26 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Eighty-one seals have been repaired. 



Twenty-one Catalogues and Registers, and fifty-eight 

 printed Books of Reference, have been bound or repaired. 



The re-arrangement of the Harley Charters, with a view of 

 economising the available space in the presses, has been con- 

 tinued. 



The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year. 



12. Verification. — The several collections have been verified 

 by the shelf-lists. Eight new hand-lists and shelf-lists have 

 been prepared. 



13. Miscellaneous. — Three hundred and seventy-three 

 MSS. have been placed and entered in the hand-lists and 

 shelf-lists. 



Nine hundred and twenty-five Charters and Rolls, and 

 ninety Seals have been numbered and placed. 



Seven hundred and nineteen MSS., Charters, Rolls, and 

 Printed Books have been stamped, with a total of 11,672 

 impressions. 



Seven hundred and thirty-seven Manuscripts have been 

 folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room 

 is 3,100 ; and of those consulted in the Department, 

 23,328. 



The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to 

 readers is 1,214. 



The number of Students working in the Department during 

 the year is 7,805. 



The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired 

 during the year are : — 



General Collections of MSS. _ . _ 346 



Rolls and Charters - - _ _ . 925 



Detached Seals and Casts - _ _ _ 90 



Papyri --- ____ g 



Egerton MSS. --_-_. 12 



Among them are : — 



'ASnvaiMv UoXireia : Aristotle on the Constitution of Athens. 

 The unique text of the work, written on the back of four 

 rolls of papyrus, probably at the end of the 1st century. On 

 the other side of the papyrus are a farm-bailiflf s accompts, 

 also in Greek, dated in A.D. 78-9. 



Portions of papyrus rolls, containing the following works, 

 in Greek : — 



(a.) The third Epistle of Demosthenes, wanting the end; 



written in the 2nd or 1st century B.C. 

 (h.) The conclusion of the speech of Hyperides (?) against 



Philippides ; 2nd or 1st century B.C. On the same 



papyrus as the preceding, 

 (c.) A horoscope ; 1st century B.C. 

 (d.) Th^ speech of Isoerates Ilept Elpi)vr)g, the first half 



being imperfect ; 1st century. 



(e.) A treatise 



