Xli PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1 89 5, 



The total amount expended upon the Library in the twelvemonth 

 under review is as follows : — ■ 



£ s. d. 

 Books, Periodicals, etc., purchased ........ 186 17 4 



Binding of Books and Mounting of Maps. . . . 135 9 3 



Part cost of preparing Map Catalogue 8 11 



Total £330 17 7 



Your Committee call attention to the exceptional sum expended 

 during the year upon binding of books and mounting of maps and 

 the completion of sets of serials, and point out that a similar ex- 

 penditure will not be required during the coming year. 



The Society's collection of the portraits of eminent workers in the 

 science of Palaeontology has been enriched by the donation of an 

 engraving of the late Sir Richard Owen (presented by Mr. E. Swain), 

 and a photographic portrait of the late J. W. Davis (presented by 

 the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society). 



Museum. 



"No additions have been made to the collections during the past 

 year. 



Mr. C. Davies Sherborn has actively continued the work of 

 labelling and registering the type- and other important specimens, 

 and has completed it so far as the British Collection is concerned. 

 During 1891 he examined the contents of 421 drawers, 142 of 

 which form the Sharp Collection : from these and larger specimens 

 in the Museum he registered altogether 3000 numbers. This useful 

 work, in the opinion of your Committee, should be continued on the 

 Foreign Collection so soon as the available funds of the Society will 

 allow of a grant being made for that purpose. 



The expenditure in the Museum during 1894 was as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



Special work (registration, etc.) 42 18 



Sundries 2 11 6 



Total £45 9 6 



