70 AC<5GrjNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



been arranged in a frame- case and labelled ; and the large 

 Solomon Island case cleaned and re-arranged. The Easter 

 Island collection has been arranged and labelled ; and canoes 

 from Australia and Samoa and a large steering oar from Fiji 

 exhibited above the wall- cases. Collections from the South 

 Congo Free State and from S.E. Africa have been entirely 

 re-arranged, and a larger number of recent acquisitions exhibited. 

 Four large photographs have been framed and exhibited in the 

 African section, and a large friction-drum from the East Africa 

 Protectorate placed above the wall-cases. 



American Room. — Objects from ancient Peruvian graves 

 have been exhibited in two table-cases and five drawers 

 accessible to the public ; the Peruvian pottery has been 

 permanently labelled. The West Indian series has been 

 re-arranged and labelled in part. 



Registration, etc. — The registration of current acquisitions 

 has been continued, and 4,839 objects have been added, 

 including ethnographical specimens. 



Photographs to the number of 76 have been taken in the 

 Department for purposes of illustration and reference, and 



71 extra prints prepared. Typewritten labels to the number of 

 675 have been cut and bordered, and 24 printed on the hand- 

 press ; 63 mounting boards papered, and 546 objects mounted. 

 There have been prepared 711 blocks, labels, frames, plinths, 

 and miscellaneous fittings. 



The plinths of sculptures on the north-east landing have 

 been cleaned, and Roman pavements at Hemsworth, Wilts, 

 raised and transferred to the museum. 



Registration numbers have been painted on 2,475 specimens, 

 and 698 permanent labels written. 



Catalogues. — The catalogue of Ivory Carvings has been 

 prepared for the press, and further progress made with the 

 guide to the Ethnographical Gallery. A slip catalogue of the 

 Siamese and Corean pottery has been made, completing the 

 oriental ceramic section ; and the Chinese bronzes have been 

 similarly catalogued. 



Students.- — Three thousand two hundred and sixty-seven 

 students and visitors have been received in the Department. 

 The Battersea Field Club and the Selborne Society have been 

 conducted through the Ethnographical Gallery by a member of 

 the S!aflf. 



II. — Acquisitions. 

 (1.) Prehistoric and Early British Antiquities : — 



(a.) Stone Age. — Four palaeolithic implements found by the 

 donor in a gravel-pit at Kennet, near Newmarket ; given by 

 C. R. Jennings, Esq. 



