50 S. Mis. 53. 



B. — Table exhibiting the amount of matter received from the 



DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1852 FOR DIS- 

 TRIBUTION ABROAD. 



Obtained by the Smithsonian Institution from various 



sources, but exclusive of its own pubhcations 3,958 vols. 



Received from other sources, as follows : 



Boston Society of Natural History 34 



Dr. John C. Warren 100 



American Oriental Society 33 



Academy of Natural Sciences 492 



American Philosophical Society 68 



National Observatory 1,108 



Superintendent of Indian Affairs 178 



Coast Survey 222 



Topographical Bureau 21 



Commissioner of Patents 627 



Postmaster General 82 



Census Office 100 



Light-House Board •- 68 



Surgeon General 149 



Georgetown College 60 



American Journal of Science 50 



Ohio Board of Agriculture 51 



Presbyterian Board of Education 50 



Miscellaneous, including individuals 745 



4,188 vols. 



Totalreceived 8,146 " 



The actual number of volumes and titles is considerabty greater 

 than the above, as of the 4,188 quoted as from other sources, 351 con- 

 sisted of packages, each containing several volumes. This would 

 make the sum total amount neaii}' to 9,000 volumes. 



Such volumes as were received subsequent to the 21st of June are 

 still on hand, amounting to about 1,650. These would have been sent 

 off early in the past autumn but for the desire to include with them the 

 sixth Report of the Smithsonian Institution, the Report of the Superin- 

 tendent of the Coast Survey, and of the Commissioner of Patents for 

 1851, the final Report on the Geology of Iowa, Minnesota, and Wiscon- 

 sin, and some others. It is confidently expected that ail will be des- 

 patched early in January, to prepare the way for the large transmission 

 in June. 



In table C will be found an exhibit of the receipts of the Smithsonian 

 Institution from abroad in 1852. For convenience of comparison, I 

 have added the returns for 1851, and prior dates. 



