Oct. igoi. Annual Report of the Director. 13 



The Library. — During the year there have been added to the 

 library 1,461 volumes and 2,462 pamphlets, making the total number 

 of accessions 28,272. The growth of the library has been greater 

 this year, chiefly owing to the fact that the most important scientific 

 institutions now readily respond with their publications in exchange 

 for the Museum series. An indication of its growth is illustrated by 

 the fact that the accommodation for the card catalogue has had to be 

 substantially increased. The cataloguing is kept up to date and all 

 the catalogues are being revised. Attention should be drawn to 

 the fact that a number of publishers have placed the Museum on the 

 free list of their journals, in exchange for its publications — another 

 evidence of the appreciation in which the institution and its work are 

 held. An inventory is now being taken of all books and pamphlets 

 in the library. 



Among the gifts, special mention should be made of those 

 received from the Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago de Chile ; Boston 

 Museum of Fine Arts ; New York Botanical Gardens : Pennsylvania 

 State Library: Due de Loubat, Paris, France: and George Watt, 

 M. B., Calcutta, India. 



The volumes and pamphlets in the Library are distributed as 

 follows : 



Books. Pamphlets. 



General Library, 9)359 12,844 



Department of Anthropology, 243 90 



Department of Botany, 438 244 



Department of Geology, 1,583 2,819 



Department of Ornithology, 368 . . . 



Department of Zoology, 284 . . . 



The Records. — The system of recording accessions and inven- 

 torying specimens still works effectively. The total number of speci- 

 mens accessioned during the year has been 39,002. Classification of 

 the accessions follows : 



Accessions. Specimens. 



Gifts, 170 15,608 



Loans, 3 270 



Exchanges, 54 4,073 



Collected, 51 I4,443 



Purchased, 53 4,068 



331 39.002 



