The Carnegie Institution of Washington has continued to send 

 its valuable publications. President Stanley Field renewed his gift 

 of subscriptions to many desirable periodicals. Mr. Walter F. Webb 

 contributed the five volumes of Museum published from 1894 to 

 1900. Mr. Henry Miller gave a collection of 100 current maps. From 

 Mr. Elmer S. Riggs, formerly of this Museum, were received paleon- 

 tological publications which were a welcome addition to the collection 

 he had already presented. Mr. Leon L. Pray gave a copy of his recent 

 book Taxidermy. Mr. Emil Liljeblad presented additional valuable 

 entomological material, including special publications on the Modelli- 

 dae. Mrs. William H. Bush presented seventeen most interesting 

 small manuscripts in various Asiatic languages. Colonel Clifford C. 

 Gregg has given the current numbers of many periodicals. Dr. 

 Henry Field has continued sending current numbers of interesting 

 and helpful publications. Mr. Boardman Conover has presented 

 publications and maps, and Mr. Henry W. Nichols has added cur- 

 rent numbers of periodicals to those he had previously donated. 



The service of inter-library loans has been continued, and the 

 Museum has sent books to various parts of the country. It is 

 indebted to other libraries for similar courtesies and acknowledges 

 these with gratitude. The Museum is especially indebted to the 

 John Crerar Library, University of Chicago Libraries, American 

 Museum of Natural History Library, the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, and Northwestern University Library. 



Upon learning of the great loss sustained at Lima, Peru, by the 

 Sociedad Geografica when its whole library was destroyed by fire, 

 this Museum, like others, sent its publications to replace those lost. 



Publications and Printing . . . 



The number of scientific publications issued by the Museum 

 in 1943 was more than double the number published during the pre- 

 ceding year, and distribution mounted accordingly. Taking advan- 

 tage of modification of censorship regulations regarding shipment of 

 publications outside the United States, copies of scientific publica- 

 tions which had accumulated since late in 1941 were sent at the end 

 of November, 1943, through the courtesy of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution in Washington, D.C., to foreign exchanges in the western 

 hemisphere. Limited ocean shipping space and wartime restrictions 

 make it necessary to continue holding here for the duration such 

 copies of publications as are intended for exchange libraries in other 

 parts of the world. 



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