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186 published in London, and 269 in the country) have been received from the Inland 

 Revenue Office, and the remainder (being Scotch Newspapers) from the branch of that 

 Office at Edinburgh. 



3. The Maps and Charts amount to 243, in 291 sheets ; the Atlases to 30 complete, and 

 23 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 42 were presented, 

 154 purchased, and 47 acquired by copyright. Of the complete Atlases, 12 were purchased, 

 and 18 acquired under the Copyright Act; and of the parts of Atlases, 6 were presented, 

 2 purchased, and 15 acquired by copyright. 



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work, is 1,425, of which 

 44 were purchased, 2 presented, and 1,379 were acquired by copyright. 1,118 parts and 

 numbers of works in progress have been acquired; viz., 59 by purchase, and 1,059 under 

 the Copyright Act. 



5. The total number of articles received is 28,623, of which 13,896 are complete works. 

 Of the complete works 404 were presented, 6,940 purchased, and 6,552 were acquired under 

 the Copyright Act. 



The necessity for the steps taken to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act has been strikingly proved by the results. During the year 1851, publishers, who 

 were in arrear, were requested to forward the books due from them, but no proceedings 

 were taken, and the number of articles received was 9,871. In 1852, when proceedings 

 were taken, the number of articles received rose to 13,934. Durins,- the past year, the 

 number has further increased to 14,081 ; this includes the receipt of arrears from the 

 country, from Scotland, and from Ireland. It cannot be expected, therefore, that the 

 numbers should be so high in future as they have been during the last two years, but a con- 

 siderable increase upon the previous years may be looked for, now that it is well under- 

 stood that the provisions of the Copyright Act will be steadily enforced. 



6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is 100,110. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. A portion of the Catalogue of Additions for the year 1846 has been sent to press, and 

 the sheets B. to I. printed off. The remaining part of the Catalogue for 1847 (containing 

 the Additional Manuscripts, 16,406-17,277 ; Additional Charters, 6,334-6,338 ; and Egerton 

 Manuscripts, 1,146-1,163), has been completed in copy, and is now in progress of revision. 

 The Additions also for the years 1848, 1849, 1850, and part of 1851, are in a very forward 

 state in copy. These four years will comprise the Additional Manuscripts from No. 17,278 

 to No. 18,821 ; the Additional Charters and Rolls from No. 6,339 to No. 8,120; and the 

 Egerton Manuscripts from No. 1,150 to No, 1,534. 



2. The Egerton Manuscripts, Nos. 1,545-1,570 (acquired in 1852), have been described 

 in detail. 



3. The brief Catalogue or Register of the Additional Manuscripts placed in the Reading 

 Room has been continued from December 1851 to the end of 1852. 



4. The damaged Papers of the Cottonian Collection (213 articles) have been repaired, 

 described, and numbered for insertion in the old Charter Catalogue ; together with 

 42 Charters belonging to the same Collection, hitherto uncatalogued. 



5. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described, with an index of names and 

 places, from No, 1,913 to No. 2,322. The slips, from No. 1,449 to No, 1,530, have been 

 revised, and transcribed into the new Charter Catalogue. 



6. Sixteen volumes in Arabic and 28 Turkish have been described in detail for the 

 General Catalogues of these classes of Manuscripts; and, in a briefer form, for the Lists of 

 Additions, 49 Arabic, 4 Turkish, 8 Sanscrit, 3 Armenian, 10 Hebrew, and 8 Samaritan volumes. 



7. One hundred and fourteen volumes in Persian and Hindustani have been catalogued 

 in detail (making in all 892 volumes described for the General Catalogue of Persian and 

 Hindustani Manuscripts); and concise descriptions of the Yule Collection (Additional 

 16,667-16,880) have also been made for the List of Additions in 1847. 



8. The loose leaves of 333 Syriac Manuscripts have been collated, placed in proper order, 

 and prepared for the binder. The General Catalogue of this class, in detail, will be now 

 proceeded with. 



9. A detailed Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts is in progress, 



10. The general classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the 

 present time. 



11. An Index has been made to the Additional MS. 15,891, containing the Hatton Cor- 

 respondence. 



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