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No. 15.

IN SENATE,

JANUARY 11, 1888.

SEVENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY.

REPORT.

To the Legislature of the State of New York:

The Regents of the University, Trustees of the State Library, pursuant to the provisions of law, hereby submit to you their seventieth annual report, covering the year ending September 30, 1887.

The following summary will show the additions that have been made to the library, and also its present condition:

At the beginning of the year October 1, 1886: In the general library.

In the law library

Total.

Volumes.

92,230

38,575

130,805

Added during the year ending September 30, 1887:

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At the close of the year ending September 30, 1887:

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During the past year the library has been compelled to remain in the temporary quarters which were provided for it. In consequence of the contracted space which it is allowed to occupy, it has been impossible to expand it as much as under other circumstances would be feasible. Some additional shelving, made necessary by the increase in the number of volumes, and additional store-room for duplicates have been constructed.

It is important to call the attention of the Legislature to the condition of the duplicates belonging to the library. When, in 1883, the old library building was torn down, it was expected that the new quarters for the library would be ready within a year. Under these circumstances a room was fitted up in the basement to hold the duplicate volumes belonging to the library and the legislative documents which are entrusted to the care of the library. Long ago that room was entirely filled and the material in it packed in such a way as to be in a great part inaccessible. It has come to be one of the most important duties of the trustees of the library to provide a new and suitable place for these duplicates. It is the purpose of the trustees to use the two pavilions which are over the rooms to be occupied by the library as places where the duplicate stock of the library may be kept. But a small amount of expenditure would be necessary to place one of these pavilions in order. This could be done without in any measure interfering with the work which may be done upon the general preparation of the rooms which are designed for the library. The room has been examined and an estimate of the cost of making the necessary fittings for the purposes intended has been made, and it is estimated that rough shelving and

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