ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSKUM. 11 



12. Indexes and Tables of Contents have been made to the Cottonian Manuscripts, Julius 

 C. III. and Julius C, V.; the Harleian, 6989-7,000, 7,007, 7,008; and Additional, 15,918, 

 15,919. 



13. The classification and arrangement of the large Collections of Papers of Sir Hudson 

 Lowe and the Marquis Gualterio are in an advanced state. 



14. The Additional Manuscripts (including the acquisitions up to December 1854) have 

 been arranged, numbered, piepared for the binder, and registered, from No. 19,078 to 

 No. 20,005, inclusive, and bound, repaired, lettered, and stamped, from No, 19,531 to 

 No. 19,947. 



15. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been numbered from No. 8,516 to No. 8,792, 

 inclusive; registered from No. 6,339 to No. 7,500, and from No. 8,471 to No. 8,665; and 

 stamped from No. 8,482 to the same number. 



16. The Egerton Manuscripts have been arransced, numbered, prepared for the binder, 

 and registered from No. 1,624 to No. 1,655, inclusive; and stamped from No. 1,253 to 

 No. 1,336, and from No. 1,620 to No. 1,646. 



17. Two hundred and sixty-seven of the Additional Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



18. Stamps have been placed upon every tract, letter, or separate document, in 13 volumes 

 of the Cottonian Collection, 1,251 of the Sloane, 8 of the Harleian, 4 of the Old Royal, 2 of 

 the Arundel, 105 of the Egerton, and 824 of the Additional Manuscripts, with 93 Books 

 of Reference. The Charters and Rolls stamped are 2,659 Harleian, and 185 Additional. 

 The total number of stamps affixed amounts to 65,264. 



19. The Cottonian Manuscripts on vellum, marked Galba A. XVII,, Otho A. IV., XIII., 

 and XVIII.. Otho C. IV., VII., XII.. and XIV., Otho D. II., V., and IX., and Vitellius 

 A. VII. (all of which were supposed to have been lost in the tire of 1731), have been 

 identified, flattened, and inlaid; as also portions of 12 other Cottonian Manuscripts on 

 vellum. The whole number of loose vellum leaves inlaid during the year amounts to 

 2,541, and 1,030 flattened, but not yet inlaid. Eighty-nine Original Letters of the Cotton 

 family have also been recovered and repaired. 



20. The contents of several volumes have been re-arranged, namely, Cotton. Julius C. 

 III. and Append. XLVI. {plim Add. 5,007); Harl. 99, 4,516, 4,517, 7,007, 7,008; Sloane 

 1,301; Lansdowne, 860 A., and Additional, 15,925. 



21. The Inventories of the Select Manuscripts and of the Egerton Manuscripts have been 

 verified, as have also the contents of 43 Cottonian, 25 Sloane, 123 Harleian, 20 Old Royal, 

 49 Lansdowne, 10 Egerton, and 91 Additional Manuscripts. 



22. Twenty Cottonian, 20 Sloane, 72 Harleian, 8 Old Royal, 4 Lansdowne, 2 Hargrave, 

 3 Arundel, 109 Egerton, and 532 Additional Manuscripts, with 93 Books of Reference, have 

 been bound, repaired or lettered; 283 Old Royal Manuscripts have been cleaned and 

 furbished; and 288 Additional Manuscripts press-marked. 



23. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and marked, from 

 No. 8,482 to 8,665, inclusive ; together with 2,659 Harleian Charters. Separate boxes 

 have been made for those with fine Seals, as well as for 34 detached Seals. 



24. During the progress of the workmen in glazing the presses of the Saloon of the 

 Department of MSS., about 19,000 volumes have been moved from their places, all of which 

 have been restored to the presses without any interruption to the Reading Room service. 

 The whole of the various collections have been thrice dusted and cleaned. 



25. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the twelvemonths, are as 

 follows : — 



To the General Collection — 



Manuscripts (including the Lowe and Gualterio Papers, 

 estimated at 520 volumes) ----- 906 



Original Charters and Rolls _ - _ - _ 695 



Seals and Impressions - - - - - - 18 



To the Egerton Collection — 



Manuscripts __--__-_ 20 



Among the Acquisitions more worthy of notice may be mentioned : — 



The Official and Private Correspondence and Papers, originals or copies, of the late 

 Li euten ant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, from 1799 to 1828, embracing the whole of the 

 transactions during the period he was Governor of St. Helena, 1816-1821. It is calculated 

 that these Papers, when bound, will form about 120 volumes. 



A large Collection of Papers purchased of the Marquis Gualterio of Florence, estimated 



to form about 400 volumes. These Papers include the original Official Correspondence of 



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