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Also the following donations to the Library have been received- 



Photo- micrography (2nd edition), W. Bagshaw. 

 Ubersicht des Arachiiidensystems, Koch. 

 Estudos sohie Ixodidas do Brasil. 



The Hon. Curator reports that the demand for the loan of 

 slides continues to increase, and during the past year some 

 seventy preparations have been added to the Cabinets by donation 

 and purchase. These consist principally of Fresh-water and 

 Marine Algae, w^hich section has been revised and rearranged. 

 An increasing interest has been taken in petrology, and a further 

 series of slides, with descriptive and illustrated notes, has been 

 kindly arranged by Mr. C. H. CafFyn, to whom the best thanks 

 of the Club are due. The Club is also indebted to Mr. 

 C. H. Bestow for his great assistance to the Curator in the issue 

 of slides. During the coming year the Curator hopes to revise 

 and amalgamate the entomological preparations available, and 

 asks for the co-operation of members to further this object by 

 means of donations. 



Accounts of the Club's proceedings and abstracts of the papers 

 read at the meetings are published in The English Mechanic 

 during the week following, and are sent to all country members 

 residing more than twenty miles from London. The Club owes 

 its best thanks to the editor for this great advantage. In 

 Knowledge also appears an account of the Club's meetings, a 

 privilege which your Committee wishes to acknowledge with 

 gratitude. 



With the November number the Journal completes the tenth 

 volume of the present series. Your Committee records with 

 great regret that this number also marks the termination of the 

 services as Honorary Editor of Mr. Frank P. Smith, who has 

 occupied that post for six years. Mr. Smith has given much 

 time and energy to the task of maintaining the high character 

 of the Journal, and your Committee wishes to acknowledge his 

 success and its gratitude for his services. . 



