146 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. ID, NO. 5, JANUARY, I902. 



The Presidential Address 



was then delivered by Mr. Alexander Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., who look for his 

 subject "The Conchology of the Clyde : Geographical and Biographical" (see p. 137). 



Exhibits. 



By the President : A collection of British Marine Mollusca, specially rich in 

 species and varieties from the estuary of the Clyde and adjacent seas. 



By Mrs. Carphin : Specimens of Stilifer stylifer from the mouth of the Firth of 

 Forth, believed to be the only ones recorded from that locality, and a sinistral speci- 

 men of Helix hispida also believed to be the first recorded. 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1900-1901. 



The Annual Meeting being held this year in September, instead of in October as 

 usual, the Report covers a period of only eleven months, during which eight meet- 

 ings have been held, which have been well attended. 



It is pleasant to record that the increase in the Society's membership which took 

 place during the previous year, has been repeated with interest during the past eleven 

 months ; no less than twenty-three members joined the Society from October, 1900, 

 to September, 1901. Against this must be set a loss of five members by resignation, 

 and four by death, whilst in addition, the Council has had the painful duty of striking 

 off the roll no less than four members for the non-payment of their subscriptions, in 

 terms of Rule 4, as amended at the last Annual Meeting. The Council hope it 

 may not be necessary to repeat this process, though several members seem to be 

 qualifying for a similar fate. 



The members whose death the Society has to deplore since the date of last Report 

 are : — Dr. C. C. Claremont, of Hampstead; Mr. W. A. Cockshott, of Liverpool, an 

 energetic worker, whose death within six months of his election cut short what promised 

 to be a career of much usefulness to the Society ; Mr. G. Sheriff Tye, of Birmingham, 

 who had been a member for upwards of twenty years, and contributed more than 

 one article of interest to the Journal ; and Mr. Thomas Rogers, of Manchester, one 

 of our Vice-Presidents, and a most constant attendant at the Society's meetings. A 

 memoir of his life and work, from the pen of Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, is in preparation 

 and will shortly be read before the Society. 



The Committee appointed to draw up a revised List of British Marine Mollusca 

 has been actively occupied during the past j'ear, and has now presented to the 

 Council its final report. This report has been accepted by the Council, which now 

 suggests to the Society the desirability of publishing the List as now amended as 

 an ofircial document, and urging upon members the adoption of it in their concho- 

 logical work. 



The Committee for Collective Investigation has published two sets of queries, 

 each containing five questions, in which they have asked information from 

 conchologists. They have not as yet received a suflicient number of replies to en- 

 able them to draw up a report, and have been reappointed by the Council to enable 

 them to continue their enquiries. 



Thi'ee numbers of the Journal have appeared since the last Annual Meeting, 

 containing 96 pages and several illustrations, and the number for October is all in 

 type and will be ready for issue on the first of the month as usual. It is not without 

 a feeling of satisfaction that the Council reminds the members that since the pre- 

 liminary delays consequent on the taking over of the Journal were got over, every 

 number has appeared at its proper lime. 



During the past year donations have been received for the publication and 

 illustration fund from the President, and from Messrs. H. Wallis Kew and J. H. 



