18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



IX. — PROGRESS made in the ARRANGEMENT and Cata- 

 loguing OF Collections, and Additions made to 

 THEM, in the Year 1892. (Bloomsbury.) 



Department of Printed Books.' 



I. Arrangement. — The works added to the collection during 

 the past year have, as far as possible, been placed on the 

 shelves of the Library according to the system of classifica- 

 tion adopted in the Museum. The press-marks, indicating 

 their respective localities, have been marked on the inside 

 and aflSxed to the back of each volume ; also on the title- 

 slips. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 

 82,227 ; in addition to which 23,954 press-marks have been 

 altered, in consequence of changes and re-arrangements 

 carried out in the Library ; 40,488 labels have been affixed 

 to books and to volumes of newspapers, and 67,946 obliterated 

 labels have been renewed. 



The process of attaching third-marks to the books in the 

 New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery 

 to readers, has been continued ; 11,533 books have thus 

 been marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- 

 tions have been carried out in the General and Hand 

 Catalogues ; 1,358 volumes of country newspapers have also 

 been numbered, and for London and country newspapers 3,062 

 index-slips have been written. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 

 has been 381,443. 



About 3,030 presses of books and newspapers have been 

 dusted in the course of the year. 



II. Catalogues. — (a.) Cataloguing. — 51,063 titles have 

 been written (the term "title" applying equally to a main 

 title and to a cross reference). Of these, 40,429 were written 

 for the General Catalogue, 3,137 for the Map Catalogue, and 

 7,497 for the Music Catalogue. 



(6.) Printing. — 38,990 titles and 771 index-titles for the 

 General Catalogue, and 1,807 titles for the Map Catalogue, 

 have been prepared for printing during the year, upon the 

 plan announced in the Statement of Progress for 1879 ; and 

 38,875 title-slips and 637 index-slips for the General Cata- 

 logue, and 2,767 title-slips for the Map Catalogue were 

 printed off. 



Progress has also been made in printing the whole Cata- 

 logue in alphabetical sequence from the beginning. With 

 the exception of the headings " England," " France," " Great 



Britain." 



