Proceedings

of the Tomsk Technological Institute

of Emperor Nicholas II

Vol. 10. 1908. No. 2.

IV.

REPORT

of the Library of the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II

from 1900 to 1907.

With an appendix of 2 tables. 1–54.

The preparation of the present report was begun in the autumn of 1905 by the Chairman of the Library Commission, V. L. Nekrasov, and a member of the Commission, A. M. Krylov; they made extracts from the Institute’s cash books; Tables IV and V (as of January 1, 1906) were compiled by A. M. Krylov and subsequently somewhat modified and supplemented by V. L. Nekrasov, who also carried out all further work on the report. Members of the Commission N. V. Nekrasov and M. E. Yanishevsky took part in verifying the data from which columns 7–11 of Table VII were derived.

1. Funds of the Library.

At the founding of the Institute, 30,000 rubles were allocated for equipping the Library; then, for the second half of 1900, when the Institute was opened, 4,000 rubles were assigned, and the annual regular appropriation under § 2, Art. 12 was fixed at 8,000 rubles. Such an appropriation, while to a certain degree sufficient for the annual replenishment of the Library, is far too small when the organization of the Library is at issue. It is obvious that the above-mentioned 30,000 rubles were entirely insufficient for the initial equipment of the Library of a higher educational institution with four Departments, whose needs differ considerably, and especially given the need to equip the Library immediately with books and, in particular, journals in the physico-mathematical sciences, since the Institute could not even have temporary support in the University Library, which has no physico-mathematical faculty. It is therefore quite natural that the Institute was compelled to make additional appropriations from other credits assigned to the Institute, from balances left from personnel funds, and from special funds. Despite these appropriations, as early as 1903 there proved to be an overexpenditure precisely in the above-mentioned sciences—theoretical mechanics, physics, chemistry, mineralogy, and paleontology—an overexpenditure not fully covered up to the present time.

The need to equip the Library with journals was recognized by the Council of the Institute as one of the most urgent requirements, and for this purpose 4,500 rubles were released from special funds.

In addition, it proved necessary to organize an instructional library consisting of courses and manuals for students, for which an annual appropriation of 1,000 rubles from special funds was contemplated, although during the last 3 years only 1,000 rubles in all were assigned.

Thus, the sums received at the disposal of the Library by January 1, 1907, amount to 104,292 rubles 75 kopecks from general funds and 7,969 rubles 78 kopecks in special appropriations.

For the distribution of the Library’s general funds, a plan was established as early as 1902 by the Library Commission and adopted by the Council of the Insti-

the following principle was adopted: the Library’s general funds are divided into 66 shares, and to each science, or group of sciences, a definite number of such shares is assigned, distributed as follows:

No.	Subject	Shares
I.	Mathematics	5
II.	Theoretical Mechanics	2
III.	Geodesy and Astronomy	1
IV.	Physics	3
V.	Chemistry	5
VI.	Chemical Technology	7
VII.	Metallurgy	3
VIII.	Mineralogy	2
IX.	Geology	4
X.	Paleontology	3
XI.	Mining	3
XII.	Construction Engineering	4
XIII.	Applied Mechanics	7
XIV.	Engines	4
XV.	Machines	3
XVI.	Hydraulic Engineering	2
XVII.	Electrical Engineering	2
XVIII.	Roads	2
XIX.	Mechanical Technology	3
XX.	Miscellaneous Subjects	1

where the latter are understood to include botany, zoology, political economy, legislation, hygiene, and drawing.

This distribution was made at a time when the Institute had only just begun to function, when it comprised only the first two years of the Mechanical and Chemical Departments and the first year of the Mining Department, and when the Civil Engineering Department was entirely absent; when, consequently, there were as yet almost no representatives of the technical sciences among the professors and instructors. Such a distribution can no longer be considered satisfactory to the interests of the matter at the present time and must be completely revised; a draft of such a redistribution of shares is appended (see § 13) to the present report.

2. Library Expenditures.

From the general funds of the Library it was first of all necessary to attend to the construction of a book depository, which was ordered from Bogdanov’s workshop in Kharkov and, including delivery to Tomsk, cost ...

8,700 rubles 02 kopecks, and on the initial furnishing with furniture, 1,405 rubles 47 kopecks. In all, 10,424 rubles 49 kopecks were spent on equipping the Library, not counting delivery by railway.

Next, a major item of expenditure, and in addition an annual expenditure, is the personnel, on which a total of 6,232 rubles 30 kopecks was spent.

According to the staff, the Library is entitled to a librarian and one assistant; it is perfectly clear that, on the one hand, with the Library being organized, and on the other, with the continuously growing number of students, which at present reaches 1,811 persons, such forces cannot be sufficient; moreover, the very low salary of the librarian (1,500 rubles) and especially of the assistant (750 rubles) does not make it possible to invite such persons as would be fully suited to the post in so serious and responsible a matter. Therefore the Library has had: first, to increase the staff of permanent workers by two more persons, whose labor is paid for from the Library’s funds and at present amounts to 1,200 rubles per year; and second, from time to time, for the audit of the Library and for other work, to invite additional temporary employees and to enlist voluntary unpaid workers. Among the latter, with a feeling of deep gratitude, it is necessary to note V. L. Maleeva, the wife of a professor of the Institute, who from July 1906 continuously devoted her time to the Library and during that time performed extraordinarily valuable work, carrying out a detailed audit of the journal section of the Library and compiling an excellent card catalogue of the journals.

If to the remuneration of the permanent and temporary employees one also adds two attendants, whose maintenance, amounting to about 600 rubles, has recently been charged to the Library’s funds, it turns out that the Library, out of 8,000 rubles of regular appropriation, spends more than a quarter (1,200 rubles + 600 rubles + remuneration of temporary employees) on personnel; such a situation can hardly be recognized as normal, and the way out of it will be only to transfer the payment of employees from the Library’s funds to the special funds of the Institute, and the attendants to the corresponding appropriation under § 2, art. 12 of the general estimate.

Next, a major overhead expense is the delivery of books by railway. The remote location of Tomsk makes this expense more burdensome in comparison with the higher educational institutions of European Russia; counting together with this also the delivery from the book depository, the cost of delivery reaches 2,664 rubles 47 kopecks.

Finally, miscellaneous expenses of 556 rubles 68 kopecks and advances of 1400 rubles should, and perhaps could, be reduced with somewhat better management of the Library’s affairs; it should be noted, however, that the advances also include small incidental purchases of books.

Among the overhead expenses directly connected with the book business there is also an expenditure of 7609 rubles 33 kopecks for binding, amounting to almost 10% of the cost of the books (76751 rubles 25 kopecks); a reduction of this expense could be achieved by establishing the Library’s own bindery or by the Institute’s future printing house, the existence of which is urgently necessary.

Thus, the total amount of overhead expenses as of January 1, 1907, reaches 28887 rubles 27 kopecks.

During the same period, 76751 rubles 25 kopecks were spent on books, including also the cost of postage expenses (porto) in sending books and journals from abroad; this last expense has in recent years been assigned to a special column.

3. Distribution of Expenses.

In distributing overhead expenses among the various departments, two different principles have to be established: one—for expenses of acquisition, personnel, advances, and “miscellaneous expenses,” and another—for expenses of binding, delivery, and shipment by post. Expenses of the first category are distributed in proportion to the number of those shares assigned to one or another department of the sciences; as for expenses for binding, delivery, and shipment, they are apportioned in proportion to the expenses for books and journals made from the funds of the given department over a certain interval of time.

In addition, from the expenses of both categories it is necessary to allocate a certain share to the funds of the instructional library, which is replenished outside the distribution of shares; applying to expenses of the second category the same principle as for the main Library, in the present report, for the instructional library, when distributing expenses of the first category, 4 shares are assigned; thus the latter expenses are divided into a total of 70 shares. Such a distribution, being fair, should be sanctioned by the Council of the Institute.

In addition to books and journals ordered by the departments of the sciences from their own funds or by agreement with other departments, there are also books and journals ordered from general funds. To this cate-

belong to this category of books—various encyclopedias concerning all, or a certain group of, sciences, and, among journals, the publications of foreign academies and higher educational institutions and journals of a general character; expenditures on such books and journals are likewise distributed in proportion to the number of shares, without taking the educational library into account. These expenditures are comparatively small: over the entire period of the Library’s existence they amount to only 4,394 rubles 86 kopecks and, as may be seen from Tables III and VII, fall as a small burden upon the funds of the departments.

4. Initial Organization.

The foundation of the Library, as of the entire organization of the Institute in general, was laid by its first director, E. L. Zubashev; on his instructions a number of persons—V. P. Alekseevsky, N. N. Saltykov, A. I. Efimov, D. P. Turbaba, and V. N. Jones—compiled a list of books and journals in mathematics, theoretical mechanics, physics, and chemistry, and in accordance with this list E. L. Zubashev placed orders; in the initial compilation of the list of books on applied mechanics, assistance was rendered by the then Director of the Kharkov Technological Institute, D. S. Zernov.

At the invitation of E. L. Zubashev, the librarian of Tomsk University, S. K. Kuznetsov, undertook the sorting of the books and the initial organization of the Library. Then, after the opening of the Institute on October 9, 1900, each of the newly arriving professors and instructors of the Institute submitted additional lists, according to which the corresponding orders were placed.

There was, of course, no distribution of funds at first, nor could there have been.

When V. A. Obruchev was elected chairman of the Library Commission on October 23, 1901, the rules by which the life of the Library is regulated up to the present time first began to be worked out.

V. A. Obruchev presented the first report on the Library, appended to the present report in the form of Tables I and II, and the first distribution of expenditures by departments—Table III—in accordance with the allocation of shares that had been worked out.

In the report and distribution for 1903 it is necessary to call attention to the fact that the cost of the book depository, 8,700 rubles 02 kopecks, was not fully included in the distribution, and, moreover, the remaining distributed amount of expenditures, 57,547 rubles 10 kopecks, differs from the amount of expenditures, 57,547 rubles 48 kopecks, by 0 rubles 38 kopecks. For the sake of uniformity, the resulting ...

thus the balance of 8,700 rubles 40 kopecks in the present report has been distributed by title and added to the expenditure in 1903.

5. The over-expenditure of 1903 and additional appropriations.

From the distribution for 1903 (Table III) it is evident that by July 3, 1903, the period to which the report was related, there was a considerable over-expenditure on a number of subjects, namely, the following had over-expenditures:

Subject	Amount
Theoretical mechanics	752 rubles 38 kopecks
Physics	641 rubles 87 kopecks
Chemistry	587 rubles 33 kopecks
Mineralogy	208 rubles 46 kopecks
Paleontology	1,263 rubles 60 kopecks
Electrical engineering	11 rubles 60 kopecks
Various subjects*)	1,004 rubles 54 kopecks
Total	4,469 rubles 78 kopecks

Upon approval on November 1, 1903, by the Institute Council of the report for 1903, it was decided to appropriate 4,500 rubles from special funds to cover this over-expenditure, distributing the appropriation over three years; but from that time until January 1, 1907, the Library received for this purpose only 1,500 rubles in 1905, of which in 1906 a further 1,237 rubles 02 kopecks was temporarily borrowed by the Institute.

In view of the circumstance that the funds proposed for appropriation, 4,500 rubles, exceed the over-expenditure of 1903, 4,469 rubles 78 kopecks, by 30 rubles 22 kopecks, this latter sum from the 1905 appropriation was assigned to the general funds and included in the sum of 104,292 rubles 75 kopecks, distributed by title.

The remaining part, 1,469 rubles 78 kopecks, of the 1,500 rubles appropriated in 1905 was allocated to repayment of the over-expenditure in the following manner; they received:

Subject	Amount
Physics	641 rubles 87 kopecks
Mineralogy	208 rubles 46 kopecks
Electrical engineering	11 rubles 60 kopecks
Various subjects	607 rubles 85 kopecks
Total	1,469 rubles 78 kopecks

*) Hygiene, political economy, factory legislation, general legal studies, botany, drawing.

With this deduction, the deficit not covered as of January 1, 1907, remains in the following divisions:

Division	Amount
Theoretical mechanics	752 rub. 38 kop.
Chemistry	587 rub. 33 kop.
Paleontology	1263 rub. 60 kop.
Various subjects	396 rub. 69 kop.
Total	3000 rub. 00 kop.

The fact that, out of the appropriated 1469 rub. 78 kop., the deficits in physics, mineralogy, and electrical engineering were covered first is explained by the circumstance that the three remaining sciences, for which there was still a deficit, received in 1905 additional appropriations for journal subscriptions:

Division	Amount
Theoretical mechanics*)	750 rub.
Chemistry	1500 rub.
Paleontology	1500 rub.

and thus were in a more favorable position in comparison with the other sciences.

In addition, also in 1905, 750 rub. were specially appropriated for supplementing the Library with journals in mathematics*) and 1000 rub. for supplementing the Library with books on photography, hygiene, economic and legal sciences; of these, 750 rub. were assigned to the category “various subjects,” and 250 rub. to chemistry.

It should be noted that the 3 representatives of the chairs of pure and applied mathematics (theoretical mechanics), in petitioning for the release of funds for journals, undertook to subscribe among them to an extraordinarily valuable complete series of Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, which cost the Library 760 rub.; in view of the fact that the copy of the Atti intended for purchase, costing 1200 marks, was sold while the petition for the appropriation was pending, the Library Commission petitioned the Council and, on February 13–18, 1906, received permission, in view of the general character of the journal, to charge the cost exceeding 1200 marks to the general funds of all the chairs. Thus, out of the 760 rub., 554 rub. 76 kop. were charged to the funds of the three chairs of mathematics, and 205 rub. 24 kop. to the general funds.

A special appropriation for the instructional library during the last three years was made only in 1905, in the amount of 1000 rub. Until July 3

*) Half of the total appropriation of 1500 rub. for the three mathematical chairs.

in 1903 the initial furnishing of the educational library was carried out from the general funds assigned to the Library from various sources. From July 3, 1903, to January 1, 1907, with only the indicated appropriation of 1000 rubles, the educational library expended 3355 rubles 49 kopecks and entered 1907 with an overrun of 2355 rubles 49 kopecks; such an overrun must be covered by a special appropriation from special funds, and, moreover, the Institute Council must assign annual appropriations of 1000 rubles for the expansion of this library.

