Of these additions there were by purchase.. By donation and exchange Total 1,935 1,262 3,197 At the last session of the Legislature $750 was appropriated "for the purchase by the trustees of the library, of the manuscripts and correspondence of Sir William Johnson and others, to be deposited and preserved in the State Library." This collection did not prove as full as was expected, and only $500 was paid for it. It however forms a very valuable complement to the "Johnson Papers," previously in the library, and when the index to the whole, now in the course of preparation under a resolution of the Legislature, shall be completed, these papers, of high value in connection with the early history of the State, will be rendered easily accessible. The contributions of British Patents, made by the Great Seal Patent Office of Great Britain, have been continued, and are conveniently deposited in suitable cases. The supplemental catalogue of the law department, which was stated in the report of last year to be in the course of preparation, has been completed to the end of the year 1863, and is now in the press. The portraits of President Van Buren, Governor Seymour, Governor Morgan, Thurlow Weed, Edwin Croswell and Dr. Wen. dell, former Chancellor of the University, have been added by donation to the portrait gallery of the library. Respectfully submitted, by order of the Trustees. Chancellor of the University. ALBANY, March 24, 1864. The Secretary of the Regents of the University, ex officio Treasurer of the Library fund, in account current for the year ending September 30, 1863. 1. CASH RECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS. 1862-3. Dr. To balance from last account (see Senate Document No. 126, page 8)..... $38 64 3. 1862. Nov. 3. By cash paid J. W. Bouton, New York, No. 1, T. W. Reeve.. Cr. $35 87 2. CASH RECEIVED FOR BINDING, MARKING AND STAMPING BOOKS. 1862-63. Dr. To amount received from the Comptroller, being the annual appropriation for 1862-63... $1,200 00 1862, Oct. Cr. By balance from last account (see Senate Document No. 126, 1863, page 8)..... $105 82 1862-3. By cash paid T. Seymour, D. L. Van Antwerp, A. 1-5 .. .. . 1,073 53 By balance to new account. 20 65 $1,200 00 3. CASH RECEIVED FOR CONtingent expeNSES OF THE LIBRARY. 1862-63. Dr. To balance from last account (see Senate Document No. 126, 1863, page 9).- - $129 23 To amount received from the Comptroller, being the annual appropriation for 1862-63. 750 00 4. CASH RECEIVED FOR INTERNATIONAL AND STATE EXCHANGES. 1862-63. To amount received from the Comptroller, being the annual appropriation for 1862-63 1862-63. By balance from last account (see Senate Document 126, 1863, p. 9).......... By cash paid freight charges. do books for exchanges Dr. $400 00 Cr. $60 70 148 97 17 48 $227 15 To amount for exchanges.............. To amount for binding, stamping and marking... To amount for contingent expenses and balance of last year.. $1,200 00 879 23 400 00 $5,602 37 The undersigned, in behalf of the standing committee on the State Library, has examined the foregoing accounts and the vouchers in support of the same, and find them to be correct. JOHN V. L. PRUYN. ALBANY. |