QQ ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



In the next section a collection of Malay ornaments and 

 weapons (published in Fasciculi Malay enses), collected by 

 Messrs. N. Annandale and H. C. Robinson, and given by the 

 E,oyal Society, has been exhibited in wall-case 147 and table- 

 case 203. A miscellaneous collection made by Professor 

 Baldwin Spencer and Mr. F. J. Gillen in Australia, of orna- 

 ments, weapons, and ceremonial objects, has been arranged in 

 wall-case 29 and table-case 174. The collection of tapa-cloths 

 from the Pacific has been classified and catalogued. 



In wall-cases 124-6 of the Pacific section has been exhibited 

 an important series of feather cloaks from Hawaii deposited 

 on loan by His Majesty the King, and a remarkable food- 

 trough from Rubiana Lagoon (Solomon Islands) has "been 

 placed above wall-cases 41-3. 



In the African section the textiles have been classified 

 and catalogued. All the bronze plaques from Benin have 

 been arranged and fixed in three new standard-cases, and 

 labelled permanently. The contents of drawers and cup- 

 boards in this section have been examined and re-arranged, 

 and wall-cases 5.3-5, 58, 61-7, and six table-cases arranged 

 and labelled in part. 



Life-size figures of South African natives have been exhi- 

 bited in two new standard cases : two leaves of a carved door 

 from N. Nigeria have been placed above wall-cases 58-60; 

 and all the East African shields above the cases on the east 

 side of the room have been classified. 



A standard- case has been refitted and an exhibition of 

 Kabyle pottery arranged. 



In the American section, the Freeman collection of Black- 

 foot weapons, ornaments, and ceremonial objects has been 

 exhibited in wall-case 94 and table-case 190, while four new 

 bases for table-cases have been placed in position. 



All the table-cases in the Central and Asiatic Saloons, the 

 Prehistoric, Mediaeval, and Anglo-Saxon rooms have been 

 shifted, and the floors polished throughout. 



Registration. — The registration of current acquisitions 

 has been continued, and 1,788 objects have been added, while 

 1,079 ethnographical specimens have been drawn and 

 described. 



The Armoury at the Tower of London has been placed 

 under the control of the Trustees, and the catalogue checked 

 and found correct. 



Catalogues. — The Guide to Early Christian and Byzantine 

 Antiquities in the Department and the Catalogue of English 

 pottery have been completed, and wei-e published in April 

 and December respectively. The Guide to the Antiquities of 

 the Bronze Age in the Department has been sent to press, 

 and progress has been made with Guides to the Ethnographical 

 as well as the En, ^lish pottery and porcelain collections. 



