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

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

 the Catalogue, at the end of 1896, was either printed or at 

 press as far as the heading " Taylor." 



One hundred and sixty-five manuscript volumes have 

 been prepared and sent to press during the year, and 22 

 printed parts, representing 179 manuscript volumes, have 

 been delivered by the printer. 



(c) Incorporation. — (1) General Catalogue.- — 39,698 title- 

 slips and 532 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 24,718 

 title-slips in each copy, and to add to each copy 281 new 

 leaves ; while, in the preparation of the manuscript volumes 

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

 37,448 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 256 ; in that of 

 " Periodical Publications," 745 ;' in that of Maps and Charts, 

 1,757 ; and in the Hand Catalogues of London and of Country 

 Newspapers, 1,650 and 1,025 respectively. 



{d) Map Catalogue. — 2,263 titles have been written for the 

 Map Catalogue, and 2,338 title- slips have been incorporated 

 into each of three copies of it. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 3,655 title-slips 

 in each copy and to add to each copy 34 new leaves. 



(e) Music Catalogue.— 1^ ,64^2 titles have been written for 

 the Music Catalogue, and 14,112 title-slips have been incorpo- 

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

 rendered it necessary to remove and je- insert 11,299 title- 

 slips in each copy and to add to each copy 182 new leaves. 



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

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

 of press-marks, about 54,930 have been so mounted, and about 

 149,650 have been incorporated into the boxes. 



(ff) Catalogues of Books of Reference 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 

 Reading 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 28. 



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