ANNUAL REPORT. XX XIX 



THE LIBEARIAN'8 REPOET. 



The Librarian is not able to give a favourable report of 

 the Library ; he finds several works of value missing from the 

 bookshelves which have not been recorded in the *' book kept 

 for that purpose." He would respectfully call the attention of 

 members to Rule I. of the " Rules of the Library."* 



The following books are missing from the Library, without 

 any record of their being taken out : — 



Fossorial Hymenoptera, Shuckard. 



Geodephaga Britannica. 



British Spiders, Staveley. 



Naturalist's Library ; several volumes. 



Botanist's Guide to the County of Warwick, Perry. 



He has also to regret that Rule V. of the same rules has 

 been sadly neglected this year.i 



The issue of books has been as follows : — Botany, 60 ; 

 Conchology, 17 ; Entomology, 17 ; Geology, 30 ; Microscopy, 

 48 ; Zoology, 36 ; Miscellaneous, 108 ; total, 306 ; a decrease 

 of 104 as compared with last year. 



During the past year the Committee have authorised the 

 purchase of the following Works : — 



Voyage of the Vega, Nordenskiold, 2 vols., 8vo., 1881. 

 The Cat, St. George Mivart, 1 vol., 8vo., 1881. 

 Eeport of the Challenger, Zoology, vol. iv., 4to., 1882. 

 Notes by a Naturalist on the Challenger, 1 vol., 8vo., 1879. 

 Zoological Record, vols. 1-5, 16, 17, 8vo., 1878-80. 

 Ants, Bees, and Wasps, Lubbock, 1 vol., 8vo., 1882. 

 Animal Intelligence, Eomanes, 1 vol., 8vo., 1882. 



* Rule I. — "Any member wishing to borrow a book must signify his 

 or her wish to the Librarian, who shall enter the name of such member, 

 the particulars of such book, and the dates on which it was lent and 

 returned, in a book kept for the purpose." 



t Rule V. — "For the fortnight in the year next before the Annual 

 Meeting the circulation of books shall be discontinued, for the purpose of 

 enabling the Committee to ascertain the state of the Library. All 

 books shall be returned on or before the first Tuesday of that fortnight, 

 and any member neglecting to comply with this rale shall be fined one 

 shilling.'' 



