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 CONTENTS. 



BEITISH MUSEUM. 



Page 

 ACCOUNTS (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS, 1920-1921) : 



Bridgewater 3 



Farnborottgh 3 



SWINEY 4 



Birch 4 



Charles Drtjry Edward Fortnum ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Carchemish Excavations 5 



H. L. Florence 6 



J. A. ROEBLING 6 



NUMBERS OF PERSONS ADMITTED.- 



British Museum 7 



British Museum (Natural History) 10 



HOUES OF ADMISSION: 



British Museum 9 



British Museum (Natural History) 11 



GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROGRESS: 



Visitors 12 



Readers and Students 12 



Principal Acquisitions 13 



Department of Printed Books 15 



„ Manuscripts 22 



„ Oriental Printed Books and MSS 27 



„ Prints and Drawings 31 



Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings ... ... ... 44 



Department op Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities 48 



,, Greek and Roman Antiquities 57 



„ British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethno- 

 graphy 63 



„ Coins and Medals 74 



BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 



Page 

 GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROGRESS: 



Visitors, &c. ... ... ... •■. ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 87 



The Staff 87 



Swiney Lectures ... ... ... ... ••• ... ... ... 87 



Selous Memorial 88 



New Spirit Building ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 88 



Murray Oceanographical Collection 88 



Whaling and Sealing in Southern Waters 88 



Investigations : 89 



DiNO saurian Fossils in Tanganyika Territory 90 



Marine Fauna op South Africa 90 



Bequests and Gifts 90 



Purchases 92 



Publications • 92 



General Library 94 



' Index of the Genera and Species of Animals ... 95 



Index Museum and Morphological Collections 95 



Departmknt op Zoology ... ... ... ••• ••• ... ... ... 97 



„ Entomology 128 



„ Geology 140 



„ Mineralogy 154 



Botany 163 



