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January by sorting the coins proper into countries and reigns, 

 with preliminary determinations, and subsequent rough arrange- 

 ment in a large cabinet, specially made for the purpose on the 

 premises. Having accomplished this with the aid of my personal 

 assistant, Mr. W. W. Thorpe, who has shown special aptitude for 

 the work, the tokens, other than the Australian, were sorted, 

 determined, and systematically arranged for reference by students. 

 No attempt has yet been made to classify the Greek and Roman. 

 To my astonishment I found that the Trustees possessed a most 

 valuable series of Chinese coins, consisting of one thousand and 

 ten pieces. From the catalogue accompanying them, the coins 

 purport to have formed the collection of one Hwong Ping Sing, 

 of Fuchow, gathered by himself during twenty years' collecting, 

 and arranged in accordance with Chinese and Japanese 'Chronicles 

 of Coins.' All in the catalogue agree fairly well with the des- 

 criptions given by Lockhart in his work, 'Currency of the East.''" 



The catalogue is divided into six sections, viz. : — ■ 



(1) Coins of the Ancient Dynasties, circa 770 B.C. to 1616 A.D. 



(2) Coins of the present Manchurian Dynasty, from 1616 to 1862 



(including Rebel coinage). 



(3) Annamese Coins (Cochin China), 1010 to 1427 A.D. 



(4) Japanese Coins, 708 to 1864 A.D. 



(5) Corean Coins (no date given in Lockhart). 



(6) Coins used as Amulets. 



Paper money was increased by the presentation of a five and 

 a ten Chinese tael note, by Mr. F W. Luscombe. 



The collection of Medals was largely added to during the year. 

 Under the head of Commemorative Medals, we received a copy of 

 the fine bronze medal struck by the Corporation of the City of 

 London, to commemorate the " Raising and Equipment of the 

 City Imperial Volunteers, and their Service in South Africa in 

 1899-1900," by F. G. Frampton, a.r.a. 



To the kindness and ability of Mr. Emil Fuchs, of London, we 

 are indebted for two medals, designed and executed by him. One 

 is "To the Memory of those who gave their Lives for Queen and 

 Country," and relates to the present Boer war. The second 

 was a commission to Mr. Fuchs from the Queen, and was intended 

 by the latter as a personal memorial of the end of the century. 

 It is executed in dull oxidised silver. The profile head of Her 

 Majesty on the obverse is said to be one of the best likenesses 

 that any sculptor or medallist has yet achieved. 



A number of medals or medaletes, commemorative of Australian 

 Federation were struck locally, five officially, the remainder as 

 private commercial speculations. Examples of all, in duplicate, 

 were secured for our collection. 



1*^ Lockhart—' Currency of the the East," i. aad ii., Hongkong, 1895. 

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