532 DEPARTMENTAL BEPORTS. 



Library of Congress. Newspaper clippings to the number of 1,947 

 were added and classified. Articles of interest in the lumber trade 

 journals and forest periodicals were indexed. 



The collection of photographs now numbers 9,476. Of the 3,417 

 photographs added during the year, 3,052 are views taken in 41 

 States and Territories, while 365 were received from foreign coun- 

 tries. These include collections from Australia, Austria, and Den- 

 mark and valuable additions to the collections from Germany, India, 

 and Switzerland. 



The collection of lantern slides, which was increased during the 

 year by 782, has been greatly improved by the coloring of slides. 

 Loans of 908 slides to assist in lectures on forestry were made to 28 

 persons during the year. 



Correspondence. 



The correspondence of the Bureau continued to increase greatly 

 and exceeded that of the previous year by 75 per cent. There were for- 

 warded from the Bureau during the year 43,700 pieces of mail matter. 



Mailing Lists. 



The mailing lists of the Bureau are the following: (1) A special list 

 of libraries; (2) a list of representative newspapers; (3) a small for- 

 eign list of scientific and governmental institutions; (4) a special list 

 of persons engaged in forestry work in the United States ; (5) a general 

 list of persons interested in forestry. 



The first four lists, which number 3,008 addresses, receive all pub- 

 lications of the Bureau as soon as they are available. To the general 

 list are sent the reports of the Forester, reprints of the contributions 

 from the Bureau of Forestry to the Yearbook of the Department, and 

 circulars of information. Cards are also sent giving notice of the 

 appearance of bulletins, with brief descriptions of their contents. 

 Applications for bulletins made in response to the card notices are 

 honored in the order of their receipt. The number of addresses on 

 the general list at the end of the year was 8,778. 



Publications. 



During the year 18 new publications appeared, of which 237,000 

 copies were printed. The bulletins were as follows: The Western 

 Hemlock; A History of the Lumber Industry in the State of New 

 York; Eucalypts Cultivated in the United States; The Woodsman's 

 Handbook, Part I; The Hardy Catalpa; The Redwood; Conservative 

 Lumbering at Sewanee, Tennessee; A New Method of Turpentine 

 Orcharding; Seasoning of Timber; and The Woodlot. The two circu- 

 lars were: A New Method of Turpentine Orcharding; and Forestry 

 and the Lumber Supply. Five reprints of Yearbook articles were 

 issued, as follows: Grazing in the Forest Reserves; A Working Plan 

 for Southern Hardwoods and its Results; Practicability of Forest 

 Planting in the United States ; Influence of Forestry upon the Lumber 

 Industry; and Tests on the Physical Properties of Timber. There 

 was also published the Report of the Forester for 1902. 



In addition to these publications 23 press bulletins were issued dur- 

 ing the year, with a total circulation of 113,200 copies. 



