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' 3. Catalogue of the Royal MSS. — The preparation of the 

 new catalogue is in progress, and one hundred and four MSS. 

 have been described. 



4. Catalogue of the Sloane MSS. — The Index has been 

 revised from Co — Gr. 



5. Catalogue of Papyri. — The transcription of all the 

 Papyri to be included in Volume II. of the Catalogue has 

 been completed, and about one-third of the copy is ready for 

 press. 



Twenty-four Papyri acquired in 1894, and tifty-one 

 acquired in 1895, have been described, and one hundred and 

 nineteen, also acquired in 1895, have been arranged and 

 numbered. 



6. Catalogue of Seals.— The Fourth Volume, containing 

 desciiptions of the Seals of Scotland and Ireland, has been 

 published. 



Three hundred and forty-six detached seals and casts, and 

 eleven hundred and eighty-one copper electrotypes of leaden, 

 bullae, have been arranged and registered. 



The descriptions of the Byzantine bullae, forming part of 

 the Fifth Volume of the Catalogue, have been sent to press. 



7. Catalogue of Romances. — Descriptions of five MSS. for 

 the Third Volume have been drawn up. 



8. Catalogue of Music. — Articles contained in one hundred 

 and ninety-three MSS. have been described. 



9. Catalogue of Charters and Rolls. — The final revision 

 for the press of the General Index of names and subjects 

 in the several collections of Charters and Rolls, acquired 

 before the year 1882, is in progress. Letters D.- — J. of the 

 topographical division, and Th. — To. of the general series 

 have been revised. 



1173 Additional Charters and Rolls (41,891-43,063), and 

 Egerton Charter 620, acquired during the year 1895, have 

 been docketed, numbered and arranged in boxes. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 34,934-34,994, acquired in 

 1889, and 39,045-39,941, acquired in 1893, have been described. 



10. Classed Catalogue. — The descriptions of the Stowe 

 MSS. have been inserted. 



11. Arrangement of Papers. — Additional MSS. 34,711- 

 34,713, 34,715, 34,716, 34,718, 34,721-34,723, 34,790-34,797, 

 and Egerton MS. 2795, acquired during the year 1895, have 

 been arranged. 



12. Special Exhibitions. — Exhibitions of Maps and Geo- 

 graphical MSS., and of MSS. and other memorials of Purcell the 



0.97. musician. 



