Unbound. 



Nos. and Parts. 



Pamphlets. 



1,229 

 l6l 



1,981 

 516 



3,052 

 1,149 



I.390 



2,497 



4,201 



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Mr. Hugh J. Jewett has donated 350 beautifully bound volumes 

 on voyages and travels, many of which are rare and difficult to 

 obtain now. 



The Conchological Library, the gift of Miss Catharine Lorillard 

 Wolfe, has received, up to date, 150 additional volumes. 



Number of volumes in Library, Bound. 



January 1st, 1886 3,694 



Added during the year 1,398 



Total to date 5,092 



The books have been much used this year, especially by those 

 not employed in the Museum. Since the middle of May to date, 

 the number of visitors, who came to consult books, 395. 



The Curators have had in use, in their rooms, about 1,000 

 volumes. 



One thousand volumes have been bound, through means gener- 

 ously provided by Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, Miss Catharine Lorillard 

 Wolfe, and the Trustees. 



There are still, however, a large number that require to be 

 bound before they can be made available for use. 



Bulletin No. 7, issued July, 1886 ; of these and the other 

 Bulletins, during the year 1886, from January 1st to December 

 31st, 602 copies were distributed ; 475 were distributed in the 

 United States and Canada; the remainder 127 were sent as ex- 

 changes to scientific and literary institutions and individuals in 

 Europe, India and Australia. 



The Library of the New York Academy of Sciences, was 

 removed during the month of September, the room being far 

 preferable for the accommodation of books, our library was moved 

 to the room it now occupies, displaying it to better advantage. 



