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copy of this Catalogue. This incorporation has rendered it 

 necessary, in order to maintain the alphabetical arrangement, 

 to remove and re-insert 26,090 title-slips in each copy, and to 

 add to each copy 318 new leaves to receive them, while, in 

 the preparation of the manuscript volumes for printing, it 

 has been necessary to remove and re-insert 42,351 title-slips 

 in one copy only, and to add thereto 305 new leaves. 



The number of new entries made in the Hand-Catalogue of 

 Periodical Publications was 368, in that of Academies, 254, 

 and in the Hand-Catalogues of London and country News- 

 papers 1,765 and 20,836 respectively. 



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. 



(d.) Music Catalogue. — 11,387 title-slips have been written 

 for this Catalogue, and 17,963 title-slips have been incorpo- 

 rated into each copy of it. This incorporation has rendered it 

 necessary to remove and re-insert 22,279 title-slips in each 

 copy, and to add to each copy 119 new leaves. 



(e.) Hebrew Catalogue. — 302 title-slips have been written 

 for additions to the Hebrew Library, and 12| sheets have 

 been printed for the supplementary catalogue now in 

 progress. 



(/.) Oriental Catalogues. — The number of title-slips written 

 has been 3,870, of which 768 were for Sanskrit and Pali books ; 

 2,402 for Arabic and Persian ; 131 for Turkish, Armenian, 

 Syriac, &c. ; 24 for Tamil and Telugu ; and 545 for Bengali, 

 Hindustani, Gujurati, &c. Four sheets of index have been 

 printed for the Catalogue of Marathi books, completing the 

 work ; eight sheets have been printed for the Catalogue of 

 Arabic books ; two sheets for the Catalogue of Sanskrit 

 books ; and one sheet for that of Gujurati books. Five 

 pages of accessions to the Catalogue of Bengali books have 

 also been printed. 



(g.) Japanese Catalogue. — 1,117 Japanese title-slips have 

 been written and 12| sheets have been printed for this 

 Catalogue. 



(h.) Hand-Catalogue. — For this Catalogue, in which the 

 title-slips mounted on cards are arranged in order of press- 

 marks, 12,500 have been arranged, and 2,500 partially arranged 

 preparatory to incorporation ; and 119,560 have been incor- 

 porated. 



(i.) Catalogues of Books of Reference in the Reading 

 Room. — The additions and alterations in each of the inter- 

 leaved copies of the Catalogue of Books of Reference in the 

 Reading Room, which are requisite to record the changes in 

 this collection by the addition of new works, and the exchange 

 of old for new editions, have been made. The number of 



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