68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A millenary exhibition of objects of art from the Anglo- 

 Saxon and Gold Ornament rooms, as well as manuscripts and 

 coins connected with Alfred the Great or dating from his 

 time, was temporarily arranged in this Department. De- 

 scriptive labels for the exhibits were prepared and printed. 



The registration of current acquisitions has been continued, 

 and 2,327 objects have been added; while 638 ethnographical 

 specimens have been drawn and described. 



The catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest, containing 56 

 photographic plates and numerous woodcuts, has been prepared 

 and sent to press. 



An illustrated catalogue of objects belonging to the Early 

 Christian and Byzantine periods has been prepared and sent 

 to press. 



The slip-catalogue of English pottery has been completed, 

 and an introduction to the catalogue of the collection pre- 

 pared. An appendix describing the Continental pottery and 

 porcelain in the Franks collection has been added to the 

 printed catalogue. 



The slip-catalogue of lead-tokens and cloth-marks has been 

 completed. 



The Romano-British mosaics in the Roman gallery, several 

 statues in the Entrance Hall, and antiquities of stone in the 

 colonnade have been cleaned. Nineteen panels of mediaeval 

 floor-tiles have been mounted and restored, and 15 urns 

 repaired. Two heads of Roman emperors have been mounted 

 on stone plinths, and iron brackets fixed for the same in the 

 Gaulish section. A carved stone of the pre-Norman period 

 from Scotland has been cleaned and labelled. 



A room in the basement has been refitted with shelves, 

 drawers, &c., for the temporary arrangement of antiquities 

 discovered by Dr. Stein in Central Asia. Fittings have also 

 been made for two standard cases in the Ceramic gallery, 

 and several wall-cases in the new iron gallery ; while those 

 of the Late-Celtic cases have been remodelled. 



Thirteen shelves have been fixed in the exhibition galleries, 

 and the following prepared : a canoe-stand and 8 other 

 varnished stands ; 4 dovetail drawers and a sloping book- 

 shelf. 



Tablets, blocks, and wooden labels have been prepared to 

 the number of 800, and 177 tablets covered with paper for 

 mounting. One thousand and seventy- two objects have been 

 mounted, and prehistoric antiquities transferred from 14 

 tablets to glass-topped boxes for exhibition. 



Several Kachen and Sierra-Leone figures have been cleaned ; 

 110 type-written labels trimmed and bordered, and 1,680 

 ticket-labels printed on the hand-machine. 



During the year there have been 1,901 visitors to the 

 studies of this department. 



