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A series of objects used in Egypt, collected by the late Mr. E. W. Lane, and figured 

 in his " Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians ; " presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



3. Etlinoyraphy of Asia : — 



A collection of ethnographical specimens from various parts of Central Asia, brought 

 by Dr. Lansdell, and presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A fine series of specimens collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes in Timor Laut and neigh- 

 bouring islands of the Asiatic Archipelago in 1881-82; presented by the Council of the 

 Royal Society ; and a further series from the same localities, presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



4. Ethnographij of Oceania and Australasia : — 



A number of ethnogi'aphical specimens from New Guinea, .Tervis Island, Torres 

 Straits, and New Britain ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Specimens from the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, and Santa Cruz Islands; pre- 

 sented by the Kev. Richard B. Comins. 



5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



Three stone implements from Santa Caterina, Brazil ; presented by the Rev. William 

 Greenwell, d.c.l., f.r.s. 



Bows, arrows, and other implements of the Botocudos Indians, Rio Doce territory, 

 Brazil ; presented by the Council of the Anthropological Institute. 



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

 the collection formed by Mr. Carl Bock on his journeys in Siara and Laos, described in 

 his work " Temples and Elephants." 



Up to the end of June last, when the Christy Collection was finally closed, there had 

 been 127 visitors to the collection during the year. 



Augustus yy. Franks. 



Department of Coins and Medal3. 

 I. — Arrangement. 



1 . Greek Series : — 



130 coins of various parts of the Gx'eek world have been registered, and 329 in- 

 corporated. 



Re-ai-rangement with a view to cataloguing has been made of the following series : 

 Athens, down to b. c. 322, Cephallenia, Zacynthus, Messenia, Laconia, Argolis, Crete, 

 and most of the Cyclades. 



The coins of the early Lycian League have been arranged in accordance with the 

 discoveries of Schmidt and Savelsberg. 



720 tickets have been written for the coins of Thcssaly to Aetolia, and 92 for the 

 coins of the Ptolemies, giving references to the recently printed catalogues of those 

 series. 



2. Roman Series: — 



4 Imperial coins and 1 contorniate, 3 Byzantine coins, and 2 glass Byzantine coin- 

 weights have been registered and incorporated. 



A find of 427 gold coins of the Byzantine Emperors Alexius I. Comnenus, and 

 John II. Comnenus, Andronicus Comnenus and Isaac Angelus has been examined and a 

 small selection made for the Museum. 



3. English Series : — 



118 coins, medals, and tokens, acquired during the years 1882 and 1883, have been 

 registered, and 104 have been incorporated. 



The English tradesmen's tokens of the seventeenth century, hitherto placed alphabeti- 

 cally under the names of their issuers, have been re-arranged under counties and localities 

 with fresh heading cards, &c. 



Rectifications have been made in the arrangement of the siege-pieces of the reio'n of 

 Charles I. ° 



A hoard of silver coins from Elizabeth to Charles I. discovered at Chalgrove, and a 

 collection of J, 143 Anglo-Saxon and Hiberuo-Danish coins, said to be a find, have been 

 examined. 



4. Mediaval and Modern Series : — 



134 coins and medals have been registered, and 144 have been incorpoi-ated. 



References to the coins of the Freudenthal Collection, which from want of space cannot 

 at present be incorporated, have been placed throughout the series of the Popes, the 

 Kingdom of Naples and Sicilv, Sardinia, Savoy, and Milan. 



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