horns of the reindeer, or the bones of the horse and ox. There are likewise a number of specimens with engraved designs, of which the most remarkable are two engravings in outline, one of them the head of a reindeer, slightly, but artistically, scratched on a bird's bone; the other, the heads of a reindeer and a horse, more deeply cut on a flat bone implement. During the past year an important addition to the sculpture-galleries of the Museum has been made by the purchase of the following statues from the Farnese Palace at Rome:-1. A Mercury holding a caduceus, identical in attitude and style with the statue of the same god in the Belvedere of the Vatican, and with one in the Lansdowne collection. Several other repetitions of this figure are extant, and it is probable that they are all taken from some famous original. This statue is finely composed, and the head is remarkable for beauty of expression and good preservation. 2. A small figure representing an athlete binding a diadem round his head, and hence generally considered to be an unique copy of the celebrated Diadumenos of Polykleitos. This statue is admirably modelled, and is evidently the work of a Greek chisel; the material is Pentelic marble. The style corresponds with all that we know of the school of Polykleitos. 3. An equestrian statue restored as Caligula, but probably of a later period; of special interest as one of the very few equestrian figures which have been preserved from antiquity. It has undergone some restorations, but is on the whole in excellent condition. 4. An heroic figure, well modelled and of a good period, the subject unknown. 5. A faun playing with the infant Bacchus; interesting in the treatment of the subject, but of late and inferior sculpture. 6. An Apollo of heroic size, much restored. 7. A group of Mercury and Herse, the upper part of both figures restored. 8. The torso of a male figure, well modelled. 9. The head of a Roman emperor, probably Commodus. A geographical group of animals-those of the Holy Land, most interesting to a large class of public visitors as well as Biblical students, and the absence of any specimens of which had been much felt-began to be supplied by the collection of fishes from the Lake or Sea of Galilee, presented by Mr. Beddome, and noticed in the annual report for 1863. In the past year scriptural zoology has been further exemplified by animals of other classes, collected in Syria and Judæa, and presented by the Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A. "The arneveth which cheweth the cud, and divideth not the hoof,' rendered hare' in our version of Deuteronomy xiv. 7, and Leviticus xi. 6, is represented in this collection by the Lepus Syriacus. The shaphan, which make their houses in the rocks,' rendered 'coney' in Proverbs xxx. 26, Psalm civ. 18, and elsewhere, is exemplified by the Hyrax Syriacus. The Achbar,' rendered mouse in Leviticus xi. 29, may refer to the species of Arvicola, or Gerbillus, or Acomys, as well as Mus, in Mr. Tristram's collection. The specimens of Iber and Gazella are probably the species alluded to under the names 'tzaphir,' Daniel viii. 21, Yehel,' Job. xxxix. 1, and ‘ez,' Genesis xv. 9, and rendered chamois' in Deuteronomy xiv. 5, and elsewhere. Of the 'hâtalleph,' rendered 'bats' in Deuteronomy xiv. 18, and Isaiah ii. 20, the collection includes species of Rhinopoma, Rhinolophus, Noctulinia, Vespertilio, and Plecotus. It contains also a specimen of Syrian badger, although it is doubtful whether the 'tachash' is rightly so rendered in Exodus and Numbers. The 'dugong' (Halichore Hemprichii, of the Red Sea), which more probably supplied the covering of the Tabernacle, is still a desideratum. The species of Genetta, Herpestes, and other small carnivores brought from Palestine by Mr. Tristram, are indicated by the term Hholed' or Chôled' in the Hebrew Scriptures, usually rendered weasel' in the authorized version, Leviticus xi. 29. The 'tanshemeth' or ' mole' may have referred to the species of Spalax in the present collection, in which there is no true Talpa. The specimens of Testudo Græca and of Emys Caspica, which Mr. Tristram has shown to range to the Holy Land, exemplify the forms to which reference is made by the Hebrew 'tzav,' or 'tsab,' rendered tortoise after his kind' in Leviticus xi. 29. The brief notices of the serpents in the Old Testament preclude a determination of their species; but the number of these, including three or more poisonous kinds, collected in Palestine by Mr. Tristram, accords with the references to such by diverse names, as e.g., nahash,' and' shephiphon,' respectively ren 66 6 Amongst the additions to the department of geology, the most interesting in relation to questions as to the antiquity of man, and the cranial and dental characters of primitive races, are the partly petrified remains of the men who inhabited the limestone caverns of the south of France at the period when chamois, bouquetin, wild horse, reindeer, the great extinct ox, &c., existed, and especially the reindeer, abounded in that part of Europe; and at a period when the use of metals being unknown, the primitive implements were chipped flints, by means of which diverse weapons and instruments, including needles, were manufactured from the bones and antlers of the beasts captured and killed for food. On some of those bone instruments the reindeer and horse had been delineated in outline, with much truth and spirit, and these are probably among the earliest. examples of the graphic art. The value of this series of human remains, discovered at Bruniquel by the Vicomte de Lastic in 1863, depends upon the care and accuracy with which every material fact as to matrix,' position,'' chemical condition,' &c. of the crania was ascertained, on which a conclusion as to their contemporaneity with the remains of the extinct animals could be satisfactorily arrived at. To this end the cavern was visited by the reporter in January and February 1864; the human remains were inspected, and others were then exposed in situ, and one almost entire cranium was removed and transferred to the British Museum, with the large