The above rates subject to change without notice.

Payment in advance is required. Checques and money orders should be drawn in favor of the Librarian of Congress, but should be mailed to the Chief Clerk.

Communications concerning Photo-Duplicating material in the Connecticut State Library, and checks and money orders for work done, should be sent to the State Librarian, Hartford.

REPORTS ON LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HEARINGS.

The State Library now has the stenographers' reports of hearings, held before the following committees, which have been indexed and substantially bound, thus making their contents easily accessible.

Agriculture, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Appropriations, 1889, 1893, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913. Banks, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Capitol Furniture and Grounds, 1905, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Cities and Boroughs, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913, 2 v.

Claims, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Congressional and Senatorial Districts, 1909.

Constitutional Amendments, 1901, 1903, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Contested Elections, 1907, 1911, 1913.

Education, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

State Board of Education Investigation, 1909.

Excise, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Federal Relations, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Finance, 1899, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Fish and Game, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Forfeited Rights, 1909, 1911, 1913.

High Cost of Living, 1911.

Humane Institutions, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Incorporations, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Insurance, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Judiciary, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1913.

Telephone Matters, 1907.

Labor, 1905, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Special Labor Investigation, 1911.

Legislative Expenses, 1907.

Manufactures, 1909, 1911.

Military Affairs, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

New Towns and Probate Districts, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Public Health and Safety, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Public Utilities, 1909.

Israel Putnam Memorial Camp Ground, 1909.

Railroads, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

Roads, Rivers and Bridges, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913.

School Fund, 1907, 1909, 1913.

Senate Appointments, 1907.

Shell-Fisheries, 1909, 1911, 1913.

State Commissions, 1911.

State Printing, 1911.

State Prison, 1911, 1913.

Woman Suffrage, 1909, 1911, 1913.

TOWN, CITY AND BOROUGH REPORTS.

In response to the following appeal, sent to the town, city and borough officials, and friends of the library interested, large additions have been made to our collection of official reports and publications during the past two years.

Dear Sir:

Your attention is respectfully called to Chapter 88 of the Public Acts of 1913, approved May 20, 1913, which reads as follows:

"AN ACT CONCERNING TOWN, CITY, AND
BOROUGH REPORTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Files of the official publications of the towns, cities, and boroughs of the State shall be kept in the State Library, for reference. The clerk of each such town, city, or borough shall send to the State Library two copies of each such publication as soon as the same is published, and copies of such previous issues of said publications as can be spared by the towns if the same are needed by the State Library to complete its files."

I am pleased to state that through the thoughtfulness, favor and assistance of our many friends throughout the State our State Library has already succeeded in getting together a very creditable collection of the official publications of the several towns, cities and boroughs of Connecticut. So far as possible these reports have been assembled, substantially bound in volumes of convenient size and plainly lettered, not only that they may be better preserved, but that they may be quickly and easily accessible when needed.

To complete the file of your publications, I find we need the publications mentioned below.

Assuring you of our appreciation of your favor in assisting us to make our files complete, I remain

Yours respectfully,

GEORGE S. GODARD,

State Librarian.

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS.

For the convenience of those who desire to know what departments in Connecticut publish reports and when each

series began, it has seemed best to publish the following chronological list. It should be remembered, however, that in the earlier years some reports were not published regularly.

7 Quartermaster-General,

1839

8 Board of Education (first issued by Commissioner of Common Schools),

1839

10

9 Vital Statistics (first issued by Secretary of State),

11

Treasurer,

Connecticut School for Boys (Reform School),

12 Railroad Commissioners,

13 State Librarian,

14 County Commissioners,

1847

1852

1853

1854

1855

1862

1862

1864

1866

18

State Board of Agriculture,

1866

43 Israel Putnam Memorial Camp Ground Commissioners, 44 Connecticut Prison Association de Probation Law,

EXCHANGES AND DEPOSITORIES.

As it is no longer possible for the individual and the smaller libraries to secure or if they could secure them they could not care for them-the several official publications of our several states and the federal government, it has become necessary to establish depositories at certain centers-usually at the state library and the larger universities-where these official publications showing the life and activities of our states and the United States are received, and made and kept accessible. To ensure the prompt and regular sending of these publications, it is necessary for some department to be responsible for this exchange service. In most states, as in Connecticut, this exchange is made through the State Library, which is also the depository for this official material from without the State.

The following is the list of libraries to which the Connecticut State Library sends the official publications of Connecticut. The number preceding each library not only designates the chronological order in which that library was placed upon our exchange list, but also the number in our letter-file under which all correspondence concerning that library and that locality is placed.

There are four classes of libraries or depositories: 1. Governmental to which everything is sent. 2. Public to which everything except the Supreme Court Reports is sent. 3. Bar and special law libraries, to which only the laws are sent. 4. Patriotic societies and special historical libraries which receive only the historical publications.

Numbers 1-100 are reserved for the first class, 101-300 for the second class, 301-400 for the third class, and 401-600 for the fourth.