MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



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REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 



By Miss F. M. Slack. 



During the year ending September 1, 1896, the Library has 

 received 573 volumes, 2,134 parts, and 118 pamphlets. 



VOLUMES. PARTS. PAMPHLETS. 



Gift 35 81 17 



Exchange 224 963 72 



Purchase 37 258 



A. Agassiz . 78 832 29 



Binding Parts 199 



573 2,134 118 



The number of volumes now in the Library (exclusive of 

 pamphlets and the Whitney Library) is 22,744. There are 

 16,735 pamphlets bound in 2,811 volumes, making the total 

 number of volumes 25,555. 



To this should be added the Whitney Library, containing about 

 5,000 volumes and 1,500 pamphlets, making the total volumes 

 30,555, and about 1,800 pamphlets not yet arranged by subjects 

 for binding. 



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