REPORT 



SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN, 



FOR THE YEAR 1895. 



The report of the work iu these departments is, from the neces- 

 sity of the case, in many respects very similar in one year to that 

 of another. The records of the Society as well as those of three 

 Committees have been faithfully and acceptably kept, as also 

 copies of the records of Prizes and Gratuities awarded. The 

 abstracts of the lectures delivered before the Society have, as 

 after every Meeting for Discussion during the preceding twelve 

 years, been placed on the table on the succeeding Saturday. The 

 Schedule of Prizes for 1895 was, as it has been every year for 

 many years, ready at the beginning of the 3'ear, and that for 1896 

 will form no exception to this rule. That the publication of the 

 Transactions has not been equally prompt is due partly to the 

 increase in size, especially in the most difficult part, the List of 

 Library Accessions, which more than doubled in length in the 

 three years from 1891 to 1894. This has conspired with other 

 •circumstances beyond my control to cause delay which, however 

 unavoidable, is much to be regretted. The revision of the Consti- 

 tution and By-Laws, extending over much more time and going 

 through more changes than usual, added much to the work in the 

 Secretary's department. 



I have spoken of the great increase in the accessions to the 



Library, but this means not only more work in preparing the 



printed list, which may be considered as an annual supplement 



to the Catalogue published many years ago, but means more than 



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