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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Wissenschaften 
  zu 
  Gottingen, 
  and 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  

   Dublin 
  Society 
  for 
  1803 
  to 
  1810, 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  that 
  society. 
  

  

  Material 
  published 
  in 
  oriental 
  languages, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  

   received 
  in 
  large 
  quantities 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  European 
  publica- 
  

   tions, 
  is 
  continuing 
  to 
  increase, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  

   the 
  Institution 
  may 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  collections 
  at 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Con- 
  

   gress 
  the 
  most 
  representative 
  collection 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  that 
  can 
  

   be 
  brought 
  together 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  The 
  furnishing 
  of 
  English 
  

   transliterations 
  by 
  the 
  donors, 
  as 
  is 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  Vajiranafia 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Library, 
  Bangkok, 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  assistance. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  that 
  material 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  library 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  

   available 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  at 
  the 
  earliest 
  possible 
  moment, 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  have 
  been 
  transmitted 
  daily, 
  as 
  in 
  years 
  past, 
  to 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  deposit 
  in 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  publi- 
  

   cations 
  so 
  transmitted 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  8,907, 
  consisting 
  of 
  7,502 
  

   complete 
  volumes, 
  800 
  parts 
  of 
  volumes, 
  376 
  pamphlets, 
  and 
  229 
  

   charts. 
  The 
  accession 
  numbers 
  extended 
  from 
  537,230 
  to 
  539,988. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  publications 
  transmitted 
  without 
  being 
  entered 
  or 
  

   accessioned, 
  including 
  Government 
  documents, 
  was 
  7,213. 
  

  

  Cataloguing. 
  — 
  While 
  the 
  record 
  for 
  volumes 
  catalogued 
  has 
  again 
  

   been 
  surpassed, 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  possible 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  cata- 
  

   logue 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  accumulation 
  of 
  theses 
  sent 
  during 
  

   the 
  war 
  from 
  European 
  universities. 
  Following 
  are 
  the 
  year's 
  

   records 
  : 
  

  

  Volumes 
  catalogued 
  6,502 
  

  

  Volumes 
  recatalogued 
  55 
  

  

  Charts 
  catalogued 
  160 
  

  

  Cards 
  typewritten 
  4,243 
  

  

  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  cards 
  filed 
  592 
  

  

  New 
  titles 
  added 
  — 
  1,614 
  

  

  Exchanges. 
  — 
  The 
  securing 
  of 
  publications 
  in 
  exchange 
  for 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  sets 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  has 
  been 
  continued, 
  with 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  results: 
  

  

  