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Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 



The arrangement of the Mausoleum Room has been nearly- 

 completed, one of the columns with its entablature and part 

 of the coffered ceiling having been erected, three of the lions 

 moved and remounted, and two marble pedestals prepared for 

 the colossal horses of the quadriga ; the sculptures and archi- 

 tectural members from Priene have been rearranged and re- 

 mounted ; the capital of one of the antce of the temple restored 

 and mounted ; the sculptures in the Grseco-Roman Basement 

 have been rearranged, and the plinths and pedestals repaired ; 

 certain of the sculptures in the Ephesus Room have been 

 moved ; six new marble pedestals have been prepared for 

 sculptures, and a marble head repaired and mounted ; plinths 

 and fittings have been prepared for the Room of Greek and 

 Latin inscriptions, and the cast of the Lycian inscribed 

 monument re-erected in the old Inscription Room ; one stele, 

 two sepulchral tablets, and 14 inscriptions have been mounted 

 on stone plinths ; a terra-cotta cornice from Civita Lavinia has 

 been restored and mounted on slate ; the wall-cases on either 

 side of the Medal Room door in the Etruscan Saloon have been 

 fitted up, and cases 26 — 31 prepared for terra-cotta anti- 

 quities from Cervetri and Civita Lavinia ; three terra-cotta 

 panels repaired and mounted, four oak and seven pine pedes- 

 tals, and a stand for drawings of the Priene temple have 

 been prepared ; two drawings of the Mausoleum mounted 

 and framed ; four gems, two bronze pumps, and a porcelain 

 vase mounted; 45 vases and two terra-cottas cleaned 

 and repaired, a series of fragments of pottery from Naucratis 

 cleaned, repaired, and remounted; new blinds have been 

 put up in the Etruscan Saloon and Terra-cotta Room, 

 and the fittings altered ; 1,045 vases have been catalogued ; 

 208 objects registered; 2.30 photographs made; 283 des- 

 criptive titles written and attached to objects ; 12 sets of 

 casts of select gems for presentation verified ; Volume II. of 

 the Catalogue of Vases, and Part IV., Section I. of the 

 " Ancient Greek Inscriptions " have been completed ; 62 photo- 

 graphic reproductions of interiors of kylikes have been made 

 and exhibited in the Third Vase Room ; a publication of the 

 same entitled " Designs on Greek Vases " is in progress ; and 

 progress has also been made with Volume II. of the Catalogue 

 of Sculpture, and with Vols. III. and IV. of the Catalogue 

 of Vases. 



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