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A record of the accessions to the library shows that, from 

 April, 1905, to March, 1906, 737 serials and 58 separate works 

 were received, a total of 795 volumes. The donations during 

 the session (exclusive of the usual exchanges) amount to 53 

 volumes and 299 dissertations ; 5 volumes have been purchased 

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



During the past session the Society has arranged to exchange 

 publications with the following : — The Bureau of Standards, 

 Washington ; The Field Columbian Museum, Chicago ; The 

 Direccion General de Estadistica de la Provincia de Buenos 

 Aires, La Plata \ The Washington Academy of Science ; The 

 Ethnological Survey for the Phillipine Islands, Manila ; The 

 University of Washington, Seattle ; The Laboratoire Russe de 

 Zoologie, Villefranche-sur-Mer, and the Academica Polytechnica, 

 Porto. 



The publication of the Memoirs and Proceedings has been 

 continued under the supervision of the Editorial Committee. 



The Society is indebted to the following gentlemen for the 

 undermentioned gifts : — 



Mr. Alfred Brothers, F.R.A.S., for a portrait of the late 

 Rev. William Gaskell, and for a lantern slide photo- 

 graphic portrait of Dr, Joule. 



Mr. Charles Bailey, M.Sc, F.L.S., for a quarto MS. volume 

 of the minutes of the meetings of the Manchester 

 Botanists' Association. 



Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.L.S., for "Annals of Electricity, 

 Magnetism, and Chemistry," conducted by W. Sturgeon. 

 Vols. I — 9, 1837-42, and "The Annals of Philosophical 

 Discovery," conducted by W. Sturgeon, i vol., 1843. 



The Council arranged for the Wilde Lecture to be delivered 

 on Tuesday, March 20th, 1906, by Professor H. H. Turner, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S., of Oxford University. 



The Council resolved that an address be presented to the 



