'64 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A large series of specimens from the Nicobar Islands have 

 been catalogued and arranged in or upon the cases. 



The large Easter Island figures under the colonnade have 

 been cleaned and the descriptive labels cut in the stone plinth, 

 and the figures themselves removed away from the entrance. 



The Javanese weapons have been classified. 



The objects on the tops of the wall cases have been cleaned, 

 and the following sections have been examined and cleaned, 

 viz. : Hawaiian Islands, Savage Island, Torres Straits, the 

 N.W. Coast of America, and the Congo. 



American Room. — Airangements have been made in this 

 room to allow of the incorporation of a considerable series 

 from Ecuador, and a portion of the Peruvian section has 

 been re-arranged. 



Gallery of Religions. — Two central cases and the specimens 

 contained in them have been examined and cleaned. 



The registration of current acquisitions has been continued ; 

 and 268 objects have been registered, and 90 ethnographical 

 objects have been drawn and described for the Slip Catalogue. 



A slip catalogue of the Franks collection of finger rings 

 has been begun, and 1,200 specimens have been described. 

 This will form the basis of the printed catalogue to be 

 published by the Trustees. 



A similar catalogue of the European pottery has been 

 started, and 100 pieces have been described. 



A slip catalogue of the library of voyages and travels and 

 ethnography in the department has been completed, and the 

 press marking is in progress. An additional bookcase for 

 this library has been received and fixed, and the necessary 

 re-arrangement of the books has been made. 



A plaster cast of a carved pilaster on the main staircase 

 has been withdrawn, and an original inserted in its place. 



An Indian sculpture and an alabaster tablet have been 

 repaired. 



A catalogue of the works on Ceramics bequeathed to the 

 department by the late Sir A. Wollaston Franks, k.c.b., has 

 been made ; a special book-plate has been printed for them 

 and inserted in each volume. 



One hundred and forty-five labels have been painted ; 683 

 card labels have been printed with the hand press, as well as 

 494 headings to catalogue slips and 850 tickets, the latter 

 being for the department of Coins and Medals. 



One hundred and eighteen stands for specimens have been 

 made and 53 have been stained ; eight oak blocks have been 

 made and ebonized ; two frames have been made for New 

 Zealand specimens ; 16 boards and tablets have been covered 

 with paper, and 658 specimens mounted ; and 18 specimens 

 have been repaired. 



During the year there have been 1,584 visitors to the 

 studies of the department. 



