xiv PROCEEDINGS 0> I HE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May I9OO, 



Personal Donors ; 95 Government Departments and other Public 

 Bodies ; and 157 Societies and Editors of Periodicals. 



The Purchases made on the recommendation of the standing 

 Library Committee comprised 68 Volumes and 24 Parts of separately 

 published Works ; 42 Volumes and 14 Parts of works published 

 serially ; and 21 Sheets of Maps. 



The total Expenditure incurred in connexion with the Library 

 during the past twelve months was as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



Books, Periodicals, etc. purchased 67 1 6 



Binding of Books and Mounting of Maps. . . . 180 17 8 



.£247 19 2 



The Society's Collection of Portraits of eminent Geologists has 

 been enriched by the Donation by Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., of an 

 Autotype copy of a Portrait of himself; and a Portrait-group 

 of Eellows of the Geological Society of America, presented by 

 Mr. John Eyermau. 



Museum. 



No addition has been made to the collections during the past 

 year. Mr. C. Davies Sherborn was able, early in the year, to 

 announce that he had completed the work of labelling and register- 

 ing the type- and other important specimens in the Foreign Collection ; 

 and the total Expenditure incurred in connexion with the Museum 

 during 1899 was as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



Special work (registration, etc.) 11 8 



Sundries 1 4 



£12 12 



The question of the custody and utilization of the type- and other 

 important specimens having been referred to your Committee, they 

 reported on June 21st, 1899, 'That everyone,' whether a Fellow or 

 1 otherwise, examining any portion of the collections, be required 

 ' to sign a register stating the numbers of the drawers examined 

 1 and the purpose of the examination.' 



The foregoing resolution, having been adopted by the Council, is 

 now strictly enforced. 



