The Lectures, which have been provided duniig 

 the past session, have been unusually numerous and 

 attractive ; and had the Society offered no other advan- 

 tages to its members and subscribers, and estimating 

 them by the ordinary standard of value of public 

 lectures, they must be deemed more than equal to the 

 annual subscription. They consisted of — 



1. Ten Lectures " On the Structure and History of Fishes, Amphibia, 



and Reptiles"— by Professor Grant, of the London University, 

 forming a continuation of Dr. Grant's Series on Zoology. 



2. Four Lectures "On English Vocal Harmony"— by Mr. Edward 



Taylor, of London. 



3. Six Lectures " On the External Organs of Sensation in Man and 



Animals" — by our Secretary — Mr. Nunneley. 



The subscriptions are not yet wholly received, nor 

 the bills paid, so that an exact financial statement could 

 not be prepared, but the state of the accounts appears 

 more favourable, from the addition to the receipts, 

 arising from the new class of annual subscribers ; the 

 alteration by which these are admitted is, however, 

 too recent to judge how far this can be depended on 

 in future years. 



The total receipts of the session 1835 were 

 £348. 7s. Id., while for the session just ended they 

 already amount to £441. 13s. 7d. 



To conclude, the Council would gladly hope that 

 the summer recess will be employed by the members 

 of this Society generally in the accumulation of scientific 

 facts, and the pursuit of literary inquiries, and that the 

 results may furnish an abundant store of interesting 

 papers for the ensuing session. 



