| Description | numbers 231 - 2169
231 Grant to Bombay Natural History Society for survey of Mammalian Fauna
237 Application for duplicates from Public Library and Museum, Colne, Lancashire
249 Estate of late Rowland Ward
258 Journal to be sent to Maiden (New South Wales) with Banks cabinet (see also p296)
265 Appointment of J D Falconer as Swiney lecturer
268 Proposal to add electric lighting to mammal gallery
282 Windows to be opened in galleries requirement for 'ventilating attendant'
290/14 reference for W H G Turner, boy attendent
290/2a proposal to boy attendants to apply to be 'preventive men' in waterguard service
290/2b 'Qualifications required for the appointment Preventive Man in the Customs and Excise Department'
296 Thanks from John Maiden, Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales for Banksian cabinet (see also p258)
303 Report by Arthur Smith Woodward for Jan 1914
311 Visitor statistics Jan 1914
312 Report by George Prior (Mineral Department) for Jan 1914
320 Report by A B Rendle (Botany Department) for Jan 1914
324 Report by B B Woodward (General Library) for Jan 1914
329 Frederick Laing gained 1st place in competition for assistantship in Entomology
346 Board of Trade on returning items on prevention and cure of diseases in the tropics lent to Ghent exhibition
350 Bombay Natural History Society on free passes for railways during mammal survey
353 Report by C J Gahan (Department of Entomology) for Jan 1914
355 Copy of catalogue of Cretaceous flora by M C Stopes to be given to Botanical Gardens, Oxford
382 Justification by Harmer of purchase of Wallich manuscripts at Stevens auction
387 Appointment of Bruce Frederic Cummings as assistant
390 Transport of body of Major Barrett-Hamilton
393 report of a 'black cock' at Kootenay, Lake, British Columbia, Canada
396 Address from International Friends Institute of Chungking
405 Report by S J Harment (Zoological Department) for Jan 1914
410 Appointment of Frederick Laing as an assistant
414 Agreement with Herbert C Robinson, Federation of Malay States, Museum, Kuala Lumpur concerning distribution of lepidoptera collected by Ridley
425 Grant by Legislative Council of Jamaica towards catalogue of flora of Jamaica
453 Temporary connection between heating systems of V&A and Natural History Museum
475 Lobbying by F A Lucas, American Museum of Natural History against killing seals for fur on the Pribiliof islands
478 Increase in number of attendants
479 Increase in salary of E E Austen
494 Entomology proposed purchases (Pollitt (Cameron), Fenton)
495 Proposed increase of salary for G Meade-Waldo
496 Report on hymenoptera collection of Peter Cameron being sold via J Sumner Pollitt
497-8 Proposed entomology exchanges
503 Proposal that Campbell Smith who is researching metamorphic rocks from Scott antarctic expedition can spend time in Cambridge
504 Duplicate mineral to be presented to the Free Library and Museum of the Borough of Colne, Lancashire (Herbert Wilmore)
509 Report of zoological purchases from Dr Serguis Sernov (Biological Station, Sebastopol, Crimea) and J C Stevens (G C Wallich Collection)
510 Proposed purchases zoology vertebrate section ( G W Bury, G B Dinesen, Edward Garrard & sons, S B Grahan)
511 Debts in zoology department library
512 Proposal to introduce black cock into the district near Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada
513 Return of items from Ghent exhibition
514 Report of rare snake and tree frog received from Museum of Comparative Zoology, Massachusetts proposed exchange in return
515 Proposed publication on report on stranded whales
516 Proposed exchange of arachnids with Dr Eugen Pawlowsky Royal Military Medicinische, St Petersburg
527 Proposed purchases Botany (J Tilden, P Weber, A Tonduz, Arnold Arboretum, F Wilnis)
520 Proposed purchases Fossils (H J Martin, W E Cutler, E J Leeds, W McPherson, A Bingham, F Krantz, G E Dibley)
533 Receipt of letter concerning protection of birds in British colonies and protectorates
535 Proposed exchanges (Geology) (U S National Museum, Washington, John Mitchell, Sydney Australia, L M vidal, University of Barcelona
