I 



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DISTRIBUTION OF DOMESTIC EXCHANGES 





2 









I 









24 









10 





68 



Connecticut .... 



18 





6 



Delaware 



2 



North Dakota 



2 



District of Columbia . 



• . 39 









4 







Idaho 



I 









. . 56 









15 

















6 



South Dakota .... 





















Maine 



7 



Utah ...... 







8 









54 







Michigan 



II 





. . 6 





8 





. . 5 



Mississippi .... 



2 





. . 17 















Cuba 



. . 3 





6 





. . 4 







Philippine Islands 



• . 3 











THE LIBRARY. — The books and pamphlets accessioned during the 

 year were 3,400, bringing the total number of books and pamphlets in 

 the library to 68,275, which are distributed as follows: 



General Library 44,221 



Department of Anthropology 3,293 



Department of Botany 6,946 



Department of Geology 9,579 



Department of Zoology 4,236 



Notwithstanding the small number of serial publications received 

 from foreign exchanging institutions, there is a slight increase over the 

 books and pamphlets received during the previous year. Among 'the 

 gifts of the year is the sumptuous edition of Japanese Temples and Treas- * 

 ures in three illustrated volumes presented by His Imperial Majesty's 

 Commissioner General to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. 

 The edition is limited to two hundred copies and was especially prepared 

 for the Exposition. Through the Minister of International Affairs, 

 Wellington, New Zealand, a copy of the Illustrated Flora of New Zealand 



