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This portion of the dam has been strengthened by a plank spiling, set on a solid foundation, carefully puddled, 488 feet in length, extending above high water mark, and covering all the weak points in this section of the dam. The earth embankment has been very much enlarged, especially near its weakest point, where it was made 28 feet wide on top.
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Spiling was also, in like manner, put in from the flume north- erly, a distance of 225 feet, and the embankment at this point enlarged by removing the wall on the water side; the flume was found to be sound and in good repair ; but new gates have been put in, also a new screen. The gate house, a wooden structure, was found to be in a dilapidated state, and has been rebuilt on a larger scale. The rollway is north of the northerly section of the dam, where the water passes off upon the natural ground, the incline being so gradual as to render it free from danger in any emergency.
Its discharging capacity is more than 5,000,000 gallons per hour, with one foot head, and with two feet head, it will dis- charge more than 30,000,000 gallons per hour.
The materials used in making these repairs were :
25,000 Feet of Lumber.
5,210 Cubic Yards of Earth.
740 66 Rip-Rap.
530 Perch of Stone in Wall.
Total cost of repairs,
$4,191 20
This amount is made up of the following items :
Clearing away rubbish, &c., $90 00
Trench Excavation, 475 Cubic yards, -
259 00
Spiling, 713 Lineal Feet, - 727 06
Wall, 530 Perch, Hauling 300 Perch and Excavating for Foundation,
- 454 00
Puddle, 475 Cubic Yards,
278 00
Embankment, 5,210 Cubic Yards @ 17} cts. $903 07
Tools, 39 64 -
$942 71
Rip-Rap, 1,775 Square Yards @ 45 cts.,
- $798 75
Flume and Gate-House, - 109 85
- 531 83
Superintendence, Engineering and Incidentals, - Total cost, - - $4,191 20
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PEPORT ON NORTH POND DAM.
This sum was divided between the present owners of North Pond, according to the number of shares each held, as follows :
Stephen Salisbury, 51 shares,
- $1,723 80
City of Worcester, 37 66
1,250 60
J. M. Daniels & Son, 25 66
845 00
A. C. Buttrick, 11
371 80
124
$4,191 20
The above sums have all been paid by the several owners, and your committee believe that North Pond Dam is so much im- proved that it will not afford any just cause for complaint or anxiety to the citizens of Worcester for many years to come.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CLARK JILLSON, HARRISON BLISS,
STEPHEN SAWYER,
THOMAS J. HASTINGS, LORING COES, BENJAMIN WALKER, WILLIAM O'CONNELL,
Joint Standing Committee on Sewers.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER.
To the Honorable the City Council :
The following annual report, relating to the Department of Civil Engineering of the City, for the year ending November 30th, 1876, is respectfully presented.
HIGHWAYS.
The annexed tables exhibit a statement of the streets accepted and constructed ; also the sidewalks laid out and built during the past year, and work performed preliminary to further action by the City Council.
STREETS LOCATED FROM DEC. 1ST, 1875, TO DEC. 1ST, 1876.
NAME OF STREET.
FROM
TO
Date of Decree.
Width in Length Feet. in Feet.
REMARKS.
Jackson,
Main,
N. & W. R. R., Austin,
Oct. 20. Sept. 12. March 22. Sept. 29. Oct. 24.
1,010.65 Grade established.
South Russell,
Pleasant,
806.00 Relocation of Grade.
Union,
Market,
Lincoln Sq.,
643.60 Grade established.
Barclay, . Harvard PI.,
Union Ave., Harvard,
Grafton,
50
1,592.50
Easterly,
30
170.00
Total length,
4,222.75
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STREETS CONSTRUCTED.
NAME OF STREET.
FROM
TO
Date of Order.
Width in Length in Feet. Feet.
REMARKS.
Crown,
Chatham,
Austin,
40
389.0
College,
Southbridge,
Auburn Line,
Jun.26,'76
3,450.0 County Road.
Highland, Union,
Pleasant, Market,
Park Ave., Lincoln Sq.,
May17,'75 May 1, '76
40
643.5
Total length,
6,902.61
SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED.