536 Duplicate fossil plants to University College Aberystwyth
537 Application for Georg Ulmer of Hamburg to look for duplicate trichoptera in amber
538 Applications for duplicates Mineralogical Museum, University of Copenhagen, J Miguel Barroubio, Herault, France
539 Application for exchange of publications from Geological Institute of the University of Padua, Italy
540 Application from A C Seward for a copy of an illustration from catalogue of Wealdon flora
543 Proposed purchases of books for the Zoology library
544 Request that Mr R Veitch (Imperial bureau of Entomology) take some specimens with, to his new job with Colonial Sugar Refining Company of Sydney working in Fiji
552 Request that G C Robson (Mollusca) has leave in order to go on a collecting trip to Sardinia
554 annual estimate for 1914/5
555 Progress of monograph Flora of Jamaica
556 Recommendation that W H G Turner, boy messenger attends a competition as Preventive Man
559 Police report of woman who refused to give up her muff at the entrance (prevention against suffragettes)
561 Report of gift of butterflies and hymenoptera from Godman-Salvin collection
562 Proposal, that casts of fossil fishes to be produced by Brucciani & co. and sold
563 Proposed acquisition of white rhino of the Lado enclave from the Rowland Ward collection
575 Correspondence with husband of lady who complained about giving up her muff (due to rule banning women from visiting Museum without a male escort due to suffragist movement)
587 Request from Free Library & Museum Great Yarmouth to be placed on duplicates list
592 Increase in salary for L E Parsons, workshop attendant
599 Visitor statistics Feb 1914
600 Report by A S Woodward (Geology Department) for Feb 1914
617 Report by B B Woodward (General Library) for Feb 1914
621 Application by Tolhouse Museum, Great Yarmouth to receive duplicates
626 Report by A B Rendle (Botany Department) for Feb 1914
632 Report by Dr Prior (Mineral Department) for Feb 1914
636 Resolution on Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) bill to go to Prime Minister
658 Report by Mr Gahan (Department of Entomology) for Feb 1914
677 Offer of skeleton of 'St Simon' race horse owned by Duke of Portland
679 Request by Thames Nautical Training College (Captain William Barker) for skins of sea birds to display
702 Arrangements for use and access of disinfecting room
706 Addition of rollers, kingfishers and bee-eater to the first schedule of the Somaliland Game Preservation Ordinance No. 2 of 1907
709 Request by Bailey Museum, Mansfield to be put on list for duplicates
710 Grant to Bombay Natural History Society for mammal survey
725 Report by S F Harmer (Zoological Department) for Feb 1914
747 Acceptant of skeleton of 'St Simon' race horse
774 Grant for 'Flora of Jamaica'
776 Proposed acquisition of copies of research work of Augustin Stahl (Porto Rico)
779 Notice from Office of Work to economize on use of coal
785 Notice on watch duty on road between Natural History Museum and Science Museum
793 Thanks for offer of 'St Simon's' skeleton
801 Exchange of publication with Geological Survey
802 Cost of purchasing books in Geology Department
816 Proposals for purchase, Entomology ( W F H Rosenberg)
818-9 Proposals entomology exchanges (Rene Oberthur, Anthony Boucomont, J J Walker, A N CAudell, US Dept of Agriculture, A Ducke Goeldi Museum Brazil; R S Bagnall, F H Gravely Indian Museum, R P Longiono Navas, Esbe Petersen
821 Offers for purchase of fossils (D M S Watson, F H Butler, F Krantz)
824 Offers for purchase of minerals (S Henson, A H Petereit, F Krantz, Foote Mineral company, James R Gregory, Grebel Wendler & cie, Naturhistorisches Institut, Arthur Kusche, J T Letcher)
825 Duplicate cast of Daniels Kuil Metoerite to be presented to South African Museum, Cape Town
831Offers for purchase of Zoology Vertebrate specimens (Janson & Son, Rowland Ward Ltd, Major H J Kelsall, W F H Rosenberg, R Ebner, G B Dinesen); Invertebrate Specimens (Koch, Sowerby & Fulton, H B Preston, W F H Rosenberg, E J Baxter, Gertrud Bannwarth)
