Custodian.] 12 [May G, 



As an additional room has been fitted u}* fur tlie library, 

 much of the time needed for the completion of unfinished 

 work, mentioned in former reports, has been used in arrang- 

 ing and numbering the books in the new apartment and 

 rearranging those in the front library. Temporary assist- 

 ance has, however, been granted during the past few 

 months, and some j^rogress effected. The alcove catalogue 

 of the front library is nearly completed, the pamphlets have 

 been newly classified and their cataloguing commenced. 

 A few months ago the Council appropriated several hun- 

 dred dollars towards binding serial works, and we are 

 pleased to announce that it has recently authorized the 

 employment of a binder in the building; in a short time 

 the appearance of the library will be greatly improved, few 

 books having been bound during the past five years. 



The gallery of the fi-ont library is now devoted to the 

 transactions of societies and the Lloyd library of the Repub- 

 lican Institution. The floor is occupied by Avorks on gen- 

 eral anatomy and natural history, vertebi'ates, botany, local 

 faunae and florae, geology, mineralogy, traA^els and voyages. 

 The rear library contains the Bailey library of microscopy, 

 works on insects, mollusks and radiates, scientific journals, en- 

 cyclopaedias, bibliographical works, and other volumes on mis- 

 cellaneous topics. We have also provided a cabinet of port- 

 folios and sliding shelves for the imperial folios, cases for the 

 books recently received and additional closets for the pub- 

 lications. 



Four hundred and sixty-four books have been borrowed 

 from the Library by seventy-five persons. 



The additions to the Museum are estimated at 115,000 

 specimens received in one hundred and thirty-nine lots ; the 

 most important are the following; the North American birds' 

 eggs and the series of humming birds and nests, selected in 

 Europe by the late Dr. Henry Bryant, and presented by Mis. 

 Bryant ; the collection of rock specimens, minerals and fossils. 



