Sciences of Philadelphia, Australian Museum, Deseret "Museum, 

 Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, Houston Museum, Illinois State 

 Museum, Louisiana State Museum, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 

 Minnesota Academy of Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 

 Nautilus, New York Zoological Society, Portland Art Association 

 (Oregon), Portland Society of Natural History (Maine), St. Paul 

 Institute, Virginia State Library. 



The library has received available back material and will re- 

 ceive future publications as gifts from the following: Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Stations of Alabama, Cornell University, Flor- 

 ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North CaroUna, 

 Tennessee; College of Charleston Magazine; Geological Surveys of 

 Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia; John Herron Art Institute; and 

 Oakland Public Museum. 



The Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, the New York State Museum, Nautilus, 

 and the Oologist have generously filled gaps in our file of their 

 pubhcations as far as their stock is available. 



The library subscribes to the following periodicals: Bird-Lore, 

 Field and Stream, Oologist, Outing, and Recreation. The Auk and 

 the National Geographic Magazine are received as gifts of Dr. Fitz- 

 hugh Salley and Miss Henrietta Murdoch, respectively. Science 

 and Popular Science Monthly are placed in the reading room by 

 the director and Dr. Martin, respectively. 



Books have been received as gifts, in addition to those already 

 mentioned, from the following: After School Club, American Book 

 Company, Caspar Chisolm, Charleston Park Commissioners, W. 

 C. Coker, Dr. George W. Field, Roland M. Harper, Miss Henrietta 

 A. Kelly, Dr. C. W. KoUock, Dr. George F. Kunz, W. M. Levi, 

 P. P. Mazyck, Mrs. C. C. Pinckney, Miss C. P. Ravenel, and 

 James Henry Rice, Jr. 



It is a matter for congratulation that all the United States doc- 

 uments related to the work of the Museum are well shelved and 

 readily accessible. They contain thousands of technical and pop- 

 ular papers indispensable for scientific work and now easily found 

 by reference to the document catalog. This is the only library 

 in the city where this satisfactory arrangement is possible at the 

 present time. 



Important as the library is in the work of the Museum, but 

 $31.47 has been spent for its maintenance, exclusive of services, 

 and S3 1.60 for books and improvements during the year. It is 

 unfortunate that no regular appropriation can be allotted to the 



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