SOB 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[Dec., 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 
The growth of the Library during the past year is represented by 
6,737 additions. This is an increase of 651 over the accessions of last 
year, and is believed to be more than the receipts of any other year 
except when entire private libraries have been added by gift or bequest. 
Of these additions 5,512 were pamphlets and parts of periodicals, 1,017 
were volumes and 208 were maps and sheets. 
They were derived from the following sources : 
Societies 2,490 
I. V. Williamson Fund 1,285 
General Appropriation 874 
Editors 82S 
United States Department of the 
Interior 279 
Authors 277 
Meigs Fund 130 
Wilson Fund 97 
United States Department of 
Agriculture 89 
University of Chicago 74 
East Indian Government 36 
Geological Survey of Sweden 22 
George de Schweinitz, M.D 19 
Department of Agriculture, Cape 
of Good Hope l7 
Comit6 G6ologique Russe 17 
State of Pennsylvania 16 
Library of Congress 15 
United States Department of 
State 13 
Department of Mines, Victoria.... 13 
Minister of Public Works, France 12 
Henry C. Chapman, M.D 12 
Mexican Government S 
Conchological Section of the 
Academy 7 
Geological Survey of India 6 
Samuel G. Dixon, M.D o 
Wisconsin Geological Survey 5 
Geological Survey of New Jersey.. 5 
Maryland Geological Survey 5 
Philip P. Calvert, Pli.D 5 
United States War Department.. 4 
Bureau of American Ethnology... 4 
Trustees of the British Museum.... 4 
Geological Survey of Canada 4 
Geological Survey of Georgia 4 
Monsieur le Due de Loubat 4 
Philippine Exposition Board 4 
Department of Mines, New South 
Wales 3 
Joseph MacFarland, M.D 3 
Department of Mines, Nova Sco- 
tia 3 
Comission Internacional de Lim- 
ites entre Mexico y los Estados 
Unidos 3 
United States Commission of 
Fish and Fisheries ;.. 2 
United States Coast and Geodetic 
Survey 2 
Department of Marine and Fish- 
eries, Canada 2 
William J. Fox 2 
Ministry of Works, Peru 2 
Commission des Travaux Gco- 
logique, Portugal 2 
Queensland Government 2 
Imperial Geological Survey, 
Japan 2 
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.. 2 
Messrs. Schaeffer & Koradi 1 
William E. Meehan 1 
John Crcrar Library 1 
William L. Abbott, M.D 1 
Massachusetts Commissioners of 
Inland Fisheries 1 
Library Association of Australia.. 1 
Rev. II. C. McCook, D.D 1 
Geological Survey of Alabama 1 
