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Brahman Room. — The arrangement and labelling in new wall- 

 cases have been completed, and several important Hindu carvings not 

 previously exhibited have been mounted inside and outside the cases. 



Asiatic Saloon. — The remainder of the porcelain has been 

 transferred to King Edward VII. Gallery, to make room for 

 exhibits of Oriental art, including the armour recently deposited 

 on loan from the Tower Armoury. Accommodation is also provided 

 for the Stein collection from Chinese Turkestan. 



Exhibition of Plaquettes. — The collection of Italian plaquettes 

 presented by Whitcombe Greene, Esq., has been mounted in 

 desk-cases in what was formerly the Anglo-Saxon room ; and 

 plaquettes and similar objects from the mediaeval collection have 

 also been transferred for a temporary exhibition. 



Registration. — The registration of current acquisitions has been 

 continued, and 1,569 objects have been added. Numbers have been 

 painted on 1,361 specimens, and 625 permanent labels written. 



Objects have been mounted to the number of 1,479 ; 41 

 photographs and 15 lantern-slides have been prepared, and 426 

 type-written labels bordered. 20 Roman vases have been repaired, 

 and the negatives of the Waddesdon collection numbered and 

 identified. 



The arrangement of the collections illustrating Oriental religions 

 has been greatly facilitated by the assistance of Mr. Longworth 

 Dames, and Mr. Oscar Raphael has given much time to the 

 arrangement of the Ceramic collections. The services of these 

 two gentlemen, when the stafE is reduced to a minimum, deserve 

 special acknowledgment. 



Students. — 746 students and visitors have been received in the 

 Department. 



2. — Principal Acquisitions. 



(1.) Prehistoric and Early British Antiquities. 



(a) Stone Age. — Series of palgeolithic implements collected by 

 the late Lord Avebury, from Ightham and West Wickham, Kent'; 

 Thames gravels at Acton ; and Paviland Cave, Glamorganshire. 

 Presented hy Rt. Hon. Lord Avebury. 



A large palseolith from Romsey, Hants ; implement of spear- 

 head form from Hayes Common, Kent ; and series of implements 

 from Hitchin, Herts ; and Limpsfield, Surrey. Presented by Sir 

 Hercules Read, LL.D. 



Flint chopper from the surface at Limpsfield, Surrey. Presented 

 hy V. P. Kitchin, Esq. 



Type-series of the flint and other stone relics of Le Moustier 

 date excavated at St. Brelade Cave, Jersey : described in Archceo- 

 logia, vol. Ixvii. Presented by the British Association, with the 

 approval of the Socidt4 Jersiaise. 



