126 PROCEEDINGS. 
Sety’ S sapere at a cost of £342 3s. 3d. 
“The following Societies and Institutes have been written to, 
soliciting such volumes and parts of their publications as are 
uired to complete the sets now in the Society’s library ; and 
request of the Council or promised to do so as far as ossible :— 
Baltimore, *Johns Hopkins University ; Brussels, *Société Royale 
Malacologique de Belgique; Caen, *Académie Nationale des 
Sciences, Arts, et Belles Lettres ; Calcutta, Geological Survey of 
India ; Cambridge, *Philosophical Society ; Dublin, Royal Dublin 
Society and Royal Irish Academy ; Edinburgh, Botanical Society, 
*Geological Society, and *Royal Physical Society ; Glasgow 
Geological Society ; — Conchological Society ; Libge, ¥ Société 
Géologique de Belgique ; Liverpool, *Literary and Philosophical 
Society ; London Physical oo South Kensington Museum, 
and *Royal Astronomical Society ; Madison, Superintendent of 
lo, 
*Government Botanist; Paris, *Société Zoologique de Fra 
Penzance, Royal Geographical Society of Cornwall ; Philadelphia, 
cademy of Natural Sciences and *Franklin Institute ; Plymouth, 
*Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History, 
Society ; Rome, R. Accademia dei Lincei ; Salem, Mass., American 
pee for the Advancement of Science and Essex Institution ; ; 
ashington, American Medical Association, Chief of Engineers 
(War Department), *Chief Signal Officer (War Department), 
Director of the Mint, *Hon. Secretary (Department of the ira 
*Smithsonian Institution, and *United States National Museum. 
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Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. ; the Botanic and Zoological Gardens, 
Singapore ; Kéniglich Offentliche Bibliothek, Dresden ; Verein 
fiir Erdkunde zu Dresden. And the e following Societies, already 
on the list, have commenced sending their publications, viz. :— 
Académie des Sciences, Tiwetplione et Belles Lettres de Toulouse, 
Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, Société d’Encouragement pour 
VIndustrie Nationale, Société de Géographie, Société Zoologique 
de France, ang rene ane Verein in Karlsruhe, Peabody 
cade emy of Science, Salem, 
“The Council reports oe pend the past year the mortgage 
upon the building has been reduced from £1,500 to £1,100; the 
rege subscribed to pe agrees Fund during the year was £100 
and the balance now standing to the credit of the fund in the 
Bork is £44 4s, 11d. The sum of £267 8s. has also been prom: 
on condition that the full amount of £1,000 be obtained neces- 
sary to secure the Parieneuary é ie of £500. 
