14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



The follouing Fellows have resigned, viz 

 Mr. Thomas Butler Cato. 



Prof. Josepli Price Eemington. 



Mr. Thomas William Shore. 

 Mr. Walter Smyth. 



5 Fellows have been removed from the Society's List bv order 

 of the Council ; and 18 Fellows, 1 Associate, and 5 Foreign 

 Members have been elected. 



The Librarian's Eeport was read as follows : — 



" During the past year there had been received as Donations 

 from Private Individuals 47 Volumes and 150 Pamphlets. 



"From the various Universities, Academies, and Scientific 

 Societies there had been received in Exchange and otherwise 145 

 volumes and 94 detached pirts, besides 65 volumes and 33 parts 

 obtained by exchange from the Editors and Proprietors of inde- 

 pendent Periodicals. 



"The Council at the recommendation of the Library Committee 

 had sanctioned the purchase of 190 volumes and lOti parts of 

 important works. 



" The total additions to the Library were therefore 447 volumes 

 and 383 separate parts. 



"The number of books bound during the year was as follows: — 

 In half-morocco 418 volumes, in half-caU' 4 volumes, in full- 

 cloth 180 volumes, in vellum 21 volumes, in buckram 21 volume^ 

 in boards or half-cloth 28 volumes, relabelled (half-morocco and 

 cloth backs) 60 volumes. Total 732 volumes." 



The Secretary having read the Bye-Laws governing the 

 elections, 



The President opened the busine-ss of the day, and the Fellows 

 present proceeded to vote for the Council and Officers. 



The Ballot for the Council having been closed, the President 

 appointed Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, Dr. Eobert Braithwaite, and 

 Col. R. H. Beddome, Scrutineers ; and the votes having been 

 counted and reported to the President, he declared the following 

 members to be removed from the Council, viz. :— Mr. Charles 

 Alfred Barber, Mr. William Carruthers, Mr. W. B. Hemsley, 

 Prof. W, A. Herdman, and Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, and the 

 following gentlemen to be elected in their stead, viz. : — Mr. Frank 

 Darwin, Prof. J. B. Farmer, Mr. F. DuCane Godman, Mr. Henry 

 Grroves, and Dr. A. B. Eendle. 



The Ballot for the Officers having been closed, the President 

 appointed Dr. John Meiklejohn, Mr. Alfred William Bennett, 

 and Mr. Edmund G. Baker, Scrutineers ; and the votes having 

 been counted and reported to him, he declared the result as 

 follows : — 



President. Dr. Albert C. L. G. Giinther. 

 Treasurer, Mr. Frank Crisp. 



Secretaries J ^^- B- Day don Jackson. 



[ Prot. George Bond Howes. 



The President then delivered his Address. 



