﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  125 
  

  

  ress 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  far 
  greater 
  if 
  funds 
  had 
  been 
  at 
  hand 
  for 
  

   buying- 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals 
  needed 
  by 
  the 
  curators, 
  

   for 
  supplying 
  in 
  the 
  standard 
  sets 
  the 
  missing 
  numbers 
  that 
  can 
  not 
  

   be 
  obtained 
  by 
  exchange, 
  and 
  for 
  employing 
  enough 
  trained 
  workers 
  

   not 
  only 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  more 
  adequately 
  the 
  current 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  li- 
  

   brary 
  but 
  in 
  particular 
  to 
  make 
  available 
  at 
  the 
  earliest 
  possible 
  mo- 
  

   ment 
  the 
  thousands 
  of 
  volumes 
  and 
  pamphlets 
  now 
  lying 
  useless 
  on 
  

   the 
  shelves, 
  and 
  to 
  expedite 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  the 
  union 
  catalogue 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  Institution 
  stands 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  need. 
  For 
  these 
  purposes 
  

   funds 
  should 
  be 
  provided 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  William 
  L. 
  Corbin, 
  Librarian. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Chakles 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Acting 
  Secretary^ 
  S'tnithsoniaii 
  Institution. 
  

  

  