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Adams' " Micrographia Illustrata," First } Presented by 



Edition, 1746 . . . . . ^ Mr. Alphens Smith. 



Buckler's " Larva3 of the British Butter- ) t^ c. , • • 



n- 1 TiT^ XI ,5 ^r 1 -rrr-r ( ^J bu DSCriptlOn . 



flies and Moths," Vol. YII. . . . ) "^ ^ 



" The Tailless Batrachians of Europe," ) 



Part I. By G. A. Boulenger . . ) 



" Quarterly Journal of Microscopical ) -^ , , 

 c, . „ i Purchased. 



Science . . . . . . ' 



"Annals and Magazine of Natural His- 

 tory " 



" Journal of the Royal Microscopical ) ^ ^ , 

 ^ . „ "^ ^ r In Exchange. 

 Society ^ 



" Proceedings of the Pvoyal Society " . ., 



" Le Diatomiste "..... ,, 



" La Nuova Notarisia " . . . . „ 



" American Monthly Microscopical ) 



Journal" ......-' 



" The Microscope " .... „ 



*' International Journal of Microscopy " . „ 



" American Botanical Gazette " . . ,, 



" Proceedings and Transactions of various ) 



Societies " > 



Sundry Pamphlets ..... 



A third catalogue, of the Botanical and Chemical preparations 

 and Rock sections, has been printed since the last Report, and a 

 classified list of the Tatem Collection of Insects is being prepared 

 by Mr. C. Turner. 



The Journal issued in December forms the concluding part of 

 Volume VI. of the Second Series. 



With regard to the financial position, it must be pointed out 

 that the expenses of the period covered by the Report are about 

 .£50 higher than in 1896, and indeed they are in excess of the 

 receipts : this is chiefly due to two items — viz., the Journal and 

 the Exhibition Meeting. Your Committee does not begrudge 

 this outlay, but it shows the necessity for members to keep up 

 their numbers, as a Society, unlike an individual, cannot long 

 continue to live beyond its income. It may also be noted that 

 the receipts from advertisements do not appear so large as last 

 year : this is not due to any lack of energy on the part of Mr. 



