30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



9. Reproductions. — Series I. and II. of Reproductions 

 from Illuminated MSS. have been prepared and issued. 



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

 ninety-eight Additional MSS., six Egerton MSS., six hundred 

 and seventy Charters and Rolls, and two hundred and thirty- 

 two Books of Reference have been stamped, with a total 

 of 24521 impressions ; 1450 numbers have also been impressed 

 upon rubbings. 



One hundred and nineteen MSS. have been folio'd, with 

 a total of 80323 folios. 31469 Index-slips, etc., have also 

 been numbered. 



One hundred and ninety-nine Additional MSS. have been 

 placed, press-marked, and entered in the Hand- and Shelf- 

 Lists. One hundred and eighteen Charters and Rolls and 

 thirty-four Seals and Casts of Seals have been placed, and 

 entered in the Inventories. Numbers have been written on 

 1409 Charters. 



A new second volume of the Hand-List of Additional 

 MSS., a new Hand-List to the Cotton Charters, and a new 

 Shelf-List of Exhibited MSS., have been completed. Others 

 are in progress. 



11. Books of Reference.— Two hundred and thirty-one 

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

 Progress has been made with the preparation of a new 

 catalogue. 



12. Consultation of MSS.—S264^7 MSS. and 6131 Charters 

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

 ninety MSS. in the large Reading Room. The number of 

 Students has been 11854. 



Magna Charta was exhibited to 9409 visitors. 



13. MSS. photographed.— Eight hundred and fifty MSS. 

 (including Charters and Seals) were allowed to be photo- 

 graphed, with a total of 6863 photographs taken. 



14. Acquisitions. — The number of Manuscripts and Docu- 

 ments, etc., acouired during the year has been : — 



Additional MSS. ------ 203 



Egerton MSS. ------ 8 



Charters and Rolls ------ 144 



Detached Seals and Casts _ _ . - 33 

 Papyri --------67 



The most important of the acquisitions by gift during the 

 year are of literary interest. A volume of correspondence 

 of Shelley with Miss Elizabeth Hitchener, June, 1811-June, 

 1812, including 44 letters of the poet, five of which contain 

 verses, was presented by the Rev. Charles Hargrove, of 

 Leeds. It was bequeathed to him by Mrs. Charlotte M. Slack, 

 with the request that it should ultimately pass to the British 

 Museum on his death. 



