so ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BHITISH MUSEUM. 



10. Blndinr/. — Three hundred and eighty-eight Additional 

 MSS. and thirty-one Egerton MSS., newly acquired, and one 

 hundred and fifty-four MSS. of the old collections have been 

 T^ound or repaired. 



Ninety-nine Books of Reference have been bound. 



Thirty-seven Papyri have been bound and glazed. 



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

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

 select Seals have been verified. 



12. Stamjnng, folioing, and ijlacing. — Three hundred 

 and nine Additional MSS., twenty-three Egerton MSS., one 

 hundred and eighty-three Charters and Rolls, one hundred 

 and sixty-three Books of Reference, and forty-nine Maps 

 have been stamped vv^ith a total of 81,420 stamps. 



One hundred and fift3''-four MSS. have been folio'd, with 

 a total of 25,641 folios. Index slips to the number of 35,3.31 

 have been folio'd. 



Seven hundred and eleven Additional MSS. have been 

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

 lists. Four hundred and fifty-five Charters and Rolls have 

 been placed and entered in the Inventory ; and numbers 

 have been written on the backs of four hundred and thirty 

 Charters and on one hundred and ninety-seven Seal-boxes. 

 The rearrangement of Charters is in progress. 



Three hundred and ten Seals and Casts have been 

 provided with boxes, placed, and entered in the Inventory, 



13. Hand- and Shelf-Lists. — New Hand- and Shelf-lists 

 have been made for the Papyri. The comparison of Hand- 

 and Shelf-lists has been completed and Drawer-lists of select 

 Seals have been made. 



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

 in the Students' Room attached to the Department was 31,521, 

 and of those delivered in the Reading Room 183. 



The number of Charters and Rolls consulted was 2,339. 



The number of Students working in the Department durincf 

 the year was 10,291. 



Magna Charta was exhibited to 4,994 visitors. 



15. Books of Reference.— One hundred and sixty newly- 

 XLcquired volumes and parts have been catalogued. 



16. MSS. x>liotograx)hed. — Three hundred and twenty-six 

 MSS. (including Charters and Seals) were allowed during 

 the year to be photographed, wit-h a total of 1,216 photo- 

 gTaphs taken. Approximately 29 hours were spent by 

 Assistants, 53 by the Departmental Clerk, and 178 by Attend- 

 ants in attendance on photographers. 



