ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Printed Books. 



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

 45,637, besides 3,983 removals ; that of titles to 67,241, besides 11,002 alterations of pi-ess- 

 marks caused by the removals. The re-marking of bound volumes has amounted to 1,271. 

 The press-marks inserted in two copies of the Grenville Catalogue amount to 43,894, and 

 the total number of labels attached to books (including the Grenville Library) to 29,334, 

 These items form a total of 192,362. 



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

 this Catalogue amounts to 17,879. 



2. In each of the interleaved copies of the first volume of the new Catalogue 755 titles 

 have been entered, of which 587 have been written four-fold by Wedgwood's process ; 

 202 have been re-transcribed by the same process, and 5, after being erased, have been 

 re-entered in the ordinary mode; making a total of 2,886 entries. 



(b.) Old and Supplementary Catalogues. — 1. The number of new titles prepared for these 

 Catalogues is 33,061, besides 1,422 of Chinese works ; altogether 34,483. 



2. The number of entries made in each of two copies of the old transcript of the 

 Catalogue is 1,408, besides 24 re-transcribed, and 278 erased and re-entered ; altogether 

 1,710. The number of titles transcribed fourfold for the supplementary catalogue is 50,177, 

 of which 19,500 have been inserted in each of the three copies since the volumes were first 

 bound in the month of May last. This insertion has rendered it necessary to shift 3.100 

 titles previously inserted, and to add 780 new leaves. The total number of transcriptions 

 (including one set of those for the new series kept in reserve) amounts to 231,802. The 

 number of titles transcribed fourfold for the Grenville Catalogue, and inserted in two copies, 

 is 2,652, making a total of 242,410 transcriptions and 180,929 insertions. The number of 

 titles revised for transcription in the new series is 54,375. 20 Indexes have been made and 

 prefixed to as many long headings in each of three copies of the new series. Of this new 

 series three sets of 153 volumes each have been bound, each set containing 109,500 titles. 



3. The number of entries made in the Hand Catalogue for the Peiiodical Publications 

 is 770. 



4. A Hand Catalogue has been prepared for the Grenville Collection, containing 21,947 

 entries. 



(c.) Maps. — ^^1. The new titles and cross-references of Maps amount to 871. 



2. The Map Catalogue comprising 33,401 titles has been revised, and the titles copied 

 fourfold, makinff a total of 133,004. Two sets of these titles have been bound up, each set 

 filling; 78 volumes. 



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(d.) Music. — 1. The titles written for this collection are 1,689. 



2. The whole of the Music Catalogue comprising 31,083 titles has been transcribed 

 fourfold, making a total of 124,332. Of these titles two sets have been bound, each set 

 consisting of 57 volumes. 



III. Binding. — The number of volumes bound is 5,355 in 4,1 10, including 699 Pamphlets ; 

 besides 744 volumes of Catalogues. The number of volumes repaired is 751. 84 Maps 

 have been mounted, 



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

 General Library from the Reading Rooms is 1 19,093 ; to those of the Koyal Libral-y 11,252 ; 

 to those of the Grenville Library 387 ; to the closets in which books are kept from day to 

 day for the use of the Readers, 110,950; making a total of 241,682, or 830 per diem. 

 Adding the number of volumes returned to the shelves of the Reading Rooms, about 180,000, 

 the whole amounts to 421,682, or 1,449 per diem. 



Readers. — 2. The number of Readers has been 78,234, on an average 268 per diem, the 

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

 an average upwards of five volumes per diem, 



V. Additions. — 1. The number of volumes added to the Library amounts to 16,208 (in- 

 cluding Music, Maps and Newspapers), of which 837 werepresent<'d, 11,793 purchased, and 

 3,575 were received by copyright. 



2. The number of parts of volumes is 9,170 (including Music and Maps), of which 446 

 were presented, 3,918 purchased, and 4,829 obtained by copyright. The Newspapers 

 obtained from the Stamp Office amount to 499, and have been bound in 272 volumes. Of 

 these Newspapers, 194 were published in London. 



3. The Maps, Charts and Plans amount to 195 in 340 sheets; the Atlases to 11 com- 

 plete, and 2 commenced since the last return, and still in progress ; and the parts and 

 numbers of Atlases to 36, including 21 of those commenced during and prior to the year 

 1850, and not yet complete. Of the Maps, Charts and Plans, 102 were presented, 

 75 purchased, and 18, as well as the 36 parts and numbers of Atlases, were received by 

 copyright. 



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