STREET.
FROM
TO
Side of Street.
Lengtlı
REMARKS.
Pleasant,
So. Russell, Liberty,
Winslow, Edward,
South.
296.8 Reconstructed curb and gutter.
Belmont,
463.6|S. side,
curb and gutter.
Park,
Orange,
Easterly,
South.
122.6 S. side, 66
66
School,
Union,
66
110.5|N. side, 66
66
Thomas,
Main,
97.7 Both sides, “ 66
Pearl,
78.7 Abutting on Dr. Bull's estate, S. side.
May,
69.7 Abutting on Butman estate, N. side.
May,
200.0 Curb & gutter, laid last year, N. side.
School,
54.5|N. side.
South Russell,
Pleasant,
Larch,
445.7
W. side.
Coral,
Grafton,
Ætna.
1,123.0 Both sides.
Shelby,
Carroll, Davis,
Easterly,
851.5|S. side.
Piedmont,
Southerly,
509.9|W. side.
Lincoln Sq., Washington,
Spruce,
Northerly,
122.5 E. side.
Total length,
4,678.8
SIDEWALKS DECREED.
STREET.
FROM
TO
Date of Decree.
Length
REMARKS.
Pleasant, S. Russell,
So. Russell, Pleasant,
Winslow, Larch,
May16,'76 66
342.7 Relocation, south side.
442.1
.6 west
66
Total length,
784.8
Kingsbury, W.&N.R.R.,
Westerly,
66
122.1
2,420.0 County Road.
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SURVEYS MADE.
STREET.
FROM
TO
Length
REMARKS.
County Road, Shrewsbury,
Vernon, Cullen ct.,
Millbury, Adams,
5,600.0
4,360.0 Old line run out.
Total length,
9,960.0
The increased railway traffic over Grafton, Franklin, Green and Washington streets has demonstrated the great annoyance predicted in last year's report. The " Viaduct " will now soon be open for freight transfer, and the nuisance will then be greatly aggravated. I would again call the attention of your Honorable Body to the urgent necessity for some action to relieve these streets. The following is extracted from the report referred to :-
" The construction of the Union Depot and Viaduct, and con- sequent concentration of railway traffic, will call for early action by the City Council to relieve certain streets in that vicinity, which will otherwise be blockaded at times. Grafton, Franklin and Green streets will require attention. From a preliminary examination of the ground it is believed that a street, fifty feet in width, commencing at the intersection of Front and Vine streets, thence following and widening Vine street to Franklin street, thence passing under the railroads, at nearly right angles thereto, to Temple street, will afford the easiest solution of this problem. The total length of the proposed street, from the South line of Front street to the North line of Temple street would be 858 feet, and the area covered as follows :-
Area within present fence line of Vine street (private), 13,020 sq. ft. Area in Cherry street, outside 541
Area in Franklin street (public),
2,043
Area to be acquired outside of ways,
27,296
Total area,
42,900
78 feet.
Width of bridge,
Span
66 52.9 feet in the clear.
If this scheme were carried out it would be desirable to re- locate a portion of Franklin street, so as to avoid the grade crossing, and allow travel to go under the bridge. The distance between the north rail of the new tracks of the Boston and Albany Railroad and the south rail of the present south track is
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about 150 feet, and if new tracks are laid on the South, as is probable, it will be materially increased. At present it is an extremely dangerous grade crossing. It is believed the railroad corporations interested would be willing to make a liberal arrangement with the city to share the cost of changes, if they could avoid the expense they will otherwise be obliged to incur in the proper guarding of this crossing."
The preservation of the integrity of the public streets of a city requires much watchfulness and care. By the provisions of Sec. 24, Chap. 47 of the Ordinances, any abutter may construct a door step that shall not extend more than two feet within the limits of the location of the street. In a forty-foot street, the standard width of the sidewalk is but six feet and eight inches, and by the above Ordinance it can, at the pleasure of the abutter, be practically reduced at any point to four feet and eight inches. It seems that regard for the appearance and convenience of our streets would suggest the repeal of this provision in the section referred to.
SEWERS.
