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Depaktment of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — All the MSS. acquired in 

 1906, viz. Additional 37233-37425 and Egerton 2862-2866, 

 have been described and (with the exception of Additional 

 37348-37397) have been indexed. The descriptions have also 

 been revised. 



The descriptions of MSS., etc., acquired in 1905 have 

 been printed. The revision of the Index to the Sexennial 

 Catalogue for 1900-1905 has been completed, and the Index, 

 A-L, has been printed off. 



2. Catalogue of Papyri. — The preparation of descriptions, 

 transcripts, annotations, etc., has been completed for Vol. III., 

 and the text printed. The Index is well advanced, and 72 

 out of 100 plates have been printed off. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal MSS. — One hundred and eighty- 

 five MSS. in the Royal collection have been described for the 

 new Catalogue in progress. 



4. Catalogue of Music. — Vol. I. (Sacred Vocal Music) has 

 been bound and issued, the revision of descriptions for Vol. II. 

 (Secular Vocal Music) has been completed, and sheets Y-2 V 

 (end of text) have been printed off. The Index is in course 

 of preparation. 



5. Catalogue of Romances. — Progress has been made in 

 the preparation of Vol. III. 



6. Catalogue of Charters. — Additional Charters 47734- 

 48170, 51533-52391 (acquired in 1903), and 53121-53194 

 (acquired in 1904), have been described and indexed. 



The revision of topographical entries from Charters 

 acquired in 1882-1890 for incorporation with the corre- 

 sponding slips of the old collections and of the later acqui- 

 sitions down to 1881, to form Vol. II. of the General Index of 

 Charters, has been continued, letters A-G and part of H 

 being ready for press. 



7. Class Catalogue of MSS. — The printed descriptions of 

 Additional MSS. acquired in 1905 and of Egerton MSS. 

 acquired in 1900-1905 have been incorporated. 



8. Binding. — Two hundred and eighty-three Additional 

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

 and forty-six MSS. of the old collections, have been bound or 

 repaired, together with fifty-four Books of Reference and 

 Catalogues. 



One hundred and ten Charters have been repaired. 

 Ninety -nine Papyri have been bound and glazed. 



