290 Annual Report of the Council. 



and a considerable list of official publications of the 

 American, Australian, Mexican, Canadian, British, and 

 other Governments. 



Appended to this report is a list of the Societies and 

 other public bodies from whom publications are received 

 and of periodicals also regularly added to the Library, by 

 exchange or purchase. The Council would point out that lists 

 of the additions to the Library are now regularly published 

 on the covers of the parts of the Memoirs and Proceedings 

 in order that members may be informed of the new publica- 

 tions available for reference as speedily as possible. The 

 Council has decided to issue the parts of the Society's own 

 Memoirs and Proceedings to corresponding Societies and 

 institutions, and to honorary and corresponding members, 

 immediately on publication — instead of in the completed 

 form at the end of the year as hitherto — in order that the 

 papers read before the Society may be promptly brought 

 under their notice. 



The Council has had under consideration the questions 

 of preparing a catalogue of the Library, of arrears of 

 binding, and of printing the index to the Proceedings 

 and Memoirs, 1st, 2nd and 3rd series, referred to in last 

 year's report, and have received an estimate from the 

 Librarian as to the cost. The Council hope that these 

 desiderata may be proceeded with at an early date. 



The Council has considered the whole question of the 

 value of Sections to the Society and has received a report 

 from a special committee (appointed to enquire into their 

 relations to the parent Society, their constitution, rules, and 

 system of electing Associates), to the effect that the 

 existence of the Sections has been advantageous to the 

 parent Society, and has tended to increase the number 

 of its members. The Council therefore recommends the 

 members to continue the system of electing Associates of 

 Sections, by the usual annual resolution. 



