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of about 8 to 7. This change, so different to what had been the 

 case in the beginning, is mainly due to the fact that of late years 

 strong efforts have been made to secure the accession of the Free 

 Libraries. 



Of the officers of the Society the Presidents have been five : Sir 

 Henry De la Beche, from 1817 to 1855 ; Mr. W. J. Hamilton, from 

 1856 to 1867; Dr. Bowerbank, from 1865 to 1876; Sir R. Owen, 

 from 1877 to 1892 ; and Professor Huxley, from 1893 to 1895. The 

 Treasurers have been two : Mr. S. V. Wood, from 1847 to 1884, and 

 Mi*. R. Etheridge, from 1885 to the present time. The Secretaries 

 have been three : Professor Morris, for two months in 1847, Dr. 

 Bowerbank, from 1847 to 1862, and the Rev. Professor Wiltshire, 

 from 1863 to the present time. 



The publications of the Society have covered a large area of 

 information, comprehending the fossil Plantae, etc., fossils from the 

 subkingdoms Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Echinodermata, 

 Annulosa, Mollusca, and Vertebrata. 



Monographs have been completed on the Morphology of Stigmaria 

 ficoides, the Ferns and Gymnosperms of the Eocene beds, the 

 Foraminifera of the Carboniferous and Permian deposits, the Stroma- 

 toporoids, the fossil Corals, the Polyzoa of the Crag, the fossil 

 Cirripedia, the Post-Tertiary, Tertiary, and Cretaceous Entomostraca, 

 the fossil Estheria?, the Trilobites, the fossil Merostomata, the fossil 

 Brachiopoda, the Mollusca of the Crag, Eocene, and Great Oolite, 

 the fossil Trigoniae, the Cretaceous and Oolitic Echinodermata, the 

 Lias Ammonites, the Permian fossils, the Tertiary, Cretaceous, 

 "Wealden, Purbeck, Kimmeridge Clay, and Lias Reptilia, the Red 

 Crag Mammalia, the Mesozoic Mammalia, and the fossil Elephants. 



Monographs are in progress on the Foraminifera of the Crag, the 

 fossil Sponges, the Cretaceous Starfishes, the Carboniferous Mollusca, 

 the Inferior Oolite Ammonites, the Fishes of the Old Red Sandstone, 

 the Pleistocene Mammalia, and the Devonian Fauna. 



At an early date monographs will be commenced on the fossil 

 Cycadeae, the Cretaceous Mollusca, and the Lias Gasteropoda, but 

 many years must pass away before the whole of the British fossils 

 are described, and the intention of the original founders of the 

 Society fulfilled. 



The fiftieth volume, for 1896, has the whole of its plates ready 

 and more than three-fourths of its text printed off. Jts contents 

 will comprise the continuation of the monographs on the Crag 

 Foraminifera, the Anthracomyae, and the Devonian Fauna, thu 

 commencement of a monograph on the Carboniferous Mollusca, and 

 the conclusion of the monograph on the Inferior Oolite Gasteropoda. 



Within a week of the last annual meeting, Professor the Right 

 Hon. T. H. Huxley (then President) passed away. The Council 

 suggest that Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., be elected President, 

 that the vacant Vice-Presidentship be conferred on the Rev. G. F. 

 Whidborne, that Mr. R. Etheridge, F.R.S., be re-elected Treasurer, 

 and the Rev. Prof. Wiltshire, Secretary ; that the retiring members 

 of Council be Sir W. Flower, Prof. Liveing, and the Rev. H. II. 



