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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH JIUSEUM. 



the Arabic MSS., Additional 27,272-27,274, 25,735, 25,744, 27,493-27,531; the 

 Sanscrit MSS-, Additional 26,337-26,463 ; and the Turkish MS., Additional 26,324, have 

 been described in detail. 



8. Tiie Pali MSS., Additional 6,779, 8,903, 11,640, 12,087, 1.5,240, 15,291, 17,490, 

 18,756, 22,841, 23,914, 27,279, 27,287, and 27,288, have been arranged and described. 



9. One hundred at'd forty-eight Syriac MSS., viz., Additional 14,666-14,670, 14,736- 

 14,741 B., 15,443, 17,173-l'7,274, 17,922, 17,923, 17,983,18,295,18,296,18,714,18,715, 

 18,716, 18,812-18,821, 21,031, 21,210, 21,211, 21,454, 21,580, 22,370, 23,596, 23,597, 

 25,874-25,878, and 26,552, have been described in detail. 



10. Three hundred and fifty-one Hebrew MSS., viz., Additional 21,967, 22,069, 22,089- 

 22,096, 22,122, 22,413, 23,974, 24,896, 25,717, 25,87.9, 26,878-26,881, 26,892-27,214, 

 and 27,292-27,299, have been described for ihe Catalogue of Additions; and an Index 

 prepared for the Manuscript Catalogue of Hebrew MSS. 



11. Additional Charters and Rolls 16,509 to 17,202, acquired in the years 1665, 1866, 

 have been described; and previous descriptions of Nos. 9,949 to 10,235, and of the Topham 

 Charters, Nos. 1 to 56 (the whole series\ have been revised. 



12. The transcription of the catalogue of the Additional Charters has been continued 

 for the use of the Depart ment, from No. 9,943 to No. 10,070, and for the Reading Room 

 from No. 7,314 to No. 10,070; and the descriptions of tlie Topham Charters have been 

 copied for the use of the Department. 



13. An Index tr. the fourth volume of the Catalogue of Additional Charters has been 

 prepared and entered in the Departmental Copy. 



14. Egerton Charters 125-139, acquired in the years 1861-1866, have been described, 

 and entries made in the two copies of the Catalogue, 



15. Tile Catalogue of Seals to Charters has been continued, and 7,685 Seals described, 

 attached to the Campbell Charters XXVII. 1 — XXX. 22, to the Topham, Lansdowne, 

 Wolley, and Egerton Charters, and to Harleian Rolls A. 1 to DD. 5, and Harleian Char- 

 ters 43 A. 1 to 80 C. 52. 



16. The leaves of the Cottonian MSS. Tiberius A. vi., and Otho B. in., B. ix., and 

 C. XI., and letters and papers in Additional MSS. 27,282-27,286, have been arranged. 



17. The Additional MSS. have been numbered and regislered from No. 26,272 to 

 28,428, from 26,892 to 27,214, and from 27,236 to 27,394; and bound, repaired, lettered, 

 and stamped, from No. 25,728 to 25,768, from 26,010 to 26,118, from 26,622 to 26,835, and 

 from 26,876 to 26,891. 



18. The Reading Room copy of the Register of Additional MSS. has been continued 

 from No. 25,728 to 25,768, 25,789 to 25,905, 26,040 to 26,118, and 26,622 to 26,788. 



19. The Egerton MSS. have been numbered and registered, bound, lettered, and 

 repaired, from^No. 2,003 to No. 2,018. 



20. Additional Charters and Rolls, Nos. 16,512 to 17,202, have been arranged and 

 numbered; and Nos. 16,416 to 16,530 have been cleaned, repaired, and stamped with 

 numbers. 



21. Indexes to Lett'irs in special volumes have been inserted in Harleian MSS. 7,349, 

 7,350, 7,526; and in Additional MSS. 4,300 to 4,306, 21,417, 21,418, 21,420,21,422, 

 21,424, 21,425, 21,426, 21,505, 21,506, 21,508, 21,509, 21,512, 23,134, 23,138. 



22. Ne\y Inventories have been made for the Cottonian MSS., and for the Oriental 

 MSS. in the several collections. 



23. The Register of Donations has been continued to the end of the year 1866. 



24. A thousand and fifty-seven manuscripts have been folio'd. 



25. Three thousand and sjventy-three manuscripts have been stamped, the number of 

 stamps amouniiiig to 51,372, 



26. Seven hundred and sixteen manuscripts have been bound or repaired. 



27. Three hundred and fifty-seven manuscripts have been placed and press-marked. 



28. One hundred and ninety-eight Addiiional Charters, viz. No*. 16,332-16,530, have 

 been placed and inventoried. 



29. The Additions to the Collections during the year, are as follows : — 



Additional MSS. 



Original Charters - - - 



Casts of Seals - - - - 



Egerton and Farnborough Collections — 



Manuscripts . _ . _ 



286 



704 



5 



24 



Among 



