LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. xlv 
of most of the English books. It has now been done for the whole 
library. 
(3) Memoranda were made out for transmission to corresponding 
societies, of the parts lacking in our sets of their publications. 
(4) A card catalogue of the whole library was prepared according to 
the method in use in the Library of the Academy of Arts and Science 
of Philadelphia. The catalogue in the case of serial publications speci- 
fies of course only the volumes of the various series which are on the 
shelves, without giving any clue to their contents. In the case of 
publications which, though issued by one institution, do not form a 
numbered series, each volume or report is separately catalogued. The 
catalogue consists of about 1200 ecards. 
While the whole of the work, carried out in an admirable manner by 
Miss MacKay, forms a necessary preliminary to the issue of a printed 
catalogue for the use of our members, we are not yet ready to issue such 
a catalogue, at least to issue one which would be permanently useful. 
For many of the unbound volumes in the library are defective, and it. 
would be well to get these defects supplied as far as may be possible 
before printing. The Corresponding Secretary hopes during the present 
vear to transmit the memoranda of defects referred to above to the 
various corresponding institutions, and to make some progress in getting 
the defects supplied. 
The report was adopted, and the thanks of the Institute tendered to 
Mr. Bowman and Dr. MacGregor for their work in connection with the 
library. 
On motion of Dr. MacKay, it was resolved that the Council be 
directed to prepare a resolution appreciative of the scientific career of 
the late Sir William Dawson and regretting his recent death. 
It was resolved that the Council be instructed to approach the 
Government for the purpose of ascertaining 1f it would be possible for 
the latter to provide space, in the new Government building, for the 
accommodation of the Institute’s library. 
The thanks of the Institute were presented to the Hon. Ropert 
30K, President of the Legislative Council, for granting the use of the 
Couneil Chamber, and to the SecrETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITU- 
tion for his courtesy in continuing to admit the Institute to the privi- 
leges of the Bureau of International Exchanges. 
