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were presented, 12,723 received under the provisions of 

 the Copyright Act, 430 by Colonial Copyright, 558 by 

 International Exchange and 7,378 by Purchase. 



(6) 60,956 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of 

 periodical publications and of works in progress) have also 

 been added to the Library, of which 3,471 were presented, 

 34,639 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 

 183 by Colonial Copyright, 545 by International Exchange 

 and 22,118 by Purchase. 



(c) 1,385 maps in 10,974 sheets, have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year, of which 507 maps in 

 827 sheets, were presented; 606 maps in 9,260 sheets, were 

 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 16 maps 

 in 19 sheets, by Colonial Copyright, and 256 maps in 

 868 sheets, acquired by Purchase. 



(d) 8,511 Musical Publications have been added to the 

 collection, of which 8,063 have been received under the 

 provisions of the Copyright Act, 257 by Colonial Copyright, 

 and 191 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 year, has been 3,170, comprising 

 208,582 single numbers ; 1,113 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs; 1,563 in other parts 

 of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 270 in 

 Scotland and 224 in Ireland ; 8 sets containing 1,029 numbers 

 have been received by Colonial Copyright ; 222 sets containing 

 29,311 numbers of colonial and foreign Newspapers, have 

 been presented and 76 sets containing 12 volumes and 

 14,899 numbers of current colonial and foreign Newspapers, 

 have been purchased. 



(/) The number of distinct works comprised in the 42,855 

 volumes and pamphlets, the 60,956 parts of volumes, the 

 1,385 maps and the 7,006 separate pieces of music, already 

 mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to 42,480. 

 Of these, 16,235 were presented, 18,906 acquired by English 

 Copyright, 679 by Colonial Copyright, 524 by International 

 Exchange and 6,136 by Purchase. 



(g) 3,002 articles have been received in the Department 

 not included in the foregomg paragraphs, consisting of 

 Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers and other miscellaneous 

 items. The addition of this number to those already given 

 produces a total of 115,204 articles, exclusive of newspapers, 

 received in the Department in the course of the year. 



King's Library. — During the year 1901 a new selection of 

 books exhibited in the King's Library has been formed and 

 arranged so as to illustrate as fully as possible the history of 

 the Arts of Printing, Illustrating and Binding Books, and a 



