54 ALDERNEY ARCHEOLOGY. 



Guernsej', August 4th, 1905. 

 The Secretarjs Admiralty, 



Whitehall, London. 

 Sir, 



I have the honour to acknowledge, with many thanks, the 

 receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, announcing that the 

 further ethnographical remains latelj^ discovered in Alderney 

 are to be sent over from Portland to the Guernsej^ Society of 

 Natural Science, for deposit in their Museum. And I beg to 

 thank you also for the copy of the Report upon the relics found. 

 I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



E. D. Marquand. 



H.M. Breakwater, Portland, 



4th August, 1905. 

 Sir, 



I have been instructed by the Director of Works of the 

 Admiralty to forward to you the recent Ethnographical 

 Remains discovered at Alderney. They have been despatched 

 to you this day, in one packing case, per G.W.R., carriage paid. 

 Kindly acknowledge receipt in due course. 



I am. Sir, your obedient servant, 



G. P. Hayes, 

 Suptg. Civil Engineer. 

 E. D. Marquand, Esq., A.L.S., 

 Guernsey. 



Guernsey, 10th August, 1905. 

 The Superintending Civil Engineer, 



H.M. Breakwater, Portland. 

 Sir, 



In reply to your letter of the 4th instant, I have the 

 honour t ) inform you that the box containing ethnographical 

 remains from A der.iey arrived yesterday, and was to-day 

 carefully opened. All the objects were in perfect condition 

 owing to the svilful packing. On behalf of the Guernsey 

 Society of Natural Science, I beg to thank you sincerely for 

 your kindness in forwarding same. 



I am. Sir, your obedient servant, 



E. D. Marquand. 



The collections referred to in the above correspondence 

 are now displayed in two of the central cases in the Guille 

 Room of the Museum, adjoining another very valuable 

 Alderney collection of antiquities, viz., a large series of 



