r2 pbocebdings of the 



Associate, 1. 

 Mr. William Pamplin. 



POBEIGN MbMBEES, 3. 



M. Adrien Eene Franchet. | Prof. Alphonse Milne-Edwards. 



Dr. WUliam Nylander. 



The following thirteen Fellows have resigned : — 



Mr. F. Arthur Canton. 

 Mr. Samuel James Capper. 

 Eev. Robert Francis Clarke. 

 Mr. W. S. M. D'Urban. 

 Mr. Linnaeus Greening. 

 Mr. John Sibley Hicks, 

 Mr. John Errington de la Croix. 



Eev. Murray A. Mathew. 

 Mr. Joseph William Morris. 

 Dr. Henry Skey Muir. 

 Mr. Duncombe Pyrke. 

 Mr. Albert Smith. 

 Mr. John Young. 



5 Pellows have been removed from the Society's List by order 

 of the Council, and 12 Fellows, 1 Associate, and 1 Foreign 

 Member have been elected. 



The Librarian's report was read as follows : — 



" During the past year there have been received as Donations 

 from Private Individuals 46 volumes and 201 pamphlets. 



" From the various Universities, Academies, and Scientific 

 Societies there have been received in exchange and otherwise 

 241 volumes and 105 detached parts, besides 51 volumes and 

 28 parts obtained by exchange and donations from the Editors 

 and Proprietors of independent Periodicals. 



" The Council, on the recommendation of the Library Com- 

 mittee, have sanctioned the purchase of 188 volumes and 122 

 parts of important works. 



" The total additions to the Librai-y are therefore 526 volumes 

 and 456 separate parts. 



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

 In half -morocco 306 volumes, in half-calf 3 volumes, in full-cloth 

 152 volumes, ia vellum 14 volumes, in buckram 55 volumes, in 

 boards or half-cloth 25 volumes, relabelled (half-morocco and 

 cloth backs) 54 volumes. Total 609 volumes." 



The Secretary having read the Bye-Laws governing the 

 elections, 



The President opened the business 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. John W. S. Meiklejohn, Dr. Robert Braithwaite, 



