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be to give such help to students and others as shall render our Library 

 most available for the purposes of research or reference. Instead of once 

 a-week, as previously, the Library has, during the past year, been open 

 every day; the frequent visits of our Members, and the number of 

 volumes borrowed, sufficiently attest the need for, and the convenience of 

 this arrangement ; and in order to give still further effect to the policy of 

 making the Library as accessible and useful as is possible, the Society has 

 this evening to put the new Bye-Law in force, and proceed to the election 

 of an Honorary Librarian. 



Li conclusion, the Council feels justified in saying that this year has not 

 been one of inactivity. The number of our Members, both at home and 

 abroad, has become somewhat larger ; our Library grows, and is increasingly 

 used; our meetings maintain their interest; and our publications, both in 

 extent and scientific value, are equal to those of any former period of the 

 Society's existence. 



11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, 

 17th January, 1877. 



The following gentlemen were elected Members of Council for 1877 : — 

 Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, Professor Westwood, Rev. A. E. Eaton, Rev. 

 T. A. Marshall, and Messrs. H. W. Bates, G. C. Champion, J, W. Douglas, 

 J. W. Dunning, F. Grut, R. Meldola, E. Saunders, H. T. Stainton, and 

 J. Jenner Weir. 



The following officers were subsequently elected for the year 1877 : — 

 President, Professor Westwood, M.A., F.L.S., &c. ; Treasurer, J. Jenner 

 Weir ; Hon. Secretaries, Messrs. F. Grut and R. Meldola ; Hon. Librarian, 

 Rev. T. A. Marshall. 



The President (Prof. Westwood) having been unfortunately prevented 

 from attending by an accident, the reading of his Address on the progress 

 of Entomology for the past year was unavoidably postponed until the next 

 meeting, on the 7th February. 



A cordial vote of thanks was given to the President, with an expression 

 of regret at the cause of his absence on this occasion. A vote of thanks 

 was also given to the Treasurer and Secretaries ; and a special vote in 

 acknowledgment of Mr. Dunning's munificent donation of £150, towards 

 the extraordinary expenses of the Society. 



