REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 35 



received by the Smithsonian Institution during the year 1882, and trans- 

 ferred to the Library of Congress or to that of the National Museum: 



Volumes : 



Octavo or smaller 993 



Quarto or larger « 303 



Parts of volumes : 



Octavo or smaller 3, 005 



Quarto or larger 5, 034 



Pamphlets : 



Octavo or smaller 1, 932 



Quarto or larger 370 



1,29G 



8,039 



2,302 



Maps and charts 152 



Total 11, 789 



Totals received for the last ten years. 



1873 5,697 1 1878 8,729 



1874 5, 546 1879 10, 203 



1875 7, 047 1880 8, 570 



1876 7,585 1881 11,959 



1877 8, 726 I 1882 11, 789 



It should be mentioned that the Secretary of the Interior has granted 

 to employes of the National Museum the use of the library of his De- 

 partment on Mondays between 2 and 4 o'clock p. m. 



NECROLOGY. 



I have to record the lamented death of Mrs. Harriet A. Henry, 

 widow of Professor Henry', which took place in this city on the 25th of 

 last March. This estimable lady, a native of Schenectady, N. Y., whose 

 maiden name was Harriet L. Alexander, was married to Prof Joseph 

 Henry, at Albany, IST. Y., in May, 1830. For forty-eight years she en- 

 joyed a happy domestic life, respected and beloved by all who knew 

 her. The death of her honored husband in 1878 was a severe blow, 

 from which she never fully recovered. 



The melancholy duty devolves upon me of announcing the death 

 of two employes of the Smithsonian Institution during the past year. 

 The two whose loss I have to record are Dr. George W. Hawes, curator 

 of the department of mineralogy and economic geology in the National 

 Museum, who died on the 22d of June, 1882; and Mr. Joseph B. Her- 

 ron, janitor of the ISlational Museum, who died on the 9th of April, 

 1882. 



The following sketch of the life and scientific labors of Dr. Hawes 

 has been prepared by Mr. F. P. Dewey, curator of metallurgy in the 

 National Museum : 



