20 - ACGOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



daily average of very nearly three volumes to each reader, 

 not reckoning those, chiefly volumes of Parliamentary Papers, 

 taken from the shelves of the Newspaper Eeading Room by 

 the readers themselves. 



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

 Room for the purpose of special geographical research. 



V. Additions. — (a) 26,525 volumes and pamphlets (includ- 

 ing 60 atlases, &c., and 1,414 books of music) have been added 

 to the Library in the course of the year, of which 5,233 were 

 presented. 12,317 received in pursuance of the laws of 

 English copyright, 699 by colonial copyright, 423 by inter- 

 national exchange and 7,853 acquired by purchase. 



(I)) 66,282 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of 

 periodical publications and of works in progress) have also 

 been added, of which 2,619 were presented, 37,506 received 

 in pursuance of the laws of English copyright, 77 by 

 colonial copyright, 258 by international exchange and 

 25,822 acquired b}^ purchase. 



(c) 1,085 maps, in 12,952 sheets, have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year, of which 471 maps, in 

 594 sheets, were presented; 503 maps, in 11,984 sheets, received 

 under the provision of the laws of English copyright, 3 

 by colonial copyright and 108 maps, in 371 sheets, acquired 

 by purchase. 



(d) 4,619 pieces of music, each complete in itself, have 

 been acquired by copyright during the year. 



(e) The number of newspapers published in the United 

 KingdoTT., received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the past j^ear, has been 3,437, comprising 

 222,674 single numbers ; 1,251 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs ; 1,682 in other parts 

 of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 292 in 

 Scotland and 212 in Ireland ; 3 volumes of an old news- 

 paper have been purchased ; 202 sets, containing 50,757 

 numbers of foreign and colonial newspapers, have been pre- 

 sented ; 78 sets, containing 12 volumes and 14,685 numbers 

 of current foreign and colonial newspapers, have been pur- 

 chased ; and 12 sets, containing 1,260 numbers, have been 

 received by colonial copyright. 



(/) The number of distinct works comprised in the 26,525 

 volumes and pamphlets, the 66,282 parts of volumes, the 

 1,085 maps and the 4,619 pieces of music already mentioned, 

 amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to 30,323. Of 

 these, 4,930 were presented, 18,186 acquired by English 

 copyright, 688 by colonial copyright, 340 by international 

 exchange and 6,179 by purchase. 



