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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



International exchange of government publications in 1877. 



Total. 



Argentine Republic 3 



Belgium 2 



Brazil 2 



Buenos Ayres 2 



Chili 2 



England 2 



France 3 



Germany 2 



Greece ■ 7 



Hayti 3 



Holland 2 



Japan 2 



Mexico 2 



New South Wales 2 



New Zealand 2 



Norway 2 



Ontario 2 



The expense of boxing, packing, transparting, and payment of agents 

 in connection with the transmission of these governmen t documents 

 has been advanced for two years by the Institution, but it is expected 

 that Congress will reimburse it by an appropriation at the present ses- 

 sion. 



library. 



Statement of the books, maps, and charts received by the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution in 1877, and transferred to the Library of Congress. 

 Volumes: • 



Octavo, or less 1 , 328 



Boxes 



Canada 2 



Portugal 2 



Prussia 2 



Queensland 2 



Saxony 2 



Scotland . 2 



Spain : 2 



South Australia 2 



Sweden 2 



Switzerland 2 



Tasmania 2 



Turkey 2 



Venezuela ^ . 3 



Victoria 2 



Quarto, or larger . 



561 



1,889' 



Parts of volumes : 



Octavo, or less • 1, 954 



Quarto, or larger 2, 373 



Pamphlets: 



Octavo, or less 1, 754 



Quarto, or larger 430 



2,184 



Maps and charts ... , 320 



Total 8, 726 



An increase of 1,141 over the year 1876. 



List of the more valuable boolcs received in 1877. 



From the British Museum, London : Facsimile of an Egyptian Hiera. 

 ticPapyrus, ofthe reign of Rameses III. Loudon, 1876. Oblong Elephant 

 folio.— Fac-similes of Ancient Charters. Parts ii, iii. 1876-1877. 

 Folio. — Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali books. By Dr. E. Haas. 1876. 

 4to. — Catalogue of Oriental Coins. Vol. ii. 1876. 8vo. — Catalogue of 

 Greek Coins. Sicily, 1876. 8vo. — Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of 



