ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



188, 432 in 1888. The average daily number of readers has thus been 027. The 

 average numbers in the room counted at certain hours of the afternoon have been : — 



4 P.M. .5 P.M. 



369 278 



7.30 P.M. 

 98 



The number of volumes supplied to readers was 1,211,420 as against 1,208,709 in 

 1888. 



Presentations of Museum publications have been made to a large number of free 

 public libraries throughout the United Kingdom, to the South African Library at 

 Capetown, and to the Public Library, Kimbei'ley. 



The presentation of the reproductions of Prints and Drawings has been extended 

 to an additional number of Art Schools throughout the United Kingdom. 



Sets of Electrotypes of Ancient Coins have been presented to the Museums of 

 Halifax, Exeter, and Shrewsbury. 



A stock of duplicate printed books, pamphlets, &c., the accumulation of many 

 years, has been distributed among thirty-five University, Public, and Free Libraries 

 throughout the United Kingdom. 



The following are among the principal donations : — 



From the Egypt Exploration Fund, a fine granite column, a colossal statue, and 

 other important sculptures from the Temple of Bast, at Bubastis. 



From the Earl of Carlisle, Egyptian antiquities of the XlXth dynasty. 



From Malcolm K. Macmillan, Esq., an archaic fictile lekythos, decorated with 

 remarkable minuteness and delicacy, of the sixth century B.C. 



From the Rio Tinto Company, portion of a Roman wooden wheel for raising water, 

 found in the Rio Tinto Mine, in Spain. 



From Robert Needham Philips, Esq., a majolica vase of exquisite design and finish, 

 decorated after a design by Bartel Beham, and probably of the Lanfranco fabric of 



From C. Drury Fortnum, Esq., D.c.L., V.P.S.A., a very rare porcelain dish, with the 

 mark of the Duomo of Florence, made in the Medici fabric of the sixteenth century. 



From A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., an ancient Irish iron bell, in an ornamental case ; a 

 large collection of ancient Japanese and Corean vessels and relics, excavated by 

 Mr!' W. Gowland ; a fine Chinese enamelled vase ; and other antiquities. 



Bequeathed by Pandit Bhagvanlrd Indraji, upwards of 4,000 Indian and other 

 coins ; and the capital of a pillar, covered with inscriptions in Bactrian Pali, from 



Mathura, on the Jumna. .-,-,■ 



From the Christy Trustees, various ethnographical objects, including a large and 

 interesting collection formed in the Islands of Torres Straits by Professor A. C. 

 Haddon, and presented by him to the Christy Collection. 



Bequeathed by Arthur Ditchfield, Esq., a large collection of etchings and litho- 

 graphs after French artists. ,. i • i s 

 From the Royal Colonial Institute, seventy volumes of colonial newspapers tor 



1887. 



The following are the publications issued by the Departments at Bloomsbury, 

 during the year, viz. : — p ,. to j. 



Continuation of the general Catalogue of the Library, folio 18 parts, viz. :— 



Herne-Henrotte ; Henry-Hermapion ; Hermas-Heuzey ; Hewar-Hippocras ; Hip- 

 pocrates-Hoegn; Hoehing-Hollan ; Horatz-Hoz-yusz ; Hr.-Hunfredus ; Hungar-Hz. ; 

 I-Jamerry; James-Javaschc ; Jauber-Jerzy ; _ Jesaias-Ilium ; Illa-Joam ; Joan-John; 

 Johne-Jones ; Jong-Irelan ; Vercamer-Victori. 



Catalogues of accessions to the Library, folio, 2.j parts. 



Cataloi-ues of Greek Coins, Corinth, &c., 8vo, by Barclay V. Head, Assistant Keeper, 



Department of Coins. ^ „ ,, t^ -x- i at u 



List of the Books of Reference in the Reading Room of the British Museum, 8vo, 



edited by George Bullen, Keeper of Printed Books. 



Catalogue of Hindustani Printed Books in the Library of the Bntish Museum, 



4to bv G. F. Blumhardt. , ^ ■,■^ ->., -a.! 



Catalogues of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, m the years 

 188^87, 8vo, edited by E. J. L. Scott, Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts. 



Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British 

 Museum'Vol. I., 4to, by C. Bezold. , . . ^ / -i.!, i. x 



Se to the principal gold and silver Coins of the Ancients (w^th seven autotype 

 plates), new edition, 8vo, by Barclay V. Head, Assistant Keeper of Co ins. 

 ^ Repi'oductions of Prints, new series. Part II. (ear y German), folio, edited by 

 Sidney Colvin, Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings. 



Britisd^ Museum, Principal Librarian. 



31 May 1890. 



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