30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — All the MSS. acquired in 

 1904, viz., Additional 36,879-37,021, and Egerton 2851, 2852, 

 have been described and indexed. The descriptions have also 

 been revised and sent to press. 



2. Catalogue of Papyri. — Fifty-one Papyri, acquired in 

 1903, have been described, twenty-six transcribed, and one 

 hundred and one annotated, for Vol. III. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal MSS. — One hundred and sixteen 

 MSS. in the Royal collection have been described for the new 

 Catalogue in progress. 



4. Catalogue of the Sloane 3ISS. — The printing of the 

 Index to the Sloane Collection has been completed, and the 

 volume has been published. 



6. Catalogue of Music. — Articles from two hundred and 

 sixty-seven MSS. have been described. The descriptions of 

 Sacred Vocal Music and, in part, of Secular Vocal Music have 

 been finally revised for the press, and sheets A-2C of Vol. I. 

 have been printed off. 



6. Catalogue of Roiinances. — Descriptions of articles 

 from eleven MSS. have been finally revised for Vol. III. 



7. Catalogue of Charters. — The descriptions of Additional 

 Charters 27,696-29,225, 33,468-34,402, 36,230-38,521, 38,986- 

 40,960, acquired in 1884-1894, have been revised, and the 

 Charters have been indexed. 



Additional Charters 47,380-47,461, acquired in 1903, have 

 been described and partly indexed. 



The Index-slips of Religious Houses and other Corporate 

 Bodies, H-Z, have been revised, and the heading •' England " 

 partly revised, for Vol. II. of the General Index. 



The arrangement and numbering of the Aston Hall 

 Collection of 5,736 Charters, acquired at the end of 1902, 

 have been completed. 



8. Illuminated MSS. in the British Museum. — The 

 second edition of Series I. has been completed and issued. 



9. Class Catalogue of MSS. — The printed descriptions of 

 MSS. acquired in 1902 and 1903 have been incorporated. 



10. Bindinff. — Three hundred and forty-eight Additional 

 MSS. newly acquired and seventy-eight MSS. of the old 

 collections have been bound or repaired. 



Thirty-five Books of Reference and Catalogues have been 

 bound. 



Ninety-five Papyri have been bound and glazed. 



11. Verification. — The entire collection of MSS., with 

 portions of the collections of Charters and Rolls and of \i- 

 select Seals, has been verified by comparison with the She 

 Lists. 



