CONTENTS 



BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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 ACCOUNTS (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS, 1916-1917) : 



Bkidgewater 4 



Farnborough - . 4 



SWINEY 5 



Birch 5 



Charles Drury Edward Fortnum ------- 6 



Carchemish Excavations - - - - 6 



H. L. Florence 7 



NUMBERS OF PERSONS ADMITTED : 



British Museum .--.8 



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 



The War— Protective Measures .---.-. 14 



Military Service of the Staff 14 



Principal Acquisitions 15 



Publications -15 



ARRANGEMENT OF COLLECTIONS, &c. : 



Printed Books 16 



Manuscripts 20 



Oriental Printed Books and MSS. - - 22 



Prints and Drawings 24 



Oriental Prints and Drawings ------- 32 



Egyptian Antiquities 34 



ASSYRIAN Antiquities - - - 34 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 36 



British and Mediaeval Antiquities - - - - ' - - - 38 



Coins and Medals 43 



ACQUISITIONS : 



Newspapers ------- 18 



Printed Books - - - - 18 



Maps 18 



Music . - . - -18 



Manuscripts - - - - 21 



Oriental Printed Books and MSS. 23 



Prints and Drawings - 25 



Oriental Prints and Drawings ------- 32 



E gyptian Antiquities 35 



Assyrian Antiquities 35 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 36 



Prehistoric, Early British and other Antiquities - - - 39 



Ceramic and Glass Objects 41 



Oriental and Ethnographical Objects (including those 



ADDED to the ChRISTY COLLECTION) 41 



Coins and Medals - 43 



