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ment, causing a delay in the numbering, labeling and cataloguing 
of other material. 
The collection of Jadeites and Nephrites, purchased of George 
F. Kunz, have been numbered and displayed in connection with 
other material of this nature, owned by the Museum. 
Plans for additional desk cases have been prepared for this 
department, such cases being urgently needed. 
Library. — The accessions to the library have not been equal 
to those of the preceding year, although the increase has nearly 
filled the shelves. How to provide additional space for the 
material will be a question to be considered during the coming 
year. In view of the average number of yearly accessions it is 
evident that the present accommodations will soon become in- 
sufficient. The total number of volumes now exceeds twenty- 
eight thousand, and there is a large collection of maps. Of the 
above number one thousand five hundred and seventy-seven 
volumes were added this year, largely through purchase and ex- 
change. The increase in the number of teachers, students and 
scientists who make use of the library for the purpose of research 
is very noticeable. 
Mr. Samuel P. Avery donated eighty-five volumes of rare and 
useful works on Botany, Conchology and Zoology. Other valu- 
able gifts were received from the Hon. Levi P. Morton, Hon. 
Roswell P. Flower, Mr. Morris K. Jesup, Albert, Prince of 
Monaco, and Hon. N. S. Reimer, U. S. Minister to Cuba. Mrs. 
C. Sniffen presented three original water-color drawings of the 
Smithsonian Institution, and three rare engravings. 
Publications. — During the year another complete volume of 
the Museum Bulletin (Vol. V) has been published, and Part I 
of the quarto series of Memoirs has appeared. The Bulletin 
consists of twenty-one papers prepared by the curators, making 
about three hundred and sixty pages, with eight plates and 
seventeen cuts in the text. The Department of Mammals and 
Birds is represented by thirteen papers; the Department of 
Mammalian Palaeontology by five, and the Department of En- 
tomology by three. The Geological Department is represented 
