1899.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



535 



Since the first of December, 1898, the accessions to the library, 

 properly catalogued and placed, have amounted to 4,874. Of 

 these, 4,213 were pamphlets and parts of periodicals, 647 volumes, 

 13 maps and one photograph. This is an increase of 405 pieces 

 over the growth of the previous year. 



They have been received from the following sources: 



Societies, .... 2,045 

 I. V. Williamson Fund, 1,216 



Editors, 855 



Authors, 179 



U.S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, 



James Aitken MeigsFund, 

 U. S. Department of the 



Interior, 



Wilson Fund, .... 

 Pennsylvania State Li- 

 brary, 



Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Cape of Good 



Hope, 



F. W. Lewis, M.D., . . 

 U. S. Department of State, 

 Henry C. Chapman, M. D. , 

 Geological Sui'vey of Mis- 

 souri, 



Trustees of the Indian 



Museum, 



Comite Geologique Russe, 

 Sveriges Geologiska Un- 

 dersokning, .... 

 Department of Mines, 



New South Wales, . 

 Trustees of the British 



Museum, 



United States Treasury 

 Department, .... 



128 

 69 



33 

 32 



29 



10 



Geological Survey of North 



Carolina, . 

 Geological Survey 



Georgia, . 

 Commission Geologique de 



Finlande, 

 William J. Fox, 

 Ministry of Public Works, 



France, .... 

 U. S. Dept. of Labor, 

 Conchological Section 



the Academy, 

 Angelo Heilprin, . 

 Biuroului Geologicu, Ron 



mania, . . . . , 

 Geological Survey of In 



dia, 



Department of Mines, Vic 



tori a, 



Thomas Meehan, . 

 Geological Surveyof Mich 



igan, 



Geological 



History 



Canada, 

 Sydney J. Hickson, . 

 Geological Commission, 



Portugal, 



U. S. Fish Com. . . , 

 Volta Bureau, Washing 



ton, D. C, . . . , 



and Natura 



Survey 



