36 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



During the year there has been a gratifying accession- of 

 members, and numerous enquiries have been made respecting 

 the work and scope of the Society. Several members, notably 

 Mr. Baker Hudson, have ably assisted in increasing the number 

 of members and extending the influence of the Society by urging 

 its claims on their Conchological friends. Papers have been 

 contributed by Mr. Robert Scharff, Ph.D., B.Sc. ; Mr. J. C. 

 Melville, M.A. ; Mr. J. W. Taylor; Mr. Wm. Denison Roebuck, 

 F.L.S. ; and Mr. Baker Hudson. 



Our Systematic Recording of all specimens exhibited at our 

 meetings tends greatly to increase our knowledge of the 

 distribution of British Land and Freshwater Mollusca. 



The numbers of specimens recorded have been much in 

 excess of previous years, and have included several that were 

 new to the list of British Mollusca ; and many new localities 

 have been entered during the year. 



The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales ; and the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queens- 

 land for the year 1885 ; the Bulletin of the Brookville Natural 

 History Society ; and the Smithsonian Report for 1883 have 

 been added to the Library. Donations have also been made by 

 Mr. Jno. Brazier, C.M.Z.S. ; Mr. Bryce Wright; Mr. Chas. 

 Ashford ; and Mr. H. Coates. 



Specimens have been presented to the Society's collection 

 by the president, Mr. Wm. Jeffery, and Messrs. R. D. Darbishire, 

 S. C. Cockerell, W. D. Roebuck, and T. D. A. Cockerell. 



The Cash Account is so far satisfactory that the Treasurer 

 is left with a balance in hand, and the overdue Subscriptions are 

 less in amount than on some previous occasions. 



The question of providing sufficient accommodation for the 

 Society's Library and Collection has not yet been dealt with, 

 and call for immediate attention. 



REPORT ON THE RECORDS MADE TO DEC. 3IST, 1885. 



It has again to be noted that the number of authenticated 

 records made during the twelve months which have just expired 



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