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domestic.  foreign. 
Addresses  in  Special  Sciences:     1895-96  1896-97 
Anthropology                                         128  135  81  101 
Botany     .    .   -                                   123  129  53  75 
Geology                                              150  152  115  125 
History     .    .    .                                    56  56 
Industrial  Arts                                       31  27  3  2 
Ornithology                                            19  19  12  37 
Zoology                                                 93  80  68  71 
The  distribution  to  foreign  countries  is  accomplished  through  the 
Bureau  of  International  Exchanges  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution. 
The  fifth  edition  of  the  guide  is  in  press  and  will  be  ready  for 
the  public  by  November  1. 
Library. — The  library  contains  8,062  books  and  7,680  pamph- 
lets, distributed  as  follows  :  General  Library,  6,341  books  and  5,130 
pamphlets  ;  Department  of  Geology,  965  books  and  2,500  pamphlets  ; 
Department  of  Ornithology,  368  books  ;  Department  of  Botany,  216 
books  and  50  pamphlets  ;  Department  of  Zoology,  172  books.  The 
additions  during  the  fiscal  year  were  787  books  and  1,426  pamphlets, 
making  a  total  of  2,213  titles,  as  against  1,835  for  the  preceding  year. 
This  is  very  satisfactory,  considering  the  fact  that  only  132  books  and 
14  pamphlets  have  been  added  by  purchase.  The  additions  derived 
from  exchanges  showed  a  marked  decrease  during  the  first  part  of  the 
present  year,  reaching  the  low  number  of  70  titles  for  the  month  of 
March.  Some  420  letters  were,  however,  mailed  to  institutions  and 
scientists  receiving  the  publications  of  the  Museum,  resulting  in  tht 
establishment  of  some  very  valuable  exchanges,  and  making  the  addi- 
tions average  nearly  300  titles  per  month  for  the  last  three  months. 
The  number  of  periodicals  subscribed  to  is  40,  the  number  re- 
ceived in  exchange  or  as  gift  being  52,  exclusive  of  proceeding's  and 
transactions  of  societies.  A  list  of  the  accessions  to  the  library  accom- 
panies this  report.  The  work  of  cataloguing  the  resources  of  the  lib- 
rary has  progressed  steadily.  The  author  catalogue  has  been  kept  up 
to  date  and  was  carefully  revised  in  order  to  be  utilized  in  preparing 
the  typewritten  subject  catalogue,  of  which  some  5,000  cards  have 
been  written.  The  shelf  list  has  been  kept  up  to  date  and  cards 
added  for  some  2,000  pamphlets  not  previously  catalogued.  A  card 
catalogue  of  the  accumulated  duplicates  was  prepared  and  has  been 
issued  as  the  Second  Annual  Exchange  Catalogue  of  the  Museum. 
Collaboration  has  been  rendered  on  a  Union  List  of  periodicals  for 
the  libraries  of  Chicago.  It  is  to  be  printed  in  the  near  future,  and 
will  be  a  very  valuable  aid  to  the  staff  of  the  Museum  when  wishing 
to  consult  magazines  and  other  scientific  serials  not  on  the  shelves  of 
