18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Britain," " Liturgies," and a few others, the Catalogue 

 at the end of 1890, was either printed or at press as far 

 as the heading " Pinchot." 



One hundred and forty-four manuscript volumes have 

 been sent to press during the year, and 19 printed parts, 

 representing 138 manuscript volumes, have been delivered by 

 the printer. 



(c.) IncoT]poration. — (1.) General Catalogue. — 40,331 title- 

 slips and 180 index-slips have been incorporated into each 

 of three copies of this Catalogue. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary, in order to maintain, so far as possible, 

 the alphabetical arrangement, to remove and re-insert 23,420 

 title-slips and 142 index-slips in each copy, and to add to 

 each copy 270 new leaves ; while, in the preparation of the 

 manuscript volumes for printing, it has been necessary to 

 remove and re-insert 35,293 title-slips in one copy only, and to 

 add thereto 154 new leaves. 



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. 



(2.) Hand-Catalogues. — The number of new entries made in 

 the Hand-Catalogue of " Academies " was 111 ; in that of 

 " Periodical Publications," 390 ; and in the Hand-Catalogues of 

 London and of Country Newspapers, G12 and 3,019 respec- 

 tively. 



{d.) Map Catalogue. — 3,382 titles have been written for the 

 Map Catalogue, and 1,271 title- slips have been incorporated 

 into each of three copies of it. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary to remove and re-insert 657 title-slips 

 in each copy, and to add to each copy 14 new leaves. 



(e.) Music Catalogue. — 12,643 titles have been written for 

 the Music Catalogue, and 20,348 title-slips have been incorpo- 

 rated into each of two copies of it. This incorporation has 

 rendered it necessary to remove and j-e-insert 15,785 title- 

 slips in each copy, and to add to each copy 315 new leaves. 



(/.) Shelf Catalogue. — For this Catalogue, in which the 

 title-slips, mounted on cartridge-paper, are arranged in order 

 of press-marks, 65,490 have been so mounted, and 129,300 

 have been incorporated into the boxes. 



{g.) Catalogues of Books of Reference in the Reading Room. 

 — The additions and alterations in each of the three inter- 

 leaved copies of the Catalogue of Books of Reference in the 

 Reading Room, which are requisite in order 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 additions to each copy has been 33. 



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