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ized to accept these books as additions to his own library, but, with 

 commendable liberality, he has presented them to the Smithsonian 

 Institution, to form part of the collections deposited in the National 

 Library. They are principally in the French and Russian languages, 

 and we have availed ourselves of the services of Mr. H. H. Kalusow- 

 ski, of the Treasury Department, for the means of access to a knowl- 

 edge of their rich contents. 



The following are also some of the larger donations received in 

 18G7: 



Riksbiblioteket, Stockholm, 44 volumes. 



Bergeurk Museum, Bergen, Norwa} 7 , 8 volumes and 7 pamphlets. 



Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 11 volumes and 16 

 pamphlets, completing some of the early series of their publications. 



Hydrographical Department of the Ministry of Marine, St. Peters- 

 burg, 38 volumes, 7 pamphlets, and 174 charts. 



Imperial Free Economical Society, St. Petersburg, 12 volumes 

 "Transactions." 



Finland Society of Sciences, Helsingfors, 13 volumes. 



Imperial Geographical Society, St. Petersburg, 16 Volumes and 33 

 pamphlets. 



Verein zur Beforderung des Gewerbfleisses in Preussen, Berlin, 40 

 volumes and 2 pamphlets, nearly completing the " Verhandlungen." 



Kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 13 volumes and 33 

 pamphlets. 



K. Statistisch- Central- Commission, Vienna, 37 volumes and 60 

 pamphlets. 



R. Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Milan, 15 volumes 

 and 27 pamphlets. 



Ministero di Agricoltura, Industria e Commercio, Florence, 10 vol- 

 umes and 2 pamphlets. 



R. Istituto d' Incorragiamento alio Scienze Naturale, Economicho 

 e Technologiche, Naples, 17 volumes and 23 pamphlets. 



British Archaeological Association, 16 volumes and 9 pamphlets, 

 nearly completing the "Journal." 



British Museum, 9 volumes. 



Museum of Practical Geology and Geological Survey, London, 10 

 volumes and 19 pamphlets. 



Institut Egyptien, Alexandria, the first volume of transactions and 

 9 numbers of bulletin. 



Mining Department, Melbourne, 12 volumes and 17 pamphlets. 



Real Sociedad Economico de Amijos del Pais, Habana, 256 volumes, 

 chiefly theological. 



