominique, Baron. St. Jerome in the desert.
Leloir, Maurice (after). Twenty-eight proofs of illustrations to Diderot’s “ Jacques
le Fataliste.” Presented by M. Beraldi.

Engravings.

Cathelin, Louis Jacques. ‘ Le Revers de Fortune”; after M. Valentin.

Edelinck, Gérard. The Battle of the Standard; after Leonardo da Vinci; second state,
with the three dots on the sabre.

Grosnier, M'": “ L’Ours”’; after N. Tanché.

Jazet, Jean Pierre Marie. ‘' Mameluke gravissant les Montagnes ”; after C. Vernet:
aquatint.

Joubert, Jean Ferdinand. Thirteen proofs, in different states, of plates after L4opold
Robert.

Mellan, Claude. Saul and David. Christ on the Mount of Olives; first state. Death
of Mary Magdalene. Arms of Desnoyers.

Michel, Jean Baptiste. La Joconde; after Leonardo da Vinci.

Picart; Bernard. Two females, half length; after J. B. Santerre ; mezzotint.

ENGLISH SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Laker, Thomas (of Leamington). View of Kenilworth Castle; watercolours

Bartlett, William Henry. Hull Dock, Yorkshire; pen and Indian ink.

Bartolozzi, Francis, 8.4. Sheep-shearing: crayons.

Beechey, George. Two boys sittings on posts; pen sketch, washed with colour.

Bentley, Charles. Upright landscape, with cottage on the right ; watercolours.

Blake, William. The Lazar House, from Milton(called by Blake“ The House of Death”);
watercolours. The Creator measuring the Earth with compasses; the original design
for one of the illustrations to “ Vision of the Daughters of Albion”; watercclours.

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Sheet of pen studies for “ America.” Winged figure drawing a bow, &c. Sheet of
studies for the “ Last Judgment”; red chalk.

Bonington, Richard Parkes. View in Amsterdam; watercolours. A procession
issuing from a church; watercolours. Three figures at the door of a church; water-
colours. View of the leaning towers of Bologna; watercolours.

Brocas, Henry. An oak tree ; watercolours.

Calvert, Edward. Academical study of a seated female figure; black and red chalk.

Chalon, Alfred Edward, r.a. Caricature of Monsieur Bégrand, dancing master ;

en.
; Clennell, Luke. Newcastle ferry-boat; watercolours.

Cook, Richard, R.a. Portrait of Mrs. Cook; pencil, tinted.

Cooke, Edward William, r.a. A botter, or Zuyder-Zee fishing boat; black chalk
and watercolours. Shipping at the mouth of the Scheldt; pencil. Scene on the shore
at Scheveningen ; pencil.

Cotes, Francis, R.A. Queen Charlotte with the infant Prince of Wales on her lap,
attended by the Duchess of Ancaster ; the first design for the picture at Windsor; water-

colours.

Cotman, John Sell. Portrait of John Crome; black chalk and watercolours. Up~

right landscape, with woman tending sheep; black chalk and watercolours.

Cotman, Miles Edmund. Portrait of John Sell Cotman; crayons.

Cotton, R. C. Two views of Derwentwater ; watercolours.

Crotch, Dr. William. Three landscapes; crayons and watercolours.

Cruikshank, George. Brighton Pier ; watercolours.

Danby, Francis, r.A. View, said to be on the Avon near Clifton; watercolours.

Dance, George. Portrait of Jonas Dryander, the naturalist; pencil.

Daniell, William, r.a. A collection of original designs, comprising 14 figure subjects,
five landscapes and three groups of animals. Presented by A. W. Fianks, Esq., F.R.S.

De Wint, Peter. Upright landscape, with trees by a stream ; sketch in watercolours,

Downing, H. E. Group of peasants before a house in a French town; watercolours.

Doyle, Richard. “A Journal kept by Dick Doyle during the year 1840,” illustrated
with 287 highly finished drawings in pen and ink; a small quarto volume.

Edridge, Henry. Portrait of himself; watercolours,

Flaxman, John, r.A. The planet Mercury; design for one of the illustrations to
Dante’s ‘‘ Paradiso ;” pen. The Queen of Heaven; another design for the same; pen.
Two sheets of designs in Indian ink for the monument to Collins, the poet, in Chichester
Cathedral, with a ‘etter from the artist to Hayley on the subject.

Fuseli, Henry, r.a. “The Destroying Angel ;” a large composition in watercolours ;
Prometheus bound; pen, washed with Indian ink and sepia. The Nightmare; black
chalk. An album containing 96 sketches and studies for pictures. All presented by Miss
Carrick Moore.

Gainsborough, Thomas, r.A. Scene in a wood, with a man and woman in the fore-
ground; pencil and colours.

Gandon, James, jun. View of Kirkstall Abbey; watercolours.

Gandy, John Peter, r.A. An album of 24 pencil drawings of the marbles from the
Temple of Phigaleia, now in the British Museum. Presented by the Dileitanti Society.

Gillies, Margaret. Portrait of Richard R, Herne, author of “ Orion ;” watercolours.

Glover, John. Landscape with fishermen by a river; watercolours. Distant view of
a cathedral city ; watercolours. View of Bracklin Fall, near Callander; watercolours.

Hogarth, William. A family group of ten figures, with a lady holding a jewel case in
the centre; pen and watercolours.

Kaufiman, Angelica, R.4. Paris and Helen ; black chalk.

Kearney, William Henry. View at Abergavenny, Seuth Wales ; watercolours. View
at Dolgelly, North Wales; watercolours.

Lance, George. Portrait of himself ; watercolours.

Landseer, Sir Edwin, R.A. Portrait of John Landseer, the engraver; black chalk.
Portrait of Mr. Mackenzie; watercolours. Figure of a peasant holding a pole; char-
coal.

Lawrence, Sir Thomas, P.R.A. Portraits of Mrs. Bloxham, the artist’s sister, and
Miss Hammonds, his cousin ; drawn when Lawrence was 12 years old; pencil on vellum.
View of the meadows opposite Sloane-street by moonlight ; black chalk on grey paper.

Leitch, R. P. Two Italian scenes ; watercolours.

Leslie, Charles Robert, r.A. Peveril of the Peak and Fenella ; sepia.

Lewis, John Frederick, r.a. View of the Alhambra, 1832 ; watercolours. A Square
in Seville ; watercolours.

Linnell, John. Portrait of Charles Harbert; watercolours.

Meadows, J. Kenny. Two illustrations to Irish tales, and two to Scotch tales: water-
colours.

Morland, George. Two men fishing near a mill; black chalk.

Nash, Joseph. Interior of Bruges Cathedral ; watercolours.

Ottley, William Young. Abradates at the battle of Thymbra, and three other designs ;
pen and Indian ink. Charity ; pen, black chalk and sepia.

Penley. Aaron. View on a lake, with figures near a ruined castle ; watercolours.

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Pyne, James Baker. View on Lowes-water, with the distant hills of Buttermere ;
watercolours.

Richardson, Jonathan. Portrait of Henry Purcell, the musician; black chalk. Por-
trait of Pope’s mother; pen and Indian ink. Portrait of Mr. Holford; pen.

Rossctti, Dante Gabriel. A subject from the Arthurian legend; study for one of the
frescoes at the Oxford Union; pen.

Rowlandson, Thomas. Three subjects of “ The Careless Wife”; watercolours. ‘* Com-
parative Anatomy ; Resemblances between the Countenances of Men and Beasts”; sixty-
three sheets of pen drawings, bound in a volume. One hundred and twenty pen outlines
from the antique. All Presented by E. Gilbertson, Esq. Another sketch for “the Care-

ess Wife ”; watercolours.

Serres, John Thomas. Margate Hoy; watercolours.

Smith, John Thomas. Portrait of J. M. W. Turner, n.a.; pencil and colours. Por-
trait of John Flaxman, R.A. ; watercolours.

Stothard, Thomas, r.A. Portrait of Sir William Sydney Smith; sketch in black chalk.
Portrait of a seaman on board the Victory ; pencil.

Stroehling, P. H. Portrait of the Countess of Blessington, at the age of 22; black
chalk.

Thackeray, William Makepeace. A note-book containing a MS. story, “The Bandit’s
Revenge,” with illustrations in pen and ink, and other sketches.

Thompson, James Robert. North front of ihe Bank of England ; watercolours.

Vacher, Charles. Columns of the Temple of Jupiter in the Forum at Rome; water-
colours.

Vertue, George. Portrait of Sir Francis Page; Indian ink. Portrait of Edward
Harley, Earl of Oxford; black chalk.

Ward, James, R.A. Thirty-nine drawings and sketches, chiefly in watercolours, compris-
ing eighteen subjects of animals, fifteen portraits and figure subjects, and six landscapes.

Watts, George Frederick, k.a. Studies of figures of Christ and the two thieves, for a
Crucifixion; pencil. Caractacus ; study for a picture; pencil.

Wilkie, Sir David, R.A. Twenty-eight drawings and sketches, including a portrait of
the Duke of Wellmgton in academical dress as Chancellor of Oxford University; a
portrait of Pope Pius VII.; a view of Edinburgh Old Town; six scenes of Spanish life,
four of Irish peasant life; &c.

Anonymous. Portrait of Matthew Prior, after Sir Godfrey Kneller; red chalk.

Etchings.

Calvert, Edward. Two etchings, two lithographs, and five woodcuts from his own
designs. resented by Professor Colvin.

Clint, Alfred. A set of forty-six proofs of plates to Bennett’s “ Tour in North Wales.”

Cruikshank, George. Proofs of the three illustrations to Wilson’s Catalogue, Connois-
seurs at a print sale; Connoisseurs in a printseller’s shop; and Connoisseurs in the Print
Room of the British Museum.

Gaywood, Richard. A collection of thirty portraits, and nineteen title-pages, and
other subjects.

Whistler, James McNeil. Six proofs of sketchings in early states, viz.:—View up
the Thames from Rotherhithe. The Unsafe Tenement. Portrait of Miss Haden.
Kensington Gardens.

Lithographs.

Haghe, Louis. Twenty-three examples of his early work, including portraits of the
Queen and Prince Albert, S. T. Coleridge, Sir John Franklin, Lord Macaulay, Cap-
tain George Back, Miss Love the actress, and Talma the tragedian.

James, H.G. A set of thirty-five views of buildings in Manchester, &c.

Watts, George Frederick, r.a. ‘ Cricketers,” a set of six.

Woodcuts.

Blake, William. A set of the seventeen illustrations to Ambrose Philips’s “ Pastorals,”
1821.

Engravings.

Bickham, George. A Philosopher; a large plate from his own design.

Brown, John. Apollo and the Muses granting longevity to the Sibyl of Cumez; after
Salvator Rosa.

Cardon, Anthony. Holy Family, after A. vander Werff; proof with the letters
etched in.

Chambers, Thomas. a.=. Raphael’s Mistress; after Raphael.

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Cousins, Samuel, r.A. Portrait of himself, after E. Long, R.A.; artist’s proof. Bolton
Abbey; after Sir E. Landseer, r.a-; the etching.

Dawe, Henry. “The Last Pinch”; after M. W. Sharp; mezzotint; proof with open
letters.

Faber, John. Nineteen fine proofs of mezzotint portraits. Boy and Girl, “ Free as
their thouchts,” &c. ; after P. Mercier; mezzotint. :

Gaugain, Ihomas. The Madonna; after W. Miiller.

Gibbon, Benjamin Phelps, and Webb, E. ‘* Wolvesattacking Deer; ” after F. Gauer-
mann.

Holl, William and Francis. Twenty-nine proofs of prints after various masters.

Jeens, Charles Henry. One hundred and eight proofs of vignette portraits and other
plates. Presented by Messrs. Maemillun.

Jenkins, Joseph. Susanna and the Elders; after F. Mola.

Lewis, Charles George. The Market Cart; after W. F. Witherington, R.a.; proof
with open letters.

Maile, G. Duncan Gray; after Sir D. Wilkie, mezzotint. Descent from the Cross ;
after A. van Dyck; mezzotint. Discretion; after Dubufe ; mezzotint.

Ottley, William Young. ‘* Anche a me, Madre mia,” and“ Anche a te, Carino” ; from
his own designs; a pair of proofs.

Pollard, Robert. he Young Man restored to Life; after R. Smirke, r.a.

Reynolds, Samuel William. Christ bearing his cross; after L. da Vinci; mezzotint.
A young girl reading to an old woman; mezzotint; proof before all letters. The
Blessing of the Eggs; mezzotint ; proof before all jetters. “ Edouard en Ecosse; ” after
Delaroche ; mezzotint.

Reynolds, Samuel William, and Maile, G. The Letter, after Dubufe; mezzotint; proof
before letters, with the artists’ names etchedin. ‘“ L’OQdorat; ” after Dubufe ; mezzotint ;
proof before the title.

Reynolds, Samuel William, jun. Holy Family, after Correggio.

Richmond, George, R.A. Two original engravings. A scene from Macbeth. Presented
by the artist. The Good Shepherd. Presented by Professor Colvin.

Shenton, Henry Chawner. The Stray Kitten; after W. Collins, x.A.; the etching.

Skelton, William. Aminta releasing Sylvia; after C. R. Ryley.

Smith, John. Thirteen fine proofs of mezzotint portraits. Card players; after E. van
Heemskerk ; mezzotint. A Gipsy tellmg a gentleman his fortune; mezzotint.

Turner, Charles A. E. Cottage Evening ; after W. Martin ; mezzotint.

Ward, George Raphael. Highty-seven working proofs of mezzotint portraits.

Watt, Wiliam Henry. Pets; after sir KE. Landseer, z.a.; the etching.

Woollett, William. The Spanish Pointer; after G. Stubbs, a.r.a. ; the etching.

PoRIRAITS.
Foreign.

Arnim, Bettina von; drawing by herself in watercolours.

Barberina, Mllce., in character; by C. L. Glasbach.

Becker, Rudolph Zacharias; after F. ‘lischbein, by C. J. Schlotterbeck.

Benedict. XIV., Pope ; after C. Gandolfi, by J. Wagner.

Bernadotte, King of Sweden ; after J. Guérin, by G. Fiesinger.

Cornaro, rancesco ; after C. D’Agar, by J. Smith; mezzotint.

Denis, M'e, in character; by C. B. Glasbach.

Frey, Jakob; after D. Dupra, by J. J. Haid; mezzotint.

Koella, Jchann; after himself, by J. E. Haid; mezzotint.

Longhi, Giuseppe: by P. Anderloni.

Louis XVI. ; after 8. De Koster, by J. Daniel; mezzotint.

Louis XVIII. ; after P. Bouillon, by P. Andouin.

Maharkyzus, Lazarus ; after A. van Dyck, by S. Barras; mezzotint.

Marie Antoinette; after S. De Koster, by John Murphy ; mezzotint.

Morghen, Raffaelle; after himself, by A. Schiavonetti.

Mortaigne, Caspar Cornelius a; oval ; proof before the background was put in.

Miller, Karl Wilhelm; after A. Graff, by J. F. Bause.

Odowaldsky, Ernest; oval; P. Aubry, exc.

Poniatowski, Stanislaus Ciolek; after M. Bacciarelli, by B. Tolin.

Salmasius, Claudius ; oval.

Schaller, Jakob; oval; P. Aubry, exc.

Schmidt, Johann ; oval; “ bey Johan Tscherning ;” in two states.

Selstede, Jaccba van; after J. M. Quinkhard, by J. Houbraken.

Stenbock, Gustavus Otto; by N. Pitau; in two states.

Struyck, Nicolaas; after J. M. Quinkhard, by J. Houbraken.

Suvaroff, Marshal, on horseback ; drawing in black chalk, by A. Orloffsky; presented
by William Mitchell, Esq.

Tallien, Madame; after J. J. Masquerier, by W. Bond.

Hagia Yousuph Effendi ; after C. F. de Breda, by S. W. Reynolds ; mezzotint.

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English.

Ann, Princess, Daughter of George II; after Sir G. Kneller, by J. Smith,
mezzotint. :

Bonington, Richard Parkes; after himself, by C. Damour, aquatint.

Bonington, Richard Parkes; by F. Villot; etching.

Bonington, Richard Parkes ; after A. Shaw, by A. Scriven.

Campbell, Thomas; after Sir T. Lawrence, by 8. Freeman; India proof before
letters.

Carey, William, Bishop of St. Asaph; after 5. W. Reynolds, jun., by S. W. Reynolds
sen., mezzotint.

Carr, Lady Charlotte Holwell; after J. Bell, by Freschi.

Elizabeth, Queen; whole length; by J. Faber, mezzotint.

Exeter, Elizabeth, Marchioness of; after Sir T. Lawrence, by S. W. Reynolds,
mezzotint.

Fairlie, William; after Sir M. A. Shee, by J. Young, mezzotint.

Ferguson, Major- General Ronald C., m.p.; after RK. Cosway, by A. Cardon.

Fitzwilliam, William, fourth Earl; after W. Owen, by S. W. Reynolds, mezzotint.

Forbes, Captain; after J. Northcote, by S. W. Reynolds, mezzotint; proof before
letters.

Garrick, David, in the character of Richard the Third; after N. Dance, by S. W.
Reynolds, mezzotint.

George III., King; after Sir W. Beechey, by W. Skelton; two states, with the
engraver’s drawing.

George IV., King; when Prince of Wales; after 8. de Koster, by S. W. Reynolds,
mezzotint.

Harcourt, Simon, Earl; after R. Hunter, by E. Fisher, mezzotint.

Harvey, John; after T. Stewardson, by W. Skelton; with the engraver’s drawing.

Heardson, Edward, cook to the Ad Libitum Society ; after J. Barry, by J. R. Smith,
mezzotint.

Herbert, Sidney, M. P., Lord Herbert of Lea; after Sir F. Grant, by G. R. Ward,
mezzotint.

Hulme, Dauntsey ; after J. Hulme, by S. W. Reynolds, mezzotint.

Jenkyns, Rev. Henry, p.p. ; after G. Newton, by H. Robinson.

Johnstone, John, Actor, in the character of Sir Callaghan O’Brallaghan ; after Sir
M. A. Shee, by W. Ward, mezzotint.

Lowth, Robert, Bishop of London ; after R, E. Pine, by J. K. Sherwin.

Macbride, John D., p.c.uL. ; after W. Salter, by T. Lupton, mezzotint.

Marriott, Rev. Charles; after J. Drummond, by J. P. Posselwhite.

Mary, H. R. H. the Princess, Duchess of Teck; when a chiid ; after Sir W. Ross,
by H. T. Ryall; proof before letters.

Mathews, Charles, in the character of the Old Scotch Lady; after A. E. Chalon,
by G. Clint, mezzotint.

Plumer, William ; after Sir T. Lawrence, by C. Turner, mezzotint.

Power, Tyrone, the Actor, in the character of Connor O’Gorman ; after N. J. Crowley,
by C. G. Lewis.

Pybus, Charles Small; after H. Edridge, by C. Wilkin.

Short, Rev. Thomas ; after T. Kirkley, by 8. Bellin, mezzotint.

Thynne, Rev. Lord John; after R. Buckner, by W. Walker, mezzotint ; proof before
letters.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of; after Sir W. Beechey, by W. Skelton.

William IV., King ; small oval, in a trophy of arms; by Alford; in three states,
with the engraver’s drawing.

Twenty-five mezzotint portraits, after Sir T. Lawrence, by various engravers.

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MIscELLANEOUS.

A collection of one hundred and sixty-six historical prints and broadsides published in
Holland during the seventeenth century.

A collection of two hundred and seventeen impressions from modern Venetian Nielli,
from the collection of Mr. Edward Cheney.

The Funeral Procession of Queen Elizabeth; engraved from a drawing by William
Camden ; a very long roll.

A copy of Knowles’s “ Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, r..,” 1831, vols. Il. and
III., containing his lectures, extensively illustrated with prints, and bound in four
volumes. Presented by Miss Carrick Moore.

A collection of portraits and prints, one thousand three hundred and thirty-one in
number, illustrating the life of Mary Queen of Scots, mounted in an album.

A set of twenty-five plates of Turkish Costume, engraved for Lord Baltimore from
drawings by Francis Smith, 1768-69.

“ Application de la Figure Humaine a la Decoration”; two hundred fac-similes of
drawings by A. Carrier-Belleuse.

“Trachten, Kunstwerke, and Gérathschaften,” ete., by Dr. J. H. Von Hefner-
Alteneck ; parts LI—LXVI.

Sidney Colvin.

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DEPARTMENT OF EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.

1.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.
Egyptian Division :—

Twenty-three stone and thirty-four bronze figures, one inscription, one stone boat, two

sphinxes, two heads, one altar, and one terracotta have been mounted on plinths; two
hundred and thirty fragments of sculpture bave been inlaid in stone; one hundred and
eighty-seven wooden figures have been mounted on pedestals; the sepulchral tablets and
jars in the Egyptian Gallery have been fixed to the shelves; one hundred and twelve
objects have been repaired; seven hundred and twenty-four gems, five bronzes, and three
figures have been cleaned ; two thousand and twenty objects, including scarabei, gems
with plaster casts, symbolic eyes, etc., have been mounted ; sycamore stands have been made
for the cartonnage head of a mummy and seventeen terracotta vases and jars; shelves and
sliding trays have been prepared and fitted in the cases in the studies; false bottoms for
mummy cases and beading for the doors in the third Egyptian Room have been provided;
the recent acquisitions have been incorporated in the collection and arranged; a selection
of duplicate objects available for presentation has been made; the ostraka have been ar-
ranged in boxes, and ten papyri have been unrolled.
Twenty-seven hieroglyphic papyri, fifteen inscribed linen bandages, and two hundred and
fourteen miscellaneous objects have been catalogued ; twelve hundred and sixty-six objects
have been registered; six hundred and forty-four labels have been written ; one thousand
and sixty-one have been painted; the revision of the text of the Coffin of Amam has
been continued ; and collections offered for sale have been examined.

Assyrian Division :—

Two bronze shields have been mounted on wainscot plinths im the Assyrian Room;
the Assyrian plaster moulds in the store room have been re-arranged ; two Portland-stone
plinths and a slate shelf have been prepared for the glazing of Assyrian sculptures; two
frames have been provided for the case containing the Balawat gates; twelve deal trays
have been made; sixty-four terracotta tablets and one cylinder have been cleaned, re-
paired, and protected from further decay ; casts have been made of two Assyrian tablets
and twenty-one engraved cylinders; six hundred and five pieces of Assyrian tablets
have been joined; sixty descriptive labels, and two thousand seven hundred and sixty-
four numbers have been printed in the Department; twenty-one objects have been
mounted on velvet-covered blocks; tracings of inscriptions have been made for the use of
students; the case books of the Kouyunjik Gallery have been continued; fragments
of anciently broken tablets have been identified and joined; bilingual fragments in the
Babylonian character and fragments of tablets supposed to relate to the downfall of the
Assyrian empire have been classified.

Collections offered for sale have been examined, and two thousand one hundred and
forty-seven objects have been registered ; thirty-six labels and seven hundred and nine-
teen catalogue slips have been written; seven hundred and forty-four contract tablets
have been copied; the contents of two cases in the Nimroud Central Saloon have been
re-arranged, and the manuscript of the descriptive Guide to the same has been completed;
fourteen hundred and eighty-one tablets have been labelled and arranged in glass boxes.

Phenician, Palmyrene and Hamathite :—

The plaster cast of the lion from Marash has been mounted on a pedestal; two large
fragments of sculpture from Jirbés have been mounted on plinths; nineteen fragments of
sculpture from Jirbas have been inlaid in Caen stone; two fragments of an inscription
from Carchemish have been mounted ; the sculptures in the Pheenician Room have been
re-arranged; a marble head has been mounted, and a cast of a trilingual inscription
made; Pheenician objects have been described; and seven Palmyrene busts have been
fixed on a wall in the Phenician Room.

827 students and others seeking information about objects in the Egyptian and Assyrian
collections have visited the Department during the year 1885.

Il.-—Purchases.
Egyptian :—
The following objects in bronze :—
Statue of Neith; statue of Horus; double hawk-headed deity for pendant; seal of the
Temple of Amen; ichneumon and young ones; hinge; pair of cymbals; mirror case ;

bolt of a door; chisels; knives; armlet; plate with lions; razor blade; fire altar; and
two objects the use of which is unknown.
Gold

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Gold leaf-shaped object ; gold disk with reticulated border; gold ring with eye-plate.

Twenty cylinders and scarabei made of jasper, steatite, porcelain, ete.

Necklaces made of porcelain, garnet, glass, cornelian, and other beads.

Wooden cat with crystal inlaid eyes, and moveable lower jaws set with bronze teeth.

Steatite fragment of a toilet vessel, in the shape of the head and neck of a lion held by
two hands.

Pieces of millefiori glass, three whetstones, two ivory hands and arms, from Erment;
stone weight, piece of incense, and wooden model of a dagger, from Thebes.

Terracotta lamp with two nozzles in the shape of Bes playing on a tambourine.

Three small wooden coffins, with models of mummies wrapped in bandages.

Mummy of a double-headed hawk, five sepulchral figures, and one sepulchral figure
with hieratic inscription.

Thirty-nine ostraka with Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Porcelain bell from Sakkara; ivory box with cover, and two iron chisels.

Pair of silver bracelets and silver ring.

Assyrian and Babylonian :—

The number of objects acquired in the Assyrian section during the year 1885 amounts
to about 700, including fragments. Of these, the following are the principal :—

A large and well-preserved cylinder of baked-clay, inscribed with 165 lines of writing
in three columns. This important document is, in great measure, a duplicate of the text
of Nebuchadnezzar inscribed on the slab preserved in the library of the East India
House. The text refers to the repairs and restorations of temples, &c., executed by order
of Nebuchadnezzar in the cities of Babylon and Borsippa (604-561 B.C.); and differs
from the slab in the library of the East India House in omitting parts of the Ist and
2nd columns, the whole of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th columns, and in inserting additional
matter in the text of column 9. See Records of the Past, Vol. v., pp. 111-135.

A large cylinder of baked-clay, inscribed with 170 lines of writing in three columns.
The text is of the time of Nabonidus, and refers to his excavations and restorations on the
site of the old temple of the Sungod at Larsa. His object was to find records of the
early Babylonian kings. Nabonidus states that Nebuchadnezzar had already dug there,
but bad found no records earlier than the time of Burnaburia’ (about 1400 B.C.).
Nabonidus himself, however, was more fortunate, for he discovered a limestone tablet of
Hammurabi, a king who, as he says, reigned 700 years before Burnaburia¥ (about 2100
B.c.) This monument he restored to its place with the cylinder inscribed with his own
name. The text ends witha kind of prayer to the Sungod, to his consort Aa, and to
their messenger Bunene.

A limestone tablet bearing an inscription, in Aychaic characters, of Hammurabi. It
is a dedication, in the Akkadian language, to Utuki or Samak (the Sungod), and refers
to the building of the temple of the Sungod at Larsa. Date about 2120 B.c. Apparently
the very tablet referred tc by Nabonidus in the text above described.

A baked clay tablet inscribed with a copy, made during the reign of Nabonidus, of an
inscription on a stone tablet, being a dedication to the goddess Innanna or Nana, in the
city of Agadé, by Duri-galzu, an early Babylonian king.

A fragment of an archaic syllabary

A fragment of an archaic tablet inscribed with a hymn in the Sumerian language.

Part of a large tablet inscribed with astrological omens.

A small tablet dated in the first year of Samas-Sum-ukin or Saosduchinos, referring to an
agreement between Nabti-naser and Suma onthe one hand, and Nergal-iddin on the other,
about a boat.

A tablet referring to certain amounts of produce received, for transport to Babylon.
Dated in the 11th year of Nabopolassar.

A large contract-tablet of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, referring to a sale of land
opposite the great gate of I8tar in the provincé of Babylon. On the edges of the
tablet are some very fine impressions of the cylinder-seals of the scribes who drew up the
document.

Contracts and other documents dated in the 11th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 28th,
31st, 33rd, 35th, 39th, 42nd, and 43rd years of Nebuchadnezzar. The most interesting of
these are one referring to a loan from the Temple-Treasury at Sippara (18th year of
Nebuchadnezzar); one apparently referring to a judgment for debt (27th year of Nebu-
chadnezzar); and one recording a gift, made by a man named Sapik-zéri, of certain textile
fabrics, to the great temple at Sippara (35th year of Nebuchadnezzar).

A contract-tablet dated in the 3rd year of Neriglissar, referring to a loan of silver
made in the 46th year of Nebuchadnezzar upon the security of a house, given up for
occupation by the borrower to the lender. The contracting parties seemingly decide
that the money lent shall be regarded as the price of the house, the borrower thus selling
the property to the lender.

A fragment of a tablet of the time of Nabonidus, recording an application, by a man
named Bél-kasir, that his father Nadinu should allow him to adopt his own stepson as his
heir. The permission (as far as the document allows to be seen) was not given, the
reason being that Nadinu, father of Bél-kasir, did not wish that the family property
should go to any but his own direct descendants, especially as he had another zon
living.

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Tablets dated in the accession year, and in the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 15th
years of Nabonidus. These refer principally to the tithes or other dues paid to the
temple of the Sungod at Sippara.

Tablets, dated in the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th years of Cyrus, of a similar nature to the fore-
going.
~ Contracts and other documents dated in the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th,
20th, 23rd, 25th, 26th, and 34th years of Darius.. The most interesting are some
referring to loans of coined silver at interest, and one recording the placing of a female
slave named Taslimu as security for a sum of two-thirds of a mana of coined silver,
borrowed by her owner, Itti-Bél-limmir, from Daan-édir.

Part of a tablet upon which is drawn a plan of a field.

Pheenician :—

Silver ladle.
Limestone male bearded head, from Jebeil.

Palmyrene : —

Busts of Wahballat the son of Bolha, the son of Borpha Ahithur; Tibél the son of
Lishmesh Tibél the elder; Alla, daughter of Yarhai Abab, dated in the year a.eRr.
425 =ap.113;. . . . . the daughter of Ogailfi Shalm4wi; and that of a man
whose name is broken away.

III. Presents.

Seven terracotta coin moulds; fragments of millefiori glass; part of a red terracotta
vase ornamented with flowers, fish, etc.; top of a sepulchral box of Hpi, the scribe of
the soldiers; fragment of a cable from Thebes; embroidered palm leaf basket ; pieces of
Egyptian linen; and a collection of about fifty objects, being modern imitations of
Egyptian antiquities. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.S.A.

Head of Sechet, with two kittens upon the top of her head.

Five blue glazed porcelain sepulchral figures of Tani-hert, Masa-herti, Tet-ptah-anch
Pa-net’em, and Nestanebasher, about 1040 B.c. ;

Inlaid bronze head of Ra, with disk and uraeus from egis, bearing the name of Apries,
King of Egypt, B.c. 590.

Bronze mortar rake; terracotta lamp; part of a stone ficure of a dignitary called

Psammetichus, and fragment of alabaster inscribed with the name of Chephren, King of

Egypt, circ., B.C. 3650. Presented by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq.

Pair of bronze cymbals from Jebeil ; sheli for holding paint; twelve miscellaneous in-
scribed gems; reed with Coptic inscription; shell necklace; bead necklace; shell and
bead necklace; and wooden box in the shape of a cartouche, Presented by the Rev.
Greville J. Chester.

Tron hoe from Thebes.

Tron blade of hatchet. Presented by A. W. Franks, E'sq., M.4., F.S.A.

Part of a basalt figure of Nectanebus, King of Egypt, B.c. 360; limestone tablet of
Ptolemy II., with representation of this king offering to the gods; limestone tablet of
Ptolemy II. and Arsinoe II.; two limestone sphinxes; small statue of Ptolemy II. ;
green glazed figures of Nephthys, Amen-Ra, Thoueris, and other deities ; terracotta boat :
large blue glazed porcelain bowl; iron hatchet; red terracotta figure of the god Bes;
flat green glazed dish, with division ; a collection of stone mortars of various sizes; and
a collection of miscellaneous objects, chiefly bowls and vases. A series of foundation
deposits from the temple of Ptolemy II. at Naucratis, consisting of libation vases of
different sizes , alabaster pegs; mud rake; mud brick; models of an adze, chisel, trowel,
and hatchet ; sacrificial knife and axe; and small pieces of the stones and other materials,
such as iron, lead, copper, silver, gold, turquoise, agate, jasper, and lapis-lazuli, used in
the building. Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund.

Cartonnage head with gilded face, from the mummy of Nes-Ames, about B.c. 300.
Presented by W. Ingram, Esq.

A cast of a lion carved in stone, covered with wridng in the so-called Hittite character
from Marash. Presented by Frederic D. Mocatta, Esq. i

P. le Page Renouf:

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DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND RoMAN ANTIQUITIES.
I.—Arrangement, Cataloguing, §c.

Four inscriptions, thirty-four sculptures, seven pieces of architecture, thirty-five
terracottas and six bronzes have been mounted on plinths ; two mosaics have been repaired
and mounted on slate; twenty-six terracottas, sixty-seven fictile vases, five bronzes,
twenty-three objects in ivory, one iniron and one in silver have been cleaned and repaired ;
one fragment of fresco painting has been framed and mounted ; twenty-four new moulds
of sculptures and seventeen new moulds and casts of gems have been made ; twenty-two
gems have been mounted in silver gilt settings, and ninety-seven gems, rings and gold
ornaments on velvet-covered blocks; two shelves have heen placed for sculpture in the
Archaic Room; progress has been made in arranging the sculptures in the Ephesos Room;
twenty-four plates illustrative of sculptures have been framed and placed in the Mauso-
leum Room; the arrangement of the vases and terracotta lampsin the Fourth Vase Room
has been completed ; two new table cases have been placed in the Second Vase Room,
one new glass shade in the Fourth Vase Room and two new turret cases in the First
Bronze Room; new locks have been fitted to the wall cases in the Fourth Vase Room
and the Second Bronze Room.

Progress has been made in the selection of duplicates and in preparing an index of
the subjects in the entire collection of painted vases; three hundred and fifty-six de-
scriptive titles have been attached to objects; two hundred and forty-eight objects have
been registered ; sheets C-R. of Part III. of “Ancient Greek Inscriptions inthe British
Museum” have been printed off.

Number of new students admitted to sculpture galleries, 186 ; number of visits paid by
students for the purpose of drawing and modelling, 10,834; number of visitors and
students admitted to the sculpture galleries on Wednesdays and Fridays, 4,033; number
of visitors and students admitted to Graeco-Roman Basement, 191.

II,—A cquisitions.
T.—1. Female head in terracotta.
2. Fictile hantharos with red figures on black ground.
IJ.—1. Small bronze model of an altar inscribed AIOX,

2. Terracotta group of a female figure seated on an ass and holding an infant in her
arms. From Salamis, Cyprus.

3. Terracotta statuette of a female dancer, draped and veiled. From Salamis, Cyprus.

III.—Fictile krater with red figures on a black ground, representing on the one side
Hades carrying off Persephoné in a chariot, preceded by Hekaté; on the other side a
combat of Centaurs and Lapiths. (See Philologus, Suppl. Band, IV. (1884) p. 643, No. 2).

LV.—Terracotta group of two female figures seated ona couch, remarkable for the
beauty of the composition and for the fine condition of the group. From Asia Minor.

V.—1. Base of a column.

2-3. Two Corinthian capitals of pilasters.

4, Corinthian capital.

5. Upper part of marble sfe/é with floral ornament.

6. Fragment from the upper part of a marble ste/é with floral ornament.

These six marbles were formerly the property of the Earl of Elgin. (See Hellenic
Journal, VI. pp. 42-44, Nos. 2, 6, 7). :

VI.—1l. Gold ring engraved with figure of Victory erecting a trophy, and inscribed

I?APMENQN
BAXIAEI

2. Gold ring engraved with female figure seated and holding out a bird towards an
Eros.

3. Sard intaglio: Eros kneeling on altar and looking up at a butterfly on a column; in-
scribed ®IAE] ME.

4. Chalcedony intaglio, fragmentary : part of figure of Centaur pierced in the back by
an arrow, and of inscription, Xé [pwv ? ].

5. Red jasper intaglio: portrait head of the Empress Lucilla (?).

VII. Plasma intaglio; the three Fates.

VIII. Archaic fictile Jekythos with incised inscription, retrograde; Taraing tut AhpvBoc,
dc Cady pe Krdé~yn, ODuprde Zora. Found at Cumae. (See Roehl, Inscript. Graec.

Antiquiss. No. 524; cf Hellenic Journal, VI, p. 373).
0.102. EK IX. Fictile

31) ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IX. Fictile rhyton, moulded in the form of a Satyr’s and a Maenad’s head combined,
and surmounted by a cup on which are Dionysos, three Satyrs and two reclining figures.
The condition of this rhyton is excellent.

X.—1. A small onyx bust of the Empress Matidia (?). From Alexandria.

2. Garnet cameo; bust of Serapis. From Rome.

3. Stone mould; on one side a Roman soldier blowing a trumpet ; on the other side
a hound attacking a boar. From Beyrtt.

4, Alabaster figure of a bull, lying down, in relief. From Tarsos.

EKATQN
5. Bronze label, inscribed PEQNOS From Smyrna.
AMIOS

6. Bronze spoon. From Beyrit.

7. Three small marble figures, very rude. From Kyme.
XI. Bronze statuette of Aphrodite, nude. From the Gréau Collection.

XII. Silver bar, inscribed on one side TRVT'ON, on the other AIOX AVKA in archaic
characters. (See Roehl, Inscript. Graec. Antiquiss. No. 525.)
XIII.—1. Bronze Sphinx, winged. From Sidon.

2-3. Bronze Satyr and part of bronze buckle, inscribed. From Smyrna.

4-5. Two surgical instruments, in bronze. From Pergamos.

6. Stone mould, oval in shape. From Kyme.

7-10. Four archaic gems with rude designs.

11. Ivory knife handle in the form of a human leg. From Pergamos.

12. Ivory theatre ticket; obv., a bearded head in relief to the right; rev. imscribed
it

AP®OXPA. From Smyrna.
B Cc

13. A similar ivory ticket; obv., two torches, in relief; rev. XI Fyom Athens.
XIII
IA ©

14. Another; obv., a bird, incised; rev. From Ephesos.

15. A series of ivories with designs in relief. From Beyrit.

16. Ivory tablet with head of Medusa in relief.

17. Leaden tablet, inscribed COEPER.

XIV. A series of antiquities obtained from excavations by Mr. Alired Biliotti, in the
island of Rhodes. Among them may be noticed :—

1. An archaic pithos with geometric patterns and a frieze of chariots and warriors
impressed on the clay from a cylinder.

2. An archaic amphora with black figures on red ground; two Satyrs dancing beside a
large umphora. (Hellenic Journal, VI. p. 181, figs. 1-2.)

3. An archaic Ayliz with black figures on red ground ; zné, Ajax seizing Kassandra
at the statue of Athene; obv. Herakies conducted by deities into the presence of Zeus
and Hera; rev. a combat of two warriors. (Hellenic Journal, V. pls. 41-2.)

4, A similar archaic kylix; int. a warrior in attitude of charging an enemy; odv.
Perseus, Hermes and Athené fleeing from Gorgons; rev., warriors leading horses.
(Hellenic Journal, V. pl. 43).

5. Kylix with black figures on red ground, inscribed as the property of a certain
Philto. (Hellenic Journal, VI. p 373.)

6-7. Two archaic fictile vases, inscribed with the names of their owners. (Hellenic
Journal, VI. pp. 374-5.)

8. Hydria with red figures on black ground. Eros crowning female Citharist in pre-
sence of three female figures, one of whom plays on flutes while another holds a lyre and
a pyxtis.

9. Askos with red figures on black ground, of the finest style. Eros and Nike.

10. Porcelain

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10. Porcelain cup with reliefs on the outside.
11. Porcelain scarab with praenomen of King Takeloth IT., B.c. 800.
12. Band of silver gilt with pattern of feathers.

13. Bronze fibula with design of a deer and geometric patterns incised in an archaic
manner.

14. Bronze strigil stamped with the design of a horse galloping.
15. Three short Greek inscriptions, on marble. (Hellenic Journal, LV. p. 136, No. 1;
ibid. p. 138, No. 2; ibid., p. 140, No. 8.)

XV. Bronze mirror-case with relief representing Victory sacrificing a cow, remark-
able for the beauty of the composition, and the refinement and delicacy of the execution.
From Megara.

III.— Presents.
I. Archaic fictile pyzis ; on the body a frieze of warriors; on the lid a frieze of animals,

From Corinth.
Presented by Colin M. Gillespie, Esq.

II.—1. Vase in blue porcelain. Found at Aradippo in Cyprus.
2. Terracotta head, bearded and wearing a helmet. From Cyprus.

3. Lamp, of green glazed ware, in the form of a gladiator’s helmet. Found in a Roman
sarcophagus at Atteburg near Cologne.

4, Vase, of yellow glazed ware, in the form of a rabbit. Found in the Rhine, probably
near Cologne.

5. Vase, of black glazed ware, with floral ornaments in relief. From the Purnell
Collection.

6. Another vase, of black glazed wate, with patterns stamped and inlaid with silver,
From Cologne.

7. Paste intaglio; Ikaros flying over the sea.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
III. Plaster cast of a marble ste/é, once belonging to the Earl of Elgin, and represent-

ing in relief a female figure standing and holding some object with both hands,
( Hellenic Journal, VI. p. 42.)

Presented by T. Woolner, Esq., R.A.

IV.—1. Onyx cameo. Europa riding on bull; rude style.

2. Onyx cameo of similar rude style. Male and female figures. Voth these cameos
are from Kalymna, and are said to have been found in a tomb with early pottery.

3. Leaden weight marked with the letter H. From Naxos,
Presented by W. R, Paton, Esq.
V. Fragment of archaic Greek vase with design in black and purple on a red ground ;
on it is incised the name ’AXéEa(v)dpoc. From Tel el Nebireh, the ancient Naukratis.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.
VI. Marble statuette representing a female figure seated on a rock. Said to have
been found at the Pirzus in 1870.
Presented by Mr. and Nirs. Frederic Harrison.
VII. A silver lekythos with cover and stopper. Found in a tomb at Nervia near
Bordighera.
Presented by John A. Guodchild, Esq.
VIII. Marble figure of a bull, brought from Athens by the late Mr. C. R. Cockerell,

R.A. ‘This sculpture has probably formed the epithema or crowning ornament of a sepul-
chra] monument. (Hellenic Journal, VI. p. 32, pl. c.)

Presented by Lord Hillingdon.
0.102. F IX. Marble

32 ACCOUNTS, Soe OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

1X. Marble slab with bilingual inscription, Latin and Greek, recording a dedication to
Apollo, by L. Casperius Aelianus. Found af Isamoorli Keui near Cavak, in the district
of Samsoon, Asia Minor.

Presented by Alfred Biliotti, Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Crete.

X. A gold spiral ring, with a human mask at each end in relief.

Presented by Henry Barr Tomkins, Esq.
A, S. Murray.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDI&ZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.
T,— Arrangement.

In the Asiatic Saloon the Franks Collection of Chinese and Japanese pottery and
porcelain has been arranged. It occupies the wall-cases of one-half of this saloon, as well
as three upright central cases, and four table-cases. New fittings have, in all cases, been
found necessary, and in the wall-cases these have been painted of an uniform colour,
while the central cases have been covered with merino and silk. General labels have
been written, and placed to the different sections, and in many cases the individual speci-
mens have been labelled. In the other half of the saloon have been arranged the various
other Chinese and Japanese specimens (exclusive of arms and armour, which it has been
thought desirable to place with the other Oriental arms in the Ethnographical Gallery)
as well as the figures and implements illustrating the following religions, viz.: Shaman-
ism, Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The illustrations of the last-named religion it
has been found possible to subdivide into ancient and more modern India, Burmah, Siam
and Java, China, and Japan. The wall-cases have been re-numbered, 55 general labels
have been written, as well as 198 card labels. The three large central cases have been
raised on mahogany plinths, and 28 stands and four brackets have been made for the
porcelain.

Ethnographical Gallery. The arrangement of the collections in this gallery was, at
the end of the past year, rapidly approaching completion; but the actual opening to the
public did not take place until the close of the first quarter of the current year. It has
been thought better, however, to include the completion of this gallery and of the Asiatic
Saloon in this report, as the galleries haye been thrown open before its presentation to
Parliament. The whole of this gallery, comprising 166 wall-cases, and 44 central cases,
has now been arranged, and the specimens cleaned. Eighty-five general labels have been
written aud fixed above the sections; the whole of the central cases have had numbers
painted upon them, 26 have been lined with flock paper, and the glazed ends of 10 of the
bases have also been lined with paper. Ten additional trophies of clubs and spears have
been mounted and placed on the tops of the wall-cases, as well as a number of single
specimens of large size, seme of which have been mounted on plinths,. In every case out-
line drawings have been made of these trophies, in order to preserve more readily marks
of locality or registration. A large number of ethnographical specimens have been
repaired, and a number of guns and other weapons cleaned and varnished. Three water-
colour drawings of South African natives have been framed and placed over the cases of
that section, and a number of maps, paintings, and photographs illustrating native cos-
tumes, etc., have been placed on the screens along the middle of the gallery. Two tablets
of arrows from East Central Africa have been mounted, and a large number of West Indian
and North American stone implements have also been mounted. Two transparent exhi-
bition cases have been re-glazed and their stands re-polished, and the fittings of two other
central cases have been re-painted.

In the Prehistoric Saloon, a number of the smaller antiquities from the Greenwell
Collection have been arranged in glazed boxes. The fittings of the wall-cases for pre-
historic implements have been commenced,

Exhibition cases of wainscot have been erected in the workroom of the department,
forming an ante-room to the gallery in the new building in which the glass and majolica
are to be placed. ‘This alteration necessitated the removal and reconstruction of part of
the range of cupboards in the workroom. ‘T'wenty-two locks of the study suite have been
fixed on study book-cases, and sixty-eight of the new suite have been placed on the
cupboards of table cases.

Three oil paintings of megalithic monuments have been cleaned and varnished.

Four bronze vases, three of pottery, twelve pieces of oriental porcelain, two glass vases,
and five Mexican wax models, have been repaired. .

Forty-nine Anglo-Saxon spearheads of iron have been boiled in wax to preserve them
from further decay.

The permanent catalogue on slips of the Ethnographical Collections has been continued,
andone hundredand eighty-fovr specimens described, with a careful sketch of each object.

The registration has again been much impeded by the arrangement of the public
galleries ; but as these approach completion it is hoped that arrears may be brought up.
One hundred and thirty objects have been registered.

accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 33

IT. — Acquisitions.

(1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities :—-

A series of fifty-four flint implements and six flakes from the Drift beds of Bedford-
shire, collected by the late James Wyatt, Esq., ¥.G.s., and presented by his son the
Rev. Paul W. Wyatt.

Two ancient British vessels and flint implements found in a barrow at Metlow Hill,
parish of Bempton, E Riding of Yorkshire, and five flints and fragment of' a stone axe,
found in a barrow at Little Kelk, parish of Harpham, E. Riding of Yorkshire, excavated
and presented by the Rev. William Greenwell, D.C.L., F.R S.

A sepulchral urn, two incense cups, and three other vessels, from Lancing, Sussex; a
cinerary urn and two incense cups found near Whitby; and three urns and other specimens
from Ireland; presented by Thomas W. U. Robinson, Esq., ¥.S.A.

A British drinking cup found between the parishes of Methwold and Feltwell, Nor-
folk, presented by the Rev. J. Denny Gedge.

Six ancient British penannular gold ornaments found together in the West of
England.

A bronze bowl, probably of Late Celtic work, found in a Rath near Cookstown, co.
Tyrone, presented by Thomas W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s. A.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :-——

Thirteen urns from Denmark, and five vessels of pottery from Swiss Lake dwellings,
presented by Thomas W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s.A.

(2.) Anglo-Roman:—

A glass vase found in the City of London, presented by Thomas W. U. Robinson,
Esq., F.S.A.

A vase of pottery from Hollesley, Suffolk, a pottery cup from Margate, and a mor-
tarium found in Lendon, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c. :—

An iron ficure of medieval date, perhaps from a crucifix, found near the Thames, at
Windsor, presented by ‘I’. C. Button, Esq.

A gold ring of unusual size, set with a sapphire, found at Wittersham, Kent, on land
belonging to the Rev. E. M. Sladen, by whom it was bequeathed to the Museum.

A collection of pavement tiles of the 13th century, from Chertsey Abbey, with subjects
from the Romance of Tristram. These tiles have been published by the donor, with full
sized plates (Tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, folio, London, 1885). Presented by
Manwaring Shurlock, Esq. An armorial pavement tile of the 14th century, from

-Pembrokeshire, presented by Henry Willett, lsq., F.G.s.

A pair of enamelled candlesticks, and a pair of snuffers, of English work, temp.
James I.; two bowls and a covered cup of wood with royal devices, 17th century ; and
a bronze medallion of Queen Anne of large size, perhaps a design for a silver box; pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An olive wood cup, made by H. W. Reveley, and mentioned by the poet Shelley in his
letter in verse to Maria Gisborne, the mother of H. W. Reveley ; and a silhouette portrait
of Maria Gisborne ; bequeathed by Miss Elizabeth Rumble.

Silver matrix of a seal with the Royal arms and G. R. III., formerly the property of a
collector of Customs at Swansea, presented by William Edkins, Esq.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c.:—

The two most important acquisitions of the year in this section are the purchase of
objects from the Fountaine Collection, and the gift by Mr. Franks of various mediazyal
and Renaissance works of art.

(1.) Purchases from the Fountaine Collection :—

The Syndicate, which was formed with the hopes of securing for the nation the most
remarkable specimens at the sale of this famous collection in June 1884, made a number
of purchases; and the works of art thus acquired remained on exhibition at the British
Museum until the following financial year, when funds became available for the purchase.
With the exception of one lot, a pair of candlesticks of Palissy ware, purchased hy a
private collector, the whole was divided between the British Museum and the Science
and Art Department. The British Museum was thus enabled to add to its collections
some rare and valuable works of art, which, though not so numerous or so costly as those
in the portion allotted to the Science and Art Department, included objects of great
interest, and of especial value to the Museum collections, where they supplied several
desiderata.

0.1€2, F 2 They

cee ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

They may be described as follows :-—

Italian Majolica.—A plate of Urbino ware, with a subject from Amadis of Gaul, on a
dark ground, border and back ornamented with grotesche. A circular dish, painted by
Niccola da Urbino, with Apollo and Marsyas, and above the Feast of the Gods, after
Raphael. A second example of the same artist, in a somewhat different style, a large
dish, with the Conversion of St. Paul, a composition of many figures in violent action.

These two dishes are considered the finest examples of Niccola da Urbino’s work.

Palissy ware.—-A large oval dish, with the subject of the Woman taken in Adultery.
A characteristic example.

Limoges enamels. A set of twelve plates, painted in grisaille by Penicaud ill., with
scenes from the Story of Psyche, engraved by Marc Antonio. The backs are painted with
busts within framework.

An elegant ewer, signed by Pierre Raymond, and painted with Bible subjects in grisaille
with slivht flesh tints; a coat of arms on the lip.

A similar ewer, signed by Jean Courtois, and painted with a bacchanalian procession.

(2.) Gift by A. W. Franks, Esq. :—

Enumels.—Champlevé enamel on copper, the Crucifixion, French, 14th century;
translucent enamel on silver, the Last Supper, French, 14th century ; another of similar
work, an Apostle, French, 15th century. Four medallions with fancy portraits, painted
enamel on silver, North Italian, late 15th century. Pax with painted enamel on copper,
Italian, 15th century. Box of tarsia work, with medallion painted in enamel on silver, a
portrait of Pope Julius, Italian, 15th century. Five specimens of Venetian enamel,
viz., a dish of gadroon pattern, a pair of square trenchers, a salt cellar with coat of arms,
and a pax.

Five specimens of Limoges enamel, viz. :—A circular medallion portrait of the Dauphin
Francois, son of Francois I., who died during his father’s lifetime, in 1536, at the age ut 18.
This is probably part of a mortuary triptych, executed for the King, whose portrait is
therefore placed in a less important position than the Prince, on the back of the medallion.
The medallion is signed by Leonard Limousin, 1539. A large oval dish from the Foun-
taine Collection, with the Feast of the Gods, painted by Jean Courtois, after Raphael ; a
plaque from a mirror frame, with the Nymph of Fontainebleau, signed by the rare artist,
{. G.; and two plaques of later Limoges enamel, forming the sides of a purse, probably
painted by one of the Nouailher family.

Italian Majolica.—Twenty-two specimens, viz.:—A spezerie jar for syrup of fumatory,
with portraits of Savonarola and others ; a companion jar for syrup of citron, painted with
birds; another for pounded cumin, of Castel Durante ware; a pair of jars of the same
fabric, with St. John the Baptist and St. Sebastian; another jar with arabesques and a
figure of St. Francis, of coarse Urbino ware. Six plaques, viz. :—The Sacrifice of Isaac,
of early Faenza ware, copied from an early Italian woodcut; a Holy Family, by
Niccola da Urbino; the Crucifixion, signed I. S. C.; the Martyrdom of St. Stephen;
figure of St. Paul, signed F. F. 1583; anda Holy Family, circa 1550. A dish of sgraftiato
ware, the B. Virgin in Adoration. A plate with the arms of the Peruzzi family, of
TFaenza ware. Seven dishes, viz.:—The punishment of Ananias, painted by Niccola da
Urbino, after Raphael ; a female bust and the letter N., of lustred Diruta ware; a bird and
scrolls, Chaffagiolo ware; the meeting of Jacob and Rebecca, in blue camaieu, probably
Venetian: a female bust and scrolls, signed C.L. 1583; a figure of a soldier, Monte
Lupo ware; and, with bacchanalian figures, Venetian ware, signed G. R.

Spanish and French faience.—A lustred dish of Spanish ware, from the d’Huyvetter
Collection; another, also lustred, with a bust of Marcus Regulus, perhaps of Italian work ;
a panel of Alcora ware with the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, and 24 azulejo tiles.

A plaque of Nevers ware with a portrait of the Duke of Orleans.

Various other objects of less importance.

The remainder of the acquisitions in this section include the following objects :—

Seventeen ivory carvings from the collection of the late Mr. M. Rohde Hawkins,
including two pieces of a Byzantine casket with curious subjects, two Byzantine
panels with figures ; a Carlovingian figure of a king; a mirror frame of the 14th century ;
a fine group in high relief of St. Peter sheathing his sword; three leaves of Gothic folding
tablets, one of them said to be from Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire; Italian carvings
in bone, representing the Judgment of Paris, and scenes from the history of the Knight
of the Swan; and a pair of Flemish devotional tablets.

A bronze ewer inlaid with silver, of Mosul work, 13th century.

A bronze chrismatory of trefoil shape found at Cologne, presented by John Jennings, Esq.

An Arab bottle of blue glazed ware from Egypt, presented by the Rey. Greville
J. Chester. A sherbet vase of pottery with sgraffito decoration, of Persian work,
presented by Henry Wallis, Esq. Eight wall tiles from Kutahia, Asia Minor.

(5.) Glass

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(5.) Glass Collection :—

Fragment of a large plateau of antique marbled glass, and part of a shaped plate of
clear glass, from Rome; presented by Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., P.s.a.

A transparent cup and a blue bottle, found in tombs at Nervia, near Bordighera,
presented by John A. Goodchild, Esq. A two-handled transparent bottle, from Dali,
Cyprus, presented by FE. Gilbertson, Esq.

Two specimens of Rhodian glass, one of them mounted in nielloed silver.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical :—

Two specimens of sculpture from the Amaravati tope, viz.:—A disc from the Great Rail,
with a symbolic representation of Buddha, and other figures, and a piece of the smaller
frieze, with the Great Renunciation of Prince Siddartha, presented by his Excellency
the Right Honourable Mountstuart E. Grant Duff, c.1.u., Governor of Madras.

A bronze ornament in the form of a spearhead, found in the Arcot district near
Madras, presented by Sir Walter Elliot, K.os1

Six Buddhist offerings of terra cotta, found at Buddha Gaya, Bengal, presented by
J, F. Fleet, Esq.

A Pyoo cinerary urn found in tie Prome district, Burmah, presented by the Rey.
Edward O. Stevens. Two fragments of pottery from Ab-i-Goshan, Afghanistan,
presented by William Simpson, Esq. ¥.2.6.s.

An ancient Chinese bronze vessel in the shape of a monster, presented by E. Gilbertson,
Esq. A Chinese bronze vase, said to have been found in the Dane John at Canterbury,
presented by Henry Willett, Hsq., r.c.s.

A piece of bamboo, with incised lines of inscription, found at Kalianda, Lampong Bay,
Straits of Sunda, presented by Oliver W. Smith, Esq.

A diminutive double vase of pottery, from Assouan, and a wooden comb, leglet of
white metal, and a bronze pin, all from Upper Egypt; presented by the Rev. Greville
J. Chester.

A collection of objects illustrating the Buddhist religion in China and Japan, pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Esq., viz.:—

From China, twenty figures in bronze and one in lacquered wood.

From Japan. Two large rosaries, with numerous beads, all inscribed, and the lareer
ones containing sculptured figures, and a very large bead said to contain relics of Budéha,
all from a temple at Kidto. Four large figures of painted and gilt wood, and one figure
of Hotei; four minutely carved groups in wood, six large shrines and nine smaller, con-
taining sacred figures; and two shrines for inscriptions. Wooden figure of Kuwan-on, and
of Daruma in a cave, two bas-reliefs, and two metal dorges. Five kakimonos (hanging
pictures).

Also, from the same donor :—

A number of specimens, not connected with religion, from China and Japan, viz. :—

From China. Three imperial seals of jade, a seal of lapis lazuli, one of malachite and
five of ivory; a sceptre of steatite for mandarins; a sceptre of Longevity of carved
Foo-choo lacquer; alacquer table inlaid with mother of pearl, anda carved box of
similar work; alarge dish of cloisonné enamel, with the date of the period Wan-leih, 1573 -
1620, on a stand of carved wood; and an ink slab of stone with carved designs. Two
trays with pipes, etc., for opium smoking, and other pipes; a rosary of carved nuts ; a staff
and wooden tablet, both with magical designs, and two rings of carved green jade.

From Japan. A set of models in fine lacquer, of the boxes belonging to the furniture
of a daimio; a model of a Japanese house and its contents; a set of instruments with
lacquered handles used in cutting up perfumes; a lacquered instrament for marking lines
on the floor; a wooden figure representing the Master of the Tea Ceremony, Rikiu; two
models of painted screens; and a state head-dress of a courtier of the Mikado.

Four Japanese specimens illustrating Buddhism, viz. :—An incense burner of pottery in
the form of the God of the Lower Regions, a bronze figure of Kuwan-on, and two of Jizo,
one bronze, the other clay, presented by William Anderson, Esq.

A Japanese figure of earthenware representing Bishamon, one of the Seven Gods of
Felicity, presented by Professor A. H. Church.

A Chinese porcelain plate with the arms of the Leighton family, presented by Sir
Frederick Leighton, Bart., p.R.A.

A collection of dresses, implements, and ornaments, from the Ainos of Yezo and
Saghalien, collected by the donor, J. Anderson, Esq-, M.D., F.R.S.

Four bowls of wood, a feather head-dress, two skin dresses, a knife, a bow, and a quiver
of arrows, collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston in the Kilima’njaro district, and presented by
the Kilimma’njaro Committee of the British Association.

A vessel of glazed pottery in the form ofa fish, from Fiji, presented by N. Stevenson,
Esq.

III.— Christy Collection.

Four hundred and thirty-two additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

0.102. F 3 1. Prehistoric

36 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

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

A series of implements, chiefly of stone and horn, from Swiss Lake dwellings, pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Ksq.

Eighteen stone implements from the East, a Hint knife from Tiflis, a knife from Thebes,
and a chert implement from Gizeh, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

2. Ethnography of Africa :—

Seven specimens obtained by the donor on his expedition to the River Congo, pre-
sented by H. H. Johnston, Esq., F.2.6.5.

A paddle from the Bight of Benin, and a staff from West Africa, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

3 Ethnography of Asia :—

Ornaments of shell, etc., from the Akka tribe of Assam, presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia :—

Three stcne adze blades from Rarotonga, presented by the Rev. Paul W. Wyatt.

A number of specimens from N. W. Australia, including two message sticks, boomerangs,
shields, etc., presented by his Excellency Sir F. Napier Broome, K.c.m.¢. An Australian
club, presented by Charles Heape, Esq.

A coral missile club, from the New Hebrides, presented by A. P. Goodwin, Esq.

A number of specimens, including a New Zealand trumpei, a series of objects from
Fiji, a number of figures and paddles from Easter Island, anda very curious series of masks
of tortoiseshell and other objects from Torres Straits and New Guinea, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Antijuities and Ethnography of America :—

An ancient Mexican mask of diorite ; pottery from Peru, stone implements and pottery
from Honduras, an axe-head from the West Indies, and a chert kmile from Chesapeake
Bay, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A drum stick of india-rubber from the Rio Uaupes, Brazil, presented by the Director
of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

A bow, tapir spear, club, paddle, and pottery vase, from the River Ucayali, Peru, a
paddle from the Rio Negro, Brazil, and a pair of boots from the Pampas, presented by
W. Stevenson, Esq.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal, a
series of stone implements from Sens, France.

Augustus WV. Franks.

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DEPARTMENT OF Corns AND MEDALS.

I.— Registration and Arrangement.
1. Greek Series :—

207 coins from among those purchased at the Whittall sale have been registered, and
22 have been incorporated in the general collection.

71 coins recently acquired from other sources have been registered, and 30 have been
incorporated.

The coins of Corinth and the Corinthian Colonies have been weighed and finally
arranged in preparation for cataloguing.

569 tickets have been written for the coins described in the Catalogue of Coins of the
Ptolemies, and 604 for Coins in the Catalogue of Central Greece, with references to the
respective catalogues. Nach ticket has been placed under the coin to which it belongs.

Lists have been drawn up of all known coins of Zacynthus, and of all published
Imperial coins of the districts of Messenia, Laconia, Elis, Achaia, and Arcadia.

Several collections of coins sent from abroad and offered for presentation or purchase
have been examined, and selections made. Among these are a collection of coins of
; ; : :
Thessaly ; one of the /Egean Islands, made at Athens, and one of the coins of
Alexander the Great.

Many hundreds of coins found on the site of Naucratis and offered for selection by the
Egypt Exploration Fund have been cleaned and arranged.

2. Roman Series :—

The following collections have been examined and selections made for the Museum :—
A hoard of billon and copper coins principally of the time of Tetricus and Victorinus,
found near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire; a similar hoard principally of the time of
Gallienus and Claudius Gothicus, discovered between Bawtry and Everton in Notting-

hamshire ; a series of copper coins of Constantine the Great and his successors.

3. English Series :-—

94 coins, tokens, and tickets, and 23-medals have been registered, and 54 coins, tokens,
and tickets, and 23 medals have been incorporated.

Seven coins and medals selected from the India Office Collection have been registered
and incorporated.

Rectifications have been made in the following series, in accordance with recent publi-
cations :—The coins of Stephen; the gold coinage of Henry VII., Henry VIII., Edward
VI., and Elizabeth; the copper coinage from Charles II., to George III. ; the coinage of
the Isle of Man.

The re-arrangement in one continuous series of the English gold, silver, and copper
coins (James I.—Victoria), formerly kept in separate cabinets, has been continued from
the reign of William IIT. to the present time and concluded. Numerous fresh heading-
eards and labels have been written for this series.

' The Scottish coinage has been re-arranged upon the same principle, and heading-cards
and labels have been written.

1,183 of the Anglo-Saxon coins have been weighed and their weights entered upon the
registration cards placed beneath them.

456 coins have been selected to illustrate the first volume of the Catalogue of English
Coins ; casts of them have been made and arranged in 30 plates for photographing.

The following finds of coins sent by H. M. Treasury to the British Museum have been
examined :—

Hlorncastle Find of coins of James I. and Charles I. ; a selection from it has been made
for the National Collection. Beaumont Find, Cumberland, consisting of 2,000 pennies of
Edward I., II., If1. (England), Alexander ilI., David II. (Scotland), and of some foreign
sterlings; a complete table ofthis Find, showing the reigns, localities, &c. in which they
were struck, hus been drawn up, and selections have been made to complete the British
Museum Collection. Long Crendon Find, Bucks, of 1,450 gold and silver coins ranging
from Henry VIII. to the Commonwealth; a list of these has been drawn up, and
a selection has been made from them. Stuckland Find, Devon,a small hoard of short-cross
pennies of Henry II., &c.

4, Mediaval and Modern Series :—

114 coins and medals recently acquired have been registered and incorporated ; these are
of the following countries :—France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark,
Cyprus, Armenia, Sandwich Islands, America.

Hight coins (French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Swedish) have been selected from
the India Office Collection.

The Carlovingian coins of France haye been expanded, and numerous fresh heading-cards
have been written.

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Rectifications have been made in the series of Dombes, Orange, Fosdinovo, and
Denmark.

The gold florins of Florence have been expanded in consequence of the acquisition of
40 new varieties bearing the arms or badges of the Mint- Masters; the names and dates of the
Mint-Masters have been identified and written on cards placed before each coin in the series.

A collection of medals sent by M. Sambon from Rome has been examined.

5. Oriental Series :-—

1,230 gold, silver, and copper coins of various Muhammadan dynasties of Persia, and of
the Muhammedan and Hindu states of India, &c., haye been registered, and 779 have
been incorporated.

1,400 Chinese coins have been registered and incorporated.

354 Indo-Greek, Nepalese, Assamese, &c., coins, from the India Office Collection, have
been registered, and 120 have been incorporated.

The Durani coins of Afghanistan have been in part re-arranged and fresh headine-cards
have been written. as

The coins of Nepal and of Burma have been arranged in chronological order, and
heading-cards inserted with the names of the kings, &c.

The gold and silver Muhammedan coins of Persia from the reign of Tahmasp II. to
Kerim Khau have been weighed and measured for the Catalogue of Persian Coins, and
nine plates of casts have been prepared to ulustrate the same work.

The following collections have been examined, selections being made from them for the
Museum :—Two large collections of Muhammedan coins of India, in gold, silver and
copper; a series of coins of Southern India, belonging to Sir Walter Elliot, x.c.s.1.
(casts have been taken of all the specimens and those in gold have been weighed) ; an
extensive series of vold and silver coins of the Amawees and Abbasees.

II.— Acquisitions, 1885.

Gold Lead
Class. and Silver. Copper. Billon. and White Giass. ToTAL.
Electrum. Metal.

Greake( Sia> = acme 5 179 £41 tees Hs ee he
Roman ~ - - 1 - 16 - - - 17
Medieval and Modern - 44 65 13 — 1 - 123
English Fo eae 1] 38 33 l - - 83
Oriental - - - | 108 453 275 - - 52 888

Torat - - - 169 735 578 1 1 52 1,536

Remarkable Coins and Medals.
1. Greek Series :—

A rare copper coin of Asculum in Apulia ; types, hound running, ear of corn.

A silver hemi-drachm of Larissa, having on one side a head of Jason, on the other
his sandal. (Numismatic Chronicle, 1885, Pl. I. 4.)

Three imitations of tetradrachms of Athens, bought by Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie in
Egypt, and presented by him to the British Museum.

A fine silver stater of Mallus in Cilicia; types, head of bearded Herakles, Demeter
clad in long tunic, holding a torch and an ear of corn.

A very fine bronze coin, struck in the reign of Severus Alexander at Nineveh while
that city was a Noman colony; type, young Dionysus in a chariot drawn by lions.

A silver coin of Ptolemy I. of Egypt, of the weight of eight drachms, the only coin of
that denomination in the British Museum.

A silver coin of Mauretania, bearing portraits of King Juba and his wife Cleopatra,
daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII. of Egypt.

A remarkable archaic silver didrachm of the Persian standard ; type, head of a goddess,
perhaps the earliest head on extant coins.

Also the following, purchased at the sale of Mr. James Whittall’s Collection in
1884 :—

A silver stater of Abdera in Thrace, issued by the mayistrate Mandronax; the type, a
griffin trotting, a variety new to the British Museum. .

Nine varieties of silver coins of Aenus in Thrace, cn some of which the facing head of
Hermes is in a very fine style of art.

A small silver coin of Cotys L., King of the Odrysae; obv., bearded head ; rev., KOTY
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Four gold staters of Alexander the Great, and five tetradrachms of silver bearing the
types of the same king; of these latter, four, struck at Mesembria, Teos, Side, and an
nncertain mint, are important new varieties.

Three beautiful drachms of Larissa in Thessaly; one ha3 on the obverse a head of the
nymph Larissa facing, her chiton fastened on each shoulder with a fibula in the shape ot
a seated sphinx (Vum. Chron., 1885, Pl. I. 5) ; another is in perfect preservation.

A gold didrachm of the Aetolian League.

Several rare coins of Crete, among them a drachm of the city of Arcadia (obv., head of
Zeus Ammon), and a didrachm of Cnossus, with head of Demeter on the obverse, and the
Cretan Labyrinth on the reverse.

A curious early silver coin of Sinope, with an eagle’s head on the obverse (Num.
Chron., 1885, Pl. I. 8).

A tetradrachm of Philetaerus, King of Pergamus, B.c. 281-263, with a fine portrait of
Seleucus Nicator.

A large series of small silver coins of Cebrenia in the Troad, of various periods.

Two coins of the Imperial period struck at Erythre, showing the ancient statue of
Herakles mentioned by Pausanias, VII. 5, 5,

A silver coin of Miletus of the usual types, head of Apollo, and Lion with star, but of
double the weight of the ordinary coins (161 grains).

A very finely preserved alliance coin of Laodicea and Smyrna, with figures on the
reverse of Zeus of Laodicea and Smyrna standing with hands joined, and with the name
of Homer, OMHPOS, between them.

Two very rare archaic silver coins of Samos (Gardner, Coins of Sumos, Pl. I, 6
obv., Bull’s head ; rev., Incuse square.

A very rare silver stater of the Babylonic standard, with Lion’s head on the obverse,
and on the reverse an incuse square divided by a diagonal bar (Mum. Chron., 1885,
Pl. I. 10); probably struck at Cnidus in Caria. A most important silver stater of
Cnidus belonging to the class of anti-Spartan alliance money issued at Ephesus, Samos,
and other cities of Asia, after the victory of Conon off Cnidus in B.c. 394. ‘The coins of
this class, which all have on the reverse the infant Herakles strangling the serpents, were
first identified and explained by M. W. H. Waddington (Revue numismatique, 1863).

An archaic stater of Lycia, obv., Dolphin; rev., symboi with three hooks, of which one
terminates in a lion’s head ; also, a small silver coin of Lycia with a shell on the obverse,
and on the reverse ahead facing and the inscription mith - - -, in Lycian characters. A
very finely preserved silver coin of Mallus in Cilicia bearing as type a young male
winged figure kneeling on one knee and holding in his hand the solar disk ; on the reverse,
a swan.

A silver stater of ‘Tarsus; on the obverse a horse-soldier, on the reverse a foot-soldier
and an Aramaic inserption.

A large bronze coin of Philadelphia in Lydia, of the time of M. Aurelius; rev., [sis
seated on a throne, holding a sistrum and carrying in her arms the infant Harpocrates.

An undoubtedly authentic specimen of the celebrated coin of Apamea in Phrygia
(Cibotus), shewing on the reverse the ark of Noah, with four persons and a raven and
dove; an illustration of the Biblical account of the Deluge.

Several silver coins of the Seleucide. Among them are a rare tetradrachm of
Antiochus J., with a horned portrait of his father Seleucus Nicator; two tetradrachms of
Antiochus Il., with the rare reverse-type of Herakles seated ; two tetradrachms of
Seleucus II., one very fine with youthful portrait, and one with a bearded portrait-head
unlike any hitherto published ; a rare drachm of Demetrius II., with an anchor as reverse-
type; and rare drachms of Antiochus VII., one of which has as type the goddess Tyche,
the other the god Sandan on the back of a horned lion.

A tetradrachm of Seleucia in Syria, the port of Antioch ; the reverse type is a thunder-
bolt resting on a table.

A unique tetradrachm of Ptolemy VI. (Philometor) and Ptolemy VII. (Eupator)
bearing a double date, year 36 of the former king and year one of the latter (B.c. 146).
(See Cat. Coins of Ptolemies in Brit. Mus., p. ixvii., Pl. XXXII. 9).

Several rare varieties of early coins of Cyrene, including two of the very uncommon
mint of Euesperis: some of which are published in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1885, Pl. I.
18, 14.

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2. Roman Series :—

Sixteen small brass coins (denarii) of Licinius IJ. and Constantine the Great. Presented
by John Ivans, Esy., LL.D., P.S.A.

A solidus of Anthemius struck at Milan. Presented by W. M. I'linders Petrie, Esy.

A copper denarius of Carausius, with the reverse type, a female bust, within a wreath,

holding a flower, and the inscription FORTVNA AVG.

3. English Series :—

A coin of Edward I., of the English type, struck at Dublin. From the Beaumont
Find.
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The following medals, most of which are published in the Medallic Illustrations of
British History, but which have not till now been represented in the National Collection :—

Medal of Sir Anthony Browne, First Viscount Montagu. Presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq, F.R.S.

Three medals commemorating the Peace of Ryswick (Medallic Illustrations, I1., pp.
180-181, Nos. 476, 477), one of them not mentioned in the Medallic Illustrations. Pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Esq. F.8.S.

Three medals commemorating the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (Med. Ill. II. pp. 649-
650, Nos. 349, 351), one of them not mentioned in the Medallic Illustrations. Presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq., F.R.S.

A medal of the Princess Caroline of Orange, slightly varied from Medullic Illustrations
II., p. 351, No. 638. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., F-R.S.

Two medals of Admiral Vernon in silver.

A medal of Thomas Coram, founder of the Foundling Hospital.

A Nottingham Token not published in Boyne’s Tokens of the Seventeenth Century.
Presented by J. Toplis, Esq.

4, Medieval and Modern Series :—

A proof of a five franc piece of ‘ Henri V.’ made in the year 1871. This piece shows
the bearded head of the late Count de Chambord tol., with the legend, HENRI V ROI
DE FRANCE, and the signature of the engraver, CAPEL F. On the reverse is the
shield with three lis as on the coins of Charles X., with the date 1871 and the word
ESSAI and a lis as mint-mark. ‘The edge is inscribed as usual DIEU PROTEGE
LA FRANCE, but with incuse letters. The coin bears all the appearance of having
been struck by the regular processes of a mint. It was stated by the donor to have been
purchased by him from a former servant of a royalist family. Presented by J. E.
Taylor, Esq.

Some interesting half-bracteates of Germany (Amberg, Bavaria, Hall, Regensberg,
Strassburg, &c ).

Seven rare coins of Odalric and Bretislas, Dukes of Bohemia (11th century). Pre-
sented by Herr Edw. Fiala.

Some interesting coins of Carinthia of the 13th century. Presented by Lieutenant
Von Forcher.

An Angel, imitated from the English Angels, struck by William IV., Duke of Gelder-
land, 1546-1586. Presented by W. O. Hughes- Hughes, Esq.

An interesting series of gold florins of Florence bearing the arms or badge of the Mint-
Master who was appointed to superintend the gold coinage. The Mint-Masters repre-
sented in this way upon the coins recently acquired are: Baldo Ridolfi, Neri Gambi,
Tedizzo Mano Velli, Simone Gherardi, Donato di Antella, Bancho Ranghi, Lapo dello
Strozza, Lapo Ghini, Card. Geri, Nigi Dietsalve, Rizio Morelli, Moffao Domini Buon-
fantini, Lapo deilo Alberti, Ardingo de’ Medici, Nerio di Giacomo del Giodici, Piero
Adati, Lapo Lapi dello Strozza, Dardano di Acciajuoli, Buonaguida Tolosini, Tano
Baroncelli, Lippo Buonsignori, Cenne Nardi, Gherardino Gianni, Francesco Borghini di
Baldovinetti, Lapaccio de! Beni, Vanni Manecti, Buonacorso Lapi di Giovanni(?),
Giacomo Latozj Nasi. These Mint-Masters are of, the 14th century. (See Orsini, Monete
della Republica Fiorentina, pp. 10-124).

A medal of Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice, by the unidentified medallist who signs ®,
circ. 1500 (Armand, Meédailleurs Ital., tom. 1., p. 122).

A medal of Dante; Italian work of the 16th century.

Two patterns for five peseta pieces of ‘Carlos VII.’ On the obverse, one specimen bears
the laureate head of Don Carlos to r., with the legend, CARLOS VII REY DE LAS
ESPANAS; the name of the engraver, P. BEMBO, below; on the reverse the crowned
shield of Spain and the legend, DIOS PARIA Y REY, 5P., and the date 1874. The
other specimen has similar types, but the legends are, CAROLVS VII DEI GRATIA.
1874 (obverse), and HISPANIARVM REX, 5 P. (reverse).

Gros of Henry II., King of Cyprus (1284-1304), struck before the usurpation of
Amaury (Schlumberger, Mon. de l’ Orient latin, Pl. VI. 15).
vin rare Gros of Amaury, Prince of Tyre, as King of Cyprus, 1304-1310 (Jd., Pl.

tS):
vena of Peter J., King of Cyprus, the King seated holding sword (Jd., Pl.

ae)

Gros of James II., King of Cyprus (ep. Z0., Pl. VII. 22).

Four silver coins (Dollar, } and } Dollar and Dime) of Kalakaua I., King of the Sand-
wich Islands.

5. Oriental Series :—

A drachm of extreme rarity, issued at Babylon B.c. 123 by Himerus, a governor left
in charge by Phraates Il. (Gardner, Parthian Coins, pp. 7, 34); obv., Head of Himerus ;
rev., Victory.

A gold stater of Ardeshir II., Sassanian King of Persia.

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A silver tetradrachm of Demetrius, King of India; rev., Pallas standing (Cat. Gr. Kings
of India, p. 163).

A didrachm of Philoxenus, Indian King, having on the obv. a bust of the king striking
with a spear (/bid., p. 171).

One of the very rare didrachms of Artemidorus, Indian King, having the type of
Artemis drawing a bow (Jbid., p. 170).

A hemi-drachm of Maues, Scythic King in India; odv. two figures in a chariot; rev.,
Zeus seated (/d., p. 172).

A gold stater of Kadphises II., Seythic King of India, of which the reverse represents
the king in his war-chariot ; a rare and important variety (Zd., p. 175).

A rare series of gold and silver coins of the Moors and Arabs of Spain, including a fine
gold coin of El-Moatadid of Seville, struck at El-Andalus 4.H. 456 ; others of the Kings
of Toledo, Valencia, and Saragossa.

A gold coin of Abul-Modhaffar El-Feth, ruler of Azerbaijan for a period of about
18 months. This coin was struck at Ardebil 4.4. 317 (see Weil, Gesch. d. Khalhfen, II.

. 625):
A an coin of the Selgharee Queen and last ruler of that dynasty, Ayesh ibnet Sdad,
struck at Shir4z a.H. 679; and a silver coin of the same Queen, struck A.H. 684.

A valuable series of modern gold, silver, and copper coins of Turkey. Presented by
E. W. Dickson, Esq., M.D.

A gold coin of Muhammad Khodabanda, Safavi ruler of Persia; struck at Isfahdn
A.H. 885. Presented by D. Buick, Esq., LL.D.

A gold coin of "Abbas III., of Persia, struck in the name of the Im4m Ali-er-Riza at
Meshhed, a.H. 1148.

An important series of silver coins struck by the Great Kaan, Mangu, grandson of
Jingis Khan, at the mints of Herat, Nimroz, &c.

Gold coins of the Moghul Rulers of Persia, Hulagu, struck at Baghdad a.m. 661, and
of Abaga, struck at El-Mosil and Tabriz in a.u. 673 and a.H. 676.

A gold Mohur of Rafi-ed-Darjat, Moghul Emperor of Dehli, struck at Azimabad a.n.
1131; and another ot Rafi-ed-Dawlet, struck at Shah-Jehandbad (Delhi) in the same
year ; also rupees (2) of the last monarch, struck at Shah-Jehanabad and Barelly.

A gold Mohur of Shah Jehan III., Moghul Emperor of Dehli; struck at Islamabad
A.H, 1183.

A rupee of Muhammad Shah, struck at Barelly a.m. 1157. Presented by M. A. Braun-
stein, Esq.

A large series of gold, silver, and copper coins of the Durdni rulers of Afghanistan.

IIl.— Catalogues.
1. Greek Series ; —

The Catalogue of the coins of Crete and the Aegean Islands is in the press.

The Catalogue of the coins of Athens and Corinth, and also that of the coins of
Peloponnesus are prepared for the press and complete in manuscript. For the Catalogue
of the Greek Kings of India, see the Oriental Series.

2. English Series :—

The Catalogue of English Coins, Anglo-Saxon Series, Vol. I., comprising the whole
of the early Anglo-Saxon Coinage excepting that of Wessex, is in the press: Vol. II.,
comprising the Kings of Wessex and the Sole Monarchy, is in preparation.

3. Oriental Series :—

Vol. II. (Sultans of Delhi) and Vol. II], (Muhammadan States) of the Catalogue of
Indian Coins have been published. Vol. I. (Greek and Scytiic Kings of Bactria and
India) has passed through the press, and is just ready for publication.

The Catalogue of Persian Coins and the Catalogue of Chinese Coins, Vol. I., are in the
press.

A Supplement to the Catalogue of Oriental Coins (Arab Series) is in preparation.

LV.— Exhibitions.
765 printed labels have been substituted for written labels in the series of Greek coins
exhibited in the table-cases.

Some fresh specimens in electrotype have been added to the series of English coins,
_and numerous labels have been writtev. Seven electrotypes of American coins have
been added to that series, and 10 fresh labels have been written.

The number of Visitors to the Medal Room during 1885 was 1,866.
The number of Visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1885 was 16,186.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

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1X.--NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

THRE total number of visitors to the Museum during the year 1885 has been 421,350,
being an increase of 46,119 over the previous year. ‘The average number on each open
day (every week-day in the year except Good Friday and Christmas Day) has been
1,354, as compared with 1,206 in 1884.

A resolution recommending the opening of the Museum on Sunday afternoons was
passed ata Special General Meeting of ‘Trustees held on 17th January 1885, but the
proposal did not receive the sanction of the Treasury.

The garden in which the Museum stands has been open to the public since the {3th of
April, during the hours in which the Museum itself is open.

During the year an unusual number of large and important additions have been made
to the Museum by donation. These are mentioned in detai] in the Reports of the
Keepers of the Departments, but special attention must be called here to the magnificent
collection of Indian birds presented by Mr. A. O. Hume, c.s.; the almost equally im-
portant collections of Central American birds and insects, presented jointly by Mr. O. Sal-
vin, F.k.s., and Mr. F. D. Godman, F.n.s.; and the large and varied collection of
geological specimens, the gift of Mr. J. E. Lee, of Torquay.

A marble statue of the illustrious naturalist, Charles Darwin, executed by Mr. Boehm,
r.A., for the subscribers to the Darwin Memorial, has been placed on the grand staircase
of the Central Hall. The public unveiling and presentation of the statue took place on
the 9th of June, when an address was delivered on behalf of the Darwin Memorial Com-
mittee by the Chairman, Professor Huxley, p.R.s., to which His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, who had graciously consented to represent the Trustees on this occasion,
replied. A large number of the Trustees of the Museum, subscribers to the Memorial,
and other persons interested, were present.

The general design of the Introductory or Elementary Biological Collection pro-
posed to be placed in the bays of the Central Hall was described in the last Report.
During the year the first bay on the west side, containing a series of specimens, with
explanatory labels, iJustrating the principal elementary facts concerning the osteology
and dentition of the Mammalia, has been nearly completed, and some progress has been
made in the third bay devoted to the class of Birds.

Considerable progress has been made throughout the Museum in the introduction of
descriptive labels to the specimens, which cannot but afford great assistance to those
visitors who wish to make an intelligent study of the collections. This is a subject to
which attention will be continually directed.

The room in the basement floor, in which the fine collection of skeletons of Cetacea is
deposited, has been opened to the public since April last. It is to be regretted that no
better accommodation has been afforded in the building for the display of specimens of
such an important and still little known group of animals. The imperfect lighting has
been partially remedied by the use of reflectors, but the massive columns by which the
room is intersected interfere with the complete view of any of the larger skeletons, and
already almost all the available space is occupied, although some of the largest and most
interesting species, including the Greenland Right-Whale, are still unrepresented.

The gallery devoted to recent Fishes has also been arranged and opened during the year,
and a large and well-lighted room in the Central Tower has been fitted up for the in-
creasing collection of cellular plants, previously very insufficiently accommodated in the
astern ‘Tower.

The following guide-books have been published during the year :—

1. Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia (Mammalian, Osteological and Cetacean) in
the Department of Zoology.

2, Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia in the Department of Zoology.

3. Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes inthe Department of Geology and Pale-
ontology.

4. Guide to the Gould Collection of Humming Birds. Fourth Edition. With map.

5. Guide to the Mineral Gallery, with an introduction to the study of Minerals. New
Edition. With diagrams and plan.

6. The Students’ Index to the Collection of Minerals. New Edition.

The three first named are abundantly illustrated by woodcuts, and form not only guides
to the collections, but condensed manuals on the subjects to which they relate. Several
other guide-books of similar character are in hand, and will shortly be completed.

Of Catalogues the following volumes have been published :—

1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. X.
Passeriformes, or Perching Birds. Fringilliformes. Part I. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.
With woodcuts and twelve coloured plates.

2-3. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second
Eee Vols. I. and II. By George Albert Boulenger. With numerous lithographic
plates.

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4-5. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History),
Parts I. and II. By Richard Lydekker. With woodcuts. :

6. List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Department. By William
Henry Flower, LL.D., F.R.S.

These publications have been distributed to Free Public Libraries and various other
institutions in Great Britain and Ireland ; to Indian, Colonial, and Foreign libraries and
museums ; and to individuals who have rendered assistance in the preparation of the
catalogues, or who have presented specimens for the collections.

The eleventh volume of the Catalogue of Birds, by Mr. R. B. Sharpe; the third of

Lizards, by Mr. G. A. Boulenger, the third of Fossil Mammalia, by Mr. R. Lydckker ;
a Catalogue of the Blastoidea, by Dr. P. H. Carpenter and Mr. Robert Etheridge, jun. ;
and the sixth volume of the Catalogue of Lepidoptera, by Mr. A. G. Butler, are in the
press.
Duplicate specimens have been presented to the Science Schools, South Kensington
(Minerals) ; York Museum (Minerals); Town Museum, Brighton (Fossils); The Owens
College, Manchester (Fossils); Street Museum (Fossils); and Bethnal Green Museum
(Mineral).

Exchanges of specimens have been effected with the following institutions and indivi-
duals :—Of Fossils, with the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, the Museum of
the Geological Survey of India, the Museum of Practical Geology, Brighton Town
Museum, Bloemfontein Museum, Leyden University, and the Rev. David Smith;
of Minerals, with Mr. S.C. H. Bailey, Professor Lewis, Mr. C. Seidler, and Mr.
J. de Siemachko; of specimens of Zoology, with the Museum of St. Yhomas’s Hospital,
Christiania Museum, and Colonel Charles Swinhoe; and of Botanical specimens, with
the Leyden Herbarium, and Mr. Fitzgerald, of the Surveyor-General’s Office, Sydney.

The Swiney Lectures on Geology were delivered in June and July by Dr. R. H..-
Traquair, F.R.S., and were attended by an average of fifty persons.

Dr. Traquair has been re-appointed lecturer for a period of two years.

The following is the report of the progress of the General Library of Natural History :

During the year 1885, 1,954 volumes were added to the Library, bringing the total
number up to 13,988.

Of these additions 139 volumes were presented, 171 transferred from other Departments,
and 1,644 acquired by purchase.

4 maps have been presented, chiefly by the Governments of the Cape of Good Hope,
New Zealand, South Australia, New South Wales, and Tasmania.

The work of writing title-shps for the catalogue has progressed, and 2,849 volumes
have been catalogued.

The total number of volumes catalogued up to the close of the year is 10,971.

During the year 919 works have been bound in 755 volumes.

W. H. Flower,
British Museum (Natural History), Director.
Cromweli-road, S.W., 1 January 1886.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The past year is distinguished in the History of the Department by the acquisition of
large and celebrated collections. Two only of previous years approached it in this
respect, viz., the year 1863, memorable for Mr. John Bowring’s donation of his magnificent
collection of Coieoptera, and the year 1866, in which the Trustees were enabled by a
special grant to acquire the Cumingian collection of Shells.

The study-series of Birds having been nearly doubled, a re-arrangement of the whole
became necessary ; and in order to gain more room, the Half-Gallery which originally was
intended for a General Study, with the adjoining corridor, was joined to the Bird Room,
and is now being fitted up with cabinets.

The exhibition Galleries of Cetaceans and Fishes, as well as the Saloon at the end of
the Osteological Gallery, have been opened to the public; so that only the Insect Gallery
and the British Room remain to be completed ; both are sufficiently advanced to be
opened in April next.

Protracted illness of several members of the staff interfered considerably with the
progress of the work in other branches of the Department.

The time of the staff was too much occupied to give special attention to Duplicates ; and
consequently none were distributed among other institutions.

I.—Arrangement.

The additions to the collections of Vertebrate animals have been entered in the printed
Catalogues as soon as they have been examined and named. Specimens likely to be
instructive to the public have been mounted and placed in the Exhibition Galleries.

The work of revising the labels in the Mammalian Gallery has been proceeded with,
more than 500 of the labels having been altered in accordance with the more recent

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nomenclature. Explanatory tablets and maps showing the geographical distribution of
the principal types are also being prepared for this gallery. A series of the horns of the
Buffalo, showing their extraordinary development as well as their variation in form, has
been selected and arranged for exhibition in the Osteological Saloon. Of the study-
series of Mammalia the Marsupiais have been thoroughly examined, labelled and re-
arranged.

No progress has been made in completing the arrangement of the conterts of the Lird
Gallery, owing to the great pressure of work connected with the influx of an immense
number of specimens which required immediate attention. The staff engaged in this
branch of the Department had to be strengthened, as the incorpuration of these additions
and the elimination of superfluous duplicates necessitate the rearrangement of the entire
series of Birds-skins ; twenty cabinets out of dne hundred and forty-six have been thus
rearranged to the present time. The arrangement and labelling of the Passerime Birds
have been continued, without interruption, chiefly by employing external aid.

Also the rearrangement of the collection of Birds’ eggs has been continued, 3,702 eggs
having been labelled and put away upon cotton-wool in glass-topped boxes.

The Tortoises and Lizards belonging 1o the Central American Fauna have been
examined, and many specimens determined or reiabelled.

The arrangement of the collection of Lizards has again made much progress, the
family Iguanide having been completed, and the Anguide, Anniellide, Xantusiide,,
Lacertide, Gerrhosauride and Scincide@ having been put in order.

The general arrangement of the Fish Gallery has been completed, and in a case near
to this gallery a series of the more interesting and typical formis of Batrachians has been
exhibited.

In the Insect Gallery the arrangement of the series of Crustacea, Hymenoptera,
Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Diptera, Hemiptera and Homoptera has been completed so far
as material at disposal will permit; but of many species which should be included in the
series there are at present no specimens available, and most of the specimens have yet
to be re-set and mounted uniformly ; this work is in progress. Many of the nests of
Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera to be exhibited in the wall-cases have been mounted.

The rearrangement of the study series of Lepédoptera and incorporation of the “ Zeller ”’
collection have made considerable progress.

In the S’ar-Fish Gallery much time and attention has been given to the preparation of
explanatory labels. Progress has been made with the determination of the Holothurians ;
and all Echinoderms and Worms, with few exceptions, have been named before they were
incorporated in the general series.

In the exhibition-series of Sponges and Curals, plans have been prepared and _ partly
carried out for the addition of about 400 cubic feet of new cases; through the kindness of
Mr. H. b. Brady the Protozoa are now represented, for the first time, by a thoronghly
typical and illustrated series of Foraminifera.

In the study-series, the collection of Sponges has been partly rearranged ; the large and
representative collection of named Foraminifera (mainly acquired during the year) has
been arranged; the additions to the collection of microscopic slides have been placed in
suitable cases. Reference to this important part of the collection has been facilitated by
the provision of suitable systematic labels.

The greater part of the Madreporaria porosa have been rearranged in or near that part
of the Coral Gallery which was at first devoted to the Sponges. The ‘ Porcupine’ collec-
tion of deep-sea Corals has been mounted, labelled, and exhibited as a distinct series,
and a series of spirit-specimens of Spongida has been mounted for exhibition.

The study-series of Hydrozoa and Polyzoa have been separated into their main groups,
and in part arranged ; numerous specimens of Polyzoa which were found growing over
other specimens have been carefully removed, mounted, and in part identified.

The progress of the arrangement of the British Room has been confined to the Mollusca
and Insects. Of the former the Land and Fresh-water forms, and about one-half of the
marine Bivalves have been completed, and this branch of the British Fauna promises to
fully satisfy the requirements of the student by its completeness as well as the mode of
exhibition. The series of British Hymenoptera and Diptera have also been completed.

Il.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the year (with the exception of the Hume
Collection) have been marked with the date of their acquisition, and a separate number
corresponding with an entry in the manuscript register of accessions; in this, for future
reference, the name of the collector, the exact locality in which the specimens were
collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other valuable information regarding
them, are entered.

I11L.—- Conservation.

The work of conservation has been steadily continued by dusting and cleaning in
rotation the specimens of Mammalia and Birds, renewing the camphor in the Store-
cabinets and Insect-drawers, and the spirits in the collection of wet preparations.

The efforts which have been made during the past year to moderate the dryness of the
temperature of the rooms in the basement have been in a measure successful, the dante

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done to the cabinets last year having been much less than in the preceding years, and
confined to the occasional cracking across of an Insect-drawer.

The following specimens have been mounted for exhibition:—Two stuffed Common
Oryx (Oryx gazella), two Elands (Oreas canna), a Lesser Kudu (Strepsiceros tendal), a
Bush-buck ( Tragelaphus sylvaticus), a Cyprian Wild Sheep ( Ovis ophion), and a Punjab
Wild Sheep ( Ovis cycloceros), a Red Sea Dugong (Halicore tabernaculi). Also skeletons
of two Oraugs from Sumatra, two Manatees, a Tasmanian Wolf ( Thylacinus cynocephalus),
a Platanista gangetica, 1 Rudolph’s Rorqual,a Balenoptera from Hampshire, three Indian
Rhinoceros, an Australian Dugore (Halicore australis), a Danish Mastiff. Also two
stuffed Reptiles, viz., a gigantic Land Tortoise ( Testudo elephantopus), and a Heloderma ;
two Sharks of the genera Guleocerdo and Odontaspis, and a Sun Fish (Orthagoriscus
mola) from South Australia.

The additions to the Bird Gallery were:—A group of Steller’s Sea-eagle (Haliteus
pelagicus) from Kamtchatka, and a Golden Oriole’s nest with old birds. Several additions
have also been made to the nests of British Birds, viz.: Wood Wren, Common Wren,
Ring Ouzel, Shoveller, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring
Gull, Common Gull, Richardson’s Skua and Arctic Tern.

The whole of the Mollusca added to the collection during the year have been, where
necessary, cleaned and mounted upon wool in glass-topped boxes; this being the only
effectual method of resisting the deteriorating effect of dust; such as have been placed in
the exhibition cases have been mounted on the ordinary wooden tablets.

The collection of Ophiurids, various Asterids and the rezular Hchinids have been
remounted; the mounting of the exhibited series of Madreporaria has been continued,
and the cleaning, mending, and otherwise preparing of the Hydrozoa and Polyzoa have
been proceeded with.

IV .— Departmental Library.

The library consisted, at the close of the year, of 7,433 works, represented by 11,176
volumes.

During the year 1885, 877 works, comprising 1,176 volumes, have been acquired.
The titles of all these have been transcribed on slips and entered in the Purchase-
book and Library Catalogue, necessitating the transcription of 2,631 entries. The
press-marking and arrangement of the books have been carried on as in previous vears.
752 volumes have been bound. The preparation of a Subject Catalogue has been pro-
ceeded with.

V.— Catalogues and Guide Books.

The following Catalogues and Guides have been issued durmg the year 1885:—
1. “ Juist of the specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Department of the British
Museum ” (8vo., 36 pp.), by W. H. Flower, ux.p., P.R.s.

2. “ Catalogue of Birds,” Vol. X., containing the Diceide, Hirundinide, Ampelide,
Mniotiltide, and Motacillide (8vo., 682 pp , with 12 plates), by R. B. Sharpe.

3. “ Catalogue of Lizards,” Vol. I., containing the Gechonide, Eublepharide, Uroplatide,
Pygopodide, and Agamide (8vo., 428 pp., with 32 plates), by G. A. Boulenger.

4, “ Catalogue of Lizards,” Vol. If, containing the Iguanide, Xenosauride, Zonuride,
Anguide, «nniellide, Helodermatide, Varanile, Xantusiide, Teiide, Amphisbenide.
(8vo., 492 pp., with 24 plates), by G. A. Boulenger.

5. Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia in the Department of Zoology (8vo., 125 pp., with
57 woodcuts and two plans).

6. Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia in the Department of Zoology (8vo., 30 pp., with 22
woodcuts and one plan).

In addition to the above works, the manuscripts of the 11th and 12th volumes of the
“Catalogue of Birds,” of the 3rd volume of the “ Catalogue of Lizards,” of the 6th part
of the * Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera,” and of the Guides
to the Galleries of Fishes and Mollusca, are either completed and in the press or well
advanced towards completion.

The following reports or descriptive papers in connection with various parts of the
coliection, especially recent acquisitions, have been written by the departmental staff,
and published in scientific journals :—“ Notes on the characters of the different races of
Echidna” and “ Account of a Collection of Human Skulls from Torres Straits,” by
O. Thomas; the first portion of the “ Reptilia” in Salvin and Godman’s * Biologia
Centrali-Americana,” by A. Giinther; “Notes on the edible Frog in England ;”
“Description of the German River Frog;” “ Two Lists of Reptiles and Batrachians from
the province Rio Grande do Sul; ” “ Remarks on the Geographical distribution of the
Lacertide ;” ‘List of Reptiles and Batrachians from the Island of Nias;” Description
of three new species of Geckos,” by G. A. Boulenger; ‘ Report on a collection of shells
(chiefly land and freshwater) from the Solomon Islands,” by E. A. Smith; “On the

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species of Micippa Leach, and Paramicippa, M. Edw.;” “ Abstract of the Report on the
Brachyura of H.M.S. ‘ Challenger’; ” by E. J. Miers ; “ New Coleoptera recently added
to the British Museum ;” Descriptions of two new Curculionide (.Ectemnorhinus) from
Marion Island; ” On the insects collected on Kilimanjaro by Mr. H. H. Johnston,” by
C. O. Waterhouse; *‘ An account of two collections of Lepidoptera recently received
from Somali Land; ” Descriptions of Moths new to Japan, collected by Messrs. Lewis
and Pryer;” “On Butterflies confounded under the name of Delius belladonna; ”
« Lepidoptera collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Ellice and Gilbert Islands; ”
« On thiee new species of Gonepteryx;” On the blue-belted species of the Butterfly
Genus J rothoe;’ Ona collection of Lepidoptera made at Manipur and on the borders
of Assam by Dr. G. Watt,” by A. G. Butler; “ Description of two new species of
Chalcidide,” by W. F. Kirby ; “On some deep-sea and shallow-water Hydrozoa,” by,
J. J. Quelch.

VI.— Acquisitions.

During the past year the various branches of the Department have been increased
by the addition of 123,258 specimens, as follows :—

BY By By
Sie Present | Purchase, | Exchange |< 00
ene Collection - 371 - = | aae
[Other Sources - 240 127 17 f
Hume Collection - | 82,000* oe -
| sv and Godman 5,331 - -

Birds - { Collection. 91,761

Sclater Collection - = 2,281 =

Other sources - Lark 375 3
Repulesisue-que nig ha) Said DOB | 230 196 754
Batrachians - - - 3 139 144 15 298
Fishes - - = 5 2 176 76 233 485
Mollusca - = = Z (e248 79 8,511
Polyzoa - - - - - 280 ~ - 280
Crustacea - = = s 655 a7 = 692
Arachnida - ~ = ss 49 7 fe 56
Myriopoda_- - - - 27 12 = 39
Insecta - - - - -| 19,363 | 5,006 98 | 17,467
Vermes andes) ) 32 5 y- 5 we 507 79 = 586
Echinoderms - : = u 214 36 = 250
Sponges - = - - 134 39 - 173
Anthozoa - = 2 Fe 85 9 = 94.
Hydrozoas- 2 g ‘ 118 2 at 120
Protozoa - z = = 1,025 12 - 1,037

Domkieg 300s ee 112,987 | 9,730 641 |123,358 as compared with

SS SRS

45,574 in the year 1884.
31,466 39 1883.
19,902 sf 1882.

49,602 a; 1881.
24,283 Pe 1880.
45,881 33 1879

20,960 3 1878.
24,184 ” 1877.
24,685 3 1876.

y small number of these specimens will be eliminated as Duplicates during the progress

The

* A comparativel
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The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. Ccllected during the voyage of H.M.S. “ Challenger,” and presented by the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury :—

(a.) A large collection of Cirripedia, comprising 300 specimens, many of them new
to science.

(b.) A collection of Ceratose Sponges, numbering 53 specimens, and 20 new species.
(c.) A representative series of Foraminifera, numbering 874 slides.

(d.) Four hundred and twenty-six named specimens of Polycheia, 37 Gephyrea.
(e.) Thirty-nine Stalked Crinoids.

2. The “Hume” collection of birds of the British Asian Empire, consisting of
63,000 birdskins, 18,500 eggs and 500 nests, besides 371 skins of Mammalia.

This collection has been presented by Allan O. Hume, Hsq., c. B., and is, without com-
parison, the most extensive, complete, and important that has ever been formed of the birds
of the Indian region. ‘The aim of the donor was to obtain specimens from, and to acquire a
perfect knowledge of, the Avi-Fauna of every part of British Asia. For this purpose he
organised a system under which numerous local observers and collectors worked for and
with him. He fitted out expeditions, with a staff of collectors and taxidermists, into Scinde,
Coorg, Manipur, the Malayan Peninsula, ‘Venasserim, and the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands ; he also acquired, either by purchase or presentation, collections formed by other
well-known Indian Ornithologists, as the Mandelli collection from Sikim and Tiber
Brooks’ North Western and Central Indian birds, Adam’s Lambhur birds, Bingham’s colflec-
tions from Delhi and Tenasserim, and Scully’s collection from Turkestan.

The value of this collection, therefore, should not be measured merely by the number
of specimens which it contains, but by the judgment which determined their selection,
the history attached to many of them, and the completeness of the several series. As-
suming that the collection contains 2,000 species, each would be represented on an ave-
rage by about 30 specimens, and that number is, in the majority of cases, necessary to
illustrate the geographical distribution or variation of the species according to age, season,

_or locality.

3. A series of 5,331 specimens of American birds; presented by F. D. Godman, Esq.,
F.R.S., and O. Salvin, Esq., F.R.s.

This is the first instalment of a donation which, when completed, will, with regard to its
scientific value, be perhaps not surpassed even by the donation reported above. ‘The
donors have been engaged in the formation of a collection of the birds of Tropical America
for many years, and are at present describing its contents in their magnificent work en-
titled “ Biologia Centrali-Americana.” In order to render their collection, as soon as
possible, available for general study, and more especially for the purpose of the “Catalogue
of Birds”? which the ‘Trustees are publishing at present, they have offered to transfer to
the British Museum such parts as have been completed in their work. All the specimens
are in the most perfect condition and accurately labelled, so that their incorporation into
the general collection entails no more work than the mechanical labour of placing them
into the cabinets:

4. A further instalment of the “ Sclater ” collection of American birds, containing the
families Tanagride, Icteride, and Fringillide, comprising 2,281 specimens, of which 102
are types.

5. Four thousand six hundred and eighty-seven specimens of shells dredged during the
expeditions of H.M. Ships “ Lightning,” “ Porcupine,” “ Knight Errant,” and “ Shear-
water.” This collection consists of a set selected and put aside for the Museum by the
late Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.s., who published detailed accounts of the Mollusca obtained
by those expeditions. After his death they were handed over to the Museum by his exe-
cutors. The collection contains a large number of types, and illustrates the deep-sea
Molluscan fauna of the North Atlantic, which was entirely unrepresented in the Museum
collection.

6. A collection of 17 Mammals, 75 Birds, including 11 new to the Museum, and the
_ types of four new species, a new variety of River Crab ( Thelphusa depressa), a Scorpion,
180 Coleoptera, 12 Hymenoptera, 33 Lepidoptera, and 57 other insects of various orders
(including the types of several new species), made by Mr. H. H. Johnston on Kilimanjaro,
and presented by the Committee of the British Association.

7. A collection of 7,851 Geodephagous Coleoptera from Central America, being the
materials for the first volume of the Coleoptera of the “ Biologia Centrali-Americana” ;
presented by F. D. Godman, Esq., r.R.s., and O. Salvin, Esq., F.R.s.

This instalment of the entomological collections of Messrs. Godman and Salvin has
been given by the liberal donors under the same circumstances as the collection of birds
‘mentioned above. With regard to completeness, beauty of specimens, and scientific value,
this series is not inferior to the other. It comprises 969 species, of which more than
400 are types of new species described in the volume.

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8. Five hundred and eighty-four Lucunide, 22 Cetonide, and 78 Cleride; being a
portion of Major Parry’s collection, and containing 63 type specimens; purchased.

Mammalia: —The additions to this class were 755, of which the following are most
worthy of note :—

Eight human skulls and bones from Purley, Surrey ; presented by Dr. A. Carpenter.

Six skeletons of Indian natives; presented by Dr. F. Coull Mackenzie.

Four human skulls from Peru; presented by A. Corrie, Esq.

Thirty skulls of natives of New Zealand; presented by T. F. Cheeseman, Esq.

A skeleton, two heads, and an abnormal horn of the Roebuck; presented by the Earl
of Cawdor.

Skeletons of a Beaver from Norfolk ; purchased.

A Beaver from the Rhone; purchased.

A skeleton of Rudolphi’s Rorqual (Balenoptera borealis) from Goole ; purchased.

A Finwale ( Belenoptera sp. incerta) from Hampshire; purchased. ,

A Vandean Griffon-Hound; presented by F. Adcock, Esq.

A skeleton and a double-tusked skull of the Narwhal (Monodon monoceros);
purchased.

A model of a Greenland Whale (Balena mysticetus) ; presented by Captain D. Gray.

A pair of stuffed Gaur ( Bibos gaurus) from Central India; purchased.

Two Cyprian Sheep ( (vis ophion) from Cyprus, new to the collection; collected and
presented by His Excellency General Sir R. Biddulph.

Twelve mammals from Muscat; presented by Dr. A. S. G. Jayakar.

A specimen of Parodoxurus musschenbrockii, new to the collectiop; received in ex-
change from the Leyden Museum.

Eight mammals from Somali-land ; purchased.

The type specimen of Heterocephalus phillipsi from Central Somali-land ; presented by
E. Lort Phillips, Esq.

Two Dugong’s skeletons from Lamoo; presentea by J. Haggard, Esq.

Forty-nine Peruvian Muride, including the types of three new species; presented by
Professor L. Taczanowski.

Twenty-seven mammals from Rio Grande do Sul; collected by Dr. von Ihering.

Specimens of Putorius nigripes and Hesperomys (leucogaster from the United States,
both new to the collection; presented by the Smithsonian Institution.

Five Bats from the Amazon; presented by J. H. Leech, Esq.

A skeleton and skull of the Sea Leopard (Stenurhynchus leptonyr) from the Falkland
Islands ; presented by E. A. Holmested, Esq.

An Otter from Buenos Ayres; presented by Lord Lilford.

Eleven mammals from Buenos Ayres; collected by the late Mr. H. Durnford; pur-
chased.

A skeleton of the Southern Dugong (Halicore australis) from Queensland; purchased.

Eight Muride from Queensland ; presented by the Brisbane Museum.

Birds :—Besides the “ Hume ” collection with 82,000 skins and eggs, and besides 5,331
specimens from the “Salvin and Godman” collection, and 2,281 from the “Sclater” collee-
tion, the additions amount to 2,149, of which the most important are the following :—

Pairs of the parent birds of the King Ouzel, Shoveller, Teal, Pochard, and Tufted
Duck, with their nests and eges, from Norfolk; presented by Lord Walsingham.

Pairs of the parent birds of the Common Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed
Gull, Arctic tern (five pairs), and Richardson’s Skua (two pairs), with their nests and
eggs, or young, from the Island of Moussa, Shetland; presented by Lieut. G. H. Bruce,
R.N., and EK. M. Nelson, Esq.

Nest and young, with parent bird of the Common Wren; presented by Colonel Irby.

A pair of Teal, with nest and young, from Tring; presented by the Hon. Walter
Rothschild.

Nine hundred and thirty-six specimens from various localities; presented by R. Bowdler
Sharpe, Esq.

Thirty Finches from Northern France and the Vosges Mountains; presented by
K. Hargitt, Esq.

Twenty specimens of Finches and Starlings from Norway; presented by the Chris-
tiania Museum.

Twelve specimens of rare Buntings from Siberia and Japan; presented by Henry
Seebohm, Esq.

Three specimens of Steller’s Sea-eagle (Haliaetus pelagicus) from Kamtchatka; pre-
sented by Henry Seebohm, Esq.

a rs of 198 specimens from Fao in the Persian Gulf; presented by W. D. Cum-
ming, Esq.

Twenty-four specimens from the Island of Palawan, collected by W. E. Lempriere,
containing 13 species new to the collection, with three types of new species; purchased.

wo specimens of Falco bubylonicus, and one of F. peregrinus from Rajputana; pre-
sented by Serope Doig, Esq.

Sixty-six skins from Muscat, including the types of Merops muscatensis and Bubo
millsi ; presented by Colonel Mills.

Twenty-two birds from Aden; presented by Major Yerbury, R.a. a i

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— Ss

Eight hundred and fifty-three specimens from Buenos Ayres and Patagonia, collected
by the late Mr. Henry Durnford, containing the types of Cyclorhis altirostris and Por-
zana spiloptera; purchased.

A specimen of the rare Swainson’s Warbler (Helonea swainsoni) from Charleston ;
presented by Dr. Elliot Coues.

An example of the rare Pygmy Owl from Arizona (Micrathene whitneyi); presented
by H. K. Coale, Esq.

Two specimens of the Tooth-billed Bower Bird (Scenopeus dentirostris), and a pair of
(Cracticus rufescens) from Queensland ; presented by T. H. B. Bowyer, Esq.

Reptiles :—Seven hundred and fifty-four additions were made to this part of this col-
lection, of which the following are the most interesting :—

Forty specimens of new or rare Lizards and Snakes, from various localities ; received
in exchange from the Marquis G. Doria.

A series of 36 specimens from Portugal ; collected by Dr. Gadow.

Nineteen specimens from various parts of Spain; presented by M. V. L. Seoane.

Sixty specimens from Italy ; received from the Florence Museum.

Five Snakes from Cyprus; presented by Dr. E. C. Cullen.

Forty-five specimens from Algeria and Tunis ; presented by M. T. Lataste.

Fifty-six Lizards from various localities of the Russian Empire ; obtained in exchange
from the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.

Sixteen specimens from Arabia, Mesopotamia, and N. W. India, among which is a
new speciesof Scink (Scineus muscatensis); presented by J. A. Murray, Esq., of the
Kurrachee Museum.

A collection of 29 specimens from Muscat, Arabia, containing a new Lizard,
Lacerta jayakari, and an apparently new Hydrophis; presented by Surgeon Major
A. S. G. Jayakar.

A specimen of the rare Chameleon, C. calcarifer, from Aden ; presented by Major
Yerbury, R.A.

Twelve specimens from 8. W. India; presented by W. Davison, Esq.

Fifteen Snakes from Cochin China ; presented by Evan C. Cox Smith, Esq.

Nineteen specimens from the Island of Nias; purchased.

A collection of 33 specimens from the Willis Mountains, Java, containing a new
Gecko ; purchased.

A collection of 25 specimens from Madagascar ; collected by Rev. Deans Cowan.

A specimen of Testudo elephantina from Aldabra; presented by Dr. A. Giinther.

Ten specimens from Senegambia:; presented by Captain Moloney.

Twelve specimens from the Congo ; including a new species of Amphisbenide (Mono-
peltis guentkeri); purchased.

Specimens of two new Geckos (Rhoptropus ocellatus and Pachydactylus maculatus) ;
presented by the South African Museum.

Thirty Lizards from the United States, mostly desiderata; obtained in exchange from
the Smithsonian Institute.

Thirty-seven specimens from Central America; presented by Messrs. F. Du Cane
Godman and O. Salvin.

A specimen of the rare Lizard Lepidophyma flavomaculatum ; obtained in exchange
from the Brussels Museum.

A fine specimen of Amciva surinamensis, being the type of Unemidophorus maculatus
Fischer; obtained in exchange from Dr. J. G. Fischer.

Type specimens of two species of Snakes Rhegnops sargi and Virginia fasciata ;
obtained in exchange from the Stuttgart Museum.

One of the type specimens of Ctenosaura interrupta; obtained in exchange from the
Paris Museum.

A rare Lizard (Heterodactylus imbricatus) from the Montequeira mountains, Brazil ;
presented by G. L. Hunt, Esq.

Twelve specimens from Ecuador ; collected by Edward Whymper, Esq.

A specimen of a new Lizard (Enyaloides leechii) from Santarem; presented by J. H.
Leech, Esq.

A series of 58 specimens from the province of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, containing
Liolemus occipitalis, Anisolepis iheringii, Geophis reticulatus, Leptognathus ventrimaculatus,
new to the collection ; collected by Dr. von Ihering.

Nine specimens of Lizards and Snakes from Paraguay, of species new to the collection;
purchased. p

A specimen of arare Crocodile (Crocodilus johnston’) from Port Darwin; purchased.

A collection of 36 specimens from New Guineaand Murray Islands, among which
is a new species of Gecko (Gecko pumilus) ; purchased.

A collection of 22 Lizards from New Caledonia, containing three species of Gechos
new to the Museum ; purchased.

Batrachians :—Two hundred and ninety-eight specimens were added to the collection;
the following deserve special notice :—~
Fifteen specimens from Italy ; received from the Florence Museum.

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Twenty-nine specimens from Portugal, among which is a frog (Rana iberica) new to
the Museum; collected by Dr. Gadow.

Fifty-one specimens from Britany, chiefly illustrating larval stages; presented by G.
A. Boulenger, Esq.

A specimen of a rare Newt (Molge vittata) from Trebizond; presented by Colonel
Biliotti.

Two specimens of a new species of a frog (Rana sternosignata) from N. W. India;
presented by J. A. Murray, Esq.

Six specimens from Perak, Straits of Malacca, among which is a new species of
Megalophrys (M. longipes); presented by L. Wray, Esq., of the Perak Museum.

Four specimens from the Willis Mountains, Java, among which is a frog new to the:
Museum ( Nyctizalus margaritifer) ; purchased.

Fifteen specimens from Madagascar; collected by the Rey. W. D. Cowan.

A collection of 51 specimens from the Province Rio Grande do Sul, including a.
new species of Phyllumedusa (P. iheringii); collected by Dr. von Ihering.

Five specimens from Paraguay, among which are two species new to the collection,
Leptodactylus diptyx and Kupemphix nattereri ; purchased.

Fight specimens from California; purchased.

A collection of 42 frogs from Queensland ; presented by H. Ling Roth, Esq.

Fishes :—The additions number 485, of which the following are the most important :—

Forty-five specimens from the North Atlantic; received in exchange from the
Christiania Museum.

A specimen of Cepola rubescens from Falmouth ; presented by Professor Moseley, F.R.s.

A collection of 33 specimens from Galicia; presented by M. V. L. Seoane.

Ten specimens of Portuguese fresh-water fish ; collected by Dr. Gadow.

One hundred and six specimens from the East Coast of Italy; received from the
Florence Museum.

Ten specimens from the Mediterranean ; purchased.

Ten specimens from Muscat, Arabia; presented by Surgeon-Major A. 8. G. Jayakar.

Twenty-one specimens from Senegambia; presented by Captain Moloney.

A fine specimen of Gonorhynchus greyi, from the Cape of Good Hope; presented by
W. A. Sanford, Esq.

One hundred and thirty-three specimens from various parts of North and South
America; received from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, U.S.A.

Fifty-one specimens from the Province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, collected by Dr.
von lhering.

Thirteen specimens from Treasury Islands, Solomon Group; presentedby H. B. Guppy,
Esq., M.B.

Your type specimens of Deep Sea Fishes belonging to the “ Challenger” collection ;
received from the Wellington Museum, New Zealand.

Mollusca ;—8,511 specimens were added to the collecticn ; besides the “ Porcupine ”
series, already referred to, the following are the most important :—

A model in wax of a portion of a valve of a Chiton, showing the eyes, the presence
of which in the Chitonide has been recently demonstrated by Professor H. N. Moseley ;
purchased.

Ninety-six land shells from the South of France and India: presented by Lieut.
Col. Wilmer.

Two hundred and four land shells from Southern Europe and Asia Minor; presented
by Dr. J. Anderson, F.B.S.

Two hundred and twenty-five marine shells from different parts of the Mediterranean ;
purchased.

Twenty marine shells from Norway and the Gulf of St. Lawrence; presented by R.
Bell, Esq.

RWee even land and fresh-water shells from various countries; presented by J. H.
Ponsonby, Esq.

Three hundred and thirty-one marine, land, and fresh-water shells from Japan; pre-
sented by Dr. J, Anderson, F.R.s.

Twenty-nine land and fresh-water shells from the Malayan Peninsula, representing
12 species new to the collection: purchased.

Sixteen new species of land shells from the Comoro Islands and other localities; pur-
chased.

Nineteen land and fresh-water shells from Somali-land ; presented by Messrs. F. L.
and W. D. James.

One hundred and fifty-one marine shells from the West Coast of Madagascar ; presented
by W. Grant, Esq.

Forty-four marine shells from the Mauritius, some of them belonging to the genera
Ostrea, Meleagrina, and Chama. They are of considerable interest, being attached to
pieces of pumice-stone drifted from the island of Krakatoa, near Java, where the terrific
volcanic eruption occurred in May 1883.

One hundred and forty-six specimens of land and fresh-water shells from various parts
of Madagascar; of these 39 specimens were selected to illustrate the variations in colour
of a single species ( Helix calypso); purchased.

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One hundred and sixty-seven specimens of land and fresh-water shells from the plain
and mountainous regions near Mamboia, East Africa, many of them most remarkable and
new species; purchased.

Four hundred and sixty-six specimens of marine Mollusca, comprising many new species,
and a large number new to the Museum, from Goree, West Africa; purchased.

Twenty-eight specimens of Buccinum meridionale from the south banks of Newfound-
land, illustrating the great variation of this species; purchased.

One hundred and ninety-five land and fresh-water shells from New Caledonia, and one
hundred and fifty-five land and fresh-water shells from the New Hebrides; presented by
Consul E. L. Layard.

Twenty-nine land shells from the Samoa Islands; presented by the Rev. T. Powell.

Highty-six fresh-water shells from Queensland; presented by A. Brown, Esq.

One hundred and seventy specimens of Mollusca and Tunicata from Port Philip,
Victoria; presented by J. B. Wilson Esq.

Polyzoa :—Two hundred and eighty specimens have been added; many of them were
obtained from corals and sponges, in the collection npon which they were found growing
in an incrusting manner. ‘The following are especially noteworthy :—

Forty-two specimens from various localities; transferred from the Botanical Depart-
ment.

Fifteen specimens from the Dogger Bank; presented by R. Bell, Esq.

Twenty specimens from Japan and Mercui; presented by Dr. J. Anderson, Esq., F.R.s.

Eighty-five specimens from Port Philip ; presented by J. B. Wilson, Esq.

Echinodermata and Vermes :—The additions to these classes have been respectively 250
and 586. The following are the more interesting :—

Forty-nine worms and models, illustrating the development of A steriua; purchased.

Ten Echinoderms, five olycheia and two Balanoglossi from Herm; presented by B. L.
Spencer, Esq.

Ten Echinoderms from Shetland ; presented by E. M. Nelson, Esq.

Twenty-one Polycheta from Jersey ; purchased.

Nine Echinoderms from the Philippines; purchased.

Forty Holothurians from Ceylon ; presented by Dr. Ondaatje.

Sixteen Worms and Echinoderms; received from the Kurrachee Museum.

Ten Echinoderms from Mauritius; purchased.

Fifteen Echinoderms from Santa Cruz, California; purchased.

One hundred and twelve Echinoderms and Worms from Port Philip; presented by
J. B. Wilson, Esq.

Crustacea :—To this class 692 specimens have been added, of which the following are
noteworthy :—
A second interesting series of 161 Crustacea, mostly Decapoda, from Aden; presented
by Major J. W. Yerbury, R.a.
Eleven Podophthalmatons Crustacea from Ecuador, some of them obtained at great
altitudes; presented by Edward Whymper, Esq.
_ A series of forty Edriophthalmatous Crustacea from Australia, nearly all of them types
of species described by Mr. Haswell; received from the Australian Museum, Sydney.

Arachnida and Myriopoda:—'The additions during the year numbered 95, of which the
following were the most interesting :-—

Five nests of a trap-door spider with living young, from the shores of the Mediter-
ranean ; presented by Surgeon Thomas.

Twenty-two Acari, thirteen Scorpions, two Solpugidea, of the rare genus Rhax, and two
Spiders from the Gambia; presented by Captain Moloney.

A large female Phrynus, with young, proving the viviparous nature of this genus,
from the Camaroons ; presented by J. M. E. Johnston, Esq.

Insects :—~In addition to the “ Salvin and Godman” collection of Central American
Geodephagous Coleoptera and the portion of Phytophagous Coleoptera from the “ Baly ”
collection, the total number of Insects acquired during the year amounted to 8,223, which
are distributed among the various orders as follows :—

Coleoptera - < z = 7 -h b a8 4° 930
(Salvin and Godman Collection = - - - - 7,851)
(Baly Collection (further instalment) = - - - 2,180)
Hymenoptera - - < 2 : = x 285
Lepidoptera - - - 2 2 = B &. aa:
Diptera - - = < = : 2 t 48
Neuroptera - - - = _ g = a 70
JS an a aa 159
Hemiptera - - - 2 é = 2 a 132
mnoplura = = = | = Ro Oe pele 19

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The following acquisitions are especially noteworthy :—

(From Great Britain.)

A large series of Lepidoptera for exhibition in the public gallery; presented by
J. H. Leech, Esq.

Thirty-three British Lepidoptera for exhibition ; presented by H. Druce, Esq.

Fourteen British Cynipide mounted for the microscope; presented by T. Whitmarsh,
Esq.

(From Northern Asia and Japan.)

Two butterflies, two living puepee, and a larva of the little-known species Aporia hippia,
from the Isle of Askold; presented by the Zoological Society of London.

Sixty-four Lepidoptera, twenty-one Orthoptera, and two Diptera, from Japan; presented
by George Lewis, Esq.

(From North America.)

Twenty-three Lepidoptera with three cocoons, three Orthoptera, and a Phryganea
from Manitoba; presented by R. M. Christy, Esq.

(From the West Indies.)

Five typical specimens of Lepidoptera from the Ysland of Dominica; presented by
George French Angas, Esq.

(From South America.)

Thirteen Lepidoptera, two Neuroptera, and one Coleopteron, from Minas Geraes;
presented by Octavius Brooke, Esq.

Twelve Hymenoptera from the Amazons; presented by J. H. Leech, Esq.

Ten specimens of the rare moth Castnia dedalus, from British Guiana; presented by
the Rev. William Harper.

Ninety-four butterflies, including the female of Morpho cypris, and other rare species,
from Columbia; presented by A. Chapman, Esq.

Nineteen Lepidoptera from Chiriqui; twenty-six from Ecuador, and thirty from Rio
Janeiro; presented by Herbert Druce, Esq.

A specimen of the rare butterfly Ewryades duponchelii, from the Argentine Republic ;
purchased.

(From Africa.)

Fourteen Orthoptera from the Canaries ; presented by J. H. Leech, Esq.

Thirty Neuroptera from West Africa; presented by W. Swanzy, Esq.

Nine Lepidoptera and two Neuroptera from Suakim; presented by Commander
Alfred Carpenter, R.N.

Two fine specimens of the rare and beautiful Ghost-moth (Leto venus), with pupa
cases, from South Africa ; purchased.

Six butterflies from Pinetown, D’Urban; presented by Colonel J. H. Bowker.

One hundred and twenty-three Lepidoptera, including twenty-two new species, and
seven other insects from Somali-land; presented by Messrs. Thrupp, Lort Phillips, and
James.

Twenty-two Lepidoptera, from South Africa; purchased.

Eighty-six Lepidoptera, including several new species and others new to the collection,
from Kilimanjaro ; purchased.

One specimen of Papilio philonoé from Zanzibar ; presented by R. Crowfoot, Esq.

: Eight Lycenide from Delagoa Bay aud West Africa; presented by Hamilton Druce,
sq.
A new butterfly of the genus Spindasis from Suakim; presented by Surgeon Mandest.

A specimen of the singular Moth Pseudopontia paradoza from the Camaroons; presented

by J. M. E. Johnston, Esq.

(From Southern Asia.)

Fifty-eight types of Lepidoptera from Kurrachee, Mhow, &c.; received in exchange
from the Kurrachee Museum.

Four hundred and forty-eight specimens of Coleoptera, from the Nilgiri Hills; pre-
sented by W. Davison, Esq.

Six specimens of a rare butterfly (Culapa oculus) from the Anamally Hills ; presented
by Messrs. Salvin and Godman.

Two specimens of a rare butterfly (Hebomota vossi), new to the collection, from Nias ;
purchased.

Thirty-six Lepidoptera from Darjiling, ten from Beloochistan, and twenty-five from
various other localities; presented by Herbert Druce, Esq. B

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One hundred and nine Lepidoptera, including the unique specimen of Prothoe regalis,
and other types of new species, from Manipur and Assam; presented by Dr. George
Waitt.

Two specimens of an undescribed genus of moths, reared from a mass of cocoons
received from Kangra; presented by Lord Walsingham.

Forty-five Lepidoptera, and eleven other insects from Ceylon; presented by George
Lewis, Esq.

A specimen of Zerius pallitana, Moore, from Kutch, and thirteen other Lepidoptera
from various localities ; presented by F. Moore, Esq.

(From Australia and Pacific Islands.)

Sixty-nine Coleoptera, sixty-one Lepidoptera (including two new species), and eighteen
Neuroptera, from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands; presented by C. M. Woodford, Esq.

Nineteen rare Lepidoptera, chiefly Tineina, from Hunter River; presented by J. Purser,
Esq.

Ten Lepidoptera, including the female of Papilio joesu, from Queensland ; presented by
Mrs. F. Fitzgerald.

Twenty-five Hymenoptera and thirty-six tubes of Formicidae in spirit from Australia;
presented by H. Ling Roth, Esq.

One hundred and six Hymenoptera from Victoria, South Australia; presented by F. Du-
boulay, Esq., and including both sexes of V'richoxenia curbonaria(Walk,) a very remark-
able form of Chalcidide, the male of which was previously unknown.

Two specimens of Xozs diopththalma, from Fiji; presented by P. Crowley, Esq.

Four Lycenide, new to the collection, from New Caledonia; purchased.

Celenterata. —Three hundred and eighty-seven specimens have been added to the collec-
tion in the following proportions: —94 Anthozoa, 173 Spongida, and 120 Hydrozoa; of
these the following are the most noteworthy :—-

Seventy-five specimens of Hydrozoa from varivus localities ; transferred from the
Botanical Department.

Twenty-nine dry specimens of Anthozoa, including examples of seventeen genera,
amongst which are the rare Isidella, Dasygorgia and Deltocyathus, and four Hydrozoa,
from Japan ; presented by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.S.

Two well preserved spirit, and two dry specimens of Alcyonarza (together with coloured
illustrations taken from life) and thirty sponges, from Ceylon; presented by Dr. On-
daatje.

Bigasécdn Hydrozoa from the deep sea off Cape Verde; presented by C. A. Bishop,
Esq.
Twelve Alcyonaria and Actinians in spirit, twenty sponges (including types of species
described by H. J. Carter, Esq.), and five Hydrozoa from Victoria; presented by J. B.
Wilson, Esq.

Vil.— Visitors and Students.

_ The number of visits from persons who have specially consulted portions of the col-
lection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 8,313, as compared with—

6,818 in the year - - - 1884
5,229 n - - - 1883
9,628 os = - - 1882
7,407 i ee: ie ne
4,260 oe = - - 1880
4,003 ss =) RAPS ed hi BED
3,064 cb - - - 1878
3,671 iy mH - 1877
3,425 a RM, yd STSAE

Albert Gunther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
I.— Arrangement.

A.— VERTEBRATA.

Fossil Mammalia—Soutn East GALLERyY.—During the past year all the ‘Lable-
eases along the north side of this Gallery devoted to the Proboscidea have been entirely
re-arranged, and a large proportion of the specimens haye either been tableted or have
had descriptive labels specially prepared for them.

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Yable-cases 21 and
DUNG

"Table-eases 17 and
17a, 18 and 19, and
19a.

Pier-cases 4,

Table-eases 4 to 10,
and Pier-cases 6 to
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SESS

The series of remains of the Pigmy Elephant from Malta, collected in part by Admiral
Spratt, R.N., F.R.S., and in part by the late Dr. Leith Adams, F.R.S., have all been
identified, named, and, tableted, and all the figured specimens specially indicated.

The fine series of British fossil Elephant-remains belonging to Elephas meridionalis,
I. antiquus, and E. primigenius (many of which have been figured and described by
Prof. Leith Adams, .p., F.R.s., Mon. Pal. Soc. ~ Fossil Elephants,” 1877-1881), have
all been compared with the descriptions and figures, and labels with references affixed
to each. All the more important specimens of the above species, suitable for tableting,
have been mounted, and tableted, and placed in the exhibition-cases; the larger series
occupy the Wall and Pier-cases.

In Table-case No. 16 is arranged an instructive series of sections of molar teeth of the
Proboscidea, for the purpose of showing the modifications which the various species display
in the arrangement of the several components of dentine, enamel, and cement, such
modifications being maintained with great constancy in the different species, and yielding
the characters by which they are most readily distinguished. ‘

From the sections of the teeth of Dinotherium and Mastodon at the commencement of
the case, to those of the existing Indian Elephant at the end, there is a series of inter-
mediate forms which establishes an almost unbroken passage from the one to the other.

In the adjoining Pier-case No. 24 are displayed skulls of two varieties of the modern
Indian and one skull of the existing African Elephant, together with a good series of the
molar teeth, exemplifying various conditions of age and wear.

Upon the upper shelf of the same case is arranged a fine series of tusks of the Mam-
moth from the Dogger Bank in the North Sea, from the Norfolk coast, and from
Siberia.

On the south side of this Gallery all the Cases, both of the Perissodactyle and
Artiodactyle Ungulates, have been completely re-organised, every specimen has been
re-examined, and all those found suitable for the Table-cases have been arranged, tableted,
and carefully labelled; the figured and described specimens being specially indicated by
green discs.

A large number of specimens have also been prepared and placed in drawers and in
Reserve Gallery No. 4, awaiting the addition of three Pier-cases on the south side of the
Gallery, when they will be added to the present exhibited series.

In Pier-case No. 14 is placed a very fine series of coloured casts of skulls and limb-
bones of animals belonging to a remarkable order of large extinct herbivorous mammals,
named Dinocerata, discovered in the Eocene Tertiary strata of Wyoming, North America,
by Prof. O. C. Marsh, M.a., F.G.8., in 1870, and by whom these reproductions have been
presented to the Trustees.

The skulls, lower-jaw, fore and hind limbs have been carefully mounted, labelled,
and set up for exhibition, and present a more remarkable and novel aspect than that
of any of the other hoofed quadrupeds whose remains are preserved in the Department.

The most striking feature is the skull, which is surmounted by three pairs of rounded
protuberances, or horn-cores, which may have been encased in horny sheaths. There
are no upper incisor teeth, but the upper canines are developed into large and powerful
flattened tusks directed downwards, and protected on each side by the broadly expanded
margin of the lower jaw.

In the centre of the Gallery, near the entrance to the pavilion at the Eastern end, has
been set up the recently acquired, and almost entire skeleton, of the remarkable herbi-
vorous marine mammal known as “ Steller’s Sea-cow ” (Rhytina gigas), measuring 19 feet
6 inches in length, obtained from a peat-deposit on Behring’s Island, around the shores of
which, and the adjvining Copper Island, it formerly lived, and was observed by the
Naturalist Steller in 1741. But owing to its gentleness, and the ease with which it was
captured, this remarkable Sirenian was entirely killed off for the sake of its flesh by the
various ships’ crews which visited these Islands to collect furs, and in 1782, just 40 years
after it had been first described by Steller, it had become extinct.

In Pier-case No. 15 adjoining, the other representatives of the order Sirenia
are placed, comprising the remains of Halitherium, Felsinotherium, Prorastomus, &c. ;
also skulls of the recent genera Halicore and Manatus, scle survivors of a once much
larger group, whose remains are now met with widely distributed in the Tertiary deposits
over Europe and in North Africa.

Tue Pavition.—Aves.—A small but instructive series of remains of the “ Dodo”
have been added to the bones of extinct birds, in Wall-case No. 19; from the recently
acquired collection of John Edward Lee, Esq., F.G.s.

A plate of the Berlin Archaeopteryx; presented by Herr Prof. W. Dames, has been
glazed, framed and fixed up near Table-case No. 13, containing the original specimen
(deseribed by Sir Richard Owen in 1863).

Fossil Reptilia.—GattERyY D.—A reproduction of the hind-foot of IJguanodon
Bernissartensis, from the Wealden of Belgium, presented by the Brussels Museum, has
been added to the case containing the Maidstone Iguanodon Wall-case 3. A magnieey

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and unique Labyrinthodont skull,* quite uncompressed (presented by George Maw, Esq.,
F.G.8., &e.), and obtained from the Clay-Ironstone of the Coal-Measures, Coalbrook-dale,
has been added to Table-case No. 19, in this Gallery.

B.— INVERTEBRATA.

GatLerY B.—Mellusca.—The Pelecypoda or Lamellibranchiata, of the Great and
Inferior Oolite and of the Lias formation occupying the glazed tops and the drawers
beneath Table-cases Nos. 90, 91, 92 and 93, have all been carefully examined, identified,
and named prior to a selected series being tableted and labelled for exhibition.

GALLERY C.— Corals.—Upwards of 2,000 labels have been printed for the larger
Corals, occupying Wall-cases Nos. 1 to 6. These have all been affixed to the blocks
upon which the specimens are mounted save in No. 5.

Protozoa.—The Spongesoccupy Table-cases Nos. 11 to 15,and Wall-cases Nos. 7 and &.
These are now completed but additional printed labels have still to be affixed to the
specimens mounted upon stands in the Wall-cases, Nos. 5 to 9.

Table-cases Nos. 1 to 16 on the Western side and Wall-cases Nos. 1 to 4 are
permanently arranged.

The drawers beneath the Table-cases have all been labelled and their contents cata-
logued.

Fossil Plants—Two glazed cases on stands provided for the exhibition of trunks of
fossil trees have been fitted up and arranged; the first containing a series of uncompressed
trunks of Sigillaria from the Coal-Measures ; the second and larger case being filled with
silicified trunks from the petrified forest near Cairo; palm-stemsfrom Antigua; Conifere
from Kerguelen’s Island and from Tasmania.

The ‘Searles V. Wood” Collection of Crag Fossils has been in part worked out. The
Foraminifera, 64 mounted sets; Spongida, 1; Actinozoa, &c., 55; Echinodermata, 647;
Annelida, 309 ; Polyzoa, 1,261: Brachiopoda, 192 ; Gasteropoda, 6,142 ; total 8,671
specimens have been identifed, named, and registered, a label placed with each species,
and the specimens put into glass-lidded boxes for preservation. All the figured specimens
are indicated by a green disk.

The Lamellibranchiata remain to be completed, 1,999 have been registered and about
4,000 remain to be worked out, named, and mounted for the series.

The Library —GatuERy, No. 3.—The Cataloguing of all works received during the
year has been steadily maintained. All works, immediately after they are received are
stamped, and press-marked. A large number of books and memoirs have been prepared
for binding. The Collection of Maps is also kept in excellent working order.

The additions received during the year are as follows :—

Serials - - - = 2 és = a a a 09
New Works - = = = = “ = _ - 168
Pamphlets - - = : = = iS 2 1D
— i381
. Maps and explanations to Maps - - - = - = 41
ToTaL - - = 422

II.— Guides and Catalogues.

A small guide to the Exhibition Galleries, without illustrations, appeared in April 1881,
afterwards, in 1882, it was enlarged and woodcuts were added, and the price was raised
from one penny to three pence. This was reprinted with some slight alterations in 1884.
It is now out of print, but upwards of eleven thousand copies have been sold. A fourth
edition is now in course of preparation.

Mr. Lydekker who had been occupied during 1884 on Part I. of a Catalogue of the
Fossil Mammalia, completed the same on 25th February 1885. This part contains the
Primates, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Carnivora, and Rodentia. The work occupies pp. Xxx
and 268 (8vo,), and is illustrated by thirty-three woodcuts.

Part Il. of the same work was completed on 31st October, and contains the sub-order
Artiodactyla, and occupies pp. xxii and 324 (8vo.), and is illustrated by thirty-nine wood-
cuts.

The preparation of these catalogues has necessitated the revision and in great part the
re-arrangemert and naming of all the objects in the exhibition cases which contain these
groups.

The preparation of Part ITI., the Perissodactyla, has also made considerable progress,

Mr.

* Referred to Zozomma Allmannti of Huxley.

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Mr. R. Kidston’s Catalogue of Fossil Plants of the Paleozoic rocks, commnenced in
1883, was completed this year, and is now ready for issue. It embraces the plant remains
from the Permian, the Carbcniferous, the Devonian and the Silurian formations.

Messrs. Etheridge and Carpenter’s Catalogue of the Blastoidea, or Pentremitide, an
extinct order of the Echinodermata from the palzozoic rocks, is now in the printers’ hands.
Twenty quarto plates for the same are also printed off.

A new ‘Catalogue of Casts of Fossils,’ in the Geological Department, sold by
Brucciani & Co., has been drawn up and printed for the use of Museum Curators and
others.

ILl.— Registration.

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—
Human Remains, &c. &c. - - - - 443
Other Mammalia - 7 = = - 2,006
Aves - - - - - - - - 19
Reptilia - - - - - - - 214
Pisces - - - - - - - 343
3,025
Incertebrata +—-
Cephalopoda —- - - - - - 2,462
Gasteropoda - - - - - = 19,218
Lameljibranchiata - - - - - 5,558
Brachiopoda, &c. - - - - - 7,432
Arthropoda - = - = 2 =) 676
Annelida - - - - - < - 454
Echinodermata - - - - - - 2,408
Actinozoa - - - - - - - 578
Spongida, &c. - Se pe =) ee eae
31,654
Fossil Plant-Remains - - - - - - - - 1,828
Total Number of Specimens Registered - - - 36,507

LV.— Work of the Mason- Tormatore, and Assistant Mason, &c.

The skeleton of the Ithytina has been fixed up in the &. E. Gallery by the Mason;
some of the vertebre of the caudal. series have been made good, and many of the bones
of the skeleton repaired.

The model of Pelagosuurus from Caen has been altered and set up in the Reptilian~
Gallery D.

The casts of the fore and hind limbs of Dinucerus have been in part remodelled and
the legs set up on stands with iron-work supports in Pier-case 14, S. E. Gallery.

Four skulls of existing Indian and African Elephants with lower-jaws have been
repaired and mounted on stands and placed in Pier-case 24.

Numerous tusks of the Mammoth have also been carefully repaired and mounted and
placed in the upper compartment of the same case.

A large series of molar teeth of various species of Proboscidea have been cleaned and
repaired and mounted on stands jor the exhibited series on the north side of the S. E.
Gallery.

A fine jaw of Hippopotamus from Barrington near Cambridge has been put together
and restored.

The bones of the feet of a large series of Ungulata have been mounted on plaster-
stands for exhibition.

The fore-leg of Bos primigenius has been completed and set up on a stand ready for
exhibition ; also the bones of the fore and hind foot of the Bisou.

Casts of the bones of the leg of two enormous specimens of Déinornis (figured and
described by Sir Richard Owen) have been made good and set up on proper stands for
exhibitiou in the Pavilion.

Numerous remains of Halitherium Schinzii have been mounted on boards for exhibition
in Pier-case 15. _ Moulds have been prepared and casts taken of various fossils from the
India Museum, Calcutta, sent to this country to be figured and afterwards returned.
Also of Mr. Beckles’ specimen of the sternum of' Jguanodon from the Wealden of Hastings,
and of the spine of Edestus from Australia.

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Six hundred fossil corals and sponges have been mounted upon plaster-blocks and
prepared for exhibition in wall-cases.

Two hundred and fifty sections of sponges and corals have been cut and polished.

One hundred and twenty microscopic sections of sponges, corals, fossil wood, &c., have
been prepared and mounted on glass.

Numerous large fossil-plants have been mounted in glass cases in Gallery C.

Mending, mounting, and finishing off numerous reptilian and other fossil remains and
footprints placed in wall-cases on eastern side of Gallery No. 4.

Developing and repairing numerous specimens both of Vertebrata and Invertebrata, and
mounting and preparing the same for exhibition in cases.

Cleaning and preparing a large number of pyritized fruits from the Eocene of Sheppey,
and treating the same with paraffin so as to preserve them from decomposition.

Packing up and removal to the Natural History Museum of the remains of the Shorn-
den Iguanodon from the Wealden of Hastings.

Packing and removing the “ Lee Collection ” (consisting of 39 cabinets, and numerous
eases of fossils) from Torquay, and subsequent unpacking of the same at the Natural
History Museum.

Overhauling and putting into order the moulds and store-casts of fossils, and affixing
labels with the number and name to each (corresponding with the newly-prepared Cata-
logue) for convenience of reference whenever a cast is needed.

V.—Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

1. By Donation.— A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—Three coloured casts of bones of Hipparion gracile from Pikermi.
Presented by Prof. A. Gaudry.

The type-specimen of part of maxilla of young Elephas primigenius, with two milk
molars in situ, from Pim-Hole-Cave, Creswell Crags (figured by Owen, Quart. Journ.
Geol. Soc. 1885. Vol. xli, pl. p. 32). Presented by A. T. Metcalfe, Esq., F.G.s.

A series of remains of Horse, Hippopotamus, Bison, Rhinoceros, Mammoth, Reindeer
and Hy ena, from the Creswell Caves. Presented by Prot. Boyd-Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S.

One hundred and seventeen specimens of Bovide, Cervide and Ursus, from Windy-
Knoll, Castleton, Derbyshire. Presented by Prof: Boyd-Dawkins, M.A., F.R.s.

Casts of four rami of lower jaws of Amphitherium Prevostii and <A. species, from the
Stonesfield Slate near Oxford. Presented by Prof. Prestwich, M.A.,F.R.S. (from the
originals in the Oxford Museum).

Portions of jaws and teeth of Arvicola amphibia, and teeth of Esov, &c., from the
Forest bed series, West Runcton, Norfolk. Presented by William Barker Esq.

Nine molars of Elephas primigenius from Elton, S. of Peterborough. Presented by
Alfred N. Leeds, Esq.

Six specimens of Mastodon (M. pandionis and AM. perimensis) figured in ** Paleontologia
Indica”; also remains of Bramatherium and of Hippotherium, from Perim Island.
Presented by H. H. the Maharaja of Bhanegar, Bombay.

A series of mammalian remains, Hyzna, Rhinoceros, Horse, Reindeer, Mammoth, &c,
from the Coygan Cave, near Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, and the right ramus of jaw of
Ursus arctos, {from Whitesand Bay, St. David’s. Presented by Dr, Henry Hicks,
HeR.S., F.G.S.

Casts of bones and teeth of Phascolomys cw virostris and Macropus ajaz, originals from
Cayes on Darling Downs, Australia. Presented by E. P. Ramsay, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.8.
Australian Museum, Sydney.

Portion of mandible otf Thylacoleo carnifex, from Bone Cave, Eton Vale, Darling Downs
Australia. Presented by George Bennett, M.D., F.L.S.

A large series of teeth and bones of Lion, Wild cat, Hyena, Wolf, Fox, Badger, Bear,
Deer,Rhinoceros, Mammoth, and Horse. from the Caves of Cae Gwyn, and Fynnon-Bueno,
in the Vale of Clwyd, North Wales. Presented by E. B. Luxmore, Esq., and Dr. Henry
Hicks, F.R.S.. F:G:8. ;

Twenty-two mammalian fossils from the Eocene and Miocene formations of America.
Presented by R. Lydekker, Esq., B.a., F.G.S.

Four hundred mammalian remains from the Starnbergersee and from the Kitchen
middens of Denmark. Thirty-seven mammalian remains from Norfolk Forest bed, and
other newer Tertiary deposits. One hundred and seventy-eight from Kent’s Cavern,
Torquay, Gower Caves, Glamorganshire, and the Loess of Hessle. One hundred and
eighteen from Hempstead, Kelsey Hill, and the Loess of Binningen near Basle. Thirty
remains of Pul@otherium, &c., Bohnerz, Germany. Thirteen remains of Cervus, Ursus,
Bos, &c., from Ireland, Poland, Isle of Wight, &c. Presented by John Edward Lee,
FiS.A:, F.Gis.

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(2.) Aves.—A bird’s feather, from the Eocene, Bournemouth. Presented by J. S.
Gardner, Esq., F.G.S.

Eighteen bird-bones, from Lord Howe Island. Presented by Robert Fitzgerald, Esq.

Twelve bones of Didus ineptus, Mauritius, and one bone of Dinornis, New Zealand.
Presented by John Edward Lee, Esq. F.S.A., ¥.G.S.

(3.) Reptilia.—Numerous fragmentary remains of Labyrinthodont reptiles, from the
Ronxville District, Orange Free States, South Africa. Presented by C. Sirr Orpen,
sq.

One tooth and one small dermal spine of Hylaosaurus (?), from the Weald Clay,
Hastings. Presented by C. Dawson. Esy., F.G.S.

A series of remains of Megalania, und some fragmentary Chelonian remains ina Tertiary
sandstone formation, from Lord Howe Island. Presented by Robert D. Fitzgerald,
Esq.

eee of skulls of Dinoceras mirabile, and Tinoceras ingens, with 35 other casts of bones
of the skeletons of Dinocerata, from the Tertiary Strata cf Wyoming (figured and des-
cribed in Marsh’s Dinocerata). Presented by Professor O. C. Marsh, M.a., F.G.S.

Casts of bones of Archegosaurus (figured in Fauna der Gaskohle, Bohemia, p. 14, fig.
123), also of Chelydosaurus Vrunyi (fig. 133, op. cit. Band 11, Heft 1, 1885). Presented
by Professor Dr. Anton Fritsch.

A series of blocks of Triassic sandstone from the quarries vear Elgin, containing frag-
mentary remains of Slagonolepis Robertsoni, described by Professor Huxley, Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc. 1859, Vol. xv., pp. 440-460, Pl]. xiv. Presented by the Reverend
Dr. Gordon.

Eleven specimens of scutes of Hyperodapedon Huxieyi, and five scutes of Labyrintho-
dont, from the Trias, Maleri, India. Presented by H. B. Medlicott, Esq. M.a., P.R.s.,
F.G.S.

Restored model of Plestosaurus Cramptoni, the original fossil in the Dublin Museum.
Presented by Professor V. Ball, M.A., F.R.S.

A series of Turtles’ eggs, from the Post Pliocene deposits in Tasmania. Presented
by J. Abrahams, Esq.

Nineteen teeth of Crocodiles and Gavials, and four vertebra of Python molurus, Newer
Miocene Siwalik Hills. Presented by H. B. Medlicott, M.a., F.R.s.

Two hundred and eighty teeth and other reptilian remains from the Hocene, Hemp-
stead, Isle of Wight, and 256 from the Wealden of Sussex. Thirty parts of limb-bones
and vertebr, from the Wealden, Brixton, Isle of Wight, and a series cf vertebrae from
the Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford. One hundred and one fragmentary reptilian remains,
Wealden and Purbeck. Presented by John Edward Lee, Isa. F.s.A., F.G.S.

(4.) Pisces.—Eleven Fishes from the Old Red Sandstone, Scotland. Presented by
Professor J. Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.

Thirty-two specimens of Fish-teeth and one Fish-spine from the Carboniferous Lime-
stone, Armagh, Ireland. Presented by the Earl of Enniskillen, D.c.L., F.R.S.

Remains of one Permian and two Eocene fishes from America. Presented by R..
Lydekker, Iisq. B.a., F.G.S.

Seven teeth of Zamna elegans, and two teeth of Otodus Rutot, from the Heersien Beds,
Belgium; and ten teeth of Otodus sp. Lamna verticalis and Galeocerdo minor, from the
Lekenien Beds, Belgium. Presented by George F. Harris, Esq., F.G.s.

Sixteen fish remains from the Cretaceous deposits, Lebanon; seven Fishes from the
Keupferschiefer, Germany. Four Permian fishes from America, and thirty-four from the
Devonian of Polperro. Seventy-eight fish-remains, Old Red Sandstone, Balruddery,
&c., and 101 from Wealden and Purbeck Strata. Presented by J. E. Lee, Esq. F.s.A.,
F.G.S.

B.— INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Afollusca.—Five thousand two hundred and one specimens of Brachiopoda, from
the Wenlock Shale, Buildwas and Tichwood; presented by George Maw, Esq., F.G.S.,
¥.L.S., &e.

A series of 169 Mollusca, from Husavik, Iceland; presented by the President and
Council of the Royal Society of London.

A specimen of Ammonites biplex, from the ‘ Boulder Clay,’ Dullingham Ley, Cam-
bridgeshire ; presented by G. H. Verrall, Esq.

One Ostrea Leymerii (?) (See Supplement to Hooker & Ball’s Geology of Morocco,
p- 451), &c., from Agadir, South West Morocco; presented by John Ball, Esq., F.R.s.

Ninety-two Brachiopoda, Cephalopoda and Lamellibranchiata, from the Devonian form-
ation, Plattenberg Bay, South Africa; presented by W. E. Balston, Esq., F.G.s.

Nineteen Freshwater Shells, from the Lower Siwalik Beds, Gandoi, Bugti Hills,
Baluchistan ‘described and figured, Mem. Geol. Surv., India, vol. xx., Pt. 2, pp. 12S-136,
plates i, 11, iii); presented by H. B. Medlicott, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.8.

_ A collection of British Crag Mollusca, containing many specimens figured and described
in the Supplements to S. V. Woods’ Monograph on the Crag Mollusca, Pal. Soc. Volumes,
for 1872, 74, 79 and 1882; presented by Mrs. 8. V. Wood.

A series of eighty-five Post Pliocene Shells from King Edward, Banff, N.B.; presented
by John Milne, Esq.
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One hundred and sixteen Mollusca, from the Middle Devonian of Lammerton, and
Woolborough, South Devon; presented by E. B. Luxmore, Esq.

Sixty specimens of Orthotetes senilis, from the Marine Coal-bearing rocks of the Bowen
River Coalfield, Pelican Creek, North Queensland ; presented by R. L. Jack, Esq., ¥.G.8
Government Geologist.

Eleven small shells from the Subappenine formation, Pliocene, Bordighera, North Italy ;
presented by Colonel L. W. Wilmer, &c. y

Seventeen specimens of Posidonomye Becheri, and P. acuticosta, Upper Devonian Slates,
Rio Tinto, Huelva, Spain; presented by J. H. Collins, r.a.s.

Nine Gasteropods, and twenty-three Lamellibranchs from the Post-Pliocene deposits
of Suakim on the Red Sea, Egypt; presented by P. Robinson, sq.

A small series of shells from the Raised Coral Beach, Solomon Islands; presented by
H. B. Guppy, M.B., R.N , F.G.s.

A block of stone containing a specimen of Ammozxites biplex and Trigonia, from Swin-
don ; presented by Professor 'T’. Rupert Jones, F.R.s.

Specimens of Black {heetie Shales from Snitterfield, Warwickshire, containing <Act«o-
nina, Avicula, &c.; presented by Rey. P. B. Drodie, M.a., F.G.s.

Eighty-five specimens of Gasteropoda, and eighty-seven specimens of Lamellibranch-
jata, from the Pliocene deposits of Latakia, Syria; presented by Rey. Dr. George E.
Post, M.A.

Two Ammonites, two Cerithia, and ten Lamellibranchs, from the Upper Lias Sands,
Cheltenham; presented by Edwin Witchell, Esq., F.G.s.

Four Pleurotomarie, from the Upper Greensand, Cambridge; presented by Frederick
Bond, Esq.

Sixteen specimens of Belemnites from the Oxford Clay, Fletton; presented by Alfred
N. Leeds, Esq.

A series of thirty-two Bivalves, and fifty-seven Gasteropoda, &c., from Java; presented
by Prof. K. Martin.

A large collection of British Eocene, and fifty-five specimens of mollusca, from the
Eocene, Diablaretz, Switzerland; presented by Prof. J. Prestwich, m.A., F.R.S.

Two casts of Sanguinolites Etheridge from Kangaroo Point, Tasmania; presented by
General Sir J. H. Lefroy, &.c.m.c.

Three large Ammonites from the Gault of Folkestone; presented by Alfred Craven,
Esq.

Two specimens of Pleurotomaria anglica, one from the Lias, Gloucester, the other
from the Boulder Clay, Melton, and one natural cast of P. alimena from Horsepools,
Gloucester; presented by W .C. Lucy, Esq., P.G.s.

A specimen of Pectunculus from the Newer Tertiary, Isle of Lobos de Afuera, Peru;
presented by J. M. Cowper, Esq.

12 Mollusca from the Glacial Drift of Scania.
25 yy », Raised Beaches, Kerrera, Hope’s Nose, &c.

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297 ‘3 ‘5 38 Be Uddevalla, Nor Tull, Stockholm, Clyde Beds, &c.
50 ss » Loess Binnigen Basel.
350 3 -» Norwich, Red and Coralline Crags.
180 3 » Upper Marine Headon, &c., Isle of Wight.
30 - » Tertiary, Freshwater, Steinheim.
751 - »» Molasse, Kreuznach, Cerithium-beds, Nordlingen, Gres de Fon-
tainebleau.
290 = »» London Clay, Hampshire, &c.
653 5 » Eocene, Paris Basin, Flysch, Glarus, Grobkalk, Westphalia, Num-
mulitic of Switzerland, Kressenberg, Lower Eocene Upnor;
Molasse, English Piastic Clay, the Upper Cretaceous Faxoe, and
Maestricht.
770 a Echinodermata, &c. from the Red Chalk, the Upper White Chalk, the

Chalk-Marl, the Greensand of the South-east of England.
727 Gault and Greensand Fossils from Folkestone, Warminster, Shanklin, Black-
down, Cambridge, &c.
646 Mollusca, Echinodermata, &c., from the Greensand of Belgium, France, Scania,
Switzerland, &c.
57 Mollusca, from the Wealden of Germany.
227 aA » Kimmeridge Clay, Havre, Boulogne, Berklingen, &e.
519 » &c.,, Lithographic stone of Solenhofen, Bavaria; the Corallian, York-
shire; the Cale-Grit Brora; Yorkshire, Oxford Clay, Sear-
borough, &c.
554 nA Echinodermata, Corals, &c. from the Oolite of Yorkshire, Oxfordshire,
Gloucestershire, and Somersetshire.
909 Fossils from the Inferior Oolite, Lias and Rhetice beds of the West of England.
982 Mollusca, Echinodermata, &c., from the Jura of Germany, &c.
691 Jurassic Ammonites from Germany.
740 Mollusca and other fossils, from the Kossen beds, from the Keuper, the Hallstadt,
and St. Cassian beds.
76 Mollusca, from the Muschelkalk of Germany.

0.102. I 3 200 Mollusca,

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200 Mollusca, from Budleigh Salterton, &c.
300 Fossils from the Millstone Grit of Yorkshire, the Carboniferous Limestone of
Llangollen, of Scotland, and of Visé and Tournay, Belgium.
439 3 5, Carboniferous limestone, Derbyshire; Berwick; Ireland; Germany,
&e.
289 Devonian Fossils, Lower Dunscombe, Saltern Cove, Pilton, &c., Devonshire and
Tintagel, Cornwall.
889 Mollusca, Crustacea, and Corals, from the Devonian of Braunton, south Pether-
win, Oberscheld, Eifel Wissenbach, &ce.
131 Fossils from the Devonian of North America.
i » the Ludlow and Downton Sandstone.
400 Ludlow, Wenlock, Aymestry Fossils from Wales, Herefordshire, Shropshire, &c.
1,028 Fossils from the Wenlock formation, Gotland, Gaercoed, near Usk, Penylan, &e.
459 Upper Silurian Fossils from Rhymney Bridge, Cardiff, Grand Manil, Belgium,
from the Llandovery beds, Hastnor Park, &c., Bala and Caradoc, Cowen, &c.
55 American Silurian Fossils.
800 British, Swedish and American Fossils.
presented by John Edward Lee, Hsq., F.S.A. F.G.S.

(6.) Polyzoa.—One specimen of, and one slab containing Polyzoa, from the Lower
Carboniferous of Kilbride; presented by E. W. Burgess, Esq.

Three specimens of Calamopora crinalis, Schl., from the Middle Devonian, Eifel ;
presented by Professor H. A. Nicholson, M.D., F.G.S.

(c.) Insectu and Crustacea.—Forty specimens of Culm Trilobites from Waddon Barton,
Chudleigh (seven of which are figured on Plate X. Carb. Trilobites, Pal. Soc. Mon.
1884); presented by Dr. H. Woodward, F.R.s.

A series of thirteen Trilobites from the Devonian, Plattenberg Bay, South Africa ;
presented by W. E. Balston, F.G.s.

A very perfect specimen and counterpart of Paradozides Hicksti, from the Menevian,
Rhiader Du, North Wales; presented by Miss Homfray.

One Archeoniscus, from the Purbeck, Vale of Wardour and five insect-wings from the
Lower Lias, Warwickshire ; presented by Joshua Brown, Esq.

Two Crustacea from Java; presented by Prof. K. Martin.

Nine specimens of Homalonotus Johannis, from the Wenlock Limestone Gaercoed ;
eighty-one Silurian Trilobites, &c.; thirteen Crustacea from Solenhofen, Bavaria, and.
twenty from the Lower Jura, Germany; presented by J. E. Lee, Esq., F.s.A., F.G.S.

(d.) Annelida.—Tthirteen specimens of British Eocene, Annulosa; presented by Prof.
J. Prestwich, M.A., F.G.S., F.B.S.

(e.) Echinodzrmata.—Six specimens of Rotuloidea fimbriata (figured in Appendix to
Hooker and Ball’s Morocco, p. 452), from the Miocene, Jews’ Cliff, Safi, Morocco; pre-
sented by John Ball, Esq., F.R.S.

Twenty-two crinoidal remains from the Devonian formation, Plattenberg Bay, South
Africa; presented by W. E. Balston, Esq., F.G.s.

Two specimens of Glyptocrinus basalis, from the Denbigh Grits, Llanwrst, North
Wales; presented by E. B. Luxmore, Esq.

Three Pentremites, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Canada; presented by Prof.
H. A. Nicholson, m.D., F.R.S.E., F.G.8.

Two specimens of Phenoschisma nobile, Lower Devonian, Leon, Spain; and thirteen
pieces of a new form of Granatocrinus, from the Carboniferous formation, Northumberland;
presented by Dr. P. Herbert Carpenter, F.R.s.

A series of Echinoderms, duplicates of those described by Messrs. Duncan & Sladen
in the “* Palceontologia Indica”; presented by H. B. Medlicott, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S8.

Ten Pentremites, from the Devonian of Spain, two Belocrinus Coltaldi, Lower Devonian,
France, and fourteen Blastoids from the Carboniferous Limestone of England and North
America; presented by Dr. P. Herbert Carpenter, F.R.s.

Thirty-two starfishes from the Downton Sandstone, and 200 Crinoidea, from the Middle
Devonian, Eifel, Germany; presented by John Edward Lee, Esq., F.S.A., F.G.S.

(f) Zoophyta.—Thirty-four Corals from various formations and localities ; presented by
R. F. Tomes, Esq., F.G.s.

A large specimen of Diphyphyllum, from the Carboniterous Limestone, Avon section,
near Bristol; presented by S. Jordan, Esq.

Eight Corals, from the Raised Coral Beach, Solomon Islands; presented by H. B
Guppy, Esq., M.B., R.N., F.G.S.
4 An Astreiform Coral, from the Post Pliocene, West Indies ; presented by W. C. Lucy,
isq., F.G.S.

A specimen of a Tabulate Coral, Dania, from the Silurian, Island of Curacao, east
coast of South America; presented by Professor K. Martin.
is Three Monitlivaltie, from the Great Oolite, Cirencester ; presented by Joshua Brown

sq.

Eighty-six Corals from the Wenlock Shales and Limestoues of Shropshire ; presented
by A. H. Foord, Esq., ¥.G.s.

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A series of Corals from various localities, all from the Eocene of Britain; presented by
Prof. J. Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.

Two hundred and three Corals, polished and unpolished, from the Middle Devonian,
Torquay, &c., and one hundred and four from the Middle Devonian of Germany ; pre-
sented by J. E. Lee, F.s.A., F.G.S.

(g) Hydrozoa, &e.— Eighteen specimens of Graptolites, from the Upper Llandovery
Pen-y-Glog, Corwen ; presented by E. B. Luxmore, Esq.

Two specimens of Chetetes stromatoporvides from the Devonian, of Gerolstein, Eifel,
Germany ; presented by Prof. H. A. Nicholson, M.p., r.a.s.

A specimen and section of Labechia Ohioensis, from the Hudson River Formation,
Cape Smyth, Lake Huron, North America; presented by A. H. Foord, Esq., F.G.s.

Thirty-two specimens of Syringospharide from India (described in Ann. & Mag. Nat.
Hist. 1878, 5th series, vol. II. p. 297); presented by H. B. Medlicott, Hisqi Hk...
F.G.S.

One specimen of Solenopora compacta, from the Trenton Limestone, Canada ; presented

by Dr. G. J. Hinde, F.a.s.

(h) Protozoa.—A series of Micro-organisms, mounted on 181 slides, from Deep borings
at Meux’s Brewery, Tottenham Court Road, and at Richmond, Surrey (including the
types of nine new sponges, ficured and described by Dr. G. J. Hinde, Quart. J ourn. Geol.
Soe. vol. xi. pl. xxxv.); presented by Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.s., P.G.s.

Four Chalk sponges ; presented by Prof. J. Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.

A Lithistid sponge, from the Chalk of Rottingdean, Sussex; presented by S. W.
Carruthers, Esq.

Two hundred Sponges from the Chalk of Flamboro’ Head, and one hundred from the
Greensand, Farringdon; presented by J. E. Lee, F.s.4., F.G.s.

C.— PLANTA.

Six hundred and sixty six plants from Scotland and Ireland; presented by the Presi-
dent and Council of the Royal Society of London, per J. Starkie Gardner, Esq., F.G.s.

An impression of a coniferous plant (Brachyphyllum) from the Lower Purbeck Beds,
Teffont, Vale of Wardour; presented by Rev. W. R. Andrews, M.A., F.G.S.

A series of Ferns, Cycadex, and Coniferx, from the Wealden Beds, near Hastings ;
presented by P. Rufford, Esq.

Part of a “Sarsen-stone,” with the rootlets of a Palm, from Little Bedwin, Wilts
(figured, Geol. Mag., 1885, August No., pp. 361-362) ; presented by Thomas Codrington,
C.E., F.G.8.

Twenty-five Plant-remains from the Wealden, Hastings ; presented by P. Rufford, Esq.

Twenty-four fossil fruits, from the Alluvial ‘‘ Wash Dirt,” Forest Reefs, Orange, New
South Wales; presented by C. J. Grabam, Esq.

A series of eighty-six Plant-remains from the Coal-measures of the Radstock Coal-
- field, Somersetshire; presented by A. H. Foord, Esq., ¥.as.

A collection of one hundred and fifty British Eocene plants; presented by Prof. J.
Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.

A series of Carboniferous Plants, from the Forest of Dean, Monmouth, and Radstock,
&c.; presented by R. Kidston, F.G.s.

A slab of Oligocene from Célas (Gard) containing specimens of Doliostrobus Sternbergit ;
presented by Monsieur A. F. Marion.

A series of sixty-five Plant-remains from the Leaf-bed of Mull, and the Brown-coal of
Germany ; forty Fossil l'ruits from the Eocene, Sheppy ; fifty-eight Plant-remains from
the Eocene of Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, and Bournemouth; forty-eight from the Cre-
taceous of Aix-la-Chapelle; twenty from the Oolitic Shales, Searboro’; thirty from
the Bunter Sulzbad ; two hundred from the Coal-measures, South Wales, &c.; one
hundred and fifty from America, Germany, France, &c.; ten from Upper Devonian,
Italy ; nine from Upper Old Red Sandstone, Kiltorcan, Ireland; fifty seven from Shrop-
shire, Monmouthshire, and from America. Presented by J. E. Lee, Esq., ¥.8.4., F.G.8.

2. By Purchase.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—The Skeleton of Rhytina Stelleri, from a Pleistocene deposit on
Behring’s Island.

A nearly perfect skeleton of Mylodon robustus, from the Pleistocene of Buenos Ayres.

Two maxille of Felis speleu, sixty-four bones, teeth and horns of Bos. Two parts of
antlers of Cervus giganteus, one mandible and one kundred teeth of Hippopotamus; twenty-
nine it/inocervs teeth and bones and nine molars of K/ephas primigenius, from the VPleisto-
cene, Barrington near Cambridge.

A series of Mammalian remains from the Eocene at Caylux, France. Comprising
specimens of Lophiomeryx chalaniati, Anoplotherium modicum, and A. Bavaricum, Bachi-
therium insigne, Dichobune leporinum, Adapis magna, Hyenodon leptorhynchus, H. brachy-

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rhynchus, H. vulpinus, Cynodictis Greyet, C. longirostris, C. intermedius, Ailurogale inter-
media, Pseudelurus intermedius, P. Edwardsi, Proviverra cayluxi, Lthinolophus antiquus,
Anchilophus Desmarestit.

A specimen of Cheropotumus gypsorum from the Eocene, Débruge, of Paleomeryx
feignouxi, Pseudelurus lemanensis, Herpestes lemunensis and Cephalogale brevirostris, from
the Miocene St. Gérand le Puy, and of Pvle@omeryx furca/us, from the Miocene Sansan.

Remains of Llotherium magnum, Eocene Ronzon, Hycpotumus Picteti, from the Eocene,
Switzerland, and Mesojithecus Pentelici, Lower Pliocene Pikermi.

(2) Repiilia.—Two specimens of Stereosternum, from the Carboniferous formation,
Ypanema, Sa. Paulo, Brazil.

One jaw and two paddles of Ichthyosuurus, five small bones of Pterodactylus, and two
other Saurian bones, from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

A plaster cast of Pelugosaurus typus, the original from the Upper Lias, Normandy.

A series of Iguanodon remains from the Wealden formation, Shornden Quarry, near
Hastings.

A series of Reptilian remains comprising Pterodactylus Fittont, from the Greensand,
Cambridge, P. Pleyde/li, Kimmeridge Clay, Weymouth, and Dimetrodon cruciger, from
the Permian, Texas.

(3.) Pisces.—Two Fish-plates, from the Old Red Sandstone, Ledbury.

Twenty-seven Fish from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon.

Seventy Carboniferous Limestone Fish-teeth, from the Yoredale Limestone, Wensley-
dale, comprising the following genera: Cladodus, Pristicladodus; Fristodus falcatus,
Physonemus ; Pleurodss ; Sandalodus minor; Lophodus; Orodus; Poecilodus, Diclitodus,
Cochliodus, Deltoptychius, Cyrtonodus, Astrabodus, Petulodus, Ctenopetalus, &c.

One specimen of Drepanephorus, from the Upper Chalk of Glynde, Sussex.

Ninety-seven Fish-:cmains from the Coal-measures, Longton, Staffordshire.

B.—INvertTesrata.— by Purchase,

(1.) Mollusca.— Forty-two specimens of Teredo, Pleurotomaria, &c., from the Chalk,
and three Tertiary shells from Victoria. Two Cephalopoda from the Gault of Folke-
stone.

Thirty-eight casts of shells from Budleigh-Salterton, and forty shells from the Upper
Greensand, Kings-Kerswell, Devonshire.

A series of Newer Tertiary shells from St. Erth, Cornwall, comprising two hundred
and fifty Gasteropoda and twenty-seven Lamellibranchiata.

One Ammonites spinatus; groups of Ammonites and Perna-shells, and several other
Mollusea from the Lias of Lyme Regis.

A large Collection of Cephalopoda from the Grey Chalk of Dover, and the Gault of
Folkestone; comprising many species of Ammonites, Ancyloceras, Baculites, Belemnites,
Criveeras, Hamuites, Heticoceras, Nautilus, Ptycoceras, Scaphites, &c.

Four Brachiopoda, four Gusteropoda, three Cephalopoda, and ten Lamellibranchiata,
from the Carboniferous series, Miskdale.

Thirty-four Gasteropvda and Brachiopoda from the Kohlenkalk, Kalabegh.

Twenty-two specimens of Orthoceras, from Sweden, &c., one Pinna from the Car-
boniferous Limestone of Derbyshire, and one Ammonite from the Lower Chalk.

Fourteen specimens of Carboniferous Mollusca.

One Produetus scabra, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Pentland Hills, and one
Orthoceras trom the Lower Ludlow, Sedgley.

(2.) Polyzoa.—Ten specimens of Chalk Polyzoa.
A collection of thirty-three specimens of Carboniferous Polyzoa from the Halkyn
Mountains.

(3.) Insecta and Crustacea.—Two fine specimens of Asaphus tyrannus from the Lower
Silurian, Shropshire, two Homalonoti, and seventeen Spharexochus mirus, from the Wenlock
Limestone, Malvern, and one Acidaspis Buchii(?) Llanwirn Abereiddy.

One Enopluclytia from the Chalk, and one Carboniferous Limestone Trilobite.

One Fossil Crab from the Greensand.

A specimen of Necrocarcinus from the Chalk of Alfreston.

Eighty-four Crustacea, from the Carboniferous series, Eskdale.

One Agnostus pisiformis, Lower Silurian Andrarum, Sweden, one Homalonotus, one
Mlenus Bowmanni, and two Calymene, Dudley. One FPresrwichia, from the Coal-measures,
and three specimens of Lohocarvinus Pulino-Wurtemburgensis from Cairo.

Ten specimens of Entomis subrentformis, and one new Estomostracan, from the Lower

Ludlow, Sedgley.

(4.) Annelida.—Specimen of Worm-tube from the Greensand.
Three specimens of Annelida, from the Carboniferous series, Eskdale.
A mass of Ditrupa from the Middle Eocene of Hampshire.

(5.) Echinodermata.—F orty-seven small Crinoids from the Wenlock Limestone, and
three Starfishes from the Lower Ludlow, Leintwardine.
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Three Marsupites from the Chalk and three Echinoderms from the Greensand, Haldon.
Twenty-eight Echinoderms from the Carboniferous series, Eskdale.

A specimen of Actinocrinus pulcher, and alsoa sectionof same; four specimens of Echini.
One Starfish, and two Kuryocrinus, from the Carboniferous limestone, Roscobie.

(6.) Zoophyta.—One Oolitic and three Devonian Corals.

A specimen of Acervularia, from the Siiurian of Much- Wenlock.

One Trochocyathus, from the Tertiary of the Vienna Basin.

Twenty-two specimens, and thirteen microscopic sections of Silurian Corals, from
Dudley and North America.

Four sections of Wenlock Corals, cut and mounted on glass, and two sections of
Middle Devonian Corals, from South Devon.

(7.) Hydrozoa.—A specimen of Graptolithus, from the Quebee Group.

(8.) Protozoa.—One specimen of Receptaculites, from the Lower Silurian, Illinois.

Three specimens of Guettardia, and two other sponges, and three Cliona, from the
Greensand, Halden.

Twelve Protozoa, from the Chalk of Bedfordshire.

Three specimens of Plectoderma scitulum, from the Pentland Hills.

One Ischadites, from the Lower Ludlow of Sedgley.

C.—PLANTAzA.

One specimen of Clathraria, from the Lower Greensand.

Six specimens of Pachytheca, from the Ludlow Bone-bed, Ledbury.

Seven Plants, from the Cretaceous formations of Western Kansas.

Three Plant-remains, from the Lias, Lyme Regis; and one from the Lower Ludlow,
Sedgley.

A series of Plant-remains, from the Carboniferous formation, Eskdale.

Ninety-eight Plant-remains, from the Coal Measures, Silverdale, Staffordshire.

Four Pothocites, from the Carboniferous series, Eskdale, and one slab of Trigonocarpus,
from Dysart.

The total number of acquisitions during the past year have been as follows:—

A. VERTEBRATA:

By Donation - - - - = - a oelloe
>> Purchase - - - - - - - 790
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B. INVERTEBRATA :
By Donation - - - - = - - 32,794
>» Purchase - - - - - - - 2,938
- 35,732
C. PLANTS:
By Donation - Barats a (Ce Si se eA | - 1,858
» Purchase - - - - - - - 160
—-—— 2,018
Total - - - 40,662
VI.—Duplicates.

A series of specimens, 335 in number, have been transmitted to the Town Museum,
Brighton, and 76 specimens to the Museum of Owens College, Manchester.

VII.— Lectures, Demonstrations, and Visits of Classes and Students.
Swiney Lectures on Geology :—

Twelve lectures on “ Aves and Mammalia” were delivered by Dr. R. H. Traquair,
F.R.S., from 15th June to 10th July, attended by 617 pergons in all; the Lecturer also
gave demonstrations in the south-east Gallery.

_ Dr. Woodward gave demonstrations on 7th March to 30 members of the Highbury

Microscopical and Scientific Society, and on 11th June to 15 members of the National

Se Association; on 13th June to 50 members of the New Cross Microscopical

“Society.

a re Duncan on 26th May to 20 students, and on 9th June to 12 students from King’s
ollege.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted the collections during the past
year for purposes of study, and who have been assisted by the staff in their special
scientific work, was 1,959.

Henry Woodward.

