LiyNE.vy SOCIKTV OF LOXDOK. 13 



The Council, on the recommendation of the Library Committee, 

 had sanctioned the purchase of 168 volumes and 104 parts of 

 important works. 



The total additions to the Library were, tlierefore, 555 volumes 

 and 367 separate parts. 



The following was the number of books bound during the last 

 year: — In half-moroceo 218 volumes, in half-calf 6 volumes, in 

 full cloth 117 volumes, in vellum 25 volumes, in buckram 15 

 volumes, in boards or half-cloth 11 volumes, rebaeked (half- 

 morocco and cloth backs) 19 volumes, relabelled 25 volumes. 

 Total 436 volumes. 



The Senior Secretary having read the Bye-Laws governing the 

 elections, — 



The President opened the business of the day, and the Fellows 

 present proceeded to ballot for the Council and Officers. 



The Ballot for the Council having been closed, the President 

 appointed ]\Ir. H. T. Stainton, Mr. E. Morell Holmes, and 

 Mr. Herbert Druce to be Scrutineers, and the votes having been 

 counted aud reported to the President, he declared the following 

 members to be removed from the Council, viz. : — Mr. John 

 G-ilbert Baker, Mr. William Carruthers, Prof. P. Martin Duncan, 

 Mr. Edward B. Poulton, and Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott ; and the 

 following to be elected into the Council, viz. : — Mr. Charles 

 Baron Clarke, Prof. George Bond Howes, Mr. Arthur Lister, 

 Dr. St. George J. Mivart, and Prof. Francis Wall Oliver. 



The Ballot for the Officers having been closed, the President 

 nominated the same Scrutineers, and the votes having been 

 counted and reported, he declared the result as follows : — 



President, Prof. Charles Stewart. 



Treasurer, Mr. Frank Crisp. 



c, ^ • r Mr. B. Davdou Jackson. 

 Secretaries, | ^^^, ^ ^^^^^ g^^^^^^ 



The President then delivered his annual Address (his remarks 

 being illustrated by cartoons in pastel), as follows : — 



Gentlemen, — I propose to offer you some remarks on 

 " Secondary Sexual Characters " ; by secondary I mean, of course, 

 those features by which different sexes often may be distin- 

 guished, but which are not concerned in reproduction. I intend 

 to deal with this question by taking examples from different 

 groups of plants and animals, beginning with the lowest. I have 

 been induced to select the above subject, as it receives illustration 

 from both plants and animals, and might in consequence prove of 

 interest to all sections of our Fellows. 



Amongst the lower Algae perhaps the most instructive example 



