46 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEU3I. 



Copper-plate grant of the Devagiri Jadava King Krishna, with a date corresponding 

 to A.D. 1249 ; presented by J. F. Fleet, Esq., CLE. 



A potsherd inscribed with the name of Maharaja Guhasena of Valabhi and a date 

 corresponding to A.D. 5C6-567; presented by the late Colonel J. W. Watson, Political 

 Agent at Kathiawar. 



A Persian hawk-perch, with inscription inlaid in gold. A Persian seal in carnelian, 

 from Rhages, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A cloisonne enamel vase, with the date of the period King-tai, 1450-57, A.D., 

 taken from the Summer Palace, Pekin ; two bowls of white jade, and a hair-pin of 

 the same material ; vase of agate, ivory pen-rest with the Eight Immortals, and a 

 Chinese book, of which the leaves are formed of jade. All presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



A large block of turquoise, carved in China, to represent a rocky landscape ; from 

 the Octavius Morgan collection. 



A necklace of glass beads, &c., from Egypt ; presented by Professor T. Hayter 

 Lewis. Silver ear-ring and sling from Egypt ; presented by W. Myers, Esq. 



A number of specimens obtained by the donor in the lake districts of Equatorial 

 Africa ; presented by Edward Coode Hore, Esq. 



A fetish, carved in wood, used by the Nalleh people on the Bargah Coast, pre- 

 sented by T. J. Alldridge, Esq., of Sierra Leone. Three wooden bowls and a cushion 

 from Dahomey, presented by Mrs. A. Turnbull. Specimens from the cannibal tribes 

 of the Upper Cross River, and combs and fans from the coast ; presented by H. H. 

 Johnston, Esq. 



A number of musical instruments from the East Indies, Borneo, kc. ; presented by 

 Miss Marianne North. 



Three Mikir coats, and seven pieces of cloth from the Ao Nagas, Assam ; presented 

 by J. D. Anderson, Esq. 



A Japanese lacquered sword-rack, presented by R. Phene Spiers, Esq., F.S.A. 



An interesting series of ethnographical specimens from New Guinea ; presented by 

 Harry J. Veitch, Esq. A number of specimens from the New Hebrides ; presented by 

 Captain Cross, R.N. A pillow, comb, and other specimens, from the Fiji Islands, pre- 

 sented by Professor John Marshall, f.r.s. ; and a stone axe-head from Rochester, 

 Victoria, Australia, presented by Richard Noakes, Esq. 



A large collection of stone implements from various parts of North America, 

 collected by the late T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., f.s.a. Four chert arrowheads from 

 Delaware, U.S.A., presented by J. L. Hudders, Esq. A pottery vase and .stone 

 implements found in Florida, by the late H. Savile W. Evans, Esq., and presented by 

 W. Herbert Evans, Esq. 



A copper armlet from Peru, presented by Hiigh Norris, Esq. 



A vase of gold, in the form of a human figure, found in the LTnited States of 

 Colombia. 



Six large-framed photographs, by Lindt, representing groups of natives of New 

 Guinea ; presented by the Government of Victoria. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



Three hundred and eighty-seven additional slips have been prepared for the 

 Registration Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects. 



The following donations have been received by the Chiistj" Trustees, and by them 

 transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum : — 



1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Eiiro'pe, Asia, and Africa : — 



A stone hammer, found in Threadneedle-street ; an axe-hammei', from Hull ; a polish- 

 ing stone of quartzite, from France; portion of a pierced axe, from Bohemia; and stone 

 implements from Italy, Asia Minor, and Egypt ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Wooden caltrops from Kerry Dingle, Ireland, presented by James A. Jones, Esq. 



A celt of black stone from the Sinjar Hills, Mesopotamia ; presented by E. A. 

 Wallis Budge, Esq. A flint knife, from Ras Beriit, presented by tne Rev. Greville J. 

 Chester. A stone implement, believed to be of palaeolithic period, from Esneh, and 

 eight flint implements from Medinet el Fayiim, Egypt ; presented by AV. M. Flinders 

 Petrie, Esq. 



A large series of stone implements from Japan and the Island of Yezo ; presented 

 by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



2. Ethnocjrapliy of Africa : — 



I ' A shield, model canoe, etc., from the Congo, obtained by exchange from the Ethno- 

 graphical Museum at Leyden. An axe from the same district, presented by Professor 

 Charles Stewart. 



An East African bow, and three elaborate specimens of pottery fi'om the Niger ; 

 presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



3. Ethnography 



