CONTENTS. 



BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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 ACCOUNTS (SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS, 1914-1915): 



Beidgewater -- 4 



Faenborough -..__ 4 



SWINEY ---------.---4 



Birch 6 



Charles Drury Edwaed Fortntjm 6 



Carchemish Excavations - --6 



NUMBERS OF PERSONS ADMITTED: 



British Museum 8 



British Mcseum (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 14 



The War- - - 15 



Excavations - 15 



Principal Acquisitions 16 



Grants of Reproductions, &c. - 18 



Publications --18 



ARRANGEMENT OF COLLECTIONS, &c. : 



Printed Books 21 



Manuscripts 28 



Oriental Printed Books and MSS. 34 



Prints and Drawings 42 



Oriental Prints and Drawings 57 



Egyptian Antiquities 62 



Assyrian Antiquities - 63 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 76 



British and Medieval Antiquities - - - - - - 82 



Coins and Medals - ... 93 



ACQUISITIONS : 



Newspapers - - . - 23 



Printed Books 23 



Maps 23 



Music 23 



Manuscripts 29 



Oriental Printed Books and MSS. 35 



Prints and Drawings 44 



Oriental Prints and Drawings 59 



Egyptian Antiquities 65 



Assyrian Antiquities ... 69 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 77 



Prehistoric, Early British and other Antiquities - - - 83 



Ceramic and Glass Objects 86 



Oriental and Ethnographical Objects (including those 



added to the Christy Collection) 88 



Coins and Medals 96 



