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Gallery of Religions. — A second standard case has been 

 filled with selected pieces of Buddhist sculpture from 

 Northern India, and several additions made to the series 

 in the wall-cases. 



A'laerican Room. — A new suite of wall-cases has been 

 built, step-fittings for the same prepared and painted, and 

 most of the collections exhibited, including a standard case 

 of Mexican mosaics and stone masks. The floor has been 

 polished, and the table-cases re-arranged. 



Ethnographical Gallery. — A number of type-written 

 labels have been added in various parts of the gallery, and 

 recent acquisitions incorporated. In the African section a 

 series from the Congo Free State has been placed on exhi- 

 bition; and in the Solomon Island a cannibal trough has been 

 placed above wall-cases 41-43. In the Asiatic section the 

 dress and ornaments of a Shan-Palaoung woman have been 

 exhibited in case 158 ; and in the American section two large 

 pottery vases from the head-waters of the Amazon, with 

 painted basket patterns, have been placed in a specially 

 constructed standard case. 



Registration. — The registration of current acquisitions 

 has been continued, and 1,407 objects have been added, 

 while 529 ethnographical specimens have been drawn and 

 described. 



Catalogues. — The Guide to the Antiquities of the Bronze 

 Age in the Department was published in February, and that 

 to the English pottery and porcelain collections in April. 

 The Catalogue of English Porcelain has been sent to press, 

 and that of the Oxus treasure completed in manuscript ; while 

 Guides to the Ethnographical and Late-Celtic collections are 

 in progress. 



The slip-catalogue of mediseval pilgrims' signs has been 

 re-arranged, and recent acquisitions incorporated ; while 

 that of African ethnography, including exhibited and stored 

 specimens, has been completed, and arranged in drawers in 

 this section. 



Photographs to the number of 200 have been taken in the 

 Department to illustrate various Guides and Catalogues ; 

 804 type-written labels cut and bordered, 131 mounting- 

 boards papered, and 1,227 specimens mounted. 



Registration numbers have been painted on 3,119 speci- 

 mens, and 1,507 permanent labels written. Wooden labels, 

 plinths, pedestals, and packing-cases have been prepared to 

 the number of 1,311. Seventeen Chertsey tiles have been 

 restored and mounted ; 22 busts and 2 figures cleaned ; an 

 alabaster panel and American terra-cotta repaired, and the 

 Roman tessellated pavement from Thruxton, Hants., placed 

 on the wall of the north-eastern staircase, space being 

 provided by transferring casts of Egyptian heads. 



