1(5 ACCOUNTS, &.C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Two hundred and fifty-nine MSS. of the Stowe Collection have been described. 

 The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the registers. 



6. Indexes. The Index to English Poetry, and the Index to Theological Treatises 

 down to the end of the sixteenth century have been laid down on cartridge paper, 

 and bound in seventeen folio volumes. 



7. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seals. — The final revision for the Press of 

 the General Index of names and subjects in the several collections of Charters and 

 Rolls acquired before the year 1882 is in progress. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 29,2.59-29,673, 32,740-32,899, acquired in 1887 ; and 

 32,900-33,883, acquired in 1888, have been described. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 33,047-34,933, acquired in 1888, and 34,934-36,4.52, 

 acquired in 1889, have been arranged and numbered. 



Stowe Charters 1-570, being the entire collection, have been arranged and 

 numbered. 



Sheets W — 2 D of the second Volume of the Seal Catalogue have been passed 

 through the press. 



The preparation of descriptions of Heraldic Seals has been continued. 



Eleven hundi-ed and two detached seals and casts of seals have been arranged and 

 registered. 



Slips for a continuation of the Index of Seals have been written for four thousand 

 two hundred and twenty-six detached seals, and for the seals attached to five 

 thousand one hundred and sixteen Charters. 



A selection of the Seals of Corporations has been made. 



8. Catalogue of Paj)yri. — Papyri CXXII-CXXVIL, acquired in 1888, and 

 CXXVIII., CXXIX., acquired in 1889, have been described. The Catalogue of the 

 Greek Papyri has been pi-epared for press, including the whole collection, with 

 exception of those which are purely literary, and sheet B. of the printed text has been 

 revised. 



9. Arrangement of Pa^Jers.— Additional MSS. 33,508, 33,511, 33,512, 33,537- 

 33,564, 33,597, 33,531, 33,572-33,586, 33,591-33,594, Egerton MSS. 2713-2723, 

 and Stowe MSS. 99, 232, 342-344, 346, 347, 354, 357, 707, 711, 962, have been 

 arranged. 



Class Catalogue. — Two copies of the List of Additions 1882-1887, have been 

 corrected and prepared for distribution throughout the Classed Catalogue, and the 

 work of incorporation is in progress. 



10. Exhihitions. — Selections of MSS., Seals, and Charters relating to the Tudors, 

 have been exhibited in the King's Library. 



11. Binding. — Three hundred and thirty-four MSS. recently acquired and eighty- 

 two MSS. of the old collections have been bound or repaired. 



Thirty-three Papyri have been glazed. 



Four Charters and seventy-one Seals have been repaired. 



The Magna Charta has been glazed. 



Twenty-four Catalogues and Registers and forty-four printed Books of Reference 

 have been bound or repaired. 



The old collections of Charters, viz., the Cotton, Sloane, and part of the Harley 

 Charters, have been re-arranged in boxes, with a view of economising the available 

 space in the presses. 



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



12. Verification. — The several collections have been verified by the shelf -lists. 



13. Miscellaneoihs. — The duplicate Books in the Department of Printed Books 

 have been examined, and selections made for the use of the Department. 



The archives of the Department, 1879-1888, have been arranged and bound. 



Three hundred and forty-three MSS. have been placed and entered in the hand 

 and shelf lists. 



Two thousand six hundred and seventy-two Charters and Rolls, and one thousand 

 one hundred and twelve seals have been numbered and placed. 



One thousand and forty-two Manuscripts, Charters, Rolls, and Printed Books, 

 have been stamped with a total of 10,538 impressions. 



Five hundred and thirty-four Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 2,930, and of those 

 consulted in the Department 26,113. 



The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 1,106. 



The number of Students working in the Department during the year is 8,817. 



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