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

After long postponement through the pressure of other work, the introduction of new
labels for the mineral species has been taken in hand during the year 1885. The old
labels had been written gradually in the course of 25 years, and thus differed much in
style and execution. After experiment it was decided to adopt printed labels of uniform
size and style, and to employ the old standards as supports to which they could be affixed.
Before printing it was desirable to revise the whole collection of species and varieties, and
to transfer to the drawers such asare too indefinite to be of real service to the student; this
has been done, with the result that of 1,445 species and varieties, 222 have been placed
with the unexhibited specimens. Further, the names adopted for the species have been
reconsidered. The new labels give the name of each species, a simple statement of the
chemical composition, the chemical formula, and the crystalline system; 5,438 labels for
551 species have been now printed, and 600 have been mounted and arranged in the
cases.

The printing of the labels for the large specimens in the glazed ends of the cases having
been determined upon, the specimens were examined and some were laid aside as dupli-
cates. The labels for all the remaining specimens have been sent to press; 1,152 labels of
216 kinds have been received from the printer.

The opportunity was made use of for the careful cleansing of the specimens, and for the
re-distempering of the fittings, in four of the glazed ends.

After the selection of additional spevimens, the labels for the three cases, in which are
illustrated the characters of minerals, have been printed.

493 specimens of dolerite and basalt, and the corresponding microscopic sections, 437
in number, have been examined, labelled and arranged.

150 microscopic sections of the rock-specimens, collected in the Solomon Islands by
H. B. Guppy, Esq., and presented by him to the Trustees, have been examined, named
and labelled.

221 microscopic rock-sections have been cut, polished and mounted.

A new edition of the Guide to the Meteorites has been prepared, and is nearly ready
for the printer.

In the intervals the descriptive catalogue of the specimens of pyrargyrite and proustite
has been continued; specimens of monazite and connellite, recently obtained from
Cornwall, have been examined and described ; the Guide to the Mineral Gallery and the
Index to the Minerals have been revised and reprinted, and the laboratory has been com-
pletely overhauled and put into order.

The mass of meteoric iron from South America, presented by Sir Woodbine Parish in
1826, and three large crystals of quartz, have been mounted on new mahogany pedestals.

The preparation of a duplicate of the general register has been continued ; three volumes
have been copied during the year. -

The number of visits recorded as made to the Department for the purpose of consulta-
tion or study is 626.

Departmental Library.

To the Departmental Library have been added 32 separate works (in 44 volumes),
in addition to the current periodicals.

127 volumes, with 333 plates, have been stamped.

139 volumes have been bound.

The whole of the Library is catalogued alphabetically, and press-marked.

Acquisitions.

711 specimens, namely, 495 simple minerals, 194 rocks, and 22 meteorites, have been
acquired during 1885. These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and placed in
their respective places in the collection. ‘The more important of them are named below.

MINERALS.
By Presentation :—

Native Gold, Eastern Akim, Gold Coast; fluor, Benue, Niger; sard, Niger; chessy-
lite, Lagos, Gold Coast, Africa: by Captain C. A. Moloney. _

Native Sulphur; Atco Mountain, Island of Mindanao, Philippine Islands: by Messrs.
Veitch & Sons. ; '

A crystal of spinel, and tale in the form of actinolite, W.. side of the central ridge,
Madagascar: by Thomas Waters, Esq. ; .

Crystals of “ jarrowite,” Tyne Docks, South Shields: by the Natural History Society
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Fibrous kiimmererite ; Cape Colony: by E. J. Dunn, Esq., F.4.8. :

A specimen

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A specimen of silver ore ; Chaiarcillo, Copiapo, Chili: by His Excellency Don Marcia!
Martinez.

Prehnite, diaclasite, and bastite; Harzburg, Harz, Germany: by Professor Ulrich.

Native Alum, Mamboia, East Africa: by J. T. Last, Esq.

A series of Zinc Ores, from the Province of Santander, Spain: by the Science and Art
Department. it

Calaite or Turquoise, Karkaralinsk District, Kirghese Steppes, Russia: by Walilula
Bekmeten, Esq.

Several minerals, including sapphire, rubellite and microcline, Madagascar: by the
Rev. J. Wills.

Melinite, Majdanpek, Servia: by James Taylor, Esq. 2

An unusually large and fine simple crystal of staurolite, Dep. Finistére, France: by
C. Seidler, Esq.

Crystals of mellite, Malevka, Tula, Russia: by Dr. T. Schuchardt. ;

Crystals of grossular garnet, Orange River Free State, South Africa : by Dr. Hugh
Exton of Blémfontein.

Zvisite, Loch Garve, Ross-shire: by Professor Heddle.

Native Gold, Ontario Mine, Summit County; rezbanyite, Yankee Girl Mine; bro-
chantite, Monarch Mine, Chaffee County, Colorado ; hiibnerite, near Phillipsburg ; tetrady-
mite, Cable Mine, Montana; argentite, Lake Valley, New Mexico; conichalcite and
olivenite, American Eagle Mine, Tintic, Utah, U.S.A., and some small but sharply defined
erystals of an alloy of gold and silver: by Richard Pearce, Esq., of Denver, Colorado,
U.S.A.

Garnet crystals found in a sandy material 30 feet from the surface at Ganjam, Madras :
by A. Grenville Mallet, Esq., c.n.

Meneghinite, Marble Lake, Ontario ; tennantite, Capeltown, Quebec ; a large crystal
of phlogopite, Templeton, Quebec ; and dawsonite, Montreal, Canada: by Dr, J. Harring-
ton of Montreal.

Albite with mesitite and pyrrhotite, Morro Velho, Minas Geraes, Brazil : by F.
Tendron, Esq., F.G.S.

Nodules of Hematite from the Permian breccias of Leicestershire: by W. S. Gresley,
Esq., F.G.S.

Pyromorphite, Pontgibaud, Auvergne: by W. H. Richard, Esq.

By Purchase :—

Native Gold, Fahlun, Sweden.

Native Antimony, Brunswick Mine, York County, New Brunswick.
Native Tellurium in crystals, Facebay, Transylvania.

Blende, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.A.

Galena, Marsden Mine, Galena, Illinois, U.S.A.

Very fine specimens of copper glance, from the (now unworked) Bristol Mines, Con-
necticut, U.S.A.

Joseite with native bismuth, Sorato, Bolivia, South America.
Jordanite, Imfeld, Binnenthal, Switzerland.

Pyrostilpnite, Andreasberg, Harz, Germany.

Rittingerite, Joachimsthal, Bohemia.

Polybasite, Andreasberg, Harz, Germany.

Fine specimens of fluor (some containing fluid), from Weardale, Durham; T'amar Mines,
Devonshire ; Glen Gowlagh, County Galway; Spitzenberg, Gdschenen Alp, Uri,

Switzerland; Adun-T'schilon, Transbaikal, Asiatic Russia; and St. Louis, Missouri,
ES SAG

An unusually fine and large crystal of chiolite, Miask, Orenburg, Russia.

Fine specimens of matlockite and of cromfordite, near Matlock, Derbyshire.

Crystallised fluocerite, Finbo, Fahlun, Sweden.

Thomsenolite and ralstonite, Kangerdluarsuk, West Greenland.

Atacamite, Wissen, Coblentz, Rhenish Prussia.

Cuprite crystals presenting a rare hemisymmetry, Liskeard, Cornwall.

Brucite, Brewster, New York, U.S.A.

Gummite, Deak Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Crystallised Jacobsite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden.

Zircons in matrix, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

Rutile, Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, U.S.A.; and Binnenthal,
Switzerland.

Brookite, Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, U.S.A.
A large specimen of

; granite covered with bright crystals of smoky quartz, Graubiindten,
Switzerland.

Fine amygdules of chaleeduny containing water, in matrix, Salto, Uruguay, South
America. \

A large and handsome specimen of coralloidal aragonite (los ferri); Hisenerz,
Styria.

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Specimens of calcite, Furness, Lancashire; Andreasherg, Harz, Germany; and from
various mines in the copper mining region of Michigan, U.S.A.

Augite, Eganville, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

Crystals of hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina, U.S.A.

. Glaucophane, Island of Syra, Grecian Archipelago.

Bustamite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden.

aipophy lite, Lake Superior mining region, Michigan, U.S.A.

Kyanite, Carrowtrasna, County Donegal.

Idocrase in large crystals, Zermatt, Switzerland.

Muscovite in curved lamella, Branchville, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Albite with mesitite, Morro Velho, Minas Geraes, Brazil.

Specimens of beryl, Burnsville and Alexander County, North Carolina, U.S.A.;
Portland, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Analcite, Lake Superior mining region, Michigan, U.S.A.

Fine Epi.tiibites, Djupivogur, Iceland.

Unusually fine specimens of Tourmaline, from Gouverneur and Pierrepont, St. Lawrence
County, New York, U.S.A.; Auburn, Maine, U.S.A.; Cumberland Sound, British
America; Mursinsk, Perm, Russia ; and from Madagascar.

An exceptionally fine crystal of danburite, Russel County, New York, U.S.A.

Homilite, Brevig, Norway.
on of an amygdule of compact datolite, Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan,

S.A.

Fergusonite, Hattevig, Dilingén, Moss, Norway. a

Crystals of annerédite, Fuglevig, Huggeneskilen, and Anneréd, Moss, Norway.

A large crystal of microlite with matrix, Amelia County, Virginia, U.S.A. }

Columbite, Standish, Maine, U.S.A.

Very fine specimens of Wulfenite, Richmond Mine, Eureka, Nevada, U.S.A.

Barytes, Frizzington, Whitehaven, Cumberland.

Jarosite, lron Arrow Mine, Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.A.

Connellite in very large and fine crystals, Camborne, Cornwall.

Monazite, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia, U.S.A.; and a fine series
of crystals from Moss, Norway.

Turnerite with albite, Tintagel slate quarries, Cornwall.

Chalcophyllite, Camborne, Cornwall.

Herderite on margarodite, Stoneham, Maine, U.S.A.

Specimens of apatite, Sella, St. Gotthard, Switzerland; with orthoclase, Alexandria,
New York, U.S.A.; and Ontario, Canada.

Vanadinite, Silver district, Yuma County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Amber, Burmah.

And also the following species and varieties new to the Collection :-—

Jeremejeffite (a borate of aluminium), enclosing
Ettchwaldite, Soktui Mountain, Nertschinsk, Asiatic Russia.
Destinezite, Argenteau, Visé, Belgium.

Richellite, Richelle, Visé, Belgium.

Koninchite, Richelle, Visé, Belgium.

Eggonite, Altenberg, Aachen, Rhenish Prussia.
Chrom-tourmaline, N. Issertsk, Perm, Russia.
Pigotite, Cornwall.

Allaktite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden.
Aimafibrite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden.
Aimatolite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden.
Atopite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden.
Manganostibiite, Nordmarken, Wermland, Sweden.
Fredricite, Fahlun, Sweden.

Polylithicnite, Kangerdluarsuk, Greenland.
Steenstrupine, Kangerdluarsuk, Greenland.

Cyrtolite, Ytterby, Sweden.

Lamprophane, Filipstad, Wermland, Sweden.
Plumboferrite, Jacob’s Mountain, Wermland, Sweden.
Alshedite, Smaland, Sweden.

METEORITES.
(The names in italics are those of meteorites new to the Collection.)

By Presentation :—

Yundagin, about ninety miles east of York, Western Australia: by the Rev. T. G.
Nicolay, r.¢.8., of Freemantle.
Lvanpéh, San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A.: by H. G. Hanks, Esq., of San
Francisco; Found 1880.
Chandpur, five miles North by West of Mainpuri, North West Provinces, India ; ne
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6th April 1885: Pirthalla, Hissar district, Punjab, India; Fell 9th February 1884: by
H. B. Medlicott, Esq., ma.
Lucky Hill, Jamaica; by the Governors of the Jamaica Institute; Found 1885.

By Exchange :—

Tomhannock Creek, Rensselaer County, New York, U.S.A.; Found 1863-4.
Emmetsburg, Maryland, U.S.A.; Found 1854.

Mascombes, Corréze, France; Fell 31st January 1835.

Le Teilleul, Manche, France; Fell 14th July 1845.

Nagy-Diwina, Budetin, Hungary; Fell 24th July 1837.

Favars, Laissac, Aveyron, France; Fell 21st October 1844.

La Bécasse, Dun ie Poelier, Indre, France; Fell 31st January 1879.
Quincay, Vienne, France ; Fell in the summer of 1851.

Czartorya (Zaborzika), Volhynia, Russia ; Described 1859.
Doroninsk, Irkutsk, Asiatic Russia; Fell 6th April 1805.

Kikino, Smolensk, Russia; Fell 1809.

Petropavlovsk, Vomsk, Asiatic Russia; Found 1841,

Chili, South America; Described 1866.

By Purchase :-—

Wadee Bhanee Khaled, Nejed, Central Arabia; Fell in the spring of 1865: weight
130 lbs.

Tjabé, Padangan, Java; Fell 19th September 1869.

Pillistfer, Livland, Russia; Fell 8th August 1863.

Rocks.
By Presentation :-—

Calcareous and siliceous tufas from the thermal waters of the Yellowstone Park
U.S.A., and other rocks from American localities: by Wm. Carruthers, Esq., F.R.s., &c.
&e.

A large piece of Alabaster, from Fauld, Tutbury, Staffordshire: by J. Gardner
D. Engleheart, Esq., c.B.

Diahase, from a boulder between Llyn-Cwellyn and Llyn-y-dywarchen, Caernarvon-
shire : by H. A. Miers, Esq., M.A.

Hypersthene-Andesite, The Coquet, above Windy Haugh, Cheviot Hills.

4A columnar fragment of felsite from a dyke, Mount Sorrel, Leicestershire: by
H. E. Quilter, Esq.

Felspar-Dolerite, Dunsmoor, Silverton, Devonshire: by the Right Hon. W. H. Smith,
M.P.

L. Fletcher.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

During the past year 42,293 named and labelled specimens have been incorporated
with the Herbarium. The phanerogamous plants have consisted chiefly of specimens
collected in Austria by Kerner, in North Italy by Lojacono, in Syria by Post, in Turkes-
tan by Regel, in India by Wallich and Beddome, in Japan, China, and Mandchuria by
Maximowicz, in the Malayan Archipelago by Zollinger and Cuming, in Java by Blume,
in ‘Timor by R Brown, A. Cunningham, and H. O. Forbes, in Australia by Von Mueller,
in Eastern Tropical Africa by Johnston, in Madagascar by Hilsenberg and Deans
Cowan, iu California by Greene and Jones, in Mexico by Wright, in the Ixpedition to
Roraima by Im Thurn, in Brazil by Glaziou, and in Paraguay by Balansa, together with
an extensive and valuable series, representing the species and varieties of Crocus, and
illustrating his monograph of that genus, presented by Mr. George Maw, and a large
series of Grasses from various collections. The Cryptogams have been chiefly from the
Herbarium of Mosses belonging to the late Dr. Hampe and from the Herbarium belonging
to thelate Dr. Dickie. The increase in the British Herbarium has been from presentations
from British botanists, but chiefly from the collections of the Botanical Exchange Club
which have been presented by that club.

In the progress of incorporating the additions, the following Natural Orders have been
more or less completely rearranged :—Anonacee, Ternstroemiacee, Sterculiacee, Tiliacee,
Melastomacee, Passifloreez, Composite, Ericacee, Plumbaginee, Primulacee, Myrsinee,
Euphorbiaceae, Orchidee, lridee, Dioscoree, Commelinacee, Aroidea, Gramineae, Filices,
and Lycopodiacee.

The most important addition to the collections during the past year was the purchase
of Colonel Beddome’s Herbarium of Indian plants, containing nearly 10,000 species,
many of them being type specimens.

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George Maw, Esq., of Benthall Hall, presented his valuable collection of the genus
Crocus, consisting of 416 specimens of plants and 72 specimens of corm-tunics, which are of
special value in connection with Mr. Maw’s important monograph of this genus. The
specimens have been carefully mounted and incorporated with the Herbarium, and form
an unsurpassed series of these interesting plants.

The other principal additions to the collections by presentation during the year have con-
sisted of 743 species of plants from Australasia, from Baron von Mueller; 617 species of
South Atrican plants, presented by the Rey. W. Moyle Rogers; 337 species of plants
from Morocco, from Jobn Ball, i'sq.; 315 species of plants collected in the Expedition to
Roraima, British Guiana, from Everard im Thurn, Esq. ; 114 species of plants, chiefly from
South America, and four species of cultivated orchids from H. Veitch, Esq., r.u.s.; a
small collection of plants from St. Mary Island, Gambia, from J. R. Maxwell, Esq. ;
128 species of South African plants from J. Medley Wood, Esq.; 116 species of Indian
plants, from J. S. Gamble, Esq. ; a small collection of plants from Aden, from Major
Yerbury ; 20 species of plants from the Falkland Islands, collected and presented by Mrs,
Holmstead ; some critical North American plants from Dr. Parry; a small collection of
plants from the Gilbert Islands, from C. M. Woodford, Esq.; 150 species of plants from
Greenland, from the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen, through Prof.
Kiaerskou; 28 species of rare Italian plants from H. Groves, Ksq.; a small collection
of plants from Oporto, from I. Newton, Esq.; three species of Ceylon plants from Dr,
Trimen ; a species of Crocus and several Algz from Afghanistan, from W. Simpson, Esq.;
a collection of Composite from different parts of the world, from George Maw, Esq. ;
10 specimens of Nepenthes and 14 specimens of Masdevallia from 8. Courtauld, Esq. ; 17
species of cultivated Orchids from Baron Walter Rothschild; 50 species of cultivated
Orchids from Messrs. Shuttleworth, Carden, & Co.; 27 species of Orchidexe from Mada-
gascar, collected by Dr. Fox; 10 species of cultivated Orchids from T. Moore, Esq. ;
three species of cultivated Orchids from T. Christy, Esq.; a cultivated Orchis from
B. S. Williams, Esq. ; four species of cultivated Orchids, from F. W. Burbidge, Esq. ; a
cultivated Orchis from Major Lendy ; a species of Eucharis from W. Bull, Esq.; a speci-
men of Athrotaxis lazifolia, from J. Rashleigh, Esq.; 144 Cryptogams from Mrs.
Skipworth.

The following collections have been acquired by purchase:—914 species of plants from
Paraguay, from Balansa; 2,275 plants from South America, collected by R. Pearce ; 400
Mexican plants from Kerber; 483 Mexican plants from Schaffner ; 120 species of Cali-
fornian plants, collected by the Rev. E. L. Greene; 344 plants from South Africa, being
the beginning of MacOwan and Bolus’s Herbarium Normale Austro-Africanun; 154
plants from Rubai Hills, Mombasa, collected by the Rev. W. E. Taylor; 453 species of
plants from Comoro Islands, from Humblot; 282 plants from Syria, collected by Dr. G.
I. Post ; 1,162 species of plants from Arabia, from H. C. Hart, Esq. ; 300 specimens of
European Hieracia from Dr. Albert Peter; 100 species of Sicilian plants from Lojacono ;
548 preparations of cellular plants made by W. Joshua, Esq.; 250 species of Diato-
macex fiom Van Heurck; 165 species of American Hepatice ; 200 species of European
Fungi, trom Rabenhorst; 100 species of Fungi, from Von Thuemen; 100 species of
Ascomycetous Fungi, from Rehm; 100 species of European Mosses, from Raben-
horst.

The following important additions have been obtained by exchange for duplicates :—
From the Imperial Botanical Gardens, St. Petersburg, 1,072 species of plants from Japan,
China, and Mandchuria, collected by C. J. de Maximowiez, and 663 Turkestan plants,
collected by Alb. de Regel; from the Royal Herbarium, Leyden, 355 species of plants
from Java, collected by Blume and others; from J. F. Duthie, Esq., Director of the
Botanical Gardens, Saharunpore, India, 350 plants from Kumaon and other parts of
Northern India, collected by Mr. Duthie; from Professor Engler of the University of
Kiel, 100 species of Aroidew; from R. D. Fitzgerald, Esq., of Sydney, 8 species of
Australian Orchids; and from the Imperial Herbarium, Vienna, 593 Austro-Hungarian
plants collected by Dr. A. J. Kerner, Professor of the University of Vienna. 70 speci-
mens of Corallinez have been transferred from the Department of Zoology.

Contributions to the British Herbarium have been received from R. F. Towndrow, Esq.,
J.C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., J. Benbow, Esq., G. S. Boulger, Esq., Rev. D. Matheson,
W. Matiiews, Esq., W. Bowles Barrett, Esq., R. Sherring, Esq., Rev. C. A. Newdigate,
A. Bennett, Ksq., J. H. A. Jenner, Esq., J. Brebner, Esq., W. H. Beeby, Esq., J. E.
Griffith, Esq., Dr. Fraser, R. Brown, Esq., F. J. Hanbury, Esq., J. Rashleigh, Esq.,
and Ht. G. Glasspoole, Esq. From F. A. Lees, Esq., has been received the parcels of
plants presented by the Botanical Record Club. <A collection of the fruits and seeds of
210 British plants from Clement Reid, Esq.; 129 species of Mosses collected in Bedford-
shire by Mr. J. Saunders ; two Liverworts from F. T. Mott, Esq.; 25 Alow from E. M.
Holmes, Esq.; 12 Fungi from W. G. Smith, Esq. ; and preparations showing the oospores
of Peronospora pygmaea, from Geo. Brebner, Esq., have also been received.

_ The Collection of the Prints and Drawings of Plants has also been increased by the pur-
chase of 174 original drawings of the plants of the Straits Settlements made by Christopher
Smith, whose collections are in the Herbarium; 70 original drawings by Spaendonk;
32 original drawings of Fungi by W. G. Smith; 1,415 plates of plants. Dr. M. C. Cooke
presented 281 plates of British Fungi, from works published by him on these plants.

The

accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 69

The classification, arrangement, and press-marking of the Departmental Library has
been nearly concluded. Contributions to the Library have been received from the
Secretary of State for India, the University of Marburg, J. G. Baker, Esq., J. Britten,
Esq., the Rev. T. A. Preston, Dr. Murie, the Rev. E. L. Greene, Dr. Wainio, Dr. Plan-
chon, U. Bailey, Esq., Dr. Pierre, W. B. Hartland, Esq., and F. Newton Williams, Esq.

The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific research and

inquiry was 1,105.
Wiliam Carruthers.

British Museum, | Edward A Bond,
31 May 1886. J Principal Librarian.

0.102, K 4

BRITISH MUSEUM :
(SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS). —

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expenpr-
TuRE of the British Museum (Sreciat Tres
Funps) for the Year ended 31 March 1886;
Number of Persons admitted to visit the
Museum in each Year from 1880 to 1885, both
Years inclusive; and the British Mvseum
(Naturat Hisrvory) in each Year from the
Date of Opening to 1885, inclusive; togethe
with a Statement of the Procress made iy
the ARRANGEMENT and Descriprion of the
Cottections, and an Accounr of OpssectTs
added to them, in the Year 1885.

(Str John Lubbock.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to le Printed,

17 June 1886,

————

[Price 9 d.]

200. Under 8 oz.
H.—26. 6.36,

BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 10 May 1887 ;—/fvr,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Expenpirure of the British Museum

(Specrat Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 3lst day of March 1887.

“ And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the MusruM in each
Year from 1881 to 1886, both Years inclusive ; and the BritrsH MusEuM
(NaturaL History) in each Year from the Date of Opening to 1886,
inclusive; together with a Sratement of the Progress made in the
ARRANGEMENT and DrscrIPTion of the CottecTions, and an Account of
Oxsects added to them, in the Year 1886.”

Treasury Chambers, | Weal. DAC KS ON.
30 June 1887. f ;

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 1887.

Il.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
Iff._—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.

VI.—RETURN of the Number of Pexsons admitted to visit the Britisn Muszum in
each Year from 1881 to 1886, both Years inclusive; and the Brirish Mussum
(Narurat History) in each Year from the Dute of Opening to 1886, inclusive.

VIL.—STATEMENT of Genera Progress at the Museum (Bloomsbury).

VILII.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and Description of the Cor-
_ wectTions, and Account of OxJects added to them, in the Year 1886 (Bloomsbury).
1X.—Ditt. - - - ditto - - - (Natural History).

(Sir John Lubbock.)

Ordered, 5y The House of Commons, éo be Printed,
1 July 1887.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY HENRY HANSARD AND SON;
AND
Published by Eyre and Srotriswoone, East Harding-street, London, E.C.,
and 32, Abingdon-street, Westminster, S.W. ;
ADAM and CHARLES BLACK, North Bridge, Edinburgh ;
and Hopcss, Fiacts, and Co., 104, Grafton-street, Dublin.

185. A

2 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczeret anp Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

C Stock,
ees 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£1 Bey a: Sagys: a. :
To Barance on the Ist April 1886 - - - = = = “LES 18s 33 DPI (7h N77 ee?
~ Drvipeyvs received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz. :
On the 6th July 1886 - - = £196 lb, 4
» 6th January 1887 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8
- Ong Year’s Rent or a Rear Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of
Bridgewater, received 17th May 1886 - - - - 2414 8
£ 5387 3 2 13,117 17 2

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recriet anp Expenpiture of thee FARNBOROUGH

Gasu: Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. is. Sah ies; d:
To Batance en the 1st April 1886 - - - - - - - | 148 11 10 2,872 6 10
-— Drivipenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the 6th July 1886 - £.43 1! 9
» 6th January 1887 sSiet: 8
7 86 3 5
£. 234 15 3 2,872 6 10

III—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anp Expenpiture of the SWINEY

Cua Sroex, |
3 p’ Cent. Consols.
fs Sylids Bao ls
To Baxance on the Ist April 1886 - - - - - ~ =)| 258 13) 5 5,369 2 9
- Drvivenps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con-
sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on é
Geology, viz.:
On the 6th July 1886 - £.8010 9
» 6th January 1887 80 10 9 ;
161 1 6

ee 419 14 11 5,369

i)
©

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, from the Ist April 1886 to the 31st March 1887.

Stock,
3 p’ Cent. Consols.

Retin Ua

Ww

Casu.

£) ose od.

By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the
Rea Estate - - - - - - - - - : I Bowel
— Payment of one year’s SALary to the Egerton Librarian - =8/ 9210 = =
— Payments for the purchase of Manuscripts - - - - a rtea. I =
304 4 4
— Ba.ances ON THE31sT Marcu 1887, carried to Account for 1887/88 182 18 10
£. Oo hones

UBRIOW/ qlraee:

Ne

FUND, from the Ist April 1886 to the 31st March 1887.

—__

Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

semercls

2,872 6 10

Cas.
Lor see ae £,
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts — - - - - = 206 sac
By Batances on THE 31sT Marcu 1887, carried to Account for 1887/88 28 12 3
£.| 23415 8 2,87

'

FUND, from the 1st April 1886 to the 31st March 1887.

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
He oss dt £3) owed.
By Sarary paid to Dr. R. H. Traquair for Lectures on Geology in
1886 - - - - - - - = = - = - 150) =o
- Batances on rue 31st Marcu 1887, carried to Account for 1887/88 | 269 14 11 5,369 2 9
= 8 419 14 11 5,369 2 9

4 ACCOUNTS, &c.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exrenpiture of the BIRCH

C Stock,
a. 3 p’Cent. Consols.

ESTs. Beale see dds

To Baxzance on the Ist April 1886 - - - =| = - = BRD IR 7
- Diyiprenps received on 563!, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per
Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. Birch
in 1766, for the three Under Librarians

of the British Museum, viz. :
On the 6th July 1886 - - £.8 9 1
» 6th January 1887 - 8/9) 2
inal 1618 8
oe VGMISI TS 063 15 7

V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recerer and Expenpiture of the Bequest of the late

Cas.
Sap sk Semels
To Barance on the Ist April 1886 = “ « = = : 2 863 17 10

——
363 17 10 |

-

British Museum,
31 May 1887.

Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, from the 1st April 1886 to the 31st March 1887.

Stock,

Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consuls.
fo Ss d- £2 1Sh) ds
| By Lecacy 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 - 1618 3
— Barance on TuE 31st Marcu 1887, carried to | ° = = 563 15 7
Account for 1887/88 —- - - = -
£5 1618 2 563 15 7

Casu
Be tse,
By Payment for alterations, &c., in the building erected on the east side
of the Museum from funds bequeathed by the late Mr. William
White ating ye yin Se eto oe Aap NS a eae oa 293 14 1
- Payment to the Surveyor of Her Majesty’s Office of Works for
services rendered in preparing plans, and in general superin-
tendence of the works provided for out of the White Bequest - aa aes
- Batance on 81st March 1887, carried forward to 1887/88, and still
available for the purposes of the bequest - - - ae ee 67 8 9
£. 363 17 10

5. A 3

NN

Edward A. Bond, Principal Librarian.

ACCOUNIS, &c.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

)
VL<-NUMBER of Pezrsons Apmitrep to Visit the Bririsu Musrum and the Brirish Museum
(Narurat History).
A.—Persons adinitted to view the GeneraL CoLLrcrions in the British Museum in each Year from 1881
to 1886, both Years inclusive.
1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886,
No, |. No. | No..|. Nol 1) Nem lame:
Wie eee eee - | 61,666 | 64,277 | 66,485 | 36,986 | 48,118 | 31,053
FreBrRuaRy - - - - - | 35,499 | 46,805 | 45,559 | 28,419 | 30,185 | 27,847
Marcu - 2 ke ~ | 61,344 | 63,850 | 79,339 | 29,185 | 36,595 | 39,107
ee ait Se Sa Rete oat - | 93,733 | 85,043 | 60,963 | 40,806 | 51,116 | 45,833
Nig ene Sager ne - | 48,325 | 78,511 | 88,224 | 32,377 | 56,981 | 58,940
JUNE - - - - = - | 73,725 | 65,900 | 62,501 | 35,722 53,731 48,479
Gere tas a. - | 56,701 | 62,721 | 57,686 | 39,462 | 57,681 | 48,795
Aueust—- oh ie Se - | 80,955 | 83,295 | 62,898 | 45,808 | 70,497 | “63,284
SEPTEMBER ~- - - - - | 60,264 | 60,700 | 32,211 | 46,612 | 58,869 | 45,178
OcroBER 2 - - = - | 56,141 | 57,068 | 35,143 | 48,869 | 51,841 | 38,167
NovemBer - 2) et -| 49,721 | 47,442 | 31,302 | 39,378 | 30,883 | 28,667
DECEMBER - = = = - | 96,331 | 57,290 | 58,616 | 45,299 | 38,661 | 29,663
Total Number of Persons — ye view seat ae 767,402 ne: ee ‘ae noes

Genera! Collections

Including the total number of persons (2, 808) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six

till eight o "clock, from tne 1st of May to the 19th of July 1886, inclusive ;
the end of August.

NUMBER OF VISITS TO PARTICULAR
DEPARTMENTS.

Tc the Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research - 134,278

To the Newspaper Room, for the purpose of research

To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research

To the Department of Manuscripts, for ibe purpose of)

examining Select Manuscripts -

To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study -

=i)

To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c.

To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room - - -

To the Depts. of Natural History, for the purpose of study -

To the Print Room, for the purpose of study -

28,168
10,890

4,312

146,891

152,983

199,279

The Christy Collection was removed from 103, Victoria-street, to the British Museum, during the year 1883.

+ Note.—Students, Department of Zoology, 1882. Subsequent admissions included in Return, British Museum (Natural History).

159,340
1,452

91

200,269 | 201,208

and from six till seven o’clock, from the 24th of July to

176,893

9,152

5,565

225,071

‘
;

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ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

i |

V!.—Noumpsenr of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c.—continued.

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Kgyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Autiquities, British
and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) are Open to the Public, Free, as under :—

Monpay and Saturpay—The whole of the Galleries.

ctl and THuRspay—The whole of the Galleries, except British and Mediwval Antiquities and Ethno-
graphy.

Wepnespay and Frrpay-—The whole of the Galleries, except the Western Gallery of Antiquities on the
Upper Floor.

The hours of Admission ave from—
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.
5

JIE ia » March, September, October.
OR 6 ,, April, May, June, July, August.
Alo, 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from May 1st to the middle of July.

NOW 7 ., Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.

The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, Oztober,
November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m.; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven.

The Reading Room is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and
October.

Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock to the hour of
general closing ; and inthe Print Room from Ten tili Four o’clock, from January to March, and from August to
December ; and from Ten till Five, from April to July. b

British Museum, ) Edward A. Bond,
31 May 1887. f Principal Librarian.

B.—Per3ons ADMITTED TO VIEW THE CoLLECTIONSIN THE British Museum (Narurat History), CRroMWELL-ROAD,
in each Year from the date of opening (18th April 1881) to 1886, inclusive.

1881: 1882: 1883 : 1884 : 1885: 1886:
JANUARY - - = = -|- - = 23,234 19,164 30,516 31,098 27,253
ARE | 17,522 15,034 22,628 24,200 23,916
Marcu - - - - =I ES - 27,923 35,257 24,121 28,339 27,849
(April 18 to 30)
Reumuaoie ahi iw rh) > 41,434 37,130 16,761 51,952 62,548 40,080
0? 22,871 33,829 33,797 24,359 46,295 31,416
JUNE Beh: dey sly aru lta 25,867 20,461 18,507 | 39,740 29,936 35,301
Jury Semel eels 13,986 20,895 16,509 23,444 29,374 31,331
Auntinters(4 <i6 tes). - 27,970 29,182 25,298 | 35,080 45,134 52,525
SEPTEMBER - - - - 23,950 19,564 17,188 31,131 34,977 35,540
McropwRy sla, =e sk 23,044. 15,217 80,827 31,355 35,392 33,122
NovemBER rv tiere ne oes 17,945 10,469 25,502 24,453 23,878 22,936
DkEcEMBER-- - - - = 34,217 25.101 23,487 31,452 31,084 | 21,473
Tora Number of capa = ee

aa ted FAL a ee : 231,284 278,027 o77.921 375,231 421,350 | 882,742

tions (including Students) |

i

+ 5 heer eae Departments, for the 1882: 1883: “ian 1885 - 1886:
Zoolozy - - - - ber - - 5,229* 6,818 8,313 8,372
emai ty yl): ie te- | Mew Pains 1,209 | 2,453 1,991 1,959 | 2,466
Mineralogy - - - - ibaus 697 617 651 626 761
pera diet IS OND | Wramayscibread: 803 | 1,023 993 1,105 | 1,026

Tora = "- J 2,709 | 9,822 10,453 12,005 | 12,625

* Considerably under usual number, owing to the closing of the department during the removal of the Zoological Collections. |

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Zoology, Geology and Palzontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of
the week, except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving,

The hours of Admission are from —
10 am. till 4 p.m. in January, November, December.

TAO is ta 4.30. p.m. in February.
Ose 5 alti October.
RO 55 5.30. March, September.
LOM a, Gye April, May, June, July, August.
OW. 5 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from May 1st to the middle of July.
KOs tis, G Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.
Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Ten till Four o’clock,
British Museum (Natural History ), W. WH. Flower,
31 May 1887. Director.

8 ACCOUNTS, &c.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VII. GeneraL Procress at the Musrtum, BLoomssBury.

The arrangement of the Ethnographical Collection, including that bequeathed by
the late Mr. Henry Christy and formerly preserved in Victoria-street, Westminster, has
been fully carried out, and the gallery has been opened to general visitors. The collec-
tions completely fills the space formerly occupied by those of birds and shells; and the
want is already felt of more room for additions, and for bringing out the interest and
instructiveness of the exhibition by fuller illustrations of the manner of life of the several
nations.

The volumes of Private Acts and other Parliamentary Papers have been transferred
from the General Library to a room in nearer connection with the Newspaper Reading
Room, in the new White Building, in which they can now be conveniently consulted.

In the King’s Library, a small but very interesting collection of illustrated Chinese
and Japanese books has been placed on view, including specimens of Chinese printing
from the 8th, and Japanese block-printing from the 11th century; and a special guide
has been printed explaining the interest of the several examples.

Temporary exhibitions have been formed in the same Gallery of printed books and
manuscripts connected with the great Womesday Survey of William the Conqueror, in
aid of the Domesday Commemoration, including the Eveter Survey and other
documents lent for the purpose by private owners and libraries; and of manuscripts
and printed books illustrating Jewish History and Literature in connection with this
country, with a view to assist the objects of the Anglo-Jewish Exhibition.

A further exhibition in the same gallery consists of a series of illuminated manuscripts,
showing the progress and variations in ornamentation and illustration by miniatures,
as practised in different countries, from the 10th to the 16th century. Amongst
them is a charter of King Edgar, a.p. 966, written in gold, with a miniature and elaborate
border in gold and colours; #lfric’s paraphrase in Anglo-Saxon of the Pentateuch and
Book of Joshua, with drawings by English artists of the beginning of the 11th century ;
a Psalter, with miniatures by English artists of the latter part of the 13th century, which
came into the possession of John Grandison, Bishop of Exeter, in the years 1327-1369,
and was bequeathed by him to Isabella, daughter of King Edward the Third; a volume
of Lives of Saints in Italian, of the 14th century, with miniatures by artists of the school of
Giotto; the Divina Commedia of Dante, with Italian miniatures, of the 14th century; a
Bible History in French, once the property of King John II. of France, and found in his
tent after the battle of Poitiers; a folio volume of French Romances, formerly belonging
to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and presented by him to Margaret of Anjou, Queen
of Henry the Sixth.

Tn the saloon of the Department of Manuscripts the exhibition of autographs of illus-
trious persons has been renewed in great measure by a selection of fresh letters and
documents; and the progress of writing has been illustrated by a chronological series of
manuscripts of different countries, including oriental examples. The Greek series com-
mences with a papyrus of the year B.c. 162, and includes two fragments of different
MSs. of the [iad on papyrus, and other MSS. written in uncial characters; a codex
of ‘Thucydides of the 11th century ; two copies of the Odyssey of the 13th and 15th
centuries; and an Iliad of the year 1431. The Latin and general series shows the
peculiarities of characters of writing in times and countries from the 6th to the end of the
15th century, and includes a Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the 8th century ; a volume
of prayers written in Ireland in the 8th or 9th century; examples of Lombardic, Mero-
vingian, and Visigothic writing, from the 7th to the 10th century; manuscripts in Tironian
notes, a species of early shorthand; copies of large folio Bibles and choral books ;
and national varieties of minuscule writing traced from as early as the 8th century.

Increased interest has been given to portious of the collections of Greek and Roman
antiquities by re-arrangement of the objects, with a view to general effect or convenience
tor study. A better view of the Frieze of the Parthenon has been gained by shifting or
removing some of the objects exhibited in the Elgin Room. In the Ephesus ante-room
objects distracting to the eye have been removed in order to allow of the statue of
Demeter of Cnidus being seen with more advantage.

In the third Vase Room the series of vases which are signed, or can be classed under
schools of known artists, on a principle set forth in Klein, “Die Vasen mit Meister-
signaturen,” have been grouped together in separate table cases.

The vases with polychrome paintings on a white ground, the rhytons and lekythi with red
figures, and the vases with gilt and polychrome decoration on black ground, are also
separately grouped ; and the table cases are being fitted underneath with shelves to
exhibit shapes of vases and subjects represented in plain black ware.

In

Ole eR i ed) nti 5

ACCOUNTS, SIGs OF THE BRITISH MUSKUM. Q

In the engraved Gems and Gold Ornament Room the series of archaic gems and scarabs
have been arranged as far as possible in chronological order.

The prospect of exhaustion of space available for further additions to the Library has
been a subject of anxiety tothe Trustees. Methods have at different times been suggested
and put on trial for increasing the accommodation for books afforded by existing cases, but
with only partial success. An experiment recently made at the suggestion of the officer
charged with the duty of placing the books promises to give better results. It consists in
suspending in front of the book-cases other cases capable of being moved forwards and
backwards, and holding double rows of books. The structure of the library surrounding
the Reading Room lends itself very conveniently to the fixing of such cases, the addition
of which would more than double the capacity of this building for holding books. The
system could also be introduced into the older rooms of the Library if required, but not
without appropriating space used for other purposes.

Representations have been made to Her Majesty’s Government of the pressing need of
an additional reading room for the use of students not requiring access to works of older
literature and rarity, and to meet the evil of the greatly overcrowded condition of the
present room.

The rooms recently occupied by the Department of Prints and Drawings have remained
out of use, owing to want of funds to meet the cost of fitting them for the reception
of the Greek and Roman monuments and works of art deposited in the basement.

The galleries of Greek and Roman Sculptures, which have hitherto been closed during
two days in the week, are now open to the public every day.

Presentations of Museum publications have been made to various Free Libraries of the
United Kingdom and other public institutions.

Selections of duplicate printed books and engravings, electrotypes of ancient coins and
casts of gems, have been lent to local exhibitions.

Sets of electrotypes of select Greek and Roman Coins have been presented to the
Public Museum of Greenock, and to the Blackburn Public Library and Museum.

The number of lectures to private classes delivered during the year by persons not on
the Museum Staff is 45.

The comparative table of the number of persons visiting the collections during a
succession of years shows a falling off for the year 1886, probably attributable to the
strong counter attraction of the International Exhibition in South Kensington.

In a new edition of the Guide to the Galleries will be found an increased number of
descriptions of Babylonian Tablets, fuller descriptive accounts of the Fictile Vases and
Ancient Gems, and also a brief notice of the contents of the Ethnographical Gallery.

Among the numerous donations which have been received during the past year atten-
tion may be drawn to that of the official, political, and private correspondence and
papers of Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, presented by the Karl of Chiches-
ter. The Duke held the offices of Lord Chamberlain of the Household in the years
1717 to 1724; Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1724 to 1746, and
for the Northern Department from 1746 to1754; First Lord of the Treasury from 1754 to
1762; and Lord Privy Seal in 1765 and 1766. He died in 1768. Included in the
collection are a few volumes of papers of the Barons Holles of Ifield, and of the Sidneys,
Earls of Leicester, collateral ancestors of the Duke of Newcastle; and about 30 volumes
of correspondence of Thomas Peiham, First Ear! of Chichester, who died in 1805, and of
the Second Earl, Secretary tc the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Home Secretary
and Postmaster General, who died in 1826. The whole collection forms about 430
volumes.

A very valuable donation, one of a series extending over many years, has also been
received from Mr. A. W. Franks, the Keeper of the Department of British and Medizval
Antiquities. It consists of numerous pieces of rare English Porcelain and Pottery,
selected from his own collection in order to complete a series representative of English
ceramics recently purchased from Mr. Henry Willett, and now placed on exhibition. The
specimens contributed by Mr. Franks cannot be valued at less than 4,000 J.

It is hardly possible to mention this donation without referring to the extent and
character of the assistance given by Mr. Franks in the formation of the varicus collections
of which he has the particular charge.

Mr. Franks entered the Museum asan Assistant in the Department of Antiquities in
the year 1851, and became Keeper of the British and Medieval Antiquities in the year
1866, when these collections were formed into a separate Department, to include also
what the Museum contained of Ethnographical interest. In none of these branches of
Archeology and Science had, up to that time, any effort been made to form an adequate
collection of objects. It is due to Mr. Franks, not only as a judicious purchaser of
antiquities on the part of the Trustees, but as a contributor from his own resources and
influence with collectors, that the Museum has at this time choice and well-arranged
examples of Romano-British and Medieval Antiquities, a collection of glass of all ages

185. representative

10 Accounts, &¢c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

representative collections of pottery, of Japanese and Chinese porcelain, of Prehistoric
objects, of Hindu and Buddhist antiquities, and a gallery of Ethnographical illustration.
As conspicuous instances of the exercise of his influence in obtaining important donations
for the Museum the following acquisitions may be referred to :—

The great collection of Ethnography and Prehistoric and Miscellaneous Autiquities
formed by the late Mr. Henry Christy, and to which considerable additions have since the
collector’s death been made by his trustees, one of whom is Mr, Franks himself. The
money value of the Christy Collection may be approximately estimated at 10,000 2.

In the year 1868 an extensive and choice collection of glass, prints and other works of
Art, was bequeathed to the Museum by Mr. Felix Slade, under the influence, as was
well understood, of Mr. Franks, who had assisted him in forming it. This collection
cannot be valued at less than 28,000 7.

In 1878 Mr. John Henderson bequeathed a collection of pottery, glass, metal work,
oriental arms, and water-colour drawings, long noted for the beauty and, in many
instances, great rarity of the several objects. Mr. Franks had for many years guided
Mr. Henderson in his purchases, as he also did in his ultimate disposal of them. The
collection may be valued at 15,000 J.

In the year 1879 and subsequently numerous vases and other antiquities excavated by
the Rev. William Greenwell, Canon of Durham, in British barrows, and a collection of
Flint Implements from Norfolk were presented to the Museum by him, under the advice
of Mr. Franks, and these donations are estimated at over 4,000/.

The individual objects which have been presented to the Museum, owing to the assist-
ance given by Mr. Franks to collectors, are too many to be enumerated.

To his direct generosity the Museum is indebted for countless objects valuable in
themselves and more so as supplying wants for the collections. Scarcely a meeting of
Trustees is held at which donations from Mr. Franks, more or less considerable, are not
reported. Collectively, they include British and Anglo-Roman Antiquities; Coins and
Medals; Topographical and other drawings; a large collection of Chinese and Japanese
pottery and porcelain, containing the rarest specimens, and valued at not less than 10,000 /. ;
Indian antiquities, ethnographical objects in great numbers, and numerous specimens of
Italian majolica, Palissy and sgraffiato ware, plaques, tiles, &c. The value of the various
objects presented by him certainly exceeds 20,000 /., and that of the’ collections obtained
through his influence cannot be far short of 60,000 J.

It is not on account of these donations only that the Trustees and the public are
indebted to Mr. Franks. His collections are formed with all the advantages of knowledge
and experience and therefore with the utmost economy, and the arrangement of them
has been carried out with a taste and judgment which creatly add to their value. And
this labour of arrangement will be admitted to be of no slight consideration, when it is
remembered that every object now exhibitea in the extensive space comprised in
Mr. Franks’ Department has been placed in its position by his own hands, and under the
difficulty of having to adapt for the purpose cases and shelving designed for wholly
different collections.

The following are the publications issued from the Departments at Bloomsbury during
the year :—

CoNTINUATION OF THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE LiBRARY: Folio, 37
Parts :

Academies :—IV., V.; Campe.—Caoutch.; Cat—Caw.; Caxa.—Chacun. ;
Chad.—Char. ; Charles—Chekus ; Chelucky—Chiswick ; Chit.—Christ; Cicero:
Cleo.—Cobwebs ; Coglio—Coleccion ; Colegate—Coll. ; Colm.—Comly. ; Comm.—
Conroy; Cons.—Coomey ; Coom.—Corn.; Corn.—Cosquino; Coss.—Cours. ;
Court—Cramouz; Cramp—Critius ; Cruege.—Couzia. ; Cuoco.—Crytel ; Dauer—
De-antonia; Dear—Delayto; Delbaere—Denman; Denmark—Descurze; Desde.—
Dezwarte; Difenbach—Diss. ; Dole—Doughty; Dru.— Ducherow: Duchesme—
Duko.; Dula.—DuPaz; E.—Eckern; Periodical Publications, IV., V., VI.

CATALOGUE OF ACCESSIONS TO THE LispRARyY. Folio.

Sections A. and B.—New English and Foreign Books, 11 Parts.
C.—Old English Books, and works in Foreign languages printed in England,
4 Parts.
_D.—Old Foreign Books, 3 Parts.
F.— Cross-References to Main Titles from Old Catalogue, 2 Parts.

CaTALOGUE OF Books PLACED IN THE GALLERIES IN THE ReEapInG Room oF
THE British Museum. Compiled by Mr. G. W. Porter, Assistant Keeper in the
Department of Printed Books, 1886. Octavo.

CATALOGUE OF BENGALI PrRintEp Books IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH
Museum. By J. F. Blumhardt, 1886. Royal Octavo.

ANCIENT KeyPTian TEXTS FROM THE COFFIN OF AMAM IN THE BRITISH
Museum. With a translation by the late Samuel Birch, D.c.u.. Folio, 1886.

SuBJECT

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11

Sussect INDEX OF THE MODERN WoRrRKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY OF THE
British Musrum, in the years 1880-85. Compiled by G. K. Fortescue, Superinten-
dent of the Reading Room in the British Museum, 1886. Royal Octavo.

INTRODUCTION TO A CATALOGUE OF THE EARLY ITALIAN PRINTS IN THE BRITISH
Museum. By Richard Fisher, 1886. Royal Octavo.

DESCRIPTIVE AND HistToRICAL CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE AND
CurnesE PaintTrnes In THE British Musrum. By William Anderson, ¥.R.c.s.,
1886. Octavo.

CaTALOGUE OF GREEK Coins Or CRETE AND THE ANGEAN IsLanps. By Warwick
Wroth, Assistant in the Department of Coins. Edited by R. Stuart Poole, Keeper of
Department of Coins, 1886. Octavo.

ANCIENT GREEK Inscriprions. Part III. Section I. Priene and Iasos. By
the Rey. E. L. Hicks. Edited by C. T. Newton, c.B., 1886. Folio.

New Epirion oF THE GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION GALLERIES.

GUIDE To THE NimRouD CENTRAL SALOON, department of Egyptian and Assyrian
Antiquities.

Guipe To THE MavsoiEeum Room, in the department of Greek and Roman Antiqui-
ties.

GuIpE TO rae AuTOGRAPH LeErTeRs, &c., exhibited in the department of MSS.
and in the King’s Library.

GUIDE TO THE ELGin Room; with twelve illustrations.

British Museum, Edward A. Bond,
31 May 1887. Principal Librarian.

VIII. PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CATALOGUING OF COLLEC-
TIONS, AND ADDITIONS MADE TO THEM, in the Year 1886.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED Books.

I. Arrangement.—The works added to the Collection during the year have, as far as
possible, been placed on the shelves of the Library according to the system of classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
77,468; in addition to which 39,466 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of
changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library. 26,006 labels have been athxed,
and 101,019 obliterated labels have been renewed. The process of attaching third press-
marks to the books in the New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery
to readers, has been continued; 35,592 books have been thus marked during the year,
and the corresponding alterations have been carried out in the Reading Room Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing :—(a.) 62,209 title-slips have been written (the term “title-slip” ap-
plying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these, 35,813 were written for
the New General and Supplementary Catalogues, and 26,396 for the separate Cata-
logues of Music and the several Oriental Collections.

(b.) Printing.—44,139 titles have been prepared for printing during the year, upon
the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879, and 45,558 titles have been
printed off.

Progress has also been made in printing the whole Catalogue in alphabetical sequence
from the beginning. With the exception of the headings: “ Bible,” “ Catalogues,” and
a few minor articles, the Catalogue is now printed or at press up to “‘ Englaendisches,”’
and the extensive article “ Periodical Publications” has likewise been entirely printed,
with the exception of the index. 143 MS. volumes have been printed during 1886,
forming 37 printed volumes.

(c.) Incorporation—New General Catalogue. 34,034 title-slips, and 339 index-slips
have been incorporated into each of the three copies of this Catalogue. This incor-
poration has made it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement,
to remove and re-insert in each copy 30,105 title-slips and 767 index-slips, and to add
to each copy 220 new leaves to receive them.

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The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of the Periodical Publications
is 276, and in that of Academies, 123.

(d.) Music Catalogue.-—18,335 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue. 6,340
titles (accessions) have been printed, and 1,790 title-slips have been incorporated into
each of the two copies of the Catalogue.

(e.) Hebrew Cataiogue.—360 title-slips have been written for this Catalugue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues——The number of titles written is 7,701, of which about
420 were for Sanskrit books; 2,984 for Arabic, and Persian; 1,500 for Hindustani
and Bengali ; and 2,734 for works in Tamil, Telugu, and other South Indian languages.
A catalogue of the Bengali books was printed and published during the year.

9-3 Hand-Catalogue.—F¥or this Catalogue, in which the title-slips mounted on cards
are arranged in order of the press-marks, 72,000 have been arranged, and 159,200 partially
arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 77,100 have been incorporated.

(h.) List of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The number of alterations and
additions in each of the interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the
books of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions,
amounts to 477, and the necessary entries have been made in the Hand-Catalogue.

The collection of books in the galleries of the Reading Room has been maintained
by adding to it new works of interest and importance, and by substituting new for older
editions. The number of alterations has been 525. A catalogue of these books, with a
full index of subjects, was published early in 1886.

The special collection of Bibliographies has also been kept up by adding to it such
new books as appeared suitable.

A subject index of the modern works added to the Library in the years 1880-1885 was
published during 1886; and an interleaved copy of it placed in the Reading Room for
reference is kept up to date by the insertion of the new books as soon as the titles are
printed.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course
of the year amounts to 24,432; including 1,142 volumes of newspapers; and, in con-
sequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one,
the number of bound volumes returned is 8,730. In addition to this, 1,408 pamphlets
have been separately bound, and 698 volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room is 707,659; to the Royal Library, 13,118:
to the Grenville Library, 801; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 468,102 ; making a total amount of 1,189,680 volumes sup-
plied to readers.

The number of readers during the year has been 176,893, giving an average of nearly
584 daily; and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted
aaa 7 volumes per diem, not reckoning those taken from the shelves of the Reading

oom.

Newspaper Room.—The total number of readers during the year has been 9,152, giving
an average of about 30 daily. The number of volumes replaced after use is 72,613, so
that each reader would appear to have consulted about 7 volumes per diem.

V. Additions. —(a.) 33,844 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the
course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 3,946
were presented, 11,548 received in pursuance of the laws of Knglish Copyright, 1,397
received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 16,953 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 50,796 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,629 were presented, 27,520 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 577 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 21,070 acquired by purchase.

(e.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. :
486 published in London and its suburbs, 1,369 in other parts of England and Wales,
201 in Scotland, and 136 in Ireland. 92 volumes, belonging to 28 different sets, have
been purchased; and 1,919 numbers have been presented.

(d.) 5,296 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself; of which
cee were received by English, and 2,170 by International Copyright, and 133 by
purchase.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 33,844 volumes and pamphlets, and
50,796 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
35,475. ; Of these, 3,575 have been presented, 11,469 acquired by English, and 1,294 by
International Copyright, and 19,137 by purchase.

(f-) 15,249 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of
Music,

Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13

Music, Broadsides, Songs, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous items; the
addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 99,889 articles
received in the Department.

(g.) The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is altogether 326,311.

Among the acquisitions of interest may be noted :—

A magnificent copy of Vols. 2 and 3 of Monstrelet’s Chronicles, printed on vellum,
by Antoine Verard, at Paris, about 1498, with painted and gilded pictures and initials
The Museum had long possessed a fine copy on vellum of Vols. 1 and 3, which formed part
of the Old Royal Library, and formerly belonged to Henry VII., but the second volume
was wanting, and it must be regarded as a singular piece of good fortune that it should
have been found possible to supply the deficiency in the case of a book of such extreme
rarity. Only three copies on vellum were known to Van Praet, of which two were
imperfect, that in the Museum wanting Vol. 2, and another in Russia (the one now
acquired) wanting Vol. 1.

A rare edition of the “ Mundus Novus” of Amerigo Vespucci, the Florentine navigator,
whose name was given to the New World in the appellation America. The work is a
Latin translation of a letter addressed by Vespucci to his patron, L. P. F. de Medici, and
contains an account of his third voyage made to Brazil, in the service of Portugal. Only
four copies of this edition are known.

A curious German Broadside, comprising a letter, dated 3 March 1526, from the
Alderman and Merchants of the German Hansa in London (the Steelyard), to the
Burgomaster and Council of Cologne, giving an account of the forcible occupation of
their factory, by Sir Thomas More, with other Lords and Knights of the King’s Council,
sent in the name of the King and the Cardinal nominally to enquire into charges of
elipping the King’s coin, but principally into the introduction of Luther’s books, “ by
means of which great heresies originating from the Steelyard had been spread amongst the
King’s subjects.” A rigorous search for prohibited books was made, and the head mer-
chants were on two occasions obliged to appear on their knees before Cardinal Wolsey,
and to enter into bonds not to import Lutheran works.

A considerable number of early English books have been acquired; amongst them may
be noted: “ A Dyalogue of Syr Thomas More, wherein he treatyth dyvers maters, as
of the veneration and worshyp of ymagys and relyques, praying to Sayntys, and goyng
0 pylgrymage, with many othere thyngys touching the pestylent sect of Juuther and
Tyndale.” London, Johannes Rastell, 1529. This is the first edition, and is of exces-
sive rarity. An edition of the “ Enchiridion Militis Christiani” of Erasmus, in English,
printed by Wynkyn de Worde, London 1538. “A Warning for Englande, conteyning
the horrible Practices of the King of Spayne in the Kingdome of Naples.” London

1555 |.
} ge n Admonition to the Towne of Callays,” dated 12 April 1557. This tract, which was
written not long before the taking of Calais by the French, in January 1558, is stated
to be unique, and to be the only work published in English relating to Calais, whilst
under English rule.

Archbishop Parker’s “ Defence of Priestes Marriages.” London [1560]. The first
edition, and extremely rare.

Bishop Ridley’s *‘ Pituous Lamentation of the miserable estate of the Churche in
Englande in the time of the late revolt from the Gospel. Never before this tyme im-
prynted.” London [1566]. upton (Thomas) “ A thousand notable things,” 1579.
First edition. No other copy known. A curious moral dialogue upon the social life of the
Elizabethan age, entitled: “‘ Questions of profitable and pleasant concerning talked of by
two old seniors under an oake in Kenelworth Parke.” London, 1574. Dedicated to
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. Only three other copies are known. Richard Verste-
gan’s “‘ Odes in imitation of the seaven Penitential Psalmes”: a book of excessive rarity,
printed abroad, probably at Antwerp, in 1601.

Several important additions have been made ‘to the collection of Liturgies; amongst
them: a fine copy cf the ‘‘ Pontificale Romanum”. Printed by Stephen Plannck,
Rome, 1485; an edition of great rarity, only two other copies being known. A Bre-
viary of the Canons Regular of Windesheim. Printed by Henry Eckert de Homberch,
Delft, 1499. Service books of this order, a branch of the Augustinians, and originally
known as the “ Brothers of Common Life,” are very scarce. ‘ Missale Magdeburgense,”
printed at Magdeburg by M. Brand in 1497, with the “ Proprium” of the diocese of
Verden at the end. This book is very rare; the only other complete copy known is in
the Town Library at Luneburg.

** Passionarium Toletanum.” Printed at the command of Cardinal Ximenes, by
Arnaldus Gulielmus Brocarius, or Brocard, of Alcala, 1516, on vellum. This book, which
is excessively rare, contains the four Gospels of the Passion used in Holy Week, with
the *‘ Cantus Passionis,” and other offices according to the use of Toledo; it is a beautiful
specimen of early Spanish printing.

* Ordo Breviarii secundum ritum Romane Ecclesix.” Printed by Petrus de Piasiis of
Cremona, and Bartholomeus de Blaviis, of Aiexandria, at Venice, 1479, small 8vo;
this is a very scarce and very early Breviary, of unusually smail size

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“ Breviarium Colbertinum”: an abridged Breviary, drawn up for the use of Colbert,
the Minister of Louis XIV., and the members of his family; very few copies were
printed, and the work is very rare.

A copy of the Liturgy and Hymns of the Moravians, or United Brethren, in the
Bohemian or Cech language, printed at Prague in the year 1564; this copy is beautifully
printed, in the original binding, and in the highest state of preservation.

A eomplete set of the records of the Court, constituted by an Act of Congress of the
United States, for the distribution of the indemnity which the Tribunal of Arbitration at
Geneva awarded to the sufferers by the depredations of Confederate cruisers during the
Civil War. These records comprise the whole of the documents filed in support of the
various claims, with accompanying official papers, and amount to a complete history of the
damage inflicted by the “ Alabama” and her consorts. This set, which extends to 56
volumes, is one of 40 set aside by the Clerk of the Court for record. Only one other is
known to have been parted with, which was acquired by the Government of Chili.

A collection of 600 Chinese books, presented by His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, as President of the International Exhibition of Inventions.

Among the recent acquisitions in music of antiquarian interest may be mentioned two
Treatises on Music, written by Mathes de Aranda, and printed at Lisbon in 1533 and
1535, no other copies of which, so far as is known, are in existence.

The first and second books of Palestrina’s Masses, printed at Rome in 1567 and 1572.
Several curious and valuable musical compositions in Lute Tablature.
ey: first books of Gombert’s Motets (Venice, 1551), and of Porta’s Masses ( Venice,

8).

The first edition of Beethoven’s earliest published work, “‘ Three Sonatas,” printed at
Spires in 1781.

A very interesting collection of musical works, printed at the press of Pierre Phalése,
Antwerp, between the years 1597 and 1642, has also been acquired. This collection con-
sists of 111 volumes, many of which are of extreme rarity, aud hitherto unknown to
bibliographers. It comprises, besides other works, no less than 18 part-books of the sacred
compositions of Peter Phillips, an English Catholic priest, who was organist of the Vice-
regal Chapel of the Archduke Albert, Governor of the Netherlands.

George Bullen.

Sus-DEPARTMENT OF Maps, Cuartrs, PLans AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.
L.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

3,213 titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) were written for the
Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year.

Press-marks were given to 343 Maps and Atlases, and to 1,473 titles; and 510 slips
were written for the Hand Ca talogue.

2,013 Titles of Accessions (Parts V. and VI.) weresent to the printer. 25 sheets of
“ Proof” of Accessions have been collated, and 30 sheets of “‘ Revise” have been sent “ for
Press.”

594 Maps in 2,584 sheets, and 128 Atlases, have been sent to be mounted, bound, and
lettered; and 139 Volumes and 898 Maps have been returned, the former bound and
lettered, the latter mounted, 797 on jaconet and union, and 101 on cards.

282 Sheets of the English Admiralty Charts, 33 sheets of the 1-inch Ordnance Survey
and 10 sheets of the 1-inch Geological Survey have been mounted on union.

3,208 printed Accession Titles have been incorporated into three copies of the Printed
Catalogue.

The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 972, the
number of Maps, 1,413 ; making a total of 2,385.

The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 1,414; on those
received by presentation, 244; making a total of 1,658.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room
during the year, 98 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of
geographical research.

Il.— Additions.

253 Maps in 4,375 sheets, and 15 Atlases, have been received under the Copyright
Act. 16 Atlases, and 75 Maps in 1,259 sheets, have been obtained by purchase; two

volumes, and 133 Maps and Charts in 292 sheets, have been presented.
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Among the more interesting acquisitions may be mentioned :—

1. Carta da navigar per le Isole novam* tr[ovate | in le parte de l’India: dono Alberto
Cantino al S[ig.] Duca Hercole {di Ferrara, 1502]. Facsimile by <A. & S. Pilinski,
from the original in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena.

2. Universalis cosmographie descriptio tam in solido quem [sic] plano. Facsimile by
S. Pilinski, of 12 gores of a globe, supposed to have been engraved for the ‘‘ Cosmographiz
Introductio,” edited by Ludovicus Boulonger [ Lyon, 1514?]. The earliest known globe
containing the name of Ameriva.

3. Facsimile of the third globe of Joannes Schoner, for which he wrote his dedicatory
letter, ‘De nuper, sub Castiliz ac Portugalie Regibus Serenissimis, repertis Insulis ac
Regionibus, Joannis Schéner, Charolipolitani epistola et Globus Geographicus,” etc.
Timiripez, 1523. The earliest geographical document showing the route of the first cir-
cumnavigation of the world by the Spaniards under Magellan, 1521-23. Timiripa has
recently been identified by Mr. Coote with Kirchehrenbach (near Bamberg), of which
place Schoner was vicar from 1518-24.

4, Gelegenheit Teutscher Lannd unnd aller anstos, das man mit hilff eins Compas
gewislich yon einem artt zu dem onndern ziehenn mag .. . Gedruckt ... durch
G. Erlinger von Augspurg. Bamberg, 1524. An early woodeut Map of Germany,
believed to be unique; unknown to Nagler and Jaeck.

5. Carta Universal en que se contiene todo lo que del mundo se ha descubierto fasta
agora, hizola Diego Ribero, cosmographo de Su Magestad : Afto de 15296 Seujlla. La qual
se devide en dos partes conforme a Ja capitulacion que hizieron los Catholicos Reyes de
Espafia y el Rey Don Juan de Portogual en Tordesillas: Afio de 1494. A reduced fac-
simile, by W. Griggs, of the original chart preserved in the Museum of the Propaganda
in Rome.

6. Carta marina et descriptio Septemtrionalium Terrarum, ac mirabilium rerum in eis
contentarum diligentissime elaborata. Anno Dii 1539. [By] Olaus Magnus Gotus.
Thome de Rubis: Venetis. A reduced facsimile of the unique example discovered by Dr.
O. Brenner in the Miinchener Staatsbibliothek. Christiania, Miinchen [lith.], 1886.

7. Two globes, one Terrestrial and the other Celestial, each in 12 segments to form a
globe 3} inches in diameter. Elaborabat F. Demongenet. [Engraved by] E. V[ico].
Venf[etie, 1541 ?].

8. Bruge Flandrorum Urbs et |'mporium Mercatu Celebre. An. a Chr. Nat.
CIDIgLXII. .. Ilustrissimo amplissimoque Senatui Populoque Brugensi Marcus
Gerardus pictor et sculptor dedicabat. Facsimile, natural size, of a rare plan of Bruges by
M. Gerards; lithographed on 10 sheets by K. Van de Vyvere-Petyt. Brugge [1883].

9. Nova totius Palestine seu Terre Sancte descriptio pagella una, ita ut Bibliorum
voluminibus congruat. Neue und deutliche Beschreibung des gelobten Heyligen
Lanndts Palestine. Durch B. Jenichen. {Nuremberg, 1570. |

Robert K. Douglas.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Romances.—The preparation of the second volume has been continued.
Articles in various Icelandic and other MSS. have been described; and detailed intro-
ductory notices of the Eddas and of the Icelandic Ballads have been written.

2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts.—The fourth volume, which will include the
Index, is in progress.

3. Catalogue of Additions.—The descriptions of Additional and Egerton MSS. acquired
in the years 1881-1885 have been sent to press. The Additional MSS. 32,628-32,644,
32,658-32,677, and Egerton MSS. 2,624-2,645, acquired in the year 1886, have been
described.

The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the registers.

The Index to the descriptions for the year 1885 has been completed, revised, and
transcribed in fourfold; and a copy of the catalogue has been placed in the Reading
Room.

4, Indexes An Index to English Poetry in the various collections is in course of pre-
paration.

The Index of English Theological Treatises down to the end of the 16th century has
been continued. Three hundred and forty-five MsS. have been indexed.

185. B4 5. Catalogues

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5. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seals.—The revision of the General Index of
names and subjects to the several collections of Charters and Rolls has been continued.

Additional Charters and Rolls 28,313-28,656, and Egerton Charter 584, -acquired
in 1886, have been arranged and numbered.

The first volume of the Catalogue of Seals has been printed. Sheets 2 F—3 I have

been revised and sent to press.
The preparation of the fair copy for the Second Volume is in a forward condition.

Thirty-one detached seals, and 310 casts of seals, chiefly selected for incorporation
into the Seal Catalogue, have been arranged and described and registered, and the
descriptions have been distributed throughout the Catalogue.

6. Exhibitions.— A fresh selection of autographs and historical documents, and a series
of MSS. illustrating the progress of handwriting and the art of [llumination, have been
arranged in the public saloon of the Department and in the King’s Library. A guide-
book has been written and published.

A selection of manuscripts illustrating the Domesday Survey has been exhibited.

7. Arrangement of Papers.—The large collection of correspondence and papers of the
Duke of Newcastle and family of Pelham, ete., has been arranged in 463 volumes.

8. Binding.—Two hundred and forty-seven Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one
hundred and ninety-two Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired.
Fifty-five Manuscripts of the Stowe Collection have been bound.

Sixty-seven Papyri have been glazed.
One Charter has been repaired.

_ Twenty-five registers and catalogues, and eighty-one books of reference, have been
bound or repaired.

9. Verificution.—The several collections have been verified by the shelf lists.

10. Miscellaneous.— Seven hundred and ninety Manuscripts, lately acquired, have
been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists.

Four hundred and sixteen Charters and Rolls, and two hundred and seventy-four Seals,
have been numbered and placed.

The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

Seven hundred and fifty-eight Manuscripts, Charters, Rolls, and Printed Books, have
been stamped, with a total of 8,097 impressions.

Five hundred and fifteen Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 22,459, and of those
consulted in the Department, 10,146.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 3,383.
The number of Students working in the Department during the year is 4,228.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

General Collection of Manuscripts - - - = Pogo
Egerton Manuscripts - - - - - - a 22
Rolls and Charters - - é 2 E 2 38. S44
Detached Seals and Casts - - = 3 = = 34

Among them are :—

Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. Paper. End of the 14th century.
Another copy of the same work. Paper. 15th century.

The Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles, in Greek. Vellum. 14th century.

The Ecclesiastical Histories of Sozomen and Evagrius, in Greek; written for G. M.
Giberti, Bishop of Verona, by Michael Damascenus, the Cretan, A.D. 1524. Paper.

C. Claudiani Carmina. Vellum. 12th century.

The Psalter, &e., in Latin, Written probably in Denmark early in the 13th century ;
with illuminated initials and borders, and miniatures representing scenes from the life of
Christ. From entries in the calendar it appears that the MS. belonged to Jacobus, son
of Suno, who was brother and father of two bishops of Roeskilde, and himself hecame a
monk of Hamburg, and died in 1246. Vellum.

Hours of the Virgin, in Latin. Written in Spain ; with illuminated initials and borders,
and six full-page miniatures of good execution. Vellum. 15th century. =
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“La vie des anciens Péres ”; a collection of spiritual tales in French verse. Vellum.
13th century.

The Divina Commedia of Dante. Vellum. Late 14th century. Formerly in the
Pinelli Library.

Commentary on Dante’s Divina Commedia, by Giovanni Bertoldi, of Serravalle,
Bishop of Fermo, in Latin; compiled in the city of Constance during the sitting of the
General Council, 1 Feb. 1416—16 Jan. 1417, at the instance of the Cardinal of Saluces,
Nicholas Bubbewith, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Robert Hallam, Bishop of Salis-
bury. The only other known MS. of this Commentary is in the Vatican Library.
Paper. 15th century.

A collection of charters, principally connected with the Priory of Hatfield Regis,
co. Essex ; 12th—15th centuries.

A waxen tablet containing accompts relating to the Abbey of Citeaux. About A.p.
1300.

A common-place book, chiefly of heraldic and historical collections, by Robert Comaundre
(ob. 1613), Rector of Tarporley, co. Chester, and chaplain to Sir Henry Sidney.
Paper. ZYempp. Bliz. and Jas. I.

Collection of original letters of royal persons, ambassadors, and other officials, &c., and
state papers relating to affairs between England and Scotland, from 1532 to 1544. ‘len
volumes. They appear to have formed part of the archives of the English Council of the
North, at York, where they remained until the reign of Charles I., when James, Duke of
Hamilton, removed them to Scotland, and added them to his own library. They were
purchased in 1882, with other MSS. of the Hamilton Library, by the Prussian Govern-
ment, from which they have now been acquired.

Correspondence and papers of the family of Barrington, of Barrington Hall, in Essex,
1490—1713, chiefly on family matters and private business, but including much of
political interest and especially a large amount of correspondence relating to the Civil
War in 1643 and 1644, Sir Thomas Barrington, the second Baronet, m.pe., being a lead-
ing member of the Parliamentary Committee for Essex. Among the correspondents are
Pym, Hampden, Cromwell, Essex, and other public men of the time. Nine volumes.

Correspondence and papers of the family of Pelham and of other families allied thereto,
VIZ. :—

1. Official correspondence and papers of Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle,
covering the whole period of his long career in the public service. He was Secretary of
State for the Southern Department, 1724-1746, and for the Northern Department, 1746-
1754; Wirst Lord of the Treasury, 1754-1756, 1757-1762; and Lord Privy Seal, 1765-
1766 ; and died in 1768. His domestic and private correspondence follows, including
letters of carlier and contemporary members of his family.

2. Correspondence and papers, chiefly domestic, of Thomas Pelham, cousin of the
Duke of Newcastle, who succeeded in 1768 as second Baron Pelham of Stanmer ; was
keeper of the Wardrobe, 1775-1782 ; and was created Earl of Chichester in 1801! ; died,
1805.

3. Correspondence and papers, both official and domestic, of Thomas Pelham, seccnd
Earl of Chichester in 1805, who was Surveyor General of the Ordnance, 1782; Chief
Secretary in Ireland, 1783-4 and 1795-1798; Home Secretary, 1801-1803; and Post-
master General, 1807-1823.

4, Correspondence and papers of Colonel Henry Sidney, afterwards Earl of Romney,
and of his father, Rebert Sidney, Earl of Leicester, and members of his family; also
letters of members of the family of Holles, of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and cthers.

The whole collection has been arranged in four hundred and sixty-three volumes. Pre-
sented by the Earl of Chichester.

Correspondence of Sir William Hamilton, British Envoy at the Court of Naples, 1764—
1800. Eight volumes.

Register of Proceedings in the Consistory Court of Exeter, from 25 Sept. 1637 to
2 Nov. 1638.

Subscriptions of the clergy of the diocese of Exeter to the Thirty-nine Articles, &c.;
1668 1682. ;

Extracts from the Registers of Wills proved in the Consistory Court of Canterbury ;
temp. Henry VI.—1721. Four volumes.

Transcripts of non-parochial Roman-Catholic Registers kept in various parts of Eng-
land ; 1727-1837. Presented by Rev. C. F. R. Palmer.

Journal of Archibald Menzies, surgeon, R.N., during the voyage of discovery unde?
Captain George Vancouver ; Dec. 1790—16 Feb. 1794,

Collections for a History of the City of Lincoln, by M. Sympson, Senior Vicar of
Lincoln Cathedral, 1737,

Collections for a History of Colchester Castle, by George Buckler. Bequeathed by the
Compiler.

Papers and correspondence of Rey. Henry Thomas Ellacombe, relating to campanology ;
together with rubbings of inscriptions on bells, &c. Bequeathed by Rev. H. T, Ellacombc.

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A volume of poems by James Crashaw. Autograph.

Letters of General Charles George Gordon, and papers connected with his service
against the Tae-ping rebels in China. Presented by Sur Henry William Gordon, K.C.B.

Letter of General Gordon to his sister, Mary Augusta Gordon, from Khartoum, 27 Feb.
1884. Presented by Miss M. A. Gordon.

Transcripts of unpublished operas, in full score, by Franz Joseph Haydn. Five
volumes.

Original sketches of compositions by Michael William Balfe, from 1837 to 1857. Four

volumes.
E. Maunde Thompson.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The MSS. acquired in 1886, viz., Or. 3004-3480, have been added to the Descriptive
List of Oriental MSS., and fuller descriptions of most of them have been prepared for
the special catalogues.

The revision of the Descriptive List has been carried on from Or. 301 to Or. 2090, and
corrections resulting from that revision have been entered into the Reading Room copy
of the List.

Forty-two MSS. have been described in full for the Turkish Catalogue, and the Cata-
logue of the Biblical Hebrew MSS. has been completed.

Recently acquired Arabic and Persian MSS. have been added to the Indexes of the
printed catalogues.

The MSS. acquired in 1885 and 1886 have been entered into the Oriental Register
and the Oriental Inventory.

The Descriptive List of the MSS. acquired in 1885 has been transcribed for the use

of readers.
Two hundred and fifty-nine MSS. have been folio’d, labelled, and bound.

Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of MSS. acquired during the year was 477, viz., six by donation and
471 by purchase, viz. :—

Arabic - - - - = = z z, - 220
Persian - - = & s a r |
Burmese = = = és af be 2 169
Turkish = s n ie : si e .oyeo7
Sanskrit - - - - - =i = = beg
Pali - = - < = ~ e = 2 WORG
Hindustani - - - - 2 = z © 4
Syriac - - - - : < # a 4
Cingalese—- - - Sie - 2 = §
Chinese - E Set, Sethe Ce chro PRTRO 3
Bengali - - aes iran omens As Dp
Coptic - = - = : 3 = = a 2
Karshuni—- - 5 2 = Z 2 é l
Oriya - - - = = > s 2 id 1
Lolo - - - - ~ = = S = 1
Shan - = 2 ee = s e “ a 1

ToTaL - - - 477

The most important acquisition of the year was the collection formed in Syria and
Egypt between the years 1849 and 1880 by Baron Alfred von Kremer. It consists of
218 MSS., viz., 196 Arabic, nine Persian, and 13 Turkish. The most valuable are :—

A ee of the "Uyun al-Tawarikh of Ibn Shakir, comprising 4.H. 404-437 ; about
A.D. :

An abridgment of the chronicle of al-Dahabi by the historian Ibn Kadi Shuhbah (died
A.H. 851); in the handwriting of the abbreviator.

The third volume of the great historical work of Ibn Furat; 14th century.

A fine copy of the history of dynasties by Abul-Faraj Barhebraeus; 15th century.

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The 29th volume of the Tabakat of Ibn Sa‘d, the secretary of al-Wakidi; 12th cen-
tury.

Dhail al-Mudhayyil, a biographical work by al-Tabari; unique; 11th century.

Three early lives of Muhammad, two of which, entitled Dala’il al-Nubuwwah, are by
Abu Nu‘aim al-Isfahani (died a.w. 430), and by Abu Bakr al-Baihaki (died a.H. 458) ;
the third, entitled Sharaf al-Nabi, is by Abu Sa‘d al-Khargiishi (died a.w. 407). The
MSS. are of the 11th and 12th centuries.

The tenth volume of the history of Yemen by al-Hamadani (died a.u. 334), entitled
al-Iklil.

Al-Thatah, a history of Granada by Ibn al-Khatib (died a.H. 776), transcribed from
an old copy in the Khedivial library.

The first volume of the history of Damascus by Ibn ‘Asakir (died 4.4. 571), with the
autograph of the author; 12th century.

A life of al-Malik al-Nasir Da’ud, the Ayyubite (died a.n. 656), by his son; unique;
A.H. 712 (A.D. 1333).

A history of the Mamluk king al-Malik al-Zahir Jakmak (4.H. 842-857), by the
historian of Timur, Ibn ‘Arapshah; unique; 16th century.

A contemporary account of the reign of al-Malik al-Ashraf Kayitbai down to a.x.
877; unique; A.H. 1039 (A.D. 1630).

Ahmad Ibn Zanbal’s history of the conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selim I., both in the
Arabic original and in a Turkish translation by Yusuf al-Milawi.

Zubdat al-A‘mal, a history of Mecca and Medina by Sa‘d al-Din al-Isfaraini; composed
A.H. 762; 15th century.

Lives of the holy men of Yemen, in alphabetical order, by Zain al-Din al-Sharji al-
Zabidi (died a.H. 893); 16th century.

Lives of the Shafi’i doctors of law, in alphabetical order, by Abd al-Rahim al-Isnawi
(died a.H. 772); A.W. 773 (A.D. 1372),

Al-Tabakat al-Sughra, by Taj al-Din Ibn al-Subki (died a.u. 771); a.H. 784 (A.D.
1382).

Lites of the Shafi’i doctors, in chronological order, by Ibn Kadi Shuhbah (died a.x.
851); A.H. 843 (A.D. 1439).

Lives of grammarians and lexicographers, abridged from the work of Abu Bakr al-
Zubaidi, of Sevilla (died A.w. 379); 17th century (unique).

Bughyat al Wu‘at, lives of grammarians, alphabetically arranged, by al-Suyiti; a.H.
981 (A.D. 1573).

Al-Durar al-Kaminah, a biographical dictionary of the celebrated men who died in the
eighth century of the Hijrah, by Ibn Hajar (died a.m. 852); a.. 872 (a.D. 1471); 2 voll.
folio.

Lives of physicians by Ibn Abi Usaibi‘ah ; transcribed from an old copy in the Khedivial
library.

Safwat al-Safwah, lives of holy men by Ibn al-Jauzi (died a.H. 597); an. 660
(A.p. 1262).

Tabsir al-Muntabih, an enlarged recension by Ibn Hajar (died a.a. 852) of the work
of Dahabi on the names of traditionists; a.H. 834 (4.D. 1431).

Mushtabih al-Nisbah by Abd al-Ghani B. Sa‘id (died a.a. 409) and Tasmiyat al-
Rijal by al-Darakutni (died a.a. 385), two works on the names of traditionists; a.H.
794 (A.D. 1392).

Gharib al-Kur’an, a glossary of rare words in the Coran, by Ibn ‘Uzair al-Sijistani
(died 4.4. 330); A.H. 480 (A.D. 1087).

Lubab al-Tafasir, an extensive commentary upon the Coran by Mahmud B. Hamzah
al-Kirmani (about a.H. 500), vol. I.; a.m. 644 (a.D. 1246).

Al-Mukni‘, a treatise on the various readings of the Coran by Abu ‘Amr al-Dani
(died a.u. 444) ; A.H. 872 (A.D. 1467).-

Irshad al-Mubtadi, a treatise on the same subject by Ibn Bundar al-Kalanisi (died
A.-H. 521); a.H. 793 (4.D. 1391).

Al-Munajjad, an Arabic vocabulary by Abul-Hasan Ali al-Huna’i (died a.u. 307);
transcribed from au old MS. in the Khedivial library.

Islah al-Mantik, a large work on Arabic lexicography by Ibn al-Sikkit (died a.n. 244) ;
11th century.

Al-Maksur wal-Mamdud, a lexicographical work by Abul-Abbas Ibn Wallad (died
A.H. 332); a.H. 365 (A.D. 976); the earliest MS. in the Kremer collection.

Al-Mujmal, an Arabic dictionary by Ibn Faris (died a.m. 395), in the handwriting of
Ibn al-Khashshab (died a.H. 567); A.H. 550 (a.p. 1155).

Al-Tanbihat on the errors of grammarians, by Ali B. Hamzah al-Basri (died 4.4. 375);
transcribed from a very old copy in the Khedivial library.

Kitab al-Amthal, a collection of Arabic proverbs by Abu ‘Ubaid Ibn Sallam (died a,x.
224); 12th century.

The proverbs of al-Maidani (died a.m. 518); vol. I.; a.H. 631 (A.D. 1234); large
Ato.

Notices of Shafi‘l doctors of the law by al-‘Abbadi (died a.H. 458); unique; 14th
century. :

Kitab al-Haidah, a theological disputation by ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Kinani and Bishr al-
Marisi m presence of the Khalif Mamun; 13th century.

185. C2 Letters

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Letters of Bab, the founder of the Babi sect, and other Babi compositions.

Al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyyah by al-Mawardi; a fine copy of a.H. 528 (a.D. 1192); large
4to.

Makasid al-Falasifah, a rare philosophical work by al-Ghazali (died a.w. 505); 12th
century.

A Ae vere of simple medicaments by Ibn al-Baitar (died a.n. 646) ; vol. L., a.H. 852
(a.D. 1448); vol, II., a.u. 995 (A.D. 1587).

Kashf al-Zunin, the bibliographical dictionary of Haji Khalfah, with marginal additions ;
A.H. 1177 (A.D. 1764) ; folio.

The romance of Dulhimmah, a popular tale, in seven volumes, 4to.

The Divans of Imrul-Kais, Nabighah, ‘Alkamah, Zuhair, and Tarafah, in one volume,
fol. ; 17th century. ©

Jamharat Ash‘ar al-‘Arab, a collectiov of ancient poems by Ibn Abil-Khattab ; tran-
scribed from a MS. in the Khedivial library.

Luzim ma 1a yalzam, poems of Abul-‘Ala, transcribed from a MS. dated 4.x. 639.

‘the Divan of Abu Bakr Ahmad al-Arrajani (died a.u. 644); 13th century.

The Divans of Ibn Hani (died a.u. 362), of Abu Firas (died a.u. 357), and of Ibrahim
B. Sahl (died a.u. 649).

The Tadkirah of Ibn Hamdiin (died Aa.H. 562), a voluminous collection of pieces in
prose and verse, historical notices, anecdotes, &c., in two folio volumes; a.H. 1004 (A.D.
1595).

Masari‘ ul-‘Ushshak, or stories of celebrated lovers by Ja‘far 13. Ahmad al-Sarraj (died
A.H. 500); A.H. 619 (A.D. 1222) ; 4to,

Zad al-Ma‘ad, stories of Saints and Sufis; Persian, A.u. 786 (A.D. 1384),

The Turkish commentaries of Sadi and Suriri upon the Divan of Hafiz, 16th and 17th
century.

aes Ciel conquests of the Muslims translated from the Arabic work ascribed to
al-Wakidi into Turkish by Zarir Mustafa of Erzerum ; 17th century.

Kabus Nameh, a work on morals by Kaika’ts B. Iskandar; translated into Turkish by
Merjumek; A.H. 990 (A D. 1582).

The first volume of the romance of Kiran Habashi ascribed to Tartushi ; translated into
Turkish; 16th century ; folio.

The collection of Burmese MSS. formed by the late Sir Arthur Purves Phayre, who
from 1849 to 1867 acted successively as Commissioner of Arakan, Pegu, and British
Burma, contains a vast number of original documents relating to those countries, especially
three native chronicles, the main authorities followed by the learned collector in his
history of Burma, published in London, 1883.

The cullection consists of—1l. Forty-two palm-leaf MSS., including the Maharajaweng
or chronicle of the kings of Burma, on 333 palm leaves, histories of Arakan, of the
Pugan dyvasty, of Pegu, of the great Pagoda near Rangoon, and many Buddhistic texts
in Pali, with Burmese commentaries.

2. Eighteen paper MSS., being transcripts prepared for Sir A. Phayre of the histories
of Burma, Arakan, Pegu, and the Shan States.

3. Six inscribed metal plates containing the Bodhikatha in Pali, and seven ivory plates
with gold letters, enclosed in an ornamented ivory case.

4, Eight parapaiks, or album-shaped books folding up like screens, two of which are
enclosed in richly ornamented covers.

6. A vast number of miscellaneous papers, consisting of historical notes, vocabularies,
maps, copies of inscriptions, &c.

Sixty-seven MSS., secured for the Museum by Sidney Churchill, Esq., of Teheran,
viz., 59 Persian, five Arabic, and three Turkish, include the following rare and valuable
works :—

Mirsad ul-‘Ibad, a standard work on Sufism byNajm ud-Din Dayah (died a.H. 654);
A.H. 779 (A.D. 1377).

Tuhfat ul-Habib, a collection of select Ghazals of the best poets, by Fakhri; 16th cen-
tury.

The Divans of Farrukhi, ‘Unsuri, and Katran, in one volume ; A.H. 1248.

A fine copy of the Divan of Hafiz, written for a son of Sultan Husain Baikara, with
miniature ; A.H. 907 (A.D. 1501).

A circumstantial history of Shah Isma‘il Safavi, written in the style of a court-chronicle
by an unknown author about a.H. 940, with miniatures; 16th century.

Tazkirah 1 Muhammad-Shahi, notices of Persian poets, by Bahman Mirza, grandson of
Fath ‘Ali Shah; a.H. 1247.

4Kabus-Namah, a work on ethics written by Kaika’ts B. Iskandar B. Vashmagir for his
son Gilanshah, A.4. 475; a.H. 861 (A.D. 1457).

The Masnavi of Maulana Jalal-uddin Rimi; a.u. 811 (a.D. 1409).

Miftah ul-Fuzala, a poetical glossary compiled a.H. 873 by Muhammad Shadiyabadi,
with miniatures; 16th century.

Farhang i ‘Abbasi, a bulky Persian dictionary, compiled a.u. 1225 for ‘Abbas Mirza,
by Muhammad Sadr-uddin Tabrizi; folio.

Divan

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Divan of Kasim ul-Anvar (died a.u. 837); A.W. 857 (A.D. 1453.

Divans of Maghribi (died a.H. 809) and of Shams Mashriki; a.w. 953 (A.D. 1546).

Divan of ‘Abd ul-Vasi’ Jabali (died a.u. 555); a.H. 1016 (a.D. 1607).

Divan of Zahir Fariyabi (died a.u. 598), with a prose preface; A.H. 873 (A.D. 1469).

Divan of Nasir i Khusrau (died a.u. 481) with his autobiography; a.H. 1296.

Compositions in prose and verse of Fazl-ullah Kazvini, author of the Tarikh al-Mu‘ajjam;
14th century.

Destur ul-Katib. or manual of the secretary, by Muhammad B. Hindushah Nakhjuyani;
A.H. 816 (A.D. 1413),

Divan of Mukhtari (died a.w. 554); a.u. 1287.

Divan of Khwaja Kirmani (died a.u. 746); 14th century.

Nizhad Namah, a history of dynasties who traced their origin to the ancient kings of
Persia, by Riza Kuli Khan, 19th century.

Notices of Persian poets of the classical period, with copious extracts, compiled by
Nayai Kashani about 4.n. 1250. Folio. : i

Divan of ‘Atiki Tabrizi (died a.n. 744); A.H. 841 (A.D. 1487). Folio.

Rauzat ul-Safaviyyah, a history of the Salavi dynasty from its origin to a.H. 1042 by
Mirza Beg Junabadi; a.H. 1052 (a.p. 1643).

Bazm-Arai, notices of Persian poets, ancient and modern, compiled 4.H. 1000 at the
Court of Akbar by Sayyid ‘Ali B. Mahmud; 17th century. Folio.

Anjumani Khakan, notices of poets who flourished in the reign of Fath Ali Shah, com-
piled a.H. 1234 by Muhammad Fazil Ravi. Folio.

A history of the city of Kum from the Muslim conquest to A.H. 378; translated from
the Arabic of Hasan B. Muhammad al-Kummi; Persian, 16th century.

Majalis un-Nafa’is, notices of Persian poets of the ninth century of the Hijrah, trans-
Jated from the Turki of Mir ‘Ali Shir by Shah ‘Ali; Persian, 17th century.

Khair ul- Bayan, notices of Persian poets, ancient and modern, compiled a.H. 1017-1036
by Mir Husain B. Malik Ghiyas-uddin Sistani; a.m. 1041 (a.p. 1631).

Zinat ul-Mada’ih, notices of Persian poets at the Court of Fath ‘Ali Shah by Muhammad
Sadik Huma, c. a.u. 1220.

Shadd ul-Izar, notices of holy and learned men whose tombs are found in Shiraz, com-
piled a-u. 791 by Abul-Kasim Junaid Shirazi ; Arabic.

The third book of the Canon of Avicenna; A.H. 525 (A.D. 131).

The Turki Divan ot Husaini, 7.e. Shah Sultan Husain Baikara (died a.H. 911),
with an interlinear Persian translation, written for, Shah Sultan Husain Safavi, c. a.H.
1120.

The Turki Divan of Khata’i, 7.e. Shah Isma’il, the founder of the Safavi dynasty
(died a.H. 930); 17th century.

Twenty-seven MSS. purchased in India for the Museum by Mr. Cecil Bendall include
two MSS. from Nepaul, containing rare works of the Northern Buddhists, viz., Karanda-
vytha, dated 316 of the Nepaulese Era (a.p. 1196), and Pancharaksha, of the 11th
or 12th century, eleven MSS. containing Jaina works, acquired chiefly in Jeypore, and
thirteen MSS. coming from Benares, containing for the most part works of the Vedanta
School.

Apart from the above collections the most noteworthy acquisitions are—

A commentary on the Samaritan Pentateuch, Arabic; 15th century.

A history of the Patriarchs and of Moses according to the Samaritan tradition, Arabic ;
18th century.

A collection of Coptic fragments, mostly vellum, ranging from the tenth century
downward ; brought from Egypt by Henry Wallis, Esq.

The four Gospels in Coptic, with illuminated initials, and marginal ornaments; 13th
century. From the convent of St. Anthony in the Egyptian desert.

The four Gospels in Arabic, A. Martyrum 981 (a.p. 1264). From the same
convent.

The Epistles and Acts in Arabic; 13th century. From the same convent.

A Jacobite iectionary with miniatures and ornamental designs, Syriac; vellum, 12th
century.

Liber Splendorum, the Syriac grammar of Gregory Barhebraeus; a. Gr. 1643 (A.D.
1332).

Discourses of Gabriel Katraya on the services of Sundays and Feast-days, Syriac ;
A.Gr. 1579 ((A.D. 1268).

The Coran written in a Cufic character leaning to Naskhi, apparently of the 9th or
10th century; paper.

The Kashshaf, a commentary upon the Coran by Zamakhshari; 16th century.

Al-A thar al-Bakivah, the chronological work of al-Biruni : 17th century.

History of Yemen from a.H. 199 to A.B. 550 by ‘Umarat al-Yamani (died a.H. 569),
bound up with Bughyat al-Mustafid, a history of Zabid by ‘Aod al-Rahman Ibn Daiba‘
(died a.H. 944.)

Rakm al-Hulal, a general history treating especially of the Arab dynasties of Spain,
brought down to a.H. 763, by Lisan al-Din ibn al-Khatib (died a.u. 776); 17th century.

Life of Mansir-billah al-Kasim, Zaidi Imam of Yemen, who reigned a.H. 1016-1029,
by Mutahhar al-Hadawi; a.u. 1064 (A.D. 1654).

The commentary of Nasir-uddin Tisi on the Isharat of Avicenna, a.H, 700 (A.D.
1300).

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The Arabic version of the materia medica of Dioscorides, Books III. and IV.; with
coloured drawings of plants; A.H. 735 (A.D. 1334).

Al Sami fil-Asami, a classified Arabic vocabulary explained in Persian by al-Maidani
(died a.H. 518); A.H. 599 (A.D. 1203).

History of Shah ‘Abbas II., brought down to a.H. 1074, by Tahir Vahid; Persian;
17th century.

Ma‘asir 1 Sultaniyyah, a history of Fath ‘Ah Shah, brought down to a.w. 1229, by
‘Abd-urrazzak B. Najafkuli (the original of Brydge’s Dynasty of the Kajars) ; a.H.
1236 (ap. 1821).

Tarikh Muhammadshahi, a general history of India compiled a.H. 1154 by Khushhal
Chand.

The neilitary regulations of Tipu Sultan, drawn up a.u. 1197 by Zain ul-‘Abidin -
Persian with English translation. i

Karima, or the Pand-namah ascribed to Sa‘di, written in gold throughout by an
Indian callegrapher, with miniatures. Large folio.

Laili Majnun, a Masnavi by Maktabi, composed a.H. 875.

Khusrau Shirin, a Masnavi by Ja‘far, ze, Ja‘far Bee A’saf Khan, who died a.m. 1021.

Mumtaz ul-Amsal, a collection of Hindustani proverbs with stories accounting for their
origin, by Faiz Ali ‘Khan, Nawwab of Jhajjar, 3 vol.

A history of the descendants of Chingizkhan, written a.H. 908 for Shaibani Khan the
Uzbek, in Eastern Turkish, with miniatures; 16th century.

Humai Jami‘ uttevarikh, a general history compiled 4.4. 985 by Muhammed Za‘im,
Turkish.

Tazkirat ul-Auliya, stories of saints, translated from the Persian of Abul-lais Samar-
kandi, Turkish; a.H. 985 (A.D. 1577).

Rashahat ‘Ain ul-Hayat, lives of the Sheikhs of the Nakshabandi order, translated
A.H. 993 from the Persian of ‘Ali Safi hy Muhammad Maf‘raf ‘Abbasi, Turkish; 17th
century.

Takepahid Shirin, a Turkish Masnavi by Sheikhi; a.a. 890 (A.D. 1485).

The tale of Farrukhruz, translated from the Persian of Faramurz B. Khudad al-Arjani,
Turkish ; with miniatures ; 16th century.

Sutpadeyya Nissayo, Pali text with Burmese interpretation, A.D. 1807.

Kankhavitarani, « commentary upon Bhikkhu-Patimokkha, Pali text with Burmese
interpretation, A.D. 1840.

Khuddasikkha, from the Vinayapitaka, Pali text with Burmese interpretation, a.p.
1829.

Abhidhanappadipika, a Pali dictionary by Mogallana, Pali text with Burmese
interpretation, A.D. 1768.

Butsarane, Dahamsarane, and Sangasarane, or the three refuges, a Buddhistic work ;
Cingalese.

Dalada-Sirita, the legend of Buddha’s tooth, and Revata’s comment on a Pali verse ;
two Cingalese MSS. presented by Col. J. Hornby Buller.

Parivaro, the fifth book of Vinayapitaka, Pali in the Burmese character. Presented
by Captain R. C. Temple.

The expedition of ‘Ali against Ras al Ghul, a popular tale, Arabic. Presented by
Sir Charles A. Murray.

A Lolo poem in 73 folios, probably about a.p. 1836, and a MS. in the writing of a
Shan tribe known to the Chinese as Shuichia, partly pictorial; both presented by
Fred. 8. A. Bourne, Esq., Her Majesty’s consular agent at Chunking, China.

The number of Oriental MSS. consulted by readers in the year was 1,912. The

number of visits paid by readers for the purpose of consulting Oriental MSS. was 766,

viz., 261 in the Students’ Room and 505 in the Reading Room.
Ch. Rieu,

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

I.—ARRANGEMENT AND CATALOGUING.

A small selection of prints and drawings, comprising examples of the Italian, German,
Dutch and Flemish, French, and English Schools, was placed en view in the new Print
Room on the upper floor, from June to September.

A historical series of woodcuts, engravings in line and stipple, etchings, mezzotints, and
lithographs, numbering 667 examples, has been selected and prepared for exhibition
in the second northern gallery, in lieu of the series of reproductions previously
exhibited there.

The incorporation into a single alphabetical series of all the English drawings has been
completed.

The general collection of English etchings and lithographs has been re-arranged, the
etchings by amateurs being incorporated with those by artists in a single alphabetical
series, and the lithographs taken out and formed into a distinct collection. The etchings
are now contained in twenty portfolios and forty-five solander cases, and the lithographs
in three portfolios and four solander cases.

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The lithographs by French, German, Spanish, and Italian artists have been separated
from the etchings, and arranged in two portfolios.

The general collection of prints after Knglish masters has been re-arranged in nineteen
portfolios, instead of fourteen as before, and the separate portfolios of works of the more
important artists have been re-arranged and sorted.

The etchings by Professor Legros have been arranged in one imperial and two royal
solanders.

The supplementary collection of Early German and Dutch Prints described by Bartsch,
hitherto preserved in thirteen solander cases, has been re-arranged in twenty guard-
books.

The supplementary collection of Early German Prints described in Vol. VIII. of
Bartsch’s “ Peintre Graveur,” has been examined and arranged with a view to its incor-
poration with the original collection.

The works of foreign artists who worked in England have been brought together and
arranged as a distinct class, the drawings in seventeen royal and two imperial solanders,
the etchings and lithographs in two royal solanders and one portfolio, the engravings in
three portfolios, and the prints illustrating the works of painters in three portfolios, 4

The supplementary collection of Italian Etchings has been re-arranged in two port-
folios.

The collection of Scenes and Characters for the Toy Theatre has been arranged in
eight albums. #

The re-arrangement in chronological order of the works of William Sharp has been
commenced.

‘‘he supplementary series of English Portraits, hitherto arranged alphabetically, has
been prepared for incorporation with the main classified collection, and those belonging to
Class II. (nobility) have been so incorporated. A new index to the whole collection has
been commenced, and one hundred and fifty titles written for it.

A preliminary catalogue has been prepared of the works of William Hogarth.

The general MS. index of artists represented in the Department has been continued,
and the English division and that of foreign artists who worked in England completed.
Four thousand one hundred and forty-eight titles have been written for it.

The new MS. catalogue of the collection of Books of Prints has been completed.
Four hundred and sixty-five titles have been written for it.

The English mezzotint portraits possessed by the Department lave been marked off in
an interleaved copy of Mr. Chaloner Smith’s published catalogue, errors in the descrip-
tions being noted, and references to the catalogue marked on the prints.

One hundred and eleven English Mezzotints have been entered in the MS. catalogue
of the collection.

The prints published by the Art Union of London, hitherto kept together in one port-
folio, have been distributed with the works of the respective painters.

The fine modern prints purchased at the McQueen sale in 1866, hitherto kept together
in a portfolio, have been distributed with the works of the respective engravers.

The collection of portraits of persons connected with the Fine Arts, presented by the
late Mr. George Smith, has been incorporated with the general collection of English
portraits. :

Two thousand and one prints and drawings have been incorporated with the collections
to which they severally belong.

The loan collection of duplicate engravings was lent to the Committee of the Art
Treasures Exhibition at Folkestone, and a portion of the same collection subsequently
to the Committee of the Loan Exhibition, St. Jude’s, Whitechapel.

Three thousand three hundred and fifty-two items have been entered in the register
of acquisitions. :

Titles have been written for the prints in “The Portfolio,” 1870-1886, and for the
drawings in the Crace collection of London Topography, and Crowle’s copy of Pennant’s
* London.” ;

The sketch-book of Jacopo Bellini, which in its former condition could not be examined
without risk, has been rebound and the leaves inlaid to insure its preservation.

Seven thousand, five hundred and thirty prints, drawings, etc,, have been impressed
with the departmental stamp and references to the register.

Four hundred and fifty-five drawings have been placed on sunk mounts, and one
thousand, one hundred and ninety-four prints have been mounted in the ordinary
manner.

An unrivalled collection of architectural drawings on vellum by Jacques Androuet du
Cerceau, illustrating the chief castles and palaces of France, forming part of the King’s
Library, has been transferred to the custody of the Department of Prints and Draw-
ings.

‘Six albums, containing drawings chiefly of plants and animals, by Albrecht Diirer, Jan
and Jacob van Huysum, Toudouze, and others, which were transferred from the Depart-
ment of Prints and Drawings to that of MSS. in the year 1845, have been re-transterred
to the former Department.

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II. ADDITIONS.

The total number of drawings, prints, &c., acquired during the year was five thousand
nine hundred and seventy-three, of which the following are the most important.

[raLIAN SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Allori, Alessandro. Kneeling figure of the penitent Magdalen; black chalk; on the
reverse is a study of a stooping male figure.

Bonvicino, Alessandro (Moretto da Brescia) (attributed to). An old woman spinning;
pen ; from the Richardson collection. ;

Buonarroti, Michelangelo. Sheet of studies for a figure in the Last Judgment; black
chalk ; from the Buonarroti, Wicar, and Lawrence collections.

Canale, Antonio (school of). An album containing eighty-six views of buildings in
Venice ; pen and sepia. ivi %

Cardi, Lodovico (Cigoli). Henry IV. of France ratifying the conditions accepted by
his Procurator at Rome, in presence of the Pope’s Legate, Alessandra de’ Medici, after-
wards Leo XI.; pen and sepia; from the Esdaile collection.

Vianelli, Nicola. a Pescheria, Rome; sepia.

Vinci, Leonardo da. Sheet of studies of grotesque heads; pen; from the Lawrence,
Gelozzi, and Woodburn collections. Study of a man’s leg; red chalk, on prepared paper.
Sketch for an allegorical composition ; pen, on prepared paper ; on the reverse are pen
studies of figures for an Adoration, &c.

Vinci, Leonardo da (attributed to). Study ofa dead horse ; silver point, on prepared
paper; from the Denon and Lawrence collections.

Viti, Timoteo. Sheet of studies of female heads; black chalk.

Etchings.

Gilli, Alberto. “Congress for Emancipation from Masters.”

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista. A collection of one hundred and ninety-seven plates,
including one hundred and nine views of buildings in Rome and sixty-four of the set
“ Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi,” &c., 1778.

Piranesi, Francesco. Four of the set of plates “ Raccolta de’ Tempi Antichi.”

Rosa, Salvator. CEédipus tied to a Tree by the Shepherd (Bartsch, XX. 271. 8).
Death of Kegulus (B. 9). Polycrates(B. 10). Fall of the Giants (B. 21).

Engravings.

Campagnola, Domenico. The Virgin and Saints mourning over the Dead Christ;
woodcut; undescribed.

Campanella, Angelo. Presentation in the Temple ; after Fra Bartolommeo.

Capellan, Antonio. Marriage of St. Catherine; after Correggio. Repose in Egypt;
after F. Barocci.

Cunego, Domenico. Seventeen plates after F. Albano, Michelangelo Buonarroti,
Annibale and Lodovico Carracci, Giorgione, Guercino, G. Lanfranco, Raphael, Guido
Reni, and Titian; engraved for Gavin Hamilton’s “ Schola Italica Picture.” Brut u
after Gavin Hamilton.

Morghen, Filippo. Nineteen of the set of plates “ Antichita di Pozzuoli, Baya e
Cuma,” 1769.

Morghen, Raphael. Three views near Naples.

Tinti, Camillo. Marriage of Meleager and Atalanta; after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
The naming of St. John; after Andrea del Sarto.

Toschi, Paolo (school of). San Bernardo Vescovo and San Giovanni Battista; two
plates from frescoes by Correggio at Parma; “ remarque ” proois.

Volpato, Giovanni. Seven plates after Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Polidoro da
Caravaggio, Correggio, Raphael, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, and Leonardo da Vinci ;
engraved for Gavin Hamilton’s “ Schola Italica Picture.” The four Sibyls in the
Church of Santa Maria della Pace, Rome; after Raphael.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Albani, Francesco. Charity; by J. Frey.

Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco (Guercino). Marriage of the Virgin; by A. Cunego.
The Virgin and the Dead Christ; by A. Cunego. St. Petronilla; by J. Frey. Night;
by F. Pozzi.

Berrettini, Pietro (da Cortona). Victory of Alexander over Darius; etching by
P. Aquila, Ananias restoring Saul’s sight; by J. ©. Alet. The same composition ;
by J. Frey.

Carracci, Lodovico, Providentia; by D. Cunego.

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Gilardi, Pier Celestino. “ Hodie tibi, Cras mihi”; by A. Gilli.

Maratti, Carlo. Christ on the Mount of Olives; by R. van Auden-Aerd. Martyrdom
of St. Blaise; by R. van Auden-Aerd.

Reni, Guido. Aurora; by J. Frey. The Fathers of the Church consulting on the
dogma of the Immaculate Conception ; by J. Frey. 3

Sacchi, Andrea. Vision of St. Romualdo; by J. Frey.

Sanzio, Raffaello. St. Cecilia; by G. B. Galli.

Zampieri, Domenico (“ Domenichino ”), Death of St. Cecilia; by D. Cunego. Commu-
nion of St. Jerome; by J. Frey. .

GERMAN SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Aldegrever, Heinrich. Portrait of John of Levden; the original drawing for the
engraving ; black and red chalk.
Amman, Jost. Judah and Thamar ; indigo, heightened with white.

Etchings.

Hackert, Jakob Philipp. A set of four views near Naples.

Bittner, Norbert. “Theater Decorationen gemahlt von Anton de Pian, gestochen und
verlegt von Norbert Bittner,” parts 5-10, containing sixty plates. “Le Prater ;” six
views of the Prater, Vienna; and eight plates of theatrical scenes. Presented by
W. Barclay Squire, Esq.

Engravings.

Master E. S. of 1466. An ornamental scroll, with a crane (Bartsch, 110).

Kilian, Lukas. Raising of Lazarus; after J. Palma. St. George between St. Margaret
and St. Mary Magdalen; after F. Vanni. Twelve German portraits.

Schongauer, Martin. A stag anda hind browsing (Bartsch, 159); drawn on, appa-
rently by the master himself.

Zwoll (Maitre 4 la Navette). A wild man hclding a scutcheon, with a greyhound;
copy from a print by Schongauer ; undescribed.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Hackert, Jakob Philipp. Twenty-six views in the neighbourhood of Rome, engraved
by B. A. Dunker, G. Eichler, G. Hackert, I. Lacroix, Lorieux, F. Morel, and
G. Volpato.

Holbein, Hans. Two photographs from original designs for his decoration of the
* Haus zum Tanz” at. Basle. Presented by Samuel Butler, lisq.

Schenck, August Friedrich. Symphonie; photogravure.

DutcuH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS.

Drawings.

Anonymous Flemish, fifteenth century. Portrait of Philip the Good, Duke of
Burgundy, pen; on the reverse is an emblematical design by Peter Breughel the elder ;
pen, bistre, and Indian ink.

Both, Andries. Hearing; original design for one of the set of etchings of the senses
(Bartsch, 11-15).

Bouchorst, Jan van. Two designs for the arms of Haarlem, dated 1625 ; pen and
bistre.

Cats, Jacob. View of the Haarlem Gate, Amsterdam; water-colours.

; paemnet, Lambert. A man sitting by a fountain, sketching; pen, sepia, and Indian
ink.

Dyck, Anton van. Landscape; water-colours, on blue paper; from the Wellesley
collection.

Huysum, Jan van. Two flower pieces; designs for frames ; water-cvlours,

Lievens, Jan. Sheet of studies ; head of a man in spectacles, &c. ; drawn with a reed
pen.

Patenier, Joachim. Sheet of studies of male heads; pen, heightened with white, on
tinted paper.

Saftleven, Cornelis. Academical study of a seated male figure; black chalk, height-
ened with white; Lawrence collection.

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Salm, A. Four sea-pieces, with shipping ; drawn in monochrome, with the pen, on
panels.

Storck, Abraham. View on a quay at a seaport ; per and Indian ink; 1678.

Vaillant, Wallerant. Portraits of Timon Veeneman and Helena Wybrandt, his wife;
two large heads ; black chalk and Indian ink, heightened with white.

Vlieger, Simon de. Visit of Henrietta Maria to Heemstede ; pen and Indian ink.

Waterloo, Antonie. View of the town of Rhenen; water-colours.

Etchings.

Hooghe, Romeyn de. “ Het Hoog en Lager Huys van Engeland”; Queen Anne
seated in Parliament. ‘ Vrede Handelingh tot Breda gesloten,’’ 1667; nine subjects on
one plate. ,

Engravings.

Blooteling, Abraham. Portrait of Govaerd Bidloo, surgeon; after G. Lairesse ; first
state, before all letters (Wessely, 4).

Camper, Pieter. Portrait of Grinling Gibbons, 1748 ; mezzotint.

Custos, Dominicus. Portrait of Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick.

Deutecum, Jan and Lukas. Funeral Procession of the Emperor Charles V.; after
H. Cock; thirty-three plates, imperfect.

Lonsing, Franciscus J. Meleayer and Atalanta ; after Giulio Romano.

Vinkeles, Renier. Portrait of M. L. P. van Spiegel; after P. Octs. Three proofs of
book illustrations.

Visscher, Cornelis de. Satirical portrait of Oliver Cromwell, surrounded by allegorical
figures; altered from the portrait of B. R. Camphuysen.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Coomans, Joseph, “ Les Boucles de Grand’ maman”; photogravure. ‘ Le Portefeuille
a Papa”; photogravure.

Gallait, Louis. ‘ Montaigne visitant le Tasse”; lithograph.

Jongkind, Jean Barthold. ‘ Les Bords de la Seine” ; etching by G. Greux.

Kammerer, Fredrik Hendrik. ‘‘Le Nouveau Né”; photogravure; printed in
colours.

Madou, Jean Baptiste. Dutch interior, with figures; lithograph by Mouilleron.

| FRrencH SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Fouquet, Jean. The Vision of St. Louis; miniature on vellum.

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique. Nine studies for figures in his pictures; pencil
and black chalk.

Leclerc, Sebastian (I). Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon; the original
design for the engraving; red chalk, pen, and Indian ink. The Academy of Sciences
and Fine Arts; the original design for the engraving; red chalk, yen, and Indian ink.

Legros, Professor Alphonse. Portrait of Madame A. Poulet-Malassis; pencil. Pre-
sented by Mr. A. W. Thibaudeau. An academical study of a male figure ; silver point
and pencil on prepared paper. Presented by the Artist.

Watteau, Antoine. Portrait of a French abbé; black and red chalk.

Kichings.

Bernand, Eugéne. ‘ Taureau dans les Alpes.”
Johannot, Tony. “Les Derniers Moments,” “ Une Scéne de 93,” and “ Soirée d’ Artistes.”
Rodin, Auguste. Two portraits of Victor Hugo, Presented by the Artist.

Lithographs.

Adam, Jean Victor. Three historical subjects.
Alophe, Menut. Nine social and satirical subjects; coloured.
Beaumont, Charles Edouard de. “ L’Opera au XIX® Siécle”; fourteen humorous
subjects.
3ouchot, Frangois. Ten humorous illustrations of French customs.
Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint. Ten military subjects.
_ Chevallier, Guillaume Sulpice (‘Gavarni.”) Seventy-two subjects of French social
life, including the sets “‘ Les Maris Vengés,” ‘* Fourberies de Femmes,” ete.
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Conscience, Francois (“ Francis”). A horse race and four other subjects.

Daumier, Honoré. Seventy-one subjects of French social life, including the sets, “ Les
Beaux Jours de la Vie,” “ Les Bas Bleus,” and “ Les Etrangers a Paris.”

Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel. Seven subjects, various.

Delacroix, Eugéne. “Jeune Tigre jouant avec sa Mére.”

Devéria, Achille. Thirty-two fancy and sentimental subjects.

Devéria, Eugéne. ‘‘ Le Baiser sur le Front.”

Diaz de la Pena, Narcisse. Five fancy subjects.

Dupré, Jules. ‘‘ Bords de la Somme.”

Férogio, Frangois. Two landscapes.

Girodet-Trioson, Anne Louis. Three allegorical designs.

Giroux, Achille. ‘ Chevaux de Trait.”

Grandville, Jean Ignace. Eleven social subjects, “ Metamorphoses du Jour,” ete.

Grenier Saint Martin, Francois. Tive domestic and other subjects.

Huet, Paul. An old street in a French town.

Isabey, Jean Baptiste. “Le Pont de Nesso. ”

Isabey, Eugéne. “ Interieur dun Port.”

Jaime, Jean Francois. Two landscapes.

Johannot, Tony. Three designs.

Lami, Eugéne. Eleven military and other subjects.

Laurent, Victor Auguste (“ Cornille”). Four oriental subjects.

Lescot, Antoinette (Madame Haudebourg). Three illustrations of Roman life.

Maurin, Nicolas E. (“ Numa”). Twenty subjects illustrating Parisian manners.

Monnier, Henri. Six coloured caricatures, theatrical portraits, etc,

Mouilleron, Adolphe. Four illustrations to Prisse’s Oriental Album.

Philipon, Charles. Thirteen social and satirical subjects.

Pigal, Edme Jean. Three satirical subjects.

Pruche, Clément. Three satirical subjects.

Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie. Three historical subjects,

Roqueplan, Camille. Seven scenes of country and village life.

Vallon de Villeneuve, Julien. Six domestic and social subjects.

Vernier, Charles. ‘‘ Physionomies des Bals Publics,” etc.; six designs.

Hingravings.

Arnoult, Nicolas. Twelve plates of French costume, temp. Louis XIV.

Bonnart, Nicolas. Thirty-two plates, comprising sets of ‘“‘The Seasons,” “The Arts
and Sciences,” etc., illustrating French costume of the same period.

Lepautre, Jean. Nine plates of French costume of the same period.

Prints arranged to Illustrate the Works of Painters.

Bayard, Emile Antoine. “ La Reconciliation”; photogravure. “Qui trop embrasse
mal étreint ”; photogravure.

Bernier, Camille. ‘ Brume et Soleil”; photogravure.

Bouguereau, Adolphe William. ‘‘ Une Legon Difficile”; photogravure. “ Twilight ”’;
by L. Boutelié, signed artist’s proof. ‘‘ Aurora”; by L. Boutelié; signed artist’s

root.

. Boulanger, Gustave. “La Boutique du Barbier Licinius”; by Gautier. “Un Repas
chez Lucullus”; by Gautier.

Cabanel, Alexandre. “Le Message”; by G. Lévy.

Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint. Four “genre” subjects; lithographs.

Charnay, Armand. “ Evening”; etching by G. Greux.

Delaroche, Paul. Three historical subjects; lithographs.

Dubufe, Guillaume, fils. “ Musique Profane—Musique Sacrée ”; photogravure.

Dughet, Gaspar (Poussin). “ Le Soir” and “ Le Matin”; by G. Hackert ; a pair.

Faléro, Louis. ‘ L’Annonciation de la Nativité’’; by M. Rapine. _“ Le Zodiaque”’;
photogravure. “Iris et Phébus”; photogravure. ‘La Chevelure de Berenice”; photo-
gravure “ L’Etoile polaire”; photogravure. ;

Flameng, Francois. ‘‘ Marie Antoinette allant au Supplice ”; photogravure.

Giacomelli, Hector. “Les amis de Jeanne”; photogravure. ‘ Le Bain des Char-
donnerets”; photogravure. ‘“ Un Congres de Souris ”; photogravure.

Grandville, Jean Ignace. Fourteen satirical and humorous subjects; lithographs.

Greuze, Jean Baptiste. “La Mére bien aimée”; by Jean Massard.

Hermann-Léon, Charles. ‘ Dans la Bruyére ”; photogravure.

Jazet, Paul Léon. “A Bord du Vauban”; photogravure.

Landelles, Georges. ‘“ Le Premier Echelon”; photogravure,

Laugée, Georges. “Les Premier Pas”; by G. Massard.

Layraud, Fortuné Joseph. Portrait of Liszt, the pianist; photogravure.

Lefebvre, Jules. ‘* Psyche”; by A. Frangois.

Leroux, Louis Hector, “ Les Pécheurs”; by Leenhoff. “Les Bergers”; by Leen-
hoff.

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Loustauneau, Louis Auguste. ‘“ La Layette”; by Varin.

Perrault, Léon Bazile. ‘“ Deux jeunes Amis ”; photogravure.

Poussin, Nicolas. Sacrifice of Noah; by J. Frey.

Picou, Henri Pierre. Awakening of Spring; by E. Varin; signed artist’s proof.

Pru@hon, Pierre. ‘ Le Zéphyr”; by Sixdeniers ; mezzotint.

Robert-Fleury, Joseph N. “ Le Médécin”; lithograph.

Rochard, Simon Jacques. Portrait of Madame Rochard ; photogravure.

Vernet, Antoine Charles (“ Carle”). ‘* Promenade Anglaise”; by P. L. Debucourt ;
coloured aquatint.

Vibert, Jehan Georges. *‘‘ Le Recit du Missionnaire”; by Varin.

ARTISTS OF FOREIGN SCHOOLS WoRKING IN ENGLAND.
Drawings.

Bartolozzi, Francesco, R.A. Ten academical studies of male and female figures; red
and black chalk.

Chalon, Alfred Edward, r.a. Queen Victoria in a box at the Opera; watercolours.

Fischer, John George Paul. Ten fancy and humorous designs and portraits; pen,
pencil, and Indian ink.

Kauffmann, Angelica Maria Catherine, R.A. A Bacchante; black chalk, heightened
with white.

Engravings.

Bartolozzi, Francesco, R.A. Portrait of Lady Dunning; after J. Downman. Portrait
of General Sir Ralph Abercromby; after J. Hoppner; proof before letters. Portrait of
Lady Jane Dundas; after J. Hoppner ; proof before letters.

Cardon, Anthony. Four views near Naples.

Condé, Jean. Portrait of the Chevalier D’Eon. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Schiavonetti, Luigi. The Senses; a set of six plates, engraved in stipple by S. Phillips,
J. Geremia, and L. Schiayonetti; printed in colour and hand-tinted.

ENGLISH SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Arundale, Francis. Two views of Etna and Vesuvius.

Bacon, John, R.A. Two designs for the monument to Lord Chatham in the Guildhall ;
pen and Indian ink.

Barralet, John James. Two landscapes with figures; watercolours.

Barret, George, R.A. Two views in the Isle of Wight; watercolours.

Barret, George (IT). A classical landscape ; watercolours.

Boden, 8. 8. A farmstead; watercolours.

Booth, Lieutenant-Colonel W. View of interior of the Tower of London; water-
colours. Three views of Gibraltar and the coast of Barbary ; watercolours.

Bough, Samuel. A town in the Black Country: watercolours.

Bourne, James. Helmsley Bridge, Yorkshire; watercolours.

Brooks, Warwick. Three fancy subjects of children; charcoal. A landscape; water-
colours. Scene in a garden; pen.

Buck, Samuel. A long view of London and Westminster; pen and Indian ink; the
original drawing for the print engraved by S. and N. Buck, 1749.

Buck, Samuel and Nathaniel. Twenty-eight views of castles and abbeys in Pembroke-
shire, Brecknockshire, and Wiltshire; pen and sepia; original drawings for Buck’s
“ Views.”

Buckler, John. East view of East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight; watercolours.

Burn, J. J. Eleven sketches of coast scenery ; chalks and watercolours.

Caldecott, Randolph. Ejighty-one sketches and designs, comprising thirty-five in
watercolours, thirty in pen and ink, five in black chalk, and eleven in pencil.

Carter, John, and Harding, Sylvester, Portrait of John Carter, ¥r.s.a.; pencil and
watercolours.

eae George. Fifty-four illustrations of Chinese scenery and costume; pen and
pencil.

Clint, Alfred. Landscape, with a cart crossing a stream; watercolours.

Cosway, Richard, R.A. Portrait of a young lady ; red and black chalk.

Dayes, Edward. View of Porchester Castle, Hants; watercolours.

De Wint, Peter. Views of Salisbury Cathedral, Lancaster Castle, and Gloucester,

and a view on the Thames; watercolours.
Doyle,

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Doyle, Richard. One hundred and eighty sketches and designs, comprising cartoons
for “‘ Punch,” friezes of social satires, and portrait sketches of contemporary celebrities,
chiefly in pen and ink ; besides seven drawings in watercolours.

Edwards, Edward. View of Cowes Church, Isle of Wight; watercolours.

Flaxman, John, R.A. Two designs for Wedgwood ware; pen and Indian ink.

Greenhill, John. Portrait of himself; black and red chalk, heightened with white.

Hassell, John. Five views in the Isle of Wight; watercolours.

Hayter, Sir George. Portrait of Edward, Earl of Derby, x.¢.; chalks on canvas.

Holland, James, View in Venice; watercolours.

Johnson, Harry. View of Angers, with the suspension bridge, 1850; pencil tinted.

Jopling, Joseph Middleton. Queen Victoria reviewing the troops; pen and water-
colours.

Landseer, Sir Edwin, r.A. Two sheets of studies of lions and tigers ; charcoal.

Lawrence, Sir Thomas, p.R.a. Two studies of facial expression; pencil.

Maclise, Daniel, R. a. Unaand the Red Cross Knight; pencil. First sketch for
the compartment of “ Justice,” for which the artist received a commission from Govern-
ment.

Newton, Gilbert Stuart, r.a. A girl carrying an infant; red and black chalk.
Profile head of a girl; on the reverse a figure of a young woman lying on a couch; black
and red chalk.

Nicholl, Andrew, R.H.A. Twoviews of Rathlin Island and the Giant’s Causeway ;
watercolours. Presented by Miss Nicholl.

Nicholl, W. Six landscapes ; watercolours. Presenied by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Pilleau, Henry. The Avenue; watercolours.

Pinwell, George John. “ ‘Town Sheep and Town Children” ; sepia and Chinese white.
Fairy Tale; watercolours.

Richardson, Jonathan (I). Portrait of Mrs. Drummond, quakeress; pencil on vel-
lum.

Roberts, David, R.A. View of Mont St. Michel, Brittany ; watercolours.

Roberts, James. Headdress of ladies 1777; black and red chalk,

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “On the Sands;” watercolours; dated 1850.

Scott, J. R. Portrait of John Scott the engraver: chalks.

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. Five views of oid St. Thomas’s Hospital; watercolours.

Smith, J. Catterson, P.R.H.A. Portrait of Francis Douce, F.s.A.; black chalk. Portrait
of Aylmer Bourke Lambert, botanist ; black and red chalk.

Stanfield, William Clarkson, k a. Portrait of W. Gordon, marine painter; black
chalk.

Stothard, Thomas, R.A. ‘The Enchanted Garden; watercolours.

Tytler, George. Portrait of Sir English Dolben, Bart., 1820; Indian ink.

Vacher, Charles. The City of Tombs, Cairo; watercolours.

Varley, Cornelius. View from Ferry Bridge, Yorkshire ; watercolours.

Wageman, Thomas Charles. Portrait of M. Alexander, the mimic and ventriloquist ;
pencil and colour wash.

Etchings.

Alken, Henry. Two racing subjects.

Brown, W. Four views in Salisbury ; signed proofs on Japanese paper. Presenied
bg Ldward Riggall, Esq.

Delane, 8S. “ The Right Comical L. C. J. J. Sparks; ” a satirical portrait.

Doyle, Richard. Eight illustrations to Thackeray’s ‘‘ The Newcomes” ; proofs before
letters.

Gatty, Margaret. A set of thirteen plates, privately printed in 1870; India proofs.
Preseuted by Kev. Alfred Gatty, D.D.

Sherborn, Charles William. A proof impression of the invitation card for the banquet
at the Guildhall on Monday, 9th November 1885. Prescuted by the Right Hon. John
Staples, Lord Mayor.

Lithographs.

Alken, Henry. The Hunter.
Davis, John Scarlett. Head of a Child; after Rubens.

Woodcut.

Harvey, William. Assassination of Dentatus ; after B. R. Haydon.

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Engravings.

Basire, James. Portrait of James Thomson the poet; after W. Aikman; proof before
the age was inserted on the tablet.

Brookshaw, Richard. Portrait of Frans Hals; after himself; mezzotint. Portrait of
Paul Jones; mezzotint; proof before letters. }

Chambars, Thomas. Portrait of the Chevalier D’Eon; after R. Cosway ; stipple ;
proof before letters. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Dawe, Philip. The Letter Woman and the Oyster Woman; after Henry Morland; a
pair of mezzotints; proofs before letters and before the margins were cleaned.

Dickinson, William, The Country Girl; after W. Peters; mezzotint; first state.
Portrait of Sir John Fielding; after W. Peters; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of
Elizabeth Stephenson, afterwards Countess of Mexborough; after W. Peters; mezzotint ;
first state. Portrait of John, fifth Duke of Argyll, after T. Gainsborough; mezzotint ;
first state.

Dunkarton, Robert. Belinda; after W. Peters; mezzotint ; proof before letters.
Mirth; after G. Romney ; mezzotint.

Earlom, Richard. Mr. Thomas King and Mrs. Baddeley in the characters of Lord
Ogleby and Miss. Fanny Sterling; after J. Zoffany ; mezzotint ; first state.

Faed, James. Portrait of Mrs. Edward Strutt, sitting with her son; after Sir F.
Grant; mezzotint; proof before letters. Portrait of Miss Grant; after Sir F. Grant;
mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Faithorne, William. Portrait of Abraham Cowley; second state of the first plate.
Presented by Julian Marshall, Esq.

Fisher. Edward. Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, afterwards Countess of Derby, in the
character of Hermione; after J. Zoffany ; mezzotint; first state.

Green, Valentine. Portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Ancrum; after P. Falconet;
mezzotint ; first state. Portrait of John Bird, instrument maker ; after Lewis; mezzotint ;
proof before letters. Portrait of Nanette Thelluson, a child; after P. Falconet;
mezzotint ; first state.

Grozer, Joseph. Portrait of George Byng, u.p., after J. Downman; mezzotint;
first state. Portrait of Lady Charlotte Legge, afterwards Lady Feversham ; after
G. Romney ; mezzotint; first state.

Hodges, Charles Howard. Portrait of James Mingay; after G. Romney ; mezzotint;
first state.

Houston, Richard. Portrait of Rev. William Romaine; after F. Cotes; mezzotint;
first state. Morning, Noon, Afternoon, and Night; a set of four plates; after P. Mercier ;
mezzotint ; proofs before letters.

Hudson, Henry. “ Musick” (Portraits of the Misses Hinchliffe); after W. Peters;
mezzotint ; proof with open letters.

Jones, John. Portrait of Sir James Mansfield; after G. Romney ; mezzotint.

Kingsbury, Henry. Portrait of Miss Stanley; after J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Laurie, Robert. Mr. Shuter, Mr. Quick, and Mrs. Green in characters of Mr. Hard-
castle, Tony Lumpkin, and Mrs. Hardcastle, in “She Stoops to Conquer;” after
T. Parkinson ; mezzotint; first state.

McArdell, James. Portrait of Sir Crisp Gascoyne; after W. Keable; mezzotint.
Portrait of Miss Lewis; after J. FE. Liotard ; mezzotint.

Meyer, Henry. Portrait of George John, Earl Spencer; after J. Hoppner ;
mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Murphy, John. Portrait of Charles, Lord Hawkesbury, afterwards Earl of Liverpool;
after G. Romney; mezzotint; first state.

Okey, Samuel. Girl with a Lamb; after T. Kettle; mezzotint; proof before letters.

Parkes, Robert Bowyer. Portrait of Lady Sullivan; after G. Romney; mezzotint ;
signed artist’s proof.

Reynolds, Samuel William (I). Madame Vestris in the character of Mrs. Page, in
“ Merry Wives of Windsor; ” after S. Lover; mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Reynolds, Samuel William (II). Providential Deliverance of John Wesley, when a
child, from Fire; after H. P. Parker; two impressions, one printed in colours. Portrait
of Miss Sarah Singleton, afterwards Lady Rodney; after Sir F..Grant; mezzotint;
proof before letters.

Say, William. Portrait of Catherine Stephens, afterwards Countess of Essex; after
G. H. Harlow; mezzotint.

Smith, John Raphael. Serena; after G. Romney ; mezzotint ; proof with inscription in
scratched letters, Portrait of William Addington ; after W. Peters ; mezzotint; first state.
Portrait of William Bromfield; after B. van der Gucht; mezzotint ; first state. Por-
trait of Miss Carter; after J. R. Smith; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of M"e Cler-
mont; after J. R. Smith; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Miss Chambers; after
J.R. Smith ; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Mrs. Fitzwilliam; after J. R. Smith;
mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Sir Henry Harpur; mezzotint. Portrait of Edward
Wortley Montagu; after W. Peters; mezzotint; first state. The Fruit Barrow; after
H. Walton; mezzotint ; proof with the title in scratched letters. ‘“ Love in her Eye sits
playing;” after W. Peters; mezzotint; first state. A Parmesan Lady; after W. Peters;
mezzotint ; first state.

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Turner, Charles, A. E. Portrait of Count Orloff; after A. E. Chalon; mezzotint ;
the preliminary etching by John Bull.

Walker, James. Simeon and the Child; after Guido Reni; mezzotint. An old
woman and a boy reading ; after Rembrandt ; mezzotint. The Infant Hercules; after
Sir J. Reynolds; mezzotint. A Russian peasant woman, aged 108; after Eriksen;
mezzvtint.

Ward, William. Portrait of Henry Beaufoy; after T. Gainsborough ; mezzotint;
touched proof. Portrait of Henry, Earl of Carnarvon; after T. Gainsborough and
G. Stuart; mezzotint.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Barclay. Edgar. ‘“ Playful Kittens” ; photogravure. .

Blake, William. ‘* Little Tom the Sailor”; fac-simile ofa ballad written by Hayley,
and illustrated and engraved by Blake. Presented by A. H. Machmurdo, Esq.

Bonington, Richard Parkes. Boulogne; by D. Lucas; mezzotint. Coast scene with
boats by moonlight; by D. Lucas; mezzotint.

Doyle, Richard. A collection of one hundred and seventy-one proofs of illustrations
to “ Brown, Jones and Robinson,” Montalba’s “Fairy Tales,” Thackeray’s “ Rebecca
and Rowena,” “ Jack the Giant Killer,” &c.; woodcuts.

Hamilton, Gavin. Eleven subjects from Homer, &c.; engraved by D. Cunego.

Havers, Alice. “ Divided”; photogravure.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua. Portrait of Sir Charles Saunders; mezzotint; copy from the
plate by J. M‘Ardell.

Romney, George. Portrait of Susan, Countess of Westmorland; anonymous mezzo-
tit.

Wright, Joseph (of Derby). Children of Walter Synnot, Esq.; by J. R. Smith;
mezzotint.

Wyllie, William Lionel. ‘Coal Barges off Rotherhithe”; photogravure. Banks of
the Medway ; fac-simile of a watercolour drawing,

ORIENTAL.

Two Japanese paintings of processions, and one of a landscape, on long rolls.
Two Japanese paintings on rolls (Makémonos). Presented by M. E. Montefiore.

MopDERN PRINTS PRESENTED BY PUBLISHERS.

The Trustees have received from Messrs. Thomas Agnew and Sons, of Old Bond street,
and Mr. L. H. Lefevre, of King-street, St. James’s, the following valuable and impor-
tant donations of prints published by their respective firms, mostly in choice proof
sta'es :—

Messrs. T. Agnew and Sons.

Anderson, R., a.r.s.a. “ Missing Boats”; etching. ‘“ Feeding Poultry ”; etching.
“ Hauling the Line”; etching. “ Dutch Fishing Boats”; etching.

Ansdell, Richard, r.a. “Please Give”; by J.C. Webb. “On Guard”; by W. H.
Simmons.

Carter, Samuel. Tell, the champion St. Bernard; by W. H. Simmons.

Dicksee, Frank, a.k.a. “ A Love Story”; etching by A. Lalauze. “ Harmony ”;
etching by C. Waltner.

Fildes, S. Luke, r.a. “A Village Wedding”; photogravure,

Gainsborough, Thomas, R,A. Portrait of Lady Mulgrave; etching by C. Waltner.

Hardy, Heywood. ‘The Sacred Lion”; etching.

Helmick, Howard. ‘An Independent Voter”; etching by L. Richeton.

Hoil, Frank, R.a. Portrait of Samuel Cousins, r.a.; etching by C. Waltner.

Hunt, William Holman. ‘‘ The Shadow of the Cross”; by F. Stacpoole.

Johuson, Charles Edward. “Fingal’s Cave, Staffa”; etching by . Brunet-Debaines.

Jones, Edward Burne, a.r.a. ~ “ A Sibyl”; etching by C. Waltner.

Landseer, Sir Edwin, r.a. ‘“ Man Proposes, God Disposes”; by T. Landseer.
“Well-bred Sitters that never say they are bored”; by W.H. Simmons. “ Toho
Toho!”; by ‘l. Landseer. “ Deer Family”; by T. Landseer. “ Ptarmigan Hill” ;
by T. Landseer. *‘ Chevy”; by T. Landseer. “ Majesty”; by T. Landseer. ‘ Lion
and Lamb”; by T. Landseer. ‘‘ A’ Poacher”; by C. G. Lewis. “Little Strollers”; by
T. O. Barlow. “A Setter”; by I. Landseer. “Pray let me out”; by T. Land-
seer.

Leader, Benjamin Williams, a.r.a. “At Evening time it shall be Light” ; etching
by A. Brunet-Vebaines.

Leslie, George Dunlop, r.a. “ Pot-Pourri ; Rose Leaves and Lavender”; by F. Stac-
poole. “ School Revisited”; by F. stacpoole.

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Long, Edwin, r.A. Portrait of Sir Stafford Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh; by
T. L. Atkinson.

Mason, George, A.R.A. “ Young Anglers”; etching by C. Waltner. *‘ A Pastoral
Symphony ”; etching by R. W. Macheth, a.r.a.

Millais, John Everett, R.A. Portrait of Cardinal Newman; by T. O. Barlow. “ New-
laid Eggs”; by S. Cousins, R.A. “For the Squire”; by G. H. Every. “ Still fora
Moment”; by G. Zobel. ‘A Little Duchess”; by G. H. Every. ‘* Chill October”;
etching by A. Brunet-Debaines. ‘The Gambler’s Wife”; etching by C. Waltner. “A
Widow’s Mite”; etching by C. Waltner. Portrait of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
m.p.; by T. O. Barlow. Portrait of the Right Hon. John Bright, m.p.; by
T. O. Barlow. “ A Picture of Health”; by S. Cousins, r.A. Portrait of James Fraser,
Bishop of Marzhester; by T. L. Atkinson. ‘‘ Yes!”; by S. Cousins, R.a. “No!” ;
by S. Cousins, R.a. “ Yes or No?”; by S. Cousins, R.a. “Stella”; by T. L. Atkin-
son. ‘“ Vanessa”; by T. L. Atkinson. “The Bride of Lammermoor”; by T. O.
Barlow. “ Effie Deans”; by T. O. Barlow.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, p.r.aA. “ The Strawberry Girl”; by S. Cousins, R.A. “ Mus-
cipula”; by S. Cousins, r.a. “ The Black Hat”; by Gerald Robinson.

Riviere, Briton, R.a. “ His only Friend”; etching by L.J. Steele. “ Daniel”; by
C. G. Lewis. “ Circe and the Companions of Ulysses”: by F. Stacpoole. “ All that
was left of the Homeward Bound”; by F. Stacpoole. “Let Sleeping Dogs lie”; by
T. L. Atkinson. ‘“ Envy, Hatred, and Malice”; by F. Stacpoole. “ Persepolis”; by
F. Stacpoole. “A Night Watch”; by F. Stacpoole. “ Sympathy ”; by F. Stacpoole.
“Imprisoned” ; by S. Cousins, r.A. “A Winter’s Tale”; by F. Stacpoole. “ Ulysses
and Argus”; by EF. Stacpoole.

Schetier, Ary. “ Christ teaching Humility ”; by Adolphe Sotman.

Severn, Walter. ‘“ Our Boys”; by J. B. Pratt.

Storey, George Adolphus, a.z.a. ‘ Little Swansdown”; by G. Zobel. “ Sweet
Margery ”; by G. Zobel.

Turner, Joseph Mallord William, R.A. ‘ Dido and /neas”; by W. R. Smith.
“Crossing the Brook”; by R. Brandard. “ Mercury and Herse”; by J. Cousen.
* Caligula’s Bridge”; by E. Goodall. ‘“ St. Mark’s Place, Venice”; by G. Hollis.

Walker, frederick, a.r.a. “The Vagrants”; etching by C. Waltner. “The
Wayfarer”; etching by C. Waltner. “The Harbour of Refuge”; etching by R. W.
Macbeth. “ The Lost Path”; etching by C. Waltner. “ The Village’’; etching by
C. Waltner.

Watts, George Frederick, R.A. ‘“ Watchman, what of the Night?”; etching by
P. Rajon.

A set of eight portraits of Inventors; engraved by T. Oldham Barlow, R.a.
Nine portraits of eminent English Statesmen, &c.; by various engravers.

Mr. L. H. Lefevre.

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence,r.a. ‘ The Seasons” ; set of four plates; by A. Blanchard.
“In the Time of Constantine”; by A. Blanchard. “ A Bacchante”; by A. Blanchard.
“ The Torch Dance”; by A. Blanchard. “ An Oleander”; by A. Blanchard. ‘“ The
Bath”; etching by P. Rajon, “Autumn”; etching by L. Lowenstam. ‘ Pleading” ;
etching by L. Lowenstam. ‘ The First Whisper of Love”; etching by L. Lowenstam.
“In Confidence”; etching by L. Lowenstam. “A Roman Emperor”; etching by
P. Rajon. “The Parting Kiss”; by A. Blanchard. ‘The Picture ‘Gallery ”; by
A. Blanchard. “The Sculpture Gallery”; by A. Blanchard. “The Vintage”; by
A. Blanchard.

Bonheur, Rosa. “The Lord of the Herd”; etching by A. Gilbert. “A Young
Prince”; etching by A. Gilbert. ‘“ Chien de Chasse”; by J. B. Pratt. “ An Old
Pensioner”; by W. H. Simmons. “ A Foraging Party”; etching by A. Gilbert.
«On the Alert” ; etching by A. Gilbert. “A Noble Charger”; by J. B. Pratt. “A
Norman Sire”; by J. B. Pratt. “ An Humble Servant”: by W. H. Simmons. “ An
Old Monarch”: by W. H. Simmons. “ Deer in Repose”; by C. G. Lewis. “The
Highland Shepherd”; by C. G. Lewis. ‘“ Huntsmen taking Hounds to Cover”; by
C. G. Lewis. “Cattle on the Long Rocks, Fontainebleau”; by C. Mottram and
L. Lowenstam. “ The Straits of Ballachulish”; by C. Mottram. “ A Stampede”; by
T. Landseer. “ Bouricairos crossing the Pyrenees”; by C. G. Lewis. ‘ Landais
Peasants going to Market”; by H. T. Ryall. “A Scottish Raid” ; by C. G. Lewis.
“Changing Pasture”; by H. T. Ryall. ‘“ Morning inthe Highlands” ; by C. G. Lewis.
“The Horse Fair”; by T. Landseer. The same; the smaller plate; by C. G. Lewis.
“The Lion at Home”; by W. H. Simmons and T. L. Atkinson. ‘Coming from the
Far”; by G. Zobel. “ Denizens of the Highlands”; by T. Landseer. “ Family of
Deer crossing the Summit of the Long Rocks, Fontainebleau”; by C. G. Lewis.

Bradley, Basil. “Feline Affection”; by C. Knight. “Tigers at Play”; by
C. Knight.

Brewtnall, Edward F. “Joyous Summer ”; by A. Turrell. “Cruel Winter”; by
A. Turrell.

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Brooks, Thomas. ‘“ My Cenfidential Adviser”; by C. A. Tomkins.

Collier, John. “Portrait of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, r.a.” ; by T. L. Atkinson.

Collinson, Robert. ‘ Absorbed in Robinson Crusoe”; by F. Stacpoole.

Crowe, Eyre, a.r.A. “ Brothers of the Brush” : etching by V. Lhuillier.

Dubufe, Claude Marie. “Adam and Eve; the Temptation” ; by H.. Ty Ryall.
* Adam and Eve; the Fall”; by H. T. Ryall.

Dubufe, Eugéne. “ Portrait of Charles Gounod”; by A. Blanchard.

Earl, George. “ Good Doggie”; by A. Lucas.

Edwards, M. Ellen (Mrs. Staples). “ My Neighbour”; by J. B. Pratt.

Frére, Edouard. “The Slide”; by Madame Tubeeuf. “ Not too Fast’; etching by
FE. Salmon. ‘“ Hot Chestnuts”; etching by E. Salmon. ‘

Faed, Thomas, R.A. “A wee bit Fractious”; by W. H. Simmons. “Ere Care
begins”; etching by J. Dobie. “ Wornout”; by F. Stacpoole. “ Sunday Afternoon”;
by F. Stacpoole. “ Baith Faither and Mither”; by W. H.simmons. ~ ;

Frith, William Powell, r.a. “A Reverie”; by W. H. Simmons. “The Derby
Day”; by A. Blanchard.

Giannetti, Raffaello. “Tasso”; by A. Blanchard. “ Dante”; by A. Blanchard.

Goodall, Frederick, r.a. “Mater Dolorosa” ; by S. Cousins, R.a. “ Mater
Purissima”; by S. Cousins, k.a. “ The Palm Offering”; by J. Ballin. “The Mother
of Moses”; by C. A. Tomkins.

Gow, Mary L. “An Invitation”; by R. B. Parkes.

Hardy, Heywood. “A Trial of Patience”; by W. H. Simmons.

Hook, James Clarke, R.a. “ A Signal on the Horizon”; by W. T. Davey. “Sone
in the Olden Time”; by Chevalier. --

Hunt, William Holman. “The Light of the World”; by W.-H. Simmons. The
same; the smaller plate, by W. Ridgway. ‘“ Claudio and Isabella” ; by W. H. Simmons.
« Finding of the Saviour in the Temple”; by A. Blanchard. “ Isabella, or the Pot of
Basil”; by W. H. Simmons.

Israels, Josef. “A Poor Flower”; by H. Sluyter. “ Watching”; etching by
LL. Richeton. ‘“ Past Mother Grave”; etching by L. Lowenstam. “ Anxious Moments” ;
etching by L. Lowenstam.

Jacquet, Jean Gustave. “Une Reverie”; etching by P. Rajon.

Johnson, Edward Killingworth. “ First Attempts”; by R. B, Parkes. “The Anxious
Mother”; by A. Turrell. “Home Birds”; by A. Turrell.

Leighton, Sir Frederick, p.r.a. “Study”; by T. L. Atkinson.

Lejeune, Henry, a.r.A. “ Evangeline”; by F. Stacpoole.

Ludovici, Albert. ‘‘ The Seasons”; set of four plates by L. Mauduison. “A Sing-
ing Class” ; etching by E. Salmon. “ A Dancing Class”; etching by K. Salmon.

Macbeth, Robert Walker, 4.r.a. “A Sacrifice”; original etching.

Maclise, Daniel, r.a. ‘The Eve of St. Agnes”; by A. Blanchard.

Makart, Hans. ‘“ Returning from the Chase in Olden Times” ; etching by A. Gilbert.
«‘ Harvest Home in Olden Times”; etching by A. Gilbert.

Marks. Henry Stacy, r.a. “ The Jolly Post Boys”; etching by V. Lhuillier.

Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest. ‘‘ The Connoisseur”; by A. Blanchard. “ Les
Joueurs d’Echecs” ; by A. Blanchard.

Morgan, Frederick, ‘“ Love me, Love my Dog”; by A. Turrell.

Nicol, Erskine, a.k.a. “The Sabbath Day”; by W. H. Simmons. “ His Legal
Adviser” ; etching by V. Lhuillier. “ Looking out for a safe Investment”; by W. H.
Simmons. “ Always tell the Truth”; by W. H. Simmons. “ Steady, Johnnie, Steady ” ;
by W. H. Simmons.

Nicol, John Watson. ‘t When a Man’s married his Trouble begins”; etching by
VY. Lhuillier. “ When Fortune Smiles”; etching by V. Lhuilher. “ When Fortune
Frowns”; etching by V. Lhuillier.

Phillip, John, r.4. ‘‘ Faith”; by T. O. Barlow, x.a. “Dolores”; by T. O. Barlow,
R.A.

Raibolini, Francesco (“ Francia”). ‘The Virgin and dead Christ; by A. Blanchard.

Reid, John Robertson. “ A Spill”; by A. Turrell.

Sadler, Walter Dendy. ‘The Disappointed Anglers”; etching by V. Lhuillier.
“*Tsaac Walton and his Pupil”; by R. B. Parkes.

Schreyer, Adolphe. “In Danger”; by C. Mottram; “ Abandoned” ; by C. Mottram.

Thoren, Otto von. ‘ Corn Threshing in Hungary” ; by C. Mottram.

Tissot, James Joseph. “ News of our Marriage”; by W. H. Simmons. “Les
Adieux”; by J. Ballin.

Trayer, Jean Baptiste. “The Prayer”; by H. T. Ryall.

Weber, Otto. “Greedy Calves”; by A. Turrell. “Doughty and Carlisle” ; by
C. G. Lewis.

34 ACCOUNTS, &e.; OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

PORTRAITS.

Foreign.

Aumale, §. A. R., Henri Eugéne d’Orleans, Duc d’; by Victor Adam ; lithograph.
Bagration, .Peter Ivanovitch, Prince; after G. de St. Aubin, by F. Vendramini ;
stipple.
Bend Theodore; by J. Faber, sen. ; mezzotint. :
Catherine II., Empress of Russia; after V. Hriksen, by A. Radigues. Presented by
G. H. Lake, Esq.
Czartoryski, Prince Adam George ; after L. Rubio, by A. Duncan.
Harte, Francis Bret, the American poet and humourist; after J. Pettie, R.a.; photo-
gravure; signed proof Presented by Mr. Annan.
Joinville, S. A. R., Francois Ferdinand d’Orleans, Prince de; by Victor Adam; litho-
raph.
Touis XV., when a boy; by J. Faber, sen. ; mezzotint.
Louis XVII. “ The Dauphin”; by J. Jones; stipple.
Monnier, Henri; lithograph.
Nicholas I., Czar of Russia; after Sir E. Landseer, by Vincent Brooks; lithograph.
Orleans, Philippe, Duc d’, Regent of France; by J. Faber, sen., mezzotint.
Pasta, Giuditta; by L. Dupré; lithograph.
Paul Petrovitch, Czar of Russia; after Voille, by A. Radigues. Presented by G. H.
Lake, Esq.
Pius VI., Pope; by Marco Carloni, 1778.
Platoff, Mathias, Count; after Rambauer, by G. S. Facius; stipple.
Sophia Dorothea, Queen of Prussia; after F. Weideman, by J. Smith; mezzotint.
Washington, George ; by E. Savage; mezzotint.
William, Prince of Orange ; after P. Van Dyk, by .J. Faber, jun. ; mezzotint.

English.

Addison, Joseph; after G. Kneller, by J. Simon; mezzotint.

Anne of Denmark, Queen of James I ; after L. Cornelisz; oval.

Ashton, Rev. Thomas, p.pD.; afier T. Gainsborough, by J. M‘Ardell; mezzotint.

Augusta, Princess of Wales; after C. Philips, by J. Faber, jun. ; mezzotint.

Beaufort, Henry Somerset, seventh Duke of; after J. R. Swinton, by G. Zobel;
mezzount.

Beckford, Horace; after R. Cosway, by J- Condé; stipple; proof before the title.

Bedford, Georgiana, Duchess of; atter J. Hoppner, by S. W. Revnolds; mezzotint.

Bradbury, Rev. Thomas ; after T. Gibson; by G. White; mezzotint.

Bridgewater, Elizabeth Churchill, Countess of ; after M. Dahl, by W. Faithorne; mez-
zotint.

Bristol, Augustus Hervey, Earl of; after T. Gainsborough, by J. Watson; mezzotint.

Bulkeley, Madam Sophia; by H. Gascar; mezzotint.

Calamy, Rev. Edmund, p.p.; after J. Richardson, by G. White; mezzotint.

Catherine of Braganza; after J. Huysman; anonymous mezzotint.

Charles II.; by C. van Queborn, 1650; with sheet of letterpress.

Charles II.; by D. Loggan; in a broadside.

Charles II. ; after P. Lely, by A. Blooteling; mezzotint.

Charles II. and George Monk, Duke of Albemarle; two ovals on one plate.

Chesterfield, Philip. Dormer Stanhope, Earl of; after W. Hoare, by J. Simon ; mezzo-
tint.

Coke, Sir Edward, Lord Chief Justice; by A. Miller; mezzotint.

Coventry, Maria Gunning, Countess of ; after F. Cotes, by J. M‘Ardell ; mezzotint.

Cromwell, Oliver; after R. Walker; anonymous mezzotint.

Dodd, Rev. William ; anonymous mezzotint.

Fortescue, John Fortescue Aland, Lord; after G. Kneller, by J. Faber, jun. ; mezzo-
tint.

Frederick, Prince of Wales; after Franken, by J. Faber, juu.; mezzotint.

Frederick, Prince of Wales ; after J. Davison, by J. Faber, jun.; mezzotint.

Garnet, Henry, holding “ The Pope’s Pardon’”’; woodcut in a satirical broadside.

Gascoyne, Sir Crisp; after W. Keable, by J. M‘Ardell; mezzotint.

George, Prince of Denmark ; after J. Riley, by J. Beckett; mezzotint.

George, Prince of Denmark; after M. Dahl, by J. Simon; mezzotint.
a Gladstone, William Ewart, M.p.; etched by L. Lowenstam, after a bust by J. Adams-

cton.

Glyn, John, with John Wilkes and John Horne, sitting at a table; by R. Houston;
mezzotint.

Hardy, Sir Charles, Admiral; after G. Romney, by W. Dickinson; mezzotint.

Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of; after Du Pan, by M. Ford; mezzotint.

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Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I.; after A. Van Dyck, by H. Danckerts.

Hoaywood, Sir Philip, on horseback; after B. Dandridge, by J. M‘Ardell; mezzotint.

Humphry, Ozias, r.a.; after G. Romney, by V. Green; mezzotint.

James Francis, the Old Pretender, when a child; after G. Kneller, by J. Smith; mez-
zotint.

King, Peter, Lord; after M. Dahl, by J. Simon ; mezzotint.

Leslie, Rev. Charles; anonymous mezzotint.

Macclesfield, Thomas Parker, Earl of; after G. Kneller, by F. Kyte ; mezzotint.

Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of ; after G. Kneller, by J. Smith; mezzotint.

Marvell, Andrew; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Mary I.; by Nicolo Nelli.

Mary, Queen of Scots; after F. Zuccaro; anonymous mezzotint.

Newcastle, Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of; after G. Kneller, by P. Pelham; mezzo-
tint.

O’Neill, Hon. Mrs.; after W. Peters, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Orford, Robert Walpole, Earl of; published by J. Cooper ; mezzotint.

Owen, John, p.p.; published by J. van de Velde; mezzotint.

Rosewell, Rev. Samuel; after J. Woolaston, by J. Faber, sen.; mezzotint.

Shakspeare, William ; his monument in Westminster Abbey; by A. Miller; mezzotint.

Stacpoole, Sir Richard; by J. Watson ; mezzotint.

Stanhope, James, first Earl; after G. Kneller, by J. Simon ; mezzotint.

Stuart, Charles, Major-General; after G. Romney, by J. Grozer; mezzotint.

Sunderland, Anne Churchill, Countess of; after C. d’Agar, by J. Simon; mezzotint,

Turner, Joseph Mallord William, R.a.; after J. T. Smith, by Louis Haghe ;
lithograph.

Turner, Joseph Mallord William, r.a.; after Sir J. Gilbert; lithograph.

Victoria, Queen; after H. von Angeli; photogravure.

Wesley, Samuel, composer; when a boy; after J. Russell, by W. Dickinson;
mezzotint.

Wimbledon, Edward Cecil, Viscount; photograph from a watercolour sketch by

_T. Athow, done from a picture. Presented by C. Dalton, Esq.

PRINTS OF ORNAMENT.

Bommel, Wolf Byron von. Six designs for jewellery.

Bry, Theodore de. <A circular plate, with heads of Roman Emperors.

Cochin, Nicolas. Twelve plates of groups of flowers.

Kraus, Johann Ulrich. <A panel with two amorini on marine horses.

Marot, Daniel. Design for a staircase.

Marot, Jean. Two designs for a ceiling and an alcove.

Merian, Matthaus I. Five panels of arabesque design.

Schubler, Johann Jakob. ‘I'wenty-four plates of architecture and metal work.
Unverzagt, Johann Georg. ight patterns for embroidery.

History,

“Admiral Georg Bridg Rodney Triomph ala Modern a Bristol, December 1782”; a pen
drawing, washed with Indian ink and tinted, representing the triumphal entry of Lord
Rodney into Bristol afterhis victory over Count de Grasse; signed B. W. Presented by
M. Larpent, of Christiania.

“De Verbond-Zaal der Hoogst Vermogende Machten tot Recht en Vreede,” 1702 ;
etching by Romeyn de Hooghe, with sheet of letterpress.

“Grand Entry of the Allied Sovereigns into Paris, 31 March 1814”; coloured aquatint.

SETS AND COLLECTIONS.

A collection of one thousand nine hundred and seventy scenes and characters for the
Toy Theatre ; published by W. West, Hodgson, Jameson, and others, chiefly between the
years 1815 and 1835; many of them coloured by hand.

Twenty-four photographs from pictures by early Italian Masters in the collection of the
Right Hon. Sir Henry A. Layard, c.c.B. Presented by the Right Hon. Sir Henry A.
Layard, G.C.B.

Lord Byron’s ‘‘English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,” the copy illustrated by
Mr. William Evans, containing one hundred and sixty-four engravings and nine drawings
of portraits, places, etc., mentioned in the work; the drawings include a highly-finished
portrait in watercolours of Charles Lamb, by G. F. Joseph, R.A.

Thirty-eight key plates to Barker’s, Burford’s and Reinagle’s Panoramas.

A set of fifty photographs of the remains of the Temple of Diana discovered on Lake
Nemi in 1885 by H. E. Sir John Savile Lumley, @.c.z., and of objects found on the site
of that Temple, presented by him to the British Museum; in a portfolio. Presented by
Str John Savile Lumley, G.c.B.

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36 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Books oF PrRINTs.

Bartoli, Pietro Santi. ‘ Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpture
Vestigia ,” imperfect copy.

Bergeruen, Dr. Oskar. “ Die Galerie Schack in Miinchen,” Vienna, 1883 ; with thirty-
two etchings and engravings from pictures by modern German artists.

Bode, Wilhelm. ‘“ Bilderlese aus Klcineren Gemaldesammlungen;” Parts, 1-5; with
twenty plates.

Botticelli, Sandro. “ Zeichnungen zu Dante’s Goettlicher Komédie, nach den Originalen
im Kupferstichkabinet zu Berlin ;” Part 2, containing twenty-nine reproductions ; Berlin,
1885.

Dayot, Armand. “Salon de 1884,” illustrated with seventy-one photogravures ;
Paris, 4to.

Détaille, Edouard. ‘“ L’Armée Frangaise ;” Parts 1-5, containing twenty plates.

Duplessis, Georges, “ Guvre de A. Mantegna reproduit et publié par Amand-Durand”;
twenty-seven reproductions of prints by Mantegna; Paris, 1878; Japanese proofs.

Harlem, Musee Municipalde. Forty-eight carbcn photographs, from pictures by Frans
Hals, B. van der Helst, etc., in the Museum at Harlem; with text by Georges Lafenestre ;
Paris, 1886.

Havard, Henri. ‘Salon de 1885,” illustrated with seventy-two photogravures ;
Paris, 4to.

Hefner-Alteneck, J.H. ‘ Trachten, Kunstwerke, und Gerathschaften,” etc. ; Parts 66-
77; Frankfort, 4to.

Holbein, Hans. “ Dessins d’Ornaments ;” with text by Edouard His; fifty-one repro-
ductions in a portfolio; Paris, 1887.

Menzel, Adolph. ‘*Das Werk Adolph Menzels; mit text von Max Jordan und
Robert Dohme ;” Parts 1 and 2, with eight plates; Munich, 1885-6.

Morelli, Giovanni. “ Collezione di Quaranta Disegni scelti della Raccolta del Senatore
Giovanni Morelli;” forty reproductions of drawings by Italian masters; Milan,
1886.

Racinet, A. “Le Costume Historique ;” Parts 17-20, completing the work.

Racinet, A. “ L’Ornament Polychrome,” 2°. serie; Parts 1—7.

Riegel, Hermann. ‘Die vorzuglichsten Gemiilde des Museum zu Braunschweig ;”
one hundred plates, with text.

Schmidt, Dr. W. “ Handzeichnungen Alter Meister im Koniglichen Kupferstich-
Kabinet zu Miinchen;” Parts 2 and 3, containing sixty reproductions from drawings by
Diirer, Holbein, Rembrandt, ete.

Tschudi, Hugo von, and Pulsky, Karl von. “ Landes-Gemilde-Galerie in Budapest,
vormals Esterhazy-Galerie ;” thirteen parts and two volumes of text, containing fifty-
eight etchings and engravings; Vienna, 1883.

The “ Portfolio.” A complete set, from January 1873 to May 1886. Presented by
Sidney Colvin, isq.

International Chalcographical Society. The first annual publication, 1886, consisting
of twenty-two reproductions from early Italian and German prints.

Woop Buocks.

Seven original wood blocks executed by John and Thomas Bewick, Luke Clennell, and
Charlton Nesbitt-

TorPOGRAPHY.

Four photographs of ihe houses Nos. 71, 72, and 73, Lombard-street, recently de-
molished. Presented by S. S. M. Dowall, Esq.

Books or REFERENCE.

The following works of reference have been presented to the Department :—

Ballantyne, A. Randal. ‘ Robert Hancock andshis Works,” with twelve illustrations ;
London, 1885, 4to. Presented by the Author.

Brooke, Rev. Stopford. “ Notes on the Liber Studiorum of J. M. W. Turner, R.A.,”
with illustrations ; London, 1885, 8vo. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Casella, Filippo. “ Le Triomphe de l’Art dans le plus belles des Peintures de Raphael
@Urbin, la Vierge della Rovere on Nétre Dame de la Prophétesse; traduit de I’Italien,
par Victor Marie”; Genes, 1877, 8vo. Presented by Lionel H. Cust, Esq., F.8.A.

Destailleur, H. ‘* Notes sur quelques Artistes Francais, Architectes, Dessinateurs,
aes du XVI° au XVIII° Siecle ”; Paris, 1863, 8vo. Presented by Sidney Colvin,

Sq.

Dutuit, Eugéne. “ Manuel de |’Amateur d’Estampes ; Ecoles Flamande et Hollan-
daise,” Tome III. ; Paris, 1885, 8vo. Presented by the Author.

Graves, Algernon. ‘* A Dictionary of Artists who have exhibited works in the prin-
cipal London Exhibitions of Oil Paintings from 1760 to 1880;” London, 1884, 8vo.
Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Larpent,

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Larpent, S. “Le Jugement de Paris, attribué au Giorgione” ; Christiania, 1880, 8vo
Presented by the Author.

Scharf, George, C.B., F.S.A. “Ona Votive Painting of St. George and the Dragon,
with kneeling figures of Henry VII., his Queen, and Children”; London, 1886, 4to.
Presented by the Author.

Scharf, George, C.B., F.s.A, A Paper read before the Society of Antiquaries, 15 June
1876, on portraits of Mary Tudor and Mary Queer of Scots. Presented hy the Author.

Tiffin, Walter, B. ‘Catalogue of a Collection of English Portraits in Mezzotint.
Addenda, No. 2; Salisbury, 1886. ‘Two copies. Presented by the Author.

Sidney Colvin.

DEPARTMENT OF EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.
Egyptian Division :—

Seven bronze and four granite figures, seven tablets, a bowl, a lintel, three shelves,
four inscriptions, and twelve fragments of others have been mounted on plinths of Port-
land, or Caen stone, or polished marble; the upper part of a queen has been re-mounted
on a granite pedestal and has been fitted with a glass shade; forty fragments of
sculpture have been inlaid in stone; a Caen stone coffin has been made; one torso, one

‘tablet, and one inscribed slab have been repaired, and the tablet has been fixed on corbels ;
two papyri and two fragments of sculpture have been affixed to the walls of the
galleries ; the sculptures have been dusted and washed; the position of the mummies and
other objects on exhibition has been changed as found necessary.

An ivory figure of Bes has been cleaned and repaired; a bronze figure and dish have
been cleaned; eight type impressions of inscriptions and one hundred and eighty casts of
* Gnostic” gems have been made, and the casts bound in gilt-edged paper.

Nine pieces of inscribed pottery, one vase, one bead, a terracotta model of a house and
an ivory figure have been joined; a mode] knife has been repaired; five papyri and many
fragments of others have been unrolled and some of the fragments have been pasted on
paper ; one mummy cloth, five papyri, and five fragments of others have been mounted :

-three papyri have been re-mounted; the mounted objects in the cases and the scarabei
containing royal names have been chronologically arranged ; terracottaand porcelain figures
have been mounted on stands and pedestals of mahogany or satin-wood, and framed with
tiles, gems, and other objects on wooden tablets covered with red cloth or velvet ; frames for
Coptic and other stones have been prepared and fixed; wainscot and deal fittings for a
bamboo case, templets and wainscot-stands for figures in the Egyptian Gallery, and
mahogany labels have been made; an oak base has been fitted under the head of a queen
in the Egyptian Gallery; a table-case has been provided with false bottoms; the
fittings of another table-case and the shelves in the studies have been altered and repaired ;
some of the plaster-casts in the Egyptian Room have been taken down; and locks have
been placed on papyri frames.

Five hundred and five objects have been catalogued and drawings made of many of
them; six hundred and ninety-seven objects of the various collections have been
registered; five hundred and sixteen labels have been written for miscellaneous objects
including gems, scarabezi, &c., the papyri have been sorted, arranged, and numbered,
preparatory to the making of a catalogue; a complete hand list of the Hieroglyphic,
Hieratic and Demotic papyri has been made, thus rendering them easily accessible to
students; transcripts have been made cf portions of eight papyri; some bowls bearing
Mandaitic inscriptions have been examined, and one of these inscriptions, together
with a Coptic inscription, copied ; researches have been made towards the continuation
of the French publication “Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum”; three thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine numbers have been printed and four thousand and thirty-
three attached to objects; one thousand six hundred and thirty-three pressmarks have
been printed in duplicate and affixed to papyri; the list of registration numbers has been
continued; four hundred and fifty-nine labels have been painted; the Guide to the
Mummy Room has been continued ; the revision of the text of the “ Coffin of Amamu”
has been completed, and the entire work published. Descriptive catalocues of the
Egyptian papyri are in course of preparation.

Assyrian Division :—

A fragment of an inscription has been fixed in the Assyrian Gallery; two glass shades
have been made for the statues of Nebo ; a Portland-stone plinth has been prepared for
the glazing of sculpture; the sculptures in the galleries have been dusted and washed;
twenty-one tablets have been repaired and eighty-three joined ; two hundred and eighty-
four tablets, one cylinder and two bronzes have been cleaned; a case-tablet has been

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opened and repaired; one hundred and four labels have been affixed to mounted gems;
corresponding portions of anciently-broken tablets have been found ; tablets with partly-
obliterated numbers have been identified; the case-books and the book of running-
numbers of the Kouyunjik Collection have been partly revised.

Seven hundred and seventy-one objects have been registered and one thousand and
ninety-eight labelled; one hundred and eighteen pen-and-ink sketches of tablets have
been made to aid in identification ; forty-five labels have been painted, and four hundred
and fifteen printed; eight hundred and ten Assyrian contract-tablets have been copied,
and about one thousand of the copies in the department have had headings written to
them; portions of the various collections of tablets have been examined, including many
newly-cleaned fragments. Tablets of the “ Daily Telegraph” Collection have been
identified and more effectually registered ; many also of those already published in the 3rd
vol. of “Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia” have been identified. Texts with
Aramezan dockets (Assyrian and Babylonian contract-tablets) have been examined, copied,
and translated for the “ Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum ”; lists of royal names, &c.,
with their Assyrian, Babylonian, or Akkadian equivalents, have been written for the Guide
to the Nimroud Central Room, which has been provided with an index, and published.
Seventy-eight descriptions have been revised, and twenty-four additional objects have been
added to the list of cylinder-seals in the Guide to the Kouyunjik Gallery, thirty-seven
inscriptions having been copied from stone cylinders to aid in the revision.

Phenician, Hebrew, Palmyrene, Pahlavi, &c. :

One Phenician and two Hebrew inscriptions have been mounted on plinths; the
sculptures and inscriptions in the Phoenician Room have been dusted and removed as found
necessary ; a frame for a photograph has been prepared, and boxes have been made for
seven Pheenician inscriptions ; two labels for Pheenician, and two for Hebrew inscrip-
tions, and three for Palmyrene busts have been written ; six Pheenician inscriptions
have been registered ; a collection ef sixty-five Phoenician and other gems, transferred
from the Greek and Roman Department, have been cleaned, re-numbered, and mounted.

Collections offered for sale have been examined,

The Egyptian and Assyrian portions of the general guide have been revised.

Correspondents have been auswered.

1,176 students and others desiring special information about objects in the Egyptian and
. Assyrian Collections have visited the Department during the year 1886, to some of whom
lectures have been given.

A new duplicate MS. Catalogue of the Egyptian and Assyrian section of the depart-
mental library has been made, that section having been considerably augmented by the
purchase of a portion of the late Dr. Birch’s private library.

Two casts of so-called Hittite seais have been made, and thirty-three Sassanian gems
have been bound in giit-edged paper.

I1.— Purchases.

Egyptian :—
Eight hundred and eighty-five objects acquired during the past year are now in the
Museum. ‘The most interesting are as follows :—

A papyrus in the hieratic character, consisting of letters of the same nature as those
contained in the Sallier and Anastasi papyri, which have already been published by order
of the Trustees.

Objects in Gold:

Seated figure of a king, inlaid on one side: tongue-piece pierced; ascarabeus; Horus
for pendant : Ureus with crown of Lower Egypt, snake ring ; xgis of Bast, wearing disk
and Uraus ; and several rings, one of them in solid gold, with a female figure on the bezel,
seated in the boat of the Sun; spray set with 12 pearls.

Silver rmgs and pendants :—

Bell, with loop for hanging ; plague with rounded top, Rain outline ; lion-headed deity
with serpent’s tail.

In Bronze :

Throne, and behind it Isis with outstretched wings; a priest holding a shrine containing
figure of Osiris; Ra with crescent upon his head; column surmounted by jackal, symbol
of Anubis ; razor inscribed with name of Thothmes III.; plate with figure of bull in out-
line ; bell with four raised heads of animals; altar; arm holding plate, upon which isa
trussed duck; triple crown from the figure of a god; triangular arrowheads; awls, or
small chisels ; stamps, one being in the form of a royal cartouche.

In Copper :—

A pair of cymbals ; figure of Amen-Ra.
An iron needle, 44 inches long, from Medinet- Aba.

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An ivory statue of the god Bes; female figure without head or arms.

Seated figures of Isis with Osiris upon her knees, in steatite, granite, and limestone.

Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Coptic inscriptions upon limestone ; stone implements.

Necklaces made of beads in ruby, amethyst, cornelian, jasper, garnet, marble, glass,
erystal, coral, and porcelain, chiefly from ‘Thebes and Sakkara. °

Cylinders, scarabs, heart, symbolic eyes in lapis lazuli, steatite, cornelian, jasper, glass,
and porcelain.

White porcelain elephant with rider (wanting legs of animal and arms of figure); lion
in porcelain, with head-dress of Nefer-Atmu; ibex in green-glazed porcelain; frog in
pink coral.

Clay seal with name of Thothmes IIT.

Head-rests in granite, hematite, and wood.

Wooden model of sickle, with name of ‘Thothmes ITI.

Part of an Egyptian sceptre, 4 feet 9 inches long.

Leather sandals.

Case made of papyrus, containing stems of leaves and flowers.

Fragments of millefiori glass flowers, with white petais and yellow centres.

Terra-cotta vases and stamps.

Embroidered cloth from Ahmim.

Eighty-six Greek and Demotic ostraka, from Thebes.

Denictic contract, and other papyri.

The above list does not include 123 ostraka, and about 60 other objects purchased in
Egypt towards the end of the year, but which have not yet arrived in England.

Assyrian and Babylonian :—

The number of objects obtained during the year was 77, of which the following are the
principal :—

A cone-shaped cylinder of baked clay, anciently broken, inscribed with 181 lines of
writing in three columns. The inscription refers to the restoration of certain Babylonian
temples by Nabium-abla-usur (Nabopolassar). It begins with the titles of this ruler,
who is called ‘‘ king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, the glorious prince set up by
the hands of Nebo and Merodach.” Nebuchadnezzar, his “eldest and firstborn, the
beloved of his heart,” and “ Nabuimguli-limni, his (Nebuchadnezzar’s) brother,” are also
mentioned. The text exhibits the provincialism, rare in Babylonia, of s forsh. With this
cylinder is also a kind of core, formed partly of bitumen and originally inside it, implying
that the object has been in a conflagration, and that some of the bitumen which held the
bricks of the building together ran inside.

_ A letter from Nabfi-abla-iddin to Muranu, his brother, and its sealed clay envelope.
A very fine contract-tablet recording the lending of some money by a woman named

Gigitum to Itti-Marduk-balatu, upon the security of a female slave. Dated in the 9th
year of Darius.

A clay tablet recording a loan of three manehs granted by Bél-usézib to Iddin-Bél
upon the security of a field. The interest was to be at the rate of one shekel upon every
maneh monthly. Dated in the reign of Darius. Mi

A clay tablet recording a loan granted by Bél-uballit to Nidinti-Marduk and Sellibi.
Dated in the 23rd year of Darius.

A clay tablet referring apparently to certain bonds held by 2 woman named Tappassar,
who announces her int ention to sell them. Dated in the 3rd year of Cambyses.

A clay tablet recording a contract for produce. Dated in the 6th year of Cambyses.

Part of a clay tablet referring to the sale of a plantation belonging to “the Akkadians
who are in Zuhrinu.” Dated in the 19th year of Samag-gum-ukin or Saosduchinos, King
of Babylon.

A small clay tablet referring to the landed property given as dowry by Nabfi-Sum-
iddin to Nergal-uballit with his daughter Tibta.

A small clay tablet inscribed with a list of woods and canes in Akkadian and Semitic
Babylonian.

A tablet inscribed with a bilingual list of animals, &c.

A tablet inscribed with a bilingual list giving parts of a house, &c.

Part of a small clay tablet with a bilingual list of woods and canes.

Part of a bilinguai list of pots and vessels.

Several fragments of bilingual lists. /

A small clay tablet inscribed with a series of calculations. }
i Part of a tablet referring to certain religious ceremonies. Dated in the 13th year of

arius. —-

A baked clay tablet recording a sale of land. Dated in the 35th year of Nebuchad-
nezzar.

[ All the above objects are from Babylonia. ]

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Hebrew and Pheenician : —

Twenty-three terra-cotta bowls with Hebrew and other inscriptions.
Seven inscribed Phoenician stones from Carthage.
A pair of Pheenician sandals from ‘Thebes.

IIL.— Presents.

Four hundred and fifty-three objects have been presented to this Department, of which
the foliowing are the most important :—

ne Two rough hewn stone sepulchral tablets, with inscriptions in the Hebrew square
character.

Presented by Thomas Holdsworth Newman, Esq.

IJ.—1. Pheenician vase.

. Several fragments of pottery.

. Terra-cotta bottle, with raised figure of the Coptic Saint Mari Mina.

2
3
4, Crystal with monogram (gnostic ?)
5. Three necklaces.

6. Bronze lamp and plates with figures of bulls and eyes.

7. Green porcelain plaque, fruit, cylinder, figure, and scarab, Xc.

: 8. ona lamp, model of house, human heads, seeds of various plants, pieces of
inen, &c.

9. Small collection of Pheenician objects, consisting of terra-cotta lamp, chalcedony cone,
silver ring, fire altar, double-headed porcelain figure, coral head of Baal, turquoise scara-
beus, leather and bead ring, granite hawk, necklace of gilt terra-cotta beads, shell and
stone objects (supposed weights) from Tarttis and Jerusalem, respectively, red terra-cotta
house, &c., &c.

10. Collection of Coptic crosses in bronze, glass, and wood; bronze rings, chain, bells,
pins, &c.; steatite stamp for eucharistic bread, ivory plagues, &e. From Thebes, As-
wan, and Abu Sir, near Sakkara.

11. Part of the stone lintel of a tomb of Ra-Nefer, 6th dynasty.
12. Terra-cotta lamp.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester, B.A.

III. Five pieces of calcareous stone containing Coptic inscriptions. Presented by Henry
Wallis, Esq.

IV.—1. Green glazed porcelain ushabti, figure of Hat-shep-su, B.c. 1660.

2. Blue-glazed porcelain pendant with seven crocodiles.

3. Carved and inlaid top of box, with cartouches and royal figures.

Presented by T. W. U. Robinson, Esq.

V. Silver pendent: Sechet. Presented by Lawrence Oliphant, Esq.

VI. Seven pieces of Coptic embroidered silk, linen, &c. Presented by the Rev. W.
Macgregor.

VII. Copies of 11 Himyaritic inscriptions. Presented by Colonel Gossett.

VIII.—1. A collection of fragments of pottery from Thebes, Elephantine, El-Kharageh,
Xe.

2. Fragments of embroidered linen and needlework, mud-bricks, painted vases, &c.
Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., ¥.S.A.

IX. A large collection of Kgyptian antiquities, consisting of pottery, scarabzi, terra-
cotta figures, and small objects in gold, silver, and bronze, from Nebesheh.

Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund.
P. le Page Renouf.

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DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND RoMAN ANTIQUITIES.
I.—Arrangement, Cataloguing, §c.

