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Mr. Pascoe proposed, and Mr. Wallace seconded, a special vote of thanks to 

 Mr. W. Wilson Saunders for the munificent gift mentioned in the Report; and this 

 was carried by acclamalion. 



The following gentlemen were elected Members of the Council for 1870: — 

 Messrs. H. W. Bates, Dallas, Dunning, Fry, Grut, M'Lacblan, Parry, Pascoe, 

 Salvin, Edward Saunders, S. Stevens, A. R. Wallace and Wormald. 



The following ofiiters for 1870 were afterwards elected: — President, Mr. Alfred 

 R. Wallace ; Treasurer, Mr. S, Stevens ; Secretaries, Messrs. Dunning and M'Lachlan ; 

 Librarian, Mr. E. W. Janson. 



The following Address (in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Bates) was read by 

 the Secretary: — 



THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Gentlemen, 



The termination of another year of existence of our Society 

 brings with it the recurrence of the annual duty Avhich devolves on 

 your President, of laying before you a summary of the Society's 

 labours, and of the general progress of Entomology, during the past 

 twelve months. 



As far as we have at present learnt, the Society has lost only 

 two Members by death during the year. These are M. le Chevalier 

 Francfort, who had only recently been elected, and Mr. J. H. Hart- 

 wright, who had belonged to us since 1865. Neither of these 

 gentlemen, I believe, had published anything on the subject of our 

 favourite Science, and they were known as Entomologists only to a 

 few friends occupied in collecting and studying the same groups. 



The Report of the Council has afforded you full information 

 regarding our numbers, income, expenditure, and so forth ; and 

 I think we have reason to be gratified at the evidence these neces- 

 sary statistics afford of the stead}"- progress and stability of the 

 Society. It is obvious, however, when we glance at the names of 

 contributors to popular Entomological magazines, or learn the 

 number of their subscribers, that the majority of British Ento- 

 mologists still remain out of our ranks. We have enrolled a 

 considerable number of them during the past year, and I think 

 many more would be induced to join us were they fully aware of 

 the advantages which Membership offers, amongst which may be 



