10 ACCOUNTS, kc, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



close of last century by Mr. Thomas Combe, and illustrative of the counties of Hampshire, 

 Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, the Isle of Wight and Guernsey, and the City of Oxford, 

 chiefly the Colleges ; purchased of Mrs. G. R. Gray. 



Three large folio volumes of drawn Plans and Views of the several Roads under the 

 management of the Kensington, &c.. Turnpike Trust. Presented by the Commissioners 

 of the Metropolis Roads North of the Thames. 



E. H. Major. 



DepaetSient or Manuscripts. 



Class Catalogue. — The formation of a General Class-Catalogue of the Manuscripts, by 

 distribution of previous descriptions under heads of subjects, and partial re-description, has 

 been nearly completed. The following is the actual progress of the year : — 



State Letters. — The section of single English State Letters has been arranged 

 and laid down for the years 1526, 1531 to 1546, 1570 to 1625; and that of Scottish 

 Letters from the earliest time to 1603. 



Miscellaneous State Papers. — This division 'has been sorted, and the Foreign series 

 laid down. 



Church History. — The slips of Histories, Ecclesiastical documents, Diocesan 

 History, &c., have been arranged and laid down, in two volumes. 



Public Revenue. — The slips relating to the several branches of Public Revenue and 

 Expenditure have been arranged and laid down, in two volumes. 



Commerce and Trade. — This division has been completed, in one volume. 



Public Records. — The slips of Public Records, and of Collections from the 

 Records of Chancery and the Exchequer, have been arranged and laid down, in one 

 volume. 



Biography. — The slips of Collected and Special Lives, English and Foreign, have 

 been arranged and laid down, in one volume. Those of Miscellaneous Biographical 

 Notices, and Genealogies, have been laid down from L to Z. The division is com- 

 plete in seven volumes. 



Private Correspondence. — The slips for Individual Private Letters previous to the 

 17th century, from I to Z, and for those of subsequent date for the entire alphabet, 

 have been arranged and laid down. The division is complete in 13 volumes. 



Art. — Description slips of Illuminated Manuscripts and Bindings have been pre- 

 pared from the volumes, and have been arranged and laid down in two volumes. 



Palaography. — The slips of Ancient and Dated Manuscripts have been arranged 

 and laid down, in two volumes. 



Antiquities. — Slips relating to Inscriptions, Coins, and General Antiquities, have 

 been arranged and laid down. 



Manners and Customs. — Slips relating to Domestic Life, Costume, &c., have been 

 arranged and laid down. 



Numerous additional entries have been inserted in the majority of the classes 

 already laid down. 



Catalogue of Romances. — Works in various languages have been described from seventy- 

 five volumes of the different Collections. 



Catalogue of Ancient and Illuminated Manuscripts. — Thirteen of the most Ancient 

 Manuscripts in the different Collections have been described in detail ; and selections 

 made from them for photographic copies. 



Catalogue of the Old Royal Collection. The volumes 13 B. I., 13 B. II., and 18 B. VL, 

 containing State Letters, have been described. 



Catalogue of Sloane Collection. — Numbers 3318, 3319, 3827, have been described,' and 

 omissions in descriptions of fifteen other volumes supplied. 



Catalogue (f Additions. — The following volumes have been described : — Nos. 24,101 to 

 24,127, 24,129 to 24,133, 24,153 to 24,183, 24,189 to 24,216, 24,219 to 24,313, 24,315 

 to 24,323, acquired in the year 1861 ;— 24,337 to 24,339, 24,343 to 24,346, 24,357 to 

 24,361, 24,383 to 24,408, 24,419 to 24,633, 24,637 to 24,725 24,732 to 24,902, 24,905 

 to 24,934, 24,936 to 24,943, 24,945, 24,964 to 24,967, acquired in 1862 ;— 28,227 to 28,235, 

 28,509 to 28,512, 28,569, acquired in 1870;— 28,572 to 28,597, 28,653, acquired in 1871 ; 

 —28,854 to 28,874, 28,894, 28,917, 28,918, 28,927, 28,937 to 28,952, 28,957 to 28,972, 

 29,241 to 29,280, acquired in 1872. 



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