Nine inscriptions, forty-eight sculptures, fourteen pieces of architecture, nine bronzes
and one cast have been repaired and mounted on plinths; three casts have been mounted
on corbels, and one cast on a pedestal in the Archaic Room; fifteen stone plinths have
been prepared for shelves in the Archaic Room; portions of the frieze of the Parthenon
have been moved, and one marble fragment and two plaster casts have been inserted; the
model of the Parthenon has been removed to the north end of the Elgin Room, and four
architectural members from the Erechtheum and Theseum have been fixed on the wall;
four slate shelves have been removed from the walls of the Ephesian ante-room ; four new
cases for sculpture have been placed in the Archaic Room, a new shade for a vase in
the First Vase Room, and a new pedestal for a vase in the Third Vase Room; twelve
terracottas, ninety-one fictile vases, and one gold ring have been cleaned and repaired ;
forty new moulds and casts of gems have been made; two hundred and fifty-two rings
have been mounted on velvet-covered blocks; two cases in the Gold Ornament Room
have been fitted and arranged with silver objects; thirty-four frames containing gems
have been fitted with loops of leather; the walls and ceiling of the Second Bronze Room
have been repainted; new locks have been fitted to wall cases in the Third Vase Room
and the First Bronze Room; the arrangement of the First Bronze Room and the Third

Vase Room has been nearly completed ; the inscriptions of Ephesus have been arranged
and numbered.

Progress has been made in preparing an index of the subjects in the entire collection of
painted vases; nine hundred and sixty engraved gems have been catalogued, two
thousand and five objects have been registered, three hundred and ninety-nine descriptive
titles have been attached to objects; Part III., section 1, of ‘ Ancient Greek Inscrip-
tions in the British Museum, ” a Guide to the Mausoleum Room, and a new illustrated
edition of the Guide to the Elgin Room, Part I., a new edition of the general Guide to

the Exhibition Rooms, and a Supplementary List of Casts from Sculptures, have been
issued.

Ii. — ACQUISITIONS.

By Donation or Bequest.—I. An interesting collection of antiquities excavated by
Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie during the winter of 1884-85, on the site of the ancient
-Naukratis, and published for the most part in “ Naukratis, Part I., 1884-5,” being the
“Third Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund.”

Among these antiquities the following may be noted :—

1. Limestone fragments from the archaic temple of Apollo, including parts of what
appears to be the necking of a column ornamented with a lotus pattern in flat relief;
parts of bead and reel, and egg and tongue mouldings, with remains of colour; part of a
base of a column; part of a drum of a column, diameter 1 ft. 6 in., with 25 shallow
flutings. “ Naukratis” pl. III.

2. Marble fragments from the second temple of Apollo, including bead and reel
mouldings, and anthemion patterns, with remains of red and blue colour. ‘“ Naukratis,”

pls. XIV., X1Va.

3. Fragment of a Jimestone slab, inscribed in archaic characters Tedw gut oma.
“ Naukratis,” pl. XXX, No. 1; Kirchhoff, Studien, 4th ed., p. 44.

4, A marble block inscribed with the dedication of the palestra to Apollo by Kleainetos
and Maiandrios. ‘ Naukratis,” pl. XXX, No. 4.

5. A marble block inscribed with the dedication, probably of a ram, to Zeus Thebaios
(Zeus Ammon) by Ampelion. “ Naukratis,” pl. XXX, No. 2.

6. A limestone slab, with ten lines of an elegiac inscription of sepulchral import, and
of a late period. ‘ Naukratis,” pl. XX XI.

7. A series of fragments of pottery representing almost every stage of Greek vase-
painting.

Among the archaic specimens are many with dedications to Apollo, beside whose
temple they were found, such as Pavnc¢ pe avéOnxe TarddAAwr[t rH McJAnaly 6 TAabgov

on the rim of a vase. This may be the Phanes whose story is told by Herodotus
(III. 4).

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Among the vases painted with designs the following may be noticed :—

8. A series of fragments of a ware hitherto unknown, painted in brown or orange on a
creamy-white ground. “ Naukratis,” pl. V.

9. A remarkable kylix of the so-called Cyrene style, resembling in its decoration the
Arkesilaos kyliz in the Bibliothéque Nationale at Paris (Birch, “ Ancient Pottery,”
2nd ed., frontispiece). ‘‘ Naukratis,” pls. VIII., LX.

10. A kyliz with black figures ; Ulysses tied beneath the belly of the ram.

11. A series of terracotta masks, figures, moulds for figures, moulds for scarabs, &c.
12. Several figures, fragments of vases, and scarabs of porcelain.

13. Several statuettes and fragments of alabaster.

14. Several statuettes of calcareous stone; among them a nude figure of Aphrodite
with ornaments painted in red and white. ‘“Naukratis,” pls. I., II.

15. Three fragments of the shell tridakna squamosa engraved with the lotus and the
Assyrian sacred tree. ‘ Naukratis,” pl. XX,, Nos. 10, 12, 16.

16. A gold band embossed with figures of Hygieia (?), Ceres, Juno (?), und a medallion
head of Helios. Inscribed in Greek characters with the name Tiberius Claudius Artemi-
dorus. “ Naukratis,” pl. XX VII.

17. Various gold and silver figures and ornaments. ‘“ Naukratis,” pls. XXVII.,
XXVIII.

Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
II.—The lower part of a vase in the form of an archaic female bust. From a tomb
in Rhodes. Presented by Cecil Torr, Esq.
iII.—1. A vase of black ware ornamented with incised patterns and containing ashes.
2. A cup on a tall foot, of plain black ware.
3. An aryballos of plain black ware.
4-7. Two bronze fibula, part of a bronze armilla and of a bronze chain.
These objects were found in a tomb near Sesto Calende, Lago Maggiore.
Presented by the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Layard, G.C.B.

IV.—1. Chalcedony cone; two eagles devouring a hare. From Kara Hissar.
A collection of archaic pottery from Calymnos, among which may be noticed :
2. A large amphora with linear patterns and a irieze of quadrupeds.

3-20. A series of amphore and other vases, with patterns similar to those found on the
pottery of Ialysos.

21. Terracotta fragment with head of a bull.
22-29. Stamped handles of amphore.
Presented by W. R. Paton, Esq.

V.—1. A small bowl of Samian ware, stamped on the side eae From

Alexandria,
2. A bronze stamp, engraved with rude patterns. From Smyrna.
3. A fictile vase, with vertical slit in neck. From Pozzuoli.
4, Impression in burnt clay from a fine intaglio representing Aphrodite.

5. Fragment of green porcelain with design in low relief, representing two Sphinxes
confronted and a palm tree; above is incised part of a Greek inscription, ZAPAPI.
From Alexandria.

6. Terracotta figure of a camel, kneeling, with panniers. From Syria.
7. Relief in lead, representing two goats. From Beyrit.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.
VI.—1, 2. Two fragments of Greek inscriptions, one of which seems to be part of a
subscription-list. From Erythre.

Presented by G. Dennis, Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Smyrna.
VII. Small

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VII. Small fictile askos, decorated with two anthemia.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

VIII. Fictile bowl of drab ware with brown linear ornaments. Said to have been
found at Saqqara (Egypt).

Presented by E. A. Gardner, Esq.

IX. Marble head and forehand of a horse, found at Civita Lavinia, the ancient Lanu-
vium, in the course of excavations carried on there by Sir J. Savile Lumley. This
marble appears to be part of a chariot-group with four horses. The sculpture is very
spirited. Arch@ologia, XLIX., pt. 2, p. 367.

Presented by Sir John Savile Lumley, G.c.B., H.M. Ambassador at Rome,

X. Etruscan vase of black ware, with incised design, and with a Satyr’s mask in
relief.

Bequeathed by the late Mr. Louis Blacker.

XI. Bronze stamp, with the name of M. Aurelius Cocceius. rom Malta.
Presented by T. W. N. Robinson, Esq.

XII.—1. Sard intaglio: lion.
2. Sard intaglio: Fortuna, with attributes.

3, Red jasper intaglio: Hecate.
Presented by A. J. Hanmer, Esq.

XIII. Marble stedé with relief representing a sepulchral vase, supported by a winged
Sphinx. On the vase is sculptured a parting-scene between two warriors, whose names
are inscribed beside them :

APXIAAHS IMOAEMONIKO2
ATNOXIO=Z AOMONEY=

This stele was stated by Boeckh in 1828 to have been then the property of the Earl of
Guilford. See C. I. Gr., No. 552.

Presented by George Plucknett, Esq.
XIV. Plaster cast of Latin inscription found at Mactaris, in Africa. See Eph. Epigr.

V., 279.
Presented by the Museum of the Louvre.

XV.—1. Terracotta mask of Silenus. From Samos.
2. Aryballos of variegated glass. From Samos.

3. Terracotta vessel, perhaps intended to hold pigments. From Samos.
Presented by J. Theodore Bent, Esq.

By Purchase—I. A series of antiquities obtained from excavations at Brukountios
(modern Bourgounte), in the island of Karpathos.

1. Anarchaic stone female figure of rude workmanship, perhaps an early type of
Aphrodite.

2-14. A series of thirteen fictile vases, including two with red figures on a black
ground.

15,16. Two imbrices with designs painted in black on a drab ground.
17. An amphora handle with stamp, SQKPATEY2.

18. A small marble pestle, the lower part of which is encircled with a wreath, and
inscribed, POAOKA|//////[AS. From Rhodes.

19. A fragment of stucco from Rhodes, containing a part of five lines of a painted in-
scription :

crre
AE=IKA
XWTIC
APTEMI
AIKI

185. F2 II.—1-4. Four

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II.—1-4. Four bronze oinochoe. From Galaaxidi near Delphi.
IIJ.— Marble head of Marcus Brutus as a young man. From Rome.

IV. A series of fragments of terracotta sarcophagi, painted with archaic designs.
From Clazomene.

They represent :—
1. Two horsemen with dogs. (Hellenic Journal, IV., p. 19, fig. 14).

2. Armed warriors in combat; horseman standing behind them. (Hellenic Journal, IV.,
pl. X XXI. (left-hand portion).

3. Grotesque Satyr; above, a band with two birds. (Hellenic Journal, IV., p. 21,
fig. 15).

4, Nude female figure, holding up a bird in each hand, and flanked by two dogs and
two cocks. (Hellenic Journal, IV., p. 20).

5, 6. Two fragments with the key-pattern painted m brown on a drab ground.
V. Marble torso of Cupid bending his bow.

VI.—1. Ivory statuette of a draped female figure leaning upon a cippus. From
Bubasiis.

2. Bronze statuette of a draped female figure. From Tel Mogddn in the Delta of the
Nile.

3. Necklace of 53 beads of amber. From Cume.

4,5. Two pairs of earrings formed of twisted gold wire. From Bubastis.

6. Lead model of cliariot and two horses. From Smyrna.

7-11. Five bronze pins and needles of various forms. From the Tiber.

VIIL.—1. The right leg of a colossal bronze statue, broken off somewhat above the knee;
the toes and part of the foot are wanting. Upon the leg is a greave, adorned with a
Gorgon’s head in the archaic manner. ‘The figure to which this fragment belonged appears
to have been that of an armed warrior supporting his weight on the left foot, with the
right foot drawn back and lightly resting upon the ground. This work, which is of extra-
ordinary beauty and interest, belongs to the grandest period of Greek sculpture, from
which very few works in bronze have as yet been recovered. Found in 1859 in Magna
Grecia. (Lenormant, La Grande Grece, I.,p.90; Journal of Hellenic Studies, VII.,

pl. 69.

2-5. Four bronze fragments of drapery with a key-pattern border. Said to have
been found with the bronze leg.

6-14. Nine bronze fragments, of which some may be the surface of armour; one
appears to be the shoulder-strap of a thorax. Said to have been found with the bronze

leg.
VIII.—1. Black stone scaraboid with rude design : a man. holding two horses by the
head; on each horse is a small figure. From Tyre.

2. Steatite scaraboid; the convex side carved in form of negro’s head; the under sur-
face with a geometrical pattern. From Tyre.

3. Green jasper scarab ; a man and a lion in combat. From Tyre.

4, Red jasper scarab; .a lion and flying bird. From Tyre.

5. Red jasper intaglio; figure of Ephesian Artemis. From Tyre,

¥X.—I. Chalcedony intaglio, fragmentary ; female figure seated, reading from a scroll ;

before her is a cippus, on which is faintly inscribed €PQC; on the cippus stands her
lyre. From the Beresford-Hope Collection. (Raspe, 3479. The New Amphion, p. 28.)

2. Green slate intaglio; youth with horse.

3. Chalcedony intaglio; head with winged cap and harpé, probably a head of Perseus.

X. Marble portrait-head of the younger Drusus. Found at Kyrenia, Cyprus.
A, S. Murray.

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DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDI@VAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

].— Arrangement.

Prehistoric Saloon. The arrangement of this Saloon has been continued and consider-
able progress has been made ; it was hoped that this section would have been completed ;
but the tedious labour of carefully examining and incorporating the very numerous pre-
historic specimens in the older Museum Collection and the Christy Collection has caused
much delay, especially as it was found that only a portion could be exhibited in the limited
space available, and that the remainder would have to be arranged in drawers for students.

The whole of the Greenwell Collection of sepulchral urns, which had been temporarily
arranged, has been removed, the cases repainted, and the specimens replaced, the smaller
objects being arranged in 44 glazed boxes. ‘The rest of the sepulchral urns from Britain
have been arranged in the adjoiming cases, which have been painted, as have also those
containing the antiquities of the Bronze Period of Britain, and a portion of the Stone
Period. The fittings for the foreign Stone Age have been begun, and anumber of speci-
mens mounted for exhibition, and the whole of the foreign urns have been arranged on
shelves, in Cases 31 to 36. The specimens for the table cases have been selected. The
fittings of the three central cases in the entrance portion have been made, and the collec-
tion of cave remains from Bruniquel has been amplified, as also that from the Swiss Lakes.

In all 50 boards have been covered, and 1,167 specimens mounted upon them, and 50
temporary labels have been written.

The glazed ends of four table cases have been lined with paper, and two new table
case desks have been received, which have been fitted to bases removed from the Ethno-
graphical Gallery.

Ethnographical Gallery. It will be remembered that, as a matter of convenience, the
arrangements in this gallery and in the Asiatic Saloon, up to the 12th April of last year,
when they were opened to the public, were included in the last Return.

The examination of specimens liable to decay has been continued, and, where necessary,
the objects have been treated with preservative preparations. Two new upright central
cases have been received, and a number of masks and models arranged in them. Two
framed photographs have been labelled, and thirty stone arrowheads from North America
have been mounted.

Asiatic Saloon. Sixty-six terra cotta heads have been mounted on wooden blocks,
three plinths have been made for large bronze bells, nine Indian sculptures have been
mounted on plinths, and six pedestals have been made for Buddhist figures. Fittings
have been made and covered with paper for a case of Javanese bronze figures. The
desks of three table cases have been re-lined, and the duvors edged with ribbon velvet to
exclude dust. A number of temporary card labels have been written, and 25 general
labels have been painted.

The wall cases of the new gallery intended for glass and majolica, and which forms a
portion of the White Building, have been completed.

A marble bas-relief has been framed and placed on the wall of the Medieval Room;
the doors of the wall cases and of the table case cupboards in the Anglo-Roman and
Anglo-Saxon Rooms have been edged with ribbon velvet to exclude dust.

A Roman drinking cup, two bowls, three Anglo-Saxon urns, and three wooden vessels
have been repaired.

A Saxon shield boss, a leaden magical plate, and a Danish iron sword, have been
cleaned and waxed to arrest decay.

Forty eight small objects have been mounted on tablets and labelled.

The permanent catalogue on slips of the Ethnographical collections has been continued,
and 106 specimens described, with a careful sketch of each object.

The registration has been continued and thirteen hundred and twenty-one specimens
have been registered.

Il. — Acquisitions.

(1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities :—

Seven flint implements from the Drift at Hitchin, Herts, presented by William
Ransom, Esq.

Two Drift implements from Southampton Cemetery, presented by T. W. U. Robin-
son, Esq., F.S.A.

Eighteen vessels of ancient British pottery, and other objects found with them, in
barrows in Yorkshire; from the Londesborough Collection ; presented by the Rev. William
Greenwell, D.c.L., F.R.S.

Flint knife found at Wolseys, Great Easton, Essex, presented by J. Pomeroy, Esq.
Stone axe-hammer of unusual size found near Stone, county Stafford.

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Polished stone celt from Summerhil!, Troqueer, Kircudbrightshire, presented by
Robert Hope, Esq.

Flint implements, pounders, fragments of pottery, and bones, from Whitepark Bay,
county Antrim, presented by W. J. Knowles, Esq. Thirty-nine flint arrow-heads from
county Antrim, and a number of rough flints from the raised beach at Larne, county
Antrim, presented by T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s.a.

A very remarkable wooden bucket, mounted in embossed bronze, a bronze jug, and a
saucepan-shaped vessel, found with an interment at Aylesford, Kent. Late Celtic
work.

A bronze scabbard end, of the same period, from the North of Ireland, presented by
Miss Margaret Stokes.

The foreign illustrations of this section include the following :—

Thirty-six stone implements from Bellary, Madras Presidency, presented by
H. Gompertz, Esq.

Two stone implements from Yezo, Japan, presented by R. D. Darbishire, Esq., F.s a.

Bronze arrowhead from a graye at Dambian, near Jask station of the Persian Gulf
Telegraph, presented by W. M‘Douall, Esq.

Quartzite implement from Kilwa, Eastern Africa, presented by Lieut. H. S. Smith, r.n.

Pounders, implements, and chips of chert, &c., found at Wady Halfa, Egypt, presented
by Brigade Major S. Archer.

(2.) Anglo-Roman :—

Amphora of red ware and portions of a drinking cup of slip ware, found at Old Ford.
Terracotta lamp, found at Boxmoor, Herts, with other remains already in the Museum,
presented by John Evans, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S.

A bronze fibula from the Thames. A fragment of Roman scale armour found at the
Camp at Hamhill, county Somerset, presented by Hugh Norris, Esq.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c . :—

Saxon bronze fibule and amber beads, found in Oxfordshire.

An inscribed stone from the ruins of Monaincha, county Tipperary, presented by
William Birch, Esq.

A matrix of a seal formerly used by the Peculiars of Sarum, presented by Mrs. W.
Henley Jervis.

A bridle bit of the 15th century, an axe-head, and other objects of iron, found in the
Thames, presented by G. F. Lawrence, Esq.

An ancient buckler of wood, mounted in iron, found in an old house at Winsley,
Wilts.

A knife with a bone handle found in Southwark, presented by H. R. Wagner, Esq.

A gold watch set with carnelian, made for King James II. by Strigner of London,
and given by the King to his daughter, Lady Catherine Darnley; another made by
James Thornton, and a portion of a watch case chased by Manley; a portable sundial,
perpetual calendar, &c., in gold, made by Tompion for William, sixth Lord Paget,
who died in 1713; and the case of a sundial with the arms of Stanhope; all presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Tortoiseshell box with a silver medallion of Queen Anne, dated 1705, and signed by
the artist, O’Brisset, presented by H. Montagu, Esq. F.s.a.

Two hexagonal porcelain plates, made at Bow for Mr. Robert Crowther, of Stockport,
in Cheshire, January 1770, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.@.s.

(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c. :—

Two early Christian lamps of terra-cotta, from Alexandria, presented by
T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., r.s.a.

A silver bowl and four spoons with monograms and inscriptions in Greek and Latin,
inlaid with niello, probably from Lampsacus; and a hinged medallion of silver with the
Lion of St. Mark.

Portion of a Byzantine intaglio on hematite.

A pricket candlestick of Limoges champlevé enamel, and an Italian chalice, enamelled,
and bearing the name of the maker. From the Beresford Hope Collection.

A Runic almanac ou wooden staves, with the arms of the Isle of Man, of the 15th cen-
tury.

One hundred and forty-two matrices of seals, chiefly Italian, from the Ingram Collec-
tion. Among them may be specially noticed the following :—Alfonso II., Duke of
Ferrara; Galeazzo Visconti; Bartolomeo, Canon of Pisa; Bartolomeo, Bishop of
Ferrara; an Archbishop of Brindisi ; Cardinal Paulus de Cesis, 1517; Guido Ascanius
Sforza, Cardinal of San Flora, 1533; and a bronze model of the seal of Cardinal Agi-
dius, of Viterbo, 1517. Five other matrices of seals.

A carving in jet, with scenes from the history of Joseph; another in wood, of Mount
Athos style, with the death of Saint Francis ; a panel in ivory with the arms of England,
and a horn comb; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A brass

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A brass measure for two ells, made at Louvain in 1571, presented by the Rev. A. W.
Phelps. A German sun-dial by Tobias Volckmar, dated 1588.

A casket, with elaborate lock, made by Michel Mann, and a German globe clock,
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Seven bronze mortars, principally German, and of the 16th and 17th centuries. A
gilt spoon of German work of the 17th century, presented by John Jennings, Esq.; and
a stone mould for casting metal ornaments, presentel by F. E. Whelan, Esq.

A plate of Delft ware, with moveable central disc, presented by Henry Willett, Esq.,
F.G.S.

(5.) Glass :—

A large collection of specimen fragments of antique glass, illustrating most of the pro-
cesses employed by the ancients in decorating this material, formed by the late
Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., F.s.a., and presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Nine specimens of glass of the Roman period, found near Tyre.

Six pieces of glass of late Roman period, engraved with heads and other ornaments,
found at Amiens.
gel tee Byzantine glass stamps from Smyrna, presented by the Rev. Greville J.

ester.

A German enamelled drinking glass, dated 1643 ; and two other German glasses, one
bearing the date, 1687.

A drinking glass, with appliqué ornament in gold; and another with an engraved
portrait of the Young Chevalier.

Thirteen specimens of Bristol glass of fine quality, ten of them painted in enamel colours,
presented by J. E. Nightingale, Esq., F.s.a.

Twenty-seven Chinese snuff-bottles, several of them imitating stones, presented by

A. W. Franks, Esq.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical :—

Nineteen gold ornaments discovered by the donor in ancient tombs on the Nilagiri
Hills, presented by Sir Walter Elliot, x.c.s.1.

Two ancient Buddhist figures in stone from Yusufzai, Afghanistan. Three ancient
sculptures of the same style, and several stamped bricks with incised inscriptions, from the
collection of the late Mr. James Fergusson.

Two copper globes with Sanskrit inscriptions, apparently representing the Jain cos-
mogony, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.c.s. ,

An ancient Indian wooden stamp, with figure of a boar, &c., presented by Sir Walter
Elliot, K.c.s.1.

Four Buddhist prayer wheels, viz.: one from Lhasa, two from N. E. Tibet, and one
from Bhotan, presented by Colman P. L. Macaulay, Esq. }

Model of a lizard in brass made at Schivagunga, Madura, Southern India, presented
by H. Gompertz, Esq.

Model of a building with figures of gods, of coarse pottery with a turquoise glaze,
found at Zenjian, near Resht, Persia, presented by G. P. Devey, Esq. H. B. M. Acting
Consul, Erzeroum.

A life-size head of Buddha in bronze, from Siam ; a model of a tope vf copper gilt,
three specimens of Chinese enamel, two Chinese vases in hard stone, two pendent orna-
ments, a vase and a figure of a lion, both of rock crystal, a figure of Buddha ina coarse
ruby, a Buddhist figure in smoky quartz, and seven Chinese snuff-bottles of various
materials; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Four Chinese bronzes, Japanese lacquered models, two war fans of iron, specimens of
pottery, and lacquered masks, presented by R.D. Darbishire, Esq., F.s.A.

Been Buddhist figures in carved wood, lacquered and gilt. From Japanese tem-
ples.

Models of a lady’s feet and ornamented shoes from the Cheefoo district, China, pre-
sented by the Rey. J. P. Crawford, D.v.

A Burmese bronze gong from the collection of the late Mr. James Fergusson.

A set of models of Siamese musical instruments, presented by H. R. H. Prince Narés
Varariddhi on behalf of H.M. the King of Siam.

An astrolabe, sword, and mace, all of Persian work, and formerly the property of Clau-
dius James Rich, the traveller.

Three silver head ornaments from the Lebanon, viz.: an ancient Druse tantfir from the
Hauran, an ancient Christian tanttir from the Kesrawan district, and a modern one from
the same place, presented by the Hon. Robert H. Meade, c.n. ‘

A large and important collection of the dress weapons, ornaments, and utensils, of the
natives of the Andaman Islands; presented by Maurice V. Portman, Esq.

An ivory-hafted knife with enamelled silver mounts, from the Maldive Islands.

An iron stylus from Calcutta, anda Dyak kris, presented by RK. D. Darbishire, Esq.,
F.8.A.

A large series of ethnographical specimens from the Straits Settlements, presented by
the Commissioners for the Straits Settlements, Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

185. F4 A brazier

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A brazier of coarse pottery found on a shiekh’s tomb near Wady Halfa, Egypt, presented
by Henry Wallis, Esq.

A coat, ostentatiously patched, worn as an uniform by the forces of the Mahdi, pre-
sented by Surgeon Major H. J. W. Barrow.

A box, covered with cowries, the sacred emblem of the ‘‘ Adamu Orisha,” or worship of
Eleda; “‘ Edan” or tops of brass staves of the Oshogbo, an ancient Secret Society, and a
cloth (shaki) for carrying them, as well as several figures and masks of painted wood, all
from Lagos; presented by Ajassah, late Apena (native judge) to King Docemo of
Lagos.

vk number of wooden masks and figures, an Ifa (fetish) oracle, and a wooden stool,
from Lagos, presented by the Lagos Government.

Eight daggers, andan armlet of astragali, from West Africa, presented by R. D. Dar-
bishire, Esq., F.S A.

Sixty brass weights from Ashanti, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.a.s.

A fetish dress from the interior of West Africa, and a carved stone figure and two
armlets of elephant hoof, from the Sherbro River.

Two painted wooden masks worn at the uative customs of Dahomey, and a fetish table
from Porto Novo, presented by Sir James Marshall, c.m.c.

Cruciform ingot of copper from the Upper Coanza River, West Africa, presented by
Lieut. Innes Gairdner, R.N.

Two boulders of greenstone, with picked designs by Bushmen, from a kopje about ten
miles from Kimberley, South Africa, presented by the Kimberley Local Committee of
the Colonial and. Indian Exhibition, through F. Sechute, Esq. A painting on rock by
Bushmen.

An Abakweta dress, worn by young Zulus during the circumcision rites.

An assegai taken from the chief Langabalelli at his capture, and a brass armlet
formerly helonging to the Tembu Chief Mfanta, presented by Clement D. Webb, Esq.
A carved stick from East Griqualand, Cape Colony, presented by J. C. Haarhoff,
Esq.

A life-size model of a Maori man with tattooed face. from the Colonial and Indian
Exhibition, presented by the Agent-General for New Zealand. A Maori spade (heko)
of wood, and two framed photographs ofa Maori store-house and a chief’s tomb, presented
by Sir Walter Buller, K.c.m.c., F.R.s. A large cloak made of feathers of the apteryx
‘kiwi) from New Zealand.

Necklace of whale teeth and specimens of pottery from Fiji, and a neck ornament and
other specimens from New Guinea, presented by Captain W. H. Henderson, z.N.
Conical cap woven by spiders on a framework set up for the purpose, from Fiji, presented
by Miss C. F. Gordon Cumming.

A number of weapons, ornaments, &c., from New Guinea and Northern Queensland,
presented by Charles Price, Esq.

A double-pointed implement, seven stone axes, three hafted knives, and one without
a handle, collected at Carandotta, North Australia, by S. W. Donner, Esq., and pre-
sented by R. D. Darbishire, Esq, F.s..

A number of specimens of dress, weapons, and implements, collected in the Solomon
Islands, and presented by H. B. Guppy, Esq., M.B., R.N.

A chert knife of ancient Mexican work. A small earthenware vase with painted orna-
ment, from Chiriqui, Panama, presented by Oscar Marescaux, Esq.

Forty-one stone arrow-heads from the United States of America, and an implement
made from a large shell, from the Kanawha River, Virginia, presented by T. W. U. Ro-
binson, Esq., F.S.A.

ITI.—. Christy Collection.

Six hundred and forty-nine additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

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

Implements from the Drift, from Gray’s Inn-road, London, and two Drift implementg
from Franze, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two Drift implements from Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, France, presented by John
Evans, Esq,, P.S A., F.R.S.

Twelve flints from the Thames, a stone celt from the River Medway, a polished celt
from Furness, two pierced axes from Norway, sixteen stone arrow heads from Poland,
an arrowhead from Tulligarvey, co. Cavan, two stone celts from Yezo, Japan, and a
flint armlet from Sheikh Abool Kourneh, Thebes, Egypt, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A flint celt from Bornholm, presented by the Rev. James Beck.

Cores and flakes from Sukkiir on the Indus, presented by James Burgess, Esq., LL.D.

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2. Ethnography of Africa :—

A stone armlet from Sokoto on the Upper Niger, a razor in case and two horns from
Cape Coast Castle, presented by Major C. B. Lyster.

An ivory armlet made on the Congo in the 16th century, presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.
3. Ethnography of Asia :—

A weaving apparatus from the Igorrotes of Isarog mountain, Luzon, Philippine Islands,
presented by Dr. Ferdinand Jagor.

A drum from India, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia :—

Two wooden figures from Easter Island, two ivory ear ornaments from Paumotu, a
New Zealand club and a war axe with iron head, two models of clubs from Savage Island,
a Fiji drum and stick, and an ornamented skull from Mallicolo, New Hebrides; a large
tortoiseshell mask representing a fish, another of hoop iron, and a large spear for dugong,
from New Guinea, all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Antiquities of America :—

A large series of arrowheads and other stone implements from the United States of
America, presented by E. Reuel Smith, Esq., of New York.

Five stone arrowheads from Florida, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposai, a
collection of pottery and other antiquities from ancient Peruvian graves; a collection of
ancient stone implements found by Mr. KE. Whymper in Greenland ; a series of stone
implements from Yezo, Japan; two masks used by devil dancers in Ceylon; and a
number of ethnographical specimens from New Guinea.

Augustus W. Franks.

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DEPARTMENT OF Coins AND MEDALS.

I.— Registration and Arrangement.

l. Greek Series :—

142 coins recently acquired, belonging to various parts of the Greek world, have been
registered and 161 incorporated.

141 coins purchased at the Whittall sale have been registered and 347 incorporated.

403 tickets have been written for coins of Central Greece containing references to the
Catalogue of Greek Coins, Central Greece.

The coins struck for the Colonies of Corinth have been re-arranged with a view to cata-
loguing.

"The coins of the cities and kings of Bosporus have been re-arranged for cataloguing.

Lists have been drawn up for reference including all known copper coins of Athens and
imperial coins of Phocis and Beeotia.

A number of re-arrangements have been made in various parts of the Greek series in
accordance with information contained in Dr. Imbhoof-Blumer’s recent Monnaies
Grecques.

The following collections of coins have been examined: (1) a large find of Ptolemaic
coins from Tanis; (2) a number of coins brought from Egypt by Rev. G. J. Chester; (3)
a collection brought from the Holy Land by Rev. Canon Liddon; (4) the very extensive
series of coins of Alexander the Great belonging to Subhi Pasha. In the cases of (2)
and (4) selections have been made for the British Museum.

The series of coins of Peloponnesus in the Bibliothéque Nationale at Paris has been
examined, and casts of 45 important specimens procured for study in the British Museum.

2. Roman Series :—

One gold coin and 15 copper coins have been registered and incorporated. One copper
coin has been registered.

3. English Series :—

95 coins, medals, tokens and tickets have been registered and incorporated.

141 English medals from the Bank of England Collection have been registered and
161 have been incorporated.

The patterns and proofs of George Iil., have been re-arranged and transferred to the
new cabinets of English patterns.

Rectifications have been made in the series of English Seventeenth Century Tokens.

Corrections have been made in the manuscript List of English Personal Medals from
1760 onwards; and descriptions of specimens acquired by the British Museum since 1879,
when the List was drawn up, have been added.

Tickets giving reterences to the “ Medallic Illustrations of British History ” have been
placed beneath the specimens in trays 3,4, 5 and 6 of Cabinet I of the English Medal
Series.

265 coins of East Anglia and Northumbria, and select specimens of the Pennies of
Edward I. have been weighed.

A series of Anglo-Saxon coins chiefly of Aethelred II. and Cnut, and a collection of
English Seventeenth Century Tokens, both belonging to Mr. John Evans, p.s.a., and
offered by him for presentation to the Museum, have been examined and selections have

been made.
A large series of English Tokens of the 18th and 19th centuries has been exa-

mined.

The following finds of coins sent by H.M. Treasury to the British Museum have
been examined :—

The Park Street Vind, St. Albans ; 221 gold coms from Henry VI. to Henry VIII.

The Isleworth Find; 33 pennies of Aethelred II., and numerous frayments.

Lhe Flamstead Find; 102 gold and 476 silver coins from Charles II. to George ILI.,
and one gold coin of John V. of Portugal.

The Brand End Farm Find, Lincolnshire ; 291 siiver coins of Edward VI., Elizabeth,

James I. and Charles I.

4, Medieval and Modern Series :— °

41 coins and medals recently acquired have been registered and incorporated.
215 “‘ Abbey ” and Nuremberg counters from the Freudenthal Collection have been

incorporated.
19 modern coins have been selected for the British Museum from the India Office

Collection.
The re-arrangement of the series of “ Abbey” and Nuremberg counters and their

removal to a more suitable cabinet has been begun.
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The Venetian “ Oselle” inthe British Museum have been examined, and communi-
cations respecting them have been made to Dr. Werdnig of Vienna, who is preparing a
work on Oselle.

A list has been drawn up of coins of the last five Grand Masters of Malta, desirable
for acquisition by the Museum, and has been sent to Malta, where the old coins are now
being called in by the authorities.

A series of Medieval coins offered for purchase by General G. Pearse, and five collec-
tions of German thalers have been examined, and selections have been made for the
Museum.

5. Oriental Series :-—

387 gold, silver, and copper coins of various Arab dynasties, of Persia, and of the
Muhammadan and Hindu States of India, &c., have been registered, and 722 have
been incorporated.

170 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Bactrian, Parthian, Sassanian, and South
Indian series, have been registered, and 29 have been incorporated.

470 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Ghaznawees, Shahs of Khuwarezm, Great
Seljooks, Benee Rasool], and Abbdsees of El-Yeraen, and 133 coins of Bactria and India,
from the India Office Collection, have been registered, and 250 have been incorporated.

99 coins of Southern India, presented by the late Sir Walter Elliot, have been regis-
tered.

The local coinages of India (Muhammadan Series) have been re-arranged, and, where
necessary, fresh heading cards have been written.

Lists in duplicate have been prepared (1) of coims selected for the British Museum
from the India Office Collection; (2) of coins not selected as duplicates from the India
Office Collection ; and (3) of coins in the Oriental Series in the British Museum set
apart as duplicates.

A selection has been made for the Calcutta Museum of Sanskritic coins not wanted by
the British Museum in the cabinet of the India Office.

62 tickets giving references to the Catalogue of the Coins of Greek and Indo-Scythic
kings of India, have been written and placed beneath the coins.

The following collections have been examined, selections being made from them for the
Museum :—A series of early coins of Nepa!; another of Taberistén; a collection of
Roman and Oriental coins from Persia; a collection of Japanese coins and medals ; a
cabinet of coins belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society, and another the property of
General Pearse.

II.— Acquisitions, 1886.

Gold Lead, |
Class. and Silver. Copper. Billon. | White Metal,| Glass. ToTAL.
Electrum. and Iron.

Greek - - - - 31 TAL Molen! be = bs 139
Roman - - - 2 3 - - - ==) 5
Medieval and Modern - 10 69 39 5 1 - 124
English - - - 16 90 87 12 6 - 211
Oriental - - = || Bue 247 1,041 _ 20 - 1,523

Toran - - -| 274 483 1,201 17 Py he - 2,002

Remarkable Coins ond Medals.
1. Greek Series :—

An unpublished silver stater of Maroneia, legend MAPQNITQN MHTPOAOTOS;
adjunct to type, head of Apollo, facing.

A small silver coin of the Sindi, a people of Asiatic Sarmatia; obv., head of Herakles ;
rev., horse’s head.

An unpublished silver coin of Saumacus, a Scythic king; type, winged thunderbolt.

A very beautiful silver stater of Amphipolis ; type, head of Apollo facing; purchased
at the sale of the Greek coins of the Vicomte Ponton d’ Amécourt.

A rare drachm of Scotussa in Thessaly ; type of reverse, grain of corn.

A remarkable drachm of Pheneus in Arcadia; type, Hermes seated.

A selection of thirty coins in electrum purchased at the Whittall sale, 1884. Among
these, which are all rare and important, the following deserve special mention :—A stater,
type, two lions’ heads back to back, perhaps struck at Miletus; a stater, type, an eagle
standing on a hare, probably of Abydos; a very archaic half-stater, type, a flower,
probably of Erythre ; and a very beautiful stater of Cyzicus, type, Gaia presenting
young Erichthonius to Athena.

185. G 2 Also,

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Also, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund : f

A copper coin of Naucratis in Egypt, discovered during the excavations carried on at
the site. Heretofore it was not known that Naucratis ever issued money. (See Numis-
matic Chronicle, 1886, Pl. I. 9.)

Two silver staters of Cyrene of a new type; nymph Cyrene seated. (Mum. Chron.
1886, Pl. I. 6.)

Presented by Dr. Hermann Weber :—
Two fine copper coins of Elateia in Phocis, bearing figures of Athena Cranza.

2. Roman Series :—

A denarius of Gallienus struck on a piece of copper of the size of the sestestius. It is
probably a proof.

A solidus of Diocletian struck at Antioch after his abdication in B.c. 305; the insecrip-
tion on the obverse being DN. DIOCLETIANO FELICISSIMO SEN. AVG.

A Byzantine silver coin (siliqua) of John I. Zimisces, A.D. 969-976, with the reverse-
type, a figure of the Virgin holding a medallion on which is the bust of Christ.

A simiiar coin of Andronicus IT. and his son Michael [X., a.p, 1294-1320, with figures
of the emperors on the obverse, and seated figure of Christ on the reverse.

3. English Series :—

Three silver coins of Aethelred II. of the Colchester, Rochester, and Thetford mints.

Purchased of H. M. Treasury from the Isleworth Find (Cp. Numismatic Chronicle, 1886,
pp. 161, 162).
Pe etiieteeh oona coins, from the Park-street, St. Albans Find, purchased of H. M. Trea-
sury viz.: Henry VI., half angel; Edward 1V., two rials, angel; Henry VIL., angel (first
coinage), five angels (second coinage), half angel; Henry VIII., angel, half angel. (On
the Park-street Find, see J. Evans in Numismatic Chronicle, 1886, p. 173 ff.)

A very rare silver coin of Beonna, presumably a king of East Anglia, with the legend in
runic characters (Cat. Eng. Coins in Brit. Mus., Vol. I., p. lxxxv. ; p. 83).

A silver penny of Coenwulf with the name of the moneyer, Sigeberht.

A. very rare silver coin of Regnald, King of Northumbria, probably Regnald Godfredsson.
(Cat. Eng. Coins in Brit. Mus., Vol. I., p. 1xix., p. 232.)

Fifty-seven Anglo-Saxon Pennies of Aethelred II. and Cnut of various mints, com-
prising, especially, important additions to the Hertford Mint. Presented by John Evans,
Lisq.5 D.C.L.5 P-S.A.

A penny of the Crux type of Sihtric II., struck at Dublin. Presented by J. R. Ander-
son, Esq.

A shilling of Charles I.’s seventh coinage, with mint-mark, Anchor. Presented by
W. L. deGruchy, Esq.

A threepence of William IV., dated 1835. Presented by A. P. Williams, Esq.

A. rare silver medal of John Taylor the oculist (17477). Presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq., F.R.S.

K Dutch satirical medal of John Law, the financier. Presented by R. W. Cochran
Patrick, Esq. ;

A bronze medal commemorating the opening of the New Council Chamber, Guildhall,
1884. Presented by the Corporation of London.

Medal of Miss M. H. Yeames, by W. F. Yeames, Esq., n.a. Presented by the
artist.

Twenty-two English seventeenth century tokens of various counties. Presented by
John Evans, Esq., D.C.L., P.S.A.

A series of seventeenth century tokens of Yorkshire. Presented by C. LE. Fewster, Esq.

An unpublished seventeenth century token cf Bampton in Devonshire. Presented by
A. 8. Gill, isq.

Six ‘‘teeces ”’ or leaden seals of woolpacks at the Winchester Staple. Presented by the
Very Rev. the Dean of Winchester.

An early lead token of Bury St. Edmunds. Presented by the Rev. James Beck.

4. Medieval and Modern Series :—

‘ A gold Merovingian “ triens” of the 6th century, a.D. Presented by J. E. Wilmot,
isq.

Two medieval silver coins found at Wisby, one an imitation of an Arab “ dirhem,”
the other a coin of Bracislaus, Duke of Bohemia, 1093-1100. Presented by John Evans,
Esq., D.C.L., P.S.A,

Two escudos de oro of Charles I. of Spain, struck at Naples.

Three rare Portuguese silver coins of Don Antonio I., Grand Prior cf Cratu, 1580.

A gold florin of Robert, Duke of Bar, 1355-1411.

ne ducat of Frankfurt of the 15th century, with the name of the Emperor Sigis-
mound.

A one and a-half thaler of Wladislaus II. of Hungary, 1506.

A double

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A double thaler of Ludwig II. of Hungary.

A thaler of Christian II. of Denmark, dated 1523.

A rare Wallachian silver of Mircea L ., and two rare Moldavian silver coins of Peter
Muschat and Stracimir.

Among the medals acquired during the year the following are the most important :—

Italian Sertes:—Ubertino da Carrara, Lord of Padua, in bronze. Presented by
G. Salting, Esq.

Giovanni Eneo, Governor of Verona, 1527 (reverse only), in bronze; very rare. By
G. M. Pomedello.

Frederick I. Gonzaga. Bronze; fine and rare. By B. Talpa.

Philip II. of Spain, 1555. Bronze; rare. By Trezzo.

G. F. Rangoni, of Modena, died 1525. Bronze; rare.

Guido Rangoni, Lord of Spilamberto, 1485-1539. Silver; rare. By Niccolo Cavall-
erino.

German Series :-—Lewis II. King of Hungary and Mary of Austria, 1526. Silver
gilt; very rare.

Mary, as widow of Lewis II. Silver; rare.

Ferdinand I. King of Hungary: a thaler-medal by Hans Reinhardt, 1529. Silver ;
rare. With an interesting portrait.

Ferdivand I. and the Emperor Charles V.: in commemoration of the battle of Miihlberg,
1547. Silver gilt; rare.

Martin Geier (died 1685), Court Chaplainat Dresden. Silver; rare. By the artist,
who signs “ B.L.”

French Series:—Mary de Medicis, 1615. In bronze; rare. By G. Dupré.

A lead medal commemorating the Coronation of Napoleon I. by Pius VII. Presented
by John Evans, Hsq. D.C.L., P.S.A.

A copper medalet satirising Napoleon III.

5. Oriental Series :—

A large series of gold andsilver coins of the Ommiade, ’Abbasee, and Saménee dynasties,
and of the Pathan and Moghul rulers of Delhi, selected from the cabinet of Mr. W. Theo-
bald of Bedford.

Nineteen gold coins from the Groach Find of the Bahree Memlook Sultdéns of Egypt,
obtained through Dr. J. Burgess, Director of the Archxological Survey of India.

A gold coin ‘of *AlJee ibn Daw ood, Turkoman King of Yemen, dated a.H. 737, and
Mien, coins of ’Alee of Grenada, rine ot Ceuta, ae Bahmani ruler Firoz, struck at
Ahsanabad, and of Baber, Moghul Emperor of Delhi a.8. 936, obtained through Major-
General G. G. Pearse, C.B.

A very rare series of gold and silver coins of the Pathén and Moghul rulers of Delhi,
and of Persia and Afghanistan, comprising a gold coin of Balban, Pathan King of Delhi,
A.H. 674, and the following extraordinary rarities: —A rupee of Jenangir, struck imme-
diately on his accession, and bearing his original name of Selim ; a rupee of Dawar
Baksh, struck at Lahore a.H. 1037; a Mohur of Kém Baksh, str nck at Shah Jeh4né-
bid a.H. 1120; a gold and a alae coin of Muhammad Ibrahim, struck at the same

lace A.H. 1132; andl similar pieces of Bedar-bakht a.H. 1202-1203; anda silver coin
of NAdir Shah of Persia, struck for Sind a.u. 1157; these were selected from the cabinet
of the late Mr. James Gibbs, c.s.1.

Two silver coins of Bahadur Shah, struck at Murshedabad. Presented by Sir Charles
Hobhouse, Bart.

Eleven Mohurs of Akbar struck at Delhi, Agra, Ahmadadbaéd, and Lahore, of various
dates. Six rupees of Shah Jehdnabad, struck by Muhammad Shih, Ahmad Shah, Bahadur,
and Alumgir Sani, and seven copper coins of mie Delhi and Gujarat series. Presented
by the Indian Government.

Eight silver coins of the Pathan and Moghul series of India, and a cup-shaped gold
Hindu coin, from Partabgarh. Presented by the Indian Government.

A rial, half-rial, and quarter: rial recently issued by His Highness the Sultan of Zanzi-
bar. Presented by the Earl of Rosebery.

A Mohur dated a.w. 1098, and a rupee dated a.u. 1094 of Aurung-Zéb, Moghul
Emperor of Delhi. Presented by y the Indian Government.

Rupees of Shéh Jehan I. and Aurung-Zéb found at Khandesh and Belgaum, and a gold
Lingait Hun and Half-Hun found at the latter place. Presented by the “Indian Govern-
ment.

A copper coin of the Bahree Memlook ruler, El-Ashraf-Nasir-Ed-Deen Shaaban,
struck at El-Kahireh a.n. 775. Presented by J. Fenn Clark, Esq.

A rupee of Muhammad Akbar, dated a.n. 1000, and 16 ancient copper coins of Kash-
mir. Presented by J. H. Rivett- Carnac, Esq.

A Turkish gold and a silver coin of ’Abd-el-Mejeed, the latter struck for currency in
Constantinople only. Presented by V. Holas Effendi.

A fine drachm of Hermaeus and Calliope, King and Queen in Greek India.

A gold stater of Kadphises II., Indo-Scythic King i in North India, of the unusual type
of the king seated in a chariot.

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Three gold coins of the Pandyan dynasty in South India; rare gold coins of Vijaya-
nagar and other places in the same district.

Presentation by the late Sir Walter Eiliot, K.c.S.1. A splendid collection of coins of
Southern India in various metals, to the number of 315. ‘These are the specimens figured
by Sir Walter Elliot in his recent work on coins of Southern India, with other specimens
not there figured. This is the only extensive collection of coins of the district in exist-
ence.

I11.— Catalogues.
1. Greek Series :—

The Catalogue oi the coins of Crete and the Aegean Islands, by W. Wroth, has been

published.
The Catalogue of the coins of Peloponnesus, by P. Gurduer, is in the press.

2. English Series :—

The Catalogue of English Coins, Anglo-Saxon Series. Vol. I., comprising the whole
of the early Anglo-Saxon Coinage except that of Wessex, by C. F. Keary, is in the
press and is just ready for publication.

3. Oriental Series :—

The Catalogue of Persian Coins by R. §. Poole is in the press.

The Catalogue of Chinese Coins, Vol. I., by Terrien de la Couperie, is in the press.

A Supplement to the Catalogue of Oriental Coins (Arab Series), by S. Lane-Poole,
is in the press.

The number of Visitors to the Medal Room during 1886, was 2,013.

The number of Visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1886 was 15,367.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

General Progress.

THE Gallery devoted to the group of Articulata, or Invertebrated Animals with jointed
limbs, as Insects, Spiders, Myriopods, and Crustaceans, was suffiviently advanced in
arrangement to be opened to the public in March. Selected examples of the different
groups are exhibited in systematic order in the table cases, so as to give the visitor who
studies them a good general idea of all the most interesting forms and of their classifica~
tion. Itis unfortunately impossible to exhibit many of the most beautiful and rare
species, owing to the deteriorating effects of continued exposure to light upon their
colours. In the wall-cases of the Gallery are shown many curious examples of nests of
insects and spiders, specimens illustrating the ravages of destructive insects, and also
some of the principal economic products derived from them.

Another gallery has been opened, situated at the north end of the Central Hall, behind
the grand staircase, containing a special collection of animals of all classes which are, or
have been in recent times, found in the British Isles, either as permanent residents, or
as regular migrants or occasional visitors. The collection is in some departments far
oe perfect at present, but the deficiencies are gradually being supplied as occasion
offers.

The introductory collection in the Hall has made considerable progress. Bay I, con-
taining the Osteology and Dentition of Mammals, is complete, with the exception of minor
alterations and improvements which may from time to time be necessary. In Bay II,
one wall-case is filled with the illustrations of the modifications of the outer covering or
integument of the class of Mammals. Bay III, containing the osteology of Birds, and
the principal modifications of the characters of the beak, feathers, tail and limbs of the
members of the class, is nearly complete. In Bay V, a very fine skeleton of the Great
Blue Shark (Carcharodon rondeletii) from New Zealand, prepared by Professor Jeffrey
Parker, of the Otago University, and exhibited in the late Colonial and Indian Exhibi-
tion, is placed to show the characters of the skeleton of the Selachian fishes. On the
other side of the Hall, a commencement has been made of the exhibition of the morpho-
logical characters of the great groups of the Vegetable Kingdom. ‘The progress of the
arrangement of the various galleries is detailed in the reports of the keepers of Depart-
ments.

The marble statue of Sir Joseph Banks, by Chantrey, which was presented to the
Trustees by the subscribers, and which has since 1832 stood in the entrance hall of the
Museum at Bloomsbury, has been transferred to the Natural History Museum, and
placed in the centre of the upper landing of the hall, facing the statue of Darwin, and
adjoining the entrance to the Botanical Gallery, in which the Banksian botanical collec-
tions are preserved.

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The Swiney Geological Lectures were delivered in the summer by Dr. R. H. Traquair,
and attended by an average for each of the twelve lectures of 72 persons, a considerable
increase upon the attendance of last year. These lectures are free. The subject was
“ The Geology and Paleontology of the Carboniferous System.”

The most important additions to the Museum by presentation have been :—

A further portion, consisting chiefly of Corals and Holothurians, of the collections formed
by H.M.S. “ Challenger; ” presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.

A complete set of the Zoological specimens collected by Dr. J. £. T. Aitchison, F.x.s.,
C.1.E., the medical officer attached to the Afghanistan Boundary Commission, consisting
of 33 mammals, 230 birds, 149 reptiles, 31 fishes, and 302 insects 2nd crustacea, presented
by order of the Secretary of State for India. The duplicates from this collection are
to be sent to museums in India.

Messrs. O. Salvin and F. Du Cane Godman have continued to enrich the collections
of insects and birds by further extensive contributions from their Central American collec-
tions, all named and described, and in admirable preservation. The specimens of Coleop-
tera added during the past year have been 8,813 in number, representing 1,539 species.
The number of the birds has amounted to 1,622.

Mr. H. Seebohm has presented to the collection of birds about 500 specimens from various
localities, including the series of Accipitres collected in Siberia, the types of the Swinhoe
Collection, and a series showing interesting intermediate conditions between the Hooded
and Carrion Crows and another between two supposed distinct species of Goldfinch.

The very important collection of recent and fossil Brachiopoda formed by the late Dr.
Thomas Davidson, of Brighton, containing all the types described in his various mono-
graphs, together with a large number of books, pamphlets, original drawings and manu-
scripts relating to the group, have been presented by Mr. William Davidson, the sole
executor, in accordance with- the often-expressed wishes of his father, although no
definite testamentary disposition of the collection had been made.

The late Mr. C. E. Broome, of Elmhurst, near Bath, a distinguished mycologist, has
bequeathed a valuable collection of fungi, including numerous types of published species,
as well as books and pamphlets.

A valuable collection of sponges, made in South Australia, has been presented by Mr.
J. Bracebridge Wilson.

Lord Walsmgham has presented a fine series of Lepidoptera (Sphinges and Bombyces),
collected by the Rey. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra district, West Himalaya.

Mrs. Carpenter has presented an important series of microscopic preparations of
Foraminifera, prepared and described by the late Dr. W. B. Carpenter.

The Library has been enriched by the presentation by the Earl of Crawford of a copy
of De Bry’s rare and important collection of Voyages.

The President and Council of the Royal Society have also given a number of useful
books, duplicates from their library.

Exchanges of specimens have been effected with the following institutions and
individuals :—

Of Zoological Specimens—With the Museo-Civico, Genoa; the Senkenbergische
Museum, Frankfort ; Professor W.K. Parker; the Tokio Educational Museum, Japan ;
and St. Petersburg Museum.

Of Fossils—With the Street Museum; the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand; Mr.
Cleminshaw ; and Sir Julius van Haast.

Of Mineralogical Specimens— With Dr. L. Eger, of Vienna; Mr. H. B. Medlicott, of
Calcutta; the Dresden Mineralogical Museum ; Professor J. W. Judd; and the Smith-
sonian Institution, Washington.

Of Botanical Specimens— With the Museum of Natural History, Paris; the University
of North Dakota; Professor McCoun, of Ottawa; New College, Edinburgh; and the
York Museum.

Duplicate specimens from the British Museum. collection have been presented by the
Trustees to the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, the Dublin Museum of Science
and Art, the Museum of Charterhouse School, and Oxford University Museum.

The following Guide-books have been published during the year :—

Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia in the Department of Zoology of the British
Museum (Natural History). 22 Woodcuts and 1 Plan. 8yvo. 2d.

Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the Department of Geology and Paleontology,
British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. Woodcuts. Table of stratified rocks.
Plan of Geological Galleries. 8vo,4d. __

- The Students’ Index to the Collection of Minerals, British Museum (Natural History).
New Edition. 8vo. 2 d.

_ An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the Meteorites represented
in the Collection. [With a Plan of the Mineral Gallery, and an Index to the Meteorites
represented in the Collection.] 8vo. 2 d.

A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History). With Plans and a view
of the Building. 8vo. 2d.

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The following volumes of Catalogues have been published :—
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum :

Vol. XI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the collection of
the British Museum, Fringilliformes: Part II., containing the families Ccerebide,
Tanagride, and Icteride. By Philip Lutley Sclater, m.a., r.r.s. Pp. xvii., 431.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] Woodcuts and 18 coloured plates.
8vo. li.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the
British Museum—Part VI. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xv., 89. 101-120
coloured Piates. [Systematic Index.] 4to. 214s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History) :—

Part III. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders Perissodactyla, Toxodontia,
Condylarthra, and Amplypoda. By Richard Lydekker, B.a., F.¢.s. Pp. xvi., 186,
[ With a Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including
Synonyms.| 30 Woodcuts. 8vo. 4s. F

Catalogue of the Paleozoic Plants in the Department of Geology and Palzontology,
British Muscum (Natural History), By Robert Kidston, r.c.s. Pp. viii., 288.
[With a list of works quoted, and an Index.] 8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of the British Museum
(Natural History), with an account of the morphology and systematic position of the
group, and a revision of the genera and species. (Illustrated by 20 plates, &c.)
By Robert Etheridge, jun., of the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural
History), and P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc., F.R.s., F.L.S. (of Eton College). [ With a
Preface by Dr. H. Woodward, Table of Contents, General Index, Explanation of the
Plates, &c.). Pp. xv., 322. 4to. 25s.

These publications have been distributed to Free Public Libraries and various other
institutions in Great Britain and Ireland ; to Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Libraries and
Museums; and to individuals who have either rendered assistance in the preparation
of the catalogues, or presented specimens for the collections.

The twelfth volume of the Catalogue of Birds, by Mr. R. B. Sharpe; the fourth part
of the Catalogue of Fossil Mammalia, by Mr. R. Lydekker ; and the third volume of the
Catalogue of Lizards, by Mr. G. A. Boulenger, are in the press.

The fifth part of a Catalogue of Fossil Mammalia, by Mr, R. Lydekker, and a Cata-
logue of Fossil Cephalopoda, by Mr. A. H. Ford, are in preparation.

Progress has been made in the work of the Geaeral Library ; 1,316 volumes have been
added by purchase, presentation, and transfer; 1,304 volumes have been catalogued ;
and 982 works have been bound in 592 volumes.

The total number of volumes catalogued up to the end of the year is 12,284.

W. H. Flower.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The gallery devoted to the exhibition of Insects, Arachnids and Crustaceans, and the
British Room have been opened to visitors, so that the whole of the Exhibition series of
the zoological collections are now accessible to the public. Much attention has been paid
to labelling the specimens and cases in the Mammalian, Reptile, Shell, Starfish, and
Coral Galleries, and perfecting their arrangement. By far the greater portion of the
time and strength of the staff has been occupied in incorporating in the study collecticns
the immense number of specimens which were acquired, chiefly by donation, during the
past and previous years. Unfortunately, the progress of this work has again been impeded
by the protracted illness of several members of the staff.

I.— Arrangement.

The additions to the collections of Vertebrate animals have been entered in the printed
Catalogues as soon as they have been examined and named.
_ The specimens of Marsupialia, which were named in the previous years and enumerated
in a preliminary nominal list, are now undergoing a final examination. Detailed descrip-
tions of the species of Macropodide and of a portion of the Dasyuride have been drawn
up.
The incorporation of the Hume and Godman-Salvin collections of birds has been steadily
proceeded with; and in order to complete this most necessary work at as early a date as
possible, the arrangement of the collection of Birds’ eggs had to be temporarily discontinued.
The arrangement and labelling of the Passerine Birds have been continued, without in-
terruption, chiefly by employing external aid.

The arrangement of the Lizards has been completed. This part of the collection is,
with regard to arrangement and preservation in a most efficient state, although many ot

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the specimens have been in the Museum for more than half a century. It comprises 9,803
specimens, nearly all of which are preserved in spirits, and which are referable to 1,206
species, out of a total number of 1,617 species which are at present known to exist on the
globe. Forty years ago when the first edition of the ** Catalogue of Lizards” was pub-
lished, the Museum possessed 471 species represented by 1,489 examples.

The improvements in the arrangement of the Shell Gallery consist in the addition of
four table-cases for the purpose of exhibiting a series of eggs, egg-cases and opercula of
mollusca, a collection of pearls and pearl-producing shells, a series of polished specimens,
and another illustrating the art of cameo-carving. In the labels many alterations have
been made, more especially with regard to the generic names, in accordance with the
nomenclature which is in general use at present.

The arrangement of the Insect Gallery has been completed, as far as the material at
disposal permitted. In the study-series of insects, the incorporation of the “ Zeller”’
collection has been continued; and a considerable portion of the Neuroptera has been
rearranged.

The addition of two wall-cases to the Starfish Gallery has been the means of exhibiting
now for the first time a typical series of worms. Specimens, pictures and models
illustrating the structure and life-history of such important parasites as thé tape-worm,
liver-fluke and Trichina have been prepared and mounted; with these there have been
placed for comparison other Cestoda, Trematoda and Nematoda; specimens and figures
illustrating the characters of all the other great divisions of the Vermes have also been
mounted and arranged for exhibition. The ‘*‘ Challenger ” collections of Polychaeta and
of Holothurians have been incorporated with the study-series, which, in consequence, had
to be wholly rearranged.

The greater part of the wall-cases in the Coral Gallery have been provided with large
group-labels ; the arrangement of the Madreporaria and Alcyonaria has been continued.
Many specimens of Hydrozoa and Polyzoa have been examined, and some of them
ideutified.

The arrangement of the British Room has been completed so far as material at disposal
permitted, and the deficiencies are gradually being supplied as occasion offers.

II.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the year have been marked with the date of their
acquisition, and a separate number corresponding with an entry in the manuscript registers
of accessions; in this, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact locality
in which the specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other
valuable information regarding them, are entered. The registration of the large acces-
sions to the collection of Birds has been proceeded with. Of the Hume Collection 30,000
specimens have now been registered, believed to be equal to nearly half of the whole
collection.

I11.— Conservation.

The work of conservation has been steadily continued by dusting and cleaning in
rotation the exhibited specimens of Mammalia and Birds; placing the registered Birds-
skins, and Mollusca and Sponges in glass-topped boxes; renewing the camphor in the
Store-cabinets and Insect-drawers, and the spirits in the collection of wet preparations.

The further efforts which have been made during the past year to moderate the dryness
of the temperature of the rooms in the basement have been successful, the damage done
to the cabinets having been comparatively trifling.

The following specimens have been mounted for exhibition:—Two stuffed Cape
Buffaloes ( Bubalus caffer), two Lichtenstein’s Hartebeests ( A lcelaphus lichtensteinii), adult
and young Californian Seal (Phoca pealei), two Caucasian Wild Goats (Capra caucasica),
an Aelian’s Wari-hog (Phacocherus eliani) ; a male Sea-lion ( Otaria jubata); four heads
of the Oorial ( Ovis cycloceros), a head of the Afghan Ibex ( Capra sibirica). Also skeletons
of afemale Killer (Orca gladiator), and an adult Nevbalena marginata from New
Zealand, one of the most remarkable types of the order Cetacea.

The additions to the Bird Gallery were:—A number of varieties of the domestic
Pigeon, a specimen of Ross’ Sea-gull, and a group of the two species of Argus
Pheasant; to the series illustrating the nesting habits of British birds: Robin, Sedge
Warbler, Tree Pipit, Tree-creeper, Scoter, Widgeon, Black-throated Diver, Manx
Shearwater, Oyster-catcher, and Heron.

The dried Echinoderms exhibited in the table-cases have been transferred to clean
tablets, and the written names replaced by printed labels.

A number of Stony Corals have been cleaned, prepared, and, where necessary, mended.

185. H IV.— Duplicates.

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1V.— Duplicates.

The time of the staff has been too fully occupied to permit of much attention being given
to the distribution of duplicates ; but a small number have been transferred to the following
institutions :—Sixteen Lizards to the Museum of the University of Oxford ; 246 animals of
various orders to the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh; 417 duplicate reptiles
and insects have also been disposed of in an exchange with the St. Petersburg Museum.

V.— Catalogues and Guide Books.

The following Catalogues and Guides have been issued during the year 1886 :—

1, “ Catalogue of Birds,” Vol. XI., containing the Passeriformes or Perching Birds,
Fringilliformes, Part 11. (8vo, 431 pp. with woodcuts and 18 plates), by P. Ju. Sclater,
Ph.D., F.R.8., &c.

2. “ Illustrations of Typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera,” Part VI. (4to.,
89 pp., with 20 plates), by A. G. Butler. ;

3. “Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia,” 2nd edition (8vo., 30 pp., with 22 woodcuts and
one plan).

Ter hein to the above works, the manuscripts of the 12th volume of the “ Catalogue
of Birds,” and of the 3rd volume of the “Catalogue of Lizards,” have been partly
passed through the press ; the 13th and 14th volumes of the “ Catalogue of Birds” have
been commenced, the “‘ Guide to the Gallery of Fishes” is in the press, and that to the
“ Shell and Starfish Galleries ” is ready for the press.

The following are the most important reports or descriptive papers which have been
written by the departmental staff in connection with various parts of the collection,
especially recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific journals :—* Notes on
the Rodent genus Heterocephalus” ; “On the Mammals presented by Allan O. Hume,
Esq., C.B., to the Natural History Museum”; “On some bats belonging to the Museo
Civico, Genoa,” by O. Thomas; “On the Reptiles and Batrachians of the Solomon
Islands” ; ‘‘.A Synopsis of the Reptiles and Batrachians from the Province Rio Grande
do Sul, Brazil”; ‘‘ First Report on additions to the Batrachian collection in the Naturai
History Museum ”; ‘* Note sur la position de l’crifice anal chez les Tétards des Batraciens
Anoures d’Europe”’; ‘‘ Note sur les Grenouilles rousses d’Asie,” by G. A. Boulenger ;
“On the genera Turtonia and Cyamium,” by E. A. Smith. ‘“ Characters of undescribed
Coleoptera in the British Museum”; “On a new genus of Heteromerous Coleoptera
allied to Motorus” ; “‘ Some observations on the Tea-bugs ( Helopeltis) of India and Jaya,”
by C. O. Waterhouse. “On Lepidoptera collected by Major Yerbury in Western
India” ; ‘‘ Descriptions and remarks upon five new Noctuid moths from Japan”;
** Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the
Australian Region” ; “ Notes on the genus Terias, with descriptions of new species in the
collection of the British Museum”; “ On acollection of Lepidoptera made by Commander
Alfred Carpenter, R.N., in Upper Burma, in the winter of 1685-86”; “On the incon-
stancy of a generic character in Nepheronia arabica,” by A. G. Butler. “A Synopsis of
the Genera of Chalcidide, subfamily. Euchariine, with descriptions of several new genera
and species of Chalcidide and Tenthredinide”; “On asmall collection of Dragon-flies
from Murree and Campbellpore, N. W. India, collected by Major J. Yerbury, R.4.,” by
W.F. Kirby. “On Proteleia sollasi, a new genus and species of Monaxonid sponges
allied to Polymastia;” “Preliminary Report on the Monazonida collected by H.M.S.
Challenger,” by S. O. Ridley. “Report on the reef Corals collected by H.M.S.
Challenger,” by J.J. Quelch. “Note on Bipalium hewense and the generic characters of
Planarians ;” ‘‘ On the Holothurians of the Mergui Archipelago,” by F. J. Bell.

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VI— Acquisitions.

During the past year the various branches of the Department have been increased
by the addition of specimens, as follows :—

aa. i Present ee A Ha pe

Mammalia - - - - 184 151 45: 380
Salvin and Godman 1,622 - - 1,622

Collection.

Birds - 2 Sclater Collection - - CCR es 778
Jardine Collection - - 507 = 507

Other Sources - 1,418 173 = 1,591

Reptiles - - - - - 235 224 115 574
Batrachians - - - - 474 51 29 554
Fishes - - - - - 104 371 5 480
Mollusca - “ - = 2,404 776 - 3,180
Polyzoa - SM. Gert) ers 183 47 ~ 230
Crustacea - - - - 299 435 = 734
Arachnida - - - - 53 34 = 87
Myriopoda’ - - = - 26 11 - 37
Baly Collection - & 5,797 - &,797

Other Sources - 4,609 2,392 - 7,001

Vermes - - - eT om 48 96 = 144
Echinoderms - - = 2s 390 97 26 513
Lendenfeld Collection - 799

Sponges ( B. Wilson Collection = 508
Other Sources - 1 930

Anthozoa < = “s = Bl 636
BALA Bei oath /Luihiy wirSa ug 258
Eomtezomy 3 |e NE ‘i 197

Torars - - - 22,961 13,835 252 | 36,348 as compared with

123,358 in the year 1885.
45,574 so», 1894.
31,466 : 1883.

19,902 ‘i 1882.
49,602 2 1881.
24,283 “e 1880
45,881 : 1879.
20,960 * 1878.
24,184 4 1877.

The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. Collected during the voyage of H.M.S, « Challenger,”

and presented by the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury :—

(a.) Four hundred and two specimens of Reef Corals, being the main part of the
collection of dry specimens.
(6.) The second instalment of Holothurians,
(c.) A series of 100 Schizopoda.

185. H 2 2. Thirty-three

comprising species from 186 localities.

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2. Thirty-three Mammals, including two species new to the collection, 230 birds,
including the type of a new woodpecker, and examples of Phasianus principalis and
persicus, 124 Reptiles including several new species (Stenodactylus lumsdenii, Phryno-
cephalus ornatus, P. luteoguttatus, Lytorhynchus ridgewuy), 24 Batrachians, 10 Crustacea,
15 Arachnida, four Myriopoda, 304 Insects of various orders, and one Leech (Aulostomum
gulo) ; collected by Dr. Aitchison, F.R.s., Naturalist of the Afghan Limitation Commis-
sion; presented by the Secretary of State for India.

3. A series of 1,622 specimens of American birds, being the second instalment of the
valuable collection referred to in last year’s Report; presented by F. D. Godman, Esq.,
F.R.s., and O. Salvin, Esq., F.R.S.

4. A further instalment of the Sclater Collection of American birds, containing the
families Trcglodytide, Vireonide, and Corvide, comprising 778 specimens of 212 species,
of which 37 are types; purchased.

5. A selection from the Jardine collection of Birds from various localities, consisting of
507 specimens, including 25 types; purchased.

6. Five hundred specimens of birds from various localities, consisting of the series of
Accipitres frem his Siberian travels and the types of the “ Swinhoe” collection ; presented
by Henry Seebohm, Esq.

7. Six thousand nine hundred and twenty Longicorn Coleoptera, 487 Bruchidx, and
1,404 Hispide from Central America, being the collections described by Messrs. H. W.
Bates, Dr. D. Sharp, and Dr. J. 8. Baly in the “ Biologia Centrali-Americana ” ; pre-
sented by F. D. Godman, Esq., ¥.R,s., and O. Salvin, Esq., F.x.s. This represents the
materials for the 5th volume of the Coleoptera of the ‘* Biologia Centrali- Americana,” and
is the second instalment of the important entomological collections of Messrs. Godman
and Salvin, mentioned in last year’s Report.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class during the past year were 380, of which the
following are the most important :—

Two Lapp skeletons from Finmark ; purchased.

Six Eskimo skulls from Disco Island ; purchased.

Four human skeletons from Calcutta; presented by Dr. F. C. Mackenzie.

The skull of a Nicobar Islander; presented by Mr. E. H. Man.

Three skulls of ancient Egyptians; presented by the Egyptian Exploration Com-
mittee.

The skeleton of a pure-bred Bull-dog; presented by Frank Adcock, Esq.

A stuffed Bear (Ursus arctos) from the Engadine; presented by H. Justin, Esq.

Two Cyprian Sheep (Ovis ophion); purchased.

A Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) from Cornwall ; purchased.

Nine mammals from Japan; presented by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.s.

A Japanese Wolf (Canis hodophylax), new to the collection ; purchased.

Twenty-seven Bats from various localities, including three types; and a rare Abyssinian
rodent (Lophiomys imhaus?), new to the collection ; received in exchange from the Genoa
Museur.

Eleven mammalsfrom Sinde, including the types of Gerbillus gleadovit and Mus gleadovit;
received in exchange from the Kurrachee Museum. ;

Nine mammals from Ningpo, collected by Mr. F. W. Styan, including three specimens
of the rare Llaphodus cephalophus ; purchased.

Six skulls of large mammals from British North Borneo; preserted by W. B. Pryer,
Esq.
Nine mammals from Somali Land, including the type of Hquus asinus, var. somalicus ;
presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.8.

Three mammals from Somali Land, including a specimen of a dwarf antelope ( Veotra-
gus) new to the collection ; presented by E. Lort Phillips, Esq.

Five small mammals from Mombas, including specimens of Rhynchocyon petersi and
Petrodromus tetradactylus ; presented by Rev. W. E. Taylor.

Five skins, including pairs of Cape Buffaloes ( Bubalus caffer) and of Lichtenstein’s
Hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteini), and eight skeletons of large mammals from South
Africa; collected by Mr. F. C. Selous; purchased.

Sixteen small mammals trom British Columbia; presented by Professor Macoun.

Twenty-six mammals from Rio Grande do Sul, including two species (Hesperomys
pyrrhorhinus and H. subterraneus) new to the collection ; purchased.

A large male Sea-lion ( Otaria juba/a) and two skulls from the Falkland Islands; pre-
sented by Captain C. Milnes Padmore.

Twelve mammals from Perth, Western Australia; received from the Commissioners
of the West Australian Court, Indian and Colonial Exhibition.

Three Seals and a Kangaroo from South Australia; purchased.

Seven mammals from the Fly River, New Guinea; purchased.

Birds.—

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Birds.—The additions to the collection of birds during the past year amount to 4,498,
of which, next to the more important collections already mentioned, the following are the
most noteworthy ;—

Pairs of parent birds, with nests and eggs of the Kestrel, Hen-Harrier, Rock-Pipit,
Greenshank, Sand-piper, Scoter, Widgeon, and Black-throated Diver; presented by
Colonel Irby and Captain Reid.

Pairs of parent birds, with nests and eggs, or young of the Goldfinch, Tree-Pipit, Sand-
martin, Starling, Turtle-dove, and Wood-pigeon; presented by Lord Walsingham.

A pair of Black-headed Gulls, with nest and eggs ; presented by Lord Lovat.

A pair of Tree-Creepers, with nests and young ; presented by Edward Shelley, Esa.

Pairs of parent birds, with nests and eggs or young, of the Heron, Robin, Sedge-
Warbler, and Tree-Pipit; presented by W. R. O. Grant, Esq.

Old birds with young or eggs of the Blue-tit, Goldfinch, and Common Tern; presented
by Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.s.

A pair of Manx Shearwaters, and a female Oyster-catcher, with nest and eggs; pre-
sented by E. J. Bidwell, Esq.
hy St. Kilda Wren (Troglodytes hirtensis); presented by Sir John Campbell Orde,

art.

A specimen of the rare Ross’ Rosy Sea Gull, from Disco Bay; presented by Henry
Seebohm, Esq.

Forty-one specimens and a large collection of nests of Palcearctic species; presented by
Edward Hargitt, Esq., R.1.

Seventy-three specimens of Palcearctic species; purchased.

Twenty-one specimens from Portugal; presented by Dr. Lopez Vieira.

Fifteen specimens from Italy ; presented by Professor Giglioli.

One hundred and sixty-eight specimens from various localities; presented. by
R. B. Sharpe, Esq.

Fourteen specimens from Southern India; presented by W. Davison, Esq.

Types of two species (Merula erythrotis and Trochalopterum cinnamomeum) from the
hills of Cannanore; presented by the Travancore Museum.

Thirty-three specimens from Central Asia, including rare Pheasants; purchased.

Forty-two specimens from the hills of Perak, including several new species of the
family Timelude (genera, Siva, Minla, Alcippe); presented by L. Wray, Esq.

A pair of the Tonquin Argus (Reinhardtius ocellatus), from Tonquin ; purchased.

Eighty-four specimens from Bushire, Persian Gulf; presented by A. J. V. Palmer,
Esq.
Seven birds from Kokanoor and Kansu, being species mostly new to the collection;
purchased.

Thirty-five Sea-birds collected during the voyage of the “‘ Venus” in 1874; presented
by the Earl of Crawford.

Fifteen specimens collected by Mr. C. Hunstein in the Horseshoe Range of the Astro-
labe Mountains, S.E., New Guinea, including several Birds of Paradise new to the col-
lection; purchased.

Reptiles :—Five hundred and seventy-four specimens have been added to this class, of
which the following are the most important :—

Forty-seven specimens of various orders, mostly types of species recently described by
Dr. J. G. Fischer, of Hamburg; purchased.
5 Twenty-two Lizards from various localities in Germany; presented by G. A. Boulenger,

sq.

Forty Lizards from Spain; presented by M. E. Bosca.

Seventeen Lizards from Italy and Dalmatia, among which is a species new to the
M useum (Lacerta oxycephala) ; received in exchange from the Florence Museum.

Seventy-seven Lizards from various parts of the Russian Empire; received in exchange
from the St. Petersburg Museum.

Four Lizards from Cyprus, among which is a species new to the Museum (Acanthodac-
tylus schreiberi) ; presented by Lord Lilford. ;

One of the type specimens of Lacerta depressa from Trebizond; obtained in exchange
from the Turin Museum.

One of the type specimens of a recently described Lizard from Sind (Setneus arenarius);
obtained in exchange from J. A. Murray, Esq., Kurrachee Museum.

Eight Snakes from Southern India; presented by E. A. Minchin, Esq.

Two type specimens of a new species of snake (T'eretrurus travancoricus) from Travan-
core; presented by Colonel Beddome.

Fifteen specimens from Mergui; presented by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.S. ,

Twenty-four specimens from the Straits Settlements, including several new species ;
presented by D. F. A. Hervey, Esq.

Nine specimens from China and Japan; presented by J. H. Leech, Esq.

Thirty specimens from Tangiers, among which is a Lizard new to the Museum
(Psammodromus microdactylus) ; purchased.

A Lizard new to the Museum (Psammodromus blanci), from Algiers; obtained in ex-
change from M. F. Lataste.

A Lizard new to the Museum (JZatastia spinalis), from Abyssinia; presented by
Marquis G. Doria.

Four specimens from the Gold Coast; presented by G. A. Higlett, Esq.

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62 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sixteen specimens from South Africa, including a new Tortoise (Testudo triment) ;
presented by the Rev. G. H. R. Fisk.

A new Tortoise (Testudo fiskii) from South Africa; presented by the Zoological
Society.

he tape of anew genus of Lizards (Herpetoseps anguinus) from Port Elizabeth ;
collected by F. M. Leslie, Esq.

Thirteen specimens, mostly desiderata, from Madagascar; obtained in exchange from
the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort-on-Maine.

A specimen of Testudo elephantina, from Aldabra ; presented by Dr. Giinther, F.n.s.

Twenty-two specimens from the Fly River district, New Guinea; purchased.

Specimens of a Lizard from New Guinea, new to the Museum (Lygosoma baudinii) ;
presented by Marquis G. Doria.

Seven specimens from Adelaide, among which are two new Lizards (Nephrurus
platyurus and L.ygosoma ve); presented by the Rey. T. E. Lea.

Two specimens of Hatteria, as typical of Sphenodon guentheri, from New Zealand ;
presented by Sir W. Buller, F.R.s.

Twenty-one Lizards from New Caledonia, including two species new to the Museum
(Rhacodactylus auriculatus and Lygosoma tricolor) ; purchased.

Type specimens of two Lizards from New Caledonia (Lygosoma deplanchii and L.
gracile) ; presented by M. A. Bavay.

Seventeen Lizards from Arizona and New Mexico; presented by Dr. W. G. Wright.

Twenty-four specimens from Cozumel Island, Yucatan; presented by F. D. Godman,
Esq., F-R.S.

The type specimen of a new Lizard ( Céenosaura erythromelas) from Tropical America ;
presented by the Zoological Society.

Specimens of a Lizard new to the Museum ( Cnemidophorus nigricolor) from Venezuela;
presented by Dr. Ernst.

Fifty-six specimens from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, among which are several species
new to the collection; collected by Dr, H. von Ihering ; purchased.

Batrachians :—The additions to this part of the collection amounted to 554 specimens,
of which the following are the most noteworthy :—

Twelve specimens from various localities, among them a new genus of Newts from
Manchuria (Geomolge fisher), and ty pes of species recently described by Dr. J. G. Fischer;
purchased.

Twenty-two specimens of larve of the rarer European Tailless Batrachians; pre-
sented by M. Héron Royer.

Thirty-one specimens from various localities in Germany, among which is a species
new to the Museum ( Bombinator igueus); presented by G. A. Boulenger, Esq.

Eighty specimens from North Italy and Dalmatia; presented by M. E. de Betta.

Fleven specimens from Italy ; received in exchange from the Florence Museum.

Nineteen specimens from near Constantinople ; presented by Dr. E. B. Dickson.

Forty-nine specimens from Japan, among them a Frog new to the Museum (Rana
buergeri); presented by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.s.

A specimen of anew Frog from Japan (Rana martensii); presented by the Berlin
Museum.

Five specimens from Corea, among them a new species of Newt (Hynobius leechit) ;
presented by J. H. Leech, lsq.

Thirteen specimens from Tangiers; purchased.

Twenty specimens, mostly species new to the collection, from Nossi Bé, Madagascar ;
received in exchange from the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort.

Eight specimens from California, among them a Newt new to the Collection ( Plethodon
croceater) ; purchased.

Thirty specimens from Cozumel Island, Yucatan; collected by Mr. G. F. Gaumer ;
presented by F. D. Godman, Esq., F.R.s.

Eleven specimens from Rio Grande do Sul; collected by Dr. H. v. lhering; purchased.

Fishes :—'The additions number 480, of which the following may be specially men-
tioned :—

Six pelagic Fishes from the Mediterranean; purchased.

Several specimens of Ammodytes terebrans from Barcelona, new to the collection;
presented by M. E. Bose.

Type specimens of Phoxinus stagnalis, a recently described species from the Govern-
ment Kasan; presented by Dr. A. Strauch.

Eleven specimens from Mauritius, among them a new deep-sea fish (Huozymetopon
poey?) ; purchased.

Ten specimens from Perth, Western Australia; presented by the Commissioners of the
West Australian Court of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition.

A collection of 152 specimens from New Zealand; purchased of the Commissioners for
New Zealand, Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

Eight specimens from California, among them an interesting deep-sea fish (Schedophilus
lochingtoniz) ; purchased.

One hundred and forty-five specimens from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, among which
are two new species (Vetragonopterus iheringii and luethenii); collected by Dr. H. vy.
Ihering ; purchased.

Mollusca :—

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Co

Mollusca ;—The additions during the year were 3,180, of which the following are the
most interesting :—

A piece of mother of pearl enclosing a small crab; presented by H. Willett, Esq.

A. mother of pearl shell enclosing a small fish; presented by Dr. Giinther, F.R.s.

A hundred and twenty-five specimens of Helicide and Cyclostomide from the Caucasus;
purchased.

Three hundred and forty Helicide, Limneide, &¢., from Sardinia; purchased.

Twenty four specimens of Clausilia and Helix from Crete; presented by Admiral
Spratt.

iihree hundred and sixty-four Helicide from Japan; presented by George Lewis,
Esq.

Fifty-five specimens of Clausilia, Helix, and Melania from China and the Corea;
presented by J. H. Leech, Esq.

Seventy-five land shells, chiefly species of Buliminus, from European and Asiatic
Turkey ; purchased.

One hundred and eighteen specimens of Cyclophorus, Helix, &c., from the Andaman
Islands, Perak and China; presented by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.S.

Thirteen marine shells from South Africa, including the types of Turbo splendidulus
and ten other species; purchased.

Fifty marine shells of the families Pectinide, Mitride, &c., from Mauritius; purchased.

A very valuable collection of 1,007 land and marine shells from the Pacific Islands,
Chili, and other localities; presented by J. C. Lambert, Esq.

Seventy-six specimens of Heliz, Helicina, Unio, &c., from New Guinea and Australia ;
presented by G. F. Angas, Esq.

Thirty specimens of Oliva, Scalaria, Terebra, &c., from N. W. Australia; purchased.

Highty-seven specimens of Nudibranchiata, Tunicata, &c., from Australia and New
Zealand: purchased.

Thirty-one specimens of Cephalopoda, Limacide, &c., from New Zealand; purchased
of the Commissioners for New Zealand, Indian and Colonial Exhibition.

Three hundred and seven specimens of marine and freshwater shells, including species
of Veneride, Unionide, Littorinide, &c., from Australia; presented by J. Brazier,

Esq.

Polyzoa :—Two hundred and thirty specimens were added to the collection, the
following being most worthy of record :—

A series of 40 Polyzoa from the Irish Sea; presented by J. Lomas, Esq.

Forty mounted Polyzoa, with the Zooids expanded ; purchased.

Thirty-one Polyzoa from various localities; transferred from the Kew Herbarium.

Forty Polyzoa from Queen Charlotte Island; presented by the Geological and Natural
History Society of Canada.

Echinodermata and Vermes :—The additions to these classes have been respectively 513
and 144, The following are the most important :—

Thirty-three Echinoderms and Worms from Mauritius; purchased.

One hundred Echinoderms from the Andaman Islands ; presented by Dr. John Ander-
son, F.R.S.

Twenty-six MHolothurians from Mergui, received in exchange from the Calcutta
Museum.

Sixteen Echinoderms from Singapore; presented by Dr. Irvine Rowell.

Forty-seven Echinoderms from Australia ; presented by the Trustees of the Australian
Museum, Sydney, and Dr. E. P. Ramsay.

Forty-eight Echinoderms and Worms from New Zealand; purchased of the Commis-
sioners of the New Zealand Court of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

Crustacea ;-~Seven hundred and thirty-four specimens were added to this class ; the
following may be especially noted :—

Eighty-five specimens from Jersey ; purchased. —

One hundred and eighty-five specimens, principally Brachyura, collected at Mergui by
Dr. John Anderson ; purchased.

Thirty-five specimens, chiefly Brachyura, from Singapore; presented by Dr. J. Irvine
Rowell.

Forty specimens collected by Dr. R. von Lendenfeld in the Australian seas; pur-
chased,

Fifty-eight specimens trom New Zealand; purchased of the Commissioners of the New
Zealand Court of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

Arachnida and Myriopoda :—The additions amount to 124, of which the following are
the most interesting :—

Two examples of a Solpuga trom Phile; presented by E. K. Ridley, Esq.

Two specimens of the rare and interesting Myriopod, Eucorybas crotalus, from the
Camaroon Mountains; presented by J. M. C. Johnston, Esq.

Three specimens of a large spider (ephila bodwickit) from the Gold Coast ; presented
by G. A. Higlett, Esq.

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Ten Myriopoda of various genera from New Zealand ; purchased of the Commissioners
of the New Zealand Court, Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

Nine specimens of spiders of the genus Epeira from New Zealand; presented by Sir
John Lubbock, Bart., M.P.

A nest of a trap-door spider from S. Australia; preseated by Professor W. H. Flower,
F.R.S., &c.

Insects :--In addition to the “ Salvin and Godman” collection of Central American

Coleoptera and the portion of Phytophagous Coleoptera from the “ Baly ” collection, the
tctal number of Insects acquired during the year amounted to 7,001, which are distributed
among the various orders as follows :—

Coleoptera - - - - = - - - 1,392
(Salvin and Godman Collection - - - - 8,811)
(Baly Collection (further instalment) = - - = Dsl 94)
Hymenoptera - - 2 2 . d 2 963
Lepidoptera - - = a “ = - - $3,815
Diptera - - = 2 = = be a 72
Neuroptera - - = = 2 rs = 2 218
Orthoptera_ - - - = E . e = 196
Hemiptera - - = z 2 = é 4 345
ToTaL - - - 21,609

The following additions are especially worthy of note :—

(From Great Britain. )

Two hundred Hemiptera; presented by G. C. Champion, Esq.

Two malformed specimens of Apis mellifica from Scotland; presented by T. Cheshire,
Ksq.

Twenty-eight English Diptera, 10 Lepidoptera, and three cocoons; presented by Miss
Decie.

One hundred and fifty Eupithecie ; presented by Dr. Mason.

(From other parts of Europe.)

Four specimens of a beetle, Heterius hispanicus; presented by George Lewis, Esq.
Three hundred and seventy-two Cynipide and Galls from Austria ; purchased.

Six egg cases of locusts from Cyprus; presented by J. B. Nevins, Esq.

Two hundred and fifty-five Hymenoptera, chiefly from Albania; purchased.

(From Japan.)

Seventy Lepidoptera, including several new species, from Japan; presented by
H. Pryer, Esq.

(From North America.)

Two examples of the recently discovered wood-boring beetle (Dinapate wrighti) from
California, with two specimens of the larva ; presented by Dr. W. G. Wright.

(From South America.)

Three examples of Polyctenes longiceps found in the axilla of Molassus abrasus, from
Guatemala ; presented by Messrs. Salvin and Godman.

Two examples, male and female, of a Longicorn Beetle (Crioprosopus tricolor) from
Caraccas ; presented by M. A. Sallé. :

Eighteen types of Lepidoptera, from Buenos Ayres; presented by Dr. Carlos Berg.

Ninety Hymenoptera, and two specimens of a rare moth ( Thanatopsyche chilensis), from
Santiago ; presented by W. B. Calvert, Esq.

Eight Lepidoptera from Valparaiso; presented by G. F. Angas, Esq.

(From Africa.)

Five hundred Coleoptera from South Africa; purchased.
Ninety Coleoptera from Old Calabar; presented by J. W. Cockburn, Esq.
Nine butterflies of the genus Teracolus from Delagoa Bay ; presented by Hamilton
Druce, Esq.
Five species of Teracolus, including two new species ( 7. opalescens and T. johnstonit),
from various parts of Tropical Africa; presented by J. M. C, Johnston, Esq.
Fifty

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Fifty Hymenoptera, 35 Lepidoptera, 15 Diptera, 21 Neuroptera, three Orthoptera
four Hemiptera, and 20 cocoons from Delagoa Bay ; purchased.

A string of the “ Ground pearl” (Margarodes sp., a supposed pupa-case of a Coccide,
found in the nests of ants and termites), trom South Africa; presented by A. Fry, Esq.

Three Lepidoptera, one of them a very small example of the Death’s-head Moth
(Acherontia atropos) from Madagascar; purchased.

The type specimen of the unique and remarkable moth, Pedoptila nemopteridia, from
the Gold Coast ; presented by F. Swanzy, Esq.

Four hundred and twenty Lepidoptera, many cf them rare and interesting forms, from
Old Calabar; presented by J. W. Cockburn, Esq.
Soe Lepidoptera, new to the collection, chiefly Sphinges, from the Camaroons; pur-
chased.

(From Southern Asia.)

Lighty Neuroptera, 17 Lepidoptera, and two Homoptera from Borneo ; purchased.

Eighty Coleoptera, 438 Lepidoptera, including 24 new species, 56 Odonata, including
five new species, and three other insects from Campbellpore and Murree ; presented by
Major J. W. Yerbury, R.A.

Six Hemiptera of the genus Helopeltis (A. antonii) from Ceylon; presented by Dr. H.
Trimen.

One hundred and eighty-eight Lepidoptera from Upper Burma and the Mergui Archi-
pelago; presented by Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N.

Two hundred and thirty-two Lepidoptera, including many rare and beautiful species
of Lithosiide from Kangra; presented by Lord Walsingham.

Twenty-seven types of Indian Lepidoptera; purchased.

Six Lepidoptera, including two specimens ot Euplea menetriesii, from Borneo; pre-
sented by W. B. Pryer, Esq.

Six hundred Lepidoptera from Durbunga, Lower Bengal; presented by C. Maries,

Esq.
(From Australia and the Pacific Islands.)

aoe hundred and fifteen Coleoptera named by Dr. Sharp, from New Zealand; pur-
chased.

Forty-three Coleoptera from Albany, Western Australia; presented by the Commis-
sioners for West Australia, Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

A fine female example of a rare butterfly, Heteronympha mirifica, from N. Australia ;
presented by J. M. C. Johnston, Esq.

A fine example of Macrotoma heros, a beetle from the Fiji Islands; presented by T. H.
Hatton Richards, Esq.

Celenterata——Three thousand one hundred and thirty-one specimens have been
added to the collection in the following proportions: —636 Anthozoa, 2,257 Spongiida,
and 258 Hydrozoa; of these the following are the most interesting :—

Fifty-four stony corals from the Red Sea, including typical specimens of species named
by Dr. Klunzinger; purchased.

Thirty-one Alcyonaria from Malacca, including fine specimens of Ctenocella; received
in exchange from the Pharmaceutical Society.

Twenty-two corals and sponges from Barbadoes, including exquisitely coloured speci-
mens of Amphihelia venusta ; purchased.

Nine corals and one sponge from the Bahama Islands ; purchased.

Seventeen corals from the Maldive Islands, including some remarkably fine specimens
of Heliopora; purchased.

Two fine branching sponges from the Bahama Islands; presented by the Commissioner
of the West Indian Court of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

Forty sponges and one Alcyonarian from New South Wales; presented by Dr. E. P.
Ramsay.

A ee of officinal sponges from the Bahama Islands, about 760 in number, arranged
according to their trade designations ; purchased.

Protozoa :—One hundred and ninety-seven specimens have been added to this part of
the collection ; the following may be especially mentioned :—

Eight slides of rare or interesting fossil Foraminifera, including Orbitolites tenuissimus,
Archediscus parreri, Loftusia persica, and Nodosinella concinna, from various formations ;
presented by H. B. Brady, Esq., F.R.s. its,

A remarkable specimen of Orbitolites tenuissimus from the Bay of Biscay ; presented
by Mons. Schlumberger.

One hundred and twenty-eight named slides of Foraminifera from the “ Valorous,”
*‘ Lightning,” and “ Porcupine ” Expeditions, including some specimens of high interest ;
transferred by the widow of the late Dr. W. B. Carpenter, c.B., F.R.s.

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66 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIl.— Visitors and Students.

~The number of visits from persons who have specially consulted portions of the col-
lection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 8,372, as compared with—

8,313 in the year - - - 1885
6,818 99 = - - 1884
5,229 39 = - - 1883
9,628 a at OU ey eee
7407 . ~ emia eels beBi
4,260 os - - - 1880
4,003 ip 2) vey ene eae ag
3,064 . oe cpa sh Sees
3,671 os - - - 1877

Albert Giinther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
I.— Arrangement.

A.— VERTEBRATA.

Fossil Mammalia.—During the past year all the cases of Perissodactyle and Artiodac-
tyle Ungulates have been re-arranged subsequent to their having been catalogued by
Mr. Lydekker.

A selected series of Cave Mammalia from Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves, North
Wales, have been mounted on tablets, labelled, and arranged in Pier-case No. 2.

The cases of teeth of Mastodon and Dinotherium have also been arranged and labelled
subsequent to cataloguing.

Fossil Reptilia.—The whole of the Table-cases in this Gallery and the Wall-cases at
the east end and along the north side, have been entirely re-arranged, the specimens
mounted on stands or tablets, according to their size and requirements, and carefully
labelled. In the Table-cases the Dinosauria, Anomodontia, Rhynchocephalia, Ichthyo-
pterygia, Suropterygia have all been tableted, labelled, and arranged.

In the Wall-cases the Pterosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and Anomodontia (occupying
seven wall-cases) have all been carefully developed, mounted on stands, or in frames,
and arranged for exhibition,

Fossil Fishes.—The whole of the Teleostean fishes which occupy the Table-cases along
the east side of this Gallery have been carefully mounted on tablets, named, labelled, and
arranged for exhibition.

Incorporation of recent Acquisitions.—-In all the Galleries, the more important recent
acquisitions have been incorporated in the Table and Wall-cases, and the less important
objects placed in their proper order in the Drawers provided for the reserve or study-
specimens under each Table-case.

In addition to the newly-acquired specimens, which have been registered almost as soon
as they have been purchased or presented, a large number of old specimens, whose
history was obscure or had been lost, have been carefuily re-examined and in many
instances traced out and identified by reference to their Bibliography and to the
Archives in the Department. These have been in each case both labelled and
registered afresh so as to insure their future recognition.

All Mantell’s Wealden Reptilia have been very carefully compared with his original
Memoirs, and those which had been figured and described have been Jabelled accordingly.

Ichnology—Fossil Footprints. —A large series of slabs of fossil tracks, principally from
the Trias of N. America and England, have been mounted and arranged in the Wall-

cases on the East side of Gallery No. 11. A Catalogue of these has also been prepared,
but is not yet printed.

INVERTEBRATA.

Cephalopoda.—The task of permanently tableting, mounting, labelling, and arranging
the objects in this Gallery was only commenced in April last, but already considerable
progress has been made. Of the Dibranchiate Cephalopods of the families Teuihide and
Sepiade, 268 specimens have been mounted, named, and arranged in the Table and Wall-
cases, and of the Belemunitide 893 specimens have been similarly prepared for exhibition,
whilst 32 drawers of study-specimens have been named and arranged beneath the Table-
cases.

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Gasteropoda and Lamellibranchiata.—Six Table-cases on the West side of Galiery
No. 8 are occupied with the Mollusca of the Wealden, Purbeck, Portland, Kelloway
Rock, the Corallian, Kimmeridgian, Oxfordian, the Great Oolite, Inferior Oolite, and
Cornbrash. These have all now been very carefully tableted, named, and arranged, to
the number of about 4,008 specimens, whilst the drawers beneath contain about 2,800
study-specimens labelled and arranged.

The Tertiary and Cretaceous Brachiopoda on the East side to the number of 856 have
been all carefully named, mounted, and arranged for exhibition.

Many thousand Class, family, and generic labels have been priuted and introduced into
all these cases.

Hydrozoa, Spongida, and Foraminifera, West side-—Five hundred and fifty-two
printed labels have been attached to the !arger specimens belonging to these groups
which are arranged in Wall-cases Nos. 6-9.

Large printed labels have been prepared and fixed at the top of each door of all the
Wall-cases on the Western side of this Gallery.

Porcelain labels have been fixed to the top of each Table-case on the West side, giving
a general title to the contents of each case.

Fossil Plants—Considerable progress has been made in the arrangement of the
Paleozoic Plants from the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous rocks of the British
Islands.

Table-cases 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32 are completed, and contain nearly 1,000 specimens
named and mounted on tablets, with locality, and formation, and a reference given to the
work where figured.

The Foreign series and large specimens in Wall-cases Nos. 17 and 18 only have been
mounted ; these number 276 examples named and arranged, and 84 large specimens.

One thousand two hundred and twenty-seven specimens from the Staffordshire Coal-
field, chiefly from Coseley, have been named and registered from the Johnson Collection.

Beneath the Table-cases 252 drawers of Fossil Plants, containing 2,803 specimens, have
been arranged for future reference, whilst other specimens have been transferred to
the Drawers of Duplicates for distribution.

Type-Collections.—The 16 Table-cases in this gallery are occupied with the following
collections, namely :—

|. That of the late S. V. Wood, F.a.s., illustrative of the Pliocene Molluscan fauna of
the Red and Coralline Crags of Suffolk and Essex, containing all the “types” or figured
specimens, used in his Memoir on the Crag, published by the Paleontographical Society
(1847-58).

2. That of the late F. EK. Edwards, ¥.a.s., illustrative of the Eocene Tertiary forma-
tions of the London area, Hampshire, Sussex, and the Isle of Wight; published by the
Paleontographical Society (1848-1858).

3. That of the late J. and J. de Carle Sowerby, illustrative of their work, entitled,
« Mineral Conchology of Great Britain,” published in six volumes (1812 1845), with 648
plates.

4, That of the late Thomas Davidson, LL.D., F.R.S. (presented in 1886 by his son),
comprising the “types” of his memoirs on “ British Fossil Brachiopoda,” in the volumes
of the Paleontographical Society (1850-1885), and in various other publications; also
those upon “ Recent Brachiopoda,” published in the Linnzan Transactions (1886-87).

5. The “Gilbertson Collection” of fossils from the Carboniferous Limestone of
Yorkshire and Lancashire, containing the types of Prof. J. Phillips’ work on the
“Geology of Yorkshire,” Vol. II.

6. That of William Smith, better known as “the Father of English Geology,” author
of a work entitled “ Strata identified by means .of their organised fossils,” 1814 (4to.)
This is the earliest collection of fossils made in this country, in which the various horizons
to which they severally belonged were carefully recorded, and the specimens figured with
their name, formation, and locality given.

7. That of Mr. Charles Konig, illustrative of his work entitled, “ Icones fossilium
sectiles,” 1825 (folio).

8. That of Dr. Brander, illustrative of his work, named “ Fossilia Hantoniensia,” 4to.,
1766, being figures and descriptions of Eocene Mollusca from Barton, &c.

9. That of Sir Hans Sloane, consisting of nearly 100 specimens, all that have been
identified by means of the numbers written upon them, or by labels, as having formed a
part of this original collection of Sir Hans Sloane (referred to in kis MS. Catalogue), and
purchased for the Nation in 1754.

The Library,—The accessions to the Library each month are entered in a register
kept for that purpose, and all works are stamped, and press-marked immediately after
they are received.

185. fa A large

68 accounts, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A large number of books and memoirs have been prepared for binding.
Numerous additions have been made to the series of Geological maps, which are kept
in good order and are easily accessible for reference.

The additions received during the year (principally by purchase) are as follows:—

Serials - - - - - ~ ~ - - - 62
New Works - - - = - - - - - 116
Pamphlets - - - - - : - - - 43
I
Donations : —
Prof. Morris’s Bequest :—
Pamphlets - - - - - - - - - 226
Dr. Davidson’s Eequest :—
Works - - - - : - - - - - 35dl
Pamphlets - - - - - - - - - 846
1,123
Dr. Davidson’s MSS. and drawings of recent and 8 26
Fossil Brachiopoda - - - - - OS Gaeta
Maps - - - - - - - - - - 53
Explanations of Maps - - - - - - = ny27,
-_-~ 80
ToTaL - - 1,450

II.— Guides and Catalogues.

The first edition of a guide to the Exhibition galleries of this Department ( without
illustrations) was issued on 19th April 1881, price one penny.

A second edition appeared in 1882, with 31 woodcuts, price threepence.

A third edition (slightly altered) appeared in 1884. Of these three editions 11,234
copies have been sold. A fourth edition, entirely re-written and much enlarged (with
48 illustrations and a folding plan of the galleries), was issued in April 1886, price four-

ence.
. A catalogue of the Blastoidea, commenced in 1885, by Messrs. R. Etheridge, jun., and
P. Herbert Carpenter, D.sc., F.R.S., was issued in July 1886, pp. 322, 20 plates (4to.)

A Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia, by Mr. R. Lydekker, B.s., Part ILI. Perissodactyla,
Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Amblypoda, pp. 199, with 30 woodcuts, appeared in April
1886.

Part [V., Order Ungulata, sub-order Proboscidea, with 257 pages and 32 woodcuts,
appeared in November 1886.

II I.— Registration.

Specimens registered during the past year :—

Vertebrata :—

Human remains, &c. ay ee - - - 17
Other Mammalia - - 2 - - 1,438
Aves - = - - - - - - 34
Reptilia - - - - - - - 360
Pisces - - - - - - - 545

, 2,394

Invertebrata :—

Cephalopoda -~ - eR Merah Ae - 1,366
Gasteropoda - - = = = = 4,667
Lamelibranchiata - - - - - 9,351
Brachiopoda - - - - - - 2,097
Arthropoda - - - - - - 222
Annelida - - - - = - - 110
Echinodermata - - - = = - 1,001
Actinozoa - - = - - - - 376
Sponpiday we. = 7) 2! 25) Eqns Meee 410

19,600

Fossil Plant-remains - - - = = - - - 7,933

Total Number of Specimens Registered - - - 29,927

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1V.—Work of the Mason-lermatore, Assistant Mason, §c.

A large series of thin sections of fossil wood, sponges, corals, foraminifera, also teeth
and bones of various animals, have been prepared and mounted upon glass so as to display
their minute structure under the microscope.

Large sections of the corals themselves also of sponges, cephalopods, plants, &c. have
been cut and polished for exhibition in the collection.

A series of large blocks of Triassic Sandstone from Elgin, containing remains of
Hyperodapedon, sent to the Museum by the Rev. Dr. Gordon, have been reduced by the
Assistant Mason, exposing the greater part of the skeleton of this reptile, including the
skull and lower jaw, which have been entirely developed from the matrix, showing both
upper and under surfaces. The skull of a nearly allied form, Rhynchosaurus, from the
Trias of Grinsill, Shropshire has also been most successfully developed.

Numerous detached bones of /guanodon from Hastings, of Polucanthus, from the Isle of
Wicht, and of Ichthyosaurus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis, have been developed, repaired,
and added to the collection.

The sacral shield and pelvis of Polacanthus, built up from an immense number of frag-
ments, has been most successfully reconstructed, and a cast taken of its upper surface, so
that both the dorsal and ventral aspect of the great shicld can be seen exhibited together
(see Wall-case 4. Reptilia).

The remains of a second great horned reptile, allied to Megalania, obtained by
Mr. Fitzgerald from Lord Howe Island, have been carefully worked out, revealing a
skull, vertebra, and parts of caudal sheath.

The recently purchased skeleton of Mulodon from South America is being carefully
repaired and put in order, prior to its being set up for exhibition.

A large slab of Lower Silurian Shale full of Trilobites (Asaphus Canadensis), from the
Oil region of Lake Huron, N. America, has been framed and glazed, and fixed up on the
east side of Gallery, No. 8.

Two glazed cases of sponges have been fixed up on mahogany brackets against the
wall on the west side of Gallery, No. 9.

The following casts have been prepared and mounted on stands and added to the
exhibition series.

A cast of the hind-foot of [gwanodon Seelyi (copied from the original in Mr. J. W.
Hulkes’ Collection).

Cast of foot of Iguanodon Mantelli (from Mr. S. Beckles’ Collection).

A cast of the manus and pes of Iguanodon Bernissurtensis (from the Brussels Museum).

A copy of the foot-print of Iguanodon, from the Wealden.

A cast of the sternum of /guanodon (from the original in the collection of Mr.
S. H. Beckles, ¥.R.s.)

Cast of ramus of jaw of Macherodus, from the Norfolk Forest bed (from the original in
Mr. Backhouse’s Collection).

Casts of numerous earbones of whales, from the Crag of Suffolk (from the originals in
the Ipswich Museum).

Casts of teeth of Mastodon Helladotherium and other type specimens (from the originals
in the Calcutta Museum).

The usual regular work of developing, mending, and mounting of specimens of all kinds
needed for exhibition, has continued puri passu with the arrangement of the collection.

V.—Acquisitions.

The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows :—

1. By Donation.—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A collection of fragmentary remains of Diprotodon, four portions of
bones of Nototherium, one Mandibular ramus of Phascolomys plutyrhinus, and one of
Protemnodon Og., Owen (from Darling Downs, Queensland); presented by George
Bennett, Esq., M.D., &c.

Fifty-four specimens, comprising, three imperfect skulls, a lower jaw, vertebra, ribs,
and bones of the fore and hind-limb of Scelidotherium leptocephalum (from the Pampas
formation, Tamarugal, in Tarapaca, Peru, S. America); presented by Don Modesto
Basadre.

A series of teeth and bones of Mammalia, from the caves of Billa Surgam. Karmil,
Madras, comprising, Semnopithecus, saccolemus, Phyllorhinus, Herpestes, Hystrix, Lepus,
Nesohia, Sciurus, Sus, Cervus, and Bovine teeth; also four plaster-casts consisting of
one tooth of Hyena, one of Viverra, mandible of Gynocephalus, and ungual bone of
Manis, from the same caves; presented by H. B. Medlicott, Esq., M.a., F.R.s., Director
of the Geological Survey of India.

Three milk-molars, and three true molars of Mastodon Cautleyi, and perimensis ; part of
amolar of Mastodon pandionis, a perfect tooth of Dinotherium Indicum, and two jaws of
Bi hysudricus, all from Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay; presented by Colonel J. W.

atson.

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70 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

Portions of both rami of mandible of Macropus ela'us, Owen. Part of upper incisor of
Diprotodon, part of carnassial and 1st molar of Thylacoleo, nine phalapgeal bones and two
metacarpals of marsupials, from the Pleistocene Alluvial Deposits of Queensland,
Australia; presented by Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., F.R.S.

Two pieces of calcareous cave-breccia, from Jenolan Cave, New South Wales, com-
posed largely of bones of small Rodents, &c ; presented by Rey. L. S. Lea.

(2.) Aves. —Bones of the leg and foot of Dinornis ingens, obtained from a Post-tertiary
deposit, 70 miles north cf Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; presented by
Henry Wharton, Esq.

Bones of the leg of Dinornis Owen, Haast, from Whangarei, N. Island, New Zealand,
and casts of the type specimens of Megalapteryx Hector’, Haast; presented by Sir
Julius von Haast, K.C.M.G.

Remains of Birds (Ketupa ceyionensis, Ibis melancephala and Francolinus pictus), from
the Karnul Caves, Madras; presented by H. B. Medlicott, Esq., M.a., F.R.S.

(3.) Reptilia.—A dorsal vertebra of. Megalania prisca, from the Pleistocene Alluvial
Deposits of Queensland, Australia; presented by Sir Richard Owen, K.c.B., F.R.S.

A body shield of Tortoise (Clemmys Watsont) (figured in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.
vol. xlii.), from Perim Island; presented by Colonel J. Watson, c.B.

Thirteen blocks of Elgin Sandstone, from Lossiemouth, containing parts of a
reptile, probably Hyperadapedon ; presented by Rev. Dr. Gordon.

A specimen of Lepidotosaurus Duffi, from the Maguesian Limestone, Middridge,
Durham; presented by William Stobart, Esq.

Two bones of a Saurian, from the Kimmeridge Clay; presented by J. C. Mansel-
Pleydell, Esq., F.G.s.

Six fragmentary reptilian remains from the Triassic sandstones of Pietermaritzburg,
Natal, South Africa; presented by Professor T. R. Jones, F.R.s.

Two slabs from the Rhetic Bone-bed, Blue Anchor, Somerset, covered with croco-
dilian and fish remains, &c. ; presented by H. Scherren, Esq.

Cast of the perfect manus of Iguanodon bernissartensis, Blgr.; presented by M.
Edouard Dupont, Director of the Natural History Museum, Brussels.

Two portions of maxilla of an Iguanodon, from the Wealden, Cuckfield, Sussex (figured
and described by Mr. J. W. Hulke, in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1886, vol. xli.,
pl. 14, p. 485) ; presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.e.s.

(4.) Pisces. —A specimen of Semionotus, from the Upper Keuper ; presented by the Rey.
P. B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.S.

Two specimens of Gusteronemus rhombus, one Dules temnopterus, four Myripristis lepta-
canthus, and one Clupea catoptygoptera, from the Eocene of Monte Bolea; presented by
Mrs. E. Frost.

Two specimens of fossil Fishes from the Focene of Wyoming Territory, U.S.A., referred
to the genera Diplomystus and Scorpena; presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., m.pr.,
F,R.S. (Trustee, British Museum).

Cast of Edestus Davisii, H. Woodward, from the Carboniferous strata, Valley of the
Arthur River, Western Australia (the original figured and described by Dr. H. Wood-
ward in Geol. Mag. 1886, 3rd series, vol. ili., p. 1, pl. 1); presented by Rey. J. G.
Nicolay.

One specimen of Eusthenopteron Fordi, Whiteaves, from the Upper Devonian of Scau-
menac Bay, Bonaventura County, Province of Quebec; presented by A. H. Foord, Esq.,
¥F.G.S.

B.— INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusca—A specimen of Atrypa imbricata, var. Anticostiensis, from the Upper
Silurian, Anticosti; presented by Miss McLea.

A mass of Cucullea, &c., also of Inoceramus and Gervillia, from the Cretaceous forma-
tion, Pense, N. W. Territory, Canada; presented by H. Somers-Cocks, Esq.

One Gault Ammonite and fragment of another, from the Deep well-boring, Convict
Prisin, East Cliff, Dover ; presented by Harwood Clarke, Esq.

The entire collection of Brachiopoda made by the late Dr. ‘Thomas Davidson, L1.p.,
F.R.S.; the collection contains the types of his monograph published by the Palzonto-
graphical Society, and numerous separate memoirs, also Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.; pre-
sented by William Davidson, Esq.

One hundred and thirty-five specimens of Lamellibranchiata, and 353 Gasteropoda,
nine Brachiopoda, and one Cephalapod, Aturia Australis, from the Tertiary strata of
Muddy Creek, Victoria; presented by J. Dennant, Esq.

A collection of Mollusca from the Pliocene beds of St. Erth, Cornwall (described in a
paper to the Geological Society, by Messrs. R. G. Bell and P. F. Kendall); presented
by R. G. Bell, Esq., F.¢.s.

A specimen of Artemis eroleta, Linn., and one Trochus multistriatus, 8. V. Wood, from
the Pliocene beds of St. Erth, Cornwall; presented by Rev. A. W. Mills, m.a., &c., &e.

A series of upwards of 100 Gault Ammonites from Folkestone; presented by F. J.
Richards, Esq.

A collection

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A collection of Kocene shells from the Upper and Middle Headon Beds, Colwell Bay,
comprising 101 bivalves and 286 univalves; presented by R. G. Bell, Esq., ¥.c.s.

Three Nawti/i from the Cornbrash of Bedford; presented by F. W. Crick, Esq.

Two Spirifere from the Palxozoic rocks, near ’chang District of Hupeh, China; pre-
sented by John Grieve, Esq., M.D.

Four specimens of Murex Branderi, seven Conus noe, 15 Venus cuscina, 20 Apporhais
pes-pelicani, four Chama squamosa, four Cassidaria echinata, six Arca polii, and two
Strombus, from the Post Phocene (raised beaches) at Lacakia, near Beirtit, Syria; pre-
sented by Rev. G. E. Post, m.a.

Four specimens of Trigonia pulchella, Ag., from the Upper Lias, Lincolnshire ; pre-
sented by J. W. Carr, Esq.

Twenty-one specimens of Mollusca, comprising the genera Schizodus, Cardinia,
Avicula, Pleurophorus, &c., from the Rhetic of Westbury, Staunton Wolds, &c. ; pre-
sented by Rev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.s.

Four specimens of Belemnitella minima, List., from the Red Chalk, Speeton Cliff, York-
shire ; presented by Professor W. H. Flower, Lu.p., F.R.S.

A specimen of Ahyncholites, from the Lower Lias, Down, Hatherly, near Gloucester ;
presented by Rev. F. Smithe, LL.D., F.G.s.

One specimen of Productus giganteus, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Belleck,
Lough Erne, Ireland; presented by W. Hardman, Esq.

One Trigonia Brodie, Lycett, from the Inferior Oolite of Hook Norton, Oxon ; pre-
sented by Edwin A. Walford, Esq.

Four specimens of Waldhemia resupinata, and four W. Marie, from the Middle Lias,
Churchdown Hill, Gloucester; presented by the Rev. IF. Smith, Lu.p., F.a.s.

Three hundred and ninety-eight specimens of Tertiary Mollusca and Brachiopoda, from
well-sinkings, and a series of eighty-four Cretaceous Mollusca, from the interior of South
Australia; presented by H. Y. L. Brown, Esq., r.c.s. Director of the Geological
Survey of South Australia.

A Natica Shell, from the Eocene, Selsey Bill; presented by Rev. A. Fuller, m.a.

(b.) Polyzoa.—Twelve specimens of Tertiary Polyzoa, from South Australia; pre-
sented by H. Y. L. Brown, Esq, F.c.s. Direetor of the Geological Survey of South
Australia.

(c.) Insecta and Crustacea.—Two specimens of Necroscilla Wilsoni, H. Woodward, from
the Coal Measures, Ilkeston, Derbyshire (figured and described in Quart. Journ. Geol.
Soc. 1879, vol. xxxv. p. 551, pl. xxvi. fig. 3.); also four specimens of Hoscorpius anglicus,
H. Woodw. Coal Measures, Skegby Colliery, near Mansfield (figured and described in Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soe. vol. xxxii., p. 59, pl. viil.), and two fragments of Glyphea, sp. trom the
Lower Lias, Flechney, Leicestershire; presented by Edward Wilson, Esq., F.G.s.

One specimen of Crustacea Thalassina Emerii, Bell( Pro. Geol. Soc, 1844, vol. iv., p. 360,
cut), in a nodule from Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia; presented by Rev. J. G.
Nicolay.

One lavas Slab of Shale from the Coal Measures, Dudley, covered with Crustacean
tracks and markings; presented by Henry Johnson, Esq., F.G.8.

Three specimens of Cythere umbonata, Salter, from the Llandeilo Flags, Bala Beds,
Moel-y-Garnedd, Bala; presented by Prof. T. &. Jones, F.R.s.

Fifteen specimens of Dithyrocaris and Paleocrangon, from the Lower Carboniferous of
Ardross, Elie, Fife ; presented by W. Anderson, Esq.

One specimen of Caryocaris, one Aiglina, Hughesii, and one Placoparia, from the
Arenig Schists of Caernaryon ; presented by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq.

Three Trilobites from the Lower Silurian of Yorke’s Peninsula, South Australia; pre-
sented by H. Y. L. Brown, Esq., F.¢.s.

(e.) Echinodermata.—Three Holectypus, from the Cornbrash, Bedford; presented by
J. W. Crick, Esq.

A specimen of Echinocorys vulgaris, Breyn, in flint, from the Upper Chalk near
Beaconsfield, buckmghamshire; presented by Rey. William Bramley-Moore, M.a.

One specimen of Lemnopleurus simpler, one Salmacis sp., one Cidaris, six Laganum
tumidum, and three Clypeaster suffarcinctus, from the Pliocene, Coast of Biluchistan, and
from the Persian Gulf; presented by H. B. Medlicott, Esq., M.a., F.R.8., Director of
the Geological Survey of India.

Sixty-eight Echinoderms from Well-sinkings in the Tertiary Formation of South
Australia; presented by H. Y. L. Brown, Esq., F.c.s.

(f.) Zoophyta.—Five Corals from the Tertiary strata of Muddy Creek, Victoria; pre-
sented by J. Dennant, Esq.

Two specimens of Azosmilia elongata, Duncan, from the Pea-Grit of the West of
England (figured and described in Geol. Mag. 1886); presented by Prof. P. Martin
Duncan, M.B., F.R.S.

Eleven portions of Lithostrotian irregulare, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Clifton,
Bristol ; presented by Rev. Henry N. Hutchinson, m.a.

Ten specimens of Syringopora, 16 Culamophylium, one Zaphrentis, from the Carbonif-
erous Limestone, Belleck, Lough Erne, Ireland; presented by William Hardman, Esq.

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72 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRTISH MUSEUM.

Two Stromatoporoids from the Middle Devonian of Dartington, S. Devon; presented
by A. Champernowne, Esq., M.A., F.G.S.

Three Lower Silurian Corals, from York’s Peninsular, and 32 Tertiary Corals from
various well-sinkings in South Australia; presented by H. Y. L. Brown, Esq., ¥.¢.s.

(g.) Hydrozoa.—Thirty-seven Graptolites, &c., from the Arenig Rocks, opposite
Carnarvon Castle; presented by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq.

(h.) Protozoa.—One Siliceous Sponge Thenea Wallachi, and 13 slides of Siliceous
Foraminifera, with localities; presented by Dr. P. Herbert Carpenter, M.a., F.R.s.

One hollow cast of a Sponge in Flint, from the Chalk, Charlton Downs, near Canter-
bury ; presented by Alexander Macpherson, Esq.

Four slides of Hindia spheroidulis, Duncan (including the type specimens), from the
Silurian, New Brunswick; presented by Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.B., F.R.s.

Specimens of Xanthidia, in a section of Flint; presented by Dr. J. Millar, F.L.s.,
F.G.S.

Specimen of bed with examples of Nummulina Prestwichiana, base of the Barton Beds,
Middle Eocene, Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight; presented by Mr. Henry Keeping.

Two blocks of Lower Laurentian Limestone, consisting of Eozvon Caunadense, Pelete
Nation, Cote, Ste Pierre, Quebec; presented by Alfred R. C. Selwyn, LL.D., F.R.S.,
Director of the Geological Survey of Canada.

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Two specimens of Endogenitvs erosa, Mant., from the Wealden, White Rock Cliff,
Hastings; presented by G. A. Kegworth, Esq., F.c.s.

One hundred and seventy-eight Eocene Plant-remains from Ardtun Head, Mull, com-
prising Platinites, Tuxus, Rhamnus, Podocarpus, Magnolia, &c. Also 58 specimens of
Miocene Plants from the North of Ireland (obtained by means of grant from the Royal
Society Research Fund); presented by J. S. Gardner, Esq., F.G.s.

A mass of silicified Coniferous Wood, from the Lower Greensand, Ightham, Kent ;
presented by John Hale, jun., Esq.

The type-specimen of Eophyton explanatum, Hicks, from the Tremadoc Slates, Ramsay
Island (figured and described in Geol. Mag., 1869, Vol. vi., pl. 534, Pl. xx., figs. 14-c.);
presented by Dr. H. Hicks, ¥.r.s.

One piece of Fossil Wood in Flint, from the Chalk, Charlton Downs, near Canterbury;
presented by Alexander Macpherson, Esq.

Twenty-four plant-remains from the Carboniferous Limestone of Gwannysca, near
Rhyl; presented by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq.

Three Tertiary, and 26 Cretaceous Plants, from South Australia; presented by
H. Y. L. Brown, Esq., F.G.s.

2. By Purchase—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—A typical and named series of remains of Insectivora and Rodentia,
comprising Lagomys sardus, Hensel; Mus orthodus, Hensel; Arvicola Henselii, Major ;
Talpa tyrrhenica, and Sorex similis, Hensel; from the Ossiferous Breccia of Monte San ,
Giovanni, near Iglesias, S.W. Sardinia.

A specimen of bone-breccia from the Caves of Gibraltar, with Rodent and Insectivore
teeth.

Cetacean remains from the Tertiary Deposits, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia.

(2.) Aves.—Humerus of Argillornis, from the London Clay of Sheppy.

(3.) Replilia.— Posterior portion of pubis of Dinosaur, and other Reptilian remains, from
the Wealden, Horsham, Sussex.
Two skulls of Procolophon trigoniceps, from the Triassic Deposits of South Africa.

(4.) Pisces.—An Ichthyolite and a specimen of Rhizodus Hibberti, from the Coal-
Measures of Scotland ; with remains of Squaiodon, Zamna, &c., from Tertiary deposits.

A large specimen of Lepidotus Mantelli, from the Wealden of Horsham, Sussex.

A fine example of Mesogaster sphyrenoides, Ag., and a specimen of Rhamphosus
aculeatus. from the Eocene of Monte Bolca.

Remains of thirty-four Fossil Fishes from the Gault of Folkestone.

Sharks’ teeth from the Tertiary Deposits of Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia.

Thirty specimens of Fossil Fishes, in Clay Ironstone nodules, from the Coal-measures,
Coseley, near Birmingham.

A series of teeth of Polyrhizodus, Psammodus, Pacilodus, Petrodus, and Cladvdus, from
tke Carboniferous Limestone, near Moscow.

One specimen of Mesodon Liassicus, from the Lower Lias, Langport.

Groups of teeth of Ptychodus, from the Lower Chalk, Dover.

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B.—INVERTEBRATA.— By Purchase.

(1.) Mollusca.—A Collection of Raised-beach Shells, from Fife and from the Isle of
Portland.

Ninety-nine Miocene Tertiary Shells, from Barbadoes.

Three hundred and eighty-one Mollusca, from the Permian, Carboniferous, and
Jurassic formations.

Four hundred specimens of Mollusca, from the Grés de Artinsk of Russia.

Thirty-eight Shells, from the Silurian of Gotland.

A large Collection of British Cretaceous Fossils, comprising Lamedlibranchiata, Gustero-
poda, and Brachiopoda, from Folkestone and Dover.

Forty-two Pliocene Tertiary Shells, from St. Erth, Cornwall, and a series of Mollusca
from various formations and localities: also a mass of Nerinev, from the Great Oolite,
Santander, and a slab of various Shells, from the Inferior Oolite, Yeovil.

Ten specimens of Carboniferous Brachiopoda, and twelve specimens of Spirifera
Delabole, Cretaceous, Devonshire.

Two hundred and twenty specimens of Tertiary Shells, from Pattorfik, Greenland.

A series of Cretaceous Fossils, comprising eight hundred and three Brachiopods, and
five hundred and ninety-three Mollusca, chiefly from the Gault of Folkestone ; also fifty-
six Turrilites, from the Lower Chalk.

One hundred and seventy-one Fossil Shells, from the Post-Tertiary beds of Garvel
Park, Clyde Estuary, Scotland.

A series of Mollusca, from New Zealand, and from various localities in Australia.

A collection of thirty-six Inferior Oolite Fossils, comprising Arca, Cucullea, Trigonia,
Pholodomya, Lima, Pecten, Hinnites, Ostrea, &c.

A collection of Shells, from the Inferior Oolite 6f Sherborne, Bradford-Abbas, &c.,
comprising <Astarte oblonga, A. Mansellii, A. expansa, A. rhomboidalis, A. tumida,
A, excavata, A. elongata, A. multicostata, A. subquadrata, Opis lunulata, VO. trigonalis, and
Carvirostrum striatum. (Figured and described in Proc. Dorset Field Club, vol. ii,

an 1 Ye
s A specimen of Belemnolenthus Montefieret, Buck., from the Lower Lias Shales, Char-
mouth, Dorset.

Six hundred and forty Mollusca, and Brachiopoda, from the Wenlock Limestone,
Dadley. (Johnson Collection.)

A series of Carboniferous Mollusca, and Brachiopoda, from the Devonian, Marwood,
Pilton, and Ilfracombe.

One hundred and filty specimens of Mollusca, from the Coal Measures of Staffordshire
and Warwickshire. (Johnson Collection, )

A mass of Carboniferous Limestone, containing Productus giganteus, from Virow-Chirk,
Wales, and also a specimen of Hippurites, from Folkestone.

Twenty-seven Mollusca, from the Lower Silurian of Shropshire.

(2.) Polyzoa.—One hundred and thirty-six Upper Silurian Polyzoa, from the Wenlock
Limestone, Dudley.

A series of Jurassic and Carboniferous Polyzoa, from various localities.

Fifteen Polyzoa, from the Carboniferous beds at Pilton and Iliracombe.

(3.) Insecta and Crustucea.—Seventy-nine specimens of Insecta and Crustacea, from the
Tronstone of the Carbonifercus series of Coseley, near Dudley, and one hundred and
ninety-two specimens from the Wren’s Nest, Dudley. (Part of the Henry Johnson Col-
lection. )

A specimen of Homalonotus Knightii, from the Upper Silurian, Wenlock.

Twenty-four Crustacea, from the Cretaceous formation at Folkestone.

A series of twenty-eight Trilobites, from the Lower Silurian of Shropshire.

Seventeen Crustacea, from the Carboniferous Limestone at Piltun.

(4.) Echinsdermata.—Thirty specimens of Crinoidea and Asteroidea, from the Devo-
nian, Bundenbach, Birkenfeld.

Four specimens of British Cretaceous Echinodermata.

A slab of Starfishes, from the Lias, Chideock.

Five hundred and one Echinodermata, from the Cretaceous formation, Folkestone.

A specimen of Ophiurella acrida, Wright, and Geniaster Hamptonensis, from the Great
Oolite, Hampton. (Figured and described in Mon. Pal, Soc. 1880, p. 156, PI. ii., fig. 2.)

Two hundred and eleven Crinoids and Starfishes, from the Wenlock Limestone, Dud-
ley. (Part of the Johnson Collection.)

Four Carboniferous Crinoids, from Pilton, North Devon.

(5.) Zoophyta—A Collection of Corals, from the Silurian of Sweden.

Twenty-nine Cretaceous Corals, from Folkestone.

Twenty-six Corals, from the Lower Silurian of Shropshire.

Fighteen specimens of Corals, from the Coral Rag, Weymouth.

Four hundred and eighty-three specimens of Upper Silurian Corals, from the Wenlock
Limestone, Dudley. (Part of the Johnson Collection.)

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(6.) Hydrozoa.—A series of Graptolites, from the Lower Silurian, Victoria, Australia.
Thirty-seven specimens of Graptolites, &c., from the Arenig Rocks, Wales.

(7.) Protozoa.—-KFight Fossil Sponges, from British Cretaceous formations.
Twenty-eight Fossil Sponges from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley.

(8.) Foraminifera.—Eighty slides of typical figured London Clay Foraminifera.
(Figured and described in the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 1886.)

C.—PLANTA.

Forty Plant-Remains from the Keuper of Germany.

One specimen of Pecopteris (showing sori), and one Lepidophyllum, from the Coal Mea-
sures.

Four hundred and thirty-eight Plant-remains, from the Oligocene, Chiavone ; fifty
Plant-remains, from the Grés des Soissons, and upwards of five thousand six hundred
British Plant-remains, from the Eocene of Bournemouth and Alum Bay. (Part of the
Gardner Collection.)

A series of Fossil Fruits of the Newer Tertiary age, from Deep Gold Leads, Victoria,
Australia.

Six hundred Tertiary Plants, from Atanakerd!uk, Disco, and Hare Island, North
Greenland, &c. (Whymper Collection.)

Seven hundred and fifty-nine Plant-remains, from the Carboniferous of Staffordshire.
(Part of the Henry Johnson Collection.)

Twenty Carboniferous Plants, from near Ilfracombe.

One slab with Plant-remains, and a specimen of Fossil Wood.

By Exchange.
A nearly complete Skeleton of Dinornis gravis, from the South Island, New Zealand.
The total number of acquisitions during the past year have been as follows:—

A. VERTEBRATA:

By Donation - = = i = = a 262
» Purchase - - - - - - - 69
eee Salat |
B. INVERTEBRATA :
By Donation - - - - - = - 19,444
>» Purchase - - - - - - - 10,882
i 30,326
C. PLANT2:
By Donation - - = - - - 3 304
» Purchase - - ee ee eee
—-—— 7,164
Total --.. - S783

VI.— Duplicates.

A series of 38 Duplicate Fossils, and 13 Plaster-Casts, have been transmitted to the
Science and Art Museum, Dublin, and 80 specimens of Fossil Fishes to the Charterhouse
Schools at Godalming.

VII.— Lectures, Demonstrations, and Visits of Classes and Students.

Swiney Lectures on Geology :—

Twelve lectures on “The Fauna and Flora of the Carboniferous Period” were
delivered by Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.z.s., from 15th June to 9th July 1886, attended by
868 persons in all; the Lecturer also gave demonstrations in the Galleries.

Dr. Woodward gave demonstrations on 13th February to 30 members of the Metro-
politan Seientific Association, and on 16th April to 25 boys from the Haberdashers’
School, who were accompanied by the Head Master, Mr. Hinton.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted the Collections during the past
year for purposes of study, and who have been assisted by the staff in their special

scientific work, was 2,466.
Henry Woodward.

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

During the year 1886, a new edition of the Guide to the Meteorites has been issued ;
additional specimens have been selected to illustrate the same, and the whole series of
illustrative specimens has been re-arranged.

The fittings of the meteorite cases have been altered, and the whole of the meteorite
collection has been re-grouped.

A new edition of the Index to the Mineral Collection has been prepared and published.

The Descriptive Catalogue of the specimens of Pyrargyrite and Proustite, to the number
of 215, has been completed, and 150 crystals of these and other minerals have been
measured.

The minerals and rocks illustrating the remarkable mode of occurrence of the diamond
in South Africa, nave been brought together and labelled.

The localities of the Russian minerals in the general collection have been revised.

176 rock sections have been examined microscopically. and the specimens and sections
have been named, labelled, and catalogued; rocks from Pembrokeshire, and a collection
from the Solomon Islands (made by Dr. Guppy), have been re-examined.

The labelling of the mineral species has been completed by the printing, mounting, and
placing in the cases of 391 new labels.

The large specimens in the lower cases have been provided with printed labels, and for
the most part re-arranged.

In the Laboratory quantitative analyses of the Felspar from Kilima-njaro, and a quali-
tative examiration of the Youndagen meteoric iron have been made.

223 sections of rocks and minerals have been cut, polished, and mounted; and the Nejed
meteoric iron has been cut, faced, and polished.

The duplicate copy cf the General Register has been completed.

Assistance has been given in the naming and labelling of rocks and minerals in the
Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

Departmental Library.

To the Library have been added 110 separate works (in 140 volumes), 208 memoirs
and pamphlets, and 19 serials (im 46 volumes).

The whole of the volumes purchased during the year (including 565 plates) have been
stamped, registered, and catalogued.

The entire library has been re-arranged, and the volumes, including 13 boxes of
pamphlets, have been re-pressmarked.

205 volumes have been bound during the year.

Visitors.

The number of visits recorded as made to the department for the purpose of consulta-
tion or study is 761.

Acquisitions.

1,556 specimens have been acquired during the year 1886, namely, 348 minerals, 977
rocks, 11 meteorites, and 220 crystal-sections for the polariscope.

These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and placed in the collection. The more
important of them are named below :—-

MINERALS.
By Presentation :—

Crystals of native tellurium; Boulder Co., Colorado ; by T. Berdell, Esq.

Fine specimens of millerite ; Gap Mine, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; by Joseph
Wharton, Esq.

Stibvite; Cambria Mine, Auckland, New Zealand; by A. Bennett, Esa.

Silver ores; Chili; by Louis Blacker, Esq. ee

A greup of quartz crystals, originally the groperty of William Phillips ; Delabole, Corn-
wall; by C. Fox, Esq.

Slabs of crocidolite and catseye; Asbestos Mountain, South Africa; by Sidney
Cowper, Esq. : bi : ‘

Specimens of apophyllite and calcite; Diamond Fields, South Africa, by F.
Schute, Esq., F.G.S.

Twinned crystal of stauyolite ; Brittany: by M. Duvergie.

Crystals of barytes exhibiting dichroism ; Old Parkside Mine, Frizzington; Beryl, in
diverging crystals ; Glqcullan, near Dublin; by W. G. Lettsom, Esq.

Vanadinite ; Arizona; by Richard Pearce, Esq.

A fine specimen of red wulfenite ; Melissa Mine, Arizona; by W. Semmons, Esq.

Plattnerite ; Leadhills, Lanarkshire ; (hitherto considered as a doubtful species) ; by
T. Davies, Esq., F.G.S.

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By Purchase :—

Diamond in Jtacolumite; Brazil.

Argentite in large cubo-cctahedra ; Chanarcillo, Chili.

Copper Pyrites; Liskeard, Cornwall.

Chiviatite ; Chiviato, Peru.

Specimens uf the new mineral Argyrodite (which contains the new element, Germa-
nium); Himmelsfiirst mine, Freiberg, Saxony.

Crystallised Ullmannite; Montemarbe, sardinia.

Alaskaite; Alaska Mine, Poughkeepsie, Colorado.

Taznite ; ‘!azna, Bolivia.

Todobromite ; Dernbach, Nassau.

A fine specimen cf green Fiuor; Weardale, Durham.

Cryolite in unusually fine crystals; Evigtok, Greenland.

Specimen; of Cuprite, Malachite, Chessylite, and Aurichalcite ; Copper Queen Mine,
Arizona, U.S.A.

Ateline; from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 1881.

Fine crystals of Rutile; Alexander Co., N. Carolina.

Cleveite; Skraatorpkygge, Moss, Norway.

Melanophlogite in exceptionally large erystals ; Girgenti, Sicily.

Fine crystals of Quartz; Herkimer Co., New York.

Precious Opal in Rhyolite; Zimapan, Mexico.

Very fine twinned crystals of Calcite; Eyam, Derbyshire.

Finely crystallised specimens of Calcite; The iron mines, Furness, Lancashire.

Aragonite ; Fort Collins, Colorado.

Hydrogiobertite, a new mineral; Monte Somma, Vesuvius.

Fowlerite in exceptionally fine crystals; Franklin, Sussex Co., U.S.A.

Pericline in large crystals; near Zermatt.

A large specimen of finely coloured Chrysocolla; Clifton, Arizona.

Specimens of Epidote; Zoptau, Moravia.

A facetted specimen of Kuclase; a doubly terminated crystal of the same, a great
rarity, from Brazil; and Euclase on mica schist ; the Mountains between Carinthia and
Tyrol.

Datolite; Seisser Alpe, Tyrol: and Modena, Italy.

Crystals of Topaz; Prov. Mino, Javan; Durango, Mexico; and Pike’s Peak, Colo-
rado.

Specimens of the new minerals Zunyite and Guitermanite; and of Megabasite and
Enargite ; Silverton, Colorado.

A crystal of Emerald exceptionally modified ; Santa Fé de Bogota, S. America.

Rosterite ; San Piero, Elba.

An unusual y fine crystal of Milarite; Wal Giuf, Switzerland.

A remarkably fine specimen of Epistilbite; Teigarhorn, Iceland.

Magnificent specimens of red Wulfenite ; Melissa mine, Arizona, U.S.A.

Wulfenite; Organ Mountains, New Mexico.

Barytes; Frizzington, Cumberland.

Fine specimens of crystallised Colemanite, a new mineral; San Bernardino Co., Cali-
fornia.

Crystallised Boussingaultite ; Sasso, Siena, Tuscany.

Fine specimens of Vanadinite; Arizona

Descloizite ; Sierra Grande mine, Lake Valley, New Mexico.

Schueebergite ; Schneeberg, Tyrol.

Uranothallite; Joachimsthal, Bohemia.

Poiyarsenite, a new mineral; Sjégrufvan, Sweden.

Crystals of Apatite ; Durango, Mexico.

Pyromorphite; Friedrichssegen mine, Ems, Nassau.

Schraufite, a resin; Wamma, Bukowina, Austria.

Duxite, a resin; Dux, Behemia.

Of the above minerals Argyrodite. Alaskaite, Taznite, Iodobromite, Ateline, Hydro-
elobertite, Zunyite, Guitermanite, Rosterite, Colemanite, Uranothallite, Plattnerite,
Polyarsenite, Schraufite, and Duxite are new to the collection, as are also specimens of

Annerodite, Arsenolamprite, and Schneebergite.

Rocks.
By Presentation :—

A series of the Protogines of Mt. Blanc; by the late Richard Fort, Esq.
Rocks; Cumberland; by H. A. Miers, Esq., M.a.

Obsidian; Aurora, Nevada; by T. Davies, Esq., F.G.S.

Uralite Porphyry; Dolgelly, Merionethshire; by T. A. Readwin, Esq., F.G.s.
A collection of rocks from Western Australia ; by E. 1. Hardman, Esq.
Rocks from the Diamond Fields, §. Africa; by F. Schute, Esq., ¥.c.s.

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By Purchase :—

A collection of 266 specimens from the Mt. Cenis Tunnel.
A. collection of 69 specimens to illustrate the origin of schists, &c.

METEORITES.
By Presentation :—

Nenntmannsdorf, Saxony ; by Dr. H. B. Geinitz.

Nammianthal, South Arcot, Madras; fell 27th January 1886; by De.H. B. Medli-
cott, Director of the Geological Survey of India.

Jenny’s Creek, West Virginia, U.S.A,; by Dr. J. N. Tilden.

By Purchase :—

Glorieta Mts. Santa Fé Co., New Mexico.

Bois de Fontaine. Loiret, France ; fell in 1825; weight 1,140 grams.
Barbotan, Gers, France; nearly a whole stone, which fell 24th July 1790.
Independence Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.

Heredia, Costa Rica; fell 1st April 1857.

By Exchange :—

Sancha Estate, Desert of Bolson de Mapimi, Mexico.
*«‘ Signet Iron”: Tuczon, Arizona, U.S.A.
Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, U.S.A.
Of these Nenntmannsdorf, Nammianthal, Jenny’s Creek, Independence County, and
Grand Rapids, have not hitherto been represented in the collection.
. L. Fletcher.

DEPARTMENT OF Borany.

During the past year 48,111 specimens have been mounted, named, and inserted in
their places in the Herbarium. The phanerogamous plants have consisted chiefly of
specimens collected in Central Kurope by Schultz, in Greece by Heldreich and Orphanides,
in India by Beddome, Schlagintweit and King, in Central Asia by Regel,in West Java
by H. O. Forbes, in Australia by Baron von Mueller and the Rey. T. 8. Lea, in South
Atrica by Robert Brown, Bolus, Woods, and Macowan, in Madagascar by Baron ; and
specimens received from Baillon, and others collected in Zanzibar by the Rev. W. E. Taylor,
in Columbia by Moritz, in Mexico by Pringle, and in North America by Richardson, Cur-
tiss, Suksdorf, Lemmon, Fawcett, and Howell. The specimens contained in the Herbarium
of Hepatic, purchased from the late Dr Hampe, have beenall mounted and arranged. A con-
siderable portion of the Wilson Herbarium of Mosses has been mounted and arranged ; and
the whole collection of Algz which belonged to the late Prof. Dickie. The extensive series
of Roses that belonged to Déséglise have been mounted and arranged in cabinets for ready
reference.

In the progress of incorporating these additions, the following Natural Orders have been
more or less completely re-arranged :— Crucifera, Sterculiacee, Geraniacee, Lequminosa,
Resacee, Onnugracee, Umbellifere, Araliacee, -Composite, Sapotacea, Asclepiadacee,
Verbenacee, Urticacee, Euphorbiaceae, Orchidee, Scitamixee, Liliacee, Restiacea,
Cyperacee, Granince, Filices, Lycopodiacee, and Lquisetucee.

The most important addition to the collections during the past year was the Herbarium
of the distinguished mycologist C. E. Broome, which he bequeathed to the Trustees. It
consists of a carefully arranged collection of British and Foreign Fungi, comprising about
40,000 specimens, all accurately named and localised, many of them being the types of
species described by Mr. Broome. Accompanying the herbarium are the copy of Fries’s
* Systema,” which Mr. Broome employed as an Index to his herbarium, the original
correspondence connected with his collections, and a large series of mycological pamphlets,
amounting to 212 separate publications.

An interesting and valuable cullection has been received, in return for a collection of
British Plants, from the Senatus of the New College, Edinburgh, consisting of the plants
belonging to Archibald Menzies, who accompanied Vancouver round the World,
collected in Western America and the Pacific Islands. The collection consists chiefly of
cellular cryptogams, grasses, and Cyperacea@, and contains many plants of his own
collecting, besides several collections acquired by him, especially the herbarium of Zier,

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78 ACCOUNTS &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

whe assisted Dickson in his “* Cryptogamic Plants of Britain,” and Curtis in his “ Flora
Londinensis.”

By exchange also a small collection of plants from Madagascar consisting of fifty-five
species was obtained from the Jardin des Plantes; and an interesting series of the Fruits
of Canada formed by Professor Macoun.

Some valuable specimens necessary for the morphological series in the Great Hall have
been presented by the Director of Kew Gardens. The other additions to the collections
by presentation during the year have consisted of 1,421 species of plants from Australia,
collected and presented by the Rev. T. 8. Lea; 929 plants from the Rabai Hills, and
other districts in Eastern Tropical Africa, collected and presented by the Rev. W. E.
Taylor; 204 plants from Australia, from Baron von Mueller; 178 plants from the North
Cape and other parts of Norway, collected and presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq.; 188
specimens of the genus Ficus; 26 species of Pedicularis, and 21 of Primula, from
Dr. King; 209 species of plants, 14 cones, and the stem of a square Bamboo from Japan,
trom C. Maries, Esy.; 81 species of Ceylon plants from Dr. ‘Trimen; 74 species of
plants from India from Dr. Watt; 186 species of Ferns from Perak, from the Rev.
®. Scortechini; 40 plants from Borneo and an Irish Orchid, from F. W. Burbidge, Esq. ;
138 plants from Natal, from J. Medley Wood, Esq.; 156 plants from Manitoba, from
#. Miller Christy, Esq.; 191 plants from Uruguay and a British Silene, from J. C. Mansel
Pleydell, Esq.; 36 plants from Greenland, from Prof. Warming; 14 species of rare
American plants from Prof. Asa Gray ; six species of lMriogonee, from Dr. C. C. Parry;
live rare French plants, from T. Hewse, i'sq. ; 85 species of plants from various regions,
from A. Bennett, Esq.; 47 species of Hepatice from Natal, from W. H. Pearson,
Esq.; specimens of Rhipilia trom Mergui, from Dr. Anderson: 30 species of Fungi,
from W.G. Smith, Esq. ; 15 species of Fung?, from W. B. Grove, Esq. ; British specimens
of Equisetum litorale and two other British plants, from W. H. Beeby, Esq.; two Carices
from Norfolk, from H. G. Glasspoole, Esq. ; four British plants from W. W. Reeves, Esq.;
four British plants from F. C. 5. Roper, Esq.; six British plants from the Rev. C. A.
Newdigate ; four plants from Wiltshire, from W. A. Clarke, Esq.; 158 plants from
Donegal, from Miss A. Kinahan ; and 27 British plants from the Rev. W. R. Linton.

The following collections have been acquired by purchase:—168 plants from the
Balearic islands, collected by Porta and Rigo; 200 plants of Central Europe from Schultz ;
362 plants of Greece, collected by Orphanides and 87 by Heldreich ; 100 plants from Italy,
collected by Lojacono; 100 specimens of European Hieracia from Peters; a collection of
Erythreas from Wittrock; 1,347 plants from Himalaya and Tibet, collected by
Schlagintweit; 485 plants of Syria, collected by Post; 911 species of plants and 74
varieties of woods from New Guinea, collected by H. O. Forbes; 379 Madagascar plants,
collected by the Rev. Richard Baron ; 200 plants of the Cape of Good Hope, from Prof.
Macowan ; 179 critical plants of California, from E. L Greene, Esq. ; 424 specimens of
plents from Califernia, collected by Orcutt ; 219 from Florida, collected by Curtiss; 424

Jants from Mexico, collected by Pringle; 208 plants from Washington Territory,
collected by Suksdorf; 204 plants from California, collected by Lemmon; 215 plants of
New Mexico, cellected by Palmer; 197 plants from South-east Oregon, collected by
Howell; 100 species of Juncus, from Engelmann; 450 species of Scandinavian Mosses
from Hartmann; 2,051 species of Mosses and Hepatics chiefly of species described by
Dr. &. O. Lindberg ; 697 species of Mosses, collected in South Africa by Dr. Rehmann:
23 species of Lichen from California, from Orcutt; 88 preparations of Lichens from Joshua ;
1,100 species of Algae trom France, collected by Mougeot, Duprey, and Roumeguere ;
150 species of Algae from Scandinavia, from Wittrock and Nordstedt; 445 Australasian
Algae, collected by the late Prof. Harvey; 125 species of Diatomacee of Europe, from
van Huerck: 50 species of Ascomycetous Fungi from Rehm; 1,100 species of European
Fungi \rom Sydow, and 300 European Fungi from Rabenhorst.

At the ciose of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, several fine specimens of trees were
presented to the Museum by the exhibitors. A transverse section of a large Douglas Pine,
a similar section ofa large Fir, and a large plank of a Spruce Fir were presented by Frank
Garrett, Esq.; a transverse section of the Karri tree, from M. C. Davies, Esq.; a very
large specimen of Kingia australis, specimens of seven woods and two spikes of a
Xanthorrhea, from the Hon. Malcolm Fraser, c.M.c., and a very large and fine specimen
of Raoulia eximia, from John D. Enys, Esq.

The most important additions to the collection of prints and drawings were the purchase
of a collection of 1,922 original drawings of British plants by the late Miss Onslow; a
very extensive series of drawings of plants made by the late Professor Schleiden; a
collection of drawings of Orchids and other plants, made in Borneo by F. W. Burbidge,
Esq.; 42 original drawings ot Orchids by Miss Cooke; 493 original drawings of Indian
plants; five drawings of Fungi by the late Mrs. Russell, presented by Philip J. Worsley,
Esq.: a drawing of Spilocea Pomi, and proofs on India paper of the illustrations to
Stevenson’s Hymenomycetous Fungi, from W. G. Smith, Esq. ; 355 engravings of plants;
und proofs of the plant figures from the Gardeners’ Chronicle, presented by Dr. Masters.

Contributions to the Library have been received from the Secretary of State for India,
the Right Hon. Sir M. 8. Grant Duff, Governor of Madras, Dr. C. C. Parry, J. G. Baker,
Esq., Rey. C. A. Newdigate, UC. Bailey, Esq., J. Britten, Esq., Messrs. Bell & Sons,
and the Netherlands Botanical Society.

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In the course of the year, at the request of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
some investigations were made into the nature of the vegetation on ships’ bottoms, and a
report thereon was prepared for the Commissioners.

Mr. George Murray, an assistant in the Department, accompanied the Government
Eclipse Expedition to Grenada, as naturalist, for the purpose of investigating the life
history of the Siphonee. In addition to the observations made in Grenada he brought
back large collections for continuing his investigations ; together with specimens of other

cellular plants.
The number of visits paid to the Herbarium during the year for scientific research and

inquiry was 1,026.
William Carruthers.

British Museum (Natural History ), ) W. H. Flower,
J Director.

31 May 1887.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Exprn
turs, of the British Museum (Specian Tru
Funps) for the Year ended 31 March 188
Number of Persons admitted to visit
mMusEuM in each Year from 1881 to 1886, bo
Years inclusive; and the British Muvset
(Naturat Hisvory) in each year from
Date of Opening to 1886, inclusive ; toget
with a SrarementT of the Procress made
the Arrancement and Description of th
CoutecTions, and an Account of Onsec
added to them, in the Ycar 1886.

(Sir John Lubbock.)

Ordered by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
1 July 1887.

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dated 15 June 1888 ;—fur,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Exrenpirure of the Britrsh Muskum
(Spectat Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 3lst day of March 1888.”

‘And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Muszum and
the British Musrum (NaturAL History) in each Year from 1882 to
1887, both Years inclusive ; together with a Starement of the Progress
made in the ARRANGEMENT and DeEscrRIPTION of the CoLLEcTions, and
an Account of OsJects added to them, in the Year 1887.”

Treasury Chambers, | “SON
25 July 1888. “i W. L. JACKSON.

I—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE.
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 1888.

II.—_ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
I1f._—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.
V.—ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE BEQUEST, for the same period.

VI.—RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Britisn Musrum and
the British Museum (Natura History) in each Year from 1882 to 1887, both
Years inclusive.

VIIL—STATEMENT of Generar Procress at the Museum (Bloomsbury).

VIII.—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and Description of the Cor-
LECTIoNS, and Accounr of OxBJectTs added to them, in the Year 1887 (Bloomsbury).
1X.—Ditto - - - ditto - - - (Natural History).

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2 AccouNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczirt anp Expennpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

Cc Stock,
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Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
On the 6th July 1887 - = - £.196 15 4
» 6th January 1888 - - 196 15 4
393 10 8
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Bridgewater, received Ist June 1887 = - - - - 32 f-o

£. 608 9 8 13,117 17 2

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II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrier anp Expernpiture of the FARNBOROUGH
Casm Stock,

"ae 3 p’Cent. Consols.

oi wen td pa Of

To Batance en the Ist April 1887 - - - - - - - 28 12 8 2,872 6 10
- Drivivenps received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent.

Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :
On the Gth July 1887. - £.43 IL 9
» 6th January 1888 43 1 8
Se 86-3, 5
£. |) 114 15 48 2,872 6 10

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III.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrirt anp Expenpiture of the SWINEY

Gage Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.
Be AG reds op. Gh
To Baxance on the Ist April 1887 - - - - . - -| 269 14 11 5,369 2 9
- Divipenps received on 5,369/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con-
sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on
Geology, viz.:
On the 6th July 1887 =) 6.80! Ome 9
» 6th January 1888 80 10 9
GT ab
— Amount of additional Stock purchased in 3 per Ceni. Consols - slit = = 200) ="
eee 430 16 5 5,969 2 9

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND, from the Ist April 1887 to the 31st March 1888.

Casu. Bribes
3 p’ Cent. Consols,
Bacar, £ s a
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the
Rear Estate - - - - - - = - = ; 138 4
— Payment of one Year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian = - =e eal) -
— Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts - - - - =| 181 1 6
392 4 10

i9

— Barancezs on THESIsT Marcu 1888, carried to Account for 1888/89 | 216 4 10 13,117 17

£./ 608 9 8| 18,117 17

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FUND, from the 1st April 1887 to the 31st March 1888.
| ae th ee St eee

Stock,

CEE 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£o ssid: La seed.
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts —- - - - - 9715 9
— BAavances on THE 3)sT Marcu 1888, carried to Account for 1888/89 16 19 11 2,872 6 10

Eee

Lay UAE: 1 2,872 6 10

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FUND, from the 1st April 1887 to the 31st March 1888.

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

By Sarary paid to Dr. R. H. Traquair for Lectures on Geology in By Seg wien ss:
CEN gs ae ee) ye lh gegen wes
— Payments for ADVERTISEMENTS, Election of a Swiney Lecturer - 219 8
— Amount paid for the Purchase of 200/. Stock, 3 per Cent. Consols
(including Commission) - - - - - “9 itsne) cal 5205) LON =
- Bavances on THE 31st Marcu 1888, carried to Account for 1888/89 72 6 9 5,569 2 9

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Ge 430 16 5 5,569 2 9

4 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczirt and Exrenpitune of the BIRCH

Stock,

Casu. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
£. 8 £. Ba
To Batance on the 1st April 1887 - - = -|- - - 563 15 7

~ Diviprenps received on 563/, 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per
Cent. Consols, bequeathed by Dr. Birch
in 1766, for the three Under Librarians
of the British Museum, viz.:

On the 6th July 1887 - - £.8
» 6th January 1888 - 8

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V.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recrrpt and Exrernpiture of the Bequest of the late

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To Barance on the Ist April 1887 - - «-« = =

British Museum,
1888.

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ACCOUNTS, Ke., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

FUND, from the 1st April 1887 to the 31st March 1888.

Srock,
3 p Vent. Consols.

Casu.
So Sw
By Lxeacy 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 - 1618 38
- Baance on THE 31st Marcu 1888, carried to
Account for 1888/89 - - - - ail - cs
£ 1618 3

By Payment for alterations, &c., in the Old Print Room, to adapt it for
reception of Antiquities - - - - - = S

- Payment to the Surveyor of Her Majesty’s Office of Works for
services rendered in superintendence, &c. of the above altera-
tions - - - - - ~ - = = ~ =

- Batance transferred in aid of the British Museum Parliamentary
Vote - - - - c = = = : 2 S

29. A3

563 15 7

Mr. WILLIAM WHITE, from the Ist April 1887 to the 31st March 1888.

66 9 11

-13 4

Edward A. Bond, Principal Librarian.

ACCOUN'S, &¢C.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

6
VL--~NUMBER of Persons Apmirrep to Visit the Bririsu Musrum and the Barrisa Musrevm
(Natura, History).
A.--Persons admitted to View the GeneraL CoLLecrions in the British Museum in each Year from 1882
to 1887, both Years inclusive.
1882. | 1883. ] 1884. | 1885. | 1886, | 1887
‘No. No. No. No. No. No.
January - + + 2a! oe, = | = ye Dole 2i Geyegaer aqsge6 yh ene | aie aene
FrBRUARY - - = sj) « = «=| = ~=|>46,805'] 45,539 |e28410)) a0:tss | Szeanimenies
Mancs - (Oh G00 5) + Ge pene). (2) 6860") 79.899) aies | Sonoma een
Aprats coe ea SS SSIS eae eee Soin iar ener ee
May = 2 6 ke oe ee 7B |B) poy) ae cee ed
June - 6 «= © eo mo Of le vee” 4g G00"! 625004 B5/920 |) 62 vere enn
Jury = = ee yee we ee y=) 61 62,729 | 6864) 359)402 | 57 ban eee
Avevss -. = OU CU Os) 93998 | 62,898)) 45,80m) 7odoy agen
“SEPTEMBER - - - - - - - - | 60,700 | 82,211 | 46,612 | 58,869 | 45,178 | 40,508
DeronsR =) = 5+ = 2, = 2 + = = 1 57,068 | 85,189) 49,9897) (baleat | see Teens
NOVEMBER - - - = as ei tee Sen hss - | 47,442 | 31,302 | 39,378 | 30,883 | 28,667 | 31,390
DrcEMBER - - - - - - - - - 57,290 | 38,516 | 45,299 | 38,661 | 29,663 | 45,700
Total Amber OF Torsone admitted to view the) 767 402 | 660,557 | 468,878 | 584.660 | 504,693 501,256

Including the total number of persons (3,968) admitted to the British Museum on onday and Saturday evenings from six
till eight o "clock, from tie 2nd of May to the 16th of July 1887, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 18th of July to

the end of August.

NUMBER OF VISITS TO Pee Us
DEPARTMENTS.

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research - | 146,891

To the Newspaper Room, for the purpose of research - - -

To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research 54

To the Department of Manuscripts, for the purpose of| 2 343
examining Select and other Manuscripts - - Cana) ?

To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study - - | 12,719

To the Coin ond Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c. 2,044

To the Gold Ornament andGem Room-~— - SS || BONS)

To the Depts. of Natural History, for the purpose of study - + 9,628

To the Print Room, for the purpose of study ~ = 4.739
?

The Christy Collection was removed from 103, Victoria-street, to the British Museum,

152,983

200,269

159,340
1,452
91
2,933

15,244

1,866

201,208

during the year 1883.

176,893

2,013

15,367

225,071

230,021

jt Students Department of Zoology, 1882. Subsequent admissions included in Return, British Museum (Natural History).

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ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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VI.—Numper of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c.—continued,

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Kgyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Autiquities, British
and Medizval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) are Open to the Public, Free, as uncer :—

Monpay, WepNEsDAY, Fripay, and SarurpAy—The whole of the Galleries.
Turspay and THurspay—The whole of the Galleries, except British and Mediaval Antiquities and Ethno-
graphy, and rooms in the ‘‘ White” Wing.

The hours of Admission are from—

10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.

KDE s5 5, March, September, October.

OW) 6 ,, April, May, June, July, August.

LORRI 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from 1st May to the middle of July.

OS aes, 7 ., Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.

The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, Oztober,
November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m.; and in the months of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven.

The Reading Room is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and
October.

Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock to the hour of
general closing ; and inthe Print Room from Ten tili Four o’clock, from January to March, and from August to
December ; and from Ten till Five, from April to July.

British Museum, Edward A. Bond,
31 May 1888. f Principal Librarian.

B.—Prrsons ADMITTED TO VIEW THE COLLECTIONS IN THE British Museum (NATURAL
History), CROMWELL-ROAD, in each Year from 1882 to 1887, inclusive.

1882: 1883 : 1884: 1885: 1886: 1887 :
Janvamwe (+ ee le 23,234 19,164 30,516 31,0938 2750893 24,529
Fesevaky- - - - °- 17,522 15,034 22,628 24,200 23,916 21,560
Mangal fs os) oe eos 27,928 35,257 24,121 28,339 27,849 27,431
APRIL - - = - - 37,130 16,761 51,952 62,548 40,080 40,207
fee, © 33,829 33,797 24,359 46,295 31,416 36,126
JUNE =o Eg oa lat alas 20,461 18,507 39,740 29,936 35,301 27,742
Juny Sere tae vere 20,395 16,509 28,444 29,374 31,331 27,114
Aneus = 9/3 Se ee 29,182 25,298 35,080 45,134 52,525 86,584
SEPTEMBER - - - - 19,564 17,188 31,131 34,977 35,540 29,817
@oroppeR = - ,- “= = 15,217 30,827 31,355 35,892 33,122 29,424.
NovemMBeR Beat as 8 10,469 25,502 24,453 23.878 22,936 23,170
Decempre- - - - - 28,101 23,487 31,452 31,084 21,473 34,474

Toran f Number of par |
Bie History C Bie: 278,027 277,331 375,281 421,350 382,742 358,178

tions (including Students) |

Number of Visits to particular Departments,

for the purpose of Study— 1882: 1883: 1884 : 1885 : 1886 ; 1887 ;

Zooey =... - ae 5,229* | 6,818 8,313 | 8,872] 81955
New Building 4

Geolapy (ey =! > } 1,209 | 2,458 1,991 1,959 | 2,466] 3,290

Mineralogy - — - oie f 697 617 651 626 761| 620

Botany (ese. Crormamellread. 803 | 1,023 993 1,105 | 1,026| 1,483

ToraL - 14,348

* Considerably under usual number, owing to the closing of the department during the removal of the Zoological Collections.

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Zoology, Geology and Palzontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of
the week, except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

The hours of Admission are from —
10 am. till 4 p.m. in January, November, December.
OST. 4.30 p.m. in February.
105s; 5 on October.
IG 5:30" 5, March, September.
Ors 6 6 April, May, June, July, August. i
10M a5; 8 ,, on Monday end Saturday only, from 1st May to the middle of July.

OK 3 7 = Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.
Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Ten till Four o’clock,
British Museum (Natural History ), W. WH. Flower,
29 February 1888. J Director.

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VIJ. GeneraL Procress at the Musrum, BLoomssuRy.

A commencement has been made of an exhibition of the Greek and Roman Sepulchral
Monuments and other sculptures hitherto stored away in imperfectly-lizhted rooms in the
basement of the Museum. Numerous slabs and stelz have been transferred to the room
formerly occupied by the Department of Prints and Drawings, and so arranged that they
will not need tu be disturbed when intended structural alterations have been carried out.
These have been postponed owing to disappointment in the necessary supply of funds
asked for, and promised, for the past year. It is expected that provision for these works
will be made in the grant for the year 1888-89, and that the remainder of the Monuments
will find adequate exhibition space in a well-lighted lower floor of the present room.

From apprehension of injury by exposure to light and changes of atmosphere it has been
found necessary to remove from the walls of the north-west staircase the framed Egyptian
papyri exhibited there for many years, but a small selection has been placed on view
in the Upper Egyptian Gallery. The wall-space of the staircase will be covered
with Mosaics from Carthage, Halycarnassus, and other sites; many of them not before
exhibited.

The ceiling of the Elgin Gallery has been ,cleaned and partly re-painted; and the
Parthenon Pediments are being mounted on marble pedestals, with an alteration in their
position which will bring the finer parts of the frieze into better view.

Two Exhibition Galleries have been opened to the public in the new building on the
south-eastern side of the Museum, erected from the funds bequeathed by Mr. William
White. In one has been re-arranged, and more fully displayed, the Persian, Damascus,
and Rhodian wares, the Majolica and the English pottery and porcelain, together with
the large collection of glass, chiefly bequeathed by Mr. Felix Slade in the year 1863,
removed from a smaller room in the main building.

In the other Gallery has been placed on view an extensive series of Japanese paintings,
with a few early Chinese works, taken from the collection formed by Mr. William
Anderson during a residence of many years in Japan, and purchased from him in the
year 1883, They will remain on exhibition for some time, and will afterwards be replaced
by European works from the general collection of Prints and Drawings.

Printed books and manuscripts illustrating the history of Shorthand Writing have been
exhibited in the King’s Library, on occasion of the celebration of the invention.

A new Refreshment Room, with entrance from the Egyptian Gallery on the ground
floor, has been opened, and the room in the upper floor at the north-east corner of the
building, which has been for some years in use for the purpose, will be occupied by
American Antiquities.

It is necessary to recur to the subject of inadequacy of the present Reading Room for
accommodation of the ever-increasing number of applicants for admission, to which
attention was drawn in the Return for the year 1885. It was then stated that the
number of visitors to the Room had risen from 105,310 in the year 1875 to 159,340; and
it has advanced to 182,778 for the year 1887. No further addition can be made to
the number of seats without inconveniently diminishing the desk space allotted to each
reader. The room is frequently over-crowded; and what is to be feared is that literary
men engaged in genuine research will gradually find themselves pressed out of use of the
Room by the throng of Readers for general information. The wants of this numerous
class of visitors would be better satisfied in a separate room, suitably furnished with modern
works; and, unless the principle of limiting admission to the present Reading Room to
purposes of research is adopted, which cannot be recommended and would indeed be
extremely difficult to enforce, a measure of this nature may be considered indispensable.

The interruption since the year 1882 of the exploration for antiquities in Assyria and
Babylonia, by reason of the refusal of the Turkish Government to renew the firman under
which it had been carried on for many years, has caused the abandonment of important
sites in those countries to the operations of native diggers. It is to be feared that there
has been much destruction and dispersal of inscribed tablets in consequence. Partially-
excavated sites, in which collections of these documents were found and in which without
doubt more remained to be unearthed, are exposed to the reckless explorations of the
Arabs, and the records of these ancient Empires are being scattered, or altogether destroyed.
The discovery of two hoards of tablets by natives and their partial abandonment to chance
purchasers was lately reported. The ‘rustees obtained power to despatch one of their
Officers to Bagdad to endeavour to secure what remained, as well as to report
upon the state of the excavations with a view to their protection; but the

tablets

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MNSHUM. 9

tablets had been taken possession of by the Turkish Government and piaced in the
Imperial Museum of Constantinople: it is hoped that an opportunity will be given for
inspecting them and ascertaining their character. It is above all things to be desired that
the Trustees should be enabled to resume and complete the excavations they had already
commenced and found productive of inscriptions, and that they should be supported by
the Government in their efforts to obtain the necessary permit for the purpose.

Presentations of Museum Publications have been made to various Free Public Libraries
in the United Kingdom and to the British School at Athens; of casts from some of
the Parthenon Marbles to the Imperial School of Fine Art in Constantinople; and of
Electrotypes of Ancient Coins to the Museums of Blackburn, Huddersfield, and Maidstone,
and to Walsall Free Public Library.

A set of Electrotypes of Coins, Casts of Gems, and a selection of Duplicate Greek
Vases have been lent to the Harwich Exhibition; and Electrotypes of Coins, Casts of
Gems, and duplicate Engravings to the Fine Art Exhibition at Dudley.

The following are among the principal Donations :—

From the United States of America, the Printed Records of the Commission on
the Alabama Claims during 1882-1885, in 153 volumes.

From the Earl of Chichester, a further Collection of Correspondence, Manorial
Rolls, Charters, and Household Accounts of the Pelham Family.

From the Trustees of the late Mr. Christy, Stone implements from Japan and
Greenland, specimens from New Guinea, Ancient Peruvian Pottery and Masks,
and other Ethnographical objects.

From General Sir Alexander Cunningham, relics from the Bhilsa Tope, Terra-
cottas, Sculptures, &c.

From Mr. E. H. Man, a valuable collection of objects from the Nicobar
Tslands.

From Lady Charlotte Schreiber, thirteen specimens of Foreign Pottery.

From Mr. Henry Vaughan, six Original Drawings of Michael Angelo.

From A. W. Franks, Esq., about 600 select specimens of English Porcelain and
Wedgewood Ware, with many other objects.

From John Evans, Esq., President of the Society of Antiquaries, twenty-six
Silver Pennies of Cithelred II., and two Foreign Bronze Medals.

From Messrs. T. Agnew and Sons, one hundred and two Proofs of Fine
Engravings published by them.

From L. Lefevre, Esq., one hundred and twenty-five Proofs of Fine Engravings
published by him.

From M. V. Portman, Esq., a collection of Andamanese objects, from the
Colonial Exhibition, with catalogue.

Bequeathed by the late Rev. C. Walker, a collection of Oriental Porcelain, with
European heraldic devices.

The following are the publications the Departments at Bloomsbury during the year,
Viz. :—

CONTINUATION OF THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY: Folio, 28
Parts, viz.:—

Academies, Index to: Charles; Dantag—Day.; D’ffi—Diez.; Douglas—Dror. ;
Eckers—Egault; Egbert—Elliot; Ellot—Engl.; HEng.—Eph.; Iphemerides;
Eph.—-Ern. ; Erne—KEsti. ; Estig.—Eur.; Euripides—Ezzo.; .—Fair; Fairch—
Farn.; Faro—Fehrs.; Feii—Fer.; Feri—Fes.; Fet.—Fiko.; Filace—Fisg.;
Fish—Fleck; Fled.—Foh.; Fran.—Franc; Free—Fri.; Fric.—Froe.: Fro.—
Fyy.; Periodical Publications, Index to.

CATALOGUE OF ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY. Folio.

Sections A. and B.—New English and Foreign Books, 11 Parts.
: C.—Old English Books,and works in Foreign languages printed in England,
4 Parts.
D.—Old Foreign Books, 4 Parts.

CATALOGUE OF GREEK Coins, PELOPONNESUS. By Percy Gardner. Edited by
R. Stuart Poole, Keeper of Department of Coins, 1887. Octavo.

CaTALOGUE OF GREEK Corns, ATTICA, &c. By Barclay V. Head, Assistant Keeper
of Department of Coins. Edited by R. Stuart Poole, 1887. Octavo.

CaTALOGUE oF EnciisH Coins, AncLo-Saxon Serres. Volume I. By Chas.
Fras. Keary. Edited by R. Stuart Poole, 1887. Octavo.

CATALOGUE OF Persian Corns, SHAHS OF PERsIA. By R. Stuart Poole, Keeper
of the Department of Coins, 1887. Octavo.

299. B CATALOGUE

10 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

CATALOGUE OF SEALS IN THE British Musnum. By Walter de G. Birch,
Assistant in the Department of Manuscripts, 1887. Octavo.

GUIDE TO THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF Prints exhibited in the Second
Northern Gallery, 1887. Octavo.

GUIDE TO THE CHINESE ANI JAPANESE ILLUSTRATED Booxs exhibited in the
King’s Library, 1887.

GUIDE TO THE PRINTED Books exhibited to the public, 1887.

GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH CERAMIC ANTE-ROOM AND THE GLASS AND CERAMIC
GALLERY, 1888.

GUIDE TO THE' EXHIBITION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE PAINTINGS IN THE
PRINT AND DRAWING GALLERY, 1888.

British Museum, Edward A. Bond,
31 May 1888. Principal Librarian.

VUi.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CaTALOGuING OF CoLL£c-
TIONS, AND ADDITIONS MADE TO THEM, in the Year 1887. (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 classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
75,888; in addition to which 33,713 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of
changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library. 29,154 labels have been affixed,
-and 90,910 obliterated labels have been renewed. The process of attaching third press-
marks to the books in the New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery
to readers, has been continued; 26,484 books have been thus marked during the year,
and the corresponding alterations have been carried out in the Reading Room
Catalogues.

II. Cataloguing.—(a.) 48,074 title-slips have been written (the term “title-slip”
applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these, 31,868 were written for
the General Catalogue, and 16,206 for the separate Catalogues of Music and the several
Oriental Collections.

(b.) Printing.—33,408 titles have been prepared for printing during the year, upon
the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879, and 32,412 titles have been
printed off.

Progress has also been made in printing the whole Catalogue in alphabetical sequence
from the beginning. With the exception of the headings: “Bible,” ‘ Catalogues,”
“ England,” “France,” and a few other articles, the Catalogue was, at the end of
1887, either printed or at press up to the heading “ Gaume.” 116 MS. volumes have
been printed during the past year, forming 28 printed volumes.

(c.) Incorporation.— General Catalogue.—36,623 title-slips have been incorporated into
each of three copies of this Catalogue. ‘This incorporation has made it necessary, in
order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert in each copy
33,237 title-slips, and to add to each copy 180 new leaves to receive them.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of Periodical Publications
is 297, and in that of Academies, 128. :

(d.) Music Catalogue.—9,884 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue, and 5,957
title-slips have been incorporated into each of two copies of it. This incorporation has
rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 7,774 title-slips in each copy, and to add
to each copy 23 new leaves.

(e.) Hebrew Catalogue.—319 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue.

(f.) Oriental Catalogues—The number of title-slips written is 5,344, of which
690 were for Sanskrit and Sinhalese books; 3,468 for Arabic and Persian; 95 for
Armenian, Syriac, &c.; 205 for Bengali ; 348 for Hindustani; 133 for Marathi; 147 for
Hindi ; 205 for Gujarati; and 53 for works in the Punjabi language. The Catalogue ot
the Hindustani books has been prepared for printing, and the two first sheets of it have
been printed.

.

(g.) Chinese

ACCOUNTS, eec., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11

(g.) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—2 Chinese and 657 Japanese title-slips have
been written for these Catalogues. The 10 first sheets of the Catalogue of Japanese
books have been printed.

(h.} Hand-Catalogue.—F¥or this Catalogue, in which the title-slips mounted on cards
are arranged in order of the press-marks, 83,440 have been arranged, and 73,200 partially
arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 140,500 have been incorporated.

(i.) Catalogues of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.— The number of additions and
alterations in each of the interleaved copies of the Catalogue of books of reference in the
Reading Room, made to record the changes in this collection by the addition of new works,
and the exchange of old for new editions, amounts to 1,140, and the necessary entries have
been made in the Hand-Catalocue.

The collection of books in the galleries of the Reading Room has been maintained
by adding to it new works of interest and importance, and by substituting new for older
editions. The number of additions to each of the interleaved copies of the Catalogue of
this collection was 411.

The interleaved copy of the Subject-Iudex of the modern works added to the Library
in the years 1880-1885 has been kept up to date by the insertion of the title-slips of new
books as soon as they are printed.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course
of the year amounts to 20,948, including 1,744 volumes of newspapers. In con-
sequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one,
the number of bound volumes returned is 9,125; in addition to which, 1,569 pamphlets
have been separately bound. 794 volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room is 736,045; to the Royal Library, 13,701;
to the Grenville Library, 988 ; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 470,564 ; making a total amount of 1,221,298 volumes sup-
plied to readers during the year.

The number of readers during the year has been 182,778, giving an average of over
603 daily ; and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted
nearly seven volumes daily, not reckoning those taken from the shelves of the Reading
Room.

Newspaper Room.—The total number of readers during the year has been 11,802, giving
a daily average of about 39. ‘Ihe number of volumes replaced after use is 71,656, so
that each reader would appear to have consulted six volumes daily.

V. Additions.—(a.) 25,958 volumes and pamphlets (including books of Music) have
been added to the Library in. the course of the year, of which 3,736 were presented,
10,609 received in pursuance of the laws of Knglish Copyright, 1,545 received under
the International Copyright Treaties, and 10,068 acquired by purchase.

(6.) 55,83. parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 2,506 were presented, 30,658 received
in pursuance of the laws of Englisk Copyright, 686 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, and 21,985 acquired by purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been 2,137, com-
prising 158,028 single numbers. 509 of these newspapers were published in London
and its suburbs, 1,297 in other parts of England and in Wales, 189 in Scotland, and 142
in Ireland. 16 volumes of old newspapers, belonging to 10 different sets, have been pur-
chased ; and 1,637 numbers have been presented.

(d.) 5,025 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself; of which
3,009 were received by English, and 2,016 by International Copyright.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 25,958 volumes and pamphlets, and
55,835 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, tc
24,177. Of these, 3,585 have been presented, 9,468 acquired by English, and 1,453 by
International Copyright, and 9,671 by purchase.

(f.) 2,666 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
paragraphs, and comprising Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items. The addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 93,274
articles received in the Department.

(g.) The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is altogether 366,414.

Among the more important acquisitions of interest, made at the sales of the late Baron
Seilliére and the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, or derived from other sources, may be
noted :—

The Bible in the Georgian language, folio, printed at Moscow in 1743 at the expense
of Prince Bakar, the son of King Vachtang, who made use of materials collected
299. B2 by

12 Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

by his uncle King Artchyl. This book is excessively rare, as nearly the whole
impression was destroyed in the burning of Moscow in 1812. Only ten copies are known
to exist, and no other edition of the entire Bible has ever been printed in the Georgian
language. Purchased from the library of the Karl of Crawford and Balcarres.

The Bible in Armenian, printed at Amsterdam in 1666, 4to, with numerous woodcuts.
It is the first edition of the version made by order of Jacob, Patriarch of Armenia, and is
very scarce. Purchased from the library of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.

The Bible in Armenian, printed at Venice in 1733, folio, edited by Mekhitar, and
illustrated with numerous copperplate engravings. This was the first book printed in the
Armenian Convent of San Lazaro at Venice. Purchased from the library of the Earl of
Crawford and Balcarres.

The Psalter in Armenian, printed at Venice in 1565; 8vo. ‘This book was the first
production of the Armenian press established by Abgar at Venice, and is believed to be
the first portion of the Bible printed in Armenian. Itis very rare. Purchased from the
library of the Earl of Crawford and Baicarres.

The Missal of the use of the Diocese of Seville, printed at Seville by Jacob Crom-
berger in 1507, folio; a service-book of the greatest rarity, and printed on vellum. It is
a magnificent example of early Spanish typography, and issued from the press of the first
of a family of German printers who worked at Seville until the middle of the sixteenth
century. Only one other copy is known to exist, and that is in the Casanati Library at
Rome.

The Missal of the use of the Dioceses of Magdeburg, Halberstadt, Brandenburg, Verden,
&e., printed at Magdeburg by Simon Koch in 1486 ; folio.

The Missal of the use of the Diocese of Minden, printed at Nuremberg by Georg
Stuchs in 1613; folio. Very few copies of this volume are known, and only two are
perfect. This copy wants three leaves, which have been supplied in photolitho-
graphic facsimile.

