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Altogether 2,467 title-slips have been written, 209 re- 

 written, and 3,656 revised (independently of those prepared for 

 printing). 



There are now, on a rough estimate, 91,379 volumes (ex- 

 clusive of continuations and minor separata) and 6,180 maps 

 in the whole building. 



The number of visits paid to the General Library during 

 the year by students and others (irrespective of the staff and 

 persons to whom the use of a key is granted) was 2,041, 



A further donation of five volumes was received from H.I. 

 and R.H. the Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria. The other 

 pei-sonal donors to the Library during the yeai were — 



Sherborn, C. Davies, Esq. 

 Smith, Dr. T. P. 

 Tomlin, J. R. Le B., Esq. 

 Woodward, Dr. A. Smith. 

 Woodward, Mrs. A. Smith. 



Lord Sudeley. 

 Bather, Dr. F. A. 

 Darwin, Sir Francis. 

 Imeson, W. E., Esq. 

 Kennard, A. S., Esq. 

 Read, Sir C. Hercules. 



Valuable donations were also received from the Egypt 

 Exploration Fund and the Swedenborg Society. 



The printing of the Catalogue was proceeded with, and the 

 work at the end of the year stood as follows : — 



No. of sheets passed for press (A— SCHULZ) - - 234 

 No. of title-slips set up in type (A— SERG) - - 53,399 



The following bibliographical paper dealing with an 

 important series of works was published during the year : — 



Sherborn (C. D.) and Prout (L. B.), Note on the Date of 

 Publication of the Works of Jacob Huebner on the Lepidoptera. 

 (Ann. and Mag. Natural History, Ser. VIII. , Vol. IX., 

 pp. 175-180). 



Index Generum et Specierum Animalium. 



The Trustees have taken over from the British Associa- 

 tion the preparation of the " Index Generum et Specierum 

 Animalium," which had been conducted for the previous 

 20 years by a Committee of that Association ; and the Minute 

 Hook, MS. slips, and all other documents connected with the 

 work have been transferred by the Committee to the Trustees 

 for preservation in the Natural History Museum. 



Since the transfer of the work to the Museum on 1st April 

 1912, considerable progress has been made with the Index, 

 under the charge of Mr. C. Davies Sherborn, some 20,000 slips 

 having been compiled and incorporated, whilst, in addition to 

 daily consultation by the staff and students, 30 enquiries from 

 abroad were answered. 



