After discussion of the above report the regents unanimously

Resolved, That the board has heard with satisfaction the report of the director, touching the school for the education of librarians in connection with the state library, and without committing itself to the details set forth in the report, approves the general action of the director in the premises as well as the continuance of the same, provided no financial liability on the part of the state be incurred.

Respectfully submitted

MELVIL DEWEY

N. Y. STATE LIBRARY, Dec. 10, 1889.

Director.

APPENDIX 6.

Books and Pamphlets Received by Gift or Exchange, Oct. 1, 1888, to Sept. 30, 1889.

AUSTRIA.

From Foreign. Countries.

Imperial and Royal Geological Institute, Vienna.

Kaiserlich K. Geologische Reichsanstalt. Verhandlungen, 1888 no. 12 to 1889, no. 12. 8°.

BRITISH GUIANA.

Government of British Guiana.

Blue book for British Guiana, for 1888, and report thereon. fo.

CANADA.

Government of Canada.

Canada supreme court reports. v. 14. 8°.

Ontario reports. v. 15. 8°.

Statutes of Canada, 1889. 8°.

House journal and appendix of Canada, 1888. 2 v. 8°.

Senate journal of Canada, 1889. 8°.

Sessional papers of Canada, 1888. 17 v. 8.

Debates in the senate of Canada, 1889. 8°.
Canadian parliamentary companion, 1889. 120.

Canadian Institute, Toronto.

Annual report 1887-8. 8°.
Proceedings of ... v. 6. 8°.

Department of Agriculture.

Report on Canadian archives, by D. Brymner, 1888. 8°.

Geological and Natural History Survey.

Catalogue of Canadian plants. Part 4. 8°.

Meteorological Office.

Report.... for the year 1885. 8°.

Nova Scotia Historical Society.

Collections of .... v. 6. 8°.

Province of Ontario.

Sessional papers of Ontario, 1888.

Patent Office.

6 v. 8°.

The Canadian patent office record. v. 16, no. 7 to v. 17, no. 7.

Province of Quebec.

Statutes of Quebec, 1888, 1889. 2 v. 8°.

Assembly and council journals of Quebec, 1888. 2 v. 8°.

Université Laval, Quebec.

Annuaire de....1888-9. 8°.

DENMARK.

Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen. Aarboger....1888, part 4; 1889, part 1. 8°.

FRANCE.

Ministère De La Justice.

Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Comité de Législation Étrangère. Paris, 1889. 8°.

Loi Anglaise sur la Faillite du 1883; trad et annotée par Ch. Lyon-Caen. Paris, 1888. 8°.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Geological Society of London.

Quarterly Journal of... . v. 44, part 2 to v. 45, part 3. 8°.

Glasgow University Library.

The Glasgow university library; notes on its history, etc., by W. P. Dickson, D. D., LL. D. 8°.

Student's catalogue....1887. 8°.

Great Seal Patent Office.

Publications of the office....1888-89.

Hertfordshire Natural History Society. Transactions of... . v. 5, nos. 1-4. 8°.

Meteorological Office.

Official publications....nos. 34 (pt. 5), 74 (pt. 4). 4°.

Royal Dublin Society.

Transactions of.... v. 3, no. 14 to v. 4, no. 5. 4°.
Proceedings of... . v. 5, no. 7 to v. 6, no. 6. 8°.

Royal Geological Society of Ireland.

Journal of.... v. 8, part 2. 8°.

Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.

Transactions of.... v. 29, parts 3-11. 4°.
Todd lecture series. v. 1 (pt. 1), v. 2. 8°.

Royal Society of London.
Proceedings of.... nos. 271-282. 8°.

Royal Statistical Society, London.

Journal of.... v. 51, parts 3, 4; v. 52, part 1. 8°.

Society of Antiquaries of London.

Archæology; v. 51, part 1. 4°.

Proceedings of... . v. 12, nos. 2, 3. 8.

Zoological Society of London.

Proceedings of....1888, part 2 to 1889, part 2. 8°.

Statistica del Regno d'Italia. Annali di statistica, fasc. 13, 14. 8°.

annuario statistico, 1887-8. 8°.

statistica emigrazione, 1887. 8°.

statistica giudiziaria civile e commerciale, 1886. 8°.

penale, 1886. 8°.