l6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATiiS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



11. One hundred and ninety-two Seals, attached to the Additional Charters 17,111 

 to 17,356, and Egerton Charters 140 to 257 ; and one thousand five hundred and forty- 

 three casts of Seals, have been described. 



12. The descriptions of 4,353 Seals, attached to the Harleian Charters 43 A. 1 to 56 I. 

 19, have been revised a first time; and 2,601 Seals, attached to the Harleian Charters 

 43 -A.. 1 to 50 I. 57, have been revised a second time. 



13. Three hundred and eighty-eight Seals have been described for an ordinary of Arms. 



14. The Manuscript detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection has been abridged, 

 from No. 1,101 to 4,100; and the references to pages corrected from No. 1,101 to 2,300, 

 and from 3,960 to 4,100. 



15. The detailed Catalogue of the Egerton Collection, from the year 1851, has been 

 copied in quadruplicate, from No. 1,501 to 1,738. 



16. The Additions during the year have been numbered and arranged. 



17. Six hundred and forty-five volumes, viz. :— Additional MSS., 26,923-27,214, 

 27,236-27,275, 27,287-27.302, 27,443-27,446, 27,450, 27,451, 27,456-27,458, 27,651- 

 27,772, acquired in the year 1867; and 27,774-27,781, 27,783-27,902,27,909,27,913, 

 acquired in 1868 ; and the Egerton MSS., 1,991-1,994, 1,996, 1,997, 1,999, 2,000,2,003, 

 2,004, 2,006-2,013, 2,017, 2,018, 2,021, 2,023, 2,024, 2,027-2,034, 2,036-2,041, 2,045, 

 2,046, have been bound, lettered, and repaired. 



18. One hundred and fourteen volumes of the old Collections have been re-bound or 

 repaired. 



19. Fifty-eight Charters and Rolls have been repaired. 



20. The Registers of the Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been continued in 

 duplicate to the latest acquisition. 



21. The Hand Lists of the Old Royal, King's, Harleian, Lansdowne, Sloane, Egerton, 

 and part of the Additional Collections, have been verified by the cases. 



22. A new Hand List has been prepared for the Old Royal Collection, and new Shelf 

 Lists made for the Old Royal and Cotton MSS. 



23. One thousand five hundred and four Manuscripts have been re-arranged in the 

 cases and press-marked. 



24. One thousand two hundred and fifty Charter boxes and drawers have been press- 

 marked. 



25. Two hundred and fifty-eight Charters and Rolls, viz.. Additional 17,217 to 17,356, 

 and Egerton 140 to 257, have been numbered and inventoried. 



26. One hundred and eighty casts of Seals have been mounted. 



27. Twelve hundred and ten Manuscripts and Books of Reference have been stamped, 

 with a total of 32,623 impressions. 



28. One thousand and five Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



29. The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room, during the year, was 

 23,713; and of Manuscripts used by artists and others in the department 1,689, in 

 addition to those shown to visitors. The number of Charters consulted was 524. 



30. The acquisitions of Manuscripts during the year have been as follows : — 



General Collection — 



Additional MSS. 191 



Charters and Rolls - - - 474 



Detached Seals and Casts -------10 



Egerton and Farnborough — 



Manuscripts - - -- - - - - -32 



Amongst these will be found : — 



A finely illuminated Book of Hours, of Flemish art, of the latter part of the 15th 

 century ; with inscriptions on the fly-leaves by members of the families of St. Pol and 

 Cleves. 



Two additional leaves of the series of illuminated genealogical tables of the Royal Family 

 of Portugal, acquired in the year 1842. 



The English translation, by John de Trevisa, of Bartholomew Qlanvill de Proprie- 

 tatibus Rerum ; of the beginning of the 15th century. 



The volume of Romances and Ballads from which Bishop Percy extracted his collec- 

 tion of English Ballads. 



Portions of the original Log Books of Captain Cook the navigator, in his first and 

 second voyages of discovery ; and autograph copy of his journal of the second voyage. 



Original letters of King George the Third to the Marquess of Carmarthen. 



Private 