Sewers have been constructed during the past year, and work connected therewith performed, as exhibited in the annexed table.
The following recommendations, extracted from last year's report, are respectfully brought to your attention :-
" In cities with a system of sewers as extensive as we now have it is customary to adopt certain Ordinances relating to their police. With the exception of the Ordinance requiring entrance into the public sewers to be made under the direction of a licensed drain digger, there are, at present, no rules which can be enforced in this city. While the officials whose duty it is to keep the sewers and appendages in proper condition and repair are aware of evil practices existing, they are powerless to prohibit them, on account of no Ordinance relating thereto. I would most earnestly call the attention of your Honorable body to the necessity of the passage of an Ordinance prohibiting exhausting steam into the public sewers. The steam inevitably softens and destroys the mortar, causing the rapid decay of the sewer, and
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prevents the workmen entering for the purpose of examination and making repairs in the vicinity of the exhaust pipe on account of the heat.
The practice of depositing dead animals, refuse and filth of all kinds into inlets and catch basins should also be prohibited."
One hundred and thirty-four permits to enter the public sewers have been issued during the year. Total number issued, 2,036.
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ABSTRACT OF SEWERS
BUILT FROM DECEMBER 1ST, 1875, TO DECEMBER 1ST, 1876.
STREETS.
in inches.
Size
of Sewer.
Feet
Manholes.
Basins.
Inlets.
Pipe Inlets.
Feet of
of Inlets.
Size
LOCATION.
Barclay,
18"x27"
53.0
1
2
2
18.0 12" Grafton st., southerly. Cedar 66
Fruit,
12"
204.0
2
King,
15"
39.0
1
2
2
16.0 12" Chandler "
66
Nashua,
12"
402.0
4
2
2
18.0
12" Grafton " southerly.
Prospect,
12/
347.0
3
2
2
8.0
12" Easterly, crossing Mulberry street.
Union,
15"
297.0
2
Northerly, crossing
Exchange to Mill
Beacon,
1
1
10.0
12" Between Jackson and Hermon.
Canal,
1
1
16.0
12" At Viaduct.
Columbia,
1
1
20.0
12" At Crown of Hill.
Cutler,
1
1
6.0
12" 300 feet south from Grafton street.
Central,
2
2
15.0
12" In Old Brook channel
Exchange,
4
4
60.0
12" At Union.
Fruit,
1
1
18.0
12''Corner of Cottage.
Grafton,
2
2
43.0
12" Near Barclay street.
Lincoln Sq.,
2
2
21.0
12" Corner of Union.
Mulberry,
1
1
27.0
12" 66 " Shelby.
Russell,
1
1
10.0
12'At Old Brook.
Queen,
1
1
10.0
12" At Ely street.
Silver,
1
1
14.0
12" Between May and Claremont.
Thomas, Union,
2
2
21.0
12"
Corner of School and Market.
Market,
3
3
12.0 12" Corner of Union.
Lincoln,
2
2
25.0 12" Cor. Lincoln square.
Market,
1
1
6.0 12" East of Railroad.
Pleasant,
1
1
23.0 12" At Lincoln Brook.
Clinton Court,
1
1
15.0
8" In Clinton Court.
Harvard Pl.,
1
1
6.0
12" In Harvard Place.
Shrewsbury,
1
12.0
12" Near R. R., easterly.
Green,
12"
150.0
1
2
2
40.0 12" North of Railroad.
Washington,
2
2
40.0
12"
66
66
-
Totals,
1,629.015 44 45
545.0
Garden
" northerly.
Penn Avenue, 18"x27"
137.0
1
2
2
15.0
12" At old Brook channel.
Brook.
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The construction of all sewers this year, as well as the main- tenance of the entire system, has been under the charge of General R. H. Chamberlain, the efficient Superintendent of Sewers, who deserves great credit for the excellent condition of the sewers and appurtenances.
PLANS.
Surveys have been made and plans completed for the Assessors' Office, of eight hundred lots, showing the abutting streets, com- prising an area of 7,737,099 square feet. These plans have been duplicated, and existing sewers shown thereon, for reference in the office. Surveys have also been made of about two hundred acres in addition, comprising 360 lots, and the plans partially completed. The draughtsman engaged in these plans having been discharged, their completion will be suspended till further orders.
