THF RETROSPECT OF THE TEAR. 



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Report of the Librarian. 



The additions to the library for the year (May, 189G 

 to May, 1897), have been as follows : 



Folios, . 



Quartos, 



Octavos, 



Twelvemos, 



Sixteenmos, 



Twenty-fourmos, 



Total of bounci volumes 

 Pamphlets and serials. 



Total of donations, 



Folios, 

 Quartos, 

 Octavos, 

 Twelvemos, 



Total of bound volumes, 

 Pamphlets and serials, 



Total of exchanges, . 



Folios, . 



Quartos, 



Octavos, 



Total of bound volumes. 

 Pamphlets and serials. 



Total of purchases. 



Total of donations. 

 Total of exchanges, . 



Total of additions. 



By Donation. 



By Exchange. 



By P7trchase. 



77 



97 



1,239 



813 



301 



80 



2,607 

 5,426 



8,033 



5 



7 



193 



1 



206 

 1,517 



1,723 



8,033 

 1,723 



9,773 



Of the total number of pamphlets and serials, 3,189 

 were pamphlets and 3,761 were serials. The donations 

 to the library for the year have been received from 164 

 individuals and 113 societies and governmental depart- 

 ments. The exchanges, from 13 individuals and 247 so- 

 cieties and incorporated institutions, of which 115 are 

 foreign . 



