Appendix VI. 

 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1894. 



Sir: I have the houor to submit herewith a report upon the operations of the 

 Library of the Smithsonian Inst'tution during the fiscal j'ear ending June 30, 1894. 



The work of recording accessions has been conducted as heretofore, each publica- 

 tion being entered as received and given a special number. While this plan causes 

 the exhibit of numbers iu excess of volumes received, there is to set oft' against it 

 the fact that an entire series received at one time is given but a single number. 



The numbers in the accession book of the Smithsonian deposit at the Library of 

 Congress extend from 268387 to 292425; in all, 24,038 entries, an increase iu numbers 

 over the year 1892-93 of 1,762. 



The following tables show the number of volumes, parts of volumes, pamphlets, 

 and charts received during the year: 



Publications received hefween July 1, 189S, and June 30, 1894. 



Qiiaito or 

 larger. 



Octavo or 

 smaller. 



Total. 



Volumes 



Parts of volumes . 



Pamphlets 



Charts 



1,060 



18, 368 



736 



Total . 



1,163 

 11,666 

 4,611 



2,223 



30, 034 



5,347 



348 



37, 952 



This table shows an increase in publications over the year 1892-93 of 8,464. 



Of these publications 587 volumes, 10,2.56 parts of volumes, and 1,575 pamphlets, 

 12,418 in all, were retained for use in the United States National Museum. 



One thousand three hundred and forty-six medical dissertations were deposited in 

 the library of the Surgeon General, United States Army. The remaining publications 

 were sent to the Library of Congress on the Monday after their receipt. 



Besides these publications entered in the accession book of the Smithsonian 

 deposit of the Library of Congress there have been entered in the "office book" 

 1,580 numbers (extending from No. 4089 to No. 5669), representing 1,874 volumes and 

 parts of volumes received, and making a grand total of accessions for the year of 

 39,826 publications. 



This does not include a small number of books and journals purchased for the use 

 of the Astrophysical Observatory and of the Zoological Park. 



The following universities have sent academic publications and inaugural disser- 

 tations : 



Basel, 



Berlin, 



Berne, 



Bonn, 



Breslau, 



Dorpat (Jurjew), 



Erlangen, 



Freiburg, 



Giessen, 



Gottingen, 



Greifswald, 



Halle, A. S. 



Heidelburg, 



Helsingfors, 



Jena, 



Johns Hopkins, 



Kazen, 



Kiel, 



Konigsburg, 



Leipsic, 



Liege, 



Louvain, 



Lund, 



Marburg, 



Pennsylvania. 



Rostock, 



Strassburg, 



Tubingen, 



Utrecht, 



Wurzburg, 



Zurich. 



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