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ere have been received in exchange and otherwise, 26 L Volumes 

 and 126 detached Parts, besides 51 Volumes and 41 Parts obtained 

 by exchange and donations from the Editors and Proprietors of 

 independent Periodicals. 



" The Council have sanctioned the purchase of 150 Volumes and 

 120 Parts of important works. 



" The total Additions to the Library are therefore 510 Volumes 

 and 438 separate Parts. 



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

 In half-morocco 254 volumes, in half-calf 10 volumes, in full cloth 

 119 volumes, in vellum 7 volumes, in buckram 28 volumes, in 

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

 backs) 35 volumes. Total 478 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 Mr. Roland Trimen, Mr. George Murray, and Dr. Robert 

 Braithwaifce 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. C. B. Clarke, Prof. J. B. 

 Farmer, Dr. A. Giinther, Mr. A. D. Michael, and Dr. A. B. Rendle, 

 and the following gentlemen to be elected in their stead, viz. : — 

 Mr. W. Carruthers, Mr. Herbert Druce, Prof. J. Reynolds Green, 

 Mr. W. B. Hemsley, and the Rev. Canon Norman. 



The Ballot for the Officers having been closed, the President 

 appointed the same Scrutineers, and the votes having been counted 

 and reported to him, he declared the result as follows : — 



President, Prof. Sydney Howard Vines, M.A., F.R.S. 



Treasurer, Mr. Frank Crisp. 



^ ^ . f Mr. B. Daydon Jackson. 



The President then delivered his Annual Address, taking for his 

 subject " The Development of the Linnean Society during the 

 jN'ineteenth Century," as follows. 



