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



2. The number of parts of volumes, comprising 98 received under the International 

 Copyright Act, is 19,021 (including Maps and Music), of which 116 were presented, 9,659 

 purchased, and 9,247 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers acquired 

 is 477, which have been bound in 38(j volumes. Of these, 407 (viz., 201 published in 

 London, and 206 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 (including two Maps in two sheets, received under the Inter- 

 national Copyright Act) amount to 542, in 2,349 sheets; the Atlases to 16 complete, and 

 32 parts of Atlases in course of pubhcation. Of the Maps and Charts, 103 were presented, 

 117 purchased, and 320 acquired by copyright. The complete Atlases, and also the parts of 

 Atlases, were acquired under the Copyright Act. 



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 234 

 received under the international Copyright Act), is 2,632, of which 1 was purchased, 5 pre- 

 sented, and 2,626 were acquired by copyright. 1,341 parts and numbers of works in 

 progress (including 93 received under the International Copyright Act) have been acquired 

 by copyright. 



5. The total number of articles received (including 444 received under the International 

 Copyright Act) is 37,434, of which 13,420 (comprising 323 received under the International 

 Copyright Act) are complete works. Of the complete works 470 were presented, 4,253 pur- 

 chased, and 8,697 were acquired under the Copyright Acts. 



The enforcement of the delivery of books due under the Copyright Act has been steadily 

 carried out during the year. In 1861, the year preceding that in uhich active proceedings 

 were taken, the number of articles received was 9,871. During the past year the number 

 has been 19,578, a result which fully justifies the course adopted to obtain books which 

 had been withheld, and to secure regularity in the delivery of current publications. In the 

 Report for the year 1853 it is said, in allusion to the fact that many arrears had been col- 

 lected during that year, " it cannot be expected, therefore, that the numbers should be so 

 high in future." The experience of the past year, however, justifies the conclusion, that in 

 future, by the exercise of due care, the tendency will rather be towards an increase than a 

 deciease on the number of articles then received. 



6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is 137,9 19» 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. The sheets of the Catalogue of Additions for 1846 have been printed off, from K to S 

 inclusive, and the remainder is in a state of forwardness. The Additions also for the years 

 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, and part of 1852, have been completed in copy. 



2. The sheets from 3 D to 4 E, inclusive, of the Catalogue of Maps and Topographical 

 Drawings, have been printed off, and the volume will be shortly ready for publication. 



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

 Room has been continued from January 1853 to July 1854. 



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

 places, from No. 2,323 to No. 2,689. 



5. Seven volumes in Arabic, and 156 in Turkish, have been described in detail for the 

 General Catalogues of these classes of Manuscripts; and an Index to the Turkish class is 

 in progress. 



6. Two hundred and twenty-two volumes in Persian and Hindustani have been catalogued 

 in detail (making in all 1,115 described for the General Catalogue of this class). This 

 Catalogue is now completed up to January 1854, and an alphabetical Index of the Persian 

 Titles of works has been compiled as far as the letter j, 



7. Sixty-eight volumes in Syriac have been described in detail for the General Catalogue 

 of this class, and 13 other volumes have been re-collated and re-arranged. 



8. One hundred and thirty-one Chinese and Manchu, and 10 Sanscrit Manuscripts, have 

 been described. 



9. The General Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts is still 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 Register of the Additional Manuscripts, from the 

 year 1846 to 1853, inclusive. 



12. Indexes 



