90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



Your Committee are pleased to have still to record a steady and con- 

 tinuous growth of the Society. The accession of New Members has again 

 been very gratifying — thirty names having been enrolled during the year. 

 Unfortunately five gentlemen have intimated their intention of ceasing to 

 be Members at the close of the current year, and one esteemed friend of 

 the science, and a past President of the Society — Dr. W. 11. Evans, has, 

 we regret to say, been removed from our midst by death. At each Meeting 

 during the past year Donations to either the Library or the Collection have 

 been announced. By these means many valuable acquisitions have come 

 to the Society. The list is too long for reproduction here, but we would 

 make special reference to the Portrait of the late Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, painted 

 and kindly presented to the Society by Mrs. M. Skilton, of Brentford ; and 

 to the valuable work, "A Prodomus of the Zoology of Victoria," issued by 

 the Government of that Colony. A larger number of Papers have been 

 communicated than in any previous year. The Exhibits also have been 

 very numerous and generally of considerable interest. The movement set 

 on foot at the last Annual Meeting for providing Cabinets by voluntary 

 subscription for the Society's specimens has been well received. The total 

 amount contributed to this date is;,^io 8s. 6d., and three Cabinets have been 

 procured at a cost of ;^7 2s. 6d. During the past year the following matters 

 of importance have engaged the attention of the Council : — i. The for- 

 mation of Local Branch Societies : Such a Branch has been formed in the 

 Manchester District, and the question will be brought forward for the 

 approval of the Meeting. 2. The Publications of Papers read before the 

 Society : This question was raised with the view of securing the greatest 

 possible accuracy in the statements of Papers read before the Society and 

 intended for Pnblication. After consideration the Council adopted a series 

 of Rules which they think will effectually secure the object desired. 3. The 

 question of the Society's Publishing a Proceedings of its own : 



That these matters might be considered with care and deliberation 

 the Council appointed a Sub-Committee to make enquiries and report. 

 This was done, and as a result the Council passed certain resolutions which 

 will be laid before the Meeting, and recommended for adoption by it. 

 The Balance Sheet was read and adopted ; it showed the receipts to be 

 £^2 Js. yd. and expenditure ^36 17s. gd., the balance, ;!^5 gs. lod., being 

 carried forward. 



recorder's report. 

 During the twelve months ending with the 15th December, 1888, the 

 num' er of records made and authenticated by the Society's Referees has 

 been 2,081, being an increase upon the 1,621 records made in 1887, but not 

 reaching the figures of previous years. The total number of records now on 

 the books is 23,880, no less than 20,798 of these being for England and 

 Wales alone, while there are but 1,517 for Scotland, 741 for Ireland, and 824 

 for Extra-British localities. This shows that while in England and Wales 



J.C, vi., Apr., 1889, 



