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ally all these ])ul)lication,s will have to ])e hound in order to ])re- 

 serve them and incidentalK- to make them more convenient to 

 shelve and consult. It is ho])ed that ahoul a hundred voluiues a 

 month can he sent to the ])inderv ret^iilarly, which would ])e as 

 many as the small lil)rar\- staiT could ])re|)are in addition to pcr- 

 iorming other necessar\' routine activities. 



Inter-library Loans 



ddurteen \-olunies were lent to lihraries of the following- insti- 

 tutions: American Museum of .\atural lli-tory. Hoyce 'rh()nii)Son 

 Institute, C'arnes^ie institution of Washinj^ton, t'olumhia Univer- 

 sity, New York State Lihrary. Xew York University, Rockefeller 

 institute, Syracuse Ihiiversity, L'uited States Ruhher Uomjiany, 

 Vassar Uollege. 



Twent\-seven volumes were horrowed for the use of memhers 

 of the (ku'den staff from the .American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, Arnold Arhoretum, i^rooklyn Museum Li])rary, Ijrooklyn 

 Public Library, Uolumhia University, Alassachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, Medical Society of the Uounty of Kings, Municii)al Rei- 

 erence Lihrary, United States Department t)f .Vgriculture Lihrary, 

 United States Uepartmcnt of the Literior Lihrar}'. 



Miscellaneous 



The contract for new hook stacks for the halconv and the sec- 

 ond floor of the stack-room has been awarded to the .\rt .Metal 

 Uonstruction Company and it is ex])ected that the stacks will be 

 installed within a few months. This will add approximately 

 1,400 running feet of shel\-ing and, besides reliex'ing the present 

 ver\' crowded condition, should i)r()\'ide room tor expansion lor 

 some years to come. 



For several vears the lihrary has been receiving the printed 

 cards of the " inde.x Algarnm Universalis " and the " Catalog 

 en liches de la bibhograi^liie technicpie et agricole tro])icale," but 

 has been unable to hie them because of lack of catalogue cases. 

 A new sixtv-drawer standard cabinet with special hnisli to matcli 

 tlie lihrarv furnishings was ordered in November and has recently 

 been received. This will i)ermit the tiling of all the accumulated 

 cards, and make them availahle for consultation. 



