130 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The President called attention to an exhibition of sections of eyes., 

 exhibited by Mr. F. W. Watson Baker under a number of Microscopes 

 lent for the occasion by Messrs. Watson and Sons. 



The thanks of the Society were unanimously voted to Mr. Baker for 

 this very excellent exhibition, and to Messrs. Watson and Sons for the 

 loan of the instruments. 



The Report of the Council for the year 1909 was then read by Mr. 

 F. Shillington Scales. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1909. 



FELLOWS. 



Ordinary. — During the year 1909,28 new Fellows have been elected,, 

 and 3 have been reinstated, whilst 9 have died, 13 have resigned, 3 have 

 been removed, and 2 elections have been declared void. 



Five of the deceased were Fellows for periods of from 38 to 58 years, 

 and among them is found the name of Rev. W. H. Dallinger, of whom 

 an obituary notice, with portrait, was given in the December number of 

 the Journal. 



Honorary. — The Council regrets to have to announce the deaths of 

 three Honorary Fellows : — Dr. J. Brun, Dr. Anton Dohrn, and Dr. Henri 

 van Heurck. 



The number of Honorary Fellows is reduced by the above losses 

 to 40. 



The list of Fellows now contains the names of 382 Ordinary, 1 Cor- 

 responding, 40 Honorary, and 79 Ex officio Fellows, being a total of 502. 



FINANCE. 



The greater activity displayed by the Society this year has necessarily 

 been accompanied with some increased expenditure, but it has also pro- 

 duced an accession of income. Both admission fees and subscriptions 

 are larger than for some few years. The expenditure, however, is still 

 slightly in excess of income, but it is hoped that, as a result of the 

 greater interest shown in the Society's work, the number of Members 

 elected will continue to increase. 



JOURNAL. 



The Journal for 1909 compares favourably with any of its prede- 

 cessors. Sixteen important papers are recorded in the Transactions. 

 Some of these papers are very freely illustrated. 



It is gratifying to be able to announce that there has been a great 

 increase of the sale of the Journal during the past year. 



The Council takes the opportunity of expressing its thanks to the 

 editorial staff for the continued excellence of their work in connection 

 with the summary of current researches relating to Zoology, Botany, 

 Microscopy, and Metallography. 



