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matter of regret to your Committee that so few avail them- 

 selves of the privilege offered. 



If some arrangement could be arrived at by which the 

 Janitor may present an appearance more in accordance with 

 the idea that he is the person to show visitors over the 

 museum, during the hours which it is open to them, than is 

 now provided, it might add to the credit of the Society, or 

 if a telephone was added to the building by which means 

 the Hony. Curator could be communicated with in case any 

 visitor of importance called, it might be one remedy. Such 

 an addition would facilitate also the convenience of other 

 officers, enabling them to spend more time on the premises, 

 if they knew they were within call elsewhere. 



I would also suggest that a visitor's book be provided, and 

 every person visiting the Museum be required to sign it. 



The report of the Library Committee was next read by 

 Mr. J. A. U. Beaudry, being as follows : — 



ANNUAL REPORT OP THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 



Your committee have to report that although the meet- 

 ings held during the session have not been very numerous, 

 considerable progress has been made in improving the 

 condition of the library. The meetings have been char- 

 acterized by the utmost unanimity, mutual good-will and 

 devotion to the interests of the Society, and although the 

 work of arrangement is not yet complete, the results, so 

 far, can scarcely fail to prove satisfactory. 



Agreeably to instructions, and with the funds placed at 

 our disposal for the purpose by the Council, a classified 

 Catalogue of the books and pamphlets has been prepared 

 by Mr. Charles Eobb, who has been assiduously occupied 

 during the last three or four months with this work, and 

 is still engaged in the arrangement of the books on the 

 shelves of the library. Unfortunately, owing to the great 

 number of missing parts and of volumes not yet bound, 

 this work has been greatly retarded ; but steps have been 

 taken to complete, as far as possible, and at the least ex- 

 pense, the sets of the more important scientific periodicals; 

 and a contract was given out, at the last meeting of the 



