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WEEKLY EVENING MEETING, 



Friday, April 24, 1885. 



Sib William Bowman, Bart. LL.D. F.R.S. Honorary Secretary and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



William Carruthers, Esq. F.E.S. 



British Fossil Cijcads and their relation to Living Forms. 



(Abstract deferred.) 



ANNUAL MEETING 

 Friday, May 1, 1885. 



The Duke of Northumberland, D.C.L. LL.D. President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Visitors for the year 

 1884, testifying to the continued prosperity and efficient management 

 of the Institution, was read and adopted. The Real and Funded 

 Property now amounts to above 85,400Z., entirely derived from the 

 Contributions and Donations of the Members. 



Forty-four new Members paid their Admission Fees in 1884. 



Sixty-three Lectures and Twenty Evening Discourses were 

 delivered in 1884. 



The Books and Pamphlets presented in 1884 amounted to about 

 276 volumes, making, with 506 volumes (including Periodicals bound) 

 purchased by the Managers, a total of 782 volumes added to the 

 Library in the year. 



Thanks were voted to the President, Treasurer, and the Honorary 

 Secretary, to the Committees of Managers and Visitors, and to the 

 Professors, for their valuable services to the Institution during the 

 past year. 



