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the session, 6,063 volumes having been catalogued, stamped, 

 and pressmarked, 5,537 of these being serials, and 526 separate 

 works. The latter belong to the following branches of science: 

 Astronomy, Botany, and Medicine. There have been written 

 2,016 catalogue cards; 1,400 for serials, and 616 for separate 

 works. The total number of volumes catalogued to date is 

 8,744, for which 3,290 cards have been written, and for these 

 latter a cabinet has been purchased, which now stands in the 

 Secretaries' room. 



The shelf list, which was commenced last session, has been 

 continued, and will prove useful to members as a subject-index 

 to the separate works. 



During the session, 234 volumes have been borrowed from 

 the library, as compared with 124 volumes in the previous 

 session, and it is hoped that, as the cataloguing progresses and 

 affords increased facilities for quickly finding any work required, 

 members will make still further use of the valuable collection of 

 books possessed by the Society. 



Especial attention has been paid to the completion of sets, 

 where possible, with the result that 189 volumes or parts have 

 been obtained which render 32 sets complete, whilst 210 volumes 

 have been acquired which partly complete 37 sets. Of this 

 total of 399 volumes, 155 were purchased (including 76 

 volumes of the A7inales de CJiimie et de Physique and 48 volumes 

 of the American Journal of Science)^ the remainder being pre- 

 sented by the respective societies publishing them. 



Slightly less binding has been done than last session, 363 

 volumes having been bound in 301, whilst 17 volumes have 

 undergone repair. There are about 4,000 volumes in the library 

 still unbound, which number is constantly being added to, so 

 that in order to overtake the arrears of binding within ten years, 

 and to provide for the annual increase in the library during that 

 time, it will be necessary to bind about 800 volumes, at an 

 approximate cost of about ^100, each year. 



