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shall presently point out, would be entirely devoted to the publication 

 of papers in the ' Transactions.' 



There is one item in our balance-sheet to which I feel bound to 

 draw particular attention. The cost of " Tea" amounts to ^£13 13s., 

 and the receipts on account thereof to only £o. This item of 

 " Tea " has always been a vexed question amongst us : many times 

 has it been brought under the consideration of the Council and the 

 Society, always with the result that it was not desirable to discontinue 

 to provide it, and that to defray its cost a special subscription should 

 be relied upon. Year by year this subscription becomes less, and 

 the names of the subscribers fewer, and it seems to me that as the 

 amount has at last become so small, and there is really no authority 

 to pay for tea out of the income of the Society, that if the Members 

 generalW do not think fit to subscribe a fund to cover the expense, 

 it would be better to determine that tea shall no longer be provided. 

 A small contribution from each of the Members attending the 

 meetings would be sufficient to defray the cost and keep us on a level 

 with other Societies, but if the subscription this year does not make 

 up the required sum, it will be the duty of the Council to see that 

 the Society's funds are no longer burdened with an outlay for which 

 they are not intended, and of which Members not resident in or near 

 London may fairly complain. 



Election of Members. 



During the past year we have elected two Honorary Members, 

 viz. Dr. Schaum, of Berlin, and M. Leon Dufour, of Saint Sever, 

 France. We have also elected five Members, viz. M. Bigot, 

 M. Bonvouloir, M. Candeze, M. Deyrolle, F. A. Jesse, Esq., and 

 seven Subscribers, viz. H. W. Bates, Esq., A. E. Crafter, Esq., 

 J. Ellerton, Esq., W. Kirby, Esq., C. Miller, Esq., G. Seaton, Esq., 

 J. C. Young, Esq. On the other hand, we have lost by resignation 

 three Members, viz. Dr. Adams, H. Ansell, Esq., and C. P. Melly, 

 Esq., and two Subscribers, viz., H. W. Brown, Esq., and J. Sang, 

 Esq. 



Oblt2iary. 



Death has not thinned our ranks during the last year, but he has 

 called away one of our oldest entomologists, who had outlived his 

 generation and still lingered amongst us. Bracy Clark died on the 

 16th of December, in his ninetieth year, and, although not a Member 

 of this Society, yet as a veteran of the Linnean school and the father 



