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List of books, 10. File of Trinity House Notices to Mariners. 

 Archive Depart 11. File of British Admiralty Notices to Mariners. 



12. File of Annonce Hydrographique. 



13. File of Avviso ai Navigante. 



14. File of general Notices to Mariners (New York Herald, 

 &c). 



15. File of Aviso a los Navegantes. 



16. Nachrichten fiir Seefahrer. 



17. Hydrographische Mittheilungen. 



18. Kundinachung fiir Seefahrer. 



19. Noticias Hidrograficas. 



The Hydrographic Notices and Notices to Mariners are 

 issued from the distributing room according to the list 

 posted in this room. The messenger, or, when absent, one 

 of the laborers, attends to this duty. Twenty copies of each 

 notice are retained, to be indexed and bound at the end of 

 the year. 

 Light-House An officer attached to the Department of Archives is as- 



Msts to be kept in • . 



Archive Depart- signed to the duty of keeping the light-house lists cor- 

 rected up to the latest date, and preparing each year the 

 foreign light-house lists for publication. When these lists 

 are in print and the proof returned to this Office, it will be 

 corrected up to the date of reading. 



This officer will also assist in reading proof of Hydro- 

 graphic Notices and Notices to Mariners, as well as other 

 proof of Sailing Directions. 

 The Library a To the librarian, who is an officer attached to the Depart- 

 ive Department, ment of Archives, are assigned the following duties, viz: 



1st. The arrangement and care of the library. 



2d. The charge of all books issued to naval vessels or 

 sold to agents by this office, with the keeping an account of 

 the same. 



3d. The recording of all requisitions for printing and 

 binding. 



First. The librarian will be permanently attached to this 

 Office, if possible, that he may become familiar with all 

 books, and be able to keep the Hydrographer informed of 

 all recent publications, that the library may be as com- 

 plete as possible in all works that would be of service to 

 this Office. 

 Books to bo cat- The books of the library will be catalogued andarranged 



alogiied, arrang- * 



ed, &c. on shelves, properly numbered, so that any book can be 



quickly found. A record will be kept of all books taken from 





