THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 71 



Library. — The additions to the Library for the year 

 (May, 1885 to May, 1886) have been as follows : 



Ihj Donation. 



Folios 33 



Quartes 92 



Octavos 500 



Duodecimos 250 



Sixteenmos 90 



Twenty-fourmos 33 



Total of bound volumes 998 



Pamphlets and serials 5,513 



Total of donations 6,511 



By Exchange. 



Folios 7 



Quartos 23 



Octavos 163 



Duodecimos 20 



Sixteenmos 13 



Twenty-fourmos 2 



Total of bound volumes 228 



Pamphlets and serials 2,8:^3 



Total of exchanges 3,061 



By Furchase. 



Quartos 28 



Octavos 50 



Duodecimos 37 



Sixteenmos 12 



Twenty-fourmos 5 



Total of bound volumes • 132 



Pamphlets and serials 58 



Total of purchases 190 



Total of donations 6,511 



Total of exchanges 3,061 



Total of purchases 190 



Total of additions 9,762 



Of the total number of pamphlets and serials, 2,301 

 were pamphlets and 6,103 serials. 



The above figures do not include the number of vol- 

 umes contained in the library of the late Augustus Story, 



which was received in October last, from the estate of 

 Miss E. A. Story; it comprised upwards of 1,000 vol- 



