48 EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OP 



AMERICA. 



* Bogota. — Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Pais. 



* Brazil. — Rio Janeiro. — Imperial Brazilian Historical Society. 



Royal Geological Society. 



Sociedad auxiliadora de Industria Nacional. 



* Caracas. — Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Pais. 



* Chili. — Santiago. — Biblioteca Nacional. 



Observatory of Santiago. 

 *University Library. 

 Dcmerara. — Queen's College. 



* Guatemala. — Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Pais. 

 *Habana. — Real Sociedad Economica. 



Mexico. — Mexico. — E 1 Minerea. 



El Museo Nacional. 



Navy and War Tribunal. 



*Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica. 

 Pueblo. — Colegio Palafoxano y de Pantaleon. 

 Vera Cruz. — Public Institute. 



The receipts of works from abroad, in exchange for those sent out by 

 the Smithsonian Institution, are much greater than those of last year. 

 Many of these were of very great value, comprising a large number of 

 : more or less complete series of transactions and periodicals. For an 

 enumeration of these, I would refer to the Report of the Assistant Sec- 

 retary in charge of the Library. 



D. — Table exhibiting the number of pieces received in ex- 

 change FROM ABROAD, IN 1853. 



Volumes. — Folio and quarto 511 



Octavo 929 



1,440 



Parts of volumes and Pamphlets. — Quarto. 303 



Octavo..' - 088 



. 99i 



Maps and Engravings... 125 



Total 2,556 



E. — Table exhibiting the number of packages received for 

 other American institutions, &c, in 1853. 



Bowdoin College — 6 



Boston. — American Academy 26 



Natural History Society 6 



Bowditch Library • 7 



Cambridge. — Observatory * 11 



Botanic G'arden. 7 



Harvard College — 13 



Astronomical Journal 9 



Amherst. — Amherst College 8 



