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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[Dec, 



Commission Geologique de Fin- 



lande 1 



United States Census Office 1 



C.F.Taylor 1 



Arthur E. Brown 1 



Hungarian Central Office for 



They have been distributed to the several departments of the 

 Library as follows : 



Ornithology 



Martin I. J. Griffin 



Dr. Thomas Biddle 



Iowa Geological Survey. 

 Danish Government 



Journals 4,758 



Agriculture 842 



Geology 269 



Geography 251 



Botany 234 



General Natural History 176 



Voyages and Travels 



Entomology 



Anthropology 



Physical Science 



Anatomy and Physiology. 

 Conchologv 



99 

 64 

 63 

 46 

 40 

 35 



Bibliograpliy 



Encyclopedias... 



Ornithology 



Ichthyology 



Mammalogy 



Mineralogy 



Chemistry 



Helmmthology. 



Medicine 



Mathematics 



Herpetology 



Miscellaneous.... 



32 

 25 

 24 

 21 

 19 

 IS 

 17 

 13 

 10 

 5 

 2 



21 



Sixteen hundred and ninety-seven volumes have been bound, and an 

 additional 204 are now in the hands of the binders. This work places 

 the library in a better condition than it has ever been before, although 

 there still remain a large number of unbound volumes in the Section 

 of Transactions and Periodicals. It is hoped that most of these will 

 receive attention during the coming year. In connection with the 

 binding constant effort is made, in many cases with gratifying success, 

 to complete imperfect volumes and sets. 



A shelf-list of the Transactions and Periodicals, the necessity of 

 which was referred to in my last report and which, when finished, will 

 complete this form of record of the contents of the library, has pro- 

 gressed as rapidly as the very limited clerical assistance available will 

 permit. No losses have been ascertained during the past year. 



The necessity for more room in some of the departments is pressing. 

 As a temporary relief shelves have been placed on some of the cases, 

 but this arrangement is very undesirable, as the books can only be 

 reached with the aid of a ladder. It is hoped that some means of pro- 

 viding for growth, which will avoid the inconvenience of high shelves 

 without an undue disturbance of the present arrangement of the books, 

 may be adopted by the Library Committee. 



It is scarcely necessary to say that the card catalogue is kept up to 

 date, the smallest pamphlets, even when they are excerpts from journals 

 already in the possession of the Academy, being promptly recorded. 



