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value, and whose zeal in the work is a sure pledge of its suc- 

 cess. 



The Library. - 



It is not the poHcy of the Academy to build up a separate 

 library, but rather to cooperate with the State Ilistorical So- 

 ciety in sustaining and strengthening the Scientific, Art and 

 iiiterary Departments of its already extensive Library. This 

 it will be able to do in a large degree by securing an exchange 

 of the Academy's Transactions with those of kindred institu- 

 tions throughout the world, provided its own publications are 

 regularly issued at short intervals — annually, if possible — and 

 have sufficient value to command the respect of learned and 

 scientific bodies having like ends in view. It may be assumed 

 that the Academy will also be able to render some service by 

 indicating, as the result of its members' experience, the most 

 important deficiencies of the Society's Library, especially in 

 the scientific departments, which are as yet but very imper- 

 fectly su))plied. 



The friends of the State Ilistorical Society should therefore 

 regard the Academy as another, and deeply interested organ- 

 ization, resolute in its purpose of promoting the steady and 

 ■rapid growth of an already extensive and valuable collection 

 of books, in order that it may early become a great State 

 'Library, rich in all its departments. 



The Scientific Museum. 



The scientific collections of the Academy have made a less 

 .rapid increase than we were warranted in expecting, under 

 the circumstances. Under the provisions of the statute pro- 

 viding for the survey of the lead region, Mr. John Murrish, 

 .Commissioner, collected and sent to the Academy a considerable 

 amount of material, most of which has been placed in the 

 ,museum, although it has not yet been systematically arranged 

 and labelled. 



