116 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



All the volumes and maps have been catalogued, press- 

 marked, and put in their places ; whilst 1,563 volumes have 

 been bound in 698, and three have been repaired. 



The extent of the collection on the :Ust of December was 

 43,762 volumes, 5,916 maps, and 843 photographs (not including 

 those in the Owen Collection of Drawings, &c.). 



The accessions to the Departmental Libraries have also been 

 catalogued as they came in, and duplicate transcripts of the 

 titles have been returned with the books. 



Altogether 2,432 title-slips have been written, 52 re- 

 written, and 2,992 revised (independently of those prepared for 

 printing). 



There are now, on a rough estimate, 95,605 volumes (ex- 

 clusive of continuations and minor separata) and 6,230 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 2,189. 



Donations have been received from a great number of 

 Museums, Academies, and other corporate bodies, as well as 

 from the following peisonal donors : — 



Lord Sudeley. Newton, K. B., Esq. 



Andrews, Dr. C. W., F.R.S. Pi-out, L. B., Esq. 

 Barras de Aragon, Sr. D. J Sherborn, C. Davies, Esq. 

 Francisco. i Smith, E. A., Esq., I.S.O. 



Crick, G. C, Esq. | White-Cooper, Dr. G. 



Elliott, I. D'Oyly, Esq. | Woodward, Dr. A. Smith, 

 Falconer, Dr. J. D., F.R.S. F.R.S. 

 Lang, W. D., Esq. ' Woodward, B. B., Esq. 



The printing of the Catalogue was proceeded with, and the 

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



Number of sheets passed for press (A — WENT) - 287 

 Number of title-slips set up in type (A — WILLS) - 65,457 



The work of cataloguing the Walsingham Library of Ento- 

 mological literature has been begun, a,nd the titles of works 

 in it that are new to the whole collection are being incorporated 

 in the now extensive Supplement to the Catalogue ready for 

 printing. 



Index Generum et Specierum Animalium. 



During the year considerable progress has been made with 

 this Index, under Mr. C. Davies Sherborn's charge, and some 

 15,000 slips have been compiled and incorporated. 



The manuscript is continually consulted by the Staff, and 

 general inquiries are more frequent. 



Lf^em's " De Lapponibus," 1767 (Thos. Pennant's copy) ; 

 Zaucimer's " Bestimmung der Hundsart Krokute," 1788 ; 



