the advantages thus freely conferred upon the Club by the 

 authorities of the college. 



During the year just completed the " Journal of Tran- 

 sactions " has appeared at the usual quarterly periods. 

 Your Committee trust the objects for which it was projected 

 are being attained, that by it absent members are made 

 better acquainted with the proceedings of the Club, and 

 that it is thus becoming a means of bringing members into 

 closer intercourse. 



It will be interesting to members to be informed that the 

 soiree given in March last was eminently successful. It 

 was attended by upwards of 1,400 members and friends, 

 and very many interesting objects were exhibited. The 

 Committee desire to express their cordial thanks to those 

 gentlemen by whose assistance they were enabled to carry 

 out their plans to so successful an issue. 



The papers* which have been read during the past year 

 have been full of interest, and have appeared in the Journal 

 as nearly in extenso as space would allow. The Committee 

 trust that during the ensuing year an increased number 

 of members will contribute papers embodying the results 

 of some of their investigations. 



The slides in the Cabinet amount in number to 1,242, 

 the following additions having been received during the 

 year : — 



• For list of papers and authors, see appendix at page 10. 



