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entirely recast in 1846, has enjoyed an extensive circulation and 

 been translated into English and French. He also published, in 

 French, " Eecherches sur I'Histoire Naturelle et I'Anatomie des 

 Limules" in 1838, in 1841 a valuable monograpb on tlie " Potto" 

 of Bosman, and in the following year " Etudes sur I'Histoire 

 Naturelle de la Eace des Negres." Besides these and some other 

 separate books, Professor Van der Hoeven is the author of nu- 

 merous papers in almost every department of Zoology, for the most 

 part published in the * Tijdschrift voor natuurlijke G-eschiedenis ' 

 (of which Journal he was for many years, 1834 to 1845, joint editor 

 with M. W.H. deVriese), the Anuales des Sciences Naturelles, the 

 Nova Acta, &c. Amongst these are many highly valuable contri- 

 butions to science. 



M. Van der Hoeven was well known personally to English 

 naturalists, and was present on several occasions at the Meetings 

 of the British Association, and he was universally esteemed, not 

 more for his scientific acquirements than for his kindly and obli- 

 ging disposition and simplicity of character. 



He was chosen one of our Foreign Members on the 5th of May 

 1857, and died on the 10th of March in the present year. 



The Secretary also announced that ten Fellows and one Foreign 

 Member had been elected since the last Anniversary. 



At the Election which subsequently took place, George Bentham, 

 Esq., was re-elected President; WiUiam Wilson Saunders, Esq., 

 Treasurer; and George Busk, Esq., and Frederick Currey, Esq., 

 Secretaries. The following five Fellows were elected into the 

 Council, in the room of others going out, viz. : — Thomas Boycott, 

 M.D. ; Archibald Campbell, M.D. ; Cuthbert Collingwood, M.B. ; 

 Daniel Hanbury, Esq. ; and Osbert Salvin, Esq. 



Dr. Alexander Prior, on the part of the Auditors of the Treasurer's 

 Accounts, read the Balance-sheet, by which it appeared that the 

 total Receipts during the past year, including a Balance of 

 ^412 9s. 2d. carried from the preceding year, amounted to 

 £1792 13s. lOd., and that the total expenditure during the same 

 period (including the purchase of .£200 Great Indian Peninsula Bail- 

 way Stock) amounted to £1413 17s. lOd., leaving a Balance in the 

 hands of the Bankers of £378 16s. 



