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than met by the increase of the amount realized by their 
sale. The excess of expenditure on the Proceedings and 
Transactions of the past year over that of the previous 
year was only £126, while the total amount received for 
copies disposed of reached £478, being an increase over 
the corresponding amount of the year 1859 of £216. 
When the large number of copies of the Society’s publica- 
tions distributed amongst the Fellows of the Society and 
given away to other Institutions in exchange is considered, 
it cannot be expected that the amount realized by sales 
can ever actually repay the expenses of their production ; 
but the Council cannot but believe that out of an income 
which for the last ten years has averaged more than 
£15,200 per annum, the sum of £200 or £300 required 
for this purpose may be well devoted to the production of 
these works, which are noted throughout the scientific 
world for the value and interest of their contents. 
A list of Publications (copies of which are now on the 
table) is now attached to every copy of the Society’s pub- 
lications. It gives every information as to the nature and 
contents of the Society’s Transactions and Proceedings, 
and has, it is believed, materially assisted in extending 
their sale. 
III. LIBRARY. 
The expenditure incurred on the Library during the past 
year has been principally devoted towards the completion 
of the Society’s set of foreign Journals and Transactions, 
in many of which there were found to be volumes and 
portions of series missing. The sum of £39 has been 
spent in binding, and £33 in erecting additional shelves 
in the Library and Council Room for the better accom- 
modation of the volumes. In this way very much has 
been already effected towards the reorganization of this 
important branch of the Society’s establishment, and no 
pains will now be spared to bring it into a complete state 
of efficiency. Until a further sum has been spent upon 
the purchase of volumes still deficient to some of the 
series, and in binding pamphlets and tracts, of which the 
number is considerable, it has been considered useless to 
issue the Catalogue of the Society’s Library, which was 
printed some time ago, or to prepare a supplement to it. 
The following additions have been made to the series of 
