" Supplement," issued a few years afterwards. In our new 

 Honorary Librarian, Mr. H. J. Turner, I am convinced that 

 we shall find a worthy successor to Mr. Champion in this 

 important office. 



The acquisition of our new premises has not been free from 

 difficulties, legal and otherwise ; and we are greatly indebted 

 to our Fellow, Mr. W. G. F. Nelson, for his most kind and 

 valuable advice and assistance in enabling us to surmount 

 these obstacles. The preparations for the occupation of our 

 new home proceed apace, and we assemble this evening for 

 almost, if not quite, the last time in the room in which, ever 

 since the year 1874, our meetings have been held. It is only 

 fitting here to acknowledge the cordial relations that have 

 subsisted between the Medical Society of London and ourselves, 

 during the long period of our tenancy of their rooms. 



In common with all other scientific Societies, we have felt 

 severely the pinch of the present hard times, and it has been 

 found imperatively necessary to increase our Entrance Fee 

 and Annual Subscription very materially. This increase, 

 however, has not prevented the addition to our ranks of an 

 unprecedented number of new Fellows, and our losses by 

 resignation and by death have been more than made good. 

 The cost of paper, of printing, and especially of every form 

 of illustration, instead of becoming less as we hoped last year, 

 continues ever to increase, and is now almost prohibitive ; 

 our Transactions have in consequence suffered somewhat, 

 and though the quality of their contents remains as high as 

 ever, they are smaller in bulk than has been the case for 

 many years past, and it has been necessary to defer the pub- 

 lication of several important papers. 



During the past year we have lost by death thirteen of 

 our colleagues, including our senior Fellow, the Eev. Henry 

 S. Gorham, who joined the Society as long ago as 1855. He 

 possessed an intimate knowledge of British and exotic Cole- 

 optera, and his Entomological writings, all of which deal 

 with this Order of Insects, extend over a period of forty years. 

 Among these the most important are the " Endomycici 

 Recitati," published in 1873, and his contributions to the 

 " Biologia Centrali-Americana," in which great work he was 



