638 RECORDS. 



with the terms of agreement between the Academy and the 

 University. 



Dr. Bashford Dean has been especially active, as a member 

 of the Library Committee, in super\'ising the arrangement of the 

 books and in determining the sequence to be adopted. 



The present room is ample for the accommodation of the 

 books at date, and space remains for a considerable amount of 

 expansion. 



Ever>^thing relating to the librarj^ has necessarily been in a 

 more or less chaotic condition during the process of removal, 

 but from now on the books will be available for reference. 



All the accessions during the year have been stored in the 

 galleiy of the Museum of Fossil Plants and Vertebrates, in 

 Schermerhorn Hall. In the same galler}^ are also all the back 

 numbers of the Academy's publications. The former should be 

 incorporated in the librar\' as soon as possible, in order that we 

 may be in a position to know what numbers of any serials are 

 lacking. The latter should be carefully sorted and a certain 

 number of each issue should be filed where they can be readily 

 obtained for filling requests for back numbers, subscriptions, etc., 

 and the remainder stored, either in packages or boxes, labelled 

 and arranged in sequence. In order that all this ma}- be ac- 

 complished, considerable assistance will be required, which the 

 incoming librarian will be in a better position to recommend than 

 I can at the present time. 



Mr. van Ingen reports concerning requests for back num- 

 bers that a large number of requests have been recei\-ed during 

 the last two years, but until quite recently it has been impos- 

 sible to fill the orders because of the great confusion resulting 

 from the obligatory stacking of the back number in piles on the 

 floor of the galler}- of room 104, Schermerhorn Hall. Lately 

 some order has been put into the mass, and all the requests 

 will soon ha\-e been attended to. 



Accompam-ing this report are se\-eral communications received 

 by me as librarian and also accounts with \ouchers, showing ex- 

 penditures on behalf of the libraiy. A balance of S7.33 is in 

 my hands, which is subject to the instructions of the Academ}-. 



