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Map Room. — 297 visitors have been admitted to the Map 

 Room for the purpose of special geographical research. 



V. Accessions. — (cl) 31,G56 volumes and pamphlets (includ- 

 ing 129 atlases, &c., and 2,.39G books of music) have been added 

 to the Library in the course of the year. Of these, 8,913 

 were presented ; 15,4G0 were received under the provisions 

 of the Copyiight Act; 324 by Colonial Copyright; 585 by 

 International Exchange ; and 6,374 by purchase. 



(6) 66,911 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of 

 periodical publications and of works in progress) have also 

 been added to the Library. Of these, 2,295 were presented, 

 40,338 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 

 264 by Colonial Copyright ; 287 by International Exchange ; 

 and 23,727 b}" purchase. 



(c) 1,806 maps in 9,501 sheets have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year. Of these, 688 maps in 

 1,260 sheets were presented ; 517 maps in 7,306 sheets were 

 received under the provisions of the Copyright Act ; 20 maps 

 in 23 sheets, by Colonial Copyright ; and 581 maps in 

 912 sheets were acquired by purchase. 



{cl) 6,934 Musical Publications have been added to the 

 collection. Of these, 6,693 were received under the provisions 

 of the Copyright Act ; 200 by Colonial Copyright ; and 41 

 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 3,457, comprising 

 227,703 single numbers. 1,263 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs ; 1,689 in other parts 

 of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 269 in 

 Scotland ; and 236 in Ireland. 221 sets, containing 32,384 

 numbers of colonial and foreign newspapers, have been 

 presented ; and 84 sets, containing 12 volumes and 15,092 

 numbers of current colonial and foreign newspapers, have 

 been purchased. 



(/) 4,210 articles not included in the foregoing paragraphs 

 have been received in the Department. These consist of 

 Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous 

 items. 



The total number of articles enumerated above, as having 

 been received in the Department during the past year, 

 exclusive of newspapers, is 115,279. 



Acquisitions of 8'pecial Interest.— Sixty-seyen English 

 books printed before the year 1640, and fifty-eight foreign 

 Incunabula have been acquired by purchase during the year 

 1904. 



Among the English books the most interesting are : — 



Rastell, John, a fragment of a ballad in the musical type 

 used by John Rastell and with his device. The ballad, which is 



