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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[1886. 



Wm. John Potts, . . . 

 Minister of Public Works 



France, 



S. R. Roberts 



J. Fletcher Williams, . . 

 Royal College of Surgeons, 

 Bureau of Ethnology. . . 



Isaac Lea, 



Charles C. Abbott, . . . 

 University of Pennsylvania, 

 Department of Agriculture, 



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2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Geological Survey of Portu- 

 gal, 1 



Adele M. Fielde, .... 1 

 Department of Agriculture, 



Canada, 1 



Geological Survey of New 



Zealand, 1 



S. H. and H. Chapman, . . 1 

 In Exchange (other than peri- 

 odicals), 18 



They were distributed to the several departments of the 

 Library as follows : 



Journals, 2696 



Geology, 315 



General Natural History, . 130 



Botany, 92 



Conchology, 74 



Anatomy and Physiology, . 62 



Chemistry, 62 



Mineralogy, 58 



Physical Science, .... 47 



Medicine, 36 



Voyages and Travels, ... 35 



Entomology, 24 



Bibliography, 15 



Encyclopedias, 18 



Agriculture, 13 



Mammalogy, 13 



Anthropology, 12 



Ornithology, 12 



Helminthology, 10 



Ichthyology, 7 



Languages, 6 



Geography, 5 



Herpetology, 2 



Miscellaneous, 23 



It will be seen from the above summary that our main depend- 

 ence for increase during the year has been, as heretofore, upon 

 our exchanges and the I. Y. Williamson Fund. 



Through the kindness of friends of the Academ}^ I have been 

 again enabled to avail mj^self of the assistance of Sig. Emanuele 

 Fronani during the four months from June 14 to October 14, 

 inclusive. Besides helping me with the routine work of the 

 Library, especially during my vacation, he has completed the 

 copying of more than half of the card catalogue. This work 

 has progressed slowly, as it is only during the engagement of 

 the assistant that time can be devoted to it. It is, however, 

 desirable that means should be provided for placing the cards 

 now prepared at the service of those using the Library. 

 Additional cases for the reception of journals, also, are now 

 absolutely necessary, and it is hoped that an appropriation may 

 be made earl}'' in the jea.Y for their erection. No other depart- 

 ment of the Library grows so rapidlj^, and it is impossible to 

 maintain the geographical arrangement which has been found 

 convenient without more room. 



For the I'eason that I have had to refer to so often before, 



