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Thursday, April 6th.—“ The Forgotten Isles : Majorca, Minorca, and Iviza,” 
(illustrated by Lantern Pictures.) By Samuel Wells, F.R.G.S. 
Thursday, May 4th.—The Members of the Photographic Section gave a 
Lantern Night. 
Thursday, June 1st—Extra Lecture.—“The Highest Himalayas,” (illustrated 
by Lantern Pictures.) By Mrs. Bullock Workman. 
Thursday, November 2nd.—“ Spain,” (illustrated by Lantern Pictures.) By 
Mrs. Aubrey le Blond. 
Thursday, November 16th.—“ The Sikkim Plimalayas,” (illustrated by 
Original Lantern Pictures.) By Sam Aitken, A.C., F.R.G.S. 
Thursday, November 30th.—“ Sicily, its History and Scenery,” (illustrated 
by Lantern Pictures.) By George Yeld, M.A. 
Thursday, December 14th.—“ The Borderland between Animals and Plants,” 
(illustrated by Lantern Slides.) By Harold Wager, F.R.S. 
Thursday, December 21st.—" The Glaciation of North America and Green¬ 
land,” (illustrated by Lantern Pictures.) By Prof. George F. Wright, 
of Oberlin, U.S.A. 
Archaeology. —Numerous small additions have been made 
to this Department during the year by purchase and donation. 
With the acquisition of the new Coin Cabinet, space has been 
found for the very valuable collection of the Gold, Silver and 
Copper Coins of India, presented by Mr. H. C. Barstow. 
The 17th Century Tokens have now all been determined 
and tickets placed under them, and considerable progress has 
been made in the arrangement of the 18th Century Tradesmen’s 
Halfpenny Tokens. 
In April, Mr. P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton, F.S.A., and Mr. 
W. J. Andrew, F.S.A., the President and Secretary of the 
British Numismatic Society, visited the Museum for the purpose 
of examining the Coins of the Norman Period in the collection, 
with the result that the places of minting of 145 specimens of 
Will. I. and Will. II. have been determined. Mr. Carlyon- 
Britton is shortly to read a paper to the above Society on the 
Coins of this very interesting period. 
Major A. B. Creeke, F.S.A., in a paper on the Royal Sceatta 
and Styca Series of Northumbria, has described three specimens 
—the Saxon King iElfwald—in our collection as being ex¬ 
tremely rare, and has figured one of them. 
Dr. Tempest Anderson has presented some Foreign Coins 
to the Society, including some of Kruger. 
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