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The activities which have to do with the receiving, checking, record- 

 ing, cataloguing, classifying, labeling, counting, and binding — the 

 process through which a book must pass before it may be properly 

 placed on the shelf — has continued as in past years. The smaller 

 number of accessions has permitted a continuance of the analytical work 

 that further enhances the value of the library. There have been newly 

 written, revised, and rewritten 20,560 cards. 



DEPARTMENTAL CATALOGUING, INVENTORYING, AND LABELING. The WOrk of 



cataloguing in the Department of Anthropology has been continued 

 as usual during the current year, the number of catalogue cards written 

 by the various members of the staff totaling 2,036. These cards are 

 distributed among the divisions as follows : North American Ethnology 

 and Archaeology 178; South American and Mexican Ethnology and 

 Archaeology 169; Melanesian Ethnology 199; Philippine and African 

 Ethnology 139; Gunsaulus collection of Japanese sword-guards 926; 

 Tibetan Ethnology 242; Chinese Archaeology and Ethnology 181; 

 Indian Archaeology 2. These cards have been entered in the inventory 

 books of the Department, which now number 38. The annual acces- 

 sions amount to 29, all of which have been entered. The total number 

 of cards entered beginning from the first volume is 141,552. The 

 Section of Printing has supplied 4,533 labels to the Department during 

 the year. These are distributed over the divisions as follows : American 

 Archaeology 235; Chinese Archaeology 277; African Ethnology 2,167; 

 Melanesian Ethnology 1,854. The Section of Photography has pro- 

 vided the Department with 232 negatives, 146 prints and 18 lantern 

 slides. The prints were duly classified and added to the departmental 

 albtmis. An additional nimiber of 436 cards were prepared for the 

 catalogue of lantern slides, the inaugioration of which was reported 

 last year. To the label file were added 875 new label cards. 



All prepared and organized material received by the Depart- 

 ment of Botany during the year has been catalogued to date. 20,292 

 entries have been made, making the total nimiber of entries 453,083. 

 Of the Hall herbariiun 14,149 specimens have been prepared, 

 moimted, and catalogued for insertion in the general herbaritmi of the 

 Musetun. 



The cataloguing in the Department of Geology has kept pace with 

 accessions and all specimens in the department are fully recorded. The 

 largest number of entries made was of economic specimens, a total of 

 1,302 new entries having been made in this division. These with 

 additional entries give a total nimiber for the year of 1,989, and a total 

 nimiber for the department of 134,700. The number of cards written 

 during the year was 78. The labels written nimiber 1,047. About 



