574 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[Dec., 
in Washington this month and to which the Honorable Charles D. 
Walcott and Miss H. Newell Wardle were last year appointed 
delegates. 
Letters thanking the Academy for courtesies extended during the 
Convocation Week meetings of 1915 were received from the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science, the Geological Society 
of America, and the American Fern Society. 
Correspondence with individuals and institutions requesting 
information on a variety of subjects was conducted as usual. 
Statistics of the correspondence transacted is shown in the follow¬ 
ing table: 
Communications received: 
Acknowledging receipt of the Academy’s publications. 160 
Transmitting publications to the Academy. 57 
Requesting exchanges or the supply of deficiencies 1 
Invitations to learned gatherings, celebrations, etc . 9 
Notices of deaths of scientific men. 10 
Circulars concerning the administration of scientific and educational 
institutions, etc. 29 
Photographs and biographies of correspondents.. . 4 
Letters from correspondents.,. . 13 
Miscellaneous letters. 100 
Total received. 383 
Communications forwarded: 
Acknowledging gifts to the library . 1,155 
Requesting the supply of deficiencies. 124 
Acknowledging gifts to the museum. 134 
Acknowledging photographs and biographies. 5 
Letters of sympathy or congratulation, addresses, etc.. 7 
Diplomas and notices of election of correspondents and delegates’ creden¬ 
tials 17 
Miscellaneous letters 180 
Annual reports and circulars sent to correspondents. 204 
Total forwarded. . . 1,826 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. Percy Moore, Corresponding Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 
During the past year 564 volumes, 5,858 pamphlets and periodicals, 
135 maps, 3 sheets, and 1 photograph, a total of 6,561, have been 
added to the Library. 
These additions have been derived from the following sources: 
