20 



HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. 



Debits, 

 Binding, $108; Repairing, $3 15 $11115 



Credits. 



Naumkeag Bank dividend $2000 



Michigan Central Railroad 38 00 



From General Account . . . .' 53 15 



$111 15 



THE LIBRARIAN reported that the additions to the Library have 

 been as follows : 



Folios 20 ; Quartos 32 52 



Octavos and Lesser fold 344 



Pamphlets and Serials ....-.: 2559 



The above have been obtained, with few exceptions, by exchange 

 with editors and kindred institutions, and by donations from members 

 and friends. These contributions have been received from two hun- 

 dred and twelve different individuals and institutions, and may be 

 classed as follows : Editors, nineteen ; Societies, sixty-eight ; others, 

 one hundred and twenty-five. A portion of the Library, consisting of 

 the newspapers, pamphlets and many of the books of reference, not 

 intended for circulation, has been deposited in the lower hall, thus 

 furnishing accommodations for a suitable arrangement of this de- 

 partment. 



THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MUSEUM stated that arrangements 

 are in progress for carrying out the details of the agreement for the 

 deposit of the scientific collections with the Trustees of the Peabody 

 Academy of Science, and having the same properly arranged in the 

 East India Marine Hall, in connection with the Museum of the East 

 India Marine Society. The rearrangement is a laborious undertaking 

 and it will be some time before sufficient progress will have been made 

 to have the same open to public inspection. Several important addi- 

 tions have been made during the past year, and have been duly no- 

 ticed at the regular meetings. The receipts in the various departments 

 may be classified as follows : twenty-seven donors have contributed 

 eighty-nine specimens of Indian implements of stone and bone, and 

 other Archaeological and Ethnological specimens ; ten, thirty-four in 

 the department of Comparative Anatomy ; thirteen, eighteen of Mam- 

 malia; twenty-seven, fifty-six of Birds; four, twenty-nine of Bird's 

 nests and eggs; eleven, fifty-six. of Reptiles; nine, about one thous- 

 and of Fishes ; thirty-nine, about two thousand five hundred of In- 

 sects; six, fifteen of Crustacea; four, twenty of Worms; sixteen, 

 about two thousand of Mollusks ; twelve, one hundred and two of 



