ACCOUNTS, &C, OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Ninety -eight Original Letters of King William the Third, entirely autograph, in the years 

 1695-1698. 



A collection of 299 documents illustrative of the English occupation of France, from 1418 

 to 1450. 



The number of deliveries of manuscripts during the last twelvemonth to readers in the 

 Reading Rooms amounts to 18,969, and to artists and others in the rooms of the Depart- 

 ment to 5,741, exclusive of 2,052 charters. 



Department of Printed Books. 



1. Arrangement of the Library . — The number of works and volumes marked amounts to 

 37,991, besides 557 removals; that of titles to 62,107, besides 1,166 alterations of press- 

 marks caused by the removals. The re-marking of bound volumes has amounted to 5,216, 

 and the total number of labels attached to books to 11,448. These items form a total of 

 118,485. 



The books in the Grenville Library have all been arranged, and will at once have their 

 press marks affixed to them. 



IL Cataloguing: — (a.) New General Catalogue. — 1. The number of titles written for 

 this Catalogue amounts to 30,648, 



2. In each of the interleaved copies of the first volume of the new Catalogue 769 titles 

 have been entered ; 251 have been re-transcribed, and 31, after being erased, have been 

 re-entered, making a total of 3,153, 



3. The number of entries made in the Hand Catalogue is 672, 



(b.) Old Catalogue. — The number of new titles prepared for this Catalogue is 26,864, 

 besides 2,389 of Chinese and other Oriental works ; altogether 29,253. The number of 

 entries made in each of two copies of the old transcript of this Catalogue is 11,509, besides 

 3,608 re-transcribed, and 1,551 erased and re-entered; altogether 16,668. The number of 

 titles transcribed in triplicate for the new series is 65,779, making with those entered in the 

 old transcript a total of 230,673, The number of titles revised for transcription in the new 

 series is 61,743, 



(c.) Maps. — ^The new titles and cross-references of Maps amount to 6,113, besides indexes 

 made to five collections, containing 499 Maps. 



(d.) Music. — The titles written for this collection are 1,661, besides which, 265 volumes, 

 containing 1,800 pieces have been entered in the Hand Catalogue for the Music, and 

 marked. 



in. Binding. — The number of volumes bound is 8,426 in 6,521, including 407 Pam- 

 phlets; that of volumes repaired 678, besides 178 Maps mounted, and 1,179 Admiralty 

 Charts inserted in guard books, 



IV. Reading Room Service. — 1, The number of books returned to the shelves of the 

 General Library from the Reading Rooms is 122,550 ; to those of the Royal Library 11,688 ; 

 to the closets, in which books are kept for the use of the Readers from day to day, 85,993, 

 making a total of 220,231, or 757 per diem ; adding the number of volumes returned to the 

 shelves of the Reading Rooms, about 120,000, the whole amounts to 340,231 volumes 

 consulted in the course of the year, or 1,169 per diem. 



2. The number of Readers has been 70,291, on an average 241 per diem, the Reading 

 Rooms having been kept open 291 days ; each Reader has, therefore, consulted on an average 

 five volumes daily. 



3. The number of volumes returned from the various departments of the Museum to the 

 shelves of the General Library amounts to 5,830; of those returned to th^ shelves of the 

 Royal Library the number is 1,991, together 7,821. 



V. Additions. — 1. The number of volumes added to the Library amounts to 14,266 (in- 

 cluding Music, Maps and Newspapers), of which 769 were presented, 10,065 purchased, and 

 3,432 were received by copyright. 



2. The number of parts of volumes is 7,498 (including Music and Maps), of which 49 

 were presented, 2,417 purchased, and 5,032 obtained by copyright. The Newspapers 

 obtained from the Stamp Office, as published in the United Kingdom, amount to 471, and 

 have been bound in 288 volumes. Of these Newspapers 214 were published in London. 



3. The Maps, Charts and Plans amount to 398 in 695 sheets; the Atlases to five com- 

 plete, and four commenced since the last return, and still in progress ; and the parts and 

 numbers of Atlases to 66, including 42 parts of those commenced during the year. Of the 

 works, 84 were presented, 286 purchased, and 33, as well as the 66 parts and numbers of 

 Atlases, were received by copyright. 



4. The number of volumes of Music amounts to 103, of which two volumes, comprising 

 11 works, were presented, and lol, comprising 90 works, were acquired by purchase. 



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