14 MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



1924-25 from the sale of the Library Fund securities. These 

 actually realized $2,866.86. The Assistant Librarian was further 

 assured by this same statement of the Executive Committee that 

 the secretary would be retained and that early in the year 1925 

 the salary for an assistant would be available, besides a small sum 

 for "man labor," over and above the sums stated on the budget 

 and the $4,000.00 above referred to as a special sum. Along with 

 this definite backing, the Assistant Librarian was also assured 

 that any reasonable distribution for the two years of 1924-25 

 expenditures could be mapped out that seemed wise. For this 

 reason and because of the practicability of running the two years 

 together the provisional distribution of the total sum for 1924-25 

 of about $15,000.00 ($1,750.00 having been appropriated for 

 expenditures aside from salaries for 1924) has been made as 

 follows: current subscriptions, $3,000.00; books, $1,300.00; 

 binding $2,000.00; back sets, $8,000.00; express, $200.00; sup- 

 plies, $500.00. 



A feature as interesting as that of securing back sets of our 

 current serials, is that of securing new current subscriptions. 

 The sum for this purpose we propose to double in the year 1925 

 over 1924 which latter was $1,000.00, thus spending $3,000.00 for 

 the two years. A list of those now already undertaken for the 

 years 1924 and 1925 will be given later. The negotiation for new 

 exchanges in current serials is being carried on with success most 

 encouraging for the effort made. The new exchanges that have 

 been secured for the BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN, already begun for the 

 years 1924 and 1925, are also given below. 



With the larger funds available in these two years a really 

 generous increase in the amount spent for books seemed right, 

 especially since our attitude of favoring serials over books will for 

 obvious reasons continue. And there are many gaps in our 

 reference books in both systematic and morphological works as 

 well as strictly physico-chemical lines. Important works in each 

 of these lines have been purchased as is seen in the summary. 

 There have been many gifts of books during the year. Very 

 especial appreciation we hope may be conveyed to the authors of 

 books who have remembered the users of the Library ; and to the 

 publishers who have so wisely and generously seen the advantages 

 that the Library offers for the spreading of news as to a good book. 



