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The librarian and curator, Mr. J. Alston Moffat, read his annual report as follows z 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN AND CURATOR. 



At the last annual meeting of the Society, negotiations were in progress with the? 

 directors of the Y.M.C.A. for a room in their new building ; these having been success- 

 fully completed, the property and buciness of the Society were moved thereto. 



At a meeting of the local board it was authorized to engage assistance and have the? 

 removal accomplished with the least delay possible, as soon as the room was ready foa* 

 occupation. Preparations were commenced, and with the assistance of Mr. Balkwill all 

 the boohs and papers were packed into boxes of a convenient size for lifting, loaned by 

 Secretary Saunders for the purpose, in sufficient numbers that all emptying and refilling; 

 during the transfer was avoided, proving a great convenience and saving of time. After 

 considerable delay, final decision was arrived at to begin moving on Monday, the 16tfe 

 November, and by the evening of the 19th everything was in the new room, but m 

 terrific confusion. The transfer was made without loss or injury of any account and 

 during most favorable weather. 



The cabinets and book cases have been — according to my judgment — placed to the? 

 best advantage possible, consistent with the form and dimensions of the room, and to the 

 procuring of the most accommodation for the work of the Society and its material ojsh, 

 hand. 



With the more conveniently situated location has come a large increase in the num- 

 ber of visitors, whilst much surprise and admiration has been expressed at the extent and 

 beauty of the collections. 



According to a resolution passed at the last annual meeting, the 27 volumes' of the 

 Annals of the Entomological Society of France have been bound and placed in position. 



Besides those that are bound annually, a number of valuable publications that have? 

 been accumulating for the past three years were approved of by the President and bound 

 and thus made available to the members ; also a third series of the Butterflies of America 

 by W. H. Edwards. 



The bound volumes received from governments and public institutions during the. 

 year were the following: 



The annual report of the Geological Survey of Oanada for 1894. 



" " " " " 1895. 



Department of Agriculture, Ontario, for 1895. 



" " Bureau of Industries, Ontario, for 1895. 



The report of the N.Y. State Entomologist for 1896. 

 The Smithsonian report for 1894. 



" " 1895. 



The 48th annual report of the Regents of the New York State Museum in 3 volumes^ 

 containing amongst other important matter, a description of the edible and poisonus fun^il 

 of N.Y., illustrated by 43 colored plates. 



The proceedings and transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, for 1896. 

 The report of the California State Board of Horticulture for 1896. 

 The report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario for 1896. 

 The eighth annual report of the Missouri Botanical Garden for 1897. 

 The United States National Museum report for 1893. 

 " " " " 1894. 



The seventeenth annual report of the U.S. Geological Survey, in three parts, 1895-6, 



