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Tour Committee felt considerable anxiety as to the 

 choice of books to be purchased, and hope that the 

 selection which they have made will meet with the 

 approbation of the Society ; and they would suggest 

 that members desiring any particular works to be pur- 

 chased should, from time to time, send their names, 

 and the titles of the books to one of the Secretaries, in 

 order that the Committee may on future occasions be 

 enabled to appropriate the funds at their disposal in a 

 manner most in accordance with the wishes of the 

 members. 



A Catalogue of the books belonging to the Society 

 has been made, and will be ready for circulation with 

 the Annual report. 



Your Committee regret to have to report that great 

 irregularity exists amongst the members in the circula- 

 tion of the periodicals, whereby the usefulness of the 

 Society is much diminished ; and they also beg to call 

 the attention of the members to the circular which was 

 some time since sent to them concerning the missing 

 numbers, to which no response has been made. 



The monthly meetings have been very numerously 

 attended, and an interesting paper on some subject con- 

 nected with Natural History has on each occasion been 

 read and animatedly discussed. The following are the 

 subjects which have been introduced : — 



The Natural History of Egypt and 

 Nubia, from observations made 

 in 1856-7 Mr. John Winter 



