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The following reports were also presented : — 



Report of the Librarian. 



Of the library catalogue there remains to be done the serial publi- 

 cations on general science, comprising the two lower floors of the stack 

 building, and the few books on literature, the fine arts, and religion. 

 The Academy is fortunate in having this work done by so accomplished 

 a cataloguer as Miss Wyman, and at such a moderate cost, the last 

 advantage resulting from the fact that Miss Wyman gives only a por- 

 tion of her time to the Academy. 



The Assistant Librarian is endeavoring to complete the sets of Soci- 

 ety publications now in the library by sending to the various societies a 

 request for each missing number, and offering in return to complete their 

 sets of the Academy's publications. In a great many cases the request 

 is complied with, in others the numbers requested are scarce or out of 

 print. These could perhaps be purchased of second-hand booksellers 

 were money available for the purpose. This lack of money is much to 

 be regretted, as in time it will be practically impossible to purchase 

 them. 



The accessions during the year have been as follows : — 



By gift and exchange . . . 

 By purchase — General Fund 

 By purchase — llumford Fund 



Total 251 2941 76 



The bound volumes in the library have been counted since the last 

 report, and there are now 29,089 volumes. Hereafter in this report 

 the accessions will be given in volumes, and not by parts, as heretofore, 

 and will represent the volumes placed on the shelves during the pre- 

 ceding year. 



80 books have been borrowed from the library by 24 persons, includ- 

 ing 13 Fellows, and two libraries (Clark University and the University 

 of Cincinnati). 



All books borrowed during the year have been returned for the 

 annual examination. Of the books reported as still out a year ago, 

 all have been returned. 



The expenses charged to the library are as follows : Miscellaneous, 

 .S519.67 (which includes S175.93 for cataloguing); Binding, .S;585.55 

 General, and .S5G.35 llumford. Funds ; Subscriptions, .S654.45 General, 

 and .SI42.75 Rumford, Funds; making a total of §1240.00 for the 



