Appendix VI. 



EEPOET OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



Sir: I have the honor to present herewith a repoi't upon the operations of the 

 lihrary of the Smithsonian Institution during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895. 



The entry numbers of accessions to the Smithsonian deposit at the Library of 

 Congress extend from 292,426 to 314,499. 



The following table gives an analysis in volumes, parts of volumes, pamphlets, 

 and charts of the accessions during the vear : 



Publications received betiveen July 1, 1894, and June 30, 1895. 





Quarto or 

 larger. 



Octavo or 

 smaller. 



Total. 





408 



15, 842 



451 



1,154 

 8,422 

 3,028 



1,562 





24, 264 





3,479 

 332 











Total 



! 



29, 637 







In addition to this there have been added to the Secretary's library, office library, 

 and the library of the Astrophysical Observatory 321 volumes and pamphlets and 

 1,995 parts of volumes, making a total of 2,316, and a grand total of accessions for 

 the year of 31,953 volumes, parts of volumes, pamphlets, aud charts. 



Of these accessions, 133 volumes, 7,451 parts of volumes, and 619 pamphlets were 

 retained for the use of the United States National Museum, and 1,176 medical disser- 

 tations were deposited in the library of the Surgeon-General, United States Army; 

 the remaining publications were sent to the Library of Congress on the Monday 

 after their receipt. 



In carrying out the plan formulated by the Secretary in 1887 for increasing the 

 library exchanges, 473 letters were written asking for publications not on the list, or 

 for numbers to complete the series already in the library. I am enabled to report 

 that 182 new exchanges have been thereby secured, and that 97 defective series 

 were either completed or added to, as far as the publishers were able to supply the 

 missing parts. 



A separate record of periodicals received is kept, and from this it appears that the 

 library is now currently' receiving 3,045 periodicals, magazines, and publications of 

 learned societies. This number does not, however, include all such publications 

 arriving at the Institution, inasmuch as many societies whose publications are issued 

 irregularly had not been included in the periodical record up to within recent times. 

 A detailed statement of the language and frequency of issue of these publications is 

 herewith given, roughly divided into pure science, of which there are 1,565, applied 

 science 704, and miscellaneous 776. 

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