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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



International exchange of government pnhlications in 1877. 



Boxes 



Canada 2 



Portugal 2 



Prussia 2 



Queensland 2 



Saxony 2 



Scotland 2 



Spain 2 



South Australia 2 



Sweden 2 



Switzerland 2 



Tasmania 2 



Turkey 2 



Venezuela 3 



Victoria 2 



Total 71 



Boxes. 



Argentine Republic 3 



Belgium 2 



Brazil 2 



Buenos Ayres 2 



Cliili 2 



England 2 



France 3 



Germany 2 



Greece . 7 



Hayti 3 



Holland 2 



Japan 2 



Mexico 2 



New South Wales 2 



New Zealand 2 



Norway 2 



Ontario 2 



The expense of boxing, packing, transporting, and payment of agents 

 in connection with the transmission of these governmeu t docnmeuts 

 has been advanced for two years by the Institution, but it is expected 

 that Congress will reimburse it by an appropriation at the present ses- 

 sion. 



LIBRARY. 



Statement of the bools, maps, and charts received hy the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution in 1877, and transferred to the Library of Congress. 



Volumes : 



Octavo, or less 1, 328 



Quarto, or larger oGl 



1,889 



Parts of volumes : 



Octavo, or less 1, Ool 



Quarto, or larger 2, 373 



4, 327 



Pamphlets: 



Octavo, or less 1, 751 



Quarto, or larger 430 



2, 184 



Maps and charts 326 



Total 8, 72G 



An increase of 1,141 over the year 1876. 



List of the more valuable booJcs received in 1877. 



From the British Museum, London : Fac-simile of an Egyptian Hiera- 

 ticPapyrus, ofthe reign of Rameses III. London, 1876. Oblong Elephant 

 folio.— Fac-similes of Ancient Charters. Parts ii, iii. 1876-1877. 

 Folio.— Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali books. By Dr. E. Haas. 1876. 

 4to.— Catalogue of Oriental Coins. Vol. ii. 1876. 8vo.— Catalogue of 

 Greek Coins. Sicily, 1876. 8vo.— Catalogue of the Fossil Eeptilia of 



