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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Archaeological 
  Survey 
  — 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  secretary 
  to 
  

   the 
  High 
  Commissioner 
  for 
  India; 
  North 
  American 
  Wild 
  Flowers, 
  

   volume 
  4, 
  by 
  Mary 
  Vaux 
  Walcott, 
  from 
  the 
  artist- 
  author 
  ; 
  A 
  Link 
  

   with 
  Magellan, 
  being 
  a 
  chart 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Indies, 
  C. 
  1522, 
  in 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   session 
  of 
  Boies 
  Penrose, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Penrose; 
  Enthronement 
  of 
  the 
  

   One 
  Hundred 
  Twenty-fourth 
  Emperor 
  of 
  Japan, 
  from 
  the 
  Japan 
  

   Advertiser, 
  Tokyo; 
  and 
  Metropolitan 
  Museum 
  Color-prints, 
  series 
  

   1-8, 
  with 
  several 
  other 
  publications, 
  from 
  the 
  Metropolitan 
  Museum 
  

   of 
  Art. 
  

  

  Among 
  donors 
  on 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  its 
  branches 
  were 
  

   Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  William 
  

   H. 
  Holmes, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  who, 
  as 
  in 
  previ- 
  

   ous 
  years, 
  were 
  generous 
  contributors 
  of 
  publications 
  of 
  different 
  

   kinds; 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  W. 
  Richmond, 
  who 
  gave 
  many 
  volumes, 
  some 
  

   quite 
  rare, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  ornithology 
  ; 
  and 
  Miss 
  Mary 
  J. 
  Rathbun, 
  whose 
  

   gifts 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  increased 
  her 
  total 
  gifts 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  to 
  more 
  

   than 
  200 
  pieces, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  her 
  own 
  publications. 
  Still 
  other 
  gifts 
  

   came 
  from 
  Assistant 
  Secretary 
  Wetmore, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  de 
  C. 
  Ravenel, 
  Dr. 
  

   R. 
  S. 
  Bassler, 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Clarke, 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  Garber, 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Gidley, 
  

   Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Olmsted, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Riley, 
  Miss 
  Louise 
  A. 
  Rosenbusch, 
  Dr. 
  

   Waldo 
  L. 
  Schmitt, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Ralph 
  Smith. 
  

  

  OFFICE 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  office 
  library, 
  which 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  

   Institution 
  and 
  its 
  branches, 
  various 
  sets 
  of 
  society 
  publications, 
  the 
  

   art-room 
  collection, 
  the 
  employees' 
  library, 
  and 
  many 
  works 
  of 
  refer- 
  

   ence, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  reference 
  room 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Building 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  library 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  admin- 
  

   istrative 
  offices 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  used 
  of 
  the 
  

   libraries 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  system. 
  Especially 
  is 
  this 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  

   employees' 
  collection, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  shelved 
  in 
  the 
  reading 
  room 
  of 
  

   the 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries 
  Building. 
  The 
  usefulness 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  

   was 
  greatly 
  increased 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  by 
  generous 
  loans 
  of 
  cur- 
  

   rent 
  works 
  of 
  general 
  literature 
  from 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress. 
  

   These 
  loans 
  were 
  so 
  much 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  staff 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  hoped 
  they 
  will 
  become 
  a 
  permanent 
  feature 
  in 
  the 
  cooperation 
  

   of 
  the 
  two 
  institutions. 
  To 
  the 
  office 
  library 
  were 
  added 
  144 
  vol- 
  

   umes 
  and 
  16 
  pamphlets. 
  The 
  binding 
  of 
  volumes 
  for 
  tlie 
  library, 
  

   which 
  had 
  been 
  discontinued 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  funds, 
  was 
  

   resumed 
  and 
  41 
  volumes 
  were 
  bound. 
  

  

  SMITHSONIAN 
  DEPOSIT 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian 
  deposit 
  in 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  

   and 
  most 
  important 
  unit 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library 
  system, 
  number- 
  

  

  