422 



rnOCKIiDINGS OF TIIIC NICVV YOllK MEETING 



Lctter-preps.. 

 Illustrations. 



Vol. 0. 



(pp. 528; 



pis. 27) 



$1,341 93 



221 02 



|1,.5G3 55* 



Vol 7. 



(pp. 558; 



pis. 24) 



$1,4G3 CO 



200 24 



$1,GG3 84* 



Vol. 8. 



(pp. 440; 

 pis. 51) 



$1,202 22 



317 70 



1,579 98 



• Vol. 9. 

 (pp. 400; 

 pis. 29) 

 .$1,170 64 

 231 91 



1,408 55 



*The actual cost to the Society was $77.50 less for volume 0, and $90.80 less for volume 7, those 

 amounts being paid by autliors for illustrations and correction charges. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Joseph Stanley-Brown, 



Editor. 



Washington, D. C, December 10, 1898. 



Librarian's Report. 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America: 



The Library of the Society is housed on the third floor of the Case 

 Library building, in Cleveland. The si)ace allotted is at present suffi- 

 cient, but niore will be needed the coming year. The extra space and 

 shelving required will no doubt be furnished, the Case Library authori- 

 ties being disposed to allow us every facility in their power. 



The contract with Case Library requires that the}^ shall do all neces- 

 sary binding ; but prior to the appointment of your Librarian, one year 

 ago, little had been done in this respect, the Library authorities not 

 deeming themselves competent to determine what should or should 

 not be bound. The amount of material needing binding was therefore 

 great, amounting to between 350 and 400 volumes. It seemed neither 

 just nor considerate to require the whole to be bound in one year. Of 

 the whole number, 150 volumes have been cared for during the past 

 year, and the whole will be completed within the next two years. 



A careful, inventory of the Library was made at the time of taking 

 charge, showing nothing to be missing and everything in good order. 



Some effort has been made during the past year to complete certain 

 volumes of exchanges which were imperfect. The number was not 

 great, and the immediate and cordial responses most gratifying. 



The library comprises at the present time, in approximate numbers : 



Bound volumes of Official Geological Surveys. 290 



Pamphlets of Official Geological Surve3's 330 



Proceedings of Scientific Societies, bound 223 



Proceedings of Scientific Societies, unbound 200 



Miscellaneous, mostly separate pamphlets 500 



The use of the library is at present limited to those Fellows of the 

 Society who reside in Cleveland, and to such patrons of the Case library 