BRIDGES.
Iron bridges on Southbridge Street and the Millbury Road below Quinsigamond Village, were built from plans and specifi- cations prepared in this office. The masonry for the former bridge was contracted for by Messrs. Allen & Chase of this city, the superstructure by the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. The masonry for the Millbury Road bridge was laid by Mr. Thos. Jones, Contractor, and the super- structure furnished by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co., of Canton, Ohio. The Southbridge street bridge is 90 feet span in the clear, high truss, the bridge being on a skew of 25 degrees. The road- way is 27} feet wide in the clear, two sidewalks 5 feet each in the clear. The Millbury Road bridge is 60 feet span in the clear, roadway 27} feet wide in the clear, no walks. The location of this bridge is the same as the former structure; the approaches could have been improved by relocating the street at this point. Both bridges are capable of sustaining 80 lbs. per square foot of roadway, the Southbridge street sidewalk sustain-
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ing 60 lbs. per square foot of area, exclusive of bridge weight, with a factor of safety of four. No iron in these bridges is strained over 13,000 lbs. per square inch in tension, 8,000 lbs. per square inch in shearing, and 9,000 lbs. per square inch in compression.
Respectfully submitted. C. H. M. BLAKE,
City Engineer.
CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE,
Worcester, Mass., Dec. 11, 1876.
INVENTORY OF THE PROPERTY OF WORCESTER SEWER DEPARTMENT, JAN. 1st, 1877.
One wagon,
$100 00
Two tool chests,
10 00
Five pairs hip boots,
10 00
Four wheel barrows,
8 00
Fourteen lanterns,
12 00
Eighteen picks,
18 00
Twenty shovels,
15 00
One hoe,
75
Four iron bars,
5 00
Six pails,
3 00
Lot sewer scrapers,
10 00
Lot of old gas pipe,
4 00
Lot small hose pipe,
5 00
Lot stone working tools,
25 00
R. R. ties for blasting,
2 00
Seven long handled shovels,
4 50
Two spirit levels,
2 50
One powder can, one oil can,
75
Lot cement pipe,
8 00
One set tackle blocks and shears,
12 00
One tamping bar,
75
One square, one mattock,
2 00
One puddling bar,
75
Three fish hook ropes,
1 50
One ladder,
75
Two barrels cement,
3 30
One bill hook,
1 00
Six basin covers,
7 00
Six chains,
1 50
One lot of rope,
15 00
One lot hose for flushing,
20 00
One hydrant wrench,
1 00
Two large iron buckets,
6 00
One hoisting crane,
20 00
One boat in Millbrook sewer,
15 00
One axe, handsaw and trowel,
3 00
Screws and bracing,
30 00
Two handcarts,
35 00
$419 05
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
REPORTS
OF THE
DIRECTORS AND LIBRARIAN.
DIRECTORS IN 1877.
TERM EXPIRES.
THOMAS L. NELSON,
THOMAS E. ST. JOHN,
Jan. 1, 1878
CHARLES H. DOE,
JOHN J. POWER,
66 1879
GEORGE E. FRANCIS,
EDWARD EARLE,
66 1880
PETER C. BACON,
EDWARD H. HALL,
66 1881
NATHANIEL PAINE,
J. EVARTS GREENE,
66 1882
WILLIAM R. HUNTINGTON,
WILLIAM CROSS,
66 1883
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1877.
PRESIDENT. T. L. NELSON.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER. NATHANIEL PAINE.
COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY.
T. E. ST. JOHN, G. E. FRANCIS, P. C. BACON,
E. H. HALL, NATHANIEL PAINE.
COMMITTEE ON THE READING ROOM.
CHARLES H. DOE, J. EVARTS GREENE, W. R. HUNTINGTON.
COMMITTEE ON THE BUILDING.
EDWARD EARLE, J. J. POWER, WILLIAM CROSS.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
WILLIAM CROSS,
P. C. BACON,
J. EVARTS GREENE.
.
LIBRARIAN.
