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



Printed Catalogue of Additions. - Sheets E. to 3 P, containing descriptions of the Addi- 

 tional MSS. 20,687 to 24,026, acquired in the years 1854 to 1860, have been revised and 

 printed off, completing the first volume of the Catalogue of Additions from 1854 to the 

 present time. 



Catalogue of the Egerton Collection. — Numbers 2,363 to 2,399, acquired in 1875, have 

 been described. 



Catalogue of Rolls and Charters, and of Seals. — -Additional Eolls and Charters 13,985 

 to 14,064, 14,076, 14,077, 14,087, 18,466 to 18,556, 24,313 to 24,323, and 24,488 to 

 24,745, recently acquired, have been described. 



The descj-iptionsofHarley Charters 43 A. 9 to 45 H. 46, and 48 A. 1 to 51 C. 50, and of 

 Additional Charters 17,357 to 18,024, 18,104, 18,105, 18,466 to 18,556, and 19,788 to 

 22,616, have been revised. 



A selection of early dated and finely written documents, and papal bulls, taken from 

 the different Collections, have been mounted on sheets and arranged in chronological 

 order in ten portfolios. 



Newly acquired Charters, without seals, have been arranged and mounted in four large 

 volumes. 



A second series of photographic Facsimiles of Ancient Charters, chiefly of the ninth 

 century, with transcriptions in type, has been prepared. 



The Catalogue of Seals has been sorted into classes; the slips of the sub-divisions: — 

 Royal, Monastic, Baronial, Gems, Merchant Marks, have been arranged; and the section 

 of Royal Seals of England to Edward 11. has been revised for press. 



The General Index to Seals has been carried on for Additional Charters, 21,079 

 to 22,615. 



Registers. — The Registers of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been continued 

 to the latest numbers. 



The Register of Seals has been continued from No. XL v. 1 to XLV. 50. 



An Index to the Register of Additional Manuscripts, from No. 28,097 to 29,547, 

 acquired in the years 1869-1875, is in progress. 



Transcription. — Descriptions of Additional Charters 14,241 to 17,594 have been copied 

 in fourfold. 



The Index to the Catalogue of Seals has also been copied in fourfold, from S. to Z. 



Arrangement of Papers. — The following Additional Manuscripts have been arranged: — 

 The Transcripts from the Hague Archives, in Nos. 17,677 G. G. to Z. Z. Z. ; the 

 Lauderdale Scottish correspondence, in Nos. 23,113 to 23,138; and the correspondence 

 of the family of Carewe, in Nos. 29,597 to 29,610. The Hay Collection of Drawings 

 from Egyptian monuments is in progress of arrangement. 



The Additional Charters 24,313 to 24,745, and Egerton Charters 407 to 416, have 

 been arranged. 



Departmental Library of Reference.— A. Catalogue of the Printed Books has been 

 written in slip, revised, and arranged for transcription. 



Binding. — Two hundred and seventy-seven volumes of Additional, and eighty-two of 

 Egerton Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been bound or repaired. Thirty-seven 

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



Eighty-eight volumes of printed books have been repaired or bound. 



New labels have been affixed to eleven hundred and fifty volumes of the Sloane 

 Collection. 



Verijiciition. — The several Collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the shelf- 

 lists ; and also the Harley Charters No. 43 A. 1 to 45 1. 56 ; and the Additional Charters 

 19,803 to 24,708. 



A hand-list of the Lansdowne Collection and a sh*elf-list of the Printed Books have 

 been prepared. 



Miscellaneous.— Three hundred and fifty-nine Manuscripts, recently acquired, have been 

 placed and entered in the shelf and hand-lists. 



Sixteen hundred and fifty Charters have been marked with number's and placed. 



Five thousand three hundred and forty-four Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed 

 Books, have beem stamped. Total of imiDressions, 22,390. 



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