begins _Numinibus Augustorum_ and is on four equal stones with joints meeting at the centre, thus +. Hübner (_C.I.L._ vii. No. 22) gives the boundary to the right of the London stone as a fracture, and restored the inscription with _Num. Caes. et Genio_ in the top line. It is at once apparent that this would not space out properly with the single words of second and third lines. Haverfield leaves out _Genio_ and reads, “To the Divinity of the Emperor and to the Province of Britain.” This, I suppose, might be possible in a contracted inscription, but I am drawn back to Roach Smith’s view, and would venture to suggest the possibility of some such restoration as: NVM·C|L·AVG· PROV|INCIA BRITA|NNIAE etc. etc. I am ignorant whether it would be possible to have a dedication from the Province of Britain to Claudius in such a form, but if so it would be a record of great significance. The fourth letter was certainly C, because an O would not have avoided the joint. The letters in the top line were about 6 in. high, and the whole was of fine style. As Hübner says, it is doubtless of the first century. It was certainly affixed to a temple dedicated to an Emperor-divinity. The complete inscription probably occupied four stones. 2. Several brick inscriptions are of special interest, as most of them contain the name London. There are two varieties: (_a_) P.PR.BR. in a label; and (_b_) P.P.BR.LON (Figs. 132 and 133). The former (_a_) has large letters, and they are enclosed in a tablet: it seems of earlier style than the other. Wright says of the second: “The most probable interpretation is _Proprætor Britanniæ Londinii_; this has a peculiar interest as showing that London was the seat of government of the province.” When Wright wrote only a roof tile of variety (_a_) seems to have been known, but now there are several plain tiles at the Guildhall and one at the British Museum which have the same mark. All these are alike in having four notches in their long edges, and one flat side of each is scored over with lines to give better hold for plastering. It seems that these tiles must have been used for lining walls, nails being driven in at the notches; their size is 16 in. by 11 in. [Illustration: FIG. 132. ] [Illustration: FIG. 133. ] The explanation of Hübner adopted in the new British Museum Guide is that P. in (_a_) and (_b_) both “represent the _publicani_ who farmed the taxes (the ‘publicans’ of the Gospels) of the province of Britain in London.”