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also been donated to the Society. A section was organized under 

 Mr. E. S. Comings, who had "felt constrained to resign." The 

 section hoped to arrange for the distributicni of forecasts and 

 weather signals among members, and have tliem displayed in 

 various parts of the city. 



Mr. Geo. Bullock, on l)chalf of the Photographic Section, re- 

 ported verbally that the section had forty-four members enrolled ; 

 that they had expended about $575.00 in fitting up the rooms 

 assigned to them ; that they met on the first and third Thursday of 

 the month in the evening, from November to May, and in the af- 

 ternoon during the summer season. The members of the Society 

 at large were invited to attend the meetings of the section. 



The Custodian and Librarian, Prof. Jas. F. James, then read 

 his reports, as follows : 



REPORT OF THE CUSTODIAN. 



Cincinnati, April 6, 1886. 



Mr. President and Mcnil>ers of tlic Cincinnati Society of Natural 

 History : 



In accordance with the usual custom your Custodian begs to 

 present his report of the work accomjflished during the year just 

 closed, and to offer such suggestions as may be of service to the 

 Board of Officers during the coming year. 



The curators of the various departments will, I presume, ac- 

 quaint the Society with the additions made during the year and 

 the conditions of the collections under their charge, so that it 

 remains for me to accjuaint the members with the means and 

 method of providing for the numerous accessions and the general 

 character of the proceedings during the year. The accession book, 

 in which is entered before being put in the cases the si)ecimens 

 received, was alluded to in my last annual report. * This has been 

 continued as far as practicable during the past year, and although 

 it does not yet include all the specimens in the collection, nor 

 even all those received in the year, yet it has now reached No. 

 4,800, excluding 3,000 numbered and catalogued plants, and 

 about 1,800 numbered and catalogued shells. The same plan is 

 expected to be continued during the coming year, and it is hoped 



*See tliis Journal, \'III., p.. 7C'. 



