NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
437 
1888 .] 
“Geological Survey of New Zealand, 7 
•Geological Survey of Roumania, 6 
Geological Survey of Pennsyl¬ 
vania, . 6 
Her Britannic Majesty’s Govern¬ 
ment, . 6 
“Smithsonian Institution, ... 5 
British Museum,. 5 
War Department,. 5 
University of Aberdeen, ... 4 
Geological Survey of Portugal, . 4 
Henry C. Gibson,. 1 
I Department of Mines, Nova Scotia, 1 
Dr. Benjamin Sharp, .... 1 
California State Mining Bureau, 1 
Prince Albert of Monaco, ... 1 
United States Coast Survey, . . 1 
M. Marlet,. 1 
Boston City Hospital, .... I 
Dr. Charles Schaffer, .... 1 
| East Indian Government, ... 1 
| Dr. J. W. Eckfeldt,. 1 
They were assigned to the several departments of the library as 
follows:— 
Journals,. 3034 
Geology,.267 
Botany,.135 
General Natural History, . . . 107 
Conchology,.43 
Mineralogy,.42 
Entomology.41 
Medicine, ..35 
Anatomy and Pysiologv, ... 34 
Physical Science,.32 
Voyages and Travels, .... 30 
Public Documents,.28 
Chemistry,.22 
The appended list of additions 
nature of the years increase. 
Ornithology,.22 
Anthropology,.21 
Encyclopedias,. 9 
Ichthyology,. 8 
Bibliography,. 8 
Languages,. 7 
Helminthology,. 6 
Geography,. 5 
Mammalogy,. 4 
Herpetology,. 3 
Agriculture, '. 2 
Unclassified,.12 
will indicate more specifically the 
We have procured from the publishers in Germany the parts 
lacking in the set of De Marti us, Flora Brasiliensis, received last year 
from the Brasilian Government, and the work is now complete as 
far as issued. 
The revision of the catalogue of Journals, commenced last year, has 
been completed with the exception of the Scandinavian and Russian 
publications. It is hoped that the entire work may be finished be¬ 
fore the end of the year. 
With the assistance of Signor Fronani, whose services I have been 
again enabled to secure, two hundred and thirty-four letters asking 
for supply of deficiencies, were sent in September to foreign societies. 
Seventy-four answers have already been received and the increase of 
accessions over those recorded last year is mainly, if not altogether, 
<lue to the liberality of our correspondents in supplying us with the 
volumes and parts asked for. 
The card catalogue, exclusive of periodicals, was completed early 
in the year and the geographical entries of journals have also been 
finished. Cross references and title entries of the latter are now in 
course of preparation. This will complete the catalogue within its 
