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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



3. Catalogues of British Coins and Medals. 

 J/edallic Illustrations of the History of Greed Britain 



and Ireland, by Hawkins, Franks, and Gnieber. 



(Atlas of plates, with letterpress). 



The plates and letterpress of Part VI. have been completed, 



and the Part has been published. Part VII. has also been 



prepared and published. The selection of the medals for 



Part VIII. has been begun. 



4. Catalogues of Oriental Coins. 



Indian Coins. — Andhras and Western Kshatrapas, by 

 E. J. Rapson. 



Signatures H to E E have been sent to press. 18 Plates 

 have been mounted and photographed. 



IV. — A cquisitions. 



The total number of coins and medals added to the 

 Department during the year 1907 was 1,122, of which 39 are 

 of gold, 597 of silver, 454 of bronze, and 32 of other metals. 



The following table shows the numbers of the new acqui- 

 sitions classified according to the several series to which they 

 belong : — 











Other 





Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Bronze. 



Metals, 

 &c. 



Total. 



Greek . . . . 



5 



178 



265 



_ 



448 



Roman 



11 



65 



101 



— 



177 



British and Colonial 



2 



25 



IJ 



4 



45 



Mediaeval and Modern 



2 



239 



26 



28 



295 



Oriental - - - - 



19 



90 



48 



— 



157 



Total - 



39 



597 



451 



32 



1,122 



Of the above, 491 have been presented, viz., 15 of gold, 

 298 of silver, 149 of bronze, and 29 of other metals. 



The following is a list of benefactors to the Department 

 of Coins during the past year : — 



The Government of Bombay ; the Government of the 

 Central Provinces, India ; the Government Museum, Madras ; 

 the British School of Archaeology in Egypt ; the Comite 

 Executif de 1' Exposition de Liege, 1905 ; the Excavation Com- 

 mittee of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Liver- 

 pool ; Howard Pay son Arnold, Esq. ; the Right Hon. Viscount 

 Barrington ; J. G. Burlison, Esq. : E. Butcher, Esq. ; E. G. 

 Coutts, Esq. ; A. W. Dauglish, Esq. ; Evelyn Grant Duff, 

 Esq. ; Sir John Evans, k.c.b. ; A. Felsenthal, Esq. ; H. A. 

 Grueber, Esq., F.S.A. ; F. W. Hasluck, Esq. ; C. W. Harrison, 

 Esq.; G. F. Hill, Esq.; Sir Henry H. Howorth, k.c.i.e. ; 



