26 

 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT, 1886-S7. 



To the Council of the Ottawa Fidd-Naturalists' Club : 



From the date of my accessioQ to the office of Librarian to the pre- 

 sent time, I have received in exchange for the Transactions of the Club 

 the following, among other valuable j^ublications : * * * 



(The liiit has been deemed too long for insertion ; it enimerates 

 some fifty volumes received from thirty-five of the leading scientists 

 and scientific bodies in Canada, the United States and England, 

 including the Geological Surveys of the two first mentioned countries. 

 Future contributions to the library will, under the present plan of 

 publication, be announced monthly). 



Our excharnge list requires revision. Certain publications with 

 which we formerly exchanged have ceased to exist. With others, not 

 yet on our list, arrangements could probably ba made which would 

 result in several desirable additions to our- library. 



The free list should also be carefully revised. Not a few who 

 receive our Transactions are so necfligent as not tD acknowledge the 

 favour. I would suggest that the names of such persons be eliminated 

 from the free list. 



I desire to point out that the accommodation provided for our 

 -exchange} is altogether inadequate, and steps should be promptly 

 taken to provide an additional book-case large enough to hold not 

 merely the gifts we may receive during the next few years, but also 

 the back numbers of our Transactions. 



F. R. LATCHFORD. 



OrxAWA, i\Iarch Uth, 1887. 



