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3 Ethnography of Asia : — 



A series of swords and other objects from Borneo, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Four arrows from the Santals of the Bengal Presidency, presented by Major A. 

 Bloomfield. 



A number of axes, bows, arrows, and dresses from the Khonds of Orissa, presented by 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., m.p. 



4. Ethtiofjraphi/ of Oceania and Australasia : — 



A tattooed head from New Zealand, presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., m.p. 



Four stone axes from Samoa, presented by the Baron Anatole von Hiigel, and five 

 stone axes from Tahiti, presented by H. N. Moseley, Esq., F.u.s. 



Specimens from the Low Archipelago, Fiji, Tahiti, and New Caledonia, presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq., and a club from New Britain, presented by the Rev. G. Brown. 



0. Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



Specimens of ancient Peruvian pottery and stuffs ; a Mexican stone axe and pottery ; 

 dress and arms from the Indians of the Gran Chaco, Argentine Republic, and an imj^le- 

 ment from Honduras, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A stone implement of curious form from British Honduras, as well as others of flint, 

 and specimens of pottery, presented by General Sir Henry Lefroy, k.c.m.g. 



Augustus W. Franks. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



169 coins of various parts of the Gi'eek world, recently acquired, have been registered 

 and 171 incorporated. 



. Re-arrangement with a view to cataloguing has been made of the following series : 

 Aegina, Arcadia, Syros, Ceos, Delos. The coins of Lycia, of the Kings of Cyprus, of 

 Tarsus, of the Satraps of Cilicia, and of the Kings of Pergamon, have been re-arranged 

 in accordance with recent numismatic publications. 



Complete lists have been made of all the known coins of Imperial times struck in 

 Corinth, Argos, Sicyon, and Megara. 



1,349 tickets have been v/ritten for the coins described in the vol. of the catalogue 

 * Thcssaly — Aetolia,' and 513 for the coins of the Ptolemies, giving references to the 

 recently published catalogues of those series. 



The Whittall Collection, consisting of about 8,000 Greek coins, has been examined 

 seriatim, and a large number selected as desirable for purchase. 



2. English Series: — 



36 coins, 22 medals, and 157 tokens, acquired in 1883 and 1884, have been registered, 

 and 35 coins, 21 medals, and 157 tokens, have been incorporated. 



The following series have been rectified or re-arranged : — The gold coins of Edward 

 III; the Irish Tokens; the gold and silver proofs of the " Gun-money " of James II; 

 the Edinburgh Tradesmen's Tokens of the eighteenth century (including the identifica- 

 tion of their issuers) ; and the English JNIedals from Anne to the end of the reign of 

 George II, which have been re-arranged to correspond with the order of the descriptions 

 in the Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, vecently pub- 

 lished by the Trustees, 



The English gold, silver, and cojDper coins from James I to James II, inclusive, 

 formerly kept in separate cabinets according to metals, have been formed into one series, 

 and numerous fresh heading-cai'ds, &c. have been written. 



Two selections of casts of Scottish medals (accompanied by descriptive lists) have been 

 made, one of 70 specimens (eminent Scotchmen), for the National Portrait Exhibition, Edin- 

 burgh ; the other, likewise of 70 sj^ecimens (Scottish Sovereigns and eminent persons), for 

 the Kilmarnock Institute. 



3. Medieval and Modern Series : — 



23 coins and 24 medals acquired in 1883 and 1884 have been registered, and 27 coins 

 and 22 medals have been incorporated. 



62 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been incorporated. 



Rectifications have been made in the German series, and numerous fresh heading-cards 

 have been written. 



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