22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Catalogue, have been broken up and rebound in 103 new volumes. 

 Fifty-nine columns have been relaid, owing to the accumu- 

 lation of titles under certain headings, as well as 61 columns 

 of reprinted headings, in each of the three interleaved copies 

 of the General Catalogue. In addition, 8 volumes of the Blue 

 Copy, 6 volumes of the Red Copy, and 6 volumes of the Green 

 Copy, comprising 1,996 columns and 15,960 accession-slips, have 

 been entirely relaid. Eleven volumes of the Music Catalogue 

 have been broken up and rebound in 21 new volumes. 



IV. Reading Room Service. — The number of volumes re- 

 placed in the General Library after use in the Reading Room 

 was 781,212; in the King's Library, 27,664; in the Grenville 

 Library, 2,860 ; in the Map Room, 5,590 ; in the presses in 

 which books are kept from day to day for the use of readers, 

 675,856 ; and in the Oriental Department, 2,410 ; making a 

 total amount of 1,495,092 volumes supplied to readers during 

 the year, exclusive of those to which readers have personal 

 access on the shelves of the Reading Room. 



The number of readers during the year was 217,975, giving 

 an average of over 719 daily, the room having been open on 

 303 days ; with an average of over 7 volumes daily for each 

 reader. 



Newspaper Room. — The number of readers during the 

 year was 21,122, giving a daily average of over 69, the room 

 having been open on 303 days. The number of volumes re- 

 placed after use was 65,279, giving a daily average of 215 

 and of over three volumes for 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, 1,812 country newspapers were brought 

 up to the Library from the Repository at Hendon for the use 

 of readers. 



Map Room. — 371 visitors were admitted to the Map Room 

 for the purpose of special geographical research. 



Photography. — There were 490 applications for leave to 

 photograph from books in the Library, and 1,250 volumes 

 were supplied to the applicants for this purpose. 



V. Accessions.— General Library. — 26,576 books and pam- 

 phlets have been added to the General Library in the course 

 of the year. Of these, 6,214 were presented ; 14,313 received 

 by Copyright ; 292 by Colonial Copyright ; 659 by Inter- 

 national Exchange ; and 5,098 acquired by purchase. 



68,975 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of maga- 

 zines and other serial publications and of works in progress) 

 Ka^c also been added to the General Library. Of these, 

 2,949 were presented ; 44,091 received by Copyright ; 273 by 

 lOoloni^lf 'Copyright ; 598 by International Exchange; and 

 !2'1,064 'acqti'irdd by purchase. 



