members, the life of his uncle, Dr. Scoresby, F.R.S., 

 &c., together with the remaining part of Dr. Scoresby's 

 published works and MSS. have been received ; and 

 also from Mrs. Beecroft, and from her daughter Mrs. 

 Morgan, a large collection of African curiosities and 

 specimens in natural history. 



Your Council have to record with much satisfaction, 

 a resumption of those literary and scientific commu- 

 nications from members and friends of the Society, 

 which after a long interruption, commenced last ses- 

 sion. There have been five such during the past year, 

 viz, : — 



" On the Life and Works of Darwin, as Poet, Phil- 

 osopher, and Physician," by Dr. DowsoN. 



" On Ancient Rome ; illustrated by large photo- 

 graphs of the ruins, a plan of the city, and models of 

 antiquities," by the Rev. W. Andrew, M.A., Tutor of 

 Worcester College, Oxford. 



" On the Geology of the Neighbourhood ; illus- 

 trated by specimens and large coloured geological 

 sections," by Mr. M. Simpson. 



" On Photograpliy ; illustrated by numerous photo- 

 graphs and optical apparatus," by Mr. Stonehouse. 



" On Social Abuses," by the Rev. J. B. Brodrick, 

 M.A. 



