296 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIEXCE. [Jan. 22, 



publications. The greater number of these were received from our 

 regular exchanges, and are accredited as follows : 



United States - 547 • Italy 62 



Canada 59 Norway .' 17 



Mexico 25 Portugal 7 



Central America. . . . ; 2 Roumania i 



South America 55 Russia 39 



Austria and Hungar}^ 18 ' Sweden 8 



Belgium 141 Switzerland 19 



Denmark i Japan i 



France 57 Java i 



Germany 103 Australia ig 



Great Britain 39 From authors 32 



Holland 6 Miscellaneous 24 



Forty-three bound volumes were received during the year, all 

 from American exchanges, except one from Canada. 



Last year arrangements were made with the Trustees of the Uni- 

 versity of Rochester to take the library of the Academy, catalogue the 

 books and place them upon their shelves, members of the Academy 

 and the public to be allowed to use them upon the same conditions as 

 the books belonging to the library of the University. Owing to con- 

 templated changes in the manner of cataloguing, all of our books have 

 not yet been listed, and we have not been permanently located. It is 

 probable, however, that arrangements will soon be made so that our 

 valuable scientific material will be more available to the members of 

 the Academy than it has been up to the present time. 



From small beginnings the library has steadily increased, until it 

 has become large and valuable. Each year some new scientific 

 societies and institutions have been added to our exchange list. As 

 the library has increased, so also has the labor of caring for it, and the 

 present librarian feels compelled to resign the ofifice on account of not 

 having time to devote to it. But, after six years of service, it is with 

 real regret that she lays down the work. 



The report of the Botanical Section was read by the Recorder, 

 Mrs. J. H. McGuire. 



