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Sons, in August last, to put a new upper story on the house 

 and make other sUght improvements, at a total cost of 

 £541 5s. Of this sum £200 was paid last year, and 

 charged to the extraordinary expenditure of 1879, while 

 the remainder has been paid since the commencement of 

 the present year. 



The additional accommodation thus provided has ren- 

 dered the back room on the second floor available for the 

 use of readers, and has also given ample space for additions 

 to the library in the new large room on the upper story. 

 At the same time the opportunity has been taken of paint- 

 ing and repointing the whole outer front of the Society's 

 Office. 



2. Scientific Meetings. 



To the thirteen meetings for the despatch of scientific 

 business held in the Society's Rooms in Hanover Square in 

 1879, 144 communications were made. Of these, 100 were 

 from Fellows, 1 from a Foreign Member, and 24 from 

 Corresponding Members of the Society. The remaining 

 19 papers were from individuals not belonging to the 

 Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary 

 or by other Members. The corresponding number of com- 

 munications in the year 1878 was 160. 



These communications were submitted to the Committee 

 of Publication, by whom the following orders were made 

 respecting them. Seven were ordered to be printed entire 

 in the 'Transactions' of the Society, and 99 in the 'Pro- 

 ceedings,' such illustrations being in each case allowed as 

 the Committee considered necessary for the purpose. Of 

 the remaining communications, abstracts or extracts were 

 considered to be sufficient for publication. 



3. Scientific Publications. 



The volume of the Society's 'Proceedings' for 1879, 

 which is now on the table, contains 868 pages, illustrated 

 by 64 (mostly coloured) plates. 



Four Parts of the Society's ' Transactions ' were issued 

 during the year 1879, namely : — 



Vol. X. Part X. (February, 1879). 



Notes on the Fins of Elasmobranchs, with Considera- 

 tions on the Nature and Homologues of Vertebrate Limbs. 



