LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 7 



MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY INVESTMENTS (BOOK 

 VALUES), DECEMBER 31, 1916 



Reserve Fund 



$3,000 American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 4's (rep- 

 resented by receipts for same as collateral) $2,921.25 



3/4 of $500 Western Telephone & Telegraph Company's 5's . . . 372.66 

 6 shares American Smelting & Refining Company Preferred 



(represented by receipts for same as collateral) 732.00 



8 shares General Electric Company 972.05 



14 shares United Shoe Machinery Company Preferred 393-75 



5 shares Massachusetts Gas Companies, Preferred 444-63 $ 5> 8 36-34 



Lucretia Crocker Fund 



1/5 of $1,000 American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 4*3. $ 194.75 



18 shares Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad Company 2,416.50 



i share American Telephone & Telegraph Company 127.06 



i share West End Street Railway Company 83.00 



z\ shares General Electric Company 323-85 3.I45-I6 



Library Fund 



4/5 of $1,000 American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 4's.$ 779.00 



1/4 of $500 Western Telephone & Telegraph Company, 5's. . . 124.22 



3 shares American Telephone & Telegraph Company 381.18 



i share American Smelting & Refining Company, Preferred. . 122.00 



2\ shares General Electric Company 288.10 



5 shares United Shoe Machinery Company, Preferred 140.63 



3 shares Massachusetts Gas Companies, Preferred 269.38 2,104.51 



Total (Exhibit A ) $11.086.01 



V. THE LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 



AUGUST 8, 1916 



As compared with last year, all numbers cataloged in the 

 library make a total of 12,615. Of this total the following are 

 new accessions : 



Journals and serials from societies, laboratories, etc ... 583 



Books 84 



Reprints 777 



Last installment of A. M. N. H. loan 1,125 



With the help of Prof. R. W. Tower, librarian of the American 

 Museum of Natural History, who has been exceptionally generous 

 in his cooperation, practically the entire loan has been placed on 



