8 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE. 



During the past year several meetings of the Committee 

 have been held. One of the most important matters discussed 

 was the expense of publishing The Ottawa Naturalist, and how 

 more funds could be obtained, so as to relieve as much as pos- 

 sible our somewhat straitened financial circumstances. The 

 Committee recommends that in the next volume the numbers 

 for June and July, as well as those for August and September 

 be combined. This will reduce the numbers published by two, 

 and, of course, help to lessen expenses. 



We desire to express our appreciation of the good work done 

 by our Editor, Mr. Arthur Gibson, during the past year. In 

 the face of many embarassing difficulties he has continued to 

 issue creditable numbers. We trust that these difficulties will 

 soon be overcome, and that the Club may be able to publish a 

 larger and even more creditable edition in future. 



We also wish to congratulate the Club on its choice of 

 Librarian, Mr. A. E. Attwood. Through his excellent work, 

 assisted by Mr. A. E. Currie, at the Osgoode Street Public School, 

 the publications of the Club have been arranged in suitable 

 quarters and in convenient position. 



The Report of the Librarian is as follows: 

 The library of the Club, consisting chiefly of about 325 bound 

 volumes, is placed on the north-west stack of the second floor 

 of the Carnegie Library building. On the shelves of the same 

 stack are a considerable number af unbound volumes and also 

 magazines received in exchange for The Ottawa Naturalist. 

 Among the latter are: 



The Auk, 



The Ohio Naturalist, 



The Wilson Bulletin, 



The Nature Study Review, 



The Joural of Geography, 



Le Naturaliste Canadien, 



The Canadian Entomologist, 



Torreya, 



The Joural of the New York Entomological Society. 



A little over a year ago the surplus copies of The Ottawa 

 Naturalist were transferred from the Geological Survey Mu- 

 seum to a room in the attic of the Osgoode Street School. All 

 the copies of the Naturalist issued since April, 1895, that is, 

 from Vol. IX onwards, have been arranged in a very orderly 

 manner by Mr. A. E. Currie, who did this work voluntarily some 

 months ago, 