6. Conditions for compiling the present report.

The cash report for the Library and the distribution of expenditures by departments had been made, during the entire existence of the Library, only once—by July 3, 1903. Naturally, there was an urgent necessity to clarify the entire management of the Library’s affairs, to determine what funds the representatives of the various departments had at their disposal, and to make such a distribution annually. But ascertaining all this proved far from easy. First of all, in the Library’s files there had been preserved only the above-mentioned report of 1903, compiled by V. A. Obruchev and approved by the Institute Council (Tables I, II, and III).

For the period from July 3, 1903, to the autumn of 1905, when the compilation of the present report was begun, almost no materials were found that would have made it possible to connect the new report with the report already in existence. It was therefore necessary to begin the work from the very beginning.

The compilers of the report took up the Institute’s cash books and made from them all the extracts relating to the Library, thereby compiling a cash book of the Library, the existence of which must be recognized as extremely necessary. Then extracts were made from the Library inventory, and in these extracts the cost of all books was entered, except for books received by the Library as gifts; it was established when each of the books had been paid for, and from the funds of which department it had been ordered. For the most part such determination was made only from the contents of the book, since it was not always possible to find and use the corresponding documentary data. This circumstance compelled the Library Commission to introduce, for orders, forms of a new pattern, which eliminate the possibility of any difficulties in this respect.

Only in this way—by painstaking work—was it possible to establish what funds had been expended by each science, and it became possible to place the ordering of books on a firm footing.

7. Misunderstandings with Booksellers.

When ordering books from abroad, for a long time an extremely inconvenient procedure was practiced in the Library, one not provided for by the Library’s rules.

The matter was that the Library undertook commission orders abroad not only from the laboratories and offices of the Institute, but also from individual instructors and even from students, as has become clear recently; it should be noted, however, that there apparently were not many orders for instructors and students. Such commission orders were received together with the Library’s orders; the Library paid the postage, the transport of books by rail, the duties at the Chelyabinsk customs house (forwarder Kutter), and insurance, while the laboratories and private persons, upon receiving the books, paid only their cost according to the booksellers’ catalogues. Moreover, there is much reason to think that even this latter payment did not always take place. Usually, upon receipt of the orders by the Library, the administration handed the books over to the laboratories or to private orderers, usually even without receipts, while the cost of the books was included by the booksellers in the Library’s invoices, and they quite rightly demanded full payment for them.

In the autumn of 1905 the Library administration was categorically forbidden to carry out such operations, but the evil had taken root too deeply for it to be eradicated at once; notwithstanding this prohibition, as early as the summer of 1906 the assistant librarian, Mr. Pontus, who has now left service in the Library, at the request of P. K. Sobolevsky, placed a fairly large order with Fock for the geodetic and mine-surveying laboratories, and the books, upon receipt, were handed over to the laboratory even without receipts, while the bookseller Fock included their cost in the Library’s invoice dated January 1, 1907.

Fortunately for the Library, on this occasion the fact of the order was noticed in good time, and its cost was excluded from the Library’s account; but there is no doubt that in the past such facts sometimes passed unnoticed, as is confirmed by the series of debts owed to the Library by laboratories and the Institute, established in the preparation of the Report (see § 8). Such omissions in the past are explained ...

by a superficial check, and perhaps even by the absence of verification of invoices presented for payment.

In exactly the same way, with respect to private individuals it was established—though only in 1907—that books were handed over to them without lists, while their cost was included in the Library’s accounts; this fact came to light in Makushin’s accounts, and the cost of the books excluded from the Library’s accounts will be recovered from the former assistant librarian M. V. Pontus. It is evident from this that the possibility of such facts in the past cannot be denied.

Wishing to clarify the unclear points indicated above, the compiler of the report encountered yet another difficulty.

For the proper conduct of operations, it is necessary that all accounts be submitted to the Library in three identical copies, of which one remains in the Library, while the other two, when presented for payment, go to the Institute’s accounting office and to the Control Office; all changes made by the Library to the accounts must be made simultaneously in all three copies.

Unfortunately, neither condition has hitherto been strictly observed by the Library: accounts were often submitted in two copies, or even, perhaps, in a single copy, and no copy of the submitted account remained in the Library; and, on the other hand, changes were indicated only on one copy of the account, while on the one that remained in the Library no indications at all were made.

When, in investigating the matter, the compiler of the report sought the original Fock account from 1903, it could not be found either in the Institute’s accounting office or in the Tomsk Control Chamber, to which the assistant librarian had been sent to make a copy of it.

Finally, there is one more reason, lying within the power of the Library and within its responsibility, that hinders clarification of the financial relations of the Library’s foreign suppliers with the Library. This reason is as follows.

The firm of Fock in Leipzig is the supplier, besides the Library, of at least another 15 offices and laboratories of the Institute, each having its own separate administration. When paying the accounts of these institutions, the Foreign Department of the Ministry of Finance usually transfers money to Fock “on account of the Tomsk Technological Institute,” without any more detailed indications. Receiving this money, the firm finds it difficult to know to whose account to enter the incoming payment, and often enters it not to the institution whose account had been paid; such a case was discovered just recently, when a payment of the metallographic laboratory was entered by Fock as ...

entered in the assets of the mechanical workshops. The firm, recognizing all the inconvenience of such a situation, itself appealed to the Ministry of Finance with the corresponding request, but received no reply from it. All that has been set forth above was stated by representatives of the firm to the chairman of the Library Commission, V. L. Nekrasov, when in the summer of 1907 he was in Leipzig in order personally to clarify with Fock the misunderstanding that will be discussed below.

In order to exclude the possibility of such confusion, it is necessary, on the one hand, when presenting invoices for payment, immediately to notify the corresponding firm of this, indicating the changes that have been made in the invoice and the sum in which the invoice has been submitted for payment, as is currently practiced by the Library; but on the other hand, the Council must petition, through the Ministry of Public Education, before the Ministry of Finance that it instruct the Foreign Department, when paying the invoices of the Tomsk Technological Institute, to give detailed indications from which institution of the Institute the payment is specifically being received.

On the basis of the irregularities indicated above, the misunderstanding with Fock, which was mentioned above, took place: the firm demands payment from the Institute Library of 983.69 marks, equal to 455 rubles 48 kopecks, underpaid to it, according to Fock, on old invoices.

In the investigation of this matter it turned out that some books entered in the inventory had indeed not yet been paid for by the Library; such books received from Fock amounted to 81 rubles 94 kopecks, and from Hermann in Paris to 26 rubles 20 kopecks. In addition, when checking the inventory of the library of the technical laboratory of organic substances, it became clear that there were books there in the amount of 116 marks 50 pfennigs, received from Fock and not paid for by the laboratory; undoubtedly, these books had been paid for by the Library.

Taking into account the two sums indicated above, 81 rubles 94 kopecks and 53 rubles 93 kopecks, which together make 135 rubles 87 kopecks, we see that Fock’s claim is reduced to 319 rubles 61 kopecks. The Library will have to recognize the payment of this last sum as obligatory for itself, since, under the circumstances indicated above, the Library has no grounds for denying two possibilities: 1) that the corresponding order could have been received by it, although not for itself, and 2) that its payment could have been credited to the account of one of the Institute’s laboratories; in either case the supplying bookseller is not responsible and therefore cannot bear material loss.

For the Library there remains, in this, only one hope: that perhaps in the future, in other laboratories as well, there may accidentally be found—

the same will be found in the technical laboratory of organic substances, and then the laboratory will undoubtedly reimburse the Library for the expenses incurred by it.

8. Debts of the Library.

In compiling the report, it became possible, on the other hand, to ascertain that the Institute Library is to receive from a number of institutions sums paid from the Library’s funds on others’ account and not reimbursed by January 1, 1907. A number of laboratories have debts caused by the above-mentioned payment by the Library for books ordered by the laboratories; these debts are as follows: according to Fock’s accounts

Debtor	Rubles	Kopecks
Laboratory of Technology of Inorganic Substances	10	07
Laboratory of Technology of Nutrient Substances	28	62
Electrotechnical Laboratory	27	55
Mining Museum	18	00
and according to Makushin’s account: Physical Laboratory *);	52	99
total amount	137	23

Then there is recorded as a debt owed by the Institute 32 rubles 22 kopecks, the origin of which is as follows:

On January 3, 1904, for a cash-on-delivery payment for books from the Bureau for Soil Investigation, 60 rubles 50 kopecks were paid from the Library’s funds; of these books, part, in the amount of 28 rubles 28 kopecks, was entered in the Library inventory, while the remaining books, in the amount of 32 rubles 22 kopecks, were sold to students, the money was paid by the assistant librarian M. V. Pontus to the Institute accountant D. N. Sokovnin and entered by him as receipts.

From the bookseller Fock the Library is to receive 22 rubles 22 kopecks, equal to 48 marks, the cost of the newspaper l’Aurore for 1903, which was paid by the Library twice on June 27, 1904, according to two accounts—one of April 8 and the other of March 28, 1903.

From the bookseller Hermann in Paris the Library is to receive 55 rubles 11 kopecks = 106.95 francs + 40 francs, of which 106.95 francs are for books paid for twice—on May 29, 1902, and November 8, 1905—and 40 francs for books paid for on April 17 and September 12, 1903.

*) This debt was reimbursed to the Library in 1907.

If one takes into account the books long since received from Hermann, amounting to 26 rubles 20 kopecks, and Hermann’s debt, unpaid as of January 1, 1907, this comes to 28 rubles 91 kopecks.

Finally, in 1906, in view of the Institute’s difficult situation, when distributing special funds, the Council of the Institute temporarily transferred 1,237 rubles 02 kopecks to the Institute’s general funds from the remaining 4,918 rubles 50 kopecks allocated in 1905 for the Library’s use—6,000 rubles in all (4,500 for journals and 1,500 rubles to cover the overexpenditure of 1903); these 1,237 rubles 02 kopecks are to be reimbursed to the Library in 1907.

Thus, in total, the Library is to receive from the laboratories, the Institute, Fock, and Hermann 1,483 rubles 80 kopecks.

9. Tables of the Report.

The first three tables of the report constitute a reproduction of the report for 1903, which was not printed and to which the present report is directly appended; therefore it was essentially necessary to print it in order to provide a clear picture of the entire administration of the Library.

Table IV gives, for the entire period of the Institute’s existence up to January 1, 1907, an extract from the cash books for operating expenses and for special funds. From this table it is evident that, according to the indicated sources of income, the Library, as of January 1, 1907, had an overexpenditure of 0 rubles 50 kopecks, caused by the above-mentioned transfer of 1,237 rubles 02 kopecks from the Library’s funds; this transfer forced the Library to take every measure to reduce expenditures during 1906.

Table V gives an extract from the cash book of the capital for equipping the Institute and a summary of all the Library’s receipts and expenditures.

Despite the fact that the Library, being constrained in its funds, delayed in every possible way new orders for books and journals, and even expenditures on binding, 5,386 rubles 99 kopecks of the capital for equipment remained unspent as of January 1, 1907; this is explained by the fact that the credit for equipping the Institute was granted in extremely limited amounts and was spent entirely on construction needs, so that the Library was in fact unable to exercise its right to receive the indicated 5,386 rubles 99 kopecks.

Table VI gives a classification of expenditures; in this table one fact is extremely important: out of the total sum of 39,144 rubles 24 kopecks that the Library actually spent from July 3, 1903, to January 1, 1907, only ... went specifically for books and journals

26,689 rubles 14 kopecks, whereas overhead expenses amount to 12,455 rubles 10 kopecks; thus, almost one third of all Library expenditures does not go toward replenishing the Library with books, i.e., toward the Library’s immediate task; such a situation can hardly be regarded as normal.

A considerable reduction of it is possible only if the Institute petitions for an increase in the Library staff, and, for the time being, as has already been said above, assigns payment for the Library employees to special funds.

It should also be noted that postal expenses, appearing in booksellers’ invoices, were not set off in the 1903 report in a separate column.

Table VII constitutes the most important part of the report; in it attention must be paid to the circumstance that the distributed value of books and journals, 27,738 rubles 21 kopecks, exceeds 26,689 rubles 14 kopecks—the value according to the cash books—by 1,049 rubles 07 kopecks; this is explained by the fact that, when books arriving from abroad were entered into the inventory, the price was established by equating the German mark to 50 kopecks and the franc to 40 kopecks; the resulting difference, accumulating, produced the above-mentioned excess of 1,049 rubles 07 kopecks.

This sum, being distributed in proportion to the expenditure on books and journals, must be added to the free funds of the departments; during the reporting period, according to the Institute’s inventory books, 27,738 rubles 21 kopecks were spent on the acquisition of books and journals, not counting small purchases from advances; this sum also includes 2,378 rubles 41 kopecks—the value of books received by the instructional library; the actual price of these books, almost exclusively in the Russian language and therefore published and paid for in Russia, coincided with their value according to the inventory entries, and therefore, naturally, when distributing 1,049 rubles 07 kopecks, the value of the instructional Library’s books was not included in the calculation. Thus, the indicated 1,049 rubles 07 kopecks were distributed only over 25,359 rubles 80 kopecks, and were distributed in proportion to the sums that the various departments spent on books and journals during the period from July 3, 1903, to January 1, 1907.

The shares thus obtained from the 1,049 rubles 07 kopecks were excluded from the total expenditure of the departments for the entire time of the Library’s existence.

10. Results of the Allocation.

Turning to the results of the allocation in Table VII, we have, as of January 1, 1907, a number of excessive balances—on the one hand—and a number of overruns—on the other; these overruns are as follows:

Department	Amount
in theoretical mechanics	592 rub. 48 kop.
chemistry	750 rub. 03 kop.
geology	89 rub. 26 kop.
paleontology	134 rub. 55 kop.
electrical engineering	389 rub. 45 kop.
various subjects	952 rub. 93 kop.
teaching library	2355 rub. 49 kop.

