CONTENTS. 



BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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 ACCOUNTS (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS, 1915-1916) : 



Bridgewatee 4 



Farnborough 4 



SWIKEY 4 



Birch 6 



Charles Drurt Edward Fortnum 6 



Carchemish Excavations 6 



NUMBERS OF PERSONS ADMITTED : 



British Museum ....g 



British Museum (Natural History) 12 



HOURS OF ADMISSION : 



British Museum 10 



British Museum (Natural History) 13 



GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROGRESS : 



Visitors 14 



Reading Room and Newspaper Room 14 



Official Guides 14 



The War— Protective Measures 14 



Military Service of the Staff 15 



Principal Acquisitions 15 



Publications 16 



ARRANGEMENT OF COLLECTIONS, &c. : 



Printed Books 17 



Manuscripts 21 



Oriental Printed Books and MSS. - - 23 



Prints and Drawings 25 



Oriental Prints and Drawings 33 



Egyptian Antiquities 36 



Assyrian Antiquities 37 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 40 



British and Medieval Antiquities 43 



Coins and Medals 48 



ACQUISITIONS : 



Newspapers 19 



Printed Books 19 



Maps 19 



Music - - - - - - 19 



Manuscripts 22 



Orikntal Printed Books and MSS. 24 



Prints and Drawings 26 



Oriental Prints and Drawings 33 



Egyptian Antiquities ----- 37 



Assyrian Antiquities 38 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 41 



Prehistoric, Early British and other Antiquities - - - 44 



Ceramic and Glass Objects 46 



Oriental and Ethnographical Objects (including those 



added to the christy collection) 46 



Coins and Medals 49 



