KEPOKT OF ASSISTANT SECRETAKV. 



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giving* the results of the analyses of materials similar to those included 

 in the collections, has been prepared by Dr. (leorge P. ^Merrill, and 

 published as No. 51 in the Museum series of circulars. 



The disti-ilnition of Museum publications during the 3^ear to estab- 

 lishments and individuals in this country and abroad has amounted to 

 about 6,500 volumes and 25,000 pamphlets. 



In Appendix TV will be found a list of the publications of the 

 Museum and of the members of its stall'. The number of authors 

 represented is 1>1 and the total number of papers cited P)27. In the 

 following table these papers are classed according to subjects: 



Subject. 



Admiuistration 



Archseology 



Bibliograpliy 



Biography 



15irds 



Botany , 



Ethnology 



Exploration , 



Fishes 



Fossils 



(Jeography 



(Jeology 



Insects 



Mammals 



Marine invertebrates. . . 



Minerals 



Mollusks 



Reptiles and batniehian 



Technology 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



Fifteen papers written by members of the Museum stall' and based 

 on Museum collections have, by permission of the Secretarj^ of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, been printed in publications other than those 

 of the Museum. The authors of these papers are as follows: Mr. 

 Robert Ridgway, Dr. C. W. Richmond, Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., Mr. 

 B. A. Bean, Mr. C. L. Pollard, Mr. W. R. Maxon, Dr. M. W. Lyon, 

 jr., Mr. William Palmer, and Mr. J. H. Riley. 



LIBRARY. 



The Museum library now contains over 16,000 bound volumes and 

 28,500 unbound papers. The additions during the year consisted of 

 613 books, 13,065 pamphlets, and 5,885 parts of periodicals. There 

 were catalogued 750 books, 1,439 pamphlets, and 9,297 parts of j^eri- 



