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/6o6 was received from this source during the year. There is a considerable im- 

 provement in the admission fees, which points to an encouraging influx of new 

 Fellows. Turning to the payments, we find that out of an expenditure of ^25,968 

 no less than ;^i7,6i8 was expended on the Gardens, an amount which speaks 

 eloquently for the excellent standard maintained. Of this amount, £84^ was spent 

 on animals and their transport, £3.974 on food, £3,468 on salaries and pensions, 

 ^765 on horticulture and garden-work, ^2,628 on works and buildings, and ;^3,466 

 on menagerie expenses. We have commented on the expense of the Zoological 

 Record on page 324. 



Mr. Edward Best, who has been on the staft of the Geological Survey for 

 38 years, has now retired. His place as acting secretary is taken by Mr. W. Topley, 

 and Mr. A. C. G. Cameron has been promoted to the rank of geologist. 



At the annual meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, held 

 at the Norwich Museum on March 28, Mr. Thomas Southwell was elected president. 

 The address of the outgoing president, Mr. H. B. Woodward, was devoted to various 

 local topics, principally geological. 



The work of remounting the great series of microscopic preparations made by 

 the late Professor deBary, and acquired by the British Museum, is nearly completed. 

 The slides illustrating the comparative anatomy of the vascular plants, and those 

 dealing with the structure and life-history of the lower forms, have been successfully 

 restored, and the Fungi, which have been left to the last, are three-parts done. The 

 value to students of Botany of the presence of this great collection in this country 

 can only be indicated, since it will always remain as the authentic basis of the great 

 botanist's work. 



Professor Herdman sends us the " Sixth Annual Report of the Liverpool 

 Marine Biology Committee. " The laboratory at Port Erin appears to be a 

 flourishing institution, and a considerable amount of work has already been turned 

 out. The Committee ha%'e secured the services of Mr. Henry Vanstone, of the 

 Royal College of Science, South Kensington, as " resident Curator," and important 

 additions have been made during the winter to the laboratory. A great number of 

 students appear, from what we have heard, to be availing themselves of the 

 opportunities of working there. 



We regret to learn that Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell has found the climate of Kings- 

 ton, Jamaica, too trying for his health, and has been obliged to leave the Museum 

 there and return to his old home near the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Cockerell was 

 doing some good work in economic entomology, and his departure will be a great 

 disappointment to him and a distinct loss to the Kingston Museum. His address 

 will be Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A. 



Mr. E. J. Bles has been appointed Director of the Laboratory at the Plymouth 

 Marine Biological Station. 



We hear that Professor Albert Gaudry has resigned the position of Professor 

 of Palaeontology at the Jardin des Plantes. 



