II. OFFICE, 3 Hanover Square. 



1. Scientific Meetings. 



To the thirteen meetings for the despatch of scientific 

 business held in the Society's Rooms in Hanover Square 

 in 1885, 122 communications were made. Of these, 95 

 were from Fellows, 1 from a Foreign Member, and 12 from 

 Corresponding Members of the Society. The remaining 

 14 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 

 communications in the year 1884 was 119. 



These communications were submitted to the Committee 

 of Publication, by whom the following orders were made 

 respecting them : 4 were ordered to be printed entire 

 in the 'Transactions' of the Society, and 82 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. 



2. Scientific Publications. 



The volume of * Proceedings ' for 1885 is on the table. 

 It contains 991 pages illustrated by 62 plates. In the 

 following table ax-e given the number of pages and plates 

 of the volumes of ' Proceedings ' for the past ten 

 years : — 