mass of breccia, detached at a depth of four feet from the stalagmitic floor of the cavern, and exhibiting, with other human remains and numerous implements, conditions of imbedding identical with those of the bones and teeth of the Cervus tarandus and Bos primigenius. "Whilst these evidences expand our knowledge of the relations of the human species with quadrupeds locally or absolutely extinct, others have been received indicative of the continuance of species now extinct to a more recent period than we had previously evidence of. Among such specimens are the valuable donations by the Hon. William Owen Stanley, noticed in the report from the geological department. The jaws and teeth of the northern elephant (Elephas primigenius) were discovered, with remains of red deer, stumps of large trees, hazel nuts, and alder-berries, in a bed of compact peat, about three feet thick, covered by a deposit of blue clay of varying thickness, overlaid by a sandy deposit with shells of existing and neighbouring marine species, all cut through in excavating the harbour at Holyhead. "But, amongst the evidences of past animal existence, perhaps the oldest, geologically, are of highest interest. The Museum has been enriched by donation from the directors of the Geological Survey of Canada, with fossils of crustaceous and testaceous rank from the Cambrian or Lower Silurian shales; and more especially with a beautifully etched section of the still Lower Laurentian marble, exhibiting evidences of the protozoal foraminiferous organism called Eozoon Canadense, which, at the present phase of geological science, is the most ancient fossil organism known." INDEX. A. Abyssinia, papers relating to the imprisonment of Agricultural labourers, house accommodation of, 419 Argentine Republic, policy of, in the war between Army, expenditure for the year ended 31st March, Australia, gold produce of, 405 Austria, estimated population of, 525; number of B. Baden, number of patents granted in, 83 Belgium, number of patents granted in, 83; blind in, Births, number of, in England in 1864, 431; in 1863, 519 Blind, number of, in Bavaria, 185; Belgium, ib.; area and population of, 207; Guiana, population British Museum, accounts of, 562; number of readers C. Cape of Good Hope, population of, 1856, 506 Census of England and Wales, report on, 148; Ceylon, population of, 1861, 506 Charity Commissioners, report of, 465 Charter House School, history and revenue of, 353 Civil Service expenditure for the year ending 31st Clergy of the Church of England, subscriptions Cobden, Despatch from M. Drouyn de Lhuys on the Coffee, consumption and revenue from 1798 to Colleges and Schools, report of commissioners on, 297 Customs, revenue from, in the year ended 31st March, Customs, ninth report of commissioners of, 556 D. Deaf and Dumb, number of, in Bavaria, 194; Belgium, Deaths, number of in England and Wales in 1864, 431; Denison, Ven. Archdeacon, evidence on colleges and Denmark, number of Englishmen in, 149; blind in, England and Wales, condition of the people of, in F. Falkland Island, population of, 1860, 506 Families, number of, in England and Wales, 154; France, number of Englishmen in, 149; patents granted in, 83; blind in, 185; deaf and dumb in, a. Gambia, population of, 1860, 506 H. Hanover, number of patents granted in, 83; blind in, Harrow School, history and revenue of, 361 Hesse, Grand Duchy of, patents granted in, 83 Houses inhabited, number of, in England and Wales, Husbands and wives, number of, in England and 1. Inclosure commissioners, report of, 464 Infants, rate of mortality of in England, 529; Ionian Islands, population of, 1860, 506 Italy, number of patents granted in, 83; treaty of J. Jamaica, population of, 1861, 506 L. Labuan, population of, 506 Leeds Bankruptcy Court, report of commissioners Lefevre, Sir J. G. S., evidence of on colleges and Loan Fund Board of Ireland, annual report of, 140 Lunatics, number of in England and Wales, 204 M. Malt, consumption of, and revenue from 1798 to Malt and Barley, number of bushels of charged with Marriages, number of in England in 1864, 431; Merchant Taylors' School, history and revenue of, 359 Metropolitan railway schemes, report of the House of Miners, house accommodation of, 423 Money, rates of the value of in the reigns of Henry VI., N. Natal, population of, 1860, 506 Navy expenditure for the year ending 31st March, Navy shipbuilding works, programme of, 481 Norway, number of blind in, 185; deaf and dumb in, 194 O. Occupations of the people, classification of, 168; Opium, number of chests exported to China, 1830 P. Paper Currency, function of, 417 Paraguay, protest of, against Brazilian intervention Patents for Invention, report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the working of the law Portugal, number of Englishmen in, 149 Post Office, revenue from, in the year ended 31st Property Tax, revenue from, in the year ended 31st Prussia, number of patents granted in, 83 R. Railway and Canal Bills, report from the Board of River Plate, correspondence respecting hostilities in Rogers, Professor, evidence of, on colleges and Rugby School, history and revenue of, 363 S. Salaries of Revenue Departments, expenditure for, 462 Shrewsbury, history and revenues of, 369 Shipping, registered tonnage of the United Kingdom, Sierra Leone, population of, 1860, 506 Silver, estimated annual production of, 396; large 400 Soldiers' Trades, return of, 394 South Australia, population of, 1861, 506 Spirits, consumption of and revenue from 1798 to Stamps, revenue from in the year ended 31st March, Stock certificates to bearer, papers relating to the St. Helena, population of, 1861, 506 St. Christopher, population of, 1861, ib. T. Tasmania, population of, 1861, 506 Tea, consumption of and revenue, from 1798 to 1860, 296 Tithe commissioners, report of, 291 Tobacco, consumption of and revenue, from 1798 to Tobago, population of, 1861, 506 Towns, number of, in England and Wales, 154 Tunis, convention with, 550 Turkey, correspondence respecting Protestant mis- Turks' Island, population of, 1861, 506 U. United Kingdom, population of in 1851 and 1861, |