during the year, and contained, besides the reports of 

 Meetings and other usual information, several important 

 papers, making in all a volume of 107 pages. 



The post of Librarian, which has been so ably filled by 

 Mr. H. J. Turner during the past five years, becomes 

 vacant by his retirement from that office, and the Council 

 congratulates itself on having secured the services of a 

 worthy successor in Mr. H. A. Sauze, in whose ability for 

 the post they have every confidence. 



It has been suggested that a catalogue of the Society's 

 Library should be published. Seven years have elapsed since 

 the last appeared, it being printed in the "Abstract of 

 Proceedings " for 1889 ; many valuable and useful books 

 have been added during the time, and the Council there- 

 fore hopes to give this matter its early and favorable 

 consideration. 



The Society's Album has been enriched by the addition 

 of some dozen photographs of Members, whose good ex- 

 ample, it is hoped, may be promptly followed by many 

 others. 



The addition to the Society's collections of the " Tugwell " 

 Herbarium, through the kindness of the donor, Mr. C. A. 

 Briggs, deserves special mention. And for additions to 

 the Lepidoptera collection the Members are indebted to 

 Col. Partridge for a very large number of Tortrices and 

 Tineina; to Mr. Kremlin for specimens of Phorodesma 

 sinaragdaria, and to Mr. Marsden for representatives of 

 Lyccena avion. 



The Society is also indebted to the following donors for 

 the valuable additions to the Library mentioned below : — 



" The Entomologist " for 1896, from Mr. R. South. 



" The Zoologist " for 1896, from Mr. Newman. 



"The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine" for i8g6, from 

 Mr. McLachlan. 



" Science Gossip " for 1896, from Mr. Carrington. 



" Agrotis tritici " (Tutt in " Canadian Entomologist "). 



