Appendix VI. 

 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



Sir : I have the honor to present the following report on the operations of the 

 library of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905 : 



The publications received by the Institution and recorded in the accession 

 books of the Smithsonian deposit, Libi-ary of Congress, number as follows : 



The accession numbers run from 460377-468086. 



As in the past a few of these publications were retained at the Institution for 

 the use of the scientific staff, but the larger number have been sent direct to the 

 Library of Congress. The entire sendings from the Institution required the use 

 of about 274 boxes, which it is estimated contained the equivalent of 10,960 

 octavo volumes. This estimate does not include, however, a large number of 

 public documents presented to the Smithsonian Institution and sent direct to 

 the Library of Congress without recording. 



,At the close of the year ending June 30, 1904, there remained in the Museum 

 library a number of the scientific series, together with books and pamphlets on 

 special subjects, belonging to the Smithsonian deposit, to be withdrawn, checked, 

 and sent to the Library of Congress, these publications having been held at the 

 Museum when that Library was overcrowded in its old quarters at the Capitol. 

 While 7,80.5 parts were transmitted during the past year, it has not been pos- 

 sible to complete the checking, owing to the fact that the time of the small force 

 in the Smithsonian library was fully occupied with current work, but every effort 

 will be .made to finish the task before the close of the present year, when all of 

 the series of periodicals and publications belonging to the deposit, with the 

 exception of those in actual use, will be in the hands of the Librarian of 

 Congress. 



The libraries of the Secretary, Office, and Astrophysical Observatory have 

 received during the year 418 volumes, pamphlets and charts, and 2,040 parts 

 of volumes, making a total of 2,458, and a grand total, including books for the 

 Smithsonian deposit and the Watts de Peyster collection Napoleon Bonaparte, 

 of .35,820. 



The parts of serial publications that were entered <»n the card catalogue 

 numbered 20,000. One thousand seven hundred and thirty-five slips for com- 

 pleted volumes were made, and about 720 cards for new periodicals and an- 

 nuals were added to the permanent record from the periodical recording desk. 



