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green cloth, and brown holland has been substituted in 

 the case containing the Standard Weights and Measures. 

 The principal additions to the respective depart- 

 ments are dealt with in the following remarks. 



Room No. I. 

 Egyptian Antiquities. 



The donations from the British School of Archae- 

 ology in Egypt this year include an intact burial of the 

 XXVth Dynasty (about 700 B.C.) from Thebes, com- 

 prising a mummy and coffin, ushabti figures in two 

 boxes, and figure of Sokar-Osiris ; a colossal negro head 

 in stone, inscribed fragments, and many interesting 

 small objects. 



They were recovered from excavations carried out 

 at Memphis and Thebes by Professor Flinders Petrie 

 and students, including Mr. Ernest Mackay and Mr. 

 Gerald Wainwright, both of Bristol. 



Assyrian, Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



Nothing of importance has been added to either of 

 these sections during the year. 



Room No. II. 



Ethnographical Collection. 



The chief addition to this room is the fine model of 

 the British Position at the Siege of Lucknow, 1857, and 

 referred to at page 5. The company on this occasion 

 included the Lord Mayor, the Sheriff, Field Marshal 

 Lord Roberts, Sir Alexander Lawrence, Bart., grandson 

 of Sir Henry Lawrence, and Mr. Alfred Inglis, son of 

 Sir John Inglis, the defender of Lucknow. Alderman 

 W. R. Barker, Chairman of the Committee, presided. 



