174 BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



Receipts carried forward $696 56 



Exp> nditun . 



Printing and distribution of Bulletin XVI $145 56 



Prizes for Provincial Exhibition 100 00 



Maintenance of Museum 223 74 



Library : Books and binding 40 00 



Miscellaneous 89 19 



Balance 98 07 



$696 50 



It will be seen that a balance remains on hand, but the whole 

 amount will be required for the publication of Bulletin XVII. 



Library. 



For the first time in several years we are in a position to announce 

 real improvement in this department. After some correspondence 

 certain numbers required to complete several important series have 

 been secured. Sixty volumes have been bound. Not only have im- 

 portant additions been made by exchange, but some works on Ento- 

 mology and Geology have been purchased, thus providing students in 

 these branches with much-needed text books. The librarian recom- 

 mends the publication of a catalogue. 



Publications. 



Bulletin XVI, which was issued in the month of August, differs 

 from its predecessors in the size of the page, which has been enlarged. 

 It was necessary to print an edition of 600 copies, instead of 500 as 

 formerly, in order to meet the demands made upon it by a large and 

 growing exchange list and membership. 



The articles are valuable and have been read with interest. 

 Dr. L. W. Bailey, S. W. Kain, John Moser, Dr. Matthew, Dr. W. F. 

 Ganong, and Dr. Philip Cox, each contributed. 



The reports of the Fredericton Natural History Society, and the 

 Kings County Natural History Society, find a place in our Proceedings. 



M DSEUM. 



A new insect cabinet has been obtained, and good work has been 

 <lone by expert entomologists in naming specimens. 



Among important accessions in other branches, the donations of 

 Dr. Reynold J. Kirkland, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Miss Warner, 

 .and Geoffrey Stead, C. E., are worthy of special notice. 



