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exhibitiug an improvement of more than £100, besides which a 

 small addition has been made to our permanent investments. 

 During the past year, again, the papers and raemoii's have been 

 increased in number, those presented since the last Anniversary 

 being 57 as against 52 in the preceding year. I think also that 

 as regards the actual publications we have every reason to be 

 satisfied. Of the Journal, 900 pages have been issued, with 53 

 plates and 66 woodcuts, in addition to 136 pages of Transactions, 

 with 18 plates and 14 woodcuts. It is satisfactory also to find 

 that the sale of our publications steadily enlarges, which not only^ 

 leads to a welcome increase in our funds, but indicates the grow- 

 ing number of those who take an intelligent interest in, and 

 derive a pure pleasure from, the study of nature. 



Our Meetings have been of more tban usual interest ; and the 

 attendance of Members continues to increase. For this we are 

 of course primarily indebted to the authors of papers, but also to 

 our Secretaries for their care in selecting beforehand those por- 

 tions which are suitable for reading ; and, lastly, to those Mem- 

 bers and other gentlemen who have been good enough to bring 

 ua specimens for exhibition. 



During the past year there have been received as Donations to 

 the Library 184 volumes and 113 pampiilets and separate im- 

 pressions of memoirs. From the various scientific Societies there 

 have also been received 117 volumes and 175 detached parts ; 

 besides 24 volumes obtained by exchange and donation from the 

 Editors of independent periodicals. The Council, at the recom- 

 mendation of the Library Committee, has sanctioned the purchase 

 of 58 separate volumes and 60 parts of important works, con- 

 tinuous and otherwise. Tlie total additions to the Library were 

 therefore 383 volumes and 348 separate parts or memoirs. 



On the 28th Marcli, with the kind permission of the Council, 

 I had the honour of giving a Soiree in these rooms, at which I had 

 the pleasure of seeing a large number of the Fellows of the Society 

 and others interested in science. I mention this merely for the 

 purpose of thanking, as I trust I may do, not only in my own 

 name, but in yours also, those who contributed so greatly to the 

 interest of the evening by the objects they were good enough to 

 send for exhibition. I may specially mention : — 



1. The Portrait of Mr. Darwin painted by John Collier. 



2. An extensive series of Drawings of Pollen, drawn to a 

 scale of ^J^Q diameters and from nature, by Charles Frederick 

 White, F.L.S. 



3. A series of Living Plants from Kew, exhibited by Sir J. 

 Hooker, K.C.S.I. Among these a remarkable illustrative set of 

 carnivorous plants. — Also a number of Wedgewood Medallions of 

 celebrated Naturalists. 



4. Some fine examples of the Flowers of rare Uliododendrons 

 grown in this country, and exhibited by James H. Mangles, F. L.S., 

 and the Hon. and Kev. J. Townseiid Boscaweu. 



