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Ethnographical Gallery. — In the Asiatic section a 

 collection from Tibet has been placed in Case 161 and 

 labelled, while the Andaman and Nicobar Collections have been 

 re-arranged and labelled. In the Oceanic section another 

 series of feather cloaks from the collection of the Prince 

 and Princess of Wales has been exhibited ; the New Zealand 

 table-cases re-arranged, and the Tikis exhibited in a frame 

 on the central screen. In the African section, the Masai 

 section has been re-arranged, and a collection from the Upper 

 Nile exhibited in Case 102. The contents of a Ju-ju house 

 from S. Nigeria and fetishes from South-West French Congo 

 have been placed in Standard-case Q. The collections from 

 the Gold and Slave Coasts in Cases 63-66 have been 

 re-arranged, and a series of masks exhibited and labelled. 

 In the American section, -Cases 87-89 have been re-arranged, 

 and collections added with labels. 



A'liierican Room. — The remaining five wall-cases have 

 been re-fitted and the room completed with general labels. 

 The cases have been numbered, and stone carvings from 

 Central America placed above the wall-cases. 



Gold Ornament Room.— The Oxus Treasure has been 

 re-arranged and labelled in accordance with the published 

 Catalogue. The South American series has been re-arranged, 

 and permanent labels provided for the cameos. The re- 

 mounting and labelling of the finger-rings has been begun. 



Registration. — The registration of current acquisitions 

 has been continued, and 3,136 objects have been added, 

 while 165 ethnographical specimens have been drawn and 

 described. 



Catalogues. — The Catalogues of the Oxus Treasure and 

 of English porcelain were both published in March, and the 

 Guide to Antiquities of the Early Iron Age in October. 

 Progress has been made with the Guide to the Ethnographical 

 collections. 



Additions have been made to the slip-catalogue of medi- 

 aeval pilgrims' signs, and a slip catalogue of the Ivory and 

 Maiolica collections begun. A number of Ceramic and 

 Prehistoric pamphlets have been arranged for binding. 



Photographs to the number of 69 have been taken in the 

 Department for purposes of illustration and reference ; 577 

 type-written labels cut and bordered ; 59 mounting-boards 

 papered, and 999 specimens mounted. Specimens from Torres 

 Straits, Samoa, and New Zealand, as well as Japanese 

 armour and North American Indian dresses, have been 

 cleaned. Two table-cases have been lined, and a slope 

 velveted. Forty impressions of wood-blocks have been 

 taken, 12 wooden stands stained and varnished, and 162 

 blocks for finger^rings covered with velvet. 