A Breviary of the Premonstratensian Order, printed at Paris by Thielmann Kerver
and Simon Vostre in 1507; 8vo. Only one other copy of this book is known, and that
is in the possession of a convent of the Order in Belgium.

A Breviary of the use of Salzburg, printed at Venice by Nicolaus de Franckfordia in
1482; Ato.

Two editions of the “ Offcium B. Marie Virginis,” printed at Antwerp in 1620 and
1622, with engravings by Karel van Mallerij.

The romance of “ Baudouin de Flandres,” printed at Lyons by Barthélemy Buyer
in 1478, folio; a very fine copy of the extremely rare first edition. Purchased from the
library of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.

The romance of ‘“‘ Guy de Warwick,” in French prose, printed at Paris by Antoine
Couteau for Francois Regnault in 1525, folio; a very fine copy of an edition of great
rarity, illustrated with woodcuts. Purchased from the library of the Earl of Crawford
and Balcarres.

“ Carcel de Amor,” by Diego de San Pedro, printed at Burgos by Fadriyue Aleman
(Friedrich Biel) in 1496, 4to, with woodcuts; a fine copy of an excessively rare edition
of this Spanish romance. Purchased from the library of the Karl of Crawford and
Balcarres.

“ Libro Segundo de Espejo de Cavallerias en el qual se trata de los amores de don
Roldan con Angelica la bella,” printed at Seville by Juan Cromberger in 1533, folio ; the
first edition of this famous Spanish romance, and of excessive rarity. Purchased at the
sale of the library of Baron Seilliére.

“‘ Florisel de Niquea,” printed at Lisbon by Marcos Borges in 1566, folio; an edition
of great rarity. Purchased at the sale of the library of Baron Seilliére.

“Les gestes des solliciteurs” of Eustorg de Beaulieu, printed at Bordeaux by Jehan
Guyart in 1529, 4to; the second book in the French language printed at Bordeaux, and
cf the greatest rarity. Purchased at the sale of the library of Baron Seilliére.

Archbishop Parker’s rare work, “ De Antiquitate Ecclesie Britannice,” printed in
Lambeth Palace by John Day in 1572, in folio, and intended for private distribution
among the friends of the Archbishop. It is believed that not more than 25
copies of this work exist, and no two copies agree entirely in their contents. Four
copies are now in the British Museum ‘The present copy is composed apparently of
proof-sheets, with most of the deficient portions supplied in manuscript. Presen/ed by the
late Miss Stokes, in memory of her father, George Stokes, Esq., the Founder of the Parker
Society.

“ The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia,” written by Sir Philip Sidney, and printed
at London for William Ponsonby in 1598, folio; the third edition, with manuscript notes
by John Payne Collier. To this edition of the ‘‘ Arcadia” were added, “Certaine
Sonets,” never before printed, “‘ A Defence of Poesie,” which had been published in 1595
and “ Astrophel and Stella,” first printed in 1591. :

“The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia,” printed at Edinburgh by Robert Walde-
grave in 1599, folio; an edition of considerable interest, being a Scottish reprint of the
London edition of the preceding year.

«The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subiects, concerning lawfull Sports to be
vsed,” London, 1618, 4to. The very rare original edition of the “ Book of Sports,”
authorising certain games after divine service on Sundays, the publication of which by

James I.,

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James I., 24th May 1618, gave rise among English divines to a long and violent con-
troversy on the due observance of the Sabbath. The “ Book of Sports” was republished
by Charles I. in 1633, but in 1644 it was suppressed by the Long Parliament, and all
copies of it ordered to be publicly burned.

Many other English works of interest printed during the 16th and 17th centuries
have also been acquired. Among them are: “ A Treatise concernynge the diuision betweene
the spiritualtie and temporaltie.” printed at London by Thomas Berthelet about 1529;
«A Werke for housholders,” by Richard Whitford, printed at London by Wynkyn de
Worde, iv 1533; Richard Smyth’s “ Confutation” of Archbishop Parker’s “‘ Defence of
the Doctrine of the Sacrament,” printed abroad, probably at Douai, about 1550; “A
copye of a verye fyne and wytty letter sent from Lewes Lippomanus, Byshop of Verona,”
1556; ‘“ The seditious and blasphemous oration of Cardinal Pole,” an exceedingly rare
tract, printed in London about 1550; Munday’s “ English Roman Lyfe,” London, 1590;
“The Disposition or Garnishmente of the Soule,” Antwerp, 1596; “Oh read ouer D.
John Bridges, for it is a worthy worke,” a well-known tract of the Martin Marprelate
controversy, secretly printed at East Molesey in 1588; Robert Some’s “Godly Treatise,”
London, 1589, 4to. ; John Penry’s “ Answere to Master Some,” clandestinely printed, and
unknown to bibliographers; ‘“ True Relations of sundry Conferences,” 1626, also secretly
printed, and hitherto undescribed; “‘ A Confession and Protestation of the Faith,” printed
probably at Leyden in 1616, and attributed to Henry Jacob, the first minister of an
Independent congregation in England; “ The copie of a letter written from Paris
declaring the maner of the execution of Francis Ravaillart that murdered the French
King,” a contemporary account of the execution of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry IV.,
1610: John Penry’s “ Historie of Corah, Dathan, and Abiram, &c., applied to the Prelacy,
Ministerie, and Church-assemblies of England,” secretly printed in 1609; ‘‘ Newes from
Italie,” 1619, containing an aceount of the earthquake which destroyed Piuro in the Valtel-
lina; Darcie’s ‘‘ Honors True Arbor; or, the Princely Nobilitie of the Howards,” 1625;
“The Queene’s Welles: that is a treatise of the nature and virtue of Tonbridge Water,”
written by Lodowicke Rowzee, and published in 1632 ; “ Lawes and Ordinances of Warre
for the better government of His Maiesties Army Royall in the present expedition for
the Northern Parts,” printed at Newcastle in 1639; and “ Observations manifesting the
conveniency and commodity of Mount-Pietyes,” London, 1661, believed to be the earliest
English work on pawnbroking.

Besides the foreign books previously mentioned, the following scarce works have also
been acquired:—Vergerius’ tract “ De ingenuis moribus,” printed probably by Georg
Lauer at Rome about 1475 ; “ Legenda de la seraphica uergine sancta Catherina da
Siena,” printed about 1477; “Feldtbuch der Wundtarzney,” prmted at Strassburg in
1517, and illustrated with many curious engravings of surgical operations; ‘“ La Grande
et Merueilleuse et trescruelle oppugnation de la noble cite de Rhodes,” by Jacques de
Bourbon, first edition, printed at Paris in 1525; the original Latin text, printed at
Wittenberg in 1527, of the “ Instruction of the Inspectors to the Parish Priests in the
Electorate of Saxony,” drawn up by Melanchthon; Calvin’s “ Christiane Religionis
Institutio,” printed at Basle in 1536, the earliest edition known of this celebrated work;
two works in the Bohemian language on the Religious Doctrines of the Moravian
Brethren, printed at Leutomischl in 1523, and of the utmost rarity, as are all Protestant
Bohemian books, owing to their having been sought for and destroyed in the Thirty
Years’ War; Paprocki’s “Ogrod Krolewsky,” printed at Prague in 1599, and
said to be the rarest of all Paprocki’s rare works, which still remain most valuable mate-
rials for the history of Poland and the adjacent states; “ Adagiales ac Metaphorice
Formule,” by Juan Ruiz de Bustamente, printed at Saragossa in 1551, a very rare col-
lection of Proverbs in Latin and Spanish used by Cervantes in “ Don Quixote;” Aker-
laecken’s “ Genealogien der Hertoghen van Gelre, Gulick, Cleve, Berghe ende Graven
vander Marck,” printed in 1627, and illustrated with full-length portraits and coats of
arms illuminated in gold, silver, and colours; Aldenburg’s “ Brassillische Relation inn
America gelegen,” with copper-plate engravings, printed at Augsburg in 1624; and “Die
Balearen in Wort und Bild geschildert,” in seven folio volumes, Leipzig, 1869-84, illus
trated with numerous coloured plates, maps, plans, and woodcuts, and of which but a very
small number of copies were printed at the expense of the Archduke Louis Salvator of
Tuscany, who himself edited the work.

The “ Records of the Court of Commission of Alabama Claims,’ 1882-85, in 153
volumes. This series isin continuation of the records of the previous Court which sat for
distribution of the indemnity awarded by the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva to the
sufferers by the depredations of Confederate cruisers during the Civil War, and of which
a complete set was acquired by the Museum in 1886, Presented by the Government of
the United States of America.

The only additions of antiquarian interest made to the collection of Music are: Merulo’s
“Primo Libro de Madrigali a tre Voci,” printed at Venice in 1580; Gabrieli’s “ Libro
primo de Madrigali a tre Voci,” Venice, 1582; Marenzio’s “ Madrigali a quattro Voci,”
Venice, 1603; and ‘* Sacrarum Cantionum (vulgo hodie Moteta vocant) quinque et sex
Vocum Libri V.,” printed at Antwerp in 1535.

George Bullen.

299. B3

14 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sus-DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHarts, PLANs, AND TOPOGRAPHICALDRAWINGS.

I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

3,685 titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) were written for the
Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year.

Press-marks were given to 680 Maps and Atlases, and to 2,581 titles; and 1,463 slips
were written for the Hand Catalogue.

3,224 Titles of Accessions (Parts Vil., ViII., and IX.) were sent to the printer.
33 sheets of “ Proof” of Accessions kave been collated, and 33 sheets of * Revise ” have
been sent for “ Press.”

609 Maps in 2,845 sheets, and 75 Atlases, have been sent to be mounted, bound, and
lettered; and 76 volumes and 678 Maps have been returned, the former bound and lettered,
the latter mounted, 591 on jaconet and union, 87 on cards.

75 sheets of the English, American, and Spanish Admiralty Charts, 37 sheets of the
l-inch Ordnance Survey, and 11% sheets of the l-inch Geological Survey, have been
mounted on union; and 15 Portfolios have been made to order.

2,414 printed Accession titles (Parts viI. and vill.) have been incorporated into three
copies of the Printed Catalogue of Maps.

The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 933, the
number of Maps 1,361; making a total of 2,294.

The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 842; on those
received by presentations, 441 ; making a total of 1,283.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room,
during the year, 169 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of
geographical research.

Il.—A dditiens.

381 Maps in 4,396 sheets, and 19 Atlases, have been received under the Copyright
Act; 15 Atlases, and 128 Maps in 584 sheets, have been obtained by purchase; 4 volumes,
and 298 Maps and Charts in 406 sheets, have been presented.

Among the the more interesting acquisitions may be mentioned:—

Carta Universal .. . hizola un Cosmographo desu Magestad, 1527 ; and Carta Universal
... hizola Diego Ribero, 1529. Photographic copies, reduced size, each 303 inches by 12F
inches, from the original maps preserved in the “Grossherzogliche Staatsbibliothek,”
Weimar. :

Carta marina et descriptio Septemtrionalium Terrarum ac mirabilium rerum in eis con-
tentarum diligentissime elaborata Anno Dfii. 1539. [By] Olaus Magnus Gotus. <A fac-
simile, in nine shects, exact size of the unique original map which was discovered in the
“ Staatsbibliothek,” Munich, in 1886.

Nova descriptio amplissime Sancte Terre, quam Mr. Petrus Laicksteen Astronomus
perambulavit ac visitavit, An®°. redétionis 1556. Per C.Sgrothenum . .. collecta A®%. 1570.
J.a Duetecum, L. a Duetecum fecerunt. 9fol. Aieronymus Cocus: Anvers, 1570. This
map is probably unique, and is now unknown in Holland; it is referred to in the list of
geographical authors given by Ortelius in his “ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.”

Descrittione del Territorio Bresciano con li suoi confini, rifatto per me Leone Palla-
vicino. 6 sheets. [Brescia] 1597. A fine and rare map, described in ‘“* Saggio di Carto-
grafia della Regione Veneta,” edited by Prof. G. Marinelli. Venezia, 1881.

Abruzzo Ulteriore. [By] Natale Bonifatij da Sibenico. NV. van Aelst formis. Rome,
1587. This map is curious as giving special prominence to the Gran Sasso d'Italia.

Universe Germaniz descriptio. [By §. Munster.] Gourmont: Lutetie, [1545 ?]
Apparently a reprint on wood of the long-lost “Germanie typus” mentioned by Ortelius
in his “ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum” of 1570.

Nova ac dilucida descriptio totius Swavie et Bavariz, per insignem doctorem Sebastia-
num Munsteri. Apud N. Gormantium: Parisiis, 1543. Engraved on wood, in
4 sheets.

An early wood-cut map of Cyprus, entitled: “Isola de Cipro. Die warachtige
beschryvinghe vau dat eylant van Cipers met allé de stedé, sloten ende ghehuchten.”
Silvester van Parijs: Thanwerpen, [1566. |

Serenissime Reipublice Genuensis Ducatus et Dominii nova descriptio. From the
Italian version of the “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum,” entitled “ Theatro cel Mondo di
Abrahamo Ortelio. Translato in lingua Toscana dal Sigr. Filippo Pigafetta.” In
Anversa, appresso Giovanni Bapt. Vrintio, 1608. Fol.

Ducatus: Ferrariensis finitimarumque partium descriptio. Auctore J. B. Aleotti
alias ?Argenta. J.B. Vrintius: Antwerp, [1608?] From the above-mentioned edition
of the “ Vheatro del Mondo” of Ortelius.

Epitome Theatri Orbis ‘ferrarum Abrahami Ortelij, de novo recognita. . . a Michaele
Coigneto. Sumpt. J. Keerbergii, Antwerpie, 1601. Obl. 8vo. The earliest known

Atlas containing a Map of the World on Mercator’s projection.
Robert K. Douglas.

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DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Romances.—The preparation of the second volume has been continued.
Sela aa Vales, and Collections of Fables contained in various MSS. have been de-
scribed.

2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts——The fourth volume, which will include the
Index, is in progress.

3. Catalogue of Additions.—Sheets A—P. of the printed Catalogue of Additions for the
years 1882-1887 nave been passed through the press. The Additional MSS. 32,645- 32.657,
32,678-33,227, and Egerton MSS. 2,646-2,651, acquired in the year 1886, and Addi-
tional MSS. 33,228-33,319, acquired in the year 1887, have been described. The
descriptions of Additional MSS. acquired in the years 1886, 1887, have been sent to

press.
The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the registers.

4, Indexes——An Index to English Poetry in the various collections is in course of pre-
paration.

The Index of English Theological Treatises down to the end of the 16th century has
been completed.

The names of writers in the Newcastle and Pelham Correspondence (Additional MSs.
32,686-32,992, 33,028-33,032, 33,049, 33,050, 33,064-33,078, 33,084- 33,990, 33,100-
33,112) have been indexed.

The Index to the descriptions for the years 1886 and 1887 is in progress.

5. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seuals.—The revision of the General Index of
names and subjects to the several collections of Charters and Rolls has been continued.
The work is now approaching completion.

Additional Charters and Rolls 28,657-32,899, acquired in 1887, have been arranged
and numbered. Short descriptions of Nos. 27,005-28,637 have been prepared.

The first volume of the Catalogue of Seals has been issued. The preparation of the
fair copy for the second volume has been continued ; and Sheets B—M haye been passed
through the press.

Six detached seals, and sixty-two casts of seals, have been arranged and registered,
and references or descriptions have been distributed through the Catalogue.

6. Arrangement of Papers.—The further papers of the Duke of Newcastle and family
of Pelham, presented by the Earl of Chichester, have been arranged or incorporated.
The Hamilton State Papers, Add. MSS. 32,646-32,657, the Hanover State Papers,
Stowe MSS. 388. I.-XI., the Ellacombe Papers, Add. MSS. 33,202-33,206, and Madden’s
Hampshire Collections, Add. MSS. 33,278-33,285, have been arranged.

7. Binding.—One hundred and fifty-four Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one
hundred and thirty-three Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired.
Nine Manuscripts of the Stowe Collection have been bound.

Forty Papyri have been glazed.
Twenty Charters and Seals have been repaired.

Eighteen Catalogues and Registers, and seventy-one books of reference, have been
bound or repaired.

8. Verificution.—The several collections have been verified by the shelf lists.

9. Miscellaneous.— Five hundred and thirty-eight Manuscripts have been placed and
entered in the hand and shelf lists.

Six hundred and three Chartere and Rolls, and sixty-eight new Seals, have been
numbered and placed.

The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

Thirteen hundred and forty-nine Manuscripts, Charters, Rolls, and Printed Books,
have been stamped, with a total of 6,900 impressions.

Seven hundred and seventeen Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 14,699; and of those
consulted in the Department, 14,230.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 784.

The number of Students working in the Department during the year is 5,749.
2Qy. B4 The

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The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are—

t=)
General Collection of Manuscripts - - - - 110
Egerton Manuscripts - =< - - - - =e eS
Rolls and Charters - - - - - - - 4,243
Detached Seals and Casts - - - - - - 68

Among them are :—

A waxen-book, 83 by 62 inches, consisting of seven wooden tablets, coated with black
wax on both sides, and two covers waxed on the inner sides; inscribed with documents,
written with the stilus in tachygraphic symbols, and with a few memoranda in Greek.
Perhaps of the 3rd century.

A wooden board, 13 by 7 inches, painted white, and inscribed on both sides in ink,
with thirteen lines from the Iliad, ii. 272-285, probably for the purpose of teaching
scholars. Perhaps of the 3rd century.

The four Gospels, in Greek, with tables of chapters, &c. Imperfect in the Gospel of
St. John. Vellum. 9th or 10th century.

Canons and Hymns of the Greek Church. Paper. Late 14th century.

Grant from Berenger I., King of Italy, to Odelbert, priest, of Verona, of certain farms
in the county of Verona; 905. With a very fine seal.

‘*Gesta Cnutonis,” or “ Encomium Emme”: a history of the reigns of Cnut and his
son Harold, dedicated to Queen Emma, wife of Cnut; with a drawing representing the
author offering his book to the Queen. Vellum. 11th century. From the Hamilton Library.

Charter of King Edward the Confessor, declaring his confirmation of grants made to
St. Mary’s Abbey, Coventry ; after 1043.

The Dialogues of William Okam, Parts I. and II. Vellum. 15th century. Belonged
to the Celestines of Amiens in 1507,

The Passion and Resurrection of Our Lord, taken from St. Bonaventura, and the
Harrowing of Hell; in English. Vellum. 15th century.

The “ Brute” Chronicle, in English, ending in the reign of Richard II. Vellum.
15th century,

Transcript of Instructions and Correspondence of Sir Ralph Sadler, Ambassador to
Scotland ; 1539, 1543. 17th century. From the Hamilton Library.

Copies of letters, speeches, &c., from i545 to 1579, collected as models or precedents,
and arranged under various heads. ‘They comprise speeches of Queen Elizabeth and Sir
Nicholas Bacon, and letters of Roger Ascham, Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Arch-
bishop Grindal, Sir Francis Englefield, Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas Bacon,
Toby Matthew, Secretary Cecil, Sir Thomas Wyat, Sir Philip Sidney, Thomas Cart-
wright, Sir Francis Bacon, and others. Vellum. End of the 16th century. Presented
by W. A. Tyssen Amherst, Lsq., M.?.

Order of Queen Mary’s adherents to Sir Nicholas Pelham and other gentlemen of
Sussex, to proclaim the Queen, and denouncing “ the ladie Jane, a quene of a new and
pretie invencion”; 19 July, 1553. Presented by the Earl of Chichester.

Transcripts, made in 1703, of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of
Scots; 1648—1586. From the Hamilton Library.

Transcript of letters of Charles I. to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1646. 17th century.
From the same Library.

Portion of Bishop Burnet’s Memoirs of the Lives of James and William, Dukes of
Hamilton; with autograph corrections and additions, and a preface differing from that of
the edition of 1677. From the same Library.

Memoirs of the Irish Campaign of 1691, by General Mackay and others, 18th century.

Contemporary copy of Proceedings in the House of Lords against Sir John Fenwick; 1696.

Papers concerning the birth and legitimacy of James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old
Pretender), son of James II., being part of the collections of George Hickes, D.D.,
deprived Dean of Worcester ; 1701, 1702.

Minutes of the meetings of the Commissioners for the Union of the two Kingdoms of

England and Scotland ; 1702-3. From the Hamilton Library.
The History of New England, 1620-1680, ky William Hubbard. 18th century.

ae and Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of Massachusetts;
1741-1780.

Diary of Peter Oliver, Chief Justice of Massachusetts; 1776-1780.

“The Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion to the year 1776,” in the form
of a letter, by the same; 1781.
_ Further Papers, in addition to those received in 1886, of the family of Pelham, consist -
ing chiefly of manorial rentals and court-books, accompts of iron-works in Sussex, and

personal and household accompts; 15th—18th centuries. (The total number of volumes
of

ee

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= —- —

of this collection now amounts to 541.) Also a large collection of charters, compotus
and court rolls, rentals, &c., nearly 3,500 in number, relating to property of the same
family, chiefly in Sussex; from the 14th century. Presented by the Earl of Chichester.

Three hundred charters, dating from the 13th century, relating to cos. Hertford,
Bedford, Essex, Somerset, and Devon.

Two hundred and forty charters, dating from the 12th century, relating to co.
Devon.

One hundred and forty charters, and papers. chiefly concerning lands in cos. Lincoln
and Warwick; 13th—17th centuries. Presented by Charles James Vyner, Esq.

Seven compotus-rolls of the collectors of First Fruits for the Bishops of Norwich ;
1451—1479.

Sixteen English and foreign charters, dating from the 14th century; with fine seals.
Presented by A, W. Franks, Lsq.

The Second Part of the Chartulary of Furness Abbey, Lancashire, written and orna-
mented for William Dalton, abbot, by John Stele, monk, in 1412. Vellum. Large
folio. From the Hamilton Library.

Rental of the Manor of Kirkhall Moynes, in Rockland, co. Norfolk; 1445. Vellum.

Chartulary of the Abbey of Aberbrothock, co. Forfar. Vellum. Early 16th century.
From the Hamilton Library.

Transcripts from the Chartularies of the Abbeys of Scone and Aberbrothock. 18th
century. From the same Library.

Parochiai Memoranda of the County of Cornwall, by William Borlase; 1738.

Collections for the History of Hampshire, more especially of Portsmouth and its
neighbourhood, consisting of original papers and copies and extracts from public
records, monastic registers, and other sources; by Sir Frederic Madden, x.u. Light
volumes.

History of Framlingham and Loes Hundred, co. Suffolk, by Robert Hawes; 1712.

A collection of Maps and Plans, chiefly of fortifications or military surveys in the 17th
and 18th centuries, including views of Tangier and other places by Sir Martin Beckman,
temp. Chas. II. Presented by the Secretary of State for War.

Letters to Henry Watkins, Judge Advocate General ; 1702-1714.
Letters of Sir Charles Blagden, u.p., to Sir Joseph Banks; 1786-1802.
Diary and accompt-book of James Pinnock, of Jamaica, 1758-1810.

The last letter of Mungo Park, to his father-in-law, Thomas Anderson ; 16 Nov. 1805.
Presented by Mrs. H. E. Parsons.

* The Tapestried Chamber,” by Sir Walter Scott: the original MS. From the Hamil-
ton Library.

A History of Rome and an Ode, written in childhood by John Stuart Mill. Presented
by Miss Harriet I, Mill.

Power of Attorney, signed by General Charles George Gordon, ¢.B., and attested by
Lient.-Colonel J. D. H. Stewart and Frank Le loer Power, H.B.M.Consul at
Khartoum ; 25 Feb. 1884. Presented by the Governor of the Bank of £ingland.

Copies of musical compositions by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Lock, Handel, and others.
Seven volumes. 17th-19th centuries. Bequeathed by Vincent Novello, Esq.

Odes and other compositions by Purcell and Blow. 17th century. Bequeathed by
W, H. Hush, Esq.

Transcripts of Anthems and Services by Dr. John Blow. Five volumes. Begueathed
by the same.

Vocal and instrumental compositions by John Fane, Lord Burghersh, afterwards Earl
of Westmoreland. Nineteen volumes.

FE. Maunde Thompson.

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DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.
I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

The Descriptive List of the MSS. acquired in 1886, las been completed and transcribed
for the use of the readers.

The MSS. acquired in 1887 have been described in continuation of the same List, and
entered into the Oriental Register and the Oriental Inventory.

The Descriptive List for the years 1879-1886 has been revised. Additions and correc-
tions resulting from that revision have been entered into the Reading Room copy.

Thirty-two Turkish MSS. have been described in full for the special catalogue. The
revision for press of the Turkish catalogue has been carried on from the beginning to the
class of poetry, and 21 sheets, signed B—Y, have been corrected through the press.

A classed index of the entire Hebrew collection has been prepared.

Fourteen Caraite MSS., forming part of the Shapira Collection, and Mr. Bendall’s
Sanskrit MSS., have been arranged for the binder.

The Pali MSS. of the Phayre collection, and four other MSS. of the same class, have
been described and incorporated in the index of Pali MSS.

Choice Hebrew MSS. have been selected and laid out for a special exhibition.

Three hundred and ten MSS. have been labelled, folio’d, and, for the most part, bound,
stamped, and placed on the shelves.

IL.— Acquisitions.

The number of MSS. acquired during the year was 56, viz., 42 by purchase and
14 by donation, as follows :—

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Among some Persian, Arabic, and Turkish MSS. secured for the Museum by Sidney
Churchill, Esq., of Teheran, tie following deserve a special mention:

Khuld i Barm, a history of the reigns of Shah Safi and Shah Abbas II., brought down
to A.H. 1071; Persian. Folio.

Majma‘ul-Insha, a collection of royal letters, chiefly of the Safavi Dynasty, compiled
by Abul-Kasim Aivaghli; Persian. Folio.

Zubdat ut-Tavarikh, a general history by Muhammad Muhsin, Mustaufi of Nadir Shah ;
Persian. Folio.

Tarikh i Elchi Nizamshahi, a general history brought down to a.H. 970; Persian.
Folio. ;

Tarikh i Zulkarnain, a history of Feth Ali Shah, from his minority to his death, with
a full account of his descendants, by Fazl-ullah Khavari; Persian. Folio.

Tuhfah i Sami, notices of contemporary poets by Sam Mirza, son of Shah Isma‘il;
Persian ; A.H. 976 (A.D. 1569). Small folic.

Khulasat ul-Ash‘ar, lives of Persian poets by Taki Kashani; Z’ersian; 17th century.
Large 4to.

Chehar Makalah, anecdotes of poets and others, by Nizami ‘Aruzi,a poet of the sixth
century of the Hijrah ; Persian.

Nigaristan i Dara notices of the poets who lived under Feth Ali Shah, by Ibn
Najaf Kuli ‘Abd ur-Razzak ; Persian. Folio.

Majma‘ ul-Fusaha, notices of Persian poets by Riza Kuli Khan Hidayat, partly in the
author’s handwriting; Persian. Folio.

Tajribat ul-Ahrar, memoirs of the author’s life and of eminent men of his time, by
Abd ur-Razzak Dunbuli; Persian. Folio.

Ziya ul-‘Ari‘fin, notices of celebrated Sufis by Fazlullah; Persian. Small folio.

Riyaz ul-‘Arifin, lives of the great mystics who wrote poetry, by Riza Kuli Khan
Hidayat; Persian. Folio.

A poetical glossary by Husain Vafa’i, compiled a.u. 993; Persian. 4to.

The Divans of Anvari, Saif Isfarangi, Salman Savaji and Amir Khusrau; Persian ;
A.H. 841 (A.D. 1437). Large folio.

Divan of Ali Naki Kamra’i; Persian ; a.4. 890 (A.D. 1485). Small folio.

Divan of ‘Ismat Bukhara’i; Persian; a.w. 864 (a.p. 1480). 4to. Presented, through
Mr, Churchill, by Amin us-Sultan, Miuister of Finance to H.M. Nasir ud-Din Shah.

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Divan of Rakim, governor of Khorasan under Shah Sulaiman Safavi; Persian; 1/th
century.

Risalat al-Kushairi, a standard work on Sufism; Arabic; a.H. 718 (a.D. 1318). 4to

Sharaf Namah i Shahi, a history of Abdullah Khan Uzbek, written a.m. 994, by Hafiz
Tanish; Persian. Folio.

Makhzan ul-Asrar, a poem in Eastern Turkish, by Mir Haidar, with miniatures ; 16th
century.

Divan of Neva’i, or Mir Ali Shir, in Eastern Turkish, with a translation in Persian
verse, by Sail.

Poems of Husaini, or Sultan Husain Baikara, m Eastern Turkish, written by the
famous penman, Sultan Ali Meshhedi; 16th century. Folio.

Of MSS. acauired from other sources the following are the most remarkable:—

Al-Hawi, a medical work by Najm ud-Din Mahmud Shirazi; Arabic; a.u. 802 (a.D.
1400). Folio.

Kava‘id ul-Ahkam, a voluminous work on Shi‘ah law, by Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli;
Arabic; A.H. 1019 (a.p. 1610). 4to.

Al-Kafi, 2 collection of Shi‘ah traditions, by al-Kalini; Arabic; a.u. 1072 (a.p. 1661).
Folio. Presented, with seven other Arabic and Persian MSS., by B. B. Portal, Esq.

A Coptie fragment, containing part of the Book of Revelation in the Sahidic dialect ;
10th century.

A Shan MS., written in a character resembling Siamese, on long paper slips. Pre-
sented by Dr. J. Anderson.

A Chinese album, containing artistic drawings of plants, with their names and habitats,
in Chinese. Presented by the same.

Rubbings from sculptured slabs, representing saints, in a Buddhistic Temple, China.

A botanical treatise on the varieties of the plum tree, with coloured drawings, Japa-
nese. Presented by E. Gilbertson, Esq.

Chinese papers of General Charles G. Gordon. Presented by the late Sir Henry
William Gordon, K.c.B.

Kammayacha, the Buddhistic ritual, on metal leaves, enclosed in ornamental boards ;
Pali. Presented by F. H. Crozier, Esq.

A collection of grammatical and lexicographical treatises; Pali, with Burmese inter-
pretation. Palm leaves.

Bhikkhuni Patimokham, the Buddhist Office for the confession of nuns; Pali, with
Burmese commentary. Palm leaves.

Palimuttaka-vinaya-vinicchaya-sangaho, a Buddhistic work in the Burmese character.
Palm leaves.

The number of Oriental MSS. consulted during the year was 2,877, viz., 1,835 in
the Students’ Room and 1,042 in the Reading Room. The number of separate applica-

tions for Oriental MSS. was 883.
Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

I.—ARRANGEMENT AND CATALOGUING.

The removal of the collections to the new Print Room on the upper floor was com-
ee on the 21st of February, and the room was opened to students on the 23rd of

une.

The alteration and verification of references in the indexes and catalogues, rendered
necessary by the re-arrangement of the collections, has been proceeded with.

A historical series of woodcuts, engravings in line and stipple, etchings, mezzotints, and
lithographs, numbering six hundred and sixty-seven examples, has been arranged on the
walls of the second northern gallery, in lieu of the series of reproductions previously
exhibited there. The exhibition was opened to the public in May, and a guide to it has
been issued.

The Anderson collection of Japanese paintings has been transferred from the second
northern gallery, where it has hitherto been stored, and has been arranged, following the
classification of Mr. Anderson’s catalogue, in a new case in the department, specially
constructed to receive it.

The series of drawings by Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau for his engraved work “ Les
Plus Excellents Bastiments de France,’ which was recently transferred from the
King’s Library, has been arranged in eight solander cases, and incorporated with the
collection.

The original etchings by Van Dyck, which constitute the first two sections of Wibiral’s
“* Iconographie d’Antoine Van Dyck,” have been re-mounted on sunk boards, and
arranged in three portfolios.

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The collection of prints after Van Dyck has been re-arranged, those belonging to the
series known as the “ Iconographie,” and described by Wibiral, being taken out to be
incorporated with that series.

The collection of prints after Italian Masters has been re-arranged in one alphabetical
series.

The collections of prints after Velazquez and Murillo have been re-arranged, and
marked off in Curtis’s published catalogue.

The collection of Italian Woodcuts has been re-arranged.

The supplementary series of the works of Hans Sebald Beham has been mounted inp
the guardbooks with the main collection.

The collection of portraits of Shakspeare has been sorted, and classified according to
types.

The collection of photographs by Braun of Dornach, from drawings by Italian Masters
in various collections, and from seulptures at Rome and Florence, has been marked off in
Messrs. Braun’s published catalogue, and deposited in the standard cases in the new
exhibition room.

The collection of pamphlets, hitherto preserved in a series of small solander cases, has
been arranged for binding in volumes.

The English portraits belonging to Classes III. and IV. (Gentry and Clergy),
included in the supplementary series, have been taken out and incorporated with the
main collection. Three thousand eight hundred and sixty-three titles have been written
for the new general index.

The general index of artists represented in the department has been continued and
completed ; three hundred and eighty-nine titles have been written for it.

Two thousand six hundred and forty titles have been written for the new catalogue of
the Library of Reference.

One hundred and twenty English mezzotints have been entered in the MS. catalogue
of the collection.

The identification, by references written in an interleaved copy of Chaloner Smith’s
“ British Mezzotinto Portraits,” of all the mezzotints in the collection which are described
in that work, has been completed.

One thousand eight hundred and seventeen prints and drawings have been incorporated
with the collections to which they severally belong.

Loan collections of duplicate engravings have been lent to and returned by the com-
mittees of the Saltaire and Dudley Jubilee Exhibitions.

One thousand nine hundred and forty-five items have been extered in the Register of
acquisitions.

Five thousand seven hundred and forty-eight prints, drawings, etc., have been impressed
with the departmental stamp, and references to the Register.

Five hundred and sixty-seven drawings and prints have been placed on sunk mounts,
and four hundred and fifty-two have been mounted in the ordinary manner.

IJ. AppITIONS.

The total number of drawings, prints, &e., acquired during the year was 3,335, of
which the following are the most important :—

IvaLIAN SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Anonymous, Ferrarese School (?Ercole di Roberto Grandi). Rehoboam and the
elders; black chalk, washed and heightened with white.

Bella, Stefano della. Fifty-eight designs for characters in a masque ; pen, Indian ink,
and water-colour.

Bianchi, Baccio del. Thirty-one similar designs; pen and watercolours.

Buonarroti, Michelangelo. Study for the figure of Isaiah on the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel; drawn with a reed pen; on reverse is a drawing of a scene in a Roman Judg-
ment Hall, by another and later hand, in pen and sepia. Study for the figure with averted
head in the Cartoon of Pisa ; pen, heightened with white; on the reverse are various
studies in red chalk for other figures in the cartoon; from the Lawrence collection.
Study, apparently from one of the ancient statues on Monte Cavallo, Rome; pen; on
the reverse are eight pen studies of a figure of a child, supposed to be for the sculptured
group of the Virgin and Child at Bruges; from Lawrence collection. Study of drapery
for the figure of the Erythrean Sibyl on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; pen ; trom
Lawrence collection Study for a figure of Christ rising from the sepulchre ; pencil and
black chalk ; from Lawrence and King of Holland’s collections. All presented by Henry
Vaughan, Esq.

Buonarroti, Michelangelo (attributed to). Head of Cleopatra; black chalk; from
Lawrence collection. Presented by Henry Vaughan, Esq.

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Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto. The Sacrifice of Noah; oils. Shepherds reading
an inscription on a monument; oils.

Piola, Domenico. The Holy Family with saints; watercolours ; from Duke of Sussex’s
collection. The Raising of Lazarus; watercolours.

Solimene, Francesco. Assumption of the Virgin; pen and Indian ink.

Vecellio, Tiziano (Titian). Study of a tree; pen.

Engravings.

Anonymous, fifteenth century. Photographs from three unique cireular prints in the
National Library at Florence. Presented by Lionel Cust, Esq., F.S.A.

Anonymous. Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; “ Cesar Capranica formis,
1601.”

Toschi, Paolo (school of). Group of Apostles; from one of the frescoes by Correggio
at Parma ; “‘ remarque” proof.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Buonarroti, Michelangelo. Ten photographs and facsimiles of original drawings.
Presented by Henry Vaughan, Esq.

Capobianchi, V. ‘‘ Le Chausseur ala Mode ”; photogravure.

Gozzoli, Benozzo. ‘The Procession of the three Kings; from a fresco in the Chapel of
the Riccardi Palace, Florence ; chromolithograph issued by the Arundel Society.

Palmaroli, Vicente. “ Souvenir de Grenade ”; photogravure. ‘‘ Les Pigeons de St.
Marc” ; photogravure.

Reni, Guido. Aurora; heliogravure from the print by Raphael Morghen.

Salvi, Giovanni Battista (Sassoferrato). “ Lady and Child”; by R. Laurie ;
mezzotint.

Sanzio, Raffaello. ‘“ Messiah” (Panshanger Madonna); by G. T. Doo. Portrait of
Joanna of Arragon ; by A. Lefévre ; proof before letters.

Tibaldi, Pellegrino. Set of four plates of the Adventures of Ulysses, from frescoes on
a ceiling of the Institute of Bologna, by B. Crivellari.

GERMAN SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Feuerbach, Anselm. Twelve original studies and designs for figures in his pictures.
Steinle, Johann Eduard. Portrait of Sir Frederick Leighton; a head; black chalk.

Etchings.

Kiisell, Matthaus. Eleven scenes in the opera “Il poma d’oro,” performed at Vienna
on the occasion of the marriage of the Emperor Leopold; from designs by Lodovico
Burnacini.

Lincke, L. View of Heidelberg; “ remarque”’ proof.

Ridinger, Johann Elias. Three plates of elephants; after Baron P. F. von Gudenus.

Woodcuts.

Burgkmair, Hans. St. Veronica; reproduction. Presented by Dr. Max Lehrs.
Deutsch, Nicolas Manuel. “ Evangelium Luce am XVI. Cap.”; a satire on the
Pope.
Diirer, Albrecht. Philosophia (Bartsch 130); proof without text on the reverse.

Engravings.

Anonymous, fifteenth century. Two Gothic canopies; reproductions. Presented by
Dr. Max Lehrs.

Frankel, Franz. ‘“ Weihnachtsmorgen”; after F. G. Waldmiiller; artist’s proof.

Friedrich, L. “The Three Children of Philip, King of Castile”; illustration to a
paper by George Scharf in the “ Archzologia,” 1869; four impressions. Presented by
George Scharf, Esq., C.B., F.S.A-

Master of 1464. St. Philip and St. Bartholomew, St. Judas Thaddeus and St.
Matthias, St. Matthew and St. Simon (Passavant 133, 136 and 137); three reproductions.
Presented by Dr. Max Lehrs.

Master of the Playing Cards. Five storks; reproduction. Presented by Dr. Max
Lehrs.

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Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Becker, C. Othello before the Doge of Venice ; oleograph.

Caucig, Franz. “La Femme de Phocion, Philosophe d’Athénes” ; by M. Benedetti;
stipple.

Felix, Eugen. Two types of Venetian beauty ; oleographs.

Weber, Theodor Alexander. ‘ Remorqueur 4 Boulogne”; oleograph. ‘‘ En rade a
Trouville”; oleograph.

Wertheimer, Gustav. “te Bain de la Siréne”; photogravure. ‘“ La Revanche des
Fleurs ” ; photogravure.

DutcH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS.

Drawings.

Anonymous (early). Head of an apostle; a group of fighting men; and a head ofa
horse ; three portions of a cartoon.

Beerstraaten, Anthonie, A Dutch chateau; black chalk and Indian ink.

Coclers, Louis Bernard. <A knife-grinder; black chalk and watercolours.

Colsoulle, G. A man standing by his horse; black chalk. A girl helping a child to
walk; black chalk. A river, with punt; pen and pencil. A winter landscape; pen and
Indian ink. All presented by M. Lefevre.

Derickx, Louis. ‘“ Campagne de M. de P...... Environs d’Anvers”; pen. Presented
by M. Lefevre.

Dwelshauvers, E. Fruit and wine-bottle on a table; pen. Presented by M. Lefevre.

Elsen, Alfred. View on a river, with punt moored in foreground; black chalk.
Presented by M. Lefevre.

Floris, Frans. Panel of arabesque ornament; pen and Indian ink.

Keelhoff, Frangois. Landscape, with pond in foreground; pen. Presented by M.
Lefevre.

Leemputten, Frangois van. Two peasant women knitting; pen. Presented by M.
Lefevre.

ee aoe Lucas van. Illustration to the story of the man who escaped from prison by
exchanging clothes with his wife; pen; on reverse are Dutch and Flemish verses referring
to the subject.

Os, Pieter Gerardus van. A sheep standing; black chalk. A sheep lying down;
black chalk. uandscape, with sportsmen and pointers; pen and Indian ink.

Ploos van Amstel, Jacob Cornelisz. View in an Italian town; water-colours.

Poelenburg, Cornelis. Landscape with ruins; water-colours; from the Esdaile
collection.

Ronner, Henriette, Jug, candlestick, book, &c., on a table; pen. Presented by M.
Lefevre.

Torervliet, Jacob. A woman instructing a girl; water-colours; from the Esdaile
collection.

Versloet, Victor. The Doge’s, Venice; pen. Presented by M. Lefevre.

Etchings.

Elsen, Alfred. Ten landscapes; artist’s proofs. Presented by M. Lefevre.

Fokke, Simon. Forty-three proofs of book illustrations.

Schagen, Gerret van. A set of 18 etched copies of Callot’s “ Miseries of War.’
Presented by H. F. Amedroz, Esq.

Verstraete, Théodore. Three landscapes. Presented by the Artist.

Vianen, Jan. “ De Voor Naemstevoorvallen vant Jaer 1692, met de Mercurius
Almanach opt Jaer 1693.”

Engravings.

Anonymous, School of the Netherlands. A woman holding a shield inscribed with the
letters A.N. (Passavant 11. 262.49); reproduction. Presented by Dr. M. Lehrs.

Blooteling, Abraham. Portrait of Louise de Querouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth ; after
Lely ; mezzotint ; two states.

Falcke, Jeremias. Adoration of the Shepherds; after J. Palma (il Vecchio); proof

before letters. Presentation in the Temple; after A. Schiavone; proof before letters.
Christ bearing his cross; after A. Schiavone; proof before letters.
Goltzius, Hendrik. Venus and Cupid on a cloud ; undescribed.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Guffens, Godefroid. “ Six Episodes de Histoire d’Anvers”; a set of six phototypes
from drawings. Presented by M. Lefevre. i

Hawkins, L. Welden. Seven photographs from pictures. Presented by M. Lefevre.

Kammerer, Frederik Hendrik. “ En Eté;” photogravyure. “ Floréal ;” tacsiniile of a
watercolour drawing.

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Lybaert. “La Vierge en Priére” ; photogravure.

Rembrandt van Ryn. Portrait of Elizabeth Jacobs Bas; etching by C. Waltner, from
the picture at Amsterdam.

Rubens, Peter Paul. St. Francis Xavier preaching; by J. C. Marinus. Landscape,
with peasants returning home; engraving erroneously attributed to Faithorne.

Schaefels, Hendrik. Three photograph$ from pictures of scenes at Antwerp. Pre-
ented by M. Lefevre.

Verkolje, Johannes. A party of ladies and gentlemen singing and playing cards; the
picture at St. Petersburg; by J. Walker; mezzotint.

Verlat, Charles. Five photographs from pictures. Presented by M. Lefevre.

FRENCH SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Danloux, Henri Pierre. Portrait of a young woman seated with a dog on her lap;
chalks and water-colours. ‘

Faivre, Emile. A collection of 38 studies and sketches, chiefly of landscape; black
chalk, pen and water-colours. Presented by M. Lefevre.

Etchings.

Brunet-Debaines, Alfred Louis. View on the Grand Canal, Venice; after Ziem;
vellum proof.

Delauney, Alfred Alexandre. “ Cathédrale de Coutances.”

Duplessis-Bertaux, Joseph. A skirmish near a town in Italy ; after Boizot.

Le Prince, Jean Baptiste. ‘ Le Cabaret ambulant”; aquatint. “Halte de Calmouks”;
aquatint.

Lithographs.

Fauconnier. Three peripatetic Italian musicians.

Lecomte, Henriette. Jean de La Fontaine seated at a table. Four illustrations of
historical costume.

Vernet, Antoine Charles Horace (“Carle”). ‘Cheval Arabe.” ‘ Cheval Arabe avec
sa bride et sans bride.”

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Engravings.

Ackerman. Emblematical design. a monster issuing from the mouth of falsehood;
“ Gravé par Ackerman, sourd-muet.”

Boyvin, René. Set of nine plates of designs for vases (Robert-Dumesnil, 171-179).

Delaune, Etienne. A hand-mirror with representation of the death of Julia, daughter
of Titus. (Robert-Dumesnil, 315).

Gaillard, Claude Ferdinand. Christ and the disciples at Emmaus; after Rembrandt;
proof before letters. Presented by A. W. Thibaudeau, Esq.

Lardy, F.G. ‘“ Tombeau de Jean Jacques Rousseau.”

Le Grand, Augustin. “ L’Interieur du Ménage”; stipple; printed in colours. ‘“ Le
Retour des Champs”; stipple; printed in colours.

Maile, Georges. “Le Nid”; after C. M. Dubufe; mezzotint; proof before all
letters. Girl with dead bird ; after C. M- Dubufe; mezzotint ; proof before title.

Sixdenier, Alexandre Vincent. “ Properzia di Rossi sculptant son dernier Ouvrage” ;
after L. Ducis; proof before all letters.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Barrias, Félix Joseph. “Le Mont d’Or au temps d’Auguste ”; photogravure.

Bayard, Emile Antoine. ‘“ Madame Arlequin” and ‘ Madame Polichinelle”; a pair
of photogravures, printed in colours. ‘‘ Le Passeur”; photogravure.

Bouguereau, Adolphe William. “ La Fuite en Egypte,” “ La Visitation,” “ L’Adora-
tion des Bergers,” and “ L’ Adoration des Mages”; by Gautier. “ Le Jour” and “ La
“ Nuit,” a pair, by A. Didier; proofs before letters. “L’Amour Vainqueur”; photo-
gravure. “ Printemps” ; photogravure.

Carpentier. ‘“ Madame Roland 4 la Salpetriére’’ ; photogravure.

Ceeuré. “II est sauvé, ou l'Espoir rendu”; by F. N. Konig.

Collin. “ Floréal” ; photogravure.

Constant, Benjamin. “ Réve d’Orient”’; etching by G. Greux.

Delort, Charles Edouard. “ Servante hollandaise” and “ Servante Louis XVI.”; two
facsimiles of watercolour drawings. ‘ Mauvais Accueil”; photogravure. ‘“ Tendres
Adieux”’; photogravure.

Detaille, Edouard. “ Chasseur A Cheval”; reproduction in colours.

Dumesnil, L. M. A youth threading a needle for a girl; by C. Dupuis.

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Durand, Simon. ‘ Les Oiseaux de Passage”; photogravure.

Faléro, Louis. ‘‘ Priére a Isis”; photogravure. “ Le Vin Ginguet”; typogravure,
in colours. ‘ Le Vin de Tokai”; typogravure, in colours.

Flameng, Francois. “ Bain des Dames de la Cour”; photogravure.

Frére, Pierre Edouard. ‘ Le Frére ainé”; photogravure.

Gerome, Jean Léon. ‘ Vente d’esclaves” * photogravure. ‘“ Fin de la Séance”;

hotogravure.

3 Laroche, Armand. “ Le Reveil”; photogravure.

Le Brun, Charles. ‘ Mére de Douleur”; F. Basan, exc.

Lefebvre, Jules Joseph. ‘La Perle”; photogravure. “ Fatma”; photogravure.

« Djémilé ”; photograyure.

Le Gendre. “ La Jeune Sultane”; by J: S. Negges ; mezzotint.

Mailiard, Diogéne Ulysses Napoléon. ‘ Mort de Correus”; by Cottin.

Marillier, Clément Pierre. Six Bible illustrations.

Metzmacher, Emile Pierre. ‘ Les Cerises”; photogravure. ‘‘ Le Puits mitoyen” ;

hotogravure.

s Millet, Jean Frangois. ‘La Baratteuse,” etching by Kratké; ‘ remarque” proof.
Girl and geese; facsimile of a watercolour drawing.

Munier, Emile. ‘ La Priére du Matin”; oleograph. ‘

Neuville, Alphonse Marie de. ‘“ Trompette de Dragons”; reproduction, in colours,

Parrocel, Charles. Set of six plates of soldiers; etchings by R. Blyth.

Piot, A. “ Reverie”; oleograph.

Royer, Lionel, ‘ Pour la Patrie”; photogravure.

Vernet, Emile Jean Horace. “ Etude de Cheval Polonais, monté par un Chevau-
Leger”; by Coqueret; stipple

Vernet, Claude Joseph. “ Port de Livorne”; by 8. Fokke.

ARTISTS OF FOREIGN SCHOOLS WORKING IN ENGLAND.

Drawings.

Legros, Professor Alphonse. Eight studies from figures in Michelangelo’s frescos in
the Sistine Chapel; silver point, pen, and black chalk. Three studies from the Torso of
the Vatican; pencil and black chalk. A study for a dead Christ; red chalk. All pre-
sented by the Artist.

Zuccarelli, Francesco, R.A. An Italian landscape, with man fishing by a waterfall ;
watercolours.

Etchings.

Legros, Professor Alphonse. Nine landscapes and studies of heads. Presented by the
Artist.

Engravings.

Bartolozzi, Francesco, R.A. Death of Dido; after G. B. Cipriani; proof before letters.
The Monarch Swain; illustration to Thomson’s “Seasons”; after W. Hamilton, R.A.
A. drawing-book, consisting of twenty-four plates, published at Milan by P. and G.
Villardi. ;

Benedetti, Michele. An angel bearing a child to heaven; after H. Fuseli; stipple.

Cardon, Anthony. Madonna del Gatto; after F. Barocci.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, R.A. “Cipriani’s Rudiments of Drawing ”; ten plates,
by F. Bartolozzi.

Fuseli, Henry, R.A. Ariadne and Theseus; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Kauffman, Angelica Maria Catherine, r.a. Joseph sold by his Brethren; hy J.
Grodby ; stipple. Joseph telling his dream to his Father; by J.Godby; stipple. Princess
Bariatinski and her family ; by R. Morghen.

ENGLISH SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Barret, George, R.A. Landscape, with boy and sheep in foreground; watercolours.
Bell, Sir Charles. ‘Twenty-one sketches of landscape; pen, Indian ink, and watercolours.
Bewick, William. Portraits of Walter Savage Landor, John Comerford, and James
Moncrieff; chalks.
Brookes, Warwick. A seated semi-draped female figure; pencil. Cimabue and the
young Giotto; pen.
Constable,

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Constable, John, r.A. View at Bentley, Suffolk; pencil. A cottage ina wood; Indian
ink. A hilly landscape; sketch in watercolours. An illustration to Gray’s Elegy;
watercolours.

Corbould, Henry. The Heiress; watercolours.

Faithorne, Wilham I. (attributed to). Execution of Charles I.; pen and Indian ink.
Entry of Charles II. into London; pen and Indian ink.

Hogarth, William. Fifteen small pen studies for figures in his pictures.

Leitch, William Leighton. Twenty-eight sketches of views in Swiss and German
towns.

Lonsdale, James. Portrait of James Northcote, R.A., 1830; chalks.

Lucas, John. Portrait of Queen Adelaide, 1844; pencil; drawn for the picture of tne
Marriage of Queen Victoria. ‘

Martin, John. Two subjects of Roman peasant life; sepia.

Newton, William. Portrait of himself, at the age of 26; chalks and watercolours.
Design for the Dublin Exchange; watercolours. Design for a church ; Indian ink.

Newton, Sir William John. Portrait of himself; black chalk, heightened with white.
Portrait of Queen Victoria seated on the throne; watercolour sketch for the Corona-
tion picture. Portrait of Joanna Baillie; pencil and watercolour. Portrait of Ann
Davis; chalks. Portraits of three ladies ; chalks.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, p.R.A. ‘Two studies for the figure of the infant Hercules; chalk
and sepia. Study of a female head, in profile; chalics.

Shelley, Samuel. Four sketches for family groups; pen and sepia.

Slater, Joseph. Portrait of Maria Edgeworth ; crayons and Indian ink.

Walmsley, Thomas. ‘The Grotto di Posilipo, at Naples; watercolours. Presented by
John Percy, Esq., M.D., F-R.S.

West, Benjamin, P.R.A. Samson bound; watercolours, 1788. A family group; red
chalk. A woman suckling her child; chalks. A dog; black chalk, heightened with
white. Three pigeons; black chalk, heightened with white. ‘Two landscapes; Indian
ink and chalk.

Westall, Richard, r.A. Figure of a monk; pencil.

Westmacott, Sir Richard, R.A. The original design for the group of sculpture in the
pediment of the portico of the British Museum.

Wheatley, Francis, R.A. The Miniature; chalks and Indian ink.

Wilkie, Sir David, r.a. Napoleon and Pope Pius VII.; the original study for the
picture; pen, pencil, and sepia.

Etchings.

Blyth, Robert. “ An Aga of the Janizaries”; after J. H. Mortimer.

Calvert, Frederick. ‘‘ Characters of Trees”; seven plates.

Churchill, Lady Louisa Augusta (ée Greville). Landscape, with men and women in
the foreground.

Cosway, Maria. Death of Hippolytus; after Rubens,

flizabeth, Princess (Landgravine of Hesse). A peasant boy sitting under a tree.

Jukes, Francis. Eight landscapes; aquatinted.

Laporte, John. Studies of trees ; nine plates.

Pollard, Robert. Eleven drawing-books of animals, containing 51 plates.

Scharf, George. ‘ Recollections of the Scenic Effects of Covent Garden Theatre
during the Season 1838-9”; 46 plates. Presented by the Artist.

Westall, Richard, r.A. “ Market Day,” ‘“‘ Fisherman’s Cottage at Blackpool,” and
“View near Chew Magna”; three original mezzotints.

Whistler, James Abbott Macneill. Set of twenty-six plates, chiefly views in Venice.
(Wedmore 161-186). Presented by Messrs. Dowdeswells and Thibaudeau. Fifty-seven
impressions from defaced copperplates; in a volume. Presented by A. W. Thibaudeau,
Esq.

Lithographs.

Calvert, Frederick. Eight drawing-books, containing 32 plates.

Elizabeth, Princess (Landgravine of Hesse). View on a river, with boy and girlin
foreground.

Harley, George. “First Lessons in Landscape ;
four plates.

”

three plates. Studies of trees;

Woodcuts.

Calvert, idward. Nine original designs, five of them engraved on wood, to on cop-
per, and two drawn on stone. Presented by Samuel Calvert, Esq.

Gascoine, Edward. Eight proofs of cuts from designs by W. L. Wyllie, A. Parsons,
C. N. Hemy, &c. Presented by the Artist.

Measom, William. Thirty-eight proofs of cuts from designs by Harrisou Weir, W. L.
Leitch, J. Holland, &c. Presented hy the Artist.

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Engravings.

Barnard, William. Portrait of Sir John Smith, Bart; after L. F. Abbot; mezzo-
tint; first state.

Beckett, Isaac. Portrait of Col. Robert Fielding ; after Sir G. Kueller; mezzotint ;
first state. Portrait of Prince George of Denmark; after J. Riley; mezzotint ; first
state. Portrait of Dorothy, Countess of Westmorland; after Riley ; mezzotint; two
states.

Bourne, Henry. The Crown of Hops; after W. F. Witherington, r.a.; proof before
letters.

Brooks, John. Portrait of William Cavendish, thiid Duke of Devonshire; after
J. Worsdale; mezzotint ; two states.

Brookshaw, Richard. Portrait of Louis XIV. ; mezzotint; two plates.

Burford, Thomas. Portrait of George II. on horseback ; mezzotint; first state, touched.

Busby, T.L. “ Music”; after Gauci; stipple; printed in colours.

Byrne, Letitia. “ Oxford”; two views on one plate; unfinished proof.

Caldwall, James. Illustration to “ Twelfth Night”; Viola’s visit to Olivia; after
W. Hamilton, r.a.

Clowes, Butler. Portrait of Charles Dibdin, in the character of Mungo; mezzotint ;
first state. ‘* A School Boy”; mezzotint.

Collyer, Joseph. Illustrations to “ Henry IV. (Part 2)”; Falstaff discarded ; after
R. Smirke, r.a.

Coombs, Joseph Epenetus. Portrait of Sir Robert Harry Inglis; after G. Hayter;
mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Cooper, J. (exc.). Portrait of Peter, first Lord King; mezzotint; first state. Portrait
of Sir Robert Walpole; mezzotint; two states.

Dawe, Henry. “ Boys and Dogs”; after I. Gainsborough; mezzotint. ‘“ Cottage
Children” ; after T. Gainsborough : mezzotint. “The Last Pinch”? ; after M. W. Sharp;
mezzotint ; proof before letters. “ Love at first Sight”; after M. W. Sharp; mezzotint ;
two states. ‘* XX! How happy the Sportsman,” &c. ; after M. W. Sharp ; mezzotint.

Dawe, Philip. Portrait of Edward Shuter; mezzotint; first state.

Dickinson, William. Portrait of Mrs. Reid; after R. KE. Pine; mezzotint; first
state.

Dixon, John. Portrait of William John Kerr, Earl of Ancrum, on horseback; after
8. Gilpin and R. Cosway ; mezzotint. Portrait of Rev. Walter Shirley ; after R. E. Pine;
mezzotint ; first state.

Doughty, William, Portrait of Rev. William Mason; after Sir J. Reynolds; mezzotint ;
first state.

Dunkarton, Robert. Portrait of James Hewitt, Viscount Lifford; after Sir J. Rey
nolds; mezzotint.

EKarlom, Richard. Portrait of Hon. Samuel Barrington; after Sir J. Reynolds;
mezzotint; first state.

Faber, John II. Portrait of Sir Godfrey Kneller; after himself; frontispiece to the
set of “ Beauties of Hampton Court”; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Sir Samuel
Cooke, Lord Mayor of Dublin; after Latham; mezzotint; first state.

Faithorne, William I. Portrait of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; first state.
Portrait of John Milton; first state. Christ on the Cross; second state.

Fisher, Edward. Portrait of John Stuart, Lord Cardiff; after Sir J. Reynolds;
mezzotint ; first state. Portrait of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ; after Sir
J. Reynolds; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of George, Lord Edeecumbe; after
Reynolds; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Granville Leveson, Earl Gower; after
Reynolds ; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Hon. Augustus John Hervey; after
Reynolds ; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Mrs. Trapaud; after Reynolds ; mezzotint ;
first. state.

Fittler, James. Tllustration to ‘‘ Much Ado about Nothing”; Hero discovers herself
to Claudio; after F. Wheatley, r.A.. Illustration to “ Twelfth Night”; Sir Andrew
and Sir Toby, drunk; after W. Hamilton, r.a. Illustration to “ Henry IV. (Part I.);”
the two carriers and Gadshill; after R. Smirke, R.A.

Fry, William Thomas. Portrait of George Romney ; after himself; stipple; proof
before letters.

Grainger, W. Sunyan’s “ Divine Emblems”; four plates.

Grozer, Joseph. Portrait of Lady Sophia St. Asaph and child; after Sir J. Reynolds;
stipple ; the etching.

: ae T. Portrait of John Frederick, Duke of Dorset ; after Reynolds ; mezzotint ;
rst state.

Heath, James. Illustration to “Richard III.”; Murder of the Princes; after J.
Northcote, R.A.

Hodges, Charles Howard. Portrait of Mary, Lady Dashwood, with her son; after
Reynolds ; mezzotint ; second state. Portrait of Mrs. Ann Warren; after G. Romney ;
mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Hogg, James. Illustration to “Titus Andronicus”; Aaron protects his infant son;
after T. Kirk.

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Holloway, Thomas. Illustration to “ Merry Wives of Windsor”; Sir Hugh Evans
and his pupil; after R. Smirke, r.a. Illustration to “ Henry VJ. (Part 3)”; gallant
behaviour of Prince Edward ; after W. Hamilton, r.a.

Jones, John. Portrait of William Strahan; after Sir J. Reynolds; mezzotint; first state.

Legat, Francis. Illustration to “ All’s Well that ends Well”: Countess of Rousillon
and Helena; after F. Wheatley, r.a.

Lewis, Frederick Christian. Portrait of a youth; after Sir W. J. Newton; stipple.

MecArdell, James. Portrait of Frances, Countess of Essex; after Reynolds ; mezzotint ;
first state. Portrait of Mrs. Horneck; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state Portrait
of James, Earl of Kildare ; atter Reynolds; mezzotint ; first state. Portrait of Rev. John
Reynolds ; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state.

Martin, David. Portrait of Lady Frances Manners ; mezzotint ; first state.

Meyer, Henry. The Gipsy; after D. Wilkie; mezzotint; proof before letters. Portraits
of the Ladies Elizabeth and Henrietta Montagu; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state.

Michel, Andrew. Illustration to “ Othello” ; Othello demands the handkerchief; after
Sir R. K. Porter.

Neagle., James. The Bust of Shakespeare in Stratford Church.

Newton, Sir William John. Portrait of Sir Joseph Richardson, m.p..; after Sir M. A.
Shee; unfinished proof; with the engraver’s drawing.

Noble, George. Illustration to.“ Othello” ; Desdemona smothered ; after J. Boydell.

Parker, James. Illustration to “ Hamlet”; Ophelia’s death; after R. Westall, r.a.
Illustration to “ Cymbeline”; Imogen entering the cave; after R. Westall, R.a.
Illustration to “ Coriolanus’”’; Aufidius and Coriolanus; after Sir R. K. Porter.
Illustration to “ Macbeth”; Banquo’s ghost appearing; after R. Westaill, r.a. Tllustra-
tion to “ Merchant of Venice” ; Shylock consigns Antonio to prison; after R. Westall, R.A.

Pelham, Peter. Portrait of Rev. Cotton Mather ; mezzotint; first state.

Phillips, George Henry. Virgin and Child ; after Guido Reni; mezzotint; proof
before letters.

Reading, Burnet. Illustration to “ Richard III.”; meeting of the young Princes;
after J. Northcote, R.A. Illustration to “ Titus Andronicus”; the child alarmed at his
aunt Lavinia; after T. Kirk.

Reynolds, Samuel William I. Bacchante with faun; after Sir J. Reynolds; mez-
zotint. Massacre of the Innocents; after L. Cogniet; mezzotint. Portrait of George,
Earl of Egremont; after T. Phillips; mezzotint. Leopards; after J. Northcote, R.A. ;
mezzotint. Portrait of Mary, Countess Harcourt; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first
state. Portrait of Rev. Samuel Reynolds ; after Sir J. Reynolds ; mezzotint ; first state.

Reynolds, Samuel William II. Portraits of the Ladies Mary and Adeliza Howard;
after Sir F. Grant; mezzotint; proof before letters.

Robinson, Henry. Portrait of Joanna Baillie; after Sir W. J. Newton; stipple.

Ryder, Thomas. “ The Genius of Modesty preventing Cupid from unveiling Beauty ” ;
after G. B. Cipriani, R.A. ; unfinished proof.

Saunders, J. Portrait of George 1V., when a boy; after R. Brompton ; mezzotint ;
proof before letters.

Sherwin, John Keyse. Head of a girl of the Sandwich Islands ; after J. Webber, R..;
unfinished proof.

Smith, Anker. Illustration to “The Tempest” ; Ferdinand and Miranda; after W.
Hamilton, r.a. Illustration to “ Henry VI. (Part I.) ”; Joan and the fiends; after W.
Hamilton, r.a. Illustration to “ King Lear”; Lear and Cordelia; after R. Smirke, r.a.
Illustration to “ Titus Andronicus” ; Tamora’s cruelty to Lavinia; after S. Woodforde.

Smith, John Raphael. Portrait of James King, Master of the Ceremonies at Chelten-
ham ; mezzotint; proof before letters. Portrait of Sir William James, Bart.; after
Reynolds; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph ;
after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state.

Spicer. Portrait of Anne Campbell, Countess of Strafford ; after Sir J. Reynolds ;
mezzotint ; first state.

Spilsbury, Jonathan. Boy eating grapes ; after Rubens; mezzotint; proof before
letters.

Stow, James. Illustration to ‘“Cymbeline”’; Iachimo in Imogen’s chamber ; after
R. Westall, r.a. Illustration to “ Romeo and Juliet ”; parting of Romeo and Juliet;
after J. F. Rigaud. Illustration to “ Macbeth”: the Witches; after R. Westall, R.A.

Taylor, Isaac I. Ilustration to “ Timon of Athens” ; Timon renounces society ;
after H. Howard, R.A.

Taylor, Isaac If. Illustration to “Henry VI. (Part 2)”; Queen Margaret and
Suffolk ; after W. Hamilton, R.A.

Tomkins, Peltro William. Four vignettes of amorini; tailpieces to Thomson’s
“ Seasons,” 1797. ‘ The Wolves descending from the Alps”; after W. Hamilton, R.a.;
illustration to the same.

Turner, Charles. Portrait of Miss Bowles; after Sir J. Reynolds; the etching by
R. Woodman.

Ward, William. Portrait of Sir James Allan Parke ; after Sir W. J. Newton;
mezzotint. Portrait of Miss Bowles; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state.

Ward, William James. “ Married To-morrow !!!"; after M. W. Sharp; mezzotint.

Watson, James. Portrait of Dr. James Beattie; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state.

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Portrait of Miss Julia Bosville ; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of
Mrs. Hale, as Euphrosyne; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Sir
George Howard; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of John Helv
Hutchinson; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first state. Portrait of Nelly O’Brien ; after
Reynolds ; mezzotint; first state.

Watson, Thomas. Portrait of Andrew Stewart; after Reynolds; mezzotint; first
state. Portrait of David Garrick ; after Reynolds; mezzotint ; first state.

Watts, John. Portrait of Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of Hertford; after
Reynolds; mezzotint ; first state.

White, William Johnstone. Barley Wood, the residence of Mrs. Hannah More.

Wilson, William Charles. Illustrations to “* Measure for Measure ”; Clown engaged
to execute Claudio, after R. Smirke, r.a.; Angelo and Isabella; after R. Smirke, nr.a.
Illustration to “ As you Like It”; the bloody handkerchief; after R. Smirke, ra.
Illustration to “ Macbeth”; Lady Macbeth walking in her sleep ; after R. Westall, n.a.
Tllustration to “ Hamlet”; Hamlet and his mother; after R. Westall, r.a.

Wright, Thomas. Portrait of Alexander [., Emperor of Russia; whole length;
after G. Dawe; stipple; proof before the title. ‘“ The Rosebud”; after Sir T.
Lawrence; stipple.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Beechey, Sir William, r.a. Portrait of George III. ; by A. Cardon; stipple. Portrait
of Queen Charlotte; by W. Evans; stipple. Another, as “ Patroness of Botany”; by
F. Bartolozzi; stipple.

Bigg, William Redmore, z.a. ‘‘ Charity begins at Home”; by T. Gaugain; stipple.
“ A Friendin Need”; by T. Gaugain; stipple.

Blake, William. “On Homer’s Poetry”; reproduction of an essay illustrated and
engraved by Blake. Presented by A. H. Mackmurdo, Esq.

Bristowe, Edmund. * Poculum elevatum”; by H. Dawe, mezzotint.

Burford, Thomas. “ October”; one of a set of the Months; by himself; mezzotint.

Constable, John, r.a. “ The Young Waltonians;” by D. Lucas ; mezzotint.

Corbould, Edward Heury. ‘ My Chickens for Sale” ; by S. Bellin.

Cosway, Maria. A young lady writing on a tree ; by 8. W. Reynolds ; mezzotint.

Faed, Thomas, R.A. ‘‘ Sitting by the Stile”; by H. Lemon; proof before letters. ,

Farrier, Robert. “The Loiterer”; by Mrs. W. H. Simmons; mezzotint.

Gordon, Sir John Watson, R.A. ‘“ The Young Naturalist”; by T. Dick; mezzotint.

Graham-Gilbert, John, R.s.a. ‘‘ The Love Letter” ; by W. Ward; mezzotint.

Green, Amos. A pair of ring-doves; by B. Green; mezzotint. A barn owl; by
B. Green ; mezzotint.

Hamilton, William, R.A. Twenty-one illustrations to the 1797 edition of Thomson’s
“« Seasons”; by F. Bartolozzi and P. W. Tomkins. ‘‘ Defence of the Breach at St. Jean
d’Acre by Sir Sydney Smith”; by A. Foge ; stipple.

Heaphy, Thomas. Portrait of Harriet, Duchess of Buccleuch; stipple; proof before
etters.

Hoppner, John, r.a. Jupiter and Io; by V. Green; mezzotint; printed in colours.

Inskipp, James. Head of a girl; plate 2 of “ Studies from Nature”; by C. KE.
Wagstaff ; stipple.

Johnson, Alexander. “Sunday Morning”; by F. Bromley.

Lawrence, Sir Thomas, P.r.A. ‘* Innocence and Fidelity”; by J. Porter, mezzotint.

Linton, James D. “ The Declaration of War ”; photogravure.

Mac Murrough. “ The Cup found in Benjamin’s Sack” and “Judah addressing
Joseph on behalf of Benjamin”; both by J. Godby ; stipple.

Mortimer, John Hamilton, a.r.a. ‘ Elevation of the Brazen Serpent in the Wilder-
ness”; etching by R. Blyth. “ Homer repeating his Verses to the Greeks ”; etching by
R. Blyth. Profile heads of two men and a woman; etching by R. Blyth.

Parris, Edmund Thomas. “The Bridemaid”; by J. Bromley ; mezzotint. “ La
Marchande d’Oeufs”; by Cornillet ; mezzotint.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, p.r.a. Portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Berkeley; by R.
Purcell; mezzotint. Portrait of Mrs. Horneck ; by R. Purcell; mezzotint. Portrait of
Lady Hume ; by S. W. Reynolds; mezzotint. Portrait of Mrs. Lascelles and ehild; by
R. Purcell ; mezzotint. Portrait of Lady Sophia Si. Asaph and child; by J. Grozer;
stipple; proof before letters. Portrait of Ann Campbell, Countess of Strafford; by
Spicer; mezzotint. Cymon and Iphigenia; by W. O. Geller; mezzotint; proof with
artist’s names only. Portrait of Mary Palmer, afterward Marchioness of ‘Thomond ;
by_W. Doughty; mezzotint. ‘ Hallowed be thy Name”; by G. Maile; mezzotint.

_ Riley, Tho-nus. An impression of the certificate of thanks awarded by the Execu-
tive Council of the International Inventions Exhibitions, 1885. Presented by W. B.
Squire, Esq.

Singleton, Henry. Four Fancy heads, ‘‘ Pleasure,” “ Solicitude,” ‘‘ Laughter,” and
a Contempt pir by G. T. Stubbs ; stipple ; coloured.

Spencer, Lavinia (Countess, née Bingham). Bacchante and child; two plates; by

A. Zechin.

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Turner, Joseph Mallord William, r.a. “ Boccaccio—The Bird Cace eC lorena see
Quilley ; mezzotint. = :

Uwins, Thomas. Four illustrations of academical costumes, by J. S. Agar: coloured.

Warren, Henry. Assassination of Mr. Perceval; by J. Rogers. nie

Wells, William Frederick. ‘Two fancy heads, “ Portia” and “ Nerissa”; by: GIT.
Stubbs ; stipple; coloured.

West, Benjamin, v.r.a. Mr. West and Family; by Grant and Bonnefoy ; stipple ;
printed in colours, :

Woodington, William F., a.r.a. “ Love and Glory”; by J. Porter; mezzotint.

MoprERN PRINTS PRESENTED BY PUBLISHERS.

The Trustees have received from Mr. L. H. Lefevre, of King-street, St. James’s,
artist’s proofs of the following prints published by his firm during the year .—-

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, R.A. “ Dolce far niente”; by A. Blanchard.

Nicol, Erskine, a.k.a. ‘“‘ Balance on the Right Side,” and “ Balance on the Wrone
Side”; a pair of etchings by J. Dobie. fe

Noble, J.S. “ Otter Hunting”; etching by E. G. Hester.

PORTRAITS.

Foreign.

Alexandra, Empress of Russia, with her two children; after G. Dawe, R.A.; by T.
Wright; stipple; proof, with the artist’s name only.

Blanc, Louis; atter Laccouchie, by Madame Rebel.

Bolivar, Simon; after M. N. Bate, by W. Holl; stipple.

Borger, Elias Annes; after Davidson, by P. Velyn; stipple.

Boulanger, General; oleograph.

Burckhardt, Jean Louis; by R. Westall, n.a.; lithograph.

Calvin, Jean; by R. Houston; mezzotint.

Carron, Guy Toussaint Julien ; after Laguiche, by A. J. Mecou; stipple.

Catherine II., Empress of Russia; from a gem; by J. Walker; stipple.

Charles Emanuel, King of Sardinia; by J. Burford; mezzotint.

Corneille, Pierre; by J. Chapman ; stipple.

Florian, Jean Pierre Claris de; after Choquet, by F. Dequevauviller.

Frederick II., King of Prussia; by T. Burford: mezzotint

Frederick V., King of Bohemia, on horseback; by C. Turner; mezzotint.

Gabrielli, Caterina; after P. Batoni, by D. Martin; mezzotint.

Haydn, Joseph; after Guttenbrunn, by L. Schiavonetti.

Kosciuszko, Thaddeus; after J. Grassi, by G. Fiesinger.

Kupetsky, Johann ; after himself, by J. J. Haid; mezzotint.

Leopold II., Empevor of Germany ; alter J. Kreutzinger, by F. V. Durmer; stipple.

Louis XVIL., King of France; by R. Brookshaw ; mezzotint.

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France; by R. Brookshaw ; mezzotint.

Marie Leczinska, Queen of Louis XV.; after Bouvar, by P. Pelham; mezzotint.

Mesnayer, Nicholas; after H. Rigaud, by C. Simonneau.

Nadir, Shah of Persia; by C. Heath; stipple.

Necker, Jacques; oval with emblems; anonymous aquatint.

Nicholas I., Emperor of Russia ; by T. Wright; stipple.

Noot, Henry Charles Nicolas vander; after P. de Glim, by F. Bartolozzi.

Paoli, Pasquale; after P. Gherardi, by R. Houston; mezzotint.

Poussin, Nicholas; after himself, by E. Pannier. °

Reichstadt, Napoleon Frangois Bonaparte, Duc de (Napoléon II.); by P. M. Jazet;
aquatint; proof before letters. Another; anonymous coloured lithograph.

Richelieu, Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de; after Sir T. Lawrence, by F.
Lignon.

Steibelt, Daniel ; by F. Vincent; stipple.

Thalberg, Sigismond ; by H. Grévedon; lithograph.

Toschi, Paolo; by C. Raimondi.

William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange ; on horseback ; after P. van Dyk, by
A. Miller; mezzotint.

English.

Albert, Prince Consort; after A. Wivell, by W. I’. Holl.

Anne, Queen of England; after J. Closterman, by J. Faber, jun.; mezzotint.

Barber, John, Lord Mayor of London; after B. Dandridge, by J. Faber, jun.

Bickersteth, Rev. Edward; after A. Robertson, by H. Meyer.

Bradley, Kev. James; after J. Richardson, by E. Scriven.

Brougham, Henry, Lord; after R. Bowyer, by J. G. Murray and J. Porter ; mezzotint.
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Charlotte, Queen of George III.; after H. Edridge, by H. D. Thielcke; stipple.

Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, fourth Earl of; by A. Miller; mezzotint.

Cobbe, Charles, Archbishop of Dublin; after F. Bindon, by A. Miller; mezzotint.

Cornwallis, two daughters of Charles, third Marquess ; lithograph.

Dalmeny, Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina, Lady; now Duchess of Cleveland; after Sir
F. Grant, by S. W. Reynolds, jun. ; mezzotint.

Dibdin, Charles; in the character of Mungo; by B. Clowes; mezzotint.

Durrant, E.; after Sir W. J. Newton, by G Zobel; mezzotint.

Durhim, John George Lambton, first Karl of; after T. Phillips, r.a., by S. W
Reynolds; mezzotint.

Elers, Mary; by B. Clowes; mezzotint.

Elers, Paul; by B. Clowes ; mezzotint.

Kyskine, Thomas, Lord; published by J. Cundee, 1807.

Fox, Right Hon. Charles James ; after J. Opie, R.a., by S. W. Reynolds; mezzotint.

Frederick, Prince of Wales, and his three sisters; E. Cooper, exc.; mezzotint.
Another by P. Pelham; mezzotint.

George I.; after G. Kneller, by P. Pelham; mezzotint.

George IJ., on horseback ; by T. Burford; mezzotint. Another, when a boy; by T.
Burford; mezzotint. Another, when Prince of Wales; by J. Cole; mezzotint.

George III.; after H. Edridge, by A. Cardon; stipple. Another, commemorative of
his Jubilee; after D. Orme; stipple. Another, with his family in Westminster Hall;
by Clerk and Dubourg ; aquatint. :

Gloucester, Princess Sophia of; after Sir W. Beechey, by E Scriven; stipple; printed
in colours.

Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft ; after J. Opie, R.a., by W. T. Aunis; mezzotint.

Grant, Miss; after Sir F. Grant, by J. Faed; mezzotint.

Gunning, John; by R. Houston; mezzotint.

Henry, Rev. Matthew ; by R. Mainwaring ; mezzotint.

Honey, Mrs., in the character of ‘ Psyche ”; by G. E. Madeley ; lithograph.

Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton; photograph from a drawing by T. Blake Wirgman.
Presented by Mr. C. Praetorius.

Howard, the Ladies Mary and Adeliza; after Sir F. Grant, by S. W. Reynolds, jun. ;
mezzotint.

Kane, Nathariel, Lord Mayor of Dublin; after S. Slaughter, by J. Brooks; mezzotint.

King, Peter, Lord ; by J. Cooper; mezzotint.

Lawson, Rey. John; by A. Miller; mezzotint.

Legge, Henry Bilson; after W. Hoare, by R. Houston; mezzotint.

Lichfield, Charlotte Fitzroy, Countess of; after Kneller, by J. Beckett ; mezzotint.

Linley, Maria; afterwards Mrs. Tickell; after R. Westall, R.a., by T. Ryder; stipple;
printed in colours.

Linwood, Mary ; vignette, from “ La Belle Assemblée.”

Lock, Rev. George; after J. P. Knight, r.a., by J. Richardson Jackson; mezzotint.

Madan, Rev. Martin; by R. Mainwaring; mezzotint.

Manners, Lady Frances ; by D. Martin; mezzotint.

Marlborough. John Churchill, Duke of ; by J. Cole; mezzotint. Another; anonymous
mezzotint. Another, by J. Chapman: stipple.

Mary Beatrix, Queen of James II. ; atter N.de Largilliére, by J. Beckett ; mezzotint.

Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount; after J. Rising, by J. Young; mezzotint.

Millbank, Mrs. Frederic; after Sir F. Grant, by S. W. Reynolds, jun.; mezzotint.

Milton, John; after R. White, by J. Simon; mezzotint. Another, by W. Faithorne.

Moore, Charles; by P. Coombes; mezzotint.

Mortimer, John Hamilton, a.R.a.; after himself; etching by R. Blyth.

Napier of Magdala, Robert, Lord; photograph from a drawing by T. Blake Wirgman.
Present. by Mr. C. Praetorius.

Nary, Cornelius; by J. Brooks ; mezzotint.

Nevill, Clement, Lieut.-General ; after W. Hoare, by J. Brooks; mezzotint.

Newton, Sir Isaac; after Knelier, by A. Miller; mezzotint.

3 Selena James, General; by T. Burford; mezzotint. Another; etching by
. Ireland.

Patten, Margaret ; tat. 138; by J. Cooper; mezzotint.

Philips, Catherine (“ Orinda”); by J. Beckett; mezzotint.

Pickering, Rev. Roger; by T. Burford; mezzotint.

Pole, Reginald, Cardinal; etching by B. Damman. Presented by Dr. F. G. Lee, F.S.A.

Potts, Nathan ; by B. Clowes, mezzotint
‘ Powis, Edward Herbert, second Earl of; after Sir F. Grant, by H. Cousins ; mezzo-
int.

Reason, Elizabeth; by B. Clowes; mezzotint; proof before letters.

Rogers, W. Gibbs, sculptor in wood ; photograph. Presented by G. A. Rogers, Esq.

Russell, John, Earl; after R. Bowyer, by J. G. Murray ; mezzotint.

Sharp, William, the engraver; by J. Thomson ; stipple.

Sheridan, Mrs. Eliza; after T. Gainsborough, R.A. ; lithograph ; proof before letters.

Shirley, Rey. Walter ; after R. E. Pine, by J. Dixon; mezzotint.

Shuter, Edward; by R. Dawe; mezzotint.

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Singleton, Miss Sarah, afterwards Lady Rodney; after Sir F. Grant, by S. W. Rey-
nolds, jun.; mezzotint.

Sketching Club, group of the members of the; anonymous drawing in sepia.

Stanley, John, organist; by J. MeArdell; mezzotint.

Strachey, Sir Richard ; photograph, from a drawing by T. Blake Wirgman. Presented
by Mr. C. Praetorius.

Stratford, Wiliam; by J. McArdell; mezzotint.

Strutt, Hon. Mrs. Edward, afterwards Lady Belper; after Sir F. Grant, by J. Faed;
mezzotint.

Sullivan, Mrs. Luke; by B. Clowes; mezzotint.

Thornton, Abraham; by W. 'l’. Fry ; stipple.

Tillie, Sir James; after Kneller, by J. Beckett ; mezzotint.

Tupper, Martin; from a bust by Behnes ; by J. H. Lynch; lithograph.

Walker, James, c.E.; after J. P. Knight, r.a., by S. Bellin; mezzotint.

Wharton, Madame, as a Bacchante; after A. Cooper, x.a., by E. Walker ; lithograph,

William [V.; by H. E. Dawe; mezzotint.

York, Frederick. Duke of ; after R. Bowyer, by J. Bromley ; mezzctint.

Hisrory,

“La Feste des Trois Rois aux Invalides”; a Dutch satirical broadside, referring to
the flight of James II. to France, 1689.
“Hau trouble Gain de Pescheur”; another Dutch broadside, referring to the same

subject. 5
Arrest of the Cato-street conspirators, 1820; a French lithograph.

SETS AND COLLECTIONS.

Two volumes of presentation proofs, 115 in number, of book illustrations engraved
by James B. Allen, Robert Brandard, Samuel Fisher, Robert Wallis, and James T.
Willmore, from designs by Turner, Stanfield, Harvey, Prout, Roberts, &c.

A collection of fifty portraits engraved by Jean Morin, chiefly after P. de Champagne.

Nineteen engraved fan-mounts.

An album containing twenty portraits and caricatures of Russian characters; drawn

in chalks by A. Orloffsky. Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq.

Books or Prints.

Cave, Henry. ‘“ Picturesque Buildings in York, sketched and etched by H. Cave’;
thirty-three plates.

Guillaumot, Auguste Etienne. ‘‘ Costumes du XVIII*. Siécle ... . tires de la
collection de M. Victorien Sardou;” twenty etchings, celoured; Paris, 1875. “ Costumes
du XVIII*. Sigcle . . . . tirés des collections particuliéres; costumes en pied’’; twenty
etchings, 1875 “Costumes du XVIII*. Siecle... . tirés des Prés Saint-Gervais ”;
twenty etchings, 1874. ‘Costumes du Directoire”; thirty etchings, coloured, 1875.
“Costumes du temps de la Revolution”; forty etchings, coloured, 1876. “ Costumes
Anglais du temps de la evolution et du premier Empire ”; twenty-five etchings, 1879.

Mercurj, Paul. “ Costumes Historiques des XIII*., XIV*. et XV* Siécles; avec un
texte historique et descriptif par Camille Bonnard”; two hundred plates, coloured ;
2 vols., Paris, 1845. Ato.

Rade, M. ‘‘ Koenigliches Historisches Museum zu Dresden. Auswahl von Ornamenten
zum Praktischen Gebrauch”; one hundred and sixty reproductions; 2 vols., Dresden,
1883-4. Presented by the “ Generaldirektion der Koeniylichen Sammlungen fiir Kunst
und Wissenschafis,” at Dresden.

Rossman, Wilhelm, and Seidlitz, Woldemar von. ‘“ Kupferstiche nach Werken
Neuerer Meister in der Kéniglichen Gemiildegalerie zu Dresden,” in four parts, containing
twelve plates, after A. Calame, F. Defregger, A. Feuerbach, O. Gebler, H. Hofmann,
R. Jordan, P. Reissling, G. A. Kuntz, E. Kurzbauer, H. Oehmichen, F. Pauwels, and
L. Richter, engraved by E. Biichel, H. biirkner, L. Friedrich, T. Langer, E. Mohn,
R. Retzsch, and C. F. Seifert; with biographical text. Presented by the “* Generaldireh-
tion der Koeniglichen Sammlumgen fur Kunst und \'issenschaft” at Dresden

Méryon, Charles. “ Old Paris;” ten etchings reproduced on copper by the autogravure
process, and accompanied with preface and illustrative notes by Stopford A. Brooke, s1.a.,
1887; ina portfolio. Presented by the Autotype Company.

Sauvan, M. “ Picturesque Tour of the Seine from Paris to the Sea”; with 24 coloured
aquatints by T. Sutherland, after A. Pugin and J. Kendall; London, 1821. 4to.

Woolnoth, William. “ A Graphic Illustration of the Metropolitan Cathedrai of Can-
terbury,” with 20 plates by the author, after T. Hastings; London, 1816. 4to.

0.60. D4 Holbein,

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Holbein, Hans I. ‘Hans Holbein’s des Aeclteren Feder und Silberstift-Zeichnungen
.... Mit einer Einleitung von Dr. Eduard His;” parts i-yv, containing 76 repro-
ductions.

Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet. ‘ Legons de Perspective Positive”; with 60 plates,
1576. ‘Livre d’Architecture”; with 50 plates, 1559. “ Second Livre d’Architecture”;
with 66 plates, 1561. ‘“ Giuvre de Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, reproduit par les
procedés (’Heliogravure de Edouard Baldus”; 307 plates. ‘* Les plus Excellents Basti-
ments de France .... gravés en facsimile par Mr. Faure Dujarric”; 136 plates; 2 vols.,
Paris, 1868 and 1872.

Morris, Robert. ‘‘ Select Architecture, being Regular Designs of Plans and Eleva-
tions,” &c.; with 50 plates by R. Parr; London, 1755. 4to.

Fitzgerald, Francis. ‘‘ Heads of a Second Set of Lectures on the Polite Arts”; with
53 plates ; London, 1786. 8vo.

Hamilton, George. ‘‘ The Elements of Drawing in its various Branches”; with 51
plates; London, 1812.

Palmieri, André, and Béchard, Emile. ‘“ L’Egypt et la Nubie; Grand Album Monu-
mental, Historique, Architectural”; 150 phototypes, with explanatory text; Paris, 1887,
folio.

CoprPper PLATES AND Woop Btocks.

Faithorne, William I. The original copper plate of the portrait of a young man, with
motto, “ Nec me mea fallit Imago”; of which an unique impression is in the Depart-
ment. resented by W. H. Bruton, Esq.

Linton, William James. The original block of the woodcut from the picture of Apollo
and Marsvas, attributed to Raphael, now in the Louvre. Presented by Mr. P. W.
Williamson.

ToPOGRAPHY.

«« Panorama de Paris pris des Tours de Notre Dame”; by R. Havell, jun., aquatint.

«“ Vue de la Place Neuve de Louis XV. le Bien-aimé” (Paris); after J. M. Moreau,
by L. G. Taraval.

Heidelberg Castle; by Schmidt ; aquatint.

Two views of Hastings Castle; by C. Rosenberg ; aquatint.

Brighton Suspension Pier; anonymous aquatint.

East view of St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall; by W. Austin.

Nire photographic views of the Carthusian Monastery of St. Hugh at Parkminster.
Presented by the Very Rev. Victor Doreau.

Elevation of the old front of Mercer’s Hall, which was taken down in 1887. Pre-
sented by C. H. Read, Esq., F.8.A.

Books oF REFERENCE.

The following works of reference have been presented to the Department :—

Delaborde, Henri. ‘ Engraving, its Origin, Processes, and History,” translated by
R. A. M. Stevenson, London, 1886. 8vo. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Ebsworth, J. W. The Roxburghe Ballads, illustrating the last years of the Stuarts :”
Part XII, Vol. VI.; Hertford, 1886. 8vo. Presented by the Editor.

Rawlinson, W. G. “Catalogue of Mr. W. G. Rawlinson’s Collection of Turner’s
Liber Studiorum ”’; privately printed, 1887. 4to. Presented by the Author.

Scharf, George, C.B., F.s.A. “ Observations on a picture in Gloucester Cathedral, and
some other representations of the last Judgment, 1856. 4to. ‘ Catalogue Raisonné of the
Pictures in Blenheim Palace,” 1862; large paper copy. ‘‘ Remarks on some Portraits
from Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, and Wilton House,” 1863. 4to. ‘“ Remarks on a
Portrait of the Duchess of Milan, discovered at Windsor Castle,” 1863. 4to. ‘ On the
principal Portraits of Shakespeare, 1864. 8vo. “ Catalogue of Pictures belonging to the
Society of Antiquaries,’ Bungay. 1865. 8vo. “Remarks upon Holbein’s Portraits of
the Royal Family of England,” 1866. 4to. ‘‘ Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at
Knowsley Hall,” 1875. “Description of the Diptych at Wilton House, containing a
portrait of Richard II.,” 1882. 8vo. ‘ Further Observations on the Portraits of Arthur,
Prince of Wales,” 1861. 4to. ‘“ Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures,
Busts, &c., in the National Portrait Gallery,” 1884. 8vo. Small printed list of the
same. Ali presented by the Author.

Wedmore, Frederick. ‘“ Whistler’s Etchings; a Study and a Catalogue”; London,
1886. 8vo. Presented by A. W. Thibaudeau, Esq.

Sidney Colvin.

The number of students and visitors during the year ending 31st December 1887, has
been 5,511.

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DEPARTMENT OF EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.
Egyptian Division :—

A gold figure of Ra and shrine, twenty-four other figures, a stone head, eighteen
bronze figures; a large granite inscription from Assouan, ten other inscriptions, a picee
of inscribed sandstone and two coffins have been mounted on plinths or pedestals of
marble, Caen stone, or granite. Twenty necklaces and sixteen other objects have also
been mounted.

An Egyptian sarcophagus, several sculptures, two coffins, five figures, five vases,
thirteen ostraka, and thirteen other objects have been repaired, and dusted where
necessary.

An inscription has been fixed on one of the gallery wulls. Stone shelves in the
Egyptian Gallery, plaster-casts; some Egyptian sculptures, coffins, mummics and their
cases, inscriptions, tablets, and other objects have been removed and replaced in more
suitable positions for exhibition, the cases having been altered, and some of them :epainted
in the meanwhile.

The ostraka have been arranged in boxes, and other objects have been placed in cases,
as catalogued.

Thirty-nine papyri have been mounted in glass sheets, and forty-nine repaired. Other
papyti have been cut up and arranged for mounting. Four papyri and a piece of linen
have been unrolled. The Egyptian Galleries have teen cleaned, and the store and
store-cast rooms dusted.

Sixty-five stands have been made for terra-cotta jars, and one for papyri. ‘Three box-
frames have been made for stele. One thousand and twenty-seven miscellaneous objects,
and twenty-two gnostic gems have been mounted on wooden plinths, or on tablets
covered with cloth or velvet. Six hundred and twenty-four plinths and satin-wood
pedestals have been prepared for future mountings, and a case has been made for a
pair of sandals. Shelves, sliding-trays, anddivisions have been provided where necessary
in the presses in the studies and in the students’ room, and fittings have been prepared for
table-cases ; mahogany labels have been made for cases-in the Kgyptian Gallery.

Four hundred and seven objects have been catalogued, new catalogue slips incor-
porated, and catalogue numbers of one thousand three hundred ostraka have been
entered in the register; one thousand six hundred and five objects of the various
collections (including sixty-six belonging to the last received Egyptian Exploration Fund
Collection and twenty-six papyrus fragments) have been registered. ‘Ihree hundred and
fifty-three labels have been written for miscellaneous objects; a list of the papyri has
been made. ‘Che hand-list and the case-book and arrangement of the papyri have been
continued ; seven thousand two hundred and seventeen numbers have been printed, and
four thousand and fifty-two attached to objects, and one hundred and seventy-seven
objects have been re-numbered; twenty-eight papyri numbers, and thirty-three labels
have been printed, and one thovsand one hundred and eighty-eight pressmarks have
been printed in duplicate and affixed to papyri; the list of registration numbers has been
continued, and a list of altered numbers prepared. Four hundred and forty-three labels
have been painted. The guide to the Egyptian Room has been cut up, and re-arranged
for a new edition.

Assyrian and Babylonian section :

I. 1,900 tablets and othes objects have been registered; upwards of two thousand
tablets have been placed in boxes; 1,334 tablets have been placed in numbered and
labelled *boxes ; six collections of Babylonian tablets, &c., numbering about one hundred
objecis, offered for purchase to the Museum, have been examined, and selections made
from two of these collections; one hundred and fifty-eight descriptive lavels have been
printed; one hundred and eighty Babylonian tablets have been copied; seventy-eight
tablets and fragments have been joined; labels have been affixed to twenty-six mounted
gems; nineteen tablets have been cleaned; four figures have been cleaned and repaired ;
tive additional contract-tablets have been copied, and six translated for the Corpus
Inscriptionum Semiticarum. Several tablets of the “ Daily Telegiaph” Collection, and
several published texts have been identified ; corresponding portions of several Assyrian
tablets anciently broken have been found; students have been assisted and attended in
their researches ; special tablets of the various collections have been examined at the
request of students and others; and the collections have been several times described
and explained to classes and parties of students. Twenty-two cylinder-seals have been
described for the projected catalogue of these objects, and the inscriptions copied and
translated.

Il, The tablets of the Kouyunjik Collection up to K. 6253 have been transferred to the
new trays prepared for them in the Students’ Room, placed in numbered boxes, and
arranged in order; the S. (Smith), D.T. (“ Daily Telegraph”), Rm, (Rassam), R™. 2,
79-7-8, and 81-7-27 collections, with the Assyrian portion of the 82-3-23 collection,

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have been arranged in order on the trays in the table-cases in the Kouyunjik Gallery,
rendered vacant by the removal of the K. (Kouyunjik) Collection; the 81-2-4 and 8.
(Spartali) collections, together with a part of the 76-11-17 collection, have also been
arranged in order; a portion of the engraved cylinder-seals and gems, with the plaster
impressions, have been transferred to the Assyrian Room to a better light; and some of
the tablets with Aramaean dockets have been exhibited in Table-case A.in the Kouyunjik
Gallery.

A Himyaritic inscription has been repaired and mounted in plinths. One Phoenician
inscription has been mounted.

Correspondents have been answered. Collections offered for sale have been examined,
and selections made. Paper impressions from inscriptions, and upwards of one hundred
and thirty squeezes of Himyaritic and other inscriptions have been taken.

1,148 visits have been made to the Egyptian and Assyrian Department by students
and others, all of wnom have been assisted in their researches.

Of the acquisitions, the following are the most noteworthy :—

Egyptian:

A green glazed porcelain scarabeus, with gold band and joining. Parts of the face of
it are covered with gold leaf, and at the back are fragments of cloth from the mummy of
Thothmes III. A gold chain and bronze collar from the same royal mummy.

A solid wooden box with four human-headed hawks wearing disks, and jackal on the
top. A wooden box in the shape of two horses; a Basalt seated statue of a personage of
the 26th Dynasty ; a bronze mirror with wooden handle ; a wooden carding comb for flax ;
a wooden hoe with original cord; 2 diorite saucer; a wooden and ivory Kohl-box with
four holes ; a wooden cynocephalus. A blue porcelain figure of Pi-netem, King of Egypt,
B.c. 1040. An ivory comb; a wooden box for scales, with spaces for weights; a wooden
tie inscribed with name of Thothmes III. <A bronze figure of god Set, with silver eyes
and gilt face; an ivory pomegranate; two ivory boxes; three glass bracelets; an iron
strigil; a bronze human-headed scorpion ; two flat knives; au ivory collar, with a proces-
sion of mythological figures ; twenty blue porcelain ‘‘ Ushebti” figures ; a wooden coffin
containing wooden “ Ushebti” figures ; a diorite bow! ; eight pieces of bead work; a glass
Kufic weight; a wooden pillow.

1,280 ostraka in hieroglyphics, hieratic, demotic, Greek, and Coptic characters.

Ten necklaces of glass, porcelain, amethyst, and carnelian beads. Strings of hard stone
and Roman glass beads; “‘ Ushebti” figure of Psamietichus ; scarabeus of Sheshank II.
Wooden frame of couch or small bed, the legs terminating in buil’s feet; wooden model
of man rolling dough; iron arrow-head collection of textile fabrics from Ahmin; wooden
implement for fulling cloth ; wooden lion; outline head of Rameses II. on hard sandstone ;
four bronze knives; three iron spears; iron chisel; terra cotta heads of Hathor and of
Aphrodite ; model of altar in black steatite ; green porcelain hedgehog.

Twelve inscribed tablets of various periods, the largest being portion of a long Greek
inscription of the time of Ptolemy Philometor, B.c. 181.

Sixteen tombstones with Arabic inscriptions in Kufic character.

Collection of forty-one Himyaritic inscriptions from South Arabia.

Assyrian :—

A crystal cylinder, engraved with a design representing a male figure about to slay a
lion.
A cylinder of reddish stone, engraved with a design representing a male figure about to
slay a bull; and several emblems—the winged disc “scorpion-man,”; &c.
A small contract-tablet, dated in the 61st year of Cyrus (? ), from Babylon.
A contract-tablet referring to the revenues of the temple of the Sun-God, at Sippara.
Dated in the 12th year of Darius.
A very fine tablet inscribed with the contract of the sale of a field. Dated in the 7th
year of Nabopolassar.
A small contract-tablet referring to fruit, dated in the 20th year of Nebuchadnezzar.
A small tablet referring to right of way. Dated in the Ist year of Nabonidus.
A contract-tablet, dated in the 5th year of Darius.
ae tablet inscribed with a letter from Musézib-Marduk to Samas-aha-tsur, his
rother. ’

A tablet bearing a plan of a field, with statements of the boundaries and measure-
ments.

Presents.

Cast of the “Stéle de Teima,” with a Pheenician inscription, 3 feet 7 inches x 1 foot
41 inches, Taken from the original monument in the Musée du Louvre. Presented by
M. Léon Heuzey, Conservateur des Antiquités Orientales.

One Pehlevi Seal; two agate cylinders; one hematite sheep ; two hematite seal-
cylinders. Presented by Major C. H. Durand, C.B.

Two Pehlevi gems. Presented by John Evans, Esq.
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Twenty Gnostic gems; one Egyptian wooden box of arrows, and porcelain head of an
Egyptian Goddess. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Seven iron implements from Thebes and Ahmim. Presented by the Rev. Greville
J. Chester.

Metal and plate glass case and stand for exhibiting the following objects: wooden
throne inlaid with silver ; fragment of draught-board inlaid with ivory ; ditto, inlaid with
porcelain and ivory; nineteen lion-headed chessmen; one ivory ditto; three pawns,
wood, ivory and porcelain; two ivory reels; one ivory astragalus; fragment of wooden
cartouche inscribed with names of Hatshepsu, Queen of Exypt; two porcelain beads; two
fragments of ivory; one drawing of cartouche. Presented by Jesse Haworth, Esq.

One large stone weight. Presented by Major Bagnold, R.x.

One fragment of stele of Thothmes III.; part of a figure of a royal scribe; large
shell from Wady Halfah; petrified tooth; sandstone slab containing name of Thothmes
III. from Wady Halfah; two pieces of fossil wood, from Wady Halfah; three stele.
Presented by Col. Holled Smith.

Granite stele, two pieces of Coptic stone ornament; stone slab with name of
Diocletian; shell-shaped ornament from roof of temple; stone fragment of arch with
Greek inscription. Presented by Captain Handcock.

Slab with Greek inscription, dated in 5th year of 15th Indiction; three Kufic grave-
stones; stone slab with representation of Amon ; stone head from Aswan. resented by
Major G. T. Plunkett, R.£.

Fragments of Greek and Coptic Papyri. Presented by the Rev. Dr. Lansing.

One wooden object from Ahmim; stone fragment with name of Chut-en-aten; one rope
coil. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., ¥.S.A.

Roll ofinseribed linen. Presented by Henry Wallis, Esq.

Terra-cotta cone with name of Rameses II.; two scarabcei (modern imitation) ; one
leather frontlet ; linen fragment with worked king-fisher; ditto, with design in wool-
work ; terra-cotta cone bearing two names; brick fragment with seal of the maker; belt,
oval clay object; iron cross; four small terra-cotta heads; one terra-cotta bust; four
Gnostic gems; three Coptic ornaments; two porcelain objects; wooden hook; clay bird
on spit; ivory doll; fragment of coffin; ivory bust; jet necklace; mother of pearl Bes.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester, B.A.

Two Gnostic gems. Presented by H. Rider Haggard, Esq.

A colossal basalt sarcophagus, inscribed with hieroglyphs of Psammetichus; throne in
sandstone from statue of Usertsen I., twelfth dynasty : inscribed group from Tell Basta ;
hare in ‘green glazed ware from Tell Mokdam; fragments of statue. clepsydra (part
already possessed by Museum), sarcophagus, etc., from Nebesheh and other sites; vases,
seal, etc., from Naucratis. Presented dy the kqypt Exploration Fund.

P. le Page lKenouf.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.
I.—Arrangement, Cataloguing, &c.

Fifty-three sculptures, one piece of architecture, and two inscriptions have been repaired
and mounted; seventeen stone plinths for shelves have been prepared; eight new moulds
have been made from sculptures, and a series of casts from sculptures of the Parthenon
have been made and sent to Constantinople; fifty-four vases and a number of fragments
of pottery, thirty-three terra-cottas, one silver girdle, seven bronze objects, eighteen iron
objects, and one ivory statuette have been cleaned and repaired; parts of five vases have
been moulded; casts have been made from twenty-three ancient moulds for terra-cottas ;
twelve bronze mirrors, eight fragments of bronze, and eighteen fragments of obsidian have
been mounted; six gems have been mounted on velvet-covered blocks, and one medallion
has been framed and glazed.

In fitting cases with new locks, re-mounting and re-arranging the collections in them,
the Third Vase Room has been completed, the Second Vase Room nearly completed, and
the First Vase Room a little advanced; three new table-cases have been fitted and
arranged, one table-case refitted and re-arranged, one case for gold and silver ornaments
fitted and arranged, and four pedestals for vases placed in the First Bronze Room; the
room of Greek and Roman Sepulchral Monuments has been provisionally arranged and
opened to the public; the arrangement of the mosaics upon the north-west staircase has
been begun. ‘Lhirteen hundred and eight gems have been catalogued, eleven hundred
slips revised for the press, and progress made in printing the Catalogue and plates ;
fourteen vases have been catalogued; progress has been made with the index cf subjects
on vases; two hundred and seventy-three objects have been registered; four hundred and
forty-one descriptive titles have been written and attached to objects; a selection of
duplicate vases, and a set of casts from selected gems have been sent on loan to an
exhibition at Hawick, and a second set of casts of gems to Kirkcudbright, accompanied
respectively by descriptive lists. Sheets Dd—Gg of Part IL. of “Ancient Greek
Inscriptions in the British Museum” have been printed off.

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TI. — AcqutsITIONs.

By Donation or Bequest.—I. A collection of antiquities excavated by Mr. W. M.
Flinders Petrie at Tel-Defenneh (Daphne) in Lower Egypt. It has been proposed to
identify Daphne with one of the two camps on the Pelusian arm of the Nile, where
Psammetichos I. gave settlements to his Ionian and Carian mercenaries, and whence
Amasis removed them to Memphis. If this were certain, these antiquities might be
assigned to about B.c. 580-560. Some, however, of the fragments appear to be consider-
ably later than this.

Among these antiquities the following may be noted :—

1. A series of fragments representing a local fabric, in which the shapes, and, in seme
instances, the designs of the vases are borrowed from Egyptian types.

2. Specimens of the so-called Fikellura ware, being chiefly fragments of amphore with
decorations in black on a yellowish white ground, the subjects usually being friezes of
animals.

3. Specimens of the so-called Polledrara ware.

4, Fragments of large amphore with black metallic glaze, and with decorations on
the neck in black on a red ground.

5. Numerous fragments of red ware, with friezes of figures and other decorations in
black, purple, and white. The figures represent grotesque satyrs and nymphs, warriors
and mounted Amazons.

6. A few objects illustrative of the local manufactures of Daphne, consisting of frag-
ments of gold-work, gems, and scarabs.

Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund.

IJ.—1. A series of fragments of terra-cotta sarecphagi with incised geometrical designs,
several archaic fictile vases, iron spearheads and knives, bronze armille and fibule, a gold
bulla, a fragment of bracteate gold, and three gold earrings [Journal of Hellenic Studies,
VIIL., p. 66]. Lzxcavated at Assarlik in Caria.

2. Seven fictile vases of the Ialysos type, and one bronze sword. From Karpathos.
3. Three fictile vases of the Ialysos type. From Kalymna.
Presented by W. R. Paton, Esq.

IIJ.—1. A leaden disk inscribed in Greek with the names of certain freedmen.
2. A small ivory box. Both these objects are from Nervia, near Bordighera.

Presented by John A. Goodchild, Esq.

IV.—1. Two terra-cotta masks. From Tartis.

2. A small figure of Cupid in lead. rom Beyrit.

3. Green jasper intaglio, with Indo-Greek designs on both sides.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

V.—1. Small panel of jet, with relief representing Ulysses in his ship in the attitude
of deriding Polyphemus, as in Od. LX. 486. [Cf. Overbeck, Heroische Bildwerke, pl. 31,
fig. 18.]

2. Bronze statuette of Hercules with lion’s skin over his head.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

VI.—1. Five steatite beads. From Anaphe.
2. Handle of diota, stamped [YN®O(pov?). From Thasos.
Presented by J. Theodore Bent, Esq.

VIII.—1. Ten fictile vases and one lamp.
. Two terra-cotta statuettes. All from Majorca.

Presented by Henry H. Gibls, Lsq. x
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—

IX. Marble torso of a youthful Dionysos standing with left leg crossed over right,
wearing a nebris fastened on the left shoulder, and holding a bunch of grapes with both
hands against his breast [ Archeologia, XLIX., p. 318, pl. 19]. From T'ralles (Adin).

Presented by the late Admiral Spratt, C.B., F R.8.

X.—1. Terra-cotta mortar and pestle. From Athens.

2. Pinax, with black figures on red ground. Subject, Apollo Citharcedos standing
between two seated female figures. rom Athens.

Presented by Mr. W. 7: Ready.

By Purchase.
I.—1. Terra-cotta statuette of Hermes Kriophoros. From Beyrit.

2. Terra-cotta vase in form of aram. [rom Syria.

II.—1. Large Etruscan sarcophagus of terra-cotta. On the lid is a reclining portrait-
figure of Seianti Thanunia, the lady whose name is inscribed in Etruscan characters o
the sarcophagus, and whose bones were found within it. The sarcophagus is richly
painted, and is an interesting example of the late period of Etruscan art, possibly as late
as the second century B.C. [Mittheilungen des Arch. Inst., Rém. Abth. L, p. 217;

Classical Review I., p. 118; Antike Denkmiiler II., pl. 20]. From the neighbourhood of
Chiusi.

2. Collection of three vases, one mirror, and one strigil, all of silver. These objects

were suspended by nails on the walls of the tomb that contained the sarcophagus of
Seianti Thanunia.

III.—Terra-cotta statuette of Eros. From Babylonia.

IV. Etruscan scarab, representing a warrior seated, holding two spears. His helmet
and shield are at his side. Hrom the Hamilton Gray Collection.

V. Bronze statuette of Aphrodité. From the Coast of Asia Minor, opposite Chios.

VI. Two fictile vases, a series of objects in bronze andiron, one scarab, and four beads.
From tombs at Thebes.
VII.—1. A series of twenty-six ancient moulds for terra-cottas. From Tarentuin.

2. Fictile lekythus, with figure holding lyre, painted in white and red ona black ground.
From Tarentum.

3. Fictile hydria, with archaic design of warriors and horsemen. rom Cervetri.

4, Fragment of bronze, with incised design of two groups each of two male figures, in
the archaic Etruscan manner. Found in the Tiber.

5. Archaic Etruscan female figure, in bronze, draped, and running toright. From Todi.

6. Marble portrait-head of an old woman.
VIII. Gold necklace of delicate workmanship. From Cyprus.

IX. A collection of objects obtained in the course of excavations at Doli-tis
Chrysokhou, the necropolis of the ancient Marion in Cyprus :—

1. Marble torso of youthful male figure of the Apollo type.
2. Silver boss, and silver coin of Idalium, slightly earlier than 500 B.c.

3. Silver girdle formed of square panels connected with hinges; on the panels are
designs in relief, representing alternately two gryphons, and a figure in Assyrian costume,
holding two wild goats. The girdle is probably an example of Greco-Phenician work.
[Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst. II., pl. 8, fig. 1; Helbig, Homerisches Epos, 2nd ed., p. 29.]

4. One earring, three pendants, three beads, and one tablet, all of gold [ Jahrbuch des
Arch. Inst. II., pl. 8, fig. 3].

_ 5. Silver armlet, plated with gold, the gold embossed with designs of wild goats and
lions [Jahrbuch des Arch. Inst. II., pl. 8, fig. 2]. |

6. Six silver spirals, four silver earrings, six silver bracelets. some with patterns of
incised lines.

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7. Fictile lekythus, with red figures representing Cidipus slaying the Sphinx with his
spear in the presence of Athené, Apollo, the Dioseuri, and a figure named fEineas. The
names of these figures are inscribed beside them. In the figure of Athené white colour
and gilding have been employed, as if to represent a chryselephantine statue [Journal of
Hellenic Studies, VIII., pl. 81].

8. Terra-cotta figure o recumbent lioness and two spouts of vases.
9. Fragment of plain ware and of rough red-figured ware.
-10. Three iron knives with wooden handles.

11. Alabastos, with two menads and a crane drawn in a delicate archaic manner in
black and brown on a white ground. The vase is signed by the hitherto unknown
painter Pasiades | Journal of Hellenic Studies, VIII., pl. 82].

12. Kylix inscribed MPOSATOPEYQ, with nude male figure running to right [ Klein,
Meistersign., 2nd ed. p. 221].

13. Silver finger-ring with a gold fly attached to it.

In the foregoing list, Nos, 1, 2 were found together in one tomb, as were also Nos.
3254p FO; dale

X. Marbie group of Ganymede and the eagle. Ganymede leans idly on the stem of a
tree, and looks towards the eagle.
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DEPARTMENT OF BrITISH AND MEDI@vVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.

I.— Arrangement.

Glass and Ceramic Gallery. This room was approaching completion at the end of
1887, but it was not opened to the public until the 5th March of the present year. It
may, however, be more convenient to include in this Return the arrangements up to the
opening, as they were completed before the Return will be laid before Parliament.

Fittings have been made for the wali-cases of this room, those for the pottery collections
being painted, and those for the glass covered with satin and satin paper. The backs
have been lined with flock paper or satin paper. The specimens have been cleaned,
arranged in the cases, and to a great extent provided with temporary card labels.
Fittings have been made for a central case removed from the Ethnographical Gallery, and
in it have been pluced a number of portrait medallions in wax, and the plaster cast of
Flaxman’s Shield of Achilles. Two new table-cases with metal tops have been received,
placed in position, lined with paper, and specimens have been arranged in them. Nine
mahogany frames for tiles have been made and stained, and eleven trays for glass have
been made and lined with velvet. ‘Thirteen busts modelled by Roubiliac have been
placed along the tops of the wall-cases. Twenty-three general labels for sections, and a
considerable number of temporary card labels for individual specimens, have been written,
and distinguishing letters have been painted upon, or fixed over, the central cases.

English Ceramic Ante Room. Fittings have been made and painted for the wall-cases,
the backs of these, and the inside of one table-case, have been lined with flock paper, and
shelves of wood or glass have been fitted. The objects have been arranged in the cases,
and, with few exceptions, have been furnished with temporary card labels. Four frames

of transfer-printed tiles have been placed in the door frames of the lower range of wall
cases.

Prehistoric Saluon. The arrangement of this Saloon was interrupted by the necessity
of completing that of the Glass and Ceramic Gallery, through which alone the public
could have access to the exhibition gallery of the Print Department.

The wall-cases containing the Late Celtic. antiquities have.been emptied, some additional
fittings have been made, the whole has been painted and the specimens replaced.

A selection of the more remarkable objects from the Peccadeau de I’Isle collection has
been temporarily arranged in a table case placed in the Prehistoric Saloon. Ten mounting
tablets have been papered and 199 prehistoric specimens mounted.

Ethnographical Gallery. Two ranges of temporary exhibition cases bave been
removed from above the wall cases in the Asiatic Saloon, and re-erected over those in the
New Guinea section in this gallery. Wire trellis has been fitted on the backs of these
cases, and here have been arranged the larger specimens from the extensive New

Guinea series presented by the Queensland Commissioners of the Colonial and Indian
Exhibition.
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The arrangement of the several sections of Asiatic Islands has been revised, to make
room for the two large series from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

An upright central case in this gallery has been removed into the Glass and Ceramic
Gallery, and its contents re-arranged in a table-case transferred from the Print Depart-
ment. The locks of this latter case have been altered to the new suite of the department,
and the inside lined with merino.

Ten bases of table-cases have been received and placed in position ; four of them being
in the new American Room. m

Two boulders with picked designs, from South Africa, have been mounted and placed
on the tops of the cases.

Two general labels have been painted.

Asiatic Saloon. Advantage has been taken of the operations connected with the
removal of the upper range of wall-cases from the Saloon to the Ethnographical Gallery,
to clean the specimens in the cases beneath (Cases 55-74). The whole of the objects in
these cases, comprising Japanese porcelain, and Chinese pottery and porcelain, were
removed and washed. Befere repiacing them, openings were made in the tops of the
cases and fitted with glass, the doors were examined and edged with ribbon velvet to
exclude dust, the specimens replaced, and, where necessary, re-arranged.

A central case has been erected for the Indian Swamy Car, and the car cleaned and
placed in it.

Twelve Chinese drawings illustrating the manufacture of porcelain have been mounted,
framed, and labelled.

Seventeen Buddhist sculptures have been mounted on plinths; a Siamese bronze has
been mounted on a plinth and labelled, and a Chinese bronze bell has been labelled.

Sixty-five type impressions of seals have been made; 27 specimens of pottery
have been repaired ; and an iron buckler and eight ancient iron weapons from Spain have
been boiled in wax.

Three hundred and seven ethnographical specimens have been described for the
permanent Slip Catalogue, with a drawing of each object.

One hundred and four card labels have been printed with the hand press in the depart-
ment, with duplicates of each.

Il. — Acquisitions.

(1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities :—-

Three large sepulchral urns (one of them of unusual size), three smaller, and a drinking
cup with one handle, and other antiquities, discovered in barrows in Cornwall. These
were collected by W. C, Borlase, Hsq., and described by him in ‘ Nenia Cornubie”
(London, 1872),

Two British urns, portions of a third, and other remains, excavated by J. C. Priestley,
Esq., and F. G. Hilton Price, Esq., F.8.a., in a barrow in the parish of Colwinston,
Glamorganshire, on the estate of the donor, Mrs. Collins Pritchard.

Sets of flint cores and flakes from six different localities in Devonshire and Cornwall,
collected and presented by Francis Brent, Esq.

Flint “ fabricator ” and bone object from the Thames, presented by G. F. Lawrence, Esq.

A bronze palstave found at King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

A remarkable collection of objects of the Late Celtic period, found in one or more graves
at Aylesford, Kent, and consisting of a large bucket with bronze ornaments, a bronze
ewer, and a saucepan, as well as personal ornaments, pottery, &c. Also the remains of
another bucket, and remains of pottery vases, from the same spot, presented by John
Hale, Esq., jun.

The foreign illustrations of this section have received the following additiuns :—

A. bronze spear-head found between Catania and Palermo, presented by Captain S$.
Polkinghorne. A Danish urn, and a bronze pin from the Swiss lakes.

Iron weapons of an early period found at Almedinilla, near Cordova, Spain, presented
by the Baron de Cosson.

Ceit of hematite, found between Rohr and Makraka, Eastern Africa, presented by Sir
Henry W. Gordon, K.c.B.

A large collection of stone implements from India, presented by General Sir Alexander
Cunningham.

Two very ancient vessels of pottery from Japan, presented by E. M. Satow, Esq..
c.M.G., H.B.M. Minister at Bangkok.

(2.) Anglo-Roman :—

Bronze figure of a sea horse found at Carlisle, and a vase of Durobrivian ware from
Westow Fen, Mildenhall, Suffolk.

Bowl of grey ware with engraved ornament, from Jordan Hill, Weymouth, presented
by T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s.4. Vase of black ware from a Romano-British village
at Rotherley, Wilts, excavated and presented by General Pitt-Rivers, D.C.L., F.R.3.

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Oviform object made of iron and brass, of unknown use, found at Cuxton near Rochester,
and believed to be Roman, presented by Alfred White, Esq., F.s.A.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c . :—

Anglo-Saxon pottery and other antiquities from Remenham, Berks, presented by Miss
Stapleton.

Sword cf Scandinavian type, ialaid with silver, stated to have been found in the
Temple, bequeathed by Henry Dunbar Baines, Esq.

Section of a pile of old London Bridge, believed to be of the time of William the Con-
queror, presented by Messrs. F. J. Besley and Company.

Portion of a carved draughtsman in morse ivory from Leicestershire, a bone chess piece
found at Beverley, leaden weight with the arnis of England found at St. Neots, County
Huntingdon, and a bronze pendant with the arms of Berkeley, all presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

A pectoral cross carved in ivory, from Lewes Priory, Sussex.

Circular medallion with an enamelled coat of arms, found at Selsey, Sussex, presented
by Professor A. H. Church.

Chalice and paten, the former with the Norwich hall-mark.

Matrix in bronze of the seal of Brien, King of Tyrone, found at Beverley, presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Silver matrix of the seal of the Tailors’ Company at Exeter, and a brass matrix of the
confraternity of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England.

Portrait medallion in ivory by Le Marchant; nine portraits in wax of the family of
George III., and a silver medallion portrait of Dr. Fothergill, presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Winchester pint measure, of bronze, dated 1704.

Gold watch made by John King, early 18th century, presented by Mrs. George
Cruikshank.

The two portions of a wooden tally, produced as evidence at Petty Sessions at Castle-
town, Queen’s County, in 1875, presented by Charles Hipwell, Esq.

(4.) Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c. :—

Early medallion, with design in cloisonné enamel, presented by Sir Hugh Hume
Campbell, Bart.

A bronze vessel with a Byzantine inscription, YUEGP ANAIIAYCEOC IOYAIANOY
TOY ATIOY ZAXAPIA, and three other bronzes.

Quadrant of bronze with the arms of the Gonzaga family, presented by the Duke of
Buccleuch.

A brass ewer of Saracenic work, unusually delicate in execution, and elaborately inlaid
with gold and silver, 14th century.

Four specimens of Saracenic or Venetian metal work, presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.

ne Arab chess-piece of ivory, inlaid, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A silver dish of the 14th century, found in the Castle of Chalcis, Kubeea, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

Thirty matrices of seals from the collection of the late Mr. Walrond, chiefly Italian.
They include the seal of the Monastery on the Island of Gorgona, that of Francesco dei
Bellantes, Bishop of Grosseto (1407-1417), that of Santa Maria Novella in Chianti, of
St. Victor of Marseilles, of the Deanery of Bruges, ete. Two bronze seals obtained in
the East.

An Italian bronze seal found between Catania and Palermo, Sicily, presented by
Captain 8. Polkinghorne.

A brass dish, German, 15th century, a German ivory horn dated 1541, an enamelled
medallion of Alexander Swartz of Augsburg, 16th century; a panel of ivory with a
Saint, signed M.P.; a wax representing the marriage of Henri IV. and Marie de
Medicis, three portrait medallions in wax; two bronze seals ; five notarial stamps; and a
panel of embroidery, Italo-Byzantine. All presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections :—

_ (a) Foreign Potteru and Porcelain.—An ewer ot Medici porcelain, made at Florence
in the 16th century, an object of great rarity; a lamp of Damascus ware from the
Mosque of Omar at Jerusalem, bearing the name of the painter, Mustafa, and the date
1549. ‘This important specimen is described and figured in * Archzxologia,” vol. xlii, pl. 20.
And a vase of early Persian ware ; all presented by C. Drury Fortnum, Esq., v-P.s.A-

A terra-cotta medallion, German, 15th century; thirteen specimens of German stone-
ware, including a very fine jug with the arms of Cologne; twenty-three specimens of
Dutch and German delft, seven specimens of French pottery, including a delicately
painted jug of Moustiers ware from the Shandon Collection; two pieces of Italian

pottery ; and twenty-one examples of Rhodian, Damascus and Persian wares; all pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
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Two dishes of Moustiers ware, one of them in the style of Berain; a Rouen jug, six
specimens of Spanish majolica, a Nuremberg tankard, a German faience dish dated 1745,
a Delft jug with a portrait of William III., and various Spanish and French tiles, pre-
sented by the Lady Charlotte Schreiber.
<u vessel of Moustiers ware with a coat of arms, presented by the Rev. Charles

alker.

Jug of Nassau ware with the initials of William III., and another with a coat of arms,
presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.c.s.

Mug of Nassau ware with the initials of Queen Anne, presented by H. H. Howorth,
Esq., M.P.

(b.) English Pottery and Porcelain.—The principal acquisitions under this head are
the large and important collection of pottery and porcelain, presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq., and an important series of pottery, purchased from Henry Willett, Esq.,

The collection presented by Mr. Franks numbers about 1,250 specimens in all,
including examples of slip ware, Staffordshire salt glazed and other wares, Wedgwood
ware, six pieces of Dwight’s ware made at Fulham, Liverpool transfer printed tiles, and
examples of the porcelain made at Bow, Chelsea, Derby, Bristol, Worcester, Lowestoft,
Longton Hall, etc. The series of Chelsea porcelain comprises an unusually large number
of the elegant bonbonniéres and scent-bottles, known as “ Chelsea Toys,” and among the
Wedgwood specimens are five of the large portrait medallions, and a number of the
smaller ones.

The collection acquired from Mr. Willett consists only of pottery, and numbers 186
specimens, including examples of slip ware made at Wrotham in Kent, Cock Pit Hill,
Derby, and in Staffordshire, several of which are figured in Professor Church’s Hand-
book of English Earthenware; specimens of Lambeth Delft ware; Staffordshire salt
glazed ware, &c.

Two medieval watering pots found in Liverpool-street, London, presented by C. J.
Lucas, Esq.

Portion of a medieval vessel found on the site of St. Augustine’s Priory, Bristol, and a
cup of Bristol Delft found on the site of Richard Frank’s pottery, Bristol, presented by
Hugh Owen, Esq., F.s.A.

Eight specimens of English delft, made at Bristol, a plaque of Champion’s biscuit por-
celain made at Bristol, with flowers in relief, and a Wedgwood cup and saucer, presented
by William Edkins, Esq.

Six English stoneware vessels with inscriptions, an English delft plate with the Free-
masons’ arms, and a Staffordshire jug, the first made by Charles Davenport, presented by
Henry Willett, Esq., F.G.s.

A salt-cellar of English delft found in the Savoy, presented by the Chaneellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster.

A flooring tile of the 16th century from Bardsey Abbey, presented by the Lady
Charlotte Schreiber.

(c.) Glass. A dish engraved with figures of Apollo and Minerva, a barrel-shaped
bottle from Amiens, and twelve specimens from tombs at Nervia near Bordighera. Three
objects in glass from Cyprus, and a bottle from Beiriut.

A glass armlet from the village of Pasui, Makran Coast, Baluchistan, presented by
C. E. Allen, Esq.

A number of glass beads from Syria, and an engraved cup from Medinet Habou,
Thebes.

A horn-shaped vessel, two glass vases, found with gold earrings, a gold cross, and two
brooches set with garnets, allof Teutonic style. Found ina tomb in Italy.

Ten specimens of glass, probably of Arab make from Egypt. a gilt glass panel with a
figure of St. John; a tazza, cover, and stand of Flemish glass, two Persian vases from
the Strawberry Hill Collection, three portrait medallions by Tassie, one of them of Dr.
Maty, and two other pieces of English glass, all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A Venetian dish enamelled with a coat of arms.

A glass engraved witha diamond point, by Canon Busch, presented by Lady Charlotte
Schreiber.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical :—

’ A collection of Indian antiquities, consisting of relic caskets of crystal, steatite,
&c., as well as other remains, from topes at Bhilsa, Manikyala, &c. Various Buddhist
sculptures, impressions of seals, &c., all presented by General Sir Alexander Cunningham,
Bits K-C.1.8., 0.9.1.

Two grants on copper plates, one of them of the Gurjara king Dadda II. Three other
grants on copper plates, stone figure of Buddha, and portion of another. All from India.

Two inscribed metal amulets from India. A Buddhist tope of bronze gilt and a set of
gilt “ tiger claws,” presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An Indian dagger (bichwa) with “ tiger claws” on the grip, presented by Henry
Willett, Esq., F.a.s.

Cup made from the skull of a Lama, from Tibet, presented by 8. W. Bushell,
Esq., M.D.

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Two fan cases and a water vessel, of bamboo, and two piercers, from the Shans and
Kakhyens of Burmah, presented by J. Anderson, Esq., m.v.

A number of antiquities from Siam and Burmah, inciuding a bronze head of a Naga
from a temple at Pitsanulok, a bronze head of Indra from Sukkothai, a figure of Buddha
in glazed ware from old Sukkothai, twelve specimens of Sawankhalok ware, three
Buddhas in bronze, water bottles from the Shans, bronze bells from Burmah and the
Shan States, &c., presented by E. M. Satow, Esq., c.m.c., H.B.M. Minister at Bangkok.

Two specimens of Sawankhalok ware, presented by F. 8. Clarke, Esq,, of Bangkok.

An extensive collection of the objects made and used by the inhabitants of the Nicobar
Islands, presented by E. H. Man, Hsq.

A portrait in oils of an Andaman Islander, painted and presented by Maurice V-
Portman, Esq.

An aneient Chinese bronze bell, four Chinese and Japanese bronzes, a vase of grey
jade, of the period Keen-lung, two Chinese seals, a panel with ivory figures, two armlets
and a pendant of jade, two Japanese bronze picture weights, and a bauble of Okamé,
presented by A. W. Franks, lsq.

A Chinese porcelain dish believed to be of the Sung dynasty, found in a tomb in
Northern China, presented by H. E. M. James, Esq.

Seventy-six specimens of Chinese porcelain with armorial devices, bequeathed by the
Rev. Charles Walker. ‘Two punch bowls of Chinese porcelain with cyphers, bequeathed
by Major Hooper. A cup and saucer of Chinese porcelain with the arms of Warre, pre-
sented by the Rev. Francis Warre.

Two covered bowls of pottery made at Siout, presented by F. G. Hilton Price,
Esq., F.S.A-

Two painted wooden marks used in plays from Lagos, presented by A. R. Elliott, Esq.
Two brass fetish swords, presented by the Lagos Government. Brass figure of a man on
horseback, presented by F. Evans, Esq., c.m.c. Two figures. and a bow-and-arrow in
brass, and a copper armlet, presented by G. L. Gaiser, Esq. A brass figure, presented
by — Cullerhorn, Esq. Two Ogun ju-ju fetishes, presented by H. Nadolini, Esq.
Staff of a Bologun (war-chief) and a pair of brass spoons, presented by C. J. George,
Esq. P

Scales and measure used in weighing geld dust, and a brass box from Ashanti, pre-
sented by Sir James Marshall, c.m.c. A Fetish seat from Katanu, West Africa, pre-
sented by Mrs. Grant.

A Kafir tobacco-pipe and snuff-box, presented by J. L. Couper, Esq.

A number of ethnographical specimens, principally from the Pacific Islands and the
Asiatic Archipelago, presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq.

A collection of ethnographical specimens from Samoa presented by King Malietoa, of
Samoa.

Spears, bows and arrows, from the New Hebrides, and a spear and arrow from the
Solomon Islands, presented by Captain Cross, R.N.

An extensive collection of specimens from New Guinea, comprising models of houses
and boats, shields, spears, bows and arrows, masks, &c., collected by H. H. Romilly, Esq.,
and presented by the Queensiand Commissioners of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

A stone axe in handle from King Sound, N. W. Australia, presented by
Captain Dockrell, r.x. A number of stone axes and hammers, and two pair of grinding
stones, from Queensland, presented by P. W. Pears, Esq.

Fragments of pottery discovered in Aruba, Antilles, presented by the Rev. A. J. van
Koolwyk. An axe of fine green stone from Grenada, West Indies, presented by
R. J. Wright, Esq. A stone figure from British Honduras, presented by the Hon.
Henry fowler. :

Four human mummies and one of an animal, pottery and other remains, from graves
at Ancon, Peru, presented by the Earl of Dudley.

A number of ancient Peruvian vases of pottery, a bronze axe, and stone tobacco pipes
from North America.

- A vase of brown ware, found at Gulf Hammock, Levy County, Florida, presented by
H. Savile W. Evans, Esq.

A stone axe found in Kent County, Ontario, Canada, presented by J. C. Pirie, Esq.

A number of dresses and weapons from the North American Indians, collected by the
Marquess of Lorne, K.T.
sen sande from the Kootenay Indians of North West America, presented by Thomas

ate, Hisq.

A bow and arrow from Prince William Sound, Alaska, presented by H. W. Seton-
Karr, Esq.

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III.—-Christy Collection.

Two hundred and seventy-two additional slips have been prepared for the Registration
Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe :-—

Seven Drift implements from various parts of England, presented by R. D.
Darbishire, Esq., F.S.A.

Four Drift implements from the Valley of the Axe, and two from Wanstead Flats,
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An unusually small Drift implement from the Axe Valley, presented by A. Dallas, Esu.

A javelin-head of bone engraved with figures of the ibex, from the station at Les
Eyzies, Dordogne, presented by M. Peccadeau de I’Isle.

Chisel shaped arrowhead of flint, a bone with engraved ornament, and a bone spearhead
set with flints, from Denmark, and a flint arrowhead mounted as an amulet from Italy,
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

2. Ethnography of Africa :—

Ivory cover of a cup, made on the Congo in the 16th century, under Portuguese in-
fluence; two wood necklaces from South Africa, a Bushman bow and two quivers of
arrows; and a considerable series of specimens from the Zambesi and other parts
of Eastern Africa, chiefly collected by Mr. J. T. Last; all presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

3. Ethnography of Asia :—

A wooden musical instrument from Burmah, a Japanese sword and several other
oriental weapons; and a number of Javanese and Sumatran weapons and objects, pre-

sented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia :~

A stone adze blade found under 15 feet of guano on Flint’s Island, now uninhabited,
presented by the Rev. W. Greenwell, D.c.L., F.R.s. A gourd for containing food made
from pigeons, from New Zealand, presented by Sir Julius von Haast, K.c.M.G.

A. New Zealand carved box, a comb, and a jade ear pendant; and astone pounder from
the Hawaiian Islands, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A model of a New Guinea canoe, five carved clubsfrom New Ireland, an armlet from
the Solomon Group, and three knives of tortoiseshell, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—

A chalchiuitl of Amazon stone, a Mexican mask of serpentine ; a diminutive Mexican
bead in malachite; two stone implements from Peru, and a bone pin from Oregon,
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A very valuable collection of stone implements, including a series of haematite
implements, from North America, presented by Andrew E. Douglass, Esq., of New
York.

A number of arrows in a wooden case, and a carved spoon of horn, from the North
West Coast; 10 bead purses and a pouch made of the skin of a musk rat from the North
American Indians, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A. scraper made of shell, from Tierra del Fuego, presented by Francis Brent, Esq.

The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal,
some models in brass from Lagos, West Africa, and the well-known collection of the
Reindeer period formed by M. Peccadeau de l’Isle. These objects were discovered by
M. Peccadeau at Bruniquel on the banks of the River Aveyron, and nearly opposite to
the cave excavated by the Viscount de Lastic, whose collections from this spot are
already in the Museum. The most important objects in the Peccadeau Collection are
the three sculptures in the round, two of them representing reindeer and the other a
mammoth, and a number of drawings upon stone, some of which show great artistic
power. This acquisition renders the collection at the Museum of ancient cave remains
the most complete that is known to archeologists.

Augustus W. Franks.

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DEPARTMENT OF Coins AND MEDALS.
I.— Registration and Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

147 coins recently acquired, belonging to various parts of the Greek world, have been
registered and 157 have been incorporated.

218 tickets giving references to the published Catalogues of Central Greece,
Pelopennesus, and of the Greek and Scythic Kings of India, have been written and placed
in the trays beneath the specimens.

10 specimens of the Aes Grave of Central Italy have been incorporated in trays
specially made to contain them.

The coins of Pontus and Paphlagonia, and, in part, those of Bithynia have been
re-arranged in preparation for the Catalogue of those districts.

The Coins of Mysia (Abbaeti—Cyzicus) have also been re-arranged.

The Cistophori of Asia Minor have been arranged in a new cabinet, so as to form a
separate series. Five coins hitherto classed as “ Uncertain” have been identified and
incorporated with the series to which they respectively belong.

The specific gravity of 72 electrum coins in the British Museum has been determined.

Rectifications and re-arrangements in accordance with recent numismatic publications
have been made in the series of Gallia Aquitanica, Camarina, Himera, Megara, (Sicily),
Nacone, Solus, Lipara, Apollonia (Thrace), Anticch on the Maeander, and Lycia.

The following collections have been examined: (1) a series of miscellaneous
Greek coins offered for purchase by Mr. A. J. Lawson of Smyrna; (2) aseries of Pales-
tinian coins offered for purchase by MM. Rollin and Feuardent ; (3) large series of the coins
Alexandria offered for purchase by MM. Rollin and Feuardent and by Messrs. W.
Lincoln and Son; (4) a series of Alexandrian coins from the collection of Mr. John Evans,
P.S.A., offered by him for presentation; (5) a large collection of Alexandrian coins lent
for purposes of study by Mr. H. Martyn Kennard. In the case of Nos. (1)—(4) selections
have been made for the British Museum. No. (5) has been partially examined.

2. Roman Series :—

The Aes Grave series ef Rome has been re-arranged in two classes, libral and triental,
according to weight, instead of, as hitherto, in four classes, libral, semi-lbral, quad-
rantal and sextantal.

The Sale Catalogue of the Roman Coins belonging to the late Vicomte Ponton d’Amécourt
has been compared coin by coin with the Museum collection, and a list has been made of
such pieces as are not in the National Collection.

A list of the Mint-marks on the British Museum specimens of Roman Coins struck at
London and Camulodunum has been drawn up at the suggestion of Professor Th. Mommsen.

A large hoard of silver cois of the Roman Empire, found at East Harptree in Somerset-
shire, has been examined, and a selection has been made of specimens desirable for the
National Collection.

3. English Series :—

160 coins, medals, and tokens have been registered, and 176 have been incorporated.

The Anglo-Saxon series has been in many parts expanded and re-arranged, and fresh
heading-cards and labels have been written.

The patterns and proofs of George IV, William IV, and Victoria have been re-arranged
with fresh heading-cards, and have been transferred to the new cabinets ot patterns.

Twenty-six English jetons and tokens hitherto classed as patterns have been trans-
ferred to the series of English Medals and Tokens.

The Cabinets of Anglo-Saxon, English, and Scottish Coins have been arranged in a
more convenient order.

Rectifications have been made in the Colonial series of Malta and Ceylon.

The series of Emery’s Forgeries has been incorporated in the cabinet containing other
specimens of modern forgeries.

422 tickets giving references to the Catalogue of English Coins, Vol. i, have been
written and placed in the trays beneath the specimens.

A find of coins of Elizabeth and Charles I from Denby in Yorkshire, sent by H.M.
Treasury to the British Museum, has been examined. (See Numismatic Chronicle, 3rd.
series, VII. 1887, p. 340.)

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4. Mediaval and Modern Series :—

210 coins and medals recently acquired have been registered and incorporated, and 260
have been incorporated. :

Six large trays of Nuremberg and other counters have been transferred from the Kine'’s
Cabinet of Medals to the Cabinet of Medieval and Nurembere Counters. :

Rectifications have been made in the series of Lorraine and Poland.

Series of Danish, Hungarian, and other coins and medals offered for

i J urchase
have been examined, and selections made for the Museum.

5. Oriental Series :—

484 gold, silver, and copper coins and one glass weight of various Arab dynasti
Persia, and of the Muhammadan and acai Series. of India, &c., have pa:
tered, and 194 have been incorporated. i

95 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Parthian and South Indian series have been
registered, and 352 have been incorporated.

844 coins of China and the Far Kast acquired by recent purchases have been placed
together in one cabinet preparatory to registration.

938 tickets referring to the Catalogue of Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and
India have been written and placed under the specimens. i

A selection has been made from the duplicate Bactrian, Oriental, and Indian coins in
the British Museum in exchange for other coins offered by Major the Hon. M. G. Talbot.
R.E., and lists prepared.

A selection has been made for the Calcutta Museum of Oriental Coins (Arab Series)
of coins of the Sah Kings, of the Gupta Kings of Surdshtra, the Bhattdraka Kings dud
the Rajput Kings from the Museum duplicates and from the India Office Collection, and
descriptive lists have been prepared of these as well as of the Indian Sanskritic selection
which had been previously reported.

II.— Acquisitions, 1887.

Gold Lead,
Class. and Silver. Copper. Billon. | White Metal,) Glass, TOTAL.
Electrum. Iron &c.

Greek - - - - 8 58 84 26 - - 176
Roman - - - 3 25 2 - - - 30
Medizval and Modern - 5 90 17 36 1 - 149
English - - - = 26 27 9 2 = 64
Oriental - - - 77 180 212 18 ~ 6 493

ToraL - - - 93 379 342 89 | 3 6 912

Remarkable Coins and Medals.

1. Greek Series ;—

A tetradrachm of Aenus in Thrace of early style, B.c. 450-400, with an unpublished
symbol, a dog, on the reverse. ;

An unpublished tetradrachm of Maronea in Thrace of the finest period of Art, circ.
B. Cc. 400. This coin is of light Attic weight, and bears on the obverse a very beautiful
head of the youthful Dionysos wearing an ivy-wreath. The reverse, instead of the usual
vine with four or more bunches of grapes, has a single vine oranch, with one large bunch
of grapes occupying the whole field of the coin.

A half obol of Aéropus King of Macedon, B. c.396-392, the first silver coin which has
been discovered of this king.

A silver stater of Thebes, with a head of bearded Herakles facing on the reverse, a
coin of much rarity.

A bronze coin of Corinth, with the head of M. Antonius struck under the Duumvirate
of P. Aebutius and C. Pinnius.

A bronze coin of the town of Callista as a member of the Achaean League.

A bronze coin of Alea in Arcadia, B. Cc. 431-370, a town of which there was previously
only one small silver coin in the British Museum.

A silver coin of Axus in Crete, and two silver coins of Gortyna in the same island, one
of the latter being an unpublished variety.

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A small gold coin of Crete, shewing a flying Kagle on ‘both sides and the inscriptions
IA and AAEZANAPOY, probably struck at the town of Lisus in the western part of the
island. ‘The gold coins of this class are excessively rare.

A drachm of Siphnos belonging to the 4th century B.c., a period of which there were
previously no silver coins of this island in the Museum.

Three rare staters of the kings of Bosporus, Sauromates I (gold), dated a.p. 97,
bearing a well executed portrait of the King; Eupator (gold), a.D. 155; and
Saurcemates II. (electrum), a,p. 211.

A silver stater of Abydus in the Troad with a remarkably fine head of Apollo on the
obverse, belonging to a period, circ. B.c. 400, hitherto unrepresented in the series of
the coins of Abydus. ‘

A very beautiful drachm of Gargara in Mysia, of the finest period of art.

A tetradrachm of Antioch in Caria, circ. B.c. 280-200, of great rarity.

A bronze coin of Hierapolis in Phrygia bearing the name of the Proconsul Fabius
Maximus, B.c. 5.

A bronze coin of Perga in Pamphylia of the Emperor Tacitus, a.p. 275-276, with
the curious inscription TAKITIOS MATPOTOAITIO® HEPMAIQN, probably referring
to public games temporarily called ‘ Metropolitan Tacitian,” in honour of ‘Tacitus.

A tetradrachm of Antiochus IX of Syria with the figure of Tyche, Fortune, on the
reverse ; a type hitherto known only on small coins of this king.

A bronze coin of the allied cities of Antioch, Seleucia, Apamea, and Laodicez, with
the legend AAEA®QN AHMQN, of a new and unpublished type.

A tetradrachm of Antiochus II discovered in Bokhara, bearing the rare type of a
horse’s head, an interesting example of a Bactrian mintage of a Seleucid king.

A very fine specimen and the third example known of the Jewish shekel of the 5th
year of Simon Maccabeus. t

A unique and highly interesting decadrachm struck in Bactria, probably either by
Eucratides or Heliocles in commemoration of some victory over Scythians or Indians.
On the obverse is a Macedonian horseman attacking with his spear two Barbarians
mounted on the back of a retreating elephant, and on the reverse is the standing figure
of an armed king holding in his right hand the thunderbolt of Zeus. (See Gardner in
Num. Chron. 1887, p. 177.) Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., F.R.8.

Two very beautiful drachms of Eucratides and a unique bronze coin of Antimachus I.,
Kings of Bactria.

A fine unpublished didrachm bearing the heads of Strato and Agathocleia,a Greek
King and Queen of N. W. india, of whom no good portraits were previously known.

Fourteen silver didrachms of other Greek Kings of India, Diomedes, Strato I, Philox-
enus, and Hermaeus, all in very fine condition and including as many as seven unpub-
lished varieties.

Three coins of Otho and three of the Empress Sabina, struck at Alexandria.

2. Roman Series :—

A rare aureus of the Emperor Hostilian.

A solidus of Constans I.

23 Roman denarii and two silver medallions selected from tne recent find made at East
Harptree, and struck by the following Emperors : —Constantine the Great (1), Constantine
II (1 medallion and two denarii), Decentius (1 medallion) Julian II (7), Valentinian
1 (10), Valens (2), and Gratian(1). Presented by Mrs. Kettiewell, of Harptree Court,
East Harptree.

3. English Series :—

A penny of Aethelred II, struck at Leicester. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.,
F.R.S, 4

An electrotype of the large gold Blake medal awarded for victories over the Dutch
in 1653, taken from the specimen given to Admiral Penn, and now in the possession of
his descendant Colonel W. Stuart. Presented by Jonathan Rashleigh, Esq.

A seventeenth century token of St Mary Cray, Kent. Presented by Herbert A.
Grueber Esq., F.S.A.

A bronze medal commemorating the visit of the Colonial and Indian Representatives to
ne City of London on the 25th June 1886. Presented by the Corporation of the City of
London.

4. Medieval and Modern Series :—

Eight silver Merovingian coins of Marseilles; athaler of Leopold, Archduke of Austria,
1632 ; a silver Jubilee Medal of Pope Benedict XIV; a lead medal of Nicolo d’Este,
and a lead medal of an Ecclesiastic of the Cathedral of Mainz, 1549. Presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.,. F.R.S

42 small silver and base silver coins of Denmark, chiefly of Kings of the Estrithsen
line, some of them of considerable rarity.

A gold 10 ducat piece of Magdeburg struck during the last quarter of the 16th cen-
tury.

A two Real piece of Charles IV of Spain, struck for Nicaragua. Presented by Samuel
Smith, Esq., Junior.

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19 Portuguese coins of Maria I, Peter III, John VI, Maria II, Peter V and Lewis,
struck at Goa.

A gold Osella of Aloisio Mocenigo III, Doge of Venice, dated 1725.

A bronze medal of Francesco d’Este, Marquis of Massa, 1516-1578, a fine example of
Cinquecento medal work.

A lead medal of Ercole, Duke of Ferrara and Modena, by Sperandio. Presented by
HI, T. Conington, sq.

4 bronze Italian 16th century medal of Florius Maresias of Bellano, probably by the
artist Valerio Belli.

A bronze Italian 16th century medal of an unknown personage, with the legend
Di. LAIL. BEL. VISO. E. QVI. IL. TVO. SERVO. MIRA.

Three silver 16th and early 17th century German medals of Heinrich Bobenhausen,
Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, ob. 1575; of Wolfgang Paler of Augsburg, ob.
1582; and of Sigismund Gammersfelder and his wife, dated 1601: all fine specimens, and
of great importance in the history of the medallic art.

5. Oriental Series :—

A “ Medjidieh,” or dollar, struck by the late Mahdi and issued at Khartoum. Presented
by Colonel 1. H. Kitchener, C.B.

A fish-hook silver coin found in Arabia. Presented by Colonel Miles.

A dinar of the Aghlabite ruler Ziyddet AllaéhI, a. H. 219.

A dinar of the Alawee Governor of Tabaristén, El Hasan ibn El-K4sim, struck at
Amol. a.H. 308.

A gold coin of Mohammad ibn Sém of Dehli.

Nineteen gold coins of the Bahree Memlooks, viz.: En-Nadsir Muhammad ibn Kaldoon,
Hn-Nasir Nasir-ed-Deen Hasan, El-Mansoor Salah-ed-Deen Muhammad, El-Ashraf
Shaabén, and El-Mansoor Alee struck at Cairo, Alexandria, and Damascus, from the
Broach Find. This find is very interesting as showing the gold currency of the period
and the activity of tbe Memlook Kings of Egypt in the 14th century.

A. silver coin of E]-Adil-Zeyn-ed Deen Ketboogha, struck at Cairo, A.H. 694.

A copper coin of the Berid Shahi Dynasty of Badir, the only coin yet discovered of
this family.

One gold and thirty-five silver local Panjab coins struck at Patiala, Jind, Maler Kotla,
Nabha, Kaithal, Nabha Bhaipur, Nabha Bhagwan, and Nabha Hira. A very important
contribution to the difficult class of Sikh money. Presented by Captain R. C. Temple.

Three Indian gold coins, two struck by Skanda Gupta, the third a unique coin of an
undetermined King of the Gupta age. Presented by J. H. Rivett-Carnac, Esq.

A. Sassanian double dinar of Varahran I. :

Dinars of Jeldl-ud-Deen, Alee-ben Sim, and Behd-ud-Deen S4m of the Ghoree
dynasty.

an dinar of Abd-el-Mumin, of the line of Jaén (Astrakhan).

Silver coins of the House of Timur struck by Timur himself and his successor
Baisangar.

A collection of 209 gold, silver, and copper Japanese coins and medals, comprising two
large Obang pieces now of much rarity, four rare round gold coins of the 17th century,
and 79 large bronze medals, showing a number of specialforms and types not previously
represented in the British Museum.

TI11.— Catalogues.
1. Greek Series :—

The Catalogue of the coins of ‘Thessaly—Aetolia, by Prof. Perey Gardner, has been
re-printed.

The Catalogue of the coins of Peloponnesus (excluding Corinth), by Prof. Perey
Gardner, has been published. ;

The Catalogue of the coins of Attica—Megaris—Aegina, by Barclay V. Head, D.c.L.,
Ph, D. has béen published.

2. English Series :—
The Catalogue of English Coins, Vol. I., comprising the whole of the early Anglo-
Saxon Coinage, except that of Wessex, by C. F. Keary, m.a. F.S.a. has been published.
3. Oriental Series :—

The Catalogue of the coins of the Shahs of Persia, by Reginald Stuart Poole, L.L.D.
has been published.
The number of Visitors to the Medal Room during 1887, was 1,952.
The number of Visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1887 was 11,719.
Reginald Stuart Poole.
Edward A. Bond,
Principal Librarian,
British Museum, 31 May 1888.

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British Museum (NatTurat History).

STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and DEescoripTron of the
CoLLEcTions, and Account of OzpsectTs added to them, in the Year 1887.

The Introductory Series in the Great Hall has made progress. In Bay II, an inte-
resting contribution to the history of the general external characters of the Mammalia has
been made in a series of the antlers of a stag, illustrating the annual growth and shedding
of these organs in successive years of the animal’s life, presented by Mr. W. H. St. Quin-
tin. In Bay III, the anatomy of birds has been further developed by a series of dis-
sections of the heart and other parts, and by a case of the feathers of the peacock so
arranged as to show the possibility of the most highly complex and beautiful ornaments
having been acquired by small sucessive steps. In Bay V, the external topography of
the principal modifications of Fishes is shown by a series of specimens with all the parts
clearly named, and a commencement has been made of illustrations of the dental and
tegumentary systems. In Bay VI, considerable progress has been made with the anatomy
of insects, especially the charactersand homologies of the neuration of the wings, and a
series has been arranged showing the most striking external differences in the two sexes
of animals of this class.

‘ Two cases have been placed on the floor of the Hall illustrating general laws in Natural
History, which do not come appropriately within the systematic collections of the depart-
mental series. One, for the specimens in which the Museum is indebted to the liberality
of Mr. Henry Seebohm, shows that two forms of Crows (the Hooded Crow, Corvus corniz,
and the Carrion Crow, Corvus corone) which appear quite distinct, and which, judged by
their external characters, might be held to be different species, may in a state. of nature,
unite, and produce offspring of a perfectly intermediate character. In the same case is a
series of Goldfinches, showing a complete gradation between birds of different coloration,
and which have naturally been held to be different species. Both groups illustrate the

difficulty, continually increasing as knowledge increases, of defining and limiting the term
“ species,” of such constant use in biology.

The second case placed near the entrance of the hall, shows the great variation to
which a species may become subject under the influence of domestication, as illustrated
by choice examples of the best marked breeds of pigeons, all of which are supposed to
have been produced by careful selective breeding from the wild rock pigeon, of which a
pair are placed at the top of the case. For much assistance in collecting and selecting
these specimens, the Museum is indebted to Mr. T. B. Coombe Williams. Other cases
of similar character are in preparation.

The numerous donations made to the Museum during the year are recorded in detail in
the reports of the keepers of Departments, but the following, which are of special import-
ance, may be mentioned here, although more fully described in the reports referred to.

Mr. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay has deposited in the Museum, under certain conditions,
his magnificent collection of birds and his extensive ornithological library. The collection
was formed chiefly by the late Marquis of Tweeddale, and consists of between 30,000 and
40,000 birdskins. It is particularly rich in birds of the Philippine Islands, Andaman
Islands, and Malayan Peninsula, in which faunas the Museum was deficient. The books
consist of about 2,300 volumes, and comprise a number of most valuable works.

Lord Walsingham has presented the entire collection of Macro-Lepidoptera (1,737
specimens) made during his travels in California and Oregon in 1871 and 1872; and a
particularly interesting collection of 2,540 specimens of mounted larvae, with a series of
perfect insects of each species, mostly British.

A further valuable collection of American birds, consisting of 3,959 specimens has
been presented by Messrs. F. D. Godman and O.Salvin.
The Lords of the Admiralty have presented to the Trustees an interesting collection of

Zoological specimens from Christmas Island, made by the officers of H.M.S. “ Flying
Fish,” under the command of Captain Maclear.

A collection of skins of birds and mammals, butterflies, and anthropological objects,
despatched by Emin Pasha from Wadelai, has successfully reached the Museum. Among

other objects of great interest it includes two skeletons of the Akkas, a diminutive
negro race of Central Africa.

Mr.

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Mr. Ruskin has presented a large Diamond (the ‘‘ Colenso ” Diamond) and a crystal of
Ruby (the “ Edwardes ” Ruby), or condition of certain inscriptions always appearing on
the labels with the specimens. Fs

The Botanical Department has been enriched by the present of an extensive series of
plants collected by the Rev T. S. Lea, in various regions, during an absence of two years
from England, and by the Fern Herbarium of the late Mr. John Miers, presented by his
son, Mr. J. W. Miers. This Herbarium cuntains 2,006 sheets, and in giving it to the
Museum Mr. Miers has completed the important and valuable collections already pre-
sented by his father.

Several fine specimens of the flora of Australia and New Zealand, exhibited at the
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886, have been presented by the Hon. Malcolm
Fraser, c.M.G., Exhibition Commissioner for Western Australia; Mr. M. C. Davies;
Messrs. Croft and Angus (through Mr. Frank Garrett); and Mr. John D. Enys.

Exchanges of specimens have been made with the following institutions and
individuals :—

Of Zoological Specimens— With the Levden Museum ; the Museo Civico, Genoa; the
Royal College of Surgeons, London; Mr. W Taylor of Texas; Mr. J. H. Gurney; Mr.
W. Theobald; and the Hon. W. Rothschild.

Of Fossils—With the University of Gottingen ; the Brussels Museum; the Seville
University Museum ; the Department of Mines of Western Australia; the Australian
Museum, Sydney; Mr. E. G. Loder ; and M. Cossman, of Paris.

Of Minerals and Meteorites— With the Christiania Museum; the United States National
Museum; the Freemantle Museum, Western Australia; Dr. J. N. Tilden, of New York;
and Mr. J. R. Gregory.

Of Botanical Specimens—With the Imperial Gardens, Vienna: Coimbra University ;
Prague Museum; the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta; the Geological Survey of Canada;
the Royal Gardens, Kew ; the Pharmaceutical Society ; Mr. W. Fawcett, of Jamaica ;
and Professor Agardh, of Lund.

Duplicate specimens from the British Museum collection have been presented by the
Trustees to the Museums ol Brighton, Bristol, Hawick, Liverpool, and Sheffield ; the
Indian Museum, Calcutta; the Royal College of Surgeons; Cheltenham Ladies’ Collece;
the Durham College of Physical Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; the Glasgow and West of
Scotland Technical College, King’s College, London; Marlborough College ; Mason’s
Science College, Birmingham ; University College, Dundee ; University College, London;
University College of North Wales, Bangor; Winchester College; the Haberdashers’
Company’s Schools at Hoxton and Hatcham ; the Hartley Institution, Southampton: the
Hawick Archeological Society ; and the Tweedside Physical and Antiquarian Society,
Kelso.

The Lectures on Geology on the Swiney Foundation were delivered in November and
December by Dr. R. H. Traquair, and attended by an average for cach of the twelve
lectures of 134 persons, as against an average of 72 in 1886. ‘These lectures are free.
The subject was “ Paleontology and the Doctrine of Descent.”

Three pieces of a Fossil Coniferous tree found in the Calciferous Sandstones of Craig
leith Quarry, Edinburgh, have been erected in the grounds of the Museum between the
main building and the Exhibition Road, forming an upright column of nearly 20 feet. These
remains were presented to the Museum by the contractor of the Quarry through the
intervention of Sir Robert Christison, Bart., in 1873, and have been lying in the grounds
since the removal of the Botanical collections to the Natural History Museum.

The following volumes of Catalogues have been published : —

Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Wdition.
By George Albert Boulenger :

Vol. III. Lacertide, Gerrhosauride, Scincide, Anelytropide, Dibamide,
Chameleontidz, with an Alphabetical Index to the three volumes. Pp. XII., 575.
40 Plates. 8vo. 11. 6s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History). By
Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S.:

Part IV., containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder Proboscidea. With
Systematic Index and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including
Synonyms. Pp. XXIV., 233. 32 Woodcuts. 8vo. 5 s.

Part V., containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders Sirenia,Cetacea, Edentata,
Marsupialia, Monotremata, and Supplement. With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical
Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms. Pp. XXXYV., 345. 55 Woodcuts,
8vo. 6 s.

And the following Catalogues are in preparation :—

Catalogue of Birds, Vols. XII., XIV., XVI., XVIIL, and XX., by Messrs. Sharpe,
Sclater, Salvin, Hargitt, and Shelley.
Catalogue of Marsupialia, by Mr. Oldfield Thomas.
Catalogue of Chelonians, by Mr. G. A. Boulenger.
Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia, Part I., by Mr. R. Lydekker.
Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda, by Mr. A. H. Foord.
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The Guide-books published during the year are the undermentioned :—

A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History). With plans and a view
of the building. (New edition.) 1887. 8vo. 2 d.

Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia (\!ammalian, Osteological, Cetacean) in the Depart-
ment of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). 3rd edition. 1887.57 woodcuts
and two plans. 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Gould Collection of Humming Birds in the British Museum (Natural
History). 1887. 4 woodcuts and one map showing the Distribution of Humming Birds.
(New edition.) 1887. 8vo. 2d.

Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the
British Museum (Natural History). 1887. 101 woodcuts and one plan. 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Echinodermata, Vermes) in the
Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). 1887. 51 woodcuts and
one plan. 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the Department of Geology and Paleontology in
the British Museum (Natural History). 4th edition. 1887. 49 woodcuts and one plan.
8vo. 4d.

An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the Meteorites represented
in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). 1887. (New edition.) Plan.
8vo. 2d.

The Student’s Index to the Collection of Minerals in the Buitish Museum (Natural
History). 1887. (New edition.) Plan. 8vo. 2d.

Progress has been made in the work of the General Library; 2,320 volumes and 2,458
maps have been added by purchase, presentation and transfer, the maps including Sections
¥ to XI of the Admiralty Charts, &c., and the sheets of the Ordnance Survey ; 1,781
volumes have been catalogued; and 1,249 volumes have been bound in 717. The total
number of books in the Library up to the end of the year was 17,593, all of which are
catalogued; while the maps number 2,517.

W. H. Flower.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.

The work of the department during the past year has consisted chiefly in incorporating
the numerous recent additions to the study collections, and in examining those which
required immediate attention on account of some special interest attached to them. Reports
on these latter have been published.

Two new Guides and new issues of two of the old ones have been published.

Progress has been made with the work of cataloguing and describing the collections,
one volume having been published, three being near completion, and four others in a more
or less advanced state of preparation.

The work on the collections of Corals and Sponges, to which, for some years past,
much attention had been paid, and in which most valuable materials have been accu-
mulated for a comprehensive study of those classes, has been interrupted by the loss,

through resignation, of the services of the two able assistants who were in charge of
them.

More than 4,000 duplicates have been distributed among five institutions.

The increase of the Department by 270,000 specimens within the short space of four
years, causes already the want to be felt for more room, more especially in the galleries
devoted to the exhibition of Mammalsand Fishes and in the Bird and Insect Rooms. But
the need for increased accommodation is nowhere more pressing than in the spirit-building,
which is now completely filled, so that the collections of mammals and shells preserved in
spirits have had to be transferred into the main building,

The two principal events of the year have been the acquisition of two most important and
valuable collections, viz., the collection of metamorphoses of British Lepidoptera formed
and presented by Lord Walsingham, ¥.R.s., and the “ Tweeddale” collection of Birds and
ornithological works presented by Captain R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay ; they will be more
fully referred to in a subsequent part of this report (“ Acquisitions.”)

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I.— Arrangement.

The additions to the collections of Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes have been entered in
the printed “ Catalogues” as soon as they were examined and named.

_ The systematic examination of the Marsupialia has been continued. Detailed descrip-
tions of the species of Peramelide, Didelphyide and of the remainder of the Dasyuride
have been drawn up. ;

The incorporation of the Hume, Godman and Salvin, Tweeddale, Sclater & Seebohm
collections of birds has been steadily proceeded with, that of the “ Tweeddale ” collection
having been completed to the end of Vol IV. of the “Catalogue.” In connection with
the work of arranging the collection of Birds the continuous co-operation of Mr. O. Salvin,
F.R.S., is of great help. The final re-arrangement of the Passerine Birds keeps pace with
the progress of the “ Catalogue.”

Special attention has been devoted te the systematic arrangement of the Chelonians.

An instructive series of models in wax of the animals of some of the groups of Mollusca
has been added to the exhibited portion of the collection.

The entire study collection of Polyzoa has been re-arranged, the genera of over 1,000
hitherto unnamed specimens having been determined and the specimens collected by
Her Majesty’s Ship ‘‘ Challenger ” incorporated.

The collection of dried and spirit specimens of Chilépoda has been entirely re-arranged
and to a great extent named up to date; certain groups of Scorpionoidea have also been
re-arranged.

Progress has been made in the arrangement of the general collection of Longicorn
Coleoptera of the family Lamtide, anc a number of Phytophaga have been examined and
named preparatory to a re-arrangement of this group. The re-arrangement of the Hymen-
optera of the group /ormicide has been commenced. The incorporation of the ‘‘ Zeller”
collection has proceeded as far as the end of the family Nyctemeride. The arrangement
of the Odonata and the Mantide has been completed, and progress has been made in the
re-arrangement of the Phasmide.

The examination of the Echinoderms has been continued, a nominal list of all the species
and specimens of Holothurians has been completed, and a similar list of the Ophiuroids is
nearly finished.

A new wall-case at the end of the Coral Gallery will be devoted to the exhibition of an
instructive series of Protozoa; fifteen large finished drawings of typical ‘orms have been
prepared and mounted, and it is hoped that, with the kina assistance of Mr. H. B. Brady,
F.R.S. This exhibition series will be completed in the present year.

A large collection of British Foraminifera, mounted, arranged, and presented by Mr.
H. B. Brady, F.R.8 , has been exhibited in the British Room.

The entire collection of Sponges in spirit has been re-arranged and labelled.

IL.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the year have been marked with the date of their
acquisition, and a separate number corresponding with an entry in the manuscript registers
of accessions; in this, for future reference, the name of the collector, the exact locality
in which the specimens were collected, the mode of their acquisition, and any other
valuable information reearding them, are entered. The registration of the Hume Collec-
tion has been proceeded with, 17,387 having been added to the total of 30,000 entered up

to the end of 1886.

LI L.— Conservation.

The work of conservation has been steadily continued by dusting and cleaning in
rotation the exhibited specimens: placing the registered Bird-skins, Mollusca and
Sponges in glass-topped boxes; and renewing the camphor in the store-cabinets and
Insect-drawers, and the spirit in the collection of wet preparations. Also the whole
collection of skins of the study series of Mammalia has been carefully examined by

the taxidermist.

The following specimens have been mounted for exhibition:—An entire specimen
and a head of the Sea-lion (Otoria jubuta); the skin und skeleton of a Pigmy Hippo-
potamus (Hippopotamus liberiensis); a Rocky Mountain Goat ( Haplocerus montanus); a
banded Bush-buck ( Cephalvphus doria); a Chamois from Transylvania (Rupicapra tragus);
three Michie’s deer (Elaphodes michianus); a foetal Narwhal and its skeleton; a common

299. G 2 Dolphin

52 ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

dolphin from the Cornish coast (Delphinus delphis). Also skeletons of the West Indian
Seal (Alonachus tropicalis), Burchell’s Zebra (Equus burchelli), Eland (Oreas canna), Sable
and Roan Antelopes (Hippotragus niger and equinus), a Northern Fin-whale ( Balenoptera
borealis), a male Killer (Orca gladiator), and two red Kangaroos (Macropus rufus).

The series illustrating the nesting habits of British Birds has received the following
additions :—Jackdaw, Nuthatch, Sparrow, Ptarmigan, Capercaillie, Landrail, Kentish
Plover, Lesser Tern, Laughing Gull, Gadwall, and Puffin.

The following Fishes have been mounted for exhibition :—-Two Sun-fish (Lampris luna)
from the Northern British Seas ; four Sword-fish from Muscat (Histiophorus gladius and
H. brevirostris) ; a gigantic Sea-perch (Serranus gigas) from Muscat; a Shark from the
Orkneys (Notidanus griseus); a Ray (Rhynchobatus ancylostumus), from the Straits of
Malacca.

The majority of the extensive series of shells of Gastrépoda and Lamellibranchiata
obtained by the ‘‘ Challenger” Expedition have been carefully mounted in glass-topped
boxes and incorporated with the study-series; but a selection of the most striking forms,
chiefly from very great depths, has been mounted upon tablets and exhibited in the public
show-cases.

Owing to the crowded condition of the collections in the Spirit-building, it was found
necessary to remove the Mammalia, Mollusca and Tunicata, into the main building, in
order to make room for the incoming “ Challenger” and other collections. Advantage
has been taken of this removal to change the spirit in all the bottles, and to secure the
contents of a certain number of them by covering the top with bladders.

Specimens of Holopus, Rhizocrinus, and Orcaster have been mounted and added to the
Starfish Gallery, of Astronyx lovent and Funiculina quadrangularis, also a fine mass of
worm-tubes tormed by Salellaria alveolata to the series in the British Gallery.

1V.— Duplicates.

The following duplicates have been distributed :—2,885 specimens of various orders to
Mason’s College, Birmingham ; 822 to the Bristol Museum ; 245 to the Hawick Museum;
129 to the Hartley Institute, Southampton; and 322 to the Ladies’ College, Cheltenham.
Thirty-two birds and three reptiles have also been disposed of in exchange with the
Museum of the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg; nine reptiles with the Senckenberg
Museum, and eight with the Basle Museum.

V.—Departmental Library.

The Departmental Library has acquired, by purchase, presentation or exchange, 524
works, represented by 590 volumes or parts of volumes; making the total number of
works now in the Library 8,492, or about 12,328 volumes.

All the additions have been entered in the Purchase Book, catalogued, press-marked,
stamped, and placed ; 335 volumes have been bound.

The “Tweeddale” Library has not yet been unpacked and catalogued, this work having
to be deferred, until cases can be provided for placing the books.

VI.— Catalogues and Guide Books.

The following Catalogues and Guides have been issued during the year 1887 :—

1. “Catalogue of Lizards,” Vol. III., containing the Lacertide, Gerrhosauride,
Scincide, Anelytropide, Dibamide, and Chameleontida (8vo., 575 pp., 40 plates), by
G. A. Boulenger.

2. “Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia,” 3rd edition (8vo., 125 pp., with 57 wood-
cuts and two plans).

3. * A Guide to the Gould Collection of Humming Birds,” new issue, 8vo. (22 pp.,
with four woodcuts and one map).

4. “ Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes ” (8vo., 119 pp., with 101 woodcuts
and one plan).

5. “Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries” (8vo., 74 pp., with 51 woodcuts and
one plan).

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In addition to the above works, nearly the whole of the manuscript of the 12th volume
of the ‘Catalogue of Birds” has been passed through the press; the “ Catalogue of
Marsupialia,” the 14th, 16th, 18th, and 20th volumes of the “ Catalogue of Birds”
have made progress, and the ‘‘ Catalogue of Chelonians” has been commenced.

The following are the most important reports or descriptive papers which have been
written by the departmental staff in connection with various parts of the collection,
especially recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific journals :—* Report
on the Zoological Collection made by the Officers of H.M.S. ‘ Flying Fish’ at Christmas
Island, Indian Ocean,” by the staff of the department. “On the small Mammalia
collected in Demerara by Mr. W. L. Sclater”; “On the Bats collected by Mr. C. M.
Woodford in the Solomon Islands;” ‘* On the Milk-dentition of the Koala”; ‘* On the
Homologies and Succession of the Teeth in the Dasyuride,’ by O. Thomas. ‘ Note on
a collection of Birds made by Mr. John Whitehead on the Mountains of Kina Balu, in
Northern Borneo, with descriptions of new species;” “ Ona second collection of Birds
formed by Mr. L. Wray in the Mountains of Perak, Malay Peninsula;” “ Note on
specimens in the Hume Collection of birds—On Syrnium maingayi;” ‘‘ On a new species
of Calyptomena,” by R. B. Sharpe. “ A list of Birds collected by Mr. Charles
Morris Woodford in the Solomon Archipelago,” by W. R. O. Grant. “On twe
European species of Bombinator ;” “On the South African Tortoises allied to Testudo
geometrica” ; ‘On a collection of Reptiles and Batrachians made by Mr. H. Pryer in the
Loo Choo Islands”; ‘‘ Second Contribution to tne Herpetology of the Solomon Islands”;
*On new Batrachians from Malacca”; “ Synopsis of the Snakes of South Africa”;
“Remarks on Dr. Strauch’s Catalogue of the Geckos” ; “Les espéces du genre Ophio-
more”; “ Notes on the Osteology of the genus Platysternum”; “ Description of new
Reptiles and Batrachians in the British Museum”; “On new Reptiles and Batrachians
from North Borneo”; “ Description of new or little-known South-American Frogs of
the genera Paludicola and Hyla” ; “ A list of the Reptiles and Batrachians obtained near
Muscat, Arabia, and presented to the British Museum by Surgeon-Major A. 8S. G.
Jayakar”; ‘‘ An account of the Scincoid Lizards of Burma”; “On the Systematic
position of the genus Mivlania”’; “ On new Fishes from the lower Congo”; ‘ On new
South-American Characinoid Fishes”; “On new Siluroid Fishes from the Andes of
Columbia”; “ An account of the Fishes obtained by Mr. C. Buckley in Eastern Ecuador,”
by G. A. Boulenger. “ Report on the Deep Sea Fishes collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger,’ ”’
by A. Giinther. “On the Mollusca collected at the Camaroon Mountains by H. H.
Johnston”; “ Notes on a small collection of Shells from Loo Choo”; ‘ Description of
some new species of Land-shells from Sumatra, Java, and Borneo”; ‘“ Notes on some
Land-shells from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of new species ”’;
‘Notes on Argonauta bottgeri and on the Pearly Nautilus”; ‘“ Notes on Australian
species of Bithinia, Segmentina and J’usus, and description of anew Melania,” by I. A.
Smith. “On a new genus and species of Polyzonide”; “On the classification of the
Diplopoda,” by R. J. Pocock. ‘On new genera and species of Buprestide”; ‘On
some Coleopterous Insects collected by H. H. Johnston on the Camaroon Mountains ” ;
** Note on a new Parasitic Dipterous Insect of the family Hippoboscide” ; ‘“ Descriptions
of new Coleoptera in the British Museum”; “ Characters of undescribed Coleoptera in
the British Museum,” by C. O. Waterhouse. ‘“ A new genus of Pierine allied to.
Appias””; “ On new Heterocerous Lepidoptera from the Solomon Islands”; ‘On the
Lepidoptera collected by H. H. Johnston on the Camaroons and Rio del Rey,” by A. G.
Butler. ‘‘ Lists of the Echinoderms of Ceylon and uf the Andaman Islands”; ‘ Descrip-
tions of new species of Distomum, Nucleolites and Euechinus,” by F. J. Beil. ‘“ Report
on the Challenger Monaxonida,” by S. O Ridley and A. Dendy. “The Sponge Fauna
of Madras, a report on a collection of Sponges made in the neighbourhood of Madras by
Edgar Thurston, Esq.”; ‘‘ Observations on the West Indian Chalininie, with descrip-
tions of new species”; “On a remarkable new species of Cladoriza obtained by H.M.S.
‘Challenger’”; “ Studies on the comparative anatomy of Sponges, Part 1., on the
genera Ridleta, n. gen. and Quesi/lina, Norman,” by A. Dendy.

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VII.— Acquisitions.

During the past year the various branches of the Department have been increased
by the addition of 65,199 specimeus, as follows :—

By By By
Presenta- ToTaly
tion. Purchase. | Exchange.

Mammals - - - - 274 95 27 396
Salvin and Godman 3,959 - - 3,959
Coilection.
Tweeddale Collec- | 27,000 = - 27,000
Birds - tion.
Sclater Collection - - 485 = 485
Seebohm Collection 682 - a 682
Other Sources - 1,347 210 63 1,620
Reptiles - - - - - 404 353 142 899
Batrachians - - - - 333 121 99 553
f Challenger Deep 261 = a 261
Fishes - Sea Series.
Other Sources — - 735 183 69 987
Mollusca ( Challenger Collee- | 3,840 = be 3,840
and tion.
Tunicata | Other Sources = 1,472 749 34 2,255
Challenger Collec- 956 - - 956
Polyzoa tion.
Other Sources - 148 6 21 175
Crustacea - - - - 665 79 “ae 744
Araciinida = - - - = 191 53 - 244
Myriopoda” - - - - 28 16 - 44
Walsingham Collec- | 5,680 t - £.680
tion of Larve, &c. ‘
Insecta | Walsingham Califor- 1,737 = - 1,737
nian Collection. ;
Hocking Collection - - 3,561 = 3,561
Other Sources - a 2a 3,462 1 7 188
Vermes - = s a is 368 10 - 378
Echinoderms - - - - 206 35 _ 241
- Challenger Series - 447 Bs =
Sponges | > 447
| Other Sources - | 219 227 19 465
Anthozoa - = = c 97 43 Ss 140
Hydrozoa = = 2 a 29 oa 29
Protozoa = 5 = = 133 100 “ 253
TOTALS - 65,199 as compared with

36,348 in the year 1886.
123,358 ¥ 1885.
45,574 3 1884.
31,466 1883
19,902 wp 1882,

49,602 +5 1881
24,283 5 1880,
45,881 1879.

20,960 ee 1878.

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. Of the collections made during the voyage of H.\I.S. “ Challenger,” and presented
by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, tle following were received in 1887 :—

(a.) Two hundred and sixty-one specimens of Deep-sea Fishes.

(6.) Three thousand three hundred and sixty-five specimens of Mollusca, and 475
simple and compound Tunicata.

(c.) Forty-seven Cumacea (Crustacea).
(d.) Nine hundred and fifty-six specimens of Polyzoa.

(e.) Two hundred and eighty Monaxonide, and 167 Hexactinellida.

2. A collection of various animals made at Christmas Island by the officers of H.M.S.
“Flying Fish,” and presented by the Lords of the Admiralty.

This small oceanic island, which is 190 miles from the nearest point of Java, and
separated from it by a depth of 2,450 fathoms, lies so far out of the usual track of navi-
gation, and is so unattractive to those interested in commercial pursuits that no naturalist
seems to have had an opportunity of visiting it. As the flora and fauna of oceanic islands
possess a special interest, particularly before they are disturbed by the invasion of man,
Captain Wharton, F.R.s., Hydrographer of the Admiralty, suggested that advantage
should be taken of the recent visit to Christmas Island of H.M.S. “ Flying Fish,” under
the command of Captain Maclear, to make observations on, and collect specimens of,
natural history. Although the time at the disposal of the visitors was very short, the
officers of the ship collected 95 specimens of various animals, of which 12 species proved
to be undescribed.

3. The “ Tweeddale” Collection of Birds and ornithological works; presented by
Captain G. R. Wardlaw Ramsay.

This collection consists of about 35,000 specimens of bird-skins, and was formed princi-
pally by the uncle of the donor, the late Marquis of Tweeddale, who had paid particular
attention to certain local faunas, such as the birds of the Philippine islands, Andaman
Islands, Malayan Peninsula, &c., sparing no expense and labour in rendering these por-
tions of his collection complete. As the British Museum was particularly deficient in
those faunas in which the ‘ Tweeddale” collection excels, this acquisition is a very im~
portant event in the progress of the ornithological series in the British Museum. It is
calculated that after the disposal of the duplicates about 27,000 specimens will be left
for incorporation in the Museum series.