SAMUEL S. GREEN.
MISS SARAH F. EARLE, Assistant Librarian, Green Library. MISS JESSIE E. TYLER, Assistant Librarian, Circulating Library.
DIRECTORS' REPORT.
To the Honorable Charles B. Pratt, Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Worcester :
The Directors of the Free Public Library respectfully submit their seventeenth Annual Report.
In the Reports of the Librarian and of the several Standing Committees of the Board herewith transmitted will be found a detailed account of the management of the Library for the past year. Special attention is called to these reports, as containing valuable and interesting information relating to this Institution. By the Librarian's report, it appears that the use of the Library has continued to increase rapidly, as during the past few years. This use has more than doubled since 1873, without increased cost to the city. The number of books given out in the Circu- lating Department during the past year has been 137,205 against 122,456 in 1875, while the use of the reference or Green Library has risen from 22,833 in 1875 to 27,694 in 1876.
The number of volumes in the Library is as follows :-
Green Library,
17,743
Intermediate Department,
7,069
Circulating Department,
16,123
Total,
40,935
The additions to the Library are as follows:
To the Green Library 336 books and 6 pamphlets, and to the Intermediate and Circulating Departments 2,714 books and 1,968 pamphlets.
To the Standing Committee on the Library by the rules and regulations of the Board, is committed the duty of attending to
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the purchase and preservation of the books and other property pertaining to the Library, and this duty has been acceptably per- formed by that Committee, consisting of Prof. C. O. Thompson, Rev. T. E. St. John, Dr. G. E. Francis, Hon. P. C. Bacon, LL.D., and Rev. E. H. Hall.
In the Report of the Committee on the Reading Room, Charles H. Doe, Esq., J. Evarts Greene, Esq., and Hon. Edward Earle, will be found all necessary information respecting the Reading Room Department.
The condition of the Reading Room Fund is shown in the Report of Nathaniel Paine, Esq., its Treasurer. The amount of the fund is $10,650, invested as follows:
City of Worcester Bonds, $5,000 00
U. S. Bonds (par value), 5,650 00
Total,
$10,650 00
The dividend from these investments for the year has been $680.95, and it has been expended in subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals for use in the Reading Room.
The Committee on the Library Building, consisting of C. H. Morgan, Esq., Hon. Edward Earle and Rev. J. J. Power, again calls attention to the pressing need of more room in the building for the accommodation of the growth of the Library, and its con- stantly increasing use by the public. The Directors concur in the views expressed by the Committee, and join with them in their recommendation, that an Elevator should be placed in the building so that the upper stories may be made accessible for the use of the Circulating Department.
It appears by the Report of the Committee on Finance, Nathaniel Paine, Esq., Hon. P. C. Bacon, LL.D., and Charles H. Doe, Esq., that of the City appropriation of $14,150.12 inclu- ding the Dog Fund, $4,792.15, has been expended in purchas- ing books for the Circulating and Intermediate Departments, $5,905.79 for the salaries of the Librarian and assistants and for the care of the building, and the balance, $3,452.18, in heating, lighting, and otherwise preserving and maintaining the library.
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Their Report also shows the condition of the Green Library Fund, which now amounts to $36,312.32 and is invested as follows :
Notes secured by mortgage,
$22,548 50
Bank Shares (par value),
6,700 00
Deposited in Savings Banks,
7,067 82
Total,
$36,316 32
The income of the fund for the year has been $2,368.36, of which one fourth has been added to the principal, and the balance appropriated for the purchase of books for the Green Library, as directed by the will of Dr. Green.
It is proper to add by way of explanation that the large amount of this fund deposited in Savings Banks is owing to the fact that the Committees have found it impracticable as old investments have been paid in to make new investments in the class of mortgages required by Dr. Green's will. The deposits will be withdrawn from the Savings Banks and placed in invest- ments more in accordance with the provisions of the will as opportunities for such investments shall occur.
The Directors are able upon the whole, to report the library as in a satisfactory condition, and as meeting as fully as the means at their command will permit the wants and requirements of the community. Though the expense of maintaining it is large, they confidently believe that the return for the outlay is ample, and that our citizens approve the expenditure. The library is worth to us more that it costs.
