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Registration numbers have been painted on 3,661 speci- 

 mens, and 777 permanent labels written. Several plinths of 

 Roman inscribed monuments have been cleaned and re- 

 written ; and a number of old collections in the basement 

 examined. 



Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-five students and 

 visitors have been received in the Department. Two parties 

 from John Lyon School at Harrow, and parties of University 

 Extension students from Walworth and Battersea have been 

 conducted through various sections of the Department by 

 members of the Staff; and a lecture on social development as 

 illustrated by English pottery delivered to members of the 

 North London Students' Association. 



II. — A cquisitions. 

 (1.) Prehistoric and Early British Antiquities : — 



(a.) Stone Age. — Two palaeolithic implements from a 

 gravel-pit at Croxley, Herts, described in Proceedings of the 

 Society of Antiquaries, vol. xxi., p. 32 ; given by Sir John 

 Evans, k.c.b. 



A. series of palaeolithic implements from Knowle Farm 

 Quarry, Savernake Forest, Wilts ; given by Rev. H. G. O. 

 Kendall. 



A roughly shaped piece of quartz, perhaps an implement 

 found by the donor on the surface at the base of Nine 

 Maiden's tumulus, Cornwall ; given by Mrs. Clement Reid. 



Greenstone neolithic celt probably from N. England ; 

 given by A. E. Douglas, Esq. 



Flint flakes and arrowhead found near Ai-bor Low, Derby- 

 shire ; given by J. B. Titterton, Esq. 



A number of flint flakes from the Thames at Wandsworth, 



A patinated flint knife dredged from the Thames at 

 Cookham, Berks ; given by R. E. Goolden, Esq., f.s.a. 



Flint arrowheads and flakes from the Mendips ; given by 

 Wm. McPherson, Esq. 



A large series of flint arrowheads and stone implements 

 from Aberdeenshire. 



(b ) Bronze Age. — Flat bronze celt dredged from the 

 Thames at Hammersmith. 



Fragments of a sun-disc consisting of a bronze plate with 

 gold facing, found in a grave under a round barrow on 

 Lansdown Links, Bath, and described in the Proceedings of 

 the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 

 1906 ; given by Sir H. Waldemar Lawrence, Bt., and A. 

 Waldemar Lawrence, Esq. 



A hoard of eight gold bracelets, total weight 24 ozs. 

 8 dwt., found in a gravel-pit at Bexley, Kent ; purchased 

 from H.M. Treasury as Treasure Trove. 