But beside this valuable collection, Captain Wardlaw Ramsay has deposited in the
British Museum the ornithological works collected by his! uncle and himself, with the ex-
pressed desire that this library should be placed in contiguity with the study-series of
Birds, so as to facilitate the work of students. This library consists of about 2,300
volumes, and comprises a number of the most costly ornithological publications, such as
those by Gould, Audubon, Temminck, &c.

4. The collection of mounted Larve of British and Indian Lepidoptera, prepared and
presented by the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, F-R.s.

This unrivalled collection consists principally of the larve of British Lepidoptera,
which were mounted by the donor himself in life-like attitudes upon twigs or leaves usually
representing the food-plants of the species; the larve are accompanied by very complete
series of specimens of the perfect insect. The collection is the work of many years, and
could be formed only by an entomologist thoroughly acquainted with the life-history of
the insects and enjoying exceptional opportunities for collecting. It is as valuable for
purposes of classification, as it is useful to the agriculturist and horticulturist, who are
enabled to identify with its 2id those Lepidopterous insects which in the larval stage are
injurious to crops. With this collection are some of the silk-producing moths with their larve
likewise mounted on models of the food-plants, and a series of Indian larve collected
and preserved at Dharmsala in the Punjab by one of Lord Walsingham’s correspondents,
the Rey. John H. Hocking: the whole consisting of 5,680 specimens.

5. The collection of Macro-Lepidoptera made by Lord Walsingham during his travels
in California and Oregon in the years 1871 and 1872, and presented by him. This
collection consists of 1,737 specimens, many of the species being new to the collection of the
Museum.

- 6. A series of 3,959 specimens of American birds, being the third instalment of the
valuable collection referred to in the Report for 1885; presented by F. D. Godman,
Ksq., F.R.S., and O. Salvin, Esq., F.R.S.

7. A further instalment of the Sclater Collection of American birds, comprising 485
specimens of 272 species of Humming birds ; purchased.

8. Six hundred and eighty-two Cuckoos from various localities, including the types of
the “ Swinhoe” Collection; presented by Henry Seebohm, Esq.
2Qy. G4 9. A collection

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9, A collection made and presented by Emin Pasha at Wadelai and Monbuttu in
Central Africa, comprising 106 Mammals, 342 Birds, 27 Reptiles, 30 Shells, 350 Lepi-
doptera, and 33 other insects. This collection includes many species previously unknown
or new to the Museum, and is a highly valuable contribution to our knowledge of the
distribution of animals in the centre of the continent.

10. A collection of 329 specimens of fishes from Muscat, Arabia, presented by Surgeon
Major A. 8. G. Jayakar. This collection comprises specimens of very large size, and
many undescribed species of economic or purely scientific interest, showing that this part
of the Arabian coast possesses a fish-fauna, the wealth of which is not excelled by any
other part of the Indian Ocean.

11. The collection of Deep Sea Fishes obtained in the Faer6e Channel during the
cruises of Her Majesty’s Steamships “ Knight Errant” and “ Triton,” in the years 1880
vnd 1882; the most important contribution that has yet been made to our knowledge of
pathybial fishes in the British area.

12. Explorations of a similar nature, although within the littoral zone, are continued on
the North West Coast of Scotland, thanks to the energy of J. Murray, Esq., v.P.R.s.z.,
the head of the Marine Biological Station at Granton. The species obtained were trans-
mitted to the British Museum for identification, and a complete set is retained for future
reference or for the completion of the collection. In the past year 68 fishes, 210 Mollusca
and Tunicates, 116 Crustaceans, 308 Worms, 71 Echinoderms and 18 Sponges, many
of great interest and previously but poorly, or not at all represented in the Museum,
were thus added to the collections.

Mammalia.—The additions to this class during the past year were 396, of which the
following are especially worthy of note :—.

Two skulls of Nicobarese from Teressa Island; presented by E. H. Man, Esq.

Seventeen skulls of ancient Egyptians, obtained by the Egyptian Exploration Com-
mittee ; presented by F. H. Griffith, Esq.

A Reindeer from the Lerdal Mountains, Norway; presented by Messrs. W. J. and
Charles Ingram.

The skeleton of a male Killer (Orea gladiator) from Bildéen Island near Bergen; pur-
chased.

A Harp Seal (Phoca barbata) from the Arctic regions; presented by Capt. David
Gray.

Skulls and horns of Ursus arctos, Sus scrofu, Hemitragus hylocrius and Cervus elaphus,
from the Caucasus and Nilghiris ; collected and presented by St. George Littledale, Esq.

Eleven skulls and horns of Bibos banting ind Rusa equina from the Rejang River,
Sarawak; collected by the late H. Brooke Low, Esq.

Twelve small Mammalia from Burma and the Punjab; collected and presented by
W. Theobald, Esq.

Seven mammals from Liberia, including a specimen of the Pigmy Hippopotamus
( Hippopotamus liberiensis), new to the collection; purchased.

Eight mammals from Kilima-njaro; collected and presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq.

A Rocky-Mountain Goat (Haplocerus monianus) from Montana; presented by Thomas
Bate, Esq.

nies mammals from §. Texas, including the type of Hesperomys taylori; purchased.

Nine mammals from Demerara, including a new species (Hesperomys sclateri) ;
collected and presented W. L. Sclater, Esq.

A head from Alacran Island, Peru, and a skull from Coquimbo, of the Sea-lion
(Otaria jubata) ; collected and presented by Lieut. Dayrell !)avis, R.N.

Twenty-two mammals, mostly bats, from the Solomon Islands, including the types of
two new species ( Nesonycteris woodfordi and Pteropus grandis) ; purchased.

Six smal] mammals from New Guinea, including typical specimens of Phasco!ozale
dorie and P. dorsalis) ; received in exchange from the Museo Civico, Genoa. :

Eleven small mammals from Tasmania, including typical specimens of four species
described by W.F. Petterd, Esq, ; received in exchange from the describer,

Birds.—The additions to the collection of birds during the past year amount to 6,746 ;
beside the “ Tweeddale” Collection already mentioned, the following are most worthy
of note ;—

Parent birds, nests and eggs or young of the Jackdaw, Capercailzie and Landrail; pre-
sented by W. R. O. Grant, Esq.

A pair of Sparrows, with nest and young; presented by Dr. Giinther.

A female Gadwall and a pair of Nuthatches, with nests and young; presented by the
Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, Fr.r.s,

A female Capercailzie, with nest and eggs; presented by Colonel Irby.

A pair of Ptarmigan, with nest and eggs ; presented by his Grace the Duke of Athole.
r A pair of Kentish Plover, with young and eggs; presented by Colonel Irby and Captain

erner.

A pair of Laughing Gulis, with nest and eggs; presented by the late Lord Lovat.

Parent birds, young and eggs of the Lesser Tern; presented by Captain Verner.

Thirty-one birds from Flamborough ; presented by the Right Hon. the Earl of Londes-
borough. Sixty

ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 57

Sixty specimens from the Caucasus and Altai Mountains ; received in exchange from
the St. Petersburg Museum.

Eighty-two specimens from South Manchuria; presented by [1. E. M. James, Esq.

Twenty-five specimens from China, including the types of Pomatorhinus styani and
Trochalopteron cinereiceps; presented by F. W. Styan, Esq.

Nineteen specimens from the Hills of Perak; presented by L. Wray, sq.

Sixty birds from North America; presented by H. K. Coale, Esq.

Eighty-two specimens from California, including the type of Colinus ridgwayi; pre-
sented by G. Frean Morcom, Esq.

Thirty -five birds from the Cameroons, including the types of four new species
(Psalidoprocne fuliginosa, Poliopicus johnstoni, Laniarius atroflavus and Ploceus melano-
gaster); collected by H. H. Johnston, Esq., and presented by the British Association.

Seventeen specimens from the Upper Congo, including nine species new to the collec-

tion; purchased.
Six specimens from Masai Land, five of them being species new to the collection ;

purchased.

Twenty-five specimens from the Solomon Islands, including the types of Ninox solomonis
Rallus intactus and Mino kreffti; presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq.

Thirty-five specimens from the Solomon Islands, including a new species ( Macrocorax
woodjordi ; purchased.

Six specimens from New Ireland, including the types of Donacicola hunsteini, Myzomela
ramsayi and Carpophaga subflavescens ; purchased.

Seventy-five specimens from the Horseshoe Range of the Astrolabe Mountains, New
Guinea; collected by Mr. Romilly and presented by the Queensland Commissioners for
the Indian and Colonial Exhibition.

One hundred and ninety-two specimens from N.W. Australia; collected by the late
T. H. Bowyer Bower, Esq., and presented by Captain Bowyer Bower.

One hundred and thirty-five specimens from various localities; presented by R. PB.

Sharpe, Esq.

Sixteen specimens from various localities, including seven species new to the collection ;

presented by Henry Seebohm, Esq.
Thirteen specimens from various localities; presented by Colonel Irby.

Reptiles :—Kight hundred and ninety-nine specimens have been added to this class,
of which the following are most worthy of note :—

Eight lizards from Mogador, including a Gecko new to the collection (Gymuodactylus
mauritanicus) ; received in exchange from the Zoological Museum, Berlin.

Forty specimens from Cyprus; presented by the Right Hon. Lord Lilford.

Fourteen specimens from Russian Asia; obtained in exchange from the St. Petersburg

Museum.
Thirty-one specimens from Muscat, Arabia; presented by Surgeon Major A.S. G.

Jayakar.

Nineteen specimens from the borders of the Persian Gulf; presented by E. Lort
Phillips, Esq.

Forty-four specimens from Persia and Sind, including types of species described by
Mr. J. A. Murray ; purchased.

Twelve specimens from various Indian and Burmese localities; presented by W. T.

Blandford, Kisq., F.R.S.
Twenty shells and skulls of Tortoises from Bengal and Burma; obtained in exchange

from W. Theobald, Esq.

Sixteen Lizards from Burma; presented by W. Theobald, Esq.

Thirty-eight specimens from the Loo Choc Islands, including the types of tvo new
species (Tachydromus smaragdinus and Tropidonotus pryeri), and representatives of several
species which were previously desiderata; presented by H. Pryer, Esq.

Nine Lizards from Japan ; presented by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.S.

Seventeen specimens from Sarawak, Borneo; among them a new Snake ( Calamaria
lowi?); presented by the late Brooke Low, Esq.

Ten specimens from New Guinea and the Moluccas, comprising a new Gecko ( Gehyra

marginata); purchased. ,
Twenty-two specimens from the Solomon Islands, among them types of five new species ;

purchased. ‘ be ; ;
Thirty-four specimens from the East Coast of Africa and Kilima-njara, including three

new species of Snakes ; presented by F. Jackson, Esq.
Five Lizards from the Lower Congo, among them two new to the collection (Ablepharus

cabinde and Sepsina hessii); purchased.
The type specimen of a new Snake from South Africa (Lamprophis fiskti); presented

by the Zoological Society of London, ’

A new species of Lizards from the Kalahari Desert ( Chondrodactylus wetrt); presented
by J. Jenner Weir, Isq.

Fifty-five specimens from Madagascar, comprising examples of several new snakes
(Langaha intermedia) and two new Chameleons; purchased. _

Forty-one specimens from Indiana and Florida; received in exchange from the Uni-
versity of Indiana.

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58 ACCOUNTS, &c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Forty-seven specimens from California, Arizona and Texas, amoung them two lizards
new to the collection (Eublepharis variegatus and Sauromalus ater) and the type of a new
species (Anniella texana) ; purchased.

Fifty specimens from Texas and North Mexico ; purchased.

Twenty-five specimens from the Island of Grenada; collected by George Murray, Esq.

Fifteen specimens from British Guiana, including a new Lizard (Gonatodes annularis) ;
presented by W. L. Selater, Esq. : . .

Nine specimens from Pernambuco, including anew Lizard (Stenolepis ridleyi); collected
by H.N. Ridley, Esq.

Thirty-one specimens from Rio Janeiro ; purchased.

Batrachians.—Five hundred and fifty-three specimens were added to this class, of which
the following may be mentioned :—

Eleven specimens from various localities, including a Cecilian new to the collection
(Gymnopis oligozona), {rom Guatemala, and a new species of toad from the Philippine
Islands (Bufo muelleri) ; received in exchange from the Museum at Basle.

Sixteen specimens from Northern India, among them a rare Himalayan toad new to the
collection (Cophophryne sikkimensis); presented by W.'T. Blandford, Esq., F.R.s.

Twenty-seven specimens from Burma; presented by W. Theobald, Esq.

Eleven specimens from the hills of Perak, among them a frog new to the collection
Polypedates leprosus) ; presented by L. Wray, Esq,

Sixteen specimens from the Loo Choo Islands, among them a frog, new to the collec-
tion (Khacophorus viridis) ; presented by H. Pryer, Esq.

Fourteen specimens from the East Coast of Africa and Kilima-njaro, among them a
frog new to the collection (Phrynobatrachus acridioides) ; presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq.

Four specimens from Shoa, including a new species of Cassina ; presented by the Genoa
Civic Museum.

Sixteen specimens from the Rio del Rey, Camaroons district, including the types of two
new species (Cornufer johnstonii and Bufo superciliaris); presented by H. H. John-
ston, sq.

Five Frogs from the Portuguese West African possessions, among them two species
new to the collection (Hylambates anchiete and H. angolensis); presented by Prof. J. V.
Barboza du Bocage.

Eleven specimens from Madagascar, including types of three new frogs ( Khucophorus
albilabris, Mantella barvni, and Platypelis pollicaris) ; purchased.

Twenty specimens from the Solomon Islands, including types of two new species
(Batrachylodes vertebralis and Hylu lutea); purchased.

Eighty-nine specimens from Indiana and Florida; received and exchanged from the
Indiana University.

Twenty-four specimens from Texas; including two species new to the collection (Bufo
debilis and Molge meridionalis) ; purchased.

A Cecilia new to the collection (C. polyzona) from Panama; presented by Dr. J. G.
Fischer.

Eight specimens from Rio Janeiro, among them a new Cecilian (Stphonops hardy?) :
purchased.

Fishes :—'The additions number 1,248 specimens, of which the most important are the
following :—

The unique type specimen of a Deep-sea Fish (S/ylophorus chordatus); obtained in
exchange from the Royal College of Surgeons. This specimen was discovered and des-
cribed by Shaw in the Transactions of the Linnean Society in the year 1788; no other
specimen has occurred since.

Five Fishes from the Orkneys, among them a rare European Shark ( Notidanus grisus);
presented by W. Cowan, Esq.

A skeleton of a Shark (Lemargus borealis) from Scotland ; purchased.

A very large Trout from County Monaghan, Ireland ; purchased.

Seventy-six freshwater fishes from Portugal; purchased.

A rare Fish from LakeBaikal (Comephorus baikalensis) ; presented by Dr. A. Giinther,
F.R.S.

Six specimens from Central Asia, including fine specimens ctf a recently discovered
Sturgeon (Scaphi-rhynchus hauffmanni); received in exchange from the St. Petersburg
Museum.

Two specimens of the recently discovered Deep-sea Shark (Chlamydoselache anguina)
from Japan ; presented by A. Sanders, Esq.. ;

Two Deep-sea Fishesfrom Japan ( Ateleopus japonicus and Chlamydoselache anguina; pre-
sented by the Tokio Museum.

Seventeen specimens from the Loo Choo Islands; presented by H. Pryer, Esq.

Five stuffed specimens from the South Coast of India; presented by E. Thurston, Esq.
; Forty-three specimens of fresh-water fishes from Western India and the Persian Gulf,
including types of species recently described hy Mr. J. A. Murray ; purchased.

Twenty-nine specimens from the East Coast of Africa and Kilima-njaro; presented by
F. J. Jackson, Esq.

Dy welve specimens from the Lower Congo, including three new species ( Ctenopoma
congicum, Mormyrus sauvagii, Clarias melas) ; purchased.

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 59

Eight specimens of freshwater fishes, from Madagascar, representing five species new
to the collection ; purchased.

Sixty-seven specimens from Indiana and Florida, including many species new to the
collection ; obtained in exchange from the Indiana University.

A Deep sea Fish from the Mona Channel, West Indies (Nemichthys infuns); presented
by Dr. A. Gunther, F.R.s.

Two specimens of a rare Siluroid from the Andes of Ecuador (Brontes prenadilla) ;
presented by Edward Whymper, Esq.

Mollusca :—The acquisitions during the year, including Tunicata, amounted to 6,095,
of which the following may be particularly mentioned :—

Thirty-three specimens of TZ vrochide from the Mediterranean; presented by the
Marquis Monterosato.

Fitty-nine specimens of Helicide and Limneide from China and the Corea; presented
by J. H. Leech, Esq.

Thirty-four Helicide and Cyclophoride from the Loo Choo Islands; presented by
H. Prver, Esq.

Five hundred and sixty-seven marine and estuary shells from the Mergui Archipelago ;

urchased.

Thirty marine shells from Tutikorin, S. India; presented by E. Thurston, Esq.

A specimen of Nautilus pompilius (shell and animal) from the Andaman Islands; pre-
sented by Mrs. E. Kenny.

Twenty-four specimens of Marine Mollusca from Muscat; presented by Col. J. B.
Miles.

One hundred and four land and marine shells from Morocco, Burma, &c.; presented
by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq.

Twenty-nine land-shells from the Cameroons; presented by the British Association.

Thirty-three marine shells from the mouth of the Gambia; presented by Capt.
Moloney.

aces marine shells from the Mauritius ; purchased.

Seventeen specimens of Melania, Bithinia, and Unio, from Lake Nyassa; pur-
chased.

One hundred and forty-eight land and freshwater shells from New Caledonia, and
nine Helicide from New Zealand; presented by E. L. Layard, Esq., c.M.e.

One hundred and twenty-eight marine and freshwater shells from the Australian Seas ;
presented by John Brazier, Esq.

Fifty-five marine shells from West Australia ; presented by T. H. Haynes, Esq.

Ninety-nine land and freshwater shells from the Solomon Islands ; purchased.

Seven models in wax of the Animals of Buccinum, Limax, Arion, Heliz, Cardium,
Pecten, and Ostrea ; purchased.

Polyzou:— ‘he additions during the year amounted to J,131. A valuable collection
of one hundred and fifteen specimens from Port Phillip, Victoria, presented by J. B.
Wilson, Esq., being of special importance.

Echinodermata and Vermes.—The additions to these classes have been respectively
241 and 378. ‘The following may be especially noted :—

A fine mass of worms-tubes from Hilbre Island, Liverpool ; purchased.

Specimens of ears of corn infested with “cockle,” together with an illustrative figure ;
presented by W. G. Smith, Esq.

Eleven Gephyreans from the Andamans and the Mergui Archipelago; presented by
Dr. John Anderson, F.R.8.

Two examples of Holopus rangi from Barbadoes; purchased.

Two examples of the little known Peripatus leucharti from Queensland ; presented by
Dr. E. P. Ramsay. g

Two examples of a new species of Peripatus (P.imthurmi) from British Guiana; pre~
sented by W. L. Sclater, Esq.

Arachnida and Myriopoda:—The additions to these two classes amount to 244 and 44
respectively. The following are the most noteworthy :—

One Scorpion, five Centipedes and two specimens of a new suctorial Diplopod ( Pseudo-
desmus verrucosus) trom Perak; presented by L. Wray, Esq.

Forty Spiders and Scorpions, mostly new to the collection, from Kilima-njaro; pre-
sented by F. J. Jackson, lisq. ;

Twelve Spiders from Accra, Gold Coast; presented by G. Higlett, Msq,

Forty-one Spiders and eight Myriopods from the Solomon Islands ; purchased.

Two nests of Agalena labyrinthica for exhibition; presented by Messrs. 0. Thomas and
A. Dendy.

Insects:—In addition to the Walsingharn collections of larve of British Lepidoptera, &c.
and of Californian Lepidoptera, also of the Hocking collection of Lepidoptera, the total
2Qy. H 2 number

60 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

number of Insects acquired during the year amounted to 7,188, which are distributed
among the various orders as follows :—

Coleoptera - - ie = - - - - 1,560
Hymenoptera - = = - = - - 481
Lepidoptera - = = = = = - - 4,292
(Walsingham Collection of larve,&e. - - - 5,680
(Walsingham Californian Collection - - = 1,737
(Hocking Collection - - - - - = -o001
Diptera - - - - - - - - 122
Neuroptera - = - - - - - - 146
Thysanura - - - - = - - = 8
Orthoptera - - - - - - ~ - 323
Hemiptera - - - - - - - - 256

ToTaL - - - 18,166

ee

The following additions are especially worthy of note :—

(From Great Britain. )

One hundred und twenty-three Lepidoptera for exhihition; presented by Mr. E. G.
Meek.

A female example of a rare moth (Nyssia zonaria) from Liverpool; presented by
F. Hoyer, Esq.

Two pale varieties of the Peppered Moth (Amphidasis betularta) from the North of
England; presented by J. Thorpe, Esq.

Several interesting wasp’s nests from Gloucestershire ; presented by S. G. Perceval,
Esq.

(From other parts of Europe.)

Fifty Coleoptera from Cyprus; presented by Lord Lilford.
(From Northern Asia and Japan.)

Forty-six Neuroptera, 45 Hemiptera, 22 Hymenoptera, and 10 other insects, chiefly from
Japan and the Corea; presented by J. H. Leech, Esq.

A rare Hawk-moth (Cinogon cingulatum) from Yezo; presented by the Rev. W.
Andrews.

(From North America.)

Thirteen moths from North and Central America; presented by Henry Edwards,
Esq.

(From South America.)

Twenty-eight Lepidoptera, chiefly from the Provinces of Tucuman and Catamarca;
presented by Lord Dormer.

Seventy-six Lepidoptera and six Homoptera from Sta. Catharina, Brazil; pur-
chased.

Ten butterflies from Ecuador; presented by E. Whymper, Esq.

(From Africa.)

Five hundred Coleoptera, including a new species ( Genyodonta jacksoni) ; twenty-five
Hymenoptera; ninety-three Lepidoptera, including the types of nine new species,
amongst which Doratopteryx plumigera and Dianeura. jacksoni were of especial interest ;
twenty Diptera and six Hemiptera from the neighbourhood of Kilima-njaro ; collected
and presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq.

sO HRERE Orthoptera, three Diptera and a Libellula, from Delagoa Bay; pur-
chased,

Twelve Orthoptera and two Neuroptera from Cape Coast; presented by G. A.
Higlett, Esq.

JA ae cluster of cocoons of a moth (Hypsoides bipars), from Madagascar; pur
chased.

A moth new to the collection (Pilthea trifusciata), from Zanzibar; presented by
Miss M. Woodward.

Two examples of a rare butterfly (Spindasis namaquus), new to the collection, from
Namaqua-land ; presented by R. Trimen, Esq., F.R.S.

One hundred and twenty-one Lepidoptera, including forty-nine types of species
described by the late F. Walker, Esq., principally from the Congo; purchased.

A new species of silk-moth (Buna, sp.) from Sierra Leone; presented by C, B.
Mitford, Esq.

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 61

Five examples of a social moth (Anaphe infracta) from Ile Ife i Africa ; -
sented by Beale Druce, Esq. not abe Sine aoehae

One hundred and twelve Lepidoptera, from Old Calabar; purchased.

Thirty-one Lepidoptera, including several new species, amongst which is a beautiful
new species of Huphedra (EK. johnstoni) from Rio del Rey, Camaroons district; pre-
sented by H. H, Johnston, Esq.

Six examples of a small moth (arias insulana), with cotton bolls attacked by the larve
from Cairo; presented by the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, F.r.s. ;

(From Southern Asia. )

Four Scale-insects (Coccid@), found on the Arabian tea plant (Catha edulis) ; pre-
sented by J. W. Douglas, Esq.

Twenty insects of various Orders from Muscat; presented by Col. J. B. Miles.

A local representative of the European Orange-tip butterfly (Euchloé cardamines),
from Mount Carmel; presented by F. F. Freeman, Esq.

Seven butterflies of the genus Colias (C. eogene, C. romanovii, C. cristophi and
C. wiskotti), from Samarkand ; purchased.

Two hundred and seventy-three Lepidoptera, twenty Orthoptera, and fourteen other
Insects from Campbellpore, Murree, and Aden; presented by Major Yerbury, r.n.

One hundred and fifty Hymenoptera; presented by the Bombay Natural History
ociety.

Une hundred and twenty-eight types of Indian Lepidoptera; collected and presented
by Col. C. Swinhoe.

Two specimens of Papilio palinurus, and two of an apparently new moth (Eusemia, sp.)
from Cannanore; presented by W. H. C. Bolton, Esq.

One hundred and twenty-nine moths, mostly new to the collection, from Sikkim; pre-
sented by Capt. Elwes.

A rare silk moth ( Rinaca extensa), from Assam; purchased.

Eighty-eight moths from British Burma ; presented by Capt. Charles Bingham.

Fifty-five Lepidoptera and four other Insects from South Burma; presented by
Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N.

Thirty-four Insects of various Orders ; presented by the Perak Museum.

Twelve Hemiptera of the genus Helopeltis, which infests the tea-plant in Java ; pre-
sented by H. B. Brady, Esq.

Twenty-one Insects, chiefly Orthoptera, from Pejang River, Sarawak, including an
example of the rare and singular Phasmid, Phibalosoma serratiyes; presented by the
late H. Brooke Lowe, Esq.

The type specimen of the rare and beautiful moth (Cocytiu veitchii) from Batchian;
obtained in exchange.

(From Australia and the Pacific Islands.)

Three hundred and ninety Coleoptera, forty-six Hymenoptera, three hundred and thirty
moths (including sixty-eight new species), and seventy-seven Insects of other Orders,
from the Solomon Islands; purchased.

Two Lycenide (Mucaduba gemmata) from Fiji; presented by Hamilton Druce, Esq.

Two hundred and seventeen Lepidoptera, including over a hundred types from the
Australian Region ; purchased.

One hundred and three Lepidoptera, many of them new to the collection, and a cocoon,,
from Port Darwin; purchased.

Thirteen Lepidoptera from various localities, including specimens of Papilio abstrusus
and P. amythaon from Norfolk Island ; presented by W. H. Crowfoot, Esq.

Six specimens of a Goat-moth (Cossus tenebrifer) and six larve of the same from
Australia ; presented by Lady Henderson.

Spongtide :—1,200 specimens have been added during the past year; the following
may be especially mentioned :—

A collection of eighteen sponges from the West Coast of Scotland; presanted by John
Murray, Esq.
_ Thirty-seven sponges from the neighbourhood of Madras; presented by E. Thurston
sq.

he hundred and fifteen sponges from Port Phillip; presented by J. Bracebridge
Wilson, Esq.

One hundred and twenty-five sponges from the East Coast of Australia; purchased of
Dr. von Lendenfeld.

Anthozia and Hydrozoa:—To these divisions there have been added 155 specimens and
29 specimens respectively: The following may be mentioned :—

Eight Pennatulida and seven J'ungiide from the Andaman Islands presented by
Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S.

Five Pennutulida from the Mergui Archipelago; presented by the Indian Museum,
Calcutta. ‘

Twenty corals from Aden; presented by Major Yerbury, R.E.

290. H.3 Protozoa

62 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Protozoa :— Two hundred and forty-six specimens have been added to this part of the
collection ; the following are especially noteworthy :—

A set of one hundred and twenty slides of British Foraminifera ; mounted and pre-

sented by H. B. Brady, Esq., F-R.s. “ef
A set of one hundred models of Foraminifera ; purchased.
A set of four models and ten. microscopic sections, illustrating dimorphism; pre-

sented by M. Schlumberger.
VII. Visitors and Students.

Tie number of visits from persons who have specially consulted portions of the
collection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 8,955, as compared

with :—
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Albert Gunther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
I.— Arrangement.

A.— VERTEBRATA.

Fossil Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2).—Six new Pier-cases having been added to the
Mammalian Gallery on the south side, the first of these (74) is devoted to the extended
exhibition of the group of Perissodactyle Ungulates of the genus Rhinoceros, from the
Miocene of Hessen Darmstadt, &c.

In 84 are placed the various species of the genera Paleotherium, Tapirus, Lophiodon,
and Hyracotherium, from the Eocene of France, &c.

In 9a are arranged a fine series of skulls of fossil Hippopotamida, from the Miocene
of the Siwalik Hilis, India.

In 10a are placed the remains of the fossil Camelide and Suide.

Pier-case 114 is devoted to the Antilopide, &c. ( Antilope, Gazella, Boselaphus, Bucapra,
Capra Ovibos, Bubalus, &c.)

124 contains the Indian forms of Bovide, as Amphibos, Leptobos, Probubalus, &c. from
the older Pliocene deposits of the Siwahk Hills in India.

By this addition to the exhibition-space, Case 11 has been gained for the arrangement
of the Cervide, previously temporarily placed in Case 13, this latter case being now
retained for the British remains of Bos longifrons, Bison, &c.

Table-case No. 23, containing a large series of detached molar teeth of species of
Mastodon, from North America, Germany, France, England, &c., has been fitted with slopes
upon uae the teeth have been arranged, mounted upon tablets, and all carefully
named.

Table-case No. 11, containing the remains of Cetacea, has had its contents re: arranged,
pe ca and named, as have also the Wall-cases (XVI. and XXII.) devoted to this
order.

Wall-case XX. and Table-case 13a, containing the Edentata; Wall-case XXI. and
Table-cases 14, 14a, 15, and 15a, containing the Marsupialia, have all been re-arranged
and named in accordance with the “ Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia,” Part V., just
published.

The restoration of the skeleton of the great extinct Sloth, Megatherium Americanum,
from South America, which occupied the centre of the Pavilion, has been removed and
replaced by one more carefully articulated, and set up in a more natural manner, the

ee clasping a tree, its weight being supported by its massive hind-limbs and
ail.

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Fossil

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 63

Fossil Reptilia (Galleries 3, 4, and 5).—The naming, and to some extent the arrange-
ment, of the Pterosauria, Crocodilia, and Dinosauria, occupying Table-cases 1 to 10, and
Wall-cases I. to VII., have undergone revision consequent upon the preparation of a
Catalogue of these orders of Reptilia.

Wall-cases VIUL., IX., and X., at the west end of Gallery 4, have been entirely re-
arranged, Here are placed the remains of the great aquatic reptiles of the Mosasaurus
type met with in the Cretaceous formations of England, Holland, New Jersey,
N. America, and New Zealand; the Dicynodontia, from the Triassic rocks of South
Africa; also those referred to the genus Pliosaurus, from the Oxford and Kimmeridge
clavs of Lincoln, Cambridge, Wilts, and Dorset-shires. ff

The contents of Wall-cases XI. and XII., and Table-cases 20, 21, and 22 (West
Corridor), devoted to the order Chelonia, and to the class Amphibia, have been entirely
re-arranged, named, and labelled atresh. Here are placed the head-shields and tail-sheaths
of the remarkable Chelonian (Metolania), originally described as “ a great horned lizard,”
from Queensland and Lord Howe’s Islaud, Eastern Australia, by Sir Richard Owen,
K.c.B., and the affinities of which have been recently discussed by Professor Huxley,
F.R.s., Mr. Boulenger, and others.

Fossil Fishes (Gallery No. 6).—Three Table-cases (Nos. 45, 46, and 47), containing
the later Mesozoic Ganoids, have been arranged and labelled.

The remarkably fine series of fishes from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon
(from Hakel and Sahel-el-Alma), lately described by Mr. J. W. Davis, have been
ia named, mounted, and labelled for exhibition, as have also the London Clay

ishes.

The four Wall-cases (Nos. 15 to 18, East Side) devoted to the fossil Teleostean Fishes,
have been carefully arranged and labelled.

The whole of the fossil Elasmobranch fishes have undergone revision preparatory to
the publication of a Catalogue thereon.

A large number of important additions to the fossil fishes have been made during the
Bee sce. These have been named, labelled, and placed in the cases in their proper
families.

The whole series of unexhibited “ study-specimens,” preserved in drawers beneath the
Table-cases, have been carefully examined and arranged conveniently for refererce.

INVERTEBRATA.

Mollusca- Cephalopoda (Gallery No. 7).—Various specimens, as sections of shells, models
and drawings, illustrating the structure of the shells and animals of the Cephalopoda,
a been mounted and placed in the Table-case (No. 57) at the entrance to this

allery.

The critical examination of the Belemnitide has been completed ; 205 specimens have
been mounted upon 102 tablets, and the unmounted specimens placed in 21 drawers
beneath Table-case No. 59.

The Silurian Cephalopoda have been removed from Wall-case No. 14., and in this
case have been arranged the Jurassic Belemnitide.

The Eocene and Chalk Nauwtili, which occupied Wall-case No. 3, have all been
named and mounted on blocks, and are being transferred to Wall-case No. 2.

Printed labels have been prepared, and will be affixed to each block on which the
specimen is mounted.

The Ammonitide, which were arranged in Wall-case No. 8, have been replaced by
the Orthoceratide.

Three hundred and forty-eight specimens of Orthoceras have been mounted on 220°
tablets, and the unmounted specimens placed in 11 drawers beneath Table-case No. 72.

All the acquisitions to this group, whether by donation or purchase, have been duly
registered, named, and incorporated with the Collection.

Many specimens have been developed and prepared for exhibition, and sections of
others have been made and polished to show the internal structure of the shell and its
siphuncle.

(Gallery No. 8.)—Mollusca.—The specimens contained in six Table-cases, devoted to
the Gasteropoda and Lamellibranchiata of the Eocene, the Cretaceous, the Lias, Rheetic,
and Permian, the Carboniferous, and Devonian, have all been mounted on tablets, or in
glass-topped boxes, each bearing in addition to the genus and species the author’s name,
the name of the formation, and the locality from which the specimens were obtained,
and if presented, the name of the donor. Every type-specimen is marked by a small
disk of green paper attached to it, and upon the label is given a reference to the work in
which it has been figured and described. ‘The mounted Gasteropoda number 3,387, and
the Lamellibranchiata 1,994 specimens. Those not exhibited in the Table-cases are
placed in regular order in the drawers of the Cabinets beneath. ’

Three thousand one hundred and sixty-five specimens of Jurassic, Cretaceous, and
Tertiary Brachiopoda have been mounted on tablets, named, and localised as in the case
of the rest of the Mollusca already referred to.

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Echinodermata.— The arrangement of this group has been commenced. The British
Paleozoic Crinoidea have been carefully examined and arranged. Those mounted,
to the number of 720 specimens, occupy two Table-cases, and are fixed on 463 tablets,
duly labelled with name, formation, and locality, and when figured, a reference is given
to the work. Those not exhibited are coutained in 43 drawers, and number 2,423
specimens. These have all been named and are put away in good order for reference by
the student.

(Gallery No. 10.)—Fossil Plants——The work of arranging the exhibited series of
palwozoic plants has been continued. Three hundred and fifty-two large specimens, both
British and foreign, from the Devonian and Carboniferous formations, have been specially
mounted on pedestal-blocks, to each ot which a printed label has been affixed, giving the
genus and species, with the formation and locality whence the specimen was derived, the
figured specimens being distinguished by a small green disc. See Wall-cases 15, 16, 17,
and 18.

Two hundred and forty-seven foreign plant-remains have been mounted on tablets and
inscribed with name, formation, and locality, and placed upon the sloping shelr of Wall-
case No. 16.

One thousand three hundred British and foreign palxozoic plants have been arranged
for study in a series of 138 drawers beneath the Table-cases. A large number of dupli-
cates have been set aside for future distribution.

A fine stem of a Lepidodendroid plant has been mounted on a mahogany stand, and
placed between Wall-cases 15 and 16.

(Gallery No. 11.) Stratigraphical series—This collection has been commenced in four
Wall-cases upon the West side of this Gallery. Four hundred specimens have been
placed upon the shelves according to their respective formations; and 65 labels marking
off the formations have been prepared and fixed in place.

Copies of nine descriptive labels have been printed and placed in the “ Type-
collections ” which occupy the sixteen Table-cases in this Gallery.

A number of coloured maps and sections, prepared by William Smith, u.p.,
illustrative of the Geology of England and Wales, also figures of fossils, have been
mounted in frames and placed upon the wall near the case containing his collection in
this Gallery.

A copy of a Geologically Coloured Map of the British Islands, prepared by Prof. A.
C. Ramsay, has been framed and glazed and fixed upon the wall at the North end of the
Gallery.

The series of Foot-prints (Ichnites) placed in Wall-cases IX. and X. have all been
identified and labels printed for the same.

DEPARTMENTAL LiIBRARY.—(Gallery No. 9.)

Sixty-two Books and Memoirs have been bound. Numerous additicns have been made
to the series of Geological maps, which are kept in good order and readily accessible to
students.

The additions to the Library during the past year are as follows :—

By Purchase :—

Serials 2 - = é 2 2 - 248
New Works saa ss A i Ea A
Pamphlets - 2 2 is = s Pit see
— 745
By Donation :—
Works : - = ‘ 2 Se
Pamphlets - - 5 4 3 - yeas
— 64
Total of Kooks - ee ee S09
By Purchase :—
New Maps - - = 2 = a =) Os
Explanations - - - - - - 153
398
By Donation :—
New Maps -~ - FE i a ie - - 14— 14
Total of Maps, ke. - -— 412
Granp ToTaL - - 1,221

The cataloguing, stamping, and press-marking of all additions to the Library and to
the Maps has heen regularly maintained.
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Guides and Catalogues.

A Guide to the Fossil Fishes appeared in 1885. This has now been almost entirely
re-written, and the number of illustrations is greatly increased. I[t is in the printer’s
hands, and will shortly appear.

A catalogue of the Elasmobranch Fishes is in preparation.

The catalogue of the Cephalopoda (Part I. the Orthocerata, &c.} will shortly be
completed.

Part I. of a catalogue of the Reptilia, containing the Pterosauria, the Crocodilia, the
Dinosauria, and the Lacertilia, is in the printer’s hands, and will appear shortly.

Part V. completing the catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia, and containing the
Tillodontia, the Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata, and a
Supplement, appeared in September last.

A new edition to the General guide is in preparation. Also a guide to the Fossil
Mollusca.

Work of the Mason-Formatore and Assistant Mason, §c.

The most important works performed by the Mason-Formatore and his Assistant have
been as follows :—

The construction and setting-up of the new restored skeleton of Megatherium America-
num in the 8... Pavilion.

The repairing and restoring the skeleton of Mylodon gracilis and articulating the bones
ready to fix up in glazed case provided for same.

’ The entire remounting of the skeleton of Rhytina gigas, and the restoration of the manus
of same.

Making mould and casts of tail-sheath of Hoplophorus ; of sacrum of Megalosaurus; of
tail-sheath of Mezolania, from Lord Howe island; making mould and casts of palate of
Strophodus, from Caen ; casts of Iguanodon jaw and teeth; tooth of Zeuglodon ; cutting
and polishing sections of Orthoceras, Belemuites, fossil corals, fossil wood, bone of
Iguanodon, etc.

Developing and preparing numerous WVautili and other cephalopod shells ready for
exhibition.

Developing, reducing, and repairing numerous slabs of crinoids, plants, &c., and pre-
paring same ready for exhibition.

Preparing and polishing large slab of Carboniferous Coral Limestone from Weardale,
and fixing same upon the wall of Gallery No. 10 in glazed case for exhibition.

Developing and putting together vertebrae and bones of Wealden [guanodon (Dawson
Collection).

Developing skull of Galeosaurus, from the Cape ; also portions of skeletons of Dicynodon,
and of Parieasaurus, from the Trias of S. Africa.

Developing two skulls and several vertebra of Meiolania, from Lord Howe Island.

Developing and making good slab with entire skeleton of Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris ;
also skull of Ichthyosaurus platyodon; skeleton of Hypsilophodon ; skull of Steneosaurus ;
portions of Pterodactyle (Fox Coll.); developing skull of Garialis gangeticus ; portions
of carapace and limb-bones of Colossochelys and other Chelonians; developing and re-
pairing Dinosaurian bones from the Cape of Good Hope (presented by Professor
Huxley).

Developing and mounting large specimen of Lepidotus gigas (with its counterpart),
from the Wealden, Sussex (Dawson Collection).

A very large number of Mammalian, Reptilian, Fish, invertebrate and plant-remains
have been carefully developed, repaired, and reduced ready for exhibition.

Numerous microscopic sections have been cut of corals, plants, and other organisms,
mounted on glass, and prepared ready for examination.

The moving and fixing of large specimens on stands and in cases, the mounting of
objects in frames or upon stands, and blocks, many hundreds of which have been prepared
and specially fitted to each specimen. These and similar labours have occupied the
entire time and untiring energy and skill of all the staff.

Printing Labels.—Besides the introduction of very numerous labels printed by hand,
with the brush, the pen, or by means of stencil-plates--of which many hundreds have
been prepared and fixed in the galleries—a printing-press has been established in the
Department, which has turned out nearly 1,400 labels, of which 15,362 copies have been
struck off.

They vary in size from 18 inches by 6 or 8 inches to 3 inches by 3 inch, and from labels
of 450 words to lahels of two words each.

The labels comprise (a) General Labels, embodying the genus and species, the author’s
name, the formation and locality, and, in case the specimen has been figured, a reference
to the work where such figure and description is to be found. (b) Descriptive Labels,
giving an account of a particular specimen of interest, or a group of specimens, or of a
collection, or case of fossils, belonging to some order, as the carnivora for example.

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(c) Smaller labels for generic and family names. (d) Miscellaneous small labels, notices
for doors, catalogues, &c.

Each {abel is mounted upon card, or upon tablets or slips of wood, and the edges
coloured. tA # D4

The establishment of this printing-press will be the means of rapidly extending the
usefulness and attractiveness of the collection, both to students and to the public at large,
by greatly increasing the information afforded concerning the specimens exhibited in the
Galleries of the Museum.

1. By Donation. —A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—Uuman and other remains, from the fluviatile deposits, Tilbury Dock,
Essex; presented by Donald S. Baynes, Esq., M.1.C.E.

A coloured cast of Hyena felina, Bosc. (figured by Mr. Lydekker, in Catalogue of
Mammalia, Part I.), the original in the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin; presented
by Dr. Valentine Ball, F.R.S., F.G.S.

Molar of Elephas primigenius, from the Pleistocene Gravel, Valley of the Ravensbourne,
Lewisham ; presented by Harman Visger, Eisq., M.R.C.s.

A molar of Mastodon pandionis, part of cranium of Sus hysudricus, molar of Rhinoceros
perimensis, and a portion of cranium of Antilope, sp.; all from the Siwaliks of Perim
Island: presented by Col. J. W. Watson.

A caudal vertebra of Cetacean, from the Phosphate Beds, near Charleston, 8. Caro-
lina; presented by John C. Pirie, Esq.

Antlers of Red Deer and other bones, dredged from the bed of the Thames, between
Kempsford and Castle Eaton, near Oxford; presented by D. Palgrave Turner, Esq.

Vertebra of Right Whale, Balena mysticeius, from Old Shore Brewery; presented by
Charles Tomkins, Esq.

Three Mammalian remains from the Upper Eocene, Hempstead Beds, Isle of Wight ;
received from Mr. Henry Keeping.

(2.) Reptilia.—Portion of a head of Galesaurus planiceps, Owen, from the Trias of
Kruisemant-fontein, Caledon River District, Orange Free States, §. Africa; presented by
Mr. C. 8. Orpen.

A Nuchal plate of Trionyz, from the Tertiary deposits of Perim Island, Gulf of Cam-
bay ; presented by R. Lydekker, Esq., 8.A., F.G.s.

Carapace of a Turtle, and two Saurian bones from North America; presented by
Mr. Law. F

A tooth of Zehthyosaurus platyodon, from the Lower Lias of Warwickshire ; presented
by Michael H. Lakin, Esq.

Plaster cast of a Humerus, and four porticns of long bones, probably referable to
Pterodactylus, from the Chalk of Bohemia; presented by Dr. Anton Fritsch, Royal Bohe-
mian Museum, Prague.

Five portions of bones of Euskelesaurus Brownis, Huxley ; also distal end of femur of
Orosaurus, Huxley (described in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. 28. 1867, pp. 1-6), and

two other bones, ali from the Stormberg Mountains, South Africa ; presented by Profes-

sor T. H. Huxley, D.c.u., F.R.S.:
Six remains of Reptilia from the Upper Eocene, Isle of Wight; presented by Mr. Henry
Keeping.

(3.) Pisces.—Twenty-four nodules containing small fish remains, from a Glacial, or
Yost-glacial Deposit, at Bindalen, Norway ; presented by Henry Tryon, Esq.

Two remains of fishes, from the Carboniferous limestone, Gwannys-car, near Rhyl;
presented by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq.

Two teeth of Carcharodon, from the Phosphate Beds, near Charleston, 8. Carolina;
presented by John C. Pirie, Esq.

Eight Cephalaspidian Fishes from the Lower Old Red Sandstone, Passage Beds, Rail-
way cutting, Ledbury Station, by George H. Piper, Esq., F.a.s.

Impression of scale of Holoptychius, in conglomerate of Old Red Sandstone, near Tort-
worth, Gloucestershire ; presented by the Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie, F.R.s., F.G.s.

e oe tooth of Squatina, from the Upper Chalk of Lewes; presented by James
ox, Esq.

Two teeth of Corax, and 20 teeth of Notidanus microdon, from the Cambridge Green-
sand ; presented by James Carter, Esq., F.G.s.

Three fragments of Acrolepis Wilsoni, Traq. MS., Yoredale Shales, near Belper,
Derbyshire ; also two small slabs of sandstone, with remains of a Ganoid fish, from the
Upper Keuper, Colwick Wood, Nottingham; presented by E. Wilson, Esq., F.G.s.

One Oxyrhina, from the ‘Tertiary Deposits, Murray River, near Adelaide, South Aus-
tralia; presented by William Evans, Esq.

One specimen of C'lupea catopygoptera, and another small fish, from the Tertiary of
Verona; presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.s.a.

i le Eocene fishes from the Hempstead Beds, Isle of Wight; presented by Mr. Henry
eeping.

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B.— INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusca.—Seven specimens of Kuphus and Dentalium, from the Post-Tertiary
deposits of Byculla Flats, Bombay; presented by W. E. Hart, Esq.

Eleven Bivalves, 14 Univalves, and 5 Pteropods, &c., trom the Post Tertiary deposits
of the Solomon Islands; presented by H. B. Guppy, Esq., &.N., F.G.S.

Four |} aldheimia resupinata, and four W. marie, Middle Lias, Churchdown Hill, near
Gloucester; presented by Rev. F. Smithe, LL.D., F.G.s.

One specimen of Trigonia ®Brodiei (Lyc.), from the Inferior Oolite, Hook-Norton,
Oxon; presented by Dr. G. Watt, c.1.5., M.B., &c.

A series of fifty-two Mesozoic shells from the Lake Eyre district, South Australia ;
presented by H. Y. L. Brown, Esq., F.¢.s.

A series of microscopic shells from a Post-Tertiary deposit on Treasury Island,
Solomon Group; presented by H. B. Brady, Esq., ¥.R.s.

Three specimens of Yeredo from New Zealand; presented by J. D. Baldry, Esq.,
C.E., F.G.S. *

Nine slabs of Cretaceo-Tertiary rock containing impressions of Gasteropoda and
Lamellibranchiata, from Kawa-Kawa Mines, Bay of Islands, New Zealand; presented by
T.P. Moody, Esq., c.5.

Two specimens of Productus punctatus, from Axton Newmarket, near Rhyl; presented
by C. B. Luxmoore, Esq., F.G.s.

Nine Gasteropoda, and three Lamellibranchiata, from the Tertiary formation of Muddy
Creek, South Australia ; presented by Professor T, R. Jones, F.R.8

One Cyprea (Siphocyprea) problematica, and one Arca (Arcoptera) aviculeformis, from
the Pliocene Calvos-ahatechie shell-bed, near Lake Okechobee, Florida; presented by
W. H. Conrad, Esq.

Ten Gasteropoda, and 16 Lamellibranchiata, from the Upper Eocene, Isle of Wight ;
presented by Mr. Henry Keeping, and obtained by means of a grant from the British
Association. .

Forty-three specimens of ‘lertiary Mollusca, and two Spirifera from the Carboniferous
of Gippsland, Victoria; presented by the Rev. James Royce, Fr.c.s.a.

Four Cleidophorus, and 14 Brachiopoda, from the Devonian of South Africa; presented
by W. Carruthers, Esq., F.R.S.

One Anthracosia, fromthe Coal-Measures of Graig Henry, Glamorganshire ; presented
by N. Morgan, Esq.

A series of about 100 Post-Pliocene and Middle Eocene, Mollusca from Bracklesham
Bay, Isle of Wight; presented by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.s.

Two specimens of Orthoceras ornatum, Boll., and one O. Lindstrémi, Barr., from the
Silurian, Isle of Gotland; presented by A. H. Foord, Esq., ¥.G.s.

A cast in flint of Exogyra columba, Lamk., from the Drift-bed between Bonchurch and
Ventnor; presented by Harry Billings, Esq.

A group of Avicula, sp. from the Lias, Clifton, and four Brachiopoda, from the Carboni-
ferous Limestone, Vallis, Frome, Somerset; presented by the Rev. Canon J. E.
Jackson, M.a.

One specimen of Orthoceras Hisingeri, Boll., one O. Lindstromi, Barr., two O. angula-
tum, Wahl., two Actinoceras imbricatum, Wahl., and two A. /amellatum, Ang., from the
Silurian, Gotland; also one Orthoceras Kinnekullense, Foord, from the Ordovician,
Kinnekulle, Sweden; presented by A. H. Foord, Esq., F.G.s.

One specimen of Strophomena euglypha, from the Wenlock Limestone, Shucknall EIill
Quarry, near Hereford ; presented by C. Vereker Lloyd, Esq.

Fragment of a large species of Nautilus, from the Gault, Otford near Sevenoaks; pre-
sented by Charles ‘laylor, Esq. ‘

A series of one hundred and six Pliocene Tertiary shells from Monte Mario, Rome,
and also a slab of “ Marston Stone,” full of Ammonites planicostatus, from the Lias,
Yeovil, Dorset ; presented by the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson, M.A.

Thirty-eight Gasteropoda (Melunia, Potamides, §c.) and nine Lamellibranchs ( Ostrea,
Cytherea, Tellina, &c.), from the Eocene formation, between Cap d’Ailly and Dieppe;
presented by Lieutenant Colonel Worthington Wilmer, ¢.B.

Two specimens of Lituites (one new), from the Upper Silurian of Ledbury, and one
Rock-specimen, with Linguie, from the Downton beds, Ledbury, presented by G. H.
Piper, Esq., F.G.s. :

Three specimens of Plicatuia levigata, from the Middle Lias of Churchdown, near
Gloucester ; presented by the Rev. F. Smithe, LL.D., F.G.s.

A cast of Megalomus Canadensis, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Guelph, Toronto,
and a series of 636 Freshwater shells, from a marly deposit in an old lake near Toronto ;
presented by Mrs. Anderson.

Calcareous cast of three chambers of the shell of Ammonites ( Arietites) Buchlandi, Sby. ;
presented by R. Etheridge, lisq., F.R.S. : ;

Seven Waldheimia, seventy-four Lamellibranchiata, and thirty-eight Gasteropoda, from
the Tertiary deposits, Murray River, near Adelaide, South Australia ; presented by
William Evans, Esq.

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Four Lamellibranchiata, Laramie Group, and three Brachiopoda, Devonian and Silu-
rian, from North America; presented by Mr. Law.

(b.) Polyzoa.—Three specimens of Polyzoa, from the Pliocene deposits of Muddy Creek,
Victoria, Australia: presented by R. T. Litton, Esq., F.L.s.

(c.) Insecta and Crustacea.—A_ specimen of Enoploclytia Sussexensis, from the Lower
Chalk, Lewes, Sussex ; presented by Percy Coombe, Esq.

One Phacops from the Silurian, Kilmore, Victoria; presented by tne Rey. J.
Royce.

Three Homalonotus, from the Devonian, South Africa; presented by W. Carruthers,
Esq., F.R.S.

Four Crustacea, from Monte Mario, Rume; presented by the Rev. Canon J. E.
Jackson, M.A.

(d.) Echinodermata.—A specimen of Extracrinus briareus, from the Lias of Lyme
Regis (figured in Buckland’s Bridgewater Treatise, voi. i1., pl. 51, fig. 2); presented by
the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson, M.A.

Two Echini from the Cliff-section at the entrance to the Harbour of Tai-wan-foo,
Formosa; presented by Colonel C. Cooper- King, F.G.s.

Two Echinedermata from the Deyonian of South Africa; presented by W. Carruthers,
Ksq., F.R.S.

Three hundred and eighty-four specimens of Crinoidea, from the Carboniferous Lime-
stone, Vallis, Frome; and five Echinoderms from Monte Mario, Rome; presented by the
Rev. Canon J. I. Jackson, M.A.

Four specimens of Echinodermata (Brissopsis), from the Tertiary Deposits, Murray
River, near Adelaide, South Australia; presented by William Evans, Esq.

A mass of Crinoidal Limestone, from Guelph, Toronto; presented by Mrs. Anderson.

(e.) Zoophyta.—A specimen of Cyathophyllum regium, from the Carbonifercus Lime-
stone, Cefn, near St. Asaph; presented by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq.

Seven Tertiary Corals, from Formosa; presented by Colonel C. Cooper-King, F.e.s.

One Devonian Coral, from South Africa; presented by W. Carruthers, Esq., P.R.s.

Two Eocene Corals, from Bracklesham Bay, Isle of Wight; presented by Professor
T. Rupert Jones F.R.s.

Six Corals from the Carboniferous Limestone, Vallis, Frome; presented by the Rev.
Canon J. E. Jackson, M.A.

(f.) Protozoa.—Four specimens of Nodosaria raphanistrum, Linn., from the Eocene,
Atrigiani, Italy; presented by Dr. J. Millar, r.u.s., F.G.s.

Three Foraminifera, fiom the Middle Eocene, Bracklesham Bay, Isle of Wight; pre-
sented by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.n.s,

Three Lithistid Sponges, Stichophyma? and Plinthosella? from the Greensand of
Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire ; presented by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.S.

C.—PLANTZ&.

Fifty plants (Filicacea), from the Carboniferous Limestone, Gwannyscar, near Khyl;
presented by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq.

One leaf, from the Tertiary of Verona; presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.S.A.

One specimen of Stigmaria ficoides, from the Coal-measures of Coalbrookdale; pre-
sented by Professor J. Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.

Forty-seven ferns (Neuropteris, Dactylotheca, Mariopteris, &c.), and two Sigillarie,
from the Coal-measures, Clay Cross, Derbyshire; presented by Dr. Pegler.

A large Coal-measure Slab, containing Neuropteris and Vordaites, from the Clay Cross
Collieries, Derbyshire ; presented by G. Baker, Esq.

Eighteen Hocene Plant-remains, from the Hempstead Beds, Isle of Wight; presented
by Mr. Henry Keeping, and obtained by means of a grant from the British Association.

One Dicotyledonous leaf, from the Eocene Leaf-bed of Ardtun, Isle of Mull; pre-
sented by W. Mellis, Esq., F .S.

Three specimens of Sternbergia, from the Coal-measures of Graig Henry, Glamorgan-
shire; presented by N. Morgan, Esq.

Trausverse Section of Stigmaria ficoides, from the Coal-measures, Longton (figured by
Prof. Williamson in Pal. Soc. Mon. 1886); presented by J. Ward, Esq., F.G.S.

One hundred and fifteen Coal-measure Plants, from the Radstock Series of the Somerset
altel obtained by Mr. Robert Kidston, F.c.s., by means of a grant from the Royal

ociety.

Piece of silicified wood from the Permian top of Style Cop, Cannock Chase, near
Rugeley ; presented by R. Armishaw, Esq.

A block of Peat from Nilgiri, Orissa, India; presented by Dr. G. Watt, c.1.5.

Five hundred and eighty-eight specimens from the Richmond Boring; presented by
Collett Homersham, Kisq., F.6.8.

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A portion of a Core, 153 inches in diameter, of Dolomitic Conglomerate, from Chelvey,
near Nailsea; presented by A. J. Alexander, Esy., c.3.

‘Three Tracks from the Devonian, South Africa; presented by W. Carruthers, F.R.s.

A fruit-like body (concretionary in structure), from the clay-ironstone band in the
Hawn Pit, Coal-measures, Hales Owen, Staffordshire ; presented by the Hon. and Rev.
B. Pleydell Bouverie, a. a.

2. By Purchase—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia. A skull of Fox, Cunis vulpes (figured and described by Mr.
Lydekker, Geol. Mag., Dec. 3, vol. i., p. 443), from the Red Crag, Boyton, Suffolk.

Four teeth of Llephas antiquus, from Barnstaple, Devon, one tooth of Mammoth from
the Pleistocene, near Chippenham, Wilts, and one of Hyopotamus velaunus, from the

Kocene Beds of Hempstead, Isle of Wight.

(2.) Aves.—A complete skeleton of Dinornis didiformis, Owen, from New Zealand.
A. set of Moa feathers, from Otago, New Zealand.

(3.) Replilia.—Casts of skulls and tail of Metolania, from Lord Howe’s Islatid,
(originals in the Australian Museum, Sydney), figured and described by Sir Richard
Owen, K.C.B., F.R.S., in Phil. Trans. 1887.

A series of bones of Jguanodon and Crocodile, from the Wealden, Hastings.

Thirty Reptilian remains from the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth and Lognor.

(4.) Pisces.—One hundred and forty specimens of Carboniferous Fish-teeth, from
Tickenhall, Derbyshire.

Cast of a large tish, Amblypterus, from the Permian of Bohemia.

One Fossil Beryx, sp. nov., from the Miocene, Malta.

A very fine and perfect Ptericht/ys, from the Devonian of Canada.

Twenty Selachian teeth, from the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth, and ten fragmentary
teeth, from the Neocomian of Godalming, Surrey.

Various fish-remains, including Lepidosteus, and Halecopsis, from the Lower Eocene of
Bognor, Portsmouth, &c.

B.—INVERTEBRATA.— By Purchase.

(1.) Mollusca.—Thirty-eight specimens of Mollusca, comprising Capulus, Productus,
Spirifera, Terebratula Athyris, Derbyia, &c., from various localities and formations.

Twelve specimens of Terebratula, Pinna, Peciunculus, and Cyrena, also three slabs
with London Clay Mollusca, from Farnham, Hants.

One slab of Bembridge Limestone with Limnea.

Ninety-five specimens of Cephalupoda, chiefly Liassic, from various British localities ;
many of these are figured and described in Mon. Pal. Soc. Twenty-nine Brachiopoda,
from the Lias, and Inferior Oolite, Terebratula plicata, being a figured specimen. Twenty-
siz Lamellibranchiata from Tertiary, Cretaceous, and Oolitic formations (specimens of
Trigonia incurca being figured). Fifty-one Gasteropoda, from the Lias, and Oolite
(Pleurotomaria anglicu, and Nerita cancellata, are figured specimens). Part of the Col-
lection of the late Dr. Wright, F.R.s.

Twenty-five specimens of Cephalopoda, and a large series of Brachiopoda, Gasteropoda,
and Lamellibranchiata, from Silurian, Oolitic, and Devonian formations of Britain.
Part of the Collection of the late Dr. Harvey B. Holl, r.e.s.

One thousand and ninety-six Lamellibranchiata, two hundred and forty-three Gaster-
opoda, forty-six Cephalopoda, and three hundred and seventy-seven Brachiopoda, from
the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth, Bognor, &c.

Four hundred and ninety-seven LamelJibranchiata, eight hundred and twelve Gaster-
opoda, and ten Brachiopoda, from the Lower Greensand, Farringdon, Atherfield,
Shanklin, &c. &c.; also some specimens from the Weald-Clay and Hastings sand.

(2.) Polyzoa.—One specimen of Fenesfella, ach
Specimens of Heteropora and Diastopora, chiefly from the Oolite of Britain.

(3.) Insecta and Crustucea.—A series of figured Ostracoda, numbering 20 species and
varieties, and 67 specimens, from the Purbeck beds of England, figured and described
in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xli. 1885.

Thirteen specimens of Liassic and Oolitic Crustacea, from various British localities.
(Part of the Collection of the late Dr. Wright, F.R.s.).

A figured speciinen of Homalonotus Johannis, and other Trilobites, from Dr. Harvey B.
Holl’s Collection.

Eight Lower Eocene Crustacea, from Portsmouth, Bognor, &c., and thirty from the
Lower Greensand, Farringdon, Atherfield, &c.

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70 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

(4.) Echinodermata.—Two hundred and fifty-eight Star Fishes and Echivi, principally
from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Series of Britain; a large proportion are figured types.
Part of the Collection of the late Dr. Wright, F.R.s.

Forty-eight Echinoderms from Silurian, Oolitic and Devonian formations of Britain.
Part of the Collection cf the late Dr. Harvey B. Holl, F.¢.s.

One hundred and one Echinodermata, from the Neocomian, Farringdon, Atherfield, &c.,
and three from the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth.

(5.) Zoophyta.—Four sections of Coral, from the West Indies, &c.

A slab of Coral Marble, from the Carboniferous series, Weardale, Northumberland.

Thirty-one Corals, from the Lias and Oolitic formations of Britain. Latomeandra
Davidsoni, Montlivaltia De-la-Bechet, and Axosmilia Wrightii, are figured specimens.
Part of the Collection of the late Dr. Wright, F.R.s.

A series of Silurian, Devonian, and Liassic Corals, Septastrea Haimei, being figured.
Part of the late Dr. Harvey B. Holl’s Collection.

Numerous specimens of Tertiary and Lower Greensand Corals from Portsmouth, Bognor,
Farringdon, Atherfield, &c.

(6.) Protozoa.—F our hundred and fourteen slides of Foraminifera and Entomostraca,
from various formations and localities. Part of the Collection of the late Dr. Harvey B.
Holl, F.a.s.

Specimens of Ischudites, Parkeria and Dictyonema, from the Cretaceous and Paleozoic
formations.

A series of Greensand and Tertiary Sponges, from Atherfield and Portsmouth, &c.

C.—PLANT2A.

Fourteen sections of Fossil Plants, from the Carboniferous formation of various
localities.

Two sections of Lepidostrobus (figured by Robert Brown).

Three sections of Fern-stems, from the Permian of Bohemia, and two sections of
Lepidodendron stem, from the Coal-measures, Lancashire.

Ninety-seven Tertiary Plants, from Bournemouth, and six from the Neocomian.

The total number of specimens acquired during the past year have been as follows:—

A. VERTEBRATA:

By Donation - = - = = - - LZ
>» Purchase - - - - - - - 254
», Exchange - - = = 2 i x 4
—-—— 3875
B. INVERTEBRATA :
By Donation - - - = - - - 1,697
» Purchase - - - - - - - 4,310
», Jixchange - - - - - - - 942
- 6,949
C. PLaAnTzA:
By Donation - - - - = - - 242
» Purchase - - - - - - - 122
» Exchange - - - - - z = 89
—-——._ 453
D. MisceELLANEOUS” - - - - - - 593

Total - - - 8,370
Exchanges :—

This Department has received from the Seville Museum, through Professor Calderon,
a cast of the lower jaw of “ Elephas Armeniacus,” from the Newer Tertiary deposits near
Cordova, for which six small casts of teeth of Mammalia have been exchanged.

Also from M. Cossman, of Paris, a series of 942 Eocene Mollusca, from the Paris
Basin, in exchange for 438 duplicate shells from the British Eocene.

A cast of Tooth, and three duplicate teeth, of Zguanodon, have been transferred to the
Royal College of Surgeons, in return for specimens received in former years.

A series of 21 duplicate books, and 186 pamphlets relating to Paleontology (not
required for the library here), have been exchanged with the Australian Museum,
Sydney, for casts and duplicate specimens of Fossils offered by that Institution.

A series of 323 duplicate Carboniferous Fossils have been transmitted to the Museum
of the Department of Mines, F remantle, Western Australia, in return for a series of

Fossils,

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. or

Fossils, from the Kimberley District of Western Australia, collected by the late E. T.
Hardman, Esq., F.G.s. ¢

Four duplicate Leg Bones of Dinornis have been exchanged with Mr. E. Giles Loder,
for a conjoined Scapula and Coracoid, a Sesamoid Bone and some Feathers of Dinornis.

Duplicates.

A series of 842 Duplicate Fossils have been transmitted to the Durham Collece of
Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 7

One hundred and twenty-three Duplicate Arctic Miocene Plants, and 26 Post-Pliocene
Shells, from Greenland, have been given to the Free Public Museum, Liverpool.

One thousand and seven Duplicate Fossils have been transmitted to the Cheltenham
College for Ladies.

Nine hundred and thirty-one Duplicate Fossils were selected by the Curator of the
Hawick Museum, Roxburghshire, and have been sent to that institution.

A duplicate specimen of Prerygotus bilobus, from Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, has been
transmitted to University College, London, for the Museum of that College.

Three hundred and twenty Duplicate Vertebrate, and 1,106 Invertebrate Fossils, have
been given to the Haberdashers’ Company’s Schools at Hoxton and Hatcham.

Lectures, Demonstrations, and Visits of Classes and Students.
Swiney Lectures on Geology :—

Twelve lectures were delivered by Dr. R. H. Traquair, ¥.n.s., on “ Paleontology
and the Doctrine of Descent,” and extending from 7th November to 2nd December 1887;
they were attended by 1,609 persons, or an average attendance of 134 for each Lecture.

On 12th March, Dr. H. Woodward addressed the Geologists’ Association, in Gallery
No. 11, on the William Smith Collection and the Series of Type-Collections exhibited in
the Table-cases. The President, F. W. Rudler, Esq., and 120 members were present.

On 2nd April, Professor G. S. Boulger, F.u.s., gave a demonstration to a class of 15
students in the Galleries.

On 25th April, Professor P. M. Duncan, F.R.s., gave a demonstration to a class of 10
students from King’s College, and again, on May 3rd, to a similar number.

On 14th May, Dr. H. Woodward gave an Address to members of the Cround-end
Scientific Society ; 35 members present.

On 28th May, Dr. Woodward addressed the members of the Wesley Scientific Society,
Dr. E. C. Bousfield, President. 30 members were present.

On 7th June, Professor Duncan gave a demonstration to a class of 10 students from
King’s College.

On 15th October, Dr. H. Woodward received and gave an Address to 25 members of
the Toynbee Hall Natural History Society.

The number of visits from students and others who have consulted the Collection for
scientific objects during the past year, and who have received special assistance from the
staff of the Department, was 3,290.

Henry Woodward.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

During the year 1887, more than 2,000 specimens belonging to the Crystal Collection,
and 117 doubtful specimens, which had been examined in the Laboratory, have been
incorporated with the general Collection. 696 drawers have been supplied with clean trays
for the reserve collection of minerals, and the contents of the drawers of most of the
window-cases have been re-arranged.

A new edition of the ‘‘ Student’s Index to the Collection” has been issued.

The manuscript of 3,249 locality-labels required for the table-cases has been prepared ;
of these, 1,576 have been revised and ccrrected, and the same number of labels has been
printed and delivered. ‘The preparation of a copy of the Allan-Greg Catalogue has
been commenced; all references to the meteorites in the General Catalogue have been
copied into a separate register.

The collection of diamond models has been transferred to the Pavilion.

604 rock sections have been microscopically examined and determined, and, together
with the specimens to which they belong, have been labelled and catalogued ; the collec-
tion of rocks from Western Australia (138 in number), presented by E. ‘Il. Hardman,
Esq., F.c.s., has been examined, labelled, and incorporated.

The entire set of rock-sections belonging to the Department has been re-arranged ina
new cabinet, and the preparation of a list of the localities of the rock specimens has been
continued.

The Crystallographic Catalogue of the specimens of Polybasite has been completed,

0.66. 14 and

7/V) ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

and that of Stibnite commenced. Figures have been drawn to illustrate the catalogue of
the specimens of Proustite and Pyrare eyrite.

A quantitative analysis has been made of the Youndegin meteoric iron ; the iron has
been described, together with the minute cubic crystals of graphitic carbon which have
been discovered in it. A quantitative analysis of the Nejed meteoric iron has been
made, and the iron has been etched and described. A quantitative analysis of the Green-
brier County meteoric iron has been made, resulting in the discovery of an enclosed
crystal of chromite. In connection with the catalogue of specimens of Proustite and
Pyrargyrite, 16 have been quantitatively analysed, 32 specimens of Pyrargyrite have
been tested for arsenic, and 49 determinations of specifie gravity have been made. 50
duplicate specimens have been labelled.

161 sections of rocks and crystals have been prepared.

10 pieces of meteoric iron have been cut, and seven of these have been faced and

polished.
Departmental Library.
594 separate works (Gn 572 volumes), have been added to the Library, together with

1384 memoirs and pamphlets, and 12 atlases, continuations, &c. Of the above 29 are
serials, in 229 volumes.

The whole of the volumes acquired during the Le including 2,041 plates, have been
stamped, registered, and catalogued; 631 titles have been written on book slips.

453 volumes have been bound during the year.

Visitors.
The number of visits recorded as made to the department for purposes of consulta-
tion or study is 620.
Duplicates.

2,983 duplicate mineral specimens have been given away to the following institu-
tions :—

Hawick Museum -- - - - - - - - 182 Specimeus.
Winchester College - - - - - - - 185 %
Bristol Museum and Library - - - - 195 fs
Sheffield Public Museum = = Si i
Tweedside Physical and Antiaenias Society, feels - 140 :
Hartley Institution, Southampton - = = = 180 rd
University College, Dundee - - - - - 127 ds
University College of North wialles, Beneae - - - 200 Bs
Brighton Museum - = 2 2 80 2
The Ladies College, Gheltenham - - - - 54 -
Anderson’s College, Glasgow 2 . 2 247 -
Marlborough College Natural History Society Sm) de 76 Fe
The School Board of London = 2 - 1,000 as
Aske’s Hatcham Schools, Hatcham 3 = = = 180 Me
| Acquisitions.

1,303 specimens have been acquired during the year 1887, namely, 386 minerals, 908
rocks, and eight meteorites,

These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and placed in the collection. The more
important of them are named below :—-

MINERALS.
By Presentation :—

The “Colenso Diamond,” a magnificent symmetrical yellow crystal, weighing 130
carats; South Africa; and the Edwardes? Ruby,” a unique crystal, weighing 163 carats ; ;
by John Ruskin, Esq., M.A.

Fine specimens of Opal in the matrix; Queensland ; by Professor N. 8. Maske-
yne, M.P.

Clinoclase ; Namaqualand, South Africa; by T. Davies, Esq., F.G.S.

Pyromorphite ; Wheal Penrose, Helston, Cornwall ; by B. Kitto, Esq., F.G-S.

A series of silver ores; Cascade and Smuggler Mines, Colorado; by E. Power, Esq.

A new resin ; Fauldhouse, Linlithgow; by J. Stuart-Thomson, Esa.

Magnesite natural and calcined ; Poca, Greece ; by. Dr. G. Harley, F.r.s.

Namaqualite ; Namaqualand, South Africa; by the Directors of the Cape Copper
Mining Company.

Cuprite ; South Australia; by the Directors of the English and Australian Mining
Company.

Mineral specimens from a depth of 150 feet; Jagersfontein Diamond Mine; by T.

Bennett, Esq.
Rhodonite ;

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Rhodomite; Dyffryn, Merionethshire; by C. B. Phillips, Esq.

Specimens of native Gold in quartz; Transvaal; by Professor T. Rupert Jones,
F.R.S.

Siliceous Sinter; White Terrace (now destroyed), Rotomahana, New Zealand ; by
Mrs. H. Pollock. ;
_ Jasper; Nubian Desert; by Major S. F. Lloyd.

Galena in a siliceous mass; Spain; T. Sopwith, Esq., F.G.S8-
r Cuprite and Cerussite formed on Roman copper coins; Chester; by G. S. Shrubsole,
isq., F.G.8.

A chalcedony cast of an Echinus ; by W. G. Lettsom, Esq., r.R.a.s.

Crystals of Grossular garnet ; Bethulia, Orange River Free State; by Dr. H. Exton,
F.G.S.

Antonite ; San Antonio Ranche, Lower California; by J. Winchester, Esq.

Celestite in very fine crystals; Yate, Gloucestershire; by H. G. Madan, Esq.

Annerédite ; Annerod, Moss, Norway; by Dr. G. Lindstrém.

Thirty-two mineral specimens from India, Burmah, &c.; by H. B. Medlicott, Esq.,
F.R.S.

Crocidolite and Cats’-eye ; Asbestcs Mountains, South Africa; by C. Joseph, Esq.

A jade bangle ; India; by A. W. Franks, Esq., r.s.a.

Cinnabar in twinned crystals; Saizevka, Ekaterinoslay, Russia ; by Dr. Lésch.

Twenty-four specimens of rare copper ores, including a new copper arsenate; Mammoth
Mine, Utah, U.S.A.; by R. Pearce, Esq., F.G.s.

A crystal of Apatite; Cornwall; C. H. Richards, Esq.

Tellunic nickel-iron (Avaruite); New Zealand; by Professor Ulrich.

Specimens of a titanium compound from a furnace-hearth; by J. Smith, Esq.

Kammererite; Transvaal; South Africa; by J. Dunn, Esq., F.G.8.

By Purchase :—

Crystallised Ullmannite ; Monte Narba, Sardinia,

Bobierrite ; Peru.

Large crystals of Idocrase ; The Matterhorn.

Topaz and Garnet in Rhyolite ; Nathrop, Colorado.

Rosthornite, a resin; Sonnberg, Carinthia.

Waluewite ; Achmatovsk, Urals.

Beryl in peculiar tabular crystals; Mursinsk, Urals.

Calamine in large crystals; Laurium, Greece.

Lautite: Marienberg, Saxony.

Catapleiite ; Langesundfjord, Norway.

Sarcinite; Pajsberg, Sweden.

A crystal of Hematite, exceptionally modified, from an Island in the Persian Gulf.

Boart, partially crystalline; Diamond Fields, South Africa.

A large and beautiful slice of Agate ; Uruguay, South America.

Argentite in fine large crystals; Wheal Newton, Cornwall.

A series of magnificent specimens of Apatite from a new locality in Cornwall ; and
Fluor from the same locality.

Celestite in exceptionally fine crystals; Wickwar, Gloucestershire.

A number of large crystals of Garnet; Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
‘ A fine specimen of the recently discovered Colemanite; San Bernardino Co., Cali-
ornia.

Fine specimens of Microcline ; Pike’s Peak, Colorado, U.S.A.

Chalybite in unusually good crystals; Tincroft Mine, Ilogan, Cornwall.

Astrophyllite; Cheyenne Camion, Colorado, U.S.A.

Calcite in rhombohedra; Levant Mine, St. Just, Cornwall.

A fine specimen of Galena with iron pyrites, Alston, Cumberland.

Witherite in doubly terminated crystals; Hexham, Northumberland.

A large crystal of Anglesite; Portugal. ;

Kecently discovered Phenacite; Pike’s Peak, Colorado, U.S.A.

Finely crystallised Wulfenite; Yuma Co. Arizona, U.S.A.

Brookite (variety Arkansite) ; Magnet Cove, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Leidyite: Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Chlorastrolite and Zonochlorite ; Lake Superior.

Hydrocuprite ; Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Randite ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Endlichite, s new mineral; Lake Valley, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Hexagonite, a variety of Hornblende ; St. Lawrence Co., New York, U.S.A.

aAnomalite; Wakefield, Ontario, Canada.

Fluor in magnificent green crystals; Brienz, Switzerland.

Rose-fluor well crystallised ; Island of Giglio, Elba.

Ruby ; a unique crystal; Campo-longo, St. Gotthard.

Uraninite crystallised (a rarity); Branchville, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Pyrrhoarsenite, a new mineral; Sjogrufvan, Wermland, Sweden.

Manganobrucite, a new mineral; Jacobsberg, Wermland, Sweden.

0.09. K Cuspidine ;

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Cuspidine ; Monte Somma, Vesuvius. wee e iy

Two fine specimens of Proustite ; Chaiarcillo, Chili.
Magnificent specimens of Natrolite on basalt ; Neubauerberg, Bohemia.
Herrengrundite ; Herrengrund, Hungary.

Of the above minerals the following species and varieties are new to the collection :—
Anomalite, Antonite, Avaruite, Bobierrite, Cacoclase, Cuspidine, Endlichite, Hexagonite,
Hydrocuprite, Lautite, Leidyite, Manganobrucite, Pyrrhoarsenite, Randite, Rosthornite,
Sarcinite.

By Exchange :—
Sillimanite and Clinochlore; New York, U.S.A.

Rocks.
By Presentation :-—

Fragments of a boulder from Glacial Clay ; Stockport; by J. W. Gray, Esq.

Specimens of spherulitic and perlitic lava; Wuenhein, Vosges; by Professor Grenville
J. A. Cole, F.G.s.

Gold bearing quartz-conglomerate ; ‘Transvaal Gold Fields; by C. Thomson, Esq.

Specimens of Coral limestones, &c. ; Christmas Island ; by the Lords of the Admiralty.

A collection of Swedish rocks (69 specimens) ; by the Geological Survey of Sweden.

Orbicular Diorite ; San Lucia, Corsica; by Caulfield Cottell, Esq.

Liparite containing tridymite; by R. Patterson, Esq.

Glaucophane reck ; Val Chisone, Fresniéres. Cottian Alps, and from Isle de Groix; by
Professor T. G. Bonney, F.R.s.

Pegmatite containing garnets; Ross-shire; by the Director of the Museum of Science
and Art, Edinburgh. ‘

Quartzite with glacial striae ; Hyderabad, India; by the Indian Government.

A cleavage table of Slate; Wales; by T. Davies, Esq., F.c.8.

Scyelite; Loch Seye, Caithness; Dacite Glass; Tay Bridge; by Professor J. W.
Judd, F.R.s.

By Purchase :—

A collection of rocks (about 400), collected by Professor J. Milne, r.c.s.; Japan,
Corea, and the Kurilies.

METEORITES.
By Presentation :—

New Mexico; weight 61:35 grams; by R. Pearce, Esq., F.G.S.
Djati Pengilon, Java; fell 19th March 1884; weight 469 grams; by the Government
of the Netherlands.

Lalitpur, North West Provinces, India; fell 7th April 1887; weight 82:2 grams; by
the Director of the Geological Survey of India.

By Purchase :—

Fort Duncan, Maverick Co., Texas, U.S.A. ; weight 4,700 grams.
Allen County, Kentucky, U.S.A.; weight 409°6 grams.

By Exchange :—

Tysnas Island, Hardanger Fjord, Norway ; fell 20th May 1884; weight 896 grams,
Youndegin, Western Australia,
“ Abert Iron.”
All these, with the exception of Youndegin, are new to the collection.
L. Fletcher.

DEPARTMENT OF BoTANy.

During the past year 69,753 specimens have been mounted, named, and inserted in
their places in the Herbarium; of these 16,353 were Phanerogams, and 44,400 were
Cryptogams. The Phanerogams have consisted chiefly of specimens collected in Austria
by Kerner, in Madras by Gamble, in Malaya by Beccari, in Australia by Baron yon

Mueller

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Mueller and the Rev. T. 8. Lea, in North America by Orcutt, and in Columbia by
Lehmann ; and the Cryptogams of Ferns collected in Perak by Scortechini, Mosses from
the herbaria of Roemer, Shuttleworth, Spruce, and Schimper, and Algw from Ceylon, the
Red Sea, the Cape of Good Hope, and Guadeloupe. The valuable Herbarium of Fungi
bequeathed by the late C. E. Broome, has been completely re-mounted, arranged, and
made fully accessible to students. The various collections of Diatomacce have been
systematically arranged.

In the progress of incorporating these additions, the following Natural Orders have been
more or less completely re-arranged :— Anonacee, Menispermacee, Berberidea, Nympheacee,
Cucurbitacee, Umbellifere, Araliacee, Cornacee, Primulacee, Nyctaginea, Phytolaccacea,
Podostemucea, Thymeleacee, Loranthacee, Suntalacee, Euphorbiacee, Urticacee, Cupulr-
fere, Cycadacee, Orchidaceae, Palme, and Filices.

The most important addition to the collections during the past year was the Herbarium
of the late Dr. Hance, of Whampoa, China, consisting of 22,437 species of plants. The
Museum has in this secured an extensive series of plants from various districts in China,
as well as the types of all the plants which Dr. Hance had himself discovered and
described. Already this collection has been of great service in connection with the
“ Flora of China,” now being issuec by a Committee of the Royal Society of London.

John W. Miers, Esq., has presented the large collection of Ferns, chiefly rich in
South American forms, that belonged to his late father, John Miers, r.r.s., &c. The
Herbarium of flowering plants had already, by bequest on the decease of Mr. Miers,
become the property of the Trustees, and by this valuabie donation the whole of the
plant collections of Mr. Miers has been acquired by the Department.

A valuable selection of the Alge of Guadeloupe, consisting of 1,509 specimens,
have Leen acquired from M. Mazé, representing the species described in Mazé and
Schramm’s “ Algues de la Guadeloupe.”

The additions to the collections by presentation during the year have consisted of 511
species of Italian plants from H. Groves, Hsq., F.L.S. ; a collection of Seandinavian Roses
from G. Nicholson, Esq.; a set of the plants of the Afghan Boundary Expedition, col-
lected and presented by J. E. T. Aitchison, Msq., M.D.; 747 species of Indian plants
from J. S. Gamble, Esq., F.L.8.; 86 species of Indian plants from Dr. King, Calcutta;
44 species of plants from Perak, collected by the late Rev. F. Scortechini, presented by the
Government of Perak ; 100 species of plants from Madras from M. A. Lawson, Esq., F.L.S. ;
_ 109 species of plants from the Cameroons, collected by H. H. Johnston, Esq., presented
by the British Association ; 200 species of South African plants from Prof. MacOwan and
H. Bolus, Esq., F.L.S. ; 665 species of Australian plants, and eight Orchids and two Palms
from New Guinea, from Baron von Mueller ; 54 species of Australian plants and 125 species
from Hawaii, from the Rey. T. S. Lea; 43 species of plants from California, from M. K.
Curran; 173 species of plants from Demerara, from G. 8. Jenman, Esq., F.L.s. ;
63 species of plants from Brazil, from W. F. Leeson, Esq.; 750 specimens from Pernam-
buco, collected and presented by the Rev. T. 8. Lea, and Messrs. Ridley and Ramage ;
59 species of Orchids from F. W. Moore, Esq.; two South African Orchids from
H. Bolus, Esq. ; six Orchids from the Organ Mountains, Brazil, from F. M. Pascoe,
Esq. ; several species of Nurcissus and other plants from George Maw, Esq.; 72 species
of Festuca from Prof. Hackel; 122 specimens of Cyperacee from N. America and New
Zealand, from A. Bennett, Esq., F.L.S.; specimens of Balanophora indica, from Prof.
Bower and T. G. Millington, Esq.; a specimen of Trimorphopetulum dorstenioides from
Madagascar, from J. G. Baker, Esq., F.R.S.; specimens of cultivated plants from
Lord Walsingham, the Hon. and Rey. J. T. Boscawen, Sir Trevor Lawrence, C. B.
Clarke, Esq., J. O’Brien, Esq., F. W. Burbidge, Esq., and Prof. Henslow ; six species
of Mosses from Prof. Lindberg ; 58 species of Mosses from Travancore from Col. Bed-
dome ; 18 species of Hepatics from W. H. Pearson, Esq.; 85 species of Algae from
Nova Scotia, and 124 from Vancouver, from Prof. Macoun; 174 gatherings of Arctic
Diatoms and 56 species of Indian Algae, collected by Dr. Watt, from the Director of the
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew; 64 species of Algae from the Cape of Good Hope from
Capt. Young; 18 species of Algae from Queensland from W. Alcock Tully, Esq.: two
species of Mediterranean Algae from Dr. Bornet ; specimens of Valonia from Bermuda
from Mrs. Whelpdale ; a fine specimen of Cordiceps Taylori from Victoria, and a drawing
of a species of Agaricus, from W. G. Smith, Esq.; three species of Indian Fungi, eight
drawings of Fungi, the extensive Herbarium of British Mints, made by the late Rey.
Kirby Trimmer, the British Herbaria of Thomas Moore of Chelsea and Mr. Knowlton,
and a miscellaneons collection of British plants, from the Director of the Royal Gardens,
Kew ; 212 species of British plants from A. Bennett, Esq.; 43 species trom W. H.
Beeby, Esq.; 84 species from Wiltshire from the Rev. T. A. Preston; 196 species of
plants from the neighbourhood of London from Cab: Sherborn, Esq. ; a large collection
of British plants from the Botanical Record Club, and other British plants from Sir John
Lubbock, Bart., the Revs. E. F. Linton and H. P. Reader, Messrs. J. G. Baker,
J. Benbow, A. Dymond, D. Fry, H. C. Hart, J. H. A. Jenner, Jas. Saunders, R. T.
Towndrow, and R. Weaver, and Miss F. P. Thompson; 51 species of British Mosses
from E. G. Baker, Esq.; 60 species of Algae from the North Sea from E. M. Holmes,
Esq.; 20 species from the North Sea from George Murray, Esq. ; 16 species of British
Algae from Capt. Young; 15 species from Alex. Anderson; six specimens of monstrous
flowers and stems from Dr. M. I. Masters, F.R.S.; fasciated stem of Tamus from W.

0.66. L G. Smith,

76 AccoUNTS &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

G. Smith, Esq. ; a photograph of a fasciated pineapple from J. J. Quelch, Esq. ; and 22
specimens of New Zealand Woods from J. J. Collis, Esq.

The following collections have been acquired by purchase:—360 species of Greek
plants collected by Orphanides; 30 species of Swedish Violets; 60 species of Rubus
from Denmark ; 200 species of German plants from Schultz; 100 species from Sicily,
collected by Lojacono; 289 species of Galitzian plants, collected by B. Blocki; 100
species of Junci from Prof. Caruel; 500 species of German Mosses from Sidow; 100
species of European Mosses; 200 species of freshwater Algae from France, from Mougeot,
Dupray, and Roumegueére; 280 species ot freshwater Algae from France, with notes and
drawings, by Desmaziére; 50 species of Fungi from Rehm ; 642 species from Sumatra,
Java, New Guinea, Bornco, and Abyssinia, collected by O. Beccari; 159 species from
the Comoro Islands, collected by Humblot; 1,459 species of plants from East Tropical
Africa, collected by the Rev. W. E. Taylor; 159 species from Lukoma, Lake Victoria,
Nyassa, Africa, collected by W. Bellingham; 100 species of North American plants,
collected by Curtiss; 696 species, collected by Marcus Ei. Jones; 683 species from
Mexico, collected by Dr. Palmer; 400 species from Southern California, collected by
C. R. Orcutt; 348 species of Canadian Mosses, collected by Macoun; 580 species of
plants from Columbia, collected by Lehmann.

By exchange, the following collections have been acquired :—489 Austro-Hungarian
plants from Kerner; 24 Austrian plants from Fritsche; 198 Portuguese plants from
Henriquez; 276 species of Indian plants from J. F. Duthie, Esq.; 870 species of
Canadian plants from the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada; and 101 species
of plants from Jamaica, from Wm. Fawcett, Esq.

The manuscript records of the distribution of British plants, collected by the late
Mr. H. C. Watson, for his “‘ Cybele Britannica,” have been presented by the Director of
the Royal Gardens, Kew; and contributions to the library have keen received from
Prof. Agardh, J. G. Baker, Esq., C. Bucknall, Esq., Dr. Ernst, H. M. Gepp, Esq,, the
late Prof. Asa Gray, Dr. King, W. H. Pearson, Esq., the late John Smith, Lieut.-Gen.
Strachey, H. J. Veitch, Esq., Dr. Vidal, and the Nederlandische Bot. Verein.

Mr. Henry N. Ridley, an assistant in the Department, obtained an extension of his
annual leave of absence to enable him to explore the oceanic island Fernando de
Noronha. He secured a large number of specimens, illustrating the physical structure
and natural history of the island, amounting to 150 specimens of rocks and minerals;
200 species of plants, and 250 species of animals. The whole are being worked out by
officers in the Museum, with the view of publication.

The number of visits for scientific research or inquiry during the year has been 895 to
the General Herbarium, and 588 to the Herbarium of cellular plants.

William Carruthers.

British Museum (Natural History), W. H. Flower,

29th February 1888. Director.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

q

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expewi
TuRF of the British Museum (Spreciat Tre
Funps) for the Year ended 31 March 188
Number of Persons admitted to visit ¢
Museum, and the British Museum (Natu R
Hisvory), in each Year from 1882 to 1887, ba
years inclusive ; together with a SraTEMENT

the Progress made in the ARRANGEMENT @
Description of the Coxrtections, and ¢
Account of Osyects added to them, in
Year 1887.

(Sir John Lubbock.)

Ordered by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
26 July 1888.

[ Price 10 d.]

29Q- Under 8 oz.

HI.— 24. 8. 88.

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 13 May 1889 ;—/fir,

ACCOUNT “of the Income and Expennpirure of the Brittso Muszum
(Speciau Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 31st day of March 1889.”

“And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Muszkum and
the British Musrum (NatTuRAL History) in each Year from 1883 to
1888, both Years inclusive ; together with a Staremenr of the Progress
made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the CoLLEcTions, and
an Account of Ossects added to them, in the Year 1888.”

Treasury Chambers, | ae
20 June 1889. oi Nite Ue JACKSON.

——<—<——

I—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 1889.

IIl.—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
IIl.—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.

V.—RETURN of the Number of Pexsons admitted to visit the Britiss Museum and
the British Museum (Naturat History) in each Year from 1883 to 1888, both
Years inclusive.

VI.—STATEMENT of Generat Procress at the Museum (Bloomsbury).

VII—STATEMENT of Procress made in the AkranGemeEnt and Description of the Cor-
LECTIONS, and Account of Oxssects added to them, in the Year 1888 (Bloomsbury).
VIII.—Ditto - - - ditto - - - (Natural History).

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
24 June 1889.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY HENRY HANSARD AND SON;
AND
Published by Eyre and Srorriswoope, East Harding-street, London, E.C.,
and 32, Abingdon-street, Westminster, S.W. ;
Apam and CuarLEs Brack, North Bridge, Edinburgh ;
and Hopges, Ficais, and Co., 104, Grafton-street, Dublin.

209.

2 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Reczrpt any Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER

To Baxance on the Ist April 1888 - oe tae ce pee = “

— Drivipenps received on 13,1171. 17s. 2d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:

On the 6th April 1888 - - - £.98 7 8

- Divipenns received on 13,150/. 13 s. 10 d. Stock in 23
per Cent. Consols, viz. :

On the 6th July 1888 - - : isk sf
», 6th October 1888 - - - 98 12.7
» 6th January 1889 - - 98 12 7

- Bonus received on conversion of 3 per Cent. Consols into 2? per Cent.
Consols - - - - . - - - - -

- One Year’s Rent or a Rest Estare, bequeathed by the Earl of
Bridgewater, received 26th July 1888 - - = F

- Amount of Stock purchased with Bonus received on conversion -

Stock,
Cash. 3 p’Cent. Consols.
LESS 8. ale Las Ua:

216 4 10 18,117 17 2

394 5 6
82 15 11
22 5 -
2 : 82 16 8

665 11 2 13,150 13 10

II.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recripr anp Expenpiture of the FARNBOROUGH

To Barance cn the Ist April 1888 - - - ae =

- Divivenns received on 2,872/. 6s. 10d. Stock in 3 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :

On the 6th April 188g - - > £2 21270510

- Divipenps received on 2,879 7. 10s. 7 d. Stock in 2? per
Cent. Co nsols, viz. :

On the 6th July 1888 - - - 1 Woes la
es 6th October 1888 - - Pine aa kib Teal
» 6th January 1889 - - =o) Ot tea

- Bonus received on conversion of 3 per Cent. Consols into 22 per Cent.
Consols - - - - - =

- Amount of Stock purchased with Bonus received on conversion

£.

eee
$e

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

£5 Sad: Lia. peSids
16 19 11 2,872 6 10
86° 167

a ets ea’
- - 7 Shes
ELON TO: -] 2,879.10 7

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ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3

FUND, from the Ist April 1888 to the 31st March 1889.

C Stock,
ASU. 123 p’ Cent. Consols,
‘fo sy, as eRe th oh
By Payment for the Collection of the Rents connected with the
Reat Estate - - - - - - - - - - Li, Sy uf
— Payment of one Year’s Satary to the Egerton Librarian - -| 210 -— -
— Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts - - - - S| YOu Tab ala
— Amount paid for the Purchase of 32/. 16s. 8 si serie in 23 per Cent.
Consols (including Commission) - - - 2 32 15 11
665 11 2

— Batances on THESIsT Marcu 1889, carried to Account for 1889/90 | - - 13,150 13 10

£./ 665 11 2 13,150 13 10

FUND, from the Ist April 1888 to the 31st March 1889.

$$ sss

Cksn. Stock,
nae 2: p’Cent. Consols.
EG Ss £. s. d.
| By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts - - - : - 79) aed
- AmovnT paid for the Purchase of 71.35. 9d. Stock in > nee Cent.
Consols (inclading Commission) - > rae aC!

- BaLaNcEs on THE 31st Marcu 1889, carried to Account for 1889/90 24 3 5 2,879 10 7
£./ 11010 1 2,879 10 7

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4 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IIli.—AN ACCOUNT of the Recript anv Expenpiture of the SWINEY

——$—$—$——————— ———————————

Casu. Stock,
3 p’Cent. Consols.

£. s. a, bce. wl
— Baxance on the ist April 1888 - - - - > - = 72 6 9 5,569 2 9
- Divivenps received on 5,569/. 2s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Con-

sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on
Geology, viz.:

On the 6th April 1888 - £.41 15 4

- Divipenps received on 5,583 1. 1s, 6 d. Stock in 23 per
Cent. Consols, viz:

On the 6th July 1888 = Aa

», 6th October 1888 - 4117 6

» 6th January 1889 4117 5
1677 49
- Bonvs received on conversion of 3 2 coe Consols into 23 per ee 1318 5
Consols - - = ms E 3
- Amount of Stock purchased with Bonus received on conversion - -| - ~

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Exrenpitvre of the BIRCH

C Stock,
= 3 p’Cent. Consols.
a) eee mn a B
‘To Batance on the 1st April 1888 - - - - = = = Th Ba - = 563 15 7
- Divipewps received on 5631. 15s. 7d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, - the three Under
Librarians of the British Museum, viz.
On the 6th April 1888 - £.4 4 7
- Divipenps received on 5651. 35s. 9d. Stock n
2} per Cent. Consols, viz :
On the 6th July 1888 - 4 4 9
», 8th October 1888 ao tgung
» 6th January 1889 4 410
—_—— 16 18 11
~ Bonus received on conversion os 8 per cs coo into 23 per Cent.
Consols - - - - - - Li Sie o2,
- Amount of Stock purchased with Bonus received on conversion - -|- - - 1 & 2
a> ae 7a 565 3 9

British Museum, }

SS SE SE SD
25 May 1889.
Sa

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ~

FUND, from the 1st April 1888 to the 31st March 1889.

Casn. Stock,
22 p'Cent. Consols.

£5) 7s. a. Go. Beg 20
By Satary paid to Dr. R. H. Traquair for Lectures on Geology in
1888 - - - - - - - - - - - 150)
— Amount paid for the Purchase of 13/. 18s. 9d. Stock in 2? per
Cent. Consols (including Commission) — - - Se es 13.18 5
- Bavances on THE 31st Marcu 1889, carried to Account for 1889/90 89 14 6 5,583 1 6
£. 253 12 11 5,083 1 6

SS

FUND, from the Ist April 1888 to the 31st March i8s9.

$A

Stock,
Casu. 23 p’Cent. Consols.

Ser Seureds cae aety ace

By Leceacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum,
whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Keepers of the Depart-
ments of Printed Books, Manuscripts, and Natural History - 16 18 11

— Amount paid for the Purchase of 1/. 8s. 2d. Stock in 23 per Cent.
Consols - - - - - - - - = - ~ T’srto

-- Batance on THE 31st Marcu 1889, carried to Account for

1889/90 - - - - - - ~ - - - -|- - - 5665 3 9
£. 1s: 7 1 565 3 9

£, Maunde Thompson, Principal Librarian.

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6 ACCOUNTS, &¢C.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V.--NUMBER of Persons Apmitrep to Visit the Britisu Musrum and the Brairise Museum
(NatuRAL History).

A.—Perrsons adinitted to View the GeneraL CoLLecrions in the British Museum in each Year from 1883
to 1888, both Years inclusive.

1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886, | 1887. | 1888,

No. | No. °| onto. (ho cve. |) imeem

Tinuaky <. © 1s = e oe $2 °+ . = =| G6ASR)) 39368) 2oe08" | aieman iam
Fesruary - - - - = = = = = =| 45,539 | 28,419 | 30,185 | 27,847 | 27,415 | 33,311
Marcu Syos tee 2 oS fk 2s 2 270 sag eeies sea aen) aoe 40,136
APRIL - - ote eee GOINGS | 401806") SIAIG | 4518387) S46 EES Gos
May - - - + = + = = - - =| 88,224 | 32,377) 56,981 | 58,940 | 50,493 | 46,922
JUNE, - te -- les = oe Oe oe es ea | 68 80T | a5. 90") Geren | ie aro | Ades oe
Juv - - > = - = = = = = =| 57,686 | 89,462 | 57,681 | 48,725 | 52,228 | 45,739
Aveust—~-- =» «= -~=—- - = - +1 62998) 45,808 | 70,497) 63,294 | 58,elgu ens 79s
SEPTEMBER - - - - - - - - - - | 32,211 | 46,612 | 58,369 | 45,178 | 40,508 | 40,674
OcropeR - - - - = = = = = =| 85,148] 48,869 | 51,841 | 38,167 | 37,078 | 39,208
NoveMBER - - - - = - - <= - | 31,302 | 39,378 | 30,883 | 28,667 | 31,390 | 29,930
DecempspR - - - - - - = = = =| 88,516] 45,299] 38,661 | 29,663 45,700 | 34,519
Be uot Renee ees oa 660,557 | 468,873 | 584,660 | 504,893 | 501,256 | 498,510

Including the total number of persons (2,604) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six
till eight o’clock, from the 5th of May to the 14th of July 1888, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 16th of July to
the end of August.

NUMBER OF VISITS TO PARTICULAR
DEPART MENTS.

To tle Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research - | 152,988 | 154,729 | 159,340 | 176,893 | 182,778 | 188,432
To the Newspaper Room, for the purpose of research - - = = 1,452 9,152 | 11,802 | 14,499

To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research 30 109 91 98 169 101

To the Department of Manuscripts, for the POrDaee of)
examining Select and other Manuscripts - - -J 2,206 | 2,600 2,933 | 4,228 5,749 8,873

To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study - - | 14,771 | 15,407 | 15,244 | 11,755 | 10,841 | 10,687

To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c. 1,989 | 1,944 1,866 | 2,013 1,952 | 2,003

To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room - - - - ~ | 22,195 | 20,9381 | 16,186 | 15,367 | 11,719 | 15,138
To the Print Room, for the purpose of study - - = 5,105 4,54 4,096 5,565 5,511 5,851
ToTaL - - - |199,279 | 200,269 | 201,208 | 225,071 230,021 | 245,584

The Christy Collection was removed from 103, Victoria-street, to the British Museum, during the year 1883.

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ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 7

V.—Numnpsenr of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c.—continued,

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuseripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Autiquities, British
and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) are Open to the Public, Free, as under :—

Monoay, Wepnespay, Fripay, and Saturpay—The whole of the Galleries.
Turspay and Taurspay—The whole of the Galleries, except British and Mediwval Antiquities and Ethno-
graphy and rooms in the ‘‘ White” Wing.

The hours of Admission are from—

10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.
Op). 5 ,, March, September, October.
6 ,, April, May, June, July, August.
LOL rs, 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from 1st May to the middle of July.
HOW is; 7 ., Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.

The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, October,
November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m.; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven.

The Reading Room is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and
October.

Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o'clock till the hour of
general closing ; andin the Print Room from Ten till Four o'clock, from January to March, and from August to
December ; and from Ten till Five, from April to July.

British Museum, } EE. Maunde Thompson.
25 May 1889. f Principal Librarian.

B.—Persons ADMITTED TO VIEW THE COLLECTIONS IN THE BaeitisH Muspum (NaTuRAL
Hisrory), CROMWELL-ROAD, in each Year from 1883 to 1888, inclusive.

1883 : 1884: 1885 : 1886: 1887 : 1888 :
JANUARY - - - - - 19,164 30,516 81,0938 27,253 24,529 28,095
FEBRUARY - - = = - 15,034 22,628 24,200 23,916 21,560 22,093:
Marcao - - - - = 35,257 24,121 28,339 27,849 27,451 32,622
Ameo aay ae 16,761 51,952 62,548 40,080 40,207 47,926
Riaeete| si) se lboye 33,797 24,259 46,295 31,416 36,126 37,822
June Baba sito beh. | HSU! yene7 39,740 29,936 35,301 27,742 27,967
JULY Sa) eed BG lhae 16,509 28,444 29,374 31,331 27,114 33,758
Aveust - - - - - 25,298 35,080 45,134 52,525 36,584 43,073
SEPTEMBER - - = = 17,188 31,131 34,977 35,540 29,817 27,404
Oordauat i) =cybaei =e 30,827 31,355 35,392 33,122 29,424 22,225
NovemseR - a ie 25,592 24,453 23.878 22,936 23,170 21,491
DECEMBER - - - - - 22,487 31,452 31,084 21,473 34,474 28.326
Toran Number of Persons) an
admitted to view the| Deas 375,231 421,350 382,742 358,178 372,802
Natural History Collec-
tions (including Students) .

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Number of Visits to particular Departments,

for the purpose of Study— 1883: 1884 : 1885: 1886; | 1887: 1888:
Zaslogy = os + A. 5,229* | 6,818 8,313 | 8,872 | 8,955 8,797
Paterep Adelld tell APOE 2453 | 1,991 | 1,959 | 2,466] 3,290] 3,111
Mineralogy - - . ms - : 617 G51 626 761 620 733
Botany " = fa romwell-road. 1,023 993 1,105 1,026 1,483 92,914

Toran - - -| 9,322 | 10,453 | 12,008 | 12,625] 14,348.) 14,855

eT

* Considerably under usual number, owing to the closing of the department during the removal of the Zoological Collections,

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Zoology, Geology and Palxontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of
the week, except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving,

The hours of Admission are from —
10 am. till 4 p.m. in January, November, December.
10> 55; 4.30 p.m. in February.
10% 5 Ap October.
= 3:00), March, September.
TO) a3 6 . April, May, June, July, August. ,
LORS ss 8 ,, on Monday and Saturday only, from Ist May to the iniddle of July.

LO; Uf oF Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August.
Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Ten till Four o'clock.
British Museum (Natural teat W. H. Flower,
1 Marcii, 1889. Director.

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8 AccoUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VI. GenERAL Progress at the MusrumM, BLOOMSBURY.

The structural alterations of the room formerly occupied by the Department of Prints
and Drawings, which had to be postponed in the year 1887-88 owing to want of funds,
have been carried out during the past year. It now forms a gallery in continuation of
the Elgin Room, which will receive the marbles from Phigaleia and from the ‘Temple
of Victory at Athens as well as the finest sepulchral stele 5 with a basement-room
beneath, in which will be placed other sepulchral monuments of Greco-Roman origin.

The arrangement of the mosaics from Carthage and other sites on the wall-spaces of
the north-west staircase has been completed ; and the Greco-Roman basement, from
whence the mosaics were removed, has been painted in preparation for the exhibition of
other collections. :

On the upper floor, in the room where was formerly exhibited the collection of glass,
now removed to the White Wing, the Greek and Roman terra-cottas have been
arranged; in the Etruscan Saloon the various ciste, paintings, bronzes, and smaller
antiquities of Etruscan art are being brought together; and the re-arrangement of the
Vase Rooms has made considerable progress towards completion.

A large portion of the collections in the Prehistoric Saloon has been set in order; and
in the Medieval Room the fine collection of clocks, watches, and other antiquities
bequeathed by the late Mr. Octavius Morgan, has been arranged.

A selection of manuscripts, printed books and broadsides, engraved portraits, and medals
has been exhibited: in the King’s Library, in illustration of the history of the House of
Stuart.

The number of persons making use of the Reading Room still continues to increase.
In the past year it has risen to 188,432 (an average daily attendance of 622 readers) as
against 182,778 in i887. The accommodation of so many persons, particularly on certain
days and at certain hours, taxes the resources of the room to the utmost; but the intro-
duction of regulations, whereby the use of novels has been restricted and the reservation
of seats, during temporary absence unduly prolonged, has been forbidden, has to some
extent relieved overcrowding. As an indication also that the value of the Reading Room
is continually growing in public estimation, and that it is consequently necessary to
secure seats early in the day, it is found that the greatest influx of readers now takes
place between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; formerly the room was most frequented
from 2 to 4 p.m. It is also significant that, although the number of readers has increased,
the number of books supplied to them has decreased. In the past year the total number
of volumes thus supplied was 1,208,709 as against 1,221,298 in 1887.

The purchase of a large selection of coins of India chosen from the collection of Major-
General Sir Alexander Cunningham, K.c.s.1., received the sanction of the Lords Com-
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and the price, amounting to 2,539 2, was defrayed
by a Supplemental Vote of the House of Commons.

The Lords of the Treasury having also sanctioned the resumption of excavations in
Babylonia for two seasons, the Trustees despatched, late in the year, one of their officers
to Constantinople, where he obtained the necessary permit from the Sublime Porte, and
thence proceeded to the east and commenced explorations at Kouyunjik.

Presentations of Museum Publications have been made to various Free Public Libraries
in the United Kingdom, to the Royal Irish Academy, and to the General Assembly
Library, New Zealand; and of Electrotypes of Ancient Coins to the Museums of Warring-
ton, Reading, Paisley, and Worcester.

_ The stock of Museum Photographs from sculjtures, &c., has been distributed to
sixty Art Schools throughout the United Kingdom.

The following are among the principal Donations :—

From H. Martyn Kennard, Esq., three mummies of the Roman period, the faces
covered with painted portraits, and various other antiquities from the Fayoum.

From Jesse Haworth, Esq., antiquities from the Fayoum.

From the Egypt Exploration Fund, a series of vases discovered on the site of
Naukratis in Egypt.

From the Cyprus Exploration Fund, various antiquities discovered during recent
excavations in Cyprus.

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From the Committee of the British Association, a series of casts made from ancient
Egyptian monuments, as ethnolovical illustrations of the races of ancient Egypt.

From A. W. Franks, Esq., ¢.B., a valuable collection of prehistoric antiquities, chietly
of the Bronze Period, from the Lac du Bourget, in Savoy; and numerous specimens of
porcelain and medizval antiquities of various kinds.

Bequeathed by the late Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan, Esy., F.R.S., F.S.A.,
fine collection of clocks, watches, sundials, and similar instruments, Chamberlains’ keys of
office, and Papal rings of investiture, etc.

From C. Drury Fortnum, Esq., v.p.s.a., an Italian Majolica tazza, bearing the sig-
nature of Girolamo da le Gabrice, 1542.

From the Royal Colonial Institute, three years’ files of seventy-one Colonial newspapers.

From the Société des Artistes Lithographes Frangais, a series of proofs of works by
members of the Society.

From Miss Isabella Constable, water-colour drawings by John Constable, R.A.

The following are the publications issued by the Departments at Bloomsbury during
the year, viz. :—

CONTINUATION OF THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY: Folio, 21
Parts, viz.:—

Crito—Crudopius ; Franco—Fred; G.—Gapper; Gar—Gaszynski; Gatacre—
Gentius; Gentle—Germanus ; Germar—Gilberg: Gilbert—Gisz ; Go—Goethe ;
Goodhall—Gowghter ; Gowic—Great Ayton; Great Britain—Griephir; Grier—
Gth; Guaccarini-—Guliver; H.—Hages; Hagg—-Halliman ; Hallin—Hanmore ;
Hann—Harsy ; Hart—Hawkers; Hawkes—Heindorffer ; Vau-—Verburgius.

CaTALOGUE OF ACCESSIONS TO THE Lisrary. Folio.
Sections A. and B.—New English and Foreign Books, 11 Parts.

C.—Old English Books,and works in Foreign languages printed in England,
3 Parts.

D.—Old Foreign Books, 2 Parts.

F.—Cross references, 1 Part.

CaraLoaur or Turxisn Manuscrivts. 4to. By Chas. Rieu, Ph.D., Keeper of
the Department of Oriental MSS.

CaraLocuse oF ENGRAVED Gems. 8vo. By A. H. Smith, Assistant, Department of
Greek and Roman Antiquities. Edited by A. Stuart Murray, Keeper of the Department
of Greek and Roman Antiquities.

Rerropuctions oF Drawines By Oxup Masters. Folio. Edited by

Sidney Colvin, Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings.

British Museum, E. Maunde Thompson,
25 May 1889. Principal Librarian.

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VII.—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CaTALOGUING OF CoLI.£C-
TIONS, AND ADDITIONS MADE TO THEM, in the Year ]888. (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 classifi-
cation 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; also on the
title-slip and entry in the Catalogue. The total number of these press-marks amounts to
75.286; in addition to which 22,125 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of
changes and re-arrangements carried out in the Library. 36,859 labels have been affixed,
and 88,840 obliterated labels have been renewed. ‘The process of attaching third press-
marks to the books in the New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery
to readers, has been continued; 28,096 books have thus been marked during the year,
and the corresponding alterations have been carried out in the Reading Room
Catalogues. 1,829 volumes of county newspapers in the General Library have been
labelled and numbered, and 5,783 title-slips written.

II. Cataloguing.—(a.) 56,707 title-slips have been written (the term “title-slip”
applying equally to a main-title and a cross-reference). Of these, 41,044 were written for
the General Catalogue, and 15,663 for the separate Catalogues of Music and the several
Oriental Collections.

(b.) Printing.—64,577 titles and 402 index-slips have been prepared for printing
during the year, upon the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879,
and 49,101 titles and 402 index-slips have been printed off.

Progress has also been made in printing the whole Catalogue in alphabetical sequence
from the beginning. With the exception of the headings, “Bible,” ‘ England,”
“Great Britain,” and a few other articles, the Catalogue was, at the end of
1888, either printed or at press up to the heading “ Heydecker.”” 122 MS. volumes have
been printed during the past year, forming 21 printed volumes. The diminution in the
number of volumes printed in comparison with the preceding year, when 28 were reported,
is owing to the volumes being now made larger. The amount of printing actually per-
formed has been considerably greater, 473 sheets having been printed in 1888, against 394
in 1887. <A revised edition of the list of books of reference in the Reading Room has
been undertaken, and entirely printed in the course of the year, with the exception of
the index of subjects.

(c.) Incorporation General Catalogue.—32,813 title-slips and 402 index-slips have
been incorporated into each of three copies of this Catalogue. This incorporation has
rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and
re-insert 31,578 title-slips in each copy, and to add to each copy 138 new leaves to
receive them. The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of Periodical
Ay gta is 414, in that of Academies 185, and in the Hand-Catalogue of Newspapers

469.

(d.) Muste Catalogue.—11,586 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue, and 2,345
title-slips have been incorporated into each of two copies of it. This incorporation has
rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 2,827 title-slips in each copy, and to add
to each copy six new leaves.

(¢.) Hebrew Catalogue.—372 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue.

(f:) Oriental Catalogues——The number of title-slips written is 3,126, of which
536 were for Sanskrit, Pali, and Sinhalese books; 2,229 for Arabic and Persian;
196 for Malay ; 123 for Armenian, Syriac, Maltese, Turkish, &c.; and 42 for Tamil and
Malayalam. 19 sheets of the Catalogue of Hindustani books have been printed, completing
the work with the exception of the index. The Catalogue of Marathi books has been
prcpared for press.

(g.) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues.—579 Chinese and Japanese title-slips have
been written for these Catalogues.

(h.) Hand-Catalogue.—For this Catalogue, in which the title-slips mounted on cards
are arranged in order of the press-marks, 94,650 have been arranged, and 161,666 partially
arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 150,950 have been incorporated,

(z.) Catalogues

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(i.) Catalogues of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—'The collection of books in
the galleries of the Reading Room has been maintained by adding to it new works of
interest and importance, and by substituting new for older editions. The number of
additions to each of the interleaved copies of the Catalogue of this collection was 256.

The interleaved copy of the Subject-Index of the modern works added to the Library
in the years 1880-1885 has been kept up to date by the insertion of the title-slips of new
books as soon as they are printed.

III. Binding.—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course
of the year was 14,671, including 1,137 volumes of newspapers. In consequence of the
frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the number of
bound volumes returned was 7,879; in addition to which, 922 pamphlets have beex
separately bound. 1,145 volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.— The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room was 728,890; to the Royal Library, 14,185:
to the Grenville Library, 1,146; and to the presses in which books are kept from day
to day for the use of readers, 464,488 ; making a total amount of 1,208,709 volumes sup-
plied to readers during the year.

The number of readers during the year has been 188,432, giving an average of nearly
622 daily ; and an average of about six volumes daily for each reader, not reckoning those
taken from the shelves of the Reading Room.

Newspaper Room.-——The total number of readers during the year has been 14,499, giving
a daily average of nearly 48. ‘The number of volumes replaced after use was 47,146,
giving a daily average of more than three volumes to each reader.

V. Additions —(a.) 29,225 volumes and pamphlets (including books of music) have
been added to the Library in the course of the year, of which 2,850 were presented,
10,459 received in pursuance of the laws of Nnglisb Copyright, and 283 received under
the International Copyright Treaties. (It is to be remarked that owing to the operation
of the Convention of Berne, by which the deposit of a foreign book at the Museum has
ceased to be a necessary condition of securing copyright in England, receipts by inter-
national copyright have almost entirely ceased.) 477 were received by international
exchange, and 15,156 acquired by purchase.

(b.) 54,125 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,322 were presented, 27,375 received
in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 91 received under the International
Copyright Treaties, 370 received by international exchange, and 24,967 acquired by
purchase.

(e.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received
under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been 2,244, com-
prising 157,166 single numbers. 557 of these newspapers were published in London
and its suburbs, 1,338 in other parts of England and Wales, 206 in Scotland, and 143
in Ireland. Six volumes of old newspapers have beer purchased ; 71 volumes and 1,342
single numbers presented ; and two volumes and 14,685 single numbers of Foreign and
Colonial newspapers, belonging to 65 different sets, have been purchased.

(d.) 3,336 pieces of Mnsic have been acquired, each piece complete in itself; of which
2,794 were received by English, and 542 by international copyright.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 29,225 volumes and pamphlets, and
$4,125 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to
27,399. Of these, 2,237 have been presented, 11,495 acquired by English, and 801 by
International Copyright, 99 by international exchange, and 12,767 by purchase.

(f.) 4,818 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the foregoing
paragraphs, and comprising Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous
items. The addition of this number to those already given produces a total of 93,813
articles received in the Department.

(g.) The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is altogether 362,967.

Acquisitions of rare and interesting books have been unusually numerous during the
past year. The most important opportunity of augmenting the Museum collection was
afforded by the sale, in June, of the first portion of the library of the late Robert
Samuel Turner, Esq., celebrated for its rich stores of early French, Italian, and Spanish
literature. On this occasion the Museum acquired the splendid edition of the Spanish
“ Amadis of Gaul,” printed at Rome by Antonio de Salamanca in 1519, of which only three
copies are known to be in existence; a unique copy of the romance of Tablante and Jofre,
Seville, 1513; the “‘ Decameron” of Boccaccio, Venice, 1525, also probably unique; the
comedies of Saa de Miranda and Antonio Ferreira, Lisbon, 1622, one of the rarest of
Portuguese classics ; “Cose vulgare del Politiano,” Bologna, 1490, the first edition, of
which only two other perfect copies are known; * Novae Solymae libri sex,” Londini,
1648, a very singular book, apparently quite unknown; the Spanish romances of

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Clamades and Claramonda, Burgos, 1521, and of Canamor, Seville, 1528 ; and the first
edition of Villon’s Testament, with a date, Paris, 1489. Upwards of 70 books were
purchased at this sale, every one of which possessed some special interest or value.

After the books so acquired, the first place belongs to the second edition of the
Bohemian Bible, printed at Kuttenberg by Martin von Tissnowa in 1489, a monument
of early Bohemian literature even more rare than the first edition already in the Museum.
It is of an entirely different type from the latter, and is copiously illustrated with curious
woodeuts. Of scarcely inferior interest is a unique copy, purchased from the
Rey. Mr. Reichard, of the first three books of the Mishneh Thorah of Maimonides,
printed in Italy by Moses ben Shealthiel, whose name does not occur elsewhere, and
which is certainly one of the first Hebrew books printed, if not the very first. With these
may be enumerated: Two extremely rare Low German translations of the “ Imitatio
Christi,” printed at Lubeck in 1492 and 1496, and constituting together a com-
plete version; the Low German translation of Guido de Colonna’s romance of the
destruction of Troy, printed at Lubeck about 1475, and of great philological as
well as bibliographical interest; the Slavonian translation of Chrysostom’s com-
mentary on the Epistles of Saint Paul, printed at the Monastery at Kieff in 1623,
one of the largest, rarest, and most important of the works there executed ; a copy of
the Aldine edition of Herodotus, 1502, with MS. notes by Erasmus; the editio princeps
of Politian’s translation of Herodian, Rome, 1493 ; the excessively rare fourth edition
of thesecond part of “Don Quixote,” printed at Lisbon by Jorge Rodriguez in 1617, never
seen by Salva; Petrarch’s ‘‘ Trionfi e Soneiti,” Venice, 1497, with woodcuts resembling
ihose of the Polifilo published two years later; Olai’s Swedish translation of the so-called
Speculum Morale of Petrarch, Linképing, 1641, of which only one other copy is known,
in the Library of the University of Upsal; thirteen early editions or translations of
Petrarch, “ De Remediis utriusque Fortunae,” purchased from Messrs. Asher; an
extensive collection of tracts relating to Dante, purchased from Messrs. Dulau; 28
incunabula bought from M. Leon Olschki of Verona, and 12 bought from Mr. B. F.
Stevens ; “La Mort dela Royne d’Escosse”’ [Paris] 1588, a contemporary narrative of
the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, drawn up from the accounts of her attend-
ants; Jean Bouchet, “ La deploration de l’eglise militante sur ses persecutions ” (Paris ?
1520?), unique, but wanting three leaves, as described by Brunet ; “‘ Positiones Juris,”
the original edition of the thesis sustained by Goethe for his academical degree, 1770;
George Eliot’s sonnets to her brother, privately printed, and with the name of Marian
Lewes on the title-page ; “Corona delle nobili et virtuose donne,” Venice, 1617, a very
beautifui lace-book ; Tozzi, “ Ghirlanda di sei vaghi fiori, &c.,” Padova [1604] ; several
broadsides of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, among them a hymn to the Virgin in
German, about 1500; and an invitation from the Burgomaster, councillors, and archers of
Bamberg to an archery meeting, 1478.

The most interesting of the many acquisitions made in early English literature is the
only knewn copy of Bunyan’s “ Book for Boys and Girls, or Country Rhimes for
Chiidren,” London, 1686: this is the first edition of the work republished under the title
of ‘ Divine Emblems,” and has until now been considered to be lost. Another very
important purchase is “ John Heywoode’s Workes; a dialogue conteyning the number of
the effectual proverbs in the English tounge, Thomas Powell, Londini, 1562,” one of the
only five copies known, and the first edition containing the 600 epigrams appended
to the Proverbs. Most valuable memorials of foreign Protestant congregations in
London have been obtained in a unique copy of the first edition of A Lasco’s German
Catechism, Londen (sic), by Steuen Hyerdman, 1551; and in a Spanish version of
Calvin’s Catechism, Richard Field, 1596. Equally interesting is one of the first Welsh
books ever printed, ‘“‘ Ban wedy i dynny air yngair alla o hen gyfreith Howel da, etc., a
certaine case extracte out of the auncient Law of Hoel da...whereby it may be
gathered that priestes had lawfully maried wyues at that time,’ Robert Crowley, London,
1550. To these may be added: Mosellanus, “ Paedologia,’ Wynkyn de Worde,
London, 1532, probably the first book printed in England in Italic type ; Martin Bucer’s
“Gratulation unto the Church of English for the Restitution of Christes Religion,”
translated by Thomas Hobye; R. Jugge, London [1550]; Becon, “ The Jewel of Joye,
London, 1553,” probably unique ; Becon, “ The newe pollecye of warre,” London, 1542;
Becon, “A New Yeares Gifte more precious than gold,” London, 1543; The Herball of
Anthony Ascham, brother of Roger Ascham, London, 1550 ; “he Anathomie of Sinne,”
London, 1603, with which is bound “ The Genealogie of Vertue,” unfortunately wanting
title-page; “The Prophane Schisme of the Brownists or Separatists,” 1612: all these
three last-mentioned books are unknown to bibliographers ; Fitzherbert’s “ Apology in
defence of himself and other Catholyks falsely charged with a fayned conspiracie against
her Maiesties person” [St. Omer], 1602; John Harpsfield’s “‘ Sermon or Homilie made
upon Saint Andrewes daye, 1556, in the cathedral churche of St. Paul:” an interesting
record of the Roman Catholic reaction under Mary.

_ The Library has received during the past year several important additions
in the department of liturgies and service books. The York Manual, printed
by Wynkyn de Worde in 1609, was purchased at the sale of the library of the late
Right Hon. A. J. B. Beresford Hope, m.p. It is one of the only six copies known

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of one of the only two editions of this invaluable liturgical monument, four of the
others being in public or college libraries. Another very important acquisition is the
Salisbury Primer, printed at Rouen by Robert Valentin, 1555, a very fine copy of a
hitherto unknown edition, with numerous woodcuts. To these are to be added: The
“ Heures de Nostre Dame,” in Latin, of the use of the Diocese of Poitiers, printed on
vellum by Gillet Hardouyn, at Paris, between 1509 and 1521; the “Aurea Expositio
Hymnorum, Seville, 1499,” purchased at the Turner sale, a beautiful copy of an edition
unknown to Panzer, Hain, and Brunet: ‘ Missale Halberstattense ” [Mentz? 1500?], of
which only two other copies are known; “ Breviarium et Psalterium Moguntinense,”
2 vols., printed by the Brothers of Common Life in the Monastery of Marienthal near
Mentz, 1474. All productions of the Marienthal press are of the greatest rarity.

A remarkable feature of the year has been the number of purchases, principally from
Mr. Bernard Quaritch and Messrs. Dulau, of rare and valuable books relating to the
East. Among these are chiefly to be named: Rodriguez, “ Vocabulario de Japon,”
Manila, 1630, a work which preserves the system of transcribing Japanese used by the
Jesuits in the early partof the seventeenth century ; Varo,‘ Arte de la lengua Mandarina,”
Canton, 1703, of which only four copies are known; the great collection of letters
from Jesuit missionaries, principally in Japan, from 1549 to 1588, Evora, 1598: four of
the five copies of this work known to Cordier are in public libraries in Portugal. ‘The
original Portuguese text of Antonio de Almeida, the first published narrative of travel in
Tibet, Lisbon, 1626. Mesquita’s Relation of the proclamation of John IV., Goa, 1643:
the only other copy known is in the public library of Evora. Five of the seven volumes
of Taj-ut-Lughiit, the Crown of Languages, an Arabic-Persian lexicon by Ghazi-ud-Din
Haidar Padshah, seventh King of Oude, partly printed, partly lithographed at. his private
press, Lucknow, 1830-35 : almost the most voluminous Arabic lexicon extant, and ex-
cessively scarce, evenin an imperfect state, nearly the whole impression having been
destroyed by white ants. A number of rare and curious books in the languages of the
Philippine Islands, or relating to that archipelago. A large collection of tracts in Malay,
Japanese, and the Polynesian languages.

An acquisition of an entirely exceptional character is that of 76 books purchased from
M. Delay, of Geneva, formerly belonging to the library of H. I. H. Prince Napoleon
Jerome at the Palais Royal. They narrowly escaped being burned during the insurrection
of the Paris Commune, and all bear the marks of fire. Some have the cipher of Jerome,
King of Westphalia, and Queen Catharine.

The Library has received three valuable donations during the year: Three years’ files
of 71 colonial newspapers, presented by the Royal Colonial Institute; A collection of
Playbills of the ‘Theatre Royal Drury Lane, from 1744 to 1862, with other bills, presented
by the lessee, Mr. Augustus Harris ; Vols. 3-40 of the Mémoires of the Académie Royale
de Belgique, presented by the Academy.

The collection of printed music has received several highly important additions during
the past year. Among these may be particularly mentioned Este’s Third set of Madrigals,
1610, of which only one other complete copy is known. A set of eight part-books of a
collection of church music by Vittoria, published at Madrid in 1600, and hitherto unknown
to bibliographers; “ Musicali Concenti” by Nicolo Borboni, Roma, 1618; the Abate
Steffani’s rare German opera “ Roland”; Sousa Villalobos, “Arte de Canto chao,”
Coimbra, 1688; a most beautiful copy of Vicente Lusitano’s “ Introduttione di Canto
Fermo,” Venice, 1558, purchased at the Turner sale; one of the only two known copies
of the first edition of Hans Gerle’s “‘ Musica Teatrale,” Niirnberg, 1532 ; a book of great
importance as containing the earliest known instructions for playing on the lute and viol.
But the most important acquisition has been the purchase of 88 part-books, chiefly
consisting of madrigals and motets printed between 1575 and 1688. By _ this
purchase several sets of part-books already in the Library have been completed, and
copies of such rare works as Archadelt’s first book of madrigals, Venice, 1597, the
undated edition of Byrd’s Psalmes, Sonets, and Songs, and parts of Pierson’s Private
Musicke (1620) have been added to the collection. But the chief acquisition made on
this occasion has been that of Byrd’s Masses for three, four, and five voices, which were
discovered interleaved in a set of part-books of the same composer’s “ Gradualia.” Single
copies had been traced from the end of the seventeenth to the beginning of the nineteenth
century, when the two masses for three and four voices disappeared, that for five passing
somewhat later into the possession of the Museum. The mass for three voices existed in
MS., but that for four was supposed to have been lost, until recovered in the copy now
obtained. Several other valuable acquisitions have been made, including two of great
literary interest, Corona Schriter’s “ Fiinf und zwanzig Lieder,” Weimar, 1786, and
Seckendorff’s “ Volks-und andere Lieder,” Weimar and Dessau, 1779-82, both containing
the first impressions of various songs by Goethe.

George Bullen.

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Sup-DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHarts, PLANS, AND ToPpOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

4,089 titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) were written for the
Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year.

Press-marks were given to 459 Maps and Atlases, and to 3,428 titles; and 2,599 slips
were written for the Hand Catalogue.

2,919 Titles of Accessions (Parts x. and XI.) were sent to the printer, 28 sheets of
proof of Accessions have been collated, and 28 sheets of revise have been sent for
press, and printed off.

691 Maps in 3,087 sheets, and 107 Atlases have been sent to be mounted, bound,
and lettered; and 126 volumes and 784 Maps have been returned; of the former 94 were
bound, 29 lettered, and three repaired; of the latter 607 were mounted on jaconet and
union, and 177 on cards.

121 sheets of the English Admiralty Charts, 53 sheets of the Japanese Admiralty
Charts, and 54 sheets of the English l-inch Ordnance Survey have been mounted on
union, and nine volumes of the Ordnance Survey have been bound and one repaired.
33 sheets of the Austrian Survey have also been mounted on union.

4,244 printed Accession titles (Parts rx., x., and x1.) have been incorporated into three
copies of the Printed Catalogue of Maps.

The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 1,056,
the number of Maps 1,552, making a total of 2,608.

The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtaimed by purchase was 715, on those
received by presentation 377 ; making a total of 1,092.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room
during the year, 101 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of
geographical research.

Il.— Additions.

212 Maps in 3,601 sheets, and 11 Atlases, have been received under the Copyright
Act; 24 Atlases, one Globe, and 62 Maps in 362 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ;
one volume, and 118 Maps and Charts in 224 sheets, have been presented.

Among the more interesting acquisitions may be mentioned:—

«© A Map of Virginia. Discovered and discribed (sic) by Captayn John Smith. Graven
by W. Hole” [London, 1609]. Being the first impression of the plate upon large paper,
before the publication of Smith’s work, entitled “A Map of Virginia,” 1612, 4to. With
inscription on the verso in the handwriting of J. Smyth of Nibley.

Sixteen old Maps of Properties in Oxfordshire (with one in Berkshire) in the possession
of some of the Colleges in the University of Oxford [1605-1768]; illustrating the
Open Field System. Reproduced by the Collotype process. Edited by J. L.G. Mowat.
Oxford, 1888, foi.

Cl. Ptolemy’s “ Geographie Universe tum veteris tum nove absolutissimum opus
duobus voluminibus distinctum. Auctore Jo. Ant. Magino Patavino. Apud Heredes
Simonis Galignani de Karera. Venetiis, 1596, 4to.” ‘lhis is the earliest of the editions of
Ptolemy’s Geography by Magini. The acquisition of the above makes the Museum
collection of Ptolemies complete with the exception of four editions, one of which has
been acquired within the last few days.

. “Tl Theatro del Mondo di Abraamo Ortelio ... Ridotto dalla forma grande in questa
piccola.” [Edited by P. M. Marchetti.] Brescia, 1598, 4to. The earliest Italian trans-
lation published in Italy of the “ Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum” of A. Ortelius. The
only other copy at present known is preserved in the Publie Library at Udine.

Robert K. Douglas.

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DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Romances.—The preparation of the second volume has been continued.
Tales contaiued in thirty-seven MSS. have been described. Descriptions of thirty-one
MSs. have been copied.

2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts.—The fourth volume, which will include the
Index, is still in progress.

3. Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts—Of the Catalogue prepared by Mr. S. H. O’Grady
Sheets 3.—-E. have been sent to the printers and revised.

4. Catalogue of Music—A Catalogue of Manuscript Music, and of Illustrations of
Musical Instruments, contained in the general collections, has been commenced, and
upwards of one thousand MSS. have been examined.

5. Catalogue of Additions.—Sheets Q.—AA. of the printed Catalogue of Additions for
the years 1882-1887 have been passed through the press. The Additional MSS.
33,345—33,367, and Egerton MSS. 2,680-2,695, acquired in the year 1888, have been
described.

The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the registers.

6. Indexes,—The slips of the Index to English Poetry in the various collections, and of
the Index to English Theological Treatises down to the end of the sixteenth century,
being now completed, are about to be laid down on cartridge paper.

The Index to the Newcastle and Pelham Papers and Correspondence has been
finished.

The Index to the Catalogue of Additions for the years 1882-1887 is about to be sent
to press.

7. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seals——The revision of the General Index of
names and subjects to the several collections of Charters and Rolls is complete, with the
exception of the French Charters in the Additional Collections. The Index of the Anglo-
Saxon Charters has been revised.

Additional Charters and Rolls 27,005-28,415, acquired in 1882-1886, and Egerton
Charters 486-585, acquired in 1884-1888, have been described; and the descriptions of
Egerton Charters 517-585 have been revised.

Additional Charters and Rolls 32,900-33,046, acquired in 1888, have been arranged and
numbered.

The preparation of the fair copy for the second volume of the Catalogue of Seals has
been continued; and Sheets N.—U. have been passed through the press.

Three hundred and ninety-two seals and casts of seals have been arranged and registered,
and references or descriptions have been in most cases distributed through the Catalogue.

8. Arrangement of Papers.—Additional MSS. 33,137-33,140, 33,227, 33.231, aa,an00
33,271-33,273, 33,338, 33,346, 33,347, 33,386-33,391, 33,394-33,408, 33,410, and Egerton
MSS. 2,680-2,703 have been arranged.

9. Exhibitions—Selections of MSS. relating to Alexander Pope, and of MSS. and
Seals relating to the Stuart Family have been exhibited in the King’s Library.

The Specimens of Bindings of MSS., exhibited in the King’s Library, have been
described.

10. Binding.—Three hundred and seventy-nine Manuscripts recently acquired, and
eighty Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired.

Twenty Papyri have been glazed.

Twelve Charters and fourteen Seals have been repaired. Eleven hundred and fifty
leaden Bulle have been varnished.

Seven Catalogues and Registers and seventy-four books of reference have been
bound or repaired.

11. Verification.—The several collections have been verified by the shelf-lists.

12. Miscellaneous.— Three hundred and eight Manuscripts have been placed and
entered in the hand and shelf lists.

Four thousand and seventy-five Charters and Rolls, and three hundred and ninety-
two Seals have been numbered and placed.

The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.
0.81. B4 Two

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Two thousand, nine hundred and sixty-eight Manuscripts, Charters, Rolls, and Printed
Books have been stamped with a total of 19,722 impressions.

Four hundred and forty-two Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 4,197; and of those
consulted in the Department 25,811.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to Readers is 1,595.
The number of Students working in the Department during the year is 8,873.

The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are :—

General collection of Manuscripts = - - - - 160.
Egerton Manuscripts - - - ee - 3i.
Papyri - - - - - - - - - 7
Rolls and Charters - - - - - - - 2,036.
Detached Sealsand Casts - - - = - = 392.

Among them are :—

A papyrus containing portions of Homer’s Iliad, viz., bk. ii., 1]. 101-493; bk. iii. complete;
bk.iv., ll. 1-40 ; written in small uncial characters of the 3rd or 4th century. The leaves
were originally arranged in quires in the form of a book. On the back of the last three
are portions of a Greek Grammar, ascribed to Tryphon the Grammarian, and the oldest
work of the kind yet discovered.

A papyrus roll, 7 feet 9 inches by 1 foot 1 inch, mutilated at the beginning, inscribed
with various magical formule in Greek, including invocations by the use of detached
lines of the Iliad and Odyssey arranged in groups of six, astronomical charms, invocations
by means of lamps, methods of procuring dreams, &c.; written in uncial characters of
the 3rd or 4th century.

Four smaller papyri of the same class, containing invocations to Hermes and to the
Sun, with directions for charms, incantations, &c., in Greek ; written in uncial and semi-
cursive characters of the 3rd or 4th century.

A waxen-book, 7 by 4} inches, consisting of six wooden tablets coated with wax,
and two covers waxed on the inner side; inscribed by the stilus with grammatical
exercises, &c., in Greek, together with a rude drawing perhaps meant to represent a
schoolmaster.

Portions of seven wooden tablets, 84 by 5 inches (a strip from one side being lost in
all cases), originally forming a book or books; coated with a drab paint and inseri'ed in
ink with business contracts and other documents in Greek, connected with one Aurelius
of Panopolis, in the Thebaid.

Index of references to texts of the New Testament in the Greek and Latin Fathers,
by John William Burgon, late Dean of Chichester; 19thcentury. Sixteen large volumes.

Canons of Church Councils, and tracts on Church discipline, in Greek. Vellum.
13th century.

Book of Hours of the Virgin, &c., in Latin; with prayers inserted for the soul of
Beatrice (ob. 1272), daughter of Henry III., and wife of Join, Duke of Brittany.
Vellum, 13th century.

Passionale Novum de Sanctis: Lives of Saints, &c., written at Pare, near Louvain,
in 1339-1340. Vellum.

A Pontifical in Latin, with consecration services, forms of benediction, special masses,
&c.; written in Italy. Vellum. Late 14th century.

Miscellaneous services, prayers, &c., in Latin, connected with the Cathedral Priory of
Ely. Vellum. 15th century.

“Le Canarien”: a History of the Conyuest of the Canaries by Gadifer dela Sale and
Jean de Bethencourt in 1402-1404 ; compiled by Pierre Boutier and Jean le Verrier,
their chaplains. In French. Vellum. 15th century; with miniature and illuminated
initials.

Record, in Latin, of the proceedings at the conclave resulting in the election of Pope
Julius IT. ; 1549-1550.

Genealogical and historical Roll of the Kings of England, from Adam to Queen Eliza-
beth. Vellum. 16th century. Presented by Alex. Druce, Esq.

Official return, in Latin, giving details of the receipts and payments cf the Exchequer
for the year ending at Michaelmas, 1532. Vellum.

“ Pelegrine”: a tract in defence of Henry VIUI., by William Thomas; written at
Bologna, in 1546-7.

Letter of Pedro Serrano, servant of the Spanish Ambassador in England, on the
execution of Edmund Campion and other Jesuits ; 1581.

Index register of Warrants, tempp. Jas. I. and Chas. I.; including a payment made to
William Shakespeare.
eg of proceedings in Parliament, kept by John Millward, m.v. for co. Derby ; 1666-

Correspondence

accounts, &c., 0F THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 17

Correspondence of Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Pontchartrain, Minister of State, with
French Ambassadors in England, relating to Canada; 1698-1699. ;

“ Declaration ” of James Francis Edward Stuart, styling himself James IIL., addressed
to all his “ loving subjects”; Rome, 23rd December 1743. Signed and sealed ; with
autograph marginal notes. fs ;

Correspondence and Papers of William Titley, Euvoy to Denmark ; 1728~—1765. Six-
teen volumes. 1

Correspondence and Papers of Robert Gunning, FE ; ia ;
aac cae g, Envoy to Denmark and Russia ;

Private Journal of F. 8. Larpent, Judee Advocate General to the British Forces in
the Peninsula; 1813—1815. Presented by F. de H. Larpent, [sq.

A collection of romantic and other pieces in prose and verse, chiefly by Aragonese
poets, ending with stanzas addressed to John II., King of Aragon [1458—1479]. Spanish
Late 15th century. is

«The Heaven of the Mind”: anautograph translation by A j ract,
in Italian by Isabella Sforza ; 1602. ae ¥ Anthongcblundam oka aaet

«'The Crown of Thorns”: a religious poem, in twelve books. Perhaps the lost work
of that title written by Sir John Beaumont, Bart. (0b. 1627). With acollection of Latin
poems by Robert Clarke, an English Carthusian of Nieuport, in Flanders (0b. 1675).

Feuer-buch, or the art of making explosives for use in war, with drawings and
diagrams ; 1600. ;

Accompt-books of the officers of Ramsey Abbey, co. Huntingdon, 14th-] 6th centuries ;
together with a large mass of papers relating to the Commission of Sewers for cos.
Huntingdon and Cambridge, and to the family of Cromwell, a/. Williams, of Hinchin-
brook, 16th-18th centuries. Twenty-five volumes. Also about 1,200 charters and 600
rolls, chiefly relating to Ramsey Abbey, dating from the 12th century.

A charter of Covenant between Byland Abbey and Newburgh Priory, co. York,
respecting their mutual rights of acquiring lands in Oxdale, Gilling and Yearsley ; temp.
Hen. II. Vellum. With five fine seals.

Seventy-five charters relating te cos. Norfolk and Saffolk, dating from the 15th
century.

Sixty-nine charters relating to various English counties, dating from the 13th century.
Presented by Rev. James Crosse.

Documents relating to the Consistory Court at Chichester; 1592.

Collections for the history of the county of Cornwall, by Thomas Tonkin; 18th
century.

Collections for a history of Westminster Abbey, by J. Buswell; 18th century.

Inventory of goods of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex; czre. 1540.

Further papers, in addition to those received in 1886 and 1887, of the family ot
Pelham; including miscellaneous letters, 1711—1825, and an accompt-book of work
done on the several mansions of the Duke of Newcastle, 1714—1720. The collection
now amounts to 544 volumes, together with nearly 3,500 charters, &c. resented by the
Earl of Chichester.

Memoirs of English Engravers, 1550—1800, by Thomas Dodd; 19th century. Fifteen
volumes.

History of the family of Hungerford, by Rev. F. Brown; 19th century. Bequeathed
by Rev. fF. Brown.

Biographical and historical gleanings by Miss Susan M. Stokes; 19th century. Six
volumes. Present«d by Miss R. A. Webb.

Letters of Thomas Wright, F.S.A., 1853—1875; and Correspondence of Prof.
Owen and B. Dockwray, 1845—1860. Presented by S. G. Perceval, Esq.

Reports on countries lying between India and China, collected by John Crawfurd ;
19th century.

Maps and plans of places in San Domingo, &e.; 18th century. Presented by the
Lords of the Admiralty.

Edward Scott.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

A Descriptive List of the Oriental MSS. acquired in the year 1887 has been
transcribed for the use of readers. The same MSS. have been entered into the Oriental
Register and the Oriental Inventory.

A Descriptive List of the MSS. acquired in 1888 bas been drawn up, and the same
MSS. have been added to the indexes of the special catalogues.

The revision of the Turkish Catalogue has been completed, the indexes compiled, and
the preface drawn up. The last twenty-three sheets have passed throngh the press, and
the catalogue has been publisled. :

The Arabic MSS. acquired since the publication of the Arabic Catalogue have been
classed, and detailed descriptions have been prepared of twenty-six of them.

A catalogue of the MSS. containing works of the Karaite Jews, has been commenced
and full descriptions of seventy-seven of them have been drawn up.

O.sa: CG A Descriptive

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A Descriptive List of all the Karaite MSS. in the Museum Collection has been com-
iled. ;
ere Descriptive List of all the Hebrew MSS. included in the early collections and in

the Additional Series up to Add. 19,604 has been prepared.

Ten Sanscrit MSS. from Nepal have been described, as well as twelve Pali MSS.
acquired during the year. : ;

The paper MSS. of the Phayre collection have been prepared for the binder.

One hundred and twenty-one recently acquired MSS. have been folio’d, labelled,
bound and placed on the shelves.

I1.— Acquisitions.

The number of MSS. acquired during the year was J10, viz., 104 by purchase and
6 by donation, as follows :—

Arabic - = = - = - - = =l4D
Persian - - - = = - 3 =: 3
Pali, 13 = ~ = = = = anos ED
Sanscrit = - - t 2 . < ali
Coptic - = - - ; - z 2 ee he
Hebrew . - - - - - - > ‘bon DB,
Cingalese - - = - - & ana?
Syriac - - - - ~ - - - bows’ J
Chinese = : < . q = ke este
Siamese = = = = = = -abeaill
Burmese - - - 2 = - z ae |
Kawi - = = = 2 = 2 i oe Anil:
Shan - = “ E - be . " Tae

Toran. = -. =) 110

Twenty-five Arabic and Persian MSS. were secured for the Museum by Sidney
Churchill, Esq., Persian Secretary to the British Mission in Teheran. The most impor-
tant are—

Maikhanah, a voluminous anthology, with lives of poets, compiled a.H. 1040 by Mulla
Muhammad Sufi Mazenderani, Arabic and Persian; 17th century.

The Coran of the Babis in Arabic.

The rare Divan of Arshad, a Persian poet who lived in Herat about a.H. 1080;
17th century.

Safinah i Mahmud, a Persian anthology by Prince Mahmud Kajar, a son of Fath Ali
Shah.

Bayan i Mahmud, notices of contemporary poets by the same.

Guishan i Mahmud, a biography of the sons of Fath Ali Shah, with specimens of their
poetical compositions, by the same.

Notices of the Shi’ah traditionists by Muh. B. ‘Umar al-Kasshi; Arabic; s.H. 622;
A.D. 1225.

History of Persia under Shah Abpas 1 by Mulla Jalal, a.u. 11066; a.p. 1695.

History of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the Afghan dynasty, by Sayyid
Husain Shirazi.

Al-Tara’if fi Madhab al-Tawa’if,a work of Shi’ah controversy by Radi al-Din Ali B.
Taus al-Husaini; Arabic; a.w.110i; A.p. 1690.

Manhaj al-Makal, and Talkhis al-Makal, biographical dictionaries of the Shi’ah tradi-
tionists by Muhammad B. Ali al-Astrabadi; Arabic.

History of the province of Baihak in Khorasan, by Abul-Hasan Ali B. Zaid, who wrote
A.H. 563; Persian; A.H. 835; A.p. 1432.

Al-Mabsut, a treatise of Shi’ah law by Abu Ja’far Muh.-al-Tusi, who died a.H. 460 ;
Arabic; A.H. 697; A.D. 1298.

Gulshan i Murad, a detailed history of the Zend dynasty from its origin to the death of
Ja’far Khan, by Abul-Hasan B. Mu’izz ud-Din Kashani Mustaufi; Persian.

Mahasin Isfahan, a description of Isfahan and its environs, with historical notices, com-
posed in the reign of Malik Shah Seljuki; Arabic.

Mir’at ul-Kashan, a geographical and historical account of the city of Kashan, by Mirza
Abdur-Rahim Khan Kashani; Persian.

- Ma’asir ul-Muluk, or Memorabilia of kings, a rare work of the historian Khwandemir ;
ersian.

Al-Mughni, a medical treatise by Sa’id B. Hibatallah, who died circa a. H. 500;
Arabic; A.H. 534; a.p. 1139.

Al-Masabih, a canonical collection of the traditional sayings of Muhammad, by al-Farra
al-Baghawi ; Arabic; a.u,761; A.D. 1360.

Twenty MSS., chiefly Arabic, from the library of the late Dr. John Lee, were bought
at a public sale. The following are the most noteworthy,—

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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUS£UM. 19

Tahkik al- Nusrah, a history of Medina, by Abu Bakr B. al-Husain al-Maraghi, who
died a.H. 816; Arabic ; 15th century.

Biographical notices of the inhabitants of Darayya, near Damascus, by Abd al-Jabbar
al-Khaulani; Arabic; 14th century.

Kitab al-Kharaj, a treatise on taxation, drawn up for Harun al-Rathid by the Kadi
Abu Yusuf, who died a.n. 182; Arabic; a.H. 1076; A.D. 1665.

Ma’adin al-Dahab, a biographical dictionary of the celebrated men of Aleppo by Abul-
Wafa al-Urdi, who died a.u. 1071; Arabic; a.H. 1058 ; A.D. 1648.

Kitab al-Tarikh wal-Asma, notices of traditionists by Muhammad al-Mukaddami, who
died A.H. 301; Arabic; a.H. 476; A.D. 1083.

Kitab al-Inas, a treatise on the names and genealogy of Arab tribes, by the Vezir al-
Husain Ibn al-Maghribi, who died a.w. 418; Arabic; 11th century.

Athar al-Bilad, the geography of al-Kazwini; a fine copy, dated a.w. 729; a.v.
1329.

Kala’id al-Juman, a collection of letters including the official correspondence of the
Mamluk Kings of Egypt in the 14th and 15th centuries; Arabic; A.W. 868; A.D. 1464.

A peetical version of Kalila and Dimna (not otherwise known) by al-Husain B. Ahmad
al-Jalal; Arabic; A.w. 1069; A.D. 1659.

Kutb al-Surur, an anthology of select verses relating to wine, by al-Rakik al-Nadim ;
Arabic; A.H. 798; a.D. 1395.

Manual of the perfect horseman by the Emir Baktut al-Rammah; Arabic; 15th
century.

ios Giancontt MSS. written on palm leaves in Nepaul, and remarkable for their early
dates, were sent by Dr. G. H. D. Gimlette, of Khatmandu, through Mr. Cecil Bendall,
to the Museum. ‘they include—

Sumata-Mahatantra, an astronomical work; Samvat, 476; A.D. 1356.

Shadanga, a collection of Mantras; Samvat, 571; a.p. 1451.

Grammatical treatises by Trilochanadasa, &c.; Vikrama Samvat, 1479; a.p. 1422.

Several undated MSS., apparently of the 14th and 15th centuries.

Among MSS. acquired from other quarters, the following deserve a special notice -—

Kitab Ma’ani an-Nafs, a philosophical treatise by Bahya Ben Joseph, Arabic in the
Hebrew character.

Pesakim, or decisions, on the Talmud by Isaiah of Trani; Hebrew; 15th century.

Lite of Mar Yabalaha, Catholic Patriarch of the East (A.D. 1317), and of Rabban
Sauma, Syriac.

A large collection of Coptic fragments on Vellum ranging from the 9th to the 12th
century, acquired in Egypt by Mr. Ernest Budge.

Raud al-Unuf, an extensive commentary by Abul-Kasim al-Suhaili upon the Life of
Muhammad by Ibn Hisham, Arabic ; four volumes; a.H. 775; A.D. 1372.

Homilies and Legends relating to the Saints of the Coptic Church, two volumes;
Arabic.

Al-Fath al-Aziz, a commentary by Abd al-Karim al-Kazwini, who died a.H.
633, upon the Wajiz, or Corpus of Shafiite Law, by Al-Ghazzali, Arabie ; 15th century.

Jami’al-Usul, a collection of the sacred traditions by Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari, who died
a.H. 606; Arabic; 14th century.

Four Jatakas, or stories of former births of Buddha, Pali; written on 97 gilt palm-
leaves in the square Pali character.

Chullaniddeso, a book belonging to the Khuddaka-Nikayo ; written on 92 gilt palm-
leaves in Pali and in the Burmese character.

Chulava Atthakatha, a commentary on the Chulavaggo, and Sattanguttara Atthakatha,
a commentary on the Anguttara Nikayo; Pali; written on 103 palm-leaves in the square
Burmese character.

A commentary on the Parajikam, or first book of the Vinaya Pitakam, Pali, on 263
paim-leaves, Burmese character.

A commentary upon the Abhidhammattha-Sangaha, Pali-Burmese; 148 palm-leaves
in the Burmese character.

Sacchasankhepa, a commentary upon the Abhidhamma, Pali-Burmese; 285 palm-
leaves in the Burmese character.

Three Jatakas, or Buddhist Birth-stories, Pali with Burmese interpretation; 323 palm
leaves in the Burmese character.

Visakhavatayi, or the Legend of Visakha, Cingalese; 292 palm-leaves.

A Burmese MS. on paper, with coloured drawings, from That-We, in Upper Burmah.

A palm-leaf MS. in the Kawi language.

A large-sized paper MS. in the Shan language.

A Siamese MS. on paper, with coloured drawings. Presented by Ernest M. Satow,
Esq., H. M. Resident Minister in Bangkok. :

Khuddaha Nikayo, the fifth book of the Sutta-Pitakam ; Pali, 871 palm-leaves in the
Cingalese character. Presented by Sir W. H. Gregory, K.c.M.G. | sal

A Chinese roll, containing poems written in fanciful shapes with choice miniatures,
apparently of the 17th century. Presented by T. Watters, Esq., Acting General Consul
in Corea.

Fragments of a history of the reigns of Behadur Shah and Jehandar Shah, with
miniatures, Persian. Presented by Col. M. G. Clerk, Bengal Army.

Two leaves of a Persian romance with whole page miniatures in the Indian style.
Extra folio size. Presented by the Rev. Straton Campbell, Weasenham Rectory.

0.81. C2 Ikd

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Ikd al-Ula, a history of the conquest of Kirman by Malik Dinar, a. H. 583, Persian.
Presented by Major General Sir Frederic J. Goldsmid.
The number of Oriental MSS. consulted during the year was 953, viz., 627 in
the Students’ Room and 326 in the Reading Room.
The number of separate applications for Oriental MSS. was 362, viz. 201 in the Students’
Room and 161 in the Reading Room.
Ch. Rieu.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

I.—ARRANGEMENT AND CATALOGUING.

A selection from the Anderson collection of Chinese and Japanese paintings has been
arranged in the wall and standard cases in the new Exhibition Room in the White
building. The exhibition was opened to the public in March, and a guide to it has been

rinted.
. The alteration and verification of references in the general indexes, rendered necessary
by the recent removal of the collections, have been continued.

The preparation for press of these general indexes, in a revised and expanded form, has
been commenced.

A new and improved classification of the collection o. Early Italian Engrayings, and
the prepuration of a final catalogue in accordance with the same, have been commenced.

The collection of the works of Hogarth has been finally arranged in nineteen portfolios,
and an index to it has been prepared.

The collection of engravings by William Sharp has been re-arranged in seven guard-
books, and a MS. catalogue of the same has been nearly completed.

All the portraits by various engravers and in various states after Van Dyck, belonging
to the “Iconographie ” of that master (Nos. 19 to 190 of Wibiral’s catalogue), have been
brought together in order to be arranged as a complete series, and have been mounted,
stamped with the Wibiral references, and arranged in twenty-four portfolios.

The collection of engravings by Lucas van Leyden has been removed from the guard-
books in which it has hitherto been preserved, and a nearly complete set of the master’s
works in choice impressions has been brought together, to be placed on sunk mounts.

The supplementary collection of the works of Wenceslaus Hollar has been sorted and
classified according to Parthey’s catalogue, and arranged in three solander cases.

The various collections of selected prints by Dutch and Flemish engravers have been
combined in one alphabetical series.

The various collections of prints arranged to illustrate the works of Dutch and Flemish
painters have been combined in one series.

The collection of Dutch and Flemish drawings has been re-arranged in seventy-six
royal solander cases.

All the prints by various engravers and in various states after J. M. W. Turner, R.A.
have been brought together in order to be arranged as « complete series, and a preliminary
classified catalogue of the same has been prepared.

All the portraits of foreigners resident in England have been removed from the
collection of English portraits and arranged as a distinct class in one portfolio.

Classes V., VI., VII., and VIII., of the main collection of English portraits have been
examined, verified, and endorsed, and those in the supplementary series which belong to
them have been incorporated. Two thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight titles have
been written for the new index to the collection.

The Library of Reference has been re-classified and permanently arranged on the
shelves, and the new catalogue of the same has been completed.

One thousand two hundred and forty prints and drawings recently acquired have been
incorporated with the collections to which they severally belong.

Three thousand two hundred and twenty-five items have been extered in the Register
of acquisitions.

Six thousand three hundred and twenty-seven prints, drawings, etc., have been impressed
with the departmental stamp and references to the Register.

One thousand one hundred and thirty-one drawings and prints have been placed on
sunk mounts, and four hundred and three have been mounted in the ordinary manner.

II. Appirions.
The total number of drawings, prints, &c., acquired during the year was 5,056, of
which the following are the most important :—
IraL1AN SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico. A centaur killing lions; pen and Indian ink.

ACCOUNTS, &c.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 21

Woodcuts.

F Andreani, Andrea. The Triumph of Christ; after Titian; in four sheets; late
impression, with the address of Calisto Ferrante.

Engravings.

Anonymous, fifteenth century. The Virgin surrounded by saints; reproduction of an
engraving which is pasted in side the cover of a copy of the “ Epistol Sancti Hieronymi,”
Venice, 1496, possessed by the Biblioteca Nazionale di S. Marco. Presented by Signor
Castellani.

* Valli, Antonio. Landscape, with a man filling a pitcher at a well; after N. Poussin;
counterproof. Presented by Messrs. S. Warne & Son.

Vangelisti, Vincenzo. Pyramus and Thisbe; after Guido Reni.

Volpato, Giovanni. Martyrdom of St. Andrew; after Guido Reni; the etching.
Presented by Messrs. S. Warne & Son.

Prints arranged io illustrate the Works of Painters.
ome Pompeo. ‘ Cleopatre qui montre a Auguste le buste de Jules Casar;” by

. Mark.

ware Pietro (da Cortona). Hagar in the Desert; by J. B. Michel; proof before
the title.

Botticelli, Sandro. ‘ Primavera”; chromo-lithograph published by the Arundel
Society.

Carpaccio, Vittore. St. George baptizing the Princess Cleodolinda and her Father ;
chromo-lithograph published by the Arundel Society.

Carracci, Annibale. The Nativity; by Lips and Forster; proof with the artists’
names only.

Mingardi, Giovanni Battista. ‘La Storia eternar volendo il nome dé celebri Pittori,
assegna il luogo a loro Ritratti nel Tempio della Gloria”; by Vitalba.

Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista. Two of a set of fancy heads; by T. Viero.

Procaccini, Giulio Cesare. Venus disarming Cupid; by P. Caronni.

Reni, Guido. Venus wounded; by J. Mecow.

Santi, Raffaello. The Transfiguration; by 5. W. Reynolds, jun., mezzotint; proof
before letters. “ The Seven Cartoons of Raphael Urbin that King Charles y¢ 1st bought,”
_ &e.; engraved by B. Lepicie, D. Bauvais, and C. Du Bose. Eighteen portraits of
himself, engraved from various pictures. Three reproductions of original drawings of
female heads in the collection of Mr. Malcolm; Presented by John Malcom of Poltalloch,
Esq.

Sernidrelli Luca. Thirty-three photographs from paintings in the Cathedral at Orvieto.
Presented by Lionel Cust, Esq., F.S.A.

Tibaldi, Pellegrino. Subjects from Odyssey ; five plates by B. Crivellari. Figures of
the Apostles; three plates by B. Crivellari.

Vecellio, Tiziano (Titian). The Battle of Cadore; anonymous etching. Christ and
the Disciples at Emmaus; by N. Bazin.

Zampieri, Domenico (Domenichino). ‘‘ Der Evangelist Johannes”; by F. Bahmann.

Twenty-three chromo-lithographs after Fra Angelico, J. d’Avanzo, Fra Bartolommeo,
G. A. de’ Bazzi, Michelangelo Buonarroti, V. Carpaccio, N. da Foligno, D. Ghirlandajo,
B. Gozzoli, Filippino Lippi, Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, G. Pacchiarotto, B. Pinturicchio,
Raffaello Santi, A. del Sarto, L. Signorelli, and Perugino; all “second subscription ”
publications of the Arundel Society.

GERMAN SCHOOL.
Drawings.
Holtzbecker, S. Seventy-three highly finished drawings of flowers; water-colours on

vellum.
Engravings.

Anonymous. View of Nuremberg, 1502; derived from the woodcut in the “ Nurem-
berg Chronicle.” ‘
Meckenen, Israhel van. The Virgin and Child with a clock ( Willshire, II. 453, 36).

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Griitzner, Edward. “Im Klosterweinkeller”; by F. Fraenkel; artist’s proof.

Hofmann, Heinrich. Christ disputing with the Doctors ; oleograph.

Lindner, Franz. “La Vanité” ; by A. Geiger, mezzotint.
; Saree Friedrich. The Virgin and Child, with St. Elizabeth and St. John; by

. Felsing.

Plockhorst, Bernhard. The Archangel Michael contending with Satan for the body of
Moses; oleograph.

Ten chromo-lithographs after A Diirer, H. Holbein, Stephen Lothener, and Wilhelm

_ von K6ln ; all “second subscriptions ” publications of the Arundel Socicty.
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DutcH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS.

Drawings.

Vaillant, Bernard. Portrait of a gentlemen; dated 1681; in chalks.

Etchings.

Verboeckhoven, Eugéne Joseph. Thirty-one plates, chiefly of animals.

Wonder, Pieter Christoph. Four portrait heads. Presented by Herr Schaffer.

A collection of one thousand seven hundred and forty-one examples by the following
artists of the modern Belgian school:—L. Abry, P. J. Arendzen, A. Aubry,
F. de Baerdemaecker, E. Baes, L. Baes, C. J. Bal, L. Becker, C. F. Bendorp,
C. Billoin, G. Biot, E. de Block, A. Boch, F. Bogaerts, A. de Boiseau, C. Boom,
H. vander Borcht, G. van Bos, E. vanden Bosch, H. Boulenger, J. Boutry,
F. de Braekeleer, M. J. van Brée, C. de Brou, H. Brown, L. Brunin, F. G. Busch
mann, C. Cap, L. A. Carolus, E. Carpentier, J. Cermak, L. Chabry, Cleynhens,
F. Cogen, P. O. Coomans, Erin Corr, F. Crabeels, A. Danse, L. Danse, P. Decleer-
macker, J. Delboéte, J. Demannez, G. Den Duyts, Devachez, Dicudonné, Adolphe
Dillens, Albert Dillens, H. Dillens, Dirickx, E. Dujardin, J. Dujardin, L. Durand,
F. A. Durlet, V. Eeckhout, A. Elsen, L. Elsen, L. Falmagne, J. L. Flameng,
T. Fournois, A. Francia, J. Franck, L. Fuchs, L. Gallait, W. Geets, L. Gérard,
T. Gérard, L. Ghémar, A. Glibert, H. Gox, A. Goyers, L. Greuse, Marquise de
Grimaldi, Van Groeningen, C. de Groux, J. Guitte, H. vander Haert, E. Hamman,
T. Hannon, G. vander Hecht, J. Helbig, J. Hemeleer, H. Hendrickx, A, Hennebicq.
C. Hoven, A. Hubert, J. Hunin, A. J. Imschoot, L. Jacquelart, J, B, de Jonghe,
F. van de Kerkhove, L. Kuhnen, F. van Kuyck, L. van Kuyck, M. Kuytenbrouwer,
F. Lamoriniére, F. Lauwers, A. Lavaerts, A. Le Bailly d’Inguern, A. Le Mayeur, L. Le
Nain, H. Leys, J. Lies, A. Ligny, E. Linnig, J. T. J. Linnig, W. Linnig, sen.,
W. Linnig, jun., E. Lucq, T. Lybaert, A. Lynen, H. Mabboux, R. E. van Maldeghei,
H. Marcette, J. Marchal, J. Maris, J. Meganck, J. B. Meunier, J. B. Michiels, A. Mol,
R. Mols, E. de Munck, Musin, P. E. Nicolié, A. H. de Noter, D. de Noter, P. F. de
Noter, E. Noterman, A. Numans, A. Obermann, Madame F. O’Connell, C. Onghena,
K. Ooms, P. Ouderaa, P. Parmentier, L. Peteghem, Petyt, H. J. Poorien, J. F. Portaels,
A. de Potter, E. Puttaert, P. J. B. Reeth, L. M. D. Robbe, W. Roelofs, Madame *
E. Rolin-Jaequemyns, F. Rops. J. M. Ruyters, T. van Ryswyck, JWI. Schaefels,
L. Schaefels, H. Schaep, Alexandre Schaepkens, Arnold Schaepkens, T. Schaepkens,
A. Schoy, T. Schwerdegeburth, C. Seghers, H. Seghers, A. Séverin, E. Smits, A. Spol,
T. Stallaert, W. Steelink, J. Stevens, J. P. Steyner, J. Stobbaerts, I. Stocquart,
C. Storm van’s Gravesande, F. Stroobant, A. P. Sunaert, L. vander Sypen, C. E. Taurel,
C. Trichon, Tits, W. Toovey, P. Troost, Tuyttens, Uyterhoeven, G. P. vander Veken,
Van Velt, C. Venneman, E. J. Verboeckhoven, H. Verbruggen, A Verhaeren, P. Ver-
haert, A. J. Verhoeven-Ball, C. Verlat,'T. Verstraete, M. Ver Suyvel, W. J. Vertom-
men, A. Verwée, H. Vianden, P. A. Viette, E. de Vigne, F. de Vigne, li. Villevielle,
A. de Vriendt, J. de Vriendt, C. A. Wauters, A. Wilde, J. Wildiers, L. Willaert,
Willeman, and A. Witte.

Engravings.

Bemme, Jan. Head of an old woman.

Gole, Jan. “ Pictura”; a lady seated before an easel; mezzotint.

Kockers, George. ‘‘ Nauwkenrige Afbeelding van de Nationalevergadering in den
Haag”, 1797.

Suavius, Lambert. An antique statue of Jupiter; undescribed.

Verkruys, Theodor. Portrait of a bearded man in a fur gown; after Titian,

Vermeulen, Cornelis. Erigone; after Guido Reni.

Wierix, Antonie. Portrait of Albert, Archduke of Austria; (Alvin 1831).

Wierix. Two anonymous companion portraits of a gentleman and his wife; unde-
scribed.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Asselyn, Jan. “Le Cavalier”; etching by L. A. Claessens.

Brekelenkam, Quiryn van. “ Vieillard” ; by L. A. Claessens.

Peeguieress Jacques. Landscape with a woman and a boy in foreground; by
- Morin.

Goltzius, Hendrik. Venus and Cupid ; without engraver’s name, (B. III. 102.26),
Venus, Cupid and Pluto; without engraver’s name. Jupiter and Juno; without
Sie name. Susanna and the Elders ; by J. Saenredam. Summer; by J. Saenre-

am.

Lelie, Adriaan de. | Musiciens de Village”; by L, A. Claessens.

Rubens, Peter Paul. “Marche de Siléne; by N. de Launay.

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FrencH Scuoot.

Drawings.

Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint. A man walking with crutches; pencil and sepia. A man
with arms folded, standing by a wall; sepia. .

Géricault, Jean Louis André Théodore. Portraits of the wife and children of the
bootmaker in whose house Géricauit lodged in London; the original pencil sketch for
the lithograph.

Gravelot, Hubert 1rancois Danville. Whole length seated figure of a gentleman ;
black chalk heightened with white. A party of ladies and gentlemen on a terrace; pen
and Indian ink. Five designs for octavo book illustrations; pen and bistre.

Marilhat, Prosper. View of Bab-Karamedan; pencil.

Marillier, Clément Pierre. “ Pauline et Suzette”; pen and sepia. ‘“Lorezzo”; pen
and sepia.

Millet, Jean Frangois. A youth reposing on a bank; black chalk.

Etchings.

Gaucherel, Léon. Eight plates of antiquities. Presented by H. F. Amedroz, Esq.
Johannot, Tony. Banquet in St. George’s Hall. A girl standing in a boat, conver-
sing with a man.

Lithographs.

A collection of ninety-eight proofs of works by members of the “ Société des Artistes
Lithographes Frangais,” including examples by A. Bahuet, C. Barzinski, J. Boutry,
A. Clot, G. D’Harlingue, J. Didier, H. A. Fauchon, G. Fraipont, A. T. Gilbert,
P. E. Guillon, J. J. Jacott, P. P. de L’aage, J. Letoula, A. Lunois, P. Mauron, E. L.
Pirodon, O. Redon, A. L. Sirouy, C. Thielly, and G. W. Thornley. Presented by
MM. P. de Laage and A. L. Sirouy, on behalf of the “ Société des Artistes Lithographes
Frangais.”

Engravings.

Alix, Pierre Michel, “ Le Beau Dunois” ; two aquatints, printed in colours.

Audouin, Pierre. The Vestal; after Raoux; signed artist’s proof.

Audran, Gérard. “ L’Empire de Flore”; after N. Poussin.

Chasteau, Guillaume. Angelica and Medoro; after L. de Silvestre.

Cousin, C. St. Paul and St. John the Evangelist; two book illustrations; signed
artist’s proofs.

Drevet, Pierre. Portrait of James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender; after
Largilliére ; first state, before all letters. Portrait of James, Duke of Berwick; after
B. Gennari ; first state.

Edelinck, Gérard. Portrait of Raimond Poisson, in the character of Crispin; after
J. Netscher.

Ficquet, Etienne. Portraits of Antoine F. vander Meulen; Théodore Beza; Ariosto,
after Titian, in four states; Ariosto (another plate), in two states; F. de Chennevriéres,
in two states ; Cicero; Corneille, after Lebrun ; René Descartes, after Hals; Charles
Hisen, after Vispré; Jean de La Fontaine, after Rigaud; F.de La Mothe Le Vayer,
after Nanteuil; Louis XV.; J. B. Rousseau; Saugrain; Jean J. Vadé; David van
der Plaas, after Eisen ; and Maria S. Merian, after Hisen.

Gaillard, Claude Ferdinand. La Vierge de la Maison d‘Orleans; after Raphael ;

roof before the title. Saint George; after Raphael; the picture in the Louvre; proof
before the plate was steeled.

Joubert, Jean Ferdinand, forty-eight proofs of book illustrations, after T. Johannot,
D. Maclise, &c.

Levachez, Charles Francois Gabriel. “Le Beau Dunois”; two aquatints, printed
in colours.

Pesne, Jean. Hercules delivering Hesione; after N. Poussin. ;

Poilly, Frangois de. The Holy Family, attended by angels; after N. Poussin.

Ruotte, Louis Charles. ‘“ Evelina” and “ Cecilia” ; two fancy heads.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Boilly, Louis Léopold. ‘“ On nous voit”; by Petit.
A young lady walking ; by S. Tresca; printed in colours.
Boucher, Frangois. Head of a girl; by W. Hébert.
Bouguereau, Adolphe William. A child seated on a rock by the sea; photogravure;
printed in colours.
Colin. The Seasons; four plates by Pioline.
Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille. Le Gué; etching by G. Greux; vellum proof.
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Coypel, Antoine. Triumph of Galatea; by C. Simonneau. ‘ Quelle force resiste aux
piéges de l'amour”; by J. Audran. ;

Desenne, Alexander Joseph. Three book illustrations ; proofs.

Dubufe, Claude Marie. “ Dress”; by G. Maile; mezzotint. “The Nest”; by G.
Maile ; mezzotint. “ Regrets”; by S. W. Reynolds, mezzotint. “Souvenirs”; by S.
W. Reynolds ; mezzotint.

Johannot, Charles Henri Alfred. ‘Twenty book illustrations ; proofs.

Johannot, Tony. Forty-seven book illustrations ; proofs.

Lancrenon, Joseph Ferdinand. ‘“ La Nymphe”; by J. Bein.

Largilliére, Nicolas de. ‘“ Ceres”; by P. Dawe; mezzotint.

Lebrun, Charles. ‘Le Retour a ia Vertu” (Madame de La Valliére as the penitent
Magdalen) ; by A. Cardon; proof before letters.

Le Prince, Jean Baptiste. “ Tes Modéles”; by J. de Longueil.

Le Sueur, Eustache. Music, History, and the Drama; by J. Jacquet; proof.

L’Evéque, Henri. A battle; by N. Schiavonetti; proof with the artists’ names only.

Lobrichon, Timoléon. ‘ Le Reveil” ; cliromo-lithograph.

Moreau, Jean Michel. “ Le Doux Entretien”; by 8. W. Reynolds; mezzotint.

Prud’hon, Pierre Paul. The soul chained down by sin; by A. Didier; proof.

Rioult, Louis Edouard. “ Va retrouver ta Mére”; by Sixdeniers ; mezzotint.

Roqueplan, Camille. An illustration to Rousseau’s “ Confessions”; by J. F. Joubert.

Scheffer, Ary. Death of Gaston de Foix; by J. F. Joubert; proof before letters.

Verdier, Francois. “ L’Automne”; by J. Haussard.

Vernet, Antoine Charles Horace (Carle). ‘ La Perruque Enlevée,” “‘ Les Joueurs de
Boules,” and a barber powdering a gentleman’s hair; three aquatints by Debucourt;
printed in colours.

Vernet, Emile Jean Horace. “Etude de Cheval Hongrois,” and “Etude de Cheval
d’Espagne ”; both by A. Legrand.

Watteau, Antoine. “Sous la Feuillée” and “Partie Champétre”; two etchings by
G. Champollion ; vellum proofs.

ARTISTS OF FOREIGN SCHOOLS WORKING IN ENGLAND.

Drawings.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey. Portrait of Alexander Pope; black chalk heightened with
white. Portrait of Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton; study for the Kitcat Club picture ;
black chalk and Indian ink, on blue paper. Portrait of Queen Anne; pen and Indian ink.
Fourteen various studies of heads, figures, and animals; black chalk.

Legros, Professor Alphonse. Study of a female head; silver point. Presented by the
Artist.

Lely, Sir Peter. Portrait of a lady ; Indian ink.

Martin, Elias, a.r.a. ‘‘ Mary and Elizabeth at the Toomb”,; pen and water-colours.
The Virgin and St. Elizabeth with the young Christ and St. John; pen and water-colours.
“ They are going down hill”; pen and water-colours.

Engravings.

Bartolozzi, Francesco, R.A. Edward and Eleanor; after W. Martin; proof before
letters. Death of Lady Jane Grey; after W. Martin; proof before letters.

Cardon, Anthony. The Last Request; after R. Westall, r.A.; unfinished proof.

Condé, Jean. Portrait of Baron de Wenzel; proof with open letters. Portrait of the
Chevalier d’Kon.

Facius, George Sigmund and Johann Gottlieb. The Judgment of Midas; after
C. Maratti; proof with open letters. Danae; after Titian ; proof before the title.

Hollar, Wenceslaus. Ecce Homo; after A. Diirer; proof before letters. Ecce
Homo; after W. P. An Angel guiding a youth; proof before the inscriptions. The
Trinity. Sleeping nymph of Diana; by Pontius and Hollar; proof before the name of
Pontius. Siege of Tabor. Siege of Casale. Siege of Hulst. Banquet of the Knights
of the Garter in St. George’s Hall. Map of Italy. Views of Ansbach and Coburg, on
one plate ; proof before the name of Ansbach. Two views of Chur, on one plate. View
of Fleckenstein. Plan of the Siege of Gennep. “A map of both Citties London and
Westminster before the Fire.” Map of part of London before the Fire. Eight views
cut from the Map of Florence. The Straits of Messina. Bird’s-eye view of Monserrato.
Plan of Candia. Large plan of Goa. Battle between the English and Dutch fleets, 25
July 1666. Portraits of Fernando, Cardinal Infant of Spain; William I., Prince of
Orange; Thomas, Earl of Arundel, after Van Dyck; Alathea, Countess of Arundel,
after Van Dyck; Stefano Della Bella, after Stocade (two states); Thomas Cromwell,
Earl of Essex, after Holbein; Venetia, Lady Digby; Charles II. (proof before letters) ;
Mary Villiers, Duchess of Lenox; Oliver Cromwell, altered from the Earl of North-
umberland (two states) ; Jerome, Earl of Portland, after Van Dyck ; Mary, Countess of
Portland, after Van Dyck ; Andreas Rivetus; Jan Roelans (undescribed state) ; Lady
Elizabeth Shirley ; John Spottiswoode (first state); Thomas, Earl of Strafford, after Van

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Dyck; Lucas and Cornelis de Wael, after Van Dyck; William II., Prince of Orange ;
and Henry Colthurst. A woman wearing a man’s hat. Bust portrait of a lady; un-
finished. A muff; undescribed. A head-piece, with lion and gryphon. Frieze of
children, with astronomical instruments. Roman standards, in four circles.

Meyer, Henry. Portrait of John Fleming Leicester, first Baron de Tabley. Pre-
sented by Lord de Tabley.

Michel, Jean Baptiste. Portrait of Isabella Brandt, first wife of Rubens; after
Rubens ; proof before letters.

Scorodumoff, Gabriel. The Gamblers; after Babwen.

Simon, Jean. Portrait of George I. with George II. and Queen Caroline; mezzotint ;
first state. Portrait of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; mezzotint. Hagar
and Ishmael; after S. Magnasco. :

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Cipriani, Giovanni Battista. Figures of Julius Cesar, Tacitus, and Columbus; three
plates by J. Godby.

Laroon, Marcellus. A man feeding a baby ; by J. Smith; mezzotint. A monk singing ;
by J. Smith; mezzotint. ry

Pellegrini, Domenico. The Power of Love; by G. Vendramini.

Tillemans. Peter. ‘* A prospect of the Town of Stamford”; by G. vander Gucht.

