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is awarded! to Mr. Thomas Crook, in acknowledgment of the value 

 of his work on the Separation and Identification of Minerals, and 



on the Mineralogy of our Colonies in general. 



A Moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological 

 Fund is awarded to Mr. Vincent Charles Illing, as a mark of 

 appreciation of his work on the Lower Paheozoic Rocks of Warwick- 

 shire, and to stimulate him to further research. 



A second Moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund is awarded to Mr. William Kingdon Spencer, as 

 an acknowledgment of the value of his work on the Cretaceous 

 Asteroidea, and to encourage him to extend his studies to Asteroidea 

 from other formations. 



Report of the Library" Committee for 1917. 



Tlie accessions during the year are approximately the same in 

 number and importance as those of the last two years, but the 

 number of books borrowed has increased by 30 per cent. For 

 purposes of reference the Library has been freely used by certain 

 of the Government Departments requiring information. A large 

 number of books has been bound, and the binding is now as com- 

 plete as it can be at present. The contents of many of the shelves 

 in the top gallery of the Upper Library have grown in the last 

 few years to such an extent that overcrowding has resulted; and 

 this presents a problem that must be taken in hand as soon as 

 c ire unista nc e s permit. 



The principal task of the year was the completion of the com- 

 pilation of Xo. 20 of the ' Record of Geological Literature,' and 

 despite the fact that much time has been taken up with enquiries, 

 this has now been placed in the printers* hands. The preparation 

 of Xo. 21 (for 1914) of this Record should not take so long, for 

 only about half the usual amount of foreign literature was received 

 in that year, and much time will be saved by the system of 

 registration instituted at the commencement of that year. 



The Donations number 17 Volumes of separately published 

 Works, 203 Pamphlets, and 8 detached Parts of Works, also 114 

 Volumes and 156 detached Parts of Serial Publications. 14 Volumes 

 and 143 detached Parts of the publications of Geological Surveys 

 and other public bodies, and 8 Volumes of Weekly Periodicals. 



The total number of accessions by Donation amounts, therefore, 

 to 153 Volumes, 203 Pamphlets, and 303 detached Parts. 



Among the books and pamphlets already mentioned in the fore- 

 going paragraph, especial attention may be drawn to the following 

 works : — 



1 Volcanic Studies in Many Lands : being Reproductions of 

 Photographs taken by the Author, Tempest Anderson ' ; second 



