Balfour's Botanist's Companion, Ward's Growth of Plants 

 in Cases, The Seaweed Collector's Guide (by Cocks), Half- 

 hours with the Microscope (by Lankester), The Varieties 

 of Man (by Latham), Elements of Geology (by Ansted), 

 History of Insects (by Newman), Life on the Earth (by 

 Phillips). 



The library now consists of 258 volumes. A list of 

 such as have been added during the year will be found at 

 the end of this report. 



Your Committee have great pleasure in reporting 

 that dui'ing the past year there has been a great increase 

 on the number of members using the library. 



Two of the monthly meetings have been devoted to 

 the examination of Microscopical objects, these meetings 

 have been so well attended, that your Committee would 

 advise that similar meetings be occasionally held. 



The thanks of the Society are due to those gentlemen 

 who have read papers before the Society, and also to those 

 w;ho have exhibited microscopes. 



A Conversazione was held in the month of January, 

 which seemed to give great satisfaction. 



