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[December, 



REPORT 



OF THE LIBRARIAN 



For 1848. 



The Librarian respectfully presents the following statement for the present 

 year. 



The total additions to the Library, of all descriptions, since the 1st of January, 

 1848, amount to 1349. 'J'he subjoined table exhibits the various subjects em- 

 braced in this number, with the proportion of volumes, periodicals and serials, 

 and pamphlets in each subject. 



General Natural History and 

 Mammalogy, . • . . 



Botany, 



Conchology, 



Geology, ...... 



Helminthology, .... 



Ornithology, 



Herpetology, 



Ichthyology, 



Entomology, 



Mineralogy, 



Anatomy and Physiology, . 



Phys. Science and Chemistry. 



Medicine, 



Transactions of Societies, An- 

 nals, Journals, Proceedings 

 of Societies, &c., . . . 



Biography, 



History, 



Antiquities, 



Voyages and Travels, . . 



Geography, 



Bibliography, 



Education, 



Reports, 



Maps, 



Miscellaneous, .... 



Total, 



1349 



The whole have been derived from the following sources: from authors 79 ; 

 from editors 24 ; from menibers, correspondents, and others 70 ; from Societies 

 72; from Dr. Wilson, on deposit, 1029 ; from Dr. R. E. Griffith, on deposit, 72. 

 Three Charts of the United States coast Survey were received from the Trea- 

 sury Department, through Prof A. D. Bache. 



The aggregate additions to the Library in 1847, as stated in the report of that 

 year, amounted to 1072, the greatest numbe'r in any single year since 1835, 

 when Mr. Maclure's donations were received. The additions of the present 

 year exceed those of 1847 by 277. 



