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but satisfactory progress has been made witb the examination of the 

 slides. 



Journal. — Mr. Crisp has agreed witb tbe Council to continue 

 bis arrangement for tbe issue of tbe Journal to tbe end of tbe year 

 1887. As it is known to many of tbe Fellows tbat tbe Journal 

 entails upon Mr. Crisp an annual tbougb progressively decreasing 

 expenditure, tbe Council tbink it rigbt to state tbat it is at bis 

 own express desire tbat tbe existing arrangement bas been continued. 

 Tbe increase in tbe sales and in tbe number of Fellows elected 

 (wbicb tbe Council cannot but regard as due in a great measure to 

 tbe enlarged activity of tbe Society since tbe Journal was commenced), 

 justify tbe expectation wbicb Mr. Crisp bas from tbe first entertained, 

 tbat by tbe end of 1887, wben tbe Journal will bave been in existence 

 ten years, it will be wbolly supported by tbe amount contributed by 

 tbe Society and received tbrougb tbe publisbers. 



It is constantly urged tbat cbanges sbould be made in tbe classi- 

 fication of tbe Summary, but tbe Council bave always considered it 

 undesirable tbat on tbis question tbe Journal sbould be in advance. 

 A few minor cbanges bave been accepted for tbe new volume. 

 Tbese comprise in Zoology tbe subdivision of tbe Molluscoida into 

 a. Tunicata, /?. Polyzoa, and y. Bracbiopoda, and tbe establisbment of 

 a new subdivision of tbe Artbropoda — Prototracbeata — to receive 

 Peripatus, bitberto placed witb tbe Myriopoda. In Botany tbe 

 " General " division bas been subdivided into Anatomy and Pbysiology, 

 and tbe Bacteria and allied forms bave been removed from tbeir 

 position amongst tbe Fungi to a new division of Protopbyta, tbe 

 position of Algae and Fungi being also intercbanged. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard, tbe Prosector of tbe Zoological Society, bas 

 kindly given tbe benefit of bis services as Associate Editor, as also 

 Mr. B. B. Woodward, of tbe Natural History Museum. Tbe Council 

 bave expressed to Mr. S. 0. Eidley tbeir regret at bis enforced retire- 

 ment tbrougb ill-bealtb, and tbeir tbanks for tbe assistance be bas 

 rendered during tbe five years be bas occupied tbe position of an 

 Associate Editor. 



Tbe number of copies of tbe Journal printed bas been necessarily 

 increased during tbe year to supply tbe additional sales, and one of 

 the parts of the 1st Series wbicb bas been long out of print is 

 reprinting. To meet tbe cost of tbe reprint tbe Council bave decided 

 to offer twenty-five sets of tbe 1st Series to Fellows at tbe reduced 

 price of 21. 12s. 6d. After tbe first twenty-five applications bave 

 been met, tbe price will be as heretofore 31. 18s. 9d. to Fellows. 



Meetings, &c. — Tbe Ordinary Meetings during tbe session bave 

 been well attended and tbe subjects brought forward bave been 

 varied and interesting. Tbe Council bave arranged that abridged 

 reports of tbe meetings shall appear regularly in tbe ' Athenaeum ' 

 and ' Nature,' and it may be noted that the editor of tbe ' English 

 Mecbanic ' habitually reports tbe meetings in extenso, so tbat absent 

 Fellows bave an opportunity of ascertaining without delay and at a 

 small cost what bas taken place at each meeting. 



In addition to the election of Lady Fellows, the other important 



