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gister. Pre-eminent among the other benefactors of the 
Library, we find the name of His Excellency Lord Harris. 
In 1851 he presented Story’s Works, 10 volumes ; Froi3- 
earPs Chronicles, 4 volumes ; Gibbon’s Home, 6 volumes ; 
Pictorial History of England, 8 volumes ; and other works, 
altogether 30 volumes, besides 16 volumes of Trade Cir- 
culars, and Price Lists of the Exhibition of 1851, and a 
collection of Silicified Woods. Among other acquisitions 
by donation, the Library owes to Mr. Alexander Fitzjames 
a gift of 105’ volumes of Journals and Reports of the House 
of Commons : to Archdeacon Cummins a present of 12 
volumes, including Dictionnaire de Theologie de Berger ; 
Gilly’s Waldensian Researches ; Sims’ Historical Defence 
of the Waldenses, and D’Anville’s Ancient Geography. 
Mr. A. DeBarres presented in 1859 the Dictionnaire des 
Decouvertes en Prance, in 17 volumes; and in 1860 a 
library of the Fathers in 39 volumes wms subscribed for 
and presented to the Library. In 1856, at the request of 
the managing body, the chairman of the Public Library 
put himself into communication with the Commissioners 
of Patents in order to obtain copies of their publications. 
These valuable works are now stored in the Library in a 
very inadequate manner, and it is to be feared that they 
will become deteriorated by the want of proper accommo- 
dation. The acquisitions by purchase were steadily pushed 
forward from the commencement of the Library. 145 
volumes were purchased at the sale of Mr. Clogstoun’s 
effects. Other books were purchased at Mr. Rostant’s 
sale, and I have before referred to those bought from the 
Trinidad Library Association. The managing body was 
no less diligent in the selection of books in Europe, and 
the result of their zeal is the well-chosen if 6mall library 
of 8,000 volumes. And here I should be doing scant jus- 
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