20 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VIIT. — PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and De- 

 scription OF THE Collections, and Account of 

 Objects added to them in the Year 190O. 

 (Bloomsbury.) 



Department of Printed Books. 



I. Arrangement. — The works added to the collection during 

 the past year have, as far as possible, been placed on the 

 shelves of the Library according to the system of classifica- 

 tion adopted in the Museum. 



The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, ha.ve 

 been marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each 

 volume; also on the titles. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 

 78,345; in addition to which, 32,121 press-marks have been 

 altered, in consequence of changes and re-arrangements 

 carried out in the Library ; 41,487 labels have been af&xed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 83,630 obliterated 

 labels have been renewed. 



The process of attaching third-marks to. the books in the 

 New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery 

 to readers, has been continued ; 7,848 books have been 

 thus marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- 

 tions, amounting to 40,5.37, have been carried out in the 

 General and Hand Catalogues ; 2,952 volumes of country 

 newspapers have also been numbered, and 5,538 index-slips 

 have been written for London and Country Newspapers. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 

 has been 366,021. 



3,287 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in 

 the course of the year. 



II. Catalogues. — (a.) Cataloguing. — 47,070 titles have 

 been written (the term "title" applying equally to a main 

 title and to a cross-reference). Of these, 33,583 were written 

 for the General Catalogue, 1,684 for the Map Catalogue and 

 11,803 for the Music Catalogue. 



(6) Printing.— m, 21^ titles and 713 index-slips for the 

 General Catalogue 1,059 titles for the Map Catalogue and 

 16,438 titles for the Music Catalogue, have been prepared for 

 printing during the year; 36,241 title-slips and 422 index- 

 slips for the General Catalogue, 1,059 title-slips for the Map 

 Catalogue and 16,438 title-slips for the Music (Jatalogue have 

 been printed. 



The printing of the entire Catalogue, which was begun in 

 1881, has now been completed. 



