NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
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Seven hundred and eighty-two acknowledgements for gifts to the 
library and 202 for gifts to the museum have been forwarded. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Benj. Sharp, 
Corresponding Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 
During the past year 4,657 additions have been made to the 
library. They consisted of 4,128 pamphlets and parts of periodicals, 
511 volumes, 12 maps and 6 photographs. 
They were derived from the following sources :— 
Societies,.2,110 
I. V. Williamson Fund, . . 1,042 
Editors,.870 
Authors,. 170 
Wilson Fund,.134 
U. S. Dept, of the Interior, 59 
Charles P. Perot,. 30 
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, 29 
U. S. Department of State, . 27 
Pennsylvania State Library, 15 
Geological Survey of Russia, 11 
Angelo Heilprin,. 10 
Tennessee Board of Health, 10 
University of Kiel,. 10 
H. A. Pilsbry,. 9 
Minister of Public Works in 
France,. 8 
U. S. War Department, . . 7 
British Museum,. 7 
Conchological Section, ... 7 
Thomas Meehan,. 6 
U. S. Treasury Department, 5 
East Indian Government, . 5 
Department of Mines, New 
South Wales,. 4 
Joseph Willcox,. 4 
Illinois State Board of Agri¬ 
culture, . 4 
W. D. Brigham,. 4 
T. H. d’Estrella,. 4 
Geological Survey of India, 4 
Geological Surv. of Missouri, 3 
i Geological Survey of Penn¬ 
sylvania, . 2 
George B. England, .... 2 
Manchester Museum, ... 2 
; Geological Survey of Arkan¬ 
sas, . 2 
Geological Survey of Portu¬ 
gal, . 2 
j Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., . . 2 
| Trustees of the East Indian 
Museum,. 2 
Iowa State Library, .... 1 
William R. Leeds,. 1 
Geological Survey of Iowa, 1 
Hoboken Ferry Co., .... 1 
I Charles Earl,. 1 
Geological Surv. of Alabama 1 
Charles E. Smith,. 1 
Upsal Observatory,. ... 1 
British Commission,World’s 
Fair,. ... 1 
Geological Surv. of Australia 1 
E. Renevier,. 1 
Benjamin Sharp, M. D., . . 1 
Hungarian Nat. Museum, . 1 
Mrs. Geo. W. Carpenter, . . 1 
William Sellers & Co., ... 1 
Charles W. Johnson, .... 1 
Department of Mines, Nova 
Scotia,. 1 
Bryant Walker,. 1 
J. E. Ives,. 1 
