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accordinfjly ordered for the main corridor. They provide approxi- 

 mately 465 feet of shelving. They are used to nold the part of 

 the collection of Govcrmuent documents which was formerly 

 shelved in a room made by partitioning off the south end of the 

 south corridor, which space was recently allotted to the Ofhce of 

 Nutrition Investigations. The collection of Government documents is 

 now all shelved in the cases in the main corridor. A few sections of 

 these cases were made in closed cupboard form to provide shelving 

 for the largest folios, which on accoimt of their size and shape need 

 to lie flat. In adcUtion, four largo oak cases with doors were ordered 

 for the folios of medium size, which it was necessary to move from 

 the room adjoining the reference room in order to provide more 

 space for the reference books. The new cases for the folios are 

 placed along the walls in the south corridor. The folios are now 

 more convenient for consultation tlian they have been heretofore, 

 as the provision for shelving them has in the past been most 

 inadequate. 



The growth of the catalogue necessitated two additional 60-drawer 

 catalogue cases. Since the reference room was already crowded, 

 it was impossible to provide space for the new cases without rear- 

 ranging the room. Two of the double-faced oak bookcases extend- 

 ing out into the room were accordingly removed and a wall case 

 provided m place of them, which loft sufficient space at the side of 

 the room to arrange the eight catalogue cases in a double row back 

 to back. The appearance of the room has been improved by the 

 new arrangement and the catalogue is more convenient to consult, 

 but there is less shelf space for the reference books. It was there- 

 fore necessary, as mentioned above, to move part of them to the 

 adjoining room, space for them having been provided by the removal 

 of the folios to the corridor. 



Attention has been called in previous reports to the disadvantages 

 under which the Library is laboring from lack of space, both for the 

 shelving of bool<s and for workrooms. The need for additional shelf 

 room is now imperative and must be met during the next few months 

 if the Library is to be kept in an orderly condition. It is earnestly 

 hoped that conditions will be greatly inipro\ ed in the coming year. 



LIBRARY PITBLICATIONS. 



The Library pubhcations of the year included the Report of the 

 Librarian for 1911, a pamphlet of 31 pages, which was issued in 

 December, 1911, and the Montldy BuUetin of the Library, the num- 

 bers for July, 1911, to June, 1912, comprising 385 pages, exclusive of 

 the author index, which, it is regretted, was not published in tlie past 

 fiscal yc&T on account of lack of printing funds. Tiie number of pages 

 contamed in the numbers of the Monthly Bulletin for July, 1910, to 

 June, 1911, exclusive of the index, was 352 pages, as compared with 

 385 pages for the present fiscal year. This increase is further evi- 

 dence of the increased annual rate of growth of the Library's re- 

 sources. The publication of tlie Catalogue of the publications 

 relating to forestry in the library of the Department, wjiich it was 

 hoped would appear in tlie past fiscal year, was also delayed from 

 lacK of printing funds. 



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