10 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH IMUSEUM. 



Under the head of History, the descriptions of English Chronicles have been cor- 

 rected by the manuscripts, arranged and laid down ; and the miscellaneous slips 

 relating to English Histoiy have been arranged and laid down. 



For the division of Topography, the slips of sections of English and Foreign 

 Local History, Surveys, lientals, and Mines, Parish Registers, Antiquities, and 

 Inscriptions, have been arranged and laid down in six volumes. The slips for the 

 section of Maps and Drawings have been arranged. 



For the division of Biography, the slips for the section of Personal History, 

 English and Foreign, have been sorted alphabetically ; those of Wills and of Albums 

 have been arranged and laid down. 



In the division of Heraldry and Genealogy, the following sections have been 

 laid down: — Military Orders, College of Arms, Heralds' Visitations, Creations of 

 Nobility, Precedency, Peerages, Grants of Arms, Arms of Places, Ceremonies. 



In the division of Science, the sections of Mathematics and Alchemy have been 

 laid down. 



The slips for the division of Medicine and Surgery have been arranged, and laid 

 down in three volumes. 



Additional slips have been incorporated in the divisions previously laid down. 



For the Catalogue of works of Fiction, detailed descriptions have been prepared of 

 Chansons de Geste, Lays and prose Romances, in eighty-one manuscripts of the different 

 collections. 



The Additional MSS. of the Birch Collection, Nos. 4,133, 4,183, 4,192, 4,193, 4,194, 

 4,308 to 4,323, have been described in detail. The Catalogue of the entire Collection is 

 now complete. 



The Egerton MSS., 1,963 to 1,989, have been described in detail. 



Index-slips have been prepared to the descriptions of Egerton MSS. 2,014, 2,015, 

 2,016, 2,074 to 2,104. 



The following manuscripts have been described for the Catalogvie of Additions : — Ad- 

 ditional iVlSS. 22,237 to 22,267, acquired in the year 1857 ; 27,621 to 27,693, acquired in 

 1867; 28,049 to 28,095, acquired in 1869; and 28,192 to 28,196, 28,203 to 28,333, 

 28,504 to 28,544, and Egerton MSS. 2,105 to 2,124, acquired in 1870. 



Seventeen hundred and fifty Harleian Charters have been described. Their numbers 

 are 58 D. 31 to 58 H. 40, 77 A. 1 to 78 A. 15, 78 C. 1 to 80 D. 59, and 83 A 1 to 54. 



Twenty-five detached Seals, marked xlviii. 51-75, have been described. 



An Index to the Register of Additions for the years 1861 to 1869 has been prepared, 

 and copied in quadruplicate. A cojjy has heen placed in the Reading Room. 



An Index to the detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection is in progress, and nearly 

 completed in slips. 



The Index to volumes vi., vii., and viii. of the Catalogue of Additional Charters, com- 

 prising Numbers 13,984 to 17,356, has been revised, and copied in quadruplicate. 



The detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection has been copied in quadruplicate, from 

 No. 1,091 to 1,896. 



The Catalogue of Additional MSS. has been copied in quadruplicate from No. 22,583 

 to 23,779. Two volumes of this Catalogue have been placed in the Reading Room. 



The Registers of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been continued to the latest 

 acquisition. 



The Manuscripts acquired during the year, including the Caryll Collection of Letters 

 and Papers, in 31 volumes, and the Spanish State Papers and Political Tracts,, in 174 

 volumes, have been numbered and arranged. 



One hundred and ninety-nine volumes of late additions, viz.: — Additional MSS. 

 26,056 C, 27,765 E.-D., 27,953, 27,962, 28,015, 28,016, 28,036-28,039, 28,135, 28,139- 

 28,172, 28,174-28,190, 28,196-28,200, 28,203-28,260, 28,265-28,271, 28,273-28,308, 

 28,324, 28,334-28,343, 28,505, 28,506, and 28,554; and the Egerton MSS. 2,104, 2,124, 

 have been bound, lettered, and repaired. 



Ninety-four volumes of the old Collections have been bound or repaired. 



The Collections have been verified by the shelf-lists. 



New shelf-lists have been prepared for the Sloane and Additional MSS. in the Saloon 

 Gallery. 



Seven hundred and fifteen Manuscripts have been placed. 



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