The above-mentioned additions have been cata- 

 logued and located in accordance with the Library- 

 Classification, viz. : — 



Drawings & News- 



Vols. Pamphs. Maps. Engvs. MSS. papers. Totl. 



To the General 

 Collection . . 55 1 



To the Local Col- 

 lection . . 6 



881 descriptive cards have been added to the Card 

 Catalogues, making the total number of card entries 

 19,060, which number includes the "Bristol " catalogue 

 of 3,969 entries. 



Subscription Library. — During the period of 

 this Report, 1381 vols, were received from the Sub- 

 scription Library ; of these 368 were retained for use in 

 the Reference Library, and the remaining 1,013 were 

 transferred to the Libraries Committee for use in the 

 Lending Libraries. 



Binding. — The number of works bound or repaired 

 during the year was 242. 



On Sept. 29th, 1905, the Museum Reference Library 

 was closed to the public, to prepare for the removal of 

 the books to the new City Reference Library, now in 

 course of completion. 



H. BOLTON, 

 Curator of Natural History Museum. 



