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arangements described in former reports. Tlie following is a general 

 statement of tbe number of books, maps, and charts received tlirougli 

 exchange during 18G9 : 

 Yolumes : 



Octavo 946 



Qnarto 245 



Folio 43 



1,234 



Parts of volumes and pamphlets : 



Octavo 3, 238 



Quarto 709 



Folio 142 



4,089 



Maps and charts 232 



Total 5, 555 



Of the larger donations received during the year in question are the 

 following : 



From Iceland Foundation Library, Eeikiavik, 44 volumes and 12 

 pamphlets. 



Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, 5G volumes and 5 pam- 

 phlets. 



From the Emperor of Austria, 8 volumes and 9 charts. 



Public Library, Stuttgart, 118 volumes. 



University, Greifswalde, 114 pamphlets. Inaugural Dissertations. 



From the Institut de France, 31 volumes. 



Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies, Paris, G volumes and 40 pam- 

 phlets. 



Commission Imperiale de I'Exposition Universelle de 18G7, Eapports 

 du Jury Internatioual, volumes i-xiii. 



Societe de Statistique, Paris, 13 volumes and 28 pamphlets. 



Academie de Montpellier, Faculte de Medecine, 22 volumes, Theses. 



From the Society of Engineers, London, 8 volumes. Transactions. 



British Museum, 9 volumes and 8 pamphlets. 



Eoyal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 20 volumes, 

 Journal. 



From the Bombay Government, 15 volumes, Selections from the 

 Eecords of the Bombay Government. 



National University, Athens, Greece, 37 volumes and 132 pamphlets. 



Legislative Assembly of Canada, 17 volumes. 



State of Minnesota, G volumes, Plate, Documents. 



C. M. Hovey, editor Boston Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, &c., 

 35 volumes. 



The Smithson books have been well cared for by Mr. Spofford, the 

 efficient Librarian of Congress. Several thousand have been bound, 



