18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Shelf Catalogue. — For this Catalogue, in which the title-slips, 

 mounted on cards, are arranged in order o£ press-marks, 24,625 

 have been so mounted and 55,121 have been incorporated in their 

 proper order. 



Catalogue of Books printed in the XVth Century. — Progress was 

 made early in the year with Part IV. of this Catalogue, and the 

 section dealing with Subiaco and Rome was passed through the 

 press. Work on the Catalogue was then discontinued. 



III. Binding. — The number of volumes and sets of pamphlets 

 sent to be bound in the course of the year was 19,344, including 

 5,087 volumes of newspapers. In consequence of the frequent 

 adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, the 

 number of volumes returned was 11,724. In addition, 735 volumes 

 have been repaired in the binders' shops. 



Besides this, the following binding work has been done in the 

 Library itself : — 4,006 volumes have been repaired, 9,089 cleaned 

 and polished, and 4,597 volumes of reports, parts of periodicals, &c., 

 have been bound in a light style of binding. 



The following maps, &c., have also been bound or mounted 

 during the year : — 68 volumes of the 6-inch and 25-inch Ordnance 

 Survey have been bound ; in addition, 176 parts of the 1-inch 

 Ordnance Survey and 400 general maps have been mounted on 

 linen in 1,203 sheets, and 350 maps have been mounted on cards in 

 421 sheets. 



46,882 numbers of Colonial Newspapers have been made up 

 into 1,221 parcels, and 1,278 parcels have been tied up and labelled. 



37 volumes of the General Catalogue have been broken up and 

 re-bound in 39 volumes. 370 columns have been re-laid, owing to 

 the accumulation of titles under certain headings. 21 volumes of 

 the Music Catalogue have been re-bound in 22 new volumes, 



IV. Reading Room Service. — The number of volumes replaced in 

 the General Library after use in the Reading Room was 581,319 ; 

 in the King's Library, 17,927 ; in the Grenville Library, 1,991 ; in 

 the Map Room 4,625 ; in the presses in which books are kept from 

 day to day for the use of readers, 635,112 ; and in the Oriental 

 Department, 2,359 ; making a total of 1,243,333 volumes supplied 

 to readers during the year, exclusive of those to which the readers 

 have personal access on the shelves of the Reading Room. 



The number of readers during the year was 178,410, giving an 

 average of 588 daily, the room having been open 303 days. 



Neiospaper Room. — The number of readers during the year was 

 12,650, giving a daily average of 42, the room having been open on 

 303 days. The number of volumes replaced after use was 43,541, 

 giving a daily average of 144, not reckoning volumes taken fi-om 

 the shelves of the Newspaper Room by the readers themselves. In 

 addition, 1,389 country newspapers were brought up to the Library 

 from the Repository at Hendon for the use of readers. 



