370. 



missing. During the past year, Freycinet's Voyage round 

 the World, and No. 12 of the Natural History Review have 

 been taken from the room and not returned. 



By the will of Huntington F. Wolcott, one of the younger 

 members of the Society, the Library has now a fund of $5000 

 for its increase, and his name has been placed over one of 

 the alcoves in acknowledgment of this liberal bequest. 



The Council have voted $100 (gold) for the purchase of vol- 

 umes wanted to fill up vacancies in the foreign serials, and 

 since have authorized the Librarian, while abroad, to pur- 

 chase books to the amount of $200. 



The number of persons who have taken out books during 

 the year is 70 ; the number of books taken out is 432. 



The Curator of Geology and Palaeontology reports the 

 condition of the cabinet under his charge to be good, the 

 specimens being mostly labelled, and well arranged for dis- 

 l^lay and study. It has been increased the past year by 

 donations from many parties, some of which are of great 

 value. Among these may be particularly designated that of 

 the large cast of the Scliistopleurum typiis from the Pam- 

 pean deposits of South America, by Mr. Martin Brimmer; 

 and of a large collection of Fossils, mostly from the upper 

 Missouri, by the Smithsonian Institution. 



To Dr. C. F. Winslow, Mr. T. G. Bancroft, Dr. C. T. 

 Jackson, Dr. H. Bryant, Dr. J. F. Frisbie, Dr. A. S. Packard, 

 Jr., Dr. George Rolleston, Mr. W. C. Russell, and Mr. George 

 G. Varney, the collection is likewise indebted for many inter- 

 esting specimens. 



The Curator of Microscopy reports that the Bailey and 

 other collections under his care, are now in good preserva- 

 tion, but have not as yet been put in such order as their im- 

 portance demands. 



Quite a number of mounted specimens and rough mate- 

 rial for the same have been presented through the Micro- 

 scopic Section during the past year, by Dr. S. A. Bemis, 

 Messrs. C. G. Bush, J. S. Melvin, and Dr. C. F. Wins- 

 low. The meetino-s of the Section have been well attended, 



