16 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



-PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and Description of 

 THE Collections, and Account of Objects added to 

 THEM in the Year 1916 (Bloomsbury). 



Department of Printed Books. 



I. Arrangement. — The works added to the collection during the 

 past year have, as far as possible, been placed on the shelves of 

 the Library according to the system of classification adopted in 

 the Museum. 



The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have been 

 marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each volume. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 59,251 ; in 

 addition to which 70,282 press-marks have been altered, on books 

 and in the catalogues, in consequence of changes and re-arrange- 

 ments carried out in the Library ; 24,418 labels have been affixed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 57,633 obliterated labels 

 have been renewed. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is 

 318,209. 



2,236 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in the 

 course of the year. 



II. Cataloguing. — 29,856 titles have been written for the 

 General Catalogue and for the Catalogues of Maps and Music. 



Printing. — 28,441 titles and index-slips for the General Cata- 

 logue, 2,450 for the Map Catalogue, and 12,200 for the Music 

 Catalogue, have been printed during the year. 



Incorporation. — General Catalogue. — 28,163 title-slips and 

 index-slips have been incorporated into each of the three copies of 

 this Catalogue. This has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain 

 as far as possible the alphabetical arrangement, to re-arrange 48,609 

 title-slips and index-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 649 

 new leaves. 



The system of monthly incorporation of accessions, inaugurated 

 in April, 1915, was carried out regularly throughout the year. 



Map Catalogue. — 1,000 titles have been w^ritten for this Cata- 

 logue, and 4,798 title-slips have been incorporated into each of 

 three copies of it. This has rendered it necessary to re-arrange 

 3,753 title-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 42 new 

 leaves. 



Music Catalogue. — 4,771 titles have been written for this 

 Catalogue, and 10,529 title-slips have been incorporated into each 

 of two copies of it. This has rendered it necessary to re-arrange 

 15,020 title-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 148 new 



leaves. 



