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will a legacy of £1000, but owing to certain legal technicalities, 

 into which it is unnecessary to enter, we have only received 

 £500. 



Since ovir last Meeting we have also lost another of the former 

 officers of the Society, Dr. Grwyn Jeffreys, who was Treasurer 

 from 1875 to 1879. Dr. Jeftreys's name will always be associated 

 with those of Sir Wyville Thomson and Dr. Carpenter, as having 

 most successfully investigated the depths of the ocean by means 

 of the dredge. In Dr. Grwyn Jeftreys's case, as in that of Mr. 

 Bentham, we cannot but feel that, deeply as we deplore their 

 loss, we could not, considering their gi'eat age, hope to retain 

 them much louo;er among-st us. 



During the year we have had the misfortune of losing three 

 Foreign Members. Edward Eiippel], the celebrated traveller, 

 who added so greatly to our knowledge of Abyssinian Zoology, 

 who was elected as long ago as 1831 ; Heinrich Goppert ; and 

 Yon Siebold, who, though not so long a Fellow of ours as 

 Eiippell, began his scientific work in the year 1828. Among 

 his researches perhaps the most remarkable were those on 

 Parthenogenesis, on Parasitic Worms, and on Freshwater Fish, 

 and last, not least, his great work on the Comparative Anatomy 

 of the Invertebrata. 



During the past official year 1 Fellows have withdrawn ; and 

 43 Fellows, 3 Foreign Members, and. 3 Associates have been 

 elected. During the past four years the Members have been 

 as follows : — 



Fellows Foreign. ■ . , 



Elected. Members. Associates. 



1880 37 1 1 



1881 40 



1882 54 2 



1883 30 3 - 1 



1884 43 3 8 



It is satisfactory therefore to see that the number of Fellows 

 has for some years been steadily increasing. Indeed, although 

 the increase in no one case has been very large, still, if we take 

 a |)eriod of years, it becomes very considerable, more especially 

 during the last decade, as is shown by the following Table : — 



Numbers of Fellows of the Linnean Society of London during 

 each 10 years, from 1854 to 1884. 

 1854. 1864, 1874. 1884. 



441 459 521 761 



During the past year tliere have been received, as Donations 

 from private individuals to the Library, 47 volumes, 252 

 pamphlets and separate impressions of memoirs. From the 

 various Universities, Academies, and Scientific Societies there 



