Xli PROCEEDINGS. 



The report of the LIBRARIAN shewed that a considerable number 

 of Scientific Societies and other Institutions had been added to the 

 Exchange List during the past year. The following is a statement of 

 the number of scientific and other institutions, including societies, 

 universities, government scientific offices, libraries, etc., to which the 

 Transactions are sent, and from which exchanges have been received : 



NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS 

 To which Trans- From which 

 actiohs are exchanges 

 sent : are rec'd : 



Great Britain and Ireland .... 126 59 



France 62 21 



Germany 87 57 



Russia 18 11 



Austria-Hungary 23 10 



Norway 12 11 



Sweden 11 6 



Belgium 14 4 



Netherlands 9 4 



Italy 84 18 



Switzerland 15 8 



Servia 1 



Spain 2 



Portugal , 1 



Denmark 5 2 



India 8 2 



China J 



Malta 1 



Mauritius 1 



Straits Settlements . . 



Japan 2 1 



South Africa 2 1 



Australasia 34 20 



Brazil 3 1 



Chili 1 1 



Argentina 4 4 



British Guiana 1 1 



Central America 2 2 



Mexico 4 4 



West Indies 4 1 



United States 156 96 



Newfoundland 1 



Canada (exclusive of Nova Scotia) ... .41 \ ftq q 7 



Nova Scotia 22/ 



Totals 709 383 



The large excess in the number of institutions to which we send, 

 over the number which send to us in return, is not due to reluctance on 

 the part of other societies to exchange with us, but to a small extent to 

 the fact that it has not yet been found possible to correspond with all 

 the societies which we wish to have on our exchange list, and to a lar^e 



