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Registration. — 651 items have been entered in tlie Register of 

 Acquisitions. 



Stamping and mounting. — 1,019 prints, paintings, etc., re- 

 cently acquired, have been impressed with the departmental 

 stamp and references to the Register. 



Two large paintings from the Stein collection have been 

 mounted with silk borders. 



One Chinese painting has been mounted and five repaired. 



Two Persian drawings and one Indian drawing have been 

 mounted on sunk mounts. 



Two hundred and six Japanese prints have been mounted on 

 sunk mounts. 



Fifty Persian and Indian drawings have been removed from 

 albums and backed. 



II . — A cquisitions . 



The total number of paintings, prints, etc., acquired during 

 the year was 878, of which the following are the most impor- 

 tant : — 



Chinese. 

 Paintings. 



Lang Shih-ning [i.e., the Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglionej. Hunt- 

 ing scene. Kakemono, painted in colours. 



Leng Mei. A lady at a window. Kakemono, painted in 

 colours. 



Wu Li. Twelve landscape designs in an album, made with 

 a " fire pencil " (heated stylus). 



Woodcuts. 



Anonymous. " All Nations Coming to Court." Printed in 

 colours. 



Japanese, 



Paintings. 



Mitsuoki, Tosa. Five makimono illustrating the Ise Mono- 

 gatari. Painted in colours. Presented hy G. B. Dodwell, Esq. 



Sanraku, Kano, attributed to. Ch'ao Fu and Hsti Tu : two- 

 fold screen, painted in colours and gold. 



Takanobu, after. Portrait of Toritomo, the first Shogun. A 

 fine and very ancient copy after the portrait of Yoritomo pre- 

 served in Japan and attributed to Takanobu. Kakemono, painted 

 in colours. Purchased with the aid of the National Art-Collec- 

 tions Fund and a contribution from G. Eumorfopoulos , Esq. 



Yusho, Kaihoku. Birds on a willow in winter. Kakemono 

 painted in ink. 



Woodcuts. 



Buncho. Actor playing in a woman's part. Presented hy 

 R. N. Shaw, Esq. 