But these are not the results that should be taken into account when assessing the existing system of allocation; if we take into account the cost—4446 rub. 30 kop.—of those books and journals which had been received before January 1, 1907, but had not yet been paid for in due time, then the results of the allocation will be somewhat different, and they are the ones that deserve careful consideration.

In Table VIII we see that there is an overrun in the following departments:

Department	Amount
Teaching library	2491 rub. 98 kop.
Theoretical mechanics	1161 rub. 69 kop.
Chemistry	1048 rub. 76 kop.
Various subjects	1032 rub. 38 kop.
Electrical engineering	501 rub. 15 kop.
Paleontology	280 rub. 70 kop.
Geology	207 rub. 76 kop.
Mining	15 rub. 49 kop.

The teaching library, having its own special purpose, in the period from July 3, 1903, to January 1, 1907, received from special funds only 1000 rubles, whereas to stop its replenishment—and still more so, with the annual opening of ever newer courses*)—was completely impossible. Therefore the replenishment of the teaching library was charged to the funds of the main Library, which created the overrun just indicated. In order to bring the matter of replenishing the teaching library back to normal, the Council must immediately allocate for replen—

*) In 1900 the first courses were opened only in the Mechanical and Chemical Departments; in 1901—in Mining, and in 1902—in Civil Engineering.

... covering the overspending of 2,491 rubles 98 kopecks, and to make regular annual appropriations of 1,000 rubles from special funds.

The second overspending—on theoretical mechanics—is partly the consequence of an overspending of 752 rubles 38 kopecks made in 1903 and, in fact, still not covered, although its coverage had already been predetermined by the Council’s resolution of 1903; but this is only partly so, since, if the forthcoming appropriation of 752 rubles 38 kopecks is excluded from the 1,161 rubles 69 kopecks, the overspending is reduced to 409 rubles 31 kopecks, which is almost twice the share of the regular appropriation for theoretical mechanics (242 rubles 20 kopecks). Thus, the overspending on theoretical mechanics, existing even with the extremely restricted purchase of books in recent times, is an organic defect in the distribution of shares and shows that the two shares falling to the share of theoretical mechanics are wholly insufficient to maintain the theoretical-mechanics section in the Library at the proper level.

The overspending on chemistry consists, in its composition, of 587 rubles 33 kopecks—the overspending of 1903, which will be covered by a special appropriation; after excluding this sum, we obtain an overspending for the last 3½ years in the amount of 461 rubles 43 kopecks, an overspending amounting to ⅔ of the annual appropriation of 606 rubles from regular sums.

The overspending of 1,032 rubles 38 kopecks on “various subjects,” which include botany, zoology, political economy, general law, factory legislation, hygiene, theology, philosophy, and drawing, is the consequence of the meager annual appropriation of 121 rubles 20 kopecks; this overspending, which includes 396 rubles 69 kopecks—the still uncovered share of the overspending of 1903—is thus reduced in essence to an overspending of 635 rubles 69 kopecks, equal to more than five times the annual budget; it must be covered by the Council, and the sums assigned annually to “various subjects” must be increased.

The overspending of 501 rubles 15 kopecks on electrical engineering, exceeding the annual appropriation of 242 rubles 40 kopecks by more than two times, is likewise abnormal: it must be covered, and the share of electrical engineering must be increased.

The overspending of 280 rubles 70 kopecks on paleontology is only apparent, since paleontology is to receive 1,263 rubles 60 kopecks in reimbursement of the overspending of 1903; thus, after excluding the overspending, 982 rubles 90 kopecks of free funds remain at the disposal of the department; such a substantial balance, exceeding by 2½ times the annual appropriation of 363 rubles 60 kopecks, shows that, at the end...

…for the basic outfitting of the paleontology section, the share of this science in the general distribution of funds may be reduced.

The overspending of 207 rubles 76 kopecks for geology, amounting to less than half of the annual appropriation of 484 rubles 80 kopecks, causes no complications in replenishing the Library with books on geology and can be covered, at most, in two years.

The overspending of 15 rubles 49 kopecks for mining, though insignificant at first glance, is in fact extremely serious. The matter is that, in the initial distribution, out of the 3 shares for mining, one share was intended for mine surveying. Thus, out of the total sum of 4740 rubles 58 kopecks assigned to mining since the founding of the Library, mine surveying should have had at its disposal 1580 rubles 19 kopecks, whereas in fact the entire indicated sum went wholly to books and journals on mining in the narrow sense, and mine surveying is at present without literature. Such a situation cannot be tolerated any longer, and the Council must appropriate 1580 rubles 19 kopecks for equipping the Library section on mine surveying; part of this sum could also be used to replenish the Library with books and journals on astronomy and geodesy.

Let us now turn to the departments that, as of January 1, 1907, have available funds:

Department	Available funds
Applied mechanics and mechanical engineering	4057 rub. 33 kop.
Hydraulic engineering	1412 rub. 82 kop.
Mechanical technology	900 rub. 55 kop.
Chemical technology	727 rub. 94 kop.
Astronomy and geodesy	590 rub. 06 kop.
Roads	390 rub. 07 kop.
Mineralogy	374 rub. 65 kop.
Mathematics	342 rub. 72 kop.
Metallurgy	184 rub. 02 kop.
Construction	157 rub. 29 kop.
Physics	26 rub. 98 kop.

Applied mechanics and mechanical engineering, in the distribution of shares, appear under three names: “applied mechanics,” “engines,” and “machines,” and have 14 shares at their disposal, i.e., receive 1696 rubles 80 kopecks per year; the indicated classification can hardly be considered successful, and it is often very difficult to assign a book to one or another section; therefore the majority of books

under “applied mechanics,” which in 1907 has a balance of 50 rubles 14 kopecks, while the funds for “machines” and “engines” remain almost untouched. This shows, on the one hand, that applied mechanics and mechanical engineering should enter into the general distribution as a whole, just as chemical technology enters as a whole; and, on the other hand, that the detailed classification within the department should be changed. This classification should establish the share of the general appropriation on which each of the professors and instructors of applied mechanics and mechanical engineering may rely. Moreover, the Library has all the most important books and journals in this department, and only the subdepartments of hydraulics and structural mechanics are poorly equipped*; therefore the annual appropriation received by applied mechanics and mechanical engineering is excessive, and their share in the general distribution should be considerably reduced. Perhaps part of the free funds could even be used to cover the overexpenditure in theoretical mechanics and electrical engineering, the sciences most closely related to applied mechanics.

The next large balance, 1412 rubles 82 kopecks, relates to hydraulic engineering; it is explained by the fact that the major subdepartments—harbor structures and inland waterways—began to be equipped only in the past year.

The balance of 727 rubles 94 kopecks for chemical technology, with an annual appropriation of 848 rubles 48 kopecks, is the result of accidental causes, since this department is far from having completed its equipment; moreover, the Library is entirely lacking a subdepartment concerning the technology of dyestuffs. The representatives of the chairs of chemical technology in 1907 intend to place large orders, which will entirely absorb the balance accumulated up to the present.

The balance of 590 rubles 06 kopecks for astronomy and geodesy, despite the poor equipment of this department, is explained by the fact that the representative of these sciences, while petitioning the Council for the appropriation of a large sum for the equipment of the department, has not yet submitted an order that could make use of the sum at his disposal.

It should be noted that, with the Institute comprising the Civil-Engineering and Mining Departments, and with the latter providing the possibility of specialization in mine surveying, it is necessary considerably to increase the share of astronomy and geodesy

* For structural mechanics, large orders were placed in 1907.

in the general distribution; for it is quite obvious that one share, yielding 121 rubles 22 kopecks a year, cannot be sufficient for equipping and replenishing the Library with books and journals on astronomy, lower and higher geodesy, and the auxiliary sciences connected with them.

The balance of 390 rubles 04 kopecks for roads and 157 rubles 29 kopecks for construction is very small, especially if one bears in mind that the equipment of the construction departments has begun only recently, when the Engineering and Construction Division is nearing its completion. Moreover, it must be borne in mind that in construction, among other things, architecture is included as a subdivision, and that, especially with the presence of a specialization in architecture in the Engineering and Construction Division, this subdivision must be placed on a proper footing. Hence it follows, first, that the department of “construction” must be divided into several—no fewer than two—separate departments, and that, secondly, its share in the common funds must be increased.

The balance of 374 rubles 65 kopecks for mineralogy is due to the fact that Professor A. M. Zaitsev of Tomsk University, a former instructor of the Institute, expected to retire, while the new professor was only just being appointed.

The balance of 342 rubles 72 kopecks for mathematics arose after the representatives of this science, over the course of recent years, had accumulated their funds and had petitioned, in addition, jointly with the representative of theoretical mechanics, for a special appropriation of 1,500 rubles for journals; having subscribed to almost all the journals proposed by them, for a fairly large sum, the professors of mathematics, until the final accounting and distribution of the present report, did not know whether they had free funds at their disposal with which to replenish the Library with books on mathematics; and in this there is an essential necessity: the book department has hardly been replenished in recent years, since the representatives of mathematics considered that the fullest possible equipment of the Library with journals was their first duty.

The balances of 148 rubles 02 kopecks for metallurgy and 26 rubles 98 kopecks for physics call for no special remarks.

From all the foregoing there follows, above all, the necessity of making a new distribution of the shares, in which the needs of the various departments would be taken into account more fairly; and secondly—in order to correct the shortcomings of the distribution or the shortcomings of the libr—

library management in recent years, it is necessary for the Council to make all those additional appropriations that were discussed above; these appropriations should be as follows:

Item	Amount
Educational library	2491 r. 98 k.
Mine-surveying art	1580 r. 19 k.
Various subjects	635 r. 69 k.
Electrical engineering	501 r. 31 k.
Theoretical mechanics	409 r. 31 k.
Total	5618 r. 32 k.

After this appropriation, and with the new distribution of shares, it must be assumed that the library management will enter a normal condition and will no longer overspend in some departments or others—overspending which until now has been, as it were, a normal phenomenon.

In this respect, the drawing up of an annual estimate of the Library’s expenses by individual departments should also help to regulate matters. In view of the fact that the present report is completed only in December 1907, such an estimate can be drawn up only for 1908; it should indicate the expected appropriations for each department, the amounts of all overhead expenses that are to fall upon these departments, except for the cost of binding, and the approximate amount of expenditure on general books and journals and their binding, equal to 10% of their cost; then, from the amount remaining after these expenses have been deducted, \(10/11\) may be assigned to books and journals, while \(1/11\) must be assigned to binding.

In this estimate there must be indicated the cost of 1) books and journals received by the Library but not yet paid for, and 2) books and journals ordered; after excluding this amount from the indicated \(10/11\), we shall have those funds that may be spent by the departments during the estimate year.

11. Distribution of the Cost of Journals.

The journals received by the Library are assigned either to one of the departments by whose order they were subscribed, or their cost is distributed among several departments if the journal was subscribed by agreement of representatives of several chairs. At present it is not always possible to establish by whose order and under what...

which agreements one or another journal was subscribed to; therefore it was desirable to review and establish, on firm grounds, to whose credit each of the journals received by the Library should be charged. For this purpose, appended to the report in Table IX is a list of all the journals that the Library receives, with this list indicating the cost of the journal and the departments to whose account it is subscribed; the latter was established after preliminary discussions, insofar as this was possible, with representatives of the various sciences. The Council must approve this distribution, or a modified one, so that it may serve as guidance for the Library in preparing the report and in allocating the cost of journals among the departments.

In addition to the journals subscribed to from the funds of one or another department, the Library also receives a number of such journals that should be charged to general funds; these include the periodicals of foreign academies and higher technical schools, general natural-science journals or journals of natural-science societies, bibliographic journals of a general character, a small number of newspapers of general content, and journals devoted to institutions of higher learning. There are not many such journals, and their cost, as can be seen from Tables III and VII, is distributed without burdening the various departments. But, in accordance with § 11 of the Library Rules, such charging of journals to general funds must be sanctioned by the Council.

At the same time it should be noted that, for the sake of simplifying accounting, it is desirable that those journals which are subscribed to from the funds of a large number of departments—for example, more than 4 or 5—be charged to general funds; in this case a number of general technical journals will be charged to general funds, which will serve as compensation for the expenditures on natural-science journals in which the representatives of the technical chairs are not directly interested, and which are nevertheless subscribed to from general funds. The same should also take place with regard to encyclopedias.

In the same Table IX are also placed those journals which the Library receives free of charge, in exchange for the Izvestiya published by the Institute. It is urgently necessary to expand, as far as possible, this exchange by entering into relations with Russian and foreign academies, higher educational institutions, learned and government institutions. Such exchange will make it possible to provide the Library richly with periodicals, and this is done

easily feasible now that the Institute’s “Proceedings” have begun to appear regularly.

12. Disposition of credits.

The credits falling to the share of one or another department are disposed of, according to § 14 of the Library Rules, by the persons conducting the teaching in the given science; the practice of the Library has understood*) this paragraph to mean that the disposer of the credit is considered to be the person independently teaching the indicated subject, whereas laboratory assistants and supervisors of practical classes, being only assistants to the teacher, have not enjoyed the right to order books. Generally speaking, such an arrangement has not hitherto given rise to any special inconvenience, but it may be desirable to give § 14 a new interpretation, in the sense that persons who are not independent teachers also have the right to dispose of a certain share of the credit assigned to the given subject. If it is accepted, for example, that from the share of one or several principal disposers of the credit 10% will be set aside, which their assistants could—if they wished—use for independently ordering books, then such a resolution of the question will be quite fair.

13. Draft redistribution of shares.

As has already been indicated above, the existing distribution of shares was drawn up in the first years of the Institute’s existence, when the organization of its Departments was far from complete, and some of them were only just beginning; therefore a review of the distribution now, when the Departments are close to completing their organization, was inevitable.

It is extremely difficult to establish the principle of such a distribution, although, proceeding from the inconveniences of the existing distribution, certain indications can be made.

First of all, the shares established by the previous distribution and equal to 121 rubles 22 kopecks are rather large; it is desirable to reduce them in order to make the distribution more flexible. In view of this, and also in view of the circumstance that the departments must distribute not only the annual regular appropriation of 8,000 rubles, but also incidental appropriations from balances and special funds, it appears most convenient to establish the number of shares equal—

*) Meeting of the Library Commission, November 4, 1902.

