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woven fabrics in the warehouse, ready for market.

One great want which was severely felt in this department during the early part of the year, was books of reference regarding textiles. A few books have since been purchased, but there are a number of others still much needed. In addition to [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] such books, there are a number of periodicals published in this country and abroad, which [[strikethrough]] should be [[/strikethrough]] would be of great value. A few of these the curator has succeeded in obtaining [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] by offering [[scribbled through word]] the [[underlined]] Microscopical journal [[/underlined]] in exchange for them, but it is doubtful if the others could be obtained in this way, even if such an offer were to be made.