16 ACCOL'NTS, ETC., OF THE KEITISH MUSEUM. 



A short-title catalogue of Spanisli Books to the end of the 

 XVIth century has also been prepared, 



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

 sent to be bound in the course of the year was 12,186, including 

 4,512 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 wa,s 9,738. In addition, 1,989 

 volumes have been repaired in the binders' shops. 



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

 Library itself :■ — 4,173 volumes have been repaired, 8,761 cleaned 

 and polished and 4,608 volumes bound in a light style of binding. 



The following maps, etc., have also been bound or mounted 

 during the year: — 13 atlases and 14 volumes of the 25-inch 

 Ordnance Survey have been bound ; in addition, 395 general maps, 

 in 957 sheets, have been mounted on linen, 10 maps, in 186 sheets, 

 mounted on cards, and 147 Admiralty Charts mounted on linen. 



49,490 numbers of Colonial newspapers have been made up 

 into 1,095 parcels and the parcels tied up and labelled. 



109 volumes of the General Catalogue have been broken up 

 and rebound, and 10 volumes of the Music Catalogue. 



IV. — Reading Room Service. — The number of volumes re- 

 placed in the General Library after use in the Reading Room was 

 481,475; in the King's Library, 14,364; in the Grenville Library, 

 2,140 ; in the Map Room, 3,566 ; in the presses in which books are 

 kept from day to day for the use of readers, 659,246; and in the 

 Oriental Department, 1,910; making a total of 1,162,701 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 147,145, 

 giving an average of 484 daily — the room having been open on 

 304 days. 



Nemsyayer Room. — The number of readers during the year 

 was 10,880, giving a daily average of 36 — the room having been 

 open on 304 days. The number of volumes replaced after use was 

 49,492, giving a daily average of 163, not reckoning volumes taken 

 from the shelves by the readers themselves. In addition, 1,372 

 country newspapers; were brought up to the Library from the 

 Repository at Hendon for the use of readers. 



Maip Room.. — 317 students were admitted to the Map Room. 



Plioto graphy . — There were 296 applications for leave to photo- 

 graph from books in the Library and 787 volumes were supplied 

 for this purpose. 



V. Accessions. — General Library. — 29,397 complete volumes 

 and pamphlets have been added to the General Library during the 

 year. Of these, 7,818 were presented, 14,501 received by Copy- 

 right, 687 by Colonial Copyright, 1,133 by International Ex- 

 change, and 5,858 acquired by purchase. 



83,447 parts or volumes of serial publications and of works in 

 progress have been added to the General Library. Of these, 6,435 



