APPENDIX 6. 
EEPORT ON THE LIBEARY. 
Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 
ties of the library of the Smithsonian Institution during- the fiscal 
year ended June 30, 1919 : 
The receipts of publications during the year numbered 24,670 
packages. Of these, 23,517 were received by mail and 1,153 through 
the international exchanges. Five hundred and sixty-one volumes 
were completed and 11,443 periodicals were entered. 
SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY. 
Main library. — Publications for the Smithsonian Main Library, 
after entry on the records, are forwarded to the Library of Congress 
for the Smithsonian deposit. The accession numbers for the year 
extended from 529,925 to 532,002. The accessions included 1,883 
volumes, 242 parts of volumes, 348 pamphlets, and 87 charts. 
The cataloguing covered 2,490 volumes and 85 charts; 1,621 vol- 
umes were recatalogued ; 4,909 cards were typewritten, and 895 
printed cards from the Library of Congress for publications de- 
posited by the institution were filed in the catalogue; 5,721 public 
documents were presented to the Library of Congress in accordance 
with the established practice. 
The securing of publications in exchange for Smithsonian publica- 
tions was carried on under war conditions with results that fully 
warranted the effort, and the completion of sets in the Smithsonian 
deposit of the Library of Congress has been continued, with the 
following results: 
Number of want cards received from Library of Congress : 
From Smithsonian Division 86 
From Periodical Division 129 
From Order Division 14 
229 
Number of publications secured for Library of Congress : 
Volume. Parts. 
For Smithsonian Division 94 381 
For Periodical Division 6 145 
For Order Division 32 1 
132 527 
Number of sets completed, 61. 
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