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



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (inchiding 264 

 received under the International Copyright Act) is 2,347, of which 103 were purchased, and 

 2,239 acquired by Copyright. 1,668 parts and numbers of works in progress (including 

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



5. The total number of articles received is 42,639 (of which 626 were received under the 

 International Copyright Act. Of these 11,839 (comprising 382 received under the Inter- 

 national Copyright Act) are complete works. Of the complete works, 1901 were presented, 

 2,005 purchased, and 7,933 were acquired under the Copyright Acts, 



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

 162,940. 



J. Winter Jones. 



Department of Makuscbipts. 



1. The sheets of the Catalogue of Auditions for 1847, from D D. to H H. inclusive, have 

 been printed off, and a large portion of the same, in continuation, revised for press. The 

 Catalogue for 1852, and a part of that for 1853, have been prepared in copy. 



2. The Egerton Manuscripts, from No. 1,623 to No. 1,662 inclusive, acquired in 1854-5, 

 have been described in detail. 



3. The Catalogue of Maps and Topographical Drawings has been corrected throughout, 

 and many additional titles written for its completion. 



4. A photographic fac-simile has been made of the Epistles of Clement of Rome, from 

 the unique copy preserved in the Codex Alexandrinus, and is ready for publication. 



5. The brief Catalogue or Kegister of the Additional Manuscripts placed in the Reading 

 Room, has been continued from July 1855 to September 1856 inclusive. No. 20,636 to 

 No. 21,576. 



6. Seventy-seven volumes in Arabic have been described in detail, with Indexes of titles 

 and names, for the Supplement to the General Catalogue of that class, and the portions 

 already printed partly revised. 



7. The Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in German and English, has been completed in 

 the former language, and far advanced in the second. 



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

 present time. 



9. Tables of Contents and Indexes have been made to the Harleian Manuscripts, 374, 

 376, 3,777 to 3,785, 6,987, 6,988, 7,014, 7,015, 7,016, 7,502 and 7,523; and the Indexes to 

 MSS., Cott. Julius C.V., and Harl. 7,008, transcribed fair into the volumes. 



10. The Index to the Additional Manuscripts has been continued from the end of 1852 to 

 the end of 1855. 



11. The Register of Donations to the Department has been completed from the year 1837 

 up to the present time. 



12. The Additional Manuscripts (including the acquisitions to December 1856) have 

 been arranged, numbered, prepared for the binder, and registered, from No. 21,210 to No. 

 21,619, inclusive; and bound, repaired, lettered and stamped (with few exceptions) from 

 No. 20,165 to No. 20,240 (Lowe Papers), No. 20,280 to No. 20,340 (Gualterio Papers), 

 and No. 21,140 to No. 21,560; stamped also from No. 21,028 to No. 24,139, inclusive. 



13. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered fi-om_ No. 10,117 

 to No. 12,627 inclusive; registered from No. 9,060 to No. 9,200; and stamped from No. 

 9,463 to 11,167. ^ 



14. A descriptive Catalogue of the Bulla and Seals has been made, from No. xxxviii. 1 

 to 199. 



15. The Egerton Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, prepared for the binder 

 and registered, from No. 1,664 to No. 1,695 ; bound or lettered, from No. 1,499 to INo. 1,646, 

 and from No. 1,656 to No. 1,686 ; and stamped, from No. 1,423 to No. 1,686. 



16. Fourteen hundred and eighty-six of the Additional Manuscripts, and three of the 

 Egerton, have been folio'd. 



17. Stamps have been placed upon every tract, letter, or separate document, in 2 volumes 

 of the Cottoman Collection, 5 Harleian, 16 Old Royal, 1 Lansdowne, 1 Arundel, 9 King's, 

 193 Egerton, and 793 of the Additional Manuscripts, with 168 Books of Reference. The 

 Charters and Rolls stamped are i,956 Harleian, and 1,665 Additional. The total number 

 of stamps affixed amounts to 41,804. 



18. The 



