G18 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Mrs. Austin Holdeu, who temporarily took her husband's place, has 

 been appointed Assistant-Librarian by the undersigned. 



The card-catalogue was continued by Dr. Holden up to the time of his 

 death, he having written 925 cards, making the total number of cards 

 7,225. Although of the appropriation made last year only $37 was spent, 

 the usual appropriation of $100 from the income of the General Fund, 

 and $50 from the income of the Rumford Fund is requested to continue 

 this work of cataloguing. 



The accessions during the year have been as follows : — 



Vols. 



By gift and exchange .... 439 

 By purchase — General Fund . 44 

 By purchase — Rumford Fund . 32 



Total ........ 515 3,480 553 12 4,560 



17 volumes on light and heat, recommended by the Rumford Committee, 

 were bought at an expense of $58.41. 



229 books have been borrowed from the library by 27 persons, includ- 

 ing 15 Fellows, one Fellow having taken out 140 of that number. All 

 have been returned for the annual examination except 11. Of the 42 

 volumes reported not returned a year ago, 2 are still unaccounted for. 



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

 which includes expenses in no way related to the library, $631.63; Bind- 

 ing, $452.90, General, and $42.35, Rumford Funds ; Subscriptions, 

 $411.84 General, and $152.43, Rumford Funds; making a total of 

 $1,496.37 for the General and $194.78 for the Rumford Funds. In 

 explanation of the excess of the expenditure for miscellaneous items over 

 the appropriation of $500, it may be said that a larger amount of print- 

 ing is now done than formerly, and that this year some office furniture 

 was purchased. The increase in the subscriptions paid, over those of 

 the preceding year, is due to including some that cover next year. 



An appropriation of $1,400 from the income of the General Fund is 

 requested, in addition to the customary appropriation of $150 from the 

 income of the Rumford Fund for the purchase of books and periodicals. 



A. Lawrence Rotch, Librarian. 



Report of the Rumford Committee. 



The following grants have been made by the Committee from the sum 

 of $1000 which was placed at its disposal at the last Annual Meetiug of 

 the Academy. 



