Report of the Exchange Committee. 
1023 
The response to these letters was unexpectedly liberal. 
Through them, the Academy has added to its library: 
Complete volumes . ... 1,102 
Parts of volumes. ........ 518 
Maps • .. .. h;.. .. 5 
Through these acquisitions, it has been possible to complete: 
Sets of publications ... 37 
Volumes, hitherto incomplete . 81 
And this does not express the whole result, for there are yet 
thirty societies that have sent notice of volumes forwarded, 
where the volumes have not as yet arrived (due to method of 
shipment through international exchange service). The re¬ 
sults from these must therefore be held for a future report. 
ISTot half of the work possible along this line has been done 
as yet. Even with adequate help and facilities, many ques¬ 
tions continuously arise that need long searching in bibliograph¬ 
ic fields for their solution. We have made it a rule, but sel¬ 
dom broken, never to communicate with a society until we have 
ascertained fully the extent of its publications. If the Acad¬ 
emy sees fit to continue this work, there is every reason to be¬ 
lieve that it will be fully as fruitful this coming year as in the 
one just past. 
2. In establishing this committee, the Academy made appro¬ 
priations for its use in purchasing volumes not otherwise ob¬ 
tainable. Sentiment on this matter subsequently developed 
in such a way as to make it seem best not to spend any con¬ 
siderable amount of this, until the Academy would be able 
once more to consider the question. The purchases have there¬ 
fore been restricted to a few cases where unusual opportunities 
were offered; the purchases were: 
Rendiconti, Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 7 volumes. 
1 volume, Crustacea of Norway. 
6 volumes, Proceedings of the Royal Society (at less than 
50 cents apiece, bound). 
1 volume, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 
1 part, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
