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perhaps across oue of the blank spaces of this room ; a step 

 which would damage its appearance very much, but which will 

 soon be uuavoidable. The expiration of our interest in the 

 Sticknej^ Fund in a few years, will not much diminish the need of 

 more room, for, as stated last year, the gifts and exchanges we 

 receive, together with the periodicals bought under the Society's 

 appropriation, are more numerous than the purchases we make 

 from the Stickney Fund. 



For the Committee, 



W. E. ENDICOTT, Chairman. 



