PROCEEDINGS FOR 1919 XVII 



No contract for binding was undertaken this year, although 

 only about one quarter of the library, 2,000 volumes, is thus protected. 

 The continuation of the binding of sets should be given consideration 

 as soon as our finances are adequate, since requests are coming in 

 for the loan of books that are not found in other libraries. 



Regulations to govern the lending of books to members and other 

 students should receive the consideration of the Society, as, the value 

 of a library is more in its use than its acquisition. 



A working card catalogue of about 9,000 entries affords means 

 for finding almost all the books, and is approaching the semi-complete 

 stage to ht found in all growing collections. 



An effort has been made to get together authors' sets, especially 

 the works of Fellows of our Society. Responses to the invitation 

 to contribute have been prompt in many cases, but a great many 

 have, apparently, forgotten the matter. 



The members who have sent donations towards completing these 

 sets are distributed throughout the Society somewhat as follow, 

 Sec. I, 3 members; Sec. II, 13 members; Sec. Ill, 1 member; Sec. IV, 

 5 members; Sec. V, 4 members. 



For the present year the contributions to these sets include: 

 Coyne, J. H., 2 volumes. (Talbot Papers.) 

 Lambe, L. M., 34 pamphlets and 1 volume. (Palaeontology.) 

 Lesueur, W. D., 1 volume. (Count Frontenac.) 

 Routhier, A. B., 1 volume. (Paulina.) 

 King, W. L. Mackenzie, 1 volume. (Industry and Humanity.) 



From authors not members: 

 Cay, F. P., 1 pamphlet. 

 Hall, J. C, 2 pamphlets. 



Hopkins, J. C, 1 volume. (Union Government.) 

 MacKinlay, J. M., 2 volumes. (Church Dedications in Scotland.) 

 Malchelosse, G., 1 volume. (B. Suite et son œuvre.) 



Extra Accessions and New Publications : 



ItaHan Consul General, 3 illustrated books. (Italian Marine.) 



Albano, I., 4 publications. (Rio de Janeiro.) 



Argentine Scientific Society. 



Writer's Club of Washington. 



Journal of Science and Technology. (New Zealand.) 



Academy of Sciences, Utah. 



Barcelona Museum. (Spain.) 



British Bureau of Scientific Research. 



