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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following table shows the numbers of the new acqui- 

 sitions, classified according to the several series to which they 

 belong : — 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Bronze. 



Other 

 Metals. 



Total 



Greek . . . . 



Roman . . . - 



British and Colonial 



Mediaeval and Modern 



Oriental . . - - 



14 



1 



9 



fi7 



121 



210 



36 



71 



367 



198 



1.56 

 17 

 27 

 49 

 96 



4 



12 



67 

 26 



384 



54 



119 



550 

 441 



Total 



212 



882 



34.5 



109 



1,548 



Of the above, 499 have been presented, viz., 69 of gold, 

 266 of silver, 122 of bronze and 42 of other metals. 



The following is a list of benefactors to the Department 

 of Coins and Medals during the past year : — 



The Royal Geographical Society ; the Deputy Master of the 

 Mint ; the Worshipful Company of Musicians ; the National 

 Battlefields Commission of Canada ; the Government of the 

 United Provinces of India ; the Government Museum, Madras ; 

 the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ; the Superin- 

 tendent of the Western Circle, Archaeological Survey, Poona ; 

 J. Allan, Esq ; Professor F. P. Barnard ; A. Birtwhistle, Esq. ; 

 G. A. Black, Esq. ; J. Stephens Blackett, Esq. ; Dr. A. E. Bridger ; 

 A. W. Brown, Esq. ; Miss Close ; G. W. Daniels, Esq. ; Charles 

 Dawson, Esq. ; A. J. Evans, Esq., f.r.s. ; Miss Helen Farquhar ; 

 G. Flowers, Esq. ; E. Grant Duff, Esq., c.B. ; H. A. Grueber, 

 Esq., F.s.A.; Rev. A. W. Hands; F. D. Harford, Esq.; F. W. 

 Hasluck, Esq. ; P. Hemingway, Esq. ; J. A. Herbert, Esq. ; 

 Frank C. Higgins, Esq. ; Herbert Hill, Esq. ; W. R. Hubbard, 

 Esq. ; Signor Stefano Johnson ; Sir A. W. Lawrence, Bart. ; 

 L. A. Lawrence, Esq. ; Alexander Mann, Esq. ; J. R. McClean, 

 Esq. ; Mrs. Hester Moggridge ; Maung Po Mya, Esq. ; W. R. 

 Nevill, Esq.; J. Edge Partington, Esq.; Dr. T. L. Pennell ; 

 Professor Harvey Porter ; W. T. Ready, Esq. ; Edward G. Roe, 

 Esq. ; Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. ; H. Collingwood Selby, Esq. ; 

 R. Sutcliff'e, Esq. ; E. 0. Swallow, Esq. ; Major P. M. Sykes, 

 c.M.G. ; W. H. Valentine, Esq.; Mrs. Way; F. Parkes Weber, 

 Esq., M.D. ; W. B. Wildman, Esq.'; Howland Wood, Esq. ; Major 

 Wyndham Wood ; A. M. Woodward, Esq. ; Dr. S. Woolf. 



IV. — Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



1. Greek Series :— 



(a) Europe : — 



Italy. — Bruttium. — Gaulonia. — A silver stater of the tran- 

 sitional period; obv. KAV Apollo to r., and stag on basis ; rev. 

 gtagtor. Wt. 121-9 grs. 



