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Michigan, 12 Washington, 3 



Minnesota, 11 West Virginia, 3 



Mississippi, ...... 3 Wisconsin, 16 



Wyoming, 2 



The following table shows the number of exchanges receiving 

 the different publications: 



Domestic. 



General, everything issued by the Museum, 167 



Anthropological, 82 



Botanical, 85 



Geological, ■. . 114 



Ornithological, 9 



Report, ■ • • > 35 



Zoological, 29 



Geological and Zoological, 18 



Geological and Anthropological, 7 



Botanical, Geological, Ornithological, and Zoological, . . 42 



Botanical and Zoological, 11 



Botanical and Geological, 3 



Miscellaneous, 11 



613 



It would seem pertinent to mention that the service of the 

 Bureau of International Exchange connected with the Smithsonian 

 Institution in distributing the publications to foreign countries is 

 highly satisfactory, and grateful acknowledgment is tendered that 

 Institution for providing such excellent facilities. 



A special report of the work done at the St. Louis Fair and a list 

 of the material obtained was published for private circulation only. 



Library. — The number of books and pamphlets in the library 

 is now 36,572, which represent an addition during the year of 1,375 

 books and 1,032 pamphlets, distributed as follows: 



Books. Pamphlets. 



General Library, 12,518 16,563 



Department of Anthropology, .... 600 85 



Department of Botany, . . . . . . 740 319 



Department of Geology, 1,998 2,984 



Department of Ornithology, . . . 397 



Department of Zoology, ...... 361 7 



The additions during the year were 549 titles acquired as fol- 

 lows: By purchase 273 books and 63 pamphlets, and the remainder 

 by gifts and exchange. The Library receives 160 periodicals, 77 of 



