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REPORT OF THE SECRETARYo 



Appendix IV. 

 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1892. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the report on the library of the Smith - 

 soiiian lustitiition duriug the year ending June 30, 1892. 



The operations of the library have been conducted as in the two preceding years. 

 The entry numbers in the accession book extend from 225,586 to 246,109. 



Following is a statement of the volumes, parts of volumes, pamphlets, and charts 

 received during the year : 



Puhlications received hetween July 1, 1S91, and June -W, 1S92. 



Volumes 



Parts of volumes. 



Pamphlets 



Charts 



Octavo or 

 smallei-. 



1,320 

 7,631 

 3, 087 



Quarto or 

 larger. 



669 



16, 098 

 502 



Total. 



1,989 



23, 729 



3, .589 



021 



Total . 



29, 928 



Of these publications, 297 volumes, 6,363 i>arts of volumes, and 774 pamphlets — 

 7,434 in all — were retained for use in the National Museum. 



Eight hundred and fifty-seven medical dissertations were deposited in the library 

 of the Surgeon-General, U.S. Army; the remaining publications were sent to the 

 Library of Congress on the Monday after their receipt. 



In carrying out the plans formulated by the Secretary for increasing the library ))y 

 exchanges, 803 letters asking for publications not on our list, or asking for numl)ers 

 to complete the series already in the library, have been written. As a result of this 

 correspondence it gives me pleasure to report that 444 new exchanges were acquired 

 by the Institution, while 220 defective series were c(>mi»letod either wholly or as far 

 as the publishers were able to supply missing parts. 



Below is a comparative statement of the operations ol" the library since .Tune 30, 

 1889: 



Numher of puhlieaUons received. 



