380 
we now enjoy; and finally, a vote to 
send the Annals and Memoirs only to those 
members of the Academy signifying their 
desire to receive them. ‘The publications 
of the Academy have been unfortunately 
delayed during the last year, owing to no 
fault of the Editor, but the current volume 
will be very shortly completed and issued. 
Owing to the expense of the current volume 
the amount of publication possible by the 
Academy during the next year will be 
seriously reduced, unless a publication fund 
can be established. 
The report of the Treasurer showed the 
following receipts and expenditures for the 
year: 
RECEIPTS. 
Balance as per last report. ...... $2,239.11 
Mortgage paid off, a/c Permanent 
Wein, oovoooaccodg00uc0002 $1,202.75 
Mortgage paid off, a/c Audubon 
TwAG, posuodoogoDoNDKG0d00 1,797.25 3,000.00 
Income, Permanent Fund...... - 426.38 
Income, Audubon Fund,.....-. 99.04 
Income, Publication Fund...... 90.00 615.42 
Life Membership Fees.......... 200.00 
Initiation Fees..............00- 75.00 
Annually Dies, VSOiire elie $ 10.00 
HEB > 6o000000000 30.00 
WELD s concaandoad 170.00 
IDO oadercag0000 2,395.00 
IO consooocc00 50.00 2,655.00 
$8, 784.53 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
Cost of Publications, $2,499.72. . 
Less Sales...... 30.06. .$2,469.66 © 
Cost of Publication (paid by Au- 
dubon Fund).............. $309.72 
Renbtiol ROOMS). <i.-/ sere «einle 510.00 
Seventh Annual Reception...... 329.68 
Dues to Scientific Alliance...... 32.58 
IDEA AINE 5 SosconnoonooDssb00ceG 20.00 
Expenses of Recording Secretary. 291.44 
Expenses of Librarian.......... 363.95 
Expenses of Treasurer,......... 41.93 
General Expenses.............. 78.37 4,447.33 
Balance on hand. ........... eee $4,337.20 
The Librarian then presented the follow- 
ing report : 
The work of the library during the past 
year has been mainly directed toward keep- 
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ing the accessions catalogued and in order. 
This, it is believed, has been successfully 
carried out. The current numbers of the 
more prominent periodicals are placed 
upon accessible shelves and upon the com- 
pletion of any volume, are arranged per- 
manently with their respective sets. In 
this connection it is desirable to call at- 
tention to the crying need of binding many 
of the accessions of late years. Hundreds 
of volumes are stored in their pamphlet 
form and much injury and loss is the re- 
sult. During the last year the Librarian 
was able to have some sixty volumes 
bound, but financial stringency has pre- 
vented any considerable work in this di- 
rection. 
By arrangement with the authorities of 
the New York Botanical Garden, the bulk 
of the botanical portion of the library, 
which since the removal to Schermerhorn 
hall at Columbia University, had been 
stored in boxes, has now been deposited in 
the Library of the Garden at Bronx Park, 
and is thus more available than heretofore 
to general reference. 
The Librarian takes pleasure in report- 
ing a gift to the Academy from Professor 
D.S. Martin of about a hundred volumes 
of miscellaneous scientific interest. 
The statistics of the Library are at this 
date approximately as follows: 
Volumes (bound and unbound) at Columbia 
TWiMiVersiib yarreteeretentet tte betsteitecerstaretenetsteneteiate 9,000 
Pamphlets, at Columbia University.......... 
Volumes and pamphlets, at Botanical Garden. 
Thanks to the activity of Messrs. Van 
Ingen and White, assisted by Mr. Graham, 
the files of the Academy’s publications have 
been brought from a state of chaos to one of 
order, the exchange list has been revised, 
and the business of correspondence and ex- 
changes is now carried on with promptness 
and regularity. 
The Librarian takes this opportunity to 
call the attention of the Academy to the 
