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ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE TREASURER.. 



Receipts, 1888-9. 



Membership Fees $239 19 



Sales of Entomologist 63 19 



Pins, cork, etc 108 05 



Advertisements 10 13 



Government grant , 1,000 00 



Interest 5 38 



Balance from last year 222 46 



$1,648 40 

 Expenditure, 1888-9. 



Printing 1651 27 



Report and meeting expenses 170 81 



Library 141 56 



Cabinet expenses 139 90 



Expense account (postage, express and stationery) .... 52 32 



Rent \ 80 00 



Insurance 35 00 



Grants to Editor, Secretary and Librarian 175 00 



Cork, pins, etc 80 81 



Balance 121 73 



$1,648 40 



REPORT OF LIBRARIAN AND ACTING CURATOR. 



I submit herewith my report as Librarian and acting Curator of the Ento- 

 mological Society for the year ending August 31, 1889. 



The number of volumes now on the catalogue is 1,052, of which 65 were 

 added during the year. 



The volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica have been completed, and the 

 Report of thejChallenger includes to date 20 volumes now in the library. 



In accordance with the suggestion of the Council a new book case has been 

 procured, and accommodation provided for some years to come. 



The room has been papered, and the book cases stained, and store cases 

 painted. 



The books are in good order. 



The cabinets of Coleoptera have been rearranged and the drawers repapered 

 and much good work dune by Mr. J. A. Moffat. 



The Canadian Entomologist has been regularly issued and mailed. 



Respectfully submitted. 



E. BAYNES REED, 



Librarian. 



