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to the Academy, together with six applications to exchange publica¬ 
tions for reports, etc., and asking for missing numbers of the regular 
publications of the Academy. 
Eleven letters on various subjects have been received and ten were 
written. Ten circulars and invitations to the Academy to partici¬ 
pate in congresses or meetings and announcements of the deaths of 
scientific men have been received and answered. 
During the year three correspondents have been elected and 
notified. The deaths of twelve correspondents have been reported. 
Seven hundred and twenty acknowledgments of gifts to the 
library and eighty-four of gifts to the museum have been 
forwarded. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Benj. Sharp, 
Correspo ndin y Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 
The past year has been a most prosperous one for the library of 
the Academy. The entire additions amount to 10,389. Of these 
6,032 are volumes, 4,111 pamphlets and parts of periodicals, and 10 
maps, photographs, etc. • 
Nearly one-half of these accessions form the James Aitken Meigs 
Library, bequeathed to the Academy, together with an important 
pecuniary legacy, by John G. Meigs, the father of Dr. J. A. Meigs. 
There are many works in the collection which duplicate those 
already in the library of the Academy. These have not yet been 
separated from the other volumes. The total of accessions also 
includes 217 duplicates and miscellaneous works received from 
Mr. Meehan, in addition to 182 volumes included in the statement 
given below. 
The current growth of the library, excluding the Meigs’ bequest 
and the duplicates above alluded to, depended on the following 
sources of supply : — 
Societies,.2,462 
I. V. Williamson Fund, . . 1,090 
Editors,. 930 
Authors,. 187 
Thomas Meehan,. 176 
Charles P. Perot, 32 
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, . 29 
U. S, Dept, of the Interior, . 28 
