76 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Chinese padlock of brass with engraved design, from 

 Amoy; given by F. J. Powell, Esq. 



Ivory steelyard for weighing opium and gold, and a steatite 

 box of seals, from China ; given by S. S. Flower, Esq. 



Bronze bowl and iron spear-head, found in a grave at 

 Karabak, Erivan, in the Caucasus ; given by C. H. Read, 

 Esq. 



Beads of carnelian, onyx, and glass, found in the ruins of 

 Ujjain, the ancient capital of Malwa ; given by C. Maries, 

 Esq., F.L.S. 



Saucer-shaped disc of stone carved in relief with a youth 

 riding a marine monster, from the N.W. Provinces. 



Flint implements from Abydos, Egypt, including some 

 •hoice specimens of knives. 



Africa. — 203 cast bronze panels with various groups and 

 figures, from Benin city, West Africa ; given by Her Majesty's 

 Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. These 

 specimens have been selected from a larger number deposited 

 in the Museum on loan in 1897. 



A fly-whisk handle of carved ivory from Benin city ; given 

 by J. Edge-Partington, Esq. 



America. — Pottery vessels, ornaments in the form of masks, 

 stone and obsidian implements and spear-head from Central 

 America ; given by Mrs. Salvin, from the collection of the 

 late Osbert Salvin, Esq., f.r.s. 



Two ancient gold breast-ornaments and a pin with bell ; 

 from the Republic of Colombia. Facsimiles of two ancient 

 Mexican codices ; given by the Due de Loubat. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



Eighty-eight additional slips have been prepared for the 

 Registration Catalogue, with sketches of the objects, and 

 331 objects have been registered. The Christy Trustees have 

 acquired, by donation, exchange, or purchase, the following 

 objects, which they have transferred to the Trustees of the 

 British Museum. 



I. — Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa : — 



Donations, 

 A ground axe-head of grey chert from Buxton, Derbyshire, 

 and a ground axe-head from Norberton, Downham ; C. H. 

 Read, Esq., f.s.a. 



Purchase. 

 Four finely ground axe-heads of haematite, dug up by the 

 Mangbettu and Azandeh tribes at Mount Tina, near the 

 Bomokandi River, in the north-west of the Congo Free State, 

 Africa. 



