Appendix 7. 



EEPOET ON THE INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF 

 SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the opera- 

 tions of the United States Bureau of the International Catalogue of 

 Scientific Literature for the year ending June 30, 1913. 



The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature now consists of 

 S3 regional bureaus, a new bureau representing the Argentine Republic 

 having been recently established at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. 

 It appears probable that Bolivia will soon also be represented by a 

 regional bureau. The following-named countries are represented by 

 regional bureaus supported in most cases by direct governmental 

 grants: Argentine Republic, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Den- 

 mark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, 

 India and Ceylon, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New South Wales, New 

 Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Russia, South 

 Africa, South Australia, Spain, Straits Settlements, Sweden, Swit- 

 zerland, United States of America, Victoria and Tasmania, and 

 Western Australia. 



These bureaus, acting through the London Central Bureau, form 

 the organization of the International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 

 ture, whose duty it is to collect, index, classify, and publish a current 

 catalogue of the world's scientific literature. The London Central 

 Bureau assembles, edits, and publishes the classified references sup- 

 plied by the regional bureaus. 



The enterprise was begun in 1901 and since then there have been 

 published annually 17 volumes, one each year for the following-named 

 branches of science: Mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemistry, 

 astronomy, meteorology, mineralogy, geology, geography, paleon- 

 tology, general biology, botany, zoology, anatomy, anthropology, 

 physiology, and bacteriology. 



All of the first 9 annual issues of the catalogue have been pub- 

 lished, 14 volumes of the tenth issue, and 2 volumes of the eleventh, 

 a total of 169 regular volumes in addition to several special volumes 

 of Schedules and Lists of Journals. 



The annual subscription price for a complete set of 17 volumes is 

 $85. The receipts from the sale of the catalogue are used for the 

 maintenance of the central bureau, which pays for editing and print- 



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