1 Annual Report of the Council. 



I'he total number of volumes catalogued to date is 26,193, 

 for which 8,594 cards have been written. 



Satisfactory use is made of the library for reference purposes, 

 but the number of volumes consulted is not recorded. During 

 the session, 152 volumes have been borrowed from the library, 

 as compared with 195 volumes in the previous session; it is 

 hoped that, as the card catalogue now affords every facility for 

 quickly finding any work required, members will make further 

 use of the valuable collection of books possessed by the Society. 



Attention has continued to be paid to the completion of sets, 

 1 1 volumes or parts having been obtained which render 4 sets 

 complete, whilst 3 volumes have been acquired which partly 

 complete 2 sets. These 14 volumes were presented by the 

 respective societies publishing them. Since the commencement 

 of the re-cataloguing of the library, a total of 802 missing volumes 

 has been obtained, resulting in the completion of 98 sets. 



Comparatively little binding has been done this session, 299 

 volumes having been bound in 208, whilst several volumes have 

 undergone repair. 



A record of the accessions to the library shows that, from 

 April, 1900, to March, 1901, 682 serials and 38 separate works 

 were received, a total of 720 volumes. The donations during the 

 session (exclusive of the usual exchanges) amount to 30 volumes 

 and 150 dissertations ; 8 books have been purchased (in addition 

 to the periodicals on the regular subscription list). 



During the past session the Society has arranged to exchange 

 publications with the following : Allegheny Observatory ; 

 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences ; Physikalisch-Tech- 

 nische Reichsanstalt zu Charlottenburg ; University of Missouri, 

 Columbia ; Ohio State University, Columbus ; American 

 Chemical Society, New York ; Geological Survey of Natal, 

 Pietermaritzburg ; Societe Scientifique et Medicale de I'Ouest, 

 Rennes ; Mathematischnaturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Wiirt- 

 temberg, Stuttgart ; Astronomical Observatory of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington. 



