10 A. LIVEKSIDGE. 



of considering a proposal to publish an International Catalogue of 

 Scientific Literature ; since the above date, the arrangements for 

 the preparation and publication of the catalogue have been prac- 

 tically completed, for almost all parts of the world except, I think, 

 for some of the Australian Colonies, the blame for this certainly 

 cannot be attached to the London Central Bureau, which has had 

 charge of the matter, for I understand that they have been in 

 constant communication with the various Australian Govern- 

 ments • that' the Government of this State is well disposed 

 towards the work is shown by its having subscribed for six copies 

 of the Catalogue, which I understand are to be distributed to 

 Government Institutions ; (the Council has also ordered a full set 

 of the Catalogue for our library), but up to the present, nothing 

 seems to have been done to collect and forward material for the 

 Catalogue from New South Wales and some of the other Aus" 

 tralian States ; the matter is of great importance and urgency 

 as it is now May and the first set of volumes are to be issued 

 during the year, hence this Society should at once undertake to 

 do what it can in this direction. 



It has been decided that the following branches of science shall 

 be included within the scope of the Catalogue, each branch will 

 be indicated by a letter of the alphabet, to be termed Registration 

 Letters, as follows : 



A. Mathematics. 



B. Mechanics. 



C. Physics. 



D. Chemistry. 



E. Astronomy. 



F. Meteorology (including Terrestrial Magnetism.) 



G. Mineralogy (including Petrology and Crystallography.) 

 H. Geology. 



J. Geography (Mathematical and Physical.) 

 K. Palaeontology. 

 L. General Biology. 

 M. Botany. 