The Directors therefore respectfully submit its claims for sup- port and enlargement for the consideration of the City Council.
T. L. NELSON,
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
January 31, 1877.
President.
.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
OF THE
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To Thomas L. Nelson, Esquire, President of the Board of Directors of the Free Public Library.
Herewith I present my sixth annual report.
Before proceeding to give the statistics of the year, I wish to call attention to the following comparison of the use of the library in the years 1873 and 1876, and of the amount of money spent in carrying it on in these two years respectively.
In the year beginning December 1, 1872, and ending Novem- ber 30, 1873, we gave out in the circulating department 66,855 books. In the year just closed we have given out 137,205 vol- umes. That is to say, without lowering at all the standard of the books placed in this department, but with the constant pur- pose to elevate it, we have given out this year 70,350 more books than in the year 1873.
In the reference department during the year just closed 27,694 persons used the opportunities there offered for consulting books, while the number of persons who used the department in 1873 is 15,672. This shows an increase in the number of users in three years of 12,022.
This immense additional use of the two departments of the library has been brought about without any increase in expendi- ture. We have spent during the past year about one hundred dollars less than in the year 1873. This gratifying result has
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been brought about partly by continuous hard work on the part of the officers of the library, and partly by the exercise of the most rigid economy in other respects.
NUMBER OF VOLUMES IN THE LIBRARY.
The following figures show the number of volumes in the dif- ferent departments of the library, and the whole number of volumes belonging to it December 1, 1876.
Green Library,
17,743
Intermediate Department,
7,069
Circulating Department,
16,123
Total,
40,935
ADDITIONS
have been made to the library as follows, during the past year, that is, from December 1, 1875, to November 30, 1876 :
BOOKS. PAMPHLETS AND PAPERS.
Gifts to the Green Library,
19
5
Purchases from the Green Library Fund,
305
1
Additions to the Green Library from other sources,
12
336
6
Gifts placed in the Intermediate and Circulating Departments,
349
357
Volumes bound and placed in the Intermediate Department :-
Magazines,
103
Newspapers,
101
204
Purchases for the Intermediate and Circulating Departments,
2,161
1,611
2,714
1,968
Sixty-seven volumes have been taken out of the library during the year because they were worn out, or had become very imper- fect. Seventeen volumes have been marked missing on the ac- cessions catalogue. This latter number represents books that were missing before the beginning of the year, but which were not marked missing on the catalogues because there had been hopes that some of them would be recovered.
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Less money has been at our disposal during the past year than in the year before for the purchase of books.
The number of volumes added to the library has for this rea- son been smaller than last year. Lack of means has also led us to avoid buying expensive works for the circulating and interme- diate departments.
A list of givers will be found appended to this report. A few of the gifts require especial acknowledgment.
We are particularly indebted to Mr. George Herbert Nichols of Philadelphia, for his successful efforts to obtain for us the reports of commissioners, and other valuable printed matter from representatives of different countries which exhibited their products at the International Exhibition.
Our old townsman, Mr. Abraham Firth, has shown a warm. interest in the library, and, through his connection with the city government of Boston, has been able to furnish us twenty-nine valuable volumes and pamphlets which have been issued in years past by the city of Boston.
Rev. I. N. Tarbox, in response to the kind offices of Professor Thompson exerted in our behalf, gave us nearly a complete set of the American Quarterly Register. We have succeeded in finding the missing numbers and plates, and the set is now perfect.
Samuel L. Boardman, Esq., of Augusta, Maine, has sent u's 23 volumes and 6 pamphlets. Some of these are interesting docu- ments issued by the State of Maine, and others, valuable mono- graphs.
Mrs. E. W. Lippitt has kindly given us Les Monumens Anti- ques de Musée Napoléon in four volumes, and the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio has presented us four volumes of the Geological Survey of that state.
The United States Government has been liberal in its gifts this year as heretofore. We have received from the different depart- ments during the year, 126 volumes and 24 pamphlets.
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions has given us 56 of its reports. We have now a complete set of the reports of this organization.
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