422 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 
a member ex- officio, to consider means of increasing our 
list of exchanges, other means of enlarging and improving 
the library, and how it shall be made most accessible to 
members. The constitution provides that such a committee 
be appointed annually. I recommend that this committee 
be given authority to purchase — subject to the approval of 
the council — from the funds of the Academy odd volumes, 
when necessary to complete our series. 
As custodian of the collection of specimens of the Acad¬ 
emy, I have little to report. The value of the collection 
consists mainly in the type fossils of the late Wisconsin 
Geological Survey, whose space on the shelves is needed for 
the library. I recommend that these fossils be deposited 
in the collections of the University of Wisconsin where 
they can be stored by themselves, labelled as the property of 
the Wisconsin Academy, and be accessible for study. This 
would be done subject to the approval of the university 
authorities. * 
Respectfully submitted, 
Wm. H. Hobbs, 
Librarian and Custodian. 
* The recommendations in this report were favorably acted on by the 
Academy. (See proceedings, p. 412.) The work of the library committee 
is hardly more than begun, and a full report will be given at the next an¬ 
nual meeting. The action of the Academy on the second recommendation 
(concerning collection of fossils), has been presented to the faculty of the 
University of Wisconsin, and on their recommendation permission was 
given by the Board of Regents to transfer the collection to the university. 
The transfer has been made accordingly.— Secretary, April, 1892. 
