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III. — The following have been presented to the Trustees : — 



A silver coin of Christian IV. of Denmark. By J. Chappelow, Esq. 



A copper badge, inscribed, "God bless King James, and all the Koyal Famil}';" also 

 a silver Coronation medal of Napoleon I. By A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A bronze medal in memory of the late Mr. Thomas Brown. By the Master, Wardens 

 and Court of Assistants of the Stationers' Company. 



Three rare gold medals; one of Edward VI., (Coronation counter,) one of Elizabeth, 

 and one of Charles I., to commemorate his return to London after his Scottish coronation. 

 By A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Three rare copper coins of Palmyra. By Miss Sullivan. 



A chased silver medallet of James VI. of Scotland ; a medallct of Charles I. ; a medal 

 struck to commemorate the Peace of 1763; and a silver admission-ticket to tlic King's 

 Theatre, dated 1794. By A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A chased oval medallion with portraits of James I., his Queen, and their son Charles, 

 when Prince of Wales, and two chased medallets with portraits of James I. and Charles, 

 Prince of Wales, and of Charles I. and his Queen. By M. Bloembergen Samtee. 



A rare gold coin of a kingof Axum ; a denarius of Constantius; and two English silver 

 coins. By Capt. W^. F. Prideaux, r.e. 



A Schilling and a dreiling of Hamburg. By the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen. 



A Thaler of Bremen, struck to commemorate the Peace of 187 1. By A. W. Franks, 

 Esq. 



A gold medal of the College of Fort William, dated 1817. By the Right Hon. Sir 

 David Dundas, Q.c. 



An English 17th century token. By Charles Hustler, Esq. 



A silver medal of Philip de Marnix, believed to be unique. By A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Two Roman copper coins and ten Roman coin-moulds. By the Rev. Greville Chester. 



A drachm of Rhodes countermarked. By Thos. Jones, Esq. 



Three silver Hemyarite coins, and one Roman brass coin, found at Aden. By Capt. 

 W. F. Prideaux, r.e, 



A Chinese Zodiacal medal in bronze. By Capt. Lawrence Archer. 



A double dollar of Philip II. as Duke of Gelderland ; four 19th century tokens, and a 

 box-ticket of Covent Garden Theatre. By A. W^. Franks, Esq. 



A rare 17th century token. By Sir Edward H[ulse, Bart. 



A selection from the Metternicli find of Mediasval silver coins of Germany, &c. ; also 

 one silver and thirty-six billon and copper coins, and one silver and two copper medals, 

 the former of Maintz, the latter in commemoration of the destruction by fire of the 

 Churches of SS. Nicholas and Peter, at Hamburg. By the Right Hon. the Earl of 

 Enniskillen. 



A pewter medal of Candia, 1868. By M. Georges Giamari. 



A bronze medal of Pantaleone Dolera. By J. Townsend, Esq. 



A copper coin of Isabella II. of Spain. By C. Almond, Esq. 



Three badges. By the Council of the Workmen's International Exhibition of 1870. 



The bronze medal of the International Congress of Prehistoric Anthropology and 

 Archeology. By A. W. Franks, Esq, 



A Prussian War-medal struck in gun-metal (1870-187 1\ By the Right Hon. the 

 Earl of Enniskillen. 



The number of visitors to the Medal Room during the past year has been 1,359. 



The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during the past year has been 

 5,925. 



Reginald Stuart Poole. 



Departments of Natural History. 



During the past year the state of preservation and general good condition of the speci- 

 mens of Natural History have been maintained. 



The additions, in 1872, have amounted to 46,009 ; of which 7,524 specimens have been 

 registered in the Department of Zoology, 36,986 in that of Geology, and 1,499 in that of 

 Mineralogy. 



The exhibited specimens of the mounted skins of the Mammalia have received due 

 attention, and are in their usual state of preservation. To this series has been added the 

 Black Two-horned Rhinoceros (^Ceratorhinus) of Malacca, and the rare Tapirus baird'd of 



Panama. 



The unstuffed skins of the Mammalia have been individually inspected and kept, with 

 appliances, in a state fit for future preparation of such as may be selected for exliibition 

 in the Museum now in course of erection. All are in a condition avallablefor tlie pur- 

 poses of scientific examination. The more interesting additions to this series are noted 

 in the Report of the Department. 



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