... 100; then a share from the regular appropriation is made equal to 80 rubles. With smaller shares, it is possible not to make such an inconvenient group as “miscellaneous subjects” in the old distribution.

Further: in addition to distributing shares by departments, it is desirable to establish such a distribution within a department, and this is sometimes necessary also because the funds of a certain department are usually disposed of by more than one person; for example, the funds for chemistry are managed by three persons; the funds for applied mechanics by up to 10 persons; with such a distribution there cannot, for example, be what, as stated above, took place with respect to mining and mine-surveying art.

For the preparation of a draft of the new distribution, the following method was adopted: the specialists drew up a distribution in the subjects of the groups: a) pure and applied mathematics, astronomy and geodesy, b) physics and chemistry, c) mineralogy, geology, and the biological sciences, d) applied mechanics and mechanical technology, e) chemical technology, f) metallurgy and mining-technical sciences, g) civil-engineering sciences; in each group, the share of the science with the least rich literature was chosen as the unit, and in this unit the literatures of all the component parts of the group were expressed; at the same time the group was divided into larger parts and, in addition, into such parts as each possess their own independent literature. It is self-evident that, on the one hand, in doing this one must not lose sight of the immediate tasks of the Technological Institute, and therefore, for example, despite the extraordinarily rich literature of astronomy or political economy, only one share has been assigned to these sciences; but, on the other hand, the Institute must pursue not only educational but also scholarly aims; therefore the persons teaching in it must be so provided that they can, without difficulty, carry out scholarly work in their own field; therefore, in distributing the shares, one cannot have in view only those divisions of science—for example, pure mathematics, theoretical mechanics, or physics—that are taught in the Institute, but the instructors must have funds for supplementing the Library in all divisions of the science of which they are representatives. Thus, for the theoretical sciences, in distributing the shares, both these considerations must be borne in mind.

After distributing the shares within each group, it was necessary to find a common unit in which the component parts of all the groups could be expressed, with the additional condition that, as stated above, the total number of shares should equal 100.

Of course, both the task of expressing, in a known unit, the literature of the component parts of one group of sciences, and the reduction of all groups to a single common measure representing one share, cannot be solved entirely objectively; and the solution that formed the basis of the present project is not the only one and, perhaps, not the best. All that can be said is that, in drawing up the project, the aim was to take into account everything possible that might make the distribution as fair as possible.

The project for redistribution is appended below in the form of Table X.

Tables of the Report

I, II, III, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, IV, VII.

TABLE I

Account from January 1, 1900

INCOME

Item	Amount
From business sums, 1900	9,028 rub. 30 kop.
”, 1901	9,709 rub. 03 kop.
”, 1902	10,389 rub. 79 kop.
From the balance for the book depository	6,872 rub. 96 kop.
Total for book acquisition	36,000 rub. 08 kop.
Sums for equipment	30,000 rub. 00 kop.
From business sums, 1903	9,000 rub. 00 kop.
Total	75,000 rub. 08 kop.

EXPENDITURE

Item	Amount
Cost of the book depository	8,700 rub. 6.02 kop.
To be distributed by subjects	66,300 rub. 06 kop.
For each of the 66 subjects, due	1,004 rub. 54 kop.
Balance as of October 10, 1903:
From business sums	3,348 rub. 83 kop.
From the sum for equipment	5,403 rub. 75 kop.
Total	8,752 rub. 6.58 kop.
Subsequently allocated	66,300 rub. 6.06 kop.
Spent	57,547 rub. 48 kop.
Balance	8,752 rub. 6.58 kop.

TABLE II

Account from January 3, 1903

EXPENDITURE

Item	Amount
I. Books and periodicals	47,528 rub. 07 kop.
Delivery of books	1,809 rub. 30 kop.
Minor expenses	729 rub. 40 kop.
Total	50,126 rub. 77 kop.
II. Binding and numbering of books	3,700 rub. 01 kop.
III. Furniture	1,405 rub. 47 kop.
VI. Organization of halls and catalogs	2,315 rub. 22 kop.
Total	57,547 rub. 48 kop.
Book depository	8,700 rub. 02 kop.
By the number of pluses	13,222 rub. 36 kop.
By the number of minuses	4,469 rub. 78 kop.
Balance	8,752 rub. 58 kop.

TABLE II

Expenditures for the Library

from July 1, 1900, to July 3, 1903.

A. Books and Periodicals

Item	Rubles	Kopecks
From Fok	37470	36
“ Hermann	1660	87
“ Friedländer	36	24
“ Makushin	4818	52
“ various persons	2042	08
“ Kulibin	1500	00
Total	47528	07

B. Binding of Books and Numbering

Item	Rubles	Kopecks
Furman	3360	31
Kashko	86	85
Piryatinsky	252	85
Total	3700	01

C. Delivery of Books

Item	Rubles	Kopecks
To the railway for delivery of books	1869	30
Total	1869	30

D. Book Depository

Item	Rubles	Kopecks
To Bogdanov and the Craft School for iron parts	5911	29
Delivery of parts by railway	1057	32
Installation of the book depository	652	85
Painting of the book depository	565	96
Shelves for the book depository	512	60
Total	8700	02

E. Furniture.

Item	Amount
Lopukhov	70 rub. 00 kop.
Ermakov	130 rub. 00 kop.
Medvedev	308 rub. 80 kop.
Odegov	65 rub. 00 kop.
Sorokin	635 rub. 00 kop.
Various persons	124 rub. 84 kop.
Iron articles	71 rub. 83 kop.
Total	1405 rub. 47 kop.

F. Personnel (organization and catalog).

Item	Amount
To Kuznetsov for organization	375 rub. 00 kop.
Sabek	375 rub. 00 kop.
To Pontus, salary	110 rub. 34 kop.
To Bortnik	888 rub. 00 kop.
To Murakova	366 rub. 31 kop.
Various persons	200 rub. 58 kop.
Total	2315 rub. 23 kop.

G. Miscellaneous expenses.

Item	Amount
Librarian’s advances	600 rub. 00 kop.
Shipment of Kulibin’s library	112 rub. 64 kop.
Transfer and printing*)	16 rub. 76 kop.
Total	729 rub. 40 kop.

Item	Amount
Total, excluding the book depository	57547 rub. 48 kop.
Book depository	8700 rub. 02 kop.
Grand total	66247 rub. 50 kop.

The catalog cards and all office supplies were included in Makushin’s account.

*) “Transfer” (9 rub. 60 kop.) in Table VI is entered in the “binding” column.

TABLE III

Distribution by departments of the amounts allocated for equipment over three years, from 1900 to July 3, 1903

Departments and number of items	From the amount allocated for equipment over 3 years, rub.	k.	Books, rub.	k.	Foreign special journals, rub.	k.	Foreign general journals, rub.	k.	Periodical publications, rub.	k.	Furniture and hired personnel, rub.	k.	Total expense, rub.	k.	Result (+), rub.	k.	Result (−), rub.	k.	In future available annually, rub.	k.
I. Mathematics . . . 5	5022	70	2478	10	1424	05	133	63	296	00	281	65	4613	43	409	27	—	—	606	00
II. Theoretical mechanics . . . 2	2009	08	991	45	1338	72	133	63	185	00	112	66	2761	46	—	—	752	38	242	40
III. Geodesy and astronomy . . . 1	1004	54	322	57	1	50	133	63	30	00	56	33	544	03	460	51	—	—	121	20
IV. Physics . . . 3	3013	62	1606	03	1501	84	133	63	245	00	168	99	3655	49	—	—	641	87	363	60
V. Chemistry . . . 5	5022	70	1576	47	3248	28	133	63	570	00	281	65	5610	05	—	—	587	33	606	00
VI. Chemical technology . . . 7	7031	78	1345	80	2020	85	133	63	259	00	394	31	4153	59	2878	20	—	—	848	40
VII. Metallurgy . . . 3	3013	62	672	90	1416	12	133	63	163	00	168	99	2554	64	458	98	—	—	363	60
VIII. Mineralogy . . . 2	2009	08	564	58	1265	67	133	63	141	00	112	66	2217	54	—	—	208	46	242	40
IX. Geology . . . 4	4018	16	1067	75	2265	63	133	63	252	00	225	32	3944	33	73	83	—	—	484	80
X. Paleontology . . . 3	3013	62	173	58	3520	02	133	63	281	00	168	99	4277	22	—	—	1263	60	363	60
XI. Mining . . . 3	3013	62	34	60	929	80	133	63	81	00	168	99	1348	02	1665	61	—	—	363	60
XII. Building construction . . . 4	4018	16	1024	80	1615	63	133	63	207	00	225	32	3206	38	811	78	—	—	484	80
XIII. Applied mechanics . . . 7	7031	78	2013	93	2720	81	133	63	363	00	394	31	5625	68	1406	10	—	—	848	40
XIV. Engines . . . 4	4018	16	694	86	1000	40	133	63	133	00	225	32	2187	21	1830	95	—	—	484	80
XV. Machines . . . 3	3013	62	1325	75	824	72	133	63	170	00	168	99	2623	09	390	53	—	—	363	60
XVI. Hydrotechnics . . . 2	2009	08	237	00	98	87	133	63	30	00	112	66	612	16	1396	92	—	—	242	40
XVII. Electrical engineering . . . 2	2009	08	344	41	1297	98	133	63	132	00	112	66	2020	68	—	—	11	60	242	40
XVIII. Roads . . . 2	2009	08	548	92	291	96	133	63	74	00	112	66	1161	7	847	91	—	—	242	40
XIX. Mechanical technology . . . 3	3013	62	310	40	1653	85	133	63	155	00	168	99	2421	87	591	77	—	—	363	60
XX. Miscellaneous subjects . . . 1	1004	54	1130	35	555	76	133	64	133	00	56	33	2009	08	—	—	1004	54	121	20
Total . . . 66	66299	64	18464	25	28892	46	2672	61	3700	00	3717	78	57547	10	13222	36	4469	78	7999	20
	+ 42
	66300	06

Report on the Library.

TABLE V

Cash Report

from 1900 to 1907.

Year	Item	Rubles	Kop.
1900	Appropriated as a one-time sum for equipment	30000	0
	Total	30000	0
	As of January 1, 1907, the Library’s funds consisted of:
	One-time appropriation	30000	0
	Annual appropriations according to the staff schedule	52000	0
	From balances from personnel funds	15055	25
	Transferred from other credits	3519	28
	Appropriated from special funds, from the credit of 1907	11687	0
	Total	112262	53
	Including:
	General funds	104292	[[unclear: kopeks]]
	Special appropriations	7969	[[unclear: kopeks]]
	As of January 1, 1907, the Library has:
	Balance of the capital for equipment	5386	99
	Deducted in 1906, as a loan, for the needs of the Institute	1237	0
	Subject to return	246	78
	Total	6870	79

Year	Item	Expenditure, Rubles	Expenditure, Kop.	Balance, Rubles	Balance, Kop.
1900	Expended from the capital for equipment	375	00
1901	Expended from the capital for equipment	9578	83
1902	Expended from the capital for equipment	3900	44
1903	Expended from the capital for equipment	10741	93
1905	Expended from the capital for equipment	16	76
	Total	24613	01	5386	99
	By January 1, 1907, the expenditures were
	Current funds consisted of:
	Expenditures on the capital for equipment	24613	01
	Expenditures on other credits	81025	51
	Total	105638	52
	Including:
	Expenditures subject to return	246	78
	Total expenditure	105391	74	6870	79

TABLE VI

Classification of expenditures from 1900 to 1907

No.	Classification of allocations	Total: balance of principal as of January 1, 1907 (rub.)	k.	Entered into allocation in 1903 (rub.)	k.	Expenditure after July 1, 1903 (rub.)	k.	Transferred to other columns (rub.)	k.	Transferred from other columns (rub.)	k.	Subject to return (rub.)	k.	Subject to distribution (rub.)	k.	Reasons
I.	Gosk.	54693	43	37470	36	17223	07	—	—	1236	85	—	—	15879	76	1203 rub. 25 k. in VII; 22 rub. 22 k. debt of Gosk; 60 rub. 84 k. debt of the laboratory.
II.	Hertman.	5706	56	1660	87	4045	69	—	—	87	50	55	11	3903	08	87 rub. 50 k. in VII; 55 rub. 11 k. to Hertman.
III.	Makushin.	9624	30	4818	52	4805	78	—	—	424	51	52	99	4328	28	424 rub. 51 k. in XI; 52 rub. 99 k. debt of the physical laboratory.
IV.	Books from various persons.	5784	49	3578	32	2206	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	2173	95	32 rub. 22 k. debt of the Institute.
V.	Educational library.	942	47	—	—	942	47	—	—	538	40	—	—	404	07	201 rub. 11 k. in VI; 37 rub. 29 k. in VIII; 300 rub. 00 k. in X.
A.	Total books and journals.	76751	25	47528	07	29223	18	—	—	2287	26	246	78	2668	14
VI.	Binding.	7609	33	3700	01	3909	32	234	71	—	—	—	—	4144	03	33 rub. 60 k. from I; 201 rub. 11 k. from V.
VII.	Postal expenses.	—	—	—	—	—	—	1290	75	—	—	—	—	1290	75	1203 rub. 25 k. from I; 87 rub. 50 k. from II.
VIII.	Delivery by railway.	2664	47	1869	30	795	17	37	29	—	—	—	—	832	46	37 rub. 29 k. from V.
IX.	Personal staff.	6232	30	2315	23	3917	07	—	—	—	—	—	—	3917	07
X.	Advances.	1400	00	600	00	800	00	300	00	—	—	—	—	1100	00	300 rub. 00 k. from V.
XI.	Miscellaneous expenses.	556	68	119	80	436	88	424	51	—	—	—	—	861	39	424 rub. 51 k. from III.
XII.	Announcements.	10424	49	10115	09	309	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	309	40	In excess, that is, 15 rub. 55 k. paid from unknown sources.
B.	Total overhead expenses.	28887	27	18719	43	10167	84	2287	26	—	—	—	—	12455	10
	TOTAL.	105638	52	66247	50	39391	02	2287	26	2287	26	246	78	39144	24

TABLE VIII.

