II. OFFICE, 3 Hanover Square. 

 1. Scientific Meetings. 



To the fourteen meetings for the despatch of scientific 

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

 in 1887, 133 communications were made. Of these, 95 

 were from Fellows and 1 1 from Corresponding Members 

 of the Society. The remaining 27 papers were from 

 individuals not belonging to the Society, and were com- 

 municated to it by the Secretary or by other Members. 

 The corresponding number of communications in the 

 year 1886 was 117. 



These communications were submitted to the Committee 

 of Publication, by whom the following orders were made 

 respecting them : 5 were ordered to be printed entire 

 in the 'Transactions' of the Society, and 91 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. 



a. Proceedings. 



The volume of 'Proceedings' for 1887 is on the table. 

 It contains 730 pages illustrated by 55 plates. In the 

 following table are given the number of pages and plates 

 of the volumes of ' Proceedings '. for the past ten 

 years : — 



