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bureaus of the Government soliciting cooperation, in compliance with the existing 

 laws, to enable the Institution, as agent of the Government, to carry out the provi- 

 sions of the Congressional resolutions. Among the replies received, that of the 

 honorable Secretary of State says: "I have ventured to suggest to the Joint Com- 

 mittee on the Library the desirability of a permanent provision for the printing of 

 these required copies. ' ' 



Appended to the letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution of Febru- 

 ary, 1884, is a list of the more important documents not furnished to the Smithso- 

 nian Institution, although they are embraced in the series intended by Congress for 

 exchange purposes. 



Among the docmnents not furnished by the Public Printer may again be men- 

 tioned the following, assuming series 1 (the Congressional issue) to be complete as 

 delivered — although even therein are many deficiencies: 



Series II. — ^The annual reports of the Executive Departments and bureaus of the 

 Government, together with the papers accompanying such reports. (Sec. 3796, Rev. 

 Stat., and resolution No. 72, second session. Fortieth Congress.) 



Series III. — The memoirs, monographs, or special reports published by the Execu- 

 tive Departments or bureaus of the Government, whether printed at the Govern- 

 ment Printing Office or elsewhere. (Sec. 2, resolution No. 72, second session. Fortieth 

 Congress. ) 



This last series comprises among many others the following valuable ijublications: 

 Patent Office — 



Official Gazette: Thirty-two volumes iiublished. 



Specifications and drawings: Two hundred volumes published since 1872. 

 Growth of Industrial Art: Two volumes, folio. Of this last named work only 

 50 copies were printed, although the law (Sec. 2, resolution No. 72, second 

 session. Fortieth Congress; Stat., vol. 15, p. 261) distinctly provides that 

 "50 copies of each publication * * * whether at the Congressional Print- 

 ing Oflice or elsewhere, shall be placed at the disposal of the Joint Committee." 



U. S. Geological Survey — 



Bulletins: Twenty- four numbers issued. 



Monographs: Eight volumes issued; only Volume II and atlas received. A let- 

 ter was addressed to the Director of the Survey February 15, 1884, claiming 50 

 copies of all the publications of that office for exchange purposes under the 

 law. In reply the Director stated, February 26, 1884: "Under the law of 

 March 2, 1867, 50 copies of everything published by us should be sent to the 

 Library of Congress and thence to the Smithsonian Institution by the Public 

 Printer, and such copies are reserved for that purpose and do not come into 

 our possession. Under the statute relating to the publication of the mono- 

 graphs of the Geological Survey it would be impossible to spare any copies 

 from the 3,000 received by this office, from the fact that it is necessary for the 

 Survey to render an account of its publications, either as sold, exchanged, or 

 on hand." 



The law cited before, setting aside 50 copies for exchange purposes, would fully 

 justify the Director of the Survey to furnish the 50 copies as required by the. 

 law (sec. 2, resolution No. 72, second session Fortieth Congress) and charge 

 the same as exchanges, provided for by law. 



PorveU's Survey — 



Contributions to North American Ethnology: Only volumes 1, 3, and 4 received. 



Filling's "Proof Sheets" of North American Languages: Of this only 100 copies 



were printed, and the designation "proof sheets" is evidently a misnomer. 



The work is prefaced by the author as well as by Major Powell, who calls the 



work "a volume." Said volume (proof sheets) is printed on both sides of the 



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