24 



NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OP 



have been received, for each of which two separate manuscript copies 

 of every word of the title page was required. From this single fact 

 it is evident that the operation of the present copyright law does not 

 confer a material benefit upon the Institution, unless it be as a means 

 of swelling the number of articles annually added to the library, which 

 would appear to be at present a matter of some popular importance. 

 It would be well to ask Congress, at least, to relieve the Institution 

 from the burden imposed upon it by the additional postage to which 

 we are constantly subjected on this account.* 



The additions to the library during the year 1854 are shown by the 

 following table : 







T3 



















C m 











02 









'o 



to > 



*-> 



3*3 



03 

 OjO 



a 







bD 



3 



Total. 



* 



d 



o 

 P3 



Us 



bfl 



q 

 H 



Oh 



a 



'55 

 3 



a 



0> 



6 







529 

 920 



391 

 2,397 













920 





1 



323 





l 





3,642 





441 



203 



16 



28 



848 



5 



69 



1,610 







































Total 



1,890 



2,991 



17 



351 



848 



6 



69 



6,172 







If we add these to the number given in the report of the librarian 

 last year, we shall have the following — 



Aggregate to 1855. 





03 



o 

 o 



13 



o 



m > 



1 * 



bo 

 'CD 



03 



cd 

 1=5 



6 

 'Ed 



3 



03 



a 



03 

 03 



Sh 

 CS 

 Si 

 03 



o 



Total. 





4 7 9G1 



4,821 



3,250 



873 



2,902 



7,561 



623 



1,335 



59 

 54 



2 

 2,136 



87 









9,200 





3,122 



31 

 14 



41 

 166 



14,649 



7,316 





873 



















Total 



13,905 



11,086 



1,448 



2,225 



3,122 



45 



207 



32,038 







* Since this was written, Congress has passed an act allowing all copyright publications to 

 be sent to the Institution free of postage through the mail. A circular sent to all the pub- 

 lishers in the United States on this subject will be found in the Appendix. 



