114 ANNUAL EEPOKT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1922. , 



Wissenschaften zu Gottingen, and the Transactions of the Eoyal 

 Dublin Society for 1803 to 1810, the gift of that society. 



Material published in oriental languages, while it is not yet 

 received in large quantities as compared with European publica- 

 tions, is continuing to increase, and it is hoped that in the future 

 the Institution may have in the collections at the Library of Con- 

 gress the most representative collection of this material that can 

 be brought together in this country. The furnishing of English 

 transliterations by the donors, as is done by the Vajiranana Na- 

 tional Library, Bangkok, is of great assistance. 



In order that material received for the library may be made 

 available to the public at the earliest possible moment, publica- 

 tions have been transmitted daily, as in years past, to the Smith- 

 sonian deposit in the Library of Congress. The number of publi- 

 cations so transmitted during the year was 8,907, consisting of 7,502 

 complete volumes, 800 parts of volumes, 376 pamphlets, and 229 

 charts. The accession numbers extended from 537,230 to 539,988. 

 The number of publications transmitted without being entered or 

 accessioned, including Government documents, was 7,213. 



Cataloguing. — While the record for volumes catalogued has again 

 been surpassed, it has not been possible during the year to cata- 

 logue the remainder of the large accumulation of theses sent during 

 the war from European universities. Following are the year's 

 records : 



Volumes catalogued 6,502 



Volumes reeatalogued 55 



Charts catalogued 160 



Cards typewritten 4,243 



Library of Congress cards filed 592 



New titles added 1,614 



Exchanges. — The securing of publications in exchange for the 

 completion of sets in the library has been continued, with the fol- 

 lowing results: 





Wanted. 



Secured. 





Volumes. 



Parts. 



Volumes. 



Parts. 



Library of Congress: 



i 

 1,620 1,184 

 35 1 129 



520 

 11 

 38 

 25 



584 





28 





30 

 81 





1 





83 



40 











2,766 



1,396 



594 



653 



