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ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 17 
_ As now constituted the library contains: — 
Pamphlets ......... cpus eoses 19,175 
Books (general) -....:..++++ 13,758 
32,933 valued at .......+ ----$49,030 67 
Books(Sturtevant Prelinnean 
Library)*..scsescseeesees 463 66 0, ceccsneccee §9,515 00 
MS. volumes (Shaw, Engel- 
mann and Roetter) ......- 66 5 AE rae igh e tees 800 00 
Total... .. eeeee 33,462 tt nvah aetna $52,145 67 
Index cards. 
AV AUIOUGelss 6h conse eee 201,447 
Sturtevant Index..... 52,300 
SEI iscet ect 253,747 ren re, 
Total valuation. .......sseeeseeecees teen vcee ooee $54,683 14 
A general catalogue of the library, to which reference 
has been made in previous reports,t has been kept closely 
abreast of the additions to the library, but as yet no defin- 
ite steps have been taken looking to its publication, 
although it is hoped that this may be effected in the near 
future. ‘ 
The office staff has continued unchanged since my last 
report,t except that near the end of December Mr. Thomp- 
son resigned his position as library assistant, the position 
vacated being filled by the appointment of Mr. Jesse B. 
Norton. 
The sales of the small handbook, at the gate, amount to 
232 copies for 1899, and 7 copies were given away. 
The exchange relations of the Garden have been increased 
by the addition of 28 institutions and 47 publications. 
There are now received at the Garden library 978 serial 
* The original number and arbitrary valuation of the collection pre- 
sented by Dr. Sturtevant (Rept. 8:21). On the Prelinnean shelves are 
now found a much larger number of volumes than is indicated here, the 
addition and valuation of these, however, from year to year being 
included in the general accession lists and the valuation of the library as 
a whole. 
+ Report. 9:16. 10:21. ¢t Report. 10; 22. 
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