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Parliamentary Papers, taken from the shelves of the INews- 

 paper Keading Room by the readers themselves. 



Ma][> Room. — 324 visitors have been admitted to the Map 

 Room for the purpose of special geographical research. 



V. Additions, — (a) 25,285 volumes and pamphlets (includ- 

 ing 261 atlases, &c. and 1,187 books of music) have been added 

 to the Library in the course of the year, of which 5,860 were 

 presented, 11,643 received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act, 372 by Colonial Copyright, 669 by International 

 Exchange and 6,741 by Purchase. 



(b) 62,838 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of 

 periodical publications and of works in progress) have also 

 been added to the Library, of which 2,552 were presented, 

 34,677 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 

 199 by Colonial Copyright, 495 by International Exchange 

 and 24,915 acquired b}^ Purchase. 



(c) 1,309 maps in 9,808 sheets, have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year, of which 446 maps in 

 797 sheets, were presented; 617 maps in 7,952 sheets, were 

 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 14 maps 

 in 40 sheets, by Colonial Copyright, and 232 maps in 

 1,019 sheets, acquired by Purchase. 



(d) 5,562 Musical Publications have been added to the 

 collection, of which 5,236 have been received under the 

 provisions of the Copyright Act, 275 by Colonial Copyright, 

 and 51 acquired by Purchase. 



(e) The number of newspapers published in the United 

 Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the past je&v, has been 3,400, comprising 

 220,369 single numbers ; 1,226 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs ; 1,664 in other parts 

 of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 288 in 

 Scotland and 222 in Ireland ; 12 sets containing 1,495 numbers 

 have been received by Colonial Copyright ; 226 sets containing 

 30,598 numbers of foreign and colonial Newspapers, have 

 been presented and 73 sets containing 12 volumes and 

 15,140 numbers of current foreign and colonial Newspapers, 

 have been purchased. 



(/) The number of distinct works comprised in the 25,285 

 volumes and pamphlets, the 62,838 parts of volumes, the 

 1,309 maps and the 5,562 pieces of music, already mentioned, 

 amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to 29,190. Of 

 these, 5,738 were presented, 17,121 acquired by English 

 Copyright, 628 by Colonial Copyright, 625 by International 

 Exchange and 5,078 by Purchase. 



(g) 17,935 articles have been received in the Department 

 not included in the foregoing paragraphs, consisting of 



