30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — The whole of the Index to 

 the new sexennial Catalogue of Additions for the years 

 1894-1899 has been sent to press, and printed as far as 

 Letter U. 



The following MSS. have been described and indexed, and 

 the descriptions revised : — 



Additional 36,303, 36,305, 36,308, 36,435-36,443, acquired in 

 1900 ; 36,542, 36,579-36,582, 36,586-36,588, 36,591-36,602, 

 36,604-36,616, 36,620, 36.623-36,637. 36,639-36,652, acquired 

 in 1901 ; 36,654, 36,660, 36,661, 36,663-36,678, 36,681, 36,683, 

 36,684, 86,710, 36,714-36,721, 36,736, 36,738-36,742, acquired 

 in 1902; Egerton MS. 2833, acquired in 1901, and Egerton 

 2837-2848 acquired in 1873, but hitherto withheld from public 

 use. 



Additional MSS. 36,685-36,703 have been arranged. 



2. Catalogue of Papyri. — Twenty-three Papyri, acquired 

 in 1901 and 1902, have been described, and eleven transcribed 

 in full for Vol. III. of the Catalogue. 



3. Catalogue of the Cotton MSS. — The re-arrangement of 

 Caligula E. i., ii. in chronological order, in accordance with 

 Brewer's Calendar of State Papers, temp. Hen. VIII,, has 

 been completed. 



4. Catalogue of the Royal if ;Sf^.— Sixty-eight Royal MSS. 

 and twenty-one Royal Appendix MSS. have been described 

 for the new Catalogue in progress. 



5. Catalogue of the Sloane 3ISS. — The slips of the Index 

 to 4056-4069 (Sir H. Sloane's Correspondence) have been 

 revised, and also the slips of the subject headings N-Z. 



6. Catalogue of Music. — Descriptions of articles contained 

 in three hundred and sixty-seven MSS. have been revised for 

 press, completing the subject of Secular Music. Articles in 

 two hundred and seventy-four volumes have been described 

 for the Catalogue. 



7. Catalogue of Romances. — Descriptions of the whole or 

 parts of eight MSS. have been prepared for the third volume 

 of this Catalogue. 



8. Catalogue of Charters and Rolls. — The text of a volume 

 of " Facsimiles of Charters," from the Conquest to the 

 close of the twelfth century, has been completed and sent 

 to press. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 36,069-38,442, acquired in 

 1889-1892; 40,616-41,084, acquired in 1894; 42,725-43,612, 

 43,964-44,279, acquired in 1895; 46,400-46,917, acquired in 

 1902, have been described. 



