)0 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



that Office in Ireland; 73 from the branch of that Office in Scotland. 479 numbers of 

 200 London and provincial Newspapers were presented, and the remainder (470 French 

 Newspapers) were purchased. The English, Scotch, and French Newspapers have beea 

 bound in 452 volumes. The Irish are not yet bound. 



3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans amount to 4(il in G47 sheets; the Atlases to 28 com- 

 plete, and 44 in course of pubHcation. Of the Maps and Charts, 306 were presented, 

 17 purchased, and 137 acquired by copyright. Two of the Atlases were purchased; the 

 remainder, and the 44 parts of Atlases were obtained under the Copyright Act. 



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 314 

 received under the International Copj'right Act), is 2,617, of which 43 were purchased, and 

 2,304 acquired by copyright. 1,595 parts and numbers of works in progress (incbiding 

 113 received under the International Copyright Act) have been acquired by copyright. 



5. The total number of articles received (including 879 Broadsides, Ballads, &c., 303 

 Playbills of Drury-lane Theatre, 308 Appeal Cases, 41 Engravings, 78 Prints, and 45 Tables 

 of Cab Fares) amounts to 47,420 v'of which 620 were received under the International Copy- 

 riglit Act). Of tiiese, 12,362 (comprising 429 received under the International Copyright 

 Act) are complete works. Of the complete works, 584 were presented, 3,862 purchased, 

 and 7,916 were acquired under the Copyright Acts. 



6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is 158,103. 



A. Panizzi. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. The sheets completing the Catalogue of Additions for 1846, from T to CC inclusive, 

 have been sent to press; a portion of tlie Catalogue for 1847 has been revised ; and the 

 copy for 1852 is in a state of great forwardness. 



2. The Eoerton Manuscripts from No. 1,571 to No. 1,622 inclusive, acquired in 1853, 

 have been described in detail. 



3. Many additional shps have been written for the completion of the Catalogue of Maps 

 and Topographical Drawings. 



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

 Room has been continued from July 1854 to June 1855 inclusive. 



6. The Cottonian Charters and Papers damaged in the fire of 1731, and hitherto unde- 

 scribed, have been entered in the Charter Catalogue, forming about 150 articles. 



6. The Additional Charters and Roils have been described, with indexes of names and 

 places, from No. 2,690 to No. 2,986 inclusive. 



7. Twenty-three volumes in Arabic, and 84 in Sanscrit, Hindi and Bengali, have beea 

 described in detail for the General Catalogues of these classes of Manuscripts; and the 

 Index to the Second Part and Supplement of the Arabic Catalogue has been continued. 



a. The General Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts has been classified, and Indexes of 

 the authors' names and titles of works completed. This Catalogue, forming four volumes in 

 fo'io, is placed in the Reading Room. 



9. One hundred and one volumes in Syriac have been described in detail for the General 

 Catalogue of this class, and three others re-collated. 



10. The General Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts is approaching to its completion. 



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

 present time. 



12. Indexes and Tables of Contents have been made to the HarJeian Manuscripts 6,986, 

 7.002 to 7,006, 7,011 and 7,012; and transcribed fair into the Cottonian Julius D, III.; 

 Harleian 7,007 ; and Additional 15,918, 15,919. 



13. The arrangement of the Lowe Papers has been completed in 134 volumes ; and also 

 of the Gualterio Papers,- in 446 volumes. 



14. The Additional Manuscripts (including the acquisitions up to December 1855) have 

 been, with few exceptions, arranged, numbered, prepared for the binder, and registered, from 

 No. 20,006 to No. 21,209, inclusive; bound, repaired and lettered, from No. 19,948 to 

 No. 20,164. No. 20,241 to No. 20,279, and No. '20,687 to No. 21,139; and stamped from 

 No. 19,948 to No. 20,155, No. 20,241 to No. 20,279, and No. 20,687 to No. 21,027. 



15. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been numbered from No. 8,793 to No. 10,116, 

 inclusive; registered from No. 1,263 to No. 1,586, and from No. 8,666 to No. 9,059; and 

 stamped from No. 8,666 to No. 9,462. 



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