20 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — Sheets R, S, containing part o£ 

 the descriptions o£ MSS. acquired in 1914, have been printed off 

 and part of Sheet T (to Additional MS. 38841) is in type. 



Of other MSS. acquired in 1914, Additional 38841, 38842, 

 38845, 38975-38979 have been described and indexed, and the 

 descriptions down to 38857 revised and sent to the printer. 



Of those acquired in 1915, Additional 39180-39183, 39185, 

 ' 39186, 39216-39252 have been described and indexed. 



Of those acquired in 1916, Egerton MSS. 2910-2936 and 

 Additional MSS. 39288-39292, 39294-39298 have been described 

 and indexed. 



2. Catalogue of Greek Papyri. Vol. V. — Sheets Ll-3 B, 

 completing the descriptions and indices, have been passed through 

 the press, and the introductory matter sent to the printer. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal and King'' s MSS. — Sheets C-I of 

 Vol. III. have been printed off and Sheet K, completing the 

 descriptions, is in type. The revision of the general index is in 

 progress and the introduction in preparation. 



4. Catalogue of Cotton MSS.— The MSS. Caligula E. III., IV. 

 have been indexed. 



5. Catalogue of Early Additional and Egerton MSS. — Additional 

 MSS. 4500-4756, excepting a few Oriental MSS. and Nos. 4576- 

 4695 (Rymer's collections, &c.) reserved for further consideration, 

 have been described and indexed. 



6. Voluntary assistance. — The department is indebted to 

 Sir George Warner for much assistance in the revision of the 

 description of the King's MSS. for the new catalogue, and to 

 Mr. Edward Alexander Fry for help in sorting the Dunkin 

 collection. 



7. Binding. — 80 Additional and 37 Egerton MSS. newly 

 acquired and 105 MSS. of the old collections have been bound, 

 repaired or lettered, together with 180 Rolls or Charters and 65 

 Books of Reference, Facsimiles or Catalogues. 



8. Verification. — The entire collection of MSS. has been 

 verified by comparison with the Shelf-lists. 



9. Stamping, folioing and placing. — 136 Additional MSS., 37 

 Egerton MSS., and 101 Books of Reference have been stamped. 

 The total of impressions made was 7,003. 



154 MSS. have been fohoed, with a total of 25,081 folios. 



15,196 sheets, &c., have been numbered. 



166 newly acquired MSS. have been placed and 61 MSS. of the 

 old collections replaced. All have been press-marked and entered 

 in Hand- and Shelf-lists. 10 seals and casts have been provided 

 with boxes, placed and entered in Hand- and Drawer-lists. 



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