506 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[1898. 



M. E. Wadsworth, . . 1 

 Geological Survey of 



Mexico, 1 



Iowa Geological Survey, 1 



H. A. Pilsbry, .... 1 



T. D. Rand, 1 



Edw. J. Nolan, ... 1 



The Editor Publishing 

 Co., Cincinnati, O., 



Smith, Elder & Co., Lon- 

 don, 



Estate of John H. Red- 

 field 



Southern Rail Road, Co., 



1 

 1 



They were distributed to the several departments of the library as 

 follows : — 



Journals, 3,639 



Geology, 196 



Botany, 120 



General Natural History, 91 



Agriculture, .... 56 



Entomology, .... 37 



Mammalogy, .... 37 



Anthropology, .... 30 



Conchology, 28 



Anatomy and Physiology, 27 



Voyages and Travels, . 20 



Encyclopedias, .... 18 



Medicine, 18 



Physical Science, ... 18 



Mineralogy, 17 



Herpetology, .... 16 



Helrainthology, ... 15 



Ichthyology, .... 14 



Ornithology, .... 11 



Geography, 5 



Chemistry, 1 



Bibliography, .... 1 

 Miscellaneous (unclass- 

 ified), 36 



The decrease during the year in the number of accessions is partly 

 due to a curtailment of the amount appropriated for the purchase 

 of books and partly to the fact that deficiencies in the publications 

 of corresponding societies, persistently asked for, had been in a great 

 measure previously supplied, at all events as far as they are likely to 

 be, except by purchase from second hand dealers. 



The facilities for cataloguing have been greatly increased by the 

 purchase of improved cases which not only accommodate the card 

 entries of all the books and pamphlets now in the library but 

 provide ample space for the growth of at least the next fifty years. 



The necessity for increased shelf room, to which attention was 

 called in my last report, becomes more pressing, especially in the 

 department of Journals. In many instances the accessions are now 

 packed away in such form as to be difficult of access, the disadvant- 

 age being greatly increased by the lack of means for necessary bind- 

 ing. It is strongly urged that both these need : more cases and a 

 larger appropriation for binding, be supplied at an early date, 



