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were presented ; 30 atlases and 1,296 maps received by Copj"- 

 right ; 25 atlases and 30 maps by Colonial Copyright ; and ten 

 atlases, 49 parts of atlases, and 98 maps acquired by purchase. 



Music. — 12,036 musical publications have been added to 

 the collection during the year. Of these, 18 pieces were pre- 

 sented ; 9,397 books and pieces, and 1,724 parts, received by 

 Copyright ; 706 pieces by Colonial Copyright ; and 56 books 

 and 140 parts acquired by purchase. 



Newspapers. — The number of newspapers published in the 

 United Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act, during the year, was 3,453, comprising 245,605 

 single numbers. Of these newspapers, 1,239 were published in 

 London and its suburbs ; 1,675 in other parts of England and 

 Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 296 in Scotland ; and 243 

 in Ireland. Five sets, comprising 983 single numbers, were 

 received by Colonial Copyright ; 242 sets, comprising 38,180 

 single numbers of Colonial and foreign newspapers, have been 

 presented ; and 81 sets, comprising 18 volumes and 14,340 single 

 numbers of current Colonial and foreign newspapers, have been 

 purchased. 



Miscellaneous. — 3,712 articles not included in the foregoing 

 paragraphs have been received in the Department. These 

 consist of Parliamentary papers, single sheets, and other 

 miscellaneous items. 



The total number of articles enumerated above, as having 

 been received in the Department during the year, exclusive 

 of newspapers, is 112,771. 



Acquisitions of Special Interest. — -Eighty-five English books 

 printed before 1640, and fifty-nine Incunabula (books printed 

 before the close of the year 1500), have been added to the 

 Library during the year 1910. 



Among the most interesting of the English books are the 

 following : — 



Colet, John: "A Monition concerning the ordering of a 

 Christian Man's Life." Printed by Robert Copland for John 

 Byddel, London, 1534. 



More, Sir Thomas : " The answere to the fyrste parte of the 

 poysened booke whyqh a nameless heretyke hath named the 

 Souper of the Lorde." W. Rastall, London, 1534. 



" The Offices of Sheriffs, Bailifi's of Liberties, &c." Printed 

 about the year 1535 by Robert Redman at the Sign of the 

 George, the house of Richard Pynson, who was succeeded in his 

 business by Redman. 



Eighteen Year Books containing Law Reports of the reign 

 of Edward IV. Printed by R. Tottel between the years 1558 

 and 1572. 



This acquisition raises the total number of issues and 

 editions of printed Year Books in the Library to two hundred 

 find thirty-one. 



