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the course of the year, of which 4,008 were presented, 10,559 

 received in pursuance of the laws of English copyright, 11 

 received under the international copyright treaties, 482 by 

 international exchange, and 20,C68 acquired by purchase. 



(b.) 62,091 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of peri- 

 odical publications, and of works in progress) have also been 

 added, of which 1,035 were presented, 32,736 received in 

 pursuance of the laws of English copyright, 13 were received 

 under the international copyright treaties, 359 by interna- 

 tional exchange, and 27,948 acquired bj^ purchase. 



(c.) The number of sets of newspapers published in the 

 United Kingdom, and received under the provisions of the 

 Copyright Act during the past year has been 2,472, com- 

 prising 170,838 single numbers. 647 of these newspapers 

 were published in London and its suburbs, 1,420 in other 

 parts of England and Wales and the Channel Islands, 232 

 in Scotland, and 173 in Ireland. 26 volumes and 2,200 single 

 numbers of old newspapers, belonging to six different sets, 

 have been purchased. 70 volumes and 1,353 single numbers 

 of foreign and colonial newspapers, belonging to 97 different 

 sets, have been presented ; and 22 volumes and 18,591 single 

 numbers of foreign and colonial newspapers, belonging to 

 70 different sets, have been purchased. 



(d.) 2,784 pieces of Music have been acquired by copyright, 

 each piece complete in itself. Of these 2,749 were received 

 by English, and 35 by international copyright. 



(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 35,728 

 volumes and pamphlets, and the 62,091 parts of volumes 

 already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, 

 to 32,010. Of these, 3,117 were presented, 11,778 acquired by 

 English, and 45 by international copyright, 247 by inter- 

 national exchange, and 16,823 by purchase. 



(/.) Exclusive of the title-pages and other fragments from 

 the Bagford collection, received by exchange from the 

 Manuscript Department, and described under the head of 

 Special Acquisitions, 3,225 articles have been received in the 

 Department not included in the foregoing paragraphs, com- 

 prising Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers, and other mis- 

 cellaneous items. The addition of this number to those 

 already given produces a total of 106,473 articles received in 

 the Department. 



VII. Exhibition of Books in King's Library. — The account 

 of Exhibited Books contained in the General Guide to the 

 Exhibition Galleries has been entirely re-written. The show- 

 cases containing block-books have been removed from the 

 Grenville Library to the King's Library. The exhibition of 

 printed books and bindings in the King's Library has been 

 improved by re-arrangement, by the thorough revision of its 



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