LIIWEA.N SOCIETY OF LONDOIf. 



And four had witLdrawB, viz. : — 



C. J. L. Guppy, Esq. 

 Clements E. Markham, Esq. 



Dr. Henry Scott. 

 Dr. Shearer. 



Against this, 37 new Fellows, one Foreign Member, and one 

 Associate had been elected. As the Society stood at present, 

 there were 670 Fellows, 50 Foreign Members, and 21 Associates, 

 viz. a total of 7Jj1. 



During the past year there had been received as Donations to 

 the Library 106 volumes and 125 pamphlets and separate im- 

 pressions of Memoirs. From the various scientific societies there 

 had also been received 96 volumes and 218 detached parts of 

 publications ; besides 23 volumes obtained by exchange and 

 donation from the Editors of independent periodicals. 



The Council, at the recommendation of the Library Committee, 

 had sanctioned the purchase of 80 separate volumes and 63 

 serials and parts of important works, continuations and other- 

 wise ; these latter equal to about 10 vols, or 90 in all acquired 

 by purchase. The total additions to the Library were therefore 

 315 volumes and 373 separate parts. 



Mr. Kippist had also presented framed "Water-colour Sketches 

 of Dr. Eobert Brown's birth-place, and of his London residence 

 in Dean Street, also of Sir Joseph Banks's Library, Soho Square. 



The Society's Collections and Herbaria had been duly examined 

 and reported on to the Council as in good condition. 



After fifty years' service under the Society, Mr. Eichard 

 Kippist had last summer resigned his position as Librarian ; and 

 the Council, iu acknowledgment thereof, had granted him a 

 retiring pension. 



Mr. J. Gr. Baker then read a letter from, and in the name of 

 Mr. J. W. Miers presented a portrait of his Father, the late 

 Mr. John Miers, as a memento ot his connexion with the Society. 

 Prof. Allen Thomson, also, at the instance of a small Committee 

 of friends, presented a portrait in oil of Prof. St. George Mivart, 

 formerly Zoological Secretary to the Society. A vote of thanks 

 was accorded to the respective Donors. 



Prof. Owen having taken the Chair, the President then deli- 

 vered his Anniversary Address, the subject chosen being " Eecent 

 Prorgress in our Knowledge of the Development of the Cteno- 

 phora." Afterwards Dr. W. B. Carpenter proposed a vote of 

 thanks to the retiring President for his interesting Address, and 

 also for his official services during his Presidentship), which, having 

 been put by him, was carried by acclamation. 



The Secretary (Mr. B. D. Jackson) thereafter read the 

 Obituary Notices of the several Fellows of the Society who had 

 died during the year. 



