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 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Annual Meeting of 13th Feb., 1889, at King's College, Strand, W.C, 

 THE Peesident (De. C. T. Hudson M.A., LL.D.), in the Chaik. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 9 th January last were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) received 

 since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the Society given 

 to the donors. 



From 

 Hartiiig, P., Bijdrage tot de Kennis der Mikroskopische Fauna en 



Flora van de Banda-Zee. 34 pp., 3 pis. (4to, Amsterdam, 



1863) Mr. Crisp. 



Miiller, O. F., Von Wiirmern des siissen and salzlgen Wassers. 



200 pp., 16 pis. (4to, Kopenhagen, 1771) „ 



The President having appointed Mr. W. W. Peeves and Mr. H. 

 Epps to act as Scrutineers, the ballot for the election of Officers and 

 Council for the ensuing year was proceeded with. 



The Report of the Council was read as follows : — 



Fellows. — During the year forty Fellows have been elected whilst 

 twenty-eight have died or resigned, a somewhat larger average than usual. 



Four Honorary Fellows have died : Mr. G. E. Waterhouse, Prof. 

 A. de Bary, and Dr. Asa Gray, whose deaths were noticed in the last 

 Report, and Mr. P. H. Gosse, an obituary notice of whom appears in the 

 current volume of the " Proceedings " of the Eoyal Society. In their 

 places were elected : Prof. Virchow, Prof. Loven, Prof. Govi, and Prof. 

 Allman. 



One ex-officio Fellow has also been elected; the President of the 

 Nottingham Naturalists' Society. 



This leaves the list of Fellows, 611 Ordinary Fellows, 50 Honorary 

 Fellows, and 88 ex-officio Fellows, or 779 in all. 



Finances. — Notwithstanding that the deaths and resignations have 

 exceeded the average of previous years, yet as these have occurred to a 

 large extent amongst the compounders and Fellows paying the old rate 

 of subscription, the increase in the revenue of the Society is larger than 

 previously, namely 4lZ. 9s. 6d., as against 34Z. 2s. %d. in 1887, and 

 25Z. 3s. in 1886. The invested funds of the Society consist of freehold 

 mortgages, 1200Z. and India Three per Cents, 875Z. lOs. ^d., including 

 the Quekett Memorial Fund, lOOZ. The total revenue of the Society 

 from Fellows' subscriptions alone is 920Z. 



Library. — The Council regret to have to announce that they have 

 received notice from the authorities at King's College that, after the 

 present year, the Society can no longer be accommodated at the College. 

 As this notice has only been very recently received, the Council have 

 not had an opportunity of considering future arrangements ; but this 

 will form the subject of discussion at the first meeting of tlie new 



