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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1929 
  

  

  CONCLUSION 
  

  

  Finally, 
  it 
  is 
  gratifying 
  to 
  report 
  that 
  the 
  special 
  allotment 
  of 
  

   $500 
  for 
  expenses, 
  made 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  enabled 
  

   the 
  library 
  to 
  purchase 
  important 
  books, 
  periodicals, 
  and 
  equip- 
  

   ment 
  for 
  the 
  office 
  library 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  otherwise 
  have 
  ob- 
  

   tained. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  come 
  the 
  amount 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  available 
  

   for 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  will 
  be 
  increased 
  by 
  

   $500. 
  This 
  will 
  be 
  pleasant 
  news 
  to 
  the 
  curators, 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  

   waiting 
  patiently 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  possible 
  for 
  the 
  

   library 
  to 
  get 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  essential 
  to 
  their 
  work 
  that 
  

   can 
  not 
  be 
  secured 
  by 
  exchange. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  library 
  the 
  most 
  urgent 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  funds 
  

   to 
  establish 
  permanent 
  positions 
  for 
  two 
  more 
  cataloguers, 
  another 
  

   library 
  assistant, 
  a 
  correspondence 
  clerk, 
  a 
  stenographer, 
  a 
  typist, 
  

   and 
  another 
  messenger. 
  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  several 
  of 
  these 
  

   positions 
  can 
  be 
  provided 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  in 
  

   order 
  that 
  the 
  unfinished 
  tasks 
  that 
  the 
  library 
  has 
  inherited 
  from 
  

   the 
  past, 
  its 
  current 
  work, 
  which 
  is 
  increasing 
  steadily, 
  and 
  its 
  new 
  

   projects, 
  may 
  be 
  expedited. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  William 
  L. 
  Corbin, 
  

  

  Librarian. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Secretary^ 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  