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library and eighty-four of gifts to the museum have been 

 forwarded. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Benj. Sharp, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



The past year has been a most prosperous one for the library of 

 the Academy. The entire additions amount to 10,389. Of these 

 6,032 are volumes, 4,111 pamphlets and parts of periodicals, and 10 

 maps, photographs, etc. 



Nearly one-half of these accessions form the James Aitken Meigs 

 Library, bequeathed to the Academy, together with an important 

 pecuniary legacy, by John G. Meigs, the father of Dr. J. A. Meigs. 

 There are many works in the collection which duplicate those 

 already in the library of the Academy. These have not yet been 

 separated from the other volumes. The total of accessions also 

 includes 217 duplicates and miscellaneous works received from 

 Mr. Meehan, in addition to 182 volumes included in the statement 

 given below. 



The current growth of the library, excluding the Meigs' bequest 

 and the duplicates above alluded to, depended on the following 

 sources of supply : — 



Societies, 2,462 



I. V. Williamson Fund, . . 1,090 



Editors, 930 



Authors, 187 



Thomas Meehan, 176 



Charles P. Perot, 32 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, . 29 



U.S. Dept. of the Interior, . 28 



Wilson Fund, 18 



U. S. Dept. of State, .... 12 



General Appropriation, . . 12 



Geological Survey of Russia, 11 

 Tennessee State Board of 



Health, 11 



Ministry of Public Works, 



France, 10 



U. S. Treasury Dep., ... 5 

 Geological Survey of New 



Jersey, 5 



Geological Survey of Canada, 5 

 Geological and Nat. Hist. 



Survey of Minnesota, . . 4 



U. S. War Dept., 4 



Geological Survey of India, 4 

 Geological Survey of Ala- 

 bama, 3 



William J. Fox, 3 



U. S. Commissioners of Fish 



and Fisheries, 3 



Illinois State Board of Agri- 

 culture, 3 



Smithsonian Institution, . 3 