State of credits as of January 1, 1907

No. of dept.	Departments	Cash: balance of credit (rub.)	Cash: balance of credit (kop.)	Free carry-over amounts (rub.)	Free carry-over amounts (kop.)	Produced as of Jan. 1, 1907, by accounts, orders (rub.)	Produced as of Jan. 1, 1907, by accounts, orders (kop.)	Actual: balance of credit (rub.)	Actual: balance of credit (kop.)	Carry-over amounts (rub.)	Carry-over amounts (kop.)	Regular: appropriations for 1907 (rub.)	Regular: appropriations for 1907 (kop.)	Possible (rub.)	Possible (kop.)	Number of titles
I	Mathematics	1000	88	—	—	658	16	342	72	—	—	606	06	—	—	5
II	Theoretical mechanics	—	—	592	48	569	21	—	—	1161	69	242	43	752	38	2
III	Astronomy and geodesy	641	82	—	—	51	76	590	06	—	—	121	22	—	—	1
IV	Physics	183	05	—	—	156	07	26	98	—	—	363	63	—	—	3
V	Chemistry	—	—	750	03	298	73	—	—	1048	76	606	06	587	33	5
VI	Chemical technology	1236	78	—	—	508	84	727	94	—	—	848	48	—	—	7
VII	Metallurgy	267	46	—	—	83	44	184	02	—	—	363	63	—	—	3
VIII	Mineralogy	417	75	—	—	43	10	374	65	—	—	242	43	—	—	2
IX	Geology	—	—	89	26	118	50	—	—	207	76	484	85	—	—	4
X	Paleontology	—	—	184	55	96	15	—	—	280	70	363	63	1263	60	3
XI	Mining	1770	85	—	—	186	34	—	—	15	49	363	63	—	—	3
XII	Civil engineering	640	20	—	—	482	91	157	29	—	—	484	85	—	—	4
XIII	Applied mechanics	461	64	—	—	411	50	50	14	—	—	848	48	—	—	7
XIV	Engines	2891	86	—	—	83	07	2808	79	—	—	484	85	—	—	4
XV	Machines	1247	53	—	—	49	13	1198	40	—	—	363	63	—	—	3
XVI	Hydrotechnics	1438	07	—	—	25	25	1412	82	—	—	242	43	—	—	2
XVII	Electrical engineering	—	—	389	45	111	70	—	—	501	15	242	43	—	—	2
XVIII	Roads	547	75	—	—	157	71	390	04	—	—	242	43	—	—	2
XIX	Mechanical technology	1039	34	—	—	138	79	900	55	—	—	363	63	—	—	3
XX	Miscellaneous subjects	—	—	952	93	79	45	—	—	1032	38	121	22	396	69	1
XXI	Textbook library	—	—	2355	49	136	49	—	—	2491	98	—	—	—	—	—
	Total	12184	98	5314	19	4446	30	9164	40	6739	91	8000	00	3000	00	66
			6870.79						2424.49

TABLE IX.

Distribution of journals by departments.

Name of journals	Price, rub.	Price, kop.	Departments
A.
Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften	25	57	0
” der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt	—	—	IX, X.
” der Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Gesellschaft	—	—	X, IX.
Geographische Abhandlungen	4	72	IX.
Paleontologische Abhandlungen	—	—	X, IX.
Acta Mathematica	7	87	I, II.
The Iron Age	11	66	VII, XIX.
The Railway Age	8	49	XVIII.
Compressed Air	2	42	IV, XIII, XV, XIX.
The Nautical Almanac	3	40	III.
Scientific American	6	99	XV.
Annalen der Elektrotechnik	—	—	XVII.
” der Physik	17	60	IV.
” für Gewerbe und Bauwesen	7	86	XIII, XII, XV.
Justus Liebig’s Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie	18	89	V.
Mathematische Annalen	7	87	I, II.
Annales de Chimie et de Physique	13	50	IV, V.
” de la Société Géologique de Belgique	—	—	IX, X, VIII.
” des Mines	9	37	VII, XI.
” des Mines de Belgique	4	87	VII, XI.
” des Ponts et Chaussées	16	87	XII, XVI, XVIII.
” des travaux publics de Belgique	6	75	XII, XVI, XVIII.
” Scientifiques de l’École Normale Supérieure	13	12	0
Nouvelles Annales de Mathématiques	6	37	I, II.
Annali di Matematica pura ed applicata	8	33	I, II.
Annals of Mathematics	3	58	I, II.
Annuario del Circolo Matematico di Palermo	0	00	I, II.
Academy Architecture and Architectural Review	3	89	XII.
Architekt	11	00	XII.
Der Architekt	7	86	XII.
Archiv der Mathematik und Physik	4	50	I, II, IV.
” für die Naturkunde Liv-, Ehst- und Kurlands	—	—	0
” für Eisenbahnwesen	7	40	XVIII.
” für Religionswissenschaft	5	05	XX.
Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles	0	00	0
” Néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles	5	62	0
Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei	—	—	0
Baukramik	3	70	VI.
Baumaterialienkunde	6	95	VI.
Allgemeine Bauzeitung	7	85	XII, XVI, XVIII.
Schweizerische Bauzeitung	9	25	XII, XIII, XVI, XVIII.
Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik	9	44	IV.
Beiblatt zum Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen	3	15	0
Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients	16	52	IX, X.

Title of journals	Price, rub.	Price, kop.	Departments
Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main	1	97	0.
Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin	20	83	V.
Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Königlich Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig	3	33	0.
Beton und Eisen	6	29	XII.
Allgemeine Bibliographie	0	00	0.
Bibliotheca Mathematica	7	86	I, II.
Polytechnische Bibliothek	—	—	0.
The Bookseller	3	70	0.
Les Brevets de sucrerie	22	50	VI.
Bulletin Astronomique	6	75	III.
Bulletin de la Commission Internationale du Congrès des chemins de fer	7	50	XVIII.
Bulletin de l’Association des chimistes de sucrerie et de distillerie de France et des Colonies	7	50	V, VI, V.
Bulletin de la Société Belge de géologie, de paléontologie et d’hydrologie	10	00	IX, X, XVI.
Bulletin de la Société Chimique de Paris	12	35	V.
Bulletin de la Société Française de minéralogie	7	57	VIII.
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France	12	75	IX, X.
Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou	—	—	0.
Bulletin de la Société Industrielle de Mulhouse	—	—	VI.
Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France	6	00	I, II.
Bulletin des publications nouvelles de la librairie Gauthier-Villars	—	—	0.
Bulletin des sciences mathématiques	7	50	I, II.
Bulletin des services de la carte géologique de la France et des topographies souterraines	—	—	IX, XI.
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society	11	80	I, II.
Bulletin of the Bureau of Labour	0	00	XX.
Bulletin of the Bureau of Standards	—	—	XX.
Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala	12	00	IX, X, VIII.
Bulletin of Geological Society of America	11	80	IX, X.
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey	—	—	IX, X.
Bulletin trimestrielles de la Société de l’Industrie minérale	11	70	VII, XI, VI.
Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung	5	05	XII.
Centralblatt für Bacteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten	13	89	VI.
Centralblatt für Bibliothekswesen	6	94	0.
Central-Blatt für Glas-Industrie und Keramik	5	55	VI.
Biologisches Central-Blatt	—	—	VI, X.
Chemisches Central-Blatt	29	62	V.
Geologisches Central-Blatt	13	89	IX, X.
Allgemeine Österreichische Chemiker und Techniker Zeitung	—	—	VI.
Der Civilingenieur	16	88	XII.
Collegium	—	—
Comptes-Rendus des travaux du Laboratoire de Carlsberg	1	21	VI.
Comptes-Rendus hebdomadaires de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris	16	50	0.
Comptes-Rendus mensuels des réunions de la Société de l’industrie minérale	15	00	VI.

Journal title	Price, rub.	Price, kop.	Departments
Diamant	3	70	VII.
L’Echo des Mines et de la Métallurgie	11	25	VII. XI.
L’Eclairage Électrique	22	50	XVII.
Österreichische Eisenbahn-Zeitung	5	55	XIII. XVIII.
The Electrician	13	67	XVII.
L’Électrochimie	5	25	V.
American Engineer	4	67	VI. XII. XIII. XIX.
The Engineer	13	50	XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVIII. XIX.
The Practical Engineer	7	87	XIII. XIX.
Engineering	16	50	XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVIII. XIX.
Railway and Locomotive Engineering	6	25	XII. XIII. XIV. XVIII.
L’Enseignement Mathématique	6	57	I. II
Der Erz-Bergbau	7	50	IX.
Fortschritte der Elektrotechnik	11	50	XVII.
“ der Elektrarbenfabrikation und verwandte Industrie-Zweige	12	50	VI.
Die Fortschritte der Physik	33	62	IV.
Gazetta Cukrownicza	—	—	VI.
Gazetta Chimica italiana	20	62	V.
Railroad Gazette	15	94	XIII. XIV. XV. XVII.
The Petroleum Gazette	4	25	VI.
Le Génie Civil	8	44	XII.
The American Geologist	8	17	X. IX.
Economic Geology	8	17	VIII. IX. X.
Der Gerber	7	87	VI.
Gesundheits-Ingenieur	9	25	XII. XVI.
Giornale del Génio Civile	11	11	XII.
“ di Matematiche	6	70	I. II.
Glückauf. Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitschrift	11	11	XI. VII.
The Colliery Guardian and Journal of the Coal and Iron Trades	12	73	XI.
Hochschul-Nachrichten	2	72	0
Die Chemische Industrie	7	87	VI.
Electrochemical and Metallurgical Industry	7	87	VI. VII.
Institution of Mechanical Engineers	21	98	XIII. IV. XV. XIX.
Jahrbuch der Chemie	6	69	V.
“ der Deutschen Braunkohlen- und Steinkohlen-Industrie	1	92	XI.
“ der Elektrochemie	11	02	V.
“ der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt	6	30	IX. X.
“ der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakademie zu Berlin	7	50	XI. X.
“ der Versuchs und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin	—	—	VI.
“ der Zucker-Industrie	1	28	VI.
“ des Vereins der Spiritus-Fabrikanten in Deutschland, des Vereins der Stärke-Interessenten in Deutschland	—	—	V.
“ für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Königreiche Sachsen	4	72	VII. XI.
“ für das Eisenhüttenwesen	8	00	VII.
“ für Photographie und Reproduktionstechnik	3	15	V. III.
“ über die Fortschritte der Mathematik	6	99	I. II.
Berg- und Hüttenmännisches Jahrbuch	4	72	VII. XI.
Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch	4	72	III.

Title of journals	Price, rub.	Price, kop.	Departments
Geographisches Jahrbuch	4	45	IX.
Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung	—	—	I, II.
Jahres-Bericht über die Fortschritte der chemischen Technologie	25	50	VI.
Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der Chemie	23	60	V.
Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte in der Lehre von den Gährungs-Organismen	8	65	VI.
Jahres-Bericht über die Untersuchungen und Fortschritte auf dem Gesammtgebiete der Zuckerfabrikation	—	—	VI.
Journal de Chimie, Physique, Electrochimie, Thermochimie, Radiochimie, Mécanique chimique, Stoechiométrie	9	37	V, IV.
Journal de l’École Polytechnique	13	12	0.
Journal de Mathématiques pures et appliquées	13	12	I, II.
Journal de Physique, Chimie et Histoire naturelle élémentaires	8	33	IV, V.
Journal de Physique théorique et appliquée	15	33	IV.
Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik	11	62	I, II.
Journal für Landwirtschaft	—	—	VI.
Journal für praktische Chemie	9	44	V, VI.
Journal of the Chemical Society	24	30	V.
Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers	11	66	XVII.
American Journal of Mathematics	10	87	I, II.
Dingler’s Polytechnisches Journal	11	11	VI, VII, XIII, XIV, XV, XIX.
Queensland Government Mining Journal	7	78	XI.
Schilling’s Journal für Gasbeleuchtung	9	25	VI, XVI.
The Journal of Geology	6	36	IX, X.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry	7	40	V.
The Journal of the American Chemical Society	12	50	V.
The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute	11	66	VII, XIX.
The American Journal of Science	13	86	0.
The Engineering and Mining Journal	17	12	XI, VII.
The Franklin Journal and American Mechanics Magazine	11	66	XIII.
The Geographical Journal	4	10	IX.
The Quarterly Journal of pure and applied Mathematics	4	91	I, II.
The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London	11	11	IX, X.
Freie Künste	3	93	III.
Der Ledermarkt	9	25	VI.
American Lumberman	10	69	XV, XIX.
American Machinist	8	75	XIII, XIV, XV, XIX.
Mining Magazine	4	81	VII, XI.
The Geological Magazine	10	89	IX, X.
The Iron and Steel Magazine	11	66	VII, XIX.
The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science	18	23	0.
The Mineralogical Magazine	2	31	VIII.
Der praktische Maschinen-Constructeur	14	81	XIII, XIV, XV, XIX.
Matériaux et Documents d’Architecture et de Sculpture	6	18	XII.
Mathesis	4	82	I–II.
Deutsche Mechaniker-Zeitung	—	—	XIII, XIV, XV.
Mémoires Couronnés et autres mémoires publ. par l’Académie Royale de Belgique	—	—	0.

