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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 



To the Council of the Canadian Institute : — 



The statement for the Librai'y for the year 1888-89 is as follows : 



I. Donations to the Library 85 



II. Exchanges : 



1. Canada. 138 



2. Great Britain and Ireland 481 



3. United States 569 



4. Mexico and South America 43 



5. Austro-Hungary . . 150 



6. Belgium 54 



7. Denmark 4 



8. France and Algei-ia 396 



9. Germany 106 



10. Italy 146, 



11. Netherlands 25. 



12. Norway 30) 



13. Portugal 7 



14. Russia 37 



15. Sixain 18 



16. Sweden 18 



17. Austraha : 31 



18. British India and China 34 



19. Japan and Java 20< 



Total 2,30? 



III. New exchanges 39 



IV. Total number of exchanges 435 



V. Periodicals subscribed for, same as lasi: year with the ex- 

 ception of Hardwicke's Science Gossii)," which has 

 been discontinued 31 



Total amount of these 769 



VI. Number of volumes bound during the year 306 



VII. Number of publications taken from Reading Room and 



Library during the year 1,900 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



GEO. E. SHAW, 



Librariant 



