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A numbered Catalogue of the Society’s books has been pre- 
pared by Mr. G. Scott, and can be consulted at all times at the 
Library counter, while a shelf list has also been compiled, showing 
not only the position on the shelves of each work, but also the 
number of volumes, 
During the year the Society’s Microscopical Cabinet, which 
now contains 255 slides, has received donations from the following 
gentlemen: 13 slides from Mr. W. H. Smith and 4 from Mr. 
Wonfor. And your Committee report with pleasure the increased 
interest taken in the Microscopical meetings, and, as will be seen 
by the annexed proceedings, that very valuable papers have 
been read at them. 
The Conversazione held in the month of February, at the 
Royal Pavilion, was very successful, both in the number of those 
who were present, and in the variety and character of the 
entertainment. 
Your Committee report that scarcely any response has, up to 
the present time, been made to the circular inviting assistance in 
verifying the Fauna and Flora of Sussex, as suggested in Mr. 
Wonfor’s paper of April 1o, 1873, but they hope at the next 
Annual Meeting to present a more favourable report. 
The thanks of the Society are due to the Brighton and Hove 
Dispensary and the Medico-Chirurgical Society, for the use of the 
room at the Dispensary, in which the Meetings of the Society 
were held up to March last. 
Your Committee have great pleasure in commemorating the 
fact that since the last Annual Meeting the Free Library and 
