CONTENTS 



BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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ACCOUNTS (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS, 1919-1920): 



Bridgewater 3 



Farnborough -- 3 



SWINEY - - 4- 



Birch - 4 



Charles Drury Edward Fortnum 5 



Carohbmish Excavations . . - - 5 



H. L. Florence 6 



J. A. EOEBLING - - 6 



NUMBERS OF PERSONS ADMITTED : 



British Museum .....7 



British Museum (Natural History) 10 



HOURS OF ADMISSION : 



British Museum - - 9 



British Museum (Natural History) ------ h 



GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROGRESS : 



Visitors 12 



Reading Room and Newspaper Room -..--. 12 



Principal Acquisitions 13 



Department of Printed Books - - 14 



,, ,, Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 19 



,, ,, Oriental Printed Books and MSS. - - - 28 



„ „ Prints and Drawings 27 



Sub-Department op Oriental Prints and Drawings - - - 39 



Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities - - - 43 



„ „ Greek and Roman Antiquities - - - - 53 



,, ,, British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethno- 

 graphy --------- 58 



„ Coins and Medals 69 



BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY.) 



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GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROGRESS,: 



A^isitors -..----. 77 



Goldman Memorial - 78 



Antarctic Whales - - - - - - - - - - 78 



Sealing in the Falkla>;!> Islands ------- 79 



Reindeer in south Georgia 79 



Investigations - - - - - - - - - - - fO 



Bequests and Gifts 80 



Purchases ----------- ^3 



General Library 85 



Index of the Genera and Spkcies op Animals - - - - 8(5 



Index Museum and Morphological Collections - - - - 86 



Department of Zoology - - - gy 



„ „ Entomology 118 



,. ,, Geology T?7 



,, ,, Mineralogy 1 lO 



„ „ Botany 149 



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