16 Libraries. 



1887. 



L. The collection was increased by the addition of 2,320 

 volumes and 1,949 maps. Of these 210 volumes were presented 

 and 13 volumes transferred from other departments. 1,462 sheets 

 of charts were received from the Admiralty, and 439 sheets of 

 the Ordnance Survey on the scale of 1 in. = 1 m. Both these 

 sets have been kept up. 



The first contribution towards the collection of photograplis 

 was received this year. 



B. The manuscript records of the distribution of British 

 Plants, collected by H. C. Watson for his " Cybele Britannica," 

 were received from the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. 



G. 736 books, 226 pamphlets, and 259 maps were received, 

 including 6 geological views and sections across various parts of 

 England and Wales, by William Smith, presented by W. Topley. 



M. 823 volumes and 134 pamphlets were acquired. 



Z. The ordinary increase was 590 volumes ; but the magni- 

 ficent ornithological library formed by the ninth Marquess of 

 Tweeddale, which was presented by his nephew, Capt. R. G. 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, contained 698 works, in 2,560 volumes, with 

 about 200 pamphlets, and formed the most important addition 

 as yet received at any one time. 



5 volumes of beautifully executed water-colour drawings, by 

 Japanese artists, of different breeds of domestic Pigeons, pro- 

 bably executed for the library of some Japanese nobleman, were 

 purchased. 



1888. 



The special grant for the purchase of books was all expended 

 by 31st March of this year. A small annual grant for up-keep 

 has since been allowed. 



L. 1,325 volumes and 970 maps were added, of which 305 

 volumes were presented and 449 transferred from other depart- 

 ments. The maps included 740 sheets of charts from the Admiralty, 

 and 210 sheets of the Indian Atlas. 



B. Two volumes of Robert Brown's manuscript descriptions of 

 Plants, discovered on a book-stall, were presented by Mr. J. Britten. 



200 original drawings of Plants were added to the collection. 



G. 168 volumes, 47 pamphlets, and 33 maps were acquired. 



M. 284 volumes and 44 pamphlets were added. 



Z. 355 volumes were acquired, bringing the estimated total 

 in the library up to 9,489 works in 15,243 volumes. 



