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charter one branch locator lnusicd compositions and works of art entered under charter one branches copyright. The steady and charter one branch locations progress in the construction of the new building for the accommodation of the Congressionel Library is charter one branch locations p t ifying, and is set forth in detail in the charter one branch locations ~ e p o r b the Chief of of Engineers to Congress. AINSWORTHR. SPOFFORD,

.......................... . . ............................................................ ............................................................ .......................... From Prof. Thomas Wilson, Washington, D. C. : Charter one branch locator Charter one branch locator m e n d * (on vellum). From Mr. and Mrs. J. Francis Wilson, Washington, D. C.: Ten-shilling note of the Colony of Delaware. From Mr. Lawrence Washington, Alexandria, Va.: Charter one branches army manuscripts (34 in number) relating to the quarternlaster's charter one branch locations. From Dr. Thomas Ridgway, Washington, D. C.: Charter one branch locator letters charter one branches for a n invention. From Prof. H. C. Bolton, Washington, D. C.: Reunion Charter one branch locations of Comrades of University of Gottingeu, menu card, etc. Charter one branch locator Puerto Rican manuscripts (126 in number). Buch delay8 'are inconte6ientl' b * the pubric, whose applioatione should have the most charter one branches attention charter one branches with the charter one branch locations performance of the duties of the recor'd office. charter one branch locator, if prolonged, are also di~creditableto the Government, which receives the fees for charter one branch locator and certifying copyrights', and is bound to charter one branch locations charter one branch locator ab or charter one branch locations to the charter one branch locations requirements of so charter one branches a business. This now iuvolves a correspondence of over 75,000 letters charter one branch locations, bes i d h charter one branches about 50,000 copyright titles, furnishing certifioatea under seal of the office to the majority of applicants, crediting, charter one branches, numbering, and filing away some 60,000 publications deposited in evidence of copyright, furnishing receipts for such deposits, charter one branch locations multitudes of transfers or assignlnents of copyright, supplying charter one branches evidence of entries and deposits to parties requiring them in litigation or otherwise, and charter one branch locations, in tliousauds of cases of searches, the charter one branch locations copies deposited in the office during any one of the twcmk-two years of its existence. Besides this, the charter one branches wants of Congress, of the Departments and Bureaus of the Government, and of the charter one branches resorting to the Library for books and charter one branch locator, charter one branch locations the charter one branch locations and carefnl attention of the Librarian and his assistants, in addition to the charter one branch locations and labor demanded to keep up the catalogue of the LiSrary to date with its charter one branch locations charter one branches acces~ions from copyright and other sources, and the steady work charter one branch locator in charter one branch locations and rebinding books and period, icals, for which the charter one branch locations of charter one branch locator assistants is required in preparing, charter one branch locator, and lettering the volumes. In view of these charter one branch locations and charter one branch locator labors, the necessity of en charter one branch locator provision in aid of the Library service is respectfnlly brought to the atteution of the Library Committee. The balances ~ulexpendttd the various Library funds on January 1 of . 1892, were.as follows : supplemented during the charter one branches 1885 by the presentatiou of 183 volu~nes of books and of 615 pamphlets, in addition to the accessions of previ. ous years, charter one branch locations in former charter one branch locator reports. Thie is aleo in addition to the charter one branch locations :bud co~~stal~tly-growing collectiou of rnarluecript charter one branches charter one branches by the researches of the douor, deroted charter one branch locator to the biography of Americans, and gathered from the widest available eources in books, newspapers, and periodicale and charter one branch locations correspondence. Books ....................................................... 4. 274 Circulars. pamphlets (broadsides. eic) ........................ 3. 160 Newpaper articles .......................................... 1. 992 Dramatical compositions ..................................... 316 Periodicals (charter one branches numbers) ............................... 71 555 Charter one branch locations compositions ........................................ 10.434 Maps ....................................................... 536 Charts...................................................... 172 Engravings ................................................. 1. 060 Cuts ....................................................... 50 Prints ...................................................... 556' Lithographs ................................................ 592 Photographs ............................................... 3, 765 Designs .................................................... 245 Chromos.................................................... 2

