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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE RRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following table shows the number o£ the new acquisitions 

 classified according to the several series to which they belong : — 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Bronze. 



Other 

 Materials 



Total. 



Greek 



Eoman 



British and Colonial 



MediaBval and Modern 



Oriental 



1 



3 



i 

 5 



63 

 1 

 29 

 135 

 21 



52 



8 



32 



241 



8 



21 



207 

 3 



116 

 9 



85 

 587 

 37 



Total 



13 



249 



341 



231 



834 



Of the above, 799 have been presented, viz. 11 of gold, 230 

 of silver, 334 of bronze, and 224 of other materials. 



The following is a list of the benefactors to the Department 

 during the year : — 



Admiral The Marquis of Milford Haven, G.C.B., K.C.M.G. ; 

 the Government of Assam ; the Government of the United Provinces ; 

 the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint ; the Deputy Keeper, Public 

 Record Office ; the Director, Prisoners of War ; the Director, 

 Victoria and Albert Museum ; the Director of the Fitzwilliam 

 Museum, Cambridge ; the National Art Collections Fund ; the 

 American Numismatic Society ; the Society of Antiquaries, London ; 

 the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ; the British 

 School of Archaeology in Egypt ; the Yorkshire Archaeological 

 Society ; the Joan of Arc Statue Committee, New York ; the 

 Governors of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratf ord-on-Avon ; 

 the Directors of the Great Northern Railway Company ; E. Heron 

 Allen, Esq. ; J. R. Ayris, Esq. ; E. D. BarfP, Esq. ; F. J. Brittan, 

 Esq. ; W. H. Buckler, Esq. ; Sig. Memmo Cagiati ; W. Charlton, 

 Esq., J.P. ; J. T. Chell, Esq. ; the Executors of the late S. Cohen, 

 Esq. ; Richard Dalton, Esq. ; A. M. Daniel, Esq. ; M. Achilles 

 Diamantaras ; Sir Arthur Evans, P.S.A., F.R.S. ; Miss Helen 

 Farquhar ; J. T. Fripp, Esq. ; Henry Garside, Esq. ; W. Gilbert, 

 Esq. ; A. Goodwin, Esq. ; Sir Evelyn Grant DufE, K.C.M.G. ; H. 

 St. George Gray, Esq. ; H. T. Grogan, Esq. ; S. W. Grose, Esq. ; 

 W. G. Groves, Esq., J.P. ; Miss Hargrove ; D. T. Harris, Esq. ; 

 F. W. Hasluck, Esq. ; G. F. Hill, Esq. ; Mrs. G. F. Hill ; W. J. 

 Hocking, Esq. ; J. Home, Esq. ; W. R. Hubbard, Esq. ; L. P. 

 Johnston, Esq. ; R. Lloyd Kenyon, Esq., J. P., D.L. ; L. A. 

 Lawrence, Esq., F.S.A. ; W. Leaf, Esq. ; R. E. Low, Esq. ; G. 

 Macdonald, Esq., C.B. ; C. Macpherson, Esq. ; the late Alexander 

 Mann, Esq. ; J. G. Milne, Esq. ; M. Victor Morin ; E. T. Newell, 

 Esq. ; M. Henry Nocq ; Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., F.S.A. ; M. A.V. 

 Oreshnikov ; Sir Lionel Phillips, Bart. ; H. L. Rabino, Esq. ; Sir 

 Hercules Read ; the Rev. Edgar Rogers ; Maurice Rosenheim, Esq., 

 F.S.A. ; H. Ling Roth, Esq. ; Horace Sandars, Esq., F.S.A. ; 



