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has been made with the mounting of the portion of the 

 collection presented to the Trustees, and with the Hoernle 

 collection from the same region. 



Gallery of Religions. — Two large Hindu carvings and 

 one Javanese sculpture have been mounted on plinths and 

 placed in position. 



Ethnographical Gallery. — The Australian series has been 

 labelled and re-arranged in six wall -cases and two table- 

 cases. New Zealand feather cloaks have been examined 

 and repacked. 



Micronesian ornaments have been exhibited in three 

 frames and a table-case. The collection from the aborigines 

 of the Malay States has been partly re-arranged and 

 re-labelled : and the North-west Coast pipes and ornaments 

 mounted and exhibited in drawers accessible to the public. 



Ainerican Room. — The West Indian collection has been 

 checked and re-arranged, and the series of Mexican mosaics 

 re-arranged in a new standard case. The Bolivar and Manson 

 collections of Peruvian antiquities have been exhibited, the 

 textiles being mounted in frames and placed in an upright 

 case. 



Registration, etc. — The registration of current acquisitions 

 has been continued, and 2,661 objects have been added, 

 including ethnographical specimens. 



Photographs to the number of 186 have been taken in the 

 Department for purposes of illustration and reference, and 

 36 extra prints prepared. Typewritten labels to the number 

 of 1,008 have been cut and bordered ; 87 mounting boards 

 papered, and 815 objects mounted. There have been pre- 

 pared 619 blocks, labels, frames, plinths, and miscellaneous 

 littiugs, and labels have been printed in the Department. 



Registration numbers have been painted on 2,033 specimens 

 and 891 permanent labels written. 



Catalogues. — The Guide to the Mediaeval Room has been 

 passed through the press and was published in March. A 

 catalogue of ivory carvings has been begun and photographic 

 plates prepared for the same. The slip-catalogue of Chinese 

 porcelain has been completed ; also a similar catalogue of 

 Japanese pottery and porcelain. Progress has been made 

 with the Guide to the Ethnographical Gallery, and the 

 catalogue of Roman pottery has been revised in proof. 



Students. — Three thousand two hundred and fifty-four 

 students and visitors have been received in the Department. 

 The Battersea Field Club, Selborne Society, Ealing Micro- 

 scopical Society, Barnsbury Park School, and Rev. J. Evans' 

 party have been conducted through various sections of the 

 Department by members of the staff. 



