ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I5 



Depaetment of Maps, Charts, Plans, and Topographical Drawings. 



I. Cntaloguincf and Arrangement. — Titles written, 5,252 ; Maps press-marked, 1,140 ; 

 Titles press-marked, 4,827 ; Practical cross-references written, 130; 1,130 Maps in 2,935 

 sheets have been bound ; Hand-slips written, 968 ; Stamps affixed to maps, 7,334. 

 Returned to shelves from Reading Room, 511 Atlases, 1,395 Maps: total, 1,906. 



II. Additions. — By Copyright: Maps, 674, in 3,424 sheets; Atlases, 9; Parts of Atlases, 

 6. By purchase: 256 volumes; Maps, 2,121, in 5,995 sheets. By presentation, 4 

 volumes ; 3 Maps, in 5 sheets. 



The most notable acquisitions of the past year are 92 Japanese Maps from the collection 

 of the late Dr. Von Siebold, including one of the province of Shinano, showing the parts 

 which were respectively sunk and raised by the earthquake of 1828. 



A collection of 148 Hindi and Urdu Maps. 



A small collection of original Charts of Captain Cook ; a fine copy of the " Atlantic 

 Neptune " by Des Barres, in three volumes, presented by John Lettsom Elliot, Esq. 



R. H. Major. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. The Index to the printed Catalogue of Additions for the years 1848-1853 has been 

 revised in type, from letter Q to the end, and a supplementary Subject Index has been 

 added. The Catalogue, with its Index, has been published. 



2. The preliminary work on the proposed general Class-Catalogue of all the collections 

 has made the following progress, viz. : — 



Duplicate copies of the printed or manuscript Catalogues of the several Collections have 

 been marked with marginal references, and cut up in slips. 



The whole collection of slips has been sorted into classes of subjects. 



The slips of the classes, " Owners of Manuscripts," " Donors of Manuscripts," and 

 " Scribes," have been arranged, laid down, and bound in volumes. 



The slips of Collections of State Papers have been arranged and laid down. 



The slips of Biblical Books, including the Greek series, have been corrected by the 

 Manuscripts, arranged, and laid down. 



The slips of Service Books and Prayers, including the Greek series, have been corrected 

 by the Manuscripts, arranged, and partly laid down. 



The slips of Martyrologies and Lives of Saints have been arranged, and laid down. 



The slips of Classical Works have been arranged. 



The slips of Theology, in the Latin language, have been partly arranged and laid down. 



The slips of Science have been pai'tly arranged. 



3. The following Manuscripts have been described for the Catalogue of Additions, viz. : — 

 Nos. 22,500 to 22,598, acquired in the year 1858; 22,842 to 22,962, acquired in 

 1859; 24,353 to 24,356, 24,361,24,408, 24,419,24,614, 24,630, 24,660, 24,661,24,723 

 to 24,730, and 24,901, acquired in 1862; 27,773 to 27,781, 27,789 to 27,944, and 27,950 

 to 27,958, acquired in 1868; and Egerton MSS., 2,031 to 2,042, acquired in the year 

 1867 ; and 2,045 to 2,073, acquired in 1868. 



4. Indexes of writers have been prepared for the Additional MSS., 22,881, 22,910, 

 22,911, 22,919, and 22,920. 



5. The Additional Manuscripts of the Birch Collection have been described in detail 

 from No. 4,294 to 4,299. 



6. Additional Charters and Rolls 17,203 to 17,428, and Egerton Charters 140 to 257, 

 have been described. 



7. Previous descriptions of Additional Charters and Rolls 14,351 to 14,586 have been 

 revised. 



8. One thousand and sixty Harleian Charters, numbered 57 A. 1 to 58 D. 30, and 

 75 H. 9 to 76 I. 38, have been re-described. 



9. The revised descriptions of the Additional Charters and Rolls 13,550 to 14,578 

 have been copied in quadruplicate for volume VI. of the Catalogue of Additional 

 Charters. 1,^^,^.^^,,, -,,,, 



10. The Index to volume V. of the Catalogue of Additional Charters has been com- 

 pleted from No. 13,273, and entered in the two copies of the volume ; one of which has 

 been placed in the Reading Room. 



211. D 11. Five 



