THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Parts of volumes and pamphlets — folio... 41 

 " " " " quarto. 239 



" " " '' octavo. 1,427 



1,707 



Maps and engravings 2G 



Total 2,770 



' " By comparison Avith the table of last year, it will be seen that there 

 has been an increase in the receipts, by 111 volumes and 239 parts of 

 volumes and pamplilets. 



The number of donations for 1855 amounts to 1,779 ; that for 1854 

 to 806. 



The list of receipts for other parties during the year exhibits a 

 large increase over that of 1854, both in the number of packages and 

 of addresses. Thus — 



In 1855 were received 1,445 packages to 44 addresses. 

 In 1854 were received 987 packages to 36 addresses. 



Diiference 458 



The Institution is indebted for aid in expediting its parcels to Mr. 

 Zimmerman, consul-general of the Netherlands ; to Dr. Henry Wheat- 

 land, of Salem ; to Lieutenant J. M. Grilliss, U. S. Navy ; to the 

 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and to the 

 Board of Missions of the Presbyterian church. 



The following tables exhibit the chief statistics respecting the for- 

 eign exchanges for the year. To table B should be added two boxes 

 of books sent in December to Chile, and one to London, consisting 

 chiefly of copies of the report on Chile, made by Lieutenant Gilliss. 



