ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11 



2. The number of Readers has been 100,271 ; on an average 349 per diem, t!ie Readhig: 

 Room having been kept open 287 days: each Header has consulted, on an average, 12 

 volumes per diem. 



V. Additions.— -I. The number of volumes added to the Library (comprisiniT 213 re- 

 ceived under the International Coj)yright Treaties) amounts to 29,68G (including Music, 

 Atlases, and Newspapers), of which 1,897 were presented, 22,030 purchased, and 5,759 

 acquired by copyright. 



2. The number of parts of volumes (comprising 485 received under the International 

 Copyright Treaties) i* 34,358 (including Atlases and Music), of which 417 were presented, 

 15,503 purchased, and 18,438 acquired by copyright. The total number of Newspapers 

 acquired is 1,103. Of these, 740 (viz., 221 published in London, and 519 in tlie country) 

 have been received from the Inland Uevenue Otfice in England, 170 from the branch of 

 that odice in Ireland, and 1:31 from the branch of the same office in Scotland; 44 news- 

 papers have been presented, and 18 have been purchased. 



3. The Maps, Charts, and Plans amount to 1,587, in 5,621 sheets, the Atlases to 23 

 complete, and 17 parts of Atlases in course of publication. Of the Maps and Charts, 

 5 were presented, 1,249 purchased, and 333 acquired by copyright. Of the Atlases, 19 

 were punhaNed, and 4 complete Atlases (of which 1 was acquired undtr the International 

 Copyright Treaties), and 17 parts of Atlases, were acquired by copyright. 



4. The number of pieces of Music, each comprising a complete work (including- 405 

 received under the International Copyright Treaties) is 2,877, of which 722 were purchased, 

 and 2,155 acquired by copyright: 004 parts and numbers of works in progress (includ- 

 ing 111 received under the International Copyright Treaties) have been acquired by copy- 

 right, and also 967 works, not included among the pieces of music, of which 878 were 

 purchased, 1 presenied, and 88 (including 20 received under the International Copyiight 

 Treaties) acquii-ed under the Copyright Act. 



6. The total number of articles' received (inclufling Broadsides, Engravings and other 

 miscellaneous pieces, not enumerated above) is 75,565, of which 1,121 were received under 

 the International Copyright Treaties. Of the articles received (exclusive of Broadsides, 

 Engravings, Sec, and comprising 699 received under the International Copyright Treaties), 

 28,644 are complete works. Of the complete works, 19,335 were purchased, 915 pre- 

 sented, and 8,394 acquired by copyright. 



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

 312,755. 



J. Winter Jones. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. The copy of the Catalogue of Additions for the years 1848-1851 has been sent to 

 press, and the sheets of 1848-1850 revised. The Index to this Catalogue is in progress. 



2. A revised abridgement (.f the Catalogue of Additions for 1854 has been partly pre- 

 pared (^Nos. 19,720-20,188), and descriptions written of the Additional Manuscripts from 

 No. 21,408 to No. 21,506, and from No. 21,550 to No. 21,731, for the years 1856, 1857. 



3. The Catalogue in detail of the Birch Manuscripts has been continued from No. 4,262 

 to No. 4,274, and from No. 4,324 to No. 4,394. 



4. The Egerton Manuscripts, 1,900-1,944 (acquired in 1861-1863), have been described 

 in detail. 



5. The Catalogue of Icelandic Manuscripts has been continued, from No. 5,311 to No. 

 5,318, Nos. 6,121, 10,361, 10,375 b, and from No. 11,061 to No. 11,156. 



6. A brief description of the Cottonian Manuscripts, injured in the fire at Ashburnham 

 House in 1731, has been drawn up, and partly transciibed into an interleaved copy of the 

 printed " Report of the Committee appointed to view the Library," 1732. 



7. A de'aile<l description has been made (with an Index) of the Correspondence of Pope, 

 contained in Additional MSS. 4,807-4,809. 



8. The entries in the Hand Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts, placed in the 

 Reading Room, have been continued from No. 25,612 to No. 25,727, from No. 25,769 to 

 No. 25,788, and from No. 25,906 to No. 26,039. 



9. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been described from No. 15,645 to No. 15,902, 

 and from No. 16,158 to No. 10,508, acquired in 1863-1865. Tlie slips have been revised 

 fioni No. 8,340 to No. 9,948, and transcribed into the General Catalogue, from No. 7,183 

 to No. 9,942, Department copy, and from No. 7,183 to No. 7,313, Reading Room copy. 

 A brief descriptive List has also been made of the Charters acquired in 1854 (Nos, 8516- 

 9202). 



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