1888.] 



NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



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■Geological Survey of New Zealand, 



■Geolojjical Survey of Roiimania, 



•Geological Survey of Pennsyl- 

 vania, 



Her Britannic Majesty's Govern- 

 ment, 



Smithsonian Institution, . . . 



British Museum, 



War Department, 



University of Aberdeen, 



■Geological Survey of Portugal, . 



They were assigned to the 



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ows: 



7 Henry C. Gibson, 1 



6 DepartmentofMines,NovaScotia, 1 



Dr. Benjamin Sharp, .... 1 



California Slate Mining Bureau, 1 



Prince Albert of Monaco, ... 1 



6 United States Coast Survey, . . 1 



5 M. Marlet, 1 



5 Boston City Hospital, .... ] 



5 Dr. Charles Schaffer, .... 1 



4 East Indian Government, ... 1 



4 Dr. J. W. Eckfeldt, 1 



several departments of the library as 



Journals, 3034 



Geology, 267 



Botany, 13-5 



■General Natural History, . . . 107 



Conchology, 43 



Mineralogy, 42 



Entomology 41 



Medicine, 35 



Anatomy and Pysiology, ... 34 



Physical Science, 32 



Voyages and Travels, .... 30 



Public Documents, 28 



Chemistry, 22 



Ornithology 22 



Anthropology, 21 



Encyclopedias, 9 



Ichthyology, 



Bibliography, 



Languages, 



Helmimhoiogy, 



Geography 



Mammalogy, 



Herpetology, 



Agriculture, 



Unclassified, 



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7 







5 



4 



3 

 2 



12 



The appended list of additions will indicate more specifically the 

 nature of the year's increase. 



We have procured from the publishers in Germany the parts 

 lacking- in the set of De Martins, Flora Brasiliensis, received last year 

 from the Brasilian Government, and the work is now complete as 

 far as issued. 



The revision of the catalogue of Journals, commenced last year, has 

 been completed with the exception of the Scandinavian and Russian 

 publications. It is hoped that the entire work may be finished be- 

 fore the end of the year. 



AVith the assistance of Signor Fronani, whose services I have been 

 again enabled to secure, two hundred and thirty-four letters asking 

 for supply of deficiencies, were sent in September to foreign societies. 

 Seventy-four answers have already been received and the increase of 

 accessions over those recorded last year is mainly, if not altogether, 

 due to the liberality of our correspondents in supplying us with the 

 volumes and parts asked for. 



The card catalogue, exclusive of periodicals, was completed early 

 in the year and the geographical entries of journals have also been 

 finished. Cross references and title entries of the latter are now in 

 course of preparation. This will complete the catalogue within its 



