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ha've been added, tlie committee can safely say that it has been quadrupled 

 in value and usefulness. 



The committee cannot close their report without renewing the testimony 

 they have frequently had occasion to bear, to the sustained zeal, energy 

 and matured experience with which the library has been conducted during 

 the past year by the librarian, Mr. Ezekiel A. Harris ; to his uniform 

 courtesy to visitors and members, and his activity in having our very 

 valuable collection of pamphlets arranged and suitably bound and indexed; 

 in conducting a correspondence with agricultural societies in all the States, 

 and procuring exchanges ; and in caring for the preservation and good order 

 of our large and growing collection. 



WILLIAM HIBBAED, 

 D. MEREDITH REESE, 

 WILLIAM LAWTON, 

 DAVID R. JAQUES, 

 WILLIAM II. BROWNE, 

 W^ILLIAM B. LEONARD, 

 New York, Feb. 3, 1859. Library Committee. 



