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several years to come. For the last two years the pamphlets 

 have remained in the condition previously reported ; much 

 work must be accomplished before they can be made readily 

 accessible. As the Council have recently increased the assist- 

 ance in the Library one-half, a portion of the unfinished work 

 may be completed during the coming year ; an unusual 

 amount of labor will, however, be entailed by the changes 

 incurred in fitting up the rear Library. The number of 

 books which require binding is exceedingly great. 



Five hundred and sixty-one books have been borrowed 

 from the Library by seventy-three persons. 



The number of visitors to the Museum has increased in 

 the past year, but the enumeration must necessarily fall short 

 of the actual number who come. The building has been 

 open to the joublic one hundred and one days ; previous to 

 the exhibition of the Lafresnaye collection of birds, in Sep- 

 tember last, the average attendance was two hundred and 

 fifty-seven ; subsequent to that, three hundred and fifty-two, 

 an increase of one-third. The average of the whole year 

 was three hundred and thirteen. The greatest number of 

 visitors during any one day, eight hundred and forty-six. 



The Conchological cabinets bequeathed by Miss Pratt 

 formed by far the most valuable accession to the Museum 

 durino" the year. In the other departments the donations 

 were less numerous than usual. Special mention should be 

 made of the volcanic minerals given by Mr. Brigham, the 

 donation to the Anatomical Department by Mr. Brooks, and 

 the suite of fossils purchased of Dr. Hayden. 



The additions to the Museum amount to 20,148 specimens 

 received in 189 lots from 82 different sources. 



Owing to the establishment of an Ethnological Museum in 

 our vicinity, on an independent basis, with a large endow- 

 ment, it has been thought best to give up the department of 

 Ethnology, and to store our collections xtntil they could be 

 satisfactorily exchanged. 



The additions to that department have been veiy slight, 



