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seuted by the Hogre Alhniiiuia Liiiovork ;it Vesfceras, Sweden ; a full sot of the pub- 

 lications of the Board of Trade, Loudon ; a full set of the publications of Cornell 

 University, comprising 23 volumes and 35 pamphlets ; Lendenfeidt's "Monograph of 

 Horny Sponges," presented by the Royal Society ; two more volumes of the Chal- 

 Unger Report, namely Vol. 32 of the Zoology and Vol. 2 of the Chemistry and Phys- 

 ics, from the British Government ; a large and important series of Indian govern- 

 ment publications from the secretary of state for India, London; a large and 

 valuable series of French Government publications, from the Bureau Frangaisdes 

 Echanges Internationauux ; A. Moks.'iry's ''Mouographia Chrysididarum orbis Terra- 

 rum uuiversi," from the Royal Hungarian Academy at Budapest in addition to the 

 highly valuable series of publications usually sent by this academy; full sets of 

 State reports, etc., from New Jersey and Vermont; complete sets of charts and other 

 jjublications from the hydrographic offices of Great Britain and Russia; ])arliament- 

 ary reports from Germany and Sweden ; a remarkable collection of photographs from 

 Mecca, taken in the Holy City itself, entitled " Bilder aus Mecca," presented by the 

 author, C. S. Hurgronje, Leiden, Netherlands ; " Briefwechsel des Gottfried Wilhelm 

 Leibnitz," from the Royal Public Library, Hanover; a collection of 21 i)hy8ical 

 papers, from Prof G. Gore, of Birmingham, England; and the following books, 

 froin the respective authors: " Througli and Through the Tropics; " "Norsk, Lapp, 

 and Finn;" " Land of the White Elephant ; " "Around and About South America," 

 by Frank Vincent, jr.; "Avifauna Italica," by Professor Giglioli ; "Flora of British 

 India," i)t. 16, by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker; " Handbuch der Gewebelehre der 

 Menschen," by Prof. Albert Kolliker; "Von der Capstadt ins Land der Maschu- 

 kulumbe," by Dr. Emil Holub ; and "Gypsies of Modern India," and "Ancient and 

 Modern Britons," by David MacRitcliie. 



Very respectfully submitted. 



John Murdoch, 



Librarian. 

 Mr. S. P. Langi.ey, 



Secretary of the Smithsoman Institution. 



