1218 president's address. 



Other donations have been received from Professor W. J. 

 Stephens, M.A. ; Mr. W. A. Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. ; Mr, E. C. 

 Merewether ; Baron Maclay ; Mr. H. C. Russell, B.A. ; Dr. R. 

 von Lendenfeld, ; Mr. R. M. Johnson ; Professor Ralph Tate ; 

 Baron Sir F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G.; Mr. Harrie Wood ; Mr. J. F. 

 Bailey ; Dr. Schutte ; Mr. E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. : Mr. 

 Thomas Whitelegge ; Professor Edward Mowen ; Mr. A. J. 

 Campbell ; Capt. Hutton, F.R.S., F.G.S, ; Dr. Finsch ; Professor 

 Liversidge, F.R.S. ; Dr. Thos. Dixon, M.R.C.S.; Mr. J. J. 

 Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc. ; Professor J. von Haast. 



It may be well for the members to know that the following 

 most important works are now in the Library : — 



" Annals and Magazine of Natural History," 103 vols. ; Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society, London," 55 vols. ; " British 

 Museum Catalogue," 100 vols. ; " Archiv jur Naturgeschichte." 

 94 vols. ; " Suite a Buffon," 84 vols. ; « Revue de Zoologie," 53 

 vols. ; " Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de 

 Moscou," 58 vols. ; " Philosophical Transactions of the Royal 

 Society of London," 23 vols. Two vols. (IX. and X.) "Challenger 

 Report (Zoology)," published during the year ; " The final decade 

 of the Eucalyptographia," by Baron von Mueller, also published 

 during the year. 



We are indebted to the energetic editorial labours of the 

 Honorary Secretaries, the Hon. William Macleay, M.L.C., F.L.S.. 

 and Professor W. J. Stephens, M.A., for the prompt issue of the 

 Society's Proceedings ; three of the quarterly Parts of Volume IX., 

 have been published, and Part IV., is in the printer's hands. 



I have been informed that the prize of £100 which had been 

 munificently offered by a Member of this Society for an Essay on 

 " The Life History of the Bacillus of Typhoid Fever," will not be 

 awarded, for though three Essays have been received, none of them 

 are considered to have fulfilled the conditions required for the treat- 

 ment of the subject. That the results have not realized our 

 expectations is to be regretted, especially at the present time 

 when Typhoid Fever is so prevalent throughout the country. It 

 is interesting to know that the Germ-theory of some forms of 



