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LiiiUARY : — The additions to the Library lor the year 

 (May, 1887, to May, 1888) have been as foUows : 



' By Donation. 



Folios, 101 



Quartos 174 



Octavos, 678 



Duodecimos, 303 



xvimos, 89 



xxivtos 55 



Totalof bound volumes, 1,400 



Pamphlets and serials, 6,435 



Totalof donations, 7,835 



By Exchange. 



Folios, 2 



Quartos 29 



Octavos 195 



Duodecimos, U 



xvimos, 14 



xxivtos 2 



Total of bound volumes 253 



Pamphlets uud serials, 2,744 



Total of exchanges, 2,997 



By Purchase. 



Octavos, 42 



Duodecimos, 3 



xvimos, 3 



Total of bound volumes «. . . . 48 



Pamphlets and serials, 517 



Total of purchases, 565 



Total of donations, 7,835 



Total of exchanges, 2,997 



Total of purchases, 565 



Total of additions, 11,397 



Of the total number of pamphlets and serials, 2,301 were 

 pamphlets and 7,395 were serials. 



The donations to the Library for the year have been 

 received from one hundred and fifty-three individuals and 

 sixty-three societies and governmental departments. The 

 exchanges, from ten individuals and one hundred and eighty 