TITLE OF JOURNALS	Price, rub.	Price, k.	Departments
Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg	0	00	0.
and Compte Rendu des travaux de la Société des Ingénieurs Civils	15	00	XII.
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India	—	—	IX, X.
The Messenger of Mathematics	5	59	I, II.
The Metallographist	9	50	XIX.
Milch-Zeitung	5	55	VI.
The Northwestern Miller	7	27	XIX.
The Operative Miller	2	31	XIX.
Internationale Mineralquellen-Zeitung	6	29	IX.
Minerva. Jahrbuch der gelehrten Welt	6	30	0.
Mines and Minerals	4	85	VII, XI.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers	20	83	XII.
Mitteilungen aus dem Königlichen Materialprüfungsamt zu Gross Lichterfelde West	5	10	XIII
“ aus der Praxis des Dampfkessel- und Dampfmaschinen-Betriebs	5	55	XIV, XV.
“ des Deutschen Vereins für Fabrikation von Ziegeln, Thonwaren, Kalk und Cement	—	—	VI.
“ des Kaiserl. Königl. Technologischen Gewerbe-Museums in Wien	6	30	VI, XIII.
Tschermak’s Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen	6	28	VIII, IX.
Monatshefte für Chemie	5	89	V.
“ für Mathematik und Physik	5	83	I, II, IV.
Nachrichten von der Königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen	2	31	0.
Astronomische Nachrichten	6	94	III.
Nature. Journal of Science	18	79	0.
La Nature	9	37	0
Engineering News and American Railway Journal	14	51	XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XIX.
Chemische Notizen	—	—	VI.
Ores and Metals	4	09	VII, XI.
Organ des Vereins der Bohrtechniker	7	40	XI.
“ für die Fortschritte des Eisenbahnwesens in technischer Beziehung	11	02	XVIII, XIII, XIV, XV.
Palaeontographica	47	22	X.
Papier-Zeitung	1	85	VI.
Portefeuille Économique des machines	7	50	XIV, XIII, XV, XIX.
Power	—	—	XIII, XIV, XV.
Mining and Scientific Press	6	25	VII, XI.
Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers	11	67	XVII.
“ of the London Mathematical Society	11	94	I, II.
“ of the Royal Geographical Society	4	45	IX.
“ of the Royal Society of London	32	31	0.
Przegląd Górniczo-Hutniczy	3	00	VII, XI.
“ Techniczny	4	00	VI.
The New-Zealand Mines Record	8	40	VII, XI.
Recueil des travaux chimiques des Pays-Bas	4	50	V.
Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo	13	83	I, II.
Repertorium der technischen Journal-Litteratur	12	98	VI, VII, XI, XIII, XIV, XV, XVII, XIX.
Review of American Chemical Research	—	—	V.

NAME OF JOURNALS	Price, rub.	Price, kop.	DEPARTMENTS
The Electrical Review	11	11	XVII.
The Leather Trades Review	6	20	VI.
The Railway and Engineering Review	8	49	XIII, XIV, XV, XVIII, XIX.
Revue Bibliographique	3	37	O.
Revue de Mécanique	15	00	XIII, XIV, XV, XIX.
Revue Générale de chimie pure et appliquée	9	37	V, VI.
Revue Générale des chemins de fer et des tramways	10	50	XIV, XV, XVIII, XVII.
Revue Générale des matières colorantes	12	00	VI.
Revue Générale des sciences pures et appliquées	9	57	VI.
Revue Industrielle	11	25	XIII, XIV, XV, XIX, VI.
Revue Internationale de l’Enseignement	9	75	O.
Revue Universelle des mines, de la métallurgie, des travaux publics, des sciences et des arts appliqués à l’industrie	15	00	XI, VII, XVI, XVIII.
Chemische Revue über die Fett- und Harz-Industrie	4	72	VI.
Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau	9	25	O.
Technische Rundschau	—	—	XIII, XIV, XV, XIX.
Sammlung Elektrotechnischer Vorträge	9	44	XVII.
The School of Mines Quarterly	3	84	VII, XI.
Der Steinbruchrand	5	65	VI.
Sitzungsberichte der Berliner Mathematischen Gesellschaft	—	—	I, II.
Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien	5	55	O.
Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin	5	55	O.
Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der k. b. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München	—	95	O.
Sitzungsberichte der Naturforscher-Gesellschaft zu Dorpat	—	—	O.
Paläontographical Society	11	57	X.
Sprechsaal	5	55	VI.
Stahl und Eisen	10	00	VII, XI, XIX.
Australian Mining Standard	14	34	VII, XI.
Thonindustrie-Zeitung	5	55	VI.
Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers	11	11	XVII.
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers	—	—	XI, VII.
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society	2	72	I, II.
Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers	25	37	XIII, XV, XIV, XIX.
Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy	10	50	VII, XI.
Transactions of the Institutions of the Naval Architects	25	00	XII.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London	27	75	O.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt	2	78	IX, X.
Verhandlungen der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft zu St.-Petersburg	—	—	VIII.
Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beförderung des Gewerbfleisses	11	80	XIII, XIV, XV.

Journal titles	Price (rub.)	Price (kop.)	Departments
Wöchentliches Verzeichnis der erschienenen und der vorbereiteten Neuigkeiten des deutschen Buchhandels	4	63	O.
Wärme und Heizung	5	00	XII, XIII.
Wochenblatt für Papierfabrikation	—	—	VI.
Wochenschrift für Brauerei	9	25	VI.
Österreichische Wochenschrift für den öffentlichen Baudienst	8	33	XVIII.
The Mining World	5	44	VII, XI.
The Valve World	—	—	XIII, XIV, XV.
Zeitschrift der Dampfkesseluntersuchung- und Versicherungs-Gesellschaft a. G.	3	70	XIII.
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft	18	89	IX, X.
Zeitschrift des Architekten- und Ingenieur-Vereins zu Hannover	8	93	XII, XVI, XVIII.
Zeitschrift des Bayerischen Revisions-Vereins	4	17	XIII.
Zeitschrift des Österreichischen Ingenieur- und Architekten-Vereines	10	18	XII.
Zeitschrift des Vereines deutscher Ingenieure	16	66	XIII, XIV, XV, XIX.
Zeitschrift des Vereins der deutschen Zucker-Industrie	25	00	VI.
Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie	8	47	V.
Zeitschrift für angewandte Chemie	11	57	VI, V.
Zeitschrift für anorganische Chemie	18	88	V.
Zeitschrift für Architektur und Ingenieurwesen	8	94	XII, XVI, XVIII.
Zeitschrift für Dampfkessel und Maschinenbetrieb	5	55	XIII, XIV, XV.
Zeitschrift für das Berg-, Hütten- und Salinen-Wesen im Preussischen Staate	9	84	VII, XI.
Zeitschrift für das gesammte Brauwesen	7	41	VI.
Zeitschrift für das gesammte Turbinenwesen	7	08	XIII, XIV, XV.
Zeitschrift für den physikalischen und chemischen Unterricht	4	72	IV, V.
Zeitschrift für Electrochemie	9	25	V.
Zeitschrift für Farben und Textil-Industrie	7	88	VI.
Zeitschrift für Gewässerkunde	6	29	XVI.
Zeitschrift für Instrumentenkunde	7	87	III, IV, XIX.
Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie	10	23	VIII.
Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik	15	77	II, IV.
Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik	4	68	XX.
Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie	26	57	V.
Zeitschrift für praktische Geologie	7	08	IX.
Zeitschrift für Spiritusindustrie	11	57	VI.
Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahrungs- und Genussmittel	18	51	VI.
Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen	4	63	III.
Zeitschrift für Werkzeugmaschinen und Werkzeuge	8	50	XIX.
Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Photographie, Photophysik und Photochemie	7	87	V, IV, III.
Electrotechnische Zeitschrift	9	25	XVII.
Electrochemische Zeitschrift	6	25	VI, VII, XVII.
Geographische Zeitschrift	7	87	IX.
Oesterreichische Zeitschrift für Berg- und Hüttenwesen	9	72	VII, XI.
Physikalische Zeitschrift	11	57	IV.
Zeitung des Vereins Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verwaltung	7	41	XVII.

Titles of journals	Price, rub.	Price, kopecks	Departments
Berg- und Huettenmaenische Zeitung	—	—	XI, VII.
Montan Zeitung	6	30	XI, VII.
Zentralblatt für Glas-, Porzellan- und Ziegelindustrie	5	55	VI.
Milchwirtschaftliches Zentralblatt	—	—	VI.
Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture	0	00	VI.
B.
Russian Bibliography of natural science and mathematics	0	00	0.
Russian Theological Library	0	00	IX, X.
Bulletin of the Polytechnic Society	—	—	0.
Monthly Meteorological Bulletin of the Nikolaev Main Physical Observatory	0	00	IV.
Winemaking	6	00	VI.
Aeronaut	5	00	XII.
Questions of Philosophy and Psychology	7	00	XX.
Vremennik of the Main Chamber of Weights and Measures	0	00	IV.
Bulletin of Winemaking	6	00	VI.
Bulletin of Winemaking	6	00	VI.
Bulletin of the Ministry of Ways of Communication	0	00	XII, XVI, XVIII.
Bulletin of the Society of Technologists	0	00	0.
Bulletin of Russian Brewing	0	00	VI.
Bulletin of the Saratov Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society	6	00	0.
Bulletin of Finance, Industry and Trade	16	00	XX.
Timber-Industry Bulletin	6	00	VI, XIX.
Economic Newspaper	9	00	XX.
Railway Affairs	0	00	XVIII.
Engineering Affairs	6	00	XIII, XIX, XV, XVIII.
Yearbook of the Geology and Mineralogy of Russia	6	00	VIII, IX, X.
Yearbook of the Sugar Industry of the Russian Empire	0	00	VI.
Yearbook of Russia	0	00	0.
Yearbook of the Tobolsk Provincial Museum	0	00	0.
Journal of the Ministry of Public Education	0	00	0.
Journal of the Ministry of Ways of Communication	0	00	XII, XVI, XVIII.
Journal of the Russian Physico-Chemical Society	12	00	IV, V.
Mining Journal	9	00	XI, VII, VIII, IX, X.
Pilot Notes	0	00	III.
Transactions of the Vilna Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society	0	00	0.
Transactions of the Military-Topographic Department of the Main Staff	0	00	III.
Transactions of the Ekaterinoslav Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society	0	00	0.
Transactions of the West-Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
Transactions of the Imperial Novorossiisk University	0	00	0.
Transactions of the Imperial Russian Technical Society	12	00	0.

TITLE OF JOURNALS	PRICE, rub.	PRICE, kop.	DEPARTMENTS
Transactions of the Imperial St. Petersburg Mineralogical Society	0	00	VIII.
” Imperial Kharkov University	0	00	0.
” Imperial Academy of Sciences, Physico-Mathematical Department	0	00	0.
” Caucasian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
” Kiev Society of Naturalists	0	00	0.
” Kiev Branch of the Imperial Technical Society for the Beet-Sugar Industry	0	00	VI.
” Krasnoyarsk Subdepartment of the East-Siberian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
” Mathematical Section of the Novorossiisk Society of Naturalists	0	00	I, II, III, IV.
” Moscow Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society	0	00	0.
” Nikolaev Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society	0	00	0.
” Novo-Alexandria Institute of Agriculture and Forestry	0	00	0.
” Novorossiisk Society of Naturalists	0	00	0.
” Society for the Study of the Amur Region	0	00	IX.
” on Hydrography	0	00	IX, XVI.
” Priamur Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
” Russian Balneological Society in Pyatigorsk	0	00	IX
” Semipalatinsk Subdepartment of the West-Siberian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
” Ural Society of Lovers of Natural Science	0	00	0.
” Kharkov Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society	0	00	0.
” Chita Branch of the Priamur Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
Scholarly Transactions of the Imperial Kazan University	0	00	0.
Scholarly Transactions of the Imperial Moscow University	0	00	0.
Architect	14	00	XII.
Gold and Platinum	0	00	VII, XI.
Proceedings of the South-Russian Society of Technologists	0	00	0.
” Electrotechnical Institute of Emperor Alexander III	0	00	0.
” Warsaw Polytechnic Institute of Emperor Nicholas II	0	00	0
” Geological Committee	0	00	IX, X.

TITLE OF JOURNALS.	Price, rub.	Price, kop.	DEPARTMENTS.
Proceedings of the Yekaterinoslav Higher Mining School	0	00	O.
” of the Transcaucasian Statistical Committee	0	00	XX.
” of the Imperial Moscow Engineering School	0	00	O
” of the Imperial Moscow Technical School	0	00	O.
” of the Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural Science, Anthropology and Ethnography, attached to the Imperial Moscow University	0	00	O.
” of the Imperial Tomsk University	0	00	O.
” of the Imperial Academy of Sciences	0	00	O.
” of the Caucasus Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
” of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute of Emperor Alexander II	0	00	O.
” of the Krasnoyarsk Subdepartment of the East-Siberian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
” of the Ministry of Agriculture and State Property	0	00	O.
” of the Moscow Agricultural Institute	0	00	O.
” of the Society of Mining Engineers	12	00	XI, VII.
” of the Society for the Promotion of the Improvement and Development of Manufacturing Industry	0	00	XX.
” of the Orenburg Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
” on literature, sciences, and bibliography	0	00	O.
” of the St. Petersburg Forestry Institute	0	00	O.
” of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute	0	00	O.
” of the St. Petersburg Technological Institute	0	00	O.
” of the Assembly of Railway Engineers	0	00	XII, XVI, XVIII.
” of the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II	0	00	O.
” of the Turkestan Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX.
” of the Physico-Mathematical Society at the Imperial Kazan University	0	00	I, II, III, IV.
” of the Kharkov Technological Institute of Emperor Alexander III	0	00	O.
Mining and Gold-Industry News	9	00	VII, XI.
University News (Kiev)	0	00	O.
Engineer	12	00	XIII, XII, XIV, XV, XVIII

Title of journals	Price, rub.	Price, kopecks	Departments
Memorial Book of the Amur Region	0	00	0
Memorial Book of the Transbaikal Region	0	00	0
Memorial Book of the Konstantinovsky Boundary Institute	0	00	0
Bulletin of the Primorsk Regional Statistical Committee	0	00	XX
Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin	6	00	VII, XI
Annals of the magnetic-meteorological observatory of the Imperial Novorossiysk University	0	00	IV
Materials for the geology of the Caucasus	0	00	IX, X
Materials for the geology of Russia	0	00	IX, X
Observations of the meteorological and magnetic observatory in Ekaterinburg	0	00	IV
Physico-Mathematical Sciences in the Course of Their Development	6	00	I, II, III, IV
Works of Deresvi	6	00	0
World Technical Review	0	00	0
Ceramic Review	8	00	VI
Scientific Review	8	00	0
Russian Economic Review	0	00	XX
Ural Mining Review	6	00	VII, XI
Physical Review	3	00	IV
Technical Education	3	00	0
Soil Science	0	00	IX
Law	7	00	XX
Mining and Metallurgical Productivity of Russia	0	00	VII, XI
Minutes of meetings of consultative congresses of engineers of the track service and traction of Russian railways	0	00	XIV, XV
Minutes of meetings of the Society of Naturalists at the Imperial Kazan University	0	00	0
Minutes of meetings of consultative congresses of engineers of the track service of Russian railways	0	00	XVIII
Collection of the Institute of Engineers of Ways of Communication of Emperor Alexander I	0	00	0
Collection of the Nicholas Engineering Academy and School	0	00	0
Collection of the St. Petersburg District of Ways of Communication	0	00	XVI, XVIII
Altai Collection	0	00	0
Mathematical Collection	0	00	I, II, III, IV
Technical Collection and Bulletin of Industry	0	00	0
Artistic Treasures of Russia	12	00	XII
Communications of the Kharkov Mathematical Society	0	00	I, II, III, IV
Builder	10	00	XII
Labor, Technology	3	00	0
Proceedings of the Baku Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society	0	00	0
Proceedings of the Warsaw Society of Naturalists	0	00	0
Proceedings of the Geological Committee	0	00	IX, X
Proceedings of the Geological Section of the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty	0	00	IX, X

TITLE OF JOURNALS.	PRICE. Rub.	Price. Kop.	SECTIONS.
Proceedings of the Imperial Free Economic Society	0	00	0.
” Society of Naturalists at the Imperial Kazan University	0	00	0.
” Society of Naturalists at the Imperial Yuriev University	0	00	0
” Society of Physico-Chemical Sciences at the Imperial Kharkov University	0	00	VI, V.
” on experimental forestry	0	00	XIX.
” on forestry experimentation in Russia	0	00	XIX.
” St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists	0	00	0.
” Technical Committee of the Main Administration of Non-Assessed Duties and State Sale of Drinks	0	00	VI.
” Troitskosavsko-Kyakhta Branch of the Priamur Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society	0	00	IX, X.
Index of Russian literature on mathematics, pure and applied natural sciences	0	00	0.
Turkestan Agriculture	0	00	VI.
Cement, its production and applications	0	00	VI.
Electricity	8	00	IV, XVII.

