22 Libraries. 



8 plates of original figures of Belemnites, by Martin. Simpson, 

 drawn for his " Fossils of the Yorkshire Lias," but not published, 

 were presented. 



M. 53 works and 84 pamphlets, with 35 parts and 32 maps 

 were acquired. 



Z. 53 works in 57 volumes, and 906 parts were added. 



1900. 



L. The accessions numbered 718 volumes and 338 maps, 

 of which 372 volumes and 338 maps were presented, and 14 

 volumes transferred from other departments. The collection of 

 Photographs of Animals also received substantial addition, 105 

 photographs having been presented. 



The extent of this collection at the end of the year was 

 29,204 volumes, 4,605 maps, and 318 photographs, with 500 sheets 

 of drawings in the Owen Collection. 



B. The set of original water-colour drawings, by W. G. 

 Smith, of British Basidiomycetes was completed. 



The extent of the departmental library at the close of the 

 year was 14,980 volumes, 335 MSS., and 5,392 pamphlets. 



G. 211 new works, 365 continuations, and 165 maps were 

 added. 



No census of this library was taken till early in 1903, when 

 it was found to contain 9,395 volumes of catalogued works, 

 2,821 minor uncatalogued separata, 5,569 sheets of maps 

 belonging to 286 sets, and 356 sheets of charts and diagrams 

 representing 5 sets. 



M. 43 volumes and 60 pamphlets, with 568 parts and 

 8 maps were acquired. 



It is computed that at the end of the year this collection 

 comprised 6,339 volumes, 1,770 memoirs and pamphlets, and 81 

 maps in 252 sheets. 



Z. 36 works in 65 volumes, and 1,134 parts were added. 



The extent of the collection at the end of the year was 

 returned as 10,298 works in 17,167 volumes. 



According to a rough estimate based on the cataloguing 

 returns, there were in the whole Museum at the end of 1900, 

 75,202 volumes and 5,780 maps. This, however, is a low estimate, 

 since it does not take count of continuations. 



