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dred societies in all parts of the globe and that offers of 

 exchange have reached us from many scientific institutions 

 with which we had previously no intercourse. There were 

 written twenty-three letters, of some extent in addition to 

 the customary short notices of the Librarian. At the com- 

 mencement of the 3^ear a circular was printed and distrib- 

 uted among our foreign correspondents, directing their 

 attention to the lacunae existing in their publications, as 

 shown in the catalogue of our library (which formed an 

 appendix to our last issue), and requesting their co-opera- 

 tion in filling the same. This contributed much to save 

 time, postage and reiterations. Of the 1500 printed copies 

 of our last publication, about 250 were distributed to our 

 members and about 600 to correspondents abroad. 



REPOET OF THE TEEASUEER. 



Submitting to you the following report of the business 

 for the year just closed, your Treasurer has not attempted 

 to segregate the details of the receipts and disbursements 

 as closely as has been done in former years. 



When the disbursements of the Academy were confined 

 chiefly to rents, salaries, taxes, etc., it was customary for 

 the Treasurer to report under those heads the amount ex- 

 pended. 



The wider range of transactions for the past year incident 

 to the erection of our new building, embraces more details 

 than comes to the knowledge of your Treasurer. 



The constitution places the management of all financial 

 matters in the hands of your Trustees, who keep complete 

 books of account, and by whom all receipts and disburse- 

 ments are debited or credited to their proper account; and 

 I refer you to the report they will submit for such partic- 

 ulars as are not embraced in the general summary I here- 

 with present. 



