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" Report of the Lancashire and Cheshire Natural History 

 Society ;" " Reports of the Smithsonian Society," 1896 and 

 1897 ; thirty-six pamphlets on " Natural Science," extracted 

 from the Smithsonian " Reports;" " Flora of N. America : 

 Gamopetalas," by Asa Gray ; " Report of the City of Lon- 

 don Ent, Soc," 1898 — 99 ; " Report of the City of London 

 Coll. Science Soc," 1898 — 99 ; " Proceedings of the Holmes- 

 dale Nat. Hist. Soc," 1895 — 98 ; " Canadian Entomologist," 

 1899 ; " Irish Naturalist," 1899 ; and "Journal of the City 

 of London Science Soc," by exchange. 



The Library has been carefully tended by the Hon. 

 Librarian, Mr. H. A. Sauze, whose Report is appended : — 



" There has been steady application on the part of Mem- 

 bers to the books placed at their disposal by the Library. 



" The gradual accumulation of books, mostly by donation, 

 seemed likely to place the Librarian in a dilemma to find 

 accommodation for them in our bookcase, especially as the 

 stock of " Proceedings" increases yearly, and takes up much 

 room in our cupboards. Under these circumstances the 

 Council feels much indebted to the generosity of two of our 

 Members, who last autumn very kindly added a handsome 

 mahogany book-cabinet to the Society's furniture, which has 

 relieved this pressure and removed any difficulty for some 

 time. 



" One of our Members has started the good idea of the 

 usefulness of having the various loose pamphlets belonging to 

 the Society bound together as far as their size and subjects 

 will allow, and has followed up the advice by contributing for 

 the binding of three volumes. The binding of a further 

 volume has been guaranteed since by another Member, and 

 the Librarian commends the plan to the attention of those 

 interested in our books, as affording ease of reference to the 

 pamphlets, and their safe preservation." 



