20,697 



54,415 



1,234 



9,905 



300,594 



3,400 



189 



2,037 



1,140 



225 



208 



73 



1,569 



834 



396,520 



GENERAL PROGRESS AT THE MUSEUM. lO 



The number o£ separate objects incorporated in the several 

 Departments during 1916 is as follows : — 

 Printed Books : 



Books and Pamphlets _ _ _ _ 



Serials and Parts o£ Volumes _ - _ 



Maps and Atlases _ _ - - - 



Music ------- 



Newspapers (single numbers) - - :. 



Miscellaneous ------ 



Manuscripts and Seals - - - - - 



Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts 

 Prints and Drawings ----- 



,, ,, (Oriental) - - - 



Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities 

 Greek and Roman Antiquities - _ - 



British and Mediaeval Antiquities - 

 Coins and Medals ----- 



Total - - - - 



The number o£ accessions is, o£ course, small, since purchases 

 have been almost impossible ; but again the Museum has cause to 

 be grateful to many generous friends. The most notable among the 

 accessions, which are set out at greater length in the departmental 

 reports, is the late Lord Avebury's collections illustrating the earliest 

 Iron Age in Europe, obtained by excavations at Hallstatt in 1869 

 and now presented by his son, together with stone implements from 

 Le Moustier and elsewhere. Some fine mediaeval ornaments and a 

 considerable number of prints and drawings have also been presented 

 by various friends of the Museum. 



Steps have been taken to obtain for the Museum a representative 

 collection of war posters, trench literature, trench maps, and aerial 

 photographs ; in which undertaking cordial assistance has been 

 given by the military authorities. Attention may also be called 

 to the collection of German war-medals, which, though artistically 

 contemptible, are historically valuable, and form an instructive 

 commentary on the psychology of the nation. 



The following publications have been issued in the course of the 

 year : — 



Catalogue of Books printed in the XVth Century now in the 

 British Museum. Part IV. Italy : Subiaco and Rome. With 13 

 plates of facsimiles. 4to. 18^. 



Ancient Greek Inscriptions. Part IV. Section II. Fol. 11. 10s. 



Catalogue of English Coins. The Norman Kings, by G. C. 

 Brooke. In two vols., with an introduction and 62 plates. 8vo. 21. 



British Museum, Frederic G. Kenyan., 



2nd April, 1917. Director and Principal Librarian. 



