38 ANNUAL UEPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 



By Samuel IIkxshaw. 



Since July 1, 1899, the date of the last Report, 252 volumes, 

 2,681 parts of volumes, 952 pamphlets, and 29 maps have been 

 received. 



This year's accessions added to the numbers reported in 1899 

 give the library a total of 32,467 volumes and 24,346 pamphlets. 



236 volumes have been bound ; 210 pamphlets have been sepa- 

 rately bound. 



The geological serials and the reports of governmental surveys, 

 until now divided between the Museum and Whitney libraries, 

 have been combined. The arrangement of the serials is alpha- 

 betic ; a dummy with reference to an accessible library represents 

 such serials as are not on the shelves. The arrangement of the 

 reports of the various surveys is geographic and alphabetic. 



The combination in a single series of the remaining geological 

 and geographical books is in progress. 



A shelf catalogue has been begun. 



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