ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 11 



ceivecl under the International Copyright Treaties) amounts to 38,842 (including Music, 

 Atlases, and Newspapers), of wliich 2,730 were presented, •28,426 purchased, and 7,686 

 acquired by copyright. 



2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 627 received under the International 

 Couvrioht Treaties) i-i 21,459 (including Atlases and Music), of which 622 were presented, 

 5,986 purchased, and 14,224 acquired by copyright. ^ The total number of Newspapers 

 acquired is 1,154, besides 135 single numbers of English, Chinese, Russian, Grtrek, 

 Dani>h a .d American newspapers. Of these, 804 (viz., 206 published in London, and 598 

 in the country) have been received from the Inland Revenue Othce in England, 145 from 

 the brancli of that olHce in Ireland, and 143 from the branch of the same office in Scotland ; 

 31 newspapers and 93 single numbers have been presented, and 31 newspapers and 42 

 single numbers have been purchased. 



3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans amount to 819, in 3,326 sheets, the Atlases to 44 

 complete, and 59 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 

 37 were preseuted, 480 purchased, and 302 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases, 7 

 were piinha^ed, and 37 complete, and 59 parts of Atlases, acquired by copyright. 



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including- 415 

 received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 2,378, of which 5 were purchased, 

 1 presenied, and 1,957 acquired by copyright: 1,035 parts and numbers of works in 

 progress (indudiug 54 received under the International Copyright Treaties) have been 

 acquired by copyright, and also 390 works, not included among the pieces of music, of 

 which 234 Were purchased, and 156 (including 28 received under the International Copyiight 

 Treaties) acquired under the Copyright Act. 



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

 miscellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 72,214, of which 1,283 were received under 

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

 Engravings, &c., and comprising 653 received under the International Copyright Treaties), 

 36,799 are complete works. Of the complete works, 25,121 were purchased, 793 pre- 

 sented, and 10,885 acquired by copyright. 



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

 300,276. 



J. Winter Jones. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. The Catalogue of Additions for the years 1846 and 1847 has been publisheii, and 

 a revised abridgment of the Catalogues for the years 1848-1853 prepared for the press. 



2. The Catalo5ue in detail of the Birch Manu'icripts has been continued from No. 4,126 

 to No. 4,200, from No. 4,254 to No. 4,261, and from No. 4,300 to No. 4,306. 



3. The Catalogue of Icelandic Manuscripts has been revised and continued, from No. 

 4,857 to No. 4,896, and from No. 5,174 to No. 5,181. 



4. The entries in the Hand Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts, placed in the 

 Reading Room, have been continued from No. 24,735 to No. 24,842 (Devon Papers), and 

 from No. 25,175 to No. 25,611. 



5. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No. 11,929 to No. 12,630, 

 fr<!m No. 12,729 to No. 12,922, from No. 13,370 to No. 15,644, and from No. 15,903 to 

 No. 16,157. The slips have been revised from No. 6,293 to No. 8,339, and transcribed 

 into the General Catalogue (two copies) from No. 5,910 to No. 7,182. A brief descriptive 

 List has also been made of the Charters acquired in 1848-1853, including; Nos. 6,339-8,515. 



6. The Original Seals, Impressions and BuUse, obtained in 1848-1853, have been 

 described. 



7. The Indexes of titles and authors to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts have been 

 completed lor press. Eighty-six volumes in Arabic and Persian have been described in 

 detail, and 218 in various Oriental languages for the Catalogues of Additions. 



8. The Catalogue of the Syriac Manusciipts has iieen continued, and Nos. 12,140-12,181, 

 14,425-14,566, and 17,102-17,125, described in detail. 



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

 end of the year. 



10. Transcripts of the Catalogues of the Davy Collection of Suffolk Portraits and ^'ieus 

 have been made for the use of the Department of Prints. 



11. Indexes have been made to the Harleian MSS. 7,523-7,526, Birch 4,300-4,306, 

 and Addilional 4,245, 6,261-2, 23,119-23,125, 23,134, and 23,138, and partly copied fair 

 into the respective volumes. 



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