REPORT OF A!<SISTANT SECRETARY. 35 



LABELS. 



During tlie year nearly 150 requisitions for printing labels and blanks 

 were received from the various departments in the Museum. 



There were printed on the Museum press 74,831 labels, representing 

 eight hundred and three forms; 49,000 blanks, representing twenty- 

 two forms ; 6,047 circulars, representing twelve forms ; and 0,090 copies, 

 representing thirty-six forms, of other matter, making a total of 135,968 

 copies. 



At the Government Printing Office there were printed wgon requi- 

 sition by the Museum 52,200 blanks and circulars, representing ten 

 forms, and ;)1,772 labels, representing one hundred and eighty-one 

 forms, making a total of 83,972 copies. 



LnUlAKV. 



The librarian. Dr. Cyrus Adler, states that the accessions during the 

 past year have been as follows: Periodicals, 5,542; books, 810; pam- 

 phlets, 1,209; total, 7,561. From the accessions to the library of the 

 Smithsonian Institution tliere have been retained for the use of the 

 Museum 7,596 periodicals, 333 books, and 1,047 pamphlets, making a 

 total of 8,976. A list of the accessions to the Museum library by gift 

 and exchange will be found in Ajjpendix iii. 



The number of books borrowed during the year was 7,182, while 

 5,330 were returned, about 1,800 having been retained in the sectional 

 libraries. jSTearly 1,200 books were bound, of which, however, only 

 about 200 belonged to the National Museum. Owing to lack of funds, 

 it was impossible to have any more Museum books bound, although 

 a large number require binding. 



The transfer of the periodical record to the standard library record 

 has been continued, the new record containing at the close of the fiscal 

 year 4,300 cards. There are 6,000 cards in the standard catalogue of 

 books other than i)eriodicals. 



It is the desire of the librarian to have the catalogue unified, but 

 the pressure of current work has been so great that progress in this 

 direction has necessarily been slow. 



There has been no change in the number of sectional libraries since 

 the last report, the list being as follows: 



1. Administration. 12. Marine invertebrates. 



2. Birds. 13. Materia medica. 



3. Botany. 14. Me«ozoic fossils. 



4. Comparative anatomy. 15. Mineralogy. 



5. Ethnology. 16. Mollusks. 



6. Fishes. 17. Oriental antiquities and roli 



7. Geology. gious ceremonials. 



8. Helminthology. 18. Paleobotany. 



9. Historical collections. 19. Photogi'aphy. 



10. Insects. 20. Prehistoric anthropology. 



11. Mammals. 21. Reptiles. 



