1891-92]. REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 55 
REPOR DP OF; DEE. LIBRARIAN. 
TORONTO, May 6th, 1892. 
To the Council and Members of the Canadian Institute :— 
GENTLEMEN,—In presenting his annual report your librarian has first 
to record the establishment of a new set of rules intended to facilitate 
and increase the use of books and periodicals by making it possible for a 
larger number of members to avail themselves of the privileges of the 
library and the reading room. The experience of the few weeks during 
which the rules have been in operation gives evidence that they have had 
the effect intended, and have been appreciated by the members whose 
earnest co-operation in carrying them out will add greatly to the educa- 
tive value of this important branch of the work of the Institute. 
The cataloguing of the library has been deferred owing to the state of 
the treasury, which has rendered it impossible to obtain even the smallest 
appropriation for such a purpose. Your librarian would urge upon the 
Council and members the importance of a catalogue and the insecurity 
that results from the lack of one in the present state of the library, 
The plan for a bibliographical catalogue of the contents of the Insti- 
tute’s periodicals and exchanges has made better progress. This scheme 
requires men rather than money, and it is a pleasing proof of the scien- 
tific ardor of the members of the Institute that a number of gentlemen 
have undertaken this laborious but not uncongenial task. In connection 
therewith the President has suggested the preparation of a bibliography 
of the Transactions of the Institute to which he himself has already 
made an important contribution, and which it is proposed to complete in 
the course of the coming session. 
In conclusion your librarian begs to report the library statistics as 
follows :— 
LIBRARY STATISTICS—1891-92. 
PeriodicdispsUNSeri Ded fOr. e fhe. 4. anh st .coe 34 
Separate numbers received from April 1, 1891, 
Lor Or tS PaO 2:7 saat) Go! sate tas 835 
Number of books and periodicals taken out... 2,013 
Number of societies, individuals and periodicals 
to which the publications of the Institute 
ANE e SelM ie ee poet, «> (or Sea MAS eo Te slate 2 ele 525 
