ACCOUNTS, &;C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I3 



2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts. — The tliird volume is passing through the 

 press. Sheets B to H have been printed off, and I to M have been revised. 



3. Catalogue of Additions. — The slips of the General Index to the two volumes of the 

 Catalogue of Additions for 1854-1875 have been arranged and revised^ and the por- 

 tion under letter A has been sent to press. 



4. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals. — The Additional Charters, 26,108-26,135, 

 acquired in the past year ; Campbell Charters, XII. 6 — XXX. 22 ; Wolley Charters, 

 I. 1 — XI. 65, have been described. 



The descriptions of Campbell Charters, XIV. 25*— XXX. 22 ; and of Wolley 

 Charters, I. 1 — II. 4, have been revised. 



The Index to Part IV. of the Facsimiles of Ancient Charters has been completed and 

 printed, and the volume has been issued. 



Additional Charters and Rolls, 26,073-26,404 ; and Egerton Charters, 417-426, have 

 been arranged. 



The Laing Collection of Casts of Scottish Seals has been described for the Catalogue, 

 from XL VI I. 1 to XL VII. 1,284. 



The preparation of an Index of names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls 

 and Charters has been continued. 



Fourteen hundred and forty-six Seals, lately acquired, have been described. 



The Index of Seals in the Classed Catalogue Series has been continued down to the 

 latest acquisitions. 



5. Facsimiles. — The Fourth Volume of the Codex Alexandrinus has been photo- 

 graphed and published in Autotype. The reproduction of the first volume is in course of 

 preparation. 



6. Registration. — The Registers of the Additional and Egerton MSS. have been continued 

 to the latest acquisitions. 



7. Arrangement of Papers, <?fc.— Additional MSS. 31,007-31,021, 31,026, 31,028, 

 31,037, 31,038, 31,l'23-3ia47; and Egerton 2,519-2,522, 2,528, 2,529, 2,533-2,562, have 

 been arranged for binding. 



8. Binding. — Two hundred and thirty-three Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one 

 hundred and twenty-eight Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or 

 repaired. 



Fifty-four Registers and Catalogues, and one hundred and twenty-nine printed books 

 of reference have been bound or repaired. Fifteen volumes of Correspondence, Minutes, 

 and Reports have been arranged and bound. 



9. Verijicdtion. — The several Collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the 

 shelf-lists. 



10. Transcription. — The Catalogue of the Doubleday Collection of Casts of Seals 

 has been copied and indexed. 



The Catalogue of the Campbell Charters from XII, 6 to XXX. 22 has been copied In 

 fourfold. 



11. 3/isceZ/a//eoj/5.— Eleven hundred and seventy Manuscripts, lately acquired, have 

 been i^laced and entered in tlie hand and shelf lists. 



One hundred and thirty-nine Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered. 



The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year. 



Six hundred and twenty-eight Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books have 

 been stamped with a total of 4,655 impressions. 



Three hundred and twenty Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 26,237 -, and of those 

 consulted in the Department, 5,119. 



The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 511. 



The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,191. 



The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are — 



General Collection of Manuscripts - - - _ 155 

 Egerton Manuscripts - _ - _ - _ _ 54 



Rolls and Charters - -- - - - -421 



Detached Seals -------- 266 



207 — Sess. 2. 2 Among 



