﻿REI^OI^T, 1888. 



''pHE Council can again congratulate the members on the 

 i satisfactory progress which has been made during the 

 year. When the Report for 1887 was read there was a 

 membership of 148. During the present year two members 

 have been struck off the roll of membership, and one other 

 has resigned. Against this loss of three members no less 

 than fifty-five have been elected, making the total number 

 now on the Society's books exactly 200. 



About the beginning of April, at the suggestion of Mr. 

 Coryndon Matthews, it was decided by the Council to offer 

 greater facilities to country members, and for this purpose a 

 Committee was appointed to arrange the necessary details, 

 some of which it was found would have to be submitted to a 

 General Meeting of the members, and this was accordingly 

 done on the 26th of April, 1888. It was ultimately arranged 

 that, under certain conditions, all country members should 

 have, among other privileges, those of using the books 

 belonging to the Library, and, as far as was possible, the 

 identification of specimens. Since this became known we 

 have elected fourteen country members, many of whom have 

 sent exhibits and notes to the meetings, and others have availed 

 themselves of the opportunity of getting specimens named. 



The financial position, as will be seen by the Treasurer's 

 Balance-Sheet, is thoroughly sound, there being a larger 

 balance in hand than at any previous time in the Society's 

 history. 



The additions to the Library for the year are as follows : — 



" The Entomologist" and "The Zoologist " for 1888, from 

 Mr. Newman. 



"The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine" for 1888, from 

 Mr. McLachlan. 



