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known as tlie waiting room,'' on the south-east of 

 the entrance-hall, which was temporarily lent to 

 the Department of Printed Books, is now being 

 placed at the disposal of the Department of 

 Manuscripts, to which it properly belongs. 

 About one-third of the long room on the east 

 side of the King's Library, viz, that portion of 

 it which extends from the south end of the cen- 

 tral division of that Library to the study now 

 occupied by the assistant-keeper of the MSS.,^ 

 may be taken from the Department of Printed 

 Books and given up to the Department of Manu- 

 scripts ; and the study*^ removed to the north end 

 of the part thus transferred. This would afford 

 accommodation for several thousand volumes of 

 MSS., as well as for students, assistants, and 

 attendants. 



The collection of MSS. increases at a smaller 

 rate than the otiier Museum collections. It 

 may be safely assumed that the average increase 

 will not exceed five hundred volumes per annum. 



The specimens in the Department of Geology 

 are overcrowded, not only to the inconvenience 

 of students and scientific men, but to that of the 

 public generally. If the scheme be carried 

 out, of walling up the windows on the north side 

 of the north gallery in the upper floor,^ and 



«Pian II., 59. 

 ^Plan II., 57. 



bpiaii II , 55. 

 <^Plan III . 81, &G. 



