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D. Illuminated MSS. in the British Museum. — The plates 

 and text of the 4th series have been partially prepared. 



10. Bindinf/. — Two hundred and seventy-two Additional 

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

 and seventeen MSS. of the old collections have been bound 

 or repaired. 



Seventy-two Books of Reference have been bound. 

 Three hundred and forty-five Papyri have been bound and 

 glazed. 



11. Exhibition. — An Exhibition of MSS. illustrative of the 

 Coronation of Sovereigns of England was arranged in the 

 summer. 



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

 Papyri, and part of the collection of Charters and Rolls have 

 been verified. 



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

 seventy-one Additional MSS., one Egerton MS., one Stowe 

 MS., six hundred and fourteen Charters and Rolls, and one 

 hundred and fortj two Books of Reference have been 

 stamped with a total of 32,457 stamps. 



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

 a total of 35,863 folios. Index slips to the number of 39,667 

 have been folio'd. 



Eighty Additional MSS. have been placed, press-marked, 

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

 sixty-eight Charters and Rolls have been placed and entered 

 in the Inventory ; and numbers have been written on the 

 backs of one hundred and sixty-nine. 



The comparison of Hand- and Shelf-lists is in progress. 



14. Consultation of MSS. — The number of MSS. consulted 

 in the Students' Room attached to the Department was 30,349, 

 and of those delivered in the Reading Room 426. 



The number of Charters and Rolls consulted was 2,332. 

 The number of Students working in the Department during 

 the year was 9,063. 



Magna Charta was exhibited to 3,328 visitors. 



15. Books of Reference. — One hundred and thirteen 

 newly-acquired volumes and parts have been catalogued, 

 and the four copies of the Catalogue virtually entered up to 



* date. 



16. MSS. p)hoto graphed. — Two hundred and ninety-four 

 MSS. (including Chart<^^s and Seals) were taken out during 

 the year to be photographed, with a total of 1,869 photo- 

 graphs taken. Approximately 57 hours were spent by 

 Assistants and 132 by Attendants in attendance on photo- 

 graphers. 



