576 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[1896. 



Illinois State Board of Ag- 

 riculture, 



Benj. S. Lyman, . . . 



Cyrus H. JNIcCormack, 



Maryland State Weather 

 Service, 



Massachusetts State Board 

 of Agriculture, 



J. C. Morgan, .... 



Metropolitan Park Com- 

 mission, Massachusetts, 



1 

 1 

 1 



Minister of Education, On- 

 tario, 1 



Edw. J. Nolan, . . , . 1 



South African Govern- 

 ment, 1 



Geological Survey of Por- 

 tugal, 1 



U. S. Coast and Geodetic 



Survey, 1 



W. H. Harned, .... 1 



These accessions were distributed to the several departments of 

 the library, as follows : — 



Journals, 4,420 



Geology, 187 



Botany, 155 



General Natural History, . 127 



Agriculture, 73 



Anthropology, .... 43 



Voyages and Travels, . . 38 



Anatomy and Phj'siology, 37 



Entomology, 37 



Conchology, 33 



Encj^clopedias, .... 31 



Mammalogy, 28 



Ornithology, . 

 Mineralogy, . 

 Physical Science 

 Geography, . 

 Ichthyology, . 

 Medicine, . 

 Helmintliolog}', 

 Herpetology, . 

 Bibliography, 

 Chemistry, 

 Miscellaneous, 



26 



25 



21 



13 



13 



9 



8 



7 



5 



4 



69 



As heretofore, all additions have been promptly catalogued and 

 placed for use, the geographical arrangement of periodicals being 

 still retained, although the crowded condition of many of the cases 

 makes it difficult to preserve the classification, and, for the conven- 

 ience of the student, it is proposed to arrange the journals devoted 

 to special subjects in connection with the special departments of the 

 library. A number of new cases are being prepared which will 

 partly occupy space gained by the removal of tlie stock of the 

 Academy's Proceedings and Journal to a storage-room in the base- 

 ment of the new building, thus giving an opportunity for some con- 

 templated improvements in classification. 



A shelf list of the general Meigs library is nearly completed, and 

 a card catalogue of the portions arranged in connection with the 

 special departments of the Academy's library is proceeding as 

 rapidly as our very scant clerical assistance will permit. 



