X. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Karlsruhe deal mainly with Engineering and Applied 

 Science subjects. 



These have been arranged eacli year as a separate volume 

 divided into subjects, and placed alphabetically according 

 to authors. At the Sydney University there is a series of 

 catalogues published yearly setting forth the subjects and 

 authors of dissertations in each German University, so that 

 when the Royal Society's set of Marburg dissertations is 

 bound, it will be possible in a few moments to locate any 

 thesis a member may desire to consult. 



The Common wealth Government having during the year 

 removed restrictions on the receipt of scientific books from 

 enemy countries, invitations to resume exchange were sent 

 from the Society to 72 German and Austrian scientific 

 institutions on the exchange list before the war. Up to 

 date answers have been received from twenty societies, 

 eighteen have accepted the invitation, while two have not 

 resumed publication owing to high cost of material. 



During the year 335 volumes of periodicals were bound 

 at a cost of £100. There still remains a vast amount of 

 unbound journals to be dealt with. 



Congestion has become more acute in the library during 

 the past year, but it is hoped that in the near future alter- 

 ations will be made enabling the shelving of the books to 

 be extended with advantage and comfort to those consult- 

 ing them. 



The donations to the library have been as follows: — 1508 

 parts, 100 volumes, 54 reports and 1 calendar. 



Owing to the greatly restricted library space the pur- 

 chase of the following periodicals has been discontinued: — 

 Annales de Chemie et de Physique, Electrical Review r 

 Engineer, Engineering, Engineering and Mining Journal, 

 Engineering News Record, Journal of Institute of Elec- 



