'20 ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 



The numerous recent acquisitions have been incorporated throughout the collection, 

 involving in many cases complete re-arrangement. 



Twelve hundred and fifty additional slips have been prepared for the Registration 

 Catalogue, and numerous additional illustrations for the Printed Catalogue have been 

 completed. 



The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them 

 tx'ansferred to the Trustees of the British Museum : — 



1. PreJtistoric A7itiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia. — Drift implements found in 

 England; from John Brent, Esq., f.s.a., John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., r.s.A., J. W. FloAver, 

 Esq., F.G.S., A. \Y. Franks, Esq., Rev. William Greenwell, f.s.a., and Albert "Way, 

 Esq., F.S.A. 



Drift implements found in France; from John Evans, Esq., f.r.s., f.s.a., Sebastian 

 Evans, Esq., ll.d., A. W. Franks, Esq., Captain Douglas Galton, c.b., f.r.s., Professor 

 Edouard Lartet, of Paris, and M. A. de Longuemar, of Poitiers. 



Flint implements, &c., from the caves and plateaux of France, referred principally to 

 the Pala3olithic period ; from the Director of the Musee de St. Germain, the Marquis de 

 Vibraye, the Abbe Bourgeois, Professor Edouard Lartet, of Paris, and M. A, Brouillet, 

 of Poitiers. 



A cast of an earthen vase found in a cave, le Trou-du-Frontal, near Dinant, Belgium ; 

 from M. Edouard Dupont, Director of the Museum of Brussels. 



Neolithic implements from the Yorkshire Wolds ; from Thomas Fox, Esq., William 

 Dotchon, Esq., the Rev. W. Greenwell, f.s.a., and Charles Monkman, Esq. 



A very fine celt and a hammer of rare form, found in Norfolk ; from Andrew 

 Fountaine, Esq. ; a curious worn scraper of flint from Brandon ; from H. R. Maynard, 

 Esq. ; and flint implements from the same locality ; from J. W. Flower, Esq., F.G.S. 



Two picks made of stag's horn, discovered at the bottom of ancient flint workings, 

 known as " Grimes Graves," in the parish of Weeting, Norfolk ; excavated and pre- 

 sented by the Rev. W. Greenwell, f,s.a. 



Neolithic implements from other parts of England ; from W. Boyd Dawkins, Esq., 

 F.R.S., C. F. Clarke, Esq., A. W. Franks, Esq., and W. Bernhard Smith, Esq. 



Neolithic implements from Ireland and Scotland ; from John Evans, Esq., f.r.s., f.s.a., 

 and A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A " saddle quern,'' found in circular habitations at Ty Mawr, Holyhead, illustrating 

 the grain rubbers still in use among tribes in a low state of civilisation in Africa and 

 Australia ; from the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, m.p. 



A flint gouge from Denmark ; from John Henderson, Esq., f.s.a. ; stone implements 

 from Denmark, Italy, and Sicily; from A. W. Franks, Esq., and an arrow-head of rare 

 type, found in Italy ; from Sig. Alessandro Castellani. 



A pierced stone ball found in Egypt ; from the Rer. Greville Chester ; stone celts 

 discovered in a cave in Algeria ; from A. W. Franks. Esq. ; and ancient stone implements, 

 obtained on the Gold Coast of Africa by W. Winwood Reade, Esq. ; from A. Swanzy, 

 Esq. 



A flint flake found in Scinde ; from Professor T. Rupert Jones, f.g.S. 



2. Ethnography of Africa — A musical instrument used by the Kroo men. West Africa ; 

 from Clements R. Markham, Esq., f.s.a. ; a missile weapon and other objects, from West 

 Africa; from R. D. Darbishire, Esq., F.G.S. ; a collection of objects from the Gaboon; 

 from A. W. Franks, Esq. ; an Ashantee pipe ; from Lieut. William Phelps ; and two 

 carvings in Avood, from Angola ; from Miss Perry. 



A very valuable collection of objects used by the Basutos of South Africa ; collected 

 by the Rev. F. Ellenberger, French Missionary at Masitisi, Bassuto Land, and presented 

 by Miss Powles. 



Figures of animals modelled in clay by the Basutos ; from John Sanderson, Esq., of 

 Natal; and ornaments Avorn by Kafirs and Bechuanas; from H. Syer Cuming, Esq. 



A hunting horn, carved in ivory, probably by the natives of Congo in the 16th century, 

 under Portuguese influence ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



3. Ethnography of Asia and the Asiatic Islands. — A collection of dresses and weapons 

 obtained from the aborigines of Formosa, and presented by Captain J. Alexander Man.^ 



Carvings in wood, made by the natives of the Nicobar Islands ; from James Mackenzie, 

 Esq. 



Implements and dresses from the Andaman Islands ; from Captain Darroch, Bengal 

 Staff Corps. 



A bow, quiver, &c., used in Sikkim; from the late Dr. Thomas Anderson, of Calcutta ; 

 blow-pipe and arroAvs, from Silhet ; from Dr. Joseph D, Hooker, F.R.S.; and an Indian 

 dagger ; from W. Bernhard Smith, Esq. 



Weapons snrrendered by the Sikh Chiefs at Rawul Pindi, after the battle of Goojerat, 

 and obtained by the late Captain William Gaussen, 14th Light Dragoons ; presented by 

 his brother, R. W. Gaussen, Esq. 



A feli.-^Ii from Borneo, and a very curious apparatus for making tea on solemn occasions 

 in Japan ; from William Bragge, Esq., F.S.A. ; and a Burmese tally ; from J. M. 

 Foster, Esq. 



4. Ethnography of Occnnia and Australasia. — A large number of specimens, chiefly 

 from Melanesia ; collected in a cruise of H.M. ship " Curaeoa," by the donor ; and some 



ancient 



