Anminl Report of the Council. li 



In accordance with a resolution of the Council, there is in 

 preparation an author-index of all the papers, communications 

 and exhibits brought before the Society from its foundation until 

 the year 1901, as recorded in the Memoirs and Proceedings. 



The Society is indebted to the following gentlemen, for the 

 undermentioned gifts : — 



Dr. Edward Schunck, F.R.S., for a mural tablet in white 

 marble, placed in the Secretaries' room, bearing the 

 following inscription : " This room was the labora- 

 tory of John Dalton ; here his great discoveries were 

 made, and here he conceived and worked out his 

 atomic theory " ; 

 Mr. Thomas Thorp, F.R.A.S., for specimens of his 



diffraction gratings ; 

 Mr. W. Houghton, of Old Trafford, for a silhouette 

 portrait of Dr. Thomas Percival, one of tlie founders 

 of the Society : 

 Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., for the original MS. of 

 Buxton's " Botanical Guide to the Flowering Plants 

 of Manchester" {i^^g) ; and 

 Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., for copies of three books 

 by William Sturgeon, a former member of the Society. 

 On the resignation of Professor Flux, the publication of the 

 Memoirs and Proceedings was entrusted to an Editorial Com- 

 mittee of five members representing different departments of 

 knowledge, and the arrangement has been found satisfactory. 



The Council has to express its regret that Mr. J. J. Ashworth 

 has intimated his intention of resigning the Treasurership at the 

 end of the present session, and desires to record its thanks for 

 his care of the Society's finances during the six years that he has 

 held office. 



At the celebration of the Ninth Jubilee of the University of 

 Glasgow, in June, 1901, the Society was represented by Dr. 

 Henry Wilde, F.R.S., and Professor Horace Lamb, LL.D., 

 F.R.S. The address presented was as follows : — 



