ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. Xlll. 



the administration of the catalogue is carried out by the Inter- 

 national Council, the members of which are appointed by the 

 Regional Bureaus. 



The total expenditure from July 1st, 1900 to February 29th 

 1904, has been £10,153, and the total amount received from sub- 

 scribing bodies was £6,755 ; eventually the publication will pay 

 its way, but it may be some time before the debt to the Royal 

 Society will be extinguished. The financial support given by the 

 different countries is shown in the following list. New Zealand 

 has now become a contracting body: — Austria .£165, Canada £119, 

 Cape Colony £109, Denmark £102, Egypt £17, Finland £45, 

 France £754, Germany £901, Greece £34, Holland £133, Hun- 

 gary £68, India and Ceylon £471, Italy £459, Japan £255, Mexico 

 £85, New South Wales £34, New Zealand £17, Norway £85, 

 Nova Scotia £17, Orange River Colony £17, Poland £17, Portugal 

 £17, Queensland £34, Russia £512, South Australia £34, Sweden 

 £85, Switzerland £119, United Kingdom £765, United States 

 £1,251, Victoria £17, Western Australia £17— Total £6,755. 



It has been suggested that special efforts should be made by 

 the Regional Bureaus to bring the catalogue under the notice of 

 scientific workers, and to secure an increase in the number of 

 subscribers The whole of the first and second issues of the 

 International Catalogue of Scientific Literature have been pub- 

 lished with the exception of the volumes on botany and zoology; 

 the third annual issue is in preparation and several of them are 

 already in the press. The number of entries in the author-cata- 

 logue of the first annual issue was 43,447, and the total number 

 of entries in that issue was 149,768. The numbers of books and 

 papers indexed in the volumes of the second annual issue are as 

 follows : — A. Mathematics 1,843; B. Mechanics 841 ; 0. Physics 

 2,433 ; D. Chemistry 5,632 ; E. Astronomy 1,223 ; F. Meteoro- 

 logy 1,988; G. Mineralogy 1,307; H. Geology 1,702; J. Geography 

 2,022 : K. Palaeontology 638 ; L. General Biology, 689; M. 

 Botany 6,339; N. Zoology 7,131 ; O. Anatomy 1,424; P. Anthro- 

 pology 1,861; Q. Physiology 9,671; R. Bacteriology 3,132. The 



