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3. Ethnogra'phy of Asia. — Boomerang from the Marava Country, between Tricbiuopoly 

 and the sea ; from A. Burnell, Esq. Glass flakes and leaf dresses from the Andaman 

 Islands ; and small vessels of pottery from the East Indies ; from Dr. Ferdinand Jagor, of 

 Berlin. Two palm-leaf baskets for collecting toddy, from the East Indies, and two fruit 

 covers from the Asiatic Islands ; from the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew. 



A collection of agricultural implements, and personal ornaments of various kinds, 

 from Assam and the North Eastern Provinces of India; from Col. R. H. Keatinge, 

 C.S.I., v.c. 



4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia. — Club of brown wood from Samoa; a 

 collection of objects fro!n New Hanover, New Ireland, and New Bi-itain, including a 

 remarkable helmet or head dress from New Ireland ; brought home by the German 

 exploring expedition in the " Gazelle." Obtained by exchange from the Berlin Museum; 

 from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



5. Antigtiities and Ethnographij 0/ America. — A series of stone implements from 

 North America ; fi-om T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., f.s.a. A stone mortar from Amelia 

 County, Virginia ; from P. H. Gossett, Esq. 



A "juruparis," or devil trumpet from the River Amazons; from the Director of the 

 Royal Gardens at Kew. 



The Trustees of the Christy Collection have purchased, from funds at their disposal, 

 a number of stone carvings from the Gulf of Nicoya, Central America; and five stone 

 figures and a stone cist, with carvings in high relief, from Mexico. 



The Christy Collection remains open on Fridays, by means of tickets to be obtained 

 at the British Museum. During the past year there have been 484 visitors. 



Augustus W. Franks. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



332 coins of various parts of the Greek world, acquired during 1877-79, have been re- 

 gistered, and 655 coins of this class have been incorporated. 



5,163 tickets with reference to the printed catalogues, have been written and inserted 

 under the coins published in the volumes of the Catalogue of Italy, Sicily, Thrace, 

 Macedon, and the Seleucid Kings. 



The coins of Athens, Elis, and Cos, have been re-arranged, and heading-cards inserted 

 in the trays. 



The coins of Philip II., III., of Alexander the Great, and of Lysimachus, have been 

 compared with the published works of Dr. Miiller on those coinages, and references 

 placed on the card under each specimen. 



2. Roman Series: — 



Six coins of various classes and two medallions, recently acquired, have been registered 

 and incoi-porated. 



54 coins from the Bank Collection have been registered and incorporated. 



A further re-arrangement has been completed of the coins struck during the Social 

 War (Oscan Series). This re-arrangement is in accordance with the most recent 

 researches of numismatists in that portion of the Roman coinage. 



A large hoard of late Roman coins found in Norfolk, and another of early Roman 

 denarii, found at Southwick, Northamptonshire, have been examined. A third hoard, 

 consisting of 1,659 denarii, belonging to the Duke of Devonshire, has also been examined 

 and arranged. The examination of these hoards is of the greatest importance for the 

 chronology of the Roman coinage. 



3. English Series : — 



107 coins and medals, acquired during the j^ear, have been registered and incorpo- 

 rated. 



590 coins and medals from the Collection of the Bank of England, have been rerastered, 

 and 224 have been incorporated. 



1,332 tickets and tokens from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered. 



1,116 slips have been written for an indev of the undated and private medals in the 

 Museum Collection, and 286 have been copied out. 



The English Colonial series of America, the West Indies, and Australia, have been 

 revised, and numerous fresh heading-cards have been written. 



A find of 76 silver coins from Litchurch, near Derby, has been examined. 



207 — Sess. 2. D 4 112 coins 



