100 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Telephones and Fire- Alarms. 



Telephone fire-alarms have been provided, communicating 

 from ten stations in various parts of the building direct with 

 the firemen's room ; also an internal telephone system, by 

 means of which the several departments of the Museum are 

 placed in communication. 



Geological Exploration in Egypt. 



Dr. C. W. Andrews, Assistant in the Geological Depart- 

 ment, resumed in the spring of the year geological exca- 

 vations in the Fayum, Egypt — the expenses of this mission 

 being defrayed out of the funds generously placed at the 

 disposal of the Trustees by Mr. W. E. de Winton. 



Dr. Andrews brought back numerous valuable additions 

 to the collections of vertebrates already obtained from that 

 locality. The most important specimens are: — (1) An 

 associated skull and mandible of Palceomastodon luintoni, 

 with the dentition, including the tusks, in perfect preservation. 

 With these were also found several limb-bones belonging to 

 the same animal. The occurrence of associated groups of 

 bones in these beds is quite exceptional. (2) A beautifully 

 preserved mandible of a young P alee o mastodon with the 

 milk teeth in sitti, and beneath them the germs of the 

 replacing premolars. The incisors are serrated at the edge 

 as in the animal described as Phiomia, which, therefore, 

 is probably the young of a small Palceomastodon. Other 

 specimens were jaws of the Hyracoid Sagatherium and of 

 the eculiar ungulate Geniohyus. Numerous remains of 

 Arsinoitherium, including the greater part of a skull, were 

 also collected. 



Dr. Andrews was again indebted to Captain H. G. Lyons, 

 F.R.S., for much help in preparing for his expedition and in 

 facilitating transport. 



Expedition to Gunong Tahan, Federated Malay States. 



An interesting collection of zoological and botanical 

 specimens has been obtained for the Museum by Mr. H. C. 

 Robinson, Curator of the Selangor State Museum, as the 

 result of an expeclition made by him to Gunong Tahan, 

 Federated Malay States, with the aid of a grant from the 

 provision for purchases. 



Purchases. 



Among the more important purchases made during the 

 year, special mention may be made of the following : — 



A mounted specimen of the African elephant, with pair 

 of tusks and skull ; a second instalment of Dr. D. Sharp's 

 collection of coleopterous insects, consisting of about 50,000 

 specimens representing ten families, and including about 

 1,000 types ; a collection of 4,000 birds from Eastern North 



