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euch alcove case, aud about ilOO specimens of luouiul pottery placed 

 thereou. Large cases of pottery from Peru, Brazil, and the Arkansas 

 mounds have been placed in the foyer of tlie ball. A case containing 

 a group of Indian figures, and representing a (piarry workshop, has 

 also been installed. A large number of paintings, drawings, litlio- 

 graplis, and pliotogra])hs of prehistoric objects have been hung on the 

 walls of the hall; also a map showing the linguistic stocks of North 

 America, and a chronological map showing the distribution of aborigi- 

 nal mound districts in the United States. Many additional labels have 

 been provided for the specimens in the cases. 



LABELS. 



During the year there were printed 1,870 forms of labels, including 

 171,544 copies. Of this number 242 forms, representing 82,568 labels, 

 were printed at the Museum. There were also printed on the Museum 

 press 57,406 envelopes, copies of blanks, etc., representing 28 forms, 

 and at the Government Printing Office 558,100 copies, representing 29 

 forms. 



LIBRARY. 



The accessions to the library during the past year have exceeded 

 those of any previous year since its organization. Dr. Cyrus Adler, 

 librarian, states that there were received by gift, i^urchase, and 

 exchange 1,035 volumes, 2,255 parts of volumes, and 3,311 pamphlets, 

 making a total of 6,601. This is an increase of more than 2,200 over 

 the receii^ts for the year ending June 30, 1894. A complete list of the 

 accessions by gift and exchange is printed in Appendix iii. There 

 were retained for the use of the Museum from the accessions to the 

 library of the Smithsonian Institution 133 books, 611) pamphlets, and 

 7,451 parts of periodicals. About 1,600 books were bound during the 

 year, two-thirds of this number belonging to the Museum aud the 

 remainder to the Smithsonian deposit. 



The number of books borrowed was 6,110. A large number of books 

 in the custody of the sectional libraries, which would have been recalled 

 earlier but for the overcrowded condition of the library, have now been 

 gathered in. This makes the number of books returned exceed by 

 about 3,000 the number of books lent during the year. 



Extensive additions have been made to the series of jniblications of 

 museums, of State agricultural colleges and experiment stations, scien- 

 tific publications of the United States Government, and publications 

 relating to early travel in North America. For the purpose of accom- 

 modating these publications, and to relieve to some extent the crowded 

 condition of the library, a set of bookshelves has been constructed at 

 the west end of the lecture hall. 



The librarian states that the Museum is under obligations to the 

 Library of Congress tor the same hearty cooperation which has been 

 manifested in the past. 



