246 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Friday, 10th February, 1905. 



E. R. Sykes, B.A., President, in the Chair. 



The President referred to the recent death of Professor George Bond 

 Howes, F.R.S., a past President of the Society, and it was resolved 

 that a message of condolence shox;ld be sent to Mrs. Howes, in which 

 the Society might give expression to its sense of the deep loss suffered 

 by Biology. 



Mr. H. Fulton and Mr. F. G. Bridgman were appointed scrutineers. 



The following report was read : — 



"Your Council, in presenting their twelfth Annual Eeport, are 

 able once more to record a year of satisfactory progress. 



During the past twelve months four new members have been 

 elected. On the other hand, seven have been lost to the Society — 

 two by death. Dr. C. E. Beecher and Professor E. von Martens, two 

 by retirement, and three by the action of Rule X. 



The membership of the Society on December 31st, 1904, stood as 



follows : — 



Ordinary members 88 



Corresponding members 75 



Total 163 



At the end of the year 1903 the total membership was 165, and of 

 1902, 168. 



The finances of the Society are in a thoroughly sound condition. 

 After payment of all liabilities there is a balance of £24 2s. 2d. 

 in the Treasurer's hands, whilst the sum of £50 still remains invested 

 in Metropolitan 2 J per cent. Stock. 



Since the last Annual Meeting the first three numbers of Yol. YI 

 of the 'Proceedings' have been issued, consisting of 182 pages and 

 illustrated with 10 plates and 80 figures in the text. 



The thanks of the Society are due to the following members, who 

 have defrayed part of the cost of illustration, or have gratuitously 

 furnished drawings for reproduction : — Eev. P. Ashington Bullen, 

 R. H. Burne, S. I. Da Costa, Lieut. -Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen, 

 G. K. Gude, J. C. Melvill, J. H. Ponsonby, H. B. Preston, E. A. 

 Smith, I.S.O., G. B. Sowerby, H. Suter, and E. R. Sykes. Without 

 this generous assistance the Society would not be in a position to issue 

 such a fully illustrated publication. 



