﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  115 
  

  

  gether. 
  Although 
  no 
  supplementary 
  lists 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  since 
  

   1904, 
  many 
  journals 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  since 
  that 
  time. 
  Pending 
  the 
  

   resumption 
  of 
  publication, 
  it 
  was 
  felt 
  that 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  list 
  

   should 
  be 
  entirely 
  revised, 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  necessary 
  data 
  for 
  

   this 
  work 
  was 
  begun 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  When 
  the 
  list 
  is 
  completed, 
  

   it 
  is 
  expected 
  to 
  publish 
  it 
  in 
  pamphlet 
  form, 
  as 
  no 
  such 
  list 
  now 
  

   exists, 
  although 
  a 
  general 
  need 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  felt 
  among 
  librarians 
  and 
  

   students 
  of 
  science 
  quite 
  independently 
  of 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  

   International 
  Catalogue. 
  

  

  In 
  1922 
  the 
  International 
  Convention 
  of 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  at 
  its 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  Brussels 
  passed 
  a 
  resolution 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  organization 
  in 
  being 
  

   until 
  financial 
  conditions 
  should 
  make 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  resume 
  publi- 
  

   cation. 
  Since 
  that 
  time 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  aim 
  of 
  this 
  bureau 
  to 
  do 
  its 
  

   part 
  in 
  continuing 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  catalogue. 
  Each 
  year, 
  when 
  Con- 
  

   gress 
  is 
  asked 
  for 
  the 
  appropriation 
  for 
  maintenance, 
  the 
  explana- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  made 
  that 
  although 
  nothing 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  published 
  it 
  is 
  felt 
  

   that, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  recognized 
  need 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  catalogue, 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  should 
  do 
  its 
  utmost 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  present 
  organization 
  alive. 
  

   This 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  labors 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  emi- 
  

   nent 
  men, 
  who 
  in 
  the 
  beginning 
  succeeded 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  difficult 
  task 
  

   of 
  securing 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  33 
  countries, 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  lost, 
  and 
  

   also 
  that 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  a 
  sufficient 
  endowment 
  is 
  had, 
  or 
  international 
  

   financial 
  conditions 
  become 
  normal, 
  the 
  original 
  organization 
  can 
  

   again 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  war 
  conditions 
  made 
  

   suspension 
  necessary. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  Leonard 
  C. 
  Gunisell, 
  

  

  Assistant 
  in 
  Charge, 
  

   Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Acting 
  Secretary^ 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  