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below. The number of works is 353, and the number of 

 volumes, including pamphlets and numbers, 1145. 

 The conditions are as follows, viz : 



1. The volumes to be for the use of Members of the Society 

 and others who may resort to its Library for scientific investiga- 

 tions, and to be subject to the same regulations as are the books 

 of the Society. 



2. The volumes shall be designated by a suitable label. 



3. Proper care shall be taken to secure them from loss or 

 damage ; and reparation shall be made, if required, for losses or 

 injuries not attributable to casualties or ordinary usage. 



4. The immediate branches of the fjxmily of Mrs. Binney, and 

 such others as they may from time to time designate, shall have 

 the unrestricted use of the books, further than to give the ordinary 

 receipt for such books as they may take from the Library. 



5. The deposit to continue in the Libi'ary until the books are 

 otherwise disposed of by Mrs. Binney, or those claiming after 

 her. 



Dr. John Bacon oflTered the following Resolutions, 

 which were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the deposit of the volumes tendered by Mrs. 

 Binney, be accepted for the purposes and on the conditions 

 designated ; and that the Librarian give her a receipt for the 

 same. 



Resolved, That this transaction gives peculiar pleasure, on 

 account of the very great aid which will be afforded to the student 

 of Natural History, more especially, as it shows a continuation 

 of the interest which all the members of the family have so long 

 and so generally manifested in the Society ; still more, as it recalls 

 the zeal and devotion of our former President, who collected the 

 books, and of the many acts we know he designed and executed 

 for the advance of Natural History. 



The Librarian stated that it would be necessary to 

 remove the large slabs of fossil impressions from the 

 library in order to accommodate these works, and the 



PROCEEDINGS B. S.N. H. — VOL. VI. 5 JANUARY, 1857. 



