PROCEEDINGS FOR 1915 XIX 



GENERAL ACCOUNT 



Receipts 



By Balance on Merchants Bank of Canada $ 2,988.08 



" Annual Subscriptions of Members 550 . 00 



" Life Memberships (Two) 100.00 



" Sale of Transactions 64 . 90 



" Balance from Bank of Ottawa 27 .50 



" Interest on Investments Standard Trusts Co 298.40 



" Interest Merchants Bank of Canada 81 . 65 



$ 4,110.53 



Expenditure 



To Railroad fares of Members attending Annual Meeting, Montreal, 1914 579 . 10 



" Contribution to Napier Tercentenary Celebration 9.86 



" Balance on hand Merchants Bank of Canada, 30th April, 1915 3,521.57 



$ 4,110.53 

 Audited and found correct. 



ADAM SHORTT, \ Auditors. 

 J. C. CLASH AN, / 

 Ottawa, May 10th, 1915. 



C. GORDON HEWIT, 



Honorary Treasuer 



XI. — Report of the Honorary Librarian. 



The Honorary Librarian begs to report that during that year the 

 remainder of the books and publications received as exchanges and 

 formerly held in storage has been transferred to the library and placed 

 on the shelves. The receipt of current publications has been very 

 much decreased on account of the war. Several accessions in answer 

 to requests for missing numbers have been received as well as dona- 

 tions from private sources — these latter will no doubt be added to, by 

 the Fellows of the Society. 



The Librarian is now engaged in the compilation of a card index, 

 which will be very comprehensive, but for immediate use an alphabet- 

 ical list has been compiled in condensed form which may be consulted 

 by the Fellows. 



In the report for 1914 an estimate of the number of volumes was 

 made. This has been found to be conservative and, as many of these 

 arrive in monthly parts unbound, it is estimated that about 8,000 

 volumes are in paper covers. As the annual increment is about 500 

 volumes it would seem expedient to establish a fund for binding and 

 to place each year at least 1,000 volumes in serviceable covers so that 

 they may be consulted by the members with less trouble and risk. 



It is quite evident that the library contains many publications 

 not easily found elsewhere and it may prove of great use to the Fellows. 



D. B. DOWLING, 



Honorary Librarian. 



