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various parts of the country to study them during the 

 past year. 



Important additions have been made to the libraries 

 deposited with us for safe keeping, and the volumes 

 and pamphlets already gathered in the elegant study 

 rooms of our fire-proof building for the benefit of 

 original investigators, number as follows : 



ir„i„ Pain- 

 Vols - phlets. 



Jay Library on Coiichology, presented by Miss C. L. Wolfe 997 180 



Brevoort Library on Fishes and General Zoology, deposited by 



the President of the Board 2.083 1,599 



Scientific Works from various donors 634 341 



Library on Mining and Physical Geology, deposited by Mr. 



Clarence King 2,430 1,652 



Library of the New York Academy of Sciences, deposited by 



the Society for safe keeping 4,939 1 ,847 



Prof. Whitfield's Library on Palaeontology 530 461 



Prof. Bickmore's Library on Ethnology and Archaeology 987 540 



Total 12,600 6,620 



Students from a number of institutions have come 

 to the city for the purpose of consulting some works 

 these libraries contain, which are either unique or not 

 to be found elsewhere in America. 



Our contract with the Department of Public Parks 

 provides that on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sat- 

 urdays and holidays, the Museum shall be open to the 

 public free of charge, but Mondays and Tuesdays are 

 reserved for the study and rearrangement of the collec- 

 tions, and on these days visitors to the city are admit- 

 ted, and those contributing money or specimens. A 

 member paying $10' yearly receives a ticket of admis- 

 sion for himself and family on these days, and to the 

 spring and autumn receptions, and complimentary tick- 



