APPENDIX IV. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1891. 
Sir: I have the honor respectfully to submit my report on the work of the library 
during the year from July 1, 1890, to June 30, 1891. _ 
The work of recording and caring for the accessions has been carried on as during 
the preceding year, the entry numbers on the accession book running from 207,176 
to 225,585. 
The following condensed statement shows the character and number of these acces- 
sions: 
Publications received between July 1, 1890, and June 30, 1891. 
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Of these publications, 7,720 (namely, 424 volumes, 6,415 parts of volumes, and 
883 pamphlets) were retained for use in the National Museum, and 754 medical dis- 
sertations were deposited in the library of the Surgeon-General, U.S. Army. The 
remainder were promptly sent to the Library of Congress on the Monday following 
their receipt. 
In carrying out the Secretary’s plan of increasing the library by exchanges, 1,327 
letters asking for new exchanges, or calling attention to deficiencies in series already 
in the library, were written; and im response 475 new exchanges were acquired 
by the Institution, and 248 defective series were completed, either wholly or as far 
as the publishers were able to supply the missing parts. The value of this under- 
taking is well shown by the large increase of the actual accessions in comparison 
with those of the last fiscal year. In 1889-’90 the total number of accessions was 
20,187; in 1890-91 it was 27,294, showing a gain of 7,107 over 1889-’90. 
The following publications have been added to the list of regular serials: 
A. A. Bulletin. Actes de la Société Sinico-Japonaise, 
Aarbog, Norske Geografiske Selskab. Paris. 
Aarbog, Norske Geologiske Undersdégelse. | Adams’ Magazine. 
Aarsberetning, Danske Slojdforening. | African. 
Abhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins 
der Proving Brandenburg. 
Abhandlungen zur Geographischen Spe- 
cialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen. 
Abhandlungen der Kéniglichen Meteoro- 
logischen Gesellschaft, Preussen. American Apiculturist. 
Abhandlungen des Kéniglichen Preussi- | American Catholic Quarterly Review. 
schen Meteorologischen Instituts. American Journal of Education. 
Academy, Boston. | Am Urquell. 
Agricultural Gazette, Sydney, N.S. W. 
Agricultural Record, Trinidad. 
Album der Natuur. 
Allgemeine Lutherische Kirchenzeitung. 
Alpine Journal [Alpine Club, London]. 
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