ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, <S:c. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Of these Acquisitions, the following have been received as presents : — 



A medal of Buenos Ayres, from the Right Hon. the Earl Russell. 



A medal of Sir John Kendall, from Miss Agnes Smith. 



Nineteen Swiss coins, from the Ki^ht Hon. the Earl of Enmskillen. 



A medal commemorating the publication of Devon's work on Egypt, from Edward 

 Hawkins, Esq. 



Twenty-seven Oriental coins from the south of India, from W. Ogilvy, Esq. 



Furty-seven Chinese coins, from A. Wylie, Esq. 



A London token, from the Rev. C. Weatherley. 



A counter bearing the inscription " Ave Domina Anglorum," from Lee Mayhew, Esq. 



A medal of Gimzaga, Duke of Mantua, from Miss Georgina Smith. 



A very rare coin of Coenwulf, King of Mercia, from Sir J. Clarke Jervoise, Bart, M. p. 



A very rare silver coin of Cvrene, from the late F, H. Crowe, Esq., H.M. Consul, 

 Cairo. 



Ten medallets of the Duchess of Devonshire, from M. Hahn. 



A penny of Henry VIIL, from J. Evans, Esq. 



Five coins of the present King of Sweden, from M. Hoist. 



Seven German coins, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Eight gold coins of Lombard and Merovingian kings, five gold Byzantine coins, and one 

 silver, and eleven gold coins of the Dukes of Benevento, from J. F. W. de Salis, Esq. 



In the Greek Series, the most remarkable coin acquired is that of Cyrene, from the late 

 F, H. Crowe, Esq. 



In the Roman Series, the most remarkable coins are, a gold quinarius of Gallienus; an 

 aureus of Carinus ; a silver medallion of Honoiius ; a unique copper coin of Uranius 

 Antoninus, struck at Antioch ; a quinarius of Sept. Severus; a very rare aureus of 

 Licinius I., with bust full faced ; a tiemissis of Glycerius; and a solidus of Constantine 

 the Great, of great, rarity. 



In the Lombard Series, and that of the Dukes of Benevento, those presented by Mr. 

 de Salis are of the greatest interest and rarity. 



In the Modern Series, the most important are a ten ducat piece of Wallenstein, Duke of 

 Friedland ; a ten ducat piece of Charles, Bishop of Olmutz, 1674 ; an eight ducat piece of 

 Maximilian Gandolph, Archbishop of Saltzburg, 1668; and a double dollar of Zara, 1813. 



10,159 moulds of Greek coins have been cleaned and labelled. 



1,817 persons have visited the Medal Room. 



W. S. W. Vaax. 



Departments op Natural History. 



The stufted specimens and skins of the class Mammalia have suffered no appreciable 

 deterioration since the last Annual Report. The usual precautions and care have main- 

 tamed their state of preservation. In regard to the instructive condition of this class of 

 animals, the restrictions of space still operate in limiting the proportion of the exhibited, 

 and systematically arrano;ed, specimens, especially in the orders Cetacea, Froboscidia, and 

 Pachydeimata, which are remarkable for the bulk of the species. 



The collection of the osteology of the Mammalia, m the basement vaults i^ in a good 

 state of preservation. 



The specimens of the class of Birds, both mounted and preserved as skins, are in good 

 condition ; and the space allotted to the class, allows an instructive exhibition of the speci- 

 mens, both 3s to number of species and systematic arrangement. 



The osteological specimens of Aves, in part exhibited with the stuffed skins, in part 

 preserved in store, together with tlie collections of nests and eggs, are in a good state of 

 preservation. 



The specimens of the cold-blooded Vertebrata are well preserved ; representative species 

 of the principal groups of Reptiles and Fishes are exhibited and systematically arranged in 

 the Galleries, each of 70 feet in length by 22 feet, respectively allotted to them. The 

 majority of'both classes continues to be preserved in store, and in good state for exhibition, 

 whjen the requisite space is acquired. 



The specimens of the Molluscous Classes of Animals, either preserved in spirits, or 

 represented by the shell, are in uood condition ; and tlie Conchological Department is 

 very instructive by the large proportion systematically displayed in the space allotted to its 

 cabinets m the Bird Gallery. 



Selections from the classes Insecta, Arachmda, Crustacea, Myriapoda, Echinodermatu, and 

 Zoophytu are displayed ; and all the numerous examples of the Inveitebrate Animals are in 

 a good state of preservation, the majority being stored in drawers. 



The Zoology of the British Islands is illustrated by specimens, capable of being preserved 

 in a dried state, in a gallery 84 feet long by 24J wide, and the condition and arrange- 

 ment ol these specimens are good. 



The Fossils in the Department of Geology, preserved in a gallery of Mineralogy 390 feet 

 in length, have assigned to them the cabinets along the walls, and a small proportion of the 

 floor. By the acquisition of the " Sowerby " Collection of Fossil Shells, and the more 



recent 



