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tion. I judge from the interest shown by them that the nucleus whieh 

 we have at the end of the first year of the existence of the Section of 

 Steam Transportation can be rapidly expanded into a collection, which 

 shall properly illustrate the history of the birth and development of the 

 steamship and railroad when it shall be practicable to organize the sec- 

 tion upon a basis commensurate with its importance. 



