t^ ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



the exception of the headings " England," " France," " Ger- 

 many," " Great Britain," and " Liturgies," and part of the 

 heading " Bible," the Catalogue, at the end of 1895, was either 

 printed or at press as far as the heading " Schoquius." 



One hundred and seventy-eight manuscript volumes have 

 been prepared and sent to press during the year, and 19 

 printed parts, representing 1.58 manuscript volumes, have 

 been delivered by the printer. 



(c) Incorporation. — (1) General Catalogue. — 37,988 title- 

 .<?lips and 638 index-slips have been incorporated into each 

 of three copies of this Catalogue. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary, in order to maintain, as far as possible, 

 the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert 23,078 

 title-slips in each copy, and to add to each copy 258 new 

 leaves ; while, in the preparation of the manuscript volumes 

 for printing, it has been necessary to remove and re-insert 

 31,740 title-slips in one copy only. 



The system of fortnightly incorporation, introduced in 

 1889, has been carried out with perfect regularity during the 

 past year. 



(2) Hand Catalogues.— The number of new entries made in 

 the Hand Catalogue of " Academies " was 163 ; in that of 

 "Periodical Publications," 527; in that of Maps and Charts, 

 1,619 ; and in the Hand Catalogues of London and of Country 

 Newspapers, 1,251 and 1,584 respectively. 



(d) Map Catalogue. — 2,586 titles have been written for the 

 Map Catalogue, and 1,983 title- slips have been incorporated 

 into each of three copies of it. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 2,414 title-slips 

 in each copy, and to add to each copy 53 new leaves. 



(e) Music Catalogue. — 8,398 titles have been written for 

 the Music Catalogue, and 11,040 title-slips have been incorpo- 

 rated into each of two copies of it. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary to remove and i-e-insert 10,407 title- 

 slips in each copy, and to add to each copy 194 new leaves. 



(/) Shelf Catalogue. — For this Catalogue, in which the 

 title-slips, mounted on cartridge paper, are arranged in order 

 of press-marks, about 60,900 have been so mounted, and about 

 160,250 have been incorporated into the boxes. 



(ff) Catalogues of Books of Beference in the Reading Room. 

 — The additions and alterations in each of the three inter- 

 leaved copies of the Catalogue of Books of Reference in the 

 Heading Room, which are requisite in order to record the 

 changes in this collection by the addition of new works, and the 

 exchange of old for new editions, have been made. The number 

 of additions to each copy has been 62. 



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