4 ACCOUNTS, &iC. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Number of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, about 1,950 in 

 1810- 4 300 in 1815; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825 ; 31,200 in 1830 ; 63,4G6 in 1835 ; 62,360 in 1836; 

 69,930 in 1837 ; 54,843 in 1838 ; 69,216 in 1839 ; 67,542 in 1840. 



Number of Visits, by Artists and Students, to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of Study, 

 4 938 in 183J ; 4,740 in 1832; 4,490 in 1833: 5.645 in 1834; 6,081 in 1835; 7,052 in 1836; 5,570 in 

 1837 ; 5,015 in 1838 ; 4,841 in 1839 ; 6,354 in 1840. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832 ; 2,900 in 1833 ; 2,204 in 1834 ; 1,065 in 

 1835; 2,916 in 1836; 4,429 in 1837; 5,017 in 1838; 5,937 in 1839; 6,717 in 1840. 



Mem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 

 the hours of Ten and Four, from the 7th September to the 1st May ; and between the hours of Ten 

 and Seven, from the 7th May to the 1 st September. 



Persons applying for the purpose of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms every 

 day, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Four in the Afternoon, between the 7th of September 

 and the 1st of May, and until Seven in the Evening between the 7th of May and the 1st of Sep- 

 tember. 



Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture every day, between the hours of Nine 

 and Four, except Saturday. 



The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th January, the 1st to 7th May, and the 1st to 

 7th September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any 

 Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, "\ Mawer Cowtan, 



27 February 1841./ Accountant. 



IX. — STATEMENT of Progress made in the Cataloguing and Arrangement of the Collections 

 subsequently to the Return dated 29 February 1840 ; and Account of Objects added to the 

 several Departments of the Museum in the Year ending 25 December 1840. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



The catalogue of the Sloane Manuscripts has been printed off from the sheet bearing 

 signature Q Q, to sheet signature 3 K inclusive, comprising Nos. 796 — 1,091. 



The same catalogue has been prepared partly in copy, from No. 2,682 to No. 3,129 

 inclusive, with some exceptions. 



An index to the printed sheets of the Sloane Catalogue has been made as far as No. 807. 



The catalogue of the Burney Manuscripts has been completed and published in a folio 

 volume, pp. 8 and 159. 



The index to the catalogues of the Arundel and Burney Manuscripts has been published 

 in a folio volume, pp. 6 and 235. 



The lists of additions to the department for the years 1837, 1838 and 1839, have been 

 completed for the press, and a portion of 1837 printed off. These lists comprise brief 

 descriptions of the additional manuscripts ,10,608—11,663 ; Egerton Manuscripts,6 16—766 ; 

 and additional charters, 1,252 — 4,717. 



One hundred and eighty-three Arabic Manuscripts have been described for the general 

 catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts. 



The classed catalogue of the Maps, Plans and Topographical Drawings in the depart- 

 ment of Manuscripts has been enlarged by the addition of those preserved in the King's 

 Library and the Print Room, in one series, and partly prepared for press. 



The additional manuscripts from No. 11,630 to No. 11,703 inclusive have been arranged, 

 bound, numbered and stamped. 



The Egerton Manuscripts from No. 752 to No. 808 inclusive, have been arranged, bound, 

 numbered and stamped. 



The additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from No. 4,287 to 

 No. 4,717 inclusive, and stamped from No. 2,562 to No. 4,717 inclusive. 



A portion of the Harleian Collection, and the whole of the Hargrave and Burney Collec- 

 tions of Manuscripts have been numbered on the bindings for local reference. 



The whole of the Lansdowne, Hargrave, Burney, Egerton, and additional Manuscripts 

 subsequent to No. 4,478) have been re-arranged, and new press-marks affixed. 



The whole of the Burney Collection has been lettered, and many of the volumes rebound 

 and repaired. 



About 20 of the Cottonian Manuscripts, 148 of the Harleian, 78 of the Sloane, and above 

 70 others from various collections, have been rebound and repaired. 



About 108 leaves or rolls of Papyrus, Coptic and Greek, have been laid down, and bound, 

 under glass. 



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