BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 97 



Accessions to the Departmental Libraries have been 

 catalogued, so that :— 



689 title-slips have been prepared and revised for the 

 Botanical Library, 



439 for the Geological Library, 



183 for the Mineralogical Library, and 



353 for the Zoological Library. 



1,664 - - Total. 



The revision of the headings and cross-references on the 

 title-slips, to bring them into uniformity, has been proceeded 

 with, and 24,127 slips have been dealt with, making a total, 

 with last year's, of .57,935. This work is now nearly com- 

 pleted. 



The number of students and visitors making use of the 

 Library during the year was 505. 



W. H. Flower, 



Director, 

 British Museum (Natural History), 

 31 March 1896. 



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