12 accounts, kc, of the british museum. 



Sub-Department of Maps, Charts, Plans and Topographical Drawings 



I. — Cataloguing and Arrangement. 



(a.) 1,339 titles (including both main-titles and ci'oss-references) were written for the 

 Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year. 



{b.) Press-marks have been given to 828 Maps and Atlases and to 1,291 titles. 



339 slips have been written for the Hand Catalogue. 



88 Volumes of the Catalogue of INIaps (M. 5, Manchester, to S. 21, Spafarev) have 

 been revised and sent to the printer. 72 Sheets of "Proof" (Mackenzie, p. 2561, 

 to Scherschel, p. 3696) for the new printed Catalogue of Maps, have been collated, and 78 

 sheets of "Revise " (Lille, p. 2369, to Saccatou, p. 3616) have been sent "for Press." 

 The incorporation into the Map Catalogue of titles from the Catalogue of Maps, Prints 

 and Charts in the Royal Library has been continued from " Malcom's Cross" to 

 " Sphere." 1,361 Titles of Accessions have been prepared and sent to the printer. 



1.084 Maps, in 5,491 sheets and 30 Atlases, have been sent to be mounted and 

 bound and 44 Volumes and 808 Maps have been returned, the foi'mer bound and the 

 latter mounted, 776 on jaconet and union, 32 on cards. 



34 Sheets of the one inch Ordnance Survey have been mounted on jaconet. 



An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 211 transcripts, 

 (633 in all). 2,735 new titles have also been incorporated into the "Blue" copy of the 

 Catalogue, and 1,880 printed Accession titles have been incorporated into three copies of 

 the Printed Catalogue. 



The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 969, the 

 number of Maps, 1,859 ; making a total of 2,828. 



The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 715 ; on those 

 received by presentation, 568, making a total of 1,283. 



Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, 

 during the year 109 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of 

 special geographical research, 



II. — Additions. 



812 Maps, in 4,599 sheets, nine Atlases and parts of Atlases, have been received 

 under the Copyright Act. 



Five Atlases and 99 Maps, in 601 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ; one Celestial 

 Globe, three volumes of Proceedings of the Royal Geograpliical Society, and 171 Maps 

 and Charts, in 414 sheets, have been presented. 



Among the more interesting of these acquisitions may be mentioned : — 



1. A Celestial Globe, 4 feet in diameter, entitled " Orbis coelestis typus. Opus a 

 P. Coronelli MIn. Conventli Serenlssimajque Repub. Venets Cosraographo Inchoatum, 

 Societatis gallicse sumptibus absolutum. Lutetiaj Parisiorum. Anno K.S. MDCXCIIL 

 Delin. Arnoldus Deuvez, RegiiB Acad. Pictor. Sculp. I. B. jSTolin, Reg. Chr. Calcographus. 

 Paris, 1693." 



2. Karten von Mykenai (Mykenai mit Umgebung Maassstab 1.12,500. AkropoHs 

 von iMykenai Maassstab 1.750). With text by Steffen u. Lolling. BerUn, 1884. fol. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Clans Catalogue. — The incorporation of the printed description of MSS. acquired 

 in the years 1854 to 1881 into the several volumes of the Catalogue has been com- 

 pleted. 



2. Catalogue of Ancient MSS. — The second Part, describing MSS. in Latin, has been 

 passed through the press, and issued. 



3. Catalogue of Romances. — The second volume is in a forward state of pi'eparation. 

 Articles in forty-six different MSS. have been described. The descriptions of eighteen 

 MSS. have been revised. 



4. Catalogue of Spanish MSS.— The fourth volume, which will include the Index, is 

 in progress. 



5. Catalogue 



