xliv PROCEEDINGS. 



New England Zoological Club, Cambridge, Mass. 



Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, Adelaide, So. Australia. 



Engineering Association of New South Wales, Sydney. 



Associazione Mathesis, Leghorn, Italy. 



Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Madison, Wis. 



Societo Nationale des Antiquaires de France, Paris. 



Lloyd Mycological Museum, Cincinnati. 



The Transactions were now being sent annually to 779 institutions- 

 of various kinds, and exchanges had been received from 447. 



The distribution of the Transactions to Corresponding Societies and 

 other institutions in .all parts of the world had again, through the- 

 courtesy of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 

 been effected at small expense, through the Institution's Bureau of Inter- 

 national Exchanges. The total expense of distribution had been 

 $44.89, which included printing of wrappers and receipt forms, wrapping 

 and addressing as well as postage (on Canadian packages), and freight. 



At the date of the last report 113 volumes were in the binder's 

 hands. Subsequently 89 volumes were added to these ; and these 202 

 volumes are now on the shelves. The total cost of binding them was 

 $170.65, but as $75.00 was provided for last year, only the balance of 

 $95.65 appears in this year's account. The books bound were mostly 

 English, but some foreign publications which were in demand by 

 members were included. The number of bound volumes in the Library 

 is now 1,482 ; and there must be a somewhat larger number of unbound 

 volumes, though we have never made a count of the unbound volumes. 



The recommendation made la^t year that a paid assistant should be 

 provided to get the library into a condition in which it would be of 

 greater use to the members, was carried out during the past year, the 

 services of Miss N. K. MacKay, who had previously been Asst.-Librarian 

 of D.ilhousie College, having been secured for some weeks during the 

 summer. 



The following work was accordingly carried out : 



(1) The arranging of books on the shelves and the labelling of 

 shelves referred to in last report, had been completed. It is thus possible 

 for members to find any books they may desire without difficulty, even 

 in the absence ot the Librarian. 



(2) All unbound volumes, in parts, were examined and tied up, note 

 being made of their defects. This had previously been done in the case- 



