22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



299 maps have been mounted on linen, and 135 on cards, and 

 2 portfolios, 2 cases, and 34 boxes have been made to contain 

 maps. 



33,807 numbers of Colonial Newspapers have been folded 

 into 661 parcels, and 647 such parcels have been tied up and 

 labelled preparatory to being bound. 



Two volumes of the Blue Copy of the General Catalogue, 

 and 12 volumes of the Red Copy have been broken up and 

 rebound in 26 new volumes. Also, 137 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 Reading Room was 

 closed from the 15th April to the 31st October for renovation. 

 During this period a room in the North Library was fitted 

 up and used as a temporary Reading Room. 



The number of volumes replaced in the General Library 

 after use in the Reading Room was 497,880 ; in the King's 

 Library, 17,844 ; in the Grenville Library, 1,611 ; in the Map 

 Room, 2,359 ; in the presses in which books are kept from 

 day to day for the use of readers, 413,399 ; and in the 

 Oriental Department, 405 ; making a total amount of 934,998 

 volumes supplied to readers during the year, exclusive of 

 those to which the readers have personal access on the 

 shelves of the Reading Room. 



During the year the Reading Room was open for 139 days, 

 and the temporary Reading Room, which contained accom- 

 modation for about 150 persons, for 172 days. The total 

 number of readers during the year was 137,682, giving an 

 average of over 442 daily ; the average number of volumes 

 supplied to each reader amounts to seven. 



.Newspaper Room. — The number of readers during the 

 year has been 20,098, giving a daily average of over 65, the 

 room having been open on 305 days. The number of volumes 

 replaced after use was 52,960, giving a daily average of 173 

 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, 1,300 newspapers have been brought to 

 the Library from the Newspaper Repository at Hendon for 

 the use of readers. 



Map Room.. — 281 visitors have made use of the Map Room 

 for the purpose of special geographical research. 



Photography. — There have been 343 applications for leave 

 to photograph from books in the Library, and 742 volumes 

 have been supplied to the applicants for this purpose. 



V. Accessions. — (a) 30,499 Volumes and Pamphlets (in- 

 cluding 277 atlases, &c., and 2,640 books of music) have been 

 added to the Library in the course of the year. Of these, 

 7,535 were presented ; 16,176 received under the provisions 



