NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. XI 



sent being 70. The papers read and specimens exhibited were 

 barely up to the average of past years in point of number ; but 

 in scientific interest they Avere quite equal to those of previous 

 Sessions, and covered many of the branches of the Animal and 

 Vegetable Kingdoms. While Botany and the Vertebrate 

 Animals were well represented, the Council would point out to 

 the members the absence of many of the lower groups from 

 the exhibitions and pajjers, and would sviggest that attention 

 be paid to these as rich fields of research for the scientific 

 worker. 



The Museum Committee have handed over to the Parks and 

 Galleries Committee of the Town Council of Glasgow portions 

 of the Reference Collections being prepared by them, and which 

 are intended to be placed in the Kelvingrove Museum. These 

 comprise large collections of Flowering-plants and Mosses, and 

 a collection of Neuroptera. The Council would urge the mem- 

 bers of the Society to assist the Museum Committee in their 

 efforts to provide reliable collections of Plants and Invertebrates 

 or the assistance of their fellow-workers in Botanical and 

 Zoological science. 



Another part of the Society's Procccdinrjs will shortly be 

 issued to the members, bringing the work up to the close of 

 the Session 1881-82. The remaining part, which includes thp 

 proceedings up to the end of last Session, is also in the pres?, 

 and will be pushed on with all possible despatch. 



Short notices of the meetings were regularly sent to the 

 Glasgow newspapers, so that the work of the Society might be 

 brought prominently before the public. 



In conclusion, the Council trust that the members will endea- 

 vour to make the coming Session of even greater importance 

 than any in the past, both for the benefit of science and of the 

 Natural History Society of Glasgow. 



Mr. Peter Cameron, Convener of the Museum Connnittee, read 

 the Report of the Committee on the work done in preparing 

 the collections to be deposited in the Kelvingrove Museum. 

 54:4 specimens of Mosses and 60 species of Neuroptera had been 

 handed over to the Museum authorities. 



Mr. James J. F. X. King, Convener of the Library Committee, 

 reported: That the books in the library are in good condition, 

 and have been much used during the past year, the issue of 

 books during the Winter Session being 113 volumes, and during 

 the Summer 68 volumes — in all 179 volumes, as compared with 

 169 during Session 1881-82. 



During the year about 380 separate publications, of which 

 only 5 were pinx-hased, have been added to the Library. 



The Library contains 532 volumes in circulation, besides a 

 large number which, owing to their unbound condition, it is 

 not advisable to lend out. 



