22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Oriental Printed Books and MSS. 



Cataloguing. — The numbers of Titles written for the Catalogues 

 are : — Arabic, 83 ; Armenian, 24 ; Assamese, 16 ; Avestan, 17 ; 

 Bengali, 514 ; Bodo, 2 ; Burmese, 150 ; Chakma, 3 ; Chin, 16 ; 

 Chinese, 124 ; Ethiopic, 4 ; Gujarati, 497 ; Hebrew, 16 ; Hindi, 

 514 ; Hindustani, 231 ; Ho, 2 ; Javanese, 6 ; Kachin, 9 ; Kanarese, 

 227 ; Kanawari, 3 ; Karen, 6 ; Kashmiri, 27 ; Khond, 3 ; Kurku, 

 2 ; Lepcha, 1 ; Lisu, 2 ; Lushai, 5 ; Malayalam, 59 ; Marathi, 346 ; 

 Naga, 7 ; Nagpuria, 6 ; Oriya, 7 ; Pahlavi, 2 ; Pali, 113 ; Panjabi, 

 45 ; Persian, 332 ; Prakrit, 60 ; Sanskrit, 731 ; Siamese, 20 ; 

 Sindhi, 92 ; Sinhalese, 40 ; Taking, 2 ; Tamil, 859 ; Telugu, 607 ; 

 Turkish, 15 ; Uigur, 6. Total, 5,851. 



11 Indian Charters have been fully catalogued. 



11 short descriptions of MSS. have been entered in the Descriptive 

 List, the Register, and the Classed Inventory. 



9 MSS (1,119 folios) have been folioed. 



Bindmg. — The numbers of Printed Books and MSS. sent to the 

 Binders are : — Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani Books, 84 ; Chinese 

 and Japanese Books, 2 ; Ethiopic and Syriac Books, 3 ; Malay 

 Books, 9 ; Books in Sanskrit and other Indian languages, 165 ; 

 MSS., 24. 



Students. — The number of visits of Students working upon 

 Oriental MSS. in the Students' Room attached to the Department 

 of Manuscripts during the year has been 817. The number of 

 Oriental MSS. consulted by them was 2,567. The number of 

 Oriental Printed Books used in the Reading Room was 3,040. 



Photography. — 31 applications have been made to photograph 

 books and MSS. in this Department. 



Additions. — The number of volumes, pamphlets, &c., added to 

 the collections of the Department during the year is 2,037. Of 

 these 2,026 are Printed Books, and 11 are MSS. 



Of the Printed Books, 94 were bought ; 1,763 were received 

 under the India Copyright Act ; 62 were received under the 

 Colonial Copyright Acts from Ceylon and Hongkong ; and 107 

 were presented. Of the MSS., 9 were presented, 1 was bought, and 

 1 was found in the binding of a book belonging to the Department. 

 The MSS. are as follows :— 



Batta- - - - - - - 2 



Chinese ------ 1 



Hebrew - - - _ - _ 1 



Pali and Sinhalese _ - - - 1 



Persian -___-- 3 



Sanskrit - - - - - - 1 



Sanskrit and Grujarati - - - - 1 



Sanskrit and Hindi ' - - - - 1 



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