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Large stone implement from Taunghu, Lower Burma, and two 

 smaller implements from the Southern Shan States. Presented hji 

 W. A. Robertson, Esq. 



Part of diorite celt, found at Kwang-ning, Manchuria. Presented 

 by Rev. W illiam Hunter. 



Implements of stone and crystal from the northern (Tamil) district 

 of IJeylon. Presented by Principal C. Hartley. 



Series of flint flakes from Dept. Eure, France. Presented by 

 M. Ldon Coutil, Hon. F.S.A. 



Bronze sickle from Yillacarrillo, Jaen, Spain (from Grreenw(>ll ■ 

 Collection). Presented by Horace Sandars, Esq., F.S.A. 



(2). — y'he Starge Bequest. 



By the death of Dr. Allen Sturge, M.V.O., on 27th March, 

 1919, the finest private collection of stone implements in existence 

 ])assed by bequest to this Department. When packed, the collection, 

 including the exhibition and storage cases that formed part of the 

 Bequest, weighed about 25 tons, and was conveyed by road from 

 Icklingham Hall, Suffolk, during the summer. 



The north-west angle of Suffolk is abundantly represented by 

 specimens excavated from clay and gravel or more frequently 

 picked up on the surface, to a large extent by Dr. and Mrs. Sturge ; 

 and the series from Warren Hill, High Lodge and Elveden are of 

 the highest importance. Hundreds of Drift implements come from 

 gravel pits in the Thames valley near Dawley (Hayes, Middlesex) 

 and quantities from other well-known sites, such as Swanscombe, 

 Farnham, Dunbridge, Southampton, Savernake Forest, Bedford and 

 Broom. A large quantity had been acquired from Mr. Worthington 

 Smith, mostly found in north-east London ; and other collections 

 made by Canon Greenwell, and Messrs. Grreenhill, Allen Brown, 

 Simeon Fenton, Robert Elliot, Bryce Wright and Thomas Bateman 

 were incorporated. 



The foreign section is also very rich, the entire contents of 

 many French caves having been obtained from M. Reverdi. Chief 

 among such specimens is a Solutre blade from the hoard found at 

 Volgu in the Dept.-Saone-et-Loire ; and the French Drift and 

 neolithic series are well selected. Scandinavia, Western and 

 Southern Europe are adequately represented, and there is a large 

 collection from the Swiss lake-dwellings. An ample Egyptian 

 series contains some of the best flint work known, and there are 

 hundreds of excellent examples from America, South and East 

 Africa, and Madras. A summary description in French of the 

 whole collection was printed for the meeting of the International 

 Congress of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archseology which met at 

 Monaco in 1906. 



The unpacking and arrangement of the collection are hindered 

 by want of space, owing to continued occupation by a Government 

 Department ; and even after the existing cases have been filled. 



