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8. Catalogue of the Spanish MSS. — An Index is in 

 progress. 



9. Catalogue of Charters and Rolls. — Six hundred and two 

 Additional Charters and Kolls acquired during 1901 have 

 been arranged. 



Additional Charters and Kolls 35,202-36,068, acquired in 

 1889; 41,892-42,645, acquired in 1895; 44,449-44,660, acquired 

 in 1896 ; 44,601-44,705, acquired in 1897 ; and 44,706, 44,707, 

 acq-ired in 1898, have been described : in all nineteen hundred 

 anc :hirty documents. 



A volume of Facsimiles of Ancient Charters from the 

 Conquest to the close of the twelfth century is in progress, 

 and sixty-five charters have been described and revised. 



10. Catalogue of Bindinr/s. — A Catalogue of selected 

 bindings of MSS. in the Department is being prepared. 



11. Binding. — Two hundred and seventy-three Additional 

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

 and seventy-one MSS. of the old collections have been bound 

 or repaired. 



Forty-seven Books of Keference have been bound. 

 Two hundred and seventy-one Documents have been 

 glazed. 



12. Exhibition. — An Exhibition of MSS. illustrating the 

 Millenary of King Alfred was arranged in the autumn, and 

 a guide-book issued. 



13. Verification. — The several collections of MSS. and 

 Papyri, and a considerable number of Charters and drawers 

 of Seals have been verified. 



14. Stamping, folioing, and placing. — Two hundred and 

 ninety-two Additional MSS., eight Egerton MSS., five hundred 

 and ten Charters and Rolls, and one hundred and seventy 

 Books of Reference have been stamped with a total of 35,436 

 impressions. 



Three hundred and twenty-five Additional MSS., three 

 Egerton MSS., and eighty-seven Papyri have been placed, 

 press-marked, and entered in the Hand-lists and Shelf-lists. 



Five hundred and thirty Charters and Rolls have been 

 placed and entered in the inventory. Numbers have been 

 written on the backs of one thousand and ninety-five 

 Charters. 



Two hundred and eighty-one MSS. have been folio'd, with 

 a total of 62,120 folios. Slip-indexes have been folio'd, with 

 a total of 8218. 



A new Hand-list of Harley MSS., new Shelf-lista of the 

 Royal MSS., and of MSS. in the South Room, an extended 

 Shelf-list of press 463a, and some Drawer-lists of Seals have 

 been compiled or copied. The comparison of Hand and 

 Shelf-lists is in progress. 



