754 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
Madras Government Mu¬ 
seum, . 1 
Home Secretary’s Office, 
Queensland, .... 1 
Hungarian Central Bureau 
for Ornithology, . . 1 
Geological Survey of Iowa, 1 
Commission des Travaux 
Geologiques, Portugal, . 1 
Bernice Pauahi Bishop 
Museum,. 1 
[Dec., 
Edward J. Nolan, . . 1 
Societe Hollandaise des 
Sciences (^special), . . 1 
Magyar Tudomanyos Aka- 
demia (special), . . 1 
Royal Society of Denmark 
(special), . . . . 1 
Geological Survey of Ala¬ 
bama, . 1 
Department of Marine 
and Fisheries, Canada, 1 
They were distributed to the several departments of the library, 
as follows: 
Journals, .... 
4,866 
Geography,. 
28 
Geology,. 
345 
Ichthyology, .... 
21 
Botany,. 
282 
Medicine,. 
16 
General Natural History, 
146 
Mammalogy, .... 
14 
Voyages and Travels, 
76 
Physical Science, . 
13 
Agriculture, . . . . 
67 
Bibliography, .... 
13 
Encyclopaedias, 
47 
Helminthology, 
12 
Entomology, . 
44 
Mineralogy, .... 
10 
Anatomy and Physiology, 
41 
Chemistry,. 
7 
Ornithology, . . . . 
39 
Herpetology, .... 
6 
Conchology, .... 
34 
Mathematics, .... 
1 
Anthropology, .... 
28 
Miscellaneous, .... 
28 
Fourteen hundred and seventy-two volumes have been bound, 
making a noticeable improvement in the library, especially in the 
department of periodicals. Only those who have been compelled 
to consult unbound sets of journals, the numbers unavoidably mixed 
and the indexes probably misplaced, can appreciate the comfort of 
working with volumes bound to date. Large appropriations for 
the work are still required, nearly three thousand volumes in the 
department of periodicals alone still requiring binding, but it is a 
cause of sincere congratulation that they will now be handled as 
rapidly as the necessary collation will permit. An important 
addition to the cases has been provided in the central entresol 
