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Limncea stag)iaUs from Hungary (Hazay Coll.). {g). Marine Mollusca from Singa- 

 pore (Archer Coll.). (,^), Tasmanian Marine Mollusca (Miss M. Lodder Coll.). 

 (/'), The collections of Ennea, Glandina, Slreptaxis, Pariiiia, Papuina, Ckloraa, 

 Amphidroiiiiis, and Ceylon and Madeira Land Shells. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



At the last Annual Meeting the membership, including the ten Honorary 

 Members, stood at 330. During the year the deaths of seven members have been 

 reported, and seven members have tendered their resignations. As a set-off against 

 these losses, twenty-two new members have been elected, so that our membership 

 now stands at 338 — the largest in the history of the Society. 



The deaths referred to are those of Prof. Dr. Rudolph Bergh, of Copenhagen, 

 who was elected an honorary member of the Society in 1889 ; Dr. G. W. Chaster, 

 of Southport, sometime President of the Society, and one who maintained an 

 enthusiastic interest in its affairs, and was actively engaged in conchological rese.irch 

 up to the time of his deeply lamented death in May last ; and Messrs. A. Loydell, 

 Kenneth McKean, T. B. Hall, W. J. O. Holmes, and Dr. Frew. When obtain- 

 able, obituary notices in reference to some of these have already appeared in the 

 Jotcrnal. 



During the year nine ordinary meetings have been held at the Manchester 

 Museum, and a special joint meeting of the Leeds Branch and the Manchester 

 Branch was held at Leeds University on July 2nd. This last-named meeting 

 deserves more than a passing notice, as it marks a new departure, and was very 

 much enjoyed by those who were privileged to take part in it. In the afternoon a 

 meeting was held, presided over by Prof. Garstang, at which Mr. J. W. Taylor gave 

 a deeply interesting address on the species Helicigona arbustonn/i, dealing with its 

 malacological as well as conchological characteristics. The address was illustrated 

 by a large number of specimens exemplifying the varieties and monstrosities of the 

 species and also allied forms. During the evening an opportunity was afforded for 

 a more informal interchange of observations on conchological matters and experi- 

 ences in collecting. A similar meeting will be held in Manchester shortly. 



Northern members also took part in a ramble to Gisburn, Yorks. 



The Jottrnal of Conchology — the thirteenth volume of which commenced in 

 January — has been issued regularly each quarter ; and some fifty papers and notes 

 by members have thus been permanently recorded. Members are strongly urged to 

 take still fuller advantage of the opportunity afforded to embody in such notes their 

 obser\'ations, especially such as bear upon the life-history of mollusca. Whilst on 

 the subject of the Jotir.nal the Council desires to emphasize a recent notice to the 

 effect that lost back numbers can only be replaced gratis, either to members or those 

 with whom we exchange, provided that the fact that numbers are missing be notified 

 to the Secretary during the year of issue. Considerable financial loss has been recently 

 entailed upon the Society through laxity in this respect. 



At a recent meeting of the Council it was unanimously decided to nominate 

 Mr. John W. Taylor — one of the two remaining founders of the Society — and 

 author of the "Monograph of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the British 

 Isles," for the position of Honorary Member, vacant through the lamented death 

 of Dr. Bergh. In ratifying this nomination by election, the Council feels that the 

 Society will do honour to itself whilst conferring well deserved honour upon one 

 who has done so much for the Society and for conchological research in general. 



