2 PROCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Repoet of the Libeaey and Museum Committee pok the 



YEAR 1890. 



The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that since the 

 last Anniversary Meeting a number of valuable additions have 

 been made to the Library, both by donation and by purchase. 



As Donations the Library has received about 107 Volumes of 

 separately published works and Survey lieports, and 209 Pamphlets, 

 besides about 141 Volumes and 58 detached Parts of the publications 

 of various Societies. Moreover, 18 Volumes of Newspapers have 

 been received. This constitutes a total addition to the Society's 

 Library, by donation, of about 277 Volumes and 209 Pamphlets. 



The Library has further received by presentation 51 Maps and 

 Plans. 



The Books, Maps, &c. referred to above were presented by 133 

 personal Donors, the Editors or Publishers of 7 Periodicals, and 

 135 Societies, Surveys, and other Public Bodies, making in all 275 

 Donors. 



By purchase, on the recommendation of the Standing Library 

 Committee, the Library has received the addition of 22 Volumes of 

 separately published works, 15 parts of works published as serials, 

 and of 61 Volumes and 66 Parts of various periodicals. 



Among the last named are included 36 Volumes of " Petermann's 

 Mittheilungen " and 20 Volumes of the " Erganzungshefte " to the 

 same publication. 



Of the " Carte geologique detaillee de la Prance," 3 sheets have 

 been obtained by purchase ; there was also purchased P. jS^oe's 

 '■' Geologische Uebersichtskarte der Alpen." 



The cost of Books, Periodicals, and Maps purchased during the 

 year 1890 was £123 Is. 6d., and that of Binding £69 15s. Id, 

 amounting in all to £192 16s. 7cl. 



Museum, 



No additions have been made to the collections in the Museum 

 during the past year. 



The small sum of £3 Os. 7d. was expended on " glass and labour " 

 in this department, and the glazing of the Inner Museum has now 

 been brought to completion. 



