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REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 



The seetioual libraries establislied in the Museum have remained the same, 

 the complete list now standing as follows : 



Administration. 



Administrative assistant. 



Antliropology. 



Biology. 



Birds. 



Botany. 



Children's room. 



Comparative anatomy. 



Editor. 



Ethnology. 



Fishes. 



Geology. 



History. 



Insects. 



Mammals. 



Marine invertebrates. 



Materia medica. 



Mesozoic fossils. 



Mineralogy. 



Mollusks. 



Oriental archaeology. 



Paleobotany. 



SUMMARY. 



Parasites. 



Photography. 



Physical anthropology. 



Prehistoric archaeology. 



Reptiles. 



Stratigraphic paleontology. 



Superintendent. 



Taxidermy. 



Technology. 



In the following table are sununarized all of the accessions during the year 

 for the Smithsonian deposit, for the libraries of the Seci'etary, office, Astro- 

 physical Observatory, United States National Museum, and National Zoological 

 Park. That of the Bureau of American Ethnology is not included, as it Is 

 separately administered : 



Smithsonian deposit in Library of Congress 20,718 



Secretary, office, and Astrophysical Observatory libraries 2,374 



Watts de Peyster collection 1,234 



United States National Museum libi-ary 8,988 



National Zoological Park 44 



Total 33,358 



INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. 



The Smithsonian Institution continued during the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1906, the prepai'ation of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature in 

 cooperation with other countries of the world. 



There were sent from here during the year 25,601 classified citations to Amer- 

 ican scientific literature, as follows : 



Literature of 1901 301 



Literature of 1902 622 



Literature of 1903 3,538 



Literature of 1904 12,139 



Literature of 1905 9,001 



Total 25,601 



During the present fiscal year 22 volumes have been published and distributed 

 to the subscribers in this country, as follows : 



Second Annual Issue: Zoology. (Completing the issue.) 



Third Annual Issue : Geography, General Biology, Physiology, Geology, Pale- 

 ontology, Human Anatomy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Botany, Phys- 

 ical Anthropology, and Zoology. 



Fourth Annual Issue : Astronomy, Mathematics, Bacteriology, Mechanics, 

 Geology, Paleontology, Physics, and Mineralogy. 



The first meeting of the International Convention of the International Cata- 

 logue of Scientific Literature was held in London July 25-26, 1905, there being 



