ANNUAL REPORT OP LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 67 



In consequence of the depressed state of the times the library 

 committee deemed it inexpedient to offer the duplicate volumes 

 for sale; and only a very few hrave been disposed of. 



Of the appropriation made in 1851 there still remains a balance 

 of $154.62 unexpended and at the disposal of the library com- 

 mittee. 



The catalogue containing 212 pages was printed in 1852; a 

 supplement of 132 pages was added in 1857. It is very desirable 

 that another supplement be printed containing the additions 

 made to the library up to the present time, and we hope that per- 

 mission will be given to our successors to have the work put in 

 hand at as early a day as practicable. 



The year through which we have passed has been the most 

 remarkable in the annals of our country's history. The public 

 mind has been almost exclusively occupied with the existing 

 rebellion, yet while the peaceful pursuits of our countrymen have 

 been so generally exchanged for the camp and the battle-field, 

 your committee are not without substantial evidence that the 

 particular interest entrusted to their care by the Institute 

 during the past year, has at no period during its existence been 

 in more prosperous circumstances, nor its usefulness more highly 

 appreciated. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



WILLIAM HIBBARI), 

 EDWARD WALKER, 

 JIREH BULL, 

 JAMES K. CAMPBELL, 



Library Committee, 



New York, January 31, 1862. 



BOOKS PURCHASED DURING THE YEAR ENDING JANU- 

 ARY 31, 1862. 



SCIENTIFIC. 



Encyclopaidia-Britannica. Vol. 21, and Index. 

 New American Cyclopedia. Vols. 11, 12 and 13, 

 Nichol's Cyclopaedia of Physical Sciences. 

 Leibeg & Kopp's Progress of Chemistry. Vol. 4. 

 Morfit's Applied Chemistry to the Manufacture of Soap and 

 Candles. 



