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geology of the Oases and other districts of the Libyan Desert, and 

 of his valuable collections of vertebrate remains in Egypt during 

 the last three years, and to encourage him in further investigations. 



REPORT OE THE LiBRARY-AND-MeSEUH COMMITTEE FOR 1903. 



The Additions made to the Library during the past twelve months 

 have fully maintained, both in number and interest, the standard of 

 former years. 



During 1903 the Library received by donation 15b' Volumes of 

 separately-published Works, 301 Pamphlets and detached Parts of 

 Works, 280 Volumes and 51 detached Parts of Serial Publications, 

 and 18 Volumes of Newspapers. To these must be added 36 back 

 Volumes of the American journal ' Science,' presented by Prof. 

 Watts. 



The total number of accessions to the Library by Donation is thus 

 found to amount to 490 Volumes, 301 Pamphlets, and 51 detached 

 Parts. 



The number of Maps presented by various Donors is again very 

 considerable. No less than 179 Sheets of Maps were received, 

 106 of which came from the Ordnance-Survey Department. 



Although the task of selection from among the numerous dona- 

 tions mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs is not unattended with 

 difficulty, your Committee may perhaps be allowed to direct special 

 attention to the following : — Dr. Tempest Anderson's ' Volcanic 

 Studies'; Mr. Mellard Reade's 'Evolution of Earth-Structure' ; the 

 4th edition of Sir Archibald Geikie's 'Text-Book of Geology' (in two 

 volumes) ; M. de Lapparent's ' Abrege de Geologie ' ; M. P. H. 

 Eritel's ' Paleontologie ' ; Prof. G. de Lorenzo's work on the great 

 Pleistocene Lakes of Southern Italy ; the first part of M. F. 

 Delafond's work on the Coal-Measures and Permian of Blanzy and 

 Le Creusot ; the fourth part of Prof. Gosselet's Geology of the 

 North of Erance ; ' Outlines of the Geology of Japan ' published by 

 the Government of that Empire ; the Geological Survey Memoirs 

 on the Isle of Man, on North Arran and South Bute, on the Cheadle 

 ^Coalfield, and on the country around Leicester, Beading, Salisbury, 

 Chichester, Torquay, and Dublin ; also the second volume of the 

 ' Cretaceous Bocks of England.' Moreover, numerous publications 

 were received from the Geological Survey and Mines Departments 

 of Canada, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Natal, 

 the Transvaal, the various States of the Australian Commonwealth, 

 India, Egypt, the United States, Portugal, Austria-Hungary, Prussia, 

 Sweden, and Russia ; from the Imperial Department of Agriculture 

 for the West Indies ; and from the Erench Ministry of Public 

 Works. A copy of the voluminous Report on the Asphalt-Industry 

 of Trinidad was presented by the Colonial Office. 



