540 president's address. 



answer to this circular numerous subscriptions were sent in, and 

 the Council has already obtained many necessary and standard 

 works. 



Since the last Annual General Meeting in January, 1883, 377 

 additions have been made to the Library. In no previous year of the 

 Society's existence has such a number of donations been received. 

 Early in February the Smithsonian Institution generously pre- 

 sented a number of its " Contributions to Knowledge," and 

 " Miscellaneous Collections ;" and the Imperial Academy of Science 

 of St. Petersburg sent 17 volumes of its publications. Later in 

 the year, the Imperial Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna 

 forwarded a nearly complete set (35 volumes) of its well-known 

 " Verhandlungen ;" the Entomological Society of London, un- 

 solicited, replaced the volumes of its Transactions, which were lost 

 in the Garden Palace fire; Dr. James Cox presented a large 

 collection of Natural History publications ; and Professor W. J. 

 Stephens 21 volumes of Dr. Petermann's " Geographische Mitthe- 

 lungen." Many other valuable works were received from the Hon. 

 William Macleay, Hon. P. G. King, and others : and every month 

 during the year we have been indebted to a large number of 

 Societies and individuals for works which will prove of the greatest 

 service to the working members of the Society. Besides the above, 

 Mr. Henry Deane, M.A., A.M.I.C.E., has lent a complete set of 

 the Palseontographical Society's Proceedings, 30 volumes of the 

 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 18 volumes of the 

 Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, and several other 

 works. 



You will be glad to hear from the Honorary Treasurer, the Hon. 

 James Norton, M.L.C., that the Council will commence the 

 business of the new year with a balance in hand of £179 12s. Id. 



The following is a list of the Papers read at the Monthly 

 Meetings during the year 1883 : — 



1. " On a new form of Mullet from New Guinea." By William 

 Macleay, F.L.S.. &c. 



2. " On the Anatomy of the Urogenital Organs in Females of cer- 

 tain species of Kangaroo " (No. 2). By J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc. 



