10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



168 published in London, and 167 in the country) have been obtained from the Stamp 

 Office, and the remainder (being Scotch Newspapers) from the Inland Revenue Office at 

 Edinburgh. 



3. The Maps, Charts and Plans amount to 407 in 519 sheets; the Atlases to 22 com- 

 plete, and 52 parts of Atlases in course of pubhcation. Of the Maps, Charts and Plans, 

 31 were purchased, 98 presented, and 278 obtained by copyright. Of the complete 

 Atlases, 5 were purchased and 17 procured under the Copyright Act; and of the parts of 

 Atlases, 5 were purchased and 47 procured by copyright. 



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work, is 1,329, of which 

 four were purchased, 10 presented, and 1,315 were procured by copyright. 1,032 parts and 

 numbers of works in progress have been acquired by copyright. 



5. The total number of articles received, including 31 plates, 1 broadside, 45 sheets of 

 diagrams and 33 pieces, comprising ancient Calendars and fragments of early typography, is 

 36,020, of v.-hich 16,547 are complete works. Of the complete works 6G4 were presented, 

 9,403 purchased, and 6,480 were obtained by copyright. 



The extent to which the non-compliance witli the Copyright Act was carried, before steps 

 were taken to enforce it during the last year, is apparent from a comparison of what the 

 Library received during 1851 with what it received during 1852. The number of articles 

 in 1851 was 9,871 ; in 1852 it was 13,934. 



6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is 1 13,247. 



Department of Manusceipts. 



1. The Catalogue of Additions for the year 1846 is still under progress of revision for 

 press, and the Additions for 1847, Nos. 16,406-17,277 (with the exception of the Oriental 

 portions), and of 1848, Nos. 17,278-17,349, have been partly prepared in copy. 



2. The Egertjn Manuscripts, Nos. 26, 27, 56, 57, 58, 1,506-1,512, 1,536-1,544, have been 

 described in detail. 



3. The titles of 475 Maps and Plans have been described and revised. 



4. Portions of the injured Cottonian Manuscripts, Cahgula. I). L II. IV. V. VII. VIIl. 

 IX. X. XI. XII., L. I. II. IIL IV. V. VI. VII. XII. ; Galba, B. II. III. IV. ; Otho, C. IX. 

 X., E. VIII. ; Nero, B. VII.; and Vitellius, B. IV. V. VI., have been arranged, and 

 described in detail, from tlie fragments recently inlaid and restord. They consist cliiefly 

 of valuable State Papers during the reign of Henry the Eighth. 'I'he Manuscript marked 

 Appendix XXX. in Planta's Catalogue has also been inlaid, arranged and described, under 

 its original press-mark of Otho, E. VI. 



6. The uncatalogued Cottonian Charters, injured in the fire of 1731 (in number about 62) 

 have been described, and, when practicable, transcribed. The Old Royal Rolls, 14 B. 

 xhv.-lii., have also been described, and entered in the Charter Catalogue. 



6. The brief Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts placed in the Reading Room, has 

 been continued from December 1850 to the end of 1851. 



7. One hundred and seventy-eight volumes have been described for the Supplement to 

 the General Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts. 



8. Seventy-three Persian Manuscripts of a miscellaneous character have been described, 

 including the Additional MSS. 5,254, 7,648, 7,964, 11,747, 15,526 and 18,800-18,803, con- 

 taining about 250 Portraits of eminent personages who flourished at the courts of the Mogul 

 sovereigns, Akbar, Jehangir, Shahjehan and Alamgir. 



9. The remaining loose vellum leaves of the Syriac Manuscripts (in number 1,083) have 

 been inserted in the volumes to which they belong; and the other doubtful fragments made 

 up into volumes, and numbered. 



Forty volumes of this Collection have been collated for the binder, and a concise Cata- 

 logue drawn up of the whole of the Syriac Manuscripts acquired in the years 1847, 1850 

 and 1851. 



10. The Samaritan Pentateuch, on vellum, recently obtained, has been collated and 

 arranged, and a List made of sixteen other Samaritan Manuscripts on paper. Eleven 

 Chinese Manuscripts have also been described. 



11. The Index to the Campbell Collection of Charters has been copied fair, and an Index 

 made to the Harleian MSS. 7,011. 



12. The Additional Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, prepared for the binder, 

 and registered, from No. 18,757 to No, 19,076 inclusive ; and bound, repaired, lettered and 

 stamped (with a few exceptions), from No. 18,660 to No. 18,977. 



13. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been numbered from No. 8,121 to No. 8,470 



inclusive ; 



