80 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and 

 Ethnography. 



I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 



Prehistoric Section. — A series from the Belgian caves has 

 been arranged and labelled, to be exhibited in drawers accessible 

 to the public in this room ; and the drawers of three table-cases 

 cleared for re-construction. In the south wing several large 

 dishes of the Hallstatt period have been placed in glazed cases. 

 The labelling of the Greenwell Collection has been continued. 



Romano-British Section. — The collection exhibited in 

 drawers has been periodically overhauled. 



Mediaeval Room. — Permanent labels have been provided 

 for the Limoges and other painted enamels ; and several cases 

 have been cleaned. 



Gold Ornament Room. — The Franks Collection of cups has 

 been permanently labelled, and the cases cleaned. 



Glass and Ceramic Room,. — Cases have been cleared and a 

 new standard case and screens provided for the Falcke Collection 

 of Wedgwood ware which has been arranged and permanently 

 labelled. The Dutch and German glass has been re-arranged. 



Asiatic Saloon. — Several sections of Chinese pottery and 

 three standard cases have been cleaned and re-arranged ; and 

 the Brooke Collection of Chinese pottery from Szechuan 

 exhibited in wall-cases 92, 93. A large frame of embroidery 

 from Turkestan (Stein Collection) has been exhibited in cases 

 98-100 which have been cleared for the purpose. 



Gallery of Religions. — The Buddhist room has been closed 

 during the year owing to alterations in connection with the 

 new buildings ; and the Gandhara sculptures have been twice 

 moved. 



Ethnographical Gallery. — The north-west and Arctic 

 American sections have been cleaned and re-arranged with new 

 labels in wall-cases 68-83 ; and five table-cases re-arranged in 

 the same section. In the Oceanic section the Torres Straits 

 Collection has been overhauled and the case cleaned ; and two 

 standard cases have been cleared for alteration of locks. In 

 the African section, the Congo textiles have been sorted and 

 stored ; the standard-case Q has been re-arranged with new 

 fittings ; and case T containing Benin ivories has been 

 re-arranged with permanent labels. In the Asiatic section an 

 exhibition of composite bows has been arranged with explana- 

 tory sections. The glass throughout the Gallery has been 

 cleaned inside, and four sets of drawers accessible to the public 

 arranged for exhibition. 



American Room. — Three wall-cases and one standard-case 

 have been cleared for the exhibition of the Van den Bergh 



