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American jSTaturalist. 



American Bee Journal. 



American Quarterly Microscopical Journal. 



Poultry World. 



Vick's'Monthly. 



Manufacturer and Builder. 



Canadian Entomologist. 



Nature. 



Agricultural Gazette. 



Live Stock Journal. 



Gardener's Chronicle. 



The Garden. 



Florist and Pomologist. 



Chemical News. 



Journal of Ciieniical Society. 



Quarterly Journal of Science. 



Popular Science Keview. 



Recently have been added reprints of the Fortniglitly Review and the Nine- 

 teenth Century. 



The purchase of books included 90 back volumes of the North American 

 Review, completing the set with the exception of the first nine volumes. Other 

 purchases were mostly in the department of engineering and architecture. 



By favor of the State Board of Auditors cases from the old State Library 

 were placed at our disposal. Of these twenty-one have found place in our 

 Library, adding convenience and ornament. This necessitated a re-arrange- 

 ment of the books and the newspaper desks and tables. At the same time 

 the most frequented parts of the floor were covered with matting as recom- 

 mended last year. The general effect of these improvements is pleasing to all. 



The expenditures for the year amount to $649.96 classified as followsj 



f ^( t- ■ 

 Books for the library SIGO 01 



Periodicals ]48 13 



Binding 193 12 



Postage and exchange 10 65 



Express and freight S 75 _ 



Stationary, blanks, etc -. 5 987 



Furniture and matting 54 80 



Labor in cleaning, etc 3 48 



Books to be resold 05 04 



For the general account of the Library I may refer to the financial report 

 of the Secretary of the College. 



But little work has been done upon the catalogue of subjects proposed last 

 year, chiefly for want of time on the part of the librarian to give needed over- 

 sight. A rough draft has been made of an index to biography, as a beginning 

 from which to advance. Tliis Avas hindered by the additional work caused by 

 the improvements mentioned above. This draft should be put into shape 

 suitable for use, and a competent person should be employed to continue the 

 work, especially into the agricultural and scientific miscellany. 



Hoping that more attention can be given to the growth and use of the 

 Library hereafter, I respectfully submit the above report. 



GEO. T. FAIRCIIILU, 

 Professor of Eng. Lit. and Librarian. 



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