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erence. (This collection has been placed in the Departmental 
Library of the Mining and Metallurgical Department, West 
Annex.) 
The Special Library of the Department of Mines, Mining and 
Metallurgy of the World’s Colurnbian Exposition, gathered for 
exhibition in the Mining Building by the Chief of that Department. 
Among others includes sets of periodicals bearing on these sub- 
jects, and complete sets of geological publications issued by the 
Government. 
The Collection of Russian Works on Forestry, presented by 
the Imperial Russian Commission to the World’s Columbian Ex- 
position. 
Valuable accessions to the Library have been furnished by the 
following: J. E. Watkins, F. C. Baker, H. K. Coale, British Com- 
mission, Board of Lady Managers, Board of Education of the 
Presbyterian Church, W. B. Conkey & Co., Ceylon Commission, 
A. F. Dewey, Geo. R. Davis, T. W. Egleston, French Commission! 
German Commission, W. Guerback, J. F. Halloran, Illinois Com- 
mission, Kansas Commission, Missouri Commission, Norwegian 
Commission, New South Wales Commission, Pennsylvania Rail- 
road Company, W. G. Sutherland, Spanish Commission, D. F. 
Schloss, George Souee, Switzerland Commission, Schloss & Cow- 
han, Jacob Wile. 
Upon the cases are the busts of the eminent scientists and 
naturalists: Geoffry St. Hilaire, Galien, Esculapius, Columbus, 
Cuvier, Agassiz, Humboldt, Huxley, Buffon, Hippocrates, Darwin 
and Linneus. 
Department Working Libraries will be established in the dif- 
ferent departments, under the supervision of the head of the 
department. 
The Rules give information as to the privileges of the Library: 
GENERAL RULES. 
1. The Library will be open every day from g A. m. until 
4 P. M. 
2 . The library is entirely a library of reference. The books 
are to be used in the room set apart for that purpose, and not 
^ken from it under any circumstances, excepting by Directors or 
Curators for use in Working Libraries. 
3^ Books may be obtained by filling out the Application Slip 
