ANNUAL REPORT. 



155 



Having heard that the seventieth birthday of Hermann Strebel was to be 

 celebrated by his friends and colleagues on January ist, the Council sent an address 

 of congratulation in the name of the Society, signed by the President and Secretary. 

 An account of the proceedings at this celebration, including the text of the address 

 and Dr. Strebel's reply, has already appeared in the Journal. 



In conclusion the Council feel that they have to record a year of undiminished 

 activity in the prosecution of the objects of the Society and they look forward with 

 confidence to its increased activity in the future. 



Treasurer's Statement. 



The statement of accounts for the year 1903 will be found published in the April 

 number of this year's Journal (p. 61), from which it will be noticed that a balance 

 of;^i8 8s. gd. was brought forward. In bringing before the Society the interim 

 statement for the present year, made up to September 22nd, it is gratifying to note 

 that the finances of the Society are now in a very satisfactory condition, there being 

 a balance in hand of some £ii,t and unpaid subscriptions to the extent of another 

 ;^I5. The outstanding accounts do not at the present time exceed ^i, with the 

 exception of the amounts paid for postage of the Journal, etc. , which will be more 

 than covered by the sale of publications, payment for which has not yet been 

 received. 



Statement of Income and Expenditure 

 for the year 1904 up to September 22nd. 



Recorder's Report. 



Since the publication of the Census in the Journal of Conchology (vol. 10, pp. 

 217-237) 696 new comital records have been registered, the bulk of which, thanks 

 to the valuable assistance of Miss Massy, Messrs. R. Welch, P. H. Grierson and 

 H. L. Orr, have come from Ireland ; from Scotland, on the other hand, whence 

 information is particularly desired, hardly any new records have been received. 



In England, Mr. F. J. Partridge has done valuable work by contributing thirty- 

 nine new records from North Devon ; and in Wales, Mr. J. Williams A'aughan has 

 added thirty-one from Brecon and Radnor. Reference to the Census will show that 

 records of even the common species are wanting for many counties. East Cornwall, 

 North and South Wilts, West Suffolk, Hunts., Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Flint 

 having been almost entirely neglected. The scientific value of an exact knowledge 

 of the distribution of our land and freshwater mollusca is obvious, and it is earnestly 



