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£20 18s. 7H. This is to be attributed to a change 

 which has taken place in respect of the local assessments, 

 and it is to be feared that in future years this item will 

 receive a still further increase, unless the principle of 

 exempting Public Institutions should again be acted on. 



The Council have been disappointed in their supply 

 of Public Lectures ; the two courses which have been 

 delivered before the Society since the last Annual Meet- 

 ing have, however, been eminently successful. During 

 the intersessional months. Dr. Grant, Professor of 

 Comparative Anatomy in the London University, 

 delivered Ten Lectures of deep interest on the Structure 

 and History of the Invertebrated Classes of Animals; 

 he has undertaken to proceed with a course on the 

 Vertebrated Classes during the approaching summer : 

 in the course of the Session, Mr. Montgomery, of 

 Sheffield, delivered Six Lectures on the British Poets, 

 which were probably the most attractive that have ever 

 been submitted to this Society. The Society has long 

 had the satisfaction of counting Mr. Montgomery among 

 its Honorary Members ; during the Session it has paid 

 a well-merited tribute of respect to Dr. Grant by adding 

 him to the number. 



At the ordinary meetings of the Society, the following 

 Papers have been read during the Session : — 



1. " On the Inequalities of the Moon's Orbit occasioned by the dis- 



turbing Influence of the Sun" — ^by the Rev. Joseph Hobnes, 

 A.M., the President— (read Oct. I6th, 1835.) 



2. The concluding Part of the above Paper — (read Nov. 6th, 1835.) 



3. " On the Economy of Nature, as exemplified in the first Principles 



of the Material World"— by Mr. Wildsmith— (read Nov. 15th, 

 1835.) 



