98 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



General Library. 



The additions to the General Library during the past year 

 have been : — 



By purchase - - - 408 volumes and 1 map. 

 By donation - - - 273 volumes and 31 maps. 



By transfer from other 



Departments - - 42 volumes and 32 maps. 



Total - - 723 volumes and 64 maps. 



All these works have been catalogued, press-marked, 

 and placed on the shelves. 



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

 23,483 volumes and 3,739 maps. 



The work of cataloguing the books in the Departmental 

 Libraries was completed early in the year ; all subsequent 

 accessions have been dealt with, so that : — 



544 title-slips have been prepared and revised for the 



Botanical Library, 

 858 Geological, 

 238 Mineralogical, and 

 910 Zoological. 



2,550 - - Total. 



The revision of the headings and cross-references on the 

 title-slips, to bring them into uniformity, has been proceeded 

 with during the greater part of the year, and 33,808 slips have 

 been dealt with. 



^ The number of students and visitors making use of the 

 Library during the year was 461. 



W. H. Flower, 



Director. 

 British Museum (Natural History), 

 30 March 1895. 



