PEOCEEDINGS OF THE MAL.VCOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 247 



ANNUAL GENEEAL MEETING. 



Friday, Febkijaky 8th, 1895. 



Dr. H. "Woodward, F.R.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. Groves and Mr. W. M. Webb were appointed Scrutineers. 



The following Eeport of the Council for the year 1894 was read : — 



" Your Council, in presenting theii' second Annual Report, have to 

 congratulate the Society on a year of steady progress, both in influence 

 and in number of members. 



Thirty-iive new members have been elected during the year : there 

 have been no deaths, but eight members have resigned, so that the 

 numbers on the 31st of December stood as follows : — 



Ordinary members 97 



Corresponding members 66 



Total 153 



The increase in the number of corresponding members is especially 

 gratifying. 



The financial condition of the Society continues to be prosperous. 

 Afterpayment of all liabilities there remained a balance of £83 17s. 6d. 

 Out of this balance your Council are investing the sum of £50 in 

 the names of the three following Trustees, whom they have appointed 

 under Rule XIV, namely J. J. MacAndrew, J. Cosmo Melvill, and 

 J. H. Ponsonby. There is also a considerable stock of the 'Proceedings' 

 in hand, which is regarded as a valuable asset. 



Since the last Amiual Meeting, three numbers of the ' Proceedings ' 

 have been issued, comprising 168 pages and ten plates, besides numerous 

 illustrations in the text. Number 5 is now in the printers' hands, 

 and will shortly be issued. 



Your thanks are due to the following members who have borne 

 a large pi'oportion of the cost of the illustrations or have assisted 

 by furnishing the drawings : Dr. Boettger, G. F. Harris, J. C. 

 Melvill, R. B. Newton, S. Pace, J. H. Ponsonby, B. Schmacker, 

 E. A. Smith, G. B. Sowerby, E. R. Sykes, and M. F. Woodward. 



By kind permission of the Linnean Society, all the Ordinary 

 Meetings of the year, except that for July, were held in their 

 apartments in Burlington House. 



By the courteous invitation of the President, the meeting on 

 July 13th was held at his private residence, where the Presidential 

 Address was delivered to a large number of members and their friends. 



In addition to this Address, 37 papers have been read during the 

 year; these, and all exhibits at the meetings, either have been, or 

 will be, noticed in the ' Proceedings ' of the Society. The greater 

 number of the papers has been devoted to the description and 

 systemization of recent Mollusca; three, however, have dealt with 

 their Anatomy, and six have related to Palaeontology. 



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