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hand the number of students in the Sculpture Galleries has 

 further decreased. 



Presentations of Museum publications, including repro- 

 ductions of prints and drawings by Old Masters and casts of 

 antique gems, have been made to Free Public Libraries, 

 Local Museums, and Art Schools throughout the United 

 Kingdom. 



With part of the means placed at their disposal by the 

 bequest of the late Miss Emma T. Turner, the Trustees, by 

 permission of the High Commissioner of Cyprus, commenced, 

 before the close of the year, excavations on the ancient site 

 of Amathus in that island. 



Among the principal donations of the year are the 

 following : — 



From the Egyptian Government, a granite shrine inscribed 

 with the name of Ptolemy IX., King of Egypt, B.C. 171-117, 

 in which a hawk, emblematic of the Sun-god, was caged ; and 

 a series of mummy cases and other sepulchral objects of 

 priests and priestesses of the confraternity of Amen. 



From John Malcolm, Esq., of Poltalloch, the Sforza Book 

 of Hours, a most exquisitely illuminated Manuscript pre- 

 pared about the year 1490 for Bona of Savoy, widow of 

 Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, and afterwards in possession 

 of Charles the Fifth {see p. 32). 



From Miss Mary Augusta Gordon (by bequest), the 

 Journals of her brother, Major-General Charles George 

 Gordon, kept during the siege of Khartoum, 1884 ; and other 

 documents. 



From John Wingfield Malcolm, Esq., C.B., a cartoon-sketch 

 of a picture of the Holy Family by Michael Angelo. 



The heirs and executors of the late John Malcolm, Esq., 

 of Poltalloch, have deposited with the Trustees of the 

 British Museum the celebrated collection of drawings and 

 engravings by Old Masters formed by him, in order that they 

 may be made available to students. A large selection has 

 been made from them for exhibition in the Department of 

 Prints and Drawings. 



The following are the publications issued by the Depart- 

 ments at Bloomsbury during the year : — 



Continuation of the General Catalogue of the Library, 

 folio, 19 parts, viz.: — Needed Truth-Netherlands; Nicolau- 

 Nocturno ; Nod-Nortmanni ; Norton-Nyxon ; 0-Offizioeser; 

 Offley-Olry ; Olsbach - Orozco ; Orp - Ottobonus ; Ottocar- 

 Ozzerii ; P-Paguis ; Pahde-Paloy ; Palperia-Parinus ; Paris- 

 Paris Sun Beam ; Paris, le Chevalier-Pasbogues ; Pasca- 

 Paudler ; Pavec-Peary ; Peasant-Penhydd ; Penia-Periodical 

 Miscellany ; Periodico-Petenyi. 



0.107. Catalogue 



