20 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



number of volumes replaced after use was 40,826, giving a- 

 daily average of over three volumes to each reader, not- 

 reckoning those, chiefly volumes of Parliamentary Papers^ 

 taken from the shelves of the Newspaper Reading Room by 

 the readers themselves. 



Map Room. — 298 visitors have been admitted to the Map 

 Room for the purpose of special geographical research. 



V. Additions, — {a) 36,609 volumes and pamphlets (includ- 

 ing 83 atlases, &c., and 1,714 books of music) have been added 

 to the Library in the course of the year, of which 5,423 were 

 presented, 12,618 received in pursuance of the laws of 

 English copyright, 999 by colonial copyright, 630 by inter- 

 national exchange, and 16,939 acquired by purchase. 



(6) 65,330 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of 

 periodical publications and of works in progress) have alsa 

 been added, of which 2,559 were presented, 36,623 received 

 in pursuance of the laws of English copyright, 278 by 

 colonial copyright, 298 by international exchange, and 

 25,572 acquired by purchase. 



(c) 1,233 maps, in 6,239 sheets, have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year, of which 501 maps, in 

 885 sheets, were presented ; 490 maps, in 4,352 sheets, received 

 under the provisions of the laws of English copyright, 5^ 

 by colonial copyright, and 237 maps, in 997 sheets, acquired 

 by purchase. 



(c^) 5,396 pieces of music, each complete in itself, have 

 been acquired by copyright during the year. 



(e) The number of newspapers published in the United 

 Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the past year, has been 3,343, comprising 

 210,844 single numbers ; 1,294 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs ; 1,586 in other parts 

 of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 261 in 

 Scotland, and 202 in Ireland ; one volume of an old news- 

 paper has been purchased ; 176 sets, containing 23,94^ 

 numbers of foreign and colonial newspapers, have been 

 presented ; 84 sets, containing 12 volumes and 20,268 numbers: 

 of modern foreign and colonial newspapers, have been pur- 

 chased ; and 8 sets, containing 1,465 numbers, have been 

 received by colonial copyright. 



(/) The number of distinct works comprised in the 36,609 

 volumes and pamphlets, the 65,330 parts of volumes, the 

 1,238 maps and the 5,396 pieces of music already mentioned, 

 amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to 38,504. Of 

 these, 5,189 were presented, 16,878 acquired by English 



copyright, 



