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on board of the Niagara and Agamemnon was delegated to Messrs. "W, H. 

 Woocihouse and .Samuel Canning, civil engineers of London, to whose 

 skill, ingenuity and unremitting attention is to be ascribed in a large 

 degree the successful issue of the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable. 

 Respectfully submitted, by 



CHAS. H. HASWELL, 

 HORATIO ALLEN, 

 GEO. W. QUINTARD, 

 JOHN A. BUNTING, 

 JOSEPH P. PIRSSON, 

 CHAS. W. COPELAND. 

 New York, March 3, 1859. 



Report of the Library Committee. 



The Library Committee of the American Institute, respectfully submit 

 the following report upon the affairs of the library for the year ending 

 February 10, 1859. 



At the date of our last report the library contained eight thousand and 

 thirty (8,030) volumes, and there have been since added one hundred and 

 eighty-six (186) volumes, making the total number of volumes now in the 

 library, eight thousand two hundred and sixteen, (8,216.) 



The additions made to the library during the year, have been obtained 

 as follows, viz : 



By purchases, 43 volumes. 



presentation, 73 do 



subscription, 33 do 



exchange, 10 do 



pamphlets, 27 do 



ISO do 



Those obtained by subscription consist of journals, magazines and 

 reviews, which have been received and bound up during the year ; those 

 obtained by exchange were received in exchange for works of which the 

 library contained duplicates, and the twenty-seven (27) volumes of pam- 

 phlets are those pamphlets which have been received from time to time, 

 and have been assorted, arranged and bound during the year. 



The library now contains a collection of two hundred and forty-nine 

 (249) volumes of rare and valuable pamphlets ; fifty-nine (59) volumes of 

 these were collected by the late Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill,and were presented 

 to the Institute by the late Dr. Samuel Akerly — the remaining one hundred 

 and ninety (190) volumes have been obtained from various sources, and 

 arranged, bound, and suitably indexed by the librarian. 



During the past year there has been expended for books and binding, as 

 follows : 



