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THE LIBRARIAN reported that the additions to the Library have been 

 as follows ; 



Octavos and Lesser fold, 394 



Quartos 8, Folios 4, 12 



Newspapers, Folios, 52 



Pamphlets and Serials, 1526 



1984 



The above have been obtained, with few exceptions, wholly by ex- 

 change, and by donations from 20 Editors, 50 Societies, and 148 Individuals. 

 The Library requires more accommodation for the proper arrangement 

 of the books, papers, pamphlets, &c., in order to afford greater facility for 

 reference. The same pressing wants have previously been presented to the 

 attention of the Institute. 



THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MUSEUM reported that it devolved up- 

 on him to present a brief account of what has been done during the past 

 year as regards the Museum, and to call attention to its wants. 



In no year has so much been done for the increase and arrangement of the 

 Museum as the one which closes to day. During this period we have re- 

 ceived about 16,000 specimens in the Natural History Department, from 175 

 different persons, and in 228 separate donations. Several of these donations 

 have been very large and valuable, and have added much to the importance 

 of the Museum to the scientific student. Attention is called to the more 

 prominent of these, and reference to the printed quarterly lists is made for 

 a notice of the others. In those lists will be found recorded many donations 

 of valuable specimens. 



To Capt. W. H. A. Putnam, the Institute is indebted for a large collec- 

 tion of Corals, from Singapore, consisting of nearly 400 specimens, represent- 

 ing about 75 species. Capt. Putnam has also brought to the Institute a fine 

 collection of about 75 Bird Skins, from the Spice Islands, as well as a large 

 number of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, Crustaceans, Mollusks, 

 and Eadiates, from various parts of the East Indies, China, China Sea, and 

 several points on his passage home. 



To Capt. Joseph Hammond, we are under obligations for several spe- 

 cies of Corals not before in the collection, from the Sandwich Islands, and 

 for a large collection of Shells, several rare Echinoderms, Fishes and Crusta- 

 ceans, from the Falkland and Sandwich Islands, as well as a collection of the 

 Lichens of the Falkland Islands, and several other specimens of great inter- 

 est. 



Dr. Benjamin Pickman has purchased the well known cabinet of Mas- 

 sachusetts Shells made by Mr. Joseph True, of this city, and presented it 

 to the Institute. This is a most acceptable donation, as nearly all the species 

 of our state shells are represented in the collection, which contains several 

 of the greatest rarity, and it will take the place of the old collection of Mas- 