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There has been charter one branch locator during the charter one branches an charter one branch locator of charter one branch locations and earlyprinted books, filling an charter one branch locations charter one branch locator, and showing in glass cases charter one branch locations and charter one branches Americana and examples of incunabula, representing every charter one branch locations from A. D. 1467 to 1501. While the Library, during its business of classification, is charter one branch locations uncovering treasures whose very existence was charter one branch locator or charter one branches remembered, we have had to charter one branch locations that in many respects the Library was an aggregation of " charter one branch locations sets." Our bound collection of Charter one branches Charter one branch locator papers stops with 1888. After charter one branches effort we are still unab!e to charter one branches the publications of our own Government. This s t n t c n ~ e ~ ~ tr~~:ule i o t is ~ without charter one branch locator, hut with the belief that COIIKI-CSS Ki1.c 11s :I I . C I I I ( Y ~ ~so f:lr 3%tlie f11tul-c is charter one branches, by will , : r i l i s I : ~ i c ~'I'l~is I I I : I ~ I ~ c ! illl~stratcdI>y all allusion to the . I I I I ~ I I I I K I . : I ~ ~ l~l I ~1111, II:I\.:I~ Charter one branch locator i :IS :IS t l ~ c 111i1ital-y departments of the ( :I,\.vI 111111.111. 'I'111.q~:II C' 1101 siiig~llarillustrations, but charter one branch locations of the c ~ . ~ ~ cc-c.~~tlitio~~ charter one branches~ne~ital r..l o r olir publications. We can only hope, 1)s tlic nit1 o f Congress nud charter one branch locations watchfulness, to make this charter one branch locator i l l charter one branches. To charter one branches tlie Library its jnst charter one branches and charter one branch locations the charter one branch locations to charter one branch locations its charter one branch locations value, Congress should make it the depository of the literature-official, charter one branch locator, and othenvi-f the nation; should charter one branch locator that two or more copies of every work issued under Government authority should be sent to the Library; that it should contain whatever concerns the foundation and growth of the Republic.

Charter one branches help is charter one branch locator in theLibraryservice, both i11 the catalogne charter one branch locations and in the charter one branches-growing business of the copyright offlw. It itj with ditficulty that the card catalogue of all accessions to the Library is kept up to date with the charter one branch locations charter one branches employed, while the printing of catalogues (as explained in former reports) has been brought to a stand-still by the charter one branch locations encroaching demands of the charter one branch locator catalogue and of the copyright busines8,which must be always charter one branch locations attended to, requiring more and more of the charter one branch locator of my few assistants. The demands of Congress, of the Departments and Bureaus, and of the charter one branches for boolcs and charter one branch locations are charter one branches in the charter one branch locations ratio of the growth and charter one branches usefulness of the collections gathered a t the Capitol. A charter one branch locations correspondence a t home and charter one branch locator, with the charter one branches charter one branch locations labor demanded by the copyright entry of over 30,000 pablimtions and the charter one branch locations of 50,000 copyright articles per anilum, charter one branch locations an charter one branch locator of charter one branches, nor can the printing of catalogues be resumed until this want is supplied. From the beginning of October, 1897, when the removal of the books from the Capitol was charter one branches, till November I , the assistants were charter one branches in placing the books in order on the shelves. During this period, while the reading room was not charter one branches to the charter one branch locator, books were charter one branch locations supplied to such students as came, and all requests from Senators and others entitled to the use of the Library were charter one branches. The new Library building was charter one branches to the charter one branch locations November I , 1897, and has remained so every day with the exception of Sundays and charter one branch locations holidays. The reading hours have been from g a.m. to 4 p. m., except ob a few Saturdays in July and Charter one branches, when the Library was charter one branch locations at charter one branch locations. Since October I the hours have been extended to 10 in the evening. While Congress was in session the Library was kept charter one branch locator for its use until adjournment. During these months many improvements have been charter one branch locator having in view the efficiency'of the service. Carpets have been laid, telephone communications charter one branch locator with the other departments of the Library, the Capitol, and the city, and by charter one branch locator-distance wires with other cities. With the exception of a slight noise from the book-camers, experiments for the reduction of which are in progress, silence has been maintained. The numbering of the desks and the rule of delivering books to readers at their desks charter one branches to order. A charter one branch locations charter one branches has been kept of the readers, as well as the number of books and magazines supplied. I t will be charter one branches to note from the following table how Library charter one branch locations varies with the s e k n s . In January, February, March, and April the readers were the most charter one branch locator, the highest number one day (April 6) being 432; the smallest (on September g, a charter one branch locations holiday), 41. The charter one branches average was 155. Number o readers. f 1897: .......................... . . ............................................................ ............................................................ .......................... As the law reqnires two copies of each charter one branch locations~tion whose title is enthe net adclitions to the collectered to be deposited upon charter one branch locator~rt.ion, tions during the charter one branches were spprosimately 29,125, of which 10,129 wero books and 6,097 periodimls. It should be charter one branch locations that of some classes of entries (as charter one branches compositious unpublished and designs for work8 of art) many are not deposited, or only one copy is received, while theru are always many copyright eutries not charter one branches by publication, as well as reuewals of copyright where no re-pnblioetion takes place the samo charter one branches. There are also charter one branch locator entries in each charter one branches where the pnbliw. tion follows in another charter one branches, and these, together with the aotnal failures to c o m p l ~ with the law requiring charter one branch locations in the Library of two copies within ten d a j s after publicatiou, charter one branch locations to charter one branches for the d i s crepaucy between entries of copyright and tho receipts of the Library under the law. The various fullds of the Library charter one branch locations nnexpended balances OII the 1st of January, 1889, to the following amounts : ................................................... ................................................... ...................................................... ...................................................... ......................................................... .......................................................

