No. 8.] NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 451 



Mount Calvary. As usual the receipts were scarcely sufficient 

 to meet the expenses. 



In order to carry out the recommendation of the Report of 

 the Council of the previous year, concerning the appointment of 

 a competent Scientific Curator to devote most of his time to the 

 museum and library, Mr. F. B. Caulfield was engaged at a 

 salary of $200. Since his engagement he has been devoting 

 himself to his work to the satisfaction of the Council. 



Your Council have to report that thirty-two new members 

 have been added to the Society, but they greatly regret the 

 loss of Dr. Philip P. Carpenter and Dr. John Bell, to whose 

 death the President has alluded in his address. In them the 

 Society loses two of its most active members. 



The papers read at the usual monthly meetings have received 

 full attention in the President's address, and call for no further 

 mention from your Council. 



The Sommerville Lectures have been delivered as usual, and 

 were highly appreciated by the members of your Society and the 

 public, the attendance having been much larger than formerly. 

 The subjects of the lectures were as follows : 



1. Feb. 7. On Insects, their Habits and Habitats: By the 

 Rev. T. W. Fyles, illustrated by Microscopic 

 Photographs taken and projected by Mr. Charles 

 Baillie. 



On the Eye and its Mechanism. By Dr. Buller. 



On Glaciers, past and present, and the work they 

 perform. By Dr. C. A. Wood. 



On the Ear and its Mechanism. By Dr. Proudfoot 



On a visit to River de la Plata ; its scenery, re- 

 sources and local constitution. By Dr. Blackader. 



On Health. By Professor Bovey. 



On the evenings of the lectures the museum was thrown open 

 to the public, and was visited by about two thousand persons, in 

 addition to one thousand visitors at other times during the year; 

 a much larger attendance than there has ever been before. The 

 greater portion of these were admitted to the museum free of 

 charge. 



The rooms have been rented during the year to several kind- 

 red societies, &c, and realized as rent the sum of $600. 



The vestibule of your building has also been greatly improved 

 by closing the space on the left going in and the stairway. 



