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10. Verification. — The entire collection of MSS. has been 

 verified by comparison with the Shelf-Lists, and the special 

 quinquennial verification of the separate items of unbound 

 MSS. has been made. About a thousand charters have also been 

 verified. 



11. Reproductions. — The introduction by Sir George 

 Warner to the plates taken last year of Koyal MS. 2 B. vii. 

 (Queen Mary's Psalter) is nearly ready for the press. 



12. Stamping, folioing, and placing. — Ninety-two Addi- 

 tional MSS., three Egerton MSS., and two hundred and thirty 

 Books of Reference (all newly acquired) [have been stamped ; 

 three MSS. of the old collections have been re-stamped, and 

 3,493 Charters of the old collections have been examined and 

 stamped where necessary. The total of impressions made 

 was 10,920. Two hundred and three numbers were also 

 impressed on MSS. 



One hundred and thirty-seven MSS. have been folioed, with 

 a total of 32,216 folios. 30,276 slips have been numbered. 

 Seventy-five MSS. returned from Binders have been examined. 



One hundred and thirty-three newly acquired MSS. have 

 been placed, and thirty MSS. of the old collections have been 

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

 and Shelf-Lists. Seven hundred and thirteen Charters and 

 Rolls have been placed and entered in the Hand-Lists. 

 Numbers have been written on 654 newly acquired Charters, 

 and, generally, numbers have been written on Rolls returned 

 from the Binders. Fifty-nine Seals and Casts have been 

 provided with boxes, placed, and entered in the Hand-Lists. 

 The fitting with boxes and temporary replacing of Seals 

 selected from the old collections have been continued. 



New Hand-Lists have been made for Cotton MSS., for 

 Egerton MSS., for Egerton Charters, and for Facsimiles; and, 

 new Shelf-Lists for Add. MSS. in Saloon Gallery and for Sloane 

 MSS. 



13. Boohs of Reference. — Two hundred and twenty-eight. 

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



Twenty-seven volumes and parts of Facsimiles were added 

 to the series now deposited in the Department and available- 

 for the use of Readers. 



14. Consultation of MSS.— 32,794^ MSS. and 2,733 Charters 

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

 forty-eight MSS., four Facsimiles, and one Charter in the 

 Reading Room. The number of Students was 11,731. 



Magna Charta was exhibited to 16,455 visitors. 



15. MSS. photographed. — Eight hundred and twenty-seven 

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

 photographed, with a total of 5,949 photographs taken. 



16. Exhibitions. — A special exhibition of MSS. illustrating 

 the history of the Bible has been arranged in connection with 



