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of the Copyright Act ; 458 by Colonial Copyright ; 675 by 

 International Exchange ; and 5,655 acquired by purchase. 



(6) 69,425 Parts of Volumes (or separate numbers of 

 magazines and other serial publications and of works in 

 progress) have also been added to the Library. Of these, 

 2,446 were presented ; 44,695 received under the provisions 

 of the Copyright Act ; 547 by Colonial Copyright ; 658 by 

 International Exchange; and 21,079 acquired hj purchase. 



(c) 1,944 Maps in 8,402 sheets have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year. Of these, 702 maps in 

 1,133 sheets were presented ; 841 maps in 6,459 sheets were 

 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 199 maps 

 in 200 sheets, by Colonial Copyright ; and 202 maps in 610 

 sheets were acquired by purchase. 



(d) 10,111 Musical Publications have been added to the 

 collection. Of these, 9,617 were received under the provisions 

 of the Copyright Act ; 341 by Colonial Copyright ; and 153 

 were 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 3,442, comprising 233,377 

 single numbers. 1,208 of these newspapers were published 

 in London and its suburbs ; 1,711 in other parts of England 

 and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 277 in Scotland ; 

 and 246 in Ireland. 14 sets, containing 4,414 numbers, were 

 received by Colonial Copyright ; 273 sets, containing 38,703 

 numbers of Colonial and foreign newspapers, have been 

 presented ; and 74 sets, containing 12 volumes and 12,744 

 numbers of current colonial and foreign newspapers, have 

 been purchased. 



(/) 4,136 articles not included in the foregoing paragraphs 

 have been received in the Department. These consist of 

 Single Sheets, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous 

 items. 



The total number of articles enumerated above, as having 

 been received in the Department during the present year, 

 exclusive of newspapers, is 116,115. 



Acquisitions of Special Interest. — Seventy-one English 

 books printed before the year 1640, and forty-five Incunabula, 

 one of which is from the press of William Caxton at West- 

 minster, have been added to the Library during the year 

 1907. 



Among the English books, the most interesting are : — 

 An Indulgence granted on the authority of Pope Sixtus IV. 

 by Johannes de Gigliis in order to obtain money for the 

 defence of Rhodes. Printed by William Caxton at West- 

 minster in 1481. One of the two copies known to exist of 

 the '•' singular " issue of this Indulgence, i.e., that drawn up 

 for the use of one contributor only. 



