ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Among the accessions more deserving of notice, the following may be specified : 

 A valuable Cartidary of the ahen Priory of Newent, in the county of Gloucester, of the 

 thirteenth century. 



A very beautiful Book of Hours, executed in France at the commencement of the six- 

 teenth century, and remarkable for its preservation. 



An Account of the Islands in the Mediterranean, on vellum, illustrated with colored 

 Maps, compiled about 1470, by Henricus Martellus Germanus, of which no other copy is 

 known ; from the Duke of Sussex's Collection. 



Two Missals and a Lectionary of the Epistles, ornamented with Miniatures of good 

 Italian art, of the fifteenth century. 



A volume containing a series of Paintings on the Leaves of the Ficus religiosu, illustrative 

 of the tenets of Buddha, presented by the Right Honorable the Earl of Ellenborough. 



About 80 volumes, purchased at the sale of the late Mr. Upcott's Collection, consisting 

 chiefly of Official Papers and Correspondence, particularly of Sir Christopher Hatton, 

 1577-1607; Sir Richard Browne, Ambassador in France, 1624-1650; Sir WiUiam Cur- 

 tius. Resident at the Hague, 1643-1647; James and Solomon Dayrolles, Residents at the 

 Hague and Geneva, 1706-1786; Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, and Henry Hyde, 

 Earl of Clarendon, 1675-1705 ; Sir Leoline Jenkins, Ambassador at Cologne, 1677, 1678; 

 Henry Worseley, Ambassador in Portugal, 1714-1722; Sir Philip Sydney, John Evelyn, 

 Lord Anson, and others. 



A collection of 74 Ethiopia Manuscripts, on vellum and paper, presented by the Church 

 Missionary Society. 



■ A large collection of Chinese Manuscripts and Maps, sent to the Museum by order of the 

 Right Honorable the Earl of Aberdeen, when Secretary of State. 



The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to readers in the Reading Room, exclusive of 

 those volumes consulted in the rooms of the Department, amounts during the last twelve- 

 month to 18,406. 



Department of Printed Books. 



The duties performed in this Department, and the additions made to this Collection, are 

 as follows : 



L Arrangement of the Libi-art/. — 1. The number of works and volumes marked and 

 labelled amounts to 10,132, and of titles to 12,036 ; besides 497 removals. These have occa- 

 sioned an alteration of 1,252 press-marks in the large paper copy of the old Catalogue, and 

 of 2,009 in the small paper. The total number of these press-marks to articles and titles, 

 including the above-mentioned alterations, amounts to 25,926. 



2. The stamping of each volume and article in the Royal Library has been completed, as 

 well as the placing press-marks on the back of eveiy book in the Librar}\ 



IL Cataloguing: — a.) New General Catalogue. — 1. The number of titles prepared for this 

 Catalogue amounts to 50,867. 



2. In each of the three interleaved copies of the first volume of the new Catalogue, 

 2,193 titles have been entered, besides 374 re-entered. 



3. The number of entries made in the hand Catalogue amounts to 1,048. 



b.) Old Catalogue. — The number of new titles written for this Catalogue is 23,512; 

 besides 1,142 titles of Chinese books ; altogether 24,654 titles. The number of entries made 

 in each of two copies of this Catalogue is 11,175, besides 6,280 re-transcribed, and 2,304 

 erased and re-entered; altogether 39,518. 



c.) Maps. — The new titles of Maps and cross-i-eferences amount to 2,317, besides the 

 revision of 4,234 others. An Index has been made to serve as a basis for marking the col- 

 lection, which collection has been arranged in 1,050 boxes, which have been marked. 

 Press-marks have been affixed to 6,934 sheets and works, as well as to 14,257 titles 

 and cross-references. 



d.) Music. — The whole of this Collection has been arranged on the shelves; the corre- 

 sponding titles (amounting to about 24,000) have also been arranged and marked, and 

 ],796 titles written. 



III. Additions. — 1. The number of volumes added to the Library amounts to 31,848, of 

 which 387 have been presented, 28,407 purchased, and 3,054 obtained by copyright. 



2. The number of parts of volumes amounts to 10,800, of which 47 were presented, 

 6,113 purchased, and 4,640 received by copyright. 



To these are to be added 360 newspapers in 194 volumes. Of these newspapers, i52 are 

 published in London, and 208 in the Provinces. 



3. The Maps and Charts amount to 129 complete works and 31 parts; 13 of the works 

 were presented, 95 purchased, and 21, as well as the 31 parts received by copyright. 



4. The number of volumes of Music added to the Library amounts to 53, acquired by 

 purchase. Besides these, 1,951 detached pieces of Music and parts of works have also 



been 



