LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOXDON. 1 9 



The usual obituary notices of the deceased Fellows will be laid 

 upon the table by the Secretaries. 



During this session we have lost by death two of our Foreign 

 Members, Prof. Barboza du Bocage of Lisbon, and Prof. Karl 

 Mobius of Berlin. Two additional Foreign Members have also 

 been elected, Prof. Nathorst of Stockholm and Prof. Biitschli of 

 Heidelberg. Tour election today of H.M. the King of Sweden 

 as an Honorary Member fills the place left by the death of the 

 late King Oscar II,, and perpetuates in the happiest manner the 

 traditional and sympathetic connection which has long existed 

 between this Society and the country of Linnaeus. 



The death of Mr. Frederic Moore, A.L.S., left a vacancy in 

 the ranks of our Associates which the Societ}^ worthily filled by 

 the election on December 19 th of Mr. H. C. Chad wick, Curator of 

 the Port Erin Biological Station. The Council has awarded the 

 Linnean medal this year to our former Zoological Secretary and 

 honoured colleague, the Eev. Thomas R. E. Stebbing, F.E-.S., than 

 whom there coidd be no more worthy recipient. 



During last session we, in common with similar societies in 

 Sweden and elsewhere, celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the 

 birth of Linnaeus. In addition to the references to the occasion 

 made at our last Anniversary meeting, and to our participation in 

 the primary celebrations at L'psala and Stockholm, we held an 

 evening reception in these rooms on June 7th, which was largely 

 attended by our FelloAvs and their friends and by many dis- 

 tinguished guests, including the Swedish Minister and a number 

 of eminent men of Science. On this occasion there were exhibits 

 of scientific interest — both Linnean and others — in the Library 

 upstairs, while short addresses and illustrated lectures were 

 delivered in this meeting room at intervals. The success of this 

 conversazione was undoubted, and frequently during that evening, 

 and also since, have our Fellows spoken to me in high appreciation 

 of the form which our Linnean celebration had taken, and some 

 indeed expressed the hope that another occasion of meeting with 

 so much of scientific interest to see, hear and talk about would 

 soon be provided. 



The approaching celebration of the Jubilee of the Darwin- 

 Wallace communication to this Society on 1st July, 1858, seems 

 likely to provide such an occasion. A special Committee of 

 Council is engaged in arranging the programme and other details, 

 and a preliminary circular has been issued showing that the 

 celebration will consist of : — 



(1) An afternoon meeting for the delivery of appropriate 



addresses and the award of special medals to Dr. Alfred 

 Eussel Wallace, Sir Joseph Hooker and others. 



(2) A dinner of the Fellows, the Medallists and other Guests. 



(3) An evening reception in these rooms ; and 



(4) The publication of a volume containing an account of the 



ever memorable meeting of July 1st, 1858, and of these 

 Jubilee proceedings. 



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