90 ACCOUNTS, ETC., 01^ THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



General Library. 



The additions to the General Library during the past year 

 have been : — 



By purchase - - _ 605 volumes. 



By donation _ _ - 489 volumes and 165 maps. 



By transfer from other 



Departments - - 15 volumes and 2 maps. 



Total - - 1,109 volumes and 167 maps. 



All these works have been catalogued, press-marked, 

 and placed on the shelves. 



The extent of this collection on the 81st of December was 

 27,344 volumes and 4,048 maps. 



The accessions to the Departmental Libraries have also been 

 catalogued as they came in. Altogether 1,647 title-slips 

 have been written, 291 re-written, and 2,434 revised. 



There are now, on a rough estimate, 73,363 volumes 

 (exclusive of minor separata) and 5,714 maps in the whole 

 building. 



The printing of the Catalogue has been begun. 26 sheets 

 have been passed for press, and 6,676 title-slips (A — Bra) 

 have been set up in type. A set of the first 20 sheets has 

 been cut up and mounted to form the permanent card- 

 catalogue. 



The number of students and visitors (irrespective of the 

 sta.fF and persons to whom the use of a key is granted) 

 making use of the Library during the year was 773. 



E. Ray Lankester, 



Director. 

 British Museum (Natural History), 

 30 March 1899. 



