ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 11 



Four hundred and thirty-six Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 20,267, 

 and of those used by students in the rooms of the Department 2,747. 



The number of Rolls and Charters delivered to readers is 353. 



The Acquisition of Manuscripts during the year is as follows :- — 



Greneral Collection - - - - - - - -172 



Egerton ----------37 



Charters : Additional _.___._ 433 

 Ditto, Egerton - - - - - - - -10 



Seals -- .-.___-_ 50 



The following may be distinguished : — 



Twenty-five Miniatures and Borders, cut from Italian choral books of the Hth 

 century. 



A collection of more than 2,000 coloured drawings and copies of inscriptions, 

 taken from monuments in Egypt by the late Mr. Robert Hay, assisted by Burton, 

 Bonomi, and others ; with notes and descriptions. Many of the inscriptions are 

 unpublished. 



Notes and collections of the late Edwin Norris for a Dictionary of the Assyrian 

 language. 



Transcripts of Swiss-German Miracle Plays, collected by Matthias Swindll in the 

 last century. 



The original notes of Jeremy Bentham, from which the late Mr. Grote conqilled 

 the work entitled " An Analysis of the Influence of Natural Religion on the Tem- 

 poral Happiness of Mankind." Prese7iled hj Mrs. Grote. 



A thick volume of Letters and Papers of the Council of Trade and Plantations, 

 relating to America and the West Indies, 1627-1699. 



The original manuscript of William Hals' Parochial History of Cornwall, left 

 unpublished at his death in 1739, of which a first part only, comprising the parishes 

 from Advent to Helston, was subsequently printed. 



Collections for the history of Cheshire, including the original manuscript of the 

 unpublished work, " Cestrlas Comitatus descrlptus," 1630, by John Leigh : eleven 

 volumes. 



A History of Archery, with collections, by William Latham. 



Collections for the history of Bury St. Edmund's, by the Rev. Richard Yates, 

 designed for a continuation of his printed work. 



A genealogical account. In French, of the nobility of England, handsomely 

 written, with coloured arms, paintings, and ornamental drawings ; dedicated to 

 Charles the Ninth of France, by J. Benard. In the original binding, with curious 

 paintings on the covers. 



A vellum roll of accounts of receipts and expenses connected with the various 

 manors of the Archbishop of Canterbury ; temp. Edward I. 



More than two hundred Charters relating principally to lands in Surrey and Kent. 



The Charta de Foresta of Henry III. ; with seal. 



A Register of rentals and other documents relating to the estates of Peter Man- 

 wood, son of Sir Roger, chiefly In Kent ; temp. Elizabeth. 



Copies of monumental inscriptions and arms in churches of Hampshire, by A. J. 

 Jewers. 



Contemporary copy of the entry-book kept by Lord Chancellor Finch, Earl of 



Nottingham, of cases heard and decided by him in the years 1673-1682. Under the 



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 date 12th January 167- Is a memorandum of a declaration made to him by Charles 



the Second, that he was never married to the mother of the Earl of Monmouth. 



A collection of more than one hundred original Letters of French princes and 

 statesmen of the 17th and 18th centuries. 



A volume of original Letters of Sheridan and others. 



A volume of original Letters of German musical composers. 



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