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II.— IN OFFICE IN 1886. 



Years when 

 appointed to 

 present office. 



Principal Librarian and Secretary. Edward Augustus Bond, 



Esq., C.B., LL.D 1878 



Director of British Museum (Natural History). William 



Henry Flower, Esq., LL.D ' 1884 



Keepers of Departments. 



British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Augustus 



Wollaston Franks, Esq 1866 



Oriental Manuscripts, Dr. Charles Rieu . . . . . 1867 



Coins and Medals, Reginald Stuart Poole, Esq. . . . 1870 



Botany, William Carruthers, Esq. . . . . . . 187 1 



Zoology, Dr. Albert Giinther 1875 



Printed Books, George Bullen, Esq 1875 



Manuscripts, Edward Maunde Thompson, Esq. . . . 1878 



Geology, Dr. Henry Woodward . . . . . . 1880 



Mineralogy, Lazarus Fletcher, Esq. ..... 1880 



Prints and Drawings, Sidney Colvin, Esq. .... 1883 



Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Peter le Page Renouf, Esq. 1886 



Greek and Roman Antiquities, Alexander Stuart Murray, Esq. 1886 



Assistant Keepers. 



Printed Books, George William Porter, Esq 1870 



Coins and Medals, Barclay Vincent Head, Esq. . . . 187 1 



Printed Books, Richard Garnett, Esq. . * . . . . 1875 



Zoology, Arthur Gardiner Butler, Esq. . . . . . 1879 



Manuscripts, Edward John Long Scott, Esq. . . . . 1879 



Printed Books (Maps), Robert K. Douglas, Esq. . . . 1880 



Geology, Robert Etheridge, Esq. . . . . . . 1881 



Printed Books, Russell Martineau, Esq. . . . . 1884 



Assistant Secretary. John T. Taylor, Esq 1878 



Accountant. John Cleave, Esq. . . . . . . 1867 



Assistant Secretary (Natural History). Thomas Nichols, Esq. . 1880 



Superintendent of Reading Room. George K. Fortescue, Esq. . 1885 



