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The preparation of a descriptive catalogue of the collec- 

 tion of Early Gei^man and Flemish Woodcuts has been 

 continued ; Volume I. has been completed and published. 



The preparation of a descriptive catalogue of the collec- 

 tion of English Drawings has been continued and carried 

 down to the name Strang. The examples by J. S. Cotman 

 belonging to the Reeve collection have also been described. 



The work of cataloguing recently acquired Chinese 

 paintings and the final rearrangement of both the Japanese 

 and Chinese collections have been completed. The index to 

 Dr. Anderson's catalogue has been corrected and supple- 

 mented. 



Titles have been written for the principal articles in 

 recent volumes of the '' Gazette des Beaux Arts " and other 

 periodicals for the catalogue of Books of Reference. 



The revision of the transcript of the catalogue of English 

 Portraits has been continued. 



The work of revising and transcribing the titles of the 

 catalogue of Books of Reference has been commenced. 



The preparation of slips for a general index to the 

 collection of Foreign Portraits has been continued. 



Additions and corrections in the indexes of artists, ren- 

 dered necessary by recent acquisitions and rearrangements, 

 have been carried out. 



The transcription for press of the catalogues of English 

 Drawings and the Franks collection of Book Plates has been 

 continued. 



One thousand eight hundred and ninety-one items have 

 been entered in the Register of Acquisitions. 



Four thousand two hundred and thirty prints, drawings, 

 «fec. recently acquired, have been impressed with the depart- 

 mental stamp and reference to the Register. 



Nine hundred and forty-six mezzotints and drawings 

 belonging to the Cheylesmore and Reeve collections have 

 been impressed with special stamps. 



The work of preparing, specially repairing, and mounting 

 a selection from the Cheylesmore collection of mezzotints 

 has been continued and three hundred and sixty-three have 

 been so treated ; five hundred and seven others have been 

 mounted in protecting wrappers. 



One hundred and eighty-nine drawings by J. S. Cotman, 

 belonging to the Reeve collection, have been prepared and 

 placed on sunk mounts. 



The total number of students admitted to the Print Room 

 during the year ending 31st December 1903, was 9,484, being 

 an increase of 1,423 from the preceding year. 



250 a.pplications were made for leave to photograph 

 objects in the collection, and 2,932 photographs were taken. 



