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purchased are: Petrus Peregrinus de Magnate, a facsimile, 1900; Gray, 

 China; Sykes, History of Persia; Steele, Translation from the Chinese 

 of the I-li; Joly, Legend in Japanese Art; Audsley, Gems of Japanese 

 Art; Shaw, Zoology; Waterhouse, Mammalia, pt. 2, 1839; Van Wijks, 

 Dictionary of Plant Names, volume 11. Subscriptions were also entered 

 for "Mythology of all Races" and Hastings' "Encyclopedia of Re- 

 ligion." The periodical list is temporarily disorganized, as no subscrip- 

 tions for a number of the foreign periodicals and serials are accepted at 

 the present time by the agencies. During the year four hundred and 

 thirty-seven books were received from the bindery. For the various 

 catalogues 17,873 cards were written and filed. Two more sections were 

 added to the card catalogue cabinets to accommodate the increase. 

 Another bookcase was placed in the general reading room. The library 

 again acknowledges its indebtedness to the City's libraries, to the 

 Library of Congress, and the United States Medical Library for loan 

 of books required by the scientific staff in the prosecution of their work. 

 The number of people who visit the general library for the purpose of 

 consulting its books shows an increase over previous years. 



DEPARTMENTAL CATALOGUINQ, INVENTORYING, AND LABELING. The WOrk of 



cataloguing in the Department of Anthropology has been carried on 

 with vigor dtiring the year, the total number of catalogue cards prepared 

 amounting to 6,119. These cards are distributed over the various 

 divisions as follows: Jewelry from India 80; Archaeology of China and 

 Tibet 196; Melanesian Ethnology 4,064; American Archaeology and 

 Ethnology 1,121 ; Physical Anthropology 658. All these cards have been 

 entered in the inventory books of the Department, which now number 

 38. The ntmiber of annual accessions amounts to 21, thirteen of which 

 have been entered. The total number of cards entered from the opening 

 of the first volume amoimts to 147,670. A total ntmiber of 6,430 labels 

 was turned out by the printer for use in the exhibition cases of the 

 Department. These are distributed over the divisions as follows: 

 Gimsatilus Collection of Sword-Guards 3,544; Philippine Ethnology 

 2,207; Melanesian Ethnology 113; Mexican and Central American 

 Archaeology 546; Eg^^ptian Pottery 16; Salish Ethnology 4. The 

 printer suppHed the Department vnth 2,575 catalogue cards. Several 

 new label cards were added to the label file. 



In the Department of Botany all prepared and organized material 

 received during the year has been specifically catalogued. The entries 

 made nimiber 15,933, bringing the total entries to 469,736. This 

 Department has written 4,145 labels for specimens sent out in exchange 

 with other institutions. Of these 64 were of the economic material and 

 4,081 herbarium specimens. 



