ACCOUNTS, &C, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The number of readers during the year has been 103j884,giving an average of 356 daily ; 

 and, from the numbers above, each reader appears to have consulted nearly 13 volumes 

 per diem. 



V. Additions. — (a.) 32,013 volumes and pamphlets have been added to the Library in the 

 course of the year (including books of Music and volumes of Newspapers), of which 974 

 were presented, 5,981 received in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 321 

 received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 24,737 acquired by purchase. 



{b.) 26,331 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and of 

 works in progress) have been also added, of which 1,321 were presented, 15,692 received 

 in puvMiance of the laws of English Copyright, 113 received under the International 

 Copyright Treaties, and 9,205 acquired by purchase. 



(f.) The number of sets of Newspapers received from the Inland Revenue Offices of the 

 United Kingdom, has been 1,181. Of these, 136 were published in Scotland, 154 in Ireland, 

 224 in London, and 667 in the rest of England. 4 numbers of old Newspapers, belonging 

 to 3 different sets, have been presented, and 305 volumes and 938 numbers, belonging 

 to 50 different sets, purchased. 



(rf.) 2,582 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself, of which 

 1,694 were received by English and 831 by International Copyright, and 57 purchased. 

 Of 910 portions of musical works in progress, 694 have been received by English and 216 

 by International Copyright. 805 works of Music of greater extent than single pieces have 

 been :)l o acquired, comprising 488 by English and 214 by International Copyright, 

 and 103 by purchase. 



(e.) The number of distinct works comprised in the 32,013 volumes and pamphlets, and 

 26,331 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as could be ascertained, 

 to 34,041. Of these, 803 have been pi-esented, 5,393 acquired by English and 301 by 

 International Copyright, and 27,544 by purchase. 



5,738 articles have been received in the department, not included in the foregoing 

 enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces of 

 Music, Broadsides, Songs and Ballads, and other miscellaneous items ; the addition of this 

 number to those already given produces a total of 64,082 articles received in the depart- 

 ment. 



(f.) The number of stamps impressed on articles received is altogether 267,817. 



VI. Among the additions to the Library, the following are worthy of especial notice : — 



(z.) A quarto volume of Pageants, presented by the Lords of the Committee of 

 Council on Education, consisting of 23 works, being original and in some cases hitherto 

 unknown editions of Lord Mayors' Pageants and Poems, composed by Anthony Munday, 

 Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, and Thomas Churchyard, and printed in the reigns 

 of Elizabeth and James I. The pieces contained in this volume were originally collected 

 by Humfrey Dyson, Public Notary of the City of London, and it subsequently passed 

 into the library of the Rev. Richard Brooke, of Gateforth House, Selby, Yorkshire. 



(n.) Two remarkable collections of Mexican books dispersed during the past year have 

 supplied very extensive deficiencies in this class of works. The first collection was 

 formed by a bookseller of the name of Andrade, who sold it to the Emperor Maximilian 

 as the foundation for a public library in Mexico. In consequence of the fall of the 

 Mexican Empire, it was brought to Europe and disposed of by auction at Leipsic, in 

 January 1869. Among the works acquired at this sale are five of the earliest books 

 printed in Mexico. 



The second collection was sold by auction, in London, in the following May, and was 

 formed chiefly in Mexico by Father Fischer, Secretary to the Emperor Maximilian, who 

 had been several years in the country before the arrival of the Emperor. 



(m.) A valuable purchase of Chinese classical works, including many on history and 

 chronology, as well as on the antiquities of China. It consists of upwards of 1,100 

 volumes, which had been originally selected by a native scholar with a view to their 

 bearing on the translation of the Chinese classics, now in course of publication by Dr. 

 Legge. 



W B. Uye. 



Department of Maps, Charts, Plans, and Topographical Drawings. 



I. Cataloguing and Arrangement: — (a.) The number of Titles (including both main 

 titles and cross-references), written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the 

 year, amounts to 4,919 ; those transcribed fourfold for insertion to 5,486. 



{b.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,895 maps and 5,256 titles. The number of 

 small Hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,634, and there have been 22,470 entries 

 made on 661 pajjes of the new Geographical Index for press-marking. 



(c.) Boards 