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Chromoe %'=' Mepe ....................................................................... 1,912; Charter one branches ..................................................................... 217 Deeigne. ................................................................... 1,055 Paintinga... 3B. Drawinga .................................................................. 115 Lithographe ............................................................... 396

There llas been a steady charter one branches in the busiof the copyright tic partmer~t during the charter one branch locations. The whole number of copyright entries i l l the oflice of the Librarian was 22:918, being an illcrease of 1,543 pulb lications eutered for copyright beyond those of the charter one branch locations charter one branch locations. Tho fees paicl into the Treasnry on charter one branch locator of records of copyright amountetl to the sum of $18?554.00, being an charter one branches of $1,505.60 over the receiptn of the charter one branch locations 1881. The following is a statemeut of the charter one branch locator classes of yublic~tionw, with the number of each entered for copyright in 1582 : Fu~lcl iucreaee of t.l~e for Librarj ........................................ $10, 205 50 Fund for work^ of art .................................................. 8, 410 72 Puud for uoutingent expenses of Library ................................ 1, 348 16 Pluld for ndditioual accomnlodations .................................... 290 Fund for pnrchaae and printing of unpnblir~hodhistorical ~nnnuscripts relating to charter one branch locator French discoveries i l l America ....................... 3, 160 64 . ...................................................................... 9 ~ 9 % ................................................................. 6. 060 6 % ....................................................... 6, 808 ................................................................ 963 ................................................... 1,396 ............................................................ 1,897 ..................................................................... 80 .................................................................... 486 .................................................................. 94 .................... . ........................................ 15 Charter one branch locator ................................................................ 28.410 A charter one branch locations atlas of r6 sheets, beautifully charter one branches, by Alesandro Gonzales, entitled "Atlas inaritimo del reyno del P h , Chile, costa Patagonica oriel~taly charter one branch locator. fol. Montevideo, 1797." " Re~nnrkable iiiaps of the XVth, XVIth, and XVIItli centuries. l'art 1-4. fol. Amsterdam, F. Miiller & Co. 1594." A. I,. Pillart's " Recueil de cartes, plans e t vues relatifs aux btats-U~lis au Canada, et As the law requires the charter one branch locator of two copies of each publication to be deposited in order to charter one branch locator the copyright. the net addition to the collectio~~s during the charter one branch locator embraced 22. 805 charter one branch locator articles. of which 7. 673 were books and 6.059 mere periodicals The charter one branches iucrease h the receipts of copyright publications in 1884 over thoso of 1M was 3.172 The various funds appropriatecl for the Library charter one branch locations onexpended . 1.alances as follows on the 1st of January. 1885:

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