hospitably entertained by Mr. Dowker, at StourmoutL, and anotlier 

 under the auspices of Colonel Horsley and Mr. Sibert Saunders, at 

 Whitstablc. 



Your Committee, in conclusion, must state that the most cordial 

 thanks of the Society are due to each and all of its officers, for the 

 very careful and efficient manner in which they have discharged 

 their several duties. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1874. 



The sum at the disposal of the Librarian during the year 1874, 

 voted from the general fund of the Society was £15, phis the 

 balance, 2s. 9d., remaining from the previous year, making £15 2s. 9d. 



Of this amount £6 3s. 3d. was spent in the purchase of new 

 books, a list of which is given below, and £6 lis. 7d. for periodicals. 

 For binding two years" periodicals, consisting of 20 vols., the cost 

 was £2 4s. 6d., and there is a balance in hand of Ss. 5d. 



The New Works consist of the following, yiz. : — 



1. Huxley's Hydrozoa (Oceanic), Ray Society. 



2. Staveley's, British Insects. 



3. Westwood's Butterflies of Great Britain. 



4. Berkeley's British Mosses. 



5. Larmark's Sheila, by Hanley. 



6. Tui-ton's, Dr. W., Manual of Land and Fresh Water Shells. 



7. Jacob's Catalogue of Plants of Faversham. 



8. Wood's Common Shells of the Sea Shore. 



9. Cassell's Book of Birds. 



10. Gosse's History of British Sea Anemones. 



11. World of the Sea, translated from the French by the Kev. H. Martyn Hart. 



12. Microgi-aphic Dictionary, Parts 13 to 17. 



In return for the one guinea subscription annually to the Ray 

 Society, the undermentioned works have been received duiing 1874, 

 and added to the Library, viz. : — 



Monograph of British SpongiadsB, 'Vol. IH. 

 A Monograph of the British Annelids, Part I. 



The Nemerteans, by W. C. Mcintosh, M.D., F.E.S.E., F.L.S., &c., 1873. Part 

 I. continued of the above, 1874. 



The following Pamphlets were presented to the Society during 

 the year 1874, viz. : — 



By Eastbourne Natui-al History Society, A Paper on the Orchidacese found 



near Eastbourne, by Miss Hall and Miss A. Woodhoiise ; A Paper on 



Ado.i'a Moschatellina, by Miss A. Woodhoiise. 

 A Pamphlet on Keminiscences of Animals, Birds, Fishes, and Meteorology, by 



Thomas Kingsford, Esq. 

 Sixth Annual Keport of the Eastbourne Natural History Society. 

 Report of West Kent Microscopical and Photographic Society. 

 Pamphlet on The Development of Hydra Vulgaris, by James Fullagar, from 



the author. 

 Ninth Report of the Quekett Microscopical Club, for the year ending June, 



1874, by T. Cartels, Esq. 



