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musician, have been arranged in the Saloon. A collection 

 of MSS. relating to the ^'oyages of Raleigh to Guiana has 

 been exhibited in the King's Library. 



13. Binding. — Two hundred and fifty-five Additional, and 

 seven Egerton MSS., newly acquired, and one hundred and 

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

 repaired. 



Fifty-four Charters and Seals have been repaired. 



Fifteen Papyri have been bound and sixty-seven glazed. 



Fifty-eight Printed Books have been bound. 



Seventy-nine MSS. and autographs exhibited have been 

 glazed. 



14. Autographs. — The first series of " Facsimiles of Royal, 

 Historical, Literary, and other Autographs " has been 

 published. 



15. Verification. — The several collections of Manuscripts 

 have been verified by the shelf-lists. 



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

 forty-one Additional and nine Egerton MSS. have been 

 placed and entered in the hand-lists and shelf-lists. 



Eleven hundred and eighty Charters and Rolls, fifteen 

 Seals, and three hundred and ninety-six Casts of Seals, have 

 been placed and entered. Twelve hundred and thirty-seven 

 Oharters have been listed. 



Two hundred and twelve Additional and Egerton MSS., 

 eight hundred and twenty-seven Charters and Rolls, and one 

 hundred and sixty-one Books of Reference have been stamped 

 with a total of 15,082 impressions 



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

 total of 40,464 folios. 



17. Hand and Shelf -Lists. — A new hand-list for Closets 

 and Tables and a shelf list of three Presses in the Assistants' 

 Room have been made. 



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

 sulted in the Students' Room attached to the Department is 

 ^6,425, and of those delivered in the Reading Room 1,164. 



The number of Charters and Rolls consulted by Students 

 is 4,329. 



The number of Students working in the Department during 

 the year is 8,784. 



19. Books of Reference. — One hundred and sixty-eight 

 newly acquired volumes have been catalogued. The revision 

 of the Catalogue is in progress. 



20. Acquisitions. 



