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Y. Additions. — (a.) 40,903 volumes and pamphlets (includ- 

 ing 1,495 books of music and" 82 atlases, «fec.) have been added 

 to the Library in the course of the year, of which 12,785 were 

 presented; 12,852 received in pursuance of the laws of 

 English copyright ; 663 by international exchange ; and 14,603 

 acquired by purchase. 



The extraordinary increase in the number of works pre- 

 sented, amounting to about three times that of any former 

 year for a long period, is due to the munificent gift of 8,000 

 theses from the University of Upsala, which will be found 

 duly noticed under the heading " Donations and Bequests." 



(b.) 74,508 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of peri- 

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

 added, of which 13,550 were presented ; 32,404 received in 

 pursuance of the laws of English copyright ; 327 by inter- 

 national exchange, and 28,227 acquired by purchase. 



(c.) 1,067 maps in 6,759 sheets have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year, of which 442 maps in 

 735 sheets were presented ; 364 maps in 4,766 sheets received 

 under the provisions of the laws of English copyright, and 

 261 maps in 1,258 sheets acquired by purchase. 



(d.) 5,148 pieces of music, each piece complete in itself, 

 have teen acquired by copyright during the year. 



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

 Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the past year, has been 2,486, comprising 

 170,618 single numbers ; 659 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs ; 1,400 in other parts 

 of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 232 in 

 Scotland, and 195 in Ireland ; 91 volumes and 234 numbers of 

 old newspapers, belonging to eight different sets, have 

 been purchased ; 35 sets, containing 1,267 numbers, of 

 foreign and colonial newspapers have been presented ; and 18 

 volumes and 20,981 numbers of modern foreign and colonial 

 newspapers, belonging to 94 diff'erent sets, have been 

 purchased. 



(/.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 40,903 

 volumes and pamphlets, the 74,508 parts of volumes, the 

 1,067 maps and the 5,148 pieces of music already mentioned, 

 amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to 41,097. Of 

 these, 12,131 were presented, 15,761 acquired by English 

 copyright, 490 by international exchange, and 12,715 by 

 purchase. 



(g.) 3,192 articles have been received in the Department 

 not included in the foregoing paragraphs, comprising 

 broadsides, current Parliamentary Papers, and other mis- 

 cellaneous items. The addition of this number to those 



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