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History as far as published, to Vol. XII. of the 5th Series; in all ninety- 

 two volumes. 



The Library has been more frequently consulted, and more volumes 

 have been borrowed than could have been expected, considering the incon- 

 veniences occasioned by the alterations and the inaccessibility of many of 

 the books. 



The Bye-Laws have been revised to the following effect : — that no 

 more Annual Subscribers or Corresponding Members shall be elected ; 

 that every contributing Member upon payment of the subscription shall 

 be entitled to the volume of the Transactions for the year as published ; 

 and that no Member shall be elected into the Council or as an officer 

 unless previously nominated. 



We have changed our rooms, but not their locality. The Medical 

 Society have greatly enlarged and partially rebuilt their premises, and in 

 the general improvements made we have participated ; our new Library is 

 a larger, better-lighted, and more convenient room than previously, and the 

 new meeting-room must have been very favourably compared with the old 

 by us all. As last year, the special thanks of the Society are again due to 

 Mr. Grut and Mr. Poole for discharging the extra labours cast upon them 

 by the removal and in the re-arrangement of the new rooms. These 

 alterations have necessitated the purchase of new cupboards to contain our 

 large stock of Transactions, but the annual charges on the Society will be 

 the same as heretofore. Three Life-compositions received during the year 

 have been expended upon the Library. 



To give Members an opportunity of becoming better acquainted with 

 the earlier volumes of our Transactions, and with a view to reduce our 

 stock, the Council has thought well to reduce the price to Members of the 

 volumes published previously to 1878, the first series (of which only a few 

 copies of the first four volumes remain in stock) excepted. It is hoped that 

 advantage will be taken of this reduction. 



The work done by the Society in the fiftieth year of its existence com- 

 pares favourably with that of any other, and it is to be hoped that present 

 members will use their best efforts to support the Society, to secure 

 additions to our Library, to the list of Members, and to the general fund of 

 entomological knowledge, that all may participate in the good work done. 



11, Chanclos Street, Cavendish Square, 

 16th January, 1884. 



No Members having been proposed other than those recommended by 

 the Council, the following were declared to be the Members of Council for 

 1884 :— T. R. Billups, J. W. Dunning, E. A. Fitch, F. Grut, W. F. Kirby, 

 G.Lewis, R. M'Lachlan, J. W. May, R. Meldola, F.P. Pascoe, E. Saunders, 

 Sir S. S. Saunders, J. W. Slater. 



