1879.] ! 259 [Annual Meeting. 
for binding, with which a beginning has been made in this 
sorely needed work. ‘The income of the Wolcott Fund has 
been much reduced, and the additions by purchase have been 
very small. Of these the most valuable have been Parts 36- 
59 of Dresser’s Birds of Europe. The total year’s additions 
number 1,692, which exceeds the figures for seven years of 
the decade. In 1870 the library included 9,396 vols. and 
2,677 pamphlets, maps, etc. At present there are about 
16,000 vols. and 4,500 pamphlets, ete. 
We are indebted this year to the Museo Civico di Genoa 
for a valuable and complete series of its publications. Also 
to Prof. Joachim Barrande of Prague, for a set of his exten- 
sive works, and to Prof. J. O. Westwood of Oxford, for a 
number of his papers. 
The classification of the additions is :—_ 
8°, 4°, Fol. Total. 
Volumes j - 215 ; . 85 2 . 252 
Parts : B SOK, ‘ - 194 4 . 1005 
Pamphlets. - 191 : Beal . apes : 214 
Maps and Charts. : : é : ° aii : - 221 
1692 
The usefulness of the Library as shown by the number of 
books borrowed from it, has never been so great, — 1,169 
books having been taken out by 123 persons. The Library 
rooms would be improved by the addition of new chairs and 
tables for the use of those frequenting them. 
PUBLICATIONS. 
The sum spent on our publications has been less than for 
many years,— still the amount of matter published has been 
exceeded only in four years of the decade. The third vol- 
} ume of “Memoirs” has been begun by the publication of two 
~ numbers: — 
On Distomum crassicolle: with brief notes on Huxley’s proposed 
Classification of Worms. By Charles Sedgwick Minot. pp. 30. 
One Plate. 
