Yol. 50.] ANNUAL EEPOET. 1 3 



Among the sets which have heen completed hy donation from 

 the respective Institutions are the Transactions of the American 

 Institute of Mining Engineers, the Bulletin of the Essex Institute 

 and Memoirs of the Peabody Academy, and the Proceedings of the 

 Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. Among the 

 sets which have been completed, or nearly completed, by purchase 

 are the Reports of the Arkansas and Illinois Geological Surveys, 

 and the Transactions of the Californian Academy of Science. More- 

 over, your Committee recommended the purchase of a fine copy of 

 Sowerby's ' Mineral Conchology,' in seven volumes (as originally 

 issued). 



The total amount expended on the Society's Library during 1893 

 is as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



Books, Periodicals, etc., purchased .... 108 18 2 



Cost of Binding 15 1 7 



Cards for Map Catalogue 1 



Total £224 19 9 



A new Manuscript Card Catalogue of the Geological Maps and 

 Sections in the Library has been commenced, and will probably be 

 completed early in the present year. 



The Society's collection of the portraits of eminent geologists has 

 been enriched by the donation from Professor Prestwich of a large 

 framed photograph of himself. 



Museum. 



No additions have been made to the collections during the past 

 year. The work of labelling in a distinctive manner and regis- 

 tering the type- and other important specimens has been continued 

 by Mr. C. Davies Sherborn. During 1893 he went through 138 

 drawers of specimens. 



The expenditure on the Museum amounted to £1Q 9s. 3d., com- 

 prising the following items : — 



£ s. d. 



Special work at the Museum 15 



Sundries 1 9 3 



.£16 9 3 



