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ANNUAL REPORT. 



During the past year ten meetings of the Society have been held from October 

 14th, 1903, to September 14th, 1904. Between the last Annual Meeting and the 

 end of the year five members were elected, three resigned and two died, and there 

 appeared in the list published on the ist of January 278 names. Since then 17 

 members have been elected (one of whom, Mr. G. H. Clapp, had previously been 

 a subscriber), 10 members have resigned, three have been removed from the list for 

 non-payment of their subscriptions, and two members have died, so that there are 

 now 279 ordinary members on the list. The four members whose loss by death the 

 Society has to deplore are, Messrs. W. D. Crick, I. C. Thompson, J. G. Shillito 

 and Dr. P. Brookes Mason, an ex-president. One honorary member, Dr. Eduard 

 von Martens, has also passed away, leaving not only the Society but the whole 

 conchological world poorer for his loss. 



Without including the number of the Jojcrnal for October, 1904, which will be 

 published to-day, four instalments have been issued during the year, containing 

 136 pages, two plates, and several woodcuts. 



Amongst other papers was published a new and revised "List of British Non- 

 Marine Mollusca," by Mr. B. B. Woodward. To this a large number of varietal 

 names were added by Messrs. Lionel E. Adams and R. Standen, and thus enlarged 

 it has been issued by the Society as an official publication and a considerable number 

 of copies have been sold. 



The Library still continues to increase, the additions being principally in the 

 form of Journals and Transactions received in exchange. The Deutsche Malako- 

 zoologische Gesellschaft has supplied the volumes necessary to complete the set 

 of its publications in the Society's Library and welcome donations have been 

 received from Dr. Bellini, Dr. Eduard von Martens, Messrs. G. P. Farren, G. K. 

 Gude, and Chas. Pannell. 



Donations to the Society's Cabinet have been received from Miss J. E. Linter 

 and Mr. C S. Carter. 



The Council has to report, with great regret, that Mr. Lionel E Adams has 

 found it necessary in consequence of his leaving Stafford and of the uncertainty of 

 his subsequent movements to resign the office of Recorder. They requested Mr. 

 Charles Oldham to discharge until the Annual Meeting the duties of the office, 

 which he has effectively performed and they have much satisfaction in nominating 

 him for election as Mr. Adams' successor. 



In this connection the Council think it desirable to remind the Society that the 

 distinguishing feature of its records of British Land and Freshwater Mollusca is 

 that no specimens are entered unless they have been seen by the Society's Recorder. 

 This plan ensure the authenticity of the Society's official list. The Recorder will 

 at all times be glad to receive specimens from members for identification, especially 

 from those counties which remain blank in Mr. Adams' recently published "Census" 

 (see vol. 10, pp. 217 — 231). 



During the summer rambles to Miller's Dale, Fleetwood and Northwich have 

 been arranged and been attended by a fair number of members ; accounts of these 

 will in due course appear in ihe Journal. 



The special exhibits at the monthly meetings have included selected genera 

 representative of all divisions of the mollusca. The bringing together of such a 

 large number of specimens of various species has been of great value to the members 

 present and has given rise to the discussion of a great many interesting questions. 



The demand for the Society's publications continues satisfactory; the amount 

 received last year was ;i{^26 i6s. 2d., for the present year up to date the sum has 

 been upwards of ^lo. 