TABLE X.

Draft of a new distribution of shares among departments and sciences.

It is proposed to divide the entire sum assigned to the Library into 100 shares; the annual regular appropriation amounts to 8,000 rubles, so that the value of one share equals 80 rubles, instead of 121 rub. 22 kop. under the former distribution.

Distribution among departments.

	Department of sciences	Former distribution: Shares	Former distribution: Rub.	Former distribution: Kop.	New distribution: Shares	New distribution: Rub.	New distribution: Kop.
A.	exact	25	3030	31	40	3200	00
B.	mechanical-technical	19	2303	02	25	2000	00
C.	chemical-technical	10	1212	11	16	1280	00
D.	mining-technical	3	363	63	5	400	00
E.	civil-engineering	8	969	71	13	1040	00
F.	General department	1	121	22	1	80	00
		66	8000	00	100	8000	00

Distribution among sciences.

No.	Sciences	Former: Shares	Former: Rub.	Former: Kop.	New: Shares	New: Rub.	New: Kop.
I.	Mathematics	5	606	06	7	560	00
II.	Theoretical mechanics	2	242	43	4	320	00
III.	Astronomy and geodesy	1	121	22	3	240	00
IV.	Physics	3	363	63	5	400	00
V.	Chemistry	5	606	06	8	640	00
VI.	Mineralogy	2	242	43	3	240	00
VII.	Geology and paleontology	7	848	48	9	720	00
VIII.	Botany and zoology	—	—	—	1	80	00
IX.	Applied mechanics	16	1939	39	20	1600	00
X.	Mechanical technology	3	363	63	5	400	00
XI.	Chemical technology	7	848	48	10	800	00
XII.	Metallurgy	3	363	63	5	400	00
XIII.	Agriculture	—	—	—	1	80	00
XIV.	Mining art	3	363	63	3	240	00
XV.	Mine-surveying art	3	363	63	2	160	00
XVI.	Architecture	8	969	71	2	160	00
XVII.	Civil-engineering work	8	969	71	11	880	00
XVIII.	General department	1	121	22	1	80	00
		66	8000	00	100	8000	00

Detailed Distribution.

A. Department of Exact Sciences.

40 shares.

I. Mathematics.

7 shares.

No.	Subject	Shares
1.	General arithmetic.	0.1
2.	Algebra (theory of equations).	0.4
3.	New algebra.	0.1
4.	Theory of numbers.	0.4
5.	Infinitesimal calculus.	1.5
6.	Differential equations.	1.0
7.	Theory of functions.	0.9
8.	Principles of geometry.	0.1
9.	Analytic geometry.	0.6
10.	Differential geometry.	0.7
11.	Projective geometry.	0.3
12.	Descriptive geometry.	0.7
13.	Theory of probability.	0.2
	Total	7.0

II. Theoretical Mechanics.

4 shares.

No.	Subject	Shares
1.	Principles of mechanics.	0.2
2.	Mechanics of a point.	1.0
3.	Mechanics of a rigid body.	1.0
4.	Hydromechanics.	0.6
5.	Theory of elasticity.	0.5
6.	Potential theory.	0.4
7.	Graphical statics.	0.3
	Total	4.0

III. Astronomy and Geodesy.

3 shares.

No.	Subject	Shares
1.	Spherical astronomy.	1.0
2.	Practical astronomy (theory of instruments and methods of observations and calculations).	0.5
3.	Celestial mechanics.	0.2
4.	Astrophysics.	0.2

1. Lower geodesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5
2. Higher geodesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5
3. Cartography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1

——
3.0

IV. Physics.

5 shares.

1. Experimental physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5
2. Mathematical physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0
3. Geophysics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5

——
5.0

V. Chemistry.

8 shares.

1. Inorganic chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8
2. Organic chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0
3. Physical chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0
4. Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2

——
8.0

VI. Mineralogy.

3 shares.

1. Mineralogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0
2. Crystallography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0

——
3.0

VII. Geology, paleontology, and geography.

9 shares.

1. Geology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5
2. Paleontology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5
3. Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0

——
9.0

VIII. Botany and zoology.

1 share.

1. Botany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5
2. Zoology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4
3. Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1

——
1.0

B. Department of Mechanical-Technical Sciences.

25 printed sheets.

IX. Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering.

20 printed sheets.

No.	Subject	Printed sheets
1.	Strength of materials	1.5
2.	Structural mechanics	1.0
3.	General mechanical engineering	1.5
4.	Applied mechanics	1.5
5.	Electrical engineering	4.0
6.	Technical thermodynamics	0.7
7.	Steam boilers	1.0
8.	Steam engines	1.5
9.	Locomotives	1.5
10.	Internal-combustion engines	0.8
11.	Carriage building	0.6
12.	Shipbuilding	0.5
13.	Hydraulics	1.0
14.	Hydraulic and wind engines	1.0
15.	Water conduits and pumps	1.0
16.	Mining-works mechanics	0.8
17.	Aeronautics	0.1
	Total	20.0

X. Mechanical Technology.

5 printed sheets.

No.	Subject	Printed sheets
1.	Technology of metals	2.3
2.	Technology of wood	0.2
3.	Factory machines	1.0
4.	Technology of fibrous substances	1.0
5.	Flour-milling	0.3
6.	Agricultural machines	0.2
	Total	5.0

C. Department of Chemical-Technical Sciences.

16 printed sheets.

XI. Chemical Technology.

10 printed sheets.

No.	Subject	Printed sheets
1.	Technology of inorganic substances	1.5
2.	Technology of building materials	1.0

1. Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0
2. Technology of organic substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5
3. Technology of dye substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7
4. Technology of food substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0

XII. Metallurgy.

5 titles.

1. Metallurgy of iron, cast iron, and steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5
2. Metallurgy of precious metals and copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0

XIII. Agriculture.

1 title.

1. Agronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5
2. Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0

D. Department of Mining and Technical Sciences.

5 titles.

XIV. Mining.

3 titles.

1. Mining in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0
2. Gold-mining business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0
3. Coal-mining business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0

XV. Mine Surveying.

2 titles.

1. Mine surveying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0

E. Department of Engineering and Construction Sciences.

13 titles.

XVI. Architecture.

2 titles.

1. Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1
2. Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5
3. History and theory of the arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0

XVII. Engineering-and-Construction Department.

11 names.

No.	Subject	Number
1.	Building art	1.0
2.	Heating and ventilation	0.4
3.	Sanitary engineering	1.0
4.	Drainage and irrigation	0.6
5.	Inland waterways	1.5
6.	Port structures	1.5
7.	Roads	3.0
8.	Bridges	2.0
	Total	11.0

F. General Department.

1 name.

No.	Subject	Number
1.	Encyclopedia	—
2.	Philosophical sciences	—
3.	Theological sciences	—
4.	Sociology	—
5.	Economic sciences	0.3
6.	Legal sciences	0.3
7.	History	—
8.	History of literature	—
9.	Linguistics	—
10.	Belles-lettres	—
11.	Medical sciences	0.3
12.	Accounting	0.1
13.	Privileges	—
14.	Academic questions	—
15.	Catalogues	—
16.	Miscellany	—
	Total	1.0

TABLE IV.

Cash Report

Year	RECEIPTS	Regular appropriation	Transfers from other credits, balances, and special funds	Amount at the disposal of the Library	Total amount appropriated for the year	Year	Expenditure (visible text)
1900	Half-year appropriation	4000 00	—	4000 00	4000 00	1900	Expended
1900	Total	4000 00	—	4000 00	4000 00	1900
1901	Appropriated according to the staff	8000 00	—	—	—	1901	Expended
1901	Transferred for the Library from other credits	—	102 72	—	—	1901	Paid
1901	From the balances of 1900 for the Library	—	11006 80	—	—	1901	Paid
1901	To add the balance of the Library credit	—	549 18	19658 70	19109 52	1901	Paid
1901	Appropriated from special funds	—	1000 00	1000 00	1000 00	1901	Expenditure [[unclear: continuation]]
1901	Total	—	—	20658 70	20109 52	1901
1902	Appropriated according to the staff	8000 00	—	—	—	1902	Expended
1902	Transferred from other credits	—	2389 79	—	—	1902	Paid
1902	From the balances of 1901 for the Library	—	2059 34	—	—	1902	Expended
1902	Balance of the regular credit of 1901	—	5 19	12454 32	12449 13	1902	Deducted
1902	Total	—	—	12454 32	12449 13	1902
1903	Appropriated according to the staff	8000 00	—	—	—	1903	Expended
1903	Transferred from other credits	—	1009 29	—	—	1903	Expenditure,
1903	From the balances of 1902 for the Library	—	1280 72	10290 01	10290 01	1903	Paid
1903	Appropriated from special funds	—	1000 00	—	—	1903	Expended
1903	Balance of the credit of special funds of 1901	—	20 05	1020 05	1000 00	1903	Deducted
1903	Total	—	—	11310 06	11290 01	1903
1904	Appropriated according to the staff	8000 00	—	—	—	1904	Expended
1904	From the balances of 1903	—	105 00	—	—	1904	Paid
1904	Transferred with return according to affiliation	—	446 18	—	—	1904
1904	Balance of the Library’s credit from 1903	—	1397 50	9948 68	8551 18	1904	Paid
1904	Appropriated from special funds for the Library	—	1000 00	—	—	1904
1904	Transferred balance of 1903 of the same appropriation	—	277 56	—	—	1904	Paid
1904	Transferred from other credits from special funds	—	183 00	1460 56	1183 00	1904	from sp. [[unclear: continuation]]
1904	Total	—	—	11409 24	9734 19	1904
1905	Appropriated according to the staff	8000 00	—	—	—	1905	Expended
1905	Written off as having been taken on loan	446 18	—	—	—	1905	Paid
1905	Balance	7553 82	—	—	—	1905
1905	From the balances of 1903 for the Library	—	603 37	—	—	1905
1905	From other credits	—	18 00	—	8175 19	1905
1905	Transferred for the Library from the credit of 1906	—	1925 80	10100 99	1925 80	1905
1905	Appropriated from special funds: a) To cover overspending and to replenish with journals	—	6000 00	—	6000 00	1905	Expended
1905	b) To put in order and inspect the Library	—	504 00	—	504 00	1905	Expended
1905	c) To replenish with books on photography, hygiene, economic and legal sciences	—	1000 00	—	1000 00	1905	Expended
1905	d) For the educational library	—	1000 00	8504 00	1000 00	1905	Expended
1905	Total	—	—	18604 99	18604 99	1905
1906	Appropriated according to the staff	8000 00	—	—	—	1906
1906	Written off, taken in 1905	1925 80	—	—	—	1906	Expended
1906	Balance	6074 20	—	—	—	1906
1906	From the credit of 1907	— 50	—	6074 70	6074 70	1906
1906	Balance of appropriations of special funds: a) To cover overspending	—	4918 50	—	—	1906	Expended
1906	Deducted as a loan for other needs	—	1237 02	—	—	1906
1906	Balance	—	3681 48	—	—	1906
1906	b) To cover expenses for inspection	—	504 00	—	—	1906	Expended
1906	c) To replenish the photography department and others	—	603 75	—	—	1906	Expended
1906	d) For the educational library	—	155 49	4944 72	—	1906	Expended
1906	Total	—	—	11019 42	6074 70	1906
1906	Total amount of appropriations as of January 1, 1907	—	—	—	82262 53	1906	Total sum [[unclear: continuation]]
1906	Unexpended balance	—	—	—	1237 02	1906

TABLE IV.

