1897.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 541 



These accessions were distributed to the several departments of 

 the library, as follows : — 



Journals, 4,302 



Geology, 181 



Botany, 112 



General Natural History, . 102 



Agriculture, 52 



Entomology, 47 



Anthropology, .... 47 



Mammalogy, 31 



Conchology, 30 



Voyages and Travels, . . 30 



Ichthyology, 25 



Anatomy and Physiology, 23 



Mineralogy, . 

 Physical Science, 

 Ornithology, . 

 Helminthology, . 

 Medicine, . 

 Bibliography, 

 Chemistry, 

 Geography, . 

 Encyclopedias, . 

 Herpetology, . . 

 Miscellaneous, . 



18 



17 



13 



10 



9 



7 



5 



5 



4 



1 



74 



The slight falling off in receipts from the number reported last 

 year is owing to the decrease of appropriations, made necessary by 

 the large expenditures for 1896. To the same cause is due the com- 

 paratively small number of volumes bound, which amounts to only 

 270, a large part of these being credited to the special funds, thus 

 farther curtailing the amount available for the purchase of books. 



In the cases, secured by the removal last year of the stock of pub- 

 lications of the Academy to the basement, have been arranged the 

 books on Physical Science and Anthropology, the latter section of 

 the library being more than doubled by the large collection of val- 

 uable works included in the Meigs bequest. Extensive additions of 

 case room are required in nearly every department of the library, 

 the maintenance of the geographical arrangement of the journals 

 and periodicals being increasingly difficult from year to year. The 

 plan suggested in the last report of arranging journals devoted to 

 special subjects in connection with the special departments of the 

 library, does not seem to meet with the endorsement of those imme- 

 diately concerned, so that no transfers have been made. 



A portrait in oil of the late Professor Edward D. Cope by C. A. 

 "NVorrall, has been procured by subscription and added to the gal- 

 lery. 



The Librarian improved the occasion of his attendance last July 

 at the Second International Library Conference held in London, 

 to inspect the scientific sections of a number of libraries there and 

 elsewhere throughout the United Kingdom, with the result of being 

 able to congratulate the Academy on the extent and convenience of 



