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10. Books of Reference. — 82 volumes and parts have been 

 received, catalogued and placed. 



9 volumes and parts o£ Facsimiles were added to the series 

 now deposited in the Department and available for the use of 

 Readers. 



11. Consultation of MSS.—U,7n MSS. and 3,813 Charters 

 and Seals have been consulted in the Students' Room, and 37 MSS. 

 in the Reading Room. The number o£ Students was 5,713. In 

 addition 2,567 Oriental MSS. have been consulted in the Students' 

 Room by 817 Students. 



12. MSS. pJwtographe'd. — 272 MSS. (including Papyri, 

 Charters, and Seals) were allowed to be photographed, with a 

 total o£ 4,676 photographs taken. 



13. Acquisitions. — The number o£ Manuscripts and Documents, 

 &c., acquired during the year has been : — 



Additional MSS. ------- 70 



Egerton MSS. ------- 43 



Charters and Rolls ------- 20 



Detached Seals and Casts - - - - - - 56 



This enumeration does not include the Dunkin Collection, the 

 arrangement o£ which is not completed, but includes 17 volumes 

 transferred from other Departments. 



With one small exception (a continuation of Mr. Downman's 

 plans of ancient earthworks) the Department has been entirely 

 dependent this year on the generosity of private donors or on 

 funds for purchase accruing from private bequests. The more 

 important additions are : — 



Three holograph letters of Dr. Johnson relating to the King's 

 Library. Presented hy Lady Wernher, who purchased them at the 

 Red Cross Sale. 



Biographical and Topographical collections of the late E. H. W. 

 Dunkin, Esq., relating to the Sussex clergy, &c. Presented hy 

 Mrs. Dunkin. 



Collections for the history of co. Clare by the late R. W. Twigge, 

 Esq., 10 volumes, besides rolls, &c. Presented hy Mrs. Twigge. 



Transcripts of monumental inscriptions in co. Hertford, by 

 W. B. Gerish, Esq., 14 volumes. Presented hy the compiler. 



Autograph draft of part of Bishop Berkeley's works, corres- 

 pondence of his family, &c., 13 volumes. Presented hy Mrs. Rose. 



The Granville collection of scores by Handel in 37 volumes. 

 Miracles of Our Lady, 12th cent. 



Latin Poems of Robert Partes, a Reading monk, 12th cent. 

 Court-book of Rayleigh, co. Essex, 1553-1606. 

 Autograph letters (4) of S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain). 

 These five purchased from the Farnhorough fund. 



Julius P. Gilson. 



