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Of the 4,717 books borrowed from libraries in the city during the 

 year, 3,567 were borrowed from the Library of Congress, 878 from 

 the Surgeon General's library, 124 from the National Museum and 

 Smithsonian Institution, 49 from the Geological Survey, 25 from the 

 Patent Office, 24 from the Bureau of Education, and the remaining 

 50 from 10 other Government libraries. 



APPENDIX 6. 



Accessions to the Library for the fiscal years 1914 to 1918. 



APPENDIX 7. 



The number of current periodicals received, arranged by classes, is 

 shown in the following table : 



Statistics of current periodicals. 



Class. 



Agriculture, United States. .. 



Agriculture, foreign 



Veterinary medicine 



Dairying 



Poultry and pigeons 



Live stock and meat trade. . . 



Soils and fertilizers 



Drainage and irrigation 



Farm implements and ma- 

 chinery 



Moor culture and peat 



Agricultural products 



Fibers and textiles 



Horticulture and landscape 

 gardening 



Forestry .- . . . 



Experiment station publica- 

 tions (United States) 



Experiment station publica- 

 tions (foreign) 



General 



Bibliography and library 

 economy 



Education, including agri- 

 cultural extension 



Economics and sociology 



Commerce and statistics 



Groceries 



Engineering 



Building 



Roads 



Railroads 



Aviation 



Pur- 

 chase 



11 



18 

 19 

 13 

 3 

 8 

 1 

 2 



5 



1 



20 



5 



29 

 11 



21 

 20 



3 

 17 

 63 



8 

 17 



4 



2 

 11 



3 



Gift. 



199 



185 

 34 

 31 



47 



57 



8 



14 



7 



57 



9 



67 

 47 



110 



26 

 14 



12 



145 

 43 



174 



10 



22 



4 



17 

 17 



Total. 



210 



205 



53 



44 



50 



S5 



9 



2 



19 



8 

 77 

 14 



96 



58 



110 



26 

 35 



32 



148 



60 



237 



18 



39 



8 



19 



28 



3 



Class. 



Manufactures 



Flour and feeding stuffs, etc. 



Ice and refrigeration 



Paper 



Printing 



Photography , 



Physics 



Meteorology 



Chemistry and chemical tech- 

 nology , 



Food 



Home economics , 



Pharmacy 



Geology and mineralogy 



Natural history 



Zoology 



Hunting and fishing 



Ornithology 



Entomology 



Beekeeping 



Microscopy 



Biology 



Medicine, physiology and 

 hygiene 



Bacteriology 



Botany 



General science 



Geography 



Law 



United States Government 

 documents 



Pur- 

 chase 



Gift. 



15 



6 

 3 



7 



36 

 5 

 2 

 9 

 2 

 8 



10 

 6 



10 



27 

 6 

 3 



11 



39 



5 



28 



14 



2 



1 



Total 589 



34 

 13 

 7 

 2 

 4 

 1 



38 

 27 



6 

 14 



7 

 38 

 17 



6 



6 

 27 



7 



61 



1 



22 



56 



1,844 



Total. 



49 

 19 

 10 

 9 

 4 

 8 

 4 

 3 



74 

 32 



8 

 23 



9 

 46 

 27 

 12 

 16 

 54 

 13 



3 

 19 



100 

 6 



50 



70 



8 



9 



77 



2,433 



