RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 857 



has also lost by death Mr. Henry W. Haynes. Mr. Rotch served as 

 Librarian from May 10, 1899, until his death, April 7, 1912. Mr. 

 Haynes died February 16, 1912 ; he had been a member of the Library 

 Committee since May, 1899, and had previously been the Librarian 

 of the Academy for thirteen years. 



During the year the Library has been conducted at the rooms tem- 

 porarily occupied by the Academy at 711 Boylston Street. The New- 

 bury Street book stack was accessible only from November, 1911, and 

 during this time 62 books were borrowed by 10 persons. 



Upon the completion of the new building in April, 1912, the cur- 

 rent numbers of serials and of the publications of institutions were re- 

 moved to the Librarian's room and the pamphlets to the gallery of the 

 same room ; the duplicate books have been placed in the stack room 

 on the fourth floor, and the stock of the publications of the Academy 

 in the stack room in the basement. 



725 volumes have been placed on the shelves since the last report ; 

 this includes 626 volumes received by gift and exchange, 81 volumes 

 purchased from the income of the General Fund, and 18 volumes pur- 

 chased from the income of the Eumford Fund. 



The number of volumes now in the library is 32,068. 



578 volumes have been bound, 147 have been stamped and plated 

 at a cost of $656.25. 



The expenses charged to the Library are : — Miscellaneous (includ- 

 ing 820.13 for cataloguing), 8382.29; Binding, $597.80 General, and 

 $58.45 Rumford, Funds ; Purchase of periodicals and books, $491.37 

 General, and $163.25 Rumford, Funds. 



H. M. Goodwin of Class L, 

 Samuel Henshaw of Class H., 



Committee. 

 May 8, 1912. 



Report of the Rumford Committee. 



During the present year appropriations in aid of research have been 

 made by the Committee as follows : — 



May 10, 1911 (evening meeting), to Professor Daniel F. Com- 

 stock, in aid of his research on the effect of motion of the source 

 on the velocity of light $150 



Nov. 8, 1911, to Mr. Frank W. Very, in aid of his research on 

 the intensity of spectrum lines (additional) 150 



To Professor John Trowbridge, in aid of the researches of Mr. 

 Harvey C Hayes in thermo-electricity 300 



