Society's room. Brief abstracts of these proceedings will be ap- 

 pended, to the present annual report. 



The monthly evening scientific meetings have been held very 

 regularly, and the subjects bi"ought forward at them have been of a 

 most interesting character. The attendance also has been very fair. 

 There have been no excursions in any great strength as in former 

 years, but fi'om time to time a few members joined in agreeable 

 rambles to the coast at Whitstable, and to Chartham and other 

 places in the neighbourhood, bringing back with them a fair amount 

 of spoU, in the shape of botanical and zoological specimens, for 

 examination and discussion at the evening meetings. 



Along with this report each member will receive a copy of Mr- 

 Fullagar's paper with illustrations on the Actinophrys. This paper 

 was read at a meeting of the Quekett Microscopical Club in London, 

 and so highly was it thought of, that it has been printed at the 

 expense of that Society for insertion in their annual report, and your 

 committee, believing that it would be the wish of their members to 

 be furaished with a copy for their own use, have requested that 150 

 copies may be supplied for the use of this Society, fifty of which, it 

 is proposed, to make over to Mr. Fullagar as a free gift for his 

 private use. The cost of the 150 copies, it is estimated, will amount 

 to about £1 15s. 



The cordial thanks of the Society are due to each and all of its 

 Officers for the efficient manner in which they have discharged their 

 several duties. 



Tour committee cannot close this report without an expression of 

 their deep regret that the state of health of the Hon. Secretary, G. 

 Gulliver, Esq., F.R.S., is such as to prevent his being present at the 

 annual meeting. They sincerely trust that, by the blessing of 

 Almighty God, he may soon be restored to health and able to 

 continue his valuable services to the Society. 



REPORT OP THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1875 



At the close of 1874 a small balance of 3s. 5d. remained after pay- 

 ing for the books and periodicals, and binding of 20 volumes. In 

 1875 a grant of £15 was made from the general fund for the use of 

 the library, making £15 3s. 5d. in all. Of this sum £7 Is. was laid 

 out iu the purchase of new books, a list of which is given below, and 

 £5 lis. for periodicals. A further sum of £1 9s. 7d. was expended 

 in binding 12 vols, of the previous year's periodicals, and 38. in 

 postage, &c., thus bringing up the total for the year to £14 4s. 7d., 

 leaving a balance of 18s. lOd. in hand. 



The new Books consist of the following, viz. :— 



1. Carpenter's Foraminifera, (Ray Society). 



2. Newman's Moths and Butterflies. 



3. Evelyn's Silva. 



4. Swan's Nervous System. 



5. Berkeley's Fungology. 



G. Monro's Stnicture of Fishes. 

 7. Curtis ou Farm Insects. 



