ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Botanical Branch. 



Since the last Annual Report, the Keeper has re-arranged the Family of Palms, witli 

 additions from various Collections. 



He has examined the Collections made by the late Mr. Griffith in Assam and Boutan. 

 He has also been engaged in examining and arranging the extensive Collection of Plants 

 from the Interior of Brazil, lately purchased from the Executors of the late Mr. Gardner; 

 in adding to the General Herbarium the remaining portion of the Specimens collected by 

 M. Von Heldreich in Greece and Asia Minor; and the Collections made by Mr. Spruce in 

 Northern Brazil ; and in preparing and arranging Specimens for the Botanical Exhibition, 

 which is not yet completely furnished with the necessary Fittings. 



He has received, since his last Annual Report, as presents, or by purchase, the following 

 Collections : — 



5,746 species of Brazilian Plants, collected in various Provinces of that country, by the 

 late Mr. William Gardner. 



378 species of Brazilian Plants, collected by Mr. Spruce, in the neighbourhood of 

 Santarem. 



A Collection of about 200 kinds of Woods employed in cabinet-making and carpenters' 

 work, prepared by Mr. Edwards. 



Twelve specimens of Woods employed for Railway Carriages. Presented by Mr. Thorn- 

 thwaite. 



A Trunk of Copernicia cerifera. Mart. 



107 species of Mosses and Lichens of New Zealand. 



Various specimens of Palms and of Woods, collected by Mr. Spruce in Northern Brazil. 



Several Fruits and Woods, obtained from Mr. Pamplin. 



Department of Antiquities. 



During the last year, the Elgin and Phigaleian Rooms and the whole West Wing have 

 been painted. 



The objects in the Egyptian Gallery being much too crowded, are about to be expanded 

 into the new corresponding Gallery. The glazing of the Tablets has been continued. 



Two new Galleries have been erected on the West side of these Egyptian Galleries, in 

 which preparations are being made for arranging the Assyrian Sculptures. 



The later Greek, Etruscan and Roman Sculptures are dispersed in various parts of the 

 Museum, waiting for the completion of the New Galleries for their reception. 



The system of attaching Labels to the various objects has been continued and extended. 



The three new Rooms on the Upper Floor of the West Wing have been completed, by 

 which space has been acquired for the expansion and better arrangement of the Egyptian 

 Antiquities, the Vases, and the Bronzes ; and one Room has been appropriated to the 

 British and Mediaeval Antiquities. 



The eariier Vases have been arranged in one Room, and a descriptive Catalogue has been 

 completed and printed. 



The arrangement of the later Vases is nearly completed, and the Catalogue of them is in 

 progress. 



The British and Mediaeval objects have been classified and arranged in the new Room 

 appropriated to them, and stands are preparing for their better and more convenient 

 display. 



The Egyptian Antiquities now catalogued, and ready for the press, amount to 7,400 

 objects. 



The descriptive Catalogue of British Medals is in progress. The first Volume, extending 

 to the close of the reign of Will. IlL, is printed, and almost ready for publication. 



The acquisitions of the year 1851 have been very nearly all registered, the Antiquities, 

 except the late Assyrian acquisitions, have been incorporated, and the incorporation of the 

 Coins is continually proceeding. 



Amongst the objects presented to the Department of Antiquities during the year 1851, 

 are the following : — 



Portion of a Tablet recording the ^Ethiopian campaigns of Amenophis IIL from Samneh 

 in Nubia, from his Grace the Duke of Northumberland. 



Five Scarabcei inscribed with the names of Cheops, Kephren, Nepercheres, and other 

 early Kings of Egypt, from B. Hertz, Esq. 



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