part 1] a>xual repobt. 



Xlll 



some time in the Library during- the next summer, in order to 

 complete the catalogue. 



The Donors during- the preceding year included 101 Government 

 Departments and other Public Bodies, 10-4 Societies and Editors 

 of Periodicals, and 88 Personal Donors. 



The Purchases included 33 Volumes and 22 de+ached Parts of 

 separately published Works, and 17 Volumes and 22 detached 

 Parts of Works published serially. 



The Expenditure incurred in connexion with the Library during 

 the year under review was as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



Books and Periodicals 15 19 2 



Binding and Map-mounting 116 3 10 



Catalogue Cards 2S 5 7 



Total £160 8 7 



Mr. C. D. Sherborn reports steady progress with the Card- 

 Catalogue of the Library. He has incorporated all the geological 

 papers contained in the fifteenth volume of the Royal Society's 

 Catalogue of Scientific Papers, and has edited the whole of the 

 Catalogue so far as the letter L. Four new cabinets have been 

 added to the Catalogue. 



The appended Lists contain the Names of Government Depart- 

 ments, Public Bodies, Societies, Editors, and Personal Donors, from 

 whom Donations to the Library have been received during the year 

 under review : — 



I. GrOYERXMEZN'T DeFAE'I'ME^TS AWD OTHER PUBLIC BODIES. 



American Museum of Natural History. New York. 

 Australia. Government of the Commonwealth of. Melbourne. 

 Bergens Museum. Bergen. 

 Birmingham, University of. 



British Columhia. — Department of Mines. Yictoria (B.C.). 

 British Guiana. — Department of Mines. Georgetown. 

 Buenos Aires. — Museo Xacional de Buenos Aires. 

 California. — Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. 



, University of. Berkeley (Cal.). 



Cambridge (Mass.). — Museum of Comparative Zoology in Harvard College. 

 Canada. — Department of Mines. Ottawa. 



, High Commissioner for. London. 



Cape of Good Hope. — South African Museum. Cape Town. 



Chicago. — 'Field' Columbian Museum. 



Connecticut.— State Geological & Natural History Survey. Hartford (Conn.). 



C6rdoba (Argentine Republic). — Academia Xacional de Ciencias. 



