154 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. I4, NO. 5, JANUARY, I9I4. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Conchological Society, having been founded on Oct. 12th, 1876, the present 

 is the Thirty-Sixth Annual Report, and the Council and Members are to be con- 

 gratulated on the stability and progress of the Society. 



At our last Annual Meeting the membership stood at 340, since which time the 

 Society has lost eight members by death and one by resignation. On the other 

 hand, nineteen new members have been elected, so that there is an increase over 

 losses of ten, the membership being now 350. Of these, 294 members are resident 

 in Great Britain and Ireland, and of the remaining 56 resident abroad, 21 are in the 

 United States. 



The eight members whose deaths the Society deeply deplores are Mrs. Carphin, 

 W. G. Binney, R. Middleton, D. D. Baldwin, II. L. Orr, W. Moss, and the Revs. 

 Thos. Cook and G. W. Taylor. 



All these were members of many years standing, and their loss will be much 

 felt Ijy a large number with whom they corresponded and exchanged. The decease 

 of Mr. William Moss, for twenty-two years a member of the Society and long an 

 active member on its Council, calls for special mention, and an obituary will appear 

 in \\\& Journal of Co)ichoIo':y. 



During ihe year the usual number of meetings has been held at the Museum, 

 Manchester, and there have also been field-rambles. 



The attendance has been well maintained, and an increased number of papers 

 and notes has been read. The exhibits have been varied and interesting ; the special 

 exhii)its in the genera Lanistes and J/arisa, Trochatella and Entrochatella, and a 

 section of Helix, bringing together almost complete collections of the species included 

 in tiiese genera. The April meeting, attended by members of the Leeds Concho- 

 logical Club, at tlie invitation of the ^ Manchester and District members, was a 

 distinct success, the addresses given by Messrs. R. Standen and J. E. Crowther 

 being much appreciated. 



At the last annual meeting questions relating to Local Branches of the Society 

 were raised and referred to the Council. The Council replied that there were no 

 special regulations and no affiliation fee was required ; the only understanding was 

 that the Branches sltould, as far as possible, be officered by members of the parent 

 Society. It was suggested that a note should be put in the Journal urging the 

 formation of Branches under the above ruling. This has already borne fruit in the 

 formation of the North Staffordshire Branch, a report of which will be given this 

 evening. The Council cordially welcomes this evidence of increasing interest in 

 conchology, and hopes that wherever there are several members of the Society in 

 a district they will form a Branch, and arrange for regular monthly meetings such as 

 have been held for years in London and Leeds. 



The Journal of Conchology has been issued quarterly, and there are signs of 

 extending circulation. In connection with this subject, the Council would call 

 emphatic attention to the loss and inconvenience often entailed on the Society by 

 the neglect of members to notify changes of address. Every quarter copies are 

 teturned from the dead letter ofllce for this cause. Especially is it desirable that 

 members notify changes of address early in December, so that the list published 

 on January 1st may be as accurate as possil^le. It is also again necessary to empha- 

 size the rule that missing numbers o^ \.\\e^ Jou?nal can only be supplied free to tliose 

 who notify the loss during the current year of publication. 



