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] 223 [Annual Keport. 



From the Gessellschaft von Freunden der Natur-wissen- 

 schaftlichen at Gera, we have received ten parts; from the 

 Gesellschaft fiir Natur und Heilkunde at Dresden, six parts ; 

 from the Naturhistorische Verein, at Passau, eight parts; 

 from the Museum of Economic Geology and Geological Sur- 

 vey of Great Britain, Vols. 1-3 of its Memoirs, together with 

 several valuable volumes of local Geology. 



We have opened correspondence with one new Society : 

 the Verein zur verbreitung naturwissenschaftliche Kennt- 

 nisse, in Wien. Seven volumes of its publications have been 

 received, and portions of our own have been sent in exchange. 



Many of the series, and often those most called for, are in- 

 complete, and much complaint is made because a desired part 

 or volume is wanting. The librarian would recommend that 

 at least the more valuable of these imperfect sets be filled 

 out, since the value of a library often depends more upon its 

 completeness than upon the number of the titles in its 

 catalogue. 



The librarian also represents that the alcoves in the gal- 

 lery assigned to the publications of Societies, are over- 

 crowded. He would therefore recommend that, as soon as 

 practicable, galleries be placed in the backroom and furnished 

 with a number of cases sufficient to receive the books belonging 

 to "A Republican Institution." The removal of these from 

 their present position would give ample space. 



There are several hundred parts of volumes and pam- 

 phlets which have been classified during the last year, but 

 not yet properly incorporated into the library. There is also 

 considerable work to be done in re-arranging the catalogue, 

 owing to the removal of books from one alcove to another, 

 a work on which the assistants have for some time been dili- 

 gently employed and which still remains to be done. The 

 librarian believes this can be entirely completed during the 

 comparative leisure of the summer months. 



The number of members who have taken books from the 



