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the Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary 
or by other Members. The corresponding number of com- 
munications in the year 1874 was 142. 
These communications were submitted to the Committee 
of Publication, by whom the following orders were made 
respecting them. Six were ordered to be printed entire 
in the ‘ Transactions’ of the Society, and 110 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. 
In order to obtain the more speedy and exact publi- 
cation of these papers, the Committee of Publication 
determined in 1873 that, commencing with the year 1874, 
Ahe ‘ Proceedings’ should be issued in four parts instead of 
three and at exact dates as follows :— 
Part I. containing papers read in January and February, 
on June Ist. 
Part II. containing papers read in March and April, on 
August Ist. 
Part III. containing papers read in May and June, on 
October Ist. 
Part IV. containing papers read in November and 
December, on April 1st of the following year. 
The three first parts of ‘Proceedings’ for 1875 were 
duly issued in accordance with these regulations at the 
dates respectively named. The fourth part, containing also 
the Index and Titlepage for the volume, was likewise ready 
on the 1st of the present month, and has been delivered 
to the subscribers. 
The volume of the Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ for 1875, 
which is now on the table, contains 726 pages, illustrated 
by 72 (mostly coloured) plates. 
The following Parts of the Society’s ‘ Transactions’ 
were issued during the year 1875 :— 
Vou. IX. Parr II. (April, 1875). 
A List of the Birds known to inhabit the Philippine 
Archipelago. By Arthur, Viscount Walden. (With 12 
coloured plates.) ° 
