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(b.) 66,206 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of peri- 

 odical publications, and of works in progress) have also been 

 added, of which 1,484 were presented ; 33,857 received in 

 pursuance of the laws of English copyright ; three under the 

 international copyright treaties ; 448 by international ex- 

 change, and 30,414 acquired by purchase. 



(c.) The number of newspapers published in the United 

 Kingdom, and received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the past year, has been 2,479, comprising 

 171,822 single numbers ; 661 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs ; 1,415 in other parts 

 of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 224 in 

 Scotland, and 179 in Ireland ; 183 volumes and 43 numbers of 

 old newspapers, belonging to nine different sets, have been 

 purchased; 20 sets, containing 6,211 single numbers, of 

 foreign and colonial newspapers have been presented ; and 25 

 volumes and 18,500 numbers of modern foreign and colonial 

 newspapers, belonging to 99 different sets, have been 

 purchased. 



(d.) 3,009 pieces of music, each piece complete in itself, 

 have been acquired by copyright during the year. 



(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 36,416 

 volumes and pamphlets, and the 66,206 parts of volumes 

 already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, 

 to 34,702. Of these, 3,914 were presented, 11,875 acquired by 

 English copyright 295 by international exchange, and 

 18,618 by purchase. 



(/.) 3,420 articles have been received in the Department 

 not included in the foregoing paragraphs, and comprising 

 broadsides, current Parliamentary Papers, and other mis- 

 cellaneous items. The addition of this number to those 

 already given produces a total of 111,658 articles received in 

 the Department in the course of the year. 



VII. Exhibition of Books in King's Library. — The new 

 edition of the Departmental Guide to the books exhibited 

 in the King's Library, stated in last year's report to have 

 been prepared for press, has been printed and published. It 

 has been greatly enlarged from the previous editions, partly 

 in consequence of the extension of the exhibition itself, but 

 principally from the incorporation of the Guide to the exhi- 

 bition of Chinese and Japanese books, heretofore published 

 separately, and by the addition of a particular account of the 

 exhibited bindings, formerly not described. 



Acquisitions of Special Interest. — These have been 

 numerous during the past year, and seven among them are of 

 pre-eminent importance. 



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