Cash Report

[[unclear: heading cut off at left edge]]	Total amount allocated for the year	Year	EXPENDITURES	Paid from regular appropriations	Paid under other items	Total amount of expenditures for the year	Library balance
00	4000 00	1900	Expended by January 1, 1901 . . . . .	3450 82	—	3450 82	549 18
00	4000 00					3450 82	549 18
—	—	1901	Expended according to the entries in the cash books . .	8543 99	—	—	—
—	—		Paid for the book depository . . . . .	—	6051 22	—	—
—	—		Paid to Fock through the Foreign Department of the Ministry of Finance	—	4955 58	—	—
70	19109 52		Paid for ordering, binding, and postage . . .	—	102 72	19653 51	5 19
00	1000 00		Expenditure on credit from special funds . .	—	—	979 95	20 05
70	20109 52					20633 46	25 24
—	—	1902	Expended according to the entries in the cash book . .	8000 00	—	—	—
—	—		Paid account of Makushin, Lopukhov, and Bogdanov . .	—	2059 34	—	—
—	—		Expended on account of transfers . . . .	—	2389 79	—	—
32	12449 13		Transferred to the balance . . . . .	5 19	—	12454 32	—
32	12449 13					12454 32	—
—	—	1903	Expended according to the entries in the cash book . .	7604 33	—	—	—
—	—		Expenditure not entered in the cash books . .	—	9 29	—	—
01	10290 01		Paid to Makushin . . . . . .	—	1278 89	8892 51	1397 50
—	—		Expended from special funds . . . .	—	722 44	—	—
05	1000 00		Transferred to the balance . . . . .	—	20 05	742 49	277 56
06	11290 01					9635 00	1675 06
—	—	1904	Expended according to the entries in the cash book . .	8000 00	—	—	—
—	—		Expenses paid at the expense of other credits . .	—	551 18	—	—
68	8551 18		Paid according to Fock’s nominal list . . .	—	1397 50	9948 68	—
—	—		Paid expenses for the Library from appropriations from special funds . . .	—	—	1460 56	—
56	1158 00					11409 24	—
24	9734 19						—
—	—	1905	Expended according to the entries in the cash book . .	9497 62	—	—	—
—	—		Paid to Makushin . . . . . .	—	603 37	10100 99	—
—	—						—
—	8175 19						—
99	1925 80						—
—	6000 00		Expended from this appropriation . . .	—	1081 50	—	4918 50
—	504 00		Expended . . . . . . . .	—	—	—	504 00
—	1000 00		Expended . . . . . . . .	—	396 25	—	603 75
00	1000 00		Expended . . . . . . . .	—	844 51	2322 26	155 49
99	18604 99					12423 25	6181 74
—	—	1906	Expended according to the entries in the cash book . .	6074 70	—	6074 70	—
—	—						—
70	6074 70						—
—	—		Expended . . . . . . . .	—	3681 48	—	—
—	—		Expended . . . . . . . .	—	504 00	—	—
—	—		Expended . . . . . . . .	—	603 75	—	—
72	—		Expended . . . . . . . .	—	155 49	4944 72	—
42	6074 70			—	—	11019 42	—
—	82262 53		Total amount of expenditures by January 1, 1907 . .	—	—	81025 51	—
—	1237 02						—

Table VII.

Library expenses from July 3, 1903 to January 1, 1907

Department No.	Departments	Number of titles	Carried on the books as of Jan. 1, 1907: from general funds	Carried on the books as of Jan. 1, 1907: periodicals	Carried on the books as of Jan. 1, 1907: total	Expended as of July 3, 1903: on bookbinding	Expended as of July 3, 1903: office and postage	Expended as of July 3, 1903: total	Special: books	Special: journals	Special: binding of books and journals	Total books and journals	Rebindings	Binding	Cloth	Title letters	Notices	Delivery	Advance	Miscellaneous expenses	Total overhead
I	Mathematics	5	7900.95	750.00	8650.95	4613.43	659.11	5272.54	330.04	1223.63	16.65	113.84	270.78	22.11	35.68	78.88	61.54	763.04
II	Theoretical mechanics	2	3160.40	750.00	3910.40	2761.46	263.66	3025.12	110.48	490.13	6.65	45.54	111.92	8.85	18.42	31.42	24.61	372.67
III	Astronomy and geodesy	1	1580.20	—	1580.20	544.08	131.83	675.86	37.23	89.12	3.32	22.76	55.96	4.42	2.97	15.70	12.29	116.40
VI	Physics	3	4740.58	641.87	5382.45	3655.49	395.47	4050.96	182.17	491.44	9.98	68.31	167.88	13.25	20.71	47.14	36.92	427.67
V	Chemistry	5	7900.95	1750.00	9650.95	5610.03	659.11	6269.14	960.90	2094.21	16.65	113.84	279.78	22.11	74.68	78.88	61.54	1078.02
IA	Chemical technology	7	11061.33	—	11061.33	4155.59	922.75	5076.34	2583.29	702.11	23.31	159.38	391.69	30.96	109.30	110.03	86.16	1423.56
IIIA	Metallurgy	3	4740.58	—	4740.58	2354.69	395.47	2750.11	96.42	909.09	9.98	68.31	167.88	13.25	27.64	47.14	36.91	489.76
VII	Mineralogy	2	3160.40	208.46	3368.86	2217.54	263.66	2481.20	36.25	157.68	6.65	45.52	111.92	8.85	7.50	31.42	24.61	294.01
XI	Geology	4	6320.77	—	6320.77	3944.33	527.30	4471.63	794.24	416.66	13.32	91.05	223.83	17.67	46.24	62.86	49.22	677.54
X	Paleontology	3	4740.58	1500.00	6240.58	4277.22	395.47	4672.69	956.81	193.13	9.98	68.31	167.88	13.25	44.45	47.14	36.91	573.10
IX	Mining	3	4740.58	—	4740.58	1348.02	395.47	1743.49	1251.89	832.88	9.98	68.31	167.88	13.25	64.67	47.14	36.91	732.65
XII	Construction	4	6320.77	—	6320.77	3206.38	527.30	3733.68	706.93	536.37	13.32	91.05	223.83	17.67	39.11	62.86	49.22	954.97
IIIX	Applied mechanics	7	11061.33	—	11061.33	5625.68	922.75	6548.43	1697.58	1063.00	23.31	159.38	391.69	30.96	109.30	110.03	86.16	1597.21
XIV	Engines	4	6320.77	—	6320.77	2187.21	527.30	2714.51	210.06	175.09	13.32	91.05	223.83	17.67	9.72	62.86	49.22	424.42
XV	Machines	3	4740.58	—	4740.58	2623.09	395.47	3018.56	28.79	70.18	9.99	68.31	167.88	13.25	5.16	47.14	36.92	304.56
XIX	Hydraulics	2	3160.40	—	3160.40	612.16	263.66	875.82	470.97	31.19	6.65	45.52	111.92	8.85	10.94	31.42	24.61	313.12
XIII	Electrical engineering	2	3160.40	11.60	3172.00	2022.68	263.66	2284.34	528.12	334.79	6.65	45.52	111.92	8.85	31.60	31.42	24.61	399.81
XVI	Mechanical technology	3	4740.58	—	4740.58	2421.87	395.47	2817.34	128.77	314.47	9.99	68.31	167.88	13.25	15.90	47.14	36.92	383.94
XX	Miscellaneous subjects	1	1580.20	1357.85	2938.05	2009.08	131.83	2140.91	904.97	453.68	3.32	22.76	55.97	4.42	46.94	15.70	12.29	422.67
—	Educational library	[4]	—	1000.00	1000.00	—	—	—	2378.41	—	—	—	223.83	17.66	92.17	62.86	49.22	977.08
[70]	Total	—	104992.75	7969.78	112262.53	57547.10	8700.40	66247.50	14616.47	11399.49	213.68	1502.57	2773.21	4144.03	1290.75	3917.07	309.40	832.46	1100.00	861.39	12455.10
—	Over the year subject to return	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Reported	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Charged to cash disbursement	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	In excess of cash disbursement	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1049.07	—	—

Table VII

Expenses from July 1903 to 1 January 1907

No.	Russian books	Russian journals	Total books and journals	Binding	Porto	Printed forms	Announcements	Delivery	Advance payments	Miscellaneous expenses	Total overhead expenses	Total expenses by estimates from 1900 to 1907	Total expenses according to cash-book data from 1900 to 1907	Distribution of surplus receipts according to estimates	Total expenses according to cash-book data for 1907 and earlier, except advance payments	Balance of appropriation as of 1 January 1907	Carried forward as debt as of 1 January 1907	Notes
1	1223.63	16.65	113.84	1684.16	219.32	66.03	279.78	22.11	35.68	78.58	61.34	763.04	2447.20	7719.74	69.67	7650.07	1000.88	—
2	990.13	6.65	45.52	1152.78	137.21	40.24	111.92	8.55	18.42	31.42	24.61	372.67	1525.45	4550.57	47.69	4502.88	—	592.48
3	89.12	3.32	22.76	152.43	19.30	5.76	55.96	4.42	2.97	15.70	12.29	116.40	268.83	944.69	6.31	938.38	—	—
4	491.41	9.98	68.31	731.87	108.29	33.46	167.88	13.25	20.74	47.14	36.91	427.67	1179.54	5230.50	31.10	5199.40	188.05	—
5	204.21	16.65	118.34	3185.60	430.40	130.93	279.78	22.11	74.68	78.58	61.54	1078.02	4263.62	10532.76	131.78	10400.98	—	730.03

No.	Russian books	Russian journals	Total books and journals	Binding	Porto	Printed forms	Announcements	Delivery	Advance payments	Miscellaneous expenses	Total overhead expenses	Total expenses by estimates from 1900 to 1907	Total expenses according to cash-book data from 1900 to 1907	Distribution of surplus receipts according to estimates	Total expenses according to cash-book data for 1907 and earlier, except advance payments	Balance of appropriation as of 1 January 1907	Carried forward as debt as of 1 January 1907	Notes
6	702.11	23.32	159.38	3468.08	529.37	165.87	391.69	30.96	109.50	110.03	86.16	1423.58	4891.66	9968.00	143.45	9824.55	1236.78	—
7	903.09	9.98	68.31	1077.85	150.71	46.23	167.88	13.25	27.64	47.14	36.91	489.76	1567.61	4517.72	44.60	4473.12	267.46	—
8	157.68	6.65	45.52	246.08	37.63	11.78	111.92	8.85	7.80	31.42	24.61	234.01	480.09	2961.29	10.18	2951.11	41.75	—
9	416.66	13.32	91.05	1315.27	210.91	66.81	223.83	17.67	46.24	62.86	49.22	677.54	1992.81	6464.44	54.41	6410.03	—	89.26
10	195.13	9.98	68.31	1230.23	199.96	63.51	167.88	13.25	44.45	47.14	36.91	573.10	1803.33	6476.02	50.89	6425.13	—	184.55

No.	Russian books	Russian journals	Total books and journals	Binding	Porto	Printed forms	Announcements	Delivery	Advance payments	Miscellaneous expenses	Total overhead expenses	Total expenses by estimates from 1900 to 1907	Total expenses according to cash-book data from 1900 to 1907	Distribution of surplus receipts according to estimates	Total expenses according to cash-book data for 1907 and earlier, except advance payments	Balance of appropriation as of 1 January 1907	Carried forward as debt as of 1 January 1907	Notes
11	832.86	9.98	68.31	2163.06	329.35	100.45	167.88	13.25	64.67	47.14	36.91	752.65	2915.71	4659.20	89.47	4569.73	170.85	—
12	536.37	13.32	91.05	1347.67	199.58	69.10	223.83	17.67	39.71	62.86	49.22	654.97	2002.64	5736.32	55.75	5680.57	640.20	—
13	1063.03	23.32	159.38	2883.31	439.75	137.74	391.69	30.96	90.88	110.03	86.16	1287.21	4170.52	10718.95	119.26	10599.69	461.64	—
14	173.09	13.32	91.05	309.49	46.52	14.60	223.83	17.67	9.72	62.86	49.22	424.42	726.91	3441.42	12.51	3428.91	2891.86	—
15	70.18	9.99	68.31	177.27	26.10	8.11	167.88	13.25	5.16	47.14	36.92	304.56	481.83	3500.39	7.34	3493.05	1247.53	—

No.	Russian books	Russian journals	Total books and journals	Binding	Porto	Printed forms	Announcements	Delivery	Advance payments	Miscellaneous expenses	Total overhead expenses	Total expenses by estimates from 1900 to 1907	Total expenses according to cash-book data from 1900 to 1907	Distribution of surplus receipts according to estimates	Total expenses according to cash-book data for 1907 and earlier, except advance payments	Balance of appropriation as of 1 January 1907	Carried forward as debt as of 1 January 1907	Notes
16	31.10	6.65	45.52	554.43	89.85	28.55	111.92	8.85	19.94	31.60	24.61	315.12	869.45	1745.27	22.94	1722.33	1438.07	—
17	334.79	6.65	45.52	915.08	145.48	46.00	111.92	8.85	31.60	31.42	24.61	399.81	1314.96	3599.30	37.85	3561.45	—	359.45
18	326.69	6.65	45.52	846.92	131.14	41.22	111.92	8.85	27.65	31.42	24.61	376.81	1223.83	2647.66	35.01	2612.65	547.75	—
19	314.47	9.99	68.31	521.54	78.99	24.40	167.88	13.25	15.90	47.14	36.92	383.94	905.48	3722.82	21.58	3701.24	1099.34	—
20	453.65	3.32	22.76	1354.08	218.30	69.05	55.97	4.42	46.94	15.70	12.29	422.67	1807.35	3948.26	57.28	3890.98	—	952.93

No.	Russian books	Russian journals	Total books and journals	Binding	Porto	Printed forms	Announcements	Delivery	Advance payments	Miscellaneous expenses	Total overhead expenses	Total expenses by estimates from 1900 to 1907	Total expenses according to cash-book data from 1900 to 1907	Distribution of surplus receipts according to estimates	Total expenses according to cash-book data for 1907 and earlier, except advance payments	Balance of appropriation as of 1 January 1907	Carried forward as debt as of 1 January 1907	Notes
—	—	—	—	2378.41	403.47	127.87	223.83	17.66	92.17	62.86	49.22	977.08	3355.49	3355.49	—	3355.49	—	255.49
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[[unclear: blank or continuation row]]
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[[unclear: blank or continuation row]]
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39144.24	—	—	—	—	—	106887.79	—	246.78	106638.52	—	—
—	—	—	—	1049.07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1049.07	1049.07	—	—	—	—
Total	1399.49	219.68	1502.57	27738.21	4144.03	1290.75	3917.07	309.40	832.46	1100.00	861.39	12455.10	40193.31	106440.31	1049.07	105391.74	12184.98	5314.19

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