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e , , n 1 1- - The following table shows the amounts received from 



bales of Pubhcahons .. it, tvti- r 1 r ^r 



and Value of Those subscriptions to the index Medicus, from sales of Year 

 on Hand. Books, and from sales of all other publications for each 



year since the foundation of the Institution : 



Table shoiving sales 0/ publications. 



At the end of the fiscal year just closed there are on hand 78,114 volumes 

 of miscellaneous publications and Year Books, having a sale value of $173,- 

 158.20. There are also on hand 2^,2,77 numbers, or the equivalent of about 

 2,100 volumes, of the Index Medicus, having a sale value of $12,594. The 

 total value of publications on hand is therefore $185,752.20. 



In connection with the above statement it is fitting to add that since the 

 foundation of the Institution there have been distributed, chiefly by gifts to 

 libraries and to authors, but to a noteworthy extent, also, by sales, a total of 

 90,730 volumes of publications of the Institution. 



