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The following table shows the number of exchanges receiving the 

 difiEerent publications : 



Domestic. 

 General, everything issued by the Museum, 

 Anthropological, 



"5 

 97 

 8S 



io8 



14 

 lo 



7 

 19 

 25 



8 



17 

 30 

 9 

 14 

 18 



676 



Louisiana Purchase Exposition.— The opportunity to secure much 

 valuable museum material from the Exposition has not been lost sight 

 of, and early in the year arrangements were perfected by which the 

 grounds and exhibit palaces would be thoroughly canvassed. At this 

 time of writing, however, it can only be said that these efforts have 

 been very encouraging, and assurance is here given that the energies 

 of the Director and the Curators in this direction will be fully 

 applied. 



The Library.— The Library at present contains 15,239 books and 

 18,816 pamphlets, distributed as follows: 



1 



General Library, 

 Department of Anthropology, 

 Department of Botany. 

 Department of Geology, . 

 Department of Ornithology, . 

 Department of Zoology, 



Books. 



11,646 

 410 

 633 



1.83s 

 386 



329 



Pamphlets. 



15.644 



103 



275 



2,894 



The additions during the year were 987 books and 1,020 pam- 

 phlets and bulletins, making a total of 2,007 titles. Of these, 73 books 

 and 76 pamphlets were added by purchase, and 914 books and 944 

 pamphlets by exchange for equivalent literature. During the year 

 the Library has been enriched by the acquisition of a number of valu- 



