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of the Institution are limited to i,ooo copies or less, the public will be will- 

 ing to buy, at the mere cost of production and transportation to purchasers, 

 the surplus of copies not needed for gratuitous distribution among the 

 greater libraries of the world. This mode of disposition of publications 

 will furnish one of the best standards of their value and will afford at the 

 same time one of the best opportunities for rational cooperation between the 

 public and the Institution. 



Attention has been called hitherto to the present serious need, which will 

 be supplied by the Administration Building, of proper storage facilities for 



books on hand and for those issuing from the press. 

 Storage and Value of f^gy ^j-g ^q^ stored partly in our present office quarters 



in the Bond Building and partly in the attic of the Geo- 

 physical Laboratory. Those in the Bond Building are insured for their full 

 value, while those in the Laboratory are uninsured. There are now on hand, 

 at the end of this fiscal year, in the Bond Building 33,245 volumes, having 

 a sale value of $64,783.50; and in the Geophysical Laboratory 19,959 vol- 

 umes, having a sale value of $42,920.25. The total sale value of books on 

 hand is therefore $107,703.75.* 



* These figures do not include numbers or values for publications Nos. 93, 96, 98, and 

 106, for which full data are not yet in hand. 



