Report on State of Library. 67 



In compliance witli Law VI., the Treasurer now reports that the only property possessed 

 by the Society consists of the following, viz. : — The Library (of which a new Catalogue 

 is in the press). Portrait of President, in Gilt Frame. Marble Bust of President. Presi- 

 dent's Chair of Oak from Roof of Cathedral. Table in Hall, in two pieces. Writing Desk on 

 do. Four Gas Lustres. Three Book- Presses. Small Blaek-Board. Stove in iipper Libraiy- 

 room. Eight Benches -n-ith top-rails. Steps for Book-cases. Ballot-Box. Secretaries' Tin 

 Box. — The Treasiu-er presents to the Society an Abstract of the Jloneys paid for Books 

 and Bmding during the Session 18-13-44 to this date, being six years : — 



Session 1843^4, £45 6 



— 1844-45, 26 2 11 



— 1845-46, 82 1 



— 184G-47, 104 4 9 



— 1847^8, 143 4 1 



— 1848-49, . . Paid, . . . £58 15 1 



— — . . Not paid, about . 55 



113 15 1 



£514 12 11 



On tbe motion of Mr. Cruni, seconded by Mr. Hastie, it was resolved 

 to place the name of Mr. John J. Griffin, of London, on the list of Hono- 

 rary Members of the Society. 



The Secretaries were iustiiicted to make np a list of the Honorary 

 Members, to be placed in future at the head of the printed list of the 

 Society. 



It was resolved to instruct the Treasurer to intimate to members falling 

 into arrears with their annual subscription for two years, that their names 

 will, agreeably to the laws of the Society, be erased from the roll unless 

 the same is paid. 



Mr. Hastie read a communication from certain native proprietors of the 

 Calcutta Public Library, accompanying a presentation of Catalogue of 

 the Library and last Annual Report. The letter solicited for the Library 

 a copy of the Society's "Proceedings." 



The Librarian reported on the state of the Library. In the course of 

 the last two years considerable progress has been made towards the com- 

 pletion of the various series of periodicals, so as to render them valuable 

 as sources of consultation. Previous to this period, the Library did 

 not contain one complete journal. The Society is now annually in the 

 receipt of 40 periodicals. Of 20 English periodicals, there are 18 com- 

 plete from the commencement. Of the 9 French periodicals, only 1 is 

 complete, viz., Quesneville's Revue Scientifique. And of the 4 German 

 journals, only 1 is complete, viz., Liebig's Annalen der Chemie. During 

 the last two years blanks have been filled up, and series completed in the 

 periodical literature, to the extent of 146 volumes, at an expense of about 

 £i)(j, or 7s. Gd. a volume. To render the remaiiiiag journals worthy of 

 a scientific library, 255 volumes require to be purchased, at an estimated 

 cost of £97, at 7s. Gd. per volume. These it is proposed to supply 

 gradually, a solcction ]>eing made for the completion of one or two journals 

 annually. The total nuniljcr of volumes in the Library on the 1st of 

 November, 1849, was 1600. 



