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Satisfactory use is made of the library for reference purposes, 

 but the number of volumes consulted is not recorded. During 

 the session, 184 volumes have been borrowed from the library, 

 as compared with 163 in the previous session. 



Some attention has continued to be paid to the completion 

 of sets, 1 1 parts having been obtained which partly complete two 

 sets. These parts were presented by the respective societies 

 publishing them. 



Comparatively little binding has been done this session, 148 

 volumes having been bound in 133. 



A record of the accessions to the library shows that, from 

 April, 1903, to March, 1904, 687 serials and 55 separate works 

 were received, a total of 742 volumes. The donations during the 

 session (exclusive of the usual exchanges) amount to 50 volumes 

 and 321 dissertations; 41 volumes of the Archiv fur Natur- 

 geschichte have been purchased (in addition to the periodicals on 

 the regular subscription list). 



During the past session the Society has arranged to exchange 

 publications with the following : — The Dorset Natural History 

 and Antiquarian Field Club ; University of Montana ; Cornell 

 University. — The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 



The publication of the Memoirs and Proceedings has been 

 continued under the supervision of the Editorial Committee. 



The Society is indebted to the following gentlemen for the 

 undermentioned gifts : — 



Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.R.S., for a bronze bust of Dr. John 

 Dalton. 



Mr. R. D. Darbishire, for a complete set of the Society's 

 Memoirs and Proceedings. 



Mr. A. McDougall for a silhouette portrait of Dr. John 



Dalton. 

 Mr. Charles Leigh for a framed engraved portrait of Dr. John 



Dalton. 

 Dr. Henry Wilde, F.R.S., for a marble columnar pedestal 



on which to place the bust of Dalton. 



