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As might be anticipated, the great bulk of our Fellows are 

 residents in Great Britain and Ireland. In our Foreign List, 

 India froiii early times has held a good place ; the old East-India 

 Company's service always contained many naturalists of distin- 

 guished eminence. Within later years the number of Colonial 

 Fellows has steadily increased. Thanks greatly to the untiring 

 zeal of that indefatigable worker in Botany, Baron von Mueller, 

 Australia and Tasmania come well to the front, even though, 

 or rather perhaps even because, Sydney, mainly through Mr. 

 W. .1. Mac Leay's exertions, has a Linnean Society of its own. 



New Zealand is well represented also. This is the case 

 not only in mere numbers, but it may be said also in represen- 

 tative investigators in Botany and Zoology and the kindred palseon- 

 tological subjects. It is to be regretted that we have but few 

 members in South Africa, or in Canada, whicli I mention last in 

 order to express the hope that the approaching visit of the British 

 Association to that great Dominion may bring it into closer 

 association with our Society. 



It is indeed very gratifying to watch the progress of Science in 

 our Colonies. 



New Zealand is to be congratulated on the successful leadei'- 

 ship of Dr. Hector, who, besides his Greological Eeports and many 

 separate works of the Colonial Museum, has also edited the 

 important series of Transactions of the New-Zealand Institute. 



In Australia, I may mention the Journal of the Eoyal Society, 

 and the now extensive series of the Proceedings of the Linnean 

 Society of New South Wales. 



Besides Baron von Mueller's numerous botanical publications, 

 McCoy, with Dr. P. H. Macgillivray's assistance, iu the ' Prodro- 

 mus of the Zoology of Victoria ' is doing most useful labour to- 

 wards elucidating the Natural History of Victoria. South Aus- 

 tralia also shows signs of activity, through the exertions of, among 

 others, our own members J. Gr. Otto Tepper and Professor Tate. 



During the past year there have been received as Donations to 

 our Library 104< volumes and 207 pamphlets and separate im- 

 pressions of memoirs. From the various Scientific Societies 

 there have also been received 142 volumes and 118 detaclied 

 jjarts ; besides 25 volumes obtained by exchange aud donation 

 from the editors of independent periodicals. The Council, at 

 the recommendation of the Library Committee, has sauctioned 

 the purchase of 136 separate volumes and 54) parts of important 

 works. The total additions to the Library were therefore 407 

 volumes and 379 separate parts. It will thus be seen that, 

 compared with former years, both in donations and purchase there 

 has been actual increase in additions to the Library. 



Nine hundred and eighteen volumes aud parts have been bound 

 during the year ; and the Council has also made a special grant 

 for the rebiuding of certain of the volumes in Linuaeus's own 



