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10. Classed Catalogue. — An Index of tirst lines of 1,480 

 Latin Prose Theological Tracts (A — M of subject-headings in 

 the classed Catalogue) has been prepared. 



11. Arrangement of Papers. — Additional MSS., 34,727- 

 34,747, 34,794, 34,797, 34,810, 34,812-34,818, acquired in 



1895, and Additional MSS., 34,819, 34,821-34,874, 34,887- 

 34,889, 34,891-34,899. 34,902-35,029, 35,031-35,042, 35,044, 

 35,057, 35,058, and the Hill and Nelson Papers, acquired 

 in 1896, and Egerton MSS., 2,802, 2,804, 2,806, acquired in 



1896, have been arranged, described, and indexed. 



12. Autographs. — The second series of "Facsimiles of 

 Royal, Historical, Literary, and other Autographs" has been 

 published. 



13. Binding.-- One hundred and eighty Additional and 

 nine Egerton MSS., newly acquired, and two hundred and 

 ninety-eight MSS. of the old collections, have been bound or 

 repaired. 



Sixty-eight Charters and Seals have been repaired. 

 Ninety-five Papyri have been bound, and one hundred and 

 fifty-two glazed. 



Fifty-four Printed Books have been bound. 



Five MSS. and Autographs exhibited have been glazed. 



14. Verification. — The several collections of Manuscripts 

 and one hundred and fifty-six boxes of Harley Charters 

 have been verified by the shelf-lists. 



16. Stamping, folioing, and placing. — Two hundred and 

 sixty-one Additional and six Egerton MSS. have been placed 

 and entered in the Hand-lists and Shelf-lists. 



Ninety-three Papyri have been placed and listed. 



Sixteen hundred and one Charters and Rolls, two thousand 

 three hundred and thirteen Seals have been placed and listed. 



Two hundred and nine Additional and Egerton MSS., three 

 thousand and forty Charters and Rolls, and one hundred and 

 ninety-eight Books of Reference have been stamped with a 

 total of 21,178 impressions. 



Two hundred and fifty MSS. have been folio'd with a total 

 of 68,695 folios ; and the Slip Indexes for Additions in 1894, 

 1895, with 8,703 folios. 



17. Hand and Shelf -Lists. — A new shelf-list of the Papyri 

 has been made. 



18. Consultation of MSS. — The number of MSS. con- 

 sulted in the Students' Room attached to the Department is 

 29,848, and of those delivered to the Reading Room 838. 



The number of Charters and Rolls consulted by the Stu- 

 dents is 1,457. 



0.125. The 



