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daily, the room having been open on 303 days ; and aa 

 average of over seven volumes daily for each reader, not 

 reckoning those taken from the shelves of the Reading Room 

 by the readers themselves. 



JS^etvspaper Room. — The total number of readers during the 

 year has been 15,394, giving a daily average of 50. The 

 number of volumes replaced after use was 42,110, giving a 

 daily average of nearly three volumes to each reader, not 

 reckoning those, chiefly Parliamentary Papers, taken from 

 the shelves of the Newspaper Reading Room by readers 

 themselves. 



Map Room. — 278 visitors have been admitted to the Map 

 Room for the purpose of special geographical research. 



V. Addition^. — (a.^ 38,378 volumes and pamphlets (includ- 

 ing 79 atlases, &c., and 1,680 books of music) have been added 

 to the Library in the course of the year, of which 7,787 were 

 presented; 13,430 received in pursuance of the laws of 

 English copyright ; 880 by international exchange ; and 16,281 

 acquired by purchase. 



(6.) 61,917 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of 

 periodical publications and of works in progress) have also 

 been added, of which 1,887 were presented, 34,432 received 

 in pursuance of the laws of English copyright, 171 by inter- 

 national exchange, and 25,427 acquired by purchase. 



(c.) 981 maps, in 9,276 sheets, have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year, of which 416 maps, in 

 515 sheets, were presented ; 294 maps, in 7,892 sheets, received 

 under the provisions of the laws of English copyright, and 

 271 maps, in 869 sheets, acquired by purchase. 



{d.) 5,316 pieces of music, each complete in itself, have- 

 been acquired by copyright during the year. 



(e.) The number of newspapers published in the Cnited 

 Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the past j^ear, has been 2,828, comprising 

 166,911 single numbers ; 990 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs ; 1,443 in other parts- 

 of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 217 in 

 Scotland, and 178 in Ireland ; 15 volumes and 150 numbers of 

 old newspapers, belonging to three difl'erent sets, have been 

 purchased ; 355 sets, containing 163,672 numbers of foreign 

 and colonial newspapers, have been presented ; and 85 sets, 

 containing 20 volumes and 19,360 numbers of modern foreign 

 and colonial newspapers, have been purchased. 



(/.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 38,378 

 volumes and pamphlets, the 61,917 parts of volumes, the 



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