" Prints, 



Upper floor , . 1,550 feet super, 



Sydney Smirke. 



''Nov. 7, 1857" 



Superficial area occupied by the several De- 

 partments in the Basement floor of the Museum. 



Antiquities . . 33,861 feet super. 



Printed Books . . 33,998 

 Manuscripts , . 210 

 Zoology . . . 7,593 

 Mineralogy . . 2,580 

 Botany ... 990 



Sydney Smirke. 



''Nov, 20, 1857.' 



2. " Of the deficiency of space complained of 

 in any department''' 



Deficiency of space is complained of in all de- 

 partments except that of Printed Books, in which, 

 if any very large portion of the volumes now in 

 the British Museum be not removed into the 

 new library, there is room for many years' addi- 

 tions. The Principal Librarian thinks that as to 

 the Department of Manuscripts there is sufficient 

 accommodation, if proper use be made of the 

 space now allotted to that department ; and there 

 will be little difliculty in adding to it. The room, 



