( aly) 
Francis Stephens, occupied four days, and was carried out 
in accordance with the terms of the will by Mr. W. F. H. 
Blandford. 
Although immediate possession was granted of the books 
selected, no exact statement can be made in the present 
Report of the number of works thus added to our shelves. 
Many of the books, being in immediate need of re-binding 
and repairs, were sent off for that purpose, and have not yet 
been all returned. Extensive alterations have been required 
in the Library, the shelves of which were already overstocked, 
to accommodate this addition, together with others received 
during the current year, including a donation of upwards of 
150 books and pamphlets from Mr. W. F. H. Blandford. 
It may, however, be assumed that the Stainton Bequest 
will add from 400 to 500 volumes to our shelves, together 
with a large number of pamphlets and “ separata.” 
The extra accommodation required in the Library has 
been provided by a re-arrangement of bookcases and shelves, 
and the addition of two new bookcases, at a cost of over 
£40, which, together with other expenses attendant thereon, 
it is proposed to treat as a capital charge and to defray out of 
prospective Life-Compositions and other sources of adventitious 
income, so as not materially to interfere with the sum available 
for our Transactions and current expenditure. 
In view of the additions which have been made to the 
Library, and the consequent diminution in utility of the 
Catalogue published in 1893, of which a large number of 
copies remain unsold, the Council have decided to issue, at as 
early a date as possible, a Supplementary Catalogue, to con- 
tain all additions made_to the Library from 1893 up to the 
date of publication, It is hoped that this Supplementary 
Catalogue, in which the Stainton books will receive a dis- 
tinctive mark, will meet, together with the remaining copies 
of the original Catalogue, with such a sale as to justify the 
expenditure incurred in its production. 
The financial condition of the Society is thoroughly sound. 
The amount received for current subscriptions is the largest 
on record, and most of the other items of revenue show a 
satisfactory increase over last year. The sum spent for 
