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ANNUAL REPOKTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTTJUE. 



ministered separately, and the report is contained in the report of 

 the Weather Bureau. The books and periodicals for the Weather 

 Bureau library are, however, purchased from the appropriation 

 for the Library of the department. The sum of $1,000 is set aside 

 each year for this purpose. In connection with the figures given 

 below showing the approximate number of books and pamphlets 

 in the various libraries, it should perhaps be explained that the 

 proportion of pamphlets in nearly all of the libraries is large. It 

 is estimated that about one-third of the Library's collections are 

 filed in the various bureaus, divisions, and offices. 



Books, pamphlets, and periodicals i)i hurean, division, and office Uhrnries. 



1 No bureau library is maintained. 



2 Approximate figures. 



3 Periodical assistant. 



* No separate library collection maintained. 



5 Editor and librarian. 



6 No librarian in charge. 



All books for the use of the department in Washington are pur- 

 chased by the Library.^ All books are catalogued by the main 

 Library, including those filed in the bureaus. The main Library 

 catalogue is, therefore, an approximately complete record of all the 

 library resources of the department. 



Books and periodicals for field use, or, in other words, for use 

 outside of Washington, can be purchased from the funds of the 

 bureaus, divisions, and offices. The procedure in regard to the pur- 

 chase of books for field use is governed by JNIemorandum No. 62 of 

 the Office of the Secretary. The records in connection with the books 

 and periodicals purchased for use in the field are, in the majority of 

 the bureaus, cared for by the libraries of the bureaus. 



During the past year 147 books and 2 maps were purchased for 

 the field libraries of the Bureau of Chemistry, at a cost of $1,221.18. 

 The enological laboratory formerly maintained by the bureau at 



1 For the law governing the purchase of the books and periodicals for the department, 

 see U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 30, p. 316. 



