Xii PKOCEEDIXGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Ma}' I907,. 



and other data brought before them by Dr. Bather, the Sub- 

 Committee recommended that the use of calf be discontinued, and 

 that it be replaced in part by pigskin, mountain sheepskin, and other 

 leathers, and in part by better classes of cloth than those hitherto 

 used, the binders being required to pledge themselves to strict 

 compliance with the regulations in the matter of binding prescribed 

 by the Society of Arts. The necessary specifications were drawn 

 up by Dr. Bather, and a great improvement is now discernible in 

 the bindings in the Library, — the total expenditure involved re- 

 maining apparently much the same as before the adoption of more 

 durable forms of binding. The Committee are of opinion that the 

 Society is deeply indebted to Dr. Bather for his strenuous exertions 

 in this matter. 



The Expenditure incurred in connexion with the Library during 

 the year 1906 was as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



Books, Periodicals, etc. purchased 63 11 



Binding of Books and Mounting of Maps. . . . 146 18 5 



=£210 9 5 



The Card-Catalogue of the Library, begun in 1901, has now, 

 thanks to the unremitting labour devoted to it by Mr. C. D. Sherborn, 

 been brought into a sufficiently-forward state to be of general use 

 to the Fellows. It comprises the whole of the 1881 Catalogue, 

 the 'separata' listed annually since that date, and all the entries 

 in ' Geological Literature ' from 1894 to the end of 1905. As 

 soon as the editing of the existing material is complete (a task 

 which will reduce some 140,000 cards to about 80,000, and so 

 allow room for the annual accessions for some years to come), an 

 attempt will be made to extract the geological material from the 

 Periodical and Academical literature of the past. The Catalogue 

 is, therefore, practically complete from 1894, it contains a large 

 number of Entries relating to earlier years, and will gradually 

 become more and more complete. 



Museum. 



For the purpose of study and comparison, the Society's Collections 

 were visited on 27 occasions during the year, the contents of about 

 84 drawers being thus examined. The permission of the Council 

 having been duly obtained, about 43 specimeus were lent during 

 1906 to various investigators. 



ISTo expenditure has been incurred in connexion with the Museum 

 during the past year. 



