REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1880. 



The sum at the disposal of the Librarian from the 

 general funds of the Society during the past year amounted 

 in all to £10 Is. 4d., which was expended as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



1. In the purchase of new books 4 7 3 



2. For periodicals 4 8 6 



3. Binding 10 vols, of previous year's periodicals 15 7 



The low state of the Society's funds did not admit of a 

 larger smn being spent in the pm-chase of new books. Those 

 purchased were as follows, viz. : — 



1. Darwin's Movements of Plants, 1 vol., Svo., 1880. 



2. Sir J. Lubbock's Wild Flowers in relation to Insects, 1 vol., 



8vo., 1875. 



3. \V. Saville Kent's Manual of the Infusoria in six parts, 



Super-Royal Svo., 1880, of which three parts have been 

 received. 



4. The Midland Naturalist for 1878, 1879 and 1880, and the 



January number of 1881. N.B.— No. 25 wanting. 



The undemientioned work has been received from the 

 Eay Society in return for the annual subscription of one 

 guinea, viz. : — 



Vol. III. of the Copepoda, by Professor G. S. Brady, for 1879. 



The Society acknowledges with thanks the under- 

 mentioned pamphlets, viz. : — 



The Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society for 1880, presented 

 by that Society ; and "Natvire" for 1880, presented by 

 G. Rigden, Esq., M.R.C.S. 



