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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
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present scope which, it will be remembered, provides for author en¬ 
tries only in the special departments, with a few exceptions such as 
official geological reports and scientific explorations which are also 
catalogued under the names of the regions described. It is of the* 
utmost importance that the preparation of a subject catalogue be un¬ 
dertaken as soon as possible, for while most of our readers know 
their authors, a properly classified index to the broader subdivisions 
of specinl departments of the library would result not only in a sav¬ 
ing of time but in a more thorough and reliable acquaintance with 
the work already done. To complete such a catalogue within any 
reasonable limit of time, the employment of skilled assistance will be 
absolutely necessary, and, it is to be regretted, the Academy at pre¬ 
sent is unable to incur this expense. An effort will be made, how¬ 
ever, with such clerical aid as the librarian may be able to secure, to- 
go on as far as possible with the work in the time at his disposal 
during the year. Progress will necessarily be very slow, in conse¬ 
quence of many unavoidable interruptions. 
Since the last report 321 volumes have been bound, including 68- 
volumes of pamphlets, and 45 volumes are now in the hands of the 
binders. 
A careful enumeration of the library was made at the beginning 
of November. There are, bound and unbound, 30831 volumes at 
present on the shelfs, including 615 bound volumes of pamphlets, 
The latter embrace 8621 separate titles. To these may be added 
1445 volumes in the library of the Entomological Section. Manjr 
of these are, however, duplicates of those in the main library. The 
latter are divided as follows:— 
Volumes Pamphlets 
Volumes Pamphlet 
Journals :— 
Germany 3430 
France 2515 
Great Britian & Ireland 2433 
N. America 1612 
Scandinavia & Russia 1302 
Austria 900 
Italy 625 
Switzerland 459 
Belgium 378 
Asia 328 
Spain and Portugal 166 
Africa and Australia 143 
South America 100 
General Natural History 
Geology 
Botany 
Voyages and Travels 
Entomology 
Anatomy and Physiology 
| Conchology 
980 
! Ornithology 
737 
Bibliography 
584 
Mineralogy 
489 
Physical Science 
454 
Anthropology 
376 
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries 
369 
Helminthology 
268 
Public Documents 
264 
Ichthyology 
262 
Agriculture 
252 
Mammalogy 
246 
Medicine 
236 
1439* 
Chemistry * 
226 
2350 
564 
Geography 
203 
2205 
1997 
Antiquities and Fine Arts 
161 
1867 
768 
Herpetology 
161 
1532 
67 
Microscopy 
48 
1114 
832 
| Miscellaneous 
36 
1020 
781 
1 
30831 
All of which is respectfully submitted, 
455 
319 - 
345 
49 £ 
i8o. 
263 
18+. 
184 
64S 
227 
i45 
862 a 
Edward J. Nolan, 
Librarian. 
