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Newspaper Room. — The number of readers during the 

 year has been 21,857, giving a daily average of over 72, the 

 room having been open on 302 days. The number of volumes 

 replaced after use was 59,851, giving a daily average of 19S 

 and of over two volumes to each reader, not reckoning 

 volumes, chiefly Parliamentary Papers, taken from the shelves 

 of the Newspaper Room by the readers themselves. 



Map Room. — 286 visitors have been admitted to the Map 

 Room for the purpose of special geographical research. 



Photography. — There have been 337 applications for leave 

 to photograph from books in the Library ; 734 volumes have 

 been thus used, three negatives per volume being the average 

 number of negatives made ; and 872 hours have been spent 

 by members of the staff in attendance on photographers. 



V. Accessions. — (a) 31,752 volumes and pamphlets (includ- 

 ing 129 atlases, &c., and 1,939 books of music) have been added 

 to the Library in the course of the year. Of these, 5,949 

 were presented ; 16,329 received under the provisions of 

 the Copyright Act ; 485 by Colonial Copyright ; 684 by 

 International Exchange ; and 8,805 by purchase. 



(6) 64,069 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of 

 periodical publications and of works in progress) have also 

 been added to the Library. Of these, 2,258 were presented, 

 39,653 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 

 1,045 by Colonial Copyright ; 265 by International Exchange ; 

 and 20,848 by purchase. 



(c) 1,275 maps in 8,508 sheets have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year. Of these, 450 maps in 

 1,328 sheets were presented ; 641 maps in 6,594 sheets were 

 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 86 maps 

 in 88 sheets, by Colonial Copyright ; and 98 maps in 498 

 sheets were acquired by purchase. 



(d) 8,222 Musical Publications have been added to the 

 collection. Of these, 7,305 were received under the provisions 

 of the Copyright Act ; 580 by Colonial Copyright ; and 337 

 acquired by purchase. 



(e) The number of newspapers published in the United 

 Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the year, has been 3,331, comprising 228,638 

 single numbers. 1,199 of these newspapers were published 

 in London and its suburbs ; 1,602 in other parts of England 

 and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 293 in Scotland ; 

 and 237 in Ireland. 255 sets, containing 35,525 numbers of 

 colonial and foreign newspapers, have been presented ; and 

 84 sets, containing 12 volumes and 15,263 numbers of current 

 colonial and foreign newspapers, have been purchased. 



(/) 3,965 articles not included in the foregoing paragraphs 

 have been received in the Department. These consist of 

 Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous 

 items. 



