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will consent to pay for their copies, and not expect to 

 receive them, like those of the Royal, Linnasan, and other 

 societies, as a return, gratis, for their annual subscriptions. 

 We have put the question, in short, in as favourable a point 

 of view as the advocates of an opposite plan can possibly 

 expect; and yet, with all this, we find we should entail upon 

 ourselves a burthen of about 97/. 10s. per annum dead loss, 

 for that which can be accomplished without any expense. 



With these facts before us, I cannot entertain the least 

 doubt that the delegated authorities of our Society will stu- 

 diously abstain from plunging us into all the expense and 

 uncertainty of publishing upon our own account. In truth, 

 we ought to be most thankful to any of those, — whose pro- 

 fession it really is, — who will take this risk and trouble 

 upon themselves. We come, then, to inquire which of the 

 existing periodical publications is most suited to our purpose. 

 And here, the avowed declaration of the Editor, that the 

 Entomological Magazine will be certainly continued, comes 

 at a most appropriate time ; for no other periodical is devoted 

 to this science ; and no other, in consequence, is more adapted 

 to become the record of the Society's proceedings. It cannot 

 be supposed, that the sale of this Journal would be materially 

 increased by such an accession of new matter, — valuable and 

 interesting as we may confidently anticipate it would be, — and 

 therefore no very great favour would be bestowed upon the 

 spirited individuals who are now supporting the Magazine, to 

 their own pecuniary loss. Yet, on the other hand, we might 

 hope that such a measure would, at all events, enable the work 

 to pay its own expenses ; and if, after a time, any amount of 

 profit, worth naming, were to arise, I am disposed to think that 

 the proprietors would gladly devote a portion of that profit 

 towards the other objects, hereafter mentioned, which come 

 within the range of the Society. On these, as well as several 

 other minor topics connected therewith, I shall not, however, 

 dilate. If the truth and justice of the main principles I am 

 advocating be admitted, these subordinate details can be very 

 easily arranged. To the Council of the Society should be 

 conceded the right of selecting such papers as they deem most 

 fit for official publication : while, if the authors of the 

 "rejected" desire it, and the Editors of the Magazine can 

 find room, the rest may still find their way to the public. 