838 Costs for 'Illustrations of African Blood-Sucking Flies'.
842 Office of Works on costs for cloakroom
843 Proposed exchange of birds with Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. USA
844 Application for bird specimens for training ships HMS Worcester (Captain Wilson Barker)
852 Applications for plaster casts
853 Duplicate specimens for Colne Museum, Lancashire
857 Confirmation of insurance policy by Taylor & Francis
859 Lack of exhibition space for 'St Simon'
860 Progress report on Vol II of G A Boulengers catalogue of Fresh Water Fishes of Africa
861 Publication of report on Cetacea Stranded on the British Coasts during 1913
862 Progress report on Vol II of Catalogue of Ungulata
863 Request for duplicate flying fish from J Graham Kerr
864 Proposed exchange of specimens of tunicata with Zoologisches Museum Berlin
866 Publication of Monograph of Sabicea by H F Wernham
867 Publication of Part II of 'Revision of the Ichneumonidae' by Calude Morley
870 Transfer of rock specimens collected by Sur John Richardson on Sir John Franklin's Art Expedition
872 Offer of petrified wood from Arthur Pearson (15 Devonshire Street , London & Frensham, Hampshire)
875 Report on research and specimens coonected with Major G E H Barrett-Hailton's expedition to South Georgia
878 Request from A N Kaznakoff , Tiflis Museum (Musee du Caucase, Tiflis) for publications in exchange for boar skins
880 Request for illustrations for a book on Natural History notes at sea
888 Exchange of duplicate specimens with the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
889 Request to preserve amber collection using method devised by University of Konigsberg which Mrs Dudley Robinson (of Imperial College) has learnt how to do.
891 Progress by Mr Fawcett ib Vol II of Flora of Jamaica
892 Request of Captain D Wilson (Incorporated Thames Training College, H MS Worcester) for copies of illustrations
893 Confirmation of insurance policy held by William Clowes & sons
907 Complaint by Indian Museum that items sent to BM (NH) as duplicates by Claude Morley were not in fact duplicates and should be returned.
914 Bequest of George Bentley Corbin of needle tailed swift
938 Service of late George Sharman
941 Visitor statistics March 1914
942, 946 Request for exchange with Geological Museum including maori horse and books
951 Protection of birds in St Christopher and Nevis
956 Report by Arthur Smith Woodward (Department of Geology) March 1914
957 Report by B B Woodward (General Library) Mar 1914
968 Report by A B Rendle (Botany) Mar 1914
974 Report by Prior (Mineral Department) Mar 1914
985 Arrangements to collect 'St Simon' from Welbeck Abbey
988 Report that W H G Turner has passed pratical test of rowing boats
1013 Report by Mr Gahan (Department of Entomology) Mar 1914
1015 Confirmation of safe arrival of skua gull and storm petrel at the Incorporated Thames Training College, H MS Worcester
1017 Report by S F Harmer (Zoological Department) Mar 1914
1032 Indian Museum should contact Mr Morley for redress (see 907)
1036 Next of Kin querying will of Hugh Cumming who left a collection of shells with the Museum
1057 Purchase made by G T Prior (ruby from Francis Powell & Co)
1058 Offers for purchase Department of Minerals (James R Gregory, George O Simmons, F Krantz, Arthur Kusche, S Henson
1063 Request for staff to attend opening of new wing of British Museum, Bloomsbury
1073 Notice of opportunity to sue endowed bed at St Thomas's Hospital for civil servants requiring convalescent care
1074 Dispute of contractors staff
1078 Grant of £150 to Herbert Robinson expedition to Sumatra
1082 Offers for purchase Department of Botany (W H Pearson, E Guilg, H Dahlstedt, J Macoun, W Johnson, R Welch, C Steyer, A D E Elmer)
1090 Agreement of purchase of waterproof coats for commissionaires on duty outside main entrance of museum
1091 Report on work of W R Ogilvie Grant over past year
1092 Proposed increase in salary of G A Smith and W E Barnett
1093 Schedule of Protected Birds in Barbados corrected by Ogilvie Grant
1094 Estate of G B Corbin forwarded specimen of needle tailed swift
1095 Proposal that D A Banneman work in the bird room
1097 Application for duplicate birds from Bailey Museum, Mansfield
1098 Proposal exchange of birds with Government Museum, Trivandrum, India
1102 Offers for purchase Entomology Department (O E Janson & Son, E J Baxter, W F H Rosenberg
1103 Proposed increase of salary of A G Gabriel, C Hill, J Gabriel, W E Phillips
1104 Request for duplicates from Frantz Spaeth and Captain C Kerremans
1105 Proposed exchanges (M Andre Avinoff, H S Barber, Captain Kerremans)
1107 Offers for purchase Geology Department ( L Richardson, G Grundey, S Turner)
1123 Purchase of snake from Cura & Sons
1124 Offers for purchase Zoology Vertebrate Department (Rowland Ward Ltd, E j Baxter, K H Schaaning, W F H Rosenberg); Invertebrate Department (Professor E W McBride, Imperial College)
