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CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 



Classes. 



A similar value attaches to the use of the collections by classes 

 from schools. The figures for attendance are as follows: — 



Classes from city schools with teachers, 44 



Classes from out of city schools with teachers, 19 



Total number of classes, 63 



Pupils in city classes, 867 



Pupils in out of city classes, 363 



Total number of pupils, 1,230 



A large number of classes with teachers have come from Chicopee 

 and Chicopee Falls. More than ever pupils from the schools come as 

 individuals to look over the collections, to identify specimens, and to 

 sketch birds and flowers. 



Scientific Societies. 



The activities of the Zoological Club and the Botanical Society are 

 shown in the schedules of meetings and outlines of topics as given 

 in the supplement to this report. 



Attendance. 



Largest number of visitors on any one day, March 25th, 345 

 Smallest number of visitors on any one day, Feb. 4th, . . 5 

 Estimated total yearly attendance, 34,844 



Publications. 



Bulletin No. 1, on the "Early Stages of Carabidae," has found a 

 wide circulation among museums and other institutions of learning, 

 and has brought to the Association in exchange valuable monographs 

 and reports from all parts of the world. It is to be hoped that more 

 work of this kind may be undertaken by the museum. 



School Collections. 



Out of the Samuel Colton Booth minerals, under the direction of 

 Miss Mary A. Booth, a series of twenty-three sets of 16 minerals 

 each has been made up for the use of schools. The entire Booth 

 collection has been rearranged and is now available for study. 



WILLIAM ORR, 



Curator. 



