74) ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



objects. In making this selection the trustees had the 

 valuable aid of one of their number, Mr. Drury Fortnum, 

 whose great knowledge of works of art, and long friendship 

 with Sir Wollaston Franks made his help of exceptional 

 value. 



It is proposed that, for a time, at any rate, the principal 

 collections of Sir Wollaston Franks shall form a separate 

 exhibition in the Museum. Catalogues of some of the sections 

 are in progress, and will appear from time to time. It is felt 

 that the publication of such catalogues is a better recognition 

 of the importance of the bequest than a permanent separation 

 of the objects bequeathed from others in the museum of 

 which they are in many cases the complement. 



The foregoing summary account gives an idea of the extra- 

 ordinary extent and importance of the accessions to the 

 Museum under the will of one of the greatest benefactors 

 that it has ever known. To the devotion of a lifetime, in 

 which almost every hour was given to the service of the 

 Museum, Sir Wollaston Franks, by this munificent bequest, 

 added to his constant benefactions up to the day of his death, 

 has raised to himself a monument which will equal the great 

 reputation he enjoyed during his life. 



IV. — Christy Collection. 



Six hundred and seventy-six additional slips have been 

 prepared for the Registration Catalogue, with sketches of the 

 objects. 



The Christy Trustees have acquired, by donation and 

 purchase, the following objects, which they have transferred 

 to the Trustees of the British Museum. 



I. — Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa : — 



A pierced quartzite hammerstone, from St. Andrew's ; a 

 ground stone axe-head, from Hampton, Middlesex ; a flint 

 flake, from Southall, Middlesex ; a pierced stone axe-hammer, 

 from the neighbourhood of Konigsberg, Germany ; and a 

 series of ground stone implements, from Asia Minor ; presented 

 by Sir A. Wollaston Franks, k.c.b. 



A pierced stone axe-hammer, from Yverdon, Switzerland ; 

 presented by C. H. Read, Esq., f.s.a. 



II. — Ethnography of Asia : — 



An instrument for compressing infants' heads, a fire-syringe, 

 and a surgical instrument, from Sarawak, Borneo ; presented 

 by Charles Hose, Esq. 



