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learned societies, were received and recorded. One thousand 

 five hundred volumes were sent to the bindery, and of these 

 all but 600 had been bound before the close of the fiscal year. 

 In addition to the use of its own library, it was found neces- 

 sary to draw on the Library of Congress from time to time 

 for the loan of about 800 volumes. The library of the 

 Bureau now contains 16,050 volumes, about 11,600 pamph- 

 lets, and several thousand unbound periodicals. Although 

 maintained primarily as a reference library for the Bureau's 

 staff, its value is becoming more and more known to students 

 nOt connected with the Smithsonian Institution, who make 

 constant use of it. During the year the library was used 

 also by officers of the executive departments and the 

 Library of Congress. 



MANUSCRIPTS 



During the first half of the fiscal year the manuscripts 

 were under the custodianship of Mr. J. B. Clayton, and on 

 his indefinite furlough at the close of 1909 they were placed 

 in charge of Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, as previously noted. 

 Nineteen important manuscripts were acquired during the 

 year, of which seven are devoted to Chippewa music and 

 are accompanied with the original graphophone records, 

 five relate to the history of the Indians, and seven pertain 

 to Indian linguistics. This enumeration does not include 

 the manuscript contributions to the Handbook of American 

 Indians and the Handbook of American Indian Languages, 

 nor the manuscripts submitted for publication by the 

 members of the Bureau's regular staff. 



REMOVAL OF OFFICES 



Quarters in the Smithsonian building having been assigned 

 by the Secretary for the use of the Bureau, and funds having 

 been provided by the sundry civil act for the removal of the 

 Bureau's property, the work of transfer was commenced on 

 December 10, 1909, by removing the library from the third 

 floor of the Adams Building, 1333 F street NW., to the 

 eastern gallery of the bird hall on the main floor of the 

 Smithsonian building. The task was made difficult owing 

 to the necessity of removing the old stacks and the books 



