EEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 21 



sious ; but unless these are specifically asked for tbey will fail iu many 

 instances to be made. It will facilitate the labor of the Institution 

 very greatly if the number corresponding to the several addresses in 

 the Smithsonian printed catalogue be marked on the face of each 

 parcel ; and for this purpose a copy of the work will be forwarded to 

 all who apply for it. 



Specimens of natural history will not be received for transmission, 

 unless with a previous understanding as to their character and bulk. 



Library. — The accessions to the library during the last^ year from the 

 foreign exchanges have not been as large as they were the year before, 

 on account of the war between France and Germany. 



The following is a statement of the books, maps, and charts received 

 by exchange in 1871, and which have been deposited in the i^ational 

 Library in accordance with arrangements made several years ago, 

 and fully explained in previous reports : 



Volumes : 



Quarto, or larger 277 



Octavo, or less 659 



93G 



Parts of volumes : 



Quarto, or larger ^ 025 



Octavo, or less 1, 150 



1, 781 



Pamphlets : 



Quarto, or larger 310 



Octavo, or less 1, 482 



1, 798 



Maps and charts 82 



Total receipts 4, 597 



The following are some of the larger foreign donations received by 

 the Smithsonian Institution in 1871 : 



From the Eoyal University of Xorway, Christiauia : 14 volumes, 37 

 pamphlets, and 3 charts. 



Bergen Museum, Bergen, Norway : 11 volumes and 31 pamphlets. 



Ilussian government, St. Petersburg : Engineering Journal, Artillery 

 Journal and Ordnance Magazine for 1870 ; Caucasian statistics, 1809 j 

 Appendix to the Code of Laws, 1809. 



Statistical bureau, Stockholm : Contributions to Swedish statistics, 26 

 parts, quarto. 



Emperor of Germany : " Preussen's Schlosser undEesidenzen," vol. xi, 

 folio ; and " Scriptores rerum Prussicarum," vol. iv. 



F. Vieweg & Son, Braunschweig : 42 volumes and 12 pamphlets. 



