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Carpenter on the Microscope. 

 Lindley's Vegetable Kingdom, 

 Ruskin's Seven Lamps of Architecture. 

 Catlin's North American Indians. 2 vols. 

 Lardner's Works — Natural Philosophy. 3 vols. 

 Lardner's Astronomy. t''ol. I. 

 *Tobacco: Its History and Cultivation. 

 Architectural Publication Society : — 



Illustrations. 5 Vols., 184S-54. Parts I. and II. Vol. 6. 

 Architectural Dictionary. 



* Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society : — 



Vols. XII. XIII. Parts, Nos. 47-49-51. 



* Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society : — 



Vols. IX. X. Parts, Noa. 35- n. 



* Quarterly Journal of Microscopic -Science: — Nos. 11-21. 



*The London, Dublin, and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of 



Science -.—Yols,. XII. XIII. Nos. 78-93. 

 ^Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal : Vols. IV. VI. 

 *The Chemical Gazette:— ^os. 321-359. 



Amongst the valuable donations made to the Library during the past Session, the 

 Council cannot refrain from alluding more particularly to Gould's magnificent work 

 on the Trochilidse, presented to the Institute by the liberality of one of its late 

 Presidents, G. W. Allan, Esq., to whom the Institute is also in other respects so 

 largely indebted. The best thanks of the Institute are likewise again due to the 

 Hon. J. M. Brodhead of Washington, H. G. Bohn, Esq., of London, and other well- 

 wishers, for their acceptable contributions, as recorded in the annexed list; — 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY SINCE LAST REPORT. 



Those marked * are in parts, or pamphlets, and unbound. 



From Office of Routine and Records — Pbovincial Government. 



*Return to an address of the Legislative Assembly, 5th May, — in reference to Pur- 

 chase of Water and Beach Lots at Quebec. 



*Public Accounts for year 1856. 



*Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1856. 



*Report of the state of the Militia of the Province, 8th January, 1857. 



*Report of Count De Rottermund on the Mines of Lake Superior and Huron. 



*Report of Commissioners of Inquiry in re Corrigan Murder, July, 1857. 



*Summary of the Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Canada, 3rd Sess., 

 6th Parliament, 1857, from 26th February to 10th June. 



♦Extract from Return to an Addre-^s, (fee, to report on Quebec and Point Levi Roads. 



Canada at the Universal Exhibition 1855, Paris. Two copies. 



From the Trustees of the New York State Library. 



*Annual Report of the Trustees. New York State Library, 22nd January, 1856. 



*Science and Religion — M. Hopkins, D.D. 



*Religious bearings of Man's Creation— E. Hitchcock, D.D. Two copies. 



♦Eulogy on the Life and Character of Dr. T. R. Beck. 



*Index to the Laws of the State of New York, 1842 to 1855 inclusive— Bogart. 



