Amuial Report of the Council. xxvii. 



were received, a total of S50 v(;lumes. The donatioti-s during 

 the session (exclusive of the usual exchanges) amount to 129 

 volumes and 177 dissertations; one volume has been purchased 

 (in addition to the periodicals on the regular subscription list). 



During the past session the Society has arranged to excb.ange 

 publications with the following : — Societa Italiana per il 

 Progresso delle Scienze, Rome ; Manchester Municipal School 

 of Technology ; Observatorio Meteorologico Meridu de Yucatan ; 

 the Philippi)ie Journal of Science, Manila ; Sociedad de 

 Ingenieros del Peru, Lima ; and the Servicio Meteorologico de 

 la Republica Boliviana, La Paz. 



The publication of the Memoirs and Proceedings has been 

 continued under tiie supervision of the Editorial Committee. 



The Society is indebted to the following for the under- 

 mentioned gifts : — 



Dr. Henry Wilde, E.R.S., for six volumes of Hope Reports., 

 published by the Hope Department of Zoology in the 

 University of Oxford. 



Professor A. Schuster, F.R.S., for two volumes of the 

 Coniptes Rend us des Seances... de la Commission 

 Perinanente de f Association InternatioJiale de Sismologie. 



Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., for the following works : — 

 A/icholson's /oitrnal, vols, i — 5, 1798 — iSoi ; Anvakn 

 der Physik, Neueste Folge, Bde. i — 12, 1819 — 1822 ; 

 "Studies in Anatomy from the Anatomical Department 

 of the Owens College,'" vols, i, 2, 1891, 1900; "Studies 

 from the Physiological Laboratory of Owens College, 

 Manchester," vol i, 1891; "Handbook of the Man- 

 chester Meeting of the British Association," 1887, and 

 "Excursions of the British Association, Manchester," 

 1887. 



Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde, Berlin, for Arcliiv 

 fir Bionfologie, vols, i — 3. 



