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  January 
  24, 
  1853, 
  (Anniversary 
  Meeting). 
  

   J. 
  O. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  chapter 
  of 
  the 
  Bye-laws 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  Annual 
  General 
  

   Meeting, 
  also 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  and 
  Cabinet 
  Committee 
  made 
  to 
  and 
  adopted 
  

   by 
  the 
  Council. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  Auditors 
  read 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  the 
  Treasurer's 
  Accounts 
  for 
  1852, 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  appeared 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  deficiency 
  of 
  Assets 
  compared 
  with 
  Liabilities 
  of 
  

   £]6; 
  to 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  added 
  £12 
  for 
  Subscriptions 
  due, 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  deemed 
  

   to 
  be 
  bad 
  debts, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  deficiency 
  of 
  £28. 
  

  

  In 
  drawing 
  attention 
  to 
  this 
  matter, 
  the 
  President 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  saw 
  no 
  

   reason 
  for 
  despondency, 
  for 
  the 
  excess 
  of 
  expenditure 
  over 
  income 
  was 
  due 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  

   measure 
  to 
  the 
  unavoidable 
  outlay 
  in 
  removing 
  from 
  Bond 
  Street, 
  and 
  fitting 
  up 
  the 
  

   Library, 
  Museum, 
  &c., 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  rooms 
  ; 
  the 
  removal 
  itself 
  being 
  forced 
  upon 
  the 
  

   Society 
  by 
  circumstances 
  over 
  which 
  it 
  had 
  no 
  control, 
  and 
  they 
  therefore 
  recommend- 
  

   ed 
  that 
  as 
  the 
  adverse 
  balance 
  was 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  accidental 
  events, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  met 
  by 
  

   a 
  general 
  and 
  special 
  subscription 
  among 
  the 
  Members, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  operations 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  impeded. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  having 
  appointed 
  two 
  Scrutineers, 
  the 
  ballots 
  took 
  place, 
  vvhen 
  it 
  

   appeared 
  that 
  Messrs. 
  E. 
  Newman, 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders, 
  A. 
  F. 
  Sheppard, 
  and 
  S. 
  War- 
  

   ing, 
  were 
  elected 
  into 
  the 
  Council, 
  in 
  the 
  room 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  F, 
  Smith, 
  H. 
  T. 
  Stainton, 
  

   J. 
  J. 
  Weir, 
  and 
  W. 
  Yan-ell 
  ; 
  also, 
  that 
  the 
  following 
  were 
  elected 
  to 
  the 
  respective 
  

   oflBces: 
  — 
  Edward 
  Newman, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S., 
  Z.S. 
  Sec, 
  President; 
  S. 
  Stevens, 
  Esq., 
  

   F.L.S., 
  Treasurer 
  ; 
  J. 
  W. 
  Douglas 
  and 
  W. 
  Wing, 
  Secretaries. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  delivered 
  the 
  annnal 
  Address 
  on 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  and 
  the 
  

   progress 
  of 
  Entomology 
  generally 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year; 
  for 
  which, 
  and 
  for 
  his 
  services 
  

   to 
  the 
  Society, 
  on 
  the 
  motion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Spence, 
  the 
  Members 
  passed 
  an 
  unanimous 
  vote 
  

   of 
  thanks, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  requested 
  to 
  allow 
  his 
  Address 
  to 
  be 
  printed. 
  

  

  Votes 
  of 
  thanks 
  were 
  also 
  passed 
  to 
  the 
  Treasurer, 
  Secretaries, 
  and 
  retiring 
  Mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Council. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  announced 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  had 
  received 
  three 
  essays, 
  in 
  competition 
  

   for 
  the 
  prize 
  of 
  £5 
  5.«. 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  Society 
  for 
  the 
  best 
  essay 
  on 
  the 
  duration 
  of 
  life 
  

   in 
  the 
  males, 
  female 
  and 
  workers 
  of 
  the 
  honey-bee 
  ; 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  adopted 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  

   the 
  Committee 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  referred, 
  namely, 
  that 
  the 
  essay 
  bearing 
  the 
  

   motto, 
  " 
  In 
  tenui 
  labor, 
  at 
  tenuis 
  non 
  gloria 
  " 
  was 
  very 
  able 
  and 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  prize 
  ; 
  

   and 
  upon 
  the 
  accompanying 
  note 
  being 
  opened, 
  the 
  author 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  

   Desborough, 
  of 
  Stamford. 
  Mr. 
  Desborough 
  being 
  in 
  attendance, 
  was 
  then 
  presented 
  

   with 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  prize. 
  

  

  The 
  unsuccessful 
  essays 
  will 
  be 
  delivered 
  to 
  the 
  authors, 
  upon 
  the 
  presentation 
  of 
  

   their 
  order 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  motto 
  adopted 
  by 
  them, 
  the 
  enve- 
  

   lopes 
  containing 
  their 
  names 
  not 
  having 
  been 
  opened. 
  

  

  