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The Curator reports that the Library of the Plymouth Institution 
has proved of much service to the Society during the past year, 
judging both from the number of the volumes which have been taken 
out, and from the number of the members who have required them. 
Many volumes of serials have been bound up and placed on the 
shelves, in continuation of sets. 
The Society is indebted to one of the Secretaries, Mr. W. 
Square, for many numbers of the " Proceedings of the Eoyal 
Geographical Society to another member, Mr. P. Brent, for a 
copy of Gray's " Natural Arrangement of British Plants," and 
"Winch's "Plora of Northumberland and Durham ;" to Mr. J. 
Brooking Bo we, for Miss Pox's "Kingsbridge and its Vicinity;" 
and to Dr. Merrifield, for a series of Weather Charts. Dr. 
Ackland has kindly sent two pamphlets. 
The following societies have supplied portions of their respective 
publications : 
British Association — Beport, 1874. 
Zoological Society of London — Proceedings, part 4, 1874; parts 
1, 2, 3, 1875; List of Vertebrate Animals in the Gardens of the 
Society ; List of Books in the Library. 
Geological Society of London — " Quarterly Journal," several 
numbers. 
Eoyal Geological Society of Ireland — vol. iv., part 2, N.S. 
Tyneside Pield Club — "Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberland and 
Durham," vol. v., part 2. 
Eoyal Dublin Society — No. 14, vol. vii. 
Eoyal Institution of Cornwall — Nos. 16, 17, and 58, Annual 
Eeports. 
Devonshire Association — vol. vii. 
Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool — No. 29. 
Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester — many 
numbers. 
Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society — vol. ii., part 1. 
Berwickshire Naturalists' Pield Club — Proceedings. 
Bristol Naturalists' Society — vol. i., part 2, N.S. ; with a copy 
of laws, and list of members. 
Belfast Naturalists' Pield Club — Eeport and Proceedings, 1873-74; 
also "Guide to Belfast." 
Literary and Philosophical Society of Winchester and Hamp- 
shire — vol. ii., part 1. 
