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as the mammals. Archaeology of the east, west and south, 
Botany, Geology and Paleontology are all arranged in numbered 
sections. This makes it easy to get at works on these subjects. 
On another series of shelves, are to be found bound books 
of miscellaneous character, and the books and pamphlets in 
foreign languages are stored on the top shelves. 
The Library contains about 12,500 books and pamphlets. 
A number of important publications have been added to our 
exchange list during the year. Dr. W. F. Ganong has kindly 
continued to send “Science” as he has done for many years. 
The thanks of the Library Committee are due, not only Dr. 
Ganong, but many others who have given books to the library. 
Press. 
The Society is much indebted to the daily press for notices 
of meetings, reports of the various gatherings of the Society, 
and for the publicity given to its numerous activities during- 
the past year. 
Publications. 
The Society published its Annual Bulletin last year, giving 
currency to several articles bearing on the Botany and Natural 
History of the Province. 
Two of the articles published were from the pen of Prof. 
L. W. Bailey and were on the minute plants known as Diatoms, 
of which he has made a close study owing to their value as 
sources of food to the fishes of these northern waters. Dr. 
Bailey has also made a study of the fossil remains of these plants 
as sources of polishing powder, etc. 
Professor W. F. Ganong has contributed to this Bulletin 
a number of notes on the “Natural History and Physiography 
of New Brunswick,” treating of the Bartholomew River, the 
Renous Lakes, “the Saxby Gale,” and the “Duration of Open 
Water on the River St. John.” 
Several brief papers on the Natural History of Rockwood 
Park follow. They treat of the Geology, Botany, Mammals, 
etc., of the Park and are synopses of lectures on that locality 
