488 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP 



[1881. 



The sources from which these were derived are as follows 



Societies, 1075 



Editors, 697 



I. V. Williamson Fund, . . .278 



Authors, 252 



Jos. Jeanes, 94 



F. V. Hayden, 33 



Wilson Fund, 29 



Department of the Interior, . 22 



Geological Survey of Sweden, . 22 



Geological Survey of Bohemia, 16 



Robert Bridges, 14 



Geol. Survey of Pennsylvania, . 12 



Fish Com'rs of Massachusetts, 12 



Geological Survey of India, . 9 



Department of Agriculture, . 9 



Smithsonian Institution, . . 9 



Isaac Lea, 9 



War Department, 7 



Fish Commissioners of Maine, 7 



Treasury Department, ... 6 



Geological Survey of Belgium, 5 



Minister of Works, Mexico, . 5 

 Minister of Public Works, France, 5 

 Dept. of Mines, New South Wales, 5 



East Indian Government, . . 5 



Fish Commission of Michigan, 4 



Geol. Survey of New Zealand. 4 



Engineer Department, U. S. A., 4 



Major Huguet Latour, ... 4 



University of New York, . . 4 



Fish Commission of Iowa, . . 3 



Norwegian Government, 



Wm. S. Vaux 



Rev. Dr. Syle, 



Trustees of British Museum, 

 Geological Survey of Canada, 



H. C. Lewis, 



C. F. Parker 



Geol. Survey of New Jersey, 

 Mrs. S. S. Haldeman, . . . 



B. L. Hewit, 



H. C. Chapman, .... 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 G. W. Tryon, Jr., 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



University of Minnesota, 



Yale College, 



U. S. Commissioner of Fislieries, 

 Fish Com'r of Maryland, . . 

 Wesleyan University, . . . 

 Philadelphia Library Co., . . 

 University of California, . . 

 Dept. Mines. Nova Scotia, . . 

 Geological Survey of Italy, 

 Mercantile Library, St. Louis, 

 Mercantile Library. San Francisco 

 N. J. State Agricultural Station, 

 Pennsylvania Museum, . • . 

 Rutger's Scientific School, . . 

 Library Com'rs, Nova Scotia, 



Astor Library, 1 



American Museum of Nat. Hist. , 1 

 Second Presbyterian Church, . 1 



In addition, 8 volumes were procured by exchange of dupli- 

 cates. The additions were distributed to the vai-ious departments 

 of the library as follows : — 



Journals, 2021 



Geology 236 



General Natural History, 



Botany, 



Conchology, 



Anatomy and Physiology, 



Ichthyology, 



Bibliography, . . . . 



Entomology, 



Mineralogy, 



Anthropology, . . . . 

 Physical Science, . . . 



64 



64 



47 



40 



4 



21 



21 



20 



18 



11 



Education, 



Voyages and Travels, . . . 



Agriculture, 



Helminthology, . • . . • 



Ornithology, 



Chemistry, 



Medicine, 



Biography, 



Mammalogy, 



Miscellaneous, (War, Fi- 

 nance, Literature, etc.,) . 



11 

 11 

 10 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 6 

 5 

 2 



45 



Estimating that it requires an average of 10 pamphlets or parts 

 of periodicals to make a volume, the number of volumes now in 

 the library is about 29,485. The failure of some of the ground- 

 rents constituting the I. Y. Williamson Fund and the consequent 

 necessity of obtaining possession of the property involved, has 



