Xli PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May T909, 



Earth ' ; Part II of the third edition of Prof. Kayser's ' Lehrbuch 

 der Geologie'; Dr. J. W. Spencer's work on 'The Falls of Niagara', - 

 Dr. P. N. Peach's monograph on the Higher Crustacea of the 

 Carboniferous Pocks of Scotland : the Geological Survey Memoirs 

 on the neighbourhood of Plymouth & Liskeard, Mevagissey, 

 Oxford, Henley-on-Thames, Andover, the Quantock Hills, and the 

 Small Isles of Inverness-shire ; the Paleontology of fifteen counties 

 (from the Victoria History of the Counties of England), by Mr. P. 

 Lydekker. Moreover, thirteen memoirs were presented by the 

 Norwegian Geological Survey, and numerous publications were 

 received from the Geological Survey Departments of Austria, 

 Pelgium, Prance, Hungary, Italy, Prussia. Rumania, Russia, 

 Switzerland, as also from India, Mysore, Canada, the various 

 States of the Australian Commonwealth, New Zealand, the United 

 States, Georgia, Maryland, Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, 

 Western Virginia, and Sao Paulo. Among these may be men- 

 tioned Prof. T. W. E. David's memoir on the Geology of the Hunter 

 Eiver Coal-Measures (New South Wales) ; and the late T. Parron's 

 memoir on the Topography & Geology of the Peninsula of Sinai. 



The Books and Maps enumerated above were the gift of 140 

 Government Departments and other Public Bodies : of 179 Societies 

 and Editors of Periodicals ; and of 204 Personal Donors. 



The Purchases, made on the recommendation of the standing 

 Library Committee, included 48 Volumes and 3 Detached Parts of 

 separately-published Works ; 33 Volumes and 2 Parts of Works 

 published serially ; and 7 Sheets of Geological Maps. 



The Expenditure incurred in connexion with the Library during 

 the Year 1908 was as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



Books, Periodicals, etc. purchased 77 19 7 



Binding of Books and Mounting of Maps .... 140 10 3 



£218 9 10 



With regard to the Card-Catalogue of the Library, Mr. C. D. 

 Sherborn reports as follows : — 



' The editing of the Card-Catalogue has now reached the letter T. Progress- 

 was interrupted in the autumn for two months by the preparation, checking. 

 and sorting-in of the 19,0UU cards furnished by the Annual List of Geological 

 Literature received by the Society during 1907-' 



Museum. 



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

 were visited on 18 occasions during the year, the contents of 

 155 drawers being thus examined. The permission of the Council 

 having been duly obtained, about 70 specimens were lent during 

 1908 to various investigators. 



No expenditure has been incurred in connexion with the Museum 

 during the past year. 



