REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



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In the near futnro an effort will be made looking to a more complete cooperation 

 of the authors and piil)li.Miiing bodies in the I'nited States with this liegional Bnreau 

 by reciuestinji immediate notice and gnbject abstract of new publications coming 

 within the scope of the International Catalogue. 



The international convention, which has the power of revision of the classification 

 schedules, will meet in London in July, 1905, and has asked for suggestions from 

 this country through the Smithsonian Institution. 



MUSKIM LIBRARY. 



The National Museum library has received a gift from Prof. Otis Tufton Mason, 

 in addition to the one of some years ago, of about 2,000 pamphlets, separates, and 

 bound quarto volumes, mostly on anthro[)ological subjects. A special book plate 

 has been provided for this collection. The Museum has also received from Dr. 

 Edward Jj. Greene his entire botanical library, which has been placed on deposit 

 for a period of ten years in connection with his botanical collection. The conditions 

 regarding Doctor Greene's library are that the books shall be accessible on the same 

 terms as other books in the Museum li1)rary, with the exception that they are not 

 to be lent to persons outside the District of Columbia or abroad without Doctor 

 Greene's consent. In case of the death of Doctor Greene during the time specified, 

 the library becomes the property of the United States. 



In the Museum library there are now 20,548 bound volumes and 35,950 unbound 

 papers. The additions during the year consisted of 1,504 books, 3,187 pamphlets, 

 and 700 parts of volumes. There were catalogued 938 books, of which 40 belonged 

 to the Smithsonian deposit, and 2,100 pamphlets, of which 70 belonged to the Smith- 

 sonian deposit, and 11,520 parts of periodicals, of which 1,887 belonged to the Smith- 

 sonian deposit. In the accession book 1,387 volumes, 2,187 pamphlets, and 629 parts 

 of volumes were recorded. The number of cards added to the authors' catalogue 

 were 4,090, which does not include 2,855 cards for books and pamphlets recatalogued. 

 In connection with the entering of periodicals 171 memoranda were made report- 

 ing volumes and parts missing in the sets, together with a few titles of publications 

 which were not represented in the library. The result of this work was the com- 

 pleting, or partly filling vp, of 70 sets of jieriodicals. 



The number of books, pamphlets, and periodicals borrowed from the general 

 library amounted to 26,456, including 5,679, which were assigned to the sectional 

 libraries. 



There has been no change in the sectional libraries established in the Museum, 

 and they are as follows: 



Fishes. 



Geology. 



History. 



Insects. 



Mammals. 



Marine invertebrates. 



Materia medica. 



Mesozoic fossils. 



Mineralogy. 



MoUusks. 



Oriental archaeology. 



Administration. 

 Administrative assis- 

 tant. 

 Anthropology. 

 Biology. 

 Birds. 

 Botany. 



Children's room. 

 Comparative anatomy. 

 Editor. 

 Ethnology. 



Paleobotany. 



Parisites. 



Photography. 



Prehistoric archaeology. 



Reptiles. 



Stratigraphic paleontology. 



Superintendent. 



Taxidermy. 



Technology. 



In the following table are summarized all the accession for the Smithsonian deposit 

 for the libraries of the Secretary, Office, Astrophysical Observatory, United States 



