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7 individual requests for special numbers of the publications 
of the Academy have been received. All these have been at- 
tended to, and a bill sent in each case. Receipts are given in 
Librarian’s cash account. 
2 requests for information in regard to publications have been 
received and answered. 
175 acknowledgments have been returned by mail. 
14 packages, including 63 individual enclosures separately, 
have been sent by express. 
6 new Institutions have been added to the mailing list. 
All correspondence, with memoranda in regard to reply, has 
been preserved. 
The space now available for shelving the library in the room 
occupied by it, in Columbia College, has about reached its limit. 
The Council have authorized a committee consisting of the Li- 
brarian and Dr. Britton to confer with the Librarian of the Col- 
lege in regard to the matter. 
ARTHUR HOLLICK, 
Librarian. 
In behalf of the Audubon Monument Committee, Professor 
Britton explained that the stone-cutters had not yet provided 
an acceptable base, and he therefore asked that the committee 
be continued. On motion this was done. 
The Secretary presented the following preamble and resolu- 
tion regarding the preparation of a topographical map of the 
State. 
New York ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 
41 East 49th St., 
New York, N. Y., March 4, 1895. 
To tie Honorable —. 
Assembly Chamber, Albany, N. Y: 
My Dear Sir :—At a recent meeting of the New York Academy 
of Sciences the following preamble and resolution was passed : 
“WHEREAS, The New York Academy of Sciences appreciates 
that a good topographical map, of a suitably large scale, of the 
