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Committee at the same time wish it to be remembered that one 

 of the foremost aims of the Club is to assist the amateur and the 

 beginner, both by providing papers of a somewhat elementary 

 character, and by assuring them that, particular]}' at the Gossip 

 Meetings, they will find friends willing and anxious to assist them 

 in their efforts in gaining experience in the best methods of using 

 their instruments, and in the task of identifying specimens. 



The Librarian reports that there has been a fair demand for 

 books during the year, but somewhat less than that for 1912. 

 The card index and the numbering and rearrangement of the 

 books are nearly completed, and the path cleared for commencing 

 the final details of the new edition of the Catalogue. The 

 thanks of the Club are due to Messrs. Caffyn, Todd and L. C. 

 Bennett for the great amount of assistance they have given the 

 Librarian in these matters. 



During the year under review the following volumes have 

 been added : 



LIST OF BOOKS PURCHASED SINCE JANUARY 1913. 



British Parasitic Copepoda. T. & A. Scott. Vols I. and II. 

 Ray Society. 



Bibliography of the Tunicata, 1469 1910. J. Hopkinson. 

 Ray Society. 



Schmidt's Atlas der Diatomaceen-kunde. 4 Vols. 



Light. (For Students ) Edwin Edser. 



British Rust Fungi. N. B. Grove. 



LIST OF BOOKS PRESENTED SINCE JANUARY 1913. 



Presented by the Author, Dr. Eugene Penard : 



Nouvelles recherches sur les Amebes du Groupe 

 Terricola. 



Presented by the Publisher, John Murray : 

 Problems of Life and Reproduction . . Marcus Hartog. 



Presented by J. Burton : 

 Das Phytoplankton pes Susswassers. 



