10 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



2. The number of Readers, up to the 30th of April, was 19,130; on an average 201 per 

 diem, the Reading- Room having been kept open during that period 95 days; each Reader, 

 therefore, had consulted, on an average, nearly 6.^ volumes per diem. From the 18th of May 

 to the 31st of December the number of Readers has been 74,833, on an averagje 398 per diem ; 

 the Reading Room having been kept open 188 days during this period. Each Reader has 

 consulted, on an average, since the new Reading Room has been opened, 6 volumes per diem. 



V. Additions. — 1, The number of volumes added to the Library (comprising 170 re- 

 ceived under the International Copyright Act) amounts to 20,244 (including Music, Maps, 

 and Newspapers), of which 730 were presented, 13,507 purchased, and 6,007 acquired by 

 copyright. 



2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 143 received under the International 

 Copyright Act) is 24,705 (including Maps and Music), of which 466 were presented, 

 5,573 purchased, and 18,666 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers 

 acquired is 812. Of these, 569 (viz., 240 published in London, and 329 in the country) 

 have been received from the Inland Revenue OtEce in England, 123 from the branch of 

 that office in Ireland, and 119 from the branch of that office in Scotland. 120 nu'.nbers 

 of Colonial and other Newspapers have also been presented. 



3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans (including one acquired under the International Copy- 

 right Act) amount to 336 in 1,995 sheets; the Atlases to 13 complete and 18 parts of 

 Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 148 were presented, 15 pur- 

 chased, and 173 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases two were purchased, and 11 

 Atlases and 18 parts of Atlases were obtained by copyright. 



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including 278 

 received under the International Copyright Act) is 2,861, of which 40 were purchased, and 

 2,821 acquired by copyright. 997 parts and numbers of works in progress (including 

 113 received under the International Copyright Act) have been acquired by copyright. 



5. The total number of articles received is 75,067, of which 586 were received under the 

 International Copyright Act. Of these, 45,346 (comprising 377 received under the Inter- 

 national Copyright Act) are complete works. Of the complete works, 592 were presented, 

 36,009 purchased, and 8,745 were acquired under the Copyright Act. 



6. Each article acquired has been stamped. The number of stamps impressed is 

 186,054. 



VI. A selection has been made of specimens of early typooraphy, of fine and rare books, 

 of illuminated and illustrated works, literary curiosities, and fine bindings, and these objects 

 are displayed in the Gi-enville Room and King's Library, in fourteen table cases, accom- 

 panied by descriptions of each article. 



J. Winter Jones. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. The sheets of the Catalogue of Auditions for 1847, from I I to X X inclusive, have 

 been printed off; the Catalogue for the year 1818 partly revised, and the copy for 1852, 

 1853, and 1854, considerably forwarded. 



2. The Egerton Manuscripts, from No. 1,663 to No. 1,682 inclusive, acquired in 1855 

 and 1856, have been described in detail. 



3. The brief Catalogue or Register of the Additional Manuscripts placed in ihe'Reading 

 Room, has been continued from October 1856 to August 1857 inclusive. No. 21,577 to 

 No. 22,100; with the exception of Nos. 21,631 — 21,895 (Haldimand Papers, not yet bound). 



4. A selection of Autographs, Manuscripts, and Charters has been made for exhibition 

 to the Public ; dtscripiions written of them, and labels attached. 



5. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No. 2,987 to No. 3,307, 

 inclusive. The descriptive titles have ;dso been revised, and copied fair into the Geni ral 

 Catalogue of Charters, from No. 1,531 to No. 3,230. 



6. Ten volumes in Arabic have been described in detail, for the Supplement to the General 

 Printed Catalogue of that class, and the descriptions of 115 others revised and enlarged; 

 the printed text has also been corrected from p. 60 to p. 180. One hundred and fifteen 

 Oiiental Manuscripts, in various lani^uages, have been more briefly described for the 

 Catalogues of Additions, 1848-1853. 



7. Nine volumes in Syriac, and portions of two others, have been described for the 

 General Catalogue of this class, and letterings written for 127 other volumes. 



8. The General Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts to the end of 1853 has been com- 

 pleted in English and German. 



9. The general classed Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts has been kept up to the 

 present time. 



10. Indexes have been made to the Additional Manuscripts, 20,081-2, 20,692; and the 

 Index Slips revised of Harleian, 6,989-7,003. An Index to the Catalogue of Additions for 

 1846 has also been completed. 



11. The 



