22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



13,619, including 4,031 volumes of newspapers. In conse- 

 quence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two 

 or more volumes in one, the number of volumes returned 

 was [),995 ; in addition to which 91 volumes have been 

 repaired in the binders' shops. 



Besides this, the following binding work has been done 

 in the Library itself : — 6,323 volumes have been repaired ; 

 354 broadsides, &c., have been inserted in guard-books, and 

 4,938 volumes of reports, parts of periodicals, &c., have been 

 bound in a light style of binding. 



The following maps, charts, «Szic., have also been bound or 

 mounted during the year : — 39 atlases and 72 volumes of the 

 25-inch Ordnance Survey have been bound ; 716 Ordnance 

 Survey Indexes have been mounted on cards ; 270 maps have 

 been mounted on linen, and 124 on cards ; four portfolios 

 have been made for special maps. 



52,537 numbers of Colonial Newspapers have been folded 

 into 969 parcels, and 1,011 such parcels have been tied up and 

 labelled preparatory to being bound. 



16 volumes of the Blue Copy of the General Catalogue, 

 13 volumes of the Red Copy, and 21 of the Green Copy have 

 been broken up and rebound in 94 new volumes. Also, 352 

 columns have been re-laid in each of the three interleaved 

 copies of the General Catalogue — a process rendered necessary 

 by the accumulation of titles under certain headings. 



IV. Reading Room Service. — The number of volumes 

 replaced in the General Library after use in the Reading 

 Room was 822,330 ; in the King's Library, 25,405 ; in the 

 Grenville Library, 1,735 ; in the Map Room, 5,370 ; in the 

 presses in which books are kept from day to day for the use 

 of readers, 698,621 ; and in the Oriental Department, 469 ; 

 making a total amount of 1,553,930 volumes supplied to 

 readers during the year, exclusive of those to which the 

 readers have personal access on the shelves of the Reading 

 Room, 



The number of readers during the year was 212,997, giving 

 an average of over 702 daily, the room having been open on 

 303 days ; with an average of over seven volumes daily 

 for each reader. 



Newspaper Room. — The number of readers during the 

 year has been 19,723, giving a daily average of over 65, the 

 room having been open on 303 days. The number of volumes 

 replaced after use was 57,341, giving a daily average of 189 

 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. In 

 addition to the above, 1,350 country newspapers were 

 brought up to the Library from the Repository at Ilendon 

 for the use of readers, and 82 visits were made to Hendon 

 by readers. 