Van Dyck, Anthony. Forty-one portrait subjects belonging to the “ Iconographie,”
viz. :—Anthony Cornelissen, by L. Vorsterman (states 3 and 4); Jan vander Wouwer,
by P. Pontius (states 4,6, and 7); Frans Franck, jun., by W. Hondius (states 1 and 7) ;
Count Tilly, by P. de Jode (states 1 and 4); Hendrik van Balen, by P. Pontius (state
1); Don Alvar Bazan, by P. Pontius (state 1) ; Jakob de Breuck, by Pontius (states 2
and 3); Marie de Medici, by Pontius (state 3); Daniel Mytens (states 1, 2, and 3);
Sir Kenelm Digby, by R. van Voerst, proof before letters ; Karel van Mallery, by
L. Vorsterman (state 2); Nicolas Fabricius de Peirese, by Vorsterman (state 2) ; Cornelis
Sachtleven, by Vorsterman (state 4); Cornelis de Vos, by Vorsterman (state 4);
Lucas van Uden, by Vorsterman (state 2); Lady Catharine Howard, by Vorsterman
(state 2); Englebert Tajé, by C. Galle, jun. (state 2) ; Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel,
by W. Hollar (state 1); Jan van Malderus, by Hollar (state 1); John de Montfort, by
P. de Jode; Peter Symen (state 1); Marquis de Mirabelle, by A. Blooteling (state 2) ;
Anne Wake, by P. Clouwet (state 2); Quintin Simons, by P. de Jode (states 1 and 2);
Charles I., by Vorsterman; Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, by Vorsterman ; Hendrik,
Count vanden Berghe, by Pontius (two states); Adrian Hanneman (two states); Mary,
Princess of Orange, by L. Ferdinand; and Erycius Puteanus, by P. de Jode (states 1
and 5). ‘‘Ruhe auf der Flucht nach Egypten”; by J. Burger.

ENGLISH SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Alexander, William. Ten views of the druidical stones at Rolbright, Oxon; water-
colours.

Athow, I. View of Penshurst Place; watercolours.

Aylesford, Heneage Finch, fourth Earl of. Two landscapes; pen and watercolours.

Boys, Thomas Shotter. Landscape with a windmill; watercolours.

Britton, John. View of the Long Bridge at Tewkesbury; pen and watercolours.

Browne, Hablot Knight (“Phiz”). Seventeen original designs, in pen, pencil, and
wrtercolours.

Cuckler, John. Two views of Rochester Cathedral; watercolours.

Cleveley, John. Three scenes in the arctic regions; the original drawings for plates
illustrating Phipps’s “ Voyage towards the North Pole,” 177] ; watercolours.

Constable, John, n.A. Four finished drawings and forty sketches of landscape ;
watercolours. Presented by Miss Isabella Constable. ;

Cosway Richard, r.a. A woman looking at two sleeping children ; pencil,

Cozens, Alexander. Fifty sketches of landscape. A sketch-book, “ Sundry Studies
of Landscape Composition.” : ;

Cruikshank, George. Seven of the original sketches for his illustrations to “ Arthur
O'Leary,” “ Oliver Twist,” and Ainsworth’s “ Tower of London ”; pencil and water:
colours.

De Wint, Peter. View of Crewe Hall; watercolours.

Fielding, Newton. Ducks on the bank of a river ; watercolours. _

Flaxman, John, x.A. Portrait of Mrs. Mathew; pencil. A collection of one hundred
and forty-one original studies in pen, pencil, and Indian ink.

Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, R.H.A. Portrait of a gentleman; dated 1772; chalks.

Harvey, William. ‘The grateful negro ; watercolours.

Haughton, Moses. Portrait of Dr. Joseph Priestley ; sepia.

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Hayter, Sir George. A collection of one hundred and thirty-seven sketches and notes
made for his pictures of tae Coronation and Marriage of Queen Victoria ; in two portfolios.

Hunt, William. Portrait of Robert Clutterbuck ; Indian ink.

Uussey, Giles. Seven drawings of antique heads, &e.; pencil and black chalk.

Moore, Albert. Study of two female figures standing together; black chaik, heightened
with white. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq. '

Mulready, William, xa. A man watching a girl as she dances to the music of a
violin; black chalk, heightened with white.

Power, R. Two landscapes; watercolours.

Richardson, Jonathan II. Portrait of Sir Hans Sloane; dated 10th September 1740 ;
pen. Presented by A. W. Thibaudeau, Esq. Oeareeas

Smart, John. “wo portraits of the sons of Tippoo Sultaun; pencil miniatures.

Tomkins. Mrs. Keeley in the character of Lurline. Presented by Mrs. Keeley.

Tompson, Richard. Portraits of Lord John and Lord Bernard Stuart; after Van
Dyck ; the engraver’s drawing for the mezzotint plate ; red chalk. Presented by Mrs. A.
Campbell-J ohnston. ;

Wageman, Thomas Charles. Portrait of a gentleman; pencil. Presented by W.
Bloomfield, Esq. ;

Wray, Robert Bateman. Fifty-five heads drawn in outline from the antique, for his
gems; pencil and red chalk.

Etchings.

Gaywood, Richard. Portrait of James Hodder ; proof before letters.
Sibson, Thomas. Sixteen illustrations to the works of Charles Dickens.

Engravings.

Archer, John Wykeham. “ Still Life”; after A. Fraser; India proof.

Arnold, John. Portrait of a general; after S. W. Reynolds, jun.; mezzotint ; proof
before the title.

Baldrey, John. ‘‘ Peasants of the Vale of Llangollen”; after Bunbury.

Bickham, George. Portrait of George I.; after Kneller.

Bromley, William. Portrait of Raphael; from the Uffizi picture; proof before
letters.

Cousins, Samuel, R.A. The Maid of Saragossa; after Wilkie; the etching.

Faithorne, William I. Portrait of Charles II., with “ Honi soit qui mal y pense”
on the frame.

Fittler, James. Tigranes before Cyrus; after B. West; the etching.

Green, Valentine. Portrait of Martha Ray; after N. Dance; mezzotint; first
state.

Heath, Charles. ‘ Our Saviour healing the Sick in the Temple”; after B. West ;
four progress proofs. Presented by Messrs. S, Warne and Son.

Hodges, Charles Howard. The Infant Hercules; after Sir J. Reynolds; the
etching,

Tones: John. Portrait of William Osborn, m.p.; after T. Hardy; mezzotint; proof
with scratched letters.

Lightfoot, Peter. Musidora; after T. Gainsborough.

Martin, John. Belshazzar’s Feast; the etching.

Mason, James. Mountainous landscape at sunrise; after Moucheron and A. van de
Velde.

Phelps, Joseph. Young Shrimp Catchers; after W. Collins, r.a.; proof before
letters.

Pidding, Henry. ‘‘ Massa out; Sambo werry dry”; mezzotint.

Pope, Alexander. ‘ Look before you Leap”; mezzotint.

Read, R. Portrait of Rev. John Herries; after D. Martin ; mezzotint; first state.

Reynolds, Samuel William I. Statue of Charles James Fox; after Westmacott ;
mezzotint; unfinished proof. Portrait of G. Courthope, Esq. ; after T. Phillips, R.a.;
mezzotint.

Reynolds, Samuel William IT. The Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson standing
together; after J. P. Knight; mezzotint; proof before the title. Portrait of Queen
Victoria, seated with two ladies in attendance; after J. Stewart; the etching. “ Sunday
Morning ”; after W. Collins, r.a.; mezzotint; touched proof. “ Tygers disturbed”;
after J. Northcote, R.A.; mezzotint; the etching and a proof before letters, printed in
ee “ Morland’s Emblematical Palette”; after G. Morland; mezzotint; printed
in colours.

Sharp, Christopher. Two portraits of himself, one of them in three states; mezzotint.
Portrait of Charles Handasyde ; mezzotint; two states. Profile head of a man; mezzo-
tint.

Sharp, William. “The Children in the Wood”; after J. H. Benwell, by Sharp,
W. Byrne, and T, Medland; proof with etched letters.

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Smith, Edward. Christ on the Cross; two states.

Smith, John. Portrait of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury; after J.
mezzotint ; first state. Portrait of Sir Robert Cotton, Bart.; after a Gibson ; mezzo-
tint; first state. Portrait of Sir George Hamilton, Bart.; after J. B. de Medina; mezzo-
tint; first state. Portrait of the Hon. Constantia Hare; after Verelst; mezzotint ;
first state. Portrait of Griselda, Countess of Marchmont; after Kneller ; mezzofint;
first state, Portrait of Queen Mary II.; after J. vander Vaart; mezzotint; first state.
Portrait of William Wissing ; after himself; mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Smith, John Raphael. Sappho; after E. Martin; mezzotint. The Fortune Teller ;
after W. Peters ; mezzotint; first state. ‘‘ The Venetian Dress of the Sindall”; after
W. Peters; mezzotint; proof with etched letters. ‘“ Cowherds’’; after G. Carter;
mezzotint; proof with etched letters. ‘The Student of the Stable”; after B. Vander-
gucht ; mezzotint. Mezzotint portraits of Mrs. Armstrong, proof with etched letters ;
Charles Bannister, after M. Brown, proof with open letters; John Bannister, after
M. Brown, proof with open letters; William Bowden, in the character of Robin
Hood, proof with open letters; Mrs. Brooksbank, after H. D. Hamilton, proof
before letters; Jonathan Britain, after Parkinson, proof before letters; Miss Brown,
in the character of Clara, proof with etched letters; Sir Nathaniel Dance, proof with
etched letters; Sir John Fielding, after N. Hone; Catherine Frederick; Sir Nigel
B. Gresley, proof before letters; Charles Holland, proof with etched letters;
Mrs. Hoppner, as Sophia Western, after J. Hoppner, unfinished proof, touched; Sir
William Milner, Bart., after Hoppner, first state; John Miller, proof before letters ;
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Prothero, proof before letters; Miss Younge, with Dodd, Lowe,
and Waldron, in ‘‘ Twelfth Night,” after F. Wheatley, proof before letters.

Smyth, John Talfourd. Portrait of George Lance; after G. Clint; with a proof
touched by Lance himself.

Strange, Sir Robert. Bookplate of the English College at Paris, called the English
Benedictines; after C. Eisen. Presented hy A. W. Franks, Esq., €.B. =

Turner, Charles. A Spapish pedlar selling his wares; ‘after J. F. Lewis; the
etching.

Walker, James. The Widow of Zarephath; after Prince Hoare; mezzotint. ‘‘ The
Spell” ;-after J. Northcote ; mezzotint; proof before letters.

Ward, William. Portrait of Thomas Morrison; mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Riley ;

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Allan, Sir William, ria. “The Jolly Beggars”; by A. W. Warren; proof with
open letters.

Allom, Thomas. “ The National Gallery, Charing Cross”; by Sands.

Ansdell, Richard, R.A. The Waterloo Coursing Meeting; by S. W. Reynolds, jun. ;
mezzutint. Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society; by 8. W. Reynolds, jun. ;
mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Auld, P. C. “ Burns’ Monument on the Banks of the Doon”; by D. Lucas ; mezzo-
tint.

Bennet, Thomas. “Badgers”; by C. Turner ; mezzotint ; printed in colours.

Benwell, John Hodges. “Love Repentant” and ** Love Triumphant”; a pair; in the
style of Bartolozzi. ;

Brunias, A. The West India Flower Girl; by L. C. Ruotte.

Buek, Adam. “Vespers”; by Platt and Lewis; printed in colours.

Bunbury, William Henry. “ The Blind Beggar and his Daughter of Bethnal Green”;
by J. Chapman.

Burney, Edward Francis. The parting of Hector and Andromache; by R. Cooper.

Cave, Henry. North-east view of York; by R. Havell and Son; aquatint.

Collings, Samuel. ‘The Heir Disinherited” ; by F. Jukes; aquatint.

Cooper, Abraham, R.A. “ The Shooters’ Companion”; by W. Giller ; mezzotint.
«Wellington at Waterloo” ; by F. Bromley ; mezzotint.

Copley, John Sineleton, R.A. Death of Major Pierson ; by A. Kessler.

Corbould, Edward Henry. Canterbury Pilgrims atthe Tabard Inn ; by C. E. Wagstaff;
mezzotint.

Cosway, Maria. “The Fair Persian”; by J. Walker; mezzotint.

Cosway, Richard, r.a. Four fancy subjects; by G. P. Lasinio.

Forrester, Alfred (“ Crowquill”). _“‘ Life, its Ups and Downs” ; by H. Blundell.

Graham, John. ‘the Disobedient Prophet; by H. Hudson; mezzotint.

Hamilton, William, x.A. Euphrasia; by F. Howard; mezzotint.

Hering, George Edward. “ Tambourina”; by C. G. Lewis.

Hogarth, William. Portrait of himself, holding palette and knife; without engraver’s
name; stipple.

Locke, William II. The Tarantella Dance ; by Bartolozzi. “ Fammi una riverenza,”
&c.; by Bartolozzi.

Maclise, Daniel, R.A. An illustration to Moore’s “ Irish Melodies”; by J. F. Joubert
proof before letters.

Mortimer, John Hamilton, a.r.a. Banditti; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint; proof before
letters.

0.81. D2 Mulready,

23 ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Mulready, William,r.a. A “Mulready” envelope, addressedto Angus M* Phail, Esq.;
also a lithographed caricature of the Mulready envelope. Presented by A Chisholm, Esq.
Six other lithographed caricatures of the Mulready envelope. eae

Parker, Henry Perlee. “The Survivors of the Wreck of the Forfarsbire in James
Darling’s Cottage”; by C. G. Lewis; the etching. —

Peters, Rev. William, R.A. “ Sylvia”; by J. Walker; mezzotint. |

Reinagle, Philip, r.a. ‘“ Breaking Cover”; by John Scott. “ Ptarmigans” ; by F. C.
Lewis; aquatint. : :

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, P.R.A. Portrait of George Legge, Viscount Lewisham; by
N. Salway ; mezzotint.

Portrait of the Hon. William Legge; by N. Salway ; mezzotint.

Scarlett, N. “The Loosing of Satan”; by A. Smith.

Singleton, Henry. “Nurture ”; by J. Godby. |

Smirke, Robert, n.a. “Lady Pentweazle”; by D. Lucas; mezzotint.

Smith, John Raphael. ‘Les Deux Ami”; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Stothard, Thomas, R.A. “ Lord Russell taking leave of Lady Russell on the day of his
Execution” ; by C. Knight. “ Charles I1., after his defeat by Cromwell at the Battle of
Worcester, discovering himself to Colonel Windham’s Family”; by C. Knight.

Stubbs, George, a.r.a. A gentleman riding in a park ; by G. 'T. Stubbs.

Vandergucht, Benjamin. “A Student of the Stable”; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Walton, Henry. “Plucking the Turkey”; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

West, Benjamin, p.r.A. Chryses, Priest of Apollo, invoking God to revenge the
injuries done him by Agamemnon”; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint. —

Willison, George. Lady with rabbit; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Wright, Joseph (of Derby). ‘ Edwin”; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

ORIENTAL.

A Chinese painted roll. Presented by W. G. Gulland, Esq.
A Chinese kakémono. Presented by M. Watters.
A Japanese kakémono. Presented by M. Watters.

MopERN PRINTS PRESENTED BY PUBLISHERS,

The Trustees have received from Mr. L. H. Lefevre, of King-street, St. James’s,
artists’ proofs of the following prints published by his firm during the year :—

Burr, John. “ An Incorrigible”; etching by Horace Burr.

Nicol, Erskine, a.p.A. “Examine your Change before Leaving”; etching by
J. Dobie.

Phillips, Lawrence Benjamin. View of the Tower of London; an original etching.

Briick-Lajos. “The Quartett (a Rehearsal)”; etched by L. Lowenstam; remarque
proof, signed by the artists.

PORTRAITS.

Foreign.

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista; by Fabroni; lithograph.

Brandenburg, William Frederick, Margrave of; after Feuerlein, by J. Simon;
mezzotint.

Caroline Augusta, Empress of Austria; after I. Stieler, by F. John.

Colonna, Vittoria; reproduction of an engraving from the picture in the Colonna
Palace, Rome. Presented by the Hon, Alethea Talbot.

Cosmo I., Grand Duke of Tuscany ; after Bronzino, by A. Duttenhofer.

Eon de Beaumont, Charles, Chevalier d’; by R. Cooper. Another; by V. Vispré;
mezzotint.

Erasmus, Desiderius; after Holbein, by T. Lupton; mezzotint.

Grotius, Hugo; by J. Chapman.

Gyongyossi a Petteny, Paul; by C. F. Fritsch.

Helst, Hugs vander ; by N. Verkolje; mezzotint; proof before letters.

Kies, Pieter Janszoon; after C. Ketel, by J. Honbraken.

Louis XV., King of France; by V. Vispré; mezzotint.

Mary, Princess of Orange; by W. Faithorne.

Napoleon I., Emperor of France; by F. Eginton.

Pius VII., Pope; after J. B. Wicar, by A. Contardi. Another; after C. V.
Camucini, by G. Balestra.

Renaudot, Euscbe; after I. Rance, by F. Chereau.

Rubens, Peter Paul; eight engravings from the picture by himself in the Queen’s
collection. Another ; after Van Dyck, by J. H. Robinson.

Vernet, Emile Jean Horace; after Julien, by Ducarme; lithograph.

Victor Amadeus II., Duke of Savoy; by J. Simon; mezzotint.

Worowzow, Count Michael: after G. Dawe, by H. Dawe; mezzotint.

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 29

English.

Addington, William ; after W. Peters, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Annandale, William Johnston, Marquess of ; after Kneller, by J. Smith ; mezzotint.

Armstrong, Mrs.; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Bewick, Thomas ; after J. Ramsay, by H. H. Meyer.

Bexley, Nicholas Vansittart, Baron; after J. Rand, by C. Turner; mezzotint.

Bouverie, Hon. Mrs. Edward; after J. Hoppner, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Bowden, William, in the character of Robin Hood; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Bowes, Mrs. Eleanor ; by J. Simon; mezzotint. ’

Caius, John; by W. Robins; mezzotint

Caroline, Queen of George II., when Princess of Wales; after B. Arlaud, by
J. Simon; mezzotint.

Carter, Miss; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Charles II.; whole length; by J. Smith; mezzotint.

Charlotte, Queen of George III.; three plates by C. Spooner; mezzotint.

Cotton, Sir Robert, Bart.; after T. Gibson, by J. Smith; mezzotint.

Cromwell, Oliver, on horseback ; by P. Lombart; modern impression from the plate
in the possession of Sir J. Stirling-Maxwell.

Crouch, F. Nicholls, composer of ‘“‘ Kathleen Mavourneen”; two photographs. Pre-
sented by the Saciety of Science, Letters and Art of London.

Cumberland, Miss; after G. Romney, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Cumberland, H. R. H. William Augustus, Duke of; by J. Simon; mezzotint.

Dance, Sir Nathaniel, Commodore; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Davy, Sir Humphry, Bart.; after T. Phillips, by S. W. Reynolds ; mezzotint.

Dukinfield, Rey. Sx Henry Robert, Bart.; after Sir M. A. Shee, by C. Jousiffe ;
mezzotint.

Dundas, Lawrence, Lord; after J. Jackson, by W. Ward; mezzotint.

Emmett, Robert, the Irish rebel, as he appeared at his trial before Lord Norbury,
18th September 1803; by W. Read.

Fitzpatrick, Sir Jeremiah; after 8S. Drummond, by W. Barnard; mezzotint.

Foster, Ingham ; after H. Morland, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Frederick, Prince of Wales; four different plates, by J. Simon; mezzotint.

Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Ann; anonymous mezzotint.

George I.; by J. Simon; mezazotint.

George II. ; five anonymous mezzotints.

George William, Prince, son of George II.; anonymous mezzotint.

Giffard, Bonaventure, English Catholic Bishop; by C. Du Bose.

Gould, Sergeant Major Patrick; after G. Watson, by J. Young; mezzotint.

Griffith, John Hugh; by V. Green; mezzotint.

Hamilton, Emma, Lady; as a Sibyl; by G. T. Stubbs; printed in colours. Another,
seated on a chair; by G. T. Stubbs; printed in colours.

Harmar, Rev. John; by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Hartley, Elizabeth; by J. Sharples; mezzotint.

Herries, Rev. John; after D. Martin, by R. Read; mezzotint.

James II.; after Kneller, by B. Picart.

Jardine, William ;- after G. Chinnery, by T. Lupton ; mezzotint.

Kinnoul, Thomas Hay, eighth Earl of ; after W. Hoare, by C. H. Hodges; mezzotint.

Mansfield, Louisa, Countess of; after G. Romney, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Milner, Sir William Mordaunt, Bart; after J. Hoppner, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Monmouth, Ann Scott, Duchess of, with her two sons ; after Kneller, by J. Smith;
mezzotint.

Murray, Rev. Dr.; after J. Slater, by A. Cardon.

O’Connor, Arthur; after J. Dowling, by W. Ward; mezzotint.

Palmer, Rey. Samuel ; after A. W. Devis, by H. Meyer; mezzotint.

Philosophers of England; eight ovals on two plates; by J. Simon; mezzotint.

Poets of England; sixteen ovals on four plates; by J. Simon; mezzotint.

Richard II., kneeling before the Madonna; the Wilton House diptych; chromo-
lithograph published by the Arundel Society.
~ Rodney, George Brydges, Lord; by J. Chapman.

Rooke, Sir George; by J. Simon; mezzotint; two states.

St. Vincent, John Jervis, Earl of; after G. Stuart, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint.

Sancroft, William, Archbishop of Canterbury ; anonymous mezzotint.

Shakspeare, William; photograph from a picture in the possession of Mr.
Frederick Piercy, formerly at Stoke Court, Bucks. Presented by F. Piercy, Esq.

Siddons, Mrs. Sarab, in the character of Lady Macbeth; after G. H. Harlow, by
R. Cooper.

Smith, Dr. Robert ; after W. Fowler, by W. Ward ; mezzotint.

Snape, Rev. Andrew ; anonymous mezzotint.

Standen, Rev. Joseph ; after J. Wills; anonymous mezzotint.

Storace, Anne Selina, in the character of Kuphrosyne; after De Wilde, by J. Condé.

Teignmouth, John Shore, Lord; after G. Richmond, by W. Walker.

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=

Trimmer, Miss; after C. Read, by R. Purcell; mezzotint.

Tuiloh, William; by W. Walker. R

Twemlow, John (of Hatherton) ; after F. Aylmer, by 3. W. Reynolds, jun. ; mezzotint.

Victoria, Queen, with two ladies in attendance; after J. Stewart, by S. W. Reynolds,
jun. ; mezzotint.

Whitefield, Rev. George ; after J. Russell, by J. Watson; mezzotint.

Wilkes, John; after R. E. Pine, by R. Purcell ; mezzotint.

William III.; after Kneller, by J. Simon; mezzotint. Another, with Frederick,
Duke of Schomberg; after Kneller, by R. Purcell ; mezzotint.

Wilson, Thomas, Bishop of Sodor and Man; after R. Phillips, by J. Simon;

mezzotint.

History,

Investiture of Prince Maurice of Nassau with the Order of the Garter, 1614; anony-
mous Dutch etching.

Key-plate to a set of four prints of the trial and death of Lonis X VI.

«Entrée de Buonaparte.en Egypte ”; anonymous coloured engraving.

Monument “ aux braves Morts le 14 Juin 1815”; after Lecomte; coloured engraving

SETS aND COLLECTIONS.

« Auswahl der vorziiglichsten Bildlichen Darstellungen aus dem auf Anreguny und
unter Mitwirkung Seiner Kaiserlichen und Koniglichen Hoheit des Durchlauchtigsten
Kronprinzen Rudolf lierausgegeben Prachtwerke Die Osterreichisch-Ungarische Monar-
chie in Wort und Bild”; a set of thirty woodcuts; proofson Japanese paper; Wien,
1888. Presented by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales.

A set of fifteen proofs of etchings by W. Hole, P. Zilcken, and B. Blommers, from
pictures by J. B. Corot, N. Diaz de la Pena, J. Dupré, C. Jacque, A. Monticelli, T.
Rousseau, B. Blommers, J. Bosboon, J. Israels, J. Maris, M. Maris, and A. Mauve; done
to illustrate “A Memorial Catalogue of the Dutch and Flemish Pictures at the Edinburgh
Exhibition, 1886.” Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Books oF PRINTS.

Bode, Wilhelm. “ Bilderlese aus Kleineren Gemildesammlungen in Deutschland und
Osterreich” ; parts VI. and VII., with eight etchings; Oldenburg.

Botticelli, Sandro. “ Zeichnungen zu Dante’s Goettlicher Komoedie, nach den
Originalen im K. Kupferstichkabinet zu Berlin ” ; part ILI., containing twenty-five repro-
ductions. ‘‘ Die Acht Handzeichnungen des Sandro Botticelli zu Dante’s. Géttlicher
Komiédie im Vatikan ”; eight reproductions; Berlin, 1887. :

Bredius, A. ‘ Die Meisterwerke des Ryksmuseum zu Amsterdam; mit erliuterndem
Text”; parts I—VII., with forty-one photogravures.

Chenavard, Paul. “ P. C. et son GHuvre. Premiére Partie; Le Panthéon”; parts
I.—VII., with twenty-eight reproductions; Lyon, 1887, fol.

Cosway, Richard, R.A. “ Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures by R. C. and com-
temporary Miniaturists; illustrated by photographs of the Originals in the possession of
Edward Joseph, Esq.,” 1885. Presented by Edward Joseph, Esq.

Detaille, Edouard. “ L’Armée Francaise. Texte par Jules Richard” ; parts VI—XIV,
with thirty-six photogravures; Paris, 1886-8.

Detailleur, H. ‘‘ Recueil d’Estampes relatives 4 ’?Ornementation des Appartements
aux 16°, 17°, et 18° Siecles” ; one hundred and forty-four facsimile engravings, with text ;
2 vols. Paris, 1871, fol.

Essenwein, A. “Hans Tirols Holzschnitt darstellend die Belehnung Kénig Ferdinands
[. mit den Osterreichischen Erblindern durch Kaiser Karl V...... 1530”; eighteen
reproductions; Frankfurt, 1887, fol.

Falconer, William. ‘‘ The Shipwreck, a Poem,” 1804; illustrated with eight plates
after N. Pocock, and with six of the original watercolour drawings and thirteen proofs of
the engravings inserted.

Gessner, Salomon. Twenty-four etchings of views in Switzerland, done for the “ Hel-
vetischen Almanach. ”

Girodet-Trioson, Anne Louis de Roussy. ““ Anacreon; Recueil de Compositions
dessinées par Girodet, et gravées par M. ChatiJlon son Eléve”’; fifty-four outline plates,
1825. “ Sappho, Bion, Moschus; Recueil de Compositions dessinées par Girodet, et gravées
par M. Chatillon son Eléve”; forty plates, 1829. ‘‘Eneide; Suite de Compositions
dessinées au trait par Girodet,” &c. ; eighty-three lithographs.

Hefner-Alteneck, J. H. “Trachten, Kunstwerke und Gerathschaften vom fruhen
Mittelalter,” &c.; parts 79-87; with one hundred and twenty plates; Frankfurt, 4to.

Hendschel, Albert. “Aus A. Hendschel’s Skizzenbuch”; thirty reproductions of
drawings ; Frankfurt, 4to.

Hirth, George. “Les Grands Illustrateurs; Trois Siécles de Vie Sociale, 1500—
1800,” vols. IL—IV., with two thousand two hundred and ninety-four productions.

Jacquemin,

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 31

Jacquemin, Raphael. “Supplement 4 l’Iconographie Générale et Méthodique du
Costume du 1V*. au XIX* Siécle;” parts I.—VI., with sixty coloured etchings.

Kraus, Johann Ulrich. “ Biblisches Engel-und-Kiinst Werck ”; a set of one hundred
and twelve plates of biblical subjects; Augsburg, 1694, fol.

Landseer, Sir Edwin, r.A. “ Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.4.,” Library edition :
one hundred plates engraved by C. Tomkins, J. Scott, R. Josey, J. C. Webb, &c.;
artists’ proofs. ;

L. Clere, Sebastien. “ Labyrinte de Versailles”: forty-one etchings. “ Principes de
Dessin”; fifty-two outline plates. “Figures d’Academie pour aprendro 4 desiner” ;
twenty-seven plates.

Lewis, John Frederick, r.a. “ Illustrations of Constantinople ; arranged and drawn
on stone from the original Sketches by Coke Smyth” ; twenty-five plates.

Menzel, Adolph. “Das Werk Adolph Menzels; mit Text von Max Jordan und
Robert Dohme”; parts I1J.—XVII., with sixty plates; Miincher, 1886-8.

Meyer, Johann Heinrich. Forty-eight etchings of views in Switzerland, done for the
“ Helvetischen Almanach.”

Morelli, Francesco. “ Raccolta degli antichi monumenti esistenti nella Citta di Pesto ”;
nine plates. “ Raccolta degli antichi monumenti esistenti fra Pozzuoli, Cuma e Baja” ;
twelve plates. “ Raccolta degli antichi monumenti esistenti fra Girgenti Segreste e Selin-
unte ”; six plates.

Moro, Luigi del. “La Facciata di S$. Maria del Fiore”; parts I.—IV., with nine
photogravures; Firenze, 1887-8.

Ollendorf, G. “ Salon de 1887”; with seventy-two reproductions.

Pecht, Friedrich. “Geschichte des Miinchener Kunst im neunzehnten Jahrhundert” ;
illustrated with woodcuts; parts I.—-VI.; Miinchen, 1887.

Racinet, M. A. “L’Ornement Polychrome”; second series; parts VIII.—X., with
thirty-six plates.

Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie. “ Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée... .
executé en 1837”; one hundred lithographs ; Paris, 1848, fol. “ Notes et Croquis de
Raffet ” ; {forty-eight plates of reproductions of sketches; Paris, 18/8, fol.

Riehl, Berthold. “ Die Gemalde you Diirer und Wohlgemut,” parts I.—VIL., with
ninety-eight permanent photographs.

Rosenberg, Adolf. ‘ Miinchener Malerschule,” illustrated with twenty-three etchings
and photogravures; Leipzig, 1887, 4to.

Santi, Raffaello. “Le Loggie di Raffaelle incise da Giovanni Ottaviani e Giovanni
Volpato nell’ anno MDCCLXX.” ; forty-six modern impressions from the original plates.
“Les celébres Tapisseries de Raphael d’Urbin, connues sous le nom d’Arazzi qui sont au
Vatican a Rome, au nombre de yingt pieces, gravées par Louis Sommerau Peintre” ;
twenty-one plates.

Schadow, Gottfried. ‘‘ Handzeichnungen von Gottfried Schadow ”; fifty-six repro-
ductions, with text by E. Dobbert; Berlin, 1886, fol.

Schmidt, Dr. Wilhelm. “Die Inkunabulen des Kupferstichs im Kgl. Kabinet zu
Minchen ” ; with thirty-one reproductions; 1887, ‘* Handzeichnungen Alter Meister im
Koniglichen Kupferstich-Kabinet zu Miinchen”’; part IV., with thirty-six reproductions ;
Miinchen, 1887.

Siena Cathedral. The Seven Ages of Man; a set of lithographs from the pavement
of the cathedral; Rome, 1886, large fol.

Thornley, Georges William. ‘ Fac-simile de Dessins en couleurs d’aprés Frangois
Boucher”; series I. and I1., with fifty plates.

Via, Alessandro della. ‘ I Numia Diporto sul Adriatico; Descrizione della Regatta
Solenne,” &c., 1688 ; with fifteen etchings.

Wattier, Emile. ‘ L’(uvre de Boucher reproduite par E. W. d’aprés la gravure des
dessins originaux ”; one hundred lithographs, Paris, 1874, fol.

MeranL Puates.

The Resurrection of Christ ; a modern niello plaque done from the impression on paper
described by Duchesne, No. 122 of his catalogue. :

Robetta. The original copperplate (engraved on both sides) of two of his engravings,
viz..—The Adoration of the Magi (Bartsch 6), and the Young Man tied toa Tree
(Bartsch 25).

The original copperplate of an etched portrait of an old woman ; found twelve feet
under ground during excavations in Hanway Street. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

PLAYING CaRDs.

Two packs of Chinese playing cards. Presented by S. Culin, Esq.

ToPpoGRAPHY.

View of the Grotto at Pozzuoli; one of the plates to Braun’s “ Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum ”; coloured.

‘lwo views of cromlechs in the County of Kilkenny; anonymous etchings. Presented
by J. G. Robertson, Esq.

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ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Books oF REFERENCE.

The following Books of Reference have been presented to the Department :—
Fagan, Louis. “Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved Works of William Faithorne” ;

London, i888, 8vo. Presented by the Author.
Lichtwark, Alfred. ‘Der Ornamentich der Deutschen Friihrenaissance” ; Berlin, 1888,

8vo. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq. ’

Lippmann, Friedrich. “ The Art of Wood Engraving in Italy in the Fifteenth
Century. English Edition”; London, 1888, 8vo. Presented by the Author.

Turner, Joseph Mallord William, r.a. ‘Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Liber
Studiorum at the Rooms of the Grolier Club, New York, January 1888.” Presented by
Howard Mansfield, Esq.

Vaillant. “Catalogue d’Ciuvres des Fréres Vaillant, artistes Lillois, offerte a leur
Villa natale par la Société des Sciences et des Arts de Lille”; Lille, 1887, 8vo. Pre-

sented by A. W. Thibaudeau, Esq. ;
Sidney Colvin.

DEPARTMENT OF EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.

I.—Arrangement and Cataloguing.

Egyptian Division :—

One inscribed bowl, one sun-dial, two lions, eight bronzes, eight stone objects, sixty
porcelain chjects, two terra-cottas, six pieces of sculpture, a granite head, four objects of
granite or alabaster, five tablets, and one hundred and eighty-five other objects have been
mounted on plinths or pedestals of marble, Caen stone or granite.

Twenty-two inscriptions have been mounted and fixed in position. A sarcophagus has
been mounted on granite plinths.

Twenty-three pieces of embroidered linen from Ekhmim haye been mounted under
ae and a piece of woollen tapestry has been mounted and fixed in the Second Egyptian

oom.

Seven hundred and seventy-six ostraka have been placed in boxes.

A sarcophagus, a boat, a sun-dial, three figures, three vases, two inscriptions and a
plaster cast have been repaired.

Nine papyri have been unrolled and mounted. Fragments of papyri have been joined.
The Galleries have been cleaned and dusted.

Nineteen stele-frames have been made and eight stands for jars. A stand for pieces of ©
fossilized wood has been made.

A new front has been made for a case, and the objects re-arranged in the case. A
stand has been made to hold papyri in the Second Egyptian Room and a cupboard fitted
up underneath it.

Twenty-four cylinder-stands have been made. Nine hundred and sixty-two objects
have been registered. Seventy-six labels have been written, and three hundred and
twelve printed. Seven hundred and six objects have been placed in boxes. Four hun-
dred and seventy labels have been painted. Four thousand one hundred and thirty-six
catalogue numbers have been attached to objects. Nineteen impressions of inscriptions
have been taken.

The photographing of the Papyrus of Ani has been completed.

Parts of the collection have been re-arranged, and newly acquired objects have been
exhibited.

Assyrian Division :—

The tablets of the Kouyunjik Collection, from 6,254 to 12,000, have been transferred to
the new trays prepared for them in the Students’ Room, numbered, registered, placed in
numbered boxes and arranged in order. One hundred and twenty-eight tablets have
been numbered, registered and arranged to fill up gaps in the earlier part of the Kouyunjik
Collection. Printed numbers have been attached to five hundred boxes of the K. Collec-
tion, and duplicates of these numbers have been attached to the trays to mark the exact
position of each box. Wight thousand seven hundred small fragments have heen counted
and placed together in a box for safety, thus completing the arrangement of the collec-
tion. The S. Collection, S.+ Collection, Rassam]. and Rassam IJ. Collections, have
also been transferred to trays in the Students’ Room, placed when required in numbered
boxes and arranged in order.

Besides the 5,747 numbers of the K. Collection, 1,995 tablets of other collections have
been registered ; 3,059 labelled; 118 descriptive and reference labels have been written ;
437 labels have been printed. ‘The greater part of the B. 88, 10-13 collection has been
placed in numbered boxes and the whole arranged in order. 530 headings have been
written for the MS. copies of contract tablets, many of which have been arranged in
chronological order. Seven tablets have been copied, one for the Corpus’ Inscriptionum
Semiticarum. Ten seals have been described and copied for the proposed catalogue of
seals. 162 tablets and cylinders have been joined or mended. Seven tablets have been
cleaned. Twelve cylinder stands have been made.

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Cases in the Students’ Room have been fitted with trays to hold the newly arranged
collections.

Wainscot linings and brass fittings have been fixed to cases in the Assyrian Basement.

An index to the Registers has been made.

A list of the exhibited objects has been begun, showing their exact position in the
galleries.

The table-cases in the Keuyunjik Gallery have been cleared and re-arranged.

The revision of Vol. LV. of the Cuneiform Irscriptions of Western Asia has been
continued ; 19 plates have been revised and corrected, and several of the proofs have
been corrected, this work involving the copying of several new texts, and the examination
of more than 4,000 tablets of the K. Collection for the purpese of discovering duplicate
texts.

The Assyrian tablets from Tell el-Amarna, 81 in number, have been copied witha
view to publication, ;

Twenty-three Himyaritic inscriptions have been registered.

The collections have been several times described and explained to classes and parties of
students. 1,273 visits have been made to the Egyptian and Assyrian Department by
students and others who have been assisted, when required, in their researches.

Of the acquisitions, the following are the most noteworthy :—

Purchases.

Bey ptian:

A hieroglyphic papyrus measuring 87 feet, written for a royal scribe called An-i,
together with the wooden Osiris figure in which the papyrus was originally placed.

A hieroglyphic papyrus written for a military scribe, called Nes necht about B.c.
1000, and measuring 51 feet by 14 inches. Both papyri contain unique and interesting
vignettes.

A mummy with bead-work complete, in its coffin, from Ekhmim, being the second
mummy from Ekhmim in the Museuni.

A mummy in a case of cartonnage, with original lacine.

A sct of large blue glazed porcelain jars, one of them inscribed. A pair of ivory hands
and arms from a royal mummy at Thebes. An ivory upright figure of « woman carrying
a ball upon her head. - The ivory handle of a fan with head of the goddess Athor. Case
for the mummy of a Cynocephalus. Bronze pendant and knife from mummy of Ameno-
phis III. Twenty-two bilingual Greek and Demotic tessere. A table stand for offerings.
A scarabeeus of Japis lazuli inscribed with the name of Queen Amenartas. Three pieces
of basalt inscribed with battle and hunting scenes. Wooden figures of lion and the god
Bes.

Two flax combs. A box containing four glass bottles. Twenty-five jars from a
mummifier’s shop at Aswan.

A painted leather roll.

Assyrian :—

A collection of one hundred and twenty-seven tablets, including contracts and other
texts of the reign of Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar, Nabonidus, Darius, and Antigonus,
besides other interesting documents.

Seven hundred Babylonian case-tablets and others, dating from about B.c. 2500 to
the time of Darius.

A collection of eighty-one cuneiform tablets from Teli el-Amarna on the Nile, con-

sisting principally of letters to the Kings of Egypt, Amenophis III. and Amenophis
1V., from foreign monarchs and officials. The date of these tablets must, therefore, be

placed in the sixteenth century before Christ. — { ;
A stone weight with a trilingual inscription in Persian and Babylonian and Median.

Ten fragments of Babylonian historical cylinders. A porcelain figure of an animal.

Presents.

Oval agate gem inscribed with head of a king and legend. Presented by Lieut-Colonel
S. Mockler.

Nine Babylonian contract-tablets. Presented by Dr. H. Martyn Sutton.

Thirty-one Greek, Coptic, and Demotic Ostraka. Presented by the Rev. Chauncey
Murch.

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One Coptic ring; a Coptie pendant; a small coffin; a fragment of a glazed vessel;
three imitation dates; two fragments of fishing-nets; a leather legging from Ekhmim;
part of a garland and fragment of black inscribed granite; twelve bronze fragments; a
terra-cotta model of sacrificial altar; a shoe; a bronze pin; a terra cotta lamp; seven
Coptic ornaments; a wooden oar; thirty-six pieces of porcelain for inlaying. Presented
by the Kev. Greville J. Chester.

A blue glazed porcelain animal; a fragment of coffin of Pataumat; a twisted grass
scourge. [resented by W. Myers, lsg.

Ywo moulds for figures of the god Bes. Presented by F. G. Hilton Price, Esq.

A Parthian stone sarcophagus containing burnt remains of a human body, found near
Bushire. Presented by 7. J. Malcolm, Esq.

Mummy bearing name of Artemidorus, with painted portrait of the deceased ; the
mummy ofa child, also showing a painted portrait; gilded head and foot case trom a
mummy ; a limestone stele from tomb of l’apii; demotic tablet. Presented by H. Martyn
Kennard, Esq.

A Cufie gravestone. Presented by Major D, S. Shirving.

Part of picture upon leather, belonging to the Book of the Dead. Presented by H.
Wallis, Lsq.

A Cypriote inscription on marble, found on the site of the Temple of Aphrodite at
Paphos. Presented by the Cyprus Exploration Fund.

P. le Page Renouf.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND Roman ANTIQUITIES.
I.—Arrangement, Cataloguing, &c.

Twelve sculptures, one inscription, and sixteen terracottas have been repaired and
mounted; the sculptures of the east pediment of the Parthenon haye been placed on new
marble pedestals, and the sculptures of the west pediment have been placed on temporary
pedestals ; five slabs of the frieze of the Parthenon have been moved; forty-one mosaics
have been fixed on the walls of the north-west staircase; progress has been made in the
re-arrangement of the sculptures in the Archaic Room, the Ephesus Room, the Elgin
Room, the Phigaleian Room, the Graeco-Roman Gallery, and the Graeco-Roman Base-
ment ; the walls and ceilings of the Graeco-Roman Basement have been painted ; eleven
vases, one gold ornament, three bronzes, and ninety-eight terracottas have been cleaned
and repaired ; six casts have been taken from antique moulds for terracottas; three
drawings have been framed and glazed, and three drawings have been mounted for
exhibition.

In fitting cases with new locks, re-mounting and re-arranging the collections contained
in them, considerable progress has been made in the First Vase Room ; the Second Vase
Room has been all but completed ; progress has been made with the Fourth Vase Room,
and with the Etruscan Saloon; the Terracotta Room has been completed; 1,212 objects
have been registered; 346 descriptive titles have been written and attached to objects;
456 tickets have been written and attached to gems.

The Catalogue of Engraved Gems has been completed and issued ; progress has been
made with a Handbook to the Vases, and with Catalogues of the Terracottas and Archaic
Sculptures. Sheets Hh—Zz of Part III. of “ Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British
Museum” have been printed off.

TI. — ACQUISITIONS.
By Ponation.—I. A series of fragments of pottery from Minorca. [Classical Review,
d Fane oat 7 '
Presented by F. B. Hue and S. Tuke, Esqs.

IT. Ashes, in the form of a pomegranate, with patterns in the “ Mycenzan ” style.
Presented by W. R. Paton, Esq.
III. A large collection of objects found at Naucratis during the excavations of
1885-86. The collection includes :—

1. A gold ring with intaglo of Eros playing the game of himanteligmos, and other
gold ornaments.

2. Bronze kottabos-stand with three feet in the form of a lion’s claws.

3. Archaic male torso of alabaster.
4. Archaic-

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4, Archaic head of marble, with traces of colour.

5. Limestone statuette of hunter with bow and arrows. Over each shoulder he carries
a brace of hares. Inscribed with the name of the dedicator, and of Aphrodite:

K. AAIA........ITH (K[a]AXlale ry Agpodizn)

6. A series of limes st: 3, inc ; . : :
on . e is Ji mestone statuettes, including a male figure holding a lion by the hind
egs, and a relief representing a sepulchral banquet.

7. In porcelain, (a) a female head, blue, white
ain, ale head, blue, , and yellow, of very fine work, and
probably a portrait of the Ptolemaic period, broken from a séeducitee a) a vase with,

a of birds and patterns; (c) a fragment with the Greek letters H= beneath the
glaze.
t=)

8, Ivory head of an Egyptian, and head of an ibex of fine work.

9. Fragment of shell, tridacna squamosa, stained purple, and carved with lotus and
other patterns.

10. Terracotta statu g ne ; :
bei ettes, ornaments attached to a sarcophagus, lamps, and scarab

11. A large series of vases and fragments of vases, in which many different wares are
represented. The most important are (a) vases having the surface coated with a cream
slip on which the design, consisting principally of friezes of animals, is painted in cel
colours. The finest of these is a large bowl inscribed with a dedication to Aphrodité b
one Sostratos. Thereis also a fine plate with figure of a Sphinx. Many of the pees
have dedicatory inscriptions. (b) Portions of cups of the “ ware of Cyrene’’ with interesting
subjects ; (c) specimens of black-figured ware ; (d) fragments of the ‘** Polledrara ware m
(e) fragments of red-figured ware, including a lekythos, with a scene representing ne
gathering of incense, an a rouge pot, containing rouge, on the lid of which 1s painted a
table; ( f) fragments of local and late fabrics, some of which have not been hitherto repre-
sented in the Museum collections. | See Classical Review, 1888, p. 232. ]

Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund.
1V.—1. A series of thirty-four vases from Cyprus, principally derived from excavations
at Paraskeui, and of an archaic style with incised patterns.
2. Specimens of mosaic ¢essere from Curium. [ See Classical Review, 1388, p. 266. ]

Presented by Colonel Falkland Warren, R.A.

‘ ’ ue By Chae : :
V. Bowl of Roman red ware, with stamped designs of Aphrodité and Silenus. From
Auvergne.

Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

VI.—1. Marble altar, decorated with four bull’s heads and flowers. Inscribed
OAAMOS. From Cnidos.

2. Marble altar, encircled with a snake in relief. From Cnidos.

3. Three fragments ctf a large marble sarcophagus, with reliefs represeating the labours
of Herakles. From Lyde or Lissa.

4 Two fragments of a sarcophagus, with a partridge in relief, and other objects. [rom
Lyde or Lisse.

5. Iron hammer, lead tool, and fragment of a pithos with lead framework. From
Thasos. ;

6. Marble fragment of the hand of a colossal figure, with tips of two fingers. From
Thasos.

7, A series of objects in terra-cotta. From Samothrace.

8. Hand-made archaic vase. From Antiparos.

9. Three fragments of obsidian knives. Irom Serina.

Presented by J. Theodore Bent, Esq.

“VII. A series of antiquities, including—
1. Ivory knife-handle and saw. From Smyrna.

2. Foot of bowl of red ware, with incised design of a male figure standing between two

busts. From Alexandria.
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3. Bronze bezel of ring with intaglio of male head to left. From Beyrout.
4, Marble bust of Diana. From the Fayoum.
5. Seven small intaglios and one cameo.

6. Two lead plummets.

Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

VILL. A series of antiquities excavated by Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie, in the Fayoum,
including—
1, Six late Greek inscriptions, chiefly sepulchral.

2. Fragments of wooden tablets, prepared with wax, and partly inscribed with, late
Greek characters.

3. Terracotta vase for holding the mixture of honey, water, and milk that was offered
to a tame crocodile (Strabo, p. 812). Inscribed ‘Ieoov Yovy(ov). [Classical Review,
1888, p. 297. }

4, Twenty-one terracotta vases or fragments of vases of Ptolemaic aad Roman
periods.

5. Fragment of blue and purple glazed ware.

6. Figure of Eros in lead.

Presented by Jesse Haworth, Esq.

IX. A series of antiquities excavated by Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie, in the Fayoum,
including—-

1, A mummy with the face covered by the portrait of a gir] painted on a wooden panel,
apparently in an encaustic process. Late Roman period.

2. ‘Three limestone fragments, with late Greek inscriptions, and one late Roman female
portrait-head in limestone.

3. Wooden tablet, with a late Greek dedication by one Diogenes, in honour of Nablas
of Arsinoé.

4, Piece of linen, with iascription, in memory of one Diogenes, an jrfrne-
5. Six terracotta saucers, each containing a pigment of different colour.

6. Fragments of painted pottery of a very late period.

Presented by H. Martyn Kennard, Esq.

X. A series of objects found during the recent excavations in Cyprus :—
1. Marble head of a boy, probably Eros. [Journal of Hellenic Studies, IX., pl. X.]

2. Gold pin, 7 inches long, with head in the form of a Corinthian capital, richly
adorned. Above the capital is a large freshwater pearl, set in gold, and above this is a’
second pearl. The pin is inscribed with a dedication to Aphrodité of Paphos by one
Euboule. [Journal of Hellenic Studies, IX., pl. XI.]

3. Fragments of a red-figured rhyton, with scenes arranged in two bands. Below, a
scene from the hunt of the Calydonian boar; above, the making of Pandora. [Journal
of Hellenic Studies, IX. p. 221, figs. 1-3].

4, Marble slab of an altar, with Greek dedication.

5. Part of a marble slab, with a letter from King Antiochus. [Classical Review, 1888,
p- 330. Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1X., p. 230.]

6. Part of a marble stele, with list of persons announced as contributors to the Elzo-
christion. [Journal of Hellenic Studies, IX., p. 231.]
The above, Nos. 1-6, were obtained on the site of the temple of Aphrodité at Paphos.

7. Fragment ofa Panathenaic vase. [Journal of Hellenie Studies, IX. p. 222, fig. 4.]
8. Two aryballi of red ware.

9. Cup of green glazed ware with yellow interior, and a few small objects.

Presented by the Commitice of the Cyprus Exploration Fund.
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XI.—1. Two vases with patterns painted in imitation of archaic variegated glass.
2. Vase with design in white bands on a red ground.

3. Four vases with bands of black round the body.

4, Vase of plain ware.

5. Bronze cylinder which has been attached to a piece of furniture.

These objects are from tombs at Bin Tepé near Sardes, which were excavated in 1882
by the donor.

Presented by George Dennis, E'sq., C B.

By Purchase.

I.—1. Bronze ecista with incised designs, representing scenes from the Trojan war,

viz. (a) Paris, Menelaus and Aphrodité; (4) Greeks in combat with Trojans and
Amazons. [‘‘ The Builder,” 23 Feb. 1889.]

2. Marble statuette, apparently of a Doryphoros.

II.—1. Archaic lenticular sard, with deer suckling young. From Calabria.
_ 2. Chaleedoay head of Vespasian.

3. Four bronze objects from Syria.

4. Terracotta vase in form of foot. From Rome.
5. Ivory ticket, incised, H|PAKA[EIJAHC.
6

. Ivory ticket, incised, AILEIC
AO

7. Ivory tablet with relief; bust of Achilles to right. From Karnak.
8. Shell cameo ; head in profile to left.
9. Bronze ring with intaglio ; diga to left.

10. Bronze brooch with ibex crouching. From the Troad.

III. Archaistic marble statue of Artemis, height 5ft.10in. She is draped, wears a
diadem, and holds out in her left hand a diminutive deer. From Rome.

IV.—1. Bowl of Roman red ware with hunting scenes and inscription BVTRIO in
relief. rom Auvergne.

2. Similar bow! with gladiatorial combats in relief. From Auvergne.

V. Scarabvid, with intaglio of youth bending forward to fasten his sandal. From
Tarsus.

VI. Terracotta statuette of Pan. From Tanagra.

VII.—1. Bronze mask of Zeus Ammon. From Corinth.

2. Bronze ring, with intaglio of Capaneus, and bronze intaglio with head of Minerva,
3. Archaic silver ring with intaglio of crouching gryphon. From Marion in Cyprus.
4, Five intaglios and one cameo.

5. Terracotta statuette: female figure holding infant. From Kyme.

6. Large krater : infant Herakles strangling the serpents in the presence of several
deities. [Classical Review, 1888, p. 327.] From Civita Castellana.

7. Four archaic vases. [Classical Review, 1888, p. 297.] From Thebes.

8. Terracotta figure of Bes. From Alexandria,

VIII.—1. Chalcedony scaraboid: lion devouring bull.

2. Banded onyx scarab: Satyr carrying off nymph.
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JX.—1. Bronze bezel of ring: lion attacking a deer.
2. Silver bezel of ring: nude female figure.

3. Five intaglios.

X.--1. Alabaster statuette of Apollo of an archaic type. From Naukratis.

2. Five fragments of Greek inscriptions. From the Fayoum.

XI. Bronze mirror-case, Etruscan, with relief of youthful Dionysos, winged, offering
wine from a phialé to a panther.

XII.—1. Etruscan bronze mirror with bone haadle. Incised design of Athené hold-
ing up the head of Medusa, which is reflected in a pool at her feet, in the presence of
Perseus and Hermes. [Classical Review, 1888, p. 329. ]

2. Archaic bronze disk with perforated patterns. Found in the Lugo di Fucino.

XIII. Plasma intaglio with the contest between Herakles and Achelous, in the presence
of Deianeira. Cut scarab. [King, Antique Gems and Rings, II., pl. 34, fig. 3. |

XIV. Onyx cameo: a bust of Caracalla. Found between Verona and the Po.

XV. Bronze mirror-case. On the outside is attached a relief representing apparently
Eros assisting Phedra to unveil herself, to the horrer of one of her attendants. [Cf
Euripides, Hippolytus, 352.] On the inside is an incised design of a nymph seated on a
bench, and playing with Pan at a game resembling the Italian morra, or perhaps with
astragal, An Eros stands near the nymph, and a swan suggests the vicinity of a foun-
tain. The design is of very great beauty, and belongs to a class of which few specimens
are known. [rom Corinth.

XVI. Marble bust of Tiberius. From Rome.
XVII. Twenty-one antique moulds for terracottas. From Tarentum.

XVIII.—1. Lead gland, with a winged thunderbolt and inscription DQIAOY. From
Marathon.

2. Eight lead glands.
A. S. Murray.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEepImvaL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.
I.— Arrangement.

Prehistoric Saluon. Considerable progress has been made in this room. The arrange-
ment of the wall-cases 1 to 50 has been completed, including the later Stone and Bronze
Ages of this country and abroad; and the more recent acquisitions of the Greenwell
Collection, which have been arranged in the order of the excavations. The two project-
ing cases in the outer portion of the Saloon have been altered to receive East Indian
antiquities, and tablets for mounting have been made to fit the lower portions.

The arrangement of the table-cases is approaching completion; the whole of them
have been lined with flock paper, the specimens arranged in them, and the labelling is in
progress. Owing to the great number of specimens to be dealt with, the arrangement
has been a tedious operation ; but as it will be difficult to shut off any part of the Saloon,

it is considered best to complete the labelling and other details of arrangement before the
room is finally opened to the public.

Bighty seven mounting boards have been covered with paper, and 2,355 specimens
mounted,

Nineteen plinths have been made for British urns, and 10 plinths for ancient Indian
urns, and a considerable number of the latter have been repaired.

Medieval Room. The extensive collection of clocks, watches, sun-dials, chamberlains”
keys, and Papal rings, bequeathed by the late Mr. Octavius Morgan, has been arranged.
A table-case has been refitted, and lined with velvet to receive the collection of watches

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and sun-dials, and a section of the wall-cases has been provided with new fittings for the
clocks, astrolabes, &e. The large clock made by Isaac Habrecht was of too great a size
to find a place in this room, and it has therefore been placed at the head of the staircase,
a position in which it is seen to great advantage. This clock, the whole of the watches,
and some of the sun-dials, have beea provided with labels, and the labelling of the rest
of the series is being continued.

Asiatic Saloon. The contents of wall-cases, Nos. 33-54, consisting of Japanese pottery
and porcelain, have been removed, cleaned, and replaced. The cases have been dis-
tempered, and the edges of the doors covered with velvet where necessary, and the locks
have been examined.

Advantage has been taken of the presence in England of Professor BE. S. Morse, of
Salem, Massachusetts, a high authority on Japanese wares, to examine the collection of
Japanese pottery, and with his friendly aid, to revise the attributions of some of the
specimens.

Glass and Ceramic Gallery. The completion of the arrangement of this gallery, and
its opening to the public, were recorded in the Return for last year, for reasons there
stated, although actually occurring during the year here dealt with.

A panel in a door concealing a hydrant has been inscribed with the names of the
principal donors to these sections, and a label has been written for the bust of Madame
du Boceage. Six Delft tiles, a portrait of Josiah Wedgwood, and an etched glass panel,
have been framed.

The recent additions have been provided with card labels.

Ethnographical Gallery. The three extensive series from the Andaman Islands, the
Nicobar Islands, and from the Sakais and Semangs of the Malay Peninsula, have been
arranged in the sections to which they belong. The sections of Easter Island, New
Zealand, Hervey Islands, Kast Central Africa, Abyssinia, and that of Japanese armour,
have been examined and the specimens cleaned, and where necessary, re-arranged. The
trophies of Australian clubs have been re-arranged. The specimens exhibited on the
tops of the wall-cases have been twice examined and cleaned.

The collection of Japanese arms and armour has been examined, and a rough slip
catalogue has been made, with the assistance of Mr. Masayuki Kataoka.

An oil painting of a Malagasy has been placed in a frame and labelled; and an ancient
Mexican mask of stone has been mounted on a plinth and labelled.

The registration has been proceeded with, and 1,755 objects registered.

Two hundred and sixty-six ethnographical specimens have been described for the per-
manent Slip Catalogue, with a drawing of each object.

One bundred and sixty-six card labels have been printed with the hand press in the
department, with duplicates of each.

Two hundred and ninety-two mahogany mounting tablets have been made; one mount-
ing board and ninety-six small tablets covered with paper ; and a plaster cast has been
put upon a plinth and labelled.

The series of Oriental inscribed gems in the department has been arranged, and the
copying and trans!ation of the inscriptions are in progress.

The Payne Coliection of Roman antiquities from Kent, and the Saxon objects from
Taplow have been re-arranged.

The old inventories of the department, prepared by Dr. Birch in 1835-1845, have been
examined, classified, and divided according to the present arrangement of the departments
of Antiquities.

IL. — Acquisitions.
(1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities :--

A pierced axe hammer of stone and a jet button froma harrow on Huggate Wold, East
Riding, Yorkshire, and a bronze spearhead found in the Thames at Hampton, presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq., c.B.

A circular bronze shield with bosses, found at Athenry, County Donegal, a number of
bronze celts from Ireland, and an amber bead engraved with what are stated to be
Ogham letters; from the Londesborough Collection.

Three flint saws with curved edges, found at Murlough, Dundrum, County Down,
presented by the Marquis of Downshire.

Specimen of ancient British “ring money,” formed of alternate bands of gold and
silver, found at Dorchester, Dorset.

A Late Celtic iron sword in its bronze sheath, found in the bed of the Thames, and
engraved in “ Hore Ferales” pl. XV. From the Londesborough Collection.

Twenty-two vessels of pottery, chiefly cinerary urns, of Late Celtic period, found in a
cemetery at Aylesford, Kent, with antiquities of bronze already in the Museum.

The foreign illustrations of this section have received an important accession in a
collection of antiquities, found on the sites of pile dwellings in Savoy, of which the
Museum had not before obtained any specimens. These objects are chiefly of the Bronze
“o.8t. E4 Period,

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Period, and have been found in the Lac du Bourget. They were collected by Professor
Laurent Rabut, of Chambéry, the author of two important works on the subject, where
many of them are figured. ;

The collection comprises 2 number of implements and ornaments in bronze, horn, &c.,
and numerous specimens of pottery, some of them decorated in an unusual style. The
series is of interest in connection with similar objects from the Lake dwellings of
Switzerland, as showing that the inhabitants of the two districts were in these
ancient times living under very similar conditions. This collection has been presented

by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Among the other additions may be mentioned :— ,

Two Drift implements from San Isidro, Madrid, presented by John Evans,
Esq., P.S.A. ie

A fine series of eight bronze swords, a curious object ending in a swan’s head, four
spear-heads, and eight armlets, all found together at Zsujta, Abauj, Hungary.

A bronze sickle from Syracuse, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Celt of grey stone, found at Kom el Ahmar, Upper Egypt, presented by the Rey.
Francis Warre. A slate knife from Gebelain, and a stone celt from Dayr el Bahari,
Egypt, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. Flint implements and flakes from
TeJl el Yahoudieh, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund.

Portion of astone hammer from Umaria, Central Provinces, India, presented by Walter
Dodgson, Esq.

A Chinese bronze axe-blade in a more modern handle of gilt metal ; from the Londes-
borough Collection.

(2.) Anglo-Roman :—

Bronze handle of a clasp: knife, representing a hare pursued by a hound; found in
S.E. London, and presented by J. Romilly Allen, sq.

(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &c . :—

A silver fork and spoon, of Saxon period, found at Sevington, North Wilts; from the
Londesborough Collection.

A bronze oval brooch of Scandinavian type, found with another and an iron sword
(both of which are row in the Museum), in a grave at Santon, Norfolk; presented by
Mrs. W. Weller-Poley.

A very elaborate Irish brooch of bronze gilt, engraved and set with pastes ; four silver
brooches of the same type: a brooch of silver of unusual size with thistle shaped ends,
from County Longford ; and several specimens in bronze, including that found at Moate,
Westmeath, and a richly ornamented silver pin. A number of iron spear-heads, and an
iron axe head, from the Thames. All from the Londesborough Collection.

Silver matrix of the seal of the Mayor of the Staple of Westminster, late 14th
century ; bronze matrix with Agnus Dei; silver matrix of seal of Sir Robert Naunton ;
enamelled medallion pendant with the arms of Eugland; two iron arrowheads; and five
sets of painted fruit trenchers, four of them in the original boxes; all presented hy
A. W. Franks, Esq.

Silver matrix of seal of a priest, English 14th century. Figure of St. John in bronze
gilt, said to have been found in the Thames at Windsor, presented by T. C. Button,
Esq. A fragment of a canopy of monumental brass of Peter de Lacy, presented by
J.G. Waller, Msq., r.s.A. Funeral chalice of lead found in the churchyard at Rhés
Crowther, County Pembroke, presented by the Rey. C. Morgan.

A brass bell with figures of Saints and the name of William Stokeslay, from Pickering,
Yorkshire, 14th century ; presented by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

An old English pepper mill of wood, from Devonshire, presented by George
White, Esq.

Nine ornamental keys of steel, a flint mounted in silver as a “ thunderbolt,” a silver
watch with revolving dial, made by Jos. Hutchins, London, 18th century, and a tortoise-
shell box with busts of William and Mary, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A repeating watch with cases of silver and tortoiseshell, made by Benjamin Arlaud,
of London, presented by Miss Saul, A medallion type portrait in lead, of a royal

personage, and a similar portrait in wax, modelled by Tassie; presented by F. E.
Whelan, Esq.

(4.) The Octavius Morgan Bequest :—

This valuable bequest under the will of the late Charles Octavius Swinnerton Mor-
gan, Esq., F.R.S., F.S A., of The Friars, Newport, Mon., forms an important addition to
the late medieval and more modern series in the Mueeum.

The collection comprises fifty clocks, one hundred and twenty-six watches, sixty-
three sun-dials and similar instruments, seventy-six Chamberlains’ keys of office, and
twenty-three Papal rings of investiture or other large finger rings.

Among

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Among the clocks the most important are :—the large and elaborate clock made in 1589
by Isaac Habrecht, the maker of the famous Strasburg clock; a complicated astronomical
clock of French work, about 1530, described and figured in “ Archeologia,” Vol. XX XIV.;
anda German clock of the 16th century, surmounted bya figure of a eriffin. The watches
comprise an interesting adaptation, in the 16th century, of a Saracenic astrolabe of
about the 12th century into a striking watch ; an alarum watch by David Ramsay
and two watches by Edward East, watchmakers to James I. and Charles I. respec-
tively; an oval watch made at Lyons by Jean Vallier, in a richly engraved case
said to be by Theodore de Bry; several watches in crystal cases of the 16th century,
and a number with outer cases of enamel by Toutin, the Brothers Huaud, &c. The
dials and other instruments include a fine Saracenic quadrant made by Muhammad ben
Ahmad el Mizzi, in a.p. 1334, a beautiful dial in the form of a Corinthian column, made
in 1593, and a number of German and other sun-dials of the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Chamberlains’ keys form a popular addition to the Museum collections, and
include examples of the keys of many of the Imperial, Royal, and Electoral, Courts
of the Continent and England; the English specimens of the Georgian epoch being in
very perfect state. The Papal rings also are important from their rarity and historical
interest, and the series, though not numerous, is only approached in extent by that in the
Waterton Collection.

By this bequest the Museum collection of ancient clocks, watches, and astronomical
instruments, has become probably the most complete yet formed.

(5.) Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &c. :—

Three bronze stamps from the East, and two stone matrices of seals of Byzantine
period, from Cyprus. <A stone stamp from Benha, and two Coptic stamps from
Naukratis, Nile Delta, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. <A buckle of
Teutonic design, with enamel, from Akhmim, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Seven vessels of pottery of the Merovingian period, from Auvergne, presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.; and the bronze mounts of a Merovingian bucket from Amiens,
presented by John Evans, Hsq., p.s.A.

Five specimens of German champlevé enamel, and a French translucent enamel on
silver, of the Crucifixion ; anivory mirror frame with the Assault on the Castle of Love, an
ivory panel with the Deposition, and another representing a game of forfeits; a case of
brass in the form of a book engraved with inscriptions, and the arms of Dame Andrian de
Morbeck, Flemish work of the time of Charles V.; a figure of a knight, in wood,
German, 15th century; three Italian plaquettes of bronze; a salt-cellar of Limoges
painted enamel, school of Pierre Reymond, dated 1542; a Limoges circular medallion,
with the head of a Cesar, a portrait of an ecclesiastic by Nouailher, and another painted
enamel; matrix of the seal of Renaerd van Hahen; a wax model for a bas-relief of the
Crucifixion, and a scrivener’s pen case of silver, made by Mouillez, of Paris; all presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An ivory chess piece, a bishop, 13th century, and a number of cross-bow bolts, from
the Londesborough Collection. A German ivory carving of the 14th century, the Flagel-
lation, ivory medallion portrait of an ecclesiastic, by Cavalier, 1686, and two similar
portraits of a lady anda gentleman, by Gouin, of Moscow, 1705, all presented by the
Lady Charlotte Schreiber.

Matrix of the seal of the military Order of St. George, another of an office at Ypres,
three Italian matrices in steel, and two others.

An ivory sun-dial, with the arms of a cardinal, of Italian work: two silver étuis,
engraved with astronomical signs, to serve as sun-dials, and containing a teetotum, dice,
&c.; two dice of ivory and steatite, and thirty draughtsmen of silver, embossed and
chased, of German work, 17th century ; all from the Londesborough Collection.

A French table clock, dated 1616, and bearing the arms of the Chanlecy family.

A German priming box of the 16th century, inlaid with bone, presented by Henry
Willett, Esq., F.G.s.

A Runic staff calendar, from Norway, presented by Miss C. Horn.

An elaborate Saracenic geomantic instrument of bronze, inlaid with silver and gold,
and bearing the name of the maker, Muhammad ibn Khutlukh, of Mosul, with the date of
the Hejira, 639 (a.p. 1240-1241). It was used for calculating events by means of astro-
logical numbers.

Two Saracenic metal vessels, one with the name of the engraver, Taj-uddin, and a steel
bar, with Arabic inscriptions, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An Arab stoneware cone, with stamped inscriptions, from Thebes, and a Russian
enamelled pendant, with a figure of a saint, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester,

(6.) Ceramic and Glass Collections :—

(a) Foreign Potteru.—Portion of a bowl, with pierced ornament filled in with glaze,
found at Fostat, Cairo, and an important specimen of Italian majolica, viz., a tazza
on which is painted Cicero expounding the law to Julius Cesar, made in the “botega” of
Maestro Girolamo da le Gabice, at Pesaro, in the year 1542; the only signed example
of this master; presented by C. Drury Fortnum, Esq., V.P.3.A.

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A pharmacy jar of early Faenza ware, with masks in relief, and a pitcher of Asciano
ware, dated 1600, presented by Sir J. Charles Robinson, F.s.a. Majolica plate, with a
scene from the Cartoon of Pisa, and the arms of Cardinal Bembo, from the Fountaine
Collection.

Sixteen Persian tiles, painted in lustre with inscriptions and ornaments, 13th or 14th
century. Panel and two tiles of Persian pottery, brought by the donor from Persia,
presented by Cecil H. Smith, Esq.

Three Persian dishes of painted ware, probably of the 13th century, found in excavatious
near Teheran ; a Persian dish decorated with white slip ; a faience vase of Persian style;
two plates of Narbonne majolica; a lustred Italian majolica saucer, with St. Jerome; a
late majolica plaque, signed by 8S. Grue; a jug of Frechen ware, and three other speci-
mens of German pottery ; and four specimens of Dutch delft; all presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

(b) English Pottery and Porcelain.—A dish of Staffordshire slip ware, signed by Thomas
Toft, three specimens of Lainbeth delft, and three panels of tiles of the same ware, pre-
sented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Plate of cream ware, with a portrait of Nelson, presented by Montagu Guest, Esq. ;
bust, representing “ Air” and ‘“‘ Water,” in Leeds cream ware, and a vase of Wedg-
wood’s white jasper, presented by Charles Bartholomew Farmer, Esq. <A plateau of
Wedgwood’s white jasper, presented by W. Johnston Stuart, Esq., and a Wedgwood
coffee cup and saucer, of sage green jasper, with cameos in white, presented by Felix
Joseph, Esq.

Three specimens of early Bristol porcelain, two of them marked “ Bristoll” in relief,
presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.c.s.

(c) Glass.—Ten antique beads in the form of doves, probably from Cumae, presented
by Professor A.H.Church. Strips of mosaic and other glass from the cemetery of Tanis,
in the Nile Delta, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. Vessel of Roman period,
of unusually thin glass, from the Fayam, presented by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq. A
string of purple and yellow glass beads from Akhmim, presented by Henry Wallis, Esq.,
and two strings of beads, imitating sapphire and emerald, from the same place, presented
by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

Five pieces of Roman glass from Cyprus, including a cup with a drawing inside the
cover, presented by the Cyprus Exploration Fund.

Sixteen specimens of Arab and other glass, a number of beads, and two Coptic neck-
laces.

Highteen specimens of Venetian, German, and other glass, from the collection of the
late Mr. Octavius Morgan. Five vessels of German glass, with painted or gilt de-
coration.

A tumbler and wine glass engraved with the arms of Antonio Xay. Gentili, titular
Archbishop of Petrae, 1727, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Three specimens of modern Indian glass, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.c.s.

A Persian bottle with gilt ornament, and a Chinese turquoise bottle, bearing the mark
of the period Yung ching (1723-1736), presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical :—

Four sculptures from Buddhist buildings at Yusufzai, Afghanistan, collected by Sir
Edward Clive Bayley, and presented by Lady Bayley; two pieces of sculpture from the
same locality, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and a piece of similar style, repre-
senting a centaur, from Deurra Ismail Khan, N.W. Punjab, presented by Edward
Lockwood, Esq.

Stone bust of a Naga Rajah, and terra cotta coin moulds, from a village on the Island
of Elephanta, presented by Harold Smith, Esq.

A gold figure of Buddha, from India ; a steatite box with Jain figures, and three bronze
Buddhist figures from Siam, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Amber figure of Gautama Buddha, and one in wax coated with silver, from a monastery
near the Nat Tiak Pass, Burmah, presented by Robert Gordon, Esq., c.E.

Bronze mask of Hanuman, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.G.s.

Two processional standards of gilt copper, pierced with inscriptions, of Persian work,
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A number of specimens from China and Corea, including pottery, porcelain, imple-
ments of brass, &c., presented by Thomas Watters, Esq., Her Majesty’s Acting Consul
General, Corea. Three specimens of ancient Corean pottery and a bronze spoon, pre-
sented by W.G. Aston, Esq. A Persian scimitar blade, and an Indian dagger with
crutch handle, from the Londesborough Collection.

A Chinese bronze ewer and coyer, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Sword used by executioner at Canton, presented by Inspector Quincey, of the Hong
Kong Police.

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Chinese porcelain dish, with the arms of Bailey impaling Wilkinson, presented by
F. A. Crisp, Esq. Cup and saucer with the arms of Stuart, presented by W. Johnston
Stuart, Esq. Plate with the arms of Perceval, presented by Charles Spencer Perceval,
Esq., Treas. s.a.

Bowl of Chinese porcelain of the Ming period, with red glaze, from the private col-
lection of a Chinese merchant, presented by George kK. Davies, Esq.

Two specimens of Japanese porcelain, a box and a plate, presented by Michael Tom-
kinson, Esq. Vase of Soma ware from a Shinté temple in Sanuki, Japan, presented by
Masayuki Kataoka, Esq.

Bronze bell from the Amidaji Temple, Sumiyoshi, province of Settau, Japan, presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Globular stone vase, with inscriptions from the Koran, found in the graveyard in
Jeddah, Arabia, presented by A. B. Wylde, Esq. ‘

An extensive series of weapons, utensils, &c., from the Sakais and Semangs of
the Malay Peninsula, presented by the Government of Perak, through Sir Hugh Low,
K.C.M.G.

A finger ring, a symbolical message, a water vessel of pottery, and a piece of native
cloth, from the Battas of Sumatra, and an Arab strike-a-light, presented by Allan T.
Peachey, Esq.

A series of casts from ancient Egyptian monuments, made as ethnological illustrations
of the various races known in ancient Egypt. ‘The moulds were made by Mr. Flinders
Petrie, and the casts have been presented by a Committee of the British Association.

An ivory armlet from Assouan, two vases of pottery from Elephantine, and four
specimens of modern bead work from Upper Egypt, presented by Walter Myers, Esq.

A number of spears and other specimens from Central Africa, including a colossal iron
spearhead used as currency, presented by Sir John Kirk, G.c.ar.e.

One half of a Guanche quern of tufa, from Tenerife, Canaries, presented by George
Graham Toler, Esq.

A stone axe found between Toowoomba and Warwick, Queensland, presented by
a Stanley, Esq. A number of native objects from Australia, presented by Miss

heeler.

A basket and shell necklaces from Samoa and the Solomon Group, presented by G. F.
Sherwood, Esq. <A cannibal fork from Fiji, presented by F. C. Shaw, Esq.

A reduced cast in plaster of the monolithic gateway at Tiahuanuco, Bolivia, made by
the donor, Dr. Alphonse Stiibel. Staitf with carved head, of algaroba wood, found in a
huaca at Tulape, Truxillo Valley, Peru, presented by R. Angus Clay, Esq.

Gold mask, with moveable nose ornament, found at Pereira, near Cartago, district of
Cauca, Republic of Colombia. From the collection of Senor Eduardo Vasquez.

Five specimens of ancient painted and moulded ware found by the donor in ancient
Pueblos in New Mexico, presented by Arthur 8. Burr, Esq.

Specimens of ancient pottery, implements of bone and stone, &c., from burial mounds
at Madisonville, Ohio; and sixteen specimens of Zufii and other pottery, presented by

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

III.—-Christy Collection.

Three hundred and eighty-eight additional slips have been prepared for the Regis-
tration Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

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

A number of implements from the Drift in various parts of England, and others of a
similar type from Madras, presented by Worthington G. Smith, Esq.

Three implements from the Drift in the Valley of the Axe, and one found in Pulteney-
street, London, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A number of neolithic celts, knives, &c., chiefly of Yorkshire types, from the Londes-
borough Collection, and a horn hammer, from Bethnal Green, presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

A stone axe from Antioch, and a slate knife from Gebelain, Egypt, presented by the
Rev. Greville J. Chester. A knife and a celt found with a mummy at Kourneh, Thebes,
and a flint saw from Thebes, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

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

son, Esq., F.S.A.

2. Ethnography of Africa :—
A Bushman quiver and a number of brass weights from Ashanti, presented by A. W.

Franks, Esq. -
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Large vessels of pottery and wood from Lagos, received from the West African section,
Colonial and Indian Exhibition.

3. Ethnography of Asia :—

Two spears and a knife from Ceylon, two sabres and three powder-horns from Burmah
or Siam, a Javanese dagger and other specimens from the Asiatic Archipelago, presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two vessels made from the roots of a tree from Afghanistan, and specimens of paper and
articles made from it, presented by the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

4, Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia :—

An Australian spearhead of stone, of rare form, and a Tongan club, from the Lon-
desborough collection ; specimens from New Guinea, and a number of objects collected
in the Solomon Group, by Mr. C. Morris Woodford; all presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.

5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—

Head of a jaguar in jadeite, ancient Mexican; a series of stone axes from the Virgin
Islands, a club from Guiana and one from North America, presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq.

An axe blade of shell from Barbados, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

A number of objects made by the civilised Indians of North America, presented by the
Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

Augustus W, Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS,

I.— Registration and Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

337 coins recently acquired, of various parts of the Greek world, have been registered
and incorporated.

236 tickets giving references to the Catalogue of the Coins of Peloponnesus, have been
written and placed in the trays beneath the specimens.

The Coins of Heraclea, Nica, Nicomedia, and of the Bithynian Kings, have been
re-arranged in preparation for the Catalogue of the Coins of Bithynia, and those of
Ces Colophon, and Erythrae in preparation for the Catalogue of the Coins of
onia.

39 Plates of plaster casts have been prepared for the illustration of the Catalogue
Pontus—Bithynia.

Rectifications, in accordance with recent numismatic publications, including Vol. I.
of the Catalogue of Greek coins in the Berlin Museum, have been made in several series,
including the following : Dium (Macedonia), Olbia (Sarmatia), Phere, Dyme, Larissa
(Aeolis), Hieropolis-Castabala, Ceramus, Etenna, Hierapytna, Pyranthus.

16 coins, hitherto classed as “ Uncertain,” have been identified and inserted in their
places.

Pe modern forgeries of Greek and other coins have been arranged together in a new
cabinet.

The electrotypes of Select Greek coins exhibited in the North Gallery have been
repaired.

The duplicate coins of the AZgean Islands have been transferred to the cabinets con-
taining duplicate Greek coins.

Among the collections and series of Greek coins examined with a view to selecting
specimens for the Museum are : a collection belonging to Mr. Frere, of Roydon Hall,
Diss ; a series of autonomous and Greek Imperial coins from Constantinople ; a collection
of Bactrian coins ; the Greek and Indo-Greek series, in the collection of Sir Alexander
Cunningham.

The coins of Philip II. of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Philip Arideus and
Lysimachus, have been compared with Miiller’s “ Nwmismatique d’ Alexandre,” &c., and
lists of the Museum cvins not given by Miiller, have been drawn up and forwarded to the
editor of the Berlin “Corpus Numorum,” now in preparation.

Lists have also been drawn up for the same purpose of all the varieties in the British
Museum of the coins of the later Macedonian Kings, from Cassander to Perseus.

2. Roman

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2. Roman Series :—

Six coins recently acquired have been registered and incorporated.

Becker's forgeries of Roman coins have been incorporated in the new cabinet of
forgeries.

A collection of coins of the Roman, Byzantine, and other series belonging to the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts has been examined.

3. English Series :—

74 coins, medals, and tokens have been registered and incorporated.

The coins of Alfred, Eadmund, Eadred, Eadwig, Eadgar, Eadward IIJ., Aethelred IL.,
Cnut, Harold I., and Edward the Confessor, have been arranged, and 984 of the specimens
have been weighed, in preparation for the Catalogue of English Coins (Saxon Series),
Vol. II. New heading-cards have been written in several of the Saxon series.

The coins of Ireland, and the Irish tokens of the 18th century, have been re-arranged

in three new cabinets, which have been placed at the end of the British series. Outside
labels and heading-cards, where necessary, have been written.

The British Colonial series, hitherto contained in two cabinets, has been expanded so as
to fill four cabinets ; the colonial coins of Europe and America now occupying Cabinet I.
and II., and those of Asia, Cabinets III. and IV. Space has thus been gained for future

incorporation, and for any re-arrangement that may be necessary. Outside labels and
heading cards have been written.

50 tickets, giving references to the Catalogue of English Coins Vol. I., have been
written and placed in the trays beneath the specimens.
A selection of medals and badges relating to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada was

made for the Armada Exhibition in the King’s Library. The specimens have since been
replaced in the cases in the North Gallery.

4. Medieval and Modern Series :—

30 coins and medals recently acquired have been registered and incorporated.
Three coins of the United States, from the Bank Collection, have been incorporated.

Three coins hitherto classed as Uncertain have been identified and inserted in their
places.

Rectifications have been made in. the Episcopal series of Metz, and in the Merovingian
Series, in accordance with a paper recently published in the Revue Numismatique, by
M. Prou.

A list of rare medals of Louis XIV., compiled by Mr. Carl Pieper, of Berlin, has been
compared with the specimens in the British Museum Collection.

A series of early Danish coins, a collection of Papal medals, and other medizval and
modern series, have been examined.

5. Oriental Series :-—

130 gold, silver, and copper coins of various Arab dynasties, of Persia, and of the
Muhammadan Series of India, have been registered, and 110 have been incorporated.

110 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Hindu series of India have been registered,
and 73 have been incorporated.

426 tickets giving references to the (‘atalogue of Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria
and India have been written and placed under the specimens. '

The coins of Shah ’Alem, struck at the local mints, in the India Office Collection, have
been arranged according to their districts.

The coins of the Gupta and Pala dynasties have been re-arranged, and fresh heading
cards have been written.

The coins of the Kulachuri Princes of Chedi, of the Pallavas and of the Kadambas,
- have been separately classed; hitherto they have been attributed to the Pala dynasty.

The coins of Nepal have been partially re-arranged.
Rectifications have been made in the arrangement of the following series: Bactria,

Malawa, Taxila, the Kunindas, the Yaudheyas, the Kurambar Coast, the Sah Kings, the
Cholas, and the Andhra and Pandyan coins.

Collections Examined.—A series of gold and silver coins of Delhi, Bengal, and Shahs
of Persia. A series of Gupta coins brought from India by Dr. J. Burgess, Director of
the Archeological Survey in India. The examination of the Hindu coins in the colles-
tion of the late Sir Edmund Clive Bayley has been commenced.

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II.— Acquisitions, 1888.

Gold Lead, Nickel, | Porcelain
Class. and Silver. Copper. | Billon. | White Metal, and ToraL.
Electrum. &e. Giass.

Greek - - - - 10 217 228 - - - 455
Roman - - - 3 4 1 2 z a 8
Medieval and Modern - 11 28 33 43 1 - 116
English aes - 2 15 20 3 1 - 41
Oriental - - - 16 96 56 = 17 118 303

TovaL - - - 42 860 338 46 19 118 923

Remarkable Coins and Medals.

1. Greek Series:—

@' A very beautiful tetradrachm of Amphipolis in Macedon of the finest period of art;
obverse, Head of Apollo laureate, facing; symbol, crab.

A rare silver coin of Panticapeum of the fourth century B.c.; obverse, Head of Pan;
reverse, Lion seated.

An extremely rare bronze coin of the fourth century B.c. of Mopsium in Thessaly ;
obverse, a very fine bearded Head of Zeus, facing; reverse, the Lapith Mopsus contending
with a Centaur. The town of Mopsium was previously unrepresented in the British
Museum collection, and only one other specimen of this coin is known. (Monatsbericht
der k. Akad. der Wissensch. Berlin, 1878, Pl. 1. 11.)

An obol of the fifth century B.c., of Same in Cephallenia ; obverse, Head of Kephalos ;
reverse, The hound Lailaps.

A drachm of the island of Melos; reverse, MAAIQN AEZIKPATHS, Fruit (eaten);
third century B.c., the only Melian silver coin of this period in the British Museum.

A rare and unpublished silver coin of Amisus in Pontus, struck under Hadrian.

A very rare tetradrachm of Mithradates the Great, bearing an interesting portrait of
the King, dated in the 11th month of the Bithynian year 202, corresponding with
B.c. 95-4. It differs from the specimens of the same year described by Koehne in the
Musée Kotschoubey II., p. 129.

A bronze coin of Sauromates I., King of Bosporus, a.D. 94-124; reverse, a City Gate,
on the right of which is a crouching Captive (probably struck in commemoration of a vic-
torious campaign). This coin is a variety of the specimen published by Koehne (Mus. Kots-
choubey II., p. 249, No. 28), and described by him as unique.

A remarkabie silver stater of Abydus in the Troad, the chief interest of which is that
it belongs to a time circ, B.c. 350, of which no silver staters of Abydus were previously
known.

An electrum stater of Cyzicus, representing Orestes at Delphi clasping the Omphalos of
Apollo, a type of extreme rarity (cf. Greenwell in Mum. Chron. 1887, p. 87). ;

An electrum stater of Lampsacus, of archaic style (circ. B.c. 500), of extreme
rarity.

A magnificent gold stater of Lampsacus, with a head of Zeus on the obverse, of the
finest style of art, admirable both in execution and condition.

Two silver diobols of Ephesus, B.c. 415-394, similar to Head Coinage of Ephesus,
Pl. I. 21, but with magistrates’ names HPOTNHTOS and SIMOX.

A silver stater of Ephesus, B.c. 387-295, with the magistrate’s name EKATOKAHS; cf.
an octobol, with the same name published by Head (op. cit. Pl. II. 10).

A remarkable archaic tetradrachm of Teos in Ionia.

Two very fine tetradrachms of Rhodes of the finest period of art; obverse, Head of Helios
not radiate facing ; reverse, Rose with bud, symbols, (i) human eye in profile, and (ii) barley
corn and letter ®.

An Imperial coin of Hieropolis Castabala in Cilicia, Inser. IEPOMOAITQN TQN
IIPOC NYPAMQ, referring to the position of the town on the river Pyramus.

Three extremely rare and fine silver staters of Mallus in Cilicia; reverses, (i) Demeter;
(i) Head of bearded Satrap ; (iii) Herakles strangling Lion.

A rare silver stater of Soli in Cilicia.

A unique silver stater of Tarsus in Cilicia of the early part of the fourth century
B.C.; obverse, Satrap on horseback; reverse, a Greek Hoplite kneeling.

A fine example of the very rare silver stater of Evagoras I. of Salamis in Cyprus,
B.C. 410-368, with the inscription Evayéow in Cypriote characters ; obverse, Head of
bearded Herakles ; reverse, Ibex, recumbent.

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A bronze coin of Antiochus IV. of Commagene, A.D. 38-72, having his name and head
on the obverse, and on the reverse a Scorpion and the inscription AYKAONQN, proving
that this King struck money not only in Commagene, but also in Lycaonia. This coin is,
therefore, an important historical document.

A selection of coins of the Holy Land (Cele-Syria, Decapolis, Galilea, Samaria, and
Juda), from the cabinet of a well-known collector who resided for many years in
Palestine. The great number of dated coins in this selection renders it especially valu-
able, as it is only by means of these dates that the local eras of the several towns can be

fixed.
3. English Series :—

Three silver pennies of Harold I., of the London and Shrewsbury Mints, found in
Sweden. Presented by John Evans, Esq., D.C.L., P.S.A.

Four rare silver pennies of Edward the Confessor, struck at Exeter (two specimens),
Tamworth and Waliingford. Presented by Col. M. G. Clerk.

A rare silver penny of Stephen struck at the Chester Mint, and reading WILELM ON
CAST ; reverse type, long cross voided, with fleur de lis in the angles.

A pattern half sovereign of George IV. of 1825, struck in gold.

The Jubilee Coinage of 1887.

A bronze medal of William Schevez, Archbishop of St. Andrew’s, having the bust of
the archbishop on the obverse, and his shield of arms and the date 1491 on the reverse.
Only two specimens of this interesting medal were known to the editors of the Medallic
Illustrations of British History (I., p. 20), one formerly in the cabinet of Dr. Wellesley,
and the other in a foreign collection. The present specimen was found at Oxford, and is
perhaps the Wellesley medal. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., F.R.S.

A medal in pewter of Frederick Count Palatine, Princess Elizabeth, and their son
Frederick. By Simon Passe. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., F.R.S.

A Dutch satirical medal of Fairfax and Cromwell. (Cp. Medal. Illust. Brit. Hist., I.,
p- 388.) Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., F.R.S.

A silver medal struck in commemoration of the 50th year of Queen Victoria’s reign,
21st June 1887. Presented by Her Majesty the Queen.

A silver medal commemorating the opening of the Newport Dock Extension, 1858 ;
two specimens in silver and copper of a medal commemorating the opening of the Alex-
andra Dock at Newport, on 13th April 1875; a bronze medalet of the Fourth Congress
of Geologists, 1888. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., F.R.S.

Specimens in silver and bronze of the Jubilee medal of the Numismatic Society of
London. - Presented by John Evans, Esq., D.C.L., P.S.A.

Eight rare London tokens of the 17th century.

Manuscript notes, catalogues, &c., by Dr. Aquilla Smith, relating to the coinage of
Treland, and numerous drawings by him of Irish coins. Presented by Aquilla Smith,
E'sq., M.D.

4. Medieval and Modern Series :—

13 silver and 27 billon coins struck in Denmark. ranging in date from the reign of
Waldemar I. (1170-1202) to that of Christopher II. (1319-1332).

12 obols of Philip III., King of France. Presented by Harry Moore, Esq, Jun.

A gold coin of Louis II., Count of Flanders (1346-1384), and one of Aloysio Moce-
nigo II., Doge of Venice (1700-1709).

A silver denier of Macerata, of the 12th century. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq.

Seven gold coins of Portugal, namely :—John V., 10,000 reis, 1725; 1,000 reis, 1739 ;
500 reis, 1722; 400 reis, 1726; John VI. (regent), 4,000 reis, 1811; Maria and
Peter I11., Half Dobra, 1782; Maria I1., Half Dobra, 1835. Presented by Frederick
Youle, Esq.

A gold coin (5 Pesos) of the Argentine Republic, 1881. Presented by Senor G. F.
Suffern.

ee nickel coins of the Community of the Temple Christians. Presented by the Right
Hon. Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, C.LE.

Four silver German medals of early 17th century work, bearing representations of
Attila, Bela IV., Sabolkh II., and Phalizein.

A portrait medal in bronze of Victor Amadeo I., Duke of Savoy. By G. Dupré.

A bronze medal of Charles I., King of Roumania, commemorating the chief events of
the war 1877-78; a bronze medal commemorating the restoration of the Church Curtea
de Arges, Bucharest, 1886. Presented by His Excellency Prince Ghica. :

A silver medal, struck to commemorate the unveiling of the Maria Theresa Memorial
on May 13th, 1888. Presented by the Oberkammeramt, Vienna.

A bronze cast medal, commemorating the 100th birthday of Chevreul, the French
Chemist, 1888. By O. Roty. Presented by A. W. Thibaudeau, Esq.

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Oriental Series :-—-

A silver coin of Kamran, Governor of Cabul a.H. 937-950, and a rupee, Jehangir,
Patna. Presented by Mr. Hyde. hall

A rupee with Sanskritic inscription on the obverse and “ Victoria Queen, 1858,” on the
reverse, struck at Udaipur. Presented by Captain Charles Stirling.

A gold hun, 5 rupees, and a half-rupee of Aurang-zib, Muhammad Shah I., Shah
Alem (Delhi), and Jaafar Khan (Zand), and one copper coin of Mahmud Shah. Pre-
sented by the Government of India. ;

Two Mohurs of Aurang-zib and Shah Jehan. Presented by the Government of India.

Four rupees of Ferukhsir, Shah Jehén, Muhammad Shah J., and Shah ’Alem, and a
half-rupee of Gadhia (Hindu). Presented by the Government of India.

A Mohur of Akbar, a.H. 983, and a rupee of Aurang-zib of Surat, a.w. 1104.
Presented by the Resident at Hyderabad.

A rupee of Shir Shah, King of Delhi. Presented by Edgar Thurston, Esq.

15 silver Gupta coins. Presented by Dr. J. Burgess, Director of the Archeological
Survey of India.

21 silver, four copper, and 118 porcelain coins of Siam, and three copper British
Colonial coins. Presented by Mrs. Glover.

Eight Corean medals and tokens, 34 Corean cash, and a Chinese coin of the Yuen
dynasty, all in copper. Presented by J. Walters, Esq.

Two large Chinese ingots, commonly called “shoe-money ” bearing the Canton stamp,
a Japanese gold medal inscribed SaNn-CHEE, and two Japanese oblong stamped
Ingots.

Selection from Sir Alexander Cunningham’s Collection.

The large selection of Coins of India which has been made from the Collection of
Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., by means of « special grant
from Her Majesty’s ‘lreasury, forms one of the most notable acquisitions to the National
Collection ever made in this branch of archeology.

The Cunningham Collection had the special advantage of having been formed by an
eminent scholar, acquainted with every branch of Indian Coins, who enjoyed exceptional
facilities for collecting. It represents his acquisitions during 17 years of constant activity.
Sir Alexander having intimated with rare liberality his desire that the National Collection
should have the opportunity of selecting and purchasing, at the price originally paid by
him, all specimens desirable for completing the series already possessed by the nation, a
careful selection was made on that principle, and it may now be said that the Indian series
in the British Museum in all the earlier branches, which are the most costly, is practi-
cally complete, as well as in the Muhammadan coinages.

This result is a matter of Imperial importance. The history of India, now an integral
part of the British empire, has been to a great extent constructed on tne evidence of coins.
The Bactrian Dynasty of Greek Kings, and the Indo-Scythic Line of Scythian Conquerors
would be practically unknown to us but for their magnificent coimages, by which they
have been restored to history; and it is well to state that coins of these groups of para-
mount interest constitute in value four-fifths of the present seleetion. Hyen in medizval
times the money of the monarchs of Delhi is at once the best commentary on the annalists,
and their safest source of criticism.

The Indian Collection thus enriched and rendered fully representative has.a high
educational value. Besides the direct evidence it affords for the reconstruction of the
history of the natives and the conquerors of India, it gives a clue to influences which
would otherwise never haye been traced, as, for example, the great indebtedness of Indian
art to the Greek rulers of Baciria and the north-west. The’ series of portraits of the
Greek Kings on their coins reveals the existence of a local phase of Greek art so strongly
marked as to deserve the name of the Bactrian School, whose works show a strong realism
and consequent departure from Greek convention. The Cunningham Selection is espe-
cially rich in these records of one of the last chapters of Greek art, which is at the same
time the introductory chapter of Indian art. The chief value of the next series, the
Indo-Scythic, again is not only as historical documents; they also furnish in their various
and remarkable mythological types a trustworthy series of records offering the earliest
expression of the religious ideas of the Indians. For instance, the gold coins struck on
the model of the contemporary Roman aurei by the Indo-Scythic kings of the first century
and the beginning of the second exhibit types with inscriptions giving the names of
Indian, Persian, and Greek divinities. Further, the inscriptions of the Bactrian, the Indo-
Scythic, and other classes, afford palewographical evidence of high importance.

The following are the principal classes in the Selection, and the most notable
specimens: —

Class I.—Persian, Greek, &c., found in India :—

_ A gold double Daric ; the King holding bow and dagger, the first example known of this
type.

A very beautiful silver stater of the Satrap Tarkamos, struck at Tarsus, bearing the
figures of the Baal of Tarsus and of the Satrap.

Two archaic tetradrachms of Acanthus in Macedonia, from the Oxus.

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Class II.—Seleucid Kings of Syria, &c.:—

Four gold staters of Antiochus I., two with the very rare type of the head of
Bucephalus.

A tetradrachm of Antiochus L. of the same type, with a very fine portrait.

Six gold staters of Antiochus I1., two of which bear the portrait of Diodotus, the first
King of Bactria, who thus acknowledges his Syrian over-lord.

A gold stater of the satrap Andragoras, of Parthia (?), of about the time of Alexander.

A silver tetradrachm of the same satrap, struck in a Greek city.

Class III.—£arlier Kings of Bactria and India.

Three gold staters of Diodotus.

Two gold staters of Euthydemus of remarkable beauty, and five tetradrachms of
different types, and great varieties of portrait, in consequence of which some numismatists
attribute one of the types to a second king of the same name. Also three specimens of
the remarkable nickel coinage bearing the name of Euthydemus.

Four tetradrachms of Demetrius, one of which is unique. Demetrius is supposed to be
mentioned by Chaucer as “ The great Emetrius, the King of Ind,” in the Knightes Tale,
a story which the Engiish poet derived from Bozcaccio, who professed to have taken it
from ‘‘ una antichissima storia.” [Cunningham, Num. Chron. 1869, p. 151.]

Two very remarkable tetradrachms of Antimachus.

A tetradrachm of Pantaleon, of whom the National Collection had until now only
nickel and bronze coins.

Two tetradrachms of Agathocles, in fine condition,

A tetradrachm of the same king, with the head of Antiochus L., of great rarity.

A tetradrachm of Eucratides, witi the heads of Heliocles and Laodice, of extreme
rarity.

A series of fine tetradrachms of Eucratides. One of these is of great rarity, and a
most remarkable specimen of Greco-Bactrian art; the king is represented with his back
to the spectator, showing his bare shoulders. There is also a very rare hemidrachm of
Eucratides, which has on the reverse an Arian-Pali inscription, instead of the usual Greek
one, transferred to the obverse.

Two fine tetradrachms of Heliocles.

A unique bronze coin of Peucolaus, a king not hitherto known.

Two unique coins of Theophilus, one silver and the other bronze, of whom no other
coins are known.

A unique drachm of Epander.

A unique didrachm of Antialcides, with the remarkable type of Zeus standing beside
an elephant, on the head of which Nike has alighted. —

Three rare didrachms of Philoxenus.

Two rare didrachms of Diomedes.

A very rare hemidrachm of Nicias, of whom the National Collection previously had no
silver money.

Three rare didrachms of Strato.

A hemidrachm of Agathocleia, with a good portrait of that queen.

A unique gold stater of Menander, and a long series of silver coins of the same
monarch, one of which, a didrachm, showing a bare-shouldered bust of the king wielding
a spear, is very rare.

Three bronze coins of Menander, two of which are unique and the third very rare.

A rare tetradrachm of Apollodotus, and a long series of smaller silver coins,

A rare didrachm of Archebius.

Rare didrachms of Hippostratus, Artemidorus, and Hermaeus, and a unique hemi-
drachm of the last king.

Class 1V.— Later Kings of Bactria and India.

A didrachm of Maues of a type new to the British Museum.

Two unique didrachms of Azes, and a long series of other silver coins of the same
king.

Four silver and two bronze unique coins of Azilises, besides a long series of silver
money.

A unique bronze coin of Arsaces.

Of the same line as Arsaces, Gondophares must be mentioned, of whom there is a
series of bronze coins; he is spoken of in a very early Church document, “ the Acts of
St. Thomas,” as converted by that apostle, and has been identified with Gaspard or Cas-
par, one of the Magi.

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Class V.—Indo-Scythic Kings of Bactria and India.

This is a rich and beautiful series of the following Indo-Scythic kings, Kanishka,
Huvishka, and Vasudeva, A.D. 78-176, furnishing a number of types of Greek, Persian,
and Indian divinities, with their names. The chief are-—Greek: Helios, Selene,
Herakles, Sarapis. Persian: Nanaia, “‘ Atash,” the god of fire, Ardoksho, Lrooaspo,
Oshlagno, Mithras, Pharro. Indian: Oado (Vata), the wind-god ; Mahasena, a war-god;
Skanda, Kumara, Visakha, and Buddha, in the form Boddo, the earliest representation of
Buddha in art.

Classes VI.-VIIL—Muhammadan Dynasties of India.

The selection of coins of these dynasties has been limited, as the National Collection
ig rich in this branch. The most important additions are to the series of the Bahmani
kings of Kalburga, in Middle India, to that of the Pathans of Delhi and that of the
Moguls of Delhi. In the last group the following coins must be specified :—

A rupee of Jehangir, with his original name Selim, which, as he states in his memoirs,
he abandoned for Jehangir, the “ World Conqueror,” lest he should be confounded with
“the Kaisar of Rim,” the Turkish Sultan, in whose family the name Selim was famous.
Of the same emperor there are four Zodiacal mohurs.

There are interesting coins of the emperors whose reigns were very short, or who were
pretenders, Murad-Baksh, Shah Shuja’, Kam-Baksh, Rafi’-ed darjat, Rafi’-ed-daulet,
Mohammad Ibrahim, and Bedar-Bakht,

A general conspectus of the selection is appended.

Conspectus of the Cunningham Collection.

—— Gold. Silver. Bronze. Nickel. Total.

Greek - > = = 20 302 198 9 529

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I1L.—Catulogues.

Greek Series ;—
The Catalogue of the coins of Corinth and the colonies of Corinth, by Barclay V.
Head, D.C.L., PH.D., is in the press, and is just ready for publication.

The number of Visitors to the Medal Room during 1888 was 2,003.
The number of Visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1888 was 15,138.

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British Museum (Naturat Hisrory).

STATEMENT of Proeress made in the ARRANGEMENT and DescripTion of the
CoLLeEcTions, and Account’ ot Opgects added to them, in the Year 1888.

The arrangement, or rather the formation, of the Introductory Morphological Series
in the Entrance Hall of the Museum, has been continued during the year by additions
to the various sections. The specimens of Albinos, complete and partial, which were
previously scattered in different sections of the Zoological Department, and other specimens
of similar nature recently acquired, have been arranged in a case on the floor of the Hall,
to illustrate the general subject of albinism, or absence of colouring matter in the tissues
constituting the external covering of the body. A case illustrating the opposite condition,
or melanism, is in preparation.

Among the numerous and valuable donations which the Museum has received during
the year, the list of whick will be found in the reports of the Keepers of Departments, the
following may be alluded to here as of special interest.

Mr. F. Ducane Godman, F.R.8., has made a magnificent gift of a collection of North
American birds, about 11,000 in number, forming a complete representation of the ayi-
fauna of the United States, the value of which is enhanced by the fact that the speci-
mens have all been carefully named by the leading American ornithologists. In addition
to this costly present, which arrived most opportunely during the arranging and cata-
loguing the collection of birds in the Museum, the same section of the Museum has been
enriched by the reception of 6,285 specimens from the great collection of birds formed
by Mr. F. D. Godman and Mr. O. Salvin to illustrate the Natural History of the Central
American region, in continuation of the donations from the same source, recorded in
previous Reports.

Valuable specimens of the fishes and cetaceans of the Persian Gulf, and the coast of
Arabia, have been collected and presented to the Museum by Surgeon Major A. S. G.
Jayakar, of the {ndian Medical Service, now stationed at Muscat.

A striking and instructive addition to the Gallery of extinct mammals is a carefully-
prepared, full-sized model of one of the most remarkable of the numerous strange forms
of animal life recently discovered in the tertiary formations of the Western States of
North America, the Uintatherium or Dinoceras mirabile. This has been prepared under
the direction of, and presented by, Professor O. C. Marsh, of Yale College, in whose
great work on the Dinocerata, the skeleton of this and kindred forms are fully described
and figured.

The Lectures on Geology on the Swiney Foundation were delivered in June and
July by Dr. W. R. M‘Nab, and attended by an average, for each of the 12 lectures, of
55 persons. The subject was “The Fossil Plants of the Paleozoic Epoch.” These
lectures are free to all visitors to the Museum.

Duplicate specimens of Natural History from the British Museum collection have been
presented by the Trustees to the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh; the Indian
Museum, Calcutta ; the Australian Museum; Sydney ; the Museum of Comparative
Zoology, Harvard College, U.S.A.; the Educational Museum, Tokio; the Durham
College of Physical Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne; the University.College of South
Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff; the London School Board; the City of
London School; the Normal School of Science, South Kensington ; and to Baron
Nordenskiold.

Exchanges of specimens have been made with the following institutions and
individuals :—

Of Zoological Specimens—With the Museums of Leyden, Christiania, Lisbon, and
Aberdeen University ; and Messrs. H. O. Forbes, W. F. Petterd, H. Seebohm and
Meyer-Darcis.

Of Fossils—With the Smithsonian Institution; the University of Princeton, New
Jersey; the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge ; Marlborough College ; Professor
J. W. Judd; Mons. Cossmann; and Messrs. Sturtz, H. H. Blanchet, R. D. Lacoe,
Wachsmuth and Springer.

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Of Minerals and Meteorites—With the National Museum, Rio de Janeiro; Troyes
Museum; the United States National Museum; the University of Cambridge; Pro-
fessor J. W. Judd, and Mr. J. R. Gregory.

The Guide-books published during the year are the undermentioned :—

A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History). With two plans and a
view of the building. (New edition.) 1888. 8vo. 2d,

Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the
British Museum (Natural History). 2nd edition. 1888. 101 woodcuts and one plan.
8yo. 6 d.

Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Echinodermata, Vermes) in the
Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). 2nd edition. 1888.
51 woodcuts and one plan. 8vo. 4d.

A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the Department of Geology and Paleontology, in
the British Museum (Natural History). 5th edition. 1888. 48 woodcuts and one plan.
8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes in the Department of Geology and
Paleontology, British Museum (Natural History). 2nd edition. 1888. 8&1 woodcuts.
8vo. 4d.

An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the Meteorites represented
in the collection. (New edition.) 1888. One plan. 8vo. 3d. i

The following volumes of Catalogues have been published : —

Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the collection of the British Museum.
By Oldfield Thomas. Pp. XIII., 401. (With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes).
Four coloured and 24 plain plates. 8vo. 17. 8s.

Catalogue of Birds, Vol. XII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in
the collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes; Part I1I., containing the family
Fringillide. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. XV., 871. (With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes). Woodcuts and J6 coloured plates. 8vo. 1/7. 8s.

Catalogue of Birds, Vol. XIV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds,
in the collection of the British Museum. Oligomyode or the families Tyrannide,
Oxyrhamphide, Pipridx, Cotingide, Phytotomide, Philepittide, Pittide, Xenicide, and
Kurylemide. By Philip Lutley Sclater, m.a. Pp. XIX., 494. (With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes). Woodcuts and 26 coloured plates. 8vo. 1/. 4s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum. Part L., con-
taining the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia
and Proterosauria. By Richard Lydekker. Pp. XXVIII., 309. (With Systematic
Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms). 69 Wood-
cuts. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

These publications have been distributed to Free Public Libraries and various other
institutions in Great Britain and Ireland; to Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Libraries
and Museums; and to individuals who have either rendered assistance in the preparation
of the catalogues, or presented specimens for the collections.

The following Catalogues are in preparation :—

_ Catalogue of Birds, Vols. XIII., XV., XVI., XVIIL, and XX., by Messrs. Sharpe,
Sclater, Salvin, Shelley, and Hargitt.
Part VII. of Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera, by
Mr. A. G. Butler.
Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia, Part II., by Mr. R. Lydekker.
* Catalogue of Fossil Fishes. Part I., by Mr. A. Smith Woodward.
Systematic list of the Edwards collection of Eocene Mollusca, by Mr. R. B. Newton.

NaturaL History Lisprary.

‘The special grant of 25,0607. which was voted by Parliament for the foundation of a
Library for the use of the Officers and Students of the Museum, and which has been
received in yearly instalments since 188], was all expended at the conclusion of the
last financial year, 3ist March 1888, and the result has been that the Estimate of the
cost of such a Library as the Institution ought to possess at the present time, has proved
remarkably correct. The Books are arranged for convenience of use in five subdivisions,
one corresponding with each of the four Departments of the Museum, and the other
called the *‘ General Library ” containing the works and serials of a general nature, or
which relate to the subjects of more than one Department.

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The constantly increasing cultivation of all branches of Natural History in various
parts of the world, is, however, leading to a continued increase of literature, ready access
to which is indispensable to the correct identification and arrangement of specimens,
and to enable the Officers of the Museum to supply such information as is expected from
them by the public. It is especially important that the periodicals which contain
memoirs on subjects of Natural History necessary for reference, should be continued,
and also that provision should be made for the purchase of new books as they are
published, and for such old ones as have not hitherto been acquired in consequence of
copies not having recently come into the market.

It has been decided to prepare fer publication a general alphabetical authors’ catalogue
of the books and serials in the whole library of the Museum which, it is hoped, will be
followed by special classified subject catalogues of each Department, works which will
both be of the greatest use, not only to those engaged in the Museum, but to all inter-
ested in the literature of Natural History.

GENERAL LIBRARY.

During the year 305 volumes and 951 maps have been presented ; 449 volumes and 10
maps transferred from other Departments ; and 571 volumes and 9 maps purchased.

W. H. Flower.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY,

The progress made in the arrangement and description of the Zoological Collections
in the year 1888, may be shortly summarized thus :—

Much progress has been made with the registration and incorporation of numerous
recent additions to the study-collections. Such as required immediate attention have
been examined in detail, and of many of them descriptive reports have been prepared and
published.

In the Exhibition Galleries improvements and additions have been introduced; as, for
instance, by the revision and renewal of labels (partly descriptive) in the Mammalian,
Reptile, and Shell Galleries; by the formation of Exhibition Series cf Polyzoa and
Protozoa; by additions to the groups of British Birds; and by placing the Walsingham
collection of Larve of British Lepidoptera into cabinets accessible to the public.

Some portions of the collection, like that of the stuffed specimens and skeletons of
Mammals, were thoroughly overhauled and cleaned ; also the contents of numerous
store-boxes were transfered to the new cabinets in the Bird Room as soon as the latter
were delivered by the contractor.

Great progress has been made with the systematic work of cataloguing and describing
the collections, three volumes of catalogues having been published, one sent to press, and
six being in an advanced state of preparation. Besides, manuscript-lists of the specimens
of groups which were under examination, have been prepared.

The suite of Insect Rooms, although covering an area more than twice that of the
former single room at Bloomsbury, has proved to be insufficient for the arrangement
of the cabinets, as well as for the accommodation of the increased number of Assistants
and Students. A large adjoining room, hitherto used as a store-room, has therefore
been fitted up and eonnected with the rooms already occupied by this branch of the
Department.

No such relief could be given to the spirit-building, the pletho:ic condition of which
has been already referred to in last year’s report. ‘The collections in that building,
hitherto so well arranged and accessible, lapse into a more and more crowded condition
and are in consequence dislocated and difficult of access. As the proposed enlargement
of the building is again deferred, for another year at least, the coilection of Corals pre-
served in spirits, will be the next which has to be temporarily transferred into a store-
room in the main building. No progress has been made in the work on the collections
of Corals and Sponges since the resignation of the Assistants who were in charge of
them, nor can these important collections be maintained on a level with the present state
of science until adequate help, of a permanent or temporary character, is provided for
the Department. For the same reason the arrangement of the immense collection of
Birds’ eggs, nearly the whole of which has been accumulated from donations, must remain
in abeyance.

I.—Arrangement.

The additions to the collections of Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes have been entered in
the printed Catalogues as soon as they were examined and named.

The systematic examination of the Marsupialia and Monotremata has been completed.
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The incorporation of the “ Tweeddale,” “ Hume,” ‘ Salvin-Godman,” and “ Seebohm”’
collections of birds has been proceeded with, and the arrangement in the cabinets com-
pleted as far as the end of the Passeres and Picarie.

The revision of the Chelonians and Crocodiles has been completed.

The collection of Chilupoda has been under re-arrangement, and a MS. list of the
specimens is in course of preparation.

Progress has been made with the arrangement of certain groups of insects. The
re-arrangement of the collection of Phasmide (Stick Insects) has been completed, and
that of the Blattide (Cockroaches) commenced. The Coleoptera of the family Bostrichide
have been re-arranged, and the genera and a number of speciesdetermined. The Central
American [Buprestidae of the genus Agrilus have been determined, and the new species
described. The re-arrangement of the Longicorn Beetles of the family Lamiide has been
continued, and nearly completed. The greater part of the ‘‘ Chevrolat” collections, as
well as other smaller and less important series, have been incorporated.

The large collection of {ndian Lepidoptera, purchased of the Rev. J. H. Hocking, has
been worked out, described and incorporated, and progress has been made with the incor-
poration of the “ Zeller” collection of moths.

The manuscript lists of Echinoids, Holothurians and Ophinrids have been kept up to
date, and one of Crinoids has been commenced.

The study-collection of dried Crinoids and Asteroids has been re-arranged with a view
of increasing the disposable space. ;

The arrangement of the specimens and models of Protozoa in the Coral-Gallery has
been completed, and illustrated with a series of instructive diagrams.

Il.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the year, whether by purchase or presentation,
have been entered in the MS. registers of accessions, and the register-number attached to
them. For future reference the date and mode of acquisition, the exact locality where
the specimens were obtained, the name of the collector, and any other particulars of
interest respecting them are entered. Only a small portion (922 specimens) of the
remainder of the ‘‘Hume” collection, viz. the Trogonide and Capitonide have been
registered. This work has been interrupted by the registration of 12,100 specimens of
the “ Tweeddale,” and 5,331 of the “ Salvin-Godman” collections.

I11.— Conservation.

The ordinary necessary work of conservation has been performed as in previous years,
by dusting and cleaning in rotation the exhibited specimens; placing the registered
collections of Bird-skins, Shells, dried Sponges, Echinoderms, and Polyzoa in glass-topped
boxes, and renewing the camphor in the wall-cases, store-cabinets, and imsect-drawers,
and the spirit of the collections preserved in alcohol.

The following specimens of Mammalia have been mounted for exhibition:— Anold English
Mastiff ( Canis familiaris); a Rein-deer (Rangifer tarandus); a Yang-tse Dolphin ( Neomeris
phocenoides); skeletons of an Akka woman from Central Africa; of an Aye-Aye
(Chiromys madagascariensis); of an American Tapir ( Tupirus terrestris); of a Wood-buck
(Cephalophus sylvicultriz); ani of a white-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris).

The additions to the series of groups illustrating the nesting-habits of British Birds
comprise the following:—Pied Flycatcher, Common Bunting, Wryneck, Black Game,
Red-necked Phalarope, Kittiwake, Common Tern, Merganser, Gannet and Guillemot.

A number of skeletons of Reptiles have been mounted. or prepared, and many specimens
6f Fishes from the valuable collection presented by Surgeon Major Jayakar have been
mounted and placed in the Fish Gallery.

A selected series of the shells acquired during the year, also a series of “ Comet-
forms ” of Starfishes, and a good set of variations of Archaster typicus have been mounted
on tablets and placed on exhibition in the table-cases.

The exhibited collection of Polyzow has been removed from the wall-case at the West
end of the Coral Gallery, remounted in glass-topped boxes, and placed on exhibition in
table-cases.

The following specimens have been placed in the Insect Gallery :—Two large Crabs

( Pseudocarcinus gigas), a small number of Spiders’ nests, the nest of a gregarious cater-

pillar (Eriogaster lanestris) from Norfolk, a nest of a South African Moth (Anaphe

panda), some combs of a small Indian honey-bee (Apis floralis), a fine nest of a Termes

found in a bush near Pernambuco, and a piece of Ash from Dillon Park containing the
larve and perfect beetle of Dorcus.

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1V.— Duplicates.

In accordance with Mr. Hume’s wish, 893 duplicate birds have been sent to Professor
Agassiz; 995 birds and 30 Crustacea have been transterred to the Edinburgh Museum ;
a small number of duplivates have also been used in exchange with foreien Museums and
private individuals for specimens required for the collection. 1

V.—Departmental Library.

The Departmental Library has acquired, by purchase, presentation or exchange, 299
works, represented by 355 volumes, besides continuations of periodicals and works in
progress. The “ Tweeddale ” Library, referred to in last year’s report, consisting of 698
works, and 2,560 volumes, and about 200 tracts, has been catalogued, and arranged on
shelves in the Bird-Room. The total number of works now in the Library is 9,489
represented by 15,243 volumes. ie

All the additions during the year have been entered in the Purchase Book, catalogued
press-marked, stamped, and placed ; 118 volumes have been bound. ‘

A revision of the slips of titles has been commenced, with a view of preparing a subject-
catalogue.

VI.— Catalogues.
The following Catalogues have been issued during the year 1888 :—

1. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata (8vo., 401 pp-, 28 plates, and wood-
cuts), by O. Thomas.

2. Catalogue of Birds, Vol. XII., Passeres Fringilliformes, Pt. 3. (8vo., 887 pp-. 16
plates, and numerous woodcuts), by R. B. Sharpe.

3. Catalogue of Birds, Vol. XIV., Passeres Oligomyodz (8vo., 514 pp., 26 plates, and
numerous woodcuts), by P. L. Sclater.

In addition to the above works, the manuscripts of a Guide to the Bird Gallery, of five
more volumes of the “ Catalogue of Birds,” and one part of the “ Illustrations of Types
ot Lepidoptera Heterocera ” are in course of preparation, and the ‘“ Catalogue of Chelonia
and Crocodilia” was in type at the close of the year.

The following are the most important reports or descriptive papers which have been
prepared by the departmental staff in connection with various parts of the collection,
especially recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific journals :—Reports
on the collections made at Christmas Island by Mr. J. J. Lister; on the collections made
at Dominica by Mr. Ramage; on the collections made at Fernando Noronha by Mr.
H. N. Ridley and Mr. Ramage ; on the cullection made by Emin Pasha in Equatorial
Africa, by the Staff of the Department. Further ;—“ List of Mammals obtained by
Mr. G. F. Gaumer on Cozumel and Ruatan Islands”; “On a new and interesting
annectant genus of Muride” ; “ Description of anew genus and species of Rat from New
Guinea”; “ On a new species of Lonchervs from British Guiana” ; “ Diagnoses of four
new Mammals from the Malayan Region”; ‘‘ Diagnoses of six new Mammals from the
Solomon Islands ” ; “ On Eupetaurus, a new form of Flying Squirrel from Kashmir,” by
O. Thomas. “Notes on specimens in the Hume collection:of Birds, No. 6”;
* Descriptions of some new species of Birds from the [sland of Guadalcanar in the
Solomon Archipelago, discovered by Mr. C. M. Woodford”; ‘* List of a collection of
Birds made by Mr. L. Wray in the main range of Mountains of the Malay Peninsula,
Perak”; “ Note on the Genus Rectes,” by R. B. Sharpe. ‘Second list of the Birds
collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Solomon Archipelago’’; ‘* Notes on Pigeons
collected by Mr. A. H. Everett on the North-west Coast of Borneo,” by W. R. O. Grant.
“ Contribution to the knowledge of the Snakes of Tropical Africa”; “On a collection
of Reptiles from China,” by Dr. A. Giinther. ‘ Description of a new genus of Lizards,
of the family Teude”; “Third contribution to the Herpetology of the Solomon
Islands ” ; «* Note on the classification of the Ranide” ; “ On the scaling of the reproduced
tail of Lizards”; “ Descriptions of two new Chameleons from Nossi Bé” ; ‘‘ Descriptions
of new Reptiles and Batrachians from Madagascar”; “On the affinity of the North
American Lizard-fauna”; “ Descriptions of new Brazilian Batrachians” ; ‘* Descriptions
of new Reptiles and Batrachians from New Guinea”; “On the characters of the
Pelomeduside and Chelydide”’; ‘On Reptiles and Batrachians from Iguarassu”; “ List
of Batrachians from the Province Santa Catharina”; ‘On the nursing habits of Dendrv-
bates”; “ On new or little known South African Reptiles”; “Second list of Reptiles
from Cyprus”; “On the Chelydoid Chelonians of New Guinea”; “ Sur la Synonymie
et la Distribution géographique des deux Sonneurs Européens gS “An account of the
Fishes obtained by Surgeon-Major A. 8. G. Jayakar at M uscat, East Coast of Arabia,”
by G. A. Boulenger. “Contribution to our knowledge of Fishes of the Yangtsze-
Kiang”; “ Report on the Fishes obtained by Mr. J. Murray in Deep Water, on the
North-west Coast of Scotland, between April 1887 and March 1888,” by Dr. A.

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Giinther. “ Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomide in the British Museum”; “ Notice
of an abnormal growth in a species of Haliotis” ; “On a monstrosity of Bythinia ten-
taculata,” by E. A. Smith. ‘ The Polyzoa of Mauritius”; “The Polyzoa from Port
Phillip ”; “Description of a new species of Retepora,” by R. Kirkpatrick. “On the genus
Theatops” ; “On the specimens of the genus Urodacus contained in the collection of the
British Museum ”; “ On the specimens of the genus Scorpio contained in the collection
of the British Museum,” by R. I. Pocock. “ Notes on the Lepidopterous genus
Euchromia, with descriptions of new species in the British Museum,” by A G. Butler.
“Notes on a collection of Dragon-flies from South Africa,” by W. F. Kirby. “ New
species of Lucanide, Cetonude, and Buprestide, in the British Museum”; “Some
observations on the Coleopterous family Bostrichide” ; ‘‘ Additional observations on the
Tea-Bugs (Helopeltis) of Java,” by C. O. Waterhouse. “‘On a new genus and new
species of Coleoptera from the Solomon Islands” ; ‘‘ On new Longicorn Coleoptera from
China”; “ On new Longicorn Coleoptera of the family Lamude”; ‘On new Lamud
Coleoptera of the Monohammus group,” by C. J. Gahan. “ Report on Echinoderms from
Tuticorin”; ‘ Further report on Echinoderms of the Bay of Bengal”; “ Descriptions
of four new species of Ophiuride”; ‘‘ Description of a remarkable Ophiurid from
Brazil”; “On the Echinoderms collected at Port Phillip by Mr. J. B. Wilson”;
“ Description of Xiphigorgia ridleyi,” by F. J. Bell.

accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VII.— Acquisitions.

During the past year the Department has been increased by the addition of 44,087
specimens, which are distributed among the various branches, as follows :—

Mammals

Birds

Reptiles -
Batrachians
Fishes -

Mollusca
Polyzoa
Crustacea
Arachnida
Myriopoda

Insecta -

Vermes -

Echinoderms

Sponges
Anthozoa

Hydrozoa

0.81.

Salvin and God-
man Collection

Henshaw Col-

lection.

Seebohm
lection.

Sclater Collec-
tion.

Other Sources -

Col-

/ Challenger Col-

lection.
al Other pouzers -

eelsige: Col-

lection.

Other Sources -

Challenger Col-
lection:

| Other Sources -
il Col-

lection.

Other Sources -

( aes Col-
lection.

Other Sources -

MOWAT Sa ii= i —

By By
Beseeaea Purchase.
486 77s)

5,331 -

11,000 -

203 -
= 1,718
1,473 415
351 214
8 153
1,099 349

238 ~
2,691 | 3,058
228 44

2,315 -
1,107 68
917 298
130 86
3,506 3,352
87 4

137 -
659 82

318 <4
566 26
168 26

97 -

139 -
33,344 | 10,066

H

By
Exchange.

41

677

Toraly

44,087 as compared with

65,199 in the year 1887.

36,348 f 1886,
123,358 3 1885,
45,574 53 1884,
31,466 * 1883
19,902 _ 1882.
49,602 " 1881.
24,283 nf 1880.
45,881 sl 1879.

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The most important acquisitions were the following :—

1. Of the ccllections made during the voyage of H.M.S. “ Challenger,” and presented
by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, the following were received in 1888 :—

(a.) Two hundred and thirty-eight specimens of Mollusca.

(b.) Two thousand three hundred and fifteen Crustacea (Macrura and Anomura),
(c.) One hundred and thirty-seven specimens of Comatulide.

(d.) Three hundred and eighteen specimens of Tetractinellid Sponges.

(e.) Ninety-seven specimens of Hydrozoa.

2. A collection from Christmas Island, consisting of eleven Mammals, twenty-three
Birds, eleven Reptiles, forty-eight Land shells, two Crustaceans, thirty-seven Spiders
and Myriopods, and one hundred and forty-two Insects. The specimens were collected
and presented by J. J. Lister, Esq., who accompanied H.M.S§. “ Egeria,” under the
command of Captain Aldridge, on her visit to this island in the year 1888. The interest
attached to an exploration of this island has been already noticed in the Report for
1887 (page 55).

3. A collection from the Island of Dominica, consisting of nine Mammals, twenty-five
Birds, forty-one Iteptiles, fifteen Batrachians, eighty-eight Molluses, one hundred and eight
Crustacea, and twenty Spiders and Myriopods; presented by the Royal Society and
British Association. This collection was made by Mr. §. A. Ramage, a gentleman
engaged by a Joint Committee of the Royal Society and the British Association for the
exploration of the Fauna and Flora of the Lesser Antilles.

4, A collection of Land and Marine animals from Fernando Noronha, containing thirty-
five Birds, twenty-two Reptiles, one hundred and forty Fishes, two hundred and four
Molluscs, one hundred and forty-nine Crustaceans, sixty-eight Spiders and Myriopods,
two hundred and ninety-one Insects, forty-five Sponges, fifteen Corals, thirty-five
Hydrozoa; presented by the Royal Society. This collection was made by Mr.
H.N. Ridley, formerly an assistant of the Botanical Department, and Mr. 8. A. Ramage,
under direction of the Royal Society.

5. A valuable series of Marine animals from the West Coast of Scotland, consisting of
three hundred and seventeen Fishes, four hundred and nine Molluscs, five hundred and
fifty Crustaceans, thirty-two Worms, four hundred and eleven Echinoderms, ninety-five
Sponges, eighty-three Anthozoa, ninety-four Hydrozoa, one hundred and eighteen
Polyzoa; presented by Dr. J. Murray, v.p.R.s.E. These specimens were received as a
further instalment of the collections made by Dr. J. Murray, as noticed in the Report of
the previous year (page 56).

6. A collection of one hundred and four skulls of ancient Egyptians, taken frou
Mummy Tombs, and obtained by the Egyptian Exploration Committee; presented by
W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq.

7. A collection of eleven thousand North American Birds made by the North American
Ornithologists, Messrs. Henshaw and Merriam (shortly referred to as “ Henshaw Col-
lection,” on page 57); it was purchased by F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., F.R.S., in order
to supplement the hitherto very incomplete series of North American Birds, and pre-
sented by him to the Trustees.

8. The fourth instalment of the Salvin-Godman collection of birds, referred to in the
Report for 1885. This series consists of 5,331 specimens, and includes sixty-nine types
and two hundred and twenty-three species new to the collection ; presented by Osbert
Salvin, Esq., F.R.s., and F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., F.R.S.

9. The collection of Tyrannide and Cotingide formed by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.8.,
containing 1,718 specimens, and including one hundred and sixteen types, and forty-six
species new to the collection; purchased.

10. Two thousand one hundred and eleven land and fresh-water Shells (all named) from
the Indien region. This series comprises a selection from Mr. W. Theobald’s collection
of Indian Mollusca. It contains a large number of species and several genera new to the
Museum, many of the specimens being either types or figured examples ; purchased.

11. Eight hundred and seventy-four specimens of Coleoptera from the Hawaiian Islands,
being a selection from the collection of the Rev. T. Blackburn. This series contains three
hundred and thirty-four type specimens and four hundred and nineteen out of the four
hundred and twenty-eight known species from these Islands, and is of special interest as
with the progress of cultivation many of the indigenous Insects disappear, and are partly
replaced by others which are introduced from other parts of the globe; purchased.

Mammatia.—The additions to this class during the past year were 700, of which the
following are the most noteworthy :—

The skull of an Ancient Briton from Bradford, Northumberland ; presented by Canon
W. Greenwell.
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ee dried head of a Givaro Indian, from Ecuador ; presented by J. B. Whitehead,
sq.

Twenty skulls of Mammals from Kamtschatka; received in exchange from the
St. Petersburg Museum.

Two Mammals from Ichang on the Yang-tse-Kiang, one a rare Gouat-Antelope
(Nemorrhedus cinereus) new to the collection; presented by Perey Montgomery, Esq.

A specimen of a rare Dolphin (Neomeris phocenoides) from the Yang-tse-Kiang ; pur-
chased.
Fifty-nine small Mammals from South Texas; collected and presented by W. Taylor,
Esq.

Thirty-four Mammals from Mexico and Vera Cruz; presented by Messrs. O. Salvin
and F. D. Godman.

Fifteen Rodents from Brazil, comprising nine species new to the collection, received
in exchange from the Copenhagen Museum.

Twenty Mammals from Rio Grande do Sul; purchased.

The skull and skin of a rare Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) from Masai-land; presented

by H. C. V. Hunter, Esq.

Nine Mammals from Somali-land ; collected and presented by E. Lort Phillips, Esq.
Sixty-four Mammals, chiefly from Burmah; presented by the Marquis G. Doria.
Twenty-five Mammals from South India; presented by W. Davison, Esq.

Thirty-nine Mammals from the Indian region; presented by W. T. Blanford,
Esq., F.B.S.

Twenty-six skulls and horns of Indian Mammals, also a new Flying-Squirrel ( Ewpetaurus
cinereus) from Kashmir; presented by R. Lydekker, Esq.

The skull of a Short-beaked Dolphin ( Orcella brevirostris) from Muara Island, North
Borneo; presented by P. W. Bassett Smith, Esq.

Fifteen Mammals from Sogere, S.E. New Guinea, including the types of three new
species, and twenty-three human skulls from New Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago,
collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes; purchased.

A life-sized model of a female Killer (Orca gladiator) ; purchased.

Birds.—20,279 specimens were added to this branch of the collection during the past
year. Beside the “ Henshaw ” and other collections already mentioned, the following are
most worthy of note :—

Seventy-six specimens of British birds ; presented by Theodore Fisher, Esq.

Fifty-three eggs of Guillemots and Razor-bills from Flamborough Head; presented by
the Right Hon. the Earl of Londesborough.

A specimen of the Isabelline Wheatear (Sazicola isabellina) shot in Cumberland; pre-
sented by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson.

Two hundred and thirty-one birds from Cyprus, including specimens of a new Titmouse
(Parus cypriotus); presented by the Right Hon. Lord Lilford.

One hundred and forty-nine birds from the Palearctic Region; also Sixty-four
specimens from Central Asia and Mongolia, duplicates from the Collection of the late
General Prjevalski; among them, Phasianus strauchi, Falco hendersoni; presented by
Henry Seebohm, Esq.

A specimen of a Swan from Eastern Asia (Cygnus davidi), new to the collection;
presented by Professor Giglioli.

Sixty-nine birds from Ichang, China, including Yuhina diademata, &c.; purchased.

Forty-four specimens of birds from West Africa, including twenty species new to
the collection; presented by the Lisbon Museum.

One hundred and eighty-five birds from Fao, in the Persian Gulf; presented by
W. D. Cumming, Esq.

Thirteen specimens of birds from Muscat, Arabia; including three specimens of Budo
milesi; presented by Surgeon-Major A. 8. G. Jayakar.

Four species of birds from Quetta, including Falco hendersoni and. Bubo turcomanus ;
presented by Sir Oliver St. John.

Thirty-five specimens of birds from the Comoro Islands, including Scops capnodes,
Turdus bewsheri, &c.; purchased. .

Eight specimens from the Comoro Islands, including Humblotia favirostris and Cinnyris
humbloti ; presented by the Paris Museum. }

Seventy-four birds from the Mountains of Perak, seven species being previously
undescribed; presented by L. Wray, Esq., jun. ;

Five species from Liberia and the Malayan Islands, four of them new to the Museum ;
presented by the Leyden Museum. ;

Fifty-four specimens from N.E. Borneo, including the type of Carpophaga everetti ;
urchased.
‘ Three specimens (male, female, and young) of a Weavyer-Finch (Chlorura hyperythra)
from Kina Balu; purchased.
_ Fifty-seven birds from the Solomon Islands, including Astur woodfordi, Astur shebe,
Nasiterna aole, Myzomela sharpii, and others ; purchased.

Seventy-two specimens from the Solomon Islands ; collected and presented by C. M.
Woodford, Esq.

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SS

Fifty-two specimens from S.E, New Guinea, collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes, and con-
taining types of four new species (fallicula forbesi, Melirrhophetes batesi), &c. ; pur-
chased. :

Ten species of birds from the Arfak Mountains, N.W. New Guinea (including Oreo-
psittacus arfak? and Drepanornis bruynt) ; purchased. —

The type of Platalea intermedia from S.E. New Guinea; presented by the Right Hon.
Lord Walsingham, F.R.S. sigia

Specimens of Paradisea auguste Victorie and Cyclopsitta edwardsi from N,E. New
Guinea; purchased.

Reptiles —Six hundred and fifty-two specimens were added to this class, of which the
following are the most important :—

Forty-four reptiles from Cyprus; presented by the Right Hon. Lord Lilford.

Thirty specimens from Dr. Radde’s Transcaspian Expedition, including types of a
new lizard (Phrynocephalus raddii), and two other species new to the collection; pur-
chased.

Two specimens of a new Gecko (Teratoscincus prjevalshit) collected by General
Prjevalski in the Chinese province Gansu; obtained in exchange from the St. Petersburg
Museum,

Eleven specimens from Fao, on the Persian Gulf; presented by W. D. Cuming,
Esq.
N ine Snakes from Muscat, Arabia, including a new species (Eryx jayahari) ; presented
by Surgeon-Major A. 8. G. Jayakar. ;

Sixty-two specimens from Kiu Kiang, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, two species of Snakes
(Simotes sinensis and Halys aculus) being new to science; purchased.

The types of two new Snakes from Hong Kong (Achatinus rufescens and Calamohydrus
andersonii), and two other Snakes new to the collection; obtaimed in exchange from the
City Hall Museum, Hong Kong.

Seventy-four specimens from the Nilgherries and Anamallays; presented by W.
Davison, Esq.

A specimen of an Amphisbenian from Somali-land (Agamodon anguliceps); obtained
in exchange from the Paris Museum. d ,

Twenty-one specimens from the Oil River District, West Africa; presented by H. H.
Johnston, Esq.

Eleven specimens from the Lower Congo, including two Snakes new to the collection
(Xenocalamus mechowi and Elapsoidea guentheri) ; purchased.

Ten South African Reptiles, mostly types of new species; presented by the Trustees of
the South African Museum, Cape Town.

.Six specimens from New Guinea, including a new Lizard (Lygosoma forbesii), and a
new snake ( Typhlops inornatus) ; purchased.

One of the type specimens of a new Turtle ( Chelodina nove-guinee) from New Guinea;
presented by the Marquis G. Doria.

Thirty-one specimens from the Solomon Islands, among them two new Snakes
(Hoplocephalus melanurus and H. woodfordii); purchased.

Eighteen specimens from the Kei Islands; presented by Captain Langen.

Eight specimens from Southern Texas; purchased.

Fifty-five specimens from various Islands in the West Indies, mostly illustrating new
species recently described by Mr. Garman; received in exchange from the Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.

Four Reptiles from Bahia, including an Amphisbenian new to the collection (Lepid-
osternum rostratum); presented by the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, F.R.s.

Ten Reptiles from Iguarassu, Pernambuco, among them a new Gecko ( Spherodactylus
meridionalis); purchased.

Eighteen specimens from the Province of Santa Catharima, Brazil; purchased.

Batrachians—Two hundred and eighty-seven specimens were added to this class, of
which the following are the most important :—

A series of twenty-one specimens illustrating the Frog-fauna of Denmark; received in
exchange from the Copenhagen University Museum.
bs Fourteen Frogs from the Nilgherries and Anamallays; presented by W. Davison,
sq.
Four Frogs from New Guinea, representing two new species (Rana macroscelis and
Callulops dori); purchased.

Thirty-one Frogs from the Solomon Islands ; purchased.

Twenty-nine specimens from New South Wales and Victoria, including two new
species of Frogs (Limnodynastes fletcheri and Crinia victoriana); presented by J. J.
Fletcher, Esq.

Ten Frogs from Iguarassu, Pernambuco, among them the types of three new species
(Aylodes plicifera, H. ramagii, Nototrema fissipes) ; purchased.

Sixty-seven specimens from the Province of Santa Catharina, Brazil, including types
of four new species of Frogs (Eupemphixz nana, Hyla bivittata, H. catharina, Engystoma
leucostictum) ; purchased.

Four Frogs from the Province of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, types of three new species
(Paludicola bischoffii, Hyla marginata, H. bischoffiz) ; purchased.

Fishes.

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Fishes :—The additions number 1,569 specimens, of which the most important are the
following :—

A hybrid between Abramis brama and Leuciscus rutilus, from the River Nen ; presented
by the Right Hon. Lord Lilford.

Twenty-nine fishes from Nice and Sicily; purchased.

One hundred and twenty specimens from Italy and the Mediterranean; received in
exchange from the Milan Museum.

A collection of one hundred and eighty-six fishes, formed by Dr. Dickson at Constan-
tinople; presented by the Zoological Society of London.

One of the types of a new fish from the Upper Amu Daria (Evostoma oschanini);
received in exchange from the St. Petersburg Museum. ;

One hundred and forty-four specimens from the Yang-tse-Kiaug; among them the
types of six new species ; purchased.

A fine specimen of Salmo perryi, from the Ishikari River, Japan; presented by C.
Gould, Esq.

A collection of two hundred and sixty-six fishes from Muscat, Arabia, including
examples of several new or rare species; presented by Surgeon-Major A. S. G.
Jayakar.

Ninety-one specimens from the East Coast of the Madras Presidency ; purchased.

Thirty-eight specimens from the Gulf of Martaban; presented by E. W. Oates, Esq.

Thirty-seven fishes from the Gaboon ; purchased.

Nineteen specimens from Massowah ; presented by D, Wilson-Barker, Esq.

Nineteen new or rare fishes from Mauritius; purchased.

Mollusca,—The acquisitions during the past year amounted to 5,987 specimens, of
which the following may be particularly mentioned :—

Four hundred and sixty-three marine shells from European seas, principally from the
coast of Norway, including many very interesting forms difficult to acquire; purchased.

Twenty-five land shells from Spain and Algeria; presented by Dr. W. Kobelt.

One hundred and thirty-nine land shells from the Islands of the Grecian Archipelago,
including a number of species new to the Museum; purchased.

Twenty marine shells from Hong-Kong and Japan, including the type of the largest
known species of Brechites (B. giganteus) and a series of specimens illustrating the varia-
tion in the operculum of Xenophora; purchased.

A collection of one hundred and thirty-three land shells from Barbadoes ; collected
and presented by Colonel H. W. Feilden.

i Forty-seven marine and land shells from South Africa; presented by J. H. Ponsonby,

Sq.

Two hundred and twenty-three marine shells from Madras, Comoro Islands, Bombay,
and South Africa; presented by A. E. Craven, Esq.

A very fine collection of five hundred and fifty-five marine shells from Aden ; collected
and presented by Major Yerbury, R.A.

Two hundred and eleven land shells from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; pre-
sented by Mrs. F. A. de Roépstorff.

Two hundred and seven marine shells from Mauritius ; purchased.

Two hundred and eleven marine shells from Adelaide; presented by Mrs. G. S.
Bowyear.

Twenty-nine marine shells from N.W. Australia, including two very fine specimens of
Cyprea decipiens ; presented by T. H. Haynes, Esq.

One hundred and thirteen specimens of Unionide and other fresh-water shells from
Australia; presented by Dr. J. C. Cox. ;

Three magnificent specimens of the rare Helix hochstetteri from Picton, New Zealand;
presented by W. T. L. Travers, Esq.

Ninety-four land shells from the Solomon Islands ; purchased.

Polyzoa.—Three hundred and fifteen specimens or groups of specimens were added to

the collection. Besides those already mentioned the following may be referred to :—
Twenty-four species from South Australia ; presented by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq.
Thirty-nine specimens from the Mauritius; purchased.

Echinodermata and Wermes.—The numbers of additions to these classes were respec-
tively 978 and 91. The following may be especially noted :—

Eleven deep-sea Echinoderms from off the Coast of Ireland; presented by the Royal
Trish Academy. shize,

A fine mass of Serpula tubes from Loch Craignish; presented by the Hon. A. E.
Gathorne Hardy.

A fine cluster of tubes of Filograna, dredged off Yarmouth, and presented by J. J.
Owles, Esq. ; :

Thirty specimens of Comatulide from the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, col-
lected during the expeditions of H.M.S. ‘“ Porcupine,” 1868-70, under the auspices of
the Royal Society ; received through Dr. Herbert Carpenter. :

One hundred and six Echinoderms from Tuticorin, thirty Echinoderms and twenty
marine worms from Ramesyaram, and five examples of the large earthworm of the
Nilgiris (Moniligaster grandis); presented by Edgar Thurston, Esq.

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Twenty-five Echinoderms and five worms, collected in the Gulf of Martaban, and pre-
sented by E. W. Oates, Esq.

Sixty-eight Echinoderms from the Mauritius ; purchased.

Three examples of the large earthworm (Megascolides australis), found at Warracal,
Gippsland, Victoria; presented by Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer.

Crustacea.—3,490 specimens were added to this class. In addition to the “ Challenger”
and other collections already mentioned, the following may be noticed :—

One hundred and twenty-five specimens from the Gulf of Martaban; collected and
presented by E. W. Oates, Ksq.

Thirteen specimens from Port Philip; collected and presented by J. Bracebridge
Wilson, Esq.

Ten Crustaceans from Mogador; presented by C. A. Payton, Esq.

Arachnida and Myriopoda.—The additions to these classes amount to 1,215 and 216
respectively. The following are the most noteworthy :--

Six hundred and twenty Spiders from Ootacamund, mostly new to the collection; pre-
sented by G. F. Hampson, Esq.

Eighteen specimens of Centipedes and Spiders from North Borneo, including four
specimens of a Scorpion (Heterometrus costimanus), an example of the rare Centipede,
Heterostoma bisuleatum, and a specimen of a very interesting Millipede, Zephronia sul-
catula ; purchased.

Sixty Arachnids and Myriopods from Victoria and King Island; collected and presented
by A, Dendy, Esq.

Seventy specimens of Oribatide from Great Britain, forming part of a series of typical
specimens illustrative of the work on “ British Oribatide,” by A. D. Michael, Esq., by
whom the collection was presented.

Twenty-five Centipedes and Spiders from the Nyassa district, Central Africa, including
three specimens of a rare Scorpion ( Opisthophthalmus sp.) new to the British Museum, and
two new species of Scorpion belonging to the genus Lepreus ; purchased.

One hundred and twenty Spiders and fourteen Centipedes from Brazil; purchased.

Forty-nine specimens of Myriopods from Madagascar; purchased.

Insects.—The total number of specimens acquired during the year amounted to 7,068 :
they are distributed among the various orders as follows :—

Coleoptera = = ‘=> of ) 80 =) =i ho-, 2387
Hymenoptera - = - - - - . 632
Lepidoptera - - - - . - - - 2,063
Diptera - - - - - - - - 281
Neuroptera - = - - - - - - 153
Collembola - - -~— - - - = = 54
Mallophaga - - - - - - - - 8
Orthoptera - ak Fi = 2 - - - 644
Hemiptera - - - - - - ~ - 996

Tota - - = 7,068

The following are the most important additions :—

(From Great Britain. )

The collection of British and Foreign Lepidoptera formed by the late Dr. Pool;
presented by his widow.

Sixty-two specimens (chiefly Microscopic preparations) illustrative of the life-history
of the Hessian Fly (Cecidomyia destructor) in its various stages, and of its parasites;
partly purchased of, and partly presented by, Mr. F. Enock,

A mass of flies (Atherix ibis) found on a branch of Hawthorn; presented by Tinley
Barton, Esq.

(From Japan.)

One hundred and thirty-two Lepidoptera from Yezo; presented by the Rev. W.
Andrews.

Ninety-five Lepidoptera from Japan; presented by Major J. W. Yerbury.

Thirty-seven specimens of Insects (chiefly Hemiptera) from Hakodati ; purchased.

(From North America.)

Thirty specimens of Yenthredinide and Uroceride from Canada; presented by W.
Hague Harrington, Esq.
Sixty-seven Lepidoptera from North America; presented by H. Edwards, Esq.
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(From South America.)

Twenty-four Hymenoptera, nine Diptera, twenty Rhynchota, twenty-six Orthoptera,
and seventeen Neuroptera from Pernambuco; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq.

Twenty-four Hymenoptera, seven Diptera, forty-four Rhynchota, thirty-four Orthop-
tera, four Neuroptera and fifteen nests and Galls from Iguarassu, Brazil; purchased.

Thirteen nests of Hymenoptera from Rio Grande do Sul; purchased.

Three hundred and seventy-one specimens of Orthoptera, two hundred and one Hyme-
noptera, two hundred and thirty-four Hemiptera, seven Neuroptera, and seventy Diptera
from Theresopolis, Brazil; purchased.

Six specimens of a new species of wasp (Polistes orbitalis) from Lages, Brazil ;
purchased.

Seven Lepidoptera from Araucania, Chile, including a new Cyclopides (CU. puelme) ;
presented by W. Bartlett-Calvert, Esq.

Five hundred Lepidoptera, comprising about two hundred and thirty species, many of
them new to the collection, from Sao Paulo ; purchased.

A specimen of the rare and beautiful moth ( Composia olympia) from Key West, Florida;
presented by G. C. Griffith, Esq.

Sixty-four specimens of Lepidoptera from Chile, and other parts of South America,
collected by Mr. G. Mathew; purchased.

(From Africa.)

Twenty Hemiptera from Accra; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild.

Eighty Orthoptera and thirty Neuroptera from South Africa; received in exchange
from the South African Museum.

A compound cocoon formed by Caterpillars of a moth (Anaphe panda) from South
- Africa; presented by the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham.

A specimen of the rare Skipper Butterfly (/eucochitonea levubu) from South Africa ;
presented by W. White, Esq.

Ten specimens of Sphingide, including six types, from the Gaboon; presented by the
Rey. W. J. Holland, p.p.

One hundred and sixty Lepidoptera from the Cameroons; purchased.

Three hundred Lepidoptera from Onitsha, River Niger; presented by Sir James
Marshall.

Two specimens of Euchloé charlonia, and two examples of a supposed new species of
Euchloé from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands; presented by C. H. Hodges, Esq.

(From Asia.)

A series of specimens of various species of Locusts, from Cyprus; presented by H.
Guillemard, Esq., M.D.

Three specimens of Procris vitis, the larve of which are injurious to vines in Cyprus;
presented by R. L. Mitchell, Esq.

A male and female of Ornithoptera ruficollis from the Sunda River; presented by
Surgeon S. W. Bassett-Smith, R.N.

Three hundred specimens of various orders of Insects (chiefly Hemiptera) from
Kiukiang ; purchased.

Sixty-five Diptera from the Nilghiris; presented by G. F. Hampson, Esq.

Sixty-eight Lepidoptera from Khandesh, India, including a new species of Teracolus
(2. palliser?) ; presented by H. G. Palliser, Esq. ; : ;

Thirty-eight Butterflies from Ootacamund, including species described by L. De
Nicéville, Esq.; presented by G. F. Hampson, Esq.

Seventy-one Lepidoptera from the Andaman Islands ; presented by Commander
Alfred Carpenter, B.N.. sane! :

The type specimen of a remarkable mimicking Longicorn Beetle (Coloborhombus
fasciatipennis) trom Borneo; purchased.

(From Australia and Pacific Islands.)

Twenty-six Lepidoptera from New Guinea, collected by H. O. Forbes, Esq.; pur-

chased.
One hundred and eighty specimens of Lepidoptera from New Zealand; presented by

Alexander Purdie, Esq.

Sponges.—Nine hundred and ten specimens were added to the collection during the
year; besides the “Challenger” Tetractinellida, the following important collection has

been received :—
Four hundred and fifty-one specimens from Ceylon; collected and presented by

Dr. Ondaatje.
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Anthozoa and Hydrozoa.—The additions to these classes were 194 and 236 respectively.
The following may be mentioned :—
Thirty-two specimens of Corals from Ramasvaram ; presented by Edgar Thurston,

“iG example of Virgularia mirabilis from Loch Craignish; presented by the Hon.

A. E. Gathorne Hardy, M.P.
The type of Peace bellissima from the Bahamas; presented by Professor Ray

Lankester, F.R.S.
Thirty-five specimens of British Hydrozoa; presented by Dr. F. Young.

VII. Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted portions of the collection, or
who have required attendance or assistance, was 8,797, as compared with :—

8,955 in the year - - = - a - - - 1887
Sso02) Bey - - = = - - - = 1886
8,313 %9 = c = - = = - 1885
6,818 “: =Tay Ge = = - = = deed
Dae = ss = = ies = - = - - 1883
9,628 * - - = = - = - - 1882
7,407 » = = = = = - - - 1881
4,260 ,, - - - - - ~ - - 1880
AG0S.. os, = sities inken Th frei 20 Dh eat eh ae

Albert Gunther.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
J.— Arrangement.

A.—VERTEBRATA.

Fossil Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2).—A glazed case has been fixed upon the wall
next to Wall-case No. 1 for the exhibition of a series of reproductions of bone-harpoons,
carvings, and drawings upon bone, ivory, and stone, the work of Prehistoric Man, the
originals of which were discovered in the caves of Dordogne, France, and have been
figured and describedin MM. Lartet and Christy’s work, * Reliquiz Aquitanice,” (1865-
75, 4to, with 87 plates).

Table-case 1, and Pier-case 2. Numerous additional specimens of Mammalian and
other remains from Ffynnon, Beuno and CaeGwyn Caves, St. Asaph; from the Caves
of Minas Geraes, Brazil ; from near Olkusz, in Russian Poland, &c., have been mounted
upon tablets and arranged in pier-case 2. The series of human skulls from Sussex,
Essex, Gower (S. Wales), Argyleshire, Ireland, Brazil, Belgium, and Germany, have
been mounted on stands, and labels have been printed for the same.

Pier-case 9. Diagrams of Phenacodus, Paleotherium, and Hipparion have been added
to this case.

Pier-case 15, containing the Cervide, has been re-fitted, and in large part re-arranged.

Pier-case 16. The British and foreign remains of the Bison and the Musk-sheep
(Ovibos moschatus) have been entirely re-arranged, together with a series of Antilopide
from the Siwalik Hills, India, and the whole of the objects mounted upon stands, with
printed labels attached to each specimen.

In Pier-case 17 the whole of the specimens of crania of Bubalus, Hemibos, and Leptobos
have been re-labelled according to Lydekker’s Catalogue, and the specimens on the lower
shelf mounted upon stands.

In Pier-case 18, the limb-bones, jaws, vertebra, and other detached portions of
en of Bos primigenius have been all carefully mounted on stands, arranged and

abelled.

Th Pier-case 19 the remainder of the skulls, &c., of Indian Bos, Bubalus, &c., have
been arranged upon stands, and printed labels affixed to each. Also a long series of
British and Irish examples of skulls, jaws, vertebra, &c., of Bos longifrons, likewise
mounted on stands, and for cach of which a printed label has been prepared.

In Pier-case 20 the remains of Toxodon, Coryphodon, Dinoceras, Tinoceras, &c., have
been mounted upon stands, tablets, &c., and carefully labelled.

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In Pier-case 21 the series of skulls of Sirenia, and some of Cetacea, have been mounted
upon stands, labelled, and arranged.

Wall-case 25, in the Pavilion, has been re-fitted, and the remains of A/pyornis, Didus,
Alca, &c., remounted, re-arranged, and labelled.

Numerous specimens have been mounted and labelled, and incorporated with the series
of Mammalian remains in the various table-cases.

The fine skeleton (executed in papier maché) of Dinoceras mirabile (the original of
which was obtained from the Eocene strata of Wyoming Territory in North America,
and is preserved in Yale College, New Haven Ct., United States), has been articulated
and mounted for exhibition in a temporary glazed case, and placed in the centre of the
South-East Gallery, near the case containing the Rhytina.

The reproduction of the skeleton of Halitherium Schinzii, from Darmstadt, has been
entirely remounted and restored, and placed on a new stand in the same glazed case with
the Rhytina gigas.

A nearly complete skeleton of Mylodon gracilis, obtained from the Pleistocene Alluvial
deposits of the Argentine Republic, South America, has been articulated and restored,

and is now mounted in a large glazed case placed on the centre of the floor in the
Pavilion, near the Megatherium.

Fossil Reptilia (Galleries 3, 4, and 5).—The cast of the head of Ichthyosaurus
acutirostris ; several fine bones of Zguanodon from the Wealden of Hastings; casts of the
skull and lower jaw of Capitosaurus robustus from the Muschelkalk of Bavaria, have been
added to the exhibited series in the Wall-cases of this Gallery. Also a reproduction of
Actinodon Frossardi, Gaudry, from the Lower Permian of Autun, France.

Considerable progress has been made in reconstructing the broken fragments of
Metriorhynchus from the Oxford Clay, with a view to mounting it for exhibition.

Fossil Fishes (Gallery No. 6).—The Elasmobranch fishes have undergone entire
revision in accordance with the newly-prepared Catalogue of that order, and a large
number have in consequence been re-tableted and re-labelled.

The recent acquisitions have all been registered, and the more important, as the
Coombe, Sturtz, and Harford collections have been tableted, labelled, and incorporated
in the yarious portions of the exhibition-series to which they severally belong.

Several diagrams of fishes -haye been prepared and mounted, and placed in the wall-
cases on the west side of the Gallery.

All the duplicate vertebrata, set aside for distribution or for exchanges, have been
cleaned and arranged; the smaller specimens have been placed in a series of drawers in
cabinets in the basement, easily accessible for purposes of examination.

The larger duplicate vertebrates, together with a number of specimens of large fossils,
which cannot be exhibited in the public galleries, but which it is desirable to preserve
as historical specimens for reference, are arranged in a row of new glazed wall-cases in
the N.E. Basement fitted up for that purpose.

INVERTEBRATA.

Mollusca- Cephalopoda (Gallery No. 7).—Numerous specimens and models, illustrating
the structure of the Cephalopoda have been added to table-case 57.

Additional species of Belemnitide from the Lias of Ross-shire, &c., have been added to
wall-case (No. 14).

Upwards of 400 Eocene and Cretaceous Wautil have been prepared, mounted upon
tablets, named, and labelled and arranged on the slope in wall-case No. 2, and in table-
case No. 59.

The unmounted specimens are arranged in 21 drawers beneath table-case, No. 60.

Sixty-three specimens of Jurassic Nautili have been mounted on blocks, named and
arranged in wall-case No. 13.

In wall-case No. 3 have been: arranged the Heteromorpha (Crioceras, Toxoceras,
Maceroscaphites, Baculites, Turrilites, §c.); mounted on blocks with printed labels at-
tached to each specimen.

In wall-case No. 4, 32 Ammonites from the Chalk, and in wall-case No. 5, 18 Creta-
ceous Ammonites, and in No. 6, 17 specimens have been placed, all similarly mounted on
blocks, with labels attached to each.

A series of 17 large Ammonites from the Portland Beds, Isle of Portland, &c., have
been mounted on blocks and arranged in wall-case No. 6.

In wall-case No. 8, the Orthoceratitde to the number of 354 have been mounted upon
tablets, and labelled to correspond with the recently-published Catalogue of that family.
The unmounted specimens are arranged in sixteen drawers beneath table-case No. 72.

Mollusca-Gasteropoda and Lamellibranchiata (Gallery No. 8.)—The Crag Mollusca
and the Glacial Shells have all been mounted upon tablets, named and arranged in the
table-cases, and in the series of drawers beneath the same.

The British Post-Pliocene Mollusca (Land and Freshwater), have all been named, and
are now ready for mounting and arrangement.

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The Gault and Greensand Mollusca are being named and arranged.
The Silurian Mollusca have been examined, named and arranged.
The British Collection of Brachiopoda are being mounted upon tablets, named and

labelled.

The tableted Mollusca are as follows :—

No.
Cambrian and Silurian Table-case - > 89 314 specimens.
Carboniferous (Brachiopoda), Table-case - 86 398 Wy
Pliocene, Crag-series - 102,103, and 104 2,148 sd
Post-Pliocene, Glacial - - - - 104 997 oH
Total number mounted and named - - - 9,857

Specimens named and ready for tableting :—
Gault and Upper Greensand - - - -_ 1,620
Post-Plioeene, Uddevalla and Wexford 250

1,870

Echinodermaia.—The British Crinoidea, Blastoidea, and Cystoidea, comprising 578
specimens, have been named, tableted, and arranged. Those unexhibited have been
named and placed in cardboard trays, and arranged in drawers beneath table-cases.

The foreign Crinoidea are in course of arrangement. Of these 694 specimens haye
been mounted upon tablets, and temporarily placed in drawers until the completion of the
fittings of wall-cases 17 and 18, when they will be arranged therein.

The larger Crinoids have been framed and arranged on back of the wall-case, with
printed labels attached to each specimen.

The British Echinoidea, Asteroidea, Ophuiroidea, &c., have been named, mounted on
tablets, and arranged in the table-caser.

The Tertiary and Cretaceous Comatulida, and the Foreign Tertiary Echinoidea, haye
been similarly named, mounted, and arranged in table and wall-cases.

Seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-five specimens have been identified and

labelled ; three thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine being mounted for exhibition, and

the remainder placed in card-trays in drawers beneath table-cases.

Fossil Plants (Gallery No. 10.)—One hundred and fifty-five plant-remains, chiefly
Jurassic and Triassic, both from British and foreign localities, have been mounted upon
pedestals, and placed in the wall-cases on the east side of this Gallery.

Two hundred and thirty-three British Oolitic Plants, forty-five Liassic, and one
hundred and twenty-six foreign Triassic plants, have been mounted upon tablets ready
for exhibition.

Some large branches of Araucarites peregrinus, associated with numerous Ammonites
raricostatus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis, have been framed and mounted upon the wall
between Cases 13 and 14.

A stem of Clathraria Lyell, from the Wealden of Sussex, has been placed on the wall
between Cases 12 and 13.

A fine group of leaves of Platanus, from the Eocene Volcanic deposits of Mull, has
been framed and placed upon the wall between Cases Nos. 11 and 12.

Gallery No. 11.—Type-Collections.—The task of cleaning, preparing, naming, and
tableting the “ Sowerby Collection” is being carefully carried out; the following groups
have been completed, viz,:—- !

Foraminifera = - - 7 = - = 76 specimens.
Actinozoa - - - - = aur lt ”
Echinodermata - - - - - =) 36 3

Annelida - - - = - - - 115 48

Crustacea - - - * - -, (30 *

Polyzoa - = = e = - aye eas 3

Brachiopoda —- = = = = - 492 Be
Lamellibranchiata = - - - - se Gol »» (in progress).

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DEPARTMENTAL Liprary.—(Gallery No. 9.)

The fine series of Original Drawings of Recent and Fossil Brachiopoda, by Thomas
Davidson, Esq,, Lu.D., F.R.s., bequeathed to the Geological Department, have all been
carefully arranged in series, so as to correspond as nearly as possible with the author’s
published memoirs, and each drawing has been mounted on a guard or leaf, the whole
forming 22 handsome volumes, which will be carefully preserved for the use of future
workers at this remarkable group.

The number of Volumes of Works bound has been eighty-two.
The additions to the Library during the past year have been as follows:—

By Purchase :—

Serial Publications - = = - - 78
New Works - = = = “ a s 9x65
Pamphlets - = - = = = mS)
— 166
By Donation :—
Works - - - = = = “ 6
Pamphlets - - - - - - - 24
— 30
Total additional Books - - — 196
New Maps acquired” - = = & eee:
Explanations to Maps -~—- - . a S09
. Total additions to Maps, kc. - - — 62
GRAND ToTAL - - 248

The cataloguing, stamping, and press-marking of all additions to the Library and to
the Maps has heen regularly maintained.

Preparation of Catalogues.

The work of preparing a catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the collection
is making satisfactory progress. Part I. containing the Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,
Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia and Proterosauria having already been published
in June last, and Part IL. being now completed in MS., and in the press.

Part I. of a catalogue of the Fossil Fishes, of the order Elasmobranchii, is completed
in MS., and is now in the press.

Part I. of a catalogue of the Cephalopoda, containing the straight-shelled Nautilide
or Orthocerata, has just been completed and printed, and is now ready for issue.

A systematic list of the Eocene Mollusca in the “ Edwards Collection,” with refer-
ences to the types contained in the Wetherell, Dixon, Sowerby, and other collections
preserved in the Museum, is now in course of preparation, and the whole of the Lamel-
libranchiata is now in type.

Work of the Mason-Formatore and Assistant Mason, §c.

The repairing, restoring, and articulation of the entire skeleton of Mylodon gracilis.

The repaiving, restoring, and remounting of the cast of the skeleton of Halitherium
Schinziz.

The setting up of the entire sheleton of Dinoceras mirabile ; presented by Professor

Marsh.
Designing and superintending preparation of ironwork for carapace of Glyptodon.

Making upwards of eighty plaster “piece-moulds” of various figured fossils, many of
which have been lent for that purpose by the Cambridge Museum, by Mr. Leeds, the
Reverend P. B. Brodie, &c., including large head of Ichthyosaurus; two vertebre of
Gigantosaurus ; a femur of Cryptosaurus ; jaws of Cochliodus ; 30 vertebre of Plesio-
saurus ; Dinosaurian limb-bones, Chelonian and Fish-remains.

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ne
—

Making about 200 casts of various objects, and colouring same either for the Museum-
cases or for exchanges with various Museums.

Developing and imbedding in frames for exhibition a large slab of footprints from the
Wealden of Hastings; and a series of twelve large Gault Ammonites.

A series of slabs of Plant-remains from Solenhofen, from the Lias, and from the Leaf-
bed of Mull, &c.

Developing and mounting on stands a series of large Ammonites from Portland; also
a series of Macroscaphites, Crioceras, Toxoceras, &c., from the Greensand, and two large
Cuttle-fishes from Solenhofen in Bavaria.

Repairing and remounting in glazed frame a large Ray, Spathobatis bugestacus, from
Solenhofen.

Developing and mending a large series of Mammalian and Reptilian bones, also
“ 2 _ . . ea.
numerous Chelonian remains from the London Clay, and several Triassic reptilian
remains from South Africa.

Developing and repairing numerous Fish-remains.

Reducing and developing, also cutting and polishing many sections of shells of Cepha-
lopoda for the Collection.

Cleaning, mending, and mounting in frames numerous Crinoidea, Asteroidea, and
Echinoids for exhibition.
Making and polishing numerous sections of shells. +
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Reducing, developing, and mounting numerous Coal-plants for exhibition.

Modelling in plaster and building up a reproduction of a portion of the Bass-Rock for
the case of Gannets in the Ornithological Gallery.

Many hundred blocks with brass supports for large Ammonites and Plant-remains
have been prepared, and numerous stands for the exhibition of separate Mammalian and
Reptilian remains.

Labels.— The work of printing labels for the various larger objects exhibited has been
constantly carried on throughout the year; no fewer than 12,290 labels having been set
up in type and printed. Many of these labels contain descriptions of special families, as
the Rhinoceroses, Hippopotami, Bovide, Cervide, &c., and contain as much as an 8vo.
page of printed matter or about 450 words.

1. By Donation.— A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—Three teeth of Mustodon Cautley?, from Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay ;
presented by Colonel J. W. Watson.

The premaxillary portion of upper mandibles of Equus, from the Brickearth, Crayford,
Essex ; presented by F. C. J. Spurrell, Esq., F.G.s.

Numerous fragments of bones of Cervus elaphus, Bos, &c., from a Cave at Mentone;
presented by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.s.

Fifteen specimens of bones and teeth of Arvicola, from the Pleistocene of Crayford,
Kent; presented by R. W. Cheadle, Esq., F.a.s.

A complete skeleton of Dinoceras mirabile (in papier maché), from the Eocene

Tertiary of Wyoming, North America; presented by Professor O. C. Marsh, M.A.
LL,D:, F.G.S.

(2.) Reptilia.—A coloured reproduction of skeleton of Actinodon Frossardi, Gaudry.
Lower Permian, Autun, Saone-et-Loire, France. The original (Figd. and descd. Nouv.

Archives du Museum, ser. 2, vol. x. 1887, pp. 9-19, pl. I.) is preserved in the Mus.
Nat. Hist., Paris.

pear of skull of Garialis gangeticus, from Perim Island; presented by Colonel J. W.
Vatson.

A slab with footprints of Iguanodon, from the Wealden, Hastings (Figd. and descd. in

Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1854, vol. x., p. 456, pl. xix.); presented by S. Husbands
Beckles, Esq., F.R.S.

Part of the skeleton of Plesiosaurus philarchus (Seeley), from the Oxford Clay, Bedford;
presented by F. W. Crick, Esq.

A series of Reptilian remains from the Secondary formations of Setubal, &c., Bahia,
Brazil; presented by J. Mawson, Esq., ¥r.G.s.

Greater portion of the skeleton of a species of Metriorhynchus ; also portions of a second
skull and mandible of same, from the Oxford Clay, Fletton, near Peterborough; pre-
sented by Alfred N. Leeds, Esq. : a

Casts of the skull and portions of the lower
Meyer, from the Trias of Feuerbach, ne
Director of the Munich Museum.

jaw of Capitosaurus robustus, H. von
ar Stuttgart; presented by Dr. K. A. von Zittel,

(3.) Pisces.—

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(3.) Pisces.—The two type-specimens of Cleithrolepis Extoni, from the Stormberg Beds
of Rouxyille, Orange Free State; presented by Dr. Exton, F.a.s.

Portions of Dentary bone of Megalichthys coccolepis, from the low main coal seam, New-
castle ; presented by William Dinning, Esq.

One hundred aud ninety remains of fishes from the Eocene Tertiary, from localities
north of the Sea of Aral; presented by W. Bateson, Esq., M.A.

A spine of Ctenacanthus hybodoides ; a spine of Gyracanthus tuberculatus, and also
seventy Selachian teeth from Tibskelf Colliery, near Alfreton, Derbyshire; presented
by Edward Wilson, Esq., F.G.s.

A small series of Fish-remains from the Secondary formations of Setubal, Plataforma,
&c., Bahia, Brazil; presented by J. Mawson. Esq., F.G.s.

Impression and counterpart of a new species of Zhrissops, from the Great Oolite, Isle of
Portland ; presented by Frederick Harford, Esq.

Two coloured casts of Homosteus Miller, Traquiar (the originals are in the Museum of
Science and Art, Edinburgh), from the Old Red Sandstone, Thurso, Caithness; pre-
sented by the Lords of the Council on Education.

Twenty-four teeth of Ptychodus, Oxyrhina, and Otodus, from the Chalk of Charing,
Kent; presented by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S.

A plaster cast of an undescribed tooth of Ptychodus, from the Lower Tertiary of Huttel-
dorf, Vienna; presented by Professor Eduard Suess.

Tooth of Synechodus, from the Upper Chalk of Norwich; presented by B. B. Wood-
ward, Esq., F.G.S.

Four Selachian Vertebre, from the Woolwich and Reading Beds, Charlton, Kent ;
presented by R. W. Cheadle, Esq., ¥.G.s.

Nine teeth of Carcharedon lanciformis, C. acutidens, Oxyrhina xiphodon, from the
Phosphate Beds of South Carolina; presented by Miss Carolina Birley.

Seven casts of Fishes from the Cretaceous of Bohemia; presented by Dr. A. Fritsch,
Director of the Royal Bohemian Museum, Prague.

Three small Fish-palates, from the Upper Keuper, Pendock; preseuted by the Rev. P. B.
Brodie, F.G.s.

A small series of Fish-remains, from the Upper Devonian, Russia; presented by Dr.
L. Szajnocha.

Five Fishes from the Post-Tertiary Deposits of Japan; presented by Professor John
Milne, F.R.S.

Pectoral fin and tail of Cladodus tyleri, from the Cleveland Slates of Ohio; presented
by Dr. J. S. Newberry.

Tooth of Petalodus acuminatus, from the Upper Carboniferous Limestone of Orchard
Quarry, near Glasgow ; presented by A. H. Foord, Esq:, F.G.8.

B.—Invertebrata.

(a.) Mollusca.—One hundred and thirty specimens of Mollusca from various British
formations; presented by Percy E. Coombe, Esq.

Five hundred and seventy-seven Gasteropoda and 148 Lamellibranchiata from the
Barnwell Gravels, Cambridgeshire ; presented by Mrs. T. McKenny Hughes.

One Murex, one Calyptrea, and 13 Pectens from the Eocene Tertiary of Dulwich ;
presented by J. H. Collins, Esq., ¥.c.s.

Eleven specimens of Tercbratula bisinuata, from the London Clay, near Fareham;
presented by the Council of the Hartley Institution.

Internal casts of four chambers of shell of Nautilus (Aturia) zic-zac, from the
Miocene Tertiary, Muddy Creek, Melbourne, Victoria; also 17 specimens of Mollusca,
from the Pliocene of Border Town, South Australia; presented by Robert T. Litton,
Esq., F.L.S.

Five casts of Ammonites, from New Guinea; presented by Mr. R. Etheridge, jun.

A group of Pectunculus brevirostris, in matrix from Bognor, Sussex; presented by Mr.
Henry Haskell.

A specimen of Pinna, from the Cretaceous of New Zealand ; presented by H. B.
Woodward, Esq., F.G.S. ; a. ;

Eleven hundred Eocene Tertiary Shells from various localities North of the Sea of
Aral; presented by W. Bateson, Esq., M.A.

A series of 95 Post-Pliocene, Mollusca, from Clapton; presented by J. E. Green-
hill, Esq.

One hundred and thirty specimens of Bivalve Mollusca, from the Norwich Crag, of
Suffolk; presented by R. E. Leaeh, Esq., M.A.

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A slab covered with Lingulella Davisii, from the Lr. Lingula Flags, Penmorfa Quarry,
North Wales; presented by Dr. Roberts, m.R.C.s., &c.

Three specimens of Clausilia pumila, Zieg]. from the Post-Pliocene, Barnwell. (The
specimens are figured and described, Proc. Geol. Assoc. 1888, vol. x. p. 357, woodcut) ;
presented by Rey. E. 8. Dewick, F.«.s.

A series of about 300 shells, from the Manure Gravels, Wexford, Ireland, obtained by
means of a grant from the British Association; presented through R. Etheridge,
Esq., F.R.S.

A series of 123 Pleistocene Mollusca from the Raised Beaches of Uddevalla, Sweden ;
presented by Robert M. Thorburn, Esy., F.R.S.E.

Two groups of Productus from the Millstone Grit, and one of Strophomena and Strep-
torhynchus, trom the Carboniferous Shale, Clifton; presented by Edward Wilson,
Ksq., F.G 8.

Three Ammonites, from the Lower Lias, Barrow-Gurney, Bristol; presented by A:
Alexander, Esq.

Two slabs of Modiola lithodomus, from the Purbeck, Whitchurch, Bucks ; presented by
the Rev. P. B. Brodie, F.c.s. :

A series of Mollusca, from the Devonian and Silurian, of Galicia and Russian Poland ;
presented by Dr. L. Szajnocha.

Forty two Mollusca from the Paleozoic Rocks of Cashmir; presented by Colonel
Godwin-Austen, F.R.S.

A small series of stunted Marine and Land and Freshwater shells, from the Peat,
Southampton- Water; presented by Professor E. 8. Morse.

Four hundred and seventy Gasteropoda and 810 Lamellibranchiata from Post-Tertiary
deposits, Japan; presented by Professor J. Milne, F.R.s., F.G.S.

A series of 135 Post-Pliocene Mollusca from British localities ; presented on behalf of
the Christy Trustees by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., F.R.S.

A group of Stricklundinia lens, from the Lower Llandovery, Cerrig-y-Druidion, North
Wales; presented by Robert Etheridge, Esq., F.R.s.

(6) Polyzoa. Thirteen slides of Polyzoa, from Buda-Pest ; presented by Dr. Maximilian
von Hantken.

(c.) Insecta and Crustacea. Eight specimens of Tertiary and Cretaceous Crustacea, all
from British localities ; presented by Perey E. Coombe, Esq.

A cast of Ceratiocaris Angelini, from the Lower Silurian, Sweden, the original figured
in Geol. Mag. 1888, pl. v., fig. 1; presented by Prof. G. Lindstrém.

Five Corals from the Eocene Tertiary strata of various localities, North of the Sea of
Aral; presented by W. Bateson, Esq., M.a.

A specimen of Prestwichia rotundata, from the Coal Measures, Pleasley near Mansfield ;
presented by W. S. Gresley, Esq., F.G.s.

Impressions and counterpart of Asaphus Homfrayi, and also of Ceratiocaris insperatus,
Salter, Tremadoc Slates, from Portmadoc, North Wales; presented by Dr. Roberts,
M.R.C.S.

A portion of the body of Eurypterus sp., from the Coal Measures, Ludlow Pit, Rad-
stock, Somerset ; presented by Edward Wilson, Esq, F.G.s.

Fifteen slides containing Tertiary Ostracoda from the Bracklesham Clay, described by
Jones and Sherborn, Geol. Mag. 1887, pp. 385 and 450; presented by Professor J. W.
Judd, ¥.R.S., F.G.8.

Hight specimens of Balani, from the Manure Gravels, Wexford, Ireland, obtained by
means of a grant from the British Association ; presented through R. Etheridge, F.n.s.

Forty fossils, chiefly Trilobites, from the Cambrian of St. John’s County, New Bruns-
wick ; presented by Master Geoffrey Stead.

A small series of Trilobites, from the Penrhyn Slate Quarries, Bethesda, Bangor;
presented by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq., M.A., F.G.S. :

Slab containing Archeoniscus Brodiei, from the Middle Purbeck, Pinton, Wilts;
presented by the Rev. P. B. Brodie, F.@.s.

Four slides of Figured Ostracoda from the Fuller’s Earth Oolite (figd. and desed.
Proc. Bath Nat. Hist. Soc. 1888); presented by Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F.R.s., F.G S.

Specimens of Metacypris, &c., from Colorado (figd. and desed. Geol. Mag, 1886, pp.
145-148, pl. iv.); presented by Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.8.

(d.) Echinodermata.—Thirty-nine Hehinoderms, from various British formations ; pre-
sented by Percy E. Coombe, Esq.
_ Two Echinoderms from the Tertiary formation, Dulwich; presented by J. H. Collins,

Sq., F.G.S.

A specimen of Galerites albogaleru,s Lamarck, from the Chalk of Margate ; presented
by Professor Dr. P. M. Duncan, F.R.8., F.G.S.

Four Post-Tertiary Echinoderms from Japan ; presented by Professor J. Milne, F.R.s.,
F.G.S-
< Two Echinoderms from the Red Chalk of Hunstanton; presented by B. B., Woodward,

Sq-, F.G.S._ 1 Yr

One specimen of Galerites albogalerus, from the Upper Chalk, Charlton, Kent; pre-
sented by James Fox, Esq.

(e.) Zoophiyjta—

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(e.) Zoophyta.—Sixteen specimens of British Tertiary and Cretaceous Corals; pre-
sented by Percy E. Coombe, Esq.

Two specimens of Chaetetes polyporus, from the White Jura, Nattheim, Wiirttemberg ;
presented by Professor F. Quenstedt and Dr. Schlichter.

A specimen of Litharea Desnoyers?, E. and H., from the Eocene, Hauteville, France ;
presented by Professor P. M. Duncan, M.B., F.R.S., F.G.S.

A fine example of Cyathophyllum regium, Upper Carboniferous Limestone, Clifton ;
presented by Edward Wilson, Esq., F.«.s.

Nine Miscroscopic Sections of Corals, from various formations and localities ; presented
by Dr. G. J. Hinde, v.e.s.

Three specimens of Hindeastrea dis-cvidea, White, from the Cretaceous, Kaufman Co.
Texas; presented by Dr. C. A. White.

Four specimens of Post-Tertiary Corals, from Japan ; presented by Professor J. Milne,
F.R.S.

(f.) Protozoa.—Sixteen Sponges from various formations, all from British localities;
presented by Perey E. Coombe, Esq.

