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12. Stamping, folioing, and placing. — Four hundred 

 and fifty Additional MSS., six thousand four hundred and 

 eighty-two Charters and Rolls, one hundred and forty-eight 

 Books of Reference, and forty-three Maps have been stamped, 

 with a tatal of 21,856 impressions. 



Two hundred and thirty-seven MSS. have been folio'd, 

 with a total of 52,159 folios. Index-slips to the number of 

 2,876 have also been folio'd. 



Three hundred and eighty MSS. have been placed, press- 

 marked, and entered in the Hand- and Shelf-Lists ; and 

 6,324 Charters and Rolls have been placed and entered in 

 the Inventory. Numbers have been written on nine hundred 

 and sixty-four Charters. 



Fifty-four Seals and Casts have been provided with boxes, 

 placed, and entered in the Inventory. 



13. Boohs of Reference.— One hundred and twenty-nine 

 volumes and parts have been received, catalogued, and 

 placed. 



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

 in the Students' Room attached to the Department was 31,957, 

 and of those delivered in the Reading Room 298. 



The number of Charters and Rolls consulted was 2,243. 



The number of Students working in the Department was 

 10,469. 



Magna Charta was exhibited to 5,135 visitors. 



15. MSS. photographed, — Four hundred and twenty-two 

 MSS. (including Charters and Seals) were allowed to be 

 photographed, with a total of 1,630 photographs taken. 

 Approximately 365 hours were spent by members of the 

 staiF in attendance on photographers. 



16. Acquisitions. — The number of Manuscripts and Docu- 

 ments, &c., acquired during the year has been : — 



General Collection of MSS. - - _ _ 143 

 Egerton MSS. ------ 



Charters and Rolls ------ 590 



Detached Seals and Casts - - - - 48 



There were no important auctions of MSS. in 1904, and 

 no opportunity offered itself for acquiring any large collection 

 by private treaty. 



Of older MSS. the most notable acquisition was a collec- 

 tion of Greek MSS. formed by the Rev. J. S. Dawes, D.D., 

 for several years chaplain in Corfu. They include two 

 copies of the Four Gospels, one of the 11th century and the 

 other dated 1314-1315 ; a valuable MS. of the Acts and 

 Epistles, of the 12th century, from the monastery of the 

 Euergetis at Constantinople ; five Gospel Lectionaries, ranging 

 in date from the 11th century to 1413, the last being written 



