PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 1 5 



Bell Cox, Mr. J. W. Storey, Mr. Albert Wood, Mr. R. Barnes, Mr. J. W. 

 Taylor, F.L.S., Mr. E. R. Sykes, B.A., Mr. A. L. Reade, Mr. C. O. 

 Pickard Cambridge, Rev. S. Spencer Pearce, M.A., Mr. C. H. Morris, 

 Mr. A. H. Pawson, Rev. Herbert Milnes, Rev. R. A. Summerfield, B.A., 

 Mr. J. Bartt Davy, Mr. J. D. Butterell, Dr. R. F. Scharff, Rev. George 

 Gordon, LL.D., stc, etc. 



Your Council have pleasure in announcing that various much-appreciated 

 Subscriptions have been made to the Cabinet Fund, and that a valued mem- 

 ber—Mr. W. Whitwell — has placed the Society under much obligation, by 

 offering to contribute 5/- for this purpose annually in addition to his sub- 

 scription, in the hope that a considerable number of other members may 

 follow his example. 



Mr. Nelson, the Curator, has devoted a good deal of time and attention 

 to the mounting and arrangement of the Collections and has finished the 

 display of the British Marine series. There are, however, still a large 

 number of the British species which the Society will be pleased to accept as 

 donations from the members in order that the series may be completed. The 

 Curator would also be pleased if the members would present collections of 

 the shells of their own particular district or county ; and your Council may 

 take advantage of this present occasion of holding a Meeting in Manchester, 

 to say that collections of shells from Cheshire, South Lancashire, and West 

 Lancashire, would be greatly valued as donations from our Lancashire 

 members. 



The Library has increased during the year by numerous exchanges, and 

 by donations of books, pamphlets, and reprints. Some very important 

 additions have been made. Among the works purchased may be mentioned 

 Rossmassler's Iconographie, a full set of the Zeilschrift fiir Malakolozoologie, 

 Miiller's ' Vermium Historia,' Leach's 'Synopsis,' Reeve's 'British MoUusca,' 

 etc. The British Museum trustees have presented a set of their publica- 

 tions on Mollusca, and Mr. Charles Ashford a copy of Montagu's 'Testacea 

 Britannica.' Our President, Rev. R. Boog Watson, has laid the Society 

 under great obligation by the gift of the whole of the series of works from his 

 own pen, including his magnificent 'Challenger Report' on Gastropoda and 

 Scaphopoda, as well as by a handsome donation towards the cost of the pur- 

 chase of Rossmassler. Our previous President, Mr. E. A. Smith, has also 

 presented the whole of his reprinted Papers, and our Treasurer, Mr. Lionel 



E. Adams, B.A., a full series of reprinted Papers by his uncle, the celebrated 

 Arthur Adams — while reprints and papers of various kinds have been given 

 by Messrs. M. Cossmann, J. R. Bourguignat, B. B. Woodward, R. B. New- 

 ton, J. W. Taylor, Rudolph Bergh,W. Denison Roebuck, T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 Thos. Scott, R. E. C. Stearns, C. D. Walcott, R. J. Lechmere Guppy, J. C. 

 Melvill, J. H. Ponsonby, Rev. H. H. Higgins, r! F. Scharff, W. H. Dall, 



F. W. Wotton, W. Crouch, etc. 



At the commencement of the year a complete catalogue of the Library 

 was printed, thus rendering the books accessible to members generally who 

 wish to avail themselves of the easy conditions upon which books may be 

 borrowed. A moderate amount of use has been made of the I-ibrary in this 



