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(d.) Music Catalogue. — 1,896 title-slips have been written for this Catalogue, and 

 182 title-slips have been Incorporated into each of the two copies of the Catalogue of 

 authors of words set to music. 



(e.) Hebrew Catalogue. — 265 title-slips have been written for this Cataluo-ue. 



(/.) Oriental Catalogues. — The number of titles written Is 4,749, of which 458 

 were for Sanskrit and Pali books ; 3,439 for Arabic, Persian and Syriac ; 750 for 

 Turkish; 693 for North Indian Vernacular languages; and 266 for Tamil, Telugu, and 

 Malayalam books. 



{g.) Chinese and Japanese Catalogues. — 338 Chinese, 383 Japanese, and 22 Annaraese 

 title-slips have been written for these Catalogues. 



(/i.) Carhonic Hand- Catalogue. — For this Catalogue, In which the title-slips are 

 arranged in order of the press-marks, 20,000 have been arranged, and 124,200 partially 

 arranged, preparatory to incorporation, and 7,000 have been Incorporated, 



{i.) List of Boohs of Reference in the Reading Room. — The number of alterations and 

 additions In the Interleaved copies of this List, made to record the changes in the books 

 of reference by the addition of new works, and the exchange of old for new editions, 

 amounts to 367 in each of these copies, and the necessary entries have been made in 

 the Hand-Catalogue. 



The collection of books in the lower gallery of the Reading Room has been increased 

 by adding to It works of IraporLance and general interest which have appeared during the 

 year, and by substituting new and improved editions for older ones. A selection of the 

 most Important English academies and publishing societies has been placed in the upper 

 gallery of the Reading Room. A list of the books placed in these galleries has been 

 drawn up and printed. 



Additions have also been made to the Special Collections of Bibliographies In the 

 E-eading-Room. 



III. Binding. — The number of volumes and pamphlets sent to be bound in the course 

 of the year amounts to 24,191; including 458 volumes of newspapers; and, in con- 

 sequence of the frequent adoption of the plan of binding two or more volumes in one, 

 the number of bound volumes returned is 8,573. In addition to this, 839 pamphlets 

 have been separately bound, and 866 volumes have been repaired. 



Two thousand seven hundred and six Parcels of Newspapers have been arranged, 

 packed, labelled for reference, and stored away. 



IV. Reading Room Service. — The number of A'olumes returned to the General 

 Library from use in the Reading Room Is 613,847; to the Royal Library, 14,431; 

 to the Grenville Library, 695 ; and to the presses in which books are kept from day 

 to day for the use of readers, 474,148 ; making a total amount of 1,103,121 volumes sup- 

 plied to readers. 



The number of readers during the year has been 159,340, giving an avei-age of about 

 526 daily ; and, from the numbers given above, each reader appears to have consulted 

 7 volumes per diem, not reckoning those taken from the shelves of the Reading Room. 



V. Additions. — (a.) 30,940 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 2,408 

 were presented, 10,714 received in pursuance of the laws of English Co^jyrlght, 1.535 

 received under the International Copyright Treaties, and 16,283 acquired by purchase. 



ih.) 52,118 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of periodical publications, and 

 works in progress) have also been added, of which 1,512 were jn-esented, 31,138 received 

 in pursuance of the laws of English Copyright, 799 received i:nder the International 

 Copyright Treaties, and 18,669 acquired by purchase. 



(c.) The number of sets of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom and received 

 under the provisions of the Copyright Act during the past year has been as follows, viz. : 

 428 published In London and its suburbs, 1,337 In other parts of England and Wales, 

 195 in Scotland, and 153 in Ireland. 33 volumes, belonging to 29 different sets, have 

 been purchased; and 2,374 numbers and five bound volumes have been presented. 



{d.) 4,670 pieces of Music have been acquired, each piece complete in itself; of which 

 2,209 were received by English, and 2,312 by International Copyright, and 149 by 

 purchase. 



(e.) The number of distinct works comprised In the 30,940 volumes and pamphlets, and 

 52,118 parts of volumes already mentioned, amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to 

 33,465. Of these, 2,249 have been presented, 10,646 acquired by English, and 1,628 by 

 International Copyright, and 18,942 by purchase. 



(/.) 11,491 articles have been received In the Department, not Included in the foregoing 

 enumeration of volumes and parts of volumes, comprising Playbills, single pieces o\' 

 Music, Broadsides, Songs, Parliamentary Papei's, and other miscellaneous items : the 



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