^8 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



10. Catalogue of Bindinr/s. — A Catalogue of selected 

 bindings from MSS. in the Department, by Mr. W. A. James 

 Weale, is in progress. 



11. Arrangement of Pampers. — Additional MSS. 35,161- 

 35,163, 35,191-35,202, 35,222-35,227, 35,2.30, and 35,231- 

 35,250, acquired in 1 898, have been arranged. 



12. Autographs. — The fourth series of " Facsimiles of Royal, 

 Historical, Literary, and other Autographs " has been pub- 

 lished. The fifth series of the same is in progress. 



13. Illuminated MSS. — A series of Coloured Facsimiles of 

 Illuminated MSS. is in progress. 



14. Binding. — Seventy-four Additional and two Egerton 

 MSS., newly acquired, and one hundred and ninety MSS. of 

 the old collections have been bound or repaired. 



Nineteen Charters and Seals have been repaired. 

 One hundred and forty-five Papyri have been glazed. 

 Seventy-six Printed Books have been bound. 

 Forty -two Charters have been glazed for exhibition. 



15. Verification. — The several collections of MSS. and 416 

 boxes of Charters have been verified by the Shelf-lists. 



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

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

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



Two Charters have been press-marked, and entered in the 

 lists. Three hundred and thirty-four Additional Charters 

 have had their numeration written on the backs. 



Seventy-one Additional and three Egerton MSS., and one 

 hundred and forty-two books of reference, have been stamped, 

 with a total of 7,319 impressions. 



One hundred and thirty-two MSS. have been folio'd, with 

 a total of 27,767 folios. Slip-indexes of Additions for 1897, 

 Papyri, Seals, and Spanish MSS. have been folio'd, with a 

 total of 50,162 folios. 



17. Consultation of MSS. — The number of MSS. consulted 

 in the Students' Room attached to the Department is 31,326, 

 and of those delivered to the Reading Room 828. 



The Students' Room is now open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 



The number of Charters and Rolls consulted by the 

 Students is 1,255. 



The number of Students working in the Department during 

 the year is 9,874. 



The Magna Ch^rta has been exhibited and described to 1,951 

 Visitors in the Department. 



