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University had been stored in boxes, has now been deposited in 

 the library of the Garden at Bronx Park, and is thus more 

 available than heretofore for general reference. 



The Librarian takes pleasure in reporting a gift to the Acad- 

 emy from Professor D. S. Martin, of about a hundred volumes 

 of miscellaneous scientific interest. 



The statistics of the Library are at this date approximately as 

 follows : Volumes (bound and unbound) at Columbia Univer- 

 sity, 9,000 ; Pamphlets at Columbia University, 2,000 ; Volumes 

 and Pamphlets at Columbia University, 350. 



Thanks to the activity of Messrs. Van Ingen and White, as- 

 sisted by Mr. Graham, the files of the Academy's publications 

 have been brought from a state of chaos to one of order, the 

 exchange list has been revised, and the business of correspond- 

 ence and exchanges is now carried on with promptness and 

 regularity. The Librarian takes this opportunity to call the 

 attention of the Academy to the absolute necessity of consider- 

 ing the disposition of the library in the immediate future. We 

 have practically reached the limit of accommodations in the 

 library room, and the department of exchanges is housed in the 

 Gallery of the Museum of F'ossil Plants and Vertebrates, in 

 Schermerhorn Hall of Columbia University, solely by courtesy 

 of the Department of Geology, and has already exceeded the 

 space which that department can conveniently spare. Radical 

 measures must be adopted in the near future or the library must 

 close its doors. Respectfully submitted, 



Livingston Farrand, 



Librarian. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



March 4, 1901. 



Academy met at 8:15 P. M., President Woodward presiding. 



The minutes of the last business meeting were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The Secretary reported from the Council as follows : 



That a budget had been adopted for the ensuing fiscal year ; 

 that the Academy had voted to subscribe to the 5th Inter- 