1126 Proposal of Instruction for Collectors for worm to be written by Mr Baylis
1128 Cuming Collection of shells
1130 Raise in wages of Hipwell painter employer by William Cubitt & co.
1136 Proposed exchange with Oakes Ames
1140 Report on work of W N Edwards over previous year
1141 Proposed exchanges (Professor F B Loomis, L Loczy)
1152 Proposed bonus to H Gadsdon for his skill in french polishing meteorites
1159 Application for grant to exhibit coral reef from Dr & Mrs Emil Bannworth
1160 Proposal to show unregistered specimens at Royal Society conversaziones
1172 Agreement for the special services of police officers for duty at the museum from Dec 1913 (also 1196)
1173 Question in the Lords to be asked by Lord Sudeley on number of visitors using services of Official Guide, Demonstrator
1194 Programme and tickets for the opening of King Edward the Seventh Galleries at the British Museum by His Majesty The King
1196 Copy of transcript of debate 'The Public Utility of Museums'
1215, 1219 Increase of 1/2 d per hour in wages paid to labourers employed by Cubitt
1227 Memorandum and details of suffragettes to look out for in case of damage in the Museum, two posters with photographs of Mary Richardson, Catherine Wilson, Lillian Forrester and Evelyn Manesta
1229 Solicitors letter concerning Cuming bequest
1230 Opinion of Estate Duty Office on exemption under Finance Act
1237 Report by Arthur Smith Woodward (Department of Geology) April 1914
1248 Use of Percy Sladen Memorial funds for expedition to Great Namaqualand
1252 Raise in wages of labourers
1255 Box of material to preserve specimens to Vice Consul at Resht
1259 Confirmation that Banks Cabinet has arrived safely in New South Wales
1261 Ticket received for opening of new wing at British Museum
1272 Report by A B Rendle (Botany) May 1914
1283 -1302 Banks cabinet in place in Herbarium in Sydney
1321 Existence of 'white elephent [elephant]' with long tusks in Burma
1328 Certificate of qualification of J R Cooper
1334 Thanks from Bailey Museum for gift of South American birds
1341 Wish of Indian Museum to work closely together with BMNH.
1347 Report by Mr Gahan (Entomology Department) April 1914
1358 Report by Mr Harmer (Zoological Department) April 1914
1367 Role of Trustees of Percy Sladen Fund
1379 Agreement to renew contracts for furniture, fittings and labour
1395 Certificate of qualification of F H Mouncey
1397 Offer of pearl by C F Bennett [see also 1448]
1399 Report of offers of purchase of botany specimens (F Petrak, E Bartholomew, P A Zahlbruckner, T O Weigel, A R Dummer
1400 Proposed purchase of botany books
1410 Details of waterproof coats available at Royal Army Clothing Department
1411 Report of offers of purchase of Entomology specimens (R Luck, B Gehlen)
1417 Report of offers of purchase of Minerals (Lazard Cahn, Heinrich Menn, Messrs Arthur Kusche)
1420 Report of offers of purchase of Zoology vertebrate specimens (G L Bates, Edward Britten); Invertebrate (H B Preston)
1426 Proposed exchange of specimens with E B Poulton, Hope Department, University Museum, Oxford
1427 Report of offers of purchase of fossils ( Hauptlerhrer, F H Butler)
1428 Report on work of F O Barlow over the previous year
1429 Offer of fossil wood from Dr Robert Kidston
1443 Report on work of G C Robson over the previous year
1444 Report on work of C Court Treatt over the previous year
1445 Request for exchange from Dr C McLean Fraser of British Columbia
1446 Request that Zoological Society have a reference collection of birds
1448 Offer from Mr Bennett of a pearl [see 1397]
1457 thanks from Agent General for New South Wales for Banksian cabinet sent to Botanic Gardens
1458 visit to Welbeck to discuss removal of 'St Simon' skeleton
