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"the session (exclusive of the usual exchanges) amount to 66 

 volumes and 152 dissertations; one volume has been purchased 

 •(in addition to the periodicals on the regular subscription list). 



The following new serial publications have been received 

 during the past session : — University of Missouri Studies. 

 Literary and Linguistic Series ; Science Conspectus, published by 

 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology j and Matiiematical 

 Motes, published by the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 



The Library has also been presented by the U.S. Geological 

 Survey with a copy of one hundred and fifty-eight folios of the 

 ' Geologic Atlas of the United States.' 



A new and complete catalogue of the serial publications 

 ^received by the Society has been in progress for several months, 

 and will shortly be issued. Some idea of its extent may be gathered 

 from the fact that the total number of jmblications actually in 

 progress is 808, of which 186 are from the British Islands, 165 

 from the U.S.A., 95 from Germany, 60 from France, 40 from 

 Italy, 34 from Austria-Hungary, and so on. The problem of 

 ifinding shelf room for the enormous mass of literature possessed 

 by the Society will ere long become urgent. 



The Society is indebted to Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., 

 'for presenting to it three letters written to him in 1894 and 

 1902 by Ur. Adam Bealey, a former pupil of Dalton, explaining 

 the circumstances under which Dr. Bealey gave to the Society 

 •a small bust of Dalton now exhibited in one of its rooms. The 

 letters also give interesting glimpses of Dalton himself, and 

 show what small fees the great scientist charged for the lessons 

 ihe gave his pupils. 



The publication of the Memoirs and Pi-oceedings has been 

 ■continued under the supervision of the Editorial Committee. 



During the summer extensive decorations and repairs were 

 •carried out on the Society's premises, and the Society is greatly 



