BRITISH AND MEDIJiVAL ANTIQUITIES. /7 



of blocks taken. Typewritten labels to the number of 855 have 

 been cut and bordered, and 49 labels printed on the hand-press ; 

 147 boards papered, and 2,478 objects mounted on them. There 

 have been prepared 623 trays, plinths, stands, tablets, frames, 

 and separate fittings. 



The Easter Island sculptures under the portico have been 

 moved and cleaned, and moulcls for making plaster casts of 

 specimens listed for publication. Part of the Witt Collection 

 has been cleaned and re-arranged, and the classical specimens 

 of the Museum collection transferred to the Department of 

 Greek and Roman Antiquities. Two Roman mosaic pavements 

 found at Hemsworth, Dorset, have been restored and affixed to 

 the wall on the north-east staircase. 



Excavations were conducted in conjunction with H.M. 

 Geological Survey at Swanscombe, Kent, on 2.3 days between 

 March 18th and July 1st, and a collection inspected at Rayleigh, 

 Essex. The Dublin meeting of the Museums Association was 

 attended in July. 



Publications. — The Catalogue of Mediaeval Finger-rings 

 was published in March, and a Guide to the American Antiquities 

 in May. Current additions have been made to the slip catalogue 

 of Oriental pottery and porcelain, and a catalogue of Renaissance 

 and later gems begun. 



Students. — Three thousand six hundred and forty-six 

 students and visitors have been received in the Department. 

 Two demonstrations have been given in the Prehistoric Room 

 by a member of the staff. 



2. Acquisitions. 

 (1.) Prehistoric and Early British Antiquities : — 

 Flint implements of various forms from gravel at Kennet, 

 near Newmarket. Presented by C. R. Jennings, Esq. 



Two flint implements from the cemetery, Welwyn, Herts, 

 and a series of small white flints from the surface, Windmill 

 Hill, Wilts. Presented by the Rev. H, G. 0. Kendall. 



A battered flint of unusual size from a gravel pit at Bidden- 

 ham, Beds. Presented by H. S. Calverly, Esq. 



Flint with natural perforation, resembling a hammer, from 

 the beach at Southsea Castle, and an implement from the clay- 

 with-flints on Hinton Hill, Hants. Presented by Col. Jamieson. 



Flint implement with ivory patina from Shortheath, Farn- 

 ham, Surrey. Presented by Henry Bury, Esq. 



Two flint implements from the site of. a palaeolithic 

 rock-shelter at Oldbury, near Ightham, Kent. Presented by 

 B. Harrison, Esq. 



Flint tool of segmental form from Southfleet chalk-pit, 

 A'orthfleet, Kent, found by the donor and described in Archceo- 

 logia, LXIIl, 131. Presented by Henry Dewey, Esq. 



