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



Eight hundred and sixty-five Manuscripts, KoUs, Charters, and Printed Books have 

 been stamped with a total of 6,782 impressions. 



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



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Heading Room is 29,239 , and of those 

 consulted in the Department, 5,938. 



The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 214. 



The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,076. 



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



General Collection of Manuscripts - - - _ 439 

 Egerton Manuscripts - - - _.- . . 2. 

 Rolls and Charters ---_--_ 226 

 Detached Seals --------24 



Among them are the following : — 



An Evangelistarium, or Gospel Lessons, in Greek. Vellum ; 12th century. 



Horologion, or daily services, in Greek, Vellum; 12th century. 



A volume of Hours of the Virgin, etc. Vellum; early 16th century. Bequeathed 

 hy Mitchell Charles Hardy, Esq. 



A series of fifty-eight charters relating to the Nunnery of Stixwold, in Lincoln- 

 shire, and the family of Ferrers, Earls of Derby ; from the 12th century. With fine 

 seals. 



Roll of a return made to the king of all lands, rents, etc., granted or bequeathed 

 in mortmain for religious purposes in the city of London, from 7 Edw. I. to 

 38 Edw. III. [1278-1364.] Vellum. 



Chronicle of Mexican history lo a.d. 1576, continued to 1607 ; partly in native 

 picture-writing. Paper. 



The Diary of Richard Cock, chief of the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622. 

 In two volumes. 



Papers of Richard Baxter, the Nonconformist, in his own handwriting, being por- 

 tions of his memoirs and fragments of theological tracts. Paper ; temp. Chas. 11. 



Correspondence of members of the exiled family of the Stuarts at St. Germains 

 and ministers of their Court, with Cardinals Caprara and Gualterio; comprising 

 letters of Queen Mary of Modena, of James Francis, the Old Pretender, and of the 

 Duke of Perth, Lord Middleton, Lord Caryll, David Nairne, the Pretender's 

 Secretary, Lord Inverness, Lord Dunbar, and others; 1688-1727. In nineteen 

 volumes. 



Correspondence and papers of Simon Eraser, Lord Lovat, relating to his nego- 

 tiations with the Jacobite and French Courts for the invasion of Scotland, 1702- 

 1704 ; and his correspondence with Cardinal Gualterio during his subsequent deten- 

 tion in France, 1704-1706. In five volumes. 



Correspondence, registers, journals, and other papers of Admiral Sir John Jervis, 

 subsequently Earl of St. Vincent; 1757-1823. In thirty-six volumes. Presented 

 hy Mrs. Martha Jervis. 



Correspondence and papers of the Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer from 1812 to 1823, and subsequently Lord Bexley ; 1796-1844. In 

 nine volumes. Bequeathed by Lord Bexley. 



The literary collections of the late Charles Wycliife Goodwin, chiefly consisting of 

 philological notes and dictionaries of the Egyptian and Coptic languages, [n thirty- 

 one volumes. 



A portion of the collection of MS. music formed by Mr. Julian Marshall, com- 

 prising the works of English and foreign composers from the 16th century to the pre- 

 sent time, some of which are original. Among them are compositions by Byrd, Blow, 

 Lawes, Locke, Jenkins, Cooper, Handel, Bononcin.i, Jomelli, Cimarosa, Haydn, 

 Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. In two hundred and eighty volumes. 



Various single volumes of musical compositions by Pasquale Anfossi, Johann 

 Pachelbel, Charles King, Samuel Wesley, and others. 



E. Maunde Thompson. 



