XXX vi Animal Report of tJic Council. 



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

 April, 1900, to March, 1901, 625 serials and 80 separate works 

 were received, a total of 705 volumes. The donations during the 

 session (exclusive of the usual exchanges) amount to 17 volumes 

 and 127 dissertations ; 2 books 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 : Western Society of Engineers, 

 Chicago ; Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia 

 Medica, Cincinnati ; Naturhistorisk Forening, Copenhagen ; 

 University of Durham Philosophical Society, Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne. 



The University of Glasgow having requested the Society to 

 appoint delegates to be present at the celebration of the Ninth 

 Jubilee of the University, from June 12th to 14th, 1901, the 

 Council has nominated Dr. Henry Wilde, F.R.S., and Professor 

 Horace Lamb, LL.D., F.R.S., to represent the Society on the 

 occasion. 



At the request of the Council, Professor A. Sheridan 

 Delepine, M.B., B.Sc, and Mr. Alexander Hodgkinson, M.B., 

 B.Sc, have agreed to act as delegates of the Society to the 

 British Congress on Tuberculosis, to be held in London from 

 July 22nd to 26th, 1901. 



The Council has awarded : — 



The Wilde Medal for 1901 to Dr. Elie Metchnikoff, for his 

 researches in comparative embryology, comparative anatomy, 

 and the study of inflammation and phagocytosis. 



The Wilde Premium for 1901 to Mr. Thomas Thorp, for his 

 paper on " Grating Films and their application to colour 

 photography," and other communications made to the Society. 



Dr. Metchnikoff was appointed to deliver the Wilde Lecture. 



The Council arranged for the Medal and Premium to be 

 presented and the Wilde Lecture to be delivered on Monday, 

 April 22nd, 1901. 



