REPORT OP THE SECRETARY. 



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mond lins continued to contribute to the library, and a Dumber of rare scientific 



works not to be found elsewhere in the city have been received from him. 



The library of the Museum has also benefited by the plan adopted by the 

 International Catalogue of Scientific Literature of sending to authors lists of 

 their scientific writings that have been entered in the catalogue and requesting 

 any that have not been cited, as the larger number of the responses received 

 are in the form of separates from periodicals, journals, etc., which are no 

 longer desired for the Smithsonian deposit. 



In the Museum library there are now 30,307 volumes, 47,042 unbound papers, 

 and 10S manuscripts. The additions during the year consisted of 2,581 books, 

 3,567 pamphlets, and 111 parts of volumes. There were catalogued 1,301 books, 

 of which 87 belonged to the Smithsonian library, and 3,567 pamphlets, of which 

 54 belonged to the Smithsonian library, and 13,215 parts of periodicals, of 

 which 058 belonged to the Smithsonian library. 



In connection with the entering of separates and periodicals. 721 memoranda 

 were made reporting volumes and parts missing in the sets, together with a 

 few titles of publications that were not represented in the library. The result 

 of this work was the completing or partial filling up of 550 sets of publications. 



Attention has been 'given to the preparation of volumes for binding, with the 

 result that 1,020 books were sent to the Government bindery. 



The number of books, periodicals, and pamphlets borrowed from the general 

 library amounted to 34,S59, including 9,397, which were assigned to the sec- 

 tional libraries. This does not include, however, the large number of books 

 consulted in the library but not withdrawn. 



The sectional libraries established in the Museum have remained the same, 

 the complete list now standing as follows : 



Administration. History. Photography. 



Administrative assistant. Insects. Physical anthropology. 



Anthropology. Mammals. Prehistoric archaeology. 



Biology. Marine invertebrates. Reptiles. 



Birds. Materia medica. Stratigraphic paleontol- 



Botany. Mesozoic fossils. ogy. 



Comparative anatomy. Mineralogy. Superintendent. 



Editor. Mollusks. Taxidermy. 



Ethnology. Oriental archaeology. Technology. 



Fishes. Paleobotany. 



Geology. Parasites. 



In the following table are summarized all the accessions during the year for 

 the Smithsonian deposit, for the libraries of the office, Astrophysical Observ- 

 atory, United States National Museum, and National Zoological Park. That of 

 the Bureau of American Ethnology is not included, as it is separately ad- 

 ministered : 



Smithsonian deposit in the Library of Congress 25.486 



Office, Astrophysical Observatory, International Exchanges 2. 349 



Watts de Peyster collection i 2S8 



United States National Museum library : 6,259 



Total 34, 382 



Respectfully submitted. 



( 'yiu's Ani.Ki;. 

 Assistant Secretary, in Charge "/' Library and Exchanges. 

 Dr. Charles 1 >. YVauott. 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



