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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[Dec., 
Commission Geologique de Fin- 
lande 
United States Census Office 
C. F. Taylor 
Arthur E. Brown 
Hungarian Central Office for 
v Ornithology 
1 Martin I. J. Griffin 
1 Dr. Thomas Biddle 
1 Iowa Geological Survey. 
1 Danish Government 
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> They have been distributed to the several departments of the 
Library as follows : 
Journals 4,758 
Agriculture 842 
Geology 269 
Geography 251 
Botany 234 
General Natural History 176 
Voyages and Travels 99 
Entomology 64 
Anthropology 63 
Physical Science 46 
Anatomy and Physiology 40 
Conchology 35 
Bibliography 32 
Encyclopedias 25 
Ornithology 24 
Ichthyology 21 
Mammalogy 19 
Mineralogy 18 
Chemistry 17 
Helminthology 13 
Medicine 10 
Mathematics 5 
Herpetology 2 
Miscellaneous 21 
Sixteen hundred and ninety-seven volumes have been bound, and an 
additional 204 are now in the hands of the binders. This work places 
the library in a better condition than it has ever been before, although 
there still remain a large number of unbound volumes in the Section 
of Transactions and Periodicals. It is hoped that most of these will 
receive attention during the coming year. In connection with the 
binding constant effort is made, in many cases with gratifying success, 
to complete imperfect volumes and sets. 
A shelf-list of the Transactions and Periodicals, the necessity of 
which was referred to in my last report and which, when finished, will 
complete this form of record of the contents of the library, has pro- 
gressed as rapidly as the very limited clerical assistance available will 
permit. No losses have been ascertained during the past year. 
The necessity for more room in some of the departments is pressing. 
As a temporary relief shelves have been placed on some of the cases, 
but this arrangement is very undesirable, as the books can only be 
reached with the aid of a ladder. It is hoped that some means of pro- 
viding for growth, which will avoid the inconvenience of high shelves 
without an undue disturbance of the present arrangement of the books, 
may be adopted by the Library Committee. 
It is scarcely necessary to say that the card catalogue is kept up to 
date, the smallest pamphlets, even when they are excerpts from journals 
already in the possession of the Academy, being promptly recorded. 
