18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



the exception of the headings " England," " France," " Ger- 

 many," " Great Britain," and " Liturgies," and part of the 

 heading "■ Bible," the Catalogue, at the end of 1894, was either 

 printed or at press as far as the heading " Ritter." 



One hundred and seventy manuscript volumes have been 

 sent to press during the year, and 22 printed parts, repre- 

 senting 182 manuscript volumes, have been delivered by the 

 printer. 



(c.) Incorporation. — (1.) General Catalogue. — 42,983 title- 

 slips and 877 index-slips have been incorporated into each 

 of three copies of this Catalogue. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary, in order to maintain, so far as possible, 

 the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert 24,416 

 title-slips in each copy, and to add to each copy 192 new 

 leaves ; while, in the preparation of the manuscript volumes 

 for printing, it has been necessary to remove and re-insert 

 36,099 title-slips in one copy only, and to add thereto 150 

 new leaves. 



The system of fortnightly incorporation, introduced in 

 1889, and described in the Annual Report for that year, 

 has been carried out with perfect regularity during the past 

 year. 



(2.) Hand-Catalogues. — The number of new entries made in 

 the Hand-Catalogue of " Academies " was 248 ; in that of 

 "Periodical Publications," 474; in that of Maps and Charts, 

 1,850 ; and in the Hand-Catalogues of London and Country 

 Newspapers, 584, and 3,798 respectively. 



{d.) Mar) Catalogue. — 2,611 titles have been written for the 

 Map Catalogue, and 2,872 title- slips have been incorporated 

 into each of three copies of it. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 3,779 title-slips 

 in each copy, and to add to each copy 68 new leaves. 



(e.) Music Catalogue. — 9,486 titles have been written for 

 the Music Catalogue, and 8,078 title-slips have been incorpo- 

 rated into each of two copies of it. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary to remove and ]-e-insert 5,311 title- 

 slips in each copy, and to add to each copy 88 new leaves. 



(/.) Shelf Catalogue. — For this Catalogue, in which the 

 title-slij)s, mounted on cartridge-paper, are arranged in order 

 of press-marks, 76,130 have been so mounted, and 15.1,850 

 have been incorporated into the boxes. 



{g.) Catalogues of Books of Reference in the Reading Room. 

 — The additions and alterations in each of the three inter- 

 leaved copies of the Catalogue of Books of Reference in the 

 Reading Room, which are requisite in order to record the 



changes 



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