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PROCEEBrNGS, 



of Museums at South Kensington. It was Prince Albert who not 

 only suggested the idea of the great London Exhibition of 1851, 

 but also that the surplus receipts fi'oni that Exhibition should be 

 invested in the purchase of land whereon to build Museums and 

 other institutions for the advancement of the Art, Science, and 

 Industries of our countiy. 



Another way in which this year might be commemorated by 

 the Society is by the members endeavouring to bring up our roll 

 to a larger number than in any previous year. If one in every 

 three members would induce a friend to join the Society the total 

 number of members would be raised to about three hundred, which 

 is a considerably larger number than at any pre\-ious time. 



The Council has appointed Dr. John Attfield, E.R.S., a Trustee 

 of the Society in place of the late Dr. Brett, and has aiTanged for 

 the dividends on the invested funds to be paid to the Society's 

 Bankers, instead of, as before, to one of the Trustees. 



Additions to the Library in 1896. 



Presented. 

 Title. 

 BiNNiE, A. R. On Mean or Average Annual Rainfall. 



(Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng.) Svo. London, 1892 . 

 British Association for the Advajs'cement of Science. 



Report for 1895 (Ipswich). 8vo. London, 1896 

 Etheridge, R. Fossils of the British Islands. Vol. i. 



Palffiozoic. 4to. Oxford, 1888 

 Evans, Sir J. On some Roman Coins found at 



Brickendonbury, Hertford. (NTimis. Chron.) 8vo. 



London, 1896 



Lawes, Sir J. B., and Sir J. H. Gilbert. Residts of the 



Rothamsted Expei-iments for the Years 1893-96. 4to. 



London, 1894-96 



Marriott, "W. The Meteorological Record. Vol. xiv, 



No. /56 ; vol. XV, Nos. 57, 58. (Roy. Met. Soc.) Svo. 



London, 1896 



Ormerod. Eleanor A. Report of Observations of 



Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests during the 



Year 1890. Svo. London, 1891 . 

 Royal Meteorological Society. Quarterly Journal. 



Vols, iii-xxi. Svo. London, 1877-93 

 Royal Society. Report of the Meteorological Council 



for the Year ending March, 1895. Svo. London, 



1895 



Science Gossip. Vol. ii, Nos. 22-24 ; vol. iii, Nos. 25, 



27-29 



Symons, G. J. (Ed.). Monthly Meteorological Magazine. 



Vols, xxx and xxxi. Svo. London, 1895-96 . 



Donor. 

 The Author. 

 The Association. 

 Mr. J. Kopkinson. 



The Author. 



Sir John Laices. 



Sir John Evans. 



The Authoress. 

 Sir John Evans. 



J/>-. A. E. Gihhs. 

 The Editor. 



Received in Exchange. 



American Museum of Natural History. Report for the Year 1895. Svo. 



New York, 1896. 

 Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. Proceedings. 



Vol. viii, part 3. Svo. Bath, 1896. 