Seventeen Miscroscopic Slides of Parkeria spherica (one specimen figured by Dr.
Nicholson); presented by the late Dr. John Millar, F.L.s., F.G.S:

One specimen of Plinthosella compacta, Hinde, from the Upper Chalk, Ventnor, Isle
of Wight ; presented by the Rev. H. M. Langdale.

A series of one hundred and twenty-one sections of Sponges, &c., from the Greensand ;
presented by Mrs. Millar.

A series of Sponge Spicules, mounted on glass slides (figured by Dr. G. J. Hinde,
Mon. Pal. Soc., 1887-88), from the Carboniferous Strata of Ayrshire; presented by Mr.
James Bennie.

A specimen of Nummulites levigatus, var. scabra, Lam., from the Eocene, Brackles-
ham (desed. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1846, vol. ii. p. 257).

A section of Stoliczhiella Theobaldi, Carter, Eocene, Karakorum Pass, N.E. Kashmir ;
presented by W. King, Esq., LL.D.

Specimens of Inferior Oolite, with Foraminifera, from Horsepools, near Gloucester ;
presented by W. C. Lucy, Esq., F.@.s.

A specimen of Webbina irregularis, from the Oxford clay, Weymouth ; presented by
Robert Formby, Esq.

Fifty-six slides of Foraminifera, from the Budapest district; presented by Dr. Maxi-
milian yon Hantken.

C= Pranwan

Forty-nine sections of fossil wood, stems of Calamites, Stigmaria, Spores, &c., from
the Coal-measures, Lancashire and Yorkshire; presented by Mrs. Millar.

A specimen of Buthotrepis pergreilis, Dawson, Quebec Group, Little Métis, Canada ;
presented by Sir J. W. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S.

One fossil fruit of Trapa, from Perim Island; presented by Colonel J. W. Watson.

Thirty-four Plant-remains, from the Eocene Beds of Mull, obtained by means of a
grant from the Royal Society, by J. 8. Gardner, Esq., F.G.s.

Two Cones (Cycadeostrobus elegans) from the Wealden, Brook, Isle of Wight; pre-
sented by Arthur Dendy, Esq.

Ten Plant-remains from the Coal-measures, Radstock, and eleven from the Calciferous
Sandstone, Isle of Arran; presented by R. Kidston, Esq., F.G.s.

Twenty-five plants from Post Tertiary deposits in Japan; presented by Professor
John Milne, F.Rs.

Six Dicotyledonous leaves from the Eocene Sarawak, Borneo; presented by
A. H. Everett, Esq.

2. By Purchase—A. VERTEBRATA,

(1.) Mammalia.—One molar, and part of a left lower jaw, of Mastodon Humboldti,
from the Alluvial Deposit, Tolima, Columbia.

A series of Pliocene Mammalian remains from Maragah, Persia (described by Mr.
Lydekker, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. 42, p. 173).

Seventy-two Mammalian remains from various British localities and formations.

One radius of Rhinoceros, from the gravel, Addison-road, West Kensington.

_ A Carapace, tail-sheath, and part of the skeleton of Glyptodon levis, from the Pleisto-

cene of Buenos Ayres.

Numerous detached tessere and parts of Carapace of Glyptodon, from South
America.

A very perfect left lower last molar of Mastodon angustidens, Owen, from the Red
Crag, at Foxall, in Suffolk.

(2.) Repltilia.—A series of limb-bones and vertebra of Zguanodon, from the Wealden,
Hastings.
Ferty-two Reptilian remains from various localities in England.

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A series of plaster-casts and electros of Reptilian remains from the Gaskohle of
Bohemia.

(3.) Pisces.—A series of fossil fish Phaneropleuron, Cephalaspis, Eusthenopteron, and
Coccosteus, from the Devonian of Canada.

Three fishes, one from the Crag, Boyton; one from the Gault, Folkestone; and one
trom Mexico.

Three casts of Devonian Fishes from Canada.

Nine vertebrz, and vine palatal teeth from the Chalk of Folkestone.

Twenty-six fish-remains (scales, vertebra, &c.) from the Chalk, Kent,

A series of Teleosaurian remains from the Gt. Oolite, near Northampton.

B.—INVERTEBRATA.— By Purchase.

a.) Mollusca.—A large block of Tertiary Limestone, containing shells, from Damaray,
prés Epernay, France. ' 7" : :

Thirty-five Mollusca from various localities, one being the type specimen of Ammonites
tbex. .

A series of 85 Mollusca, including many Cephalopods figured by the late Dr. Wright
(in Mon. Pal. Soc. 1878-1883).

Four hundred and twenty-seven specimens of Mollusca, from various formations and
localities in Britain.

One thousand four hundred and twenty Gasteropoda, and one thousand two hundred
and fifty Lamellibranchiata, from the Crag.

Twenty-four Mollusca, from the Carboniferous series of Scotland.

One specimen of Ammonites Turneri, from the Lower Lias, Barrow Gurney, Bristol.

A slab of Portland rock, with numbers of Cerithium concavum, &c., from Tisbury.

A very fine Pholadomyza, two Nautili, thirteen Pleurotomarie, and other Mollusca from
various localities and formations in Britain.

(b.) Polyzoa.—Five specimens of Polyzoa from the Collection of the late Dr. Wright.
Thirty-two specimens of Polyzoa, from various British localities.
Sixty specimens of Crag Polyzoa, from Suffolk.

(c.) Insecta and Crustucea.—One hundred mounted slides of Silurian and Tertiary
Ostracoda (figured and described in Geol. Mag. 1887, and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
1886-87).

Forty-three remains of Crustacea and Insecta, all from British localities and
formations.

Forty-six slides of mounted Entomostraca from the Fuller’s Earth (described and
figured in Proc. Bath and West of England, Nat. Hist. Field-Club., vol. vi., p. 3,
1888).

One hundred and forty-eight mounted slides of Ostracoda, &c., from the Carboniferous
and Permian strata, all named and figured, with references to works.

(d.) Echinodermata.—Eight specimens of Apiocrinites elongatus and A. Parkinsoni, from
the Bradford clay of Burfield and Bradford, Wilts.

Seventy-five specimens of Echinodermata, being the types of descriptions by the late
Dr. T. Wright, in his various monographs.

A large slab of Crinoidal limestone, from Wisby, Isle of Gotland.

Seventy-three Hchinoderms, from various British localities.

(e.) Zoophyta.—Twenty-eight microscopic sections of fossil coral, from the Collection
of the late Dr. Holl.

Seven fossil corals from the Lias.

A large series of Corals from various British localities.

Two fine examples of Acervularia luxurians, from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley.

A specimen of Thamnastrea, from the Oolite, Bath.

(f-) Protozoa.—Twelve Cretaceous Sponges.
A series of fossil Sponges, from various localities in Britain.
A new fossil Sponge, from the Grey Chalk, Folkestone.

C.—Priantm.— By Purchase.

A small series of Plants, from the Devonian rocks of Dalhousie, Canada.
Fifteen Plant-remains, from British localities.
Eight microscopic sections of Coal-plants, from Oldham, Lancashire.

One hundred and twenty-four specimens of Eocene Tertiary Leaves, from Styria,
Tyrol, and Carniola,
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Accounts, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ie

The total number of specimens acquired during the past year have been as follows:—

A. VERTEBRATA:

By Donation - - ~ = > = = 524
> Purchase - - - - = - - 1,056
», Exchange - - - = - 2 3 182
—— = 1,762
B. INVERTEBRATA :
By Donation - - - - = - - 5,080
» Purchase - - - - - - - 4,119
», Exchange - - ~ - - - - 1,220
eae sO:419
C. PLAnTz#:
By Donation - — = = - = = 8g
5 Purchase - - = = - = = 159
» Exchange - - - - - = e 147
—-—-_._ 395
Total - - - 12,576

Exchanges :—

An exchange has been made between this department and Messrs. Wachsmuth and
Springer, of Burlington, Iowa, U.S., North America, of 83 duplicate British Crinoidea,
for which the Museum has received 87 specimens of American palxozoic Crinoidea new
to the collection.

A second exchange has been arranged with M. Cossmann, of Paris, by which he
receives 207 duplicate British Eocene shells, in return for 1,128 Paris basin Mollusca needed
for the collection.

Mr. R. D. Lacoe, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S., has sent 147 American paleozoic
plants new to the collection, for which he has received 128 duplicate British Coal-
plants.

Mr. B. Sturtz, of Bonn, has sent 122 Fossil Vertebrata, and 14 Mollusca Echinoderms,
&c., new to the collection, for which he has received 238 duplicates (not needed for the
Museum) in return.

The Smithsonian Institution have sent a skull and lower jaw of the American Bison,
and have received in return three casts of Meivlania from Lord Howe Island.

The Princeton University Museum have sent 32 specimens and casts of Fossil Mam-
malian remains from the Miocene and Eocene of North America, for which 59 duplicates
have been returned.

Marlborough College Museum have given a good example of Dapedoglossus testis (a
newly described Eocene fish from the Green River Shales, Wyoming Territory, U.S.A.),
in exchange for a series of 29 fossils selected from duplicates as adapted for elementary
teaching in Biology.

Professor Huxley has transferred to the Museum, through Professor J. W. Judd, the
original skull of Dicynodon Murrayi (fig’. and described by Prof. Huxley, in Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc. for 1859) in exchange for a cast of the skull of Myperodapedon
Gordoni.

Mr. H. H. Blanchet, of Ottawa, has sent two Utica Shale fossils in return for two
duplicate slices of Egyptian Jasper (transferred from Department of Mineralogy).

Duplicates Distributed.

A second series of Duplicates to the number of 103 specimens have been given to the

Durham College of Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. }
Three skulls of Bos longifrons from the peat have been given to the Anatomical

Museum, Cambridge.
A series of casts of Meiolania have been sent to the Sydney Museum; and to Yale
College Museum, New Haven, U.S., in return for casts of various fossils received.

Lectures and Demonstrations to Students, Local Societies, §c.

Swiney Lectures on Geology :—

A course of twelve lectures on Palzobotany, by Professor W. R. McNab, M.D., F.L.8.,
of the Royal College of Science, Dublin, were delivered in the Museum Lecture Room
(on the Fossil Plants of the Paleozoic Epoch), between 25th June and 23rd July 1888 ;
they were attended by 668 persons, or an average of 55 persons for each lecture. 6

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On March 17th, Dr. Woodward gave a Gallery Lecture to the members of the
Geologists’ Association on the fossil Edentata and Marsupialia in the §.E. Pavilion—90
members were present.

He also addressed 22 members of the Wesley Scientific Society in the Reptilian
Gallery on 24th March.

On 7th April, Miss J. B. McLeod gave a demonstration to a class of 15 ladies.

On 24th April, Professor P. Martin Duncan conducted a class of 12 students from
King’s College, London, and on 8th May a similar class of ten students, from the same
college, through the Department.

On 9th June, Dr. Woodward delivered an address in the South-east Gallery to the
Employers’ Mutual Improvement Society, Woolwich and Deptford.

On 19th September, Professor Flower addressed 117 members of the International
Geological Congress, who were afterwards conducted in parties round the galleries.

On 1st December, Dr. Woodward addressed 40 members of the Baling Microscopical
and Natural History Association “on the Pleistocene Mammalia of the Thames
Valley.”

The number of visits from students and persons who have consulted the Collections

and the Library for purposes of scientific research during the year, and who have
received special assistance from the staff of the Department, was 3,111.

Henry Woodward.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

During the year 1888 a new and enlarged edition of the Guide to the Meteorites has
been issued.

The work of replacing written locality labels in the collection by uniform prirted
Aabels has been completed; 8,358 locality labels have been received from the printers.

26 labels for species, pseudomorphs, and specimens in the introductory cases, have
been printed and placed in the collection.

The manuscript of a new set of variety labels for the entire mineral collection has been
prepared.

The whole of the mineral specimens in the reserve collection has been. provided with
written locality labels where these were required; and 291 drawers belonging to the
reserve collection have been supplied with clean trays.

All the specimens belonging to doubtful species and varieties have been transferred
from the Pavilion to drawers beneath the window cases, have been re-arranged, and have
been provided with new written labels.

The specimens in the cases containing diamond and graphite have been re-arranged.

The large pieces of flexible sandstone have been transferred to special brackets in the
Pavilion.

‘Lhe descriptive catalocue of the specimens of Stibnite has been continued, and 61
crystals of this and other minerals have been measured.

A cumplete description of the chemical and crystallographic work done upon the Rea
Silvers has been written.

The Percylite and its associated minerals from Sierra Gorda, Bolivia, have been che-
mically and crystallographically examined.

Kaolin from Tremadoe, and the fine series of twinned calcites from Egremont in Cum-
berland, have been crystallographically examined and described.

A report has been made relative to the Alabaster sculptures at Bloomsbury.

186 rock sections have been examined microscopically and the specimens and sections
have been labelled, named, and catalogued ; the collection of rocks brought by Mr. Ridley
from Fernando Noronha, and a cullection of Swedish rocks have been examined.

The work of arranging the rock sections in a new cabinet has been continued.

The duplicate fragments of Meteorites have been weighed, placed in glass-topped boxes,
and a list of their respective weights prepared.

Three quantitative and 88 qualitative analyses of specimens of Red Silver have been
made ; 70 doubtful mineral specimens have been qualitatively examined and determined ;
and several specific gravity determinations have been made.

A series of heavy solutions for determination of the specific gravity of minerals has been
prepared, and numerous chemical re-agents have been purified by re-crystallisation.

179 rock sections, 8 meteorite sections, and 4 sections of minerals have been prepared ;
9 large slices of meteorites and 34 small pieces for exchange have been cut.

A large face of the Youndegin meteoric iron has been filed down and polished.

The preparation of a special meteorite register has been continued, and the lists of
meteorites in other collections have been collated.

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DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY.

To the Library have been added 208 separate works (in 284 volumes), and 44
memoirs and pamphlets.

601 entries have been made in the register of books and periodicals received, and 253
volumes, 87 memoirs, and 855 plates have been stamped and catalogued.

56 volumes have been bound, and 389 volumes have been sent away for binding.

The re-cataloguing of the whole Library for the new General Catalogue has been
commenced ; 2,955 volumes and 30 memoirs have now been catalogued.

VISITORS.

The number of visits recorded as made to the Department for purposes of consulta-
tion or study is 733.

ACQUISITIONS.

884 specimens have been acquired during the year 1888, namely, 260 minerals, 595
rocks, and 29 meteorites.

These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and placed in the collection. The more
important of them : re named below :—:

MINERALS.
By Presentation :—

Millerite; Glamorganshire ; by Lieut. Col. Rimington.

Stibnite; Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand; by Sir Walter Buller, p.se., F.R.S. :
and the same by the New Zealand Antimony Company.

Diatomite ; Dinnet, Aberdeenshire; by R. V. Boyle, Esq.

Celestite in large crystals; Cattolica, Sicily ; by Miss Herschel.

Silver ores; Georgetown, Colorado; by Townshend Griffin, Esq.

Gold and silver ores; Colorado and Arizona; by H. E. Dresser, Esq.

Sulphur ; Teveriffe; by Graham Toler, Esq.

Enhydros ; Salto, Uruguay; by J. Galloway, Esq.

Lithidionite ; Mount Vesuvius; by Miss C. Birley.

Gold; Witwatersrand, Transvaal ; by Morris Herz, Esq.

Greenockite ;, Wanlockhead, Dumfriess-shire ; by Patrick Dudgeon, Esq,

Analcite and Gmelinite; Pyrgos, Cyprus; by H. Bauerman, Esy., F.c.s.

A remarkably rich specimen of gold from the Morgan mine, Dolgelly, North Wales;
by Pritchard Morgan, Esq., m.P.

Twenty specimens of zinc ores; Silesia; by Hermann Koenigs, Esq.

Galena on an iron tool; Wheelsdrake mines, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire ; by Colonel
A. G. Harsthorne. ;

Mineral Pitch; Pitch Lake, Trinidad ; by the Dowager Countess of Dundonald.

Manganese Ores; Monaghan, Ireland; by J. Campbell Hall, Esq., m.s.

Jade; by Mrs. Horsfall.

Gold ; Columbia River, British Columbia; by Captain A. E. McCallum.

Fibrolite and Sapphire; Loire Inférieure; by M. Uh. Baret.

By Purchase :—

Barytes, in long blue crystals; Pallaflat, St. Bees, Cumberland.

Hetaerolite ; Sterling Hill, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Cupro-uranite in unusually fine crystals ; West Wheal Bassett, Redruth, Cornwall.

Hessite; Botes, Zalathna, Transylvania.

Rhodochrosite, finely crystallised ; Alicante, Lake County, Colorado, U.S.A.

Calcozincite ; Sterling, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Celestite ; a series of very fine specimens recently discovered ; Yate, Gloucestershire.

Biharite ; Rezbanya, Hungary.

Homilite ; Langesund, Norway.

Dolomite in well defined crystals; Binnenthal, Wallis, Switzerland.

Phenacite; Florissant, El Paso County, Colorado, U.S.A.

Szaibelyite; Rezbanya, Hungary.

Vanadinite in brilliant crystals; Yuma County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Cronstedtite ; Kuttenberg, Bohemia.

A remarkably fine specimen of Apophyllite ; Guanaxuato, Mexico.

Proustite ; Chanarcillo, Chili.

Boracite in brilliant crystals; Westeregeln, Magdeburg, Prussia.

Very large cubic crystals of Green Fluor; Oltschi Alp, Brienz, Switzerland.

Scheelite, the largest crystals hitherto found ; Rothlaue, Guttannen, Switzerland.

Witherite, in exceptionally large and fine crystals with Bromlite and Barytocalcite ;
Fallowfield mine, Hexham, Northumberland.

Barysite; Pajsberg, Wermland, Sweden.

Endidymite; Aré, Brevig, Norway.

0.81. K 2 Diopside

=6 AccOUNTS &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Diopside in very fine crystals ; Ala, Turin, Italy.

Bertrandite ; Pisek, Bohemia.

Inesite.

Groddeckite; Franz-August mine, Andreasberg, Harz.

Apatite; Liickmanier, Graubiindten, Switzerland.

Boart as an cctahedral crystal.

A magnificent series of Calcites in limpid prisms and enormous twin crystals ; Egre-
mont, Cumberland.

By Exchange :-—
Thulite ; Leiperville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Serpierite; Laurium, Greece.
Blende in tetrahedral crystals ; Cornwall.

Barytes (Wolnyn); Cornwall. —
Of the above minerals Barysite, Bertrandite, Biharite, Calcozincite, Eudidymite,
Groddeckite, Inesite, Serpierite and Szaibelyite are new to the collection.

Rocks.
By Presentation :-—

Quartz Grit; Lliw, Swansea; by R. Etheridge, Esq., F.R.s.

Basalt ; San Paulo, Brazil; and Diabase; Snowdon; by H. A. Miers, Esq.

Luxullianite ; Cornwall; hy J. Rashleigh, Esq.

Picrite ; Menheniot, Cornwall; by the Right Honourable the Earl of St. Germans.

Piedmontite-glaucophane-schist ; Olakisau, Sikoku, Japan; by F. Rutley, Esq., F.¢.s.

Dolerite ; Monaghan, Ireland; by J. Campbell Hall, Esq., mn.

Gabbro and Quartzite; Loire Inférieure; by M. A. de Lisle.

Pyroxenite; Morbihan, Brittany, and Sainte Nazaire, Loire Inférieure; by
M. Ch. Baret.

By Purchase :—
A collection of 100 rocks from the Azores.

METEORITES.
By Presentation :—

A portion of the iron of Heidelberg, weighing 13 grams.

A portion of the iron described by Wohler, weighing 4°5 grams.

Wessely, Moravia; fell 9th September 1831; weight 2°7 grams.

Nageria, Agra, India; fell 24th April 1875; weight 5 grams; all presented by the
Director of the Geological Survey of India.

By Purchase :— ;
Powder Miil Creek ( “ Rockwood” ), Tennessee, U.S.A.; weight 1,148 grams.
Tron Creck, Battle River, N. Saskatchewan, Canada; weight 79°5 grams.
Tabory, Ochansk, Perm, Russia ; fell 30th August 1887; weight 1,253 grams.
Pavlodar, Semipalatinsk, Asiatic Russia; weight 56:3 grams.
Mornans, Bordeaux, Droéme, France; fell September 1875; weight 1,145 grams.
Aubres, Nyons, Drome, France ; fell 14th September 1836; weight 495 grams.
TLomatlan, Jalisco, Mexico ; fell August 1879; weight 102°5 grams.
Grosnaja, Caucasus, Tiussia; fell 28th June 1861; weight 160 grams.
Assisi, Perugia, Italy ; fell 24th May 1886; weight 142 grams.
Kikino, Viasma, Smolensk, Russia ; weight 27 grams.

Novo- Urei, Krasnoslobodsk, Pensa, Russia; fell 22nd September 1886; weight 22

grams.
By Exchange :—
Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; fell January 1879; weight 6°3 grams.
Ttapicurumirim, Province of Maranhao, Brazil ; fell March 1879; weight 6:4 grams.
Minas Geraes, Brazil; weight 3-6 grams.
Lexington County, 8. Carolina, U.S. A.; weight 201°5 grams.
Lomatlan, Jalisco, Mexico ; fell 17th September 1879; weight 33°2 grams.
Of the above those of which the names are italicized are new to the collection.

L,. Fletcher.

accounts, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 77

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

During the past year 49,879 specimens of plants have been mounted, named, and
inserted in their places in the Herbarium; of these, 15,679 were Phanerogams, and
34,200 were Cryptogams.

These additions have consisted chiefly of specimens collected in Europe by Auerswald
and Heldreich; in India by King, Clarke, Beddome, and Ferguson ; in Perak by Scorte-
chini; in China by Hance; in Japan by Bisset; in Egypt by Schweinfurth ; in Tropical
Africa by the Rey. W. E. Taylor; in South Africa by Macowan, Scully, and Scott Elliot ;
in Canada by Macoun; in the United States by Bartram, Lemmon, and Marcus Jones;
in Mexico by Palmer; in the Bermudas by Baron Eggers; in British Guiana by Im Thurn,
and in Brazil by Miers, aud Ridley, Lea and Ramage.

The great collection of Mosses formed by Hampe has been completely mounted and
arranged in the cabinets.

In the course of incorporating these additions, the following Natural Orders have been
more or less completely re-arranged :— Ranunculaceae, Papaveracee, Crucifere, Violacee,
Caryophyllaceea, Malvacee, Rosacee, Loranthacee, Composite, Campanulacee, Apocyiee,
Gentianacee, Bignoniacee, Loganiacee, Laurinee, Cupulifere, Euphorbiaceae, Gramineae,
Filices, and Lycopodiacee.

The series ot Monocotyledonous plants in the public gallery has been partly re-
arranged, and progress has been made in selecting and labelling specimens for the
Morphological Exhibition in the great hall.

A collection of British plants have been selected for public exhibition, specially for the
use of students. The Dicotyledons have been systematically arranged in moyeable
frames attached to two standards, and the descriptions from Mr. Bentham’s Handbook of
the British Flora have been attached as labels to each species. The frames of a third
standard will complete the Vascular plants, and those of a fourth will contain a typical
representation of the Cellular plants of Britain. ' ie

The models of Fungi prepared by the elder Sowerby in connection with his “ British
Fungology ” have been completely restored, and repainted by Mr. W. G. Smith, F.1.s.,
and remounted with greater regard to the conditions under which they occur in nature.

The additions to tie collections during the past year by presentation have consisted of
161 species of plants from Cyrene from M. Barbey ; 910 species from India from C. Baron
Clarke, Esq. ; 447 species trom India from Dr. King; 819 species, collected chiefly in
the islands of the Eastern Archipelago by Lobb, presented by H. Veitch, Eisq.; 27
specimens of Dipterocarps, presented by Mr. C. Curtis of the Forest Department of
the Straits Settlements at Penang; 300 species of South African plants from Pro-
fessor Macowan; 530 species from Africa and Syria from Dr. Schweinfurth ; 145
species from St Thomas, West Tropical Africa, from Prof. Henriquez of Coimbra ;
29 species from the Niger from Sir J. Marshall ; 172 species from Canada from
Professor Macoun; two species of American Conifere from Prot. Sargent; three rare
American plants from Dr. N. L. Britton; 305 species of plants, 25 specimens of fruits,
and 74 specimens of woods, collected in the Bermudas by Baron Kggers, and presented
by the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and the British Association for investigating
the Natural History of West India Islands; a collection of fruits and seeds from Jamaica
from William Fawcett, Esq.; 20 specimens of fruits and seeds from the island of Fernando
do Noronha from Major Mendouca; 31 specimens of Orchidee from Mr. F. Moore of
Glasnevin ; four species of Orchidee {rom Mr. J. O’Brien ; six species of Orchidee from
Mr. H. Veitch; specimens of Strophanthus from Mr. T. Christy ; specimen of Trapelia
Sinensis from Mr. F. W. Oliver; specimen of Pinus muricata from Mr. J. Ion ; a Haben-
aria from Madagascar from the Rev. R. Baron; six species of Cryptogams from Mr. G.
Davies ; 23 species of Cryptogams from Mr. A. Bennett; 17 species of Moss from Holne,
East Suffolk, collected and presented by Mr. Clement Reid ; 34 species of Cryptogams
from Mrs. Blicker ; 23 specimens of Mosses from Borneo, collected and presented by
Mr. A. H. Everett; a new British Moss from Mr. J. R. Vaisey ; 50 species of Hepatice,
collected in New South Wales by Mr. Thomas Whitelegge, and presented by Dr. Carring-
ton and Mr. W. H. Pearson; specimens of rare and critical Algae from Cramer, Beccari,
and Grunow; 243 species of Fungi fron W. W. Strickland, Esq.; 11 pre i
minute Fungi from Mr. George Brebner; 12 preparations of Fungi from Dr. D. :
Cunningham ; 34 species of Uredinex from C. P. Plowright, Esq... and pene
different plants from Messrs. G. F. Sherwood, Scott Elliot, W. Phillips, W. G. Smith,

C. P. Smith, and Mrs. Dickson. : '
By exchange a collection of 122 species of Algae from Barclay Sound, Vancouver

nd, was obtained from Prof. Macoun. 3
ear following collections have been acquired by purchase:—100 species of European
plants from Dr. Schultz; 100 species of plants from Sicily, collected by Lojacono ;
100 species of plants trom Greece, collected by Prof. Heldreich ; 240 species of plants from
Poland, collected by Blocki; 415 species from Northern Syria, collected by Prof. Post ;
1,000 specimens from the East Indian Islands, ; 20 species from New Guinea, collected
by H. O. Forbes; 670 species from Eastern Tropical Africa, collected by the Rev. W.
B. Taylor; a collection from Lake Nyassa formed by Buchanan; 124 species from
Madagascar, collected by the Rey. R. Baron ; 450 species from California, collected by

Dr. Palmer; 172 species from Brazil, collected by Ramage; 794 South American plants
0 81 ; K 3 collected

=8 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

collected by Dr. Rusby ; 300 species of North American Alzae from Dr. Farlow ; 100
species of European Algae collected by Mougeot; 60 species of European Algae from
Hauck and Richter ; 69 preparations of Algae by Buffler; 144 specimens of Diatomacce,
prepared by Norn-an; 650 species of Diatomacee, named and prepared by Prof:Hi; 1,
Smith ; a large block of Diatomaceous earth from Victoria, and 650 species of Fungi by
Sydow.

"The systematic arrangement of the collection of prints and drawings of plants has made
considerable progress during the year, and many additions have been made to it; 119
drawings of Indian plants were obtained by exchange from the Director of Kew Gardens;
28 original drawings of Fungi and three of British Orchids by W. G. Smith have been
acquired. Mr. George Massee has presented 16 drawings of Fungi by himself; 27 draw-
ings of Brazil plants, and seven drawings of New Guinea Orchids have been purchased.

The whole of the scientific correspondence of C. E. Broome and W. Wilson, acquired
with their respective collections, and amounting to 8,500 different items, has been
arranged and mounted in guard books for preservation and easy reference.

The British Herbarium has been increased by the presentation of 210 Leicestershire
plants by the Rev. ‘I. A. Preston; 85 specimens of Surrey Rubi by Mr. J. G. Baker; 68
species of plants by the Rey. E. Marshall; 64 species of plants by Mr. A. Bennett, and
several new or critical plants by Messrs. W. H. Beeby, J. Cotton, R. F. Towndrow,
and G. Nicholson, Miss E. K. Pearce, Miss F. P. Thompson, and Dr. F. B. White.

The depaitmental Library has been increased by the following presents:—The Hand-
book of the Amaryllidee by J. G. Baker, Monograph of the Tillandsiee by J. G. Baker,
and the Botany of the Pennine Range by J. G. Baker from the author ; Lichenological
contributions by the Rey. J. M. Crombie from the author; the Useful Plants of Bombay
by J. C. Lisbca from the author; Monograph of the Cocoa-nut Palm by Dr. Short from
the author; Baron von Mueller’s Iconography of the Australian Acacias from the Public
Library of Melbourne by order of the Premier of Victoria; the Report of the Botanical
Record Club, by Ch. Bailey from the author.

The number of visits for scientific research or inquiry during the year has been 2,214,
of which 1,035 has been to the General Herbarium, and 1,179 to the Herbarium of
cryptogamic plants.

William Carruthers,

ey Ge ee

A

BRITISH MUSEUM.

AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expenni-
turF. of the Britisa Museum (Srecsat Trust
Funps) for the Year ended 31 March 1889;
Number of Persons admitted to visit the
Museum, and the British Museum (Naturat
Hisvory), in each Year from 1883 to 1888, both
Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of
the Progress made in the ARRANGEMENT and
Description of the CoLtecTions, and an
Account of Osyects added to them, in the
Year 1888.

(Sir John Lubbock.)

Ordered by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
24 June 1889.

[Price 8 d.]

209. Under 8 oz.

H.—28, 6. 89.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 5 May 1890 ;—/fir,

ACCOUNT ‘“ of the Income and Expenpirure of the British Mustum
(Specrat Trust Funps) forthe Year ending the 3lst day of March 1890.”

** And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum and >
the British Musrum (NaTuRAL History) in each Year from 1884 to
1889, both Years inclusive ; together with a Srarement of the Progress
made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the CoLLectTions, and
an Account of Ossects added to them, in the Year 1889: ”

Treasury Chambers, | ove
9 June 1890. “i W. L. JACKSON.

‘

I.—ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BRIDGE-
WATER FUND, for the Year ended 3ist March 1890.

IL—ACCOUNT OF THE FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same period.
[1l.—ACCOUNT OF THE SWINEY FUND, for the same period.
IV.—ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same period.
V.—REIURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the British Museum and
the Bririsp Museum (Narurat History) in each Year from 1884 to 1889, botli
Years inclusive. -
VI.—STATEMENT of GeneraL Procress at the Museum (Bloomsbury).

VIL—STATEMENT of Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and DescriPTion of the Co1-
LECTIONS, and Account of OxJects added to them, in the Year 1889 (Bloomsbury.
VIII.—Ditto - - - ditto - - - (Natural History).

(Sir John Lubbock.)

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,
10 June 1890.

LONDON
PRINTED BY HENRY HANSARD AND SON;
AND
Published by Eyre and Sporriswoove, East Harding-stvzet, Loudon, EC.,
and 32, Abingdon-street, Westminster, S.W. ;
ApaM and CHARLES BLACK, North Bridge, Edinburgh ;
and Hopges, Fiaeis, and Co., 104, Grafton-street, Dublin.

218.

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

lo

I.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret anp Expenpiture of the BRIDGEWATER.

Stock,
Casu. 22 p’Cent. Consols.
1h ow edn Ee Kiel ny Bn. eas
To Baxance on the Ist April 1889 - - - : : - £4 tee i 13,150 18 10
— Drvipenps received on 13,1501. 13s. 10d. Stock in 2$ per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater, viz.:
On the 6th April 1889 - ~ ~7 £908: 4207
» 6tb July 1889 - - - 90 8 38
x” 7th October 1889 - = - 90 8" > 2
» . 7th January 1890 - - 90 8 8
869 17 3
— Rent or a Reat Estate, bequeathed by the Earl of Bridgewater
sie Ap § D
(less charges of collection) - - - - - = A ees

£. 409 17 8 13,150 13 10

I].—AN ACCOUNT of the Recript ann Exprnpirure of the FARNBOROUGH
ica: Stock,
im 22 p’Cent. Consols.
2a pe Gln £. glen
To Barance on the Ist April 1882 = > @= 5) Se ne 24.3 6 2,879 10 7

— Divipenps received on 2,879/. 10s. 7d. Stock in 22 per Cent.
Consols, bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, viz. :

On the Gth April 1889 - - - 21211 At
0 6th July 1889 - - - 19 15 11
po eth October Tss9 =) * === Frome
» 7th January 1890 - - = 19 15a

== s0 19 8

8. 105 3 #1 2,879 10 7

ACCOUNTS, &e , OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. G.

FUND, from the Ist April 1889 to the 31st March 1890.

Cc Stock,
ay 23 p’ Cent. Consols.
cr Sade £ oa!
By Payment of one Year’s SAtary to the Egerton Librarian - -| 210 °- -
— Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts - - - - 107 2 9
— BALANCES ON THE31I8ST Marcu 1890, calried to Account for 1890/91 92 14 11 13,150 13 10
£.| 40917 8| 13,150 13 10

FUND, from the 1st April 1889 to the 31st March 1890.

Srockx
ASH. ;
Case 2} p’Cent. Consols.
Ss Se) £. Se atl
By Payments for the Purchase of Manuscripts = - - = = = 75 4 =
— BaLances on THE 31st Marcu 1890, carried to Account for 1890/91 291 19) 2 2,879 10 7
Bi} pelOGL, By a 2,879 10 7

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

4
Ill.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt anD ExpENpITURF of the SWINEY
Stock,
Coe 22 p’Cent. Consols.
ee s= G eae REM
— Baxranvs on the ist April 1889 - - - - : - - 89 14 6 5,583 1 6
- Drvipenns received on 5,583/. 1s. 6d. Stock in 2¥ per Cent. Con-
sols, bequeathed by Dr. George Swiney for Lectures on
Geology, viz.:
On the 6th April1889 - £.41 17 6
,» 6th July 1889 - 388 7 8
5, 7th October 1889 - SR 7 38
» 7th January 1890 Sth 8)
——|/ 157 ~ 6]
£..|) B46 Yar = 5,580) iene

IV.—AN ACCOUNT of the Receret and Expenpiture of the BIRCH

To Baxaxce on the 1st April 1889 = = = z 3 - =

- Divivrnps received on 5651. 3s. 9d. Stock in 3 per Cent. Consols,
bequeathed by Dr. Birch in 1766, for the three Under
Librarians of the British Museum, viz :

On the 6th April 18x99 - £4 4 9
» 6th July 1889 - By gee ts!
», 7th Oct ber 1889 Sling
» 7th January 1*9u 378

ee ee ee

British Museum, }
1890. |

Stock,
Casn. 23 p’Cent. Consols.
£ sae £. 8. d
Se 5 565 3 9
15 17 10
15 17 10 565 3 9

ACCOUNTS, ‘C.. OF THE BRITISH

MOSEUM.

FUND, from the Ist April 1889 to the 31st March Isvu.

By Saranry paid to Dr.

W. R. M‘Nab for Lectures on Geology
1389 : 2

RaLANCEs ON THE 3ist Marcu 1890, carried to Account for 1890/9}

FUND, from the Ist April 1889 to the 31st March 1890.

STock,
Casu. 3
22 p’Cent. Consols.
Pe Ss La Sh Ok
liao = =
96 15) = aise Barve
246 15 - Bye le

By Lecacy paid to the three Under Librarians of the British Museum,
whose offices existed in 1766, viz., the Keepers of the Depart-
ments of Printed Books, Manuscripts, and Natural History

BALANCE ON THE
1890/91 -

31st Marcu

1890,

carried

to Aecount

for

th

Srock,
Casu ,
2} p Cent. Consols.
Eeee sy | all fake Ste
kay 7 io)
i = 565 3 9
15 17 10 560 38 §

0.74- aS

E, Maunde Thompson,
Principal Librarian.

6 ACCOUNTS, &C.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

V.-NUMBER of Persons Apmittep to Visit the Braitisu Musrum and the Bratriss Museum
(Naturat Hisrory).

A.--Psrsons adinitted

to 1889, both Years inclusive.

to View the GexeraL Cotiucrions in the British Museum in each Year from 1284

JANUARY = = = = 5 : E z = é
FEBRUARY - - - - - - = = 43 eS
Marcu - = - = = = 2 é Z 4
APRIL - = . - = 2 - - - -
May - - - - - = = = = = e
JunE - E = - - = = = 5 E f
JULY - - > - - - = = = a 5
Aveust - - - = - = = = 2 :
SEPTEMBER - - - = - - = S S =
OcroBER = 2 - - = = a = s,
NoveEMBER - = a = = “3 = 4 24 as
DECEMBER - = > = = = 2 = Z Es
Total Number of Persons admitted to view the)
Genera! Collections - - - = = =J

1884.

39,462
45,808

46,612

48,869
39,378

45,299

468,873

1885.

No.
48,118

30,185
36,595
51,118

56,981

57,681
70,497
58,369
51,841
30,883

38,661

584,660

1886,
No.
31,053

97,847
39,107
45,833

58,940

504,893

37,078
31,390 |

45,700
|

53,793
40,674
39,208
29,930

34,519

501,256 |

498,510

1889.

No.
25,560

34,622
37,366
52,716
43,209
53,792
46,964
51,359
37,681
40,427
34,559

£6,182

504,537

Including the total number of persons (2,467) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six
till eight o’clock, from the 4th of May to the 15th of July 1889, inclusive ; and from six till seven o’clock, from the 20th of July to

the end of August.

NUMBER OF VISITS TO PARTICULAR
DEPART MENTS.

To the Reading Room, for the purpose of study or research -
To the Newspaper Room, for the purpose of research - -

To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research |

To the Department of Manuscripts, for the purpose of)
examining Select and other Manuscripts - - = aif

To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of study - -
To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c.
To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room - - - - =

To the Print Room, for the purpose of study - - -

154,729

109
2,600

15,407
1,944
20,931

4,549

200,269

159,340 | 176,893

1,452 | 9,152
91 938

2,933 | 4,298
15,244 | 11,755
1,866 | 2,013
16,186 | 15,367
4,096 | 5,565

201,208 | 225,071.

11,719

230,021

5,51 |

| 245,584

8,817

1,122
2108
20,747

4,850

254,389

SS SS

The Christy Collection was removed from 103, Victoria-street, to the British Museum, during the year 188 3.

ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. q

V.—Numpenr of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c.—continued.

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and
Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Autiquities, British
and Medizeval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) are Open to the Public, Free. as under :—

Monoay, Wepnesp ay, Fripay, and Sarurpay—The whole of che Galleries.
Turspay and Tuurspay—The whole of the Galleries, except British and Mediwval Antiquities and Ethno-
graphy and rooms in the ‘‘ White ” Wing.

The hours of Admission are from—

10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December.
1O* Re 5 ,, March, September, October.
Oo As 6 ,, April, May, June, July, August.
Also on—
Monnay, Wepnespay, and Pripay Evenrnes (8 to 10 p.m.)—Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Books, Prints, and
Drawing, Coins, and Medals, Porcelain, Glass, Majolica, Prehistoric, Medieval, and Ethnographical
Collections &c.
Turspay, Tuurspay, and Sarunpiy Evenines (8 to 10 p.m.)—Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, and Roman
Galleries, aud Prehistoric Saloon.

The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving.

Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations
every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, Pebruary, March, April, September, October,
November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m.; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from
Nine till Seven. The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, from 10 a.m. until ten minutes before the
hour of general closing.

The Reading Room, anil Newspaper Room, are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four
week-days of March and September.

Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o’clock till the hour of
general closing ; andin the Print Room from Ten till Four o'clock, from January to March, and from August to
December ; and from ‘en till Five, from April to July.

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E. Maunde Thompson.
3L May 1890. f

Principal Librarian.

B.—Persons ADMITTED TO VIEW THE COLLECTIONS IN THE BaitisH Museum (Natura
History), CROMWELL-ROAD, in each Year from 1883 to 1889, inclusive.

1884: 1885: 1886: 1887 : 1888 : 1889 :
JANUARY - - = = - 30,516 31,098 27,255 24,529 28,095 24,699
FEBRUARY - - - - = 22.628 24 200 23,916 21,560 22,093 20,391
LUA Ne sage Nomi th ot oe 24,121 28,339 27,849 27,431 32,622 30,294
TET hg eo nae ele oe 51,952 62,548 40,080 40,207 47,926 49,262
Wins ne tha rxehtn.- 24,959 46,295 31,416 36,126 37,822 31,866
JUNE - - - =f 39,740 29,936 35,301 27,742 27,967 42.201
JuLy = - - = - 28,444 29,374 31,331 27,114 33,758 28,485
Aveusr - - - - - 35,080 45,184 52,525 36,584 43,073 40,138
SEPTEMBER = . - = 81,131 84,977 35,540 29,817 27,404 25,262
OCTOBER e = & = shees fo =n eur 31,355 35,392 33,122 29,424 22,225 23,264
NovemMsBeR - - - 24,453 23 878 22,936 23,170 21,491 20,319
DECEMBER - - - - - 31,452 31,084 21,473 34,474 28.326 24,865
Toran Number of Persons}; ia ; oo

admitted to view the | 375,231 421,350 382,742 358,178 372,802 361,016

Natural History Collec- {

tions (including Students) |

ne a UE a EERIE NUEEIRENEEREEEEEIURERERREREREEEERRREREERRERRRRREREREenEEeEeeemeene ed

Nyorthe pupacor Sty | 1884: |. 1886: | 1886s | 1887: | 1688: | 1880:
Zoolozy - - = ae 6,818 8,313 8,372 | 8,955 8,797 8,260
2 oS Eel tee Catan 1,991 1,959 | 2,466] 3,290] 3,111] — 3,939
Minevalbpy é | ceaen ane G51 .| 626 761 | 620 733| 683
ee Oe Be 993 | 1,105 | 1,026] 1,483| g214| “2,344

Toran - - -| 10,458 | 12,003 | 12,625| 14,348 | 14,855 | 13,796

The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the
Departments of Zoology, Geology and Paleontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of
the week, except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving,

The hours of Admission are from—
10am. till 4 p.m. in January, November, December.

On 4.30 p.m. in February.

NOY 5 35 5 E October.

£0? 3 5.80" ';, March, September.

HOE 3; 6 33 April, May, June, July, August. ;

10" 4, 8 », on Monday end Saturday only, from Ist May to the mniddle of July.

10 Uh Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of Anzust.

Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Ten till Four o’clock,

British Museum (Natural History ), ),
1 Marci: 1890. J

W. H, Flowzr,
Director.

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VI.—GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MusEUM, BLOOMSBURY.

Provision was made by Her Majesty’s Government in the British Museum
Estimates for 1889-90 for a complete system of installation of the Electric Light in
the public galleries, in order to open the Museum to the public in the evening. This
work has now been carried out. A limited installation had already been in use since
1879 in the reading-room and other parts of the building, and has been incorporated
into the new system. The public galleries are lighted with 128 arc lamps, connected
in pairs alternately, and 644 glow-lamps. In addition, there are five large are lamps
in the Reading Room, and six in the Court Yard; and 200 glow-lamps in offices and
passages. The main wires are laid outside the building, and four cireuits are led
round the Museum, two for each floor. The motive power is in duplicate, two pairs
of dynamos being driven by two separate engines, each of which has its own steam-
pipe in direct communication with the boilers. The total cost of the work has been
8,842 1. 6s. 1d.

Since the Ist of February 1890 the eastern and western galleries alternately have
been opened to the public on week-day evenings from 8 to 10 p.m. The number of
evening visitors during the months of February, March, and April, 1890, have been
15,230, 9,535, and 7,442 respectively, giving an average of 635, 367, and 297, per
evening of the three months.

The sculptures in the Egyptian Gallery have been partially rearranged, and have
been augmented by the fine palm-leaf granite column inscribed with the names and
titles of Rameses IJ. and Osorkon II.; the colossal statue inscribed with the name
and titles of Osorkon II.; and other remains from Bubastis, presented by the Egypt
Exploration Fund.

The Egyptian antiquities on the Upper Floor have been entirely rearranged in
systematic order. In the First Room, mummies and mummy-cases are arranged in
chronological order, and the wall-spaces above the cases have been decorated with
coloured bas-reliefs and paintings. In the Second Room are the later mummies and
mummy-cases, and sepulchral figures and other objects connected with Egyptian
burial. In the Third Room are mummied animals, sepulchral furniture, a great
series of the gods of Egypt, weapons, tools, writing implements, &c. In the Fourth
Room are the series of alabaster vessels, Egyptian porcelain and earthenware ;
scarabs, ivories, necklaces, jewellery, and other objects of personal adornment ;
domestic articles, models, toys, &c.

In the Assyrian Galleries many of the sculptures and other antiquities have been
rearranged in chronological order.

The arrangement of the sculpture in the Greek Archaic Room has undergone
considerable alteration ; an interesting restoration has been erected of the drum of
one of the columns of the ancient Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, bearing a part of
the dedicatory inscription of Croesus; and the casts of the figures from the Temple
at gina have been set up on the walls within pediments decorated after the original.

In the Elgin Room the marble plinths for the sculptures from the western pediment
of the Parthenon have been provided ; and by certain rectifications the marbles are
now shown to the best advantage.

The marbles from Phigaleia and from the Temple of Victory at Athens, together
with the finest sepulchral stele, have been placed in the new room in extension of
the Elgin Room; and the sepulchral monuments of Greco-Roman origin have been
arranged in the basement-room beneath.

The Etruscan Collections brought together in the Etruscan Saloon on the first floor

a now arranged; the heavy tombs have been removed to the Graeco-Roman
asement.

hee re-arrangement of the First, Second, and Third Vase-rooms has been com-
pleted.

The arrangement of the collections in the Prehistoric Saloon has now been com-
pleted, the important series of objects from South-eastern Spain, formed by the
brothers Siret, having been incorporated during the year. The central portion of
the saloon is occupied by the Paleolithic series, the most ancient remains of human
industry ; the large northern wing is appropriated to antiquities of the stone and
bronze periods from the British Islands and the several countries of Europe; and the
southern wing contains antiquities from the Lakes of Switzerland and France, and an
interesting collection of late Celtic remains.

__A selection of manuscripts, printed books and broadsides, seals, and portraits, in
pugeenon of the history of the House of Tudor, has been exhibited in the King’s

ibrary.
The number of persons making use of the Reading Room has slightly increased
during the past year. The number of visits to the room has been 190,025 as against
188,432

ACCOUNTS, &e., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 9

99 : >) 5 D ied
188,432 in 1888. The average daily number of readers has thus been 627. The
average numbers in the room counted at certain hours of the afternoon have been :—

4 P.M. 5 P.M. 6 P.M. | 6.30 P.M. 7 P.M. | 7.30 P.M.

|
369 278 192 | 126 | 137 98

mae number of volumes supplied to readers was 1,211,420 as against 1,208,709 in

Presentations of Museum publications have been made to a large number of free
public libraries throughout the United Kingdom, to the South African Library at
Capetown, and to the Public Library, Kimberley.

The presentation of the reproductions of Prints and Drawings has been extended
to an additional number of Art Schools throughout the United ‘Kingdom.

Sets of Electrotypes of Ancient Coins have been presented to the Museums of
Halifax, Exeter, and Shrewsbury.

A stock of duplicate printed books, pamphlets, &c., the accumulation of many
years, has been distributed among thirty-five University, Public, and Free Libraries
throughout the United Kingdom. f

The following are among the principal donations :—

From the Egypt Exploration Fund, a fine granite column, a colossal statue, and
other important sculptures from the Temple of Bast, at Bubastis.

From the Earl of Carlisle, Egyptian antiquities of the XIXth dynasty.

From Malcolm K. Macmillan, Esq., an archaic fictile lekythos, decorated with
remarkable minuteness and delicacy, of the sixth century B.C.

From the Rio Tinto Company, portion of a Roman wooden wheel for raising water,
found in the Rio Tinto Mine, in Spain.

From Robert Needham Philips, Esq., a majolica vase of exquisite design and finish,
decorated after a design by Bartel Beham, and probably of the Lanfranco fabric of
Pesaro.

From C. Drury Fortnum, Esq., D.C.L., V.P.S.A., a very rare porcelain dish, with the
mark of the Duomo of Florence, made in the Medici fabric of the sixteenth century.

From A. W. Franks, Esq., ¢.8., an ancient Trish iron bell, in an ornamental case ; a
large collection of ancient Japanese and Corean vessels and relics, excavated by
Mr. W. Gowland; a fine Chinese enamelled vase ; and other antiquities.

Bequeathed by Pandit Bhagvanlal Indraji, upwards of 4,000 Indian and other
coins; and the capital of a pillar, covered with inscriptions in Bactrian Pali, from
Mathura, on the Jumna.

From the Christy Trustees, various ethnographical objects, including a large and
interesting collection formed in the Islands of Torres Straits by Professor A. C.
Haddon, and presented by him to the Christy Collection.

Bequeathed by Arthur Ditchfield, Esq., a large collection of etchings and litho-
graphs after French artists.

From the Royal Colonial Institute, seventy volumes of colonial newspapers for

1887.

The following are the publications issued by the Departments at Bloomsbury,
during the year, viz. :— ‘

Continuation of the general Catalogue of the Library, folio, 18 parts, viz. :—

Herne-Henrotte; Henry-Hermapion; Hermas-Heuzey ; Hewar-Hippocras ; Hip-
pocrates-Hoegn ; Hoehing-Hollan ; Horatz-Hoz-yusz ; Hr.-Hunfredus ; Hungar-Hz. ;
[-Jamerry ; James-Javasche ; Jauber-Jerzy ; Jesaias-Ilium ; Illa-Joam ; Joan-John ;
Johne-Jones ; Jong-Irelan; Vercamer-Victort.

Catalogues of accessions to the Library, folio, 25 parts.

Catalogues of Greek Coins, Corinth, &¢., 8vo, by Barclay V. Head, Assistant Keeper,
Department of Coins. gl

List of the Books of Reference in the Reading Room of the British Museum, 8vo,
edited by George Bullen, Keeper of Printed Books. __ ; Nt

Catalogue of Hindustani Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum,
4to, by G. F. Blumhardt. ' a :

Catalogues of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, in the years
1882-87, 8vo, edited by E. J. L. Scott, Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts.

Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British
Museum, Vol. I., 4to, by C. Bezold.

Guide to the principal gold and silver Coins of the Ancients (with seven autotype
plates), new edition, 8vo, by Barclay V. Head, Assistant Keeper of Coins.

Reproductions of Prints, new series, Part II. (early German), folio, edited by
Sidney Colvin, Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings.
E. Maunde Thompson,

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VIIL—PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and CATALOGUING OF COLLECTIONS,
AND ADDITIONS MADE TO THEM, in the Year 1889. (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
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:
also on the title-slips. The total number of these press-marks amounts to 80,650; in
addition to which 22,811 press-marks have been altered, in consequence of changes
and re-arrangements carried out in the Library ; 36,723 labels have been affixed, and
85,258 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 ; 35,432 books have been thus marked during the year,
and the corresponding alterations have been carried out in the Reading-room Cata-
logues ; 8,411 volumes of country newspapers in the General Library have been
labelled and numbered, and 22,348 title-slips written.

The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is altogether 373,686,
of which 41,271 were upon duplicates transferred to other libraries.

Il. Cataloguing,—(a.) 72,143 title-slips have been written (the term title-slip
applying equally to a main title and a cross reference). Of these 40,430 were written
for the General Catalogue, and 31,713 for the separate Catalogues of Music and the
Oriental Collections.

(b.) Printing.—87,264 titles and 933 index-slips have been prepared for printing
during the year, upon the plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879, and
58,351 titles and 933 index-slips have been printed off.

Progress has also been made in printing the whole Catalogue in alphabetical sequence
from the beginning. With the exception of the headings “ Bible,” “ England,”
“Great Britain,” and a few others, the Catalogue was, at the end of 1889, either
printed or at press up to the heading “ Klein.”

One hundred and twenty-six manuscript volumes have been printed during the
past year, forming 19 printed volumes. The subject-index of the list of books of
reference (revised edition) has been printed.

(c.) Incorporation.—General Catalogue.—51,142 title-slips and 933 index-slips
have been incorporated into each copy of this Catalogue. This incorporation has
rendered it necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, to remove
and re-insert 34,433 title-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 176 new leaves
to receive them.

The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of Periodical Publications
was 380, in that of Academies 191, and in the Hand-Catalogue of Newspapers 25,573.

An improved system of incorporation, by which the insertion into the Catalogue of
the titles of books newly acquired has been greatly expedited, has beenin operation
during the past year. The titles of books recently catalogued are now sent to the
printer regularly every fortnight, returned by him and corrected at the Museum
during the fortnight following, and incorporated into the Catalogue within the next
fourteen days. Two accession parts containing the titles of new books are issued
during the month. This system has been worked with perfect regularity throughout
the year, and has obviated all undue delay in rendering books recently acquired
available for public use, so far as the incorporation of titles into the Catalogue is
concerned.

(d.) Music Catalogwe—27,031 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue, and
7,324 title-slips have been incorporated into each copy of it. This incorporation has
rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 8,029 title-slips in each copy, and to
add to each copy 15 new leaves.

(¢.) Hebrew Cutalogue.—746 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue. The
printing of a supplement, comprising all the titles written for Hebrew books since
the publication of the Hebrew Catalogue, has been commenced, and five sheets have
been printed.

(f.) Oriental Catalogue—The number of title-slips written has been 3,388, of
which 700 were for Sanskrit and Pali books; 1,580 for Arabic and Persian; 228 for
Armenian, Syriac, Maltese, Turkish, &c¢. ; 233 for Tamil, Malayalam, Canarese, Se. ;
and 647 for Hindustani, Gujurati, Marathi, Hindi, &e. Nine sheets have been
printed for the Catalogue of Marathi books, completing this Catalogue with the
exception of a portion of the index. One sheet of Accession Titles has been printed
for the Catalogue of Bengali books, one for the Catalogue of Arabic books, and six

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sheets, consisting of indexes, for the Catalogue of Hindustani books. The Catalogue
of Gujurati books has been prepared for press.

(g.) Japanese Catalogue.—548 Japanese title-slips have been written and 16 sheets
have been printed for this Catalogue.

(h.) Hand-Catalogue.—For this Catalogue, in which the title-slips mounted on
cards are arranged in order of press-marks, 9,200 have been arranged, and 15,000
partially arranged preparatory to incorporation, and 119,000 have been incorporated.

(i.) Catalogues of Books of Reference in the Reading Room.—The additions and
alterations in each of the interleaved copies of the Catalogue of books of reference
in the Reading Room, which are requisite to record the changes in this collection by
the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions, have been made.
The number of additions to each of the interleaved copies of the Catalogue of this
collection was 49.

The collection of books in the galleries of the Reading Room has continued to
receive additions by the incorporation of new works of interest and importance, and
the substitution of new for older editions. The number of additions to each of the
interleaved copies of the Catalogue of this collection was 196.

The interleaved copy of the Subject-Index of the modern works added to the
Library in the years 18380-1885 has been kept up to date by the Superintendent of
the Reading Room, by the insertion of the title-slips of new books as soon as they
are printed. An enlarged and improved Catalogue of the Special Bibliographies in
the Reading Room has been printed and published.

Ill. Binding—The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the
course of the year was 15,142, including 1,471 volumes of newspapers. In consequence
of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the
number of bound volumes returned was 7,924; in addition to which'623 pamphlets
have been separately bound. 978 volumes have been repaired.

IV. Reading Room Service.—The number of volumes returned to the General
Library from use in the Reading Room was 744,367; to the Royal Library, 13,223 ; to
the Grenville Library, 855; and to the presses in which books are kept from day to
day for the use of readers, 452,975; making a total amount of 1,211,420 volumes
supplied to readers during the year. The number of readers during the year has
been 190,025, giving an average of about 627 daily ; and an average of aver six
volumes daily for each reader, not reckoning those taken from the shelves of the
Reading Room.

Newspaper Room.—The total number of readers during the year has been 14,524
giving a daily average of nearly 48. The number of volumes replaced after use was
47,742, viving a daily average of about three volumes to each reader.

V. Duplicates.—A special feature of the year’s work has been the distribution of
many thousand duplicate books, chiefly among University and Free Libraries, a small
proportion being reserved for the working libraries of the other Departments of the
Museum, including the Museum of Natural History. The other libraries participating
in this donation have been the Bodleian, the Cambridge University Library, the Guild-
hall Library; the libraries of the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew,
the Royal Academy of Music, and the Royal College of Music; the Free Libraries of
Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, Bradford, Neweastle, Notting-
ham ; the Mitchell Library, Glasgow; and the library of Toynbee Hall. A donation of
public documents offered to the National Library, Dublin, was declined, the publica-
tions being already there. As stated above, 41,271 transfer stamps have been impressed
upon these duplicates, and this enumeration 1s exclusive of a large number impressed,
under a special arrangement, by some of the libraries receiving the books.

VI. Additions.—(a.) 32,501 volumes and pamphlets (including 208 hooks of music)
have been added to the Library in the course of the year, of which 4,695 were
presented, 9,468 received in pursuance ot the laws of English copyright, 35 received
under the international copyright treaties, 657 by international exchange, and 17,646
acquired by purchase.

(b.) 55,440 parts of volumes (or separate nunibers of periodical publications, and of
works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,084 were presented, 27,897
received in pursuance of the laws of English copyright, 12 ugegies under the inter-
national copyright treaties, 929 by international exchange, and 25,518 acquired by
purchase.

(c.) The number of sets of newspapers published in the United Kingdom, and
received under the provisions cf the Copyright Act during the past year has been
2,391, comprising 170,052 single numbers. 608 of these newspapers were published
in London and its suburbs, 1,408 in other parts of England and Wales and the
Channel Islands, 214 in Scotland, and 161 in Ireland. Eight volumes and 503 single
numbers of old newspapers, belonging to five different sets, have been purchased.

33 single numbers of foreign and colonial newspapers, belonging to

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95 different sets, have been presented ; and 4 volumes and 19,110 single numbers
of foreign and colonial newspapers, belonging to 72 different sets, have been pur-
chased.

(d.) 2,659 pieces of Music have been acquired by copyright, each piece complete in
itself. Of these 2,631 were received by English, and 28 by international copyright.

(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 32,501 volumes and pamphlets,
and 55,440 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be
ascertained, to 29,958. Of these, 3,768 were presented, 12,090 acquired by English,
and 62 by international copyright, 176 by international exchange, and 13,862 by
purchase.

(7.) 3,989 articles have been received in the Department, not included in the fore-
going paragraphs, and comprising Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers, and other
miscellaneous items. The addition of this number to those already given produces a
total of 97,152 articles received in the Department.

VIL. Acquisitions of Special Interest.—Many of the most important acquisitions of
the past year have been made at the sale of the second portion of the Earl of Craw-
ford’s library, on June 19-22; and at that of the library of the late Commissionsrath
Heinrich Klemm, which took place at Dresden on March 18 and following days.

At Lord Crawford’s sale were obtained five extremely rare and valuable early
romances, as follows :—

1. The only known copy of Les Quatre Filz Aymon, Lyons, 1506.

2. The metrical romance of Richard Cceur du Lyon, printed by Wynkyn de
Worde in 1528, of which only four other copies are known.

3. Valentine and Orson, printed by William Copland ‘ouer agaynst 8.
Margaretes Churche in Lothbery,” of which edition only one other copy is
known.

4. The Treasurie of Amadis of Fraunce, translated out of Frenche; Henry
Bynneman, 1567 ; only two other copies of which are known.

5. Le Premier Livre de Palmerin d’Olive, Paris, 1546.

Several other highly important acquisitions were made on this occasion, including:
One of the only two known copies of the editio princeps of Boethius “ De Consolatione
Philosophie,’ which is also one of the only three books printed by Hans Glim, an
apprentice of Sweynheym and Pannartz; The first dated edition of Martial, Ferrara,
1471; The only known copy of the original Latin edition of Niccolo Conti’s travels,
1492; “Psalmes or Prayers,” taken out of Holy Scripture, commonly called “the
Kynges Psalmes,” T. Berthelet, about 1553, undescribed, and remarkable as a
Protestant prayer book printed in the reign of Queen Mary; “A Prayer for the
Speaker of the Commons House of Parliament” in the reign of James I., and
subsequent to the Gunpowder Plot.

At the Klemm sale were purchased, with other interesting books: A very fine copy
of the rare edition of Dionysius Areopagita, De divinis hymnis, printed at Bruges
by Colard Mansion, the associate of Caxton, about 1480; A block impression of one
leaf of a Donatus containing 28 lines, probably executed about 1475, and differing but
slightly from the unique Donatus in the library of the Athenzeum of Deventer;
The Latin version of Aristotle’s Ethics printed at Louvain in 1476 by Conradus
Braem, one of the only seven books executed by this printer, and of which only four
copies are known; Laurentius, “Summe le Roy, of des Coninks Summe en leere,”
Hasselt, 1481; The third and rarest part of Luther’s Bible, Wittenberg, 1524, bound
in wooden boards from the piles of Trajan’s bridge at Mentz, still in perfect preser-
vation; The rare Bohemian Psalter printed by Baron von Zie1otin for the Moravian
Brethren, at his private press, Kralitz, 1579.

enOnE acquisitions of special importance made on other occasions may be
named :—

The second edition of Eliot’s translation of the Bible into the language of the
Massachusetts Indians, Cambridge, Mass., 1685-80; the second Bible printed in
America, and of equal rarity with the first edition, previously in the Museum.

“The newe Testament,” printed at Worcester by John Oswen, 1550.

One of the only two known copies of the edition of the Indulgence of Pope
Innocent VIII., “pro tuicione orthodoxe fidei contra Turchos,” which was printed by
P. Schoeffer at Mentz in 1489, and is described in Hessels’s “ Gutenberg,” p. 166.
Remarkable for containing an initial M. identical with that employed in the 30 line
Indulgences printed at Mentz in 1454 and 1455.

One of the only three extant copies of the “Schaakspel,’ a Dutch translation of
the “Ludus Scaccorum” of Jacobus de Cessolis, printed at Delft by Jacob Jacobsz van
den Meer in 1483, with curious woodcuts representing the different pieces.

“Claribalte,” Valencia, 1519. A Spanish romance of chivalry, by Gonzalo
Fernandez de Oviedo, unknown to Antonio and Salva. ;

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The only known copy of the second edition of Juan Chen’s “ Laberinto Amoroso,”
Zaragoza, 1638, a beautiful collection of early Spanish lyrics. The first edition also
exists only in a single copy, in the library of the Academy of Munich.

The second edition of the “Segunda Parte de la Silva de varios Romances,” Zara-
goza, 1552, unfortunately wanting a sheet, but unique and hitherto undescribed. It
omits many romances given in the first edition, but supplies their places with others,
ae with sixty-three additional pages of chistes or humorous poems not found else-
where.

Nicolas Yapuguai’s explanation of the catechism of the Council of Lima, in the
Guarani language, Santa Maria la Mayor (Paraguay, but now in Brazilian territory),
1734. A great philological and typographical curiosity, said, though erroneously, to
have been printed with wooden types.

A copy of an edition of the “ Kidushin,” one of the books of the Talmud, printed
in Spain or Portugal about 1485, unique, and hitherto unknown to bibliographers ;
acquired from the Rev. Dr. Ginsburg, in exchange for a copy of the fac-simile of
the Codex Alexandrinus.

Kighty volumes of Corean books, consisting principally of Chino-Corean dic-
tionaries and grammars, historical works, novels, and Corean translations of Chinese
classics. Corean literature has hitherto been almost unrepresented in the Museum.

With these may be mentioned Donatus, “ Partes Orationis,” in Psalter type, printed
about 1490; “ Alle Propheten nach Hebraischer Sprach verteutschet,” Worms, April
1527, the first edition of the first German Protestant translation of the Prophets, by
the Anabaptists Hatzer and Dengk; “ Propositions et moyens pour parvenir alaréunion
des deux Religionsen France,” by Alexandre d’Yse, 1677, rigidly suppressed and hardly to
be met within the time of Bayle ;“ Relacion del insigne martyrio que padeciéel P. Marcelo
Francisco Mastrilli,” Manila 1637; “Le Jeu d’Echecs, mascarade mise en masique par
Philidor,” 1700, extremely rare; Sciarra Fiorentino, “Rabbia di Macone,” Paris, 1809,
one of twelve copies printed on vellum; “ Kézlény,” the official journal of the Hun-
garian revolutionary government from June 1848 to June 1849, nearly all the copies
of which have been destroyed; 101 single sheet proclamations, Gc., of the Spanish
patriots on Napoleon’s invasion, acquired by the Marquis Wellesley during his
mission to Spain in 1809.

The most important acquisition in English literature during the year has been that
of three unique, or almost unique, copies of editions of works by John Bunyan, pur-
chased from Mr. H. N. Stevens. he chief of them is Bunyan’s first work, “ Some
Gospel Truths opened according to the Scriptures,’ London, 1656. Only one other
copy is known, and that is imperfect. It is a controversial treatise against the
Quakers, and, although Bunyan’s earliest production, contains the first printed
notice of him, in the form of a prefatory address by John Burton, who says, “ This
man is not chosen out of an earthly, but out of the heavenly university.” At the
same time were purchased “ Good news for the Vilest of Men,” 1688, a unique copy
of a book afterwards popular under the title of “The Jerusalem Sinner Saved ;”
and the only known copy of the second edition of “Sighs from Hell,” printed
between 1665 and 1669, of which the Museum has hitherto possessed no edition
preceding the eleventh. With these were acquired an exceedingly rare recension of
the fourth edition of “ Pilgrim’s Progress,” 1680, containing a curious protest against
piracies ; and “ Meditations on the Several Ages of Man’s Life,” 1701, a supposititious
work.

Among other valuable accessions in English literature may be enumerated : Three
very rare legal tracts, “The Justyces of the paes,” “Carta feodi simplicis,” and
“Modus tenendi cut Baront,” printed by Wynkyn de Worde, in 1510; “ Abbrevia-
mentum Statutorum,” Pynson, 1499; Patrick Gordon’s ‘ Famous History of Penardo
and Laissa,” Dort, 1615, a poem of so much merit that it is surprising that it should
never have been reprinted, and that only two other copies should be known to exist ;
« An Exposytion in Englyshe upon the Epistell of Saynt Paule to the Philippians,”
by Lancelot Ridley, John Mychell, Canterbury, about 1541, a remarkable book, of
which only one other copy is known; “Exposition on the Epistell of Jude,” pro-
bably by the same author, Thomas Gybson [London], 1538 ; Tyndale, “The Practyse
of Prelates,’ Scoloker and Seres, 1548, an undescribed edition ; “The Dysclosing of
the Canon of the Popish Masse, with a sermon annexed of the famous clerke,
D. Martin Luther,” printed about 1548, and “The Doctrine of the Masse-booke, by
Nicholas Doneaster, 1554, Protestant tracts, printed in Germany; Munday, “A
breefe aunswer made unto two seditious pamphlets,’ London, 1582, interesting for
its reference to the execution of Edmund Campion; “The overthrow of the
Protestant Pulpit Babels,” a clandestinely printed Roman Catholic tract, remarkable
for its rarity, only one other copy being known, and for its allusions to the new
colony of Virginia; Giffard, “ A short treatise against the Donatists of England,
whome we call Brownists,” 1590; Robinson, “A just and necessarie Apologie of
certain Christians, commonly called Brownists or Barrowists,” 1625, probably printed
at Leyden; Hoole’s “ New Discovery of the old Art of Teaching Schoole,”’ 1660, a
work of great merit, giving much insight into the educational methods of the day,
and containing a remarkable anecdote of the loss of Richard Hooker’s sermons from
the badness of his handwriting; The Psalms in Sternhold and Hopkins’s version,

0.74. B38 1643,

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1643, bound in needlework embroidery, resembling the productions of the community
at Little Gidding, with a portrait of Charles I. worked in the centre; The first edition,
1758, of Goldsmith’s first work, ‘“ Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys
of France for his Religion,” published under the name of James Willington ; Hume’s
tract on Seotticisms, printed in his works, but of which no other separate copy is
known to exist; five broadsides of the reign of James L., three relating to the post,
one to the colony of Virginia, and one forbidding resort to Court in time of
pestilence.

Two important sets of photographs have been added to the Library during the
past year.

1. The work of Mr. E. Muybridge, ‘Animal Locomotion, an electro-photo-
graphic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements,” published
under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, and consisting of 781 plates,
representing animals and human beings in motion, comprising upwards of 20,000
figures.

2. Photographic fac-similes of eighty-two Herculanean papyri, made at the expense
of the Oxford Philological Society, and including all the Herculanean papyri at
Oxford not previously published.

The Library has received three important donations during the past year; a very
extensive collection of French caricatures of the period of the Commune, mounted,
and bound in ten folio volumes, presented by M. F. Justen; an extensive collection
of Colonial newspapers from 1877 to 1882, presented by the Colonial Office ; and 70
volumes of colonial newspapers for 1887, presented by the Royal Colonial Institute.

The additions to the collection of Music during the year 1889 include a unique
copy of the “Lautenbuch” of Hans Gerle, of Niirnberg, 1533, a work the existence of
which was only made known in 1886; an .extremely rare edition of Banchieri’s
“Cartella over Regole utilissime a quelli che desiderano imparare il Canto figurato ”
(Venice, 1601); Spartario’s “ Errori de Franchino Gafurio,” Bologna, 1521, a rare
book, which has long been wanted to complete the collection of works relating to
Gaforus in the Library; a fine copy of the full score of Spontini’s “ Olympia,”
containing an autograph letter from the composer and additional portraits; and
copies of the Junta “Graduale” (Venice, 1500) and the Swedish “Graduale” of 1620.

R. Garnett.

Sus-DEPARTMENT OF Maps, CHARTS, PLANS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.
I.— Cataloguing and Arrangement.

2.647 titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) were written for the
Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year.

Press-marks were given to 388 Maps, Charts, and Atlases, and to 2,338 titles ;
and 2,158 slips were written for the Hand Catalogue.

2,969 titles of Accessions (Parts XU. and XIIT.) were sent to the printer, 204 sheets
of “ Proof” cf Accessions were collated, and 17} sheets of “Revise” were sent for
“ Press” and printed off.

562 Maps in 2,201 sheets, and 41 Atlases were sent to be mounted, bound,
and lettered; and 39 volumes and 539 Maps have been returned; of the former,
23 were bound, 15 lettered, and 1 repaired; of the latter, 182 were mounted on
jaconet and union, and 357 on cards.

78 sheets of the English Admiralty Charts, 540 sheets of the “ Hydrographie
Frangaise,” 21 sheets of the English 1-inch Ordnance Survey, and 26 sheets of the
6-inch Ordnance Survey have been mounted on union.

Six vols. of the Ordnance Survey of Towns, 36 vols. of the 25-inch, and 1 vol. of
the 6-inch Ordnance Survey have been bound.

2,052 printed Accession titles (Part x11.) have been incorporated into three copies
of the Printed Catalogue of Maps.

The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 985,
the number of Maps 1,529, making a total of 2,514.

The number of stamps impressed on maps obtained by purchase was 977, on those
received by presentation 304, making a total of 1,281.

Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room

during the year, 196 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of
geographical research. :

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Il.— Additions.

268 Maps in 7,886 sheets, and 13 Atlases, have been received under the Copyright
Act. 36 Atlases, and 74+ Maps in 326 sheets, have been obtained by purchase; four
volumes, and 75 Maps and Charts in 142 sheets, have been presented.

Among the more interesting acquisitions may be mentioned :—

Claudii Ptolemei Geographic enarrationis libri octo. Bilibaldo Pirckeymhero
interprete. Annotationes Joannis de Regio Monte in errores commissos a Jacobo
Angelo in translatione sua. Johannes Grieningerus: Argentoragi [sic] 1525, fol.
This serves to replace the imperfect copy in the General Library.

Geographize Claudii Ptolemei Alexandrini . . . libri VIII. . . . Tabule
nove que hactenus in nulla Ptolemaica editione vise sunt, per Sebastianum Munster.
Ex officina Henrichi Petri: Basile, 1552, fol. The fourth edition of Miinster’s
Ptolemy. Hitherto the only known copy of this edition preserved in England has
been that in the Bodleian Library.

La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, nuovamente tradotta di Greco in
Italiano da Jeronimo Ruscelli. Giordano Ziletti: Venetia, 1564, fol. The second
edition of Ruscelli’s translation. Fine copy in contemporary leather binding richly
tooled in gold, with coat of arms and motto, “ Foelix qui potuit causam dicere rerum.”
nea were possibly those of a member of the Venetian branch of the Rubini
amily.

Geografia cioé descrittione universale della Terra... di Cl..Tolomeo. P. & F.
Galignani Fratelli: Padova, 1621, fol. Second edition of Cernoti’s translation of
Magini’s Latin text.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [By Abraham Ortelius.] Apud Algid. Coppenium
Diesth : Antverpiz, xx. Maij, 1570, fol. <A perfect copy of the exceedingly scarce
first issue of the first edition of the “Theatrum,” hitherto unknown to exist in any
English Library.

Additamentum Theatri Orbis Terrarum. [By A. Ortelius.] Antverpis Aduati-
corum, 1573, fol. Rarely found as a separate issue. There is another copy in Leyden
University Library.

Theatro del Mondo di A. Ortelio. . . Traslato in lingua Toscana dal Sigr. Filippo
Pigafetta. Anversa, 1612, fol. One of the most interesting of the various editions
of Ortelius, rarely seen out of Italy. The translator, Pigafetta, is better known as
the editor of Duarte Lopez,’ “ Relatione del Reame di Congo.” Roma [1591]. This
translation of Ortelius’ ‘“Theatrum” contains a fine engraved portrait of Pope
Clement VIII., to whom the work is dedicated.

Le Miroir du Monde, ou Epitome du Theatre d’A. Ortelius. Z. Heyns: Amster-
dam, 1598, obl. 8Svo. A rare edition of the “Epitome,” with curious portrait of
Pierre Heyns, the friend of Ortelius.

A photographie reproduction of a portion of J. Hamond’s Map of Cambridge,
1592, showing Trinity College and its surroundings. From the unique copy pre-
served in the Bodleian Library, known at Oxford as Agas’ Cambridge.

Robert K. Douglas.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

1. Catalogue of Romances.—The preparation of the second volume has been con-
tinued. Tales of Eastern origin, contained in thirty-nine MSS. have been described.
Descriptions of thirty-three MSS. have been copied. Descriptions of sixteen MSS.
have been finally revised. Proof-sheets and revises B—H, Vol. II., have been
read for press.

2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts—The fourth volume, which will include
the Index, is still in progress.

3. Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts—Of the catalogue prepared by Mr. 8. H.
O’Grady, Sheets F—X have been sent to the printers and revised.

4. Catalogue of Music.—Seventy-nine MSS., including all the Missals containing
music, and many other liturgies with music, have been described. The slips of new
descriptions have been classified and arranged.

5. Catalogue of Additions.—The Catalogue of Additions for the years 1882-
1887 has been passed through the press and issued.

The Additional MSS. 33,368-33,504, acquired in 1888, and 33,505-33,608, acquired
in 1889, have been described and indexed.

The Egerton MSS. 2696-2709, acquired in 1888, and 2710-2734, acquired in 1889,
have been described and indexed.

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Two hundred and fifty-nine MSS. of the Stowe Collection have been described.

The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the registers.

6. Indexes. The Index to English Poetry, and the Index to Theological Treatises
down to the end of the sixteenth century have been laid down on cartridge paper,
and bound in seventeen folio volumes.

7. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seals.—The final revision for the Press of
the General Index of names and subjects in the several collections of Charters and
Rolls acquired before the year 1882 is in progress.

Additional Charters and Rolls 29,259-29,673, 32,740-32,899, acquired in 1887; and
32,900-33,883, acquired in 1888, have been described.

Additional Charters and Rolls 33,047—-34,933, acquired in 1888, and 34,934-36,452,
acquired in 1889, have been arranged and numbered.

Stowe Charters 1-570, being the entire collection, have been arranged and
numbered.

Sheets W—2 D of the second Volume of the Seal Catalogue have been passed
through the press.

The preparation of descriptions of Heraldic Seals has been continued.

Eleven hundred and two detached seals and casts of seals have been arranged and
registered.

Slips for a continuation of the Index of Seals have been written for four thousand
two hundred and twenty-six detached seals, and for the seals attached to five
thousand one hundred and sixteen Charters.

A selection of the Seals of Corporations has been made.

8. Catalogue of Papyri.—Papyri CXXII-CXXVIL, acquired in 1888, and
CXXVIII., CXXIX., acquired in 1889, have been described. The Catalogue of the
Greek Papyri has been prepared for press, including the whole collection, with
exception of those which are purely literary, and sheet B. of the printed text has been
revised.

9. Arrangement of Papers.—Additional MSS. 33,508, 33,511, 33,512, 33,537-
33,564, 33,597, 33,531, 33,572-33,586, 33,591-33,594, Egerton MSS. 2713-2723,
and Stowe MSS. 99, 232, 342-344, 346, 347, 354, 357, 707, 711, 962, have been
arranged.

Olass Catalogue-—Two copies of the List of Additions 1882-1887, have been
corrected and prepared for distribution throughout the Classed Catalogue, and the
work of incorporation is in progress.

10. Hxhibitions.—Selections of MSS., Seals, and Charters relating to the Tudors,
have been exhibited in the King’s Library.

11. Binding.—Three hundred and thirty-four MSS. recently acquired and eighty-
two MSS. of the old collections have been bound or repaired.

Thirty-three Papyri have been glazed.

Four Charters and seventy-one Seals have been repaired.

The Magna Charta has been glazed.

Twenty-four Catalogues and Registers and forty-four printed Books of Reference
have been bound or repaired.

The old collections of Charters, viz., the Cotton, Sloane, and part of the Harley
Charters, have been re-arranged in boxes, with a view of economising the available
space in the presses.

The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year.

12. Verification.—The several collections have been verified by the shelf-lists.

13. Miscellaneous.—The duplicate Books in the Department of Printed Books
have been examined, and selections made for the use of the Department.

The archives of the Department, 1879-1888, have been arranged and bound.

Three hundred and forty-three MSS. have been placed and entered in the hand
and shelf lists.

Two thousand six hundred and seventy-two Charters and Rolls, and one thousand
one hundred and twelve seals have been numbered and placed.

One thousand and forty-two Manuscripts, Charters, Rolls, and Printed Books,
have been stamped with a total of 10,538 impressions.

Five hundred and thirty-four Manuscripts have been folio’d.

The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 2,930, and of those
consulted in the Department 26,113.

The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 1,106.

The number of Students working in the Department during the year is 8,817.

The

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an : . : 4 ;
The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are :—

General Collections of MSS. - - - - - - 104
Rolls and Charters - - - - - - - log
Detached Seals and Casts - = - = - = = £108
Papyri - - - - - . . : - - - 2
Egerton MSS. - - - - - - - - - 25
Egerton Charters - - - - : = - - - 3

Among them are :—

Portions of a papyrus roll containing the greater part of Homez’s “ Iliad,” Books
XXIII. and XXIV., written in uncial characters of the 3rd century.

The “Verba Seniorum,” the “ Historia Lausiaca,” and other early collections of
Lives of Saints, in Latin. Vellum. 12th century.

A metrical paraphrase of Bible History, the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus,
Passions of Saints, and other pieces in prose and verse; all in French. Vellum.
13th century. Belonged in the 15th century to Derby Priory.

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer: the copy known as the “ Haistwell
MS.,” from its having belonged in the 18th century to Edward Haistwell. Vellum.
15th century.

Medulla Grammatice : a Latin-English Dictionary, attributed to Galfridus Gram-
maticus, a Friar-Preacher of Lynn, co. Norfolk, author of the English-Latin “ Promp-
tuarium Parvulorum.” Vellum. 15th century. Presented by the Hon. Mis. Way,
widow of Albert Way.

Life of St. Katharine of Alexandria, in English ; early 15th century.

A curious Folding-Almanac, with prognostications and miniatures of the agricultural
operations of the several months, accompanied by fore-casts and directions, in English,
ete. Vellum. 15th century.

Licence from Edward I. for a grant in mortmain to the Augustinian Friars at
Shrewsbury ; 1298. Latin. Vellum. With avery fine and well-preserved seal, of
a type hitherto unknown.

A large volume of State Papers and Correspondence relating to the affairs of Scot-
land, chiefly in connection with England, and including the proceedings against Mary,
Queen of Scots, at the Commissions at York and Westminster in 1568; 1449—1594.

Original letters from the French ambassadors in England to Anne de Montmorency,
Constable of France, on the projected marriages of Henry VIII. and his daughter,
the Princess Mary, ete. ; 1537-1539.

The Sadleir Papers: original correspondence and papers relating to transactions
between England and Scotland as carried on by Sir Ralph Sadleir, the English agent,
during three several periods, viz., while he was stationed at Berwick and acting as
Warden of the Marches, August, 1559—April, 1560; while he was Treasurer of the
Northern Army during the insurrection of the Earls of Northumberland and West-
morland, November, 1569—March, 1570 ; and, chiefly, while he was acting as custodian
of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Wingfield and Tutbury, 1580—1585. Numerous letters
of Queen Elizabeth, Cecil and Walsingham are included. Four volumes.

Miscellaneous accompts, payments from the Exchequer and other official papers ;
1569—1650.

Register, with assay, of coins struck at the Scotch Mint at Edinburgh, 1594-1598 ; in
the hand of David Dickesonn, compter-warder.

Letters and papers chiefly relating to the Civil War, and including letters, ete., of
Charles I, Lord Digby and Lord Jermyn, keys to Royalist ciphers, and articles
between George Monck and Lords Kenmure and Reay ; 1633-1655.

Opinions of foreign physicians and theologians to the effect that Tobacco is not a
victual, in answer to a question submitted by the English Government ; 1635.

List of the names of indigent Royalist Military Officers in England and Wales as
certified in the Star Chamber; cz7’c. 1663. f

The Privileges of the Baronage of England, by John Selden ; with a copy of
Orders of the House of Lords thereupon in 1620-1, certified by the Clerk of the Par-
liaments in 1739. In richly tooled morocco binding, with the Royal Arms. Pre-
sented by the Earl of Chichester. :

Poems of Sir Thomas Wyat the elder [d. 1541]; in his own hand, or in that of an
amanuensis with autograph corrections. The volume formed the basis of Dr. G., EB.
Nott’s edition of Wyat’s Poems, 1816. It also contains a metrical version of the
Penitential Psalms, in the hand of Sir John Harington [d. 1612], in whose family it
remained down to recent times.

Poetical Miscellany, including poems by Cartwright, Cleveland, Corbet, Cowley,
Herrick, Ben Jonson, Lovelace, Randolph, ete., collected about 1650.

Autograph Sonnet by John Keats, “This pleasant tale is like a little copse”; 1817.

Autograph compositions and letters of Leigh Hunt, Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, and Richard Cobden. ba | ;

Notes by Rev. Charles Dunster for a projected edition of the Poems of John Milton ;
1796-1803. Presented by Messrs. Rivington, the publishers.

Currespondence of the Family of Paston of Paston, co. Norfolk, supplementing
the series already in the Museum; temp. eae VI.—1597.

0.74, Correspondence

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Correspondence and papers of the Family of Gawdy, Baronets, of West Harling,
co. Norfolk ; 1509-1751. Ten volumes.

Correspondence and papers of the Family of Hale, of King’s Walden, co. Herts;
1526-1814. Fifteen volumes. Together with a collection of 1,500 charters and rolls,
dating from the twelfth century, relating to King’s Walden and other estates of the
family in cos. Bedford and Hertford. Among them is a deed, to which is appended,
by a broad label of parchment, a very fine, perfect and perhaps unique impression
of the Great Seal of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII.; in red wax,
three and a half inches in diameter.

Household Accompts of Anthony Browne, Ist Viscount Montague ; 1568-1570.

Note-book of Thomas Stringer, of Ivychurch, co. Wilts, chiefly on agricultural
matters; circ. 1650-1680. With a sonnet, by another hand, against John Milton.

Correspondence and papers of the Family of Bentham, chiefly of Jeremiah
Bentham and his two sons, Jeremy, the philosopher, and Sir Samuel, the naval
architect and engineer ; with numerous autograph notes, dissertations, ete., of Jeremy
Bentham ; 1744-1847. Twenty-eight volumes.

Diaries of Joseph Hunter, F.R.s., Assistant Keeper of Public Records, supple-
menting the “Collectanea Hunteriana,” already in the Museum; 1810-1817, 1833,
1841-1860. Presented by H. J. Hunter, Esq.

Heraldic and other collections relating to Essex, by Charles K. Probert ; 1856-1883.
Eleven volumes. Bequeuthed by C. K. Probert.

Papers relating chiefty to co. Gloucester and the Family of Berkeley, chiefly
written or collected by John Smyth, author of ‘“ Lives of the Berkeleys ”; 17th and
18th centuries. Two volumes.

Treasurers’ accompts, muster-books, and other papers, of Sandwich, co. Kent ;
1382-1729.

Register of Charters, ete., of Peterborough Abbey, compiled soon after 1253, in
Latin; known as the ‘“ White Book,” from the colour of the doe-skin binding, as
distinguished from the “Black Book,’ now in the library of the Society of
Antiquaries.

Collections relating to the City and See of York, 1411-1656; mostly written in a
single hand, down to 1647.

Account by Vincenzo Favi of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1615, going by way of
the Mediterranean and Egypt, and returning through Damascus and Aleppo; with
dedication to the Duke of Savoy. Illustrated with numerous plans and sketches of
buildings, ete., by Giovanni Cales.

“ Police et Discipline Eeclesiastique” of the French Protestant Church in England,
as ordained at the Synod of 1641; with signatures of the ministers and elders of the
church in Threadneedle-street, London, from 1666 to 1745. Vellum.

Original depositions, reports, and other papers connected with an inquiry by the
Inquisition at Madrid, relative to the practice of animal-magnetism or mesmerism,
and the alleged cures effected by it; 1815-1818. Spanish. Presented by Edward
Houghton, Esq.

Portolano, or Map of the Coasts of Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, with
names in Italian; ornamented with coloured figures of potentates, flags with
armorial bearings, etc. Vellum. 15th century.

Treatise on Music, by Ugolino di Orvieto, in Latin. Written at Pesaro in 1477;
with a curious reference in the colophon to the assassination of Galeazzo Sforza,
Duke of Milan. Belonged to Franchino Gafori, Professor of Music at Milan [d. 1522].

“Christus am Oelberge,” an oratorio in full score, by Ludwig van Beethoven, with
autograph corrections. Early 19th century.

“ ] Talismano” and “ Letty,” autograph operas by Michael William Balfe, in full
score.

Edward Scott.

DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS.

lL.—Cataloguing and Arrangement.
J g

The Descriptive List of the Oriental MSS. acquired in 1888 has been transeribed
for the use of readers. The same MSS. have been entered into the Oriental Register
and the Oriental Inventory.

A Descriptive List of all the MSS. acquired in 1889 has been compiled, and entries
have been made of the Arabic and Persian MSS. into the indexes of the respective
catalogues.

One hundred and fifty-four MSS. have been described in detail for the Supplement
to the Arabic Catalogue.

Full descriptions have been prepared of sixty-two MSS. for the Hebrew Catalogue.

A Descriptive List of all the Hebrew MSS. in the Museum has been completed by
the addition of 778 MSS. and of the Hebrew Charters.

The Hebrew Esther Rolls have been described in detail.

A classified list of the Pali MSS. has been drawn up.
¢ pia hundred and thirty-one MSS. have been labelled, folio’d, amd sent to the

inder.

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Il.— Acquisitions.

The number of MSS. acquired in 1889 was 400, viz., 392 by purchase and eight by
donation, as follows :— ;

Arabic = = - - ~ = = 36]
Pali = = - - - = = s 10
Persian - : : Z 2 z 4 ()
Hebrew - < a ‘ 3 ‘ 7
Turkish - = = ‘ : . a 5
Ethiopic - - - - : E 2 x 2
Coptic = - - : E E 3 : 1
Syriac - - = “ R : 1
Armenian - = - E = 2, \
Burmese - - 2 z . u 1
Lolo - = = = - - = = 1

LOran™ = - v= 400

The most important acquisition of the year was the collection formed in San‘a and
some unexplored parts of Yemen, by the Austrian traveller, Dr. Eduard Glaser.
It consists of 328 Arabic MSS., with dates ranging from the eleventh to the present
century, and represents a branch of Arabic literature hitherto quite unknown in
Europe, and hardly known in the East beyond the limits of Southern Arabia, being
the literature of the Zaidites, who form an independent branch of the Shi’ah Sect.
The Zaidites take their name from Imam Zaid, son of Imam Zain al-‘Abidin, and,
consequently, great-grandson of Ali. It was in his life-time (he died a.. 122) that
the schism of the Shiah took place, part of them declaring for Zaid, while the larger
number proclaimed his brother, Muhammad Bakiv.

Unlike the main body of the Shi‘ah, who recognise only twelve Imams, the

Zaidites hold that there must be at all times a living Imam, chosen as the fittest and
most worthy among the descendants of Ali. They had, in fact, an unbroken
succession of such Imams, who settling in the highlands of Yemen, and combining
temporal power with spiritual authority, maintained for centuries, with fitful success,
some measure of political independence, and opposed a stout resistance to the Turkish
invaders.
- Their peculiar system of divinity and law has been set forth in standard works,
written, for the most part, by the Imams themselves, which, together with their
numerous commentaries, form the main bulk of the Glaser collection. The principal -
of these works are, in chronological order, as follows :—

Al-Muntakhab by Imam al-Hadi Yahya B. al-Husain, who died a.H. 298; MS. of
the 13th century.

Decision on points of doctrine and law, by the Imams al-Murtada, who died
A.H. 310, and Tarjuman al-Dm al-Kasim, who died a.H. 393; MS. of A.H. 479; A.D.
1086.

Al-Tabrir by Imam al-Natik, who died a.H. 424; MS. of A.H. 558; A.D. 1163.

Al-Intisar, a work of considerable extent, in which the doctrines and legal decisions
of the Imams are set forth and defended against other sects, by Imam al-Muayyad-
billah, who died a.H. 747; eight volumes, mostly of the 14th century.

Al-Tadkirat al-Fakhirah, a manual of law, by the Fakih Sharaf al-Din Hasan al-
Nahwi, a contemporary of the preceding Imam; with numerous commentaries.

Al-Azhar, a text-book of Zaidi law, by Imam al-Mahdi, who died a.H. 840; with
many commentaries.

Al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar, a full exposition of the Zaidi system of theology and law,
by the same Imam. : ;

Ghayat al-Afkar, an extensive commentary upon the preceding work by its
author.

Of many works dealing with the history of the Imams of the Zaidites, the follow-
ing may be specially mentioned :— e i

Al-Risalat al-Nasihah, a poetical account of the Imams, by Imam al-Mansur
‘Abdallah, who died a.H. 613; with an historical commentary.

A Kasidah addressed by the same Imam to the Khalif of Baghdad, in commemora-
tion of the Imams, with a full commentary, entitled Mahasin al-Azhar, by Humaid

al-Muhalli.
Yawakit al-Siyar, a general history of the Imams by Imam al-Mansur Ahmad, who

died a.H. 840.
Al-Hadaik al-Wardiyyah, a detailed history of the Imams brought down to the
same period, by Humaid al-Muhalli ; in two volumes.
Al-Bassamat al-Kubra, a poetical record of the Imams brought down to A.H. $49,
with a full historical commentary and continuation by Ibréhim Ibu al-Wazir.
Bughyat al-Murid, an account of the Imams of Yemen brought down to the
eleventh century of the Hijrah, by ‘Amir B. Muhammad. :
Simt al-La’al fi Shi‘r al-Al, a collection of the poetical compositions of the Imams,
0.74, (Gy with

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with biographical notices, by Sayyid Isma’il (a great grandson of Imam al-Kasim),
who died A.H. 1079.

Sirat, or Life, of al-Mansur-billah al-Kasim, who died 4.H. 393, by al-Husain B.
Ya‘kub.

Kashifat al-Ghummah, a life of Imam al-Nasir, who died 4.H. 793, with an account
of his predecessors, by al-Hadi Ibn al-Wazir.

Al-Sulik al-Dahabiyyah, a life of Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Din, who died a.n. 965,
by his descendant Sayyid Muhammad B. Ibrahim, who died 4.H. 1085.

“Poetical account of Imam al-Nasir Muhammad, who died a.H. 1130, with an
historical commentary entitled al-Raud al-Zahir, by Zaid Ibn Abi’l-Rijal.

In addition to works peculiar to the Zaidites, the Glaser collection includes others
belonging to general Arabic literature. The most important come under the follow-
ing headings :—

Coran.—Al-Nasikh wal-Manstkh, a treatise on the abrogating and abrogated
verses of the Coran, by Abu Ja‘far al-Saffar al-Nahwi, who died 4.H. 338; MS. of the
13th century.

Al-Mustanha fil-Bayan, a grammatical commentary upon the Coran by Sabik al-
Din Muhammad Ibn Ya‘ish, who lived in the 7th century of the Hijrah.

Al-Manhaj al-Kawim, a commentary by ‘Ali B. Yahya al-Banna, a.H. 700.

Al-Furat al-Namir, an extensive commentary founded on-traditional interpretation,
by Mustafa al-Damadi, who was born in San’a, A.H. 1004.

Hadith.—Al-Ghailaniyyat, traditions collected by Muhammad B. ‘Abdallah al-
Shafi’i, who died A.H. 354, MS. of A.H. 682; A.D. 1263.

Law.—Al-Bayan, a Shafiite treatise of law by Yahya al-‘Imrani al-Yamani, who
died a.H. 558, MS. of A.H. 614; A.D. 1217. ‘

Miftah al-Fa’id, a manual of the law of inheritance, by al-Facl al-’Usaifiri, who
lived in the sixth century of the Hijrah; with numerous commentaries.

History.—The eighth volume of al-Iklil, a rare history of Yemen, by al-Hamdani,
who died A.H. 334.

Al-Futihat al-Muradiyyah, a general history with special reference to Yemen,
written about A.H. 1000.

Tabak al-Halwa, a chronicle of Yemen, a.H. 1046-1090, by Abdallah Ibn al-
Waar.

Biography.—Makatil al-Talibiyyim, or martyrdoms of the descendants of Abu
Talib, by Abu’l-Faraj al-Isfahani, who died a.H. 356.

Al-Mutalif wat-Mukhtalif, notices of traditionists, by al-Darakutni, who died A.H.
385; MS. of the 14th century.

Al-Kamal fi Ma’rifat al-Rijal, a biographical dictionary of traditionists, by al-Najjar,
who died a.H. 643. Two vols. of the 14th century.

Tahdib al-Kamal, an improved recension of the above, by al-Mizzi, who died a.H.
742. One vol. of A.H. 790; A.D. 1388.

Tadhib al-Tahdib, an abridgment of the preceding work, by al-Dahabi, who died
A.H. 748. One vol. of A.H. 771; A.D. 1369.

Nafh al-Tib, or lives of the Arabs of Spain, by al-Makkari; three large folios,
about A.D. 1700.

Cosmography.—Al- Ibar wal-[tibar, a deseription of the World, by al-Jahiz, who
died A.H. 255.

Medicine.—A Dictionary of Drugs by al-Malik al-Ashraf, of the Rastli dynasty,
who reigned A.H. 694-6.

Veterinary.—Al-Akwal al-Katiyah, a treatise on horses and their management, by
al-Malik al-Mujahid, of the same dynasty, who reigned A.H. 721-764.

Philology.—Adab al-Katib, by Ibn Kutaibah, who died a.H. 276. MS. of A.H. 658 ;
A.D. 1260.

Jamharat al-Amthal, a collection of proverbs by Abu Hilal al-’Askari, who died
A.H. 395.

Nizam al-Ghartb, a glossary of ancient poets, by “Isa al-Raba’i, who died A.H. 480.
MS. of a.H. 659; A.D. 1261.

Al-Mustaksa, a collection of proverbs by al-Zamakhshari, who died a.H. 538. MS.
of the 15th century.

Grammar.—A]l-Mufassal, by al-Zamakhshari, MS. of. A.H. 673; A.D. 1274.

Takhmir al-Mufassal, a commentary on the above, by Majd al-Din al-Kasim
al-Khuwarazmi, who wrote a.H. 611. MS. of a.H. 686; A.D. 1287.

Al-Mukaddimah, a grammar by Tahir, Ibn Babashad al-Misri, who died a.H. 469.
MS. of a.H. 533; A.D. 1139.

The Author’s commentary on the above. MS. of a.H. 811; A.D. 1408.

Poetiy.—The Mw’allakat, with the commentary of Ibn al-Nahhas, who died A.H.
338. MS. of the 13th century.

The Hamasah, with a commentary by the same. MS. of the 13th century.

The same work, with a commentary by Yusuf B. al-Fadl al-Jazari; the author’s
autograph, A.H. 647; A.p. 1249.

Satires

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Satires of Jariv and Farazdak, who died a.u. 110. MS. of the 13th century.

The Diwan of Ibn Hani, who died a.H. 362; MS. of the 12th century.

The Diwan of Ali B. Muh, al-Tihami, who died a.nH. 416.

The Diwan of Alkam, a poet who lived in Yemen about a.H. 480-500. MS. of the
14th century.

Al-Ka:idat al-Himyariyyah, by Nashwan, who died a.4. 573, with a full historical
commentary.

The Diwan of Ibn al-Mwallim, who died a.H. 592,

Stories and Fables.—Kalilah wa Dimnah, by Ibn al-Mukatfa’, with ecloured draw-
ings; 15th century. : ,

Al-Mustajad, stories of generous men, by al-Muhassin al-Tantkhi, whe lied a.n.
389; an enlarged recension by Abul-Mansir al-Tha’alibi, who died a.H. 429.

Inba Nujaba al-Abna, anecdotes of noble sons, by Ibn Zafar al-Sikilli, who died
A.H. 565.

Thirty-four Arabic MSS., purchased in Mossul, by Mr. Ernest Budge, include the
following rare and curious works :

A commentary by al-Nawawi, who died A.H. 676, on the Sahih of Muslim; 14th
century,

Akhbar al-Duwal al-Munkati’ah, a general history by Abu’l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Zafir,
who died A.H. 623.

Kalaid al-Ikyan, notices of Spanish poets, by lbu Khakan, who died a.n. 539.

A volume of the Canon of Avicenna; of the 12th or 13th century.

Jami‘ al-Gharai, a treatise on hygiene, by Ibn al-Kuff, who died a.H. 685. MS. of
the 14th century.

Commentary of Ibn Hisham al-Sibti, who died 4.4. 557, on the Makstrah of Ibn
Duraid ; A.H. 731; A.D. 1331.

Of nine Arabic and Persian MSS. secured for the Museum by Mr. Sidney Churchill,
Persian Secretary to the British Legation in Teheran, the most valuable are—

Collected poems of five ancient Persian poets, viz., Abulfaraj Runi, Azraki,
Anwari, Mushtari, and Majduddin Hamgar; A.H. 754; A.D. 1353.

Divan of Harun, a Persian poet of the 7th century of the Hijrah.

Hada‘ik al-Siyahat, and Bustan al-Siyahat, two geographical works, alphabetically
arranged, and including biographical notices, by Zain ul- Abidin Shirvani; A.H. 1242.

Commentary of Muhammad al-Amuli upon the Canon of Avicenna; A.H. 754;
A.D. 1353,

Among MSS. acquired from various other quarters, the following deserve a special
mention :

The memoirs of Emperor Baber, in the Persian version, with numerous miniatures
in the best style of Indian art; a.H. 1034; a.p. 1624.
_ Fragment of an alchymical treatise in Coptic, written on vellum, in the 10th
century ; brought from Egypt by Dr. Eisenlohr.

Chronicles of the kings of France and of the sultans of Turkey by Joseph Ben
Joshuah Hak-Kohen, Hebrew ; 16th century.

Safer Hat-Tekhunah, a work on astronomy by Moses Botarell Ferrussol, Hebrew ;
15th century.

Sefer Em Ham-Melekh, a philosophical treatise by Abu Falah, of Saragossa,
Hebrew ; 15th century.

Kathavatthu, the third book of the Abhidhamma Pitakam, Pali; 359 palm leaves.

Suttanipata Atthakatha and Tikapatthanam, written in small square Pali on
gilt palm-leaves. 4

Kankhavitarani, a commentary upon the oftice for the confession of Buddhistie
priests, Pali; 212 palm leaves. :

Verses of the Jataka Book, Pali Burmese; 381 palm-leaves.

Purchavisajjana and other Buddhistic works, Pali Burmese ; 214 palm-leaves.

An album of Burmese miniatures.

Lughat Halimi, the earliest Persian-Turkish dictionary ; A.H. 945; A.D. 1541.

A MS. in the Lolo language, written on coloured cloth; presented by the late
Col. Henry Yule. é;

A Buddhistic ritual, written in square Pali on 15 lackered palm-leaves; from the
Karen country ; presented by Major F. Beaufort. :

Turkish translations of the regulations of the Royal Navy, and of the French
forest laws ; presented by the translator, Sir James W. Redhouse.

The Psalms and Canticles in Ethiopic, vellum, 18th century; presented by the
Rey. L. Stanley Clarke.

A Grantha MS. on palm-leaves; presented by L. L. Lewis, Esq.

The number of Oriental MSS. consulted by readers during the year was 1,122,
viz. : 602 in the Students’ Room, and 520 in the Reading Room.
The number of separate applications for Oriental MSS. was 625, viz.: 268 in the
Students’ Room and 357 in the Reading Room. i
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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS.

T.—ARRANGEMENT AND CATALOGUING.

The alteration and verification of references in the general indexes, rendered
necessary by the recent removal of the collections, has been completed.

The preparation for press of these general indexes, in a revised and expanded form,
has been continued.

The collection of engravings by Lucas van Leyden has been re-mounted and
arranged in seven solander cases.

A new and improved classification of the collection of Early Italian Engravings,
and the preparation of a final catalogue in accordance with the same, has been
continued.

The recently purchased set of Florentine drawings in illustration of a “Cronaca
Mondiale,’ formerly in the possession of Mr. Ruskin, has been inlaid and bound in a
volume.

The general collection of Dutch and Flemish Etchings has been re-arranged in
six portfolios, the large series of plates by modern Belgian artists recently ae-
quired being incorporated.

The collections of engravings by members of the Sadeler and Passe farilies have
been re-arranged; also the collection of foreign mezzotints, which has been sub-
divided into schools.

The general collection of the works of English Engravers has been transferred to
fifteen large portfolios, preparatory to its final re-arrangement.

The entire collection of etchings by Rembrandt has been examined, preparatory to
being re-mounted, and the states identified and marked with references to the cata-
logues of Wilson, Middleton, Blanc, and Dutuit.

The collection of etchings by Claude Lorrain has been examined, and the states
identified and marked with references to the catalogues of Dumesnil and Duplessis.

Classes II.—VILII. of the collection of English portraits have been finally re-arranged
in seventy one portfolios.

Classes IX. and X. of the main collection of English portraits have been examined,
verified, and endorsed, and those in the supplementary series which belonged to them
have been incorporated. Two thousand two hundred and eighty-five titles have been
written for the new general index to the collection.

The collection of Dutch and Flemish portraits has been revised, the portraits of
each person being placed in a separate wrapper, and the artists’ names indexed.

The second set of Houbraken’s Heads of Lllustrious Persons has been broken up
and distributed.

The collection of proof book illustrations bequeathed by Felix Slade, Esq., has
been taken in hand with a view to identifying the various series of which it consists,
and distributing them amongst the works of the several engravers.

The preparation of a new catalogue of the collection of English mezzotints has
been commenced.

The preparation of an index to the prints and drawings contained in the Anderdon
set of Royal Academy Catalogues has been continued.

The preparation of titles for a new index to the collection of Sale Catalogues has
been continued.

Five hundred and seven duplicate volumes have been transferred from the Depart-
ment of Printed Books, and a portion of them have been incorporated with the
departmental] collection of Books of Prints.

A series of duplicate engravings, in sixty frames, has been lent for exhibition to
the Council of the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.

Two thousand one hundred and fifteen prints and drawings recently acquired have
been incorporated with the collections to which they severally belong.

Two thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine items have been entered in the Register
of acquisitions.

Four thousand nine hundred and fifty-three prints, drawings, &¢., have been
impressed with the departmental stamp and references to the Register.

Four hundred and seventy-seven drawings and prints have been placed on sunk
mounts, and five hundred and ninety-four have been mounted in the ordinary
manner.

Il.—ADDITIONS.
The total number of drawings, prints, We., acquired during the year was 4,778, of
which the following are the most important :—
ITALIAN SCHOOL.
Drawings.

Anonymous, Florentine. A sketch-book containing designs by a Florentine artist,
about 1460 A.D. in illustration of a “Cronaca Mondiale,” formerly attributed to
Benozzo

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Benozzo Gozzoli, but more probably by Maso Finiguerra; the drawings have been
first sketched in silver point and then highly finished in a mixture of pen and bistre
and bistre wash. The book contained at one time fifty-nine leaves, numbered in an
old (seventeenth century) hand from 1 to 59; but ten leaves are now missing, and
the set consists of ninety-five drawings on forty-nine sheets. The volume was
bought in Florence about 1840 by the engraver E. Schaeffer, and by him sold to
Hofrath Schlosser, of Neuberg near Heidelberg, from whom it came by inheritance
to Baron von Bernus. It was sold to Prestel of Frankfort-on-the-Main in 1872, and
by him in the same year for 20,000 francs to Clément of Paris; who sold it to
Mr. Ruskin for 1,000 /. in 1873.

Anonymous, Milanese. John the Baptist in the wilderness ; pen sketch.

Anonymous, Paduan. Figure of a man carrying a bird over his shoulder ; pen
sketch.

Appiani, Andrea. Napoleon enthroned between Peace and Vietory ; black chalk,
heightened with white, on coloured paper.

Bella, Stefano della. A woman sitting with two children ; pen and Indian ink.

Casanova, Francesco Giuseppe. Horsemen halting at a village for refreshment ;
black chalk, heightened with white.

Licinio, Giovanni Antonio (“ Pordenone”). The Adoration of the Magi; sketch
for a lunette; pen.

Sarto, Andrea del. Study for the figure of the girl warming her hands at the fire,
in the fresco of the Birth of the Virgin at Florence ; black chalk.

Lithographs.

Pasini, Alberto. ‘“ Un Marais” and “ Le Soir.” Bequeathed by Arthur Ditchfield,
Esq,

Engravings.

Anonymous. Nine reproductions of early prints in the collections at Paris,
Hamburg, and Vienna. Presented by Drv. F. Lippmann.

Martini, Pietro Antonio. “ Exposition au Salon du Louvre en 1787.” “ Coup
d’ceil de l’arrangement des Peintures au Salon, en 1785.”

Woodcuts.

Anonymous, fifteenth century. St. John the Baptist and St. Anthony of Padua ;
reproductions of two woodcuts at Ravenna. Presented by Dr. Max Lehrs.

Anonymous. A bishop seated at a table, writing; title to “ Oratio Legati Apos-
tolici,” &c., a series of tracts against Luther, 1521.

Boldrini, Nicolo. Marriage of St. Catherine ; after Titian, (P. VI, 235, 61). An
old woman riding to market ; after Titian (P. VI., 242, 95).

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Amorosi, Antonio. The Musician; by J. G. Haid, mezzotint ; proof before letters.
Bequeathed by L. S. Pratten, Esq. obs

Giordano, Luca. “ Les Vendeurs Chassés du Temple ;” by P. A. Martini. “ Ma-
donna del Rosario,” and Nativity of the Virgin ; two subjects on one plate, by N.
Le Mire.

Masaccio. “ Prospetto delle pitture nella cappella della basilica di S. Clemente ” ;
outline engraving. Presented by Messrs. S. Warne & Son.

Reni, Guido. Martyrdom of St. Andrew; etching by C. Cesio. Presented by Messrs.
S. Warne & Son.

Sanzio, Raffaello. A classical composition of three nude figures ; autotype from a
pen drawing, formerly in the Reveley collection, and now in the possession of the
Rev. W. H. Wayne. Presented by Rev. W. H. Wayne. be

Solimena, Francesco. ‘“ Heliodore chass¢ du Temple,” by P. A. Martini. The Last
Judgment ; by P. A. Martini. ;

Zampieri, Domenico. Martyrdom of St. Andrew; etching by Carlo Maratti.
Presented by Messrs. S. Warne & Son.

GERMAN SCHOOL,
Drawings.

Dunker, Balthasar Anton. Ninety-one original designs tor vignettes and. tail-pieces
to the ‘‘ Heptameron” of Queen Margaret of Navarre (Berne, 1780); pen and Indian ink.

Freudenberger, Sigmund. Thirty-seven original designs for illustrations to the same
edition of the “ Heptameron” ; pen and Indian ink.

Meckenen, Israhel van. Standing figure of a knight in armour; pen and ink.

0.74. ; C 4 Etchings.

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Etchings.

Aberli, Johann Ludwig. Thirty coloured plates of views and costumes of Switzer-

land.
Freudenberger, Sigmund. Six coloured plates of Swiss costumes.

Lithographs.

Bodmer, Karl. “ Chasse au Faucon”; after E. Wagrez. Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield,
Esq.

Engravings.

Glockendon, Albrecht. The Crucifixion (B. VII., 347, 10.)

Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian. Portrait of Christophe Gabriel Allegrain; after Duplessis;
two states.

Loffler, Johann Eckard. ‘“ Thesaurus, 8. 8. Reliquarium Templi Metropolitani
Coloniensis, 1671 ;” with letterpress. Presented by B. B. Woodward. Esq.

Fourteen reproductions of early prints in the collections at Munich, Milan, Dresden,
and Paris. Presented by Dr. M. Lehrs.

Woodcuts.

Anonymous. A Knight supporting the arms of Saxony; with the date 1514. Title
to B. Platina’s “ Historia van der Papst und Keiser leben,” Strassburg, 1546.

Amman, Jost. “ Ehebrecherbriicke des Konigs Artus”’; large cut in eight sheets,
wanting the inscription (Andresen 73.) Facsimile reproduction of a perfect copy of
the same, in eight sheets ; presented by Messrs. Deprez and Gutekwnst.

Diirer, Albrecht (manner of). The Crucifixion, (B. VII., 174, 6.)

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Bodmer, Karl. Forét de Fontainebleau ” ; lithograph by E. Le Roux. Bequeathed
by A. Ditchfield, Esq.
Freudenberger, Sigmund. “ Habillemens de la Ville de Berne”; six coloured
lates.
; Knaus, Ludwig. ‘Les petits Fourrageurs,” lithograph by C. Nanteuil. Bequeathed
by A. Ditchfield, Esq.
Schenau, Johann Eliezar. ‘‘ Nathan the Wise,” by C. F. Stoetzel.
Veit, Philipp. Germania; by Schaffer and Seidentopf. Presented by Messrs.
S. Warne & Son.

DutcH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS.
Drawings.

Verboeckhoven, Eugene. A stag and a doe; pencil.
Vermeulen, Andries. View on a Dutch river; watercolours.

Etching.

Uden, Lucas van. Landscape, with canal (B. V., 29, 23); before the address of
Wyngaerde.

Engravings.

Biot, Gustave. Portrait of a gentleman, after Van der Haert. Presented by
J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Bouttats, Gaspar. Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Presented by Miss
J. Lockhart Wilson.

Wierix, Jan. Portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia, Governess of the Low Countries
(Alvin, 1952.)

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Gallait, Louis. “ Art et Liberté;” lithograph by A. Mouilleron.

Leys, Hendrik. A lady walking with a child; lithograph by G. Bellenger.
Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield, Esq.

Mieris, Willem van. ‘“ Erigone”; by J. Massard.

Peters, Frans Lucas. “ La Jardiniére en Repos.” ; by J. Levasseur.

Rembrandt. “David et Bethzabée”; etching by J. M. Moreau. Presented by
as S. Warne & Son. Head of awoman; etching. Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield,

sq.

Schalken, Godfried. The penitent Magdalen; by John Smith, mezzotint ; proof
before letters. ;

Stevens,

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Stevens, Alfred.
Ditchfield, Esq.

Ter Borch, Gerard. The Peace of Munster; small Dutch co
by J. Suyderhoef. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Verlat, Charles. “Bufle surpris par un Tigre”;
Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield, Esq. k

Vleughels, Nicolaas. ‘“ Telemaque dans l’Isle de Calipso”; by E. Jeaurat.

“Le Bouquet”; lithograph by A. Lamy. Bequeathed by A.
py from the print

by Pirodon, in lithography

FRENCH SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Chapuy, Nicholas Marie Joseph. The Are de lEtoile, Paris ; sepia.
Huet, Jean Baptiste. A sportsman lying on the ground; red chalk.
seated on the ground; black and red chalks.
Lagneau. Head of an old woman; black and red chalks.
» Picart, Etienne. The Pretender assuming the insignia of royalty ; pen and Indian

ink.

Vernet, Emile Jean Horace. A set of twenty-six pencil sketches for friezes
illustrating incidents in the Peninsula Wav.

A peasant

Htchings.

Bracquemond, Joseph Félix. Portrait of Alphonse Legros. Two portraits of
Denis A. M. Raffet. Portrait of Zacharie Astruc; two states.

Hervier, Adolphe. Eighteen plates; proofs on Japanese paper. Presented by
Alfred Elias, Esq.

Jacque, Charles. A large collection of his works in various states ; comprising two
hundred and ninety-four examples. Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield, Esq.

Jacque, Léon. Three rustic subjects. Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield Esq.

Laguillermie, Frédéric Auguste. Two illustrations to “Vie d’Etienne Marcel ” ;
proofs on Japanese paper. Presented by the Municipal Council of Paris.

Marvy, Louis. Two landscapes. Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield, Esq.

Pignet, R. “Francaise de 1889” (Portrait of Jeanne Granier). Presented by
M. Henri Beraldi.

Subereaze, Léon. Six plates. Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield, Esq.

Lithographs.

A collection of one hundred and forty-eight proofs of works by A. Anastasi,
A. Appian, J. L. Bellange, J. J. F. Bellel, G. Bellenger, A. Bida, C. Chaplin,
N. T. Charlet, F. V. E. Delacroix, J. Didier, F. Dufourmantelle, J. Félon, F. L.
Frangais, A. D. Gautier, Gavarni, A. Gilbert, C. Jacque, P. A. Lamy, J. J. Laurens,
A. Leleux, E. Le Roux, V. J. Loutrel, H. Martin, J. Michelin, A. Mouilleron, C.
Nanteuil-Lebceuf, D. A. M. Raffet, and A. L. Sirouy. Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield,
Esq. .

Bngravings.

Anonymous, fifteenth century. A king seated on his throne; reproduction of a
print in the collection at Dresden. Presented by Di. M. Lehrs.

Bonvoisin, H. Portrait of Marie Antoinette.

Bosse, Abraham. “Les Vierges Folles” (D. 48); with the address of Poilly.

Cazenave. “A l’Amour il faut Surrendre”; stipple; printed in colours.

Cazenave, Madame. “Le Nid d@Amour”; after Cazenave; stipple; printed in
colours.

Colibert, Nicolas. Fancy group: a boy leading a girl towards a ship; stipple.

Daullé, Jean. Portrait of Jean Baptiste -Coignard ; after G. Voiriot ; proof before
all letters.

Debucourt, Louis Philibert. “ Gouter des Anglais” and ‘“ Le Coup de Vent”; two
coloured aquatints.

Dennel, Antoine Frangois. ‘“ L’Essai du Corset,” after P. A. Wille. |“ Dedicace
dun Poéme Epique,” after P. A. Wille.

Dugoure, Jean Denis. ‘“ Arabesques inventés et gravés par J. D. Dugoure” ; six

lates.
: Fessard, Etienne. Portrait of M. Gauthier; after Sir J. Reynolds.

Forster, Francois. Portrait of himself; artist’s proof.

Gelée, Francois Antoine. Daphnis and Chloe; after Hersent ; proof before letters,
with the artists’ names in scratched letters.

Jacquet, Jules. “Le Defense de Paris; Monument Allégorique du Rond Point de
Courbevoie”; after E. Barrias; proof on Japanese paper. Presented by the
Municipal Council of Paris.

Lebeau, Pierre Adrien. Portraits of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette.

Macret, Charles Francois, and H. Guttenberg. ‘“ Couronnement de La Fontaine
par Esope aux Champs Elisées” ; after Le Barbier.

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26 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Patas, Jean Baptiste. ‘“Avénement de Louis Auguste XVI. et de Marie Antoinette
d’Autriche au Tréne de France, 10 Mai 1774.

Regnault, Nicolas Frangois. ‘“ Matin” and “ Soir,” a pair; stipple.

Roger, Barthélemy. Portrait of Marie Antoinette ; after Dumont; proof before
the title. Another; after Callet ; proof with open letters.

St. Aubin, Augustin de. Portraits of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and the
Dauphin; medallion on a pyramid ; after Sauvage ; proof before letters.

Tardieu, Alexandre. Portrait of Marie Antoinette ; whole length ; after Dumont ;
proof with the artists’ names only.

Woodeut.

Lepére, A. An official féte given at the Tuileries during the Exhibition of 1867 ;
after H. Baron; “remarque” proof. Presented by M. Henri Beraldi.

Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Blanchard, Jacques. Angelica and Medoro; by N. J. Voyez; proof with the artists’
names only.

Boulanger, Gustave. “Le Mariage, Mairie du XII*. Arrondissement ”; by W. Haus-
soullier. Presented by the Municipal Council of Paris.

Bounieu, Michel Honoré. ‘Les Disciples de Flore”; by Godefroy.

Carmontelle, Louis (Carrogis). ‘‘ Le Malheureux Famille Calas”; by Delafosse.

Cochin, Charles Nicolas II. “ Frontispice de l’Encyclopédie ”; by B. L. Prevost.

Delaroche, Paul Hippolyte. ‘Sainte Amélie, Reine de Hongrie”; by P. Mereuri.
“Gabriel”; by F. Girard; mezzotint.

Deprez, Jean Louis. ‘Temple d’Isis 4 Pompeii,” &c.; by Duplessis-Bertaux and
Dagoty ; etching, aquatinted. ‘ Vue interieure de l’Eglise de St. Philippe de Neri a
Naples”; by Sellier and Duplessis-Bertaux.

Dughet, Gaspar (Poussin). ‘“ Famosa Tempesta inventata da Gasparo Pussino”; by
P. Barboni. Presented by Messis. S. Warne & Son.

Dutailly. ‘ L’Imitation de l’Antique ”; by Mme. Lingée ; stipple.

Eisen, Charles. ‘“ La Cométe”; by J. P. Le Bas.

Fragonard, Jean Honoré. “La Cachete Découverte”; by R. De Launay. “ Dites
done, sil vous plait”; by N. De Launay. A set of five etchings by Marcellin
Desboutins, from the pictures at Grasse. Nine plates from frescoes in public
buildings at Naples; engraved by C. Gaucher, B. L. Prévost, C. Macret, C. Gutten-
berg, and Henriquez.

Gauffier, Louis. ‘“ Venus et Diane”; by M. Blot.

Gérard, Francois Pascal, Baron. ‘ Entrée de Henri IV. a Paris”; by Henriquel-
Dupont. /

Gellée, Claude (Lorraine). ‘ Description of a Landscape by Claude Lorraine,
measuring 69 by 45 inches, recently discovered”; with a woodeut by Frederick
Borders. Presented by F. Borders, Esq.

Gervex, Henri. “‘Plafond Allégorique syinbolisant les divers quartieis du X1X"™*,
Arrondissement”; lithograph by G. W. Thornley. Presented by the Municipal
Council of Paris.

Guérin, Jean. Portrait of Jean Victor Moreau; by E.G. Herhan ; stipple. Portrait
of Pierre Marie, Comte Ferino; by E. G. Herhan ; stipple.

Huet, Jean Baptiste. ‘Les Pécheurs” and “ Les Laveuses”; by Jubier; tinted.

Lami, Eugene. “ Revue de la Garde Nationale, 28 Juillet 1835”; by E. Girardet.

Lancret, Nicolas. The Seasons; set of four plates by De Larmessin. “La
Jeunesse ” and “ La Vieillesse”; by De Laimessin.

Le Prince, Jean Baptiste. “Le Médecin Clairvoyant”; by Helman. “Le Mar-
chand de Lunettes ”; by Helman.

Monnet, Charles. “ Les Vceux du Peuple confirmés par la Religion”; accession of
Louis XVI.; by Née.

Moreau, Jean Michel. ‘Le Rendez-vous pour Marly”; by C. Guttenberg. “Le
Seigneur chez son fermier”; by J. L. Delignon. Three illustrations to Rousseau’s
“Emile”; by N. De Launay and J. B. Simonet.

Poussin, Nicolas. ‘“Tableaux de Poussin au Palais des Dues Torre 4 Naples”; by
St. Aubin and Macret.

Santerre, Jean Baptiste. “Susanne au Bain”; by Porporati.

Touzé, Jacques L. “ Tableau Magique”; by F. Voyez.

Vernet, Antoine Charles Horace (“Carle”). ‘La Perruque Enlevée”; by Debu-
court ; aquatint ; coloured.

Vernet, Claude Joseph. The Bathers; by J. J. Balechou. :

Vernet, Emile Jean Horace. “ Ftude de Cheval Arabe au Galop” and “Etude de
Cheval Normand franchissant un Ravin”; by A. Legrand.

Watteau, Antoine. “L’Amour Paisible ”; by B. Baron.

A collection of one hundred and ninety lithographs from pictures by V. A. Aze,
A..L. Barye, N. Berchére, J. B. Berthault, F. E. Bertin, A. Bida, Rosa Bonheur,
F. Boucher, G. Boulanger, L. Cabat, P. J. Challamel, C. Chaplin, L. Coignard,

"5: EX Carots

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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

J. B. Corot, G. Courbet, M. A. de Curzon, CG. F. Daubigny, A. G. Decamps, E. Delacroix,
EK. Detaille, A. Deveria, Diaz de la Pena, J. Didier, C. Doussault, J. Dupré, T. E.
Duverger, C. Eisen, F. Férogio, B. E. Fichel, J. P. Flandrin, F. L. Francais, C. E.
Frére, KE. Fromentin, A. B. Glaize, J. A. Guignet, A. Hébert, L. G. E. Isabey, P. A.
Jeauron, J. L. Lachaume, C. Landelle, D. F. Laugée, J. J. Laurens, C. R. H. Lehmann,
A. P. Leleux, A. H. Leleux, E. Lepoitevin, M. G. Le Roux, P. Marilhat, C. C. Marion-
neau, H. Martin, L. Matout, J. L. E. Meissonier, J. Michelin, J. A. Munden, A. M. de
Neuville, B. Pegot, O. Penguilly-lHaridan, A. E. Plassan, A. Prisse d’Avennes, P. P.
Prud’hon, A. M. Rebonet-Alboy, J. N. Robert-Fleury, C. Roqueplan, P. Rousseau,
T. Rousseau, F. J. Schaeffer-Berger, F. G. L. Tabar, L. Tesson, C. E. Tournemine,
C. Troyon, P. C. de Valdrome, and E. M. Villain. Bequeathed by A. Ditchfield, Esq.

ARTISTS OF FOREIGN SCHOOLS WORKING IN ENGLAND.

Drawings.

Gravelot, Hubert. Twelve designs for book illustrations; pen and sepia.

Haghe, Louis. Interior of St. Paul’s, Antwerp; watercolours.

Legros, Alphonse. Two silver-point studies from figures, by Michelangelo on the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. An academical study in black chalk. Three original
designs in pen andink. All presented by the Artist.

Lithographs.

Haghe, Louis. Forty-nine miscellaneous proofs and prints.

Hngravings.

Bartolozzi, Francesco, R.A. ‘“’Twas then, Belinda, if report say true, Thy eyes
first opened on a billet-doux” ; after E. F. Burney.

Facius, George Sigmund and Johann Gottlieb. Portrait of Rev. Isaac Milner ;
after Opie ; proof before all letters.

Haid, Johann Gottfried. Mr. Foote in the character of Major Sturgeon, in the
Mayor of Garratt; after Zoffany ; mezzotint ; first state.

Stadler, Joseph Constantine. Four plates from Thornton’s “ Illustration of the
Sexual System of Linnzus”; coloured aquatints. Presented by W. Carruthers, Esq.,
F.R.S.

Prints urranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Fradelle, Henry. “Mary Queen of Scots and her Secretary Chatelar”; by
W. Say; mezzotint. Presented by J. W. Clark, Hsq., F.S.A.
Haghe, Louis. Three views of the funeral of the Duke of Wellington; by
W. Simpson; in lithography ; printed in colours.
Herkomer, Hubert, A.R.A. An artistic “ poster,’ designed as an advertisement of
the “Magazine of Art”; in sixteen sheets. Presented by Emery Walker, Esq.
Lemens, Balthasar van. Venus and Adonis; J. Smith, exc. ; mezzotint.
Liotard, Jean Etienne. “Mme. d’Epinay ”; lithograph by H. Baron. Bequeathed
by A. Ditchfield, E'sq.
Mercier, Philippe. A girl sitting in a chair asleep ; by J. McArdell, mezzotint.

ENGLISH SCHOOL.

Drawings.

Beverley, William Roxby. View of a back street in Scarborough ; watercolours.

Bonington, Richard Parkes. A group of barrels, and a portion of a mast; two
pencil sketches. Presented by Mrs. Barclay.

Brocky, Charles. Two portraits of John Liston, the actor; black chalk.

Buss, Robert William. Figure of George Heriot, the goldsmith; black chalk.

‘Cattermole, George. Portrait of himself ; black chalk. Portrait of Lady
Blessington ; pencil, tinted. Eleven topographical pencil sketches.

Cattermole, Rev. Richard. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Porden ; pencil.

Cattermole, W. Emeswell Church, Suffolk; pencil. The Oak Tree at Winfarthing,
Norfoll ; pencil.

Clennell, Luke. View of Tilbury Fort; sepia. View of the Logan stone ; sepia.

Cox, David. Twelve sketches and studies of landscape and figures; pen, sepia,
pencil, and red chalk.

Cowen, William. Two views of Rotherham, Yorkshire ; pen and ink.

Ditchfield, Arthur. Eleven landscapes ; watercolours and vlack chalk. Presented
by Mrs. J. L. Roget.

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98 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Dyce, William, R.A. Four sheets of studies ; pencil and silver-point.

Frost, William Edward, R.A. View on the Goodwin Sands; pencil and water-
colours. Portrait of a little girl; watercolours. Study for the heads in a group of
mother and child; pen and watercolours. A Spanish peasant seated on a cart; pen
and watercolours. A nude female figure seated on a bank; watercolours. A seated
figure of a young woman; pen and watercolours.

Gainsborough, Thomas, R.A. A family group (himself, his two daughters, and
Abel) at a spinet ; sketch in red chalk.

Gibbons, Grinling. Sheet of sketches for his statue of James II. at Whitehall;
pen and bistre.

Girtin, Thomas. Portrait of himself, sketching; black chalk. View of Jedburgh ;
pencil. Inn yard, Edgware-road, Paddington ; black chalk.

Havell, William. View of Eton at twilight ; watercolours.

Hayter, Sir George. Portrait of Henry Fuseli, R.A.; a head; pen.

Hunt, William Henry. Portrait of himself; watercolours. Figure of a boy with
a dog in his arms; pen and watercolours. A gentleman standing before two ladies
seated on a bank; black chalk and watercolours. A girl sitting at a table; pencil
and watercolours. Hollyhocks in a vase ; watercolours.

Laurence, Samuel. Portrait of Thomas Carlyle; black chalk, heightened with
white, on grey paper.

Lewis, John Frederick, R.A. Figure of a man in oriental dress leaning against a
wall; sketch in pencil and watercolours. Figure of a dancing girl; sketch in
crayons. House at Grenada; pencil and sepia. View in Corfu; pencil and water-
colours. A Spanish girl seated in a doorway; black chalk and watercolours. <A
street scene in Seville; black chalk and watercolours.

Munn, Paul Sandby. Twenty-two topographical sketches; pencil and water-
colours.

Neale, John Preston. View of Fair Lawn, Kent; sepia.

Nicholl, Andrew, R.H.A. Hindoo temple at Marandahn, Colombo; two views;
pencil.

Porter, Sir Robert Ker. A warrior on horseback on a cloud; design for a book-
illustration ; sepia.

Prout, Samuel. Five views of Utrecht, Abbeyille, Prague, Malines, and the
Temple of Peace at Rome ; pencil.

Reynolds, Samuel William I. View on the road froin Bala to Festiniog ; pencil
and watercolours. View of Windsor Castle; pen and sepia. View of Warwick
Castle; pen. A glade; black chalk and India ink. Study of trees, with water and
rushes in the foreground ; watercolours.

Richards, John Inigo, R.A. The old Justice hulk lying off Woolwich, Sept. 30,
1779; watercolours.

Rooker, Michael Angelo. Entrance to a park ; watercolours.

Stanfield, William Clarkson, R.A. View at Broadstairs; watercolours. A paling
and pump on the bank of a river ; water colours.

Stothard, Thomas, R.A. Sketch for a picture on the staircase at Burghley; pen
and watercolours.

Tomkins, Charles. The Crown Inn, Birmingham; pen and watercolours. Coast
scene ; watercolours. Presented by Mis. Barclay.

Vertue, George. King Edward VI. granting the Palace of Bridewell to the
Citizens. of London for a Hospital ; from the picture at Bridewell, formerly attributed
to Holbein ; water colours on vellum.

Wale, Samuel, R.A. Lord Anson relating his victories to George II.; pen and
Indian ink.

Whichelo, John M. North-east view of the Court Room, Bridewell; water-
colours.

Wootton, John. Travellers halting for refreshment at a house; Indian ink.

Etchings.

Cruikshank, Robert Isaac. ‘‘ Wine versus Water”; title to a comic song.

Ditchfield, Arthur. A collection of ninety-five plates of landscape subjects. Pve-
sented by Mrs. J. L. Roget.

Edwards, Edwin. A complete collection of his works, numbering four hundred
and fifty-seven plates; obtained from his widow.

Ker, Henry Bellenden. Three landscapes. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Lewis, Charles George. A spaniel lying down; after E. Landseer. Studies of
goats ; after E. Landseer.

Lisle, Joseph. The Cork Leg; title to a comic song.

White, William Johnstone. April Fools; two states.

Lithographs.
Barker, Thomas (of Bath). Brickmakers at work. Presented by C. H. Read,
Eisq., F.S8.A.
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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Harding, James Duffield. Nineteen landscapes.

Nicholson, Francis, ‘“ Lithographic Impressions from Sketches of British Scenery,”
1821; three parts, containing eighteen views.

Westall, William, a.r.a. ‘“ Views of the Lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland ;”
six plates.

Hingravviigs.

Agar, John Samuel. Bust of Augustus William Hare; after J. Gibson; proof
before letters. “Sit up, Papagéno ;” after H. Singleton; a series of eight progress
proofs.

Baxter, George. A collection of seventy-five specimens of Baxter’s process of
colour printing.

Bond, William. “The Woodland Maid ;” after Sir T. Lawrence.

Burke, Thomas, The Sacred Egyptian Bean; a plate from Thornton’s “ Illustra-
tion of the Sexual System of Linnzeus ;” coloured aquatint. Presented by W.
Carruthers, E'sq., F.RB.S.

-Caldwall, James. Five plates from Thornton’s “ Illustration of the Sexual System
of Linnzus ;” coloured aquatints. Presented by W. Carruthers, E'sq., F.R.S.

Cook, John William. Angelina arriving at the cottage of Araminta ; illustration
to Edgeworth’s “ Moral Tales ;” after W. Harvey ; proof before all letters.

Cousins, Samuel, R.A. Portrait of Peter Barlow, F.R.s.; after W. Boxall; proof
with open letters. Portrait of Frederick Huth; after W. Boxall. Interior of the
House of Commons; after H. W. Burgess. Portrait of Queen Victoria; after A. E.
Chalon. Statue of Sir Joseph Banks; after F. Chantrey. Statue of Sir John
Malcolm, G.c.B.; after F. Chantrey. Bust of Granville Sharp; after F. Chantrey.
Golden Pippin; after J. B. Greuze; artist’s proof. Portrait of Miss Rich; after W.
Hogarth; artist’s proof. Bolton Abbey in the Olden Time ; after E. Landseer ; first
state, with the inscription. ‘“ Nature” (the Calmady Children) ; after T. Lawrence.
Portrait of Lady Dover with her Son; after T. Lawrence. Pomona; after F. Leigh-
ton; artist’s proof. ‘ Moretta—a Venetian Girl”; after F. Leighton. Portrait of
Rey. W. Stanley Goddard; after J. Lucas, by Henry and 8. Cousins. “ The Picture
of Health”; after J. E. Millais. Portrait of Mrs. Lister; after G. S. Newton.
Portrait of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester; after Reynolds; artist’s proof.
Portrait of Lady Rolle; after Mrs. J. Robertson. Tragedy and Comedy ; a pair ;
after J. Sant ; proofs with the artists’ names only. Portrait of Edward Copleston, D.D.;
after T. Phillips, by Cousins and 8. W. Reynolds.

Duncan, Andrew. Portrait of Prince Czartoryski; after L. Rubio; two states.

Dunkarton, Robert. The Night-Blowing Cereus; a plate from Thornton’s “ Ilus-
tration of the Sexual System of Linneus”; after P. Reinagle; coloured mezzotint.
Presented by W. Carruthers, E'sq., F.R.S.

Earlom, Richard. Two plates from Thornton’s “ Illustration of the Sexual System
of Linneus ”; coloured mezzotints. Presented by W .Carruthers, Hsq., ¥.R.S. The
Judgment of Paris; after L. Giordano ; mezzotint ; proof before letters, with artist’s
and publisher’s names in scratched letters. Bequeathed by L. S. Pratten, Esq.
Sleeping Bacchus ; after L. Giordano ; mezzotint ; proof before letters, with artist’s
* and publisher’s names etched in. Bequeathed by L. S. Pratten, Esq.

Elmes, James. The Persian Cyclamen; a plate from Thornton’s ‘Illustration of
the Sexual System of Linnzus”; after A. Pether ; coloured aquatint. Presented by
W. Carruthers, E'sq., ¥-B.S. i

Faber, John II. Portrait of Joseph van Haecken ; after Hudson ; mezzotint ; proot
before all letters. Portrait of Mrs. Howard; after J. Peters; mezzotint ; proof
before all letters. ‘

Finlayson, John. Portrait of J. F. Tenducci; after J. Bruscett; mezzotint ;
second state.

Green, Valentine. Portrait of Miss Stuart; after G. Willison ; mezzotint ; proof
before letters.

Heath, James. “Sappho to Phoebus consecrates her lyre ”; after R. Westall ;
proof before letters. ‘“ Heloise ” ; after R. Westall ; proof before letters.

Hopwood, James. The Quadrangular Passion Flower; a plate from Thornton’s
“Tllustration of the Sexual System of Linnzeus”; coloured aquatint. Presented by
W. Carruthers, Esq., F.B.S.

Knight, Charles. A Girl looking out at a window; after J. Hoppner; printed in

rs.
Pande John. The China Limodoron; a plate from Thornton's “Illustration of
the Sexual System of Linnzus ” ; coloured aquatint. Presented by W. Curruthers,
Esq., ¥F.RB.S. ; . "

McArdell, James. Portrait of Samuel Richardson ; after J. Highmore ; mezzotint ;
proof with the artists’ names only. .

Medland, Thomas. The Aloe; a plate from Thornton’s “ Ilustration of the Sexual
System of Linnzus” ; coloured aquatint. Presented by W. Carruthers, Esq.; PRS.

Meyer, Henry. Portrait of Olivia, Lady Kinnaird ; after J. Northcote ; mezzotint ;
unfinished proof.

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30 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Outrim, John. The Cavalier’s Pets; after E. Landseer; proof before letters, with
the artists’ names in scratched letters. Presented by the Engraver.

Pollard, James. ‘The Ceremony of the Procession Ad Montem as performed by
the Students of Eton College” ; aquatint.

Reynolds, Samuel William I. Holy Family ; after C. Procaccino ; mezzotint ; proof
before letters, touched.

Skelton, Wiliam. Portrait of H. R. H. Frederick, Duke of York ; after Beechey ;
two states.

Smith, John. Venus and Cupid; after L. Giordano; mezzotint; two states. The
Repose in Egypt; after C. Maratta; mezzotint; proof before letters. Portrait of
Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury ; after-J. Riley ; mezzotint ; first state. Portrait
of Madam Dorothy Mason ; after Wissing; mezzotint ; first state.

Sutherland, Thomas. Two plates from Thornton’s “Illustration of the Sexual
System of Linnzus” ; coloured aquatints. Presented by W. Carruthers, Esq., F.R.S.

Turner, Charles. Portrait of the Earl of Durham; after Lawrence; mezzotint ;
proof before letters.

Ward, George Raphael. Portrait of Rev. George Shepherd, p.p.; after T. Phillips ;
mezzotint ; two states.

Ward, William, a.r.A. The Dragon Arum; a plate from Thornton’s “ Illustration
of the Sexual System of Linnzeus”; coloured mezzotint. Presented by W. Car-
ruthers, Hsq., F.R.S.

Warner. Three plates from Thornton’s “ Illustration of the Sexual System of
Linneus” ; coloured aquatints. Presented by W. Carruthers, Esq., F.R.S.

Watson, James. Portrait of Miss Polly Jones; after H. D. Hamilton; mezzotint ;
first state.

Watson, Thomas. Portrait of Miss Lumsdon; after G. Willison; mezzotint ;
first state.

Woodcuts.

Harvey, William. A set of forty proofs of the illustrations to Henderson’s
“ History of Wines.”

Martin, D. Ten proofs of book illustrations. Presented by the Artist.

Prints wrranged to illustrate the Works of Painters.

Ansdell, Richard, R.A., and John Phillip, r.A. The Gardener’s Daughter; by J. J.
Chant, mezzotint ; the etching. Presented by Messrs. S. Warne and Son.

Batty, Lieut.-Colonel Robert. Court of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; by KE.
Goodall ; proof before letters.

Bonington, Richard Parkes. ‘“ La Route”; lithograph by J. Laurens. Bequeathed
by A. Ditchfield, Esq.

Buckler, John. Eight views of English Abbeys and Cathedrals ; etched by him-
self and aquatinted by J. Jeakes, F. and G. Lewis, and R. Reeve.

' Cattermole, George. Twenty proofs of plates to “ Evenings at Haddon Hall,” and
other works. :
Cattermole, Rev. Richard. Three plates to Pyne’s “ Royal Residences” ; aquatints

by Sutherland and Havell; coloured.

Chalon, Alfred Edward, r.A. ‘The five eldest Children of Sir Josiah John and
Lady Charlotte Guest”; reproduction of a watercolour drawing. Presented by
Lady Charlotte Schreiber.

Corbould, Henry. ‘Title to “The Keepsake for 1828”; by C. Heath.

Crane, Walter. Design for the cover of the Parish Magazine of St. Jude’s, White-
chapel; woodcut by A. and E. Leverett. Presented by J. Macfarlane, Esq.

Fildes, Luke, R.A. Zingarella; photogravure published by the Berlin Photographic
Company ; artist’s proof. Presented by J. P. Heseltine, Esq.

Flaxman, John, R.A. A young Roman mother admiring her infant; by F. C. Lewis;
proof before letters.

Gainsborough, Thomas, r.A. The Market Cart; by F. Joubert; proof before
etters.

Hamilton, William, r.a. “ Hot Cockles”; by P. F. Legrand, stipple.

Harvey, William. A collection of sixty-four proofs of book illustrations, on steel
and wood.

Howard, Henry, r.A. Title to “ The Keepsake for 1829”; by E. Portbury.

Image, Selwyn. “Hyems”; a woodcut printed at St. Jude’s Schools, January
1889. Presented by J. Macfarlane, Esq.

Laporte, John. “ Perdita discovered by the old Shepherd”; by F. Bartolozzi.
Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

Prout, Samuel. Petrarch’s Tomb; by R. Wallis; proof before letters. Petrarch’s
House ; by W: R. Smith; proof before letters.

Singleton, Henry. “Sit up, Papagéno”; by J. S. Agar, stipple.

ee Frank, a.p.a. “The Heart’s Misgivings”; by S. Bellin, mezzotint; the
etching.

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Stothard, Thomas, k.A. “The Temple of Mirth”; by W. Blake. Presented by
J. Defett Francis, Hsq. Twenty illustrations to Rogers’s “Italy,” engraved by
a een S. Davenport, W. Finden, E. Goodall, W. Humphreys, ele Robinson, and

. Rolls.

Thackeray, William Makepeace. Charles Dickens and Douglas Jerrold in the
characters of Captain Bobadil and Master Stephen; facsimile of a drawing; etched
by J. Grego. Presented by J. Grego, Esq.

Turner, Joseph Mallord William, R.A. View of Towneley Hall; by J. Basire.
Clitheroe, from Eddsford Bridge; by J. Basire. Chelsea Hospital, by J. Storer.
Worcester ; by T. Rothwell. Swansea; by T. Rothwell. All presented by W. G.
Rawlinson, Hsq. Approach to Venice; by R. Wallis; proof before all letters. The
Golden Bough; by J. T. Willmore ; proof before all letters. Pas de Calais; by
W. Davison, mezzotint ; two states. Hurstmonceaux Castle; by W. B. Cooke; the
etching. Isola Bella; by J. Fittler. Whiting Fishing, Margate; by T. Lupton,
mezzotint ; proof before letters, with artists’ names in scratched letters. “ Autumn,
—Sowing of Grain”; coloured aquatint. “Woodcock Shooting” and “Grouse
Shooting”; a pair of chromo-lithographs. View of Cowes; chromo-lithograph.
Stonehenge; by C. Turner, mezzotint; one of the unpublished plates of “Liber
Studiorum.” ‘The Birdcage”; by J. P. Quilley, mezzotint; eight progress proofs.
Forty-one proofs of plates engraved for the “Turner Gallery,” by J. B. Allen,
J. C. Armytage, 8. Bradshaw, R. Brandard, E. Challis, C. Cousen, J. Cousen,
E. Goodall, W. Miller, W. Richardson, C. W. Sharpe, L. Stocks, R. Wallis, A. Will-
more, and J. T. Willmore. Twenty-seven proofs of plates engraved for the “ England
and Wales”; by R. Brandard, W. J. Cooke, KE. Goodall, J. Henshall, J. Horsburgh
T. Jeavons, W. Radclyffe, J. Redaway, W. R. Smith, W. Tombleson, R. Wallis, and
J.T. Willmore. A set of the preliminary etchings, ninety-six in number, of the
plates engraved for the “ England and Wales,” by J. B. Allen, R. Brandard, W. J.
Cooke, S. Fisher, E. Goodall, J. Henshall, T. Higham, J. Horsburgh, T. Jeavons,
J. H. Kernot, W. Miller, W. Radclyffe, J. Redaway, W. R. Smith, W. Tombleson,
J. C. Varrall, R. Wallis, C. Westwood, and J. T. Willmore. Twenty-five illustrations
to Rogers’s “Italy,” engraved by W. J. Cooke, E. Goodall, H. Le Keux, J. Pye, W. R.
Smith, and R. Wallis; proofs before letters. Thirty illustrations to Rogers’s
“ Poems,” engraved by KE. Goodall, H. Le Keux, and W. Miller; artists’ proofs.

Wallis, Henry. The Death of Chatterton; by T. Oldham Barlow, R.a., mezzotint ;
signed proof. Presented by the Engraver.

Westall, Richard, r.A. “A Girl gathering Mushrooms”; by R. M. Meadows,
stipple.

AMERICAN SCHOOL.

Etchings.

Weir, J. Alden. Twenty-one landscape and figure subjects. Presented by the
Artist.

ORIENTAL.

Six drawings on tale by an Indian artist.

A Chinese landscape painting, on a silk roll, bearing the signature and seal of
Chas-meng-fu.

A series of two hundred and fifty drawings of details of the ornamentation in the
“Shiba” Temple, Tokio; done on the spot by a Japanese artist.

“ Humor in der Tierwelt”’; a set of eighty-one reproductions of Japanese drawings ;
Berlin, 1888; in a portfolio. Presented by the General-Verwaltung der Kéniglichen
Museen in Berlin.

MopERN PRINTS PRESENTED BY PUBLISHERS.

The Trustees have received from Mr. L. H. Lefévre, of King-street, St. James’s’
artists’ proofs of the following prints published by his firm during the year :—

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, R.A., A Favourite Author; etching by L. Lowenstam.

Bartlett, William Henry. Off to the Fair—Connemara; etching by J. Dobie.

Rossi, A.M. In Peril; etching by A. C. Behrend.

Sadler, Walter Dendy. Old and Crusted; etching by W. H. Boucher. Where the
Widow Lives; etching by W. H. Boucher. In the Camp of the Amalekites; etching
by P. A. Massé. ;

PORTRAITS.

Foreign.

Anderloni, Pietro ; a vignette; proof before letters.

Andréossi, Antoine Francois, Comte d’; after J. Guerin, by A. Cardon, stipple.

Bell, Clark ; and six other members of the Medico-Legal Society of New York ;
on one sheet. Presented by Clark Bell, Esq.

Brunswick, Ferdinand, Duke of; by J. Houbraken. Presented by J. Deffett
Francis, Esq.

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32 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Francis I. and Maria Theresa, Emperor and Empress of Austria, and their children;
nineteen medallions in a bas-relief, after B. Moll.

Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria; woodcut by W. Hecht; signed proof.
Presented by W. J. Linton, Esq.

Gouvion-St. Cyr, Laurent; after J. Guerin, by G. Fiesinger, stipple.

Guttenberg, Heinrich ; by A. Reindel; proof before letters, with the engraver’s
monogram.

Kleber, Jean Baptiste ; after J. Guerin, by G. Fiesinger, stipple.

Kosciuszko, Thaddeus; after J. Guerin, by Fiesinger, stipple.

Lafayette, Gilbert Mottier, Marquis de; by Lemercier, in lithography.

Lecourbe, Claude Joseph, Comte ; after J. Guerin, by B. Roger, stipple.

Lefebvre, Francois Joseph, Duc de Dantzig; after Mengelberg, by G. Fiesinger,
stipple.

eats XVI.; two profile heads; pen drawings, tinted, by Marie Jeanne Bernard.

Louis XVI.; after Comte de Norion, by Schleich, stipple. Another; after Jumel,
by Beaubleé.

Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette; by Le Beau. Another; medallions on a
sarcophagus ; “Se vend chez Valliari.”

Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and Louis XVII.; medallion on a pyramid; after
Sauvage ; three engravings by St. Aubin and Legrand.

Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, Louis XVII., and Madame Royale; medallion,
without inscription.

Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, Louis XVII., Madame Royale, and Princess
Elizabeth ; five ovals on one plate ; stipple.

Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, Louis X VII., Princess Elizabeth, Duc d’Enghien, and
Madame de Lamballe; by A. Legrand, stipple. ;

Louis XVIII. and Charles X. ; medallion on a vase, with Louis XVI. and Henri IV.
above, stipple.

Marie Antoinette; two profile heads; pen drawings, tinted, by Marie Jeanne
Bernard.

Marie Antoinette; by Bonvoisin. Another; after Callet, by B. Roger, stipple.
Another ; medallion with emblems; stipple. Another; after Comte de Norion, by
Schleich, stipple. Two others; by Le Beau. Another; after Dumont, by B. Roger,
stipple. Another; after G. P. Jumel, by Beaublé. Another; after Madame Le Brun,
by Pollet. Another; after Dumont, by A. Tardieu.

Masséna, André; after Bonnemaison, by G. Fiesinger, stipple.

Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest; woodcut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J.
Linton, Esq.

Napoleon Buonaparte ; after J. Guérin, by G. Fiesinger, stipple.

Rabenhaupt von Sucha, Carl, Baron; J. Hoffman, exc. ; proof before letters.

Regnier, Claude Ambroise, Duc de Massa; after J. Guerin, by E. G. Herhan,
stipple.

Richter Ludwig ; woodcut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J. Linton, Esq.

Ste. Suzanne, Gilbert Joseph, Comte de; after J. Guerin, by G. Fiesinger,
stipple.

ShaSoeino, Jacopo ; after Tintoretto ; anonymous etching. Presented by J. Deffett
Francis, E'sq.

Sebron, Hippolyte ; after F. Salabert, lithograph by L. Haghe.

Waitz, George, the German historian; after L. Knaus, by H. Meyer; etching ;
subscriber’s proof. Presented by the Principal Librarian.

Wattenbach, Wilhelm, the German historian; photogravure from a marble bust
by B. Roemer. Presented by the Principal Librarian.

English.

Brooke, Sir James, Rajah of Sarawak ; after F. Grant, by G. Raphael Ward ;
mezzotint ; proof before letters.

Brooks, Mrs., wife of John Brooks, the engraver; after T. Worlidge, by R.
Houston ; mezzotint; first state.

Browning, Robert ; woodcut, by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J. Linton, Esq.

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of, K.G.; after Gainsborough ;
modern impression from a mezzotint plate engraved in 1826. Presented by the Earl
of Carnarvon.
Compton, Lady Elizabeth ; after W. Peters, by J. R. Smith; mezzotint ; second
state.
Dee Captain J., Member of the Trinity House; by W. Nutter; stipple ; printed
in colours.

Delmé, Lady Betty ; after Reynolds, by V. Green; mezzotint ; third state.

Durham, John George Lambton, first Earl of; after Lawrence, by C. Turner ;
mezzotint.

Edward VI. ; an anonymous undescribed engraving, in the manner of Hogenberg.

Fergusson, James, the writer on architecture ; anonymous lithograph.
FE Froude, James Anthony ; woodeut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J. Linton,
M3.

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Gladstone, William Ewart, M.p.; woodcut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J.
Linton, Esq.

: Haddock, Sir Richard, Admiral ; after J. Closterman, by W. Faithorne; mezzo-
tint ; first state.

Hardwicke, Major General, r.n.s.; after J. Lucas, by L. Haghe ; in lithography.

Hare, Augustus William; after J. Gibson, by J. S. Agar ; stipple. é

Heriot, George ; after Scougal, by J. and C. Esplens ; mezzotint.

Hollond, Ellen Julia; by L. Haghe; in lithography.

Hudson, Miss ; after T. Hudson, by J. Faber; mezzotint.

Hunter, John; after N. Dance-Holland, by T. H. Maguire; in lithography. Pre-
sented by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 5

James II.; by P. Schenck; mezzotint. Another, when Duke of York; after
Lely, by R. Tompson; mezzotint.

Jenner, Sir William, Bart., K.c.B., M.D.; after F. Holl, p.a.; an autogravure.
Presented by the Jenner Memorial Portrait Fund. is

Keeley, Mary Ann, as Jack Sheppard ; by R. J. Lane; in lithography. Presented
by Mrs. Barclay.

Keeley, Robert, as Robin in “The Sergeant’s Wife ;” by J. Hayes; in lithography.
Presented by Mrs. Barclay.

Laing, David ; etching by F. Harrison.

Lewis, William Thomas, as the Marquis in “The Midnight Hour;” after M. A.
Shee, by J. Jones ; mezzotint ; second state.

Manning, Henry Edward, Cardinal ; woodcut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W.
J. Linton, Esq.

Mary, Queen of Scots; two carbon photographs, from drawings by Janet, in the
Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris. Presented by G. Scharf, E'sq., C.B., F.S.A.

Milner, Isaac, Dean of Carlisle; after J. Opie, by Facius ; stipple.

_ Newman, John Henry, Cardinal ; woodcut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J.
Linton, Esq.

Northumberland, Hugh Smithson, Duke of; after H. D. Hamilton, by J. Finlay-
son ; mezzotint; second state.

O’Neill, Elizabeth, actress, in the character of Belvedera; after A. W. Devis, by
H. Meyer; mezzotint.

Owen, Sir Richard, k.c.B.; woodcut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J. Linton,
Esq.

Oxford, Robert Harley, Earl of, k.c. ; after Kneller, by J. Simon; mezzotint.

Purdy, Rey. Thomas; by L. Haghe; in lithography.

Queensberry, William Douglas, fourth Duke of, sitting in his balcony in Piceadilly.
Presented by Mrs. Barclay.

Scharf, George, ¢.B., F.S.A.; permanent photograph from the picture by W. W.
Ouless, R.A., the property of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery. Pre-
sented by G. Scharf, Esq.

Smith, Mrs. Edward James, and Family; after J. Catterson Smith, by L. Haghe;
in lithography.

Spencer, Herbert ; woodcut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J. Linton, Esq.

Stanfield, James Field; after W. Clarkson Stanfield; by G. Adcock ; stipple.
Presented by Mrs. Barclay.

Stanley, Edward, Bishop of Norwich; by T. H. Maguire ; in lithography. Another ;
by W. H. Mote; stipple. Another; after G. Richmond, by Negelen.

Thynne, Thomas; E. Cooper, exc. ; mezzotint.

Turner, Rey. William ; after T. Carrick, by W. Ward ; mezzotint.

Watts, George Frederick, R.A. ; woodcut by M. Klinkicht. Presented by W. J.
Linton, Esq.

Windham, William, M.P.; anonymous mezzotint ; unfinished.

Wodsworth, Rev. Charles ; after S. Howell, by W. Skelton; touched proof.

York, H.R.H. Frederick, Duke of; after Lawrence, by E. Scott; stipple ; proof
with open letters. Presented by J. Deffett Francis, Esq.

A collection of small engraved portraits, three hundred and fifteen in number, cut
from books and magazines. Presented by Lady Elizabeth Cust.

HISTORY.

“Descente de Louis le fuyard au Chateau des Tuileries,” 1791.
“La Veuve Capet au Tribunal Révolutionnaire,” 1793.

“ Execution de la Veuve Capet,” 1793.

«“ De mislukte vlugt van Lodewyk den Zestienden ;” Louis XVI. and his family in
Sauce’s house at Varennes, 1 June 1791; by J. C. Schultz.

The celebrated Diamond Necklace ; tinted engraving.

«A Representation of the Engagement between His Majesty’s ship the Mon-
mouth, and the Foudroyant, 28th February 1758” ; by B. Cole.

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Caricatures.

The Empress Maria Theresa addressing her daughter Marie Antoinette, who
emerges from a well; ‘“ Que faites vous ma fille 2?” ete. ; coloured etching.

“Trait de /’Histoire de France du 21 au 25 Juin 1791, ou la Métamorphose ” ;
coloured etching.

« A Flight of Sportsmen alighting in a Preserved Cover,” 1803; coloured. Pre-
sented by Mrs. Barclay.

SETS AND COLLECTIONS.

A collection of one hundred and thirty-seven engravings illustrating the Palace
and Gardens of Versailles, composed of various sets by Israel Silvestre, J. Le Pautre,
J. Edelinck, &c., bound in a volume.

The second and third annual publications of the International Chalcographical
Society, 1887 and 1888, consisting of thirty-eight reproductions of Early German and
Italian Prints.

Books OF PRINTS.

Bode, Wilhelm. “ Bilderlese aus Kleineren Gemaldesammlungen in Deutschland und
Osterreich,” Heft VIII. and IX., with seven plates etched by L. Kihn, G. Eilers,
C. Onken, and P. Halen, after L. Mazzolino, P. Caliari, J. Porcellis, R. Roghman,
Palamedesz, Rubens, and M. Schongauer.

Bode, Wilhelm, and H. von Tschudi. ‘“ Konigliche Museen zu Berlin—Beschreibung
der Bildwerke der Christlichen Epoche” ; with sixty-eight photogravures.

Bredius, Abraham. <‘‘ Die Meisterwerke des Ryks-museum zu Amsterdam”; Lief.
8-15, with forty-four photogravures ; Munchen, 4to.

Detaille, Edouard. “ L’Armée Francaise ; Texte par Jules Richard,” Liv. 15 and
16, with seven photogravures “ hors texte.”

Direr, Albrecht. ‘“ Zeichnungen von A. Diirer in Nachbildungen; herausgegeben
von Dr. F. Lippmann”; Abtheil V—XXII., with one hundred and eight reproductions ;
Berlin, 1888.

Forster, Ernst. ‘“ Denkmale Italienischer Malerei,’ seven parts, containing
thirteen plates.

Hefner-Alteneck, J. H. “ Trachten, Kunstwerke, und Gerathschaften vom friihen
Mittelalter,” &c., Lief. 98-108, with sixty-six plates; Frankfort ; 4to.

Hendschel, Albrecht. ‘ Aus A. Hendschel’s Skizzenbuch ” (second series) ; thirty
reproductions of drawings ; Frankfort.

Hirth, George. “ Les Grands Illustrateurs; Trois Siecles de Vie Sociale, 1500—
1800 ;” Vol. V., containing five hundred and sixty-seven reproductions ; 4to.

Jacquemin, Raphael. “Supplement 4 lIconographie générale et méthodique du
Costume du IVe. au X1Xe. Siecle”; Liv. VII. and VIIL, with two coloured etchings ;
Paris.

Kraus, Johann Ulrich. “ Heilige Augen-und-Gemiiths-Lust, Vorstellend all Sonn-
Fest und Feyertagliche, nicht nur Evangelien sondern auch Epistelen und Lectionen,”
&e.; set of one hundred and twenty plates; Augsburg, 1706, fol.

Leu, Thomas de. A set of sixteen plates of the Sibyls; copied from those by
C. de Passe.

Luiken, Jan. “ Afbeeldingen des merkwaardigste Geschiedenissen yan het Oude
en Nieuwe Testament in het koper geétst door Jan Luiken,” &c., Amsterdam, 1729,
fol.; large paper copy, in the original binding. Presented by J. G. Muller, Esq.

Menzel, Adolph. “ Das Werk Adolph Menzels; mit Text von Max Jordan und
Robert Dohme”; Lief. XVIII-XXI1., with sixteen plates.

Meyer, Julius, and W. Bode. ‘“ Die Gemalde-Galerie des Koniglichen Museen zu
Berlin” ; Lief, I-III, with eighteen etchings by L. Jacoby, W. Hecht, W. Unger,
J. Klaus, L. Schulz, A. Kriiger, G. Hilers, J. Hisenhardt, W. Krauskopf, and L. Kihn,
after Filippo Lippi, J. van de Capelle, A. van Dyck, J. Steen, E. de Witte, F. Hals,
Velazquez, Rubens, Holbein, Rembrandt, R. del Garbo, H. Mommers, J. van Ruisdael,
B. Belotto, A. Watteau, and Pollaiuolo.

Moro, Luigi del. “La Facciata di S. Maria del Fiore”; Parts V—IX., with ten
photogravures ; Firenze, 1887-88.

Netscher, F. “ Jozef Israéls, ?Homme et l’Artiste”; Parts I. and II., with two
etchings by W. Steenlink.

Pecht, Friedrich. ‘ Geschichte des Miinchener Kunst in neunzehnten Jahrhundert,”
Lief. VII.—XVI.; Munchen, 1887-88.

Raab, Johann Leonhard. ‘The Pinakothek, the Royal Bavarian Picture Gallery
at Munich”; a series of fifty etchings by Prof. J. L. Raab, with historical and
descriptive text by Director F. von Reber; in a portfolio.

Schreiber, Lady Charlotte. “Fans and Fan Mounts (English), collected and
inte by Lady Charlotte Schreiber,” London, 1888, fol. Presented by the

uthor.

Schreiber, Lady Charlotte. A collection of eighteen etchings executed between

1830

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1830 and 1834, mounted in a volume, with a printed title-page. Presented by the
Artist.

Schmidt, Dr. Wilhelm. “Handzeichnungen Alter Meister im Kéniglichen Kupfer-
stich-Kabinet zu Miinchen”; Lief. V., with thirty-one reproductions; Miinchen,
1888.

Secrétan, KE. “ Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Paintings by Modern and
Old Masters, and of Water Colours and Drawings formed by Mr. E. Secrétan”;
illustrated with ninety-eight photogravures ; 2 vols., Paris, 1889. Presented by G.
Milner-Gibson-Cullum, Esq.

Seidlitz, Woldemar von. ‘“ Allgemeines Historisches Portraitwerk,” Series I-IX.,
containing four hundred and fifty-two reproductions.

Steelink, Willem. “Oude Kunst in Nederland; Etsen naar Schilderijen uit
Particuliere Kabinetten door W.S.; Tekst van J. F. van Someren”; Afi. I. and IL.;
with two etchings after J. Vermeer and A. Brouwer.

Uffizi, Florence. ‘“Raccolta di Disegni esistenti nella R. Galleria degli Uffizi;
reprodotti in fototipia per cura dei Fratelli Alinari”; Fase. 1—V., with twenty-six
reproductions.

Vosmaer, C. “De Distel; Etsen van Nederlandsche Schilders,” 1886-88, with
thirty-six etchings by C. L. Dake, W. Steelink, J. van Essen, N. van der Waay,
F. G. Oldewelt, J. H. Wijsmuller, G. Poggenbeek, and E. 8S. Witkamp, jr.

“The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791”; reprint, published in 1863, of a con.
temporary pamphlet, illustrated with eight aquatints after P. H. Witton. Presented
by Walter Myers, Esq.

“Theatre d‘Amour” and “ Emblémes d‘Amour”; two sets of anonymous French
plates, seventy in number.

TOPOGRAPHY.

Two photographic views of the Library of Parliament at Ottawa. Pvesented by
M. J. Grifiin, Esq.

Two views of the Devonshire Hospital, Buxton; lithographs by E. White.
Presented by J. Robertshaw, Esq.

Four views of Charing Cross, the Horse Guards, Westminster Hall, and York
House; after Miller, by Canali; coloured. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq.

Books OF REFERENCE (Presentations).

The following Books of Reference have been presented to the Department :—

Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall. “The Roxburghe Ballads,’ Vol. VI., Parts III.
and IV.; Hertford, 1888 and 1889, 8vo. Presented by the Editor.

Bradshaw, Henry. Four papers on early engravings, communicated to the
Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Presented by L. Cust, E'sq., F.S.A.

Carnarvon, Henry, Earl of. “Catalogue of the Principal Pictures at Highclere
Castle”; Newbury, 1880. Presented by the Author.

Dutuit, Eugéne. “Manuel de Amateur d’Estampes,’ Tome 1, Partie 2; Paris,
1888, 8vo. Presented by M. Auguste Dutuit.

Guiffrey, J. J. ‘“L’Oeuvre de Ch. Jacque; Catalogue de ses Eaux-fortes et Pointes
Séches”; Paris, 1866, 8vo. Mr. A. Ditchfield’s annotated copy. Presented by
Mrs. J. L. Roget.

Morelli, Giovanni. “Italian Masters in German Galleries; Translated from the
German by Mrs. Richter,” 1883, 8vo. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Page, William. “A Study of Shakspeare’s Portraits,” London, 1876, small Svo.
Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq.

Robinson, John Charles. “A Critical Account of the Drawings by Michel Angelo
and Raffaello in the University Galleries, Oxford,” 1870, 8vo. Presented by Sidney
Colvin, Esq.

Scharf, George, ¢.B., F.S.A. ‘ Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures,
Busts, &c. in the National Portrait Gallery”; New edition, London, 1888, 8vo.
Presented by the Aathor.

Willigen, A. van der. “Les Artistes de Harlem; Notices Historiques avee un
Précis sur la Gilde de St. Luc”; Harlem, 1870, 8vo. Presented by Lionel Cust,
Eisq., F.S.A.

Sidney Colvin.

The number of persons admitted to the Print Room for purposes of study during
the year 1889 was 4,850.

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DEPARTMENT OF EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.

I—Arrangement, Cataloguing, &e.
Egyptian Division :—

The mummies, mummy-cases and coffins have been re-arranged in the room formerly
occupied by Etruscan antiquities, and the general re-arrangement of the other parts
of the Egyptian Collection has been proceeded with.

The large sculptures presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund have been fixed in
position and mounted upon granite and other plinths.

The large granite column has been repaired, fifteen figures have been mounted on
stone plinths, and twenty stone objects have been repaired.

Two hundred and thirty objects have been mounted on plinths. Highteen wooden
stands, and three thousand cloth-covered mounts have been made. New shelves have
been fitted up to hold papyri.

Six hundred objects have been numbered, twenty-nine ostraka have been placed in
boxes, one hundred and five objects have been repaired, and the verification of regis-
tration numbers has been proceeded with. One hundred and forty-six labels have
been written and painted and attached to objects. Two thousand six hundred and
thirty-six numbers have been printed and attached to objects.

« Six hundred and thirty Egyptian objects have been registered; the case-book of
Egyptian papyri has been continued; two papyri have been unrolled, four papyri
have been mounted; a collection of scarabs has been catalogued. Descriptive labels
for the plates of the fac-simile of the papyrus of Ani have been written and printed ;
the introduction to this fac-simile has been completed. :

Eight Cufic gravestones have been mounted.

Assyrian Division :—

Cases and drawers have been altered in the Students’ Room, and two bays fitted
with drawers. Twelve seal-cylinders, with casts, have been mounted. One inscription
has been mounted on a plinth. Two hundred and seventy-three fragments of tablets
have been joined. Six hundred and eighty tablets have been repaired, and one
hundred and nineteen have been cleaned. The contents of nineteen table-cases have
been entered in a case-book, for which an index has also been written. Thirteen
thousand fragments of the Kouyunjik and other collections of tablets have been
placed in boxes. Fourteen hundred and forty-eight tablets have been registered.
One thousand one hundred and four objects have been given out to students.

The second edition of Volume IV. of the ‘Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia”
has been proceeded with; the Kouyunjik and other collections have been examined
for duplicates; additional texts have been copied, and notes, list of contents, and
introduction have been written. The collection of tablets from Tell el-Amarna has
been transcribed into ordinary Babylonian characters, transliterated into Roman
characters and partly translated; five proof-sheets of the text have been corrected,
and a glossary for fifty-five of the tablets has been made. The Assyrian section of
the General Guide to the British Museum has been re-written.

Eight hundred and eighty-nine visits have been made to the Egyptian and Assyrian
Department by students and others who have been assisted in their researches.

The antiquities have been explained to parties of students.

Il.— Acquisitions.—Purchases.
I.—1. Thirteen limestone busts of Roman Governors and*their families from
Palmyra. They were probably made in the second century, A.D.
2. Stele, with raised figure of a warrior, and four lines of Palmyrene inscription,

recording his name and titles, B.c. 100.

Ij.—l. A papyrus, inscribed with a hieroglyphic copy of the Book of the Dead,
measuring 65 feet by 14 inches, written for an officer called Nu, about B.c. 300.
The text is of value on account of the way in which the words are spelled.

I1I.—1. A Himyaritie name-stamp.
2. Pair of Phoenician silver bracelets from Tyre.

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IV.—l. A set of four stone Canopic jars, with covers in the shape of the heads of
Amset, Hapi, Tuamantef, and Qebhsenuf, the four children of Horus. The inserip-
tions on the outsides are unusually long. From Hawara in the Faytm.

2. Blue glazed porcelain Bes and ape, from Hawara.
3. Mummy of a girl, with portrait, from Hawara. About A.p. 350.

_ 4. One hundred and forty-one Greek ostraka, inscribed with receipts for taxes,
lists, &c., written chiefly during the first century after Christ, from Karnak ; and
40 Greek and Demotic tesserz, from Panopolis.

5. Two terra-cotta models of potters’ houses. Period of the XXVIth Dynasty,
about B.C. 550.

6. Twenty-one Gnostic gems, inscribed with figures of Abrasax and mystic legends.
7. Four wooden cat cases, leaden figure of a god, black stone torso, collection of

gold and hard stone necklaces from Thebes, and granite head of a statue.

V.—1. Seventeen hundred tablets and tablet-fragments, from Kouyunjik and
other places in Mesopotamia. Those inscribed in Babylonian belong chiefly to the
reigns of Samsu-satana and Ammi-zaduga, about B.c. 2200.

Presents.

I.—1. Granite head of the seated colossal statue of Osorkon II., about B.c. 950.

2. Lower half of the seated colossal statue, inscribed on the pedestal with the name
and titles of Osorkon II., about B.c. 950.

3. Granite column, with palm capital, inscribed with the names and titles of
Rameses II. and Osorkon II.

4. The upper half of a colossal statue of Rameses II., which originally formed part
of a pillar.

5. Bas-relief, with portraits of Csorkon II., and his wife, from the Temple of Bast.
6. Three fragments of granite shrines of the time of Nectanebus IL., B.c. 380.

7. Grey granite seated figure of a scribe who lived during the reign of
Amenhetep III., B.c. 1550.

All the above are from the great Temple of Bast, at Tell Basta (Bubastis).
Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund.

II.—1. Glass bead necklace. Roman Period.

2. Three terra-cotta objects from Palmyra.

3. Leather fragment inscribed in Hieratic.

4. Stone mould from Meroé; and other objects.
Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester.

III.—1. Portrait head of Ptolemy Soter. About B.c. 320.
2, Bas-relief, inscribed with figures of Ptolemy Soter and the goddess Hathor,

Presented by the Hgypt Exploration Fund.

IV.—1. Linen shirt, from Thebes. XIXth Dynasty, about B.c. 1330.
Presented by C. Drury Fortnum, Hsq., D.C.L.
V.—1. Bronze cat case, with two figures of cats upon it, from Sakkara. XXVIth
Dynasty, about B.c. 1330.
Presented by John Evans, EHsq., P.S.A.

VI.—1. Alabaster jar for unguents, from Thebes. XIXth Dynasty, about B.c, 1330.
2. Limestone kneeling figure, from Thebes. XIXth Dynasty, about B.c. 1330.
3. Limestone kneeling figure, from Thebes. XIXth Dynasty, about B.c. 1330.

4, Kneeling figure of Nub-se-anch-Amen, XIIth Dynasty, from Thebes. About
B.C. 2500.
Presented by the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle.
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VII—1. Wooden wshabti figure -
2. Two scarabs - - - -
. Two silver figures - - -

Modern imitations.
. Three pendants - - - scmtaiaglincr ss Fs a i‘

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. Roll of papyrus - - -

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. Porcelain hippopotamus - -
Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.S.A.
VIIL.—1. Cover of a painted coffin of a dignitary who lived during the reign of
Amenhetep I., about B.c. 1650.
2. Two ostrich eggshells.
3. Mummy hand, with ring and scarab.
Presented by Arthur F. Wheeler, Esq.

IX.—Eight sandstone stele, inscribed in Cufic (about A.D. 1100), from the old
Muhammedan cemetery of Aswan.

Presented by E. A. Wallis Budge, E'sq., M.A.
P. le P. Renouf.

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.
l—Arrangement, Cataloguing, &e.

Seventy-six sculptures, six inscriptions, and fourteen terra cottas have been repaired
and mounted; progress has been made with the new marble pedestals for the
sculptures of the West pediment of the Parthenon ; four slabs of the Parthenon
frieze have been moved; a cast of a newly-discovered fragment has been fixed in
its place on the frieze; the fragments of the Parthenon sculptures have been re-
arranged; twenty shelves have been fixed for sculptures ; two sculptures and six
casts have been fixed on corbels; the arrangement has been completed of the
Phigaleian Room, and of the Basement of sepulchral reliefs; progress has been made
with the arrangement of the Archaic Room; the Etruscan sarcophagi have been
transferred to the new Etruscan Saloon, and to the Grzeco-Roman Basement; the bust
of Sir C. T. Newton has been placed on a pedestal in the Mausoleum Room ; seyen
vases, one silver object, and fourteen bronzes have been cleaned and repaired; sixteen
tesseree, nineteen inscriptions in bronze, fifty-five gems, and one relief have been
moulded; twenty-one gems have been mounted in silver-gilt settings; fifty-five gems
have been mounted on velvet-covered blocks; one wooden water-wheel has been
repaired and erected; seven stands have been made for bronze pater; one store-
cupboard has been made; three prints and one drawing have been mounted for
exhibition ; progress has been made in re-mounting and re-arranging the collections
in the First Vase Room, the Fourth Vase Room, and the (new) Etruscan Saloon ; two
cases have been fitted and arranged in the Gem Room; two hundred and fifty-six
objects have been registered; three hundred and two descriptive titles have been
written and attached to objects.

Progress has been made with a Hand-book to the Vases, and with a Catalogue of
Greek Sculpture. Sheets 3 A—3 Y, of Part II1., of “ Ancient Greek Inscriptions in
the British Museum,” have been printed off.

TI.—Acquisitions.
By Donation.—l. Bronze vessel, stamped COCCEIORUM. Huelva, South Spain
(Archeologia XLII, pl. 39, p. 558). Presented by S. R. Pattison, Esq.

II. Bronze tablet, with incised inscription (Bull. dell’Inst., 1865, p. 115). Presented
by C. Drury Fortnum, Esq.

III. Two lead whorls. Old Cairo. Presented by G. Fraser, Esq.

IV. Fictile lekythos, with mouth in the form of alion’s head. The body of the
vase is decorated with three bands of figures; on the handle is a Gorgon’s head.

The work is of remarkable minuteness and delicacy (Journal of Hellenic Studies X.,
pl. V.; XL, pll. 1, I1.). Presented by Malcolm K. Macmillan, Esq.

V.—1. Bronze

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V.—1. Bronze tessera: obv. head of Constantine ; rey. HA.

bo

. Ivory tessera, inscribed T. Ephesus.

. Clay impression of seal: Victory writing on shield.

Hm 9

. Steatite intaglio: lion and dog. Megara.

Or

. Steatite intaglio: figure on horseback and bird. A morgos.

. Steatite intaglio: a face (?). Amorgos.

ST

. Three clay moulds for coins of Licinius and Maximinus.
Presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester.
VI. Ivory tessera, inseribed on its four sides, MODERATVS. [le CORN. losis Nien,

NON. OCT. | L.MINIC. L. PLOTIO. Civita Lavinia. (Rémische Mittheilunge
1889, p. 172.) Presented by Lord Savile. mea

VII. Fictile lamp: seated Satyr in relief. Presented by Henry Wallis, Esq.
VIII.—1. Portions of a Roman wooden wheel for raising water, 15 feet in
diameter. Rio Tinto Mine.

2. Copper axle of a similar wheel (compave Archeologia Aliana, N.S., VIL, p:/279).
Rio Tinto Mine.

Presented by the Rio Tinto Company, Limited.
IX.—1. Fictile vase of the Mycene class, with a figure of a large cuttle-fish. The

spaces between the tentacles are filled up with horses, deer, birds, a crab, and other
creatures.

2. Lenticular gem: goat and two branches.
3. Three terra-cotta whorls. 1-3. From Calymna.
4. Vase in form of Sphinx. Bwotia.
Presented by W. R. Paton, Esq.
X. Fictile vase of marbled ware, with stamp CAS. Bordighera. Presented by
J. A. Goodchild, Esq.
XI. Obsidian flake. Acropolis of Athens. Presented by W. Bousfield, Esq.

XII. 1. Fragments of vases, with patterns of parallel bands or waves. Bin Tepé,
near Sardes. 2. Tile with stamped monogram. Sardes. Presented by G. Dennis,
E'sq., C.M.G.

