REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



101 



During this time the London central bureau had received from all 

 of the 32 bureaus cooperating in the production of the International 

 Catalogue a total of 2,059,036 cards, and as 202,335 of these repre- 

 sented the cards received from the United States, it will be seen that 

 about 13 per cent of the work has been done by the regional bureau 

 for the United States. All of the first eight annual issues of the 

 catalogue, consisting of 17 volumes each, have been published, together 

 with 15 volumes of the ninth annual issue and 4 volumes of the tenth 

 annual issue, making a total of 155 volumes of the regular catalogue. 



Following an established policy to consolidate the catalogue when- 

 ever possible with similar enterprises, an agreement has been made 

 with the International Seismological Association whereby the yearly 

 International Catalogue volume on geology Avill be enlarged and the 

 section " Internal dynamics," containing an index to seismology, be 

 published not only as a regular part of the International Catalogue, 

 but also separately for the use of the International Seismological 

 Association. 



It is a matter of regret that this bureau is not yet able to afford the 

 expense of issuing cards, in advance of the regidar published vol- 

 umes, for the immediate use of persons desiring prompt notice of 

 papers appearing on any of the subjects embraced within the scope of 

 the work. Plans having this object in view have been under con- 

 sideration for some time, but as j^et the necessary funds are not 

 available for the purpose. It is not intended to issue cards in place 

 of annual volumes, but to distribute classified index cards a,s soon as 

 a paper is published, for the immediate information of those interested 

 in the advance of science. 



Very respectfully, yours, 



Leonard C. Gun n ell, 



Assistant in Charge, 



Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

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