1459 Increase of salary of Mr A J Wilmott
1462 Distribution of copies of report on cetacea stranded on the British Coasts during 1913
1476 Cubitt's arrangements for removal of 'St Simon' from Welbeck Abbey
1493 Application from Gloucester Museum to be on list for duplicates
1497 Further money from legislative council of Jamaica for 'Flora of Jamaica'
1512 Labelling of George Abbots collection [see 1624]
1523 Exchange of publications with Charles Oberthur
1525 Electricity supply
1532 Temporary employment of D A Bannerman in the bird room
1536 Works schedule and contract with Clements, Jeakes & co, William Cubitt & co, Holland & Hannen
1538 Closure of British Museum to women (because of suffragist attack) and good behaviour cards for responsible male in charge of female visitors [scan available on Digital Archive, in public domain]
1550 Librarian of Welbeck abbey concerning employing Alfred Fieldsend, copy of Portland Museum Catalogue
1565 London County Council proposing courses for teachers at museums
1568 Board of Trade Harbour Department distributing stranded whales leaflet to receivers of wrecks and coast guards
1599 Board of Trade International Exhibitions convention
1604 Template of annual return to be made to laid before House of Lords
1624 Letter from George Abbott re Fulwel Hill stones , with copy letter from S Leduc [See 1512, 1784, 1828]
1630 Report by Arthur Smith Woodward (Department of Geology) May 1914
1634 Report by G Prior (Mineral Department) May 1914
1654 Report by A B Rendle (Botany Department) May 1914
1677 Report by C J Gahan (Entomology Department) May 1914
1687 Engineers report on heating, electric lighting and ventilation (electricians on strike)
1689 Acquisition of specimen of cervus schomburgi (item is being sent to Bangkok)
1747 Report by S F Harmer (Zoology Department)
1770 Use of oxy acetylene to cut off obsolete boilers
1775 Connecting to the mains electricity supply
1780 Report of offers of purchase of Botany specimens (Mssrs. Dulan & co.; G C Druce, E J Broadway, D A Bannerman, W Siehe, F Pertrak, J G Barclay)
1784 George Abbott re magnesium specimens
1790 Report of offers of purchase Entomology (O E Janson & Son)
1791 Report on work of E E Austen over previous year
1792 Report on work of Frank Barnett
1795 Report of offers of purchase Department of Minerals (S Henson, F Krantz, H Menn, Idar, J Graves, Naturhistorisches Institut, Lazard Cahn, Cesare de Angelis, Arthur Kusche)
1797 Report on work of L Spencer and G E Herbert Smith over the previous year
1798 Report on work of A F J May
1801 Confirmation of Zoology Department bills settled (Harrods and L Cura and Sons)
1802 Report of offers of purchase of Zoology specimens (R M S Baynes, D A Bannerman, H G F Spurrell, A Krausse, Marine Biological Association, A J Gear, Sowerby and Fulton, E J Baxter, C F Rousselet)
1803 Report on work of C T Regan over previous year
1804 Report on work of W P Pycraft over previous year
1805 Report on work of H A Baylis over previous year
1805 Report on work of C Chubb over previous year
1806 Recommendation of increase of salary of J C Vickery
1811 Report of books purchased
1812 Report of offers of purchase of minerals (Toye Torjesen)
[1780-2169 still to be listed]
1823 Report of offers of purchase of fossils (B Hanff, F Kranrz, A Baxter Visick)
1828 Memo concerning work on George Abbotts collection of magnesium limestone concretions
1833 Proposed preservation of Eustace Bankes collection of micro lepidoptera which was on loan
1836 Report on work of G C Crick over previous year
1839 Arrival of skeleton of 'St Simon'
1840 Exchange with Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass, USA
