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copy of the "Catalogue of the Ancient Imperial Treasury called 

 Shosoin," Fenollosa's Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art, Smith's 

 History of Fine Arts in India and Ceylon, Havell's Indian Sculpture 

 and Painting, Lindt's Picturesque New Guinea, Bentham's Botany of 

 the Voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, 1836-1842, Bentham and Mueller's 

 Flora of Australia, Bradley's Bibliography, Hallier's Flora von Deutsch- 

 land, Richards' Ore Dressing, Osborne's Engraved Gems, Alpheraky's 

 Geese of Europe and Asia, and Scammon's Mammals of the West 

 Coast of Africa. Through the courtesy of Mr. George Manierre the 

 Museum received a set of Paxton's Magazine of Botany, 16 volumes. 

 This set is becoming increasingly rare and the library was fortunate in 

 receiving so valuable a gift. As in former years the library is again 

 indebted to Mr. Edward E. Ayer for gifts of books, also to Mr. Henry 

 H. Getty of Paris, France; Mr. Ezra Brainerd, Middlebury, Vermont; 

 Mr. William Barnes, Decatur, Illinois; Professor Walter Barrows, 

 Lansing, Michigan; Mrs. M. W. Lyman, Chicago; and Dr. Berthold 

 Laufer; and to the following institutions: Bureau of Aboriginal 

 Affairs, and Bureau of Production and Industry, Government of 

 Formosa; Indian Museum, Calcutta; Indiana State Board of Forestry; 

 Maryland State Board of Forestry; Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, 

 Historia y Etnologia, Mexico; North Carolina Geological and Economic 

 Survey, Raleigh; Passau Naturhistorischer Verein. Germany; Penn- 

 sylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey Commission; and Tokyo 

 Botanical Society. The current periodical list is being gradually in- 

 creased with a view to eventually including the standard scientific 

 periodicals pertaining to the work of the Museum. The number of 

 books, serials, periodicals and pamphlets bound during the year was 1,012. 

 A number of pamphlets by various authors were bound in cloth to more 

 properly protect them. The return of the books from the bindery 

 again overtaxed the limited shelf space in the stack room and some of 

 the least used books were shelved in temporary cases. A desired 

 improvement was made in the library of the Department of Anthropol- 

 ogy, the shelving having been enclosed by glass doors that will assist 

 greatly in keeping the books free from dust. There have been written 

 and added to the catalogues 18,146 cards. Two sections of the recently 

 adopted metal card cabinet were purchased. Monthly installments of 

 the John Crerar Catalogue cards were received and filed. 



Departmental Cataloguing, inventorying and Labeling. — Nearly 6,000 

 catalogue cards have been entered in the inventory books of the 

 Department of Anthropology during the year, the large majority of 

 these pertaining to the Blackstone Chinese and Japanese collections. 

 About 800 cards have been written from the Philippine collections, 



