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LIBRARY. The additions to the Library for the year 

 May, 1878 May, 1879, have been as follows: 



. By Donation. 



Folios, 6 



Quartos, 25 



Octavos, 313 



Duodecimos 83 



Sexdecimos, 21 



Total of bound volumes, 448 



Pamphlets and Serials 2,488 



Total of Donations, 2,936 



By Exchange. 



Quartos, 5 



Octavos, 89 



Duodecimos, 3 



Total of bound volumes . 97 



Pamphlets and Serials, 1,237 



Total of Exchanges, . 1,334 



By Purchase. 



Octavos, 6 



Duodecimos, 2 



Sexdecimos, 13 



Total of Purchases, 21 



Total of Donations, 2,936 



Total of Exchanges, 1,334 



Total by Purchase, 21 



Total of Additions, ......... 4,291 



Of the total number of pamphlets and serials, 1,664 

 were pamphlets, and 2,061 were serials. 



The donations to the Library for the year have been 

 received from one hundred and thirty-nine individuals 

 and twenty-two societies and departments of the General 

 and State Governments. 



The exchanges from three individuals, one hundred and 

 thirty-one societies and incorporate institutions, of which 

 seventy-seven are foreign ; also from editors and pub- 

 lishers. 



