2 PBOCEEDINGS OF THE 



my Fellowship, has touched me deeply, and I beg of you to 

 transmit to them my profound feelings of esteem, fraternity, and 

 gratitude for this token of their abiding friendship. 



"With the exception of an ephemeral Entomological Society, the 

 Linnean was the first to open its arms to me, and this as a son 

 and grandson of two of its own body rather than as a worthy 

 aspirant to the honour of Fellowship, and I shall never forget 

 the pride and satisfaction with which I first added F.L.S. to my 

 name. 



As time advanced and writings, the results of my own re- 

 searches, were honoured by admission into its publications, my 

 affection for our Society and interest in its labours redoubled ; but 

 it was not till the efforts of some devoted Fellows, in which I was 

 privileged to share, had persuaded the Lords of the Treasury that 

 the Society was so woi'thy of recognition as to justify their granting 

 it quarters at the national cost, did I feel that its future sphere of 

 scientific action and its I'esources were adequately ensured. 



That this grant in aid was as wisely as well bestowed on the 

 part of the Government is evidenced by the number of calls, 

 direct and indirect, it has made on the Society for advice on the 

 fitting out and conduct of scientific expeditions, in combating 

 tropical diseases, in apportioning rewards for researches and 

 discoveries, and in many other ways. 



That the subsequent great advance in the Society's well-being 

 and sphere of utility has not been primarily due to extraneous 

 aid, a retrospect of its condition during five years of its existence, 

 when 1 knew it as a visitor only, and from many succeeding ones 

 of my Fellowship sufficiently shows. 



There were years, which I remember, when the number of 

 attendants at the evening meetings might often be fingered on one 

 hand ; when the dearth of scientific contributions for occupying 

 the hours of meeting compelled the Society to resort to reading 

 Hamilton's Commentary on Eheede's three-century old ' Hortus 

 Malabaricus,' which was abruptly discontinued only after having 

 monopolised eight evenings, and that only in 1852, a time when 

 the President sternly discouraged any discussion on the papers 

 read, and when the idea of a lady visitor at a meeting was never 

 entertained. 



I cannot conclude without an allusion to the Society's com- 

 memoration of my own Fellowship by the magnificent medal 

 struck in my honour, and the award of another which bears the 

 bust of the great man who gives his name to our Society, and who 

 is in many senses its founder. For such tokens of regard, coupled 

 with the congratulations now received, I canuot voice my feelings 

 of gratitude. Very sincerely yours. 



Dr. B. Daybon Jackson, (Signed) Jos.D. HoOKEB. 



Secretary L.S. 



A vacancy in the list of Associates, in consequence of the death 

 of Mr. Frederic Moore, the entomologist, was announced from 

 the Chair. 



