CONTENTS. 



BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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 ACCOUNTS (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS. 1918-1914): 



Bridgewater 1 



Farnborough __.- 4 



SWINEY .---4 



Birch --G 



Vincent Stuckey Lean <> 



Charles Drury Edward Fortnum C> 



Carchemish Excavations 6 



NUMBERS OF PERSONS ADMITTED: 



British Museum !^ 



British Museum (Natural History) 12 



HOURS OF ADMISSION: 



British Museum - 10 



British Museum (Natural History) 13 



GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROGRESS: 



Visitors 13 



Reading Room and Newspaper Room 14 



Extension Building - - - 14 



Official Guide 15 



Sale of Photographs, kc. - - - 15 



Excavations 15 



Principal Acquisitions 15 



Grants of Reproductions, ^^c. 17 



Publications 17 



ARRANGEMENT OF COLLECTIONS, &c. : 



Printed Books 19 



Manuscripts 32 



Oriental Printed Books and MSS. - 38 



Prints and Drawings 48 



Oriental Prints and Drawings 65 



Egyptian Antiquities 70 



ilssYRTAN Antiquities 71 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 83 



British and Medieval Antiquities ... - . 89 



Coins and Medals ----- 104 



ACQUISITIONS : 



Printed Books 21 



Maps 21 



Music 21 



Newspapers ------ 22 



Manuscripts 33 



Oriental Printed Books and MSS. 39 



Prints and Drawings 49 



Oriental Prints and Drawings 66 



Egyptian Antiquities . - - 72 



Assyrian Antiquities ... 76 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 84 



Prehistoric, Early British and other Antiquities - - - 90 



Ceramic and Glass Objects 93 



Oriental and Ethnographical Objects (including those 



ADDED TO the ChrISTY COLLECTION) 98 



Coins and Medals 104 