XIII. Wooden picture-frame, dovetailed and keyed. It contains an encaustic
portrait, painted on a wooden panel, but nearly obliterated. Hawara. (Petrie,
Hawara, pl. 12.) Presented by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq.

XIV. Mould of the recently-discovered head of Iris, from the East frieze of the
Parthenon. Presented (through Dr. Waldstern) by M. Cavvadias.

XV. Bronze knife, axe, and chisel. Saria (Nisyros). Presented by W. R. Paton,
Esq.

XVI.—1. Two unglazed vases with incised designs.

2. Marble cup. 1-2. From prinitive tombs in Antiparos.

3. (a) Fragments of ivory, including a carved bull’s foot, and pieces with incised
lines; (b) Fragments of bronze; (c) Fragments of an ostrich egg; (d) Fragments
of plain, light red, wheel-made pottery. (Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society,
January 1890.) Haeavated by Mr. Bent in the Necropolis of Bahrein, in the
Persian Gulf.

Presented by J. Theodore Bent, Esq.

By Purchase.
I. Sculpture.

Primitive female figure. Amorygos.

Two marble reliefs: (1.) Three armed horsemen; (2.) Three deer. [Perrot and
Chipiez: Histoire de Art dans PAntiquite, Vol. V., pages 903, 904, figs. 535, 536.]
From excavations at Bin Tepé in 1882, by George Dennis, E'sq., C.M.G.

0.74. E 4 Archaic

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Archaic female torso, holding drapery with right hand, and a bird between the
breasts with left hand. Theangela.

Fragment of stelé: head of youth wearing tenia. Athens.

Fragment of stelé: head of youth. Athens.

Bust of Faustina Major. Gardens of Sallust, Rome.

Bearded head ; rude work.

Casts of the sepulchral reliefs of Hegeso and Ameinokleia. Athens.

Casts from five fragments of sculpture at Tegea.

Il. Bronze.

Minute disk, having a lion engraved on each side. Odessa.

Disk, with stamped designs. Cervetrv.

Two handles terminating in bearded masks. Avadus.

Object, terminating in six heads of Gryphons, and apparently part of the trappings
of a horse.

Portions of a large bronze hydria, from the Island of Chalke, near Rhodes, viz. :—

1. Relief : Dionysos and Ariadne at the moment of their wedding. Dionysos holds
with his right hand a cornucopia and a large bunch of grapes. Ariadne draws’aside
her veil. Admirable work of the middle of the fourth century, B.c.

2—6. Foot, lip, large handle, two small handles, and part of the body of the vase.

Intaglio: Laureate head of Caracalla.
Intaglio: Athene standing.

Ill. Terracotta and Porcelain.

Five large panels of terracotta, with painted designs, from the interior of an
Etruscan tomb at Cervetri :—

1. Bearded figure, holding branch, conversing with a bearded figure carrying a
standard; on the right, a woman with a spear and wreath (Journ. of Hellen. Stud. X.,
pl. Wale):

2. Two female figures with branches of pomegranates, and one female figure with
a circular pyxis (Journ. of Hellen. Stud. X., p. 244).

3. Two female figures with alabastra, and a female figure unfastening her girdle
(Journ. of Hellen. Stud. X., p. 245).

4, 5. Two sphinxes, confronted (Journ. of Hellen. Stud. X., pp. 248, 249).

Archaic model of warship, containing five warriors. Corinth.

Relief: female figure, seated. Naples.

Statuette : Muse, seated on a rock, with Satyric mask, and flute. Tanagra.
Statuette : Girl standing, with cippus and dove. Tanagra.

Statuette: Female figure standing, with hands clasped. Tanagra.
Statuette: Female figure reclining and holding mirror. Myrina.

Statuette : Youth wearing wreath. Beyrut.

Mask, bearded, painted red and blue. Capua.

Disk, with stamped inscription, MAICTQC. Tarentum.

Seven disks, with stamped monograms, or impressions from intaglios. Tarentum.
Antefixal Gorgoneion. Tarentum.

Eighteen fragments of figures. Sidon.

Porcelain : Model of quadriga and charioteer. Corinth.

Figure of Bes. Sidon.

IV.—Fictile Ware.

Vase, with two lions, in relief, on rim. Thavrros.

Vase, black-figured, with representations (a) of Centaur and two figures (b) of a
pygmy and cranes. From near Thebes.

Vase, similar to the last, with (a) flute player, and two grotesque nude figures
dancing ; (b) a vine. From near Thebes.

Fragment of large red-figured krater, with parts of two scenes separated by an
anthemion pattern; (a) Hermes and head of horse; (b) Dionysos and parts of two
draped female figures.

Vase in form of a duck. Capua.

Gorgoneion in black ware. Naples.

V.—Engraved Gems—Intaglios.

Burnt sard, lenticular. Winged Hippocamp. From the Greek Islands.
Steatite, lenticular. Cuttle-fish and tunny fish. Melos.
Hematite cylinder. Male figure and gryphon. Mari, Cyprus.
Plasma scarab. Isis and Horus. Chiusi.
Green jasper scarab. Ape walking. Hertz Collection.
; Banded

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 41

Banded onyx scarab, in ancient gold setting. Athena armed, with the head, wines
and snakes of the Gorgon. (Classical Review, 1890, p. 132.) Amathus. aay

Sard scarab. Winged figure. Mari, Cyprus.

Banded agate scarab in gold setting. Lion and deer in field. Mari, Cyprus.
Agate scaraboid. Ox walking. Athens.

Sard scaraboid. Ram’s head. (reece.

Chalcedony scaraboid. Bull running.

Sard searaboid, mounted on a silver ring. Athena standing, somewhat of the type
of the Athena Parthenos of Pheidias, holding a ship’s acroterion in her right hand.
Cyprus.
~ Sard. Aphrodite seated on rock. (reece.

Banded onyx. MHerakles seated. Inscribed AAMQN. From Italy.
Sard. Head of Menad, wearing ivy-wreath. Athens.

Onyx. Youthful head, wearing ivy-wreath.

Sard. Fortuna, with attributes. Inscribed PAPNAKOY.

Sard. Hand holding ear. Inscribed MNHMONEYE.

Yellow jasper. Two storks on a nest on a column.

Cameos.
Fifty-three intaglios of minor importance.
Sard cameo. Lion. Mari, Cyprus.
Jasper cameo. Frog; on base in intaglio, Bes and two lions. Mari, Cyprus.
Onyx cameo. Girl at altar.
Chalcedony cameo. Head of Eros. Ephesus.

VI.——Gold.
Two pendants. Crete.
Two earrings terminating in calves’ heads.

VII.—Silver.

Bulla, inscribed; obv. ATILIVS; rev. ANTIGON ES.

Ring, with a sow in intaglio. Rome.

Silver-gilt spoon, set with a garnet. Mari, Cyprus.

Spiral, for confining the hair. Mari, Cyprus.

Ram’s head, from a bracelet. Mari, Cyprus.

A portion of the silver service found in 1883 at Chaourse, near Montcornet (Aisne),
France. The objects are of graceful form, and are decorated with reliefs, embossed
designs, niello, and gilding. A series of coins discovered at the same time fixes the
date of the deposit, the latest being a coin of Postumus (A.D. 258-267). The objects
acquired are—

1, 2. Two large circular dishes (Trésor de Chaourse, pls. 2 and 8).

3. A situla, with border of foliage, chased and gilt (Gazette Archéologique, 1884,
pl. 37; Trésor de Chaourse, pl. 10). ;

4, Pepper-castor (piperatoriwm) in form of a Negro beggar sitting, asleep (Gazette
Archéologique, 1884, pl. 35; Trésor de Chaourse, pl. 2).

5. Circular vase with rim on which are chased masks and grotesque lions (Gazette
Archéologique, 1885, p. 332, fig. 31; Tresor de Chaourse, pl. 7).

6. Oinochoe; the neck and mouth chased and gilt (Trésor de Chaourse, pl. 3).

7. A deep bowl with patterns embossed in the interior (Gazette Archéologique
1884, pl. 35; Trésor de Chaourse, pl. 3).

8-10. Three small bowls with astragalus borders.

11, 12. Two small plain bowls.

13. A plain cup (Gazette Archéologique, 1885, p. 329, fig. 16).

14. A small plate with rosette in niello.

15-17. Three small plates, plain.
ae F 18. Moulded

42 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

18. Moulded dish (Gazette Archéologique, 1885, p. 328, fig. 23; Trésor de Chaourse,
pl. 5).

19. Pedestal of a statuette.
Cup. Jsland of Chalke, wear Rhodes.

VIli.—Lead.

Beardless male head. Sardes.

Head of bald old man. Lphesus.

Fragments of imprecations. Mari, Cyprus.

IX.—Talc fragment, with portions of a Greek inscription, perhaps an imprecation.
Mari, Cyprus.

X.—Ivory.

Bearded term. Tarentum.

Fibula in form of dolphin; the eyes set with coral. Tarentum.

Tessera, inscribed; obv. MESSALINA; rev. III. Waples.

XII

Ir: Cyprus.

Tessera, inscribed
A. S. Murray.

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIZVAL ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY.
I.—Arrangement.

Prehistoric Saloon. The arrangements of this room have been brought to a con-
clusion, though the room itself could not conveniently be opened to the public until
January 1890.

A large central case has been received and erected in one of the wings of this
Saloon, and in it have been displayed the antiquities from the Lake Dwellings of
France and Switzerland. New fittings have been made for the ancient Spanish
pottery and the prehistoric antiquities from Japan; and the glazed ends of two table
cases have been papered; twenty black and gold labels for wall cases, and sixteen
ebonized labels for table cases, have been painted. Two views of French lakes
have been framed and labelled.

One hundred and eight wooden stands for urns have been stained and varnished ;
19 wire stands have been made; and a large number of card labels have been
written.

The acquisition of the collection of Spanish antiquities from the MM. Siret has
necessitated a number of alterations in the wall and table cases, but they have all
now been arranged and labelled.

Asiatic Saloon. The collection of ancient Japanese pottery acquired by Mr.
Franks from Mr. W. Gowland has been arranged in the wall cases, with new fittings
where necessary.

A catalogue on shps of the objects connected with Hindu mythology has been
begun, and 236 specimens have been described and labelled.

Glass and Ceramic Gallery. Twelve trays for fragments of antique glass have
been made and lined with velvet.

A central case has been received and fitted, in which the porcelain from Chelsea
and Derby has been placed, and the collection of English porcelain has, in conse-
quence, been re-classed iand re-arranged.

Ethnographical Gallery. The sections of Burmah and Siam, Solomon Islands, and
Tonga, have been examined and the specimens cleaned. The specimens exhibited on
the tops of the wall cases have been twice examined and cleaned. The sections of
Australia and part of the Asiatic Islands have been compressed to make room for
the additions received from Professor Haddon and Mr. H. J. Veitch. Four central
cases have been received and placed in position.

American Room. Two large projecting cases have been erected between the
windows, and fittings for them are in progress. Two small upright cases have been
mounted on plinths, re-painted, and the locks altered to the new suite.

The collection of Mexican antiquities from the island of Sacrificios has been
arranged in five sections of the wall cases, and a frame has been made for two carved
Mexican tablets with hieroglyphics. A solid oak shelf has been erected on the
landing, on which Mexican sculptures have been placed.

The

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The registration has been continued, and 4,531 objects have been registered.

Two hundred and thirty-six ethnographical specimens have been described for the
permanent Slip Catalogue, with a drawing of each object.

Ninety-six card labels have been printed with the hand-press in the department,
with duplicates of each, as well as 1,296 catalogue-headings, &e. One hundred and
thirty-four mounting boards and tablets have been made, of which 97 have been
covered with paper, and 1,278 objects have been mounted upon them.

Seventy-nine impressions of seals have been made, and mounted with the seals
themselves, upon tablets. Impressions have also been made from the Oriental
engraved stones, to assist in their decipherment.

A number of antiquities, urns, &c., have been repaired, and iron objects boiled in
wax.

Brass lift-handles have been affixed to the doors of the cupboards of table cases.

Il.— Acquisitions.
(1.) Karly British and Prehistoric Antiquities :—

Ancient British vessels and other antiquities excavated by the donors in eight
barrows, in the parish of Folkton, Kast Riding, Yorkshire. Presented by the Rev.
William Greenwell, D.c.L., F.R.S., and Walter K. Foster, Esq., F.S.A.

Two cinerary urns and an incense cup, from a barrow near High Wycombe, Bucks;
presented by John Parker, Esq., r.s.4. Cinerary urn found near Acton, Middlesex,
in 1883 ; presented by G. F. Lawrence, Esq. Urn, incense eup, and flint implements,
from a barrow at Shefford, Berks.

Hammer-head of granite found in Sawtry Fen, Hunts.; presented by Louis Gaches,
Esq. Polishing stone found in the parish of Moreton Vallance, co. Gloucester,
presented by William Kearsey, Esq.

Specimen of ancient British “ ring money ” found in 1849, on the estate of the late
John Browne, Esq., near Bridgwater, county Somerset, and presented by his daughter,
Mrs. George Tertius Talbot.

A bronze collar of Late Celtic design, bronze socketed knife, black pottery vase,
and a Samian saucer, stated to have been found together, many years since, in a
coftin in the Isle of Portland; presented by J. W. Luff, Esq.

Three portions of horse-trappings from Polden Hill, county Somerset, belonging to
the collection acquired by the British Museum in 1846; bronze axle-ornament from
the Thames, at Goring, and two fragments of a bronze mirror, all of the Late Celtic
period, and presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

The foreign illustrations of this section have received some important additions,
viz. :—

A selection from the extensive collections excavated by MM. Henri and Louis
Siret, in ancient dwellings and tombs on the Mediterranean Coast of the 8. E. of
Spain. Their discoveries are fully described and illustrated in their great work,
“Les Premiers Ages du Metal dans le Sud Est de |’Espagne,” Antwerp, 1887, where
most of the specimens in this selection are figured.

A collection of antiquities of the Bronze Period, discovered at stations in the Lakes
of Neuchatel and Bienne, and brought together by the late T. W. U. Robinson, Esq.,
F.S.A.

Among the other acquisitions may be mentioned :—Fragments of pottery, bones, &e.,
from the “ Judge’s Cave,” Gibraltar, excavated and presented by Lieutenant W. N.
Bolton and Lieutenant H. G. Lyons, R.r.

A small vessel of pottery and a bronze dagger, from Almeria, Spain; two bronze
plates which have ornamented an iron helmet; and three bronze implements from
Italy; all presented by A. W. Franks, Hsq. wv

A sword blade of Bronze Period, of which the handle has been altered in the Visi-
gothic period to suit the taste of that age. © ‘eli

Bronze palstave and armlet, found with others at Huelgoat, Finisterre ; presented

by M. le Bihan.

(2.) Anglo-Roman :—

A bronze spoon found at Wandsworth ; bronze figure of Cupid on horseback, from
Petersfield, Hampshire, and bronze fibula, from Burgh Castle, Suffolk; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

Two vases of Durobrivian ware, found near Peterborough, presented by Lady
Charlotte Schreiber.

(3:1) British Medieval, de. :—

An ancient Irish iron bell in ornamental case, believed to be the bell of Conall
Cael; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Ancient oak trowel, found embedded in Norman masonry, Wootton St. Lawrence,
Hampshire ; presented by Rev. C. S. Ward, Vicar.

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44 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Circular armorial badge, once enamelled, found at Kettlebaston, Suffolk ; presented
by the Rev. James Beck. A similar badge, with the arms of Courtenay, impaling
Bohun, and a shield-shaped pendant from Canterbury ; presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq. A diamond-shaped pendant found in Walworth, presented by Joseph Hart,
Esq.

Silver matrix of the seal of a monk, found at Hyde Abbey; an “ad causas”’ seal,
temp. Elizabeth, from Bishops Stortford, and six other matrices of seals ; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Matrix of the seal of Edmund, Prior of St. Mary’s, Bilsington, Kent, and eleven
others, mostly English, from the collection of the late Lord Braybrooke.

A brass quadrant made by W. Hayes, and another of boxwood; two ring dials,
with mottoes, of the seventeenth century, and a watch by Duchene, of London, in
silver embossed case, by D. Cochin; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A gold double-cased watch, with duplex escapement, made by James McCabe,
1805; presented by G. W. Bell, Esq.

A pair of bronze scissors from St. Agatha’s Abbey, Yorkshire; presented by
W. H. St. John Hope, Esq.; and a knife, with ornamental handle, found in London ;
presented by Henry J. Pfungst, Esq.

A collection of bronze buckles of late date, presented by John Evans, Esq., D.c.L.

(4.) Harly Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medieval, &e. :—

Tile, with funereal inscription for a Christian named Ursicinus, found at Amiens ;
presented by John Evans, Esq., D.c.L. Terracotta slab, with the Christian monogram,
obtained in Spain, and various seals and bronze objects from the East.

A badge of gilt bronze in the shape of an unicorn, found at Perugia, and supposed
to have belonged to some foreign condottiere ; triptych of carved wood set in silver ;
string of peach stones, with Biblical subjects, &c., probably Italian work, dated
1520; and a panel of ivory representing a Jesse, made at Goa under Portuguese
influence ; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A Norwegian bridal crown of silver gilt, of the seventeenth century ; presented by
H. S. Keating, Esq.

Three matrices of seals, presented by John Evans, Esq., D.c.t. The sea] of
Jacques de Chabanes, Chevalier, and four other matrices of seals.

Brass locket with relics of Saints, presented by Professor Isidore Goldblum, of
Rome.

A collection of boxes and medallions, in pressed horn and similar materials,
mostly with historical portraits, some English and some foreign; and a series of
brass or copper boxes, mostly foreign, with historical subjects ; presented by Lady
Charlotte Schreiber.

Two similar collections, as well as silver plaques, with portraits of Gustavus
Adolphus, &c.; eleven thalers, formed into boxes, and containing portraits, &e. ; an
enamelled medallion by H. Toutin, 1651; gilt metal watch, dated 1614, found at
Agra; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections :—

(a.) Foreign Pottery.—Additional gifts have been made to the Franks Collection
of Oriental pottery and porcelain, of which the most important are the following :—
A large collection of ancient Japanese vessels, together with other relics, excavated
in the ancient dolmens of Japan, and the barrows of Corea, by W. Gowland, Esq., and
a very fine Chinese enamelled vase of unusual colouring and excellence.

Specimens of ancient Corean pottery and porcelain; presented by William
Gowland, Esq.

Two tiles of Damascus ware, presented J. W. Wyld, Esq. A spherical ball with
blue decoration, and a green-glazed stand, with Arabic inscriptions; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

An Italian sgraffiato dish, representing Caius Cestius. A specimen of brown
glazed ware, of architectural design, probably Florentine.

A plate, with a coat of arms, said to be made at Castelli; presented by the Rev.
Greville J. Chester.

An oviform vase of exquisite design and finish, decorated with a frieze of naked
warriors, after a design of Bartel Beham, and probably painted at Pesaro, in
the “botega” of the Lanfranco fabric. This specimen, one of the most
finished productions of the Italian potters’ art, was formerly in the collection at
Stowe, and is figured in Marryat’s “ Pottery and Porcelain,” fig. 34. Presented by
Robert Needham Philips, Esq.

Plateau of majolica, probably also from the Lanfranco fabric, four inscribed spindle-
whorls, portion of a dish painted by Maestro Giorgio, dated 1534, and a bottle of
Turin ware ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A porcelain dish, painted with floral designs in blue, and the mark of the Duomo
at Florence; made in the Medici fabric in the 16th century. This rare specimen
wes presented by C. Drury Fortnum, Esq., D.C.L., V.P.S.A.

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Glazed tile, with raised design, from the Manoir d’Angot, near Dieppe, presented by
Henry Willett, Esq.; and a Palissy ware dish, with the Judgment of Scipio, presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Pair of bottles of Dutch delft, of elegant form, painted in blue, presented by Lady
Charlotte Schreiber; plate of Dutch delft, inscribed, “William and Suanua (sic)
Pluiner, Yarmouth, 1754;” presented by Emerson Norman, Esq.

Dish of Japanese design, brusht back with gold ground, and twelve plates, painted at
Delft with the signs of the Zodiac, by Sir James Thornhill, August 1711. This set of
plates belonged to Mrs. Hogarth, the daughter of Sir James Thornhill, and at her
sale were acquired by Horace Walpole; and a pair of plates, of Dutch delft, with
‘the names of Benjamin and Mary Quinton, Yarmouth, 1752; all presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

A German delft jug, painted by J. G. Fliegel, of Arnstadt, in 1775; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq.

Seven specimens of German stoneware, of various fabrics, of which five have
portraits or inscriptions relating to England; presented by Lady Charlotte Schreibey.
A Nassau stoneware jug, with the initials of Queen Anne, presented by Henry H.
Howorth, Esq., M.p. A teapot of German stoneware, made at Meckenheim, presented

by Henry Willett, Esq.

(b.) Hnglish Pottery and Porcelain.—A further addition to the gift of the collec-
tion of fragments of pavement tiles from Chertsey Abbey, probably the most
remarkable English examples of the 13th century, has been made by Dr. Shurlock,
and, with these additions, it is hoped that a series may be pieced together for ex-
hibition.

Additional gifts have been made to the Franks Collection of English pottery and
porcelain, of which the most noticeable are as follows: Two early medieval vessels
from Horley, Surrey ; a figure of Flora, made by John Dwight, of Fulham; a posset
pot of Staffordshire “slip” ware, with the name of Joseph Glass; a Lambeth bottle
for “ Renish Wine, 1641,” and a Lambeth mug, inscribed “Bee merry and wise,
1660.”

A roofing tile with arms of the Dormer family, and an earthenware plaque, said to
have been made at Wattisfield, Suffolk; both presented by John Evans, Esq., D.c.1.

Mug, with lustre decoration, said to have been the first specimen so decorated at
the Cambrian factory, presented by Wilson Crewsdon, Esq. ; and a terra-cotta ball
found at Lyminge, Kent, presented by the Rev. Canon Jenkins.

(c.) Glass.—Vase of ‘“ Pheenician” glass from Egypt, tazza and various small
ornaments found at Tyre, and probably Roman ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Various small specimens of glass from Egypt; Arab weights, with inscriptions, also
from Egypt, and a purple bottle from Beyrit.

Fragment, with impression of cufic seal, found near Mosul, presented by E. A. W.
Budge, Esq.; and fragment of a stamped Arab weight from Cairo, presented by
F. Ll. Griffith, Esq.

Cup and saucer of milk glass, painted with a landscape, from Strawberry Hill;
presented by Lady Charlotte Schreiber. ;

A glass panel with subjects from the life of the Virgin (verre eglomis¢), and bearing
the monogram of Albert Diirer ; presented by Albert Hartshorne, Esq., F.s...

German satirical goblet, representing seven tailors being weighed against a goat.

A bowl of amber glass enamelled in brilliant colours, with a figure of an attendant
in Paradise, Persian work of the 15th century ; a patch box of purple glass, enamelled
probably at Chelsea ; and a Japanese glass ball imitating amethyst, on wooden stand ;
all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. |

A drinking glass with engraved portrait of the Young Pretender, and allusive
mottoes.

(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical :—

Stone capital of a pillar in the form of two lions back to back, covered with
inscriptions in Bactrian Pali, found at Mathura on the River Jumna; and a copper
seal with an inscription in Bactrian; bequeathed by the Pandit Bhagwanlal Indraji,
of Bombay.

Six ancient Buddhist sculptures in stone, from Yusufzai, Afghanistan, and seven
ancient carvings in hard wood, with figures, &c., found in a cave called Kasmir
Smats, Punjab; presented by Captain H. A. Deane, Assistant Commissioner,
Mardan. ;

Two stone sculptures of Roman style, and a third of the usual character, from
Northern India. Figure of Buddha, and head of a Bodhisatva in stone, found in
excavations at Takht-i-bhai, Yusufzai; presented by C. E. Pitman, Esq., Superinten-
dent of Indian Government Telegraphs.

String of beads, &c., from the Manikyala Tope, Upper Panjab; presented by
A. W. Franks, Esq. }

Eight copper-plate grants from India, some of them dated in the 12th and 13th
centuries of our era, presented by His Highness the Maharaja Singh, of Rewah.

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Copper-plate grant of the Devagiri Jadiva King Krishna, with a date corresponding
to A.D. 1249; presented by J. F. Fleet, Esq., C.1.E.

A potsherd inscribed with the name of Maharaja Guhaséna of Valabhi and a date
corresponding to A.D. 566-567 ; presented by the late Colonel J. W. Watson, Political
Agent at Kathiawar.

A Persian hawk-perch, with inscription inlaid in gold. A Persian seal in carnelian,
from Rhages, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A cloisonné enamel vase, with the date of the period King-tai, 1450-57, a.p.,
taken from the Summer Palace, Pekin; two bowls of white jade, and a hair-pin of
the same material; vase of agate, ivory pen-rest with the Eight Immortals, and a
Chinese book, of which the leaves are formed of jade. All presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq. "

A large block of turquoise, carved in China, to represent a rocky landscape ; from
the Octavius Morgan collection.

A necklace of glass beads, &c., from Egypt; presented by Professor T. Hayter
Lewis. Silver ear-ring and sling from Egypt; presented by W. Myers, Esq.

A number of specimens obtained by the donor in the lake districts of Equatorial
Africa ; presented by Edward Coode Hore, Esq.

A fetish, carved in wood, used by the Nalleh people on the Bargah Coast, pre-
sented by T. J. Alldridge, Esq., of Sierra Leone. Three wooden bowls and a cushion
from Dahomey, presented by Mrs. A. Turnbull. Specimens from the cannibal tribes
of the Upper Cross River, and combs and fans from the coast; presented by H. H.
Johnston, Esq.

A number of musical instruments from the East Indies, Borneo, &c.; presented by
Miss Marianne North.

Three Mikir coats, and seven pieces of cloth from the Ao Nagas, Assam ; presented
by J. D. Anderson, Esq.

A Japanese lacquered sword-rack, presented by R. Phené Spiers, Esq., F.s.A.

An interesting series of ethnographical specimens from New Guinea; presented by
Harry J. Veitch, Esq. A number of specimens from the New Hebrides; presented by
Captain Cross, R.N. A pillow, comb, and other specimens, from the Fiji Islands, pre-
sented by Professor John Marshall, F.R.s.; and a stone axe-head from Rochester,
Victoria, Australia, presented by Richard Noakes, Esq.

A large collection of stone implements from various parts of North America,
collected by the late T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., F.s.A. Four chert arrowheads from
Delaware, U.S.A., presented by J. L. Hudders, Esq. A pottery vase and stone
implements found in Florida, by the late H. Savile W. Evans, Esq., and presented by
W. Herbert Evans, Esq.

A copper armlet from Peru, presented by Hugh Norris, Esq.

A vase of gold, in the form of a human figure, found in the United States of
Colombia.

Six large-framed photographs, by Lindt, representing groups of natives of New
Guinea ; presented by the Government of Victoria.

II.— Christy Collection.

Three hundred and eighty-seven additional slips have been prepared for the
Registration Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects.

The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them
transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum :—

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

A stone hammer, found in Threadneedle-street; an axe-hammer, from Hull; a polish-
ing stone of quartzite, from France; portion of a pierced axe, from Bohemia; and stone
implements from Italy, Asia Minor, and Egypt; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

Wooden caltrops from Kerry Dingle, Ireland, presented by James A. Jones, Esq.

A celt of black stone from the Sinjar Hills, Mesopotamia; presented by E. A.
Wallis Budge, Esq. A flint knife, from Ras Bertit, presented by the Rev. Greville J.
Chester. A stone implement, believed to be of palzeolithic period, from Esneh, and
eight flint implements from Medinet el Fayim, Egypt; presented by W. M. Flinders
Petrie, Esq.

A large series of stone implements from Japan and the Island of Yezo; presented
by A. W. Franks, Esq.

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2. Hthnography of Africa :—

(iar shield, model canoe, etc., from the Congo, obtained by exchange from the Ethno-
graphical Museum at Leyden. An axe from the same district, presented by Professor
Charles Stewart.
An East African bow, and three elaborate specimens of pottery from the Niger ;
presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.
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3, Ethnography of Asia :-—

A tobacco pipe from Chinese Tartary, a pair of Naga armlets, Assam, and a pair
of bath sandals, copper vessels, and two iron locks from India; presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq.

Pigeon whistles from Pekin, and a fisherman’s cap from Tientsin; presented by
J. Edge Partington, Esq.

A number of specimens from Java, Borneo, Amboyna, ete., obtained by exchange
from the Ethnographical Museum at Leyden.

4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia :—

A stone chopper from the Chatham Islands, presented by the Rev. William Green-
well, D.C.L., F.R.S. Five axe blades of stone from New Zealand, four wooden figures
from New Guinea, etc., presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

An axe with stone blade from the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, presented by Professor
Charles Stewart. An inlaid staff from the Solomon Islands; presented by Henry
Willett, Esq., F.G.s.

A number of Polynesian specimens, presented by J. Edge Partington, Esq.

A large and interesting collection from the Islands of Torres Straits, presented
by Professor A. C. Haddon. This collection was formed by the donor during his
stay among the islands of Torres Straits, and is especially valuable from the full
descriptive notes accompanying it.

5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America :—

Fourteen Pottery vases from the United States of America and from the United
States of Colombia; presented by the Rev. William Greenwell, D.c.L., F.R.S.

Two wampum belts from graves in the United States, and modern Indian objects ;
a small human mask of jadeite from Mexico; a gold figure from Panama, and electro-
type of another; and an interesting series of bone fish hooks, stone arrow-heads, ete.,
from Guasco, Chile; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A set of silver ornaments from the Indians of Patagonia, and a selection from the
collection of Sir Graham Briggs of stone implements from the Islands of the West
Indies, including a sculpture from Nevis; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.

A bone figure from the North-West Coast presented by Henry Willett, Esq.,
F.G.S.

Augustus W. Franks.

DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS.
I— Registration and Arrangement.

1. Greek Series :—

217 coins, recently acquired, of various parts of the Greek world have been
registered and incorporated.

470 coins from the Cunningham collection have been registered.

282 tickets giving references to the Catalogue of the Coins of Peloponnesus, have
been written and placed in the trays beneath the specimens.

The duplicate coins of Pontus, Bosporus, and Bithynia have been transferred to the
cabinet of Greek duplicates.

The series of electrotypes of remarkable coins in other collections have been
arranged geographically in a separate cabinet.

The second volume of the Beschreibung of the Greek Coins, Macedonia, in the
Berlin Museum has been examined and the descriptions compared where necessary
with those in the British Museum Catalogue.

31 Plates for the Catalogue of the Coins of Alexandria have been prepared and
mounted.

Rectifications, in accordance with recent numismatic publications, have been made
in the following series :—Ancient British, Tarentum, Allaria, and Dictynna in Crete,
Lydia, Caunus, and Heraclea ad Latmum in Caria, Phrygia, Alliance-coins of Asia
Minor, Marathus, Axumite Kings.

The coins of the Pergamene Kings and those of Pergamum, Phocaea, Priene, and
Smyrna, have been re-arranged in chronological order im preparation for the
Catalogues, Mysia and Ionia. The specimens in silver have been weighed. The
- Alliance-coins of Asia Minor of the Imperial period, hitherto placed under various
towns, have been brought together in a single cabinet, and temporarily arranged under
Provinces. <A descriptive list of these coins has been drawn up.

19 coins hitherto classed as uncertain have been attributed.

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Among the collections and series of Greek coins examined with a view to, selecting
specimens for the Museum, were—the extensive collection of General Yorke Moore, sold
by auction in March 1889; a series from the Chaix collection of Greek Imperial coins ;
a series of coins of all parts of the Greek world, offered by Mr. H. D. Margaritis; a
series of coins of Asia Minor, brought from the East by the Rey. G. J. Chester; a
large series of electrotypes of Greek coins not represented in the British Museum.

2. Roman Series :—

65 Roman and Byzantine coins, recently acquired, have been registered and
incorporated.

3. Hnglish Series :—-

103 coins, medals, and tokens, recently acquired, have been registered and in-
corporated.

25 English medals from the Bank collection have been registered.

The re-airangement of the coins of Edward the Confessor has been continued, and
those of !larold II. have also been re-arranged in preparation for the Catalogue of
English Coins, vol. I.

The Amersham Treasure-Trove, consisting of 44 gold coins of Elizabeth, James I.
and Charles I., has been examined, and a selection made from it for the British
Museum.

A series of medals 1elating to the Stuarts was selected and arranged for the
Stuart Exhibition in the King’s Library. The specimens have since been replaced in
the cases in the North Gallery.

The specimens of the English, Scottish, Irish, British Colonial, and American
coinages, exhibited in table-cases in the North Gallery, have been more securely fixed
in their places by pins, outside their circumferences.

4, Medieval and Modern Series :—

95 coins and medals, recently acquired, have been registered and incorporated.

66 miscellaneous European medals from the Bank Collection have been registered.
Rectifications have been made in various parts of the German series in accordance
with recent attributions.

A series of Early Danish coins sent for inspection by Mr. F. Hansen of
Copenhagen, has been examined, and specimens have been selected for the British

Museum.

5. Oriental Series :—

84 gold, silver, and copper coins, of various Arab dynasties, of Persia, and of the
Muhammadan Series of India have been registered, and 77 have been incorporated ;
also 10 glass weights have been registered and incorporated.

291 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Teemoorees, the Pathan, and the other
Muhammadan Rulers of Delhi, the Muhammadan States of India, local mints,
Mysore, &c., from the India Office Collection, have been registered, and 389 of the
same classes have been incorporated. "i

129 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Muhammadan States of India
and the Pathan Rulers of Delhi, from the Cunningham Collection have been
registered.

‘A fresh cabinet has been inserted in the series of the Mogul Emperors of Delhi,
and the collection extended throughout.

Twenty Plates for the illustration of the Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Additions,
Vol. I., have been prepared and mounted.

29 gold, silver, and copper coins of Ceylon, the Gupta series, Vijayanagar, &c.,
have been registered and incorporated.

257 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Rajputs of Kabul, the Satraps of Surashtra,
of the Gupta and various Hindoo Dynasties, from the Indian Office Collection, have
been registered, and 194 have been incorporated.

33 Gold and copper Indo-Scythian coins, from the Cunningham Collection, have been
registered.

Rectifications have been made in the arrangement of the series of the Naga Dynasty,
the Satraps of Surashtra, the coinages of Kangra, the Buddhist Satraps of Northern
India, the Pala Dynasty, &c.; and also in various other Hindu series.

Collections Euamined.—The Clive-Bayley Collection of Bactrian, Muhammadan,
Indian, and Hindu coins, from which a selection was purchased. A series of Muham-
madan (Indian) coins belonging to Colonel Havelock. A large series of coins of the
Pathan and Muhammadan Rulers of India, and of the Sanskritic classes, found in India
dnring the years 1885-1888, belonging to the Punjab Archeological Survey. A Col-
lection of Hindu coins, belonging to the Rev. J. E. Tracy. The very extensive collec-
tion of Oriental coins of all classes, which belonged to Dr. da Cunha.

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Il—Acquisitions, 1889,

——— ~ a : = _ —— —————

{
Class. | Gold. Silver. | Bronze. Billon. Lead. Glass. TOTAL.
Greek - SHB. 4) Yur 12 65. | 268 7 " 2 347
Roman = = = 9 1 | 10 = et 2 L 20
Medizval and Modern - 1 31 13 2 1 = 48
|
English ae 2 2 72 | 16 - 3 2. 93
Omentaled £2) Aiseic ~olher 86 371 | 339 10 20 4 840
Toman - - - | 110 540) 641 19 24 4 183s
|

REMARKABLE COINS AND MEDALS.

1. Greek Series :—

An unpublished and highly interesting bronze coin of Etruria, of the early fine
style of art, circa B. c. 400, having on the obverse the head of a bearded god wearing
a head-dress composed of the skin of a dolphin. Behind the head is the mark of
value 4(=50). On the reverse is a sea-horse, beneath which is a shrimp, the whole
within a border of waves. The reverse type is incuse. The coin belongs to a class
of which several specimens are engraved in Garrucci (Mon. d’ Italia (Pl. LXXV.), but
which was previously unrepresented in the British Museum.

A beautiful and very rare half drachm of Camarina in Sicily; reverse, Flying Nike,
carrying a shield, See Salinas (Monete delle antiche citta di Sicili, Tay. xviii. 6).

A well-preserved silver litra, of Eryx in Sicily, the type of which is Aphrodite
Erycina, holding a dove.

A very rare tetradrachm of Gela in Sicily of the fifth century B.c., obverse
TEAOION (retrograde), Victorious quadriga; rev. [ZOZI]JMOAIS (retrograde), the
goddess Sosipolis crowning the River-god in the form of a man-headed bull
(B. V. Head, Hist. Num., p. 122).

An obol of Motya, of a new type, shewing a nymph standing before an altar, and
the inscription yyy, the initial and final letters of the Phoenician name of the town
NiO.

Nine bronze coins of Olbia, in Sarmatia, of which three belong to the rare class of
Olbian aes grave.

A fine specimen of the rare octadrachm of Abdera in Thrace; obverse, Griffin
seated ; circa B.c. 500.

A beautiful silver stater of the Chalcidian League, B.c, 392-358, bearing a new
magistrate’s name EI] ANNIKA.

A highly remarkable archaic silver coin of Olynthus? weighing 86 grains, one
third of the Euboic tetradrachm ; obverse, helmeted horseman to the front, riding one
horse and leading another.

An extremely rare tetradrachm of the Euboic standard, of the city of Sermyle or
Sermylia, at the head of the Toronaic Gulf, in the peninsula of Chalcidice ; obverse,
SEPMVAIAON, armed horseman galloping; reverse, Quadripartite incuse square.
The town at which this coin was struck, probably about B.c. 500, is called by
Herodotus (vii. 22) Sermylia, and by a Scholiast on Thucydides (i. 65), Sermyle.
Stephanus Byzantinus gives the ethnic adjectives ZeppudAcebe and YepuvrAraioc.
In the Athenian Tribute lists, B.c. 443-2, the nom. plural of the ethnic occurs as
Depuvréc. Whether the inscription on the present coin is an archaic form of the
gen. plu. YepuvdAéwv, or whether it is a local form of the other ethnic adjective
SepuvrAaiwy, is a doubtful point. (See Greenwell in Num. Chron., 1890.)

An unpublished half-drachm of Methydrium, in Thessaly ; obverse, Forepart of
horse springing from rock; reverse, MEQ, Head of Herakles in incuse square,
circa B.C. 450.

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A rare bronze coin of the third century B.c., of Orthe in Thessaly; obverse, Head
of Pallas; reverse, OPOIEIQN ; forepart of horse springing from rock, on which
grows a tree (Revue numismatique, 1843, Pl. x. 4).

A rare half-drachm of Scotussa in Thessaly, circa B.c. 300; obverse, Head of
Artemis facing ; reverse, Poseidon seated.

A fine bronze coin of Pharos (island of Illyria); obverse, Head of Zeus; reverse,
®APION, Goat and Serpent.

An archaic drachm of Mycalessus in Beeotia, circa B.C. 550-480; obverse, Boeotian
shield; ‘reverse, M in a ‘mill-sail’ incuse. The early coins of this city are very
rare.

A drachm of Attic weight of Carystus in Eubcea, belonging to the period \B.c,
197-146; obverse, Head of bearded Herakles; reverse, KAPY, Butting Bull;
Magistrate, PIAQN, a new and unpublished type.

An imperial coin of Argos, struck in'the reign of Hadrian; reverse, Kleobis ‘and
Biton drawing their mother in a two-wheeled car, a type probably copied from the
stone velief which Pausanias (II. 20, 3) describes as being at Argos in his time.

A bronze coin of Tegea in Arcadia; obverse, Head of Athena Alea; reverse,
A@ANAD AAEAS. Owl on altar (cf. B. V. Head, Hist. Nwm., p. 381).

An extremely rare obol of the fifth century B.c., of Thaliadz in Arcadia ; obverse,
Hermes kneeling ; reverse, [AAO, Swastica. (See Vum. Chron. 1888, p. 102.)

A rare didrachm of Naxos of the second century b.c.; obverse, Head of bearded
Dionysos ; reverse, NAZI, Kantharos and Thyrsos; magistrate’s name XA POissomt).

A highly remarkable silver stater of Sybrita in Crete; obverse, a fine Head of
bearded Dionysos, crowned with ivy; symbol in field, bunch of grapes: reverse,
[Z|YBPITIQN, Head of Hermes wearing a broad petasos ; symbol, caduceus. This
coin belongs to the earlier half of the fourth century B.c. The types on both sides
are in extremely high relief and in the finest style of art. The only published
example of this coin is the one in the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow, which is
without the inscription.

A gold stater of Lampsacus in Mysia, of the best period of Greek Art (B.c. 412-350) ;
obverse, Head of Persephone ; reverse, Forepart of winged ‘Horse. The obverse type
is quite new in the series of Lampsacene gold, a series perhaps unsurpassed for beauty
of style and variety of types by the gold of any other Greek city. The Museum
now possesses seven of these coins out of some twenty or more known varieties (cf.
B. V. Head, Hist. Nwm., p. 456).

A unique electrum stater of Mytilene, the chief city of the island of Lesbos, and the
‘place of mintage of an extensive series of electrum hectz during the fifth and fourth
eenturies B.C. The present remarkable coin is the first stater which has come to
light of this city. It is composed to all appearance of the same alloy of gold and
silver as that of the contemporary Cyzicenes. Obverse, Head of Apollo, of fine style,
and the legend MYTI ; reverse, Quadripartite incuse square. The coin probably
belongs to the class issued according to a monetary convention between Mytilene and
Phoeaea, each city undertaking the coinage for the space of one year. The text of
the treaty embodying this agreement was discovered and published by Sir Charles
Newton (Trans. R. Soc. Lit., viii. 549).

‘An electrum hecte of Lesbos; obverse, AE, Forepart of horse; reverse, Head of
‘Herakles, incuse.

A very fine tetradrachm of the second century B.c., of Magnesia, in Tonia;
obverse, Head of Artemis; reverse, MATNHTQN, Apollo standing on the zigzag
‘pattern which symbolizes the river Mzeander, and leaning upon his tripod. Magis-
‘trate’s name, 'HPOTNHTOS IOTIYPIONOS.

An imperial bronze coin of the same city, struck in the reign of Severus Alexander;
reverse, APIT'Q MAINHTON, the ship Argo, with rowers.

A series of seventeen Imperial coins of Samos, of various types, Hera Samia,
Androklos, the Founder, spearing a wild boar; River-god Imbrasos, Se.

A very rare tetradrachm of Alabanda in Caria; obverse, Head of Apollo; reverse,
AAA[BAN]JAEQN. Pegasos.

A unique silver coin of Ialysus, in Rhodes, of the same type as the tetradrachms
described in Hist. Num., p. 538, but weighing 76 grs.,an entirely new denomination.

An Imperial com of Laodicea, in Phrygia, bearing the head of Aelius Cesar ;
reverse, AAOAIKEQN ACEIC, Zeus Aseis standing, and placing his right hand upon
the horns of a goat which stands beside him. The epithet Aseis,.as applied to
Zeus, is supposed to be of Semitic origin; cf., the root fy (Aziz, potens, &e.) As
Laodicea was founded by Antiochus II., of Syria, it is possible that a ‘Syrian element
in the ‘population may have introduced a Syrian word equivalent to the Greek
tiburos, as'an epithet of Zeus.

A bronze coin of Synnada, in Phrygia, of Imperial times, representing the mountain
from which the famous Synnadic marble was quarried. ;

An interesting series of Imperial coins of various towns of Lydia, Phrygia, Cilicia,
Galatia, and ‘Cappadocia, among which may be mentioned two df the town of
Corycus, in Cilicia. ‘On one of these Thalassa is represented as a draped female
figure, with a crabshell on her head, and holdmg a rudder and an aplustre; on the

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other is Dionysos standing before an urn, inscribed OEMIAES, referrine to the cele-
bration of games so called (see Hist, Num. p. 483). R

An archaic silver stater of Mallus, in Cilicia; obverse, Iris, with winos on her
shoulders and feet ; reverse, conica! stone GatrvAos, in incuse square. n

A tetradrachm of Demetrius [., of Syria, B.c. 162-150, bearine a very striking
portrait of the king; also one of Demetrius II. (2nd reign, B.c. 130-125), struck at
Tyre, in the year B.c. 127. ;

A tetradrachm of Antiochus XII., of Syria; obverse, Head of the King; reverse,
BASIAEQS ANTIOXOY EMI®ANOYS ®IAOMATOPOS KAAAINIKOY. A teriainal
cultus image of a bearded divinity, standing facing on a basis between two
recumbent bulls. The figure of the god is draped, and holds in his left hand a long
ear of corn. This coin was struck in the year B.c. 87. Only one other specimen is at
present known, viz., the one in the Dresden Cabinet. ‘

A rare and fine tetradrachm of Laodicea, in Seleucis; obverse, Head of the city
goddess; reverse, AAOAIKEQN THS IEPAS KAI AYTONOMOY, Zeus Nikephoros.
Struck B.c. 17.

Seven bronze coins of the following Nomes of Egypt, the Arsinoite, the Busirite,
the Diospolite, the Hermopolite, the Hypselite, the Saite, and the Thinite.

A selection from a hoard of archaic coins recently found in Egypt, consisting of
Corinth, Lycia, Cyprus (Huelthon, King of Salamis, similar to Hist. Num, fic. 330,
but with a, plain reverse), Tyre, &ec., and several of uncertain attribution.

A selection of 565 casts of the more important Greek autonomous coins in the
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.

2, Roman Series :—

A bronze Denarius of Allectus, with the reverse type, FIDES MILITVM, four
military standards. Presented by John Evans, Esq., P.S.A., F.RBS.

Aurei of Constantine II. (2), Valens (2), Julian the Apostate, Anthemius and Focas,
a half-aureus of Tiberius, and a siliqua of Michael II. and Maria.

Electrotypes of four gold bars found at Siebenbiirgen, stamped with the heads of
three Roman Emperors, apparently Valentinian I., Valens, and Gratian, and with
the names of Lucianus, Flavius, Flavianus, Quirillus, and Dionisius (sic), probably
masters of the mint of Sirmium, the name of which city also occurs on the bars,
They were probably cast between A.D. 367-375. Presented by John Evans, Esq.,
P.S.A., F.R.S.

3. English Series :—

A very rare silver Penny of an Archbishop of Canterbury, struck in the reign of
Coenwulf, A.D. 796-822. Presented by John Evans, Esq., P.S.A., F.R.S.

A Penny of Aethelred IL., struck at Rochester. Presented by John Evans, Esgq.,
P.S.A., F.R.S.

Three Pennies of Edward the Confessor, struck at Derby, London, and Norwich.
Presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester.

The Jubilee Medal, in bronze, of Her Majesty the Queen, struck by the Corporation
of the City of London. Presented by the Corporation of the City of London.

A copper Badge of a musical society of the last century, probably made from a
design by Hogarth. Presented by Howard Vaughan, Esq.

A selection of 54 Anglo-Saxon coins of Aethelred II. and Canute, and two Irish
and Danish pennies, from the duplicates in the Royal Collection at Stockholm.

A selection of 36 English (Edward III.), Scottish (David II. and Robert IT.), and
Foreign (John the Blind, of Luxembourg), silver coins, comprising groats, half-groats,
pennies, and deniers, and forming part of a hoard discovered at Neville’s Cross, near
Durham. Presented by Matthew Fowler, Esq.

4. Medieval and Modern Series :—

A gros of Henry IL, King of Cyprus, and a half-gros of Boemund VII., Count
of Tripoli, struck at Tripoli.

Two gros of Jean le Bon, and another of Jean V., Dukes of Brittany. Presented
by W. G. King, Esq.

Three silver medals of Albert L[V., Duke of Bavaria, dated 1507, George Duke of
Saxony, issued in 1537, and Charles von Bosch, Bishop of Ghent, struck in 1665.
The first two are fine specimens of German medal work of the 16th century.

5. Oriental Series :—

An Indo-Scythic gold coin, struck after the reign of Vasu Deva, early in the 3rd
century, A.D.; it was found during the Black Mountain Expedition. Presented by
Mrs. Rogers.

A dinar of the Great Seljuk, Alp-Arslan, struck at Isfahan, a.H. 459. Presented
by His Excellency Muhamed Hasan Khan, Etimad el Sultana.

A very fine series of Persian coins, in gold and silver, including the first undoubtedly

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genuine coin (silver) discovered of Ismail IL, Shah of Persia, a.D. 984, 985. (See
Cat., Shahs of Persia, pp. Xxx, xxxi.)

Five dirhems of the Samanee Ruler, Nooh II., ibn Mansoor. Presented by Sir
Donald Mackenzie Wallace.

Three gold Huns, of Bijapore, and rupees of Gujerat, and of the East India
Company, struck at Surat. Presented by the Government of India.

Two Rama-Tankas, representing the god Hanuman and Rama and Cita enthroned,
and also bearing Sansrkitic inscriptions.

Twenty tin coins, some of peculiar form, made for circulation in the State of
Pehang, Malay Peninsula. Presented by LH. G. Lascelles, sq.

A specimen of gold ring-money from the Soudan.

Collection of Pandit Bhagvanlal Indraji.

In January 1889, the Museum received a bequest of over 4,000 coins, chiefly Indian,
collected by the late Pandit Bhagvanlal Indraji, Fellow of the University of Bombay,
and Honorary Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. In accordance with the terms
of the Pandit’s will his collection will be arranged by itself and kept separately. Its
most noteworthy features are :—

(1.) A series, numbering about 700 specimens, of the coins struck by the Satraps
of Western India (formerly known as the Sah kings), who ruled during the
third and fourth centuries of the Christian era. This series contains well-
preserved specimens of all the known satraps and great-satraps of this dynasty, ten
of whom were previously unrepresented in the Museum collection. The exceedingly
rare coinages of the first two satraps, Nahapana and Chashtana, are each represented
by two specimens; and the collection is especially valuable as containing a large
number of clearly dated specimens, which were collected by the Pandit to illustrate
his article on the chronology of these satraps.

(2.) A collection of the coins of the Northern, or “ Buddhist” Satraps, a dynasty
ruling, in the first and second centuries of the Christian era, over the territory
between the valleys of the Himalayas and the junction of the Ganges and Jumna.
The coins of these princes had previously been published by Prinsep and Cunningham,
but a clue to their history was first obtained by Bhagvanlal from the inscriptions on
the “ Lion Capital,” which he has also bequeathed to the Museum.

(3.) A collection of Andhra lead coins, including a considerable number of speci-
mens not previously represented in the Museum.

In addition to these three chief classes, the coins of the Sanga and other ancient
Hindu dynasties are worthy of mention. The remainder of the collection, consisting
of Parthian, Bactrian, and Indo-Scythic, and medizval and modern Indian coins, will
add little not hitherto possessed by the Museum.

III.— Catalogues and Guides.

Greck Series :—

The Catalogue of the Coins of Corinth, Colonies of Corinth, We., by Barclay V.
Head, D.c.L., PH.D., has been published.

The Catalogue of the Coins of Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, and the Kingdom of
Bosporus, by Warwick Wroth, has been published.

The third edition of the Guide to the Coins of the Ancients, by Barclay V. Head,

D.C.L., PH.D., illustrated by seven plates, and with the text revised, has been pub-
lished.

IV.— Visitors to the Medal Room and the Gold Ornament Room.

The number of visitors to the Medal Room during 1889, was 2,108.
The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 1889, was 20,747.

Reginald Stuart Poole.

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VIII.— British Museum (NatTuRAL Hisrory),.

STATEMENT of PRoGREss made in the ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the
COLLECTIONS, and ACCOUNT of OBJECTS added to them, in the Year 1889,

The development of the general introductory collections in the Entrance Hall of
the Museum has been continued during the year. Several interesting additions have
been made to the case of Albinos, and another case has been arranged to illustrate
the opposite condition called Melanism, due to an excess of colouring matter in the
external coverings of the body beyond what is normally met with in the species.
The specimens already exhibited are black or very dark examples of the leopard,
hare, rabbit, Prevost’s squirrel, water-vole, bullfinch, lark, yellow-hammer, snipe, and
wild duck. This condition is much less frequent than albinisin.

Other cases are in preparation illustrating certain phases of variation according to
sex and season, and also adaptation of colour to surrounding conditions.

Of the alcoves round the hall, the one devoted to the anatomy of reptiles has
recived most attention, and now contains an instructive and fully labelled series
illustrating the osteology, dentition, and tegumentary systems of that class.

Progress has also been made with the case showing the structure of insects, and
with the collection demonstrating the structure, form, and nomenclature of the
different parts of the shells of Mollusca.

An important modification in the examination of candidates for the appointment of
assistants in the Museum, which was recommended by the Trustees, has received the
approval of the Civil Service Commissioners and the sanction of the Treasury. The
candidates have been relieved of examination in some subjects quite foreign to their
future occupation in life, while, in those that bear directly upon the work they will
have to do in the Museum, the examination has been made more thorough and prac-
tical, and such as to test, as far as may be done by this method, whether their
education has been adapted to fit them for the duties of the office they aspire to.

The lectures on Geology on the Swiney Foundation, delivered last year, consisted
of Professor M‘Nab’s second course upon Fossil Plants, and embraced an account of
“The Ferns and Gymnosperms of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Epochs and Dawn of
the Angiospermous Flora.” The lectures were twelve in number, and were attended
by an average of 51 persons at each. Dr. M‘Nab’s sudden death in Dublin, on the
3rd of December, has unhappily prevented the completion of what promised to be an
interesting and comprehensive review of our present knowledge of fossil botany, and
has deprived the world of science of an earnest worker and able teacher.

During the year 975 presents, many of which embrace a large number of individual
specimens, were received by the Trustees. The more important of these will be found
mentioned in the reports of the Keepers of Departments, but the following may be
alluded to here as of special interest :—

From Deputy Surgeon-General Francis Day, ©.1.£. (since deceased).—A large and
valuable collection of Indian and British Fishes and Crustaceans.

From Mr. Robert Newbury.—The Buckler Collection of British Lepidoptera,
consisting of 6,000 specimens in a 24-drawer cabinet.

From Mr. O. Salvin and Mr. F. Du Cane Godman.—A fifth instalment of their
collection of Central American birds, consisting of 3,939 specimens.

From Mr. Henry Seebohm.—319 Birds, including three types of woodpeckers.

From Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson.—A collection of Polyzoa from Victoria, mounted
on 463 slides.

From Mr. St. George Littledale.—Several interesting zoological specimens from the
Pamir.

From Mv. H. C. V. Hunter.—A valuable collection of animals from the Kilimanjaro
district, East Africa.

From Mrs. Ratcliff.—1,095 specimens of British and Foreign Lepidoptera.
From Captain W. H. Turton, R.8.—2,558 marine shells from St. Helena.

From José Maria Vargas Vergara.—A collection of about 1,300 insects from
Bogota.

From Mr. H. Piggot.—A large herbarium of British and Foreign Lichens, consisting
of 2,383 specimens.

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From Mr. F. Harford.—A series of Cretaceous, Oolitic, and Liassic fossils, com-
prising various organic remains ; also fishes from the Old Red, and various paleozoic
fossils : in all 728 specimens, from British localities.

From Mr. G. Clifton.—A collection of 182 Fossils, including organic remains from
the Oolite of Portland and the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, and remains of Hlephas
and flint implements from the fissures in Portland.

Also, from the same, a valuable collection of. British Insects, numbering 11,100
specimens.

From the Colombo Museum.—A fine specimen of a shark (Rhinodon typicus).

From Mr. J. J. Quelch, of Demerara Museum.—A valuable collection of zoological
specimens from British Guiana.

From Professor O. C. Marsh.—A cast of the entire skull of Brontops robustus,
the largest Lower Miocene mamimal.

Duplicate specimens of Natural History from the British Museum collection have
been presented by the Trustees to the Museo Civico, Genoa; the Indian Museum,
Caleutta; Christ’s Hospital School; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington; the
Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana; and to the Reverend
Richard Baron, of the London Missionary Society, to be used for teaching purposes
in the Native Protestant College at Antananarivo, in Madagascar.

Exchanges of specimens have been made with the following institutions and indi
viduals :—

Of Zoological Specimens.— With the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge; the Museo
Civico, Genoa; the Museum of Mexico ; and Lieut.-Col. E. 8. Butler.

Of Fossils —With the Paleontological Institute, Strasburg; the Zoological
Museum, Dresden; the Museums of Bristol and Milan; the United States Geo-
logical Survey, Washington ; the Paleontological Museum, Munich; and Mr. R. EF,
Damon.

Of Minerals and Meteorites.— With the University of Odessa; Yale College, New-
haven, U.S.A.; the Museums of Pau and Vienna; the United States National
Museum; Dr. Seligmann ; and Professor Cohen.

Of Botanical Specimens.—With the University of Kiel; Mr. E. M. Holmes; and
Count Solms Laubach.

The Guide-books published during the year are the undermentioned :—

A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History). With 2 plans, 2 views
of the building, and an illustrated cover. (New edition). 8vo. 3d.

A Guide to the Gould Collection of Humming Birds, British Museum (Natural
History). 6th edition. With map showing the distribution of Humming Birds.
8vo. 2d.

A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural History). 1 plan.
8vo. 1d.

An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to the Mineral Gallery of
the British Museum (Natural History). With diagrams and a plan of the Mineral
Gallery. (New Edition). 8vo. 6d.

The Student’s Index to the Collection of Minerals, British Museum (Natural
History). New edition. With a plan of the Mineral Gallery, 8vo. 2d.

The following volumes of Catalogues have been published :—

Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British
Museum (Natural History). New edition. By G. A. Boulenger. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] Pp. x., 311; 73 woodcuts and 6 plates. 8vo. 15s.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of
the British Museum. Part VII. By A.G. Butler. Pp. iv., 124: 121-138 coloured
plates. [Systematic List.] 4to. 2/1.

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural
History). Part II., containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia. By
R. Lydekker. Pp. xxi., 307: 85 woodcuts. [With Systematic Index and Alpha-
betical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural
History). Part ITl., containing the Order Chelonia. By R. Lydekker. Pp. xviii.
239: 53 woodcuts. [With Systematic Index and Alphabetical Index of Genera and
Species, including Synonyms.| 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part L.,
containing the Elasmobranchii. By A. Smith Woodward. Pp. xlvii., 474: 13 woodcuts
and plata [With Alphabetical Index and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ]

vo. 21s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History).
Part I., containing part of the Sub-order Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Ortho-
ceratide, Endoceratide, Actinoceratidee, Gomphoceratide, Asoceratide, Poteriocera-

tide,

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tide, Cyrtoceratide, and Supplement. By A. H. Foord. Pp. xxxi.: 5

x2, O} tide, at uel 1. Pp. xxxi. 344: 51 woodeuts.
[With Systematic Index and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species ei lacase
Synonyms.] 8vo. 10s. Gd. ‘ 5

These publications have been distributed to Free Public Libraries and various other
institutions in Great Britain and Ireland; to Indian, Colonial, and Foreien Libraries
and Museums ; and to individuals who have either rendered assistance in ine prepara-
tion of the catalogues, or presented specimens for the collections. ;

The following Catalogues are in preparation :—

Catalogue of Birds, Vols,, XIII., XV., XVI., XVII, OVA IK. and! RO
Messrs. Sharpe, Sclater, Salvin, Hargitt, Captain Shelley, and Count Sa erie

‘Catalogue of Snakes, by Mr. G. A. Boulenger. 4

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera, Part VIII. by Mr
G. F. Hampson. 498) .

‘Catalogue of British Echinodermata, by Mr.'F. Jeffrey Bell.

Catalogue of British Lichens, by the Rev. J.'Crombie.

‘Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia, Part IV., and Catalogue of Fossil Birds, by Mr.
R. Lydekker. :

Catalogue of ‘Fossil Fishes, Part IL., by Mr. A. Smith Woodward.

‘Catalogue of Fossil Cephalopoda, |Part IT., by Mr. A.'H. Foord.

Systematic List of the Edwards Collection of Eocene Mollusea, by My. R. B.
Newton.

lvadori.

GENERAL LIBRARY.

1,716 Volumes and parts have been.added to the General and Departmental Libraries
from “duplicates” in the Department of Printed Books at Bloomsbury.

The additions to the General Library during the past year have been :—

By purchase - - > - - - 278 volumes and 33 maps.
By donation - : - = - - 293 volumes.

By transference from other Departments 439 volumes and 14 maps.

Toran - - - 1,010-volumes and 47 maps.

The extent of this collection was, on 31st December, 19,933 volumes and 3,541
maps.

These have all been catalogued, and the title slips revised ready for the general
alphabetical author’s catalogue, which it has been decided to prepare of all books in
the Museum.

Coincidently the supervision of the work of cataloguing the books in the Depart-
mental Libraries of Geology and Mineralogy has been proceeded with.

3,691 title-slips were revised for the Geological, and
2,428 for the Mineralogical Department.

Gollgy a= B= = TOTAL.

The work in the last named Department is practically brought up to date, whilst
that in the Geological is not far behind, so that it is hoped that attention may be
shortly directed to the other Departmental Libraries.
W. H. Flower.

DEPARTMENT -OF ZOOLOGY.

The addition, in a single year, of more than 69,000 specimens to the Zoological
collection, is so much in excess of its average annual increase, that it would seem to
be expedient to preface the present report with a few words as to the cause of so
large.an accession, and.as tothe work that has been thrown by it upon the staff of
the Department. As will be seen from the table of acquisitions on page 59, more
than two-thirds of those 69,000 specimens were obtained by donation ; they were
gifts of great value, almost all the specimens being authentically named, and many
of them types.

As to the specimens acquired by purchase (21,500), they were required for the com-
pletion of the Museum series; but more than two-thirds of them offered likewise
the additional advantage of having been carefully determined before they reached
the Museum.

In collections of this kind, which have been named by well-known and reliable
authorities, the part of the work which absorbs most time is already performed ;
they greatly facilitate the labour of naming other specimens, and donot entail much
more work on the staff of the Department than is required for incorporating and
catalogumg them.

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As usual, no other branch of the Department has received so many additions as the
Entomological ; in fact, more than one-half of them consists of insects. But the
amount of additional curatorial work does not fall upon this branch in the same pro-
portion ; for, whilst of the 37,000 insects acquired, about 28,000, or nearly four-fifths,
were named, and are ready for incorporation ; of the 32,000 specimens which have
been added to the other branches of the Department, only some 17,000 were named ;
the remainder are in progress of examination, and this will prove to be a more
laborious task than can be expected to be performed by the present staff in the course
of one year.

L—Arrungement.

Numerous collections received during the present or in past years have been
incorporated in the general series; thus, the “ Challenger” collections mentioned
hereafter, portions of the ‘“ Hume,” “ Tweeddale,” ‘ Godman-Salvin,” ‘“ Shelley,’
and “Sclater,” collections of birds, the Lizards of Central America, presented by
Messrs. Godman and Salvin, the “ Day” and “ Jayakar” collections of fishes, the
remainder of the Bowring-Chevrolat collection of Coleoptera, portions of the
“ Grote,” “Zeller,” and “ Hampson,” collections of moths, the collection of deep
sea and marine littoral animals formed by the Rev. W. 8. Green, in the Irish Sea, &e.

The additions to the collections of mammals, reptiles, and fishes, have been entered
in the printed catalogues as soon as they were examined and named.

The systematic examination of the Edentata has been completed ; and a list of the
specimens in the Museum has been prepared.

The systematic and final arrangement of the collection of birds keeps pace with the
progress of the “ Catalogue.”

The snakes belonging to the families Typhlopidw, Stenostomatidw Uropeltide,
and Calamariide have been re-examined, described, and catalogued.

The Mollusca of the genera Robillardia, Melapiwm, and Lobiges, have been
worked out and arranged.

The Scorpions of the genus Buthus have been identified; the Myriopoda of the
families Geophilidw and Lithobiide have been worked out, and a manuscript list of
the species has been prepared.

The description of the Buprestidw of Central America and the re-arrangement of
the family Lamiidw have been concluded ; progress has been made in determining
and labelling the species of the family Cerambycidw; and the arrangement of the
Lamellicorn Beetles has been commenced.

The British Rhynchota from the “Scott” collection have been labelled and
arranged; the arrangement of the Blattidw has been completed, and the specimens
of the Hymenopterous family Scoliide have been re-arranged and the new species
described.

The re-arrangement of the Lepidoptera of the tribe Noctwites has made consider-
able progress, and that of the Pyralites completed.

The preliminary arrangement of the Polyzoa has been completed.

The manuscript lists of Echinoderms have been kept up to date; and a thorough
revision of the specimens of species inhabiting the British coasts has been
commenced.

A very complete collection of the marine invertebrates made by Mr. P. W. Bassett-
Smith during the survey of the Tizard and Macclesfield Banks by H.M.S. “Rambler,”
under the command of Capt. W. U. Moore, has been systematically examined by
members of the staff of the Department, and the Corals which formed the most
important part of the collection, by Mr. Bassett-Smith himself. A selection of this
collection is at present on exhibition in the Coral Gallery.

The specific names of most of the exhibited examples of Hydroida have been
ascertained.

Il.— Registration.

All the specimens obtained during the year, whether by purchase or presentation,
have been entered in the manuscript registers of accessions, and the register number
attached to them. For future reference the date and mode of acquisition, the exact
locality where the specimens were obtained, the name of the collector, and any other
particulars of interest respecting them, are entered. The number of Birds registered
during the year amounts to 17,480, of which 5,101 belong to the “Hume,” 2,543 to
the “ Tweeddale,” and 3,939 to the ‘“ Godman-Salvin” collection.

I11.—Conservation.

The usual work of conservation has been continued as in previous years, by dusting
and cleaning, in rotation, the exhibited specimens; placing the registered collections
of Bird-skins, Shells, dried Sponges, Echinoderms, and Polyzoa in glass-topped boxes,
renewing the camphor in the wall-cases, store-cabinets, and insect-drawers, and the
spirit of the collections preserved in alcohol.

The collection of human crania has been thoroughly overhauled; the skulls have
been sorted, placed in new boxes, and re-labelled.

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The following specimens of Mammalia have been mounted for exhibition :—Male
and female of the recently discovered Hunter’s Antelope (Damulis h wnteri) ; a
Thomson’s Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni); three skins and a skeleton of Marco Polo’s
Sheep; a skin and skeleton of the Yangtsekiang Porpoise (Neomevis phocoenoides):;
also skeletons of a Lion (Felis leo); a Poitou Donkey (Equus usinus) ; and a Ro ip
Mountain Goat (Huploceros montanus). a ha

The addition of twenty-one cabinets to the Bird-room has permitted of a large
portion of the Bird-collection being removed from the store-cases in which they had
been stowed away. The Parrots, Pigeons, Game Birds, and Rails have toh
placed under conditions under which they are accessible, and arranged in a "e-
liminary manner. ’ oe Lbs

The additions to the series of groups illustrating the nesting habits of British
Birds comprise the following :—Montagu’s Harrier, Crossbill, Swallow, and Siskin.

For the Reptile and Fish Galleries have been mounted an example of the Ghinces
Alligator (Alligator sinensis); the large Indian Basking Shark, from Ceylon
(Rhinodon typicus); a very large Saw-fish (Pristis perroteti) from ‘Demerara “and
several examples of Sword-fishes and Sharks from Muscat. ;

Special care had to be taken in the conservation of the series of typical examples
received from the “ Challenger” Commission; some 4,000 specimens delivered ites
the past year had to be placed into stoppered bottles, the majority of which besides,
are so closed as to reduce the evaporation of the spirits to a minimum. whilice ki

A fine example of the remarkable Squid from the Mediterranean (Cheiroteuthis
veranyt), a Curinaria, and a few other remarkable Mollusks have been placed. =
exhibition. The series of shells illustrating monstrosities of growth resulting from
various causes, the collection of sections of shells to show their internal structure
and the series of boring and pearl-forming Mollusca, have been mounted on fresh
tablets and re-labelled. ;

The following specimens have been placed in the Insect Gallery :—A series of
woods, showing the injuries done to forest trees by various Coleoptera, from Prussia;
two specimens of the Cocoa-nut Crab (Birgus latro) ; a Rock Lobster (Palinwrus
lalandii) ; a White Ants’ Nest, from Singapore; three nests of a gregarious cater-

illar from Madagascar ; a nest of a Tree-ant (Crematogaster), from South Africa ;
the nest of a Humble Bee (Bombus pratorum); formed in the nest of a Linnet from
Sussex.

A new ease for Echinoderms in the British Gallery having been completed, suitable
specimens were mounted and arranged therein.

A large Luidia, probably the largest known, has been mounted in a special case in
the Starfish Gallery ; examples of gigantic earthworms, from South Africa, Victoria
and Ceylon, have also been mounted and exhibited. In the Coral Gallery eae
examples of Plewrocorallium johnsoni, of Juncella and Arachnopathes, have been
mounted for exhibition ; also some Alcyonarians, from the ‘‘ Challenger” collections
have been added to this Gallery ; and a series of figures illustrating the morphology

of the Anthozoa has been commenced.

IV.—Duplicutes.

Three hundred and ten birds were selected for the Museum of Mexico, in exchange
for specimens of Mammalia required for the collection; and a small number of
duplicates of batrachians, reptiles, fishes, and insects have also been used in exchange

with various museums.
V.—Departmental Library..

The Departmental Library has acquired by purchase, presentation, or exchange,
87 works, in 107 volumes, besides 477 new numbers of periodicals and works in
progress, in addition to which, 90 works have been transferred, as duplicates, from
the Library at Bloomsbury. The total number of works now in the Library is

9,666, represented by 15,440 volumes.
All the additions during the year have been entered in the Purchase Book,

catalogued, press-marked, stamped, and placed ; 104 volumes have been bound.

VIi.— Catalogues.
The following Catalogues have been issued during the year 1889 :—

1. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles (8vo. 311 pp.,
6 plates, and numerous woodcuts), by G. A. Boulenger.

2. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera, Part VII. (4to,
124 pp., 18 plates), by A. G. Butler.

In addition to the above works, the manuscripts of a Guide to the Bird Gallery, of
two more volumes of the “Catalogue of Birds,” and of a “ Catalogue of Snakes,” are
in course of preparation, and three volumes of the “ Catalogue of Birds” were in the

press before the close of the year.
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The following are the most important reports or descriptive papers which have
been prepared by the departmental staff, in connection with various parts of the
collection, especially recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific
journals :—“ Report of a Deep-sea Trawling Cruise off the $.W. Coast of Ireland,
under the direction of Rev. W. 8S. Green”; “Zoology of the Afghan Delimitation
Commission,” by the Staff of the Department. “ On the small Mammals of Duval
Country, South Texas”; “The Mammals of the Solomon Islands, based on the
collections made by Mr. C. M. Woodford during his second expedition to the
Archipelago”; “On the Mammals of Christmas Island”; “Preliminary Notes on
the Characters and Synonymy of the different species of Otters”; “ Description of
a new genus of Muride, allied to Hydromys”; “On the dentition of Ornithor-
hynchus,” by O. Thomas; “On the genus Platalea, with a description of a new
species from New Guinea”; “On the genus Twrnia” ; “Third contribution to the
List of Birds collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford, in the Solomon Archipelago,” by
W. R. O. Grant; “On the Reptiles and Batrachians, collected by M. H. Vaucher, in
Morocco”; ‘“ Descriptions of New Reptiles and Batrachians from Madagasear ” ;
“Descriptions of new Typhlopidw”; “On the species of Rhacophorus allied to
R. maculatus,” by G. A. Boulenger; “ Description of a new genus of Parasitic
Mollusca (Robillardia)”; “Notes on the genus Melapiuwn” ; “ Notes on the genus
Lobiger”; “On the Mollusea, collected by Mr. G. A. Ramage, in the Lesser
Antilles”; “On the Land and Freshwater Shells of the Louisiade Archipelago ” ;
“ Diagnoses of new Shells from Lake Tanganyika”; ‘“ Description de quelques
espéces de Coquilles terrestres de Sumatra, Java, et Borneo,’ by E. A. Smith;
“Report upon the Hydrozoa and Polyzoa, collected by P. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq.,
Surgeon, R.N., during the survey of the Tizard and Macclesfield Banks,” by
R. Kirkpatrick ; “Contributions to our knowledge of the Crustacea of Dominica ” ;
“Report upon the Myriopoda, Arachnida, and Land Crustacea, from Christmas
Island”; “ Report upon the Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago” ; ‘‘ Notes on some
new and old Buthidaw,” by R. I. Pocock; “ Description of a new genus of Fossil
Moths belonging to the Geometrid Family, Huschemide”; “Synonymic Notes on
the Moths of the earlier genera of Noctuites” by A. G. Butler”; ‘On the collection
of Lepidoptera formed by Basil Thomson, Esq., in the Louisiade Archipelago” ;
“A Revision of the Subfamily Libellulinw, with descriptions of new genera and
species”; “ Description of new species of Odonata, in the collection of the British
Museum, chiefly from Africa”; “ Description of new species of Phasmide, from
Dominica, Santa Lucia, and Brazil, in the collection of the British Museum”;
“Notes on the species of Phasmida, collected by Basil Thomson, Esq., in the
Louisiade Archipelago” ; “ Description of new species of Tenthredinide, Cynipide,
and Chalcididw” ; “ Description of new species of Scoliidw, in the collection of the
British Museum,” by W. F. Kirby; “Characters of a new genus and species of
Cicindelide,” by C. O. Waterhouse ; “ Descriptions of new species of Glenea, in the
British Museum Collection” ; ‘On new Lamiide Coleoptera, in the British Museum”;
“ Descriptions of new species of Longicornia, from India and Ceylon,” by C. J. Gahan;
“ Description of new or rare species of Plexaurids” ; “ Additions to the Echinoderm
Fauna of the Bay of Bengal”; “On Antedon pumila and A. incommoda,” by
F. J. Bell,

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VIIL.— Acquisitions.

During the past year the Department has been increased by the addition of 69,270
specimens, which are distributed among the various branches as follows :—

|
phe 0 Bay nr laas| bes By. | By Tora...
Presentation.| Purchase. | Exchange. ;
Mammals - We oe - - - 217 83 | 66 | 366
cane and Godman Col- 3,909 = ess | =
ection. |
oa _ | Seebohm Collection = 383 f | es !
ous j Sclater Collection : = 9 1,945 2 |( 9,836
| Shelley Collection : LS | 1,666 | ms |
Other Sources - = 1,340 489 | +f ae |
DULLES 2) a i 361 451 47 |. 859
Batrachians ——- Set he 2 : 77 160 | 43 280
| Day Collection - - | 4,875 _ | Ls |
Fishes - ,Challenger Collection - | 137 css 2 | 6.130
Challenger Collection. :s ae Se cae
: 4 nger Collection - 545 = | - | 38a
Tunicata | Other Sources - - 16 15 - J 576
,Challenger Collection - 904 is # ‘|
Mollusca - ‘Turton Collection - 2,558 = = ly 5,840
gee eae . F - 1,832 550 | - J
allenger Collection - 26 at | a
Polyzoa pores eaides = - 165 6 - (197
, Challenger Collection - 2,250 . ie
TSR CPA y= | Other Sources - - | 461 124 - } mice
Arachnida - - - - - - 783 645 - | 1,428
Myriopoda - = - = = = 1,392 100 = | 1,492
Central European He- = 5,799 = |
miptera. -
Buckler Collection - | 6,000 - - | |
Clifton Collection - - |. 11,100 - | - ||
Insecta - | Vergara Collection - | USLA - - ) 87,508
Hampson Collection = - - 2,418 -
Raynor Collection = £ 2,400 | i |
Sheppard Collection — - = 2,000 -
cae Sources - -) 4,784 1,682 mal i
_ ;Challenger - = = 66 - - =
es | Other Sources - - 79 2b) - 100
Echinoderms - - - . - | 390 424 - 814
{ Challenger Collect - | 3¢ = =
Spon ges) + {Other Seiten . ae =i,| A 4 - } 197
‘Challenger Collection -_ 335 - - i iach Sea
Anthozoa - ee Seth - - | 229° | 13 - i 577
; Challenge: Collection - 24, = =
Hydrozoa - ‘Other Sources - - | 97 11 = J 132
Protozoa - . - - - -— 6 23 xs 29
| * | | "
TOTALS == = | AT 4:44 21,496 330 69,270

as compared with 44,087 in the year 1888.

65,199 e 1887.
36,358 4, 1886.
123,358 3 1885,
45574 iM 1884.
31,466 >. 1883.
19,902 a 1882.
49,602 * 1881.
24,283 "i 1880.

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The most important acquisitions were the following :—

(1.) Of the collections made during the voyage of H.M.S. “ Challenger,” and pre-
sented by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, the following were received in

1889 :-—
(w.) One hundred and thirty-seven specimens of Pelagic Fish.

(b.) Five hundred and forty-five Tunicata.
(c.) Four hundred Pteropoda.
(d.) Thirty-two Polyplacophora.
(e.) One hundred and nine Cephalopoda.
-(f.) Three hundred and sixty-three Deep-Sea Mollusca.
(y.) Twenty-six Polyzoa.
(h.) Two thousand two hundred and fifty Crustacea (Amphipoda and Isopoda).
(i.) Sixty-six Vermes (Nemertea, Myzostoma, and Hntozoa).
(j.) Thirty-nine Sponges (Kerutosa).
(k.) Three hundred and thirty-five Anthozoa (Aleyonaria and Actiniaria).
(l.) Twenty-four Hydrozoa (Siphonophora).

2. A collection made by H. C. V. Hunter, Esq., in the Kilimanjaro district. It
comprises twenty-five Mammals, including the type of Damalis hunters ; one hundred
and eighty-six birds, amongst which are types of six new species, and nine species
new to the collection, a new fish (Oreochromis hunter?) from one of the Crater lakes;
two hundred and twenty-four Coleoptera, with many rare species; nineteen
Lepidoptera and two Hemiptera.

3. A collection of Marine Animals made by P. W. Bassett Smith, Esq., Surgeon, R.N.,
during the survey of the Tizard and Macclesfield banks, China Sea, by H.M.S.
“Rambler,” Commander W. U. Moore, and consisting of thirty-four Mollusca, one
hundred and twenty-four Polyzoa, twenty-seven Crustacea, thirty-four Echinoderms,
twenty-six Sponges, one hundred and seventy-eight Corals, and twenty-seven
Aleyonaria; presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

4. A collection of Marine Animals, dredged in deep water off the south-west coast
of Ireland by the Rev. W. 8S. Green, consisting of twenty-one Fishes, eighty-three
Mollusea, eleven Polyzoa, thirty-four Crustacea, five Worms, one hundred and
seventy-four Echinoderms, one Sponge, six Hydrozoa, and two Radiolaria, amongst
which are several species new to the British Fauna, and some new to science ;
purchased.

5. The fifth instalment of the Godman-Salvin collection of birds, referred to in the
Report for 1885. This series consists of three thousand nine hundred and thirty-
nine specimens, and includes sixty-two types, and one hundred and sixty-four species
new to the collection; presented by Osbert Salvin, Esq., F.R.s., and F. Du Cane
Godman, Hsq., F.R.S.

6. The collection of Dendrocolaptiidw and Formicaride, formed by P. L. Sclater,
Esq., F.R.S., containing one thousand nine hundred and forty-five specimens, and
including one hundred and ten types and twenty-five species new to the collection ;
purchased.

7. The first instalment of the collection of African birds formed by Captain
G. E. Shelley, containing one thousand six hundred and sixty-six specimens, and
comprising Finches, Starlings, Larks, Weaver-birds, Woodpeckers, Cuckoos, and
Barbets, of which fifteen are types, and twenty-one species, new to the collection ;
purchased.

8. One hundred and forty-eight specimens, forming part of the collection of the
late Count Riocour, and containing many of the original specimens described and
figured by Vieillot, as well as fourteen other types, and three species, new to the
collection, among them a specimen of the extinct Starling (Fregilupus varius). This
bird, formerly common in the Island of Réunion, is supposed to have been exter-
minated about fifty years ago; and not more than sixteen specimens are known to
be preserved in various museums ; purchased.

9. A collection of Fishes made by the late Deputy Surgeon General Francis Day,
and bequeathed by him to the Museum; of the four thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five specimens selected for the Museum, four thousand four hundred were
from India, one hundred and fifty-five British Salmonide, and the remainder chiefly
British or European; also a collection of about three hundred Crustaceans, mostly
Decapoda, from India and the Indian seas.

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10. A collection of two thousand five hundred and fifty-eight marine Shells from
St. Helena, including two hundred and seventy species, of which about one hundred
are new to science. The importance of this acquisition will be understood from the
fact that only forty or fifty species had previously been recorded from the island :
presented by Captain W. H. Turton, k.r.

iA valuable collection of eighty specimens of Scorpions, comprising eight species
of which four are new to the collection, and three (Isometirus ph insoni "sho vate
and wssamensis) are typical examples; also four hundred and fifty Aatrse of
Chilopoda, comprising twenty-five species, of which ten are new to the collection, and
four are undescribed species of Lithobius, Otostigma, and Himuntaurium, from various
parts of Burma ; collected and presented by C. W. Oates, Esq. sn

12. A collection of five thousand six hundred and thirty-tive Hemiptera, sixty-
four Diptera, and one hundred galls formed by Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, and Dip-
tera, from Central Europe; all the specimens determined ; purchased.

13. A collection of three thousand one hundred and forty-three Coleoptera, six
thousand two hundred and forty-six Diptera, including numerous specimens either
figured or referred to by Curtis in his British Entomology, one thousand four
hundred and seven Hymenoptera, one hundred and fifty Lepidoptera, including three
examples of the very rare butterfly Chrysophanes dispar, sixty-six Neuroptera eighty-
five Hemiptera, and three Orthoptera, from Great Britain ; collected and presented by
W. Clifton, Esq. .

_ 14, A valuable collection of upwards of six thousand named British Lepidoptera,

including a great many rare varieties; this collection was formed by the late Mr.

William Buckler, well known by his numerous entomological writings, and by his

eer on the larve of British butterfles and moths; presented by Robert Newbury,
sq.

15. A selected series of one thousand Lepidoptera, two hundred and fifty Coleoptera,
twenty-five Neuroptera, twenty Hemiptera, thirteen Hymenoptera, six Orthoptera
and three Diptera, from Bogota; collected and presented by Sor José Maria eee
Vergara, F.Z.S.

16. A collection of three hundred and ninety-one Buttertlies, and two thousand
and twenty-seven Moths, representing nine hundred and eighty-nine species, of
which about three hundred are new to science; collected by G. F. Hampson, Esq.,
in the Nilgiris. This is one of the most important additions to our knowledge of the
Lepidopterous Fauna of India received in recent years ; purchased.

17. A collection of two thousand four hundred named Moths, collected principally
in New South Wales, by Dr. G. H. Raynor ; purchased. i

Mammalia.—The additions to this class during the past year were three hundred
and sixty-six, of which the following are the most important :—

Six human Skulls and Skeletons from the Sandwich Islands; presented by Mrs.
Lambert.

Eleven skulls of Egyptian Mummies ; presented by W. H. Flinders Petrie, Esq.

The skull of a Patagonian ; presented by Roland Ward, Esq.

The skeleton of a bottle-nosed Whale (Hyperoodon rostratus) ; purchased.

The skeleton of an Elk (Alces machlis); purchased.

The skeleton of anew Mungoose (Herpestes grandis) ; received in exchange from
the Cambridge Museum.

The skeleton of a Rocky-Mountain Goat (Haploceros montanus), from Montana ;
presented by Sir E. G. Loder, Bart.

Three specimens and a skeleton of Marco Polo’s Sheep (Qvis poli), and four
Marmots (Arctomys caudatus), from the Pamir ; presented by St. George Littledale,
Esq.

The horn of an extinct and probably undescribed Stag from Asia Minor; presented
by C. G. Danford, Esq.

Eighteen pairs of Horns, mostly Indian ; presented by Colonel John Evans,

Five pairs of Antelope Horns from South Africa, including the type of a remarkable
new species (Antilope triangularis) ; purchased.

Thirteen small Mammals from various localities; presented by the Marquis G.
Doria.

Fourteen Mammals from Baram, N. Borneo, including the type of a Monkey,
described as new (Semnopithecus hosei) ; collected by Charles Hose, Esq.

A specimen of a Dolphin (Neomeris phoeenoides) from Bombay Harbour ; presented
by W. T. Sinclair, Esq.

Three small Mammals from Angola, being co-types of species described by the donor ;
presented by Professor Barboza du Bocage.

Fifteen small Mammals from the Gambia, including the types of two new Bats ;

purchased. ;
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Eighteen small Mammals from North America; received in exchange from Dr.
C. Hart Merriam.

Seven Bats and other small Mammals from Trinidad, including the type of a new
Bat (Vampyrops caraccioli); presented by Henry Caracciolo, Esq.

Eleven Bats and other Mammals from the West Indies; presented by the Com-
mittee for Exploration of the Lesser Antilles.

Seven Mammals from Mexico; presented by Osbert Salvin, Esq. and F. Du Cane
Godman, Esq.

A specimen of a West Indian Seal (Monachus tropicalis); presented by F. Du Cane
Godman, Esq.

Twenty-seven Mammals, including co-types of two new species, from Vera Cruz,
Mexico; received in exchange from the Museum of Mexico.

Fifteen Mammals from Demerara; received in exchange from the British Guiana
Museum.

Birds.—Nine thousand eight hundred and thirty-six additions were made to this
branch of the collection during the past year. Besides the collections already men-
tioned, the following are the most noteworthy :—

Three hundred and eighty-three specimens from the Palearctic Region, Africa, and
New Guinea, including nine types and seven species new to the collection, and among
them the Paradise Birds, Hpimachus mucleayanw and Astrachia stephanie ; pre-
sented by Henry Seebohm, Esq.

Sixty-four specimens from N. Borneo, including Cissu jejfreyi, a species new to
the collection; presented by John Whitehead, Esq.

Thirty-six specimens from Palawan, including five species new to the collection,
collected by Mr. John Whitehead ; purchased.

Forty-four specimens from Kansu, W. China, including seventeen species new
to the collection ; purchased.

Six specimens from Somali-land, including Saxicola phillipsi, new to the collection ;
presented by E. Lort Phillips, Esq.

One hundred and five specimens from the West Indies; presented by the West
Indian Committee for the Exploration of the Lesser Antilles.

Six specimens from the Solomon Islands, collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford, and
including the types of Pomurea florencie, and Rallina woodfordi ; purchased.

The type of Hudyptes sclateri from the Auckland Isles ; purchased.

Ninety-seven Ducks and Geese from various localities ; presented by Captain H. J.
Elwes.

Reptiles.—Hight hundred and fifty-nine specimens were added to this class. The
following are the more important additions :—

One hundred and forty-four specimens from the collection of the late Dr. J. G.
Fischer, of Hamburg, among which are the types of many species described by that
Herpetologist ; purchased.

Eight specimens from Tangiers, amongst which is a Snake new to the collection
(Coronella amalia) ; purchased.

Nineteen specimens from Ichang, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, immcluding a new Lizard
(Humeces xanthi) and two new Snakes (Ablabes sinensis and Trimeresurus xan-
thomelas) ; purchased.

A specimen of the Asiatic Alligator (Alligator sinensis) from Kiu Kiang, Yang-tse-
Kiang, new to the collection; purchased.

Fifteen specimens from India, amongst which is a new Snake from Sind (Zumenis
arenarius; presented by the late F. Day, Esq.

Thirty-nine specimens from Sr. L. Fea’s Burmese collection, including type
specimens of nine species (Culotes microlepis, Mabuia quadricarinata, Lygosoma
zebratum, L. kakhienense, L. doriw, L. melanostictum, L. few, Simotes torquatus
and Dendrophis subocularis) ; purchased.

Thirteen specimens from Tenasserim and the Andamans, including a new Snake
(Typhlops oatesii); presented by E. W. Oates, Esq.

Seventeen specimens collected at Kashgar by the Rev. H. Lansdell, including two
Lizards new to the collection (Agama stoliczkana and Phrynocephalus axillaris) ;
purchased.

Thirty-seven specimens from the district of Deli, Sumatra; obtained partly by
purchase, partly by exchange.

One of the type specimens of a new Lizard (Lygosoma malayanum) from Sumatra;
presented by the Marquis G. Doria.

Nineteen specimens obtained by Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Islands of Guadal-
canar and Florida, Solomon Archipelago, including a new Snake (Hoplocephalus
elapoides) ; purchased.

Fifteen specimens from the Louisiade Archipelago; presented by Basil H. Thom-
son, Esq.

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Eight specimens from Port Walcott, N. W. Australia, includine a Lizard new to the
collection (Lygosomu fischeri) ; purchased. 7

Fourteen Snakes from Natal; presented by E. Howlett, Esq.

Thirteen specimens from Antongil Bay, Madagascar; presented by L. H. Ran-
some, Esq. i

Twenty-five specimens, collected by the Rev. James Wills, in the forests east of
Imerina, Madagascar, including a new Chameleon (Chameleon willsi) and a new
Snake (Liophis iierine) ; purchased.

Fifty-one specimens of Lizards from Texas and North East Mexico : purchased

One hundred and thirty-four Lizards from Mexico, among which are the types of
five new species (Sceloporus teapensis, S. omiltemanus, S. rubriventris. N. aulisini
S. vrazuensis); presented by F. Du Cane Godman, Esq. i

Two specimens of a new Lizard (Anolis panamensis) from Panama: presented by
G. A. Boulenger, Esq. ‘

Fifty-one specimens from Hayti; purchased.

Thirteen specimens from Dominica, and twenty-four from S' Lucia, includine a
Gecko new to the collection (Spheroductylus microlepis) ; presented “by the West
India Committee for Exploration of the Lesser Antilles.

Highteen specimens from Barbados; presented by Colonel Feilden.

Kighteen Snakes from the Republic of Colombia; purchased.

An Amphisbena (A. occidentalis) from N. Peru, new to the collection ; obtained
in exchange.

Batrachians.—Two hundred and eighty specimens were added to this class, of
which the following are the most important :—

Sixty-eight specimens from the late Dr. Fischer’s collection, including examples of
many new or rare species ; purchased.

Seven specimens from Ichang, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, amongst which are examples
of two new species (Rana boulenger and Hynobius sinensis) ; purchased.

Twenty-two specimens from the collection made in Burma by Sr. L. Fea, including
types of four species (Rana humeralis, Ivalus vittatus ; Bufo macrotis, Lepto-
brachium few) ; purchased.

Fifteen specimens from the District of Deli, Sumatra, including a new Frog
(Microhyla inornata) ; obtained partly by purchase, partly by exchange.

Twelve specimens collected by Mr. Woodford in the Islands of Guadaleanar and
Florida, Solomon Archipelago ; purchased.

Twenty-three specimens from Madagascar, including four new Frogs (Runa
fluvierus, R. biporus, R. redimita, Platyhyla grandis) ; purchased.

Twenty-one specimens from Texas and North East Mexico ; purchased.

Four specimens of a new Frog from Trinidad (Hupemphia trinitatis) ; presented
by J. H. Hart, Esq.

Twenty-five specimens from Colonia Resistencia, Argentine Republic, including
tpyes of two new species (Hyla nanuw and H. phrynoderma); received in exchange.

Fishes.—The number of additions amounts to six thousand one hundred and
thirty ; in addition to the “ Day” and other collections already mentioned, the follow-
ing are the most noteworthy :—

An interesting variety of Lepudoguster bimaculuts from Loch Craignish, Argyle-
shire ; presented by the Hon. A. E. Gathorne-Hardy, M.p.

Specimens of Trout (Salmo furio) from lakes in Boola Valley, Commeragh
Mountains, alt. 1,600-1,800 feet ; presented by Edward Ussher Quin, Esq.

Two specimens of Maurolicus borealis from Montrose; presented by J. Duncan,
Esq.

Five Pleuronectoids from Nice; presented by Professor Bellotti.

Five Pleuronectoids from Sicily ; presented by Professor Doderlein.

Highty-six specimens from Muscat, Arabia, including representatives of three
new species (Anthias formosus, Sudis jayakari, Monacanthus melunoproctes) ;
presented by Surgeon Major A. 8. G. Jayakar.

Eleven fish obtained at Kashgar by the Rev. H. Lansdell; purchased,

One hundred and seventy-six specimens from the Yang-tse-Kiang, among which
are the types of two new species (Pseudogobio stywni and Scombrocypris styant),
collected by F. W. Styan, Esq. ; purchased.

One hundred and sixty-four specimens from Deoh, Rajputana ; purchased.

Forty-five specimens from Dehra Dun, North West Provinces; presented by the
Dehra Dun Fishing Association.

The skeleton of a large Siluroid (Bagarius yarvrellii) from the Hughly River;
presented by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.s. [ /' .

A large Shark (Rhinodon typicus), of which one speeimen only is known to have
been previously secured for a museum ; this shark, when adult, is said to exceed fifty
feet in length, and is certainly the largest fish im existence; the present specimen is

oung, fourteen feet long, and from the west coast of Ceylon; presented by the
Colombo Museum. py bul tpg

Seventy-seven specimens from the District of Deli, Sumatra, among which is the

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type of a new species (Liocassis moeschit) ; obtained partly by purchase, partly by
exchange.

Eleven specimens from Stewart Island, New Zealand; presented by C. Traill,

Ace earn: specimens from the Gaboon ; purchased.

Eighteen specimens from Lake Tanganyika ; purchased.

A specimen of a Sole new to the collection (Synaptura pectoralis) from the Cape
of Good Hope; presented by T. Harcourt Powell, Esq.

Two hundred and twenty-nine specimens (marine and freshwater) from North
America; presented by the United States Fish Commission.

Seventy-three South American Siluroids, including types of many new species
recently described by American authors ; received in exchange from the Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. A.

A very large Saw-fish (Pristis perroteti) from Demerara; received in exchange
from the British Guiana Museum.

Twenty- two specimens from Demerara; presented by J. Quelch, Esq.

Five specimens from the Camapuan River, Brazil, including types of a new species
(Pimelodus nigribarbis) ; purchased.

Mollusea.—In this class, including Tunicata, the additions were six thousand four
hundred and twenty. In addition to the “ Challenger” series and Turton collection,
already mentioned, the following were the most important :—

Fourteen Cephalopods, amongst which may be specially mentioned examples of
Cheiroteuthis veranyi, Enoploteuthis owenit, Tremoctopus violaceus, two Hetero-
pods, and three Tunicates from Nice ; purchased.

One hundred and twenty-one specimens of Helicidew, Limneide, &e., from Genoa,
Monaco, and other parts of Liguria; collected and presented by Oldfield Thomas,
4 ane hundred and thirty-three small marine Shells from Vancouver; presented by
the Rev. G. W. Taylor.

Thirty land Shells from St. Lucia and Dominica, including types of a new Heliz, a
Bulimus, and two species of Helicina; presented by the Committee for Exploration
of the Lesser Antilles.

Thirty-one land and freshwater Shells from Barbados; presented by Colonel
W. H. Feilden.

Two hundred and two named specimens of land Shells from Hayti; purchased.

Sixty-eight land and marine Mollusca from Fernando Noronha, including the types
of Bulimulus ridleyi and Heliz quinquelirata ; presented by the Royal Society.

Seventy-two Shells from Lake Tanganyika, including fine specimens of Pleidon
spekei, Neothauma tanganyicense and Limnotrochus kirkii; collected by Mr. E. C.
Hore.

Forty-five marine Shells from Ascension Island; presented by Dr. Conry, R.N.

One hundred and twenty specimens of marine Mollusca from Port Elizabeth ;
presented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq.

Forty-six land Shells from near Issyk Kul, Turkestan; presented by Herr Haber-
hauer.

Fifty-three named specimens of marine and land Shells from the Philippines and
Hong Kong, including types of Calliostoma hungerfordi, Plewrotoma hongkongensis,
and eight other species ; purchased.

Fourteen terrestrial Mollusca from N. Borneo, comprising the types of Vanina sub-
consul and Leptopoma whiteheadi; presented by John Whitehead, Esq.

Twenty-nine land and freshwater Shells from Sarawak; presented by C. Hose, Esq.

Fifty-nine marine Shells from the Madras coast; presented by E. Thurston, Esq.

Fifty-one marine Mollusca from Mauritius ; purchased.

Eighty-nine land and freshwater Shells from the Louisiade Archipelago, including
four new species of Pupinella, five new Helicide, and one new Helicina; collected
and presented by Basil Thomson, Esq.

Sixty-two specimens of Australian Unionidae; presented by Dr. J. C. Cox.

Ninety-three specimens of Achatinella from the Sandwich Islands; presented by
D. D. Baldwin, Esq.

Polyzoa.—One hundred and ninety-one specimens were added to the collection, of
which the most noteworthy accessions have been referred to.

Crustacea.—Two thousand eight hundred and thirty-five specimens have been
added to this class ; of these, besides the “Challenger” and other collections, pre-
viously mentioned, the following are most worthy of notice :—

Fifty-one Decapoda from Mauritius ; purchased.

Fifty-four oceanic Crustaceans, including a specimen of an interesting Cirripede

(Cineras vittata) and many little-known larval forms; presented by Captain D. B.
Carvosso.

Thirty-two Crustaceans,including many rare and undetermined species of Palinurus,
&e., from Stewart Ireland; presented by C. Traill, Esq.

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65

' mene nida.-Of this class one thousand four hundred and twenty-eight specimens
eeganee? added to the collection. Special mention may be made of the follow-
oe:

Two specimens of a Spider (Pellenes tripunctatus) nev sritish F :

e tatus) new to the British Fauna, fr
Pees, pueshaced ] ) 1e British Fauna, from

Three Sa Cag nega spiders referable to fifty-three species, collected in
various parts of the South of England and Wales; presented by Oldfield Tl ag Bs
and R. I. Pocock, Esq. f ‘ ren ch iat eae

One hundred specimens of spiders from the Nilghiri Hills ; collected and presented
by G. F. Hampson, Esq.

Hight Arachnida, including a new species of a Scorpion (Isomet Hat

: 2 ‘ : N sonvetrus hose ;
Baram, Borneo; collected by U. Hose, Esq. i Sinahe abgndhne
Two new species of Buthws (B. piceus and lobidens) from Antongil Bay, Mada-
= Oo ?
gascar ; collected and presented by L. H. Ransome, Esq.

Fourteen examples of a gregarious species of the family Hresida (Stegodyphus
gregariws) from South Africa, presented by Lord Walsingham.

About five hundred named specimens of Arachnida, mostly new to the collection
from South America ; collected by Dr. von Thering.

Seventeen scorpions from various localities ; and fifty-six spiders from Uruguay ;
purchased. ¥
_ Ten Scorpions, five of which are representatives of a new species (Isometrus
msignis), from Santa Lucia; presented by the Committee for the Exploration of
the Lesser Antilles.

Thirty-five scorpions and two specimens of a spider (Datames magna), new to
the collection, from San Diego, Texas ; collected and presented by William Taylor
Esq. :

Thirteen scorpions, mostly new to the collection, from various localities ; presented
by Professor E. Ray Lankester, F.R.s.

Nineteen scorpions from various localities, including specimens of three species
(Webo flavipes, Buthus doriw and Thelyphonus dori) new to the collection ; pre-
sented by the Marquis G. Doria.

Myriopoda.—One thousand four hundred and ninety-two additions have been
made to this class; of which the following may be specially mentioned :—

Two hundred and fifty Lithobide and Geophilidw from various parts of the
South of England and Wales, amongst them specimens of Lithobius calcaratus,
L. nicrops; Henicops fulvicornis; Geophilus truncorum, G. electricus and
Chetechelyne montana, new to the coilection; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq.,
and R. I. Pocock, Esq.

Five specimens of a Marine Myriopod (Geophilus submarinus) from Jersey; pre-
sented by J. Sinel, Esq.

Twenty-five Chilopoda and fifty-nine Glomeride from parts of South Europe ;
presented by Adrien Dollfus, Esq.

About two hundred Myriopoda from Austria and Liguria, three of which (Lithobius
dorice, Geophilus aleator and Himantarium gest) are new to science, and nine new
to the collection ; presented by O. Thomas, Esq.

Fifty-one Myriopoda from Liguria, containing examples of Lysiopetaium fetidissi-
mun, Strongylosoma italicum, Polydesmus collaris, and Glomeris genwensis, new
to the collection ; presented by Dr. G. Caneva.

Seventeen Myriopoda, seven of which are new to the collection, from the Mergui
Archipelago; presented by the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

Three specimens of the rare suctorial Diplopod, Siphonophora, from Celebes ;
presented by 8. J. Hickson, Esq.

Twenty-seven Myriopoda, principally Chilopoda from various localities, three of
the species (Himantarium rugulosum, H. mediterranewm and Glomeris tridentina)
being new to the collection; presented by the Marquis G. Doria.

Fifty-three Myriopoda, many of them new to the collection, from various localities ;

purchased.

Insects.—The total number of specimens acquired during the year amounted to
thirty-seven thousand five hundred and eight. They are distributed among the
various orders as follows :—

Coleoptera - - - - - - - - 5,921
Hymenoptera - - - - - - - -. 2,069
Lepidoptera - - - - - - = - 16,473
Diptera - - - - - - - - - 6,673
Neuroptera = - - - - - - - - 156
Trichoptera = - - - - - - - . 1
Orthoptera — - : - - - - - - 258
Hemiptera - = - - - - - - 5,957

otal’ = = .— .3f508

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The following are the most important additions :—

(From Great Britain.)

Two thousand named specimens of small moths from the collection of the late
A. F. Sheppard, Esq., many of them new to the British collection; purchased.

Forty-two Lepidoptera, either new to, or required for making up, the series in the
British collection; presented by Mr. E. G. Meek.

One hundred and eighty-five Diptera required for the exhibition series; pur-
chased.

A Humble-bee’s nest (Bombus pratorwm), formed in the nest of a linnet, from
Adingley, Sussex, presented by Thomas Pattenden, Esq.

(From Europe.)

Ten moths (Geometridae) and fifteen Diptera from Iceland, chiefly interesting on
account of their locality ; presented by the Rev. F. A. Walker, D.D.

Two fine specimens of a rare moth (Plusia moneta, var.) from Breda; presented by
Dr. Heylaerts.

Two examples of a butterfly (Pyrgus carlinw) from the Savoyard Alps; presented
by Mrs. Nicholl.

Two hundred and fifty Hymenoptera from the Ionian Islands, and ninety-six types
from various parts of Europe ; collected and named by Dr. Schmiedeknecht.

(From Japan.)

Twenty Lepidoptera, seventeen Orthoptera, one Newropteron (Chrysopa sp.) and
one Hymenopteron from the Bonin Islands; collected by Mr. Holst.

(From North America.)

Four hundred and thirty-six named specimens of Coleoptera from the United
States ; presented by Dr. Horn.

Three hundred and fifty Hymenoptera, chiefly from the United States; presented
by Henry Edwards, Esq.

Six Hemiptera, two Hymenoptera (Ichneumonide), a Trichopteron, a Dipteron,
an example of a hawk-moth (Hemaris diffinis), and two Metamorphoses; from
Ontario; presented by Mrs. Oliver.

(From the West Indies.)

Eleven Lepidoptera, including a new moth (Mastigophorus mirabilis) five Diptera,
one Orthopteron, one Hymenopteron, and a mass of cocoons of Microgaster, collected
in the Botanic Gardens of Cinchona, Jamaica; presented by W. Fawcett, Esq.

Three Hemiptera (Cicada sp.), two Orthoptera, and a Lepidopterous larva from .
Jamaica; presented by W. B. Espent, Esq.

Twenty-six Orthoptera from Santa Lucia, also seven Orthoptera and one Lepidop-
Ca eee Dominica; presented by the Committee for Exploration of the Lesser

ntilles.

Thirty-seven Lepidoptera, four Dragon-flies, three Orthoptera, one Hemipteron,
and one Hymenopteron, principally interesting as having exact localities, from
various West Indian Islands ; presented by Commodore Markham.

One hundred and thirty-seven Lepidoptera, chiefly from Trinidad; presented by
Lord Walsingham, F.R.S.

Sixty-two Lepidoptera and twenty-four Coleoptera, chiefly interesting on account
of their locality, from Trinidad ; presented by H. Caracciolo, Esq.

Sixty Lepidoptera, amongst which is an example of Morpho hyacinthus, three
Hymenoptera (Huglossa cordata and Discolia guttata), a Newropteron (Hetwrina
occisa), a Hemupteron (Anisoscelis selecta) and an Orthopteron (Cyrtacanthracis sp.)
collected in the Botanic Gardens of Trinidad, and presented by J. H. Hart and
W. E. Broadway, Esqrs.

(From South America.)

Four hundred and seventeen Moths, all new to the collection, from Sad Paulo,
Brazil; collected by E. D. Jones, Esq.

Kleven Dragon-flies and three Blattide from Sad Paulo; presented by the Hon.
Walter Rothschild.

Two

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ive

Two hundred and sixty Heterocerous Lepidoptera (Pyralites), comprising one
_ =a real é . : 7 » a 3 . 5

hundred and twenty-five species, and the types of forty-four new species, from the
Amazons ; presented by Dr. J. W. H. Traill.

Twenty-tive named specimens of Hymenoptera, nine Orthoptera, and four Cicada
from Lower Patagonia; presented by Dr. Burmeister.

Thrée undetermined moths of the genera Hypercheiria and Mimallo, with their
cocoons, from Uruguay; presented by A. V. Mackinnon, Esq.

A specimen of an extraordinary type of a Longicorn beetle (IT ypocephalus
arnatus) from Bahia; purchased.

(From Africa.)

Ten Lepidoptera, new to the collection, amongst them a specimen of a beautiful
Orgyia (O. josephina), and an Orthopteron (Lugaster spinulosus) from Morocco ;
presented by J. J. Walker, Esq., R.N.

Three examples of a rare Papilio (P. philona) from Zanzibar ; presented by the
Hon. Walter Rothschild.

Eighty Lepidoptera from Taita, East Africa, including an example of a rare
butterfly (Godartia crossleyi); purchased.

One hundred and sixteen Lepidoptera from Lake Tanganyika, including an
apparantly undescribed species of the genus Teracolus, and many other species
aS, imperfectly represented in the Museum series; collected by A. Carson,

sq.

Thirty Hemiptera and six Orthoptera from Lake Tanganyika; presented by
A. Carson, Esq.

Five moths of the family Psychide, with larva-cases, twelve Hemiptera of the
genera Flata and Oxyrachis, and a Hymenopteron of the genus Xylocopa from
Natal; presented by R. T. Lewis, Esq.

Twenty-four butterflies from the Gaboon, chiefly species of Lycwnide, including
types of six species shortly to be described by the donor; presented by Dr. W. J.
Holland.

An example of a moth (Meturctia rwbra) from Bechuanaland; presented by
Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart.

Thirty-seven NVewroptera (Odonata and Myrmeleonide) from Mombasa and the
Cameroons ; purchased.

Twenty Hemiptera from Lagos and Yoruba country ; presented by His Excellency
Sir A. Moloney.

Seventy butterflies, including many species of Romaleosoma and Papilio,
required for perfecting the Museum series, from West Africa; presented by
P. Crowley, Esq.

Five butterflies, including a probably new species of Panopea, and the male of
Belenois ernestius, from the Gambia; presented by G. T. Carter, Esq.

The larva of a rare Hawk-moth (Lophostethus dumolinii) from Bathurst ; pre-
paved and presented by Lord Walsingham.

(From Northern Asia.)

Two hundred and seventy-six Lepidoptera, twenty-eight Orthoptera, fifteen
Neuroptera, four Hymenoptera, and two Diptera from Kashgar, chiefly interesting
on account of their locality ; collected by the Rev. S. Lansdell.

Fifty rare Lepidoptera of the Genera Hrebia, Colias, Parnassius, Zygena, &e.,
all new to the collection, from Samarkand ; purchased.

(From Southern Asia.)

Three species of a tea-bug (Helopeltis romundet) from Java, and three twigs
infested by a scale insect (Pseudopulvinaria sikkimensis); presented by E. '.
Atkinson, Esq. ;

Twenty-six insects of various Orders from Borneo; collected by C. Hose, Esq.

Three specimens of a new butterfly (Chilades pontis) from Sikkim ; presented by
Capt. H. J. Elwes.

Thirteen Hemiptera, four Hymenoptera, and one moth (Lortria sp.) from India ;
presented by Major Cotton. pou

Fifteen Hemiptera (Fig insects, &c.), eleven ants, one Dipteron, six Term ites and
their nest, and cocoons of the Lepidopterous genera Oiketicus and Bizone, from
Singapore ; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq.

Three butterflies (vias pyrenassa), two cocoon-masses of a moth (Canodomus
hockingii), seven dragon-flies, a Myrmeleon, eight Diptera, and a Hymenopteron
(Ecophylla smaragdina) from the Nilghiri Hills; presented by G. F. Hampson,
Esq. §

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68 ACCOUNTS, &c., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sixteen butterflies, chiefly Papiliones from Tenasserim ; presented by Charles E.
Pitman, Esq.

A series of five hundred and six named specimens of butterflies, five Vewroptera,
a Hemipteron, and two wasps’ nests from Burma; presented by Captain Charles
Bingham. ;

Four butterflies (Ornithoptera ritseme, Euplaa sophia and both sexes of Castalius
vosimon) from W. Java, and a specimen of a rare moth (Milionia glauca) from
Ceram, presented by Herr Snellen. : ;

A beetle (Julodis finchii), one of the largest known species of the family Bu-
prestide, from Karachi; presented by B. T. Ffinch, Esq.

(From Australia and the Pacific Islands.)

Eight butterflies, including the type specimens of Argyronympha ugiensis and
A pulchra and Melanitis ponapensis from the Solomon Islands ; purchased.

Three specimens of a rare and beautiful moth (Aleidis latona), from the Solomon
Islands ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild.

Forty-one Coleoptera, including the types of two new species of Rhyncophora
(Rhinoscapha thomsoni and Apirocalus thomsoni), thirty-three Lepidoptera, in-
cluding the types of seven new species, twelve Orthoptera and eight Hemiptera from
the Louisiade Archipelago ; collected and presented by Basil Thomson, Esq.

Two fine specimens of a rare and beautiful Swift moth (Zelotypia staceyi) from
Newcastle, New South Wales ; presented by Sir George Macleay, K.c.M.G.

Thirty-three moths of the family Crambide from Melbourne ; presented by Lord
Walsingham.

Vermes.—The number of additions to this class were one hundred and seventy.
The following may be recorded :— :

Seventeen marine worms from the West of Scotland; presented by J. Murray,
Esq., LL.D.

two specimens of the Balanoglossus of Herm, and six other worms from the
Channel Islands ; presented by F. J. Bell, Esq.

Eleven worms from Ramesvaram ; presented by E. Thurston, Esq.

Sixteen Gephyreans from Batavia; purchased.

Seven Lntozoa from North America; presented by Lord Walsingham.

Three specimens of the Peripatus of Dominica; presented by the Committee for
Exploration of the Lesser Antilles.

Echinoderms.—Of this class eight hundred and fourteen specimens have been ac- —
quired, five hundred and fifty-five of which are from the British coasts ; the follow-
ing may be specially mentioned :—

One hundred and five Hchinoderms from Montrose, including a good series of
Echinocyamus pusillus, Solaster papposus, and an example of Strongylocentrotus
drobachiensis; presented by W. Duncan, Esq.

Fifty-three specimens from Shetland; presented by E. M. Nelson, Esq.

Twenty-four specimens from Cromarty and Moray Firths; presented by Dr.
Sutherland.

Eighteen examples from Aberdeen ; presented by G. Sim, Esq.

Seventeen Hchinoderms from Poole; presented F. J. B. Beckford, Esq.

Fourteen specimens from Loch Craignish; presented by the Hon. A. E. Gathorne
Hardy, M.P.

Nine specimens from Guernsey, including Ophiothria pentaphyllum ; presented
by F. J. Bell, Esq.

Seven specimens from Aberdeen; presented by G. Esson, Esq.

Sixty-two specimens obtained off Liverpool; collected by Professor Herdman.

Eighteen specimens obtained off Tenby ; purchased.

Forty-six, chiefly rare, forms from the North Sea, including Ophiactis abyssicola,
Elpidia glacialis, Kolga hyalina, and Aukyroderma jeffreysvi ; purchased of the
Bergen Museum.

Twenty-seven Hehinoderms from Nice, including specimen of Centrostephanus
longispinus, Holothuria sanctori, Asteropsis caprwensis and Echinocidaris
wequituberculata ; purchased.

Thirty-six specimens from Batavia. including Palwostoma mivrabile, Synapta
lactea, Chirodota liberata, and Holothuria oxurropa; purchased.

Forty-seven specimens from Mauritius, including Valvaster striatus, Pseudobo-
letia indiana, Diadema saxatile, and various species of Oreaster ; purchased.

Sponges.—One hundred and ninty-seven specimens have been added; the follow-
ing may be noticed :—

A series of seventy-nine specimens from Ramesvaram ; received from the Madras
Museum.

Anthozow.—Five hundred and seventy-seven additions have been made during
1889, of which the following are most worthy of record :—
Five Anthozoa from the Channel Islands; presented by F. J. Bell, Esq.
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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 69

Four Pennatulids, including Kophobelemnon moebeii and Veringia fruticosa from
the North Sea; purchased of the Bergen Museum.

Six Aleyonaria from Mergui, including Gorgonia oppositipinna, Spongodes
boletiformis and Sarcophyton madreporoides; presented by Dr. »vhn Ander-
son, F.R.S.

A fine specimen of Plewrocorallium johnsoni from Madeira; presented by J. Y.
Johnson, Esq.

Eight Anthozoa, including the beautiful Arachnopuathes ericoides, from Mauritius ;
purchased.

Hydvrozoa.—One hundred and thirty-two additions were made to this class, of
which the following should be mentioned :—

A small well-preserved series of forty British Hydroidw from the English
Channel ; presented by F. Beckford, Esq.

Protozoa.—No additions of importance have been made during the year, with the
exception of twenty-three models which were purchased.

VIIIL.—Visitors and Students.

The number of visits from persons who have consulted portions of the collection,
or who have requited attendance or assistance, was eight thousand three hundred
and sixty, as compared with :—

8,797 in the year - - - - - - - 1888
8,955 * - - - - - - - 1887
8,372 * - - - - : - - 1886
8,313 3 - - - - - - - 1885
6,818 . - - . - - - - 1884
5,229 é Saree Ha! - 1883
9,628 % - - - - - - - 1882
7,407 z el ee hal alt, ore eT
4,960 ss - . - - - - - 1880

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
l—Arrangement.
A.—VERTEBRATA

Fossil Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2).—Pier-case 9. This case has been refitted
and rearranged, and a fine reproduction of a nearly complete specimen of Phena-
codus primevus, from the Lower Eocene, Northern Wyoming, United States of North
America, has been exhibited therein.

A cast of the cranium and mandible of Brontops robustus (Marsh), from the
Miocene of Dakotah, North America, with upper and lower molars of Menodus
Proutii, from the same horizon, are exhibited upon a table in the centre of the
Gallery, in front of the skeleton of the Mastodon.

A large series of Pliocene Mammalia (Hipparion, Rhinoceros, Giraffa, Paleoryz,
Mastodon, Helladotherium, &c.), from the Older Pliocene of Maragha, Persia; also
a selection of the Mammalia from the “ Forsyth Major Collection,” from the Older
Pliocene of the Island of Samos (including Orycteropus, Paleomanis, Samotherium,
Criotherium, Palworeas, Gazella, Paleoryx, Hipparion, Mastodon, Hyana, &e., &e.),
have been added to the series of exhibited specimens in this Gallery. Printed labels
have been placed with all the newly incorporated specimens. ;

Several additions have been made to the specimens in the Cave series, Pier-case 2,
and Table-case, No. 1.

The collections of Marsupialia and Edentata, contained in drawers beneath the
Table-cases in the Pavilion, have all been arranged and labelled in accordance with
the published Catalogue of these orders.

Fossil Reptilia (Galleries 4 and 5). The large series of specimens in drawers,
beneath the Table-cases in these Galleries, have all been assorted and arranged for
labelling, or for exhibition, as space may permit, pending the completion of the
published Catalogue.

Fossil Fishes (Gallery 6).—All the specimens of Elasmobranchii and the Ganoidei,
&e., contained in Wall-cases, Nos. 1-4, have been removed, the cases entirely refitted,
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and the specimens mounted, labelled, and re-arranged,in accordance with the published
Catalogue of the Collection.

The Crossopterygian Ganoids (Wall-cases, Nos. 5-7) have been under arrangement,
and the nomenclature of the whole series revised preparatory to fitting-up and
mounting for final exhibition. ;

All the specimens, referred to in Part I. of the Catalogue of Fossil Fishes, have
been specially marked.

The catalogued and non-catalogued specimens, in drawers beneath Tables-cases,
Nos. 25-32, have all been separated and labelled.

The number of Vertebrata registered during the year was 1,837.

Reserve Series and Duplicates—A large number of Mammalian and Reptilian
remains, too large to be placed in drawers, and not sufficiently important or
interesting to be exhibited in the wall-cases, have been arranged in the new series of
glazed store-cases in the North-east Basement.

Here are also placed a number of large remains, which are duplicates, awaiting
disposal.

B.—INVERTEBRATA.

Mollusca ; Cephalopoda (Gallery, No.7).—Wall-case 3. Two specimens of Crioceras
Bowerbanki and one of C. Renauwxianus have been mounted on biocks, labelled, and
added to this case.

Wall-case 5. Sixteen Cretaceous Ammonites have been mounted on stands, and 11
Gault Ammonites in frames have been arranged on a slope with appropriate labels.

Wall-case 6. Six large Ammonites from Portland stone have been mounted upon
blocks and added to this case.

Wall-case 7. Thirty Nautiloidea (Actinoceras Cyrtoceras, &c.) have been mounted
on blocks; and 88 Endoceratide and 131 Actinoceratide have been tableted and
arranged on the slopes of this case.

Wall-case 8. Three specimens of Orthoceras chinense have been mounted, labelled,
and added to this case.

Two glazed frames, one on the right side containing a fine polished slab of
Orthoceras-limestone from the Upper Silurian of Bohemia; that on the left-side
containing two polished sections of Orthoceras chinense, an Hndoceras from Sweden,
and an Actinoceras from Derbyshire, have been fixed to the north wall of this Gallery.

Wall-case 9. Fifty-seven Ammonites from the Middle Oolite have been mounted
upon blocks, and 82 upon tablets, with printed labels affixed to each.

Wall-case 10. Forty specimens of Ammonites from the Lower Oolite have been
mounted on blocks and placed in this case.

Wall-case 11. Thirty-seven Ammonites from the Upper and Middle Lias have
been mounted on blocks, and 81 upon tablets, and all suitably labelled.

Wall-case 12. Forty large Ammonites from the Lower Lias and Trias have been
mounted upon blocks, and 111 upon tablets with labels, for this case.

Wall-case 13. One hundred and thirty-nine Jurassic Nautili have been mounted
on tablets and arranged upon the slope of this case; also 144 “ Rhyncholites ” (beaks
of Nautili).

Table-case, No. 60. One hundred and sixty specimens of Baculites have been
mounted upon tablets for this case. The unmounted specimens are arranged in
drawers beneath the table-case.

A very fine slab of Ammonites planorbis, from the Lias of Frome, Somerset, has
been mounted on a slope between Wall-cases 11 and 12.

A slab and a polished section of ‘“ Marston Stone,” full of small Ammonites, has
been framed and placed between Wall-cases 12 and 13.

The number of Cephalopoda registered during the year was 831.

Mollusca ; Gasteropoda and Lamellibranchiata (Gallery 8).

The Table-cases on the East-side of this Gallery, devoted to the exhibited series of
British Mollusca, are now nearly completed. The Tertiary, Cretaceous and Car-
boniferous series have been all identified, and as many as can be exhibited in the
Table-cases, mounted and labelled.

Of these the British Post-pliocene, Eocene, Upper Greensand, Gault, and Carboni-
ferous, form the larger proportion. Upwards of 1,300 specimens have been tableted
and arranged in the Table-cases, whilst a far larger number have been named
and placed in the drawers beneath.

Wall-cases, 54., 5B. New fittings have been introduced into these cases; 508
Foreign Cretaceous Mollusca have been mounted upon tablets and named, and placed
upon the slopes, whilst 60 large specimens of Rudistes, Inocerami, &c., have been
mounted on stands and arranged upon the shelves at the back of the case.

Detailed work has been commenced upon the the Foreign Tertiary Mollusca, and
four hundred and seventy-two Gasteropoda from the Paris Basin have been mounted
on tablets and named. These are temporarily placed in a small table-case in the
centre of this Gallery, pending the refitting of Wall-cases 1-4. (Registration, 3,264

specimens. )

ACCOUNTS, &G:, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 71

specimens.) Brachiopoda (Table-cases 85, 86)—2,473 Brachiopoda have been named
mounted upon tablets, labelled, and arranged in these cases during the past rear
(290 registered). % Sa8
Crustacea (Wall-cases 144., 148). New and improved fittings have been intro-
duced into these cases, and 575 Trilobita, Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, &e. have been
mounted upon tablets, named, labelled, and arranged upon the slopes whilst larger
objects in frames have been fitted up at the back of the cases. 5
One hundred and fifty-five other specimens of Crustacea have been mounted ready
for incorporation. ae
A slab covered with Ostrea leviuscula from the Kimmeridee clay has been
mounted in a frame, and glazed, and fixed upon the wall between Wall-cases, Nos
6 and 7. ae
A slab of Portland Oolite, with numerous specimens of Perna Bouchardi and
Pecten lamellosus, has been framed and glazed and fixed upon the wall between
Wall-cases, Nos. 5 and 6.

Lichinozoa.—The Foreign Echinoids occupy Wall-cases, 15, 16, and part of 17.
Hight hundred and fourteen tablets (bearing 2,186 specimens) have been prepared, the
specimens mounted, and labels written or printed for each tablet.

The collection not exhibited, is arranged in 48 drawers, 1,805 specimens have been
ered and placed in trays in cabinets under table-cases. Registered specimens,

Crinoidea.—Five hundred and sixty specimens (chiefly foreign) have been mounted
on 360 tablets and labelled and arranged upon the slopes in Wall-cases 17 and 18.
About 39 larger slabs of Crinoids have been mounted upon blocks or in frames, and
arranged at the back of these cases. 5,168 specimens have been determined and regis-
tered during the year.

Plante (Gallery 10). The fine series of Wealden Plants forming the “ Rufford
Collection,” acquired during the past year, comprising many beautiful examples of
the leaves and flowering organs of the Cycadew, the cones and foliage of Conifere ;
and fronds of Pilicinw, from the Wealden beds of Sussex, have been registered, and
a selected series exhibited in Table-cases 20 and 21.

One hundred and twenty British Jurassic plants have been mounted upon tablets,
and placed in Table-cases 25 and 26.

Twenty-six large Wealden and Jurassic Cycadew have been mounted upon pedestal-
blocks, and arranged in Wall-case 13.

A fine trunk of a Coniferous tree from the Purbeck beds, Isle of Portland (part of
the ‘“ Baber Collection”), has been mounted on a pedestal in the centre of this
Gallery, with a polished section, cut from it, placed near it.

The other large Portland tree (formerly upon a temporary stand) has been pro-
vided also with a permanent pedestal.

880 specimens of plants have been registered during the year.

Type Collections—(Gallery No. 11.) Considerable progress has been made in the
task of mounting these collection on tablets, and naming and labelling the specimens
in a permanent manner. The following are the numbers of specimens mounted

belonging to each collection, viz. :—

Of the Sowerby Collection - - - - - - 3,002 specimens.
» Sloane CutsO. = - - - - - - 93 3
» ‘Konig, &c. ditto = - - - - - - 78 iy
> Brander- ditto - - - - - - - 126 i
» Gilbertson ditto - - - - - - - 305 a
3,604

>

DEPARTMENT Liprary.—(Gallery No. 9.)

The work of cataloguing and stamping the various additions to the Library has
continued to be carried on as usual, during the year :—

1,120 old slip-titles have been revised, and
2,571 new slip-titles written.
The number of volumes catalogued has been 2,765.
The number of volumes bound has been 154.
The additions to the Library during the past year have been as follows :—
By Donation :—
Completed Works - - - - ea
Parts and Pamphlets, &e. - ~ : - 198

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a2 AccouNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

By Purchase :—

Completed Works - - - - -. 46
Parts and Pamphlets, &e. - = = = el
—— 257
Maps purchased - - - - - - - 47
Teta ete 513

Preparation of Catalogues.

Part I. of a “Catalogue of Fossil Fishes,” by Mr. Arthur Smith Woodward,
comprising the Hlasmobranchiz ; illustrated by 17 plates and 13 woodcuts, with 538
pages of text, appeared in March last.

Part II. embracing the “ Ichthyodorulites,” and the Ganoidei is now in MS. ready
for the printer.

Part II. of a “ Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia,” including the orders
Ichthyopterygia and Sawropterygia, by Mr. R. Lydekker, appeared in May last, with
331 pages 8vo., and 85 woodcut illustrations.

Part III. of the same work containing the order Chelonia, with 258 pages and 53
woodcut illustrations, appeared in November last.

Part IV. containing the Anomodontia and the Amphibia is in the hands of the

rinter.
: Part II. of Mr. A. H. Foord’s Catalogue of the Cephalopoda is also in the press.
A systematic list of the Eocene Mollusca in the “ Edwards’ Collection,” &c., is also

in the press.

Work of the Mason-Formatore and Assistant Mason, kc.

Forty-five “ piece-moulds” of fossils have been prepared.

Ninety casts, chiefly of Reptilia, have been prepared and coloured, and added to the
collection ; being reproductions of specimens in the Woodwardian Museum, Cam-
bridge; the Geological Society’s Museum; the Museum of Practical Geology ; the
Calcutta Museum ; the private collections of MM. Hulke, Leeds, Piper, Rufford, &e. ;
representing type-specimens not in the British Museum.

A series of coloured casts have also been prepared of various fossils for the Index
Museum.

The casts of Phenacodus and Hyracotherium have been prepared, coloured, and
imbedded in frames for exhibition. A series of casts have been prepared and coloured
and sent in exchanges to Professor Sordelli, Milan, Professor K. A. von Zittel,
Munich; and one to Dr. Meyer, Dresden. Casts of the bones of the foot of
Megatherium, received from the Milan Museum, have been coloured and articulated
and fixed upon a stand.

The skeleton of Dinornis didiformis, obtained from the late Sir Julius von Haast,
has been cleaned and mounted for exhibition.

The skull of Cyamodus (Placodus) has been restored and re-produced.

Numerous remains of Jguanodon have been developed, and the bones mounted for
exhibition.

A large series of Mammalia from the ‘“ Forsyth Major” Collection, from the Island
of Samos, have been developed, repaired, and mounted on stands for exhibition.

Part of a large Carapace of Glyptodon has been cleaned and prepared for re-
construction. .

A series of Old Red Sandstone Fishes have been developed.

Specimens of Holoptychius and of Hybodus have been developed and imbedded
in frames for exhibition ; also a small [chthyosarus.

A large series of Reptilian remains from the Wealden of Sussex, and also from the
Trias of South Africa, have been undergoing development and reconstruction prior
to their being mounted for exhibition in the cases.

Numerous microscopic sections of fossil organisms have been prepared and mounted
ee ae for examination ; also many large sections of corals, Cephalopods and recent
shells.

A large number of fossils, both vertebrates and invertebrates, have been mended
and developed, and many large objects have been polished, prepared, and mounted
upon stands or in frames for exhibition.

Many crinoids have been cleaned, reduced, and repaired for the wall-cases; also
numerous plant-remains, including the fixing of the large silicified tree-trunk from the
Purbeck Beds, Isle of Portland.

Printing Labels :

This branch of work has largely increased both in usefulness and importance.
A large

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A large number of elaborate descriptive labels have been set up and printed

- both for the Mammalia, the Fishes, and the Crinoidea. No fewer than 2,048 labels
have been set up in type and 18,803 copies printed off. In addition to these a large
number of leading orders and class-labe!s have been prepared with stencil-plates and
all the larger labels are mounted upon wood, the edges of which are also finished and
painted. 3

Acquisitions. 1. By Donation —A. VERTEBRATA.

1.) Mammalia.—Frontal and antler of Alces machlis, from Cleveland, York-
shire; presented by the Trustees of the Christy Collection, through A. W. Franks
Esq., .B., &e. i

A Molar of Elephas mevridionalis (figd. and desed. in Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., Nov.
1888) ; presented by J. C. Mansel-Pleydel, Esq., F.G.S., F.Z.S.

A Human Calvarium from the Filter-bed-works, Hampton; presented by C.
Berjeau, Esq.

Eight specimens of Teeth of Hqwus and Sus from Sarawak, Borneo; presented by
A. H. Everett, Esq.

Five Metacarpals, and two Metatarsals of Sheep from Rushmore, Wilts; presented
by Lieut. General Aug. H. Lane-Fox, Pitt-Rivers, F.R.s.

Four bones of Horse and Red Deer, from Pleistocene deposits, Longham, near
Wimborne ; presented by E. Woods, Esq., M.1.¢.5.

Two skulls of Hyraz sp. from South Africa; presented by Dr. Hugh Exton, F.G.s.

Seven remains of Hliephas from a fissure on Portland; presented by George
Clifton, Esq.

Remains of Hlephas primigenius, Cetacea, &e., from Ashley River Phosphate Beds,
South Carolina; presented by R. Etheridge, Esq., F.R.s.

Cast of the cranium and lower jaw of Brontops robustus, Marsh, from the Eocene,
Wyoming Territory, U.S.A.; presented by Prof. O. C. Marsh, Ph.D., LL.D., F.G.S.

(2.) Reptilia.—Two blocks of Conglomerate and Bone-bed, with remains of Reptiles
and Fishes, from the Rhetic formation of Aust Cliff, near Bristol; presented by
Spencer G. Perceval, Esq.

Remains of the head and vertebre of a species of Stencosaurus from the Oxford
clay of Peterborough ; presented by Alfred Leeds, Esq.

Plaster cast of skeleton of Lariosaurus Balsami, from the Muschelkalk of Per-
ledo, Lake Como, Italy; presented by Dr. Karl von Zittel.

Portion of a tooth of a Sauropodous Dinosaur from the Gt. Oolite, Cirencester ;
presented by W. C. Lucy, Esq., F.G.s.

A tarsus of Megalosaurus from the Wadhurst clay, Ore, near Hastings; pre-
sented by H. Burton, Esq.

A vertebra and distal portion of femur of Iguanodon from the Wealden ; pre-
sented by Charles Lane, Esq., F.G.S.

A. skull of Rhinochelys and portion of limb-bone of Ornithocheirus, from the
Cambridge Greensand ; presented by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S.

Hight Dinosaurian phalangeal bones, Wealden Isle of Wight, and two Pleiosaurian
limb-bones ; presented by the Council of the Dorset County Museum, Dorchester.

A series of Reptilian remains from the Oolite of Portland; presented by George
Clifton, Esq.

Portion of skeleton of Ichthyosaurus intermedius, Lr. Lias, Barrow-on-Soar ; pre-
sented by Montague Browne, Esq., F.Z.s.

A fore-limb of Ophthalmosaurus icenicus, a humerus of Cimoliosaurus, and a
portion of the head of Metriorhynchus, &e., from the Oxford Clay, near Peter-
borough ; presented by A. N. Leeds, Esq.

(3.) Pisces.—Six fossil Selachian teeth from the Heersian Beds of Belgium, and one
from the Barton clay, Hampshire ; presented by G. F. Harris, Esq., F.G.s.

Tooth of Hemipristis, and fifteen teeth of Lamna, from the Phosphate Beds of
South Carolina; presented by John B. Martin, Esq.

A dermal tubercle of Petrodwus, from the Yoredale Rocks of Todmorden, Lanea-
shire ; presented by Mr. S. Barker.

A Pteraspidian Shield from the Cornstones of Herefordshire ; presented by J. F.
Symonds, Esq.

A fin of an undetermined fish from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis; presented by
Horace B. Woodward, Esq., F.G.s.

Two Priscacara divosa and one P. Pealei from the Eocene Shales, Twin Creek,
Wyoming, U.S.A.; presented by T. A. Rickard, Esq., A.R.S.M.

A specimen of Clupea Vectensis, from the Oligocene of the Isle of Wight
(described in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., February 1889); presented by G. W. Cole-
nutt, Esq.

Impressions of Fish-scales, &c., from the Ashdown Sands, Eeclesbourne, near
Hasting ; presented by Charles Dawson, Esq., F.G.s.

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74 ACCOUNTS, &¢., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Three specimens of Pholidophorus nitidus, from the Rheetic of Wigston, Leicester-
shire; presented by Edward Wilson, Esq., F.G.S.

Forty-eight Fish-teeth, and a portion of a spine from the Upper Cretaceous of
Ciply, Belgium. Also fifty-nine Fish-teeth from the Bruxellian Beds of Woluwe
St. Lambert, near Brussels ; presented by M. A. Houzeau de Lehaie.

A group of Hemicyclaspis Murchison, from the Old Red Passage-Beds, Ledbury
Station ; presented by George H. Piper, Esq., F.G.s.

Two teeth of Solenodus crenatus, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Mjatsch-
kowa, Moscow; presented by Dr. H. Trautschold.

A series of Eocene Fishes from Madagascar ; presented by Rey. R. Baron, F.G.s.

One specimen of Clupea Lewisii, from the Upper Cretaceons of Lebanon, Syria ;
presented by Professor W. K. Parker, F.R.s.

A series of Old Red and other Fishes, &c., all from British localities ; presented
by F. Harford, Esq.

One head of Leptolepis, sp., Lower Lias, Wilmecote, Warwickshire ; presented by
Rev. H. E. Lowe, M.A.

Three casts of Placodus gigas, Muschelhalk, Bayreuth (figured by H. v. Meyer,
Paleontographica xi) ; presented by Dr. K. A. von Zittel.

Twelve Selachian teeth, from the Upper Cretaceous of Saltholm, 8. Sweden ;
presented by Professor Dr. B. Lundgren.

Fish remains from the Upper Silurian of Oesel, Baltic; presented by Professor
Dr. F, Schmidt.

Three casts of Spines of Onchus from Silesia, and a bone of Gadus from Pleisto-
cene, Succase, Germany ; presented by Dr. Ferdinand Roemer,

A series of Oolitic fish-remains from Portland, and one Lias fish; presented by
George Clifton, Esq.

A mandibular ramus of Pyenodont, two teeth of Lepidotus, and one tooth of
Sericlodon jugleri, from the Jurassic, Hils, Eschershausen ; presented by F. Thomae,
Esq.

B.—INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusca.—A series of 33 shells from the Manure Gravels, Wexford, Ireland,
obtained by means of a Grant from the British Association; presented through.
Robert Etheridge, Esq., F.R.S.

Upwards of 1,400 fragmentary shells, from the Glacial deposits of Garston,
Worden Hall, &e.; presented by R. D. Darbishire, Esq., B.A., F.S.A., F.G.S.

Two slabs of Devonian Limestone with remains of Orthoceras, from Ichang, China ;
presented by J. Walters, Esq.

One specimen of Bellerophon Hookeri, from the Wenlock Shales of Church
Stretton; presented by Reginald Hooker, Esq.

A Silurian Orthoceras, from Wynne quarry, Denbigh; presented by Frank
Rooper, Esq.

Two slabs of Portland stone, containing shells of Perna, Pecten, Ostrea, &c., from
the Portland Oolite; presented by Messrs. Mowlem & Burt.

Nine Nautili and four Ammonites, from the Cretaceous formations, Trichinopoly,
India; presented by Dr. William King, B.A., F.G.S., Director of the Geological Survey
of India.

Thirteen Mollusca, from the Upper Chalk, Faxoe, Denmark; presented by Miss
C. Birley.

One iumeeed and seventy-two Gasteropoda, and one hundred and fifty Lamelli-
branchiata from the Eocene Beds of the Paris Basin, presented by Monsr. E. de
Boury.

One specimen of Orthoceras ludensis, Upper Ludlow beds, Ludlow ; presented by
Charles Lane, Esq., F.G.s. z

Sixty Mollusca from the Tertiary and Paleozoic rocks of Australia and Tasmania,
presented by G. Purdon Clarke, Esq., ©.1.5.

A series of three hundred and fifty minute fossil shells from the Eocene of Barton,
Hants; presented by R. Etheridge, Esq., F.R.s.

A series of mollusea, &c., from the Eocene and Jurassie of Madagascar (some of
these are figured and described in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1889, vol. xlv); pre-
sented by Rev. R. Baron, F.L.S., F.G.S.

A specimen of Nerinwa Goodhalli, from the Coralline Oolite Oswaldkirk, York-
shire ; presented by H. R. Hall, Esq.

A series of Eocene, Cretaceous and Oolitic shells, from Portland, &e.; presented by
George Clifton, Esq.

Fifty Mesozoic shells, &c., from the Riviera; presented by Dr. F. E. Hoggan.

Three specimens of Terebratula sella from the Upper Neocomian Beds of the Isle
of Wight ; presented by Horace Newton, Esq.

One hundred and ten Pliocene Mollusca from Florida; presented by Joseph
Wilcox, Esq.

Fifty

ACCOUNTS, &¢C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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Fifty-two Post-Pliocene shells from Barnwell. Presented by Rey. E. S. Dewick
M.A., F.G.S. F :
One large specimen of Orthoceras Chinense. fr j Shi

ge § Oirth 8 Chinense, from the Devonian, Ichang, China
Presented by B. M. Yankowsky, Esq. rid ;

(b.) Polyzoa.—Five slides of mounted Carboniferous Polyzoa. fy North:
Pee wed by GR. Vine Rex olyzoa, trom Northampton.

va 49 Vag e n eaq - G 7
(c.) Insecta and Crustacea.—Impression and Counterpart of wing of Brodia
proscotincta, Seudder, Gryllacris lithanthraca. (Figd. in Geol. Mag., 1881, p- 293.)
» . a] \ a - . I Z a he a
from the Coal Measures, Sedgley. Presented by Edward Wilson, Esq., F.G.s.

(d.) Annelida.—Nine specimens of Spirorbis carbonarius, &e., from the Carboni-
ferous Limestone, Warwickshire. Presented by Wm. Andrews, Esq. -

Twelve specimens of burrows of Scolithus and Avrenicolites, from the Cambrian
Rocks of Durness, &ce. Presented by his Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.G., K.T., &e.

(¢.) Echinodermata.—tThirty fragments of Pentacrinus stem, from the Great
Oolite, Muttenz pres de Bale. Presented by M. Edouard Greppin.

An Ananchytes in Calcite, from the Pleistocene River-Valley Gravel, Tisbury, near
Salisbury. Presented by George F. Harris, Esq., F.G.S.

Cast in Flint of Pentagonaster Coombi, from gravel at the Lawn, Vauxhall. Pre-
sented by M. H. Lapidge, Esq.

A slab of Crinoidal Limestone, and some fragmentary stems from the Carboniferous
Shale, Chathill, Northumberland. Presented by R. Howey Taylor, Esq.

One plate of Marswpites testudinarius in flint, from Enborne, Berks. Presented
by R. H. Valpy, Esq., F.¢.s.

Thirty pieces of Pentacrinus, Bourguetocrinus, and Rhizocrinus, from the
Oligocene of Hungary. Presented by Prof. Dr. Max von Hantken.

One Periechocrinus, from the Wenlock Limestone, Donnington. Presented by
R. Etheridge, Esq., F.R.s.

A specimen of Pseudodiadema, from the Marlstone Rock-bed, Stinchcombe,
Gloucestershire. Presented by Beeby Thompson, Esq., F.C.S., F.G.S.

Twenty-one stem fragments of Pentacrinus diaboli, from the Tertiary of Italy.
Presented by Dr. Max von Hantken.

One Schizaster and five Astropecten, from the London Clay, Sheppey. Presented
by W. H. Shrubsole, Esq., F.G.s.

Eleven Crinoidal stem-joints, from the Jura Sirchingen, Wurtemberg. Presented
by F. A. Bather, Esq., M.A., F.G.s.

(f.) Zoophyta.—A specimen of Heterastrea Etheridgei, Tomes, from the Lower
Lias, Lyme Regis. Presented by R. F. Tomes, Esq., F.G.S.

One Lithostrotion basaltiforme, Carboniferous Limestone. Presented by Charles
Lane, Esq., F.G.s.

Twenty specimens of Tertiary and Paleozoic Corals, from Australia and Tasmania.
Presented by C. Purdon Clarke, Esq., ¢.1.E.

Ten Corals, from the Devonian of the Eifel, Rhenish Prussia, Germany. Presented
by W. A. E. Ussher, Esq., F.G.s.

Twenty-seven specimens from the Coral Limestone, Barbadoes, West Indies.
Presented by Colonel H. W. Feilden, R.A., F.G.S.

(g.) Protozoa.—Twenty-seven specimens and ten microscopic slides, illustrating
the structure of Millarella, Parkeria, Stoliczkiella, Loftusia, and Orbitolites, from
the Greensand of Cambridge, Eocene of India, &c. (Figd. in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
vols. iand ii, 1888). Presented by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.s.

Thirty-five specimens of Polyzoa and Sponges in flint, from the Upper Chalk, near
Chatham, Kent. Presented by Mr. W. Gamble.

Seventy-four specimens of Vummulites from the Miocene of Mentone. Presented
by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq., M.A., F.G.S. :

A series of mounted slides of Nwmmulites and Orbitoides, from the Eocene of
India, also of Foraminifera, from France and America. Some of these are described in
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1888. Presented by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.s.

A specimen of Montlivaltia, from the Inf. Oolite, Cleeve Hill. Presented by R.
Etheridge, Esq., F.R.S.

Three slides of Foraminifera, &c., from the London Clay, Sheppy. Presented by
Professor J. W. Judd, F.R.S., V.P.G.S. :

C.— PLANTS.

Mineralized cast of plant stem from the Coal Measures from Lowood’s Ganister
Mine, under Wharncliffe Craggs. Presented by the Right Honourable the Earl of
Wharnclifte. ree

A Stigmaria root from Coalbrookdale. Presented by W. 8. Gresley, Esq., F.G.s.

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76 ACCOUNTS, &G., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

One Cycadaceous plant from the Wealden, Ecclesbourne, near Hastings. Presented
by P. Rufford, Esq. ;

Seventeen plant remains, from the Lower Permian Gourd du Diable, France. Pre-
sented by Professor R. Zeiller.

One leaf of Oleandridiwm Beyrichi, from the Ashdown Sands, Kast Cliff, Hastings.
Presented by John E. H. Peyton, Esq., F.G.s.

A block of Freshwater Limestone from the Paris Basin, full of minute organisms.
Presented by Professor J. Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S.

Seventeen plants from the Tertiary and Paleozoic Rocks of Australia and Tas-
mania. Presented by C. Purdon Clarke, Esq., €.1.5.

A specimen of Thuytes from the Wealden, Ecclesbourne. Presented by C. Dawson,
Esq., F.G.S.

Three Coal Measure Plants. Presented by George Clifton, Esq.

A specimen of coniferous wood from the Neocomian of Luccombe Chine, Isle of
Wight. Presented by Count Solms.

2.—By Purchase—A. VERTEBRATA.

(1.) Mammalia.—Remains of Palwotherium and Pseudosciurus, from the Miocene
of Wurtemberg, and other Mammalian remains from France and Germany.

A large skull of Rhytina, and jaw of same from Behring’s Island; also a set of
casts of limb-bones and vertebrze of same.

A mandible of Elephas primigenius, from the Pleistocene, Siberia (part of the
Cattley Collection).

A jaw of Hyena spelea, from the Pleistocene of Barrington, Cambridge.

Thirty-eight bones and teeth of Hlephas primigenius, Ursus speleus, Cervus
giganteus, Hyena, Canis, &e., chiefly from Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire.

Seventy-nine teeth and small bones of Hquus cuballus, Hyena, Canis vulpes, and
Ursus, from the Bench Cavern, Brixham.

Four molars of Menodus Proutii, tour teeth of Elotherium Mortoni, and a nearly
perfect skull of Oreodon Culbertsoni, from the Bad Lands of Wyoming Territory,
United States North America.

Complete cast of the Skeleton of Phenacodus primevus, Cope, from the Wasatch
Eocene of Wyoming Territory, United States of America.

A collection of Pliocene Mammalia from the Island of Samos, comprising remains
of Palwomanis, Orycteropus, Mastodon, Ictitherium, Hyana eximia, Rhinoceros
pachygnathus ; Hipparion, Ancylotherium ; Samotherium, Criotherium, and
numerous other species of Antelopes and Gazelles. Collected and described by
Dr. C. F. Major in “ Comptes Rendus,” Vol. evii, pp. 1178-1181 (1888).

(2.) Aves.—The distal half of humerus, and two other bird bones, from the Bench
Cavern, Brixham, Torquay.

(3.) Reptilia. large series of Dinosaurian limb-bones, vertebrae, &c., principally
referable to [guanodon, but some to Megalosaurus, from the Wealden of Hastings,
Sussex.

A Carapace of Trionyx Barbare ; Middle Eocene, Hordwell, Hants.

A small Ichthyosaurus and five Pterodactyle bones, from the Lias of Lyme Regis,
Dorset.

Three [guanodon bones from the Wealden, and one Pterodactyle bone; also two
large sections of bones of Ichthyosaurus, trom the Lower Lias.

A Branchiosaurus salamand roides trom the Permian of Tremosna, near Pilsen.

A Carapace of Plewrosternum latiscutatum, from the Purbeck, Swanage.

(4.) Pisces—One Holoptychius Sedgwickii from the Old Red Sandstone, Thurso,
Caithness.
oe One Histionotus angularis and one Lepidotus minor, fromthe Purbeck, Swanage,

orset.

A large #chmodus sp. nov., from the Lias, Lyme Regis, Dorset.

A very fine and complete example of the female of Rhinobuatis bugesiacus,
Thiolliere, from the lithographic stone of Eichstatt, Bavaria. Also a large example
of Hypsocorinus insignis, from the same formation and locality.

Twenty-three Fossil Fishes from various foreign formations and localities.

Forty-nine Fishes from the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland, the Devonian of
Canada, &c.

One Holoptychius from the Old Red Sandstone of Fifeshire, also spines and teeth
of Fish from Barton.

One Fish Palate from the Gault, Folkestone.

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

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B.—INVERTEBRATA.

(a.) Mollusea.Two hundred and sixty Cephalopoda, eighty-four Gasteropoda,
and one hundred and fifty-seven Lamellibranchiata, from various formations and
localities British and Foreign.

Five Gasteropoda from the Gault of Folkestone, and one Ostrea from the Green-
sand of Farringdon.

One hundred specimens of Mollusca from the Antwerp Crag, and eighty-five
Cephalopoda from the Silurian of Sweden.

Forty-nine Unios from the Wealden, Hastings.

One very large Jurassic Pholadomya.

Twelve Lamellibranchiata from the Neocomian and Gault of Atherfield and
Folkestone, and two Cephalopods from the Carboniferous, Scotland.

Two large Ammonites gigas, Portland stone, Isle of Portland, and thirty-three
Mollusca from the Lower Silurian of Bangor, We.

Sixty-four Cephalopoda, from the Silurian and Ordovician formations, of Britain,
Russia, and America.

One Orthoceras, Silurian, Wynne Quarry, Denbigh, and one from the Carboni-
ferous Limestone; thirteen Cephalopods from the Lias, Charmouth; and twenty-
two from the Muschelkalk, France.

One fine slab of Orthoceras marble, Upper Silurian, from Bohemia.

Three Oolitic Ammonites, and one Ammonite, from the Lias, Chard, and one
polished section of Nautilus.

Twenty specimens of Trigonia pectinata, one Ancyloceras from Folkestone, and
two large Ammonites from the Grey Chalk.

A collection of nine hundred and thirty-nine specimens of Ammonites from the
Muschelkalk, near Hallstatt. :

Eight Aptychi from the Kimmeridge Clay, Ely.

A group of Melania and eighty other Mollusca from the Miocene, Allier and Gers.

(b.) Polyzoa.—Five specimens of Terebratula bisinuata from the London clay,
Portsmouth ; and six specimens of 7’. sawrocephala, Lower Chalk, Fulborn, Cam-
bridge.

Twenty-two Brachiopods and one Polyzoan from various localities and formations.

Two Jerebrutule from the Chalk, Fulborn, near Cambridge, 1 Athyris, Wenlock
Limestone, Dudley ; 1 Lingula and 1 Polyzoan. é

Fifteen Terebratule from the Crag Aldborough and Woodbridge, and the Red
Chalk, Hunstanton ; also ten Polyzoa from the Chalk, Gravesend. co

Fifty Brachiopods from the Silurian and Ordivician formations of Britain, Russia,
and America.

(c.) Insecta and Crustacea.—A specimen of Pollicipes from the Gault of Folke-
stone, one Stawrocephalus Murchisoni, from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, &ce.
A specimen of Prestwichia vrotundata from the Coal Measures, Camerton.
Eighty-five Trilobites from the Tremadoc, of Shineton, Shropshire.
Twelve elytra of Beetles from the Wealden of Hastings,
Ten Crustacea from various formations and localities. |
Six Crustacea from the London Clay of Sheppey, the Chalk and Greensand of
urrey. ias of Lyme Regis, &ce.
F A Ee Talobites sl other Crustacea from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley.
Two slabs of Estheria from the Devonian, Orkney.

(d.) Annelida.

Randerstone.

(e.) Echinodermata.—One Aspidura scutellata, from the Muschelkalk, Gotha,
and one Actinocrinus stellaris, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Tournai, Belgium,
we. ;'

imen- i rdi ‘rag, Suffolk.
A specimen of Echinus Woodwardi, from the Coralline Crag, Su
a specimens of Echinus, Cidaris, &e. Chiefly from the Crag, Walton-on-

-Naze, Sutton, Butley, &e.
ei an Bae cielo rhenanus, from the Lower Devonian, Lahnstein a Rhein,

Se orinus liliformis, from the Muschelkalk, Brunswick, and a polished stem
and root of Apiocrinus, Bradford Clay, Bradford. ; lt
Forty-six portions of stems of Pentacrinus from the Gault and Greensand o
Folkestone and Wiltshire, also forty-nine Hehini, Clypeasters, &e., from the Pleisto-

f Palermo. ;
ane Cystideans from the Wenlock Limestone of Dudley, &e.
Fourteen specimens of Macrocystella from the Tremadoc, Shineton, Salop.
Two Codonaster trilobatus, from the Carboniferous Limestone, England. ,
Twelve Echinoderms from the Crag, and a series of Crinoids from the Wenlock

oc Dudley. Z éFy maapeiy tia»

Twenty-six Spirorbis helicteres from the Caleiferous Sandstone,

78 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

(f.) Zoophyta.—A large slab of Coral Limestone from the Silurian, Gotland, and
two specimens of Aspidiscus cristatus, from the Cenomanien, Algeria.

Five specimens of Thecosmilia annularis, from the Coralline Oolite, Weymouth.

Thirteen Corals from the Chalk, and Neocomian, of Gravesend and Atherfield, &c.

A specimen of Stenopora tumida, from the Calciferous Sandstone, Randerstein.

A series of corals from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, part of Mr. John Gray’s
collection; also twenty sections of Paleozoic Corals.

One thousand and ninety-six Silurian and Ordovician Corals from Britain, Russia,
and America.

(g.) Protozoa.—Three Plocoscyphia and two Siphonia, from the Chalk, Dover.
Kight specimens of Cliona, from the Cretaceous, Aldershot, &e.
Fifty-one sponges from the Greensand of Warminster, Wc.

(h.) Tracks.— Six specimens of Tracks, from the Cambrian of Sweden, and from
other localities.

C.—PLANTA.

‘A stem of Araucaryoxlyon from the Petrified Forest, Cairo.

A remarkably fine series of remains of Cycadaceous Plants, Ferns, &e., from the
Wealden of Hastings, Sussex, numbering upwards of five hundred and sixty speci-
mens (part of the Rufford Collection).

Four specimens of Cycadeoidea megalophylla, from thePortland Oolite, Portland,
also two stems of Cedroxylon from the Purbeck beds, Portland.

Eight Plants from the Coal-measures, New Pit, Camerton.

A specimen of Araucariorylon Withami, from the Calciferous Sandstone, Craig
leith.

The total number of specimens acquired during the past year have been as fol-
lows :—
A. VERTEBRATA :

By Donation - = = 5 = = 4 4.96
» Purehase - - = = = - = (133
» Exchange - - . : 2 + 25 67
1,696
B. INVERTEBRATA:
By Donation - = = = = = = 3792
se burckase = - = = - = = oy Ot
» Exchange - = - = = = ~ 109
7,688
C. PLANTA:
By Donation - - - - - - - 42
» Purchase - - - - 2 i é 766
» Exchange - - - - 3 2 .
—_——— 808
TOwst ors r-oxs 2092

Eachanges :—

1. An exchange has been effected with Prof. Dr. K. A. von Zittel on behalf of the
Munich University Museum, the British Museum having sent to Dr. Zittel 26 casts

of Mammalian and Reptilian fossils, and received in return 18 casts of figured fossils.
from the Munich Museum.

2. Mr. C. D. Walcott, on behalf of the United States Geological Survey, Washing-
on, having selected 57 duplicate fossils and casts from the British Museum, has sent:
73 American fossils, chiefly Trilobites, in exchange.

3. Professor Sordelli, on behalf of the Milan Museum, having sent to the Geological
Department casts of 17 separate bones of the foot of Megatheriwm, has received from
this Museum nine casts of figured Mammalian fossils in return.

4. The Council of the Bristol Museum have sent 24 specimens of remains of
Thecodontosaurus from the Trias of Clifton Down, Bristol; for which they have
received 200 duplicates from the Trustees of the British Museum

ye AD ie ANE IBY Meyer, Director of the Dresden Museum, having obtained from this

Department a cast of the figured skull of Hemibos triquetricornis, has sent in
exchange four casts of Mammalian brains.

6. The Palzeontological Museum, Strasburg, having requested a number of frag-
mentary teeth of Orodus, Hybodus, &e., to convert into microscopic sections have
sent in return 40 Selachian teeth from the Muschelkalk of Lorraine.

Duplicates

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 79

Duplicates Distributed :—
na a] ? ~ 7) = Yr . * r - = bad .
The Governors of Christ’s Hospital have received a series of 217 specimens for
teaching purposes.
The Rev. R. Baron has received 87 specimens of British fossils for the Museum of
the Church Missionary College in Madagascar.

Lectures and Demonstrations.

Swiney Lectures on Geology :—

A course of twelve lectures on “ Fossil Plants” (Ferns and Gymnosperms of the
Paleeozoic and Mesozoic Epochs, and dawn of the Angiospermous Flora) was delivered
by Professor W. R. McNab, m.p., F.L.S., in the Museum Lecture Room, between 24th
June and 19th July 1889; they were attended by 609 persons, or on an average by
nearly 51 persons for each lecture. 5

On 9th March, Dr. Woodward gave a demonstration in the Reptile Gallery to the
Society of Amateur Geologists, of the City of London College, and to the members of
the Toynbee Hall Institute. Forty members were present.

Later on he addressed the members of the Ealing Natural History Society in the
Mammalian Gallery. Thirty members were present, conducted by the Rey. George
Henslow, M.A., F.G.S., President of the Society. é

On 21st May, Dr. Woodward conducted the Master and Wardens of the Cloth-
workers’ Company through the Geological Galleries, and delivered a short address to
them ; 25 members accompanied Professor Wiltshire (the Master).

On 20th July, Dr. Woodward gave a lecture in the Geological Gallery to Professor
Wiltshire and 18 of his former parishioners, from Bread-street Hill, City.

On 22nd July, 50 members of the National Sunday League, conducted by the Rev.
Gerald Blunt, M.a., visited the Geological Department, and Dr. Woodward gave a
demonstration on the extinct Mammalia.

On 7th, 14th, and 21st May, Professor P. Martin Dunean, with a class of 12
students from King’s College, visited the collection, and Professor Duncan gave three
demonstrations.

The number of visits from students and persons who have consulted the collections
and the Library, for purposes of scientific research during the year, and who
have received special assistance from members of the staff of the Department, was
3,339.

Henry Woodward.

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

During the year 1889 the descriptive catalogue of the specimens of Stibnite,
Polybasite, Bismuthite, and Stephanite has been completed; 42 crystals have been
measured ; specimens belonging to 15 other species have been erystallographically or
optically examined. Various Meteorites which have been found in the Desert of
Atacama have been analysed and described.

Three gold and electrum coins from the collection at Bloomsbury have been
examined and one of them has been analysed.

Quantitative analyses have been made of specimens of Boulangerite, Polybasite,
Zine sulphide and Stephanite. .

114 specimens of doubtful minerals have been chemically determined ; 20 deter-
minations of specific gravity have been made. All the specimens of Calcite have
been rearranged, and the duplicates have been at the same time set aside.

Those miscellaneous rock-specimens which are preserved in the drawers have been
labelled, and have been topographically arranged in their respective groups, _

136 rock sections and two meteorite sections have been made; 22 slices of
meteorites have been cut ; 10 meteorites and one jade specimen have been polished.

A short guide to the mineral collections has been published.

Departmental Library.

To the Departmental Library have been added 156 separate works (in 152 volumes)

and 80 memoirs, pamphlets and maps.

All of them, including 1,437 plates, have been registered and stamped.

The titles and cross references relating to 1,611 volumes have been prepared for
the Museum Library Catalogue.

80 ACCOUNS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Visitors.

The number of visits recorded as made to the Department for purposes of con-
sultation or study is 683.

Acquisitions.

751 specimens have been acquired during the year 1889, namely, 402 minerals,
330 rocks, and 19 meteorites. These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and
placed in the collection. The more important of them are named below :—

Minerals.
By Presentation :-—

Marcasite ; New Guinea; by H. O. Forbes, Esq.

Sperrylite; Vermilion mine, Algoma, Canada; by H. L. Wells, Esq.

Turquoise; Victoria, Australia; by E. J. Dunn, Esq., F.G.s.

Stibnite ; Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand; by Sir Walter L. Buller, k.c.M.c.

Apatite ; Ottawa, Canada; Professor T. Rupert Jones, F-.R.s.

Cairngorm, and 24 crystals of quartz; by Professor N. 8. Maskelyne, M.P., F.R.s.

Twenty-nine specimens of Tin-ores and other minerals; Harvey Peak District,
Dakota, U.S.A; by the Harvey Peak Tin Mining Company.

Gold; Louisa Creek, Mudgee, New South Wales; by F. Haes, Esq.

Enargite and Iron Pyrites ; Coquimbo, Chili; by H. Sewell, Esq.

Twenty-nine specimens of Lead, Silver, and Copper Minerals; Broken Hill Mines,
Yancowinna County, New South Wales ; by F. W. Bond, Esq.

Nemalite ; Afghanistan ; by W. King, Esq., D.sc.

Alunite ; Port Stephens District, New South Wales; by H. D. Abbott, Esq.

Hornblende ; Roda, Fredazzo, Tyrol; and Ilmenite and Magnetite; Zillerthal,
Tyrol; by Prof. A. Cathrein.

Magnetite, Hematite, and Fluor ; Hanjam Island, Persian Gulf; by Captain A. W.
Stiffe, F.G.s.

Anthophyllite, and Mica with inclusions; Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
Fibrolite, Brandy Wine Springs, Delaware; Augite, Burgess, Ontario, Canada;
Corundum, Iredell County, North Carolina; Sard, Tampa Bay, Florida; by Col. J.
Willcox, of Pennsylvania.

By Purchase :—

Silver Minerals, with Caracolite and a new species (Daviesite); Sierra Gorda,
Chili.

Roselite ; Schneeberg, Saxony.

Stephanite in brilliant crystals ; Freiberg, Saxony.

Manganese minerals, including Sarcinite and the new minerals, Brandtite, Rho-
dotilite ; Harstigen, Pajsberg, Sweden.

Sphene, a very large crystal ; Zermatt, Switzerland.

Pennine, in exceptionally large crystals ; Zermatt, Switzerland.

Thorite; Arendal, Norway.

Sulphur in fine bright crystals ; Sicily.

Columbite, a very large crystal ; Raade, Moss, Norway.

Beryllonite ; Stoneham, Maine, U.S.A.

Pucherite ; Schneeberg, Saxony.

Bréggerite; Raade, Moss, Norway.

Gadolinite, a large crystal; Ytterby, Sweden.

Calcite, a large number of very beautiful crystals, most of them twinned; Egre-
mont, Cumberland.

Bementite ; Trotler Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Utahite; Eureka Hill Mine, Utah, U.S.A.

Phenacite ; Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.A.

Andrewsite ; Wheal Pheenix, Liskeard, Cornwall.

Hanksite, in fine large crystals ; San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A.

Barytes ; Egremont, Cumberland.

Pyrostilpnite and Xanthoconite ; Freiberg, Saxony.

Fiedlerite and Laurionite ; Laurium, Greece.

Melanophlogite, in exceptionally fine crystals; Girgenti, Sicily.

Rhagite ; Schneeberg, Saxony.

Kiistelite; Przibram, Bohemia.

Uintahite ; Uintah Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A.

Vanadinite ; Yuma County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Tellurium ; Zalathna, Siebenbiirgen.

Corynite well crystallised; Olsa, Carinthia.

Datolite, a very large crystal; Baveno, Italy.

Topas in trachyte; San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Dumortierite ;

ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. sl

Dumortierite; Yuma County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Foresite ; Elba.

Lesleyite ; Jackson County, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Quartz pseudomorph after Apophyllite.

Fifty-eight facetted stones, including Spinel, Sphene, Garnet, Axinite, Adularia,
Bronzite, Epidote, Cassiterite, Tourmaline, Andalusite, Peridote, Sapphire, Zircon,
and Topaz.

By Exchange :—

Beudantite and lodorgyrite ; Dernbach, Nassau.

Anglesite ; Wissen, Coblentz.

Albite; Fiesch, Wallis, Switzerland.

Of the above species, Bementite, Beryllonite, Brandtite, Broggerite, Daviesite,
Dumortierite, Fiedlerite, Foresite, Kiistelite, Laurionite, Rhagite, Rhodotilite, Sperry-
lite, Uintahite, and Utahite are new to the collection.

Rocks.
By Presentation :—

Rocks from Tremearne and Menheniot, Cornwall; by Mr. H. Lundbohm.

Garnetiferous gneiss ; Abriachan, Inverness-shire ; by Mrs. Booth.

Amphibolite ; Loch Garry, Inverness-shire ; by Captain Ellice.

Amygdaloidal Dolerite; Witteberg, Orange River Free State; by Professor T.
Rupert Jones, F.R.S.

Dacite glass ; Newport, Fifeshire ; by J. Durham, Esq., F.a.s.
e Rocks collected by Sir E. Parry on his first Arctic Expedition; by G. Clifton,

sq.
Granite ; Isola della Maddalena, Mediterranean; by P. T. Volprignano, Esq.

Rocks from Mount St. Elias, Alaska; by H. W. Topham, Esq.

Diamond-bearing rock ; Madras Presidency ; by the Madras Presidency Diamond
Company.

Rocks from the Islands near China and Borneo; by J. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq,
Surgeon, R.N.

A voleanic bomb; Teneriffe; and Rocks from the Canary Islands; by G. Graham
Toler, Esq.

Meteorites.

By Presentation :—

Meteoric dust from the Andes; by Baron A. E, Nordenskiold.

Esnandes, Charente Inferieure, France; fell August 1837; weight 3 grams; by
the Director of the Geological Survey of India.

Kalambi, Bombay Presidency; fell 4th November 1879; weight 31 grams.
Bhagur ; weight 10°5 grams; both by the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society.

By Purchase :—

Descubridora, San Luis Potosi, Mexico ; weight 29°5 grams.

Fayette County, Texas, U.S.A.; weight 12,700 grams.

Cleveland, East Tennessee, U.S.A. ; weight 209 grams.

La Bella Roca, Santiago Papasquiaro, Mexico ; weight 3,542 grams.
Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky, U.S.A.; weight 708 grams.

By Exchange :—
Luponnas, Ain, France; fell 7th September 1753; weight 6°5 grams.
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France ; fell 3rd June 1882; weight 14 grams.
Nagaya, Entre Rios, Argentine Republic; fell 1st July 1879 ; weight 4 grams.
Karakol, Ajagus, Kirghiz Steppes; fell 9th May 1840; weight 2 grams.
Toulouse ; fell 10th April 1812; weight 18-2 grams.
Grossliebenthal, Odessa; fell 19th November 1881; weight 59-16 grams.
Beuste, Pau, Basses Pyrénées, France ; fell May 1859; weight 37:2 grams.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.A. ; fell 14th August 1846 ; weight 78°7 grams.
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.; weight 4°7 grams.
Of the above, those of which the names are italicized are new to the collection.

L. Fletcher.

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82 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

BoTANY.—-ANNUAL REPORT, 1889.

In the course of the past year the rooms containing the Herbarium and Library
were cleaned and painted, and the Herbarium cases were re-polished. This work
occasioned a considerable interference with the proper work of the Department.

During the year 51,652 specimens have been mounted, named, and inserted in their
places in the Herbarium. These have consisted chiefly of plants from Europe, col-
lected by various botanists; from Portugal, by the Rev. R. P: Murray; from Greece, by
Haussknecht ; from Singapore, by Ridley ; from China, by Hance; from Japan, by
Bisset; from Borneo, by Whitehead ; from the Atlas Mountains, by Johnstone; from
Socotra, by Professor Balfour; from Madagascar, by the Rey. Deans-Cowan, and
others; from South Africa, by Professor MacOwan, Bolus, and others; from
Australia, by Von Mueller, and others; from Canada, by Professor Macoun; from
Mexico, by Palmer and Pringle; from Dominica, by Ramage; and from the Republic
of Columbia, by Lehmann.

In the progress of incorporating these additions, the following Natural Orders .
have been more or less completely re-arranged :—Caryophyllacew, Hypericinee, Gutti-
fere, Ternstremiacee, Composite, Cupulifere, Ividacew, Commelinacee,
Graminee and Filices.

The fungi have been entirely re-arranged, numerous Algw have been incorporated
with the Herbarium, as well as extensive series of Musci and Lichenes.

The exhibited series. of British plants has been completed, as far as the vascular
plants are concerned, every species recognised by Bentham, in his British Flora,
being placed in the case, with its description from that work.

A thorough revision and improved arrangement of the specimens and illustrations
exhibiting the Natural Orders of plants has been begun, and the whole of the Mono-
cotyledonous orders have already been completed.

The extensive series of original drawings of Indian and Chinese plants have been
mounted, named, and systematically arranged.

The principal additions to the Herbarium during the year have been the acquisition
by purchase of the microscopic preparations made by the late Professor de Bary, of
Strassburg, in connection with his investigations into plant anatomy and the para-
sitic diseases of plants. The total number of slides in this collection is 4,429, and
of these 1,220 are Fungi illustrating the life-histories of many plant diseases des-
cribed by de Bary, in numerous scientific papers; 206 slides of Lichens, showing
especially the structure of the thallus; 105 Characeze; 40 Algz; 11 Musci; 286
Vascular Cryptogams; 1,160 Flowering plants; 1,112 slides illustrating de Bary’s
researches on Plant Anatomy as described in his published works, and 289 slides
showing various points of plant structure.

The Herbarium of Lichens, formed by Horatio Piggot, Esq., has been presented by
him to the Trustees. It contains many specimens collected by himself, and numerous
specimens communicated by Mudd, Leighton, and others, including the collection of
Dr. Deakin, consisting altogether of 2,383 specimens. It forms a valuable addition
to the collection of Lichens.

The additions to the collections by presentation during the year have consisted of
six Fungi from South West France, from W. W. Strickland, Esq.; 190 Indian plants
from C. B. Clarke, Esq., F.R.s.; 9 Algze from the Tizard Reef, China Sea, from P. A.
Bassett-Smith, Esq., r.N.; 172 Singapore plants from H. N. Ridley, Esq.; 415 Indian
Plants fromm Dr. King, ¢.1.£., F.R.s.; 349 Indian plants from J. F. Duthie, Esq. ; 16
Marine Algee and 82 Mosses from Japan, from James Bisset, Esq. ; 25 Fungi, 1 Alga,
6 Lichens, and 2 Hepatice, and 5 Mosses, from H. N. Ridley, Esq. ; 52.slides illustra-
ting the life histories of Ravenelia, Myeoidea, &c., from Surgeon Major Barclay ;
Alga, from Hot Spring at Singapore, from H. N. Ridley, Esq.; Trentepohlia spongo-
phila, Caulerpa macrodisca and Struvea delicatula, from Madame Weber van Bosse p
35 Algee and 5 Mosses from India, from Dr. de Crespigny; 35 Algee from Madras,
from E. Thurston, Esq.; 85 plants from the Atlas Mountains from Joseph Thomson,
Ksq.; 211 South African plants from Professor MacOwan; Parmelia Hottentota,
Ach., from N. Masterman, Esq. ; 12 Mosses, 6 Hepatic, 10 Lichens, and 8 Fungi
from Madagascar, from Rey. J. Wills; 402 Australian Plants from Baron yon
Mueller; 58 Freshwater Algwe from New Zealand, collected by Dr. Berggren, from
Dr. Norstedt ; 454 Algw anda fine specimen of Struvea macrophylla, from George
Clifton, Esq.; Lepidozia reversa, a new species from Queensland, from W. H.
Pearson, Esq. ; 398 Dominica plants collected by Mr. Ramage, from the Royal Society
Committee on the exploration of the West Indian Islands ; 160 South Californian
Plants, collected by E. Palmer, Esq., from the Smithsonian Institution; 160 plants
from the Buckley Herbarium, from the Shaw School of Botany; 234 British Colum-
bian plants from Professor Macoun; Grimmia torquata, in fruit, from Mrs. Britton ;
Derbesia vaucherizformis, from Professor Farlow ; 9 British plants from the Messrs.
Groves; 37 British plants from W. H. Beeby, Esq.; 109 British plants from A.
Bennett, Esq. ; Potamogeton varians, from Alfred Fryer, Esq.; Plantago lanceolata
var., from J. C. Melvill, Esq.; Rubus pallidus from Somerset, from J. W. White,

Esq.,

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Esq. ; a collection of British species of Curex, with the parts of the Inflorescence and
fruit dissected and carefully drawn, from Dr. Priestley ; 41 British plants from the
Misses Thompson ; 2 British plants from Miss Woolward ; Hypericum linariifolium
from Carnarvonshire, from Professor Babington ; 16 British plants from G. C. Druce,
Esq. ; Linaria spuria from A. J. Crosfield, Ksq.; Monstrous flowers of Ivy, from Dr.
M. T. Masters, F.R.S.; a remarkable fasciated Daphne from T. Harcourt Powell, Esq. ;
13 Dumfriesshire plants from J. J. Johnstone, Esq.; 254 British plants from the Rev.
E. 8. Marshall ; 20 British plants from-H. Monington, sq. ; Polyporus igniarius from
KE. Allen, Esq.; Sphaerocarpus Michelii, from Suffolk, from the Rev. H. P.
Reader ; Didymium daedaleum from W. G. Smith, Esq.; Puccinia Schroeteri on
Daffodil from W. G. Smith, Esq.; Nitella batrachosperma from the Outer Hebrides,
new to Britain, from A. Bennett, Esy.; Diatomacez, from the Thames, from W. H.
Shrubsole, Esq. ; Codium Bursa, from Worthing, from Miss ©. Spong; 3 species of
British Sphagnum from Dr. Braithwaite; 46 Commelinacee and | Flagellaria from
C. B. Clarke, Esq., F.R.S.; 13 Orchids from Miss Woolward; 41 Orchids from F. W.
Moore, Esq.; 40 Orchids from H. Veitch, Esq. ; 2 Nepenthes from H. Veitch, Esq. ;
99 Algee and 129 Lichens from John Dillwyn Llewelyn, Esq.; 177 preparations of
cellular plants; section of stem of Dracophyllum, from New Zealand, from J. D.
Enys, Esq. ; seeds of Sophora speciosa from E. M. Holmes, Esq.; and specimens of
plants from Kahun, Middle Egypt, from tomb, about 2,600 B.c., found by Mr. Flinders
Petrie, from H. M. Kennard, Esq.

The following collections have been acquired by purchase :—100 plants from
Stanley Falls, Congo, from F. Heus; 339 plants from Natal; a small collection
of plants from Kina Balu, collected by J. Whitehead; 100 Freshwater Algee, of
France, from Mougeot, &e. ; 150 Freshwater Algze from Wittrock and Nordstedt ; 50
Italian Algze from De Toni and Levi; 25 parasitic Fungi from Briosi and Cavara;
600 Fungi from Sydow; 390 Portuguese plants from the Rey. R. P. Murray, 40 species of
Danish Rubi; 2,928 plants from Greece, from Haussknecht; 200 specimens of
Schultz’s Herbarium Normale; 223 Hgean plants from Heldreich; 100 plants from
Greece, from Heldreich ; 208 Mexican plants, collected by Schumann ; 850 American
plants, collected by Pringle ; 50 American Algw from Farlow; 25 British Algve from
Holmes ; 114 slides of British Algee from Buffham ; 100 specimens of wood-sections
by Nordlinger ; 63 sections of woods; and 121 preparations of Fossil plants from Sir
Joseph Hooker; a collection of Tertiary plants specially prepared by Baron
Ettingshausen for comparison with recent plants. '

By exchange the following collections have been acquired :—A series of Alge from
the Baltic, collected by Professor Reinke, of Kiel, many of which are type specimens;
72 species of European cellular plants from E. M. Holmes; and specimens of Proso-
panche Burmeisteri, new species of Brugmannsia, RafHlesia, and Cymopolia, specimens
of Phytocrene, Ceratozamia, and Peridermium Pini, from Count Solms Laubach.

The following contributions to the Departmental Library have been received :—
Purchas and Ley’s “ Flora of Herefordshire ;” presented by the Woolhope Natura-
lists’ Field Club; Boulger’s “ Useful Plants,” from the author; Hector’s “ Phor-
mium tenax,’ from the Colonial Museum, New Zealand; “ Scientific Memoirs by
Medical Officers of the Indian Army,” Part IV., and “ Selections from the Records
of the Government of India,” Parts .—XIX., from the Government of India; Baker’s
“ Monograph of the Bromeliacez,” from the author; and the “ Journal of the Royal
Horticultural Society ” for 1888, from the Society. :

Mr. T. Harcourt Powell has presented 12 photographs of plants growing in the
Botanic Gardens of Madeira, and Mr. George Massee, six original drawings of British
Fungi. ;

The number of visitors for scientific research or inquiry during the year has been

1,344. rae ;
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BRITISH MUSEUM.

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Years inclusive ; together with a StaTEMENT of
the Procress made in the ARRANGEMENT and
Description of the Coxtections, and an
Account of Ossects added to them, in the
Year 1889.

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