ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ;]^ 



III. Marble hoof of horse, found on the site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos. 



Presented by J. T. Wood, Esq. 



IV. Nine archaic gems engraved in intaglio, from Crete : — 1, serpentine ; three deer ; 

 2, carnelian ; floral pattern; 3, gi'een slate ; gorgoneion?; 4, amethyst; goat; 5, car- 

 nelian ; goats; 6. steatite; lion; 7, carnelian; ship; 8, steatite; lion a,nd bird ; 9, car- 

 nelian ; ship. 



Presented hy W. R. Paton, Esq. 



V. — 1-2. Marble sun-dial and marble die; from Smyrna. 



3. Sixteen small stamped coins in copper, eight copper discs prepared for stamping, 

 three pieces of copper and a lead weight. These objects were found together near 

 Smyrna. 



Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester. 



VI. A large terracotta pithos with geometric patterns. From Knossos in Crete. 



Presented hj M. Minos Calocherinos, Spanish Vice- Consul at Candia. 



VII. A terracotta disc on which is painted in black outline a grotesque human head in 

 profile. 



Presented by Mr, Consul Merlin, Pirceus 



VIII. Plaster cast of an onyx vase in the Ducal Museum at Brunswick. 

 Presented by Alfred Higgins, Esq. 



IX. Fragment of pavement, from Pompeii. 

 Presented by George A. Mears. 



C. T. Newton. 



Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography. 



I. — A rrangemen t. 



The arrangement of the Medieval Room has been finished, and the room opened to 

 the public. The openings in the tops of the wall-cases, as well as the similar openings 

 in the cases of the Oriental Saloon, have been completed and glazed. False backs have 

 been made for the wall-cases, desks made for two table-cases of matrices of seals, six 

 table-cases lined with merino, and stands made for seven enamelled dishes and for eight 

 crosses. Two large bas-reliefs have been fixed on plinths on the walls. The wall-paint- 

 ings from St. Stephen's Chapel have been repaired, fixed in frames, and labelled ; a 

 wooden stand has been made for a bas-relief portrait of Anne of Brittany ; frames have 

 been made for an oil painting and a panel of embroidery; 12 medallions of Caesars and 

 eight iron axes have been mounted on tablets ; and 286 card labels have been written for 

 this room. 



In the Ethnographical Gallery the arrangement has been proceeded with, and has 

 made considerable progress. 



A large central case, 26 feet 8 inches long, and 9 feet 9 Inches high, has been made 

 to contain the canoes from the Solomon Islandsi as well as spears from the same group, 

 from the New Hebrides, and New Caledonia; It has been placed In position, the objects 

 arranged In it, and labels affixed to them. 



The bases for 10 table-cases have been placed In position. 



The arrangement of the following geographical sections in the wall-cases has been 

 completed, as well as that of eight table-cases : — Japan, three sections of Asiatic arms, 

 Borneo, Ceram, Celebes, Moluccas, Timor, Micronesia, New Zealand, Savage Island, 

 Samoa, Roturaah, Tonga, the Sandwich Islands, Tahitlan Islands, Hervey Islands, the 

 Low Archipelago, Marquesas Islands, Easter Island, the Admiralty Islands, New 

 Ireland, New Britain, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, 

 Madagascar, East Central Africa, the Soudan, Abyssinia, and Egypt, as well as a part of 

 North America. 



A number of large objects, figures, canoes, very long spears, &c., have been placed 

 upon the tops of the wall-cases or upon the walls themselves ; a large series of Fijian 

 clubs have been mounted on a board, and 21 trophies of clubs and paddles fixed on 

 frames, and placed over the sections to which they belong. Four canoes have been 

 mounted on iron supports ; 85 wooden pedestals or stands have been made, and 

 some of them labelled. A platform, under a table-case, has been made for the Mexican 



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