90 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



General Library. 



The additions to the General Library during the past year 

 have been : — 



By purchase - - - 362 volumes and 3 maps. 



By donation - - - 507 volumes and 16 maps. 



By transfer from other 



Departments - - 25 volumes. 



Total - - 894 volumes and 19 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 

 25,339 volumes and 3,797 maps. 



The accessions to the General and Departmental Libraries 

 have also been catalogued as they came in. Altogether 3,033 

 title slips have been written, 4,788 revised, and 146 re- 

 written. 



The revision of the headings and cross-references on the 

 title-slips, to bring them into uniformity, was completed 

 early in March, and 644 slips were dealt with, making 

 a total, with previous years, of 58,579. Subsequent revisions 

 have been reckoned in the current work. 



The number of students and visitors, irrespective of the 

 staff, making use of the Library during the year was 789. 



W. H. Flower, 



Director. 

 British Museum (Natural History), 

 31 March 1897. 



