2 74 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Council (Six required). — 

 B. B. Woodward, F.G.S. 6i Lionel E. Adams, B.A. ... 51 



R. D. Darbishire, F.G.S. 57 Wm. Jeffery 39 



Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S. ... 53 E. J.Lowe,D.L.,J.P.,F.R.S. 38 



On the proposal of Mr. Denison Roebuck, Mr. W. E. 

 CoUinge was appointed Assistant Curator. 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 



The President, J. W. Taylor, gave an address " On Varia- 

 tion in British Land and Freshwater MoUusca." The thanks of 

 the meeting were tendered to the President for his most valuable 

 and exhaustive address. 



ALTERATION OF RULES. 



It was resolved that the Rule relating to foreign members' sub- 

 scriptions, inadvertently omitted in the reprint of January 

 last should be reinstated, viz. : — 



That foreign members pay an annual subscription of 7/6. 



Resolved that Rule 8 be amended as follows : That the election 

 of officers take place by ballot — the voting papers to be sent 

 to the Secretary under cover of sealed envelopes addressed 

 to the Scrutineers. 



Resolved that Rule 5 be amended as under : That Composition 

 Fees shall be invested in Books, Cabinets, or other per- 

 manent property, or in such other manner as the Council 

 may think most conducive to the benefit of the Society. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The occasion of presenting the Ninth Annual Report affords 

 an opportunity for a brief review of the society since its 

 formation. 



The society was founded in 1876 by four enthusiastic and 

 able conchologists, namely : Messrs. W. Nelson, J. W. Taylor, 

 Hy. Crowther, and W. D. Roebuck, at a meeting held on the 

 12th of October at Mr. Nelson's residence. At that time the 

 idea of a national society does not appear to have been • 

 entertained, and the society then formed was plainly designated 

 " The Conchological Club," 



J.C., v„ Jan., 188? 



