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Mercantile Library Association, New York. 



Nantucket Atheneum. 



Naval Lyceum, Brooklyn. 



New Jersey State Agricultural Society. 



New Hampshire Agricultural Society. 



New Hampshire Historical Society. 



New Orleans Academy of Sciences. 



Ohio State Agricultural Society. 



Patent Office, Washington, D. C. 



Pennsylvania Agricultural Society. 



Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. 



Providence Atheneum. 



Pottsville Library, Pottsville, Pa. 



Rhode Island Historical Society. 



Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry. 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 



State Library, Providence, R. I. 



Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. 



Vermont Historical Society. 



Waterbury Young Men's Institute, Connecticut. 



Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 



Wisconsin State Historical Society. 



Wisconsin University Library. 



Yale College, New Haven, Conn. 



Young Men's Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Owing to the temporarily diminished resources of the Institute, your 

 committee deem it inexpedient to ask a further appropriation of money 

 for their use at present. There remains subject to their draft, of an 

 unexpended appropriation, the sum of $83.06, with which it is hoped 

 their successors will be able to meet all obligations that may be 

 incurred by them during the next year. It cannot be denied that 

 the library rooms present one of the most attractive features of the 

 Institute ; they are well warmed and lighted, and offer inducements 

 to its members to frequent them often. The most instructive and 

 interesting periodicals are at their command, while those who are 

 more particularly interested in agriculture and science, will alwa^^s 

 find standard works upon those subjects to aid them in their re- 

 searches. Nor should it be forgotten that the Institute offers attrac- 

 tions to those who are not specially devoted to these interesting and 

 important objects. It is centrally located, easy of access, the annual 

 dues are small, and if no higher motive than that of economy were 

 urged, it is doubtful if any public institution in the city offers supe- 

 rior inducements, or where one can pass an evening more satisfactorily 

 or profitably, especially when it is considered that every member is 



