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The meetings have been very largely attended, the room on 

 many occasions having been quite full, and the exhibits and 

 discussions have reached a high level of importance ; the 

 latter, except when on matters of only momentary interest, 

 haye generally been fully reported in the Proceedings, the 

 statements of speakers, where not supplied by themselves, 

 being always submitted to them for correction before 

 publication. 



In the List of Fellows, published in Part Y of the Trans- 

 actions for 1911, a new departure was made by inserting 

 after the names of Fellows a list of any Offices they have 

 held in the Society, with dates. It is hoped that this will add 

 materially to the interest of the list. 



During the past session a collection of the portraits of former 

 Presidents has been initiated, and a considerable number have 

 already been received. 



The Council has been invited during the past year to 

 appoint Delegates for the International Congress of Eugenics, 

 the Centenary of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Society, the 

 2nd International Congress of Entomology, and the Interna- 

 tional Congress of Comparative Pathology. On the last of 

 these occasions the Society was not, however, actually repre- 

 sented, neither Prof. Newstead nor Prof. Theobald being able 

 to attend, and the short notice given by the Congress to the 

 Council making it impossible to find other delegates in their 

 place. 



The Society is also invited to be represented at the 9th 

 International Congress of Zoology, which is to take place at 

 Monaco in March next, from the 25th to the 29th. Reports 

 from the delegates to the Royal Society's Celebrations and the 

 International Congress of Entomology are appended. 



The Treasurer reports as follows : — 



The year ending 31st December, 1912, has been a very 

 prosperous one, the total receipts being £971 is. IkZ., against 

 £699 125. Ud. in 1909, £805 Os. Ud. in 1910, and £847 7s. 

 in 1911 respectively. This continued prosperity arises from a 

 general increase in all the items, especially in Admission Fees 

 and sales of Transactions. On the other hand, the cost of 



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