100 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



General Library. 



The additions to the General Library during the past year 

 have been : — 



By purchase - - - 328 volumes and 2 maps. 

 By donation - - - 301 volumes and 28 maps. 

 By transfer from other 



Departments - - 76 volumes. 



Total - - 819 volumes and 30 maps. 



All these works have been catalogued, press-marked, 

 stamped, and placed on the shelves. 



The extent of this collection on the 31st of December was 

 22,760 volumes and 3,675 maps. 



The work of cataloguing the books in the Departmental 

 Libraries has been continued during the year, with the follow- 

 ing results : — 



395 title-slips have been prepared and revised for the 

 Botanical Library, 



800 for the Geological Library, 



177 for the Mineralogical Library, and 



9,385 for the Zoological Library. 



10,757 - - Total. 



The work in the General Library, and in the Libraries of 

 the Botanical, Geological, and Mineralogical Departments, has 

 been kept up to date. The cataloguing of the Books in the 

 Zoological Library was practically completed with the close 

 of the year. 



In the coming year the task of preparing the title-slips 

 finally for press will be undertaken. 



W. H. Flower, 



Director 

 British Museum (Natural History), 

 31 March 1894. 