1841 Exchange with Dr H Balss Zoologische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates Munchen Germany
1842 Mr Lydekker trying to procures an indian lion before they become extinct
1843 Report of offers of purchase of Zoological books
1844 Proposed increase of salary of J Ramsbottom
1845 Presentation of plants collected by A F R Wollaston's expedition in Dutch New Guinea
1851 Agreement for over spends at British Museum and Natural History Museum
1857 Proposed promotion of W P Pycraft
1861 Proposals on publishing Vol III of catalogue of Ungulate Mammals (Lydekker and Baines)
1862 Archanid exchanges (Albany Museum, Grahamstown South Africa, Professor G H F Nuttall)
1871 Proposals on publishing Mr C Tate's report on 'Terra Nova'
1886 Beetles found in airship 'Eta'
1929 Report by A B Rendle on work in Botany Department Jun 1914
1930 Report of offers of purchase of Botanical specimens ( A H Brinkman, V Schroeder, H Sudra, T O Weigel, E Chisrenda, E M Remick)
1939 Estimate for insect cabinets William Cubitt & Co.
1950 Report by Arthur Smith Woodward on Department of Geology Jun 1914
1952 Report by Mr Prior on Mineral Department Jun 1914
1967 Estimate from William Cubitt & co. concerning alteration of cases in Upper Mammalian gallery
1970 Report by C H Gahan on work in Department of Entomology Jun 1914
1979 Report by C J Mouncey, engineer on Electric lighting, heating and ventilation
1993 Treasury memo concerning rates of pay of labourers
1994 Question of ownership Erythrosuchus africannus loaned to Natural History Museum by Professor Seeley which South African Museum claim belong to them [see 2128]
2010 Approval of sketches for new cloackrooms and for umbrellas etc
2026 Report by S F Harmer of work in Zoological Department June 1914
2047 Receipt of funds for expedition by Herbert Robinson (Federation Malay State Museum)
2064 Report respecting offers for purchase of Zoology specimens (A B Percival, W F H Rosenberg, D A Bannerman, Zoological Society, Claude H B Grant, H B Preston, Sowerby and Fulton)
2066 Report on work of W T Calman over previous year
2068 Exchange of sponges with Dr N Annandale, Indian Museum, Calcutta
2069 George Abbott return of photographs
2096 Proposed duplicates to be sent to (L Garreta; E Netolitsky, Czernowitz University; Arthur Lea, South Australian Museum, Adelaide; R P Longinos Navas; T D A Cockerell, University of Colorado)
2105 Report respecting offers for purchase Department of Entomology (Rev Canon Thomas Blackburn)
2106 Proposals concerning publication of Claude Morley's Part IV of Revision of Ichneumonidae
2111 Report respecting offers for purchase in the Department of Minerals ( Wilhelm Maucher, W F Gwinnell, J T Letcher, Naturhistorisches Institut Dr L Eger, Vienna, F Krantz, Arthur Kusche, E Boubee Fils, Toye Torjesen
2113 Exchange with J H Collins, Cornwall
2124 Exchange with F Knab, United States National Museum
2125 Request to increase number of plates in supplement to the catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae being prepared by Sir George Hampson
2127 Report respecting offers for purchase Department of Geology (S Jensen Pindborg, L Richardson)
2128 Memo on claims by South African Museum to a fossil reptile purchased from the estate of H G Seeley
2129 Report on the annual conference of the Museums Association
2141 Thanks from Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter for specimens from British Antarctic expedition
2161 Request from Treasury concerning labourers wanting to attend annual training camps of territorial force
2163 Protection of birds in British Honduras
2169 Gahan proposal that all specimens in duplicate drawers should be labelled to ensure no type specimens accidently put in them |