30 Accounts, etc., of the British museum. 



907-8, has been published. Collotype plates have been 

 taken for a volume of reproductions from Royal MS. 2 B. vii 

 (Queen Mary's Psalter). 



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

 eighteen Additional MSS., seven Egerton MSS., and one hun- 

 dred and eighty-four Books of Reference have been stamped, and 

 one hundred and thirty-one MSS. of the old collections have 

 been re-stamped, with a total number of 15,188 impressions. 

 One hundred and seventeen numbers were impressed on 

 separate documents. 



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

 a total of 38,232 folios. 



One hundred and thirty-nine newly-acquired MSS. have 

 been placed, and fifty-one belonging to the old collections have 

 been re-placed. All have been press-marked, and entered in 

 Hand- and Shelf-Lists. One hundred and four Charters and 

 Rolls have been placed and entered in the Inventories. 

 Numbers have been written on 1153 Charters and Rolls. 

 Sixty-three Seals and Casts have been provided with boxes, 

 placed, and entered in the Inventory. The leaden bullae have 

 been measured for boxes, and a large number of seals of the 

 old collections have been fitted with boxes and temporarily 

 placed. 



New Shelf-Lists have been made for MSS. in the South 

 Room and for the Facsimiles. The list of Exhibited MSS. 

 has been re-typed. 



13. Boohs of Reference. — One hundred and eighty-eight 

 volumes and parts have been received, catalogued, and placed. 



Nineteen volumes and parts of Facsimiles have been added 

 to the series now deposited in the Department and available 

 for the use of Readers. 



14. Consultation of MSS. ~S\ MO MSS. and 2767 Charters 

 and Seals have been consulted in the Students' Room, and 

 eighty-one MSS. in the Reading Room. The number of Students 

 was 11,256. 



Magna Charta was exhibited to 14,862 visitors. 



15. MSS. photographed. — Seven hundred and seventy-two 

 MSS. (including Papyri, Charters and Seals) were allowed to be 

 photographed, with a total of 4,931 photographs taken. 



16. Exhibitions. — A selection of medical MSS. was on 

 exhibition in the Department (25 July-6 Aug.) for the British 

 Medical Congress ; and similar special exhibitions were arranged 

 for (a) Westminster Scholars (12 March) and (6) German 

 Students (27 Sept.-5 Oct.). 



17. Acquisitions. — The number of Manuscripts and Docu- 

 ments, etc., acquired during the year has been : — 



Additional MSS. ------ 140 



Egerton MSS. - - 5 



Charters and Rolls - - - - - -318 



Detached Seals and Casts ----- 65 



