ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, (fcc. OF THE BRITISH MUSECM. II 



acquired is 1,064, besides single numbers of 31 American newspapers. Of these, 770 

 (viz., 215 published in London, and 5.55 in the country) have been received from the Inland 

 Revenue Office in England, 145 from the branch of that otfice in Ireland, and 135 from the 

 branch of the same office in Scotland, and 14 and the single numbers liave been purchased. 



3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans (including 2 maps in 14 sheets, acquired under the 

 International Copyri<>ht Treaties, amount to 1,640 in 5,100 sheets, the Atlases to 12 

 complete, and 8 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 

 336 were presented, 815 purchased, and 489 (including 2 received under the International 

 Copyriiiht Treaties) acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases, 2 were purchased, and 10 

 complete, and 8 parts of Atlases, acquired by copyright. 



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 497 

 received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 3,577, of which 517 were purchased, 

 259 presented, and 2,801 acquired by copyright: 653 parts and numbers of works in 

 progress (including 111 received under the International Copyright Treaties), have been 

 acquired by copyright, and also 975 works, not included among the pieces of music, of 

 which 883 were purchased, and 92 (including 16 received under the International Copyright 

 Treaties) acquired under the Copyright Act. 



5. The total number of articles received (including Broadsides, Engravings, and other 

 miscellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 107,784, of which 1,457 were received under 

 the International Copyright Treaties. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides, 

 Engravings, &c., and comprising 821 received under the International Copyright Treaties) 

 56,221 are complete works. Of the complete works, 45,020 were purchased, 1,129 pre- 

 sented, and 10,072 acquired by copyright. 



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

 323,760. 



J. Winter Jones. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. The Index to the Catalogues of Additions for the years 1846 and 1847, has been 

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



2. The Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts for 1855 has been completed, and the Cata- 

 logues for 1848, 1849, 1850, and part of that for 1851, have been revised in an abridged form. 



3. The Egerton Manuscripts have been described in detail, from No. 1,851 lo No. 1,899; 

 also Nos. 1,692, 1,793-4. 



4. A Catalogue of the Birch Manuscripts in detail has been commenced, and Nos. 4,101- 

 4,125, 4,200-4,253, have been described. 



5. The Icelandic Manuscripts have been described in detail, Add. 4,857-4,889. 



6. The entries in the Hand Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts, which is placed 

 in the Reading Room, have been continued from No. 24,436 to No. 24,734, and from 

 No. 24,843 to No. 25,174, up to June 1863. 



7. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No. 8,402 to No. 9,462, 

 from No. 9,623 to No. 11,928, from No. 12,631 to No. 12,728, and from No. 12,923 to 

 No. 13,369. The slips have been revised from No. 5,445 to No. 6,292, and transcribed 

 into the General Catalogue from No. 5,445 to No. 5,909. 



8. The sheets of the Appendix to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts, from 7 K to 8 I 

 have been printed off, and completed. Indexes of titles and authors, and corrections and 

 additions to the Catalogue have been made. Twenty-three volumes in Arabic, Persian, and 

 Turkish have been described in detail, and also for the Catalogues of Additions. 1862-3. 



9. One hundred and forty-seven volumes in Syriac have been collated, the contents 

 noted, and, in many instances, re-arranged. The entire collection of the Nitrian Manu- 

 scripts has now been examined and bound, and a detailed classified catalogue of them com- 

 menced. 



10. The General Classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the 

 end of the year. 



11. A transcript of the enlarged General Index to the Registers of the Additional and 

 Egerton Manuscripts, from 1847 to 1860, has been completed for the use of the Reading 

 Room. A transcript is also in progress of the Catalogue of the Davy Collection of Suffolk 

 Portiaits and Engravings for the use of the Department of Prints. Indexes to the Birch 

 MSS. 4,221-4224, 4,226, Add. 5,015*, and Egerton 1,913, 1.914, have been made and 

 copied fair into the respective volumes. 



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