REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 99 
for, and the openings between the stacks on the sides provided with 
grill doors in order that the books on these shelves may be pro- 
tected. The cases on the north and south walls of what is left of the 
main hall, as well as those under the first gallery, are provided with 
glass-panel doors in order to protect the contents, as it is the inten- 
tion to use this hall for museum exhibition purposes. 
CATALOGUE OF SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATIONS. 
The manuscript of the dictionary catalogue of the publications of 
the Institution and its branches mentioned in last year’s report is 
still in preparation, but it is expected that it will be ready for 
publication during the coming year. 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
The library of the National Museum consists of the main library 
in the natural history building, to which have been transferred all 
the publications relating to biology and anthropology as well as 
those of a general character; the technological series, in the older, 
or arts and industries building, which at present includes publica- 
tions relating to technology, and for convenience those on history and 
botany. These two libraries do not include, however, some 30 sec- 
tional libraries in the scientific departments and divisions of the 
Museum. In making this arrangement the convenience and inter- 
ests of the scientific staff have been the only consideration. The 
entire library of the Museum now contains 43,609 volumes, 73,765 
~pamphlets and unbound papers, and 124 manuscripts. The acces- 
sions during the past year were 1,917 volumes, 1,723 pamphlets, and 
132 parts of volumes. 
In the library of the Museum 755 books were catalogued; 2,001 
pamphlets; total number of cards made, 3,520; completed volumes 
of periodicals catalogued, 1,162; parts of publications, 12,833; parts 
of periodicals entered, 397; 397 new periodical cards were made, and 
8 books and 362 ee were recatalogued. 
The number of books, periodicals, and pamphlets borrowed from 
the general library was 20,884, which includes 9,718 obtained from 
the Library of Congress, 376 from the Department of Agriculture, 
105 from the United States Geological Survey, 90 from the Army 
Medical Museum and Library, 2 from the United States Bureau of 
_ Education, 4 from the United States Patent Office, 4 from the Bureau 
of Fisheries, 1 from the United States Weather Bureau, 3 from the 
United States Naval Observatory, and 2 from Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
The securing of new exchanges for the Museum has been continued, 
with the result that many new publications have been added to the 
