Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.

To the Honorable Legislature of Massachusetts.

The Librarian of the State Library, in accordance with sect. 21 of chap. 5 of the Public Statutes, submits the following report for the year ending Sept. 30, 1882.

ADDITIONS.

Number of Volumes added to the Library from Oct. 1, 1881, to Sept. 30,

By the foregoing account, which embraces the library year from Oct. 1, 1881, to Sept. 30, 1882, inclusive, it will be seen that the receipts and expenditures may be aggregated as follows:

There remained in the treasury Sept. 30, 1882, an unexpended balance of the several appropriations made on account of the library of $176.09.

GROWTH OF THE LIBRARY.

The following table of comparisons will show at a glance the annual additions that have been made to the Library during the past ten years, and the general classification of sources from which they were received.