444 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Library. 
The additions to the library during the year have been: — 
8vo. 
4to. 
Folio. 
Total, 
V olumes 
313 
68 
381 
Parts 
2,269 
406 
2 • 
2,677 
Pamphlets 
438 
23 
14 
475 
Maps 
38 
38 
Total 
3,020 
497 
54 
3,571 
The library now contains 27,035 volumes, 1,450 current or other¬ 
wise incompleted volumes, and 14,228 pamphlets. 
Eleven new exchanges have been added during the year. These 
are: Brooklyn (N. Y.) institute of arts and sciences; Konigliche 
botanisches garten u. museum, Berlin; Manchester (N. H.) institute 
of arts and sciences; Nyt magazin for naturvidenskaberne, Chris¬ 
tiania; IsTatural science association of Staten Island (N. Y.) ; South 
African museum. Cape Town; State University of Iowa, Iowa City, 
Iowa; Studi Sassaresi, Sassari, Italy; University of Missouri, 
Columbia, Missouri; University of Montana, Missoula, Montana; 
Washington (State) geological survey, Seattle. 
Two exchanges have ceased. The exchanges now number 447. 
Twelve periodicals have been added to the subscription list. 
By vote of last year’s Council, a special appropriation was made 
for binding books, so that it has been possible to greatly add to the 
usefulness of the library in this way. In all, 1,562 volumes and 
pamphlets have been bound in 1,015 covers, 8 volumes have been 
repaired, and 245 pamphlets have been bound separately. 
Seven hundred and sixty-four books have been borrowed by 107 
persons, and four hundred and twenty-live books have been borrowed 
for use in the building. The library has been consulted about 265 
times. 
The following serials have been indexed:—Abhandlungen 
naturforschende gesellschaft, Halle, 14 volumes; Abhandlungen 
naturwissenschaftliche verein fur Sachsen und Thiiringen, Halle, 2 
volumes; Annalen naturhistorisches hofmuseum, Wien, 5 volumes; 
M^moires de I’institut national Genevois, Geneve, 18 volumes; 
