26 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — The copy of the descriptions 

 and Index of Additional and Egerton MSS., acquired in the 

 year 1894, and the Index for 1895, have been revised. 



2. Catalogue of the Stoiue MSS.— The second volume, con- 

 taining the Index, has been published. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal MSS. — The preparation of the 

 new Catalogue is in progress, and two hundred and thirty 

 MSS. have been described. 



4. Catalogue of the Sloane 3ISS. — The Index has been 

 revised from Gr to Mi. 



5. Catalogue of Papyri. — The preparation of Volume II. 

 of the Catalogue is in progress. Sheets B— Q have been 

 revised ; B — sent to press. The greater part of the col- 

 lection of Facsimiles have been taken, and the Indexes are 

 being made. 



Sixty-five Papyri acquired in 1896, and one acquired in 

 1895, have been described, and eighty, acquired in 1896, have 

 been arranged and numbered. 



6. Catalogue of Seals. — The Fifth Volume, containing 

 desciiptions of the Byzantine Bullae and the Seals of France, 

 is passing through the press. Sheets B — T have been sent to 

 press. 



Two thousand and eighty casts and seals have been 

 arranged and registered. 



7. Catalogue of Romances. — Descriptions of seventeen 

 MSS. for the Third Volume have been drawn up. 



8. Catalogue of Music. — Articles contained in one hundred 

 and fifty MSS. have been described. 



Four MSS. have been described for the Catalogue of 

 Liturgies, with music. 



Slips of first lines of vocal compositions have been written 

 and incorporated with the alphabetical list of composers. 



9. Catalogue of Charters and Rolls. — The final revision 

 for the press of the General Index of names and subjects 

 in the several collections of Charters and Rolls acquired 

 before the year 1882 is in progress. Letters K, L, T, U, V^ 

 and part of W, of the topographical division, have been 

 revised. 



Fifteen hundred and ninety-six Additional Charters and 

 Rolls (43,065-44,283, acquired during the year 1895, and 

 44,288-44,660, acquired during the year 1896) have been 

 docketed, numbered, and arranged in boxes. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 34,995-35,158, acquired in 

 the year 1889, have been described. 



10. Classed 



