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11. Exhibitions. — Special exhibitions have been arranged in 

 connection with the birthday of Shakespeare, the Bicentenary 

 of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the Tercentenary of 

 John Milton, besides smaller exhibitions to illustrate lectures. 



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

 fourteen Additional MSS., five Egerton MSS., and one hundred 

 and seventy-four Books of Reference have been stamped, forty- 

 two MSS. of the old collections have been restamped, and 

 8841 Charters have been examined and stamped where necessary, 

 with a total number of 14164 impressions ; 1295 numbers have 

 also been impressed upon rubbings. 



One hundred and eighty-seven MSS. have been folio'd, with 

 a total of 53742 folios ; 2675 Index-slips, etc., have also been 

 numbered. 



One hundred and one newly-acquired MSS. and forty MSS. 

 of the old collections have been placed, press-marked, and 

 entered in the Hand- and Shelf-Lists. Five hundred and 

 seventy-eight Charters and Rolls have been placed, and entered. 

 in the Inventories. Numbers have been written on 2604 

 Charters and Rolls. Progress has been made with the re- 

 labelling and re-arrangement of boxes of Add. Rolls. Seals and 

 Casts have been provided with boxes, placed, and entered in 

 the Inventory. The leaden Bullae have been withdrawn from 

 the Seal-drawers, and will be accommodated in a table-case to 

 be specially constructed. A more effective system of ventilation 

 has been applied to the Seal-tables. 



A new Shelf-List of Cupboards and Tables, a new First 

 volume of the Hand-List of Add. Charters, and the Drawer- 

 Lists of Seals have been completed. 



13. Boohs of Reference. — One hundred and sixty-eight 

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

 Further progress has been made with the preparation of the 

 new Catalogue. 



14. Consultation of MSS.—So27o MSS. and 5569 Charters 

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

 two hundred and eleven MSS. in the large Reading Room. 

 The number of Students has been 12370. 



Magna Charta was exhibited to 11795 visitors. 



15. MSS. photographed. — Five hundred and seventy MSS. 

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

 graphed, with a total of 3490 photographs taken. 



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

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



Additional MSS. 144 



Egerton MSS. ------- 2 



Charters and Rolls _ - ^ - ~ - 596 



Detached Seals and Casts ----- 37 



