SECRETARY'S REPORT 22a 
SUMMARIZED STATISTICS 
ACCESSIONS 
Volumes Total recorded 
volumes, 1959 
Smithsonian Deposit at the Library of Congress_--- (*) 586, 722 
Smithsonian main library (includes former office and 
MMLseumM libraries) x e9 oe hs Sees eee eA eee Tee nd 7, 421 323, 924 
Astrophysical Observatory (includes Radiation and 
Organisins) so ese o-oo A Soe Se ee a 42 15, 078 
Bureau of American Ethnology___---------------- 33 37, 749 
INationalvArr Museumls 2a 20. See Sees ee 19 577 
National Collection of Fine Arts___......--------- 19 14, 159 
National: Zoologicaly Park. io-u 4 es. Jeet eens 69 4, 287 
Day 9 Sie ae SD SS Se ee ee rp eS ee 7, 603 982, 596 
*20,558 publications were forwarded by transfer to the Library of Congress 
without the Smithsonian Deposit stamp. 
Unbound volumes of periodicals and reprints and separates from serial publi- 
cations, of which there are many thousands, have not been included in these totals. 
EXCHANGES 
INewsexchangestarrang ed ss ee ee oe 159 
Specially requested publications received___________________________-- 2, 359 
CATALOGING 
Volumest Catalog eds as teas tae oe See a ele ae eae ea 4, 082 
Catalogecards filed 222s fase ae ee ee Se be 45, 485 
PERIODICALS 
Periodically parts! entered 2a] 26 see = ee ee Sa ae er eee 24, 933 
CIRCULATION 
loanskor. bookstand) periodicals: 222222 5. 2 Se a te ee 21, 734 
Circulation in sectional libraries is not counted except in the Division 
of Insects. 
BINDING AND REPAIR 
Molumesisent; to ithenbind eryas=2 2 Sees ae ee a sa eee bee es 8, 800 
Volumes:repaired)inethelibrariy=s2 se Be ee eee 1, 851 
Respectfully submitted. 
Rory E. Brancuarp, Librarian. 
Dr. Lronarp CARMICHAEL, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
