348 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[Dec., 
Communications forwarded: 
Acknowledging gifts to the Library. 6S0 
Requesting the supply of deficiencies. 155 
Acknowledging gifts to the Museum. 76 
Acknowledging photographs and biographies. 3 
Letters of sympathy or congratulation, addresses, etc. 5 
Diplomas and notices of election of correspondents and delegates’ creden¬ 
tials .•. 8 
Miscellaneous letters. 121 
Annual reports and circulars sent to correspondents. 14 
Total forwarded. 1,062 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. Percy Moore, Corresponding Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARLAN. 
The efficient services reported last year as having been rendered 
during the concluding months of 1917 by the Assistant Librarian, 
William J. Fox, have been continued and the growth of the library 
represented by the following report is the result : 
The total additions amount to 4,503, consisting of 4,061 pamphlets 
and parts of periodicals, 293 volumes, 148 maps and one framed 
portrait. 
They were received from the following sources: 
Exchanges. 2,024 
Isaiah V. Williamson Fund. ... 1,209 
United States Department of 
Agriculture. OSS 
General Appropriation for the 
Purchase of Books. 88 
Authors. 62 
Pennsylvania State Library.... 56 
United States Department of 
the Interior. 54 
Editors. 40 
American Entomological Society 30 
Imperial Department of Agri¬ 
culture of the British West 
Indies. 22 
Trustees of the British Museum 16 
New York Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station. 15 
Samuel G. Gordon. 12 
Secretaria de Agricultura y 
Fomento, Mexico. 11 
California State Commission of 
Horticulture. 9 
Cuerpo de Ingenieros de Minas 
del Peru. 9 
Water Supply Commission of 
Pennsylvania. 9 
Utail Agricultural College Ex¬ 
periment Station. 8 
James Aitken Meigs Fund. 8 
United States Department of 
Commerce and Labor. 8 
Vermont Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station. 8 
New York State Board of 
Charities. 8 
Carleton College. 7 
Thomas B. Wilson Fund. 6 
Mrs. Samuel G. Dixon. 6 
South Dakota School of Mines 6 
Edward J. Nolan. 6 
Publication Committee of the 
Academy. 5 
Commission of Conservation, 
Canada. 5 
Dr. Henry Skinner. 5 
Queensland Department of 
Mines. 4 
Indiana University. 4 
United States War Department 3 
Government of India. 3 
Witmer Stone. 3 
Department of Conservation and 
Development, New Jersey... 3 
California Fish and Game Com¬ 
mission . 3 
Departmentof Fisheries, Bengal, 
Bihar and Orissa. 2 
